Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Brother's Can't Be Trusted ❯ Step One: Play it Nice ( Chapter 3 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

Nothing could be more annoying than hearing the slow creaking of a door being skittishly pushed open. Sasuke was all nerves, while the blond that stood beside him was just baffled by it. Sasuke knew of his family honor and fearlessness. Every Uchiha was an intellectual as well as athletic genius, meaning they feared no one. But that always left the issue that Sasuke himself was experiencing. They had each other to fear. And Sasuke most certainly feared Itachi, though he would never admit to it.

Finally Sasuke stepped inside; he was heavily relieved to find all the lights out and no shoes removed at the entrance. So Itachi wasn't home! Sasuke had almost forgotten Naruto as he sighed calmly. Maybe Kami had answered his prays after all.

"Come on Naruto, better hurry before my brother gets home." Sasuke advised, slipping out of his shoes and leaving them by the door. If it was up to him, Sasuke would have hand washed Naruto's clothes to ensure he left earlier.

Naruto kicked off his own shoes and dashed into the living room. "Hey Sasuke." The raven haired teen couldn't help but groan, he knew a question was bound to escape Naruto's lips. "Is your brother high maintenance? He can't be very strict, right?"

Sasuke wanted to laugh. Itachi, strict, those two words never go in the same sentence unless 'is not' was between them. Itachi was the rule breaker in the family. He was always the arrogant rogue, the only rule he set was there was no other rules. Sasuke simply marveled over the fact he wasn't a delinquent because of his brother's influence.

Giving a short smile, Sasuke finally answered. "He's actually agreeable. He's just likes to taunt my guest for fun. He's a real prick and impossible to talk to. I swear he never hears a word other than his own," Sasuke mocked. Yep, his brother was a real jerk.

Naruto didn't seem to be fazed by the description. The blond sat down on the couch while Sasuke took up his clothes. "Well you should still be very proud to have an older brother." Naruto gave his signature goofy smile. "You have no idea what some kids would do to have an older sibling."

Sasuke had noticed a hint of regret in Naruto's voice. Had Naruto really wanted a sibling? "Believe me Naruto, siblings are the worse. I'd prefer being an only child any day," Sasuke chuckled. He carried Naruto's dirty clothes off to the washroom beside the bathroom. As he set the washer and put in the detergent, he heard Naruto's define whisper.

"But even if they are a pain in the butt, their still family, still someone to watch over and care for you. "

Sasuke had found some truth to Naruto's words. If not for Itachi he would be at an orphanage or foster home. But who would willing take in a sixteen year old. They were considered a handful to any parent with common sense. Sasuke shut the washer door after tossing in the clothes. Since it was going to be awhile and Naruto was still here, he might as well clean his room. Naruto would need some type of hiding place when Itachi got home. Sasuke slipped into his room just as he heard Naruto's painful question.

"Sasuke, where are your parents?" Naruto asked loudly, his eyes roaming over all the family photos positioned around the living room. He felt sorry for Sasuke if both his parents worked late and were hardly home. But he hadn’t been expecting Sasuke's real answer.

"They died." the Uchiha called out from his room. When he had said it, his voice was impassive and strong. He wouldn't let Naruto mentioning them affect him so much. After all there was nothing he could do about it now.

As Sasuke collected the clothes he had chucked around this morning, he recognized Naruto's silence. Personally, Sasuke didn't think the question was anything to be ashamed about since Naruto didn't know before asking. But then again, Sasuke was relieved to have te blond quite for once. Of course, such pleasurable silence didn't last long, before Sasuke heard yet another question.

"Sasuke, do you have anything to eat?" Naruto yelled out, cupping his aching stomach.

Sasuke half smirked. Naruto should have been filled by the three helpings of curry he practically stole during lunch today. Sasuke had only given Naruto his share because Naruto was still hungry after gulping down his own serving. Then when that wasn't enough to pacify his stomach, Naruto was given another helping from Hinata. Sasuke was curious as to why she offered her lunch to the new student without so much as regret, not to mention her entire face was red as she handed it over to him.

"Of course I do, baka!" Sasuke laughed as he shoved some clothes into his drawer.

"Do you have any ramen?" Sasuke heard Naruto's ecstatic question.

"I don't know, just look for some." Though Sasuke was pretty sure if there had been any ramen in there, it had already been devoured.

Naruto anxiously skipped to the kitchen. "Ramen, ramen, my sweet ramen!" Naruto sang heedlessly.

He started to raid all of the cabinets and drawers in search of his favorite food. But he had no luck with the cabinets he could reach. Naruto looked hopefully up at the highest shelves. If not for his short stature this all wouldn't be such a problem. Looks like he will just have to climb up there. Naruto pressed his back to the counter and quickly pulled himself up so that he was sitting on it. Turning around, Naruto got on his knees until he was able to stand on the counter. It didn't seem to cross his mind that he could have used a latter, chair or even a stool since his mind was only on the ramen that may or may not be there. He started to carefully climb the shelves, uncaring for the few packages he knocked onto the floor by accident. He would find some ramen if it was the very last thing he did. And by the looks of it, that was probably the outcome of his little venture.

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"I tachi, please reconsider!" Kisame found himself begging his friend. As much as he liked taking exciting risk and slipping right out of trouble, this was going too far. Itachi would be in serious trouble if the kid told anyone. Not to mention, Kisame was rather appalled by the plan in the first place. Even Uchihas weren't so bold as to taint children.

"Now, now Kisame. All is fair in love and war." Itachi chuckled lightly as they approached his home. He had already been developing his plan during classes so when the two of them were walking to his home, he was nearly ready. But of course he would first have to convince Sasuke to be more trusting of him, which would be hard enough as it is.

Kisame had followed Itachi all the way home in hopes of convincing him to ditch the plan, but he was unsuccessful. He watched hopelessly as Itachi slipped in his key and stepped inside. At least Sasuke wouldn't have to worry any new guest over tonight, since Kisame came over often.

Kisame stepped inside after his demonic friend, but was stopped suddenly when he noticed a suspicious smirk on the Uchiha's lips. "What's up?" He asked curiously. He received no answer and only looked down to where Itachi's eyes were. So by the door were too smaller pairs of shoes. One belonging to Sasuke and the other...a friend?!

"It looks like my dear brother is already assisting me. Maybe I should leave out more often." The Uchiha smirked as he removed his own shoes. It was extremely rare Sasuke brought over any friends, but Itachi was glad he had started recently. If he taught the boy well enough, he might turn up as lucky as Itachi.

Kisame held a worried look on his face as Itachi headed down the hall. He knew evil thoughts were running all throughout his head. Kisame grew more worried as he saw Itachi stop ahead of him, his turned as he was looking into the kitchen. Kisame quickened up and noticed what had caught Itachi's attention.

Some short blond kid was foolishly climbing their shelves in search of something. And by the look of it, he wasn't too graceful an acrobat. Before Kisame had time to register what happened next, he saw the boy's footing waver until finally his foot slipped completely off the shelf. The rest of him followed.

In a flash, the only thing audible was the boy's yell as he fell and a gasp following quickly after.

"Naruto?!" Sasuke shouted, rushing out of his room. He was almost done with his cleaning when he suddenly heard the acute yell of his dear blond friend. But as he came running into the kitchen he saw the very last thing he was expecting.

Itachi stood just inches away from the counter, in his arms was a startled blond. His lower thighs and back were carefully supported by Itachi's strong arms. Naruto finally opened his eyes after instinctively closing them during the fall. His cheeks lightly lit up with the soft pink coloring Sasuke had had the honoring of seeing first.

"Do try to be more careful little one." Itachi chuckled. He couldn't help but inwardly smirk as he noticed the blonde’s embarrassment. If this allot could make him nervous, then Itachi could only imagine how much fun he would have trying to get him to blush again. It looked like he had found the perfect candidate for his little experiment.

Naruto bashfully nodded. He was stooped by why his cheeks were so heavily burning. And his heart was suddenly racing inside his chest. This guy was just awkward to be around, it made Naruto nervous. Sasuke seemed to notice Naruto's uneasiness and decided to step in.

"Itachi! Leave him alone!" He demanded, his hands cupping into fist. He was upset over the fact Itachi had come home and was already harassing his friend. What the-?! Did he just think Naruto was his friend?! Since when?! They were only partners for class and bus-mates, that was it.

Itachi smiled, which nearly petrified Sasuke. His brother never smiled. He only smirked intimidating! But Naruto didn't quite have the same reaction as Sasuke. The blond couldn't help but think the smile was actually somewhat charming and suave. Naruto felt woozy the moment the older male set him down on the floor. For the briefest moment he was wishing Itachi would pick him back up.

"Itachi what are you doing here already?!" Sasuke yelled, pointing his finger threateningly. He took a step forward, and grabbed Naruto's wrist. He pulled the dazed blonde to stand behind him. There was no way in hell he was going to trust his brother around any of his guest, especially when he acted this bizarre.

"Shouldn't I be asking you why you have someone over without permission?" Itachi countered with a knowing smirk. Kisame sighed, this was going to be one loud night. Itachi for one was more amused by the fact Sasuke's like friend was wearing his clothes. "Care to explain why he's wearing your clothes Sasuke?" Itachi was secretly mocking him. If Sasuke was going to turn up anything like Itachi, the older Uchiha wasn't surprised if Sasuke had already attempted what he was in the process of doing.

Sasuke softened his tone at the question. He pretty much figured Itachi was making a nasty scene by scene play of what could have been happening during his absence. "It's not like that you hentai!" Sasuke quickly commented. "His clothes got dirty on the way to school so I offered to wash them here! He's leaving as soon as they're clean."

Itachi was softly snickering over how flustered and nervous his brother had become over the question. If he didn't know better, he would think Sasuke was trying to claim the blond as well. "But all that has yet to explain why he was scaling or cabinets."

Naruto finally found his voice now that he was the only one who could explain that. "I was looking for ramen!" He nearly cheered, his vibrant smile returning ten fold as if he hadn't nearly broken his neck trying to get said ramen.

Itachi blinked oddly. Was Sasuke serious?! That claim alone assured Itachi the blonde was clueless and innocence. This was going to be all too easy. that smile was practically screaming 'take me'. "Well, I hate to be the one to tell you..."

"Naruto." The blond quickly answered. Sasuke was mortified that Naruto had willingly given his brother his name. The world was coming t an end soon enough. Sasuke knew Itachi wasn't interested in his friend's names before, so why now?

"Naruto." Itachi repeated with a smile. "We don't have any ramen. But I would be willing to make anything else we have that you want." Naruto momentarily sulked over his pointless search, his blue eyes nearly watering as he heard this. No ramen this had to be a disaster.

Sasuke on the other hand was choking on his own air. Since when did Itachi cook?! And why the hell was Naruto crying over some stupid ramen, and looking incredibly adorable as he did so?! But Sasuke wasn't about to let Itachi cook anyway. Who knew what he might try to slip into the food? Itachi could try to poison Naruto or drug him, both very likely outcomes considering it was Itachi.

"How about we order pizza instead?!" Sasuke suggested in a hurry before Naruto could even think about accepting Itachi's offer to cook. At least with pizza, he would know what was in it.

"That's a great idea Sasuke!" Naruto perked up suddenly, which startled everyone but himself. Kisame was convinced himself that Itachi would have no problem with his plan.

"Kisame, go ahead and call for pizza." Itachi ordered, before turning back to Naruto with a surprisingly warm smile. Sasuke's suspicion was at it's peak.

"This is wonderful. I'm sure our Aka-chan will love the pizza too Sasuke." Naruto blurted out excitedly. Sasuke was filled with instant grief.

"Aka-chan?" Itachi repeated, truly baffled by the choice of words. "Sasuke since when do you have a baby?" Itachi asked. Without really realizing it he found himself rather angry with his younger brother, but why? Because he thought he already was with Naruto? Or because he had went behind his back?

Naruto scampered off the next moment and grabbed his book bag. Quickly he pulled out the stamped egg, showing it to Itachi. "This is Aka-chan, isn't she cute." He chuckled, proudly waving the egg around.

Itachi had all but burst out laughing when he saw the egg. So it wasn't a real baby, that was a relief as well as something else. "So you and Sasuke have to watch over Aka-chan?" Itachi questioned with a knowing smirk. Sasuke knew what he was getting out, but it was pointless denying it now. So the young Uchiha nodded. "Then I guess I will be seeing you around more often, won't I Naruto?" He turned his gaze back to the blond, bringing back out his own friendly smile.

"I guess," Naruto answered back with a confused look. He hoped it wouldn't be much of a problem since it was a school project.

This was all too perfect. Sasuke's little friend would have to come over for the next couple of weeks. Itachi was sure he would win Naruto's heart by then. After all, how hard was it to get a naive teen to fall in love? They were known for their fickle crushes every few days.

"The pizza should be here in thirty or twenty minutes." Kisame announced.

"Alright." Sasuke answered. He grabbed Naruto's wrist once more. "Come on Naruto, we have home work to finish. Tell us when diner is ready." Sasuke shouted as he tugged the baffled blond down the hall and into his room. There was no way he was going to let Naruto have to stay around Itachi for that long.

Naruto just stared oddly at Sasuke as he closed the door behind him. Why was Sasuke so jumpy all of a sudden, Naruto wondered. "Sasuke...your brother isn't all that bad." He pointed out.

Sasuke growled in frustration. Itachi was definitely up to something if he had to pretend to be normal while Naruto was around. There was no way Itachi was being nice so not to embarrass Sasuke or anything. Sasuke would never believe his brother was that nice.

"You don't know him like I do Naruto. He's just messing with you. Just keep away from him while your here, okay?" Naruto nodded, which gave Sasuke some relief. He couldn't help think Naruto was still unable to keep that promise since he was after all this naive.

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"Man , Itachi you hit the jack pot." Kisame laughed. "I've never seen anyone more perfect for the job than Naruto." Oddly enough, Kisame wasn't too bugged out by the idea anymore. Though he only felt that way because he got to meet Naruto personally. And he tonight anyone that stupid and innocent deserved to be roughed up a bit just so they could know what reality really was.

Itachi laughed shortly as well. "And I have Sasuke to thank for it. Finding my prey was easy, but the real fun begins tonight." He smirked. "If I'm lucky, he might just have to spend the night over here."

Kisame felt a sweat drop as he heard Itachi's creepy tone of voice. He pitied the poor blond but also admired him for how brave he would have to be to survive this. "Well I have to go Itachi, I'll leave you to your work." He winked and quickly left. He was more scared of being there will all this played through. Itachi was pretty scary when he worked his magic, not to mention Kisame didn't want to be arrested if Itachi got caught for this. He could simply play the part of an unknowing best friend.

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"Bo ys, the pizza's here!" Itachi called out, answering the door. After paying the man he set the three boxes of pizza on the kitchen table. He got a pretty good feeling Naruto had a big appetite simply because he was so desperate for the ramen.

Itachi grinned as Naruto was the first to shuffle into the room, immediately throwing open one of the boxes. "I'm starving!" The blond was careless in his search for biggest slice and quickly grabbed it. He shoved the cheesy food into his mouth without a second thought.

Itachi chuckled softly and gently rubbed the boy's spiky blond hair. "You have quite the appetite, don't you Naru-chan?" He teased, his entertainment increasing as he noticed the elegant flush on the other's cheeks as he petted him.

Sasuke stumped down the hall and glared at the disgusting scene in front of him. Well it was only disgusting because his brother was actually being nice to his friend. The only part of the scene Sasuke was both angry and pleased with is how Naruto innocently ate his food while his brother petted him.

Sasuke stepped over, making sure to come right in between Itachi and Naruto and grabbed the further slice of pizza, which allowed him to push Itachi's hand off Naruto without looking suspicious. The younger Uchiha took a furious bite out of the slice as he glowered at Itachi, who was snickering to himself.

Naruto didn't care too much over the other's odd behavior. After all he expected brothers to be resentful to one another, so this was no surprise. But Naruto had noticed one very peculiar thing. Itachi's eyes never left him as he ate. Even when Naruto turned to face him, Itachi's gave never faltered or averted, like he wanted the blond to know he was staring at him.

Sasuke was too pissed to eat throughout most of the dinner. He had been glaring daggers at Itachi the whole time, but that didn't matter since the older Uchiha didn't look at him once. Before Sasuke had realized it, him and Naruto had gone through an entire box each. But Itachi on the other have had barely ate three slices.

Naruto rubbed his filed stomach happily. His eyes curving perfectly as he giggled. Both Uchihas found themselves snickering over Naruto's sudden singing. "Tanoshii hara, tanoshii hara." The cheerful blond sang.

Sasuke knew Naruto was childish, but this childish? But the younger Uchiha suddenly growled went he heard Itachi whisper under breath.

"More like sekushi hara." Itachi snickered with a deviant grin.

Sasuke stood up quickly slamming his hands on the table. "Ton'ma!" He called his brother. "Come on Naruto, you better get home now." Sasuke suggested, pulling Naruto up by the wrist again.

"Now, now Sasuke. it's too late for Naruto to be walking home alone. It can be dangerous of a young teen." Itachi smirked. "I do believe it would be safer if he stayed the night over. At least you both would be able to catch the school bus together. What do you say Naruto?"

The blonde’s eyes flawlessly gleamed over the suggestion. "I can stay here?!" Itachi nodded, settling his chin in the pal of his hand as he smirked at Sasuke. "Sure, I'll call home now!" Naruto rushed off to the phone, leaving he two brothers alone.

"Itachi, you evil perverted bastard." Sasuke snarled, his eyes narrowing. "Why the hell do you want my friends to stay over now?"

"Oh, come on Sasuke. What type of brother would I be if I didn't let you have friends over every now and then?" Itachi stood up from his seat and started to throw away the empty boxes. "Especially if your friends are that cute."

"If you lay another finger on him, I rip your fucking arm off Itachi." Sasuke threatened. Sasuke made sure to lose the creepy aura the moment Naruto came rushing excitedly into the room.

"I can stay!"

To Be Continued...

A/N: Muhahahaha, I love writing this fic, its so much fun. And I love all of your reviews. Thanks so much. All the reviews really do encourage me to update each day^_^ I hope you all liked this chapter, and there is many more exciting one's to go.

Next Chapter: Sasuke is getting very suspicious of his brother. And Naruto just seems to be th brainless child he has always been. Even with Sasuke threatening his brother and watching over Naruto, will he be able to make Itachi keep the first night 'clean' or will Itachi get in his way?

Dictionary:

baka- idiot. That's plain and simple, lol
Hentai -pervert
tanoshii- jolly
hara- tummy. So Naruto was basically singing he had a jolly tummy like Santa Claus because of its size.
Sekushi- sexy. Itachi was teasing Naruto by replacing jolly with sexy, not that Naruto would be able to catch it cause they sound similar at the end.
ton'ma- jackass. Yeah, Sasuke was pretty mad cause he was the only one that caught Itachi's joke.