A/N: (begin scene) ShurikenC stares as a tumble weed rolls by her. She shruggs and pushes away the thorns and vines that cover the door to chapter 12. She opens the door and smiles but soon that smile turns into a frown. Deadly glares are thrown at her. She backs up slowly as some readers reach for huge swords and pitch forks. ShurikenC rubs at the back of her head in a nervous gesture. A moment later she runs out of chapter 12 with a horde of angry readers chasing her. Although some readers stay to enjoy chapter twelve (end scene)
Warning: Character death (I'm warning you now)
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Haou Airen
"Tenten!" Sasuke huffed out due to the strong hold coming from his friend, "What are you doing here?"
"I didn't come here by choice!" She spat holding on to him harder.
Sasuke gasped for breath, prying at her strong arms, "What do you mean not by choice?" He huffed out once again.
"Those two that took you out of class came for me. I tried to put up a fight but the red head put this strong smelly cloth over my nose and then the next thing I know, I passed out."
"That wouldn't have happened if you didn't bite me on my arm." Came a bored tone.
Sasuke and Tenten both looked to their right and spotted Gaara leaning against the door. His eyed Tenten dangerously, his hand rubbing at his bruised arm.
"Well what else was I supposed to do!" She yelled, finally letting go of the raven. Sasuke sighed and relief, hoping that his side wasn't bleeding again. "You were going to kill me!" She continued.
"If I were going to kill you I would have done so right from the beginning." A pale hand was placed on his hidden pistol that was underneath his shirt. Tenten ignored his silent warning and opened her mouth to yell at him again but another wail stopped her in her tracks.
"Saucey!"
A young Chikao pushed by Gaara's legs and ran into the room. His smile was wide until he saw the state that Sasuke was in. He pressed his lips together into a thin line then took off towards him.
"You hurt him! Get off!" He yelled pushing at Tenten, tiny fist pulling and pushing at her shirt. Seeing that she wasn't budging off of him, he proceeded to grab at her hair and pull hard. "Off Saucey! Off!" He shouted.
Grunting in pain, Tenten grabbed at his small shoulders and pushed him. The blonde boy hit his head hard on the carpeted ground then slowly sat back up with wide eyes.
Time stood still for Sasuke as he took in Chikao's face. His bottom lip started to quiver, his eyes started to water, and soon he started to cry.
"You idiot!" Sasuke hissed, bucking his friend off of him. He made his way slowly up onto all fours and started to crawl towards the weeping child. This would be bad if Naruto would have walked in and seen-
Something told him to look up and he did. There standing beside Gaara, who was now smirking, was a glaring Naruto. His eyes were fixed on Tenten, pinning her to the ground with his azure eyes. Sasuke shivered from his gaze.
'Please don't change color! Please!' He chanted in his head, eyes locked on Naruto's face.
After a couple of seconds Naruto tore his eyes away from Tenten and looked at his son.
"Chikao stop it." It was barely above a whisper but Chiako heard it. He instantly stopped crying, picking his head up and looking at his father.
"Come here." Naruto ordered and being a good kid, Chikao followed his father's orders. He grabbed at Naruto's pants and rubbed his face sleepily against it.
"They have catching up to do so leave them in peace." Naruto spoke to the other people who were in the room, situated in the back. With a quick murmur of 'Yes, Kyuubi-sama' they exited.
Without any other words the last three left out, not before the blonde mentally told himself….
Strike One
"Who was that?" Tenten asked, head titled to the side as she looked back at Sasuke.
By now the raven was sprawled out on his back looking up into the ceiling. For some reason he was still tired even though he knew he already slept for a long time.
"Long story." He finally said after a couple of seconds.
Tenten rolled her eyes and crawled over to him, lying on her back as well and staring up at the ceiling.
"You want to tell me how the hell you got here?"
She shrugged her shoulders, "I don't know. Those two that I was just telling you about just showed up in the middle of our lecture and pulled me out of class. When I woke up I was on a plane."
"They didn't tell you anything else?" Sasuke asked, turning his head to look at her.
"That Gaara fellow told me to be on my best behavior once we got here. Oh! And someone named Kyuubi-sama had shown me some sympathy and he was the reason that I was brought over here." Her eyebrows knotted together. "He was such a bitch."
Sasuke smirked. 'At least I'm not the only one he dislikes.'
"You must surely know more than I do Sasuke? Why did they drag us over here? Who are they?"
"It's quite simple Tenten," Sasuke started, a small smirk at the corner of his lips, "They're the mafia." A snort filled his ears. "What's so funny?" He asked as an elegant eyebrow rose up in question.
"The mafia? Come on Sasuke, what have they been filling your head with?" The girl chuckled a bit but soon the smile fell from her face. "What happened to your side?" Tenten stretched out a finger to gently poke at the white bandages that was wrapped around his stomach.
Sasuke's face grimaced n pain, "Don't touch it!" He hissed, swatting her hand away. "You'll make it bleed again."
Tenten sat all the way up to get a better look at it. "What happened?" She asked again, this time her voice was filled with worry.
Sasuke sighed. "Someone shot me."
"What do you mean someone shot you!" She yelled jumping to her feet. "We need to get you to a hospital to get it looked at! It'll be bad if it were to get infected!" She started to pace back and forth around the room.
"Tenten-"
"Who did it Sasuke? Just tell me and I'll break them in half."
"Tenten-"
"I knew these people were dangerous. Especially the blonde. Did you see the way he was loo-"
"TENTEN!"
"Yes?" She stopped in her ranting and looked at Sasuke who was now sitting up, glaring hatefully at her.
"I'm fine so stop screaming." He said with a glare still evident on his face.
Tenten nodded slowly and sat back down beside him. She gathered her thoughts together and then asked again, "How did you get shot?" Her voice was gentler this time.
"Well, it was my fault really."
"How so?"
"I pushed the dobe out of the way and got injured in the mist of it." Sasuke explained, licking at his lips.
"Who are you referring to?"
"The blonde haired idiot that just walked out." He grumbled as he leaned his arms on his bent knees for support.
"Why would you go and do something as stupid as that?"
"I don't know okay!" He snapped, running his hands through his greasy hair. He grimaced once he realized that he hadn't washed his hair in two days. "I just pushed him out of the way and jumped in his place."
Tenten winced a little from the volume in his voice. "Wait a minute? You pushed him out of the way? Where were you guys at?"
"As I said before, every person in this house is part of this group called the Kitsune Organization, which is a well-known and powerful mafia clan. What I've been told is that even though they try to keep the peace between other clans, it never turns out well. People want Naruto dead to gain his power as the head of the organization, and they will use any means necessary to get it. Even if that means targeting someone else to get to him."
"So they went after you?" Tenten asked a little stunned from the information. Sasuke nodded. "But why would they come after you when you were never with them to begin with?"
"When we were in Japan I found Naruto lying on the ground just a few feet away from my apartment. He was bleeding so I dragged him inside to treat his wounds. He wouldn't leave me alone after I helped him so he stayed at my place for a while. It wasn't that long before people spotted him and started to come after him." Tenten's eyes widened even further, "They saw me with him and that made me a target."
In an instant Tenten was up on her feet, "You bastard! That's exactly why I told you not to walk around at night!" She yelled, pacing back and forth once again. "Because of your stubbornness you've gotten yourself into a shit load of trouble."
"Don't tell me what to do. You're not my mother." Sasuke said quietly, opting not to yell back. It would be pointless to argue back at her. Besides, he didn't feel like it.
"Why haven't you left?"
"If you haven't noticed we're not in Japan anymore. If I were to escape I wouldn't get very far on the count of I can't speak the fucking language."
"But I do."
Sasuke's head snapped to her, "What are you getting at?"
Tenten smiled, "Sasuke. I have a plan."
Sasuke was escorted back to Naruto's room just minutes after Tenten and he had finished their conversation. She had caused yet another scene but Gaara had been quick this time and silenced her by pointing his gun at her head. Tenten bit her lip but allowed Sasuke to be dragged away from her. Naruto still didn't trust her so she was put into a room on the other end of the house, away from Sasuke. She would have to gain his trust just like everyone else did in the house. The blonde hoped he didn't make the wrong decision of bringing her here.
"You're healing up quite nicely Sasuke." Haku stated as he rewrapped the bandage around his side. "The gash is starting to close up on its own." Securing the last of the medical tape on the bandage at the raven's side, Haku placed the last of the supplies into his medical box.
With a slight bow and a quick murmur of 'Have a nice night' he turned to make his leave but not before Sasuke called out to him.
"Can I ask you a question?"
"Sure." Haku gave a gentle smile.
"Why do you dress up in girl clothing?" Sasuke asked bluntly and seriously. He'd been dying to ask him that since the first time he saw him.
"My mother thought I was going to be a girl when I was born and had already brought tons of girls clothing. Once she found out that I was a boy she had no other choice but to use the clothes that she had." A slight hue of pink dusted his cheeks. "Ever since then I just stuck with them. It's quite comfortable really." He shrugged slightly, tugging at the corner of his shirt.
"Naruto doesn't care?"
"Why would he?" A delicate eyebrow rose up in question.
"Well the others seem to be more violent and rough but you're the complete opposite. It doesn't look like you could harm a fly." To Sasuke's surprise Haku started to laugh.
"Haven't you ever heard of the expression don't judge a book by its cover?" When Sasuke didn't respond, he continued, "Let's just say that I'm the one who disposes of all of the unwanted bodies."
Sasuke paled a little and it only made Haku grin more. "Sweet dreams Sasuke."
Sasuke breathed out a sigh relief once the door closed softly behind him. Yep! Just like he thought! They all were still crazy fuckers!
"Sasuke?"
The raven looked back up at the door and obsidian eyes instantly locked with blue. He hadn't seen the dobe since he dragged Chikao out of the room hours ago. He didn't know exactly how to feel or say right now since Naruto had told him that his brother was alive. So! He did what he normally does.
"What is it moron?" Sasuke asked as a smirk tugged at the corner of his pink lips.
Naruto glared but shrugged it off. He stepped further into the room with a bowl balanced in his right hand and a food stand in his other. Swinging his foot back to close the door, Naruto sat the stand in front of Sasuke then placed the bowel on top of it. Sasuke peered inside and he scowled.
"Ramen. You brought me ramen to eat dobe." Sasuke said in disdain.
"Well this is the only thing I know how to make bastard." Naruto placed a set of chopsticks beside the bowl. "And I knew that you were hungry."
A loud rumble sounded in the room making Naruto smirk and Sasuke blush. "Hn." After thanking for the meal, he picked up the chopsticks, and dipped them into the bowl to eat. To his surprise it was actually good.
"It's good isn't it?" Naruto smiled, sitting beside him on his bed.
"Hn."
It was silent for a few moments until Sasuke spoke again, "Why aren't you eating? I thought you loved ramen."
"I can't eat right now."
"What do you mean you can't eat right now?" Sasuke asked, scooping another mouthful of noodles into mouth.
"Because you're eating the last of it."
"Hn." Sasuke smirked. "I guess I should feel happy that you let me have the rest. I supposed this means that you care about me, huh?"
Sasuke waited for a smart remark from the blonde but Naruto simply looked at him. Sasuke tried to ignore it but those blue eyes were staring right at him. Almost like they were boring deep into his soul. Sasuke placed the chopsticks back down on the stand and put his hands on his lap. He slowly turned his head and gazed back at Naruto. Before Sasuke could even blink he was pushed back on the bed with Naruto straddling his thighs. The blonde placed his head on Sasuke's chest and his arms on both sides of his of his head. He was careful not to lie fully on his body.
"Naruto? What are you doing?" Sasuke whispered, automatically threading his fingers through the blonde spikes before him. Naruto moaned from the gesture, pressing more into those gentle fingers
"Thank you Sasuke." Naruto breathed against his neck.
Sasuke shivered a little. "For what?"
"For saving Chikao and…for saving me." Light puffs of air blew across Sasuke's neckline, making the raven gasp for breath.
"Uhm…thanks? I guess." Sasuke whispered back, trying to keep his breathing under control. Did Naruto even know what he was doing to him?
"I never want you to be mad at me or be sad while you're here. I'm just trying to protect you, that's all."
"Well you have a weird way of showing it." Sasuke snorted a small smile etching on his face.
"As I've told you before, it's weak of me to show my emotions. I only let my guard down around certain people. You should be happy bastard." Naruto snorted back.
"So I'm special to you?"
"Of course you are." Sasuke's eyes widened, the smile dropping from his face.
"Everything that I tell you is true." He paused in speech to raise his head and look at him. "Even the information about your brother."
Sasuke looked away, a slight hint of pain filling his heart. "So he's alive?"
"Very much so."
"Do you know where he is?"
Naruto placed his head back down on the raven's chest, "If I knew, I would be over there in a flash. But he always moves. He never stays in one place for more than a few weeks. But there are times when he contacts me through my video feed. I don't know how he got the communication number for it though." When Sasuke didn't respond back, Naruto looked up again. "You don't believe me?"
"It's not that I don't believe you, I'm just confused. It's more like he's been alive for all these years and he's hasn't made any kind of effort to get in contact with me." Sasuke shook his head in disbelief.
"I don't know. That's why I want to keep you as far away from as possible."
"Why?"
"He would have killed you if I didn't come to the warehouse."
"Yeah he would have kil-"Sasuke quickly sat up, making Naruto sit up as well. "Wait! He was there?"
Naruto tilted his head to the side, "I believe so. You didn't see him?"
'I was hoping that you would be stronger by now. You're far too weak.'
"So that was him." Sasuke said to himself, his head dropping down to his chest. The familiar prickling of water started to form in his eyes. This was all too confusing. He didn't know how to think. What was he supposed to think? Was he supposed to be happy that his brother was alive? Or was he supposed to happy that Naruto cared about him. And actually gave a damn about protecting him. But did Naruto really care about him? Was he just using him to get to his brother? Where the hell was Itachi!
"Sasuke?"
The raven looked up, and gave a shaky smile. "I'm fine dobe."
Naruto grabbed at his shoulders and gently pushed him back down on his back. The blonde hovered on him and gave him a blank stare.
"Let me protect you," He whispered just inches from Sasuke's face. "You protected me so I want to do the same thing for you."
Sasuke nodded, his chest rising and falling rapidly. Naruto was so close. So close that he could feel his breath on his lips. He smelled like ramen. That bastard must have been lying when he told him he had eaten the last of it.
Ever so slowly, those pink lips started to move towards Sasuke. The raven closed his eyes, lifted his head to do the same the back when-
"Papa!"
Naruto quickly jumped back and looked at the door. "I thought I told you to go to bed?" He said sternly.
Chikao ignored him and ran up to the bed instead. Grabbing onto the covers, that were dangling over the edge, he pulled himself up and crawled over to his father and Sasuke.
"My Saucey! Off!" Using all of his strength, he placed his small hands on his father's chest and pushed him. Having already been sitting up, Naruto toppled off of the raven and onto the floor.
Once his father was gone, he placed himself on Sasuke and laid down, burying his head into his neck. "Mine." He whispered, just before he fell asleep.
Sasuke couldn't help but smirk. He was really starting to like the kid.
A wet cloth was placed on Sasuke's feverish head followed by a gentle hand running through his hair. Sasuke slowly opened his eyes and gazed upon the person above them. He couldn't tell who it was because of his fever.
"Fugaku?" Mikoto called out worriedly.
"What is it Mikoto?" He answered back. His voice held no emotion but the look in his eyes could tell that he was worried about his littlest son.
"His temperature is getting worst. Maybe I should stay here and take care of him? I'm sure the Hyuuga's won't be too disappointed if I don't show up." She bit her lip and looked back at Sasuke. He was starting to shiver so she pulled his blankets further up his body.
Fugaku let out small sigh, "I believe you're right. It would be bad if we were to leave Sasuke by himself in his condition. I'll just call and tell them that you won't be coming" He was already reaching out to grab his phone when another one placed their hand on top of his.
"But father. This is a very important event that we must attend. All of us. Since Sasuke isn't always in the spotlight I'm sure it wouldn't be a problem if he were to miss it."
"What are you getting at Itachi?" Fugaku said, his voice rising in anger.
"All I'm saying father is that it would be bad if mother were to not attend this gathering. The invitations specifically stated that all three of us had to be there."
Fugaku slowly put down the phone. "Well what do you suggest that we do with Sasuke? I'm not leaving him alone in his condition. And I don't trust the other maids in this house to watch over him."
Itachi glanced at his bedridden brother then back at his father, "I agree with you. That's why I have already contacted a very close friend that is excellent in the medical field just like me. He said that he would be happy to watch over Sasuke while we attend the gala."
Fugaku sighed once again, then looked at Mikoto. "Well dear? What do you think?"
She worried her bottom lip then looked at her eldest son, "Can we trust that he will take care of Sasuke while we are away?"
Itachi gave a smile. "Why of course mother. I wouldn't have bought it up if he wasn't the best at what he does."
She nodded, "Well I suppose that we'll go along with your plan Itachi." Mikoto stood up and adjusted her dress that she was supposed to be wearing for the evening, "Where is your so called friend?"
"He should already be outside. I had already called him beforehand."
"Very well," Fugaku grabbed his jacket, "Let's be off so we won't be late." He turned and walked out of the room. Mikoto followed soon after, but not before she kissed Sasuke's forehead.
As soon as his parents stepped out of the room Itachi walked up to his brother bed and stood beside it. "Foolish little brother." He whispered, gracefully running his fingers through Sasuke's sweaty locks.
Sasuke kept his eyes closed. It seemed that he had fallen asleep. Itachi grabbed at his own jacket then followed his parents to the door.
A man with bright red hair was standing in the foyer, talking to his parents, most likely about Sasuke.
"Come along Itachi." Fugaku called over his shoulder. Nodding slightly, Itachi walked up but not before stopping in front of the person that was going to watch Sasuke.
"Guard him well Sasori." Itachi said smoothly.
Sasori bowed a little and with a quick murmur he said, "Of course Itachi-sama."
"Sasuke." Someone whispered. Obsidian colored eyes quickly shot open and looked up at the voice that was calling him.
"Tenten?" Sasuke said, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes. "What are you doing here?"
Tenten puffed her cheeks out, "Don't tell me you've forgotten the plan already?" She whispered in the dark.
Sasuke looked around and noticed that he was still in Naruto's bed. Chikao was still on him, sleeping soundly, and Naruto to his left. His back was turned away but Sasuke knew he was asleep. His back rose up and down slowly.
"Plan? What are you talking about?" Sasuke asked.
"You know. A plan to get out of here." She sat back back on the ground in front of him, "While we were driving up to the house I got a peek out of the window and saw that we're not too far from a town. There was even a couple of hotel's and crap that we could crash at." Her eyes were wide, a smile on her face.
"Okaaaaay." Sasuke dragged on, "So you saw civilization? What's so good about that?"
Tenten frowned. "Well genius all we have to do is escape out of here, go through the woods, and then we're home free. I know how to speak the lanuage so we'll be able to get a nice place to stay until we make it back to Japan."
"You do know that it was like a fucking blizzard outside. How do you expect us to make it through? Better yet, I don't have any money to pay for a hotel." Sasuke said, while he thought back to the time when he had to walk through the snow. He shivered at the thought.
"Don't worry about the money. It'll be easy for me to steal some cash from somewhere around here. And I already got a plan about the whole snow-covered-weather-of-death situation." She smiled, "I'll come to you when the time is right." Her smile was still in place until she saw the way Sasuke was looking. "What's wrong Sasuke?" She scooted closer to him and placed a gentle hand on his knee.
"Naru- I mean Kyuubi-sama told me some very interesting news." He said as he licked his lips.
"What?"
"That Itachi was still alive and that he's here...in America somewhere." He heard Tenten gasp so he looked up.
"Are you serious?" Sasuke nodded, "Well that just gives you an even more reason to want to leave here. We can go find Itachi-san and get the hell out of here and back to Japan."
Sasuke wanted to tell her that he also heard that Itachi was the enemy and had tried to kill him. But he couldn't. He would go along with her plan and see for himself. He had to know the truth.
"Oh yeah, the plan."
"Yeah the plan Uchiha! Now hurry up! We don't have that much time. Now get up and let's go." She said bouncing on her heels.
Sasuke slowly sat up to peel Chikao off of him, but the child just hung on tighter, burying his head deeper into Sasuke's neck. Sasuke tried again but the same thing happened. Losing her patience, Tenten grabbed at Chikao's shoulder and pulled at them, successfully making him let go of Sasuke. Chikao let a wine escape his mouth but Tenten was quick to place her palm over it, covering his mouth.
For a second, he thrashed around, trying to get the offending hand off of him, but seconds later his body went slack. Sasuke watched him for a couple of seconds to make sure he was breathing. At times Tenten could go overboard with things. He sighed in relief once he saw his chest rise and fall slowly. After eyeing Naruto, who was still asleep, Tenten helped him off of the king sized bed making sure she didn't touch his side.
Sasuke quickly threw on a pair of clothes that were on a chair beside the bed as well as a pair of sneakers then followed Tenten out of the room.
Unknown to the both of them one azure eye opened, but it soon morphed to red.
Strike two rang through their head.
The halls were dark as the duo made their way through the mansion. Tenten held Sasuke's hand tightly, pulling him each and every way.
"Do you even know where you're going?" Sasuke whispered, peering over his shoulder. He couldn't help but feel like someone was watching him.
"I've walked all over the whole house since I've been here. I sort of figured out you were in that guy's room so I came over here." She said as she made a quick turn around a corner.
Sasuke stumbled a little but quickly regained his balance, "We're not just going to walk out the front door are we?"
"Of course not. There's a parking garage right behind the kitchen. There's tons of cars inside of it."
"So you're planning on high jacking a car?" Sasuke asked, looking over his shoulder again. What was this feeling?
"No dumbass." Tenten said as she rolled her eyes. "Your car is here. They brought it when they brought me."
"Really?"
"Yeah, really. Now, pick up your feet. There's a guard that makes his way up and down these halls and it would be bad if he spotted us."
"How do you know that-" He was cut off abruptly when Tenten stopped in her tracks, causing him to run into her back. "What the hell did you stop for?" Sasuke whispered, rubbing at his aching nose. This was just like before when he was with Naruto.
"Stay right here Sasuke. I'll be right back." Tenten said running around the corner, into what seemed to be the kitchen. Sasuke glared but did as he was told. Curiosity got the best of him, so peeped around the corner to see what was happening.
His eyes widened, as he took in the scene in front of him. "Tenten wait!" He called out.
But it was too late. She had already thrown herself forward and tackled Haku from the behind. Tenten quickly pulled out one of the many knives that she always carried on her for protection and placed it against his throat. Haku placed his hands on her to try to break free but Tenten only dug the blade closer to his throat. She really didn't want to kill anybody, but if she had to do it in order to escape…she would.
Sasuke wanted to move to stop her, but his feet fell like they were glued to the floor. He could only watch as the two struggled further….and then it stopped. In Tenten's favor.
She hunched over and took in deep breaths, occasionally taking in Haku's form. He was sprawled out on his back, head titled to side, out cold. Whatever Tenten did to him had him unconscious.
"Stupid bitch." She muttered, standing back up.
Sasuke finally walked forward with eyes blank. Tenten frowned but grabbed at his hand anyway, pulling him in the direction to the back door. Sasuke followed like a puppet, allowing her to do whatever.
Sasuke watched one by one as Tenten rendered anyone that came into their paths on the ground. Sasuke had given up minutes ago trying to spot her. He knew he couldn't do anything to change her mind.
A flood of lights burned Sasuke's eyes as Tenten led them into the parking gargae. Around twenty cars were seated beside each other. Each one spotless. Almost like they were just recently bought. Looking further down the rows, the raven spotted three motorcycles. All of them were orange with a design of a spinning cloud running from the front of the bike to the back. Sasuke was never into bikes but he would have loved to have one of them.
Motorcyle's...Oh….they must be Naruto's…
"Let me protect you like you protected me."
Naruto!
"Tenten wait!" He snapped, pulling his hand away from her grasp. His hand easily slid out of her hand, making her turn around.
"What is it Sasuke?" She asked.
"I can't." Sasuke whispered, rubbing at his bruised hand.
"You can't what?" When Sasuke didn't answer, she rolled her eyes and grabbed at his hand again, only to feel air. "Sasuke, come on! We have to go! We're almost th-"
"I changed my mind. I'm not going."
Tenten's eyes widened, "What the hell do you mean you're not going? You're just scared that's all. I know you want to leave so come on." She reached out again, but Sasuke backed up.
"No, I don't want to leave. I-I want to stay here." He whispered looking away from her gaze.
"Sasuke-"
"We wouldn't get very far anyway. He'll find us."
"You mean that blonde guy." Sasuke nodded. "I'm not scared of him." She boasted sticking her head up high.
"But Tenten you're not listening-" He was abruptly caught off when she grabbed his hand again. After walking down a row of five more cars, Sasuke's car came into view. Tenten was right. They really did bring his car. But why?
Taking out another one of her many weapons, Tenten successfully opened the driver's side door and climbed in, then opened up the other doors. Sasuke hesitantly climbed in as well, buckling up his seat belt. His heart was beating rapidly in his chest.
"Shit." Tenten cursed, opening the door and getting back out. Sasuke made to do the same thing too, but Tenten stopped him. "Stay here! I just forgot to open the doors. I have to go back up to the stairs to push the button."
Before she could walk around the car the lights suddenly went out. He heard Tenten curse again, trying to make her back to the door. "They spotted us! We have to get out of here!"
Sasuke tuned her out already knowing what was about to happen. Not even a second later Tenten let out a shriek as someone grabbed at her arm in the darkness. She tried to put up a fight but it was useless once she was hit at the back of her head. Sasuke heard her body hit the ground and not soon after his door was yanked open. He was pulled into a strong but soft chest, arms wrapping themselves around him, holding him close. Their scent was familiar. He automatically leaned into the warmth but it was soon short lived once he too was knocked out.
"Pwlase sopp!"
"Haku."
The sudden noise had Sasuke opening his eyes, taking in his surroundings. He was lying on the floor, on his stomach.
"Pleawse stpp."
His eyes opened further.
"Please stop!
"Haku!"
He didn't know where the voices were coming from but what he did know, that one of those voices was Tenten. She sounded like she was struggling. What was going on? Using all of his strength, the raven pushed himself up on his hands and knees, shaking his head a little to get rid of the dizziness. He looked up slowly and spotted; Gaara smirking, Sai slouched down in a corner, Kiba petting Akamaru's head, a bored Shikamaru leaning against a far wall, Naruto standing in the center of the room, and….and…and….
Haku delivered another brutal kick to Tenten's side, making her fly into the wall. The cross dresser held his foot in the air, waiting for the next command.
"I brought you here in hopes that maybe you could be trusted, but I see that I was wrong." Naruto said with his arms at his side.
"Haku." Naruto whispered.
Hopping on one foot, Haku drew closer to Tenten and swung out his foot again, kicking her in the side of the face.
She whimpered again, holding onto her stinging face. It was bloody and her clothes were tattered.
Shaking his head once again, Sasuke finally stood up to make his way over to her, but a hand grabbed at his upper arm, stopping him. He looked over his shoulder and spotted Gaara.
Dark eyes narrowing in anger he shouted towards the blonde, "Stop this Naruto! She didn't do anything wrong! Punish me instead!"
"You even hurt one of my closest friends," Naruto chuckled a bit. "That was bad on your part. He's the craziest one of them all." He ignored Sasuke's yells and focused his eyes on the crying girl in front of him.
"Haku." He whispered again.
Raising his foot again, he swung out harder this time making her face snap to the right. Tenten's cries of pain increased but it was ignored. Haku stood still with his foot raised, watching Tenten with murder in his eyes. He was pissed about what she did to him earlier.
"I really hoped that you would have been a good little guest and obeyed the rules. But you broke the most severe one."
"What rule?" She coughed out blood, trying to sound unaffected, "The only thing that I did was try to leave this place. How is that breaking the rules?"
"Strike one. You pushed him on the ground." Naruto's voice deepened in anger, "Strike two. You almost killed him when placed your hand over his mouth. And strike three." He looked at Haku. "Well you should already know what strike three was." He shrugged.
Before Tenten could look towards him another kick was delivered to her stomach.
"You only been here for two days and look at all the trouble you caused."
Tenten made it up to her hands and knee, to try and crawl away but she was pulled back by her hair. It was out of its normal two buns and was now flowing down her back. Sasuke could easily spot the bald spots on top.
"Please!" She whispered, only to cry out when Haku gripped her hair harder, forcing her to look up into Naruto's eyes.
"Naruto please!" Sasuke cried himself, knowing what was about to happen. From the look Haku was giving Tenten, he knew it wasn't good. "She didn't mean it! I didn't mean it either!"
"Shut your mouth Sasuke." Naruto growled, "I'll deal with you next."
Sasuke tried to pry himself away from Gaara, but the red head only held onto him harder. "Then deal with me now! Leave her out of this! She's not part of your world!"
"And you're not?" Naruto snapped back making Sasuke stiffen. "Did you really want to leave that bad Sasuke?" He whispered, "After I said that I would protect you?"
When Sasuke didn't answer he leaned down to Tenten's level and cocked his head to the side as he watched her body visibly shake. "You know the only reason I brought you over here was to help with Sasuke because he seemed lonely. But I guess that was poor judgment on my part." His face was blank, but his eyes were full of hate.
"Please." She cried once more. She knew Naruto wasn't a nice man when she saw him but this was taking it too far.
"You know there are so many ways to kill a person with a needle." He replied, while his blue eys shifted up towards Haku.
Haku pulled a long needle from underneath his dress and held it against Tenten's neck.
"You could stab them in the stomach (the sharp end of the needle touched her stomach)….the chest (the needle was pointed at her chest now)….the throat (at her throat once again)…or the head. Hmm? The head is a good instant death shot." Naruto's voice deepened, a grin spread across his tan face.
"Which one will Haku pick?"
"Stop it Naruto!"
Naruto nodded towards Haku who nodded back in return. Haku gripped her hair harder, making it bend all the way back. Sasuke saw how Tenten's eyes drifted to his for a split second, wanting him to help. But he couldn't do anything. She knew that too.
Sasuke's body stiffened as the needle was pushed through her chest. Tenten's body jerked but Haku held her in place and just dug the needle in deeper. After a couple of seconds Tenten's lifeless body slumped down and it was only at that time that Haku let her go. He looked towards her body then back at Sasuke, his face blank.
Sasuke stared back and trembled as Tenten's blood started to slide down his face.
"Sasuke." Naruto whispered.
The raven turned his head a little and looked at Naruto who was looking at him back.
Sasuke finally let out the breath that he was holding as tears instantly started to pour down his face.
"Sasuke listen-"
Before Naruto could finish his statement, Sasuke had wrenched himself out of Gaara's grasp and was out the door.
Cold obsidian eyes locked onto the house in front of him. It was snowing again but he ignored it. Instead he took another drag of his cigarette, then slowly pulled it away as he watched the smoke mingle with the cold air. His prey was just some feet's away from him but it wasn't the time to strike. He had to wait for the perfect moment. The moment when his enemy let his guard down. And only then it would be time. Hmm? Maybe tomorrow?
"Are you ready to go?"
Those dark eyes looked to the left to stare at his companion. Instead of giving him an answer, he simply turned on his heels to get back to their heated car.
A smirk tugged at the corner of his lips. Yeah. Tomorrow would be perfect.
ShurikenC returns from being chased for two hours. Well, hello guys! Long time no see huh? I could make up some dumb excuse as to why I haven't posted but I'm not going to do that. Truth be told, I was just being lazy. I had so many chances to type but I just didn't do it. I admit that I'm a lazy turd lol I would love to give you guys a direct schedule of when I'll post but I can't. My mind is already filled with a lot of things already (sighs) Anyway, I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. I enjoyed typing it. Even though I killed Tenten...(looks around) Dammit! Not again! (runs away into her room and hides underneathe bed)
I'll leave the poll up for another week. So if you haven't looked at it please do! It seems that Gaara is the only one that you guys think won't die...hmm...I'll have to change that. (evil laugh)
Just to let you guys know that I will be attending Otakon again this year. Yay! Otakon! I will also be cosplaying this year as well. If you see a girl wearing a uniform from My-Hime, that'll be me. Yes readers, I'll be cosplaying as Akane Higurashi from My-Hime. I was thinking about being Mai but I don't have the boobs for it lol My name-tag will also say ShurikenC on it. If you see me come and say hi!