Shirohae

When Uchiha Sasuke's older brother, Itachi, dies with his wife in a car accident
they leave their baby boy, Kazu, behind. The baby is passed to its now legal
guardian, Nagato. Nagato, who is at work almost 24/7 has no time to take care of
the baby. Sasuke, who is just a young 15 year old boy, has to take care of their
baby in Nagato's place. Stuck a crying baby and no one to help him take care the
baby, he goes to the closest person who he knows can help; Hyuuga Hinata, the
daughter of Fugaku's best friend Hizashi. Will Hinata be able to deal with someone
else's baby�.and Sasuke?

Uchiha Sasuke; His parents died when he was 7 years old. Itachi, his aniki, shares
a special and ultimately close bond towards him. It is the same with Naruto. He's
currently 14 years old in this story.

Hyuuga Hinata; Her mother died soon after she gave birth to her younger sister,
Hanabi. Her father finds Hinata as a weakling and too naive. He never wants to deal
with her. She admires Naruto and has a crush on Sasuke's best friend, Naruto, since
1st grade. She's currently 14 years old in this story.

Hyuuga Neji; His mother died when she gave birth to him. His father mysteriously
vanished, later on he found out that he was assainated by a gang related group. He
finds his cousin attractive and too naive. So he develped a 'sister-complex' with
her. Because of Hinata, he developed a sincere relationship with his uncle and
other people -which he became friends with. He took advantage of her kindness and
sincerity, he never had a real family. He is extremely, EXTREMELY, protective over
her. He is a year older than Hinata.

Uchiha Kazu; The baby of Uchiha Itachi and his girl friend Konan. He looks like an
exact replica of Itachi.

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Shirohae

Chapter 1;

Samidare
Early Summer Rain

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I hate the rain. Why? Because, something bad always has to happen to me when it
rains. For example, a couple of days ago it was raining. It just so happened that I
just had my white collard shirt on and had no umbrella. I was all soaked and all of
the girl practicly molested me. Anothor example, my parents died in an airplane
crash during a storm. Their bodies-never found. I looked out of the window, the
droplets of rain hitting the window like a shower.

It was 6:00 PM, the sun was just setting creating a beautiful array of different
mixtures of orange and red. It reminded me of a certain blonde idiot and an
annoying older brother. Suddenly, the sunset turned crimson red as it made its way
towards night time. The rain hit harder to the point it sounded like a gun.

Being bored as hell, I went to the kitchen and grabbed my aniki's usual glass cup.
I unexpectedly dropped the cup on accident and glass was all over the floor. "Shit,
Itachi's going to kill me when he gets home."

I picked up a glass peice, which of course ended up cutting me. I just stood up and
stared at my blood dripping down my finger. I gave a worried look, my brother was
supposed to be home a long time ago. I shook my head to get rid of my thoughts and
brought the first aid kid to clean and bandage my cut. After that, I resumed
picking up the peices of glass. I placed them on my hankerchief, carefully. Looking
out the window, it was nighttime. And the rain was still pouring in.

Aniki, what's taking you so long? You said it'll take you only 30 minutes...It's
been almost an two hours.

My older brother never lies to me, nor is he never late. Not even a minute late.
Something was definatly wrong.
You know that feeling you have when you feel like something bad happened? Well, I'm
certainly getting this feeling.

First of all, the rain poured down hardly.

"Aniki, what happend to you?" I asked myself inside the empty apartment. After
picking up the peices of glass I went to my bedroom to take a quick long nap. The
next time I woke up it was 9:28 PM. The door bell had just rang. Getting up, I
yawned and headed towards the door. Opening the door, I see a familiar person.

"Nagato, what are you doing here?"

His eyes looked swollen and awfully red. "I see you haven't heard anything yet."

"What are you talking about? Did my aniki do something stupid again?" I asked
seriously. Nagato had something wrapped, and was holding it as if it was a baby.

Nagato let out a small chuckle and looked at me with painful eyes. "Sasuke, your
brother Itachi...is dead."

My heart sank, despair loomed over, everything around me was darkness. "W-What! No,
No, that's a lie." Nagato shook his head.

"Konan, Konan too...she died with him. They both got into a car accident."

My eyes widened. What the hell was she doing with him?

"Apparently...she...they were both seeing each other." Of course, that would

"H-How, when-" I stammered out. The words couldn't come out.

"It was raining hard, when your brother turned; the car suddenly flipped over
almost 5 times. Konan left their baby with me at the time."

Say what? Did I just hear Nagato right or am I on drugs?

"I see Itachi hasn't told you about that either." He grinned a bit. There was a
small cry from the blanket Nagato was holding. Could this be-

"This is their baby, Uchiha Kazu." My eyes laid upon a replica of Itachi. There was
no signs of Konan anywhere on the baby. Kazu opened his eyes and looked at me with
those similar orbs of my brothers. When he saw me, he cried loudly. I was stone
when that happened.

So, I'm not attractive to this kid?

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Sasuke sighed as Nagato comforted the baby boy in his arms. He peered at the baby,
which reminded him of his older brother Itachi.
Sasuke came up with a sudden decision. One that may change his life. "From now on
I'll take care of the baby."

"What! Do you know what you're saying?"

"You're only 14 Sasuke! Itachi is gone, who will pay for the bills? Who will
babysit the baby when you're at school? Do you understand the-"

"I'll find someone who can help. I'm pretty sure Itachi and Konan wouldn't want
their baby to be put up for adoption."

Sasuke's eyes were serious and honest. Nagato couldn't help it but, gave the baby
to Sasuke. It was a risky thing to do, to let a unexperienced teenager to take care
of his best friends 4 month year old son. But, Nagato has known Sasuke since Sasuke
was just a little chibi. Nagato knew almost everything that Itachi knew about
Sasuke. Almost everything.

"If there's anything you need Sasuke, I'll be here for you." Nagato told Sasuke in
a sincere and honest tone. Sasuke nodded, "I know that already."
They both smirked at each other.

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"Oh, by the way, your brothers life insurence and all of his money will be passed
down to you now."

"How much is it?" I asked. I was pretty sure that its-

"Possibly, 2 to 3 Million Dollars."

I was seriously, just about to faint right there, right now. But, I kept my cool. I
was expecting 6,000 bucks but, MILLIONS? And Itachi said, "We can't get that
Sasuke, we're poor."
Fucking Itachi and his schemes. After mom and dad died I wondered where the hell
all of that money went. Shit, I could live off 5 years out of that.

"Oh yeah, I'll give you all of the stuff the baby needs. It's at my apartment, will
you stay here and wait until I get the ."

"So, you're Kazu, huh? Your name means peace..." The kid looked up at me and
stared. I thought about my brother, he would never come through that door again, he
would never annoy me, he would never help me with my fangirls, he would never...he
would neverbe there by my side when I needed him the most. My eyes closed, all that
I saw was my brother. I saw Konan too, she was important too. She was like a sister
to me, she was the only girl in the Akatsuki so whenever she came over she would
always baby me and tease me. Itachi-Itachi was just a brother. A brother that I
hated and loved.

Before I knew it, a stream was flowing down my eyes. I just couldn't stop crying.

"Gnk...Umh...Itachi..." I rembered his last words to me before he walked out of

'I'll be going out for a little bit Sasuke. Don't leave the house.'
'Why would I leave the apartment? All that will happen is a swarm of girls would
stalk me.'
'Heh, that's right isn't it? Just don't leave. I'll be back.' he poked my forehead
and took a step out of the door.
'Bye, Sasuke.'

Usually, I would say something back but, I just didn't. I didn't say, "See you
later, Aniki." or "Whatever...see you. Come back safe."
More and more tears flooded out of my eyes. Kazu's small, chubby, and warm hands
touched my cheek. He looked at me with eyes saying, 'What's wrong?'

This baby was my only blood relative left. The only one, relating to my older
brother, Itachi.

"I swear, to Nagato, to Konan, to my parents, to Itachi, to myself, and to you that
I'll protect you no matter what happens along the way, kid. You won't have to
experience what me and your father went through, okay?"

Baby Kazu, laughed and smiled. I smiled back too.