Hekki bottom everyone,
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naruita14: Je Vous remercie.
Ita1412: I think you are going to really like this chapter. It shows a side of Itachi that isn't really showed toward other people but I think he is starting to really open up to Naruto.
Enjoy the chapter everyone.
Naruto was walking back into the village and he couldn't help but cringe at the thought of all this happening. He kind of felt like going back to find where Itachi was again. He left Itachi two days ago at the Fire Nation border.
(Flashback)
"When you want to find me just remember I went back to Ame," Itachi said waving as he walked away.
"Itachi," Naruto called to him.
Itachi stopped but didn't turn back.
"Are you sure you don't want to at least come back for his wedding? He is your brother Itachi," Naruto said.
Itachi turned his head to look at Naruto with a distant look in his eyes before he shook his head no and walked away without another word.
(Flashback End)
"Naruto your back," Kotetsu said with a smile.
"Yeah hey guys, how are you?" Naruto asked going toward them.
"We're fine, we're shocked to see you without finishing your mission," Izumo said.
"Yeah I am going right back out after the wedding and everything is over to finish my mission," Naruto said.
"I hope you will stay for the whole ceremony because I know I won't be the only one disappointed," Sasuke said making Naruto turn toward him.
"I am of course," Naruto said walking to his friend.
They shockingly hugged which was rare for Sasuke to give hugs willingly even to Naruto.
"You must have really missed me here," Naruto said jokingly as he pulled away.
"You know I did especially after all the letters I sent you that were ignored. If you would have read them then you would have known what was coming up," Sasuke said as he pulled Naruto along.
"I was busy tracking your brother," Naruto said.
"Too busy to write a letter?" Sasuke asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Okay maybe not that busy but I was moving around too much. At one point in time, I was the one being the hunted." Naruto said.
"What?" Sasuke asked.
"He started tracking me instead of the opposite," Naruto admitted.
"Really? What happened?" Sasuke asked.
"I don't want to talk about it," Naruto said with a blush on his face from embarrassment.
"Oh that makes me even more curious to know but I will let it go for now. If your by chance to tired you can rest up and then come to a guys night tonight if you're up for it that is?" Sasuke asked hoping his friend would agree.
"Sure that sounds like fun," Naruto said hiding his disappointment.
"Great," Sasuke said sighing with relief. "Then I will let you get some rest and meet us at the bar at eight every one should be there," Sasuke said.
"Alright," Naruto said hiding his annoyance from his best friend.
"I'm glad your back," Sasuke said with a smile that was rare to see even for Naruto and Sakura.
"Glad to see that smile of yours for once," Naruto said with a real smile of his own.
"Shut up," Sasuke said pushing Naruto more toward his apartment.
Naruto and Sasuke talked a little bit more before they got to Naruto's apartment and then they said their goodbyes for later that night. When Naruto got into his apartment he felt like it was touched but only a little bit only for him to walk in the kitchen to see Itachi sitting at his table.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Naruto asked.
"I thought you wanted me to come back?" Itachi asked as his eyebrow went up.
"That's not what I meant. I thought you didn't want to come back and why are you in my apartment?" Naruto asked as he walked to the older Uchiha.
"Well I didn't have anywhere else to go," Itachi said as he finished what he was drinking and walked to the couch getting comfortable like the apartment was his own.
"Why didn't you go talk to Granny Tsunade or Sasuke?" Naruto asked.
"I didn't want them to know I was here until later," Itachi said.
"And why is that?" Naruto asked as he put his bag on his bedroom floor.
"I remember when the third put you in this apartment," Itachi said looking around the apartment. "My mother thought it was disgraceful to Kushina your mother's honor. She was irate when she couldn't adopt you," Itachi said like he was pondering things unknown to Naruto.
"Your mother wanted to adopt me?" Naruto asked shocked sitting next to Itachi on the couch.
"Yeah, actually plenty of people wanted to adopt you but it was all people that weren't allowed to because they were somehow tied to your parents. The third didn't want your parent's enemies to hurt you so he kept you a secret. The one person he was fine with adopting you was Jiraiya but Lord Jiraiya couldn't do it because it broke his heart when your dad died." Itachi explained.
"Do you know the ANBU that watched me when I started living here?" Naruto asked.
"I think Shisui was one and as I got up in the ranks I think I was one also but it was only to make sure no one was hurting you around the village. I did save you from a guy once he was trying to... hurt you really bad and I stopped it before it could get worse." Itachi expressed.
"Why didn't the third let me stay with your family?" Naruto asked.
"Aside from my mother having a connection to your mother the council would never allow the nine tails holder to stay with my family knowing we could control the fox with our eyes. Plus they thought we were to blame for the attack anyway," Itachi said.
"It would have been so much better for me if your family did take care of me," Naruto said.
"You know now that I think about it that is one way we could have solved the mistrust with my clan and the villagers. Everyone knew what you were aside from the younger ones with you and some other people. But the adults they knew and they would see it as the Uchiha could be trusted because they didn't utilize you to get to power." Itachi explained.
"That would have solved you killing your family," Naruto said as he leaned back pulling his leg up getting comfortable in the spot he was in.
"But would you really want to be in my family?" Itachi asked.
Naruto opened his eyes again and looked at Itachi. Itachi looked down and Naruto didn't know when it started but he could feel the loneliness of Itachi's soul.
"It would have been ten times better than being alone," Naruto said then leaned his head back again.
Itachi looked shocked but Naruto didn't see that because he had his eyes closed again while his head was back against the couch. Itachi felt the soft smile come onto his face and he got comfortable himself slowly falling asleep next to Naruto. The two found something in the other that neither understood but neither said anything about it. They actually wanted to be around each other more than they ever wanted to be around anyone else in their life.
The nighttime came quickly as Naruto heard the banging on his door it was around seven when he woke to see who it was. Itachi was laying next to him comfortable and Naruto hated that he had to wake the Uchiha. It was actually shocking that the Uchiha seemed so comfortable sleeping with him.
"Who is it?" Naruto asked before opening the door.
"NARUTO OPEN THE DOOR!" Sakura said at the door.
"Hang on I have to put on some clothes," Naruto lied and went back to wake Itachi.
When Naruto was about to touch Itachi to wake him Itachi flipped him onto the couch with a kunai to his throat. Naruto didn't seem afraid though. It seemed like it was normal for him in Itachi's opinion.
"Chill," Naruto whispered pushing Itachi's hair out of his face.
"Oh shit sorry Naruto," Itachi said as he sensed chakra he wasn't familiar with.
"Sakura is at the door so I need you to go to the bathroom," Naruto said.
"Okay," Itachi said yawning and walked to the bathroom without saying anything else.
Naruto shook his head and went back to the door opening the door for Sakura.
"Naruto I can't believe you didn't come to see me when you got back," Sakura said as she walked right into the kitchen without even saying much else.
"I was going to but I was tired from my long trip," Naruto said.
"Where were you coming from?" Sakura asked as she sat at the table.
"I was in the Lightning Nation at the time so I got here pretty quickly with barely any sleep. Sasuke noticed I was tired and let me be," Naruto said.
"I know that's why I came here an hour before you had to go with him again," Sakura said.
The room went silent after that making him sit down at his table.
"What do you want really Sakura?" Naruto asked.
"Are you okay Naruto? I know you were feeling a little disconnected before but how are you feeling now?" Sakura asked.
"I'm fine Sakura," Naruto said but he was only partially lying.
"You don't have to lie to me Naruto I'm not Sasuke I won't break," Sakura said.
"Should you really be saying that about your fiancee?" Naruto asked.
"I love Sasuke but he is very sensitive especially when it comes to his clan and you," Sakura said as she sat down.
"Damn Naruto did you sleep on your couch? It's hot here," Sakura commented as she felt the spot Itachi was just in.
"Yeah I slept on my couch is that a problem?" Naruto asked.
"No I am just telling you as a medic that you shouldn't sleep here it's not big enough for you considering how big you are," Sakura said gesturing to his big stature.
"I know but I couldn't get myself to go to my bed," Naruto said which was true.
"Well, I am just saying because I am worried about you," Sakura said the room getting quiet. "So how was it? The search that is," Sakura asked after a few minutes.
"It's going," Naruto said.
"Do you think he will ever come back? I know how much it would mean to Sasuke," Sakura asked looking out the window.
"I don't know, maybe not," Naruto said honestly.
"How can you say that?" Sakura asked shocked and slightly upset.
"Sakura don't take offense to what I just said but maybe he doesn't want to come back for his own sanity. Yeah, he may love his brother but sometimes that really isn't enough. We don't understand how he feels," Naruto said standing up and going to his closet.
"Where are you going?" Sakura asked.
"I have to take a shower Sakura to get ready for the guys night out," Naruto said.
"Oh yeah sorry I'll get going now," Sakura said walking to the door.
Naruto followed her to the door and she looked sad but didn't say anything.
"Could you not bring it up to Sasuke what you said to me tonight, please? I don't want to ruin our wedding from what you said." Sakura pleaded.
"I wasn't planning on it or he would have been the first person I told not you," Naruto said shocking her.
It sounded kind of rude but he couldn't help but feel annoyed by her accusations and how she treated his feelings in this whole situation. He was betting that it was her pushing the wedding forward but he didn't say anything.
"I will talk to you later Naruto," Sakura said hugging him quickly and then leaving the apartment.
Naruto locked the door and walked back to his combo room and bathroom. Itachi was already out and sitting on his bed.
"Don't look at me like that," Naruto said.
"Why didn't you just tell him and her?" Itachi asked.
"Why do you want to destroy their wedding?" Naruto asked as he went to the bathroom.
"I don't want to ruin the wedding I just want to know why you won't just tell them the truth about everything you feel and everything that I told you," Itachi said.
"Because I don't want to," Naruto said as he closed the bathroom door.
Itachi leaned back and just as Naruto was getting into the shower he burst into the bathroom.
"What the he-" Naruto didn't get to finish his sentence because Itachi shoved him into the wall and covered his mouth.
Naruto gave him a glare and couldn't help the blush that came on his cheeks but then he felt Sasuke's chakra and understood why Itachi ran in here.
"Scaredy cat," Naruto whispered.
"Naruto are you in the bathroom?" Sasuke asked.
"Yeah," Naruto said and the door started to become open making Naruto flip so Itachi wouldn't be seen at all. "Sasuke what did I tell you about coming in the bathroom?" Naruto asked as he turned on the shower it hit both of them. "Sorry," Naruto whispered to Itachi who was getting hit with the water glaring at Naruto. "Do you want to go out there?" Naruto asked with a raised eyebrow getting a shake of the head saying no.
"Naruto what did Sakura say to you?" Sasuke asked.
"Why don't you ask her Sasuke?" Naruto asked as he acted like he was cleaning himself when he was actually fighting a blush and from laughing.
"Because she won't tell me what she was talking to you about aside from you giving her an attitude," Sasuke said.
"Because she assumed something that wasn't true and it annoyed me," Naruto said sighing.
"What is wrong with you two?" Sasuke asked.
"Nothing Sasuke," Naruto said.
"Are you almost done?" Sasuke asked.
"I would be if I wasn't uncomfortable in my shower," Naruto said.
"Well hurry up and we will head to the bar together," Sasuke said getting off the toilet seat. "Hurry up," Sasuke said rushing out the bathroom.
Itachi moved away from Naruto and got out the shower grabbing Naruto's towel and drying himself off.
"Sorry about that," Naruto whispered to him.
Itachi glared at him and Naruto had to turn around because he was about to start laughing and he didn't want Itachi to see it.
"Are you laughing?" Itachi asked pulling Naruto by his hair.
"Don't pull my hair," Naruto said struggling to get out of the hold only to grab Itachi's hair and they both fell out the shower.
"Look what you did," Itachi whispered.
"That was you," Naruto said getting off of Itachi grabbing the towel while he did. "What is wrong with you and your brother with seeing me naked?" Naruto asked shaking his head.
"Maybe we just like the ninja muscles you've accumulated over the years," Itachi whispered as he stood up.
"Haha very funny," Naruto said as he dried his hair off with his other towel.
Itachi didn't say anything just smiled and sat on the toilet where his brother once was.
"NARUTO COME ON!" Sasuke said by the door.
"I am coming," Naruto said rolling his eyes.
"Coming? How kinky is it from seeing me all wet?" Itachi teased shocking Naruto to get that type of response from the older Uchiha considering he heard how serious the older Uchiha was.
"Shut up you asshole," Naruto whispered with a smile that Itachi was shocked to see but he didn't show it just gave Naruto his own little smile. "Stay in here," Naruto said before he went to the door.
Itachi hid behind the door until Naruto closed it.
"Get dressed Naruto," Sasuke said.
"Then get out of my room you pervert," Naruto chided back.
"I'm no pervert," Sasuke said as he walked out the room.
Naruto seemed to change quickly and was getting ready to leave out the apartment until he walked back to the bathroom.
"I will be back later," Naruto whispered to Itachi only getting a grunt from Itachi.
When Itachi knew that Sasuke and Naruto were gone he left out of Naruto's bathroom and sat on the couch.
"Why am I here?" Itachi questioned to himself out loud but sat on Naruto's couch only to remember to ward the house with seals so no one could get in by surprising him.
He would know if anyone was trying to get in and they wouldn't be able to sneak up on him. Naruto was the only one that would be able to get in without a problem since it was his apartment. The seals would cast an illusion on the apartment to make it seem like no one is here especially when Naruto is gone.
Itachi decided to just put the wards around the house and then go back to sleep. He didn't understand why but he was comfortable around the blonde and didn't feel the need to watch his back all the time like he usually did.
It was about two in the morning when Naruto finally came home but he wasn't alone so Itachi just hid under the bed because he wasn't sure if anyone would go in Naruto's closet or his bathroom. It was the safest place and if they suspected anything he would put them in a Genjutsu so they didn't know he was there.
"Naruto are you going to be okay alone?" a lazy voice asked.
"I'll be fine Shika," Naruto said as the Nara boy set him on his couch.
"Okay come find me in the morning when you wake," Shikamaru said.
"You worry too much idiot," Naruto said laughter in his voice.
"Idiot? I'm not the idiot here but get some sleep and find me tomorrow," Shikamaru said pulling out a scroll writing a note for Naruto because he knew Naruto wouldn't remember tomorrow.
"Bye Shika," Naruto groaned out as he curled on his couch.
Shikamaru felt the wards but didn't say anything because he suspected Naruto did them. He knew Naruto was a skilled ninja and that there were some things about Naruto's abilities no one would ever know unless fighting him or seeing him in a battle.
Itachi came out from under the bed when he knew the Nara was gone and went to lock the door. Then he came back to read the letter on the scroll and walked back to Naruto who was slowly passing out on the couch.
"Naruto go to your bed," Itachi said.
"Too big," Naruto mumbled.
"Would it help if I slept in it with you?" Itachi asked.
Naruto didn't say anything and Itachi thought he might have fallen asleep.
"Maybe not," Itachi said.
"That should be fine," Naruto said as he attempted to get up on his own for Itachi to catch him and help him to his bed.
Itachi didn't seem to mind the blonde wanting to be near him which was odd even to him because he didn't usually get this close to anyone not even when he was a kid. He was always scared to have a bond with someone else afraid they might die or not love him back.
They both fell asleep and it was oddly warm for both of them. They both felt it. They weren't sure what it was but it was the start of a beautiful friendship. Or maybe it would be more.
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Itachi just so happen to follow Naruto. He felt lonelier than usual when Naruto left him so he just followed him. He still isn't ready to talk to Sasuke though. Did you see the tension between Sakura and Naruto?