Okay here's the fourteenth chapter of Two Hearts One Soul. Just thinking about something. Why the hell does Deidara have to say un all the time. I mean seriously, typing it just gives me a headache. LOL! Anywho, I just thought I'd pose a question. I hope you all enjoy the update.
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Two Hearts One Soul.
Chapter 14 – Preparing For All Outcomes.
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Naruto was sat in his cell all the next day. He prayed diligently that someone would come and get him out of there. He also prayed that Hisoka and Hijiri were doing well. Even if he wasn't there, he knew that at least they'd be looked after.
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Sasuke was sat with Sakura as the children ran around insanely. Kaede had really picked up Lee's habits and was yelling about the springtime of youth. Sasuke looked at Sakura, who sighed deeply. "It was bound to happen. I did marry Lee, youth speeches and all. Someone was bound to turn into a Lee clone." Sakura stated seriously. Sasuke snickered to himself. "I wouldn't laugh if I were you Sasuke, Hisoka and Hijiri seem to be paying a lot of attention to Kaede's youth speeches." Sakura added. Sasuke's eyes bugged out as he realised Sakura was right. The twins were sat in front of Kaede listening to her talk about the springtime of youth, a look of awe on their faces. Sasuke looked at Sakura helplessly, while she giggled at the scene. "Don't worry too much Sasuke. Naruto was never one for speeches on the springtime of youth and he used to train with Lee a lot, before you came back." Sakura said happily. Sasuke still looked worried, as the twins stood up and started practising the 'nice guy pose' with Kaede. He was also wondering when the time would come that he could go and bring Naruto back.
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Jiraiya, Sai and Kakashi were all still searching around. "I could summon a toad to see if he can track Naruto down." Jiraiya said seriously.
"You could have done that sooner, old pervert." Sai said blankly. Jiraiya glared and made the hand sign to summon. Gamakichi blinked at him happily.
"Yoh Jiraiya!" The toad said happily.
"I called for a tracking toad, and you came along?" Jiraiya asked irritably.
"Well I came along 'cos I have a message from Naruto." Gamakichi said seriously. The group were shocked. "So get out some paper and a pen or something." Gamakichi added. Jiraiya grabbed a pad and pen from his kunai pouch.
"Pervert!" Sai stated. Jiraiya glared at Sai.
"I'm prepared for anything you little brat." Jiraiya hissed.
"Yeah anything to do with your perverted research." Sai quipped back. Jiraiya glared but chose not to get into any further discussion with the gloomy male.
"Tell us everything Gamakichi." Jiraiya said sternly. Gamakichi nodded and began to relay Naruto's message to the letter.
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That evening Sasuke was supervising the twins before bed. It had become an easy routine now. The two boys looked up at Sasuke expectantly. "What's wrong with you two?" Sasuke asked gently. Hijiri and Hisoka looked at each other warily, and Hijiri nudged Hisoka forward, obviously to speak. Sasuke had figured that, out of the two of them, Hisoka was the outgoing speaker and Hijiri the quiet shadow.
"Well…" Hisoka started. His voice quivered slightly.
"What's wrong Hisoka?" Sasuke asked.
"It's not that we don't like you or anything!" Hisoka burst out.
"We just…" Hijiri tried to get words out, but soon stopped.
"We wanted to know if you know anything about Daddy?" Hisoka asked.
"We really miss him." Hijiri added. Sasuke smiled at them.
"If I knew anything I would tell you. I promise that if I know anything you'll be the first to know." Sasuke said.
"You're not mad?" Hijiri asked.
"Why would I be mad? If I were you two, I'd miss my Daddy too." Sasuke replied.
"Where is your Daddy?" Hisoka asked.
"He died. A long time ago." Sasuke replied.
"Daddy says when people die, they go to a special place called Heaven, and they can watch over us there." Hijiri said softly.
"Yeah like Daddy's parents, and Old man Hokage, that Daddy told us about. He was Hokage before Tsunade Baa-Chan!" Hisoka added. "I bet your Daddy's there too." Hisoka said.
"What about your Mummy? Or do you have another Daddy, like us?" Hijiri asked.
"My whole family are up in Heaven." Sasuke said softly. Hijiri and Hisoka looked down sadly. "It's alright you two. It happened a long time ago." Sasuke added softly.
"Still…" Hijiri trailed out softly.
"We don't want to make you sad." Hisoka added.
"I mean, next to our Daddy…" Hijiri started.
"We like you best." Hisoka finished. Sasuke smiled at them.
"Don't worry. You didn't make me sad. I do miss them. But they'll always be watching over me." Sasuke said cheerfully. He knew that to be true after last night. He wanted to teach the two boys about their history. He didn't want to pass on the idea of revenge. As far as Sasuke knew, Itachi was dead. But even if he were somehow alive, revenge had to come second, to these innocent children. They were Sasuke's main concern now. That and Naruto of course. "Come on you two, you need to go to sleep now." Sasuke said calmly. They grinned and got into their beds. Sasuke had put them together. They had told him that they'd never been separated since they were babies. Hisoka looked a little troubled. "What's wrong Hisoka?" Sasuke asked.
"I think I lied a little." Hisoka said softly.
"How comes?" Hijiri replied.
"Well I said we never got separated, even when we was babies. But Daddy did tell us about one time." Hisoka said softly.
"Oh I 'emember now." Hijiri said sleepily.
"Really, when was this then?" Sasuke asked. He sat on the edge of Hisoka's bed, curious to hear the story.
"When I was a baby." Hisoka started. "I got really sick. Daddy was really worried. Well that's what he said, and Daddy never lies. So he had to find someone to make me better. So Hijiri stayed with Ero-Jii-Chan all day, and that's how Daddy met Auntie Kimi. She's a healer. She made Daddy promise that if he ever decides to have any more babies, then he'll tell her, so she can see how it works." Hisoka said happily. Sasuke blinked.
"How sick were you Hisoka?" Sasuke asked softly.
"Well Ero-Jii-Chan said if I never had Auntie Kimi heal me, I coulda gone to Heaven. She was the best healer back in Waves." Hisoka said happily.
"Like Tsunami-San cooks the best dumplings!" Hijiri exclaimed happily. Sasuke ruffled both boys hair and told them to get some sleep. As he turned to leave, Hisoka started bouncing around. Sasuke looked at the mini-Naruto clone, and he stopped bouncing.
"Can you tell us a story, Uncle Sasuke?" Hisoka asked.
"What kind of story?" Sasuke asked.
"How about the story about Zabuza and Haku and the Land of Waves? Daddy tells us that one a lot!" Hisoka exclaimed happily.
"Please Uncle Sasuke?" Hijiri added quietly. Sasuke bit his lip.
"Okay. I'll do my best." Sasuke replied. "One day in Konoha, there were three Gennins. One girl with pink hair, and two boys, one with black hair and one with blonde hair." Sasuke started.
"Sounds like daddy's version!" Hisoka whispered to Hijiri. Sasuke smiled and carried on. He described them leaving the village, and the attack of the demon brothers. The twins seemed quite happy to hear the tale. Apparently, Naruto had told them the whole tale from beginning to end. Then Sasuke got to the part where Zabuza had attacked. When Kakashi had been captured and he and Naruto had worked together to save him. "The blond one was smart, even though the black haired one said he was a scaredy cat. He was still smart, and if it weren't for him they wouldn't have got their sensei back." Hisoka pointed out.
"But they both needed to be there or their plan woulda gone bad." Hijiri said softly. Hisoka nodded in agreement, and they carried on listening to Sasuke. He went through how they had trained to climb up trees and after that how the battle had been going on the bridge. He finished the story, and the twins looked at him curiously.
"Uncle Sasuke, how comes if the black haired one didn't really like the blond one, that he jumped in front of him, so that Haku's needles didn't hurt him?" Hisoka asked.
"Maybe the black haired one was pretending not to like the blond one. Maybe he did care what happened to him. Maybe the black haired one didn't think before he acted, just like he said." Sasuke said quietly.
"That's weird!" Hisoka said.
"Yeah!" Hijiri added.
"Oh? So what would you two do then?" Sasuke asked.
"I'd just up and ask to play with them, like we do in Waves. Everyone always lets us play with them." Hisoka replied.
"Why's that then?" Sasuke asked.
"Because we're Naruto-Sensei's sons, and he's the best sensei there is. Everyone loves Daddy in the Waves!" Hijiri replied. Sasuke smiled at the two boys.
"Well, I'm sure your Daddy would want you to get some sleep now." Sasuke said quietly. The two boys nodded and Sasuke tucked them both in. Hisoka and Hijiri snuggled into bed happily.
"Goodnight you two." Sasuke said quietly.
"G'night Unca Sas'ke." The two boys said sleepily. Sasuke smiled and left the room. Sasuke went along the halls of the compound, meaning to go and light some more incense at the shrine before he went to sleep. However, he found Tsunade waiting for him.
"No offense Tsunade-Sama, but how did you get in here?" Sasuke asked.
"I'm one of the legendary Sannin. It wasn't difficult." Tsunade replied.
"You must have wanted something?" Sasuke asked.
"I just wanted to know how the twins are doing." Tsunade said softly. Sasuke sighed.
"I don't know if I'm even doing things the right way. They seem to be alright. They miss Naruto badly." Sasuke said sadly.
"They would do. He's been their primary carer their whole lives. No matter that they're only five." Tsunade replied.
"I know. It's not that I don't want them to miss Naruto. It's… what happens if we don't find him in time that worries me." Sasuke said sadly. Tsunade gave a small smile.
"We'll do everything we can to find him Sasuke." Tsunade said softly. "Bring them by tomorrow, so I can see them. Naruto always kept me up to date. It's weird not seeing them, now they're here." Tsunade said gently.
"I wish I knew more about what they were like as babies." Sasuke said softly. Tsunade smiled.
"Well, if you bring them tomorrow, you can take a look at the pictures Naruto sent me. That'll give you an idea." Tsunade stated. She stood up from where she had sat, and walked over to the door. She turned to look at Sasuke. "From what Sakura tells me, you're doing very well as a parent Sasuke. Don't beat yourself up so badly." Tsunade added kindly before she left. Sasuke went to the shrine after that, and lit some incense. Then he went back to the house, and up to the twins' room to check on them. They were sleeping soundly. Hisoka had the covers tangled in his legs and Hijiri had kicked his covers off. Both boys were shivering when Sasuke looked closer, so he untangled Hisoka and covered both boys up. He leant over Hijiri and kissed the boys forehead. He smiled softly in his dreams, and turned to hug the pillow. A habit Sasuke was sure he had gained from Naruto. He went and kissed Hisoka on the forehead, and he heard the boy murmuring in his sleep. Sasuke leaned forward and heard Hisoka mumbling.
"Daddy." Then the boy smiled and curled into a little ball. Sasuke smile widely for the first time in a long time, and then he left the room, and the boys, to their sleep. He went into his room and sat down on his own bed. He felt exhausted all of a sudden and as he thought over the conversation he had had with the twins, the last thought that went through his head was that he could've lost one of his children before he'd even known he had children. He vowed that he'd never be absent when they needed him again. Of course, Sasuke didn't notice a clone of Itachi watching him from the tree outside his window.
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Itachi had decided to deliver Naruto's food this evening. He wanted to find out a little more about Naruto having children. It seemed to be a shock to most people, but it was a shock to Itachi for a different reason to most. He had studied all there was to find on the Kyubi and its history, when he had been in charge of capturing the nine-tails Jinchuriki. That included it's mating cycles. Now he wanted find out a few things from Naruto, the infamous Jinchuriki, of the nine tailed fox. He carried the tray and opened the door. He looked at Naruto, who was lying on the floor, apparently sleeping. Itachi placed the tray down gently. "I'll get more answers if he's sleeping then I will if he wakes up." Itachi thought to himself. With that thought in mind, he decided to use his Tsukuyomi, to gain access to Naruto's mind. Once Itachi was in Naruto's mind, he took note that Naruto was sitting in a field with long grass and plenty of cherry blossom trees all around. The sun was shining, and there was a soft breeze blowing. "Naruto-kun!" Itachi called to him. Naruto shot up and glared.
"What are you doing in my dream? You're dead!" Naruto asked angrily.
"Well it's your dream Naruto. You must have brought me here." Itachi replied.
"Why would I do that when I hate you? That and who wants to dream about a dead person?" Naruto asked.
"The subconscious is a strange thing Naruto." Itachi replied. If he were so inclined he would snicker, but he was Itachi Uchiha, and he did not snicker. Naruto glared at him.
"What is it that you want exactly?" Naruto asked.
"Well it's interesting that you have children. Who's the mother?" Itachi asked.
"What? I gave birth to my twins." Naruto yelled. Itachi smirked inwardly. Of course he had figured as much, but he wanted to confirm it.
"Oh, so who's the father?" Itachi asked.
"If you were a part of my subconscious you'd know the answer to that question." Naruto stated boldly.
"Well let's say I do know the answer. But of course, I'm a part of your subconscious so you obviously need to have a conversation about this." Itachi replied. "This is too easy." Itachi thought to himself. Manipulating minds was what he did best after all.
"Well if you know, then why do I need to have this conversation?" Naruto asked. Itachi smirked.
"Well, maybe it's in preparation for the conversation you're going to need to have with Sasuke?" Itachi asked. He knew he was of course baiting Naruto, and that the answers would never have come so easily to him had Naruto been awake.
"Who says I'm going to have a conversation with Sasuke about this?" Naruto asked.
"Because he's the father. He does deserve to know." Itachi replied. He'd already guessed as much from Kakuzu and Deidara's report when they came back with the injured Jinchuriki. Deidara had mentioned that one of the twins was like a mini-Sasuke clone at any rate. It wasn't hard to put two and two together.
"I'm not going to push a burden on my best friend." Naruto stated.
"Maybe it wouldn't be a burden to him. Did you consider that small factor?" Itachi asked. He knew his little brother well. Better than anyone. He knew of Sasuke's feelings towards Naruto from the very day he had come looking to take Naruto from the village, and Sasuke had come to save him. He knew that it had to be because Naruto was of importance. Zetsu had reported on the incident at the Valley of the End. The first real fight between them. How Sasuke had left Naruto living and walked away. Itachi knew better than anyone that it was because Sasuke couldn't kill someone he loved. Naruto glared at the male angrily.
"What would you know?" Naruto yelled. Itachi grinned inwardly. Of course he had a plan of his own. All he needed to do was gain access to Sasuke's mind. Which was easy enough for him to do. He'd already sent a shadow clone to Konoha in anticipation of this. Using Tsukuyomi on both of them seemed the logical choice. That is, the logical choice for Itachi's plan to work. His shadow clone watched Sasuke carefully as he used Tsukuyomi on him.
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Sasuke felt strange. His usually dreamless sleep had been interrupted by a vision of a green field, full of cherry blossom trees. He heard a loud and familiar voice yelling. Sasuke ran towards it as fast as he could. That was when he saw Naruto, talking to Itachi. "This is one fucked up dream!" Sasuke said out loud. Naruto and Itachi both turned to look at him.
"Hey this is my fucked up dream Teme! What are you doing here?" Naruto yelled.
"Well I went to sleep, after putting the twins to bed, and for some reason, I am now here." Sasuke replied. Naruto looked at him as though he were in shock. "What? Dobe? This is a dream so I'm gonna wake up any minute now." Sasuke said. He looked around, and then saw Itachi. "Well it wouldn't be too bad of a dream if Itachi wasn't here." Sasuke stated.
"Except this is my dream Teme! Why do you keep saying your dream?" Naruto asked.
"Because although this is happening in both of your minds, it is not actually a dream." Itachi stated.
"What?" Both males asked at the same time.
"I used Tsukuyomi to access your minds while you were sleeping. It's an easy process for me. You two need to have a conversation about your children. That and I suppose there are other considerations." Itachi said seriously. His image vanished from their sight. Sasuke stared at Naruto.
"Are you really Naruto?" Sasuke asked.
"Are you really Sasuke?" Naruto asked.
"I asked you first!" Sasuke said petulantly.
"You sound like a kid Teme!" Naruto replied.
"So?" Sasuke asked.
"Well how can you be Sasuke? This is definitely my dream because you don't know about the kids in reality." Naruto stated.
"Sakura told me about it. I'm looking after the twins at the moment." Sasuke replied.
"Well tell me something to prove you're really Sasuke then." Naruto said.
"Like what?" Sasuke asked.
"Well I know everything there is to know about Hijiri and Hisoka. So tell me something I have no idea about." Naruto said.
"How about the fact that you should have told me about them." Sasuke stated. Naruto sighed, which Sasuke found rather odd.
"I just went through a lecture with the image of your brother. Although why the fuck he was here is beyond me." Naruto said.
"There's a secret meeting place in the Uchiha compound, it's under a-" Sasuke was cut off by Naruto.
"Okay you're really you. Only you would come out with something about the Uchiha clan. I don't know anything about the compound." Naruto said.
"Now it's your turn." Sasuke stated. "Hisoka told me he got sick as a baby. He didn't tell me how." Sasuke said quietly.
"He came into contact with a weird red weed when we went to the Land of Waves. I had no idea what had happened until I took him to see Kimi the healer. She told me it's common for kids to get sick, after coming into contact with the Gartugulis plant." Naruto answered. "Hisoka wasn't told what made him sick in the first place." Naruto added. Sasuke nodded.
"Okay, now back to the real issue. You didn't tell me I was going to be a father. Why?" Sasuke asked.
"Sakura told you?" Naruto asked.
"Yeah. She told me." Sasuke said.
"That means you must've-" Sasuke cut Naruto off.
"I told Sakura that I loved you and that I didn't care that Hisoka and Hijiri weren't mine, that I'd look after them anyway. That's when she told me that in actual fact, they were mine." Sasuke replied back. He felt his cheeks blush faintly. Naruto grinned.
"Do you really mean that Sasuke?" Naruto asked.
"What part?" Sasuke replied back.
"That you love me?" Naruto asked.
"Of course I meant it Dobe. I don't say things I don't mean. Especially where love is concerned. It's all too important." Sasuke replied. Neither male had noticed they were stepping closer and closer towards each other. They realised the distance had most definitely closed between them. They looked into each other's eyes carefully searching the other one out. "I wish you had told me Naruto." Sasuke said softly.
"I never wanted to burden you. Not only do I love you, but you're my best friend. I went to hell and back just to bring you back to Konoha. I didn't want you to leave again, because of me." Naruto said softly.
"You've grown up a lot." Sasuke replied.
"So have you." Naruto replied back. The distance between their faces disappeared, and the two shared a lingering kiss.
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Pein and Konan sat at a table playing chess. "Do you think that Itachi will betray us?" Pein asked Konan, as he moved a pawn to g7.
"It's a likely outcome. After all, it wasn't him that destroyed the Uchiha clan in the first place. Two new members are bound to make him think twice on his position here." Konan replied. She moved a rook to g4.
"Pawns are discarded easily enough." Pein stated as he moved his own pawn to g5. Konan took the pawn with ease and landed on g6.
"Of course it will be much harder to get rid of a pawn with a motive." Konan replied.
"True. Send Itachi on a mission tomorrow. We'll prepare for the extraction." Pein stated briefly as he moved another pawn.
"It might not work." Konan replied as she took the pawn from Pein.
"I will give you the details later on. But remember, a Queen beats a rook at any point." Pein said as he took Konan's rook. She and Pein glanced at the board for not even a moment. "Checkmate!" Pein stated blankly.
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"Have you told Hijiri and Hisoka that you're their father?" Naruto asked Sasuke, as they sat together in Naruto's mindscape, curled up together under a cherry blossom tree.
"No. Sakura suggested I leave that until you come back. It'll be easier on them. I trust her judgement on kids more than my own really." Sasuke replied as he embraced Naruto closer to him.
"That's okay. I'll tell them if I come back." Naruto said sadly.
"What do you mean if Naruto?" Sasuke hissed. He felt a sudden wave of pain at his heart.
"If they perform the extraction, there's no Chiyo Baa-Chan to use her gift and bring me back to life like there was for Gaara. I'll die." Naruto said softly.
"We're not going to let that happen Naruto." Sasuke stated sternly. Even though he still felt like his heart was being torn to pieces inside his chest, even though he had wondered the same thing earlier on.
"All the same, I might. I just want to know that you'll look after Hijiri and Hisoka. If anything happens to me, just make sure that they never feel alone or abandoned like I used to feel as a kid." Naruto said seriously. He turned around to look at Sasuke as he spoke. Sasuke bit his lip worriedly. The idea of Naruto dying was far too painful for him to consider.
"You know I will. I'll do whatever I have to do to protect them." Sasuke stated
"Don't push them too hard at training. Force them to read a bit more. Y'know all that stuff that'll make a difference when they start at the academy." Naruto said sadly.
"You're not going to die." Sasuke stated sternly as he pushed away his feelings of dread.
"I hope not Sasuke. But if I do, I have to think about them and what'll happen to them. I know Sakura will help you out. I just… want to make sure that everything'll be fine." Naruto whispered the last part.
"You won't die if I can actually help it." Sasuke and Naruto turned to see Itachi.
"Knowing you, brother, you're more likely to kill him than help him." Sasuke hissed.
"Sasuke, you know what I want you to believe. The only thing I could allow you to believe at the time. I still regret it." Itachi said softly. It was something that actually sounded emotional. Sasuke hadn't heard that tone from his brother since they were children. In fact, since Sasuke had been a small child, he hadn't heard Itachi act with any feeling.
"What was that then brother? You let me watch you kill the clan with the Mangekyo Sharingan, that you killed your best friend, our cousin Shisui, for. Then you tried to make me believe that I should do the same thing." Sasuke hissed.
"I let you believe I killed the clan because I had no choice but to let you believe it at the time. It was the only way to protect you and keep you from being killed." Itachi whispered. Sasuke's eyes widened. He was so shocked beyond belief. "The leader of Akatsuki, the real leader, Madara Uchiha, was the one who murdered the clan. He used a mind transfer jutsu, very similar to the Yamanaka's family jutsu, to make me fight and kill Shisui. I'll never forgive myself for what happened. You need to start living your life, and looking after your twins. Make sure they're safe. I wish I could've done a better job at keeping you safe." Itachi replied. His voice seemed almost… sad.
"I don't know how to believe you." Sasuke said softly. It was almost a whisper, but Itachi and Naruto heard him anyway.
"You don't have to trust me yet. I'll do all within my power to give Naruto an escape. The two of you need a better life then you've had. So do the twins." Itachi said softly. "I'm going to reverse the jutsu now. You'll wake up in your beds. Well in Naruto's case, the floor of his cell." Itachi added. Naruto and Sasuke stared at each other. It only took moments for the jutsu to be reversed, and Sasuke woke up in his bed, with Hisoka and Hijiri staring at him.
"What's wrong you two?" Sasuke asked. His voice sounded sleepy, even though he didn't feel as though he'd slept at all.
"We heard you yelling in your sleep! Then you were smiling! Then you were yelling again, and then you were crying! We couldn't wake you up!" Hisoka exclaimed loudly. He reminded Sasuke even more of Naruto. Hijiri nodded next to him.
"I heard you say Daddy's name twice." Hijiri said softly.
"Were you dreaming about Daddy?" Hisoka asked. Sasuke gave them both a smile.
"Yeah. I think he's going to be back soon." Sasuke said to the two boys. They grinned at him happily.
"Can we stay with you Uncle Sasuke?" Hisoka asked. Hijiri nodded in addition.
"We were real scared something bad happened to you too." Hijiri said softly.
"Sure." Sasuke said kindly. He let the two boys climb into bed with him. One on either side of him. They all settled down and fell into sleep quickly.
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Naruto awoke in his cell. He looked up to see Itachi standing there. "How long was I sleeping?" Naruto asked. Itachi knew what he meant was "How long was I under your jutsu for?" Itachi handed the tray of food to Naruto.
"You and Sasuke were under my jutsu for ten minutes in the real world. Not very long." Itachi replied.
"How did you-" Naruto asked and was cut off by Itachi.
"I used a shadow clone on Sasuke. It dispelled as soon as he woke up." Itachi said. He turned to leave the room. "Be prepared Naruto. It's going to be a long day tomorrow." Itachi added. Then he left the room, closing and locking the door behind him.
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Okay everyone. I hope you all liked this chapter. I'm not the best romantic in the world, so the whole confession thing wasn't the greatest I suppose. But I did try my best. Also I'm not an expert on Tsukuyomi, or the Sharingan, at least, not so much as I probably should be to write this story. It just went well with my plans. Anywho please read and review, and lemme know how I did. It's more fun that way. Also, I answer all questions so don't hesitate to ask. Bye until next chapter people.