The first time I tasted you
It took Sasuke two hours befor he located the adress on the keys. Two hours of running, sweating and crying. He wanted to make it quick, he wanted to ge back to Naruto to see if Naruto lived and to tell him that Sasuke loved Naruto with all his heart.
But when he stood in front of the door, he dropped it all. The white door in the dirty corridor with beige walls. Some writings wad sritten on the door, and Sasuke could see the wordn "monster" and "demon" through the faded colour. Some blood on it, but yet, a normal door to a normal apartment. Sasuke didn't know what he would find in there. How would it look like? How hade Naruto lived before he was caged inside a dark prison?
Sasuke didn't have the courage to open the door. Not yet.
He slid down on his butt and leaned against the door, closing his eyes. He wasn't ready for this. Not now. Maybe tomorrow. Not now.
The next thing he knew was when he opened his eyes. He blinked sleepily a few times, before he recognized where he was. From the look at the walls in the corridor, it was day again, and it felt like he had slept for years, and on the same time, just a few seconds. His back arched a little when he stood up, his clothes would have been drenched in sweat if not the night had been so cold. As they wasn't already, from the awful last night.
Again Sasuke found himself stare at the door. He had to do it. Naruto wanted him to see it, and therefore, he had to go inside. In slowmotion he saw his hand press the key into the door, and he tensed when he heard the rusty lock open up. No one seemed to have been here in years, and again he wondered how long Naruto had been imprisoned. He let his fingers wrap arounf the doorknob, and he pushed it open with a light push.
The door swinged open, and he was greeted with the light from the sun.
The apartment was light, and the many windows made it look inviting, and like the summer outside. There was not many furnitures, and there was not many rooms. Sasuke saw a coach in a corner that seemed to have worked as a bed, and he saw a small television that looked like it was as old as the street outside. He saw a mirror that had a wide crack in the middle, smaller cracks going out from it like a spindle-web. He saw a old carpet on the floor, that had drained blood in it, and the white curtains in the windows where sliced here and there. The cold morning air filled the apartment from the broken window, and Sasuke thought, that this was a very broken apartment, and had been thatfor a great while. He took his first step inside, and the sight of the kitchen came in clear. It was as dusty as the rest of the apartment, and some pots where standing on the stove. Also the window in the kitchen was broken.
Sasuke let his hand wander over a small table, and a thick layer of dust stuck on his finger. He didn't bother to take it away.
And the smell. It smelled old, like and old book, but Sasuke could still sense the smell of flowers. Maybe that was Naruto's smell. He cramped at the bloody fabric in his hands, not letting it go. He didn't want to leave it somewhere, and he wondered what Naruto would think of him, being so wierd that he walked around with his blood in his hands. But Sasuke couldn't care less. That was one small piece he had from Naruto, and he would hold on to it.
A sight stealed his eyes, and he went over to the corner around a big wardarobe. Next to it, big scrolls stood lined up, untouched. It looked like the forbidden scrolls he once had been ordered to get to his dad when he was little, but why was one of them here? He picked the biggest up and sat down in the fost couch. He grimaced a little when he thought about the dust gathered in the furniture, but he waved the thought away. He but his thumb on the openening, and opened the scroll, rolling it out.
It really was one of the forbidden.
Sasuke wondered why no one had come to take it. The scroll was showing the very last fact about the attack of the Kyuubi almost twenty years ago. Wich time it turned up, which people who died in the attack, how they killed the beast. One some places small writings where underlined, as if someone had been going through it completely. The most parts where under the text on Kyuubis differente attacks, and how he used his tails and claws and teeth ín fighting. Some scetches where made, and Sasuke winced at a big one where a human, surely a ninja, were sliced open. Sasuke let his hand trace over the picture, and he looked at the beautiful fox. It's fur was orange with the him of red, and the tip of the tail was white, black and gold on the very same time. The blood that dripped from the mouth of the beast looked grey against the fox, and Sasuke could see the red eyes glaring at him with the black slits in them. It was a trained killer. The nine tails was waving in the background, and even though it was a painting, it looked like they moved, swaying forth and back. And Sasuke realised that this picture wasn't in the scroll. From his place in the sofa, he saw a filled wall with paintings on the fow. Scetches mixed with big paintings, and through some of them, Sasuke saw the scratches of claws, tearing some of them in half or more. Some blood covered a few if them. And in the middle of the ocean of paintings, there was one untouched.
It was the picture of the great Yondaime, Arashi.
Yondaime, who was the one who gave his own life to kill the demon, to kill the beautiful monster. The village's hero.
The picture seemen to have halo around it, and the golden man made the whole wall look like a beautiful decoration in i church. The evil forces around the saver, saving each and every's soul. Sasuke couldn't help but to shudder.
Why, Naruto? Why thid obsession with Kyuubi the Fox and Yondaime the Hero? A child's obsession? A dream. Sasuke couldn't find the answer.
He picked up the secon scroll, and opened it as slowly as he had opened the other. What was he afraid to find? The scroll was a birth-attest, and once again Sasuke wondered what this scroll was toing here, and not in the Hokage tower with the other attests of the people of the village. Sasuke had a small copy of his own, he had the whole clan, but that was because it had been a very high and famous clan, the Uchiha's. Sasuke couldn't remeber hearing the name Uzumaki before, and this sure was no copy.
The name Uzumaki Naruto was written in the top, and Sasuke smiled a sad smile. Naruto. Naruto and his smell of blood. Under it stood the weight when he was newborn, the lenght on him, his sex.
Sasuke winced when he came deeper into it. Under the name of his mother, the area was empty. Why wasn't his mother's name written down? They must have knowed who she was, cause after all, she was the one giving birth to him.
Then his eyes went wide. Where the name of the father, a name actually was printed dow. "Yondaime, Arashi".
Sasuke looked up into the eyes of the picture of Yondaime. Yondaime was Naruto's father? Sasuke had never heard anything about the man having a son, and expecially not an imprisoned. What had Naruto, son the the hero, done to get there? The son of the former Hokage should be taken care of, even though he made the biggest mistake. Why? Under the line there was no more, except for the signature of the woman nursing him when he came to the earth. Sasuke layed the scroll next to the first one, and looked at them. He was still slightly in shock, and he couldn't understand a proper thing with all the things going through his mind.
"Who are you?" he whispered to Naruto. He shook his head, and opened the third and last scroll. It was small, and Sasuke had never seen a so small forbidden scroll before. What kind of information would he find there?
It was a scroll written, he recognized when he had opened it, by the former Hokage, Sarutobi, the third Hogake. The Hokage who had become one again after Yondaime's death. Now also Sarutobi was dead, and he had given his place to the Hokage they had now, Godaime, Tsunade. And this scroll was old, and Sasuke realised that this one war written long before the third's dead.
He bagun to read. It was some history of the Kyuubi again, but this one more describing. Not the fact, they had found the very history. Where the Kyuubi came from. Apparently he was a demon created from the fire in the fire countries underground, from the lave fleeting hundreds of miles down the earth. Sasuke could feel the poewr of such a strong power, and he hair on his arms stood up when he read it. There was a fully expanation about the tecnique Arashi had used when he sealed the demon. What? Sasuke leaned closer. Sealed? What did they mean by that? The demon was dead, right, not sealed? Where could the Hokage had sealed it?
Sasuke could hear his heart beat when he took the scroll with Naruto's birth information in his hands again, letting it roll out in front of him. The date of Naruto's birth. The 10th Octobre, almost twenty years ago. That was the date when Kyuubi died. Was sealed.
The son of the great hero was imprisoned, isolated from the other prisoners.
All the pictures on the wall of the red fox.
The blood disappeared from the black-haired boys face, and feeling of nowhere made him look at his right. There, on the wall, it hanged a old calendar. The beginning of the dates was crossed, up to the 9th Octobre. And then it was the 10th. Five years ago. Naruto hadn't been here in five years. Taken on his birthday. And only to be taken to a dark, oh so dark place.
Sasuke knew Naruto hadn't done anything. Of the Kyuubi decided to attack the village through Naruto's body, Sasuke would have known. The time five years ago, he was really importand with following what happened in the hidden village, in case something came up with Itachi there he sat in the big prison. A thing of the Kyuubi doing something could never be shut down, how big the secret even was.
And Sasuke understood why these awful villagers physically abused his love.
"So you are the one." Sasuke's head jerked at the door where the voice came from, and to his surprise he found the blonde Hokage looking at him. He stood up as fast as he could and bowed. She waved her hand to make him stop.
"Uchiha Sasuke. You are the one who tooked it," she said, eying him from top to toe.
"I haven't took anything, Hokage-sama," he said. He really hadn't. She shook her head, and walked over to ove of the picture's of the Kyuubi.
"You know, don't you?"
"Just understood it. Byt why, Hokage-sama. Why is he imprisoned. He hasn't done anything." He saw the women shake her head.
"I know. And believe me when I tell you that I have tried to free him for five years. But not even me, as the Hokage, can change a thing." Sasuke furrowed his eyebrows when he saw the tears glimmering in the corner of the eyes of the strong woman. He had never seen Godaime so vurnerable. She looked at him with her brown eyes, locked them with Sasuke's black orbs.
"Go to him, you who have stolen his heart."
Sasuke didn't need to be told twice.
Naruto stood up in his cell, and he walked back and forth, not nowing where he should go. He was almost fully recovered, and his eye was just fine. That was one of the good things having a demon inside you.
But Sasuke hadn't shown up yet. Had he went to the apartment, the one Tsunade and Jiraya had made stand untouched for all these years? They'd told him that everything was when he was taken away, and Naruto knew that Sasuke would find the answers about him if he only went inside. If he even cared for go inside.
Naruto felt like a big, black hole was embracing him around his heart, and his throath was thick. He didn't feel so well.
The window told him it was a nice day again. The little piece of the world he saw everyday. The only one.
He stroked the hair away from his face. The bangs over his head begun to grow long again. He had to ask Jiraya about cutting it with his kunai. He felt with his both hands under his eyes and he could almost feel the tired bags under them. He hadn't slept a minute, and he knew he wouldn't be able too if Sasuke didn't come.
Oh gods, he wanted Sasuke here with him so badly.
He hadn't thought that he would ever fall in love with someone that easily. Yes, he had once had some crushes, but they were nothing compared to this. Naruto felt like his heart swallowed and overtook him as soon as he heard Sasuke's voice, and he remebered the feeling of having Sasuke's hand in his, against his cheek, and in his hair. He wanted more. He wanted to know Sasuke, and he wanted to know what he looked like, what his favorite food was, what he did when he wasn't training, if he was in love with Naruto, and if he loved Naruto as much as Naruto loved Sasuke.
Yes, Naruto really loved Sasuke, and he would do that to the end of his life, no matter what Sasuke thought about him. But he would never tell the boy, never. He would never want to scare the Uchiha away, but at the same time, he had to tell Sasuke about Itachi.
He took one step backwards as he heard someone approaching in a fast speed. His ears told him it was a ninja, and his nose told him it was Sasuke, and so did his heart. Now, when the rain didn't wash away all the smells, he could feel the scent of the younger boy. He went as near as the bars he could get.
"Sasuke?"
"Naruto?" the voice answered. "Oh my god, Naruto, you're alright!" Naruto felt a weigt on his shoulders disappear when he heard the voice. Sasuke had come back, and he had been worried. Naruto felt so happy. I he died now, he would die as a happ person.
"Yes, Sasuke," he answered. "I'm alright" 'now when you are here'. The unsaid words flew in the air around them, and Sasuke understood. He took a step closer to the prison, nervous.
"I read the scrolls, Naruto, and I understand who and what you are, but I will never be afraid of you, and I will never leave you, Naruto. I...I will get you out of there, okay? Naruto? I...Naruto, I promise you, I will free you!"
"Sasuke," Naruto said smiling. "Sasuke." He let his hand stretch out between the bars, and when Sasuke saw the hands, he took them in his, and kissed them like he had done the day before the awful yesterday. A warm breeze flew between the trees, and the birds let their wings spread and let the wind take them to the sky. Sasuke could feel the tears form in his eyes, and he let them fall. Naruto.
Naruto.
Sasuke.
And the world turned black.
Neighter of them had heard the ninjas sneaking up behing the Uchiha. Sasuke tried to throw away the scarf that was hiding his eyes, but his hand was held hard on his back. He begun to fight, but he soon understood that there was more than one villian, and they were strong. Sasuke could've took one, but five at the same time was to much. And Sauske realised, that there pesons was ninjas.
"Who the hell are you?!" he spat out, furious of not feeling Naruto in his hands anymore. "Realese me!"
Naruto heard Sasuke being caged, and he throw himself at the window, only to have the chains around his ankles to stop him.
"SASUKE?!"
"NARUTO!"
"Shut up," a woman said, and Sasuke recognized the voice. It was the lady that owned the shop a few houses from his apartment. He knew she was a ninja, but he had always seen her as a nice woman. Not the one to abuse his love. So the ones hitting and stabbing Naruto wasn't ordinary villagers. It was high ranked ninjas, and Sasuke could only imagine how painful it had to be to be hit by so strong people when you was helpless. Sasuke didn't need to imagine long though, when the first knee hit him hard in his stomach, making his lose his breath and sink down. He hadn't seen that coming.
"We have been following you, Uchiha," a man spat up, sounding disgusted. "You have been here quite often, huh? Like the monster, do you?" He laughed evilly. "Want to make him your toy?"
"Shut the fuck up!" Sasuke swore, only to get the knee in his eye. It hurt, oh, that bloody hurt. He could feel the blood pour down his cheek.
"SASUKE?" Naruto had heard both hits, and he felt his claws dig into his hand. They didn't dare. They didn't dare to touch what was his. He heard the hitting rain over the beaten body outside, and his red slits shot a glare at the chains. He had to get out of here. He had to get away from these chains. He had to free himself.
And then he heard a knife swish through the late morning air.
And that was what made everything exploade.
When Tsunade had looked at Naruto's body before the chain-making, she had been one smart little Hokage. She had lied. No chains in the world could stop a furious demon, no exceptions of a half one. Naruto could feel the chakra fill his body, and not the blue one. The red chakra that couldn't be stopped. And the chains ckracked. In millions of pieces.
Sasuke's head shoot up as he heard the explosion, and his hands that had held his hands disappeared. He teared the scarf away, and he saw a long, red, arm with fur coming out from the now little bigger window, holding a bleeding man between it's claws. And the growl. The growl send spins down Sasuke's back, and he felt his cheeks redden, and his heart beat faster. The growl of a deadly angry Naruto. And the power overwhelmed him. Such a chakra, such a strong chakra. He could feel it around him, and when he looked closer, a red, shimmering aura was surrounding him. And it healed him. He felt his eye open up normally, and the punches that had been layed on him before disappeared. He felt after blood the blood, but it felt like it had vanished from the earth, or maybe it had went through his skin and into his veins again. He felt strong, but his legs didn't want to listen to him when he tried to stand up. The smoke filled the little place, and the long, red chakra arm threw the man away, into another one. They both tumbled into a three, and Sasuke had to duck when a second explosion filled the air, when the whole prison breaked down and the stone blocks where flying. Sasuke looked up when he heard a crack behind him, and saw a three coming down.
Probably it had been cut off by a stone.
Sasuke tried to flew, but his legs made no move. The three-branches fell over him, hiding him in the green jungle of leaves.
"Go away before I kill you." The voice of Naruto was dripping of something, and Sasuke wondered if Naruto had a hard time controlling his demon.
"I will not kill you for touching me, but believe me when I say I will kill you for touching Sasuke!" Naruto spoke a little louder now, and the wide eyes on their faces made him understand that they had understood. They took up their faller allies and run away. Naruto felt his heart slow down. He was free, but all he could think about was still Sasuke. He located Sasuke's aura. It felt good to have all chakra back.
Sasuke tried to find a way out of the branches, but as soon as he came out of one of them, tree new ones would take it's place. He heard the crack of someone coming through, and he followed the sound. All he saw was green, and a little brown. Green green and green.
"Naruto?"
"Sasuke?"
He followed the voice of the other. Naruto saw a movement, and he threw himself against the boy.
Sasuke got a stick in his eye, and he closed them, wishing the pain go away.
And he felt soft lips on his own. They pressed gently at his, asking him a question. Will you kiss me back or will you push me away? Sasuke felt his heart warm up, and Naruto smiled. He didn't know if he would be rejected, and all he could do was smiling. He had longer to feel the lips that had caressed his hand on his lips, and he had wanted this so badly that he couldn't think a proper thought anymore. And when Sasuke pressed back he smiled, making Sasuke smile.
Naruto nibbled at Sasuke's lower lip, making the other boy moan. He let them lay down between the leaves and branches, but let his elbowes lift him from the ground, careful not to chrush Sasuke under his weight.
"Sasuke..:"
"Naruto..."
He licked the underlip, and he moaned as the other opened his mouth up. Naruto let his tongue slip inside, and the moan became of two when their the both muscles met for the first time, tasting each other. Sasuke got to understand that when Naruto smelled like the flower of the summer, he tasted as the autumn right after. And Naruto got the taste of warm tea on his lips, and he melted into Sasuke's embrace as the one let his arms wander around Naruto's waist.
And they broke for air.
Sasuke didn't know if he dared to look. Naruto saw the black-haired boy underneath him, his voice not being able to be used by the ones beauty. The black hair framed the face, and he could not wait to get to see the eyes of his love. The pink cheeks, the little swollen, red lips, and the pale skin.
And then the boy under him opened his eyes.
And when Naruto saw the black night and the stars, Sasuke saw the sun and the blue sky.
TBC
God, when I finished the third chapter I got a total blackout! A blackout I say! I had no idea what to write at all, but I hope you will like this chapter. And I can tell you, that there will be two chapter more, one ordinary and one epilogue. Gods and godesses, I hope you like it. And until next time, have a good day!
