Hello guys! How is everybody? School doing good? Work maybe? Cause right now school's a pain for me right now...And I need a job...tears.

But! At least I finally managed to put the next chapter of Fate up. It's a great stress reliever! I know some of you have been waiting and sending me msgs to hurry and update. I know you guys are a little confused about somethings too so...I'll explain some of them after the chapter if you still don't get it by the end of this chapter. I did explain a little in the story.

I went back and skimmed through the previous chapters and realized "Goddang, I'm such an amateur writer!" I bet you all realized that and didn't want to tell me that because I'll get mad or something. But please if you do see anything stupid in here do tell me! I really want to be a better writer!

And with that! on with the story!

Happy readings!

"It was attempted murder."

"But who-"

"His father."

"Sasuke? Sasuke?"

...

The all too familiar voice rang through Sasuke's head.

"Sasuke? Come on Sasuke. Hurry up." A image of Naruto walking backward and holding his hand out to Sasuke beckoning him to hurry up came to Sasuke's head.

"Naruto?"

"Duh. Come on Sasuke hurry! I have to show y..ou...something...SAS...uke..." Sasuke bit his lip as he slowly felt himself hyperventilate. Naruto's voice...was warped. His image was like some kind of static halogram. The image of Naruto was disappearing and it scared him.

"Naruto! Naruto! Wait!" Sasuke tried to move but when he looked down his ankle were chained to the darkness behind him. He turned his head back up quickly. "Naruto! Naruto! Help me! No, wait! Naruto!" Sasuke tried to desperately reach for Naruto but his feet wouldn't allow him. The chains jerked back and caused Sasuke to fall. "Ah!" Sasuke cried out as he fell to the ground. The chains slowly dragged him back. "Naruto! Naruto!" Sasuke called out in despaired. "Please wait!" He tried to dig his nails into the ground to stop himself from getting further away from the blonde.

"Sasuke...IIIIT'ssss. OooKKKKAyyyy...I...i..I... OOKKKKAAAyyyy..."

"NARUTO!" Sasuke screamed when Naruto completely disappeared.

"Why, Sasuke? I'm right HERE!" Sasuke froze when he felt a pair of cold hands enclosed over his mouth from the back.

"Hmm?!" Sasuke looked up and saw the man with long red hair. The man smiled. His eyes wide and craving with lust. "Mpmh!" He wanted to reach up and slap the hands away but when he looked down. His hands were chained as well. Sasuke slowly shook his head before he frantically began to tremble and shake.

"Sasuke...Why so scared? You love me right? You want me." The man said seductively. Sasuke tried to scream but he couldn't as the red haired man licked his cheek and bit his ear. The man slowly sank his teeth into Sasuke's ear before ripping the his whole ear off.

"MMM!" Sasuke screamed inwardly at the pain. The man chuckled.

"What's wrong Sasuke? Does it hurt? Sasuke? SAAASUKE..."

..

"Goddamn Sasuke! Wake up will you?!" A blinding white light met Sasuke's eyes when he opened them.

"Ouch."

"What's wrong with you huh? Sleeping the entire day away."

"Did I?"

"Uh, yea. You did."

"Mmm...well..." Sasuke yawned. "That sucks."

"Why are you not fazed by that?" Naruto sighed. "Why am I surprised?" He sat up on the bed. "Come on. Get up, are you hungry?"

"Not really." Just then Sasuke's stomach growled. "Well..."

"Huh... come on. I made some lunch. Late Lunch..."

"Wouldn't that be Dinner?"

"No, because it's only 4 pm right now...almost five Now get up!" Naruto pulled Sasuke's arm up and dragged him out o bed. "I have a friend coming over at 5."

"Mmm." Sasuke sat at the table groggily and rubbed his eyes.

"Here." Naruto placed a plate of curry rice in front of him. Sasuke dug in.

"Ah! Hot! Hot!"

"Oh jeez. Sasuke, eat slowly." Naruto brought him a glass of water. Sasuke drank it halfway. Naruto sat down next to him and scooped up a little bit of rice and curry. He blew on it softly and pointed it at Sasuke. Sasuke blinked, slowly opened his mouth and ate it. "Good boy." Sasuke blushed.

"Naruto..." Sasuke wanted to reach out to Naruto but the door bell rang.

"Oh dang. He's always so early." Naruto got up and went to open the door. Sasuke eyes slowly widen as the door opened to reveal who was standing on the other side.

"Hi. Naruto." Naruto smiled at the other man's greeting.

"Itachi. Good to see you."

"Yea."

"Come on in. Have you eaten yet? I'll get you some food."

"No, that isn't necessary. I just wanted to-" Itachi saw Sasuke at the table. Silence fell over them and Naruto laughed awkwardly.

"Um, go ahead at sit down. I need to clean the kitchen really quick." Naruto shut the door and went into the kitchen. Itachi went and down at the table but never breaking eye contact with Sasuke.

"Are you...Sasuke?"

"Yes." Sasuke said immediately, crossing his legs and folding his arms.

"What's your last name."

"I don't know."

Silence fell over them again as they stared at each other. Both of them knew that they looked too much alike to not be brothers. But none of them wanted to begin the conversation. So Itachi went straight to the point. "Oka-san...misses you." Sasuke flinched slightly but didn't waver.

"I'm sorry. But as you can see I only live with Naruto. No one else. I have no family." Itachi broke his stare on Sasuke and reached over to the kitchen bar table behind him to grab a pen. He took a business card out of the inside of his suit.

"Alright then." Sasuke's eyebrow furrowed as Itachi wrote something on the back of the card. "You're too much like me. I can tell you won't admit anything."

"I'm not at all like you at all." Sasuke denied but felt the falseness of his words. He knew they were really similar but Sasuke wasn't going to admit that and it pissed him off that Itachi knew it. Itachi gave a small sigh.

"Excuse me then. I shouldn't have jumped to conclusion." He finished writing and placed the pen down. "Here. Take this. I think she'd be...very happy to...finally see you."

"I don't know this person why would she be happy." Sasuke said coldly. Itachi smiled a little.

"Well, I'm sure she'll be happy...because..." Itachi placed his hand on his neck and avoided eye contact with Sasuke. "I was very happy." He got up and pushed his chair in. "Uh, I should get going thank you for your time. Hopefully I'll see you around sometime." When he got to the door he called out. "Naruto, thanks for today. Bye." Naruto smiled and came out from the kitchen.

"Leaving so soon?"

"Yea. I have to go. We should go drinking sometime again."

"Ah...Of course."

Itachi smiled and left. Naruto turned around and looked at Sasuke. He walked over to the table and looked at the untouched business card. "Sasuke. What do you think of your brother?" Sasuke looked away and wiped his eyes as subtle as he could.

"He's not my brother." He said. His voice thick. Naruto smiled.

"Okay, are you still hungry?" Sasuke shook his head.

"Alright." Naruto picked up the plate.

"Naruto..."

"Hmm?"

"Can we go...can we go to where ever that is?" Sasuke waved at the card.

Naruto just kept smiling. "Of course." Sasuke got up and went into Naruto's room.

"Sasuke, it won't be that bad."

"...yea. I hope so."

...(

"Kaa-san..." Sasuke woke with a start. He was having a dream but he had forgotten what it was about. It was early in the morning. The red digits of the digital clock said 3:00 AM. With a sigh he got out of bed.

Last night, Sasuke had taken a shower and went to sleep again afterward. He had then awoken at 9:00 PM when Naruto went to bed next to him. Sasuke had even snuggled up to him and said 'good night'. Naruto did the same but in the middle of the night Naruto was mumbling in his dream and Sasuke had heard something along the lines of 'Sakura...I love you...'. As much as he liked to deny it. He felt his heart clench up.

Now it was 3:10 and Sasuke could not go back to sleep. 'The days goes by so fast.'

He thought. He went into the bathroom and turned on the lights. Looking at his reflection in the mirror, he sighed. 'Hell, I look horrible.' His hair was mussed up and had flatten against his head instead of his usual semi spikes. (Reminds me of the cat guy in Loveless ya know?) Sasuke went and took a quick shower, putting on Naruto's white with orange lining robe.

He walked over to the sleeping Naruto and stared down at him. Naruto wasn't wearing his shirt. Sasuke smiled and gave him a soft kiss on the lips. He quietly walked out of the room and closed the door. Sighing, he pulled the curtains open and stood at the glass wall that revealed the city's dark purple horizon. He looked on as he ran through a all-too recent conversation through his head.

"Do you understand what a host on contract is? No I didn't think so. I was already working at Cloud Nine when Naruto joined. I don't know how but we somehow became friends. Naruto was doing this to pay for Sakura's brain cancer therapy and surgery and the job paid a lot. It's not cheap and he hated the job but despite that he was still very popular. He quickly climbed to the top of the list. Do you know? What it feels like to work your life away for just one person?"

"Yes I do. What do you think...I'm doing right now?" Sasuke said sat down on the floor. "It might not have been a whole life but it sure as hell feels like it."

"Naruto then wanted to quit when Sakura was beginning to be healthy and was in stable condition. What he didn't realize was that the contract he signed was lifetime. There was no getting out once you got in. Otherwise he wouldn't have made so much money. Lifetime contract gave you the best cash but you break it. You die. Simple as that.

Too bad the owner had taking a liking to Naruto and had no intent on letting him go. So instead she cut all ties he had with the outside world. Including Sakura. Thing is she didn't do it herself. She made Naruto do it. How did she do it? Nobody knows. She just infused another mind into Naruto. Another person and somehow that person was controlling Naruto when he went to kill Sakura. By the time I got there Sakura's oxygen mask was removed and an injection overdose had already killed her. Naruto didn't say a word. He stood by her side and watched the machines around her die off like her heart. That's the only time I ever saw Naruto's eyes become so distant and dead. Everything he's ever worked for. The whole three years and the result? Nothing."

Sasuke sighed. 'Sometimes I wonder.' He thought. 'Why am I doing this for? After all I have nothing to gain from this.' Sasuke wanted to smile but he couldn't. "It's not fair." He said quietly. "Everyone have something to work for... something to live for. Me..." Sasuke gave a scoff. "I just live to die.' He leaned against the couch behind him and watched the sunrise. "This is it. This is my life."

...:(

"Mmm...Sasuke..." Naruto rolled in bed and reached for the cat eared boy but he felt nothing. "Sasuke?" He opened his eyes and looked around warily. Seeing no signs of him he got out of bed to look for him. "Sasuke?" The door to his room was closed something that Naruto wouldn't do himself. Naruto opened the door and stop. "Sasuke..." There he was on the floor. The rays of the sun illuminated the dust around him causing an almost ethereal image. It was beautiful. Naruto smiled and went to crouch down next to Sasuke. He patted Sasuke head softly and kissed him on the forehead. "Rise and shine Sasuke." Naruto said and picked him off the ground.

"Naru...to." Sasuke sighed.

"Hmm?" Naruto replied. "What's wrong?" Sasuke looked up and him with half-lidded sleepy eyes.

"I.. love you..." He said and wrapped his arms around Naruto. Naruto blinked and then smiled.

"Me too Sasuke. Me too."

--

"I don't feel like going anymore." Sasuke whined.

"I don't care! You said you wanted to go so you're going!" Naruto said. Naruto was driving rather fast and was a little peeved at Sasuke's whining. "I don't get you Sasuke. It's going to be fine okay?" Sasuke was silent.

"Is he going to be there?" Sasuke said after quite some time. Naruto frowned.

"Who? Itachi? Do you want him there? I can call-"

"No. Not Itachi." Sasuke cut him off. "Him. Itachi's father." Naruto was speechless.

'That's right.' He thought. 'What if he is there? Damn...'

"Naruto?" Sasuke looked at him but Naruto was silent and that was how it was the rest of the ride.

--

"May I ask your relation to Mrs. Uchiha?"

"Uh..." Naruto looked at Sasuke who glared. "Friends. Yea, we're old friends."

"Alright then. The young master told us his friends would be visiting. Right this way. I'll lead you around the house." Though it was more like a mansion to Naruto. The maid led them up stairs and hallways until they reached a double door. "Here we are." She opened the brass knob and pushed the doors in. "Madam? You have some visitors."

Sasuke didn't know what he was expecting but this was not it. The room itself was very clean and looked liked most rich mansion room. There, in the middle of the room was a king size square canopy bed. On either side of the bed were metal tables that contrasted the style and elegance of the room. Wires and tubes led off the machines to the closed canopy bed.

"Right this way." The maid smiled and walked up to the bed pulling one side of the curtains back and tying it to the bed post. "Madam." The maid bowed.

"This is...?" Sasuke said quietly. His eyebrows were furrowed. "What happened?" Sasuke looked at the tubes and wires attached to a rather young and pretty women's arms and head.

"I'm not sure. I'm new here you see, but from what I heard she suffered a trauma some years ago. That's as much as I can tell you."

"Thank you. That'll be all." Naruto said and waved her off.

"I'll be outside if you need anything." the maid said and left the room, closing the doors behind her. Sasuke sat on the bed slowly, careful not to disrupt the sleeping figure.

"Sasuke?"

"What is this? She looks just like her but...this isn't her. How did this happen?" Sasuke muttered. "She was alive and...healthy. When I remembered her..." Naruto didn't say anything. For one he didn't know what was going on either. Itachi never spoke about his family much before.

Sasuke slowly reached a hand up the women's face and touched her cheek. "I'm...surprised. I didn't think our...meeting again...would be like this...Kaa-san...can you... Can you hear me?"

There was a knock at the door and Itachi came in.

"Naruto." He nodded and looked over at Sasuke, smiling. "Sasuke."

"Itachi." Naruto smiled but it quickly faded. "What happened to..."

"Oh..." Itachi's smile faded as well. "I wasn't prepared for this...I should have came home earlier and explained to you...before hand." He came over to the bedside as well, standing next Naruto. "This might come as a shock to you, Sasuke, but ever since you supposedly died. All mother and father ever talked about, well more like argued about, was you. Mother missed you, of course, and she couldn't believe you were gone. One day all the frustration and anger took a toll on her and she suffered a trauma causing her to go into a coma. So this is how it's been for..." Itachi shrugged. "Over tens years. She's...happy to see you though."

"How do you know?" Sasuke said. "How do you know she's happy?"

"Because...Look at her heart beat...It's a little faster than normal. Her lips. They're smiling." Itachi said and Naruto did see the machine that shows the heartbeat go a little faster. There was also a very faint smile that graced her lips. "I don't know when she'll wake up but with you here...I'm sure it'll be soon."

"Itachi," Sasuke turned to look at him. "Then what about the one I call my father?" Itachi was surprised. He never thought Sasuke would bring up him up himself.

"Well, what do you-"

"Itachi!" Everyone turned toward the door.

"Shit." Itachi muttered. Though no one was at the door yet but Itachi knew who was about to come in. "I'm sorry, you need hide. Both of you now." Itachi ushered them over to the closest wooden door that happened to be facing the bed. "Quick get inside." Itachi closed the door and the double door he had come in from opened. Sasuke's eyes widen at the sight of the all-too-familiar man came in. He hasn't change one bit.

"Itachi! What are you doing here?" He was a very neat and tidy man. His hair was slick back and his suit had not even one speck of dust on it. But his eyes were cold and his voice was hard and strict.

"Father." Itachi nodded his head once to acknowledge his father. "Merely came in to see Mother's well-being." Even Itachi's attitude changed when he spoke to his father. "Is there something wrong?"

"Did you leave work for this?" His father walked slowly over to Itachi.

"Yes, I did. I got a call saying Mother was showing signs of movement. So I rushed home immediately." Itachi said, casually.

"Did you now? Well, is she moving?" He asked. Itachi looked down.

"No."

"Then you've clearly wasted your time didn't you? When you could have been at the meeting with the head of the Mikal Corporation!" His voice rose in anger. "Do you understand what that might have cost us?!" He raised his hand and slapped Itachi across the cheek. Sasuke gasped and made a move to run outside but Naruto immediately wrapped his arm around Sasuke and covered Sasuke's mouth with one hand.

"Shh..." Naruto whispered in Sasuke's ear. "Don't move, Sasuke...don't."

"You will. Get that chance back. Understand?" His father said slowly. "Do not. Waste your time with a wrench like her. She'll never come back so...let's keep it that way." He turned on his heel and left the room. Itachi waited a few seconds, making sure his father wasn't going to come in, before walking over to where Sasuke and Naruto.

"Hey, sorry about that. It looks like you guys are going to have to go through the window." Itachi wasn't even fazed by the hit.

"Itachi..." Sasuke looked at Itachi in surprise. Itachi smiled.

"What little brother?" He said casually.

"Aren't you mad? Aren't you angry?! How come I am and you're not?!" Sasuke voice rose.

"Shh..." Itachi looked at the door. "Quiet down little brother. I'm fine." Itachi kept on smiling.

"Stop! How can you still smile like that?!" Sasuke hissed. Itachi looked at Naruto who smiled back seeming to know what was on the older raven haired mind.

"I am happy that you are so angered for me but I am fine, really." Sasuke face gave a light blush. "Father has always in a foul mood ever since Mother's trauma." Itachi said. "Do not worry, but right now. Both of you have to leave."

"Alright." Naruto grabbed Sasuke by the shoulder and pushed him to the wide balcony. "Thanks for today Itachi."

"No. Thank you Naruto. For everything. I hate to have to escort you guys out like this." Itachi said opening the window.

"It's alright." Naruto jumped down from the balcony.

"Sasuke." Itachi called out to him and Sasuke turned around before he was about to jump off. "Hope I can see you soon. Take care okay?" Sasuke gave him a small smile.

"Yea..." And jumped off into the arms of Naruto.

"Ooof" Naruto lost his balance and fell. "Getting a little overweight there huh Sasuke?" Naruto grinned and patted Sasuke's head.

"No I'm not!" Naruto laughed.

"Right...Come on, let's go."

And with that they both left the Uchiha Mansion.

Sorry! That's it for this chapter! So do you guys know what a host on contract is? It's pretty much a guy who 'does' the work. Totally opposite of a slave. Like a Host Club! So sorry if I confused anybody! Last chapter was crummy sorry bout that!

I just totally want to finish this story so I can put my other three stories up.Which I have like 3 chaps for each at the moment. So look forward to that! If you like this one I'm sure you'll like them too. If you didn't like this one than you'll still like the other ones. I also made a big mistake when I posted 'From Heaven To Hell and back again.' story. Really should not have done that... So if anyone is reading that, it won't come til later. Sorry! I have a big plan for that one and I'm not ready to put that up.I'll keep it there tho' for now. Anyway!

Thanks for reading! I really appreciate it!

Stay tune for the next chapter!