Life Starts Now (Revised) NaruSasuNaru

All Due Respect (Asking Alexandria)

"With all due respect, yeah, you're out of your mind if you think I give a fuck about your reasons why"

Itachi looked at the clock, it was early for Sasuke to come. He always came toward the end of the day, preferring the hours when it was less crowded. It was only nine in the morning when he was being told he had a visitor. He hoped that nothing was wrong because that was the only reason that he would come to visit that early. It wasn't until he walked to the visitor's area that he realized why it was so early. It wasn't Sasuke at all. "What are you doing here?" He asked once he sat down, nervous eyes looking around for anyone giving them suspicious looks since his mother was supposed to be dead.

"Itachi," she said with a loving, but sad, tone. "I came to see you," she told him. She didn't really have a good reason as to why she was there. Just like when she saw Sasuke, she wasn't sure how to explain her reasons after all those years.

"I can see that," he said in a monotone voice. He didn't want to see her and was ready to demand the guard take him back to his cell. He knew that he'd gotten himself into the situation he was in, but that didn't make anything better. Itachi wasn't mad at her, but it didn't feel right to see her. "Does Sasuke know you're here?" he asked, hoping the answer was no.

"He knows I'm in town," she replied, causing him to frown. "I went to see him first but he wouldn't listen to me," she told him. She wasn't exactly sure to say to him, the son that she'd let take the blame for her. She had managed to run away from it all and get a new identity, almost as if nothing had even happened.

"You left," he simply said. "I think that might be why," he told her, not sure what she wanted to hear. He couldn't be as mad at her as Sasuke was because he'd been the one that sent her away. But that didn't make her a good mother for actually listening to him. "With all due respect, I think it'd be best if you left," he told her, trying to be civil and avoid causing a scene. It was the day Sasuke was supposed to come, he didn't want to get in trouble and make it so he couldn't see his brother.

"So you won't talk to me either?" she asked. She thought that if either of her sons would listen to her that it'd be Itachi. "I'm sorry for what I did in the past. I know that what I did was wrong, but I can't change it. I guess I came to try to make you boys understand," she pleaded.

"I don't just mean the jail," he told her. "I think you should go back to wherever you were hiding," he let out a small sigh. "You aren't doing anybody any good by being here," he said, "I'm sure that Sasuke is probably confused and angry. He doesn't need for you to come here and change everything. He doesn't deserve that, he's already been through enough."

"I see," was all she said before excusing herself. She knew that Sasuke would be mad at her but she never expected Itachi to be so cold. Her boys had always been close and that didn't seem to change in the past ten years. She refused to take Itachi's advice, instead she was going to try to make things right. Mikoto wasn't sure how she'd make it right, but she was going to try.

NS

It was almost time to go meet Itachi, which terrified Naruto. At first he was happy that Sasuke wanted him to meet his brother, but as it got closer to the time to actually meet him he became scared. He was worried that if Itachi didn't like him then Sasuke might dump him. He didn't want to do the wrong thing or say anything that may make Itachi think he's not right for his little brother. All he knew was that Itachi was a big part of Sasuke's life and his opinion was important.

"Stop pacing," Sasuke said as he watched his boyfriend pace back and forth. It was obvious that he was nervous, but Sasuke saw no reason why he should be. "Why are you so nervous?" he asked. "It's not like he's going to kill you," the dark haired man chuckled.