Alright here's the next chapter! I hope you enjoy it! Regular PV.
Naruto had officially entered freak out mode. Hitoko was gone, Sasuke was out of the asylum, and Itachi kept telling him to calm down. Like that helped at all. It only made him want to panic more, lash out against him. The Uchiha couldn't hug him either since other students were filling in for second period.
" Naruto listen to me. You need to keep as calm as possible. The other students can't know what happened, if you need to I can get you excused for the rest of the day." Itachi muttered softly. The blonde shook his head and looked away for the older Uchiha.
" YOU'RE KIDDING RIGHT?" Naruto loudly whispered back. A few people looked and he lowered his voice a little. " Its SO not safe for me to be alone now. It's just what he wants! I'll stay the rest of the day and we'll leave right after school, alright?"
Itachi nodded and wrote Naruto a note when the final bell rang. He was late for second period. Not that Naruto cared since his mind was racing so fast. He handed Iruka his note and took his usual seat in the back. Usually, Hitoko was there to keep him awake during Advanced Algebra and explain what the hell Iruka had just rambled off. The blonde completely blanked out until he felt something wet streak down into his mouth.
He wiped the wetness away and noticed red. He was bleeding. He bolted straight up and Iruka noticed the blood that had dripped onto Naruto's shirt right away. The man ushered Naruto to the bathroom to clean up. The blonde insisted that he could finish by himself and the math teacher nodded returning to class before he was missed. Naruto mentally cursed and grabbed his nostrils tightly, tilting his head back so the blood would stop. He hadn't gotten a stress induced nose-bleed in a while.
Naruto leaned against the counter and closed his eyes. He could feel the blood soaking through the paper towel and quickly got another one.
" Shit…" He muttered. There was a rustling from one of the stalls and he turned around. His heart had ceased to beat at that moment. The door swung open and Sai stepped out.
The blonde had never been so relieved to see the bastardous raven in his entire life. And that was really saying something.
" God you scared me shitless."
" Don't you mean dickless?" He said with a slight smirk. Naruto threw his bloody paper towel at Sai. The raven dodged it in disgust. " EW! I don't want diseases from your blood, I'd rather get them in a more favorable way."
Naruto rolled his eyes as Sai, as the raven threw the bloody towel in the garbage.
" Fuck off Sai, I don't need an aneurism along with a bloody nose." The raven shrugged and shoved past the blonde to sit on the sink. He swung his legs for a few seconds as Naruto stared at him. " You skipping class again Sai?"
" You must be a genius." Sai said stretching his back. " I didn't feel like sitting through one of Mosley-Sensei's lectures about the dangers of chemicals and mixing them in wrong ways. BLAH, BLAH, BLAH! I think I know not to mix drain cleaner and battery acid."
" …Who would do that?"*
" People do a lot of stupid things. You gotta think every warning label was made because there was one stupid person who did something that produced that label. One day I believe you will have inspired one of those labels."
Naruto shoved Sai back so his butt got stuck in the sink. He smirked as the raven struggled to get out. The blonde waved as he walked out of the door. Sai screamed for help but every in the hall ignored the pleas.
The talk with Sai really helped calm him. Sometimes he appreciated the small things that Sai did. Such as annoy him, harass him, make sexual gestures towards him…all the things that made life seem, normal. He smiled a little to himself.
The blonde walked into his silent math class. Iruka was correcting quizzes from his trigonometry class while everyone was working on their homework. Naruto was about to walk to his seat when Iruka motioned for him to come over. The blonde practically dragged himself to the desk.
" Are you alright Naruto-kun?" The brunette asked in a hushed tone. " And where is Hitoko? Its not like her to miss class."
Naruto's breath caught in his throat and he didn't know if he could bounce back from that right away. He forced a large smile on his face which could have blinded the brunette.
" I'm fine! I get nose bleeds a lot! Its nothing you really have to concern yourself with! As for Hitoko, I think you'll find out what happened to her eventually." Naruto said silently. Iruka had to strain to hear what he was saying but picked up most of it. He nodded once and Naruto made his way back to his seat and people were mumbling as he walked.
The day dragged on slowly after second period. Every class Naruto had reminded him of Hitoko and he was so close to breaking down that he almost feigned sickness to get into the nurse's office so no one would see him cry. When the bell for sixth period rang and Naruto jumped from his seat. He was headed for the door when Kakashi grabbed his arm and pulled him from his freedom.
The man pulled Naruto into the chair closest to his desk and made him sit still. The blonde didn't want to comply with the demands and continued to shift like he was being interrogated. Just like when he was questioned by the cops about Sasuke…
" Where's Hitoko? I heard the announcement this morning but I assumed she would just be winning another award. She wasn't in fourth period or here this period to assist me." Kakashi muttered fixing the scarf around his mouth. Naruto nodded.
" Yeah, I thought she was winning another award too, either that or fighting. But Hitoko hasn't had a good fight since last year when she almost bashed Sakura's head in for saying I tried to 'steal' Sasuke from her. She can have him, I don't want him."
Kakashi chuckled a little at that. Leave it to Naruto to make light of a bad situation. The silver-haired man leaned back in his chair and propped his feet up on the desk.
" Well do you know what happened to her? I tried asking around the teacher's lounge and no one seems to know, or they won't say. Like Itachi for instance. Perhaps, its something they need to hide otherwise the student body would flip." Kakashi rested his chin on his hand and nodded to himself as he was talking. The blonde rolled his eyes.
" Well I could just text her and ask what happened. I don't know what happened either." A lie. And a bad one at that. His face became more and more flushed with every second that went by.
Naruto took out his phone and slid it open to the keyboard. He typed out, ' Hey Hitoko, where are you? Are you ok? Itachi and I are super concerned, if you can, text me back with your location. I'll try to send help. This should never have concerned you in the first place. I'm sorry you got involved…Naruto.'
Kakashi and Naruto sat there in an awkward silence for a few minutes but luckily for them the blonde's phone vibrated. The silver haired man leaned over his desk as Naruto opened the message. He had to contain his shock to be able to fool Kakashi. Naruto didn't want him to be too deeply involved in what was happening.
" Hitoko says that her mom had to pull her out for a couple days. She says that her father's having some kind of midlife crisis and needs a 'youth' vacation." Naruto lied straight through his teeth. And Kakashi ate it up like it was fine chocolate.
" Oh, well then, tell her I wish her and her family the best in this time of 'crisis'." Kakashi said with a smile. His red eye crinkled a little in the corner as Naruto got up to leave. The silver headed man held the door open as the blonde left his room. Once he was gone Kakashi's eyes narrowed. Naruto couldn't fool him.
Naruto ran out to Itachi's car. He had been waiting for over ten minutes and he knew the Uchiha would be slightly annoyed. Surprisingly, he was more worried than annoyed. As soon as the blonde got into the car, Itachi pulled him into his arms. He connected their lips in a brief kiss before deciding to turn the car on.
" That took you long enough…" Itachi muttered. " I almost thought you weren't coming out…"
" Itachi…look at me." Naruto muttered pulling the older Uchiha's face closer to his. " Don't worry about me, if Sasuke wants me, I know you can stop him. You did it before and you can do it again."
The blonde hadn't noticed that his hands were shaking. The text message was just to shocking and he couldn't show it to Itachi. It was just too painful.
When they finally got onto the road Naruto pulled his cell back out and starting deleting the messages on his phone. But before he could press 'yes' he stopped and saved the message he received from Hitoko. Maybe the police could track her with his phone and they needed the message. He gulped a little and placed his hand on Itachi's. He squeezed it lightly every time they stopped.
Hitoko screamed against the binding in her mouth as she was dragged out of the car. She managed to kick Suigetsu a few times since he was trying to grab her legs. Juugo had to switch places with the other man a few times since she was so violent. Eventually they got her into Kisame's house and she stilled as soon as she saw the blood spattered walls. They set her down harshly and she turned so she could get up on her knees. Sasuke came up behind her and ran a hand down her head. She crawled forward a little bit and turned her head so she could look into the kitchen. Her body arched back, falling onto her butt in front of Sasuke. She shook her head as tears poured down her cheeks.
They killed Kisame.
Sasuke started to laugh and he grabbed her by the back of the head, pulling her closer. He pulled the rope out from between her teeth and she instantly screamed. The Uchiha rushed to put his hand on her mouth and once he did, she bit down. Sasuke let out a pained wail. Hitoko spun on her heel and whipped her leg up, kicking Sasuke in the head. He was pushed away from the door and Juugo got up from his sitting position. She actually managed to get a few feet from the open door before she was tackled. She cried as Juugo pulled her back into the living room. Sasuke was sitting in an arm chair nursing his busted lip when Hitoko was thrown in front of him.
" You know Hitoko it would be so much simpler if you just stopped resisting me and went along with the plan. We won't kill you so how about you relax." Sasuke said pushing Hitoko over with his foot. She was about to kick him back when Juugo pressed her face first to the floor and sat on her back. She huffed and struggled to breath with the large man atop her. She screamed until she couldn't breath anymore. That's when Juugo got off.
" What are you planning Sasuke?" She said glaring up at the Uchiha. He shrugged and shook his head.
" Why should I tell you? You have nothing to gain by knowing." Sasuke retorted looking down at like she was nothing more than a common dog. She looked away and a thought instantly struck her.
" Well you do have something to gain. If you tell me, I'll stop fighting back. Even though I really want to go toe to toe with that big guy over there."
Sasuke looked around the room for a minute. Suigetsu was nursing a few bruised ribs, a split lip, shin injuries, and much more bruising. Karin hadn't been spared either. Hitoko had managed to kick the woman in the chest and if she had been at full stamina, Sasuke didn't doubt that she would have been able to bust her sternum. Juugo hadn't really suffered at Hitoko's hand since he didn't really think anything she did hurt. She had also managed to hurt him.
" Ok I'll tell you." everyone perked up a little. " We plan to use you to get closer to Naruto. We will keep secret contact with him and will keep moving locations until Naruto gives up and comes to me. I'll trade you to Itachi for him. Then we will leave the country so no one will ever be able to find us again."
" YOUR CRAZY! That plan will never work! Itachi would never trade me for him. I wouldn't let him."
" Yeah I assumed that would happen. So I got this for a bit of insurance." Sasuke said pulling a gun from his pocket. He aimed it at Hitoko's face and she shuddered. " I will shoot Itachi if he doesn't give me what I want."
He smacked Hitoko with the butt of his gun. She fell sideways and started to blank out...
A FEW HOURS LATER.
Sasuke felt his pocket vibrate. He pulled the cigarette away from his lips and handed it to Hitoko. She grabbed it uneasily as Juugo kept his eyes on her at all times. She blew the smoke out and nodded with approval.
" You got the good kind." She said with a slight smirk. Sasuke nodded as he continued to text. " Who sent me a text?"
" Naruto." Sasuke said with a smirk. " Only two more days 'til he becomes mine."
" What are you telling him?" Suigetsu muttered taking the cigarette from Hitoko. She had practically learned everything about them. Even Sasuke's and Suigetsu's relationship. Her mind still didn't trust them but she was becoming more and more comfortable with them.
" I told him that, ' In two days time you will be mine. If you want to see Hitoko again all you have to do is wait until then. Love Sasuke.' I didn't mean for it to rhyme…but it does sound better like that."
All of them nodded, all except for Hitoko. She was frozen with fear. They were going to kill Itachi in two days. And Naruto would be gone. She buried her face in her knees and cried as every laughed around her.
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*- Ok so my biology teacher informed my class about this kid who seriously mixed drain cleaner and battery acid. It causes a major explosive since they're an acid and a base. It blew part of his face off… So just stick to baking soda and vinegar if you please!
Naruto: OMG this story is getting so suspenseful
ME: I KNOW! AHHH I can't wait to write more!
Naruto: YOU'RE THE BEST AT CLIFFIES!
Me: No. Dickens was the best. I am just his humble servant…This is Hitoko-Sama.
