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Sooo let's start another long chapter…
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Sasuke leaned forward. He felt the other stiffen at the closeness but did not pull back this time, his lips brushed against the blonde's cheeks softly.
"Thank you….for everything." He whispered in a voice full of sincerity and gratefulness.
Letting go of the shocked blonde Sasuke looked away in embarrassment his cheeks heated up as the thought of what he has just done drowned into him.
He has done that without thinking. He just wanted to remove the hollow look from the blonde's eyes and it was as if his body has moved on its own before he could decide what he should do.
Sasuke looked back at the blonde when he felt eyes on him. The blonde is now grinning at him with an amused expression in his eyes.
"Can I get a goodnight kiss Sasu-chan." He teased the raven smirking as the raven's face flushed and turned bright red.
"Shut up, Dobe. Don't make me punch you." Sasuke said glaring at the blonde and lowering his face so that his bangs could cover his reddening cheeks.
"Aww please temeeee~" Naruto whined enjoying the raven's embarrassment. This time the punch came making Naruto fall from the bed.
"Ouch." He murmured, "No need to be so cruel teme…" he grumbled under his breath and got up from the floor.
Sasuke smirked at him, "Hn. You deserved that." He replied before lying down on the bed and turning his back towards the blonde.
Naruto looked at the raven and sighed, a small smile forming on his lips. He brought his hands to his cheeks and lightly touched the spot where Sasuke has kissed him. Happiness bubbled up in his heart as he remembered the raven's last words, 'He'll not leave me.' He thought.
Slowly he made his way towards the bed climbing up he leaned against the headboard and covered himself with a blanket.
This has started around two months ago. At first they would go to sleep separately but at the middle of night one of them will sneak in the other's room haunted by some nightmare and unable to sleep, they would make themselves comfortable beside the other before dozing off to a peaceful sleep.
They have never talked about it, always maintaining a safe distance from the other not to wake the other up, the couch and the bed both being small, one of them would end up in a half sitting position in order to keep their bodies from touching and in morning they would pretend as if they have slept separately.
Still it was comforting, better than the lonely sleepless nights and now after two months this has become a routine.
Naruto glanced at the raven and smiled softly. The younger boy seems so peaceful while he is sleeping. He murmured a 'good night' before closing his eyes and relaxing.
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A Few Days later :
"What are you doing Usuratonkachi?" the raven watched the blonde struggling in the kitchen as soon as he emerged from the bathroom.
"Umm…making omelets?" the blonde replied and hit the egg hard with a spoon. The excess force he has used made the egg shell break immediately in the blonde's hands.
Sasuke shook his head walking towards the kitchen, "God, you are hopeless." He murmured. Taking another egg he gave it to Naruto. His pale hand covered the blonde's and held the spoon.
Naruto felt his cheek heat up from there closeness but held still. Sasuke guided Naruto's hands and hit the egg shell softly, making it crack. He held the crack and parted it letting the contents fell on the bowl underneath and then threw the shell away.
"See. Not so hard. Is it Dobe?" he asked smirking at the blonde.
Naruto sucked in a breath as Sasuke moved slightly away from him and nodded dumbly. Not even noticing the insult Sasuke has thrown at him.
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Month four, Day 7 :
They are lying on the soft grass of the training compound looking at the stars. It is around mid night and both of them are exhausted after the hard training session. After that incident they have started training at night, when there is no one near this area of the town.
Tonight the moon is hanging low in the sky, Sasuke felt like it'd touch the Hokage Mountain if it lowers itself a little. The whole area is shining in its sliver glow. Sasuke looked at his companion only to find him fast asleep on the ground, soft snores escaping from his parted lips.
The raven sighed. He knows the blonde is stressing himself too much. Getting up he grabbed Naruto's wrist and teleported them back in their apartment bedroom.
Covering the blonde with the blanket the raven caressed the scared cheeks lovingly and pecked on the blonde's cheeks.
"Sleep well…" he murmured softly before leaving the room to clean himself up.
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Month four, Day 16 :
"Naruto I need to talk to you." the raven said as he watched the blonde write his mission report on a scroll.
"Yeah. I'm listening." The blonde replied not bothering to stop his furious writing. He needs to finish it in an hour damn it.
Sasuke looked at the blonde for a few moments, unsure how he should tell the blonde about his thoughts.
Sighing heavily he played with the hem of his navy t-shirt, "Well…I was thinking that now that I've learnt how to hide my chakra and the teleportation jutsu…" he paused for a bit and took a deep breath. "I want to work."
This made Naruto stop his writing. He turned towards the raven and cocked his head, "What?" he asked not believing what he has heard.
"I want to work Naruto. I want to help you with the bills." The younger replied softly.
"No." Naruto shook his head furiously. "No, it's too risky Sasuke. They'll kill you as soon as they find out who you are."
"Oh don't worry about that I'll just henge myself and hide my chakra….and I'm now capable of defending myself." Sasuke replied. He has thought about this a lot and finally decided that enough is enough he'll not let the blonde do everything on his own anymore.
Naruto frowned at the raven. "But you don't need to, I can pay the bills perfectly." He said.
Sasuke rolled his eyes at the blonde, "I want to Naruto. I become bored out of my life when you leave for long missions. Not to mention do you think I haven't noticed how stressed you look now a days?" Sasuke's voice was harsh and Naruto winced a little at the tone.
The blonde sighed, he knows no argument will stop the raven now, he has made up his mind. "You know you can hold your hange for only around two hours right?" he asked.
Sasuke nodded, "I'll just do some part time job that will allow me to work two hours in morning and in evening too maybe."
Naruto sighed once again, "Fine…"
Sasuke's eyes lit up at that, "Really?" he asked smiling.
"….but I've a condition." Naruto finished making the raven frown, "Which is?" he asked raising a thin black eyebrow.
"You'll work at Ichiraku. I'll talk to Teuchi-san and Ayame, they are one of the few people I trust fully. You'll be safe there Sasuke." Naruto said before adding, "Besides, your ramen is awesome." He grinned at the now blushing raven.
"Dobe." The raven murmured but nodded his head in agreement, "Fine." He said.
The next moment Naruto was in front of Sasuke hugging the boy tightly.
"I just don't want to lose you. I can't bear that Sasuke." he murmured in the raven's ear, making him shudder.
"You won't." Sasuke replied, patting the blonde's back lightly to reassure him.
Pulling back Naruto looked at the raven's face and kissed his forehead softly, making the younger blush lightly, "Promise?" he whispered.
"Promise."
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Month five, Day 18 :
Sasuke is humming softly while washing the bowls. It is around seven o'clock in the night, time for Ichiraku to close.
Putting the last bowl on the shelf he wiped his hands on the towel and sighed, he is not looking forward to go home, Naruto is out on a mission and Sasuke hates the idea of being alone in that apartment. Besides he loves spending time here.
Sasuke closed the shutter and walked inside Teuchi-san's home. He dispelled his henge revealing his raven hair instead of shaggy brown and pale skin instead of the tanned one. He does not transform fully during his working hours, just enough to prevent people from recognizing him, this way he could maintain his chakra for almost four hours now and the look he wears is so common in Konoha that customers never pay him a second glance.
"Come Sasuke eat with us." A cheerful voice said as soon as Sasuke entered the living room of Teuchi's house.
Sasuke smiled at the girl and nodded, slowly walking towards the kitchen to join them.
It was surprisingly easy to work in Ichiraku. The day Naruto has introduced them and told Teuchi and Ayame his true identity, he has many doubts but now after working here for a month Sasuke has come to accept this place as a second home. Just like Naruto.
Teuchi has accepted Sasuke for who he is without any hesitation. He has shown him how to make the noodles and with the help of his Sharingan Sasuke has perfected them within a few hours.
Sasuke glanced at the girl sitting beside him and chatting happily. Ayame, Teuchi's daughter, is an amazing person, Sasuke has gotten close to her over the last month. She is like an elder sister Sasuke never had. All in all Sasuke has found a new family.
Finishing his food the raven got up and went to the sink to wash his plate.
"Leave it Sasuke. I'll do it later." Ayame called out. Complying Sasuke left the plate in the sink.
"I should head home." He said, "It's getting late."
"Be safe son and have a good night." He heard Teuchi saying as he exited the front door.
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Month six, Day 4 :
They are sitting on the couch in the living room. Sasuke is reading a scroll sitting cross-legged while Naruto is devouring some Ramen Sasuke has brought him from Ichiraku.
"Man this is amazing! You are the best Sas." Naruto said finishing his dinner and pushing the bowl further in the table he leaned on the couch.
His hands accidentally brushed against Sasuke's bare feet.
The raven jumped up and bit his lip to stop the laugh that was about to escape his mouth. He is ticklish and his skin is sensitive.
The expression didn't go unnoticed by his blonde companion. He raised a blonde eyebrow at the raven who looked away.
Naruto grinned, "So you are ticklish huh?" he whispered making Sasuke shiver as the hot breath grazed his ear.
"N-no."
"Hmm….really?" the blonde once again brushed his hands on the pads of the raven's feet and this time Sasuke chocked on a laugh.
In a blink of an eye Naruto was over Sasuke tackling him on the ground. They both rolled on the carpet while Naruto tickled Sasuke without mercy, making him laugh out loud.
"Ahaha…ha..hahahaha…S-sto…A..Ah…Hahahaha…Stop." The younger managed to shutter out between his laughs but Naruto was determined not to stop this torture.
He held the raven's wrists tightly and pinned them on the ground restricting the raven's movements with his own body.
Once again he launched himself on at the raven making him squirm under him to get himself free while laughing hysterically.
"Oh God…hahahahahaha….Stop….ahaha…stop this…haha…"he shouted.
Sasuke has never laughed so hard in his entire life. God this is torture. He felt his stomach ache from all the laughing he is doing but still he was unable to stop himself.
"N-Nar…hahaha..Naruto…enough..haha…Stop." he felt tears gathering at the corners of his eyes and he shut them tightly as his laughter got harder.
"….Please Naruto…"
…and the tickling stopped abruptly. Sasuke slowly blinked his eyes open to look at the blonde who was still hovering above him, azure eyes looking at him intently.
Sasuke moved a little, feeling uncomfortable under the stare. Suddenly his hands were free and he looked up only to meet deep sapphire orbs.
There was something in those eyes Sasuke can't read, an expression that Sasuke is not used to seeing. He tried to looked away but found himself unable to do so, spellbound under the mesmerizing azure depths.
Naruto looked at the onyx eyes of the raven under him. His heart beating faster at their closeness. He does not know what he is doing but he felt like he is unable to control his body. He felt Kyuubi laugh at the back of his mind but the sound seemed to be coming from too far as if from another world.
Everything around them vanished leaving them in their own world and Naruto leaned forward letting his body guide his actions for the first time.
He lowered himself slowly, giving Sasuke the chance to shove him away but the raven just looked at his eyes and held still. Naruto could feel Sasuke's hot breathing on his own lips, they are only inches apart, and slowly Naruto brushed his lips on the raven's before pressing them fully.
It seemed like time has stopped as Naruto's lips captured the raven's soft ones. Naruto slowly moved his lips in a tender motion. He watched as the raven's body went rigid for a moment, his inky black eyes became wide and after a few tensed moments the raven closed his eyes finally responding to the kiss.
Their lips moved perfectly with each other in a gentle and smooth motion. It was not a hard or needy kiss, it was just a soft sweet lip lock which ended after a few seconds. Naruto pulled away to look at the younger boy. His eyes are still close, his face flushed and he is breathing heavily. Naruto has never seen anyone or anything more beautiful than this.
Sasuke felt his whole world spin around him as the soft lips pressed against him. At first his body tensed at the touch, but the gentleness of the touch made him relax. He has never imagined that something like this could feel so good.
Never in his entire life Sasuke has thought he would enjoy physical contact with another human being, he was always afraid, always felt dirty whenever someone would touch him but with Naruto it felt different, it felt right, his body craved those small hugs and comforting pats on his back, the tender kisses placed on his forehead, he felt wanted, needed, loved.
Today, what they had shared a few moments ago was something Sasuke has never experienced before. The kiss was so tender and loving that Sasuke felt lost in the feeling. Before whenever someone has kissed him it was full of lust, lust for his body, his beauty, they were forceful, brutal but this was something else, there was no lust in the blonde's eyes, there was only one thing that Sasuke could only think of as….Love.
This realization hit Sasuke like a ton of bricks. Naruto loves him, not his body, but him, the true him. The blonde is in love with him but does he love Naruto?
Yes he does but he is not sure if he is in love with the blonde. Sure he enjoys his company, their fights even the silent moments but….
KNOCK! KNOCK!
The knock on the front door brought them back to the real world. Naruto hurriedly get off of the raven and helped him to stand, "Who could this be?" he murmured walking towards the door.
"Sakura?" he exclaimed as he opened the door, "What are you doing here?"
"Hello Naruto." The konouchi replied, "Can I come in?"
"Yeah sure." The blonde opened the door larger to let the girl enter the apartment.
"Hey Sasuke." she waved at the raven who is now sitting on the couch.
"Naruto I have the medical reports of Sasuke's checkup." she said looking at the blonde.
"And?" Sasuke asked curiously. They had asked Sakura if his Sharingan will affect his body and drain his chakra too much and she had run a few tests on him.
"Well from what I've found your chakra reserves are same as any other chunin or even lower jounins. So I don't think it'll cause your body any harm unless you use it for too long."
Sasuke nodded at the girl and offered a small 'thank you' to her. It is nice to hear that his body is capable of maintaining their bloodline limit.
"Well I should get going." Sakura stood up. She waved at them and disappeared closing the door behind her.
Sasuke looked at the other occupant of the room feeling his gaze on him. Naruto walked over to the raven and pecked on his lips, making the raven blush.
"You are amazing, you are the best thing ever happened to me." The blonde murmured softly before turning on his heels and walking away from the raven.
Sasuke blinked at the sudden declaration then a soft smile formed on his lips, he could get used to this.
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Month six, Day 12 :
Something is wrong. Sasuke could feel it. The last week was the best week of his life. Naruto was in cloud nine after their first kiss. They have shared a lot of innocent small kisses, with and without reasons during the last few days. Good morning kiss, good bye kiss, welcome back kiss, good night kiss etc.
The blonde was practically radiating happiness all over the apartment, his face never losing that stupid happy go lucky grin, just this time the smile reached his eyes. Those sapphire orbs sparkled with joy whenever they met Sasuke's onyx eyes.
Though Sasuke was not properly sure about his feelings for the blonde, still he was happy, just watching the blonde so happy made his heart fill with a feeling of happiness. All the dark days and nights of his past has stayed forgotten as he watched his future in the light of the new sun of his life, Naruto.
But something has changed the moment Naruto has entered their home after visiting the Hokage. The sunny smile has for some reason faded into a sad frown. Naruto has tried to smile at Sasuke but the raven knows him too well to be convinced by the fake smiles.
"What's wrong Naruto?" he finally asked watching him pack his bag furiously. "Leaving on a mission?"
"Yeah." The blonde replied without giving further explanation he continued to pack his bag.
Sasuke frowned at that, normally Naruto would tell him about his missions. He walked over to the blonde and placed a hand on his shoulder, "When are you leaving?" he asked softly.
Naruto pulled the chain of the bag, finishing his packing and finally looked at Sasuke, "Now." He said, removing the raven's hand from his shoulder.
The raven gasped as his eyes met he azure ones, gone is the spark of happiness he has seen a few hours ago, replaced by a sorrow and regret. What could have happened to make the blonde regret something? Sasuke doesn't know.
"I'm getting late Sasuke, I need to leave." Naruto said taking his bag and turning towards the exit.
Sasuke walked in front of the blonde blocking his path successfully. Grabbing the blonde's jacket he pulled it making Naruto bend slightly. He cupped the blonde's cheeks and pressed his lips over the blonde's in a tender kiss. His hands caressed the blonde's scarred cheeks lovingly.
"When are you coming back?" he whispered softly breaking the kiss and looking at the blonde in eyes. Naruto looked away.
"In a month or two." He mumbled. Sasuke sighed and let go of the blonde, "Is that why you are sad? Because it is a long mission?" he asked.
Naruto just nodded his head not meeting his gaze, "Sakura will visit you regularly." He said and started to walk towards the front door.
His hands were on the door knob when Sasuke called out, "Be safe. I'll wait for you."
Naruto's hands clenched, he squeezed the knob and closed his eyes, willing the tears that are gathering at the corner of his eyes to go away.
Naruto turned back abruptly, in a flash he was in front of Sasuke, holding the raven close to his chest. He captured the raven's lips in a kiss. Their lips moved with each other. Naruto's hand's grabbed the silky raven hair pulling their bodies closer. The kiss was not innocent like the others they have shared previously, it was desperate yet full of emotions.
Naruto nibbled on the raven's lower lips, causing him to gasp and part his lips, giving the blonde a chance to deepen the kiss. Sasuke moaned as Naruto explored his mouth, mapping it, remembering it. He felt weak on his knees as the heated kiss continued, his hands shot up and grabbed a fistful of blonde hair, other hand encircled around the blonde's neck for support.
Sasuke felt something salty entering his mouth. 'I'm not crying am I?' he thought, removing his hand from the blonde he touched his cheeks. 'No I'm not crying. Then Naruto? Why is he crying?'
All his thoughts jumbled in his mind and Sasuke felt a little dizzy from the lack of oxygen. Suddenly Naruto pulled away, breaking the kiss and leaving Sasuke breathless. He placed his head on the raven's shoulder and Sasuke felt Naruto slipping something around his neck but his mind was too busy in gathering air in his lung's to concentrate on anything.
"This necklace is the only thing I've from my parents. I've never removed it ever, it has always stayed near my heart. Sasuke now you have my heart. Keep it. Keep it close to your heart." Sasuke's eyes widened at those words. His hands clutched the stone now hanging from his neck and he looked up, "N-naruto?"
The said blonde silenced the raven with another soft kiss on his lips. He slowly moved upwards to kiss the raven's forehead,
"I love you Sasuke. God I love you so much." he breathed out kissing the tip of his nose and his closed eyelids. His hands caressed the raven's pale cheeks. Finally with one last peck on the lips he pulled away, "I love you." with that he turned on his heels and in the blink of an eye he was out of the raven's sight.
Sasuke stood there, still a bit dazed from the kiss, trying to comprehend what Naruto has said a few moments ago.
Suddenly he was feeling too empty. He looked down at the necklace. The blue diamond hanging from it reminded him of Naruto's eyes. He took a deep breath to calm his racing heart. This has never happened before. They has never kissed like that, like their life depends on it, they has never confessed their love to each other.
Sasuke felt dampness on his shoulder and realized that the blonde was crying. 'Why was he crying?' Sasuke wondered, he felt a sudden urge to stop the blonde from going to the mission but it was too late, he was already gone.
"Came back to me safely…please." He murmured softly.
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It has been a few days since Naruto has left. Sasuke has started to spend more and more time in Ichiraku. He does not like to go in an empty home. It feels wrong without the blonde ball of sunshine there. Without his warmth the home felt cold. Moreover no matter how much he tried he could not shake off the bad feeling, Naruto's parting words repeated in his head over and over, making his insides cold with fear.
That is why Sasuke is still working cutting the vegetables for tomorrow. Teuchi walked over to the raven, "It is late Sasuke. You should go home." He said softly. The said boy just nodded his head putting the vegetable in the counter he formed necessary seals and puffed away.
Lying on the couch and snuggling to Naruto's pillow Sasuke inhaled the smell deeply. It still has Naruto's smell on it which helps him to lull into sleep. 'I love you.' Naruto's voice echoed through his mind as soon as Sasuke closed his eyes.
The knock on the door pulled Sasuke back to reality from his half asleep state. Closing his eyes he tried to sense the chakra of the person and sighed, "Sakura."
Walking over towards the door he opened it and motioned Sakura to come in.
"So how are you Sasuke?" Sakura asked looking at the raven.
Sasuke shrugged his shoulders in a nonchalant way, "Same as always. You know you don't need to come to check on me just because that idiot has told you to."
"Yeah I know." Sakura murmured, "I wanted to check on you, see how you are coping with the news."
At this Sasuke raised an eyebrow, "What news?" he asked curiously.
"Oh you know the mission and all." Sakura replied.
"Yeah it is long I know but he'll be back in one or two months I can deal with that." The rave replied making Sakura frown.
"He didn't tell you, did he?" she asked in a low voice.
"What?" Sasuke is getting impatient. 'What does she wants to say?' he thought.
Sakura looked at the raven, locking her emerald eyes with the onyx depths, "It was a Suicide mission Sasuke."
….and Sasuke's world crumbled, shattered into thousand pieces.
….
The sound of whip cut through the air as it hit the limp body hanging from the chains. The room is dark, the smell of blood in the room would make anyone nauseous. The room looked like a picture from hell.
The figure hanging from the chains bit lips to stop himself from screaming. He'll not give them the satisfaction of hearing his pain.
His once tanned body is now pale, both from the absence of sun and from the blood loss. Once golden locks now drenched in his own blood and fell on his face hiding his facial expression from his captors.
The man standing in front of him clad in a black cloak with red clouds on it chuckled, "Tough, aren't we?" he whispered near the blonde's ear and grabbed his hair roughly. The blonde winced as the hard slap landed on his face making his already split lips bleed again.
Another sharp pain ran through the blonde's body as the whip made contact with his bloody and bruised skin. It stung as if a thousand needles have pierced his skin. He gritted his teeth to stop the scream that tried to rip away from his mouth.
"Why are you being so hard? Kyuubi's healing powers has decreased remarkably showing his reducing chakra, now all we need is for you to stop struggling. You can't escape, your chakra is bound then why don't you give up?" The man said.
"Never." The blonde spat but whimpered a little as a sharp kunai drove into his shoulder.
"You will break." The man hissed with a venom filled voice. The kunai twisted in the flesh tearing his skin and drawing blood.
"Ah!" a soft cry escaped from the blonde as the man removed the kunai only to drive it back on his stomach.
Sweat was dipping down the blonde's forehead, he panted hard trying to maintain his consciousness against the torture but it was becoming too much.
The man slashed his torso with the kunai, blood dipped the long deep gash. Smirking the man opened a packet of salt, tearing it slowly in front of the blonde he emptied it in the bucket beside them. The salt mixed in the hot steaming water immediately.
The blonde's eyes widened in alarm, realizing the next move of his torturer he closed his eyes tightly and gritted his teeth preparing himself for the pain. Soon the salty hot water was splashed on his wounds. The blonde's mouth opened in a silent scream as he felt his flesh burning. A few tears escaped from the corner of his tightly closed eyes but went unnoticed by the black clad man who was now laughing hysterically at his pain.
Before he could overcome the pain his hands were grabbed. The black clad ninja took one of his fingers and broke it. His face twisted in pain as one by one all his fingers undergo the same treatment. He took deep breaths to stop himself from screaming but that also hurt, perhaps he has a punctured lung, he thought.
The blonde coughed up some blood and felt a sharp pain in his chest. His vision blurred as he reached his limit of endurance.
Another man entered the room clad in the same cloths as the man torturing the blonde. His black hair tied behind his neck to stop them from falling on his face. He watched the blonde impassively.
The blonde's body fell limp and hung low. He did not notice the newcomer. Through his blurry vision he only saw a flash of raven hair, onyx eyes, pale skin, a cocky smirk….and remembered some words he has said.
'When will you come back?'
'In a month or two.' He has every intension of keeping his words but…
"I'm…s-sorry Sasuke…" with those words the world around the blonde faded into darkness.
…
Sasuke shot up in his bed with a piercing scream. His Sharingan spinning wildly as he frantically looked around and tried to make out where he is.
Finally switching the light on he slumped on the bed, his body falling in a boneless heap on the mattress. This is happening everyday for the last two months. After Sakura has informed him about the suicide mission, about Akasuki, the organization capturing jinchurikies to have their demons extracted, Sasuke has started having these dreams.
The Hokage has ordered Naruto to kill the nine Akasuki members or kill himself, letting the demon go free to kill them before they could extract and seal it, Naruto was a danger to the village while Akasuki was on his trail.
Sasuke could not find logic in this. How could they? After how they have treated the blonde how could they hope that he would sacrifice his life for them?
'He did, didn't he?' his mind supplied.
Sasuke clutched the sheets underneath him, "Shut up." He shouted, "He is alive. I know he is." He murmured.
He felt something wet on his cheeks. Touching his cheeks he sighed when he saw blood on his hand. This has happened before too. Every night Sasuke would see a blonde, being tortured, the dream would end with a whisper of his name and Sasuke would found himself crying tears of blood for his beloved.
Yes beloved. Sasuke's body shook as he choked on another sob. It has taken him too long to realize that he is in love with the blonde. Now he can't even tell him how much he loves him.
"He'll be back soon." he murmured trying to reassure himself when a detail from his dream made him frown. He has never seen another man entering the cell before, there is always one person torturing the blond.
Sasuke's body shuddered and he shook his head to free himself from the too vivid images. 'No it is just a dream, Naruto is fine.' He thought but his own thought seemed unbelievable to him.
Getting up from his bed he went towards the calendar and gave a large cross on yesterday's date. Two months and thirteen days. The blonde has left for the mission two months and thirteen days ago.
"You said you'll be back in one or two months." Sasuke's lean frame trembled, "You better keep your words, you Usuratonkachi." He slammed his first on the wall hard, bruising it but he doesn't care. He just wants the pain to go away, wants to see a pair of azure eyes and the sunny smile directed at him again…is it too much to ask for?
Sighing he made his way towards the bathroom, he needs to go to Ichiraku. He doesn't want to stay in the house, it reminds him of the blonde too much.
….
Two days later :
He was making ramen when he heard them, whispering among themselves.
"Have you seen that?" one man asked.
"Yeah. I thought we have finally gotten rid of that monster." The other replied.
Sasuke's heart rate picked up at the mention of Naruto. He concentrated some chakra in his ears to enhance his hearing.
"I think we will very soon. You have seen him right? Do you think he'll survive without anyone's help in that condition? And we all know no one will help him." the first man replied in a relieved voice that made Sasuke's blood boil. 'How could they? How could they hate the very reason they are alive for?'
"Yeah you are right. He's probably dead by now he was almost dead when I saw him lying near the village gates. I hope he'll rot in hell for what he has done."
Sasuke could take no more. With a growl he launched himself at the two men, grabbing their throats tightly.
"You will not say another nasty comment about him." He hissed making the two men flinch. He glared at them, his Sharingan spinning wildly with three tomoes in each eye.
"W-why are y-you defending hi-him Uchiha-s-sama?" one man shuttered out his body trembling in fear.
Sasuke laughed at that, a humorless venom filled laugh that made them shiver form fear, "I'm not an Uchiha." He said throwing the men at the nearby tree, they hit the tree hard and slumped on the ground still shaking. Sauke smirked, "And I'm defending him because he is the reason scrums like you are alive and happy."
With that Sasuke teleported towards the village entrance. He searched for the familiar chakra but could not sense it. Thousand of what ifs ran through his mind as he searched for the blonde frantically, dropping his henge in the rush.
His heart stopped when his eyes fell on a figure lying on the dirty ground near the gate. He ran towards the figure and dropped on his knees, "N-Naruto!"
Sasuke flinched as he saw the whip and burn marks, thousands of scars and deep gashes on the blonde's body, still oozing blood.
He slowly carefully moved the blonde and turned him on his back taking his head on his lap. He caressed the blonde's cheeks tenderly, not wanting to hurt him any further, "Naruto? Can you hear me?"
The blue eyes opened ever so slightly and the blonde lifted his hand to place it over Sasuke's, "S-sas…I-I've ma-made it…I've re-returned to yo…" the hand fell limp at his sides and the blue eyes closed shut.
"NARUTO!" Sasuke cried out and held the blonde close, he placed his ear on the blonde's chest and sighed in relief when he felt his heart beat. It is not too late, Sasuke thought, he just needs to call Sakura and she'll heal Naruto. Everything will be fine.
"Leave him." A rough voice ordered. Sasuke looked up to see a very familiar face, a face he hadn't seen in years. His features twisted in anger and he glared at the man with blood red eyes.
The man's eyes widened at that, "You-" the man started but cut himself off abruptly, his own Sharingan spinning in his eyes, "Leave him." He said once again, this time in a harsher tone.
Sasuke felt his blood boil, he felt lightning cracking in the sky, and his body absorbed the natural element. He has learnt chakra manipulation in last few months, his own chakra mixed with the natural lightning. The whole area surrounding him lit up as the lightning landed on the ground, making a shield like configuration around the raven and the blonde.
Blood red eyes glared at the other pair of blood red with venom and hatred, "I won't let you ungrateful people kill him." Sasuke hissed through clenched teeth. "….Father."
The man's eyes widened at that, he advanced towards them only to be thrown back by the violent lightning chakra.
"How did you-" but before he could finish his sentence he watched with wide eyes as his disowned son and the demon of the village disappeared in the blinding lightning.
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