AN: Hey guys! First of all HUGE APOLOGY for my bad French last chapter *Hangs head* but in brighter new I'd like to thank the people who offered to help me! You guys are actually so adorable! And I'll so be asking for help in a couple of chapter's time! Plus a massive thank you to everyone who reviewed and favourite my story and me! It makes me feel very warm inside. An di promise to start responding to my reviews, now that I've found the link to be working properly!

Sorry this has taken so long, moving out from my house at Uni back home has left me completely confused and lost!

Any way with that in mind...

I don't own Naruto. Sob.

Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets. -Arthur Miller

"Sasuke I promise this is the last time and then I'll go straight"

"Itachi, you don't know the things I would do to believe that were the truth..."

"But you can believe me Sasuke, I'm your big brother. I don't want to be trapped in this anymore"

BANG

And once again Sasuke found himself holding the man and staring in to his eyes as he died.

Two onyx eyes sprang open and Sasuke sat up in bed he rubbed both the sleep and the dream out of his eyes.

Eyes then took in the room around him and the clock on the bed side table that read 10.30am. God I feel like a student again... All in all 10.30 wasn't too late considering the raven and Naruto had remained awake watching the news and various repeats of things till about 4.30. Lying back down, he stretched until his shoulders popped. And then the realisation of what needed to be done today hit him, oh god he needed to go shopping, and that just plan sucked. That and he needed to find a job now he told Naruto he was looking for one. God can this day get any worse. The raven climbed out of bed and walked past a mirror, spotting his hair he realised that yes his day had just got worse. How? How the hell has it managed to become a Mohawk? Shaking his head vigorously the hair deflated and fell back in to its normal position. Leaving his now claimed bedroom he padded down the corridor towards the bathroom, after using the toilet, he glanced at Naruto's toothbrush Probably shouldn't that's kinda strange... picking up the toothpaste however he rubbed a little in to his mouth At least my mouth wont smell god awful now... rinsing his mouth out he went back down the corridor and headed to go down the stairs, passing the blondes room he saw the room was empty Hum he must be down stairs then. Sasuke was just about to leave when something caught his eye. The blondes' room was filled with foxes. Plush toys, pictures and drawings by what looked to have been done by children. Wow I guess he really likes foxes them... Making his way in to the kitchen he found said blonde sat at the breakfast bar with a mug of very milky coffee, two slices of toast a pen between his teeth and what looked to be a piece of work he was marking in his hand.

Looking up the blonde smiled brightly and took the pen out of his mouth

"Good morning Sasuke!"

"Morning idiot... how are you so loud already?"

"I'm not loud you're just a basted! That is all" Naruto smirked and picked his pen up once more.

"Oh the breads in the side cupboard cereal in the one next to it, cups, bowls and plates are in that cupboard and the kettle has just boiled" Naruto stated this whilst wildly flinging his arms around the room and pointing at various points around the kitchen.

"Thanks" the raven chuckled and made his way to stick some bread in the toaster.

The blonde continued reading the paper in front of him; on the odd occasion he'd underline things or ring them. He reached a sentence and then stopped furrowed his brow and then re-read the sentence and then stopped and looked at Sasuke.

"What's up?" the raven asked

"Could you please read this and prove to me that I'm not going mad ."

"Yeah sure... My French isn't great but I'll give it ago."

Taking the paper from the blonde he began at the top of the page, whilst Sasuke was scanning the paper Naruto took a deep drink from his coffee.

"God coffee what would I do without you!"

"Be less of a hyperactive idiot?"The blonde pouted

"Shut up... have you got there yet" He gestured to the paper with his chin.

"Erm.." the raven continued scanning "I live at home...blah blah blah... parents... school... toast with... hang on"

"Ah good, it's not just me seeing 'I like panda on toast for breakfast then'"

"What the hell are you teaching these kids?" Sasuke asked. He took the pen out of Naruto's hand and underlined the sentence and wrote 'See me' in a delicate calligraphy next to the line.

"What? This wasn't me... He's a transfer student."

"Sure he is." Sasuke's toast popped out the toaster just as Naruto drained his coffee. Naruto stood and placed his cup in the sink. Turning he saw Sasuke placing his toast on the plate.

He opened the fridge "Erm do you want some butter, jam, Panda for your toast?"

"Just butter sweet cheeks, just butter" The blonde blushed and passed Sasuke the butter. The pair fell in to a happy silence as Naruto continued marking and Sasuke ate his breakfast.

After twenty minutes of the raven convincing the blonde that he really didn't need to come with him to the airport to tell them what for, Sasuke left the house and headed towards the town. Thank god I convinced Naruto to stay at home, I would have looked mental turning up at the airport demanding my bags when there aren't any bags to actually demand! The raven began to make a mental list for the things he was going to need from town, in order to fabricate this plot that he had tied himself in to, he need an entire new wardrobe, he needed a suitcase, laptop... God this is such a hassle. He ran his hands through his hair and then realised he might not have picked up his wallet in his haste to leave the house, quickly he ran his hands over his jeans and found that he had, at that moment he also found his phone which he had turned off the previous night just before he met Itachi I should probably turn this on. He continued walking down the road as his phone loaded and then vibrated. 43 missed calls and 72 text messages. Oh god. Sasuke began with the phone calls. They were all from Itachi, the latest one being not ten minutes ago. Quickly pressing the 'return call' button he brought the phone up to his ear,

"Hello?"

"Hello Itachi it's me. Is everything okay? You never call me and now what 43 missed calls in less than a day"

"Oh really? That's unfortunate. But I'm afraid I'm with someone at the moment soI won't be able to come to the office"

Come to the office what the hell is he talking...?

"I take it you can't talk to me right now?"

"That is correct yes."

"Should I call you later?"

"No, I'll get in touch with Human resources; it'll be more affective if I'm the one breathing down their necks."

"Alright then."

"Oh yes please do continue taking messages"

"Bye Itachi"

"Bye"

And with that he hung up. What was all that about? Who was he with that he couldn't talk to me in front of? Glancing at his phone he scrolled through all the messages. Most of them where from Itachi. Just as he was about to begin scrolling through them he received a new text again from Itachi what on earth is going on? Opening the message Sasuke found himself furrowing his brow

To- Sasuke

From- Itachi

Sasuke, don't call me again. Get a new number. Text me it. Destroy this phone. Do not answer it to anyone but me. Stay hidden and safe.

Going back to his inbox he found another text had appeared.

To- Sasuke

From- Orochimaru

Where are you Sasuke? We need to talk.

Sasuke's blood froze. He'd always hated Orochimaru and knowing he was looking for him was not a positive thing, especially after last night. Quickly he turned off his phone. Looking up and down the street he checked to see if it was empty, seeing it was he dropped him mobile on the floor and quickly brought his foot down on it twice. Taking a deep breath, he picked up the now broken screened phone and continued down the street, upon reaching a bin he was about to drop it in, when he changed his mind, removing the back he removed the sim card snapping that in almost a perfect half, he threw that in the bin and then dropped the phone in too. Great I suppose a new phone is needed as well then.

It had been twenty minutes since Sasuke had left. And it had been fifteen since Naruto had finished his marking. Grumble I knew I should have gone with him... no I'm majorly bored. Packing his marking in to his bag he set about making his way upstairs to get a shower, passing Sasuke's room he realised how little he had, after all he really didn't have any belongings on him. No clothes, no belongings, no job. I wonder if I call Tsunade. I wonder if she'd give him a trial run...

Tsunade was Naruto's godmother, the blonde had come to live with her at the young age of fifteen, and after all very homophobic parents would much prefer not to see their very gay son in their house. And now once he qualified to teach it made a lot of sense for him to teach at the school to which she was head of.

Yeah I'll give her a ring, can't hurt to ask.

"So you have not heard from him?"

"No, I have not"

"How very unlike you my dear Itachi. I do hope you haven't given up on your innocent little brother."

"Just because I have not spoken to him, does not mean he will do something stupid. He knows how important not revealing any information is at this point."

"That was not the point I was trying to make Itachi. It's not about protecting us, it's about him don't you think. After all, blood on his clothes. Doesn't bode well for his not guilty plea does it?"

"You will NOT pin this on Sasuke."

"Ah. There is that fire reserved for protecting your own."

Itachi remained silent as he thought back on the fear and the tears that had slide over Sasuke's face as he tried to help the man shot by Orochimaru. He knew how he felt. He was pretty sure Orochimaru was behind the killing of their parents. He just need a little more time to be able to gather enough evidence to put him away for the rest of his disgusting slime ridden life.

The pair were sat in the study of Itachi house. The deep mahogany walls created an almost suffocating grip on the eldest Uchiha. There were no lights on and the deep wine red leather was sticking uncomfortable to Itachi's, almost like clammy fingers clinging to him, gripping, begging. The television was on in the corner the light flickering over the occupants, creating long drawn out shadows that stalked around the back of the room.

"The family of the man killed at a bank robbery yesterday have today made an appeal to anyone who can help with any information about finding his killer. The 29 year old victim was shot yesterday after attempting to stop one of the robbers."

The news then cut to a man around 25 sat with what looked to be his parents.

"Please. We're looking for any one. Just to come forward. Someone killed my big brother. They had no regard for his life nor their actions. He was the one to pick me up when I fell, helped me stand up for myself... please..."

At this point Itachi's eyes flashed over to Orochimaru who was smirking in to his glass of scotch. Itachi felt sick to his stomach. Sure robbing the bank was bad but it was his last job and no one ever got hurt, plus he'd promised Sasuke to go straight after this. Hell he'd promised himself to go straight. Find a nice house, a nice job, someone to love... But killing this man was a whole new level of trouble to be in. One that he didn't want to be in let alone Sasuke. Most especially for Sasuke, he was the pride of his life. He'd become a brilliant man, clever, caring, smart, always willing to help, and once again Itachi had managed to drag him in to something that was far too rotten for his innocence and purity. Dragging Sasuke in to the pits of blackness that he lived in was the thing he felt most guilt for.

Orochimaru's smirking sick face at that point became too much and Itachi stood to leave the room.

"Do send my love to Sasuke... Wont you Itachi."

Itachi's grip on his still full glass of scotch tightened and he took a steady breath. Leaving the room he shut the door with a sharp snap. Oh Sasuke, this time I fear I may have pushed our luck too far.

Arriving back at the house nearly four hours later Sasuke was exhausted, his brain felt filled with cotton wool, his arms ached and worse of all he had fended so many women off that he was quite tempted to invest in a 'I AM GAY' top... maybe not the kind of top to have when trying to remain slightly low key.

All his new clothing was untagged and packed in a suitcase. He'd even spent ten minutes on both his laptop and phone making them look used.

"Hey! Oh you got your stuff! That's great you're going to need a suit." Naruto said as he walked out of the living room.

"A suit? Why? Yeah I got my stuff, they charged me too you know!" Sasuke replied shutting the door

"I may have got you a trial interview at the school I work at" Naruto smiled

"Seriously? Oh my god that is brilliant Naruto. Thank you so much!"

"Hey no problem! Do you want a hand taking this stuff up?" Naruto pointed towards the bags

"Yeah that'd be great."

Once Sasuke 'new but not new at all' stuff was moved in to his room he remembered about the little present he's bought the blonde.

"Oh I bought you something by the way just to say thank you for actually opening the door last night" Sasuke began rummaging through bags

Naruto laughed "Like you would have stopped knocking if I hadn't have opened the door!"

Sasuke chuckled and pulled out a cup with a small cute cartoon fox on.

"Oh my god, it's got a fox on. I love foxes I love it thank you Sasuke!" the blonde launched himself at the raven.

The pair fell comfortably into the embrace before Naruto pulled back.

"Oh god I am sorry, I'm very 'huggy' and apparently I don't appreciate people's personal space." He said scratching the back of his neck.

The raven laughed picking up some toiletries to take to the bathroom he headed towards the door.

"That fine sweet cheeks, it was a very nice hug and you can invade my personal space any time" and with that the raven left the room leaving a blushing blonde.

AN.

Ouf. God I promise I'll finish One week soon too. Maa everything is just crazy hectic. It's my other best friends 21st next week, I'm attempting to move out and juggle a job and writing.

I've got the next chapter planned. Maybe a week before upload?

I hope you enjoyed this chapter!

Thanks for sticking with me!

Ciao!