Sorry about the mix up before guys, this is the real chapter 13, apparently my computer got the titles mixed up. Sorry again, and I hope you like this chapter.
During dinner Itachi kept looking over at Sasuke as if he was waiting for something. It made Sasuke a little nervous at first but nothing happened and he just decided to enjoy the meal and talked idly with Kakashi who had thankfully taken the seat on the other side of him before Deidara could. After dinner Itachi and Sasuke were asked to escort Naruto and Kakashi back to their room and they both agreed. They stayed silent for a while until Itachi spoke up halfway to the room.
"I'm sorry" Itachi said suddenly startling Sasuke a bit.
"What?" Sasuke asked glancing at Itachi in surprise.
"I'm sorry I tackled you in the kitchen, I shouldn't have done that" Itachi said with an almost pained expression on his face.
"Wow" Sasuke said, shocked by Itachis sudden apology.
"What?" Itachi asked looking at Sasuke curiously.
"You've just never apologized to me before" Sasuke said honestly still watching him suspiciously.
"Well don't get used to it" Itachi said quickly looking away.
Kakashi was watching them with interest and shrugged when Sasuke gave him a confused glance. Itachi had never apologized to anyone that he knew of, it felt kinda nice knowing that Itachi actually seemed to realize that he was wrong.
"I have to go to the bathroom" Naruto complained, doing an awkward dance in the hall.
Sasuke sighed and started to drag Naruto to the bathroom down the hall.
"It's kinda weird how much your brother likes you dude" Naruto said looking at Sasuke as they went down the hall.
"I know, he's a perv, you don't have to rub it in" Sasuke grumbled.
"No I mean the way he looks at you, but it's probably none of my business" Naruto said looking away.
"It's fine Naruto, I don't really care" Sasuke replied with a sigh.
"It just seems like you have the chance to get part of your family back, I thought you'd be happy" Naruto said looking back over at Sasuke.
"He's the one that took my family from me Naruto, and he's not interested in just being brothers" Sasuke said.
"So your not even going to try to patch things up with him, he really seems to want to get closer to you" Naruto said quietly.
"It's the way he wants to get closer Naruto, I don't think I can take it" Sasuke said honestly.
"You'll never know unless you try, it's like Iruka sensei told us once, everything seems impossible when your fighting, it may have been meant to tell us it was ok to be a little scared but I think it can apply to other things in life too" Naruto said before running into the bathroom and leaving Sasuke dumbfounded in the halls.
'When did Naruto get intelligent, or even pay attention in class' Sasuke thought staring at the closed door in shock. Would he be able to have a relationship with Itachi if he tried it the way Itachi wanted it? How bad could it really be? Itachi had always been gentle with him, even when Sasuke hadn't expected it. Sasuke was going over the pros and cons of trying it Itachis way when Naruto came back out and snapped him from his thoughts. They got back to the room and Sasuke got a little suspicious when Kakashi and Itachi who were talking stopped immediately when he got within hearing range. Kakashi pulled Naruto into the room with a quick goodnight and left Itachi and Sasuke out in the hall. Itachi started to walk away and Sasuke followed a little further behind than usual.
"So is there anyway I can get you to forgive me for earlier?" Itachi asked looking back at Sasuke.
"Sure, it's fine, not that many people saw it, just don't do it again" Sasuke said, he cringed a bit when he noticed the hurt look on Itachis face when he asked for forgiveness.
"I am sorry, I don't know what came over me, I just felt like I needed to show them that you were mine" Itachi said trying to explain himself.
"Well I'm not yours, I don't belong to anyone, it's not like I'm a freaking prize" Sasuke snapped, he didn't like the idea of being claimed like an object.
Itachi actually hung his head a little and the part of his face that Sasuke could see let him know that Itachi was actually upset, Sasuke actually felt guilty about upsetting Itachi.
"It's fine, just forget about it, I'm not upset about it anymore" Sasuke said with a sigh.
Itachi seemed to perk up a bit at this and kept glancing back at Sasuke.
"What were you and Kakashi talking about?" Sasuke asked curiously.
"You" Itachi said calmly without even looking back.
"What about me?" Sasuke asked cautiously.
"He was upset because of what I had done in the kitchen and said that I should try to make it up to you if I was really sorry" Itachi said.
Sasuke wondered what Itachi would think of to make it up to him but decided he didn't want to know.
"Don't worry about it, lets just drop this whole subject" Sasuke said
"Whatever you want and I'll try to control myself in the main house from now on" Itachi said and he actually sounded sincere.
They got to the room and they each went to their own beds and sasuke started to get undressed so he could put his sleep clothes on. He got all the way down to wearing nothing but boxers when he realized that Itachi was watching him.
"What? Is my scar looking bad?" Sasuke asked looking down at his stomach and studying his scar.
"No you look great" Itachi said getting up and walking over to him.
"Itachi, what are you doing?" Sasuke asked looking up at Itachi warily.
Itachi didn't say anything he just cupped Sasukes cheek gently and stared at him as he shifted uncomfortably.
"Itachi?" Sasuke said looking up at him nervously.
"What is it Sasuke?" Itachi asked staring down at him.
"I know I lost the bet but can we not do this tonight?" Sasuke asked timidly, although he had started to enjoy it himself he just wanted to go to bed.
"Sure but can we still cuddle?" Itachi asked pulling Sasuke into an embrace.
"I don't care I just want to go to sleep" Sasuke said a little relieved and confused by Itachis behavior.
Sasuke was a little confused that Itachi hadn't pushed him or just forced him but just climbed into bed and got comfortable as Itachi climbed in behind him. Sasuke started drifting off to sleep but was startled awake again when Itachi suddenly leaned over and kissed him on the lips.
"What was that for?" Sasuke asked looking back at Itachi.
"Nothing, I just felt like kissing you" Itachi said with a grin.
Sasuke just shrugged it off and turned over to go to sleep. Sasuke woke up and went to get out of bed only to be stopped by Itachis arm tightening around his waist.
"Itachi, wake up" Sasuke said shaking Itachis shoulder.
"Why?" Itachi asked groggily pulling Sasuke closer.
"Because I really need to go to the bathroom and you keep pulling me back into the bed" Sasuke said.
"Fine but hurry back" Itachi said releasing Sasuke reluctantly.
Sasuke made it to the bathroom and made sure to close the door and lock it before going to the bathroom and cleaning up a bit. He had just gotten done washing his face and hands when the door burst open and there stood Deidara arguing with Hidan.
"Do you people ever knock? Or respect the fact that the door is locked?" Noticing how the door was now hanging on only one hinge. They both stopped and stared at Sasuke a bit before smiling at eachother and then at Sasuke.
"What's that look for?" Sasuke asked a little warily.
"What look?" they both said walking towards Sasuke. Sasuke began to look for an exit as they got closer. His back hit the wall and he realized then that he hadn't put his shirt back on yet, he always took it off so it wouldn't get wet while he washed his face. Deidara and Hidan paused a short distance away and just smirked at him.
"You really should wear more than that Sasuke, you're showing quite a bit of skin there" Deidara said looking him up and down. Sasuke looked around and found his shirt that was draped over the towel rack behind them. Hidan just stared at him in amusement which made Sasuke even more uneasy than Deidara, he knew what Deidara was after but he wasn't sure about Hidan.
"What do you want?" Sasuke asked glaring at them defiantly.
"We just want to play with you for a while" Hidan said with a sadistic smirk.
Sasuke panicked a bit and tried to shoot past them to the door but Hidan grabbed him and threw him against the wall, holding him there. Sasuke glared at him and began to think of ways to fight back, he wasn't going to make anything easy for them. Hidan smirked and chuckled when Sasuke tried to get away, suddenly Sasuke felt a tug at his pants and realized that Hidan was trying to pull them down. Sasuke kicked Hidan in the gut, relieved when he let go of him and doubled over but then he was blind sided by Deidara and he fell to the floor with a surprised grunt. Hidan was pissed now and went after him and started beating him severely. After a while of trying to fight him off and failing Hidan flew off of him and someone grabbed him off of the floor before he passed out. When Sasuke woke up he was in a dark room and in a lot of pain, he looked around and decided that this must be the infirmary. Sasuke let out a sigh and sat up getting ready to leave, but was pushed back down onto the bed by Kakuzu.
"You shouldn't move yet" Kakuzu said with a frown.
"Let go, I'm going back to my room" Sasuke grumbled, he hated being around anywhere that might have needles.
"In a bit you can but for now just stay still so I can get your bones healed properly" Kakuzu said staring down at him.
"And if I refuse?'' Sasuke asked looking up at Kakuzu questioningly.
"Then I'll have to strap you down" Kakuzu said with a smile.
Sasuke sighed and layed back, he definitely didn't like the idea of restraints.
Kakuzu just smiled and went to work on healing him. After a while Sasuke began to get uneasy and felt sick to his stomach.
"How long does it take to heal a couple of cracked ribs?" Sasuke asked irritably.
"You had more than just a couple of cracked ribs" Kakuzu said sternly as he continued what he was doing.
Sasuke shifted uncomfortably as his stomach began to get worse and his entire body actually started to ache a bit. After a while it settled down and Sasuke assumed that Hidan must have done more damage than he thought. Kakuzu smiled down at him and motioned for him to get up. He dug around in the desk and pulled out bottle of pills.
"Take one of these before going to bed tonight, and come back if anything starts hurting" Kakuzu said with an odd smile.
Sasuke just shrugged it off and went out in the hall and looked around. Sasuke sighed and decided to go to the kitchen instead of back to the room. Sasuke made it to the kitchen and was instantly grabbed and pulled into a crazy Itachi and realized that Kakashi and the others were there too.
"Where were you, I was worried sick, and why are you bruised? What happened?" Itachi kept asking questions and examining an unsure Sasuke before he paused and glared at Sasuke intensely. "Were you attacked again? Who did it?" Itachi yelled getting into Sasukes face.
"Would you calm down, god your worse than mom was when I was learning fire jutsu" Sasuke yelled causing Itachi to pull back in surprise.
"What happened to you?" Itachi asked again.
"I got into a fight with Hidan, it's no big deal" Sasuke said leaving out the reason for the fight.
"Just a fight" Itachi asked uncertainly as he looked Sasuke up and down and watched his every move.
"Yes, just a damn fight mom" Sasuke said loving the way Itachi twitched in annoyance at being called mom.
Kakashi chuckle a bit and looked at them in amusement.
"You two are actually acting like normal brothers today" Kakashi said with a smile.
"I'll go make us some breakfast" Itachi said going into the kitchen quickly.
"He gets stranger every day" Sasuke grumbled as he sat down at the table with Kakashi and Naruto.
"Where's Sakura?" Sasuke asked curiously.
"I don't know her and the blue haired girl came in and yelled something about making masks and ran out with a bunch of stuff" Naruto said sulkily.
"Like we didn't have it bad enough with one crazy girl around here" Pein said sulkily as he sat down at the table.
"It would quiet down around here if you just let us go, it's not like we know anything that will put your missions in danger" Sasuke grumbled.
"You know what we look like and you know our names and location" Pein said giving Sasuke an aggravated look.
"Like these idiots haven't already made all of that obvious already" Sasuke grumbled.
"If you don't shut up I'm giving Itachi permission" Pein said threateningly.
"I hate you" Sasuke growled realizing what he meant by the threat.
"Shut up, now, or get ready for Itachis leash to come off" Pein said with a sadistic smirk.
"You're just pissy because your leading a bunch of morons who can't keep their identity a secret" Sasuke snarled.
"Now you'er close to me giving Itachi permission and telling Kakuzu to go ahead even without Itachis permission" Pein said with a meaningful glare.
"You wouldn't" Sasuke said a little shocked by the threat as Kakashi and Naruto stared at them in confusion.
"I can always lock myself in my room to avoid dealing with it, you on the other hand would be screwed, literally" Pein said with a sadistic smirk, knowing he had just won.
"Bastard" Sasuke snarled but gave up the argument to stare at the table angrily.
"What are you giving Itachi permission to do?" Naruto asked in confusion.
"Nothing so shut up dobe!" Sasuke snarled glaring at Naruto.
Itachi came in with his and Sasukes breakfast and put a plate down in front of Sasuke. Sasuke just started eating without even looking at the plate and looked up at Itachi in confusion when Itachi stopped his hand.
"Ok what's wrong?" Itachi asked in a voice that dared Sasuke to lie.
"Nothing, what would make you think something is wrong?" Sasuke snapped pulling his hand away.
"You always make eggs, toast and bacon into a sandwhich, you've never even tried eating any of it alone before" Itachi said looking at him seriously as Sasuke looked down at his plate.
Sasuke didn't say anything as he smiled at the site of his favorite breakfast and started making his usual sandwich out of it. Kakashi looked at them in confusion and then looked questioningly at Itachi who just shrugged.
"I decided to take your advice and do something nice to make up for being an ass yesterday" Itachi said as an explanation.
"How is making him that doing something nice?" Naruto asked watching Sasuke take a bite of his strange creation.
"It's his favorite breakfast, he's loved it since we were kids" Itachi said, not entirely sure why he was explaining this to them.
"Well that's very nice of you" Kakashi said with a smile.
The rest of the day went by and Sasuke spent most of it with Kakashi and Naruto who decided to keep him and Itachi company instead of going back to their room. Naruto managed to get all the akatsuki to watch him as he did stupid stunts around the living room and Kakashi and Sasuke just watched in silence as he acted like an idiot. Itachi had even been acting nice to Sasuke all day, much to Sasukes surprise, they didn't have one fight all day. Sasuke had to admit that it was actually a pretty good day, he even felt a little closer to Itachi today. When it was finally time to go to bed they walked Kakashi and Naruto back to their rooms and were only stopped once when Kakuzu had to talk to Itachi about something. They talked and enjoyed themselves even after dropping Naruto and Kakashi off at their room, it was really very nice to be like this with Itachi, they weren't even able to talk like this as kids. They finally got back to the room and Sasuke began to get ready for bed again as Itachi watched, tho there was something different about how he was looking at Sasuke tonight. Sasuke just shrugged it off as he remembered he was supposed to take that stupid medicine that Kakuzu gave him and grabbed them out of his pants that were already on the floor.
"So what did Kakuzu want to talk to you about?" Sasuke asked just trying to distract Itachi from staring.
"He needed to give me a shot so that I don't get the flu this year and end up useless for missions, what's that?" Itachi asked pointing to the pill in Sasukes hand.
"It's to help with the things that Kakuzu didn't get healed up after my fight with Hidan" Sasuke said as he took the pill ignoring the slightly curious look on Itachis face.
"I've never known Kakuzu to have to use medicine for basic healing after a fight, he's a very talented medical ninja" Itachi said warily as he watched Sasuke. Sasuke just shrugged and sat on his bed, he barely noticed when Itachi got up and walked over to him. Sasuke looked up in time to see Itachi bite his lip and turn around to stalk back across the room. Sasuke just watched him in confusion, he'd never seen Itachi act like this before and it was incredibly interesting to him. Sasuke started to feel strange as he watched Itachi pace the room, sometimes he'd come over but turn around and stalk back almost immediately. Sasuke was beginning to think that Itachi had lost his mind when Itachi looked up with a tortured expression on his face.
"What's wrong with you?" Sasuke asked a little worried about how Itachi was acting.
"I think you should go to Kakashis room for a bit" Itachi said with a strained voice.
"Why? Is something wrong? Maybe you should go see Kakuzu.." Sasuke said as he watched his brother stare at him.
"You should really leave Sasuke" Itachi said firmly as he sat on his bed and stared at the floor in determination.
"You're acting really weird, are you sure you're ok?" Sasuke asked getting up to go check on him.
"Do you ever listen?" Itachi asked looking up and shooting back onto his bed when he saw Sasuke come closer.
"Ok now I'm convinced that something is wrong I'm going to go get someone to help" Sasuke said as he headed for the door.
Itachi shot up and grabbed his hand before he could get very far and Sasuke looked back at him curiously.
"No, just go to Kakashis room and stay there tonight" Itachi said but his grip on Sasukes arm tightened a bit as he stared at him with a strange look that made Sasuke a little uneasy.
What the hell was going on with him? Sasuke tried to pull his arm away but Itachi didn't let go.
"Well I can't go anywhere until you let go of my arm" Sasuke said slowly. Itachi looked down at the hand that was still clenched around Sasukes arm as if it was confusing him.
"Ok seriously what's wrong?" Sasuke asked looking at Itachi warily. That strange look he was giving him made Sasuke a little nervous. Sasuke tried to back away when Itachi moved closer to him but his back hit the wall and he found himself trapped and wishing he'd listened to Itachi and left the room.
Ok so Itachi and Sasuke are getting along better and Naruto seems to be enjoying himself as well even tho he's a captive. So know the crucial questions asked to make you want to find the answers. Why was Sasukes stomach bothering him while Kakuzu was healing him? What's the pill for? And what is up with Itachis sudden strangeness? For once I know the answer ahead of time since I actually planned the next chapter when I wrote this, but you'll have to wait until I get that one finished. I hope you all liked it, please let me know what you think. I like reading your comments and suggestions. Thanks for reading so far.