Time for a change ...

OMG I AM SOOOOOOOO SORRY....

i am horrible late i know ... i hope you can all forgive me *puppy dog eyes* i said i would keep the updates to once every week but seems to have failed miserably. sooooo sorry ... please forgive me.

been so much to do with uni, never had to work so much in my entire life ... and then the exams came and there was no end to it ... then i had a run in with my boyfriend cous he was being a complete and utter asshole. found out that he cheated on me for 2 months .... aaahhh so angry

well anyways hope you haven't all left me, i'll never forgive myself. this is a good chapter i think .. i like it ... so this is where the action begins i guess ... it gets angsty now so heads up =)

well i'll leave u to read the chapter and hope you enjoy it ... *gives a huge chocolate cake piece to all*
and please dont forget to comment, it is all that i need to write this story ... at least now.

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Sasuke glared at his brother as he stood smirking in the doorway. He hated the older Uchiha, not as much as he hated his father,…well maybe hate was a bit too strong of a word when it came to describing his feelings for his brother. But he certainly disliked him. The perfect son, the person Sasuke would always be in the shadow of. Like Sasuke, he was married to a girl that had been chosen for him by their father and partly their mother. The two had gotten married 4 years ago, but Itachi had yet to produce the next heir to the Uchiha empire. God knows what the oldest Uchiha brother was doing but somehow Sasuke was glad he was still childless, at least there would be one fault in his perfect brother, until that time came.

“Why do you care Itach?i” The raven asked, still glaring.

“Father called and told me to pick up my ‘difficult’ little brother,” Itachi emphasized. Sasuke only snorted and went back to watch Naruto and Gaara spar.

“Well it was either him or me, I thought you’d prefer if it were me rather than our father.” The elder raven reasoned as he walked up to Sasuke and sat down next to him. Sasuke shrugged at the thought of having their father come and pick him up. The two Uchihas sat in complete silence and watched Naruto and Gaara finish sparring. While watching, Sasuke’s mind was going a mile a minute. He knew as soon as he saw Itachi that he had to leave the somewhat peaceful and routine based life he had created with Naruto. It could only last so long. But he didn’t want to leave. Over the course of time spent with the blond, Sasuke had found out, early, that he needed the blond like he needed air to breath. And for the first time in his life, Sasuke admitted to himself that he was scared. Scared of what would happen to Naruto as soon as he walked out the door leaving him alone. Because Sasuke was pretty sure Orochimaru had plans for the three boys but as long as he was there he couldn’t do much since the blond was dependent on him to some extent. Then it suddenly clicked, his father never cared what Sasuke did, sure he had organised his marriage partner and probably expected Sasuke to do as he was told but the youngest Uchiha knew he was expendable. As harsh as it may sound, he was. Their father put everything on Itachi, not him. He could easily just turn around and disown Sasuke, leaving him to his own accord. So why did he care now, why was he so eager to get Sasuke home? The only one who knew where and what he was doing was Orochimaru.

“When did Orochimaru call and say I was here?” Sasuke finally asked, Itachi smirked.

“I was wondering how long it would take you to connect the dots.”

“Fuck!” Sasuke growled, this confirmed it. Something was going on and Orochimaru wanted him out. “How long have you known about this?” Sasuke asked.

“Known what Sasuke?” Itachi sighed, he knew what his little brother was referring to but he would rather not answer because he knew the answer would not please the youngest Uchiha.

“Don’t FUCK with me Itachi, HOW LONG HAVE YOU KNOWN?!” Sasuke shouted as he shot up to his feet and stretched out an arm to point out the facility.

Naruto, who was currently winning the sparring challenge between him and Gaara, turned in the direction of Sasuke to see what was going on, losing focus in the process. Which resulted in him not blocking Gaara’s kick, being sent flying through the air and colliding with the wall on the other side of the room.

“Naruto!!” Sasuke ran to the blond’s side as quick as he could closely followed by Gaara. The blond gasped for air, the collision with the wall had knocked the air out of his lungs. “Are you okey?” The raven helped support Naruto up against the wall.

“What happen Naruto?” Gaara asked “Why didn’t you block?”

“*Cough* Sorry I lost focus… *Cough*” Naruto said in between gasps, he looked up at Sasuke who looked at him with worry in his eyes. “I’m fine … don’t worry” Naruto flashed him one of his beautiful smiles.

From a room above the dojo, Orochimaru and Kabuto watched. To say Orochimaru was pissed was probably an understatement. None of the boys ever lost focus, they acted like humans. The 6 years on the outside had corrupted them and he was sure it was that stupid blond woman and the old man’s doing, but the raven hovering over the blond was also to blame and as long as he stayed, Naruto, their ultimate soldier, would be worth nothing.

After a couple of minutes the blond had gotten back his ability to breath normally he stood up and brushed off the dust off his clothes.

“Wanna call it a day?” The red head asked. Naruto nodded and smiled as he watched Gaara look in the direction of his lover.

“You sure you’re okey?” Sasuke asked again.

“Yeah I’m fine”, the blond answered and continued to smile as he felt Sasuke rubbed his sore back. “Umm Naruto, I need to tell you something … “, the raven looked at Itachi who nodded before looking back to Naruto. The blue eyed boy looked at Itachi, who smiled at him before he looked back at Sasuke. Somehow, his intuition told him something wasn’t right.

“Ok …”

“First of all this …”, Sasuke guided Naruto towards his brother who was waiting in the spot he had been at 15 minutes ago. “… this is my brother, Itachi” the blond looked at the older man, he was like an older version of Sasuke standing in front of him. But there was a difference, the aura around him was different from Sasuke’s.

“Nice to meet you Naruto.” Itachi said, smiling and held out his hand to the blond.

“Nice to meet you too”, the blond replied and shook the older Uchiha’s hand. Sasuke watched as the two interacted.

“Naruto …” Sasuke squeezed the blond’s other ,hand. “I have to leave … but only for a couple of days” he quickly added. Naruto’s smile disappeared and a strange feeling appeared in his chest. It was like he had hit the wall all over again.

“Why …”

“I …” Sasuke began but stopped, he wasn’t sure how to put ‘I’m going home to talk to my parents and dump my fiancé’ seeing as he hadn’t mentioned anything about his family or his situation. “You know when you asked me about my family…”, the blond nodded. “and I told you that I would tell you just not then?” Again, the blond nodded. “Well … I-”

“Father has asked to have an audience with Sasuke to sort some family issues out, I can assure you it will only take a couple of days.” Itachi said still smiling.

“Oh, okey…” Naruto was a bit puzzled. Why didn’t Sasuke answer the question, but he guessed it was okey seeing as it was his brother.

“It will only take a couple of days max …”, Sasuke had his doubt though, it wouldn’t probably last more than a few hours. His dad would most likely explode and disown him resulting in him being kicked out of the house. Naruto nodded in agreement.

After picking up some of his stuff he had left in Naruto’s room, he met Itachi by the main entrance. Two steps behind him was Naruto, Sasuke could see right away the blond was not happy and it made his chest hurt. A smile should only ever appear on the blond’s face. Itachi said his goodbyes to Naruto and stepped outside where the parked car was waiting. Sasuke turned to his lover, he looked into those beautiful blue eyes and gave the blond a genuine smile. The raven let his hand gently stroke the other boy’s cheek and then he pushed back some of the golden hair away from his beautiful face. After a couple of seconds of admiring, Sasuke cupped the Naruto’s face, his eyes onyx eyes never left the blue.

“I’ll be back in two days to pick you up okey …” The blond nodded. “Then I’ll take you with me and we can go anywhere …”

“Gaara and Shikamaru too?” The raven smiled.

“Yeah Gaara and Shikamaru too … I promise”, Naruto nodded before Sasuke sealed the promise with a kiss.

Itachi was beginning to become a little bit bored so he pressed the horn of the car to signal to his little brother to speed up the process. He had watched the two from behind the tinted windows. Although he couldn’t see Sasuke’s face he could tell from the body language that Sasuke was completely captivated by the blond. However, their father was waiting and he didn’t like to be kept waiting. Itachi watched as Sasuke stroke the blond’s face before saying something and kissing him again.

After Sasuke had given Naruto the last kiss he sighed heavily and reluctantly let go of the blond. He headed for the car his brother was waiting in. Sasuke didn’t turn back once as he walked towards the car, he knew that if he did he would run back and wrap his arms around the blond. Naruto fit so perfectly there.

Sasuke opened the car door and sat down, still not looking back although, every fiber in his body wanted to. As soon as Sasuke closed the door, he sunk into the seat and sighed heavily.

“I know you don’t want to leave this place … “, the older Uchiha began, he wasn’t sure if he should say the blond’s name or not. Even though Sasuke was captivated, maybe even in love with Naruto he was still an Uchiha. “… The sooner we get to the mansion the sooner you can come back.” The elder male started the car and began driving towards the Uchiha mansion.

Fugaku sat by his desk reading though some papers his secretary had given him before he had left the office. The new developments from Orochimaru’s 3 prodigies were coming along nicely and they were ready to be sent to war. A war that was so close now he could smell the enemy.

“Father …” Itachi knocked and opened the door enough to get his head through. Fugaku looked up from his paper and in the direction of his oldest son.

“Did you get him?” He asked.

“Yes father”, Itachi stepped into the room and opened it a little further to let Sasuke in. The youngest Uchiha took a step forward and looked at his father. He could tell the oldest Uchiha was unhappy.

“You disappoint me Sasuke …” Fugaku began. Sasuke fought back the urge to roll his eyes. He heard his father’s voice as he talked about all his failures in life compared to his older brother. However, Sasuke had heard this speech so many times before he had lost count and just tuned out, the only thing his father wanted to hear was him saying ‘yes I understand’ at the end of the speech. Surprisingly ,this time things would take a turn. Sasuke knew, because this time he would make his stand and leave this power and fake family.

“Is that understood?” His father finally said.

“Yes, as clear as it was the first time you presented this endless speech”, Sasuke felt a trickle of sweat run down the back of his neck, he was slightly nervous. This was his father after all, one of the most powerful men in the city, if not the country. “But it doesn’t matter what I do you will always disapprove. Which is why I’ll be leaving this house.” He had said it, there was no going back now.

“Excuse me?” His father replied with a stern voice but if one listened carefully one could hear the slight surprise in the older man’s voice.

“I’m leaving this house, I don’t want to repeat myself I know how much you hate that … father”, the youngest Uchiha replied. His nerves had calmed down a bit and with that he had gain some courage to stand up to his father.

“So you can do what …” Fugaku got out of his chair and placed both hands on the desk, he was angry. No son of his went against his rules. “… Go back to that … that thing?” He spat.

“He is not a thing, he is 10 times more human that you …” Sasuke growled back.

“He isn’t even close to a human … he is a demon … a killing machine created by Orochimaru and me…” Fugaku emphasised me. When the war came, the trio would fight and win … Because when they won, he would let the whole world to know what he was capable of … the creation of the perfect weapon.

“Shut up … if anyone is a demon it’s the two of you. How can you justify the things you have done? The murders … because believe me even though they died in Orochimaru’s lab there has as much blood on your hands as his.” Sasuke growled. The sound of incoming mail on the computer broke through the tension in the room. Fugaku removed his attention from Sasuke and on to the screen. The email was from the foreign minister. Sasuke had, had it with this house and the residence residing in it. He turned and headed for the door, his plan was to get what he needed from his room and get back to Naruto as soon as possible.

“Hold it right there !…”, his father shouted at him. Sasuke turned to see a smirk plastered across his fathers face, it sent chills down his back. Something was not right.

“I don’t care what you want, you are my son and you will do as I say. And I say you’ll marry the Haruno girl and produce an heir which Itachi here has failed to give me and that’s final!” Cold onyx eyes met one another.
“Like hell I will …” Sasuke turned and began walking out of the room.

“He won’t be there …”, his father shouted back to him but Sasuke didn’t want to listen all he wanted was to get out. He got to his room and took out a bag from the closet and packed the essentials and some other knick knacks before walking downstairs again where his brother was waiting for him.

“Sasuke … I need to tell you so- ”

“I have no interest in what you have to say Itachi.” Sasuke interrupted his older brother as he swiftly walked passed him.

“Sasuke … “ Itachi grabbed Sasuke’s arm.

“Fuck off Itachi, I have no interest in talking to you!” Sasuke glared at Itachi who only sighed. The grip around Sasuke’s arm was still firm. “If you answer my question I’ll listen…,” the raven finally said. “How long did you know?”

“ … I dunno, a couple of years or so I think. I only knew what ever father would let me know …” Itachi sighed again and let go of Sasuke’s arm “… somewhere along the way I got curious as to why father would only tell me some things, hiding away papers, documents and reports coming from the facility. I always wondered why father was so interested in research coming from Orochimaru. When I asked him, he told me they were developing a drug to help soldiers with the stress of various shell-shock and other traumas that could occur in the battle field. But I guess you could say I was never fully convinced because then I would have been able to see the reports. I swear I never knew until I picked you up.” Itachi wasn’t sure how much his brother would believe but he had told the truth. Sasuke scanned Itachi’s face for any hint of the story being untrue but found none. Should he trust him or was he just another piece of father’s dominion.

“Alright … what was it that you wanted to tell me” Sasuke sighed, his gut feeling told him it was okey.

“Sasuke … we are at war.” Sasuke’s eyes widened.

“Your lying,” the raven said shaking his head, his eyes never left the older Uchiha’s face.

“Mist country officially declared war on us 30 minutes ago … father got the email from the Foreign Minister.” Itachi swallowed a little harder, what he was about to tell Sasuke wouldn’t go down well with the youngest Uchiha. “Sasuke … They’ve been shipped out…” Sasuke’s eyes widened even more, the words made him sick. He dropped the bag in his hand and ran out to the car parked in front of the house. When he reached the car he opened the door and jumped in, he silently hoped the car keys were there since he hadn’t grabbed any on his way out. However, no such luck.

“FUCK!!!” He yelled and slammed his fist on the steering wheel “FUCK!! FUCK!!! FUCK!!!” He continued to curse. Suddenly, there was a knock on the window. Sasuke looked up to see his brother standing on the outside. Sasuke pressed the window opened and glared at him.

“Here …” Itachi gave him a set of car keys “Don’t get yourself killed.” Sasuke grabbed the keys and nodded before starting the car and driving off with the gas pedal pressed all the way to the floor. Itachi stood in the same spot, eyes following the black car. Silently he hoped the blond hadn’t somehow not left or gotten away, although he knew deep down it was too late.

Sasuke didn’t even bother to stop the car. He just jumped out as he reached the institute, the car was all scraped up after close contact with the railings and bumps on the way. He had even knocked over the gate of the institution almost totaling the car in front. The raven ran up the steps to the front door only to find Kabuto waiting for him.

“Didn’t think we’d see you so soon,” the grey haired man smiled as he pushed his glasses further up on his nose.

“Where is he? Where is Naruto and the others?” Sasuke growled.

“Haven’t you heard? We’re at war … every soldier has been called to the front?” Kabuto continued to smile, he was enjoying the distress the situation was having on the raven.

“Fuck you!” Sasuke ran passed him and towards the blond’s room. Kabuto only smiled as he heard the running steps move further and further away. He knew that the raven would be back within a couple of minutes. He turned and lifted his gaze towards the second floor and nodded as he smiled.

Sasuke hit the opening button on the door and pressed himself through as soon as the gap was big enough. The room was dark.

“Naruto!” Sasuke called out “Please …” but there was no reply, only silence. Sasuke sank to his knees. He felt sick, his chest hurt. A million thoughts went through his head, scenarios, guilt. If he had only stayed, if he had only taken the blond with him … if anything.

“I told you son … now get your ass up you have a fiancé waiting for you at home.”

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