Demon of My Dreams (ReVamped)

Chapter 9

“And this here,” Kakashi guided the group down a large hallway. The hallway was long, carpeted in a rich, red color. There were large, marble columns that went down the whole length of the hallway. “This, is the Uchiha Hall of Sharingan.” He threw his arms up in a grand gesture as he guided them down the hallway.
On each section of the wall, was a portrait of an Uchiha, sharingan activated.
Sasuke sighed loudly as he trailed behind the group. He rolled his eyes as Kakashi explained the history of the first Uchiha. He looked at Naruto who was barely standing still, looking around. He smirked to himself as he walked closer to the blonde.
“Wanna get out of here?” Sasuke whispered, paying special attention to his brother who always seemed to know when he was up to no good.
Naruto glanced at his brother and Iruka. Iruka was hanging onto Kakashi’s every word, Naruto snickered to himself. He paid special attention to his older brother, he seemed to be getting close to Itachi. He narrowed his eyes before turning back to Sasuke, his own smirk on his face. “Yeah, let’s go!” He loudly whispered.
Sasuke placed his finger to his lips, giving the blonde a glare. “Shh!” He hissed. He grabbed onto Naruto’s hand and gently pulled him in the opposite direction.
Naruto allowed Sasuke to drag him around, taking in his surroundings as best as he could as Sasuke led him down hallway after hallway. “So, uh, where are we going?” He asked once he was sure he was utterly lost.
“To the training grounds.” Sasuke replied quickly.
“It’s this confusing to get there?”
Sasuke let out a snort. “Dobe.” The blonde let out a growl. “I’m just trying to go a way so no one will see us.”
Naruto’s mind instantly headed south and his face darkened in a slight blush. He stayed silent.
Sasuke took a glance behind him, suspicious of the quietness. He stopped his walking and turned around fully to look at Naruto. “Why’s your face red?”
At the question, Naruto’s face darkened further. “Nothing!”
Sasuke shrugged, uncaring of what was on the blonde’s mind. He just wanted to fight, to prove he could defeat a Nine-Tails. He turned and continued dragging the blonde.
They finally reached the doors that led to the outside. Sasuke took him out further, heading into the woods. “There’s a clearing up here,” he began to explain. “We can fight there.”
Naruto perked up at the word, fight. He pulled his hand out of Sasuke’s grip and skipped his way in front of  him. “We’re going to fight?”
“Yeah.”
“Even though we both wanted to ask more questions?”
Sasuke glanced at him before looking straight ahead. “If we have any questions, we can ask them during the fight.”
Naruto hummed in thought. He slowed his pace so he was walking side-by-side with the raven. “Okay, sounds good.”
“Good, cause we’re here.” Sasuke led them through a thicket that opened into a large clearing. The grass leveled from over use of the area.
Naruto looked in awe at the large field. He smiled brightly before running to the middle of the area, laughing. “This is awesome!”
Sasuke gave a smirk before trailing after the blonde, lazily. “So, what are the rules?”
Naruto thought to himself before turning to the raven with a mischievous grin. “What about a free-for-all?”
Sasuke nodded. “Okay, but with some limitations.”
“Like what?”
“No transforming into your fox form.” At this, Naruto glared at Sasuke. “And I won’t use my sharingan.”
Naruto nodded. “Sounds fair enough.”
“We’ll keep it to the clearing. First one to be out of commission, loses.”
“Anything else?”
Sasuke shook his head. “Let’s go.”
As soon as those words, came out of the raven’s mouth, Naruto jumped away, throwing a fire spell.
A quick dodge and a snort. “Predictable.” He said to himself as he watched Naruto distance himself. He once again smirked to himself. What a fun battle this is going to be.

Kyuubi had to admit, the history of the Uchiha’s, was boring. The first part of the tour was actually interesting, and the mansion was beautiful. But learning about a bunch of dead men who had the power to control demons, wasn’t one of his favorite parts of history. And Kakashi can go on, and on, about them.
He glanced to Itachi who was staring pointedly at Kakashi while he was talking. His chin resting in a thoughtful position in his hand. He gave him a ‘psst’, trying to get his attention. “Itachi!” He hissed.
The raven still didn’t respond.
Kyuubi huffed before gently nudged him in the side.
The raven suddenly stiffened, standing up straighter and quickly putting his arm down. He looked over at Kyuubi, his eyes wide. “What?”
Kyuubi raised an eyebrow at the weird way Itachi was acting. “I tried talking talking to you but you didn’t answer.”
“Oh, yeah. I was sleeping.”
Kyuubi snorted.”Sleeping?”
Itachi chuckled. “Yeah. Kakashi tends to repeat himself and I need to catch up on sleep. So, I came up with a solution. Power naps.”
Kyuubi shook his head. “You are something else.”
“Hey, you wanna get out of here?” Itachi suddenly asked as Iruka and Kakashi continued onto the next portrait.
“And do what?” Kyuubi asked, slightly curious on what the Uchiha wanted.
Itachi gave him a predatory look and smile. “Whatever you want.” His voice slightly deeper.
The red-head blushed, and turned away. A shiver ran down his spine as Itachi’s demeanor changed. He didn’t respond.
“You’re adorable.”
Kyuubi’s face darkened further and he turned to glare at Itachi. He crossed his arms over his chest. “I am not!”
“Come on, we can go to the gardens and just talk.” Itachi wrapped his arm smoothly over Kyuubi’s shoulder. He turned them around and Kyuubi stopped him from moving any farther. “Wait. Where’s my bro-” He stopped, almost realizing his mistake. “Uh, where’s your brother and Naruto?”
Itachi lifted his free arm up in a shrug. “If they were smart, they probably left out of boredom too. Don’t worry, they can’t get into much trouble in this kingdom, guards are stationed everywhere.”
“O-oh, okay.” Kyuubi allowed Itachi to guide him towards the garden, still a little unsure on how his brother was doing.
Once they left the hall, Itachi casually wrapped his arm around Kyuubi's waist, continuing forward.
Kyuubi's face darkened. "Wh-what are you doing?" He questioned the taller raven but made no attempt to move Itachi's arm.
"Hm?" The raven played innocent and looked down at the red-head. "What do you mean?"
"Your arm?!"
Itachi only smirked as he looked forward once again. "Sh. Don't be so loud, do you want Kakashi to find us and bore us to death?"
"No." Kyuubi pursed his lips and allowed Itachi to have his moment. This time.
ore us to death?”
“No.” Kyuubi pursed his lips and allowed Itachi to have his moment. This time.
It didn’t take the pair long to reach the gardens. Kyuubi looked on in awe at the beautiful plants in the area. He pried himself out of Itachi’s grip and lightly jogged to a small area of roses where a gazebo was placed. He went inside and leaned forward against the rail, looking out further into the garden.
Itachi leisurely followed after him, leaning his arms against the railing and staring at Kyuubi with a slight smile.
“It’s beautiful.” Kyuubi whispered. A breeze came through, causing his red hair to fall from its place.
Itachi gently brushed the strand behind his ear. “This place suits you.”
Kyuubi glanced at him with a blush. He smiled at him. “I grew up in the forest and yet, I can never get over how beautiful it is.”
“I want to know more about you.” Itachi said casually. “You’re unlike anyone I’ve ever met before.”
Kyuubi turned away, feeling slightly guilty. “I don’t doubt it.”
Itachi watched him until a loud bang caught their attention.
“What was that?” Kyuubi looked up, eyes wide.
Itachi looked out and saw smoke coming from farther out in the forest. “I don’t know, but it looks like it’s coming from over there.”
Kyuubi looked worriedly up at Itachi. “Do you think Naruto and Sasuke are okay?”
“Let’s go see.”

“Finally.” Kakashi sighed out happily. He didn’t know how much longer he could go on and on talking about the previous Uchiha’s.
“Huh?” Iruka looked up at Kakashi confused. Iruka was trying to intently take in all the information of the Uchiha’s that Kakashi was willing to give out. “Finally what?”
“It’s just you and me alone.” Kakashi pushed Iruka up against the wall, his arm just above Iruka’s head.
“Eh?” Iruka looked up at Kakashi confused, a slight blush on his face before he turned to look down the hallway, only to find it empty. “Where did everybody go?”
Kakashi pushed himself off the wall and shrugged. “I didn’t expect Sasuke to follow us on the tour, to be honest, but I knew he would’ve got bored way before Itachi would. And I knew Itachi was trying to impress Kyuubi and wanted to show off a little bit of his wealth before trying to get him alone. They just lasted a lot longer through the history of Uchiha’s than I expected.”
“Wait,” Iruka stood up from leaning against the wall and held his hand in his chin. “Why did you want me alone?”
“To have you all to myself.” He took a step closer to Iruka. “To touch.” He grabbed Iruka’s hands in his. “To hold.” He yanked on the brunettes arms, causing him to let out a squeak and fall not to gracefully into Kakashi’s arms. Kakashi gazed down at him with a smirk. “And to kiss.” He leaned down and pressed his lips against his the brunette’s.
Iruka stared at Kakashi wide eyed, his cheeks being dusted a light pink. He closed his eyes and began to kiss back. Until logic brought him back to his senses. His eyes opened wide once again and he pushed against Kakashi’s chest. "Kakashi! What do you think you're doing?!"
Kakashi blinked once at him, giving him a confused look. "Kissing you." He said like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
Iruka 'tched' before crossing his arms over his chest and glaring at the silver haired man. "I mean, why?"
"Because you're cute." An eyebrow raised with his answer.
Iruka felt himself getting flustered, unsure of what to say next. "W-well, you can't!"
Kakashi looked taken aback. He could tell the brunette at least liked the attention. So why would he say something like that? "Why can't I?"
"Because!" Iruka shouted, sorta childishly. He stood up straight and cleared his throat. "Because we need to keep it professional. We are employees of the Uchiha. And it's not professional if we're fraternizing with each other." He nodded, feeling confident and firm in his answer. Kakashi will understand and then he could focus on getting the three of them out of the evil clutches of the Uchiha's.
Kakashi nodded. "So it's a chase you want. Fair enough, it wouldn't be as fun if there was no work, right?" He gave a wink to Iruka before beginning to continue down the hallway.
Iruka nodded. "Exact-" he paused as Kakashi's words finally sunk in. "Wait a minute!" He jogged to catch up to Kakashi, giving him a glare as he began to walk the same pace. "That's not what I'm saying! There's plenty of other people in this kingdom, you don't have to chase after me!"
"Yes, there are. But none of them are you, and that's the problem." Kakashi smiled down at him. "Here's the dining room, the feast should be ready soon."
Iruka rolled his eyes before gazing into the room that Kakashi pointed out.
It was large, three long windows from the ceiling to the floor showed the guests inside the view of the garden. Iruka could just barely make out a gazebo in the distance. And if it wasn't for his demonic ability to see so far, he wouldn't be able to see Kyuubi and Itachi standing in the gazebo. He let out a small sigh, at least he was safe, that just left Naruto.
"What is that?" A female maid pointed out one of the windows and they all started to flock to it, murmuring.
Kakashi and Iruka gazed at each other before also looking out the window.
Smoke was blowing up and into the wind from a far off distance.
Iruka felt his heart drop. "How do we get out there?" He turned to Kakashi, hoping he hid the desperation in his voice.
"Follow me." Kakashi gave him a nodded before hurriedly walking out of the room.
The only thing in Iruka's mind was Naruto's wellbeing as he followed closely behind Kakashi.