FINALLY! I am alive I swear it. I'm so sorry that it took almost over a year for me to update. School is very lame. And I know it's sort of short, but I will try and keep updating as much as possible. Especially over Christmas break. :). So I do hope you enjoy this chapter deeply and since it is the month of forgiving (it is right?). Forgive this poor overwhelmed writer.

Disclaimer: Merry Christmas Chiru. You officially own Naruto! Oops. Wrong Chiru. Just Kidding. -__-.

'Itachi's Inner Ramblings'

'Ita speaking'

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Explosion

'Seriously Ita, what did you mean by that?'

'I dunno. What did YOU mean by what?'

'Damn it Ita. Are you bi or not.'

'Good question, but I have a better one. Are you just high or hot?'

'Well, I suppose I'm a smexy beast but still-'

'I was rhyming, Mr. Smexy Beast. Get it straight.'

'Wait. Right. Straight. Are you?'

'Quizas'

'What the hell Ita, there is no way I'm going to kiss your ass.'

'You're more of an idiot than I thought. Go learn Spanish.'

'Wha-?'

"So, are you our new teammate or what?"

"I'M NOT GAY!" I clutched my lips together tightly. I had spoken my thoughts out loud again! This had to stop. I needed an excuse. Now.

"Excuse me?" questioned the kunoichi.

"Oh, um. Sorry. I thought that you were referring to my earlier comment on the kyuubi kid and I had already decided how was going to answer. My apologies."

The girl seemed satisfied enough with my reply, but I sensed a bit of doubt in her aura. I sweat dropped and turned towards Naruto. "So, who did you say your boyfriend was?" He turned boiling red and gritted his teeth before he began yelling curses in such a high-pitched voice that I really did believe he was gay; or at least a transvestite.

The sound of 'poofing' caught me attention, but apparently, not anyone else's. Sakura was utterly stunned by her sensei's random appearance, but Naruto…well Naruto's reaction time was right on queue. "DAMN IT KAKASHI! YOU
DAMN POOFER! WHAT'S YOUR ISSUE?"

I smirked. At least this team was entertaining.

"Well Naruto. I can't seem to recall me having issues, but according to this young…man here, you have one of your own. Please inform me who your boyfriend is so I may pity them."

The boy was so fast I hardly even saw him move, but it seemed his female teammate was accustomed to his rash actions. She was holding his arms behind his back before he could take one step closer towards Kakashi. "Naruto! Shut up and chill out!" The girl looked up at her sensei and smiled. "Now Kakashi-sensei, what is our mission?"

Kakashi's gaze darkened. "Find and capture, Uchiha Sasuke."

My heart stopped. In fact, I'm pretty sure everyone else's did too.

'Well isn't this great? We get to have a reunion! Aren't you excited Itachi?'

'CHAHA! DUDE! I miss Sasuke-chan sooo much! I wonder if he still hates me.'

'Prolly.'

'Oh well.'

'Yep. So why does he hate you so much again?'

'Well it could be one of many things. It maybe from poking him in the forehead too much or neglecting to teach him how to throw shuriken or—'

'Or maybe slaughtering our parents right in front of him and then making him watch us kill the entire clan.'

'Well that's a possibility too, but I think it's because of that one time.'

'What one time?'

'You know, that one time.'

'You mean the one time we died his hair white and tattooed a mustache on his face and then we told him the only way to remove the tattoo was running through the village naked and screaming 'Rawr, I am a kraken from the sea!'?'

'Yep. I'm pretty sure that's why he hates us.'

The little girls voice stuck me as odd, so I pulled out of my thoughts. "But sensei, why is Tsunade sending us on this mission. I need to know if she intends to torture him for information." Her voice was a mere whisper as she repeated herself. "I need to know…"

"There is nothing to worry about, Sakura-chan."

'So that's her name…Sakura. How cliché.'

'But it fits her.'

'Yeah. Her hair is pink. Anyone could tell you that.'

'Well, I think she represents the flower in more ways than that.'

'Enlighten me, Ita.'

'Well, she's pretty, she smells good, and ok, yeah it's just her hair that reminds me of a blossom.'

'Thought so.'

'Oh hush up.'

'You. Fag.'

'Haha. You just called yourself a faggot! You're hilarious.'

I shut my mouth. Ita always knew how to shut me up.

"Anou," the kyuubi kid stuttered after what had seemed to be an awkward silence. "Sensei, why is this freaky kid with us?"

"Tsunade assigned him to this mission."

"But he's creepy. And he's a meany face!"

"Well you smell funny!" I taunted back. Both Sakura and Kakashi snickered at my comment.

"Shut up! At least I don't look like a fucking ghost!"

'Say it!' Ita urged.

'No.'

'Come on. You know you want to.'

'No.'

'Pussy.'

"Well you lack penis!"

Everyone but Naruto burst out laughing. Even me. But Naruto…yikes. I think he finally boiled over and exploded.

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Chiru