A/N: hi. Thank you all for the reviews! I feel like I accomplished something! *gives virtual hugs* Also I'm sorry that it took me a couples days to post a new chapter. I've been feeling a little under the weather. Speaking of the weather, it snowed a lot where I live. The Mid-Atlantic States are covered in snow. Even Georgia got some snow!

So Itachi makes an appearance (finally) also Pein and Kisame show up. In my story, members of the Akatsuki are "sort" of friends or better yet they just don't get the urge to kill each other. I know how I said about keeping them In Character, but they might get a little OCC. And by that I mean they show their feelings to an extent. But I'll try and keep them to their personalities as close as I can. I won't make them do something extremely OCC, like sing show tunes or anything ridiculous.

Chapter seven everybody!

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto in any way, shape, or form. It belongs to Masashi Kishimoto. I don't write for any profit.

Warnings: it's a yaoi, which means boyxboy. I'm not twisting your arm to read this story so if you feel that this isn't your style, don't read. As the story progresses, there will emotional, psychological, verbal, and maybe physical abuse.

Rating: T for right now but it might change and I'll put any warning in each chapter if there is any.

Pairings: For now it's SasukexNaruto but at one point or other it will turn into ItachixNaruto. Other pairings will be added as the story goes on.

"Talking"

'Thinking' or 'Text message'

Flashbacks and memories

Chapter VII

The grey clouds hovered in the sky and over a tall and dark, but hauntingly beautiful building. The building itself was a piece of art. It was like a steel maze.

Inside the building, down the long corridor, in one of the nine rooms, obsidian eyes opened. The body lying in the bed, got up and walked over to the window and looked out far away.

Waiting.

The clouds were becoming darker, as if noting the mood. After word got back to certain ears, things did not go as wished or as planned.

"Sasuke"

"Get in my way and I will kill you without a second thought"

Cerulean eyes slowly parted. The fluorescent lights were too bright. Naruto woke up in a hospital, his whole body hurt like hell. A small shift sent waves of pain throughout his body, especially to his back.

"Oww shit" Naruto hissed. After that move, he decided to stay still. The memories of what led him to end up in the hospital, a little fuzzy, but still in his mind.

"That bastard" Naruto said with hurt. After everything they been through, Sasuke, not only severely injured Naruto, but went through great lengths to end their friendship.

It was too much to process. Their meeting, their friendship, their rivalry, their relationship. Over. Was everything a lie?

Was Naruto's life that insignificant to Sasuke?

A scarred honey color hand reached up to run through blonde hair, but stopped because of the pain and what seemed to be stitches. Another hand joined in, feeling that there were more and, those hands discovered a large gash on the back of Naruto's head.

Without realizing it, tears began to trickle down bruised cheeks. Naruto brought his hands to cover his face.

Alone to himself, he cried. Cried because the person who he thought his world revolved around left and he couldn't do anything about it. Cried because his best friend left. Cried because he left abandoned.

"It's too much" Naruto sobbed quietly to himself "it's too much, dammit! I can't handle it. What do I do?"

Little did Naruto know, he wasn't abandoned, outside his hospital room were his friends waiting for him.

Flashback

When Kakashi and Iruka arrived at the Uchiha household, they were expecting something bad, but they weren't expecting something that would shattered their hearts.

The two walked in and noticed how quiet the house was. Not only that but, it felt as though the house itself was colder from already witnessing this scene played out before.

The silence was asphyxiating.

"N-Naruto?" Iruka called out, trying to hold back his tears. But he didn't receive answer. They noticed how the house was kept. It seemed that Sasuke took any and every picture of his family down. There was nothing showing that a family once lived here.

Kakashi and Iruka walked a little further down the hallway and came to a door, Kakashi was the one to push it open. It was a large study room apparently. Kakashi felt on the wall for a light switch, when he found it he turned it on. A soft light came on, and they walked in, taking the room in. There was a small, but thick layer of dust. The dust was on everything, the desk that was in the middle of the room, the chair that sat behind it.

They were about to walk out when Iruka saw something that caught his eye. What he saw made him stop in his tracks.

"Kakashi" Iruka said in an unsteady voice, Kakashi turned to him, seeing Iruka looking at the floor. Kakashi let is eye roam to see what Iruka noticed. His eye widened.

On the floor was a huge dark brown puddle that was dried and flakey. It was dried blood that at one point a deep crimson liquid color. It took everything that Kakashi had not to throw up, Iruka started to let his tears fall. Kakashi grabbed Iruka's wrist and let him out the room. The light coming from what Kakashi guessed was the kitchen was on.

As they walked over their hearts clenched, they saw small droplets of blood on the floor, the sliding door separating the living and kitchen was broken. Taking a deep breath, the duo walked through the door and Iruka collapsed to his knees at what he saw. Kakashi visible pale. There was a uniform jacket on the ground and the body that it came from was in the center of the living room covered in blood a glass.

Iruka finally let go of his tears. It was Iruka's crying that, forced Kakashi to walk over to Naruto's unmoving body. Naruto was on his back with glass shards surrounding him. His eyes were closed with blood running over them. There was a pool of blood under and around his head. Kakashi's heart and stomach switched places. The white uniform shirt was soaked in the crimson liquid.

Iruka made a move to join Kakashi but, Kakashi said "don't come over here."

So many things were running through his mind. Naruto didn't do anything to deserve this. No one did, but it hurts more to see that it was Naruto. He did nothing but give Sasuke his friendship and his love. The blonde could make anybody smile and laugh by just being around them. Naruto always gave his best. When someone needed to talk, he would listen without any complaints.

To see Sasuke do this, was beyond frustrating. But Kakashi would deal with that later, Right now Naruto was more important. He didn't move Naruto because he didn't want to risk causing any more damage. The older male gently reached for the blonde's wrist to check for a pulse, and let out a huge sigh. The pulse was faint but it was there.

That's when he noticed Naruto's cell lying next to him. When he picked it up, Kakashi saw that the charm that had three small frogs and one charm that had a small fox on it were gone.

'Sasuke most likely took them.' Kakashi thought. Pushing that thought aside, Kakashi, using his own phone, called the only person who can help Naruto and this point. A groggy voice answered

"Kakashi, you better have a good reason for calling me at home and interrupting my drinking"

Kakashi replied "Sorry Tsunade, but it's about Naruto"

With a sigh she asked "What has that brat done now?"

"It's an emergency" Kakashi said with a stern voice "You need to get to the Uchiha house now"

Any sign of Tsunade being buzzed disappeared "What happened?! Why are you there?!"

"I'll explain it to you when you get here just hurry!" Tsunade hung up. Without noticing, Iruka was at Kakashi's side, tears flowing. Linking his hand with Kakashi's, Iruka choked out "K-Kakashi, what am I going to do? N-Naruto is my world, if he doesn-"

"Don't say any more. Naruto will be fine, I promise." Kakashi said placing a kiss to the side of Iruka's head. They unlinked their hands and took Naruto's hand in theirs, staying like that until Tsunade came.

'Sasuke' Kakashi thought 'How far do you think you can go? Do you intend to break Naruto into tiny pieces until there's nothing left?'

End Flashback

There was a soft knock on the door, and Naruto tried to wipe away any tears before responding. He didn't like for anybody to see that he had cried. Naruto didn't like the feeling of being vulnerable. Taking a few small breaths, he said "Come in".

Walking in was Tsunade. She was supposedly in her fifties, but she looked like she was in her twenties. Naruto would always joke that she had to use some sort of magic or something to look like that. He once made the mistake of calling her a "hag" which resulted in him almost being punched through a wall.

"Baa-chan!" Naruto said with a foxy grin. Tsunade smiled as she walked to his bedside and pulled up a chair. Her heart constricted. When she arrived at the Uchiha's house, memories of her past came back. There was blood everywhere. Memories of Dan and Nowaki flooded her mind. She had seen her lover and younger brother in Naruto's situation. She tried to do everything she could but in the end they both died in front of her.

But she pushed that out of her mind. Yes, both had died, but she saw them every day in Naruto, and because of that, she would do everything in her power to love and protect him.

"You, brat" she said with a small smile "How many times do I have to tell you not to call me that?

Laughing Naruto said "But baa-chan is baa-chan. And besides" he said with a mischievous smirk "It's better than call you an old hag"

A vein appeared on Tsunade's forehead "Watch it blondie" but there was no heat in her voice.

Silence hung in the air and both knew why. Naruto not ready to face what happened. How could he face it, when he didn't know what it was? Tsunade looking Naruto over. Naruto and hospitals just didn't mix. Seeing Naruto in the hospital bed with multiple stiches, bruises and an IV in his arm, it couldn't be real, but it was.

Tsunade spoke "Naruto" she paused "What exactly happened?

Naruto moved to sit up, seeing him wince, Tsunade helped him and put pillows behind his back so he could be more comfortable. After he was situated, Naruto took a moment before he talked.

"I don't know. We were fighting more than usual and Sasuke started to distance himself. I couldn't and still can't figure out why. He began to avoid me, ignore my calls, so I had enough of that and called him. I asked him what was going on but he wouldn't tell me. What I felt for him in the beginning of our relationship wasn't there anymore, so I suggested we break up." Naruto looked away

"You broke up?" She asked

He nodded "Yeah, it was too much. The arguing and stuff. I was more worried about our friendship anyway, but he seemed hell-bent on ending it. So I went to his house and we got into it. Last night seem-"

"Naruto" Tsunade interrupted, biting her lip, trying to find the right words. Naruto looked at her and noticed how the older blonde was hesitating.

"What is it baa-chan?"

"From what Kakashi told me all this happened on Monday night"

Naruto confused asked "What are you talking about baa-chan? Don't you mean last night?"

Tsunade closed her eyes, when she opened them, she looked at Naruto and her heart sank. Slowly she said "Naruto, because of the blow to the back of your head, you lost a lot of blood and you were knocked unconscious." She paused trying to hold back tears "Naruto, it's Thursday evening. You were unconscious for three days"

"Well, what are you going to do?" a voice asked

No reply.

"You found out that Sasuke left and dropped out of sight. To think that Orochimaru, of all people, would go looking for your brother." Another voice added

"Pein, Kisame" low voice said "This is a matter of Uchiha business, it does not have anything to do with you"

"No need to get defensive, Itachi. I was just making a statement. Besides, even though this is between your brother and you, I want to know why Orochimaru suddenly had taken an interest in your brother."

Itachi said nothing. He decided long ago what his fate was. Sasuke had every right to want to take his life, but hearing that Orochimaru approached him and that Sasuke willing went to him, was unsettling. Most people feared that man, afraid of what he can do. But Itachi was not one of them. To him, Orochimaru was as weak as a newborn baby. And Orochimaru knows that as well.

Sasuke, when he was ready, was supposed to come find him. Now that snake man had interfered, and went as far as to get Sasuke to follow him. 'Orochimaru must have told him some kind of story' Itachi thought. 'There's no way that snake would do anything to help someone else'

"Pein, I want you to use your connections to find out where Orochimaru is. Kisame you're to come with me.

"Itachi-san, what are you planning to do?"

"It's time to make my presence known"

Ok! that's the end of chapter seven..writing a story is a lot harder than i thought T_T...i hope this was worthy of your time. Also i wanted to say, it might take another couple of days before i update. Like i said I've been feeling a little sick so I'm going to just rest and try to feel better. Another reason is that, I'm trying to figure out how to keep putting this story together. I see the dots, i just have to connect them. I'm going to try and pick up the pace without making a mess. I want this to be a good story. So i will work on giving you guys something good! well that's all i have to say, until next time!