He Sees Darkness, But Smiles Like The Light

By The Un-wanted Angel and Beta'd by Morgan Yukimari

Now, this is one happy author, because think of how surprised I was to walk away from my lap-top only to come back a day later and see I had 10 new reviews for one chapter :) I love you all so, so, so, so, so so much! Not only do I love my reviewers, but I love my readers more than anything! Let's keep it up with the reviews ^^. Alright, so now that Sasuke's family has been murdered, how will this play out with Minato and Naruto?

*smiles*

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CHAPTER 13

Minato shuffled through papers, stacks of them. It was past midnight, almost one in the morning. He had been woken up by four ANBU members to hear about the Uchiha massacre. Frankly, he was stunned. He was now sifting through files of Itachi's records, trying to find any source of anger problems or mental issues the boy may have had, but so far nothing has shown up. Minato couldn't believe what had happened. He had been to the clan's village to see the damage and all that was left was a pile of burned up bodies, a foul stench, and blood on the walls.

Sasuke...he had to get to Sasuke.

Sasuke was currently crying on one of the orphanage beds.

"You'll have to kill me."

"Itachi..." He sobbed.

"If you truly hate me, then find me and kill me."

"Itachi, you bastard!" He screamed, tossing his pillow to the floor. His family, everyone he ever knew and loved was dead. He saw their faces, their ways of dying thanks to Itachi. He saw everything. He was scarred for life. The very innocence of his soul he felt were stolen from him. He cried more loudly. He couldn't get the image out of his head! He couldn't get out their lifeless faces...His mother...The blood.

"Sasuke."

He turned.

"H-Hokage-Sama?" He asked.

Minato stepped forward, sitting on the bed.

"Sasuke, I'm taking you out of here." He smiled kindly.

"H-huh?"

Ribbit, ribbit, ribbit, rib-

Naruto slammed his hand on his realistic frog sounding alarm clock. He stretched and yawned.

"Mornin' Fluffy." He smiled, kissing his stuffed fox Kakashi had given him on the button nose. He felt something strange in his bed. There was a tiny lump next to him.

Can't be Tou-san. Tou-san couldn't fit in my bed. And Tou-san is bigger than this lump. He thought. After he had poked it numerous times, the lump moaned out tiredly.

"Mmmm! Leave me'lone" It moaned.

Sounds like Sasuke...Sasuke?!

"Sasuke? What are you doing in my bed?" Naruto cried out. It wasn't that he was furious, he was more startled than anything. Sasuke ignored Naruto's comment and tried to fall back to sleep. Naruto got out of bed, picked up his fox and ran out of his room, using his sight that he had actually planned on using later.

"Papa! Papa!" He called out.

"Oh, good morning, Naruto" Minato smiled cooking breakfast.

"Papa! Why is Sasuke in my bed?" He asked, startled.

"Well, Naruto...Sasuke will be staying with us from now on." Minato smiled. "Won't that be fun?"

Naruto was confused. It's not that he was unhappy about it, because he was excited, but why was Sasuke suddenly staying with them?

"Cool Papa...but won't his family miss him?" He asked. Minato thought he dodged a bullet, but it seemed it came around to bite him in the ass.

"Well...uh...Naruto, you see." Minato said getting on one knee to explain to Naruto what had happened when Sasuke appeared in the kitchen.

"They died." Sasuke blatantly answered.

Naruto turned. "What?"

"Itachi killed them." Sasuke frowned, glaring at the floor.

"Wha!? Itachi killed them? No way, I mean he is such a nice person-"

"He did, Naruto! I saw it with my own eyes, my brother killed everyone of my family!" Sasuke bellowed. Naruto was taken back, Sasuke had never yelled at him. He wondered if he made him mad.

"G-Gomen, Sasuke" Naruto said quietly.

Minato frowned. "Sasuke, Naruto had no idea what was going on, he's confused just as much as I am. There's no need to yell." Sasuke pouted, stomping away.

"This is going to be harder than I thought...Okay, Naruto new rule." Minato declared. Naruto sheepishly looked up, wondering if he was going to be in trouble.

"Naruto, Sasuke is very sensitive when it comes to what happened last night with his family. I don't want you to talk about it, alright?" Minato said.

"Hai, Papa. But I don't understand why Sasuke's angry...I'd cry if you were killed." Naruto frowned, a few tears came to his eyes and Minato wiped them away, kissing his forehead.

"You don't need to worry about that, because that's never going to happen." Minato smiled.

"Promise?"

"I promise."

"Pinky-promise." Naruto held out his little pinky and Minato linked his pinky with Naruto's.

"I pinky-promise." Minato smiled. "Now, how about we cheer Sasuke up and welcome him into our home by giving him breakfast in bed, shall we?"

"How come I don't get breakfast in bed?" Naruto pouted.

"Oh you did one time, remember what happened then?" Minato spoke.

"It was an accident!" Naruto protested.

"Naruto...you tried to squirt syrup out your window at a barking dog."

"So? It worked didn't it?" Naruto asked.

"I guess...but your carpet had to be replaced, along with your dresser and I had to throw out your blankets." Minato reminded, making Naruto feel guilty.

"Well, my bad for being...creative!" Naruto stuck out his tongue and Minato laughed picking up Naruto to help him cook, all the while Sasuke watched the two with envious, obsidianeyes.

"Saaaaaaaa-suke!" Naruto called pounding with both fists on the door.

"Naruto, please don't yell." Minato said, holding the tray of food in his arms.

"C'ome on Sasuke, I don't need to knock for my own door, now don't I?" Naruto teased. Naruto shrieked when the door 'whooshed' open and Sasuke stood there glaring at the blonde.

"What?" He rudely asked. Minato knew that Sasuke, instead of crying, might be choosing anger over sadness, he knew that sometimes children found it easier to choose anger over sadness, so he used psychology to try and butter Sasuke up to express his feelings.

"Sasuke, Naruto and I thought you'd like to have breakfast in bed this morning. something to make you feel welcomed" Minato smiled brightly.

"Yeah, yeah. I made you toast!" Naruto boasted.

Sasuke looked confused.

"There's eggs and bacon. I could make you something different if you'd like." Minato offered.

"No it's fine..." Sasuke answered taking the tray. "Thank you." He closed the door, wanting to eat in peace.

"Leave the tray out here and I'll wash the dishes." Minato called out.

Naruto smiled, whispering: "I think it worked, Tou-san."

"I think it did too, Naruto." Minato answered. "Now remember, Sasuke is more than a guest in this house, he's our family now. So you must treat him with respect as you would me."

"Hai, Papa."

"You both go back to school next week for your first final."

Naruto was confused. "What's a final, Tou-san?"

"It's when you show your teacher what you learned all year. They'll ask a question and you answer, or show it." Minato answered. "I'll help you and Sasuke both prepare for it if you'd like."

"Yes, yes, yes!" Naruto cheered. "I'd love to!"

"Alright, now before we do anything today, you need to get dressed." Minato ordered.

"...Papa. My clothes are in my room. Sasuke's eating in there I don't wanna' disturb him." Naruto smiled, trying to form a pajama day. Minato nodded.

"You're right...that can mean only one thing" He smiled.

"Pj day!" Naruto cheered. Pj day for Minato and Naruto meant all day in their Pj's being lazy around the house. Sometimes they'd watch TV but mostly read (in this case, Minato would read to Naruto). Naruto loved to read, although he had trouble with Kanji. He was more than happy when Minato taught him how to read, it was another thing hel oved about Kyuubi's chakra. Speaking of which.

"Hey, Kyuubi!" Naruto called out loud.

Kyuubi woke up from slumber, using his ninth tail to rub the sleep from his eyes. "What do you want this early, Naruto?"

"Wow, you and Sasuke are both grumpy in the morning. Anyway, I have two things to tell you!" Naruto smiled. Minato looked over at Naruto, he rolled his eyes. He hated when Naruto talked to the fox in such a friendly manner. Well, to be more precise, he hated when Kyuubi spoke friendly to Naruto. He didn't like Kyuubi all that much, and he was extra-precocious with Naruto having "conversations" with Kyuubi.

"Well, spit it out."Kyuubi said.

"One, Sasuke is going to live with me and Papa, since...something bad happened to his family"

"Don't care, nice for him, what's the other reason." Kyuubi spoke, sounding like he didn't care for Naruto's friend and in reality he didn't. Naruto sighed, he hated how Kyuubi sounded uncaring towards other people.

"And two, Papa says we can have Pj day and he's teaching me more Kanji today" Naruto smiled.

"Well, good for you Kit, keep up the good work, now may I go back to sleep?" Kyuubi asked."It's my Pj day and I'd like to spend it sleeping."

Naruto giggled. "You don't have Pj's Kyuubi."

"My red fur coat doesn't count? Oh well." The fox went to sleep. Naruto turned his focus on the Kanji. After a few minutes Naruto felt he had gotten the hang of it. The rest of the afternoon was spent laying in the sun with his father in the den painting calligraphy Naruto looked over at Minato's calligraphy.

"Watashi...no...musuko...o...shukufuku*" Naruto said. "What does that mean, Papa?" He asked.

"It means: Bless my son." Minato smiled.

"Aaw, thank you, Papa. Can we frame it?" Naruto asked.

"We will once they dry." Minato looked up at a clock it was already past noon. He got up and stretched. He took a look around the room, he noticed Sasuke hadn't come out of Naruto's room.

"Naruto, could you check on Sasuke for me please?" Minato asked. "Ask if he'd like to join us. And after this maybe we can go to the park."

"Okay, Tou-san" Naruto smiled. When Naruto reached his room, he frowned. He was back to the pitch-black dark world he'd known all his life. He sighed. He should of asked Kyuubi when his sight would reach the limit, now he had to wait a whole new day to use his sight and he was looking forward to seeing his Papa, Sasuke and himself all have fun together.

"Oh, well. We can still have fun today and maybe tomorrow we can have fun again and I can see it then." He smiled. He knocked twice on the door.

No answer.

He knocked once more, the door swung open.

"What do you want, Naruto?" Sasuke spat.

"That's a little mean, don't you think?" Naruto asked.

"Well, it was a little mean when Itachi killed my family, don't you think?!" Sasuke glared at Naruto. Naruto didn't know how to respond to that, so he left it alone, although for some reason it sounded as if Sasuke was trying to pin His family's Death on him.

"Sasuke...Papa and I are downstairs painting calligraphy and afterward he's taking us to the park-"

Sasuke threw something across the hall at Naruto and Naruto barely dodged it. Naruto looked up at Sasuke.

"S-Sasuke?"

Sasuke now had Naruto by the collar of his shirt. "Get one thing straight, Naruto. I don't care what your stupid plans are for the day, I don't want to be here and your hyper-mood is pissing me off!" Sasuke threw Naruto onto the ground and Naruto landed with an umph.

Kyuubi woke from his slumber. Hearing some voices.

"Is that Uchiha?" His voice threatened. He could see Sasuke getting into Naruto's face, he could even hear the threatening words. This made Kyuubi's blood boil with anger.

"S-Sasuke...what's gotten into you?" Naruto asked. This wasn't like his friend. "This isn't you. You're not the same person. Why are you so angr-"

"Shut up." Sasuke growled. "And leave me alone!"

Of course Sasuke was upset about the death of his family, especially the scene he had to witness. He was angry, confused and upset, so naturally he was taking his anger out on someone weaker than himself, much like a bully.

"Sasuke-"

"I said, Shut up, Naruto!"

"It's because you miss Itachi...don't you? And your dad..." Naruto spoke. Sasuke became quiet, he gave Naruto a death warning look on his face, even though he knew Naruto couldn't see.

"You wanted your dad to love you...didn't you?"

Sasuke pushed Naruto against the wall, causing a thump Minato heard in the den downstairs.

"Shut up, Naruto shut up!" Sasuke screamed. "You don't know how hard it was to please him!"

Kyuubi growled. "This punk's pushing Naruto against the wall, well screw that!" he said to himself.

"You were given everything in life, you had someone who loved you! You're an idiot Naruto and your father still cares about you!" Sasuke screamed.

Minato heard that from downstairs and started walking to the staircase.

"Sasuke...you're being mean." Naruto cried.

"You've got a reputation that washanded to you! You never had to earn a single thing in your life, your "daddy" did it for you!" Sasuke screamed. "You're nothing without your father and you never will be!"

"Hey, What's going on up there?!" Minato called out at the bottom of the steps.

"Stop it, Sasuke!" Naruto cried, tears running down his cheeks. "You're hurting my feelings"

"Who gives a damn about how you feel Naruto! I sure don't! I'm telling the truth too! You're nothing but an unwanted jinchuuriki, who can't see, and has no mother!" Sasuke screamed. Minato was now darting up the steps. But deep inside Naruto, Kyuubi soothingly encouraged Naruto to let him control "him".

"Give me your body, Naruto."Kyuubi whispered softly in Naruto's ear. Naruto felt anger consuming his body. He felt his hands, his arms, his legs, his brain, all of "himself" become Kyuubi's for a brief moment. Red Chakra seeped out of him and his eyes became red. Sasuke gasped, as Naruto flung himself on the raven, breaking the door open as he flung Sasuke against the wall. Sasuke pulled out a kunai and tossed it at Naruto, who dodged it. Minato came running into the room, he stopped seeing the red tail.

"N...Naruto!" He gasped, his eyes wide.

Naruto growled, his fangs showing and his whiskers bold.

He raised an arm and with his claws, he sliced and cut Sasuke's cheek and partially his throat. Sasuke had tried to kick Naruto off, but it didn't work. Minato conjured his hands, pulling out a seal from his pocket, jumping up and slapping the seal onto Naruto's back, Naruto screamed as the red chakra vanished and he had gone back to his normal human being form, his clothes were ripped and he covered his eyes.

"It burns!" He cried loudly.

Minato picked up Naruto, not before he gave a short glare at Sasuke, carrying Naruto to the bathroom.

Naruto was laid on the couch, healing salve was applied to any red area on his body, including his eyes. He was wrapped in bandages around his waist and torso. A light blanket was laid over him while he was resting. Minato smiled, kissing his head gently leaving the room to deal with Sasuke.

Sasuke had a minor injury on his face and Sasuke winced as alcohol was applied to his face.

"I know it stings..." Minato said. "But it'll make it heal faster."

Sasuke was speechless.

"What...was that thing?" He asked.

"...That was Naruto." Minato frowned. "You must have said something that triggered the fox inside of him to control him and he would have killed you."

Sasuke frowned. "I...I just..." He was lost.

"You hurt his feelings. I heard what you said." Minato harshly said. "That was uncalled for. I don't care what you've been threw, you don't talk to anyone like that, Sasuke. Now as long as you live in my house you will respect other people in here, whether it be a cleaning maid, any guest that come here, or an ANBU officer andespeciallyNaruto, do I make myself clear?"

Sasuke nodded. "Hai...Ho-"

"No." Minato interrupted. "You may call me Minato if you'd like. But you will be calling me 'Hokage-sama' if you hurt my little boy in any way, shape or form again, do you understand?"

"Yes...Minato." Sasuke frowned.

"Good. Now once Naruto wakes up, you will apologize for what you said, especially about his mother." That last part sounded more harsh than what Minato would have liked, but still, Sasuke nodded.

"I...I'm so sorry." Sasuke frowned, tears coming to his eyes. "I...I, myself...don't know why I acted like that." He was on the verge of crying. "It seemed...like the right emotion...to feel."

Minato kneeled in front of Sasuke, wiping away a few tears.

"I've...I've never had that!" Sasuke cried. "I've never had a father to cheer me up or hug me, Tou-san wouldn't...ever do that to me." Sasuke was bawling now. He had hurt his friend and what's more was he was jealous of him. He felt pathetic. Minato frowned. Now he knew why Sasuke was so upset today. He could understand about yesterday too.

"Sasuke, was that the reason why you walked away from us? Was it because I was showing Naruto love an affection?" Minato asked. "Fugaku...never showed you that?"

Sasuke felt as if he were going to cry once more, so Minato wrapped his arms around the boy, hugging him tightly.

"Sasuke, you are my son's best friend. You helped him to read and write in school. You are a very smart child." Minato smiled. "Don't let your old man think that you were never important, because you were certainly important to Naruto...and to myself."

Sasuke nodded, hugging Minato back.

"Thank you..."

"No problem...kodomo**"

When Naruto awoke, Sasuke apologized and even cried some more. Naruto was more than happy to forgive Sasuke, especially since he actually forgot half of what happened upstairs.

That night after both boys had their baths and were gently tucked into bed Naruto turned over to Sasuke.

"Sasuke...?" He asked.

"hm?" Sasuke responded.

"Are you still upset?" Naruto asked. "About Itachi, I mean."

Sasuke didn't respond.

"I'll be your brother, Sasuke." Naruto said, cuddling closer to Sasuke, falling to slumber.

Sasuke tilted his head to rest on Naruto's.

"...Thank you too, Naruto." He smiled, resting his eyes.

Translations:

* Bless my son

** Child

Wow, this chapter was long, wasn't it? But a ton has happened here, A TON! Now that Sasuke is part of Naruto's family things should go a lot smoother now am I right? DO NOT FORGET TO VOTE ON MY POLL, IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

-The Un-wanted Angel

-Morgan Yukimari