Chapter 9
"I think he knows much more than we think he does. We should be careful how we tred, lest we be caught up in one of his own traps," Kyuubi huffed indignantly, teeth glinting dangerously in his rahter impressive jaws.
"Why, is the idiot talking?"
"Not yet. However it is becoming harder to make him lost in reverie," Kyuubi replied, tongue darting out to trace over massive fangs, showing his displeasure by threatening the man standing in front of him. He knew it was futile, he was still trapped behind this damn seal, and the only person who had ever offered him freedom stood on the other side.
"Very well. I'll put things into motion faster, if only to keep this the more secret. When this city falls, I want no one aware of it. I want it destroyed before people have time to blink, understood?"
"I believe we have discussed this to some length before. It is going to become harder now that that walking hormone producer is back," Kyuubi snarled, referring to the fact that Naruto's hormones went out of control around the one called Sasuke.
"I am aware of this! He will have to be dealt with a second time. Escaping death will not be so easy the second time around if there's no body to come back to!" the red eyed man shouted.
'Naruto?' The sound reverberated throughout the enclosed space that held Kyuubi and his guest.
"Our time it seems must come to an end," he growled, black coat swirling as he took his leave.
"I will be waiting, and I promise this. If you don't deliver on your end of the bargain I will kill you myself," Kyuubi threatened the man's retreating back with a growl.
'Naruto?'
"That will be rather hard seeing as how Iam on the other side of this cage," the man replied in mock sweetness as he continued walking away.
Kyuubi howled in anger as he watched black hair and coat sway before disappearing . . .
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"Naruto?"
"Naruto!" Sasuke repeated, shaking Naruto's shoulders as he tried to get through to the blond haired young man.
Naruto blinked his eyes a few times as he came to. He could have sworn he was just enjoing some 'quality' time with Sasuke, but here he was shaking him instead. Everything looked fuzy, and his limbs felt heavy. His eyebrows furrowed together as he looked around him, taking in his surroundings as things became more clear.
"Weren't we just at my place?" Naruto asked Sasuke who looked at him as if he had lost his mind.
Sasuke was beginning to become seriously worried about Naruto. This was the second time in the past two days Naruto had done this. He would have to tell Tsunade immediately. This was not normal behavior for Naruto, and he had never before seen anyone else act like he was now either. What the hell was happening to his kitsune?
It was two days ago that both of them had sat down and figured out together everything that had happened between them. Naruto had broken down numerous times with his incessant apologies, and everytime Sasuke repeated that they were now even after his stunt he pulled with Naruto's mind that night. Naruto still didn't think it was enough, and they would end up going full circle again until Sasuke was finally able to pound it into Naruto's head that it wasn't necessary to apologize every five seconds. Sasuke had also told him of his trips to the past, present and future reluctantly, hoping that Naruto wouldn't think he was just another crazy jounin.
Surprisingly to Sasuke, Naruto believed him and reminded him of the time he felt Sasuke in the room with him. Sasuke remembered seeing him so broken and didn't want to relive it. That was over, and hopefully it wouldn't happen ever again. He was just happy the whole ordeal was over with. Mostly.
All Sasuke was worried about now was Naruto's mind. He seemed to be slipping, however reluctantly. It was like he was trying to fight it, but kept losing. Afterwards Naruto wouldn't function normally. His emotionless eyes would stare, his jaw would go slack, and he would talk, seemingly to himself as Sasuke couldn't follow whatever conversation he was having with whomever he was having it with. The last time it had happened he had tried to start kissing Sasuke.
Now, Sasuke was all up for kissing Naruto, but with open eyes staring off into nothing was just too creepy for him. He had immediately 'awakened Naruto' and asked him what the hell was wrong with him. Naruto seemed at a loss to explain, other than to ask why they were all of a sudden here and not in his apartment. Sasuke had blown it off at first to one of Naruto's daydreams that had taken to much hold on him. This was the second time now, and Sasuke knew it wasn't just a daydream anymore.
"No, Naruto, we weren't. We've been here ever since they ordered you quarantined, remember?" he asked Naruto in response to his earlier question.
Sasuke remembered the counsel's eyes upon him, all still rather in shock at seeing him alive. Tsunade had told them, well, Sasuke really wasn't sure what she had told them, but so long as it kept the questions at bay he really couldn't care less. Sasuke, of course, had told Tsunade the truth. At first she demanded to examine his head, until he asked her why he would give her such a ludicrous reason unless it was the truth? Knowing Sasuke all too well as to not want himself to be seen as a fool, Tsunade unwillingly accepted his story as legitimate. Followed immediately afterwards by pouring herself a full cup of sake, then another, until the whole bottle dissappeared in front of Sasuke's eyes in record time. She still insisted on examining every part of him anyway, and he let her, if only to put her mind at ease.
That was also two days ago that they had met with the counsel and Tsunade herself to determine just what to do with Naruto. Sasuke outright refused to allow them to execute Naruto. It wasn't even a option, and Sasuke told anyone who thought it was would be executed by his own hand. Needless to say, it wasn't brought up again, though everyone seemed to be confused as to how he could forgive so easily. Sasuke told them harshly that it wasn't any of their business, and to mind their own.
Tsunade had convinced everyone to allow her to quarantine Naruto to check his seals. When Iruka had relayed to her what Naruto had told him, she knew that something was up with Kyuubi that required immediate attention. Though she knew if something happened, keeping him in that room would be impossible, it was all she could offer to calm the counsel fears. That, and the fact that he would be under her direct watch. Sasuke added his two cents in, by saying that he would also keep a personal watch on Naruto himself. This seemed to placate the counsel even more, especially after his earlier threats made towards them. Tsunade knew she should have reprimanded him for them, but couldn't if she wanted to keep Naruto alive, and Sasuke's threats seemed to be the only thing able to do that at the time.
At the moment they were waiting for Jiraiya to return, as Tsunade wanted his input on Naruto's seal. Sasuke knew that with both of them looking over Naruto, he could breathe easy for awhile, but Jiraiya still hadn't returned from whatever perverted place he was in, and Naruto was getting worse. His attempts at trying to stop whatever it was that took him over was draining him. After losing weight from his depression over Sasuke, and now this, Naruto's body was taking serious damage.
"Sasuke, what's happening to me?" Naruto asked weakly, voice small.
"Naruto, I-"
"It's like I'm dreaming, but how can that be? I'm not asleep, and I know I'm not daydreaming. It's too real for that. I can feel everything that's happening to me, I know my surroundings, and you're always there with me," Naruto explained, looking imploringly at Sasuke.
Sasuke was at a loss. He didn't know what to do for Naruto. He was completely out of his league here. He had already been in Naruto's mind with his Sharingan, and hadn't found anything incriminating, so what the hell else was he supposed to do?
Sitting down next to Naruto, he enveloped him in his arms.
"I'm trying to fight it, but damn. It's so strong," Naruto said into Sasuke's shirt, his voice muffled. He rubbed his forehead on Sasuke's shoulder, breathing in deeply, loving the smell he found there. It was unique, and suited Sasuke better than anything Naruto could've dreamed up. Wrapping his arms around Sasuke's middle, he still couldn't believe that he was able to do so. This was where he was meant to be, and he already felt much better just being held by Sasuke. If only he knew how good it felt a long time ago, he would've ceased all his fighting with Sasuke and been determined to get into his arms instead of trying to break them. He chuckled at his own musings, making Sasuke look down at him in confusion.
Naruto decided he wouldn't get a better offer, so he leaned up the few inches and covered Sasuke's lips with his own, tasting as well as smelling his new found lover. Putting a hand on the back of Sasuke's neck he drew him in even closer. Naruto heard Sasuke moan deep in his throat, making his loins grow tight at the sound. Finally slipping his tongue past the barrier of Sasuke's lips, Naruto traced his tongue along the top of his mouth. Relishing in the sounds escaping Sasuke, he slowly maneuvered their bodies so he was straddling Sasuke's hips, never letting their mouths break contact. He found it was very easy to solve all his problems by just forgeting them and losing himself in Sasuke. Almost too easy.
Sasuke was too lost in the kiss to notice that Naruto was moving them into a more compromising position, until he felt the downward thrust of Naruto's hips against his own. Intense pleasure spread throughout his lower body upon feeling Naruto's hardness rubbing against his own. Breaking the kiss, he moaned in abandon at the feelings Naruto brought out in him.
Naruto growled in his ear before he began to attack the lithe neck stretched out before him. Teeth scraped across a vein in Sasuke's neck where Naruto could see it pulsating with blood. It intrigued him, wondering what Sasuke's blood would taste like. He decided to find out.
Eyes closed tight, Sasuke felt Naruto's teeth along his neck. It was pleasant at first, the feel of his mouth on his neck along with the thrusts of Naruto's hips, pounding him into the floor Naruto had somehow laid them on. His breath was beginning to become ragged, until he stopped breathing altogether, hissing from the sudden pain he felt.
"Naruto?" Sasuke asked trying to push the boy off his neck. Looking up he could see the outline of Naruto's shoulder, and the red chakra that outlined it. Feeling the skin on his neck breaking, he winced. Well, if that didn't affectively kill the mood . . .
"Naruto!" Sasuke shouted, finally removing Naruto from his neck, and sitting up at the same time. Naruto's eyes had turned red, and the scars on his cheeks had deepened. He could feel Naruto's hands on his upper arms, and looking down at them he saw they were like claws, gripping into a piece of meat. Glancing back up at Naruto's face, he saw his teeth bared. No not teeth, more like fangs that were once more lunging at his throat.
Lifting his leg up he flipped Naruto over him, scrambling to get to his feet before Naruto did. Spinning around, he placed himself into a fighting stance, knowing one was coming.
Naruto shook his head, and leaned up into an animalistic crouch, fangs still bared. Growling low in his throat, he outstretched a hand toward Sasuke.
"Mine!" Sasuke heard Naruto snarl, before he lunged up at him. Naruto was completely leaving himself open to a million different attacks, and Sasuke knew this wasn't the way Naruto usually attacked. It was as if he had tunnel vision, and it was aimed at Sasuke's neck.
Grabbing both of Naruto's hands, he spun him around and heaved him at the wall behind him. Chakra flared out from Naruto's hands and feet as he landed smoothly on the wall in a crouch. Pushing off the wall he quickly launched once more at Sasuke. Gripping him by the upper arms, he propeled Sasuke backwards, listening to the sounds of Sasuke's feet sliding along the floor, trying to stop him in vain.
Sasuke felt his back connect harshly with the wall behind him, impressed by Naruto's strength for a second, before he realized he was being held against it with chakra. Sasuke could feel Naruto's claws digging into his arms once more, and felt his feet upon his thighs. Sharingan eyes looked up into Naruto's cold, red ones. A devilish smirk had made its way across Naruto's face in triumph.
Watching Naruto's eyes narrowing as they found the spot previously mauled on his neck, Sasuke could feel the end table next to the bed digging into his side. Something Tsunade told him entered into his mind.
'These are only to be used in emergency. I don't want them to be used period, but just in case, I'm placing them here for the time being. I don't want history being repeated, and Naruto isn't to know. I'm not quite sure how he would take it.'
Fumbling with his fingers, Sasuke tried to open the drawer that held his way out of this without either of them getting seriously hurt. Watching out of the corner of his eye, he saw Naruto leaning in towards his neck, breathing rough and damp against his skin.
"Mine," Naruto growled low in his ear as he licked the marred spot on Sasuke's neck.
Sasuke cried out in pain as he felt Naruto's canines pierce his neck, just like Orochimaru's had all those years ago. He could feel Naruto sucking the puncture wound, moaning deep at the taste of the blood entering his mouth.
Drawer finally open he pulled out one of the sedatives Tsunade had given him. Popping the cap off the needle with his thumb, he wasted no time in forcefully jamming the needle into Naruto's leg, the time for being gentle over.
"Sorry," Sasuke whispered as Naruto howled, his body going slack. He could feel the fox's chakra slipping, as Naruto loosened his grip on Sasuke. Finally being able to move again, he caught Naruto as he slipped downwards.
Sasuke watched as his eyes changed from the crimson red, back to their original, beautiful prussian blue. An awareness was coming back into them as well.
"Sasuke?" Naruto whispered, looking up at him before effectively passing out.
"Shit," Sasuke swore at his predicament.
Placing Naruto gently on the bed, Sasuke brushed the golden bangs out of his eyes and the blood off his lips, listening to the sound of Naruto's now gentle breathing. Looking around him, he saw the deep indents they had made in the walls, and shook his head.
'No matter what we do, we always seem to damage something, don't we? Wether it be things, or each other,' Sasuke thought silently to himself, reaching up and feeling the blood drain out of his neck. Putting two of his fingers over the puncture wounds, stopping the blood flow, he reached back into the drawer with the sedatives and pulled out a roll of bandages this time. He didn't fancy walking around with his neck wrapped up, not exactly the look he was going for, but he couldn't leave it as it was.
After dealing with his wounds, he made sure Naruto was still asleep before heading towards the door. He had to see Tsunade, now. He had let Naruto sidetrack him, and now he wasn't sure if it was a good thing or not. He wasn't sure if it was what they were doing that had caused that incident, or if it would've happened wether or not he was there. Either way, he was glad he was there to be able to deal with it. If Naruto had somehow managed to escape while in that state, who knows what he would have done. Then the counsel would have every reason to do whatever they wanted to him.
'Dammit,' thought Sasuke. 'What the hell it going on?'
First the blackouts, and now this? How the hell was he supposed to help Naruto? Now he wasn't sure if he should leave Naruto alone or not, even to go get Tsunade. He didn't want that happening again, especially while Naruto was alone.
Deciding he was wasting too much time debating, Sasuke hurried out the door, using chakra to propel himself even faster towards his destination. Once outside he looked up and saw the stars dotting the landscape.
'Kami, help Naruto,' Sasuke silently prayed. He normally wasn't one to be pious, but he knew Naruto would need all the help he could get. No matter from whom.
Seeing the window that entered directly into Tsunade's office, he moved himself even faster. Landing gracefully through the open window, he looked around the room. The only light he had was the moonlight that filtered through the window. It was odd. Tsunade had told him that if she wanted to find him, she would be here. Seeing her chair facing the wall, he presumed she had fallen asleep.
"Tsunade-sama! Wake up! It's Naruto, he-" Sasuke stopped abruptly, gasping as the chair spun around to face him. The person sitting in it definetly wasn't Tsunade. Eyes going wide, he heard a voice, and saw a pair of red eyes he hadn't seen in years.
"Hello, little brother."
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A/N: Ack! Itachi! Please don't kill me for leaving on a cliffhanger again, but the image in my mind, and the thought of stopping there was just to good not to do. Also please forgive the shortness of this chapter. Gomen Nasai!! Anywho, see that purple Review button down there? Push GO, you know you want too!
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