9

When Bad Meets Evil

I Won't Tell

Some Time Later

"Don't worry Itachi, I'm sure we'll find him" Kyuubi said, his hands crossed behind the back of his head as he walked besides the long haired raven "besides, you have to admit that 'life is a bitch because if it were a slut it would be easy" Kyuubi laughed "I found that Quote somewhere on the internet, I think it's awesome and brilliant!" Itachi sighed and crossed his arms in front of him. Kyuubi was not helping the situation with all his lame talking of nonsense.

They walked down the street, silently, looking for a place they could eat and away from the two girls who claimed to be demons, the blue eyed one being able to see in the future and what-not. They didn't seem like the type of girls you would want to mess with, especially when they watched them hunt down their lovers and tie them up with rope. They felt sorry for those poor guys who they were obsessed with. They weren't even married and they liked to pretend to be! Yet, that was the last they saw of them as they left to what they called another dimension, since they didn't belong here.

They did promise to come back and visit, all of them hoped they didn't.

"Do you think the link thing that girl mentioned has something to do with them being twins?" Sasori asked out of no where, when they looked at him weird he decided to explain himself "Almost like a puppet, it relies on the strings between itself and the one controlling him to make him do his movements, a link between them so they can read each others minds maybe" He rolled his eyes when everyone just kept looking at him as if he was weird. Sure, alright, it was a weird logic, but they were immortals, there could be connection between Sasuke and Itachi somewhere. Twins had that right? Since they shared the same womb, same everything….but where they even identical twins? He doubted it. "Forget it"

"No, you make a point actually, un" Deidara said as he hugged Sasori's arm to his chest and squeezed it tight "Remember what I told you, about their damned eyes" Deidara hissed. He had always had a problem with Itachi's eyes, and yes, there was a moment where he even told Sasuke his dislike for his eyes. In the end all of them just thought that Deidara had a problem with dark eyes or something else. It was true Itachi's eyes would turn red and dangerous, but it was as if Deidara disliked them because he feared them and could not understand them.

'I don't like your look, your eyes or your face' Deidara had said and Sasuke had narrowed his eyes as he shoved the blonds face away from him.

"And I don't like that big mouth of yours!" It was as if Sasuke almost knew that Deidara had more than one mouth…. Either way they had spent hours telling each other what they hated about the other. In the end it was Deidara who was tongue tied and Sasuke the one who had left.

"What the hell do you have against our eyes anyways" Itachi asked, raising a brow. He couldn't understand the blond and even gave up on trying when he found that artist were just plain wacked in the head. Or maybe it was just Deidara and his clay birds being his master pieces. Kyuubi sighed and so did Naruto the day was just to hot and to heavy to deal with. The shorter fox blond ignored everyone else and got to thinking about all he knew about Sasuke. At least the little information he had retained from when they used to hang out when they were young. Of course, Sasuke could have changed since then as well, but there was no doubt that Sasuke was a weird child.

Closing his eyes, he went deep into thought about the basics and small details he remembered about conversations they had. After all, when he had met Sasuke he had just stared at him weird, like he had never seen a blond with blue eyes in his life. At first he had not spoken at all, just looked at him and listened, and then left. At first curiosity was what had brought Naruto back to see the little raven.

Sasuke was not there for fun, he was always there working and looking bored. A pencil in hand, a math book, English, History or whatever other subjects it was, and his notebook or a worksheet on it, Sasuke was always working. He had said that sometimes just being outside helped him concentrate better than being inside all day.

Sasuke had the same sadistic smirk Itachi had whenever he thought of killing someone, or causing harm to getting in trouble. It was as if sometimes he could be just like Itachi, he could think up dangerous things. He could have the weirdest thoughts, or the intention of killing you on the spot. The next he was an entirely different person.

Sasuke was not afraid to cut himself, and he was a pretty good actor of despair. He had said it himself, despair, no one had yet to feel what that really was. They were not the ones in pain after all. In the end Naruto did not fail to notice that Sasuke was really lonely. Sasuke had said it himself; a part of him was missing.

Sasuke had a wild imagination; he believed that the tooth fairy was really not after your teeth, but after your dreams so she could eat them out of you. That the boogie man was really just a pedophile old man looking for a way to rape little kids at night, preferably little boys; he even said that the Easter bunny lured little kids away from their homes to kidnap them and then suck out their energy so he'd live another year. He said that Santa Clause was the worse, he was a peeping tom and then came bearing presents for the kids to follow him into his wintery hollow fantasy where he made them into elf's and once they were plump ate them. In all to Sasuke Santa Clause was a Peeping Cannibal.

Sasuke could multiply two or more numbers in just a second.

Sasuke hardly smiled, hardly ever showed any expression other than serious business, so Naruto knew that Sasuke was not joking when he said that it was not rain that was falling to the sky. It was actually mother earth crying out her pain that the human race brought upon her. So she could get rid of it, to try and wash it away, when she could no longer handle it. Yet it was never enough. In the end everything was always worse.

Sasuke had even his own beliefs and said that it didn't mater that if you believed there was a god or not, in the end, someone was watching over you. In the end you would die and maybe you'll never return. You were the creator of your own personal hell. And hell, well, it's here on earth. In the end you had to stop believing about a paradise up in heaven and realize your own.

Wait…..there was something else. Something else that he remembered, it was just right after Sasuke had told him that he had done something bad. Sasuke had cried that time, it was the first time he saw tears wash down those porcelain cheeks and he had asked why. Sasuke had whispered that he could feel the pain in others, even though he didn't want to, he could feel it. He could feel it when he knew them, he could feel it when people tortured animals, and Sasuke was highly sensitive to a lot of things. One of them was the pain around them…..around the world and us not doing anything about it.

Though Itachi had been depressed at that time and wouldn't eat either. Itachi was also in pain at that time….could Sasuke feel his own twins pain as well?

"Can you feel pain Itachi?" Naruto asked suddenly interrupting the conversation that he and Kyuubi had started in order to ignore Deidara who was yelling at them to listen to his theory of how Sasuke and Itachi had the same eyes. Sure, they had the same eyes, but could they both see the same things equally?

"Pain? What are you talking about Naruto" Kyuubi asked and then he pinched Itachi making the raven hiss and remove his hand. Kyuubi ended up laughing loudly while Itachi made a move to punch him.

"Do that again and your hand is gone" Itachi hissed as he tried to break Kyuubi's arm who only ran behind Naruto with a smirk on his face.

"See, he can feel pain." Kyuubi grinned once more "and anger"

"Ack, not like that! You guys act like such kids! I meant, if you were to see a dog getting kicked to the side, would you help it, be compelled to at least help it, or would you not care about it at all" Itachi thought about the question, at first he thought it was stupid and then he placed himself in the situation and then shrugged.

"It's really none of my business, I can't say that I would go and help the animal, but yes, I would feel wrong about it" Naruto lowered his head. Sasuke had said it, People would see an animal getting abused, and only a rare person would stand up to it and yell 'STOP' and yet there were those who felt sorry, wanted to help, but turned their back on the animal. He said the world was pretty sad that way and he had to wonder how Sasuke knew so much when he was the one locked up.

Behind a fence.

In a huge house

All by himself…..

"Then you guys don't see the world in the same way….can you feel Sasuke's pain?" Naruto mumbled making everyone to stare at him. They decided to ignore him as they finally reached a decent restaurant and settled for eating some cheeseburgers, fries, cokes, and other little deserts that were served there. Once they were seated and eating Naruto decided to speak again. Screw the whole link thing, they needed a plan "So, what are we going to do to figure out how you are going to find Sasuke, I mean this link thing is obviously not getting us nowhere. And it's making me sound even more like an idiot."

"You are one" Deidara said throwing a fry at him.

"Deidara" Sasori huffed, if there was one person Naruto wouldn't publically attack, it was all of these people. For if he was to even think of Attacking Deidara, he would have to face Sasori, and the puppet master was scary as hell when his precious blond got harmed. Not that Kyuubi wouldn't help him; it was just that Sasori and Deidara were at a level higher than them. Specially when they worked together, as for Itachi…..Don't mess with that.

Itachi shrugged after a moment, the thought of being able to feel his brother's pain was something he never thought about. Yet Naruto had brought it up, so did it have to do with something here? "Who knows?" he decided to simply say. Everyone else just kept eating and ignoring it all. That was, until the phone in Itachi's pocket began to ring loudly, an oldies song that his father had put. It made them all blush at it, it was one of those oldies implied sex songs for what they now called the old folks. Quickly reaching for it, Itachi flipped it open and pressed the phone to his ear.

"Hello"

Parting his lips and taking a deep breath, Sasuke pressed his ear to his phone, wondering if he should call or not. The phone number was already there, all he had to do was press send. Biting his lip he pulled the phone away from his ear to look at the number once more, he could still not call if he didn't want to. Damn, this was ridiculous! Finally deciding on it, Sasuke pressed the send button, then pressed the cell phone to his ear waiting for his father to pick up his cell phone.

All the while his back was rigidly pressed to the wall behind him, his legs crossed in front of him and one hand clutching the phone while the other tried to scratch the wooden floor underneath him. After three rings, he was about to hang up as his heart started to beat in his chest in a way he had never felt it beat before. Why was it beating so hard? Why was he so nervous, it was only his dad, he had always called his dad without a problem. Pressing his back further into the wall he held on for dear life when the other line was answered before he could press the end button, and a smooth firm male voice that was obviously not his dad answered with a quick "Hello"

He was breathless for a moment, to scare to even speak a word, afraid that if he even tried nothing would come out. Then the voice on the other line pressed on and said once more "Hello?" And he decided to speak. Slowly swallowing, uncertain of his own voice he thickly said.

"Dad?"

Itachi's eyes widen. Everyone stopped their eating at the reaction, was it Itachi's mom or dad….Not that they could tell with that ring tone, since Fugaku only had one for everyone who called. So why was Itachi looking so shocked like that? The words that left Itachi's mouth next made them all freeze.

"Otouto!"

Sasuke was so scared to even speak; the phone nearly fell out of his hand when the other line responded, he felt cold for a moment and then something warm in his chest. He couldn't believe it, it was his nii-san. His twin older brother…could it really "I...Uh…have to hang up now!" Sasuke snapped he was just about to flip the phone closed when the voice on the other line made him stop.

"Please don't!" Sasuke stayed silent, his breathing heavy but away from the phone. He didn't know what to say, what was he going to say? He was not ready to meet any of them. Bringing up his free hand he pressed it to his cheek…it was hot….was he blushing? "Hey, are you still there?" Getting a hold of himself Sasuke nodded and then decided it was better to respond with something better than that.

"Yeah" Itachi smiled but frowned when his arm was being pulled to the side.

"Put it on speaker, I want to hear! I want to talk to him as well! Please!" Naruto yelled out so loudly that Sasuke heard it on the other line. Sasuke chuckled softly sending shivers down Itachi's spine as Naruto was pulled away from Itachi and Kyuubi managed to hold the blond back.

"I see the dobe hasn't changed" Sasuke muttered.

"The dobe?" Itachi asked, glancing over at Naruto.

"WHY YOU TEME!!" The blond yelled furiously.

"Do you mind, if I put it on speaker" Itachi was just glad Sasuke was still on the other side of the line. There was a lot he wanted to say, at the same time there was nothing that would come out. 'I want to see you' 'I want to meet you' None of it. I want to hold you. Sasuke thought about it for a while. Then it wouldn't be him and his brother simply talking. He gripped his free hand on his pants and decided on it.

"Not at all, please do so if you are not bothered by it" Itachi didn't like how Sasuke was being so formal, but pressed the speaker button. Everyone was ready to listen in. Both the blonds grinned. Both Itachi and Sasuke wished that this moment would be more private and personal between them. Guess it wouldn't be that simple.

"Hey Sasuke! How are you, un?" Deidara obviously, Sasuke knew.

"Teme! How could you move without telling me?" Naruto.

Sasuke thought on answering them, but he had other things to worry about. "Itachi-nii, is father there by any chance?" He ran a hand through his hair.

"No, we've left in search for you, where are you at?" Sasuke closed his eyes and Itachi impatiently waited for the answer that would never come. Now Sasuke wanted to meet his brother, and yet he was so scared for so many reasons. He couldn't tell him where he was, not now in the least.

"Grandmother has found out about me, I can't tell you my location" Itachi's eyes widen, it was not the answer he was hoping for but he had forgotten about his grandmother! Suddenly looking around, he wondered if she had sunk low as to following them so they could lead her to Sasuke. Nothing seemed out of place, and yet he had to wonder how Sasuke knew that she might know.

He wanted her dead now.

If it meant seeing Sasuke, keeping Sasuke, then he would kill her and anyone who stood in the way. "Sasuke" Itachi fisted his hand. "Please tell me where you are I-"

"I'm glad I am able to talk to you, my regards to Deidara, Naruto, Sasori, and anyone else there. But I can't tell no one where I am" Sasuke gazed up wondering what they were doing, he could only feel, he couldn't really see that much. It wasn't that dark, but blurry. Like a person who was badly in need of glasses. He couldn't see through his brother's eyes. It wasn't so hard connecting with his brother, he could feel him.

"Hey! Teme come on! You have to fucking tell us where you are, there is no way you can keep us in the dark about your location! Damn it we have even gone as far as to search for you" Naruto hissed out. Sasuke winced at the loud voice of his supposed only friend. "It's not fair! Not fair that you won't tell us"

"Naruto, you are being to loud and it's hurting my ear, please shut the hell up" Sasuke brought his knees up to his chest as he decided to ignore anything else Naruto had to say. After all this had nothing to do with Naruto, but everything to do with him and Itachi. Yes, he also knew that it was not fair that he wouldn't tell, he just didn't know if he should, could….he didn't know nothing. He was frozen, feeling to many things at once and he needed time to think "Can't you see me Itachi?" Sasuke whispered even though he knew that the answer was a no, for he didn't even know himself.

"What do you mean?" Sasuke smiled sadly.

"We'll probably meet soon, big-brother, but I can't promise anything" Sasuke circled his finger to the end button. "I wouldn't advice for you to keep searching for me, I'll find you. After all I want to meet you too. Just know that I'm always there with you, even if not in person….Itachi I…." And the call was cut. Itachi's heart was racing and he didn't know what to do, so his body's first reaction was to yell.

"Sasuke!" He yelled into the phone and quickly decided to call back. All he could do not to drop the phone as he pressed the send button twice. He wanted to hear his little brother once more, he wanted to feel close, but he felt so far. Listening to into the phone there was not even a dial tone; it was just the dead voice of a machine, the voice of a lady saying:

'I'm sorry, the number you have reached is either out of location range or has been turned off, please leave a message or try your call again later'

Itachi gritted his teeth as he snapped the phone closed, it wasn't fair!

"Told ya he was perceptive" Deidara said as he sipped his drink and leaned into Sasori. "What are you going to have us do now Itachi" Itachi got a hold of himself and placed his father's phone away in his pocket. He needed to find his brother, but if they did see what the other was seeing. As he recalled that the house Sasuke once lived on seemed familiar like he had seen it before…..where would Sasuke be…?

What could Sasuke be seeing?

No…..wait. What could Sasuke be hearing?

Closing his eyes, he finally decided on what to say. The first thing that came into his thoughts.

"We are going to Paris!"

And the search is on, So who'll find the other first. Sasuke or Itachi….and what Is their grandmother planning? Tch, you'll have to review to find out cool cats. See ya around/ Thank you all who reviewed!xHiromixSukichix Glad you are getting inspired and not going insane....uh...LOL . See you all next chapter!

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