Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Tutor et Ultor ❯ Chapter 2 ( Chapter 2 )

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Tutor et Ultor

Formerly known as 'Shards of My Secret Unkempt'

//"Aniki, nani shiyagaru?!"(Brother, why did you do that?!) Naruto asked, as Ryukien proceeded to throw away his (as in Naruto's) meal into the trash. Ryukien watched Naruto pout for a while before explaining.

"It's poisoned." He said and taking a small portion on the top, he stalked outside and fed it to one of the birds. Immediately after eating, the bird died. "See?" he asked the blonde child

"Hai."

"Now, don't tell mother or father that you know what they're doing, ok?"

"Wakatta!"(I understand!) And the boy grinned with such naiveté that Ryukien patted him on the head and ruffled his hair fondly.//

Naruto was jostled awake when a faint thud echoed and broke the silence of his new apartment. Thinking the worst, Naruto pulled out from under his pillow a whole set of freshly polished kunai ready to use. Instead of wasting his time by using his eyes to search the intruder's location, he closed them and tried to pinpoint where exactly the chakra was originating. His effort was in vain though for whomever it was had already masked his presence… he would have to rely on his other senses then. However, before he could activate his 'gifts', the intruder 'gently' knocked on his head.

"Itai!" he gasped out as Itachi lit the lamp on his bedside.

"You're slipping, Ruto." Itachi smirked as Naruto continued whimpering about his 'hurting' head.

"Itachi, you're disturbing my rest…" He whispered, aggravated at his early wake-up call. "And what's with the attitude?" He continued, obviously annoyed. A second later he fell silent, wondering why exactly the older boy was bothering him. When his mind cleared of its cobwebs of sleepiness, he gulped fearfully. His instincts were telling him to run for it while his brain countered that mere running won't save him from the wrath of the murderous Uchiha and that he should first think up an extremely good escape plan. However, it was just his bad luck that fate was against him.

"I suppose I won't have to remind you considering that your brain has started working already…" Itachi glared, his sharingan eyes narrowing dangerously as his right hand held five newly sharpened kunai.

"No need to be homicidal on me, Itachi…" Naruto began, cautiously backing away from the enraged adult. "Come on, Itachi…, I-it wa-as j-just a j-joke…" he rambled, stuttering whenever the sharingan user would focus his murderous eyes on him.

"Just a joke..?"

"Well… yeah… I mean, no harm done…" Naruto blurted out. "And I was thinking that it was about time you got to see him face to face…" he muttered under his breath as he looked out the open window to see the majestic but gloomy mansion where Uchiha Sasuke lived.

"So what happened?" Naruto interrogated as Itachi moved to sit on the window sill out-looking the mansion.

"Himitsu…"

"Nani?!!! But why?!!!" the Kyubi vessel groaned as he realized that Itachi really wouldn't spill. Looks like I have to get close to the grapevines again to know what happened… (To clear up the confusion, he means that he must get the news from the villagers by use of gossip.)

"…"

"Fine. Have you heard about the Akatsuki?"

"The group that craves for power… It is run by missing-nins, whose lives are based on power, revenge, and hate. Its members are all S-ranked criminals who are very dangerous and are wanted by each village." Itachi mused.

"Hai. Shark-guy was part of that group…"

"And what has that got to do with me, foxy?" he sneered

"A whole lot more than you think, weasel. We want you to join that group…"

"We?" he asked

"Gramps and me. The Hokage was left in the dark." Naruto replied

"I suppose you want me to infiltrate their facilities and plans?"

"…"

"I see. When do I leave?"

"As early as possible… but first, stop by the clan house to pick-up some things." Naruto instructed

"Things..?"

"You'll be needing them…"

"Hn." And with a wave, he was gone.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

In another house, a pink haired girl was sleeping peacefully… or rather was dreaming happily of a raven-haired boy (who just happens to be Sasuke…). The side of her mouth was wet with saliva and her light pink pillow had a large spot of drool on it. It was obviously a good dream as once in a while she would moan out loud and kiss the air. However to her great disappointment (although she doesn't know it yet…), the boy of her dreams was in no way thinking about her. He was currently sitting on the roof of his house, contemplating about his peculiar classmate. (I'll give you three guesses…)

After all, why would the Hokage insist that he be placed in the graduating class when he hadn't ever attended the Academy before? Yes, they were the same age but the idiot didn't even know how to use Henge properly… and above that he even made that disgustingly embarrassing jutsu. He was irritating… noisy… and brainless… everything that a shinobi should not be. So why was he even in the graduating class?!! And why does he *always* have to stare at me? He asked himself as the tips of his ears coloured red. "Damn that idiot." He muttered before climbing down through his bedroom window to finally sleep.

A man hidden by the shadows chuckled from his perch upon hearing the boy's parting words. "It seems that you're doing more than watching, Naruto. You are rattling the poor boy's nerves." He let out a full blown laugh once he was sure that the child was asleep as his thoughts took a quick turn. I wonder what Itachi will say about this new development… He was startled out of his reverie when a feather light weight touched his shoulder briefly. Drawing a deep breath, he said in greeting. "Ayako."

She smirked before giving a quick and barely noticeable nod and murmuring "Konbanwa Ran. Pretty serious about watching the brat?"

"Shouldn't you be watching the Hyuga's, sister?" Ran countered, annoyed at the disturbance.

"Iie. Chichiue relieved me of my post a while ago."

"Hm. Leave then, you need your strength for tomorrow's mission."

"Hai."

"Oyasumi, imouto. Keep safe."

"You as well, aniki."

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

"It seems that it has started, Sarutobi-sensei." A man with spiky white hair remarked as he stared at the crystal ball that showed the incident in the forest. As he stared at the fallen figure of Mizuki, he laughed… amused.

"Hai, it has. Naruto is now officially a genin and I suppose a word with Iruka can fix the groupings to our desired ones." The third replied as he too let a smile play on his lips at the scene.

"…"

"He is holding back on his strength, it seems that he and Itachi have a plan." The Hokage informed Jiraiya.

"Itachi? The Uchiha? I heard he betrayed his clan."

"No. Itachi is loyal to the clan through and through. Orochimaru's obsession is to blame."

"Orochimaru? What has that bastard done now?" Jiraiya growled, his anger overtaking him as memories of his former teammate's betrayal flashed through his mind.

"Naruto and Itachi have said that he had sent Kisame, whoever he is, to kill the Uchiha clan while pretending to be Itachi." The third explained as he motioned Jiraiya to retake his seat.

"Are you sure?"

"No. But Kenji believes his grandson… and I believe in him."

"I see. I wonder what Uzumaki-san will say once I tell him that I will train his grandson?" Jiraiya mused as he stared at his former sensei.

At his words, the third raised an eyebrow. "You will train Naruto?"

"I will but not yet… Now is not the right time."

"If not now, when?" He asked, serious.

"Maybe after my third book…" At this, the Hokage sweat-dropped. Nothing else was said between the two men as they watched the two (Iruka and Naruto) walk together towards Ichiraku.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

"Why are you so nice to me, Iruka-sensei?" Naruto asked, sounding genuinely curious as he stared at his former teacher.

"Because you remind me of myself" A pause… Naruto didn't know if he should interrupt or not as Iruka's eyes glazed. "… and someone I once met…" Iruka trailed off as he stared at Naruto's blue eyes.

~Flashback~

Itachicocked his head to the side, looking amused. He currently had Iruka's hand in his as they weaved through the crowd passing the market place. They didn't usually walk this path but today was Valentine's Day and many of Itachi's admirers had wanted to give him their gifts. Just before being almost trampled by his fangirls, the Uchiha heir was able to con his friend into having lunch with him and because of this he was so unusually cheerful that some of the more sensible folk tried to generally stay out of his way. And if Itachi noticed the weird way the elders were acting, he didn't show it. It was obvious that he didn't care.

"Where shall we eat, Iruka?"

"Som-hey!"Iruka gasped as a boy of he supposed five years bumped into him. The young boy was about to leave when Itachi caught his arm and pulled him up.

"Well?" Itachi prompted the blonde boy.

The boy looked at him guiltily before replying. "I'm sorry, niichan. I'll give it back, I promise."

And with that, Itachi released him. The blonde boy turned to stare at him before handing him back his pouch of money. "I'm sorry, niichan. I won't do it again." The boy said, blushing when his stomach growled.

Irukaglanced at him briefly, his mind debating on it before seemingly deciding on something. "You hungry?" He asked the child.

"…" The poor boy's stomach growled again, and that was enough answer for Iruka.

He took the boy's hand and said to Itachi, smiling. "Come. Let's eat."

Itachistared at them both for a while before giving a nod. "Ok."

~End Flashback~

 "…" It took a minute before Iruka's eyes became focused again.

"I met a boy before… or rather he stole my wallet and Itachi caught him…"

"Itachi?" Naruto asked, interrupting his story.

Iruka smiled sadly at Naruto before replying. "Uchiha Itachi and I were friends."

"Were?" Naruto again inquired.

"He left years ago but…"

"But?" He again asked.

"He returned yesterday."

"Then why are you not friends anymore?" Are you angry at him too, Iruka-sensei?

"I don't know." Iruka answered miserably, a frown on his face.

"For curiousity's sake, I just want to ask Iruka-sensei… Do you still want to be his friend..?" Or maybe more than friends?

"Yes."

"Then I'm sure you'll reconcile sooner or later." Actually, it's much later since he's on a mission right now but you will sometime…

"I wish I'd meet him again, that boy…with the bluest eyes and bright sun-kissed hair… now that I think of it, he looks much like you… you even have the same fascination for ramen."

When Iruka turned his eyes away from Naruto, the fox child smiled… his eyes shimmering with unshed tears. "So you do remember…" He murmured.

"What? Did you say something, Naruto?"

 "No sensei." Don't worry, sensei. One day I'll be able to tell you everything… and one day, I'll reunite you with Itachi.

To be continued…..

AN: Yes, I revised… Hope you like this…. Hope you review… Buh-bay!!!!!!!!!