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Warnings: Yaoi, Bad language, and Character Death
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000
Gaara's P.O.V.
We had started to my house about an hour ago, but we had to stop because my car had started to act funny.
I had to pull over on the shoulder of the highway, where I got out to inspect what was wrong with my car.
It was strange.
It wouldn't work right, but when I lifted the hood, there was nothing wrong with the car.
"What's wrong with it, Gaara?" Naruto asked, from the passenger's side window.
"It's nothing, Naru. Let's go."
However, when I went to turn the key into the ignition, the car would not start.
We sat in silence for a while.
While I was fuming, I noticed Naruto shiver, but when I looked up, he was looking out the window, at a man that was about fifty yards away.
Then I noticed that there was a bright orange glow coming from the hood end of the car, and I knew that the car was on fire.
"Naruto! Hurry! We have to get out of the car!"
He looked at me in confusion for a minute.
"Huh? Why?"
When he turned back to look at the window, he saw the wall of flames licking at the hood of the car.
He quickly undid his seatbelt and I helped him out of the car, and we got a good distance away from it, just before the car exploded.
We were both so focused on getting away from the burning car that we, for a moment, forgot about the man with the golden eyes, well, at least until the bastard opened his mouth.
"Why hello Naruto. What happened to your car?"
I noticed, with interest, how Naruto cowered into me; he was frozen in terror as we stared down the man.
"Are you not happy to see me, now foxie? I mean, I went through all of this trouble to find you to tell you about Jin and you don't want to hear me out?"
In that one sentence, I gasped at what happened.
Naruto's whole body went ridgid as his face contorted in fury.
"What did you bastards do to my brother?"
"Why nothing really, just that Kisame sent me to tell his little kitten that if you want to see your precious brother alive, that you'll be a good boy and come with me to the warehouse district."
I felt a snarl come loose from between my lips as I heard this.
This did not, apparently, go unnoticed by the snake like man.
He turned his head in my direction, and said, "Don't worry, you can come too. Kisame wants to thank you personally for keeping his little kitten safe and out of trouble."
"I'm. Not. Going. Any. Fucking. Where. And. Neither. Is. Naru!"
I made sure to put enough venom in the words as I spoke them deliberately to ensure that he understood that I wasn't playing games and that I meant every word.
The next words spoken shocked me to my very core.
Naruto stepped forward, a broken look on his face.
"Okay, Orochimaru, you win. I'll go with you. Just tell Kisame not to hurt my brother. I'll do anything he wants. Just leave my brother alone."
"Naruto, you don't have to do this."
"No Gaara. I can't take a chance and let them hurt Jin. Wouldn't you do the same thing if it was your brother, Kankuro? Or your sister, Temari?"
"You're right. Let's go."
000
Jin's P.O.V
I entered the warehouse and looked around.
I had Itachi and Neji with me as backup.
"Kisame! Where are you, you bastard! Come out and bring my brother too!"
The man who came out was one that I had never remembered seeing before.
Kisame was obviously playing games with me and I didn't have time to waste with this man when my brother's life was in danger.
"Who the hell are you and where are Kisame and my brother?"
The man took off the mask that he was wearing and we all gasped.
The man had the same eye condition that seemed to affect Itachi's and his little brother's eyes.
"How is it that you also have the Sharigan?" Itachi snarled, "The only ones left who have the Sharigan are me and my younger brother, Sasuke!"
"It's nice to see that I still have some descendants left," the man said, "I thought that the Uchiha had all died in that horrific fire."
"No, only our parents died! And what the hell do you mean 'descendant'!"
"Maybe it's time I introduce myself. My name is Madara. Uchiha Madara!"
Mine and Neji's jaws dropped as we looked at Itachi's face, which was livid with rage.
"I remember you now, you bastard! You're my mother's brother! You've got some nerve, showing your face around here now, Madara! There was some proof that you were in the house the day of the fire. And the can of gasoline that my father kept in the garage, along with the car, was missing. And you disappeared just before we got the news that my parents were dead. And a few days later, after they found the burned car, they found your fingerprints on the gasoline container. So, what are you doing back here now?"
"You're right about one thing, young one. I did kill them because they were getting too powerful. The only one that suspected me from the beginning was a man that your father hired as security, a man by the name of Minato Namikaze. If he hadn't gone digging for information that was none of his business, I wouldn't have to have eliminated him."
At those words, I felt a snarl escape my lips as the rage bubbled over.
"You had my parents killed, you bitch! All this time, I thought it was Kisame and was you!"
"How sweet, you thought I killed your pathetic excuse for parents?" said a cold voice.
The sorry son of a bitch gave a throaty laugh at the death glare that I shot him.
"Come now, Jin. Aren't you glad to see me?"
"You've got some nerve, Kisame," I growled fiercely, "Seeing as you raped and molested my little brother for years and then just as he's healing, rip back open his wounds and then kidnap him, hell no I'm not happy to see you."
The shark like man chuckled.
"Where the fuck is my brother, Kisame?"
"He's been sitting quietly, but I'm afraid he's a little tied up at the moment.
That did it.
I didn't care at that particular minute if I was throwing my life as a lead CSI detective all away, if I was going down, I was as sure as hell gonna take this bastard with me.
I lunged forward and grabbed that bastard by his shirt and yanked him forward.
"What did you do to my brother, you worthless son of a bitch!" I hissed into his ear, "tell me or I'll kill you slowly and enjoy doing it!"
"Killing me isn't going to get me to tell you where your brother is any faster. And in any case, you'll be long dead."
000
Naruto's P.O.V.
I was quiet as we headed into the warehouse district.
I was seething in anger, so I knew Gaara was even madder than I was, but I was thinking of a way that I could get out of this shit and save us all.
When we got there and went in, I whirled around to face Orochimaru, venom in my voice.
"Where is my brother?!" I demanded.
"He's safe for the moment," Orochimaru replied, as he headed through a door, "why don't you just relax."
I sat down next to Gaara and buried my face into his shoulder, crying.
In return, I felt his arms wrap around me and a pair lips in my hair.
"We'll get through this, Naru," he whispered into my golden locks, "but no matter what, I love you."
"Okay. Whatever happens, Gaara, I love you too."
000
Orochimaru came into the main room to see the older Uzumaki on his knees and bleeding.
He smirked as he whispered in Kisame's ear.
"The boy's here and he says that he'll do anything if you don't hurt his brother."
"Excellent. Bring me the boy and his little lover."
Orochimaru nodded and went back the way that he had come.
Two minutes later, two eyes met.
One pair was shocked gold, one pair was pained aquamarine.
"See Jin, I told you he was alive," Kisame said, cracking a toothy grin, "so there wasn't a need to jump at me and get physical."
At this, the irate redhead uttered a snarl.
"Don't tell me what to do, Kisame! I still have a mind to rip your head off!"
Then turning to my brother, I said, "Naru, we're going!"
I turned to my brother to go to him, but then I felt a sharp pain in my back and a snarl.
I looked up to see Naruto crouched on all fours, eyes turning red and the whiskers on his face deepening.
Then, I looked back to see that Madara had attacked me.
"W-what the hell!? Kisame! What is this?"
"Did you honestly think that I'm going to let you take my little kitsune when I went through all of this to get my hands on him? You can go, but foxie is staying here."
Then, turning to Gaara, he smiled, a smile that chilled me to my very core.
"I want to thank you for keeping my kitten out of trouble. He can get himself into quite a bit of trouble sometimes."
"Leave him alone, Kisame! You said you wouldn't hurt them!"
"I never said that, my naughty little fox. You remember what I told you before I left, don't you?"
It broke my heart to see the way my little brother shuddered uncontrollably as he thought.
Naruto's P.O.V.
Time stood still as I tried to get my body to stop shaking.
"You promised to make it like it was before everyone loved me. Back to the time where no one was in my corner and everyone hated the sight of me."
"Well, foxie, I think it's time to say goodbye to your brother because you're mine now."
I bowed my head and made to follow Orochimaru.
I might be miserable for the rest of my life, but if I could keep the people that I knew safe, then I didn't care about what happened to me.
I would forfeit my life to save theirs.
Then I heard the words that changed everything.
He didn't think that I heard what he said, but I did.
"Orochimaru, Madara," Kisame whispered, "Get rid of them."
"Don't you even dare, Kisame!" I snarled, "If you put one hand on them, I'll kill you!"
/Kit, we've been waiting for this moment. Just say the word/
::But…::
/I promise that I won't hurt any of your loved ones. You just have to trust me, kit/
::I trust you::
Kisame cocked his head at me.
"I never promised you anything, my little kitten," the shark like man said, smiling at Gaara, "and as for you, thank you for helping my little kitten, but you're not needed any longer."
With that, Orochimaru made a move, and the next minute, Gaara was clutching his chest, a large gash appearing and blood began to seep out from under his hand.
A feral snarl erupted from my lips as I went into the place that Kyuubi and I shared.
/Kit, anytime you want/
::Now. I can't let him think that he can hurt Gaara and I won't do anything about it::
Then everyone froze when my aquamarine eyes began to turn crimson red and a tail sprouted from my tailbone.
"Leave him alone, you bastard!"
"Kill them, But whatever you do, try to keep my little kitten alive," Kisame said, turning to leave.
"Where do you think you're going, Kisame?" I demanded, "You're not going any damn where!"
"I know that what you're doing is just an act. It's just like before, when I tried to cut your pretty little ass. All you can do is watch, paralyzed in fear as I kill your pathetic excuse for a brother, who by the way couldn't even figure out who was behind the murders in the tri-state area. I even gave him a couple of clues, but I guess I gave him too much credit that he could solve the case."
"What! So that was you?!"
The answer came from a man that had eyes similar to Sasuke's.
"Me, actually. It was so easy to throw you off. And you call yourselves the top CSI team in the state? What a joke that is!"
As an answer to that comment, I let a ferocious snarl erupt from my throat, making everyone in the room turn their heads.
"You're a fucking sick bastard! One of your victims was named Deidara! He was one of my best friends!"
And when that bastard chuckled, I lost all control.
I could feel the rage bubbling and then I heard Kyuubi's voice in my head.
/Kit, who do you want to kill/
::That son of a bitch that killed Deidara and Kisame for underestimating me and thinking that I would be too scared to attack him::
/Very well/
000
Normal P.O.V.
Gaara stared at his lover as the blonde haired kitsune 's eyes got even more fox like and his whiskers deepened as two more tails sprouted from his tailbone.
In a guttural voice, he turned to Kisame and said, "Mistake? Yours!"
"What do you mean?" the shark like man said, cracking a grin.
"I mean that you made a huge mistake by thinking that you could bend me to your will that I would be too scared to kick your ass if you tried to get rid of my brother and my boyfriend! Did you actually think that I would come quietly? I might have been scared before, but that was because it was just about you and me. Now that you've involved my brother, I'm afraid that I can't allow you to live!"
And as Orochimaru plunged the knife into Jin, Neji and Itachi pulled their weapons and fired at the snake man, killing him instantly and rushed over to their fallen leader.
"Jin?" Neji said, "boss, speak to me. Itachi's calling for backup. Just hang on until EMT's here. You're gonna make it."
But the red head wasn't concerned about the wound and the fact that he was bleeding heavily; he was looking at his brother, who howled in a rage and leaped forward.
A moment later, the room filled with a snarl that seemed to echo in the empty warehouse as the blonde haired kitsune clutched his chest and blood seeped out from a wound that Kisame has just delivered to this chest.
"I guess I can't keep you alive, my little fox, now can I? And here you would have made a good little boy to ease my stress when I came-"
Kisame never got to finish his sentence before Naruto used his chakra claws to slash his throat.
"I WILL NOT BE CONTROLLED, YOU SICK BASTARD!"
When he heard that, Jin smiled.
The blonde kitsune kept slashing away at the shark-like man until a hand caught his.
He looked up to see Gaara holding his arm.
"Naru, stop it! He's dead already! Please?"
The kitsune nodded and with one last look at the dead man, Naruto ran to where jin was lying with Neji.
"Jin…"
"I'm so proud of you, Naru. I've waited so long to hear those words. At least I get to hear them before I die."
"Jin, you're not gonna die! Don't even think about it! You hear me?!"
"You got it, Crash," the red head whispered.
000
Minutes later, the EMTs showed up.
"In here, guys!" Neji said, directing the paramedics to over where Jin was lying.
Karin, who was with them, said, "Itachi called us and said that they found the killer to our case?"
"Yeah, we did, but you're never gonna believe it?"
"Speaking of which," Suigetsu added, "where is Itachi?"
To answer that question, a gunshot rang out inside the warehouse.
They rushed to the sound of the gunshot to find an badly injured Itachi and a dead man.
"Itachi? Is this the murderer?"
He nodded just before he collapsed.
"We've got another in here!" Karin called to the EMT that was nearest.
000
Jin woke up in the hospital a few hours later.
"Oh good, you're up," said a honey eyed blonde, "your brother's been asking about your condition for about an hour now. He's been really worried. I'll go get him."
The red head chuckled as Itachi rolled his eyes.
"That would be just like Crash Bandicoot, to be worried more about me than himself."
Then, golden eyes fell on a boy, his brother's ex-boyfriend and Itachi's little brother, Sasuke, who was standing near the older Uchiha.
"You okay, Itachi? What about the case?"
"It all under control, boss," Itachi said, "Juugo, Karin and Kakuzu processed that warehouse from top to bottom, and are writing up reports. Can I ask you a favor though, Jin?"
"Anything."
"I'll get my report to you as soon as I can, but I need to take some time to-"
Knowing where the Uchiha was going, the red head cut him off.
"Take as much time as you need, Itachi. I know that case has you reeling in your personal life, and you need time to yourself."
The grateful Uchiha nodded and flashed Jin a brief but rare smile.
As Itachi rose to leave, the door opened and the blonde kitsune bounded in.
"Hey Tinyrillaroo! It's bout time you woke up!"
"Well excuse me if I don't have a demon fox that cuts my healing time down to a couple of minutes. How are you feeling, Crash Bandicoot?"
Gaara, who came in more quietly noticed the raven that he went to school with, but said nothing, but went to sit down next to Jin's bed.
"Hold on, Naru," Jin suddenly, "Itachi, before you go, look in my bag. The EMTs did get my bag, didn't they?
Itachi nodded.
"'Suke," he said, regarding Sasuke, "you can go outside, if you want. I'll only be a minute."
"Wait, this concerns both of you," Jin said, as the younger raven made to leave.
"Why? What did you want me to look for, boss?"
"It's the file Neji slipped it in my bag when we found out who Madara was, back at the warehouse. He told me that if we all got out of there, to give it to you. It would give you and Sasuke closure about your parents."
Picking the thick file out of the bag, Itachi said, "thank you, boss. This means a lot to me and my brother. All these years, we never thought that our parents' death was an accident and all we wanted was answers. You know, that man cause a lot of misery to both of us. Not only did Sasuke and I get the answers that we so desperately sought after, you got some you found out the truth about your parents' death as well, boss."
At those words, Jin saw tears well up in his baby brother's eyes and put his hand on the blonde's shoulder in an effort to comfort the blonde.
"Yeah, I think both of us might need to take time off out of the office to grieve."
000
Done and Done!
I plan to make one more chapter, to complete the story. Just a heads up, this last chapter will be strictly a NaruGaa chapter.
As always R&R!