Here is the second installment! Pretty quick if I may say so myself XD
Same rules apply to this chapter as the last.
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He finally steels himself up and makes the decision to never go back. Because even though he's a healthy, all though somewhat strange, teenager, even he can fall to the heavy pulls of hormones. Jiraya doesn't say anything but he does clap him on the back and rustles his hair and tells him that it's time to get back to business. There's only one person that should be on his mind, Naruto thinks, and that person is Sasuke.
Because Sasuke isn't going to bring himself back and no one else but Naruto can do it.
So the next month for that certain day he stays put and meditates for a whole three days, never once rousing even after Jiraya comes back.
There can only be one person.
And that person is Sasuke.
The demon inside of him rages.
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Months later finds him standing above rubble and staring up at the one person he admits ever really mattered. Sasuke had grown but there was no mistaking those onyx eyes and that delicate chiseled face.
He tries and manages to hold back that overwhelming urge to just reach out and take that man into his arms like he did that woman and never let go.
He wants to kiss him, touch that body and make it his.
But he doesn't. He remains still as Sasuke stands before him, hand reaching for his katana. He doesn't do much of anything because he knows that Sasuke isn't ready. Sasuke isn't ready for his touch and he's not ready to become anyone's everything even though he kind of already is. But Sasuke doesn't know that and Naruto won't tell him.
So he goes the rout Sasuke's familiar with.
"What kind of Hokage can't save his own friend?"
He watches that small twitch of petal like lips and knows that this is a path Sasuke's familiar with.
He knows that telling Sasuke that one day he will be the one to make him submit would be a bad idea at the current moment.
He, Naruto, will be the one to put Sasuke on his knees. One day Sasuke will beg for him. One day Sasuke will be the one to come running.
He doesn't say any of this because this is the side of him that Sasuke isn't ready to see.
So he remains silent and waits for the day that Sasuke is ready.
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He thinks of her sometimes, usually when he gets too lonely and too hot and he has to take care of his growing problem himself.
Sometimes he thinks of not her body but her warmth. Or on some nights her chilled touch calming the flame that his skin sometimes becomes once every month.
But most of the time he only thinks of Sasuke.
And that makes the fire burn hotter and deadlier than she ever could.
He thinks he may have loved her, a little bit.
But she's older; probably as old as Kakashi-sensei and she's also a whore at a whore house. But she took his virginity whether or not if he was ready and regardless if she knew it or not and he knows he can't do the same to Sasuke.
He's here in the middle of a war fighting god knows how many enemies. Sasuke is nowhere to be seen and nowhere to be found.
But he keeps fighting because that's the only thing he knows how to do at this point. Fight, fight, fight, cry, breathe, eat, never sleep, hardly wash and repeat.
When he gets hit a little too hard and it ends up hurting a little too much he falls to the ground and contemplates never getting up again.
Stay alive, he has to tell himself at that particular moment, stay alive, fight and win because after all of this bullshit, Sasuke will be yours. He'll be all yours.
Yours.
So he picks himself up off the ground and brushes off the dirt not caked in blood.
He has a war to win.
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When he wakes up he's in a hospital of some sorts and it's noisy as fuck. Sakura is standing over him, pale face caked with blood and shaking hands.
She's crying.
He doesn't have the strength to reach out to her and kiss her like his 12 year old self promised himself he would should Sakura ever waste a tear on him. But he does crack a smile for her. More tears fall and he tries to speak around the blood that's pooled in his mouth. A medic nin turns his head and he can't even fucking move so he lets the blood trickle out of his mouth and onto the already soaked sheets. Once it's all out the medic nin turns his head back and Sakura is still crying but there's a fire in her eyes and Naruto smiles.
Until he finally notices that she's bleeding from a stomach wound and she's barking at any medic nin to get the fuck away that tries to come within an inch of her.
"I need to make sure he'll make it first!" Naruto notices she's screaming.
He feels the darkness creep up on him he stubbornly remains awake. He has to make sure, he has to confirm-
Sakura smiles at him and then finally collapses to her knees as her legs give out.
"Look to your right."
When he manages to do as she says he sees the one person he's always chased after unconscious on the bed next to him.
He hears a thud and he knows that Sakura's finally out cold, but he doesn't take his eyes away and finally lets the darkness take him.
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When he wakes up the second time it's Tsunade that's standing over him with a set scowl. There's a bandage wrapping around her neck with her arm in a sling and her hair is uneven, Naruto suspects it's because someone took a swing at her with something sharp and she dodged at the last minute.
"Brat, welcome to the living." She says softly. He opens his mouth to respond but she lifts a single finer to silence him.
"I know you'll just bug me later so I'll tell you now," she begins, "Uchiha Sasuke has been moved to a high security prison and is currently awaiting trial. We sealed his chakra and sharingan."
He blinks and nods mutely.
"But I have good news too," she continues, "You won the war." A tired but brilliant smile reaches her eyes and she reaches for him and ruffles his hair with her god arm.
"I'm proud of you."
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Months later finds him sitting with Sasuke in his jail cell, a scowl on his face and a fire raging under his skin.
He wanted, oh good god he wanted nothing more than to slam that man down on that dingy cot and fuck him hard.
But he doesn't, he just acts like he always does; God help him because Sasuke still isn't ready. He sighs at the Uchiha's silence and begins to talk about nothing and everything. But that damn burning feeling is seriously getting to him.
Sasuke doesn't say much these days, when he does it's always the usual bout of fierce hatred that is slowly ebbing away his already damaged heart. Naruto doesn't mind when Sasuke gets into one of his psychotic moods, all that it means is that it would justify him slamming Sasuke into something hard and firm. But he never quite reaches that point with Sasuke, he's much too afraid that he'd take it much further than throwing him up against something.
Though currently Sasuke is getting a little better, slowly, he's letting go of that hatred and Naruto can see that he's at least making a bit of effort to rebuild himself again.
Naruto admits that he's beginning to feel guilty, Sasuke, who still thinks that Naruto is a pure, untouched by darkness, angel, doesn't know that Naruto lost his virginity at age 15 to a whore from a whore house.
Not everyone is as pure as they seem. Sasuke should know.
He doesn't notice that he's bitten his lip hard enough to bleed when Sasuke suddenly approaches him and touches his lip with cool fingers in silent concern.
He suddenly thinks of her once again.
With that he shoots from the chair and heads straight to the cell door that burning feeling about to burst.
He doesn't look back when the door slams shut behind him.
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Let it be known that I am still working on finishing up my other stories so stay tuned!