((Yay~! My second chapter for today! I am sooooo happy! Sadly my beta is at work right now so I will have her read over it once she gets home and have her update any errors that need to be corrected. Mainly spelling errors. Also, I noticed that the spacing is really wonky for this chapter. I will have to go back through and redo it later on this afternoon once I am done making dinner. Sooo~ I hope you like the next chapter~! :) ))

((My beta returned to me! She finally got off of work and was able to go through and fix the spacing! [I hope] Sooo~ Have fun~~))

~Chapter 2~

Itachi had finished cleaning up the unconscious girl in his care and then dried and dressed her before carrying her off to bed. When he slid the door open to the guest room he was directed to by his father, his eyes widened slightly at the changes that had happened to the room since the last time he had been in it. The last time the guest bedroom had been simply beige and white with a few hints of black and grey but now...

The walls were a mash up of different blues, ranging from dark to light and back to dark in cloud like swirls. There was carpeting on the floor instead of the normal wood flooring, but he soon realized that it was a large throw rug covering most of the floor. Across from where he was standing was a set of white double glass doors with ceiling to floor length white curtains pulled half way open to let in the natural moonlight. He also noticed that the doors opened outwards to lead to a balcony. He also saw against the wall opposite of the large western style bed with a white bedspread with blue roses embroidered across it, an end table made of chrome and glass, with a vase of flowers and a small stack of books and scrolls on it.

As Itachi stepped into the room, he felt like he was being taken to another place, far outside of Konoha and his own home. He looked at the bed again and walked over to it, laying the girl down on the rumpled bed and tucked her in. When he looked up after putting the girl to bed, he noticed that the wall that the bed was against was a gigantic mirror. His eyes widened as he realized how much time and effort was put into just the planning of the room and as he left, it made him start to rethink a few things.

Itachi left the room and made his way down the hall to his brother's room to tuck him into bed. Sasuke was dozing off while sitting up, waiting for his aniki to say good night to him. "Sasuke.." Itachi called through the door before opening the door and walking in, only to slide it shut behind him.

"Aniki." Sasuke mumbled as he held his arms up. Itachi picked Sasuke up and held him. "I missed you aniki." He buried his face into Itachi's neck, starting to fall asleep.

Itachi sighed softly and rubbed his otouto's back gently. "I missed you too, otouto."

The next morning, Kagome woke up with a throbbing head. "Uh... What hit me?" She looked around and noticed that she was in her room. She sat up and saw that she wasn't in her nightgown from the night before, but in a large shirt with an Uchiha fan on the back. She looked around and noticed that nothing else was out of place other than her new red nightgown was missing from her person.

"How did I get in this?" She got up and out of her bed, making it in the process as she woke up, not wanting to deal with it later once Sasuke was awake. She noticed that the curtains for her balcony were pulled shut, letting in hardly any light to wake her up by. She walked over and pulled them open and gasped at how bright it was outside. "What time is it?" She looked over at her night stand and gasped. "Its already noon?! No, no, no, no, no..."

She quickly ran around her room, getting dressed, finding her usual white capri pants with green vines weaving and dancing across the material. She then attached her kunai pouch to her thigh and her other little pouch to her belt. She still had not noticed her visitor at her door. She had just pulled on her shirt, a normal shirt but in the style of a nice kimono top in shades of blue, black and silver with a blue crescent moon taking up the most of the back of her shirt. Her pants were always the first thing to go on, as she heard someone clear their throat. "I wanted to come and... Apologize.. For my actions last night and this morning. They were uncalled for and ill-informed."

Kagome's eyes widened as she went for the kunai pouch on her right thigh. "You're the same man from the night before!" She drew a kukai and held it up in a defensive position. Her eyes narrowed as she started to back to her balcony doors. "Why are you in my room?"

A little ball of all black came barreling into the room and latched itself to Kagome's legs. "Nee-chan! This is aniki! Aniki, this is nee-chan!" Sasuke smiled up at them from where he attached himself to Kagome's legs.

"Sasuke!" He got from both of the teens in the room, startled by his sudden appearance. Kagome picked Sasuke up, shocking the older Uchiha. "Sasu-chan, shall we go play now?" She started to walk out of her room with Itachi following them. She made it to the stairs and stopped and looked back to see Itachi right behind them.

Sasuke smiled and nodded his head rapidly, making himself slightly dizzy. "Yeah! Can aniki play with us too?"

Sasuke's reply slightly shocked the teens and Kagome started to nod. "I see no reason why he couldn't join us.." She looked at Itachi and gave her best death glare, which the intensity was brought down a few notches due to the fact that she had Sasuke on her hip. He smirked a little as he nodded in agreement.

"Sasuke." His little brother looked at him. "I haven't seen you in six weeks, may I have a hug?" Itachi raised an eyebrow slightly. He watched as Sasuke started to bounce and reach for Itachi, pulling Kagome closer to him. Kagome reluctantly walked over to Itachi and let him take Sasuke. Itachi's hands brushed Kagome's sides a little, making her gasp softly, and take a small step back. Itachi let Sasuke wrap his arms around his neck and his legs around his waist, holding on like a monkey. Kagome walked with Itachi and Sasuke, with Sasuke talking about what they were going to be playing once they got to the living room.

Mikoto and Fugaku were sitting on a couch, talking quietly about what transpired the night before right as they were returning home from their jobs. They looked up at the three that just entered the room and their minds went straight to how Kagome and Itachi look /so/ adorable together, and with Sasuke being carried by his older brother, how they looked like a new family. Mikoto sighed softly, wishing that Itachi would settle down already so she would have a few grand children to spoil along with Sasuke. Also so that Sasuke could have a few friends his own age and younger so he could teach them.

Fugaku took his wife's hands, knowing what she was thinking, and smiled softly. "Maybe it will happen." He said softly. His wife nodded and looked back at the two teens.

Mikoto smiled and looked at Kagome. "How are you feeling this afternoon, Kagome?" She stood up and walked over to where they were standing, taking Sasuke even though he started complaining. "I hope that Itachi amended his mistakes once you were awake and moving."

Itachi looked away once Sasuke was out of his arms, went to take a seat on the couch and picked up a random scroll to start reading, trying to cover up his slight blush. "Really... I am the heir to the clan, I can take on the elders and hordes of rogue ninjas and yet I can't contain a simple blush!" He though while berating himself.

Kagome watched as Itachi went to go sit down then looked back to Mikoto. "Yes, Koto-chan. He apologized this afternoon once I was getting ready to go find Sasuke. I am so sorry that I wasn't up on time this morning!"

Mikoto's eyes widened at the mention of Itachi apologizing. "I think that we can let it slide. It is Saturday, after all." She smiled. "I think I ca-" She was interrupted by a knock on the door.

Kagome sighed softly. "I will get it." She quickly went to the door and opened it. "Yes?"

A messenger-nin was kneeling on the front mat. "I have a message for Lady Kagome from Lady Hokage. She wishes to see you and your elder brother this evening for a mission." He stood up and held out a scroll that Kagome took a hold of. She noticed that the scroll
that the messenger-nin held had both the crests of the Hokage and of her elder brother.

Kagome's face flushed at the usage of her title. She had always hated being called 'Mi'lady' or 'Kagome-hime', or even the simplest of them all, 'Lady Kagome. She bowed to the messenger-nin and thanked him. "I will be there at five on the dot." She turned from the
door and closed it, walking back into the living room while she unrolled the scroll to read it.

"Nee-chan, what is it?" Sasuke had managed to escape from Mikoto and ran up to Kagome. "Do you have a mission?" His onyx eyes were wide as he jumped up and down, trying to see what it said.

"I don't know yet, otouto. I should know tonight at dinner. Lady Hokage has invited my aniki and myself to dinner to discuss something." She picked up Sasuke and carried him over to the couch and sat down next to Mikoto. Sasuke looked at the paper and tried to read it. Kagome looked at him and smiled, giggling softly. "If I am going on a mission, once I get back from it, I will start teaching you how to read and write, ok?"

Sasuke smiled and nodded, hugging Kagome. "Thank you nee-chan!" Sasuke let go of Kagome and ran over to Itachi. "Aniki, I get to learn to read and write!"

Itachi smiled a little and patted Sasuke's head a little. "I heard, otouto. You will have to work hard at it to master it. Just like if you are going to be a ninja one day. Training is key." He picked Sasuke up and sat his little brother next to him. "So, Kagome.. You are Sasuke's nee-chan... Also his caretaker.."

Kagome finished reading the scroll a second time and looked up at Itachi. "I prefer to say babysitter but they could be classified as the same thing, so yes.. I am." She smiled and looked at Sasuke. "I met Sasuke by chance."

"No! Don't tell the story! Please don't tell the story!" Sasuke's eyes widened and he bolted over to Kagome, taking a hold of her shirt. "Please don't!"

Kagome smiled and started to tickle Sasuke, causing him to laugh and squeal. "Imma tell the story, Sasu-chan!" She started to giggle as she continued to tickle Sasuke, Mikoto giggling in turn and Fugaku watching with a shine to his wise old eyes. Sasuke managed to get away and run over to Mikoto, gasping to regain his breath.

Kagome sat back in her seat and brushed the hair from her face. "Well, I ran into Mikoto and Sasuke... Literally, when I was volunteering at the Orphanage, as a few of the children I usually watch decided to play a joke on me and they all ran in different directions. I made a few shadow clones and I followed them all, and brought them all back, except for the one who started it all. I chased him down and when I finally got a hold of him, I almost bowled right over Mikoto. Sasuke, however, did get bowled over but what happened is that when I collided into him, I did a flip with both him and the little boy I was chasing down. When I landed, Sasuke
was holding onto me so tightly, he wouldn't let go until Mikoto got over to us. Shippo, the one who started the joke on me with the rest of the ones I watch, was laughing. 'Yay Kagome!' He would shout whenever he'd succeed in whatever endeavors he had set up for me."

Kagome smiled and looked at Sasuke who had made his way back onto her lap. She started to bounce her knee, making Sasuke smile and giggle a little. "I'm on a horsie~" He giggled, causing Fugaku to chuckle, surprising Itachi. Sasuke then looked up at Itachi. "Since then, nee-chan has been staying here for most of the week to watch me except on the days Otou-san and okaa-san are home. Then nee -chan is over at her aniki's house or helping Lady Hokage or at the Orphanage."

Kagome smiled and nodded. "That's right." She looked at the clock on the wall and her eyes widened. "I have to get going. I need to meet up with aniki before we go to see Lady Hokage for dinner. I will be back over either tomorrow night or the next day, Sasu-chan." She hugged Sasuke. "I will see you later, otouto." She stood up and sat Sasuke on the couch where she was sitting. "Koto-chan, Gaku-san, Ichi-nii." She smiled and bowed as she said their names, and had a glint in her eye as she saw Itachi's reaction to what she called him. "I will see you all soon!" She smiled, waved then soundlessly disappeared in a small puff of smoke.

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