Whatever It Takes
Chapter Twenty One
"Have you received any news from Suna, my king?"
Minato somberly nodded his head and bowed his head down regretfully as he looked at Gaara. "I'm afraid that right now your army is really in need of your Support Gaara. I really think it would be up to you to decide in leaving from courting Sasuke and help your country into victory,"
Gaara had been afraid of this. As much as he wanted to stay here and finally gain a fiancée, and be the true king, things were not working out as fast as he needed them to. "I'll stave off for a few more days my king, but after that I will leave. I cannot jeopardize any more than I already have,"
Minato nodded in understanding. "Please, do as you wish. I won't think any bad of you if you decide to leave in the middle of the courting,"
Gaara nodded, grateful. Even as this was going on and Minato tried to keep a respectful look on his face, he couldn't help but to think that Sasuke was going to be happy with this news. Gaara on the other hand wanted to stay longer to see if he truly did not have a chance with Sasuke. After the first time with talking with Sasuke he felt like he didn't, but after having spent time with the others, he wondered if maybe there was a change.
"Is there anything else that you wish to talk about?" Minato asked.
"Yes, my king," Gaara said, and turned to the king with a curious look, "I have a question on Sasuke's normal behavior, and if he would lie,"
Minato was a little surprised by the question but decided to answer Gaara. "Sasuke, he's about the most honest person you will ever find. He can be stubborn, standoffish, and sometimes hide things, but he's honest at heart, as much as he hates it." Minato got a pensive look on his face as he looked at Gaara, "why do you ask?"
Gaara plaintively smiled, "No reason at all. I just had a very interesting conversation with him,"
"I see," Minato looked curious now. Gaara shrugged and left the room. But as soon as he did and the doors closed behind him, a serious look crossed his face. Maybe he should have paid a little more mind to what Sasuke had to say. For all he knew, the prince was already someone that all of them had lost and they were just wasting their time trying to force the prince to spend time with them.
Then, why was he still here?
"Why are you glaring at me, I don't think I have ever done anything wrong to you," Neji said as he looked at Sasuke with an arched eyebrow. He was trying his best not to seem too threatening to the distrustful prince. "I know what you are thinking, I had no reason to make Kisame fall asleep, but you wouldn't understand my need for the two of us to be alone, so we can talk, privately. Right now, we can talk about anything that you want to talk about. I assure you anything that you have to say won't leave this room; it's just for my ears only. I also promise that if there is anything you want me to show you or teach you, I am willing to do so," he took a step forward and Sasuke took two steps back, and away from him. Neji paused and sighed.
"Stay away from me," Sasuke hissed. He was more than ready to run if he needed to. Yet at the same time, Sasuke was not one to run away when danger was staring him right in the face. He wanted to make Neji pay for what he had done to Kisame. Who did Neji think he was! There was no way Sasuke was ever going to allow him to get away with what he had done. Being that Sasuke had never been placed in this kind of situation before, he did feel a little fear. Despite always being strong, he was a little scared.
Neji rolled his eyes, "Come on Sasuke, don't be like that,"
"Stay away," Sasuke growled. He wasn't joking around either.
"Why? Just let me come near you and we can talk about what happened. I'll admit that I was wrong right now to Kisame, but, it was all with good intentions. Come one Sasuke," he offered his hand and Sasuke shook his head.
"Do you really think I'm that stupid to believe everything you fucking say? How insane and gullible would a person have to be to even want to get near you?"
Neji got a soft look on his face, "come on now, you have to believe me. I would never hurt you" he said as if trying to sooth Sasuke. "I've done nothing wrong to Kisame. He is just a sleep right now. I just slipped a sleeping serum into the tea. Nothing to worry about, I meant what I said. It was just to give us a moment alone, he'll be up and alright soon enough," Neji kept offering his hand and took another step forward, "Now come with me Sasuke, I promise I won't hurt you,"
"Tch," Sasuke hissed in disbelief and took another two steps back.
"I can give you anything you want in the world, money, jewels, just ask it, and I'll give it to you. I swear that you are never going to go without anything that you want if you are with me, prince," Neji bribed.
"Yeah right," Sasuke hissed.
"Mean Sasuke, I just really want to show you something fun," Neji made like he was pouting. There was nothing cute about the man. Sasuke felt both insulted and disgusted. "Come on; let me show you something really fun. I swear you are not going to regret it."
"Lies," Sasuke hissed. There was no way he was stupid enough to fall for that. Neji wanted to kill him as well, he just knew it!
"Now why would I lie?" Neji took a tentative step forward, but kept it at that when Sasuke took two more steps back. "I love you," The words were grounded out, emphasizing how hard Neji was trying to get Sasuke to believe in them. "Sasuke, I love you so much! You have to believe that. I would never do anything to hurt you. Ever since I first saw you when you were nothing but a child, I thought, wow, this boy is going to someday be my husband. I have thought of little else since then. You have to believe me Sasuke, I love you," Neji's eyes looked sincere and the hand over his chest, and his heart showed even more of his sincerity.
By this point Sasuke was done listening to Neji and turned to run out of the room. He wanted Itachi right now. He wanted Kisame to wake up and be alright. He wanted to kick Neji in the nuts. Who was the man kidding? How could Sasuke even think about trusting him when he had just slipped sleeping serum into the tea? For all he knew it was poison and Kisame was now dead. The moment that Neji noticed that Sasuke was trying to make it out of the room, he chased after him.
"You are not going anywhere!" he hissed, and reached for Sasuke, making to grab his arm, but that was when it happened. Neji took his hand back as a shocking jolt resounded from the tips of his fingers to the end of his toes. Neji screamed as he fell away from Sasuke, cursing as he looked at his hand in shock. His entire body was still shaking from the jolt he had received. Glaring, he turned to look at Sasuke, but there was a red aura that seemed to surround Sasuke and the boy turned to look at him, his eyes flashing red on their own.
"You are not allowed to touch me!" Sasuke growled.
Neji gasped, a look of disbelief taking over his face. "What…"
Sasuke's every instinct told him to kill this man. He could easily sense Itachi's presence on the palace grounds and that just gave him an assurance that Itachi would come to him if he simply called him. Itachi was protecting him even now so he didn't have to fear in killing this man. His mind quickly explained that Neji's death would be justified. That was when Sasuke flicked his hand and a small switchblade had found itself in his hands, ready to be used. Blood, Sasuke wanted to see blood. Of course, Neji had not seen the small blade in Sasuke's hand as he kept looking at the boys deep red eyes. They were captivatingly beautiful, and he found himself paralyzed in fear.
Sasuke was about to take one step forward, when there was a gasp from behind him. "What is going on?" he heard Suigetsu say, and he turned around to face him. Neji snapped out of his thoughts and jumped to his feet.
"Sasuke and I were just having a small, conversation," The old man was obviously still oblivious to how close he had been to his death. Sasuke growled deeply from the back of his throat, and the need to kill him only strengthened. Noticing Sasuke's tense stance, Suigetsu walked around and saw that Sasuke's eyes were dead and filled with the intent to kill.
"I suggest you leave Hyuuga," Suigetsu snapped at him, anger flashing in his eyes.
Neji scoffed. "No, I have a lot to still say to Sasuke. I have to say that I have never seen anyone, as exquisitely gorgeous as him," He took a step forward, trying once more to reach Sasuke. Suigetsu pushed Sasuke behind him, and glared at Neji.
"Take one more step and I can assure you, you will lose your tongue,"
Neji glowered at Suigetsu, "What makes you think I will leave you here alone with the prince! What if you harm him?" Neji dangerously narrowed his eyes, "I can't allow that,"
"No, I won't allow that, and If you don't fucking leave, I'll tell the king of what you have done!" Suigetsu retorted in return, "Don't think I'm stupid, I know what you have wanted to do, and the king will make sure you never get to escort his nephew ever again for it, you made a big mistake," fuck it, the king was the least of Neji's worries right now. If Neji dared come any closer he knew he was not going to be able to keep Sasuke from attacking him. He knew Sasuke would kill him. He knew because Sasuke had been angered before, even felt threatened and nearly killed one of his uncle's servants. There was a reason why Sasuke's rumored nickname was the devil after all! "Leave Hyuuga,"
Neji looked at Suigetsu and wanted to say something else. But he didn't know what to say. As soon as the king did hear of what he had done, he was going to get kicked out. After he planned all of this to go his way! For him to be able to seduce Sasuke he had gotten careless in his desperation and now he had lost. "Don't you dare tell the king?"
"That was something you should have thought about before you even did what you did!" Suigetsu hissed.
"I'm going to my room." Neji said as he steeled his feelings. He knew he was going to have to leave anyways. But by Gods, he was going to find a way to reach Sasuke and make sure that the boy saw that their love was real! Neji swiftly turned and left.
Suigetsu sighed as soon as he was gone and turned towards Sasuke. The boy looked completely like he was unhappy with the turn of events. Knowing Sasuke, he would try and finish the job as soon as he got the opportunity to. "What happened?" he asked, and Sasuke's red eyes turned towards him.
"The freaking bastard was trying to kill me," Sasuke growled, "And I think he killed Kisame!"
Suigetsu's eyes widened, his heart kicking in fear, "What?"
"Over there, you'll find his body," Sasuke pointed towards the couch. Suigetsu moved away from the young raven haired boy and walked towards the couch to look over it. Kisame was sprawled over the floor on the other side, and for a moment he really did think he was dead. Of course, all fear left him the moment that Kisame snored and he knew the man was just sleeping.
"Fuck Sasuke, he's just sleeping. You nearly gave me a scare," Suigetsu said as he glared towards Sasuke. The boy pouted and his eyes returned back to their original black color. The threat was long gone and having his friend around, especially to confirm that Kisame was alive, was enough to make him feel like things were somewhat back to normal.
Sasuke sighed. "I really did think he was dead! How do you think I felt?" Sasuke snapped, "I had to watch him get die!"
Suigetsu sighed, "Sasuke, you didn't see him die, stop being such a drama queen,"
Sasuke huffed. "I'm not being dramatic. I'm being realistic,"
"Yeah, yeah," Suigetsu neared Kisame and straddled him. "Hey Sasuke, you want to learn how to give a hickie," There was that word again. Sasuke neared Suigetsu and Kisame's unconscious body and sat down on the couch, nodding his head. "Alright, here," Suigetsu said as he moved Kisame's head slightly back to expose some of his throat, "First, just latch your mouth to the skin, and suck," Suigetsu leaned down and pressed his lips to Kisame's neck.
Sasuke's eyes widened as he remembered the mark that Itachi had given him on his neck. So that was what that was. "I think Itachi has some explaining to do," he muttered lightly under his breath. Speaking of Itachi, where was he?
Neji was cursing Suigetsu for stomping on his plans. He had been so close to making Sasuke his! And that damn white haired freak had to step in. Neji sighed, what was he going to do now? But as he contemplated what his next move would be, and how he was going to make the King not believe the prince and Suigetsu, he found himself pinned to the wall. A strong hand was wrapped tightly around his neck. He panicked as he no longer could breathe, but then again all breath left him when he saw a demon in front of him. At least that is what it looked like to him, because those red eyes promised so much pain. A face so beautiful shadowed in darkness, and framed by long hair.
"You dared to touch what was mine, and that is something I would never allow you to get away with," The person hissed, their voice so dark and icy that it gripped Neji's heart and stilled it. "I don't think that you deserve to live" and they tightened their hand around his neck. Neji panicked, bringing both his hands up and trying to pry himself free.
He chocked. Neji felt like he was in the verge of death!
"Yahira, quit it," there was a giggle and what sounded like the echo of high heeled shoes, something typical that a girl would wear.
"But you are so cute Yuki, I have to," Another girl giggled, and the two seem to squeal in glee as they seemed to be groping each other.
"Leave," the male hissed, and his fingers dug into Neji's neck, drawing blood from him. "If I catch you anywhere near here again, I will kill you," and they were gone. It was as if time was moving again, and Neji fell down on his knees, panting hard. But an ominous aura remained around him, and it felt like death.
"Yahira that feels so good, yes keep touching me right there" the girls moaned, and whimpered into each other's mouths. But as they neared the top of the stairs and they spotted Neji on his knees with blood dripping from both his neck and his mouth, they gasped in shock. The man looked like he had been shocked pale white.
"Prince Hyuuga, are you alright!" both of them rushed to his side and tried to help him, but the Hyuuga was thoroughly wounded. The wound on his neck was still freshly and profusely bleeding. It scared them that he might die.
"Yuki go call for help!" Yahira said, as she tried to press her own hand to the Hyuuga's bleeding neck. The man didn't seem to be breathing correctly at all. Yuki quickly nodded her head and rushed to find help. Twenty minutes later or so, Prince Neji was being escorted to the Konoha hospital. The doctors there had no idea what had caused the man to start bleeding, since the wounds didn't look like they had been created by a knife. It looked more like the man had been clawed at the neck.
It was soon declared that the man had been attacked by an animal and nothing else. When the king heard about this he called Sasuke into his office. Of course, all he got was the story of Neji drugging Kisame, and Minato had no choice but to let things drop and also not allow Prince Hyuuga back into the palace grounds.
"A wild animal, that's what they say," Suigetsu said as he looked at Sasuke. Sasuke was pacing back and forth in his room. It was already late night, but they had received the news of what had happened when Sasuke had been called into his uncle's office. No doubt that a few moments ago Sasuke had been a suspect. Now Kisame was being interrogated by the king just to prove if Sasuke's story was true and Suigetsu was the one left guarding him.
"It's not that I care, the fucking bastard deserved it, but who else would have a motive to attack him," Sasuke sighed, "I would have clawed his neck out myself if I had gotten the chance, but you are such a party pooper,"
"You may be a prince Sasuke, but you do realize you don't hold titles strong enough to keep you from going to prison,"
"I know, I know," Sasuke sighed. He looked out the window, "Because of this mess my uncle still has not gone to bed, and I really want to see Itachi already," huffing; the young prince walked over to his bed and dropped down on it.
"How attached are you to that man, already?" Suigetsu asked. "You've been apart from him for only today, and that is only a few hours and you're already acting as if you've been away from him for over a week," Suigetsu shook his head, "I really doubt that you miss him that much already,"
Sasuke sighed, "You wouldn't understand Suigetsu, the connection I feel with him. It hurts so much to be apart from him. It scares me, the idea of never seeing him again. You have no idea what I feel when I am around him, everything is just perfect with him." Sasuke smiled, "Funny, how my whole life and morals changed as soon as he came into my life. But I don't regret meeting him, and I wouldn't have it any other way,"
"You sound more obsessed than in love, to tell you the truth," Suigetsu mocked. "Guess it just takes that special one to change a person huh,"
"I don't know," Sasuke turned on his side, "I just feel like he's mine and that he understands me like no one else. He makes me feel," Sasuke made a face as he thought about the right word, "Complete,"
"Hm," Suigetsu smiled, "Like Kisame makes me feel complete. But I've screwed up,"
"Kisame will soon realize that he's the one that screwed up," Sasuke huffed. He frowned when he noticed the small black journal that he had left in his bed earlier that day. In the whole event of what had happened and prince Neji getting escorted out, he had forgotten that he had left it out to read. It was the only thing that had any writing that belonged to his mother.
"What's that?" Suigetsu asked.
"Something my mother left for me," Sasuke said, tracing the cover with the tips of his fingers. "I have yet to read what it has to say, but I want to. That's why I left it out," Sasuke moved his fingers to trace at that pages in between both covers and propped the book open to the first page. Suigetsu watched him for a while, watching as Sasuke traced the neat writing that belonged to his late mother. Sasuke was about to say something more, but that was when the door opened and Kisame walked inside.
"The fucking bastard should have died!"
"What do you mean?" Suigetsu asked.
Kisame rubbed a hand in the back of his neck and shook his head. "They are saying that he's going to live through the attack, although he did lose a lot of blood. I swear, bad people all over the world always live when they just need to die"
"Hurt ego?" Sasuke mocked and Kisame turned to look at him with a glare.
"This is your entire fault little monster." Kisame hissed. Sasuke chuckled, and his eyes briefly flashed red making Kisame freeze. Those eyes, they were so similar to Itachi's. For a moment he had to wonder what that could mean. Where Sasuke and Itachi some sort of monsters? For real?
"I'm not a monster," Sasuke defended, and then he placed the book in his hands down as he stood up. "Where's Itachi?" he asked. Kisame frowned and then jabbed his finger towards the door.
"Itachi's in his room, but I don't think that it's a good idea for you to go out there. The king might think about coming to check on you,"
"I really could care less what he's going to do, I want to go see Itachi," Sasuke retorted. That was when Suigetsu placed a hand on Sasuke's shoulder and kept him from doing anything rash.
"It is better if you two stayed in your respective rooms for tonight," Suigetsu said. Sasuke looked at Suigetsu with a slight glare and questioning look. "Sasuke, you were probably about to get raped by a man that assaulted your body guard. That same man was then ripped at the throat, something is going on, and we don't know what that is," he gestured towards Sasuke's bed. "Just sleep here tonight, and you'll get to see Itachi tomorrow."
Sasuke sighed, and sat down on his bed. "You two are keeping something from me!" Sasuke snapped and he glared at the both of them, his eyes burning red now.
"Okay, your uncle has moved the other suitors somewhere else, and he is specially being protective of you Sasuke. He's being strict also that none of the servants come near this side of the palace, only Suigetsu and I are barely even allowed," Kisame threw his arm out as he seemed to be screaming at Sasuke, "If Itachi even tries to step anywhere near here, or you try to go to him, there is going to be suspicion on the two of you, so just relax while the police and detectives do their job!"
Sasuke pouted.
"Please Sasuke, it's for your own good," Suigetsu soothed.
Sasuke sighed and nodded his head, but he still did not look happy over the fact that he could not see Itachi. His sulky expression said it all. "Fine, okay," he conceded, "I'll stay in my room tonight,"
Kisame and Suigetsu were both relieved and headed out. Sasuke felt burning tears come to his eyes and he walked over to the door, where he locked it and then he walked back to his bed and he buried his face into his pillow. This sucked! He wanted Itachi so badly.
If he knew this was going to happen, he would have never let go of him that morning. Turning on his back, he slowly closed his eyes, and eventually sleep did take over him. He wasn't sure what it was, but there was a soothing aura around him, and it seemed to be coming from somewhere in his chest. Sasuke had barely even moved his hand over his chest, to where the palm size skull charm that Itachi had given him was.
All he knew at that moment was darkness.
Itachi sat in his bed, with a pensive look in his face.
He could still recall the shocked look on the Hyuuga's face, as well as the way he chocked as he practically crushed the man's throat. But the fact remained, and what was currently bothering him, was that he had felt it. He had felt Sasuke's fear as he had been in danger, and he had felt Sasuke's determined anger. Knowing that Sasuke was a fiery ball, he knew that the boy was strong enough to take care of himself and he could have killed Neji himself, but he had not been able to allow himself to stay away. He had needed to protect Sasuke, but he didn't know what that meant, what it was that drew him to the boy.
It was too crazy to think that their bond was that strong already. Fuck, not even long termed lovers have ever mentioned feeling such a connection as to where you could feel their partner's emotions. Not at all really. But whatever was between him and Sasuke, it was different. It was natural. His blood sung every time that he was near Sasuke and it was not because the boy aroused him and made his blood boil with need, no it was something else.
His love for Sasuke had on its own, without his permission grown exceptionally in just a few days. It was not normal how quickly he had become possessive over Sasuke. Although most of these feelings were new to Itachi and he barely understood them, he knew they were there. They were still things that he was going to learn how to control, because he would kill for Sasuke.
Knowing his history with killing, Itachi knew he was not going to hesitate either. He would tear through whomever he wanted, and he would get away with it. He had been trained so no trail would lead back to him and no one, not even the best detective in the world could find out that he was the one to kill a certain person. Itachi was no stranger to death and he had killed so many people that it exceeded his age.
Being here with Sasuke had reminded him of his bloodlust. Memories were clearer now, and Itachi could feel himself reverting, back to himself, but at the same time something had changed. There was something different about him, but he did not understand what it was. The bloodlust was not the same, it was almost as if he had a little more self-control than before, but at the same time he was still capable of evil.
What he had done today was wrong, but he was not sure if he could tell Sasuke it was he that had attacked that despicable Hyuuga. The thing was he would do it again, despite what anyone had to say.
"Sasuke," he whispered, as he closed his eyes and laid down. He could feel Sasuke here in the palace, just a few walls away from him, but close. He was safe and that was enough for him to relax and be able to close his eyes to sleep.
He'll see his little angel soon.
Hello! Everyone, I know I finally updated. I've been in a bad mood since I was stopped by the cops and have to deal with all of that, plus school. But that's over now, well except school. ugh. but here's the update and hope you all enjoy.
I did want to ask though, how do you guys feel about male pregnancy, seeing as this one will have that, and I've been thinking of doing another one the same, let me know.
See you guys around!