Sweet and innocent

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Hey, guys!! I’m very much embarrassed with you guys, for the updates delays, and therefore, as you can see I have started a bit of a different writing style that I hope would please most of us. As you could’ve seen, the few chapters lately have been a little shorter than my usual work, yet they have come a little closer together than the previous chapters. There is a reason for that: I don’t specifically like short chapters, and I don’t make them to be short because I’m lazy, but simply because I want to deliver SOMETHING to you guys, and not have you wait for long spaces of time between chappies. So, I guess from now on (specially now that college’s bugin my ass again), there will be shorter chapters, but they will also be closer and with a smaller gap of time in between. Enjoy!!


Once again, Naruto doesn’t belong to me. At all!!

Where we left off:

Sasuke didn’t look away from his window when he heard the door opening, thinking it most have been Kakashi, to come and speak to him about something, or Naruto, to once again make sure he wouldn’t get away again. He swore, that blond had turned into such a cute puppy since his return a few hours ago. When he heard his name, though, he knew it was neither. With a heavy heart, and dread feeling his soul, Sasuke turned, and met his brother’s black eyes. After a moment, he swallowed dry, still looking at Itachi, for one thing was for certain: Itachi was not amused. In fact, the young man looked quite pissed. More so than Sasuke had ever seen him in his whole life. Only one thing went through the young Uchiha’s mind.

/I’m in so much trouble/

And…. ACTION!!!

Sasuke moved away from the window, his midnight black eyes glued to the imposing figure by the door. Never had he seen his big brother as mad as he looked right now, and he knew for a fact that anger was aimed at no one but him. It hurt Sasuke. He had thought that his Aniki loved him, and that would be worried about him after his leaving, but instead, the older Uchiha looked just about ready to strike Sasuke. He was positive he’d never strike Naruto, and that Itachi had never looked at the blond boy the way Itachi was looking at him at the moment. It made his blood boil to only think anyone could ever take his place in Itachi’s heart.

His jealousy most have noticed, or maybe Itachi knew him so much better then Sasuke thought he did, for Itachi’s right fist tightened, and his face looked even more fierce than before. The raven youngster was just about to blow up. But Sasuke wasn’t exactly happy with his Aniki either, so he decided to take the first step, and start the inevitable brawl they were about to have.

“Are you gonna hit me, Aniki?? You sure look like you would…” He defiantly said, crossing his arms over his small chest, glaring up at Itachi intensely.

For a single moment, Itachi really felt the urge to slap that smug, angry look off Sasuke’s face, knowing he wouldn’t get anything by actually hitting him, than making the situation even worst, but the words, and the attitude really made him want to lose control over himself. His little brother was walking on a very thin ice, for Itachi didn’t have the patience, or the will to deal with anymore of Sasuke’s immaturities. This wasn’t his brother! His Sasuke was a sweet, wonderful boy that acted like an adult, and always made him feel proud with his way of acting, he was no selfish, self-absorbed, over jealous harpy! Forcing himself to take a deep breathe, Itachi spoke to his little brother.

“Do you think I would hit you, Sasuke??” He calmly asked, looking down on him, not moving a bit. Each brother was at his own side of the room, divided by the thick tension hanging between them, but neither was willing to bulge in their set of minds.

Sasuke huffed out a sarcastic laugh, one that Itachi wasn’t as surprised to see as he would’ve been a few days ago. His Sasuke had changed so much, in so little time, Itachi thought he had lost his sweet baby torture forever, without even getting a little taste of it before. How had they come to this at all??

“I don’t know, Aniki… You’ve done so many things I never thought you would” he icily said, and choose to look out the window again, to see Kakashi almost dragging his blond friend out of the house, and into the direction of the ANBU’s house. A part of him smiled, at least he had gotten rid of one nuisance, if only for the night.

“You’re being irrational, Sasuke… and you’re acting like the immature, spoiled brat I was sure you never were” Itachi said, still not moving an inch, but Sasuke felt as though he had been hit by the words. He had never been good at taking scolding from his big brother, that disappointed, reprimanding tone seemed to have a thousand time its normal power, if it came accompanied by Itachi’s voice. Stubbornly, though, and fighting back angry tears, Sasuke refused to look at his Aniki, and still look out the window and into the village.

“I’m sure you think Naruto’s old and rational enough for the both of us” He spitefully said, still not gazing at him, not seeing Itachi’s whole body tensing, his fist tightening, and his face turning into a nasty scowl.

By the time Sasuke realized Itachi had moved from his spot, and was standing behind him, Itachi already had him held by his wrists, and was pulling him from the window roughly. “Here…” Itachi’s voice was full on anger, and a certain emotion that made Sasuke freeze in his brother’s arms. Suddenly, he came to the realization that Itachi had sat on the bed, and had laid Sasuke on his lap, stomach down. “Is something I should’ve done a few days ago”

The first slap came just a painful as it came fast, and it was quickly followed by a second, and a third, altering butt cheeks, stinging his bum, making Sasuke flinch on each impact, and tears whelm up on his eyes. He struggled, and fought, kicked and screamed his little lungs out at Itachi, cursing him for all that was worth due to this humiliation, while sucking up the stinging slaps on his bum. Each slap was a small cry from Sasuke, a desperate squirm, and a total torture for Itachi. He wasn’t enjoying a tiny little bit of this, he had never thought he would ever spank his little brother, at least not because of something the young boy had done to offend him, but hearing the cries, his brother squirming on his lap, rubbing his little body against him. How many times hadn’t Itachi visualized something like this? He had fantazised several times of Sasuke’s pert, round ass red by his spanking, his ass in the air, the tight, virginal entrance seemingly calling out to him, that beautiful, beautiful boy just aching to and for his touch. If only it was a different situation than the one he was leaving. Sasuke made sure to awake Itachi from his drifting off.

“Fuck you, you bastard!!” The boy screamed, and it was more from Itachi’s shock that he managed to get away from the older Uchiha’s grasp. The boy took several steps back, glaring at Itachi for all he was worth, his petite mouth arched down, a dark scowl on his face, his finger pointing at him almost as if Sasuke could call upon a thunder and strike him down with it, obliterating from his world. Itachi felt that if Sasuke hadn’t pick the words he picked, he might have as well killed Itachi with all the hatred centered at him. “How dare you spank me?!?! If you want to control someone else’s mind, why don’t you go and control Naruto??”

Itachi stood up so fast, Sasuke was barely capable to stop himself from jumping back. He did it now. Itachi was utterly, and throughoutly pissed off.

“Because HE is not my brother, as much as I may care for him, my first concern and obligation is you. You are my priority, Otouto” Sasuke could see how mad Itachi was, how much emotion was caught up in the teenager’s body, it was a wonder how the young man’s voice could come out so calm and collected, even as he was clearly not in a calm state.

“Funny way of showing it, pushing me away, giving someone else your attentions… SPANKING ME!” There!! Sasuke thought with satisfaction, if even for a fraction of a second, he actually saw Itachi’s eyes shift, a little pain and remorse surfacing, before quickly diving down, to disappear once more, hidden by the bottomless black eyes. But Sasuke saw it, he knew Itachi had a weakness, and he was completely willing to exploit it, if Itachi remained guilty enough to give him a chance.

“Because this situation.. is different from anything I’ve ever faced” Itachi calmly answered, looking at Sasuke, at his little reason, watching him there, glaring at him, Itachi felt the need to do something, anything, to make amends with him, to get him to simply stop looking at him that way. Who would’ve thought it would only take a hard glare and harsh words from a nine year old to completely disarm the man who was supposed to be the Uchiha clan’s pride??

“Why?? Because you’re dealing with an insufferable brat?? Because it’s about Naruto?? Because I was just about to ruin you precious guardianship over him?? You opted for my guardianship as well, so why, Itachi, Why is this situation any different from any you have faced before!!”

Inside Itachi, it all snapped. His mind collapsed, and for the very first time in a lot of time, he let his emotions take over his actions. Moving quickly, in less than two seconds, he walked to the little boy standing defiantly in front of him, roughly grabbing him by his shoulders, making sure their eyes met, to let the boy know he was absolutely serious about what he was going to say, Itachi let his heart out at Sasuke, efficiently quieting his ranting.

“BECAUSE EVERYTHING I’VE COME ACROSS, IT HAS NEVER BEEN YOU, SASUKE!!!” Itachi screamed, shaking the boy a bit, who looked up at his aniki transfixed, like this was the first time he had really looked at Itachi, clearly at lost with what to say, no comeback coming to mind to counterattack Itachi’s statement. “I can do just about ANYTHING a superior would ask of me, I could endure tortures no ordinary human could, I have maimed, hurt, killed so many people without a second thought in my life as a ninja, but I have NEVER, ever even imagined what I would if you wouldn’t be here with me”

The silence was absolute. Itachi saw Sasuke’s previous negativity towards him shift and transform slowly, not really dying but slowly being overtaken by confusion and curiosity, fear and wariness of what he had heard. Itachi, on the other hand, couldn’t quite believe what he had previously said. He had been thinking of speaking to Sasuke about the Council being against them living together, their apprehensiveness to Itachi acting as Sasuke’s official guard, but he didn’t want that conversation to start by arguing, he wanted to tell such news to Sasuke in a calm, settled conversation, not with this brawl they were having.

Itachi felt himself breathing a little more freely. He was coming back, the Sasuke he had grown up obsessing over and silently craving was slowly surfacing again, his black eyes lacked the usual love and adoration, but they were no longer hatred filled, and seemed to be doubtful and dubious. Itachi saw Sasuke’s adam’s apple go up and down as the boy swallowed on thin air, looking like he had a very sour taste in his mouth he desperately wanted to get rid of.

“Not… with you??” Sasuke asked, his breath a little short, and taking a small step back, his young face showing so much pain and confusion, Itachi felt his chest constrict at the sight of it. He reached out for his little brother, anger and previous feelings completely forgotten by a horrible ache to comfort his little brother, have him in his arms again, take away the pain and confusion reflected on his beautiful face. Cupping a soft, young cheek, his thumb caressing his face, going over his pink, luscious lips lightly, he kneeled infront of his Otouto, and pulled Sasuke to him, so they were standing just a few inches away from his young brother.

“Sasuke, I wanted to tell you this some other way, some other time…. what I’m going to say, its very important” Itachi looked at Sasuke deadpanned in his black eyes, barely breathing as he did, and Sasuke returned the gaze expectantly, if not a little fearfully. “I spoke to Hokage, about the guardianship… The council is very apprehensive of this deal, they think I can’t take care of the both of you… they think I’m not mature, or capable to deal with the responsibility, and also my shinobi compromises….” Then, Itachi looked away from Sasuke, and stood, looking at the bed, a lost look on his face.

Sasuke stood, frozen, looking at the seemly defeated man he had admire so much all of his life. He sound so… down and lost, empty and void. He didn’t even look at Sasuke, there was a something heavy in the way he moved, in his gaze…. Sasuke tried to open his mouth, to say anything to alleviate the tug in his heart, the knot in his throat. Just when Sasuke found his voice, Itachi, still not looking at Sasuke, spoke so softly, in a broken voice.

“They don’t think I could take care of any of you, let alone you two together… and quite frankly, Sasuke… neither can I”

He couldn’t breathe. For a second, Sasuke swore he had gone blind, and lost himself in darkness. This couldn’t be true. Itachi COULD NOT turn away from him. It was not right. It was not true!!! Frankly, Sasuke looked for an outlet, a way to convince himself this was only a joke, that he was sleeping, still on the cold floor, in the cave he’d been hiding the past week, and it was all a horrible nightmare. He shook his head slowly, eyes wide opened, trembling all over, his breath ragged, tears whelming in his eyes. Just when Sasuke found his voice, Itachi spoke once more.

“Its not about Naruto, Sasuke…” Said Itachi, preventing any other outburst by going ahead of Sasuke’s thoughts. He sat on the bed, looking at his little brother straight in the eyes. Sasuke looked so lost and confused, almost like he didn’t believe his words at all. Itachi couldn’t just sit there, so he grabbed the young boy by his shoulders, holding him tight, looking deep into those beautiful, which were so much like his own. “Its… its for your own good, Sasuke.. I’m not toe person to look after you…” He softly said, his face a mirage of sadness. “I though I was, but I just realized, I can’t look after neither of you”

“That’s a lie!!” Sasuke exclaimed, waling back, shaking Itachi’s hands of, shaking his head as well, as if the action would erase Itachi’s words from his head. He wasn’t hearing what he thought he was. Itachi was not giving up on them. BOTH OF THEM!! Why!!?!?!? It wasn’t fair. He didn’t want to go anywhere, he didn’t want to be nowhere but next to his Aniki. Why was Itachi saying this!?!? “you’ve… you’ve taken care of me for two years, Aniki!! How could you say that?!?! You got the legal guardianship of me, you’re more than capable to keep us BOTH, Itachi!!”

“I can’t, Sasuke… I’m always traveling” Thick tears ran down the boy’s cheeks, and Itachi was hard pressed to use the most comforting, calm voice he could find.

“We are ninjas in training, we can take care of ourselves”

“I’m barely home, Otouto”

“More than enough to look after us, Aniki” the only thing stopping Sasuke’s words, were the boy’s pitiful sobs.

“I’m not here when you need me”

“You’re always there for the important things, like our training!!”

“I couldn’t possibly control anything you do”

“All you have to do is say it!! I’ll do anything, Itachi!!” the boy begged, throwing himself at his older brother, wailing desperately.

“You ran from home, right under my nose, Otouto” Sasuke stopped his wailing at the words, looking up at Itachi, a devastated look on his face. He quickly shook his head no, then bit his lower lips, clearly trying to find something, anything to say to fix this, and finding nothing in his young head. “You ran, from me… at my house. How can I pretend I can take care of you, if whenever we may have a problem, you just run like that??”

Sasuke opened his mouth, to close it again like a fish out of water, tears gathering in the corners of his eyes. Itachi took a deep breath, caressing the soft cheek once more.

“I can’t do it, Otouto… I don’t have the capacity to deal with any of you. Not if things go on the way they’ve been right now. I’m so sorry, Sasuke…. I love you” Itachi said fervently, cupping his little brother’s head in his hands, almost as if he was holding a priceless treasure. “I love you so much, more than anything in this world, and I really wish I could… I wish I was what’s best for you… But I think its best we all split up.”