Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of the related characters. They belong to the creative genius of Masashi Kishimoto
Author Note: Sorry for the wait! I wanted to get this chapter right and it took me awhile. This chapter is a little bit different but I hope that you understand what I am trying to do here. Now on to the warnings: This story is Yaoi which means boyxboy…so if you don't like please don't read. This chapter will have some angst in it…for now you are getting to know Naruto. Also this story is unbeted for which I apologize. Now on with the story:
The Magic of the Dance
Chapter Four
The Dragon's dream
My dream is to belong somewhere…somewhere where I can feel comfort and love. Is that too much to ask? Am I unworthy of such a thing? Did I do something wrong? That is the only explanation for the predicament I currently find myself in…
Wait I should introduce myself…my name is Naruto Uzumaki. Now I know that name means nothing to you but I am a dragon…now I am sure that has peaked your interest in me…at least a little. I am young in the dragon world…barely hatched…that is the term that my parents once told me which means basically that I am under one hundred years old. We dragon live a very long time…thousands of years to be exact.
I am part Chinese dragon and part European dragon. Now I know that you are wondering what that means…well in a nutshell it means that when I am in my true dragon form I am a combination of both types of dragon. Okay I know you are thinking…duh dragon we knew that but it is more than what you think. Being a dragon with this type of heritage makes me look a bit different from what I am sure you have been told about dragons.
For example a Chinese dragon is mostly depicted by artist as having red, green and gold coloring…whereas a European dragon has been depicted as being stone or grey in color. Well imagine if you were to combine them…when I am in true form my scales are mostly gold and red on the top but my belly has soft grey scales that are impenetrable like a bullet proof vest. I don't have a really long snout like Chinese dragons do but I don't' have the narrowness of the European one either…it is somewhere in-between. I can breathe fire but am more comfortable in the water. I have three long whiskers on each side of my face…I can thank the Chinese for that one. Except they usually on have one…oh well I am sure you understand. Sometimes I wish that I was only one…yeah know just a European dragon or just a Chinese dragon.
But wishing never got anyone anything but heart ache. Maybe you are a little curious as to why I am in such a depressed mood…well that is easy my life is now a living hell.
I used to have a family and a nice home. A place where I could be me…a place where I had hope for the future; it was great and I felt safe. But how was I to know it would be as fleeting as a rainbow in the sky; for if I had known that my life would have ended up like this…I would have appreciated what I had more. I know everyone says that…heck you human write songs about that like of stuff…so I guess you can understand where I am coming from. But I doubt you can understand where I am at…
After my parents were killed by a vampire named lord Orochimaru…then I ended up in an orphanage with other supernatural orphans. Yeah there is such a place like that…and truly it is a horrible place to be. When a supernatural is orphaned most are adopted by one of their species so that they can learn to be a proper citizen who uses their gift appropriately…unless you are a dragon.
We as a species are very rare…add in the fact that I am of mixed birth…well you understand. Not that people were intentionally being cruel but the abuse I took there was very harsh. I think that I will give you an example so that you understand where I am coming from…I really sort of dread giving you an example because then I might feel some pity from you and I really don't want that…I just want you to understand.
I was in the orphanage for maybe a couple of months when a group called Akatsuki decided to…make sure that I knew the pecking order around the orphanage. So one day after we were done with our chores…they attacked. And not just with their fist but with their magic. They used me as a punching bag; the bad thing about it was the administrator of the orphanage watched them do it to me.
That is the first time I truly felt alone…so terribly alone.
I can't tell what that feeling is like but it could be liken to having your soul ripped from you. I hope that you have never had that feeling but if you have then maybe you could sympathize with my plight.
Back to the beatings…
They commenced with their 'education' for about ten days. Now being a dragon I heal very quickly so they really enjoyed bringing me to the point of death and then seeing me heal. One particular beating was so back that they broke my back, both arms, and both legs. Pein the leader of the Akatsuki had a field day on my ass that day…and you want to know what I did to deserve such a beating? Well all I did was 'refuse to clean their part of the orphanage'.
So they cornered me and with the help of silencing magic began their 'education of Naruto'.
God I hated that place…
Thinking about it really is too hard for me…so let's move on.
So that condition went on for couple of years…until Orochimaru came.
On that day the administrator…oh I forgot to tell you who the administrator was…his name is Kabuto. He is a vampire and a royal prick.
So anyway Orochimaru came and he decided that he would adopt a 'little orphan' because he has such a 'big heart'. Really he wanted to have a slave…someone conditioned to follow orders and who will take any abuse that he may want to hand out.
At first I thought of him as my savior; someone who will take the pain and abuse away. Someone to love me…oh how wrong I was…
Orochimaru came to see me and he was kind. And let me tell you I ate that up…hook line and sinker. I was so desperate that when he said that he wanted to adopt me…I jumped at the chance. I thought he was a knight in shining armor…when in reality he was a snake.
So that is why I am here…
In another city because the supernatural's in the previous cities started getting suspicious of him and what he was doing to me. Maybe I should tell you what he does so that you could understand…why the other got suspicious…
He liked to experiment with my powers…
He would take me to his lab and then he would get me to invoke my powers…by the use of pain. Any kind of pain…from burning me to almost drowning me; nothing was taken off the table. One day he would take razor blades to my skin and then another day he would put my feet in boiling water. Anything he could think of to make me 'power up'. In between the torture he would make me clean the house. Sometimes taking to beating me because I may have missed a spot…sometimes vampire's enhanced eyesight sucks; when I was not need I have to sleep in a closet because he doesn't want to waste room on 'a half breed like me'.
Now you are probably wondering how I know that he killed me parents? Well I know because he told me…taking great delight in my pain. It was a night when he was just finishing with his 'experiments' and then he asked me if I knew who had killed my parents…and when I said no…he got an evil smile of his face and told me all about that night and how he loved killing my parents. And here is the kicker…he told me the reason he did it was because he wanted too.
Because he wanted too…what a bastard!
I really wish that I could explain how much I want that vampire dead…I mean the real dead. Because a guy like him will go to 'Hell' or at least he should if there is any justice in the world. Oh well I guess there is nothing I can do about it…maybe someday I can get away from this hell.
Now I understand that you are probably wondering why I have been vague with some of the information about me and my background. Well to be perfectly honest I don't want to think about it anymore than I have to and living with this psycho vampire makes thinking about the hell I am in a daily torture.
But I have one reprieve…and that is homework. Yes…I understand that you are probably thinking 'how could homework be a reprieve?'…well let me explain…
Orochimaru is paranoid…extremely paranoid…he wants to give the appearance of being perfectly normal. Or at least as perfectly normal as a vampire can be. So when I come home from school and say I have homework he doesn't bother me…in fact he makes sure that no one bothers me. It has been like that since I was small; actually that isn't true, he used to experiment of me whenever he wanted too. Any time, any day it didn't matter to him but eventually human get suspicious and then they want to call a parent teacher meeting.
And that just wouldn't do…it shattered his image of being a kind person who took in this poor orphan. So he realized at that point that he had to leave me alone so that I could complete my homework and so that is how I get a reprieve. Strange but at least he can only experiment on me during the weekends and holidays. The rest of the time I get to be normal…or at least as normal as someone who is a dragon.
So whenever I get to a new school I make sure that all the teachers give me as much homework as possible.
Now I am sure a question has popped into your head about why I change schools so much. Well that is pretty easy…I live with a paranoid psycho vampire who thinks that everyone is out to get him.
I can only hope that everyone is out to get him.
Well, now I am getting ready to go to my newest school…oh joy. It is another nameless school in an equally nameless town. But at least I get away from Orochimaru…
So I get up and get dressed…finally I make my way down stairs to the kitchen. Seeing that Orochimaru was in the kitchen almost made me loss my appetite. But I decided that I didn't want to be hungry all day long so I went in…
"Good morning…my lord" I said softly as I made my way to the frig.
Orochimaru looked at me and smirked.
"Good morning…Naruto…I hope that you enjoy your new school" said the bastard.
I glared at the floor and wished with all my might that he would just die.
Why can't he just die? I mean am I asking too much…I just wish he would die. But then I would be truly alone…is dealing with an evil you know better than dealing with an evil you don't know? I just don't know what I would do if I was alone…but even so it must be better than this…
"Naruto…I am sure that you will be happy to know that I have some great new experiments to try one you. In fact I am sure that you will enjoy the pain…" he stopped as I finally looked at him. The look I gave the vampire was enough to make hell fire freeze.
Orochimaru gave a small chuckle.
"Maybe not…" smirked the bastard.
Turning to leave the room…Orochimaru stopped and turned back to me.
"I will have your chore list on the table when you get home…if you don't finish then I will give you fifty lashes and you will not have dinner…do you understand me dragon" growled Orochimaru.
I looked at him…
"Yes my lord…I understand" I said this softly through clenched teeth.
He nodded and left the room. Breathing in a cleansing breath I went about fixing my breakfast. Finally getting done with breakfast and packing a lunch; I left the house. Finding the school was easy; it was only about two blocks away from the house.
Nothing really stood out about this school…in fact it looked like every single one that I had been to before. Each new school holds a little piece of heaven…a slight break from the never ending hell which I call home.
I wish for nothing more than to survive…to be loved is a beautiful dream from which I must wake and how I hate to wake…sometimes I wish that I could sleep forever.
But my real wish is that I could just get away and find someone who will care for me…perhaps love me. Some place to call HOME. Something like what my mom and dad had.
Oh well all this dreaming is not helping… all this desire for something I must not be worthy for makes the ache in my heart even worse.
So I shake off this melancholy and enter the new school building.
Finding my way to the guidance counsel's office…I get my schedule. It seems I have a literature class first…with a teacher named Neji Hyuga. I hope that he is more adapt at language arts than my last teacher. That man was an idiot…
I love the classics…all of them human and supernatural alike. It truly is my favorite subject.
I follow the counsel to the appropriate class and wait for the woman to announce me. I vaguely hear her say my name…
So I walk into the class…
OH…WOW
He's beautiful…obviously vampire but he is tall and he has the most beautiful eyes I have ever seen. A breathtaking pale violet…so pale in fact his eyes seem to have no color at all. He has long dark hair that just begs to be touched…like dark silk. Like pure sin…
That is what he looks like…pure sin and I would be willing to fall to the pits of hell for him.
Hell I would jump…
I stood looking at him…and I began to feel thing I had never felt before.
Desire…
Lust…
Want…
Home…
These feelings whirled around in my body and made me almost breathless with their intensity. How can one being feel so much?
My life had up until that point been nothing but heartache; this is the kind of emotions that I had longed for, waited for, and they are emotions that I was sure I would never get to experience.
As we stood staring at each other…I noticed something strange.
Actually is made me want to smile for before me was a vampire and he was blushing. It was a subtle things…very attractive…if I do say so for myself…but nevertheless it was there.
And all I could think was…
Beautiful
One the fair vampire's skin…it was beautiful. I fought with myself…for the desire to touch him was overwhelming…
I don't know how long we stood there looking at each other…it could have been a minute or it could have been an eternity…but I felt our souls connect.
His warm desire for me filled places inside of me that I thought never existed…
It felt like hot chocolate on a cold day…
Where my body had been so cold and so alone…it now had fire.
Now before I go any thorough I should explain how dragons know their mates. My parents told me that all dragons know who will be their mate. They explained it like…living your life in black and white…until that day where you meet your intended…then your world becomes color. Dad called it the 'dragons wake'…basically it is when a dragon's soul becomes one with their mate. He said it only takes us a glance and then our soul's reaches over to the mate's soul where it meshes together in a kaleidoscope of color. That is the only time we get to see true colors of the soul. A dragon's soul will never pick another that isn't completely compatible with theirs. It is like finding out that…you have only completed one side of a puzzle…upon that realization…you find that the other side makes the whole picture perfect. Mom called it the 'dragons compliment'.
And that is exactly what I have found…
Someone who completes pieces of me that were missing…
Pieces that I never knew were missing…but now that I have found them…I can't imagine my pitiful life without them.
I look at this perfect creature in front of me and I feel safe…
Saved…
Wanted…
Finally after a few more moments…my perfection told me to take my seat. After I did he gave the class a reading assignment. I can see a slight irritation run across his face. I wonder why…
I can't believe we have to read this story. I read it fifty years ago. Oh, well…
I raise my hand…
I can't help a slight blush that stains my cheeks…
"Yes…may I help you, Mr. Uzamaki?" he sounds so calm. I wish that I could have that kind of composure.
"Uh…Mr. Hyuga…after we are done reading the chapters what are we supposed to do?" I asked as the blush deepens.
He looks at me…in what I think is faint surprise.
Then after a moment he raises his elegant eyebrow and gives me a very warm smile.
"Well, Mr. Uzamaki, you could continue with the story…or sit there quietly and wait for the bell to ring you to your next class" he said in a soft sinfully sexy voice.
I look at him and give him one of my best smiles. Not one of those fake ones but a real one; one that seems to make him sort of happy. At least I hope so, for I don't give that smile to just anyone. In fact the last person I gave a real smile too was Iruka…he was a teacher I had some years ago. A really nice vampire who seemed to care a lot about his students…
I looked back down at the book and began to read some more. After a while I hear that sexy voice again…
"Alright class…finish those chapters and then go on…do at least three more chapters before tomorrow…we will be discussing them at length when we meet again…now have a great rest of the day" said my savior.
I am truly getting mushy here…I didn't think I had that in me anymore.
As soon as he was done with that the bell rang…
So I gather my things and make my way to the front of the class…coming up to him I watch him and stretch that gorgeous body. He sees me…
"Yes…Mr. Uzamaki…can I help you?" said the sexy vampire.
I hesitate for a moment…
"Uh…sir…I already finished with the other chapters. In fact sir I have already read this story and I was wondering what else you would like me to do" I said softly.
Then he does something that stops my heart…
He smiles…and not just one of those 'oh let's pat the cute kid on the head smiles' but one of those smiles that make anyone within a hundred mile radius want to jump his bones.
"Well, Mr. Uzamaki…it seems that you have no homework in my class" he said as he continued to smile that sensual smile.
I want to wake up to that smile for the rest of my life…
But then reality hits me…I start feeling dead inside again. It seems I had forgotten what my life is really like. For a moment I had forgotten…for a moment I had a dream…for a moment I felt loved.
"Well…sir it is just that I have to have homework or my parents will think that I am lying if I don't bring any home" what a stupid lie! I am really going to have to come up with something more convincing than that.
The object of my desire looks at my sort of funny…
I would too if I had heard that lie from someone…note to self… must come up with a better lie.
"Okay Mr. Uzamaki…how about you write me three paragraphs about the first six chapters" said my desire.
I get the feeling that he is sort of placating me until he can find out what the truth is…
God I hope he never finds out my truth…he won't want me then…
I give him a very relieved smile…for I know that he didn't buy my horrible lie but at least he will let it go for now.
So with that done I make my way out of the class room and on to my other class…if I can find it.
The rest of the day is a blur…I ask all my other teachers for extra homework…and all comply with my request…even though my math teacher…Mr. Nara gave me a strange look.
Finally the bell rings signaling the end of the day…I can't help but have a slight bounce in my step as I make my way home.
Once I arrived I made my way into the kitchen to grab a drink of water…taking my book bag up to my room I lay down of the bed and think about the handsome vampire for a while longer.
I guess I fell asleep…because I woke up with a start…
Feeling a little discombobulated I look around my room…I can't help but think that I forgot something…
Then I hear…
"Naruto get down here immediately…" yelled Orochimaru.
OH! SHIT!
I forgot to do my chores…
I hop off the bed and race down the stairs…
Coming to the kitchen table…I see the smug bastard standing there waiting for me…list in hand.
"Well, my little dragon, it seems to me that you forgot to do your chores…and you know what that means…" smirked the bastard.
I trembled slightly at his tone.
"Orochimaru…I am…" I start.
But the vampire would have none of that…
"Naruto no excuses…I really don't care…go pick out the whip and get down to the basement…you know what to do…and then I want you to wait for me I will be there shortly" interrupted the evil vamp.
The gleam in his eye was scary but it broke no argument from me. I know that I now get to feel the pain for my failure and there isn't a damn thing I can do about it. So I turn and make my way to the closet that is closest to my bedroom. He keeps the discipline whips there…I think that he likes to remind me who is in charge. Opening the closet door…I grab his favorite whip…it is a long whip with a gold handle…and the bit of that whip hurts the worst of all in the closet. After I get the whip I go to my room and take off all of my shirt…I do that so that I won't ruin my shirt…when I finish that I go down to the basement. I walk through the door of hell and make my way to a pole that is in the middle of the room. Putting the whip of a table that is close by it…I wrap my hands around the pole and then I wait.
I didn't have to wait long…
Orochimaru walks and then makes his way to the table that has his whip. Picking it up he begins to unfurl it.
"Now Naruto…you know the rules of the house…why did you disobey me? Never mind… I really don't care…you will get fifty lashes and you had better not move or it will be more…do you understand me dragon?" said Orochimaru as he gets in position behind me.
"Yes…sir I understand…may I scream?" I ask as fear snakes in way up from my belly to my throat.
"No you may not…there will be no noise except for the sound of the whip" said the bastard.
"Yes sir" I said softly in total defeat.
It takes but a moment and then the pain explodes…
Excoriating…
Pain…
The whip rips through my skin as I fight to hold in the cries; I don't know how much longer I can stay standing.
Please make it stop…
Oh God please…
The lashes continue as I fight to stay conscious…I don't know how much longer…
The pain…
My body screams as I am put through this horrible punishment…and for what you may ask…I didn't clean the bathroom.
For a bathroom I am put through this…
The tearing…
The ripping…
The agony…
Finally he is done…
My knee give out and I fall to the floor…fighting to stay awake…
My breath comes in agonizing short panting burst…
"Go to bed dragon…I don't want to see you until the morning" said the devil.
I vaguely hear him leave the room; as I lay on the floor. After awhile…when my breathing finally enes out and I know that I am in shock… I start to push myself into a crawling position and then I make my way slowly to my room.
So slowly…
I can feel my back bleeding as I crawl on my hands and knees like some animal…
I pray that I don't pass out…
Finally I make it to my bedroom…
The shock if finally going away and what replaces it is…
Hell…
My back is on fire…blood and fire…
I can feel the powers of my dragon working over time trying to repair the damage done but it is taking a long time. So I lay on the floor and wait…
I let my mind wander as the skin is slowly being repaired.
How much longer must I be put through this? How much longer am I to dwell in this hell? Why am I alone?
Why can't the vampire called Neji…
SAVE ME…
PLEASE…
Back to Neji
Oh my god…
What is going on?
Why is my back on fire? God the pain…it's horrible…
I have never felt this much pain in my life…who could it be? Is it some sort of magic? Did someone cast a spell on me?
No that couldn't be it…
Oh no…
Naruto…
I will save you…I promise my little dragon…I promise…
TBC
Author Note: Well I hope that you have enjoyed chapter four. And I would like to take this time to thank all you reviewed: Clever Bast, To-toBearxD, Blackmoonwolf15, Utena-Puchiko-nyu, Kichou, Sinful Kitsune, tearfularcher, XxJrHazardxX, Kitsune, Miss Naye, britachisbride, pupnutie, demarra, sinner-Pandemonium, ooxshinobixoo, silver harpie 17, Roug3, nevershoutneverx, yang003, littlesnowfarie2005, Mewa, purropolisprincess, and Sparkling Red. And if I forgot anyone I apologize…
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