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DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own Naruto or any of it's characters. Kishimoto Masashi does. I do not make any type of profit from writing this fanfiction. This is strictly for my and my readers' pleasure. The Japanese language used in this fanfiction is translated by Google.

CLAIMER: I OWN Yami Uchiha. Do NOT steal.

RATED: R and is subject to change.

WARNING: This is going to be an YAOI/MALE+MALE story.

BETA READER: None; so there will be errors that I do not catch.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: The scenarios involved in this fanfiction are fictional. The main character may also strike readers as a Mary/Gary Sue. If this fact bothers you, turn back now. Construction criticism is welcomed. No flames.

"Speaking"

'Thinking'

Hand Signing

A/N: I also have this story posted on my Mibba account. It is called Kumo no Su De, the Japanese meaning of In the Spider's Web. My Mibba account is also Renavelia in the case you all wish to jump ahead and read some of the chapters posted already.

~oOo~STORY START~oOo~

Sasuke woke up a six o'clock like every morning and went about his morning routine. Just as he finished dressing in a clean pair of white knee length shorts and his dark blue high collar shirt, he remembered the events from yesterday evening. A sound came from the kitchen and he ran down the hallway to confirm that it was not a dream. Sasuke came to a stop just inside the kitchen and watched as his older cousin bustled around the kitchen preparing breakfast. Yami held up a piece of paper for Sasuke to see, not once stopping from stirring the miso cooking on the stove top.

'Good morning. Bento in the fridge. Breakfast in five. Training after school.' Sasuke read the note to himself, his heart pounding in his chest.

How long has it been since he had someone to come home to? It felt like forever to the boy. Something shifted on the table and Sasuke took a hasty step back. A dark brown spider with light brown stripes the size of a dinner plate was arranging the tableware and chopsticks for use.

"Um…Itoko?"

Hearing Sasuke call him cousin had Yami pause in his preparing of the fried fish and turn to look at him. Yami's lips tilted up into a smirk at the sight of a pale Sasuke with eyes on the spider summon.

Junpa, please introduce yourself to my young cousin. Yami signed to the arachnid.

The spider faced Sasuke and gave a slight bow.

"Greetings, spiderling. Yami-sama has informed me about you. I am Junpa, one of Yami-sama's summons." Junpa spoke in a surprisingly deep male voice.

Getting over his shock, Sasuke gave a hesitant bow back to the arachnid.

"If that is all, Yami-sama, I shall dismiss myself." Junpa state and disappeared in a puff of smoke.

"You have a contract with the spiders?" Sasuke asked his cousin in awe.

Yami nodded and motioned his hand towards the table for Sasuke to take a seat. After breakfast, the two walked out of the house and out of the compound together. Sasuke stayed quiet, taking silent pleasure in the fact that Yami was walking him to the Academy despite not saying anything. Stopping at the Academy entrance, Sasuke turned to his cousin.

"Do you have a mission today?" Sasuke asked quietly, ignoring the stares he and his cousin were receiving from his female classmates.

Yami shook his head no. Reverting to the most basic of hand signs students learned in the Academy, Yami signed to Sasuke.

Walk. Around.

Sasuke took note of the simplicity of his cousin's signing and realized that he had to revert to it for Sasuke to be able to understand him. Sasuke bit the inside of his cheek at this. He gave his cousin a hidden wave good-bye before going into the Academy. Inside his classroom, Sasuke walked up to Iruka-sensei instead of taking his seat right away. Iruka-sensei glanced up from his desk in surprise at the approaching ravenette.

"Yes, Sasuke-kun?" Iruka asked his male student.

"Sensei, do you still have that book on shinobi hand codes from last week?" Sasuke asked in an almost whisper.

Iruka's eyes widened.

"Of co-course." Iruka stuttered, reaching into his desk drawer and pulling out the book Sasuke was talking about and handing it to him.

"Hn, thank you." Sasuke muttered, giving his sensei a slight bow before he immediately took his seat in the middle row by the window and proceeded to ignore everyone around him while flipping through the book.

~oOo~

After leaving Sasuke at the Academy, Yami decided to stroll around the village in an effort to get a feel of the place he once called home. Passing though the shopping district, Yami walked by a small bookstore. He paused and back tracked before entering the bookstore to have a look around.

'The Life and Times of Renji Kishimura…Twenty Different Ways to Cook Lotus Root…Icha Icha Paradise…The Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Shinobi—Hm, I'll take this one.' Yami thought, picking up the last titled book and reading the introduction.

Purchasing the book, Yami left the shop with his eyes scanning the first page. He became so entranced by the plot that he did not sense his company until he was halfway through the first chapter. He glanced at the person on his left side and saw that they were reading a familiar orange covered book.

"I heard that you were back." Kakashi said, his voice carrying a friendly tone.

Yami could hear the relief hidden underneath it.

"That's a good book." Kakashi stated after a few minutes of silence.

Yami nodded. At the heavy sigh from his silver haired company, Yami gave the man his full attention by closing his book and sliding it inside the front of his hanten.

Did Hokage-sama inform you about our joint leadership on the up-coming team selections? Yami signed to the jonin walking next to him.

It took Kakashi a moment to answer back, obviously taking his time to file away the fact that Yami did not speak aloud.

"Maa, Yami-san, do I detect a tiny amount of doubt in your words?" Kakashi asked playfully, amusement shining in his visible eye.

Yami tilted his head slightly as he smirked at the man.

Genma filled me in on what I missed. That includes your habit of being late.

Kakashi chuckled while scratching the back of his neck. Putting his orange book into his kunai pouch, Kakashi tucked his hands into the pockets of his shinobi pants. The stampede and kick-up of dirt coming at the two had a groan leaving Kakashi's masked lips and Yami's eyebrows raising. A green spandex clad male came into view just as shortly as a yell.

"DYNAMIC ENTRY!" The strange man shouted, sending a drop kick at Kakashi who simply moved out of the way and allowed the green man to bypass him.

Was that…

"Yeah." Kakashi answered, making quick work in grabbing Yami's forearm and shunshin away to a nearby rooftop.

~oOo~

Yami was fortunate to escape the rivalry show between Gai and Kakashi after the later had shunshin away with him. Parting a couple of blue cloth flaps, Yami entered a takoyaki stand and took a seat at the bar. He signaled the lady working behind the counter for an order of eight takoyaki balls with everything and a glass of green tea. Kakashi took a seat beside him.

Do you know the other two that will be assigned to Team Seven? Yami asked after taking a sip of his green tea, the liquid phasing through the wraps covering his lips.

Kakashi took three folded up forms out of his kunai pouch and set them in front of Yami. One of them had a picture of Sasuke, so Yami moved that one to the side to look over the other two. A girl with pink hair and green eyes was smiling brightly in her photo. The other was a blonde haired blue eyed boy with peculiar whisker marks marring his cheeks. Despite that one small difference, Yami could see the definite resemblance between the boy and the Yondaime Hokage.

'Uzumaki Naruto, the dead last in his class and Haruno Sakura, the smartest girl in her class. I can work with this.' Yami thought, already thinking about what type of training to put the two genin through.

You seem sure about the selections.

"This is the year the knucklehead passes. I got the Hokage to agree to let me have both your cousin and the blonde." Kakashi told him.

Yami passed the three forms back to the silver haired man as the lady behind the bar set his order of takoyaki on the bar for him. Taking a bite of the steaming moist ball of dough and octopus meat, Yami shuddered at the taste of bliss. The rest of the takoyaki balls disappeared within seconds.

"I forgot how much you liked these." Kakashi stated, finishing his own plate. "Sushi is—"

Kakashi paused at the glimmer in Yami's charcoal eyes.

"…okay. Sushi is okay." Kakashi finished and got a nod from Yami.