Well hello there! Lol yeas I know I haven't uploaded recently, but that was due to the holidays and all. We're currently putting up Christmas decorations. Ugh. Yes, well my dog loves the Christmas tree. She sleeps under it every night. Little punk….

I was deciding on whether to have Sasuke grow really fast in the chapter or not, and I have come to a decision.

I DON'T KNOW

Lol so this chapter is going to be the chapter where Itachi is introduced! Yay! But I'm feeling sadistic right now. The beginning of this chapter is Sasuke & Naruto and then most of it will be Itachi.

On a side note: MY FEET ARE BLEEDING TODAY! Lol yes, they are close to bleeding. My mom had bought me these nifty little shoes that have wool on the inside for cold days. And I was wearing them all day yesterday, so this morning I wore one of my other shoes and they started to hurt my feet. And I'm like wtf. By 2nd period I was like Son of an ow ow ow! Good thing I have medical 3rd/4th so I asked if I could borrow a bandage and wrapped it around my foot. Well, I'll see how that goes.

Well, enjoy this latest chapter! And thank hot chocolate and my school library for giving me a place to type this.3

KISS KISS BANG BANG!

It had already been a month and a half since Sasuke's first visit to his vet. AKA Ms. Stephanie Connor. (1) And a lot of things have happened since then. Sure enough, what the vet had said about how Sasuke was going to be growing faster was true. Not like, "Holy son of a crap! You grew nine feet over night!"

No, it was very subtle. Sasuke had grown about four to five inches and was slowly losing baby fat. His face less round and angling out.

The thought of losing such a cute little person saddened Naruto, but he knew Sasuke wasn't going to stay cute and little forever.

Well, maybe the cute will stay?

If Naruto would have to guess, he'd say that Sasuke looked around twelve or eleven.

Sasuke's bedroom was across the hall from him, because he still didn't trust him alone with Jiraya.

Speaking of which, he hadn't seen the older man in about a week. …

'I wonder where he went off to….?'

Anyways, so the blonde and raven have been living together peacefully, mostly. Naruto had had a hard time at first with constantly buying Sasuke new clothes for his growing body, but since he had come into his inheritance, it wasn't that hard.

And another thing that happened since then was that he and Ino were now dating.

Speaking of which….

Today they were going to Ino's house, because the other blonde had also bought a hybrid pet of her own and insisted on setting a play date, if you could call it that with Sasuke the way he was now.

Naruto chose to wear comfy blue jeans and an orange shirt, his favorite shirt. After getting ready, he crossed the hallway and knocked on Sasuke's door. He didn't hear any noise on the other side and decided to go in.

"You decent? I'm coming in."

Opening the door to let him in, he couldn't see the raven anywhere. The blonde stepped inside the room and a hump of blankets caught his attention.

Naruto pouted at the bump.

'How can he still be asleep this late? It's like 1:30.'

"Neh, Sasuke. Get up, we're going to Ino's."

Nothing. The lump remained perfectly still, except for the up and down movement coming from the breathing the other was doing.

A wicked grin then came across the blonde's face. Tip toeing over to Sasuke's bed, he made sure to be as quiet as possible even though he knew the other wasn't going to wake up.

Sasuke was a heavy sleeper anyway.

He sucked in a large breath and then….

"BANZAI!"

He jumped on top of Sasuke, who instantly started shouting profanities to the other, even though he was still under the covers.

Naruto still so that Sasuke could pull down the blanket to glare at him. And glare he did.

"What the hell is wrong with you, idoit?"

Naruto only grinned as his answer and seated himself on the younger boy's stomach. Not noticing how much the other tensed as he did so.

Sasuke Feeling even more aware that he was currently only in boxers.

Sasuke was not stupid. He found out shortly after the first visit to the vet with Naruto, that he was attracted to the blonde moron. It's not like he could do anything about it. The idoit dating that blonde woman.

"No need to growl, Sasuke. I'm getting off of you already."

Sasuke sputtered.

Damn him and his perverted mind!

What Sasuke heard was.

"Sasuke, I'm getting off already."

The raven's attention was brought back to reality when a balled up shirt was thrown in his face.

"Don't fall back asleep. We're going to Ino's house."

Sasuke's mood darkened.

"Why are why going over there?"

"Well, other than the fact that Ino's my girlfriend. She bought a hybrid the other day and wants you two to see each other. Now let's go, I don't want to keep her waiting."

Sasuke quickly put on the shirt Naruto had thrown at him earlier to covered his face, which he was sure had a gloomy expression on it.

I'm a model

You know what I mean

And I do my little turn on the catwalk

On the catwalk yeah

On the catwalk

The drive to Ino's house was long and quiet. Naruto sensed the other was in a bad mood, but didn't question it. Usually when he did, the other would turn violent and insult him. And Naruto was driving, so he suddenly losing control of the wheel was a big no no.

Flashbacks of the first time him and the other were in his car, hit him and he shuddered.

They finally reached the front of Ino's house, and the gates opened for him automatically. She also had a long driveway that lead to her house, which was surrounded with roses of all colors.

Sasuke huffed at them. Roses were such an overrated flower.

Coming up to the house, Naruto spotted multiple cars and TV vans parked in the front.

Deciding to be sneaky, he went to the road that lead to the back instead. When they stopped, there was nothing but the rose bushes to stop any intruders. But they both knew the way to the back of the house.

With little effort, they found the back of the house which was more like a wall of windows and glass. Ino's dad liked seeing the outside.

Using the door for the help, Naruto and Sasuke went inside.

Sasuke had been to Ino's house many times before, but he still couldn't get over the intoxicating and overwhelming scent of Roses. God, he hated that flower with a passion.

Naruto didn't seem to mind, but Sasuke's nose was over sensitive anyway. They came to the living room and saw that Ino was sitting next to her dad talking with reporters. Most of which were blocking the two blondes from view.

Ino suddenly looked up and waved Naruto over. Naruto grinned and did just that. They were maneuvering out of the reporter's camera crew's way when Sasuke saw it.

'Oh god no…'

There bundled in Ino's lap, was a little girl with eyes as green as emeralds and hair as pink as bubblegum.

"Sasuke-kun!"

'God, kill me now!"

You know that I want you

And you know that I need you

I want it bad

Like a

Bad Romance

He cold vaguely feel the cold metal against his wrists that held them together. Around his neck was a collar, which was no doubt connected to a chain. He tried to open his eyes, but there was still blackness. He raised his hands and felt a cloth.

He was blind-folded.

"Ah, Itachi-kun. I see you're finally awake."

The dark haired leopard growled back at the voice. Now he remembered.

That bastard, Orochimaru was feeling extra sadistic last night, and blind-folded him.

He tried to back away from the voice, but winced as sharp pains went through his entire body. The snake, as Itachi liked to call him, had whipped him lasted night.

He could only guess what his body looked like right now. He was relieved to feel the soft fabric on his legs that said he wasn't completely naked like previous times.

"Now now, Itachi-kun. You're being so cold to me, and I brought you you're food also. Come on, and eat, we have to leave in an hour."

He heard the other's footsteps come near him, and he tensed. Ready to defend himself if nessicary. The bony hands of the snake undid his chains and walked away.

After a while of not hearing steps, Itachi then decided to undo the blind-fold.

There wasn't much light in the room and he was on his bed. His newly freed hands gripped the sheets till his knuckles turned white. He hated that bastard, but he wouldn't give him the satisfaction of him lashing out against him. He wasn't worthy of any kind of emotion.

He was strong. He wouldn't break for him.

Itachi looked down at his arms. They were covered with gashes.

But there was only so much he could take.

His gaze wandered his room, until it stopped on the tray of food that Orochimaru had brought for him. It was covered by a lid, but it didn't matter. He wasn't hungry.

He tried climbing off the bed, and winced at the pain. The snake usually wouldn't do anything that would leave scars, his arms would heal the gashes away, but the ones on his back would scar.

On trembling legs, he walked to his bathroom to shower himself. He felt disgusting.

Itachi undressed himself, not looking in the large mirror, and turned on the shower to a melting temperature.

It would take a while before the water would warm, so he preoccupied his time with going to his closet to set up his clothes.

He set down a black slacks and a red button up shirt. Going back to get a pair of shoes, he saw a small shoe box, hidden behide the jeans.

He reached for it, with a sad look in his eyes, carefully opening the top. There was three pictures at the bottom of the box. He sat down on the floor of the closet and picked them up.

The first picture was of him when he was about 7 smiling at the camera. The next was of himself and his old friend Tobi. Tobi was hugging him from behind and he was trying to push him off.

Itachi couldn't help but smile at the picture. Tobi was annoying, but a friend none the less.

The next picture made his heart constrict though.

It was of him and Sasuke. Itachi had Sasuke in his lap,, with his head over Sasuke's. They were booth so little back then.

'Sasuke…'

It had been three years since he had last seen him.

They were both part of a very rare and well-known breed of hybrid, and Orochimaru wanted them.

Back then Itachi and Sasuke were in a showcase for potential buyers, but Sasuke had gotten sick on the way, and Itachi was the only one who participated. During the showcase, Orochimaru had tried to kidnap Itachi.

-flashback-

There was murmuring all around Itachi, most of the other pets sending him hateful and jealous stares. Sasuke had gotten the flu on the way, so he was still in the hotel being taken care of by one of the two vets they had been accompanied with.

Kakashi, the other vet, had signed him up and was now sitting outside the curtain along with the other pet owners.

Itachi was around10 years old; he was growing slowly, because he didn't have an owner yet. He was centuries ahead of these simple animals around him in maturity.

A man came behind the curtain and announced for them to start lining up for the show.

Itachi was just about to stand when he felt a hand grab his arm. He warned the person by growling and heard a soft chuckle.

"It's okay, little one. I'm not gonna hurt you, I'm just here to give you a warning."

The raven was about to turn when the lights went out.

There was a wave of panicked murmuring from the other hybrids, the rustling from the stagehands trying to turn the lights back on, letting out an occasional curse.

"There isn't much time; I'm here to warn you that someone is coming to take you and your brother."

Itachi stilled, eyes widened. 'Sasuke.'

"but my brother isn't here; he got sick and stayed at the hotel."

"Is that so? They probably don't know that, At least he won't be in immediate danger, but Itachi, they're still coming for you now."

He turner to the other man, but all he could see was the light reflected in his eyes and the dim blue color of his eyes.

"What do I do?"

The man grabbed his shoulders and turned his voice stern.

"Do you want them to go after Sasuke?"

"Of course not!"

There was a pause, there was footsteps coming.

"Then lie to them, tell them that Sasuke had gotten sick and died. That you'll go quietly."

"Wha-what? But what if they don't believe me?"

"Make them believe you! I have to go. They're coming, so please decide quickly." The man let go of Itachi's shoulders and hoisted himself to a nearby window sill. Only the dark siloet of the man could be seen.

"Wait! You're just going to leave me here to be taken?"

The man lifted the window, and light flooded in illuminating the mysterious figure.

Itachi held his breath. The other man was the most handsome person he had ever seen. Golden silk strands of hair that turned into a halo in the sunlight behind him, and piercing dark blue eyes.

"I'll find you again, little one. Just make sure you don't get killed." He smiled and Itachi felt his face heat up, even if the man hinted he might be killed.

The man was halfway out the window.

"Wait! What's your name?"

The blonde man chuckled.

"Minato. Be safe Itachi-kun."

And with that he left.

Shortly after, there were several men surrounding Itachi. The raven let out a loud growl.

From the little light that was available, he could make out some of the men parting for another. The man's pale skin almost glowed in the dark. It was a sickly pasty white color. The glowing yellow of his eyes made Itachi let out a snarl.

"You're a feisty one, aren't you? Where's your little brother, huh?"

"He's not here."

"Oh?" the man stepped closer to Itachi, and grabbed his chin so he could stare him in face.

"Then where is he?" The other hissed.

Itachi bit his hand and stared as the other jerked away.

"Dead."

"Excuse me?"

"I said he's dead. He died of pneumonia back in Tokyo. If you want him, you're going to need a shovel, and the will to dig six feet under."

There was a look of disbelief and was turned to anger.

"I hardly believe that to be true."

Itachi glared.

"Well, it is. It's also obvious you are here to take me. I have nothing tying me here, now that he's gone, so I propose a deal. I'll go with you, if you promise something."

"Oh and what exactly are you asking of me brave one?"

"Don't harm anyone in here. I promise to go quietly if you promise not to hurt anyone."

There was a smirk on the other's face.

"Deal."

Another man then, hit Itachi in the back of the head and another put a sack over his head.

"Sorry, I know you said you'd come quietly, but its standard procedure." The pale man smiled.

"Orochimaru-sama and what of the younger one. Do you take his word of the other's death?" One of the men said kneeling at Orochimaru.

"I'm curious about it, but I will think it true for the moment. One thing id for certain though."

The snake looked down at the unconscious lump that was Itachi and smirked.

"He is a beautiful pet."

The men had snuck out after the lights finally came back on. Kakashi had been frantic, that Itachi had gone missing and tried searching for him everywhere, but never found him.

When Kakashi returned to the hotel where Stephanie and Sasuke were staying at and told them the news, it had been the hardest thing he ever had to do. Sasuke cried a whole week, nonstop and refused to eat.

Sasuke was divested and had tried running away on several occasions. He had turned from a sweet fun-loving child, to a cold anti-social youngling. Not that anyone would blame him.

There was never any sigh of the oldest brother.

-End Flashback-

After he had agreed to go with Orochimaru, he had started to grow faster. The snake was basically his owner now, so it only made sense. Now he was around twenty-one years old.

Orochimaru had been a respectful man before, a politician and wealthy, but corruption and money poisoned his path. Now the snake was the head of a mafia group called the 'Black mambas'.

Now the raven was his pet.

The thought disgusted him.

He took a quick shower and got dressed quickly, and he headed downstairs trying not to limp.

There were voices coming from the TV room, the static quality of the voices, told him that they were from the TV. He headed towards it and could make out what was being said.

"So Ino do you plan on following your father's prestigious footsteps?"

"Oh! I'm really not all that sure! I'd like to finish college first and then see what happens."

Itachi opened the door and saw orochimaru lounging on his chair looking up at the giant television mounted on his wall. Itachi went to looking at it also; there was a young blonde girl on it. With a pink-headed hybrid sitting on her lap.

"and who is this handsome gentleman sitting next to you, may I ask? A boyfriend perhaps?"

The camera angle changed so that Ino and the man in question were both seen on the screen.

Itachi's breath caught.

'Minato?' he thought.

"Yes, that's right! This here is my handsome boyfriend, Uzumaki Naruto!"

"Um…hi there. Oh! Yes! And this is my hybrid."

The man reached just beyond camera view and brought out a child.

And Itachi felt his world crumble around himself.

'No…'

"this here is Sasuke! Don't worry about the scowl. It's how he says hello!"

There stood his little brother. He had grown, and was trying to get out of the blonde man's grip.

"Let me go, urusontanchi!"

"Well."

Itachi felt himself freeze, afraid to even move a muscle. He slowly turned to face the snake. A smirk on his evil face.

"your dear brother seems, pretty lively nowadays doesn't he? It's surprising considering, he's been dead for years isn't it, Itachi-kun?"

He couldn't move. He was frozen. He wanted to cry.

'Damnit!'

Orochimaru lifted from his seat and made his way across the room to the door. Stopping next to the frozen leopard.

"How foolish of you to think this little façade would last forever. Now I'll make sure, he really is dead."

It was a hiss. The other left the room, leaving Itachi to himself.

He collapsed on the floor and felt the tears spill out of him.

All these years of him, suffering and keeping quiet….

All lost in an instant.

He slammed his fist on the hardwood floor.

The tears were shaking his body.

"Fuck!"

Well…That was depressing wasn't it?

The theme I put for Itachi in this Chapter in

"Strip Me" By: Natasha Bedingfield

I don't know why, but I just wrote to this song.

I'm not really sure where the story will go from here, but I know I'll have to give it some thought.

Oh, the reason this chapter took so long to post

Was because it was hard for me to write sad and depressing

Instead of happy funny and stupid

Remember!

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