Chapter 9
"How do you think he is?" Kakashi asked as they leapt from branch to branch, covering ground faster than normal as they made their way to the Fire Lord's capital to see Dai.
"I'm not sure." Jiraiya said quietly. "He probably has mixed feelings right now."
Nodding Kakashi turned his attention back to the front as they jumped from the last tree and darted across a large field.
"Do you think that your other two students will stay put in Konoha?" Jiraiya asked after a couple of minutes of silent running.
"For them, I hope so. And Sasuke better avoid Tsunade and Shizune if he wants to be able to move for the next couple of months."
Jiraiya nodded silently, thinking about what he knew about his teammate and her apprentice. "That's the truth. And Shizune is even worse than Tsunade some days!"
"Really? Kakashi asked in shock as he looked over at his running mate, and eyebrow arching up to his hairline.
"You have no idea."
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"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Sakura asked as she gazed worriedly at her raven-haired teammate.
"Hn." Sasuke grunted as he grabbed his pack off the floor and tossed it over his shoulder.
Sighing, Sakura nodded and shouldered her own pack. They had just returned from the hospital, where Sasuke's injuries had been taken care of, and he had convinced her that it would be a good idea to go see their blonde teammate. The fact that Sakura wanted to see if the baby would take after Naruto or it's mother, just made her want to go even more, but she was worried about how the Hokage would react when they got back.
"Fine, lets go." She said as calmly as she could as she turned towards the gates.
'I can't believe that the dobe had a baby before I could rebuild my clan. It's not fair!' Sasuke thought darkly as they took off at their best speed.
OOOOOO
"Sweet Zoe Jane." Dai whispered as he cradled his tiny daughter in his arms. Rocking her back and forth gently, he watched her sleep, her tiny eyelashes brushing against her cheeks while her small rosebud of a mouth gaped a little as she breathed. Her hair was just as blonde as his and her eyes were a bright crystal blue. She had faint whisker-like marks on her cheeks, but two deep dimples overshadowed them until you could barely see them.
Ever since she had been born, he hadn't gotten much sleep, to scared that something might happen if he did. All night he would sit in the rocking chair near the bassinet and just listen to her breath.
Rin and the others had tried to convince him that nothing would happen if he slept, but it didn't stop him from only sleeping about two hours a night, waking up every fifteen minutes to check on her. The strain was starting to get to him. It was obvious from the worn look on his face, the bags under his eyes.
Hearing a knock at the front door, he stood and headed for the door, even as he made sure to move gently so that nothing would wake her before she was ready to get up. Opening the door, he blinked in shock at who his guests were.
"Ero-sennin, Kakashi-sensei, what are you doing here?" he said quietly to the two men.
"The Hokage received your letter and she was worried." Kakashi said quietly as he looked down at the pink bundle in his former student's arms. "May we come in?"
Nodding, Dai moved out of the door was and lead the two men to the living room, where he gently sat down in an arms chair, leaving the couch and love seat to the two older men.
"You look exhausted, brat." Jaraiya said bluntly as he took in the unkempt figure before him.
"I don't sleep much anymore." Dai said quietly as he shifted her so the she was leaning against his shoulder.
"They say you're supposed to sleep when they sleep." Kakashi said, thinking about his own son that he had just found out about. 'I wish I could have been there for him growing up.' He thought to himself.
"I know, but what if something happens and I sleep through it?" he asked worriedly.
"Brat, your senses are so amplified, I doubt you'll miss anything." Jaraiya said irritably, though the look on his face as he looked at the small bundle in Dai's arms belied his tone. There was a look of wonder and longing barely concealed on his face.
Dai quietly studied his two sensei for a moment before he looked down at his daughter. Looking at her rosy cheeks, he smiled briefly before looking back at his guests. "Would you like to hold her?" he asked quietly, to the other men's surprise.
At the nods he received, he gently passed Zoe to the longhaired man. Jaraiya gently took her and held her close to his chest as he leaned back into his chair. "I always wanted to have a child of my own." He whispered as he gazed longingly at the small bundle in his arms.
"So why haven't you?" Dai asked quietly as he watched him.
"Because she never took me seriously." He murmured. "I was always the goofball of the team. I chased her for years before she finally just told me to stop; it was never going to happen."
"It was obaa-chan wasn't it?" Dai murmured and received a nod in response.
"I was always asking her out when we were gennin, but she was always chasing after the bastard. And then she found Dan. She was so in love with him from the moment they meet. After he died, I just couldn't do it anymore. She was devastated and I couldn't bring myself to chase her any more. She deserves so mush more than to be hounded after all that she's been through." Jaraiya said softly, his gaze never leaving the sleeping infant.
The three men were silent as they thought about what had just been said. Finally Kakashi spoke up. "Maybe you should give it another try. I've seen her looking at you sometimes, and not as just a friend. If there is something there, you don't want to miss the chance. I did when I was younger and now, I have a son I didn't know about. I've missed her everyday she's been gone and I've missed out on his entire life. I met him when he came to Konoha on a mission."
"He is a nice guy. He's always there when you need him, just like his mother." Dai said softly, looking into his teacher's eye.
"You know Rin?" Kakashi asked, surprised.
"Yes, she runs a bar not to far from here." Seeing the indecision on his face, Dai chuckled and added, "Maybe you should go see her. I'm sure she would love to see you after she pounded on you a little."
"It's only what I deserve." Kakashi said quietly and abruptly stood up. "Can you give me directions?"
Chuckling, Dai gave him the directions and the silver haired man was gone in a swirl of leaves. "I hope everything works out between them."
"So do I kid, so do I."
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As Dai and Jaraiya settled back and talked about what had been going on since they last saw each other, two shinobi approached the gate to the Fire Lord's Capital.
"Halt. What's your business here?" the guard at the gate said as he stopped them.
"We're here to visit our teammate, who is currently living here." Sakura said sweetly with a smile at the man.
"What's his name?"
"Naruto. Uzumaki Naruto. But he goes under the name Dai." She said, still smiling prettily. "Our Sensei and another man should have come through earlier today to see him. Kakashi and Jaraiya from Konoha?"
"Yes, they did come through. But they didn't say anything about more people coming." He said gruffly.
"We wanted to surprise Naruto and them, have a reunion of sorts. It's been a couple of years since we saw him." She said and the man nodded in understanding. "I've done that, surprise an old team mate. He almost killed me though. He hated surprises."
"Yes, Naruto doesn't like them either, but I've just missed him so much!" she said quietly, her eyes growing misty.
"It's ok. Don't worry, I'm sure he'll love to see you again." The guard said, panicking slightly at the signs of tears. He was still young, barely older than them and you could tell that he didn't have much experience with crying women as he fumbled for a handkerchief in his pocket.
"Thank you." She sniffed as she took it from his hand and dabbed at her eyes. "You wouldn't happen to know where we could find him, do you?"
"Sure, everyone knows Dai. He's a famous singer; though not to many people know that he was once a shinobi. The only reason I know is that I was at the front desk the day he was released from prison. Hey, aren't you two part of the group that came to ID him?" he asked, his face lighting up in recognition.
"Yes, we were." She said with a watery grin. "I haven't seen him since then. He doesn't write, he doesn't visit, so we decided to take it into our own hands and visit him."
"Well, I'll give you directions and you have a great visit. I'm sure it will make him want to see you more and keep in contact with you." He said and she smiled weakly.
"Yes, I'm sure he'll just love to see us more." She murmured quietly and Sasuke smirked evilly, though the guard didn't notice, all his attention on Sakura, who dabbed at her eyes once more before handing the handkerchief back.
After getting the directions from the guard, they made their way through the streets towards the house. They ducked quickly into an ally as they saw a distracted Kakashi rushed past.
"I wonder where he's going." Sakura said quietly.
"Hn."
After a few moments, they quietly slipped out and resumed their trek through the city, following the directions they had been given. Within ten minutes, they found themselves in front of the house. Looking at it, Sakura marveled at the change that Naruto had made in his life. From the apartment in the run down, condemned building to a gorgeous house in the fire lord's capital.
"He's certainly done well for himself." She murmured and Sasuke snorted disdainfully.
"The poor girl he got pregnant probably bought it." He said and Sakura shook her head.
"I don't think so. After all, he is getting pretty famous from his cd. That must have brought in a lot of money." She pointed out and was ignored as he walked up to the door and pounded on it.
"Sasuke! Jaraiya is still probably here!" she whispered frantically and was ignored again.
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Dai sat up from his comfortable slouch in his chair as he heard the pounding on his door. Zoe began crying as the loud sound woke her up abruptly.
"I swear I'm going to kill whoever that is!" he growled as he jumped to his feet. Looking at the older man who was attempting to sooth the crying infant, he received a nod before turning and storming out of the room and to the front door.
He jerked it open as whoever it was began pounding again, making Zoe's crying intensify. "What the fuck do you think you're doing!" he growled before he got a good look at the two on his doorstep. "You."
Sasuke didn't even say a word as he threw a punch at the blonde who dodged backwards into the house. He quickly followed even as Dai attempted to block him.
"Dobe." Sasuke snarled as he sent another powerful punch at him, sharingan spinning wildly.
"What the fuck is your problem?!" Dai shouted over the screams from his child as he blocked instinctively.
"You are."
Growling in rage, Dai knocked him back towards the door with a powerful kick. "I don't give a fuck what problem you have with me, but I'm not going to let you coming to my house, scare my daughter, and try to fucking beat me!" he growled, a bit of red entering his eyes, turning them violet briefly before transforming into pure crimson with slit pupils.
"I'm not trying to fucking beat you, I'm going to kill you, and your spawn." Was the response he got, ending him over the edge into a blind rage.
"Spawn?!" he shrieked, his chakara flaring around him. He launched himself forward and sent them both hurtling out of the house through the still open door, narrowly missing Sakura who was still standing in shock on the porch. She dove out of the way with a shriek, landing in the bushes to the side in a heap of flailing limbs.
Sasuke knocked Dai off of him and leapt to his feet across from where his opponent was and stood there for a moment as he studied the figure. The scars he had seen the last time they had met, but the bags under the tired eyes and the long hair was new, though the black streaks were the same, just much longer. You could tell that he had lost weight recently as the t-shirt and sweat pants were very baggy on this thin frame, the pants almost falling off his hips.
"What the fuck happened to you?" he growled at the blonde and received a growl right back.
"What the fuck does it matter to you, asshole? You barge into my house and threaten to kill my kid and me and that's all you say? What the hell is the matter with you, teme?!" Dai roared angrily, the red fading until his eyes were violet.
Before Sasuke could say anything, a strong hand grabbed him by the shoulder and spun him around to meet the enraged glare from his teacher.
"Kakashi-sensei, what…" he was interrupted as Kakashi punched him in the face, sending him flying back almost all the way to Dai where he stood watching them.
"Uchiha. You were ordered to stay in Konoha and to stay away from Dai." Kakashi growled softly, though everyone, even the civilians that had stopped to see what was going on and the shinobi that had come to find out what the attack was about, could hear him.
Sasuke lost his temper again and shouted, "It's not fair that he has a kid before I do! It's probably a demon, just like him. It should be put down like the trash it is! Just like it's father."
There was a gasp from nearly every throat as every eye surrounding the group stared at the insane sounding black haired guy and the blond haired man that they had gotten to know over the past few years.
Dai could hear the murmuring of the crowd getting louder and louder in the silence as he stood frozen in disbelief. That Sasuke could say something like that about him hurt nearly as much as what the crowd was whispering to each other.
"That's an Uchiha. We can trust what he says. After all, the Uchiha's were very well respected in Konoha before they were all killed."
"A demon? Oh my kami, we need to get out of here before it starts trying to kill us all!"
"Did you hear what he said, Dai and that new baby are both demons, no wonder poor Misato died. He probably killed her himself."
"Demon."
"We should kill them before they kill us."
Shaking his head, he focused on the two in front of him. Kakashi had Sasuke by his throat. "Dai isn't and never was a demon. After all the times he has fought beside us, I would think that you would know him a bit better than that." He snapped angrily, his voice deadly soft. With an abrupt move, he threw him down and began a long string of hand seals before abruptly slamming a hand into Sasuke's stomach. "Seal!" he shouted and Sasuke gasped in shock as he felt his chakara withdraw.
"Until we get back, your chakara will remain sealed. I'll let the Hokage deal with you." Kakashi spat before he yanked him up and slung him over his shoulder as he passed out from the shock. "I'm sorry, Dai, but do you have someplace where I could put him until we leave?" he asked quietly to the shocked man.
"Yeah, follow me." Dai said softly, before he headed back towards his house where Jaraiya and Sakura were standing, the former still holding a crying Zoe.
As he reached them, he gently took her from him and put her on his shoulder bouncing her lightly and patting her bottom soothingly. Within a few moments, she was calming down and he continued into the house, the others following him silently as the crowd dispersed, still taking about what they had seen and heard. The ANBU captain followed them to the door and cleared his throat to get their attention.
"What can I do for you, sir?" Dai asked tiredly as he turned back to face the man.
"I would like to talk to you about what happened just now." He said seriously, his mask, which was shaped like a wolf, keeping them from seeing anything but his black eyes, which were very serious as they looked onto the blonde.
"Come on in. The more the merrier." Dai lead the whole group into the living room and sank into an armchair with a sigh, adjusting Zoe on his shoulder so that she was comfortable.
"So, what happened?"
Dai looked at the man and said, "Well, Wolf-san, these are my old teammates and sensei. Haruna Sakura, Kakashi-sensei, and Jaraiya-sensei. The asshole that is currently passed out on my couch is Uchiha Sasuke. Both of my sensei came to check up on me after I sent a letter to the Hokage and I'm not sure what my teammates are here for besides for his emo-ness to try and kill me again."
"I thought he just wanted to see the baby for himself. I know he flipped out when he heard about it, but I thought that he saw her, than it would calm him down. I just wanted to see if she looked like you or her mother." Sakura said miserably.
"Tsunade-sama told you that he wasn't to leave Konoha. You could both be accused of treason for going against the hokage's direct order, not to mention what Sasuke blurted out." Jaraiya said coldly to the girl who paled dramatically.
"What?!" she whispered in shock.
"Yes, Sasuke could be imprisoned or even put to death for that little slip on the tongue." Kakashi said to his student, disappointment plain for all to hear.
"And what did he blurt out that could have him put to death?" Wolf asked sternly.
"If you will follow me, I'll tell you all about it. It is a SS-classed secret from Konoha, put into effect after the Kyuubi attacked Konoha." Jaraiya said and lead the man out of the room and into the hallway to spare Dai from having to listen to a run down about what was basically his life.
"Dai, how are you holding up?" Kakashi asked quietly to the young man who had his head bowed, hair shadowing his face.
"Well, I was better until all this happened. Now I just hope that I won't have to pack up and leave again."
"Why would you have to pack up and leave?" Sakura asked in surprise.
"After what I heard from the town's people out there, I'll be lucky if that don't start trying to kill me like the people used to growing up. I don't know how many times I was almost killed before I even started at the academe. If they start that here, I'm going to have to worry about Zoe and not just my self. Some of them already suggest that they should kill the both of us and I won't risk my child on some insanely paranoid town folk. Especially since they would believe an Uchiha over me any day of the week." Dai said bitterly as he looked up at her. His eyes made her shiver as they were cold and empty of everything that she remembered from when they were teammates.
"I don't understand. Why would they try and kill either of you?" Sakura whispered.
"They fear demons, and while they don't know it's him, that an Uchiha said I was a demon and should be killed, they will believe it. After all, the Uchiha were a very influential family before they were killed off. They would NEVER lead people wrong."
Kakashi said quietly into the silence after that statement, "There was a lot of corruption in the family. Not all of it, but enough of the influential members that the entire clan would have been exiled for treason."
"What do you mean?" Sakura asked, shocked.
"Tsunade had the clan investigated. She wanted to know why Itachi would kill his whole family except for Sasuke. They were into slavery, prostitution, embezzlement, and outright treason. They were plotting against the Third, planning to over throw him and put Sasuke's father in his place. After all, he was the head of the police force and a counsel member. People would have trusted him. We believe that Itachi found out about it and took matters into his own hands." He said flatly and his two students stared at him in shock.
Dai's mind was going a mile a minute as he absorbed all that he had heard. It explained so much about what he had puzzled together for himself. To hear it basally confirmed was so much worse that he had thought it would be. 'Poor Itachi! No wonder he never wanted to talk about it.' He thought to himself as he stared down at his daughter blankly, his face a blank masked that concealed his inner turmoil.
"Does Sasuke know about this?" Sakura asked in a choked voice.
"No. It was decided that it would be better not to tell him about it. He's always wanted to kill his brother, but this would destroy what he remembers about his family. No one should have to deal with that. When he's older and more stable, we'll see about telling him."
"But what about Itachi? He basically did Konoha a favor and you are just going to let Sasuke try and kill him? What happens if he did some how managed to actually kill him? Finding out after the fact that his brother actually did it to help Konoha and he just killed him, he still might be devastated. They were closer to each other when they were younger than anyone else. I mean, Sasuke wanted to be just like Itachi!" Dai said passionately.
The other two started at him in surprise for a minute before Kakashi started to nod thoughtfully. "Tsunade was talking about giving him a pardon and reinstating him as an active member of the shinobi of Konoha."
"What?! He basically tortured Sasuke-kun! He is a member of a criminal organization! There is no way that she can reinstate him!!" she shrieked, catching the attention of Jaraiya as he entered into the room after seeing the ANBU out.
"Talking about Itachi, I take it?" he asked as he leaned against the doorframe.
"Yes." Kakashi said calmly.
"Keep your voice down." Dai snapped angrily as he patted Zoe's back. The shrieking had woken her up again and she was protesting the rough treatment her ears had been subjected to. Standing, he turned to Kakashi and jerked his head for him to follow. "Bring the teme, I'll show you where to put him until you leave."
Kakashi nodded and stood up, picking up the limp body of his student and slinging him non-to gently over his shoulder. He followed him out the door, Sakura and Jaraiya behind him, as the ascended the stairs to the second floor where he lead them to the room that was now going to be a guest room as the owner no longer needed it.
Opening the door, to the room, he gestured to the girly bed and chuckled at the sight of Sasuke laying on it. "He can stay in here for now, but I don't want him here after he wakes up."
"Understandable." Kakashi said as he turned away after tossing him on the covers.
Sakura gave them both a glare before going over and placing Sasuke under the covers and making him comfortable.
"Well, I'm starving, let's go get something to eat." Jaraiya said cheerfully and Kakashi nodded. "It's a long trip back. We might as well hit the bathhouse to freshen up. Come on Sakura, I'm sure you want to relax before we head out." He said to the pink haired girl who nodded and slowly left the side of the bed where she had been sitting, running her hand through the raven locks.
"I'll see you guys later than. It's about time to feed this little one." Dai said with a gentle smile at the still slightly fussing infant in his arms.
"We'll be back in a couple of hours." Jaraiya said quietly, a gentle smile on his face as he, too, looked at Zoe.
"Oh, by the way, so is so cute! Congratulations!" Sakura exclaimed with a smile. "She looks just like you! When we get back, can I hold her?"
"We'll see." He hedged, slightly uncomfortable with the thought of his slightly violent female teammate holding his child. To many times had she smashed him for nothing kept popping into his head to be completely comfortable with the idea.
Her smile dimmed a little, but she nodded and she turned and followed the two older men out the door. Hearing the front door open, then close behind them, he let out a sigh and left the room, heading for the nursery to change the soggy diaper before heading to the kitchen to make a bottle for the hungry baby that was now loudly making her discomfort known to the world.
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Itachi looked up at the house that he had tracked Dai to and gathered his nerve. He was nervous. It had been about five, almost six months since the cd had come out and he was only now ready to come and see Dai, to talk to him about what had happened. Taking a deep breath, he walked up to the door and knocked on it firmly. Faintly, he could hear a voice calling out for him to wait a minute.
When the door opened, he gazed in shock at the baby cradled in the arms of the man he loved.
"Itachi…" Dai whispered, shocked, tears forming in his eyes and trickling down his cheeks.
Itachi turned around, prepared to leave again. Obviously, it was over and never going to happen again. They had a child together!
"No! Wait, please! Let me explain, Itachi. I love you!" Dai exclaimed as he stumbled forward and wrapped an arm around the stiff man, the baby carefully held in his other arm.
"Hn." Itachi grunted, but didn't walk away. After a minute of feeling the tears soaking into his clothes, he turned and looked down into the blue eyes, seeing the hopelessness and love in them. "Where is her mother?" he asked flatly and Dai flinched.
"Dead. In childbirth."
Nodding, Itachi jerked his head back towards the open doorway. Dai let a faint, happy smile grace his lips before fresh tears welled up again. He roughly brushed them away, then lead the way back into the house.
After they were both situated in the living room, he opened his moth, but was beaten to the punch by Itachi who asked quietly, "Why?"
"I was so lonely and hurt after you left the last time. On the anniversary of the first time we made love, I went out and got smashed with Misato. She reminded me so much of you that I couldn't help myself. I just wanted you back so bad that I slept with her, trying to make believe that it was you." Dai said looking down at the product of that night.
"It was the only time we ever slept together. She got pregnant from that one time, though I didn't know till later. The last time I saw you, I was so depressed again, that I went out and got drunk. It was just like the first time. I just wanted to be with you and she just wanted to help me feel better." Dai took a deep, unsteady breath before plowing on, not once looking up into the charcoal eyes that he loved so much, afraid of what he would see in them if he did.
"After you left, I sent her home and found your present on the pillow. It sent me off the deep end for a while. If I hadn't had my music, I probably would have killed myself." He said bluntly, his voice quivering with the strain to keep it even.
He suddenly found strong arms wrapped around him. That gentle touch broke the last thread of his control and he began sobbing into the long black hair of the man that he loved so deeply.
Itachi just knelt there and held him as he release all his pain and guilt at what had happened. Just seeing the pain that Dai was going through made him realize that it was just as much his fault as Dai's. If he hadn't practically abandoned him, he would have never slept with her and he would have never been hurt by seeing them together like he had.
It was his fault. He couldn't even blame Dai anymore.
After the storm of weeping was through, Dai sat back, wiping his eyes with the back of one hand. "I'm so sorry, Itachi." He whispered hoarsely.
"It's my fault." Itachi said firmly, ignoring the frantically shaking head.
"No it's not! If I had been stronger, I would have never giving in like I did."
"You are strong, but I pushed you to far. I left. Again. I left you alone with even saying goodbye and I didn't even send you a note or anything to make you believe that I was coming back." Itachi said firmly. Looking into the watery blue eyes, he made a decision.
"When I was seven, my uncle and cousin raped me. It's what released my sharingan, what made me work so hard at being as good as I could as fast as I could so that it wouldn't happen again. No one believed would believe me if I said that they had done it because he was a counsel member and anyone would do it and probably would. My parents knew and didn't care. And when I got older, I heard a rumor that they were going to do the same to Sasuke. That's why I killed everyone. But I didn't want him to know why, he loved our parents, especially our mother."
"I just found out that Tsunade investigated the Uchiha and found out a lot about what they were up to. Prostitution, slavery, treason. They were going to kill the Third and put your father as Hokage." Dai said softly and Itachi looked at him in shock, though your could barely see it on his face unless you knew him well enough it see past his blank mask.
"Oh! And they are even thinking about reinstating you into the active shinobi ranks, pardoning you and taking you out of the bingo books. They think you killed them because you found out about what they were planning."
"That was a part of it, but it was more to protect Sasuke from the others than to protect the Hokage. After all, I don't think any of the Uchiha could have defeated him and the team of ANBU that protected him. None of them were strong enough to take me down, much less them." Itachi admitted softly.
"They were not going to tell Sasuke until he was older and more stable, regardless of the fact that he would still be trying to kill you. And if you accepted their offer and moved back to Konoha, he would find out sooner rather than later anyway." Dai said frowning at the thought of all the problems that could bring about.
"I wouldn't accept, even if they did offer." Itachi said firmly. "There was so much corruption, and it wasn't only in the Uchiha family. A couple of the ruling council also was in on the slavery and prostitution. That's why it got so bad. The council could convict anyone without the hokage's approval and send them to prison. It was child's play to slip them out of the jail and sell them to other countries and just say that they got killed in a fight or something."
"And the Third never knew about it?!" Dai exclaimed, and then gently hushed Zoe as she startled and started to cry.
"He had his suspicions, but could never prove it. They covered their tracts much to well."
Dai was silent for a couple of minutes after that, just letting everything he now knew soak in and settle in his mind. Deciding to change the subject, he looked up into the charcoal eyes and said, "Misato's dying wish was for me to go and find you and set things right between us." He gave a low chuckle at the surprised look in Itachi's eyes before he continued.
"She wanted us to get back together and raise Zoe. She said we would be great fathers, but she felt sorry for the first boyfriend that Zoe brought home. She said we would probably scare him to death."
Itachi chuckled at the picture that thought brought up, and then sobered. "I would love for that to happen, but the others are planning to capture you soon. Until they are taken care of, we would never be safe."
"How did they find me?"
"Your picture on your cd."
"Damn." Dai growled, holding Zoe tighter. "And they would have no problem killing Zoe to get to me."
"None at all." Itachi confirmed.
"Fuck. We need to keep her safe! I mean Sasuke already threatened to kill her today, I don't need them after her too!" he babbled frantically, not seeing Itachi's eyebrows arch downward at what his little brother had done.
"He did what?"
"Hm?" Dai asked as he stopped babbling and looked up at the suddenly activated sharingan eyes in front of him. "Oh, he attacked me and was shouting that he was going to kill the both of us as I'm a demon and she's probably it's spawn. It's like he went off the deep end."
"And where might my dear little brother be now?"
"Upstairs, knocked out. Kakashi-sensei blocked his chakara and he passed out. Apparently, he wasn't supposed to come here and see me and on top of that, all his babbling about me being a demon broke the Third's law. So he's in pretty big trouble anyway."
"I think I'll go have a chat with my little brother." Itachi said coldly as he stood up from where he had been kneeling in front of Dai.
"Don't kill him." Dai said firmly.
"I won't. I'll just make him wish I had."
OOOOOO
Sasuke opened his eyes with a groan.
"What the fuck happened?"
Looking around the room, he grimaced in horror at the various shades of purple that were everywhere. The walls were a light purple, the carpet much darker. The dresser and end tables were cherry wood, but the bed coverings that lay on top of him were purple flowers on a cream background. Everything was purple!
Sitting up, he shoved the covers off of him and shakily put his feet on the floor. A wave of dizziness washed over him for a moment and he closed his eyes with a groan. When he opened them again after a minute, a pair of sandals was right in front of him. Following the path of the legs up past a black cloak with red and white clouds on it to the bright red spinning eyes, he gulped in terror. The expression on his older brother's face was a mix of disappointment and pure anger.
"Hello, little brother. I think we need to have a little talk."
A.N.
Hi!! I bet you thought I had disappeared again! Well, my computer died and I don't have the money to replace or fix it right now. I'm so pissed because I have pics on there of my kids for the past eight months since I moved that I hadn't had printed out yet. And they are GONE!!
Anyway, I wrote this at work. I'm not supposed to use the computer here for anything but work, so don't tell my boss, ok? -
Shinigami-chan