"I-I can still fight without my eyes," Itachi growled as he attempted to stand up, but Sasuke put his foot on top of him to hold him down.
"Give up Itachi," Sasuke hissed. "You've lost."
"Have I?" Itachi asked with a smirk even though he couldn't get back up.
Sasuke looked over at Angel and Kyusuke to find that Angel was hovering as near to Kyusuke as he could get without burning him while he scratched his own now burning skin. The chakra was slowly fading, but it still seemed to take a while. "What are you talking about?" Sasuke demanded.
"We found him," Itachi laughed. "We found him and now there's no way that he will be safe because the others will come."
"What others?" Sasuke growled. "Who else wants Kyusuke?"
"Ha," Itachi said. "I never wanted that little brat."
"Then what do you want?" Sasuke hissed, but Itachi had already passed out due to the pain. "Damn it."
Suddenly Kakashi was by his side with a kunai filled with the now dead Kisame's blood in hand. "Do you want me to kill him," he asked as it was their duty to kill all rogue ninjas that they came across.
"No," Sasuke shook his head. "I'll kill him, but should we do that now? We don't know what he was talking about."
"I do," Kakashi said.
"You do?" Sasuke asked.
"Yes," Kakashi answered, "and I will answer your questions once he is dead. Now either you kill him or I do."
"I will," Sasuke repeated as he pulled out his long sword and used it to cut off his head. "There," he sighed. "It's finally over." But he wasn't happy. He just killed his brother and the only other heir to his clan was in trouble and he was still missing the man that he loved. "Now tell me what's going on."
"Perhaps we should ask Angel that," Kakashi gestured towards the man who was facing away from them. The red chakra had finally dissipated and he looked normal again.
"What do you mean?" Kyusuke demanded as he had finally gotten over the freezing fear that the two now dead man had instilled in him. He was still shaking, but he felt the overwhelming desire to protect his dad from these people.
"How did you come to bear an Uchiha heir?" Kakashi asked Angel.
"That's none of your business," Kyusuke answered for him even though he really didn't have any clue either.
"Kakashi-sensei maybe now isn't the best of times to bring this up," Sakura attempted.
"Or how he came to own a leaf headband," Kakashi continued.
"Sakura's right Kakashi," Sasuke sighed when he saw Angel tense up. "We should do this later."
"Or how he came to be able to control the chakra of the Kyuubi," Kakashi completely ignored there warnings and the fact that more and more of Angel's mask was breaking and falling apart as he spoke. "Or how Sasuke of all people is the only one who is able to understand him."
"Where are you going with this Kakashi?" Sasuke growled.
"Why don't you tell us?" Kakashi said as the final crack broke the mask away from Angel's face. "Why don't you tell us Naruto?"
Angel turned and they were met with the fearful eyes of Naruto. Sasuke froze as he met the eyes of the man that had disappeared all those years ago. He was so shocked that he didn't even realize that Naruto had bolted until Kyusuke was yelling at them as he chased after his father. "Naruto," Sasuke whispered as he finally came back to his senses. "I have to go after him," he said out loud even though it was really only for his benefit before he took off after the two. The man that he loved and lost and the child that he never knew could possible be his son.
"Let me in!" Sasuke yelled once he finally made it to the door to the house. He had only just barely made it after Kyusuke, but the boy had had enough time to slam the door in his face and it wasn't opening no matter what he tried. "Please let me in," he begged.
"No!" Kyusuke yelled from the other side of the door. "I won't let you hurt my daddy anymore."
"I won't hurt him," Sasuke promised. "I just want to explain to him everything that happened and I want to beg his forgiveness."
"No!" Kyusuke said. "You're a bastard and you're going to hurt him again just like the villagers said you did."
"You don't understand," Sasuke tried. "Just let me explain myself."
"No," Kyusuke repeated. He didn't want to hear Sasuke begging anymore and he needed to get to his dad to make sure that he was okay so he just left the door closed. The jutsu that his dad had cast on the house would keep everyone out anyway.
Kyusuke made his way up the stairs as quietly as he could and found his dad's door was thrown wide open in his haste to get to his own bed and he was laying face down with something clutched in his hands. "Daddy?" Kyusuke asked cautiously.
Naruto's head shot up when he heard his son's voice and he reached out to him. Kyusuke did not hesitate before crawling into his dad's arms so that Naruto could cling to him.
"Daddy," Kyusuke tried again. "What's wrong daddy?"
"I'm sorry," Naruto said. His voice was little more than a scratchy whisper, but Kyusuke was finally able to hear his dad's first words to him. He would have rather it have been something better, but he couldn't suppress the elated feeling of his dad actually talking to him. "I'm so sorry. I'm sorry."
Naruto continued to apologize for an hour as he buried his head in Kyusuke's hair and sobbed, but then it finally fell silent and Naruto's arms loosened from around him so Kyusuke wiggled his way out of the desperate hold. He would have just left his dad alone right then and there because he was just a child and he didn't know how to deal with things like these, but the thing that Naruto was holding caught his eye. He made his way over and picked a locket out of his dad's loosened hand. He recognized it as the one that Naruto always fiddled with. He knew there was a picture of him in it, but he also knew there was another one that Naruto wouldn't show him no matter what he did to try to get him to. A little peak couldn't hurt.
Kyusuke opened the locket and was met with the first picture being of him during their first day of practice. He had gotten a little scratched up and he was really dirty, but there was a bright grin spreading across his face that was so infectious that Kyusuke found himself smiling because of it. Then he turned to the other side and his smile was immediately replaced with a look of shock. In the picture his dad was being given a piggyback ride by Sasuke and the same infectious smile that Kyusuke held in the first picture was spread across his face. Sasuke, on the other hand, looked like he was in heaven just having Naruto right there. He had never seen his dad smile like that and they both looked really happy. Kyusuke bit his lip angrily. They looked so happy and he wanted his dad to be happy like that again, but he didn't want his dad to be hurt.
Kyusuke made his way over to the window and climbed on its edge so that he could look out towards the front of the house. Sasuke was still out there pacing and looking up at the house every now and again. He looked like he was on the verge of tears. He froze when he saw Kyusuke in the window and they stared at each other for a long moment before Kyusuke turned away and dropped back into the room where his dad lay sleeping with tears still falling from his eyes.
Kyusuke sighed. He really hoped he wouldn't regret this.
It's the big reveal. Naruto has finally shown himself to everyone. What is Kyusuke planning now?