Konnichi wa!
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Here's chapter twenty five!
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Treacherous Heart
Chapter Twenty-Five – Reunited
"I can't go back to Sound."
Sasuke's grip on the sash tightened.
I know I can't – I'll go insane!
There's nothing there for me now. All my weaponry is here, and I can summon my Katanas easily.
Not to mention one of the people closest to him was captured and being taken to his death as he stood there like a dumb man….
"So it's decided." He sighed, and then his eyes snapped open. "Right." He gave the gray sash one last glance before folding it and putting it in his pocket. "So I'm going back to that dump of a village after all…"
He was smirking on the inside.
He packed his sleeping bag and shouldered his pack, looking out in the general direction of Konoha. "So it begins…"
He leaped into the trees and sped through the branches.
But little did he know that the rumors had been true as careful eyes watched him vanished into the trees.
Sasuke made it to Konoha in three days – awesome time for even a ninja. His pack lay abandoned at the bottom of a river, tossed in favor of speed.
He knew where Kabuto would be held prisoner of course – in the dungeons underneath the Hokage tower – he had been there once, but as a curious boy who had just wanted to go exploring.
He had known nothing of the horrors he did now.
Eyes narrowed in annoyance as he sat cross-legged on a tree branch right outside the village walls, searching for the green fire of Kabuto's Chakra with his own blue flame perfectly concealed.
Damn tower! It just HAS to be in the middle of the FUCKING village! He sighed inwardly and shook his head, pinching the bridge of his nose in distaste. There's not going to be an easy way to do this…
"Just fucking hard." Barely any breath was used in the statement. Well, there's a fast way – even if it requires a lot of Chakra, I'll do it.
Eyes closed, he made multiple hand seals, still sitting down. It was a long, complicated series of signs, but he managed without one mistake. He felt the Chakra surge through his body –
TRANSFORM!
In a poof of smoke, a sparrow was seen flying over Konoha, headed for the Hokage Tower.
A prison cell is an incredibly boring place. Kabuto decided as he stared at the wall, multiple Chakra points sealed thanks to the Hyuuga's handy work.
Tsunade had seen through his transformation immediately, but when asked why he had posed as Sasuke, he had merely smiled and said nothing.
He had to admit – seeing Naruto's furious reaction was worth the punch in the stomach.
"I wonder what Sasuke is doing now…" He mused to the walls.
A soft chirp answered him, and he looked up to see a small sparrow in the door window of his cell, perched snugly in between two iron bars. He managed a small smile.
"Hello little one," he breathed to it. "What're you doing so far away from the sun?"
The bird answered by flying into the cell and towards him. He bolted upwards as the bird changed shape in mid-flight, and he embraced the other tightly with welcome arms.
"Sasuke, you actually managed to pull that technique off! That's amazing–"
"Did they hurt you, Kabuto?" Sasuke cut him off, raising his hands to hold Kabuto's face. "Are you all right? Did they try –?"
Warm, familiar lips cut him off, and his entire body relaxed as he returned the kiss, passion and – love? – washing over both of them as their bodies pressed against each other.
When they parted, the first thing Sasuke said was –
"That was a fuckin' DUMB stunt you pulled back in Sound, you know." A scathing glare was added to accentuate the point. Kabuto smiled.
"So? I thought it was very heroic."
"Heroic and stupid."
Kabuto's smile widened at the immediate retort.
"Yes, I know," he replied. He raised a hand and caressed Sasuke's cheek softly. "I did it to protect you."
To free you.
Sasuke glared at him angrily, but he didn't push away the hand as it slid down his throat and chest.
"I can protect myself!"
I just can't protect you and I hate myself for that –
"Yes, but in doing what I did, we saved much more blood shed."
Because I knew you wouldn't be able to take anymore –
Sasuke's eyes narrowed and he looked away.
"I don't care – we still got separated. Dammit Kabuto, I thought you had died –"
Warm arms embraced him as soft lips brushed him, and he clung to the other – as if needing assurance that he was really there.
Kabuto instantly saw through the tension of Sasuke's back and shoulders.
"Hush…" he breathed in the other's ear. "I'm here – I'm safe – I'm alive – don't worry."
"It took me three days to reach you," Sasuke murmured. "I was afraid – they had already –"
The Uchiha couldn't understand it as he felt the corners of his eyes burn. Why the hell was he getting so choked up?
He's here – here, not dead – he's safe – thank God –
Kabuto felt his heart swell.
Sasuke Uchiha was worried about ME.
He lifted up Sasuke's chin to kiss the flushed cheeks, kissing the corners of his eyes and mouth. He grasped Sasuke's jaw line gently.
"Sasuke…" he murmured softly before pressing his lips into the Uchiha's, pulling Sasuke closer.
The Uchiha opened up to the medic immediately, reaching up to grasp Kabuto's jaw in one hand and press him closer, desperately needing to feel his touch.
"Kabuto –"
The sound of a slamming steel door broke them apart, but before Kabuto could say anything Sasuke had taken the medic's face in his hands, staring into Kabuto's eyes with a strangely intense gaze that the medic had never seen before.
"I will NOT let you die," Sasuke breathed to him before turning away and transforming into a sparrow once more, flying up through a hole in the upper corner of the far wall and out of sight.
Kabuto had to grin.
Maybe prison cells aren't so boring after all.
End Chapter Twenty-Five – Reunited
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