So sorry it's been so long! I had to take my computer in because my keyboard wasn't working I have a feeling that one of my younger siblings may have spilt something on it but its better now so hopefully I'll be updating more and this one is a tad longer in order to make up for it a little bit!
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Iruka broke the silence, his grip tight on my arm as he practically yanked me across the room. "C'mon, Naruto, we're leaving. Now."
"Let go of him." Sasuke growled, stepping in front of the doorway. Kakashi stood frozen, hand still outstretched; eyes' following Iruka's every move, looking as though he couldn't get enough air.
"You stay away from him!" Iruka shouted, eyes wild, and looking slightly teary as he pulled me roughly behind him. "I don't know what you want with him, but I won't let you have him!"
"Iruka," Kakashi breathed out stepping forward until he had forced Iruka, and in turn me, back against the wall. I could feel Iruka's body trembling, his arms shaking frantically around my shoulders. Kakashi's hand reached up, quivering as he touched Iruka's scar.
"Don't touch me!" Iruka snapped even though his entire body had relaxed underneath Kakashi's fingers. Kakashi's expression hardened. He gripped the back of Iruka's neck so his forehead was resting on against Kakashi's, their noses brushing. I could only watch as my sensei struggled to get away from him.
"St-stop! What are you-!" I yelled before Sasuke cut me off.
"Quiet, Naruto." He barked and my mouth snapped shut. "Come here." My legs jerked to life, pulling me towards him even as Iruka's death grip refused to give up. "Kakashi, do something about your mate. He's bruising mine." My eyes widened as my head snapped back to look at him. His chocolaty brown eyes were huge, staring at me with grief and pain and something akin to shame.
"Please, don't leave me with him." Iruka whispered, shaking his head as we stared at one another.
"Let go of him, love." Kakashi said, his voice clouded with something commanding yet shameless. Iruka's hand trembled as tried to keep his grip on my arm only to release it moments later as if I had burned him.
I heard a faint whimper as my feet propelled me forward. Sasuke grabbed me around the waist, tugging me out of the room and shutting the door behind him, but not before I saw the terror filled eyes of my only family.
He pulled me into his bedroom again, practically tossing me on the bed as he closed the door behind him. "Where did he touch you?" He growled, running his hands down my arms as his eyebrows creased in concern.
I shook him off, brushing away his gentle fingers a little to forcefully. "You said that you wouldn't hurt him! What is Kakashi-san doing with him? You lied to me!" I gasped out tearfully. Iruka looked like he was in so much pain that he couldn't bear to be anywhere near Kakashi and I had just left him in that room. He was doomed now.
Sasuke snapped, his hands anchoring my waist to the bed as he loomed over me. "Calm down." His voice was low and commanding and I immediately felt my muscles relax. "Listen to me now, Naruto." He began, his voice softening as he ran a hand down the side of my face. "Years ago Kakashi claimed a mate, but some…things happened and his mate ran. He's been searching for him ever since then." Sasuke pulled me down so we were lying across the bed, his arms around my waist, clutching me close to his hard body. "I don't know specifics about what happened back then but it seemed as though his mate had just disappeared. Iruka is his mate Naruto, and to have him just show up out of nowhere after years of searching…I can't imagine what he's feeling now." Sasuke's voice was so low it was almost impossible to hear, but because of our close proximity I could hear every mumbled word.
"…Why?" I asked slowly, afraid to disturb his thoughts in fear of inciting some unknown wrath. He looked down at me, his silver eyes softening and his arms pulled me tightly to him as he lowered his head to rest against my own.
"When us wolves claim our mates it's almost, well, painful to be apart from them. If I was separated from you for that long…I-I don't even know what I would do. I don't think I would be able to handle it." He said, nuzzling my jaw and petting my hair gently. My heart thudded in my chest with his words. He sounded so sincere when he muttered them and when he had stumbled over his words I felt my heart clench painfully in my chest.
Something compelled me, and in the next moment, I found my arms wound around his next with my head in the crook between his chin and shoulder. I'm comforting him, I found myself thinking incredulously. Sasuke stiffened for a moment before squeezing me tighter than before and sighing in content.
It was quiet and I found myself dozing and completely comfortable in his arms. I jolted awake when I felt something wet on my cheek. I blinked blearily up into dark silver eyes. "Can you see?" His question startled me for a moment and I stared at him confused. He grinned at me, his white teeth almost blinding in the semi-darkness of the midday sun coming through the window. His smile widened when he lifted his hand, thin wire frames dangled from the tips of his fingers.
My hands flew to my face. "What-?" Sasuke let out a chuckle.
"It's another perk of being my mate. Any physical impairment you may have had, has been healed. That includes these silly things, so now you can't hide that beautiful face anymore." He practically exuded glee, happy that he had done something that he thought I would like. He leaned down, pressing a kiss to the tip of my nose.
"I…don't need my glasses anymore?" I questioned, still disbelieving what I had heard. He nodded before pulling me into a sitting position.
"No, in fact you won't need for anything anymore," Sasuke grinned, his arms resting lightly on my sides.
My face heated as I felt his warm palms moving lower on the giant shirt I was wearing. "I-I'm sorry for taking your shirt without asking." I stuttered, trying to squirm my way out of his grasp nonchalantly.
He nuzzled my neck further, breathing "You can take whatever you want," against my ear and making me shiver. He sniffed at my neck, his nose skimming across sensitive flesh before he pulled away, a slightly worried look gracing his features. "Do you feel alright, Sunshine?"
I cocked my head to the side, not understanding what he was talking about. "I'm fine. Why do you keep calling me that?"
His eyebrows creased a little as he put his forehead against mine. His pale skin felt like ice lying atop my own and I recoiled sharply, it almost burned. "Why are you so cold?" I gasped eyes wide. He didn't respond, merely picking me up and carrying me into a large bathroom I hadn't noticed before.
"Get into the shower." He said hurriedly, turning it on for me as he went out of the room only to poke his head in moments later. "I'll be right back." He reassured me, his eyes a little frantic.
I swallowed hard, unsure of what I should do until finally deciding on getting in, seeing as I hadn't bathed the entirety of my stay here apparently.
The bathroom was huge. Large marble countertops stretched across the wall beside me, which were supported by pure white cabinets. The shower was complete with sliding glass doors and next to it sat the largest tub I had ever seen.
I stepped under the spray only to find the water freezing. I hastily stepped out of the way, fiddling with the knobs to find a temperature I liked. The warm water that filtered from the nozzle soothed the ache in my heart but I soon found myself staring at my skin. The usual golden color was an angry red, seeming to ripple underneath as if something crawled in it. My stomach lurched and in the next moment I was clutching the metal railing, bent over a heaving, sweat pouring down my body only to be washed away by the now freezing water.
I reached for the nozzles again, trying to find a way to turn off the cold water, only to see that it was already off and the hot water on as far as it could go. I shivered, stumbling backwards as a wave of nausea washed over me and my head spun. My feet tangled together and the last thing I remembered was a slowly growing burn in the pit of my stomach as the back of my head connected with a wall.
Sasuke's POV
Something was wrong, terribly wrong and it bothered me to no end that I couldn't figure out what. I darted through the corridors, ears flattened against my head in agitation as I followed Itachi's scent down into the basement. I paused outside of Kakashi's door, considering the scents practically erupting from the locked door before I headed on. Better to leave him to his mate.
"Itachi," I said, trying to put a little venom into my voice, but the panic I had been trying to hide showed in the undertone.
"What is it, Sasuke?" He asked, abandoning his job a interrogating the rogue wolf that had attack my mate. My mate, I repeated to myself, the words and feelings accompanying them so strong and foreign that a snarl escaped me as I glared at the wolf. "Sasuke." Itachi repeated getting my attention.
"My mate, I-," I began, running a hand through my black hair and catching the worried look Itachi gave me as I stumbled over my words. "I don't know what to do. His temperature is so high and he doesn't smell like me yet and it's driving me crazy because I can feel my claim getting weaker with every passing second, and I can smell the lust burning from him right now, but I know that something's happening and it's out of my control and I don't know how to handle it!" I practically screamed the last part, gripping painfully at my hair as I caught my breath after ranting.
Itachi blinked at me, his red eyes staring at nothing and everything as his ears twitched at every sound. He laid a hand on my shoulder, nose tilting up slightly to see if he could smell what I was trying to explain. His eyes widened slightly before he glanced back at me and bolted up the stairs. I followed after him, heart pounding as I a shiver rolled up my spine and the little bubble of panic grew bigger in my chest. I almost ran passed Itachi, who had stopped in front of Kakashi's door and was pounding on it furiously, only to have his arm knock the breath out of me as he kept me in place.
When Kakashi finally opened the door, his growl of outrage shook the whole house. His hair was wild, much like the rest of his appearance and his ears were flat against his skull. "What?!" He snarled, pulling his mate against his side, as said man tried to cover himself, dark cheeks blushing a light pink.
"Calm down, Kakashi. We have a bigger issue at hand and you can have as much time as you need with your mate after we've sorted this out." Itachi snapped before turning his glare on Iruka. "You," He said and Kakashi gripped his mate tighter, fighting the urge to snarl at the other male who dared speak to his beloved that way. "You come from the sacred clan, do you not?" Itachi hissed, something like disgust morphing his features. Iruka stiffened at his words, his chocolate eyes narrowing into slits as his lips pulled back and he hissed at Itachi.
I took a step back, startled that the other were had the nerve to do such a thing but Kakashi growled and Iruka's motions froze in place, his lips still drawn back revealing two sharp canines. The ponytail he had worn before was gone, leaving his dark hair in a halo around his face and displaying the sharp, pointed ears atop his head. What caught me off guard though, were the silver tips and the three bushy tails that thrashed anxiously behind him. "You're not a wolf." I stated in shock, Kakashi looking slightly ashamed yet, adoring at the same time as Itachi looked at him with distaste.
A sudden crash jolted us from silence as Iruka cried out, clutching his wrist before his head snapped back up. He tried to get past Itachi but my brother fixed him with a hard glare, "What's going on?" He demanded, grabbing Iruka's wrist a flipping it face up.
A sun glowed on the inside of his wrist, exactly like the one I had seen on Naruto's stomach. The sudden stench of blood filled the hall and we all stiffened. "Let go of me! Naruto needs me!" Iruka shouted, lashing out in any direction he could until he settled for biting Itachi and running off in the direction of my room. I darted after him, the smell of my mated blood getting stronger as we burst through the bathroom door.
The room was filled with steam so thick it was almost hard to see, and the moment we had walked in our clothes stuck to us like glue. I could feel the others at my back now but I was to numb to move as I watched Iruka pull my mate from the shower.
My body refused to move, my eyes locked onto the red, heated flesh, then onto the blood that covered the blonde hair that had represented the sunshine I had so adored, and finally on the trembling, almost blue lips that were not sucking the air that the small body so desperately needed.
"Naruto!" Iruka was shouting his name over and over but he wouldn't respond. Iruka's tearful, slanted eyes lifted to meet mine. "You bit him, dammit! You did this, now fucking do something!"
His harsh words, although somewhat confusing, were the right thing to spur me out of my stupor. I knelt down beside my lithe love, reaching shaking hands out to raise him up slightly. Fear was gripping me so tightly that it was almost unbearable to breathe. Naruto's head rolled onto the side of his neck, exposing the exact thing I needed. I clamped my teeth down around my claim, blood bursting into my mouth as I sent my own healing salve into my love. It took a few silent moments before he gasped, his blue eyes flying open and his body shuddering.
We were all unprepared for what happened next. A bright, golden light shot out from Naruto's entire frame, sending everyone reeling backwards. From what I could see after I was helped from my dazed sitting position against the cabinets of my sink, we had all gone flying. Iruka lay unconscious beside the tub while Kakashi tried to pull himself from the doorway to his mate. Itachi had been the first to recover, helping me to my feet, where he had had enough sense to pull me behind him before the explosion, a small gash above his eyebrow where the mirror had shattered above us.
My thoughts were muddled but I knew enough to listen to the need to be near my mate. I found golden locks splayed hazardously around a tanned form. Without thinking twice, I pulled him onto my lap, shielding his nudity from the rest as I checked him for and kind of damage.
I was baffled when I felt ears atop his head, he hadn't been a were before and shouldn't have gotten his ears until after we had mated. His ears were as sharp as Iruka's, but Naruto's golden ears couldn't be compared to his any further than that. The golden color at the base of his ears transformed into a soft red then brown and then at the very tip they were as dark as my own. His smooth cheeks were now marred, more like perfected, with three long scratches across each cheek, creating an almost whisker-like appearance. His already angelic features were more pronounced, his petite frame looking even more delicate yet fuller and a bit more masculine at the same time. He was breathtaking, and he was mine.
A moan pulled my attention back to the now parted, deliciously pink lips and the sharp teeth that peaked out from his mouth as he yawned and arched his back, snuggling deeper into my lap, to my pleasure. "Sasuke…" Naruto groaned, his cheek flushing a delightful pink.
"Get away from him," Iruka growled at me, struggling to stand up and leaning heavily on Kakashi.
I merely glanced at him before something flashed in the corner of my vision. My eyes widened as I watched every one of Naruto's nine tails flick and twitch where he lay in my arms, some reaching up and tickling my face while the others wrapped around Naruto's cooling body.
"Little brother, step away from the Kitsune." Itachi said lowly, his voice commanding but I stayed still, clutching Naruto closer to me, feeling his body heat up.
"He's mine," I growled, eyes flashing as Itachi stepped forward, his nose wrinkled in disgust.
"You don't understand, Otōto. We are not meant to get along. That's why you brought about his shift years before it should've happened." Itachi said, stepping forward again only to be blocked by Iruka.
"He's right, wolves and foxes were made to fight not to love." Iruka said quietly, hands clenched at his side as he glanced at Kakashi, whose face was hidden fully behind his black mask.
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