Primal
Author's Note: Thanks for the reviews. I hope you all enjoy this chapter.
Naruto talking to Kyuubi in bold.
Kyuubi talking to Naruto in bold italics.
Chapter Notation: Kurama's fox instincts and Naruto's feelings will make for an explosive combination. Oh and Suki isn't getting off that easily. Naruto is going to throw her a curveball in this chapter.
Chapter 11
Several hours later, Naruto wakes up in Suki's house. He woke up in Suki house, fully restrained. He looks around anxiously for his Mate and then growls when he realizes that it wasn't the real Suki who was watching him. It was a clone.
"After EVERYTHING, you ran straight back to the Sound?!" He snarls at her, his charka lashing around him viciously.
Suki's clone shivers. She wasn't a Sensory Type, but it was impossible not to notice that demonic reddish-orange chakra rolling off her Mate in angry waves. It was terrifying.
"Naruto, I had to get the transplant done quickly. I could only preserve the eyes for so long. You said it yourself, Tsunade doesn't trust me. I didn't have a choice." She says quickly.
The ball of light was lashing menacingly in her mind. It was as if there were actual solar flares "attacking" her. Naruto was beyond angry. He was furious. So great was his anger, that Suki's panther actually retreats further into their minds in an effort to avoid his wrath.
"No! You always do this. You always run off! We're Mates now! That's supposed to mean something! We're married! We should be making decisions together!" He growls at her.
Suki's clone gulps. Damn it. Maybe she had gone a bit too far this time. She knew that practically, she'd done the right thing. After all, Suki could only preserve those eyes for so long and gaining the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan would go a long way towards defeating Itachi.
"Naruto, I'm sorry. You understand why it had to be done though, right?" The clone asks cautiously.
"Oh I get why you want a stronger Sharingan. That only makes sense. What I'm angry about is the fact that you kissed me and then knocked me out! That was a cheap trick!" Naruto hisses at her.
The Uchiha woman knew that she was only a clone, but she couldn't help but feel more than a little terrified. Naruto's eyes were blood red and his teeth were now fangs. That and his chakra was swirling around so violently, that it was actually burning through his restraints.
"You're right. It was fighting dirty and I am sorry about that. I shouldn't have done it." She whispers as she caresses his cheek.
"How is it possible to love someone so much and want to strangle them at the same time?" Naruto asks to Kurama.
"That's the beauty and the insanity of a Mating Bond. I don't think there is a singe soul alive that truly understands it, fully." The Nine Tails replies.
Naruto sighs and nods. Suki was actually afraid of him at the moment. That wasn't what he wanted, but he had to make sure that she would NEVER pull something this stupid again.
"How long have I been out?" Naruto asks as he leans into Suki's caress.
"Awhile. Less than a day though." The clone answers honestly.
Naruto nods and tries to probe his Mate's mind. He knew that he couldn't get exact words from her thoughts, but the blonde would be able to guess what was going on by her feelings. That was something at least.
"You'd already be at the Sound by now. How long does the transplant take? Oh and don't lie to me! I'll know, if you do. Our Bond makes lying to each other pointless." He reminds her.
"I'm not sure. I would say that it varies, but the real me is waking up now. I think the transplant is over." The raven haired woman admits.
"Good. I'm going to level that place to the ground. I wouldn't do it when you were in the middle of surgery, but this is NOT happening again. You're not going to knock me out and run back to that snake!" Naruto hisses at her.
The clone could only nod her head in agreement. His chakra was still too volatile. She had to calm him down.
"My eyes will have to be bandaged for at least a week and the bandages will have to be changed occasionally. I'll likely be disoriented from the anesthesia that Kabuto used during the operation." Suki mumbles.
"Yeah. I kinda figured. When you're better we are going to have a LONG talk. In the meantime though, I'm going to deal with Orochimaru and the Sound Village." He states as he takes off.
Suki's clone winces as she transmit's the information to her other self. At the moment, that was all that she could do. There was no way that she was going to defeat Naruto in combat, but she could warn her original self what was coming.
Meanwhile the real Suki flinches on the operating table. The operation had probably been a success. She was awake now and in a lot of pain, but that was only to be expected. She had just had her eyes cut out and a new pair inserted, after all.
"How are you feeling?" Kabuto asks.
"It doesn't matter how I feel. What matters is whether or not the transplant was a success. Was it?" Suki demands.
When she had arrived at the Sound Village, she had hidden away most of Danzo's. Well she had done so, after removing two Mangekyo Sharingan Eyes. They were the exact same shade of red.
Suki assumed that they had belonged to the same person. That might make things easier.. She wasn't sure though.
"It was successful. You will need to wear bandages over your eyes for at least a week, preferably two. Change the bandages at a minimum,, once a day. Do not open your eyes unless absolutely necessary. Doing so will result in unnecessary pain and may damage the eyes, if they are exposed to harsh light." Kabuto explains.
"Good to know. Thank you." Suki says with a sigh as she waits for the agony to subside.
As she was doing so, visions from her clone hit her. Suki bites her lower lip as she processes them. Naruto was up and he was very angry. Not only that, he was on his way to the Sound.
"Is everything alright?" The silver haired medic asks.
"Yes, everything's fine. Do you have any pain medication that I can take?" She inquires.
"Yes, we have lots of that. I'll give you a morphine drip." Kabuto replies as he sets the drip up.
Suki nods gratefully. Naruto was coming and he was under the influence of the Nine Tails. He was likely going to level the Sound to the ground.
That didn't really bother her though. She now had her new eyes and Orochimaru was too weak to be an asset to her at the moment. Naruto could kill Orochimaru. Suki might actually dance upon his grave. The youngest Uchiha didn't have any fond memories of the Criminal Village either.
"It only makes sense to indulge him." She whispers.
Naruto's fury was burning white hot. She could feel it. They were miles apart and it was almost as though he was standing right next to her. There was a very real possibility that he would kill Orochimaru.
"It only makes sense to indulge who?" The other ninja asks.
"Nevermind. I'm sorry. I think the drugs are making me babble a bit." The raven haired woman says apologetically.
"Ah yes. That has been known to happen. Well wait here. You should rest. That type of surgery will knock the wind out of anyone. I'll go and inform Lord Orochimaru that the transfer was a success." Kabuto states as he heads off.
"I just have to find a way to make him forgive me." She says with a sigh.
Suki knew that what she did was wrong. At the time though, she didn't feel like she had any other choice. She'd make it up to him though. Somehow. She just wasn't sure how yet.
At some point, she fell asleep. She was later awoken to the sounds of screaming and buildings being shattered. Suki blinks behind her bandages. Naruto was here.
Bam! Smack! Crash! Crunch! Suki winces as she hears the sounds of various buildings going down. She was positive that Naruto must have been firing off a lot of Rasengans. There wasn't going to be anything left when he was done.
"Can you sense her, Kurama?" Naruto demands as he sends another Rasengan into one of the building's foundation, causing it to collapse.
"She's in the largest building. That's likely where Orochimaru keeps his lab. Just follow the feeling of her chakra and the panther. You'll find her." Kurama replies.
Naruto nods. That's when he saw Kabuto dart outside to see what was going on. His eyes widened in horror when he saw the blonde and he dashes back inside.
"Well now, I know where Orochimaru is." Naruto says as he takes off after Kabuto.
He knew Four Eyes. The man would rush straight to his Master. Kabuto would likely try to evacuate Orochimaru. Naruto wasn't going to get that chance though. He was going to make sure that snake never stole his Mate away from him again!
"Damn it!" The silver haired medic mutters under his breath as he rushes off to find Orochimaru.
He knew that Naruto was following him. Kabuto had no choice though. Lord Orochimaru's only hope of survival rested in his hands. If he could get to the Sannin and Flicker them out of there, maybe he'd live.
The former Leaf Ninja was extremely weak as it was. Kabuto didn't fancy his odds of survival without the medical equipment that he had access to in the Sound Village, but he had to do it. If he didn't, Jinchuuriki was likely going to tear Orochimaru apart.
"You can say that again!" Naruto snarls as he follows Kabuto into Orochimaru's room.
He knew what the medic was planning. Kabuto was going to try to Flicker off with the Sannin, but he wasn't going to let that happen. Naruto grabs Kabuto and throws him against the wall.
A sickening crash is heard when the other ninja slams into the wall. Naruto wasn't entirely sure if Kabuto's skull had been shattered or if he had merely been knocked out. At the moment, he didn't care.
"Naruto, so nice of you to visit us again." Orochimaru hisses at him in pain.
"I'm not going to let it happen again. I'm not going to let you brainwash Suki anymore. I've leveled your village. Your villagers are running for their lives now. The only one who cared enough about you to stay was Kabuto. You're NEVER going to get Suki's body and you are going to die alone. You're going to die screaming." He growls at the other man.
"There's a reason that she comes here when she needs something and doesn't ask for your help. Suki knows that I can give her what she needs. If she wants to give me her body, that should be her decision. Don't you think? Can you really say that you love her, if you don't respect her decisions?" Orochimaru taunts him.
Something inside Naruto snapped, when he heard that. He grabs Orochimaru by his neck and drags him off. Using the enhanced sense of smell that Kurama gave him and the Mating Bond, he was easily able to find which room Suki was staying in.
"Suki! I'm here and I got Orochimaru." Naruto says.
"Naruto, I'm sorry." She whispers as she begins trying to remove the various tubs that were hooked up to her.
Naruto frowns as he hears her words. He knew from their Bond that Suki was sincere. He was still so angry though. Suki had tricked him. Again!
"Suki, don't try to move. You just had a major operation. I'll get you out of here in a few minutes, but you need too hear this. You need to understand that you won't be able to go running off to the Sound Village anymore. I've destroyed it and I'm going to make sure that Orochimaru never tries to steal your body." Naruto informs her in a voice that she scarcely recognized.
Suki shivers. She could feel his resolve through their Mating Bond. The ball of light was going to explode.
"I understand. I only left because I needed the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. That's all." She promises him.
"Good. Then you won't have an issue with me sending this bastard where he belongs. Straight to Hell." Naruto growls and the very room begins to shake from the sheer force of the Nine Tail's Chakra that was suddenly flooding the room.
"If you want to kill him, I'm not going to object." Suki tells him.
That was apparently all the "permission" that Naruto needed. Soon the sounds of anguished screams and charred flesh filled the room. Suki winces in horror at the knowledge that Naruto was likely burning Orochimaru alive with his chakra.
"LET GO OF ME!" Orochimaru screams in agony as he tries desperately to get away.
It was no use though. They all knew the truth. Orochimaru had delayed the transfer too long. He was too weak. It was doubtful that he could run or perform a Flicker, even if he got away.
"Never! You deserve this! You were going to kill her! You were going to take her away from me! You treated these people like they were your pawns! Like you owned them! No more!" Naruto snarls at Orochimaru and the chakra increases in intensity.
It was so powerful that Suki almost felt like she was going to faint. Every pore in her body could feel the Nine Tail's Chakra. It was like an ocean of chakra. More specifically, it was as if a powerful tsunami of chakra was coming crashing down on the room and she wasn't even the target of Naruto's fury.
The screams became inhuman and the scennt of charred flesh grew stronger. It was now so strong that Suki literally bends over the bed and vomits. It was disgusting.
"Naruto, he's dead." Kurama informs him.
Naruto was almost too far gone to hear Kurama. Finally, this bastard was getting what he deserved. He was a damn glorified kidnapper and performed God only knows what sorts of sick medical experiments on his villagers. He deserved to die screaming.
"Die!" He growls at the now limp pile body in his arms.
For a brief moment, Naruto understood Suki. He had never really wanted to get revenge before. Now he knew why his Mate wanted it so badly.
There was something satisfying about hearing Orochimaru take his last breaths and listening to his dying screams. There was something even more satisfying about feeling the Sannin go limp in his arms.
He would NEVER be able to take his Mate away from him again. Orochimaru was never going to get Suki's body. She was safe and the snake was dead. He had protected her from this creep and that felt good. Addictively, good really.
"Your Mate needs you." The Nine Tails points out.
That was just enough to snap Naruto out of his bloodlust and he nods in agreement with Kurama. Suki definitely needed him. She needed him to get her out of there and take care of her of her during her recovery.
That's when he noticed that his Mate was bent over the bed and that the floor had some vomit on it. Alright. Maybe he had gotten a bit carried away with the whole torture thing, but Orochimaru had deserved it.
"It's alright, Suki. Let's get you home." He says as he walks over to his Mate and begins undoing the various tubes that she had tied to her.
Naruto sighs and winces when he felt her panther through the bond. It was trying to slink behind "walls" and occasionally peeking out from behind them. Yeah. He had actually scared her and he didn't like that feeling.
He knew that he couldn't let her off that easy though. The Sound was gone, but their underlying issue wasn't. When things got bad, Suki would try to run away to protect him and he just wasn't going to put up with that anymore.
"Sorry." She mumbles as Naruto picks her up Bridal Style.
"It's not okay. You can't just keep running off like that, but I'm not a jerk. You're in a lot of pain right now because you went off and got an eye transplant. We can talk about it when you're better." He tells her.
He could feel her relief through their Bond and that made him smile. Suki thought that she was doing the right thing, but she still loved him. She just had a really messed up way of showing it.
In her mind, getting that transplant would improve her chances of defeating Itachi. Defeating Itachi would not only avenge her Clan, but it would also keep the both of them safe. It had been a stupid and reckless move, but she hadn't done it out of malice.
"Alright." She whispers as she snuggles into his chest and sighs in relief.
Naruto was angry. He was really, really angry. Angry enough to destroy an entire village, but he might forgive her.
Suki wasn't stupid. She knew that her Mate was still going to give her one Hell of a tonguelashing. He was just going to wait until she had recovered from the transplant to do it. Naruto was a lot more merciful than she was.
"And acting all cute and cuddly, isn't going to change the fact that you're still in big trouble." He warns her as he finds the Seal that he had left in the Sound Village.
"I know. I just like being close to you." She admits.
"You have the WEIRDEST way of showing that then!" Naruto grumbles as he activates the Seal and teleports them back to the Leaf Village.
Suki couldn't exactly argue with that. It was the truth. She has her panther "fluff" Naruto's ball of light affectionately though.
"She just has to go and act all cute. I know what she's doing. She's trying to make me not be mad at her anymore. It's not going to work." Naruto tells Kurama.
"It's likely going to work. If you don't establish dominance over her soon, she's going to believe she's the Dominant Mate. If that happens, she's going to walk all over you." The Nine Tails replies.
That's when Naruto made the mistake of asking how he would "establish dominance." Kurama was apparently only too delighted to show Naruto EXACTLY how that was done. A few minutes later, Naruto found himself blushing furiously as he carries Suki back into her home.
"You're a bigger pervert than Pervy Sage! Sheesh! I didn't need a visual demonstration! Thank goodness for the bandages. Otherwise, she'd never let me live the blushing thing down!" Naruto grumbles.
"You alright?" Suki asks a bit uncertainly.
She could sense that Naruto was embarrassed about something. Suki just wasn't sure what it was. The last female Uchiha decides that it must have something to do with the Nine Tails. There really wasn't any reason for Naruto to be embarrassed. Angry, yes. Flustered, no.
"Yeah. It was just Kurama being Kurama." Naruto says as he lays on her down on her bed a few minutes later.
It was amazing really. She had just undergone a major surgery and still looked completely composed. If it wasn't for the bandages, Naruto never would have guessed she just had an eye transplant.
"I want you to know that I'll make it up to you. Once he's dead, I will make it up to you. I haven't been a very good Mate. I'm sorry about that." Suki tells him and Naruto got the image of the panther flattening its ears in shame.
"Oh believe me. You have a lot of making up to do, but I have a lot of good ideas about how you are going to do that!" Naruto says cheerfully.
Suki tilts her head to the side. Her eyes were covered, but somehow she still managed to convey confusion perfectly. That and the panther was definitely confused.
"What did you have in mind?" The raven haired woman inquires, a bit warily.
"Well first of all, you are going to make me a lot of homemade ramen!" He informs her.
Suki snorts in amusement. Was that seriously, Naruto's idea of punishment? Whatever. She supposed that she should be happy that her Mate was so easy to please.
"Alright. That seems like the least I can do." She concedes.
"And you're going to wear an apron while you do it." Naruto continues.
Well that she wasn't expecting. Again, it seemed like such a minor request. Suki didn't know why Naruto would even care what she was wearing when she made his noodles.
"That's fine. I'm pretty sure that I can find an apron somewhere around here." The other ninja agrees.
"And it's going to be a PINK FRILLY apron." Her Mate says cheekily.
Suki frowns. Really? Pink AND frilly? Damn it. That was cold. She had fair skin and black hair. Surely, Naruto had to know how ridiculous she was going to look in an apron like that.
"Fine. I guess I deserve that. Though you know how much I hate pink, especially when it comes with frills." Suki says with a sigh.
"I'm not done yet. This next part is the deal breaker." Naruto informs her.
Suki turns her head towards Naruto cautiously. Oh boy. She wasn't even sure that she wanted to know.
"I'm listening. What else besides ramen and a frilly pink apron, do you want?" She demands.
"Well nothing. That's the most important part." He tells her.
Naruto snickers as he felt Suki's confusion to the bond. He knew that he had just thrown her a major curveball. He could also sense that she was suspicious.
"How can nothing be the deal breaker?" Suki asks her Mate.
"That's ALL I want you to wear. Nothing, but the apron. No shirt, pants, or lingerie. I mean you're my Mate now. I should be able to look at you the way that Jirayia looks at women. The only difference is that you're the only one that I want to look at and he wants to look at everyone." Naruto reasons.
Suki blinks. He wanted her to cook for him in nothing, but an apron. She felt her face burn hotly at that thought.
"Normally, I would slap you for being a pervert. I did kinda walk into this one though. Fine, I'll do it." She mumbles.
Suki wasn't sure that she was ever going to stop blushing at this point, but Naruto was right. They were Mates now. Essentially, they were demonically married.
Married people did more than kissing. Married people saw each other semi naked and naked all the time. It was a perverted request, but it wasn't unreasonable. Besides, she had a Clan to restore anyway.