Family & Friends

Title: Family & Friends

Chapter One: Itachi’s Secrets

Summery: When his best friend is turned into a helpless chibi and his brother is not really a murdering psychopathic traitor what in Sasuke’s world is true? And what is going to become of their lives?

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or its fandom. I am in no way affiliated with any one who does. I am making no money off this fic. This story in no way represents canon.

 

WARNINGS: Yaoi; Chibi-Naru; angst; descriptions of abuse of a minor; cursing; eventual anal; oral; fingering; and fluff

 

 

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Sasuke felt his blood running cold. The closer they got to the hideout the more he knew something horrible had happened. He was sure if Naruto were dead he’d know, he insisted within himself that he would know. Wouldn’t he? They raced through the caverns, Sasuke couldn’t feel Orochimaru here - his scar would be burning if he’d been there. Two years with the snake bastard had been enough to make Sasuke stay with Naruto after his stupid fucking suicide attempt. They’d fought furiously after Sasuke swept in saving his plummeting ass. While Sasuke had over used his own chakra, Naruto and his limitless supply had beat his ass good and dragged him back to the leaf. If that were not humiliating enough the Dobe had argued on his behalf with the Hokage and to her evil twisted joy and amusement she’d given him the ultimate punishment:  Naruto was his keeper. Five years of life with the blonde idiot. Where Naruto went he went or he could choose to stay home with a guard. At first it had been humiliating, then humbling; now it was normal. Their lives had too quickly eased back into bickering, name calling, and competing over everything.



Naruto had been stolen literally right from under their noses. The ground had opened up, swallowed him whole and then he was gone. A giant snake was responsible and Sasuke and Sai (though he loathed the other boy’s presence) had taken off into the hole giving chase. When they came out the other side it was gone and so was any trace of Naruto. Now it was six days later and they’d tracked Orochimaru down and simply hoped the creepy fucker hadn’t tried to take over Naruto’s body. He ran faster through the tunnels, he knew the layout because he knew Orochimaru’s fucked up mind. He should have killed the bastard when he had the chance. Skidding to a halt as the scent of fresh blood filled his nose and he took a moment to control himself. The amount of spilled blood took him back and he couldn’t afford that weakness when Naruto’s life was on the line. He cautiously moved forward, Kakashi now at his side and stupid ink mice moving forward.



“It’s safe.” Sai told them when one returned. “And Naruto is in there…” He looked confused and eager to move forward, which annoyed the hell out of Sasuke. Sai was always sitting a little too close to Naruto and always saying or doing things to rile the blonde up. Sasuke took the lead once more and stopped, blood running cold at what he was seeing. Closing his eyes he opened them back up.



“No fucking way.” He growled, shaking in fury.



Before him were red splattered walls. To the left of the room was Orochimaru’s lifeless head and his body lay in the right hand corner with a kunai through the heart for good measure. Kabuto was two feet off the floor with a haunted look in his eyes and a wooden spear through his belly. Dead at his feet was most surprising of all, Kisame. The shark faced man had his eyes closed and his own sword plunged into his body. “Itachi?” He breathed pulling his sword.



“NOOO!” Without warning a tiny blonde and tanned body jumped out of nowhere. It was drowning in the Akatsuki cloak and held both hands up to stop him. Bright terrified eyes made Sasuke gasp.



“Dobe?”  The chibi nodded as if it were his name then looked up.



“If I sand sill you wone hurd ‘tachi? Otay?” He was wringing his tiny hands and biting his lip hard. “I pwomise I wone wun.” The pleading look on his face made him ask.



“Stand still for what Dobe?” His voice was dry and the words caught in his throat. To the side he saw Sakura turn away from the sight.



Blinking the chibi frowned. “Du beadin’. I will stay willy sill and… and…” Sasuke just blinked in shock realizing the small boy was looking for some way to sweeten the deal he was offering. He felt the bile rising in his throat.



“Enough Sunshine. Come here… no one is beating you when I’m around. Remember?” Itachi stood wincing at the gash down his side. “And no one is going to hurt me either.” He lifted Naruto into his arms and sighed. “Trouble just finds you whenever you aren’t kept a good eye on doesn’t it?” He turned a furious red glare on Kakashi.



“Itachi… I did the best I could given the circu…” He quickly tried to explain himself blushing under the gaze.



“Oh no! We will not discuss this here and now. But we will be discussing it Hatake.” Itachi looked positively furious and for just a moment Sasuke thought he looked like their mother. Without warning Sasuke started laughing and then he couldn’t stop the hysterical laughter that bubbled from him.



Naruto looked at him with wide scared eyes and whispered. “I fink he’s broked ‘tachi.” Itachi sighed, walking to his brother with a shake of his head and thumped him on the forehead. Itachi was injured, irritated, and tired - this was not helping his mood.



“You’re scaring the chibi. You’re an Uchiha, act like it. You aren’t out of trouble either Little Brother.” His face was still furious and when Sasuke snorted and rolled his eyes, Itachi was struck with the urge to smack the back if his head. “You have no idea… he has no idea?” Once more the Uchiha rounded on Kakashi with Naruto planted firmly on his hip. “I just assumed that you’d finally gotten a hold of him and told him the truth but no he came back on his own…”



“Actually Naruto beat the hell out of him and brought him back unconscious, Uchiha-sama.” Sai gave a small bow and Sakura looked at the boy open mouthed. Since when had Sai gotten manners?



Frowning Itachi eyed the young man up and down and snorted. “That had better not be the new ANBU uniform. I know the Hokage’s a woman and ANBU are fit but that is practically indecent.” This time Kakashi was snickering. “You never told him. I asked you to do one thing. One tiny thing and protect them. You can’t take care of a fucking house plant - let alone two kids. Sasuke runs off to join the dark side and I find Naruto being experimented on by that same snaky bastard and look at him. Just look at him… he’s three fucking years old!”



Popping his thumb out of his mouth and frowning Naruto asked. “How manys?” He looked thrilled. When Itachi sighed and held up three fingers Naruto smiled and mimicked it. “No! I is one mow.” He held up three fingers on one hand and the other held one finger up. “Da’d manys. You said so. And I god’a tweat!” He smiled at Kakashi and laid his blonde head on Itachi’s shoulder.



“Fine, he’s four. You are so dead Hatake. If you were still ANBU you would have an excuse.” Itachi turned. “We’re going home now Kakashi.” To the utter amazement of the three chuunin, the jounin put his hands in his pockets, sighed, and followed. He was muttering the whole way back to the surface. Sasuke was on auto pilot- he felt like he was walking in a dream where the whole world had spun out of control and nothing made any sense anymore. The one thing he was sure of was that as long as his psychotic brother held the Chibi-Dobe he couldn’t hurt him.



Once at the surface Itachi turned and snatched the orange book from Kakashi’s nin pack, knowing exactly where it would be. He threw it into the air as Kakashi cried a pleading no and then it burst into flames at the center of a fireball. Naruto clapped as the charred remains drifted down like snow. “Now you have something to mutter about.”



Sai leaned over into Sasuke’s personal space to whisper, “Is Kakashi dating your brother?” Sasuke stilled, shaking his head no.  This was just too much for him.





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