REMORSE IS FOR THE DEAD
CHAPTER 10: CONFIDE IN NO ONE
I miss the old days. I miss the days where I was able to kill a person and not think anything of it. I miss the days where I didn't have to rely on drugs to help me sleep. I miss the days when my emotions weren't going bat shit. But it seems those days are long gone.
As of late, Sasuke was having trouble sleeping. The pills weren't working like they used to, and it frustrated him to no end. He was even taking the pills with alcohol, hoping it would help. It just made him sick. He kept on thinking of different scenarios of what would happen if Naruto got to antsy and told some people that he was hitman. None of them ended happily.
Naruto was also having trouble sleeping. He kept on twisting and turning in bed, trying to get comfortable, but it was to no avail. So, Naruto did what he thought was most logical. He grabbed a bottle of Nyquil and took a large swig of it. Thirty minutes later, he was sleeping like a baby.
Sasuke on the other hand was having a serious case of insomnia. He finally got up and exited his apartment and began to knock on Naruto's door. He waited for a second or two then knocked once more. Sasuke began to worry.
"What if he ran off and told someone? Or what if he killed himself? Or what if……?" He thought of all the different 'What ifs' and finally he decided to pick the lock and check in on the blonde.
As he slowly and quietly snuck into the blonde's apartment, he heard some very loud snoring. He silently walked to Naruto's bedroom to find the blonde sprawled out on the bed in a disorderly fashion.
"Good, he's not dead." Sasuke thought.
He was about to walk out when he heard Naruto stir a bit in his bed. He turned to see Naruto sitting up in his bed looking at the Uchiha.
"Sa-Sasuke? What the hell are you doing in here?" Naruto mumbled.
For a moment, Sasuke was at a loss for words. He finally said, "I, uh, I was checking up on you. I thought I heard something, and it was just you snoring. Go back to sleep."
"Ok." Naruto laid back down and his ridiculously loud snoring resumed.
Sasuke sighed in relief and quickly exited the apartment and went back to his.
"Maybe I'm worried over nothing." Sasuke thought.
Sasuke awoke to his cell phone ringing. He lazily grabbed it and looked at the number. He frowned then answered.
"Hello." He tiredly said.
"Sasuke, how are you? Enjoying your little break?" Came the slimy voice of Orochimaru.
"I was. What do you want?" Sasuke asked in a grumpy manner.
"I just thought it would be nice if we could talk over lunch. Just the two of us." He replied.
"I'm not taking any jobs for a while. I am pretty sure Kabuto informed you about that." Sasuke said.
"This isn't a business meeting Sasuke. I just want to have a man-to-man chat with my favorite hitman. See how things are." Orochimaru said in a strangely friendly voice.
Sasuke sighed, "Since when do like having man to man chats with me?"
There was a brief pause, "Uchiha, don't waste my fucking time. You will meet me at the usual restaurant by twelve-thirty today. You have four hours, don't be late." He finished and hung up.
Sasuke calmly looked at his cell phone and then closed it.
Naruto was staring aimlessly at the cash register at his work. There had only been two customers so far, and his mind was wondering about his future. He wasn't sure what the future had in store for him. He knew Sasuke's secret. He knew of a murder that was ordered by the Akatsuki. He kept wondering if he would be able to live to see another day or if he would be killed before he would reach his apartment. The normal cheerfulness and hyperactivity the blonde usually showed was gone.
"Yo, Naruto. Earth to Naruto." Kankuro was waving his hand in front of the blonde.
"Huh, what?" Naruto mumbled, finally exiting his trance.
"What's with you? You've been spacing all morning. That's not like you." Kankuro said showing concern.
Naruto quickly thought of an excuse, "I'm just tired. The last two nights have been rough. My arm was hurting." Naruto said motioning to his arm in the sling.
Kankuro nodded, "You should ask Kakashi to give you some more time off and let that arm fully heal."
"I'll think about it." Naruto quietly said.
When Sasuke entered the restaurant he saw Orochimaru seated at his usual table. There were two bodyguards sitting at the table next to his. He calmly walked over to the snake like man. Orochimaru looked up from his menu and gave a fake smile to Sasuke.
"So glad that you could join me. Please, sit." He motioned for Sasuke to sit across from him.
"So, what is so urgent that you just couldn't wait to tell me?" Sasuke asked.
Orochimaru grinned, "This is just a friendly chat. Why would you think otherwise."
"Cut the crap. What do you want?"
"My, my, someone is grumpy." The snake like man replied.
"I had a rough night. You do realize I'm on vacation. I only came because you pay well." Sasuke explained.
"About that vacation of yours. How long is it going to last?"
Sasuke shrugged, "Don't know. Until I feel like working again. Why do you care?"
"Well, I need some business taken care of."
Sasuke sighed, "I told you, Kabuto, the Akatsuki, and everyone else that I work for, that I am not doing hits right now. Why the fuck is that such a big deal? If you guys need a hit ask Gaara or some other hitman out there, not me."
"Gaara is to unstable. I want someone I can trust."
"I kill people for a living, how stable is that?" Sasuke replies.
"Ok, enough with the bullshit. I want you to do a hit. I will make it worth your while. I will triple the normal price you ask." Orochimaru said.
Sasuke shook his head, "Do you not understand English? I said no."
Orochimaru's eyes narrowed, "Watch your tone, Uchiha. You will take this hit. I wouldn't want my two men to hurt my best hitman." As he finished his two bodyguards looked over and gave Sasuke the evil eye.
Sasuke briefly looked at them then back at Orochimaru, "I don't mean to be rude, since you are a well paying client but, if your bodyguards touch me I will kill them, then I'll kill you and everyone else in this restaurant to make sure there are no witnesses." Sasuke threatened.
Orochimaru knew Sasuke was capable of doing that and motioned for his bodyguards to stay put. He then pulled out a file and handed it to the young hitman, "Just look at the file. Read it over and then decide. I want to hear your decision tomorrow."
Sasuke grabbed the file and quickly walked out. He didn't want to deal with him anymore.
"Have a nice day!" Orochimaru called out to Sasuke.
Sasuke gave him the middle finger then exited.
"So, did you find anything on that license plate yet?" Jiraiya asked.
"You're not going to believe this, but his name is Sasuke Uchiha. He apparently works as a computer programmer under a different name. Should we give him a visit?" Sai asked.
"Did you even need to ask." Jiraiya said with a smirk.
"He really hasn't up to much, Itachi. I've watched him for two days and nothing really spectacular has happened." Hidan stated in a bored tone while on his cell phone.
"That's fine. I just want him under surveillance for a while. Keep it up and inform if anything new comes up." Itachi said as he hung up.
"But wait! God damnit." Hidan muttered.
Sasuke was calmly cleaning his wide array of weaponry. Making sure he was cleaning all the gunk out of the barrel and adding some gun grease so they would not rust, when he heard a knock on the door.
"It's me, Naruto." Came a voice.
Sasuke went to check the peek hole and saw that it was the blonde. He opened the door and let him in.
"What's up?" Sasuke said casually, as he went back to cleaning his guns.
Naruto was just staring at all the weapons; he couldn't believe all the guns Sasuke had. He then looked over at file that was lying on the kitchen table. Finally he said, "What's that?" Naruto pointed to the file.
Sasuke briefly looked at it then said, "Its my next hit that has been asked of me."
Naruto looked shocked, "I thought you said you weren't taking anymore hits!"
"Keep your voice down. And I'm not taking any more hits. One of my clients was very adamant about me taking this one even though I said no. So I just took it so he would shut up. It doesn't mean I am actually going to take the hit." Sasuke explained.
Naruto looked somewhat relieved, but then said, "Have you looked at it to see who it is?"
Sasuke shook his head. Naruto looked back at the file then walked towards it, "Can I read it?"
"No!" Sasuke shouted.
Naruto jumped a bit at Sasuke's outburst. Sasuke quickly got up and snatched the file off the counter.
"Are you going to read it?" Naruto asked. He was curious to see if he knew the person. Maybe he could go warn them ahead of time.
"Later." Sasuke muttered as he finished cleaning a revolver he had. "Why are you here, Naruto?"
Naruto thought for a second then said, "What made you want to take a break from killing people?" Naruto asked out of the blue.
Sasuke was stunned for a moment. He stopped what he was doing then looked up at Naruto.
"Did you kill someone that just made you feel bad? There has to be a reason why you've been growing a distaste for it." Naruto said.
Sasuke sighed, and said, "About a month ago there was a shooting. A guy named Zabuza and his bodyguards were all killed along with his lover. A young man named Haku."
Naruto's eyes widened in realization, "T-that was you? You killed them? I remember when that was all over the news." Naruto gave a disbelieving chuckle then said, "Wow, they've been looking for the killer and here he is. Why did you kill them?"
"I was paid to. Well, I was paid to kill Zabuza not Haku. H-he just walked in at the wrong time. I couldn't have any witnesses. When I shot him, he told me that he forgave me." Sasuke looked very hurt and upset as he continued, "The majority of the people I kill are scum. Just as bad as the guys that higher me to kill, but Haku, he was different. He was just an innocent guy who had no idea of what was going on. I still think about him. I-I wish I didn't kill him."
Naruto didn't know what to say. How would one go comforting a hitman? He wanted to feel sorry for Sasuke, but at the same time, he has killed copious amounts of people. He even watched him kill a man with his own two eyes. Naruto gulped then said, "Is he the reason why you want to quit?"
Sasuke thought about that for a moment, then nodded. He truly was the reason why he wanted to quit. It was making him feel guilty. Guilty for killing a person who wasn't a criminal or some underworld scum. He was just an innocent person.
Sasuke reached for the file that was supposed to be his next hit. He was thinking that maybe he should just burn it and tell Orochimaru that he can go to hell. But instead he quietly opened it. His onyx colored eyes went wide when he saw the picture of his next target. Then he shut it quickly.
Naruto gave Sasuke a look of concern. He watched as his faced paled when he read the file. Sasuke looked up at Naruto then handed him the file.
"I think you should take a look at this." Sasuke said.
Naruto slowly opened it and was horrified to see a picture of Iruka walking casually down the street.
"Wh-what the hell is this?!" Naruto shouted.
"That's apparently my next target. Does Iruka deal drugs or do illegal gambling? Anything of that nature?" Sasuke asked, his voice held frustration.
"No! He's a fucking teacher! Why would anyone want him killed?" Naruto asked, he could feel tears threatening to fall.
"I don't fucking know, Naruto! Just let me think!" Sasuke shouted.
The Uchiha was pacing the room thinking of what to do. If he didn't take the hit, Orochimaru would cave in and hire someone else. He decided he would give the snake like man a call and ask why he wanted the hit. He had to play it cool though. He had an idea.
Sasuke quickly grabbed his cell phone and dialed Orochimaru's number. The phone rang for a moment then suddenly, "Sasuke, my boy. How are you?" Came an exaggerated cheerful voice.
"Orochimaru, I was looking at the file you gave me."
"And?"
"I've decided to take the hit, but I want to know why I'm going to be killing a teacher?" Sasuke asked.
There was a brief pause then, "Why does that matter to you?"
"Because its one thing killing drug dealers that have pissed you off or killing your employees, but killing some random teacher is going to raise un-wanted news attention, and I don't want to have to deal with that shit." Sasuke explained.
"Point taken. He has been upsetting a man I do business with. He refuses to let his son pass some college course because he's failing. Because of that his son won't be graduating. We have sent him messages, and even offered him good sums of money but he always declines, saying he should have studied instead of partied. So, instead of wasting time and money on him I thought we could just kill him." Orochimaru said in an uncaring tone.
Sasuke gave a worried look towards Naruto. Naruto was looking at Sasuke mouthing 'what's he saying'. Sasuke motioned for him to stop then said, "Very well. I will hold you to the fact that you said you would triple my pay for this hit."
"Of course. I take care of my people." Orochimaru hissed.
"I'm not one of your people." Sasuke said as he hung up.
"Well? What the hell is going on?" Naruto asked.
Sasuke sat down on his couch and gave out a tired sigh, "Iruka is failing some businessman's kid."
Naruto waited for Sasuke to say more, but Sasuke didn't say anything else, "That's it? They want him dead because he's failing some kid?!"
"The kid is probably some spoiled kid who always gets what he wants. Apparently he didn't take Iruka's class seriously and is failing." Sasuke explained.
Naruto was speechless, they wanted his foster father dead because he wouldn't pass a kid who didn't deserve it. The man who pretty much raised him, and loved him like his own son is wanted dead by some businessman, "W-we gotta tell him!"
"Calm down, Naruto." Sasuke said as he leaned his head back on the couch.
"Calm down?! They want Iruka dead! He did nothing wrong! We have to warn him!"
"Warn him of what, Naruto? I told Orochimaru I would take the hit, so that means no one is going to be going after him except for me." Sasuke explained in a lethargic manner.
"Y-you're going to kill him?" Naruto asked.
Sasuke rubbed his temples, "Did you not hear a fucking word I said to you? I told him I would take the hit so no one would go after him. I'm not going to kill him, Naruto, Jesus, why don't you fucking listen."
"No need to get snippy." Naruto pouted.
"Is this the place?" Jiraiya asked.
"Yup. I believe his apartment is on the second floor." Sai said.
"Do you think he might have any info on his brother?" The older agent asked.
"Not sure, they might not even be related." Sai said.
"Oh bullshit. They looked almost identical." Jiraiya said as he exited out of the car.
Sai followed suite and the two began to walk towards the apartment complex. Little did they know, they were under the scrutiny of the Akatsuki.
Hidan was on full alert as he saw two FBI agents pull up. He recognized them. The older one was always on their case. He wondered what they were doing here. He began to worry as he watched them enter the apartment complex. The only person he knew they could want would be Sasuke. He quickly grabbed his cell phone and made a call that would set off a chain of destructive events.
Naruto and Sasuke were debating about what to do when suddenly there was a knock on the door. The two froze and Sasuke quickly gathered his arsenal and stuffed them in his closet. He quickly grabbed his forty-five.
"Naruto, check who it is." Sasuke whispered.
"What? Why me?" Naruto whined.
"Just do it." Sasuke commanded.
Another knock came along with a voice saying, "Sasuke Uchiha, we would like to have a moment of your time."
Naruto looked through the peephole and saw two men dressed in nice black suits.
"Get the door." Sasuke said as he fled to his room.
"What?!" Naruto cried out.
"I have an idea, now answer the fucking door." Sasuke demanded as he closed his bedroom door.
Naruto took in a deep breath as he slowly opened the door. He was greeted with an FBI badge shoved in his face. He paled as he saw the badges. The two agents had a look of confusion on their faces as they saw a blonde haired, blue eyed young man looking right back at them.
"Uh, is this the residence of Sasuke Uchiha?" Asked the younger agent.
"Y-yes. Can I ask what's going on?"
"We just wanted to have a chat with him. Can we come in?" The gray haired agent asked.
Naruto debated whether or not to let them, but decided to let them in. The two agents calmly walked in and eyed the place.
"Is Mr. Uchiha in?" The young agent asked.
"Yes, he's, uh, he's in his bedroom." Naruto stated, "Have a seat while I go get him."
The agents obliged and sat on the couch. Naruto was about to walk into the bedroom when Sasuke burst out of the bedroom wearing only a towel around his waist. His hair was wet. Naruto was surprised to say the least.
"S-Sasuke, you have guest." Naruto said in a shocked tone.
"Oh, so we do. Thanks for getting the door sweety." Sasuke said in a very fruity voice. He walked up and gave Naruto a kiss on his cheek. Naruto in turn blushed like mad, but caught on to what Sasuke was doing.
"Y-your welcome, baby." Naruto said without any conviction in his voice.
"Sorry that I couldn't get the door, you two. Would like some coffee or tea?" He asked with a big smile. The two agents looked very uncomfortable.
"I'm good, thanks." The young agent said.
"Same here." The gray haired agent said.
"Ok then. So, what did you gentlemen want to talk about?" Sasuke asked cheerfully as he sat down. The two agents could almost get a clear view of his 'goods' under the towel. They both quickly looked at Sasuke's face, "Oh, sorry about the towel, I just got out of the shower."
The gray haired agent cleared his throat, then said, "No problem, sorry for bothering you but we just wanted to talk to you for a moment. I am Senior FBI agent Jiraiya and this is agent Sai. We've been working on cases against the Akatsuki. Do you know who they are?"
Sasuke gave a brief nod, "They are that crazy group of gang members right?"
"Kinda, they are an organized crime group. One major member of the group is named Itachi Uchiha. Are you related to him by any chance?" Jiraiya asked, keeping a close eye on Sasuke's reaction.
"Itachi? Yes, he's my older brother, but I haven't talked to him since I graduated high school." He lied.
Naruto cautiously sat next to Sasuke but kept his distance. He was surprised once more when Sasuke put an arm around him and held him closer, "No need to be shy, Naruto, sweety."
To say that Naruto felt awkward was an understatement. He was a straight man, and he was pretty sure that Sasuke was too, but even if he was acting, Naruto had to admit he was good at it. The two agents shifted uncomfortably.
"So you haven't heard from him in quite some time, is that correct?" Sai asked.
"Yes. Once he found out I was gay he didn't want anything to do with me." Sasuke said acting sad.
"Well, sorry to hear that. But if he does contact you don't hesitate to give us a call." Jiraiya said as he handed Sasuke a card, "That's my number so give me a ring if you hear anything."
"Will do sir. It was nice meeting you two, especially you." Sasuke winked at Sai.
The two agents quickly left the apartment and as Sasuke shut the door he dropped his fake smile, "Jesus, I thought they would never leave."
Naruto stared at Sasuke with a look of disbelief on his face.
"What?" Sasuke muttered.
"I can't believe you did that. They think I'm gay!" Naruto shouted.
"They think I'm gay too, big fucking deal." Sasuke said nonchalantly as he walked back to his bedroom.
"And how did you shower so fast?!"
"I didn't, I just got my hair wet. I bet this little talk they had didn't quite go the way they hoped." Sasuke said with a slight smirk.
"You realize you kissed me?! Now I'm going to have to sterilize my fucking cheek. They probably saw your cock and balls too!" Naruto ranted.
"Naruto, calm down. Its not a big deal. We have other problems to worry about, like Iruka." Sasuke reminded Naruto.
Naruto shut up instantly then spoke up, "What are we going to do about that?"
Sasuke sighed, then said, "I have an idea, but it's going to be messy."
"Well, that was a waist of fucking time." Jiraiya whined.
"God that was horrible. I saw his nuts." Sai muttered.
"I can see why Itachi disowned him." Jiraiya said.
"So, back to the drawing board?" Sai asked.
"Yeah." Jiraiya said with a sigh of defeat.
Hidan quickly put out his cigarette when he saw the two FBI agents walk out of the apartment complex. He picked up his cell phone once more and dialed a number.
"Are they still there?" Came the voice of Itachi.
"They just left the building." Hidan said.
Itachi sighed, then said, "Do what you must. We can't take any chances, especially now. The boss would say the same. And Hidan, make it….painless."
"Will do." Hidan said as he hung up.
"Alright, first things first. Do not tell Iruka what's going. I can take care of this. Problems like these are only solved through violence. Negotiations aren't going to be accepted at this point. We'll go visit Iruka and make sure he's alright. Lets go to my car." Sasuke explained.
Naruto nodded and followed. Despite how scared he was, he was more afraid for Iruka's life. The poor guy didn't even know he was on someone's hit list. As the two reached the parking structure a car pulled up fairly close to them.
Hidan followed Sasuke and his blonde haired friend. He didn't know who the blonde was but he didn't care. He watched them exit the apartment complex and make their way towards the parking structure. Their car was on the bottom floor underground. He had an Ingram sub-machine gun locked and loaded, ready for the kill. He came up close to them and rolled down the window.
Sasuke noticed the car as well. His went wide with horror as the window rolled down and he saw an automatic weapon being pointed at him and Naruto. He quickly pushed the blonde behind another car for cover as the gun opened fire on the two. Sasuke quickly dived behind the car that Naruto was seeking shelter from and quickly withdrew his forty-five from his holster.
The deafening sound of automatic gunfire echoing through the parking structure was all that Naruto could hear. The bullets were tearing through the car, some almost hitting the duo. Finally, Sasuke heard a noise he had wanted to hear. The sound of an empty gun. He quickly stood up and opened fired on the attacking car. The car quickly sped away, trying to keep out of the line of fire. Sasuke then shout out the front left tire of the car causing it to smash right into a wall.
"Stay here, Naruto. Don't you fucking move from this spot." Sasuke said, his voice full of anger. Not towards Naruto though.
As Sasuke walked towards the crashed car he put in a new clip for his gun. The front door opened and coughing could be heard. A man slowly stepped out and stood up. Sasuke, in his anger, aimed his gun and fired three shots in the mans abdomen, causing the man to scream in pain and fall over. Naruto flinched when he saw Sasuke open fire on the man. As Sasuke got closer he got a good look at his attacker and he almost threw up when he saw who it was.
"H-Hidan?! What the fuck is going on?!" Sasuke shouted.
Hidan didn't say anything; he just made gurgling noises as he choked on his own blood. His eyes wide with pain and horror. Sasuke in his frustration grabbed Hidan and put him back in the front seat of the crashed car.
"W-w-what are…….you doing Sasuke." Hidan panted out.
"Getting rid of evidence." Sasuke said as he pointed his gun at Hidans face and shot him.
Sasuke quickly ran to his own car and was searching frantically in the back seat for something. When he found it he quickly ran back to where the crashed car and Hidan's body were. In Sasuke's hands were a small bottle of lighter fluid and some matches. He coated Hidan's body in the lighter fluid and some other parts of the car as well. He lit a match and stood back as Hidan and the car caught fire. On his way toward Naruto, he picked up all the bullet casings that came from his forty-five and put them in his pocket. He ran over to Naruto and quickly shoved him in his car and started the ignition. He drove as fast as he could out of the parking structure and onto the street.
"Fuck! Motherfucker! I can't believe this fucking bullshit!" Sasuke screamed as he hit his steering wheel.
Naruto was still in a state of shock. He was just shot at and once more witnessed Sasuke killing someone.
"I'm going to kill that motherfucker! I can't believe this! Fuck!" Sasuke kept shouting.
"S-S-Sasuke, w-what the h-hell was that?" Naruto stuttered.
Sasuke glared at the blonde briefly then looked back at the road.
"That was an attempted hit on me! By the Akatsuki no less! I work my ass off for them and this is how they repay me?! They are dead, they are so fucking dead!" Sasuke yelled.
"Sasuke." Naruto said.
"What?!"
"I think I'm going to throw up."
Authors note: What will happen? Will Iruka be ok? Will Sasuke and Naruto be ok? Find out next chapter! Hey everyone! I finally updated! Sorry it took so long. Things have weird lately. I also had a horrible case of writers block. I made this chapter extra long to make up for long update time. Hope you all liked it. I've been promising action so here it is. Or at least some action. I also added in some humor, thus the whole Sasuke acting gay to throw off the FBI dudes. I've been having a lot of yaoi requests for this fic so there was a tad of it for all you yaoi lovers. Hoped you liked it. As for any pairings, I am still divided. I've had many requests for a yaoi pairing, many for a straight pairing and many for no pairings. I don't know if you all would want me to do that because I have never written a pairing based fic before. So if I do it might be really shitty or cheesy. I am still open to ideas. Oh and again reviews caffeine to me, I need them!