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Warning: Yaoi/Shounen ai, rape, abuse, death, angst, OOC, and maybe a little self mutilation. .
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Naruto charters though if I did Naruto would be a Yaoi manga!
Main Pairing: Sasu/Naru Yay!
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When you get what you want but not what you need
"Life does not cease
to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious
when people laugh."
-George Bernard Shaw
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3 years later...
"You're special Sasuke, more then you'll ever know."
Sasuke closed his eyes in a feeble attempt to get his mother's voice from his head and the image from his broken mind. Instead the sight of her bloody broken body appeared before his eyes her eye lids held open with pins and her once beautiful face cut upwards at the mouth to form a smile like wound. Sasuke had gone into his parent's room to ask her something about what she had said before the ceremony only to find her dead and hanging for the ceiling from her own hair. All along her body were 'x' shaped cut that had been made with scissors while one hand and one foot had been cut off then sown back on but in the other's place. Blood slowly dripped from her body into the already made puddle on the what used to be nice hard wood floors. Sasuke had stepped forward, eyes wide with horror, only to slip and fall into that deep red blood. It had been everywhere it seemed. Covering his hands and face in blood soon mixed with his own tears. Who knew the human body could bleed so much.
"You have a power that no one else has inside you. You can change the world be it for good or evil. "
Sasuke ripped at his ears trying to get the voice out of his head will he sat in a tight ball in his parent's old bedroom. After Mikoto's death his Father couldn't sleep there anymore.
"Never forget, no matter what, that I will always be here for you."
A strange sound somewhere between a cry and a whimper crawled it's way into the body's throat until he couldn't help but let the noise escape though his lips. It bounced off the walls echoing though the open door and into the dark hallway. Sasuke cradled his head in his lap rocking back and forward. With each movement it got more violent as he saw his mother in his mind making his back hit the wall. Soon a loud thumping joined his sobs echoing down the halls in time with the drips of the blood in his head. 'Drip, drip, drip' 'thump, thump, thump'.
Itachi appeared in the doorway his expression blank until he saw his brother who was still ripping at himself. Dark red blood started to run in rivers down the sides of his head as his nails dug deep trails in his soft flesh. Itachi's mask cracked slightly lets a few emotions run across his face before he went to his brother. "Otouto," Itachi sighed kneeling in front of his brother firmly holding the younger boy still with his hands. "Calm down. Otouto stop it."
Sasuke stopped as soon as he felt his brother's hands on his shoulders. He looked up with unshed tears in his eyes but in his eyes he didn't see his brother. He was the dead face of his mother, his Okaasan. Shaking his head violently Sasuke started rocking again, this time less violently, as he tried to block the images out of his mind. "Okaasan... I-I.."
Itachi gently pulled his brother against his chest trying to calm his down. "Sh, here Otouto. Just take the medicine." Itachi took three various sized pills from his pocket putting them up to Sasuke's mouth and slowly pushing them against his mouth. Sasuke opened without really meaning to and Itachi shoved them in before holding Sasuke's mouth shut with his hand. He only let go when he felt Sasuke swallow the pills.
Sasuke started to drift to sleep as the strong sleeping pill took over his exhausted body. He relaxed against his brother's chest closing his eyes and exhaling all his pent up anger and sadness. "N...No... Your not here... You'll never be here." Pain flashed across Itachi's face though his cracked mask before his was squashed out as cold over took Itachi once again.
Picking up Sasuke Itachi carried him to his bedroom and put him in the large fluffy bed. As he pulled up the covers over the broken boy Itachi's eyes narrowed and without turning spoke to the man in the doorway. "What are you doing Orochimaru?" The man's voice was cold as he spoke to the snake man but his eyes never left his brother's now peaceful face.
"Temper Temper.. I was just coming to see how Sasuke-kun is. He was making so much noise it woke the entire house." The snake chuckled and barely flinched when a kunai flew past his face almost cutting it (It would be to cliché if it had cut him . ).
"You stay away from him." Itachi warned his as she stood with one shoulder to Orochimaru and the other facing his sleeping brother. His black eyes flashed to red but with a blink switched back to black. "You think I don't know what your doing? If you try anything I wont be hesitate to kill you." Without another word Itachi slammed the door in the Snake's face locking it in one swift motion. Yawning Itachi sat on the sofa in the far all of the room getting ready for yet another all night watch to make you that Sasuke doesn't wake up and freak out again and that the damn Snake wouldn't try anything (That doesn't sound right. Arg damn my bad grammar!).
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3 years later...
Naruto stood in front of the Uchiha palace walls eyes wide and a small slip of paper in his hands. After pushing a strand of unruly blond hair from his face and swallowing his nervousness Naruto started for the gates. The guards stopped him asking for his business and Naruto handed one of them the paper Iruka had given him. "I-I'm here to see about a job?" Naruto half said half asked as the guard looked over the paper then pointed him in the direction he guessed was where he needed to be. "Domo," Naruto muttered taking the paper back and walking though the gates without waiting for a reply not that he would have gotten much of one.
The walkway leading to the palace doors was huge almost large enough to fit three carriages side by side and was lined with Sakura trees. The path was made of white bricks and halfway though the walkway split to go around a huge fountain with statues depicting a Dragon and Phoenix locked in battle with each other (Too lazy to describe it right now. I might write something in later. --). Naruto found the fountain beautiful but also thought it was funny because the legion of the Uchiha family was that they descended from the dragons. Naruto's main focus was on the phoenix though finding the best slightly fimilar in a way and that feeling confused him.
Naruto walked up to the fountain dipping his hand into the cool waters watching it ripple around his fingers before calming becoming the smooth and calm surface again. Naruto's attention wandered from the water to to the dragon and a small necklace around it's neck. The shine of the gold caught his eye and curiously he tried to lead in to get a better look at the jewelry. From where he was it looked like some kind of locket but the thing Naruto wondered the most was why it was there. Naruto was busy pondering that question when a cough from his side surprised him and he almost fell into the water.
"What are you doing here?" Naruto turned to look at the person to match the cold voice with an equally cold and the slightly angry face or Itachi.
"Ano.. I was sent by Iruka about a job.. Gomen I just got distracted by the fountain is all." Naruto tried to explain but the look on the other man's face told him that it was useless. "Ano..."
Itachi turned ignoring the other man as he started for the palace. "Well are you coming or not?" Itachi snapped when Naruto didn't make any move to follow him. With a nervous swallow and a slight nod the blond ran after Itachi and through the large double doors.
"You will be working as my Otouto's servant and part time nurse until I can find him another one." Itachi said in a brisk business like manner and continued without giving the blond a chance to speak. "You are not to talk to him unless spoken to first, you are to give him his medicine twice a day once in the evening and once at night, you are not to stare or talk back, and you will never under any circumstances mention blood or anything of the sort around him. If you happen to get an injured while working with him, and trust me you most likely will, you are to leave immediately and tell Ino or any of the other place workers about it so they can take care of Sasuke before anything else. Understood?"
Itachi turned suddenly to face the confused Naruto who was desperately trying to remember everything the older man had said. Naruto gave a slight nod which was enough for Sasuke to continue leading Naruto deeper into the huge manor. "Now I must remind you that you were given this job under the understanding that you would be about to handle it. If you find yourself incapable or you think you might not be able to do this then leave now. I must also remind you that since Iruka was the one to recommended you that if anything should go wrong not only you but he as well will be punished according to the severity of the crime. Understood." This time it was more of an order rather then a question and all the poor boy could do was follow after Itachi.
They entered a large kitchen with people crowded everywhere cooking, cleaning, or getting a quick bite to eat before going back to work. Itachi rubbed his temples as he tried to erase his splitting headache from the night before. Sasuke's episodes were starting to get worse and they needed more and more drugs to keep them even slightly under control. Then with their father's sudden illness Itachi was running the country and the palace on little to no sleep.
"Ino." Itachi muttered his eyes scanning the room for the young girl without luck. "Ino... Ino!" Itachi shouted which was vary uncommon for him to be doing until recently. A loud bang came from a cabinet for across the room and a young woman with long blond hair and pale blue eyes appeared rubbing her head and whispering a string of curses.
"Y-yes Itachi-sama?" Ino said quickly setting the pane she had been looking for on the counter and running over to the prince. Her blond hair was pulled into a high ponytail tied and ran down past her shoulders and stopping at mid back. Her clothes were like most of the other servants plain black pants with a white shirt and Naruto thought that maybe it was a dress code or something.
"It is Sasuke new servant. I need you to explain everything to him and show him where he will be staying and explain the medicine. Sasuke is currently sleeping so in after everything else take him up to see meet him." Ino nodded understanding her job perfectly since she's had to do it so many times. Sasuke had a habit of scaring away all the doctors and nurses that came his way until they were forced to use people like Naruto until they found another willing to do the job.
Itachi left the two alone leaving the two in an awkward silence. "So... Is he always so," Naruto scratched the back of his head trying to find the right words the express Itachi biopolar like behavior.
Ino smile slightly at the other blond before nodding "Yeah pretty much. So why don't we get started." Ino lead Naruto out of the kitchen and to the back servant's stairs. "You will be staying in the room adjacent to Sasuke's so you wont be far away if anything should happen. Sometimes he doesn't want to take his pills so you'll have to get Kiba, Lee, or Shino to help you. I'll show you who they are and where you can find them later tonight." Ino tapped her cheek thinking about random things not really having anything to do with giving Naruto his instructions. She was so used to telling someone what to do if this should happen or what to do if Sasuke starts to freak out that it became almost like second nature. "If anything should happen and you need help any of the south facing windows looks over the stables were Kiba works. Just yell out one of them and he'll hear you..."
Naruto listened to all of Ino's instructions closely trying to remember them. Ino opened a set of double French doors leading into Sasuke's rooms with a soft creaking as the wheels slid the door to the side. Ino mentally logged away that they would have to be oiled soon as she waited for the other blond to get in before shutting the doors. Naruto stood staring at huge painting that sat over a fireplace. It was of a dragon and phoenix much like the statue outside but instead of fighting the two mythical beasts were intertwined together the dragon's wings spread out to the left while the phoenix's wings went to the right. The background was black making the phoenix's fire stand out brightly and it's eyes seemed sad in a way. Naruto didn't understand how the eyes could look so sad but it drew the young man in memorizing him.
"This area is kept at the constant 80 during the day and below 60 at night. We're not sure why but Sasuke gets cold during the day then overheated at night so make sure you don't try and change the temperature." Ino informed Naruto with a small smile and tugged him into what was going to be his bedroom away from the painting. "You will be sleeping here, it's a lot nicer then the rooms normal servants have so you should be happy. The door to the left leads to Sasuke's room and the one on the right leads to a bathroom."
When Naruto entered the room he was amazed by how big it was. The door in sat in the middle of the room so right when you walk it you come face to face with a huge arched window expanding the length of the far wall. To the right sat a a full sized bed with plain white sheets and blanket and huge fluffy pillows. It wasn't anything special but Naruto wasn't expecting much. To the left near the door to Sasuke sat a grand piano covered with a white sheet but Naruto could see the legs since the sheet didn't reach the floor. The the piano and window sat many esiles with canvases on them also covered with white sheets. Naruto was about to ask Ino about them but the woman beat him to it.
"He used to paint before his mother died. I hear he was extremely talented for how young he had been. The queen also use to play the piano and was teaching him how. Don't mention it to him or uncover any of these." Ino warned looking slightly distracted from the conversation. Naruto frowned and Ino crossed the room heading for the bathroom.
"Okay the meds.." Ino muttered opening the door and waiting for Naruto to enter before following. Ino opened the medicine cabinet and Naruto's eyes widened at how much there was. "These," Ino said picking up three bottles from the bottom self and showing them to Naruto, "Are for after he eats in the morning. He has to eat first." Ino put them back and picked up three more bottles for the same self. "These he gets before eating, okay? So give him these then after he eats breakfast give him the others. Then you have to watch him to make sure that he doesn't try to vomit them back up."
Naruto tried to remember all the bottles and pills Ino was showing him but it was so complicated that he couldn't even remember which bottle was given when. "I don't get it!" The blond suddenly yelled pulling at his hair slightly. Ino laughed nodding her head in understanding.
"I know how you feel. There is a chart here." Ino said pointing to the sheet of paper tapped onto the back of the cabinet door. Ino patted the man on the back for reasurence before pushing him out of the bathroom. "You'll get use to it in time so don't worry." Ino grabbed Sasuke's after breakfast pills and put on of each into a small plastic cup before following Naruto. "Never use you hands to give him the pills or take them out of the bottles."
Naruto followed the other blond across the room again and to the room the lead to Sasuke's. "Remember don't stare, don't talk back, speak when spoken to, and everything will turn out fine." Ino knocked and waited for a soft 'come in' before entering the other bedroom.
Sasuke sat on a window seat the bright morning light making his hair shine and his pale features stick out. His knees were up to his chest a plate of food sat near them almost untouched except for the unbuttered toast which rested on Sasuke's knees. He was slowly tearing the toast into pieces and putting them back onto his knees. Once the toast ws in bite sized chunks Sasuke put it one at a time in his mouth and swallowed them without give more then three chews. Naruto had to hold back a snort from the weird be behavior. "Morning... Ino-pig." Came Sasuke's low and slightly tired voice once he had finished the toast. Naruto twitched slightly but was surprised when Ino broke into a large smile.
"Sasuke-kun are you feeling any better today?" Ino walked over the the Uchiha sitting down on the other side of the window seat and motioning for Naruto to come over. Sasuke just nodded at Ino's question as he started to pull apart the pancakes much like he had the toast. "This is Umino Naruto and he isn't going to be your replacement nurse until we find a new one." Ino told the raven haired boy.
"So you have a last name now?" Sasuke said softly as he pulled apart the pancake. He was noticed right way that Naruto was the same boy from when he was twelve. All the events that had happened that night were permently locked into the man's brain making it impossible to forget him. "Umino? You lived in Iruka's ophange then?"
Naruto nodded neverously scratching the back of his head. "Y-yeah. I'm surprised you remembered me. It being a long time ago and all." Naruto glanced at the slightly confused Ino and decided to explain. "I had tried to pickpocket the two boys 6 years ago at the Sakura festival. They caught me and beat me up before I got away and ran into the Uchiha and it girl with pink hair. He scared off the boys," Naruto said jerking his head to where Sasuke was now eating the plain pancakes. "It wasn't all that interesting really."
"So you did steal from them. I should have known." Sasuke muttered to himself putting the rest of the ripped pancake onto the dish and pushing it away. "I'm done Ino." Ino was still trying to understand the blond boy's strange story when Sasuke spoke. He silently handed him the cup if pills and he took them with a large glass of milk.
"Well..." Ino trailed off before turning to the Uchiha and starting a random conversation with him. "Sakura-chan is going to be visiting this weekend." Sasuke rolled his eyes as he listened to her chat about what had been happening since the last time she had seen him. Sasuke only spoke every once in awhile but he wasn't really all that interested. "Oh, and the three from the Sand country with be visiting in a couple of weeks for some kind of agreement..."
Naruto stood there awkwardly as they spoke in a friendly manner Ino doing enough talking for all three of them. Sasuke noticed this and turned to the dobe. "Naruto speak." Sasuke commanded waiting for to see what the blond would say.
Naruto paled slightly his mind going completely blank at Sasuke's words as he tried to think. His eyes wandered and the silly little blond said the first thing that popped into his empty head. "Got milk...?"
"Dobe."
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Okay! This is my second chapter and even though I didn't get any reviews I'm going to keep writing my stupid little story until it is finished! I hope anyways,. So if you like it and want me to keep going to review and it will make me a happy panda!
Next chapter will include: Small Ino back story, Naruto meets Kiba and friends, Sakura might appear, and Sasuke smiles for the first time in years.