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Chapter 6: Death Sentence

Blood drained from Sasuke's face and Naruto's become incredibly blank as Itachi stepped into the room, he had slid on his performer's mask and wisely turned to face his abductor. Having a man, or rather monster like Itachi out of sight was incredibly dangerous.

"Hello Master," Sasuke greeted apprehensively, chain rattling as he too took a few steps back.

"And to think you were so reluctant to meet my new toy little brother. How surprised I was to find that not only had the little whore awoken early he also can pick simple locks. Simple enough to fix though, I'll just have to break your wrists, after all, the only thing I need from a whore is a whole to shove my dick in and you've got a couple of those don't ya Blondie?"

Naruto's face was carefully blank, "Hello New Master," he replied with mock courtesy, "How do you do?"

Itachi's hand lashed out towards Naruto, who apparently hadn't taken as many steps back as he had thought and was knocked to the floor by the lightening fast blow.

"I apparently picked up a cheeky one didn't I? Oh well, I heard you mention you were a performer, I've put on a couple of shows myself, the last one was with Candy-Striper I'm sure my personal pet here can tell you all about it."

Sasuke looked nauseous as Itachi continued, "I'll have to punish my little pet too you know, allowing someone to fill his head with foolish thoughts of freedom not once but twice." Itachi tssked amused and Naruto felt his palm twitch, wishing he had something to kill this monster with.

Sasuke was horrified, his shoulders shook as he trembled in a violent show of terror, suddenly it was as though his weight had tripled and he slid down slowly to his knees, "I'm sorry," his tenor voice wavered and Itachi laughed again and it was a wicked cruel sound.

"He told me no you realize that right?" Sasuke's head raised itself slightly, this guy was truly an idiot, did he want to make it worse for himself? Naruto seemed not to notice Sasuke's gaze on him and continued, "I came right out and offered to break him free of this joint and the punk rejected it."

"Is that so?" Itachi's gaze lit up with interest.

"Ya it's so," Naruto had risen to his feet and was talking nonchalantly as though he hadn't just been knocked to the ground, "I won't leave, I won't leave here," Naruto mocked Sasuke's quiet voice suitably well, "You've really broken the poor kid, how you disgust me."

Itachi's dark eyes glinted red with joy at this, "What a good boy you've learned to be," Itachi crooned, "But all the same I think I'll punish you anyways for not screaming for me the moment the blonde showed up in our room."

Sasuke's face paled again.

Suddenly Itachi had the blond by his spiky hair with a blade to his throat, "Lying fool," he said suddenly furious, "Thinking you can protect my pet and that don't have this room bugged so I can hear every word that comes out of my little uke's mouth, every precious sob, that I don't have a camera recording every tear that falls? I'll cut you up so bad your own dead mother wouldn't recognise you."

"Take your time," retorted the blond sarcastically.

Bad move. Sasuke thought tiredly, but to his surprise Itachi laughed, bright mood returned. I wonder what's got him so cheerful.

"I can't wait until you weep," he smiled as though talking of opening a Christmas gift.

Oh, that's why. The younger raven sighed apprehensively, he did not want to see this blonde suffer, he realized, his confidence, the level he and Naruto had connected on had been deeper than one victim to another, it had been talking to another person, not someone he'd had to protect like Sakura but someone who smiled a grin that wasn't at someone else's expense and whose personality matched his thought of that face unsmiling filled Sasuke with a sense of dread that was almost physically painful, which was odd seeing as not even 20 minutes ago he had been doing his best to get rid of that ridiculous grin.

The more Sasuke thought about it the more apprehensive he became. He had tried to protect Sakura, he had tried so very sincerely to do that but it had all but exploded in his face. He thought of his weakness, and he thought of her torment and for a moment he felt true hatred towards himself, but the sound of a yelp drew his attention from inward.

"I'm gonna give you whiskers performer boy, I want to hear you yowl." reaching into his pocket Itachi drew out the chloroform soaked rag that he had prepared upon noticing that the little whore was in his pet's room. Pressing it to the blonde's face he laughed as the struggling form grew limp, dragging him out of the door Itachi looked back at his chained pet raven. "It's time for another show pet, and in this one the performer dies." His eyes glinted darkly, "I'm going to teach you once and for fucking all that there is no hope for you here but me, that there is no love, no joy, nothing but surviving my touch. This time I'm going to break you brother, and no one else I bring is going to be able to fix you and you'll be my good little pet and my good little fucktoy or else I swear I'm going to make you into nothing but a couple of holes for me to fuck! I will cut off your limbs, knock out your teeth and you will finally see that you are nothing but what I allow you to be!"

With those words he dragged the unconscious blonde outside of the room and slammed the door shut.

Sasuke waveringly moved and sat down on the bed and placed his face in his hands.

He began thinking of just how he was going to kill his older brother.

YAY. Ending Determined. I know how this is going to end.

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