Name: Dubious
Author: Monotague
Disclaimer: Misashi Kishimoto rightfully owns Naruto. Anything you recognize is not mine.
Thank you daydreamer102308, Guest, Kaelin (Guest), and Smiley Face (Guest) for all the reviews! They made me very happy!
Kaelin (Guest): Your critique has some fair points to it. I'm rather new at this so thank you for telling me what you thought of my fanfic. I think the reason I put Sasuke as suddenly all Mister Nice Guy is because I view Sasuke as not liking girls before because they went after either for his looks or that he's from nobility (the sales lady called him ouji-sama) and this was like the first time some one showed him courtesy not because he was nobility, but because he was a nice person who was helping her out. As for OOCness, as said, I'm rather new to writing fanfiction and also the fact that Itachi didn't kill his clan might contribute to that. It will probably get less as I go along. As for Sakura-bashing, I'd rather not do that... I hope this helped clear some things up.
Chapter 2
By the time he got back, it was already dark and the moon was starting to rise overhead. The compound was dead silent as he entered, hoping that no one in their right mind was awake, but with his luck and the weasel prodigy as a brother, he doubted that was possible
Itachi's room was immersed in a yellow glow from behind the shoji. Maybe if I'm quiet, he won't notice...
"Sasuke, what were you doing out so late?" Crap. He tried to scramble his head for and excuse, but decided against it. Itachi would figure out somehow anyway.
"I was at the Gion with Naruto." Itachi moved to open the shoji and Sasuke walked in.
"Did you get any information?"
"It seems that the Sound is starting to make their move. Rumor has it that they're starting to take over the rice country starting with the Land of Hot Water. It seems as if they going to take over enough of it to have a sufficient amount of ninja to take over Shimogakure and the Land of Frost."
"Have you uncovered any spies in the capital working for the Sound yet?"
"No, but the Kabuto fellow seems suspicious." Itachi lowered his eyes down to the kotatsu, trying to formulate a plan that could stop Otogakure without another war breaking out.
"Very well then, you are excused. Oyasuminasai, otouto."
"Oyasuminasai, aniki." Sasuke left while Itachi pondered on Otogakure. What are they up to?
Sasuke awoke next morning to his shoji being slammed open and Naruto screaming at him to wake up
"Hey teme! Wake up, already! It's almost noon!" Naruto's response was being kicked out of the room. Why couldn't they for once, just leave him alone? He groggily sat up in his futon, yukata disheveled listening to the ruckus Naruto was causing. Honestly, what was so important that Naruto himself had to come and wake him up? He tried to think of some special occasion that was on today. Twenty-eighth of March...
Oh. Today was Sakura's birthday. No wonder that dobe came barging through his door.
shoji: sliding paper screen door
kotatsu: low table
oyasuminasai: good night