Chapter 43 - Breaking Point


A/N: I do not own the Naruto Franchise!

I do however own Mari Kaede and any other OCs mentioned.

Warnings: Contains dark themes, such as depression, murder, experimentation, emotional, mental and physical torture, possible attempted suicide and mentions of sexual activities!

WARNING THIS CHAPTER IS VERY SUGGESTIVE, DO NOT READ IF YOU ARE UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE!

At this point, I also want to point out that the relationship between these two characters is actually toxic if you are in a similar situation please seek help, it is not healthy and it won't end the same way this story will end.

I do not condone these kinds of relationships, despite writing this story.

Hey guys, this one's a quick chapter because it's short! Honestly, I'm sat here in a little party hat, cheering that I finally got to this point after imagining this interaction in my head for the past three years, super excited to finally start writing the more romantic parts of my fanfiction masterpiece!

I hope you enjoy the chapter!


Honestly, Kaede had no idea what was going on anymore.

She was sat in Orochimaru's bedroom, the darkness of the shadows made darker by the slight hue of light coming from the one lit candle by his bedside. Where Kaede was situated, sitting on the plush blanket he laid beneath on a nightly basis. She had no idea why she was sitting there, as if waiting for someone to show up, frankly, it was a strange situation she found herself in.

As if on cue, the door to the bedroom opened and Orochimaru walked into the room, closing the door behind him without even so much as a glance in Kaede's general direction. "Hey, Snake-Eyes." She started, getting his attention, her cheeks flushing at the rather devious grin he wore when he caught her eyes. That was not his usual expression, it seemed darker, almost...Lustful. "What the hell am I doing here? Y'need me for something, 'cause if that's the case, why the hell am I in your bedroom?"

"You're slightly off the mark, dear Firecracker..." His voice drawled out in a pleasing hum as he turned and walked towards her, causing her to lean back in surprise as he planted his hands on either side of her thighs, pressing his palms into the sheets she sat on. If she had not moved to rest on her elbows, their lips would have locked in a startling, sensual embrace. "I believe it is you who needs me~."

The closeness and the way he licked his lips with that long, dangerous tongue of his had heat spreading through Kaede's body. However, unlike the last time, she found herself accepting his advances, smirking as she lifted her chin slightly, looking down her nose at him. "Oh yeah?" She hummed, lifting a hand to stroke his cheek, then his cool lips with the rough pad of her thumb. "Then why don't y'show me what y'can do 'bout it, eh, Orochi-sama~!"

This drew out a primal hiss from the man as he nipped at her thumb with his sharp fangs, before pushing her down onto the bed and proceeding to show her exactly what kind of punishments he had in mind for his defiant fireball.

Kaede hummed as she rolled onto her side and slowly drifted back to the world of consciousness. She was confused by her surroundings at first, not recognizing the room she had woken up in. Slowly she felt the cloud of sleep drift away and knew that she was in her own room, on her own bed, completely alone. With a sigh, she rubbed her face with her hand and rolled onto her back once again in an attempt to fall back to sleep.

After a second, she suddenly sucked in a sharp breath and sat up so quickly a normal person would have gotten whiplash. Her eyes were wide as she gripped the sheets beneath her, both incredibly frustrated and horrified by the dream that was burned into her mind, now darkening her cheeks with a blush.

"Oh for f-!" Kaede snarled, tossing the blanket off her, standing and storming into the bathroom, now tense for two reasons, the lingering after-effects of her dirty dream, and the mere thought that she had dreamed about Orochimaru of all people. "Why him?! Why does that bastard keep popping up at the worst possible times?!" She slammed the door shut and turned the shower on at as cold a temperature as she could get it without risking her own health.

No matter how much she ached for his touch, hell, not even his touch, any touch, she refused to do anything to quell her own desires. That would be as bad as giving in to the attraction she felt, and if there was one thing she did not do, it was give in and have yet another reason to hate herself!

However, little did she know, from that moment on, Orochimaru's advances were going to be much harder to ignore than usual.

~BHBL~

That same day, Kaede was in the training hall with the object of her frustrations, currently sparring with him with more aggression and a thirst for blood than she had shown for quite some time. Orochimaru was not teasing her or doing anything that would spark such irritation from her, so he effortlessly dodged her erratic, impulsive attacks while trying to analyse and pinpoint the reason for her change of mood.

Of course, her actions were not completely out of the blue, she had been slowly getting more aggressive around him for the past month, ever since he had pinned her to the counter and she hesitated to push him away. Usually she managed to keep the rage in check and vent it out easily during their battles, so it was not often a problem. He could only assume something was going on in her mind to cause this sudden irritation, and that the only way he would know for sure what plagued her, was to ask. Though he knew that would be a pointless endeavor, Kaede was not one to spill her heart out to him, nor did he want to hear some sob story about her issues.

All that mattered was getting what he wanted.

With that thought, Orochimaru managed to sweep her foot out from under her and she stumbled back against the wall, he managed to grab both her wrists and pinned them over her head, holding a kunai in his free hand as he pressed the blade gingerly against the flesh of her neck. The two were breathing a little heavily, but Kaede was utterly breathless as she stood there in his hold, sweating, flushed and completely pissed off with herself and the situations she always got herself into.

Orochimaru felt his desires spark at the sight of her at his mercy, and his eyes dragged across her form, causing a heat to spark between them once again, burning hotter and brighter than the last time they found themselves in this state. Kaede swallowed hard, managing to find her voice, despite drowning in his lustful gaze. "B-back off..." She rasped out, though she made no attempt to jerk her hands out of his grip.

His dark chuckle rang between them and shook her to the core, she bit back a shiver as his lips quirked up into a devious smirk, matching the one from her dream, which did not help the situation at all. "It seems to me, Kaede-chan..." He started, leaning ever so slightly closer, their lips only millimeters apart, like before. "That you don't want me to 'back off'~!"

Kaede opened her mouth, letting out a stream of hot breath that burned his cheeks, her brown eyes darting down to his slim, pale lips. For a second, she wondered what it would be like to kiss a man who's body temperature did not even register as human.

Would it feel cold and smooth, or clammy and slightly rough?

This thought snapped her out of her lust-fueled haze and she hissed out a curse, shoving him away with as much force as she could muster, all she wanted to do was get out of there and get a strong drink to wash away her stress. Without much complaint, Orochimaru stepped back to allow her space, not expecting her to turn and storm from the room without a word. Even before, she had given him a passing threat at the very least.

Was she reaching the end of her tether?

The Sannin's white lips pulled back into a grin as his eyes widened, revealing the veins around the edges of his scleroses as his expression turned manic with the overwhelming want he felt surging inside him. He did not expect to find himself struggling to contain his desires as much as he did right now, he was not an impatient man, but the sight of her flushed and at his mercy just made him want to take her there and then.

He was starting to ponder the idea of making the first move. Kaede was a stubborn woman, and he knew that no matter how much she wanted it, it would take a miracle to get her to succumb to her needs first.

Hm, that was something he would have to think about.

~BHBL~

The night fell over Otogakure, though inside the underground hideout, time was irrelevant to most of the people there, therefore shinobi were still wandering the halls, some having just returned from missions, while others were about to depart. One shinobi even had to jump out of the way as Kaede stumbled down the steps that lead from the entrance into the expansive bunker, holding a sake bottle in her hands.

She shot him a glare as he sneered at her, then went on his way. The redhead was not having any luck today, as she let out a sigh and took another swig of her drink. Since the morning training fiasco, she had traveled to the nearest town that did not hate her guts and drank until she could barely walk straight. Thankfully she was still in control of her own mind, and was just sober enough to make decisions with relative ease, but not drunk enough to forget her own name.

A perfect combination!

Of course, despite drinking away her troubles, they continued to plague her mind even now, as she walked down the hallways, finally reaching a quiet area where no Oto ninja could see her scowling features. She was still unbelievably frustrated and with the added alcohol she just felt the burn more prominently, instead of forgetting about it all together.

She did not get why she wanted Orochimaru so badly, yes she understood his reasons for being the way he was, and had seen him shirtless, but was that really enough to warrant sexual desire? Honestly, at this point, she was considering taking care of the problem herself so she did not have to deal with the aching discomfort anymore.

She made a mental note to think about that when she got back to her room, right now she was just too tired and stressed to focus.

However just as she turned to the corner to her room, she slammed face-first into a solid object, staggering back with a startled grunt while the person she had bumped into took a step back himself. "What the hell d'you think you're doing?!" She snapped, looking up only to freeze at who stood before her.

Orochimaru just so happened to be the man she collided with as he started dusting off his yukata with one hand, while he glared down at her with an odd mix of irritation and curiosity. He had not seen her all day, and to see her now, tipsy and howling insults at him, well it was a surprise. Though at this point he should have expected this, she was the insulting type, after all.

Still, he assumed she was outside reading away her troubles, not drowning them in sake.

"Tch, great, just who I wanted t'bump into!" Kaede continued to complain, taking the last swig of her sake, before she scoffed and put the bottle down beside her. "It ain't bad enough that you're always here, but now y'got t'walk into me first thing after I get back?!"

His irritation warped into amusement and he chuckled, a smooth sound that rang through her body now more than ever before. "You seem rather upset, Kaede." He said, stroking his chin with mock concern, he knew what was bothering her, he could feel the heat of her body from where he stood. "Perhaps there's something on your mind that would be better left out in the open, hm?"

Kaede realized that he was starting to see what was bothering her, as he usually started asking questions like that after already figuring out what was going on. She huffed and walked past him briskly. "It's none of your business, asshole!"

Oh, he wasn't going to let her get out of this that easily!

Suddenly his cold hand reached out and curled around her wrist, making her freeze and look back in shock. His voice, smooth and drawn out, much like that of her dream, reached her ears. "Oh but I believe it is my business..." The overwhelming heat returned with a vengeance as the room seemed to shrink around them, suffocating them with the knowledge of what they both wanted. "You're not fooling anyone, so why not just state what you want and be done with it?"

He too was beginning to wane under the spell of their touch, that was the reason for his late-night wanderings, after all. He was heading to the kitchen to prepare some tea in hopes that it would quell his burning lust enough for him to sleep it off. However having bumped into her, felt her heat against him, even for a second, his desires returned with such force that he made the snap decision to make the first move.

He was tired of waiting.

Kaede felt her breathing elevate in both a panic and a desperate need to move closer to him. She inhaled sharply and yanked her hand free from his grip, holding her wrist in her other hand to warm it up. "I don't know what you're talking 'bout!" She denied stubbornly, which he expected. "Is your age finally catching up t'you, Ol' Snake-Eyes?"

The redhead put on a forced grin, faking a taunt in an attempt to change the subject, but Orochimaru was smarter than that, and she knew it. He let out a sly huff of laughter and stepped closer to her, arching a brow when she took a step back, as if hoping the distance between them would keep the need at bay. "Hm, hm, though you mock my age, you know full well that I exceed everyone here for physical prowess and intellect." He tucked a strand of hair behind his ear, his grin widening when he caught her eyes watching the motion.

"You're the smartest guy in the room, hands down." She openly admitted, though it still left a bitter taste in her mouth to compliment him. "But I ain't in the habit of checking y'out, no offense, Orochimaru-sama, but y'ain't my type~!" She smirked, assuming that would be enough to put an end to their conversation so she could go back to her room and deal with the ache she felt.

However, once again, she underestimated Orochimaru. "Oh?" He hummed, tilting his head to the side slightly, eyes glowing with mirth. "Is that so?" He then stepped closer, reaching out and grabbing her by the waist with quick succession. He pulled her flush against his form as he loomed over her, his hair cascading down and shadowing them, caging her in his gaze. "Then why do I see you admiring my physique when your body is pressed to mine~?"

Kaede shuddered against his touch, her body going rigid with a desire to push him away, but an even heavier need to keep him closer. She opened her mouth to speak, but nothing came out, and instead her eyes were drawn down to his lips, then his open yukata, revealing that chiseled white chest she had seen once before. Carefully, she closed her mouth and swallowed hard, feeling the Sannin's gaze move to her throat at the motion.

The two of them were painfully aroused at this point, and with their closeness, they could feel the effect they were having on one another. Of course, Kaede continued to try and deny herself the release she needed. "B-back...off." She croaked out, hands hovering in the air by his waist, stuck between pushing him away and pulling him closer. The alcohol in her system was making it hard to choose which one she wanted more.

"Oh, but do you really mean that, Firecracker~?" He leaned down towards her neck, his cool breath brushing the flushed skin there, drawing out another shiver, arousing him further. "I must admit, the teases have grown dull. If you refuse my offer this time, I won't pursue you further...You would miss out on an opportunity of a lifetime."

"Wh-what do you mean?" Kaede's voice strained, and she unconsciously craned her neck back, giving him room to wedge his lips against her skin, should he feel the need to do so.

Taking the invitation, he carefully opened his mouth, planting the lightest of licks to the base of her collarbone to the bone of her jaw, illiciting a soft gasp in response, which shot straight to his groin. "I can feel your desire, Kaede...I can taste it in your sweat~." His grip on her waist tightened and he pulled her closer, letting her feel his own need against her. "I believe I can assist you, and gain something myself in the process." He smirked when she actually gripped his waist, she was slowly seeing things his way. "It would be nothing more than a sexual release, no feelings will be shared between us, it would be nothing more than a carnal exchange to relieve our frustrations."

His fangs nipped at her skin and her breathing hitched, her fingers digging into his waist as she felt herself waning, she wanted it so badly. "You can continue to hate me." The Sannin continued, causing Kaede's eyes to widen as she had silently questioned her own hatred for a split second before he spoke. "I couldn't care less regardless, as long as I get what I want in the end~!" He brushed his lips against her jaw, grinning when she let out the softest of moans.

Oh he wanted to hear that again, make her scream for him to claim her.

The Ninjutsu expert mulled over his offer, feeling both her tipsy carelessness and serious calculating side fighting to see who would win out in the end. Would she take what she wanted, or continue to refuse for the sake of her hatred? She gritted her teeth, clenching her fists around the fabric of his yukata and finally, she made up her mind. "Alright, fine." She ground out, leaning forward to hiss in his ear, a sound that made him ache just as much as she did. "But if y'get sappy on me, I'm going t'get out of this faster than y'can Shunshin to the next room, got it?"

"Hm, hm, that won't be a problem~!"

Without giving her a chance to really respond, he grabbed a fistful of her hair and yanked her head back, causing her to yelp in surprise as he finally claimed her lips, drawing her into a soul-sucking kiss that left her begging for breath. She felt the urge to shove him away once again and her eyes widened slightly. However after a second of hesitation, she melded into the possessive lip-lock, letting out a deep moan.

Who cared whether she let herself go for one night?

'It ain't like I'm a saint anyway.'

With that, the two shared a night of heated exchanges and sexual desires, finally releasing the tension that had been building for months in the confines of the Sannin's large bedroom.

Only time would tell if Kaede would come to regret her decision.


A/N: Thank you so much for reading, please review, as all comments help me improve and motivate me to keep pushing forward!

Just wondering, if I wrote the mature content as a one-shot, would you guys want to read it? I didn't want to include it in this story and make it an M rated fic, so I'm teetering towards writing it as a one-shot instead.

Jutsu List

Shunshin no Jutsu = Body Flicker Technique

Otogakure = Hidden Sound Village