Oh my god, guys, I'm SOOOO sorry for having you wait three weeks...exams...exams...curse those exams...anyhow, this is the last chapter and Eyes of Defiance will be officially finished. I feel this story has been my masterpiece, and I do not hesitate to give my thanks to all of you readers.
Chapter 35: The Peace of Existence
One Week Later
"Oi, Sasuke."
Uggghhh…my head…why does it feel like I have a whole symphony of African bees inside of my head?
"Oi, Sasuke."
Is someone calling me? That's strange…it's been pretty silent here all the time…
"Uchiha Sasuke."
Said Uchiha blearily cracked open an eye, immediately regretted it, and closed the eye again. Sasuke experimentally tested the other eye, again wished he hadn't, then gave up and popped both eyes open, much to the protests of his sore, aching body. He blinked. He blinked again, confused as to why he was staring straight into the bluest sky he'd ever seen. Why was he staring into the sky? It didn't feel like he was outside…then he realized with the speed of a match being lighted. The "sky", was actually a pair of crystalline eyes, staring down at him with great intensity. Uzumaki Naruto was no more than an inch away from his face, emblazoning twin sets of holes into his face via his stare. Sasuke blinked once more.
"Naruto?" The blond perked up immediately and sat down on the bed, sliding a hand over the curve of Sasuke's cheekbone.
"Ah….so it took you long enough to awaken."
The Uchiha let out an exhausted groan, slowly positioning himself upon his pillows like as if his whole body was made of glass. He made a few futile attempts at speaking, but found he could not when his voice obstinately stayed in his throat. Naruto grabbed a nearby cup of water and tipped the contents down his throat. Sasuke coughed and spluttered, then settled wearily into the pillows.
"How…how long have I been….asleep?" Naruto smiled wanly.
"One week." Sasuke's eyes widened, and he tried to protest, but was stopped by a gentle finger on his lips. Naruto looked stern.
"No more now. You're still pretty beat-up." Sasuke turned away and looked absentmindedly out of the nearest window.
"What did…what did they do to me?" He asked tentatively. Naruto smiled in response.
"Tsunade-baachan managed to extract all of the metal blood vessels and replace them with normal ones. From what I heard, you yelled quite a bit in your coma…then you talked for a few days about Itachi…but that was about it." Onyx eyes darkened, if possible, to an even darker shade of black.
"Itachi…where is he?" He asked. Naruto smiled enigmatically.
"I called Gaara." A small glint of humor pierced midnight eyes.
"Ah." A single word of comprehension. Naruto shifted slightly on the bed.
"We're taking you home tomorrow."
The blond shifted his head and turned out to gaze vaguely out of the window, and as he did so, the sun caught his eyes and illuminated them to portray magnificent colors of iridescent blue, shimmering and scintillating in the light. Sasuke felt something hot and liquid run through his body, and the vision before him suddenly reminded him how much he wanted the blond. He wanted him more than ever now, after a strict diet of anti-Naruto for the past week. Still…in his fragile state, he couldn't function as well as he would given normal circumstances….but that came later.
"Sasuke?"
"Yeah?"
"How do you feel?" The Uchiha groaned and shifted again.
"Weak. Pathetic. Ill." Naruto smiled sadly.
"You'll heal."
He turned away to gaze out of the window again, and Sasuke felt himself drift, to a place neither Naruto, nor anyone else for that matter, could get to.
The Next Day
"Oof."
Naruto panted, plodding slowly across the floor with one very heavy Uchiha on his back. Neji smiled in amusement as the blond struggled with his load.
"Man, Sasuke….what did you have for breakfast, concrete?" The Uchiha smiled wanly.
"It's not my fault, I've been in bed all day. You've just gotten a lot weaker." He shot back. Naruto snarled briefly in response, but grudgingly lugged Sasuke through the Hyuuga mansion. Neji smiled, trying his best to hide his mirth.
"Take good care of Naruto now, Uchiha." Sasuke slanted him a glare out of the corner of his eyes, then settled for a nap on Naruto's back.
"Bye, Neji. I do hope to meet again." The Hyuuga reached out and affectionately ruffled Naruto's blond locks.
"Of course we will, my little kitsune." With a wink in response, Naruto was gone.
That Evening
Sasuke looked up as Naruto slid in the room, closing the door softly behind him. The blond was wearing a silken robe of the palest blue which brought out the maroon undertints of his eyes and enlightened his hair to an almost white-blond hue. The Uchiha blinked and forced himself under control as hot, liquid blood pooled down somewhere south. Naruto, however, didn't seem to notice Sasuke's sudden flux in behavior; instead, he sat gingerly on the edge of the bed and touched a cool, soft hand to Sasuke's alabaster forehead.
"Are you feeling better?" Sasuke gulped and nodded; Naruto's eyes were zeroed in on his own, and it took an immense amount of pressure on his lips courtesy of his teeth to keep himself under control.
"Y-yes…I'm fine." Naruto smiled and nodded.
"Good." He shifted on the bed, and in doing so, the robe he was wearing shifted slightly on his shoulders, exposing a healthy amount of smooth, creamy skin.
Sasuke felt something snap.
"MMMppphhhh…." Naruto was thrown backwards by the force of Sasuke's lips on his, and he struggled as Sasuke delved insistently into his mouth.
"Sa…Sasu…ke…aaaahhh…."
All sense of control now lost, the Uchiha pressed his mouth fully on the blond's, licking and nipping at Naruto's lower lip. After the span of a few seconds, Naruto gave in as well and responded much to Sasuke's delight, pulling the Uchiha down on top of his mouth, slight, strong fingers sliding up his robe to stroke lightly at his chest. Sasuke moaned in response against Naruto's sweet mouth, and drew back slightly, brushing his lips against Naruto's as he spoke in a low, husky whisper.
"Naruto…I can't….I can't hold back…" The blond looked up at him, eyes sparkling with pure, unadulterated love and desire.
"Sasuke…I know….I want it too…."
The Uchiha leaned down and gently settled on top of Naruto, hands slowly and tentatively undoing the sash on his robe. Naruto helped him with his own, then undid Sasuke's yukata as well, letting it slide down his body like a silken, midnight-blue waterfall. Sasuke stayed quite still, letting Naruto's gem-cut eyes slide over his body. The Uchiha he closed his eyes as if he could almost feel the blond's gaze. Naruto reached up and gently took Sasuke's alabaster neck in his teeth, settling down on the pillows and bringing the Uchiha with him. He shuddered with pleasure and unbridled emotion as Sasuke's hands started to roam.
Naruto rose and rose, shivering like a wind-tossed leaf as Sasuke continued his ministrations. The blond's mind dulled and his instincts took over as he moaned and roiled under the Uchiha's artful caresses, shivering as Sasuke lapped at his neck and nipped gently at his collarbone. The feathery feel of Sasuke's lips on his body sent him careening to dangerous, unknown, and yet so very pleasurable places he'd never been before, and Naruto closed his eyes, reveling in the feel of Sasuke's absent kisses trailing along the line of his body.
The emotion within him built and peaked until he was tense and full to the brim with love and desperate need for his lover. Sasuke's hot breath came in harsh pants from above as he writhed gently on top of Naruto, hands wandering passionately across Naruto's glorious frame. His fingers found Naruto's shaft and stroked, earning a magnificent moan from the blond beneath him. Naruto gasped and exhaled in a slow sigh that sent waves of the most gorgeous blue electricity waltzing down Sasuke's spine, and somehow, in some way, the Uchiha knew it was time. He bent, kissing Naruto's ear, and whispered his request.
Naruto nodded imperceptibly and Sasuke drew back, wrapping Naruto's legs around his hips and positioning himself right above Naruto's opening. He slid in gently, and was halfway encased in his sheath when Naruto moaned, a moan of pain rather than pleasure, and spasmed suddenly under his body. Sasuke recoiled, still in doubt, but relented when Naruto's gem-cut sapphire orbs caught his with a yearning from the very depths of his soul. Sasuke nodded back, then slowly thrust himself to the hilt inside of the blond.
Naruto gritted his teeth as tears spilled down his cheeks, but he held on tightly as Sasuke began to rock. The Uchiha gyrated his hips against Naruto's in a slow, sexy figure eight, sending a series of small, white-hot explosions dancing across Naruto's vision. Sasuke rocked harder on top of him, but stopped and winced, massaging his chest. Naruto looked up worriedly.
"Are you still…?" Sasuke grimaced and shook his head, then kissed Naruto passionately on the lips and started his gyrations once more.
Naruto bucked and gasped as Sasuke thrust himself inside of him again and again, each sensation more magnificent than the last. He circled his hips to Sasuke's thrusts, and eventually found a rhythm that matched the Uchiha's. Together they danced, together they came, until they weren't Sasuke or Naruto, or even SasukeNaruto….no, they were as one, conjoined until the end of eternity, forever entertwined as a single soul, a single entity, a single organism, suspended forever in a time lapse of pleasure, where reality ended and dreams began.
A Few Hours Later
Sasuke awoke suddenly and lay still in the silks and covers of the bed. He snuck a glance at the sleeping blond beside him and smiled, fondly placing an absent kiss on Naruto's neck. The steady rise and fall of the blond's breathing somehow brought him to a serenity nothing had ever provoked in him before, and somehow he realized that this was what he'd been seeking ever since he began to exist. This peace, this serenity, this feeling of absolute and utter contentment…this was it. He'd found it, and he'd found it with the most wonderful, the most amazing, the most magnificent little kitsune in the existence of the world.
My greatest gratitude goes to:
Cheerful Pinkstar, who has never failed to review a chapter of my fic...actually, she's the only one who has reviewed every single chapter, and I thank her for that
Joyceee: JEEZ! YOU WRITE ME THIS LONG TEAR-JERKING REVIEW AND YOU DON'T LEAVE ME A WAY TO CONTACT YOU! (pouts)
GoldenSpiralLovesFishcakes: I think that's your name...well, thank you as well. I love you too.
Until the next time we meet,
Silver-eyed Hyuuga