Ok I know it seems like I've started a new story when I haven't even finished the other one but this story is one I have been working on for a while now.
I am posting it on here to see is enough people like it enough for me to keep working on it. It was originally posted on AFF and I will keep posting chapters there. So let me know what you think!
Betaed by the amazing MsatosPenPen!
It all started when Sasuke was four and a half.
Sasuke Uchiha, while on a camping trip with his family wanders a little ways away from his older brother Itachi. After getting lost its starts to rain and finding a small cave he ducks inside. After a few minutes he hears something deeper in the cave. Deciding to investigate he goes deeper in. After a ways in he comes to a sharp right turn and finds himself face to face with a Angel in chains.
Chains rap around the base of his wings forcing them up from his back while others coming from the wall linked at the first bend forcing them away from his body, working against the other. Others bound his shoulders forcing them to hunch forward and others pined his arms behind his back in a unnatural and very painful position.
Connected to a thick band of metal where chains at the front and back of his neck going into the floor. Short chains pined his ankles to his thighs with a bar at his knees forced them painfully apart. His shaggy sunshine hair was limp and blood stained against his bowed head, hiding his face. Where the chains for his shoulders crossed in an X on his chest with the chains for his hands was a paper seal with ancient black writing. Behind him Sasuke could see another bend in the cave tunnel and hear the voices that had drawn him here. Looking over the Angels bound form he could see shadows flicker in a candles light on the wall, but couldn't make out what the voices where saying.
From the harsh breathing of the Angel in front of him he was either barely conscious or the neck band was too tight and he was suffocating. The voices suddenly rose in volume and Sasuke cringed behind the corner kicking a small rock with a clatter. He froze, eyes wide but the voices never faltered. With the increase in volume he could here their words but it was in a different language. Something he had never heard before.
However the small sound didn't go completely unnoticed. The Angel lifted his head reveling a hallow yet rounded face, with six whisker like marks on his sun-kissed skin, each bleeding slightly still. But the most shocking part was the utter hopelessness etched into every line of his face. With the intuition that comes with being a child, Sasuke knew that the blue eyes that stared lifelessly into his own where supposed to be bright enough to rival the sky, but instead looked like dirty ice, drowned in hopelessness as they were.
Summoning every ounce of the young Uchiha courage he could, he stepped around the wall to stand in front of the Angel. Reaching out a hand that he was glad was only very slightly shaking to finger the seal. Again he knew that's what was keeping the Angel from escaping, from flying away on his now bound and blood soaked wings.
As the voices rose again the sound of scuffling feet could be herd coming closer. "Go." The Angle whispered, his voice rough and horse from disuse. "Go, now. Wile you still can. Get as far away as you can run."
Looking over the Angels shoulder he saw the shadows moving closer. Without even realizing what he had done he turned to follow the Angels commands and ran, not realizing he still held the paper seal in his hand. Angry shouts followed his footsteps in his retreat out of the cave. Just as he reached the entrance of the cave the shouts went from angry to panicked.
The sound of chains breaking and clanging onto hard stone filled the cave and echoed around the trees. Then he could hear wind through feathers. Sasuke turned at the unexpected sound. Suddenly he felt the wind in his hair and warm arms infold him as the Angel that had scooped him up flew higher, going above the trees.
"Thank you." The Angel said in his ear. "For your bravery in saving me from that demons nest, I will serve you when you come of age. Until then I will watch over you..." The Angels voice faded as sleep over came the young child.
He was found curled under a tree, asleep, by his brother several hours later just before dark. Itachi breathed a sigh of relief seeing his little brother safe and dry even after the rain. Calling his father over the radio he held he told them he found Sasuke. Surprisingly he wasn't very far from their camp.
Everyone was a little worried when he didn't wake until the next morning. but after that he seemed fine. And when asked what happened he would say he had saved an angel from a demon nest. Everyone thought it was just a dream he had had wile sleeping under the tree. Sasuke soon realized this and simply refused to answer after that. But he knew it wasn't a dream. His only proof was the seal he took to free the Angel. And the dreams.
Ever since that day when he would have a nightmare, he would run and find himself in the arms of his Angel with his wings unfurled around them in an soothing embrace. A cocoon of the softest feathers, the Angel's steady heartbeat calming his own. Soon his family moved and the seal was lost and only the dreams remained, a faint reminder of the quickly fading memory.
16 Years Later
Sasuke was nervous but he schooled his face into an expressionless mask like only an Uchiha could. Next month he would be officially be taking over his fathers company from his older brother Itachi, and he was interviewing assistants/bodyguards. Sitting behind the heavy deck he started to kneed his temples. All the men he had interviewed where useless. And he wouldn't even think of hiring a woman. He had enough problems with fan-girls as is. Hence the bodyguard half of job.
At the knock on the door he promised himself only one more for today- even he could only handle so much. The door opened after he called 'enter' and he found himself holding his breath as the most beautiful man he had ever seen walked in to sit opposite him.
Sasuke knew he was gay since his latter years in middle school and this guy was like an angel with his well muscled form beneath the black suit. The dark color only served to ascent the sunshine hair and sun kissed skin. But what really trapped the Uchiha was his eyes- a shade of blue to contest with the sky.
A faint memory tried to snag the Uchiha's attention but was quickly suppressed. He needed to focus on the here and now. As he was tempted to just hire the man on the spot, the more he heard on the mans qualifications and background the surer he was that this was what he had been looking for.
The sunshine Blonds name was Uzumaki. Naruto Uzumaki. Half Japanese, half American, and trained in not only several langues but about just as many fighting styles. Former military special forces, trained in intelligence and when asked why someone with his qualifications was applying for this job he just laughed slightly and said he wanted some thing quite and as a joke he said after being bossed about in the military being as assistant with control over someone else's calender it was fair pay back to be able to boss someone else around a little.
Not even five minutes into the half-hour interview he was told to report bright and early the next Monday for a week long trial period to test his skills. Need less to say by the time the week was up, Sasuke was practically co-dependent on the Uzumaki's skill at organizing and the ability to beat back fan-girls that tried to glomp him. On more than one instances Sasuke thought the term Guardian Angel seemed appropriate.
