A/N: Once again, I am back, after just writing another sorta kinda Itachi/Sasuke fic. (Why?) Anywho, this chapter is dedicated to: (drum roll, please!) Haruka Hana!! Without her as my inspiration for this story, you all wouldn't be reading this! So hats off to Haruka-chan!
Kechia: Hah hah! The ole cliffhanger!
: D: Yes, he was spoiled. But he turned out to be pretty damn good looking, ne? (And where can you go wrong if you're in a sexual relationship with Naruto? I mean, come on!)
Ayako: ::blushes:: thank you! Well, you'll find out later who Itachi has the hots for! (Sakura's older sister!) Whoops, I wasn't supposed to tell you that! -;;
Haruka Hana (my inspiration): I thought he was just tired from his night on Ino…I mean, his night on the town with Ino! (That sounded dirty, didn't it?) ::sighs:: I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU TO PUT THAT DAMN KUNAI AWAY!!!!!!! Mess with me, and I'll fart on you!!! (Is that even possible? Unless you can smell in cyberspace, there's just no plausible way…)
Anyways, ON WITH THE STORY!!!! Oh, yeah. And Naruke-chan no own Naruto. (Damn…) But she does own Kimatochi!
-Chapter 4: Stolen Innocence-
Sasuke stared intently at his cat, Donguri. "Oi. Aniki! Why does Donguri lick himself?"
Itachi sighed. Why does he always ask stupid questions when I've got a headache?"That's how he cleans himself."
Sasuke's tiny mouth formed into an 'oh' shape. "So…aniki. Were you and Kimatochi cleaning each other a few days ago?"
Itachi fell out of his chair in surprise. Crap! I didn't know the twirp was watching us! "Why were you watching?!" he yelped.
"Well, I was over at the Haruno's and you weren't being very quiet, either." Came the naively innocent reply. Itachi groaned and covered his face. "Wassa matter, aniki?"
Itachi removed his hands from his face. Glaring, he said, "You halfta promise to never tell another person about what you saw, okay? Or I'm gonna tell everybody in the clan that you like Sakura-chan!"
Sasuke's chubby face crinkled up in a look of utter horror. "Oh, don't worry, aniki! I promise I won't never tell nobody!"
The memory faded into darkness, only to be replaced with an image of Sasuke grinning down upon his older brother, with the same kunai in his body as the one Itachi had used to murder his father.
"Sasuke-kun."
Not now. Not this early in the morning!
"Sasuke-kun, please wake up!"
"Don't wanna." Came his immature reply.
"Get up!" she screeched, smacking his face. Sasuke's eyes snapped open. "What the hell was that for?!"
"You wouldn't wake up." Sakura sniffed. "Besides, Kakashi-sensei wants us all at the usual meeting place." With that, she left.
Grumbling, Sasuke sat up. "Oi, koi. You up yet?" came Naruto's way-too-early-in-the-morning-to-be-cheerful voice.
"Hai. Where are you?"
"In the bathroom."
Sasuke slowly picked his way through the piles of junkthat littered their floor to find a completely naked Naruto facing toward him, brushing his hair. "You don't mind flaunting it, do you?"
Naruto grinned his trademark grin. "You've already seen it, so why do you care?"
Sasuke closed the distance between him and Naruto. "I mind because I don't want anyone else to see my kitsune like this."
Wrapping his neck around Sasuke's neck, he pouted. "It's a pity that we have to go to training...How about tonight instead?"
"Tonight, then."
(At the Meeting Place)
"NANI?! WE HAVE TO FIND THAT CAT?! AGAIN?!"
Sasuke scowled, silently agreeing with Naruto's outburst. Damn cat. It always gets lost!
They split up, searching the forest individually.
A few hours later, an extremely battered, bruised, and scratched Sasuke emerged from the forest, holding an adorable yet dangerous fluffy, white kitten.
"Sasuke. I have bad news." Kakashi stated, grimfaced.
Sasuke tensed up. It had something to do with Naruto; he just knew it!
"Naruto has been kidnapped."
In shock, Sasuke dropped the cat, which made a mad dash for the forest. He sank to his knees. No. Not his Naru-chan. His kitsune.
"Ano, Sasuke-kun? This is all we found of him." Sakura said softly.
A blood-spattered hitai-ate. Turning it over in his trembling hands, Sasuke squinted to read the inscription on the back.
I have him, otouto.
Sasuke clenched the hitai-ate in his hand as he spat out his hated brother's name. "Itachi!"