Different Angle

Different Angle

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Ashrey

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Main pairings: ItaNaru,
SaiNaru, SasuNaru. (But,
the winner takes it all!!! Beware you three XD)

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Other pairings: KakaIruclass=GramE>?, KibaHina, NejiTen,
OroKabu, and the others will revealed soon enough class=SpellE>xp

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Rating: M for safetystyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>       --       
Chapter Rating: T?

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Warnings: This is a class=SpellE>yaoi fic, AU, slight (I hope) class=SpellE>ooc-ness, language & cursing.

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Disclaimer: The author cannot write
the disclaimer because she’s too busy making evil plans to kidnap and claim class=SpellE>Naruto from Kishimoto class=SpellE>Masasahi-sensei and his 3 possessive subordinates (Both class=SpellE>Uchihas and Sai).

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A/N: -reading the latest chapter of class=SpellE>Naruto’s manga- my comment is:
Sigh… Poor Naru… That Sasuke
make me lose my mood in writing opening author’s note –shrug- Enjoy this
chapter! I’m going back to my brooding of Naruto’s
unfair luck, ja! And one
more, from this chapter ahead, I wont put the old
terms in my chapter term(s), I’ll just put a new term(s) there. And thanks for class=SpellE>Kelliot-san for betaing this
chapter!

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Beta note:style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  Yeah, I suck. 
I really, really suck.  Sorry this
is uber-late, guys.

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This chapter new term(s):

lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Onsen: lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Hot springsstyle='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>.

lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Himawari: Sunflower.

lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Doostyle='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>?:lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black'> How is it?

lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Kiba: Fang

lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Koi: words of affections, maybe it can be
translated (as a pet name) ‘love’.

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color:black'>Hime: Princess

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>‘class=GramE>blah blah’ – thinking (in italics).

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8 – Sparks Fly

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the blonde announced that she had an idea, Sasuke
never expected that it would come to this: 
an outdoor photo session at the Uzumaki’s infamous
holiday resort.  Well actually, she’d
only announced the outdoor idea part; the Uzumaki class=GramE>company’s representative, in this case Uzumaki
Naruto, chose the actual place when class=SpellE>Itachi informed them of the idea.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  He must admit that this resort was absolutely
beautiful, not to mention that it had outdoor and indoor onsens.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>Of
course, Sasuke couldn’t spend a whole week there, as
he had other things to do.  So, he
decided to share his supervising schedule with his right hand man, class=SpellE>Kakashi.  But, he
knew that he’d be enjoying himself there, so he’d try his best to relax. He
stopped his black Ferrari in front of the lobby, letting the bell boy take his
luggage out of his car, and parked his car by himself, as there was no way he
would let anybody else to touch his beloved baby.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  He got a special parking space of course, and
beside his car there was parked another black car, a Lancer, and class=SpellE>Sasuke knew the owner of that car.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  It was his aniki’s.

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walking to the lobby, the raven noticed the group that was chatting in the
lobby’s waiting room.  There were quite a
few people in the group: Itachi, Kitsune,
Ino, Sakura, Iruka, class=SpellE>Kakashi, Sai, Orochimaru
and Orochimaru’s assistant Kabuto.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  “Uzumaki-san?”
He asked when he arrived at the group; Kitsune and
both girls shook their heads.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>“Not
here,” Ino stated. 
“Yet.” Kitsune added.
Sasuke’s brows furrowed, and glanced at his
wristwatch, well it was five minutes until their appointment hour; legally class=SpellE>Uzumaki wasn’t late yet.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>“I
never knew that you’d be eager to meet with Naruto-kun,
Sasuke,” his godfather whispered in his ear and
winked at him, and then started to talk with Iruka
again.  The raven just stared at his
godfather’s back, astonished by his unsuspected comments.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  He shook his head and glanced at his
surroundings.  Ino
and Sakura were talking with Sai, Orochimaru
and Kabuto, while his brother was talking leisurely
with Kitsune.

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lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Sasuke had been wondering what kind of
relationship Kitsune and Itachi
had.  At first he knew that class=SpellE>Kitsune detested his aniki, but
now… their relationship had changed drastically.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  Well, it was good for the project, it wasn’t
like he minded or anything, but it kept nagging him and he knew that he
couldn’t talk about it with his brother. Especially seeing as how his own pride
wouldn’t let him, and how his brother wouldn’t tell him anyway.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  Maybe he could bribe the ramen lover to talk…

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>“We’re
sorry to make all of you wait,” a soft yet firm voice spoke, making everyone
stop talking and look at the voice’s owner. 
There stood a familiar blonde, along with two familiar brunettes and a
familiar red head.  After a short
greeting between her and the group, the honey-brown-eyed woman spoke softly,
“These are our representatives.”  class=SpellE>Tsunade pointed at the three men.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>“The
name is Nara Shikamaru.” The pony-tailed brunette
introduced himself, as the other two stepped closer.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> 

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>“class=SpellE>Gaara,” the read head said while eyeing all of the
occupants.

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Lee,” the other brunette said, giving a small nod.

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three of us will guide all of you through the photo sessions here.” class=SpellE>Shikamaru spoke again.

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lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Naruto sighed; he somewhat he regretted his
idea to tell Itachi to let both Sakura and class=SpellE>Ino come with them. 
At first, he thought the girls would help him ‘avoid’ class=SpellE>Sai and Orochimaru, but it was
not helping at all when their object of delight happened to be the
aforementioned brunette model.  “That class=SpellE>Gaara guy is quite a specimen, too,” Sakura squealed,
clamping her hand in front of her chest, while the platinum blonde rolled
beside her, sighing.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>“Yes,
he’s hot, but that Nara guy is quite cute too,” Ino
stated, and Naruto choked on his cola at that.

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color:black'>“Shika?style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'> No
way! He’s too lazy!”  He groaned and
fisted his chest, trying to suppress his cough. 
Both girls shared a look, then jumped at him.

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color:black'>Literally.

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know him, Kit-chan?” Ino
asked (add some flying pink hearts here, please.) and then started to shake the
blond’s shoulder rather…roughly. The blond could only
nod in response.

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lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black'>“How about Gaara?”lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black'> This time it was Sakura’s turn to shake him somewhat…
aggressively, making the blond wince and shake his head desperately, who would
ever think that women could be this… powerful? 
“Aw! Your luck, Ino,” she groaned and let go
her hold on Naruto, much to the blond’s
delight, while Ino grinned and let go her grip on the
blond, too.  Naruto
sighed, wanting to rub his soon-to-be sore shoulders.

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before he could do that, Ino shook him again, “Wait a
sec! How do you know him?  Are you guys
an item or something?” She asked in quite a high-pitched voice.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  Naruto wobbled his
head vigorously, wanting to be free from Ino’s iron
grip.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>“We’ve
known each other since we were six, ok? Geezclass=GramE>!” He managed to choke out. 
‘Me and my big mouth,’ he groaned inwardly.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>“Oh.”
Ino grinned and let go her grip on class=SpellE>Naruto. “Which one do you think is the best out of all of
them?” she asked as she plopped back onto her bed.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  Naruto cocked his
head in confusion.  “Between class=SpellE>Gaara-“ Naruto
shook his head, “Nara-lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black'>“ He shook his head harder this time, “Or Sai?”
He grimaced in horror, making a loud ‘eew’ sound.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>Sakura
laughed out loud upon seeing the blond’s reaction to
the name.  “Hey, Kit-chan,
do you want to know something interesting about Sai?”
The blond raised an eyebrow at that, and taking the gesture as a ‘yes’ Sakura
spoke again, “Sai is gay-“ she paused and sighed in
disappointment at that.  class=SpellE>Naruto on the other hand was dumbfounded, you could see how
his jaw dropped to the floor at that, “-but I think he’s interested at you,
Kit-chan,” she smirked, while Naruto’s
face turned green at that.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>“No
Way!”  He whined, “There is no way he’s
gay and no way he’s interested in me!” 
He wailed in desperation, burying his face in both of his hands.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  He would be crazy by the time he was finished
talking with both of these girls!!

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>“It’s
useless Sakura, not with both Uchihas hovering around
her,” Ino giggled. 
Naruto’s eyes widened at that, and let out a
jumbled groan, which sounded something like ‘It’s not what you think.’style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  The pink haired girl laid down on her bed,
crossing her leg in a relaxed fashion. 
Her green eyes fixed firmly on Naruto.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>She
huffed, “Yea, and we used to be Sasuke-kun’s
fan-girls, too.”  This time class=SpellE>Ino snorted, crossing her arms in front of her chest. “We
were stupid back then, hormonal teenage girls,” Sakura giggled, and class=SpellE>Ino let out a small smile as she nodded in agreement, while
Naruto listened to their past with awe.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  “Hey, tell us Kit-chan…”
she asked again in serious tone, and the blond frowned, hearing the question’s
serious tone.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>“Who
is the better kisser, Sasuke-kun or class=SpellE>Itachi-san?”  She
smirked impishly.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>The
man with blue skin sighed, “You had better have a good reason for making me
come this far, Itachi-san.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  He lit his cigarette and inhaled it
deeply.  He offered a cigarette to the brunette
that was sitting in front of him.  class=SpellE>Itachi shook his head a little, rejecting the offer
politely.  “Still not smoking, huh?” class=SpellE>Kisame grunted and put his cigarette box back into his
jacket pocket.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>“I
want to give you another job,” the brunette stated.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  Kisame puffed his
cigarette smoke, a silent gesture for the brunette to keep explaining.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  “I want you to watch over a suspicious guy,class=GramE>”  he stated,
finishing his explanation, then sipping his tea.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>The
man smoking grinned, “I hope this is better than, or at least is as enthralling
as my previous job, Itachi-san.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  Squeezing the rest of his cigarette onto the
ashtray, he gulped down his dark espresso in one quick swig.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  “Good tobacco and coffee makes a man.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  Itachi just quirked
an eyebrow at that statement, so what if he didn’t smoke and only drank coffee
when he needed it?  It didn’t make him
any less of a man than Kisame.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>He
shook his head mentally, not wanting to debate this useless thing again and
again with the stubborn man.  “I class=SpellE>dunno if he’s that interesting, but this guy is quite…
slippery.”  Kisame
let out a feral grin at that, how he loved challenges!style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  If Itachi said that
this man was ‘slippery’ then it was bound to be a great challenge for him.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>“Spit
out the name, Itachi-san.”

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>“Come
on Kiba! Don’t laugh at me!” A familiar voice whined,
“They even asked me who the better kisser was!!”style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  The voice groaned in despair.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  Sasuke cocked an
eyebrow at that statement; he recognized the owner of the voice that was now
rambling frenziedly about…. kissing?  He
raised his other eyebrow, making a thin line with his black eyebrows.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>How
close was her relationship with Itachi anyway?

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>“Grrr—class=GramE>You stupid jackass!” Sasuke
smirked - it seemed her mouth was not quite untainted, “Yeah, and I’m the one
that asked It-kun to let them come, too-“ She sighed
heavily.  “Shut up dog boy!style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  It’s none of your business what I call
him.”  Her voice was clearly peeved now.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  Sasuke should
confess that he was rather surprised to see the now ranting blonde in the
restaurant by herself, a bowl of ramen in front of her while, her mouth was
busy chattering with some guy named Kiba, obviously a
guy, because what would be named Kiba anyway?style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  And actually, Sasuke
didn’t mean to eavesdrop, but she was being rather…. loud.

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lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Sasuke’s obsidian eyes eyed the girl who was
twirling her chopstick playfully with one hand, her
cheek was puffed out in a gesture of annoyance. 
Sasuke shook his head inwardly at the sight,
and why the hell did Naruto’s face suddenly flash up
in his mind?

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>“Ugh!
Here I thought telling you about my problem would help!!” She paused, and
suddenly her face was stricken in horror, “NO WAY! There’s no way I’m class=SpellE>gonna discuss that with Gaara for
God sakes! He’ll use that as a blackmail!style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  And Shika is just
plain lazy, I bet he’d be asleep after 3 minutes of talking with him and when
it comes to Lee…I don’t have any comment about him.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  Sasuke’s eyes
widened at that, not at the almost ear piercing voice, but at the content of
her conversation.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>So class=SpellE>Kitsune did know Gaara.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  ‘And Lee.’style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  He added silently.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>And
it seemed that this Kiba boy knew Gaara,
Shikamaru and Lee as well, not to mention his class=SpellE>aniki.

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lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Sasuke combed his silky dark bangs, all plans
to learn more about the relationship between Itachi
and the blonde forgotten.  It was obvious
that there was something BIG here that he’d been missing .
He stared more fixatedly at the blonde, eyeing her carefully, part by
part.  He had this crazy idea cross his
mind, but he shrugged it off, as it was just too impossible.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>‘Is it
coincidence?’ This time he shook his head at the question, ‘No, it’s too often
to be considered a coincidence.’  He
tapped his pale finger at his chin. 
Maybe he should have a serious talk with the blonde model right now, and
with that decision Sasuke was on his way.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>The
empty wine glass was filled once more - Orochimaru
loved high-quality wines, especially when the wines were accompanied by a
relaxing and comfortable surrounding. 
The Himawari resort that was owned by the class=SpellE>Uzumaki family was definitely one of the best resorts that
he’d ever visited, and if he recalled correctly, this resort was originally
built for Uzumaki Kyuu.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  She was the one that decorated the entire
interior of this resort, but instead of keeping this resort all to herself, she
decided to make this resort open to the public, though a few special areas were
restricted, and only the Uzumakis and people they
specially invited were welcome there.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>Even
though he wasn’t in one of those special areas, Orochimaru
found himself sated with the room he had been provided with.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  They had given him a royal suite; well
actually, the room was for himself and Kabuto.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  The room itself was wonderful; class=SpellE>Uzumaki Kyuu’s taste amazed him;
the design itself was cheerful, yet elegant and warm at the same time.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>The
king sized bed had soft cream and white colored
covers on it, the wallpaper was in the same soft cream color,
the furniture was made out of solid oak and had a light warm brown class=SpellE>color, the night-lamp was carved beautifully in the shape
of tulip, and all the other furniture completed the room in perfectly, take for
example the ample Jacuzzi in the bathroom. 
In his opinion, the room was made for a loving couple.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  It reeked of romance, not that he minded that
though, as he and his white haired lover would definitely enjoy the room. class=GramE>Too bad that Kabuto was still touring the
resort.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>Well,
he had some business to do anyway. The longhaired brunette picked up his phone
after dialing a certain familiar number.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  He actually did not like the man that he was
calling at all, but hey, if he could make Itachi’s
career slow, or even better, die; he’d cooperate with the man gladly.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>The
waiting tone was cut-off when his call was answered, “Cut the crap class=SpellE>Deidara, I have a good deal for you.”

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>“May
I join you, miss?” A smooth voice asked from behind the blond.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  Naruto spun his
head in order to see the owner of the voice. A familiar brunette stood there,
smiling softly at him.  After his earlier
talk with the girls, Naruto couldn’t help but feel
nervous seeing the man, and he sighed inwardly.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>The
blue-eyed blond managed to hide his nervousness, and nodded, “Well, of course class=SpellE>Sai-kun, I did promise you a lunch, didn’t I?”style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  He smiled a bit, and Sai
smiled back and took a seat in front of him. 
The blond waved his hand, calling a waiter.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  “Ne, class=SpellE>Sai-kun, what do you want to eat?style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  My treat.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  He grinned when the waiter came to take the
order. Sai arched his eyebrow at that, but before he
could manage to say anything, the blond opened his mouth again, “It’s my apology
for declining your offer that day.”  At
that, Sai smiled and choose his food.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>“The
Asian food here is the best,” Naruto stated, slurping
his almost cold ramen. “I want another miso ramen,
please,” he said to the waiter who nodded and wrote down his second order, as class=SpellE>Sai nodded and flipped the menu. “ What
about the European stuff?” He asked, and Naruto
tapped his tanned finger at his chin. “The Italian food and the steaks are
quite good.”

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>“class=SpellE>Lasagna, mixed greens salad and a glass of lemonade, please,”
the brunette ordered, and Naruto glanced up from his
ramen bowl. “Add another glass of strawberry milkshake for me, will class=SpellE>ya?”  He added.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  After taking their orders, the waiter went
away, leaving them alone.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>The
blond slurped his ramen broth happily, and Sai
crocked an eyebrow at that, “I never knew that a model like you would like to
eat ramen.”  Naruto
had already finished his ramen when Sai asked the
question, and the blond tilted his head, silently asking ‘Why?’ to the
brunette.  “Well, usually models always
watch what they eat in order to maintain their body shape, especially a new
model like yourself.”  class=SpellE>Naruto couldn’t hold back a laugh at that.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>“I’m
not a model Sai-kun, I’m
just… helping It-kun that’s all.”  class=SpellE>Sai couldn’t hide his amazement upon hearing the name that class=SpellE>Naruto used to call Itachi, how
close were they anyway?  class=SpellE>Itachi-san did not seem like the kind of guy that could
interact easily with people, but before he could ask anything else, their food
arrived.  Naruto
sipped his milkshake lovingly, and Sai started to eat
his food, too. “Doo?” The
supposed-to-be-girl model asked and blinked his eyes when the brunette started
to swallow his food bit by bit.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>The
brunette smiled and nodded at the childish yet cute antics, “Yes, it’s
delicious.”  The blond grinned widely at
that,

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>“You
should try the Oriental food next time though.” 
He hummed happily and started to slurp his favorite
food. Suddenly, the brunette tucked his hand under the blond’s
cheek and caressed it until he reached Naruto’s chin,
surprising the unprepared blond. Naruto jerked his
head back, blushing madly.

style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>style='mso-spacerun:yes'> 

style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>“class=SpellE>Sai is gay, but I think he’s interested in you, Kit-class=SpellE>chan.”

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lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black'>“Wha-what?”lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black'> He shuddered and placed his hand on the cheek that class=SpellE>Sai had touched; face still crimson as a ripe strawberry.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  Sai smiled sweetly
at him, and brushed his hand against at the blond’s
cheek,

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>“Your
hair, it almost dipped to the bowl.”

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lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Sasuke sighed, eyeing the now working studio
assistants. His brother was there too, checking on the cameras and instructing
the other assistants to check the other tools. 
“Sasuke, I didn’t see you come here,” his
brother stated upon seeing him glance at some photographic tools.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  Sasukeclass=GramE> just ‘Hned.’style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  Itachi shrugged,
already used to his younger brother’s antics.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>“If
things go as planned, we can start taking the pictures in two days,” class=SpellE>Itachi informed him, tugging on his bag that contained his
personal photograph tools.  class=SpellE>Sasuke nodded, his eyes still scanning the room.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  “If you were wondering about those three, class=SpellE>Gaara-kun and Lee-kun were just here a little bit
ago.”  Sasuke
was baffled, how the hell did Itachi know what he had
been thinking about?

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>His
eyes locked firmly on his brother’s equally dark eyes.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  “Anything else you want to ask, class=SpellE>Sasuke?”  class=GramE>The younger Uchiha ‘Hned’
again.

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lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black'>“No, nothing else.”style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'> He
knew it was useless to try to pry information from his brother, especially if
the information was as big as Sasuke thought it was.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>His
brother sighed softly and slung the bag on his shoulder, “Oh yeah, after Kit-class=SpellE>chan meets with Naru-kun, I’m
going to drive her to her relative’s house, and then I’ll pick her up tomorrow
at noon.” Hearing that, Sasuke could not keep his jaw
from slacking.  Itachi
was going to drive and pick her up?  What
the hell?  Since when did class=SpellE>Itachi let anyone step in his Lancer?!style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  And, most importantly, since when did class=SpellE>Itachi call that dobe class=SpellE>Naru-kun?!

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>He’s
DEFINETLY missing something HUGE here.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>“She
has relatives around here?”  class=SpellE>Sasuke himself was surprised that he’d managed to ask in a
firm, almost bored tone.  His brother
gave him a little nod.  “And that class=SpellE>dobe is here?”  ‘And
why the hell didn’t he greet us?’  The
last phrase managed to make its way to Sasuke’s
tongue, but failed to escape his lips.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>‘And
how did Itachi know that that dobe
is here?’  Sasuke’s
heart clenched slightly at that.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>“Yes,
it’s her grandparents who live nearby if I recall correctly.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  And yes, Naru-kun
will come around this style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>noonlang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black'>, Gaara-kun informed me about that
earlier,”  The older
brunette said, already knowing the unasked question in Sasuke’s
mind.  A small smirk crept onto his pale
lips.  “See you later, little brother.”

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lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Sasuke’s obsidian eyes eyed his brother’s back
carefully, until his brother’s figure disappeared through the door. It didn’t
take a genius to know something was wrong here. 
At first, Sasuke decided to quit his
‘conversing’ with the obnoxious ramen freak blonde, and he was glad that he’d
decided to do that.  Apparently he needed
to do some ‘deep’ research of his own.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>Following
his brother’s actions, the Uchiha’s heir finished his
inspection and walked out of the room, searching for a certain somebody.

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lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Itachi couldn’t fight back the twitching in
his eyebrow upon seeing the scene in front of him – there, in the restaurant,
his object of interest was sitting with his object of irritation.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  The sight of Naruto’s
flushed face was not helping at all, on the contrary it made his eyebrow twitch
even more.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>Despite
his annoyance, the stoic brunette walked slowly to the table, “Having a nice
lunch, you two?” He asked slowly, but loud enough to make both of them
notice.  Naruto’s
head snapped around so that he was facing him, surprised, his tanned face still
flushing.

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lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black'>“It-kun!” He said, nudging Itachi’s
jacket sleeves, silently asking him to sit beside him.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  Understanding the blond’s
distress, Itachi just put his hand on the class=SpellE>blond’s shoulder and almost let out a chuckle when he saw
the other brunette’s dark expression at that.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>“Have
you already finished eating, Kit-chan?” He asked, and
Naruto nodded while Sai
gave him a small smile.  It was obvious
that the smile was a little forced, and Itachi was
pleased to know that.  “Well then, I
assume we can go now?” He asked again, now eyeing the blond.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>“Uh-huh,
we can go now. Thank you for the company, Sai-kun.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  He grinned sheepishly, trying his best to
hide his nervousness.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>The
brunette just shook his head, “It’s my pleasure, Kit-chan.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  See you soon.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  He smiled again, and stood up when the blond
started to stand up and gather his things. 
“Next time maybe we can try the oriental cuisines here,” he suggested
while plucking his jacket off of the armchair.

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lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black'>“Ah, sure! 
But not in the two days though, because I’ve got permission to visit my
gramps before the photo sessions start.”

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>Dark
eyebrow rose delicately at that, “Oh, I see. Take care then.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  He smiled again, and Naruto
grinned widely at that, showing his white teeth.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>“Sure!
It-kun will be there anyway.”  A tanned
finger pointed at the taller man beside him, guiding Sai’s
dark eyes to the older Uchiha, then, brows furrowing,
he glanced back at Naruto, and sighed inaudibly.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>“Give
your grandparents my regards then.”  He
smiled again, and to Itachi it was obvious that the
smile was fake, but it seemed that Naruto
was oblivious to it; he nodded and said ‘of course’ to the other model, and
bade him goodbye.  Itachi
just nodded his head goodbye at the shorter boy, who nodded back, eyes still
gazing intently at him.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>When
both Itachi and Naruto exited
from the restaurant and knew that they were alone, the nervous blond released a
stressful sigh, making the taller man glance at the uneasy blond. class=GramE>“ Is there something bothering you, Naru-kun?”style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  The name was spoken softly, almost faintly,
making sure that only the blond would hear him. 
Still walking, Naruto let out another
desperate sigh, and started to fuss with his ponytail, Itachi
still glancing at him.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>“It’s
nothing really, I’m just…” He paused, trying to come up with good words to
express his uneasiness, “feeling rather uncomfortable around class=SpellE>Sai after what Sakura-chan said.”

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>“Oh?
May I know what she said?”  An adorable
blush dusted the blond’s cheeks at that innocent
request, and he started to fidget in earnest now, his shy glances at the older class=SpellE>Uchiha didn’t help at all, as it was making his blush
become redder.  He groaned softly and bit
his bottom lip, and started to become more restless every second, making class=SpellE>Itachistyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>  even more curious.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>He
lifted an eyebrow, waiting the for the blond to speak,
and when the blond sighed again, he knew the blond was about to speak,
“Actually it’s nothing important….”  The
blond trailed off, Itachi still gazing at him. “She
just said that Sai is gay, but that he had some
interest in me, like that would be possible anyway,” Naruto
groaned while walking slowly, not noticing that Itachi’s
steps had stopped at his statement.  “And
she even asked me who was… Ah never mind that.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  He threw a sheepish smile at the man beside
him, but only met a vacant space.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>After
a few owlish blinks, the youngest Uzumaki took a
glance back, seeing the unmoving man there. 
“It-kun?” He called, walking toward the
brunette, “It-kuuuun??” Tanned hands waved softly
until ruby eyes meet with dazed onyx.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>“But
he is gay.”  Naruto
spluttered at that, his face now shaded deep crimson, “You didn’t notice
that?  He’s been flirting with you now
and then,” Itachi added darkly, and the blond shook
his head, clearly unaware.

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lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black'>“H-How?” 
Naruto managed to squeak out, and class=SpellE>Itachi raised an eyebrow, seeing the adorable blush on the class=SpellE>blond’s face.  His
pale lips curled into a small smirk, no matter how pissed he was with class=SpellE>Sai, a blushing, adorable, and naïve Naruto
always managed to make him smile.

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lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Itachi waved his hand slowly, gesturing for
the blond to come closer to him, and Naruto did.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  When they were close enough, class=SpellE>Itachi bent his knees until he was on the same eye level
with Naruto. 
Blue eyes blinked in confusion, while another blush crept across his
whiskered cheeks.  Itachi
smiled again and flicked the blond’s forehead,
“That’s for me to know, and for you to wonder, Naru-kun,”
making the blond blush worse.  “Come on, class=SpellE>Naru-kun, we don’t want to be late don’t we?”style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  The dark haired man started to walk again,
making the blushing blond hurry his steps.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Kakashi was in the
middle of his lovely chat with Iruka when his cell
phone rang, and with a soft groan and a ‘sorry!’ he answered the phone.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  “Yes, what is it, Sasuke?”
He asked, slight irritation coloring his voice.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  The other person talked while class=SpellE>Kakashi’s eyebrows furrowed and he sighed, “Yes, I’ll be
there.”  With a loud sigh, he turned off
the line, running his fingers through his silver locks.

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lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Iruka crooked his head when he saw that,
“What’s the matter Kashi?” He asked, brushing some
silver strands from Kakashi’s forehead.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>“It
seems I can’t spend too much time in here, koi.” He
said morosely, while holding Iruka’s tanned fingers,
and brushing his lips softly at them. Iruka’s face
darkened upon hearing that,

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>“But
you said…” He trailed off, remembering the promise that Kakashi
make before, and Kakashi sighed and shook his head
slowly.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>“Yes,
I know… But it seems there’s something that made Sasuke
change his decision.”  class=SpellE>Iruka’s eyebrows furrowed, and he
let out a disenchanted sigh.  Unknown to
others, Kakashi and Iruka
were now an item - after the first meeting they’d had together, they frequently
held other appointments.  A few of these
were work based, but many of them were personal.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  After all of these so-called “appointments,” class=SpellE>Kakashi had managed to make Iruka
his.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>But
nowadays they couldn’t see each other often enough, thanks to their escalating
work.  That’s why when the couple heard
about this plan for an outdoor photo session, they each accepted it eagerly and
both of them promised that they would enjoy it as much as they could.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  But it seemed that fate (;;) had other plans
for them.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>Seeing
the gloomy expression on his lover’s face, Kakashi
couldn’t help but to kiss those adorable sulking lips, whispering, “I’m sorry, class=SpellE>koi.”  class=SpellE>Iruka huffed and buried himself in Kakashi’s
broad shoulder.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>“It’s
ok, Kashi. 
Don’t let Sasuke-kun wait for you now!”style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  The brunette stood up while dragging class=SpellE>Kakashi from the loveseat at the same time, and class=SpellE>Kakashi rolled his eye, ‘Honestly, Iruka
is one hell of a nice guy, but I guess that’s why I liked him in the first
place.’  The silver haired man smiled
warmly and pecked the scarred man’s cheek lovingly.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>“I’ll
be back as soon as possible, Ruka-koi.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  And with that Kakashi
left the room, leaving a sad but smiling man still in it.

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lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Kabuto was walking leisurely in the resort
garden when his eyes caught sight of something rather interesting.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  The Dolphin’s brand image model was walking
in an almost intimate manner with the stoic Uchiha class=SpellE>Itachi?  That’s a
rare sight indeed.  But from their
position, it seemed as if Itachi was protecting the
blonde - no wonder Orochimaru said that their
relationship was somewhat odd…

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>Silently
following the pair, Kabuto found himself at the
parking lot, well, at the V.V.I.P parking lot that is.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  All the crew’s vehicles were parked there,
actually.  The older Uchiha
opened the door of his Lancer for the blonde before stepping behind the
driver’s seat and then the smooth, black Lancer drove away from the resort.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>The
white haired man smirked, it seemed that they wanted to go somewhere, and his class=SpellE>Orochi-sama must know about that soon.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  He smiled inwardly when he imagined the
reward that he’d receive when informed his lover of this.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> 

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>Humming
happily, he walked to his and Orochimaru’s room.

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color:black'>XxXxXxX

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lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Sasuke groaned tiredly, and promptly threw
himself at the large and fluffy bed in his royal suite room.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  It was already past dinner and that dimwit
hadn’t even shown himself!  class=SpellE>Sasuke didn’t know why, but it irked him whenever he
thought about that dobe. Especially when he knew that
the dobe had been here since Minute="0" Hour="12">noonlang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black'>, but just hadn’t bothered to show himself.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  The only people from Uzumaki
Company that had interacted with him today were the trio and, briefly, class=SpellE>Tsunade-hime.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>He class=GramE>sighed, it seemed that Itachi
hadn’t come back yet from accompanying Kitsune to her
grandparent’s house.

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class=GramE>Kitsunelang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black'>.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>Another
irritable and confusing problem, not to mention the ‘now new’ relationship
between his aniki and Kitsune,
and Kitsune’s puzzling chat about Gaara
and Lee with some guy named Kiba on the phone.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>He
sighed again, rolling on the bed, letting out his almost pent up stress. After
the talk with Kakashi he couldn’t keep himself from
becoming more edgy, as the silver haired man had teased him whenever he could
during their ‘small talk.’  class=GramE>Though Sasuke could feel the older man’s
disappointment when he told him that he would be here for a full week instead
of just three days.  Then again, class=SpellE>Sasuke could swear that he saw his godfather’s revealed eye
glint happily when he said that Sasuke must handle
this job himself.

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lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Kakashi was never happy to act as a delivery
boy.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>Deciding
that rolling around on the bed was not helping him, the younger class=SpellE>Uchiha sat up and marched his way to the class=SpellE>onsen, wanting to get relaxed and forget these troublesome
problems… At least for a little while.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>Walking
slowly to the indoor onsen, Sasuke
could not help but to admire the beauty of the Himawari
resorts, though the name in itself made his thoughts concentrate instead on a
certain blond Uzumaki boy.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  He sighed irritably, ‘Why the hell can’t I
kick him from my mind?’  The image of a
smiling blond popped up in his mind, making Sasuke
think, ‘The way he’s been acting when I teased him is utterly adorable… and
cute.’  Sasuke
groaned at that.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>“What
the hell… Why I can’t stop thinking about him?” 
He muttered audibly, but loud enough only for him to hear. Too engrossed
with his thinking, the brunette arrived in the onsen
in a very short time. Stepping at the changing room, the brunette stripped from
his clothes, entering the onsen with a towel dangling
at his waist.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>After
rinsing his pale body, Sasuke dipped himself in the
natural indoor onsen, his tense muscles unconsciously
relaxed when the warm water touched his body; he always appreciated a good class=SpellE>onsen.   If only
there were some sake here... After shifting his body to a more comfortable
position, the raven closed his eyes, enjoying the calm and silent environment.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>But
it quickly disappeared after he faintly heard somebody swimming in the class=SpellE>onsen.  He scowled,
who is stupid enough to be swimming in an onsen?style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  Doesn’t he have any manners?style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  The brunette opened his eyes and threw his
deadliest glare to the now diving (;;) man (of course it’s a man, this is not a
mixed gender onsen!). 
He wanted to spat some sarcasm at the man, but found himself frozen when
he saw the man rise up from his dive.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>The
youth stood, eyes still closed, avoiding the water droplets. The warm droplets
fell, sliding down the silky, smooth tan skin and slim body.

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color:black'>Sasuke licked his suddenly dry lips.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>The
man brushed his blond locks that covered his eyes, the usually spiked hair now
framing his heart shaped face and whiskered cheeks, the usually class=SpellE>pouty cherry lips now parted softly to inhale some air.

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lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Sasuke’s heart thumped faster at the sight.

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the closed eyes fluttered open, revealing a pair of utterly beautiful azure
eyes.

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To Be Continued --------

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IMPORTANT A/N: Actually, when this
chapter reached at your hand (is this some kind of letter or class=SpellE>sumthin ^^a;;) style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>IT’S already been posted in FFN since
maybe two months. Seriously, in FFN it’s already reach chapter 9 (since one
month ago, check there if you want FAST
UPDATE all the chapter is unbeta-ed of
course), and the progress to chapter 10 IS
uberly late, coz I’m concentrating in my Final
Assignment (Honestly guys, I’m a senior at my univ,
and in my last semester too -_-) and my circle’s doujinshi’s
projects (My friends will definitely kick me if I abandon our class=SpellE>doujinshis).

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>So,
sorry for the lateness, and please, don’t
blame Kelliot-san for this, he/she has something
she/he had to do, I told her/him to take
her/his time when betaing this class=SpellE>fic, coz I’m not paying her/him! Kell-san
already spared her/his time for this, so please appreciate her/his work, she/he
is working on the next chapter now, so please wait patiently XD, and for me, I
won’t abandon this story, NO WAY in
hell!! I luv writing this story! So rest assured! Oh
and yeah, for those who want my previous chapter to be beta-d, would you be
kind enough to give me some names (the beta-reader) who want to do it?
Honestly, this is a free job, and it’s not like I’m not searching for it, but
like I said before, beta-reader have their own life to do (and no, they style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>WEREN’T TOOLS! They already spare their
times to give a hand, and you said they are tools? Man…), I can’t just force
them if they won’t do it… that’s labouring! It’s illegal!! XD class=SpellE>XD

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>Oh
yeah, for you who think Itachi is kinda
ooc inhere, I’ve got my reasons, and that is: The class=SpellE>Itachi image that I use here, is the image of class=SpellE>Uchiha Itachi before the class=SpellE>Uchiha massacre, at that time he was a nice loving big
brother with cute hobby flicking his otouto’s (‘class=SpellE>lil bro) forehead XD.

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>Thank
you for you guys who drop me a review! I luv them class=SpellE>xD Honestly, I want to reply your reviews, but class=SpellE>meh I can’t do it now >_< I’ve just got the file from
my beta and I want to upload it ASAP maybe next chapter XD oh and yeah, want me
to send you a notification email if I release a new chapter? Put your email at
your review please! XD

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>Ah
yes, the link for my circle’s doujinshi projects (and
guess what? They are SasuNaru!!) XD (delete the
spaces between)

lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black'>http: // i14.photobucket.com/albums/a339/i_chan/cover
.jpg

lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black'>http: // i14.photobucket.com/albums/a339/i_chan/sample
.jpg

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>Next
Chapter: The bathhouse horror!! Or is it?? And Naruto,
you should beware of Orochimaru!! XD

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style='font-family:"Arial Narrow";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>And
thank you for being patient with me! I love you guys!!

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color:black'>Ashrey

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