One more Last Chance

10 years later

Itachi POV

God I hate flying. The things I do for Sasuke. I finally talked him out of his office and in to a vacation. “I was told by a work associate that Hawaii is one of the most relaxing places he’s ever been to.” I told him.

“Hn.” I sighed. Even I have a hard time now-a-days getting him to say more than a few words out side of work talk. After a few hours we had dropped our things at our hotel, saw a few stores, chased off a gaggle of fangirls, and were now walking a path that led to the beach.

As we were walking we hear a bunch of cheering. Apparently a surfing contest Is going on. I look over to the waves and freeze. A camera has zoomed onto him so I can see him clearly. There surfing the large wave is the reason Sasuke is still so bent out of shape.

Naruto rode the wave like he lived on a surfboard. When the wave started to tunnel everybody on the beach gasped as he went in, everyone expecting him to fall. But he came out, crouching on the bored. The angle he came out at said he had gone upside down and spun to gain the momentum to push through the water.

A moment after he stood up again the bored seemed to jerk. The front end went up and him with it. The momentum shot him up over the wave and the beach was gasping again. He looked like a wipeout.

But I should have know better. Naruto was a border his whole life. First a roller skater, then a skateboarder, and now it seems he’s a surf-border too. And he apparently brought some of his skateboard tricks.

As he flew up he crouched down, grabbed the surfboard and twisted. Him and the bored spun and as he came down he landed the bored vertically on the wave. Stomping his back foot caused the bored to righten itself and he surfed on, the crowed cheering.

I turn back to Sasuke hoping beyond hope. But Sasuke is turned to the makeshift screen.  His eyes are wide and he’s griping his elbows so hard I can see red marks start to form and he’s shaking like a leaf even in this heat.

At that moment my emergency phone starts ringing. Only 3 people have that number. I answer it without looking. I know who's calling anyway.

“Itachi!” Kurama says, relief evident in his voice.

“I just heard you where going to Hawaii. You don’t want to do that! This will sound crazy but I will explain when you get home. You don’t want to go there. Just trust me you-”  I cut him off. “Too late.” I say.

I hang up before he can say anything else, and turn the phone off. “I wanna talk to him.” I look over at Sasuke. He is standing a little straighter, his nails no linger digging into his skin and his eyes locked on Naruto who had just landed on the beach. I open my mouth to tell him how bad of an idea I think that is when he cuts me off.

“I want. To talk. To him.” he said firmly. I know nothing I can say will make him change his mind but I want to at least warn Naruto. Unlike Sasuke I kinda know what happened. I had tryed to make Kurama tell me everything, but the tight liped bastard only told me a little bit.

“Ok Sasuke, but let me speak to him first. I have to chew him out anyway.” I say. I don’t know how well it works but Sasuke nods and walks back to the hotel. I turn back to the beach and look for Naruto but don’t see him.

After some time looking a life guard walks up to me. He has short spiky blue hair and gill tattoos. “Hey, you look lost. You looking for somebody, maybe?” I pause. Naruto seems like he comes here often, maybe he knows him?

“Yes I am. That blond surfer. His name is Naruto right?” He nods. “Me and my brother used to be really close to him before he moved. We saw him here and thought we would talk to him, but I haven’t seen him. Do you know where he went?” I ask as politely as I can, but really I’m freaking out that Sasuke will find him first. I just know it will not end well.

“Yeah, I know. But he left a little bit ago. Sorry. Why do you want to now so bad? If you don’t mind my asking.” he said and I almost can't contain my panic. Almost. “My brother and him didn’t leave on good terms and I wanted to warn him we’re here. Do you know where he would have gone? ” I say. I need to know where he is. If Sasuke finds him first....

And to my abject horror he points down the street towards out hotel. “He goes to a little diner down that way to cool off after surfing.” he said. Then looking at me sees my panic. “Your brother isn’t violent is he?”

“No, just prone to major panic attacks, that cause him to stop breathing.” I said as I start walking. I don’t realize he followed me until he speaks again. “He took a car so maybe they didn’t see each other.” He offers hopefully. This calms me somewhat. And I keep telling myself that maybe they didn’t see each other. Maybe they didn’t even know they where so close.

We look all over, but Sasuke and Naruto have a head start and the crowd from the beach has moved to the sidewalk, further slowing us down. Finally after an hour the life guard (who introduced himself as Kisame) said he would walk me back to my hotel. Seeing as I have no idea where we walked to I take him up on his offer.

On and off again through the walk he tries to cheer me up, and to my surprise its working. After a few minutes I find myself talking back. As we near my hotel he turns to me. “Ok I’m just gonna be forward with you, but if I've over steped my bounds just say so. I like you, and would like to see you again. I have off work the next few days, so if you can would you like to maybe get lunch with me tomorrow?”

I am stunned into silence. I end up blinking at him a few times before my mouth decides (without consulting my brain) that it was going to tell him, “Sure, where and when?”

Then he smiles at me and my heart does a little flip-flop. “I will be here at 1 tomorrow to pick you up and show you this little place right off the beach. Its a little- well a lota-  out of the way but its well worth the walk.”

I nod okay, not trusting my voice to not invite him up to my room to talk some more. For a lifeguard he’s really smart. But before he walks away one of the receptionists walks up to me.

“Are you Itachi Uchiha?” she says politely. She continues at my nod. “I have a message for you from your brother, Sasuke.”