Waii! You people spoil me! :D Thank you all you wonderful reviewers!!

Disclaimer: xp stop rubbing it in! I know I don't own it..argh ;-; (Ha! But I do own the old butler dude Hayuki! So there! :D)

Pairings: Narusasunaru, itanaru, irukaka (more to come)

Warnings: er, the usual I guess. Language.... weird scenarios... yeh. :D

Review Corner:

Kei: Thanks for the review! :D I know if was short, I'll try to make this chapter long okies?

Oruchuban Ebichu: I speak French! ... well... sorta. I dunno what an oubliette is though. :D I'm glad you liked that chapter. I wanted a little bit of Sasu-chan's evil smexyness to show. I'm not exactly sure if I'm gonna have Naruto be able to transform or anything... but we'll see...

Izumi: -has been kissed- oO;... :D thanks

Gi wo mite sezaru wa ya n: lol, :3 Naruto ish teh lucky. Btw, does your name have a meaning? :) I thought it was interesting but I couldn't tell if it had a meaning behind it or something.

Cookie6: ;D Sasu-chan is difficult like that. Thanks for your review :)

Chels-Dawg: wai! What a good idea! I hope you wouldn't mind if I maybe used that? I'll put your name as credit ;)

Lady of Gryffindor: He's just too kawaii and innocent isn't he?

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Ghostninja85: I'm sorry! I'll try to make this chapter longer cuz I know the last one was kinda short. :D glad you like meh story.

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Recap:

"Well Naruto-kun, you just have to give him time. Sasuke has never been very social."

"Hm."

There was a comfortable silence before Naruto looked up with a big smile at Itachi, "Thanks Itachi-san! I'll remember that!"

Itachi nodded as Naruto began to walk away to explore the castle (and hopefully not get lost...).

Good Night My Knight!

Chapter Four: What's cooking?

The stone walls felt icy cold against Naruto's warm finger tips. Naruto glanced around the halls, admiring the paintings and tapestries on the walls. It was darker in this hallway. Maybe because of the lack of windows. Maybe he was reaching the center of the castle? Naruto didn't care that he'd forgotten how he got here. He just wanted to wander. His mind was thinking over so many things, but all the things he thought of could fit under one name: Sasuke. His skin still stung where Sasuke's breath had been. What was it about the younger Uchiha that made Naruto so...

Naruto inhaled and a scent caught his attention and pulled him away from his thoughts. What was that smell? Naruto began sniffing the air like a curious animal. He let his nose follow him until he reached two strange looking doors. The doors were larger than the other ones, but these had round windows on them. Naruto stood on his toes and tried to look through but failed. He caught a glimpse of the inside but not enough to tell what it was. He thought that it might be a kitchen since all the wonderful smells were pouring from this room, but he couldn't be certain. He put his ear to the door attempting to hear any noises coming from the room.

Naruto listened with all his might and finally heard a faint sound of a man's voice. Leaning closer to the door he strained his ears to hear even the slightest of sounds over the soft sizzling of things being cooked. He was leaning on the door but it wasn't moving. Probably locked or something. But the doors looked like they would swing so why was it...

He then felt something pushing back on the other side. Someone trying to get through? Naruto blushed in embarrassment as he quickly moved away from the door. He was thinking that maybe someone needed to get through...

He was wrong.

Two figures suddenly fell through the swinging door. Naruto watched the whole scene with wide eyes. The two heads of brown and white fell on the ground with a thud. Both looked dazed and confused but after looking up they realized where they were. Naruto, being naive, didn't even pay attention to their wrinkled clothes, disarrayed hair or haggard breath... but he did notice the blush that spread across they're face as they spotted Naruto.

"A-a-ano... gomen! I felt someone pressing on the door and I thought someone was trying to get through--" Naruto said with a nervous laugh.

He placed his hands behind his head and gave them a fox-like grin as he watched them stand up and compose themselves.

"Haha, no trouble..." The one with brown hair said scratching his nose.

The one with silver hair gave Naruto what he assumed to be a smile as well but Naruto wasn't certain due to mask he'd pulled up over his face before Naruto could see and the eye patch that was covering his left eye. He wore a green sweater and black pants. The one with brown hair had a scar across the bridge of his nose and wore a black top with khaki bottoms. Naruto smiled back.

"Heh, so.. uh, this the kitchen?" He asked trying to find a way to break the silence.

"Sure is. And you're looking at the two best chefs in this whole kingdom." The brown haired one said with a wink.

"Wow! Really?"

The brunette gave a nod and a smile.

"I'm Iruka, this is Kakashi. We prepare dinner for Uchiha-san and Sasuke-kun." The one with brown hair said as he held out his hand to Naruto.

Naruto shook it, "I'm Naruto! Uzumaki Naruto! Itachi-san let me stay here with him and that basta—uh, Sasuke."

Kakashi looked at him, "Oh? It's rare for Itachi to take someone in so quickly."

Naruto grinned. He guessed that it was a good thing Itachi had trusted him and took him in. Of course... when Naruto thought about the reason why it was a little different.

"Ma, I guess Itachi knows best." Kakashi said, his eye curving into a crescent moon once again.

There was a comfortable silence between the three as they grinned at each other. Something felt familiar to Naruto about them....

"Well Naruto, we'll see you at dinner... we've got to finish preparing the meal now."

Naruto nodded, "Sure! Nice to meet you guys!"

They smiled and headed back into the kitchen. Naruto gave a small wave before the door shut. He let his hands drop to his sides but he still had a small smile on his face as he thought of them. They seemed nice. Really nice. Kinda like older brothers...

Naruto's smile turned slightly sour as he thought about the family he never had.

'Monster! I don't want you in this house!'

Naruto shook his head and quickly pushed out the invading memories.

Baka... you told your self you'd never think of them again. He thought silently.

Sighing, he quickly turned on his heal and continued to explore the hallways.

Gaara sighed as he finished dusting the mantle piece. He hadn't dusted in the living room for a week and the dust had pilled up considerably high. The two Uchiha's rarely visited the living room any more. Itachi was always on the go now and Sasuke preferred his own room over any room in the house. Moving a small clock back to it's place Gaara stepped down from the small ladder he'd been using. He faced the exit but was stopped before he reached the door by a head of pink.

"Gaara! There you are! Done yet?" Asked the girl by the door with a smile.

"Yeah... just finished." He said.

"Great! Are you gonna head home then?"

He nodded.

"Okay well, Itachi wanted me to tell you that before you go you'll have to go to him for your paycheck. He didn't want to leave it laying around like usual. I think it's because there's someone new in the castle or something..."

"Really..."

The girl nodded, "Yep! I heard from Ino that he's pretty cute! She saw him when he came in."

Gaara's eyebrows slightly rose.

"Hn. Well... did Itachi say where I could find him?"

"The new guy?"

Gaara was tempted to roll his eyes, "No. Itachi."

"Oh gomen, he said he'd be in the courtyard for a while, try there." Sakura said grinning.

"Thanks Sakura, see you later."

"No problem, see you tomorrow!"

Sakura smiled before quickly heading down the hall. Gaara gave a small smile as he stored away the ladder.

Someone new, huh?

Sasuke growled as he looked down out of his window. Why the hell'd he do that?

Well, besides the fact he looked too damn cute and fuckable...

Sasuke gave a grunt and cut his thoughts off before they wandered any father. He didn't need a 'playmate'. He didn't want a fucking toy. He was perfectly happy with his solitude. His room was in the tallest tower for a reason. To keep people out. Not many people enjoyed hiking up the stairs to Sasuke's room. Hayuki did it occasionally which surprised Sasuke. Usually if he was needed someone would use the small contraption that was made out of a pipe that went up to Sasuke's room from the main level and the levels above and below that one.

Sasuke gave another weary sigh and gazed out the window one last time before turning away and opening his door to go down stairs.

It'd be time for dinner soon... and Sasuke didn't want the dobe to miss it.

Anukis's Blah:

Hmmm... why did Sasuke not want Naruto to miss dinner? ... good question...

Ermfg... I had such a bad stump at the beginning of this chapter. I wasn't sure exactly how to write it so I just started to type and it came out pretty good.

Thanks to Chels-Dawg for the idea of adding Gaara! I wouldn't have thought about him if she hadn't brought him up! :D

I'm trying to get most of the important characters into the story (you know, cuz I'm trying to make it stick to the story line and therefore need some more characters than the few I've put in there).

Whee... this chapter is a little bit longer... x( I just suck at making really long chapters! So, review anyway please! (if I get ten more reviews then I'll have broken the record for the most reviews I've ever gotten! (58... sad ya but...) Review please!!)

Anukis

P.S.: I'm really sorry for any grammer mistakes or spelling errors in here but I don't have any time to check over it real well (gotta get to bed) so sorry! : D forgive me!