Rye: HERE'S CHAPTER SEVEN!
Chapter Seven: Kidnapped
Naruto sat up in the highest tower in the palace. He looked out the window and felt a solitary tear fall down his cheek. He wiped it away with the back of sleeve. Sasuke was so close to him, but at the same time he was so far. He touched the necklace and spun one of the sapphires in his hand. He sighed as someone opened the door behind him. It was Iruka.
"Sasuke wouldn't like it if he saw you sulking the entire day." He said sitting down next to Naruto. The blonde took note that Iruka didn't seem the same as he usually did.
"You miss Kakashi, don't you?" Iruka felt the heat go to his face and he looked out the window. Naruto smiled a little to himself and leaned against his companion. "I miss Sasuke so much, and I've only been separated from him for a little over a few hours."
"That's what love does. It makes you feel like you're going to die without the other person." Naruto nodded and felt more tears beginning to surface, but he blinked them back. That's when Naruto saw something in the distance. It was flying quickly and before he knew it Belle and Abel had tackled him to the ground. They squealed at him in a pleading way and Iruka had to pull Belle off so Naruto could sit back up.
"One at a time, one at a time!" Naruto said grabbing Abel. Belle flew out of Iruka's arms and down next to Naruto. She nuzzled his face and then Abel started to thrill at her. She nodded and they began to play out what had happened. Naruto didn't get it at first, but as soon as he did, his eyes went wide.
"Gaara's been stabbed and Danzo's coming this way?" Abel and Belle both nodded their heads. "We have to warn Sasuke!"
But before they could make it out of the tower Naruto saw one of his other dragons on the horizon. On his back was Danzo and behind them on the ground was the army. The blonde gasped and he ran out of the tower. All the women and children were panicked. They ran in the opposite direction of Naruto, making it hard to move out of the palace, but once outside Danzo spotted him. The blonde glared up at him. He performed a few hand signs and slammed his hands on the ground. A green barrier surrounded the area, protecting them from Danzo and his army. Iruka ran out behind him with Abel and Belle. The King looked down at the blonde and frowned.
"Naruto, my dear priest, why is it that you'd defend the demons who kidnapped you? Come, let us go home." Danzo said narrowing his eyes. Naruto looked up and him and made his barrier strike out against him. The dragon was easily able to avoid the attack and hissed at the blonde. The blonde faltered in his form and started to grit his teeth.
There was a commotion behind them. Danzo looked back and saw his men being thrown around. A large group of demons were charging through the crowd, Sasuke leading them. He was running straight down the middle with Itachi and Kakashi at his sides.
He did a two handed back flip and managed to kick a single soldier hard enough to make him hit fifteen other soldiers before stopping. Itachi just had to open his eyes and let them bleed to let a black fire engulf groups of soldiers. The fire would die after the soldiers disappeared. Kakashi was throwing kunai with paper bombs attached to them. Groups of the soldiers were blown away.
Naruto's eyes widened with shock and happiness. He opened the barrier slightly and the three of them slid inside. The other demons were left outside to fight the soldiers. Danzo glared down at the demons, but glared even harder when he saw Sasuke walk over to Naruto.
"My Queen, rest now. Your King and his army of demons will protect you now. So you don't you worry that blonde little head of yours." Sasuke said loud enough for Danzo to hear. The king laughed as the barrier was released enough for him to enter. The dragon landed and he got off its back.
"There's no way Naruto, my priest, would ever become your queen." It was Naruto's turn to laugh.
"Sasuke and I just celebrated our marriage five days ago and every night since. I have the mating necklace to prove it. I am his queen and there is nothing you can say or do that will make me come back with you. I am in love with Sasuke and he's the only one for me." The anger was visible in Danzo's face.
"I should have married you when I had the chance." He said with venom dripping from his every word. "But I can rectify this mistake."
He did a few hand signs that sent Sasuke flying back. Itachi gasped and ran to his brother's side. Iruka, out of fear, grabbed onto Kakashi. Naruto glared daggers at the man in front of him. He let the barrier release as he let the rasengan form in his hand and he charged at Danzo. The king smirked and grabbed Naruto's arm before it hit him in the chest.
He slammed the blonde's hand into the ground, making a crater. Danzo smacked Naruto across the face hard enough to make him pass out in his arms. He threw the blonde onto the dragon with a smirk. Sasuke recovered enough to make a run for the dragon. He reached up and grabbed the necklace, it snapped as soon as Danzo got far enough in the air. Sasuke's eye widened and he screamed, falling to his knees.
Itachi rushed to his side and watched as the army of human retreated with their master. Sasuke had buried his face in Itachi's chest. Tears were staining the front of his shirt, but the older Uchiha just held his brother, whispering against his head.
"Don't worry Sasuke, we'll go to Konoha, we'll get Naruto back."
~A few hours later~
Sasuke stood in the tower, looking at the room that had Naruto's lingering scent inside of it. He, Itachi and Kakashi had prepared to go to Konoha after finding out the news from Iruka about Gaara. Belle and Abel had gone on ahead of them to catch up with Danzo and his army.
"Sasuke... We can't waste anymore time." Itachi said.
The younger demon nodded his head and turned, his eyes glowed a bloody red and he walked down the stairs. As they walked through the palace, the women all cried and prayed to their gods to protect their kind queen and their king and his brother. Sakura was there dressed in her battle armor, she may not have liked Naruto or the fact that Sasuke chose to marry him, but she could see the love that they shared was far deeper than most.
"Sakura-"
"I am going, Sasuke-sama. I bound you in marriage if I must I will bind you both in death... Besides, who am I going to argue with?" She smirked at him before whistling to Lee. The panther took his animal form and let her climb on before taking off for Konoha.
"Itachi-sama!"
Itachi turned to see Suigetsu and he was also ready for a fight.
"As sick as you are I refuse to let you leave without me! Because if you die I am cutting off your balls so you will be reborn as a woman!" He threatened and Itachi chuckled softly.
Sasuke smirked and walked outside, but before he could take off in a run, Lily and Shun landed before him. Lily connected their minds and said:
"Father's hatchling is my pride and joy. You mated him, you are going to save him?"
"Of course. I promised him and myself that I'd always protect him."
She nodded and lowered her head allowing him and Itachi to climb up on her neck, she then rose onto her hind legs and grabbed Suigetsu and Kakashi in her claws before flapping her wings and lifting off. Iruka and Tsunade had gone to find Neji and Gaara and help them to safety on Sasuke orders.
"Shun, stay and protect them... The others will not be so willing to fight master..."
"Be careful Lily."
She let out an earth shattering roar before taking off into the sky and flying as fast as she could back to Konoha...
The army had stopped for the night and made camp. Naruto was placed in his own tent, with guards all around it. He glared at anyone who came near him and refused to eat or drink. After finding out the truth, a truth he denied at the beginning, he was able to see clearly how evil Danzo was even to his own people.
He looked up when Danzo walked in. He smiled at him, though his eyes screamed hatred and loathing. He walked over to the blonde and cupped his face, before slapping him once more.
"How could you! How could you willing sleep with that parasite! You've been tainted by that disgusting creature! I took you in when they would have killed you for being a human! I raised you as my own! I, who fed you, clothed you and protected you! I have loved you for so long I was hoping you'd willingly come to my bed, but it seems you rather spread your legs like that whore of a mother of yours-!"
He was cut off with a harsh slap from Naruto who glared at him and said, "My mother was no whore! She loved my father! He had been your closest friend and adviser and you slayed him like a dog!"
"Because he was a dog! A half-breed freak! And his blood taints yours and your mother's! But when you were born and showed no sign of demonic influence, I left you alone, but when I found out your mother was planning to have you marry that bastard of demon! I had to purge their being from our lands! We are the true rulers of this earth, not them!"
"We are equal! We have always been equal! Demons have their strengths and humans have their magic! How could you do such a thing! You even killed my family!"
"I did no such thing! It was the demons! They slayed your family!"
"Lies! You're lying! I will not marry you! I love Sasuke- aah!" Naruto fell to the floor, holding his cheek as Danzo stood over him, glaring at him.
"You choose a monster over me?"
"From where I am standing; you are the monster." Naruto hissed out with anger.
Danzo snarled and grabbed him by the hair and pulled him flush against him.
"If I were you: I would not say such things to the man who can destroy the world thanks to the help of you and your family... The war? It had always been about the blood of the Uzumakis... Humans who could embody the god of dragons, raise them, breed them.. You are far more valuable alive than dead... But by the time I am done with you; you will be begging me to kill you, but I won't... As soon as we set foot in Konoha, I will take you in my bed, willingly or by force. But either way I will make your body understand that only a human can satisfy you."
With that he threw the blonde onto the floor and left him to cry alone in the dark. Naruto sobbed well into the night, clutching his waist with one hand and his neck where the necklace had been before it went missing. But then Sasuke's words echoed in his head.
"No one can remove this but me."
Did Sasuke not love him anymore? Or was he trying to save him when it came off? He didn't know, but he prayed to the gods especially the god of his family for it to be the latter and for Sasuke to come save him...
The days in the desert flew by too fast for Naruto's liking, they were only a day away from the palace and Konoha and Naruto really wished he had that necklace back. Sasuke said it would protect him from harm and no one would be able to touch him. But without it, his marital chastity was on the line.
"Be ready, my little priest, you will be mine in less than a day..." Danzo laughed. Naruto lowered his head and sobbed, he couldn't hold back his tears; he was so scared, more scared than when he had been attacked by that guard, more scared than when he got lost in the city or was kidnapped from the palace. He was less than a day away from being raped, less than a day from never seeing Sasuke again.
'Sasuke... please... Help me!' He sobbed harder causing Danzo to growl and jerk further back on the saddle on the dragon's back.
"Stop that, Naruto! You will not think of that disgusting monster! If it wasn't because dragons could be trained; I'd have killed them as well!" The man laughed.
The dragon they flew on jerked its head up and turned it to face its riders, glaring yellow eyes at him while it's dark green almost black scales flattened. Turning its head forward it gave a hard flap of the wings causing the saddle to slip a bit. This alerted Naruto to what the dragon was doing and he felt it connect with him.
"I'm sorry, hatchling..."
Naruto turned and slapped Danzo hard in the face and then spun back around and held tight to the dragon's neck as it flew straight up, the saddle slipping off its body before it did and arch and dive bombed. Danzo screamed as he tried to grab hold to the flat scales, but slipped. The ground grew closer and before they hit the dragon pulled up and spun around throwing Danzo from its back and into a group of soldiers and taking off towards the old nesting grounds. Roaring and letting out a lamenting cry for all others to hear. Naruto held tight and smiled sadly.
"You are forgiven... You didn't know..." With that he slipped and fell, but the dragon caught him in its claws and carried him into the thick storm clouds as the monsoon hit the lands...
Gaara groaned, his head hurt and he felt very weak, but he felt someone close, someone he knew by heart.
"Temari, what are you doing out of bed?"
"Daddy? Daddy!" she hugged his arm and he smiled, cracking an eye open to see her crying in his arm. He looked about the room and noticed it was not his castle.
"Temari, what's wrong-! Gaara! Gaara!" Neji ran at his mate and Temari moved in time to avoid being squished by her mother.
"Gaara! It's terrible! Danzo found the second castle and attacked, but Naruto did his best to protect everyone, only to be kidnapped! But what's worse is that he and Sasuke had just celebrated their wedding and the necklace Sasuke made him broke off when Danzo made off with Naruto!"
"What! Unh... damn him! That son of a- Ugh!"
"Calm down, you stupid boy!" he glared at the new voice to see a she-demon and Iruka. Iruka smiled at his king and Gaara nodded back, before glaring at Tsunade once more.
"I am Tsunade, Sasuke-sama's high priestess. You are lucky we found you and brought you back to the castle with us otherwise you'd have died out there..."
"I'm sorry, but I had to come warn you all.."
"I am not mad, Gaara-sama, but still it was a foolish thing to try and walk the desert with that injury and this close to monsoon season." Tsunade scolded as Hinata nodded in agreement. Gaara sighed and filled them in on Danzo's plans as they told him about the damage already done and the damage about to be done...
Lily flew as fast as she could, stopping to rest for a bit, and letting her passengers rest and prepare as well. They had met up with Sakura and Lee, both shocked to see a fully grown dragon.
"We are only a few hours behind them.. If I fly as high as the mountains and use the wind stream, we'll be there faster, but it gets very could and the air is very thin." she said to Sasuke and he looked up at the skies.
"But to be able to touch the sky and catch up with them would be worth it. But killing ourselves won't help Naruto... Damn I should have never grabbed the necklace!"
Sakura looked down at said item as she repaired it to its former glory.
"We'll get there... Hmm?"
They looked up at the sky hearing a roar not to far off from them.
"Lily, what is it?"
"The elder is lamenting... he's telling all of us who can hear him, that master would have killed us if we had not been trainable or breed-able. As well as that he's slain the hatchling's family and plans to force him into his bed... And he's telling us to gather at the birthing grounds..." She let out a blast of fire at the sand and stood up.
"Wait, nesting grounds? But that's Danzo's palace!" Sasuke shouted in anger.
"We have others, if you trust me and love the hatchling, then you will climb on and let me get you there." Lily said before laying down.
"Everyone get on Lily's back and huddle close, and tie your scarves over your faces, the airs going to get very thin up there..." Sasuke said and they all nodded getting up and getting onto Lily's back, Sakura handing back the repaired necklace to Sasuke and climbing on. Sui and Kakashi waited to be grabbed in her claws once more as she took off and into the sky, they were amazed as they flew over the clouds, touching the cold puffs of white and gray.
'Hold on Naruto, I'm coming!' Sasuke thought fiercely, the only one not distracted with flying so high...
"FIRE!" Danzo shouted.
Naruto looked down as a shower of arrows came down on them. His eyes widened as they came down on top of him. None of the weapons touched him but the dragon beneath him was another story. He was pierced multiple times, through his wings, his stomach, and back. The dragon growled as his wings began to fail him. They spun down towards the ground before landing heavily with a harsh chrashing noise.
Naruto coughed and rolled onto his side. The taste of blood and dirt mingled in his mouth and he felt his lips were cracked from how dry his mouth was. He had never thought Danzo to be so daring. Obviously he had miscalculated his former King's cruelty. He crawled over to his injured dragon and cooed to it softly. He had raised this dragon from birth and for the unbreakable bond he shared with it, he could tell right away that he was going to die.
Naruto felt the sting of tears. His hand wrapped around the arrow that pierced into the soft underbelly of his beloved pet. He apologized before giving it a sharp tug. The dragon let out a growl of pain and arched off the ground. He buried his face in the scales and tried to calm him the best he could. He moved to the next arrow, but was stopped when he felt an all too familiar callused hand on his shoulder.
He spun around, tears in his eyes, and saw Danzo with his entire Army standing behind him. He grabbed the blonde by the arm and pulled him into a tight hug. Naruto struggled in his grip and pounded his fists on the chest before him.
A few of Danzo's guards broke the line and made their way to the priest. He tried to make a run for it, but the guards caught him in mere seconds. They dragged him back and bound his hands with chakra.
He tried to bite them and they shoved a bit of rope between his teeth. He trashed in the hands of the guards as they threw him into the back of a carriage. Danzo watched in sick amusement as he kicked at the guards. He laughed a little to himself as he entered the carriage after him. His blonde backed himself into the back corner of the carriage and started to hiss at the older man before him.
"Aw don't worry, my dear little priest, I won't hurt you." He said getting closer to Naruto. The blonde tried to kick him, but Danzo grabbed a hold of his leg. "I promise you that as soon as we get to the village, I will start the preparations for our marriage. You will belong to me before the next morning."
He moved closer to the blonde. He lowered his lips and Naruto pulled his head back and smashed it into Danzo's. The King reeled back and smacked Naruto across the face with such force that he smacked into the side of the carriage. His head swam from the pain as something trickled down his temple and into his eye. It stung on contact making his vision blur until it was completely black...
