Silk and Wire Bonds

Chapter 7 – Family Bond's

Naruto's mind was confused, what was this he felt flooding over his body? Pain... As Naruto's eyes tried to open and his mind began to work again he could hear the noise around him. The screams and cries and the sounds of sirens, he could feel the sticky liquid that plastered his hair to his head. The crimson colour coating the right side of his face as he lay on the asphalt ground, a crimson growing around him. The tearful cries in the distance seemed familiar as did the face he saw in front of him...

Then it all came back to him and he black out again from the rush of pain.

Twenty minutes before...

Naruto and Sasuke were running down the street, Naruto's heart was pounding almost as fast as his legs were moving. Naruto's didn't know why they were running but he followed the ravens lead as the pale raven race down the street still gripping the blonds wrist, finally the pair came to a stop as the need to breath overcame them both.

As they came to a stop at the local park entrance Naruto started to take long deep breaths, his lungs cashing in checks his body had just issued. As the burning in his chest came to a stop Naruto looked over at the raven, Sasuke in his own state of breathlessness was bent over with his hands on his knees as he took in air.

"What the fuck just happened?" Naruto asked as he finally recovered from his run.

"I don't know...But I think we need to talk to someone, where has our mums gone today." Sasuke said as he stood up straight and ran a hand through his hair.

"It's Sunday today's they should be making the trip to market. The old part on the opposite side of the park." Naruto said as he tried to remember his parents routines.

"We should really go to the police." Naruto said as he watched Sasuke started to briskly walk towards the park gate.

"Why? We don't know what we saw." Sasuke said as he walked as fast as he could to reach the other side of the park.

"We just saw Vulpes rape Kyuubi!" Naruto said as he tried to keep up with the raven who was walking rather fast.

"Lets just find mum first." Sasuke said as he kept trying to figure out what had happened and what to do about it, his mind was in a metal battle.

He was torn between what he'd seen and the admiration and care he'd harboured since childhood for Vulpes, seeing him as a very protective and caring person. Naruto was in the same mindset but the sight of his older brother Kyuubi been tied up was tearing at his mind.

Meanwhile Vulpes and Itachi were busy searching the streets looking for the pair, Kyuubi had not been so fast to go out searching.

"Where would they have gone?" Itachi asked as the pair ran in unison down the street, nether seemingly have the same problems as their younger brother. Itachi had been a cross country runner for his college and Vulpes had since a young age actively training, been that he spent much of his free time training his body as much as he trained his mind.

"Two young men having seen a horrifying sight...Run straight to their mum." Vulpes said as he quickened his pace , already knowing where Kushina and Mikoto would be.

"You cut through the old playground you'll get to the market fast, i'll go through the park...That way one of us might run into the pair..." Vulpes said as he started to move at a speed even Itachi was unable to match, the last thing the raven saw of the other man was him flawlessly leaping over a seven foot fence with cat like agility.

Following far behind on the road in his car was Kyuubi, constantly curing to himself at the situation and the constant ache in his backside.

"Seriously we need to go to the police." Naruto repeated as he tired to grab the raven but was shrugged off as Sasuke turned, as Naruto caught the look in Sasuke eyes he didn't try to argue. Sasuke was almost in tears and his oxen eyes were starting to form tears at the edges, he was barely keeping himself from weeping as he stop and lent against a tree. He hide his eyes with an arm and tried to stop himself from crying, he failed to do so...

He sank down to the floor and tucked his knees up against his chest as he balled up, Naruto couldn't do anything but knees down and pat the crying raven gently. Waiting for the weeping to stop...

Itachi was able to get to the old market in record time, as he raced around looking for his mothers he moved with as much speed as he could. Dodging pasted the groups of people as he zipped around the market scanning face with his eyes, as he finally came to a stop he saw his mothers at a stall looking over at him in mild amusement.

"Itachi? What are you doing here?" Mikoto asked as she gave her son a glance over Itachi caught his breathe.

"I have something to tell you...Err can you put the knives down." Itachi said as he glance at the small set of kitchen knives his mothers seemed to have bought at market.

It was when they had done this that Itachi started to tell them his story...

Vulpes was halfway through the park his multicoloured eyes searching the park, he moved with great purpose.

He seemed to be able to pass through the park and masses of people without been seen or herd, like a passing shadow slinking its way through the world.

Kyuubi finally arrived at the market as he limped his way through the market he tried to ignore the giggling he herd as he saw his mothers, he wasn't able to look them in the eye as he stopped in front of them blushing bright red.

"Shut up." He said in a low whisper as his redness increased as Mikoto and Kushina giggling increased.

At the other side of the park Naruto and Sasuke walked out to the pavement over the street from the market, the road was almost absent of traffic save for the odd slow moving van or car.

"Hey it's them." The pair looked over the road to see both their mothers and Itachi, the trio were standing at the entrance to the market on the other side of the road.

"Come on." Sasuke said grabbing Naruto by the hand again and dragging him across the street.

Up the road in a dark ally a black car with blacked out windows came to life as the engine hummed in a throbbing tune, the wheels started to spin in place as the ties started to smoke.

As they reached the halfway mark on the street they herd a voice call them from behind, a very familiar voice...

"Hey...you..two." Vulpes was slightly breathless as he came to a stop at the street side.

"Quick run!" Sasuke cried as he turned and when he saw the person who'd appeared at the other side of the road with his mothers he was rooted to the spot, Kyuubi was stood there looking slightly annoyed but not in any particular state.

"Wait you fucking bastards." Vulpes cried as he sprinted to the pair, reaching them in a blink of the eye.

Naruto was also a blink moving he raced to his mothers, grabbing one of the knives Kushina carrying in a bag, as he raced back to Sasuke side he held the blade up defensibly. Vulpes came to a halt a inch from the blades point, holding his hands up, Naruto was near to tears as his hand trembled.

Vulpes was about to say something when he seemed to glance over at something, losing interest in the pair in front of him. From behind him Naruto herd shouting as he glance over his shoulder he couldn't make sense of what was been said as four voice shouted at once.

"It's not what you think you little fucker." Kyuubi voice was the only one Naruto herd clearly, it was hard to hear what else was been shouted a loud roaring noise started.

Vulpes leg kicked out and hit Sasuke in the lower back knocking him forwards onto the pavement near his mothers, Naruto's hand moved without thinking...Luckily Vulpes was a little faster than the blond. Grabbing the blade with his hand and turning it away, but then he moved forwards wrapping his arms around the blond.

"Go limp!" Vulpes shouted and then Naruto felt something hit them, his body going limp as he body seemed to roll over something.

Vulpes had hand the mind to throw himself up to make sure he rolled as the car ploughed into them, the pair rolling over the hood and up over the windscreen as the glass creaked under their weight. His face pressed against the glass as it creaked and jagged glass cut his eye, as they came over the roof Naruto felt a creak in his side.

Finally the car passed by it's breaks screaming in agony as the wheel stopped moving, for what seemed an eternity Naruto and Vulpes hung in the air. Then they fell hitting the ground with a sicking thud...

Naruto's mind was confused, what was this he felt flooding over his body? Pain... As Naruto's eyes tried to open and his mind began to work again he could hear the noise around him. The screams and cries and the sounds of sirens, he could feel the sticky liquid that plastered his hair to his head. The crimson colour coating the right side of his face as he lay on the asphalt ground, a crimson growing around him. The tearful cries in the distance seemed familiar as did the face he saw in front of him...

Naruto blacked out...

Vulpes had a deep gash over his blue eye and blood was pouring from a the side of his head, pooling around him and Naruto's heads. As he tried to move he cried out in pain as he felt something in his right leg move which shouldn't... As he looked around Vulpes saw the black car had hit a wall and was currently on fire. Then he too blacked out...

The last thing that went through his mind was 'Shit I didn't get to read my new book'...

TBC