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Last chapter didn't get a whole lot of reviews compared to previous chapters, which disappointed me... feel like maybe people didn't like it or something...I'm not sure...This is getting updated because I can...I just wrote chapter 31 and I plan to write chapter 32 and I'm excited about 31 cause I kind of like it and I know I'm going to like 32 just because of what happens in it so I wanted to get these chapters posted so that I can get to that....I do have my days off right now so I will be more likely to post if I get reviews 10 is usually my minimum though since I only have certain times I can post, I'm just posting when I can now...

Sorry for the shortness of this chapter, better chapters are coming

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Chapter 29: Issues

Itachi POV:

I could hear them yelling from down the hall. It seemed they couldn't get along. Years of wondering about what could have been was getting to them and they were letting it affect their work. I just let out a sigh as I turned to Kisame, "Maybe this was a bad idea."

"Your brother needs this to be able to move forward, with or without him," Kisame reassured me.

"I should go in there and calm them down," I frowned.

"Probably," he agreed.

I nodded and walked down the hall and into their conference room. I knew there was a reason I chose to work down by those rooms that day. "Blue," I head Sasuke growl when I walked in.

"Orange," Naruto yelled back as he pushed the color plate that I assumed he wanted for the campaign toward Sasuke.

"Are you a moron it's to raise money for the environment and you want to use orange? Blue!" Sasuke yelled back he glared, slamming the blue color plate down. They looked ready to have an all out fight; all it would take is one of them jumping toward the other over the conference table. Though I'm not sure if that would completely end in a fight, as I think it's more built up sexual tension rather than built up rage toward each other.

"Are you aware that ever one can hear the stupidity of your conversation?" I asked. Sasuke looked down obviously ashamed of himself.

"It's his fault," Naruto crossed his arms over his chest and mumbled. He was acting childish; they both were, so I decided I would treat them like children.

"You're adults, act like it," I said.

"I'm sorry Itachi," Sasuke said, knowing better than to make me angry.

"Don't be sorry to me, be sorry to each other, if you want to act like kids, I'll treat you like kids," I smirked, loving the idea had to force them to get along, or relieve their tension. Either way it would make for a better work environment so I didn't care.

"Wait, what?" Sasuke's eyes widened, knowing how twisted my mind could be.

"I'm going to lock you guys in here until the end of the day, think of it as a time out for you guys to sort things out, to settle your differences, just try not to be too loud," I said with a smirk still present on my face as Sasuke's eye started to twitch as I left the room.

Sasuke POV:

"He can't do that," Naruto glared.

"Yes he can, he owns the company," I sighed. "He can do whatever he wants, as long as it's not illegal, and probably some illegal things."

"What about your dad?" he asked, seriously surprised.

"Have you been living under a rock for three years?" I asked.

"Sorry I try to ignore anything dealing with your family," I frowned as I looked away.

"It's kind of important to know in the business world, I mean my parents died three years ago in a car crash, it was all over the news you moron," I said with harsh sigh.

"I'm sorry," he said, which took me by surprise and made me feel a bit like a jerk.

I looked down before I looked him in the eyes and said, "No you aren't, you never really liked them and they never liked you."

"Yeah, but Sakura told me that they were important to you," Naruto looked down. "So I'm sorry you had to go through that and for being so ignorant of it."

"You became friends with Sakura?" I asked.

"Yeah, she's actually really nice and she helped me a lot, especially after our break up," I smiled, remembering how she made me laugh. "I was surprised to find out she had a nice side."

"Oh," I said. "I just always found her annoying."

"She got over the whole you thing and was a different person," I explained. "She's with Lee now. She was going between Sai and Lee for awhile but realized she only liked Sai because he looked like you and it wasn't right and actually gave Lee a shot and they seem happy."

I nodded, "That's good."

"I hang out with a lot of people from that summer," he said as we looked at each other.

There was an awkward pause before I manage to say, "I'm sorry for what happened, for what I did to you ten years ago."

He shifted in his chair before glaring at me and asking, "You mean when you broke my heart?"

I frowned as I said, "What, you think it didn't hurt me as well? You didn't even let me explain." I looked anywhere but him at that moment, I hated feeling vulnerable and that moment I felt very vulnerable with him staring me as he still owned a piece of my heart, though I knew he shouldn't.

"And I regret not listening, but don't you think I deserved more than a phone call?" he asked.

I looked down and mumbled, "I couldn't face you."

"Why?" he demanded to know.

"I was falling love with you, or at least that teenage love," I sighed. "I was sixteen I was faced with a decision and didn't know how to handle it at the time."

"So you broke my heart," he frowned.

"I was going to be disowned," I tried to explain.

"You had a choice between me and your family and you made it, I understand," he looked down.

"I had the choice between high school love and my future anyone would have done the same," I refused to look at him once again.

"So, if we would have met after high school, I would have stood a chance?" he asked.

"If I would have known you more than half a summer you would have stood a chance," I frowned.

"I'm still mad at you," Naruto mumbled.

I just shrugged, as I looked down, "I'm sorry you feel that way." I felt he was being childish. As I looked at him, I knew that I was in trouble because I couldn't help but feel something for those blue eyes. I frowned, knowing that it was all based off that summer, and that I had to get over him.

Naruto POV:

What he said made my heart beat quicken. He made me feel like a teenager again, confused and a little love struck. I told him that I was mad at him, but really, I was mad at myself. I shouldn't have let him go; he should have been in my arms rather on the receiving end of my glares. I was mad because I couldn't be mad at him. "Is there anything else I should know about your life?" I asked.

"Not that I can think of," he shrugged after a moment of thought.

I nodded as I looked at him. I figured that he would have told me if he were dating anyone. The fact that I cared to know, made me realize that I needed to stay away from him. I was basing everything off what we had that summer and I couldn't be in love with that Sasuke, he was a different person. If I was going to be in love with him, I knew I had to get to know him. Better yet, I needed to stay away from him so that I didn't become attracted to him at all.

Plan A: Avoid becoming attracted to Sasuke at all costs.

Details: Never look at him.

So it wasn't the most well thought out man, but at least it was a plan, right? I sighed to myself as I leaned back in my chair, looking at Sasuke, silently wondering what was wrong with me.

TBC....

End Note: I am typing a lot today it seems, so I might be able to update tomorrow, maybe not, however I won't if I don't get reviews....I notice when I don't update as fast I do get more reviews so I am thinking about starting a new story and I'll update each depending on the reviews they get, however, if this gets enough reviews then I won't...I just like to know that people are still reading...I know I update fast so it's kind of my fault however, if you're reading just send a review, it'd be much appreciated otherwise, I'll do the longer update time and start another story probably rather than updating as quickly as I do...I'll let everyone know next time if I am starting a new story...it probably won't be based off my poll as One Tempting Year is winning that and I don't like the idea that much and I have probably double or triple the ideas that are on my poll in my note book...I'm still taking requests, if anyone has them, both full length stories and one shots...though for full length stories I may turn down the request more so than one shots...see my profile for more information on that as I don't want reviews about requests, I won't do them if you do a review about request only message or e-mail, message is preferred.