A/N: Summer in Florida sucks. Like, seriously. Constant heat from dawn til dusk, nothing to watch, nothing to do. UGH! It just saps all of my strength and my will to do anything creative!
Sasuke-plushie: Tch, yeah, right. You're just making excuses to the readers.
Me: Shut up, Sasuke-plushie! You're a freaking doll!
Sasuke-plushie: You're the one talking to a doll.
Me: TT^TT Shut up! I know.
Naruto-plushie: *pops out of nowhere* Please ignore the authoress. She's currently insane. Please enjoy the chapter-ttebayo!
Naruto scowled from his laying position on the floor. His throat hurt him because of his bastard of a light. The dark collar around his neck was keeping him firmly chained to the wall, opposite of Sasuke's comfortable looking bed. It was so near, yet so far. He cried out in frustration, struggling against his confinement.
"Damnit! Let me at least have a bed, you bastard!" He yelled. Kyuubi waved her tails and pounced onto Sasuke's pillow before turning to look at him. Naruto growled at her. She was mocking him and they both knew it. She was able to rest comfortably while he was stuck on the cold, hard floor. There were bugs down here, dammit! And holy shit, was that a snake? "FUCK!" Naruto screamed, at his breaking point.
Kyuubi laughed. "This is all your fault, you dumb brat. You're getting what you deserve. Sleep on the floor with the filth and the vermin. Kits need to learn the hard way."
"You damn fox, YOU'RE a vermin!"
She bristled at the insult, jumping to her paws. "I'd like to see you say that again, brat!"
"You're. A. Ver-" Naruto didn't get to finish, however as the door slammed open and right into the poor jinchuriki's face. Kyuubi barked as she laughed, the tension in the room instantly disappearing as a face popped in.
"Eh? Where the fuck is this?"
"Son of a bitch!" Naruto shouted, slamming the door to get it out of his face. He glared at the intruder and his senses immediately went on high alert, seeing as this person was unfamiliar. "What the hell is your problem?"
A man around his age looked down at him, surprised. His hair was straight and silver, falling to his shoulders but was not quite touching it. His eyes were purple, curiosity and apprehension shining in them as he looked down at the victim. Naruto jumped to his feet, instinctively trying to put himself on even ground with the intruder. He felt slightly better when he discovered that they were the same height.
The intruder scratched the back of his head, appearing only slightly apologetic. "Did I hit you? Sorry." He noticed that Naruto was chained to the wall. "Whoa, what the hell? Why are you all chained up? A sex slave?"
Naruto's face immediately flared up at the thought, a part of him secretly sore that he was twenty years old and still a virgin. "Wha-what?" He yelped, and mentally winced at how unmanly that sounded. But a sex slave for Sasuke?
…No! Mind out of the gutter, Naruto! Focus!
The other man grinned, revealing shark-like teeth as he laughed. "Seriously? You are?"
"No!" The blonde yelled. "I'm chained up because that bastard Orochimaru doesn't want me to wander around!"
"Che, Orochimaru, huh?" He glanced around, bored. "What's the point of a bed if you can't sleep in it?" He pointed out.
Naruto frowned remember his displeasure in that fact. "I know, right? What an asshole. He chains me up and doesn't even give me anything but the freaking floor to sleep on!" He leaned back against the wall, absently messing with the chain. "That's Sasuke's bed. I'm going to give him a piece of my mind when he gets back from his training." He added under his breath.
"Sasuke's sex slave?"
"No! Dammit, I'm NOT a sex slave!"
Though you want to be. Kyuubi thought slyly to him.
Shut up! Naruto thought back, refusing to let the thought show on his face. He wasn't into that kinky stuff. Kyuubi chuckled, obviously thinking he was lying. "Sasuke's my light and I'm being kept here as his 'pet'."
The man raised an eyebrow. "You're a Niokoni?" Naruto shook his head negative. "Human?" At this the blonde nodded. "Ah, well, sucks to be you. Suigetsu." He held out his hand, introducing himself. Naruto took it and shook.
"Uzumaki Naruto." He decided he liked this guy. He seemed pretty cool. He kind of reminded him of Kiba in a way.
"So that stuck up guy Sasuke's your light? How did that happen?" Suigetsu asked.
"The usual way." Naruto shrugged. The way a Niokoni finds their light is suppose to be secret, so he wasn't going to tell a random person he met. He suddenly became suspicious, remembering a very important missing detail. "Hey, what are you doing here anyway? And what are you?" He demanded, becoming cautious.
Suigetsu plopped down onto Sasuke's bed, playing with a strand of fur left on the bed when Kyuubi hopped off. "Me? I'm human, like you. And I was searching for a specific someone who usually haunts these halls."
Haunts? What the hell? Naruto wondered. And he's human like me… "Who?"
"This chick named Karin. She's like Sasuke's personal stalker. I was ordered to find her." Naruto's eyes narrowed at the information. Sasuke's stalker? Perhaps that was the female scent he had discovered upon his arrival here?
"Are they…interested in each other?" He asked hesitantly and growled lightly in annoyance of himself. Dammit, he sounded like a jealous girlfriend. How humiliating.
"Karin? She's freaking obsessed with the poor bastard. But Sasuke doesn't look interested in the least. Actually, he hasn't looked interested in anything. Does he even have a libido? I mean, with the things that bitch does to try and 'seduce'," -here he made air quotes-, "him, I'm a little surprised he doesn't respond at all. But then again, she is pretty disgusting." Suigetsu rolled his eyes. Naruto felt his heart lighten a little. He seriously liked this guy.
"You don't like her?"
"Hell no!" He shot him a disgusted look at which Naruto laughed. "But I'm curious: is Sasuke fucking you?"
Naruto's good humor was instantly gone, his face flaming as he yelled, "WHAT?" Kyuubi laughed, rolling on the floor.
"I like this guy! He's hilarious! Straight to the point!" She was laughing so hard she couldn't even stand.
"N-no! Sasuke and I aren't fucking! But…he is my boyfriend." Naruto added, his voice growing softer.
"Ha! That explains a lot! No wonder the guy isn't responsive to that bitch! He's gay!" The man chuckled. "Karin's gonna be pissed when she hears! Ah, you just made my day." He stood back up and stretched. "I've got to go and find her before I get my ass chewed out. If you see a bitch with red hair and glasses come in, tell her Kabuto's looking for her." He opened the door.
"Wait! Do you know where Sasuke is?" Naruto called quickly. He still hadn't had enough time to work on returning Sasuke to normal because Orochimaru kept forcing the man into some type of training to hone his skills. It seemed that every tiny step that Naruto took in helping his light was just matched with two steps back from that snake bastard. He was going nowhere fast and he needed some kind of way to fix that.
"Well that's all the more reason to find out where that bitch is, huh? She always seems to know where he is." Suigetsu grinned. "If I see him, I'll tell him you miss him and need some loving." With that he left followed by Naruto's embarrassed yell.
Sasuke noticed as Suigetsu left his room as he came down the hall. He heard Naruto's yell as well. Suigetsu blinked, noticing the other man's approach and grinned. "That guy's fun, isn't he?" He asked, flicking his thumb over his shoulder to point at the door.
Sasuke's eyes narrowed slightly. "Did you do something to him?"
The silver-haired man's smile turned a little sly. "Why? Jealous?" Jealousy? Sasuke wondered. He wasn't so sure about that. But something burned in his chest knowing that Suigetsu had been alone in the same room as the Kyuubi container. It bothered him a lot. When Sasuke didn't answer, the man went on to say, "Well, he's really fun to tease, anyway."
The anger came on instantaneously and before he could even think the feeling through, Sasuke had Suigetsu slammed up against the wall with his katana to his throat, sharingan spinning with fury. "What did you do to him?" He demanded.
"Whoa!" Suigetsu gasped, his chin rising to avoid the blade. "Wow, I've never seen you this pissed, Sasuke!"
"Tell. Me." He growled. Why am I so mad? A part of him questioned.
"Relax! I didn't touch the guy! I was just messing with him. Don't get your panties in a twist."
Sasuke dropped him and sheathed his sword. "That better be it." Suigetsu rubbed his neck with a grimace at the tiny cut that was there.
"Overprotective, aren't you? Weird, considering you don't seem to return the poor guy's feelings." The Uchiha raised an eyebrow in question, but he just waved him off. "Whatever. Anyway, I'm going to find that bitch Karin. Hurry up and go back to your room. Naruto needs some loving." With that he departed.
Sasuke stared after him, confused. Why had he gotten so upset earlier? Yes, he knew that Naruto was his light and that he loved him, but what was with these emotions? Perhaps this came from being in love? Thinking of that, what did it feel like to be in love? His head pounded painfully and he gripped it. He didn't understand anything. Before Naruto had reappeared in his life, Sasuke felt fine, but now…
"Oi! Uchiha!" He looked down to see the little fox that traveled with Naruto. She studied him for a moment. "Are you coming back to the room?" She asked. He nodded. "Good. Naruto wants to talk to you about something." She jumped up onto his head. He stiffened at the touch. The power radiating from the fox was immense with demonic energy. His Niokoni instinct immediately wanted it gone, but a larger part of him felt differently about it. Though what he felt, he couldn't comprehend.
Sasuke entered his bedroom without removing the fox to see his light sitting in his corner. Naruto's eyes lit up upon seeing him. "Sasuke!" He cried and jumped up before his mood suddenly changed, a displeased scowl appearing on it. "Bastard, do you realize how long I've been waiting for you to come back?"
Sasuke felt his heart give a thick thump at that. His hand came up and gripped the front of his shirt. What was that? He wondered. Why did he feel so happy that Naruto was still here waiting for him?
"The floor is fucking hard and disgusting, you realize that, right? Why the hell don't I have a bed?" The man continued to yell oblivious to the other man's confused feelings. "At least get me a bed for giving up my freedom for you!"
Sasuke approached him. "For me? I don't understand."
Naruto frowned, a crease appearing between his brows. "You still don't understand why Orochimaru's so bad?" He whispered, reaching forward to cup the other man's cheek. Kyuubi hopped off of his head. Sasuke took another step closer, his facial expression never changing as his emotions went haywire within him. "Sasuke, Orochimaru kidnapped you in order to use you for your sharingan. He took you away from your family, friends, and me. Don't you want to go back?" He gazed at him with wide, sorrow-filled blue eyes, questioning him.
Sasuke didn't respond for a moment and pressed forward, capturing his lips. Dammit, the other man was just so tempting! Naruto immediately ran his hand into Sasuke's hair and wrapped his other arm around his neck, pulling him closer. Sasuke placed his hands on either side of the man's head as he pressed him into the corner, opening his mouth.
"Nng…" Naruto gasped. "I'm…trying to talk…bastard." He muttered, but allowed him into his mouth anyhow, gripping his hair tightly as Sasuke's tongue ran against his own sensually.
So good. Sasuke thought as his light within him burned white-hot. Faintly he recognized that it filled more of him as his body seemed to grow hotter with it. "Naruto…" He murmured, hands coming down to wrap around the man's waist.
Naruto dropped his arms to the edge of Sasuke's yukata and slipped them inside and up. A shuddery breath escaped the older man as the hands ran up his chest to push the cloth away from his shoulders.
He pulled away and pressed his forehead against Naruto's huffing, and whispered, "How can I want to go back to people I don't remember?"
Naruto's hands continued to run over Sasuke's chest gently, quite liking this new fit body, and said, "Well, that's why I'm here; to help you remember." He kissed the taller man's lips. "Because everybody really misses you."
Sasuke closed his eyes as he absorbed the feelings of love traveling through his bond with his light. These kinds of feelings were never felt down here in this dark hideout. If it feels as nice as this, I wouldn't mind going back. He thought.
Itachi sighed for the third time and rubbed his eyes tiredly. It was already so early in the morning and even though he hadn't been needed to hunt today, he had been staying up late reading reports from the other lead Niokoni from other cities. Even without needing as much sleep as a human, he was still exhausted.
All he could think about was finding where Naruto and Sasuke had gone. It was terrible enough that Orochimaru had captured his little brother, but with Naruto captured shit could be hitting the fan sometime soon. Sasuke, if actually brainwashed like Shukaku said, would be easily influenced to try and control Kyuubi and through it, Naruto. That would be two problems out of the way, plus one added Tailed Oni.
But Naruto wouldn't be controlled easily, of that Itachi was sure. The man had a strong will and he wouldn't have gone to Orochimaru's base unprepared for these types of situations. So for now, that was one worry off of Itachi's mind. Naruto would no doubt return Sasuke back to himself.
But what would that leave the rest of the Niokoni to do? Gaara wasn't willing to sit around and wait for Naruto to return. The man was already pissed enough as it was that Naruto had been taken. He wasn't going to wait for progress. Even Sakura was itching to do something about the mess. Her two best friends had been kidnapped, after all. If Itachi didn't decide something soon, his Niokoni forces were going to find their own paths to take.
He sighed again.
The hallway light flicked on and Deidara padded into the living room in a bathrobe. He frowned upon seeing Itachi sitting on the couch. "You're still awake?" Itachi nodded. The blonde man walked over and looked over the man's shoulder, studying what was written on the documents. Not quite caring what they said, he knocked them out of his hands.
Itachi glared lightly at him, annoyed. "That was rude."
Deidara ignored that and climbed into the man's lap, glaring at him. "You need some sleep, Itachi. You're not going to get any work done like this, hm?" He leaned forward and pressed a gentle kiss against his lips. "You can't do it all by yourself."
"I'm not trying to." Itachi murmured, pulling the man closer and kissing him deeper this time. Deidara wrapped his arms around his neck and tugged Itachi's hair out of its ponytail, opening his mouth before plunging into Itachi's. Itachi allowed him to lower the two of them into a laying position onto the couch before forcing his way into Deidara's mouth, rolling his tongue expertly against his in a way he knew the blonde man liked. Deidara groaned and pressed closer but the other man suddenly pulled away, an idea appearing.
"Deidara, I know what we need to do about this situation."
Deidara pouted a little at their play being stopped but asked, "What's that, un?" Itachi pecked his lips, unable to resist the pout but said,
"We need to find the Akatsuki."
A/N: Well, that's it for now. *sigh* I'm not all that happy with this chapter. Seriously, if anybody has any ideas on what I should throw into the story, toss them at me. I'd really appreciate it. And feedback. I'm always hungry for feedback.