This chapter will have more violence that the last two, so if those disturbed you in any way, shape, or form, do not complain to me.. I warned you. This chapter will consist of flashbacks in the form of a few lines of paragraphs and will be in italics
Disclaimer: not mine
I failed to mention in the first few chapters that were they live is an old hotel Orochimaru owns, its kind of run down but still has running water and stuff..
All the Wrong Places: Chapter 3: Need to be Strong
"Neji?" Whispered a soft voice in his ear, as said Hyuuga slept deeply under a warm blanket. "Neji..?" The voice sounded pleading, vaugly familiar but not so familiar that Neji would wake up to pay attention to him.
"Neji.. Sasuke's back.. He told me to wake you up.." Sasuke.. The name was enough to make the Hyuuga open his eyes, glancing up to meet blue eyes and blonde hair and a smile so bright, it burned.
Neji sat up, reaching for a ponytail holder on his table and instictivly reaching for the mid-back length hair that should have been there. Only when he went to pull it up did he remember cutting it all off, and he winced at the lack of comfort his hair now gave him.
"Where is he?" Neji asked, stepping from the bed and slipping on a shirt that had been carelessly discarded the night before. The light coming from the small window was bothering him, and he moved over to it, pulling down the black shade. Besides, that kid in here seemed to be glowing enough to light the whole room. "Excuse me.." He muttered, stepping past the kid identified as Naruto to move over to his mirror. He didn't seem to notice that his question had gone unanswered, and it didn't matter, becuase Sasuke walked through the door.
"Neji?" The dark-haired boy whispered softly, kicking off his shoes. "Can I take a bath?" He asked, carefully walking over to where Neji sat.
Sasuke cried out, loudly, as he felt the skin on his back scraped against the cement, hands tangling into his hair to jerk him back off the floor. The backs of his thighs soon met the same treatment as he was pushed down the last two steps of a case of stairs.
"Sure.. Do you want some hot water?"
Sasuke nodded, letting his arms wrap around Neji. "Don't touch my back.." He warned softly, in a whisper as he felt the older teen move to return the embrace.
A foot pressed against the raw skin on his back, pushing roughly so that from his sitting position at the foot of the stairs, he fell forward, the skin of his knees spliting open on impact.
"Why not? What happened?" He asked, carefully pulling up the back of Sasuke's shirt. Apparently, the Uchiha had gotten it worse than he had.. "Here, lets take your shirt off.." And Neji gently pulled the material over the dark haired boy's head. "Go lay down until the tub is full.. I'll go get something for your back, okay?"
Sasuke nodded again, walking over to the bed and laying down on his stomach. His knees were still raw and sore, but it was better than laying on his back and making that hurt more..
"What happened to you're back?" The kid from before asked, almost tempted to touch it and see if he could feel how much it hurt.
"I got pushed.." Sasuke answered.
"Why the fuck can't you stand up?"
"Because you keep pushing me.." He answered as he tried again to stand up, fully expecting to be pushed down again. But he wasn't pushed. He was grabbed by his arm, and picked up, only to be moved a few feet and dropped onto a bed, which he could feel already sticking to his raw back.
Neji slipped back into the room, having obtained an ointment from Kabuto that the gray-haired teen said would help heal and stop pain. The Hyuuga had no reason to believe Kabuto was lying to him, and despite what had happened, he had some reason to trust him. But if this put Sasuke in more pain, he'd kill Kabuto. Painfully.
The white-eyed teen turned the knob on the tub, beginning to fill it with warm water. He walked slowly over to the bed where Sasuke was laying, carefully letting his fingers trace over the pale skin on his face. "You okay?" He asked, noting the empty look in the dark eyes.
"I'm sore, but.. I'm okay, I guess.."
Neji couldn't understand how Sasuke was holding up like this, especially with the evident violence he'd gone through.
Sasuke wasn't crying. He couldn't cry, not if he had to be strong for Neji. Crying was a sign of weakness, and he had to be strong.
"Can you help me sit up? The back of my legs are like this, too.."
Neji nodded, and carefully slid his hands under Sasuke's chest, helping him onto his knees.
"Get on your fucking knees, whore.. Do what I paid for.."
And for a second, Sasuke saw Zabuza standing there, instead of Neji, but he blinked and it was the same teen he wanted it to be. Everything seemed to be in slow motion as Sasuke moved to the tub, Neji carefully pulling off his shorts and boxers before helping into the warm water.
Sasuke drew in his breath to keep from screaming at how bad the water hurt his legs and back, but if he screamed, he wouldn't seem strong, like he needed.
Neji picked up the small wash cloth they used, pouring a small amout of the blue shower gel they were allowed onto the white material. "Tell me if this hurts, okay?" Carefully, and gently, the Hyuuga moved the cloth over Sasuke's back.
Since his face was wet and tears would easily be disguised, Sasuke let himself cry a little bit. Besides, this whole 'strong' thing wasn't going to work, that was obvious. At least with the way his back, legs and whole body hurt. A string or something on the cloth must've caught on his skin, because he felt a sharp pain near his shoulder blade, and he gasped, instictivly pushing himself away from Neji's hand.
"I'm sorry.. I'm sorry I hurt you.." Neji changed his mind about this, instead just squeezing some foam from the cloth into his hand and softly rubbing his hand over the younger male's back. His hand was much softer than that rag anyway.
A few minutes later, after Sasuke's bath was finished, Neji was carrying the smaller, naked body over to the bed, laying him down on his stomach. "Relax, okay? This is probably gonna hurt more than the bath." He explained as he sat between Sasuke's knees.
The Hyuuga reached for the tube of ointment Kabuto had given him, and pulled off the cap, squeezing a fair amount onto his fingers. "Ready?" He asked, softly beginning to rub in the clear gel over the raw skin. He could feel Sasuke jump every now and then when something must have been sensative. Neji could feel the friction produced from the ointment and the rubbing, it kind of gave the skin a sticky feeling, which couldn't have been comfortable.
The backs of Sasuke's legs wearn't near as bad, but neither of them wanted to risk infection. His legs, also, wearn't in near as much pain as Neji covered them in the ointment.
The Uchiha found himself falling asleep a few minutes later, as the older teen helped him into his underwear and shorts, leaving his shirt off so his back could dry. Sasuke lay his head down on Neji's shoulder, absently crawling into the other's lap.
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"Is the medicine helping him?" Kabuto asked Neji, pretending to not have hurt any of the males in the room. "It should be helping with the pain a little, and keeping away infection."
"I think so.." Neji answered, wondering what Kabuto cared for. "Though his back will stop hurting, it won't change what happened to him.. Or me.. Or anybody here, for that matter."
"I'll keep him busy.. and you can finish what you got in trouble for." And that was all Kabuto said before he exited the room, true to his word and heading for Orochimaru.
The Hyuuga had no idea what the gray-haired teen had meant by keeping Orochimaru busy, but he had some hint that Kabuto wasn't happy with it. Which of course meant, without feeling guilty, Neji couldn't not sleep with Sasuke.
The pale eyed teen quickly made his way back to his room, his hands shaking as he pushed open the door. He knew for a fact Naruto was out and about doing chores and wouldn't be back for another hour or so. It wouldn't take that long.
Before he even got a chance to explain to Sasuke his plans, Kabuto was entering the room.
"You can't right now.. He's talking with people, so I can't distract him. You'll get caught." The older teen explained, a hint of an aplogetic tone hidden in his voice.
Only Neji caught it.
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Sorry this chappie was so short, but here it is!!! Um, I think the shortness was neccesary, didn't want to start on -beeps out new characters name- yet, since -beeps out sex so you don't know who he/she may be-, it's a whole new subject and having -beep- there would make -beeps out present characters name since it would give it away- upset to have -beep- there. -beep beep be beep beep boop beep-