Hey everybody! Here's a new chapter for you all, hope you're excited! I got a little writer's block on this chapter after being able to crank out all those other chapters for my other stories.
Anyways, without further ado, here's the next chapter of Demon of My Dreams!
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"Hello," everyone turned to look to see a man with a silver hair, an eyepatch and a face scarf walk into the study. "I'm Kakashi Hatake, Itachi and Sasuke's teacher, advisor, etc. I'll be showing you two," he nodded towards Iruka and Kyuubi. "Where you will be staying. Come, follow me."
"I'm going to take the Nine-Tails to my room." Sasuke quickly spoke up, taking the cage away from Itachi and heading out the door.
"Uh, is that such a good idea?" Kyuubi spoke up, looking worriedly towards where his brother was being taken away.
"Don't worry," Itachi gave the red head a charming smile. "The Nine-Tails is in good hands."
Kyuubi gave another worried glance as the large study doors closed before blushing under Itachi's smile. "O-okay."
"Yes, no need to worry, Kyuubi. The Uchiha's are very skilled at taming demons." Kakashi smiled.
"Yes Kyuubi, no need to worry." Iruka gave a half smile towards Kyuubi.
"Yes, very well then." Kakashi gave a clap of his hands, his eye closing and forming a half moon, indicating he was smiling. "Lord Uchiha, we'll join you for the celebration."
Fugaku dismissed them with a wave and a laugh and returned back to his loft above.
"Follow me!" Kakashi gave a grand gesture of his arm and led the other three out of the study.
"He's quite, exuberant, isn't he?" Kyuubi slowed his speed so he was casually keeping up with Itachi, leaving Iruka to walk with Kakashi. He watched the older Uchiha with a careful eye.
Itachi let out a snort, keeping his eyes forward as they followed behind the pair. "That's such an understatement."
Kyuubi giggled and Itachi gave him a small smile.
"So, demonologist, huh? What made you choose that profession?"
Kyuubi licked his lips nervously as he tried to come up with an answer. "Well, what made you choose being a Lord?"
Itachi raised an eyebrow. "I didn't choose being a Lord."
Kyuubi shrugged. "So you have your answer."
"Your family made you a demonologist?" Itachi was curious to know more about this mysterious redhead. His vague answers just piquing his interest further.
Kyuubi thought about what to say next, carefully. He didn't want to lie to this man but he also knew he couldn't reveal his true identity either. "Well, I was an orphan from when I was a boy. Iruka," he nodded towards the brunette who seemed to find Kakashi hilarious, his laughter filling the corridor. "He was very knowledgeable in demons so everything I know, I learned from him. And he knows a lot."
Itachi hummed, looking over Iruka before keeping his gaze back on the redhead who was paying more attention to the floor. He gave a small smile.
"Here we are!" Kakashi suddenly stopped, turning to face everyone. "I hope you don't mind sharing a room, there are two seperate beds and enough closet space. We figured on such short notice, one room close to Itachi's and my room would suffice. Of course in the future if we need to make different arrangements, we'll be sure to do so." He gave a look to Iruka who blushed under his gaze. "So, my room is over here." He pointed straight down the hallway where a closed door was. "Itachi's room is in that corner over there and Sasuke's room is right across from yours." He pointed each door out. "So come, let me show you your room."
Kakashi opened the door they were all standing close to.
Kyuubi and Iruka stared into the room in awe. It was a large room with two queen size canopy beds, neatly made up with pillows and blankets to spare. There were two sets of robes laid out on the beds, their new uniforms for while they were working for the Uchiha's.
"We know it's a bit empty but let us know if you will be needing anything else. It's very important that the Uchiha sons get this training so we'd like you to be as comfortable as possible." Kakashi stated as Iruka and Kyuubi walked further into the room.
"Oh, we'll definitely be comfortable here!" Kyuubi exclaimed before running and jumping onto the bed that he claimed as his.
"Kyuubi!" Iruka hissed. "Manners, please!"
Itachi chuckled at the redhead's playfulness, he found it adorable. "Please feel free to be yourselves. I'd appreciate it, honestly. The politeness I get from everyone can be a little," he paused, looking for the right word. "Pestering."
"And that's putting it lightly." Kakashi quickly spoke up. He clapped his hands together once more. "We'll leave you two alone for the moment. We'll be finishing up the preparations. There should be dinner clothes in the closet, as soon as the sun sets, we'll come to get you. Farewell!" He gave a light bow, Itachi following his actions before the two left the room.
As soon as the door closed and they heard the two walk away, Iruka let out a breath of relief. "I can't believe we got away with it. And how things went completely differently than what I expected." He rubbed his forehead still feeling disbelief.
Kyuubi crossed his arms behind his head and crossed his ankles, relaxing onto the bed. "I don't know about you, but I can't wait for the part of the prophecy to come true. I can't wait to be an Uchiha."
Iruka rolled his eyes before hitting Kyuubi's legs lightly. "Don't get too comfortable, they're still Uchiha's and we have no idea what they're capable of. For all we know there could still be more generations before this prophecy comes true. Take it with a grain of salt."
"Yeah, yeah." Kyuubi waved him off.
"Now, let's figure out a plan to get Naruto out of the situation he's in."
As soon as the doors closed to his father's study, Sasuke practically sprinted his way down the long corridor and into his room, the cage clutched against his chest, tightly. He wanted some alone time with Naruto before people came checking up on him. He wanted some answers, and quickly.
When he reached his room, he closed the door and locked it. He walked to his bed and set the cage on it gently before opening the door and letting the fox out.
Instantly before his eyes, Naruto transformed from the tiny fox into the teenaged boy. "Finally." the blonde grumbled, stretching out his limbs. "What's up with that cage?"
"It has a ward spell on it." Sasuke replied, studying the blonde as he looked around the room. "It forces demons to be in their simplest form. The hard part is getting them in there."
Naruto hummed in response. "Is this where I'll be staying?"
Sasuke sneered at the blonde. "Enough questions! It's my turn."
Naruto snickered at the impatient Uchiha. It was fun riling him up. "Says who?"
"Says me."
Naruto blinked innocently at him. "Why?"
"Cause I said so."
"Who died and made you in charge?"
"I am in charge! I'm a Lord's son!"
"That doesn't mean you are a Lord."
Sasuke's glare darkened as Naruto's smirk grew wider. The raven knew the blonde was messing with him but he couldn't help but respond to everything he was saying.
"And besides," Naruto gave him a light shrug as he walked over to an ottoman, flopping onto it lazily. "Demons don't follow those rules. We listen to whoever's the most powerful."
"We can have a fight. See who's more powerful."
Naruto's interest piqued and he looked at Sasuke excitedly. "Yeah?"
Sasuke smirked. "Yeah, after you answer my questions."
Naruto thought it over carefully. He didn't have to tell the Uchiha everything if he didn't want too. And this was a chance to prove to the Uchiha and to his brother how powerful he is and how he deserves to be the Nine-Tails the prophecy was talking about. "Okay. But I want some questions answered too."
Sasuke shrugged. "Fair enough."
Naruto nodded and waited for Sasuke's first question.
"When you transform, how come you aren't naked?"
Naruto gave Sasuke a blank stare. "That's your first question?"
Sasuke could do nothing but angrily glare as the blonde began to laugh. A slight blush adorned the raven's cheeks and he crossed his arms over his chest. "So what of it?"
Naruto shook his head. Snickering. "Nothing. Just didn't realize you wanted to see me without clothes so badly. You could've just asked." He gave a shrug as Sasuke rolled his eyes in response. "I don't know all the demon physics-,"
"Not surprising."
Naruto shot him a glare for the rude interruption as the raven smirked in response. "But, all I do know is however I was before I transformed is how I'll be when I transform back."
Sasuke hummed in response.
"Now, will I be staying here? Like in this room?" Naruto looked around the room once again, studying everything.
Sasuke watched him carefully, a slight smile on his face. "Probably. My father will probably want you to stay in the dungeons, honestly, but I'm pretty sure I can convince him to keep you here with me."
"Dungeon?" Naruto's eyes widened as he turned to look at Sasuke again. "No thanks."
Sasuke crossed his arms over his chest and gave him a smirk. "You really think you can escape out of a castle of demon slayers?"
"Yeah I can. I'm a Nine-Tails. Anyways, my turn to ask a question."
"What? I didn't ask a question." Sasuke glared at the blonde.
"Did so. You asked if I can escape."
Sasuke rolled his eyes. "That was a rhetorical question."
Naruto shrugged. "Still a question."
"It's a question that doesn't need to be answered. It doesn't count."
"Does so!"
"Does not!"
"Does so!"
"Dobe."
"What did you just call me?!" Naruto got up in Sasuke's face, glaring up at the slightly taller raven as he smirked down at him.
"I called you a dobe since you don't seem to grasp the simplicity of the English language."
Naruto scoffed. "I can grasp English just fine! You're the one being stubborn about technicalities! The word question is literally in the phrase it's called!"
There was a knock on the door and the two stopped their arguing as Itachi opened the door, an eyebrow raised, and Kakashi standing behind him with a smile.
"Is everything all right in here?" Itachi asked as the two teens stepped away from each other.
"Yes." Both of them replied at the same time.
"Seems like there's some tension between you two." Kakashi replied.
There was silence before the two began to talk at once, each of them speaking loudly, trying to be heard over the other.
Both Itachi and Kakashi stared at them with their eyes wide, unable to distinguish between the two what was being said.
"Repeat that again?" Kakashi asked when both of them stopped, out of breath.
The two teens groaned, Naruto threw himself onto the bed while Sasuke just crossed his arms over his chest.
"Pretty much from what I gathered," The four of them looked up as Kyuubi came up behind Kakashi, standing just in the doorway, Iruka behind him. "They were arguing over the matter of whether or not a rhetorical question is still a question?"
Everybody looked over at the two boys who nodded.
"It is." Everyone agreed and Naruto stuck out his tongue at the raven Uchiha.
"But does it count as a question that you ask somebody to get some information from them?"
The room was silent for a moment before Itachi spoke up. "No. It doesn't count."
Sasuke gave a superior smirk to Naruto who rolled his eyes.
"What's this about, again?" Iruka asked politely.
"Nothing." The two boys once again repeated at the same time.
"Well," Kakashi started. "I came to stop in to see if you wanted to join Iruka and Kyuubi on a castle ground tour, uh, I'm sorry I never got your name."
"Naruto. Naruto Uz-" The blonde was quickly interrupted by Kyuubi's hand covering his mouth. He glared up at his older brother.
"Yeah-ah. It's just Naruto. Demons don't have last names like that. Their names are usually just followed by the type of demon they are." Kyuubi tried to smoothly lie. He glanced at Iruka who stared at him in disbelief. Kyuubi himself wanted to slap him. Why would he try to make up a stupid lie like that?
Itachi tapped his chin before nodding. "That makes sense."
Kakashi just shrugged before looking back at the two youngest in the room. "So do you want to join us?"
Sasuke was about to decline his offer, hoping to get back into the question game he was having with Naruto, when the blonde himself excitedly screamed for them to join them. He blinked as suddenly the group of people were leaving his room. He scowled before slowly trailing after them.
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So how did you guys like it? I think it's a little longer than the usual chapter. And I'm hoping to keep the length of these chapters throughout the rest of the story.
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