Woe... I'm Life's Whore
Woe… I'm Life's Whore
Naruto discovers some funky feelings. A LOT of drama ensues. AU SasuNaru, plus other pairings (surprise ). Some possible OOCness.. plot-line a little more serious than the title.
Main Pairing: SasuNaru/NaruSasu Others: GaaNaru/NaruGaa KibaShino/ShinoKiba SasuOrochi/OrochiSasu
R&R
Chapter Eighteen: Run
Naruto marched up to Sasuke's house, fists clenched and ready to roll.
He wasn't going to take 'no' for an answer, tonight.
This was it.
Naruto had decided.
Naruto had finally decided.
He was in love, with Sasuke Uchiha.
The quiet street echoed his heavy, almost-jogging, footsteps loudly. He sprang up the steps and stopped centimeters away from the door.
He took a deep breath.
No going back now.
He slammed down his fist on the door, knocking roughly and harshly, as loud as he could.
The door gave way, creaking open and revealing a dark, empty, somber house.
Naruto blinked squarely. His heart was in his throat, and his brain simply couldn't decipher the plethora of emotions going through his mind.
"Sasuke..," he half-squeaked, half-yelled, voice braking.
No luck.
He stepped silently into the shadowy hallway.
The house was echoing something unknown. It oozed despair, and Naruto suddenly felt very claustrophobic. He stumbled down the hallway, eyes straining to find the light switch, fingers desperately searching the cold walls.
Eventually he found it. It didn't do much for the bitter atmosphere, but at least he could see.
He tried calling for Sasuke again.
Naruto felt bile rising in his throat. Still no luck.
His brow creased. Winning the Uchiha over permanently wasn't going to be an easy feat.
He tip-toed down the hallway and towards the living room. It was just as dark as the hallway was, except there seemed to be a cold draft coming through. If Naruto's adrenaline hadn't been pumping through his veins, he probably would have missed the golden glint from the corner of his eye.
Something flat shining on the surface of the coffee table.
He ran over, kneeling next on the carpet and picking up the purple-gold envelope. It was open, and it was surrounded by what appeared to be paperwork. Naruto's thoughts struggled to keep up as it grasped fragments of the pages.
'Uchiha, Itachi'
'Prison breakout, Pedophile loose'
So, Sasuke had been in contact with someone about Itachi? No wonder he stayed quiet about it.
'Underground deals'
'Supplier of cocaine'
It was all Itachi's dealings. The dates and times were both past and present. Naruto didn't like where this was going.
'GW266'
Naruto's heart stopped.
His head was screaming. The roar of blood gushing in his ears was all he could hear.
GW266?
Naruto looked at that page again.
These were...
These were details for a flight.
To be more specific, these were details for a flight scheduled to leave, tonight.
'Uchiha, Sasuke
11:30pm on flight GW266'
Naruto wanted to vomit. He wanted to strangle something. He wanted to breakdown and cry. He wanted to scream and pound on the floor.
It was useless. Pointless, even.
"Fuck it! Sasuke!" he screamed, before heavy tears rolled down his cheeks.
What would Sasuke do, if he found this man, Itachi?
He had told Naruto himself.
He would kill him...
...which would make him a wanted man in turn.
He was breaking up with Naruto to spare him from the truth. So that he couldn't stop him. So that he couldn't get involved.
Naruto looked down at his watch. It was nine-thirty.
There was still time.
He flicked out his cell-phone and hurriedly pressed buttons.
"Briiiiiiiiing"
Pick up. Pick up. Pick UP.
"Briiii- Hello?"
"Shino!" Naruto burst.
"Naruto, hi. What's the matter?"
"I need the fastest way to get to the airport from Sasuke's, and fast," he blurted. Shino lived not too far from Sasuke.
"All the way out there?" he asked, "sure, subway has a direct route. But you better hurry, they don't run too often late, and it still takes forever."
Naruto didn't bother saying goodbye as he scrambled to his feet and ran for the door.
-
Shino hung up his phone and looked up at Kiba, who was hovering over him, shirtless.
Kiba lent down and nuzzled gently at his neck. His thigh was pressed firmly between Shino's own legs, and he was growling into his collarbone. A smile spread over his lips as he lapped at the other boy's earlobe.
"Kiba, you over-sexed fool," Shino said, pushing him off to find a shirt.
Kiba pouted and puppy-dog-eyed.
"Get some clothes on, and make it quick. I think Naruto's going to need our help."
-
Naruto looked at his watch.
It was ten already, and he hadn't even got on the subway train yet.
If it weren't for that stupid 'detour' he tried to take, he would have caught the last train.
Hopefully, it wasn't going to screw him over.
His hopes picked up when he heard the distant rumbling of metal wheels.
It stopped and he leapt on, as if his going faster would make the train do so too.
Then, he could do nothing but sit, and wait, and pray to God that he would make it to Sasuke before it was too late.
-
The train ride was full of memories. Both painful and wonderful. Being with Sasuke and not being with Sasuke. For some reason, this was all that mattered.
When it had finally come to a grinding halt, Naruto had jumped through the doors before they had even gotten half-way open.
He heard a clock somewhere far away chime eleven. Naruto didn't know, nor did he care how he was going to get past the airport security, he just was.
So he ran.
He ran faster than he had ever run before.
His legs were burning, on fire, aching and screaming at him to stop.
But he couldn't.
The first set of security doors weren't even being guarded. He slipped through them without anybody noticing.
"This is the final boarding call of Flight GW266," seemed to be reverberating down the halls. He had no idea where he was going, he just had to keep running.
The airport was almost deserted. Or maybe it was just this section?
Naruto felt like he was going in circles. He had to find Sasuke!
"This is the final boarding call of Flight GW266," the voice came again, and again.
Naruto let out a yell of despair, attracting the attention of a few of the security guards nearby.
"You alright, boy?" one asked.
"That flight, where is it?" Naruto demanded.
The man winced at him and bent down. "Gate 24, buddy."
Naruto glared at him furiously.
"All the way down the hall and to the left."
Naruto looked down the hall, it looked like it went on forever. It would take him a life-time to get down there.
The voice had stopped echoing, and Naruto could see flashing screens all around him. Though, what they were flashing he never stopped to look at, he was too busy flying down the hall at top-speed.
Everything around him was just a blur.
He had to make it.
He just had to.
It was a few minutes before he had reached the end of that infinite hallway. Pivoting round the corner, he could see the lit sign of 'Gate 24' ahead. His heart jumped.
He had ignored the throbbing stinging sensations in his legs long ago, and now, as he was almost there, it seemed putting up with the pain was worth it.
"Sir," the woman at the desk said, noticing him approaching fast.
"SIR!" she said, realising he wasn't going to stop. She barked some orders at a pair of security guards behind her.
Naruto ran straight into them. He was no match for a pair of butch security guards.
"I HAVE TO GET THROUGH!" Naruto yelled at her.
"Sir! This plane has already started to taxi," she told him, gently.
"NO!" Naruto said, in a futile attempt to struggle against the two huge men. He could feel the tears stinging at his eyes again. Such bitter tears.
"Come on, mate," one of the men said.
"No!" he yelled again. He reached out his hand, trying to grasp at anything, desperately.
He began screaming the only word he could think of.
"SASUKE!!"
It was pointless. The boy had gone. He wasn't coming back.
Naruto had failed.
He slunk pathetically to the floor, his sobbing growing loud, and intermingled with "Sasuke"'s every now and then. After a while, the woman and the security guards left him, as they couldn't get a word in edge-wise.
He barely noticed the hand on his shoulder, which tightened slightly to get his attention.
"Naruto..."