Hai hai hai, kill me now. A few months since I last updated, gomen. Well, I won't keep you guys waiting for the chapter so here it is.
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How the Fish Got His Wings
Itachi looked back and forth between Naruto and Sasuke, not fully understanding how this could have happened. Itachi has been around and has heard all kinds of things that would put even the most insane of people through the loop but this just takes the cake. Even he has never heard of two demons, two different kinds of demons sealed inside human hosts, both male, creating little baby demons inside of one of those hosts at the same time of conceiving human children. Have I mentioned both hosts being male.
The only thing Itachi could really think of is, Of course this had to happen to Sasuke. It's Karma of some kind, I just know it. He then looked over to Kakashi with a look on his face that read, 'help me understand this please?'
The only thing Kakashi could do is hold up his hands and say, "Don't look at me, I just found out as well and still confused as hell." He stood up with determination and walked over to Sasuke and put and hand on his student's shoulder and said, "But I'm gonna be here and help in any way I can." He smiled and Sasuke feeling better than he has this whole day, smiled back.
Itachi observed Kakashi's behavior with his little brother and recognized it as something a father would do and say to his son and he suddenly felt grateful towards this man. Sasuke has the father-figure he's needed all his life and all of the sudden missed his own daughters. Amaya is probably giving Kisame a hard time right now, what with all the studying that girl demands to do. Good thing he has Suki, otherwise he'd be bored. And a bored Kisame kinda puts landscapes at risk.
Naruto jumped in and broke the silence, "Hey guys, it's getting late. Could we all call it a day?" Itachi and Kakashi nodded in agreement. Sasuke, as soon as Naruto said this, felt a strong urge to sleep and yawned widely. As soon as they saw this, Naruto and Itachi were right at Sasuke's side, pushing Kakashi right out of the way. As they stood on either side of Sasuke, they looked at each other and gave a little, albeit forced, chuckle. Naruto then grabbed Sasuke's right arm and Itachi grabbed Sasuke's left arm. They looked at each other again and gave another forced laugh.
"It's alright Naruto, I can take care of my baby brother from here. You don't need to bother yourself. You can go home now," Itachi said, pulling Sasuke towards him, making Naruto stretch his arm.
"Oh how kind of you Itachi, but see, this is my home now, too. And taking care of Sasuke would never, ever be a bother," Naruto said, pulling Sasuke back towards himself. Naruto looked at Itachi with glee as the elder Uchiha had a look of puzzlement on his face. Sasuke smiled an anxious smile as his brother looked at him for an explanation.
"Yeah, I asked him to move in with me today and he said yes. Isn't that great, niisan?" He said, knowing it would probably piss his brother off, with how he's been acting with Naruto.
"Well, where is he going to sleep?" Itachi asked, knowing perfectly well how lame that question sounded.
"He will be sleeping with me, in my bed," Sasuke answered, biting back a huge smile.
"Well, maybe you two should...I don't know...take a break from each other. You shouldn't become so dependent on each other," he finished, pulling Sasuke again. The other three just gave him an annoyed look. It was also starting to piss Naruto off.
He pulled on Sasuke again and said, "We've only been in a real relationship for about two days, Itachi!" the other's eyes hardened, "we're still getting used to it and you want us to take a break? The hell with that idea," he said, gripping Sasuke's arm harder and pulling him again, this time, out of Itachi's hand.
Itachi was about to refute but Kakashi finally had enough and interjected, "Enough," he said in a low but stern voice, "it looks like you two have some things to work out." He went over to Sasuke and pried him away from Naruto and started out the room with his student. "Try not to kill each other," he said with smile.
"Kakashi, as glad as I am to be out of there, do you really think it's a good idea to let them stay in a room together unsupervised?" Sasuke asked, looking back to the kitchen with worry written on his face.
Kakashi sighed, "They are both in your life now. They both need to learn to forgive and let go and they are never gonna do that if they don't talk and try to understand each other. And they need to because they both want to play a huge part in your life...and your children's." Sasuke nodded and yawned. Kakashi saw this and decided to take pity on him, "It must have been a tiring few days for you. Let's get you to bed." Sasuke nodded again, hoping everything would work out. For the sake of his children. He really wanted a family again and he wanted all the important people in his life to be there.
As Kakashi and Sasuke walked up the stairs, Sasuke's neck started to throb. He kept walking but the move he moved, the more it hurt. He walked slower and slower, gritting his teeth harder and harder, until he reached the top of the stairs, where he had to stop altogether. His face was colored red and he started to perspire. Sasuke grabbed his neck, softly moaning in pain, wishing that it would go away.
Kakashi reaches Sasuke's room and turns around and sees his student in pain. "What's the matter?" Kakashi says, practically running up to Sasuke.
The pain stops for a moment and Sasuke is able to relax. "It's nothing Kakashi. I'm fine." He then stands up a little straighter and walks to his door, passing a very worried looking Kakashi.
"You sure-" Kakashi stops as the door slams closed. He stands there looking at the door for a moment then decides that it's best to let Sasuke have his sleep. It has been a tiring day after all. He turns and walks downstairs to the living room. The living room that was, Kakashi is sure, the breaking point of the day. He looks out the window for a moment and jumps as something black hits the window. Kakashi's body is still till he wonders out to the front yard to see what it was. In the front window, there is a small garden held up by an expanded window sill. Right in the garden, or lack thereof besides for weeds growing out of it, lays a dead crow. Kakashi can see the blood coming out of its small head, dead at contact with the window. What an omen. Kakashi thought as he started to shake. He picked up the bird, found some soft dirt a little ways from the house and buried it, knowing that he wasn't gonna tell any one of the boys what he saw here. They don't need that added stress.
Sasuke slammed his door shut as the pain came back, except ten times worse. He grabbed at his neck and fell to his knees, doubled over in pain. He groaned and the more he fought the pain, the worse it got until the curse mark expanded on its own across Sasuke's neck and face. Sasuke's eyes widened as he felt those tiny burns all over his skin and inside his head, he can hear a small, evil laughter.
He decided that it didn't do any good to have a panic attack and let the curse mark take over, so he evened out his breathing and took long, deep breaths. It work. The calmer he got, the more the pain went away. The curse mark had receded, leaving Sasuke a very tired lump on the floor. He sighed the biggest sigh that day in relief. He slowly peeled himself off the floor and flopped onto the bed and slept instantly. But between the flopping and the sleeping, Sasuke had only one thought come to his mind, (Gotta talk to Sakura about anxiety pills or somethin'.).
Itachi and Naruto stood facing each other for over ten minutes now, not having anything to say to each other, and having everything to say to each other. Naruto walked passed Itachi to the counter and leaned against it with a 'hmph' and finally, and because he's number one, Naruto broke the silence.
"Listen Itachi, we may hate each other but we are just gonna have to suck it up and start acting civil around Sasuke because whether we like it or not, we are both in his life now," he said, or rather, ordered.
"I may not like it but you are his lover now and I suppose with Sasuke, there is no arguing. But let me tell something to you," Itachi said in a low and menacing voice that would make enemy nin fall and beg for mercy, "if you ever hurt him, ever, I will kill you. I won't hesitate either. You will die and I will make sure you feel every last second of it. Got it?" With that, Naruto's eyes hardened and pierced right into Itachi.
"Oh, you mean like you did when he was just seven, and again when he was thirteen?" Naruto said, his voice dipped with malice and sarcasm as he stared at the man who would forever be his enemy.
"What I did, was to make him stronger," Itachi answered through gritted teeth, " what you could do, will destroy him." He finished just as angrily. He hated the fact that his brother had to go and fall for the demon fox vessel. He is way to unpredictable and what's worse, they've only been together for two fucking days. That isn't enough to know that this is the person you want to spend the rest of your life with. Not by a long shot. Itachi's biggest fear would be watching his baby brother fall, and not being enough to pick up the pieces.
"Don't worry Itachi, I don't trust you either. In fact, I think this whole charade is a fake, no matter what Sasuke says. But I will just have to go along with it, because I love him," Naruto says as he walks past Itachi, "and if you ever try a little attempt like you did today again, I will not hesitate to rip you to pieces," he hisses in Itachi's ear. He walks past him and out the door.
"Where are you going?" demands Itachi, fallowing him out of the kitchen.
"We are finished here. I'm going to bed. Feel free to sleep on the couch," Naruto says absently and starts up the stairs while Itachi watches with loathing poring out of him as the blond enters the room his brother is sleeping in. Itachi walked back to the kitchen and paced for about ten minutes, trying to calm himself down. When that failed, he walked up to the wall and punched a hole all the way through.
A/N: okay, so I told a few people like weeks ago that I was posting in only a few days and I never did, so I want to say sorry to them. We lost our internet for a while. Anywho, I know its so short but I just wanted to wrap up the whole, "finding out" bit. It's gonna be all new and 'ahh' from here on in and I promise I am going to try and put the chapters up faster. There is just always so many things going on and yeah. So I hoped you liked it and are still with me :) remember to R&R