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Sky-eyed Kitsune and Gomi-kun blab & Updates
Sky-eyed Kitsune: To make up for the last late chapter I stayed up last night getting this one done ;) In the last chapter Gomi translated too quickly and mixed up some names, so sorry for the confusion! O.o''
WARNING: This is a very unpleasant chapter for Naruto. And if you're wondering then yes, there is a short rape in this chapter. T.T :sniffle: I'm sorry!!
For those of you just joining the madness now, I have stopped replying to reviewers because I've got so many that it tends to take an hour to do so! X0 But please know that I treasure each review I get, and read them all. In fact when I read them they made me smile in the way that a writer does when they've realized that they have a reason to write! So sincerely, thank you all who take the time and read and review! I will though be answering questions if someone doesn't understand one part of the story or something along those lines. ^^
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-No, this is NOT an Mpreg story. I plan to make Naruto preggers in another one of mine, but no, not this one. ;) (Everyone take a deep breath!)
Chapter Dedication: I don't think anyone wants this chapter dedicated to them, since it's really not a pleasant one.
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Chapter Twelve: Bruises Underneath
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Sasuke didn't know what he saw first after his confession: Naruto's eyes widen, the grit in his teeth, or the thwacking sound of the blond's fist pummeling into his face slamming him across the room to the opposite wall. He did however know that it had hurt.
A LOT.
Naruto said up, his fist still stretched out and the skin on his knuckles split open from punching the Uchiha so hard. He panted, all of the energy he had having been used to deliver that one blow, but it was well worth the sacrifice.
"Fucking liar," he hissed.
Sasuke leaned against the wall with one hand as he picked himself up, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth with the other.
"I'm not lying," he said sternly.
"If you loved me then you wouldn't have left," Naruto shot back.
"I told you, I was confused!"
"You could have just fucking told me!"
"I wouldn't have known how! How do you tell your best friend that you love them, huh? And to top it off we're both guys! I was beyond confused! I didn't know what to do!"
"Well it doesn't matter anymore now, does it? You're too late Sasuke, I'm with Sai now."
Sasuke clenched his fists.
"Why are you with him Naruto?"
"Because I care about him and he cares about me."
"Do you love him?"
"Of course I-"
"No, do you really love him? Honestly, truly? Enough to accept his proposal?"
"How the hell do you know about that!?"
Sasuke realized that he was now treading on dangerous waters since Naruto would know that he had been spying on him.
Sasuke shook his head. "It doesn't matter! Do you really love him?"
Naruto narrowed his eyes dangerous.
"Get the hell out of my sight Sasuke. There are no more second chances, and whether or not I choose to accept Sai's proposal is my business."
Sasuke knew that he wasn't going to get much further with Naruto angry, and so he went to the open window ledge. He perched himself on it, and with one last wavering looked back at Naruto, slipped under the cover of night.
The next morning Naruto was released from the hospital after his physical examination. Tsunade prescribed him some pain medication and plenty of rest before sending him on his way. She had at first insisted he receive an escort, but Naruto had calmed the hokage and told her that he could make it fine on his own.
Naruto gripped the bottle of medication in his hand as he walked down the village's dirt road. He smiled weakly as the citizens of Konoha smiled and waved at him, and children called his name in glee and gave him big smiles.
He breathed a sigh of relief when he reached his and Sai's apartment. His limbs felt weak and drained, almost like all of the energy had been sucked from them just from the walk.
He unlocked the front door and stepped in shakily. He shut the door and took a step forward when suddenly his legs gave out on him from exhaustion and his knees collided with the wooden planks under his feet, his hands following shortly to support himself.
His body shook violently and he felt sick to his stomach, his vision becoming a blurry kaleidoscope of objects and colors.
Naruto shut his eyes tightly, his body racking with the soft cries that escaped his throat, tears pattering to the floor and seeping into the dry wood.
It was too much to deal with. Sai and Sasuke, recovering from the ceiling, dealing with the knowledge that in less than a week he would be inaugurated as hokgae…he couldn't take much more.
Naruto shook his head and managed to push himself up off the floor. He made his way blinding to the bedroom, his fingers fumbling with the doorknob as he opened it.
He made out a figure sitting on the bed with what seemed to be a book opened between their hands.
"Naruto?"
Naruto sighed from relief as he heard the familiar voice say his name, and he let himself give out.
Naruto blinked himself awake, sitting up as he realized that he was, once again, in Kyuubi's cage.
"Hey Kit."
Naruto turned and smiled a little when he saw Kyuubi, looking more like his usual self as his eyes had become a deeper shade of red, his claws longer, and fur prickling under his human skin.
"You look better," Naruto said, and Kyuubi nodded.
"Yea, the human chakra is filtering outta here through your seal. Listen Kit, I need to talk to you."
"Oh God what now?" Naruto said dramatically, throwing up his hands. "Am I dying or something?"
"No, you're just exhausted. I wanted to talk to you about the Uchiha and Sai."
"Great, just great," Naruto sighed, letting himself flop down on the ground.
"I'm serious Kit," Kyuubi said, sitting cross-legged on the floor of his cage. "I'm getting some mixed signals here."
"Like what?"
"Didn't you notice that Sai didn't come to visit you once while you were in the hospital?"
"He probably had a mission or something," Naruto said. He had been trying to push that little detail to the back of his mind, but it stung nonetheless.
"The Uchiha, who was supposed to be under guard, risked his own neck just to come and see you."
"Sasuke just likes to show off," Naruto scoffed.
"And while you were in the confinement room he didn't come."
"The confinement room was closed off and sealed all around, there was no way to get through."
"For a ninja of Sai's skills with an hour or so of work he could have gotten through."
"Yea but who would work that hard just to come and see me when I'm not even conscious?"
"The Uchiha."
"Pfft, no he didn't!"
"Yes, yes he did Kit. You were knocked out. You can ask Gaara if you don't believe me. He came to see you while you were in heat because he was worried. And he had that chance then and there to have you all to himself if he wanted, but he didn't do anything. He gave you a kiss on the forehead and asked Gaara to help relieve your pain. He said that he knew you and Gaara were just friends, and even though I saw a hint of jealously in his eyes, he was much more concerned for your well being."
Naruto swallowed, trying to soothe his now dry throat.
"And he just…left? He didn't do anything?" he asked quietly, any rage muted completely.
"Nope," Kyuubi said simply. "And I think you forget the sealing, and how Sasuke used his Sharingan to ultimately save your life. Kit, he truly loves you."
Naruto closed his eyes tightly and shook his head, warding off any tears.
"But Sai…"
"Naruto, sometimes hearts have to be broken if you're really intending to find the right person. And I'm sorry Kit, but Sasuke is the right one for you. He always has been."
"How long have you known?"
"Since you were born Kit. True soul mates will know when they find each other, because they won't let themselves forget about them. This is why you can't forget about Sasuke. Naruto, I know you love Sai, but I also know that your love for him is not even close to as deep as the love you feel for the Uchiha."
"Urusai! It is Kyuubi!" Naruto suddenly burst, standing up.
"You're just avoiding it Kit," Kyuubi sighed, laying down on the floor and stretching his limbs. "I've spent over twenty years in your mind, and I know what you really feel."
Naruto shook his head rapidly in an attempt to throw away the thoughts Kyuubi was putting in his head.
"I want out of here," he sighed tiredly.
"Fine. But Kit, I don't think Sai is going to take your confinement with Gaara well."
"Of course he will. I was in pain, he'll understand that."
"Will he be more concerned with how much pain you were in and needed relief, or that his supposed mate was marked continuously by another?"
Naruto paused and looked down to the floor before his figure faded from Kyuubi's cage.
Naruto let out a soft whine as he opened his eyes, his pupils dilating from the new light.
"Naruto, are you alright?"
Naruto blinked rapidly and cleared his vision. Sai came into view, hovering over him on their bed as he examined the blond's face with worry.
"Yea," Naruto said weakly, smiling a little. "Just really tired."
"I bet," Sai said. He helped the blond sit up and rest against his chest for support.
"How long have I been out?"
"Most of the day actually. It's about nine pm."
Naruto rubbed his forehead. "Damn," he chuckled lightly. He opened his mouth to yawn when he suddenly found it occupied by another mouth.
He made a surprised gasp when Sai flipped them over and pinned the blond to the bed by his wrists, kissing him hard and fast.
"Sah-Sai," Naruto managed through their kiss as Sai parted their lips to get a better angle before reattaching himself quickly onto the pink lips that teased him.
Sai broke the kiss again a moment later, Naruto panting for breath as the raven kissed quickly down his neck.
"I missed you Naruto…" he breathed wantonly.
"W-where were you yesterday?" Naruto said, cringing as Sai bit down hard on where his neck and shoulder met.
"Here, why?" Sai said quickly, his fingers finding the hem of Naruto's shirt and making quick work of it.
"I was in the hospital yesterday; I got a lot of visitors, but…"
"I figured you would be too tired to talk anyways," Sai said briefly, capturing a nipple between his teeth and tweaking its neighbor with his fingers.
Naruto felt a spike of sadness rise in his chest. So what if he would be too tired to talk? He had let most of his visitors do all the talking, but they had still taken the time to come and see him.
"I-I need to tell you something," Naruto said, figuring sooner was later than never to tell him about himself and Gaara.
"Mmhmm," Sai hummed, giving Naruto's now erect nipple a parting lick before moving to the next and burying his fingers into the blond locks on the nape of Naruto's neck.
"You kn-know that Gaara was with me in the confinement room for the week…"
"Mmhmm," Sai hummed again.
"Well Tsunade forgot that I- ah…I went into heat last week."
"Well then at least you were contained instead of spending that time in Iruka's house," Sai reasoned, taking off his own shirt.
"Yea, but…this heat was the most painful of all of the others since my new seal was containing so much chakra. If I didn't get some kind of relief then I would have been absorbed with pain the whole week."
Sai nodded, kissing Naruto's collar bone and brushing his lips against the skin there.
"So Gaara…" Naruto took a deep breath and let it out slowly before continuing. "Gaara had sex with me."
Naruto winced and yelped softly as Sai abruptly bit down hard on his neck and gripped the hair on his neck tightly between his fingers.
"What?" he said sternly as he pulled back to look at Naruto, not releasing his grip on the blond's hair.
"I was in pain, Sai. So much, it was unbearable. Gaara is my best friend, and he was just trying to help me throu-"
"By having sex with you!?" Sai burst angrily. Naruto blinked, not used to seeing the enraged expression. It…startled him a little.
"That's how demons get relief from heat Sa-"
"By having sex with someone other than your lover!?"
"Sai you weren't there, Gaara was the only one in the room with me," Naruto tired to reason.
Sai shut his eyes and turned his head away.
"Would you rather I had gone through all of that pain?" Naruto asked the question burning a hole through his mind.
"If it meant that Gaara wouldn't be touching you, then yes!" Sai responded immediately. "I'm your lover Naruto! Your lover! Doesn't that mean anything to you!?"
"Of course it does Sai!"
"Then act like it! You're mine, Naruto!"
Naruto gasped as Sai bit down harshly on his skin in the same place again, drawing blood that ran in rivulets down the dip his collar made and slid southward along his chest.
"Sai s-stop! That hurts!"
"Then maybe now you'll remember who you belong to Naruto," Sai breath against his neck.
"I don't 'belong' to anyone! You don't own me Sai!" Naruto said, struggling against his lover. But he already knew that his efforts were useless with the little energy he had.
"Right now you do," Sai growled, ripping off Naruto's pants and undergarments and quickly disposing of his own.
"Sai wait! Stop, you can-"
Naruto closed his eyes as tears pricked behind them and he couldn't help but let a disjointed cry escape from between his lips as Sai plunged in dry.
Naruto gripped the bed sheets, trying to find something, anything to help him from falling off the edge of his mind. The pain was blinding, searing, with every thrust he felt pierce deeper and deeper into him. He felt like he was being ripped in two, his soul disconnecting from his body under the immense pressure in the air that seemed to suffocate him.
"Sto….stop…Sai…" Naruto tried through his gasps. He reached up and tried to push against the raven's shoulders when his wrists were pinned together above him with one of Sai's hands while the other rested on his hip to keep him in place.
Naruto felt a warm liquid seep from within him, and knew immediately that he was bleeding.
Why did it hurt so much to love someone? To try and make them understand? Why after all this time, did he still feel like an object? Like a tool? Why did he still feel…
"S-stop! Please Sa-Sai!!"
…so empty?
"Naruto..."
So helpless?
"A-ah! N-no more!!!"
So alone?
"Naruto!"
Naruto screwed his eyes shut as Sai landed beside him, both of them panting and exhausted.
Naruto pulled together any strength he had left to turn himself over on the bed, biting his lip as he shifted to keep from screaming out in pain.
He buried his head into his pillow, away from the piercing gaze of his once lover.
He wouldn't let Sai see him broken.
Naruto pulled together any strength he had left to turn himself over on the bed, biting his lip as he shifted to keep from screaming out in pain.
He buried his head into his pillow, away from the piercing gaze of his once lover.
He wouldn't let Sai see him so broken.
Gawd I'm terrible. T.T The raep was short so I didn't think it needed it's own link.
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Sky-eyed Kitsune
Translated by Gomi-kun