No No 22: Hey everyone!

Naruto: Hi No No-chan!

Sasuke: Hey No No-chan.

No No 22: Wow! You said hey and my name! Last thing we need is for you to say them in a cheerful voice like Naru-kun and I.

Sasuke: That might happen one day.

Naruto and No No 22: Can't wait for that day to come.

Sasuke: So No No-chan…what did the readers say in their reviews about our comments?

No No 22: Well so far only one person said that they didn't like the comments so much. About three or four, I forgot how many, said that they love them. Then the others didn't say anything about them.

Naruto and Sasuke: Ha! So that means we can still make comments!

No No 22: Yes, but not so much okay.

Naruto and Sasuke: Okay.

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Naruto: Yeah! Thanks for reviewing!

Sasuke: Ditto.


Chapter Two

A New Family


"This is your house?" Naruto said as he looked at the house before him. It was big! Walls surrounded the mansion, so to keep intruders out. And every wall, there was the sign of the Uchiha clan.

"Yeah, this is," Sasuke said, pulling Naruto inside the walls. Naruto was hesitant (N/N Why wouldn't I? I mean the place was huge!), but reluctantly followed Sasuke. Sasuke guided Naruto inside his house cautiously; he didn't want to bump into his father. Sasuke quickly took Naruto into the kitchen, where he told the blond to sit down, while he got the first aid kit. Naruto sat down timidly and looked around. The kitchen wasn't small, yet it wasn't huge. It was medium sized. The walls were painted a very light peach color, and the flooring was made oak like the table and chairs. As Naruto let his eyes wonder, Sasuke came back with the first aid kit.

"Now this may sting a little," Sasuke warned as he gently dabbed a piece of cloth that smelled like alcohol, against the gash on Naruto's forehead. Naruto winced, and let out a small cry of pain. "Sorry, but it's the only way to treat the wound."

Naruto nodded and winced again when Sasuke dabbed the cloth against his wound. After a few painful minutes, Sasuke finally put a large piece of cotton over the wound, and held it in place with two pieces of tape.

"Done," Sasuke said as he started to put away the unused stuff back into the first aid kit. Naruto touched cotton and looked back at Sasuke.

"Thanks," Naruto mumbled.

"Don't mention it, dobe" Sasuke said as he put the first aid back into its cupboard. Naruto pouted for a moment then smiled, and turned to look around the kitchen again. His landed on a teenager that stood at the doorway. The teen seemed to be around the age of 14. (S/N Oh god, it better not be who I think it is.) He looked a lot like Sasuke, except he had two lines under his eyes, giving him a stern look, and also he had his hair back in a long ponytail.The teen was wearing black pants, a black shirt, and a headband. The teen was looking at Naruto with an intent look in his onyx eyes. Naruto froze and looked at the teen fearfully.

'He might be angry,' Naruto thought. 'He might want me to leave.'

"Naruto? Are you okay?" Sasuke said as he walked towards the blond. Naruto looked at Sasuke, unsure what he should say. He slowly nodded.

"Is he a friend of yours, Sasuke?" the teen suddenly said, causing Sasuke to jump.

"Itachi-niichan! Don't scare me like that!" Sasuke said as he turned to face the teen, known as Itachi. (S/N Damn it!)

"It isn't my fault you let your guard down," Itachi said, walking towards the two boys. By now Naruto relaxed a bit, seeing that Sasuke knew the teen. Naruto saw Sasuke pout a bit, and laughed. Sasuke and Itachi looked at Naruto, wondering why he was laughing. After Naruto's laughs died down, the small blond boy smiled brightly at both boys. Sasuke returned the smile.

"You've still haven't answered my question Sasuke," Itachi said. (S/N Forget you!)

"Yeah, he is. He's my friend," Sasuke said. Sasuke looked from Itachi to Naruto. "Well I guess I should introduce you guy to each other."

"Yes you should," Itachi said.

"Well Itachi-niichan, this is my friend Naruto. Naruto, this is my older brother Itachi," Sasuke said.

"Nice t-to meet you, Itachi-san," Naruto said a bit timidly. Itachi looked at him and smiled warmly at Naruto.

"Nice to meet you, too Naruto-kun," Itachi said. "You know, you're the first friend that Sasuke has brought home. You must be something really special."

Naruto and Sasuke both blushed a bit, causing Itachi to chuckle.

"Itachi-niichan?" Sasuke said nervously. Itachi and Naruto looked at Sasuke. "I need to talk to you about an important matter."

"Really? What is it?" Itachi said. Sasuke looked at Itachi with a worried look. He opened his mouth to say something, but was interrupted.

"Itachi," came a deep voice from behind. The trio turned to see a man with shoulder length hair, onyx eyes like Itachi's and Sasuke's, and a stern, angry look plastered on his face. The man was about to say something, when he spotted Naruto behind the two Uchiha's.

'It's him. How the hell did he get into my house?' the man thought.

"What are you doing here?" the man said to Naruto. Naruto paled and his eye widened.

"I-I um…I…" Naruto said hesitantly, not sure what to say. The man started to walk towards Naruto, with an angry look. He outstretched his hand, ready to grab Naruto by the neck. Naruto wanted to run, but couldn't. He was paralyzed from fright. Naruto closed his eyes fearfully, as he waited for the impact. But it didn't come.

"No…Father…I won't…let you…hurt…Naruto," Naruto heard Sasuke say in a choking voice. Naruto's eyes snapped open, and saw Sasuke standing in front of him, the man known as his dad, grabbing his neck. Sasuke was clutching his father's hand as he tried to pull it off him. Naruto saw Itachi staring at Sasuke in shock, as well as his Father. "Naruto…is my friend…I won't let you…hurt him. …You once…told me…I sh-should protect…the things…I care…about. …And that's…what I'm…doing. (A/N You tell him Sasuke!)

"Let go of his throat Father," Itachi said. Uchiha-sama (A/N I don't know the guys name.) looked at Itachi then to Sasuke, and let go of Sasuke's throat. Sasuke touched his throat as he gasped for breath, but he still stood tall in front of Naruto.

"Oh and just so you know," Sasuke said. Uchiha-sama looked at Sasuke. "Naruto is living with us, period."

Naruto looked at Sasuke with wide eyes, and so did Itachi and Uchiha-sama. For a moment it looked like that Uchiha-sama was going to yell at his son for talking back and stuff, but then, surprisingly, he smiled. This surprised Sasuke, Naruto, and Itachi.

"You've done well Sasuke," Uchiha-sama said, placing a hand on Sasuke's head. "I'm proud of you."

Sasuke's eyes widened.

'Did he just say…he was proud of me?' Sasuke thought. Sasuke continued to stare at his father in a shocking way, but then a happy smile spread across his face. Uchiha-sama smiled at Sasuke, but then turned his attention to Naruto. Naruto stiffened, as the man stuck his hand out to Naruto and placed it on his head. Naruto looked up at the man nervously.

"Welcome…to the family," Uchiha-sama said, with a small smile (N/N That was quick.). Even though Uchiha-sama was smiling on the outside, inside he was throwing the boy nasty looks. 'This kid must be something special, for Sasuke to want him to be part of the family. I'll trust Sasuke for now.'

Naruto looked up at the man with wide eyes. He looked at Sasuke, as if asking if this was really happening. Sasuke smiled and nodded. Naruto looked back at the man and bowed.

"Thank-you sir," Naruto managed to say. Uchiha-sama shook his head.

"I'll be at work if you need me," Uchiha-sama said, and then he turned and walked off. Sasuke and Itachi let out the breath they realized they had been holding. They looked at each other, then at Naruto. The blond boy was looking at them too, with the same expression the two Uchihas were wearing.

"I can't believe…that I did it!" Sasuke said cheerfully. He suddenly pulled Naruto into a quick hug. (A/N They've been doing that a lot lately. Haven't they?) "Now I'm sure that I'll be able to keep that promise, now that you're going to live with me! Hey, you can sleep in my room! I've got plenty of-

"Promise?" Itachi said, raising an eyebrow. "What promise?"

"The promise I made to Naruto today when I met him, Itachi-nii san," Sasuke said.

"Whoa, you just met today?" Itachi said. Naruto and Sasuke nodded. "You just met, and already you're best friends making promises. You just met and already you're going to live with each other?"

"Yes," Sasuke said, his face now serious. "I made a promise to Naruto, and I'm planning on keeping it, no matter what."

"Sasuke…you don't have to keep the promise," Naruto said hesitantly. Sasuke shook his head.

"I want to keep it, and I will," Sasuke said determinedly. Naruto looked at Sasuke, admiringly. "So, come on. I'll show you our room!"

"Wait a minute Sasuke," Itachi said. "Before Father interrupted us…you wanted to speak to me about an important matter. I also want to talk to you."

"Oh. Right. …Um dobe, can you wait outside in the hall?" Sasuke said.

"Sure. And don't call me that," Naruto said with a pout before he turned and left the kitchen. Sasuke smiled but it vanished when he faced Itachi.

"I'll talk first," Itachi said. He sat down on a chair at the table across from Sasuke. "First of all, what's this promise about?"

"I promised Naruto that I would protect him and keep him safe," Sasuke said, looking into Itachi's eyes.

"Why?" Itachi said, leaning his cheek against his hand.

"Because…after what he told me, it made me want to protect him," Sasuke said, tearing his gaze from Itachi's and looked at the table.

"What did he tell you," Itachi said, narrowing his eyes.

"He told me that the villagers beat him, throw him nasty looks, and they do…things to him," Sasuke said, clenching his hands. "He also told me that the orphanage had kicked him out this morning, and I didn't want him to be alone on the streets. That's why I insisted on him living with us. When we were heading home, a man had called Naruto a demon and ran after him. And I ran after them, too. When I finally caught with them, the man was about to pull off his underwear. But I helped Naruto, and protected him against the man."

"That's bad. Is that why he has a wound on his forehead?" Itachi said frowning. Sasuke nodded. "The man shouldn't have done that to him. Naruto was lucky to have you. I guess I do understand why you want to protect him, and I don't blame you. I would have protected him as well, if I were you-

"Even if that hadn't happened and he hadn't told me about how the villagers treated him or about how he was kicked out of the orphanage…I would had still made that promise to him," Sasuke said. He raised his head and looked at Itachi with a serious look. "Itachi-nii san…Naruto is different. He's not like the villagers, who just like me and respect me because of my name. He likes me for who I am, and that's why I made that promise to him. And that's why Naruto is my best friend for life." (A/N Aaaaw!) (N/N sniff That's sooooo sweet.) (S/N blush Thanks, I guess.)

"You're doing good Sasuke. Having someone to protect, always makes you strong, for some reason. You'll be a great shinobi," Itachi said with a smile.

Sasuke beamed at his brother. Itachi smiled back.

"Hey, is Naruto-kun in the academy?" Itachi asked. Sasuke shrugged. "If he is, you'll have someone to play and train with at the academy."

"Yeah!" Sasuke said, his eyes brightening. "I'll go ask-

"Didn't you have something to tell me?" Itachi cut him off. Sasuke shook his head.

"Not any more, I don't," Sasuke said, getting up from his chair. "I've already told you everything I had wanted to say. Well I'll see you around, Itachi-niichan!"

"Yeah, see you," Itachi said as he watched his younger brother leave the kitchen.


"I know it's a bit empty, but maybe with me sharing it with you, it won't be so empty," Sasuke said as he and Naruto entered Sasuke's room, soon to be Naruto's room as well. The walls of the room were made of two different colors that split the walls in half. The upper parts of the walls were a soft sky blue, while the bottom half was an ocean blue color. The flooring was a light color wood that almost looked like sand, and the center of the sand-like flooring, was a large round blue carpet. In the far right corner of the room was a bed with blue covers, and at the foot of the bed there was a large rectangular box. Next to it was a small table with a lamp and picture. The far left corner of the room was a desk, made out of the same material as the floor. On the desk there was some papers and a folder. A few feet away from the desk was a closet with two sand-like wooden doors. So yeah, the room was pretty empty but Naruto didn't mind. It was better than nothing.

"Yeah I guess," Naruto said.

"So dobe, do you go to the ninja academy?" Sasuke asked, as he sat on his bed.

"Yes I do teme," Naruto said as he went and sat next Sasuke.

"Why did you call me teme, dobe?" Sasuke said, frowning.

"Because you're calling me dobe, teme. You want me stop eh?" Naruto said. Sasuke nodded. "I'll only stop calling you that if you stop calling me dobe."

"Well I guess I better get use to you calling me teme, 'cause I'm not going to stop calling you dobe, dobe," Sasuke said as he smirked. Naruto pouted.

"Meanie," Naruto said, turning his head away from Sasuke. Sasuke laughed, causing Naruto to turn and glare at him.

"Now that I know that you're going to the academy, I won't be so bored anymore," Sasuke said when he was done laughing. Naruto's face softened. "I'm glad that I'll have a friend to play with."

"Me too, teme. Me too," Naruto said, smiling. Sasuke frowned again. Now it was Naruto's turn to laugh.

"Sasuke! Dinner is ready!" a female voice called out from the kitchen.

"Coming!" Sasuke called back. "Come on, dobe. Mother is going to like you. And you're going to like Mother."

"Er…" was all Naruto could say as the young Uchiha lead him out their room and into the kitchen. Naruto looked around the kitchen. Itachi was sitting at the table eating calmly, while a woman with long black hair stood at the stove. The woman turned around when she heard the two boys walk in. Naruto noticed that she had onyx eyes and was really pretty. The woman smile warmly at Sasuke, but the smile disappeared when she saw Naruto.

"Mother, this is my friend Naruto," Sasuke said cheerfully.

"Really," Uchiha-chan (A/N Again, I don't know her name.) said.

"Yes," Sasuke said. "Father already met him."

"He has?" Uchiha-chan said, looking surprised. Sasuke nodded his head vigorously.

"And that's not all," Itachi said. His mother looked at him with a questioning look. "Naruto-kun is part of the family now."

"He is?!" Uchiha-chan said in surprise. Itachi and Sasuke nodded. Uchiha-chan looked at all three boys in surprise. She quickly recovered and looked at Naruto warmly. "Well then…welcome to the family, Naruto-kun."

"Thank-you ma'am," Naruto said shyly. Uchiha-chan smiled warmly at Naruto.

"Please sit down, while I serve dinner," Uchiha-chan said. Sasuke nodded and dragged Naruto to the table. Sasuke sat between Itachi and Naruto, smiling broadly. After a moment, Uchiha-chan laid two plates in front of Sasuke and Naruto. "Dig in."

"Thank-you," Naruto said.

"You're welcome," Uchiha-chan said.

"You're way too polite, dobe," Sasuke said. Naruto frowned at Sasuke.

"It's better than being rude, teme," Naruto said. Sasuke frowned at Naruto. There was a small chuckle from the right of the two boys. They turned to see Itachi chuckling.

"What's so funny?" Sasuke and Naruto demanded.

"You two," Itachi said. "Already you guys call each other names."

"He started it," Naruto said, pointing accusingly at Sasuke. He then started to eat his dinner quietly. During dinner, Naruto and Sasuke had a few arguments about the name calling, but stopped when Itachi had threaten them, so instead they started talking about how much they hated Dora the Explorer, Go Diego Go, Telly-tubbies, and Barney.

"I hate it when Dora and Diego talks to us. It's not like they could hear us when we talk back," Sasuke said.

"Yeah. I hate it when they ask us something and then wait for a long time, like as if we were slow or something," Naruto said.

"Which we're not!" Sasuke said.

"I hate Barney, I mean he's all big and ugly," Naruto said, frowning.

"I know! Then there's that stupid baby song," Sasuke said. He leaned towards Naruto and whispered softly so only Naruto could hear. "I've heard Itachi-niichan sometimes sing it when he's taking a shower." (S/N I bet he still does.) (A/N & N/N Lol!)

"Really!?" Naruto whispered back. Sasuke nodded. Both boys turned and looked at Itachi, who was playing with his peas. Itachi saw them staring at him.

"What?" Itachi asked. Sasuke and Naruto looked at each other before they burst out laughing. Itachi's eye twitched; he felt really awkward, and left out.

"You know, there's this song I really like about Barney," Naruto said after his laughter died down. Sasuke stared at him in horror. "Not like that! Ew, not like the Barney theme song. Geesh, what kind of person do you think I am? Anyways, do you want to hear it?"

"Sure…" Sasuke said hesitantly.

"Okay here it goes," Naruto said. He took a deep breath before singing.

On top of a mountain

All covered in blood

I saw how poor Barney

Got shot in the butt

I went to his funeral

I went to his grave

Everybody brought flowers

And to Barney they gave

I opened his coffin

And saw he wasn't quite dead

So I got my bazooka

And shot off his head.

Sasuke was laughing his head off, and almost choked. After he calmed down, he wiped the tears that he had shed.

"You know, I like that song too," Sasuke said. "I never thought you would know that kind of songs."

"Blame the older kids from the orphanage," Naruto said, before he too laughed.

"It seems you to are having a good time," came a familiar deep voice from behind. Naruto and Sasuke stopped laughing and turned around to see Uchiha-sama standing right behind them.

"Er I…guess we are," Sasuke said nervously. "How was work Father?"

"The same as usual; slow and boring," Uchiha-sama said, as he sat down in front of his plate. He started to eat slowly, but stopped and looked at his older son with a frown on his face. "Itachi, I'm surprised you are here. I thought you'd be on a mission."

"I'm free from duty today," Itachi said plainly. "Besides, Oshii is getting a bit obnoxious with her non-stop flirting, and I wanted to get away from all that."

"Oshii? That attractive girl that's always with you?" Uchiha-chan said. Itachi nodded.

"Yeah I guess she is obnoxious, but she's really pretty niichan. You should get a life and go out with her," Sasuke said.

"First of all, I do got a life. Second of all, I wouldn't go out with her, even if I had to choose between her and a sloth. Third of all, who said you could butt into this conversation?" Itachi snapped.

"Three people," Sasuke said.

"Who," Itachi asked, raising a brow.

"Me, myself, and I," Sasuke said with a smirk. Naruto chuckled a bit while Itachi frowned. Seeing danger in his future if he didn't leave soon, Sasuke quickly got up and yawned falsely. "Well I'm beat. Naruto and I will be going to bed now. Come on dobe."

"Don't call me that!" Naruto whined as Sasuke dragged him out of the kitchen and into their room. Naruto sat on the sand-like floor pouting. "I'm not even sleepy."

Naruto then yawned.

"Sure you aren't," Sasuke said sarcastically, rolling his eyes. He then got out a two pairs of P.J.s and threw one of them at Naruto. "You can use those for now."

"Thanks," Naruto mumbled. Sasuke nodded, then got undressed and jumped into his own pajama. When he looked at Naruto, the blonde already had his P.J.s on. Sasuke then grabbed some blankets form the closet and laid them on the floor.

"You sleep on the bed and I'll sleep on the floor," Sasuke said.

"No, you sleep on the bed and I'll sleep on the floor," Naruto said stubbornly. "Besides, it's your bed."

"Yeah, but I want you to sleep in it," Sasuke said frowning.

"Paper, rock, scissors. Who ever wins, sleeps on the floor," Naruto said as he put his fist out. Sasuke nodded and put his fist out as well. They frowned at each other.

"Paper, rock, scissors!" Naruto and Sasuke said, shaking their fists with each word. Sasuke's fist was still in a fist, while Naruto's hand was imitating the action of a pair of scissors.

"Ha! Rock beats scissors! So I sleep on the floor and you sleep in the bed," Sasuke said triumphally. Naruto pouted. "Now get into bed, dobe."

"Don't-argh! Why do I bother?" Naruto said as he climbed into bed. Sasuke smirked cutely. "And stop smirking, god!"

Sasuke laughed as he set up his own cozy bed on the floor. When he was finished he pulled the sheets to his chin and laid on his right side. He smiled brightly as his eyes started to droop. He had closed his eyes and was about to fall asleep when he suddenly felt someone by him. Sasuke's eyes opened and he turned around to see the Naruto laying beside him curled up in a ball.

"Naruto!? What are you doing here?" Sasuke cried out in surprise. Naruto turned and looked at Sasuke frowning.

"If you're going to sleep on the floor, I'm going to sleep on the floor as well," Naruto said stubbornly as he pulled the sheets over him. Sasuke was about to protest when Naruto cut him short. "It's only fair, end of discussion."

"You know, you're pretty stubborn," Sasuke said. He got no responce. He leaned forward slightly to see the blonde fast asleep. Sasuke smiled to himself and laid down. His back was towards the blonde. He was thinking of how energetic Naruto was, when he felt the blonde bury his face in his back. Sasuke stiffened a bit; he wasn't used to having people do what Naruto was just doing, but he relaxed after a moment. He turned and faced the blonde. What Sasuke saw was breathtaking. Moonlight was shining on Naruto making him glow and look like he was some kind of angel. Sasuke felt himself blush slightly at the sight, but cooled himself down. Sasuke noticed that Naruto was smiling peacefully. Sasuke smiled as well; he was glad that Naruto wasn't lonely and was now happy. He was glad that he himself was no longer lonely andwas now happy.

'You're different Naruto. You can some how bring a smile to my face. No one's been able to do that but Itachi-niichan and Mother. And for that, I'll make sure to keep you safe,' the young Uchiha thought. And those were his last thoughts before he fell into a deep sleep.


No No 22: Woo-hoo! I finished my second chapter! Woooooo! YEAH! ALRIGHT! YEAH! Okay, I'll shut-up now...

Naruto: Lol! No No-chan your funny. You should make your own comedy show. I mean you have enough imagination to make a show.

No No 22: That's true, but being a comedian isn't my dream job.

Sasuke: What is it then?

No No 22: I'm not telling you. You got to guess.

Naruto: Hey that reminds me, you still haven't told us who this manga character whose name starts with an F is.

No No 22: I guess I haven't. Lol, one of my reviewers guessed who it was. Lol, she's smarter than you two, lol!

Sasuke: Shut-up. We might not be able to guess that guy's name, but I bet we can guess your dream job.

Naruto: Yeah! But we might need some help. (talks to readers) Help us! Guess No No-chan's dream job for our sake! (whimpers)

No No 22: Hey that's cheating!

Sasuke: (throws a chair at the wall) NO IT ISN'T!

No No 22: (takes a step back) Alright fine, but you don't have to violent, god!

Sasuke: Hn.

No No 22: Well that's it for today. REVIEW! Please REVIEW. I get so depressed when you don't. And when I'm depressed, I can't write. So for those people who love this story, don't forget to review!

Sasuke and Naruto: YEAH!

No No 22: Until next time. Bye! XD