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Chapter 11

Itachi's POV

Well it was now time for lunch which meant that I would be in the staff room and I already knew that Kakashi is curious to know how well I'm getting on and it may also give me chance to meet the some more of the teachers in the school if they ate in the staffroom. Even though I had a feeling quite a lot of them ate in their classrooms probably because they wouldn't have to move again, rather lazy even though still it wouldn't be likely I would see them very often except for Kakashi cause his class was next door and Gai for PE. I most likely will keep joining them for that lesson seeing though if any more fights break out I would be the one to sort them out especially if Sasuke is in the fight. Seriously though what sort of PE teacher can't handle a fight in the class for heavens sake they're playing dodge ball, the sport in itself is violent if he really was that pacifistic wouldn't he play tennis or something, yet still that would most likely end up into violence especially with Gaara on the other side of the racket. Who would ever dare to play with him? I bet even the wall would back out of that game.

I made my way to the staffroom and opened the door, it was pretty quiet. The staffroom consisted of a large wooden table in the middle of a white carpeted floor with a small kitchen down that side and a small sofa on the other side with rather a nice palm tree. I only saw Tsunade who was sitting at the far end of the table eating a sandwich reading through a bunch of papers. She looked up at me as I entered the room.

"Mr. Hiucha, come sit I would like to know how your first day is going," she smiled pointing to the seat on her right; I nodded as a reply and made my way over to the chair. Pulling it out softly I sat down ready for her response. She laid her sandwich down back on the plate and turned her full attention to me. This seriously reminded me of an interrogation...I had been to fair amount of those, still I've never beaten by one either, as I am very hard to break and I'm very good at keeping secrets.

"So, how is it going I always like to know how my staff are getting on especially the new ones and the ones that are as charming as you," she smirked...I give up. At least she wasn't a proper flirt like the rest; I made no comment at her remark finding it rather inappropriate. Anyway it's not like I haven't heard it before, having good looks can make it easier to get away with things that's why I was chosen for the missions that involved women.

"Well it's been a long day, let me put it that way," I answered, I didn't hate the day but it wasn't what I might say 'fun' either even though I hadn't technically had 'fun' in many years. Seeing Sasuke again was good but most of the class just got on my nerves like with any class there are a few I like, a few I don't mind and many that I can't stand. It's like being in the Akatsuki all over again...at least these kids aren't homicidal maniacs.

"Okay do you care to expand on that?" She hinted narrowing her eyes slightly; I wondered what conclusion she was trying to come to. I sighed. I wouldn't be surprised if she started putting cameras in the classroom just so could check what's going on.

"Well the class is–well they're different, I'm not saying that it's a bad thing they're just very individual," I replied trying to think of a nice way to say this. At least most of the Akatsuki had some kind of brain...there was one of course, Tobi. I had a vague idea of why he was in the group possibly just to be some sort of distraction as no one would expect someone with the lack of intelligence to be able to commit such crimes like the rest of us.

"Hmm, I see. They're not causing any trouble for you are they?" She asked folding her arms across the table now glaring at me as a wave of intimidation was trying to get me to spill exactly what I truthfully wanted to say, I was too used to this sort of thing, her glare had no power against me whatsoever.

"No, they're an alright class," I said. There is always room for improvement though.

"That's not they way I've heard things, one of your class members, Sasuke Uchiha beat up a classmate today who's currently in the hospital with a broken jaw, I understand that it wasn't in your lesson but you were still there and apparently you were the one to break it up according to Gai. I understand you had some trouble with him this morning too if I'm not mistaken," she clarified. I take it she has already heard about that, well that makes sense she is the head and yeah Sasuke did hit him pretty hard...it's satisfying to know that he can stick up for himself if he needs too. Still that doesn't mean I won't.

"Yes that is true," I said wondering where this conversation was actually going.

"Well can you enlighten me? I would like to know the full story from your point of view including the incident this morning as Sasuke is not the one to be causing this much trouble or drawing this much attention to himself usually," she ordered in a nice way. This was going to be awkward indeed and I knew that very well.

"Well, all I know is that Sasuke had a bit of a panic attack this morning, that's all," I answered directly not going into any detail because that would just become more of a predicament. Yes it was true, Sasuke did have a panic attack this morning but it was over me which would not be the answer Tsunade would be expecting or at least the answer that I'm not going to proceed on giving.

"Do you have any idea why? Or at least what it was about?" She asked me, I wonder why she can't just keep her nose out of other people's business then again she doesn't actually see it as my business because I was supposed to be a complete stranger to Sasuke not his older brother.

"No, I have no idea but I have a feeling it would be something that he wouldn't want to talk about so I wouldn't question him about it as it does seems quite personal," I said trying to make it sound as general as I could which to me wasn't so much of a problem.

"Right. But still what about the fight?" She carried on, I had a feeling she wouldn't leave that situation there yet I still doubted Sasuke would tell her anyway even if she does call him in later on which I'm nearly positive she might. I feel like I'm in the game 20Q this is not what I wanted right now.

"Well all I know is that Sasuke was sticking up for his friend Naruto, Neji threw the first punch at Naruto and then Sasuke retaliated, it was nothing more than a bickering, well maybe Sasuke went a little far but the fight was not about anything too serious," I explicated keeping most the detail to myself, Neji started the fight not Sasuke and I wouldn't even call it a fight, Sasuke came out unscathed unlike Neji.

"Okay if that's how you see it, Neji told us a completely different story but I shall believe yours over his seeing though you are a teacher therefore I hope to be a more reliable source of evidence seeing though you haven't been around long enough for favouritism or at least to take sides," Tsunade told me returning her attention back to her sandwich and quickly finishing what was left. After that she left saying she had a lot of work to do as she headed back to her office. Tsunade wasn't exactly dim I'll give her that and I do admire her motivation to find out the truth behind incidents that happen under her judgment.

I was alone for a few minutes giving me a chance to eat before anyone came in here. Looks like I was right about the other teachers. Two minutes after I had finished eating Kakashi made his way into the room looking very tired. He trudged over to a chair and dropped down without any grace whatsoever. He looked at me and sighed his eyes pained with stress.

"So how's your day going?" He asked taking a long breath staring downwards at the table and then turning to face me again.

"Not so bad...how yours?" I asked knowing that it obviously wasn't going so well but I was still polite enough to ask and besides I had nothing to do for the next twenty minutes which made me wonder how Sasuke was getting on. He would be in the student cafeteria most likely with Naruto and his acquaintances talking about something or other.

"Terrible, I just had to clean up a mess in my classroom where I had a sick kid, jeez she threw up all over the table, and oh was there screaming, seriously seniors are not good they get really cocky cause they think you can't tell them what to do anymore cause they're eighteen. They're at the age where they think they're goddamn invincible," Kakashi explained looking rather disgusted and drained. For a minute I was glad that I had sophomores but then it hit me that eventually they would be seniors too...well I wasn't sure if I was even going to be here for that long anyway I'll just have to wait and see.

"Who was the one to, you know throw?" I asked trying to keep the conversation going, not that I would have known who it was anyhow but still.

"Temari, she has two younger brothers in the school one is in your class, Gaara."

Ah, Gaara's sister I wonder if she was like him, somehow I doubted that yet still Gaara was one of those students that I did kinda of like, he was not disruptive and kept everyone else quiet what more could I ask for really, I knew that he is friends with Sasuke too so I can't exactly hate him. I had a feeling that Kakashi was put off his lunch now.

"So enough about my day, how is yours going, how's Sasuke? I heard he got himself into a fight with one of the Hyuuga's," Kakashi asked, now keener. Does everyone here find about everything? I knew words spread fast but this, this seems ridiculous.

"Yeah that is true, Sasuke seems to be having a lot of trouble today," I sighed, he never used to be like this when he was younger, he was always so good and never did anything wrong at all. I guess growing up has done a lot to him and I haven't been there to guide him, so I'm partly to blame about this.

"How did he take it then? When he first saw you?" Kakashi asked on the edge of his seat, he was fidgeting with something in his pocket which I could make out to be some sort of book...of course Icha Icha Paradise I had nearly forgotten about his bizarre obsession with those books. He was so eager to read it and I knew if there is something I remember about Kakashi it is his love for romance novels which are always somewhat erotic, yes I knew this because I once tried reading one just to see and I just didn't feel anything for it at all. It was not my sort of book whatsoever, I have no romantic feelings for women so it's only logical that I don't like reading about them.

"Well to be honest not very well, you were right he does need my help," I said looking at the table and tapping my fingers against the wood of it trying to get rid of the nervous feeling in my stomach which I thought would never hit me. Then I noticed my nerves had come from thinking about him, not in a normal way, but in the other, the way you feel when you fancy someone. That pit that is full of butterflies, thinking about Sasuke made me feel like that. He just seemed like a totally different person now, like he was my brother but wasn't at the same time. He had become my dream sort of guy, everything that turned me on. He is so much like me and yet at the same time he is so different and that really got me, I wanted him, not just as a brother anymore, but more.

Nevertheless he's not mine to have and I have no right to try and take him. It is his life and I don't want to take that from him but I'm still not going to give up being his big brother again, that is something which is rightfully mine even if I had messed up before, nothing can change that.

"I did tell you he needs your help, you're his older brother, he needs a figure like that to look up to, to show him the right direction, to protect him," Kakashi informed, knowing that he was right. I have to pick up the pieces and be the big brother I'm supposed to just like I was all those years ago. Kakashi sounded like he knew exactly what he was talking about, which surprised me because I knew that he was an only child so wouldn't know the roles of siblings. Yet still it didn't matter how he knew, he just did and that was close enough.

"Hn," I nodded at his statement. If I couldn't change Sasuke then no one else could, even if I have missed four years of his life I still know him inside out, I know when he's hiding something , when he's upset even if he's trying to hide it, I know. I'm Sasuke's big brother that is a fact.

"It's good to know you still want to help him, after all you did come back," Kakashi smiled, leaning back on the chair.

"Yeah I did, you told me he needed me and it was getting desperate and I wanted a good enough reason to get out of the Akatsuki...even if they are still looking for me...which reminds me I have something to give to you, it's very important and if I've got this on me and they find my location they'll get their hands on it, can you come to my apartment after school ends today, I need you to keep something safe," I asked politely and quietly. I had something the Akatsuki wanted; I had taken it with me when I left something important and dangerous once I had found out what it was and what they planned to do with it I couldn't let it happen, I just needed a reason to come back to Konoha. Madara the evil son-of-a-bitch, I hope to God that he gets what's coming to him even if I'm going to be the one who's going to give it to him. He's the goddamn reason for everything bad in my life as if it wasn't for him I wouldn't have left in the first place.

"Is it something to do with the Akatsuki?" He whispered quietly. I nodded I can't tell him what it is but at the same time I can't get rid of it because they have spies everywhere, I trust Kakashi to look after it.

"You're the only one I trust with it, but still apologize for bringing you into it," I remarked.

"It's fine, I used to part of the ANBU secret police force remember I do know how to handle myself and I know what the Akatsuki are like, I'd been tracking them down for three years and I still have inside members even if I don't technically work there anymore and neither do you," he said. I still doubted ANBU knew I was back in Konoha besides I could probably take a good guess that some of the members of ANBU are actually working for Akatsuki anyway, yet still ANBU least likely saw me as a bad threat right now but I still had to be careful just in case. Besides I'd rather live a normal life right now, I've had enough of the violence and orders, it already sounds like I've lived a long and full life but I'm only twenty-one. Maybe eventually I will have a normal life but I still know I have to be careful. Again so far I think I'm safe with the Akatsuki too, I doubt they know where I am which means I should be safe.

"Good then it's settled come to my apartment at 6 o'clock tonight, just be careful that your not being followed, I would doubt it but I can't be entirely sure with the Akatsuki because they have many spies in this area," I warned Kakashi who just nodded as he understood what I meant, I know the Akatsuki better than him seeing though I was apart of it and I was one of Madara's favourites taking out competition and people that owed him money and just pathetic people that just got in the way of his plans. I was his hit man basically along with my partner, Deidara. He was another who was tricked into the Akatsuki without any choice so had to join, he's probably still there with Madara, he'd always been more trustworthy than me, but never as good at the job. He always had more of a heart than me and didn't like to see people in pain no matter how bad they were so often when it came to assassinations he would use his explosives so he wouldn't have to see them die. I liked Deidara...a lot okay we hated each other at first but sometimes they say that hate is the first sign of love so I ended up dating him. I liked him but he never really filled the hole if you know what I mean, but he definitely was good and he kept me going for the four years. I felt bad for breaking up with him before I left, we got into the argument, I told him I was leaving and he got angry and then we just broke. Deidara was probably the closest thing I ever had to a friend; he saw for whom I am not my status and my skill, Naruto reminds me of Deidara that's probably why I like him, I understand him and I was surprised to see how much they are alike to each other it seems that it runs in the family to be best friends with blonde idiots. Yet now I have Sasuke to look after and he'll always be the most important person in the world to me and he always has been even when he was not around.

"I will be there," Kakashi nodded, the bell rang, I was surprised to find that Kakashi and Tsunade were the only two to enter the staffroom at lunch, they obviously ate in their classrooms or somewhere else, well it gave me chance to talk to Kakashi. I stood up and so did Kakashi.

"Hey Itachi meet me at the car park after school I need to talk to you about something that you might be interested to hear," he added before leaving the room to go to his next class, he had something else to say to me? Something that I would be interested in? I thought to myself slowly making me way to the door continuously asking myself what he wanted to talk to me about, great that was going to annoy me for the next hour. Well at least I was going to see Sasuke for a little while. I made my way down the corridor to the classroom.

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