"Can't we take a break already?" Sasuke groaned as they flew thru the trees.
"We've only been going for five minutes, how can you already be tired?" Itachi asked in disbelief.
"It hurts to jump around like this you ass" Sasuke snapped as Itachi sighed and scoped out a clearing for them to stop in.
"I don't see why it would hurt" Itachi grumbled, thinking that Sasuke was just being a pain to annoy him.
"Just shut up, can't you just leave me at least a little dignity in this?" Sasuke growled as he went to sit down on a rock and quickly decided against it when a pain shot thru his spine, maybe jumping around like that made it worse, he was able to sit at the house.
Sasuke just sighed and decided that maybe it would be easier to just push himself and get this nightmare over with.
"Nevermind, lets just go" Sasuke said dejectedly as Itachi glared at him.
"You said you needed a break so we're taking a break" Itachi snapped as he grumbled about Sasuke just being a brat.
"Fine, whatever, I just want this day to be over" Sasuke said with a sigh stared around him, he really wanted to sit down, his legs were killing him but sitting hurt worse, not only did it hurt his lower back but his ass was still really sore.
"I don't see why you're being such a pain, it's only shopping" Itachi grumbled as he glared at Sasuke.
"I don't want to go shopping, it's just another thing that you'll hold over my head, the fact that you bought me clothes, I don't need clothes, I already have some" Sasuke grumbled as he continued to look thru the trees warily, he was really uneasy already and being a clearing that was in the middle of the forest wasn't helping.
"Well you asked for a break, so sit down and rest up already, I don't want to have to make multiple stops on the way there" Itachi said with obvious annoyance.
"I'm fine with standing" Sasuke muttered as he looked away, he really didn't want Itachi to see how vulnerable he was feeling right now, he wasn't sure what would happen if Itachi knew.
"Just sit down Sasuke" Itachi snapped as he shoved Sasuke down onto the rock, freezing when he hear the grunt of pain from Sasuke when he hit the rock and sighed.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to push you so hard" Itachi grumbled as he turned away with a guilty look.
"F-fine, I'm fine" Sasuke grunted as he yelled every curse word he knew in his head, jumping thru trees had definitely made it worse, it didn't hurt this bad at the base.
Itachi looked down to see Sasuke trying to slowly lift himself back up and finally realized that Sasuke wasn't faking it as he bent down to try and help him up.
"Are you ok?" Itachi asked, a little softer now that he realized that he was being an ass.
"I already said I was fine" Sasuke snapped, but his voice cracked a bit as a stab of pain made its way up his back as he moved.
"Come on, we'll find a cave somewhere and let you rest a bit" Itachi said as Sasukes eyes flew open.
"N-no, I'm fine, really, let's just go" Sasuke said quickly, he didn't like the idea of being stuck in a cave with Itachi, not after what had happened that morning.
"Sasuke, you're obviously in pain, we shouldn't push it until we know why" Itachi said sternly as he pulled Sasuke up, grimacing at the grunt of pain from being moved too fast.
"I already know why I'm pain, I can handle it, lets just go" Sasuke said as he tried to walk off.
"You aren't going to be able to make it thru the day if you can't even sit down" Itachi said with a frown.
"They have cushions on their chairs at stores and restaurants so I should be fine, can we please just go, I just want to get this over with" Sasuke said he pointedly tugged against the chain.
"Is the cuff hurting your wrist?" Itachi asked, trying to find any way to ease Sasukes pain.
"No, it's fine" Sasuke said as Itachi reluctant jumped up to the trees with him.
"Maybe we should take you by the doctor while we're at the village, they might be able to fix you up a bit" Itachi said with a frown as he looked at Sasuke, who was now pointedly ignoring him.
"You can't just ignore me this whole time, you're going to have to give input with the clothes at least" Itachi said with a glare, still nothing, Sasuke was giving him the silent treatment for trying to be nice, Itachi really felt like pushing him into a rock again and just letting him scramble his own way up.
"So you're fine with having sex again tonight, that's great, I thought you'd never come around" Itachi said with a smirk as he looked over at Sasuke, he had a grimace on his face and looked over at Itachi warily before quickly looking ahead again.
Sasuke just stayed quiet, sure he could say that he never wanted to do that again but if he agreed and just did it then maybe it wouldn't hurt so bad, especially if he gained Itachis trust enough to leave the restraints off during it. Sasuke just looked forward, the faster they got done the sooner they'd get back and maybe if they got back early then he'd be allowed to rest for a bit first.
"So you're just not going to talk to me anymore?" Itachi asked with a glare, he was really getting tired of this.
"Great more pain, humiliation and I'll be closer to a mental breakdown, yay, happy?" Sasuke snapped as he sped up, he may not fight when it's happening but he was going to make sure that it was known how much he hated this.
"If you can't say something nice then don't say anything at all" Itachi grumbled, now he knew why his mother always told them that.
"I tried that, you didn't like that either" Sasuke grumbled as he tried to speed up again.
"What's your hurry" Itachi asked with a smirk, maybe Sasuke was willing to do something with him tonight.
"I want this day to be over, I hate shopping, I hate eating out, the sooner it's over the better" Sasuke said as Itachi looked at him skeptically.
"Hn, I understand the shopping, but you hate eating out?" Itachi asked as he looked over at Sasuke.
"I don't like having people stare at me while I eat, tho I guess I'll get that no matter what now" Sasuke said with a sigh, they all watched him at the base too.
"I'll tell them to stop staring" Itachi said with a sigh, maybe there was still a chance that Sasuke was covering the fact that he liked it and wanted to do it again, he was in a hurry to get back and he only sped up after the quip about having sex again, even tho it was a joke.
"You do it too, it's not just them, the only one that isn't staring is Tobi and Hidan" Sasuke said in an annoyed tone
"What are you talking about, last night they sat on either side of you and just blatantly stared at you the entire time.
"Hidan was so drunk that he thought I was a giant spider and Tobi was actually asleep the whole time" Sasuke said with a smirk as Itachi looked at him in surprise.
"How did you know that Tobi was asleep?" Itachi asked curiously.
"He snored a couple of times and his breathing was too even timed to be awake" Sasuke said with a sigh as the village came into view.
"You want some ice cream or something?" Itachi asked, trying to make up for how he acted earlier.
"What are you being so nice for?" Sasuke asked suspiciously as he glared at Itachi.
"I was out of line before, I shouldn't have acted like that, you were in pain and I was being an ass about stopping for a bit" Itachi said honestly as Sasuke continued to glare.
"Whatever, I hate sweets" Sasuke said, earning a surprised look from Itachi.
"How can you hate sweets, they're the lifeline of kids" Itachi said in shock.
"I just hate sweets" Sasuke said with a shrug.
"You used to love that cherry chocolate ice cream that we'd get while dad was out" Itachi said in disbelief.
"I started hating that when I couldn't stop thinking of that song that mom sang when she gave it to us and would sit there and sing while we ate it" Sasuke said with a frown, now that ice cream just made him depressed.
"So you wrote off sweets altogether?" Itachi asked in disbelief.
"I just don't like fucking sweets Itachi, get over it, no matter how much you bitch, I'm not going to like them again" Sasuke snapped as Itachi looked at him skeptically.
"Ok then we'll get something else then" Itachi said uncertainly as he watched Sasuke, they were now walking thru town and he was watching Sasuke closely to see what he was interested in, apparently he didn't know him as much as he thought, Sasuke had changed.
Itachi sighed as he remembered the constant smiles, the laughing, the annoying persistence of training with his aniki. Now Sasuke didn't smile, he didn't laugh as much, and he was trying to get away from Itachi instead of closer. He watched him closely and smirked when Sasukes eyes lingered on the fruit stand that was on the sidewalk and walked up to it.
"How about fruit, you like fruit don't you?" Itachi asked as he drug Sasuke over.
"Some" Sasuke said as Itachi frowned at him.
"Well pick something" Itachi said as he grabbed a basket, it was good to have fruits around.
Sasuke grabbed a single tomato and Itachi looked at him as if he was strange.
"So you like tomatoes?" Itachi asked skeptically.
"Yeah, so what, they're good" Sasuke said defensively.
Itachi just shrugged and started piling fruit into the large basket, he got some bananas, apples, oranges, grapes, a couple of peaches and emptied half the tray of tomatoes before handing it to the man at the stand to be wrapped for transport. They paid for the fruits and Itachi smiled a little as he watched Sasuke slowly eat the tomato he had grabbed while looking around, probably taking in all possible escape routes in case of attack, that's what Itachi had done. Sasuke finished looking around and finished his tomato right before they got to the clothing store that Itachi was looking for.
"They have some nice clothes here, I'm sure you'll like them" Itachi said as he drug Sasuke into the store.
"What's so special about these?" Sasuke asked as he held up a shirt, it looked like any old shirt to him.
"It's silk" Itachi said with a skeptical look as Sasuke put it back and walked away.
"Hn, so it's not even worth the money they're asking for it, it may look nice and fancy but it wouldn't stand up to anything" Sasuke muttered as he looked around, he finally found something that looked halfway decent and held it up.
"You realize that you're looking at the cheap rack right?" Itachi asked as he looked at Sasuke like he was crazy.
"Hn, what does it matter, so it's not expensive, it doesn't mean it isn't a good shirt" Sasuke said with a shrug as Itachi put it back with a frown.
"I'm starting to really worry about you, go pick out something that's actually nice and comfortable" Itachi said with a frown.
"What's so wrong with cotton, that's what I always wear" Sasuke said defensively.
"What's wrong is that it looks cheap" Itachi said with another frown.
"So what, if it's comfortable and durable then why does it matter if it looks cheap?" Sasuke snapped as he glared at Itachi.
"How are you my brother?" Itachi asked with an overdramatic sigh.
"I wouldn't know the only verification we had was killed by you and you don't act like a brother, at least not one that's worth having" Sasuke snapped as he tried to go back to the clothes that he liked.
"Very funny" Itachi said with a bemused expression.
"I just don't know many big brothers who would rape their younger sibling" Sasuke said as he glared at Itachi.
"Would you shut up" Itachi snapped as he drug Sasuke over to some fishnet shirts.
"No, I won't, there's nothing you can do about it either, your main threat just went out the window this morning" Sasuke snapped as Itachi handed him a fishnet shirt.
"What the hell is this, this isn't a shirt" Sasuke said as he glared at the fishnet shirt that Itachi handed him.
"It's called fashion Sasuke" Itachi said with obvious amusement.
"What are you a girl? Next thing I know you'll be dragging me into a makeup shop and telling me what color lip gloss is in this season, I don't think even my team mate is this obsessed with fashion and she's the girliest person I know" Sasuke said as Itachi glared at him.
"You just have no sense of style" Itachi said with a sigh.
"No I have my own sense of style, I don't see the point of following after a bunch of idiots who think they know what looks good, I like my own style of clothing, it looks nice, it's durable, and I can move around in it without worrying about it getting caught on a branch, that netting won't just scrape past a close branch" Sasuke said as he stuck his finger thru it for emphasis.
"You're impossible, don't you want to at least look good while you're fighting?" Itachi asked in disbelief.
"What does it matter if my clothes end up getting me killed, it's scratchy too, a distraction on the battle field, you're supposed to avoid the others torturing you, not beat them to it in the name of fashion" Sasuke said as he threw the shirt back at Itachi.
"Fine, we'll get the damn cotton shirts" Itachi snapped as he went back over and grabbed the shirt that Sasuke had earlier.
"Hn, you realize that even if you get me clothes, I probably won't wear them" Sasuke said as he frowned at the shirt.
"I have no problem with that, you're welcome to go naked any time" Itachi said with a smirk as he looked up and down Sasukes body.
"I meant that I'm more likely to just cycle thru the ones that I have" Sasuke said with a glare.
"Why is that?" Itachi asked with obvious annoyance as he looked around for some similar shirts.
"Because my clothes all have the Uchiha symbol on the back of the shirts, the lady at the leaf village shop does that for me whenever I buy clothes there" Sasuke said as Itachi frowned at him again.
"Now you're just trying to be difficult, that symbol isn't easy to do if you don't know it Sasuke, lets not bother the nice owners here with it" Itachi said as he picked out another shirt.
"Fine but I don't wear red" Sasuke said with a frown as he looked at the shirt that Itachi picked out for him.
"Why not, red is a great color" Itachi said slightly offended that Sasuke would be prejudice against his favorite color.
"I hate red" Sasuke said simply as he picked up a blue shirt.
"How could you hate red?" Itachi asked with a frown.
"Blood is red, that's all I think about when I try to remember mom" Sasuke said, pointedly looking away from Itachi who looked a little guilty at the moment.
"Ok, fine so do you like the color green?" Itachi asked as he picked up a dark green shirt.
"Hell no, I spent too long looking at Gai and Lee in those green jumpsuits" Sasuke said with a shudder as he remembered those horrible jumpsuits.
"Good reason for that one" Itachi said with a disturbed look as he put the shirt back quickly.
"Do you like black?" Itachi asked uncertainly as he picked up a black shirt.
"Yeah, black is ok" Sasuke said with a shrug, he only had three colors that he liked to wear, black, blue and white, that's all he would wear, unless ordered to wear anything else on a mission.
"Finally, I was beginning to wonder if you just hated everything and I should just put you in a corner with a little book to write your dark poems about how life is horrible" Itachi said with a smirk as Sasuke glared up at him.
"I hate you" Sasuke growled as he stalked off.
"The emo returns" Itachi yelled earning confused looks from the other shoppers.
"Do you always cause a scene when you go out?" Sasuke asked in obvious annoyance.
"Do you always have to be a little brat?" Itachi asked with a raised eyebrow.
"I probably wouldn't be as bratty if you hadn't raped me and decided to go shopping the same day, do you realize how painful it is to have something like that shoved into such a small area" Sasuke snapped, earning a frown from Itachi.
"You didn't seem to mind after I hit your sweet spot" Itachi said with a smirk as Sasuke blushed.
"Hn, the pain that came before and after that, not worth it for that little bit of enjoyment, especially if it's with someone who's such an inconsiderate ass" Sasuke snapped, he was really starting to piss Itachi off, he wasn't inconsiderate, he was extremely considerate.
"Ok well I think that we have enough clothes for now, we'll get you some sandals and go grab something to eat before finding a place to turn if for the night" Itachi said as Sasuke looked up at him warily.
"We're going back to the base aren't we?" Sasuke asked a little nervously, sure he was thinking of just giving in anyway to make it easier on his body but he was hoping for a little hope in getting away in the form of Konan and Hidans need to get him drunk.
"No, it's getting late and you had enough problems getting out here so we'll stay at an inn until tomorrow and then we'll grab some breakfast and head back" Itachi said with a smirk as he led Sasuke into another shop to get him sandals.
Sasuke protested the sandals, saying that he didn't need any and then argued about going to a fancy restaurant which he lost as well. Itachi had started out detesting the idea of being forced to take Sasuke out, now it was a challenge to get Sasuke to realize that he was a good guy. Sasuke was sitting there brooding as he tugged at his jacket again and glared at Itachi, who had forced him into said jacket and a tie, both of which were itchy.
"Why did you have to take me here, everyone is staring and this coat and tie are itchy" Sasuke said with a frown as he shifted in his seat again, he was still sore from that morning.
"This is the best restaurant in the village, so stop fidgeting, you're the one drawing their attention" Itachi said with a raised eyebrow, he had been staring at Sasuke since they came in and it was making him uncomfortable.
"Maybe because I'm chained to the table" Sasuke grumbled as he stared down at the plate that was set there just to look classy, they never actually put anything on these plates.
"I had to, I tried letting you go without the cuff and you tried to run off" Itachi said with a smirk.
"Sorry, I forgot that I was supposed to just go thru this hell without complaining" Sasuke said as Itachi frowned at him.
Sasuke just stared at the table, he was really trying not to be bothered by all the people staring at him but it was really upsetting to be gawked at when you were being singled out as either a victim or a delinquent or someone who couldn't be trusted.
"It's really amazing to me how people forget common manners when they find something slightly different, they really should learn to either mind their own business or speak their opinions to the people that they are ogling" Itachi said rather loudly to be heard around the restaurant, there were awkward coughs and at one point a man muttered the words 'damn fags' which really got Itachi worked up.
"You may think you're clever but we're brothers you moron" Itachi called with obvious amusement.
"They might not get that idea if you would stop staring" Sasuke said with a glare as Itachi smirked at him.
"Have you noticed something odd Sasuke, a difference of any kind" Itachi asked as everyone looked at them curiously.
"No, would you just tell me why you've been staring like a moron" Sasuke snapped, quickly losing patience.
Itachi just smirked again and started poking at his own mouth as he bared his teeth. Sasuke looked at him, slightly confused until he finally caught on and poked at his teeth and his eyes widened, he had grown his teeth at some point.
"Why didn't you just tell me that my fangs were grown out?" Sasuke asked with obvious annoyance.
"Because it was far more amusing to make you wonder about it" Itachi said with a grin as Sasuke threw a spoon at him that he quickly caught between his fingers.
"They must be ninja from one of those villages" Someone whispered.
"The younger one has fangs, is he a vampire?" a woman asked nervously.
"I'm not a vampire, why does everyone always think that? There are no such things as vampires" Sasuke snapped as everyone shrank back.
"I don't think they believe you Sasuke" Itachi said with a raised eyebrow as he looked at the snobbish people.
"Great, I've gone from fag to freak, that's wonderful, at this rate I'll never get a girlfriend" Sasuke said with a sigh as the waiter brought them some water.
"Why did you have to pick a fancy restaurant, we could have gone to a nice café or a ramen shop but you have to choose the place that attracts snobs" Sasuke grumbled as he stared at his water.
"I was trying to be nice" Itachi said with a frown, isn't this what you were supposed to do, he did this with guys all the time and they were all flattered that he wanted to spend so much on them.
"Hn, whatever" Sasuke said as he stared at the table cloth, there wasn't anything here that he liked and he didn't like the type of people here.
"You could be a little more grateful, I don't usually spend this much on a date" Itachi said with a frown.
"I'm not really hungry, I'm just really tired, why can't we just grab a burger on the way to whatever inn we end up at?" Sasuke asked with a grimace as someone coughed out the word fag, again.
"If I hear the word fag again I swear I'll kiss him right here" Itachi said with a glare.
"That's extremely inappropriate" Someone yelled indignantly.
"Damn fags, go get a room" Someone else called as Itachi got up and went towards Sasuke.
"Don't even try it, I swear I'll kill you, Itachi, back up, whoever yelled that is dead if he actually kisses me, I will find you" Sasuke yelled as Itachi smirked at him, Sasuke was practically on the floor as Itachi smirked down at him.
"We're supposed to be fags, just ask them, they clearly say that we're gay for eachother" Itachi said as everyone watched them.
"I knew this place was going to be hell, you all suck" Sasuke yelled as Itachi looked down at him with a smirk.
"You wanna just grab a burger little brother?" Itachi asked as Sasuke glared at him.
"Yes, lets get out of here before they convince you to do something worse and don't try to kiss me, I'll break your fucking nose if you do" Sasuke growled as he cautiously got up, watching Itachi cautiously as he undid his cuff and hooked them together.
"Relax, I'm not going to kiss you, I was joking, like you wouldn't' have liked it" Itachi said as they walked out.
"I probably would have tried to kill you" Sasuke growled as everyone glared at them.
"You know you'd like it" Itachi said teasingly.
"Yeah, of course, almost as much as castration, it all just sounds great" Sasuke said sarcastically as they walked out of the restaurant and down the street.
"You really don't have to be so opposed to it you know" Itachi said with a frown as Sasuke pulled the tie off and quickly shrugged out of the jacket.
"Lets just grab a burger and go to bed?" Sasuke grumbled as he looked away.
"Alright, do you want your own bed too?" Itachi asked with a frown as they walked down the street, if he said yes then he'd have to bribe the inn keeper to say that they had no doubles left.
"Yeah right, no matter what I say, I'll end up sharing a bed with you in the end, what was your plan if I said that I wanted my own bed, bribe the inn keeper or break the other bed?" Sasuke asked as he looked up at Itachi who was slightly shocked.
"That's a bold accusation" Itachi said with an offended tone.
"Breaking the other bed would be my guess, it would be the more subtle way to deny me the freedom of sleeping without you plastered to my back" Sasuke said with a frown as they came up to a quick order burger stand.
"Hn, I was going for the inn keeper but now that you mention it we could get a double and just break one of the beds" Itachi said with a grin.
"Just get one damn bed" Sasuke said dejectedly, there wasn't much choice for him either way, if Itachi wanted to do something to him, he couldn't stop him.
"Ok, I was kidding by the way, tonight you need to just rest, it was far more taxing on you than I thought it would be, I should have thought that thru more, I shouldn't have made you travel so soon after" Itachi said, trying to think of a way to apologize.
"Yeah, that kinda sucked, all the way around, but what do I know, I'm just the prodigies stupid little brother" Sasuke snapped with a frown.
"Don't say that, you sound like our idiot father" Itachi growled angrily.
"Well he was right, I'll never compare to you, I tired to be a great ninja and ended up being your sex toy instead" Sasuke said as they grabbed their food and headed towards an inn at the end of the walkway.
"You're not my toy Sasuke and our father was a pathetic worm, don't ever quote him again Sasuke" Itachi growled earning a glare from Sasuke.
"Of course, they all were, right, that's why you murdered them" Sasuke said, still glaring at him.
"Not all of them, some of them were innocent, some of them didn't deserve the consequences that our father brought upon them, but that's nothing for you to worry about" Itachi said as he got the key for their room and led Sasuke up the stairs, the inn keeper had even given them a little bag with the key.
Itachi set up the usual barriers to keep Sasuke from running off and took the cuff off as he looked in the bag and started laughing.
"What are you laughing about?" Sasuke asked with a glare.
"This" Itachi said as he held up a bottle of clear liquid, lube.
Itachi emptied the rest of the bag onto the dresser and chuckled at the contents. There was another bottle of lube, a bunch of condoms and a dildo/vibrator on the dresser.
"Great, like you need more encouragement" Sasuke said, looking a little uneasy as he looked at the things on the desk.
"Well at least they're advertising safe sex" Itachi said with a grin as he held up the condoms.
"Yeah, safe" Sasuke muttered as he drew his knees up to his chest on the bed.
"Well, we don't need any of this right now, what we need is a good nights sleep, we'll even sleep in, she gave us an extra night so tomorrow we'll go running around town or just take a nice slow walk back to the base, they won't miss us" Itachi said as Sasuke looked at him in confusion.
"I don't get you" Sasuke said with a glare.
"What do you mean little brother?" Itachi asked as he threw himself on the bed next to Sasuke and flipped the tv onto a classical music station that they could sleep to.
"You have the perfect opportunity to do whatever you want to me, you even have everything you need handed to you and you do nothing" Sasuke said with a suspicious look.
"You say you don't want to so we won't, I'll just seduce you back at the base, without the bindings and with that little outfit" Itachi said with a smirk.
"Yeah, great" Sasuke muttered as he stared at his feet.
"Just go to sleep Sasuke, I'm tired and I for one am looking forward to spending time with my brother tomorrow, just spending time, no sex, no group of loud annoying people that are trying to get you drunk, just having some fun, you're 14 you need to have fun" Itachi said with a sigh as he pulled Sasuke down on the bed.
"The only thing that's fun for me is sparing with Naruto and hanging out with my team" Sasuke said with a sigh as he tried to ignore the fact that Itachi was pressed against his back.
"Well then just tell me what you consider fun, movies, park, swimming, whatever, just let me know, I have enough money for it" Itachi said with a smile as he played with Sasukes hair.
"That's not what was fun about it, it wasn't the places we went, it was just the way we got along, it was unique and they know me and don't try to change me, they just want to be with me, they saved me" Sasuke muttered as he laid there trying to calm down.
"get some sleep Sasuke, just relax a bit" Itachi said, giving Sasuke a kiss on the shoulder and pulling him closer, the music effectively putting them both to sleep.
Ok so it took a while but we finally got it done, between studying and losing my computer it took longer than it should have. We hope that you guys liked this chapter. Please tell us what you all think so far, your comments do help us to keep the story going, especially when you tell us what you'd like to happen, we're already working on some suggestions that we've gotten and they work well with our ideas. We like to know how we can improve our stories, we are writing them for the enjoyment of others after all. Thanks for reading and all your reviews so far guys.
