Hitoko: HERE'S CHAPTER FOUR!


Chapter Four: Evil knows no bounds

Danzo was walking in the dragon nursery when one of his spies appeared beside him.

"Your majesty, his holiness was kidnapped and the dragon egg was destroyed... we believe it was the work of the Uchihas..." the spy said.

"WHAT! Those bastards... What of the King of Suna, Gaara?"

"He left to find his holiness, but failed to send a letter regarding the missing priest... Also demons infest his city." Danzo growled, he thought he sent an example to the others, demons were a disease infesting their world! Only the ones that could be trained should remain!

"Prepare the army, we'll attack Suna and kill every demon living there and then from there we'll search every inch of the desert and beyond for Naruto... I should've married that boy when I had the chance..." He growled and waved off his spy. As he walked out to prepare for war. "I will mount those infernal Uchihas' heads on my wall. And then I will take that boy to my bed whether he consents or not." He laughed darkly never once noticing the golden sets of eyes glaring at him.

Once the garden was clear, Lily, One of the first dragons Naruto raised gathered her other hatchlings and her mate before they snuck out the back window, they had to hurry and save their kind mother...

Gaara stood in his room, tying the laces of his body suit closed. Neji was laying in bed, still recovering from his injury.

"Not one clue within the city, but there was talk of Uchiha Sasuke being here... If anyone knows about Naruto's disappearance it'd be him. All the thieves within in the Nations of Fire, Wind, and Water are under his reign... I hope that nothing bad happened."

"If I know Sasuke as well as I did back then, he's probably not going to give you Naruto back. Ever since him and his people were forced out of Konoha all those years ago, he's been holding a grudge against Danzo. And so have I... Killing innocent demons who've done nothing, but help for generations and forcing them out of the country is unforgivable. Not to mention the very family that Naruto comes from were also slain by Danzo."

"What! And Naruto willingly lives with him!"

"From the times I've spent talking with him, it seems that Naruto has no idea that it was Danzo who slayed his family, but a group of demons. Danzo's good at manipulating people."

Gaara growled and leaned over Neji and kissed him roughly, the sand panther purring as his mate growled.

"I'll be back as soon as I can... keep an eye on that horizon and at the first sign of danger abandon the city." Gaara said and Neji nodded. He hugged his kids and told them to be brave as well as to look out for their mother before he left with a handful of guards to head for the thieves hideout...

~With Naruto~

Sasuke sat in a tree close to where Naruto was with the baby or rather Phire. He was teaching her how to stand up and walk. She made many cute sounds and Naruto mimicked them almost perfectly. It was a lovely sight to watch. The blonde actually looked happy as the small dragon finally managed to stay balanced enough to walk to him.

He looked up to where he had Sakura and a few other grunts repairing the damage he caused to the training field with sick pleasure. She may be a priestess, but her attitude towards his bride was inexcusable. He'd refrain from killing, no point in making the boy fear him. However it was getting harder and harder each waking second to keep from throwing him down and taking him on the spot.

"Good girl, Phire!" She trilled happily and flapped her wings so she could fly up to Sasuke and sat herself in his lap. She looked at him expectantly.

"Very good, Sapphire. You did very good." He rubbed the spot behind her horns making her make a crooning sound that was a dragon's version of a purr. She peeped and jumped down into Naruto's arms before nuzzling his chest.

"Why does she do that?" Sasuke asked as Naruto pet her head and laughed a bit.

"She's telling me she's hungry... But do you have cornmeal and butter milk?"

Sasuke jumped out of the tree, glad to see that Naruto was slowly, but surely getting use to him. He nodded and led them to the kitchen. Iruka had taken up residence there since the head cook refused to let Kakashi into the kitchen, not after he tried cooking for the first time and nearly killed everyone from it.

"Your majesty, what can I do for you?"

"Do we have fresh cornmeal and buttermilk?"

"Aye... why do you ask-?" He froze seeing the young blonde boy dressed in white. He looked like a little angel and his eyes darkened in lust, but Sasuke's snarl snapped him out of it.

"My bride wishes to make a meal for the dragon." Said creature was rattling her tail and hissing. Sparks of blue fire crackling in the back of her throat.

"Ah, your-your bride! Ah, gomen; I did not mean to be rude nor did I mean any harm!" The man begged before running off to get the freshest milk and ground corn he had before setting them on the table for Naruto.

The small blonde nodded his thanks and set Phire down on the table where she sat up and lowered her head in a small delicate arch, from her long neck. They all watched as Naruto poured the milk into a small pot and set it on some burning coals, while he sifted the ground corn, smelling it. Then he put two handfuls into the milk and took a clean spoon from the rack and stirred it. Phire was trilling as he laughed and told her to be patient.

Once he saw the first few bubbles he removed the pot and poured the cream into a bowl and set it on the table.

"Phire, sit up and look at me." She did as told, opening her leathery wings to spread out to a full three feet across as her body sat on her hind legs, her tail curled about her feet and her front paws lightly digging into the wooden table as she she raised her long neck to it's full height and her small opal shaped head stared at Naruto.

"Good girl... raise one wing and then the other." She raised them as he had indicated and flapped both. "Alright, you may eat..."

She trilled and dove for the bowl, Naruto anticipating this put his hand up to steady the bowl as Phire ate her meal with gusto.

"Amazing..." The cook said watching as the small creature walked in circles around the bowl eating. Naruto laughed to himself, Lily and a few others did the same. But thinking about it now all he wanted was to go home.

Iruka sensing Naruto's change in attitude told him he'd keep an eye on Phire while he went and rested for a bit. He nodded and ducked out the room. Sasuke looked after him, but opted not to bother him. It would give Naruto time to think and consider what his situation really was. Sasuke was not letting him go, not now; not ever...

~Later~

Naruto hadn't realized how tired he was until he had woken up again. But when he sat up he saw Sasuke sitting on the edge of the bed. He looked very troubled. Thinking something was wrong with the baby, he bolted up to sit next to the king. Sasuke looked over at his attentive bride and felt the slightest stab of guilt, but let it go. The blonde looked at him with concerned eyes, but Sasuke just kissed him gently on the lips, dispelling any bad thoughts.

"What's wrong? You seem troubled." Naruto asked putting a hand on his king's shoulder. Sasuke grasped his hand with his own. He pulled it to his lips and planted sweet kisses along his knuckles. He wouldn't tell his bride of what happened earlier...

~Earlier~

Sasuke had been walking along the rooms while his bride slept peacefully. Kakashi's door was open so he decided to have a chat with his best adviser. What he had not been expecting was that Kakashi managed to sneak into the kitchen, and out with Iruka. The brunette was sitting in his lap enjoying the pleasure that sparked through his veins. Sasuke's eyes widened with disgust, terror, and jealousy...mostly jealousy. He turned out of the doorway and looked back towards his bride's room.

It had been so long since Sasuke had gotten any action. He had grown tired of his harem as well as any random subjects who wanted him. He wanted a meaningful relationship, but the priest had made it hard. So very hard. If he was selfish enough he would have a funeral for the death of his sex life. Naruto would appreciate that.

Sasuke thought about the stages of grief. He concluded that he was past denial. Which meant he must be on the second stage, which was anger. And he was very angry. He couldn't believe Naruto wouldn't have sex with him. And Kakashi was just living it up with Iruka getting all the sex he wanted. The Uchiha snorted. Kakashi always got off lucky.

He sat at the bottom of the stairs and looked out into the nursery he had made for the baby. She was curled up in a ball and sleeping on a large pillow. Sasuke smiled. Their baby was happy. Why wasn't he? Sex can't be everything in a relationship. That's when Sasuke passed the anger stage and onto the next one, which was bargaining. Sasuke looked at the ceiling and found no pleading coming from his lips so he skipped that stage. Depression was next...

The king looked down at Sasuke Jr. He was so neglected.

"Why me?" Sasuke muttered. "WHY?"

The Uchiha was up on his feet at the bottom of the stairs, his arms were flailing in the air at some imaginary force. All the servants, who were passing through, looked at him questioningly. Sasuke stopped moving his arms and put them at his sides. Slowly, everyone started to get back to work. Sasuke sat back down. So depression and bargaining came together in a display of embarrassment.

In all the thoughts about his sex life, Sasuke didn't notice his brother had taken a seat next to him. When the younger Uchiha looked over, he jumped out of his skin.

"You look like you've seen a ghost, dear brother." Itachi said with a smirk. Sasuke rolled his eyes and leaned back on the stairs.

"Well you sure do move like one."

"Come tell your big brother what is troubling you." He said pulling Sasuke closer to him. The younger Uchiha felt a bit cramped, but stayed close anyway.

"Well...besides the whole my bride won't marry me thing, I really want to have sex with him. Like a lot more than I've ever wanted to have sex with anybody."

"That's natural Sasu-" Itachi was cut off by Sasuke, who put much more emphasis on his words.

"No, you don't understand. I really want to have sex with him. I'm grieving about my sex life as we speak."

Itachi rolled his eyes and mussed up his brother's spikes, flattening them. Sasuke pouted as he pointed them again.

"The answer you seek is obvious...You're in love. And you must love him a lot since you haven't forced him to do anything with you. Aren't you sweet?"

Sasuke had returned to his feet then. He smiled at his brother, who continued to sit.

"You're so wise, I'm grateful to have you with me." The younger Uchiha said as he walked up the stairs. He walked past Kakashi's door, shutting it. He didn't want anyone else to see the love fest going on in there. He walked to his bride's room and took a deep breath as he opened the door.

His bride was sprawled out on the bed, messily. He sat on the side of the bed and Naruto moaned in his sleep, but then laughed as he turned to face Sasuke. There was a smile on his face and Sasuke got closer to his bride.

"Mmm, Sasuke..." He breathed and that's when Sasuke got the glimpse of hope. His bride was dreaming about him. That was the best sign he had gotten in a long time. He bent lower and took his bride's lips in a brief kiss...

~Back to the Present~

Sasuke folded his hands and put them in front of his face as Naruto got off the bed. He stretched and walked around the room. He had reached the final phase, acceptance.

"Well?" The king looked at his bride with confused eyes. "Aren't you going to tell me?"

"It's nothing. Itachi helped me earlier. My bride mustn't concern himself which such trivial matters." Sasuke said standing up. He wrapped his arms around the blonde's waist and rested his head on Naruto's shoulder. He leaned his head to the side and kissed his neck gently. His bride's breath hitched slightly.

"So, what were you dreaming about? My name fell from your lips very sensually." The blonde flushed and moved away from his king.

"PERVERT! IT WASN'T EVEN LIKE THAT!" Naruto said as Sasuke pulled him back into his arms.

"Really? From the way your blushing and reacting it was like that." The king said licking his blonde's ear. Naruto wormed his way out of the Uchiha arm's and rubbed the saliva off his ear.

"DON'T LICK ME! THAT'S DISGUSTING!" Sasuke pounced on his blonde. Naruto landed on his back and his king was looking up at him from between his legs. The priest went wide eyed as Sasuke stuck out his tongue and placed it close to Naruto's thigh. He took a long sultry lick and the blonde shuddered.

"Don't deny that you love it." Sasuke said. The priest pulled his leg back and kicked the king square in the face. It gave Naruto the perfect opportunity to get onto his feet and run out the door. Sasuke was right behind him though. He chased him down the stairs and into the nursery.

Naruto was cornered so Sasuke grabbed him and swung him around. The priest noted it wasn't out of anger and laughed at the playful gesture. The king laughed too and tickled his bride's side.

"STOP!" Naruto screamed as tears fell out of his eyes. "Sasuke, please!"

Sasuke stopped and turned Naruto's face towards him. Lust and other emotions covered his face. Naruto felt it then too. He got closer to Sasuke and for the first time took his king's lips. The Uchiha was surprised to say the least, but was even more surprised when the blonde opened his mouth slightly, letting the Uchiha in. Sasuke could tell this was his big moment. The only time Naruto would let him kiss him so openly. He slipped his tongue inside and explored the moist cavern, tasting all of him. Naruto moaned slightly, fueling Sasuke to do more.

"I hope I'm not interrupting something important." Kakashi said as he walked into the nursery.

Naruto pulled himself away from Sasuke and the king instantly felt the need to kill. He had gotten so far. It was like teasing a fat kid with cake. Sasuke stood behind his bride and mouthed hate speech at his adviser. He used gestures to simulate his death. Naruto looked behind him at Sasuke, who was examining his nails. But as soon as the blonde looked away, Sasuke continued with his childish display of anger.

"Um...Sasuke I have extremely important news regarding him." Kakashi said adding even more emphasis by moving while he said the word. Sasuke perked up right away and walked over to Kakashi. The blonde looked at them in confusion.

"Naruto, take care of our baby for a while. I have very important matters to attend to." Sasuke said blowing his blonde a kiss. Naruto stood there, still very confused, but shrugged it off as soon as Phire walked off of her pillow to her mommy...

~With Sasuke and Kakashi~

Kakashi and Sasuke entered a room where Itachi had been waiting for them. The younger Uchiha took a seat next to his brother.

"So it has been confirmed that Danzo knows about your bride's disappearance." Itachi said. "He's going to come for him eventually. But from what the sources have said, he's going to use the King of Suna to get Naruto back. But while he's gone, he's going to purge all the demons from Suna. What do you plan to do?"

Sasuke hid his face under his bangs and stared at the wall.

"There's nothing to do, but wait."

Kakashi and Itachi looked at one another briefly before Kakashi braved the waters and said:

"What if Naruto-kun hears about this and wants to return to Konoha?"

Sasuke's shoulders stiffened and he snarled darkly, Itachi sighed and pulled his brother into his lap and held him there as he muttered death threats.

"Stop being stubborn Sasuke... Remember you brought him here by force, naturally he'd want to go home, but if he does...Lord knows what Danzo will do to him, that man was never stable to begin with. Father had sensed this and tried his best to keep our people from revolting and fueling his fire, but in the end Danzo still tried to wipe us out. He took all of the Uchiha clan minus us and he took all of the Uzumaki clan minus Naruto-kun. We have to prepare for a battle and if and when Gaara-san arrives we'll speak. Or let him and Naruto-kun speak. Besides Sapphire was to be his originally and let's not forget that Neji is his mate and still our cousin. If they attack Suna the rest of our people will perish." Itachi said as he calmed down enough to think and make a decision.

"Kakashi, have the others prepare in secret for a battle. I want all the evacuation tunnels cleared and stalked with rations so when the fight does come, the women and children can escape... I'll tell Naruto..." He stood up, kissed his brother's cheek and left with Kakashi at his heels.

Itachi sighed as Suigetsu walked in and smiled bitterly.

"Will you make it this time, Itachi-sama?"

"I don't think I will... I'm too sick as is to even leave the palace, let alone fight... Whatever Danzo did to me is slowly killing me and using magic or transforming makes it move faster."

"A poison that kills only demons?" Suigetsu asked as he helped Itachi to his bathing area.

"Most likely... Sui, if I die, make sure Sasuke's safe and the baby and Naruto-kun. We did promise his parents after all."

"Your wish is my command..." Suigetsu said as he poured hot water over Itachi and began to wash him him, once he was naked and in the tub...