Konnichi wa!
We finally got our furniture! WOOHOO! –dances- WE ACTUALLY MADE IT TO CALIFORNIA! WE'RE ALIVE! –celebrates-
But my room is really CROWDED now. And with all the boxes, it's so MESSY…
AH! -dies-
I'm SO sorry everyone! I know I haven't updated in FOREVER! was just being a bitch and it wouldn't let me update my stories! WAAAAAAAAAAAAH! -cries-\
-recovers-
And it SNOWED! In Texas, in APRIL, it SNOWED! GOD IS TOTALLY TELLING US SOMETHING! NEVER HAS IT SNOWED IN TEXAS IN APRIL BEFORE – IT'S AMAZING!
But unfortunately, it made my romance muse's – Gaara in the Ninja Centerfold form – sand freeze over and fall to the ground. She was hiding out in the bathroom for six hours until the temperature went back up.
But that was after Jiraiya and Kakashi and Kankuro snapped her. THOSE pictures are probably all over the internet by now.
So now I just have my angst and gore muse – Naruto – working for me, because he is like a portable radiator and Gaara is no longer talking to me.
Yeah – she's pissed. I'm the one who told those three that her sand freezes over and falls when it snows, after all. -.-;;
And I haven't updated this story in FOREVER! Mainly because I didn't know where to TAKE IT! BUT HA! MY INSPIRATION CAME THROUGH FOR ME AGAIN! HA! I WIN!
Here's the next chapter!
Crystal Globe Prison
Chapter Seven – Up at the Sky
After a few hours, Kankuro and the other two left, and Sasuke and Neji were left to their own thoughts.
After a moment of tense silence, Neji excused himself to take a shower. When he came out, dressed and drying his hair, Sasuke wasn't in the living room. Without even a fleeting moment of concern, Neji turned to the door leading to the balcony and stepped out.
Sasuke was there, looking up at the sky, his arms crossed on the railing.
"Sasuke," Neji stated. The Uchiha turned his head slightly, but Neji couldn't see the other's eyes. It was just a simple motion – not enough to show Neji what Sasuke was thinking, but enough to tell the Hyuuga that he had heard.
The last time he had done that motion was when Neji and Sasuke had hated each other, when they were children in Sound.
That very motion made the pit of Neji's stomach drop into his feet.
Neji – not urgently, he kept telling himself – made his way forward.
"What're you doing, Sasuke?" He asked quietly, coming up behind the other. The Uchiha's head tilted back to look at the sky.
"Looking up at the sky," the other replied. "I wonder if you could see it – the curve of the glass."
Neji understood. He nodded.
"Yes – the curve of the crystal…" he murmured, unsure if it was to himself or to Sasuke. He looked back up at the Uchiha. "Sasuke love…" he breathed, taking another step forward to set an unsure hand on Sasuke's shoulder.
The Uchiha didn't hit him, but he didn't turn to him either, and Neji was left hanging and feeling awkward.
"Can you see it?" Sasuke asked softly. Neji blinked and looked up at the starless, inky black sky. The huge buildings around the apartment complex made a circle in the sky – as if Neji and Sasuke were looking upwards into a huge bowl.
But the Hyuuga could see no abnormal curve in the sky that would give away the city's falseness. They would never know it WAS an illusion if Orochimaru hadn't told them.
Taking a chance, Neji took his other arm and wrapped Sasuke shoulders in a hug, praying the Uchiha would accept him, even after what had happened.
Sasuke did nothing to push him away, and Neji fought against a relieved sigh.
"We'll make it," he breathed in the other's ear, and he tightened his grip reassuringly. "You'll see."
"I know we'll make it," Sasuke breathed, tilting his head back to rest it on Neji's shoulder and staring back up at the sky. "But what I'm wondering is – how much hell will we go through in order to GET there?"
Neji glanced at the Uchiha's face, but the other's black, half-closed eyes showed nothing – only exhaustion.
For a moment, Neji was a loss for words. He swallowed and looked down.
"I don't know, Sasuke," he breathed, then looking up at the sky, searching the endless black for some kind of answer. "I don't know."
Sasuke's smirk was grim. He turned his head slightly to look up at the Hyuuga's face.
"There are too many things you don't know," he breathed softly, his eyes sparkling with a light that the black sky didn't provide.
Neji merely looked down at him for a moment, wondering if Sasuke wanted him to do something, but then the Uchiha lifted up his head and planted a soft, yet firm kiss on the corner of Neji's lips. Then his body shifted, and he wrapped his arms around the Hyuuga's neck, burying his face in the crook of Neji's throat.
Relieved, Neji wrapped his arms around the smaller body, feeling the other's heart beat frantically against his own. His arms tightened in response.
"We'll be all right," Neji heard Sasuke murmur against his jaw bone, and he didn't know if the Uchiha was saying that to reassure his partner or himself. "We're always all right."
Neji nodded and tightened his grip again.
"Yeah…" he breathed, glancing back up at the sky, searching for those glinting golden orbs and finding nothing. "We always are."
But somehow he didn't believe it.
Two pairs of eyes watched the two embrace – one blue and the other mismatched.
"Are these the two?" The blue eyes asked. The other nodded.
"Yes. We managed to sneak into the Jutsu just in time – the crystal globe illusion should shatter in a few days."
The other nodded.
"Great. And then we'll jump in and take 'em. We need a few questions answered."
The one with mismatched eyes snickered.
"Look at them – all cuddly and cute. It'll be almost a shame to separate them."
Blue eyes surveyed the two above them before replying.
"Yes, but it can't be helped. The old lady wants them, and this'll be our only shot."
"Yep," the other answered, shifting slightly on the tree branch. "Orochimaru will realize he's been tricked the moment the globe shatters, and when that happens, we need to be ready to leap in, take 'em and run. We do it right, we'll get ourselves two of the most powerful ninja Sound has ever produced. With a little luck, that raven head will kill off Orochimaru FOR us."
"Yeah…" the other breathed, studying the two as they pulled away from each other and exchanged quiet words before the brunette leaned in and connected their lips. "But that's if they cooperate. That raven head just might end up killing us all. HE'S the one we need to worry about."
"True," the mismatched eyes replied. "But the brunette is much more open-minded than him – he'll help us long before the raven understands. Are Sandman and the other two ready?"
"Yes," blue eyes answered crisply. "They sent word to me an hour ago – they've gained the two's trust and they're ready to move when the crystal breaks."
The other nodded.
"Good. Now we've spent too much time here – we need to leave." The one with mismatched eyes stood up. "Let's go!"
The one with blue eyes watched the other leap away, and the azure eyes shifted to watch the two on the balcony exchange thoughts as they did kisses, and the orbs darkened.
"I don't want to hurt you." The words drifted into the air as the other stood on the tree branch, still watching. "But if you don't cooperate, I might not have a choice." The head tilted, covering the blue eyes. "We might have to separate you two forever."
Then the spy vanished, and the last picture those eyes saw were the raven and brunette in each other's arms, looking up at the sky.
Chapter Seven – Up at the Sky
Hope you enjoyed it!
And, because I'm considerate, if you celebrate it, happy REALLY belated Easter holiday!
Me… I really don't care for it that much. Thank God for Jesus and everything, but going to Church is worthless if you always fall asleep in the middle of it.
Church is never interesting for me, what can I say?
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Ja ne!
DDB
