Difficult Engagements
Chapter 28
Echo
Sasuke POV
Two weeks later, we made it to the crown jewel of all of Orochimaru's Facilities, the Omega Breeding Laboratory. I always knew I would end up back here again… I just didn't think it would be with Itachi. I should have known he always finds a way to make everything about him.
Even my freedom.
The facility is built safely into a small island just outside the borders of The Sound Territory. Kabuto designed it this way for optimum security because of how valuable the products inside were. Very few people know of its existence, let alone its location.
My brother looks confused at all of this.
"Our facilities are designed to be self-sufficient. Each one can run on its own almost indefinitely without out contact from the main branch. Orochimaru's plans require this type of independent thinking to ensure they work within our organization." Karin informs my brother of how smart Orochimaru is.
"Hn." he almost seems disinterested.
The doors are a thick metal with heavy latches and locks to keep the Omega inside. I hide behind the Alphas larger form instinctually, as if he were Orochimaru, as the group enters the disinfectant room. An Omega's place is always safely behind an Alpha, letting them take the brunt of any potential attacks.
Not that we would be attacked entering here, but you never know.
The disinfectant room is a bright blinding sterilized white to easily spot any unclean surface. The room is tiled with drains on the floor and showers along the side for ease of cleaning. We must make our bodies pure before entering the sanctuary of this building.
Behind the desk is a beta man with a white uniform and orange mask, "Hello, Lord Otokage, I was made aware of your arrival and have everything prepared for your group. Before you are allowed in, I must ask that you shower off. The Omega in here are not used to outside scents and we prefer to keep it that way."
My brother nods in agreement.
Still following the Alpha, we take the left side of the room to the showers. Familiar industrial pink stripping soap adorns my body again. All the dirt and grime from the journey here are erased from my body. I do this quickly, no need to waste my time in here.
Just outside the stall is the white hospital gown that will be my uniform here. The beta doctor gets replaced by a nurse at the entrance station, giving him time to put a pink pregnancy medical bracelet on my wrist. It's the object of the highest status symbol here.
Itachi takes a much longer time to himself than everyone else. As usual everyone desperately awaits the presence of the Uchiha Prodigy. He is given the Oto Robes to display his new status as Kage. He smiles to himself as he goes up another rank of status.
My father made sure that we both knew that a strong will and murder is the only way an Uchiha will succeed in this world.
I wonder if he would be proud of me and everything I did to succeed. I have a strong will and I murdered with no remorse. By my fathers own words I am a Perfect Uchiha.
Uchiha Itachi has somehow still shows how he is the Uchiha Prodigy, he is highly adapted to both. He has the will to endure anything the world throws at him and he never shied away from killing people. He was the perfect embodiment of the Wolf of Konoha… the second there were no more wolves to lead, he found a new power structure to succeed in.
The one I belonged to.
Typical.
"I'm glad you are all ready now. I'll take you on a tour if you would like. After which, with your permission of course, I would like to give the Omega in your group a proper medical examination."
The Otokage looks over to me as if to ensure I'm okay with it. I'm not. I'm not okay with my older brother being the new Kage of this Nation. That position was supposed to be mine when Orochimaru's plans succeeded.
He nods again.
"A stressed omega makes for a bad pregnancy." The doctor informed my brother of information I already knew.
7 Months Ago
Alpha or Omega
"You know, my first body was that of an omega. I think they are the best secondary genders." Orochimaru informs me, "I should know I have tried them all."
"Being one or having one?"
"Both," The snake teases me, "You should try it, being an Omega, I think you'd like it."
"I'll think about it." I joke.
The snake likes to switch bodies like shedding skin every couple of years, his most current one is that of an Alpha woman. He says it keeps things fresh and interesting. Honestly, I think he just doesn't want to die.
Not like anyone wants to die, but he's the only man I've known to actively fight death. Most people say they are fighting death, but they are just putting it off for another day. Orochimaru has beaten death several times, and will continue until the end of time.
"You really should... You could have a lot more fun than being an Alpha." He eyes me up and down.
"Really? Don't like Alphas..." I tease him, closing the distance between us.
"Oh… I love Alphas, I just don't like being one." he says while pulling me closer to his body.
"Is that so?"
"Yep." His lips so close to my own, "Believe it or not the Omega's are much more powerful than Alphas. At least where it matters."
"Where does it matters? I think Alphas have something that matters, quite a lot… at least to you." I rub up against his body.
"Trust me, that will always matter to me." He palms my crotch, all of his attention on me. I am center stage, no one else.
"Then do you just miss being an Omega to get what you like most?" I grab at his ass as a reminder of his place.
I feel his smirk move across my lips, "That might be a part of it. I do love a strong alpha, it's almost a shame I am one now."
"Why don't you make your next one an Omega then… I think we could have some fun with it."
"Oh, I know we could have fun with it… I found the perfect one a while ago, a beautiful little boy from the Mist. Too bad he escaped before anything could come of it, I think you would have liked his body."
"You have a whole facility of Omega's, why get so hung up over one lost one?"
"I want what I can't have sometimes..." he pauses, "Can you blame me."
"I could never blame you," I smirked.
"Good to know." His teeth graze over my gland before biting down.
"Fuck!" I grab at my neck pulsing with the Alpha's chakra, "What the fuck did you do?"
"You're overreacting, Sasuke, it's just a little nip." the snake pauses, "I didn't even break the skin."
I feel over the smooth skin of my scent gland.
Present Day
The Omega here are not like me, they are just sheep being prepared for slaughter. They walk around in small organized groups depending on their wrist band. They seem happy and relaxed talking softly among themselves.
Pathetic.
"Look at them just like helpless children, they couldn't even put up a fight if they wanted to." Suigetsu understands what's going on.
"They wouldn't know how, not with the seals on them." the doctor explains.
"Elaborate." It's nice to finally know more than my brother about something.
"Ah yes, Lord Otokage, each one of your Omega's in this facility all have a seal placed upon their neck. In their current state, their activities are as innocent and vulnerable as children. We call it the True Omega State. Almost like a blank slate."
"Hn." My brother looks at me with pity.
The Omega's all are forced to wear a seal to make them comply.
I am not.
I am trusted. I am better than them. I understand the plan. I will succeed. They are just tools for my future success. If this place is still running, so is everything else. It was bad of me to doubt the plan when I was with Itachi.
We are led to the first set of frosted doors, "In here is one of our training centers for the Omega Houses we have. One of the many great assets this facility will provide you. We gather a lot of wealth and knowledge from these houses."
"What type of training do these bitches get?" Suigetsu was always untested in this facility when he heard rumors of it… he wanted his own Perfect Omega.
"All of our Omega are brought in with a blank slate. This is where we do the imprint process, we create a new personality for them. Any Alpha's heart's desire made flesh. We have a few set personalities we find entice our clients. If you would like, you can see the process." The doctor is ever so helpful.
"Not now."
4 Months Ago
Fox Princess.
Standing in front of me is probably the most beautiful Omega I've ever seen… attached to my brother's arm.
Of course.
Our parents waited to get Itachi the best of the best when it comes to an Omega Mate. Not only does the fox have status, no, he has to be fucking beautiful, too. Light blue eyes and golden blonde hair framing his delicate rounded features. Fuck, thoes legs go for days.
The Omega doesn't even look at me, he's looking past me as if I wasn't even here.
"Did you already fuck him stupid?" I asked.
The blonde just looks at me with a glazed over eyes, like he's not even fucking here. The boy would literally rather be anywhere else than here right now. He doesn't even bother to give me the time of day to respond.
He's not better than me.
"That's a very impolite thing to say in front of my future Mate, Sasuke. I brought him here specifically to meet with you, please do not be rude." My brother scolds me.
"It's fine, Itachi." The blonde finally says something… to my brother, "I can see your brother is very busy training right now, maybe we should just leave him be."
"I am busy." I don't need to be treated like this, I'm better than that little princess.
My brother sighs, "Do not mind my brother Naruto, he has had a lot going on lately. I hope that you can see it in your heart to forgive him."
No response, again. Just dumb blue eyes, looking as if nothing is now or ever was the matter. He hasn't had a care in the world his whole life. I bet the little princess never had to work for a goddamn thing once. Everything just handed to him… just like my brother.
"Like I said, I am busy, I'm going to get back to training now." I make my way back to the dock.
I can hear my brother sigh and mumble something to the dumb blonde.
I don't care.
Talk about me all you want. How I'm the big disappointment in the family. How they never thought I'd be good at anything. Jokes on them. Now they need me.
Fuck 'em.
My brother followed behind me for a while before we got far enough away from that fox to talk privately.
"Sasuke," my brother looked at me exasperated, "Do you not understand who that was?"
"The little princess you fuck?"
"That's the son of The Kyuubi. I thought you were raised better than this." His red eyes looked down upon me.
"You're going to be the next Hokage, why does it matter?"
"You are going to be the next leader of this Clan Sasuke, you have to be better than this. You are the Wolf of Konoha now and that comes with a lot of important responsibilities."
"Like kissing the Kage's ass?" I bet he can't wait, of course he becomes Hokage.
If anyone was going to break age-old traditions of the family's never intermingling, it would be the Uchiha Prodigy himself. My brother gets whatever he wants, he even gets a dumb little princess to fuck as a treat for being such a good-fucking-boy.
"As in not embarrassing yourself or Our Clan because of your attitude."
"Wouldn't want to make daddy mad now would we?"
"It is not about Dad, it is about the future of this nation. You have a duty to your people, Sasuke. There is a lot riding on whether or not Naruto and I work out."
"You mean the Civil War dad's been planning for years?"
"Hush on that, but exactly. Do you know what would happen to our clan, let alone the whole nation, if our father decided to go through with that idea?" My brother tries to rationalize.
"He's too much of a pussy to go through with it."
"Do you know why we had to move?"
"Huh?"
"A few months after you were born, the entire Uchiha Compound moved. Do you know why?"
"Because of the princess your fucking made Kyuubi go feral or something."
"Because, The Kyuubi literally destroyed our old one. Our Clan had no home to go back to after that. The Kyuubi could demolish us in a matter of minutes if he truly wanted to, that is the real reason why our father has not done anything yet." Itachi pauses for effect, "Because of me, because of my betrothal to Naruto, he will not need to. So I need you to behave and not start anything that we can not finish."
"Fine."
"Good, now I need you to go back there and apologize for your behavior."
"You sound like dad, you know?"
"Maybe father is right sometimes." Itachi comes to our fathers defense.
Present Day
"Of course, Lord Otokage." the beta continued the tour.
The debriefing room, kitchen, caféteria, gym, spa, library, bathing rooms, doctors office, and nursery are all shown before Kabuto s's Private Labs. The place I was reborn with a purpose. The place I became the most valuable asset to Orochimaru.
My heaven.
My hell.
"Lord Otokage, now that we are done with the tour, is it alright if I take the Omega to my office for his examination." Our tour ended at the top floor office.
"Yes." Itachi says, while looking way too interested in Orochimaru's desk, he could care less about me. For a while I fooled myself into believing that man could love anyone, let alone me. I don't even think he actually loves Naruto. This whole experience reminds me how little he actually cares about me. Like always he only cares about power.
The dark haired beta man takes me to the normal doctor's office instead of Kabuto's Laboratory.
3 Months Ago
Repressed Memories
My stomach is killing me. They just did the surgery on me a few days ago, I still have the staples in.
Why did we have to rush this?
They strapped my legs and arms to this doctor's table. My bandages were just redone too. The light in here is so bright that I can't see anything. I don't think I'm ready for this.
I don't have a choice now.
Orochimaru is over me trying to comfort me, "You're going to do fine. The procedure was a success."
A strange older man walks in, Orochimaru whispers into my ear. "That's Madara, he's the one who's going to help us."
Fuck… this is real.
Orochimaru puts his hand around my neck, forcing some of his chakra on my mark to activate the seal he put there. My body gets so hot it's almost like it's on fire. I can't help but shutter at the pleasure from my neck.
"Let's give him a second." My mate advocates for me. He keeps sending wave after wave of his chakra through the seal on my neck.
"Don't tell me you're getting soft."
"We don't want to rip open his stitches, it is a hard procedure to replicate."
"You are getting soft." Madara looks down at me, I'm so exposed to him. He yanks my hips to the bottom of the table. I hear an unzipping.
I feel a rubbing of someone else at my entrance, then in pain filled push - it is in. He keeps shoving into me over and over again. The rough feel of his body against mine became too much to bear. I can't help but to let out a small sob. I have to endure this.
I try to look into Orochimaru's yellow eyes, he's fixated on the other man pounding into me. I begged him, "Please."
He looks down at me for a second, deciding in that moment to pulsate my seal with his chakra again. I needed that little bit of pleasure to help get me through this. He goes back to looking at the other man though.
I try to buck my hips into his to make this go faster, but the pain in my stomach makes it almost impossible. I want to throw up, I can feel myself gagging. I need to throw up. I turn my head to the side. A silver haired man has a bucket ready for me… how did he know.
It doesn't matter, I'm thankful.
This didn't stop anything that was happening to me. After what feels like eternity the older stranger finishes inside of me. I'm given some pain meds and some water. I take both so fast.
3 Months Ago
A Redhead Walks In
"My. My. I never thought I'd see the likes of you again. Your last letter was so final. It really hurt to think you could just cut us off like that." Orochimaru grins at the sight of the red haired man who just barged into his office.
"Shove it, Orochimaru." He stands next to the chair in front of us, not taking a seat. For some reason I don't want this man to acknowledge me, so, I'm glad when the snake doesn't introduce us. I've been more wary around new Alpha's lately.
"That's no way to talk to a fellow Kage."
"It's not." The Kazekage pauses, "Good thing you're not one. Kyuubi took over The Sound how many years ago? Three? Four?"
The snake places a hand over his heart in fake joy, "Three and a half. Glad you're keeping your eyes on me. You really know how to make a girl feel special."
"I don't have time for this."
"I have nothing but time… Seeing as you said, I don't really have a nation to lead now that Kyuubi took it over."
"How would you like to fix that?" This man is ready to make a deal.
"Honestly, I really like my retirement. It's a lot less hassle. I get to pitter patter in my own little labs doing what really makes me happy."
"You guys are still doing that experiment?"
"No, unfortunately, all my friends have left it to me to complete it by myself. But I still soldier on. I really do miss having help with it."
"What do you need?" the redhead gets straight to the point.
"You read the files right?"
The other man stays quiet.
"I'll take your silence as a yes. So you know what I want… and you know you're the only one who can give it to me." It feels like the snake is talking in codes.
"I also know the only way you can get it is if you help me get what I want."
"So now that we know that we both have each other's best interest in heart, why don't you tell me what we both know you need."
"I need your help killing the Uchiha Clan." The redhead decodes their speech. Why does he want to kill my family too?
"You have your eyes and ears everywhere don't you… When did you find out?"
"A couple of weeks ago."
"Then, I'm surprised it took you that long to contact me. Usually there would be a lot more dead bodies by now."
"That's where you come in."
"Why can't you just do this yourself again?" My mate questions.
The other man stays quiet, again. As if one man could take on the entire Uchiha Clan. I've heard the Kazekage was strong, but no man could take out an entire army… let alone the Wolves of Konoha. Orochimaru's plans involve a lot more than one person's input, he is very meticulous about getting them done right.
"Oh right… you never did like it when the fox was upset with you. Do you think he'd be mad at you for killing his betrothed?" It's almost like Orochimaru trying to get this man on edge.
"He was forced into it."
"If you say so, I don't really keep up with the gossip." My mate turns his head over to me, "Sasuke, my precious boy, you've been quiet all evening. That's not very like you, don't worry, The Kazekage doesn't bite."
"I'm not in the mood for distractions, Orochimaru." the redhead doesn't want to stray from the conversation.
"Oh, but I think this one will interest you. His name is Uchiha Sasuke… he's the next Hokage's little brother. Why don't you tell us what their relationship was like? Let's gossip for a bit."
I don't know what Orochimaru's plan is with this, I don't know if I should lie or tell the truth. The man before me wants to kill my whole family, I'm not sure if that includes me, too.
Maybe not if I help.
I chose the truth, "As always, Itachi just likes the promotion. I'm sure getting his dick sucked by the princess didn't hurt as an added bonus."
A visible twitch of anger could be seen taking over the Kazekage's body.
"Sasuke always had a mouth on him." Orochimaru covers for my words.
"Did Naruto seem interested in him?" the redhead managed to say, covering his anger poorly.
"The princess doesn't seem all that interested in anything really. Looked way too dumb for that on Itachi's arm. I'd be surprised if he had a single thought in his head." the truth comes from my lips again.
"My. My. Sasuke, you sure do have a way to express yourself. Please keep that talk in the bedroom, baby. Other people aren't as forgiving as me when it comes to what your mouth can do."
Why is everone so protective of that stupid fox. I guess when you're pretty Omega you can be as dumb as you want. You'll have Alphas crawling over themselves to protect your honor. That must be why Orochimaru misses it.
"It's fine." the redhead said… It looks like he chose to lie. "Let's get on to why we are really here."
"Why do you want to kill my clan?" I asked.
"I plan on taking over Konoha. That would be a lot easier if it wasn't in the middle of a civil war." The Kazekage seems to have a lot of knowledge about my family already if he knows that. It was supposed to be very hush-hush. They didn't want to let the big man know what was going on.
Orochimaru interjects, "You always did like to crush your opponents completely. You won't mind if I keep this one as a pet I'm sure?"
"As long as Uchiha Itachi is dead, and the Clan is no longer a threat to my interests, I don't care what you do." he really doesn't.
"You always hated them, didn't you Sasuke? You wouldn't mind helping me out with their destruction. Right?" He pours some of his Chakra into the bonding seal on my neck.
My heads getting fuzzy, "Yeah."
"See we can all be a big happy family, again." Orochimaru clasp his hands together and plasters a fake smile on.
"Don't push your luck."
"I wouldn't dream of it… So what's your plan?"
"I know you're the type of man who likes to keep his toys to himself." the redhead gestures to me, "So I figured you already had one."
"You really do have eyes and ears everywhere."
"Yep. So just do your plan. Kyuubi figured out a way to get them all to go back to the compound in a week. Your main target is going to be going back with his partner that same day. Give his partner this." The Kazekage throws a scroll with The Kyuubi's seal on it.
"You're working with the fox again?" A smirk grows larger on his face, "It really is a family reunion."
"Just get this done." He just scowls and shakes his head, before turning away and leaving.
Orochimaru waits until it's obvious that the other man is far away from us to even move. If I didn't know any better I would think he was afraid of him. The snake laughs at death, there's nothing a man could do to make him afraid.
"Here's a good life lesson for you. When a crazy redhead walks into your life… expect them to break your heart. You should always have a back up plan ready when you get into bed with one of them." my mate grins at me, as if he already had a back up plan in mind.
Present Day
"Itachi?" I hold on to the door frame to the office for dear life.
My brother is at Orochimaru's old desk already crossrefrencing his old files. I wonder which ones he started with. There's a lot of good ones there.
"Yes?" He just watches me for a second not moving, files still in hand.
"Why didn't you come with me?" my voice started to shake, at that he immediately went over to me for support.
"What happened?" He tries to get me to a safe seated position at one of the chairs.
"Nothing." I said in a huff, I don't want to talk about it.
"Something happened. What happened?"
"Nothing… I just didn't like it."
2 1/2 Months Ago
The Fall of a Clan
"Sasuke, where are you?" Itachi shouted, barging into my suite with no warning.
"You know I am not some defenseless chick like your slut mate. So you don't have to send help to defend me." I responded flatly.
My older brother should be dead already. He is the snake's main target in this attack, they should have taken him out by now. In my current state I am in no position to fight him myself.
Everyone is so incompetent.
"Lord Itachi, did not send for me to be here. I became very frightened by the attacking demons, Lord Sasuke. So I came to you, hoping that you would be able to protect me." Kabuto came to my aid, trying to get me out of here "Lord Sasuke could you please escort me to safety?"
"Yes, of course." I let the undercover maid do his job.
Kabuto's been by my side ever since the procedure to ensure nothing goes wrong. I was hoping to be out of here before the attack. I'm too important to the plan to be in the middle of all of this chaos.
We needed to get rid of my family anyways, but I guess it's nice to know we're getting paid to do so. I'm still not sure what Orochimaru is getting from the Kazekage, but whatever it is, it's valuable to him.
"Our father is dead. The entire clan is under attack." Itachi informs me, "I think it's The Kyuubi, but I can't be sure."
The silver haired man's eyes widened in disbelief. "How do you know?"
"You're being paranoid, big brother. Aren't you supposed to wed to his bitch kid?" I try to push him off the foxes scent. My brother can be too smart for his own good, of course the great Uchiha prodigy knows who ordered the attack.
Well, he doesn't know I'm involved. I at least have that over him.
The sound soldiers that Itachi ran from finally catches up with him. To make up for their mistakes they attack as soon as they enter the room. My brother continued to fight them. They know not to bother with me, I am on their side.
I notice my brother finally understands what's going on when he glances over in my direction. I let a smirk come over my lips. At this moment I'm better than him.
The older wolf used his black flames to wipe out the rest in one blow. The Black Flames surrounded his opponent's entire body until there was nothing but ash.
"What are you doing?!" Itachi screamed at me, hoping he was wrong.
"I told you that you were paranoid. The sound nin are with me. Orochimaru and I are going to destroy this entire useless clan." At the sound of Orochimaru's name Itachi got a shock. I took away all hope from him in these.
"Good boy, Sasuke." Orochimaru said to me before he looked over to Itachi. "Hello Itachi, it's been awhile, hasn't it?"
"Not long enough."
"You're just being mean. You know you miss me." Orochimaru said in his playful voice.
"Orochimaru what are you doing with my brother!" my brother snapped and his usual calm voice became harsh.
"I'm making the last surviving Uchiha my little bitch."
"In hell you are."
"You're just sad it isn't you. If you want I can make the both of you my partners." I know Orochimaru can't do this because of his deal, but the idea of this pisses me off.
I'm glad when Itachi makes the first strike, even more glad when Orochimaru dodges it. That snake needs to be reminded that I am the only Uchiha worth anything. Blow after blow gets dodged by my mate.
When Itachi realized physical attacks weren't going to work, he used our family's ultimate technique, Mangekyou Sharingan.
He used it on Kabuto first, the silver haired man fell to his knees in a matter of seconds. Orochimaru quickly glanced back at his companion, with that as his diversion Itachi ran toward Orochimaru and tried to do a finishing blow. The second the blade went in, his body transformed into white snakes and slithered away.
Itachi's eyes widened when he realized he wasn't going to get an easy victory. They dart back and forth in his head as he thinks of his next move.
Kabuto struck him from behind and now was standing over Itachi's unconscious body. Itachi's hubris was his downfall. He neglected to think he wasn't the most powerful person in the room.
Orochimaru transformed back into his original body.
"The great Uchiha Clan ended in one simple attack. I almost wished they would have put up more of a fight." Orochimaru smirked, pleased with how well this plan was going. The snake took out his sword, placed it against the fallen man's neck and sliced right through.
I couldn't watch this.
I don't know why I felt like I truly betrayed someone. I could kill my own father without a second thought, but watching my brother bleed out in front of me was too much. The world lost all color except for the red blood that surrounds my older brother's body.
"We're through here," Orochimaru let us know that we succeeded, "Let Kisame and the others finish the rest."
I'm in a bit of a daze now.
I think I'm just tired, I over-exhausted myself today. I shouldn't have done that in this state. I probably shouldn't have been there in the first place, but it would have been suspicious if everyone else was there and I wasn't.
"Spread my scent in the opposite direction. Wait for my signal then come back." Orochimaru said to Kabuto before he went off in the other direction to the designated hideout.
I follow behind my mate.
Present Day
"You should give up on that princess you want to fuck." I let my brother know as soon as I'm situated again.
"Hn?"
I shrug before saying, "You almost died fighting his dad, right? You should just give up."
The files on his desk are all I need to see before I know where his mind is at. If I can get him to give up, the plan will go on without a hitch. It's my job to make sure everything goes well now.
I am in control.
"Sasuke, I do not believe you should meddle in business that does not relate to you."
Fuck, I want to laugh at that.
"What's the point if you're just going to die? Whatever that Kazekage wants with the princess isn't worth your life."
"Says the man who tried to kill me twice?"
He's got me there, "Says the man who's tried to kill you twice. The Kazekage is just going to kill you, give up."
"How do you even know this?"
"I was there when this all went down." he never asked me about this, like he wants to believe I wasn't involved at all, "I saw the Kazekage, he wants to take over Konoha and you should just let him. It's not like Konoha ever did anything good for our clan."
"Konoha is our home." he sighs.
"And tried, and succeeded, in the destruction of our iprecious family./i Why do you still have loyalty to a country that wants to see you dead?"
"It is more complicated than that, little brother." Of course he doesn't see this. He couldn't see what was directly in front of his own face, because it broke his little fantasy world.
"Is it? They tried to kill you specifically twice. Konoha hated the Uchiha's and allowed them all to die."
"You were there, you helped with our clan's destruction, now you want to wash your hands of it and blame Konoha?"
"Oh I know what I did! I wanted them all dead for the way they treated us! Your head's so far up dad's ass that you can't see what he did to you. You're his perfect little tool even after death." I laugh, "You'll die for him and Konoha long after either of them find you useful. You'll let them say or do anything to you, because you think as long as you do what you're told you'll get everything you've ever wanted. But no one's telling you what to do right now, are they? You feeling lost? Huh?"
"Sasuke, I should have been more attentive to you and joined you during your exam. You do not have to be rude about it." Itachi doesn't even acknowledge what I say to him.
"You're not better than me."
"I never said I was." His voice is full of sadness.
"You never had to, everyone else said it for you. Itachi is the greatest. Your brother is a prodigy. Why can't you just be more like Itachi?" I parrot what everyones said to me my entire life.
"That was not me. I have never thought those things."
"Don't lie to me. You never had to say it, because you heard what everyone was saying about you and you acted that way. You took their words to heart."
"I did it for you."
"I don't know how you can lie to yourself like that. The second you had a moment alone in your own head, you threw yourself into one of Kyuubi's expansion projects so you didn have to think about it. The side effect of that? You left me alone with dad." to drive my point home, "You did it all for yourself."
"I did it for you." It sounded like a tape recording of his voice, something he said to himself over and over again until he believed it.
"Even now, this? This is for you." I gesture at everything around us.
"Sasuke, stop this." Itachi commanded me.
Click.
My brain felt unlocked and completely emptied. In his words all movement in my body stopped for a bit longer than a standard second. I can't focus on anything except for the alpha in front of me. My own brother did this to me, he made me weak and pliable.
Is this what my commands have been doing to everyone this whole time?
Stop this.
"Good." Itachi says.
Stop this.
He continues, "You have been through a lot lately. I understand your frustration, I do, however I need you to be better right now. You made this mess, and I am doing my best to clean it up, because I love you."
Stop this.
He doesn't stop, "I need you to stop throwing these tantrums. You are not a kid any more, apparently you are going to be a mother soon. You need to be better for your family."
Stop this.
"You are my brother. I would do anything for you."
Stop this.
He just keeps filling up the air with his words, "You're not going to say anything now?"
Stop this.
He just sighs, "Fine. Let's just get some rest. It's been a long day for both of us."
Stop this.
The alpha takes me to Orochimaru's bed in the side room off of the office. The snake liked to make sure he always had a nice place to rest his head whenever he was working. I never expected to be in this room again, especially under these circumstances.
He just plops on the bed expecting me to do the same. I don't think he cares if I do or don't. He just wanted everything to stop, the best escape from your problems sometimes is sleep.
"I really do love you, Sasuke." he pauses, "We're the only family we have left now."
Stop this.
Itachi fell asleep first like he didn't have a care in the world.
Itachi Dream
I was in the calm that happens right before the storm.
The air felt thick with silence that filled every room throughout the house. Pitch black darkness blankets the sky casting deep shadows on everything beneath it. In the deep recess of night the world was devoid of all color. The deep void of emptiness begs to be filled with anything to sedate its despair.
I had a duty this night, but as the evening goes on closer to dawn than dusk, I am not too sure what it was any more.
A large wind rips its way through the building behind me. The sound was deafening, popping my eardrums with a loud ringing, distracting all of my moments. The wall splitting in two before collapsing into dust… or is that sand?
I need to get out of here.
Through the fresh crack of the house I could see the form of a sandy-brown coloured tanuki engulfing the compound with its presence. Its face and body is covered with curved dark blue cursed markings. There is no doubt in my mind that this is the One-Tail's true form.
The monster is unleashed to do as he pleases.
Many individuals tried to subdue such a large creature, none were successful. He was striking fear into this country. I can feel the tension of everything surrounding us, the pause before the battle. One of us must strike first.
The monster is impulsive, but strong.
A large tail rips through buildings in one fast sweep. Within the wreckage of my home there were piles of dead bodies around me. My family. My friends. Even strangers who happened to share my blood. Their bodys twided now in bloody forms crushed beneath the demolition, barely recognizable. It was the same type of carnage as before.
This was a massacre.
All caused by the leader of a foriegn land, the Kazekage. He decided to demolish our country on a whim. Crushing everything in his path beneath the weight of his distruvie tendencies.
At that moment I planned the route in my head to escape this place, I knew I could not hope to beat him. The people remaining were screaming all around me, unlike them I have to stay calm. While everyone around me was amless, I dashed down the street. I had a plan.
No matter the street I ran down, a wave of sand followed me.
I made a left.
He made a left.
I made a right.
He made a right.
The sand follows each step, as if it were a choreographed dance we were doing. I could not escape its wrath the same way my family could not. Given enough time, the whole world would be encased in sand.
A large form a sand is above my head about to fall, I accept death, before -
I hear someone crying in the distance.
My entire body stops everything to focus on it's source, it is not that far from here, I could pinpoint it on a map. They are only a block away. I found a break in the sand as my attacker left me at the sound of this noise. The monster completely lost interest in me in favor of the other. I don't know if I should run away or run towards the crying in the distance.
My body moves on its own to the unknown, having an urge to protect the innocence of the noise that rings in my ears. Like a siren song calling me closer only to be crushed by the force of the rocks. I do not know the danger I will face. I do not care.
I am about three feet away from them before light blue eyes notice me.
As I get closer crying becomes softer as if not wanting to be heard at all. The boy is trying his best to make himself as small as sweetness of his aroma turns to rot with his fear and distress. His garment torn and destroyed beneath his frame, fabric scattered in the area between us.
The one tail's larger form menacingly drapes behind the blonde fox as if to say look what I've done. I still trek forwards towards the innocent creature in the monster's domain. I must save him.
Light blue eyes look up at me, with a grin that matches The Kyuubi's own on his lips. He reaches out to grab my neck, choking the air from my lungs. Red eyes now peirce into my own, reflecting a distorted version of myself in his irises.
His demonic eyes match the blood red moon behind him.
The Red Moon that lays in the sky reminds me it's a dream.
The world freezes and time stands still as I regain control.
Ever since I acquired this family technique I have never had a restful night's sleep. I am awake during my dreams, able to act and do as I please within my own world. The days blur into night with no refuge for my soul. I almost enjoy the time's I can not control my own dreams.
Running from the monsters is the only moment of rest I truly get.
A white void fills the space between me and the One-Tailed Beast. I'm allowed to truly analyze this monster first hand in my own world. I now sit behind the table of a war room, the once formattable beast is now no larger than a house cat.
Remembering all the statistics from the files I am able to analyze the One Tail's actions better. I will be able to predict his movements. The beast before me, though small now, will be a real threat for me in the future. The beast has no control over his actions, he is a mere slave to his own emotions.
Short tempered and prideful.
Naruto's form turns back into its truest state, as he blinks twice, blue eyes take over red, "Itachi?"
I looked over at my future mate, his blue eyes softly lid, they held no anger in them as they once did. Sitting patiently beside me in his white sundresses embarrassed from his previous actions. I have to remind myself, Naruto was someone who was never touched by war. He's not like me.
Naruto has never shown any signs of being a monster. He is royalty kept safe in a castle protected by the monster inside. The Kyuubi had locked him away for years not to be touched by others, until I came along. It is almost like an old fairy tail.
Looking at the blonde everything felt peaceful. I am reminded of what life could be like if it were not for the monsters of this world. The life I could have with him. I never wanted him to leave this place, the Omega belongs by my side forever.
I glanced back at the map set before me and wondered who would win in a one on one, The Kyuubi or The Kazekage.
Using all my memories of The Kyuubi I make a similar reconstruction of his feral body, the same size as a housecat. Everything I know about him and everything I've learned from observations are now in the form of a perfect replica in front of me.
I pit the two beasts against each other and make them fight over the map. Over and over again I tested their abilities against each other. I satisfied every curiosity that ran in my mind until I was absolutely sure of the outcome.
Every simulation I ran, proves what I already knew.
The Kyuubi always won.
What's up demon's? It's ya' boi.
I feel like there was a decent delay in this one, I was really just trying to get the vibe of how I want Sasuke to read. This chapter feels more like a filler chapter, to me because I'm just experimenting exactly how I want Sasuke's POV to come across.
I finally made an official timeline for this fic so I can better keep track of things that have happened and will happen. It's actually pretty helpful.
TigrezzTail
One of the things about this fic is I wrote the premise of it before Naruto was finished(2008). So that is one reason why Kyuubi is a person. Being a Jinjuriki is very important to Gaara's(and Naruto's) characters in the show. I used the show as inspo for the fanfic, obviously. So I had to make a write around for that, that also works for this fic, which is that Naruto fully absorbs the Nine-Tail Beast chakra and ability. Thus he's not subject to the same problem of having another being in his head and allowing The Kyuubi to be a person.
Remember the overarching theme of this fanfic is "Kyuubi is an asshole." So yeah, the second Naruto stands against him, the boy is a failure.
To be fair to Minato, he diligently took the tea for almost 20 years. Should have done it when he had the chance, he just waited too long that night and pissed off Kyuubi. Realistically he stopped in the first place because he subconsciously didn't want to be alone with Kyuubi again. It was the second that it was obvious that Naruto was going to leave and he'd be alone.
Haku was given the scrolls as a way to ensure the seals wouldn't fail in Chapter 15, they are the ones Kyuubi tells him to get from the library. I probably should have made it more obvious that's how he got them. Haku and Zabuza are just mercenaries who's only true allegiance is to each other… and slowly Naruto, because he's built different.
I really hate that I am constantly being like, I did mention this stuff, but I intentionally made a lot of it easy to go under the radar. Cause I feel like an asshole any time I say, "it's in the text." So I'm going to over explain my thought process, so you know if I say, "Yeah it's in this chapter that it's mentioned," you know I'm not being an asshole.
I just write the Current Time as if everyone involved already knows the flashbacks, because I plan on showing the flashbacks later. I don't want the reader to read the same info twice, without getting something new from it. That's why sometimes characters will off handley mention something, then a few chapters go by and there's a flashback for it.
There is also no reason for them to explain it in detail to each other, because most of the characters were already there when it happened the first time. Like Kyuubi and Gaara as characters already know their motivation for their actions, they both lived their flashbacks. So there's no need in the Current Time for them to explain what happened to each other.
There's no point in Gaara saying to Kyuubi, "I'm doing xyz because of zyx thing that you already know about." Because he already knows about it, so it doesn't need to be explained to him.
Gaara knows about the Jinchuuriki Program. Again, another "blink and you miss it" moments. These are just some examples of how I hint at Gaara knowing about the Jinchuuriki Program:
"I'm not a kid anymore. You no longer control me." (Gaara) I let him know I am no longer one of his little puppets. I cut those strings a long time ago.
"Depends. What does it take to get Naruto by my side?" (Gaara)
His(Kyuubi's) grin sickens me. He almost seems proud of me. He built us for war and I guess I am doing just what he wanted. I am the weapon of Sunagakure.
"I already told you that option was never on the table. I believe it's a shame when a country considers selling one of their children for resources." (Gaara)
"It really is." Kyuubi eyes me up and down, sneering at me.
"So you have. Well I can't tell you anything about them(Root)." the wolf sticks out his tongue revealing a seal, "but if you remove this, my tongue will no longer be tied."
"I know all I need to know about that organization." (Gaara)I didn't come here to learn anything.
Without the context of the past those lines are essentially meaningless when you first read them.
I intentionally write the fic this way is because Naruto is the main character. When you read it, I want you to feel like Naruto, a character with memory loss. Everyone around him doesn't really acknowledge his memory loss, even though most of them know, but they all have memories so they talk like they would as people with shared memories. Which is incredibly confusing to Naruto because he doesn't share these experiences with them.
It's like when you meet an established group of friends for the first time and they have so many inside jokes that they don't realize, and you know it's supposed to be funny, but you don't know why. It's worse when they acknowledge that it's an inside joke, because it proves you're on the outside. So you feel super isolated and like you don't belong.
"If Naruto is the main character, why is it rarely his POV?" no one asked.
Natuto constantly refers to himself as a doll, or an object for someone to use for their own stories. So again, I want you to experience how that feels, by constantly seeing Naruto through other people's eyes.
I do advise when this is all done, to re-read it with the idea that everything in it is a self reflecting metaphor. Like almost every line in this is referring to another line or scene in this. In 24 - 26 chapters I have Kyuubi and Gaara controlling people's(Itachi/Minato and Sai/Naruto) access to air to demonstrate how they are different people.
I do put a lot of thoguht into this homoerotic Naruto fanfic.