A/N: Woot! I'm back *peace sign* I'm stopping exam stress by cranking this chapter out and avoiding my exam revision. Not a good idea considering these are my mock exams… Oh well. You lot come first.
Warning: An OOC Sai. But never mind… And the word "rape" is in here, as well as many mentions of perverseness…. No actual rape/lemon/make out scene, and even if there WAS it would be Sasunarusasu not Sainaru *shudders*.
If Sasuke had thought he was desperate before, Lord knows he would've been suicidal by now, had he been alive that is... The fact was- there was no way out. There was no more time left to contemplate potential soul mates; Sasuke knew he had to had to act, and he had to act now before anything else got out of hand.
So what kind of awful things had transpired in the aftermath of Ino and Sai's break up that had reduced the Uchiha to a pile of quivering static?
Sai had "happened."
Since the disaster with Hinata's little "ghost hunt", Naruto had been under Hyuuga Hiashi's constant supervision. And I MEAN constant. The man had forced Naruto to stay within the Hyuuga compound in order to repay his treachery with some good, hard, back breaking, manual labour. The Hyuuga's had naturally separated Hinata from Naruto, and the two teens were in 2 different halves of the estate, each being supervised by a household member. So where did Sai come into this? Well, in almost every town in the Land of Fire, it was a well known fact that Sai was a pervert. Frequently the sallow-skinned brunette would be spotted skulking in unsavoury parts of different towns when he had a day off, and when he DIDN'T leave the village he would remain locked in his apartment all day long. Doing what, was anyone's guess. His team mates, of course, bared the brunt of his sordid behaviour. Thankfully Sakura seemed safe from his antics, because Sai showed her next to no interest, and when he did it was only to insult her but Naruto on the other hand was not so lucky. At every opportunity Sai would make a coarse comment about the size of Naruto's penis, and when they went to the bath houses he would often try and sneak a peak at the blonds private area. Most of the time Naruto was lucky and managed to avoid Sai for as long as possible, but during his week-long punishment with the Hyuuga's, his luck ran out.
As you can probably imagine, Naruto's "manual labour" involved very difficult, tiring, sweaty work, which more often than not, resulted in the removal of his shirt, and as the blond was also working outside for much of the time, in plain view of the villagers, it was no surprise that, sooner or later, a pervert would work the opportunity to his advantage. That pervert being Sai. Sasuke had watched in contained anger as his replacement casually leaned against the fence that separated him from the blond, oggling his ass when Naruto wasn't looking. Sasuke had suddenly found himself wishing that fragile, wooden fence was a mile thick and made of reinforced steel.
"Sai- what do you want?" Naruto had asked, not particularly brusquely but direct enough to demand a straight answer. No bull crap please. Sai, being an emotionally inhibitive idiot, had not picked up the hint the blond was busy and gave Naruto an amazingly bright smile. Fake of course.
"I was just wondering if you wanted to come over to my house later on Naruto kun." Before the blond could refuse the offer, Sai had whipped out a book from apparently thin air. Perhaps he summoned it? In his hands was a book that read: "Friends are for Life, not Just for Christmas." Still beaming that fake smile into Naruto's eyes, Sai continued his sales patter.
"It states here that in order to make a strong, healthy, friendship bond, companions will often invite one another to each others houses to spend quality time together. I figured it was only the polite thing to do Naruto kun." Sasuke felt his heart leap into his mouth as Naruto's sparkling blue eyes seemed to dim in thought, considering the offer. Had Sasuke been more of a man, and less of a ghost he would've yelled the obvious:
"DON'T DO IT! HE'LL ATTACK YOU, RAPE YOU AND LEAVE YOU ALONE TO SLOWLY BLEED TO DEATH! DON'T DO IT NARUTO!"
But as he had no vocal cords, and was, by nature, a stuck up, antisocial, prick, that particular pleasure was denied to him. But evidently some of Sasuke's common sense had seeped into Naruto's head because the blond's eyes cleared and he slowly shook his head.
"I'm grounded here 'till Hiashi lets me out. Another time maybe..." but Sasuke could see the crossed fingers behind Naruto's back. (1) Sai sighed and turned away from the blond dejectedly.
"Well, if you get a free minute-"
"I know where you are." Naruto finished, having memorised the familiar conversation by now. Once Sai had left and Sasuke's anger had dissipated a little, in his minds eye, his way ahead was clearer than ever before. He had to go to Suna, and get Gaara no Sabaku to visit Konoha, come hell or high water. But how? Thankfully that particular problem was soon taken out of his hands. Or more precisely- 2.5 minuteslater that particular problem was taken out of his hands, when Hyuuga Hiashi made his appearance in the garden. The blond looked up nervously as Hiashi approached him, and wiped his filthy hands on his trousers, hastily dropping the spade on the ground. Very out of character for Naruto you might say, but the Hyuuga had an aura that radiated power, and could send even the brashest, coarsest, of teenagers running for the hills with a single word.
"Hiashi- what's up?" Naruto asked, trying to hide the earth stains on his trousers. Hiashi looked at Naruto with distaste, and eyed his workmanship with an indifferent stare. The blond began to fidget under the scrutiny.
"It's not done yet… I'm only halfway-"
"This isn't an inspection." Hiashi interrupted, milky white eyes glaring at Naruto, commanding him to be quiet. The blond obeyed. "I have come to inform you of a very important matter." Naruto's eyes hardened in concern at Hiashi's tone. "Tsunade sama has requested I inform you that a conference with the Kazakage of Suna will be taking place within the next 3 days. They will be arriving tomorrow and you have been ordered to be their escorts whilst they're in Konoha." The smile was almost inconceivable at first, but before long it was spreading across Naruto's face like one of those annoying energy saving light bulbs, getting brighter by the second. (2)
"You mean- Gaara's coming here?!" Hiashi let a small smile slip through his mask.
"Yes, that's exactly what I mean" The head Hyuuga didn't even try to stop Naruto as he vaulted over the garden fence and started sprinting to the Hokage's office, he simply watched with a contemplative gaze. Sasuke stood behind him, though the other man would never know it, and ran through the latest turn of events sceptically in his mind.
"What are the chances this really all a big coincidence?"
Sometimes Sasuke wondered if the fates were conspiring with him.
But most times he thought they were trying to screw him over.
A/N:
(1) ya know the "jinx" sign. If you're lying to someone, you cross your fingers behind your back to dispel the "evil karma" that comes from the lie.
(2) They're these REALLY irritating light bulbs that take about 5 minutes to come onto maximum brightness. Until then you're in the fucking dark, trust me, they're irritating. I have one in my room.
So, I'm sorry for over dramatising Sai, but this is (hopefully…) the last chapter we'll see him in. I don't like him much as you can probably tell… And also- I've written a lime scene for the last chapter. I've wanted to try writing it for a long time because I love new challenges… but never really brought myself to do it. And then I saw how many reviews these things get and realised that actually- society is perverted by nature and I'm not exactly gonna be "disgusting" or "weird" by writing it. Rest assured it will not be graphic, nor will it be "mechanical". There's nothing that disgusts me more than reading a lemon/lime with no feeling, but if you would prefer me not to write it- please tell me.
