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Chapter 2
"Not you, I can't deal with you, I'm leaving." Haku started to get up but was only pushed back down onto his bed with Orochimaru over top of him.
"I don't think so Haku. You see, I'm not dumb, I know that Gaara is here with his boyfriend as well as Sasuke and Naruto, and I know everything about this school." He laughed coldly. "With you as my roommate I think this year will be the most fun I've ever had."
Haku stared up at his tormentor with a mixture of confusion, fear, and anger.
"What do you want from me? If you think I'm going to let you hurt Gaara because of what happened with Itachi then you've got another thing coming!"
Orochimaru smirked.
"Silly little Haku, not only am I going to get revenge on Gaara but I'll be sure all five of you get taken care of one by one. And guess what else?"
He leaned in very close to the boy's ear.
"I'm starting with you." Orochimaru licked the side of Haku's face before moving slowly away. "I'll be going to bed now my dear Haku but don't worry, we'll see each other again soon." With that Orochimaru walked over to his bed, turned off the lights and almost immediately fell asleep.
Haku remained rooted to the spot as his mind desperately tried to come to terms with Orochimaru being his roommate. He knew he had to talk to Neji about this but at this time of night God only knows what he and Gaara could be doing and he certainly didn't want to find out. With a sigh he decided the news could wait for tomorrow as he rolled over to fall into an uneasy sleep, all the while praying Orochimaru wouldn't harass him in the morning.
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The next day when Haku awoke the first thing he noticed was that Orochimaru was nowhere to be seen. Relieved, he hopped out of bed and quickly got dressed before rushing off to see who else was awake. The first door he knocked on was Neji's. It took a few minutes for the Hyuga to come to the door but when he did he promptly greeted Haku and let him in.
Sasuke and Naruto lay on the floor talking amiably while Gaara chatted with his siblings on his laptop.
Nervously Haku made his way over to where the Hyuga was and sat down, leaning against the bed Neji and Gaara shared.
Naruto looked up at him with a raised eyebrow.
"What's wrong, Haku? You look like you saw a ghost or something."
"I didn't see any ghosts, it was something far worse." He paused briefly. "I met my new roommate, and you guys won't believe who it is."
"Spit it out." Gaara didn't bother looking away from his laptop but his impatient tone hinted at interest. Haku took a deep breath in, he could feel three pairs of eyes boring into him with curiosity.
"It's Orochimaru." A chorus of gasps could be heard around the room and Haku had to force himself to continue. "That's not the worst of it, he knows that we're all here and he wants revenge! I-I'm scared guys, I don't feel safe in that room!"
Haku looked down, shaking from an overwhelming rush of fear. " I can't stand it, last night he wouldn't let me leave. I swear he's gotten even scarier since high school."
Neji's brow furrowed with concern as he studied his friend.
"Don't worry, if he makes any moves on you just tell us and I promise that we'll protect you." His pale eyes shone with worry. "I don't even want to think about what Zabuza would do if we let anything happen to you."
"Yeah, and no matter what he says Orochimaru is nothing like my brother," Sasuke piped in. "Worst-case scenario he'll get a little sexual with you but he's not capable of cruelty quite like Itachi.
Haku nodded slightly, knowing Sasuke was just trying to help even if it wasn't exactly comforting. Neji shifted a bit, looking thoughtful before speaking up again.
"If he gives you any trouble just come to our room, you're welcome any time."
Haku nodded again, watching as the Hyuga got up to place a comforting hand on Gaara's shaking shoulders, the redhead looked on the verge of tears.
"Don't even worry if they know where you're going because if they want to try anything with you or Gaara they'll have to get through me first."
Neji sat down next to the redhead, hugging him tight and rocking back and forth as he whispered sweet nothings in his ear in an attempt calm him down.
Haku looked at the pair fondly before averting his eyes to his lap.
"I really am grateful that you guys are here for me, but I still can't help being worried."
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Meanwhile Orochimaru and his friends were all sitting in class together, listening intently as the snake-like man delivered the news about his roommate.
"Don't worry, having Haku around won't interfere with any of our plans, when we need my room for meetings I'll just chase him off." The group nodded confidently as Orochimaru's eyes darted about to make sure no one was eavesdropping. "I do however have a feeling that Neji's going to make things difficult for us. We'll have to take care of him and the others first so we can get to Gaara, I've got a plan but you'll have to wait until later to hear the details."
Kimimaro twisted a lock of silver hair around his finger and examined the group.
"Sounds good, but what are we supposed to do until then? It sucks that we can't harass them yet and we have to think of the possibility that Gaara got stronger."
"That is true but I'm really more worried about Neji right now. We all know he'd protect the brat with his life and go to any means to keep him safe." Sasori spoke up; looking sickened at the mere thought of Neji.
Orochimaru sighed, waving a hand dismissively at his friends.
"Look, by now it's very probable that they know we're here. Haku was scared shitless last night and looked ready to tell the first person he saw about what I had done. The way I see it we have a limited amount of time to enjoy ourselves before things get serious so tonight, we're going to have some fun with Haku."
The group chuckled ominously.
"By the time we're done with him he won't ever want to be in the same room as me again."
The rest of the class passed rather uneventfully, they finished their work, discussed a meeting time, and made plans to meet up with their other friends at the mall later.
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After a brief discussion Haku, Naruto, Sasuke, and Neji decided that the mall would be a good place to spend the rest of their day, it was fun, affordable, and most importantly far away from Orochimaru. After they'd all agreed on where to go Haku had left to get ready, taking Sasuke and Naruto with him so Neji would have a chance to be alone with his boyfriend.
The Hyuga desperately wanted to talk to Gaara but the redhead looked completely lost in thought and experience had taught him that this would be a good time to leave his boyfriend alone. With a dejected sigh Neji headed in to the bathroom to take a shower. The whole time he was in there all he could do was worry, what was going to happen now that Orochimaru was here? Would he try to hurt Gaara? And what about poor Haku being trapped in a room with him?
When he was finally done cleaning himself Neji walked back into the room with one towel covering his lower half while the other was wrapped around his hair. He stood in the center of the dorm, examining Gaara worriedly while he dried himself off.
"I understand that you're upset, Gaara but please understand that I won't let anyone hurt you." Neji dropped his towels to the floor and began dressing himself.
Gaara didn't bother with a response; he only stared sadly down at the floor.
"Please don't be upset, if it comes right down to we're all willing to kick Orochimaru's ass for you." Neji kneeled down on the floor next to Gaara, wrapping his arms lovingly around his small waist.
"It's not me I'm worried about, Neji, it's Haku. Sure, we can fight back against Orochimaru if he comes near us but what about him? They live in the same room!" Gaara let out a shuddering sigh and rested his face in his hands. "I'm just so scared, I don't want a repeat of high school."
Gaara stood up from the chair, closing his laptop and walking over to lie down on the bed, facing the wall. "I don't want to see people getting hurt again. I don't want you getting hurt." Gaara squeezed his eyes, curling up into a ball as stress overcame him.
Neji walked over to the bed and sat next to the boy, leaning in to kiss the side of his head tenderly.
"Don't worry about me, Gaara. I'll be fine." Neji played gently with his boyfriend's hair before his hands wandered down to stroke his sides thoughtfully. "You know you really should eat more, your siblings would be very angry if they could see how thin you've gotten."
Gaara rolled over on to his back, grabbing Neji's hands away from his sides so he could pull the taller brunette on top of him. The two stared at each other for a moment and Gaara just knew his boyfriend would be forcing him to eat out with the group tonight.
"I promise I'll eat later." Gaara murmured softly before attempting to sit up only to be pushed back down again by a suddenly lustful Neji.
"Come on Gaara. The guys won't be here for another ten minutes, let's have a little fun." Neji gazed fondly down at Gaara's eyes, he really loved those cool green orbs; they reflected so much kindness and sweetness with just a hint of hatred that was still left over. More than anything Neji wanted to see that hatred vanish and be replaced by happiness for the rest of time. "Please come with us to the mall, it would make me so happy."
"Fine...I'll go." Gaara leaned up to kiss his boyfriend softly. Happily, Neji pushed Gaara back down and deepened the kiss, reaching down into his lover's pants.
Gaara moaned delightfully and arched his back, his hands inching up to remove Neji's shirt.
Neji smirked, moving his hands up and down Gaara's torso sensually. He broke the kiss just long enough to pull Gaara's shirt off before going back to making out, their bare chests rubbing up against each other.
They were both starting to get very into this and each was tugging desperately at the button's of one another's pants, they almost succeeded in completely stripping each other when a loud knock on the door interrupted their actions.
"You guys need to hurry up and get in the car or we'll just leave without you!" It was Naruto's voice and he sounded quite impatient.
Hurriedly the two lovers sat up and started putting their shirts back on. When that was done Neji smiled down at Gaara hopefully.
"Are you going to come with us or stay here?"
"I'll come with." Gaara grinned, getting up and rushing out the door with Neji right behind him.
The ride to the mall was quick, only about fifteen minutes, and it wasn't long until everyone was seated around a table in the food court, happily chatting and picking at each other's meals.
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Orochimaru and his friends were walking towards the food court when they suddenly spotted Gaara, Neji, Haku, Sasuke, and Naruto sitting at a table together. Gaara was the first to notice their presence, he looked up, made brief eye contact, and then promptly jumped to his feet and speed walked in the opposite direction.
"Deidara and Sasori go after Gaara and see where the kid's going, the rest of us are going to have a little chat with his friends."
Deidara and Sasori both nodded.
"And you two can do whatever you want when you find him, I don't even care if you kill him."
Deidara and Sasori obediently headed off in the direction they saw Gaara walk in as the rest of the group headed towards where Neji and the others sat.
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Neji was far too busy watching Orochimaru approach their table to notice his boyfriend's quiet escape.
"It's nice to see you again, Neji" Orochimaru grinned, finally coming to a stop right in front of the Hyuga.
"What the hell do you want?" Neji snarled, fists clenching angrily at his sides.
"I just wanted to say hi to my old friends from high school." Orochimaru spoke in an exaggeratedly innocent tone, eyes wandering over the table. When he saw Sasuke the expression on his face almost immediately darkened, he didn't like how similar the boy looked to Itachi.
The young Uchiha noticed the dark look and shifted uncomfortably in his seat.
"Go away, Orochimaru. We have enough things to worry about without you around."
"You remind me of your brother, you both talk before you think." Orochimaru sneered.
"I'm nothing like that idiot of brother, all he did was take up valuable breathing room for the rest of us I'm glad he's dead!" Sasuke folded his arms and smirked, completely unaffected by the death glare he was receiving.
"You're going to regret saying that." Orochimaru snarled before turning his back on the Uchiha and facing Neji. "If I was you I'd watch my boyfriend very closely, he's going to pay for what he did to me."
With that the snake man turned on his heel and stormed off down the halls.
With Orochimaru's threat ringing in his ears Neji looked fearfully around the table, just now noticing that Gaara was no longer with them.
"Where's Gaara?" He looked at his friends with panicked eyes but all they did was shrug." We need to find him and make sure he's safe!" The Hyuga stood up so quickly that his chair toppled to the ground with the rest of the group following suit.
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The second he'd seen Orochimaru approaching Gaara had quietly fled from the table and headed to the nearest bathroom, now he was crouched on the floor of the largest stall battling the urge to leave college and go home.
With a shaky hand he reached into his pocket, pulling out a sharp piece of glass he'd found lying on a sidewalk ages ago. He knew it was wrong that he still carried stuff like this around with him but it was comforting to know it was there. Gently he brought the weapon to his wrist, but hesitated moments before making the cut when his mind involuntarily wandered to Neji. The last thing he'd ever want to do would be to anger Neji or give him any reason to leave him. Plus the Hyuga would surely call his siblings and they would immediately rush down to the school if he ever found out that he was cutting.
'If I go through with this I'll be hurting three people that love me and I'll be hurting myself! That just doesn't make sense, why would I hurt myself?' Gaara sighed deeply. 'I just should get back to Neji before I end up doing something dumb.'
With a resolute nod Gaara tucked the piece of glass away and stood determinedly to leave. But the second he pushed open the doors and started to step outside a strong pair of arms were grabbing him, forcing him back into the stall.
Startled, Gaara started to struggle. He couldn't see his attackers face but he did hear the lock sliding shut, indicating a third person was there as well.
"Who are you and what do you want!?" Gaara cried, trying to push the person off of him but only succeeding in getting shoved further back against a wall.
"Oh c'mon, is that anyway to talk to an old friend? I thought by now you'd know better but apparently you haven't changed at all."
It was Sasori holding Gaara firmly against the wall as Deidara moved forward to take a closer look at the boy.
"You're a cutie! Orochimaru said you wouldn't disappoint me and he was right." The blonde grinned evilly as he caressed Gaara's cheek. "This isn't high school anymore and it's time someone showed you what really happens to cute little boys when they wander off by themselves." The blonde turned to face his companion. "Sasori, you're going to have to help me out, I hear this kid is hard to deal with."
The taller redhead nodded before adjusting his position to hold the boy more firmly in place with his arms pinned behind his back. Deidara smirked and reached up to start playing with Gaara's hair, toying with the silky red locks before leaning down to kiss his soft mouth.
Gaara made a noise of protest and tired to turn his head away, refusing to open his lips to the invading kiss. Deidara's eyes narrowed and he yanked hard on the boy's hair causing him to yelp with pain. The blonde took this opportunity to deepen the kiss, his tongue prodding forcefully into the cavern of Gaara's mouth. When Gaara still didn't kiss back Deidara pulled away.
"I was going to take it easy on you, but I guess now I'll have to get violent." Deidara sneered and went in for a second round but was stopped by Sasori.
"I hear people coming, Deidara we'd better get out of here before his little posse shows up." Sasori let go of a shell shocked Gaara and unlocked the stall door to walk out.
Reluctantly Deidara headed after his companion, sparing one last glance over his shoulder.
"The next time I see you you'd better have had a serious attitude adjustment." Deidara stepped forward to plant one last kiss on Gaara's lips before turning to strut confidently out of the bathroom with Sasori. The pair took extra care to not be spotted by Gaara's friends, none of them knew who Deidara was yet and they intended to keep it that way.
Gaara listened to the sound of their retreating footsteps for what seemed like an eternity; once he was sure they were really gone he collapsed on the floor of the bathroom, bringing his knees up to his chest.
'I can't believe that just happened! I'm so confused, who the hell was that blonde guy?'
Gaara shuddered.
'He reminded me so much of Itachi...And why is Sasori with him? I thought I was safe now, I thought it was over; I can't believe I was wrong! Oh great, now I can feel tears coming. If I start crying Neji will know something is wrong. He can't know that anything is wrong, I can't cry, I can't cry I can't cry.'
Gaara repeated the phrase over and over in his head like a mantra, determined that Neji wouldn't find out he'd almost been raped by a complete stranger.
He was abruptly snapped out of his thoughts when he felt a hand on his shoulder. Startled, he looked up to see none other than Neji himself towering over him and looking concerned.
"Gaara, what happened? Are you okay?"
All he could do was sit there on the bathroom floor and stare up at his boyfriend with pleading eyes. He tried to speak but his tongue just wouldn't form the words.
Neji frowned. It was glaringly apparent that something terrible had happened here and now his boyfriend was in shock. Quickly the Hyuga scooped the petrified boy up in his arms and barked out orders to the rest of the group. They were going to take Gaara back to his room and then call his siblings. Whatever was wrong with the boy Neji was sure Kankuro and Temari would be able to help.
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Gaara started to wake up and move around. At first he didn't know where he was and he could a few inklings of fear but when Neji's voice cut through the silence he calmed down.
"Hey, Gaara how are you feeling?" Neji leaned down to kiss him lightly. "We were worried about you." He murmured with a sweet smile.
Kankuro stood up, grinning widely.
"Yeah you scared me and Temari for a minute. We thought that something hap-" They were cut off by Gaara's voice.
"I was almost raped." Gaara whispered it so quietly that only Neji could hear.
"Hey thank you guys for coming here but I think Gaara will be fine now." The brunette stood up quickly, opening the door and ushering out his guests.
"Okay then. We will see you some other time, Sweetie." Temari gave her youngest brother a brief hug and kiss before walking out of the room.
"Yeah I'll come back next weekend." Kankuro promised, hugging Gaara quickly before taking off down the hall to catch up with his sister.
Neji glanced around the room, gratefully noting that Sasuke, Naruto, and Haku were all preoccupied with the television. He made his way over to the bed and sat down next to Gaara.
"What do you mean you were almost raped?" Neji whispered into his lover's ear.
"This guy. I don't know who he was but he was with Sasori. They trapped me in the bathroom stall and he was-" Gaara stopped and turned to bury his face in Neji's chest, he was helpless to stop the oncoming tears.
"It's alright. I'm here Gaara. I won't let it happen again. I swear I won't." Neji held Gaara and rocked him back and forth until he stopped crying. He leaned back slightly to examine the boy, noting with mild surprise that he'd fallen asleep. Gently he placed Gaara's head on the pillow, tucked him in, and then went to watch a movie with the rest of his friends.
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After the movie was over Sasuke and Naruto went back to their dorm room. Haku stayed around to keep Neji company.
"Shouldn't you wake Gaara up to take his pills?" Haku questioned.
"Yeah, I should." Neji looked at his friend, grateful for the reminder. He walked over to the bed and woke Gaara up. The boy was still half asleep so it was easy for Neji to give him his medicine. The Hyuga stayed there for a moment, admiring his peaceful boyfriend before going back to talk to Haku.
"He almost got raped because I wasn't with him." Neji always beat himself up for not being there for Gaara, always.
"You know that you tried your best, Neji, with Orochimaru and his friends at the mall something like this was inevitable." Haku reasoned.
"I know. I'm going to talk to Gaara before I go to bed. I'll see you tomorrow."
Haku said bye and walked out of the room to get something to eat since he hadn't had much that day. After Neji knew that he was gone he went to Gaara's bed and woke him up.
"Gaara we need to talk. I'm sorry I woke you up but I need to know what happened." Neji settled down on the bed.
Gaara slowly opened his eyes, staring at Neji sadly, knowing that he had to tell his boyfriend the truth.
"Sasori was holding me down and this other guy started to do the kissing thing just like Itachi used to do to me. I don't like this place, Neji. I don't feel safe and sometimes... I-I just want to go home! If only they would stop coming after us, I'm sorry I killed Itachi but he was hurting me and you." Gaara turned away from Neji only to be forced to look at him by a gentle hand on his chin.
"Gaara please, I know it's hard but you need to start forgetting about what happened. I miss you, I miss the Gaara that was sweet, kind, and trusting, the one who wasn't fearful of every new person he met. I didn't want to say anything but it's been bothering me so much, I need you back!" Neji saw the tears in Gaara's eyes and held Gaara closer to him as Gaara talked.
"I'm sorry Neji. I'll try and go back to myself but I'm scared that...I'll end up snapping again except this time I'll hurt one of my friends." Gaara lay his head on Neji's chest. "If it ever comes to that please, I'm begging you, end my life. I couldn't live with myself if I hurt one of the people who cared about me. But don't worry, I'm going to try my best to be normal again." Gaara closed his eyes and in a minute he was back sleeping again.
Neji noted with a smile that Gaara went to sleep and laid him down carefully on his bed. He knew that his boyfriend had to be extremely upset now so he stayed in Gaara's bed, wrapping his arms comfortingly around him. In the time it took for him to fall asleep all Neji could do was worry about the last thing his boyfriend had said to him.
'How can Gaara ask me to do something like that? I'd rather kill myself than him! And I promised Temari and Kankuro that I would protect him, help him beat his other half. God, I just wish Orochimaru and all his little friends would just leave him alone. Especially that guy, I wonder what he looked like?'
Neji leaned over Gaara and softly shook him.
"Gaara, I'm sorry to wake you but I need to know what the guy in the bathroom looked like."
Gaara slowly turned over to face Neji.
"He has blonde hair and is the same age as Sasori. He also has the really bad moods swings, kind of like that guy that went after Hinata, but I forget his name." Gaara looked up at Neji since Neji started breathing harder. "Neji...what's wrong?" Gaara ask still tired and wanting to go back to sleep.
"I know who he is and he is worst then Sasori and Itachi combined. His name is Deidara and yes, he was the one that went after Hinata. As long as that guy is coming after you you're not leaving my side, I won't have you end up like Hinata, maybe even worse because you're a guy. Neji kissed Gaara's lips and whispered, "Go to sleep because we all have classes to go to." Neji laid his head down and held Gaara as he went back to sleep. Then he closed his eye and went to sleep too,
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Haku walked to the café of the college, he wanted to get a quick snack before going to bed. He knew that he would have to face Orochimaru after getting back to his room. So he just sat at a table in the café and ate his snacks for as long as he could, but he couldn't shake the feeling that he was being watched. He turned to look around the room but didn't see anyone. He turned back around and ate the rest of his food, picked up his trash, and threw it away.
He was about to exit the café, when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned really slowly, hoping it wasn't Orochimaru. When he turned, he saw this boy the same height of Sasuke.
"Who are you and what do you want?" Haku asked a little bit scared.
"Oh sorry I scared you. I didn't know that someone would be here. My name is Sai and I just started going here today. So what is your name and do you have any friends in this place?'"
"My name is Haku and yes, I did come yesterday with four of my friends. I was just going back to my room. I have things to do before I go to class tomorrow and I need to text my boyfriend. So it's nice to meet you, Sai but I really need to get going. Talk to you some other time." Haku gave a sweet smile and walked off after Sai said bye and walk to other way.
As Haku was walking up to his room he knew that Orochimaru was probably already there since it was so late at night. He got to his room and used the key to unlock the door. When he opened it Orochimaru was sitting at his desk scribbling furiously at what appeared to be homework.
Haku went in and sat on his bed he pulled his phone out of his pocket and started to text Zabuza. He sent the message and sat on his bed and started looking over his pages again. He felt his phone go off and read the text that Zabuza had sent him back. He texted Zabuza back but this time when he put to phone down. Orochimaru was standing at the side of the bed.
"What do you want? I don't have time for your games tonight, I'm busy. I do start classes tomorrow, you know and I need to study over this stuff to make sure I know what to have to do." Haku kept looking at his pages, not bothering to look up at Orochimaru who had started to move closer to him.
Orochimaru cupped Haku's chin, forcing him to look into his golden snake like eyes.
"I just want to play a little game, Haku. It's called how much can you take? The way the game is played is that I get to do what ever I want to you whether you like it or not. Oh, and another thing is you don't tell any of your friends about this or you will get it worse the next time." Orochimaru started crawling on top of Haku, the boy tried to fight him off but Orochimaru grabbed his neck and held him down. "Now, now, Haku you shouldn't try to stop me I'm stronger then my dear Itachi and I've been waiting ages to do this. Now are you going to be a good boy or do I have to use force?" Orochimaru grinned.
"Get off of me!" Haku kept trying to kick and hit Orochimaru, but that all stopped when Orochimaru backhanded Haku across the face.
"Now you better listen Haku." Orochimaru slid his hand over the mark he left by hitting Haku. "See, with you being my roommate I have a great opportunity to gather the information I need to destroy little Gaara's life. I'm not going to waste this opportunity, if you don't cooperate you will be getting hurt very badly."
Orochimaru started to slide his hand down Haku's scared small body. He loved that the kid was shaking underneath him.
"P-please Orochimaru let me go, I didn't go anything, I just want to sleep." Haku started shaking harder the lower Orochimaru's hands went. He gulped as the appendages started sliding up his shirt and back down to the rim of his pants. "Okay! What do you want to know? I'll tell if you just stop it." Haku felt Orochimaru sit back so he was resting on Haku's crotch.
"What rooms are they staying?" Orochimaru smiled, happy to be getting what he wanted.
"Gaara and Neji are staying in room 108, Sasuke and Naruto are staying in room 110." He let out a chocked sob. "Why are you doing this to me?" Haku asked still trying to push Orochimaru off of him.
"Well I came up with this plan that I take care of you. Kimimaro gets Neji, Sasori get Naruto and Deidara gets Sasuke. And once we get Neji away Deidara will take care of Gaara in the worst way imaginable" Orochimaru grinned to himself at the thought.
"Neji will never leave Gaara's side! Especially since we know Deidara was the one that not only went after Gaara but Neji's cousin too!"
"But Haku you are forgetting one thing. We are all stronger and meaner then Itachi was. The thing is, Itachi really did like Gaara and wanted to go out with him. He was only toying with the kid, but not me, I'm going to ruin his life no matter what. I remember I once tried to talk Itachi out of going after Gaara, but once that guy found something he liked he never gives up." Orochimaru said, smiling sweetly.
Haku was so scared that he tried to push Orochimaru off of him again, but saw three other people has suddenly entered the room.
"What the hell is going on? Let me out of here." Haku struggled harder but it was a losing battle with everyone on top of him.
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Neji woke up at 2 o'clock in the morning. He smiled over at Gaara who was already awake and kissed him softly on the lips.
"What are you doing up so early?" Asked Neji, a little worried.
"I heard someone at the door. They've been knocking since 12 o'clock but I didn't what to wake you up. I think the person is still out there." Gaara turned to see Neji getting out of the bed and getting dressed. Quickly the redhead hopped out of bed to join his boyfriend in opening the door. Lying on the ground in a tiny little ball was a badly beaten Haku.
"Haku, what happened to you?" Gaara picked Haku up, knowing something was wrong since Haku jumped the instant he touched him.
Neji knelt down and helped Gaara lift him. They laid Haku on Neji's bed, pulling the covers over him. Gaara stuck around to comfort Haku while Neji ran to get Sasuke and Naruto.
"Haku, what happened to you? Please tell me." Gaara started shaking Haku lightly, trying to snap him out of his trance-like state. It worked.
"Gaara, they...are planning to take us out one by one. They said that Sasuke and Naruto are next on the list and then Neji and then you. Gaara, he is worst then Itachi! He's going to end up killing us all!" Haku broke down crying as he hugged Gaara tightly. "I tried so hard to fight them off, but they were too strong. I'm afraid that they'll hurt me again, I can't go back there, not until I know they've all left the room." Haku started shaking more and more. Gaara didn't what to do, this was worse than anything Itachi had ever done to him.
"They are coming after all of us now? I don't get it, If Orochimaru wants revenge on me why is he dragging you guys into it?" Gaara didn't like this one bit and if he had to he was prepared to fight Orochimaru without letting Neji know. "What did they do to you, Haku?" Gaara asked.
"T-they...r-raped me." Haku started once again crying.
"That's it now they got me pissed. If I see any of them tomorrow I swear I'll kick their asses even if Neji doesn't want me to get involved. Promise me you won't tell him about this."
"No, you can't do that! They'll hurt you, you'll get beaten up, raped, maybe even killed. Please, if any of that happens you know Neji will blame himself. Be reasonable, we all have to look out for each other." The look in Gaara's eyes scared Haku, it was the same look he had when he'd shoved Itachi off that roof.
"You're right, Neji would hate himself and if he got hurt because of me...Fine, I'll stay quiet and won't do anything. I promise." Gaara smiled and Haku felt his heart skip a beat.
"It's nice to see you smile Gaara, I don't think I've seen you do that since that day." Haku grinned contently and tried to move forward but the instant he did that sharp pain shot throughout his body causing him to scream and fall back.
"Haku!" Gaara shouted, very worried.
"It's alright, Gaara I'll be fine as long as I'm not in that room." Haku sighed, looking down at his feet. "I finally understand why Zabuza is so insanely protective of me..."
"Don't worry, Haku we're all here to protect you now." Neji's tone was very firm and both Naruto and Sasuke nodded in agreement.
"We stick together." Naruto said.
"Thank you so much, I know I can count on you guys." The effeminate brunette smiled affectionately at each of his friends before turning on his side to go to sleep.
Sasuke and Naruto gathered around Neji to speak in hushed voices while Gaara flopped down onto his bed and watched his friend sleep. He couldn't believe Orochimaru had already started going after his friends.
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An hour later Sasuke and Naruto had left and Neji had gotten himself ready for sleep. Since Haku was sound asleep in his bed he'd had no choice but to crawl in next to Gaara, whom he could tell was still awake.
"What's wrong?" Neji questioned, gently running his fingers over the redhead's cheek.
"They raped him, and now they're going to come after us one by one until I'm the only one left." Gaara's voice broke." Deidara's going after me and Sasuke, Sasori's going after Naruto, and Kimimaro's going after you. I-I don't understand why they can't just leave us alone!" Gaara could feel anger welling up and had to fight to stay calm.
Neji sighed softly, intertwining their fingers so he could give his boyfriend's hand a reassuring squeeze.
"People like them never know when to stop, they get a goal in mind and then they become set on reaching it through any means necessary. But don't worry, I'll protect you, Haku, and everyone else. Now why don't you try to get some sleep? Classes start tomorrow."
Neji could feel Gaara take in a nervous breath.
"It's alright, just keep in mind that Haku is in all of your classes except for the first and last so for half of the day you'll have a friend with you. Seriously, you need to get some rest now."
Neji kissed Gaara one last time before the two cuddled up and slowly fell into dream world.
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Meanwhile Orochimaru and Kimimaro were staying up together.
"Do you think Haku has told his little friends yet?" Kimimaro looked at his boyfriend quizzically.
"I'm sure he has, and now we just have to wait until classes start for things to get really interesting." Orochimaru laughed. "I wonder if Haku will show up or if he'll be in too much pain to walk."
Kimimaro joined him in a sadistic chuckle.
"I think we should get to bed, my dear because we do have a long day a head of us." Orochimaru nodded his agreement, giving his boyfriend a light kiss before rolling over and falling asleep.
Kimimaro wasn't quite so quick to doze off; he was far too busy thinking.
'It's going to be so much fun going after Gaara and Neji again, just like old times except better! With Orochimaru in charge we'll be able to get away with so much more! Especially since I have classes with Neji, I'm going to give him such a hard time.' Kimimaro laughed to himself, rolling over to put an arm around Orochimaru waist. Suddenly all his mirth vanished and he turned his eyes skyward, almost as if he was addressing the heavens.
'I hope you're watching this, Itachi you need to know that Orochimaru is mine now and you will never get him back. You're dead now, it's time you left us alone, I hate how soft Orochimaru gets whenever he thinks of you.'
With that Kimimaro rested his head on the pillow, possessively stroking his boyfriend's hair as he slowly drifted off to sleep.
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