Author: M00nlight Shadow
Characters/Pairing: ItaNaru and NaruSasu, mainly ItaNaru
Genre: Romance/Humor/Drama
Rating: M
Disclaimer: Naruto belongs to Kishimoto
Beta: MarsInsane, Imperial Mint

Summary: Naruto never expected this. It was all because his father lost a bet. A bet that would change his normal life but not only his life… Unexpected things will happen… A story about love, friendship and Betrayal. ItaNaru slight NaruSasu

Unexpected changes

Chapter 1 – Unexpected caller

He was sitting in a cafeteria on the 39th floor in one of the world's biggest buildings in America. His lunch was still untouched. A heavy sigh left his lips. He wasn't even hungry anymore.

His natural blond hair shined brightly when the sunlight touched his hair. It was so inappropriate that the nineteen year old boy was so, confused? Sad? On such a lovely, warm summer day. The young man leaned his head on his knuckle staring at his lunch. He took one little bite not noticing that his ramen was already cold. Normally he didn't like ramen that was already cold, but at this moment he hardly could even taste it. His mind was somewhere else.

He looked at the piece of paper his father left him. If he signed this, his life would surely change for a while, that was for sure.

God this was so unexpected.

The conversation with his father, not long ago, left him in shock. Never in his life did he expect this. At first he thought that he was called for something minor.

He focused his eyes on the paper in front of him. It's not that he blamed his father or anything since he probably didn't have a choice either... Well actually he did, they did. But if he didn't cooperate there was a big chance that it would turn out bad for them. He had a week to consider the offer of Uchiha Fugaku.

Still... he never thought that his father would be so reckless. The blond boy wanted to groan in frustration. Really his father could be such a idiot sometimes and not to forget childish! At first he thought his father was making a joke, he always makes stupid jokes... terrible ones actually. The blond boy smiled a bit at the thought of that, but it quickly vanished from his pale face. Then he actually thought that his father meant to scare him. And if that were really his only intentions it sure was working. It was when his blue eyes. Naruto noticed the serious look on his father's face.

It was all because there was a bet. Naruto just wanted to rip the paper apart and throw it at his father. Damn he was such an idiot! This morning everything was just fine.

He ran his hand through his hair and sighed heavily.

Somehow he just couldn't make up his mind.

-That morning-

Ring!... ring!...ring!

The blond boy reached for his phone from his bed, pushing one of his pillows off the bed in the process. He yawned while he spoke.

"Yeah?" He said a little too loud.

The caller had a familiar low but pleasant voice.

"It's dad." The voice was very cheerful for this time of the day. He stole a glance from his clock on the little wooden table next to his bed. It was almost seven in the morning and his father never called this early.

Not that he called everyday or something. He still would see him two or maybe three days a week if he was lucky. He always came home on Friday's and the weekends. On the other days he would call after school and ask him how his day was and what he would do for the rest of the day. It was annoying sometimes but he probably just wanted to be a caring father or something.

They did have things in common and one of them was a big problem for the both of them; they always sleep in… and because of that they were almost always late, late for school, late for work, etcetera, it was a bad habit that both the school and work had accepted after a while. In exchange, Naruto had to stay a half-hour longer in school and clean the tables in his last class. Yeah it was very stupid but after awhile it didn't matter anymore. Sometimes it was even fun. Every day after school, one student was chosen to clean the tables. In other words Naruto's class had it easy because it was officially Naruto's job.

So Naruto and the students who were cleaning had a lot of fun. They would talk about stupid things or exchange jokes, including his dad's bad jokes, but not always of course. It depended on who was chosen to clean up. Because of course, not everyone can be that social or fun. It was just a half hour anyway, sometimes a little longer.

Naruto smiled. "Hey dad!" He yawned again. "Not wanting to be a total ass, but did you notice how early it was?"

It was Saturday. He always liked Saturdays. But who didn't. No school, more sleep, further more; he can do whatever the hell he wanted and he still has a day ahead of him where he can do that all over again, but he had to work on Sunday, fortunately that was in the evening, so he still got the whole day for himself. God he loved weekends.

"Sorry Naruto." He laughed.

"Aren't you supposed to be home?" He said while lifting an eyebrow. Then a goofy grin appeared on his sleepy face. "Oh wait I get it. I bet you're here and calling from your room and you want to ask me if I can bring you breakfast? Come on dad that is getting old."

A laugh was heard on the other side of the phone.

"Do you think that your old man can be that boring?"

"Surprise me." The blond said in a sarcastic tone as he stood up and walked to the mirror that was hanging on the wall next to his wooden table. The mirror was big enough to see two full-grown men in it. He had his favorite black boxers on. With his free hand he scratched his naked chest. You could see from the dark color under his eyes the lack of sleep. He looked such a mess… His hair was looking messy and he felt still tired.

The blond brushed a few blond hairs away. His hair had grown and it wasn't that spiky anymore when he was still a kid but it was still short. He disliked the feeling of long hair. It always felt so sticky on his neck.

"Naruto I felt asleep on my work." He cleared his throat. "Busy week you know and it's still ongoing so... I think I can't get home this weekend." He laughed nervously but it died away quickly, obviously trying to hide it.

Suspicious thought Naruto. The last time he was talking this nervously was when he accidentally left the door from his balcony open so that his homework flew all across the room and some of it flew out into the big city to never be found again... well at least not by Naruto. That time really pissed him off because he worked all week to finish that report.

"Nah, it's cool," He laughed while scratching the back of his head. "I can entertain myself. Besides I can always call somebody if I'm really bored."

Naruto and his father still lived with each other but only on the weekends and Friday. His father said it was good for him to have the place to himself. Naruto's dad also had a small place for his own near his work. They lived like this for two years now.

But Naruto was actually a little sad because he was looking forward to seeing his dad again. They were supposed to go out of the city the whole weekend. It was not the first time he blew things off. Naruto respected his father. He was a hard worker, sometimes even a bit childish but overall a funny and a charming man, (even with the terrible jokes) and a very good father. It was hard after the death of Naruto's mother. Naruto was almost four when it happened. But they both pulled through.

Naruto's mother was buried a few miles away from the city, close to where they used to life. She actually never liked the city. Uzumaki Kushina was a beautiful woman and mother who always loved nature. She loved the blue sky and the beautiful songs the bird made. But because of Minato's job they moved to the city when Naruto was two. And there also weren't schools near where they used to life. Kushina was sad when they moved but she did it for the two she loved the most.

Naruto smiled to himself. Thank god he still had photos of her. Once in a while Naruto would look through the album seeing her mother smiling warmly to the camera. Watching those pictures almost felt like she was still alive.

Naruto doesn't remembered that much of her but dad told him that because she loved nature with all her heart, she walked a lot in the park with Naruto, and if Minato had time he would be there too. His head turned and looked at the framed photo on the little wooden table next to his bed. The sun was shining that day and the leaves of the trees were a beautiful green. In other words it was a nice summer day. Kushina was on her knees, smiling and hugging little Naruto, on the fresh green grass. Naruto laughed while looking up to his mom and Minato was kneeling beside Kushina, one hand on her shoulder while smiling at Naruto. You could say the perfect little family, if it weren't for that accident.

"I'm sorry son. I'll make it up to you." There was a sad tone in his voice…

He was really sorry.

Today was a sad day, the day that his mother passed away fifteen years ago. That's why they planned this weekend to go out of the city and visit his mother's grave, and revisit memories from back then and doing stuff they used to do when they lived there. They did that every year. But this year it was going to be different.

Naruto puts his blue jeans on with two hands while holding his phone between his head and shoulders close to the neck.

"I already told you its fine. We can always go next weekend." Naruto said after an awkward silence.

It was quiet again for a moment. Naruto waited patiently for his answer. Then his dad broke the silence between them.

"Fine, we'll do that."

"Okay then, bye dad." After a moment Naruto raised an eyebrow. He didn't answer back.

"...Dad? Is everything okay? Is there something you want to tell me?"

Again silence.

"...Yeah actually there is. Well co-... oh wait didn't you have to work at the restaurant today?"

Naruto sighed. "No dad, that's tomorrow. The same as always when I started six months ago. What's going on dad?" Naruto asked worried.

"Oh yeah I forgot," There was that weird nervous laugh again. "Well since you aren't doing anything could you come to my work today, for lunch?" Naruto frowned a bit. "It's my treat." He added quickly.

Okay, this was unusual... Naruto thought. "Uhm, yeah sure dad. What time?"

"Is twelve o'clock okay with you?"

"Yeah. But what is this all about?"

"I'll tell you when we have lunch okay? Bye son."

"Bye da-..." After Naruto said bye his dad already hung up. "Dad…"

Naruto sat himself on his bed. He puts his phone on the table where it came from, let out a heavy sigh and slowly lowered himself backwards on his bed. Okay that was weird. He thought. The blond felt the soft sheets beneath him. God he loved his bed.

-thud-

"Ouch! What the-..." Naruto opened his sleepy eyes and saw his ceiling. He fell out of bed. Damn not again…

That happened sometimes since Naruto moved a lot in his sleep. His hands were rubbing his eyes then he placed one behind his head. He groaned. Shit that hurts... Well he was awake now anyway. Not a pleasant way to wake up but hey, better then drinking bitter tea that you will taste all morning.

Morning?

While he turned his head to look at the clock, his head screamed. But his head wasn't the only thing that was screaming.

"Oooh shit! I only have forty minutes until its twelve o'clock!" He cursed softly and quickly got up, only to fall again because his feet were tangled in his sheets. He cursed again this time a bit louder.

He gathered his socks, his sneakers and his red sleeveless t-shirt. His jeans were already on. He was done in a moment. Then he took a black sweater from the big white closet across from his bed. The zipper of the sweater was left open. Then he quickly took the necklace that he gained from his mother when he was three. Of course he didn't remember that but he heard it from his dad.

The cord was short and black and there was also a little silver fox face pendant. The eyes were red. There was also a bracelet that also belonged with the necklace. It was silver with the same fox face on it and after every millimeter of silver there was a black vertical stripe. You could make it bigger and smaller. Pretty handy, if it weren't for that it wouldn't fit anymore since he used to have narrow wrists.

It looked pretty cute. Not that a nineteen old male student actually would wear it bur he didn't care. The necklace was precious to him. So he wouldn't care what others would say about it. Like hell they knew how much meant to him.

When Naruto was done he looked into the mirror quickly checked his hair. He looked at his eyes. Many said he looked a little feminine because of his big sparkling eyes. The blond felt really annoyed when they said that. He felt like he was a girl at those times. Yet he also took that as a complement because he had the same eyes like his mother. But of course that wasn't the only thing. He looked a lot like his father. He had the same hair color and the same nose for example.

He reached the small table to get his watch, his phone and his wallet.

It took him eight minutes. He mentally cheered for himself as he was usually very slow when he just woke up. Then he made haste through the hall and then through the living room to the kitchen. He put an apple in his mouth so he could use both hands to find the key for his bike.

His home was on the 26th floor so he had quite a view from his large windows. His home had a very modern décor. He had two couches that had a warm white color especially now the sun was shining so bright. There was also a fitting white chair with them and a low light blue table between the couches with the remote controller on it. When Naruto walked out of the hall to the living room he would first see the back of his wide flat screen TV. You could also see the medium kitchen straight ahead. Naruto found it actually kind of boring sometimes. Modern can feel so empty sometimes. This was of course his father's idea, he liked modern things. You could say he would go with the flow.

After a few minutes he found the keys by kneeling in front of the couch and looked under it. How the hell did they get there? He thought. Really now, sometimes he would find his stuff on the weirdest places.

Once he opened the front door he almost bumped into someone. Naruto gasped so that the apple in Naruto's mouth fell but he quickly caught it with his right hand. It was a young man with short and spiky brunette hair and dark eyes. He was a bit taller than Naruto. There were two thick red stripes on each side of his cheek that went down his cheekbones. It was a weird tattoo in a weird place. It was something only he would do.

"Kiba?" Naruto said in confusion. "What are you doing here?"

Kiba knew what day this was. He knew that Naruto would be leaving this weekend with his dad to visit his mother's grave. He actually came to say goodbye cause he was around anyway. But he also looked a little confused when Naruto actually bumped into him with such haste.

The brunette smiled and laughed. "What yah think I'm doing here? It's Saturday, it's still early… well more like very early for you. I'm bored and I was near your house so… what else could I do?" He shrugged while shaking his head. Naruto sighed.

Kiba was Naruto's best friends and his classmate. He was known for his annoyingness and his big mouth. Almost like Naruto, but worse. Besides that he was always there when you needed him, at least for Naruto. They met when Naruto first got to 7th grade. And he was actually nervous because a lot of people said that there were many mean people in middle school. He didn't like mean people, and like many other kids, he pretended to be cool by being a clown all the time. Just thinking about those times made him feel uneasy. He really was a unsure kid back then

Kiba noticed his clown act and one day he walked up to him, asked him why he was pretended to be such a clown. Naruto was really surprised or maybe even shocked that day. Of course he tried to make him understand that he was always like that. Kiba just laughed at him then. Being the class clown you get used to laughing. But this time it was different. Kiba patted his head, Naruto was pouting because of that. It made Kiba laugh again. The blond boy was about to say something but was cut off by Kiba.

"Hey! I have a PlayStation at home. Wanna come after school? My mom bakes great cookies!" He said with a big smile.

Naruto smiled warmly at this and his deep blue eyes were shining with joy. Never had anyone asked him to come and play with him at their home. Something in that moment changed Naruto.

"Hey nice necklace." Kiba pointed to the little fox head. Naruto blushed a bit and was trying to hide it by looking at his feet.

"It's from my mom." He answered shyly.

Kiba nodded.

"Oh, and you've got a bracelet with it. A little girly but nice." He smirked at seeing Naruto's pout again.

"It's not girly!" Naruto shouted angrily.

He couldn't help it. There was something about this little blond that made him want to keep teasing him. "Oh come on man, you can wear this when you're five or six years old. Or…" He smirked again. "You're secretly a girl."

Naruto was about to turn around but was stopped by a hand that grabbed his upper arm. It wasn't a painful grip.

"Just kidding, just kidding. You know you could always ask your mother to buy a new one. Something manlier." He snickered, but after a second he looked confused. Confused that Naruto didn't face him but looked the other way and also didn't answer.

"I can't." He said after a while. It was more of a whisper, but Kiba heard it. He always had good ears.

"You don't have to be shy of your mother man. Why can't you ju-"

"Because she's dead!"

Kiba looked shocked at back then. He didn't expect that answer. Naruto had turned his head to him and he looked angry and sad at the same time. Tears were threatening to fall. A few people close by turned their heads to them.

After that, Kiba apologized to Naruto. To Kiba's surprise he accepted it quickly. He learned that day that Naruto was actually a very sensitive boy, maybe even a little shy. Naruto could be a great actor. They still got to play at Kiba's house on the PlayStation and ate a lot of cookies. Since that day they were friends. And they actually had a lot in common. Naruto wasn't the class clown anymore.

Kiba never teased Naruto about is necklace or bracelet again and if anyone would, Kiba would kick their ass.

The brunette was pulled out of his thoughts when he heard his friend speak. "Well sorry Kiba, but I have to meet my dad at work. And I still got only a half hour to get there." Naruto said fast.

Kiba frowned. "Well this is a first." He laid his finger on his chin. "Sounds to me someone needs a drivers license here." Kiba said while winking at the blond.

"Yeah, yeah I know." Looking at the floor. Then he saw his watch. Time sure flew by.

"Shit."

Kiba waved his keys in front of his face. "Need a ride?" He said with an annoying smile.

A/N:

Okay this is my very first fanfiction so don't be mean :3

One of my favorite characters in Naruto are: Naruto and Itachi. So I thought 'Why don't I just pair them up?' … yeah stupid reason actually.

English isn't my first language so sorry if there were any noobie mistakes

Yeah not much action in this chapter but I'm building up the story. So hope I don't bore you!

Yeah I like Kiba. In this story he's like a big brother to Naruto. But you know brothers they can be very annoying sometimes

So R&R and tell me if this was a good start xD see yah!