Itachi glanced at Sasuke, placed a hand on his shoulder and then spoke. "Welcome to your new home, Sasuke."
Sasuke glanced outside the window and noticed how huge his brother's syndicate was. The doors were decorated with long red curtains covered with golden lines. The name "Uchiha" was engraved in the middle of the building. The steps seemed to go on forever. Sasuke couldn't believe that his brother could possess such…power.
"Bittersweet Symphony"
Act IV: Beautiful
That evening, the clouds gathered themselves once more to cover the city in darkness. A couple of seconds later the rain fell. Mitarashi Anko grabbed one of the umbrellas she kept in a closet nearby the entrance of her house. The Mitarashi mansion was huge and one could easily get lost if they weren't careful. Anko lived here all her life, secluded by fame and fortune. Her father, Orochimaru, was the mayor of the city. Though in the public, they seemed like the perfect family. He was rich, and was shown as a generous, loving father. In truth, Mitarashi Orochimaru was not a generous man, nor was he a loving father. Anko decided that today, she was going to sneak out again. She didn't care what that idiot Kabuto said, or Kimimaro either (Though he was rather attractive).
Everything was going according to plan, until an unexpected guest arrived.
"Anko-sama?"
She turned her head and noticed a figure standing behind her. "Damnit."
"You really shouldn't sneak outside on days like these, Anko-sama." Kabuto replied, fixing his glasses. With the push of his index button he quickly fixed the position of his glasses before they could fall off. "Orochimaru-sama will be displeased knowing that you have left..."
"Like my father cares. Why don't you go back to helping him out of some new scandal instead of waisting your fucking time with me, huh!" She grabbed the doorknob, opened the door, and then left, slamming it behind her. She hated when Kabuto tried to control her life, especially when he knew that the reason Orochimaru kept her inside of the house was because of that man.
"I see, I see. Anko-sama truly is a spoiled brat." he sighed, a cheerful smirk placed on his face. "She truly is worthy of upholding the 'Mitarashi' name."
Akimichi Bar was lively like every night. The only problem was that, since the rain began to pour down, a lot of people began showing up. Within minutes the bar was already overcrowded. Kakashi sat in his usual place, in front of the bar, chatting with Asuma about 'the good old days.' Tsunade-hime was singing away, giving the crowd her best performance.
"The more people, the more the profit!"
That was her motto.
"Kakashi, where's that kid that you were with the other day?" Asuma asked, cleaning away a couple of glasses.
"Oh?" Kakashi looked up, fixing his mask. "Sasuke..? Itachi came to pick him up today."
"I see..."
"It's been awhile since you've seen Itachi, hasn't it, Asuma?"
"It's been years since I've seen that bastard." Kakashi was sure that Asuma was speaking about Itachi in a way he never spoke about people before.
Kakashi sighed, ordering another glass of beer.
You can love, and be loved!
I will forever pray for you, my love.
Let's seek eternal bliss underneath the trees
The trees of eternity, the trees of bliss.
Tsunade-hime was really belling herself out with her vocal cords. Many people wondered why she wasn't already a famous singer, or an actress. Jiraiya was overly protected of his singer/actress girlfriend. He was caring, to say the least. He always made sure that she was getting the right amount of money for every gig. He just didn't want to make her a star.
"She just loves singing, and dreams of one day going to medical school." He once told Kakashi that, earlier in the years when he first introduced Obito to the Konoha City gang.
She's been carrying her dreams
Carrying her dreams, in an unknown place.
To some unknown reality
or a fantasy...
"Kakashi!"
He turned around and noticed another familiar figure standing before him. He smiled, "Anko? I haven't seen you in awhile..."
She smirked, "It's been awhile, eh Kakashi!"
"Too long. Have a seat." He said. Anko agreed, sitting beside him. Her purple eyes stared at his.
She loved him for a long time now. Anko remembered clearly the first time they met and introduced themselves to each other.
It'll never leave my heart…
"So, Anko want a drink?" Asuma asked, handing her an empty glass. "It's on the house, since we haven't seen you in a long time."
She nodded. "Alright!"
She silently confessed to herself that she was in the bar the other night, when Kakashi entered with Sasuke.
After Itachi stepped out of the automobile, Sasuke soundly followed. His eyes were fixated on the grand splendor of the place. The red drapings, the golden letters, everything seemed so elegant yet dangerously sophisticated.
"Sasuke, come." Itachi summoned his brother, turning around to gesture so he could follow him up the golden staircase.
Sasuke ran up the stairs, trying to keep up with his brother. Before they knew it, they were standing in front of a gigantic hall decorated with the golden letters 'Uchiha' all around. Also, the red and white fan was displayed everywhere as the signature of the Uchiha Syndicate.
Itachi glanced towards his brother, smiling. "I can see that you are in awe of its extravagance?"
"You have so much…power, brother." Sasuke replied.
"Anyone can attain power, Sasuke. It's how you use it, that counts."
"I see..."
"Unfortunately, I can't spend time with you right now."
"Business affairs..?"
He nodded, removing a couple of loose strands from his bangs that rebelled against his cheeks. "But do not worry, little brother, I have someone to help you get yourself comfortable."
Before Sasuke could ask, another man appeared before them.
"Itachi! You summoned me, right?" the blonde haired person spoke, energetically. Almost too energetically.
"Naruto, I would like to introduce to you my younger brother, Sasuke."
"Oooh! So you're Itachi's little brother, eh?" Naruto smirked, walking towards Sasuke.
"What are you looking at?" Sasuke replied quite rudely.
"Please, Sasuke, show Naruto-kun some respect. After all..." he paused for a couple of seconds, "He is my right hand man."
Sasuke was in utter shock. This person? This energetic guy was his partner? He couldn't believe it, and had to repeat that same line in his head over and over before he could seep it into his brain.
"Anyways, I leave you in Naruto-kun's care. I will see you tomorrow." Itachi replied, and then disappeared as he walked down the hall corridors on his left. Sasuke was there all by himself with Naruto, not really knowing what to say to him.
"So Sasuke, want to go out and eat some ramen?" he smirked, scratching his head.
"No. Besides, aren't you supposed to show me around?"
"Ah, we can do that later! C'mon, I'll take you to a really good place a couple of blocks from here."
"I said, no. Didn't you understand that earlier?"
Naruto sighed, "Jeez you didn't have to give me such an attitude…"
Sasuke shrugged, "Whatever. Just show me around before I lose my patience."
"Alright, alright! I get your point..."
Naruto led Sasuke towards the corridors on the right, showing him all the meeting rooms and all the dining halls. The Uchiha Syndicate was famous for having more than one dining hall, specifically because of all of its allies. Among their allies were the Hyuuga Syndicate. Also in the corridors by the right were mysterious rooms that nobody was allowed in, besides Itachi and a couple of men in the syndicate.
"I heard that tons of the guys bring some whores and just fuck them senseless in these rooms…"
"Too much information, thanks." Sasuke said sarcastically, his hands in his pockets, watching his 'guide' do his duties. In truth, he was quite fascinated by the syndicate. He didn't care much about the rooms, or other members of the syndicate fucking whores senseless...
Naruto led Sasuke to the corridors to the left, which were the dwelling quarters of a couple of the men in the syndicate. Among these men were Naruto, Itachi and his fiancée.
"Who is she, exactly?" Sasuke asked Naruto.
"Who, Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked.
"My brother's fiancée..."
"Right, Sakura-chan." He smiled and replied, "Sakura-chan is the most gorgeous girl I've ever seen in my life! Itachi's a lucky bastard for having such a pretty girl as his fiancée"
"Right..." He didn't really care much about his brother's fiancée, and was quite amazed at himself for asking.
Without knowing, Sasuke had bumped into someone.
"Hey! Watch where you're going next time!"
It was a feminine voice. Sasuke turned around, and noticed a woman standing a couple of feet behind him. She had long pink hair, and her eyes were emerald green. She was wearing a nightgown, which, ironically, was pink. Sasuke ignored her, and kept on walking towards a door that Naruto had pointed out as his room. When Sasuke finally entered his room, Naruto walked towards Sakura who was incidentally in the next room, which was his own.
"Sakura-chan? Did Sasuke bother you or something?" Naruto asked, glancing towards her.
"He bumped into me and he didn't even say sorry!" she replied, sighing.
"Don't worry about it, he's like that."
"I see…"
"Anyways, shouldn't you be all dressed up for Itachi?" he grinned, placing his hand on her shoulder. "It's been a day since you two have seen each other."
She smiled, "Yeah, it has. But, isn't he busy with some type of business?"
"Don't worry about it. He'll be finished in no time."
She nodded, "I see..."
"He's really lucky." Naruto remarked, sighing. "I wish I had such a beautiful fiancée."
"You're such an idiot." she remarked playfully, nudging him in the side with her elbow. "So anyways, who was that guy?"
"Sasuke is Itachi's younger brother."
"Oh! He's Sasuke?"
"Yup, yup!"
She blushed a bit, "Oh! If I had known I wouldn't have been so disrespectful. I wouldn't have yelled at him, probably just give him a silent glare..."
"Don't worry about it. You should get some sleep! Tomorrow's the party, remember?"
"Right, right. I'm going to visit a friend tomorrow anyways…" she got up, and walked towards the door. "I'll speak to you tomorrow then, Naruto."
He nodded, waving as she closed the door after she left behind her.
Sasuke looked around his so called 'room,' and found it much better than the dump he had to live in when he was residing with Kakashi. The walls were colored a somewhat fancy red, and everything looked as if it cost a ton of money to get.
He liked his new home.
Laying on his new bed, Sasuke glanced up into the ceiling with his hands behind his head.
"I'm home…" he replied softly to himself, and without knowing he fell asleep.
Tomorrow will be the day he is initiated into the syndicate.
Not only that, but his fate will be decided.
Destiny will intertwine with the young Uchiha, and his fate will be revealed without him even knowing.
Author's Notes: Thanks to my BETA reader, Nikusan! So, they've finally met. Their destinies shall become one, on the night of the grand ball! Next chapter, haha. Which will be up..by the end of the week, hopefully. If not, then definately next week. Along with this update, I also have chapter two of "Ava Adore" (I don't have a BETA reader for it, but I will soon)
