Chapter Ten
Itachi awoke to the delicious smell of breakfast, he remained still and quiet as he heard Naruto rattling around the room, he seemed to be making an awful lot of noise for a simple tray of breakfast. He felt the bed dip and a warm breath against his shoulder; a hand snaked around to his front caressing his stomach and chest in feather light touches. He suppressed a smile as a cheek and nose were dragged over his shoulder to the back of his neck; he shuddered lightly as a tongue flicked out to lap at his neck and that questing hand moved to his side to caress his ribs; he involuntarily jerked away from the tickling touch. Forcing his muscles to relax again in feigned sleep, expelling a breath he appeared to settle back into deep sleep. He was lightly jostled as movement shifted from his back to his front; cool air raised goose flesh over his skin as the covers were pulled back. He cracked an eye as he felt soft downy hair brush against his chest, then stomach; he observed the golden halo descend lower, he suppressed another shutter as the hair tickled against his thighs, and at the feeling of a hot breath on the tip of his erection. It took all of his self control not to flex is hips forward and push himself into that wet warmth; he let out a soft moan as a firm tongue circled around and over the silken tip. He barked out a shout and his eyes snapped open as teeth gently nibbed at the now glistening tip, sending waves of pleasure down his shaft through his sack and up his spine. "Oh god….fuck," he groaned.
"So you stopped pretending to be asleep, then;" a husky voice muttered before taking the tip of Itachi's erection into his mouth again and sucking on the tip and running his tongue along the underside of the base to his sack where he took both of the soft round balls into his mouth, sucking lighting. He was about to push Itachi onto his back when he was dragged up and flipped onto his stomach; a hand reached under him pulling him onto his knees as Itachi entered him in one smooth thrust. "You're lucky I'm still prepared and lubricated from last night," he panted.
"I could smell the lubricant; you already took care of that, whose pretending now?" Itachi muttered as withdrew to his tip and thrust again, causing the teen to moan. Itachi knew with Naruto being such a tactile person he loved everything about sex and he enjoyed it anyway he could get it but he was always driven over the edge and left screaming, begging for more when he was ridden slowly and deeply.
Naruto tried to push back harder and increase the speed of the thrusts but Itachi held firm, he controlled the depth and speed of the thrusts and he would not allow his demanding hellcat to dictate how he wanted it this time. Itachi had always given Naruto what he wanted, if he begged to be taken hard and fast, Itachi complied; if he rode Itachi slow and gentle, Itachi complied. "Uhhh….fuck…..please faster," Naruto begged. Itachi kept the speed slow, keeping his angle tilted up as he continued to strike Naruto's over sensitised bundle of nerves. "You know, I have observed that you are swearing a lot more lately; have you been hanging around Hidan too much?" Itachi asked.
"Is this really the time to be discussing this?" Naruto panted.
"Just an observation," replied Itachi.
"Yeah? Well I've observed that you are not fucking me faster like I asked, just an observation!" Naruto moaned.
Itachi kept his thrusts slow and deep, Naruto's breathing became erratic and he clenched the sheets in his fist, throwing his head back; he released a shout of pleasure when Itachi reached around gripping his erection pulling on it in slow long strokes in time with his thrusts, "please……please make me come, I think I'm about to die," Naruto groaned between breathes.
Itachi slid his other hand across Naruto's sweat slicked torso to fondle the firm buds of his nipples, causing the blonde to scream and pant. Naruto mindlessly began to push back faster again, groaning and panting; this time, Itachi complied and increased the speed of his thrusts and hand. "Oh fuck….I'm coming……I'm coming hard;" Naruto screamed. His body convulsing and shuttering from the impact of his orgasm, his sex continued to buck in Itachi's hand; his quivering passage milking Itachi with every thrust. With one last thrust, Itachi buried himself deep within Naruto and came, his body shaking from the force of his orgasm; he held Naruto in position as the lingering effects of his orgasm faded. He pulled out of his lover, turning him around to take him a hard passionate kiss, pushing his tongue into Naruto's mouth, groaning as Naruto returned the heated kiss. "I love the feeling of you coming inside of me," Naruto moaned against his lips before taking him in another heated kiss forcing his tongue into Itachi's mouth.
After showering and changing, Itachi in his Akatsuki black combat clothing, with his cloak folded at the foot of the bed and Naruto in black trousers with a blood red cotton kimono top that had Uchiha symbols embroidered around both sleeve.
Itachi sat next to Naruto on the sofa overlooking the Zen garden eating breakfast; all the noise he had heard had been Naruto placing trays of food around the sitting room area; Naruto had cooked everything from basic tofu miso to pancakes with a mango and cream cheese filling. He had caught Naruto looking him over with a worrying look a number of times since his return; he knew he had lost weight during Naruto's absence and was aware that Naruto was fattening him up. He had to admit to himself that he enjoyed Naruto taking care of him; he had never had anyone who did this for him before and it gave him a sense of peace to think that he had someone now who would look out for him and protect him as much as he protected them.
"I don't understand why we have to spend so long at Konoha," Naruto complained again, as he placed chicken goza dumplings into Itachi's bowl.
"Madara has received a great deal of requests to move here of late, he wants us to see if any are viable candidates, spies and to check the economic and social welfare of Konoha;" Itachi explained, has he replaced three of the six dumplings Naruto had put in his bowl back on to the serving plate. "I know you don't like the Uchiha compound but it is only for five days; you may be able to spend time with the friends that remain there. I believe Kiba is still seeking approval to move here but Choji and Ino have been rejected again."
Naruto only nodded, what he really wanted was to spend some alone time with Itachi and Konoha was not where he wanted to spend his time; he wanted to go away somewhere, where they could spend their days training, eating, sleeping and fucking. "I was thinking that we could go away for maybe a week when we get back, just the two of us, is there anywhere you would like to go?" Itachi asked as if reading his mind.
Naruto brightened, "I have always wanted to go to the Land of Lightening; I heard it was really beautiful with the mountain forests boarding the sea and hot springs everywhere."
"Land of Lightening it is, I will send a message to Madara and Pein seeking approval to leave for a week when we return;" Itachi replied. "We had better finish packing and get cleaned up; we have to meet Kisame in half an hour."
Gaara walked into the bedroom carrying a tray with a pot of tea for himself and a cup of strong black coffee for Hidan; he placed the tray on the small table nestled between two sofas in the sitting area overlooking the new desert garden Hidan recently established.
He looked up as Hidan walked out of the bathroom drying himself with a soft bronze coloured towel. His immortal body still marred with scars and burn marks from last nights endeavours, the deeper injuries taking longer to heal, as much clean fun as the new chakra technique was, there was nothing like the feel of slick blood running between your fingers, the tang metallic smell of it in the air and the erotic feel of hot arterial spray splash against your chest, they had certainly enjoyed themselves last night.
He didn't want to return to Suna, he wanted to remain with Hidan; he knew he was lucky to find a lover like Hidan, his sexual appetite made it hard to find lovers; he was always scared he would hurt them too much, permanently injure them or accidently kill them; and the thought of taking someone who did not enjoy it was sickening. He believed that his tastes were the lingering result of his demon; the One Tailed Shukaku had been cruel and sadistic. He also noticed similar traits in Naruto, although Naruto did not have extreme kinks, he was a sexual creature as a result of Kyuubi; and his sexual experimentation was only just beginning. Garra looked over his lover again, Hidan's physical appearance alone sent sparks straight to his groin, his slim hard muscled body, white blonde hair and his soft lilac eyes; the fact that he was an immortal masochist left Gaara hard and aching. Gaara secretly enjoyed Hidan's obsessive jealously, it thrilled him to have someone want him so much.
"What are you thinking?" Hidan asked dropping his towel on the floor at the foot of his bed, and walking over to join Gaara in the sitting area. Taking a seat on the sofa, he picked up his cup of coffee, taking a sip he looked over the new garden, he had the garden built for Gaara and also so he could sit and look over it when his beloved oni was away in Suna. He didn't like the thought of Gaara leaving, it made him sick inside with anxiety; what if he decided he didn't want him anymore, what if he found someone else, what if he got hurt and he wasn't there to protect him, what if he just decided that he wasn't worth it and he didn't want to put up with his shit anymore.
"I was thinking that I was very lucky in having you come into my life and that I love you very much; and that you should not worry, I will always want you," Gaara told him.
Hidan's stomach unclenched, relaxing slightly he sat back sipping his coffee; "I will miss you," he said.
"We can make this work, you should be able to get more time off now that there are new members in the Akatsuki;" Gaara said. "I brought you a going away gift."
"Can I have it now?" Hidan asked sitting forward.
"No, finish your coffee, I want you over your morning grumpiness;" Gaara said with a smile.
Gaara moved a chair into the centre of the room and told Hidan to sit, "How are you going to fuck me while I'm sitting?" Hidan asked.
"Shut up and sit," Gaara ordered him. Gaara watched as Hidan sat as instructed, "feet a little wider," Gaara told him as he walked to his pack and pulled out a box wrapped in bright blood red paper with a dull silver bow. "I thought about your present when I took you on your hands and knees in your room here, with your knees bruised and bloody from your wooden floor."
Gaara handed the box to Hidan who ripped off the bow and paper, flipping the lip off the box he looked inside, a wide smile running across his face, his breath caught; "my….you do spoil me….play with me now!" Hidan stated as he pulled a heavy duty upholstery staple gun out of the box and handed it to Gaara.
Gaara took the staple gun and knelt down in front of Hidan, running his cheek over his lover's knee and thigh, looking up into those innocent lilac eyes that always seemed to undo him; "I love you," he whispered as he pressed the gun down and pulled the trigger, stapling Hidan's second toe to the floor.
Hidan's gasp, "oh fuck…..oh fuck…..I hope you brought an extra packet of staples;" he moaned his eyes clouding in pleasure.
Gaara swapped the gun into his other hand, pressing down he pulled the trigger, stapling Hidan's second toe of his other foot to the floor. Looking down he smiled as he watched Hidan wiggle his toes in anticipation; "more," he heard Hidan groan.
Gaara continued to staple Hidan's toes to the floor, his knees and shins becoming slick with Hidan's blood; leaning forward he press the gun against Hidan's knee cap, taking Hidan into his mouth he ran his tongue along his smooth warm skin and the silken head before relaxing his throat muscles and taking him deep into his throat as he shot a wood staple into his knee cap. Hidan screamed in ecstasy, bowing back against the back of the chair, his head thrown back; Hidan did something he had never dared before, he reached over and ran his fingers through Gaara's soft red hair as he took him deep into his throat again and sent another staple through Hidan's knee cap. "Oh fuck, I'm coming;" he moaned.
Gaara swapped the gun into his other hand, sucking Hidan harder, he increased his speed as heard Hidan struggling from breath; he bit down softly on Hidan as he stapled his other knee cap. Hidan screamed his release, his body lifting off the chair, forcing himself further down Gaara's throat; he slowly came back to reality as Gaara pulled away from him, standing, he leaned over Hidan brushing his lips over Hidan's before deepening the kiss entwining his tongue with his lovers. Breaking away from the kiss, Gaara moved behind Hidan, grabbing him by the hair, he dragged him to his feet and kicked the chair away. Raising the staple gun, he pressed down and pulled the trigger, sending a staple through Hidan's lower vertebra.
Hidan cried out in pleasure as pain ripped up his spine, and the staples in his fractured knee caps scrapped along tendons shooting pain up his legs. He was beginning to harden again as Gaara kept shooting staples up into his spine. "Please…now," he begged. Gaara was the only person Hidan had ever begged; Gaara was the only person Hidan had ever allowed to fuck him. He felt Gaara move away from him and heard the chair being dragged over to him, "hold on," Gaara told him. He grabbed the back of the chair for support as Gaara ran a hand over his shoulders, back and butt; pushing him forward sightly, Gaara entered his unprepared, dry passage in one hard forceful thrust. he groaned as he was steadily taken in hard deep thrusts, god how he loved how Gaara fucked him; everything about his demon was beautiful. "Oh Jashin…..harder," he moaned.
Gaara deepened his thrusts, pulling back on Hidan's hips roughly, making sure his nails dug into the soft flesh. He reached around to firmly tug on Hidan's erection, squeezing the tip roughly. He moaned as Hidan's movement became unsteady, signalling that he was close. Hidan's body trembled against his as he came, his sex bucking and emptying in his hand, with one last thrust he released inside of Hidan. Pulling Hidan to stand up straight, he pulled him back against his body, running his tongue on the shell of his ear, "I will miss you," he whispered.
"I don't want you to leave," Hidan whispered back, "I love you my oni."
After extracting the staples and showering again, they dressed silently; ate breakfast in silence and headed to the front gate so Gaara could meet with Naruto before they both left for the villages they had grown up in. Gaara knew the silent treatment was because Hidan was sulking; as they made their way to the entrance, Hidan pushed a small box at Gaara; he looked down at the unwrapped small wooden box with interest. "Aren't you going to fucking open it," Hidan growled.
Gaara open the box and found an exact copy of Hidan's Akatsuki ring inside, the deep emerald green stone was engraved with 三 the kanji sign for three. Hidan snatched the box from Gaara's hand took the ring out and pushed it onto Gaara left hand index finger; the same that Hidan wore his, "this is so everyone will know who you belong too and won't try to get you into their bed," Hidan explained. "I love you too," Gaara said with a grin.
Jugo met Itachi and Naruto at the front entrance, "your brother left early this morning on a mission to Wave to see if he could gather more information on those murders, he wanted me to tell you, he will try to meet you at Konoha before the week is out." Itachi was told.
Itachi nodded, "you did not go with him?"
"No, Karin and I remained behind, he wished to spend some time with Suigetsu so he may repair their relationship; it is not going smoothly, neither trusts the other." Jugo explained.
Itachi ignored the "pfft, no surprise there," comment from Naruto. "Thank you, how are you fitting in here?" Itachi asked.
"We are doing well, I have been working with Iruka and Sai on relaxation exercises, so I don't tip the scales and become enraged; they are very good teachers." Jugo explained.
Kisame joined them at the entrance, "ready to go?" he asked.
"We just have to wait for Gaara; he is leaving for Suna today and I wanted to say good bye;" Naruto told him.
"It's probably a good thing that we are leaving then, Hidan is going to be in a bitch of mood," Kisame exclaimed.
Naruto watched as Gaara walked toward them with Hidan several steps behind. "I will miss you my beautiful brother," Naruto said as Gaara joined them.
"We will see each other soon, take care of yourself and Itachi," Gaara told him, pulling him into a tight hug.
Naruto pulled back and caught Gaara's lips in a soft kiss, deepening the kiss slightly; he pulled away, "I will miss you," he said. Gaara nodded, they had become so much closer over the last couple of months; they had been brothers before, now they shared a bond that none could ever breach. "Tell me that's not Hidan's come I can taste on you," Naruto whispered. "It's your own fault for sticking your tongue in my mouth," Gaara whispered back. Naruto laughed, pulling Gaara into another quick hug before rejoining Itachi. "Take care; I'll speak to you soon."
Gaara turned to Hidan, "I will send word when I reach Suna, take care, I will miss you," Gaara said stepping forward to kiss Hidan good bye. Hidan pulled back, "I better not taste Itachi on you," he said capturing Gaara's lips in a heated passionate kiss.
Naruto, Itachi and Kisame reached Konoha in just over one and a half hours; Naruto had to admit, it was one of the better jutus's that he had been taught.
"Well if it isn't our old friends Takashi and Goro;" Itachi said as he approached the gate of Konoha.
Both guards spun around staring in horror at Itachi and Kisame in their Akatsuki cloaks; "you are free to enter," they replied quickly backing away from the gate.
They made their way through the streets of Konoha, briefly stopping at a few grocers to purchase fresh food; they were shocked at how little was available for purchase, the vendor pleaded and cried trying to touch Naruto although Itachi and Kisame blocked him, begging for him to come back to the village; to become the Hokage and re-establish trade. Naruto looked at the vendor with contempt, he recognised him; he had refused to sell food to Naruto for the entire time Naruto had lived in Konoha. He had no sympathy for him; he backed the wrong horse and was paying a steep price for supporting Danzo. Naruto walked out the door, allowing Itachi to finish the purchases; he looked around the market area, all stalls were bare, all had minimal to offer and prices were steep. He doubted many could afford to purchase fresh produce.
They entered the Uchiha compound to find the gate guarded by Kakuzu; "has Gaara left," he asked.
"He left this morning," Itachi informed him.
"I'm glad that prick has found someone but he is going to be a bastard to be around over the coming week, makes you glad to be here;" he said about his partner Hidan.
"Any problems," Kisame asked.
"No, news is already buzzing that you are here though, Naruto; we have just doubled our requests for support in the last 10 minutes. Can you believe these cretins, first they want you gone then attempt to kill you, and now that things are worse under Danzo's control, you are seen as the great saviour." Kakuzu said shaking his head in disbelief.
"I am not their saviour, I couldn't give a shit if they rot in hell;" Naruto spat turning around and walking to his and Itachi's house.
"Something I said?" Kakuzu asked.
"No, this place brings up a lot of bad memories for Naruto; he hates coming here," Itachi explained. "We'll catch up for dinner, who is replacing you on guard duty?"
"Deidara, finishes at 1800h; then Sasori comes on; he doesn't like Deidara doing night duties here, the men of the village either think his a woman and attempt to rape him or know his a man and still attempt to rape him. Sasori has started to become viciously jealous like Hidan; no one can approach Deidara without Sasori wanting to kill them." Kakuzu stated.
"Those two are as crazy as each other, with their artsy; you don't appreciate our art bullshit; seriously; he likes to blow shit up, where's the art in that." Kisame said.
"Play nice," Itachi replied, "I'll see you both for dinner." He said as he made his way to his house, he was a little concerned about Naruto; he didn't think it would affect him this much to be here, maybe he should send him back.
He found Naruto staring out into the garden from the rear porch; "do you want to go back to Pebble?" Itachi asked.
Naruto shook his head without turning around, "What do these people want from me?" he asked. "They hated me; they wanted me dead; all my life I have tried to fit in. Now they want me to save them from Danzo; I don't think I have a big enough heart to be able to forgive them and do that."
Itachi approached Naruto on the porch, pulling him back against his chest he wrapped his arms around the teen, placing a light kiss on his temple, "none of us expect you to do that; those most important to you have been saved, your precious ones are safe and well. Madara would probably disown you if you attempted to help Konoha;" Itachi said softly against Naruto's temple. "You have a village to protect and keep safe; and it's not this one."
"Thanks, I needed to hear that;" Naruto said turning around in Itachi's arms, laying his head against Itachi's chest, he wrapped his arms around Itachi's waist. "You keep me sane," he whispered.
A knock at the door made Naruto jump and Itachi laughed, "Powerful shinobi huh," Itachi laughed as he walked to the door to find Deidara standing there with an arm full of scrolls; "these are the support requests for the last week, and this came for Naruto just now;" he said handing over the scrolls.
"Hey, how's it all going?" Naruto asked, coming to the door.
"It would go better if they stopped attacking me, you would think the cloak would scare them off but no, they are too drunk or stupid; they just keep trying their luck. Although now most have stopped outright attacking, they write stupid love poems and leave gifts; which Sasori destroys during the night." Deidara complained.
"They leave you alone after a while, they get sick of getting beaten up every time they try to rape you," Naruto stated taking the scrolls.
Itachi looked sharply at Naruto, he hadn't known this; "they tried to rape you?" he asked.
"Only for a while, first they thought is would be good to get the demon child then they started trying because they thought I was cute; they were sort of slow learners." Naruto explained.
Itachi's anger began to rise, his sharingan activated, "what do you call awhile?" he seethed.
"Um…about ten years; you know that I have always been a target here in one form or another, you are getting all angry about something that happened ages ago; calm yourself and put those eyes away." Naruto told him. "Let's go through these now," Naruto said throwing the scrolls in the coffee table.
Itachi spoke briefly to Deidara before closing the door, and joined Naruto in the sofa; "what did you say to Deidara?" Naruto asked.
"I told him, that he was to swap duties with Sasori and I would be joining him on duty tonight;" Itachi said picking up a scroll and opening it.
"You just want to kill someone," Naruto exclaimed.
"They must learn that we do not tolerate that kind of behaviour," Itachi replied, reading the scroll; "the butcher Luoe seeks permission to move to Pebble."
"No, he use to beat his wife and when she tried to leave, he killed her and made it look like an accident, Danzo vouched for him so he got off;" Naruto explained.
The scroll erupted into flames in Itachi's hand; he then picked up the next. "Kio the florist wants money," Itachi stated.
"She use to throw dead flowers at me every time I walked past her shop," Naruto said. Itachi burnt that one as well. "You can burn this one as well; he just got out of jail for child molestation."
"How about you read and I burn," Itachi said.
Out of all the scrolls only two remained on the table, one that had arrived for Naruto and a request from Kiba to join the Akatsuki, again. "Well," Naruto asked picking up the other scroll, "will Pein let him join?" he asked as he read the scroll in his hand. "No fucking way!"
"Yes he has been allowed to join. What's wrong?" Itachi asked looking over the scroll Naruto handed him. "The bitch actually wants to meet you for tea? Does she want a second go at poisoning you?"
Naruto shrugged, "one way to find out, at least I'll find out how things really are here;" Naruto explained to Itachi.
"Take Kiba, they still think his part of the village," Itachi ordered.
Naruto wrote a quick reply to Sakura while Itachi wrote one to Kiba; both scrolls were taken and delivered by Hiruko one of Sasori's puppets.
Sasuke sighed annoyingly as they left the small tea house where they had stopped for lunch; Suigetsu had been making snide remarks since they left Pebble and he was sick of it. Once they reached the village perimeter Sasuke came to a stop, "Okay, I'm over this, say what you want to say instead of just making ridiculous comments. I know I fucked up, I know I hurt a lot of people, including you, I know I went power crazy, I know you only worked for me, because Itachi asked you too. I am trying to make good; I can't make what happened not happen, all I can do is try to fix what I broke. I can't do that with you constantly bitching at me. So tell me what can I do to make it right?" Sasuke asked.
"You could start with an apology," Suigetsu replied.
"Suigetsu, I apologise for everything I have done to you, I apologise for sending you to fight Itachi, knowing you would be killed; I apologise for treating so badly when all you were doing was looking out for me. Better?" Sasuke asked.
"It's a start," Suigetsu replied with a smile, yes as much as hated to admit it; Sasuke had changed and was no longer the arrogant uptight prick he had been.
"Do you apologise for killing your master?" they heard behind them.
Sasuke and Suigetsu spun around to face the two men who had approached them; "you're dead," Sasuke spat. "I helped bury you."
"You know strangely my friend here and I share similar fates, although I was hit by Kakashi's Lightening Blade and it did stop my heart; being kicked in the chest by one of Gato's henchmen restarted my heart but I lay in a sort of coma. That's when you and your friends buried me alive." The dark haired man answered. "We are looking for Naruto, where can we find him?"
"What do you want with Naruto?" Suigetsu demanded.
"Uh…..Suigetsu, you have something that does not belong to you, grave robber. Give back Zabuza's sword that you stole from his grave and I will kill you."
"Don't you mean or I will kill you," Suigetsu asked.
"No!"
"Haku, please there is no need for us to fight; please tell us why you want to find Naruto?" Sasuke asked.
"Haku do not trust him, he killed Orochimaru."
"Who are you?" Sasuke demanded.
"Sasuke don't, step back; we were told that you had died of your illness Kimimaro;" Suigetsu asked with a bow.
Sasuke frowned at Suigetsu's show of respect, the only person Suigetsu bowed to was Itachi. "You're Kimimaro? You were willingly going to give your body to Orochimaru? I hope your death knocked some sanity into you."
"I was not dead, Gaara and his friend…..loopy fist; failed to check to see if I was alive before they left. I was found by some local village elders and taken in; their medical Jutsu was able to pull the disease from where is had spread and isolated it in my appendix where they placed a seal to contain it there. They were unable to rid me of my disease but they did contain it;" Kimimaro replied.
"Did they manage to unseal your sanity by any chance?" Sasuke asked.
"I am going to kill you." Kimimaro spat.
"Why? Because I killed the snake that wanted to wear you around like a coat; why are you so loyal to him?" Sasuke asked.
"Where is Naruto?" Kimimaro asked calmly.
"We don't know, he left the Akatsuki and disappeared;" Sasuke lied.
"You lie, we know he left but you and your brother retrieved him; where is he being held?" Haku stated.
"I am becoming bored with this, let's get this over with; we have no intention of telling you where Naruto is and you are not going to be happy with that answer; so what do you propose we do?" Sasuke asked mildly.
"We will torture one of you for the answers we seek and ransom the other; guess which ones which?" Haku asked.
"Just take me and let Sasuke go," Suigetsu stated.
"No, Naruto will not come for you, you were once owned by Orochimaru; he would not care if you died." Kimimaro replied. "Sasuke on the other hand; he will retrieve, not because you are friends, we know you are not but because Itachi would want to save you."
"I have no intention of going willingly," Sasuke hissed.
"Yes he does," Suigetsu said looking at Sasuke. "I don't know Haku but I know Kimimaro, he is strong; he will cripple you if he has to, don't fight him. He was Orochimaru's assassin, he is close to indestructible; you will most likely lose."
"We will go without a fight, do not harm Sasuke;" Suigetsu asked.
"For now," Kimimaro answered.
Pein took a seat across from Madara, placing mission request scrolls on the table along with his sketches of the lacquered box and the two teenage boys. He reached over to the tea tray to pour a cup of tea but his hand stopped when he took in the cup of milk coffee sitting on the tray next to the teapot. "Its hazelnut, I thought you may like a change;" Madara stated.
Pein schooled his features before looking up at Madara; "this is a first, what brought this on?" he asked; "did Madara send Zetsu to spy on me, Madara would force me to leave if that were the case," he thought.
"I missed you last night, were you busy?" Madara asked, picking up a mission scroll, fiddling with the red ribbon around it then throwing it back on the pile.
"Yes, I was out gaining information from our spies," Pein replied. "And the coffee?"
"Every now and then you come back smelling like cinnamon and ginger coffee; there is only one place where is served so I was unable to get it for you, will hazelnut do?" Madara asked.
"Yes, thank you; you didn't have to do this;" Pein said. "I have disturbing news, I received this picture from an informant, and he received it from your lacquer ware maker near the Village of Fire;" Pein said handing the picture to Madara.
"Yes, I received a copy from him as well, it seems Orochimaru and Kabuto are not as dead as we had hoped;" Madara stated mildly pouring black tea into his cup, then adding sugar and a splash of milk.
Pein watched nervously, Madara only drank certain black teas and he never took sugar or milk; Madara caught Pein watching him, "traditional afternoon tea, there is only one place you can purchase these outstanding black teas as well; thought I would spoil myself."
Pein nodded nervously, "You going to drink you're coffee?" Madara asked, handing it over to Pein. Pein prayed it wasn't poisoned. "I sent a message to my lacquer ware dealer thanking him for the picture and ordered more scroll seals; he replied stating he just received an order for 100 seals from someone in the Land of Lightening, so my order would take some time, would you know anything about that?"
Pein shook his head, "No, sorry;" he replied.
"No matter, so Orochimaru is back from near death, I figured he would make a return sooner or later; I knew he wasn't dead, just crippled. Sasuke will most likely be a target, we need to guard him a little closer, when he gets back from Wave we will assign Itachi and Kisame to watch over him. We don't know what body he has at the moment, send out a message through our spy network to keep any eye out but do not approach," Madara said sipping his tea. "Anything else?"
"I received a picture of these two, they have been travelling about the area, do you think they are the ones who killed the bandits near Wave?" Pein said handing the picture to Madara.
"Oh my, where did you get this?" Madara asked looking up at Pein from the picture.
"Just an informant," Pein said carefully.
"These two are very powerful, they are both demon hosts; this one," he said pointing to the fragile broken blonde, "deadly, he has full control over his demon and he was the Mizukage from the Village of the Bloody Mist, back when students had to kill their opponent in order to graduate from the academy. He held the title for the youngest Kage before Gaara took over Suna at age 15. The other, not much is known about him, artsy jutsu but deadly jutsu; rumour has it; that his angelic face hides the soul of a monster. I think it best if only you, I, Hidan and Itachi be the ones who approach these two. We don't know who they are working for or what they want, I would rather not have anyone die needlessly."
"Shall we move to mission requests?" Pein asked picking up the first scroll; Madara only nodded sipping his tea. "Would you like me to stay with you tonight?" he asked.
"No, I'm feeling a little under the weather at the moment, I may be coming down with something;" Madara answered, looking at Pein over his tea cup.
"Maybe when you're better then," Pein replied worryingly, Madara never got sick, he was never 'under the weather'; had he been found out? Something had happened to cast doubt in Madara's mind; he was now being shut out, he didn't like this feeling, Madara had always trusted him.
"I received a message from Itachi this morning before he left, he asked if he and Naruto could take some time off after they get back from Konoha, they wish to take a small holiday, spend a little time by themselves; I informed Itachi it would fine for them to take four days off." Madara stated.
"Is that wise, with all this happening around us?" Pein asked.
"There is always something happening around us, I think they both need this time together;" Madara answered.
"Where are they looking at taking their holiday?" Pein asked, not really interested.
"Naruto wants to go to the Land of Lightening, you know, climb mountains, swim in the sea, fuck on the beach; all those things you do on holidays."
Pein almost dropped his cup, he gripped it tight, "there are other places they could go instead of Lightening," Pein stated calmly; looking at Madara, no he would never send Naruto to Lightening if he knew what was there. It was just a coincidence that they wanted to holiday there.
"I don't think there is much changing of minds on that one; Itachi has already sent a letter to a resort, booking accommodation." Madara said.
Pein only nodded, trying to think of ways to stop the holiday, "mission requests?" Madara asked.
Gaara stopped at the edge of the village he had just passed, he had only been travelling for about four hours; looking round he caught Sasuke's chakra, he felt the presence of others but could not see them. He sped forward as he caught movement but was knocked to the ground from the side; his weapon belts were cut away as he tumbled to safety; leaving his gourd behind him. He was suddenly encased in sheets of ice, breaking through, he was knocked to the ground again as branches came out of the ground and held him in place. With horror, he realised that what held him were not branches but bone; he had not been able to break through these before and could not break through them now. He stopped struggling as the bone around his neck tightened, he looked up into the bright green eyes of Kimimaro; "you're dead," he gasped.
"Not as dead as some," he heard before the bone around his neck tightened again and all went black.
Sasuke watched in horror as Kimimaro attacked Gaara, he struggled against his bonds; His arms and legs had been secured, a gag in his mouth prevented him from shouting a warning. He was dazed from hitting his head on a rock while struggling against both Haku and Kimimaro; Suigetsu lay unconscious beside him; Haku wasted no time in subduing him. "We have a better prize, let's get out of here," Sasuke heard.
"You do not wish to kill him?" Haku asked.
"No, I do not want Itachi after us; there will be plenty of time to kill him later," Kimimaro answered.
He began to struggle again, until he felt a sting in his neck; Haku had thrown one of his poisoned needles at him; his vision blurred, he became light headed; he fought the drug to remain conscious. He felt his bonds being cut away and the gag being taken out of his mouth, before he lost his battle with the drug and passed out.
Naruto sat passively in the tea house waiting for Sakura to arrive, he had ordered a pot of hot water with two cups for both Kiba and himself; he slipped the tea that he had brought with him into the pot. He had been warned by Kiba that everything in Konoha was of a poor quality now. "Are you happy to be leaving," he asked.
"Yeah, this is not a safe place any longer, crime is up, people are poor; the village elders are keeping everything that is good for themselves and letting their own people starve. People would leave if they had anywhere to go." Kiba replied. "I should warn you as well, Sakura has changed; she is cold and vicious now, well more than she was before."
Naruto handed a cup of tea to Kiba who sipped it with relish; "Oh god….I don't remember having anything this good in ages; thank you." He exclaimed. They both watched as Sakura walked in to the tea house, she looked worn but she looked as if she had put on some weight.
"I'll wait at the other table," Kiba stated before standing up to leave. Naruto handed him the teapot to take with him; "Thanks," Kiba said with a smile.
Sakura walked to the table and sat down beside Naruto, she shuffled on her seat and moved closer to him; "I needed to apologise for all I have done," she said.
Naruto nodded, "Okay," he said, with a frown, he looked over Sakura; she was dressed in a short figure hugging red dress that clashed with her pink hair; her dress was unbuttoned one button to many and it rode up as she sat back. When Naruto leaned forward he could see her red panties, she looked like a whore; was this what Danzo had done to her? "You wanted to see me to apologise?" he asked.
"Yes, I made such a mess of things, I hurt you so much; I betrayed you, all those afternoon's we had tea together, I was forced to drug you;" she told him, hoping he would believe her lie, she looked him over. He was so beautiful, last time she had seen him, she had been amazed at how attractive he was but close up, wow; all she wanted to do was climb into his lap and ride him.
"Forced?" he asked, waving to a waitress to order more tea, he wasn't about to waste the good stuff on her.
"Yes, Danzo; he told me if I didn't do it, he would kill my mother." She sobbed, as she began to cry, she placed her hand on his knee turning to face him. "This was working out better than I thought it would," she thought. She had been a little worried when she heard he had arrived in the village, she took the chance and sent a message; she was so happy to see Kiba with him instead of any Akatsuki. This would mean he had not returned to them.
"I see," he said, pouring the tea into the tea cups. "Things have been very bad for you then?"
"Yes, he forced me to marry him and he raped me on our wedding night because I refused to give up my virginity to him," she sobbed again moving her hand up Naruto's thigh more; she had to suppress a sigh at the feel of the hard muscle under her hand.
"That is terrible, you are trapped here?" Naruto asked with concern, sipping his tea; trying not to spit it out, it was god awful.
"Yes trapped, do you still have your apartment here?" she asked guessing that was where he was staying while in the village. "She had him," she thought with delight, all she had to do was get him back to the apartment let him fuck her, claim the baby was his and he would take her away and raise the brat as his own; once the kid was born she'd probably skip out on him, leaving him to raise someone else's spawn; or not, she had to admit, Naruto was quite the catch now.
"Why? Did you want to move into it? I don't think that would help you escape," he told her innocently.
"No, I thought we could talk more privately," she told him, moving her hand on his thigh higher, moving it to gently squeeze his inner thigh and rub her pinky finger along his sex. "I was always attracted to you, especially after Sasuke left. I want to be with you;" she panted.
"I don't think that is a very good idea," he said.
"Please, I know I hurt you, I want to make it up to you," she replied rubbing her breast on his shoulder and giving up the pretence of rubbing his thigh, she cupped his sex; "I want you to fuck me," she panted.
"I still don't think that is a good idea," he said.
"Why, I'll suck you off, I'll make you feel good." She groaned. "God, what was it going to take to get him to fuck her," she thought, "he had always been a prude; he probably was still a virgin."
"Well, I don't think it is a good idea, since I know you are lying to me about Danzo forcing you to betray me, I also know that you are pregnant by one of the ROOT members that Danzo makes you fuck, I know you may have a number of sexual diseases from all those ROOT members, how many are there exactly 150. I am not attracted to you in the slightest and the other reason I have no intention of fucking you is; my boyfriend is standing right behind you." Naruto told her.
Sakura spun around to see Itachi looming over her, his sharingan flaring in the dim light, "get out!" he hissed.
Sakura shrieked stumbling from the chair, she ran out the door. Itachi took her seat, pushing the tea pot and cup away; he reached over to feel Naruto's sex. "Just checking," he said.
Naruto laughed, "you really think I would get hard over that? Hardly."
"Did you learn anything?" Itachi asked.
"She's a bad liar; no, nothing that we don't already know. Can we go back now, this place is making me sick," Naruto complained laying his head on Itachi's shoulder.
Sasuke awoke feeling warm, he lay on his side facing a fire, he could smell food; rabbit curry? He raised himself onto his elbow, he vision blurred and his stomach heaved; he had to fight to remain conscious. "You may want to lie back down before you pass out," he heard. Lying back down on a soft blanket he looked over the fire to see a young teen wearing a kingfisher blue robe with yellow ribbon threaded through the sleeve cuffs and a yellow sash around his waist. He had short light brown hair and soft blue eyes. "Where am I?" Sasuke asked, his head was throbbing, his throat was dry, he needed water.
"Just outside of Wave, can I get you a drink?" the teen asked, standing up he moved over to Sasuke, he put a bottle to Sasuke's lips and gently tipped it up so he could drink,. "Better?" he asked.
Sasuke nodded, "How did you get me here?" Sasuke asked, the teen looked small and frail sitting there with his robe tucked around him, his voice was soft and gentle; he did not appear to be a shinobi, he didn't have any weapons and he looked as though even Sakura could beat him. "I have to get a message to the Akatsuki;" Sasuke told him.
"My friend and I took turns in carrying you; you don't weigh much. As for the message, I think we could come to an arrangement;" the teen said.
"Your friend? Where is he?" Sasuke asked, expecting a huge brute to come smashing through the underbrush.
"He has gone into Wave to check out the gossip and bring back supplies. Are you feeling up to eating yet?" the teen asked him.
"No, not yet; my name is Sasuke," he said.
"We know who you are, we want your assistance in helping us find three people for us," the teen told him.
"You're not going to tell me who you are?" Sasuke asked, as bad feeling suddenly settling in his stomach.
"No, not yet; we do not trust you enough for that." The teen told him.
"Who is it that you want me to help you find?" Sasuke asked.
"Naruto, Pein and Madara," the teen stated.
"Can I ask what you want with them," Sasuke said, he was feeling tired but he need to find this out.
"No, you may not; now go to sleep," he told Sasuke.
Sasuke wanted to argue but he was so tired and he knew he wouldn't get anything from the teen.
Sasuke awoke again during the night, it was colder and the night sky was filled with stars, it must have been around one or two in the morning; his head felt clearer, his stomach did not heave as he raised himself on his elbow; he was thirsty and hungry. As he moved to a sitting position, be paused, noticing someone watching him from across the fire. It was not the young teen from before, Sasuke looked around and found him snuggled in a sleeping bag with several blankets laid carefully over him. Looking back across the fire, he noticed the teen's friend was not some hulking brute, but again a young teen who looked to be about 16 years old with short ash blonde hair and lavender eyes, he had a scar running down his left cheek and he had an air of fragility and innocence. He found the teen mildly attractive, unlike the other this one was dressed as a shinobi, he had his village identification plate on the front of his vest; the four marks showing he was from the Village in the Mist and the robes of a Kage like Gaara's but his were green instead of white.
"Is he your partner?" Sasuke asked, sitting up.
"Depends what you mean by partner," the blonde teen answered, his voice soft and light.
"Is he your boyfriend? Lover?" Sasuke asked; he wasn't sure why he had asked this question, or why it was important.
"No, he is like my brother; why is this important?" he was asked.
"It's not, you want me to help you find Naruto, Pein and Madara for you," Sasuke said, taking the bottle of water that lay in front of him and began to drink.
"Yes, can you do that?" the teen asked.
"Will you tell me your names?" Sasuke replied.
"Will you help us first?"
"Are you going to harm them?" Sasuke demanded.
"Would you like something to eat?" the teen replied calmly handing a bowl of rice and curry over to Sasuke.
"I will not help you find them in order to hurt them;" Sasuke stated.
"Even if we did tell you that we would not harm them, would you believe us; do we really look that much of a threat to you?"
"You're right, I wouldn't believe you; I will take you to Pein and Madara." Sasuke told him.
"No, you will take us to Naruto first," he was told.
"I can't do that, I can't hurt him nor my brother; I would prefer it if you just killed me now." Sasuke spat.
The teen sighed, tilting his head on an angle to look at Sasuke; "such drama, do you get that from Madara? You will help us."
"You are a little too sure of yourself there," Sasuke hissed.
"No, we have something you want."
"There is nothing that you have that I could possibly want;" Sasuke said.
"I am sure you are very wrong there; firstly, I know where Orochimaru is hiding out, no not dead; I also know where he is going and what he is planning; take me to Naruto and then I will take you too him." The teen informed him with a small smile.
"No, I have no interest in Orochimaru, I do not want his power nor do I want revenge against him; I am done with that." Sasuke told the teen while slowly eating the curry and rice, he had to admit, whoever cooked it was a fantastic cook.
"I understand; you are not like all the reports I have heard about you, I heard that you were a power hungry egomaniac who sort to kill his brother for his own gain but I see you have a degree of honour to you; I am sure we can do business together. You want to send a message to the Akatsuki, may I ask why," the teen asked.
"Two of my friends have been taken, I need to send a message to let them know who it was;" Sasuke replied.
The teen opened his pack, digging around and pulled out a travelling writing set, which contained parchment and pens. "You write your message; it will get to the Akatsuki;" the teen told him.
Sasuke wrote to both Madara and Pein, explaining what had happened to Gaara and Suigetsu and that Ocochimaru was still alive. He wrote that he was with two teens that did not appear to be a threat and he did not appear to be in any danger as yet. Sasuke handed the writing set back to the teen, along with the scroll; "I can trust you that this will be delivered?" Sasuke asked.
The teen read through the message and nodded, "Yes, once my friend wakes; I will have him send it. I am glad that you think we are not a threat and you are in no danger, it will make our travelling much easier." The teen explained. "Why don't you rest, we have a long day of travelling tomorrow and you are still weak from the drug."
Sasuke nodded, feeling a lot calmer now that he knew his message was going to be sent. He fell asleep to the quiet sounds of the forest around him and the teen's pen busily scratching over parchment.
The teen looked over to Sasuke's sleeping form, he was not what he had been expecting, he had expected an arrogant prick that was too full of himself to care for others; it was a shame he would have to die. Wrapping the two sheets of parchment together, Sasuke's message and his own in a tight scroll, he stood up and walked over to his sleeping friend. "Wake up, I need you to send this scroll straight away; only to be handled by Madara or Pein;" he said.
The sleeping teen reached out and took the scroll, sitting up he pulled a bottle and pipe from under him; pouring a drop of liquid from the bottle into the pipe, he brought the pipe to his lips and lightly blow while performing a hand sign; a bubble formed around the scroll and lifted into the air. The teen performed a different sign and a gust of wind caught the bubble sending it toward the Akatsuki. "Are you going to kill him?" he asked his friend; "if you are, do it quietly so I can sleep."
"I think we will keep him alive for the moment, he may be of use to us;" the teen replied.
"Are you starting to like him?" the other teen asked as he laid back down, pulling the sleeping bag around him.
"Don't be ridiculous," he was told, as the blonde teen readjusted the blankets over his friend.
Sakura stormed about her room furious, not only had her plan failed but she had been humiliated; humiliated by none other than that dip shit loser, he had know the truth the whole time and allowed her to continue talking knowing it was all lies. Fuck she hated him, then his fucking boyfriend had appeared, how come no one bother to tell her that he had arrived with the Akatsuki with Itachi in tow. Although she had to admit that Itachi was fucking hot, he was everything that his brother wasn't; with that big hard body and long dark hair, he radiated power; even Danzo feared Itachi, you could imagine wrapping yourself in all that hair as he fucked you. She remembered the feel of Naruto's hard muscled thigh under her hand and his impressive size when she'd cupped him; the thought of having them both in bed made her wet, it would be like getting fucked by the sun and moon. But she still wanted them dead; she could not forgive such humiliation regardless of how much she wanted them.
A knock at the door brought her back to reality, "come in," she snapped.
The door open and her maid slid in, closing the door behind her; she walked over and handed her a scroll sealed in purple wax. Sakura had quickly overcome her fear of her maid and had beaten the bitch into submission, she now knew her place. Should she step out of line again, another family member would be murdered.
"Get out," she spat pushing her maid away from her.
Sakura opened the scroll a smile spreading over her lips as she read the contents. "Finally," she thought; a rich merchant who heard her plight and thought she had been treated unfairly; he wanted to aid her. He would be visiting soon and would send her a message when it would be safe for them to meet. "I am finally going to get out of this prison," she thought.
She was now in the mood for a little fun, making her way out of her room and downstairs, she slipped into the soldiers' barracks pointing to a man with long dark hair and another with short blonde hair; she slipped out of the red dress she had been wearing and laid on a near by bunk in only her red panties and high heeled shoes.
The two men approached the bed as others gathered round to watch, it was not unusual to see the Hokage's wife in the barracks when she felt the urge for some fun. Not only was it entertaining to watch but bets were quickly made, betting on how many shinboi she would get through before leaving.
The two men were naked when they reached the bed, the dark haired man sunk his hand into her soft pink hair and pulled her head up to his sex, she greedily sucked on him, moaning as he flexed his hips, forcing himself deep into her throat, he held her head still as he fucked her warm sucking mouth. The other climbed onto the bed; tearing off her panties he lifted her leg over his shoulder lowering his mouth to her hot wet mound. Running his tongue along her clit he heard her moan around his friends erection. Taking her clit into his mouth he sucked hard flicking the tip with his tongue; she moaned louder; her moaning vibrating against his friends sex, bringing him closer to release; he looked up to see his friend had her head held against the headboard of the bed and he'd brought his leg over her chest, crouching over her brutally taking her mouth, he was about to come. He sucked on her clit hard pushing two fingers into her; she raised from the bed as she came. His friend let out a sharp groan as he pulled out slightly and came in her mouth instead of down her throat. She had been unhappy with this and spat the come back at him, hitting him squarely in the chest. He raised his hand and slapped her hard across the face, "out there you may be the Hokage's wife but in here you're just a slut to be taken however we want; do not forget your place or it could be you that is found face down in the river." He spat.
Another took his place, popping the buttons on his fly, he forced himself into her mouth; now that the ground rules had been reset, they didn't need her permission for anything. The blonde haired man pulled away, pushing her leg off his shoulder he entered her in a hard punishing thrust; he had never liked her, she had betrayed Naruto getting him sent away from the village; he had been trying to get Naruto in to his bed ever since Sasuke had left. Now his beautiful fox was fucking Itachi and there was no way in hell he could compete with Itachi to get Naruto. And it was all the fault of the bitch beneath him; he took her in hard vicious thrusts, taking his anger out on her.
Another two took their places, forcing her to her knees across the bed, she was taken roughly up her dry unprepared passage, she screamed in pain as she was first entered but quickly silenced by the slap across her head and the hard cock being shoved into her mouth.
By the end she had no strength left, she was covered in bruises, come and spit; she had lost count of how many times she was taken, there were about 30 in the barracks but more than half had taken her more than once. She had also lost count of how many times she had come; they dragged her to her feet, pushed her into her dress and shoved her out the door. She walked shakily back to her room, she had loved every minute of it; she loved their honesty treating her like the cheap slut that she was. It was the only time she could truly be what she felt she was inside. She needed these sessions; it made it so much easier to live with herself.
Madara starred at the scroll in his hand to the gourd resting by the door; a message had been sent by some villagers stating there had been a fight of some sort at a nearby village; Pein had sent Kakashi and Sai to investigate, they had come back with Gaara's gourd and weapon belts; they reported that they found the blood of Gaara, Sasuke and Suigetsu in the area but thing else. Pein had sent off a message to Wave to see Sasuke had reported in and Madara had sent one to Suna. An hour ago both Shikamaru and Kankuro had arrived stating they had not heard from Gaara. Hidan had not been informed as yet and Pein was considering if he should send him on a mission until this was resolved.
Madara had finally received the scroll from Wave; it stated that Sasuke had not reported in. "Do you think it's him?" Pein asked.
"No, he is still too weak," Madara replied, he was unsure of how much he should reveal in front of Pein any more, last night when Pein had returned, Madara caught his chakra signature as he entered Pebble but he also picked up on another, a lingering scent attached to Pein; a familiar one that he could not place but he knew he detested and loathed everything connected to that chakra signature. He had left following the chakra trail to a small tea house that was about to close; he spoke briefly to the waiter and found out nothing, the descriptions he had been given were of little use, they matched Pein and an unknown sliver haired man. Madara did not know who this other was and that bothered him; was he just an informant as Pein claimed or was Pein betraying him, it wouldn't the first or tenth time someone close to him had betrayed him.
"The other ones?" Pein asked again.
"They are the most likely," Madara said sadly, if they had met with the others they would be dead.
"What are you not telling us?" Shikamaru asked. "Who are you talking about?"
"You will be told when we believe that you need to be told," Madara snapped.
Madara stiffened standing up as an unfamiliar chakra signature entered the village, he shot up a chakra flare and the item speed toward him. He watched as a large bubble with a scroll within it entered through the window; Kakashi was about to grab it, "don't touch it," he warned; "wait to see who it goes to, it is an acid bubble, it will burn the hand off anyone who touches it, except whoever it is address to.
They watched as the bubble hovered between Pein and Madara, before bursting in front of Madara; he caught the scroll before it hit the ground, opening the scroll he found two sheets of parchment; reading them he looked up at Pein, "Send a message to Itachi, tell him to get Naruto back here immediately, bring all of the Akatsuki still at Konoha as protection; lock up and seal the Uchiha compound."
Turning to Kakashi "Please go and get Hidan, he needs to hear this. Sai, please go and get Jugo, he may be able to help us; meet back here in two hours, I need time to think; Itachi and Naruto should be back by then." He said walking out of the study to his bedroom.
Pein watched Madara walk out the room, he needed to talk to Madara, he needed to fix what was wrong; he hated being shut out, he hated not being able to be near him, he hated not being able to sleep next to him, he hated not being trusted; was this what his friend felt like? Knowing where he was but not being able be near him or touch him; it was starting to hurt. He cursed his blonde friend again for making his happen, he sat at Madara's study desk and wrote a message to Itachi; rolling the parchment into a scroll he sealed it with blood red wax, pressing the sealing wax with the Akatsuki seal; throwing it into the air, it vanished in a ball of bright yellow light.
Pein walked though the house and upstairs to Madara's bedroom, where he found his lover lying on the bed looking out the window; "I don't want you here," he heard Madara say as he neared the bed.
"Please don't do this," Pein replied, sitting down on the edge of the bed.
"I have far too much on my mind right now to be thinking about your betrayal;" Madara snapped.
"I am not betraying you," Pein sighed moving closer to Madara on the bed.
"Let me look for myself," Madara asked turning to face him.
"You know it does not work on me," Pein said lying down next to Madara, he closed his eyes savouring the delicious earth amber scent of Madara.
"I don't trust you," Madara told him.
"Tell me what caused this, I will not lie to you;" Pein asked wanting to run a hand over Madara's stomach and chest, it always soothed his lover to be held and he wanted more than anything to pull Madara into his arms and soothe him.
"Who did you meet yesterday?" Madara asked.
"I did not tell you because I knew you would be angry; please remember I am not betraying you or the Akatsuki. I met with Tobirama, he has been passing on information; he wishes to assist." Pein explained, hoping Madara would not hit him.
Madara starred at Pein for a minute before getting up off the bed and walking out the door, Pein heard him walk downstairs and out the front door, "fuck!" he muttered as he dropped on his back. He had just saved and ruined himself, Madara knew that he was being honest and would not betray the Akatsuki nor him, his position was safe. But he had just told his lover that he had been working with his greatest enemy, that he had shared tea, biscuits and chats with those who had caused his greatest betrayal. His lover's body was covered in the scars of that betrayal, the effects were still being dealt with today; it had opened the flood gates for further conflict and betrayal, the death of Minato, the treatment of Naruto. He may have kept his position safe but he had lost Madara as his lover.
Itachi slowly walked back to his house, he had just finished guard duty with Deidara and had killed 5 men for attempting to attack Deidara; he forced himself not to kill the blonde ROOT shinobi who arrived at the gate with a note for Naruto. As soon as the blonde left, he ripped open the note and read all about the man's love for Naruto; Itachi engulfed the note in a small fire ball, once he had vented his anger there was not even a speck of ash left from the note.
Itachi came to a halt as a bright yellow light flashed in front of him dropping a scroll; he knelt down picking up the scroll he knew was an urgent message from Pein. Pein only ever sent emergencies via such methods, cracking the wax seal he read the contents; rushing back to the gate, he told Kisame to round everyone up, they were being recalled. He then rushed back to his house to find Naruto asleep in the sofa still fully dressed. "Tenshi, wake up," he whispered.
"Can we go to bed now," Naruto asked, sitting up.
"No, we have to leave here, Pein has recalled us, go and get your pack and empty the fridge of any perishable goods, we will give the food to the beggars on the way out;" Itachi told him.
"What happened?" Naruto asked.
"I'm not sure, come on we have to be in Pebble within two hours," he replied; he had been given the details but he didn't want to worry or stress Naruto, he didn't know how he would react to the information that Gaara was missing.
Naruto sealed the Uchiha gate and placed a seal over the compound not allowing anyone access, only he, Madara, Itachi or Sasuke could break the seal. They made their way to Pebble and reached it in an hour and forty five minutes. Itachi lead Naruto to Madara's for the conference.
Naruto and Itachi met with Hidan on the way in, they were escorted to the study and stopped dead when they saw Gaara's blood soaked gourd in the corner; Naruto looked at Itachi, "I don't know," Itachi said pulling Naruto against him.
Hidan walked over to the gourd running his hands over the smooth surface, "what happened?" he asked turning to face Pein; "WHAT HAPPENED?" he yelled.
"I will explain all we know in a minute, please take a seat; there is much to cover." Madara stated from the door, he walked into the study not looking at Pein and took his usual place on the sofa chair. "We will tell you all we know. We received two parchments, one from Sasuke, he reported that he and Suigetsu were captured by Haku and Kimimaro, both obviously alive and well; they then caught the chakra signature of Gaara and set a trap for him. He is still alive, they intend to torture Suigetsu for the location of Naruto and use Gaara as their hostage. Do you have any idea why they would be looking for you?" Madara asked.
"No, I didn't know they were alive," Naruto replied "but of course I will meet them, I need to get Gaara and Suigetsu back."
"Naruto you have fought both Haku and Kimimaro you know they are deadly fighters, we need to approach this with caution." Madara told him.
"Sasuke?" Itachi asked.
"He is in greater danger, they dumped him after catching Gaara, believing Gaara was the better catch, he was drugged and left; he was picked up by these two," Madara said placing the picture of the two teens on the coffee table. "He said in his message that he didn't think they were a threat and didn't feel in danger but we also received a messaged from his one," he said pointing to the blonde in the picture. "He said that Sasuke was safe for now but they wanted Naruto and knew that Naruto would not come for Sasuke; they said that they would swap Sasuke for Naruto and for every day that they had to wait, they would kill a child from the village were Sasuke was found; one day, one child, two days, two children, you get the idea." Madara explained.
"Who are they?" Naruto asked.
"They are both demon hosts, this one his name is Yagura," he said pointing to the blonde haired teen; "he was Mizukage for the Village of the Mist, Naruto he is deadly, Sasuke does not know what sort of danger he is in; both boys may look innocent and non threatening, but they are both vicious and cruel; Yagura has full control of his demon. Naruto if you go up against him; you will most like not survive." Madara said looking to Itachi.
Naruto sat back thinking, he wanted to go after Gaara but that would put innocent children's lives at risk. "I will go with you," Itachi said taking Naruto's hand.
"No, the note was very clear, Naruto must go alone and any cloning jutsu will result in the death of hostages," Madara said softly, they could not help Naruto in this one.
"If I go to meet this Yagura to save the children and Sasuke, I may die and not be able to save Gaara; if I meet with Kimimaro and Haku, I may die or be delayed and innocent children will be killed; I don't know what to do?" Naruto whispered.
"You need to think fast, the first child will die at 1500h today," Madara said softly.
"I think you should all leave, we will let you all know if anything comes up, if you happen to think of anything that may help let us know." Pein said ushering everyone out of Madara's house.
As Naruto walked to the door, Madara stopped him; "this is not an easy decision, I have been trying to come up with a solution, I can't think of anything; I am sorry. We will support any decision that you make." Madara told him.
Naruto nodded, "I know, thank you;" he said hugging Madara.
Madara waited at the door, farewelling everyone; he turned to see Pein still standing in lounge area, "you are not going home?" he asked.
"Yes, I wanted to apologise," Pein said walking toward him.
"Very well, apology accepted," Madara replied holding the door open.
"I care deeply for you," Pein whispered.
"I find that hard to believe, you have not exactly been faithful now have you?" Madara snapped.
"I have never taken any of my flirtations to bed, there has only been you;" Pein told him.
"Would you have taken Naruto?" Madara asked.
"No, all I wanted was a taste." Pein whispered.
"Well I am sure the local village has a great deal for you to taste," Madara hissed.
Itachi and Naruto slowly walked back to their house, Itachi was furious; he would not let Naruto go alone to do this, both were suicide missions. "I will go with you," he stated.
"You can't people will get hurt," Naruto pleaded.
"You will get hurt," Itachi snapped.
"What do you think I should do?" Naruto asked.
"Not go," Itachi said calmly, turning to look at Naruto behind him, he only nodded; looking utterly miserable.
Itachi walked ahead again, he wanted to get Naruto home, so they could discuss their options. "I think we should plan this out, maybe send a message to Haku; what do you think?" Itachi asked. He turned when he received no reply from Naruto; Naruto had gone.
"Fuck!" Itachi yelled; who did he go to first?