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-Naruto's POV-

"Oi! Naruto!! Where are you going?" Sakura's voice booms.

"I'm chasing the bad guy!" I yell back.

"That's not part of the plan! Fall back!" Sakura yells.

"No way! I'm not doing anything half-assed!" I yell.

The enemy I'm facing with Sakura right now is mysterious.

He hasn't used any Ninjutsu's or Genjutsu's.

He took a scroll off me and starting running away.

That scroll is important. I need to give it back to Granny Tsunade.

The man I was chasing suddenly turned around and made a weird hand seal.

He started muttering something and I freeze.

"S-Sakura! What's that hand seal the guy is doing?" I ask and turn around but I don't see her.

"Sakura?" I call again. "Where'd you go?" I yell out.

"Don't take this personally." The weird guy says and I immediately put my attention back on him.

He produced a bright light and I felt blind for a second.

'What the hell did he do?!?!' I yell in my head.

I brace myself for impacting of some sort of burn or cut, but nothing came.

I slowly open my eyes and look around me.

'Hey... Everything got big...'

'What happened?'

I look down at myself and realised I was A BABY?!?!

"Wha' de 'ell!" I try to yell but all that came out were baby gurgles. What the hell!

'It was that guy who did it wasn't it!! Ohhh! He's going to get it!!'

I start throwing a tantrum.

"Whe'd 'e go!! 'emme at 'im!!!" I yell to myself. Where'd he go!! Lemme at him!!!

"Hm? A child?..." A deep voice enters my hearing range.

I turn around and look around but see no one.

A cloaked figure crouched down in front of me.

'GEHH?!?! ITACHI?!'

"Three whisker marks on each cheek?..." He mutters.

I freeze... He's going to get me.

No!

I thrash around and start shaking in fear.

Damn this tiny ass baby body!! I need to run!

"Nooo... Don' 'ouch me!" I yell again as I try to crawl away.

But my clothes didn't seem to shrink with me so I practically ran out of my clothes and started crawling away naked!

"Woah hey!" I hear Itachi say as he picks me up in one scoop.

I push his hands but they don't budge.

"Let me just take a quick look at you." Itachi says.

I wave my hand around my face and duck my head.

"... Hey... Are you scared of me?" Itachi asks with a soft tone.

I start tearing up.

No shit!!!!

I nod hesitantly.

"... I think I have a good idea on what happened and who you might be... But you're going to have to come with me for me to tell you how to break that jutsu." Itachi says, his face close to mine.

I start panicking.

'What is he going to do to me?!'

'SONEONE HELP ME!! IM GOING TO GET RAPED!'

'HES A PEDOPHILE!!!'

'NOOO!! I DONT WANT TO DIE A VIRGIN!'

I begin to cry and sob harshly as I thrash around in his grip.

"... I'm not going to hurt you... Why don't you calm down and think properly for a bit." Itachi says.

I stop thrashing but I continue to cry.

"Listen. I can't hurt you because of two reasons. One, you aren't your original age and that will prevent the Tailed beast extraction thingy. Two, I'm not cold-hearted and I don't go around killing innocent babies." He says.

'LIAR!!'

I shake my head quickly but Itachi sighs and just continues walking.

'LEMME GO YOU PEDO!!'

"Naruto." He says sternly.

I stop everything and tense immediately.

I don't know why but getting yelled at by Itachi hurts!

I sob quietly.

He sighs once again.

"Sorry for yelling Naruto. Ne? Come one... Stop crying. I won't hurt you, please trust me." He says holding me by his chest and stroking my hair.

I grip on tightly to his Akatsuki cloak and soften my wails.

'Wait... He knew my name...'

'...Whatever... If he doesn't kill me then I'm fine...'

"See? You're fine..." Itachi continues stroking my hair.

'You know? That doesn't feel so bad...'

I lean my head against his chest and I feel my eyes closing by themselves.

Itachi seems to have noticed as well.

"You've gone through quick changes today haven't you? You can sleep Naruto." Itachi says quietly.

'Yea... I should sleep...'

I let my eyes close completely and let sleep take over me.

-Itachi's POV-

Baby Naruto's chest heaves softly and I can tell he's asleep.

'He must be cold...'

I put my cloak around him and held him with one hand inside, leaving my left arm out.

I should take care of him and make sure this damn jutsu gets broken.

Quickly and quietly I make my way towards the Akatsuki's secret base.

I enter swiftly and head towards my room.

I shut the door and placed Naruto on my bed.

He stirs a bit.

I put my cloak on top of him and makes sure to cover his entire body but also letting air through.

This way, if someone walks into my room, they won't see Naruto, all they'll see is my cloak.

I sit on a chair and slump down in it.

There are a couple of knocks on my door and I get up to see who it is.

"Kisame. What is it?" I ask.

"Samehada has been happy ever since you got back and he seems to be overly excited. What happened?" He asks.

"Nothing happened. Leave." I say.

"You sure? Are you hiding someone in there?" He asks and steps inside my room.

When he sees no one, he shrugs and steps back out.

"Whatever then. He must be getting hungry. Sorry bout that Itachi." He says and takes his leave.

I let out a breath I didn't realise I was holding and closed the door in a hurry.

My cloak moved a bit and slipped onto the floor.

"'tachi?" Baby Naruto asks with tears in his eyes.

"What is it Naruto?" I ask.

If I wasn't in a dangerous hideout with S-rank criminals and didn't have to act bad then I would've cooed at him.

"K'same gone?" He asks. Kisame gone?

"Yes Naruto. Kisame is gone." I answer.

"Sa'e'ada 'ungry fo' jagura (Chakra)?" He asks. Samehada hungry for chakra?

"Yes. It's because of the nine tails." I say.

"Zowie fo' 'ausing twouble..." He apologizes. Sorry for causing trouble.

I smile gently.

"It's fine Naruto. It's my responsibility for all the suspicion because it was my idea of bringing you back here." I say.

Baby Naruto looks down and clutches the bed sheets.

"'tachi..." He calls.

"Yes?" I ask.

"Why 'm I a baby?" He asks. Why am I a baby?