The sun rays hitting Ashten in the face awoke him. He sat up and stared at nothing in particular. He turned to find Itachi already gone, and he sighed as he struggled to his feet. Since Itachi was senior class president, he had to be at school early to help the teachers plan senior activities.
"Damn that Uchiha and his amazing skill…" Ashten growled as he stumbled into the shower.
Ashten smiled as he started the shower, stepping inside with bright sapphire eyes. He washed his body thoroughly, marveling at the very thought that somebody… Finally… Loved him. Ashten's heart fluttered, he was elated! Laughing to himself, he practically danced his way through his daily routine. Naruto was surprisingly already dressed and waiting for Ashten, Sasuke was standing beside him, and Ashten skipped down the stairs happily.
"Hey, ready to go?" he asked.
Naruto smiled and Sasuke smirked. Ashten wore a tight green shirt with black baggy jeans and green converse. He wore a jean vest with his long awaited snake bite piercings in place.
"I'm so happy!" Ashten smiled, taking Naruto's hand and walking out of the house along with Sasuke.
"Ashten… My brother is going to have a heart attack when he sees you." Sasuke smiled.
Ashten blushed, unlocking his car and the three got inside.
"I… I hope he likes this outfit…" Ashten gushed.
Naruto rolled his eyes. "Ashten you're hot! He'll probably make you go back home and change!"
Ashten laughed as he sped to school. He drove into the parking lot and pulled into his usual spot. They got out and made their way into the school. First block had ended, and Ashten spotted Itachi talking with one of his friends. It was Deidara, he could tell from the sound of his voice. He went to walk over to him but he came to a halt. He could hear their conversation.
"You fucked him? Was it good?" Deidara asked.
"Of course it was." Itachi replied.
Deidara looked to Itachi and wrinkled his brow with a smirk.
"You love him don't you?"
Itachi scoffed. He didn't want Deidara to know that, he would never let him live it down and his great Uchiha pride would not let him confess it to someone else.
"Please, he's just a chew toy."
Those words smashed Ashten's heart, and he covered his mouth to muffle his mental scream. He was horrified. He... Gave himself to Itachi willingly, and he thought of him as toy?
"I love you Itachi."
There was so much resolve in his voice last night and he actually met it. Naruto heard what Itachi had said, and he looked to Sasuke with wide eyes, he heard it too.
"Itachi… That damn pride of yours…" he growled.
Ashten turned and looked to Naruto with broken eyes, and he walked over to his older brother immediately.
"Ashten-
"I'm going to class. I'll see you later." Ashten said emotionlessly, turning on his heel and walking towards his class.
Naruto and Sasuke looked toward each other. Tears dropped from Naruto's eyes and Sasuke wrapped his arms around him tightly.
"Dobe…"
"Just when he was starting to pick up the pieces…" Naruto groaned in agony.
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Ashten's aura was so tense and angry that no one dared approach him. He walked into his class and sat down, noticing the worried look on Deidara's face. He stood, and walked over to Ashten. They had talked during class time all the time, and they came to be good friends.
"Ashten what's wrong?" Deidara asked, almost flinching at the glare Ashten unintentionally gave him.
"Nothing Dei… I'm fine…" Ashten growled, looking up just as Itachi walked in.
Ashten immediately stood and went to leave the room. A hand grabbed his arm, and he turned to see Itachi giving him a worried look.
"Are you alright?" he asked.
He looked like he loved him so much… Fucking bastard. Ashten's eyes flashed a hateful red, and he could feel the tell-tell signs of the demon taking over.
"Get. The. Fuck. Off. Of. Me." Ashten hissed, his voice going demonic.
Itachi let him go immediately and gave him a confused look.
"Ashten…"
"What? I'm just a chew toy right?" Ashten growled savagely.
Itachi's eyes widened. He heard what he told Deidara.
"I can explain-
"I DON'T WANT TO HEAR SHIT FROM YOU!" Ashten roared, and the pupils in his eyes slit like a dragon's.
His markings traced themselves over his body and he panted in rage. Black flames engulfed his hands, and Itachi moved back. Ashten grabbed the necklace Itachi gave him and snatched it off, tossing it to him.
"What was that for then? Was it a way of marking your property? Or perhaps it was pre-payment for services soon-to-be rendered? I'm not a whore… But then again, I'm not really anything so…"
Ashten rolled his eyes and stormed out of the room, and Itachi stood there, frozen. He looked at the locket and pulled his own hair. His fucking pride… Just messed up the best thing that had ever happened to him.
"Itachi, go after him. It's obvious that you love him." Deidara pleaded with his friend desperately.
Itachi looked to the locket and lowered his head.
"It's over. He'll be replaced soon enough."
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Ashten kept his head down in fear of scaring someone as he wandered around the back of the school. He was tired of being hurt. He laughed bitterly to himself as he leaned against the school wall. He should have known that he was being used. He was so used to it that it should have registered a long time ago that Itachi was being nice to him for one purpose only.
"Stupid… Why did you let yourself think you could ever be happy in this world again?" Ashten chastised himself.
Ashten didn't notice the sinister aura surrounding him until it was too late. A hand pressed him against the wall by his neck. He tried hard to fight back, but it only resulted in being slammed harshly against the bricks. He opened his eyes and they widened in pure terror. Long black hair, pale white skin, yellow snake eyes with the purple markings that looked like eye shadow, and a tall form. His black aura rose as he glared happily at Ashten, whose chest began to move up and down rapidly. His body trembled, and tears dropped down his face.
"O-O-Oro-chi-chi-m-m-ma-ru…" Ashten whispered, terror gripping his very soul.
"Hello Ashten, it has been such a long time since I got to see your beautiful, terrified face." Orochimaru smiled maddeningly.
He squeezed Ashten's neck to the point where blood dripped from his lips. He gripped on Orochimaru's hand for dear life, before his eyes fluttered shut.
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Ashten's eyes fluttered open to see that he was lying in the back of the school naked. He sat up trembling, remembering what had happened before he passed out.
Orochimaru was still alive.
Panick gripped his heart once again as he hurriedly pulled on his clothes, looking at the cuts and bruises that littered his form. He saw the blood on the ground, and Ashten whimpered as he dragged himself inside the school. He knew Naruto should have been in his class by now, and he clutched his aching body as he slowly closed the distance between him and his precious baby brother.
'He's not safe...! He's not safe..!' his mind kept screaming at him, and Ashten made his abused form rush his way to Naruto's class.
"Naruto!" Ashten cried as he burst into the class, looking around frantically to see that everything was normal.
"Ashten!?" Naruto cried as he stood and rushed over to Ashten, who slid to his knees with tears falling from his face.
Ashten looked out of the window to see Orochimaru standing there, smiling maliciously. He sighed and gripped is head.
"Ashten… What's wrong?" Naruto asked, looking over his beaten-like form.
He couldn't see anything physically wrong with Ashten, but he was holding himself like he was in pain.
Ashten shook his head and slowly stood, shooing Naruto back into his class.
"Nothing… I thought I saw something… Um… Goodbye Naruto." Ashten sighed as he walked out.
Naruto stared dumbfounded before he covered his face with his hands and went back to his seat.
Ashten was done. He couldn't take it anymore. This was too much.
He made his way to his car and got inside, he drove off towards his house. Orochimaru was in the passenger's seat, and he grinned.
"I'll leave Naruto alone Ashten… I just want you out of the picture. For good."
"No…" Ashten whimpered, trying his hardest to hold on.
"Why not? You're useless… Annoying… Ugly… Fat… Stupid… And you slow Naruto down. He takes one step forward and two steps back because he has to go back for his broken older brother… He's tired of you Ashten, he's starting to hate you… Itachi thinks of you as nothing but a toy, and Sasuke can't get to Naruto fully because he's always thinking of you… You're an obstacle… And what do obstacles need to do?"
"Remove themselves…" Ashten sighed back, pulling into the garage at his house.
Ashten and Orochimaru exited the car and moved into the house, and Ashten put his keys on the key hanger. Orochimaru followed behind Ashten as he travelled up the stairs and to his room. He sat down on the bed and as Ashten pulled out a pen and some paper. He walked into the bathroom and removed the tile, revealing the sharpened razor and the note he previously wrote. Ashten ripped up the old note and threw it away, then took the razor and laid it on the sink. He walked out of the bathroom and looked to a smirking Orochimaru, who nodded his head toward the pen and paper. Ashten sat down and sighed, writing his note for Naruto. Tears flowed from his eyes as he wrote, and he sighed when he was done.
"So you've finally decided?" Orochimaru asked.
Ashten gave him a blank stare and stood, walking into the bathroom and closing the door. A sob escaped his lips as he shakily picked up the razor and sat on the floor.
"I love you Naruto…"
