Leo: Oh Em Ef Ji! I'm so totally taking this fic places that I've never been. I've never had drama like this before! I've never had this many chapters in one fic before!! This is like... totally psycho!
Sasuke: Like you?
Leo: Es Tee Ef You! XP
Naruto: Huh?
Leo: Cobra Starship rocks! w00t!!
Sasuke: And I repeat my dobe's question... huh?
Leo: The band Cobra Starship! 'Go on, now lead if it turns you on. Take what you need till your body's numb. Prostitution is revolution. You can hate me until you pay me. My submission is your addiction...'
Sasuke: And what's that from?
Leo: Prostitution is the World's Oldest Profession... lovely song it is. Just like 'You're the kind of girl to take to mom, if my mama was dead. No good. You're up to no good. But damn you look good and I'm drunk...
Naruto: And that was?
Leo: Damn you Look Good and I'm Drunk (Scandalous)
Sasuke: Before she does another song, here's the-
Disclaimer: Leo Vulpes does not own Naruto, for if she did there would be very graphical yaoi in every episode!
Warnings: OOC Fugaku, and Subjection to Brain setting itself on fire for I am a spazzy authoress!
My Other Life
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Chapter 14
Refusal
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Once again, everyone stood around waiting in their formal wear for the festival.
Yoko had told Tsunade that, two days prior to the tournament, there was going to be a festival in which Yoko was permitted to summon the spirits of the dead to rejoin them in order to watch the tournament. Then three days after it ended, they would return.
They were going to enjoy this festival, but right now they were all waiting for Yoko.
And then he walked out, but something was different about him. He was now wearing a fully black kimono with a crimson obi that had black flames on it. He wore old world sandals, and his hair was once again tied up with a black silk ribbon. "Come on, we don't have all day." He instructed curtly before leaving, not ever bothering to check to see if he was being followed.
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People bowed, people scoffed, people rolled their eyes, people fainted in dramatic sequence, and people clapped as Yoko stepped on the stage for the second time. He began to explain the festival, and what he was about to do. He stepped onto a blank part of the stage that only had scriptures written all over it, and dropped his kimono from his body, revealing a tan chest and black shinobi style pants.
He sat silently in the middle, holding his hands flat together and began chanting, the markings on the ground glowing.
His final words were, "Give these people who they love back for two days-three days and those who wish to be returned. If one if not wanted back, do not give."
Then the glowing abruptly stopped.
There was a pause for about a minute as Yoko held his posture, and then a blinding light engulfed the majority of Konoha.
People began gasping as people who weren't there before were. Up on the stage the dead Hokage stood, all three of them, plus one very peeved Jiraiya.
Yoko finally stood up and turned to face the First Hokage. "Hello Shinji." (A/N: I don't know if that's his real name or not, but I'll make it his name! XD)
Shinji's eyes widened as he looked at Yoko, he took a shaky step backwards towards his brother (The second Hokage). "Y-you." He spoke, pointing a finger towards the fox.
Yoko glared at the Shodaime and Nindaime. "You two have nothing to fear from me right now, Shinji, Makoro, it's your successor who's got to worry about us."
"And why should I?"
The elder fox whipped to glare at Sarutobi. "You threatened my kits, my grandkits, and myself. I have every right to let my family tear you to shreds right now you heartless bastard! You ruined the lives of so many. My son, my only son almost died because of you. You died an unjustified death because it was not caused by my own hands you bastard." He growled. He was about to lunge at the man when he felt large arms wrap firmly around his body and someone hunch over behind him to rest their head on his shoulder.
"Tsk-tsk koibito. There's no reason to get violent." The husky voice sent shivers down the redhead's spine, and if the looks on the Hokage's faces was any hint, he knew exactly who it was behind. "What happened to my sweet, submissive Ko-Ko-chan?"
"Tamaro…"
The black fox smirked as he pulled his uke closer to his body. "Ne, ne, does this mean I can't play the 'guess who' game on you?" He joked, letting the elemental fox turn around in his arms and attach himself to his chest. "Yoko-chan…"
"Tousan!"
Tamaro braced himself just in time as he felt himself get glomped from behind and hear the two girlish giggles over his shoulder. "Hm, is that my Kushina-chan and Yoru-chan I hear?" He turned his head slightly to give each of his baby girl's a kiss on the cheek. He could feel a tug from behind him and turned to face Kyuubi, who blushed and looked down to his feet.
Then he did something he had never done in his entire life, he reached his hands up to the taller male in a silent plead to be picked up like a little child. When he felt himself being lifted (bridal style) he smiled brightly up to his dad. "Tousan!" He yipped.
"Oi, oi, so what happened while I was gone? Why are there a million carbon copies of people?" He asked.
Yoko was happy to intervene for the sake of 'the greater good'. "I'll tell you later Tama-kun."
"After or before sex?"
Yoko turned a bright red that could match his hair. "Tamaro!" He scolded.
"What!? It was a reasonable question!" The red eyed man defended. "I want to know how long I get to screw you. If it's before, then no limits! If it's after, then I can't go as hard because we don't need you passing out again, ne?"
Yoko shoved Tamaro away and huffed.
The black haired fox walked up behind his lover and wrapped his arms around him. "If you wanted the couch, you could have just said so." Yoko threatened, causing Tamaro to quickly back away and turn to the other's whom he hadn't met.
A light giggling caused heads to turn and stare at the other newcomers, Kushina immediately attacking the woman. "Suika-chan!"
Mikoto looked up at the mention of her dead friend in time to see Hoshiro peeling the red head off his mate. Mikoto would have bounced over there if it had not been for the arms that suddenly wrapped around her waist and the feral growl that was ripped out of Obito, Itachi, and Sasuke's throats. She knew exactly who it was and tried to struggle away. "Go away, if I wanted you here I would have let you. Go. Now."
Yoko interrupted the she-wolf. "I brought him here."
"Yoko… you fucking idiot! What in the hellish world makes you think I wanted to see him again!?"
"I thought you two need to do some talking… I doubt all is as it seems." He spoke in a deadly tone.
Mikoto felt the rage of it all build up in her and she just had to let it out. "Do you not understand there was nothing that I didn't-"
"-You will shut your mouth you insolent pup." Tamaro snapped, causing Mikoto to shut her mouth and bow her head. "Try this. I have seen what has been going on, do not think I don't know. Try this."
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Doors angrily slammed shut, only to be reopened and shut with a much softer force.
"Miko-"
"No!" Mikoto snapped angrily, turning around to face tanned skin, dark brown eyes, and dark brown hair. "No Fugaku. Despite what I promised Yoko and Tamaro… I refuse to talk to you." She went to walk away but was stopped by her husband grabbing her wrist and pulling her to his chest, staring down at the shorter woman.
"If you can refuse, then so can I. I refuse to let this go without explanation, I refuse to let you, Itachi, or Sasuke go. I refuse to let you shut me out." He spoke dangerously, loosening his grip as he spoke.
Mikoto self-consciously brought her hands to her chest to grip at her heart, something she did when something hurt her or confused her greatly. "And I refuse to let you refuse." She defied. "You tried to kill us, I loved you and-"
"You still do." Fugaku interrupted, "I can see it, the way you hold yourself up. Koto-chan, if I explain my side, I will let you explain your side."
Mikoto sat down with a huff on the ground. "Fine."
The man smiled softly and sadly as he sat in front of his wife, who hadn't changed at all. "I was called by my father… he was the one who was told that you were demons. I didn't mind so much, remembering back to when I was a kid, dreaming about meeting a real live demon. But he insisted I kill what I created. I went to seek you out, to grab you and hide you, you, Sasuke, and Itachi. I didn't care that if I was caught, I'd be killed. I loved… I love you, and if loving you makes me love a demon, then so be it. But you were in a panic, and when I had gotten close enough, trying to comfort you, I saw something I had never wanted to see in your eyes.
"It simply wasn't you, like someone had taken over my wife, and was trying to murder everyone. Yet, at the same time, I knew it was you. That was you, porcelain skin, pebble black eyes, raven hair, and that was you, wolf ears on your head, and four wolf tails waving madly behind you. It was you, guarding an unconscious Sasuke and a stoic Itachi in the corner, snarling louder with each step. But I tried to talk to you.
"I obviously pushed my limits when you suddenly lashed out at me, and then I was floating- sort of. It was like standing on thin air. And one by one, the rest of the clan members joined me, until everyone but you, Sasuke, and Itachi were there." Tears had now began to slowly fall down the elder man's face as he continued with his story. "I wasn't angry. I was probably the happiest man alive… erm… dead that night. If I had to have been killed by anyone, I was glad it was you, and I was even happier when I found myself smiling because your three hadn't been harmed. I don't want revenge now that I can see you again, I want to be able to tell you, and have you believe, what I was thinking."
Mikoto stared at her hands, folded neatly in her lap, trembling with every emotion known to mankind… um… demonkind.
"I was scared." She started, not removing her sight from her hands, afraid that seeing the actual care in her husband's eyes would cause her to break. "I had no protection from anyone. I wasn't much of a fighter back then. Itachi was still in pain from having gained his second tail, and Sasuke had no clue. My older brother was on the verge of a breakdown, my father was a cynical creature, still enjoying the fact that the only two creatures stronger than him were no where to be seen, and my younger brother was 'dead', so he was somewhere else, taking care of his nine year old son.
"The ward had made me paranoid of every order that was given by the Sandaime. I feared for my life, my sons' life, and your life. Every single day, when there was a knock on the door I would think 'Is this it? Are they finally realizing what I am, are they here to kill me now?'
"Do you know who told your father that we're demons? It was the ex-husband of the demon king, he wanted Itachi to kill us, but when he refused, Orochimaru told your dad. Then it all went down hill, and when you entered and came towards us, I just reacted. There are parts of me that aren't sorry for what I did, but there are parts that aren't too. I'm not sorry for defending my cubs-"
"-our cubs."
"But I'm sorry that I was forced to kill everyone I had come to know. I wasn't sorry, because then I wouldn't cry when you grew old and I didn't. I was though, because you wouldn't be able to see your sons grow up. It tears me apart inside and out."
Mikoto was now in tears herself as she sobbed out everything she'd been holding in. She hadn't told anyone, not even Yoko or Obito what she'd felt, how she blamed herself.
"Koto." She mentally flinched at the name he'd given her, because everyone else called her Miko, and he disliked that very much. He only called her that when no one else was around.
Fugaku stood up and walked over to sit behind his wife, wrapping his arms around her and letting her cry.
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"Koibito."
"Hn?" Tamaro replied, looking down to the shorter red head in his arms.
"Do you think everything will be okay?" Yoko asked, looking up to the sky.
It was a beautiful pink hue that tinted orange towards the bottom. It had a purplish color at the top, and the clouds seemed to glow golden. It seemed like any other normal sunset, but the thing was that it was the middle of the afternoon.
Tamaro nodded and nuzzled the top of his mate's head affectionately. "Hai."
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Mikoto looked up at the door as there was a knock and it slid open slowly, revealing her youngest son.
Sasuke glanced to his father and then to hi mother before coming in and sitting down. "Kaasan… what exactly is the Sharingan. The demon version, how would you explain it?" He asked, hanging his head down.
The female wolf looked sadly at her son. "Sasuke, why are you asking?"
Sasuke's breathing momentarily stopped before starting up again. "Because, the scroll down in the basement said you had to kill your best friend in order to gain the Mangekyou Sharingan. And I have it now, but Naruto's not dead, so does that mean that, all that time ago, again and again, I tried to kill him for no reason? Is he not the most important person to me? I know he is though." He answered softly, his heart tearing at his own traitorous thoughts.
"No," Sasuke's head snapped up at his mother's answer. "The true Mangekyou is not gained from killing someone… it's a trait passed on through the only true Uchiha. Only we can activate it without a price." She explained, watching as his face lit up at the answer.
Fugaku barely registered the fact that his son had already left the room, he was stuck on the fact that he was dating Naruto. A boy. "Koto-chan…"
The wolf looked to her husband with a newfound smile on her face. "I know what you're thinking, 'Om Em Ef Ji, my son's gay and my wife is totally okay with this? How the hell am I supposed to have heirs?' But I'll have you know two things, male demon's can become impregnated, and Itachi has already produced two beautiful heirs. You should meet your grandchildren." She spoke with a knowing smirk.
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Hiei simmered as he watched the sand shinobi closely. The puppet master was up to something funny, he just knew it.
"Hiei-kun, relax, I'm pretty sure that he's just being genuinely nice. Plus… it's either him or Kuwabara."
Kurama's words made him calm down as he watched Kankuro compliment his half-sister on something, causing a pink hue to overtake her face.
"Yuki-chan, look, look." Kankuro childishly called out, tapping on a glass window. "It's so expensive."
The blue haired woman walked over and smiled as Kankuro pressed his face up against the glass that separated him and the special homemade sweets on display. "They look delicious." She said, looking at the desert.
"Eh?" Kankuro snapped to attention and faced the ice demon. "I'll go get you some." He said before dashing in.
"No, it's a lot of money, you don't have to." She pleaded, all to late as soon she was presented with the sugary treat, but it was broken in half.
Kankuro grinned. "Sorry, I could only get one. So, since I halved it, you get to pick the half you want." He reasoned, watching as the girl took a piece of her half and popped it in her mouth. "Is it good?" When Yukina nodded, Kankuro ate his half and enjoyed the taste of it melting on his tongue, while handing a bundle to Yukina. "I lied."
The red eyed woman took the bundle from the sand ninja and opened it, another one of the delicious treats being presented to her.
"I got it for you." He said, scratching the top of his head. "The last one, and I heard the lady behind me say she wanted one, so I bought it. I thought if you liked it, I could give you another as a gift."
Yukina smiled, leaning up and giving the brunette a kiss on the cheek.
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Kumori yawned a bit as the sun began setting, he sat out on a roof in pajama pants and a large t-shirt, complete with a mug of steaming tea a blanket wrapped around him.
"Don't fall asleep or you'll fall off the roof."
The surprise voice nearly caused Kumori to do just that. "Koi, don't do that!" The man whined, taking another sip of the peach tea.
The nature wolf crawled up onto the roof, sitting next to Kumori. "So what are you doing up here?"
"The fireworks. That and, I'm thinking." The younger wolf replied, leaning onto the other raven's shoulder.
Koi chuckled and nuzzled behind Kumori's ear. "About what?"
"What's going to happen at the tournament. It's so close, and it cares the shit out of me. Yusuke was telling me when he was in that one tournament that only had a wish for the prize… and how many people lost their lives, and how much blood shed there was. Just for this one little wish and to prove who was strongest. But this is bigger- this is the king of the demons. People are going to be murdered, the crowd is going to be involved, they might die, they most likely will too. I-"
Kumori's rant was cut off as Koi gave him a simple kiss on the cheek, causing him to flare up pink.
"Calm down Kumori." Koi spoke, pushing the smaller wolf down on his back and leaning over him as the fireworks began to go off.
Kumori turned his head to look at the flares in the sky as Kumori worked on giving him a hickey on his neck. "K-Koi, look… it's so beautiful."
Koi hummed against the pale skin. "Yes, but it doesn't even begin to compare to you." He sapped out, moving to place kisses all along the pale neck.
Kumori's eyes watered as he felt the older wolf leave marks along his skin, moving his hands up his shirt to feel around the expanse of covered skin. But Kumori did nothing but lay there and take it. Of course he wanted it, but he knew he'd never get it. "S-stop… Koi, stop it." He finally gasped out, pushing the other away. "No."
Koi looked up at the coal eyes before easing off the other. Kumori looked into the bright green eyes before shutting his firmly as he could hear Koi get up and leave. And then he finally broke out in tears, ignoring the fireworks that he'd been set on watching, and ignoring the fact that his mug of tea was spilled. His sobs causing his body to shake and hiccups to interrupt his breathing.
"Kumo?"
Kumori curled up even more on himself as he heard someone approach him. "Go away." He croaked.
"I'm not leaving you out here alone. Come on Otouto, get up." Kage leaned down and picked up his twin in his arms, not ignoring the fact that Kumori was biting him to get him to let go. "Stop that Kumo. Do you want me to drop you?" Immediately the biting stopped, but the light sobs were still there.
Kage opened the door to his room before sliding it closed. "Oni, could you please pull out another futon?"
Oni nodded and dashed to the closet before laying out the futon and its covers. Kage set his brother down on the futon before covering him up. "Kumo, what happened?" Oni asked, concerned for his brother-in-law/adopted cousin.
"I can't take it anymore. He- he says he loves me, but he doesn't even give me a kiss. Sure, on the cheek and hickey's, but never on the lips. All he does is touch my stomach… it's been three fucking years, two and half since he told me he loves me, but that's all it gets me. Like I'm just some fucking toy to him." Kumori nearly screamed out.
Kage sat still for a moment as Oni went and gathered a cloth to help Kumori clean off. He suddenly stood up and walked out of the room.
He stalked down a couple of hallways before meeting the sight of Koi leaning against the wall with a confused look on his face as he stared at the light. Kage growled to gain the attention of the other wolf. "You are so lucky we need you for the tournament or I would most likely bash your face in right now." He snarled.
Koi scoffed. "Don't talk like that to your elders." He said, not even looking towards Kage. "And don't insult or threaten when you have no clue what's going on."
"No clue?" Kage sounded appalled that he said that. "You think I have no clue when my brother just nearly screamed his lungs out all about it?"
"So then you know what he's thinking, but you don't know my side."
"Then please enlighten me on why I shouldn't destroy you." Kage remarked snidely.
Koi sighed, sinking down to the ground. "Your brother doesn't tell you everything."
"Are you saying I don't know my own brother?" Kage accused.
Koi laughed bitterly and shook his head. "No, I'm pretty sure you know your brother as well, if not better, than I do. He just doesn't tell you everything."
Kage scowled but took a seat next to the opposing raven. "And what didn't he tell me?"
Koi chuckled. "I've told him this three years ago, when we first got together. I've only ever kissed him once- for real- and I almost couldn't stop myself. I told him then, and I quote, ' I will not go further unless you ask for it seriously.' I told myself that I wouldn't kiss him because then there would be no stopping me."
Kage shook his head. "Well, you better let him know that, because right now he thinks you're just fucking with him."
Leo: The tournament begins next chappie! I'm so excited!
Sasuke: That's screwed up jack right there
Leo: -slaps the emo- Es Tee Ef You!
Sasuke: Huh?
Leo: Bee Eye Tee See Aech -shoves emo to the floor-
Sasuke: Abuse!
Leo: Are Oh Ef El! X3 I'm a pimp!
Naruto: Say what dawg?
Leo: Es Tee Ef You, hoe! Get in van! You ain't ganstah! -pulls out gun on Naruto who drags Sasuke into the back of the van with him.- Good hoe. Now come on, Kiba, Gaara, to the hotel.
-at the hotel-
Leo: Yayz! -watching Kiba and Gaara having hot buttsmex and taking pictures for future generations- Now reveiw, our you'll be shoved into the pimpmobile with Sasuke and Naruto... and a bitchy Hidan!
-In the pimpmobile-
Sasuke: No get away!
Naruto: -bawling-
Hidan: fuck fuck fuck... and fuck! He was all like fuck! and so I said, fuck fuck? Fuck shit. Fuck! And then some fucking chick-fucker said fuckity fuck the fucker.
Sasuke and Naruto: -clinging to each other and crying-
Sasuke: I swear off revenge if I can get out of here!
Naruto: I swear off ramen!