Kakashi's eyes snapped open as he sat up in bed. There was something wrong, he could almost feel it. Leaning over to where Iruka laid, he shook his boyfriend lightly; surprised when the ninja spoke. "You feel it too?"

"I can't sleep because of it…we'd better go check it out." Kakashi said dressing himself and waiting as Iruka did the same.

The two followed their father like instincts to the edge of the village; Kakashi having a gut feeling he knew who was in trouble by then, sped up. As they reached a glowing dot; which turned out to be a fire, Iruka nearly screamed when he saw Naruto's sleeping back without the blonde in it. "Wh-here could he have gone?" Iruka hissed under his breath, outraged by thoughts of murder and rape that might have fated the boy.

He knew there were weirdoes out here in the woods and if Naruto was one of their victims, god help them if he found the nasty bastards. "Calm down Iruka. I'm sure he's fine." Kakashi said, noticing the wild look in his eyes.

A scream of pain told them otherwise though. Neither took a moment longer as they dashed after the faint screams that rung louder and louder in their ears. When they reached the sight, they were speechless. Naruto lay sprawled on his stomach, his face flushed and bruises running along his back and hips from something digging into them. Kakashi also noticed that they resembled handprints, just a little too much for comfort. Naruto let out a squeak as he looked up at his sensei's, before he curled himself into a ball; trying to hide himself from them. The air smelled of sex still, even with the slight air that was whipping around the boy's bare body.

Iruka fell beside the boy, sobbing and nearly puking. He had not been able to protect Naruto from such a cruel fate and now it came to this. The blonde looked up at his teacher and tried to say something, but his voice was raw from screaming. He couldn't speak yet. Kakashi picked up the boy's clothing that lay in a neat pile next to him; before helping him dress with Iruka holding him upright. Before they had even begun to head back, Naruto was sound asleep. The two older teachers were quiet for a long while. No words could describe the scene they had witnessed before them. It wasn't until they reached Naruto's home; did the blonde wake up and burst into tears. "Naruto…..Naruto!! Who did this to you?!" Iruka would demand over and over again but he seemed completely content with staying silent about that piece of information.

Kakashi pulled his boyfriend off of the genin's bed after a while and covered his mouth as he protested. "We'll come back tomorrow Naruto. Get some sleep alright?"

The boy didn't reply as he shut off the lights and pulled an angry Iruka from the doorframe. "There is no point in making him talk. All that will do is upset him, so we need him calm before we can question him. I'll go talk to Tsunade and have her make out a search party for the…rapist." He whispered as he led his brunette to the front door.

"B-but!"

"I know how you feel but Naruto has had a very long night and it'd be best for him to sleep." Kakashi explained as he closed the door very gently as to not disturb the boy inside.

Sleep? No, he could not sleep. Naruto sat wide awake, looking at his dark green bed sheets with wide eyes. The feeling of that beast that had drained him of his innocence crawled all over his body and felt as though it were suffocating him. Naruto pulled the blankets over him and hugged himself. He felt violated and helpless. What made it worse was the small tug in the back of his mind to run to Sasuke's house. After a few moments of debating, the blonde got up and ran out of his house. Naruto ran and ran; his legs numb from the nights activities but he pushed through the pain until he got to Sasuke's door. Reaching out, he grabbed the handle and yanked it open. It was unlocked, since the ANBU had taken some of his things to try and have dogs track his sent. Closing the door behind him, Naruto looked around the room. A few paces away, he could see a stair way and decided to go up it first. He walked as though he came here a thousand times. Up the stairs, down the hall to the left, third door on the right. Naruto opened the door slowly and walked over to the bed, falling down on its soft mattress. Snuggling under the blankets, he closed his eyes as tears broke their way through his stubborn ego and fell down his cheeks. How many times had he cried? How many times had he wished, yearned for the raven's voice? How much longer did he have to wait? "What are you doing in my room dobe?"

Naruto's head shot up, looking franticly around the room. He took a deep breath, and threw the covers over his body again. He only imagined it; like every single day when he walked to the bridge where they used to meet, when he went to the training grounds, when he went to the edge of the gate; there he would be. The lingering memory of Sasuke.

"Come back or go away….just make the pain stop!" Naruto whined as he curled up into a ball and held his ribs.

He sobbed freely, wishing that he could either forget or have the raven. He didn't like this cold feeling in his gut, the feeling that was so familiar that he'd have loved to tear it out and throw it away. The feeling of being alone which was something Naruto felt every day since his Sasuke had left. Naruto's breath shuddered as a hand rested over his waist, though as he struggled to get up; the hand clamped down on his neck to hold him under the blankets. A sudden realization made Naruto shriek and scream. "No! Itachi leave me alone! Go away! Go away!" He screamed the words until who ever held him down had let him go to where he could throw the covers away from his head.

Naruto's breath was caught as the red eyes of the Sharigan once again found their way into his blue ones. These ones burned with the likeness of Itachi's; but the aura was different. This one was more sinister and cold then Itachi. "S-sas-"

"Who the fuck did you just tell to go away?!?" The younger Uchiha growled, picking Naruto up by the front of the shirt.

Naruto hung there, dazed that the one person he had wished for so hard had actually come to see him. A smack across the face quickly brought him out of his daydream however. "What the fuck what that for?" The blonde hissed as he ripped himself from Sasuke's grasp.

"What-did-you-just-say-a-second-ago?" Sasuke said, saying each word as though he were an ape that didn't understand language.

"I said your damned brother's name!" Naruto exclaimed before looking down; the feeling of ashamedness reaching to the core of his soul.

Sasuke looked like he was ready to puke as he looked up and down Naruto's form. "So…he took you did he? That's too bad…," Sasuke said leaning against the wall, sighing as he shook his head lightly, "I must have just missed him."

Naruto's head snapped back at his last sentence. Did he not give a damn that he was just raped by his older brother; by Itachi?!?

"In any case…I have a mission to complete." He continued, unfolding his hands and bring one down to the sword and sheath at his side.

"W-what are you talking about?" Naruto squeaked as he backed up, a cold sweat running up and down his spine.

"Are you still as dense as a five year old? I came here to kill you." Sasuke hissed without a hint of sadness or sorrow for the crime he was about to commit.

Naruto barely dodged the sharp edge as Sasuke rushed at him. "NO!" Naruto screamed, refusing to believe that Sasuke could do something without feeling some sort of pain. He made a jump for the door, dashing out of it as it was split in two by his predator. Naruto jumped down the stairs, crashing at the bottom and twisting his ankle with a yelp. 'No, move!', his mind screamed as he scrambled to his feet and barely missed being stabbed through as Sasuke landed; his sword sinking into the floorboards to the hilt. The two played cat and mouse all the way to the village gates, where Naruto had stumbled once more. The blonde refrained from screaming in agony as the sword was stabbed into his side, missing his spine by and inch. "Don't make me make this painful Naruto." Sasuke hissed as he yanked the tool out of the fox-boy, "Your too dangerous to have around anymore, I have no choice but to kill the power that my brother seeks."

Naruto forced himself to his feet, holding the wound that bled freely on the ground. "If you're going to resist, then make it fun and fight back." Sasuke shouted as he rushed again.

Naruto dodged and had a clear shot at the back of Sasuke's neck. 'Bring him home…' his mind shouted as his hand thrusted out towards the back of the boy's neck and stopped a hair length away. No, even if he brought him back, he'd only threaten the village and besides, it wasn't what Sasuke wished. Naruto jumped up to the roof of house and over the gates silently with Sasuke in hot pursuit. 'Don't stop…Don't stop!' He screamed at himself as he jumped from the brush, to the limbs, to the ground, to the limbs of the trees again. Weaving in and out of obstacles, it was only logical that he'd step on a weak branch and fall. Landing on his back with a loud yelp, he put his hands in front of him as Sasuke fell from the tree, sword first and ready to stab him through.

The loud cling of metal and the sound of someone being thrown into the ground made Naruto open his tightly shut lids again. At first, all he could see was black, until he looked up. The red and black pattern of the Akatsuki. Itachi had arrived.