That struck a chord. Sasuke narrowed his eyes, his tone low and deadly. "You don't know anything about him." He growled, feeling his chakra building and rushing through his body. His eyes were beginning to become rimmed in red, the sharingan activating itself from the sudden imbalance of chakra in his body. "Just shut up and mind your own business."
"Tsk, tsk, Sasuke.." She giggled softly, boy this was fun, fun fun!.. for her. Shikamaru was eyeing the Uchiha cautiously, ready to run if it became neccesary. "Ino, just shut up.. You're bothering me.." "You're still not being nice, Sasuke.. but, I can't blame you. You wearn't exactly raised in a.. how would I say this, 'friendly' enviornment, were you? With your crazy brother and all, and now you're sleeping with a i fox demon /i ? If you don't watch it, you'll turn out just like Itachi.." (man.. that makes me sad and pouty.. give me huggles.. )
Sasuke's eyes widened, his mouth slightly agape, almost as if he couldn't beleive the words that had just fallen from one of his so called 'comrades' mouth. 'Do you want to know why you're so weak, little brother?' The words echoed in his mind. 'It's because..You lack..Hatred.' Suddenly his chakra was everywhere, causing Sasuke to fall to his knees. The curse seal mark on his neck pulsed painfully as he gasped and clawed at the spot. His eyes turned a crimson red, as he looked up them through his black bangs. Shikamaru's eyes widened, feeling the killing intent radiating from the prodigy. Sasuke stood up then, visible dark chakra running off of him in waves, the dark, consuming marks licking at his pale skin like a spreading fire. All he could feel was the power and malice flowing through his veins, along with the need to sate his sudden feeling of blood lust. His eyes locked on the blonde's, a malicious smirk playing at his lips.
"I told you Ino.. you pissed him off.. Sheesh.." The brunette informed her, though he was pretty sure she knew that already. "Aw, look Shika.. He's mad. Isn't that cute?" She rolled her eyes, Sasuke couldn't possibly be that mad.. It was just harmless kidding.. The Uchiha was just showing off.. "C'mon.. You can't possibly hope to take down Itachi like i that /i , can you?"
Now everyone knew when to draw the line. And everyone knew there were just some things you didn't joke about around Sasuke. That would, of course, be anything referring to his family. Whether it was because he'd seen his whole family get massacred before his very eyes, or because his crazed brother had made him watch it in his head over and over again via the sharingan, it didn't matter. The point was, broching the topic definately had..Bad outcomes. And it usually ended up with Sasuke in the hospital, like the last time, when he'd blindly confronted his brother, only to stuck in the hospital from the broken arm and mental damage that had been inflicted. Shikamaru sent his teammate a pained look, feeling very uneasy about the situation. He didn't see how Ino couldn't sense the huge hole she was digging herself by not listening to him. He was the genius here, wasn't he? He knew he should have just stayed home today. But now he had to make sure the troublesome situation didn't get any more..Troublesome. He'd yet to gauge exactly how dangerous this could potentially be..From the looks of it, this was the same type of thing that had happened in the forest of death during the chuunin exams. Ino had been there and seen it as well, so why was she acting so..Cool about it? He lazy-nin's eyes watched the raven haired teen carefully, widening slightly in shock or unease when Sasuke's pale form flickered out of his line of vision. He looked around frantically and reeled backwards, seeing him standing in between him and Ino. He hadn't even been able to follow his movements..! How could he successfully come up with a safe stradegy when he didn't have the time to? There had been about a 6 foot gap between he and his blonde teammate, Sasuke was about 4 feet from him, practically standing next to Ino. The brunette tried to think of what to do, if he tried to do anything, surely Sasuke would see the movement..He'd have to wait until he was distracted. The eerie smirk never left Sasuke's face as he looked down at the female, his eyes gleaming with something that could barely be interpreted. "Talking seems to be your best asset.." He said in a low monotone. "What would you be without that pretty voice of yours, I wonder.." A barely audible chuckle passed from the boys pale lips.
Ino froze, even i she /i could feel the chakra leaking from Sasuke's body. What she needed to do now was get away, how could she have been so stupid to provoke him anyway? The girl had seen him before when he was mad, and he wasn't very safe to be around in that kind of state. He'd been exactly like he was now when he broke the Sound nin's arms, he couldn't possibly have intentions of breaking her neck.. could he? A sharp intake of breath could be heard from her throat as her eyes caught sight of Sasuke taking a single step forward. Her first reaction was to back away, which she acted on, tripping over the stone she'd been sharpering her weapons with earlier. The girl stumbled backward, landing flat on her back. Her eyes widened, making sure to keep the Uchiha in her line of vision as she scrambled to get back on her feet.
His smirk grew wider at the girls reaction. It was only funner when there was a struggle; it turned into a game of sorts. He stepped closer, not even bothering to use his skills. The girl wasn't even worth it, scrambling away from him like a scared rabbit. He looked down at her impassivley, his fingers twitching silently at his sides. "What's this? A change of heart? Interesting.." He said, more to himself then anyone else.
The blonde's eyes fell on a kunai very near her hand, her fingers fumbled to grab it. She held the weapon in front of her defensivly, though she knew, as well as anyone else, that it was pointless against Sasuke. The pale teen was barely inches away from her, her heart rate was speeding up. Ino glanced over at Shikamaru helplessly, why wasn't he doing anything?! Honestly, she wished she'd had just kept her mouth shut like the brunette had told her..
Suddenly, his smirk reappeared and he lunged forward quickly before the blonde could even see the movement and react. He grabbed her hands in his own tightly so she couldn't move, the kunai still firmly in her grip. He could see the obvious shock and fear on her face, and he wondered why it was that she was still talking. This was obviously what she'd been aiming at, this was what she got! He narrowed his eyes, glaring at the girl as if remembering her words, his anger. Still holding her hands captive, despsite her useless struggling, since he was stronger then her. The pale teen moved Ino's hands up, so she was holding the kunai to her own throat, gripping her hands harder so she couldn't drop the newly sharpened knife if she tried. The girl had what looked like to be tears in her eyes, as he pressed further, the cold metal coming into contact with the sensetive skin of her neck. But suddenly, the motions stopped, Sasuke's eyes widened slightly in surprise. His body wouldn't move. Shikamaru, a few feet behind them sighed in relief that he hadn't missed. Sasuke sent a deadly glare at Ino, wanting nothing more then to turn and direct it at the chuunin, but not being able to due to the restriction. That was basically his last thought before his world went black.
Ino choked on a silent sob, scrambling away from the pale teen as fast as possible in case he woke up anytime soon. Her fingers moved to her neck, wiping off a small trail of blood from where the kunai had just i barely /i broke her skin. She felt her heart stop for a second, realizing how close she'd come to getting herself killed. For sure, that would be the i last /i time she i ever /i messed with Sasuke. She looked up at Shikamaru, pushing herself slowly up to her feet. "Wha-..what.." The blonde sputtered. "Don't just stand there, Ino! Go get hokage-sama!" The brunette sighed, what was he going to have to do next? Make sure she remembered to breath? "Go..!" She nodded, turning around and running towards Tsunade's office. "Can.. I go.. in?" She panted to the anbu standing outside of the office, the two nodded at her and she more or less bursted through the doors. "Hokage-sama.. Sasuke.. he.." The girl paused, taking in deep breaths. "At the training fields, he.. got mad.. and.. Shika said to get you.."
Tsunade, who was lazily flipping through the mountain of paperwork was at attention immediately. Ino look positively mortefied, flushed and there was a small wound on her neck. She stood up, wondering what was going on, though she didn't ask question and just followed the genin to the training fields. When she got there, what she saw didn't please her. Shikamaru was standing there looking bored, but obviously troubled. A few feet, unconcious on the ground was Uchiha Sasuke, the dark black markings still having not receded yet. This wasn't good at all, if the curse seal had that much of an effect on the genin then they wouldn't be able to allow him to roam around freely. Her first priority was to the safety of the village. "What happened? Did he attack you?" She asked, crouching over the pale teen to check his vitals. "He's only unconcious, I used my shadow neck bind technique until he lost conciousness." Shikamaru explained, but refused to say anything else, sending an annoyed look at Ino. He definately wasn't pleased at her. "My office." She said, looking over at the blonde girl. "I've got to go take care of this, then I want some answers. He'll be put under solitary for now." She said professionally, making it sound as if Sasuke had become some sort of controllable villain. She's always been suspicious and observative of his behavior since he got the seal from Orochimaru. Perhaps he really couldn't be trusted...
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Naruto groaned as he stirred from his sleep, absently reaching for the warm body that i should /i have been there. Figuring he was just further away from him, the blonde rolled over, still reaching for his lover. Little did he know, he was running out of mattress to move around on. Though he soon found this out when he rolled off his bed, hitting the ground on his belly with a i thud /i . "Oww.." He groaned, pushing himself up. Sitting on his knees, he looked around the room. Nope, no Sasuke.. He must have left for training without waking him.. With a yawn, Naruto grabbed for a pair of pants on the floor and slid them on, grabbing a black shirt from his dresser. Pulling it over his head, he climbed out of the open window, not feeling like bothering with a door. As the training grounds came into view, the blonde noticed Shikamaru sitting, by himself, on the ground, most likely watching the clouds go by. Nobody else seemed to occupy the fields. "Hey, Shikamaru. Have you seen Sasuke?" He hoped the brunette wouldn't bring up anything about what happened last night.. though he doubted it, Shika wasn't one to start things.
"You're not gonna find 'em around here." Was the lazy reply as Shikamaru continued to look up at the sky, his arms bent under his head to cushion it from the hard ground. He glanced briefly in Naruto's direction, seeing the utter confusion that was written there. It had been maybe an hour or so since it had happened, and the village already knew about it. "You're sayin' you haven't heard about it yet? I can't believe it." He said, feigning shock. Gossip was too damn troublesome.
Naruto furrowed his brows, had something happened while he was still asleep? Why hadn't somebody told him? "No.. I just woke up a few minutes ago.. Where is he?" He asked, worry puddling in the pit of his stomach. If something happened to Sasuke, something serious, he was sure somebody would have told him.. So.. what was it that had happened? Was Sasuke sick? Hurt? He wanted to know where his lover was, so he could fix anything that was wrong with him..
"Look this is all troublesome." Shikamaru said, sitting up. He definately didn't want Naruto on his bad side, if he told him he had been the one that knocked his boyfriend out, surely he'd be pissed off..Or something. "He had..An episode." He said plainly, hoping that would be enough of an explanation, despsite the fact that a 'episode' could be interpreted as many many things. "I'm not the one you should talk about it to."
The blonde clinched his fists by his side, why was the brunette avoiding his questions? He took a deep breath to calm himself, he wasn't going to get mad at Shikamaru and risk losing a close friend. "Then who should I talk to? I just wanna make sure he's ok.. I mean, he is ok, isn't he?" Naruto questioned, surely the other could see the worry in his eyes.
Shika sighed. He wasn't sure if Sasuke was okay. Sure, he would be fine from the technique that he'd used to restrain him, but other then that..He wasn't sure. She'd put him into solitary, which was probably just one level above getting put in the slammer. You're locked up in a room where you aren't a danger to yourself or anyone else. He was probably restrained heftily too, no doubt. "The hokage, who else?" He said as if it were obvious. The godaime seemed to have a soft spot for the blonde anyway.
As soon as he heard this, Naruto turned and ran in the direction of the woman's office. Focusing his chakra into his feet, he jumped up onto a small shop, leaping from roof to roof. Before he knew it, he was across from the building. Not wanting to deal with getting past anbu, he jumped onto the window ledge of Tsunade's office, pushing the window up before piling into the room. "-and he jumped on me.. but I guess I kinda deserved it.. I shouldn't have said things like that to him.." Ino was saying when he entered. She quickly shut up though, when she noted his presence. "What shouldn't you have said?" Naruto asked, glaring at the girl. If she'd said something.. hurtful to Sasuke, and pissed him off, there was no telling in the damage he could have caused to her. Just then, his eyes fell on the small mark across her throat. No, Sasuke couldn't have tried to kill her.. he wouldn't do that, would he? He had enough control over himself.. or he should have, at least. "Did you say something about last night?!" If this was about Sasuke, then why wasn't he in the office with Ino? Wouldn't he get a chance to tell his side of the story?
Tsunade had looked up in alarm when someone went through the window, the only other person known to do that was Kakashi. However, when she realized it was Naruto she relaxed a bit, despite the fact that he'd been interrupting Ino's story on what had happened. All she'd gotten so far was she said something that made him mad..She didn't say anything about the wound on her neck or how it got there other then 'he jumped on me'. That alone was enough to know something was wrong, Sasuke was known for how calm and collected he could be, something was off. Of course, what peeked her interest was what Naruto mentioned. Had something happened the night before that could have aided in this accident?
The blonde looked over at Tsunade, her expression told him Ino obviously hadn't informed her of last night's incident. "She made Sasuke mad last night, I had to i drag /i him out of Sakura's house.. She kept on about mine and his..relationship, which she wasn't suppoused to know about." Naruto explained, glaring daggers at the girl. Ino was known for her loud mouth and inability to shut up when she should have.. "What did you say this time?"
Tsunade had known about the relationship, after all.. She and the gaki were pretty close. Besides, it was blatantly obvious. She wasn't stupid. "W-well..I-I didn't think he would be so serious about it." Ino said, looking like a child who'd just gotten a slap on the hand. This got her a frown from Tsunade, showing her obvious disappointment that one of her ninja had acted to immaturely. "I mentioned you, Naruto." She said, looking down at her feet. "And..His brother." Tsunade's brows shot to her hairline. Well..That filled in alot of questions. She wasn't even sure she wanted to ask about the details of what she said. She could see Naruto bristling in the corner of her eyes. "That doesn't really explain what happened, Ino." She said, giving her a piercing gaze.
The girl took a deep breath. If she didn't tell what had happened, then Sasuke could get into more trouble than need be. "Shika told me to shut up, but.. I told Sasuke he couldn't hope to beat Itachi like that.." She paused, collecting what she should say next. "Then.. he.. came at me, and.. did this, " The girl pointed to the small wound on her neck. "with a kunai I was holding.." Ino glanced warily at Naruto. "But Shikamaru got him by his shadow.." Naruto furrowed his brows, if Shika had been there, and did his jutsu on Sasuke, then why hadn't he just told him? "Where's Sasuke now? Can I see him?" He asked, whether or not Tsunade granted him permission, he'd be going after his lover anyway.
"Ino, you can go. We'll discuss punishment for your actions later." She said, waiting for the girl to leave the office. She was a bit skeptical to let Naruto see the pale teen. One because she hadn't even gotten a chance to make sure the Uchiha prodigy was mentally stable and two, because he would probably get mad and demand they stop treating him like a prisoner or threat. "He's been put into solitary confinement." Tsunade said, rubbing her temples in anxiety. In another section of the building, said Uchiha regained conciousness, jerking into a sitting position from where he lay, looking about frantically only to see pitch black. He wasn't at home or Naruto, he knew that for sure. And by the sent of the place, he wasn't in the hospital either. He racked his memory for a moment, trying to recall what happened. He'd blacked out when he was with Ino at the training grounds and probably done something stupid.. That would explain why he couldn't see. The first action in keeping him from making trouble would be to take away his sight as well as the Sharingan. His hands were also tightly secured behind his back much to his dismay. He felt weak, these weren't just any types of restraints. They were seals. They sealed his chakra, so he couldn't use it against anyone.. He didn't like it, not being able to see, being able to defend himself if he needed to. He growled under his breath. Sitting back, Sasuke maneuvered his arms under his legs, so his hands were in front isntead of tied behind his back before he stood, albeit a little wobbly, and walked to the nearest wall and kicked it, before moving to the other side of the room. The least he could do is gauge how much room he had and figure out where the exit was.
Something in Naruto's stomach twisted as he watched through the small window of the room, Sasuke was blindly trying to figure out how to get out of the room, and Naruto could see the frustration on his barely visable face. His hand reached out, petting the Uchiha's image through the glass, despite knowing Sasuke couldn't feel it. He wanted to go in there, and hold him, even if he couldn't take him home, just be in there with him. "Sasuke.." He whispered, breath fogging and collecting on the glass. All he could do at the moment was watch and wait, since Tsunade had only allowed him to come.. not enter.. Really, he thought it wasn't fair. It was almost like she was teasing him, letting him view his lover, but not helping him. It felt like he was being punished for something he didn't do and had nothing to do with.. "Sasuke.." He breathed again, furrowing his brows in distaste at the situation.
Tsunade at first hadn't even wanted Naruto to go there, because she knew he wouldn't like what he saw. Even she felt a little bad for the poor guy, his whole outlook on being a shinobi depended on his eyes. If anything, he'd probably get even more restless because of his lack of chakra and sight. So she'd allowed it, perhaps Naruto's presence would be able to keep him calm for a while. Sasuke's head snapped up and he looked around the room, as if he were looking something. "Naruto?" He called. He could have sworn he'd just heard Naruto's voice. His head was hurting, a dull ache just behind his eyes. He wasn't sure whether it was from the stress or because of what happened earlier, but whatever it was..He was getting very anxious.
That same twisted feeling came again in his gut, it wasn't fair to Sasuke to not even be able to see.. If he didn't have his chakra, what else could he possibly do? He closed his eyes, it hurt him to watch Sasuke like that and not be able to help him. "Tsunade, can I please go in?" He asked, quickly closing his mouth for the fear of losing what little he had in his stomach. His blue eyes locked on the woman, his pleas evident in his eyes. "He's not gonna hurt me.. Please just let me go talk to him.." He begged quietly, the woman had to understand where he was coming from. After what happened with Orochimaru, Naruto couldn't stand to be without Sasuke.. With all that he'd gone through to get the Uchiha back, he didn't want to ever be without him. The time he'd been gone was more than long enough, and if the people in this village kept making him mad, Naruto was sure the pale boy might try and leave again.. Without coming back.. And if it ever came down to that, no matter how much the blonde loved the village, he'd leave with him.
Sasuke was still for a moment, trying to listen harder, hoping it hadn't just been his imagination. After all, he'd have to admit he was going crazy if he'd started hearing the dobe's voice in his head. He walked across the room, his fingers brushing the wall, which was some sort of strange texture. It was solid but not wooden. He mentally blanched, did they really they he was going crazy? He ignored that and continued to search for the door to the room, if he were close to it, then he'd be able to hear more. He couldnt sense any ones presence to chakra because he himself was completely depleted, only having enough to keep himself alive and healthy. He paused when he felt the outline of the door in front of him. The door didn't have a handle, because..People didn't just walk out of one of these rooms. The only way to get in was from outside. "O-oi. Is someone out there? Dobe?" He asked, wondering if that pathetic voice was really his. He sounded pretty unlike himself just then. The tips of his fingers brushed against something cool just in front of him, which he assumed was probably a window of some sort. Probably so the guards could make sure their prisoner was still alive and not attempting to kill themselves in an insane frenzy. There was still silence. It was so quiet it was ringing in his ears. If he could, he would have been glaring at whatever he was facing at the moment, but since he couldn't, he opted for kicking the door as hard as he could, ignoring the shock of pain that shot up his leg. Naruto was still looking back at Tsunade, who seemed to be in a bind. "Naruto, I don't know.. After what happened, there's no telling how he's thinking."
Naruto growled in frustration, pressing himself up against the door as he pawed helplessly at his lover's hands. He i wanted /i in that room, and if it wouldn't get him in trouble, he'd go by any means neccesary to break the door down. He tilted his forehead against the glass, the metal on his forehead protecter making a tiny i clink /i . "He knows I'm out here.. And you're not making things better for him by locking him up.. if anything you're just making it worse." He turned slightly, looking at the woman in hopes of convincing her to let him in. Maybe if he cried a little, she'd let him in. "I promise, he's not going to hurt me.. and if he tries, which he won't, I can fend for myself.." He turned back to the Uchiha, pressing his forehead again to the glass. "I'll get you out, Sasuke.. I'm trying, I really am... I'll get you out.."
Okay, so he wasn't going crazy. That made him feel a little better. He wouldn't admit it, but just knowing that the moron was there made him feel a lot better. He wasn't exactly sure how Naruto planned to get him out, but he didn't say anything against it. He smirked instead, bringing a hand up, which meant both hands, to flick the glass where he knew Naruto's face was, having heard the metal of his hitai-ate hit it a few moments before. "Figures a deadlast like you would get even more worked up then I am." He said in a condescending tone, knowing it would be more comfortable for the both of them if he wasn't acting twitchy and panicked. Tsunade cleared her throat. "I've got to call Asuma -ino's teacher- and Ino in and talk to them, then speak to the elders, then after that, make sure Sasuke is okay..And we'll release him. We've got to make sure we know what happened and know how to avoid it." she sighed. "I'll allow you to enter the room, but you're not allowed to remove the restraints." she told him, giving him a stern look before turning and walking up the stairs that led to the place they were in now.
Naruto had to review the words in his head, he wasn't sure he'd heard correctly. But he wasn't going to take the chance and ask, in case she hadn't given him permission. "Back up a little.." He called through the glass, turning the doorknob once Sasuke had backed up before pulling the door open. He quickly tugged it back shut, flinching slightly at the echo that filled the room. The blonde's hand moved out, fingers brushing against a pale cheek, while his other made to pull the Uchiha against him. "What happened?" He asked, his fingers running through the dark locks.