Possession

Disclaimer: I own none of Naruto characters. They rightly belong to Masashi Kishimoto-sensei. But I do own some of the characters that I made up to be members of Akatsuki.

Warning: Yaoi. Incest. Violence. Bondage. Semi-rape. Crossdressing. Some OCs. If you find any of the said materials disturbing, I suggest you leave this page immediately. You've been warned, so don't flame me about that.

Pairing: Itachi/Sasuke and Sasuke/Naruto Eventually Itachi/Sasuke

Note: I'm sorry for the error in the last chapter format on It works correctly on but I have no idea why it came out like that. But after my 4th effort, I finally got it right. So if you were confused with ch. 9, please reread the last chapter again. My humblest apology.

Chapter X: Blowing Up

The thousand birds chirped. Loudly. Their cries echoed even louder than that of the mighty thunderstorm outside as blue energy surged, forming into deadly crackling spark. It was such a foolish act, he knew, for Chidori was a technique that required a good distance and speed before attacking but right now...at such close distance...even though he had already known that it wouldn't work, Sasuke had made up his mind for the risk. For it was better than nothing. At least...it can give Naruto the chance...

Itachi watched his younger brother. Chidori would certainly not work with him...and with such close distance... Didn't Sasuke know that? And as he looked back again into those blood-red eyes...

It seems you have made up your mind already, eh, little brother?

The chirping spark was getting nearer and nearer, ready to plunge its beak for the taste of blood.

Fine then.

Without much effort, the older Uchiha swiftly grabbed Sasuke's wrist just in time before the Chidori got him and slammed the boy into the wall, holding that wrist captive behind his back. The blue lightning cut into the wall, just like the first time Sasuke had tried using it on him, blowing a large chunk of the wall beside them up. "I see you still possess that little spark inside you, little brother." Itachi whispered into the younger boy's ear, his hot breath tickling the sensitive flesh. "But is it pure hatred for me that drove you to attack?"

Sasuke gritted his teeth as the crackling spark of the Chidori ceased. His brother's hand on his wrist, although as strong as an iron, wasn't that blunt and harsh like that time he had broken his bone. The other hand that used for keeping him still seemed more warm and comforting than cold and uncaring as if Itachi didn't want to hurt him...as if his brother feared that if he treated him harshly, he might break.

What game are you playing now, Aniki? What more pain do you mean to cause?

Somehow the curse seal on his neck that seemed to be long dead started to sting, bouncing back to life as white-hot pain abruptly shot through his body. The seal that Kakashi once cast upon that blemished mark broke and let the foul pattern run free, quickly spreading all over the young Uchiha's porcelain flesh like some kind of disease.

Itachi's eyes narrowed at the reappearance of that blasted mark. This is... His hands quickly let go of Sasuke as the boy's knees started to give away, unable to bear so much pain surging through his already weak body. Instead those hands came to support the fallen boy as he fell limply back into his arms like a stringless puppet.

"Let go of him, you bastard!" Naruto yelled, his voice shaking with anger as unbelievably powerful chakra swirled about him, yellow and red mixing into glowing orange hue before it became redder and redder as if Kyuubi too was unleashing its rage out. The dark chakra hissed madly as if to compete with the maddening storm outside and like a children's lie, his wounds were all gone, leaving nothing that even looked like a bruise. And faster than any ordinary eyes could see, the enraged Naruto charged at Itachi but the clone got into his way first.

"Out of my way!" That red chakra hissed even louder as its threads spread out from the vessel's body in every direction, destroying everything in their range like a ki blast.

The older Uchiha's clone raised his arms to protect himself from this shockwave that dimmed his sense as he dodged back but was met with Naruto himself as the blond boy charged at him with an incredible speed and punched him with all the power he had. The last thing the clone could see before it hit the grandiose bookshelves-- many books of many sizes fell from their places--and disappear into a puff of smoke was Naruto's eyes which were no longer of sky-blue but of red, demonic red with narrow black slits that reminded him of a savage canine.

A fox indeed.

Even though the clone didn't have as much power as the real one but to be able to get rid of it twice was rather...impressive.

The rain blew in through the gap that Sasuke's Chidori previously made. Some of the freezingly cold grey droplets hit the Kyuubi vessel's already numb skin. And it was getting more and more numb as the time passed by. Naruto eyed his stoic enemy fiercely, crackling his fingers. I'd better finish this fight soon...

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The sound caught Neji's attention yet without turning to look at it, the white eyed-boy could register what it was. Tiny pieces of rocks, soils, cement which were parts of the wall fell from the floor above to the muddy ground. And the largest chunk, due to its weight and the gravity, hit the earth hardest, sending sticky mud flying all over the area. Neji frowned. Naruto...

"Worried?" Shiki asked, tilting her head to the side mockingly. "Don't worry. You'll soon follow your little friend but..." She grinned. "That will be after we free the Kyuubi from his body." She paused a little before she continued: "Judging from your expression, it must be him, am I correct? But I'll have to admit. He's quite clever to be able to sneak in without we noticing first. I wonder which method he used to get past us?"

"...You talk too much." He said, throwing more shurikens at her.

Shiki dodged them easily, the smile never leaving her lips as she countered back with her needles. "And you should try talking more because you'll regret it when you're no longer breathing."

Again Neji used Kaiten to shield himself from those little needles. Yet...

His eyes widened as he noticed something but too late! he was trapped in the nest of shiny strings--the strings were so thin, it was difficult for bare eyes to see--even with the Byakkugan. Had he moved just a little, those strings would have cut him into bits.

"..." Those previous attacks were to set this up? Underestimating me?

"You know what Hyuuga-san, the first point that make this fight your big mistake is that..." The chestnut haired-woman lifed her hand up to give him a clearer sight of her needles--each with string attached to the point side. "You told me your name." She said. "The Hyuugas is very famous about their advance bloodline and although we don't have any sample of the Byakkugan yet, we, medic nin, are all through with every detail we have. And I'll tell you, not only the Hyuugas that we have the information."

"The secret of the Byakkugan is always wanted by many." Neji retorted calmly. "So I don't see why that can be counted as a mistake."

"That's it. That's your second mistake." Shiki said, taking a few steps back. Above them, the blackened sky was in total chaos with the storm that didn't seem to stop but echoing madly like a war gong. "You're too confident about your skill." As she took another step back, she quickly did hand seals.

Rat. Tiger. Rat. Goat. Rooster. Horse.

Her hands formed each respectively. "These strings have my chakra coating all over, even your technique cannot cut them." And as she finished the last one... "As for your last mistake..." She raised her needles high and in a flash of bright white, thunder struck down at both of them, blasting everything in the area in a large circle. Soon nothing could be seen but the thick smoke clouding all over.

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Naruto looked at Itachi, then at the raven haired-boy in his enemy's arms and his eyes narrowed. There was not much time to waste. I have promised I would come back for you. Now that I'm here, I won't let him have you. I'll keep my promise, Sasuke. I'm bringing you back home no matter how much it costs!

After all these years, this was finally the time to show the result of his hard training. "Hahhhhhhhhhhh!" Chakra started to form in Naruto's hand, swirling into a circular shape of Rasengan of which color, like its caster's eyes, changed from clear blue to red and black as it screeched its ear splitting noise as if to threaten its enemy.

Yet Itachi wasn't even bit intimidated. He shifted, now using only one hand to support Sasuke, the other one taking out his shurikens.

Naruto dashed toward the S rank criminal in a swift blur of red, black and yellow, Rasengan at the ready. At the same time, focusing on those shurikens Itachi threw at him so that he could evade it. Yet...

Those shurikens cut through the air--each with a sharp swish, flying right past the blond boy's shoulder, doing completely no harm to him. What? Miss? It would be funny if someone like Uchiha Itachi would miscalculate his target. It was as if those shurikens weren't aimed at him. Wait! If they weren't aimed at me, then whom...? Naruto immediately spun around as that thought struck him just in time to see a familiar set of flying needles flying toward him.

The blond boy evaded some while the rest of those small needles were deflected by the red chakra that was swirling about him. His expression turned sour with disdain at the presence of the chestnut haired-man standing in the doorway. Shiryuu.

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Shiki wiped the blood from her face with the back of her hand. Her nose scrunched up a little at the smell of charred flesh. She shook her head. "Your last mistake is that you are not aware of my advance bloodline. Our chakra had a special immunity to thunder." She said, slowly walking up to where Neji used to stand--now with the smoke still clouding all over. "Now let's hope your eyes didn't get damaged too m-"

Smash.

A fist flew out of the veil of smoke and hit Shiki right between her breast. White chakra rushed into Shiki's body as fast as electricity. "Wha-what!? How did you-!?" She coughed out blood as Neji's jyuuken did its work efficiently. "Genjutsu?"

"No. This wasn't a genjutsu." replied Neji. "If you can't evade it, all you have to do is prepare for a good defense." He looked down at his own body and Shiki followed his gaze. She gasped in surprise at what she saw.

The white eyed-boy's body was only slightly charred but instead it was cut severely all over and covered in blood. Neji smirked and gave the chestnut haired-woman a better look at the cause of his wounds: Shiki's strings. "You said these strings are coated with your chakra and from your action, it spoke clearly what you were going to do, so all I need to do was to envelope myself with your chakra, with these strings."

"Tha-that's imbecile!" Shiki stuttered, her violet eyes widened in disbelief. "You can't even be sure about my advance bloodline!"

"Sometimes imbecile actions can lead you to victory." With that, Neji finished her off with another punch of his jyuuken.

I maybe careless but… "You're crazy." That was the last thing the chestnut haired-woman said before she fell.

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"It's nice to see you again, Naruto-kun." The man said in a mocking friendly tone, which obviously held nothing sincere. Naruto growled. Shiryuu ignored that and turned to face his hated ally. "I was just wondering what important business the high and mighty Uchiha Itachi was doing that he couldn't make it for the party and now I think I know the reason why." Violet eyes glared hatefully at the indifferent Uchiha.

Itachi merely gazed back--blood-red met dark violet. Yet those Sharingan eyes abruptly switched into a dangerous glare as they noticed the way their violet opponents were looking at the frail figure in his arm. The curse seal was now spreading all over his pale body.

"What a shameless thief you are." Shiryuu said, holding the Uchiha's gaze without wavering. "What make you think you can steal the other's prize without doing anything?"

"...You're interfering my business with Naruto-kun." Itachi said plainly. A kunai came to replace the shurikens in his free hand.

"You're not answering my question, Uchiha." Shiryuu growled. "The prize should be mine."

Before Itachi could say anything, Naruto furiously interrupted the conversation. "Stop talking about him as if he were some unfeeling thing not a human!"

"Hmm...maybe I should deal with you first." And nodding to himself, the chestnut haired-man leaped into the air and fired a combo of needles at Naruto.

"That old trick won't work with me!" Naruto roared, his powerful chakra blowing those offending pointy objects away while aiming his already prepared Rasengan at Itachi and promptly sprouted a bunshin to deal with Shiryuu.

The Rasengan missed its target by a few strands of hair as it hit the wall instead and instantly blew it up in a strong whirlwind of bottled-up energy while the other Naruto who had just exchanged a punch with Shiryuu, grinned in a very Naruto-ish way. "Heh, let's blow it up!" And using the last of his chakra, the blond boy's blood-smeared hands moved quickly into different forms of seal.

"Kuchiyose no Jutsu!"

Suddenly the whole building shook and more scream from the first floor that definitely came from the guests could be heard as a gigantic frog emerged from nowhere and destroyed one side of the mansion--rock, soil, cement and dust filling the air--with the presence of its huge size alone.

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"Hn. I shouldn't have worried about him." Neji smirked as he looked at Naruto's devastating handiwork and Gamabunta who had just been invited while trying to stand straight himself. His pearly-white eyes gazed at the unconscious Akatsuki woman lying in front of him. "Your logic won't always be correct if you can't read your opponent's thought." He said softly, then turning his gaze up at the giant frog, who seemed to be a bit annoyed at Naruto's asking.

Neji couldn't help but smirked again at the blond boy bouncing up and down on the frog's head. Seems like he's fine enough. I here can't even stand straight...

"Captain!" The ANBUs left their former positions and quickly ran to check their chief's condition. Neji gave a long sigh. "I'm alright."

Yet his relieved expression soon changed into a frown marring his handsome face when he noticed the grim expression on Naruto's face. "What happened?" He wondered out loud.

The blond boy's eyes, now returned to their natural color, looked around as if searching for something.

And then it hit him, making him frown even deeper. Naruto was there, safe and sound but...

Where was Sasuke?

TBC

Yay! Finally, I've finished with all the difficult action parts. Now it will be a lot easier to write. The next chapter will be out soon.

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Oh, and merry chrismas, everyone!