I Will Find You
By RedfoxBlackraven
Thought I owe a bit of a shout out to my faithful reviewers:
cluelessninja65
ulaire
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and thank you sooo much to everyone else who has reviewed!
You guys keep me writing:D
and will you look at that!? I STILL DON'T OWN NARUTO!!! : (
if I did, I'd totally rub it in everyone's face : D sigh… one can dream…
well without further ado…the short…Chapter 9; Dangerous Waters.
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It's amazing…how little control we have over things.
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"You are sure? The Uzumaki boy and Sasuke?"
"They're close."
"They're not supposed to be close."
"Why not?"
"I said so, that's why."
"Well in any case…they're definitely friends."
"Not for much longer."
"Is that so? Well that makes things a little more interesting then…"
"Today. Don't be late."
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It started to rain almost as soon as Sasuke was out of the drive. It felt like a sign something bad was going to happen. The clouds were ugly shades of grey, covering almost the entire sky and casting an unfriendly gloom over everything.
The not-light-but-not-heavy rain somehow created peaceful background music to the raven's thoughts.
What was he thinking leaning into Naruto like that? He had probably scared the blonde to death and the boy – never one to quickly pick up anything remotely subtle – had probably been confused as all hell.
But he had just looked so absolutely adorable! If only the dobe knew how enticing he was…but then again, there were two sides to that coin. Not only did he attract Sasuke's eye, but also that snake Orochimaru's as well. The thought of that perverted bastard made Sasuke clutch the wheel almost painfully in anger. He had touched his Naruto. That's right; let all be known that Naruto belonged to him.
And what an Uchiha owned, an Uchiha protected.
Sasuke didn't want to go back to school at all but only did so because he had told Shizune he would and he needn't worry too much about Naruto who was safe in his house, in his room…on his bed…
A flash of light and a blaring horn pushed Sasuke's heart into overdrive as he almost collided head-on with another car on the opposite side of the road. Swerving quickly out of the way and more than a little shaken with the near death experience, Sasuke drove more carefully into the school, parking in the area closest to the buildings.
He wouldn't die yet. He wouldn't leave Naruto in this world without him. He wouldn't.
Shoving the keys in his pocket and quickly glancing at the time on his phone, the raven made his way to the last half of chemistry. Not bothering to knock on the door, Sasuke strode into the room; midnight locks slightly damp from the rain, and took his seat at the back of the room.
"Nice of you to join us Mr. Uchiha." Orochimaru said coldly from the front of the class. Sasuke didn't answer. "And where is Mr. Uzumaki?"
Sasuke silently ground his teeth. "He's sick today."
The snake seemed to grin, but from the other end of the room Sasuke could not tell. Did that sick pedo enjoy seeing Naruto suffer or something?? The raven balled his fists.
He probably did.
"Your late note?" The pallid teacher asked suddenly.
"Talk to Shizune about it." Sasuke answered icily. He was so not in the mood for this guy.
The class was, and had been for some time now, deathly silent. Waiting for the next move, the next piece to be played…
"Speak to me after class." Orochimaru said impassively. "I hope you don't show your other teachers such little respect." He then turned to the board and continued writing.
Sasuke silently snorted. Like that filth cared an inch about anyone or anything other than himself.
Pulling out his book and a pen, he started to doodle in the back of his book, drawing nothing specific, just rough, haphazard lines and shapes while his mind wandered to Naruto…
BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
The bell signalling the end of class almost made the raven jump, and he coolly placed the book and pen in the bag and proceeded out the door after the rest of the class until a cold hand gripped his upper arm, dragging him back into the now empty room.
Roughly wresting his arm from the teacher's grasp, Sasuke glared into the man's lifeless, golden eyes as he closed the door.
"I thought I asked you to see me after class?" The snake-man said dispassionately.
"What is it then?" Sasuke asked impatiently, crossing his arms with a scowl.
Orochimaru gave a soft tut before placing a pallid hand on Sasuke's arm. The raven pulled his arm away viciously and stepped back.
"You think you can just do whatever you want?" Sasuke snarled softly, "You got another thing coming! I don't care if you are a teacher."
"Such fight…nothing like that delicious blonde…"
Before even he had known it, Sasuke had the snake-like teacher by the throat against the back of the door, squeezing the life from him. Orochimaru grinned and grabbed Sasuke's wrist with bruising force and the raven had to let go or have the limb snapped.
"There is something about that boy…" The snake whispered in his ear, holding Sasuke in place with the fierce grip on his arm as the teen struggled for release. "So absolutely perfect…that neck, his body…tastes so delectable. And he just stood there…and let me."
Orochimaru laughed, a bitter laugh lacking any humour whatsoever and Sasuke almost bit his tongue off in fury. Of course he'd just stand there! That boy was easier to startle than a rabbit! And Sasuke knew for a fact he didn't enjoy it.
"Is this all you wanted? To gloat?" Sasuke growled, pulling back and kneeing the man in the gut, higher than he had originally intended…
The teacher grunted, losing his grip on the teen and staggered slightly. Sasuke shoved his way past him and strode out the door but not before stopping and snarling in a dangerous voice;
"You touch Naruto…brush past him, even look at him and I swear you won't see anything ever again."
Sasuke stormed out of the building absolutely shaking with rage.
The echo of his words danced in his head and he shuddered slightly at how close they were to Itachi's.
"Oh my god…" Sasuke stopped in the middle of the walkway, not even reacting to a student who bumped past him, making the raven lurch to the side. His eyes were unseeing as he remembered a crucial detail he had overlooked.
Sasuke snapped into action and bolted towards his car. Never had he run so fast in his life. His heart was thumping crazily and didn't help any when he forgot he had put his keys in his pocket, resulting in up-siding his bag and frantically searching through the books and odd pens before finally realising.
Spitting out curses at the keys and himself, Sasuke hurriedly swept all the items back in his bag and jumped in the car, almost side-swiping other teacher's and student's cars speeding out. His now soaking midnight bangs glued to his face in messy spikes and the raven brushed them impatiently from his eyes. Water trickled annoyingly down Sasuke's neck, distracting him as he manoeuvred the narrow suburban streets at almost seventy-five kilometres.
He had forgotten. Damn it! He had forgotten the phone call, the fucking phone call!
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"Little brother, long time no talk." Itachi said in that dead voice of his.
"What is it?"
"Just letting you know I'll be home tomorrow."
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Sasuke pounded his fist on the steering wheel. How could he forget something so damned important?! Naruto was in danger. Sasuke just hoped his older brother wasn't home yet.
He had led the lamb straight to the slaughter.
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But even in the midst of chaos, I put my hope in you.
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Silly silly Sasuke!! How could you forget?
Lol a lot of phone calls in this chap ne? Ok…only like two…but it's two more than usual tehe
SOOOOOOOOO sorry the chapter is so short!
I was going to make this one heaps long but I really wanted to end with a cliffhanger : P
The next chap I'll make super long ! promise!
And I'll try not to cliffy it too much heheh I know how you all like that :D
(Reviews make me update faster!!)
Till next time!
RFBR.
