Yeah yeah yeah I'm late blah blah blah lol I was injured and then distracted so sue me, I say that because I know you wont! HA! anyways on with the show.
Sasuke reclined in his chair, it was good being the 'king', an entire day had passed since the incident and no one was pointing a finger at him or his gang. The girl was being rather cooperative, hardly saying anything other than the occasional 'I have to pee' or 'Can I have some food?' Kiba was tending to her every need, running to and fro in order to please his goddess. Of course they had all, except for Shikimaru, gone to class that after noon and Kiba had wailed the entire way there. After classes the brunette had nearly by passed the cars to run back to base, and Sasuke had no doubt he'd be able to beat them there if he wanted. The thought of Kiba's feet catching fire as he ran full out made Sasuke smile.
The phone rang bringing him out of his happy daze, he waited for three rings and answered. "Hello."
"Hello little brother." Itachi held an air of control and dominance even over the phone. "How's our guest doing."
Sasuke wondered if his older brother even cared, more than likely he was just worried about his pay day. "Fine."
There was a pause during which Sasuke pictured the man eyeing a speck of dirt under his nail. "Wonderful, the client has informed me that there might be a bit of surprise for you."
Sasuke waited for Itachi to continue but when it became obvious the bastard was waiting for Sasuke to beg he had no choice but to oblige. "Care to elaborate?"
"Well if you must know he mentioned something about the girl's health and possible bodily changes and that was it."
"What kind of change?" Sasuke picked up a pen and twirled it between his fingers like a miniature baton.
"Didn't say. I have things to do, I'm sure whatever he was talking about will be obvious sooner or later. Ta ta little brother." and he hung up.
Sasuke rolled his eyes and tossed his phone back onto the desk, leaning back and sliding a hand down his face. There went his nice relaxing evening. It was as if whatever god was watching over him didn't want him to have any kind of peace proven by the knock n his door that disturbed him further.
"Who is it?"
"The big bad wolf." Kiba poked his head in and smirked at his friend. "What are you doin' all cooped up in here?" the door was pushed open the rest of the way and Gaara forced his way into the room.
"What indeed." He put his hands on his hips and pouted, "It's only been one day and already you're slacking off."
"That's not what I meant!" Kiba flailed his arms around, "I don't want anyone else to take care of Nao I'll do it all!" the brunette stormed out of the room, muttering something about how no one else would be able to touch his princess while she was a guest.
"So touchy." Gaara leaned over the desk, resting his elbows on the surface so that he was face to face with the Uchiha. "So why are you hiding all mighty ring leader?"
Sasuke leaned forward bringing their noses only centimeters apart, as he spoke his breath ghosted across the red head's face. "Do you miss me 'Rusty'? Want me to come out and play?"
Gaara smirked and swayed his hips from side to side, "I love it when you use my little pet name." he purred.
Neji knocked on the already open door, and leaned against its frame. "Am I interrupting?" his voice was a bit edgy, but then again it always was.
The red head rolled his elegant head to the side and caught his lover's eye, "Don't be jealous darling, but you know I can't resist a little Sasuke love." but seeing the genuine unease etched on his boyfriend's face he stood up straight and stretched before walking over and wrapping his arms around the taller boy's waist. "I'm just trying to convince our friend to come out and spend some quality time with us."
Neji didn't reply he just draped his arm over the other's shoulder and guided him back out of the room, "Come on Uchiha."
Sasuke sat back and took a deep breath. He wanted to get up and go spend time with his friends, but that meant facing the reality of his life. That he was in a run down house which he would be stuck in until Itachi called and told him what to do. Not that he minded the company, but the circumstances were less than ideal. The whole thing had been completely last minute, luckily the team had pulled it off perfectly, of course, but that didn't change the fact that Itachi had all but forced him to accept the 'mission'. Sasuke groaned and pinched the bridge of his nose between two fingers. Maybe the group could go on a shopping trip later and spruce up the place. A glance around the room made Sasuke realize the old mansion seriously needed a face lift.
"Are you coming sweet heart?" Gaara poked his head back in and beckoned to the brunette with his index finger.
One last look at the cracked paint on the wall made up the Uchiha's mind, "We are going shopping."
"Oh goodie!" Gaara clapped like an excited little girl and skipped back out into the common area.
Sasuke walked out to find his friends scattered here and there in the living room. It dawned on him that maybe they should go get a tv, how had they survived 24 hours without one? "Let's go."
"Some one has to stay and watch Nao, genius." Kiba was standing in front of the door that lead down to the basement where their prisoner was being held.
"And you want that to be you?" Neji cocked a delicate brow at his friend, he knew Kiba was capable of serving the star but he wasn't so sure the boy would be able to keep his head and remember that the girl was their captive.
"What you think I can't do it?" Kiba huffed and put his hands on his hips, "I can do anything! And that includes watching over the hottest girl in the world!"
The others gave him a look that could loosely be translated to 'you're an idiot' and then began discussing who would actually be the one to stay behind.
"Don't ignore me! I'm Ki-" a hand clapped over his mouth and the person it was attached to yanked him away from the door. The brunette realized Neji had just stopped him mid rant and that only made him want to rant more. He fought that palm that covered his lips, quickly reverting to acting like an infant and biting into the soft skin, as a result he was thrown up against the wall with a grunt.
Neji was glaring daggers but Kiba met the look with equal ferocity. "Mutt." Neji brought his bitten hand up and examined it, the skin hadn't broken but there were clear teeth marks, and saliva coated the area. Being that he was a generally even tempered young man and the room was filled with other people, and Kiba was his friend Nej kept his anger in check. Deciding to just give the kid a little pay back. The slimy hand slid down the shorter boy's face, who squirmed and sputtered pushing at Neji's limb.
Sasuke and Gaara chuckled, knowing that it would take a lot to make Neji retaliate in any kind of malicious way. "Kiba you should really keep your voice down, especially when just on the other side of the door you're standing by is out prisoner." the red head rolled his eyes when he saw the realization leak into the boy's brown eyes.
"Oops."
"Now you see why we can't leave you here mutt?" Neji excused himself to the bathroom to wash up, feeling rather disgusting having remnants of someone else's cold spit between his fingers.
Kiba bowed his head, angry with himself that he had made such a simple mistake knowing that he had just cost himself an after noon alone with his idol. "Yeah, I'll be in the car." he moped out the door, shoving his hands in his pockets for added effect.
"Poor puppy." Shikamaru gave a rare smirk of playfulness, "I'll stay, just get me some good begging."
Sasuke nodded and grabbed his keys off the counter that extended between the living room and kitchen. Noticing for the first time that if the house wasn't in such a state of shambles that maybe he would actually like it, there was a very open feel to the whole place. "Let's go."
They all piled into the SUV Sasuke had purchased under the table yesterday and headed off to the farthest store, for obvious reasons they didn't want to be seen buying a mass amount of home improvement products some where near by that would draw attention to their actual location.
Shikimaru closed his eyes and yawned wide. This lot would be the end of his some day, then again he could just be being over dramatic. A soft smile graced his thin lips giving him the appearance of a rather happy sleeping child. But under that innocent facade was the mind of a genius, he was thinking about their plan, or rather pondering their lack of a plan. He always liked to be prepared, and waiting for Itachi's instruction didn't suit him one bit. Perhaps he should get up and explore, then again the old lazy boy recliner they had bough second hand at the last minute was rather comfortable. But the knowledge that he was completely at someone else's will kept creeping to the fore front of his mind, making him fidget.
Soon enough he was tired of fighting off the stray thought and sluggishly got up to go take a better look around. He'd start outside, and work his way in and then down. With hands in pockets he walked slowly to the end of the drive, memorizing the number of steps it took to get to the knocked over mail box. The exterior of the house was less than exciting; a dull white door that had grayed around the corners over the corners, windows that were old and dirty some were even cracked or shattered where maybe a kid's ball had crashed through, the roof's shingles were black and grungy missing completely in some areas, and the lawn was over grown to the point that ivy vines were crawling up the side of the house reaching almost half way to the roof at the front left corner. There was a porch that stretched to the two front corners lined with a wooden railing, half the posts were gone and what was left was covered in chipped off white paint.
Shikamaru took a walk around the building. It was a perfectly square house, the family that had commissioned it had probably been wanting something more 'American' as that style was rather popular a couple years ago. Shikimaru walked another 100 feet out and on his next trip round found that there was a small patch of dense trees and situated roughly in the middle was a steadily flowing brook. He decided then and there that he liked this land, even the boring house. Maybe in the future the gang could make this place one of their actual hang outs. His perfect eye sight checked the surroundings for any houses, a beaten up shed that was on the last leg of its life was about half way between the house and the group of Sakura trees. But other than that he could just barely make out the roofs of distant houses. As the boy walked back to the house he wondered why someone would go through the trouble of buying all this wide open space, custom design a home and then just leave. A thought for another time.
The inside of the house was in even worse condition. Peeling wall paper was the case in just about every room. When he walked through the front door (locking it behind him) Shikamaru could see straight into the living room. There were two walls of cabinets to his left, the fridge was nestled in a corner, a large island with the stove and sink in the middle of the room and then off to the right was a decent sized walk in pantry. The ceiling was cracked and bits had fallen to shatter on the old cheap fake tile floor. The living room was a generous size taking up about half of the down stairs area. The other half made up of one bedroom, which apparently Sasuke had claimed for himself, a full bath and a den that if need be could be turned into another bedroom. The stairs were placed between the pantry and the the door to the basement and were old and creaked as Shikamaru climbed to the second floor.
The boy's clearly hadn't paid much attention to the condition of the house that they would be staying, Shikamaru supposed they focused mostly on location, which admittedly was more important, but the large hole in the floor that greeted him when he reached the landing was a little concerning. He whipped out his cell phone, quickly typed in 'get plywood' and sent the message to Neji. Past the hole was a hallway and at the end of the hall way was a large window that would have let in much needed light has it not been so grimy. The lay out of the upstairs area seemed to be highly functional and convenient. The corridor cut across the middle of the house two bedrooms on one side a bathroom and a bedroom on the other, there was a hall closet next to what looked like a laundry chute, thought the door was broken and it would undoubtedly need repair. All the rooms were the same, the people who had owned this place not only lacked loyalty to the building they had built but also creativity and imagination. Then again maybe they just got bored with the house and left to find some inspiration.
Shikamaru shrugged as he walked through, opening the windows where ever he went, careful to not break the already damaged glass, so that the space could air out. His tour was about over now, mental map nearly complete. All that was left was the basement, and to be honest that was the area he was looking forward to the most.
The door opened easily enough, hinges squeaking a tad. He flipped on the light switch which casted an eerie glow on the nearly rotted through steps. Down in the dark some where off in a corner was a washer and dryer that he had seen during his first inspection of the home. He'd also seen a spare fridge but hadn't dared to open it. Finally, carefully constructed along the back half was a make shift room. A wall had been erected the day before Nao's arrival. They'd brought in a bed a humidifier and the minimal amount of bedding, all of which was a hassle to get down the narrow stairs.
Shikamaru pushed aside the drape that was serving the purpose of a door. The girl was laying on her bed, actually she didn't have any choice her wrists were tied to a pipe that ran the wall above her head. She was asleep, he pronounced breasts rising and falling steadily. The brunette walked over and stood next to her he watched her plump red lips open slightly to inhale deeply and then close as she exhaled through her nose. His fingers carefully moved the white cloth that was covering her eyes, what was the harm she was asleep.
His heart stopped when bright blue cut through the darkness. She was awake.
"Shika?"
"Fuck..." Shikamaru lost his cool and roughly tugged the material back over her wide blue eyes.
She couldn't see him now, so it could all be erased.
"I know you're there." Naruto shifted his legs, trying to maneuver himself into a position that would ease the soreness out of his spine.
Shika's mouth moved but no words came out, it would just make it worse. The only thing he could do now was... run.
Naruto listened to the retreating foot steps, his head reeling with the information that he'd just gathered. The voices he'd heard before had sounded familiar and now it made sense. His mind quickly put a face to each of the people he'd heard, Sasuke and Neji and Kiba and now Shika so he assumed the rest were up stairs as well. A sense of betrayal welled up in his chest, he thought they were his friends. The group had been so nice and inviting, especially Kiba! The kid had all but whipped out his dick and started jacking off on his face. Ok that was a bit of an exaggeration but he was allowed to go over board right now. And what about Sasuke! Naruto thought that they'd had a connection, if not emotional at least physical so why was the bastard heading up his kid napping? Naturally the first thing he thought of was since he had refused the proud Uchiha that the egotistical prick had decided to take him without his permission. But he quickly forced the notion from his brain, deciding that Sasuke wasn't that crazy and he wasn't worth all this trouble.
Naruto whimpered, a tear rolling down his cheek. He had already decided to be submissive and just go along with what ever his captors wanted. But something was different now, he wasted to scream and fight and be a total ass hole. His eyes narrowed behind the blind fold. These sons of bitches would pay!
Up stairs Shikamaru was pacing, he had made a rare mistake, one that would cost them dearly if not completely destroy their plans.
The front door handle jiggled drawing the brunette's attention to his friends as they filed through the door arms loaded with new things. "We're home!"
Ok so I'm sorry that it didn't seem like much happened in this chapter but it was just a kind of informational section so that you could get a lay out of the house where they're at, a little fore shadowing and now Naruto knows who has him!