His Soul To Keep

Chapter 3

Sasuke Uchiha stared out the window of his father's car. Fugaku Uchiha was currently at the police department attempting to get his oldest son released into his custody. Sasuke couldn't help but wonder what his brother had been thinking? He slept with a minor for crying out loud, or had he? Sasuke knew that there were people out there who could fake those kind of tapes. Could that have been what happened? Could someone have wanted to get even with Itachi for something he'd said or done? Itachi was a captain on the police force so it wouldn't be unheard of for someone to want to get revenge, considering how many people Itachi had locked up.

Sasuke had accused Naruto of having something over Itachi's head in order to get him to sleep with him. Sasuke wasn't entirely sure that the blame could be placed on Naruto's shoulders. Even though Naruto had started avoiding spending time with Sasuke at the Uchiha Mansion he couldn't really see Naruto doing something like that. Sure, Sasuke had been angry when he'd seen the video of Itachi and Naruto. But now that he thought about it, it couldn't be real, Itachi wouldn't do something so stupid that would put his career in jeopardy , Itachi loved being a cop too much to do something like that. And the longer that Sasuke sat in the car he wondered where Naruto came into that revenge plot. What role did he have in this story? Did someone want revenge against Naruto as well? Sasuke couldn't imagine why, Naruto was , well had been pretty well liked. Now he had witnessed how Naruto got treated, and while it was terrible. Sasuke hadn't bothered to say a word to defend him, he still wasn't sure what to think about his best friend being gay and having not ever told him. Sasuke wasn't sure that was something that he would have wanted to know.

An hour later, Itachi followed their father out of the police station, it wasn't any surprise to Sasuke that his father had been able to get Itachi released. Considering how powerful and influential Fugaku Uchiha was, he could practically get anyone to do what he wanted. Which made Sasuke also wonder if this person was trying to get even with their father. Fugaku had put several businesses out of business to get to where he was. So it wouldn't be unheard of that someone from those businesses would want to get revenge either, but once again why also target Naruto? Could it be that the person was targeting Naruto to begin with? And his brother just somehow ended up in the picture? Sasuke frowned, it wasn't like Naruto to have enemies. Not any that would go this far anyways, to call him out like this for being gay was beyond cruel, especially since people like that weren't accepted at their school or really even in their town.

Sasuke sighed and looked over at Itachi as Itachi climbed into the backseat with him, Itachi avoided looking at him. Sasuke could tell that he was embarrassed about the whole situation.

"If you wanted to experiment like that." Fugaku was saying as he climbed into the drivers seat. "Did it have to be a fifteen year old boy?"

"I don't know what your talking about." Itachi said gruffly. "Why would I sleep with a minor?"

"For one there is a video of you sleeping with him." Sasuke said, wondering at Itachi's confusion. Was this perhaps his way of denying what had happened?

"Videos can be faked." Itachi said. "And I'm going to have Kisame start working on that end and see what he comes up with. For another thing, why the hell would I have camera's in my own room, why would Naruto have recorded it either if it actually happened."

"What's going on with you?" Sasuke asked. "There's plenty of evidence of you sleeping with him, I don't think you can actually deny it."

"Well, the only problem is that I don't actually remember it." Itachi said, frowning at his little brother. "I don't remember anything about that night." Sasuke frowned and glanced at his father, did this mean what they thought it did.

"Does that mean what I think it does?" Sasuke asked.

"What are you thinking?" Fugaku asked.

"That Itachi was drugged." Sasuke said. "It would account for why Itachi can't remember anything about that night."

"Who would want to do something like that?" Fugaku wondered.

"Anyone who wanted revenge." Sasuke replied. "You've put plenty of people out of business and Itachi has tossed plenty of people in jail. There's plenty of people who would want to try it."

"Oh boy," Fugaku murmured "That's a long list. We should probably have Deidara or Kisame look into it."

"You should also look and see if someone has something against the Uzumaki's" Sasuke said. "Because I find it strange that they are going after Naruto as well."

"Who would have anything against them?" Fugaku asked. "They are pretty much model citizens."

"I don't know but why else, would he be included in something as scandalous as that video? It seems like he has a target on his back, at school especially." Sasuke wondered, and Itachi frowned beside him. It bothered him that someone had potentially drugged him, made him forget about so called sleeping with a kid. Why would he do something like that anyways? He was smart enough to not put the career he loved in jeopardy. He just hoped that he would be able to prove that he had been framed before he got fired.

Sighing, Itachi leaned back and lay his head against the head rest, he was exhausted and pissed at the idea that someone would pull something like this. He really hoped that Kisame would be able to track it down. Once this person was found, Itachi would nail him, and hopefully they would get what they deserved in jail.

"So anything interesting happen to you today?" Itachi asked Sasuke, looking over at his frowning little brother.

"You mean aside from you getting tossed in jail?" Sasuke asked. "Not really, but I've seen a side of the kids at school that I would never want to see again, especially from Sai."

"What do you mean by that?" Itachi asked.

"I mean that I guess I've never really paid attention to how much bullying really happens at the school, even if I do push kids around sometimes I don't ever take it to the extremes that these guys have. They poured a bottle of urine over Naruto's head in class, they push him around."

"And let me guess no one done anything about that?" Itachi asked, he hated how cruel kids could be towards those who were different from them.

"Iruka wasn't in the room at the time. He was busy yelling at another student in the hall." Sasuke said.

"Why did they turn on him all of a sudden?" Itachi wondered.

"Because of that video showing you screwing the hell out of him." Sasuke said. "Gay kids are not tolerated at school, and the fact that he kept it hidden so long doesn't really help either."

"But if that video is fake." Itachi said. "Wouldn't it stand that maybe he isn't gay after all?"

"I guess you do have a point, but I don't know how that video isn't fake. It looks too damn real to me."

"Trust me there are people out there that can manipulate any kind of video the way they want it too. All they need is a computer and a little bit of patience." Itachi said.

"So it shouldn't be too hard to figure out who is trying to frame you if that is indeed the case." Sasuke said. "All you need to do is figure out who has enough experience with computers and videos. Surely not too many people have that much talent in both areas."

"Not bad." Itachi murmured. "Not bad at all, you've given me a place to start. Are you sure that you don't want to be a detective after you finish school?"

"Of course not." Sasuke said. "I don't know what I want to do just yet."

"You still have time to figure it out." Itachi murmured. "Just don't be stupid enough to wind up in the same situation that I am in."

"It may not even be your fault." Fugaku said. "And if I find out that you are indeed being framed, I will chase him to the ends of the earth and make sure that he gets prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."

"I almost feel sorry for him." Sasuke said, as his phone buzzed and he looked down and quickly typed in his password. His face grew pale at the image that popped up on the screen.

"What's wrong?" Itachi asked, seeing his brother's face so sickly pale. Sasuke wordlessly handed the phone over to him. Taking the phone Itachi grimaced when he saw an image of Naruto hanging lifelessly in Itachi's room, he was clearly dead. There was a message at the bottom of the photo that said.

I hope the fag burns in hell where he deserves to be

"That's sick." Itachi said. "is everyone getting these pictures sent to them?"

"I assume so." Sasuke said. "There was a another video sent as well but I never bothered seeing what happened in it."

"Whomever is sending these can get in a whole lot of trouble for it, especially if he decides to do something about it."

"Do you really think he would?" Sasuke asked. "Naruto's never let anything get to him so much."

"That you have seen." Itachi said. "It might have made a deeper impression than you think."

"I guess your right." Sasuke said, turning to look out the window.

"That anyone would tell someone else to kill themselves is sick." Itachi said, "Naruto's always been a nice kid, a little dumb but nice. It's not like he deserved for that to happen."

"Speaking of Naruto do you think he had anything to do with you getting drugged?" Sasuke asked and Itachi shook his head.

"Like I said, Naruto is too dumb to think of something like that." Itachi murmured. His mind flashing to something Naruto's mother had said when he'd went gone over to Naruto's place to confront him about the video. He didn't know why he hadn't thought of the possibility of the video being faked when he'd gone over there and made those accusations. He wondered what Naruto must have thought when Itachi had said what he had. And then Kushina had made the comment about Naruto doing something as bad as that to the one that he loved. So was it possible that Naruto was truly gay and that someone had found out and had decided to blackmail him? Itachi wondered if Naruto was truly strong enough to handle all the hatred that was getting dumped on his shoulders. Did Naruto really care about Itachi? How could he have not known that? Someone must have been aware of Naruto's feelings, which is why Itachi had been drugged and that ridiculous video made.

"Deep thoughts?" Sasuke asked, glancing over at Itachi.

"Just a comment Naruto's mother made that made me wonder." Itachi replied.

"What was it?" Sasuke asked.

"She made a comment about Naruto being in love with me." Itachi said. "And I'm wondering if someone else knew about it and decided to put this plan into action, unaware of the total consequences for the others involved."

"I thought you said that if the video was faked perhaps then Naruto wasn't actually gay?" Sasuke said thoughtfully.

"No, I think he actually probably is gay and didn't want anyone to know about it. So someone decided to out him to everyone else, and didn't realize the consequences for the other people they decided to use as well." Itachi said. "Does that bother you that Naruto is gay?"

"As long as it doesn't involve me, he can be any way he wants to be." Sasuke replied.

"Even if he believes that he is in love with your brother?" Itachi asked.

"Surely, that's just a crush, he can't be in love with you." Sasuke said as they reached their house.

"Maybe." Itachi said tiredly, his head was hurting from thinking over all that had happened in the last 48 hours or so. He just hoped that he would somehow be able to repair the damage done to his reputation. Still even though he couldn't remember exactly what happened, he'd had the feeling that perhaps something had happened between him and his little brother's best friend, he just wasn't sure what.

Getting out of the car, the Uchiha's headed towards the house, where they found Kurama pacing nervously on the porch.

"Something wrong, Kurama?" Sasuke asked, causing the red haired man to spin around and look at Sasuke.

"Have you guys seen Naruto?" Kurama asked. "he never came home from school."

"No, considering everything that's been going on at school. I don't know why you think he would come to me." Sasuke said.

"What do you mean? what's been going on at school?" Kurama asked. "he hasn't said anything at all."

"Let's see, he's been getting bullied pretty badly." Sasuke said, frowning. Wondering why Naruto wouldn't bother going home, Sasuke didn't think that there was anything that Naruto wouldn't tell his older brother. "He really hasn't said anything to you?" Kurama shook his head, his heart hurting for his little brother. He hated that people were treating him like this when it wasn't his fault, he was the victim, yet he was being treated like the one that had committed the crime.

"What's been happening to my brother?" Kurama asked. He couldn't the thought of Naruto being bullied just because he was different from everyone else.

"Aside from comments being made, he had urine pulled over his head during class. I suspect he also got jumped in the bathroom, but I'm not totally sure about that." Sasuke said, reaching into his pocket he pulled out his phone and handed it over to Kurama. "And pics and videos are being sent of him, I'm pretty sure the pictures are photoshopped, the videos I'm not sure about."

"My god." Kurama breathed as he read the message at the bottom of the pic before watching the short video, that showed Naruto getting roughly fucked in the school bathroom. "Where the hell were the teachers when this was happening? Has any of these photos been turned into the principle?" Kurama asked.

"I doubt it." Sasuke replied, "If Naruto is gay, no one is going to care about what happens to him even if it is a hate crime."

"I will be pressing charges against whomever sent these photos." Kurama said. "They will be punished. But first I think finding Naruto is more important. Where would he go if he didn't come here?" He wondered.

"It would be dumb of Naruto to come here, since he got my son arrested." Fugaku said as he came up behind them.

"Naruto is missing, I fear that something may happen to him." Kurama said.

"Did something happen at home?" Sasuke asked him, he could see the worry in Kurama's eyes and wondered what was going on.

"Let's just say there is a mob demanding for the liar to be handed over to them for punishment." Kurama said.

"You can always call Deidara at the station and get a cease and desist order to make them go away. There are laws against harassment." Itachi said.

"By the way would Naruto know how to get a hold of the date rape drug?" Fugaku asked, and Kurama scowled.

"Of course not. Why?" Kurama asked wondering where Fugaku was going with this line of questioning.

"Because Itachi was drugged." Fugaku replied. "And the only one at our house at the time was Naruto and Sasuke. Sasuke isn't going to drug his own brother and frame him for such a serious crime."

"Naruto wouldn't do that." Kurama said, "He would never do anything like that to those he cares about."

"I'm not sure." Fugaku replied. "I will be talking to your parents about it later."

"And you will find that he didn't have anything to do with it." Kurama said. "I can that coming here in search of him was a stupid idea."

"Let me know if you find him. I wouldn't mind talking to him." Sasuke said.

"Why?" Fugaku asked.

"Because no one seems to have asked him his side of the story." Sasuke replied, watching as Kurama walked off. He had a bad feeling about Naruto, but he couldn't exactly explain why.

Going in the house, Sasuke made his way into his bedroom, where he sat down at his computer desk and logged into his Facebook account. He wasn't surprised to find messages saying that they didn't believe that Itachi could have actually participated in that video with Naruto. And that Naruto should have just killed himself a long time for framing Itachi like that. Sasuke didn't say anything, instead he just searched through his friend's for Naruto's account. Finding it, he clicked on the link and wasn't surprised to see that Naruto's wall was filled with hateful messages telling him to kill himself for what he done to Itachi, and some messages even said they hoped that Naruto got raped by a dog before having his dick ripped off and shoved up his own ass. What was worse was someone had photoshopped Naruto's head onto a rotting corpse that clearly just been tossed aside instead of being buried.

Beyond disgusted, Sasuke logged off, determined that he would get rid of any social media accounts. He didn't want to associate with people who could so easily treat someone that way. Grabbing his backpack, Sasuke stood and went over to his bed, determined that he was going to get his homework done.

An hour or so later, a frowning Itachi entered the room, and sat down in Sasuke's computer chair.

"Something bothering you?" Sasuke asked looking up from his spot on his bed.

"Some pills were found in Naruto's bedroom, along with some rather explicit fantasies that Naruto had written down. I don't think I need to tell you what those fantasies were." Itachi said frowning.

"Were they the date rape drug though?" Sasuke asked. He wondered just how bad those things that Naruto had written were.

"Not sure, but they were stored in a bottle, it looked like he had been collecting them for some time." Itachi said.

"Fantasies do not make reality." Sasuke said. "I highly doubt Naruto would actually act on anything that he had written."

"Maybe not, but I am curious to find out what those pills were." Itachi said. He wondered how long Naruto had carried on his little crush, to be honest those letters that had been found made Itachi wonder if Naruto really had drugged him just so that he could get Itachi to fuck him. It seemed hard to think that his little brother's dumb friend could actually so something like that. He supposed that Naruto could have gone a little insane with his 'wanting' Itachi.

Thanks for reading, I am going to do my best to have the next chapter up monday. (maybe sooner) Liz