Something More
Author's Note: Thanks for the reviews. I hope that you all enjoy this chapter.
Chapter Notations: I feel that Suki's invention is a plausible one because Sasuke was shown as being rather creative and clever in the show. For example, he fooled Danzo with Genjutsu and defeated Deidara with strategy. This chapter also contains a completely not cannon explanation for how Suki obtained the Mangekyo Sharingan. This is an AU. So that's why there will be some important details like that, that will diverge radically from cannon.
Chapter 10
Suki couldn't believe that Kisame had caught them together! Wait. Why did she care? It was none of his business and it wasn't like anyone would believe him, if he ran his mouth about their relationship.
Not that they had an actual relationship. At the moment, they were teammates who occasionally kissed and curled up next to each other. It was still relatively innocent.
"So you're going to tell us everything you know about Itachi, if you don't want me to turn you into sushi." Suki informs Kisame as she holds her own sword against the criminal's throat.
"It's disturbingly hot when you threaten to kill a guy. You know that, right?" Suigetsu asks.
Suki glares at Suigetsu. He was so not helping! She had to scare Kisame. That was the only way that he was going to talk. If the Akatsuki saw that he was flirting with her, Kisame wasn't going to be frightened.
"You two are cute in a psychotic way." Kisame says as he laughs.
Wonderful. The man was laughing at her! This was not going according to plan. Forget the handcuffs! She needed a gag!
"Thanks." Suigetsu says brightly and Suki rolls her eyes.
"When I get done with you, you're going to regret saying that." Suki says as she presses the sword harder against his jugular.
A thin line of blood appears, after she does so. Suki smirks. That ought to get Kisame's attention. That should show the criminal that she meant business.
"Yeah. That's nice of you to say and all. I'm gonna feel really guilty, if we have to kill you. So go on and tell us what the Hell is going on. If you do, the only thing that I'll take from you is your sword. If not, well Suki might cut off your other sword. You know what I mean?" The snowy haired ninja inquires cheerfully.
That was a bit frightening. Suigetsu was talking about her slicing off a rather important part of the male anatomy, rather casually. Then again, this was Suigetsu. There was a reason why he was called a Prodigy in the Art of Murder.
"Brat, you've gotten really vicious. Though I guess you are just showing off for your girlfriend here. I wonder what Itachi is going to say about all this." He continues, clearly delighting in taunting them.
"I'll be sure to ask him, right before I kill him. Now, tell me where he went." Suki snarls at him as she presses the sword against his throat harder.
Kisame was an Akatsuki. That meant that he didn't scare easily. That was alright though. Suki would find a way to make him talk.
"Love the spirit brat, but you're no match for him. He might have one foot in the grave, but Itachi is tough." He says.
One foot in the grave. What did that mean? Was Itachi sick or was Kisame just referring to one of the many bounties on his head?
"You better start talking, Fishface. I'll make you into shark finned soup, if you don't. It's not polite to keep a lady waiting." Suigetsu says.
Well at least now he was trying to help. Though it did amuse Suki to hear Suigetsu, lecture someone else about manners. That had to be a first.
"Oh right. Where are my manners? That's right. You didn't know. Kid, you really have no idea what's going on behind the scenes. I actually feel bad for ya. Your head has been filled with cobwebs for years and you never had any clue." Kisame says with a smirk.
He was annoying. Suki was considering just dispatching him. Her brother wouldn't have a partner for awhile. That would make him more vulnerable and if Kisame was telling the truth, he was already sick.
This could be the perfect time to strike. She could send Itachi straight to Hell. At long last, the Uchiha would could avenge her Clan and get on with her life!
"Enlighten me then. What do you know that I don't?" She asks as she slides her sword further up until it was against his face.
She could feel Suigetsu's eyes on her. Whether he was worried or excited, Suki didn't know. The man did seem to truly love killing. For all she knew, he might be getting just as excited by this as her kiss.
That was a disturbing thought. Suki was going to enjoy killing Itachi and she would kill, if it was in self-defense. That didn't mean that she enjoyed it though. She enjoyed proving she was stronger than other people, but not murder.
"Oh I know a lot of stuff." Kisame tells her with a smirk.
"He's awake. Has he said anything useful?" Jugo's voice calls out.
The gentle giant must have woken up. Well that meant three members of Taka were awake and they only had one prisoner. Surely, one of them could get the Akatsuki Member to talk.
"He's implied that Itachi is sick, but he hasn't said with what or given us a location. So yes and no." Suki retorts.
"Oh it's Jugo of the Scales. Is that what you're planning on doing? Gonna sick him on me and hope that his scary side makes me talk? Not a bad plan, Princess. It won't work though. I don't scare easily." Kisame says.
A few days later, Itachi was still trying to avoid detection. The ninjas who had almost stumbled up on him and Obito were hot on his tail..
He couldn't risk being captured. There was only one safe harbor left to him. Mei. It was time to become Dai again. It was selfish, but he was going to make good use of the safety the beautiful woman offered him. After all, she wanted to do so.
"I would like to speak with Lady Mei, please." He says, upon entering the building where her office was housed.
"Of course, Dai. We shall notify her of your presence, right away. Our Lady is going to be so pleased to see you. She missed you greatly whilst you were away." One of the guards says to him.
That just made him feel guilty. Mei wouldn't feel that way, if she knew the truth. If the woman knew that he wasn't Dai, the Kage would revile him for deceiving her.
"I missed her as well." Itachi says as he waits patiently.
For the moment, he was stable. Obito was right though. That wouldn't last. He had to make the most of his temporary good health while it did.
Scarcely a minute later, Mei comes bounding out of her office and towards him. It didn't take long for her to embrace him. Itachi found himself smiling into the embrace, despite the situation.
"Dai! You're alright! I was so worried!" She exclaims.
"Yes, I'm alive. It's all thanks to the treatment that your people gave me. I will forever be in your debt. Besides, you needn't worry so. My rose didn't die. So you had to know that I wasn't dead." He chides her gently as he kisses her forehead.
"Well not being dead and being alright are two different things." Mei says with a smile.
He really wished that things were different. Itachi wished that somehow, he could have prevented that night. He wished that he wasn't sick and that his sister hadn't had to suffer as much as she did. Perhaps most of all though, the Uchiha wished that his relationship with the Kage wasn't based on a lie.
"That is most assuredly true. I hope that you don't mind, my sudden return. I should have sent word, but I just didn't have the time. Someone was following me." Itachi says with a sigh.
"Those were likely my people. I sent them out to search for Suki Uchiha. If you were close to her, it's possible that they followed you by mistake or thought that you would lead them to her." The woman admits sheepishly.
That explained a great deal. Mentally, Itachi curses himself for not foreseeing that possibility. Of course, Mei was going to try to help him.
The woman fancied herself in love with him. Well actually, he didn't doubt her sincerity. Mei probably was deeply in love with Dai. She wasn't in love with Itachi Uchiha though.
"Oh I see. I must admit that they gave me quite the scare. I thought perhaps I could wait here until they lost the trail, but it seems that's not an issue." He says thoughtfully.
"You should still wait here. Other Leaf Villagers can find her, Dai. You don't need to push yourself like this. You're a very sick man. What you need is proper treatment." Mei tells him.
Such sincerity. He hated it. Itachi hated that she had been nothing, but genuine with him and he couldn't do the same for her. No matter how much he wanted to, Itachi Uchiha couldn't be honest with the woman who loved him.
"I suppose that it couldn't hurt to undergo another treatment or two, but I must press on afterwards. I made a promise that I was going to take care of Suki Uchiha and I meant it." He states firmly.
He was only thirteen when he was faced with that impossible choice. His family or the village as a whole. Potentially even his family or the Ninja World as a whole. Sadly, Itachi knew what he had to do.
He had to end this. Perhaps, he could at least give them quick, painless deaths. It had certainly worked for Izumi. He had saved his parents for last though.
"Do it." Fugaku told his eldest son.
"I never wanted it to come to this. Surely, you must know that. It was agreed that Sasuke could be spared. He was too young to have anything to do with the plot." He whispered, feeling a silent tear slide down his cheek.
Itachi Uchiha knew that was only one of many more to come. Soon enough, they would start flowing like a river and he doubted it would be days before they stopped. For now though, he brushed it away from his cheek. He had a job to do. This was for Sasuke.
"That was generous of them." Fugaku remarked bitterly.
"I can make your deaths quick. Painless. Please don't fight me." The younger Uchiha half begged.
"Such a kind son. Promise me, that you'll take care of Suki." Mikoto said in an even voice.
His mother always so poised and graceful. The woman was heading straight towards her death, but she didn't even flinch. The woman didn't even look at him with her back towards Itachi. Her final thoughts only of him and his younger brother.
"I will. I promise." Itachi vowed as he dealt the two blows that would end the lives of the Uchiha Patriarch and Matriarch.
"I wish that you weren't so stubborn. There are many people who could find her." Mei says with a said sigh as she caresses her cheek.
"It has to be me. It's my duty." He whispers back as he kisses her hand.
At that same time, Taka had found a family that was willing to let them stay with them a few days. Well as long as they were willing to pay for it. That wasn't an issue though.
"Awe. That was cruel, brat! You took all my money!" Kisame scolds Suigetsu.
Karin and Suki were out helping to prepare dinner and Jugo was helping the man of the house mend a fence. As for him and Kisame, somehow they got stuck feeding the livestock.
It was another farm. Suigetsu really hated farms. Give him a house by the beach, any day. He didn't see the appeal of all this backbreaking labor to grow food when you could just cash fish or something.
"A Criminal Ninja is complaining about getting robbed. Now, I've heard everything." Suigetsu says.
Kisame no longer had the chakra cuffs on him. That would be too suspicious. Instead, somehow Suki had smashed the cuffs up and made a chakra bracelet. It prevented him from using his chakra and damn thing wouldn't come off without the password.
How Suki had done that, he really wasn't sure. The girl was as smart as she was hot. That meant that she was a genius and Suigetsu wasn't gonna question said geniusness. (He knew that wasn't a real word, but it was the principle of the thing).
"Pft. What? You've never heard of the expression, never steal from a thief?" The formerly blue skinned man asks.
Taka had decided that Kisame's blue skin was just a little too exotic. It made them too easy to track. So Karin had done some sort of Genjutsu that made the man's skin look more like Jugo's skin tone.
It was disorientating to say the least. Seeing Kisame walking around and looking like a normal person was just weird. Still it had done the trick and Suigetsu wasn't about to complain.
"Whatever." Suigetsu says as he throws some seeds into the ground.
"You sound a bit frustrated. Have a fight with the girlfriend?" The other Criminal Ninja asks.
Girlfriend. That was a bit of a stretch. He wasn't really sure what he and Suki were. He knew that she was attracted to him and despite her protests to the contrary, the Uchiha definitely enjoyed his attention. Beyond that though, he didn't know.
"Not exactly. Not that it's any of your business." He grumbles.
"She wants to kill Itachi. The girl is frustrated. She doesn't know the full story. If she's taking that out on you, it's not your fault." He says.
"Suki isn't taking it out on me. I just don't know where we stand. Oh just forget it! I'm going to go check on the girls." He girls and storms off to do exactly that.
That's when he heads into the kitchen. It looked like the wife of the family had slipped out. So it was just Suki and Karin. They were talking about her Mangekyo Sharingan.
"So how did you get it, anyway? I thought that was only possible because of a great trauma." Karin asks.
"Orochimaru had me take all kinds of injections. They were supposed to build my immunity to various poisons. Some of them had negative side effects. Hallucinations. I saw something that I thought was real and it activated my Mangekyo Sharingan." She whispers.
Suigetsu frowns. For something to scare Suki that much, it had to be a big deal. He didn't like the thought of his Ice Princess being that genuinely terrified of something.
"What did you see? I mean you don't have to tell me. You can, if you want though." The Sensory Type says encouragingly.
"I saw my best friend's death. I saw Naruto die. Violently." The last female Uchiha whispers as she turns her attention back to the cooking.
That bothered him. She was upset because she saw Blondie die. So upset that her Mangekyo had activated.
On some level, Suigetsu knew that it was ridiculous to feel jealous about this. Suki hadn't even met him at that point. So what did it matter, if she was upset about some other guy?
"Just ignore it." He whispers to himself.
A few hours pass and Suigetsu growls. He couldn't ignore it. It was bugging him too much. He needed to know who the Ice Princess preferred.
Him or the stupid blonde? It was going to eat him alive, if he didn't know. Suigetsu knew that he shouldn't care, but he did. That was why he heads to Suki's room and pushes her against the wall with her back towards him.
"Suigetsu? What's wrong with you?!" Suki demands half in confusion and half in righteous outrage.
"I heard you talking to Karin about your Mangekyo. It activated because you thought that Blondie died. The thought of him dying, upset you enough to activate it." He says.
Suki blinks. Suigetsu had heard that? She bites her lower lip and squirms. Was the violet eyed ninja actually jealous? That might explain his currently very strange behavior towards her.
"That's true. Now, what about that fact necessitates me getting pinned to the wall?" She growls warningly at him.
"I really don't want to be that guy, but I have to know. If you had a choice, would it be him or me?" He asks.
He was jealous. Suigetsu was jealous of Naruto. He was really, really jealous. Apparently, he just wasn't very good at expressing it in a nonphysical way.
"Suigetsu, you're being ridiculous. He's not even here. Now, get off of me." Suki warns him.
What disturbed her most of all was the fact that she was actually happy about that on some level. Suki was happy that he cared enough to get jealous. More importantly though, she had to make sure that he didn't do something stupid.
"Alright, but I want an answer." He says as he lets go off her and Suki turns around to face him.
She never expected him to get jealous to this extent. Sure, Suigetsu was possessive. Well at least when it came to his swords, but she never thought that would transfer over to her.
"You already have your answer." Suki replies as she eyes him warily.
She wasn't at all sure what this version of Suigetsu would do. Suki wasn't afraid for her physical safety. More like she was worried about his. If he actually thought that she was in love with Naruto, did Suigetsu plan to pick a fight with him?
"I don't really think that I do, Princess. Before you give me your official answer, I want you to consider something." Suigetsu tells her before he caresses her cheek with one hand and the curve of her backside with the other.
Suki feels herself shiver. It wasn't from fear though. No. Another emotion entirely was now coursing through her veins, making her eyes turn ruby red. Desire.
How could just a few simple touches elicit that sort of reaction in her? Was this normal? Would it have felt this good, if anyone did it. For some reason, Suki doubted it.
"And what should I consider?" She dares herself to ask.
"Would you let him kiss you like this? Can he make you moan like I can?" Suigetsu asks and before she could answer, she felt his lips against hers.
Just like that, she was gone. God, that felt good. Why, did it always feels good? She tries to bite back a moan as she returns the kiss, but it was absolutely useless.
Before she knew what was happening, Suigetsu had her back against the wall again. This time, she was facing him and wrapping her legs around his waist. Another moan escapes her lips when she feels their cores brush together. She was awash in a sea of sensations and that's when he broke the kiss.
"No. I wouldn't let him kiss me like that and I doubt he could make me feel this way. He's just a friend." She whispers, hoping that he didn't catch that small whimper when he broke the kiss.
Uchihas weren't supposed to whimper. That was borderline blasphemy, but she had. She had for him. This was really getting out of hand.
"Good. Like I said, I don't want to be that guy. I don't want to be the jealous boyfriend, but I couldn't really help it. When I heard that, I lost it. I mean, I tried to forget about it. I really did, but it didn't work." He says as he caresses her cheek and then leans down to place a trail of kisses along her neck.
"Mmm so don't be that guy. You can just be my not jealous boyfriend." She says as she sighs in pleasure.
So good. She was pathetic. A few kisses heated kisses and she was a mess. Her brother would laugh at her, if he saw her now. Suki knew that should bother her, but it didn't.
There was just something irresistible about these sensations. Addictive. It was if she had been in a desert all her life and suddenly, she had found an Oasis. An Oasis who just happened to be very, very good at necking.
"Is that what you want? You want us to be an official thing?" Suigetsu asks.
Damn him. He had stopped with the kissing. Suigetsu wasn't supposed to do that! He wasn't supposed to make her think when he was in the process of making her feel so good!
"I shouldn't. I shouldn't get attached to anyone now. Not until he's dead, but I think it's rather obvious that I am. Itachi knows that I care about you. You'll have a target on your back either way. If you want to make it official, I don't see why not." She says cautiously.
Suki really hated the way that her heart was now pounding. Rarely, had she ever been this scared. Kissing and some caressing was one thing, but being official was another.
Suigetsu might decide that he wasn't interested in that. He was a Criminal Ninja. It would be stupid to expect him to be interested in something like an actual relationship. Physical affection, sure. Dating though, well that was a stretch.
"In that case, it's a shame that you turned those chakra cuffs into a bracelet." Suigetsu replies with a smirk.
Suki just gapes at him. How could he go from being so serious to being such a lecher? It was astounding, really.
"You wish. You're my boyfriend now. That doesn't necessarily mean that you're my lover." The raven haired woman warns him.
"Yeah. Yeah. I know. You want to kill your brother before that. I get it. Don't worry. I can be patient. I mean I've been after those swords for years. When I have to be, I can be patient. I'm not going to lie though, I want to see where else you're sensitive besides your neck." The white haired ninja teases her with a seductive purr to his voice.
Suki gulps. What had she just gotten herself into. She imagined that after Itachi was dead, Suigetsu was going to embark on his own personal treasure hunt. The other ninja would likely mark down her every sensitive spot.
"J-Just my neck." She lies as she feels her face heat up.
"Oh come on, Princess. I know that even you don't believe that. It's okay. You don't have to be embarrassed. I just want to make you feel good is all. So good that you won't even remember Blondie's name because you'll be too busy screaming mine." Suigetsu says as he nibbles on her ear.
"Mmm. I thought that you didn't want to be that guy." Suki squirms in pleasure.
Suigetsu was definitely possessive. Logically, Suki knew that should annoy her or even make her anxious. It didn't though. Instead, she found it strangely hot.
"I said that I didn't want to be that guy. Not that I wasn't. I'm working on it." He informs her, rather bluntly.