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Chapter 22
Harri wasn't sure how long he was subjected to wave after wave of agony, but he was sure it had to be days. He may not have been dying, but the pain was bad enough that he almost wished he would. The only relief he got was when he would pass out for who knew how long. Over and over and over again.
People would mill through but in a confusing haze that had Harri, not even sure who he was actually being seen by. He was sure it was no more than a couple of people though. Not that any of that would end up mattering when he was in so much pain and so busted up that there was no way that he would ever be able to escape.
Harri whimpered at his blanket even shifting over his skin at that point. The only good thing about being in so much pain, if there was a good side, was that he either was in too much pain to be receptive to influence or he was deemed in too bad of shape for the demons, he smelled, to force their pheromones on him.
"Hey, calm down! Everything's….. alright. I even brought you some medicine to help you sleep… Why don't you sleep for a little bit, neh?"
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Harri felt confused when he heard shouts and the clank of metal jar him awake. He was bundled up, tightly and the sun… he could feel the sun on his face and see grass and trees? And why was he on the ground? Why was the pain far less debilitating?
"Go back to sleep." The familiar voice of Sasuke grumbled. Strangely everything was clearer compared to all of the other times he briefly woke. Harri's body didn't hurt nearly as bad either.
"You may be Itachi's kid brother, but I won't tolerate you trying to steal him away from me." Clear deadly intent coloring those words. "He's mine and he has been mine long before you became worth much more than the dirt beneath my feet. The only reason he wasn't with me before was because of that damn lord Jiraiya getting in the way… then we couldn't….. find him." Kisame growled. Moving to snatch Harri up and draped him over his lap and arms like a little babydoll.
"He's mine and don't forget it." The man said, tone testy. He gave Harri's head a little pat and pulling him closer making Harri cry out in pain. "Sorry about that little one."
"Harri and I have been together since he was a baby, I a toddler. Harri belongs to me far more than he would ever to you."
"Don't be so sure of that brat. I mean, look at him. Even in pain for nearly 5 weeks he has begun to melt right into my touch, isn't that right, my little one?"
Harri let out a little mew as nimble hands carefully pet at his hair. He felt a bit woozy and cotton-mouthed. Strange. Why? Almost… drugged? Harri forced himself to slow down his breathing enough that both Sasuke and Kisame seemed convinced that he was half asleep. He tried not to think about why he had to get rather decent at the tactic. It wouldn't do to stress himself out like that when he was already stressed enough from the pain and confusion.
"Fine…. But I don't care what you say… I'm going to continue visiting. He's my family after all." Sasuke begrudgingly said after a few minutes of tense silence. The malice from the other boy was so thick Harri nearly felt choked on it.
"Huh… Well, only if lord Madara allows. After all… he will be watching my boy while I leave for a new mission."
Harri heard a disgusted scuff and then the pattering of feet. Nothing good could come of this…. Other than the fact that Harri was feeling significantly better. 5 weeks though, how? How had it been that long? Why was the pain so tolerable when he broke so many things or…. Well so many bits of him were so badly broken.
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"When I become Hokage, I will have each building adorn our Uchiha crest….. I will have us thrown the most extravagant wedding…. fire country has ever seen! All of those idiots will be required to attend it and the entire leaf….. will be decorated in your honor. We will throw a month-long festival, so our love for one another will be remembered just as long as the legend of the six paths..." Sasuke said in a bragging sort of tone of voice and smirked.
"I can't wait to see those pathetic losers' faces. You will be lovely, this beautiful hair of yours…. I want to stay down always….. Even while with my child….You will have lots of babies. We have to revive the clan after all and I have always seen you as being such a good mother to my children." Sasuke murmured, speaking more than he thought he had in the combined years he had been away from the leaf. He pet at Harri's hair with a truly unsettling grin on his face.
"Won't that be nice Harri? Though… Maybe it would be even better if we… started practicing soon…. Maybe even once you're….. all healed up. Though maybe we can…. start sooner…. The pain meds I've been slipping you seem to be doing the trick. I guess it's a good thing that Itachi pounded into me what herbs and medicines work and are safe on you before…. Before the leaf destroyed our clan. He even did that for us before…. It happened. He just… loved you so much. Both of us… and I just wouldn't listen to you. I- I'm sorry that I killed him! I'm sorry I wouldn't listen…. But… It's alright because… I'm going to fix everything. I will get revenge on the leaf for the both of us!"
Harri stayed silent and nodded along even though he was convinced that the man was utterly batshit crazy. Sasuke was nuts and he wasn't about to provoke him. Especially with how recovered he was and how the medicine he was being given was practically a lifesaver. Harri was certain… in a few short days he would be recovered enough to limp his way out and as bad as it made him feel to manipulate his clearly 'lost it' cousin he was certain that he had everyone convinced he was all about staying with Sasuke. Which in all honesty, he was so disturbed by that he wanted to run screaming anytime Sasuke even breathed in his direction.
The only major person in the place he hadn't seen was Madara, thank goodness! The man either thought him useless or was planning on showing himself in a more flashy way after Sasuke managed to convince him to let him take care of Harri while Kisame was gone. Harri felt like from the vibe he got that it was most likely some sort of form of the later thought. Uchiha had a tendency to be rather flashy and dramatic in their own way, no matter what the emotionally constipated idiots thought. Shishui was probably the only one that Harri could come up with that had ever come off as an emotionally functional human being that he could remember. Harri would just continue nodding and saying yes or agreeing at this point to whatever Sasuke said, waiting until he got the opportunity to finally slip away. It was the safest course of action.
That didn't mean that dealing with the band of crazy killing loving psychos was any fun, though. Far from it.
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Sasuke began doing everything in the room, eating, sleeping, dressing. Harri didn't like it at all. Sasuke would smile that crazy grin and pet at his hair while staring him down longingly.
Harri was definitely not into that.
Though honestly at least until he got any worse Harri was preferring that sort of treatment over hearing about how Sasuke was going to make all of his friends suffer and torture them in a sweet nothings sort of way and how he would go on about their marriage and babies and how he was going to practically enslave the rest of the village if he didn't outright kill everyone in a variety of horrifying creative ways. Also the constant talking about his father was upsetting as well, especially after years of being told to shut up about him and that he was pure evil than suddenly he was a saint in Sasuke's eyes when formerly, he had practically spat on the man's name. Harri couldn't help but find it to be somewhat irritating, to tell the truth.
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By a stroke of luck, everyone was gone one day. Harri had been given his medicine that morning and he was feeling pretty good. His limbs still hurt pretty terribly…. Harri was nearly positive that Kisame had broken his legs again before leaving because when he woke up after the man left his legs hurt far worse and he felt cotton mouthed and dizzy.
Once he was aware enough Harri realized his legs were on fire! Absolute agony shot through them and Sasuke fed him the medicine he had made like candy just so he wasn't crying in pain every moment of every day following the shark man leaving. Though… sometimes… Harri suspected that it was Sasuke that had done it. The way his eyes…. His father's eyes, now healing in his cousin's sockets, would brighten when they would rove over his blanket-covered legs or the way he seemed to always want to touch them after Harri insisted he didn't need anything or if Harri made the mistake of mentioning that he wanted to go on a walk once he healed up enough. The way he would change the subjects almost aggressively when they wondered to such things… Sasuke would sometimes even apply pressure to the very spots his bones had broken and grip them until Harri was scared he would break his casts.
None of that mattered when Harri was finally able to stand. He knew it would hurt that it would hurt terribly, especially with the flimsy materials used for his casts…. Harri suspected that it had been just as purposeful as the way his body had been broken. He had need to be extra careful moving about. His leg had broken under little pressure because of unwillingness to wait for it to be at 100% and his bones had been purposely broken…. At least 2 times since being there. He wasn't sure how long it had been, but he was confident that he wasn't near healed. Harri was just enough that he felt he had the chance to get away and Harri was pretty sure he had played up the helplessness enough that he had fooled Sasuke.
The other boy still treated him like he was some delicate damsel in distress just like when they were kids…. Not that he wasn't one at that moment…. In a way. But the young man acted like he was practically a two year old again. It had worked out in his favor, though. Harri had managed to stand on his own even though he cringed in pain. At least his legs didn't at least decide to snap like toothpicks.
Finding his way out hadn't been crazy difficult either. Harri could smell the outside, grass and trees and fresh air. They were overly confident that he wouldn't or couldn't leave, but one couldn't focus on a single broken person for too long without getting bored or letting their guard down.
It made Harri grateful once again that he didn't have the Sharingan or any other type of ocular kekkai Genkai that would be categorized as a threat. He was, probably in the eyes of Madara, defective. Good, less focus on him in the long run. Harri doubted that the man would risk Sasuke's wrath by killing him if he thought that he just clung to any clan member he had left even a 'defective' one like him. Maybe even especially a 'defective' one. It kept the avenger on a leash after all.
Once out, it took Harri days to sort of figure out where he was. Thankfully, he had thought to snatch a few warmer articles of clothing before he left as a place he staggered through was wet. This was the place that came after the first area he left. That place was full of occasional patches of scrub grass but mostly rock and sand and dry desert air, which was pleasantly warm. After the place with lots of rain Harri came across a temperate forest that wasn't quite like but was enough like the Leaf to have Harri's, mostly, at that point, delirious mind think he was on track. After that fields of bluish grass grew as far as the eye could see and then some. He almost thought he had been hallucinating moving after a while; the fields stretched so vastly. The pain nearly too much from Harri's first step and exhaustion weighed him down.
It was torture and with Harri's body the way it was, it was so much more painful and he was unable to even manage to catch the smallest of animals. It was like before…. being ravenously hungry and cold…. all alone and right as he was going to give up and turn back the air began to warm and sand eventually came into view, but it was too rocky and red to be Wind country.
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"Lady Uchiha is in terrible condition. I think… I am more inclined to believe Lady Tsunade and that Shikaku, when she insisted that this young whippersnapper was kidnapped by the nephew… Though….. I am more inclined to believe it to be that damn Madara again… Who knows, though, with how crazy that youngin' Sasuke is! Clearly this poor kid was thoroughly tortured. Probably wasn't too pleased that they not only don't possess the Sharingan but also on top of it aren't exactly the usual sort in the bottom half. Though I don't think that thought fits as much as it used to be a sign of powerful demon blood running in a clan if every once in a while, one with both parts were born. I haven't met one since I was barely a genin myself." A small elderly man with a bumpy red nose grumbled to himself.
"What do you mean gramps? This one's an Uchiha to! I mean, they were declared a criminal! It was at the first summit, remember?!" An average height black haired Kunoichi growled, eying Harri suspiciously.
"Every major bone in their body has been broken, some nearly crushed. Particularly, ones that have to do with being able to move! And it hasn't happened just once in the last few weeks either. On top of that they were running around, practically in pajamas and are starving and freezing. Clearly, unless they were fleeing they wouldn't have put themselves through that, especially with an intolerance to any type of cold on top of that." The elderly man exclaimed, puffing his chest up in exasperation.
"I'm now just glad Lady 5th demanded we understand how sensitive they are to different herbs and medications in case someone ended up finding them or we would have killed them trying to ease the pain. The poor kid's just so sickly. I don't understand why they were ever even considered for active duty with so many problems. I know here we would never do something like that! I just hope that a medical ninja more familiar with his particular health issues gets here soon even I have my limit on how much screaming I can tolerate from such a pitiful sight. At least they don't look like a walking skeleton."
"Yeah, its going to be even worse if they have to rebreak anything to." The girl grumbled and bit her lip.
"Lord Tsuchikage! The Leaf have arrived! What should I-"
"Bring them in, bring them in immediately you idiot! I want them in here right now!"
"Of course, my lord!"
It wasn't more than a few minutes before a distraught Shikamaru came bursting in.
"Shikamaru! You can't just burst in like that! I know you are upset, I am distraught over our Harri to, but you need to keep a level head." A man reprimanded.
"Look at him. Look at what was done to Harri, Shoma!"
"Yes, this kid was found in rather poor condition, weren't they?" The Tsuchikage agreed finding himself strangely sympathetic. He reasoned it was because Harri was both a carrier and he, himself could empathize with a victim of such an occurrence. He had been thoroughly tortured and betrayed before by someone he trusted and was close to when he too was younger, after all. It was an experience than even to that day sometimes kept him up at night.
"Oh, man! Harri what did he do to you?" Choji choked out tears welling up in his eyes at the sight before him.
"Go ahead Shoma, do something for Harri's pain. I apologize Lord Tsuchikage on their behalf. You see…. The heiress Harri is not only very dear to the Nara clan…. But also the Akamichi, Yamanaka, my clan the Aburame, and many of the other clans of the village. Harri is as opposite of Sasuke as a person can be and isn't at all what the stereotypical Uchiha is. Why, you may ask? He is kind, loyal and gentle tempermented… He just always wants to ever help everyone feel better. Harri isn't the type that would willingly hurt others without a thorough reason and I would with 100% confidence put my reputation on the line in stating that he would never betray a friend or our village so please never compare him to Madara or Sasuke or any other Akatsuki either…. or believe the nonsense that was spouted about Harri now being a criminal just because he is an Uchiha. It's utter nonsense!" A concerned Shino blabbered.
"Don't worry. I really doubt that someone found in the state they…. He… was in was sticking around willingly." The elderly Kage assured.
The girl, his granddaughter piped up grinning. "Looks like he feels like that Uchiha's a little more than a dear friend over there.~" The girl snickered, eying Shikamaru placing lingering butterfly kisses all over Harri's face.
"Shikamaru is… Harri's chosen life mate."
"I see. Young love, not the best time for it though."
"They were planning to get married in approximately 6 months from now but… I do not believe that it will be able to happen anymore. I am just glad that we have Harri back alive and that Shikamaru will no longer be lost without him and I have my friend back as well."
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"Thank you so much for helping me Lord Tsuchikage! I don't think I would have made it if you hadn't and I am very appreciative!" Harri meeped cheeks bright red as he nervously averted his eyes. No one had explained what had happened. Suddenly they were allied with the stone? When did this happen? Shouldn't the Tsuchikage be trying to kill him or trap them there? What if he broke his body what if-
"Wait, so this is really supposed to be one of those Uchiha dicks?" The sassy black haired girl that seemed to always be with the Tsuchikage sputtered. "But-but he's nothing like that Sasuke at all!"
"I have already told you all of this before." Shino pointed out.
Harri was startled out of his thoughts at her blunt grumblings.
The Tsuchikage let out an amused laugh. "Why would you be so surprised that this whippersnapper has the respect to address me with the level of respect that all of you should be!" He hrumphed. He growled when the girl smirked and rolled her eyes.
"What you're going to replace me with him because I'm just as stubborn as you old man?"
The man scuffed and put his nose in the air. "Perhaps. At least he would appreciate what this old man does for him! I swear so many of this generation don't know how to treat their elders!"
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"What happened?" Harri sputtered. Looking on in horror at the ticky tacky shacks scattered about in a literal massive hole crater in the ground.
"We didn't want to tell you until we got back… The village was attacked and blown away. We all survived though. It's just a matter of rebuilding, so don't worry!" Choji assured.
"Harri calm your breathing! It's okay! You're okay!" Shikamaru insisted, quickly twisting Harri to rest in his arms and sitting himself down with him when he heard the telltale quickening of breath in his ear and the beginning of the gasps and choked sobs of a panic attack. The 7th since they left Stone to head home. "Hey, hey it's all alright! You can cry if you need to." Shikamaru murmured and pressed Harri close to his shoulder and ran his hands obsessively over his loves hair.
"Hey, your back! I was so happy to hear that you were alive and- Hey….. Is Harri… alright?" The concerned voice of Kiba called as he approached. "Oh, woah, she's uh… they're…."
"He. Harri's a he." Choji chimed in quietly.
"He's…. pretty busted up isn't he…?"
"I'll go get Shikaku and Lady Tsunade. Kiba… if possible… Try to go and find Kakashi or Iruka…. Preferably both. They may assist in calming him. If you cannot find either of them than my father or mother should do as Harri also feels comfortable with them. Harri has been very distressed since awakening… why? Because he has gone through a tremendously difficult ordeal. Now go, Kiba." Shino insisted, darting off himself.
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By the time the pair had gotten back, Harri was half asleep and panting in pain from tensing.
"What's going on here? Why is my patient on the ground?" Tsunade growled glaring daggers at Shikamaru then at a kneeling Shoma.
"He's…. been having severe panic attacks, my lady. I believe the sounds of crunching have set him off and then this last time from seeing the village as it is… which I do not blame him for." Shino explained.
Shoma nodded gravely. "Yes, Heir Shino, I believe… is correct. I have noticed the crunching pattern, as well."
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"He's lucky he didn't have a heart attack being put in that much pain for so long! What bastards! When I get my hands on them I'll-I'll make them wish they were never born! No one messes with my Shinobi!" Tsunade snarled, wringing her hands and fighting herself from smashing the long table the council was surrounding.
"Heiress Uchiha must recover fast they? will be a great asset against the Sharingan with they're strange immunity to genjutus… or at least the ones that have been encountered thus far. They're resistance and powerful Ninjutsu abilities are invaluable." An elderly councilwoman primly insisted, almost demanded.
"The Akatsuki is after Harri as well. Don't forget that! They have tried catching him 4 times now and succeeded twice, severely injuring him both times. Harri is the son of Itachi Uchiha, a brilliant Shinobi."
"Yes, but she hasn't ever even produced a Shirangan or can even produce any type of genjutsu!" A former Shinobi turned civilian council member scuffed.
"Who needs a Shurangan when you have an immunity to most of its tricks?"
"Clearly Heiress Uchiha is talented and skilled, he managed to escape the Akatsuki on his own this time! Not many could brag about such a feat!" A 25-30 year old man with dark purple hair pointed out.
"I think the kid's an omen…. I mean it started raining as soon as he got back and hasn't stopped! What if he's working for Madara and is all beat up to make his story believable?" A blond-haired woman hissed.
"And you do realize it's only a few weeks from the usual peak rainy season, right? We're lucky it didn't strike sooner with how muggy it's been out." Tsume, Kiba's mother, pointed out with a roll of her eyes.
"Yes, that is totally ridiculous. Harri is not the conspiring type nor is he one…. to harm another without absolutely needing to. If you actually knew him you would know that he is loyal and caring…. How do I know this? That is because I have know that child well for a couple of years now and….…. he cried…. over accidently killing one of my son's insects in the past. A…. single insect…. because he knew that my Shino valued his insects' lives very much. Harri got upset because Shino was upset. He cares deeply about others and has stuck by my son's side as a good friend since the Chunin exams. Those that get to know Harri cannot help but to become fond of him and his sincere kindness. Please do not start accusing him of such things when you have not even taken the time to get to know him." Shibi said, tone as stoic as always, but everyone in the room couldn't help but to feel a chill crawl up their spin.
"Yes, Harri… is not like that at all. He… I honestly….. don't think he's suited to being on the front lines of this war… I have the suspicion that he… may totally lose it if he were made to do so…. And besides the point we promised to let him retire to teaching if he followed what we required of him and he more than has done what was asked of him. I know this is war but…. Harri… I don't believe that he will be mentally passable for war for a long while… at least not the front lines." Shikaku insisted. "I mean he was just tortured for months on end! He won't be in the shape to even physically perform for at least a good 3-6 months anyways. Especially after he just had to have surgery to properly realine his bones after once again his bones had to rebreak in his legs and an arm that didn't heal right."
"What do you mean-"
"I agree!" Inoichi agreed, cutting in right away.
"I've been talking to him and I don't think he could handle something like that mentally at all right now even if he by some miracle would instantly heal and be physically well again. What he has told us has been truly disturbing. Sasuke has truly fallen into madness. Of that I am certain at this point. I'm just glad that Sasuke hadn't tried anything further with him." Inoichi said, tone grim.
Several others around the tables either made sounds of agreement or showed various forms of discomfort.
"Not to change the subject, but we really need to start getting our preparations started. That is why we are here after all!" Tsunade butted in before anything else could be said.
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Shikamaru couldn't stand it. He ached to kiss and bite and claim every bit of his Harri. His beautiful light. Shikamaru thought about him when he woke up, he thought about him when he ate, when he worked, hell he thought about him during council meetings! Council meetings that had, Inoichi, one of the greatest mind-reading shinobi to be born to the leaf in generations, present! Harri was totally irritable and Shikamaru had been scared, so scared! Harri was his life. He couldn't imagine living without him, not ever!
Then, later on, when Harri finally opened up enough to talk about the things Sasuke had said to him. About marriage and babies! He had known all along that the other boy was absolutely obsessed with 'being' betrothed to Harri, but hearing about it out loud and all of the other things that the bastard had said put Shikamaru in a panic. Harri smelled so good and he was his and beautiful and any guy would be lucky to get a sliver of his love. Any guy would kill for the chance to be with him for the rest of their lives, Shikamaru was sure. He knew he would no questions asked!
Harri had made the best noises, whining and begging with blown eyes that had him utterly ruined. Shikamaru felt himself slipping in minutes after the smell and sight bulldozed him.
"Shika' Oh, Shika' please put it in me! I need it!" Harri mewled, eagerly spreading his legs the best he could with one of them still tightly bound and the other still tender.
"Yeah, I know. I do too." Shikamaru purred, then gave Harri's earlobe a teasing nip. The smell was so sweet in the best ways and his fingers were so wet and Harri twitched and trembled around them perfectly. Shikamaru felt short-circuited. Hot and hard and overwhelming. Harri was just so gorgeous!
Shikamaru pulled out his fingers, getting a reluctant whine. He bit his lip and pressed in swiftly, trying not to collapse on top of Harri from the sheer overwhelming pleasure and tightness that pressed all around him. It was so hot and so slick, making him almost dizzy. "Harri, oh, shit!" He keened. It was almost too much feeling as he clung almost desperately against a moaning writhing Harri. Shikamaru rarely even touched himself. Even while going through teenage demon maturity and his mini rut months ago he hadn't really given into masturbating more than a handful of times and those times were after encounters with Harri or if he smelled something of the other teens when it got to be too much. He was almost regretting it now. Shikamaru was too sensitive and everything just felt too good and-and-
"Shika'! Please, I-I need-need-"
Shikamaru shushed him, nipping possessively at the other boy's neck. Instinct seemed to take over after that. The Nara's head too foggy to overthink everything as the pleasure built and built.
The feeling of Harri's smaller cock and balls rubbed against him so mind-numbingly perfect with every snap out and every press back inside slick and hot and pulling at him just right. The slurp of him moving in and out and the cries of Harri had Shikamaru practically mindless as he rutted. In and out in and out biting and nipping and sucking any bit of skin he could get a hold of yes, yes, yes! Harri was his mate finally finally! It was so good so good, Harri was so good!
Shikamaru eagerly pressed their lips together, then leaned down and sucked over one of Harri's swollen glands, eyes rolling back as a slick oily substance layered itself over his tongue. Oh gods oh! Shikamaru snatched up Harri's slickened erection in his hand and frantically rolled it between his fingers, teasing and jerking it.
"Fe-feels goo-d?" Shikamaru groaned out his body was soaked in sweat at that point, legs twitching and trembling as he felt his balls beginning to tighten and his teeth itch to bite. Shikamaru arched and moaned when nails clawed desperately at his back and the leg he carefully held in one of his hand tightened around his back, trying to pull him in deeper. "Damn, yo-ur so… gorgeous like this!" Shikamaru snarled, eagerly pulling back to see the drooling flushed faced mess he had turned his Harri into.
"Shika' Shika' Shika'!" Harri chanted nearly sobbing, unsure if he should buck up or squeeze or drag the other so close he could practically live in his skin. His body felt tighter and tighter with every touch and he let out a long keen when Shika' began twisting the head of his cock in quick strokes. Trembling and nearly in tears from sensitivity. He wanted him deeper, so deep he could feel him stroking the inside of his throat through his crotch. Tighter tighter tighter and then another harsh nip to his gland and Harri went ridged, panting and letting out a long, almost pained sounding whine and Shikamaru let out a startled shout that melted into moan.
Harri lay limp and spent as Shikamaru jerked his hips in shallow quick snaps, growling before they stuttered forward in a hard grinding motion before his teeth snapped down on Harri's neck in a precise hard bite.
Both laid like that for several minutes before Shikamaru's hips stilled. Moans and whimpers leaving him periodically as his body shivered through what felt like a series of mini orgasms and then a sudden tight vice-like clenching would clamp around him and a fluttering messaging like motion from all around would occur. It nearly had Shikamaru in tears the first few goes as his vision whited out over and over it was so good. Would sex be nearly this good if he had kept his seal on? He doubted it. He wasn't sure if an average human could have survived pleasure that extreme either though…. And if they could… well it probably would have been horribly painful after the first few minutes.
After a good half hour, the older teen tentatively began pulling out, teeth still firmly attached to Harri's shoulder. He pulled out until only his tip was left inside and reached down to probe at Harri's insides checking him for damage. Once checked, Shikamaru eagerly snapped his hips back in, rumbling against Harri's shoulder as Harri made a startled squeak. He repeated this pattern until both were ready to pass out and only then did he finally relent. Carefully lapping at the bruised, painful-looking bite. Shikamaru didn't even bother removing himself from inside of Harri before falling asleep. Harri was his mate, after all. Why would he take himself from something that felt so right? Besides what if his Harri needed him right as he woke?
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A week straight of practically none stop sex… Shikamaru couldn't understand how he hadn't broke his penis. It had felt amazing, but there were only so many times you could shoot blanks before it really started to make you tender. He still couldn't believe that it had happened. They were supposed to wait. He had promised! They had promised! It was like he had been in rut but worse than the last time and Harri was begging him and smelled so… right. And his mind wouldn't stop filling up with the thoughts of Sasuke and what Sasuke had said. Harri had been taken and… and- Shikamaru wasn't sure what had really happened. And… honestly he would have fought someone for it to continue if they had tried interrupting. It felt amazing, Harri's beautiful face showing how undone he was. His beautiful Harri. It had been a near transcendent experience If Shikamaru were to say so himself! That is…. Until Harri's sweet smell and wailing need began to die down…. And the pain receptors kicked in.
At least by some miracle, they somehow hadn't been caught… Not that his claiming bite would be unnoticeable along with all of the bruising and well…. Tenderness in Harri's gaping cum filled crotch, Shikamaru couldn't help but stare at and stick his fingers into for nearly an hour that morning. A strange fascination and pride filling up every little bit of the teen at the sight and smell. Harri definitely smelled like him in a claimed sense now, which was something he couldn't help but love!
Even as Shikamaru panicked about his father and clan and everyone else finding out a sense of relief, nearly had him giddy until Kakashi took one look at him and he found himself being choked out. Shit. It seemed no matter how much he scrubbed himself down he couldn't fool that nose!
"What the hell did you do?! Where is he, tell me now!"
"Kakashi! Calm down! What is going on?" Shikaku growled.
"What do you think is going on? While we were preoccupied with preparations instead of leaving to get us, this idiot mated with Harri!"
"W-what?" Shikaku sputtered at a loss of words for once as his brain seemed to short circuit. "Is this true?" He asked, more like demanded as he turned to his son with a stern frown.
"I uh… yes. Harri.. he begged me and I… he smelled so good and I-I it was like my brain shut off." The teen quickly confessed, hoping that if he did, he wouldn't be murdered by Kakashi.
"But his legs… and his arm is still broken." The man pointed out, tone baffled even as he began to gain a green cast to his skin at accidentally thinking about his son and practically son…. Doing… things together. Ugh, horrible thoughts!
"He's fine….. though…. I think… uh….. his casts are going to need a change." Shikamaru admitted doing his best to look anywhere but at either man, his cheeks red.
Shikaku paled and moaned with a nauseated scowl. "Don't tell me why." He demanded.
"That's all you have to say to him?" Kakashi growled. "We are supposed to leave to Cloud in less than two months time! There is no way that their marriage can be had by then. The preparations for a Hatake wedding will take too long and I'm pretty sure for a Nara as well!" Kakashi lamented.
"It's already done… We'll just have to wait for now… I don't approve of what happened, but… really. What can I do other than be disappointed?" Shikaku sighed as Shikamaru gave his father a stricken look.
Disappointed in him? Oh man, Shikamaru didn't think he had heard the man say anything like that more than once in his whole life. He felt kind of sick!
"We could ban it from happening again until they are married and more stabilized enough to even start thinking about having kids. I mean, you have a whole clan that can help out in watching the pair. I mean, Harri is physically matured enough that he can start going into heat. It isn't very likely the first time or two that he will go into fertile ones, but that doesn't mean that they should tempt fate especially with the war soon to begin."
Shikaku nodded. "Yes… I think that… I have just the mission to use for a distraction."
"What? But dad! Harri needs me!"
"It's the bonding hormones talking. Ignore him, Lord Shikaku."
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Harri growled, refusing to leave his blanket nest and snarled at anyone that dared try to get him to. He would never go to Lightning country willingly! Never!
"Come on, Harri we really need to leave!" Kakashi pressed, barely able to snatch his hand away before it got bitten.
"I won't go!"
"Come on Shikamaru, talk to him!"
"What? No way! I'm not going to make him come to war! I don't… want him in danger. Besides if Harri says he doesn't want to, then who am I to go against that?" Shikamaru scuffed from his spot sprawled out over Harri's nest. The urge to try and break Kakashi's prodding hands getting stronger and stronger the more upset Harri became.
"Come on, squirt. They wouldn't think of trying anything with the whole village there… and besides you insisted that it was some crazy cult that attacked you, not the Cloud directly and… what are you going to do for company without Mai here with you on top of everyone else?" Ensui, a second cousin of Shikaku said with a tired knowing smile.
"What?! Mai to? She gets to come with?" Harri asked.
"Uhhh-"
"Of course. Mai will be too unruly for anyone else to handle her without most of us around especially as she is pretty use to everyone catering to her every want since there are so many of us and you still aren't near 100% so you can't spend every minute chasing her around and even if you were recovered you would be too busy because you would be put to work right away and then the little trouble maker would do whatever she could to harass all of the poor civilians. It would be irresponsible for us to leave the little beast." Ensui insisted, even as he smiled fondly and his tone was equally as affectionate towards the little heathen. He clicked his tongue and Mai came darting in carrying what looked to be a half-eaten red-bean paste bun in her mouth. Positively preening and full of mischievous energy. "My point exactly." The man said making a 'see here' gesture with his hand while eying the goat and sighing at the sound of someone shouting in outrage outside.
"Alright."
"Huh?"
"I'll go to."
"A change of heart now?"
"If my Shika' and my clan and friends and even my Mai-Mai go I'll go to. It would just be too lonely without everyone."
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It took several weeks to arrive in Cloud and Harri was a wreck the whole time, but thankfully nothing happened until he met the Raikage who, once he heard Harri's last name was none too pleased as he had apparently either not paid attention or had forgotten all about Harri now no longer being considered to be a criminal by the 5 kage anymore.
Thankfully, Mai, seemed to decide it was time for pets from new people and had enough of being ignored as she stormed up to the Raikage, who was a man with light ashy platinum blond hair and an attractive shade of medium-dark caramel-skin that his hair just made pop even more. He was a giant of a kage who was easily one of the tallest and most muscular people Harri had ever seen and looked like he could easily pop anyone around him like an over-ripened grape without any effort what so ever. He was definitely the intimidating sight indeed.. His Chakra just made the intimidation factor go up tenfold.
Right as the man went to start yelling, Mai, the sassy little creature she was let out a disgusted bleat and preceded to try climbing the Kage demanding pets, completely unafraid and looking comically tiny compared to the bear of a man. Or maybe lion…? Whatever he was, he smelled quite strongly of being a demon to…. Harri just wasn't sure what kind.
"What the? What is this?" The Kage scuffed, brows furrowed, he held up a hand when one of his guards went to unsheathe their sword.
"Mai no! No bothering the Raikage!" Harri scolded, embarrassed even as he was still relieved he didn't get screamed at.
The goat completely ignored Harri. Pleased when the man began to awkwardly scratch at her head and leaned in happily, making content noises.
"I…. apologize for her…" Shikaku coughed out, clearing his through in embarrassment. "She's a trouble maker and demands a lot of attention…. Mai also doesn't listen to very many people and would have honestly been a terror to the village without at least a couple of us there to keep her in line…. Or at least… entertained." Shikaku explained, rubbing the back of his neck.
"I thought the Nara had deer?"
"We do, sir. Mai belongs to my son's fiancé, but we have had her around the compound since my son and they were both tots… so she is very bonded with my clan mates and I and she listens to many of us; far better than she would anyone else." Shikaku explained. "Not that that's saying much."
"Ah! Young heiress Uchiha! It is good to see you doing better! Those were some bad breaks though I don't understand why you are here with the Akatsuki's focus so firmly planted on you. Oh and you are here as well." The Tsuchikage exclaimed, shuffling into the Raikage's office.
"Apparently they have the whole love crossed lovers thing going on. Can't stand to be without each other." Tsunade snorted, grinning wickedly at the blushing pair.
"How do you know that? It isn't like we announce it to everyone!" Shikamaru grumbled even as he leaned against Harri almost compulsively needing to touch him.
"What? You mean that the pair of you are engaged? I would have to be dumb, deaf, and blind not to notice! I mean seriously! Even if you did do a good job of hiding it, which you both don't, I mean… Earings Shikamaru? How much more obvious can it get? I thought my grandfather was bold with hairpin he gave to my grandmother!"
"Wait…. Earings?" The Raikage sputtered, his face melting into a smirk before he full out laughed and tilted his head, his eyes landing on a pair of simple jet black spheres in Harri's ears letting out a snort. "Someone's a bit possessive, aren't we? I didn't know a Nara had it in 'em!" The man exclaimed, his hostility melted away.
"Yes, very, I haven't seen such a bold engagement in decades!"
"You obviously don't know Nara men then." Shikaku piped up with a teasing smirk of his own. Having Harri and Shikamaru looking like they wanted to melt into the ground.
"Dad!" Shikamaru groaned. Totally embarrassed at that point. How was he supposed to make a decent impression now with everyone teasing them?
"Not to change the subject, but we all should really start figuring this all out."
"Well we can't really. Lord Gaara hasn't arrived yet." The Raikage explained, not even realizing himself when scooped up Mai before sitting down, still petting her absentmindedly as he dwarfed body sprawled out across his lap.
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Harri pouted, come on, Shika' I need to limber up again! I want to go practice!"
"Absolutely not! You just got those casts off last week! You'll wait at least another week before you'll be allowed to do anything strenuous! The last time I let you go you broke your leg! You'll wait until the bone has properly hardened again! Dr's orders!" Tsunade shouted. Immediately shutting down that idea.
Harri groaned. "Sitting around for so long with everything that is going on is making me jittery." He exclaimed. Harri didn't mention the fact that he wanted to stay as far away from anyone with a Hyuuga eye as possible, including the Mist Guy, who he had just managed to find excuse after excuse as to why he couldn't be in the room with him at that very moment. Harri just hoped that he wasn't assigned with a boatload of Hyuuga. He didn't think running away screaming would be the most appropriate thing for him to do in a situation like this… especially with them being a part of his own village.
He wondered with the way that the people of the village Hidden in Clouds seemed quite focused on his green eyes and curly jet black hair erratic behavior would raise suspicion? It appeared that the regard for those with noble or royal bloodlines in Cloud with his traits was just as coveted as in Wave country and several of the countries surrounding Wave… Though Harri was still confused by how Lightning Country became that way as it wasn't anywhere near the countries with that fixation. It was unnerving to know that it wasn't just the boarder that was like that though.
Harri was especially uncomfortable with his Wind and Lightning natures known. That combination of affinities was incredibly uncommon and even more so particularly from those that come from what were considered to be of noble or royal bloodlines. Thank goodness they didn't know about the water nature on top of it all. After hearing that his mother was a powerful 'princess' from a clan hidden away somewhere on the coast wild speculations had been had.
Harri wasn't sure how the information was leaked, but someone had not only leaked the noble lineage thing, but had also then spread around that Harri's mother's clan was known for being attractive with various levels of curly black hair and silver to grey eyes and that it was an overwhelmingly dominant trait. Of course being something coveted in Mist, it had the Mist Shinobi incredibly interested. Particularly the older guard that was sort of the Mizokage's right-hand man. He had a Hyuuga eye but surely, as long as he could stay away the itch wouldn't start and then the man would have no reason to use it on him so as long as he avoided him… everything would turn out fine! Right?
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"Wait… we get to participate in Harri's training for once? I don't think anyone's ever managed that!" Ino laughed.
"I….. don't think this is a good idea. My chakra is still pretty messed up and out of control without my clan's necklace here to suppress it anymore." Harri pointed out, scuffing his feet. Just because he kept getting sick didn't mean that he needed to be watched! Obviously, he just didn't used to this place's food!
"Suck it up! This is what Lady 5th ordered!" The girl shouted back, cheekily.
"I'm telling you I don't train with others for a reason. It's dangerous. My family's techniques aren't meant for anything but a painful kill. My mother's clan was full of sadists!" Harri exclaimed.
"Just calm down! Don't use any Ninjutsu then."
"What about against me? I'm a pretty fast guy…. Though….. if I tripped and fell, I could break my jaw and then I could get an infection and it could infect my heart and then I could suffer! Then I could even die…" An older with short fluffy white hair, a chocolate olive kissed complexion and piercing dark eyes who was sporting a cloud vest muttered, sounding more and more alarmed as he went on.
"Your over thinking things again!" A red haired teen looking around the same age as the white-haired one with a little bit lighter redder complexion and yellow eyes grumbled beside him.
"Nah, I can take over here. I haven't seen my brat since the day we got here and….. I'm familiar with his fighting style so….. he'll get more out of it." Kakashi said, hands on his hips as he approached. "I need a stretch to."
"Oh! That's Kakashi the copy ninja, right?" The white-haired Cloud Shinobi pointed out, sounding curious.
"How could you be? We've hardly ever seen it and we've all been around Harri since we were little! I don't even think Sasuke's even that familiar!" Choji pointed out.
"I have my ways!" The man cheerfully exclaimed, waving the teen off and eye smiled when Harri made a startled choking sound.
"We'll only use Taijutsu."
"Okay."
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Harri darted forward. Flipping out of the way of another kick and pivoting to prepell himself to the side while Kakashi tried to punch him in the gut. Panic filled him anytime the man came anywhere near his stomach and Harri wasn't sure why, but it had him lashing out and even Kakashi of 1000 jutsu was just skating by. Harri was built even more for speed than Kakashi and it was something he could pride himself on. Harri's main focus was speed and accuracy. He wasn't built for strength after all and if someone built like him were also slow they wouldn't last long, not at all. Harri grit his teeth together and found himself channeling power into his fingertips without thinking.
"Harri! I-I think that is enough! You will cause Kakashi-sensei serious damage if you are to continue!" The voice of Neji shouted and made Harri pause, he slowly lifted his hand to eye level when he realized what was going on. Why had he done that? This was just a spar….. Harri had the sudden powerful urge to return to his nest and to get his Shika' he just felt so anxious.
"Hey guys, I brought some Takoyaki for everyone! Cloud's is just so good and-"
Harri frantically covered his nose and mouth then began to wretch. "I can't get it away, please!"
"Harri, are you okay?" Choji fretted, immediately rushing over to rub at Harri's back and helped tie up his hair just in case.
"Tenten, leave for a couple of minutes, please. It seems the smell is nauseating Lady Harri." Neji insisted.
"Oh, okay, I'm so sorry Harri! You usually are okay with the smell of this sort of stuff!"
Kakashi stood stiff with his eyes wide, horrified and mumbling to himself.
"Come, let's take Lady Harri to go lay down." The Hyuuga said, relieved that since going to Harri's clan compound, his eyes didn't itch him when he approached Hari anymore. He wanted his full focus on making sure the goddess was alright.
"Yeah, that's probably a good idea." Choji agreed.
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Harri stayed curled up for the rest of the day after that, cuddled up under piles of blankets and on top of layers of pillows that he found himself taking without much thought over the last few weeks of staying in Cloud. Mostly from Nara clan mates but also from friends to but he still hadn't managed to snatch a single thing from Kakashi and Iruka. Much to their shared disappointment they had both been assigned separate quarters from Harri, who was assigned the same room as Shikaku and Shisho Nara.
The later was a Jounin level sensory type that Harri was sure he had encountered guarding the Hokage more than a few times under an Anbu mask. He was rather intimidating looking with a high ponytail of long black hair nearly to his butt. It was some of the longest hair in the Nara clan and the man took meticulous care of it. A Nara man's hair was their pride, after all, it was only to be seen down through by your closest family and friends.
Not only was his hair a distinctive feature of one Shisho Nara, though. He had a handsome angular face. A very Nara face with a thick ropy scar that ran from the left side of his temple, through his eyelid and nose all the way through the corner of the right side of his lips and down his chin on the very right side of his face. He was also tall and although not overly muscular or large as such a thing was rare for a Nara man, but he was still a chizzled lean rock of a man with narrowed calculating eyes.
Harri had seen more than one person flinch since arriving from the man's gaze alone. If Harri didn't know him as well as he did he might have to, but Shisho was nothing more than a ball of gushing, cooing, mother hen to those that he had any sort of attachment to so, of course, he fretted over Harri from the moment he entered the room. He reminded Harri of a less authoritative Iruka.
"Harri, you really should eat! I can't sleep knowing that you aren't feeling well! You'll just continue on feeling worse if you don't even if you don't think so right now! What can I do to make it better? Come on! I'll go find whatever it is you want to eat!" The man pled, nearly looking like he was about to pout.
Harri grimaced. "I…. maybe could eat… some rabbit?"
"Rabbit? Of course, your favorite. Alright, I will go and see what I can do!" The man exclaimed, relieved, looking as Harri finally gave in. "Here I'll go get you a glass of water before leaving….. I'll find some mint or ginger for your stomach to!" The man said, immediately getting up and returning with a glass of water before leaving the room.
It wasn't long before Lady Tsunade came bursting in, followed by Shikaku, who was exhibiting unusual levels of energy and Kakashi, who both looked dead serious and panicked. "You can't be serious Kakashi! He can't be!"
"He is! I could smell it! And on top of it, he keeps getting sick at weird times and has repeatedly tried stealing things from our bed! I mean look at that nest! It's huge and smells like the Nara clan and a few of Harri's closest friends! People he finds safe!" Kakashi shouted, gesturing at the ridiculous mound of clothes and pillows.. "He absolutely cannot go on the battlefield!"
"Shut your traps! I can figure this out real quick!" Tsunade growled.
"What are you all yelling about?" Harri asked, tone quiet and shaky.
"I just have to check something. " Tsunade insisted, making her way to Harri's nest as Kakashi made a disconcerting sound and immediately the woman started trying to feel at Harri's stomach. She jerked back, startled when Harri snarled and snapped at her wondering hands.
"Harri!" Shikaku shouted, flabbergasted.
"She just started fondling me! And she tried to get in my nest!" Harri hissed defensively and curled away from the woman, clear agitation on his face.
"I'm trying to help you!" The woman growled.
"You should never enter a demon's nest without permission. Especially a carriers. It's incredibly threatening and rude." Kakashi explained, even as he eyed his Hokage judgmentally. Hokage or not Iruka would have kicked her ass to the afterlife for even skating the edge of his nest uninvited. "Though Harri isn't usually prone to aggression like this." The man said in a pointed though dread-filled 'I told you so' way.
Shikaku let out a distressed sound. And forced himself to go over to Harri's nest with a look like he was walking to his death. He sighed and flopped down next to Harri. "Let give you the checkout kid. Please?"
"He lets you lay all over his stuff, but I can't even come near without my head practically getting ripped off?" Tsunade scuffed.
"I can sleep where ever I want to. Harri's as good as my kid. I mean, I helped potty train him and cleaned up his puke when he was sick and kissed all his booboos when he was little. Isn't that right Harri?" The man said, smiling ever so slightly when Harri was immediately burrowing himself into his side. And looked at Shikaku in a comforted manner.
Kakashi looked on with evident jealousy but was more than willing to let this play out.
"Let's get this over with Harri." Shikaku grumbled. Forcing himself to remain calm to keep Harri calm.
"Get what over with? I don't understand! I have been feeling off lately and I don't like leaving my nest, but I don't understand why Tsunade has to be here! If anything I want Shoma!" Harri insisted, glaring the woman down for daring to inch closer to what was his. "Or even Yoshito!"
"Shoma is currently in the middle of teaching first aid and basic medical ninjutsu to recruits. We can't be bothering him right now." Kakashi pointed out.
"Yoshito to. He's assisting Shoma." Shikaku patiently said.
"Then we can wait." Harri insisted stubbornly.
"They think you're pregnant."
"Wha-what?" Harri sputtered.
"Yeah, the two chicken shits didn't want to say anything unless Kakashi was right," Tsunade explained with a shrug. Even as her eyes gleamed a little evilly.
"Pre-gnant?"
"Yup." Tsunade said popping the P even as she grimace.
Harri let out a pathetic squeak that was meant to be a question but somehow ended up just that week little choked out noise.
End Chapter 22
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Next Chapter hint: Ceremonies and war