Warning: Slash/ Yaoi/ Shonen ai
Pairings: It will be Itanaru, a bit of Sasunaru (NaruSasu?)
Disclaim: I don't own it…but I think most people get the point by now…
N.B: Naruto and Sasuke are both 22 in this story, due to the fact I dislike OC's there won't be any in this story unless necessary, I think there will only be one slightly OC character in this story (Kyuubi)...
Notes:
"Blah" Talking
'Blah' Thinking
Blah Kyuubi's memories
Akatsuki - the organisation Itachi belongs to...
Tsukiyomi - That genjutsu Itachi did to Kakashi and Sasuke in the manga series...
(P.s. GCSE results day tomorrow... wish me LUCK!)
Chapter VIIII – The Curse
"Tell me Naruto, why did you lie to the Hokage."
Naruto looked at the dark boy in front of him, still looking as cold as ever although the eyes showed pain. It is time for some of the truth...
But first, he needs to confirm one thing. "Where did you hear that? I didn't lie-"
"ENOUGH!" Sasuke's outburst shocked Naruto to some extend. Maybe he is over the top... "Just stop hiding! Tell me the truth."
After a long silence Naruto sighed, he realised that both of those things seem to happen a lot lately. He doesn't have time for this. The ANBU test is in two days time and although he doesn't need a practise, he doesn't need distractions either.
"Ok, I did lie to the old hag." Naruto said, Sasuke remained silent but kept his gaze steady on Naruto. "You found from Kyuubi right?"
Naruto continued when he saw Sasuke nod.
"Kyuubi, due to the fact that he isn't born normally can do this special thing with his Chakra. It could be used to reinforce fake memories and images into people's mind. A little bit like Itachi's Tsukiyomi – the only difference is that it is a permanent genjutsu."
Sasuke stiffened at the thought of Tsukiyomi...the images of his parents' dead body replayed again and again and again...
Naruto ignored Sasuke's reaction and continued "However, Kyuubi's Chakra has a soul of it's own. This is a side effect of the spell we used. Kyuubi can't control it at times, especially when something upsetting happens."
Naruto sighed as he remembered when Itachi told him this. It was a week after Kyuubi had wakened. Itachi was looking after the boy and Naruto just returned from a mission.
------Flashback------
"I'm home" Naruto's loud cheerful voice ran through the massive halls, bouncing back from the wooden walls and echoing around the mansion.
Naruto would run and slide open random doors to see if Itachi is there. "The bastard better not have left for a mission while I'm gone..."
Naruto ran through the massive back Garden and across the small human made bridge. It was December and cold. The whole place was covered with a light frost. The small river beneath the bridge is also frozen.
Naruto shivered as he moved into the quarter of the mansion that Itachi's bedroom is located. It was separated from the main house by carefully carved marble walls. Inside there were bare cherry blossom trees. Naruto smiled at them, he once said that he liked cheery blossoms and then before he knew Itachi's garden was covered with them.
The trees are still bare at the end of December, but Naruto know that when spring comes they will bloom into the most beautiful flowers.
"Itachi! Are you here?" Naruto's voice echoed through the building. After a while Naruto walked into Itachi's bedroom in the second floor. He saw Itachi sleeping on his bed. "Jeez, the idiot forgot to close the window again."
"Naruto?" Itachi said with his eyes closed.
"Yea." Naruto lied down next to Itachi. He is so warm...
After a while of each other's presents Itachi sat up, he looked at Naruto and got up. "Come with me."
The calm deep voice reached a half-asleep Naruto, he rubbed his eyes and followed Itachi out of the room into the basement. "What do you want to show me?"
Naruto questioned as he realised where they were going, the experiment room – it's also where their little 'project' has been for the past eight years.
Itachi remained silent as he opened a big wooden door, it door slowly opened and made a squeaky noise while it was at it.
The heavy smell of dust from old spell books and dampness made Naruto uncomfortable. He never come down often, it was Itachi who didn't mind about this environment. He would often joke that this is much better than the Uchiha mansion...
Soft glowing light came from the massive test tube like object in the middle of the room. The object is filled with a transparent silver force – Itachi's and his combined Chakra.
Inside the object was a boy.
"It's time." Itachi said looking into Naruto's eyes, Naruto nodded.
"I know."
Itachi performed a seal and the Chakra started to move into the boy, the boy slowly opened his eyes. It was deep blue.
"At least its eyes look like me." Itachi smiled at Naruto's childish comment. Naruto had always complained that the boy looked more like Itachi.
When Naruto went over to take the boy out of the tube like object Naruto felt the darkest memories coming back to him. The lifeless eyes of the boy blinked as Naruto touched him. Naruto felt his heart speed up and memories, which didn't belong to him, started to form inside his mind....
'The room was dark, almost black.
Naruto cold feel fear, but it wasn't his.
He saw a small body inside the test tube like object.
So much fear...
He wasn't sure where he was...
Until the dusty smell reminded him that this was where Itachi and him put their 'project' in.
So much fear...'
Naruto was breathing heavily as he quickly drew his hand away from the young boy in front of him. He could see a string of silver Chakra hanging from the boy's finger. He knew that it was attached to his a minute ago and that string of chakra transferred the young boy's memories to him.
Naruto looked at Itachi, Itachi looked worried for a moment and then quickly recovered "You ok? You fainted for a second."
"I could feel his memories..." Naruto stated slowly but surely, it wasn't impossible to make other's feel your memory, but they can never feel true emotions... and the fear he felt was so real...
"I know, he can transfer his thought and memories through his Chakra...I suppose it's a special power of some kind." Itachi stated "However it is always negative memories... he makes other's feel his worst memories and he brings out the worst memories in others."
"He is cursed?" Naruto said.
"To some extend..." Itachi sighed "We used dark magic Naruto..."
Naruto remained silent as guilt swell up in him. What did they do...?
"But I could teach his how to control this ability to his advantage..." Itachi patted Naruto and tried to cheer his up. "I realised that it is a bit like Tsukiyomi, but more permanent and more real."
After this Naruto often took Kyuubi to his seaside palace to give him a more positive memory.
Itachi did his genjutsu training with Kyuubi when they returned from the palace...but they were never able to stop Kyuubi's irregular release of negative memories when he is upset...
------End of Flashback------
Sasuke remained silent, Naruto still hasn't told him why he lied to the Hokage. Naruto got up from his chair next to the bed.
"I'm going for Ramen, coming?"
Sasuke followed Naruto out of the window and they walked slowly to Ichiraku. Naruto grinned one of his Naruto-styled grins and sat down.
"Hey, give me a bowl of extra large Miso Ramen!" Naruto grinned happily at the old shopkeeper.
"Same" Sasuke said before turning his attention back to Naruto, who realised that this isn't over.
"Anyway after you fainted Sakura found you guys. Kyuubi woke up first and told me what memories he gave you... there were three of them right?"
Sasuke nodded.
"He wouldn't tell me what the first one was, but I suppose it wasn't important... it might be about his love life or something." Naruto smiled a perverted smile, which made Sasuke shiver – how can anyone be so much like Kakashi sensei.
Sasuke remembered the first memory – the one where Kyuubi was in the seaside palace... he then realised that Naruto don't know that Kyuubi knows that memory and he better keep it that way...
"Yea it wasn't."
"FINE! Don't tell me!" Naruto sulked a bit and ate his miso ramen quietly. After he finished his third bowl he decided to talk...
"The old hag fear me. I can't know too much... Else she will be too scared to let me stay. Itachi wants me to protect his village and I have to lie in order to stay here." Naruto said quietly, Sasuke realised that Naruto finally decided to talk and listened intensely.
"Why would Hokage sama fear a missing nin like you?" Sasuke tried his best sneer he as he is still angry with Naruto for lying to him... sure it's childish, but when isn't he childish when it comes to Naruto.
"They all do..." Naruto smiled sarcastically, he cast a glare towards Sasuke, who looked completely blank. "So they still haven't told you."
Naruto moved closer towards Sasuke and whispered "Where do you think the real kyuubi is."
This wasn't a question it was a statement.
Sasuke's eyes opened wide "You..."
"No it can't be..."
Naruto nodded slowly as he retreated back to his place. The old friendly shopkeeper already brought the fourth bowl of miso Ramen. Naruto grinned at him and tucked in.
Sasuke watched the grinning idiot next to him. 'No way... he couldn't be...'
However another part of him is starting to believe this 'This explains all his sudden surge of power and why adults always hated him...'
Sasuke found himself in a deep confusion as Naruto finished his food and waved goodbye to him "See ya in two days time. I suppose you will come and watch my ANBU test thing."
Sasuke nodded and watched the blond walk off casually...
'What is he here for...really...'
Author's Notes (otherwise known as the junk you don't need to read)
There are something I want to tell you guys in the last chapter, but as the last chapter was late already I just didn't have time to write more babble.
It's about the story, I'm really happy that the reviews are still poring in after the 8th chapter, I don't know how long you guys will be interested in this story and I don't know how I'm going to end this story...
I don't even know how many chapters I should write before I write the epilogue... I mean I know how it gets boring after a while, but again as people have pointed out my chapters are quite short (and when school starts I'm not likely make them longer, sorry guys.)
Anyway, sorry to talk about depressing stuff like this... I blame my damn mood swings... tomorrow I'll be all happy again, I hope...
Tomorrow is my GCSE results day... I'm so nervous, you know that nervous rash you get? I got that all the time now... 12 hours to go... wish me luck guys!
Gi wo mite sezaru wa ya n: Heh heh, are you psychic? That's exactly what I'm doing this chapter... I was wondering when someone if gonna ask... lol
SaLLy11: Yes Kisami is trying to take Itachi's place in Akatsuki (in this story Itachi is the leader of Akatsuki). Kisami is also after Kyuubi so that he can have the sharingan and some of kyuubi's (the real thing) chakra (reveal why later...I hope, if my brain can think of something...)
RuByMoOn17: Well here is another chapter...yayness!
Cleoviper: No Naruto's Dad hasn't died, but no one knows where he is at the moment – it will be revealed in later chapters (I haven't thought of it myself yet...). And Itachi? You have to wait and see ne... (muwahaha...)
Lazy Snake: No no, Kyuubi is Naruto and Itachi's creation (I.e. NO SEX involved!). I hope this chapter explained a lot about Kyuubi...
Izumi: First thanks for liking it, and second I'll be going back to school the next week and because I'm a very silly person I decided to go to a new school for sixth form. So I don't think I will be making the chapters much longer and besides they are kinda planned... I'll try to add in extra chapters for special dates (e.g. Halloween)
Jenniyah: Heh heh heh... yes yes... well actually Naruto and Itachi are still at the "friendship" stage of their relationship...(or so they say...)
that BIRD: I know! Kyuubi missed SCHOOL! Utter terror! And a very good question (I had to think about that one... plot hole - silent voice)... just think it as although your brother (if you have one) might like to watch porn, but he wouldn't want you to be in one (I hope...lol)
Night-Owl123: I'm glad you like it... wish me luck for tomorrow... if the next chappie's author's notes is jolly then it means I've done well!
Malitia: Yayness, I love pictures! Go you! I'm kinda drawing one myself, still haven't finished...
Wish me LUCK with my GCSE results tomorrow (you must be getting aannoyed with me saying that now lol) and review if you have time!