another Chance

#23

It took a few hours for the four of them to sort through all thr scrolls and information they could find in the whole hideout, it was time consuming and tiring but sasuke finally managed to obtain some useful information through these and decided on a few hide outs that might lead him to what he want or atleast give him some more clues. "Time is limited and I cannot afford to waste it like this, we will split up what I want to find is the information regarding the transactions or any kind of deal that had happened between danzo and orochimaru.... as soon as possible" he calmly told them and assigned them the hideouts they were responsible for searching "go berserk if you want...." He said as he used rinnegan to use teleportation jutsu, leaving behind slightly stunned trio....
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Itachi looked at the hyperactive blonde ninja who was grinning at him "let's go dattebayo~" the blonde said to the uchiha who looked at him with that calm look on his face to which the dark haired ninja gave a slight smile and nodded gesturing the blonde to lead the way, as instructed by Tsunade Itachi was prohibited from using his chakra that meant they were going to walk through the town to get to Naruto's apartment, Itachi helplessly sighed as attracted gazes from the people on the street whether concious or subconscious....
"Itachi san...shall we to ichiraku's first?" He sounded a little unused and awkward and although he questioned and asked for Itachi's opinion he was already leading the way to his favorite ramen shop with his ever present cheerful and enthusiastic smile, Itachi also didn't raise any objections, silently consenting with the suggestion and walking the way. It was a slightly different experience for Itachi, he had been here in this village many times in the past to secretly keep an eye on his little brother and see how he was growing up, he had seen how his brother had isolated himself from everyone else, he had seen how this very blonde he was walking with at the moment had managed to get along with his stubborn, stupid little brother, he had seen them forging their bond, developments of their friendship, he has already trusted the blonde with his brother, believing that the blonde would keep his brother from straying and being controlled by 'someone else', Itachi's expression softened as he remembered those times and how this blonde and his brother always argued and fought each other....
Soon the two reached their destination and were warmly welcomed by the owner and his daughter,ordering what he usually ordered for the two of them Naruto glanced at Itachi a few times, this kept on as they started eating, Itachi couldn't help but stop eating and looked at blonde and said slowly in an even tone "is there anything that Naruto kun wants to ask?", He didn't seem irritated or anything, infact Naruto couldn't tell what Itachi was thinking as his voice as well as his facial expressions never gave away anything but he wasn't really worried about his mood anyways, getting the chance to speak up he couldn't help but speak up "sasuke's changed...." he started as he stopped eating and continued"...like even more than before.... I mean he had changed but he changed again dattebayo .... I mean.." Naruto was getting frustrated as he couldn't clearly say what he wanted to and was at the verge of pulling at his own hair,  seeing him like this Itachi couldn't help but chuckle as he said "I know, hearing the chuckle and thee words that followed, Naruto was slightly embarrassed but he coughed lightly and continued again his tone going serious "...well he has changed and was too abrupt... I mean one minute he was ready to fight us and another he went after orochimaru....and then..." Naruto told Itachi that had happened after that day, as one of the party involved he gave a much more clear and detailed account of the events that had transpired, and then continued as he focused on his bowl of ramen and said "I am telling you all this because  obviously you are one of the reasons of his sudden change....infact you are the main reason for his changes.... it has always been you.... whether it was back then or now...", Itachi listened carefully and was aware of the changes in Naruto, observing from beginning to the end, although Naruto was looking at the bowl of noodles in front of him he could hear the seriousness he spoke with, he could sense Naruto's chakra that fluctuated and slight leak of kyuubi's chakra as the bonde continued "this change in him... I don't know how good or bad it is....all I know is that you are the reason and the direction of his changes will depend on your every action....so I am going to say it once.... I have seen him breaking, that day, at first I didn't notice as I was too worried about his whereabouts but later I saw those  blood drops, tiny.... only noticed when looking very carefully.... I noticed them by coincidence but I was sure that it was his blood and not someone else's....the condition I saw him back in the forest was also the effect of one of your actions...." Naruto finally looked Itachi dead in eyes as he said "so take it as a request, don't give him another reason for another change...." As he finished saying this Naruto's smile was back and the seriousness he showed before seemed as of some kind of illusion, as if they didn't just talked about some really serious topic just now, he was slightly surprised by this super fast switch between the seriousness and goofiness of the blonde ninja but he was not curious about it either, he focused and analysed the fresh information he got from the Naruto regarding his brother and all that had happened....