A/N: TG- It's almost down to the wire here with this fanfic and I am going to try and finish this off with a bang!
Deidara- Hey! That's my line, hm!
TG- Deidara?! What the hell? You're not supposed to be here unless people vote for a sequel!
Itachi- Yeah, so make like a tree and leave!
TG- Ha ha ha! That was so lame it was funny!!
Kisame- Um… Who else thinks that it's disclaimer time?
Disclaimer: I don't own anything but my ideas.
Side-story…"So… Where are you two heading out to now?" Kakashi asked his two passengers as he drove along the island road. Yondaime struggled to find the right human words for a moment before saying,
"Yes, uh… Do you happen to know where that…" 'What are the correct words' He thought, and then said, "Student of yours with the bird-hair and the blonde idiot lives?" Kakashi stated,
"Sasuke and Naruto? Yeah, they live right up the road from here, to the left, why?" Yondaime gave a chuckle and an evil smirk as he asked,
"Ah! Wonderful, can you take us to their street? If it's not too much trouble." Kakashi agreed but then turned towards Iruka to ask,
"And how has your day been, Iruka?" Said pony-tailed alien forced a smiled and stated,
"It's been fine, Kakashi-san…" The silver-haired teacher didn't seem convinced and was about to ask another question but Yondaime exclaimed,
"Is this the place?!" Kakashi brought the car to a screeching halt and then said,
"Yeah. This is the street but.. Hey!!" Kakashi was interrupted by Yondaime dragging the brunette away up the street. The teacher sighed as he slumped back into his seat, "Why can't I get any time alone with the cute little dolphin…"
Main story…Itachi, Kisame, and Sasuke had finished the long walk back to the Uchihas' house. Sasuke had figured out what was going on and although he wanted to say something along the lines of 'it's going to be okay' but decided that it was better not to say anything. "Itachi…" Kisame started, "Do you want me to leave? I don't want to be a bother or anything…" Itachi was silent for a moment but then said,
"Stay the night Kisame, lord knows I need as much comfort as I can get.", and then walked into the house. Kisame sighed. He had been with Itachi since middle school and had been there for him at all the milestones. The first day of school, the bullying, the death of his parents… Kisame had hoped that even with all of that in the past, they could find a way that Sasuke could stay with them and not have to be taken by Child Services. He looked back to the younger Uchiha and stated,
"I'm sorry, Sasuke.", before following Itachi inside. Sasuke was left alone.
'Might as well get used to it…' He thought as he stood on the porch. 'Maybe I should wait for Naruto and see if he'll come back.' He shook his head and said to himself with a sarcastic smirk, "Hmph, after what happened today it would be a miracle for him to come back…" The navy-blunette then walked into the house.
A few hours later, Naruto finally made it back to the house. 'I don't get it', he started, 'What's wrong with Itachi? And more importantly…' He clutched his stomach in pain, "Why do I care so much? Grr.. It's like someone's stabbing me in the stomach..." (A/N: TG, Itachi, Kisame: It's called guilt, dobe!!) A few minutes later, Naruto was inside the house (Sasuke didn't lock the door, just in case…) When the blonde walked into the living room, his sensitive ears picked up the following:
"What am.. What am I going to do now, Kisame?"
"Shh.. Shh… It's going to be alright, Itachi."
"…" Silence.
"Don't lie to me Kisame, please."
Naruto felt that stabbing pain again, so he turned away and ran back outside.
Itachi walked to the living room where Sasuke was lying down on the couch. Sasuke was blankly watching a documentary on Tokio Hotel (1) when Itachi walked over and said, "Sasuke… Come outside with me real quick." Then went outside, waiting for the younger Uchiha to follow.
When Sasuke went outside, he saw his older brother sitting on their mother's favorite hammock. Itachi was blankly looking towards the surrounding forest when he said, "Come here, Sasuke." Sasuke listened and joined his elder brother on the hammock. A few moments passed before Itachi started, "I am so sorry… Both of you." Sasuke knew that Itachi was talking to him and the hammock. Itachi had picken up the habit of talking to their mother's hammock as if it were her (2), Sasuke didn't mind, sometimes he did it too. "I was supposed to take care of you, Sasuke, it was Mom's last wish, and I failed." Sasuke tried to console his brother,
"I'll keep in touch! I'll write letters, talk to you on the phone… Anything…" Itachi smiled a sad smile before wrapping an arm around his brother's shoulder. He then began to sing
"Now I know
That I can't make you stay..
But where's your heart?
But where's your heart?
But where's your..?"
Sasuke joined in,
"And I know
There's nothing I can say
To change that part..
To change that part..
To change…"
Naruto walked up just in time to hear the two brothers singing their hearts out,
"But
can I speak?
Well is it hard understanding,
I'm incomplete?
A life that's so demanding,
I get so weak.
A love that's
so demanding,
I can't speak.
I
am not afraid to keep on living,
I am not afraid to walk this
world alone
Tell me if you stay I'll be forgiven,
Nothing you
can say can stop me going home."
(3)
Naruto turned away, He listened towards Sasuke's room but didn't hear anything, so he decided to go in there.
Naruto closed the door behind him and looked around; he had basically totaled everything in there and Sasuke hadn't had the time to clean up yet. Suddenly, something flashed across Naruto's memory and he jumped onto the bed and lifted up the pillow. Underneath it was an old monochrome photograph. On it, was an elder man (who looked a lot like Itachi), a pretty woman next to him, a boy with an orange scarf holding a beach-ball on the side, on the ground were Kisame, Itachi, and Sasuke making funny faces while sitting in a totem-pole position, finally, there was another woman with long blue hair holding a picnic basket (who reminded Naruto a lot of the elder shark-like teenager). Naruto's eyes widened as he realized one thing about the picture: Everyone was so… happy. He didn't even hear the door open up, or the navy-haired teen walk in. The blonde was trapped in his thoughts until…
"That was us before." Naruto jumped up as he heard the familiar voice. He turned to see Sasuke looking back at him, not angry, but a bit unfeeling. Naruto whispered,
"What happened?" Sasuke replied, after taking a deep breath,
"..I-It was raining.. and my Father, my mother, our cousin Tobi, and Kisame's mother went for a drive…" Naruto was silent for once. "…Only Tobi survived, but he's so traumatized by the accident that he hardly comes out of the hospital that he stays at anymore." Naruto gasped as he tried to hold back a choking noise in his throat. After a moment, Sasuke turned to him and smiled a sad smile. "We don't have much.." He started, "But you could stay here, so we could be… a family." Naruto was silent as he watched Sasuke slowly climb into bed. He waited for the other teen to go to sleep and then, after placing a kiss on the navy-blunette's cheek, left the room, but not before picking up a certain book with a certain duck on it.
"Itachi, go to bed!" Kisame growled at the brunette, whose eyes were starting to show his exhaustion.
"I'm not tired…" Itachi whispered, still sitting up. Kisame, finally fed up, started to sing,
"Do
you think about me now and then?
Do you think about me now and
then?
I'm coming home again…"
Itachi's eyes widened as he started,
"Damn it, Kisame, You know that that song makes me fall…" The brunnete fell back on the bed, out like a light.
"..asleep?" Kisame smirked. He kissed the elder Uchiha's lips and whispered, "Goodnight, Itachi-san…" and left the house.
Meanwhile, in the forest, Naruto, despite the fact that it was late and somewhat scary, had the "The Ugly Duckling" book open to the page where the little duckling was crying that he was lost. Naruto looked up and at the sky and started to call out, "I'm lost! Help, I'm lost!!" After a few minutes of crying out, the calls turned into whispers accompanied by something strange streaming down the alien-boy's cheeks: Tears.
TG- OMG. I need to finish this up, I hate taking so long. I'm sorry guys, but it is college-application time so bear with me!
Deidara- But we would appreciate your reviews, hm.
TG-
Would you get out of here?!