My new obsession crochet.

Also, this chapter is probably really bad since I'm rusty af. It's been a while since I've written anything.

I already have the ending planned, god this is so exciting!!

Expect it in three or five or so chapters!! God I'm so happy!

Now have your 4k+ chapter~

Enjoy my stupidity

'dumb, dumb, dumb, very dumb.' was Tobi's thought process as he watched the young Uchiha storm the 'closed off old root headquarters.

This will end in a massacre. Heh, massacre. It was almost funny in a weird way.

'that boy is walking toward his doom with such confidence.' Who, in their right mind, storms the hideout of one of the oldest, most dangerous, Shinobi of konoha and his little army of emotionally depraved killer kids, without a proper plan or weapons?

Sasuke Uchiha apparently.

At least, Tobi now knows that konoha's security hadn't became as shitty as it he initially thought.

Or at least the security surrounding some of it's shady facilities is.

The second Sasuke's feet touched the dirt, he was ambushed by invisible assailants. Kunais flew at him, seemingly leaving behind a thin silvery gleam, that shone in the moonlight.

Tobi almost snickered.

Sōfūshasan no Tachi.

To use a technique against someone who perfected it is nothing if not a sign of mockery. Despite his sour mood, he couldn't help but find it somewhat funny.

Sasuke on the other hand? Not so much.

The young Uchiha moved like a bolt of lightning, avoiding shuriken, kunai and sharp wire string alike, not falling for the old trick he once used on orochimaru. He put his hands up, hastily forming a familiar cross like handseal. In an instant two shadow clones poofed into existence beside him, instantly guarding his back for the boomeranging shurikens.

"Danzo! Come out and face me like a true ninja!"

Sasuke screams, and suddenly the entire area goes silent.

.

..

...

Till a rough voice spoke, full of ridicule and barely disguised disgust.

"A true ninja you say?" Danzo asks, appearing per demand, flanked by many agents of his. Obito stares at them with pity. "A true ninja never betrays his village, Sasuke Uchiha."

Sasuke unsheathes his katana. his grip on the weapon so tight to the point where his knuckles became whiter than a sheet. "Don't pull that shit on me." He hisses venomously.

"Why are you here?" Danzo asks, undeterred by the clear threat standing not too far away from him.

"What have you done to them?"

The old man frowns confused, but for all the wrong reasons.

"I don't know what you're talking about." He speaks slowly, the hand behind his back already moving and giving orders to his forces.

Well if the Uchiha came all the way to him, then why waste the opportunity?

He was going to get rid of a threat, and acquire more power. A win win for konoha.

And after that, he's going for that redhead of a weapon again, and then the jinshuriki. After that, konoha will be unstoppable.

"Don't play dumb you piece of shit!!" Sasuke screams, enraged. The words that redhead have spoken to him that day rang through his head."My clan's sacred bloodline! Why do you have it!?"

The forest goes quiet for a brief second, before a kunai is headed straight for the raven's head.

"Who told you?" The root leader hisses dangerously. "How did you know?" If someone knew of this information and told the Uchiha. No this is bad.

Danzo needs to find out who told and silence them or else... konoha's safety depends on finding this person.

Sasuke on the other hand, finally got the confirmation he was somewhat hoping he wouldn't find.

But alas,turns out, it was indeed true, that person was right.

"So..so you do have it..you fuCKING ASSHOLE!" A strong chakra wave blasts through the entire area as Sasuke Uchiha seethes, sharingan spinning rapidly.
"How fucking dare you!!" He screams, voice raw with unrestrained hatred. "To disgrace an Uchiha's corps by taking away what makes them an Uchiha...It's unforgivable."

Danzo frowns, this could get bad if he doesn't control it fast enough. Last thing he wants is the hokage finding them in this stalemate.

"All I did was for the best of this village, you wouldn't know." He scoffs, unwavering as a wave or bloodlust weights down heavy on him.

"I'll kill you. I'll kill you and water their graves with your blood." The Uchiha whispered, voice escalating to an almost hysterical laugh at the end of his sentence.

The old hawk slowly undoes the bandages on his face, letting them drop and reveal his own mangekyou sharingan.

If looks could kill, he would've been strung up by his intestines.

It was then he finally noticed the spectator.

"What are you doing here?" He hissed.

Oh!They noticed him. Shame he wasn't really planning on being seen around the area. Well...too bad.

"Damn it." Danzo growled under his breath, suddenly on high alert as he recognized the individual. He hadn't excepted the Uchiha to come with any reinforcements,let alone that guy.

this makes everything extremely harder.

Damn it.

Sasuke turned around at the speed of light, eyes searching till they feel on a figure crouching on a nearby tree branch.

Once he recognizes him, his shoulders dropped slightly.

Whither from relief or disappointment, he doesn't care to discern. He simply opted to yelling over his shoulder. "You stay out of this!"

"Don't worry about me." Tobi replies with a playful tone, waving to danzo as the hawk was torn between watching out for him and focusing his entire attention on the younger Uchiha.

His sharingan spun rapidly under the mask.

"I'm only here to watch."

'for now.' was left unsaid.

A green plant sprouted from besides him and tobi didn't even move as the news were whispered to him.

"Itachi Uchiha has arrived in konoha."

"About time."

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Somewhere in suna.

"Isn't this so much better?" Kurama asked, standing on a rooftop, hands on their hips in a far too relaxed pose. "Finally some fresh air."

The surprise guest was kneeling not too far away from them, still recovering from the sudden transition while clutching his throat.

"..."

The demon faked a pout and gave the kneeling root agent a look. "Would you quit it with the silent treatment? It's not really all that cute."

A shuriken was caught between their fingers as they huffed. "Trying to sneak attack me isn't cute either." They chided, making sure to keep the weapon on them.

We can't have any proof left behind that either of them were there, now can we?

"You should know that by now."

The agent stood up steadily, his stance firm and ready. And yet he held no more weapons. He was still, his chakra pulsating weakly.

He wasn't really here for an actual fight.

Kurama realized with slight surprise.

Then why...?

"So, why did you come here? Don't get me wrong dear, I'm absolutely delighted to see you! But I do wonder why you couldn't wait for me to come back to konoha." Their tone was dripping with honey, sounding frighteningly genuine. "Could it be that you missed me so much and couldn't wait?" They asked, eyes curving up at the ridiculous thought.

And it seemed that the guy found it just as ridiculous.

"That's just so adorable!" They laughed, nothing nice in it. "You're just too cute." They cooed and the chakra pulsated, amusing them.

Getting reactions out of this nin was just so fun.

"Danzo-sama wishes to have a word with you." He spoke, voice firm and monotone and kurama raised an eyebrow, some of their playful dimenour falling.

"That old man?" They asked, before clicking their tongue. "I'm not interested."

He should know better than to mess with them again, now that they had already fought once.

Besides, the man might already be done for before they even come for him.

Unaware of their less-than-pleasant train of thoughts, the nin speaks again, even dares to come closer.

Kurama smirks.

"Oh, you're approaching me?" They taunt, hands on their hips as the nin walks towards them, his chakra buzzing.

"Danzo-sama is not asking."

They laugh..

"Oof so demanding, that's just too cute." They flexed their claws, simply as a reminder.

The agent's slight twitch meant that their message came across loud and clear.

'one wrong step and consider yourself legally blind.'

Yet he continued walking to them.

Only stopping when he stood mere inches before them.

"Danzo-sama's ordered me to bring you, by force if necessary." He spoke, lifting one hand up, carefully and slowly.

"I see, I see." Kurama nodded, smiling ever so widely when the hand reached to a random strand of their hair.

My my.

He's so close, they could just...drive their claws right into his chest and be done with him. But where's the fun in that? Besides they were starting to become rather 'fond' of him. He was too amusing to kill so soon.

"Why does your master need me?"

"Classified informations."

Kurama faked a pout. "Oh come on! We're friends, dear, you can just tell me." They smiled. "Promise I won't tell a soul!"

The agent twirled the hair strand between his fingers, tilting his head curiously, much to kurama's amusement.

"You're sudden disappearance coincided with the appearance of Uchiha Sasuke around konohakagure's territory."

They almost cringed. Danzo is watching them a little too closely.

"Uchiha Sasuke?but I though Uchihas were all dead?" They asked, putting on an extremely convincing mask of innocence the agent didn't seem to see through.

"Uchiha Sasuke was the sole survivor of the Uchiha massacre." He explained and the kitsune nodded.

"I see- any other reasons why your master wants to see me?"

Suddenly kurama's head snaps up and the agent freezes.

"Wait-"

A barrage of kunais comes, aiming straight for the root agent.

"Shit..."

The nin leaped away, just in time to avoid most of the weapons, and managing to deflect a few with a kunai he pulled from his pouch.

Naruto, who kurama thought was safely asleep in his room, was fast in his movements.

"Don't you fuCKING dare touch them!!" Came the furious hiss of the jinshuriki as he stood infront of them, almost protectively.

"Naruto!" They called, keeping their voice relatively low. "What are you doing!!"

He didn't respond, simply standing there and glaring at the root nin.

Suddenly a familiar wind cutting sound drew kurama's attention to Naruto's hand.

'Oh no.'

They glanced up at the nin who stood his ground and wondered if this was the last time they'll see him. As the sound of spinning blades got louder, they figured that, yeah this might be it.

But, the agent seemed to not lack self-preservation.

Upon noticing his position, the nin let his grip on the kunai loosen, basically letting the weapon dangle between his fingers.

Oh! Wait-

Naruto instantly dispelled his jutsu in order to deflect the incoming kunai. And by the time he looked up, the enemy had taken his leave, barely visible as the shadows of the night swallowed him whole, covering his escape.

"Okay...you didn't have to do that." Kurama mumbled, watching the nin disappear into the night, they turned to face the blonde only to be hit with wave of strong, potent, anger.

They almost choked.

The said boy turned to face them, expression like nothing they've seen from him before. His clear blue eyes slowly shifting hues to a harsher color but not quite changing too drastically.

"YOU!" He growled, taking the kitsune by surprise. They frowned, not used to the display of aggression.
"what?" They spoke, keeping their tone calm, unsure of what exactly warranted such angry reaction.

Asking was, by all means, not the right move apparently, if the way those eyes bled into a deep crimson was anything to go by.

"What? Don't what me!?" Naruto hissed, bearing his canines in an almost threatening way,further surprising his partner. He pointed to the spot the nin occupied just moments ago. "Who the hell was that!?"

Kurama felt an itch going under their skin as another wave of negativity hit them, rolling off the uzumaki in waves. They fought the urge to flex their claws, instead opting for trying to calm the blonde down before one of them says or does anything stupid.

"Naruto, calm down-"

Too bad, said blonde wasn't having it, not this time.

"No!shut it!"

Kurama almost physically recoiled back. Now, truly confused. a new feeling was slowly making itself known in the back of their chest. And Naruto, still looking furious, continued."Why on okami-sama's green earth are you flirting with someone!? And with a fucking root agent none the fucking less!?"

Wait, flirting!?

'you barely ever flirt with me.' was left unsaid, and Naruto would bet his finger that kurama didn't catch on it. All this time he though that they just weren't the type to flirt and act all cute, but here he found them, pouring it all on some unfeeling, enemy, killing machine.

It felt like a slap to the face.

And all that cute name calling- which reminds him.

"And what's with all this petname calling? The most shit I ever got from you was 'naruto-kun', and this...guy...is getting all the cutesy shit!" He gestured around, hands moving trying, and failing, to convey his frustration. He stared at the quiet redhead, furious crimson fixating on confused crimson. "'dear this' and 'dear that." Are you for fucking real?" He hisses through his teeth, voice picking in pitch as he made a sickly sweet impression of kurama's voice.

The other remained quiet.

The silence grated on Naruto's nerves, he felt it burning through whatever self restrain he had. He wasn't even sure what he was wanted to do as he stomped over to stand face to face with his partner, mere inches between them.

The uzumaki tilted his head, pupils shrinking as he looked at them, voice dropping dangerously, dripping with jealousy despite the calm tone.

"What? Why are so you quiet all of the sudden? You seemed to have no problems talking with that guy just some moments ago!"

His response began with a simple twitch, he noticed the way those nails seemed sharper than usual.

Kurama kept their gazes locked, their voice steady as they finally opened their mouth.

"I'm just a little surprised."

Oh.

Oh...

Naruto pulled back slightly. Still trying to keep his voice calm. "Are you now?"

Finally the kitsune's calm expression starts breaking into something more uncertain and they look away from him. "Well...You never blew up like this." They pointed out.

It was true, they never really got into an arguments of this sort before, this was a first.

But Naruto couldn't even bring himself to care at the moment. He was mad and wanted explanation.

"Yeah, I didn't know you were going around flirting with the fucking enemy." He responded, with a bite to his words. The redhead give him a sideways glance.

"I wasn't flirting."

This bullsh-

"Then what the fuck do you call-"

It was kurama's turn to cut him off.

"I was just mocking him." They explained, as if it was the most obvious thing ever.

And judging by Naruto's sudden silence? It wasn't.

"What?"

"Mocking?" Naruto asked in disbelief, voice barely above a whisper. Before his expression contorted into something completely different, and his voice picked up dangerously. "MOCKING?" He yelled and the kitsune jumped covering his mouth in the matter of a blink.

"Hey- somebody will hear us!" They hissed, eyes narrowing but the display did nothing to deter Naruto from his rage rant. He gripped their arm and pulled, freeing his mouth but not letting them go.

He leaned in closer, as if the less space between them the clearer his message will be received.

"I don't care!" He hissed "What the fuck do you mean mocking? The fuck you were mocking him for?"

"His missing eye..."

His own eye twitched at the mumbled response. He growled, tugging the arm, and by extent kurama, even closer,leaving barely an inch or two between them.

"Yeah the missing eye you clearly saw under his mask." He rolled his eyes.

He felt the fire coiling around his chest as he got the impression that kurama wasn't even taking this seriously. Not even bothering to come up with a good excuse. They clearly didn't know how much this was affecting him.

Or was it that they didn't care?

Naruto pushed that one thought away almost immediately. No, they just don't know how severe the situation was affecting him...again.

Kurama shrugged, reaching one hand to carefully prey Naruto's grip off their arm. They spoke with a slight hint of a smile in their voice..

"No, the missing eye I stabbed a spoon through."

.

..

...

And for a moment Naruto's thoughts came to sudden halt.

"what?"

The redhead's fingers moved with ease, gently prying each finger off one by one, before carefully gripping the hand with a thoughtful expression.

"And then used the blood from it to stir my tea."

"What?"

"He's the same guy from that dinner with your parents." They elaborated finally meeting his eyes. Shoulder dropping in subtle relief as the blue started slowly seeping back, overtaking the crimson.

"My par- hey! That's- ugh nevermind!" Naruto pulled away, but made no effort in removing his hand away from his partner. He looked at them, and for a moment their softer than usual appearance quells the anger, but only for a moment.

He frowns. "Why didn't you ever bring him up? I thought we said no more secrets!" He hisses albeit the bite in his words was noticably weaker.

Kurama simply nodes along,finger still caressing the hand in their grasp. "I was going to tell you..." They said and he scoffed loudly, giving them a look."Oh really? When exactly?"

Without missing a beat kurama responds.

"After I tell you about the informations I got from him."

"Mhm, yeah definitely, I believe you."

A packed silence reign over the two as the sound of wind blowing was the only noise disturbing the quiet night.

Until kurama speaks again, voice careful but uncertain, letting the hand they held drop from their grasp.

"Are you mad at me?"

Naruto squished the urge to reach and connect their hands again, he was still angry damnit. And just as he thought, the demon hadn't realized the severity of the