A/N: Hi, Luna's here...sorry for the long wait. Actually I want to update on 14, but I just didn't have time till now. Well, I don't know why Yun-chan suddenly send this to me at first, but just read the AN later...you will know why "grins"

Disclaimer: Naruto is not ours...Yun-chan's owns the plot, Luna only expands it...heheh.

Warning: foul language, mysteries, yaoi (NaruSasu, SasoriDeidara, bit of ItaSasu-only Itachi's feeling though...), and whatever, you decide.

Candle of My Life

Chapie 8: Yurusarenai Tsumi (Unforgivable Sin)

By:Lunaryu & Yunyun

--Uchiha Compound; Akatsuki's Main Building--

Itachi looked at a photograph on his hand. He set his coldest expression as ever, but the hint of sadness was displayed from his black coal eyes. He stared at his and Sasuke's photo when they're younger. He brought the photograph nearing his face, and then kissed it slightly, softly, dearly.

Sasuke…-Itachi called his brother's name softly in his heart while closing his eyes softly.

Sasuke was his life. He loved him so much, so much until it felt hurt. He wanted his brother to only look at him. He couldn't stand seeing his brother smiling to someone else. He couldn't stand seeing someone else touching his brother. Sasuke was the dearest person to him. Sasuke was his one and only. Itachi only wanted him, neither privilege nor Akatsuki, only Sasuke.

"Why can't you…accept my love…, Sasuke…?" Itachi murmured slowly, looking so depressed.

Itachi stood up, and then walked to another room inside his office. The entered the dark room, and then turned on the light. It's just a plain dim room. Itachi went further inside the room. He stopped in front of an aquarium. There was something resembling human body. He stood there long time to look at it. The body moved and slowly reached its hand to Itachi.

Itachi smiled. "Sasuke…," Itachi called the thing inside aquarium. Yes, that thing was Sasuke, his ebony hair, his black eyes, and his face which resembles Itachi proving it, but it looked younger, ten till twelve years old, might be. Sasuke smiled softly at Itachi, and opened his mouth, but no voice came out from it. Sasuke touched his throat, and smiled solemnly.

Itachi clenched his fist and knelt before him, punching the floor. "Kuso!" he shouted, frustrated. "Why can't I…save you from here…, Sasuke…!?"

"Itachi-sama!" suddenly someone shouted his name.

Itachi was startled and quickly stood. He hurriedly came back to his room and shut the door of the secret room. He seated to his chair again and then, "Come in," gave his permission to whoever it was to enter.

Six guards in black outfits came into his room. "Itachi-sama, there's an urgent news from main house," one of the guard, a girl with long red hair (Tayuya), said nervously.

"What happened?" Itachi asked, alerted.

"Sasuke-sama wa inakunachatta (Sasuke-sama disappeared)!" another guard, a boy in spiky curly black hair (Kidoumaru), reported in panicked voice.

"What did you say!?" Itachi stood abruptly from his chair and glared daggers at them. "What the heck were you doing as his body guards!?" he yelled angrily at them as his eyes became bloody red.

"We're sorry, Itachi-sama! We didn't realize he went away!" one of the guard quickly bowed to him in scared face, a boy in pale blue hair (Ukon).

"Someone put sleeping pills into my food! It's my responsibility, please forgive the others!" another boy who looked similar to the blue haired boy said. It seemed he was the previous boy's twin brother (Sakon).

Itachi looked at his subordinates in disgusted look, and then he sighed and sat back on his chair. "Trace of leaving?" Itachi asked after regaining his self control.

"We found this in his room," one of the guards in purple hair and eyes (Kimimaro) said while showing him something.

Itachi looked at the thing and smirked. "Oh my…I knew he would show his fangs to me someday, but I didn't expect that he would show them this fast," Itachi said confidently, having clued who he was.

"What will we do, Itachi-sama?" The biggest and the fattest guard (Jiroubo) asked.

"You don't need to do anything. Just prepare your neck to accept your punishment. You will deal with Orochimaru in his lab," Itachi said coldly to them with the coldest tone and eyes as ever. The guards gulped and shivered in fear as they looked at those bloody crimson eyes.

"Ha-hai (ye-yes)…," they said weakly in pale face.

"Oh, and please call Temari and puppet Hinata here. I have business with them," Itachi said again while opening his paper work. "Don't forget to tell Father to come here after them," he added while dismissing them.

"Hai!" they responded to him in determined eyes. Even if they knew they would not leave alive from Itachi's grip, they had pledged their loyalty only to him. Whatever happened to them, as long as they're useful to Itachi, they would not mind. Itachi was the one who gave them life, that's why they would not betray him no matter what.

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--Uzumaki's Apartment; Morning—

Naruto opened his eyes slowly when he felt something warm touched his face. His eyes fluttered open, and he sighed slightly comfortable as he looked at the sunshine creeping between the paces of curtains. Naruto yawned slightly and looked beside him. In his arms, an angel was sleeping.

Naruto smiled softly seeing the raven haired boy in his arms. He closed his eyes and kissed the boy's soft hair dearly. Sasuke was aware of the motion beside him. He slowly opened his eyes and looked up at Naruto's soft smiling face.

"Good morning," Naruto whispered slowly near Sasuke's ear.

Sasuke blushed slightly, and then he smiled. "Good morning," Sasuke said, returning the greeting.

"Hmm…Sasuke, you smell so good," Naruto said while inhaling the scent of Sasuke's hair.

Sasuke was surprised. "Hey, is that what you say first time after the great hot steamy sex we did last night?" Sasuke couldn't believe that. Didn't he have another thing to say?

"Well, I indeed want to say that you're so hot that I'm turned on again, but I see that you're exhausted, so I don't want to push you up," Naruto grinned while kissing Sasuke's cheek. Sasuke blushed deeply at that.

"Jeez, at least say something like I'm so happy with you or something like that, Usuratonkachi!" Sasuke huffed.

Naruto laughed at that. "Sorry, sorry, Sasuke; I'm happy being with you," Naruto said, obliging him. "I wished I could stay like this forever, but I have something to do to day so…," Naruto got up from bed. He looked for his clothes and began to wear it again.

"You're going somewhere?" Sasuke asked while turning his stomach facing the bed and his back was up.

"Yeah, some friends are in hospital and I want to visit them," Naruto said slowly.

"Friends…, girls?" Sasuke asked suddenly becoming stern.

"Unfortunately, they're boys," Naruto said while smiling.

"Hmm…,bisounen (pretty boys)?" Sasuke asked again.

"Well yeah…what's with the prying?" Naruto asked suddenly.

"Oh, nothing," Sasuke said while turning his face away, slightly blushing, but somehow annoyed.

Naruto was silent for awhile and then he chuckled. "Sasuke, masaka (it can't be), are you jealous?" he asked.

Sasuke blushed even more. "Shut the hell up! It's your fault anyway," Sasuke said, pissed off suddenly.

Naruto laughed harder at that. "Unfortunately for me, they're together," he said, still chucking. "Besides, there's no one as beautiful as Sasuke in my eyes. Sasuke is my one and only angel, I won't look for another guy or girl," Naruto added while smiling softly. Naruto walked closely to the bed and touched Sasuke's shoulder as he lifted the raven and made him sit on his lap. "I can't live without Sasuke anymore. If you were gone…I would surely die," he said while staring deeply and somewhat softly into Sasuke's night colored eyes with his blue orbs which are his eyes.

Sasuke was captivated by those shiny eyes, as clear as sky and as deep as ocean. He loved those soft reassuring color. No diamonds could beat the shine of Naruto's eyes. Sasuke was drowned by those eyes. He leaned down to Naruto's face and then pressed his soft lips to Naruto's while closing his eyes slowly.

"I love you, Sasuke…," soft whisper came out from those soft pink kissable lips of Naruto, and Sasuke loved those words, especially if it was Naruto who said them.

Sasuke's heart fluttered nicely and thumped fast as adrenalin took control of his body. His face reddened beautifully. Then he couldn't help saying them as well, "I love you too…."

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--Tsunade's Hospital—

Deidara was sitting beside the bed, hand clutching Sasori's. He looked at Sasori's sleeping face softly. "Sasori-danna…," he called the brown haired boy in soft whisper. As a miracle happened, Sasori's eyes fluttered open slowly, and the thing he saw first time he opened his eyes was Deidara's beautiful face.

"Dei-…dara," Sasori's hoarse voice escaped from his lips, but it was the most beautiful voice in Deidara's life.

Single tear dropped from Deidara's eye. "Sasori-danna…," he called him back. "Yokatta (thank God)…you're still alive, safe and sound…."

"I am…?" Sasori was a bit surprised. He thought surely that he had dead. However, it seemed he was wrong.

"Yeah, Naruto-kun saved us," Deidara said.

"Oh…," Sasori responded slowly. "So…it turned out like this, ne…. Itachi-sama will kill us for this," Sasori said in pained look. "We can't go home anymore, Deidara," he added.

"As long as I'm with you, I will not mind it," Deidara said again, tightening his clutch on Sasori's hand. "I can live only with you beside me," he continued slowly in soft smile.

"Well, why don't you come to my apartment then?" suddenly someone spoke, surprising Deidara and Sasori.

Deidara quickly turned his face back and Sasori lifted his gaze to the door. Uzumaki Naruto was standing on the door step, grinning at them with his friendly face. "Come to my house if you can't go home! I can still take care more stray cats anyway," he said full of confidence.

"Naruto…?" Deidara looked extremely surprised at that.

"Why did you do this, Uzumaki? We could try to kill you again you know?" Sasori couldn't understand this boy at all.

"You won't, I believe that," Naruto said faithfully while gazing at the two boys in determined eyes. It really surprised Deidara and Sasori. His eyes were not lying. He surely had faith on them. "Well?" Naruto asked further.

"We owe you so much, Uzumaki. I doubt I can return it," Sasori said slowly, embarrassed.

"Well, I want to know something from you in exchange though. Consider it as a payment, will you?" Naruto asked.

"We will answer anything you ask, as long as we can answer it," Deidara said surely.

"It's a deal then…." Naruto smirked at that.

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--Uchiha Compound; Laboratory Bank Data—

"Father," a boy with long smooth crimson hair called Father slowly. "Father, what are you doing?" he asked the blond-man while clinging to his arm lovingly.

"Not now, Kyuubi, I have to check something out," the blond said in urgent look.

Kyuubi looked at his father in longing look. Then he threw his gaze at the girl who was sitting at the corner of the room.

The girl winced in fear as she was aware that the crimson eyes were staring at her, her body trembling violently.

"Father, what's with that girl?" Kyuubi asked again curiously.

"She's a friend, Kyuubi. Don't worry," the blond man said reassuringly to his boy, and then he nodded at the black haired girl who turned out to be Hinata. His eyes told her not to worry.

"A friend?" Kyuubi asked in confused look.

"It's someone you have to protect," Father Said again. Then he continued searching something on the bank data in the locker. "Kyuubi," while searching he called his son. Kyuubi gave his full attention to him. "Would you be my help and bring her out from this compound? Away-away from here?" he asked his son in pleading look, even if he didn't look at Kyuubi, but Kyuubi could see that.

"I will never object Father's request," Kyuubi said in cheery smile.

"Atta (found it)!" suddenly Father shouted as he pulled a paper out from the locker. "Uzumaki Project, Prototype Number 13!" he said in victory look. Father then quickly walked to Hinata and showed her the document. "Is it him?" he asked Hinata in desperate look.

Hinata scanned the file, and then she rested her gaze at the photograph which was available there. She widened her eyes in shocked look. "It's him…! It's…Naruto-kun…!!" she whimpered while covering his mouth.

Naruto…!?-Father looked so surprised when he heard the name. Then, memory flashed into his mind.

--Flash Back—

"Are you sure about this?" a blonde woman, who turned out to be Tsunade, asked a blond man in front of her in stern serious face. The man, who turned out to be Father nodded surely.

"Isn't it fine, Tsunade? He tries to save human after all," a long black haired man with snake face replied her in sickening smirk.

Tsunade glared daggers at the snake man, who turned out to be Orochimaru. Orochimaru sweat dropped and shut his mouth. "No matter what you do, your son will never come back to live. This thingwill be a complete puppet, not your son anymore," she stated at Father in sad, minding look.

"I have no other way. No matter how deep the sin which I have to atone, as long as I can return him by my side, I have no regret to die," Father said desperately. "Please lend me your hand, Tsunade-hime…. I need your power no matter what!" he said, begging.

Tsunade sighed long in defeated face. "Fine…, as a scientist, I also want to know what will happen if we try this, but remember this, I'm sure you will regret this later. At that time, don't ever come to me again because after this last project, I will withdraw from this organization. Being here makes me sick, I can't stand it anymore. I will be gone from scientist world and no one will see me again, understand?" she warned the blond man seriously.

Father was silent for a moment before he decided his path. "Hai," he answered surely.

I will give you life…Naruto…!-Father determined his will.

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"What the hell what's wrong…!? Where is he!? Where is he!?" Father was about to go insane when his last project, his dear life son was gone from Uchiha Compound.

"He fell from the cliff to the valley below it. He can't survive,"Orochimaru answered him in plain tone. "What a waste, I thought he was the best project as ever, but he died unexpectedly like this. We should provide weapons for them to survive next time we make another puppet," he said while walking away.

Father widened his eyes in shocked look at that. Then he gritted his teeth in complete anger as he grabbed Orochimaru's collar and glared daggers at him. "How dare you…how dare you say something like that to my Naruto! He's my one and only son, you-bastard!!" Father yelled at Orochimaru angrily.

"Don't misunderstand it, he's a mere puppet. He's not your son no matter how similar he is to him. You can make him again as many as you want," Orochimaru responded to him calmly. Then he loosened Father's hands from his collar. Orochimaru dusted his self and while walking away, he said, "No matter you want it to be, puppet will never be human."

Father was too shocked to hear that. Orochimaru was right. Naruto, no, number 13 was not Naruto, no matter how similar they were. Father was at lost. He was in pain and couldn't bear it. He had made the copy of his son, and he loved it as much as him. Then again, he lost his son once again. This pain was unbearable.

Father covered his face and cried. I'm sorry…-he apologized. He didn't know to whom he should apologize. I'm sorry…Naruto…-for him, whoever it was, whether it was Naruto, his son, or Naruto, the puppet, both of them were his sons. That regret, that painful regret made him realize what Tsunade said earlier. He couldn'tmakesomeone that was so dear for him, because only God had that ability.

Unforgivable sin. He had crossed the line between human and God's territory. Now he had to bear the pain of losing someone he loved. He had to pay his sin, in unbearable pain.

--End of Flash Back—

Father couldn't believe this. He certainly couldn't. Why…?-he thought. Even if he had tried his best to forget him, even if he had tried his best to forget his dream by creating many children from his soul, he still hoped that he would meet his son again.

Ikite iru no ka (you're still alive)…Naruto…!?

Father didn't know if he had to cry happily or in grief. The proof of his sin was still alive. His son…no, the copy of his son, his dear precious person was still living in the same world as him. Father collapsed to the floor, sitting. His energy was gone. He cried in pain and in relief at the same time.

Kyuubi took a look at the document. He narrowed his eyes, unread expression attached on his face. Uzumaki…Naruto….

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Kakashi was packing. Yes, he was.

You asked why? It's because he had showed his fangs to Itachi of course. He had Sasuke run away from Itachi's chain. He was the one who gave chance to the boy to run. The thing Kimimaro found in Sasuke's room was silver hair. No one had that hair color except Kakashi in Itachi's kingdom. Of course there was Kabuto, but he never left Orochimaru's side, so he was out of option.

Kakashi was aware that he would not survive if he didn't get away from that hell as soon as possible. That's why now he was packing. However, it seemed Itachi was smarter and quicker than him.

"Where do you think you're going, Kakashi?"

Itachi's cold voice was heard behind the silver haired man. Kakashi froze on his spot, clothes dropping from his hand. His heart struggled and beat harder than before, hammering his chest as if it were about to explode.

"Oh, my rudeness, Itachi-sama," Kakashi said suddenly while turning his body to bend at Itachi politely. "It's an honor to have you come here by yourself. What can I do for you?" He smiled. Kakashi was not the type of person who would lose his coolness in panicked situation. He could restrain his urge to yell and scream in frustration, considering his position that was in disadvantage.

"I will have you tell me where Sasuke goes," Itachi said plainly in his cold smile.

"What is it about?" Kakashi asked again, pretending not to catch what Itachi was saying.

"You think I didn't know what you've done, right, Kakashi? I'll have you pay that back a hundred, not, a thousand more much than your sin," Itachi smirked, his crimson eyes flaring dangerously at Kakashi.

Kakashi was so dead in hell.

Sasuke-sama…!

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A glass was cracked suddenly. Sasuke looked at the glass on the table in shocked look. His heart thumped in strange way.

What is it…?-Sasuke asked his self. He touched his chest in frowned face. Something bad had happened. He knew it somehow. He didn't know why, but he felt really bad feeling about it.

Then someone knocked at the front door. He was startled and quickly got up from his seat. He took the glass back to the kitchen, and then he walked to the front door. He peeked a little from the window, and he saw Temari outside.

That blonde is…Temari I guess, Naruto's soccer cub manager. Does she come here to check if Naruto is alright? I should tell her not to worry,-Sasuke thought, and without doubting it, he opened the door.

"Temari-san…, what are you doing here?" Sasuke asked slowly to her. "If you are worried about Naruto, he's ok, and now he's not at home, so…."

"As I thought you would be here," Temari said in her smirk.

Eh…?-Sasuke was surprised.

Then suddenly someone jumped from roof top. Sasuke was shocked at that and stumbled backward. "Wha-…!?" he was shocked even more findingHinata there.

Hinata smirked even more evilly than Temari. "We've come to pick you up, Sasuke-sama," she smiled at Sasuke.

Oh, shit…!

Now he was truly in a really BIG trouble.

End of Chapter 8

Tbc…

A/N:

Lunaryu: "Damn, that's really a crappy cliff hanger!" Huffs.

Yunyun: "You think so? I think that's a good one."

Lunaryu: "Where the heck is it good?"

Yunyun: "Well, as long as this chapter done, no one will protest."

Lunaryu: "They will. Readers hate cliffhangers, I do too.

Yunyun: "Then make the next chap as soon as possible, Luna-chan.

Lunaryu: "…………" Still upset because she is dissatisfied with this chapter.

Yunyun: "Well, you did great job on making Sasu/Naru thing here and Saso/Dei. It's sweet.

Lunaryu: Blushes. "Oh, whatever; guuuys, please be kind and review! I really want to know your opinion. Oh yeah, please don't be mad at me. It's Yun-chan's idea to finish this chapter in cliffhanger. Damn him after disappearing for so long, suddenly he sent this chapter trough my mail. Then he said, "Please do something about Father's flash back!" so I have to go all day to look for the plot of this story to fill the missing part." Kicks Yun-chan's but. "Where the hell are you these past months!?"

Yunyun: "Well, I have some businesses to do, sorry for not informing you Luna-chan!"

Lunaryu: Sobs-sobs. "I thought you had died somewhere."

Yunyun:"Gomen-gomen, please don't cry. Hey, I forgot to say, buthappy valentines day!!" Kisses Lunaryu's cheek. "Today is valentine, right? February 14. Now you look cuter and cuter! I love you!! Minna-san, too! Happy valentine to Luna-chan, to all of you!"

Lunaryu: "Chot-wait a sec, Yun-chan! That's too much!!" Blushes madly and shoves him off for kissing her. "-Cough-, umm, happy valentine to you guys," says in pink cheeks.

Yunyun: "Ahaha, your blushing face is really cuuuute!! Actually I sent this story for you because this is your valentine's present! Between my busy times, I make this chapter; of course I can't finish it as I had scheduled it, but it worth lots because now we can talk like this right?" grins.

Lunaryu: "Yun-chan…teary eyes, "Thank you---!! I love you, Yun-chan!!" Smiles happily now.

Yunyun: "Well, since your mood is better now, why don't we say good bye to our dear readers?"

Luna-Yun: "Thank you for reading, please don't forget to read next chapter as well. See you in next chapter and LOVE YOU ALL!!"

With so much love,

Lunaryu&Yunyun