Two missing nin walked into the vacant village silently, eyes set on the prize. Uzamaki Naruto. And they found him sitting up against a rough, brick wall, gazing around lazily.

Naruto had gorgeous saphire eyes and sun kissed skin to with it. Three parallel scars marred his cheeks, begging at the base of his cheek bone and ending at his jawline. He also had radiating blond hair that was a spiky mess. His hair reaches a few inches above his shoulders. The blond wore a neon orange jumpsuit, although his arms and shoulders were black, along with his upper chest. On his left shoulder dangled an ornament that appeared to be a flat disk with a swirly pattern.

"Come with us," A raven haired man said.

Uchiha Itachi, a missing nin that belonged to the orginization Akatsuki. He wore a black cloak covered with red clouds that fell past his knees. Instead of a hood however it had an incredibly high collar. About six inches on the average member. His hair was a luscious looking black that was tied in a low ponytail at the base of his neck. Itachi's eyes were usually coal black, but since he was using his kekkai genkai, they were a blood red with three seperate pupils surrounding the original. The extra pupils assumed the shape of commas. His skin was alabastar pale and he had a single line on either side of his face under his eyes. Itachi Uchiha was really a very sexy figure.

Kicking out at the unresponsive blond Itachi muttered again, "Come with us." His feet were covered with knee-high ninja shoes, the top of them unnoticeable under the cloak.

Naruto looked up at the two figures, his eyes wavering between the two. He then looked away, unperturrbed.

The other nin had had enough and took hold of his samahada. He wore the same clothing as Itachi. Kisame had sky blue skin and his hair was a few shades darker than his skin. His face took on the human appearance of a shark, gills on his lower cheeks, very high cheekbones, ec cetra. Kisame, unlike his parter, was quite horrifying in appearance.

"Get up kid, you're coming with us," The blue man growled. Getting up, Naruto faced the two and nodded, following them out of the scanty village.

The three men were heading towards the new Akatsuki base, since the other had been infilterated by both Konaha and Suna nins. At teh moment they were travelling over everchanging sand dunes, wearing straw hats with gauze-like cloth strands streaming fromw around the edges. They also had two bells that were connected to the earth-type hat (A/N earth-type hats, i'm referring to Avatar the last air bender) dangling in front of their faces. Naruto was the only difference, still in the same cloths he had left in.

Getting tired of the unusually silent blond shinobi, Kisame attempted small talk. "Naruto, why were you not in Konaha?" It wasn't that the shark man was being pushy, it was just something that had been bugging him for the past two days, and even though he will never admit it, Itachi also wondered the same thing.

Naruto stayed silent. Grumbling, Kisame hurried to catch up with his partner who had left him behind, already a few meters ahead of him.

A few hours later Itachi, Kisame and Naruto arrived in a small village named Fumou Sata, or Barren Village. The name fit well, considering that in the past twelve hours they had passed through a vast desert and ended up here, a bitter-cold town in the mountains. The mountains, were of course, still part of the desert, but about 500 feet higher than they had been a few hours ago. Which in the odd atmosphere, was considerably cooler than if they were making camp on the foothills as Kisame had suggested. Itachi declined, he had wanted to sleep in a warmn bed that night, no matter the consequences.

People looked at the group as they passed by, looking for any hotels within their budget. Finding one they checked in and went to their suite.

The suite looked as if a bunch of monkeys had been set loose. The walls were in desperate need of a new coating, the new, faded color an ugly ashy blue. The wooden floor had been scratched and there were many stains covering the nicley swept floor. Apart from the obvious, the rest of the room seemed to be in good condition, the beds were clean an comfortable and they had hot water.

The layout was different then they had expected though. When you walked in there was a door on the right that led to a small bathroom, while the room opened up to a bare room, with only a small kitchen on the other side. The bedrooms were on the left, each door about five 10 feet apart. Both rooms had a closet.

Itachi shed his cloak, letting fall to the floor. The trip there had been fairly quiet. Naruto was quiet most of the time as was Itachi. Kisame gave in and muted himself.

Naruto, finally growing bored of the screaming silence bottling up inside of the room asked, "What's for supper?" Instead of being answered, Itachi threw what looked like fresh bread at the blond. Catching it, then taking a sniff, Naruto shoved the bread in his mouth, chomping on it hungrily.

The temperature had dropped down to a -15 degrees celcius. Naruto was sitting on the ground shivering violently.

Noticing this, Itachi called, "Naruto?" No answer. Again, "Naruto?" Again, no answer. The raven walked over to Naruto, feeling his pulse. Looking up he noticed Kisame's slightly worried expression and said, "He just fell asleep." Picking up the blond jinchjurichi, Itachi walked towards his room and disappeared from Kisame's sight.

Itachi placed Naruto in his own bed and covered him up, making sure that the blankets were loosely slung over him so that he would be warmer. He then walked out and joined his parter, closing the door behind him.

Kisame gave the Uchiha a funny look, but Itachi ignored it. The two spoke little, practically ignoring each others presence. A question soon came to Kisame's mind.

"Hey Itachi," Kisame asked wearily, making sure that the Uchiha answered him. Itachi averted his gaze to the blue man and Kisame took that as an open invitation. "Naruto was really close to bringing Sasuke back this time, but something happened. I mean, it had too! The brats usually not like this, even when Sasuke first left........" Trailing off Kisame stopped talking and looked towards the all-knowing Uchiha.

"I don't know what happened between my foolish brother and Naruto, nor do I care. This mask could very well be a trap as well." Itachi's usually knoledged-filled eyes looked hollow, like they always did when he was deep in thought. Getting up Itachi waved back to Kisame saying that he was heading to bed.

trotting into the bedroom, Itachi walked up to the bed and crawled under the sheets, facing away from the murmmuring blond. Listening to what Naruto was saying, Itachi was mildly surprise.

"I hate you Sasuke..........I-I hate you......" His rants continued on. Generally concerning Sasuke, associating him to be a hateful and detestable person.

Finding it unimportant, Itachi turned around and faced the blond who was facing him. Feeling the body heat emanating from the Uchiha, Naruto cuddled up to the unexpectant raven whose eyes flew open, sharingon activated. Realizing that it was just Naruto and that the Kyuubi-container's skin was cold to the touch, he wrapped his arms around the snuggling blond teen, pulling him closer. He then drifted off into the dark cevasses of his subconscious.

Naruto woke first, unmoving, enjoying the soft subtle embrace. But then realizing that he couldn't recall who the person was he quickly glanced up and gasped. 'Itachi!' Surprise clouded Naruto's mind, letting adrenaline rush throughout his body. Keeping his mouth shut and his breathing under control, said Uzamaki closed his eyes and remained still, waiting for Itachi to wake.

Itachi had woken up shortly after Naruto gasped, he just didn't show it. He was comfortable, and although realizing the tense circumstace, did not want to move just yet. Growing bored of lying around doing nothing, Itachi let go of Naruto and turned away from him and got up, walking out of the room. Naruto nervously followed suit.

Naruto's stomach growled obnoxiously, heard by both Kismae, who was already up, and Itachi. Naruto laughed nervously, tensing.

"We will grab a bite to eat later Naruto," Itachi grumbled, still waking up and gulping down a bitter cup of black cofee. Eyes squinting as the steaming liquid went down his throat, he set the cup down.

"That bad?" Kisame questioned in disgust, obviously not willing to try it. "Maids can't even make cofee correctly...." He whispered to himself.

A few minuted passed without anyone speaking before Itachi announced, "We're going to stay here for about a week. "

A look of puzzlement crossed both Naruto and Kisame's face before the blue-skinned man yelled, "What?! Why?!"

"The weather is bad." Itachi yawned, shivering. Groaning, Kisame had to admit that it was getting pretty bad and Itachi new how the weather worked in this area so he just grunted moodily.

Naruto spent most of the day punching the floor underneath him, making it look like he ahd dropped a 70 pound boulder on the spot, but that was before Itachi grew annoyed and threw a kunai at him. Which Naruto barely managed to duck. For the rest of the day he just drew, and wrote poems. Kisame constantly tried to look over the blonds shoulder to see what the picture was, but only suceeded once. He only saw a glimpse though, and the only thing he could make out was a fox trying to kill somebody.

'Depressing,' the blue-haired man thought. Kisame mainly did whatever came to mind while Itachi sat there, motionless, a picturesqu figure in the middle of the floor. Overall the day went by smoothly, although slowly. That night the weather was colder than the previous nights. The high of the night was only 20 degrees celius.

"It will start getting warmer after tonight," The raven sighed heavily. Naruto, shed his coat and left to shower. Itachi followed him into the bathroom before Naruto or Kisame sould say anything about it.

Turning around, Naruto noticed Itachi sitting on the ground in front of the toilet. "What are you doing?" Naruto inquired calmly, discontinueing to dress down until the Uchiha had answered him. Itachi nodded to the window behind the blond, Naruto, looking back, understood as Itachi stared at his face while he sontinued to undress. Naruto hopped into the shower and turned on the hot water, waiting for it to warm up, which only took a minute.

The uneven pattering of the water falling to the plastic floor calmed Itachi, tempting his senses to abondon him for a while and sleep.

Naruto stepped out of the shower to find Itachi dozing off on the wooden floor, breathing softly. He quickly dressed and then picked up Itachi and carried him back to living room and into his bedroom. Placing him on the comforter, he took it out from under him and covered the raven up, then walked out of the room.

Naruto walked over to Kisame and sat next to him. "Hey," He smiled.

"You speak!" Kisame joyfully answered. Nodding his head, Naruto continued.

"Yea, always have, always will."

"I honestly don't care, I just am glad that I can actually talk to someone and get a response!" KIsame laughed.

"Believe it!" Naruto shouted weakly.

"Aren't you cold?" Kisame asked.

"Yea, I just thought I'd keep you company."

"Oh, well if you're cold then go to bed, you can keep me company tomorrow," Kisame smirked as he waved the blond off towards the room that Itachi was now sleeping.

Naruto slouched into bed, curling up next to the 'sleeping' figure of Itachi, enjoying the warmth that permeated his body. Surprising the blond, Itachi again wrapped his hands around Naruto.

"What are you doing Itachi?"

"Aren't you cold?" The raven purred. Naruto nodded.

"But why are you doing this? You are supposed to be stoic aren't you? Never speaking, never caring."

"It's called a mask," Itachi whispered. "As for your question, I just like you is all, is that a sin?"

"Hm, so I see. And I suppose it is, depending on what you believe. But I don't think so......" Naruto drifted off, thinking. He wasn't sure if the Uchiha was just toying with him or what, but he definitely felt something there. So he wrapped his arms around the Uchiha and kissed him fully on the lips.

Itachi was surprised when Naruto returned his feelings and didn't respond to teh kiss, making the blond frown in annoyance. Realizing what he ahd done, Itachi leaned down and took Naruto's lips before pulling away.

"Goodnight Naruto-kun. "

"Night 'Tachi." The two drifted off to sleep in each others arms.

Okay guys, I know it's a bit awkward, but for one, I'm tired and two, I suck at these little pregressing things and stuff (that's why I'm still working on my A LONG ROAD HOME chapter 3. The other was rushed soooooo, I deleted it.....!? I will try to get it out soon so if you like it then......haha, nevermind.

The chapters to come will be WAY better, I just suck at these type. So forgive me. I hope to have the next chapter out soon so REVIEW REVIEW and REVIEW!!!!! (please)!!!!