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Chapter 13

Naruto got up as soon as the door slammed and pushed the cover off his naked frame and walked into the shower. He grabbed the bar of soap and rubbed it harshly against his skin trying to get Travis's touch off his body.

He scrubbed harder as the images played all over his head and with anguish slammed his fist onto the cold hard tiles of the tub and slid onto the floor shaking.

Fuck why!? He slammed his fist again though with less force. "I love you." his fathers voice rang in his ear.

He slammed his fist again and the numb feeling off pain throbbed soothingly.

His father didn't love him. He used him. Like some sick toy. Like he used everyone. Like he used Tammy……like how he used me right now..."

Naruto let the water run through him. Through his now bright red skin. It was calming. So calming. He shut off the water, stood up and grabbed a towel hanging by the hanger and grabbed the clothes that lay on the floor.

Clothes that hadn't been there when he had come in. Mother, Naruto thought. Who else would be kind enough to leave him clothes. Nobody cared for him as much as his mother.

And he cared for no one more than his mother. Except your fathera voice reverberated along his mind and Naruto willed the thought away forcefully.

He dressed quickly and was pleasantly surprised to see his mother sitting outside the door. She looked up at him with tear filled eyes.

Such beautiful green eyes. Naruto's heart constricted at the pain and he knew she had known what had happened in the room. He didn't want her to know!

"Mother please don't cry," Naruto spoke softly as he reached down and pulled her to her feet. He opened the door cautiously and found travis nowhere to be found.

It didn't surprise Naruto in the slightest. After he had had sex Travis usually went off to town to drink with his buddies.

"It's okay mother let's go to my room. You'll be safe there I promise." Kyuubi didn't resist though tears still streamed down her cheeks.

Her bruised up ivory cheeks. He led her toward his bed and lay her down like she was fragile and precious and to Naruto… she was.

Naruto left her for a second to lock the door. It wouldn't do for Travis to come in the middle of the night to beat his mother.

"Naruto." Kyuubi whimpered and he went immediately to her side.

He lay on his bed and stroked her hair softly. Her beautiful blood red hair. So silky and pretty. He felt her turn and a hand stroked his cheek and for a second he almost jerked back.

The gesture reminded him too much of Travis at the moment. But he didn't. He didn't want his mother to believe he was scared of that man.

No. not ever. She needed him. She depended on him. He refused to show weakness.

Naruto let Kyuubi run her hands across his chest. Her hands were so soft and small. She paused as her hands drifted back up to his face.

She gazed at him. And Naruto gazed back at her. He raised a hand and reached forward slowly. She didn't flinch. Naruto traced her face.

Her beautiful ivory skin that stood out wonderfully against blood red hair. He traced her lips and descended his own over hers.

Kyuubi pulled him desperately as their lips crashed against each other in a fit of passion. Lips clashed. Tongue's stroked each other tenderly. And the frantic kiss morphed to a gentle one.

"I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you." Kyuubi gasped between kisses. "Naruto. My Naruto. My beautiful Naruto. Naruto."

Naruto didn't respond to her declaration but kissed her softly murmuring an occasional "Kyuubi. My Kyuubi."

But he never spoke the three words she so desperately wanted to hear. But she let it go.

Because in her heart she truly believed Naruto loved her. He just couldn't speak those words she reassured herself.

They were too foreign to him. Too different from what he experienced. They were just words without any real meaning. She knew that...but still couldn't help wanting to hear them.

No matter how hollow the words would sound….

Naruto gently pulled away and let his lips hover over her eyelids as he kissed her newly formed tears.

He settled against the pillows and brought her back against his chest. And sleep overtook Naruto as the days activities finally latched up to him.

And Kyuubi couldn't help but wonder as she stroked his hair if she was hurting her son as much as her husband did.

Because this was wrong and both she and Naruto knew it. Nobody could ever know about this. If they ever found out they wouldn't accept it.

And then Naruto would be taken away from her forever. Kyuubi clutched him as the thought drifted through her mind.

No!, No one would ever take Naruto away from her! No one.

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TBC…..