Sasuke groaned uncomfortably and blinked several times to wake himself up. His head and his back was aching and he was apparently lying on an incredibly comfortable bed. Also, there appeared to be a very curious set of blue eyes only millimetres away from his face.

"What the hell?" Sasuke snapped, reeling backwards and scampering back across the bed and toppling off the bed. As he vanished over the edge, he saw a flash of light, and felt himself slamming back against something solid. He looked over his shoulder and let out a surprised yelp as he realised that the blonde was sitting right behind him again.

"Get away from me!" Sasuke snapped, leaping to his feet and backing away several metres; nearly tripping over his luggage -when had that been brought inside?

"You really are normal, aren't you?" Naruto remarked curiously, "Wow…"

"Of course I'm normal!" the raven glared, and then took a deep breath when it appeared that Naruto was making no move to approach him, "What…what did you just do?" Naruto just beamed back at him.

"I teleported," he replied simply.

"Teleported," Sasuke repeated flatly.

"Yeah," Naruto grinned, "Like, now I'm here…" he suddenly disappeared in a quick flash of light and reappeared instantly across the other side of the room, "And now I'm here! Teleporting." Sasuke just stared at him disbelievingly and Naruto sighed heavily.

"I can turn myself into atoms and travel at the speed of light," he offered by way of explanation, "Like…I can become a current…Watch!" He clicked, and he'd disappeared once again, but the TV in the corner of the room had turned itself on and now there was Naruto; dancing around on screen.

"Neat party trick, right?" he chuckled; amused by Sasuke's wide eyes as he rematerialized as a human beside the TV, "Real cheap to travel too; anywhere with power and I can go there!" Sasuke just took a seat on the bed.

"This is not happening…" he muttered, "What…what is happening?" Naruto sighed again.

"Welcome to Konoha," he remarked flatly, "…Probably the most supernatural town in the northern hemisphere."

"…Supernatural?" Sasuke spat incredulously.

"Yeah, you know; weird stuff," Naruto shrugged, "Heaps of people in the town are you know…like me. You're not going to try and run away, are you?"

"Just don't…teleport…" Sasuke muttered as the blonde headed over to stand beside the door; looking at Sasuke with some kind of excited fascination, "What, so you're saying that lots of people in this town can like…teleport?" Naruto pondered this question for a moment.

"No, not necessarily," he shrugged, "I mean, like…Neji can see through walls and is kind of like a warlock coz he can put people to sleep by touching them…Kiba can turn into a dog…there are like vampires in town and stuff –"

"Wait…Kiba can turn into a dog?" Sasuke repeated flatly. "And vampires?"

"Yeah; all of us here are supernaturals," Naruto replied brightly, excited that Sasuke was catching on, "Suigetsu can turn his whole body into water…Deidara's pyrokinetic; Shikamaru's psychic and can like turn himself into a shadow; and Hidan's got his whole…dismemberment thing going on –he can detach any part of his body –and I mean any part; you should've seen Sakura's face one Christmas after Hidan heard that song from the Lonely Island…"

" –You talk too much," Sasuke grumbled, holding his head agitatedly. "Why are you bothering me?"

"No need to be an asshole," Naruto stuck his tongue out cheekily.

"I am not an asshole," Sasuke snapped irritably, "Where am I?"

"In your room on the second floor," Naruto replied, "I thought you'd like this wing better because Shikamaru said you're really smart, and since he and Neji are really smart we thought you'd prefer it here with them."

" –Shikamaru said…"

"He can read minds," Naruto explained, "Also, Neji says you have a big dick." Sasuke glared up at him coldly and the blonde simply chuckled. "Man, if you had laser vision, I would be toast right now!" Suddenly, Sasuke felt something dripping on him and looked up. With a shocked expression he scrambled off the bed again when he saw the face of Suigetsu peering down at him; apparently seeping down through the roof.

"Ooh, so the new guy's up now?" Suigetsu remarked curiously, "Come on Naruto; bring him out so we can meet him!"

"Dad's gonna be pissed if he finds out you're not in your room," Naruto frowned, folding his arms.

"Screw dad," Suigetsu chuckled, "Come on; we're dying to meet him! Dad's busy anyway! Bring him out!"

"What do you say, Sasuke? Want to meet everyone?" Naruto grinned excitedly.

"No," Sasuke replied flatly; briefly wondering how they knew his name and then remembering that there was a guy who could read minds. Apparently Naruto didn't know the meaning of the word 'no' because he grabbed Sasuke's elbow and began to drag him from his room.

The girl named Ino was sitting on the banister with a small smile.

"Come on, Sasuke! You're going to be living with us, remember?" Naruto chuckled; ignoring the raven's efforts to shrug him off, "This is Ino; she can control nature –and she can read minds too, so…" Ino giggled and held out a hand; a seed in her palm. Before Sasuke's eyes it sprouted and then bloomed into a beautiful flower.

"…Pity you're not straight…" she whispered in his ear as she tucked it into the pocket of his shirt. Sasuke flinched away from her and resisted the urge to clamp his hands over his ears as if that would keep her from probing his mind.

"She and Sakura live on the other wing," Naruto explained, "Same with me and Kiba."

" –Sakura's doing her homework," Ino informed the two boys as Sasuke was dragged off to where Shikamaru and Neji were apparently relaxing in a communal lounge. Shikamaru was taking a drag from his cigarette.

"I thought dad said to let the guy rest?" he commented with a yawn.

" –Well, I thought that since he's going to be living with us, he should get to meet us, right?" Naruto grinned widely, "And come on! He hasn't screamed and run from the house yet."

"He's thinking about it," Shikamaru muttered, puffing smoke in Neji's direction; much to the distaste of the brunette. Sasuke glared at them both and managed to tug his arm free from the blonde; who yelled something about finding Kiba before vanishing in a flash of light.

"What is that guy's problem?" Sasuke muttered flatly; noting that Shikamaru and Neji both appeared to be relatively normal.

"…Lonely," they both replied at the same time.

"But he's sure taken a liking to you already," Shikamaru shrugged, "Don't see why. Your memories show that you're kind of a douchebag…but then again; he can't see them…"

"Naruto likes people," Neji informed Sasuke flatly, "A trait that we tend to dislike in him. He brings new friends home; one of us slips up –"

" –Usually Hidan…"

" –And Shikamaru has to erase their memories and send them packing," Neji finished, "…You, at least, haven't started trying to exorcise us."

"Tch…" Sasuke responded, folding his arms. There was a sudden explosion from somewhere upstairs and he started in surprise.

"That'd be Deidara," Shikamaru informed him with a sigh, stubbing out what remained of his cigarette. "If you're going to be living here…you might as well get used to it."

"Oh, I don't intend to be staying here long," Sasuke assured him coldly.

"That is completely fine with us," Neji sniffed haughtily, "Just as long as you take your brother and your thieving company with you when you go. We'd rather like to keep our house, thank you."

A big, brown dog suddenly bounded into the room and pounced on Sasuke; sending the raven flying unceremoniously to the ground. It ran its huge tongue across his face and then in a smooth transition, changed back into Kiba. The brunette laughed at the astonished face Sasuke was wearing at having him perched on his chest.

"Get off me," Sasuke snapped irritably.

"Man; you are no fun," Kiba snorted, rolling his eyes and getting up off the Uchiha.

"Leave the guy alone," Sakura suddenly remarked from the doorway, shepherding Sasuke away from the lounge and back out onto the landing, "Kiba; go play fetch or something." Kiba just stuck his tongue out and shifted back into the shape of a dog before bounding off down the hallway again.

"Don't let them bother you too much," she commented in a slightly apologetic tone, "They're nice guys; really."

"Of course they are," Sasuke replied dryly as she turned to look back into the lounge, "Guys; dad said homework. Don't make me come in there! You too, Naruto; I know you're somewhere in the hallway…"

"Yes, Sakura," Naruto muttered, having been bowled over by Kiba and now playing tug of war with the mutt. "…I just wanted to show Sasuke around…"

"You can do that later," Sakura snorted; hands on hips. "After he's had something to eat and his brother's been to see him. You don't need to go freaking him out right now!" Naruto pouted childishly, before beaming that joy-filled grin back at the raven.

"This is going to be so exciting! A normal person!" Naruto chuckled, "Even if you already seem kind of like an antisocial bastard..." He grinned when Sasuke glared back and folded his arms. The blonde stomped his foot and vanished.

"I'm sure your brother will be up to see you when he's sorted everything out with dad," Sakura remarked lightly, waving Sasuke away dismissively as she turned her back, "Don't worry; we all hope you leave soon, too." Sasuke stared after her, feeling…scolded. No one had ever really spoken to him in such a condescending way before –apart from Itachi, that was. Who the hell did these people think they were? With an annoyed noise, he spun around and stalked back to his room to unpack.

Meanwhile, Itachi was listening intently; waiting to hear whatever explanation Kisame seemed to think he had.

"My parents bought me this house when I was really young," Kisame informed him; having been wondering how to start, "I looked…well…like this…and they thought that it would be best if I grew up away from other kids who might be scared of me. So I pretty much grew up in this house." Itachi nodded for him to continue.

"When I was eighteen, my parents died and left this place to me; and one day I found this little six year old kid playing in the sheds on the property. He had an axe, and he was repetitively cutting off his own hand…" Kisame explained, "Naturally, I was freaked out…but that kid was Hidan, and he was totally fine…"

"…If by 'fine' you mean psychotic," Itachi muttered under his breath.

" –I let him live here; he had no parents and no one wanted a 'freak' like him," Kisame shrugged, "And that same year, someone brought a baby to the doorstep; saying that they couldn't handle having a freak for a kid…" He sighed, running a hand through his hair, "These orphans just sort of seemed drawn to the place here –and with um…strange…abilities that you witnessed tonight. Konoha has a reputation for the supernatural, after all."

"That sure would've been nice to know," Itachi snapped through gritted teeth.

"So yeah; I've got the eight kids here now; and Hidan," the big man continued, "I've raised them like they were my own kids...And I swear they aren't dangerous. They're just trying to live their lives like normal kids. We don't get guests much, and they don't really like 'normal' people since well…they've had a rough time."

Itachi took a deep breath and let it out slowly, pressing two fingers to his brow.

"…So you're telling me…that these kids here…all have some weird kind of…power?" he muttered.

"Essentially, yes," Kisame replied, "I know it's hard to believe…but yeah. Shikamaru's psychic and doesn't know when to butt out of other people's minds ; he's also a genius –Naruto can teleport, but he can't always control it; like when he sneezes…and Suigetsu can turn his body to water –but he tends to melt in hot weather…"

"What's your point?" Itachi remarked flatly.

" –They're just normal kids with…something special about them," Kisame shrugged, "They're just…special. And we'd love to have you to stay; even if just to prove that we don't mean any trouble. And this is where they can just use their abilities however they like." Itachi pondered this for a moment. Supernatural? Well...maybe he could believe that... And to be fair, the only dangerous one seemed to be that Hidan...Maybe it would be worth sticking around; just to find out a bit more...and of course to assess the house.

"Is Sasuke okay?" he finally inquired.

"Definitely," Kisame assured him, "He's probably with Naruto; that kid loves making friends."

" –Sasuke hates making friends," Itachi chuckled.

"…Then Naruto's going to love trying even more," he laughed, "Um…and about selling the place?"

"Yes?" Itachi raised an eyebrow, "You've been so adamant about not selling for so long; why change your mind?"

"Times are getting hard," Kisame replied simply, "There are ten of us here; school and college to pay for; food to put on the table, and there's only so many hours in a day." He gave a dry chuckle, "But yeah; if you want to stay a while; you can inspect the place and see what it's worth and we can talk business."

"…I…I suppose that's fair," Itachi frowned, "…I still don't…I still…"

"Still don't believe me about the kids?" Kisame smirked, "Fair enough. I give it…maybe two days here until you start rethinking everything you knew about the supernatural. Konoha…well…it's a special kind of place."

So Sasuke and Itachi are staying at Samehada Manor! What's it going to be like living in this madhouse? What does school and even daily life hold for Sasuke? Especially since...well... they don't seem to like him all that much. Is this going to change?

We'll see!

Sorry about the OOCness; but I'm kind of loving father-figure Kisame! xD

xx K