Blood Will Tell

By Jade Mouse

PG-13up, but Not NC-17

Pairings: NaruSasu (XD), NaruSaku (I hate it, personally, but it's needed for the sake of the story, sorry NaruSaku fans, not the story for you), SakuLee (Which I actually like! -), MAYBE KakaIru? Others also

Warnings: Violence, mentioned sex scene, language, parrel and woe(aka ANGST)

Also, yaoi haters...just...leave...You have been warned that this is a shonen ai, yaoi, boy/boy, GAY fic. I dont want any complaining, okee? -

Chapter One

Blood will tell, but often it tells too much. -Don Marquis

It split through the air like kunai, singing a song of swift death. Pale hands clawed at ebony hair, nails raking at the ears and eyes. The prodigy boy screamed until his voice cracked and burned it's way up his throat. Vaguely, in the back of his mind he could feel reassuring hands desperately clutching his hand and rubbing his back. Through his skin, the heat and thrill of a battle he was missing pumped into his veins in mockery. You are nothing. One jutsu and your down, it said into his ear.

"No…" Sakura heard her teammate mutter, before a cry of pain issued past his lips and sent chills down her spine. Sasuke, the Uchiha survivor, crouched on his hands and knees in front of her, clawing at the dry land with his bloody fingernails. Behind his clenched eyelids, the Sharingan eyes spun wildly, out of control.

"Bastard! I've had enough! Undo the jutsu, now!" Naruto, their other teammate, screamed, shaking the ninja in front of him by the collar. Inside his mind, the seemingly simple minded blonde boy was overloaded with concern for his best friend. Each scream shook him to the core. Even when the cursed seal shattered, the Uchiha remained frosty, holding back his pain as much as he could. But now, he didn't even seem aware of the sobs that made his way past his lips. "What the hell did you do to Sasuke?" The fox boy drew back his fist threateningly.

"It's a simple jutsu, once you realize the trick." The missing Nin stated in a singsong voice and grinned at him in a psychotic fashion, tapping the side of her head with her unbroken hand. Naruto cursed loudly; this girl was nothing before she pulled out this attack. She was getting the crap beaten out of her, and then all of the sudden she held out a hand and behind Naruto, Sasuke had collapsed. "But I'm not telling you!" The ninja drawled like a drunk, rolling her brown eyes to the sky and pouting.

"Let him go, now." Naruto stated, cool and calm. It was as if he was mimicking Sasuke, trying to copy the fear that the black haired boy set into everyone. The girl only looked at him, as if seeing him for the first time, then held out her hand, grinning.

"I'm Colt, how about you?"

"Arg!" Naruto threw the girl aside, seeing her uselessness instantly. Immediately, he was at Sasuke's side, griping the hand that was bloodying itself against the ground. In between his teammates, the black-eyed boy dipped his head into the ground in replacement of his fingers. The shining forehead protector was ground into the dirt as the Uchiha fought what ever was spinning through his head. "Sasuke!" Naruto called, his hold intensifying. "Calm down, bastard! Sasuke!"

"He has such an interesting mind." Naruto threw his head up to find the girl standing again. This time, however, there was a chill running in an aura over her body. She lifted up her head slightly so long bangs that matched her eyes shifted, revealing a mask of carelessness. It was so much like…Sasuke's.

"What?" Sakura spoke up, shifting closer to the shaking body next to her. No matter what, she would protect her love interest; she would die before he did.

Colt calmly twirled her hair around a finger. "Such sad memories, very vivid as well. He dreams in red and agony-"

"Shut up!" A pain in the side of her face, then the impact of the ground after a flash of orange told her that the blonde one had attacked. Her cheek was pressed into the ground, a single, stunning caramel eye looking up at him indifferently. Her shoulders drew up, elbows lifting and knuckles running on the floor until they reached the proper leverage points on either side of her upper chest. Her brown veil of hair cascaded over her shoulders like uneven waterfalls, drawing over her porcelain features and shading them from view.

She drew herself up, tucking her knees under herself with her palms still firmly set to the floor. The stunned silence rang with the sounds of her clothing rustling together, as she finally peeked between two think locks. A hand rose and touched her cheek with almost amused interest, the red mark rising from the lip like a crack in her new mask. (1)

"Naruto-kun." The boy shivered, he had never told her his name, had he? "He thinks fondly of you, even if you are rivals…what's this? He even has some sort of respect for you and-"

"Are you deaf, woman?" Naruto screamed, his fists at his sides and eyes clenched shut in anger. Colt paused and cocked her head, interest filling her gaze. "I said shut up! Leave Sasuke alone!" Before he could continue, Sakura's shocked calling of the boy's name caused him to dash back over to his previous position. As his attention was diverted, the odd ninja held one hand in front of her, grinning in a frosty manner.

"Release." Was all she muttered, and then she vanished.

Across the clearing, Sasuke's head snapped back, Sharingan eyes wide and open. Spine rigid for a few seconds, the blue and white clad body trembled before limply falling into Naruto's arms. The kitsune stared at the spot their opponent had been, before instantly laying the prone figure on the ground as gently as possible. This whole situation is fucked up, he thought to himself, C-rank mission my ass.

The conscious members of Team 7 shivered, while their third member's wide, blood red eyes stared at them hauntingly. The commas of the Sharingon spun at high speeds before they began to slow, until crimson faded into black. Eyelids drooped with fatigue, Sasuke looked up at two worried faces, blinking slowly. No recagnition appeared in the glazed midnight irises, not even as the lids slid down, tossing their owner into a dreamless sleep.

TBC

Mouse's Notes: Any of you confussled yet? - Goman nasai! bow first fanfic...ever, really. I went through a lot of revising for this, so i hope it's good enough! Wondering WTF is up w/ Sasuke? You'll find out...In the next chapter!!! BWAHAHAHA....right...yeah...reveiws are greatly appreciated!

Jade Mouse