Transcending My Wings

{Dan} -yawns- Hey guys! What’s up?

{Choji} -while eating chips- well, you look refreshed!

{Dan} I feel refreshed too! My body feels so light!

{Choji} Wonder what got into you?

{Kiba} -comes in- What didn’t should be the better question…

{Dan} AAAAHH!!! Cover your ears!!! Well here’s the next chapter!!

A/N: Hello! The author here! I’m actually quite happy that the hit counter went up even by a little bit! Plus SPECIAL THANKS to my first reviewer for the newest chapter in a year of no update, daydreamer and also to spriggan_d who brought up an excellent question! There is a reason why Minato is not the real father and why the name Namikaze caused such reactions, but if I followed my timeline, then it won’t come up until later… but that was a really good observation since I had planned to mention it later on when the time comes! :) yay!

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To Transcend My Wings
: : Chapter 11: : Love at First Taste
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“Godaime, we are almost unanimous in our decision and we believe that we just can’t have the missing-nin from the Hidden Mist in our village in fear that the Hidden Mist might not take kindly in our acceptance, especially since he defected from their village.” The council made up of the elders of the village either nodded or stayed quiet as the one representative talked about what their consensus was regarding the matter.

The Godaime couldn’t say that they were just a bunch of old fools when they raised the very same thing that Tsunade, herself, had been mulling around in her head. She looked over to the seated ninjas to her side consisting of Zabuza, Sumaru, and Haku. They each held an emotionless mask on their faces, but she knew that the older guy would raise hell if he was to be separated from his partner.

Knowing very well how losing a loved one feels, Tsunade steeled her resolve and attempted to interject the opposing council, but before she could, the door to the meeting hall opened and Naruto walked in.

“Sorry to interrupt, but I would like the council to thoroughly think over the fates of these ninjas in question.” Naruto walked in followed by Sasuke, Itachi and Kakashi but neither of three spoke and let the blonde do all the talking.

The council protested against the interruption, but when Naruto introduced himself, they instantly knew the name to be that of the child of prophecy so most of them died down in their opposition and sided with the blonde, especially since the blonde had said that he would take responsibility if ever the other nins went out of line. He even came so far to say that he would be prepared to leave the village in an instant if they were not welcome in Konohagakure, just to ease the council’s minds.

The council found themselves enraptured by the blonde’s courage and had mostly agreed to let the nins stay, even gain residence if desired, but ofcourse, there will always that one person to raise their objections and in this case, it came in the form of a man named Danzo.

“As much as I applaud you in the careful words you have spoken, I will have to adamantly object due to the fact that the man is STILL a missing-nin himself and so is his companion, the only reason they are even alive right now is because of your involvement, why do you ask more of the village when you yourself do not hail from these walls.” The man had a calm and collected aura about him, but something about him made Naruto want to put his dukes up. It only took a moment before Naruto sensed the cause of his discomfort in the man’s visual range.

“I don’t mean to be disrespectful, but I need to ask, why do I feel an Uchiha bloodline limit running through your eyes…” Naruto paused but when he knew that he had the room’s attention he continued, “Is it because you, yourself took the eyes of an Uchiha traitor and implanted them into your own.”

The question itself was rhetorical and it served its purpose, which was to direct attention away from the ninjas in question and more towads their internal affairs. This sent Danzo in a silent rage, silently vowing to repay this one day to the blonde.

“What is the meaning of this?!!! Explain yourself Danzo!” shouted Tsunade angrily, as she slammed a fist onto the desk in front of her, breaking it in pieces.

“I do not need to explain myself to you,” said the man with conviction.

“No, you do not, but you do need to explain it to us, and Tsunade… you and the others are dismissed, the other ninjas can stay.” When the council members agreed, Tsunade started to file out the rest of the people, and as soon as they got out of the room, they heard some rather heated quarreling and thought that they best leave it alone, which they did and timely headed to Tsunade’s office to reconvene.


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Once in Tsunade’s office, it was Sasuke who broke the immediate tension. “Why was it suddenly such a big deal that Danzo had sharingan eyes, when Kakashi-sensei has one too?”

“It’s not because of the eyes otouto. He did not notify the council nor did he make it public that he took an Uchiha’s eyes without the clan’s knowledge plus with our clan on guard about our own secrets, he could have very well taken Clan secrets when he took Shisui’s eye.” Itachi let his explanation sink within his brother, but once the other nodded, he knew that he understood, but it was Sumaru who piped up next.

“How do you know it was this Shisui person that the council man had taken the eye from?”

“Because I was the one who had killed him, and he would have been the only Uchiha who died mostly recently whose body was not tracked and burned to preserve the clan’s secrets.” It was obvious to everyone that because Itachi was the one who had killed the man, it should have fallen in his hands to burn the body to preserve the clan secrets; thus, the mere fact that he didn’t, clued everyone else that a deeper relationship must have been present between them for the so called perfect ninja to disregard protocol.

Neither of them noticed how Naruto’s face fell at the thought, but since the silence that fell felt staggering, Kakashi opted to leave saying that he had someplace to visit. Zabuza, thankful that he was now free, pulled Haku out saying that they were going to cozy up somewhere in the village (supposedly to train but with Zabuza and Haku together, who knows what could happen). Sumaru also opted to leave, saying that he wanted to explore the village since it was the first time he had been anywhere but his hometown. Sasuke followed soon after muttering something about how his dad would not like this sort of revelation.

This left Tsunade, Itachi, and Naruto behind in an awkward silence, but the paperwork on top of Tsunade’s desk took her attention and she began hacking through the massive paperwork. Naruto also took queue, but did not want to wander alone so he tugged on Itachi’s shirt to signal for the older guy to follow out the door.

“Yes? You wanted something Naruto-san?” Itachi dawdled as if almost lazily.

“Umm, well I don’t really know my way around and I kind of wanted you to take me to, umm, someplace to eat?” Naruto felt rather unsure of himself now that he was alone with Itachi. For the past few days he was gone (months in the shinobi world) he found himself pining over the elder Uchiha, but now that he was with him it felt different, kind of almost suffocating.

“Alright, what would you like?” Itachi felt rather elated that Naruto wanted to spend time with him, but he also felt a little confused since now that he is in front of the person he’s been so obsessed about, he couldn’t help but think, why? What was so special about the blonde that made him go nuts every time he thought of the other?

“Umm, I don’t really know, but nothing too heavy.” Naruto was looking away from Itachi as he looked intently on the floor as if it was the most fascinating thing in the world. After all, to Naruto, this was feeling more and more like a date.

“I think I know a place you might like, follow me,” said Itachi and walked away letting the blonde follow him. It was rather amusing for him to see the blonde scamper off to follow him, which made him wonder if the blonde could feel the same way he feels… that almost murderous obsession towards another.


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The two arrived in due time to a stand in the middle of the busy Konoha streets. It was a quaint little stand bereft of any extravagant decorations but it had a welcoming feel to it, and there, the two sat and the old man in charge took their order.

Naruto couldn’t decide so he went with the first thing he saw and ordered a pork miso ramen while Itachi ordered the imperial veggie ramen. The two were somewhat left in an awkward silence with neither one of the two wanting to be the first to break that awful silence. It was in that instance that the stand owner brought them their orders and sensed the tension and had said, “Itachi, why are you so coy with your boyfriend, after all this is the first time I’ve seen you out on a date.”

“WE’RE NOT TOGETHER LIKE THAT!” were the unified yells that were thrown by the shocked Uchiha and the embarrassed blonde. The owner just started laughing when he heard them and started muttering about how the youths these days were so much different from when he was younger as he attended to the other arriving customers.

“You know, it’s funny, that might have been the first reaction I’ve seen out of you that didn’t seem so serious in nature,” said Naruto and when he looked over the older Uchiha and noticed a slight blush. This time, Naruto started bellowing out loud in insane laughter, but stopped when the Uchiha took Naruto’s chopsticks and shoved the noodles in the laughing blonde’s mouth.

The other started choking almost immediately, but when Naruto tasted the broth and the noodles that invaded his mouth, his eyes widened in amazement. This time, it was Itachi’s turn to look at the blonde in amusement when the said blonde started shoving the noodles in his mouth… as if swallowing it directly without having to chew.

As fascinating as it was to watch Naruto, he figured that staring would be rude but it was so hard not to since looking at Naruto shove food in his mouth was like watching a horrible wreck… disastrous but you can’t help but watch. To distract himself, he started to eat the food situated in front of him. The two silently ate… well, Itachi ate silently, but Naruto was rather loudly animated in his chewing and it was rather surprising that he didn’t choke.

Soon enough, the two finished and itachi paid for the meal despite the blonde’s opposition to the fact that he was being treated like a girl, but when Itachi asked him if he had money the blonde pulled out his cash and it turned out that his cash meant nothing to the village since they used a different monetary unit. So in the end, Naruto begrudgingly backed down, and let Itachi pay for the meal.

“Do you want to go someplace with me?... to talk I mean.” Naruto all but jumped for the chance as he followed Itachi away from the center of the village, towards another gated section of the village, which had the Uchiha fan symbol. The gates opened almost immediately as they approached and Naruto stayed close to Itachi as they walked through some streets that were hallowed by houses until they reached a forested area and they kept on until they got to a small open area.

“Here, this spot should do.” Itachi sat himself down near a nearby tree, reclining his back comfortably. Naruto followed suit soon after but took the other side and reclined in the same position just so that he didn’t have to look at the other in an effort to calm his furiously beating heart.

“What did you want to talk about?” asked Naruto softly but Itachi heard it without having to strain his ears… after all, he is a ninja plus it helped that it was only the two of them around for miles.

“I don’t know.” Truthfully, Itachi did not know what to talk about. But he let his mouth run before his brain could analyze what came out of his mouth next, “but I want to know why I feel so strongly for you.”

Naruto, stunned at the sudden directness, couldn’t help but smile since this was the exact same thing that he wanted to know.

“Would you believe me if I said that I don’t know, because I really don’t…” Naruto paused in thought and itachi sensed this so he let the other continue on, “but if I tell you that I think I like you, what will you say?”

Itachi, being his usual stoic self, just stood up from his spot, rounded the tree in between them, bent down and let his lips brush against the blonde, too stunned to react. “Is that enough of an answer?”

Smiling like an idiot, Naruto answered back by letting his lips touch the elder Uchiha’s as well. “Yeah I think your answer was perfect.”

Naruto let himself be pulled towards itachi’s body as the older guy ravaged his mouth… well, ravaged was too strong a word, but the kiss did take Naruto’s breath away.

When they finally broke apart, Itachi sat back down and pulled Naruto with him. Naruto ended up having to sit between Itachi’s parted legs, close enough but a little bit ways away from touching a part of the other that he didn’t think should be factored in so soon.

“What does this make us? I mean obviously you’re my guardian and everything, but I don’t know if what I feel for you is anything more than a fleeting crush…” Naruto could remember his previous crushes, yet he couldn’t say that he had ever felt this crazy over them. If he would have listened to his heart just then it would have told him that he more than wanted the older Uchiha that it bordered the vestiges of need.

“It’s funny that you mentioned that, because I don’t know what I feel for you too; the kiss was great, but where do we go from here?” Itachi bristled under the thought that he might be getting softer through this, but he himself couldn’t deny that he obviously felt something for the blonde that has already passed the desire of just wanting.

Lost in thought, Naruto forgot himself and said something out loud that when he said it, he wanted to take it back almost immediately. “You and Shisui were more than just friends weren’t you?”

Naruto felt Itachi’s arms, the ones currently wrapped him, stiffen as soon as the blonde said that.

“Naruto, I-” Itachi wanted to say something but he didn’t even know where to start, and much to his chagrin Naruto interrupted once more.

“Hehe, you don’t have to say anything you know… I mean, I didn’t expect you not to have a past, but I was just slightly annoyed that you didn’t make a bigger scene when you found out that Danzo took his eyes for himself.” Itachi became wide eyed at the fact that the blonde saw right through him. Yes he did feel like making a scene, but the fact that his ninja mask would have cracked held him back from doing something that… ultimately, he wanted to do. Which was to rip the eyes from Danzo’s as painfully as he could.

“I can’t, I’m supposed to be the perfect ninja… altogether emotionless.” Itachi’s words came out in an almost whisper. The breeze it carried brought a chill up Naruto’s spine as the words hit his ears.

“Are you trying to convince yourself that?” Naruto felt hurt that Itachi was acting the perfect ninja act with him, but he figured that this was the man’s only form of defense. Kind of like how the blonde would hide his pain behind fake smile… it was all a defense mechanism.

“Maybe, sometimes I think it would be best to just follow in the Uchiha way my father laid out for me, after all the village already expects it ever since I turned ANBU at such a young age.”

“You don’t really want that anymore, do you?” Naruto could feel the older guy’s breath waft towards him as he leaned back to let his head rest on the elder Uchiha’s chest.

“No, I’ve-” Itachi tensed up as an unknown chakra became present all of a sudden. In no more than the blink of an eye, Naruto and Itachi readied themselves to whoever it was, the chakra felt menacing, but the weirder part was that it came at them in waves instead of the usual constant hovering feel that most had.

Itachi could sense the chakra perfectly, but Naruto was having a hard time trying to sense it… the fact that he could barely control his own chakra prevented him from being able to sense another.

“What is it? Is it something big?” asked Naruto towards the still rooted Uchiha.

“No, I’m not sure what it is, you stay here, I’ll go and check it out.” In a flash, Itachi disappeared leaving behind scattered leaves in his wake.

Yeah right?! Like I’m the type to wait! Naruto followed the Uchiha’s trail as best as he could, but stopped cold when a guy appeared as if out of nowhere in front of him. The man in front of him had garbs that resembled those of the snake sannin’s or the ones his underlings (the sound four) wore that had that hideous purple bow behind them, plus long silver (almost white) hair, but the most noticeable feature were these two red dots that plastered the forehead sitting just up top of the man’s eyebrows.

“Namikaze, Naruto I presume, prepare to die.” Without a moment’s hesitation, the newcomer came at Naruto hard; the blonde, too shocked and scared to move, stared wide-eyed as the man’s arms became covered in what he presumed were bones, forming a drill like structure. Naruto wanted to scream for Itachi but found himself rooted to the spot as the killing intent came at him in waves.

Could this be his last few moments? With generic thoughts wiped away, Naruto called for the person he wanted to be close to at the moment…

“DAD! HELP!”

TO BE CONTINUED!!!

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{Dan} -yawns- Two chapters within the span of two days… I must say I surprise myself sometimes.

{Naruto} Actually, you should be writing like a chapter every hour or so since you didn’t update for a whole year dummy!

{Dan} Hey! Don’t break the mood! I’m really getting into a groove here!

{Naruto} Yeah yeah… but what’s difficult with you is the fact that you barely update… if at all!

{Dan} Oh! Yeah… -sweatdrops- But that is all about to change since I plan on completing this story even if it kills me!!!

{Naruto} Hmm… I’ll hold you to that… but I believe someone else is in need of attention… So I have to go now, the brothers are planning something special for me tonight… or so they said…

{Sai} Hey! Since you’re done… let’s go have fun!

{Dan} Okay! Let’s go shopping! I found this really cute top the other day! -grabs Sai and scampers off-

{Choji} Well! I don’t think that Sai meant it like that but well hey… that’s a chapter down so if you could just leave a teeny tiny review and rate the story… that would help keep the author happy! -Oi!! WHERE’RE MY CHIPS??!!-

A/N: This chapter like all the rest are unbeta’d… so just notify me if you find mistakes that you want corrected… :3 Thanks!