Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or the characters nor do I make any profit from it.
Claimer: I do own Ashten Sukimori
This is a yaoi and contains mentions of and attempted suicide. It also contains mentions of self-harm and inner hatred. If you are uncomfortable with any of these situations I strongly suggest that you stop reading right now.
Others, on with the story!
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"Class, this is Naruto Uzumaki, he and his brother will be starting here today" Iruka informed his students.
Naruto blushed at the numerous leers he received from both boys and girls. He was deeply tanned, with golden spiky hair and deep sapphire eyes. He wore a tight white shirt with light brown baggy pants that hung loosely around his slim hips. Naruto looked up at the class, his full lips parting into a beautiful smile.
"Hi, you all know my name I guess so… I hope we all get to be friends!" he smiled.
The boys in the class immediately began plotting ways to get the boy beneath them, but one glare shot all of them down immediately. This came from the youngest prince in the school, Sasuke Uchiha. His skin was milky pale, and his deep black eyes threatened to suck anyone in who stared too long, he was tall, and muscular, with raven hair. He wore a black leather vest with tight leather pants with chains on them, fish net sleeves, and black biker boots. He licked his lips with a smirk, claiming Naruto as his on the spot.
"Hey. Naruto" Sasuke called, and the boys groaned.
Naruto, wrinkling his brow, looked up and blushed slightly at the gorgeous guy he saw staring at him.
"Yes?"
"You can sit with us" he said, pointing to the seat beside him.
Blushing, Naruto walked over to the desk and sat down, putting his book bag down and thanking Sasuke, who nodded with a grin.
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Ashten sighed as he strolled into his physics class with bored sapphire eyes. Many heads turned towards him, and watched as he made his way immediately towards the back of the classroom where the window was. The teacher grabbed his roll sheet, looking until he found a name he wasn't familiar with.
"Ah, you must be Ashten Uzumaki, welcome to Konoha High. I am Hatake Kakashi"
Ashten looked up to the man with gravity defying silver hair and piercing gray eyes. He wore a mask on the bottom half of his face, covering his chin, mouth, and right eye. His tall, deceitfully skinny form leaned against the desk and he smiled to Ashten kindly.
Ashten smiled back. "Thank you Kakashi-sensei"
Kakashi nodded and then went back to his lesson. Ashten unzipped his book bag and took out a pencil and a binder labeled 'Physics'. He opened it to the first page and opened the binds, taking out a piece of paper. He closed the binders and closed the book, placing the paper on it and beginning to take his notes diligently. A girl with a blonde ponytail looked over to see that Ashten had turned his binder to the side slightly, and she tapped his shoulder. Ashten looked over to her with slight irritation, partly for getting him off focus and partly for even touching him.
"Yes?" he asked nicely.
"You're left-handed?" she asked.
Ashten looked to his binder and saw that he was writing with his left hand. Obviously he was left handed if that was the hand he was writing with.
Stupid bitch. "Yes, I am left handed"
"Oh, weird." She said, returning to her own notes.
Ashten rolled his eyes; being left handed was associated with being weird? How incredibly ignorant. He was going to hate it here. Good thing he was a senior. Someone's eyes lost the ability to look at the board, and Ashten trailed his own gaze to a guy sitting a few rows down from him, with baby blue eyes and ruby hair, staring him down like a science experiment.
Damn could he have his face back!?
Ashten tugged on the butt length thick golden ponytail in his hair, his piercing sapphire eyes focusing on the labeling paper Kakashi-sensei had placed on his desk. His deeply tanned skin flushed as he tapped his pencil against his full pink lips.
"Need some help?" the girl who called him weird earlier asked.
"No." Ashten told her flatly.
Ashten started with the superior part of the Axial Skeleton, labeling until he had gotten all the way down to the Sphenoid bone. He had even labeled all of the sutures and the turned to the back to label the facial bones. Kakashi-sensei looked around Ashten's shoulder, impressed, so he was ahead of the class.
"Ashten, we didn't learn the facial bones yet, and won't until another week after this one"
"Oh, well we had learned all 206 bones in the body and was getting to the muscles when I moved"
"Oh. Well you can just relax for the next month or so"
Ashten smiled. "Cool, thanks"
Kakashi-sensei strolled back to his desk, sitting down and opening his icha icha paradise book. Ashten's jaw dropped.
Yeah, Kakashi-sensei was a pervert.
Ashten felt something clicking in his head, and he zoned out to mentally connect with his little brother.
"What is it Naruto?"
"Hey, we have the same class next block right?"
"Yes, I believe it's Physical Education"
"Cool! So, I met this guy named Sasuke, he's really cool… And hot! He said he had a brother that's a senior this year. I was wondering if you met him yet"
"I don't think so, but there is some dude who won't give me back my face"
Ashten heard Naruto giggle, and he himself chuckled.
"That's so creepy! Boys here are weird"
"You got that right! Hey, are you ahead of your class too?"
"Yeah! I don't have to even come to class for a month or two!"
"Awesome, wanna do something with our time?"
"Of course! Uh oh, gotta go, the teacher is looking at me worriedly. Bye Ashten, see you next block, I love you"
"Bye Naruto, love you too… Oh damn, yeah Kakashi-sensei's looking at me like 'someone please take him to the nurse!''"
Laughing, Ashten and Naruto ended their mental connection.
The light in Ashten's eyes returned, and he looked around to see everyone looking at him like a science experiment.
He swore he wasn't getting his face back.
"What?" Ashten asked.
"Ashten… You kind of had me worried there, you're eyes just blanked and you froze for like twenty minutes, are you alright?" Kakashi-sensei asked.
"Yes sir, they do that when I zone out, pay it no mind"
"Oh… Alright then"
Ashten shook his head and took out his notebook, beginning to write some more on his story. It was about a boy around his age that was being stalked by a vampire. Currently, the vampire had pinned the boy against a tree as he tried to escape, and was kissing his neck.
' "Oh… No… Please" Sebastian sighed as his captor grazed his neck with his razor sharp fangs.
"Don't worry Sebby… No one will see us…" Ethan smirked, rubbing their pelvises together slowly, torturously. The act slowly robbing Sebastian of both his mind and protests…'
The bell rung, and Ashten sucked his teeth, packing his bag and standing. He made his way towards the door, turning sharply when someone grabbed his arm. It was that red head boy who kept staring at him.
"What are you?" he asked.
Ashten wrinkled his brow. "Uh, a human, like everyone else"
He shook his head. "No, you not. There's something… Off about you"
Ashten growled, yanking his arm out of his grasp. "If you want to call me weird then you could have just said that you bastard"
Ashten turned from the guy and walked out of the class, heading to the gymnasium. Next would be lunch, and then his last two classes.
"Ashten!" a voice called out to him.
Ashten turned and smiled brightly, walking over to Naruto and the guy he was walking with.
"Hey Naru! Hi, you must be Sasuke" Ashten greeted.
"Yes, hello Ashten, you're Naruto's older brother?"
"I am, ready for gym?"
"Yep! Guess what? Sasuke's in that class too! And so is his brother Itachi"
Ashten smiled, falling into step with Naruto and Sasuke to the gym. They trio strolled into the room, where Naruto and Ashten looked around. It was a large space, with a basketball court and a ring to spar. Ashten smirked, turning to the gym teacher, who handed them their gym clothes.
"Get changed into this and meet me back here, we're sparring in a few minutes"
Ashten and Naruto took their clothes and followed Sasuke to the boy's locker room where the boys were currently changing. Ashten walked over to the back where a boy was changing as well. His lower shoulder length hair was tied to a ponytail, and his creamy white skin tightened, showing hard muscle and as he lifted his shirt above his head, Ashten caught a glimpse of his muscled chest and hard stomach. His black eyes, looking over to Ashten, who looked away and began to change himself. He could feel his eyes watching him, just as he had been a few seconds ago. Sasuke was standing beside the dark man, changing alongside him. That must have been Itachi.
Wow.
Sasuke resembled his brother a lot, the only real difference was that Itachi had long black lines under his eyes, and Sasuke didn't. Naruto stared boldly, until Ashten slapped his bare back. He was already changed
"Hey! Are you going to keep staring or are you going to change?"
Naruto blushed, finishing changing and walked out of the locker room with Ashten.
"Those are the famed Uzumaki brothers eh?" Itachi asked.
"Yes, beautiful aren't they?"
"Exotically so" Itachi replied, walking out of the locker room with his younger brother.
The gym attire was a simple army green shirt with short darker green shorts. The shorts Ashten and Naruto wore hugged their hips, cupping their asses perfectly. The Uzumaki brothers had plump, lifted, round asses, accompanied by a slight curve to their hips. Itachi smirked, Ashten would be his soon enough, and he looked to Sasuke, knowing that he thought the same. When everyone had changed and lined up, the gym teacher inspected them all. His black bowl style hair, brushy eyebrows, tall, lanky form, and chiseled figures gave Ashten the impression of a goofy, fun guy, whose seriousness would scare someone, but he was also a person that would love his students deeply. Ashten smiled, he and this guy would get along, much like him and Kakashi-sensei.
"Hiya there newbies! I'm the honorable cooler-than-Kakashi Gai- sensei!"
Ashten giggled at the introduction, and introduced himself.
"I'm Ashten Uzumaki!"
"Hiya there! My name's Naruto Uzumaki! Believe it!"
Gai smiled, the famous Uzumaki brothers. He wondered just how good they were at fighting.
"Alright! First up will be… Itachi Uchiha verses… Gaara!"
Itachi stepped up, and the red head boy with baby blue eyes stepped up too. Ashten rolled his eyes immediately, and Naruto noticed.
"You don't like that red head boy?"
"No… He pries into people's business…"
Naruto's eyes widened, looking to that Gaara guy with narrowed eyes. He must have noticed something weird about Ashten and asked.
That… Was something that the brothers didn't want to talk about.
"Ashten, don't think about it, ok?"
"… I won't… Trust me" Ashten replied.
Naruto nodded, looking at the sparring ring just as the two boys stepped in it. They shook each other's hand, then began. The match was over quickly, with Itachi being the winner. Ashten smirked, he was good, but was he good enough?
Gai-sensei clapped, as did everyone else. "Next up, Kiba Inuzuka, and Ashten Uzumaki"
Kiba and Ashten stepped up, but Naruto grabbed Ashten's hand to stop him for a bit.
"Hey… Just remember… We're not in that hell hole anymore, so don't go so hard, let him at least hit you once"
Ashten nodded, walking towards the ring with a sigh. He pulled his hair up into a bun in case Kiba tried to yank his hair. Kiba was rough looking fellow, with brown hair and eyes, and a purple triangle under each eye.
He smirked at Ashten confidently. "Hey, after I win I'll be sure to tame that ass"
Ashten giggled, letting his eyes blaze ruby.
"Naruto… No promises" he told his little brother, who gulped with a worried gaze.
"Begin!" Gai-sensei urged.
Ashten's eyes blanked, and his body crouched, examining Kiba's every dog-like movement. He instantly noticed the little ball of fluff that leapt out at him. Ashten simply lifted up his arm and smacked it out of the way. The sound made Naruto jump, and he hoped that the animal didn't have any broken bones. Kiba saw Akamaru hit the ground harshly, and he whimpered, trembling as he lied there.
"Akamaru! You fucking bitch!" Kiba growled, racing towards Ashten.
Ashten stood to his full height and growled. "You will learn to watch your tongue!"
Naruto watched as Kiba threw a punch, but Ashten was too fast, and he moved out of the way with a speed he knew all too well. Ashten spun his body and let a brutal punch send Kiba flying. Ashten roared demonically, gold intricate markings beginning to trace themselves over his form. Naruto raced towards his brother immediately, he had to stop this fight before someone ended up dead.
"ASHTEN STOP!" Naruto shouted as he jumped into the ring.
Ashten growled at him savagely. "You wish to rebel?"
"We already have… Master is dead Ashten, this is our new life. Look."
Naruto's voice had also become demonic, and the class watched, Ashten's eyes returned to their blank sapphire and Naruto caught him as he collapsed. Gai-sensei watched with intrigued eyes, so the rumors were true, they were demons.
"Well, I think we all know who was going to win. Naruto, take him to the nurse"
Naruto held Ashten tightly. "I don't know where the nurse is… Besides, even if I did, I couldn't carry him…"
Itachi and Sasuke walked over to the Uzumaki brothers silently. Naruto looked up at Itachi as he kneeled and picked Ashten up bridal style. Sasuke helped Naruto up and the four left the gym. The walk was silent, until Itachi broke it.
"That was the demon side of Ashten?"
Naruto looked at him and lowered his head. "… Yes…"
"Hm. Interesting, he would have killed both Kiba and Akamaru had you not stepped in correct?"
"… Yes…" came another quiet response.
The four walked into the nurse's office where Kurenai, the school's nurse, was filling out paperwork.
"Huh? Oh hello Sasuke and Itachi, who do we have here?" Kurenai asked, looking to the two golden haired beauties.
"I-I'm Naruto Uzumaki, and that's my brother, Ashten"
"Hm… I'm assuming the demon side of him showed himself?"
Naruto's eyes widened. "H-how did you-
"All the teachers know about you two. Even some students that are apart of powerful clans know about the Uzumaki brothers… The demon brothers"
Naruto's eyes narrowed. He suddenly didn't fill so comfortable anymore.
…"Everyone shall shun you… Both you and your brother… I am the only one who will EVER have any use for you two…" he told them, laughing at their blank, everlasting stares…
Naruto looked away, he wanted to leave. Now.
"Ashten…" Naruto called his brother, who's eyes twitched in response.
He was starting to come to, Naruto could feel it.
Itachi laid Ashten down on the nurse bed, and watched as he stirred until his eyes fluttered open. Ashten sat up and grabbed his head, growling at the pain. Naruto sat down beside him on the bed and touched his forehead. Ashten sighed as the pain left, then he looked to Naruto with a pained expression.
"I'm sorry… That your aniki-san is a freak…"
"Your otouto is a freak as well, I will not leave you just because your demon is stronger… You're my jewel… No one will hurt you ever again Ashten, come on, let's just go home… Maybe tomorrow will be better"
Ashten nodded, getting up and walking out of the nurses' office with Naruto.
"H-Hey! You can't just leave!" Kurenai shouted.
Ashten turned to her.
"Actually, I am Naruto's legal guardian. Our entire family is dead, it just Naruto and I, so we can actually just leave. Excuse us"
Kurenai, Itachi, and Sasuke watched the brothers as they departed. The Uchiha brothers looked to each other.
"It would seem as though they share our situation brother" Itachi mused.
"It would seem so. What an interesting duo, don't you think?"
Itachi smirked.
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They were running.
Running as fast as their legs would take them. They could feel their master close at their backs. Trees whipped passed them like a blur as they tried desperately to run away. A root that jugged out of the ground caught his foot, and Ashten screamed as he hit the ground harshly. Naruto immediately spun to grab him up, but it was too late.
He was too close.
"Run! Naruto run!" Ashten told him.
"Not without you aniki!" he replied desperately.
Ashten tried to rise but a whip cracked against his back, causing him to scream and fall back down. Tears streamed down his pained face as he heard Naruto screaming. He knew they were caught. The snake came sauntering towards them, his slit yellow eyes promising punishment for both Uzumaki brothers.
"Well, well, well look what we have here… All everything I've done for you two?" he hissed.
Ashten whimpered as he stared up at the yellow snake eyes. Long black hair with pale skin and a smile anyone would be afraid to see.
"Please… Master Orochimaru… I'm sorry…" Ashten pleaded, cowering as he stepped over him and strolled over to a still struggling Naruto.
His fist connect to Naruto's stomach so fast that Ashten couldn't process what had happened until his little brother fell forward, hitting the ground harshly. Ashten's eyes widened at the blank, teary stare. His eyes brimmed, but the tears wouldn't fall.
Before Orochimaru could hit him again, he did the unthinkable…
"No!" he screamed, jumping up and racing towards his little brother.
He threw himself over Naruto, biting his lips to stifle his yelp when his master's foot connected to his rib.
"You dare stand in the way of punishment!?" Orochimaru hissed.
"No! Please master! It was my idea! He didn't want to rebel, I made him… Please punish me… Not him…"
Ashten placed himself on his hands and knees facing Orochimaru, his head bend down to show his submission.
"Hm… Kabuto" Orochimaru called.
Ashten's eyes widened. "No… No… Master please! Anything but that! Please!"
Kabuto yanked Ashten up and slapped him back to the ground, then roughly parted his legs so that he was between them. Ashten screamed in absolute terror, fighting back with everything he had, which was a lot since he was holding Kabuto back. Naruto watched the scene blankly, he knew what was about to happen next. Orochimaru watched in glee as Kabuto slowly but surely overpowered a fighting Ashten, easily tearing his clothes shreds before releasing his own erection.
"Kabuto please! Not in front of Naruto please I'm begging you!" Ashten pleaded desperately.
Kabuto looked to Orochimaru for a response. "This is your punishment Ashten, maybe you'll think twice before trying escape!"
The tears in Naruto's eyes fell as his brother's pained scream erupted throughout the forest.
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Ashten shot up in his bed screaming in absolute terror. It was late at night, and he was sure he had woken their neighbors. He covered his mouth, holding in his tears in, raking a trembling hand through his hair. His breathing slowly evened.
Ashten slowly slid out of his bed, going into the bathroom and turning out the lights. The tears wouldn't stop falling, he gripped his head, trying to escape the storm that forever raged within him. He looked into the mirror again to see the black flames wrapping themselves around his form. He could see the demon inside of him, wrapping its flaming arms around his worn and abused body. Still, he could see the scars. The burns, the hand marks, the bruises, the whelps…
The cuts…
Ashten fell to his knees, holding his face in his arms. He was so ugly… He hideous and so insignificant that life to him didn't even matter.
He just wanted to be free of the pain!
He just wanted to die…
But he couldn't do that. Not yet… He still had Naruto to take care of. Soon he would be able to manage on his own. He won't need Ashten anymore, and that was when he would end this hell he was forced to call life.
'Soon enough…' Ashten thought to himself, looking to the razor and the note he had written for Naruto if he happened upon him afterwards.
Soon… Very soon… His pain would be over…
