6:55

Sasuke wakes up. His internal alarm has always helped.

It weird, he's usually up at 6:30 AM. That's when Naruto comes storming into his room. Today's the first time in a while Sasuke's had to get up himself.

Got more sleep.

He gets up slow, never really been a morning person. Naruto use to say 'takes Uchiha's time to get the internal bastard awake'. He shakes his head in an effort to get Naruto thoughts out of his head.

He walks into his bathroom, doesn't stop to look at the pale figure in the mirror; lived with himself long enough to know what he looks like in the morning.

Brush, shower, piss and out the door in less than 20 minutes.

7:20

Sasuke comes down the stairs and heads into the dining room.

The smell of ramen hit him and as he enters he sees no there sign of Naruto. Must have left already.

"Sasuke"

You give no reply; he knows you've heard him.

"You've been reassigned"

You grab a chair; someone sets your breakfast in front of you. A bowl of Kashi cereal, the blueberry clusters kind. Naruto bought it a while back and made you try some. It was good; you've had it ever since.

"Demoted, some might say"

You glance up. Bastard's got a grin.

"You are no longer Naruto's personal guard."

Naruto must have gone and wined to Itachi.

I'm happy, this is what I want,

out of his life… this is

what I want.

"You will transfer to field work, can't just jump in though, you will have to earn your missions. You'll start with D class mission and your training will transfer over to Kakashi."

You wonder if you'll have to move into a different wing? You like your room, you've had it for years, you'd rather not move.

Itachi sighs.

"Don't worry it got nothing to do with you. Naruto wants to try something different, said as the leader of the clan he can't hide forever behind someone else. He'll be going on missions soon. Wants to make his way up, although he is guaranteed a position. He's moving to the south wing. We'll have you stay where you are, the north wing need s few more too."

"hn" an acknowledgement, the only one you were willing to give.

You grab you bag and leave behind an empty bowl.

"Oh and he's taken to driving himself to school, something about doing things for himself. Your drivers out in the front though."

Sasuke keeps walking, nothing much in his demeanor has changed. Inside however he's boiling with rage.

Doing things for himself my ass. If he's going to drive himself so can I. Not going to be driven around like some pansy ass kid waiting at the end of the street getting picked up.

Out the door you go and see the Benz parked out front.

"Keys" He hands it over and you get in.

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"NARUTO" never had to guess where Kiba was.

"What's up? Didn't pick up any of my calls this weekend. We were going to go up to Sakura's family cabin but you didn't call back man" he looked worried.

Don't move without my say-so, things are moving in the right direction.

You look him over. Kiba's your, he considers you his best friend he'll do as you say.

"Training man, moving up in the ranks means more training. Shouda called man but I barely had time to sleep." The lies fall easily from your lips. Rock solid alibis. No one knows the system inside the unit, all they think is that's it's a dojo. Information is highly classified. Give everyone in the clan a fragment of the information and no one but you will see the whole.

Neji and Gara join you as you step into first period.

Neji looks around. "Where is Sasuke"

Gara takes seat in front of you, always sits in front of you.

FALSHBACK START

"Last night Mr. Sabuka, his eldest son, and daughter were found murdered at their home. They had been decapitated post mortem. Police are not disclosing any suspects at this time however….." the TV drones on.

Now is the perfect time to make the move. There is mess of blond hair hidden behind the plush leather sofa.

There is no one there,

no one to witness the change as it passes though the boy.

His eyes blaze a deep red now and it reflects off the black of the dead TV.

The door opens noiselessly.

"Let's go"

Naruto turns around, eyes shining bright blue as he leaps of the couch and runs for the boy. "SASUKEEEEE"

Blond grips tight onto the pale boy. His arms all the way around the boy, his face smothered into his chest. "I missed youu."

"I was here 30 mins ago dobe" He brushes back your hair but lets you cling on.

"I know but Itachi said he's gonna take me to see Ba-chan today and you can't come cause you can't miss practice today. I'm gonna miss you"

DINING ROOM

"ITACHIIII" Naruto comes bursting into the room "We're gonna have breakfast before we go to Ba-chan's?" Naruto pulls at the older Uchiha's sleeve as he cranes his neck to look up at him. Itachi stands tall at 6ft 3 in, and Naruto being only 12 and a late bloomer stands at only 5ft 3 in, 5 in shorter than Sasuke.

"Yes, of 'cause Naruto. Breakfast before we see Tsunada"

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"Where are we going? We know Tsunada's not in town today." He looks over at Naruto.

"Eyes on the road Itachi." Naruto straps himself in.

"Drop me a block off 6th Ave Park. Don't go back home, ill call in a few hours for a pick up."

Itachi gives him a curious glance. "Are you going to tell me what's happening?"

It's rare that Naruto ever lets him know what's going on but it doesn't hurt a guy to try.

You look over for a quick glance; he's always been a fascination to you. He's smart; you know that, yet he acts the idiot. He's volatile, dangerous even for you; you can't handle him. Still you want him, not in quite a sexual manner yet, but that's only a matter of time. His body is not quite mature enough for you, but his mind is fascinating.

Will continue.

This is my Cliffhanger. I wanted to put at least one obvious one in the story. Plus I wanted to turn in a story a bit earlier than I usually do that's why it's a bit shorter.

If I did happen to write a longer piece or extend this one it would take me another week to 2.

Now if you don't understand any off this ask me questions but I can clarify some of it for people. I didn't want to make things too obvious, my whole story is about implications and suspensions.

For people who want the clarification here they are for this chapter.

The first part is in that format because it's the day right after Naruto and Sasuke's argument.

1. Sasuke loves Naruto.

He dosen't know that because of all the bitter feelings that he has. He is bitter because he was told what he was going to do for the rest of his life when he was so young he feels like he has no say in his life.

(you know how that feels. I'm sure every one of us has had that. Where we feel trapped by something forced or we feel forced on us.

Sometimes I think that we don't realize that with out that force we would not hate that thing so much. We might even love it had we had the option chosen it. But it is because it was forced on us that we feel like it could be better that.)

It is because of this bitterness that Sasuke doesn't realize the love that he has begun to feel toward Naruto.

2. Naruto's feelings I will let you know at a later date completely. Otherwise I give away my story. You'll understand how he feels when you read the story. And understand completely when the story is done.

Now back to the first part of this chapter.

Sasuke loves Naruto but does not realize it. When he got up that morning he knew that things were going to be different, that he might have lost Naruto. Naruto didn't wake him up he has always woken him up.

That's why he seems kind of detached when Itachi talks to him.

And for people asking them selves if Itachi wants Naruto, Yes he does.

In this chapter, I showed his escalating feelings for Naruto and in the previous chapter when Naruto was older, it I hope portrays a great affection if not love he feels for Naruto.

Let me know what you think.

And Thank you to all you frequent reviewers.

Especially You Dragon77. 4 reviews for 5 chapters THANK YOU.

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