One thing before ANYTHING............ GOMEN NASAI JIRO!!! I'd like to say
no, but... you actually hit the nail on the head... cept I didn't LET
Orochimaru do it... I love Naruto!!! I'd never let him do that to my poor
Naru-chan if I wasn't anticipating future... shall I say... 'problems'
being resolved with Sasuke and Naruto. One of them is a lemon. ^_^ enjoy!!
Thursday! Like I promised... (ignore those who say I posted it the night before... they're lying... *grins innocently*)
*WARNING* (Yeah I finally have a warning) There is a lot of graphic injuries in this chapter, along with the mention of rape and non-consensual sexual violence (No, not because of Sasuke and Naruto, although I'm sure lots of you would like that, ne?). The rating still stands as of now, however if I'm asked to, it may go up because of this chapter.
Title: Jaded
Series: Naruto
Rating: PG-13 (Will go higher later on)
Genre: Action/Adventure, Angst, Drama, Romance, Humour, Horror, Tragedy, Supernatural, Fantasy, etc. (pretty much all)
Summary: For most of his life, Naruto has had one dream (becoming Hokage) and one love (Sakura), but as he grows up he realises not everything is as easy as he wants to believe it is, and his romances are not as simple as getting the girl, but finding a love that's not bound by superficial reasons, and that's when he realizes he had his priorities mixed up all along. (Eventually it'll be SasuNaru)
Pairings: (This is a list of EVERY possible pairing in this whole fic... cept the one's I forget) SasuNaru and NaruSasu (I like em both so they're both in it)... a little later on... SakuNaru, HinaNaru, OroNaru, GaaSasu (even if it's faked on both parts), KakaIru, LeeSaku, ano... JiOro, one- sided SakuSasu, ItaKisa, a little ShikaCho (but I'm willing to make it ShikaIno depending on who wants what... this is the one coupling that's not yet decided) and if someone shows any interest in them, HinaNeji (cause he needs to make it up to her)
Also there's a part where Naruto er... ... thinks about something Sasuke says and those pairings are NaruShino, NaruShika and NaruSasu but of course he nearly gags at the first two. ^-^
Remember this list cause it's the last time you'll see it here...
Chapter Title: 14. Down the Hall
Sasuke took up Shikamaru's place in the middle of the room, wearing a hole in the middle of the carpet, pacing back and forth. Shikamaru sat with his back to the fireplace, ignoring the withering glares the anxious boy was shooting him every so often. It had been a good couple of hours since Naruto had been caught and they were still trying to work out the kinks in their plans. It took another couple of laps before the chuunin stood up and placed a hand on Sasuke's shoulder to stop him.
"I've figured it out." He said quietly, attracting all eyes to the boys. He looked at everyone before he explained it. "We need to know three things, right? Naruto's position in the Hokage Tower, Orochimaru's whereabouts and how many shinobi are guarding the entire structure." Everyone nodded. "Well if Tsunade and Jiraiya take care of Orochimaru's position, after all you are two of the three legendary sennin, and me and Sasuke look for Naruto, then the rest of you can scout out the ninjas guarding the tower. The only problem that I could think of is stealth. There's no need to start any fighting. If you get caught, don't make a fuss. It will only attract more. Avoid noise of any kind and stick together, right?" They all nodded again.
"We need to get Naruto out of there as soon as possible." Sasuke said. Tsunade agreed and nodded to the group set up to locate and occupy the guards.
"You all go first and then send word back of everyone's positions, okay?" They nodded and snuck out into the night followed closely by Tsunade and Jiraiya who were going to go in right after the place was secure.
"Good luck Sasuke-kun." Jiraiya winked at the two remaining boys over his shoulder. Everyone knew they needed it.
***
"Shikamaru!" Sasuke hissed under his breath as they hurried along the hallway, crouched over. The chuunin looked over his shoulder and frowned.
"Nani desu ka?" He asked, slightly irritated.
"We've nearly finished searching every room, including most of the guarded rooms. Where the hell is he?"
"If I knew that I wouldn't have dragged you through all of the ones before." Shikamaru snapped back, making sure to keep his voice down. They had almost gotten caught once before with one of their arguments. Sasuke snorted at the boy's sarcasm but held his tongue as the stopped outside yet another room. It was the Hokage's bedchambers.
"Do you think we should go in there?" Shikamaru asked hesitantly. "Orochimaru might be occupying that room." Sasuke pushed past him.
"Did you really forget that Tsunade and Jiraiya have pinpointed Orochimaru at the top of the tower? You stay here and keep a look-out, I'll go in and see if Naruto's there." He slowly pushed open the doors and walked in, one hand on his kunai holster just in case.
Inside, the room was littered with shadows and the only light came from a candle at the bedside. The crimson silk sheets were in array, every so often catching the flickering candlelight and glowed a deep blood red. He scanned the room and his eyes came to a stop at a figure lying in a crumpled heap, chained to the wall beside the bed. Its head was lolled to the side and what little clothing was left on its body was stained black and red, caked with dried blood and numerous burns. He moved closer and nearly jumped out of his skin when his weight caused one of the floor boards to creak. The figure flinched, but didn't raise its head.
"Go fuck yourself, Orochimaru." He said, voice scratchy and hoarse, but still stubbornly strong. Sasuke raised an eyebrow in recognition and was about to deny being Orochimaru but the boy continued. "You're not getting your hands on Sasuke, as long as I still have a say in it. I don't care how many times you beat me up or rape me. It makes no difference to me anymore." Sasuke gasped in shock, causing the blonde boy to raise his head curiously, his head protector falling over his eyes and then to his shoulders.
"Naruto." Sasuke whispered, catching sight of his blue eyes. Not even the hair was all one colour, matted with blood stains. So much had happened in the few hours he'd been in Orochimaru's hands. Something flickered in the boy's eyes, but quickly died out before Sasuke could catch it. He couldn't help the sudden nausea that welled up inside of him.
"No, I'm not Naruto." He spoke in a quick, quiet voice, lowering his head in shame. "I'm just Orochimaru's fuck toy. The person you're looking for is down the hall. Gomen. I just seem like Naruto." Sasuke stepped toward the boy, cursing under his breath.
"You stupid idiot." He whispered to Naruto. "You should never have helped me. I never wanted to see you hurt like this. Not this way." The blond looked up and offered a forced fake half-smile.
"You should leave now, Sasuke." He replied. "You might be caught by Orochimaru." He turned his head away from Sasuke's intense gaze. He didn't want Sasuke seeing him like that either, which was obvious. Sasuke could see it in his eyes just before he looked away.
"Naruto, I'm not disgusted by you, nor should you feel any embarrassment from me seeing you. I'm disgusted by Orochimaru's actions." Sasuke knelt down so his face was level with Naruto's. "I'm so sorry, you should be the one disgusted by me for freezing."
"Leave." Naruto replied forcefully, ignoring what Sasuke was saying. "I can handle anything Orochimaru deals my way." The dark-haired genin growled and cursed him again.
"Stop playing the fucking martyr for one moment!" He yelled. "Sakura won't like you if you're dead. She won't like me much either if I let you die here." Naruto looked up and narrowed his eyes.
"This has nothing to do with Sakura liking me." He retorted. "You are my comrade, like Kakashi or Iruka. I'm not going to let you die, so will you just leave so I can do my job?" Sasuke snorted in response.
"No, it's not your job to be the protector of my-"
"I went through hell just to get you back from Orochimaru the first time; I'm not going to let you be just handed over to him." He interrupted. His rival frowned, thinking about this for a moment.
"Shikamaru!" He called to the slightly ajar door. The boy popped his head in. "Help me get him out of here. We need to be fast if we're going to avoid Orochimaru." Shikamaru nodded and, ignoring Naruto's protests for them both to leave and save themselves, unchained Naruto's bruised arms and lifted him up, balancing his arms on their shoulders.
"We have to hurry." Shikamaru whispered. "The last I heard from Tsunade- hime, Orochimaru was headed down our way." Sasuke nodded and let go of Naruto's hand for a moment to open a window and jump out to the roof only a little bit down. Shikamaru gently lowered Naruto down to him, missing the way the battered boy winced in pain. Sasuke didn't miss it though. He held Naruto cradled in his arms and asked if his arms had hit any sore spots or open cuts. Naruto looked up at him and smiled apologetically.
"Iie, it was just my butt. It's still sore." Sasuke paled considerably at the mention of what had happened to the boy in his arms, but shook it off. "What is it?" He looked down and noticed that Naruto had noticed his sudden discomfort.
"Gomen nasai."
"When the REAL Sasuke returns let me know, ne?" Naruto smirked. "You're creepy, apologizing to me so much in one day. I can handle this, Sasuke."
"How can you act like this after what happened?"
"I can act like this because I know I've passed Orochimaru's test." Sasuke frowned, not understanding the boy's meaning. They cleared the roof and landed clumsily on the dirt floor and set off towards Sasuke's house at a run.
"Test?" Sasuke asked.
"Orochimaru didn't think I could handle everything you could." He explained. "And I did." He smiled, proudly. He didn't like what Orochimaru did to him, and he wished to god that he could take back his brashness, curl up into a little hole and die, but he didn't break under Orochimaru's wrath and that in itself was something to be proud of. Shikamaru held open the door to Sasuke's house for the two of them and Sasuke carried Naruto up the stairs.
"You know, you could put me down. I can walk." Naruto pointed out, struggling in the older boy's arms. Sasuke glared, but set him gently to his feet. He took a few wobbly steps before falling backwards into Sasuke's awaiting arms.
"So you can walk, ne Dobe?" He sneered, gathering Naruto back into his arms while the blond pouted.
"Fine you can carry me." He yawned. "But don't you expect me to stay awake." He lay his head on Sasuke's broad shoulder and snuggled down into the embrace. "You're comfy." He mumbled into Sasuke's shirt. He looked down and noticed he was already fast asleep. He went into his bedroom and placed Naruto tenderly on the top of the sheets, pulling a light blanket over him to cover all the burns and gashes. He didn't even want to begin thinking of where Naruto got all of them. He went to leave the room but turned around to look into the room one last time.
"You're the bravest ninja I know, Kitsune." He whispered more to himself than anyone else and turned out the lights.
~~~~~~~
Aww... Yeah, I'm trying my best to put in more hints of shounen ai. Of course, there's going to be no blatantly obvious things for a while, which means no one saying "I love you, Naruto-chan." (of course there's always Sakura professing her love to Sasuke) but I can definitely promise a kiss between the two in the... somewhat near future... ^-^ I know some of you will like that. In this section, as Naruto gets over the rape, there will be a lot of comforting from Sasuke, cause him and Shikamaru are the only ones who know.
Chapter Title: 15. Healing Time
"What about us? Can't we become closer?" Kakashi looked down, surprise evident in his visible eye. He wasn't used to the Iruka's bluntness. He took a step back and shook his head.
"We're at war. Making such ties could end up being dangerous in the future. I'd rather keep things between us strictly professional first and friendly second. There is no room for anything else." He turned away from the window and went back to the table where the other adults had been discussing plans. Iruka frowned at Kakashi giving him the cold shoulder and looked back outside.
"You make it sound as if you and me are at war as well, Kakashi-san." He muttered to himself. The silver-haired jounin turned around, knowing that wasn't meant for his ears and frowned. He really didn't like pushing Iruka away. For him it was quite the opposite but there were certain things Kakashi had promised himself never to do. Being with Iruka was one of them.
Also, another thing to note... this Orochimaru storyline will end (finally) on chapter 17. And from now on I'm not stopping... I'm just slowing things down a bit. I won't post the next chapter until either Saturday or Sunday... if it can be helped. (I have a habit of posting early)
Thursday! Like I promised... (ignore those who say I posted it the night before... they're lying... *grins innocently*)
*WARNING* (Yeah I finally have a warning) There is a lot of graphic injuries in this chapter, along with the mention of rape and non-consensual sexual violence (No, not because of Sasuke and Naruto, although I'm sure lots of you would like that, ne?). The rating still stands as of now, however if I'm asked to, it may go up because of this chapter.
Title: Jaded
Series: Naruto
Rating: PG-13 (Will go higher later on)
Genre: Action/Adventure, Angst, Drama, Romance, Humour, Horror, Tragedy, Supernatural, Fantasy, etc. (pretty much all)
Summary: For most of his life, Naruto has had one dream (becoming Hokage) and one love (Sakura), but as he grows up he realises not everything is as easy as he wants to believe it is, and his romances are not as simple as getting the girl, but finding a love that's not bound by superficial reasons, and that's when he realizes he had his priorities mixed up all along. (Eventually it'll be SasuNaru)
Pairings: (This is a list of EVERY possible pairing in this whole fic... cept the one's I forget) SasuNaru and NaruSasu (I like em both so they're both in it)... a little later on... SakuNaru, HinaNaru, OroNaru, GaaSasu (even if it's faked on both parts), KakaIru, LeeSaku, ano... JiOro, one- sided SakuSasu, ItaKisa, a little ShikaCho (but I'm willing to make it ShikaIno depending on who wants what... this is the one coupling that's not yet decided) and if someone shows any interest in them, HinaNeji (cause he needs to make it up to her)
Also there's a part where Naruto er... ... thinks about something Sasuke says and those pairings are NaruShino, NaruShika and NaruSasu but of course he nearly gags at the first two. ^-^
Remember this list cause it's the last time you'll see it here...
Chapter Title: 14. Down the Hall
Sasuke took up Shikamaru's place in the middle of the room, wearing a hole in the middle of the carpet, pacing back and forth. Shikamaru sat with his back to the fireplace, ignoring the withering glares the anxious boy was shooting him every so often. It had been a good couple of hours since Naruto had been caught and they were still trying to work out the kinks in their plans. It took another couple of laps before the chuunin stood up and placed a hand on Sasuke's shoulder to stop him.
"I've figured it out." He said quietly, attracting all eyes to the boys. He looked at everyone before he explained it. "We need to know three things, right? Naruto's position in the Hokage Tower, Orochimaru's whereabouts and how many shinobi are guarding the entire structure." Everyone nodded. "Well if Tsunade and Jiraiya take care of Orochimaru's position, after all you are two of the three legendary sennin, and me and Sasuke look for Naruto, then the rest of you can scout out the ninjas guarding the tower. The only problem that I could think of is stealth. There's no need to start any fighting. If you get caught, don't make a fuss. It will only attract more. Avoid noise of any kind and stick together, right?" They all nodded again.
"We need to get Naruto out of there as soon as possible." Sasuke said. Tsunade agreed and nodded to the group set up to locate and occupy the guards.
"You all go first and then send word back of everyone's positions, okay?" They nodded and snuck out into the night followed closely by Tsunade and Jiraiya who were going to go in right after the place was secure.
"Good luck Sasuke-kun." Jiraiya winked at the two remaining boys over his shoulder. Everyone knew they needed it.
***
"Shikamaru!" Sasuke hissed under his breath as they hurried along the hallway, crouched over. The chuunin looked over his shoulder and frowned.
"Nani desu ka?" He asked, slightly irritated.
"We've nearly finished searching every room, including most of the guarded rooms. Where the hell is he?"
"If I knew that I wouldn't have dragged you through all of the ones before." Shikamaru snapped back, making sure to keep his voice down. They had almost gotten caught once before with one of their arguments. Sasuke snorted at the boy's sarcasm but held his tongue as the stopped outside yet another room. It was the Hokage's bedchambers.
"Do you think we should go in there?" Shikamaru asked hesitantly. "Orochimaru might be occupying that room." Sasuke pushed past him.
"Did you really forget that Tsunade and Jiraiya have pinpointed Orochimaru at the top of the tower? You stay here and keep a look-out, I'll go in and see if Naruto's there." He slowly pushed open the doors and walked in, one hand on his kunai holster just in case.
Inside, the room was littered with shadows and the only light came from a candle at the bedside. The crimson silk sheets were in array, every so often catching the flickering candlelight and glowed a deep blood red. He scanned the room and his eyes came to a stop at a figure lying in a crumpled heap, chained to the wall beside the bed. Its head was lolled to the side and what little clothing was left on its body was stained black and red, caked with dried blood and numerous burns. He moved closer and nearly jumped out of his skin when his weight caused one of the floor boards to creak. The figure flinched, but didn't raise its head.
"Go fuck yourself, Orochimaru." He said, voice scratchy and hoarse, but still stubbornly strong. Sasuke raised an eyebrow in recognition and was about to deny being Orochimaru but the boy continued. "You're not getting your hands on Sasuke, as long as I still have a say in it. I don't care how many times you beat me up or rape me. It makes no difference to me anymore." Sasuke gasped in shock, causing the blonde boy to raise his head curiously, his head protector falling over his eyes and then to his shoulders.
"Naruto." Sasuke whispered, catching sight of his blue eyes. Not even the hair was all one colour, matted with blood stains. So much had happened in the few hours he'd been in Orochimaru's hands. Something flickered in the boy's eyes, but quickly died out before Sasuke could catch it. He couldn't help the sudden nausea that welled up inside of him.
"No, I'm not Naruto." He spoke in a quick, quiet voice, lowering his head in shame. "I'm just Orochimaru's fuck toy. The person you're looking for is down the hall. Gomen. I just seem like Naruto." Sasuke stepped toward the boy, cursing under his breath.
"You stupid idiot." He whispered to Naruto. "You should never have helped me. I never wanted to see you hurt like this. Not this way." The blond looked up and offered a forced fake half-smile.
"You should leave now, Sasuke." He replied. "You might be caught by Orochimaru." He turned his head away from Sasuke's intense gaze. He didn't want Sasuke seeing him like that either, which was obvious. Sasuke could see it in his eyes just before he looked away.
"Naruto, I'm not disgusted by you, nor should you feel any embarrassment from me seeing you. I'm disgusted by Orochimaru's actions." Sasuke knelt down so his face was level with Naruto's. "I'm so sorry, you should be the one disgusted by me for freezing."
"Leave." Naruto replied forcefully, ignoring what Sasuke was saying. "I can handle anything Orochimaru deals my way." The dark-haired genin growled and cursed him again.
"Stop playing the fucking martyr for one moment!" He yelled. "Sakura won't like you if you're dead. She won't like me much either if I let you die here." Naruto looked up and narrowed his eyes.
"This has nothing to do with Sakura liking me." He retorted. "You are my comrade, like Kakashi or Iruka. I'm not going to let you die, so will you just leave so I can do my job?" Sasuke snorted in response.
"No, it's not your job to be the protector of my-"
"I went through hell just to get you back from Orochimaru the first time; I'm not going to let you be just handed over to him." He interrupted. His rival frowned, thinking about this for a moment.
"Shikamaru!" He called to the slightly ajar door. The boy popped his head in. "Help me get him out of here. We need to be fast if we're going to avoid Orochimaru." Shikamaru nodded and, ignoring Naruto's protests for them both to leave and save themselves, unchained Naruto's bruised arms and lifted him up, balancing his arms on their shoulders.
"We have to hurry." Shikamaru whispered. "The last I heard from Tsunade- hime, Orochimaru was headed down our way." Sasuke nodded and let go of Naruto's hand for a moment to open a window and jump out to the roof only a little bit down. Shikamaru gently lowered Naruto down to him, missing the way the battered boy winced in pain. Sasuke didn't miss it though. He held Naruto cradled in his arms and asked if his arms had hit any sore spots or open cuts. Naruto looked up at him and smiled apologetically.
"Iie, it was just my butt. It's still sore." Sasuke paled considerably at the mention of what had happened to the boy in his arms, but shook it off. "What is it?" He looked down and noticed that Naruto had noticed his sudden discomfort.
"Gomen nasai."
"When the REAL Sasuke returns let me know, ne?" Naruto smirked. "You're creepy, apologizing to me so much in one day. I can handle this, Sasuke."
"How can you act like this after what happened?"
"I can act like this because I know I've passed Orochimaru's test." Sasuke frowned, not understanding the boy's meaning. They cleared the roof and landed clumsily on the dirt floor and set off towards Sasuke's house at a run.
"Test?" Sasuke asked.
"Orochimaru didn't think I could handle everything you could." He explained. "And I did." He smiled, proudly. He didn't like what Orochimaru did to him, and he wished to god that he could take back his brashness, curl up into a little hole and die, but he didn't break under Orochimaru's wrath and that in itself was something to be proud of. Shikamaru held open the door to Sasuke's house for the two of them and Sasuke carried Naruto up the stairs.
"You know, you could put me down. I can walk." Naruto pointed out, struggling in the older boy's arms. Sasuke glared, but set him gently to his feet. He took a few wobbly steps before falling backwards into Sasuke's awaiting arms.
"So you can walk, ne Dobe?" He sneered, gathering Naruto back into his arms while the blond pouted.
"Fine you can carry me." He yawned. "But don't you expect me to stay awake." He lay his head on Sasuke's broad shoulder and snuggled down into the embrace. "You're comfy." He mumbled into Sasuke's shirt. He looked down and noticed he was already fast asleep. He went into his bedroom and placed Naruto tenderly on the top of the sheets, pulling a light blanket over him to cover all the burns and gashes. He didn't even want to begin thinking of where Naruto got all of them. He went to leave the room but turned around to look into the room one last time.
"You're the bravest ninja I know, Kitsune." He whispered more to himself than anyone else and turned out the lights.
~~~~~~~
Aww... Yeah, I'm trying my best to put in more hints of shounen ai. Of course, there's going to be no blatantly obvious things for a while, which means no one saying "I love you, Naruto-chan." (of course there's always Sakura professing her love to Sasuke) but I can definitely promise a kiss between the two in the... somewhat near future... ^-^ I know some of you will like that. In this section, as Naruto gets over the rape, there will be a lot of comforting from Sasuke, cause him and Shikamaru are the only ones who know.
Chapter Title: 15. Healing Time
"What about us? Can't we become closer?" Kakashi looked down, surprise evident in his visible eye. He wasn't used to the Iruka's bluntness. He took a step back and shook his head.
"We're at war. Making such ties could end up being dangerous in the future. I'd rather keep things between us strictly professional first and friendly second. There is no room for anything else." He turned away from the window and went back to the table where the other adults had been discussing plans. Iruka frowned at Kakashi giving him the cold shoulder and looked back outside.
"You make it sound as if you and me are at war as well, Kakashi-san." He muttered to himself. The silver-haired jounin turned around, knowing that wasn't meant for his ears and frowned. He really didn't like pushing Iruka away. For him it was quite the opposite but there were certain things Kakashi had promised himself never to do. Being with Iruka was one of them.
Also, another thing to note... this Orochimaru storyline will end (finally) on chapter 17. And from now on I'm not stopping... I'm just slowing things down a bit. I won't post the next chapter until either Saturday or Sunday... if it can be helped. (I have a habit of posting early)