I'm SO SORRY I got caught up with ugly stupid school!

Warnings: Bad langue, shonen-ai (yaoi means guy sex and I don't do that sorry shonen-ai is a softer term and I have no issues make out scenes), some hints of adult themes, drugs, and child abuse.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto

Fanning the Flames

Sasuke didn't even attempt to listen to his teachers trying to come up with a reasonable excuse to why he had been shadowing the ignorant teen. He couldn't just say 'Oh hey yeah so I was just seeing if your potential brother murder these people along with my own so-called brother,' well he could but it wouldn't get him very far. He was almost out of time as soon as he turned sixteen-.

"Alright class you may leave see you tomorrow," Sasuke stood up as soon as the words left the teachers mouth and continued walking until he came to the blonde mop of hair. Standing behind him wondering when he would notice the person he was looking for was leering over him. Finally getting board he bent over into Naruto's ear and whispered, "Dobe," Naruto hopped a little then turned around to face Sasuke with that pout.

"Don't scare me like that teme," Sasuke smirked a bit before pushing Naruto forward.

"Let's move I don't need to be hanging around you after school people will notice,'

"Oh, sorry don't mean to hurt your pretty-boy reputation," Naruto rolled his eyes in disgust.

"I could care less about the students their not who I'm worried about,"

"Who then?" Naruto questioned with a look of curiosity that would kill any cat. Sasuke didn't answer and just sped up the pace. "Mind telling me why you were skulking around me? Oh mighty son of Satan," Naruto broke the silence after only two minutes having to push his legs harder to keep up with the taller boy's pace.

"Who are you living with up there?" Sasuke inquired ignoring the Satan comment and Naruto's question all together.

"No one," Naruto looked away sadly.

"You're lying I heard you talking to people you always say goodbye and I'm home and every time you leave someone else closes and locks the door. So, who is up there with you?"

"No one," Naruto repeated making Sasuke huff in frustration at how the blond boy could just lie after having proof of him and his untruthful way of life handed to him.

"I know your living with someone I hear you two talking to each other I even heard you say 'brother,"

"No, you heard me talking but you never heard anyone else," Naruto said as if he had help with the spying himself, nonetheless it was true Sasuke had only heard Naruto talking to no one. Just pleasantries a 'How are you?' or a 'What's up,' But he had the conversation's so lifelike he never thought to mind he never heard the response and just filled in the blanks.

"Why?" Was all Sasuke could think to say.

"I live alone, that doesn't mean I'm the only thing there," Sasuke frowned and gave a tell me now glare. Naruto just stared back cold and unaffected.

"Is it Kyuubi?" Naruto stopped before walking again and nodding.

"He's dead,"

"You're suggesting a ghost is floating around?" Sasuke skeptically raised a brow just as Naruto would have expected.

"If you don't believe me good for you,"

"Who says I don't believe you?" Naruto spun around in anger.

"Don't fuck with me!"

"I'm not doing anything," He offered a bland expression refusing to disregard the possibility.

"You believe me?" Naruto gestured pointing a hand, eyes still untrusting.

"Why not, but I guess I wasted all my time for nothing," Sasuke paused to look away then back to Naruto "Unless you have the information I'm looking for?" Sasuke pushed Naruto against the apartment building they had arrived at after a good ten minutes of walking. "Tell me all you know about your brother that killing spree and anyone else involved," Naruto threw his arm away from him and shoved him back.

"Why should I? I'm not afraid of having another person hate me you can't make me do anything," Naruto dealt with this all the time what new?

"I'll kill; don't think for one moment I'm kidding,"

"What makes you think I don't believe you?" Silence for a moment staring each other down neither turning away not willing to lose their secrets.

"You are going to tell me,"

"Why do want to know give me one good reason why I shouldn't go inside right now call the police and have you sued for harassment,"

"They'll have to take me for more then that after I get through with you, I've only got less then year on the outside that's plenty time to make you wish you were never conceived,"

"Mission accomplished,"

"Besides I think you would have already called the cops if you were serious about it I think you're hiding something too," Naruto stepped back but not down and countered.

"After all the shit you put me through I have no problem I just wanted information of course I won't, unlike you, lose any sleep over not knowing,"

"Prove it, I don't think you will I think you know what I'm capable of," Sasuke whispered Naruto's back once more against the wall.

"Sasuke, get over here now," A man from a car behind them called he looked similar to Sasuke except for the look in his eyes was ruthless Naruto gasped he had seen this man before. Then he looked at Sasuke who cringed at his own name and saw something that made the world stop, the fear that resided in Sasuke's world his eyes wide as if they'd burst. Biting his lip until it was raw, a shivered gasp escaped he turned away from Naruto and just like that he was back to his normal aloof self. Slumped shoulders and coldness seeping from him he walked up to the older man. The man looked down and put his hand on Sasuke's head bent down to eyelevel whispering something Sasuke got into the car.

"Hello, I'm Uchiha Itachi it's nice to meet you," he bowed down acting cheerful even though Naruto felt the dark poison hidden beneath his words. "I hope my brother hasn't caused you any trouble I've heard you two have been fighting in school," This would have been a good chance for revenge, but Naruto was aware that this would be overstepping his own pain he would be worse then Sasuke. For another reason he was afraid Sasuke wouldn't show up for school the next day if he did.

"Huh, oh no we do fight but we're pretty close best buds you could say!" Naruto faked the laugh he was so good at playing.

"I see, good day then," Naruto watched the man turn on the car and looked to Sasuke who chose to ride in the backseat looking sick. He looked up at Naruto, searching for weather he was going to be in debt or not and looked shocked when Naruto just simply waved to him.

SASUKE'S HOUSE

The dark feeling that sat in his stomach lurching in expectations, burning in sick suspense. He knew he had overstepped the boundaries set by Itachi's law, and he knew the punishment for that. He was supposed to live up to the standard of perfection never late, wrong, or anything that makes them humans such is the way of the Uchiha, but Itachi had his own layout to follow as well that was stricter, more binding, and crushing. Therefore, the punishment was equally horrid, the price you paid for crossing Itachi was normally slow and agonizing death, but in Sasuke's case death was not a luxury he was allowed. The smell of fear emitting from Sasuke all the way to the front door rotted the scenery of living. The taste of it swishing from his mouth all the way down to his stomach made Sasuke want to puke, but this was also impossibility complements of Uchiha's and Itachi's laws of dead while breathing. Not even through the doorway Sasuke was grabbed by the collar and flung harshly into the nearest solid object, which this time happened to be the couch, while listing to the door shut behind him deceiving the world to the truth that was called family in the home of Sasuke.

Sasuke hit his head and hip against the wood interior design of the side of the couch, he stood up knowing he was supposed to and kept his head bowed in submission. A blow to the gut with a steel punch that was harder then Naruto's and his own put together and multiplied ten fold. Sasuke slid across the room clutching his rib that was probably cracked and tried to sturdy himself before the next came. Before he could even reach a stopping point a vase was broken in the mid of his spine. The torture continued as he was flung wall to wall like a rag doll colors, lights, crunching, and painful sensations through his body was all he knew ignorant to everything that could be called relief except to the fact that the harder it was the quicker it'd be, so the relentless attacks continued undisputed.

Some dizziness finally wore off and Sasuke's shaking mind could validate he was being dragged, he knew where even though this happened rarely Sasuke could remember every detail of every beating so well that they all blurred together that there was nothing else that happened in his life. So, when Sasuke's figure reached the stairs he pulled his tongue away from his teeth so as not to bite it and let himself be dragged by the hair to the third floor restroom in expectance. Hair had, since Sasuke had turned ten, been Itachi's favorite thing to use as a handle to throw the younger sibling by in fact that's why Sasuke's hair was so short. Sasuke used to keep his hair to his shoulder's in cap as secret morning to his mother whose hair he had inherited, until Itachi ripped it when he threw him down the stairs before they had moved to this town in the summer making it into an unusual style that strangely worked for Sasuke. In minutes, Sasuke hit and slid down the tiled wall of the shower and let the scolding hot water wash over his clothed body. Sasuke coldly pulled the liquid bath soap into the shower to numb to stand he just poured it over himself still to weak to pull off his clothes. This would have to do it was the only way he could clean himself if his condition, and the only bath he would get before school tomorrow. Yes, that's right he still had to go to school tomorrow whether he could walk or not it was no concern of Itachi's, because Uchiha's never missed school, and if he didn't go he'd get it ten thousand times worse.

After thirty minutes of staring at the wall trying to build strength to move he reached up, turned the water off, and stood throwing himself toward the counter to lean against gritting to the sensation of walking. Letting his pants soften he glanced to the mirror and scowled his normal perfect snow face was rained with already darkening purple bruises and scratches. He dare not look down and not just because even bending his neck downwards would be throbbing but because blood and stained flesh would be looking up at him.

Tbc

What'd ya think? Well for anyone interested you an even better story is my first one The List of Uchiha was completed not to long ago and if you like this one you like that ONE TEN TIMES BETTER. Thanks for the reviews and such.