Disclaimers: Naruto is someone else's, this is purely a fanfic using someone else's characters.

Warnings: This story includes strong language, graphic adult themes, violence, angst, a good friend, and eventually yaoi love.

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Chapter 14

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Naruto was growing increasingly more and more restless, and it was become more and more destructive to Sasuke's home. He wasn't able to train, use his weapons, or go outside whatsoever, but he needed some kind of outlet.

So, after a lot of him just picking fights with Sasuke and whipping shit around, Naruto decided to set up his own little training area. With an assortment of things from the destroyed spare bedroom, Naruto constructed a few targets in the main room along with his person favorite- dummy Sasuke.

After several days of living with Naruto, Sasuke had woken up one morning to find a life size roughly constructed dummy of what was clearly supposed to be himself set up in the living room.

"What the hell is this?" Sasuke asked.

Naruto walked out of the bedroom after him and grinned at his newest creation.

The two were still sharing the room, but both were using the floor on opposite sides of the bed. Naruto couldn't handle being in a bed in a Uchiha hideout, and Sasuke felt guilty using it if Naruto wasn't going to. So they slept uncomfortably on the wooden floor, but it was a way that made Naruto feel relatively safe.

"Sasuke- meet dummy Sasuke."

The Uchiha's eyebrow twitched. "And why is this thing in my living room?"

"Dummy Sasuke is my new favorite target." Naruto said. He leapt over the the small couch and punched other Sasuke in the face. A loud crunch echoed throughout the room.

"How about it, Sasuke? Feel like beating the shit out of him? I know I do."

Sasuke narrowed his eyes. "Do you have a problem with me, Naruto?"

Naruto glared right back. "Oh I don't know, Sasuke. Do you think it could have anything to do with me being your fucking prisoner? Or could it be that I haven't been able to go outside for the past two weeks. Or maybe it's because you won't stop asking questions that I Don't. Want. To. Fucking. Answer!"

"You want to go outside, fine. I'll extend the barrier. On two conditions."

Naruto could feel his palms already growing damp. He didn't like the sound of this at all. "What do you want, Sasuke.." he asked quietly.

"One- you need to fucking talk to me about this."

Naruto clenched just jaw, fear and anger rushing through him. He didn't want to do this.. he didn't know if he could handle it. But he was losing his mind being trapped in this house.

"And two..?" he ground out, already terrified of his response.

"I don't want you running off", Sasuke prefaced. "So if I am taking down the barrier to reset the blood seal, I need you to not be able to leave or access your chakra."

All color drained from Naruto's face.

No.. he can't mean..

"I'll need to restrain you with chakra-blocking rope."

Naruto took an unconscious step back as images flashed in his head- his hands tied to the bedpost with that same rope, screaming in agony, begging Itachi to stop, pulling at his restraints hard enough to rub his wrists raw, his arms pulled taut as Itachi grabbed him.. as he thrust into him..

Naruto made a pained sound and stepped further away. Sasuke stared at him. "Naruto..?"

"Please don't make me do that.." he whispered, a sob crawling up his throat.

Sasuke watched Naruto pull in on himself, his body shaking as his eyes filled with fear. "Naruto.. did Itachi-"

"Stop saying his fucking name!!" Naruto suddenly screamed. He gripped his head, eyes screwed up tight, struggling to keep the memories out. He backed up into the wall and slid down it, keeping his legs close as he continued to press his palms firmly against his temples.

Sasuke took a few steps towards him, and was surprised when Naruto's head shot up.

"If you put those on me I will fucking kill you."

He looked deadly serious, his eyes wild. Sasuke didn't know how to respond. He couldn't trust that Naruto would just stay here if he released all of the barriers but could he, in good conscience, actually tie him down with the same thing that Itachi had used to...

Am I really that much of a monster..?

"I don't want to hurt you" he said cautiously, stepping closer to the distraught blonde, "but I don't trust that you won't just leave if I take the barrier down."

Watery blue eyes looked up at him. "Why can't you just let me go..?" he said quietly, eyes pleading.

Sasuke knelt down in front of him, keeping some distance between them. "Because I don't want to lose you" he whispered back.

"Come with me, back to the Leaf" Naruto started. "You don't have to leave, and you don't have to keep me locked up." He looked up at him with huge desperate eyes. "Just come home, Sasuke."

"I can't do that Naruto."

Sasuke reached towards him, swallowing back his guilt as he watched the blonde flinch. But he wasn't reaching for Naruto, he was reaching for the drawer just off to the side of him. He pulled it open, took something out, and closed it again. Naruto looked down at the Uchiha's hand and saw.. rope.

Horrified eyes looked back up at him.

"I'm sorry" Sasuke whispered. Then he grabbed Naruto's wrist and started to unravel a piece of Naruto's worst nightmare, and the fragile bit of sanity he had left.

Author Note:

I know what you're thinking- this shit is pretty angsty.

Like continuously angsty.

But those are kind of the feelings I'm having writing this, and I guess I'm not ready to let go of the fucked up parts of all of it just yet.

I hope it still tells a decent story. I'm sorry if some of the back and forth between Sasuke & Naruto seems.. repetitive. In my defense, they are so goddamn angsty with each other in the anime, and both are big personalities. I imagine at this point of the series, if all of this really was happening, being trapped in the same small house together for weeks together would make them both completely lose their shit.

Ok- those are all of my excuses. :)

Now, onward~!