Author Note: Time goes fast when you have a lot to do. I can barely believe that this is chapter 13. This story has gone far from the one-shot story I thought about in the beginning. A lot have happened and more is happening. I've been writing for over a year now and this is the story that has been with me almost from the start. Well, since Itsu Made Mo, Dobe is complete and is my first completed story I'm planning on looking through the first chapters and fix everything that is a little awkward in them, like my grammar and spelling. I've changed a lot since I started to write and when I look through them I feel a little embarrassed on how I wrote back then. I thought it would be fun and I think it deserves it. It won't stop me from writing on anything else, if I take too long to update it's because I'm a bit lazy at the moment. To go on with this chapter, a little more angst, a little more suspense, a little more drama, a little more despair, a little more romance and sweetness. . . and don't forget evil cliff-hangers. I think that is all from me at the moment. Did I pick up your interest? Very good, go on and read it to find out more.
Summary - So far: Six years ago, Sasuke lost the one he loved most, Uzumaki Naruto. He was left with their only biological son, Satoshi, and that was probably the only thing that kept him sane. But that didn't keep the sadness and pain away. Six years later during a festival Sasuke's world is turned upside down when he faces the possibility that Naruto may be alive, but is he the same Naruto he once knew? Satoshi is kidnapped, a dark plot and secrets are revealed. Sasuke faces Naruto and realizes that he's the real one. Naruto awakens and before they can do anything he is adducted. Sasuke choose both for his own sake and Satoshi's to go after Naruto and bring him home, leaving Satoshi in the care of his friends in case something happens to him. When he finally reaches Naruto they escape together only to hide in the forest in a deadly game of hide and seek, somewhere is the rescue team Sasuke left.
Current Summary: Satoshi is alone in the village and faces the dark consequences of gossip and discrimination. The hide and seek game is drawing to an end and Sasuke realize that there may be a things worse than dying.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto and I never will.
Pairings: The main couple is still SasuNaru. SakuLee and NejiHina is among the other couples.
Please Read, Enjoy and Review. All reviews, except for the flamers, are welcomed. Flamers beware of Asaroth.
What You Left Me
Written by Monkan and Beta-read by Asaroth
Part 13
The sun was slowly rising up from the horizon. Its rays of light strayed and stretched to announce a new day. The morning air was misty and slightly chilly. The morning dew made the grass wet and the sound of birds waking up filled the park. The wind blew through the tree and across the grass, making it look like a sea of different shades of green.
Below one of the trees sat a child no older than 6. His blond hair was dripping as heavy drops from the tree landed in it. He wore a sad expression in his eyes and it almost looked like he was about to cry. His small arms were wrapped around his up pulled legs. His shoulders trembled slightly both from the cold morning and from sadness.
His blue eyes looked at the endlessly swaying sea of grass as he felt the sun start to warm him up. He could still hear them, the whispers behind his back. All those words hurt him and at the same time made him mad. They called his parents strange things he didn't understand. They even said things about him that he didn't understand.
It had been four days now since his daddy left and they still hadn't heard anything from the team. Satoshi desperately whished for them to return. He missed his family so much.
"Daddy, come home!"
Satoshi buried his head against his knees as he let the morning sun rise even higher.
o-o-o-o-
The sun was rising and the morning light hit Sasuke's eyes as he opened them. He could feel the slow and steady breathing against his neck. He turned his head to look at the sleeping face beside him. They had a blanket wrapped around them so the night wouldn't be too cold for them.
Sasuke's body felt stiff as he slowly stood up so he wouldn't wake Naruto. He stuffed his part of the blanket into a pillow and carefully laid Naruto down on it, then walked over to the others. He kneeled down and began to talk to the others. For days now they had tried to reach Konoha while still playing hide and seek with the enemy.
"How is he?" One of the other members asked.
Sasuke shook his head. "He's getting weak. I don't know how much longer he can keep up with this."
"If we are lucky we will reach the gates of Konoha tonight." The eagle masked ANBU said. "They really are persistent. It must be really important to them to get Uzumaki back."
Sasuke grabbed a bottle with water. "No matter how persistent they are it won't be enough in the end." said Sasuke as he stood up and walked back to where Naruto was sleeping.
What Sasuke was more worried about was that Naruto would forget more of his old memories while they were out here.
Flashback
"Sasuke, I want you to watch him closely." Shiichi said.
"Why?"
"With the drugs still in his system there is a chance that they will affect his memories. He will forget and there will be no way to get those memories back. They will be completely erased, just like they never happened to him. That's why I want you to keep a close watch over him and tell me if anything happens. But until we reach Konoha there will be nothing I can do for him."
End Flashback
Sasuke looked down at the bottle. 'What did we ever do to deserve this? Is our happiness so worthless to others? Or is it because we are both men that it was all right to separate us? Why did Naruto have to be the host of the Kyuubi? Why did they have to have so big expectations from me? We never asked for it. We never asked for anything from anyone and yet most things seem to circulate around us. Do we really deserve all this? Is it because our relationship is taboo that we deserved this?'
Sasuke kneeled down next to Naruto. He had really missed watching this face. 'I want to end this. I just want to live a normal life. Why must it be us that have to prove our love? I hate it. Why must I prove it to everyone when I'm hurt? When I'm sad? I don't want to be tested like this. For years now I've lived with this painful feeling in my heart.' His eyes softened. 'If it wasn't for you there wouldn't be this painful love. I don't even know why it has to be you. I just know that I love you. But if you lose your memories of me where will we stand? Will everything we've gone through be for nothing? I can't stand that. I don't want to lose you again. Please don't forget me, it will be much more painful than when you died.'
He reached out his hand, "Naruto, wake up." Sasuke said softly as he shook the blond's shoulder. When he didn't get an answer he shook him more firmly. "Hey, Naruto. It's time to wake up."
Naruto didn't move or make a sound of protest. Sasuke stared immobile for a second before he turned around and shouted. "Shiichi!"
o-o-o-o-
"Look. There he is."
"What about him?"
"Haven't you heard?"
"Heard what?"
"I heard from my parents that his parents are both guys."
"Really?"
"Yeah! And one of them is a demon too."
"You're lying!"
Stop it!
"I'm not lying!"
Please!
"Then does that make him a half demon?"
"I dunno."
No more!
"Maybe it's not because he's Uchiha that's he's a prodigy..."
Stop...
"Isn't that too weird? His family is really weird!"
Please...
Don't badmouth us anymore...
o-o-o-o-
The rescue team rushed through the forest, in the middle was Sasuke, holding Naruto securely in his arms. They couldn't afford to hide any longer. Naruto hadn't regained consciousness even once since the morning and Sasuke began to feel a tingle of fear in his heart.
The sound of leaves rustling somewhere not far away alarmed them that the enemy could be near. Two ANBU left the rest and took a side trip to block any enemies that approached them.
'Don't leave me again.' Sasuke chanted in his head as he caught the glint of something from the side. A pair of shurikens came forth from the bushes and they were easily deflected by a nearby Jounin.
"Keep going." She shouted.
Without looking back, Sasuke and the remaining team members just kept on running toward Konoha, just a few more hours and they would be there.
o-o-o-o-
Satoshi landed on the ground with a thud. Five shadows hovered over him where he laid on the ground. His butt hurt but he wouldn't admit it, instead he rubbed his arm. He looked up at the faces of the teenagers, all of them were around the ages of 17 and well known for being troublemakers.
"If it isn't demon child. How long did you think you were going to hide that you are half demon? All this time making us believe that you were a prodigy. Did you think you were better than us normal humans?"
Satoshi remained silent. Maybe it was because he was half demon that he learned so fast. Maybe that was what made him different from the rest of those in his age. He wouldn't let that bother him if it weren't for the fact that everyone had avoided him and he had heard how they whispered behind his back. He felt weak whenever he heard them. Because...
The sound of the teenagers' taunting words drowned out as he unconsciously blocked them. He didn't hear anything; he didn't want to hear anything any more.
". . . . . . . . . . . . . your father is disgusting."
Satoshi's eyes widened as the words registered in his mind.
"How do they get it on with someone of the same sex? What is it they see in each other anyway? It's disgusting. I will never understand that sort of thing."
Clenching his hand hard, Satoshi bit down on his lower lip in anger. What right...
"The great Uchiha Sasuke, it's a real disappointment to know he's gay. To think someone like him has a thing for guys. His partner is a demon too, who knows what they prefer when it comes to sex."
What right do they have. . .
"It's totally sick. So sick I want to puke. . ."
What right did they have to speak...
"Playing with women is one thing but to play with men. I will never understand homosexuals. What part of it feels good...?"
...like this?
In a second the blond boy stood up and pushed the teen that had been talking so he stumbled back, his friends caught him.
"Don't. . . "
Satoshi put his foot hard against the ground.
"DON'T YOU DARE INSULT MY PARENTS!"
o-o-o-o-
". . . . . . . . . . d . . . . . ."
Sasuke blinked in confusion. Had he heard anything?
". . . . . . o. . . . ."
He glanced down at the person he held in his arms, listening in case he had just imagined it.
". . . . . . cold. . . . . . ." Naruto whispered in an almost inaudible voice.
Sasuke tightened his grip around the blond, holding him closer to his chest as he jumped from another large branch. He could feel the soft and slightly warm breath through his clothes. The blanket that he had wrapped around Naruto before they had moved out this morning was starting to fall away, the torn and dirty garments Naruto had on could barely keep him warm even if he stood in the sun, so in the shadows...
'Hold on just a little longer.'
Suddenly he saw someone appear in front of him. That person swung something that looked like a small axe on a long chain. Sasuke jumped aside and the axe cut off the tree behind them. It was done so easily that it could just have been made of paper.
The rest of the team came to his rescue and distracted the enemy with the axe. Together with Shiichi and one more team member they continued on their own.
Sasuke suddenly felt something slice his back. Shiichi turned around and saw how another Mist ninja had just cut Sasuke's back with a sword that resembled a boomerang. Shreds of Sasuke's clothes flied through the air. He lost his balance and fell down but he came to his senses not long after and grabbed a hold of a nearby branch with one hand while the other held onto Naruto. He swung around the branch and landed on his feet safely on it. His grip on Naruto became firmer as the pain from his back travelled to his brain and he could feel blood dripping from the wound. He couldn't say how bad it was but it hurt like hell. Somewhere in the distance he could hear someone call for him but he didn't know who.
His blood dripped onto the tree and ran down the side to land in the grass on the ground. He could see his own breathing in front of him as well as hear his heart beat in his chest. His world turned dizzy and he was sure that he would fall; he could barely hold his balance.
Was it the end?
Thump.
Thump.
Thump.
'Huh?' Someone's heart was beating beside his own. 'Who?'
Sasuke opened his eyes and the first thing he saw was Naruto's face. His blue eyes were closed as if he were sleeping. His face was stained by dirt but that seemed to fade away. A warm feeling washed over him as he watched the face of his beloved.
'This isn't the end, not as long as he's breathing I won't stop.'
The shadow of the sword-boomerang attacker appeared behind him once again, but this time Sasuke blocked the attack with one of his remaining weapons. The blade of his kunai held the enemy sword still in mid air. His Sharingan flamed in his eyes with renewed strength.
o-o-o-o-
It was almost dusk, a group of adults stood arguing in the middle of the kinder-garden. Sakura stood and argued with the mothers of the teenagers. She stood between them and Satoshi who was looking away with scratches covering his face and arms. The teenagers were almost equally wounded. Also they didn't appear pleased at all that their moms had seen what they were doing.
Sakura kneeled next to Satoshi. "Sato-chan, why did you fight?"
The little kid still refused to look at her. "I got angry but they deserved it!"
Sakura looked helplessly at Satoshi. This wasn't how he usually acted, something had obviously happened but Satoshi wouldn't tell.
"We didn't do anything; he just started to fight without warning. It's probably because of his demon blood. He's dangerous." One of the teens said.
One of the mothers looked at Sakura with a slight glare in her eyes. "I don't have anything against the Uchiha family but if their bloodline is this violent it will only be a matter of time before something worse happens. I think you should consider carefully how you raise that child."
"You can't blame Satoshi; he isn't that kind of child that would pick fights with anyone. I think we are missing a big part of what happened." Sakura tried to defend Satoshi but his attitude only countered what she said.
One woman with ash brown hair sighed. "No one can deny that he had a difficult childhood and his family isn't what a child normally needs but we have never doubted those around him. But if his father can't raise him properly. . ."
"Don't insult daddy." Satoshi yelled. He looked angrily at the adults. The scratches on his face added to the wild look he had in his eyes. The woman couldn't help but flinch.
"Look, he's going to attack us again!" The teen leader said.
"He's dangerous!"
Sakura tried to calm them down but her voice seemed to drown out with their chatter. Satoshi stood helplessly behind her and he realized that he had caused more trouble for Sakura than he should have. He felt like crying and running away but he didn't. He really wanted to cry.
"You're wrong!" A small voice yelled.
Everyone turned around and saw a small group of Satoshi's friends.
"They started it!"
"They talked bad about Satoshi-chan's family!"
"They said really bad things!"
"They were the ones that picked a fight with Satoshi-chan!"
"They talked really really bad about Satoshi-chan too!"
"They started everything!"
"We saw it!"
"Yeah!"
"The dangerous ones are them!"
When one stopped talking another one started. They told as boldly as they could what they had seen but had been too scared to do something about.
A girl with grey hair stood at the edge of the group and she was the only one that didn't say anything. She looked worriedly at Satoshi and in her heart she was happy at the startled and wondering look on her friend's face. She gathered her courage and walked over Satoshi.
She looked directly into his blue eyes.
"Sorry, Sato-chan, I didn't mean to leave you alone. I hurt you just as badly as them."
Satoshi's expression changed to one of surprise.
"It's ok to cry if it hurts, Sato-chan." She said softly.
Tears pricked the corners of his blue eyes as the words settled inside him. It felt like a dam had been broken and all his pent up emotions came washing over him. It had been the first time he had completely pushed his emotions aside so he wouldn't get hurt. All his doubts, despair, loneliness, sadness, fragile hopes, the need to stay strong for everyone, everything came crashing over him.
His eyes closed as tears ran down his round cheek. One of his small hands came up and tried to brush them away but they wouldn't stop falling. He didn't realize that his sobs were the only sound that could be heard at that moment in the group.
"THEY ARE BACK! THE RESCUE TEAM IS BACK!"
Satoshi opened his eyes, his tears still streaming down his face. Without much thought he took off toward the gate he could see was now open. He ran as fast as he could, the others not far behind him.
Soon he was just a hundred meters away from the gate and he shouted, "daddy, daddy!" his heart made a loop, they were finally back.
But when he was close enough he saw something that made him slow down.
The bloody and tattered figure of his father keeled toward the ground, steadying himself with one hand against the ground so he wouldn't fall completely. His messy hair was stained with dirt and blood. He held someone in an equally dirty and bloody blanket in his other arm, pressed against his chest. That person had blond hair, just like Satoshi's. His eyes would have been just as blue if they had been opened, but they weren't. Blood dripped onto the ground from somewhere Satoshi couldn't see. One of the blond's arms hang down outside the blanket, his bare legs were uncovered. Down every limb had blood running down in thin lines. He didn't know what was worse, while the dark haired man gasped for breath the blond didn't show a single sign of life.
The world closed in on Satoshi.
"DAAAAADDDDDDDDDDYYYYYYYYY!"
Tbc...
Author Note: This chapter got longer than I thought it would be but it's good since I got most of the parts that I wanted to write in this down. Something that is sometimes rare but happens in an even rarer moment.(Asaroth: what do you mean?) That probably didn't make much sense so forget that sentence. (Asaroth: nope it didn't) I know, I know, another mean cliff-hanger (Asaroth: indeed!), if I can say so myself. 'Smiles'. Don't worry, the happy ending is coming but no one said I couldn't play evil-twist-of-life-writer in the mean time. Don't know when next chapter coming up but it will as soon as I can so, please, don't count the days while you are waiting. All good feedbacks and constructive criticism are welcomed.