Hello again! Sorry it's been so long but a certain past is revealed in this chapter so hopefully that'll keep this interesting! If you have and questions please ask and I will either answer them or include the answer in the next chapter!
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My mind was reeling, unable to process what I was seeing. My…parents were standing in front of me, completely fine. I pressed the palms of my hands to my eyes, recalling the fiery car that had been their death. "No," I whispered. "No, you're not real. You wouldn't have left me there if you were still alive." I choked out, unable to stop my trembling body from pressing against Sasuke's.
"Na-Na," the man, my father, began. "We know it's painful-"
"You don't know anything!" I barked out, suddenly standing with one hand clenched on my shirt over my pounding heart and the other fisted by my side. "I would've died there if Iruka hadn't found me!" At the mention of his name, Iruka's ears flattened as he and Kakashi came cautiously into the room. "Those people," I spat the word with as much hatred as Itachi had used when addressing the Kitsune, "nearly killed me on a regular basis. All because I was the fucking Namikaze spawn!"
My breathing was coming in fast, rapid pants and I knew I wasn't getting enough air but I could care less. The hurt was boiling just beneath the surface an there was no stopping it now. I was filled to the brim, unable to control myself as I felt my eyes bleed red.
A growl forced its way out of my throat and then I was crouching where I was, face filled with pain as my body pulsed and my stomach roiled. "Naruto." Sasuke's voice penetrated the static that filled my ears. I felt them twitch in his direction and my body stopped shuddering almost immediately. His tone of voice was calm and soothing, exactly what I needed at this very moment. "Come here." From the corner of my eye I saw his arms open wide, inviting and I so desperately wanted to settle into them but my body refused to obey me, instead staying frozen where I was crouched. He growled, low in his throat but enough for me to hear the demand in his voice and I flinched answering with my own inhuman whine, trying to get him to understand my predicament.
He sighed and moved forward, capturing my chest against his own as my arms finally gave out. I whimpered into the smooth column stretched before me, feeling the reverberations from Sasuke's comforting growl roll through my body before his fangs grazed over my neck and Sasuke's 'Sleep' pulled my mind into darkness.
Everyone POV!
Naruto's body stiffened for a mere millisecond before it slumped into Sasuke's arms. Sasuke's fangs slipped out of Naruto's neck, leaving a small trail of blood before it was quickly lapped away and healed. Sasuke stood, glaring at the Kitsune in his room.
"Maybe we should continue this somewhere else?" Sasuke growled out, no question intended as he limped to the bed, placing Naruto gently on it before searching for clothes as the blue man set Itachi roughly on his feet.
"I'm not leaving my son up here with no defense." Minato said lowly, his eyes moving swiftly from Naruto's unconscious form to Kushina's grave expression.
Sasuke snorted,"There's no way I was going to leave him here by himself with you lot around. Knowing you, you'd try to take him while we were 'at a draw'," he said as he strolled over to Naruto's body and leaned over his form.
"Naru-chan," He whispered, hands sliding under the lithe boy's body only to have said boy's tails wrap around his wrist and pull him closer.
"Sasu..." Naruto moaned in his sleep and Sasuke couldn't help but smirk when he heard the Kitsune hiss.
"Put your arms around me, I'll carry you." Sasuke purred against his ear. The boy immediately complied, his arms lifting in his unconscious state as he was lifted into strong arms. He immediately sought the comfort of Sasuke's neck, inhaling deeply before relaxing and falling into an even deeper slumber.
Sasuke's tail swished in triumph as he walked out of the room, his tail intertwining the few of Naruto's that hadn't wrapped around his waist, holding them snuggly together. An annoyed huff reached Sasuke's ears and the smirk that played along his mouth was due to the face that he knew he had control of the situation. The patter of footsteps following after him only proved him right.
After a couple of minutes of winding corridors they stopped in front of a set of double doors. "If you please." Sasuke gestured with his head to the doors as the group came to a stop behind him. The blue skinned man, Kisame, rolled his eyes and opened the door for them. Once inside, Sasuke sat in an armchair, his choice obviously warding off any other contact with his mate curled in his arms.
The Kitsune's sat on the closest sofa to Sasuke, scooting to the end as far as they could without inciting Sasuke's wrath. Itachi sat poised on the armchair opposite Sasuke while Kisame shut the door and plunked himself onto the sofa.
Silence reigned for what seemed like an eternity before it was finally broken by Itachi. "Well?" He said gruffly.
His prompt was met with a glare from Minato. "I was just about to begin."
Itachi rolled his eyes muttering, "Sure you were."
Minato glared harder, a growl bubbling in his throat that was quickly cut off by Naruto's breathy sigh. His gaze immediately softened upon the sight of his son, even as he sat draped off of a wolf. Naruto was the most beautiful being he had ever seen, well, tied with his wife. His blonde hair, blue eyes, and foxy appendages were the only sign that he was Minato's son. Everything else, from his delicate features to his fierce attitude, was all Kushina.
"We were on our way to Jiraiya's for Christmas," Minato said softly, a smile gracing his face as he continued. "Naruto was so excited he couldn't keep his tails hidden." His smile turned sad then. "I couldn't see out of the side mirrors though and we ended up down the side of a cliff." He ran a hand through his hair as though the memory was haunting him at this very moment. "I truly thought we were going to die so I-I took him to an orphanage and sent Foxfire to Iruka so he could find him." Minato choked out.
Kushina laced her fingers with Minato's. "We woke up a couple of years later only to find that Iruka had found Naruto later than expected and in worse shape than we had left him. He…lost control just before Iruka came and almost killed the other kids there. Gods, if he remembered everything he wouldn't be himself anymore."
"What do you mean?" Itachi questioned, his interest piqued as he leaned forward, elbows on his knees.
"When I found him he was half crazed, locked in a closet of the orphanage. All of the caregivers were too afraid to get close to him and so he was also left half starved. He was suffering so much that I locked his memories away without a second thought, but I'm not perfect and the seal is weak. It's coming back to him, slowly albeit, but it's coming all the same." Iruka said, his gaze never leaving Naruto's form. "Naruto is a gentle person by nature. I'm afraid that when he remembers what all happened it'll crush him." He finished in a whisper and, as if Naruto had sensed what they were talking about, he gave a whimper that tugged the heartstrings of nearly all present, save Kisame who stared ahead bored.
Minato leaned forward, arms outstretched in a desperate attempt to comfort his kit but he paused when Sasuke snarled and clutched his mate tighter, growling soothingly until the whimpers were stopped effectively. Minato leaned back, frustrated and helpless as he watched his kit snuggle into the wolf. "Why didn't you come for him sooner then?" Sasuke said suddenly, the anger in his voice evident.
"We couldn't come and get him without the seal weakening even further. You saw yourself how easily his memories leaked through and we had hardly been present for ten minutes." Kushina said lowly.
"What about the seal? Why couldn't you strengthen it?" Itachi asked a little skeptically.
"We tried to once, and it only proved to weaken the seal immensely. We haven't tried again since." Minato whispered, his eyes lost in a distant memory.
The room quieted a bit before two soft knocks sounded on the outside of the door. "Come in." Itachi called and no sooner had the words left his mouth than the doors burst open and one pissed red head accompanied by a ferocious looking blonde and a goofy looking burnet came into the room.
"Ah, shit." The burnet said scratching deftly at one pointed ear. "We're too late."
"Sorry, Itachi-san," the long haired man said as he entered the room, stopping next to the red head. "They've been here for quite a while and refused to wait any longer."
"It's alright Neji." Itachi nodded.
"Fucking Uchiha! Who the hell do you think you are taking other people mates as your own!?" The red head snarled as he stalked into the room.
"Your mate?" Sasuke snarled as he went to rise, only to stop when a certain blonde wriggled in his lap, blue eyes blinking slowly open.
Sorry about the short chapter but I wanted to get another one out because I know it's been a while:/
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Until Next Time!
…. P.S. Someone PM me if they know any good Tokyo Ghoul Fanfics! I'm hooked and I can't find any0-O
