Psychic King: *smiling encouragingly at the readers* Well, as promised,
this chapter is a lot quicker than the last one, ne? Ne? So you all
forgive me for the last one taking so long, right?????
Sakura: *shaking head* Nope, they all hate you. They want you to quit writing.
Psychic King: *crying* I see... So it's hopeless, then.....
Uzu: *smacking Sakura lightly on the head* don't say that! *turning towards Psychic King and wrapping a comforting arm around her* She's not telling the truth, Psychic King-sama! They all have been very kind and understanding about everything, really. See? *holds up the reviews*
Psychic King: *burying her face in Uzu's chest* really? I feel so uncertain of myself suddenly... Maybe I should stop writing...
Naruto, Tenmar, Kakashi, and Iruka all walk by taking amongst themselves.
Naruto: *walking up to Psychic King* What's wrong?
Uzu: *Patting her on the head* Ah, she seems to have lost some of her confidence...
Tenmar: *sounding worried* That's not like the Psychic King I know... *Pats Psychic King's head*
Psychic King: *crying even harder, nestling head in Tenmar's chest*
Naruto: Don't quit writing! Sasuke was just about to play with my naked- I mean, your fans would be disappointed!
Psychic King: *still crying, glomps onto Naruto* Oh, Naruto! Do you really think so?
Iruka: *smiling encouragingly* I'm sure you're fine! And I'm not just saying that because of the implied moments I had with Kakashi last chapter!
Psychic King: *Buries head in Iruka's chest, then Kakashi's* Thanks guys... *wiping tears from eyes* I don't know what I'd do without you all...
Men: *all walk off feeling good about themselves for cheering Psychic King up*
Sakura: *staring, mouth open at Psychic King* You did NOT just use fake tears so that you could feel up all of them, did you? You would NOT do such a demoralizing thing to yourself, would you?
Psychic King: *grinning* WHAT? It was just a quick glomp, no biggie! It's not like I was grabbing their asses... although now that you mention it, that IS a good idea...
Sakura: *glaring* I don't want to hear about your sick fantasies...
Psychic King: *pondering* Now HOW can I get Sasuke and Ganten to let me hug them... Ah... The other guys were easy, men are so weak to tears... But Sasuke and Ganten are both a little different...
Sakura: *smacks Psychic King on head* Leave Sasuke OUT of it! And remember our little deal. You make Sasuke give up on Naruto this chapter or I'll have to kill you...
Psychic King: *backing away* right... kill me... Ano... *points off screen* Isn't that Sasuke taking off his shirt?
Sakura: *jumping up* Where, where??? *runs off*
Psychic King: *happily smiling, wraps arms around herself and breathes in* Ah... Men smell SO nice..... Hum.... *looking at readers* Anyway, no fear! I'm not really giving Sasuke to Sakura! I just wanted to get her off my back while I wrote this chapter... A few pre chapter notes.... I don't own Naruto or his friend, sadly... But not completely unexpectedly, right? Also, please enjoy this chapter! Send me your comments and criticisms, OK?
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Embrace of Solitude
Chapter 14
"Oi! Sasuke, I'm not dressed!" Naruto hollered as the dark haired boy dragged him down the hall. "What if Mina or Sakura were to walk by?"
"Shut up." Sasuke replied, face blank. He pulled open the door to Naruto's bedroom, throwing Naruto onto the bed.
Naruto blushed, trying to cover his exposed body quickly with his hands. "Pervert! What do you think Uzu and Ganten'll think since you left them to clean up the bathroom and dragged me off without even letting me get dressed?" He stuck out his tong, giving up on covering his body with his hands, he settled for pulling his blanket over his head and huddling underneath it.
Sasuke stood for a moment, staring at the moving ball of blanket. Naruto's head popped out from the top to stare back when he heard the click of Sasuke closing the bedroom door. Sasuke moved purposefully closer to the blonde idiot, face still blank. His hand wandered down, grabbing the blanket and tugging.
Naruto shook his head, clinging to the blanket as if his life depended on it. "Stop it, Sasuke-pervert!"
"Calm down!" The dark haired boy responded, continuing with his attempts to tug away the blanket. Naruto's response was to cling to the blankets even tighter. Eyes darkening Sasuke raised his fist, as if about to hit the blonde.
Naruto's whole attitude changed as Sasuke's fist went up. Throwing back the blanket he jumped to his feet, standing on the bed he took a fighting stance. "You wanna fight, bastard?"
Sasuke smirked and Naruto realized a moment too late that this was probably the reaction he had been hoping for. He slunk back down to a sitting position, reaching for the blanket, but Sasuke had already grabbed it and thrown it a decent distance away. His eyes were... probing. The blonde gulped. "What? Don't look at me like that, pervert!"
Sasuke ignored the blonde's words, running his hand thoughtfully over Naruto's chest. "You and Uzu look a lot alike..."
Naruto's eyebrows shot up. "What the hell're you saying? Keep my children out of your sick fantasies!"
An annoyed sound escaped Sasuke's lips, but his face remained unreadable. "I was just thinking that you still have some growing to do." He growled in frustration. WHY did it suddenly matter so much to him what the dobe was going to look like when he got older, anyway? But after seeing Naruto and Uzu standing side by side like that, he was having a hard time just getting the mental image of Naruto's head on Uzu's body.
"Oh..." Naruto relaxed as he realized what Sasuke was getting at. "Yeah, we look alike. Tenmar, too. Not that either of them are exactly what I looked like before..." He grinned as an idea hit him. "You really curious what I'm gonna look like in ten years?" He didn't wait for a response; in Sasuke's mind being asked something like that was like telling a normal person to stop asking stupid questions. So, instead Naruto quickly performed the Henge no Jutsu.
Sasuke's mouth fell open. Before him was Naruto, in every way this person looked like him except he was... huge. Standing well over six foot tall, if Sasuke had to guess, and broad shouldered, but thin. It looked like he was nothing but skin muscle and bone. The transformed Naruto was still wearing Naruto's normal grin, but on this more mature face it looked more dangerous and... Sensual...
Forgetting momentarily that he was completely naked, adult Naruto jumped from the bed to stand in the middle of the room, waiting for inspection. "This is what I looked like right before... you know." He put his hands on his hips. "What do you think?"
A slight blush found its way across Sasuke's face. Sasuke no longer had any question of if Naruto's skin was so dark all across his body... There wasn't a pale patch of skin anywhere. With out thinking about what he was doing Sasuke started walking around the blonde, appraising. The first thing Sasuke noticed about Naruto's back was the long thin braid of hair he had running down his neck. Following the path of the braid Sasuke's eyes wandered to his back and then even further down. His eyes widened as he realized that even his ASS was pure muscle.
Sasuke was torn. Part of him found this very arousing; the rest of him was annoyed. Naruto was going to get tall; if genetics were any indication Sasuke would stop growing at LEAST half a foot shorter. There was no way he was going to get as wide, either. Walking back around to the front Sasuke glanced down with some small degree of embarrassment. Apparently Naruto's whole body was in for a major growth spurt. Sasuke wasn't sure, but he guessed that Naruto was going to be bigger in THAT area, too. Suddenly all those times he jumped on Naruto took on another meaning.
"Oi, Sasuke?" Naruto blushed as Sasuke continued staring down. He was beginning to wonder if this hadn't been such a great idea. Especially since his body was responding to Sasuke's intense stare.
Sasuke nodded, making up his mind and grabbed the huge man, pushing him onto the bed. Even if he was smaller he was STILL going to remain in control of their relationship. He felt the urge to assert that fact now, before Naruto really was that big. "Shut up." He responded, lowering his mouth onto the blonde's. It felt different, kissing Naruto while he was so big. He decided he wasn't even going to TRY to straddle the man; it wasn't that he didn't think it would be possible, but it would definitely be less comfortable until he was around the same size.
Naruto felt his body respond to Sasuke's demanding kisses even as his mind froze in shock. He wasn't expecting THIS, he was still naked! And he was loosing control of himself... A groan escaped his lips as Sasuke's leg inadvertently rubbed against him. He raised his hand, intent on pushing the boy off. This was NOT right. But he found his treacherous body wrapped the arm around the boy, pulling him closer...
"Naruto-sama! Iruka sensei was wondering if you could help him demonstrate-" Both Naruto and Sasuke froze in horror the sound of Tenmar's voice followed by the sound of the door opening reached their ears. They turned their heads to see Iruka and Tenmar, faces red, standing in the doorway.
A hint of spiky red hair behind them followed by an exclamation of, "Oh shit!" And then there was the sound of fast scurrying away as the spiky red hair disappeared, the sound of muffled laughter fading with it.
Iruka ace turned even redder, as he allowed his eyes to travel completely across the scene before him and suddenly he felt a trickle of blood dripping down his face. This was too much.
With a 'pop' and a puff of smoke Naruto's Jutsu vanished, leaving one red faced (but still undressed) Naruto and one ferociously angry looking Sasuke to continue staring. Finally Sasuke took the initiative to move first, jumping from his position on top of the blonde to firmly push the two men out of the room and slam the door.
Iruka and Uzu stared at each other for a long moment then looked back at the door. Iruka recovered from his shock first, wiping away the trickle of blood from his nose he pounded on the door, "Naruto! Put some clothes on and get out here RIGHT NOW! You get out here too, Sasuke!"
Tenmar turned and glanced in the direction his brother had run off to, "Uzu! Get your sorry butt out here, too! I want to see all three of you in the living room NOW!"
Ganten walked by, soaking towels in his arms. "What's going on?"
Tenmar glanced at his youngest brother, sighing. "You're not old enough." He said flatly, glaring.
Ganten's eyes widened a bit at his brother's declaration, he WAS older than both their father and Sasuke, after all. But looking at his brother's angry face he felt it best not to press the subject. "I'll just take these to the laundry and then get something started for dinner..." He replied, quickly walking down the hall.
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Kakashi sighed as he jumped away from Sakura's house. Her mother said she hadn't been there all day. Was she still at Sasuke's for some reason? He could have sworn that Uzu had walked both her and Shikamaru home early that day. Her mother hadn't seemed THAT worried, saying something like, "As soon as they become Ninja they loose all respect for their parents wishes, you know how children can be..." But that did not stop him from feeling some degree of worry. He picked up his speed as he moved towards the Uchiha mansion. He had wanted to give Iruka some more time, but this was an emergency.
As he rushed from roof top to roof top he noticed a girl with long red hair standing in the street below him. For a quick moment he thought he had found her, but when he landed in front of the girl he realized it was only Naruto's daughter, Mina.
Mina jumped back in surprise as Kakashi landed lightly in the road in front of her. "Kakashi-san!" She exclaimed pulling the dark shawl she was wearing closer around herself, trying to hide as much as she could behind it.
"Mina, have you seen Sakura-chan at all today?" Kakashi asked, urgency in his voice.
Mina quickly shook her head. "Not since Uzu went to take her home. Is something wrong?" She asked quietly. She could feel urgency practically radiating off the tall silver haired man.
Kakashi shook his head, already turning and racing towards Sasuke's house again. "I hope not."
"Did you go to her house?" Mina asked, jumping next to Kakashi.
The silver haired man allowed himself a moment to look at the girl in surprise as he dashed onward. She was keeping up with his top speed so easily; did these four really need Ninja training? "Yeah, her mother said she hadn't been home all day. Shit! With that bastard's flunkies wandering around... She better be with Sasuke and Naruto."
Mina nodded quietly.
As soon as they reached the house Kakashi wrenched the front door open, storming in. His eyes widened as he saw Iruka standing in an intimidating manner over Sasuke and Naruto. "I thought you were training Tenmar, Uzu, Ganten and Mina..." He questioned, forgetting momentarily his urgency.
Iruka turned and glanced at Kakashi, sighing. "Kakashi, do you know what these two were doing?" Without waiting for an answer he threw up his hands and continued. "They were naked on top of each other, kissing!"
"Oi!" Sasuke hollered, "That has nothing to do with ANY of you, so just shut up about it."
Iruka shot Sasuke a glare that told him if he valued his life he would stop talking and listen. Then he sent a begging glance towards his lover. Sasuke respected Kakashi; he would listen if Kakashi told him it was a bad idea to go so far while they were young. To his absolute horror Kakashi seemed to be laughing quietly. Iruka's face turned dark.
"Sorry love, but I agree with Sasuke-kun on this. If they are old enough to be risking their lives for the village than they are certainly old enough to do what they want with their bodies." Kakashi walked up to the boys and put a serious tone in his voice, placing a hand on both boys' shoulders. "Just don't let Sakura-chan catch you or you will really be putting your lives on the line-"
Iruka smacked his lover hard in the back of the head, but Kakashi's mind had snapped back to what he originally had rushed here for. "Speaking of Sakura-chan, is she here?" A worried feeling rushed through him as he watched everyone shake their heads, faces blank.
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"Ow." Sakura rubbed her head. She was starting to get used to waking up in extreme pain. It was dark now. She must have been passed out for a few hours. She had been abducted and brought here... The last thing she remembered was that huge man slapping her when she kicked the wolf that bit through her hand. She looked down, her hand was still bleeding; she was going to have permanent scars, assuming she lived long enough to have it heal. Tearing at the edge of her shirt she made a quick make-shift bandage, wrapping her hand securely.
She glanced around when she finished. There were two large wolves standing at the mouth of the cave she was in, but she couldn't see or sense any other guards. She smiled. They were underestimating her if they thought that only two wolves would hold her in.
"I wouldn't think of running, if I were you, little one." A male voice called from right behind her. Sakura spun, but there was no one. "No, Kentaar-sama has plans for YOU." This time the voice came from her right, she spun again, but again there was nothing. Suddenly there was the feeling of a hand grasping around her neck, chocking the breath from her body, but she still couldn't see or sense anyone. "It would be a shame to have to kill you before Kentaar-sama gets to play with you a little." This time the sound came from directly in front of her. Struggling wildly, she kicked and waved her arms, but they came in contact with nothing. Laughter flooded the cave, coming from every direction around her as the feeling of being choked faded.
Sakura fell to the ground in a heap. "Shut up! I'd rather die than let some freak wolf-man use me to hurt my friends!" Sakura felt a sharp rock underneath her hand and grabbed it quickly. They weren't going to use HER to destroy Konoha, not to hurt Sasuke and Naruto either.
"Tsk..." The voice replied. Sharp pain rushed through Sakura's entire body and she released the rock. "Don't be so quick to die, little one. I TOLD you, Kentaar-sama has plans for you. If you play your cards right you might get to live as his pet."
"Go to hell!" Sakura screamed, sobbing. The pain slowly subsided, but she remained curled in a ball. The corner of her eye caught the vague outline of a man, and she moved her head to glare at him. This simple action consumed what was left of her energy; she no longer had enough strength to even sit up.
"Still defiant? Maybe I should break you in before Kentaar-sama wants to play with you. He won't be happy if you resist him so much." The man walked closer and Sakura was able to make out some characteristics. She wasn't that sure if he was a tall man or not as she was lying on the ground and feeling rather disoriented, but she could tell he was large, a wild, feral look was in his eyes, his teeth looked more like fangs... and his hair (if it could really be called that, it looked more like fur) was gray and brown and coarse looking and it long and stuck out at odd angels. He didn't look like an old man, so Sakura was left to guess as to why. He looked like a wolf...
He smiled and Sakura could see that his eyes were a bright yellow. He lowered his hand towards her and she noticed that his nails were long, hard and black. Sakura made a disgusted face and mustered enough energy to roll a small distance away. The small distance was nothing to the strange man, reaching a little further his callused hand ran softly against her cheek. Sakura closed her eyes, this was NOT happening, it was a dream, a night mare. When she opened her eyes it would all be gone, right?
A loud noise from the mouth of the cave had Sakura snapping her eyes open; there was some one standing there. The man above her moved his hand from her face as if he had been burned. Then he laughed a deep, cold, heatless laugh. Sakura closed her eyes wishing she couldn't hear the inhuman sound. "Shit, Rin, you shouldn't surprise a guy like that."
The man at the front of the cave disappeared suddenly, reappearing between Sakura her attacker. "Don't touch it."
"Don't touch what? I wasn't gonna damage her or anything, I was just- "
The new man, Rin, shoved the other man away. "I said don't touch it! This THING belongs to Kentaar-sama." He shot a disgusted glare towards Sakura.
Sakura's head was spinning again, her eyes were blurring and she was having trouble keeping them open. Maybe... just for a moment she would close them... that should be alright...
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"What do you mean 'is Sakura-chan here?'" Naruto asked, eyes narrowing. "She went home with Uzu and Shikamaru this morning."
Tenmar and Uzu came walking into the room, Uzu's face was red and he looked guiltily at Sasuke and Naruto. "Heh, sorry Daddy, Sasuke... I didn't think you'd be doing THAT when I told Tenmar and Iruka to go check on you..." When Tenmar shoved at his brother's shoulder he added sheepishly, "At least not naked, you know?"
"I WAS NOT NAKED!" Sasuke demanded, glaring daggers at everyone in the room.
Naruto ignored both Uzu's apology and Sasuke's indignation, "Uzu, you walked Sakura-chan home this morning, right? I saw you leave with her and Shikamaru."
Uzu nodded, relieved that the rooms attention seemed to have been shifted from his little joke. "Yeah, but it was really strange, we got the whole way to her house and she ran off saying she forgot to do something. Why do you ask?"
"She never made it home today." Kakashi replied crossing his arms and leaning against the wall; it was turning out to be another one of those nights... Damn wolves must be nocturnal creatures.
Naruto's eyes widened as he remembered the flash of pink he had seen earlier that day out his window. He assumed it was nothing then, but he was starting to wonder... He dashed out of the house, jumping easily up into the tree outside his room. He sniffed, it smelled like... "TENMAR!"
The blonde man was out the door and up the tree next to Naruto in an instant, "What is it Naruto-sama?"
"I haven't used my nose like you do in a long time; can you smell her, too?"
Tenmar sniffed, there was definitely a faint sent of something in the air. Leaning down he placed his nose on the bark of the tree that smelled the strongest. "She leaned against the tree here and then..." Tenmar placed his hands on the bark following where the scent took him, imitating the moves the scent told him the girl had made. "She stood here, like this, probably looking down into your bedroom window, then..." he looked up towards the east side of the town. "She ran that way. It feels like she was in quite a hurry, very upset..."
As he watched his oldest son, the memories of how to use those parts of his body returned to him and he too looked towards the east, smelling the girl's anger, her sorrow. "Shit!" He landed, face serious he looked at Sasuke. "She saw us."
Sasuke's face took on an annoyed look, he rolled his eyes. "Who hasn't?"
Naruto glared at the dark haired boy. Why was the normally stoic boy's sense of humor surfacing NOW? "She was probably upset about it; she does have a crush on you, after all!"
A look of surprise crossed Sasuke's face, "She does?"
"WHY do you think she spent so much time following you around? Why do you think she treated me like something gross?" Naruto was practically screaming, HOW could Sasuke not have noticed this? She was his TEAMMATE! How could he have missed something so obvious from someone he spent so much time with?
Sasuke shrugged. He never really paid much attention to Sakura, and could never really understand why Naruto did. She was so annoying, really.
"Naruto-sama, this conversation would perhaps be better to continue after we've found Sakura-chan, don't you think?" Tenmar interjected, "My hold on her scent will only last so long."
Kakashi nodded, putting a hand on Naruto and Sasuke's shoulders. "You two wait here this time. Tenmar, Uzu and I will go look for Sakura."
"Like hell." Naruto replied, dashing into the house to return a moment later with his orange sweater and Sasuke's blue over shirt. "We're both going."
"That's an order, Naruto." Kakashi responded in his bored tone, noticing that Ganten and Mina were both getting ready to go, too. "Don't make me..." He trailed off as Tenmar's stance changed slightly, moving between Kakashi and Naruto.
"You'll what, Kakashi-san?" Tenmar asked, head quirked slightly to the side, small smile playing on his lips. "You weren't about to threaten Naruto-sama, where you?"
Kakashi sighed, this guy was seriously gonna try to hurt him if he threatened Naruto. "Never mind, just don't hold us up, got it kids?"
Naruto grinned and Sasuke glared up at him. Iruka sighed. "I'll just wait here alone again in case she shows up, then, shall I?" This was his fate, Iruka realized. He was going to spend the rest of his life waiting around 'just in case' while his lover, students and friends ran off to save the world.
Tenmar and Kakashi simultaneously nodded, then turned cold looks to each other. Tenmar looked at his father, siblings, Kakashi and Sasuke. "Alright, I've got a good lock on her scent, so we should be able to find her assuming she wasn't captured. Uzu, your better at this than I am, so make sure you pick up on her scent, too, just in case I loose it. If she was captured we should head back here to get some reinforcements before we go try to take on Kentaar's whole pack, agreed?"
Uzu shook his head, "We don't have time for that! She could already be dead AND the trail might disappear if we don't hurry."
Naruto's face darkened. "IF he's planning on killing her than she's already dead, if not she's being kept alive for my benefit; they won't kill her until I see her. Of course..." He closed his eyes, saying a slight prayer to whatever god would listen, "There are some things worse than death."
Tenmar nodded, and the group was dashing off as quickly as they could go.
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Psychic King: *looking eagerly at readers* OK, OK.... What did you think? I just want to let you all know; I have NO plans on letting Sakura die at this point. She's just being held captive so that they can use her to... *grins* I ain't telling.
Sasuke: *storms up* WHY do we get interrupted EVERY time? You love teasing me, don't you?
Psychic King: *raising an eyebrow* I DID mention that you were too young for sex, right?
Sasuke: KAKASHI even said it was OK.
Psychic King: *nodding* Yeah, but Kakashi doesn't hold your sex life in the palm of his hand, does he? *grins* So be nice. *pats Sasuke's head*
Sasuke: *glaring* And what was this Naruto said about you glomping onto him today..?
Psychic King: *backing away* Ano... I don't know what you're talking about! I didn't glomp onto anyone, especially not while crying fake tears and pretending to be in a slump!
Sasuke: Bastard!
Psychic King: Well, actually, I'm a girl so it would be-
Sakura: *suddenly appearing* Bitch!
Psychic King: *nodding* yeah, that.
Sakura: *advancing menacingly on Psychic King* You SAID you'd have them break up, you SAID Sasuke could be mine... WHAT'S WITH THAT NAKED MAKE OUT SCENE??????????????
Sasuke: *glaring at Psychic King* Oh yeah? You said that, huh? *begins advancing on Psychic King as well*
Psychic King: *holding up hands* Now, hold on! I was just trying to get Sakura off my back so I could write the next chapter!
Sakura: Oh REALLY? *eyes narrowing* And why was I left in the hands of those freaky wolf people while everyone else was running around having fun? That guy almost violated me!!!
Psychic King: *still backing away* ALMOST being the key word there, right? I mean, you were saved by Rin so it's OK, right?
Sakura: WRONG!
Psychic King: *turns and suns away*
Sakura and Sasuke: *finally doing something together, chase after Psychic King*
Psychic King: *appearing when Sakura and Sasuke disappear off screen* Whoo... They almost caught me... *looking at readers* OK, I just wanted to say a few things before I went back to running for my life... First off, I NEED SOME HELP!!!! I am having a REAL hard time coming up with names for the flunkies... I need at least two more male names... I don't care if you e-mail me or leave it in a review, but please give me some help! Just as a warning, however, I MIGHT not choose the name everyone sends (I might not choose any of them, either, if I get inspired before I get any suggestions) just a warning, so don't feel offended if I don't choose your name, OK? My e-mail address is Psychic_King@hotmail.com
*continuing* Also, I've gotten another offer for fan art, well, all I can say is, YEAH. If you want to feel free, just e-mail me if you need any information! And send me a copy of the picture when your done (my e-mail is above). I'll even post it if you don't mind (although I need a web page to post things... I'm getting to it, a web page is on my to-do list).
*continuing* About the Tenmar Iruka action... I'm not sure if I can bring myself to do it to Kakashi... But If I don't I PROMISE to make it up to Tenmar, honest!
Um... I would like to add that I have recently been reading a WHOLE LOT of yaoi doujin/manga and I am not sure, but I think it's making me... A little more aggressive in certain aspects of my writing... I'm not trying to tease you all though! I promise I'll give you some sort of hot and heavy romance scene before the end of the fic! Scouts honor! (not that I was ever a scout, but... I still have honor, really!)
AND, last but certainly not least, PLEASE keep up the reviews! *smiling and waving* Bye for now! Have a great day! Make good choices! (I heard that in a movie... or was it TV? Anyway, I liked it, so... Yeah, make good choices, OK?)
Sakura: *shaking head* Nope, they all hate you. They want you to quit writing.
Psychic King: *crying* I see... So it's hopeless, then.....
Uzu: *smacking Sakura lightly on the head* don't say that! *turning towards Psychic King and wrapping a comforting arm around her* She's not telling the truth, Psychic King-sama! They all have been very kind and understanding about everything, really. See? *holds up the reviews*
Psychic King: *burying her face in Uzu's chest* really? I feel so uncertain of myself suddenly... Maybe I should stop writing...
Naruto, Tenmar, Kakashi, and Iruka all walk by taking amongst themselves.
Naruto: *walking up to Psychic King* What's wrong?
Uzu: *Patting her on the head* Ah, she seems to have lost some of her confidence...
Tenmar: *sounding worried* That's not like the Psychic King I know... *Pats Psychic King's head*
Psychic King: *crying even harder, nestling head in Tenmar's chest*
Naruto: Don't quit writing! Sasuke was just about to play with my naked- I mean, your fans would be disappointed!
Psychic King: *still crying, glomps onto Naruto* Oh, Naruto! Do you really think so?
Iruka: *smiling encouragingly* I'm sure you're fine! And I'm not just saying that because of the implied moments I had with Kakashi last chapter!
Psychic King: *Buries head in Iruka's chest, then Kakashi's* Thanks guys... *wiping tears from eyes* I don't know what I'd do without you all...
Men: *all walk off feeling good about themselves for cheering Psychic King up*
Sakura: *staring, mouth open at Psychic King* You did NOT just use fake tears so that you could feel up all of them, did you? You would NOT do such a demoralizing thing to yourself, would you?
Psychic King: *grinning* WHAT? It was just a quick glomp, no biggie! It's not like I was grabbing their asses... although now that you mention it, that IS a good idea...
Sakura: *glaring* I don't want to hear about your sick fantasies...
Psychic King: *pondering* Now HOW can I get Sasuke and Ganten to let me hug them... Ah... The other guys were easy, men are so weak to tears... But Sasuke and Ganten are both a little different...
Sakura: *smacks Psychic King on head* Leave Sasuke OUT of it! And remember our little deal. You make Sasuke give up on Naruto this chapter or I'll have to kill you...
Psychic King: *backing away* right... kill me... Ano... *points off screen* Isn't that Sasuke taking off his shirt?
Sakura: *jumping up* Where, where??? *runs off*
Psychic King: *happily smiling, wraps arms around herself and breathes in* Ah... Men smell SO nice..... Hum.... *looking at readers* Anyway, no fear! I'm not really giving Sasuke to Sakura! I just wanted to get her off my back while I wrote this chapter... A few pre chapter notes.... I don't own Naruto or his friend, sadly... But not completely unexpectedly, right? Also, please enjoy this chapter! Send me your comments and criticisms, OK?
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Embrace of Solitude
Chapter 14
"Oi! Sasuke, I'm not dressed!" Naruto hollered as the dark haired boy dragged him down the hall. "What if Mina or Sakura were to walk by?"
"Shut up." Sasuke replied, face blank. He pulled open the door to Naruto's bedroom, throwing Naruto onto the bed.
Naruto blushed, trying to cover his exposed body quickly with his hands. "Pervert! What do you think Uzu and Ganten'll think since you left them to clean up the bathroom and dragged me off without even letting me get dressed?" He stuck out his tong, giving up on covering his body with his hands, he settled for pulling his blanket over his head and huddling underneath it.
Sasuke stood for a moment, staring at the moving ball of blanket. Naruto's head popped out from the top to stare back when he heard the click of Sasuke closing the bedroom door. Sasuke moved purposefully closer to the blonde idiot, face still blank. His hand wandered down, grabbing the blanket and tugging.
Naruto shook his head, clinging to the blanket as if his life depended on it. "Stop it, Sasuke-pervert!"
"Calm down!" The dark haired boy responded, continuing with his attempts to tug away the blanket. Naruto's response was to cling to the blankets even tighter. Eyes darkening Sasuke raised his fist, as if about to hit the blonde.
Naruto's whole attitude changed as Sasuke's fist went up. Throwing back the blanket he jumped to his feet, standing on the bed he took a fighting stance. "You wanna fight, bastard?"
Sasuke smirked and Naruto realized a moment too late that this was probably the reaction he had been hoping for. He slunk back down to a sitting position, reaching for the blanket, but Sasuke had already grabbed it and thrown it a decent distance away. His eyes were... probing. The blonde gulped. "What? Don't look at me like that, pervert!"
Sasuke ignored the blonde's words, running his hand thoughtfully over Naruto's chest. "You and Uzu look a lot alike..."
Naruto's eyebrows shot up. "What the hell're you saying? Keep my children out of your sick fantasies!"
An annoyed sound escaped Sasuke's lips, but his face remained unreadable. "I was just thinking that you still have some growing to do." He growled in frustration. WHY did it suddenly matter so much to him what the dobe was going to look like when he got older, anyway? But after seeing Naruto and Uzu standing side by side like that, he was having a hard time just getting the mental image of Naruto's head on Uzu's body.
"Oh..." Naruto relaxed as he realized what Sasuke was getting at. "Yeah, we look alike. Tenmar, too. Not that either of them are exactly what I looked like before..." He grinned as an idea hit him. "You really curious what I'm gonna look like in ten years?" He didn't wait for a response; in Sasuke's mind being asked something like that was like telling a normal person to stop asking stupid questions. So, instead Naruto quickly performed the Henge no Jutsu.
Sasuke's mouth fell open. Before him was Naruto, in every way this person looked like him except he was... huge. Standing well over six foot tall, if Sasuke had to guess, and broad shouldered, but thin. It looked like he was nothing but skin muscle and bone. The transformed Naruto was still wearing Naruto's normal grin, but on this more mature face it looked more dangerous and... Sensual...
Forgetting momentarily that he was completely naked, adult Naruto jumped from the bed to stand in the middle of the room, waiting for inspection. "This is what I looked like right before... you know." He put his hands on his hips. "What do you think?"
A slight blush found its way across Sasuke's face. Sasuke no longer had any question of if Naruto's skin was so dark all across his body... There wasn't a pale patch of skin anywhere. With out thinking about what he was doing Sasuke started walking around the blonde, appraising. The first thing Sasuke noticed about Naruto's back was the long thin braid of hair he had running down his neck. Following the path of the braid Sasuke's eyes wandered to his back and then even further down. His eyes widened as he realized that even his ASS was pure muscle.
Sasuke was torn. Part of him found this very arousing; the rest of him was annoyed. Naruto was going to get tall; if genetics were any indication Sasuke would stop growing at LEAST half a foot shorter. There was no way he was going to get as wide, either. Walking back around to the front Sasuke glanced down with some small degree of embarrassment. Apparently Naruto's whole body was in for a major growth spurt. Sasuke wasn't sure, but he guessed that Naruto was going to be bigger in THAT area, too. Suddenly all those times he jumped on Naruto took on another meaning.
"Oi, Sasuke?" Naruto blushed as Sasuke continued staring down. He was beginning to wonder if this hadn't been such a great idea. Especially since his body was responding to Sasuke's intense stare.
Sasuke nodded, making up his mind and grabbed the huge man, pushing him onto the bed. Even if he was smaller he was STILL going to remain in control of their relationship. He felt the urge to assert that fact now, before Naruto really was that big. "Shut up." He responded, lowering his mouth onto the blonde's. It felt different, kissing Naruto while he was so big. He decided he wasn't even going to TRY to straddle the man; it wasn't that he didn't think it would be possible, but it would definitely be less comfortable until he was around the same size.
Naruto felt his body respond to Sasuke's demanding kisses even as his mind froze in shock. He wasn't expecting THIS, he was still naked! And he was loosing control of himself... A groan escaped his lips as Sasuke's leg inadvertently rubbed against him. He raised his hand, intent on pushing the boy off. This was NOT right. But he found his treacherous body wrapped the arm around the boy, pulling him closer...
"Naruto-sama! Iruka sensei was wondering if you could help him demonstrate-" Both Naruto and Sasuke froze in horror the sound of Tenmar's voice followed by the sound of the door opening reached their ears. They turned their heads to see Iruka and Tenmar, faces red, standing in the doorway.
A hint of spiky red hair behind them followed by an exclamation of, "Oh shit!" And then there was the sound of fast scurrying away as the spiky red hair disappeared, the sound of muffled laughter fading with it.
Iruka ace turned even redder, as he allowed his eyes to travel completely across the scene before him and suddenly he felt a trickle of blood dripping down his face. This was too much.
With a 'pop' and a puff of smoke Naruto's Jutsu vanished, leaving one red faced (but still undressed) Naruto and one ferociously angry looking Sasuke to continue staring. Finally Sasuke took the initiative to move first, jumping from his position on top of the blonde to firmly push the two men out of the room and slam the door.
Iruka and Uzu stared at each other for a long moment then looked back at the door. Iruka recovered from his shock first, wiping away the trickle of blood from his nose he pounded on the door, "Naruto! Put some clothes on and get out here RIGHT NOW! You get out here too, Sasuke!"
Tenmar turned and glanced in the direction his brother had run off to, "Uzu! Get your sorry butt out here, too! I want to see all three of you in the living room NOW!"
Ganten walked by, soaking towels in his arms. "What's going on?"
Tenmar glanced at his youngest brother, sighing. "You're not old enough." He said flatly, glaring.
Ganten's eyes widened a bit at his brother's declaration, he WAS older than both their father and Sasuke, after all. But looking at his brother's angry face he felt it best not to press the subject. "I'll just take these to the laundry and then get something started for dinner..." He replied, quickly walking down the hall.
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Kakashi sighed as he jumped away from Sakura's house. Her mother said she hadn't been there all day. Was she still at Sasuke's for some reason? He could have sworn that Uzu had walked both her and Shikamaru home early that day. Her mother hadn't seemed THAT worried, saying something like, "As soon as they become Ninja they loose all respect for their parents wishes, you know how children can be..." But that did not stop him from feeling some degree of worry. He picked up his speed as he moved towards the Uchiha mansion. He had wanted to give Iruka some more time, but this was an emergency.
As he rushed from roof top to roof top he noticed a girl with long red hair standing in the street below him. For a quick moment he thought he had found her, but when he landed in front of the girl he realized it was only Naruto's daughter, Mina.
Mina jumped back in surprise as Kakashi landed lightly in the road in front of her. "Kakashi-san!" She exclaimed pulling the dark shawl she was wearing closer around herself, trying to hide as much as she could behind it.
"Mina, have you seen Sakura-chan at all today?" Kakashi asked, urgency in his voice.
Mina quickly shook her head. "Not since Uzu went to take her home. Is something wrong?" She asked quietly. She could feel urgency practically radiating off the tall silver haired man.
Kakashi shook his head, already turning and racing towards Sasuke's house again. "I hope not."
"Did you go to her house?" Mina asked, jumping next to Kakashi.
The silver haired man allowed himself a moment to look at the girl in surprise as he dashed onward. She was keeping up with his top speed so easily; did these four really need Ninja training? "Yeah, her mother said she hadn't been home all day. Shit! With that bastard's flunkies wandering around... She better be with Sasuke and Naruto."
Mina nodded quietly.
As soon as they reached the house Kakashi wrenched the front door open, storming in. His eyes widened as he saw Iruka standing in an intimidating manner over Sasuke and Naruto. "I thought you were training Tenmar, Uzu, Ganten and Mina..." He questioned, forgetting momentarily his urgency.
Iruka turned and glanced at Kakashi, sighing. "Kakashi, do you know what these two were doing?" Without waiting for an answer he threw up his hands and continued. "They were naked on top of each other, kissing!"
"Oi!" Sasuke hollered, "That has nothing to do with ANY of you, so just shut up about it."
Iruka shot Sasuke a glare that told him if he valued his life he would stop talking and listen. Then he sent a begging glance towards his lover. Sasuke respected Kakashi; he would listen if Kakashi told him it was a bad idea to go so far while they were young. To his absolute horror Kakashi seemed to be laughing quietly. Iruka's face turned dark.
"Sorry love, but I agree with Sasuke-kun on this. If they are old enough to be risking their lives for the village than they are certainly old enough to do what they want with their bodies." Kakashi walked up to the boys and put a serious tone in his voice, placing a hand on both boys' shoulders. "Just don't let Sakura-chan catch you or you will really be putting your lives on the line-"
Iruka smacked his lover hard in the back of the head, but Kakashi's mind had snapped back to what he originally had rushed here for. "Speaking of Sakura-chan, is she here?" A worried feeling rushed through him as he watched everyone shake their heads, faces blank.
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"Ow." Sakura rubbed her head. She was starting to get used to waking up in extreme pain. It was dark now. She must have been passed out for a few hours. She had been abducted and brought here... The last thing she remembered was that huge man slapping her when she kicked the wolf that bit through her hand. She looked down, her hand was still bleeding; she was going to have permanent scars, assuming she lived long enough to have it heal. Tearing at the edge of her shirt she made a quick make-shift bandage, wrapping her hand securely.
She glanced around when she finished. There were two large wolves standing at the mouth of the cave she was in, but she couldn't see or sense any other guards. She smiled. They were underestimating her if they thought that only two wolves would hold her in.
"I wouldn't think of running, if I were you, little one." A male voice called from right behind her. Sakura spun, but there was no one. "No, Kentaar-sama has plans for YOU." This time the voice came from her right, she spun again, but again there was nothing. Suddenly there was the feeling of a hand grasping around her neck, chocking the breath from her body, but she still couldn't see or sense anyone. "It would be a shame to have to kill you before Kentaar-sama gets to play with you a little." This time the sound came from directly in front of her. Struggling wildly, she kicked and waved her arms, but they came in contact with nothing. Laughter flooded the cave, coming from every direction around her as the feeling of being choked faded.
Sakura fell to the ground in a heap. "Shut up! I'd rather die than let some freak wolf-man use me to hurt my friends!" Sakura felt a sharp rock underneath her hand and grabbed it quickly. They weren't going to use HER to destroy Konoha, not to hurt Sasuke and Naruto either.
"Tsk..." The voice replied. Sharp pain rushed through Sakura's entire body and she released the rock. "Don't be so quick to die, little one. I TOLD you, Kentaar-sama has plans for you. If you play your cards right you might get to live as his pet."
"Go to hell!" Sakura screamed, sobbing. The pain slowly subsided, but she remained curled in a ball. The corner of her eye caught the vague outline of a man, and she moved her head to glare at him. This simple action consumed what was left of her energy; she no longer had enough strength to even sit up.
"Still defiant? Maybe I should break you in before Kentaar-sama wants to play with you. He won't be happy if you resist him so much." The man walked closer and Sakura was able to make out some characteristics. She wasn't that sure if he was a tall man or not as she was lying on the ground and feeling rather disoriented, but she could tell he was large, a wild, feral look was in his eyes, his teeth looked more like fangs... and his hair (if it could really be called that, it looked more like fur) was gray and brown and coarse looking and it long and stuck out at odd angels. He didn't look like an old man, so Sakura was left to guess as to why. He looked like a wolf...
He smiled and Sakura could see that his eyes were a bright yellow. He lowered his hand towards her and she noticed that his nails were long, hard and black. Sakura made a disgusted face and mustered enough energy to roll a small distance away. The small distance was nothing to the strange man, reaching a little further his callused hand ran softly against her cheek. Sakura closed her eyes, this was NOT happening, it was a dream, a night mare. When she opened her eyes it would all be gone, right?
A loud noise from the mouth of the cave had Sakura snapping her eyes open; there was some one standing there. The man above her moved his hand from her face as if he had been burned. Then he laughed a deep, cold, heatless laugh. Sakura closed her eyes wishing she couldn't hear the inhuman sound. "Shit, Rin, you shouldn't surprise a guy like that."
The man at the front of the cave disappeared suddenly, reappearing between Sakura her attacker. "Don't touch it."
"Don't touch what? I wasn't gonna damage her or anything, I was just- "
The new man, Rin, shoved the other man away. "I said don't touch it! This THING belongs to Kentaar-sama." He shot a disgusted glare towards Sakura.
Sakura's head was spinning again, her eyes were blurring and she was having trouble keeping them open. Maybe... just for a moment she would close them... that should be alright...
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"What do you mean 'is Sakura-chan here?'" Naruto asked, eyes narrowing. "She went home with Uzu and Shikamaru this morning."
Tenmar and Uzu came walking into the room, Uzu's face was red and he looked guiltily at Sasuke and Naruto. "Heh, sorry Daddy, Sasuke... I didn't think you'd be doing THAT when I told Tenmar and Iruka to go check on you..." When Tenmar shoved at his brother's shoulder he added sheepishly, "At least not naked, you know?"
"I WAS NOT NAKED!" Sasuke demanded, glaring daggers at everyone in the room.
Naruto ignored both Uzu's apology and Sasuke's indignation, "Uzu, you walked Sakura-chan home this morning, right? I saw you leave with her and Shikamaru."
Uzu nodded, relieved that the rooms attention seemed to have been shifted from his little joke. "Yeah, but it was really strange, we got the whole way to her house and she ran off saying she forgot to do something. Why do you ask?"
"She never made it home today." Kakashi replied crossing his arms and leaning against the wall; it was turning out to be another one of those nights... Damn wolves must be nocturnal creatures.
Naruto's eyes widened as he remembered the flash of pink he had seen earlier that day out his window. He assumed it was nothing then, but he was starting to wonder... He dashed out of the house, jumping easily up into the tree outside his room. He sniffed, it smelled like... "TENMAR!"
The blonde man was out the door and up the tree next to Naruto in an instant, "What is it Naruto-sama?"
"I haven't used my nose like you do in a long time; can you smell her, too?"
Tenmar sniffed, there was definitely a faint sent of something in the air. Leaning down he placed his nose on the bark of the tree that smelled the strongest. "She leaned against the tree here and then..." Tenmar placed his hands on the bark following where the scent took him, imitating the moves the scent told him the girl had made. "She stood here, like this, probably looking down into your bedroom window, then..." he looked up towards the east side of the town. "She ran that way. It feels like she was in quite a hurry, very upset..."
As he watched his oldest son, the memories of how to use those parts of his body returned to him and he too looked towards the east, smelling the girl's anger, her sorrow. "Shit!" He landed, face serious he looked at Sasuke. "She saw us."
Sasuke's face took on an annoyed look, he rolled his eyes. "Who hasn't?"
Naruto glared at the dark haired boy. Why was the normally stoic boy's sense of humor surfacing NOW? "She was probably upset about it; she does have a crush on you, after all!"
A look of surprise crossed Sasuke's face, "She does?"
"WHY do you think she spent so much time following you around? Why do you think she treated me like something gross?" Naruto was practically screaming, HOW could Sasuke not have noticed this? She was his TEAMMATE! How could he have missed something so obvious from someone he spent so much time with?
Sasuke shrugged. He never really paid much attention to Sakura, and could never really understand why Naruto did. She was so annoying, really.
"Naruto-sama, this conversation would perhaps be better to continue after we've found Sakura-chan, don't you think?" Tenmar interjected, "My hold on her scent will only last so long."
Kakashi nodded, putting a hand on Naruto and Sasuke's shoulders. "You two wait here this time. Tenmar, Uzu and I will go look for Sakura."
"Like hell." Naruto replied, dashing into the house to return a moment later with his orange sweater and Sasuke's blue over shirt. "We're both going."
"That's an order, Naruto." Kakashi responded in his bored tone, noticing that Ganten and Mina were both getting ready to go, too. "Don't make me..." He trailed off as Tenmar's stance changed slightly, moving between Kakashi and Naruto.
"You'll what, Kakashi-san?" Tenmar asked, head quirked slightly to the side, small smile playing on his lips. "You weren't about to threaten Naruto-sama, where you?"
Kakashi sighed, this guy was seriously gonna try to hurt him if he threatened Naruto. "Never mind, just don't hold us up, got it kids?"
Naruto grinned and Sasuke glared up at him. Iruka sighed. "I'll just wait here alone again in case she shows up, then, shall I?" This was his fate, Iruka realized. He was going to spend the rest of his life waiting around 'just in case' while his lover, students and friends ran off to save the world.
Tenmar and Kakashi simultaneously nodded, then turned cold looks to each other. Tenmar looked at his father, siblings, Kakashi and Sasuke. "Alright, I've got a good lock on her scent, so we should be able to find her assuming she wasn't captured. Uzu, your better at this than I am, so make sure you pick up on her scent, too, just in case I loose it. If she was captured we should head back here to get some reinforcements before we go try to take on Kentaar's whole pack, agreed?"
Uzu shook his head, "We don't have time for that! She could already be dead AND the trail might disappear if we don't hurry."
Naruto's face darkened. "IF he's planning on killing her than she's already dead, if not she's being kept alive for my benefit; they won't kill her until I see her. Of course..." He closed his eyes, saying a slight prayer to whatever god would listen, "There are some things worse than death."
Tenmar nodded, and the group was dashing off as quickly as they could go.
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Psychic King: *looking eagerly at readers* OK, OK.... What did you think? I just want to let you all know; I have NO plans on letting Sakura die at this point. She's just being held captive so that they can use her to... *grins* I ain't telling.
Sasuke: *storms up* WHY do we get interrupted EVERY time? You love teasing me, don't you?
Psychic King: *raising an eyebrow* I DID mention that you were too young for sex, right?
Sasuke: KAKASHI even said it was OK.
Psychic King: *nodding* Yeah, but Kakashi doesn't hold your sex life in the palm of his hand, does he? *grins* So be nice. *pats Sasuke's head*
Sasuke: *glaring* And what was this Naruto said about you glomping onto him today..?
Psychic King: *backing away* Ano... I don't know what you're talking about! I didn't glomp onto anyone, especially not while crying fake tears and pretending to be in a slump!
Sasuke: Bastard!
Psychic King: Well, actually, I'm a girl so it would be-
Sakura: *suddenly appearing* Bitch!
Psychic King: *nodding* yeah, that.
Sakura: *advancing menacingly on Psychic King* You SAID you'd have them break up, you SAID Sasuke could be mine... WHAT'S WITH THAT NAKED MAKE OUT SCENE??????????????
Sasuke: *glaring at Psychic King* Oh yeah? You said that, huh? *begins advancing on Psychic King as well*
Psychic King: *holding up hands* Now, hold on! I was just trying to get Sakura off my back so I could write the next chapter!
Sakura: Oh REALLY? *eyes narrowing* And why was I left in the hands of those freaky wolf people while everyone else was running around having fun? That guy almost violated me!!!
Psychic King: *still backing away* ALMOST being the key word there, right? I mean, you were saved by Rin so it's OK, right?
Sakura: WRONG!
Psychic King: *turns and suns away*
Sakura and Sasuke: *finally doing something together, chase after Psychic King*
Psychic King: *appearing when Sakura and Sasuke disappear off screen* Whoo... They almost caught me... *looking at readers* OK, I just wanted to say a few things before I went back to running for my life... First off, I NEED SOME HELP!!!! I am having a REAL hard time coming up with names for the flunkies... I need at least two more male names... I don't care if you e-mail me or leave it in a review, but please give me some help! Just as a warning, however, I MIGHT not choose the name everyone sends (I might not choose any of them, either, if I get inspired before I get any suggestions) just a warning, so don't feel offended if I don't choose your name, OK? My e-mail address is Psychic_King@hotmail.com
*continuing* Also, I've gotten another offer for fan art, well, all I can say is, YEAH. If you want to feel free, just e-mail me if you need any information! And send me a copy of the picture when your done (my e-mail is above). I'll even post it if you don't mind (although I need a web page to post things... I'm getting to it, a web page is on my to-do list).
*continuing* About the Tenmar Iruka action... I'm not sure if I can bring myself to do it to Kakashi... But If I don't I PROMISE to make it up to Tenmar, honest!
Um... I would like to add that I have recently been reading a WHOLE LOT of yaoi doujin/manga and I am not sure, but I think it's making me... A little more aggressive in certain aspects of my writing... I'm not trying to tease you all though! I promise I'll give you some sort of hot and heavy romance scene before the end of the fic! Scouts honor! (not that I was ever a scout, but... I still have honor, really!)
AND, last but certainly not least, PLEASE keep up the reviews! *smiling and waving* Bye for now! Have a great day! Make good choices! (I heard that in a movie... or was it TV? Anyway, I liked it, so... Yeah, make good choices, OK?)