Title: Slave

Author: Uchiha Enchanter

Beta: EmoButterfly1

Rating: M

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto I just use the characters for my own personal enjoyment.

Summary: Naruto a boy that has lived in the slave pens all his life, no one has ever wanted him until now. Itachi Uchiha, big in the corporate business field and a man of his word with a favor to Sasuke to fulfill.

Itachi awoke to a soft knocking on his bedroom door. He turned to look at the clock, it was 1:45.

"What is it?"He asked sleepily.

"Itachi...It's me Naruto...may I come in?"

"Yeah, Naruto..." Naruto came in and hurriedly shuffled over to Itachi and the bed.

"Can I sleep in here with you? I've never slept alone before."

"Yeah," Itachi looked a tad concerned. "You've never slept alone before?"

"No," Naruto mumbled climbing into the bed and sliding into Itachi's arms. "I got sold when I was a baby and the slave pens were always crowded."

"Well, life will be better for you here. You are special to me if only because you're special to Sasuke."

"Sasuke loves me you know..."Naruto sighed. "But not in a romantic way. I'm more like his brother he loves me like family."

"I understand," Itachi said softly. "Come on now, let's get some sleep. Tomorrow we have to go shopping and get you some clothes."

"Okay, thank you Itachi..."

"Goodnight Naruto-kun."

"Night."

Itachi awoke to find the blonde's fingers tangled in his hair and his arm around the blonde's waist. Itachi had to admit it felt nice. He reached up to brush some hair back from Naruto's face when Naruto stirred and opened his eyes.

"Mornin' Tachi." He mumbled. Itachi couldn't stop the grin that spread across his face.

"Good morning Naruto." Naruto sat up and rubbed his eyes.

"What time is it?"He grumbled.

"Breakfast time," Itachi said throwing back the covers and climbing out of bed.

"Oooh, can I have French toast?" Naruto asked bouncing along behind Itachi.

"Yeah sounds good Naruto, how do you know about different foods if you don't mind me asking."

"Sasuke," Naruto happily replied "He and I used to talk about food all the time, what we'd eat when we got out." Itachi suppressed a sad smile as they walked into the kitchen.

Naruto and Itachi got home late that night after spending most of the day out shopping. They ate a dinner of microwavable ramen before getting ready for bed.

"Itachi," Naruto came into the bedroom clutching what he had claimed to be his favorite stuffed fox. "Can I sleep with you again tonight?"

"I guess so, but sometime you're going to have to learn to sleep on your own. What are you going to do when you leave here for example?"

"When I leave?"

"Well, you don't want to stay here with me forever, do you? Don't you want to go and have your own life? Go to school, get a job, meet people, and fall in love?"

"Can't I do all that here?"

"If you really want to, but you still need to learn how to sleep on your own. What if I have someone over or something?"

"What do you mean have someone over?"

"Well, sometimes when I have a boyfriend or girlfriend they like to come over."

"So why can't they stay in one of the spare bedrooms?"

"Naruto, I don't think you quite understand." Naruto looked at him quizzically for a moment, then suddenly a look of realization.

"Oh, you mean they come over to sleep with you, like...like having sex."

"Yes, Naruto."

"I guess you're right. I do need to learn how to sleep on my own."

"But luckily I don't have a boyfriend or a girlfriend right now so, you are free to sleep in here with me for now." Naruto mumbled something under his breath and Itachi being the ever curious person he is had to know what he said. "What did you say?" Itachi asked curiously, Naruto looked up startled.

"Nothing,"

"You said something Naruto. Please tell me what you said."

"I said I wouldn't mind being your boyfriend. Then I wouldn't have to sleep alone." Itachi looked at him curiously.

"Are you saying that cause you don't want to sleep alone or because you really care about me and want to be with me that way?"

"I don't know," Naruto shrugged "I've only known you for a day and a half..."

"You must feel something if you said that though."

"I guess, I mean I like you and you're gorgeous, but I think I might like you because you remind me of Sasuke." Naruto sighed. "But you're not like Sasuke too, there's something...more to you." Itachi smiled, how was the blonde able to make him do that? Itachi came forward and took Naruto's confused face in one hand.

"I still think you should learn to sleep on your own."

"I will...but tonight...?"

"Tonight, you can stay with me."

"Thank you Itachi..." Naruto leaned his face against the warm hand.

"You're welcome Naruto."

The next day came and when Naruto awoke Itachi was nowhere to be found. Naruto stretched a little and looked at the clock it was 7:30. Naruto sighed.

"I guess I have to get up." Naruto stood and ran a hand through his messy blonde hair. "I wonder where Itachi is." He wandered down the stairs past the living room to the kitchen and saw Itachi sitting at the table dressed in a business suit. The jacket of said suit was thrown over the back of a nearby chair. Across from him was a thin blonde man with his hair pulled up into a ponytail. He was wearing some ripped up jeans, converse sneakers and a yellow t-shirt that had BOOM written across in big black letters. The two stopped talking as Naruto entered in nothing but a pair of fuzzy orange pajama pants.

"Good morning Naruto," Itachi said smiling a little. "You hungry?" Naruto nodded and walked over to Itachi sitting in the chair next to him. "Naruto, this is my friend Deidara. He's going to spend the day with you while I'm at work."

"Yeah okay," Naruto mumbled only half paying attention as Deidara set a plate of waffles in front of him.

"I'm not going to be home till late you may have to sleep on your own tonight."

"I can try...when will you be home?"

"Probably around 11 or 12."

"Okay,"

"I have to go now, bye you two." Itachi stood and grabbed his jacket quickly leaving the room. "Bye!" He called opening the door.

"Bye!" Naruto called back, the noise followed by the door closing. The room was silent for a while as Naruto ate and Deidara texted someone on his phone then Deidara spoke.

"So, he rescued you from the pens too, eh?"

"Too?"

"Yeah, you're the third he's rescued. He rescued me cause I was close to dying. I was close to Sasuke's pen so...he saved me at risk of not being able to get Sasuke. Then he got Sasuke about a year later and now you."

"Wait...you're the one from two pens down...I remember you cause you wouldn't let them cut your hair."

"Yeah," Deidara smiled "that's me."

"Never thought I'd see you here, never thought I'd be here either."

"Yeah well, Sasuke's his brother and you and Sasuke were close."

"Yeah," Naruto smiled a little. "Itachi said Sasuke wanted me out of there."

"Yeah, Itachi's a good guy, he could have had you bought out by someone else or he could have bought you and just thrown you out to the streets or something. That's all Sasu asked him to do...was get you out. Itachi chose to pick you up though...I think he likes you..."

"Likes me...?"

"Yeah," Deidara chuckled "You'll figure it out Naruto." Deidara got up then. "I'm going to watch some TV, you coming?" Naruto nodded and followed his new friend into the living room.

The day passed quickly and before Naruto knew it he had passed out on the couch next to Deidara watching kung-fu panda. It was late about one a.m. when Itachi finally made his way home. He ditched his jacket in the foyer and took off his shoes before entering the rest of the house. Itachi smiled and chuckled a little as he came into the living room to see Naruto curled up at one end of the couch and Deidara at the other end reading a book.

"Hey," Deidara said looking up from the book. Itachi noted the title, Desire, was that one of his books? "You're late." Deidara muttered.

"I know...I got...caught up."

"Does caught up also go by the name of Kasumi?"

"Regrettably yes..." Itachi sighed as he sank into a chair across from the couch.

"Doesn't she understand the words leave me alone?"

"No, she doesn't."

"Maybe she'd understand if you were taken...seriously Ita when was the last time you were with someone?"

"I don't know...when did I break up with Kisame?"

"THAT LONG?" Deidara squealed and Itachi nodded "You realize that you have someone right here who would fix that for you." Deidara nudged his head towards the sleeping form of Naruto.

"I'm not going to ask him to do that." Itachi said quickly.

"But he wants to, I can tell...underneath the damage the pens have done to him he's aching for you. And it's not like with me, it's not just because you saved him Ita. He really cares about you, maybe even loves you."

"I know he cares, but love is something different."

"Still, why not, he wants to be yours so take what you're offered Ita!"

"Dei, I'm letting Naruto make his own choices, in fact..."Itachi paused to stand and walk over to his briefcase he pulled out some papers and brought them back over to Deidara. "I signed this today in front of a judge." Deidara took the papers and looked them over. He looked up at Itachi smiling softly.

"These are his release papers...he's free." Itachi nodded and took the papers to return them to his briefcase. He sat back down and looked at Deidara.

"I want him to have a life to live. I'm going to help him get to where he wants to be step by step. He's only 17 he has a whole life ahead of him. Me, I have all I need now. I'm 21 and a successful business man. I've freed my brother and I'm happy."

"Are you really Itachi? Are you really happy or are you just saying you are because you don't want me to force the issue of Naruto?"

"Dei, Naruto is a gift, really he is and I have Sasuke to thank for that. Having him in my life is enough for me. If he ever wants to take it further so be it but...until that day I'm happy just having him around."

"What if he leaves here?"

"Then I will be happy because of his visits and calls. Unless the kid was in trouble he'd always make sure I knew how he was doing."

"Alright I get it; any amount of Naruto you get is enough. You don't have to have all of him to be happy."

"Exactly,"

"Alright, so while I have you talking. Do you mind if Sasori and I move in? His parents hate me and well...I don't have a place of my own."

"Yeah, just watch what you do around Naruto...you know what kind of things go on in the pens...he's just got out he may still be sensitive."

"Alright,"

"I'm going to take him upstairs and get to bed, you're welcome to stay. You have a room here you know where it is."

"Night Ita." Itachi picked up the blonde and carried him upstairs noting how light he was. He placed Naruto in the orange clad bedroom he had made for him and then crept across the hall to his own bed. He had barely stripped down to his boxers and climbed beneath the covers when the door creaking open announced that Naruto had woken up. Itachi calmly threw the covers back and let Naruto crawl in to the other side of the bed.

"Itachi, do I bother you by sleeping in here?"

"No, why?"

"I heard you talking to Deidara...you can have sex with me if you want to...you did buy me after all, you should get something out of it."

"Naruto, I am not going to force you into anything. You decide what you want to do okay. Let's go to sleep."

"Itachi, you like me right?"

"Yeah, why?"

"If you like me then why do you say no to sleeping with me?"

"Naruto, just go to sleep alright."

"Okay," Itachi sighed and rolled to face Naruto.

"Look at me, I like you Naruto, but you don't have to sleep with me and I don't want you to sleep with me or anyone else unless you love them alright. It's not that I'm rejecting you. I just want you to do what you want and not what everyone else wants." He leaned in and kissed the boys forehead. "Go to sleep Naru." Itachi watched as Naruto's eyelids closed over bright blue eyes. And slowly he too drifted into sleep.