Chapter #3: All Hail The Kings
The next two days are spent with Naruto. We are forced to work out at the gym, we watch t.v in the lounge, eat lunch, play basketball, he teaches me how to play a round of poker, we eat supper and start to walk over to the shower stalls. This all sounds fine and dandy, but all these days I am thinking about Itachi-San who still hasn't appeared and the silver haired teen who blew me a kiss. Who was he? Does he know me? I wonder if he wants anything from me-
"Sasuke, you're zoning out again." I snap back to reality and turn to Naruto who is walking beside me with a look of concern on his face. "Is something troubling you?" I raise one eyebrow. "Other than the fact that I am stuck in a jail for the next three years of my life?"
"Ya. Besides that." I look ahead of me and see a line of men outside of the large doors that lead to the showers. There are multiple guards, and I quickly scan for the silver haired Ravager. He isn't here.
"While we where on our way out of the cafeteria today...I, I saw somebody." Naruto gets in line in front of me. "Dude, that is vague as fuck. 'somebody' isn't enough info." I roll my eyes at him as the line moves. "This guy with silver hair that I don't know, he blew me a kiss before we left." Naruto smiles ear to ear and my sarcastic bullshit sensor is going off big time. He's about to say a witty jo- "Looks like somebody already want's to be your jail lover. Your such a man's man Sasuke-Kun. What a player." We're almost at the front of the line and I raise my hands in the air as If I am surrendering. "Dear fucking god no more. Please. That is disgusting." Naruto laughs. "Well get used to it. Haven't you heard all of the things that go on in jails?." He winks. "Ya know the ol' "don't drop the soap" quote right?" I shudder head to toe and he pats me on the shoulder, seeing as his joke visibly made me feel uncomfortable.
"Don't you worry ol' buddy ol' pal. I'll be right here to punch the dicks off of anybody who tries to hurt you in any way." A guard gives us a bar of soup, a towel, and a single bottle of shampoo. Meanwhile I giggle; a little bit to girly- "You're going to 'punch off' peoples dicks? How does that work?" We enter the room and instantly the smell of steam and musk slams into my nose, meanwhile Naruto replies- "Drop that soap and you'll find out." I make a fake gagging sound and we both laugh.
I take this opportunity to look around and instantly I regret it. There are so many inmates, and they are all shamelessly naked. There are no curtains to hide ourselves, just stalls after stalls with no doors. Even the boards themselves only go up to our chests. I look at Naruto to see that he is stripping and throwing his clothes in a large bin along with other uniforms. I stand there petrified, not wanting to get undressed. There is no way in hell that I am going to expose myself in front of all these dangerous people. Instead I try to stare at the wall and ignore everybody. "Sasuke are you gunna get undressed or-" He sees how unbelievably uncomfortable I am and sends me a sweet smile. "Hey Sasuke, it's alright-" He is totally naked, and when I look over at him to reply my mouth almost unhinges and falls to the floor. He has a few scars along his body, and an odd swirled tattoo along his bellybutton. His skin seems remarkably smooth, and despite the fact that he refuses to work out all the time; he is rather toned and muscular. Not to much though, but just right. "I...I-" I bite my lip and refuse to move. I knew that this moment was going to come, but I never suspected I would be so timid. "I said I wont let anybody come near you remember? And I won't look down there. Promise. You and I are just going to walk over to the shower stalls, get clean and go back to the cell. Easy and quick. Nothing bad will happen." I nod slowly. I realize that the more I stand here; the more attention I draw to myself. So I reluctantly start to undress. Naruto doesn't watch me out of respect, instead he babbles about the supper we ate and how it was better than the slop we had this morning...
Once I am undressed and totally out of my comfort zone. Naruto and I walk over to the furthest shower stalls. He takes the one next to me and I find my stress levels decreasing bit by bit. I'm trying my hardest not to drop the soap despite myself, and talk to Naruto while I cleanse my dirty body. "Anyway, do you maybe know the guy who-" I'm about to say flirted, but instead go-"gestured to me?" Naruto shrugs his shoulders. "I don't know dude. There are a lot of silver haired guys around here. Could be anybody." I decide to add in one last bit of information.
"He...he was sitting with the Ravagers though." Naruto's face becomes that of pure horror. "Wait. He was sitting with The Ravagers?" His eyes are cold and set right on mine. "Did he have purple eyes? A darker orange outfit?" I nod quickly, sensing an immense amount of dread in the topic. "Jesus Christ Sasuke-" Naruto leans forward. "That man is Suigetsu and Kabuto's lakky, he's-"
"Evening boys."
I only have time to process that the voice I hear behind me is familiar. Then, a cold hand places itself against the back of my head. My world blurs, and the mysterious person slams my face into the tiles in front of me. I cry out in pain for the second time today and fall onto my knees holding my bloody face as I do. "Son of a bitch!" Naruto cries out, and I turn around to see Naruto charging ass nude at my attacker.
It's Pein and Akatsuki. Again. I stand up on wobbly feet and decide to join the fight. Cause there is no fucking way in hell I am going to sit back and let my friend do all the hard work. I take a few steps forward and try to join the fray, but Sasori and Deidara grab me by the shoulders and pin me to the ground. Exposed and scared.
"Get off of me Naruto. My problem isn't with you." He eventually grabs Naruto by the throat and throws him against the wall. "Leave Naruto alone!" I scream and all attention is back on me. Naruto is pinned by the other Akatsuki and I watch horrified as many of the other inmates who where previously showering leave. Though some stay by the doors, deciding to watch the fight. What a bunch of sick fuckers! The police are doing the same thing. Some leave, some stay. This whole place is twisted.
"Don't worry Sasuke. I only want you to apologize for what you did today." I snarl at him. "I'm not going to apologize. I thought we already had this conversation. Or are you just that persistent?" He doesn't like this. Obviously. He leans down and stares at my naked body head to toe. I blush crimson, and the knots in my stomach are so severe that I feel like puking. This is my body; and I don't want it violated like this. Both visually and physically. "Your so tiny and frail." He mocks " All bark and no bite, aren't you little raven?" Naruto cries out again, desperate to save me.
"He's not worth your time Pein. Just go back about your business." Pein glares at him. "That's not enough for me, you know that Blondie." Naruto tries to get free from his captors but can't. "What do you want?" He begs and I can't help but feel entranced by his efforts. He really has to care about me to be this persistent- " I'll give you anything you want" I turn to Naruto. "Stop it Naruto, you don't owe this fucker anything!" Jeez. Where is Naruto's dignity? I would die for mine..to each his own I suppose.
"I'm trying to help you Sasuke. Why do yo-"
"Blah blah blah." Pein says cutting us both off. "Enough with the domestic argument. I want what I want. A crime lord can't go about his 'business'; as you call it. Knowing that some no good brat with a big mouth has gotten away with shaming him..shaming me." I smile. "I shamed you? That is pathetic. Can your dignity really get corroded by the words of what you call a 'child?'. The only person who is pathetic here is you."
This earns me a nice strong punch to the face. Again. I see stars and blood. Seems I am repeating history all over again. "Like I said before brat, all I want is an apology." He punches me again. "So say it." He leans down. When I don't respond? He kisses me on the nape of the neck. His lips are far to warm, and the tingle my pale skin."Wh...what?" I mutter. I can see Naruto's mouth open in horror, but it is hastily covered by the Akatsuki members pinning him. Naruto mumbles something..but can't be heard now.
"Oh. Don't like this brat?" He continues to move his mouth to my chest and I protest. No. I don't just protest. I revolt.
"Keep your fucking hands off of me!" I scream while fighting back hard, earning a few grunts of effort from Sasori and Deidara. Very briefly I notice a few bystanders laugh. They must think my struggle is hilarious. This only pisses me off more and I start screaming profanities I can't even understand myself. Nor can I recollect them. Pein licks my left nipple, and tries to suck on it but I am throwing to much of a fit. "Quit squirming boy, before I gut you!"
"Fine! Kill me if you want to, I would rather die than have to apologize or surrender to somebody like you!" Pein suddenly reaches into his pocket and pulls out a small switch blade. Naruto screams loudly from under his captors hands. My body shudders, but I don't stop my relentless struggles. What I say is true. I would rather die than give up my pride.
Suddenly, Naruto bites his captors hands and starts to scream at Pein; but a new voice stops us all-
"He's quiet the interesting boy. Isn't he? Pein."
Everybody freezes...even me. This new voice is a million times more colder than Pein's.
"In fact. I think I like him quiet a lot..no...we like him quiet a lot."
I shift my eyes and stare straight at the voice. It's the silver haired boy; and he's not alone. There are four others behind him; all Ravagers. One is Kabuto. One is Suigetsu...and- "Kabuto, Suigetsu, and Koda." Pein gives only three of them names while getting off of me slowly. "The Three Silver beasts. What do you want with Sasu-"
"Don't ask questions." One of them says. I can't tell them apart though, the three of them look so alike...all have silver hair. Two have purple eyes, one has brown. "Do you really want to piss off us Ravagers?" I expect Pein to throw a fit. But he just shakes his head, like a child being scolded by his parents. "No."
"Good. Then get the fuck out of here and forget about your personal vendetta with the raven brat. He's ours now." When the two Akatsuki members finally let go of me, I stand up and say- "I don't belong to anybody." Naruto also gets let go; and instantly rushes over to me. I am comforted by his presence, but he grips me on the shoulder hard and I frown at him. His face is serious. Dead. Serious.
"Stop pissing them off Sasuke."
"Why? Koda Suigetsu and Kabuto are only human. Ravager or not." He holds both my shoulders, goes to say something, then instead pushes me behind him protectively. Now that I am shielded from the Ravagers, Naruto takes on there full attention. "I know you guys want Sasuke to join your gang; but he's not interested. So please-"
"With a mouth like that he needs to be protected by somebody." Kabuto says. I frown. The Ravagers are right about that, It would be good to be a part of a gang. For protection only. Of course.
"He doesn't need you guys for protection. He has me." I look up at Naruto from behind his shoulder wide eyed and blushing. I...I really do feel protected when I'm around him to be honest. It's odd that I have become so attached over the last two days; but so far Naruto has been the only thing keeping me sane. He takes away my stress; makes me feel acknowledged...
"Your protecting him?" Suigetsu says while laughing. "And your doing such a great job at that. He just about got raped by Pein and there was nothing you could do!" Naruto growls and It actually scares me. He's pissed off I can tell. His muscles are tense, and his fists are clenched so hard they are trembling. No. Not only trembling. They're bleeding.
"Naruto it's alright. I won't go with them it's alright." This calms him a little and The Ravagers laugh. "You'll come crawling to us eventually boy." Koda says while flashing his sharp teeth at me. "When we want somebody; and we see potential in them. We get them-" He points at Naruto. "No matter wat obstacles get in our way." Kabuto nods. "Because where the kings around here. You best learn that fast."
They step to the side, indicating that we can move past. Naruto takes his left hand and intertwines it with mine earning a cute gasp from me. I can feel his own blood trickle in between my fingertips and I shake my head...How could they have upset him so bad? I...I'm not that important to him...I'm not important at all-
right?
"Let's go Sasuke." He escorts me out after grabbing new pairs of clothes from a guard outside. We put them on quickly and exit. Once we are far away from the shower stalls, I finally breath out in relief. I try to let go of Naruto's hand; but he refuses. "Naruto. You can let go now."
Still he doesn't budge.
"Naruto?" He turns around and stares me right in the eyes. "Why...aren't you saying anything?" He pouts his lips, showing that side of him I've grown so accustomed to. "Your trying to get yourself killed by pissing off all these powerful people. It's insane." I shrug and he sighs. "Well. It seems like I've got my work cut out for me. Don't I Sasuke-Kun?" We both smile at each other; and for a few brief moments I am lost in hie eyes. He takes the hem of his shirt sleeve and gently wipes the blood from my face. I let him...and even lean in closer so that it is easier for him to clean me up.
"Excuse me?" a female voice calls. "Excuse me! Are you Sasuke-Kun?" Naruto snaps out of his daze and turns to a pink haired woman in a nurse uniform charging towards us. "Sakura-Chan?" He says confused. "What is it. What do you need with Sasuke?"
"It...it's his brother Itachi Uchiha." She mutters through labored breath. "He's in the nurses office; and he's hurt bad! We don't know who beat him up, and he refuses to tell us. It's bad. Really bad. Please Sasuke, will you-"
I don't let her say anything more. I just charge to the nurses office ready to see my beloved elder brother.
