Whatever It Takes
Chapter Fifty Two
Trying to have sex in a carriage was tough.
Or maybe it was because Sasuke was making it difficult.
While Sasuke had thought that it was funny that Itachi struggled with removing their robes, he laughed even harder when his husband realized that there was a way to remove his pants without the robe interfering. Itachi had rolled his eyes at himself for being so impatient that he had only thought about untying every tie that the robe cleverly held.
It didn't help that Sasuke was determined to tease him about it all the while Itachi was trying to keep him still on his lap. Growling, Itachi finally sealed his lips over Sasuke's and kissed him hard. Sasuke gasped, his eyes fluttered close as he stilled, his focus shifted on kissing Itachi. Especially when his tongue pressed towards his lips, Sasuke opened up allowing his tongue to meet Itachi's.
Itachi didn't want to admit it, because he thought he had more self-control but going two weeks without sex was really taking a toll on him. Lately he had gotten used to being able to have Sasuke whenever the need presented itself. It had been torture, as they had not done it while they prepared for their marriage. Sleeping next to Sasuke and not being able to touch him that way had been hard.
Itachi didn't think he would miss it this much when he had made that agreement with Sasuke. It was a bit frustrating to think that Sasuke had not missed being intimate with him.
Itachi sighed, breaking the kiss. Damn it, he had been able to go a lot longer before Sasuke had come into his life. He needed to make sure he still had his self-control. He was nothing without it. Itachi bit back a moan, but right now he didn't have to hold back and Sasuke was determined to play this game with him.
Sasuke's waist moved side to side, circling, slowly, and deliberate, his cock seeking friction from where it was still trapped in his pants, wanting to feel Itachi. Gasping, he threw his head back, breathless, shameless "Itachi, fuck me, make love to me, make me yours," he softly mewled, his movements becoming firmer. Itachi growled, his hands on Sasuke's hips, guiding him to his own erection, fingers curled into his pants, tugging at them.
"How otouto, I can barely even touch your cock, how am I supposed to fuck you," Itachi murmured against his throat, his fingers brushing against the hard organ.
Sasuke sobbed. Okay, it wasn't that funny to make their clothing so complicated.
The carriage came to an abrupt halt, making Sasuke sway forward into Itachi's chest. He whimpered, burying his face into Itachi's neck when he heard Deidara yell out that they had reached a restaurant and inn. They knew that today they were going to be reaching a neighboring village, still within Konoha. They were barely at the end of the second day of being on the road.
"We should go get some food," Itachi commented, moving to fix their clothing before someone saw what they had been trying to do.
Sasuke groaned, "But we were so close."
"Not really," Itachi dryly muttered, eyeing all the clothing still on Sasuke.
Sasuke sighed, "Come on Itachi, you know it will be worth it when we can do it."
Itachi smiled at Sasuke, "I think you're just trying to test how much patience I have." Itachi had a lot of it, but right now even he was starting to doubt that claim. He was ready to rip into Sasuke's clothes at this point. Yet, he didn't want his husband to know that.
Sasuke licked his lips, not denying the claim. He could already picture how a desperate and not in control Itachi would fuck like. Watching his devious husband's tongue, Itachi latched his mouth to his, needing to taste the pink organ.
Sasuke squeaked in delight, melting into Itachi.
"My lords, are you coming?" Genma called, knocking on their carriage door. Groaning once more that they were interrupted, both finally opened the door and stepped out. Everyone was stretching and looking ready for a proper meal and nights rest.
The restaurant looked like a nice homey place that sold common food you could eat at home. The inside was filled with people just sitting around in their own groups, having a good time. No one paid them any mind as they secured a table and started to order food of their own. While Itachi ordered for them, Sasuke went to the restroom to cool himself down a bit.
"So what path are we going to continue to take, because this part here looks like it might be a hassle," Suigetsu asked, seeing as Genma and Asuma were leading.
"Lord Itachi said he wanted to pass through there." Genma blinked owlishly at the white haired man. The path that he pointed out looked like it twisted and turned around what looked like a lot of wood land.
"But that's a forest."
"It is, and I think we can all go camping there for a bit," Itachi said as he got into the conversation, he pointed out the path he was thinking they would use, "Right here, there's a campsite we can stay a few days to enjoy it."
"Campsite?" Suigetsu and Juugo were not so sure about this, they had never heard of such a thing. What did one do while camping? Was it even safe? Yet both knew that Itachi would never do anything to place Sasuke in danger.
"Oh, that sounds like it will be a nice break," Genma looked pleased about this, "It will be fun to relax in nature like that for a few days."
"Is there a lake by any chance?" Asuma asked, grasping the map to look at the area. He was excited at the idea of fishing, but if not at least a nice swim. He was even more pleased when he saw that there was.
"Yeah," Itachi said. He kind of figured that this would be fun for Sasuke seeing as neither of them would get to enjoy a proper honeymoon once they got to Sharingan and dealt with the people there. Traveling left little to no room for anything that was fun and entertaining. Not that trying to tare his husband's clothes was not entertaining in itself. Itachi wanted this trip to mean a lot more than just that.
Asuma and Genma got to talking excitedly about the prospects of camping while Suigetsu and Juugo still looked uncertain about it.
Sasuke and Deidara came to sit down at the table. The two of them looked like they had been talking about something. Itachi could only think it was a means to continue his own torture. "Trust me, you won't regret it!" Deidara cheerfully said.
"Won't regret what," Sasori asked as he sat down beside him, carrying another tray of food. Ikou and Hanawa each placed several more treys of food on the other side where they sat at end of the table. The two were instantly shoveling food into their mouths.
"Nothing Dana," Deidara sing-songed leaning into him, "Don't you think this is like a romantic adventure though?" he asked, batting his eyelashes at the red head.
Sasori made a face as he muttered, "Not really." making Deidara pout at him.
Sasuke at this point was looking at the food that Itachi was eating, seeming to debate what he was going to eat. Sasuke, despite being pregnant, was a picky eater by nature. "Try a bite of this, I think you will like it," Itachi said when he saw that Sasuke was about to dismiss all the food as he tended to do when it was not personally cooked by Itachi.
"What is it?" he asked, despite opening his mouth to take the offered spoon full. Itachi explained to him that it was a form of spinach soup in cream of chicken. Sasuke hummed, finding it savory, and decided he would eat the rest. Itachi sighed in relief. After that, Sasuke took a bite of anything Itachi was already eating, and surprised the long haired raven when Sasuke said something sweet wasn't too bad.
"Oh yeah, he eats sweets now," Suigetsu commented when he saw the surprised look. "I think it's the baby's fault though."
"Yeah, our baby's going to have Itachi's sweet tooth," Sasuke mumbled around the cookie with butter cream icing slathered on thickly.
"You do have a very dangerous sweet tooth, Lord Itachi," Asuma chuckled. He and the rest of the knights felt a bit shocked to learn that their Lord Sasuke was currently pregnant. They had not known! The man could have been in danger several times over in their journey so far... How were they only now noticing? They were learning way too much right now that they were away from the Konohan kingdom. They could already see how a lot of these things would not go well with King Minato. The man would throw more than just a fit.
They were all thankful to no longer be at the Konohan palace.
"Wait, you're already with child?" Deidara was shocked but Sasori looked like he didn't care, relaxed as it didn't affect him. "Lord Itachi you're fast," Deidara whistle.
"He's so fast no one even had a chance the second time around of courting Lord Sasuke!" Suigetsu joked making the other men laugh and agree at the same time.
Itachi sighed trying not to let the teasing get to him. Sasuke moved to kiss him as he took a bite of something chocolatey. Itachi's tongue wasted no time in savoring the tasty treat from Sasuke's tongue. Everyone else ignored them as they moved on to talking about the journey so far and where they were planning to go next.
Once they were done with eating, everyone managed to rent a room in the inn. Hanawa and Ikou each headed to their room, yawning and claiming that they were ready to drop dead. Deidara and Sasori said that they were going to go look around the grocery store that they saw not too far from where they were. Suigetsu went to make sure that their horses and carriages remained secure while Juugo decided to stick close and protect his lords seeing as Itachi and Sasuke had locked themselves in their room after they had secured one of their suitcases.
Inside the room, Itachi looked around to check what was around. Making sure that there were no unwanted ways that they could be watched or recorded, setting their suitcase to the side. Itachi might be a bit paranoid from his previous travels, but he liked to make sure that he knew he wasn't being spied on. Sasuke watched Itachi's every move, and looked around as well. His search was mainly focused on thoughts about where he and Itachi could do dirty things with each other and rushed to the bathroom just to get a good look at it.
They had to do it there too!
Coming back into the room after his inspection, he smiled when he saw that Itachi was now sitting at the edge of the bed, his fingers working on his robes. He didn't hesitate to jump on him.
Itachi gasped as Sasuke settled into his lap, kissing on his jawline, and neck. Nipping and whispering into his ears everything that he wanted Itachi to do to him. Just listening to Sasuke talk was adding fuel to the fire he already had burning inside. Itachi's hands mindlessly felt up all of Sasuke, tugging at his ties once again. Sasuke did the same with Itachi's this time, wanting to speed things along.
Sasuke finally pulled away, looking over Itachi's ties when he struggled with them. This was the first time he had tried to take off Itachi's robes and found himself frowning. "Did a monkey tie this for you or was it all you, Itachi?" Sasuke asked, annoyed.
"Kyuubi helped," Itachi said distractedly as he was almost done with one of Sasuke's ties. He shifted Sasuke a bit, noting how the ties were meant to keep their clothes on. Very clever, if he did say so himself. They were starting to frustrate him big time.
Sasuke groaned. "This seemed like a better idea in my head."
Itachi chuckled, "Patience, we will get there."
The two finally laid back on the bed, facing each other as they decided to take their time and get everything untied before they drove each other crazy. Itachi and Sasuke worked diligently and almost silently but Itachi kept getting distracted by Sasuke's determined face and needed to say something to focus. "What does every tie mean?" Itachi asked.
Sasuke glanced up briefly, "Naruto said it's supposed to represent the ties of life in a marriage or something sappy like that, but I decided ours would mean all the days we've known each other before we were married."
"There aren't that many ties here are there?" Itachi asked, his fingers moving to the next set of knots.
Sasuke chuckled, shaking his head, "It's symbolism niisan, a robe can only fit so much, no, there is not actually the number of days that we've known each other."
"It feels like there are," Itachi chuckled, and turned to look at his husband, catching his eyes. Sasuke smiled at him.
"I did think about trying to have it have that many but I'm not that crazy," Sasuke muttered.
"You are that crazy, look at this mess." Itachi pulled Sasuke closer, kissing along his cheek and jaw line.
Sasuke grinned, "Stop it Itachi, or we will never get to the goal!"
"Wasn't it your goal to drive us insane?" Itachi asked, pressing his forehead to Sasuke's.
"To drive only you insane," Sasuke responded, pressing a kiss to Itachi's lips.
"Sasuke it feels like I've been hard for days, you're more than driving me insane. You're killing me." Itachi groaned, his hands moving under Sasuke's robes to his pants once more. Sasuke melted when he felt Itachi's hands sneak into his pants. His face flushed pink, and he sighed, fingers working faster over Itachi's robe.
"Itachi, concentrate," Sasuke wiggled against him, and finally reached to cup Itachi's face. "Itachi, please…" his words ended in a loud moan. He no longer knew what he was saying please to, the need to focus or the need to have his husband take him.
Itachi smirked, "I am concentrating," He caught Sasuke's lips once more, making sure Sasuke ended up under him, effortlessly. A blade snapping open caught Sasuke's attention, for a second, breaking the kiss long enough to catch sight of it shinning in the dim light. His eyes soon snapped back to Itachi's face, gasping at the red eyes that looked back at him, and demanding lips that urged his attention back to where it belonged. Sasuke's brought his hands into Itachi's hair, undoing the tie that held it together taking pleasure in the silk strands dancing between his fingers.
Itachi was swift in his movements, cutting through most of the ties, until he could easily take Sasuke's pants and underwear off. While one of his hands cupped Sasuke's erection, the other worked on releasing his cock from his pants as well. For now that was all that seemed necessary. He breathed in relief when his straining erection was released and finally he could focus on his lovely husband.
Itachi was completely done with this game. He was going to fuck Sasuke and then he will figure out how to get rid of the rest of their clothes.
His tongue pressed into Sasuke's mouth, licking every inch and corner, tasting his little husband. Sasuke moaned, kissing back just as harshly and having his tongue push against Itachi's in a battle that had no winners or losers. Having his husband so invested on their kissing, Itachi opened a small bottle of lube, coating his fingers generously and working them over the puckered flesh. He figured this would move things quicker than using their own fluids when preparing Sasuke.
While he was always careful and thorough when preparing him, it seemed like this time around Sasuke was not in the mood for it. Sasuke tensed for a second, the intrusion seeming new for a second, and then oh so familiar as his body melted into it. The moment that he felt Itachi's fingers breach him, gently sliding into him, he kept whimpering, begging him to take him already hard and fast. To make it hurt, burn, but please now, he was more than ready.
It seemed like Sasuke didn't take into account his own impatience when he decided to play this game.
Sneering, Itachi brought his mouth to Sasuke's hot ear, "What was that Sasuke, you want it already?" Itachi asked, puncturing his words with solid thrusts of his fingers. His fingers were just shy of that special place that he knew would make Sasuke cry out.
"Itachi stop teasing, I'm ready," Sasuke groaned, arching his back and moving his hips to meet his fingers. His face flushed, and he could feel the heat of his clothes suffocating him, he was prospering with sweat and need.
Itachi brought his free hand over Sasuke's hip to steady his movements a bit. "But you're still so tight otouto, I don't think you are that ready to take on my large cock," he emphasized the last two words, breathing them into Sasuke's ear.
Sasuke moaned, "I'm ready…I'm…ugh….I can handle it," Sasuke gasped. Itachi had found his bundle of nerves, and caressed it so right he was seeing stars. But it was not enough. His fingers were not enough damn it! Itachi's hand on his hip was not helping either, with the way it was stifling his movements from getting the full range he needed.
Itachi was so completely in control right now, watching Sasuke tremble with need as his fingers kept digging into him, stretching him and caressing his prostate. He added more lube, wanting him to be as wet as possible.
"Still so tight baby," Itachi purred.
"So tight just for you," Sasuke babbled, head thrown back as he didn't know whether to breathe or hold his breath. All he could do was just feel how he was in so much pleasure and yet it was not enough, "It'll make you feel good, don't you want to feel me niisan? I want to be wrapped around your big cock."
"I want to feel all of you baby," Itachi licked the shell of his ear, "So tightly wrapped around me, killing me softly," Itachi's fingers curled, massaging over the bundle of nerves that had Sasuke vibrating in pleasure under him.
"ITACHI!" Sasuke gasped, clawing at the bedsheets under him, "I need you, I need you! I want you deep inside of me. So good Itachi, you always feel so good!" His words were starting to run into each other blending into a new undecipherable language. "More!" Sasuke sobbed, trying to gyrate his body faster against Itachi, his fingers clawing the sheets under him so hard his knuckles were white. "More, more, more," He drooled.
Itachi finally decided to have mercy, bringing Sasuke's legs over his shoulders as he pressed forward, the head of his cock finding purchase into that tight wet hole. His mouth found Sasuke's and he was driving himself inside in one fluid motion that had his little brother screaming into his mouth in pure pleasure.
"Fuck, yes, yes, Itachi." Sasuke cried as he brought his arms around Itachi's neck, not for a second minding that Itachi was manhandling him around, pounding into him without a breath of pause. Instead he was moving to meet all of what he had to give. It had been easy, smooth, and Itachi was glad that he took that moment of pause to prepare Sasuke well, because he was not holding back.
Their movements against each other were frantic. Sasuke could feel Itachi so deep in him that it had him clawing at his back while his kisses left him light headed with the need to breathe. He never wanted this to end. He had never felt Itachi press this hard and deeply into him either, it felt so toe curling good. Sasuke found that all he could do was hold on and enjoy.
"Does it feel good?" Itachi breathed, one of his arms moving under Sasuke's lower back, pulling him closer to himself.
"So good," Sasuke managed, through the haze of pleasure his mind was experiencing. "Don't stop, don't ever stop, more!" He sobbed, tightening his hold on Itachi. Sasuke's body was already twisted in such a way that allowed Itachi even more access to him.
Itachi angled himself so he could see Sasuke's face the more that he moved into him. His thrusts were fast, steady, and deep, while his hand moved slow and languid over Sasuke's erection. He was in awe when Sasuke's eyes snapped open, head thrown impossibly back, his name on his lips as he came intensely hard.
Sasuke murmured, his arms falling to each side of his head, his body trembling as he continued to release and Itachi didn't stop. He pounded through Sasuke's release, his eyes fixated on him.
It was that sated expression on Sasuke that did it for him. Itachi followed him into that blissful completion, cumming hard inside of Sasuke, buried within him. Itachi found himself holding still, making sure all of his seed was milked deep inside of Sasuke. It felt like he was marking him as his, for the first time, he was making sure Sasuke could feel that he was his now.
Not that he had not been before, but to know that he had the right to let the world know that this was his husband, Itachi didn't know what it was about it that made him feel even more… possessive… protective? He was not sure of the feeling, he just knew this was his and no one was allowed to come and say otherwise. Maybe it was freedom.
Sasuke breathing hard under him, flushed with pleasure, and mewling his name as he went limp under him was such a rush.
They weren't anywhere near done with tonight.
Itachi gently pulled out of Sasuke, making him whimper about why did he pull out. Itachi ignored him, reaching to pick him up bridal style. It might be the day after their wedding, but they had been on the road and already they had a few things to deal with. They needed a warm shower. Who knew when they would get to properly take another one?
Sasuke trembled on shaky legs as he clung to Itachi, watching him as he turned on the water so that it filled the large tub. Itachi caressed his back as they waited, gently digging his fingers into the tense muscles causing Sasuke to melt against him. "How are you feeling, love?" Itachi softly asked, his mouth kissing and tasting the skin of Sasuke's neck. His eyes roamed through Sasuke's robes, easily working them off. Sasuke smiled at how shortly after his blazer and shirt had followed, leaving him completely naked before Itachi.
"I feel amazing," Sasuke murmured, moving closer to Itachi as his fingers curled around the robe Itachi was still wearing. He tilted his head when he saw slight worry on his face. Sasuke caressed Itachi's cheek and placed a kiss over his jaw "I'm doing fine Itachi, I know you're worried that traveling might not be good for me, especially since I haven't really traveled much, but trust me and I'll let you know if it gets to be too much, I know I have to be careful because of our baby," Sasuke smiled softly when Itachi pulled him impossibly closer.
"Alright," Itachi breathed, "But for now let's get you a warm bath," Itachi smiled as he ran his fingers through the short strands of Sasuke's hair. Sasuke held onto Itachi, reluctant to let go seeing as his legs were still shaking hard from the aftershocks of pleasure still running through his body and he was scared to lose his balance and fall. Noticing this, Itachi lifted him once more, gently placing him into the water.
Sasuke sighed when the warm water caressed him. He glanced up in time to see Itachi cut through and release himself from his clothes. It was a bit sad that their robes would have to be mended, but it was also amusing to see that he had tested Itachi's impatience to this point. It made him feel happy inside for some reason.
He felt even happier when Itachi moved to join him in the bath. He sighed in delight when he was able to run his fingers over the sinewy flesh. The muscles on Itachi's chest, the lines of his throat, his collarbones, all of it fascinating to see again after what felt like forever. While Sasuke touched him, Itachi worked on getting some shampoo on their hair and soap for their bodies.
"We won't be able to get many warm baths as we travel further out, I think the next village is a few days away," Itachi said, smiling when Sasuke moaned as he lathered his hair in shampoo, gently working his fingertips over his scalp. Once the soap was rinsed away, Sasuke opened his eyes to smile at him.
"I know Itachi, I'm not too worried about that," Sasuke murmured.
Itachi smiled in return, "Good," he murmured, moving to also lather his hair in shampoo.
Sasuke hummed softly as he started to pull off some of his jewelry and place it on the little soap plate next to the tub. He had already knocked the soap into the water and didn't bother to fish it out. The bathtub was large enough to fit about four people easily, making it comfortable for both of them to sit in it. Sasuke paused when he locked at his rings. His engagement and wedding ring were so different from each other, and yet he loved them both the same. While the engagement ring was simple, silver chrome the official one was more intricate. Their wedding rings were similar in a sense; they were both made of black tungsten except that while Itachi's had a red line running the center with two sapphires keeping it from connecting, Sasuke's had a line of sapphires except for one lone ruby that connected them.
Their rings were not meant to show wealth, but durability and commitment. It was to symbolize the strength in their relationship and how they were just going to keep getting stronger together.
Sasuke loved his rings so much. He never wanted to take them off. Like always, the jewelry really didn't mean anything to him, it was just there. The fact that it had been Itachi that had given it to him is what meant the most. Even to this day he still refused to remove his necklace with the palm size skull Itachi had first gifted him.
He shifted closer to Itachi who was reading the labels of some of the perfumated oil bottles that the inn offered, and grabbed his hand in order to see their rings side by side. They matched so well together in his opinion. Itachi blinked and turned to look at Sasuke, smiling when he saw what he was doing. He intertwined their fingers together, and pulled him in closer.
"I love you," Itachi whispered.
Sasuke nuzzled in close, "I love you too."
Itachi kissed his neck, his shoulder, and nuzzled his hair. The two of them savored the feel of the other's naked flesh pressed against each other. Somehow, it calmed them, and it drove them crazy at the same time to touch more, feel more. Itachi kissed Sasuke hard as he lifted him into his lap, groaping his ass.
Sasuke moaned loudly, gasping when he felt Itachi's fingers probing him, massaging and teasing his entrance. He wiggled his hips, his eyes on Itachi's face as the man smirked at him, and then his fingers were inside. Oh no, not this again. Sasuke returned the smirk, pushing Itachi's hand away as his own hand moved to grasp his erection and moved to guide it into his entrance.
He was the one on top right now, and Sasuke wasted no time in swiftly sinking himself down on Itachi's hard cock. Itachi gasped, holding his waist as Sasuke found himself crying out in sudden pleasure. "Itachi, you're so perfect, you fill me up so good." Sasuke clung to Itachi hard, refusing to move. Itachi gasped, closing his eyes as Sasuke's entrance tightly strangled his cock. He wanted to move so badly inside of that tight heat.
"Sasuke," he softly moaned into Sasuke's ear, "Let me move, let me fuck you hard," Itachi breathed, his hands firmly holding Sasuke. Sasuke shook his head.
"No, I'm going to decide what we do," He latched his mouth on Itachi's neck, sucking, and nipping at it. He enjoyed Itachi's soft moans and sighs that he was blessed with getting to hear. Sasuke gasped in surprise when Itachi bucked his hips into him, pressing even deeper.
Sasuke cried out, his hands moving to grip Itachi's shoulders as he was bounced on his lap. Sasuke cried out in pleasure, Itachi's hands on his hips helping to move him up and down on that hard cock. Sasuke found himself eagerly bouncing up and down on Itachi, unable to process what had just happened as his mind hazed over in pure pleasure.
"We're not done, tonight I plan to devour all of you," Itachi breathed into his ear and Sasuke let himself get lost in the pure pleasure that his husband was wrecking through his body.
The next morning, Itachi went through the whole room, making sure that they were not forgetting anything. They were both freshly dressed in button up shirts, and jeans. It was simple enough for travel, and yet showed that they weren't just commoners. They had ordered for breakfast, and had already finished. Sasuke was sitting on the bed, counting all his jewelry and neatly placing it in a secure box. Sasuke had made sure that every pieced was there, even the ones he had taken off in the bath.
Itachi zipped up their suitcase and made his way over to him, squatting down to look up at him. Sasuke blinked, and smiled when he made eye contact.
"Ready to go, my love?" Itachi softly asked, caressing Sasuke's hips. He knew he had been rough with him all night long, but Sasuke had done nothing to discourage him.
"Yes I'm ready," Sasuke said, closing the box in his hands. Itachi got to his feet, and offered his hand to Sasuke who gladly took it. The younger raven haired man gasped as his legs felt like jelly, and he immediately caught himself on Itachi's shirt with one hand while hugging his jewelry box. Itachi moved to steady him.
"I think I was too rough with you," Itachi looked worried now.
"I'm fine," Sasuke assured, and blushed when he admitted. "It's like I can still feel you, my body is trembling with so much pleasure. I swear my body remembers your shape inside me," Sasuke buried his face against Itachi's chest as he confessed that.
Itachi blushed himself, but pride filled him to know that Sasuke was not in pain but just in aftershocks of pleasure. He had lost count how many times he had ended up buried in Sasuke, but even now he wanted to take him again. "I want you again," Itachi decided to confess.
Sasuke tightened his hold on his husband, the idea appealing to him a lot, "Itachi," He breathed.
Itachi lifted him, "But right now we have to get going, and you need to rest." Sasuke sighed, clutching his jewelry box to his chest as he let Itachi carry him out. The suitcase they had brought with them was also easily pulled along.
Juugo who met them in the lobby took their suitcase from them and followed as they made their way to the carriage. Everyone was already there, readying everything so that they could continue their journey. Sasuke had fallen asleep before they even left, comfortably settled into the soft cushions inside the carriage, and half on top of Itachi.
Itachi personally didn't think it was the most comfortable position, but for now it would do.
They still had a ways before reaching Sharingan, but to him nothing mattered more than Sasuke's health and comfort. Their baby was also happily growing inside. AS long as both remained safe, Itachi was happy.
The next village that they traveled to was a casualty stop really. Another stop that Itachi had wanted to make, but had made sure would not deviate from their intended destination. After all, he had a pregnant husband to think about.
Sasuke had asked him where he was going once he was fully fed and showered.
"I'm going to go see Kisame, I heard from your uncle that his lands were here." Itachi said as he pulled on his boots. "I won't be gone long, I promise." He walked over to Sasuke, pecking him on the lips.
"You want to recruit him as part of the staff?" Sasuke asked, tilting his head as he wrapped his arms around Itachi's neck, refusing to let him go just yet.
"I think the more we have of people we know and can trust the better," Itachi explained. Sasuke could agree with him there. After all, they were now going to have a household of their own to run. While he agreed that Kisame wouldn't be a bad addition to their household, he had to wonder if Suigetsu would be bothered.
"Have you told anyone else of this plan?" Sasuke asked.
Itachi shook his head, "I know that Suigetsu might be bothered by this, but I don't want to plant false hope. I will just be making the offer, I can't say for sure what the answer will be."
"Yeah," Sasuke sighed, "Come back soon, and be safe," Sasuke kissed Itachi once more.
"I will," with that Itachi left. Sasuke decided to join everyone else in the lobby. They were staying in another inn, but this one was a bit smaller. It was ran by a couple and it looked more like a house that was rented out to travelling groups. Everyone looked so animatedly happy, talking about all the stuff they had seen so far and how they couldn't wait to travel once more.
Sasuke found that he liked traveling, although with his current condition their sleeping situation left him feeling a bit sore, but Sasuke still wouldn't have it any other way. Several soft pillows had been purchased in order to make things a bit more comfortable, and yet Itachi was the best pillow of all.
Itachi made his way across the village, speaking to a few people about the address that he was searching for and was happy to hear good things about Kisame. It seemed the man had turned the land there into a more prosperous type of farm. The people said they were happy that it was not someone power hungry that had taken over the land, and it even provided a few jobs for farmers. Itachi had to wonder if maybe Kisame would turn his offer down in order to keep his land.
He suddenly felt a bit hesitant to even make the offer.
"Hello, I'm here to see Kisame," he said as he stepped up to the gate. The person in the front bowed, and opened the gates for him. White gates, with a six foot stone wall all around. It still allowed you to see the large home inside, but overall looked like a highly secured place. Still not as big as a castle or any of the estates Itachi now owned.
Itachi then had someone lead him towards Kisame who looked dirty and overworked, but fulfilled. The man was in the stables, shoveling hay into piles in front of horses that more than likely he had just cleaned up after. "Baron Kisame, Lord Itachi is here to see you." The person announced, bowing, before dashing away, but not before getting a last peek at Lord Itachi.
Kisame blinked, as he turned around, "Lord Itachi?" He questioned, and gasped when he saw the man. Itachi was dressed in black fine clothes, looking very intimidating, and so beautifully handsome. The man looked completely surreal. "…Itachi…is that you?" He asked.
"Yes," Itachi looked around, "It looks like you've done well for yourself, my friend."
"ITACHI!" Kisame ran to him, intending to hug him but Itachi stepped away from him. Kisame straightened himself, not caring that Itachi had moved away from him, "How? Or more like, why are you here?" Kisame laughed, "Don't tell me prince Sasuke got tired of you and kicked you out! No worries man, you can live with me."
"No, Sasuke didn't kick me out. We're married now. We're going back to Sharingan," Itachi responded, making Kisame drop his smile.
"Sharingan, that's far…"
"It is. I came to ask if you'd like to join us. I know that you have your own lands now but they are not something that can't be managed even in a distance," Itachi said.
Kisame smiled big, his golden eyes shining at the idea, "Really, that sounds so cool!" He wanted to say yes so bad, but someone shrilling his name brought him back down to earth. "….I can't," he sadly muttered.
"Why?" Itachi asked, and as he did a woman came towards them. She was a short little thing, with wild dark pink hair, her bangs framed her displeased face and a third bang fell between her eyes. Her brown eyes narrowed as she made her way over to Kisame, her white dress flowing around her.
"Kisame, some of the maids are being rude to me again, and I threatened to punish them I have a right to do so, don't I!" She demanded, clinging to Kisame's side. "Because they're saying that I don't and it's getting on my nerves!"
"Tayuya my love, we have company," As Kisame said this, the dark pink haired woman turned to face Itachi and gasped, bowing her head. There was a slight blush on her face, feeling embarrassed that this handsome man had just seen her make a fuss about the maids.
"Oh, hello, I'm Tayuya, Kisame's wife." She softly greeted.
Itachi raised an eyebrow at that. Kisame got to explaining how after he had gotten here and taken charge of the land, Tayuya and he had shared little escapades. She was now pregnant, and the reason why he had married her. While Kisame had loved being with men, Tayuya proved to be rough around the edges and unlady like that it had drawn him to her.
Besides, the idea of being a father appealed to him more than he had ever wanted to admit.
"I see," Itachi said once Kisame was done explaining how his life had shaped itself in his time here. Itachi smiled at him. "I'm happy for you Kisame, congratulations on both your marriage, and your child."
Kisame grinned, "Thank you Itachi," he then dropped the grin, "I really would have loved to serve you and Sasuke but I've built a life now. I'm going to live it as best as I can," he said, a smile coming over his face when his little wife had left to go snap at the servants once more. She was now screaming that Kisame had just given her the power to punish them.
Rough around the edges or not, that girl was worse than Sasuke when he was younger. The two talked a bit longer, catching up on everything that was new in their lives. Itachi held back some information though, not telling Kisame about Sasuke's pregnancy.
"Well, I will see you then Kisame," Itachi said as he had to leave.
"Hey why don't you come back and bring Sasuke to have dinner with us," Kisame offered as he walked Itachi out.
"I'm afraid that will be impossible. We are leaving today before the sun starts to set. We have a schedule to meet." Itachi offered a smile to Kisame. "Maybe when things aren't being rushed for us, we will stop in for a visit." He said.
Kisame smiled, "Okay." He conceded. "Take care of yourself and that little handful of a prince."
"I will," Itachi said, waving goodbye.
Kisame watched as Itachi walked away. A part of him wanted to so badly go with him instead of being here. He had a million other questions, some of them being about Suigetsu and how he was doing, but he had not felt like it was in his rights to ask about him. When he could no longer see Itachi, he walked back inside of his land, closing the gate with a loud 'thunk'.
Was this really his life?
The traveling continues lol
