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Recap:
"Soooo what's he like?" Naruto asked.
"You're rather curious aren't you?"
"So?" Naruto asked, slightly pouting.
Itachi smirked lightly. He was opening his mouth to answer when a knock came from the door.
"Well, you're about to find out Naruto."
Good Night My Knight!
Chapter Two: The First Meeting
Naruto wasn't the sharpest crayon in the crayon box, but he knew when something good was about to happen. When Itachi asked him to accompany him to the palace, Naruto jumped at it. Something had told him to go, so he went. Itachi didn't really state why he wanted Naruto to come to the palace with him, Naruto didn't care actually. Itachi then mentioned his little brother, Sasuke. Something in Naruto's mind sighed as it heard the name. Who was Sasuke? That made Naruto even more eager to reach the palace. He needed to meet him, Sasuke. He had to see what this guy was like.
'You're about to find out,' His mind kept repeating Itachi's word at the speed of lightening.
His heart was thumping, what was it about this guy? What was Naruto so... happy for? That's when he saw him. Well, his hand at least. A hand had slipped around the door and was now pushing away the only barrier left to see who he was waiting for. His heart kept racing.
...but unfortunately;
"Master Itachi?"
Naruto nearly fell over. This wasn't a seventeen year old prince. In his stead:
"Yes Hayuki?"
"I have told Prince Sasuke about your request. He should have been here by now, has he arrived?" Hayuki's eyes flickered over to a disappointed Naruto.
"No, he hasn't."
"Perhaps I should go look for him?"
"Please."
Hayuki bowed and exited the room. Itachi sighed when the door was shut and turned to Naruto.
"I'm sorry Naruto. It seems my brother has taken off again."
Naruto raised an eyebrow, his eyes became small, almost slits, "Again?"
He made sure he heard correctly. Itachi's brother took off again. Yet he still sent that poor old dude to hobble around for hours for what might have been no reason? Naruto grumbled as he thought this over. Itachi inhaled deeply and let out a slow quiet breath.
"Yes. Again. My brother, used to always bother me, always want to be around me. Until our father died. Our father hated me..." Itachi seemed to begin to pull out old memories as he stared at an old bow and arrow on the wall, "We were out tracking a group of criminals one day; we found their hideout too. I was younger and I didn't know much about these things."
He stopped and glanced over at Naruto. Heaving a sigh he continued,
"In short, our father died protecting me. Sasuke... he blames fathers death on me--"
"Whhaat!?! That's so mean though! You couldn't do anything about it right?"
Itachi shook his head, "I don't mind."
"You should." Naruto huffed.
Itachi gazed over his high collar to look at Naruto. Naruto's eyes were in slits and his arms were crossed as if he were thinking something over. Itachi held back a smirk. He couldn't help thinking about how much the child resembled a fox. Itachi began to move towards the door.
"H-Hey! Where are you going?" He asked jogging to catch up with Itachi as he reached the door.
"I'm going to find my brother. Do you want to come with me?"
Naruto nodded vigorously, "Yeah, yeah! I wanna meet him!"
Itachi's eyebrow raised in amusement at Naruto's vast amount of energy.
"Very well then. Follow me." Itachi said opening the door.
Naruto happily followed.
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'Master Itachi wishes your presence in his chambers...' Hayuki's voice went through Sasuke's head.
So maybe he should have just listened. He was curious, but his curiosity wasn't so intense that he would actually go to Itachi. He never really listened to his brother anymore. Not since their father died. Ever since then, Sasuke stayed far away from Itachi. He could clearly remember his father's last words to him.
'Don't be like your brother...'
At the time, Sasuke didn't understand. He admired Itachi with his whole being. He did everything he could to be more like Itachi. He would follow him around wondering what he was doing. He'd ask his brother to train him so he could learn how to be as strong as him. He'd looked up to him. But that was a long time ago.
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'Brother? You said you'd help me with shrunken practice.'
'Forgive me, Sasuke. Not today.'
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'Brother? What are you doing?'
'Training.'
'How?'
'Sharingan.'
'Wow! Will I be able to use those one day too?'
'One day.'
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Sometimes Sasuke wished it was back to normal. Sometimes he wished they could be brothers again. But his father's lack of trust in Itachi had transferred to Sasuke after his death. Sasuke would wonder what would happen if he opened up again. Would he die like his father? Probably not. Sasuke new that Itachi was stronger now, that before it really wasn't... his fault.
"Ah, I knew you'd be here." A familiar voice broke Sasuke trance.
Sasuke whipped around.
"Ita--... Who... is that?"
Naruto's POV
This guy was looking at me funny. I mean. Really funny. No ones ever looked at me like that before. I didn't understand it, but I probably looked really funny to him too. I could help but stare. His dark hair and light skin made him look ethereal. He looked a lot like Itachi-san, but he was still different. So different. Something about him made my stomach churn. He was so... beautiful.
"This is Naruto," Itachi said, "Naruto, this is my brother Sasuke."
'Sasuke...'
"Why is he here?" Sasuke asked.
"I'll talk to you both about that later. I just think you two should get to know each other at the moment."
Sasuke gave his brother an extremely suspicious look. I didn't know why he didn't trust him so much. It's not like Itachi-san was evil or something... he didn't seem evil at least. He'd been really nice to me and all. But my thoughts halted as the deep black gaze left Itachi-san and landed on me. My heart was jumping. What the hell was this?
Sasuke's POV
He looked like an angel. The ones you see in fairy tales. The ones with blonde hair and blue eyes who are smiling and laughing, usually with children around them. And gorgeous white wings. His wings though, were just my imagination and then sun light that was coming into the courtyard. I couldn't help my let my mask drop for a second as I stared at him, his face was getting pink the more I stared at him. When I caught my mask slipping I decided to break the comfortable stare and smirked.
"He looks stupid." I didn't mean it.
But it was something.
His face dropped from its previous gawking state into a fierce stare.
"You bastard!"
I raised an eyebrow. No one's ever really been able to shout back. It was nice.
"What's wrong, dobe? Never been told that before?"
"Argh! I'll kill him!"
Naruto's POV
I would have killed him too! But Itachi grabbed my collar. So now I sat here, wondering why the hell I had to meet this guy. And what really pissed me off was his stupid smirk! What the hell was so funny! I grumbled under my breath and made sure that he could see I was ticked.
That's when I remember,
"Hey, Itachi. When are you going to tell me why I'm here?" I asked.
He looked down at me with those really cool red eyes.
"Well, since you and my brother get along so well..." Great he was being sarcastic now, "Why not tell you now I guess. I'll be blunt." Great. "You're going to be my brother's..." Why the hell was he blushing? "Um, playmate."
Playmate? I raised an eyebrow.
"That's a bit childish." I said.
Sasuke's POV
This guy really was an idiot! Didn't he understand what my brother was talking about! Argh! How can this guy not see the meaning behind that.
"Itachi... what the hell are you on?" I growled.
Naruto looked over to me, a purely innocent look on his face.
"What's ticking you off? I don't mind so much being a friend I guess. But why'd you call it playmate? It makes us seem like two year olds or something." He didn't know how much he acted like a two year old...
"What's there to do in this old castle anyway?" Naruto asked looking up to Itachi.
Itachi smiled. It was kinda creepy....
"I'm sure you and Sasuke can find something to do."
I didn't miss that perverted look he gave me. Oh god. This was gonna be a long day.
End Chapter Two
Heh. So? How's this for now? Please review!
Anukis-san
