"Don't leave me," Orochimaru whispered, his voice human and soft in the darkness, and it was the most disturbing thing Naruto had ever heard.

"Why shouldn't I?" replied Naruto in an almost teasing voice. Orochimaru's vulnerability made him feel powerful. Orochimaru needed him now, and he would never let the snake forget it. Orochimaru became more and more alert, and a small smirk found its way to his sleepy face.

"Hmmm." Orochimaru buried his nose beneath Naruto's chin, pressing an open-mouthed kiss against his jaw line. Naruto's breathing hitched. He allowed the gentle caress. Orochimaru's hands slid down his sides, curling around his hips and sending shivers over his frame. Naruto pet the silky black hair, and Orochimaru nearly purred.

There was a knock on the door.

"Orochimaru-sama, Sasuke is waiting in the training room. He's threatening to murder guests if he doesn't get trained now."

Orochimaru sighed, moving to get up, but Naruto yanked him down and pinned him against the bed.

"What are you—?"

Naruto fiercely kissed the older man, more of a bite than a kiss; the thin lips were pried open and the mouth plundered viciously. He ground his hips down, thrusting his hands beneath the white robe and tugging on the hardening pink nipples. Orochimaru was groaning, his hands clenching desperately in Naruto's hair, his toes curling against the sheets.

When Naruto moved to plant bruising bites down the thin white slope of neck, Orochimaru protested, feebly pushing at his head with his hands.

"Naruto, I have to train Sasuke, Naruto don't—"

He broke off in a sound that was almost a whimper when Naruto tenderly kissed the inside of his thigh and nuzzled his throbbing arousal.

"Orochimaru-sama?"

"Tell him to fuck off," snickered Naruto in a deep voice.

Orochimaru's fingers clenched in the blonde hair, whether to pry him off or encourage him, neither knew. The doorknob jiggled as Kabuto tried to pry it open in irritation.

"Fuck off Kabuto~~" Orochimaru sang, breaking off in a sigh.

The door stopped moving, and Orochimaru relaxed against the pillows. Naruto crawled up his body, kissing him gently on his jaw.

"Now go train him," He whispered teasingly. Orochimaru groaned, rolling onto the smirking boy. His thin white lips were curled, and his eyes half lidded. He pressed their hips together. "I'd much rather stay in bed." Naruto curled his arms around the thin shoulders, gently stroking the white skin there.

"I'll be waiting." He thrust his hips up.

Orochimaru grit his teeth, struggling to keep the nonchalance on his face. He rose from the bed and dressed.

Naruto sat in bed fully clothes, his chest aching from the walls between him and Orochimaru, when suddenly he felt the earth shake. A scream rattled through the hallway. Her heard a deep male voice yelling, and then the door flew off its hinges. He leapt off the bed to dodge.

"Sasuke?"

Sasuke stared at him, his eyes darting over his exposed ankles—blackened by Orochimaru's marks—and then traveling to the markings that ran up his exposed throat and jaw. His eyes narrowed, and he thrust out his hand.

"Hold on to me, I'm getting you out of here."

Naruto sputtered, his eyes wide.

"Wha—What, Sasuke, what are you talking about?"

"Sakura and the others have found the hideout. It is only a matter of time. We have to go before Orochimaru—"

Suddenly a blinding pain shot through Naruto's tattoos. He moaned in pain, clutching his sides. His heart beat faster, and his vision blurred. He is hurt.

"Sasuke, what—what did you do?"

Naruto stumbled backward, and Sasuke slowly approached him. He was breathing hard, and Sasuke was looking at him with the stoniest expression he had ever seen. His lips were white and clenched together.

"He will be dead soon. Kabuto is trying to fuse with him, to take his chakra. I—"

"No!"

Naruto moaned, clutching his head. "Leave him alone. He—"

"Naruto come on. Come." Sasuke grabbed his forearm, dragging him until he was holding him tightly against his body.

"You bastard, I hate you," Naruto whimpered, his body trembling hard at the severity of his pain. He leaned heavily against his former friend. Sasuke gripped him even tighter.

A feeble shot of warmth went through his body. Was Orochimaru healing? Was it a sign? Suddenly they were outside, and Naruto had no idea how they got there. The only sounds were his groans of pain, and Sasuke's deep voice in the background.

"Naruto!"

Pink filled his vision, and soft feminine crying filled his ear. Everywhere her skin touched him, his own skin burned. He swayed and stumbled backward. She gently set him on the ground, where he laid his head between his knees.

"Oh, Naruto. Naruto." She said his name over and over, stroking his hair, holding him tight. He hated her. He wanted to push her away, but she was so warm. Orochimaru's mark burned, and he felt his Master's pain. He would be all right. He was healing.

"Get off get off," He muttered.

"What?"

"Get off. Get off! GET OFF!" He shoved her off of him, and rolled onto his side. The grass was cool. His mark burned. He missed his master.

"Naruto?" She sounded scared. She reached over to touch him, and he slapped her hand away. He wanted to bite. He wanted to kill. He wanted to see Orochimaru.

He stumbled to his feet and opened his bleary eyes to Sasuke, who was staring at him with wide eyes. He looked just as stony as before. He looked exactly the same as when he had brought Naruto to that horrible place.

"Fuck you. Get away from me." Sai and Yamato rushed forward from behind Sasuke. Sai's normally plain face was filled with surprise. Yamato stared with his creepy doe eyes, his face pale and sunken. Naruto sensed Tsunade nearby. He would never speak to her again. This was her fault.

"Naruto…you're free. What's wrong?"

Sakura looked horribly thin. Her clothes hung off her like drapes and her eyes bore purplish bruises beneath them. She stared at him with her green eyes, and he hated her. Oh, how he hated her. She had never loved him. She had never cared about him. She hadn't given a fuck about the sacrifices he had made to bring her precious Sasuke back.

"Naruto, stop this. You've been manipulated Naruto. He doesn't care about you," Sasuke sounded so sure, so factual. Naruto wanted to punch him, but he held his ground.

"You think you were the only one who lived there? Don't you know about his guests? He's like a leech Naruto. He feeds off of your affections. He loves having you need him. Every single thing that happened to you, every 'slip up' of emotion that Orochimaru let you see, it was all fake. He planned every second of it."

He couldn't fake the bond. He couldn't fake the small tired looks. He couldn't fake that picture he kept hidden in his desk.

"Naruto." Sasuke placed his hand on Naruto's shoulder. "It was all fake."

No.

"His 'guests', they are were all like you. But none of them were as 'interesting' to him as you. He focused on you…. but not only you."

"What about this." Naruto's voice sounded dead to his own ears. His fingers clutched the skin of his neck.

"That was an accident. But he was sure to use it against you just as he did everything else. He hated that you didn't want him. He used his own freedom to bind you to him."

"You're lying! Why should I believe anything you fucking tell me? All you do is lie! All you do is hurt me!"

Sasuke reared back as if he had been slapped.

Sakura rushed forward and gripped Sasuke's arm. Her bottom lip trembled. "You've got to trust him Naruto. He's the one who came to us. He's the one who—"

"He's the one who brought me there in the first place! He's the one who let that monster rape me!"

Sakura froze, swallowing hard. Sasuke placed a hand on hers, not taking his eyes off of Naruto. Naruto stared at the connection between their hands. So that was how it was. They were together. Sakura had forgiven him, just like that. She had forgiven him after all he had done to Naruto.

The Nine Tails prodded at the edges of his mind, growling and snarling at his rush of emotions. Naruto let him through without a second thought, and soon he was floating on a sea of fiery water. Nothing hurt. There was no sound but the low cackling of the nine-tailed fox.

A.N./

So...Yeah I updated. I'm sorry, school is sucking the life out of me. (and my writing)

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