Don't Look Down

Don't Look Down
Chapter 4 The One You Can't Stand

Beta byItaNarulover


Searching the corner of the shop, that he had found the blond just a day ago, robbing this very store, he kind of figured that he wouldn't be here but he had to know for sure. Itachi sighed as he looked at the closed mark sign that was handed in the window sill.

He knew that Naruto would never go back to the shelter; he didn't know where he would go. He should have asked Naruto earlier if he had any family, that he could have dropped him off at or where he lived at on the street.

He kicked the stone that was by his feet; he pocketed his hands and looked around lazily at the scenery. Wait a minute, that pink haired girl from the shelter said people were looking for him!! Itachi turned and left the closed store behind him.


I Found You

Itachi banged on the closed front door as he found the shelter doors closed off to the public. How the heck can poor people get here? He was thinking that he had to break this door down and find that girl.

"Excuse me Sir?"

Itachi paused as he stopped himself from slamming his shoulder into the door; he whipped his body around and found a pink and a blonde haired girl with brown bags. "I want to know the people that are asking for Naruto."

The pink haired girl blinked and then smiled. "Alright. Ino can you get the door?" She asked the blonde next to her.

Ino sneered at the both of them; she stomped up the steps and set the two bags on the cold cement floor. She slipped her hand inside her skit pocket and retrieved a set of keys and inserted one key into the lock. With little effort she got the door unlocked, she pushed on the door lightly and stepped aside. Having her pale face lit up, she gestured to the raven male like he was some kind of prince. "You may enter!" She went to grab the bags but then stopped when arms reached down for them. She hesitantly looked up and found this guy picking them up.

"It's okay. I got them." He said like it wasn't a problem.

Ino wasn't the kind to gawk and fall for someone that had a pretty face, a fist came up to her chin and she giggled into it. "T-thank you."

Eyes closed. "Like I said, it's okay. I'm the one who's burgeoning in like this; at least I can help you out." Itachi walked in ahead of the girls; there were still homeless people here. A lot of them were sleeping the day away.

He dropped the bags near a table in front of the beds; he lightly turned his head over to the two that were his tail. "So about the information on the people that know Naruto..?"

Sakura could bonk herself on the head. "Oh, right…sorry about that. I'll go get the while you and Ino set things out." As she walked away she paused and looked back at the ravens back, she then proceeded to give her blonde friend the thumbs up on her catches.


I Found You

"Ow!" Uzumaki groaned as he had to lay his head down. So much thinking was damaging his brain. He had to run from Itachi and now he was at the park where it was empty when he got there, soon night would come and then he would had to leave quickly before that patrolling gang would come.

He calmly sat on a dirty bench and lifted his head, tilting it backwards at the sky, it was probably past noon.

"Why did you say that...?" Naruto inhaled gaspingly and released a sigh. "What could you want and why don't you want anything?" He squinted as sunlight blared down at him; he lifted a hand to shield his pair of blue eyes.

Suddenly hands were grasping his shirt and yanking him off the bench. "It's you!" His voice was cold and sharp as his eyes glared into the smaller boy's. "I got you and there's no one around to save you!"


I Found You

"Itachi-sama! I got the files on Naruto!" Sakura came back from searching through every file that the shelter had in the back room. She had found them still unpacking and putting the items away. She jumped to a stop and extended the peach file; she slowly looked over at Ino and found a sad look upon her face.

Itachi set the vegetable bag down and grabbed the folder; he flicked the folder open and read off a couple of names and addresses. "Do you know if these people still live at the same addresses?"

"Yup. They didn't come too long ago." She blinked over at Ino again. Did this jerk hurt Ino? She tapped a finger against her chin in thought.

"Thank you both." He said not looking up. He turned from the girls and headed for the door, he soon left.

Sakura rushed to Ino's side. "Ino, what's wrong? Did he hurt you?!"

"He said...he said..." She hiccupped as she couldn't look at her green eyes.

"What did he say to you!?" She pressed on.

"He said he was married!" She then lost it and cried hard.

"Oh, Ino." She wrapped her arms around the weeping girl. "It's okay. It's okay."


I Found You

Naruto was lightheaded as he looked upon the pale male. "You look familiar..."

He grunted, "You dobe!" He flung the boy's body back to the bench, he hmphed and looked around. "Why the heck are you out here?"

Naruto pouted, his hands gripped the bench edge in between his legs. "Running away from somebody!"

"Not surprising. Is it a gang or just one person that you managed to piss off?"

"Either! It was this guy that saved me and I wanted to repay him by protecting or saving his body...but then he got real mad and said that he regretted saving me…" Naruto stood up and brought his hands at the back of his head. "Why are you out here?"

Sasuke moved his head as a jogger passed by. "I'm looking for someone...he's been missing for some time now." He pocketed his hands inside his sweater jacket, the wind started to pick up.

Naruto bit his lip as he rethought of another in the last week that he knew of. "You're looking for a run away? I don't think I've seen someone around here, if some has run away I would know."

"Hn."

"Do you want me to help you..?"

Sasuke moved to the bench and sat down. "You just want someone around that can be your bodyguard from this someone that you ran away from."

Naruto sighed as he looked away from the pale teen. "Sometimes Sasuke, you can be a real meany."


I Found You

"Konoha apartment 4c. Umino Iruka." Itachi listed off as he got to the last person. He flipped the file closed as he made his way to a payphone, calling a taxi.

The white colored taxi came pulling up to the side walk where the Uchiha stood with a folder in his hand. He extended his hand to the latch, pulled the door open and slid inside. After giving the cabdriver directions, they headed off.

Itachi sat back on the cut up upholster, his back itched as the fabric on the seat rubbed into his shirt and softly against his soft skin. The drive was not as long as he thought it would be; he stared out the window as he watched buildings and people pass by. The endless sound that didn't escape the backseat, he heard the engine running as they drove more and more.

The cab driver pulled alongside a penthouse with its own welcomer. Itachi paid the male as he opened the door and shut it behind him as he stared up at the massive building. He didn't think that someone who knew Naruto could live in an expensive place.

Quickly he stepped in front of a buzzer system that denied the general public access to the building. Ringing up 4c with the name printed on a little piece of paper attached underneath the button.

"Hello?"

Holding the button pressed down, "Is this Umino Iruka?"

"Yes it is."

"Do you know a Naruto, blond hair, bright blue eyes?"

Buzz.

Itachi grabbed the door and flung it open as he had access to the building, he walked to the elevator as he decided it was a long way up. After having the right floor, he calmly began walking as he went by the numbers on the doors. He sighed at '4c'; the door was thrust open by a ponytailed male with a scar across his nose.

"How do you know Naruto?"

Itachi paused as the male's voice was strained and tired. "I just wanted to know where I can find him."

"Naruto's been missing for months. Before he went missing he never told me he met anyone that fits your description. Who-who are you?"

"I just met Naruto a day ago." He said unsurely as Iruka blinked and then opened his eyes wider.

Iruka extended the door length. "Please, come in. I haven't seen Naruto in months, I don't know about his whereabouts. You said you saw him, was he in good health?"

Itachi stood momentarily as he made a choice not to tell the truth. "From what I could see, yes he was in a very good shape. You don't know of any places where he might be?"

"If I would know, I would have found him a long time ago."

"Do you mind if I ask why he's on the street and not with you?"

Iruka stood in the middle of the doorway entrance to his living room. "Naruto has a lot of problems dealing with the authority. Nothing was easy for him; he sometimes steals when he needs to, even though if he'd ask me I would give it to him. He doesn't like help or any kind of hand outs."

Itachi looked displeased as he still couldn't find anything on his whereabouts.


I Found You

"Sasuke, wait up!" Naruto yelled as he tried to keep up with the raven.

Sasuke lightly turned his head to the side, "You don't have anywhere else to be?"

"Not really." Naruto smiled as he started to follow a different Uchiha around, though he didn't know it at the time. "So, are you going to tell me who you are looking for?"

Sighing, he then blurted out. "My brother. I tried to call him but he refused to answer, he just sent me to the voicemail."

"I didn't know that you had a brother~! That's cool." Naruto chirped in a high pitch. "Does he look like you?"

Before Sasuke could say anything, his phone started ringing. He knew the ringtone as his brother's; he hurried up get the cell phone out of his pants pocket. He flipped it open, "Itachi?"

Naruto paled.

"Where are you?" He looked relived as he heard his brother's voice. "I don't know where that's at. Where have you been? Mom and dad are worried about that you didn't show up to their party....What do you mean you're looking for someone?"

Naruto bit his lip as he stared at Sasuke's expression. He couldn't take it anymore; he ripped the phone from Sasuke. "Hey!" He shouted. "Why are you looking for me?!"

Itachi sighed, "Naruto? Is that you?"

Naruto scrunched his face. "Yeah, it's me."

"Where are you?"

"I'm at the south park."

"Stay right there. I'll be there." Itachi hanged up on his end.

Naruto closed the phone and handed it back over to Sasuke. "Itachi's coming."

"How do you know my brother?"

TBC