CHAPTER 10
Just that so excited and I am squelling like a fan girl here. I hate being one but I have too but that's only in my story of course. I won't be a fan girl outside my story but I may consider if it's Yaoi and since this is somewhat where Itachi will say "I love you" or something between those lines. This is very long indeed. ^_^
Sasuke: What the fuck's wrong with you? I thought we were friends? How could you do this to me? How could you give MY NARU-CHAN to Itachi?
Ren: Well I love you too Sasuke, as a friend of course. I did not betray you and please reverse the 'were' seemed we never are friends. Since you popped in and talk in my television since last chapter I can't help but feel awkward so poof off, this isn't your time to shine.
Sasuke: Insolent little mice! How dare you?
Ren: *Sigh* Then move and 'hit on' Naru-chan before it is too late. *sigh* {By the way... sorry for not updating for a VERY LONG TIME! Got a serious case of WRITING ANOTHER STORY will i will be posting here... ^_^ God Bless... Take care all
Sasuke: Why you-!
ENJOY CHAPTER 10
Title: Deepest Thoughts of You
Author: Ren Tamiya (Screen name only)
Updated: November 20, 2011 (Sunday)
Chapter 10: What do you mean? (Itachi, what are you saying?)
ENJOY!
Warning: Kissing in further chapters, explicit cursing and bad words in other chapters if not here and other warnings...
DISCLAIMER: I do not own anything. And I simply don't own NARUTO. This is owned by the Author and the artist.
NARUTO's POV...
But then, a certain event caught my thought.
What do you mean by those words, Itachi?
"I love you, Naruto."
"Naruto!" Someone called out. I saw Ino, Sakura and Tenten looked at me.
"What is it?" I asked them not entirely sure what was going on.
"We just called you, asking you if you would want to stay here all day or go inside and eat Yakiniku. Remember, Gaara is treating." Tenten answered looking flummoxed.
"I am sorry. I was just pondering. Nothing more." I said. It was half true, half lie. True because I was deep in thought but it was a lie because there's more to it. I just looked at them.
"Well then, we might as well go." Ino urged. I can see uncertainty and qualm in her expression while the others seemed not to notice it. Ino and Sakura are both smart girls so I am sure they knew something's up. But I need to hide it. I should not keep on being dazed out of a sudden. That would bring suspicions and doubt. I don't want anyone to know about it.
"Yes. Let's go now." I said with a fake smile in my face. Though still in thought of the last month's events, I should not be bothered by what the past but still there is something I need to do for my friends, for Konoha, for Itachi-san and mostly for my best friend, Sasuke.
We go inside as planned. We sit there and chat about things but I am still bothered. If I won't be able to talk to Itachi-san properly about what he mean, then I am always going to be bothered by my thoughts. I chatted idly at them nodding from left to right not knowing what they are saying. I am sure they will stop asking me later on. I keep my thoughts at ease and all about Itachi-san even until the food is served. Then I heard a very simple thing from the funny Chouji.
"Well guys. If we are always problematic about the upcoming battle, how about some food to keep our mind calm and composed. You know, we can't always go on without food." Chouji said while grabbing the first Yakiniku that is well cooked in the table. I chuckled by what he said. It's true we can't think or fight well with an empty stomach so better grab the opportunity.
"Itadakimasu!" All of us chanted as always because it's an everyday occurrence that we will be saying that every meal we have more or less 3 times a day. Except for Chouji who never said a word before digging in his usual eating routine, always chip and more chips every day. We happily eat the Yakiniku served by us and I hastily ate a lot of them. Wow, totally delicious.
"Hey Naru-chan, back to normal?" Tenten asked me while eating some Yakiniku. I smiled at her.
"Thanks to the food, get the better taste of life." I answered without a doubt or lie in it.
"That's wonderful to hear then." Tenten amusingly said. I just nodded my head and continue eating the Yakiniku. There's also the tea given to us for our drinks. I heard Kiba coughed. Maybe he didn't gulp or mince the food properly after eating the Yakiniku from his mouth. He then drinks the available Tea he could see and since it's just small, then he needs to drink more. Some of us laugh for his idiocy but we continue eating our food since we are really hungry. The competition will start tomorrow. I am really getting excited by it. This is going to be interesting.
After we eat, since it's evening already, we set off to go to our houses or apartments. We can live near the competition grounds and stadium but I don't want seeing the other rivals. I just want to be alone in my own apartment and think of last month's events with Itachi-san.
That...
PAST...
"Naruto!" Someone called out. And that someone was a Jounin who's very intelligent but...
"Yeah what is it?" I asked him with a deep scowl. I am currently in Ichiraku Ramen happily eating more than 20th cup of ramen when I noticed him drop by and then called me out. I am sure it's one of those meeting stuffs or I am being called again. Can't they see I still have my privacy? I still need to eat my favorite ramen and still have a few minutes for talking with friends.
"This is really troublesome." He started. What the fuck's wrong with him. This stupid jounin.
"If it's troublesome, why keep bothering me? I still have my lunch and privacy you know." I complained while eating my twenty second (22) bowl of ramen. Since I missed it for almost 5 years then I can't stop from eating more and more cup of ramen from Ichiraku's.
"Yeah, yeah but if I won't follow, my dad's gonna break my leg and kill me for being fired in my jounin position." He answered nonchalantly like he wasn't interested in the conversation.
"Say what? You better get straight to the point so that I could eat in peace here." I told him still savoring the very finest taste of Ichiraku Ramen. I guess I need another bowl after this one. I can hear him sigh from my back. He just hated being asked or something like running errands.
"Tsunade is summoning you. She said it's about you talking to that Uchiha guy." He directly answered. I stopped half way from finishing my 22th bowl. I thought for a while thinking if I can continue or go to the Hokage's room and greatly follow her summon. I continued eating my ramen without saying a word and after finishing it; I paid the ramens and stood up. I faced Shikamaru who was waiting impatiently for me to talk or go with him. I don't have appetite for another bowl of ramen now. This can never wait. If I will be able to talk to him now, then I will talk to him right away without hesitation. No one can even stop me.
"Let's go." I said in a commanding tone. He went first followed by me and in an instant we arrived in the room of the Hokage. The Hokage is signing some papers. There are only few now. Not like last time I went there, there are more than thousands and thousands of papers.
"Hokage-baa-san. I am here." I said. She then looked at me with amusement but seriousness.
"Arigatou Shikamaru. You may go out now. Naruto-kun, please sit in front of the desk." Hokage motioned. Shikamaru bowed before going out while I obliged and sit in front of her desk.
"You want to see me regarding with Uchiha, Itachi. Am I right?" I asked first as she arranged her table to proper manners. She then looked at me in the eyes. Her enchanted golden brown eyes looked at me with genuine honesty. This is getting more and more serious and earnest.
"After our talk, I want you to go to his private dungeon quarters where he is held by us. I want you to chat. Idly or with interest I don't care just as long as you will get any information's from him. Anything, about himself, Akatsuki or Sasuke's whereabouts." Tsunade said telling me what to do straight to the point. She's very flamboyant and as far as I am concerned, I am bold too.
"I understand. Is there anything else then?" I asked her while standing from the seat. I need to get going soon so that I can interrogate the traitor in the dungeon. I am sure there'll be a lot of securities after all. He can just get out from their but I am pretty sure, he's getting weaker.
"Yes. Naruto, please be careful." She noted with a small sincere smile. I nodded at her with a small smile too before going out of the Hokage's room. Then I just decided to walk. Since, I never really toured Konoha since my return then I will just walk and not use any jutsu to go there. A few minutes of walk and I arrived in a tower inside the 'Forest of the Death'. I remember this very forest where Orochimaru sneaked in, he bit Sasuke. I glance side to side to see many guards roaming around the area. Some nodded towards me and I nodded back while others just stared at me in disgust or pity. I don't care.
I walk inside. And it was really a very tight security. Guess there are only 5 who are in this tower. They are well known criminals from other villages. It is either the other villages won't be able to accept them as prisoners or they are causing ruckus in that village.
"Uchiha,Itachi." I simple said to a woman in the front desk just after the entrance.
"Do you have any appointments, uhm your name please?" She said as she went to get something in one of the drawers. Maybe it was an appointment book for those who have appointments.
"Uzumaki, Naruto. I am not sure if I have any though. Hokage-sama just told me to go here today, right here, right now." I explained. She then looked at her copy and then nodded.
"You are in the list. You can go to his room anytime you want to. It has unlimited time. He's in 4th floor, the only room there." She answered while closing the book and looking at me. I nodded towards her with a smile. So I can go to Itachi's room anytime eh. Tsunade-obaa-chan is really thoughtful and loving especially for me. I can interrogate him as many times as I want then.
"Thank you so much." I thanked her before going away. Then I heard her shout that the stairs are in the right most part of the 1st level. Actually I could just manage to go right inside using the trees outside without being seen or notice but since I don't know the exact floor where he is then I don't really have a choice in this matter. So I guess I need to go on proper procedures.
"Stop on your tracks." The guard of the stairs ordered. He was just a simple Jounin perhaps. A new one to be precise. There have been many Jounins and Chuunins who are promoted after I left. I stopped in my pace of walking and looked at him in the eye waiting for orders. I don't really want to be ordered around especially if this is a very crucial matter. But since I am Uzumaki, Naruto, which is very happy – go – lucky then I don't have a choice.
"What is it, Mr. Jounin. I am here to go to the 4th floor and meet Uchiha, Itachi." I said.
"Do you mind if I will check you for any genjutsus or things that you are bringing?" He asked me strictly while looking at me from top to bottom. I totally think he's a pervert and all but never mind. I just smiled at him and I don't want to say it but I smiled cutely at him earning me a slight blush from him in his still serious face. We'll see what he has to do.
"Sure. I don't really mind at all." I answered with a simple chuckle as he used techniques to at least check on me for genjutsus or something. I don't care what he was doing unless if he's doing something perverted like touching my butt. I growled in anger as he really did touch it and not just touch it but rub it. All I have to do is to kick his ass and there he is, lying in the floor. I just looked at him angrily with a deep sneer in my face then went and proceed upstairs. When I reached the stairs going the 4th floor, I saw someone really familiar.
"Good to see you again, brat." The old man said. I just scowled while staring at him. Then I said,
"Yeah right. Good to see you too toothpick-man." I teased. He always have the senbon needle in his mouth but people mistakes it for a small part of a tree or simply a long toothpick so I know he'll get angry with it whenever I teased about it. He won't even allow me to touch it or snatch it away from him so then I would always play around him while pretending on snatching it.
"Don't call me that, kid." He said with a playful scowl. I then raised my left eye brow up.
"Then don't call me brat or kid, old man." I warned him then I evilly smirked.
"Yeah, I know. Uzumaki, Naruto. Welcome back by the way." He greeted me with a simple smile. He still has that stern eye brows which would people think as a angry scowl or something.
"Surely, Genma Shiranui - sensei." I told him calling his name and smiling. It's like my smile is near my ears already but that's idiomatic expression by the way. Well I just nodded at him.
"Guess you need to go now, Naruto." He said while guiding his hands pointing up the stairs.
"I know, Genma – sensei. But thanks anyway." I told him while going up the stairs then I added, "And by the way, you owe me some ramen on my way back later on. You keep on teasing me."
"Yeah I know just get on with it and you should be back right off the dinner." Genma said while 'shooing' me off with his hands. I continued going up the stairs. When I arrived in the 4th floor, I did not bother hiding my chakras. I want him to know that I came to talk to him. I am sure he would know my chakra and Kyuubi no Kitsune's chakra. Since I can mixed my chakra and Kyuubi's chakra then I won't mind showing off a bit. This is going to be fun, I guess.
"Yeah right, fun, fun. I don't care at all. I hate that smirky Itachi brat so you better keep off my chakra off the hook. I don't want him getting to know my power at the extent." Kyuubi suddenly said through my head. Ever since our talk with Tsunade, he had been silence. Guess I know why.
"Yes I know. I am not showing even 1/10th of your power so you don't have to be angry, Kyuu-kun." I answered with my thoughts with another name I came up with. He doesn't mind me if I call him whatever I like except for fox face or old man or something between those lines. I like calling him –chan, -kun, nii, -nii-chan or something. It's awkward calling him –sensei since he's a mentor for me or –san since we are already close to each other. I arrived in a door. It was an ancient one covered with lots and lots of jutsus that well prevent the criminal from going out and for outsiders to go inside. Except for me who is allowed to go in and knows how to destroy it.
"Let me through. I am Uzumaki, Naruto." I said non chalantly then the door opened. It was huge inside with a lot of tables and chairs and a lot of paintings. Might be his fetish, right? The door closed behind me. It was an ice barrier and an ice door. It might be going to his bedroom. I can't clearly see inside and I am guessing the inside was really the bedroom. I decided to open it with an opening jutsu for ice only and it opened. It was like a déjà vu meeting him again. I don't know or I am not even sure but I guess I've met him in my past. He was currently reading a certain book. Probably a history book. He was sitting few meters from his bed and his legs are crossed. He did not even bother looking at me which made me feel at ease. I am not into looking his eyes but I am sure those bracelets and rings are for chakra restriction.
"Enjoying the book, Uchiha-san?" I asked him with my usual way. Polite but jolly at the same time. It was unexpected but he looked at me. I was currently in the door way while I closed the ice door. I did not move from the current area I am not standing. We had eye to eye contact for a while and a pregnant silence was present. I don't know how to start a conversation at all. This isn't like me but I guess I just have to show what my real attitude is to make things comfortable.
"Yes I am enjoying the history book Genma-san lent me, Naruto Uzumaki." He answered while closing the book still looking at my eyes. His customary onyx eyes are looking intently at me. There's a hint of reddish shade in it but it won't be clear unless you look at it intently. He's not using his Sharingan and I bet he can't use it now so I can be calm for a while.
"That's great, Uchiha-san. You might want to call me Naruto. I would gladly allow you to call me that." I looked at him with bright eyes. Just my normal honest eyes seemingly I don't have something to ask him. I am just there as a friend of his and not interrogating him.
"Alright then, Naruto-kun. It's been more than 6 years since I've met you, again." He mentioned. And that's true. We last met when he wanted to get Kyuubi no Kitsune in my body. I will die with the process but then there's still the possibility that I won't but it doesn't matter, I don't want to be separated with Kyuu - nii. He's someone really important in my life now.
"Even if I am controlled or we are separated, Naru - chan. I will never ever abandon you nor hurt you. I will still love you and protect you from the deepest thoughts of my life." Kyuubi reacted. I just smiled a bit hiding it from Itachi who seemed to notice by looking at the ground and bowing my head a bit. I smiled really honestly because of Kyuu - nii.
"And I love you too Kyuu - nii. I will die for you and think of it as a sacrifice; you don't have to die for me Kyuu-nii. If you will die, I will die too." I told him in my thoughts. Tears are planning to fall but I am not a kid anymore so all I can do is act and smile for Kyuu – nii.
"Having a little argument with your Kyuubi no Kitsune." Itachi suddenly said. That snapped me out of my contemplation. I looked at him with my honest smile again and then nodded,
"How did you know, Uchiha-san? I was having internal 'arguments' with Kyuu-nii."
"I just knew, Naruto. Kyuu-nii hmm. Good name for him." Itachi answered with a smile. I never saw him smile but that smile was really honest, I can feel it. I should have hated him for making Sasuke's life miserable but I change my overview of him, he changed now and I can assure you of it. I need to tell Tsunade-obaa-sama about this one. She'll be somewhat happy.
"Naru-chan, may I kill him? He just snapped us out of our lovey dovey confession. That stupid Uchiha brat. I hate Uchihas even before. The one who unsealed me before I was sealed to you was some Madara, Uchiha brat. I hate him the most." Kyuubi reacted. I just smiled. Itachi raised a brow. I know he knows that I am talking with Kyuu-nii again.
"No you can't kill him, Kyuu-nii. It was a lovey dovey brotherly confession, please add brotherly into it. And I know, Uchihas are always bastards and brats. I know you hate Madara but he's the reason why you were with me, we became friends and now like siblings." I explained to him thoroughly. Well he seemed quite so I know he understood what I just said a while ago.
"Another fight?" Itachi asked while still raising a brow of my sudden change of reaction.
"It wasn't a fight. Just a normal talk like tossing you aside and kicking your ass. Nothing to be talked about actually." I told him like nothing just mattered. He chuckled a bit.
"Yeah, you call that normal? You saying tossing aside and kicking my ass normal? Believe it or not Naruto, that's ridiculous." He said while laughing. I never saw him laugh. I started laughing myself. Let's just take advantage of his good side and laugh beside him. We don't normally laugh out loud since he's the enemy so let's feel the way as it is.
"Damn straight and right, Itachi!" I blurted out. I don't want to feel close to him but I did. I called out his first name unconsciously as we continue to laugh out loud.
"Hey Naruto, come sit right in front of me." Itachi suggested. I nodded while still having my sincere smile. I sit in front of him but of course there's still the table in front of us. Then he added which made me happy and comfortable more with him,
"Just call me by my first name. Uchiha-san is very common. Still got a lot of Uchihas in our world you know." He boldly said. I just nodded my answered as we continue to talk.
"Well let's be serious. I know why you are here and now that you are the one who's here, I am planning on telling you everything I know. But pick only some information's you will tell the hokage and others. We are not yet sure who to believe in, Naruto." He said seriously. I stared at him in disbelief. How can he tell me this without any problem at all? And what does he mean by picking out information's I will tell others, does that mean he is going to tell me totally everything? But more importantly what does he mean by "we", who are those 'we' is that only referring the two of, with Sasuke, or more? Let's find out.
"I trust you and please trust me too." I told him. He just smiled at me and explained to me each single detail. I wrote important parts too.
After the long conversation that we had, he decided to drop me off the front door which I agreed since I am still a bit stunned of what he just said to me. I was outside and the door was slowly closing when he said,
"You need to remember your past as well Naruto, we still have a past."
I just dropped my jaw. What did he mean we have a past?
"I love you, Naruto." I heard it was the door close loudly. I did not move there for more than 10 minutes while processing what he just told me. I can't believe it.
Was it a lie? Or was it the truth?
That-
VIRORIUM SECTION
(This is what I call my commentary section ^_^)
Got my daily Sunday routine today. Take a bath in the morning, write this one then in the afternoon go to Church though something added. Most likely my cousin (side of my mom) from Canada I guess went back to our house that afternoon to visit us and his father. We chat a lot and he did not change at all though he became rich. That's really something. Oh and my aunt and uncle were there too (side of my mom too) since they were my mom's cousins so they were like my aunts. We chatted at little too with their only daughter, last child or the 2nd. Lots of fun.
Then I went to the church for Sunday Mass and guidance then have a meeting with The Association of the Children of Mary Immaculate.
Well was just sharing my bountiful experience
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Ren Tamiya