Hey all!
Here is chapter 10!
To be honest I never thought i would come this far with a story, so I'm quite glad.
Thanks for all the nice revieuws for the previous chapter :)
No real warnings yet. the next one will maybe a lemon though.
Yaoi(boyxboy)
Previous chapter:
Naruto talks with Tsunade about his homecoming. Tsunade now knows he plans to destroy Konoha together with the Akatsuki and even Sasuke and Orochimaru are coming to Konoha.
Chapter 10:
First arrival at Konoha! ( Orochimaru and Sasuke)
Near Konoha:
Orochimaru stopped and Sasuke almost bumped into him, cause he wasn't paying any attention to where he was going.
Orochimaru turned around and rose an eyebrow at the young Uchiha. He then grinned.
"What's wrong g, Sasuke-kun?" He asked teasingly, already knowing the answers.
Sasuke glared angry at the elder.
"You don't care anyway, so I have no reason to tell you".
"My, my, Sasuke-kun. Are we in a bad mood?" Orochimaru teased and chuckled after the glare darkened even more.
"And my mood will get much worse if you don't start walking again." Sasuke almost growled.
Orochimaru chuckled.
"Yeah, a bad mood."
"Shut the hell up, Orochimaru!" Sasuke screamed.
Orochimaru grinned again.
"Now, now. Don't you know where we are, Sasuke-kun?"
Sasuke was shocked and looked around, noticing that he was already in the woods near Konoha. He hadn't been paying any attention to where they were.
Sasuke sighed. "I don't know we were this close already."
"I don't stop without a reason, Sasuke", Orochimaru said this time more serious.
Sasuke chuckled. "I should have known that of course."
"Your thoughts were somewhere else, I suppose?"
Sasuke forced a sad smile.
"Naruto."
Orochimaru chuckled. 'He still loves that Kyuubi kid? Even if the boy doesn't love him? Don't know if that's beautiful or just… desperate?'
"Sasuke-kun?" Orochimaru said softly.
Sasuke looked up at the elder.
"What will you do when you find out he doesn't love you?"
"He loves me. I'm certain of it. We were always good friends and rivals, before we became lovers, but he always loved me. That hasn't changed one bit".
Orochimaru noticed he was trying to say it out loud to make him believe his own words, but Orochimaru knew it had sounded fake. Sasuke knew that Naruto didn't love him anymore and it looks like it hurts the raven more than he let through.
"Let's go to Konoha, Orochimaru." Sasuke said then, not wanting to think about what the truth really was.
"Hai, Sasuke-kun" And Orochimaru turned around walking in front of the young Uchiha.
Sasuke closed his eyes, trying to keep all his emotions at bay, but failing.
A small tear streamed down his cheek and he wiped it away with his hand, opening his eyes he noticed that Orochimaru was already walking ahead and walking further away, not noticing that he left Sasuke behind.
Sasuke smiled a bit. Naruto was the only one who had cared about him and now he knew that no one cared if he stayed alive or not. He even got a feeling that there were people planning his death. For what he had done to Naruto.
Sasuke sprinted to make sure he didn't lose sight of Orochimaru and found him waiting at the gate of Konoha, where he already was talking to 2 Konoha ninja's.
'I wonder how this all would end? Orochimaru? Even Tsunade? The Akatsuki? And of course… Naruto? Naruto. I still love you'.Sasuke briefly thought.
Sasuke stopped next to Orochimaru and looked at the two ninja's, who stared at him in slight disbelief.
"What do you two want here?" One of the ninja's then finally asks.
Orochimaru grinned slightly.
"We had an appointment in Konoha, with the Hokage. I'm sure she told you we were coming?" Orochimaru rose his eyebrow slightly, thinking that she hadn't told anyone about this. She wanted to keep it a secret for all the villagers, for their safety.
"We don't know anything about it, so.."
"Wait", a voice screamed.
The two ninja's turned around to see Shikamaru coming their way.
Shikamaru stopped between them and watched Sasuke intently.
"They have indeed an appointment, but don't tell anyone else of this matter."
"Hai", they both said.
The Konoha ninja's stepped aside, to make room for the 2 missing-nins.
"Orochimaru, Sasuke. Please if you will follow me, to meet with the Hokage-sama."
"We will", Orochimaru said politely.
Sasuke just gave a small nod, not knowing what to say anymore, now he was back in Konoha, seeing all his old friends again.
Shikamaru gave a small nod, before turning around and sprinting away, jumping on the roof, so the villagers wouldn't notice.
Orochimaru and Sasuke silently followed his example.
When they came by the Hokage tower Shikamaru stopped.
He then looked at both of them, before opening the window and jumping inside the room.
The Sannin and Sasuke followed him again.
When they were inside they noticed that Tsunade was already waiting for them, cause she sat down in the small sofa in the room.
Orochimaru walked past the desk and up to Tsunade, who looked up towards both of them.
She sighed and smiled.
"It's been a long time, hasn't it? Orochimaru, Sasuke?"
Orochimaru grinned, noticing she was worried about something, so she knew more about the situation that was going to happen.
"It has. But let's get to the point, Tsunade?"
She smiled.
"Okay let's. I have heard several unnerving things though. I want confirm if they are true. So let me ask you tow some questions first."
"Go ahead." Orochimaru said, knowing it was about the Kyuubi kid.
Sasuke also walked further in the room, so he could see the Hokage better. She looked kind of tired he then noticed and knew something bad may be happening.
Shikamaru just stood by the wall, close by the door. There weren't any other people in the room, cause Tsunade wanted to talk about this alone with Orochimaru and Sasuke. The only one who could stay and was permitted to stay had been Shikamaru, cause he was clever enough to maybe get a good solution for all their problems.
"What happened between Sasuke and Naruto, after you kidnapped him? We told you to bring him back here. Not keeping him as toy." Tsunade stated.
Orochimaru sighed, which was shocking for all the other people in the room.
"That's a long story, but you see Sasuke still loves Naruto, so he wanted to keep him. That's the short version, okay".
"We asked to and gave you the mission to bring him back to Konoha. Not keeping him and also resulting to let him escape." She asked kind of angry.
"Yeah. We would have brought him back if he wanted, but to be honest. He never asked about going back to Konoha?" Sasuke stated.
Tsunade then looked towards the young Uchiha.
Orochimaru turned around angry at the other.
"You were not permitted to say anything, remember, Sasuke-kun?" Orochimaru said with a slight angry hiss.
Sasuke closed his eyes, facing the truth. Naruto didn't love him anymore.
"What do you mean, Sasuke?" Tsunade asked at the Uchiha, cause he knew more about Naruto right know then anyone else.
Sasuke looked towards Tsunade and then towards Orochimaru, who still looked kind of angered.
"He never asked about Konoha. He haven't said a word about it. Normally it would have been normal, but it's Naruto. If he isn't talking about his hometown, then something is wrong. Now please tell me what you know, Hokage-sama? Cause I know you know more about this situation."
Tsunade sighed, closing her eyes briefly.
"Yes, Sasuke. I know more now. But I don't want to face the terrible truth. Cause it can't get nay worse than right now."
"What do you mean, Tsunade?" Orochimaru asked wondering what was so wrong.
Tsunade looked up towards both of them, when she looked at Sasuke she noticed he cared about him deeply and he felt guilty.
"You still care for him, Uchiha?"
Sasuke was taken aback by this question.
Sasuke looked out of the window. He saw Konoha, how beautiful it was and how beautiful his time with Naruto had been. He had been so blind though.
"I will always love him, even if he never will love me back." Sasuke said softly.
Tsunade smiled softly.
"You will do anything to get him back, right?"
"Get him back?" Sasuke asked wondering what she meant.
"He really joined the Akatsuki, Sasuke".
Sasuke stepped backwards, shocked. He couldn't believe what she just said.
Shikamaru looked at the expression of the Uchiha, it was complete shock. Sasuke really loved him. That was proof enough.
Orochimaru looked at Tsunade, seeing if she lied, but her face was readable and she didn't lie at all. Orochimaru then looked at Sasuke who just stepped backwards.
"That can't be". Sasuke said softly, not believing it, but everything fell at place right now.
* Flashback:
"Naruto?"
Naruto turned around, smiling brightly.
"Hai, Sasuke?"
"Where have you been tonight?"
Naruto was shocked by this and looked down at his feet.
"Naruto?"
"Sasuke. I was out."
"Yeah. I knew that much. Cause you weren't in bed when I woke in the middle of the night."
Naruto looked up at Sasuke.
"I couldn't sleep Sasuke."
"You couldn't sleep? Then why did you leave the house, cause you were nowhere to be found?"
"I'm having nightmares. The only way to stop them is going outside, towards a peaceful place." Naruto smiled sadly.
"A peaceful place? Like where would that be?"
Naruto smiled brightly. And walked towards Sasuke.
"It's a secret, Sasuke. Only I know that place."
Sasuke grinned. "Then take me to this place of you".
"What! No. I can't. Sasuke"
"Why not, Dobe?"
Naruto closed the distance between them until their lips almost touched, but then Naruto moved his direction towards his ear.
"It won't be a secret anymore if I tell you where it is". Naruto whispered softly in his ear.
Sasuke grinned and kissed Naruto hard on his lips.
Naruto moaned softly but then pulled back.
"I got to go to the market, Sasuke."
Sasuke grinned, knowing the blond was about to leave to the market, when he asked his question.
"Bye, Bye, Sasuke. I will be back in thirty minutes, I think".
"Bye". Sasuke said. "Dobe." Knowing the other couldn't hear the last word anymore.
Sasuke closed his eyes. Something wasn't right.
How much nightmares did Naruto get, cause this week was almost over, but he hadn't been in bed for 5 days.
Sasuke knew it was an lie. And the chakra signature that Naruto carried around with him, it seemed so familiar. Even the smell was familiar. What could it be though?
* End Flashback
Sasuke looked towards Orochimaru who looked slightly worried about his state.
"What is wrong, Sasuke-kun?" Orochimaru asked softly.
Sasuke turned around, he banged his hand angry at the wall.
"How could I have been so blind?" Like a mantra he kept repeating the sentence, until he finally calmed down.
"Please say to me, if I'm wrong, Hokage-sama?" Sasuke asked softly.
He then turned around, watching the Hokage.
"Just ask your question, Uchiha?"
"Who did Naruto meet in the middle of the night? Was it someone from the Akatsuki?"
Shikamaru watched intently as he noticed that the Uchiha had known it much longer, but only now he knew who.
"Hai, your correct Sasuke." Tsunade said softly.
Orochimaru looked at Sasuke also understanding what this meant.
Sasuke looked slightly angered, now knowing that Naruto had cheated on him, form the very beginning. He saw the innocent smile, the acts that were all lies. Everything in his life had been a lie thanks to Naruto.
"Was it Uchiha Itachi he met?" Sasuke asked, his voice betraying his anger.
Tsunade smiled softly.
"Hai, Sasuke. It was Itachi he met".
"How long have you known this?" Sasuke asked, wondering about it.
"We already knew it, when you two were still together." Tsunade stated.
Sasuke closed his eyes, that were filled with anger, grief and hurt.
"I can't except this, even though I have seen the signs in his behaviour. I won't accept this until I hear it from Naruto."
"Then you won't have to wait long, Sasuke". Tsunade said
Sasuke and Orochimaru both looked slightly wondered at Tsunade.
Tsunade smiled.
"He will be coming back to Konoha. He said you used him and he escaped back to the Akatsuki, but that's part of the truth."
"What's the other part?" Orochimaru asks.
"Naruto is planning to destroy Konoha". Tsunade stated.
"What!" Sasuke asked shocked.
"He is going to be escorted here by Akatsuki members. And we all know how much Naruto hates Konoha." Shikamaru said.
Everyone looked at him.
"Shikamaru is right, I'm afraid." Tsunade said.
Sasuke shook his head with eyes closed.
"This just can't be happening. The Naruto we knew was just one big act after all." Sasuke said still not believing it.
"Tsunade, do you know which members will come with him?" Orochimaru asked.
"Hai, we know."
"Please tell me the names, as former member, maybe I can help you get ready for the fight."
"You will help us?" Tsunade asked kind of wondered.
"Of course we will." Orochimaru grinned. "I can't wait to see the Akatsuki destroyed."
Tsunade gave a small nod their approving their help.
"There will be four members and Naruto. The first one to come with him is Tobi."
Orochimaru looked at her not knowing who this Tobi was. So she continued.
"Then there is Deidara."
Orochimaru nodded slightly. "We can handle him, he is still young and not so strong."
"Please let Shikamaru know more detailed information, for now I just name them, okay".
"I agree." Orochimaru.
"Then we proceed, the third one is Pain".
Orochimaru hissed slightly. Tsunade looked at him, wondering what this meant.
"A very strong opponent. Very dangerous. He is the leader of the Akatsuki." Orochimaru said.
"The leader?" Shikamaru asked, not believing the leader himself would come.
Tsunade also was shocked and knew that this was information they maybe needed. Then there was a chance that Konoha could survive.
"Then there is one last person." Tsunade said softly.
"Who is it?" Orochimaru asked, noticing Tsunade was worried about this last person.
She closed her eyes.
"Uchiha Itachi".
She opened her eyes to see Sasuke glaring at her, challenging her to take her words back.
Orochimaru chuckled softly.
"Interesting combination. That were all I presume?"
"Hai. That were all".
Sasuke sighed.
"This will be my chance to get Naruto back and kill Itachi". Sasuke said.
Everyone looked at him he was grinned madly.
"I just hope Konoha won't be destroyed." Tsunade said softly.
Shikamaru sighed.
"We can only hope that Naruto comes to a revelation that what he is doing is wrong."
Sasuke looked at both of them.
"I will make sure he comes back. Even if it's going to be my death." Sasuke said.
Everyone looked at him and Sasuke thought:
'Naruto, please just listen to me, one last time, before I die. I want you to know I care deeply about you. Even though I never showed it. I'm very sorry… Naruto. Please accept my love one last time, before I am killed by Itachi or maybe… even killed by you.'
While at the same time Tsunade thought:
'Maybe you are our last hope, Sasuke. Maybe you can break through Naruto's shield, which we couldn't break. But if he loves Itachi… I know we can't win. They will destroy Konoha, even if they were with just the two. I'm sure he trained Naruto well… And beside what can you do about true love?'
Orochimaru looked at all of them. They were lost in their own thoughts, mostly would be about Naruto. Orochimaru grinned thinking:
'Naruto hm? Wonder what drives him. Maybe love? He can't love Sasuke if he loves Itachi though. Friend or Foe? Do we even know anymore who is friend or foe? Somewhere we all crossed the line and now a good friend had become a dangerous foe and two dangerous foes had become allies, maybe even friends again.'
Orochimaru looked at Tsunade. 'Yeah, we were friends once, and now maybe we are friends again. Don't know anymore what drives me to help them, but I want the Akatsuki destroyed, so maybe that's my only reason to help them? Maybe after that and Konoha still exist, then I will once again attempt to destroy it. Turning friends into foes…once again.'
Next chapter:
Second arrival! The Akatsuki!
End of chapter 10!
Hope you all liked it again :)
Till the nesxt one!