The Harem Chapter 13:Normal Part II, a naruto fanfic

Sasuke and Naruto were both sitting in Sakura's bedroom. She wanted to talk to
only knows why she's bugging them. Naruto sat about a mile away from
Sasuke, who was looking remorsefully at him. Naruto was done with him. He didn't
go to his room anymore, he avoided him all the time. The last time they spoke
was three days ago. Naruto had told him to repaint the room. Of course he had
refused, Naruto just snorted and walked away quickly.

"Naruto" Sasuke said, sadness evident in his voice. Naruto didn't even look at
him.
"Sasuke-kun! Naruto!" Sakura screeched, walking into the room sitting on the
bed.

"Naruto,come sit." She said, patting a space next to her.

"Yes,Sakura-hime." He said, sitting on the bed. His voice was cold and took a
serious tone. His eyes were different too. His eyes were an icy blue color. Not
the warm loving ones from before. "I want to go to the garden." He said.

Sakura looked at him, and began giggling. Sasuke looked at him as if he were mad. He
wasn't allowed to go into the garden.

"Oh Naruto. You know, I forbade you from-"

He suddenly yanked her up to stand with him.

"Let. Her. Go. Naruto." Sasuke said slowly, standing up. Why was he acting like
this?

"NARUTO!I ORDER YOU TO-"

"NO!I simply want to be allowed to go to the garden."

"NO!YOU WILL NOT!" She screamed, yanking her arm away. Naruto glared daggers at
her, causing her to hide behind Sasuke.

"Naruto! What the hell are you doing?! Do you want a death wish?!" He yelled, worry, anger, and confusion in his voice. Suddenly, Naruto smiled a warm
and loving smile. Sasuke's eyes widened. Something wasn't right.

"Fine" He said.

He slipped a knife out of his sleeve and held it to the side of his neck. "If I don't get to go,I'll kill myself." He stated calmly.

Sasuke paled.

Was he really gonna do that? No, he wouldn't. The dobe didn't have it in
him.

"No you won't." He said, his lips forming a smirk. Naruto smiled insanely.

"Just watch." Sakura screamed when Naruto cut from his neck to his collar
bone. Sasuke instantly dashed forward and knocked the knife away, slamming him
into a wall.

"HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND!" He screamed. Fear in his voice. Naruto pushed him
aside. He grabbed Naruto's shirt yanking him back harshly, tearing it. His arm
was bandaged from his wrist to his elbow. He dropped the torn piece of garment
and looked at his arm, horror-stricken.

"What have you done?"

"It's your fault,Sasuke."He said,walking towards the bloodstained knife.

Sakura sitting and crying, and Sasuke frozen with fear.

"It is."He said, picking it up. "Because of you, I'm slowly going insane." He said, running
the blade from his wrist to his elbow on his bandaged hand. Sasuke ran to him, tears falling from his eyes.

"STOP!"He cried grabbing Naruto.

"GUARDS!"

Tbc

Now, did that give you a heart attack? Kidding, kidding. This was a scene written by AmayaxNaruto and her friend. I didn't want it to go to waste so I decided to scary the hell out of you guys with it. It's quite gory isn't it? Aren't you just grateful that I'm writing the story? Now look at the number of my reviews. I write 27 page and you don't write a single sentence as the review.

Now, I was supposed to update in a week. Really only one week has passed. I was there, sipping tea while enjoying the weather in my own dimension when I decided to take a tour to real world. Such foolishness! The result was a project landing in my hands followed by several exams. I will never set a date again. I suck at meeting it!

And I wasn't that motivated to update. I did say that I worked A LOT and asked you guys for review. Look how many I have. Am I asking for too much? When so many people have the story in their alert and don't bother to leave a word, well of course all motivation disappears. I'm updating because they were people who took my words as a promise. I did say IF! And well, they are always wonderful reviews that really mean a lot to me and make my whole day. This is to all the people who are kind enough to leave me a word and love this story enough to even write their own scenes. Thank you my dears. I will now shut up and let you read the real story.

Chapter 13: Normal II

He didn't trust himself anymore so he ran. He had never been more aware of a person in his whole life. He could tell when he was near, when he was approaching or when he was leaving.

There was something different about the air when he was around.

And there was something different about him when he was around.

He knew he was hurting him. Very bad! He was avoiding him like a plague and so far he had been successful. The only time he really had to face the other man was the times when Sakura insisted on sharing a meal.

Even she could tell something was wrong. Naruto was very cold and Sasuke was even colder.

He hadn't tried to corner Naruto even once. He hadn't tried to trap him and force a reply out of him like before.

He was cold…and hurt. Naruto could tell in a few moments that his mask would slip. But he couldn't ease that pain.

He couldn't do anything. He was absolutely useless.

He would spend all day staring at ceiling and avoiding everyone else. At night, he was even worse.

He couldn't feel anything. He would open his eyes and find Sakura sleeping beside him but he couldn't remember a single moment from their love-making sessions.

Love-making sessions.

Such meaningless words.

The whole harem was expecting some kind of explosion. They would tense when either Naruto or Sasuke would pass and resume their gossips immediately afterwards.

Sai had told him bunch of ridiculous stuff. Like Sasuke was about to lose his place and that was the reason of his behavior.. Like Naruto had become mentally unstable and Sasuke was at fault.. Like the two husbands had finally reached the breaking point…

Breaking point.

How ironic.

He had completely forgotten about the letter he was going to send to Tsunade. He had found it crumpled in his pocket long after Zabuza had left.

Somehow it didn't matter anymore.

Haku was the only one who had remained silent through the whole week Naruto had spent like a zombie.

Not a single word of concern or consolation. Perhaps that was why Naruto could sit beside him for hours and feel just a little at peace.

But that day the empty whole in his chest finally started bleeding, so much that he couldn't ignore anymore.

A messenger had came, delivering a very important message from the palace and Sakura had left them in hurry, leaving both Sasuke and Naruto alone at the tea table.

She had started this whole tea table gathering after she had found out about Sasuke and Naruto having tea together each evening. Now it was impossible to request her demand.

Naruto wasn't worried. He was sure Sasuke was going to remain silent and cold. That's why he was started when he heard the raven's deep voice.

"So, when you are actually conscious, you choose to run away?"

Naruto's head jerked up before he could control himself and he found himself staring right into Sasuke's deep onyx eyes.

His next move was jumping out of the chair and running away.

Of course Sasuke didn't chase him. He remained there, his head hanging low as he stirred his tea and smiled bitterly.

Naruto stumbled his way through the Harem's corridors. He didn't care where he was going. Anywhere was fine as long as he didn't have to look into Sasuke's eyes.

He couldn't stand the sadness in those eyes, knowing perfectly well that he was the cause of it.

He scrambled into a room and quickly shut the door. He took a steady breath and leaned against the door, his eyes taking in the surrounding for the first time.

It was an old library, obviously a vacant one. He took another deep breath and slowly stalked toward a table covered by scrolls and old books. He just wanted to keep his mind busy and this looked like the perfect place for burying him self. He scrunched his nose in this distaste while observing the thick dust covering the books. He looked around again. Perhaps this was not a library but a place to store old and useless books.

What kinds of book were considered useless? He wondered to himself as he read the titles.

'The flying bird'. Looked like a poem. He shook his head. He wasn't that much into poems. 'How to cook a delicious frog.' He stared at the title before passing to the next one. Obviously these books deserved eating dust.

'Harem rules.' Heh. Something around one hundred new versions were available.

'The princess and I.' The story of an idiotic husband falling in love with another princess.

'Arts of seduction.' Naruto raised an eyebrow and slowly pulled the book out and kept it in his hand.

'History of Konoha.' Nice, he had read about ten times, courtesy of Iruka of course.

'Clans of Konoha.'

'As we keep our eyes shut.'

He stared at the title. What the hell did that mean? He pulled the book out and stalked toward a chair before slumping down in it. He coughed a little, thanks to all the floating dust and opened the book. Several pieces of old paper fell from the inside and scattered around.

Naruto cursed and bent down to gather them. They were very old yellowish papers among them and he had a hard time picking them without destroying them. He was about to pick the last piece of paper when his hand froze, his eyes widening as one word caught his attention.

'The Kushina-hime's tragedy.'

His heart began pounding in his chest while air left his lungs for a mere moment. He quickly picked the paper but paused before reading it. He wasn't sure he wanted to remember it. He wasn't sure he was prepared, specially now that his mind was in enough of chaos but he also knew that he had missed a lot of important things as a child. He wanted to know. At least part of him wanted to know and that part was too strong.

He gazed down at the paper and with a deep breath, began reading.

You dare, you dare to keep your eyes shut? Even after having the blood of the most precious people on your hands? You who wept and mourned the death of your beloved princess and her dear husbands before resuming your every day lives like this tragedy had nothing to do with you?

You dare to call this protecting the pillars of our country?

What is this country of yours? Can you call a total of 30 women a country? If not, then how dare you ignore the remaining population of 1000 men? Their will, their lives, their dreams!

You dare to call this controlling the male population?

THIS SLAVERY OF YOURS?

So how much time do you need to see your so-called perfect system crumble down?

Your pathetic equilibrium is nothing more than …

Naruto's hand shook as he realized the rest of the sentence was unreadable. His heart was an inch away from jumping out of his chest. He quickly searched for the next words, praying to all the gods while doing so.

You know who caused this. You know you are responsible, you who forced him on her. She was happy. She had the best of lives with her beloved husband but no, you had to push your stupid rules on her, you had to force a completely unwilling husband on a completely unwilling wife. Kyuubi hated her and she hated him back. Yet according to your perfect rules she had to take a second official husband and he had to be…

More unreadable words. Naruto yelled in anger and kicked the table. Kyuubi hated his mother? That was a lie! The guy had killed his father for his mother's love!

She accepted it. She accepted it. She was willing to have this relationship. She was willing to share because she knew better than anyone else how much he loved him as well. That's why they hated each other. Because they could tell the other's love was also true. Perhaps if it wasn't for Minato, they could have been best friends but Minato existed and so did their love for him.

AND YOU! YOU HAD TO DESTROY EVERYTHING!

Naruto jumped as he realized he had reached the bottom of the paper. He dropped all the papers, scattering them on the floor again before falling into his knees, his hands shaking as he searched for the next page.

"Please. Please, please!" He chanted again and again.

He grabbed the second page, recognizing the author's handwritings immediately.

Why? Why? They were living their lives! Was it any of your business who she slept with or what she allowed in her harem!?

So kyuubi killed Minato out of pure jealousy and commit suicide from the guilt? Why accusing them of a crime that you can't even write down in your records?

Honestly only a five year old child may believe this ridiculous story of yours. The man almost got killed protecting him, now why would he take the same life? What jealousy? Kyuubi didn't give a damn about being first or second and neither did Minato or even Kushina. Life for these people was much more than that. Much more than what you tyrants can ever dream about.

Why couldn't you shut the hell up and let them leave their lives?

I will destroy you! I will destroy each and every one of you cold-hearted people who were responsible for their deaths.

You will pay for Minato's pain as he killed himself to protect his most precious people. The kindest and the most beautiful man in our country executed himself with his own hands to stop you devils from hurting his most important people.

You weren't expecting that, were you? That's why you were frightened when you heard Minato had died in place of Kyuubi. That's why you panicked when he took the blame. That wasn't in your plan, was it? You just wanted to teach others a lesson. You didn't want the greatest man of Konoha to be accused of infidelity.

I think he knew that when he took his life. That he was teaching his own lesson.

To love and to not fear.

And of course you will pay my best friend's life as she and her second husband too k their lives, not being able to live without their most beloved one.

And you will pay for that innocent child who watched his whole family commit suicide without knowing why.

And you will pay for my pain as I scattered her ashes.

I know what you will do now. You will destroy all evidence and erase all the truth. You will pretend to be the best country of the world and you will kill me in the battlefield, mourning for me as a brave princess who died for her country.

And I will laugh at you from my grave, as your beloved equilibrium falls and a new era begins.

Now keep you eyes shut and enjoy while you can.

Blood dripped down the man's chin and his body trembled violently, resulting in more blood streaming down his chest.

'Papa…Papa… No…please' The little boy cried desperately, his little fists clenching the man's blood-drenched robe.

' Na…ru…to' The man smiled at his child, still beautiful at the verge of dying.

'Papa…don't leave me Papa!' The child wailed and placed his small hands on either sides of his father's face. He could feel the warmth of life leaving his father's body as his eyes became heavier, the light in them disappearing slowly. The man lifted a hand to caress the child's tear-wet cheek.

'Naruto… Don't…leave your life…in fear…or distrust…be fr..eee,' The man's body trembled again and after inhaling a deep breath, remained motionless.

'Papa…PAPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA'

Darkness.

Darkness was everywhere.

The only thing that exist in his world.

Nothing else held any meaning.

The scene changed. A little blond child was nagging at his father.

'Papa I'm afraid. The way he looks at me… he is scary.'

The child whined.

The Blond man smiled. 'Don't be Naruto. He won't harm you. He is not a scary person…he simply …looks like that.' The man chuckled and ruffled the child's hair. "I will talk to him."

"Kyuubi, stop looking at him like that! You know that you look scary to little children." Minato laughed at the taller man.

"Hm." Was the red-haired man's only reply.

"Don't hm me. Stop glaring already."

"I'm not glaring. This is my face!"

"Well, smile then. Try. That's it. Just a little more and…ok, you know what? Don't smile. This face is worse."

The child yawned, sleep taking over him as his father's beautiful voice ringed in his head.

The scene changed.

Someone was yelling at him.

"Naruto have you lost your mind? You could have died! If Kyuubi wasn't there to catch you…god, child, are you trying to kill us?" His parents yelled at him.

"It's fine. Don't make such a big fuss." Kyuubi growled.

"Your arm is broken. You took the hit if not…" His father ran a hand through his hair with frustration.

The child felt very small.

"God, he is a boy. Let it go already." Red-haired man growled again.

Scene changed again.

"You slept with him last night! It's my turn so get lost." The red-haired woman glared at the other man.

Kyuubi snorted. "Remember you lost the game? Here is what I want. A whole week!"

Kushina's mouth dropped open. "Are you kidding me? A week? I will kill you!" She punched the other man weakly.

"Now, now, children. Learn to share!" The blond man snickered.

"You shut up." Both red hairs turned to him.

"Tonight is my turn."

"Hm, I'm afraid it's not gonna happen."

"Bring it on pretty boy."

"Oh, please. You're not big enough."

"Oi, stop it. Don't I have a say in this?"

"No, you don't."

"My, why you two team up only against me?"

Scene changed.

The man stared at the motionless body drenched in blood. his long red hair covering his face like a curtain. The child crawled away from him in fear, his whole body trembling in agony.

'Go away. Go away.' Child wailed and shook his head.

The man's lips stretched into a tight line. Slowly he fell into his knees.

'Go away. Go away.'

He leaned down and pressed his lips on the dead man's lifeless ones, a tear falling on the corpse face.

'Go away. Go away.'

He lifted his head…A hoarse laugh filled the room, his red eyes burning with madness and insanity…

'Naruto. Forgive me child. I couldn't protect him.''

Blood

Blood was everywhere.

Scene changed again.

'You know Naruto…I'm…I'm very sorry. I wanted to….to be by your side…to watch you turn into the same man as him but…but you know…Mommy is weak….Mommy can't tolerate this anymore….not when…he's gone….he's gone….Please forgive Mommy.'

The woman sobbed into the child's ear.

"I couldn't protect them. I couldn't protect them."

Blood

Blood was everywhere.

"Naruto, wake up! Wake up you idiot! WAKE UP NARUTO!"

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO." Naruto yelled and started out of his place, clamming hard into a bigger hard body. His whole body trembled and it took him a few moments to recognize the person who was holding him protectively in his arms.

He had landed in Sasuke's arms.

"Sasuke." He sobbed, his fists clenching Sasuke's Kimono as he hid his face in the nape of his neck. "Sasuke." He sobbed again.

"Shh…calm down. It's over now. You were dreaming. It's over." Sasuke said, rubbing soothing circles on his back.

"Sasuke. Sasuke. Sasuke. Sasuke." Naruto kept repeating the name in a hysteric matter. His whole body was out of control, cold as ice and covered with sweats.

"Calm down Naruto. Everything is fine." Sasuke rocked him, resting his chin on top of Naruto's blond head.

"No, nothing is fine. Nothing is right. My mind is so messed up." Naruto raised his head, tears running down his face as torrent of words were finally released from his heart. "I'm confused. I was wrong. He didn't kill my father. He loved my father. They all killed themselves. But why? I don't understand. Who is she? My mother's best friend? I don't remember such a person. Kyuubi and my father have been in relationship and seems my mother was informed. Seems she even approved of it. I don't understand." He shook his head and clutched at it. "I don't understand."

Sasuke listened in silence, his eyes not leaving Naruto's face for a second until the other collapsed in exhaustion. He slowly lay Naruto down and adjusted the pillow under his head.

"Calm down Naruto. It doesn't matter why they died. You have been born in a place full of love and passion. Perhaps that's why you have turned into such a wonderful person. Sleep now. What matters now is your life." He smiled gently and caressed his soft blond hair.

Naruto stared at him. Sasuke's hand was warm and kind. His eyes were soothing and his were beautiful. He stared at the other man until his heart was beating normally and the cold in his chest had melted away.

He closed his eyes while his hand encircled Sasuke's wrist. "Don't leave me." He clenched the hand with desperation, his nails digging into the soft skin and bruising it.

Darkness took over him.

Naruto placed the papers in the wooden chest he kept safe in his closet and locked it. He took a deep breath and pushed it into the depth of the closet.

He felt much better than before. In fact, he felt like his shoulders were free of a very heavy burden. It was a strange feeling. One he couldn't really describe. The air felt fresh in his lungs and his body felt much lighter than before.

He felt free. Something he had hardly felt since entering Sakura's harem.

And he owed it all to Sasuke, even if Sasuke himself was not informed. Lat night, he had dreamed of the raven man. In his dream, Sasuke had come to his room. Somehow the feel of those strong arms around his body and the warmth those soothing words had felt very real to him.

He clenched and unclenched his right hand. The hand he had held Sasuke's with. In his dream, Sasuke had told him something very strange.

A place full of love and passion. He still needed a lot of time to clear his head. He still needed to find out about many things, about the love circling in his mother's harem, about why they decided to commit suicide in group and about the ones who were responsible.

But he knew one thing for sure. Nightmare time was over. He was no longer a small weeping child. True, he was a husband and as a husband there wasn't much he could do. But he was going to live his life. He was going to solve the mysteries without drowning in the nightmares.

And he was certainly going to fight his way to freedom.

Something had changed inside of him.

He slowly stalked out of the room and closed the door. He had to see Sasuke. He knew the real Sasuke had nothing to do with the one in his dream, but he still needed to see his face. After all, real or not, Sasuke had been the one guiding him to his salvation.

He could hear Sakura talking to Sasuke inside her chamber. He was about to knock when his fingers froze.

"What happened to your hand Sasuke?" Came out Sakura's voice.

"It's nothing." Sasuke's voice was tired and distant.

"Nothing? You have a red ring around your wrist. Honestly, what happened?" Sakura insisted.

Naruto stared at the door's surface. Slowly, he stepped back and walked away from the door.

And as he walked, something changed inside of him, took a new form and overwhelmed his feelings.

He knew he was blushing. The heat was his evidence.

"Naruto?"

Naruto blinked. The room was dark and the moon rays passing the transparent curtains were the only source of light.

Sakura's lips were slightly parted, sweat trickling down her face.

"Are, are you alirght?" She panted, her cheeks colored pink from the heat and sensation.

Naruto blinked again. His throat went dry. He was inside Sakura. He could feel her tight heat around his cock.

But he couldn't remember a damn thing from moments ago.

Sakura furrowed her eyebrows. "I don't like how you act recently. It feels you're not really here or…worse, that you're thinking of someone else."

Naruto swallowed hard.

Sakura sighed. "Enough. I'm not in the mood anymore."

Naruto didn't say anything. He pulled out of his wife and grabbed a towel to clean himself.

"You're not hard." Sakura whispered, his eyes looking intensely at Naruto's perfectly formed tanned body.

"Sorry." He muttered.

She sighed again. "What is wrong with you? You better get over this melancholy of yours very soon." She glared.

Nauto hung his head, his bangs hiding his eyes. "Forgive me."

"Whatever." She shook her head and patted the mattress. "Lay down. I want your warmth."

He obeyed. Sakura snuggled into his warm chest and released a sigh of content.

"Sakura?"

"Hm?"

"Can I…ask you a question?"

"What?" she muttered.

"What would you do if…if Sasuke was in love with someone else?" Naruto whispered into her ear.

Sakura's eyes widened in less than a second. Naruto's whole body tensed as his wife started out of her place and straddled Naruto, grabbing his shoulders.

"WHAT?" She yelled and shook him violently. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN? HE IS IN LOVE WITH SOMEONE ELSE? WHO? WHO? " She shrieked, her face very scary as her eyes glazed with fury and jealousy.

"Calm down, Sakura." Naruto whispered on a low but calm tone. "I said if."

"Oh." Sakura blinked and released his shoulder. "Oh." She repeated again and took a deep breath. Obviously she was embarrassed for her sudden outburst but quickly she regained her composure.

Naruto watched as her eyes turned hard. "Sasuke is mine. Mine! My own. He loves me and only me. It's impossible for him to love anyone else." He climbed off Naruto and laid down again. Naruto remained motionless, his eyes at the ceiling.

"I won't allow it." She whispered. "His existence is mine." She turned her back to Naruto.

Silence took over the room and minutes passed. Naruto was sure Sakura had fallen asleep when she talked again.

"Did you know that Uchiha clan prefer to be warriors?" She whispered, her back still toward Naruto.

"Usually they give out their eldest son as a husband and train the rest as warriors. That's why Uchiha husbands are considered were precious. They are all beautiful and healthy with many skills." She took a deep breath.

"First son a husband and second a warrior. That's the tradition."

Naruto could no longer hear himself breathing. He wasn't even sure if he was.

"I forced them to train Sasuke for being a husband. I met him when I was very small. He was leaving for military school. He was beautiful." She paused.

"I went straight to my mother and told her about a beautiful Uchiha boy." Her tone changed, she sounded like she was smiling. "She laughed. She said, my Sakura is growing up. I told her that I want the boy. I want him to be my husband when I turn into a princess. She smiled and told me the boy is destined to become a warrior. I told her I don't care." She paused again.

My mother spoke to his clan. She also spoke to queen Tsunade and then they decided to have a petition. My mother called after other princesses. They came and looked at him. Everyone but two voted for his transfer to training harems. They too thought it was a waste to have him become a warrior. I was very happy. I was sure he was going to become mine…but then…" Her voice took another form, now angry and jealous. "Ino, Karin and other girls saw him as well. They were curious about this boy and so they came to see him." She growled. "Those wretched beings. I saw him first." She took a deep breath. "Of course, I wasn't going to lose." She turned around to face Naruto. "At the end, he was given to me as a birthday gift." She giggled. "Of course, we had to threaten his clan a little but well, everything worked out for the best." She smiled happily.

"He would have been a great warrior." Naruto whispered.

Sakura shrugged. "Maybe but he got lucky. He got to be a husband." She closed her eyes.

"His life is mine. Even his death is mine." She snuggled into her pillow.

"As is yours."

Tbc

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