The Great Escape
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we'll feel so alive Throw it away
Forget yesterday
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Chapter Ten
No Preperations
Tsunade was leading the way. Some of the nurses were gaping at the three teens that followed behind her. One even dropped the tray she was carrying to a room.
Sasuke sighed, " What are we doing here?"
Tsunade shot him a glare, " She needs to see her mother. This is highly unaceptable. She brought a knife to school and cut off her hair!"
Sakura huffed and crossed her arms over her chest, looking to the right. " It's just hair."
" Most women freak when their hair is cut off." Naruto muttered, " Shouldn't you be running in circles and shouting for platic surgery."
" That's for the body dobe." Sasuke snapped, instantly regretting it by the saddened look on the blonde's face. He stoped walking and pulled the blonde into his arms.
Blue eyes blinked. " What are you doing?"
" I didn't mean to get mad." Sasuke muttered, glaring at a smirking Sakura, who followed Tsunade into her mother's patients room.
Tsunade cleared her throat and Sakura's mother looked up from the red-head she was checking on. Sakura poked her head around Tsunade's body and smile. " Hi Mother."
The clipboard clattered to the floor. " Sakura?!"
Teal eyes widened as her mother rushed to Sakura and started breathing in shallow gulps. " You cut you're hair!"
" With a pocket knife she brought to school." Tsuande added in, glaring at the pink-haired girl.
Her mother's eyes narrowed. " I am very dissapointed in you Sakura Haruno."
Sakura's green eyes shifted the the wall. " It's just hair."
" It's not just the hair Sakura! You brought a knife to school!" Her mother scolded, " You're grounded!"
" Oh I'm so scared." Sakura snorted, pushing past her mother, who gaped as she walked over to the red-head's bed. " Hiya."
Gaara's eyes examined her slilently. " Hello."
She put her hands behind her back and lowered her eyes. " Does it look bad?"
He sat up slowly, ignoring the pain in his side, raised a hand and tugged at on of the short strands. " Not at all."
" I got in a fight with Tenten and Ino." She grinned, taking a seat on the bed. " They didn't take well to me hanging out with three boys. My rep as a innocnet girl is deystroyed."
" Oh..and I presume that you're going to blame this on me?" He asked, tilting his head to the side.
She nodded, a serious look on her face, " You told me to stay on my toes and that my hair would look better shorter."
He chuckled, fingers skimming her cheek, " I didn't tell you to bring a knife to shcool."
" Scissors would have seemed so elementry. Who attacks people with scissors these days?" She snorted.
" Sakura. Go home." Her mother's stern voice echoed through the room.
Sakura looked back, " Of course Mother." She stood up, then looked down at Gaara. " Be careful when you get home."
" I will." He nodded as she walked out of the room.
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" Don't you think grounding her was alittle harsh?" Naruto asked as he and Sasuke walked to the young Uchiha's car.
" We're not her mother. " Sasuke snorted, " She shouldn't have brought a knife to school."
" She cut her hair." Naruto breathed, climbing into the passenger seat. " Right there. In front of everyone!"
" So?" Sasuke shrugged, " She looks better with is cut shorter. " He started up the car and pulled out of the parking lot. They drove down the Avenue and down where Sasuke's house was located.
Naruto's eyes grew weariy. " why are we going down here?" he glanced out the window again, sinking down into the seats.
God. He was a poor home-less kid in the front seat of a rich kids car. People would be able to tell, what would that do to Sasuke's family?
" I need to pick up a few things." Sasuke replied, taking notice of his freinds tense appearence. " Why so nervous?"
" People can tell when you're poor." Naruto whispered, eyes darting to a woman who was walking a french poodle.
Sasuke lifted an eyebrow, " No that can't."
The blonde nodded vigourusly. " Yes they can Sasuke. I can just walk down a street and be made fun of because i'm homeless."
Dark eyes narrowed, " Then stay in the car." He put the car into park and got out, heading for the front door. It opened for him and his mother smiled at him.
" You're home late dear." Her voice was scolding.
" Sorry. I need to drop a freind off, I have one of his books over here. " Which was true. Well, it wasn't Naruto's book. It was Iruka's.
" Oh. Who's you're freind." She looked behind him at the car and her face fell. Her eyes moved to meet her youngest sons. " The homeless kid."
Sasuke nodded, " Yea. He needed a ride..." Home? No. Naruto would just want to be dropped off at Iruka's or behind the school. Which made Sasuke's itchy at times. Leaving the blonde alone was never an easy task.
" Fugaku!" Mikoto called.
Sasuke's eyes narrowed, " Is there a problem?"
" Fugaku! Call the police! There's a drug dealer with our son!" She called and Fugaku came into the foyer, cell phone in hand.
" What?!" Sasuke snarled.
" That boys a known drug dealer!" Mikoto screeched, pointing at the now fearful-looking blonde. " You're father checked him out the night after you met him at the hospital."
The younger Uchiha gaped at his parents. " He's not a drug dealer! He's just homeless!"
The moment Fugaku shut his phone, siren's were echoing down the road. Sasuke spun around. " Naruto! Get out of here!"
The blonde boy scrambled out of the car and didn't get 5 feet from it before being tackled by police officers.
" Let him go!" Sasuke snarled, running down the steps. His arms were seized by another group of officers. " Let him go!" He struggled aginst their holds, eyes wide as Naruto tried to fight off the others. His mother just stood there, arms crossed and a stern expression on her face.
" Put him in jail." Fugaku ordered and the officers nodded, dragging an almost crying Naruto with them.
" No!" Sasuke struggled harder, " He hasn't done anything! Naruto!"
Sad, liquid blue eyes turned to meet his darker ones. It hurt to watch those eyes fill with tears again, handcuffed and pushed into the back of a police car. His heart clenched, he'd never see the blonde again. He'd never see that smile again.
" Sasuke!" Naruto beat aginst the window, tears now leaking out. " Sasuke!"
" Oh God no...NO!" Sasuke snarled as the car pulled out of the drive and down the road. " Naruto!" He grew limp aginst the officers holding him.
" Put him in his room." Fugaku stated firmly as Itachi's car pulled up behind Sasuke's. The officers dragged a now limp Sasuke to his room.
" Father. What is going on?" Itachi asked, locking his car and walking up the stairs.
" You brother was driving around a drug dealer." Mikoto stated firmly, " We simply called the police. Those drugs must be awful to make Sasuke act at though we were taking his life away." she let him into the house, thanked the officers and shut the door behind them.
Itachi's eyes narrowed, " Mother. What did this dealer look like?"
" A blonde boy. Rugged cloths." She glanced at the clock. " It's getting late dear. Near 8 o'lock. Go get ready for bed."
He nodded and walked up the stairs, pulling out his phone. The voice on the other end sounded tired and bored. Then instantly was awake when Itachi infromed them of what was going on.
" Make sure you're there by 10." Itachi stated firmly. " Not a miniute late."
He shut his phone and knocked on his brother's door.
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Something was missing.
It felt at though something had been ripped out of him. A piece that needed to be there in order for him to function.
He'd had this feeling before. Only a month ago...before he'd seen Naruto again. That empty feeling that only seemed to be there when Naruto wasn't around.
His eyes lowered to the bed he sat on. Naruto was in jail...for drugs? The blonde didn't do drugs. He may not be smart, but he had enough sense to ignore dealing with dangerous stuff.
The knock on his door made his head hurt even more. He picked up a vase and chunked it, shattering glass all over the expensive carpet. " Go the FUCK away!"
The door opened slowly. " Sasuke?" Itachi's voice drifted over to him.
Sasuke rolled onto his side. " Go away."
Itachi walked over to the bed and looked down at the defeated young boy. Did Naruto really make him whole? If so, then where could Itachi find someone like that? His other half.
His eyes narrowed, " Do you want to get him back?"
The boy rolled over to face him. ' How?" He croaked, throat tightening with the threat of tears. " Mother and father will find out."
" Not if I can help it." Itachi pulled the boy up and dangled his car keys infront of his face. " Take my car. Meet Shikamaru at the corner of Roger's and Rita street. He and Temari are working on hacking the system now. No preperations little brother. Get out of town. Choose who you take and who you leave carefully."
Sasuke met his brother's look dead on. " Why are you doing this for me?"
" Because you are the only one in this family who cares nothing of social boundries. " Itachi stated, " You fell in love with a boy below your status, below this city."
" You make it sound like a bad thing." Sasuke snorted, standing up. " I was planning on leaving anyways. That's why I stoped by, but mother got in the way."
" Then leave little brother." Itachi stated, " I'll distract them."
They headed down the stairs, shushing the butlers and maids along the way. Itachi steped into the ktichen. " I need to head out for a while mother. I shall return in about 10 miniutes at the most."
She smiled, " Of course dear."
He walked out and lead Sasuke out the front door. Sasuke climbed into the front seat and started up the car. " Sasuke."
The dark-haired teens head lifted.
" Don't look back."
He nodded and shot out of the drive and down the street. Itachi straightened up and walked back into the house. Mikoto was walking out of the kitchen. " Itachi? I heard your car..."
" Mother. I am sorry."
" Itachi!" She gapsed, " Fugaku! Check Sasuke's room!" She turned to her eldest son, " How could you!"
His glare made her take a step back and run into a fuming Fugaku. " You can not seperate the light and the dark mother. "
" What are you talking about?! I saw the photo of that boy! He's been dealing drugs! He's wanted in the city!" She snarled, " You're sending your brother to his own death!"
" Naruto wouldn't do that!" Itachi roared, fists clenching. " Sasuke deserves to be free of this house! Of this bloody family!"
Fugaku headed for the phone, but all he got was an empty noise. He turned back to his oldest son. " What are you..."
" You can't get to him anymore. He's leaving. Give it up."
To be continued...
Angel: Whew. -rolls shoulders- my arms hurt now. Long chapter. lots of drama. XD Hope you enjoyed!
Blessed be,
Angel