Somebody Save Me
Chapter 26
AN: The tears shed in writing this chapter is likely enough to fill a river. Be warned. Thanks for reading and reviewing! Liz
"What did you do with the rat poison?" Kurama repeated, he had the feeling he knew what she had used it for, he just wanted her to confirm before he went and murdered her.
"I gave it to the rat bastard." Mikoto replied, grinning unrepentantly at Kurama. "I don't want that murderous, filthy demon in my home. I should toss him out in the streets and let him die like the dog he is." Rage, filled Kurama's body, and he slammed her into the wall, his forearm against her throat.
"You better hope like hell that you didn't give that poison to him." Kurama snarled. "I'll rip you limb from limb and enjoy every minute of it."
"What's going on here?" Fugaku asked, exiting his bedroom, to find Kurama holding his wife against the wall, his arm against her throat.
"I wanted to know what she done with the rat poison." Kurama said, "I know she keeps this place clean, there's no way in hell that you would have rats. She says she fed it to Naruto."
"And he ate all of it." Mikoto said, grinning again at seeing the distress in Kurama's face.
"What the hell Mikoto!" Fugaku stated, crossing the hall to stand beside Kurama. "You go check on your brother. I'll handle her." he told Kurama.
Kurama nodded and dropped his arm, glaring at her before turning and dashing into the bedroom where Naruto had been sleeping. The first thing he noticed was that Naruto was resting on his back, which was on the things the doctor had said not to do because of the stitches in his back.
"Naruto?" Kurama called, crossing the room and sitting on the bed next to his brother.
"Kura." Naruto's voice was weak and lethargic. "I don't feel so good. My chest hurts." Kurama leaned forward and gently lifted Naruto's head.
"I'm going to do something you're not going to like, but I'm going to need you to do this for me okay?" Kurama asked, before gently prying Naruto's mouth open and then sticking two fingers into Naruto's mouth, as far as they would go. Kurama really hoped it would induce vomiting, maybe then his brother would somehow manage to survive this, Kurama just had to empty his brother's stomach first.
"Let me die." Naruto moaned, gagging around Kurama's finger, but much to Kurama's dismay he didn't try to vomit. Removing his fingers, he stared at his brother.
"I can't let you die." Kurama whispered, "I won't have any family left. I need you."
"I'm sorry," Naruto wheezed, his breathing starting to come in uneven gasps. "I just want to be with my Sasuke again."
"I can't let you go." Kurama repeated. "I need you."
"I wish Orochimaru had killed me." Naruto mumbled, feverishly sweat dropping down his face. "I wish I died while I was locked up. Then none of this would be hard for you. You could keep on hating me, even when I was gone."
"No." Kurama mumbled, not liking how quickly Naruto's consciousness was fading. It was pretty clear to him that along with the troubled breathed, he had a fever. Which were symptoms of being poisoned if Kurama remembered correctly.
"I'm not letting you die." Kurama stated stubbornly, standing up and picking his little brother up in his arms, with an arm under Naruto's neck and the other under Naruto's knees. "Just hang on little brother, I'm getting you some help." Kurama rushed out of the room, with a barely conscious, and barely breathing Naruto in his arms.
"Get out of my way!" Kurama told Fugaku as he rushed past with Naruto.
"Maybe we should wait for an ambulance?" Fugaku suggested, not liking how pale, and feverish the child was already. It certainly hadn't taken long for the poison to kick in, perhaps that was because Mikoto had given him such a large dose.
"I never thought you would stoop to something like that." Fugaku said sadly. "It's like I never even knew you."
"Until that demon dies, and pays for stealing Sasuke's life. I won't ever be the same person." Mikoto replied. "He deserves to burn in hell for what he done to Sasuke."
"Naruto didn't cause any of that." Fugaku stated as Kurama exited the house, slamming the door behind him. "He wasn't the one that brutally fucked Sasuke, and then beat his brains in. Naruto was chained up the entire time, feverish from having his back ripped to shreds."
"He might as well have been the one that fucked Sasuke, Kami knows he's been forcing Sasuke to fuck him at school." Mikoto whispered and Fugaku frowned.
"What the hell are you talking about?" he demanded.
"Naruto's been forcing Sasuke to fuck him at school, during their lunch break. The principle sent me a copy of the security camera footage showing them going at it in the restroom."
"First of all security camera's aren't supposed to be in the bathroom because that's an invasion of privacy." Fugaku seethed, wondering if Orochimaru had also been sent these tapes. "And if he sent them to you, that means he's been watching what Sasuke and Naruto have been up to, why didn't he do anything to stop it instead of letting it continue? It sounds like he's a damn pervert."
"Because he likes the way watching two boys fuck makes him feel." Mikoto replied "he likes to use what he learns in bed with me."
"How does that help with a woman?" Fugaku said knowing that he should be surprised at the news that she was having an affair, but after all that she had been doing lately, he wasn't all surprised.
"He likes backdoor play." Mikoto replied, "And I don't mind letting him fuck me that way either."
"I've heard enough." Fugaku said, "I think it's beyond time that you face up to the consequences of what you have done. I on the other hand am going to hand you over to the proper authorities and then join Kurama at the hospital. You better hope that boy lives, or I will make sure that you get put away on first degree murder charges." Fugaku said.
"You just don't want to hear about how I fucked Sasuke up and turned him into a faggot." Mikoto said, making Fugaku pause.
"What the hell are you talking about?" he demanded.
"I'm the reason he likes dick." Mikoto replied, her evil showing through.
"All the hours you've been working, I've been fucking Sasuke, and making him fuck me." Mikoto replied. "Of course he didn't like it, but still I made him do it, and I threatened to have Naruto murdered if he didn't keep it quiet. Sasuke was finally going to tell you what was going on, but then Orochimaru came into the picture. I paid to have Naruto's parents killed, and I paid him to have Naruto locked in that mental hospital where he was tortured." Mikoto laughed, the sound the most evil thing that Fugaku had ever heard. "You never even suspected that I had a part in what happened. You went along with the Naruto deal without even realizing that you were a pawn in my scheme."
"You evil twisted bitch." Fugaku said, hearing a startled gasp come from the doorway. He looked up to find Itachi and Gaara standing in the doorway.
"Tell me that I didn't hear what I just heard." Itachi asked. "You really planned for Naruto to go through all that hell, just to keep Sasuke quiet. I bet you didn't plan on Sasuke dying to save Naruto?"
"No," Mikoto said scowling. "I didn't. That's why Naruto must die, he stole my toy from me."
"You're batshit crazy." Itachi said, turning to his father. "Where was Kurama going with Naruto? He didn't look good."
"You're mother fed him a rather large dose of rat poison." Fugaku said, angry beyond words. "I have no words for your kind of evil. Know that as soon as possible, I'm divorcing your ass. I don't anything to do with you." He shoved Mikoto towards Gaara.
"Make sure she's locked up tight. I don't want to deal with her tonight." Fugaku said. "I have more important matters to attend too."
Gaara nodded, glaring at the woman before turning to Itachi, knowing that he would soon be following his father to the hospital.
"I'll meet you at the hospital." Gaara told him, "and I will give Madara and Obito a call and inform them of what is going on."
"I appreciate all you've done." Fugaku said, sounding weary. Gaara nodded, and placed handcuffs around Mikoto's wrists.
"I'll fuck you too." she told Itachi, "you're not as young as I like them, but still I figure you could give me a good ride."
"You touch him, and I will put a bullet in you myself." Fugaku said. "I can't believe what you were willing to put Naruto through, just to keep Sasuke quiet. Well, it worked that's a secret that Sasuke took to his grave, but it still didn't stop you from hurting Naruto. How could you do that to your best friend?" Fugaku wondered.
"Kushina was a stuck up bitch." Mikoto replied. "She didn't want to have anything to do with me because I enjoy teenage bodies, especially that of my son's."
"She knew and still she didn't report you?" Itachi asked. He wondered what the world was coming too.
"No, she was going to, that's why I had them killed. Naruto was used to keep Sasuke quiet, and that worked all too well." Mikoto replied.
"How the hell were you able to hide your kind of evil?" Itachi asked, disgusted by what he had just learned.
"I've always been good at it." She replied. "Fooled both you and your father didn't I? by the way, I would rather take Orochimaru's dick than yours." she told Fugaku.
"Now that doesn't surprise me." Fugaku replied, turning his back. He put his hand on Itachi's shoulder. "Let's go. Gaara can deal with her, and we can see what is going on with Naruto." Itachi nodded. He hurt thinking of Sasuke keeping such a secret about his mother, because he was afraid that she would hurt his lover. Itachi knew for certain that she had nothing to do with Sasuke being gay, he had chosen to love Naruto despite everything that he had been through. His mother couldn't make that choice for him. Itachi really wished that Sasuke hadn't been afraid to tell him, Itachi would have made sure that she got put in her place, he wasn't afraid of her.
"When did you start raping Sasuke?" Itachi asked, trying to think about a change of behavior from his brother.
"The first time? He was four. After that it didn't happen again until he was ten, it continued weekly from there." Mikoto answered knowing that her answer would cause both Fugaku and and Itachi more pain.
"I hope you rot in hell for your part in all of this." Itachi said. "He was a baby and you took advantage. How the hell can you call yourself a mother."
"She can't." An angry voice snarled from the doorway, and Itachi turned to see an angry Madara and Obito in the door. "Any person who takes advantage of a child that young, doesn't deserve to be called mother. You are nothing more than a monster."
"I'll deal with her." Madara told Gaara, "you and Obito go with Itachi and Fugaku." Obito nodded, and Gaara handed Mikoto over to the angry Uchiha. He had the feeling he knew what the other man was going to do, and he couldn't blame him. To hear that his nephew had been getting raped since he was a small child, it had to make the man bleed.
"Let me know how he's doing?" Madara asked as the four started out the door.
"Will do." Obito said as they made their exit. He couldn't believe what he heard Mikoto confess. He had always thought that she was a little strange, he had seen her eyeing a shirtless Sasuke a few times at a birthday party or pool party, then he hadn't given it any thought. Now though he understood what those looks meant and it made him sick to his stomach.
At the hospital, the small group found Kurama pacing the floors in the waiting room, the moment his eyes landed on Itachi, he launched across the room and slammed his fist into Itachi's right eye.
"What the hell?" Itachi yelped, as Kurama got his hands around Itachi's throat and began squeezing.
"You were out getting a blow job while your mother was poisoning my disabled little brother." Kurama snarled. "how the hell could you even be thinking about things like that when that bitch was free to do what she wanted to Naruto?"
"He can't breath." Gaara said, as both he and Fugaku each grabbed an arm and started trying to pull Kurama off of Itachi. When Itachi was barely conscious Kurama let him go glaring at him.
"Only because I don't want to be like your murderous mother." he snarled before returning to his pacing.
"I think in order for you to be anything like her, you would have had to fuck your brother." Gaara muttered, his mind going over what he had learned about the Uchiha mother.
"What are you talking about?" Kurama asked, turning his angry gaze on him. "I would have to be sick in the head to do something like that."
"Mikoto is beyond sick in the head." Itachi muttered hoarsely. He couldn't blame Kurama for being upset, it had been the wrong time for him and Gaara to be doing anything like what they had been. Had Itachi known that his mother would feed rat poison to Naruto, he wouldn't have bothered going outside. He could remember Naruto sitting in the floor, crying because he didn't understand what had happened. Itachi had been pretty freaked out himself, and he feared that his reaction may have caused Naruto even more anxiety. Though if the poison had enough time to kick in, Itachi might not have to worry about that.
"Have you heard anything about his condition?" Fugaku asked. Frowning at Itachi, Itachi had been the one to say that he would keep an eye on Naruto. Of course though Fugaku had to take into consideration that Itachi probably wasn't even supposed to be out of the hospital himself yet.
"No," Kurama answered, sitting down in a chair. "but he wasn't doing well when we got here. He had gone into respiratory distress."
"Don't you think he would be better off with Sasuke now?" Itachi asked softly. "He won't be hurting anymore, he won't even be blind or even mutilated anymore. He will finally be able to be truly happy again."
"I can't think of him dying." Kurama answered, swallowing hard. "He's the last member of my family. What will I do once he's gone?"
"You won't be alone." Itachi said gently. "You still have Dad and me, and Madara and maybe even Obito. You will always have a family with us. So maybe just think about how much Naruto is hurting and let me go be in peace with Sasuke again." Tears formed in Kurama's eyes.
"I don't like the idea of Naruto being in pain either, and you are probably right about letting him go, but it's not such so easy to get my heart to accept that choice as it is my head."
"Nothing ever worth doing is ever easy." Fugaku said, gently. "Besides Naruto won't really be gone, he'll still be there in your heart and you will still have your memories of him." Fugaku understood Kurama's reluctance in letting Naruto go. "Itachi's right though, you will always have us as a family. We won't let you go through this alone."
Sobs filled the quiet air, as Kurama released the pain that he had been holding in. He didn't want his quiet little brother to die, but Naruto did deserve to live pain free, and to be with the one he had long since given his heart too.
"I guess someone should let the doctors know to stop treatment." Kurama said softly, "Let the poison do it's job, just help him with his breathing." Itachi nodded, and squeezed Kurama's shoulder. He knew this was a hard choice for the teen to make, and if Itachi was in his shoes, he didn't know if he would be able to make it either.
"I promise, he'll be better off." Itachi whispered, his heart aching for both Naruto and Kurama. It wasn't fair that such good people had to lose so much.
Fifteen minutes later they were led to a hospital room, Naruto was laying on his side, a tube inserted into his mouth to help him breathe. Kurama swallowed hard as he entered the room, he hated how sick his little brother looked, not only that but he could see the pain in Naruto's half lidded eyes. Kurama knew had to find a way to ease his suffering, it wasn't fair to Naruto to allow it to continue.
Approaching the bed, Kurama sat in the bed closest to Naruto's head, so his little brother could see him. Kurama reached out and touched Naruto's cheek, while he was sweaty from the fever his skin was cool to the touch.
"I'm so sorry, Naruto." Kurama said. "I've allowed you to live in agony that I could never understand, because I'm healthy. I didn't take into consideration how you were feeling, because I'm too damned scared to let you go." Kurama paused, taking Naruto's hand in his.
"It's okay, you can go join our parents and Sasuke. It's not fair to make you live without him. I've been unfair to you." Tears pooled in Kurama's eyes. "I wanted to make up for my part in your suffering, and I think that the easiest way to do that is to set you free from your pain. You deserve so much better than what you have been handed, you were always too good for this world." Kurama felt Itachi's hand squeeze his shoulder, and knew that this situation wasn't just effecting him but everyone in the room. "I just wish that things didn't have to be this way, I'm scared of how life is going to be without you. I never imagined that you wouldn't get the opportunity to grow up and have your own family, now the what if's are killing me because I know they won't become reality." Kurama paused again, overwhelmed by his tears. Why did his goodbye have to be this painful. He felt Naruto weakly squeeze his hand, and he looked down. Kurama supposed that was Naruto's way of saying thank you and he knew he was making the right decision, had known that letting Naruto go would be the best thing to do since Itachi had brought it up. But he'd been too afraid, so scared to live the rest of his life alone.
"I love you little brother, I don't want you to hurt anymore." Kurama murmured, before bending down and pressing a gentle kiss to Naruto's forehead. "Go be with Sasuke again, be free from your pain. It's okay, I'll find a way to be okay again."
Standing up, Kurama pulled a syringe out of his pocket. He stared at the liquid for a few moments. He didn't know what he had been thinking when he had taken it from the nurse, but he knew it would help ease Naruto's pain and suffering.
"What's that?" Itachi asked, seeing the syringe in Kurama's hand. Was Kurama really going to do what Itachi thought he was going to do?
"It's a drug that's going to slow his heart down and then stop it." Kurama answered quietly. "The poison is going to take too long to kill him, and its only going to make Naruto hurt more. I can't stand the thought of Naruto hurting even more than he already is." Kurama took a deep breath and released it slowly. He was doing the right thing for Naruto, he had to get his heart to understand that. Picking up Naruto's IV line, Kurama inserted the needle and emptied the syringe. When it was empty, Kurama tossed it into the garbage.
Walking back over to Naruto's bed, Kurama climbed into the bed behind him, and wrapped his arm around Naruto's waist, pulling back against Kurama's chest. The least he could do was to not allow Naruto to die alone.
"I love you." Kurama murmured in Naruto's ear, "I hope that you can be happy again. Tell mom and dad I said hi and that I love them and miss them. Tell Sasuke I miss him too, I miss the two of you driving me crazy." Kurama closed his eyes, as a wave of grief hit him. He had just lost his parents in this whole mess but he was losing his little brother too. Life could be a heartless bitch Kurama thought. It could make you suffer through all the hell in the world and still not kill you. "I'm going to miss you like hell, kid, but I think my heart finally understands the suffering that you've had to go through recently. It's finally okay for you to let go and be free." Kurama lay behind Naruto holding him, and listening to the steady beep of the heart monitor. He knew he wouldn't be hearing that sound too much longer.
When the heart monitor flat lined, tears welled in Kurama's eyes and he buried his face in the back of Naruto's neck. His little brother was no longer with them, his suffering was now over. So why did Kurama feel like hell? His heart was shattered, and he wanted to be able to bring Naruto back, but he also knew that that wouldn't be fair to Naruto.
"He's gone." Kurama heard Itachi say quietly from somewhere behind him. "he's finally free from his suffering." Kurama clutched Naruto tighter to him, almost as if he was afraid that Naruto's body was going to disappear into thin air.
"Be happy, Naruto." Kurama sobbed. "I already miss you so damn much." Kurama felt a hand on his back, rubbing comforting circles.
"He would be proud that you were able to let him go." Itachi said unable to stop his own tears from filling his eyes. He understood how Kurama was feeling in that moment, because he felt the same grief not only for Naruto, but his own little brother.
"Be happy that he isn't in any pain any more, he's finally at peace, reunited with those that he loved and lost." Itachi said. He doubted that his words would bring Kurama any comfort but he had to say something. Kurama didn't say anything, just continued to hold on his brother, knowing that soon they would come to take Naruto's body away, and Kurama wasn't ready to let him go just yet.