A/N: Ok so this chapter got reworked a lot. xD I had one version of this chapter but it seemed like it was something for later so I scrapped that one and started fresh. The result is this new version. Hope it's not to disturbing or anything. Remember this story is not for the faint of heart. I do not own Naruto. Bla bla bla.
I heard my someone softly speaking my name which slowly brought me out of my dreamless sleep. How long was I asleep? Opening my eyes I could see my brother to my right. He smiled when I woke up.
"We're almost home." He stated simply.
I sat up straight and took a look at the neighborhood we were in. It was obviously a richer neighborhood. The people who resided here most likely had very big pay checks. The houses were pretty big. They were on big plots of land. They took up quite some space and some even were two stories high. Madara sure loved his luxuries.
Not that I could blame him. Living with him meant our own rooms, our own beds, any clothes we could want, any food we craved, and a decent amount of space. When technology started to advance we even got computers, gaming systems, and cell phones. Yes we were spoiled and I never dared to complain. I've seen enough homeless adults and children to be more than grateful for what Madara provided us with.
How Madara acquired the wealth which allowed him, and in turn my brother and me, to live like this? Well that answer was a huge mystery to me until about twenty years ago. He explained that in the beginning he ran brothels for humans and demons alike. Then later changed to gentleman's club; strip clubs basically. The ground floor was where the women and men danced. Yes men to. Not surprising since Madara mentioned on MANY occasions that the gender of whoever sated his lust did not matter as long as their looks were appealing to him. His gentleman's clubs always had a "basement area" where he catered to a demon's lust. Either with dances or actual sex. He eventually started running bars, night clubs, and dance clubs.
Each one had the basement area converted into a meeting ground for the demonic customers. Although his service wasn't limited to demons. Damned children (what Itachi and I ar called by the demons) were welcomed. So were witches (people who practiced black magic, Madara detested white witches), children of the moon (werewolves), and many more creatures you probably heard in one fairy tale or another.
This is what basically allowed him to gain so much wealth. It generated more than enough revenue to keep us all living in luxury. His reach was not in just one town or city either. It reached multiple cities and even other provinces (places like the wind or lightning country) where he had "colleagues" running things. Every city or town we stayed in had at least one of his businesses there. Which meant his name was well known. Well at least in the Fire Country. Up until now no one knew that we were even tied to Madara in any way. We had been hidden away for about thirty five years.
Although with us being more active and having some freedom it was bound to happen.
Madara pulled up in the driveway of one of the largest homes in the neighborhood. Not surprise there.
Once we entered the smell of food reached my nose and I quickly made my way toward the source of the scent. Following my nose wasn't that hard. The dining room table wasn't too far from the living room.
There I saw two hot plates of food in front of empty chairs. There was a couple quietly chatting to each other. A womenl with blue hair tied in a bun with bright amber eyes. Her bottom lip was pierced. She was folding paper as she talked to the man next to her. He had orange hair and lavender eyes with a strange ripple pattern in them. His hair was short and spiky and he had many piercings on his face. They were Konan and Pain. They helped take care of Itachi and me when we were younger.
They both looked up as I approached.
"Welcome home you three." Konan said sweetly.
"Welcome back young lords and Master." Pain said respectfully with a slight smile.
"Thank you." I told them as I sat down in front of one of the plates; unaware that Itachi was the only one who followed me into the dining room. "You know you don't have to be so formal."
"In my presence the do." I heard Madara say from the living room. "You two explain to them what's going on. I have business to attend to."
We heard him close the front door.
"Now you can be less formal." Itachi said as he sat next to me.
Pain seemed to relax a lot while Konan simply smiled again before going back to work on her flower. Konan must have cooked us a the food while we tried to kill each other. I was grateful that she was so caring in that moment cause I was starving. The training we endured always tended to exhaust us.
The meal consisted of grilled chicken breast topped with a very tomato heavy sauce and some cheese. There was some pasta onto the side but not a lot. Again I was grateful that Konan remembered that I loved tomatoes.
When we had first met these two a long time ago they hated the idea of baby sittiing but somehow Konan said that she and Pain grew fond of us. If Madara was the father of our family then Konan and Pain were like the very caring aunt and uncle. It was no secret that the two loved each other. I've walked in on some of their more.. Er.. Intimate moments. They raised us when Madara had to take care of his own business.
"What's it like being home again?" Pain asked.
"Home is wherever we're safe." I responded. "Which is with you two and Madara. So we're always home."
"I meant to say home town." He told me.
"This place will always put me on edge." I muttered.
I felt my brother pat my back. I looked at him for a brief second before finishing the plate of food in front of me. I was kind of curious as to what Madara actually intended doing here.
This wouldn't be the first time we would fight the Hunters and their special Anbu division. Most of the time we just cut them down and then they were out of our hair. No time to send a report. But Konoha had become their headquarters. This place was probably crawling with them.
"Demons have been stirring trouble here again." Konan informed us once our plates no longer had any food on them. "They're not happy with seeing their businesses, children, and pawns being taken down by them. Madara wants to take advantage of the chaos and take down as many of the leaders as possible before leaving again. It will cripple them greatly."
"The problem is getting close enough to these leaders." Pain continued. "That's where you two will come in. Even if they figure out that you're damned children they won't kill you. They'll try and convince you to help them kill the demon and 'save' you from going to hell."
"So Madara wants us to actually join The Hunters?" Itachi asked bluntly.
"No." Konan said, she looked worried now. "You only need to get close enough to one of their members. We know one of the current leaders has a daughter who is sixteen so..."
I didn't need to hear the rest. I grabbed mine and my brother's plate and took them to the kitchen quickly. So that was his idea. Get close to one of them and then stab them in the back. I felt one of my sadistic smiles pulling at my lips as the idea went through my head. I know these smiles that reminded them so much of Madara did tend to scare them because it meant I was going to be itching for bloodshed but I was eerily calm this time. My hands were shaking a little like they normally did when I was in this kind of mood.
What Madara said in the car came to my mind. Tell a story that would make them pity me? I could think up of a believable tale right? Use it to see their leader and gain their trust. If it was a pretty girl I could mess around with her at night as well. I can't remember the last time I took a pretty flower to my bed. And then once she... Wait why did I assume it would be a girl? I might have to earn a boy's trust.
Well that wouldn't change much. Just means no fooling around in my bed. But once their trust was in my hands I'll kill whichever leader they let me near. If i should befriend a boy then I'll simply bleed him out and drink his blood till he died. If it was a girl though what would I do? Hmm...
"Sasuke?" I heard Itachi say.
Suddenly my cruel and sadistic thoughts were gone.
"Sorry." I said as I made my way back to the table. "What else did you have to say Konan?"
"Well we know for sure that the daughters of one their leaders attends the school Madara is sending you to." Konan stated. "Get her to take you near their leaders and we can wreck havoc. There is a rumor that the University Itachi will be attending recruits for The Hunters as well. It doesn't matter which one of you gets us close to them as long as we can in the end cripple them."
I small beep came from Pain. He looked at his cell phone and then at us.
"Madara won't return until tonight." He explained. "He'll let you both drink tonight or tomorrow in the morning if you fall asleep."
"You will be meeting the rest of Madara's group at some point." Konan told us. "But that will have to wait until things have calmed down."
She said nothing more. I watched as Pain held the flower Konan had made in his hands. Then he lovingly placed it in her hair.
"Well if that's all I'm needed for then I'm off to my room." I informed them.
"Go upstairs." Konan told. "It's the first room on the left."
Once upstairs I occupied myself with some of the few distractions available to me. For a while I watched television but that could only my attention for so long before I started playing video games. It was so easy to get lost in some of these games if the story line was good or if the game play was just addictive. Right now I needed an alternative to my sadistic desires because I could feel them rising again.
So I chose a game from the Grand Theft Auto franchise and went on a killing spree. It wasn't nearly as great as the actual thing but it would do for now. So I took joy in slaughtering the civilians with chain saws and gunning down the police when they came after me. The game held my attention for hours.
I was so engrossed by what was happening on the screen I never even noticed that Madara had entered the room and basically watched me get off on virtual murder. I only noticed him when he put his hand on my shoulder. I swear if I didn't have the reflex to turn around defensively I would jumped right into the ceiling.
"Someone's sadistic side is out of control again." He simply stated with a bit of a smile.
Before I could answer or respond he had me in his lap like a young child and simply held his wrist to me. It was an invitation to drink his blood. I gladly bit into him; I didn't want to think about what he just witnessed.
The taste of his blood was delicious. It was at the perfect level of sweetness for me and I always craved it more and more. His wounds just wouldn't bleed fast enough sometimes which lead to me biting him multiple times.
"You're always a little greedy one aren't you Sasuke?" Madara said as he held me, he sounded as if he was a little breathless. "It's fine this time. You and your brother have been improving well again. Drink all you want my youngest."
I gladly did as he told me and drank and drank until my thirst was more than satisfied. I felt a statisfied. Once I finally released his wrist I was tired. Without a word from me he laid me onto my bed. My eyes were already closed.
"The day I met you boys." I heard him mutter. "I knew you would be more sadistic than Itachi. You were scared that day but there was a fire in your eyes that showed your anger. You wanted more than protection. You wanted to fight."
I felt his hand on my head.
"You won't start school until Monday so you have another two days before studying begins." He told me, so he knew I wasn't asleep. "They informed me that you can pick up your books tomorrow at Saturday school. Someone will show you around the campus. Itachi will take you. For now rest easy. You will have allies at school but be wary of your enemies."
I only nodded as I felt him pull my blankets over me. The tired feeling I got soon had be falling asleep much faster than normal. He might be using one of his spells on me but I didn't care. I would need my rest for tomorrow right?
I let my mind fade away to nothingness. I wonder if I'll get to see those green eyes up close..?
The following morning I woke up late. I had forgotten to set my alarm before getting distracted by the video game and Madara. I quickly pulled on my shirt and grabbed my backpack. Going to school on Saturday just shouldn't be a concept that existed. Yet it did.
Running downstairs I made my way to the table and grabbed a slice of bread as Konan scolded me while Pain ushered me out the door since Itachi was waiting in the car.
He laughed when he saw me holding the bread slice in my mouth like a dog as I buckled my self in.
It's bad enough Saturday school exists but do they have to make it start at the same time as regular school to? I mean that's just adding insult to injury.
"So Madara said they were gonna have the principle's daughter show you around." Itachi told me as he drove. "Madara thinks the principle and her daughter are the ones you want to get close to so be nice alright."
"Don't be an asshole." I told him. "Got it."
He rolled his eyes as he continued to drive. I was uninterested in the scenery until I remembered that i had seen this road before. It was the high school we passed by yesterday. That meant that girl would be here! Wait... Why am I excited? For all I know she could be a moron, whore, or something that would just cause me problems. Now really wasn't the time for my libido to act up.
As Itachi pulled students were getting dropped off by their parents. Near the gate I saw the same green eyes that captivated me earlier.
"I'll be nearby." Itachi told me. "Call me when you're ready to leave."
I nodded my head and walked toward the front gate. She wore a pleasant smile on her face as she greeted me.
"Hi there." She told me. "You must be Sasuke Uchiha. I"m Sakura Senju, the principle's daughter."
Things might have just gotten a little more interesting.
A/N: Hey you finally got to speak Sakura. :D Sasuke you behave yourself. :P Liked something why not tell me in a review? Didn't like something? Speak your mind and give me your critique in a review. Thank you to all who reviewed. I hope you all stick around for this story. I think it might end up being longish. XD
Quick Edit: A majority of the time it's only me that edits these pages. I don't normally see my mistakes. Thank you TheGnRFangirl for pming about the mistakes. ^^;