Angel's Demon
You guys are going to love this chapter. And that is all I will say.
Once, a demon lay dying in the mist. Then an angel leaned over him and smiled.
Naruto watched his blood clone give orders in Kumo. The civilians were told that a war was going on and that was all they knew.
He figured they only seemed calm because Naruto's clone would remain with them to the end of the war, making sure they stayed safe and alive.
"I'll need everyone to gather whatever they need outside the village and come in immediately. Once that's over, I'll be setting a barrier around."
One civilian spoke. "What will you do, Namikaze-san?"
The clone smirked. "As of now. I am your army. I will remain here for the duration of the war or until I die. I'll stay outside the barrier."
The villagers cheered and went back to what they'd been asked.
Naruto opened his eyes, then, reappearing in the midst of battle. "My blood clone in Kumo is done. So are the others in Kiri, Iwa, Suna, Iron, Whirlpool, and other countries."
He looked around, happy that they'd had gotten so much done in the just two hours, giving them time for a division to intercept Zetsus all around.
He looked over the five divisions.
Darui's division consisted of mid-range shinobi. Several thousand of them.
Kitsuchi's second division only held close range fighters.
In the third division, led by Hinata and Sasuke, the shinobi consisted of close and mid range fighters.
Temari's division only held long range fighters while Mifune commanded those with unique traits.
Shikamaru walked over to him with a smirk. "You're doing good. I have insight on who and what we're going against."
Naruto nodded. "Lay it on me."
"After Pein's death, a man by the name of Madara Uchiha took over Akatsuki, completely changing their views. His new goal is to capture the tailed beasts and restore world peace through intimidation. Konan and the others disbanded from the group, but he and Zetsu remained."
"How will they defeat us then?"
"They have 100,000 Zetsu clones. Nearly 5,000 darklings and Haruto Namikaze himself."
"-"
"We only have 80,000 soldiers." Shikamaru stated. "What's the strategy?"
Naruto moved forward. "The strategy will remain how it is. My blood clones and myself. That's an army alone."
Naruto went to stand before the Great Battle Regiment, smiling as the commander's moved aside slightly.
He stared at the shinobi. The fear in their eyes of being thrust into battle, and against the creation of dangerous light himself. They were quiet and waiting on an order. Waiting for an attack.
He had to reassure them.
"We may not have been allies before!" He yelled. "Hell, we may have been enemies! We may have never met!"
"But, today and until the last shinobi leaves this battlefield, we are friends! We are protectors of this world and let no one take that from us! As supreme leader of the allied forces, I promise that I will protect your lives and ideas as long as I stand."
The shinobi began mumbling, but Naruto raised his hand for a moment of silence.
"I cannot guarantee that you will leave this battlefield alive. Fight and you might die. Run and you'll live - at least a while. And dying in your beds many years from now, would you be willing to trade all the days from this day to that for one chance? Just one chance to come back here and tell our enemies that they can take our lives, but they'll never take our freedom!
I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me! A day may come, when the courage of humans fail, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but not today! The age of humans come crashing down! But not today! This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good earth, I bid you, stand. And I promise we will win.
Hikari's monster and his army will fall. They are going against an army of anxious men and women, eager to return to their husbands, wives, children, and parents. Those poor bastards!"
Naruto raised a fist and loud cheers erupted. "Fight with me and hold no fear and I promise we will win."
They kept cheering as Naruto turned around, staring into the determined faces of his commander's.
"What?"
Mifune smiled and shook his head. "We better win, Namikaze."
Naruto smiled, but before he spoke, Hinata walked forward, looking at the 80,000 men and women. "It's a promise he's willing to keep." she stated.
"Where is Sakura?"
Sasuke sighed. "She's near the border, setting up tents. We're predicting it'll be an easy night since it's the first day."
"And where will she go, then?"
"To the medical division."
Narut smiled at Sasuke, but before he spoke further, static appeared and Shikaku spoke in his ear.
"Naruto. I've got news?"
"What is it?" he inquired.
"Our infiltration and reconnaissance team had just been captured by Kabuto Yakushi and Akatsuki's surprise attack and diversion platoon. From what I know, Kabuto and Anko disappeared somewhere."
Naruto cursed. "Where are the rest headed?"
"Their moving through the land of Hot Water as we speak."
"How'd you get this information?"
Shikaku sighed. "It's troublesome. Muta Aburame managed to send intel here. I'm not sure of his status now."
Naruto sighed. "I have a plan."
Shikaku closed out. The best way take out a surprise team was to surprise it.
Naruto jumped over to Kankuro's division.
"What's going on?" The puppet master questioned.
Naruto hit his staff on the ground.
"Single Movement Technique."
He stepped from the widened hole and looked to Kankuro. "I'm sending you all to the Land of Hot Water. Kill any enemy and retrieve the infiltration squad."
Kankuro nodded and stepped into the black hole, his squad following.
Shikaku spoke again. "Naruto. I've got more information."
"Yeah?"
"Kabuto's team. They're not really people. They're reanimations."
Naruto nodded. "I knew this. We all did."
"Yes...but... Deidara Namikaze is with them."
Naruto tensed and created a shadow clone quickly, watching as it jumped into the hole before it closed.
"Are anymore of my family members reincarnated?"
"Not yet." The line went dead.
Naruto inhaled deeply and then turned around. "Sasuke! Hinata!"
The two walked over and created yet another hole of teleportation.
Hinata showed concern. "Are you sure you won't lose chakra?"
Sasuke smiled. "He hasn't even lost half yet. His chakra reserves are more powerful than Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's."
Naruto sighed. He felt frustrated right now. Angry that Kabuto had somehow summoned his dead brother.
"I need you two to take the third division and one of my shadow clones to the Land of Hot Water. Kankuro and his team is there. You guys will form an ambush, is that clear?"
"Hai."
The division jumped into the hole one by one, Sasuke being the last to jump in. He looked to Naruto and reached to poke his forehead. "Take it easy, dobe."
Naruto smiled as the raven sunk. When he disappeared, another breath of air was inhaled. Please don't die, Teme, he thought.
So far they were doing okay. No deaths just yet. Soon the first, fifth, and second division would head out to confront any threats in Kumo and the land of Frost.
It was a hard burden to keep, having been a young leader and hoping no one died under him.
Haruto's voice broke within. Wait until I get there. Soon the battlefield you remain on will lay quiet, a graveyard of the unburied. Their corpses will lay among the forget-me-nots.
But, my flesh, you have a chance. While they are dead, while their mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters wait in vain, the sun will still rise, grandson. You and me.
Don't get so close to them. These men, once boys who played in the yard with sticks and laughed at each other's silly tales, will soon be meat for the eyes will be as immobile as their limbs. Their souls depart to the celestial planes to walk with the ancestors. The battle will be lost, but you and I will win.
Naruto shuddered. He wouldn't lose to him.
Night had fallen. Night had fallen and five of them died.
Five men and women of the Allied Shinobi Forces. Naruto felt bad.
A hand touched his shoulder and the blond looked up, staring into the single concerned eye of Kakashi, Gai stood behind him, watching and concerned as well.
Naruto put his head down. "Five of the Allied shinobi forces were killed today." he mumbled.
Kakashi sighed. "You didn't kill them, Naruto."
"By my command-"
"If you want to be hokage, you need to understand that men and women will always die by your command. It's the way of the world and it's inevitable."
Gai sighed. "Maybe you're not fit to be hokage, Naruto."
The blond glared. "I am fit to be hokage. I've always been fit to be hokage. It's just…." He trailed off.
Gai sat next to Naruto, pulling Kakashi on the other side. "It's just what, Naruto?"
The blond sighed, faced with the extremities of adulthood. "I was going to say I'm just a kid, but all that's gone now. I became an adult when I was molested. When I witnessed my clan disappear. I became an adult a long time ago. There's no excuse for my call."
"What you need is a night of sleep, Naruto. Think when the war is over and don't beat yourself up, understand."
The blond nodded and stood, treading quietly to his tent. "And Naruto."
He turned back to Kakashi. "Get some sleep tonight. I think this is the only night you have. With your shadow clones detecting the White Zetsu clones, we'll be safe for the night."
"Hai." He slipped within his tent, Stripping into his underwear quickly, and laying on his back with a heavy sigh.
Eleven o'clock morphed into twelve and then one. The time trickled by, marked only by those changing glowing numerals. Naruto's mind was blank; where there should be dreams is a heavy blackness. He was tired but he could not sleep.
Wondering if Itachi, Nekoda, and Gaara were okay. If his men and women were okay. If Sasuke was sleeping well in his tent. If he himself would die tomorrow? He was sure the world would mourn him. Create statues of him. Place him into books. Make him a God.
Naruto sighed. The usefulness of his thoughts evaporated some time ago, yet his mind churned on in the darkness like a runaway motor. When the Jinchuuriki started trying to do math with curry in his head, he knew things were bad.
The sleeplessness was his torture. While the rest of the world embraced their dreams, their eight hours of rest, Naruto lay awake, chasing Haruto and thinking of ways to stay alive.
He tensed and grabbed hold of his staff as a body came near his tent. He couldn't even sense their chakra. Just as he let light leave his fingertips, Sasuke slipped inside with nothing but his boxers on and a small lamp in his hand.
He jumped next to Naruto, instantly laying his head on the blond's arm and facing him. "I couldn't sleep either."
Eventually, the raven stopped concealing his chakra. They lay their for a good half hour, neither sleeping, but now comfortable.
Eventually Sasuke spoke in a quiet whisper. "I don't know how this battle will end. I don't know if the both of us will make it out alive. But, I want you to know that you're so important to me."
Naruto let the other teen continue.
"In the land of Hot Water, Hinata told me some things and I started to realize, you know?"
Naruto said nothing and he didn't know. Being honest with himself, Naruto had no idea what his friend was on about.
"You're important to me, dobe."
Another silence ensued. Calm and beautiful. Another half hour passed and Naruto was sure it had to be two in the morning.
He'd have to take soldier pills the next day.
He almost believed Sasuke to be asleep in his quiet slumber. Breathing softly near Naruto's armpit.
Almost.
It began with a hand. Right on his left ab. Those slender fingers moved to the middle of his core stomach and inched down.
Slowly. Slower.
It did not clench when it reached the top of his boxers. It did not squirm away when it's fingers ran over the blond hair peaking out.
Naruto tensed slightly, unsure and uncertain if it was all real. The fingers reached slowly into his boxers touching him all over. Exploring him.
"Sasuke." His voice came out raspy and shattered all air within.
He looked over wide eyed and confused. Almost relieved that Sasuke's dark eyes were staring back at him.
"Can we…" He began quietly. "Can we be selfish tonight and think about us? I don't want anything to happen without showing you how much I love you."
Naruto closed his mouth.
It began with sealing their chakra and killing the lamp the raven brought in. And then the silence barrier so no sound could pass the tent walls.
And then the kissing. Kissing while Sasuke's hand was still within his underwear. Naruto stayed over the Uchiha and he leaned in a little closer, their foreheads touching.
Dear god, he couldn't fight against the thoughts that were going through him. Sasuke's very smell was flooding his senses now. He couldn't resist the Uchiha.
They began innocently and then not innocently. Not like a tease, but hot, fiery, passionate, and demanding.
Sasuke's removed his hand only to clasp his legs around the Namikaze's waist. It didn't stop there. The Uchiha yanked Naruto toward him with his legs, making them fill every part of their body.
"Sasuke" Naruto whispered slowly, prolonging each letter as if to savor them. Sasuke stopped kissing him.
The blond leaned back, afraid he'd done something wrong, only to find Sasuke staring with a content and soft smile.
He was blushing deeply, his whole body turning a beet red. Thus, he clasped his hands on either side of Naruto's face and pulled him in.
The next part had been awkward and embarrassing.
Slow and unbearable. But they wouldn't stop here.
Naruto first could not find where to place himself within the Uchiha, unsure if the raven had a hole at all. It was embarrassing to have Sasuke grab him full and guide him in. Of course, it hurt Sasuke to a great extent. The stretching, the pushing, it all hurt too much.
And Naruto's animalistic instinct nearly kicked in as they waited awkwardly for the Uchiha to adjust.
Not to mention the first movement for the virgins. Naruto didn't know exactly how and where to move, accidently pulling out several times, where they had to repeat.
But those moments were temporary and overshadowed by the power they held for one another.
Their movements were a dance. A ritual. And Sasuke was so loud, louder than the grunts Naruto let out.
Three a.m. turned to four. And they still refused to sleep.
Longer into the early morning and Sasuke held Naruto intimately close, buried his sweaty face and damp hair into Naruto's shoulder, and tightened his legs around Naruto's waist with each intake.
Here was Sasuke offering everything. He looked into Naruto's demon's eyes and smiled. He fell for everything Naruto assumed he'd fear. Sasuke wanted to see inside Naruto's mind. By doing this, he wanted to see the twisted thoughts, the monsters, the horrors that kept Naruto screaming at night. He wanted to meet the demons within and hear everything they whispered into Naruto's ear. He wanted his own demons to fall in love with Naruto's so they could be left the hell alone.
Naruto was in love with him. So in love with him. Not because he danced well with the blond's angels, but for the way the sound of his name could silence Naruto's demons. And Naruto's demons, though quiet, were never quite silenced. Calm as they were, they always crawled in the back of his ear. Sasuke's demons were there as well, they were just beautifully wrapped in his skin. He was Naruto's angel. Naruto's angel with black wings, a crooked halo, and fallen into hell. He was Naruto's chaos.
Sasuke smiled against Naruto's neck. "I love you."
Naruto choked.
"Don't...don't cry, dobe."
"I love you too, Sasuke."
Slowly, They became entwined, their hearts fusing into one, while their bodies moved to the rhythmic sounds of the murmurs of sweet nonsense in their ears.
It was delightful and it remained delightful until they grew exhausted. Sasuke curled into Naruto, their panting slowing by the minutes.
Eventually the raven spoke in a murmur. "That was the best thing ever. I loved it. I loved it so much."
Naruto smiled and leaned over, playfully biting the Uchiha's hair. "Then let's do it again."
Sasuke laughed loudly and covered his mouth. "No. We have to sleep, dobe."
"Sasuke?"
"Hn."
"When did you realize? When did you realize you loved me?"
Sasuke said nothing for a moment. "I think it was always there. Even when we were younger. Back then, it was distinguishable from lust. Our passion bonded us together, our laughter and our good times kept us happy.
Then you went away, for three years, and I ceased to function as I had before. There was hole, an emptiness where you had been. I missed you. My illusion that we were in a carefree relationship fell away, a future without you was no future at all.
You were part of my being, your friendship had seeped into my skin and rested in my bones. The bond that had been invisible until that moment became obvious, tangible and robust in Wave Country.
I had never understood love before, but now all I want is to promise myself to you for the rest of my life, to honour you, nurture you, keep you in sickness and health. I wanted to wake up with you for the rest of my life, to be your partner, your true friend, your love."
Sasuke turned to Naruto, staring at his crooked grin. "Haku had told me once. But today, a darkling was behind while I was fighting. You're shadow clone tackled me before I got hit. Hinata told me it was love. She told me it happened because your shadow clone knew how important I was to you."
Naruto rested his head against Sasuke's.. "And she told you right."
I really hope you guys liked this. Please don't feel that Sasuke and Naruto are moving too fast. Know that you've waited so many chapters for this. And Naruto has waited with you. I know that Sasuke wanted this to happen if one of them died in the war, but this isn't just some fling guys. Sasuke has truly loved Naruto and this is when he wanted to act upon it.
My thoughts right now: I actually liked when Naruto cried during their love making. Because he's waited so long for Sasuke. Realize that Naruto has hurt for some time too. Don't forget that he always believed no one would love him because of his monstrosity. So, I'm really happy for him.
Don't hesitate to review. I think few people told me things for last chapter. Hn.
PS. Thanks for reviewing, Kaz. Even though I fucked it up, thanks for reviewing. hehe.