Warnings: Cursing
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. Or any other TV show/book/movie that I mention. We've been through this!
Note: Ah Sorry I've been a procrastinaty bitch! Shoulda updated sooner.. haha I'd like to thank Aymichyan and AngelGirl0200 for giving me some ideas. thanks you two I'm pretty sure I got the rest of the story planned now :D Also, sorry about any errors. I was scrambling to get this done so I didn't end up editing it as much as I usually do. Here's chapter 12:
Things had been going wonderful since he'd left Portland. After leaving, he'd been able to loosen up and stop constantly worrying about getting perfect grades and staying out of trouble. He'd made friends that he didn't have to constantly lie to. He'd gotten himself a bachelor's degree and a stable job as a secretary at a television station. There was no longer any need for him to hide his sexuality and he'd met a sexy, outgoing guy who loved him. And he never had to hide things precious to him in fear that they would be stolen and sold. To him, that pretty much meant a perfect life.
Except, in the back of his mind there was that constant nagging guilt that he'd left his little brother alone to deal with all that shit that he'd been able to escape. He knew that it was pretty much too late to try and fix things, but lately the guilt had gotten to be too much and he had to go check on his brother.
He stepped out of his boyfriends beat up black car. Before he shut the door, he turned back to his black haired boyfriend for confidence. Kisame smiled his toothy grin and nodded for him to go on. He gave forced smile back and then made himself go to the apartment building, open the door, walk up the many flights of stairs, and then stand in front of the dreaded door. The door that held behind it, his childhood. He gritted his teeth and knocked. He replaced his uncomfortable looking face with his old emotionless mask before the door could open.
The door swung open to reveal a bitter looking man. "What the fuck do you- Huh? …." The man's eyes widened and he looked like he'd seen a ghost. "I-Itachi?"
"Hello father." Itachi's face showed no emotion. He hated his father and but preferred to hide his distaste so as not to anger him. Sasuke had always had problems with that and he sincerely hoped that he had gotten better at it since Itachi's departure.
Fugaku's surprised composure soon disappeared as he welcomed his favorite son into the apartment. "Itachi it's been such a long time! You never stop by to visit and I was beginning to get worried! Would you like a cup of tea?" His voice was light and happy. His life had been going straight to hell since Sasuke had left and he hoped that with the appearance of his oldest son, things might look up for him. Itachi wouldn't deny his father if he asked him for money. Could he?
When his father's back was turned away from him as he hurried to the kitchen to make tea, Itachi scowled. The apartment was an utter mess. His father was obviously still a heavy drinker because beer cans were everywhere. It was disgusting. In the corner of his eye, he glanced into the kitchen and saw the loads of dirty dishes piled in the sink. Something didn't seem right here. Itachi was sure that Fugaku would have made Sasuke clean the house instead of leaving it in the gross disrepair it was currently in.
Itachi sighed. It was time to get to the reason of why he had visited. He couldn't have cared less about his father. This visit was about Sasuke.
"Father, is Sasuke around? I'd like to speak to him."
A loud crash came from the kitchen. A coffee cup had been dashed onto the floor. Fugaku whipped around and glared at Itachi. "Don't you dare mention that good for nothing cock suckers name! He doesn't live in my house any more! That fucker got me beat up!"
Itachi narrowed his eyes. If Sasuke was no longer living here, then that meant Itachi never had any reason to set foot near his father again. There was no need for false pleasantries anymore. He hated his father. Now he just needed to find out where Sasuke was. And what had happened between the two of them that had caused his father to be so pissed off at Sasuke.
"What did you do to Sasuke?"
The question hung eerily in the air. Then Fugaku gave an evil grin to Itachi. "I beat the fag up cuz he ruined my marriage."
With the swiftness of some kind of automated machine, Itachi flew forward and grabbed a handful of his father's hair and forced him down. The man scrambled at the hand in his hair and gave a pitiful whine. "Let go Itachi!"
"You beat Sasuke because of something that is obviously your fault you drunkard?" Itachi's voice was icy. He huffed, "Whatever, this is such a waste of my time. Where is Sasuke?" He tightened his grip in his father's hair.
"I-I don't know! He might've gone to live with some of his friends or something!"
Itachi mentally went through the list of people he remembered Sasuke being friends with. There was that hyper dog boy… the girl who dyed her hair pink…and the distant red head. The red head seemed like the best bet.
Itachi looked down at the trash below him. This man had beaten his brother up for things that Sasuke had no control over. It was disgusting. And he'd used the word fag… he didn't like that either.
"Don't ever come near Sasuke or I again, father." He then slammed his dad's head into the side of the wall and left.
Fugaku moaned in pain as he rolled on the ground. What had he ever done to deserve all the beatings he'd received lately? Life must have just been out to get him.
Itachi rushed outside and ran into the car, slamming the door shut. Kisame glanced at him in concern. He was breathing hard and looked shaken. "Are you alright?"
He looked up and sighed, "Not really. I've been a shitty brother! I left my little brother with that monster upstairs and now I don't know where he is. Why did I leave him there!"
Kisame's eyes widened. Then they went back to their normal size and he leaned over to hug Itachi. "It's alright babe, it's alright." He pulled back to stare at the distressed Itachi and then leant forward to press his lips to his boyfriends. The kiss was chaste and meant to be comforting more than anything. "It'll be alright."
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Kakashi sensei was late for the billionth time this year. Naruto wished with all his might that he could put a shock collar on the guy. That way, when he was late, he would receive shocks from his irritated students who wanted him to get his ass to class. Seriously, they were paying to attend this class. It was complete bull.
Naruto decided that he might as well eat as he waited. He searched through his bag and pulled out a small container of applesauce. He always had a couple containers in his backpack for just in case. Applesauce rocked. It was the ultimate on the go snack… though many probably disagreed with. But screw those people! Applesauce was awesome, though not as awesome as ramen. He hated to admit that ramen had its drawbacks, but you really couldn't take it with you where ever you went… and it wasn't the best when cold sooo yeah.
As he started pulling out his applesauce and spoon, he noticed a sulky looking Sasuke sitting next to him. He always looked sulky though. But he had been different as of late. The guy hadn't been as mean since that day he'd been sick. He'd actually been slightly pleasant, in a Sasuke sort of way.
"Yo Sasu, want some applesauce?" He held out a container and a plastic spoon from the cafeteria.
Sasuke's face scrunched at the nickname, but then he saw the face Naruto was giving him. It was a persistent happy look that shook Sasuke a bit. He wasn't used to people giving him looks like that. Naruto looked way too pleased about giving him food.
"Umm sure." Naruto's smile intensified and he tossed the food and utensil to Sasuke. He then quickly grabbed some more applesauce out of his bag and started eating.
Sasuke slowly opened it and dipped the spoon in for a bite. He turned his head to see Naruto and about rolled his eyes. The dobe had already finished his snack and was pulling out another one. He sure could wolf his food down. Sasuke sat with the spoon in his mouth and laughed silently to him self when he thought about how much money Naruto must spend on food. Though maybe he was just hungry today. Sasuke doubted that though. The guy was probably always hungry.
He turned towards the front and noticed that their teacher had just walked in.
"Okay class, I decided on my way here that your next assignment will be a partner project." It seemed Kakashi sensei wasn't going to come up with an outrageous excuse for his lateness. Odd. "With your assigned partner, I want you to spend the next two weeks writing a story together using the prompt 'it's ridiculous I couldn't see it until now…'. It must be ten pages long and BOTH partners must contribute. I'll know if you don't. That's all. You can leave and do what you want now. I've gotta go. See ya!"
Kakashi waved in a sayonara fashion and then exited the room.
Naruto immediately jumped up to yell. "WHAT! He made us wait for him for a good ten minutes and then stops by for half a minute to tell us our assignment and then leaves! That's crap!"
He started for the door so that he could go after their sensei but a hand grabbed him before he could leave. "Let me go Sasuke! I gotta go bawl out Kakashi for being a prick!"
Sasuke chuckled. He was pissed as well but he knew that tracking down Kakashi wouldn't do anything. "Calm down…. Naru. Now quit your bitching, it's not going to do anything."
Naruto froze at his statement. He'd been wrong, Sasuke was still an ass. "Screw you teme! You're a jerk!"
It then suddenly occurred to the two that there was a class full of college students watching their little fight. As soon as the two glanced around at their classmates, the room suddenly bustedt out laughing. Naruto burst into a bright blush while Sasuke smirked at his embarrassment.
"Eh.. umm.. yeah.." Then Naruto grabbed his bag and hurried out of the classroom.
Sasuke sighed and then leisurely followed him. They needed to discuss what they were going to do for the project and Sasuke didn't want to have to spend a shit load of time trying to track him down to set up times for them to work on it.
"Hey, Naruto, wait up!" The boy stopped and looked back.
"Yeah?"
"We need to talk about the project. Are you doing anything now? If you're not, why don't we just go to my place to work on it. I kinda just want to get it over with."
"Err sure… You got ramen at your place still?" Sasuke had no idea where that had come from. Naruto's mind must wander at an outstanding speed.
"Yes. Yes Naruto, I've got ramen at my place. Will you hurry up now?" Naruto grinned his stupid grin and ran to follow Sasuke as they walked to the bus stop.
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Sasuke unlocked the door to his apartment and stepped in. Naruto whooshed past him to get to the kitchen. He started digging through the cabinets until he found ramen and started preparing it. He was starving.
The raven laughed and then shut his door. He walked to his couch and tossed his and Naruto's bag (Naruto had somehow convinced him to carry his bag at some point. He was either secretly devious or just really good at guilt tripping you into things. Either way Sasuke had still ended up carrying his bag.) onto the couch.
He sat waiting for the blonde to get his lunch ready. The TV was playing a rerun of Futurama and he half paid attention to it as he waited. 'Blackmail is such an ugly word. I prefer extortion. The X makes it sound cool….' That got a snigger out of Sasuke.
Suddenly Naruto hopped onto the couch yelling "Ok I'm ready to start!" A bowl of ramen was in his hands.
"Alright, so I was thinking that-" *Knock* A knock on the door broke his focus. "Damn it, we're never going to get this assignment started."
He got off the couch and went to open the door. He opened it and gave a small gasp. He quickly composed his face he gazed at the person standing before him.
It was his brother. Itachi. The guy who had completely ditched him with their father. Itachi had a pleasantly surprised look on his face. He seemed glad to see his baby brother. Sasuke did not reciprocate those feelings.
"What are you doing here?"
The glad look slipped from Itachi's face and he now looked unsure of himself. "I wanted to come see you. I've been worried about you."
A grunt from behind Sasuke broke the two out of their cold conversation. "Who's this?" Naruto was pretty confused. He'd never seen Sasuke so silently angry. Though granted, he didn't really know Sasuke that well so he shouldn't really be jumping to conclusions and such. He sent a questioning look at Itachi.
"My brother." The reply was curt.
An uncomfortable silence came over the group and nobody talked for some time. Itachi was the one to speak first. He'd been staring at Naruto since he'd appeared in the brother's conversation. Itachi suddenly jumped to a conclusion and narrowed his eyes at Naruto.
"Are you my brother's boyfriend?"
An irritated groan left Sasuke while Naruto got a stunned look and started talking. "Why does everyone keep assuming I'd be together with this arrogant teme! We're not going out!"
"Naruto? Could you please leave?"
A hurt look flashed over Naruto's face at being asked to leave. "But the assignment.. and ramen…"
"Take the ramen with you and I'll see you tomorrow at school." Sasuke had a slightly desperate tone that Naruto decided to obey. He silently gathered up his things and left the apartment giving Sasuke a small "later" as he left. The door was shut leaving the two Uchiha's alone in the room.
"Now please tell me why you really came here Itachi."
Note # 2: My first cliff hanger! hahahaha, ah I'm mean. I feel as though I got off topic though... and Yes, Itachi has come to visit. And I just had to pair him with Kisame. I've only read a couple of KisaIta fics, but they were pretty good so I thought I'd try that out. Oh! And I totally carry applesauce around in my backpack and eat it during class. I thought Naruto would do something like that to XD
Also! If you are interested (which I doubt any of you are lol) I put up a super depressing Harry Potter songfic oneshot featuring DracoXHarry called Farewell. There is a smut scene just so you know... :)
I hope you enjoyed! Remember, liked it or hated it, please review! I gotta get better somehow
