Day 12

One day I met you, and I said, hey there. I smile, and maybe you hesitate, but you offer one back. To me, this is what it means to begin. And to me, as the day's grow rough, as we learn, as we go through the good and the bad…This is what…L O V E means to me. But I am growing crazy, I am going paranoid, and I don't even know if being a stalker in your life just means that I am crazy, since you are out of my reach, and I long to touch you.

I long to hold you, and forever keep you next to me, night and day

That is the dream we all live through, daydreaming, or simply dreaming. And I keep hoping that someday we can become one…I want to be the one you hold, and give affection to.

Wild beating, and erratic beat of my heart, won't you please come and stay with me?

Chapter 12

I Think I Have A Stalker, Help

It was late into the afternoon, with a lecture going on in class. Still, one boy kept moving, and clumsily causing distractions for those who were sitting around him.

"Is something wrong with Naruto?" Sakura quietly asked, as she quietly tapped her pencil over her paper. Ino who had was sitting next to her glanced at the blond male with a curious look and shrugged. However, Sakura was not the only one that had noticed that something was probably wrong with the blond boy, Itachi and Obito had seen it as well. The only ones that seemed clueless to this were Neji, Tenten, and Ino. Uzumaki Naruto was usually a cheerful person, so it was startling to see him paranoid. The boy kept looking over his shoulder every few seconds, as if there were someone following him.

"What's the matter Naruto?" Obito asked, and successfully made the boy scream his lungs out in the middle of a lecture. This startled everyone.

"Naruto" the firm voice of their teacher only made Naruto scream louder.

"NO! NO! NO!" He chanted like a cursed mantra. Neji reached to take Naruto's hand in his, but it was slapped away.

"Naruto" Kakashi tried once more, but it was not going to work. He decided to dismiss the class, and everyone left outside while Kakashi, Obito, and Itachi all stayed. Itachi stayed for the reason that Obito had asked him not to leave his sight. After all, the exchanging of day to night was a whole lot different than from the night to day. The blond male felt soft hands be placed around both his cheeks and he looked up into black eyes.

"Naruto, what's wrong?" Obito tried once more to ask, his voice serene making Naruto relax for a moment.

"Wha-what?" The words were stuttered past tanned lips and Obito smiled as he let go of Naruto. The blond haired male seemed to get a grip of what had happened, and looked sheepishly away for overreacting.

"You started to scream, you gave us a scare"

"Oh, haha," Naruto sighed, closing his bright blue eyes. It took him a moment, and then he let out a full blown smirk "It's just nothing, you know, one of those days" that was when he looked over his shoulder once more and he sunk his head down onto the desk "Okay, so I'm lying, but what can I do? I think there is someone following me…they are stalking me, I can feel their odd presence every time, all the time around me. I don't think that its normal!" Naruto looked up at them with large pleading eyes "You have to help me, I'm scared!"

"Following you? Why would anyone want to follow you?" Itachi asked, as he looked from Naruto to out the window to the shinning outside. The days were always bright and cheerful; it was next to impossible that someone would want to follow anyone. It was a perplexing motive, but even one you could not dismiss. Even in the hard light of the day, someone could want to cause you harm. It was harder to do…but even so, a mystery seemed to linger between both the light and the darkness that was known as a vanishing mystery. It was what both seemed to share and had in common…

"I don't know" Naruto prompted his response, and slammed his fist into the desk "But I can prove that it's real" the boy yawned loudly then, making everyone face him with an arched eyebrow.

"Have you not been getting enough rest, Naruto?" Obito gently asked.

"Umm, no not really, I don't know what hour I went to sleep either; I think I stayed up half the night" Saying so, made Naruto yawn again "Sometimes I can't sleep…" Obito nodded and turned to Kakashi.

"Is that what you experienced?" He asked; "I remember that the day we reunited you were outside, still, and it was night" Kakashi shrugged. He remembered, he had been looking for people who wanted to stay up during the day. Those who snuck out, because it was a part of his job as a teacher, but it had seemed to get easier as the years went by. It seemed that sleep had become something he did not need throughout all the night anymore, but now that he had Obito, it was something entirely different. He found himself having peaceful days, and restless nights where he could not go to sleep unless he could talk to Obito on the phone for hours.

"I'm not exactly sure, but you are right. I would not sleep through the whole night" Itachi intently listened to the conversation, since even he would no longer sleep the whole night. He always tried to stay up just to catch a glimpse of Sasuke. Was Naruto also transitioning?

"What are you all talking about?" Naruto roared "So what if I can' sleep through the night, the point here is that someone is following me!" tears started to spring to Naruto's eyes "this isn't fair"

"Sorry Naruto" Obito said, apologetically "What if we hang out with you all day today and see if we can catch who is following you, sound good?"

"Yes! Please" for the first time that day, Naruto looked relieved.

Slanted fox like orange eyes narrowed as he watched his prey talk with two raven-haired young males, and a silver haired man. This person's name was Uzumaki Kyuubi and he had been stalking the boy since morning, well perhaps for a few months now, but right this moment, he found himself not liking the new situation. It seemed like these people were going to get in his way. He knew, that he still needed to wait time before he was allowed near his other half, but he being of the night was killing him being in the harsh light without the right precaution.

He should not be here, not without his other half.

The agony that was building within him, and he knew he had to listen to Kushina and Minato, but it was hard to do that. He was ready to make it official with Naruto, he never wished to lose him. He could feel Naruto grow fear whenever he came near, and that discouraged him even more. When was this endless torture going to end?

That was when he felt the sting of the sun on his skin, and he decided to leave. He should go to sleep. He needed the rest more than anything, he would have school at night.

He would just have to get through another night. Frowning,

Later that evening

It was late, nearly night.

That was when Obito, Itachi, and Naruto had returned to the Uchiha household. Naruto had told his parents that he was going to stay here, for a slumber party. In reality though, they were hoping to catch whoever had been following Naruto around all day. Obito had a theory as to who it was, but Itachi had no idea why they even wanted to lure the person out. After all, if it was Naruto's other half, there would be no harm coming to the blond.

So far, there was nothing.

"Oh my god, you guys have such an awesome house" the blond cheered "It's nothing like mine"

"Make yourself at home, Naruto" Obito said in a low voice, as he headed for the kitchen. Itachi glanced up at the stairway that would lead to his room, and Sasuke's, but his attention was once more on the blonde-haired person who started to jump on the couch. He frowned, knowing it was a bad idea to tell Naruto to make himself at home.

"Can you stop jumping, please?"

"Sure!" The blond laughed, and headed for the television set "Hey, can I look in here" Before Itachi could say anything though, the blue eyed male was already looking through everything. That was when Obito returned a smile on his face.

Upstairs though, Sasuke was in his room sleeping and suddenly awoke, somehow he knew it was not time to get up but at the same time he knew he could not go back to sleep. He yawned, and stretched in an attempt to get properly awoken. Suddenly, he grew curious when he heard someone come into the otherwise sounding empty house. There was laughter, chattered, and then some screaming. "AH! ITACHI HAVE YOU EVER PLAYED THAT GAME, IT IS THE BEST!" This peaked his curiosity as he shoved the covers off his body and walked kicked his feet of the bed and placed them on the floor. He could not hear a reply, but whatever had been said in return had made that loud person laugh, hysterically.

Sasuke slowly, with careful steps made his way over to the door. His pale hand reached for the knob, slowly turned it and he hissed as the bright light in the hall way assaulted his eyes. He had forgotten how bright the day could be. Keeping his eyes slightly narrowed, and bringing up one hand to rub at his eyes, he stumbled out of his room. He knew he should be asleep, but somehow he could not sleep. He wanted to see who was outside…no, he wanted to see Itachi.

Once at the side of t he stairs, he made his way over to the overlooking hall of the living room, he gazed down to see Obito, a blond guy, and Itachi there. He did not care much about the other two, as he did Itachi. His dark eyes took in every line of the man that he felt completely curious about. They had said he was his brother, and yet, why could he not remember him…or maybe he did, but did not understand.

Sasuke found himself frowning when he saw Naruto jump up, and cling onto Itachi. It was like envy, but it was much darker, as if he wanted to tare the blonde male apart, piece by piece for touching Itachi. He wondered then why the hell they were up, since shouldn't they be day dwellers, or something. Narrowing his eyes, Sasuke wondered if any other people even came near Itachi, and then he had to stop and wonder where he was getting such hostile feelings.

"Naruto, get off me"

"BUT I THINK I HEARD SOMETHING!" Naruto yelled, and then he looked up. His wide blue eyes stared frozen at what his gaze found. He stiffened on Itachi and his jaw drop as he was looking at a beautiful, pale, raven-haired male. The raven had what looked like soft spiky hair, with a tint of blue, dark deep eyes that right now promised pain, such incredibly pale glowing skin, and most of all, he was only wearing a large shirt, with long sleeves, and white shorts. The boy also had beautiful legs, but what truly caught Naruto's eye was how angry he looked, and that alone made him let go of Itachi and push away from him.

This confused both Itachi and Obito, but Obito looked up and said "Oh"

Itachi turned his head to see what it was, and his eyes widened as well. "Sasuke" He whispered. Once Sasuke noticed that Itachi was looking at him, he looked away, and turned to leave. He wanted to hide the fact that he was blushing at the fact that he had been caught. Oh well, he might as well get dress and head to school. As he continued walking, he heard Shisui yell something about being late and shook his head as he entered his room again.

Itachi had wanted to go after Sasuke, but he knew better. Just the fact that he saw him though, made this whole day better. He missed his little brother so bad.

"Uh…do you guys mind me asking who THAT was, he looked like he was going to kill me just because I was touching Itachi" Naruto started to rant "He nearly gave me a heart attack, no one should have such a cruel and deadly glare like his!"

"That's Sasuke, Itachi's other half," Obito said, "he is also Itachi's brother, and they are soon going to reunite" Naruto looked confused.

"Reunite, what do you mean?"

"What I mean is that Itachi and Sasuke have not been really able to interact with each other for a long time now, you see, Sasuke is a night dweller"

"Night dweller" Naruto repeated, slowly "Wait, WHAT!"

"You see, there comes a time when a day dweller and a night dweller finally come together to build a more stable relationship, for both of them to live during both day and night, without spontaneously combusting" Naruto found himself laughing at how ridiculous Obito sounded. As far as he knew, night dwellers were just a myth.

"You are joking right, night dwellers; I've never even met one"

"You just did, I am a night dweller, and so is Sasuke who you just saw."

Naruto was now frozen, "You…night dweller?" Obito sharply nodded.

"And Kakashi is my other half"

"Then…"

"We have the theory that the one following you is a night dweller, and he is your other half, who is growing curious about you"

"I…but..How?" All that went across Naruto's mind was a large impossible since he could not seem to bring himself to believe on the day and night theorem.

"It's not impossible, Naruto" Itachi said, and they all went silent as they turned to see Shisui walking down stairs, followed by Sasuke and both went into the kitchen.

"Shisui!" Naruto yelled out loudly.

"Yeah, he's with the night dwellers now, in search for his other half"

"Ah…then wouldn't that happen for me?" Naruto wondered.

"Originally, depends on who is older" Obito murmured, and Naruto slowly nodded. Obito stood then, and turned to Itachi "Itachi, you better go to bed. Even if you are not tired, for just the sake of Sasuke and your health"

Itachi nodded, "All right" and with that, he left. Naruto watched him leave and turned to Obito.

"You and me are going to hang out, with Shisui and Sasuke"

"What?" Naruto protested "Shouldn't I go to bed like Itachi? I mean, the night" Naruto looked a little fearful.

"The night is nothing to be afraid of, now come." Obito walked towards the Kitchen and Naruto reluctantly followed, a huge pout covering his face. When he entered the kitchen though, he was amazed to find both cousins silently eating. There was not a sound coming from them, and that alone really made Naruto panic. "Hey you two" Obito said quietly as he sat down. By this time of night, Mikoto would be gone, but since everything that has been going on, Mikoto had gone to her regular time to sleep, and spend time with Fugaku. She would no longer be staying up during the night, but would leave food for both Sasuke and Shisui.

"Good night cousin Obito" Sasuke responded, just as softly. Naruto was startled by the sound of the boy's voice.

"Why are you still up, Obito?" Shisui asked, his voice was not as quiet. Obito reached for Naruto to sit down on the chair beside Sasuke and frowned at him before turning to Shisui.

"We believe that someone from the night is stalking Naruto" Obito explained, "We were wondering if you guys might suspect someone from school"

"No" Shisui said.

"Danzo" Sasuke muttered, looking away.

"What" both Shisui and Obito looked perplexed at their younger cousin.

"Nah, Juugo beat him up" Sasuke turned to look at Naruto once more, his head tilted to the side. "What's your last name?"

Naruto turned to Sasuke, a little taken aback by the dark eyes he possessed and muttered out "Uzumaki" nearly biting his tongue at trying to be silent. Sasuke looked away, eating.

"Kyuubi then" he answered.

"What?" Everyone else asked, unsure of what Sasuke meant. Even though, to Naruto it had become clear.

"Uzumaki Kyuubi"

"My cousin?" Naruto asked "How would you know him…I mean I don't even know him, I only ever heard my mom talk about how much trouble he was…but" Sasuke stood then, a little annoyed at how loud Naruto was.

"Whatever, I am leaving"

"Ah, wait for me Sasuke" Shisui tried to shove the last of his food into his mouth, and then dumped it into the sink as he chased after Sasuke. Obito and Naruto stayed silently sitting at the table, contemplating what Sasuke had said. Sasuke had once mentioned some of his fellow students, and he had even met some through open school nights. If so, Kyuubi was that smug, and really dark, and tall red head he met. The one with eyes shaped like a foxes, slanted and deep orange…

"Cousin Kyuubi, I hadn't thought he might want to stalk me…" Naruto said, rubbing a hand over his face "I never…I heard he might of lived with us…how?" Naruto kept wondering if he had returned, only remembering pictures he had seen. Then there was something else, something that told him he used to hang out with Kyuubi, but he could not quite place it. Naruto frowned, feeling frustrated all of a sudden. "What the hell is going on?"

"Naruto" the blond looked up to Obito "Do you know where you can find Kyuubi?" Naruto shook his head. "Would you like to see him?"

Naruto nodded yes.

Sometimes I walk. The world and time seems to keep passing my by and I have to wonder, what am I really in this world for, what do I hope to reach.

What do I hope to posses, and then your name leaves my lips and my heart clenches in my chest…what Is going on. What am I to do, to reach out and find you within my grasp and know it'll be alright for the both of us.

Your eyes, your eyes speak volumes. And I want to talk to you now. Moreover, I want to learn…what Is it that we are hiding from. This is how we have been divided, this is how we come to part, the thin line between day and night. I want to be able to cross it, cross it with you.

Ah, not one of my best chapters, but it helps the story move along. :) The time is nearing for Sasuke and Itachi even more and more.

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