Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto that honor is held by Masashi Kishimoto I am just a fan writer doing this for fun.
Chapter Fifteen-A Dog's Life by KitsuneFun
"Sasuke Uchiha…" Sasuke froze at the harsh sounding voice as it uttered his name, he had just gotten off the back of the dragon outside Rasengan and turned to look behind him, it was Gaara. The redhead stood standing beneath the shadows of the city's outside walls, the look Gaara gave him was filled with malice and Sasuke knew that if given the chance his rival would have slit his throat rather than talk to him.
"What do you want Gaara?" Sasuke knew better than to turn his back on someone like Gaara, who was known to kill without remorse, changelings were also known to be territorial about the things they labeled as their property… and Gaara had long ago labeled Naruto as his.
The raven felt stronger now that he was in closer range to the blond, but Sasuke was no where near his full strength and he knew it would be foolish to test his luck against an opponent like Gaara, for whom killing others was his livelihood.
Gaara moved from the shadows of the high walls and walked towards him slowly with graceful trained steps, he took nothing for granted against anyone, "You know better than to ask stupid questions…" he moved to unsheathe a sword from his back scabbard, but stopped when he noticed to his surprise that Sasuke was unarmed, "Don't you know better than to walk into Rasengan without a blade?"
It wasn't really a question, Sasuke knew he was being stupid, but it seemed since Naruto entered his life it seemed to happen more and more, "I wasn't thinking…" his eyes seemed to soften a bit as he thought of his mate, ever since his memories returned it became harder for him to not think about the blond as his and being by the blond's side, he needed Naruto.
The honesty in Sasuke's eyes seemed to surprise the redhead, Gaara gave a small mocking smile as he looked at the Uchiha heir, "I was going to kill you, but I am thinking you may end up dead soon anyways at the hands of the castle guards if you go in as you are." He looked off in the direction of the tower thoughtfully, his eyes narrowed, "Do you even know where Naruto is…" He said it so softly; Sasuke wondered if Gaara even wanted an answer to his question.
Gaara turned to look at him expectantly, Sasuke knew better to ignore his question then, "It doesn't matter if I can't find him… the news about him has probably spread by now so everyone in the castle will be talking about him."
Gaara's head tilted to the side as he stared at Sasuke, "They aren't talking about it… I actually had to get the information from my sister inside… Arashi doesn't want anyone to know about Naruto's whereabouts not even Orochimaru."
Sasuke's eyes widened at the news… especially that Arashi was not telling his son's fiancé that he was here safe. The raven turned his head away briefly wondering if it was a good thing or not that the king was keeping Naruto's whereabouts quiet and if it meant the king might be rethinking his decision, "Why…" Sasuke found himself mumbling and he started to pace in worry without realizing it, wondering on what his course of action he should take next.
Gaara looked at Sasuke as he started to pace in thought, 'I don't know why I should even help him… he could become a hindrance,' and sighed, the redhead shook his head in wonder while wandering off towards the hell stallion he had ridden from Sunagakure to get here, Gaara looked through his satchel and pulled out the weapons both he and Sasuke would need to get into the castle and out safe again.
Sasuke stopped in his pacing, noticing his rival's movements off to the side, he eyed Gaara in shock, "What are you doing?"
"You really do ask a lot of stupid questions for a supposed genius, "Gaara turned from his hell stallion and walked back to Sasuke while throwing an extra sheathed sword and dagger at him along with an extra dark cloak, "This is so you don't get yourself killed…"
Sasuke caught the weapons and eyed the redhead in confusion as he turned away again; Gaara was adjusting his dark cloak tighter around himself, "Why are you helping me?"
The redhead paused, his back stiffening at the question, without turning around Gaara answered, "I am helping Naruto not you… never forget that…" after the redhead adjusted his cloak he turned to look at Sasuke with a closed off look, "We better hurry or you can forget about seeing Naruto ever again."
(Inside the Castle)
Naruto had woken up feeling dazed, the shooting pain in his chest seemed to have lessened from before he had passed out and the blond wondered if the loss was something he should worry about, he did not get the chance to think about it before a knock sounded on the door. Naruto turned to look at it thoughtfully, "Who's there?" he asked hesitantly while peering at the door while wondering who to expect on the other side.
"Naruto-sama?" it was the voice of a young girl.
Naruto pulled at the blanket covering him self consciously, "Co…Come in," the door opened and he watched as a girl with short shoulder length black hair walked in, her eyes were a pale lilac and pupil-less, the most amazing thing however were the brilliant jewel-like wings sprouting from her back.
She seemed to notice his surprise and smiled, "Ah I forget Shikamaru mentioned that you had not been in the Human world till now… I am what you call a fairy," her wings fluttered lightly behind her as she spoke giving off a light twinkling sound, "My name is Hinata," she gave a small smile and curtsy towards Naruto before straitening.
Naruto licked at his dry lips as he eyed the movement of her wings in awe, "It's amazing… is everyone here like that?" the blond wondered at what other fantastic creatures he would see in this world.
Hinata seemed confused by the question, "No the majority of others here are Fae… like you, but there is a couple like me here such as my cousin Neji…"
"I see…" Naruto nodded as he watched the fairy move towards the closet near the foot of the bed, she closed her eyes a few seconds then opened them again along with the doors, "Why did you do that?"
Hinata turned to look at him oddly, "Do what Naruto-sama?" Naruto was starting to hate all the formality, especially with his name.
"Just call me Naruto," he said as he got up from bed and walked towards her, he failed to notice when her wings began to flutter faster in her nervousness.
"You should really stay in bed Naruto-sa… I mean Naruto," she gently pushed him at his arm to get him to go back to bed, but he only moved away from her.
"No I want to know why you paused at the door to the closet like that?" Naruto asked while staring down at her intently.
Hinata began to blush under his close inspection and push at the tips of her fingers nervously, "It's… just a closet…"
Naruto frowned as he looked inside the closet, "Somehow I doubt that…" he moved to close the door and felt Hinata's arm try to stop him.
"No don't do that…" She began at Naruto's raised brow, Hinata sighed, "It's nothing special all high fae like your father have magical closets… it conjures what you need inside, but you can't use it too much or the magic will die out and we'll need a elf to come fix it…"
Naruto's eyes widened in surprise, "A magic closet…" he turned to look at the closet in front of him in excitement, "Can't I try it once?" he looked so excited Hinata did not have to heart to tell him no.
"S…sure, but only once…" Hinata blushed when Naruto turned to give her a wide infectious looking smile.
"Thank you Hina-chan… how does it work?" he asked in such a sweet young sounding voice.
Hinata reddened further at the nickname, "J…just cl…close your eye…eyes and wish f…for what you want most…"
"Really?" at Hinata's slow nod he turned back to the closet and closed his eyes, somehow a picture of Sasuke came to mind and he briefly wondered what his mate would like him to wear, it seemed like a simple enough request till he opened the closet, "What the hell!" his right eye began to twitch slightly in anger as he saw normal enough looking clothes that he normally wouldn't mind wearing, but they had fans all over them… including the underwear, "I am going to kick Sasuke's ass!"
Hinata noticed the fans and her eyes widened in horrified shock, "Oh Naruto-sama I mean Naruto… you can't wear that… your father would not approve."
Naruto turned to look at her in annoyance, for some reason he seemed more annoyed with the fact that his father would be more upset about Naruto wearing the clothes than he was himself, "Why?"
Hinata seemed to fidget under the princes intense stare that seemed to darken to an almost violet color in anger, "Your father has had a longstanding feud with the Uchihas and has forbidden them or anything in regards to them from entering Rasengan… which includes anything showing their symbol of their house," she pointed to the fan symbol on all the clothes.
Naruto's eyes seemed to narrow in anger further at how stupid his father must be to carry on such a feud, it didn't help that constant thoughts of Sasuke seemed overtake his mind and he realized that he wanted to keep something of the Uchiha even if he could never see Sasuke again, "I don't care what my father wants, " he yelled pulling down a light blue button down and short sleeved shirt with a giant fan on the back along with long sleeved black netted shirt to place underneath, a matching pair of black pants with fans on the back pocket and some black sandal like boots.
Hinata turned around giving the young prince privacy when she realized to her chagrin that he was going to start changing right in front of her, Naruto seemed to have noticed it at the same time as the fairy did because when he finished changing he had turned a bright red, "Ah sorry… I got a little angry."
Hinata shook her head in embarrassment trying to control her blush, she seemed to be doing that a lot around the prince, Hinata decided she might have to ask Neji to help him dress in the future, if he continued this behavior, "It's alright Naruto… I was not expecting you to change right away… I apologize."
The blond laughed while running a hand through his hair, "I seem to do that a lot… acting before I think… you can turn around now I am dressed."
Hinata turned hesitantly around and stopped in surprise, the clothes despite the Uchiha markings looked good on Naruto and the dark coloring really brought out the bright blue color of his eyes making them sparkle, Hinata smiled, "You look good Naruto."
Naruto gave a pleased smile, "Thanks Hinata… I guess the bastard doesn't have too bad a taste after all," he said while giving a short bark-like laugh.
"Bastard?" Hinata asked in confusion while tilting her head to the side, she wondered whom the prince could be mentioning.
Naruto gave another uncomfortable laugh while waving off her question, "It's nothing…"
Hinata smiled back, she found herself becoming easily more comfortable in the younger boy's presence, "If you say so Naruto… now if you are not still tired, would you be interesting in dinner this evening?"
At the mention of dinner Naruto's stomach started to gurgle in answer to Hinata's making the blond blush more in embarrassment, "Ah I guess so… will it be here… or if theirs a kitchen you can take me there…"
"Ah no Naruto your father would not be pleased with you being treated like a normal servant… dinner is ready in the dining hall… if you would just follow me," Hinata said while smiling and signaling for Naruto to follow her out the door. Eyeing the prince's discomfort she only hoped everything would go well between him and the king, "The dining room isn't far… the cook really went out of his way to create something special for your arrival…" she continued walking along the hallway toward the dining room as she talked, she didn't notice when Naruto was no longer behind her.
(At the same time/Love Scene Removed)
Shikamaru fell down exhausted on top of the blond, he felt a hand hesitantly touch his sweat-dampened locks pushing them back, "You enjoyed that…"
Naruto sighed pulling his hands back, "Yes… but aren't you frustrated that I am not the real thing?"
Shikamaru froze at the words, "You told me that you would never mention that while we are in bed together?"
"I'm sorry…" the blond shook his head over his mounting feelings for Arashi's guard.
Shikamaru sighed and got up, he pulled away from the occupant still laying in the bed to grab a robe nearby, putting it on, "I am going to take a shower… while I'm gone I want you to leave Temari…" he left to go inside the bedroom attached to his room not noticing the form as it shimmered from the form of Naruto into that of a blond haired girl with blue-green eyes.
Temari curled into a ball and cried when she knew Shikamaru could no longer hear her, "Why must I be in love with someone like you…"
(Outside the castle)
Sasuke trailed behind Gaara while matching his steps through the darkened city at night, the redhead seemed familiar with the layout and the raven found himself reluctantly trusting the redhead to know where to go.
Gaara paused up ahead and held up a hand signaling Sasuke to stop behind him, curious the raven peered around his rival's shoulder and watched as a group of sentries as they stood at the doors next to the tower they were busy sitting down having some dinner.
Gaara turned to look at Sasuke briefly while holding up a finger telling him silently to stay quiet then making his way silently through the shadows the redhead moved behind the two men and with both hands outstretched while the sentries where too busy conversing, the redhead quickly slide between the two of them where with a knife in each hand Gaara quickly slit both the sentries throats at the same time, they feel to the ground silently in a growing pool of their own blood.
Sasuke felt a shiver run down his spin in realization of what Gaara was capable of doing so unemotionally, the raven realized he had been right in thinking that he could never have defeated Gaara if the redhead had really wanted him dead. As if realizing Sasuke's thoughts the redhead lifted his head to give him a slight smirk.
"You better hurry Uchiha, " Gaara said in a low toned voice, "We need to move quickly now that were here… especially since Arashi has all his guard with him now," he turned his back then on Sasuke and opened the door at the base of the tower and entered through it with Sasuke trailing behind him.
(Later Inside the castle)
Naruto felt the hand covering his mouth pull away and he turned in surprise to see Kakashi, "What?"
Kakashi held up a hand motioning the blond to stay quiet, "follow me," he mouthed silently while grabbing the blond's hand pulling the other to follow him.
He knew Sasuke's decision was foolish especially when it came to his mate; Kakashi knew the feeling well and would not have hesitated to do the same for Obito.
Kakashi had been inside the castle enough to know the layouts of the building inside and out having been in majority of the rooms himself on one of his many rendezvous, he turned to look at Naruto and smiled at the outfit, even when Sasuke wasn't here it seemed he had a huge influence over the blond's thinking, "By the way love the outfit," he couldn't help saying noticing how cute Sasuke's mate was when he blushed.
"Well their wasn't anything else…" Naruto muttered under his breath while trying to control his blush.
The white haired man turned slightly to give him a smirk in answer, "Oh I'm sure their wasn't…especially in Arashi's castle…"
Naruto hit him on the side, "Shut up…" he muttered again making Kakashi laugh low in his throat, "How do we get out of here?"
Kakashi paused to eye the blond, "Well I am hoping no one has discovered the trail of breadcrumbs, but I am sure we'll be fine…" he laughed enjoying riling up Naruto.
"God I wonder how Obito stands you with all your joking…" Naruto shook his head as he continued to follow the man outside towards a circular landing strip; he looked around himself in surprise, "What is this place?"
Before Kakashi could answer him they were interrupted by a voice off to the side, "It's called a landing strip, but I believe the king never mentioned their being other visitors this time of night," Naruto and Kakashi watching in shock as a man who looked similar to Sasuke with a dark strait cut of hair moved from the darkness he held Obito close his front and had pushed a dagger at his throat.
Kakashi growled in anger at the threat to his mate, "Let him go Sai…"
The man named Sai now fully seen was dressed in gold metal armor with red leather clothing beneath, his smile was overly large and seemed out of place for the situation, "Ah but your not the only ones and I am sure that Arashi will want to know who snuck in here to take away what is clearly his…"
The man's arrogance annoyed Naruto, "I don't know who you are, but take your hands off my friend!"
Sai turned to look at him slowly and continued to smile eerily at Naruto as he eyed him slowly up and down, he licked his lips, "My my… I never knew Arashi's son could be so captivating…"
"Indeed…" another more imposing figure dressed in long red robes with flames along the hemline walked out from the darkness, his hair was long and golden in color and his eyes under the light were a remarkable shade of blue, it was the man Kakashi and Obito showed him in the picture, "Hello Naruto," the man gave him a small smile.
"Your Arashi…" Naruto was surprised to see the man was hurt by the coldness in his voice; it served the bastard right for all he had put him through.
Arashi turned to shout behind him, "Bring the other one Genma," The man called Genma was brown haired and held a perverted air about him that reminded him of Kakashi, but what gained his surprise more was who the guard held in his arms.
"Sasuke!" Naruto yelled taking a step closer to the two; he glared over at his father who stood as though something like this did not concern him, "Put him down."
Genma turned to look at Arashi as the king stiffened at the request, "He's an Uchiha who willfully broke into my domain and would have kidnapped you… I can't let him live."
Naruto's eyes turned a dark violet in his anger as he glared at the man that was his father, "He is my lover so I suggest you treat him and his family better or you can forget about me staying here another minute…"
Arashi stared at his son in surprise, the boy resembled his wife so much in that moment, he found himself accepting the terms without question, "As you wish, but your lover should know that you will be married soon… and Orochimaru has difficulty sharing," Arashi turned to his two guard briefly as he started to leave, "Let them go… at my son's request they are our guests so treat them as such…" and with that the king left.
Sasuke gasped and started coughing as Genma let him loose, he glared up at Genma as he left, "This isn't finished…"
Naruto tried to remain calm, but he could feel the trembling start as both his father and the two guards finally left leaving him, Sasuke, Kakashi and Obito alone; he rushed over to Sasuke's side and hugged him close, "God you're a stupid bastard…"
Sasuke sighed while bringing the blond closer, he breathed deeply of his mates sent allowing the comfort to calm his heightened emotions, "Don't ever leave me again…"
Naruto laughed letting the tears loose that burned at the back of his throat, he leaned his head in the crook of Sasuke's neck and sighed, "I don't think I can now…"
Sasuke tilted his mates chin up so he could look deeply into the others eyes, "I won't let the Sennin have you… your mine…" he stated simply.
"Bast…" Naruto began to mutter in anger, the word was cut off by Sasuke's mouth closing over his… kissing him deeply, it was full of suppressed passion making Naruto moan in delight at the feel of the raven's touch.
Kakashi sighed while picking up Obito bridal style, the brunette was trying to contain his blush and failed as the white haired man stared down at him possessively, "The next time I see that bastard… he'll wish for death…"
Obito sighed pushing back at Kakashi in annoyance, "God why do I have a feeling this isn't over yet…"
(Elsewhere)
Itachi glared down into the crystal ball at the two sets of lovers in anger, "Oh it's only beginning…" Itachi had all the gates ready for the key… once it was destroyed, he would have all that he desired.
Well, that's it for chapter 15 I hope you all look forward to the next chapter. Thanks again for reading and fore everyone who reviewed I appreciate it.