Hekki bottom everyone,

I've been really busy fixing myself and moving forward with life. To be honest I have been going through something very personal and too close to home for my liking so at the moment my stories will seem like they surround heartbreak instead of love and all that.

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inuyasha16451: Here you go and thank you as always.

kiki2222: You will get a lemon but it won't be for a few chapters because they are still figuring themselves out and the timing out. They are shown to be quite possessive of each other especially Itachi.

MintTwo: Thank you so much for the compliment. I appreciate that. Recommend to whoever you know that reads this pairing or Naruto stories in general. If you like this one you should check out my other stories.

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ROUTE-L: Here you go.

Mkayemolina: Thank you, yes those two had to get back together no matter what. Yeah, Itachi doesn't want to be a shinobi in this one but that doesn't mean he won't protect the village and the people who are closest to him. I will consider the Dango shop for after everything is over but for now, it won't be coming any time soon. As for Itachi's heart, his clan's death still weighs on him because it still very much did happen to Naruto and Itachi just not for everyone else.

solitare1: That will be explained I promise.

TigrezzTail: Yeah that kind of shocked me too, to be honest. That was by no means planned at least not this soon. I planned all that to happen but they were supposed to be in the past for a few more chapters but now that I see it I think it was a good idea.

naruita14: Merci beaucoup mon ami.

Enjoy the chapter everyone.

A week passed since the two came back from the past and Naruto was up and ready to go. He wanted to see what he changed in the world and what was still the same. He heard that the Akatsuki was still around and he was happy to hear that Orochimaru wasn't bad but he still controlled the Sound.

"Let me get this straight you want to take a mission to Sound just when you two got back?" Shisui asked dumbfounded.

"Yeah," Naruto said simply nodding his head.

Itachi was just sitting in the back of the room and had to refrain from laughing at Shisui's reaction to things that Naruto was saying.

"But you just healed from the wound you previously inflicted on your last mission," Shisui said.

"I get that but I am fine now trust me," Naruto said and to emphasize his point he lifted his shirt up and showed where he was stabbed. "See no wound," Naruto said rubbing his hand against his chest which made Itachi have to turn away.

Itachi didn't like that he blushed from seeing his body.

"I also want to leave for a while," Itachi said.

"You both just got back and Itachi you even put in your resignation for being a ninja just a day ago," Shisui said unsure of what was going on.

"I know I did but I really need to do this come on Shisui," Itachi pleaded as he stepped forward putting Naruto's shirt down.

They never really worked out their feelings for one another since they kissed each other in the previous time. Neither one of them was really sure on how to bring it up.

"Yeah Hokage Shisui let us go if it makes you feel better we will go together," Naruto said.

"No, the last time you two went together you came back stabbed," Shisui said.

"We can also bring Sasuke if that will make you feel better?" Naruto said.

"You two aren't going to let it go are you?" Shisui asked.

They both shook their heads no because they really wanted to go and they really felt the need to go.

"Fine, I feel like you two would have gone even if I told you no," Shisui said with a sigh.

"No I wouldn't I would have pestered you until you said yes and Itachi probably would have asked the council because he is a citizen now," Naruto said.

"Where are you two going anyway?" Shisui asked shaking his head at Naruto.

"Well I have a friend out there that needs my help and Naruto just wants to know what else is going on in the world and check on Orochimaru," Itachi said.

"A friend?" Shisui asked curiously.

"Yeah an old friend," Itachi said.

"Are you sure?" Naruto asked turning his head to Itachi.

"Yes," Itachi said looking at Naruto.

"Okay and we could go together," Naruto said with a smile.

"How do you gather that?" Shisui asked.

"Because I can't let a civilian of Konoha walk the dangerous roads on a journey can I?" Naruto asked.

"I am not defenseless," Itachi said with a chuckle.

"But your not a ninja anymore either," Naruto said.

"Fine you two can go together," Shisui said. "So when do you two want to go?" Shisui asked.

"Tonight," they both said at the same time.

"Why?" Shisui asked.

"Because we travel better at night," they both said again.

"Fine, I don't even want to know why you two are in synch like that," Shisui said.

"Thanks," they both said again.

"Okay this is weird," Shisui said as they both walked out of the Hokage office.

Itachi grabbed Naruto and shimmered to the apartment he was used to sharing with Naruto that Naruto still seemed to have even though they didn't know it.

"What is it?" Naruto asked.

"We need to talk about what happened before the time changed back," Itachi said.

"Can I know?" Sasuke asked.

"Sasuke!" they both jumped from the sudden voice that they weren't used to.

"So can I know? Why did you quit being a ninja? Where are you two going now?" Sasuke asked.

"We accidentally k-" Naruto started to admit what happened only for Itachi to stop him.

"We're going to find a friend and we're going to Orochimaru," Itachi said.

"So what is it that you two need to talk about?" Sasuke asked.

"That's none of your business right now little brother," Itachi said.

"Well that's too bad because Shisui wants me to go with you two," Sasuke said with a smirk.

"What?" they both screamed shocked for different reasons.

"Well only to Orochimaru's village then I have to come back after I give a message to Orochimaru," Sasuke said.

"That's awesome Sasuke, are you getting more training from him?" Naruto asked excited for his best friend ignoring Itachi's hand on him.

"No Naruto I'm going because Shisui has a message he needs to be delivered to Orochimaru so I already had this mission," Sasuke answered.

"Oh about the upcoming Chunin exams?" Naruto asked still happy not deterred at all by Sasuke's annoyance.

"Naruto aren't you too excited?" Sasuke asked his eyebrow going up in question.

"I am just excited to go on a mission with you again," Naruto said.

"Naruto I know your memories are from a different time but in this time you always went on missions with Itachi," Sasuke said with a sigh.

"I noticed that but I am still your best friend," Naruto said shocking both brothers but making Sasuke smile.

"Meet me by the gate," Itachi said jealous of his brother's relationship with the blonde that he wanted to talk to.

"What's up with him?" Sasuke asked.

Naruto looked at the window Itachi jumped out of and ignored the pinch of pain he felt as he looked away.

"Kit you like him so why do you reject him?" Kurama questioned making Naruto go sad but not say anything.

"It's fine, he will be fine." Naruto lied.

"Keep fooling yourself Kit," Kurama said.

Sasuke eyed Naruto worried but didn't say anything. He nodded his head accepting the answers Naruto was giving him. Naruto went to his closet and noticed that he had whole new clothes to pick from and that made him smile.

"You changed a lot huh?" Sasuke asked.

"Yeah we did," Naruto said. "Do you want to see?" Naruto asked.

"No, I think I rather just know that you changed something that wouldn't hurt me and my family. You saved my brother and that is enough for me." Sasuke said.

"I don't think I can take all the credit," Naruto said.

"Itachi said that he didn't want to change anything right away but you convinced him to change things with you," Sasuke said. "Even though he hasn't slept at the house since you became you," Sasuke said.

"Where has..." Naruto stopped because he knew.

Itachi has been here with him when he fell asleep and gone before he woke up. Now that is just sad.

"How sad," Naruto said in a low voice. "Sasuke do you think you can meet me at the gate?" Naruto asked.

Sasuke noticed that his friend wanted to be alone so he just nodded and jumped out the window. Naruto sat on his bed and put his head in his hands as he thought back to the kiss and how he couldn't get it out his mind the whole time. If he would have been alone he could have controlled his emotions in a different way but Itachi wanted to know something that Naruto couldn't even explain to even himself.

"Kit why is it so bad to like the Uchiha? You obviously have something for him even in this time before you came back to the proper time." Kurama said replaying the memory of Itachi and himself kissing even though it wasn't him it was his past though.

"I wasn't the one who did that though," Naruto said.

"We know it wasn't you but at the same time it was you Naruto," Kurama said.

Naruto didn't say anything because he didn't know what else to say if that made any sense to even his thoughts. Naruto touched his lips softly as he thought about his other self kissing Itachi on the mission they were just on before they came back to this time. He wondered what Itachi thought about that kiss that he initiated in this time.

"Naruto," Itachi said at the window.

Naruto looked up shocked and Itachi slowly came into the apartment. It was slow and the motion was so soft that it froze Naruto.

"This is me initiating it this time," Itachi said softly as he caressed Naruto's cheek before he pressed his lips against Naruto's.

Naruto gasped shocked by Itachi's motion but he didn't push him away. Before he knew it he found himself pulling Itachi more into the kiss that wasn't as tender as it was before and more passionate. Itachi pushed himself more onto Naruto which Naruto let him as he pulled Itachi into him more. The two didn't let go they didn't want to.

The kiss was slowing down as they noticed they needed to leave soon.

"I don't want to lose you," Itachi whispered with fear in his voice like he wasn't used to being vulnerable around Naruto.

Naruto kissed him on his nose and gave Itachi a sweet smile.

"You won't just don't lose yourself too," Naruto said in a soft tender voice that even Itachi didn't hear before.

Itachi couldn't help but kiss him once again because he couldn't believe how much Naruto seemed to understand him before and now.

"I see you have been sneaking into my room while I sleep," Naruto said making Itachi blush and get off him.

"I can't go there," Itachi said with a whisper.

"Itachi," Naruto said putting his hand on Itachi's shoulder.

"What do you expect from me?" Itachi asked lowly.

"Nothing, take your time on finding yourself again. I will always be here to help you." Naruto said making Itachi look at him. "Don't worry I have your back no matter what," Naruto said pulling Itachi into him giving him a hug that shocked Itachi but he didn't want to let go of Naruto either.

The silence in the apartment was comfortable and loving something Itachi didn't understand before and he couldn't help but feel at peace for the first time since he got stuck in the past with Naruto.

"We should get going now Itachi," Naruto said standing up to get his bag ready for the trip.

"What is your plan for my brother?" Itachi asked jealousy rearing its head again.

"What do you mean he is my best friend?" Naruto asked confused stopping what he was doing.

"Are you interested in him?" Itachi asked.

"Like how?" Naruto asked glancing at Itachi over his shoulder only to laugh at Itachi. "Itachi are you kidding me? I just kissed you back willingly why would I go toward your brother?" Naruto asked laughing and not being able to stop himself.

"You don't need to laugh at me," Itachi said shoving Naruto as a small smile appeared on his face.

"You needed to ask me that question right after I kiss you," Naruto said with a smile.

Itachi couldn't help but feel taunted which made him pull Naruto in again kissing him. Naruto couldn't help but kiss back and it was with more enthusiasm than before.

"We should leave," Itachi whispered against Naruto's lips.

"Yeah," Naruto said softly but kissed Itachi again.

It took them fifteen minutes to even pull away from one another. When they finally got out of the apartment they couldn't help but feel like the bubble from the apartment was popped and they were nervous once again around each other.

"Why do you two look like that?" Sasuke asked as they approached the gate as the sunset.

"We don't look like anything," Itachi said a blush appearing on his face and that shocked Sasuke.

"What did you two do?" Sasuke asked.

"Nothing Sasuke now let's get going," Naruto said pulling Sasuke away from Itachi.

A surge of jealousy came over Itachi making him pull Naruto back to him and away from Sasuke.

"Okay, let's all get going then," Naruto said with a blush on his face and a slight nervous chuckle coming out his mouth.

Itachi was behind Naruto's head blushing brightly.

"You two are fucking acting weird," Sasuke said but walked out the village anyway with them following him.

Naruto shook his head but let Itachi hang on him.

"Come on you assholes speed the hell up," Sasuke said as Naruto tried to get Itachi to move his feet out of the village.

"What's wrong?" Naruto asked.

"I feel like the moment we step out of the village everything is going to change," Itachi whispered into Naruto's neck.

"Itachi the whole world is changed from what we did and it doesn't matter if we step out of the village now or later it's different now. We don't know what is out there but we have to keep moving forward so we can find out," Naruto said.

"You better not leave me anywhere," Itachi said softly.

"I won't leave you," Naruto said patting Itachi's head.

Itachi let out a deep breath and then let Naruto go walking ahead toward the exit only looking back to show Naruto his eyes that never changed even in this time.

"I will hold you to that," Itachi said.

Naruto ignored the words to look at Itachi's Sharingan especially since they shouldn't be there considering what caused them to be there never happened. It was the Mangekyo Sharingan.

"Kit they are still there because his soul still experienced it even if you changed times. He is still burdened by what happened to his clan and the fact that something could happen scares him dearly. I think his eyes symbolizes that the past did in fact happen and it makes him not want to forget it." Kurama said.

"That's sad," Naruto said out loud making Itachi tilt his head. "Nothing let's get going before Sasuke starts snapping," Naruto said jumping ahead on the tree where he spotted Sasuke a few trees away waiting for them.

"I was wondering when you two would come," Sasuke said and started to move.

Itachi stayed behind them watching Naruto all through the way of them moving.

"How far is the Sound again?" Naruto asked.

"It's in the Land of Rice," Sasuke said.

"So it should take us roughly a day to get there unless we go all night," Naruto said nodding his head.

"No, you are literally just recovering from being stabbed you need rest," Itachi chimed in with a glare at Naruto.

"Itachi I would rather get to Orochimaru to find out some of those things that we need to deal with," Naruto said glaring back. "And anyway I am fine Ku healed me already," Naruto said lifting his shirt up to verify the proof as he stopped on the tree.

"Stop that," Itachi said with a blush on his cheeks that shocked Sasuke but made him smirk.

Sasuke may not understand everything the two talk about but he is glad that they found something in each other. He was a little jealous because Naruto was supposed to be his best friend and his brother was taking him from him but he couldn't help but find that these two needed each other in a way. He also ignored the pang in his heart as he watched Naruto's eyes light up at Itachi's blush and the smile that appeared on his face made him frown. He watched as Naruto ruffled Itachi's hair only to get his hand smacked. Then listened to his joyous laugh. Sasuke was jealous.

"Can you two stop flirting and come on?" Sasuke snapped not looking at either of them.

Naruto was shocked but didn't say anything and started moving shockingly both of them.

'Sasuke is irritated better stop touching his brother in front of him,' Naruto thought to himself but like always Kurama chimed in.

"Naruto I think the younger Uchiha has a thing for you and is jealous," Kurama said.

"No way," Naruto said shaking his head in the mindscape.

"Listen to me Kit I was watching him while you were watching Itachi," Kurama said.

"I... what am supposed to do about that?" Naruto asked.

"That is something I can't tell you," Kurama said.

Naruto sat there patiently thinking.

"He doesn't seem to want to say anything though so just leave it be for now," Kurama said.

"NARUTO!" Sasuke screamed catching him just in time. "You idiot what the hell were you doing?" Sasuke screamed as he was on the bottom of Naruto holding onto him as they dangled over a trap.

"What happened?" Naruto asked.

"Naruto you can't talk to the fox while your moving in the trees," Itachi said.

"You almost went into a trap twice and almost fell off the tree into a field of spikes," Sasuke snapped worried.

"Shit sorry I won't talk to him again," Naruto started but stopped only to shake his head. "Okay I won't talk in the mindscape," Naruto said.

Sasuke leaned up and pulled Naruto up along with him. Naruto realized he had blood on him but it wasn't his own.

"Sasuke are you bleeding?" Naruto asked worriedly grabbing ahold of Sasuke firmly.

"It's only a small cut. It's not a big deal," Sasuke said trying to shake him off.

"It's not little let me see your arm," Naruto demanded to feel the glare on his back but ignored it for the moment. "Let me see your arm," Naruto said his eyes going red making Sasuke flinch but grit his teeth and do as Naruto said.

Naruto looked at his arm and saw the stream of blood going down his arm. Naruto pulled out water cleaning it off then checked how deep it was.

"You are going to need stitches," Naruto mumbled.

Naruto knew how Sasuke felt about stitches but he couldn't do medical jitsu so this will have to do.

"You're not stitching my arm," Sasuke said trying to pull his arm away.

"Yes I am before it gets infected now stop your damn moving," Naruto said lifting Sasuke then gesturing to Itachi to follow to the ground level.

Naruto was quick with making a concealing seal so no one would find them before he went back to Sasuke.

"Naruto you don't have to do this," Sasuke said squirming backward.

"Don't make me force you," Naruto said but Sasuke continued to move away. "Fine Shadow clone jitsu," Naruto said making four Naruto's pop up scaring Sasuke more. "Hold him," Naruto said.

One Naruto pulled Sasuke into his lap while two held down his legs and the last one held the other arm that Naruto wasn't stitching up.

"Stop struggling or I will knock you out," Naruto threatened and that made Sasuke growl at him. "Do you want me to?" Naruto asked.

"No," Sasuke grumbled.

"I'm glad we worked that out now let me finish cleaning your wound considering you did a lot of struggling just now," Naruto said sighing as he went to the floor sitting by Sasuke's arm.

Itachi sat near but was sulking at the moment because Naruto didn't even bother to acknowledge him being there since he found out Sasuke was hurt. Itachi was actually pissed off that he wasn't the one to save Naruto. He was jealous over the past relationship Naruto had with Sasuke and the fact that they still had such a good one. Naruto even ignored and noticed things about Sasuke without even acknowledging him and that didn't make him feel good at all. It seemed to Itachi that whenever it came to Sasuke Naruto was Lazor focused and that irritated Itachi.

Naruto had to swat Sasuke a few times to keep him from moving. He was watching Itachi but neither of the brothers noticed he could tell because they were both focused on something else. They thought he was focused on one of them when he was focused on both of them.

'These two are a handful,' Naruto thought to himself as he finished the stitches.

He started bandaging the wound and smiled tapping it gently.

"Oww..." Sasuke winced.

"Stop being a wuss," Naruto said releasing his shadow clones with a snap of his fingers shocking the brothers once again.

"How?" Sasuke asked shocked.

"How did you do that?" Itachi asked engaged in the conversation now.

"I channeled my chakra through my finger," Naruto said simply as he looked at both of them. "Do you want to see again?" Naruto asked.

"What do you mean?" Sasuke asked.

"Watch with your eyes," Naruto said pointing at his eyes.

They both did as he said and then he summoned two shadow clones and then snapped his fingers with them both disappearing.

"That was amazing," Sasuke whispered.

"I have to agree, when did you even manage to learn how to do that?" Itachi asked.

"Do you remember when we first went back in time?" Naruto asked addressing Itachi.

"Yeah you were always reading on a way to get us back," Itachi said.

"I also was learning other things that I never knew I could do before we went back in time and I trained myself to do. I learned one-handed jitsus and how to get rid of a jitsu in a snap of my fingers. It was pretty amazing when I got it the first time." Naruto said.

"How did you get it done without me knowing?" Itachi asked.

"The first two weeks we didn't even talk," Naruto said.

"Good point," Itachi said turning his head.

From what Sasuke could grasp is that the two weren't even close before the time traveling bit. That they only got close when they went into the past.

"What was your relationship with each other before you two time traveled?" Sasuke asked making the two look at him shocked.

"He was trying to capture me," Naruto said making Itachi glare at him for telling the truth.

"What?" Sasuke asked shocked.

"You see in that past Itachi was undercover with a bad organization and he was supposed to catch me," Naruto said.

"..." Sasuke was confused.

"Don't try to wrap your head around it," Naruto said nodding.

"Naruto why didn't you tell me what was going on with your chakra?" Itachi asked.

"Because it's not a bad thing that I learned," Naruto said.

"Yeah but not many people can do what your doing," Itachi said.

"I agree Naruto you shouldn't be so open with that little ability that you gained," Sasuke said.

"You both sound really paranoid," Naruto said.

"Naruto after everything we been through you can't say that," Itachi said.

Naruto rolled his eyes.

"Don't roll your eyes at me, we still don't even know how we got into the past or how we came back to the present. We don't know anything and as far as I'm concerned I don't want people coming after us," Itachi said.

"If whoever did that is around still then don't you think it was for a good thing?" Naruto asked.

"No Naruto, we don't know. They probably thought nothing would be changed and I don't want to risk you letting them know you have another ability in your arsenal. They probably expected us to die in the past but we changed it so much that we were sent back to the present," Itachi said.

"Can we just revel in the fact that I learned something new? And I don't think it matters anyway because I've learned so much in this time frame from the memories alone. Everything this Naruto learned I know now and everything I knew before coming here is with me here," Naruto said.

"I get what you're saying Naruto I really do but we still don't know who sent us back. They could have sent us back for a good reason or a bad one we don't know and I'm not willing to risk it," Itachi argued.

"Fine," Naruto snapped.

"Naruto don't be mad at me I just don't want whoever the person is to know what we learned when we were in the past. They don't even know about what Orochimaru taught you back then or anything that you learned back then," Itachi said touching Naruto's hair softly.

"I hate to say this Naruto but I agree with Itachi. I think it's weird that you guys got sent to the past all of a sudden but neither of you could even explain why. That is the one thing that puzzles me," Sasuke said. "Anyway, how did you two end up together if you two weren't on the same side?" Sasuke asked.

"We fell off a cliff together as I was trying to protect you," Naruto said.

"Protect me?" Sasuke said shocked.

"He had to fight you in order to keep up the charade back then it was the only way but at the time I didn't know it. I didn't know the truth of anything until we went to the past." Naruto said.

"I don't want to talk about this," Itachi said in a low angry voice.

"Sorry," Naruto mumbled.

"Okay, so you two fell off a cliff together and so who was the first people to find you?" Sasuke asked getting them out of their grump.

"Lord Jiraiya and Hokage Minato," Itachi answered.

"From what you two told me Minato didn't live in the present future that he died the night you were born so he couldn't be the person. We might have to find Jiraiya because he might have cast a jitsu on the two of you to make you go back in time." Sasuke said.

"Why do you assume pervy Sage?" Naruto asked sadly.

"Because this person seemed to think that you two could bring about peace to Konoha from what I am gathering. The jitsu was done the moment you two took care of the person that was the main problem. You didn't have any knowledge of what was going on beforehand or what you were supposed to do while being there..." Sasuke stopped when he saw Naruto's face. "What Naruto?" Sasuke asked worriedly.

"It couldn't have been Jiraiya," Naruto said.

"Why?" Sasuke asked tilting his head to the side.

"He was dead," Naruto said.

"Sorry, I didn't know that," Sasuke said.

"It's okay," Naruto said standing up. "We should get going," Naruto said as he took the seal down as it got darker.

"Naruto wait," Itachi said seeing Naruto's face in the dark.

Itachi pulled Naruto and Sasuke against a tree as rogues went past them.

"I could have sworn I saw three guys coming this way," a man said.

"Is that Kisame?" Naruto asked looking at Itachi.

"Shush," Itachi whispered in his ear.

"It's the Akatsuki," Sasuke whispered to Naruto.

"They are trying to capture your mother because of what she is," Sasuke said and Naruto's eyes went red.

"You have to calm down. We have an advantage right now," Itachi said softly making Sasuke and Naruto look at him. "They don't know what you are, we can stop it this time without anyone even knowing. This is brilliant," Itachi said excitement in his eyes like he created a plan.

Naruto shook his head as he leaned back on Itachi. Itachi liked that Naruto leaned on him. It made him feel comfortable.

"You should put that seal back up," Itachi said in Naruto's ear his lips grazing it.

"Yeah we should stay here tonight," Sasuke said as he knelt over to see what the Akatsuki members were doing.

Naruto nodded making Itachi let go of him. Naruto already had the seal out so it wasn't a problem for him to put it back up.

"We'll sleep here for the night," Itachi said as he grabbed blankets out his scroll seal.

He put the blankets by the tree so they all stayed together.

"I agree I guess," Naruto said slowly as he sat by Itachi and Sasuke right in between them.

Itachi didn't like it but Sasuke was glad because Naruto was like a heater and the night was starting to get really cold in these parts. They both fell asleep that night as Naruto couldn't as easy as they did.

"Kurama do you think someone sent us back in time?" Naruto asked.

"I don't know who would," Kurama said.

"Neither do I and that's what makes me skeptical about what they were saying," Naruto said.

"I do agree with them on a few things Kit. You need to keep your abilities to yourself or they will take advantage of it. Now no one knows I am inside of you so that means we can turn the tables on the Akatsuki and whoever is trying to get you two. No one knows what you two went through in the past of both accept you two and me of course," Kurama said.

"You make valid points. I will keep my abilities in check," Naruto said.

"I know you already knew you should but you liked showing off in front of the Uchiha's," Kurama said.

"Maybe a little," Naruto said with a smirk.

"You should get some sleep before morning," Kurama said.

Naruto yawned now, "Night Kurama," Naruto mumbled.

"Night Kit," Kurama said with a fond smile.

Naruto fell sleep easier than he has in a while despite the Akatsuki being near. He actually felt good.

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Now we're getting into what's going on with the Akatsuki now. Who is running it now that Nagato isn't? Also who was the culprit that sent Naruto and Itachi back in time?