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Sasuke stood behind Hinata along with Neji and Naruto. All three males watching as Hinata worked on Itachi.
Her Byakugan was active, and her skilled fingers surveyed his hands, then his arms, then his chest. She was giving Itachi a full body examination, and was making sure she didn't miss anything. A Hyuga helper was beside her the whole time. Collecting the vitals that Hinata had gotten from Itachi when she first came into his bedroom. Now that he was decently hydrated, she could get samples.
"Uchiha-san. Can you use your Sharingan? Activate it please."
"Without hurting her." Naruto looked at Itachi as he said this. A frown gracing his face, but more so from all the touching being done. He knew Itachi had to be examined, and this was majority his idea. It's just…couldn't Hinata let the other Hyuga medics do it?
"Not now Naruto." Sasuke side eyed Naruto. An annoyed look, while his arms were crossed over his chest. Squeezing his chest rather tightly. On edge this whole exam. Naruto could feel Sasuke's energy, and was sure everyone in the room could feel that Sasuke was expecting the worst. So, with a grumble, Naruto apologized. It was rare, and probably wouldn't happen again in Sasuke's lifetime.
Tsk. Sasuke knew Naruto wouldn't change. That whole, 'turning a new leaf when Hinata loved him back', was bull shit. Sasuke knew Naruto was lying. It was part of Naruto's manic profile. To lie his way to normalcy, and if his lies weren't working, he'd show you the real him. A lot of people couldn't handle the real Naruto. Most of the time the real Naruto was the last thing people saw.
Still Sasuke knew he wasn't the only one on edge. Naruto had some heavy decisions to make these next couple of days too. This was it, this is what Naruto has been plotting for years and finally all Naruto's patience was going to pay off. His lurking within Konoha for sanctuary from Akatsuki. All while betraying the village with said terrorist organization. All so he could become a monarch for both.
There was a reason Sasuke stuck by Naruto's side. Yes, because Naruto wanted to become Hokage, but also because Sasuke could see more potential in Naruto. Sasuke saw that Naruto was going to achieve his dream of being Hokage. Sasuke also saw Naruto ruling it all. All nations. Answering to absolutely no one. Who wouldn't want to tag along for that?
Itachi ignored Naruto and activated his Sharingan. Hinata cradled his face and eyed him with her Byakugan. "Your dōjutsu is strong Lady Hinata. I can tell. Most people feel pressure looking into my Sharingan, even when I'm not using it against them. Yet you look right at me. Right into my eyes."
Itachi didn't comment on how empty Hinata's eyes looked. He has stared into the eyes of many people with his powerful eyes. He knows a psychopath when he seems one. The Uzumaki had more humane sense than this woman.
Hinata let go of Itachi's face, and took a step back to look at his bare chest again. How small he was from lack of nutrients. "I believe an old saying applies a lot to my lack of being affected by many things in life Uchiha-san. 'You have to have a conscience'. Which I lack. I can admit that."
She said this with such an innocent smile, and this made Itachi side eye her as he looked at Sasuke. His little brother just arching his brow in amusement, and a small smile graced Sasuke's face.
Welcome to his world.
"You have double pneumonia. Meaning it's in both your lungs. They look very bad. You have a horrendous case of post nasal, which has the mucus push back down your throat and into your stomach. That combined with a heavy case of Gerd, you feel nauseous and weak all the time. You can't stomach food, and given your lifestyle out being a rogue-nin. You can't maintain the right eating habits or obtain a primary care to prescribe you the daily medication you need, because with what you have, you'll need daily medication forever. Some days will be better than others, but you have no organ failures. Nothing tumorous or cancerous. You're just…sick and tired."
Hinata deactivated her dōjutsu and reached in a black bag one of her helpers held. "Before seeing you today Uchiha-san. I made a visit to a friend's farm. Before they reach the pharmaceutical market, medication sits on the Nara's deer farm being created. Luckily all your medication that you'll need was in their care. Also luckily, Shikamaru Nara is a friend of Naruto-kun. I would like to add, that I am no doctor. So I will give you this medication, and get you stable. This will be fine until you get a real doctor to diagnose you, and treat you."
She pulled out several bottles with labels and gave them to Itachi. "Take this at night. It will help with the Gerd. Take this at night as well for the post nasal, it will clear up the unnecessary mucus making you sick. Most importantly, take these steroid pills for your lungs. Along with this breathing treatment machine with the drops. Finally the lung strengthening inhaler will help strengthen your lungs again. However, it will take some time for the wheezing to go away."
Itachi looked at her with his normal cool black eyes again, and Hinata pointed to her own eyes. "Me and Neji understand how it feels to lose our sights and over strain our eyes. You have done so to an unhealthy level. You'll permanently go blind if you keep this up. I can imagine the pain you are in right now. Stay within the compound. The lights will be dim throughout the compound, and I will have aid come check on you periodically to apply eye antibiotics for your swelling. Rest your eyes and body please. Continue to stay hydrated, and I will keep the saline attached to you for another 24 hours. Also, we have a nutritionist that will be treating you. Teaching you what to eat with your illness."
Sasuke blinked as he listened to Hinata and shook his head. She didn't need basic medical tools because it was all in her eyes. This was insane. "Okay. I'm just going to say it. How are you able to turn it on and off like that, and don't look at me totally lost. One minute you're completely mentally unstable, and the next minute you're this."
Itachi looked at Sasuke, and while his brother's words were blunt, he had a point. "Lady Hinata. You say you're not a doctor, but you talk like one."
Hinata hummed as she started to ease Itachi back into bed. Making sure he started to take his steroid medication. That one was the important one. Pneumonia was nothing to take lightly. He would have died within days if he didn't come back with Naruto and Sasuke.
"Whenever any of you get sick Sasuke. I check on you. I dissect your body and search for the cause. I know pneumonia when I see it, because my mother died from it. I search for these things, because I do not want to lose someone close again. Especially to something that could be curable if caught early enough. You all are my family, I want us all to make it until we are old and grey."
"Hinata." Finally Neji spoke up, and Hinata did what she would do if she was a child again. She blushed and looked at her nii-san. The two shared a moment, because they don't usually talk about this. About their life before Hinata's mother died. The wave of depression and the dark cloud that hung over the Hyuga clan since her mother's death.
Hinata cleared her throat and looked away. "He wasn't like that until she died Neji. Father wasn't like that until she died. You know that."
"I know nothing of the sort. He was awful before her death, and became unbearable after her death. I was no saint, but…I wasn't HIM. We aren't HIM, Hinata." Neji went to the door of the room before he gave Naruto a look. "Hinata, we have to get going. You have a meeting in an hour at the Hokage's building, and I can't have you be late. We do not have time for such emotional banter."
Sasuke watched Neji leave. He would classify Neji as a stickler for order. Someone that didn't want to dwell on the past, and worked on bettering his future. Catching Neji say he wasn't a saint meant at some point he wasn't always there for Hinata. This was new to Sasuke. Hell, Sasuke didn't even know Hinata's mother died from pneumonia. This had to be traumatizing for her.
Hearing she had a fear of getting sick, and people around her getting sick. Shit, it made sense why Neji hoarded her inside so much. Like in a bubble. It made sense when Sasuke found out about Shion, and the white room. The sterile white room.
This had to be the first time Sasuke has ever heard one of Hinata's fears. Instead of vocalizing it, and letting her express herself. She's told to hold it in. To let it eat her alive. No wonder she fell for Naruto so hard. He was her outlet. Her only source of freedom, and being herself. Without Naruto, Hinata's life would be that of a Hyuga, and it looked so depressing to Sasuke.
Looking at his brother. Sasuke concluded both Hinata, and Itachi had depressing responsibilities. If Itachi didn't kill their family. Itachi would be the one in a fancy kimono. Clan leader title, and totally isolated from the world. It was lonely being a leader sometimes. Reason why Sasuke would leave that to Naruto and Hinata.
Naruto watched as Neji left the room. Hinata following after him. Before she could leave out the room, he took her arm, and tugged for her to look at him. Giving her a reassuring smile, Naruto kissed her forehead. It was simple, yet it meant everything to her. To give Hinata her confidence back. Any talk about her father, and she falls apart. Naruto knew that. He knows everything about the Hyuga clan.
He understood why Neji never let Hinata tumble down that path. She would have a mental breakdown if she tried to sit and understand why her father didn't love her. Why her mother got sick, and why her father never took her mother to the hospital. How he just let her suffer until she drew her last breath. Believing if she was strong enough mentally and physically, she could naturally fight off the illness.
Neji didn't need Hinata to think about those memories. He didn't want her to try to understand her father, because NO ONE could understand that monster. Neji didn't know why Hiashi did what he did. It would make anyone go crazy trying to connect the dots of a purely evil person.
Naruto understood Neji's reasoning for being hard on Hinata, because Naruto did the same thing. Hinata needed that structure sometimes.
Hinata shut the door as she left with Neji, and Naruto's smile slid right off his face as he put his hands in his pockets. Leaning against the wall. Giving Sasuke and Itachi a look of pure annoyance. "Hinata doesn't know certain things. She still believes Itachi was the one to kill her father. I know it was Obito, and Obito knows I hated Hinata's dad. I helped Obito get out the village that night. Hinata doesn't know I contributed to her losing her piece of shit father. So, the fact she still thinks Itachi killed her father, and still helped him. It shows her genuine character."
He scuffed and clicked his tongue against his teeth. "Neji knows all of this too. Couldn't keep something like that away from his brain. He doesn't say anything because me and Hinata have been close for a long time. He knows nothing I did was to hurt her. Plus, she's getting better now. Like starting to really mentally get it together. No point in triggering her or her finding things out."
"For her sake or yours? Heavens forbid she finds out you're someone to be fearful of Uzumaki." Itachi said this, and Naruto looked at him before a grin graced his face. "Hinata never has to fear me. I'm no one to be scared of. I'm just Naruto Uzumaki. A street punk that was saved by the Hyuga clan. A thug. A muscle head. No one special."
Itachi held up his arms like he was giving up, when he was actually amused. "Has nothing to do with me. I am the one in need of assistance." Naruto lifted off the wall, and looked just as amused as Itachi. Who was he trying to fool? Itachi may be sick right now, but he was still a threat if he wanted to be.
"Yeah, yeah. Anyways. Sasuke I'm planning something in two days." Sasuke looked at Naruto completely confused. "Two days? You told them two weeks you would take down Konoha."
"Change of plans. My intel tells me Pervy Sage is off to gather evidence on Akatsuki today, and he should get there in like two days. I don't need word to get back about Pain battling him so soon. It'll give that 'we need revenge' feeling to granny, and they'll up their security. I need to hit them now. What? Scared?"
He was met with a bland look from Sasuke. "What's the plan?"
Naruto gave him a cheeky smile, because Sasuke was very easy to work up and get ready for a fight. "We'll be working all day and night. Going into the morning. Hopefully we can get control as smooth as possible, and I don't have to get too violent. Today I need to make contact with our allies here in Konoha. I already know if I get the Nara clan on board, I got the Yamanaka and Akimichi clan too. Inuzuka and Aburame, I'll leave to Neji. Along with his former teammates from team Guy. Another reason this is perfect timing, a couple of jonin that would be a pain in my ass are out on A-ranked missions. Meaning they're far away, and would take days to get back. Guy is one of them. I'll deal with Tsunade and Kakashi. Meanwhile, I need you to pay a visit to our wonderful former teammate."
Sasuke already knew why Naruto wanted him to seek Sakura out, and the very idea annoyed him. "Using my 'looks' to lure Sakura out the hospital she's always held up in. She found you attractive as well. Why don't you seek her out?"
Yeah, he did have sex with her, but Sasuke was committing himself to someone now. Not a good look to go meet up with Sakura.
Besides, Sasuke barely talked to Sakura now. Once him and Naruto made Chunin they really started to pull away from Team 7, and focused on their own goals. Like Sasuke said before, Sakura offered, so he accepted. He did take Naruto's advice too. He ended up talking to Sakura, and let her know that nothing would happen between the two of them. She accepted. A bit upset and told him he was a dick, but she accepted.
Since then, Sasuke has had little communication with her. If he had to go to the hospital, Sakura made sure to send someone else to tend to him. She communicated with Naruto far more than she did with him at this point.
Naruto simply shrugged his shoulders with that mischievous smile. "You're the one that opened this opportunity by being a man whore. You made fun of me for being dedicated to one person. Besides, you don't want that. Imagine if my Hinata finds that out. That I sought Sakura out to talk. Tell me Sasuke. Where is Shion?"
"She's supposed to be home. That's what Neji said. After the, 'White room' shit show a few weeks back. He sent the priestess back home." Sasuke noticed Naruto's smile never wavered, and he just shook his head. "She killed a priestess? You two have to get control of this weird jealous thing between you two."
"Blah. Blah. So, will you handle the Sakura situation for me?"
Rolling his eyes. Sasuke shook his head, but still agreed. "Hn. Fine."
"As always. I can count on you Sasuke. Once Sakura is handled, we can meet back up in the Hokage's office. It'll be after hours, but there are some stuff I need to find." With that Naruto opened the bedroom door and left the Uchiha brothers to themselves. He had a busy schedule ahead of him.
The next two days was all about conquering.
Sasuke looked at Itachi, like he was telling him to stay in bed, as he made his way to the door. His Anbu uniform on, and he started to secure his mask on his face. "Going to meet up with your cherry blossom?"
"For the last time." With that, Sasuke left. He traveled in the shadows around the village. Thinking about his special lady friend that he promised he would see after all of this was over. He's been dedicated and faithful for a month now. Sasuke was starting to feel those emotional connections that he figured Naruto felt for Hinata.
She was a Hyuga. A year older than him, and Naruto would make the biggest deal out of that. Like Sasuke was dating a cougar or something. It was funny, but Sasuke found himself thinking about his lady friend more often. He was thinking about her so much, he didn't notice that he made it to the hospital.
He was a master at traveling undetected. It was easy since Sasuke didn't like to be seen anyways. So, making his way into Sakura's office, and leaving a personal note on her desk was easy. Asking her to meet him in the wood lines. Near the outskirts of Konoha. Alone, because he had to tell her something that has been heavy on his mind.
Naruto was right. No matter what red flags Sasuke showed Sakura, she ignored them. Even after he fucked her for one night, and told her nothing would come from it. Even after Sakura told him he was an asshole, and did her best at avoiding him.
That still didn't stop Sakura from being right there where Sasuke asked her to meet him. She took a late lunch and was still in her hospital robe.
Sakura looked at him with a frown on her face. Her arms crossed under her chest to poke out her perky bosoms. A light blush as she let Sasuke wrap his arms around her waist. She let him whisper that he was sorry for what he said. That he was insecure, and scared that she was too good for him. It was all words that she dreamed of hearing from him anyways.
Sasuke kissed her jaw. He cradled her face and backed her up to a tree as his hands roamed her body. He would tell her that he cared for her, and that he wanted her to teach him about love. To let him in her hurt heart, because he wanted to fix the damage he has done.
Sasuke was just taking a note from his brother Itachi. Giving the woman that loves him what she wanted. Before he took her life.
Sakura was the one to expose her neck to Sasuke. She was the one to let Sasuke wrap his hands around her neck. Yet the shocked look on her face when he didn't stop, it was the most beautiful that Sasuke has seen Sakura. The discoloration of her face. The gasping for air. Sakura collapsing to the ground because she struggled to take a breath of air. Her eyes turning bloodshot as Sasuke strangled her.
It didn't matter if he choked her or not. The letter she picked up to come to him was laced with Nerium Oleanders. The poisonous plant was slowly killing her anyways, she just rushed so fast to get here, it didn't settle in yet. Sakura couldn't fight him off, and that made Sasuke a little sad.
Just like Naruto, Sasuke was addicted to this lifestyle they've created for themselves. Sasuke loved a good kill. He loved this world they lived in, and he wanted to keep it this way. Just like Naruto. So, Sasuke was sad right now that Sakura couldn't give him a little more fight. Sure she clawed him. Made him bleed profusely from his hands, arms and heavily on his face. It would take a long time for it to heal. If it ever did.
Still, Sasuke wanted more from Tsunade's apprentice, but they were on a time frame. He had to get this done fast. There was a plot twist to what Sasuke was doing though.
Naruto said to just handle Sakura. Maybe knock her out, and store her away somewhere. Maybe the white room. Naruto didn't intend for Sasuke to kill Sakura, but Sasuke had that itch. He wanted to do this. He wanted to see life drain from her beautiful emerald green eyes.
Besides. Sasuke didn't want his new lady friend to be jealous.
Tsunade never understood why eight in the morning was the time required for a Hokage to be in office. It was too early. Unnecessary really. Hokage was 10 percent action, and 90 percent complete bullshit. Having to deal with petty arguments in the council. Having to be the conflict mediator for regular civilians. Everyone wanted the Hokage to resolve their issues, even if they were completely childish.
The real world problems she encountered all dealt with foreign affairs, and of course the investigation of the Hyuga clan. Specifically Naruto Uzumaki, and his best buddy Sasuke Uchiha.
Tsunade didn't have any hard evidence on Naruto, but she's had her suspicions on him since he killed Orochimaru. To have the strength to do that, it meant someone was training him. Tsunade wanted to know who. She wanted to know why he chose Anbu. She started to monitor his missions, and how long it took him to complete it.
So far, all she's gotten were a lot of 'what if' theories from her investigators. Naruto was completing missions in a timely manner. Either early or right on time. Never late. Never stepped out of line to his superiors in Anbu, and was a role model. Unlike his friend Sasuke, who was known for talking back, and wanting to constantly voice his opinion if he thought something was 'stupid', or 'beneath him'. Naruto and Sasuke were day and night.
Sometimes Tsunade thought that was their plan. For Sasuke to be the asshole, and for Naruto to be the trusted and respected one. It would be easier for Naruto to gain the recognition and network with the higher ups.
Tsunade for some reason didn't trust Naruto completely. The way he killed her former teammate. That was disgusting and heartless. Granted, he did it for his 'special friend' as Jiraiya liked to put it, but it was still one of the most coldest things Tsunade has seen. To be eaten alive, by germ infested rodents. It made her shiver sometimes just thinking about it.
So, she had Naruto watched. Intel collected on him, and she would continue to do this until she found SOMETHING, because she knew there was something about him.
This morning Tsunade was going to go in her office and reach out to Jiraiya to see how things were going with him. She was going to get some green tea in her system, and see what missions the Uchiha and Naruto had coming up.
When she opened her office door she was met with the blonde haired Uzumaki sitting at her desk.
His feet were propped on her desk, and he was leaning back in her chair. His Anbu uniform on and his mask on the side of his face. Sasuke was leaning against the wall behind him in a relaxed posture. His arms crossed over his chest as he looked her directly in her eyes. His Sharingan almost glowing with excitement.
There were pictures and folders littered all over Tsunade's desk. Pictures of Naruto and Sasuke walking around the Hyuga garden. Pictures of them talking to Neji and Hinata. Pictures of them while out on missions, training, eating, everything.
Well, not everything. Just what they wanted her to see.
Naruto grinned as his arms rested on the armrests of the comfortable office chair. His fingers leaning into each other in a calculating motion. "If you wanted to know more about me granny. All you had to do was ask."
"Get out the seat before I break every bone in your body Naruto. Now."
This didn't faze him one bit. "Why don't you come into the office. Close the door. I want to tell you something." Upon seeing Tsunade wasn't going to listen to him at all, Naruto tilted his head. "It has to do with Pervy Sage. Please, let's make it a private conversation."
That seemed to do the trick. She closed the door, but it was more like a slam. That was fine, no one was going to be alerted. The little people in the building this early, Sasuke took care of them. "Naruto. I hope you know what you're-"
"Let's be completely honest here. You never really liked me that much from the beginning. Not since I killed that criminal, Orochimaru. You've been having me followed since we got back to Konoha. If it wasn't for Kakashi vouching for me to do the Anbu program, you wanted to deny me. You never trusted me, granny, and that hurt me."
By the tone of Naruto's voice, it didn't seem like he was hurt at all. He found amusement out of this.
"It seems like my gut thought on you was right Naruto. Now who is it you work for?"
"I work for you Hokage-sama. I work for the people in Konoha. I work for the Fire Daimyō. I am simply a ninja for hire, and we are murderers. Now, I was fine with you snooping between me and Sasuke. We're a bunch of misfits anyways, but the Hyuga compound. You started crossing the line when you sent spies there. Plus it made no sense. Considering the Hyuga's are the perfect spies themselves. Still, violating my Hinata's privacy really got to me."
Naruto sat up in the chair and straightened his posture. His cold eyes staring down the Hokage. "Hinata is a merciful person. The most kindest person I know. She told me not to take your probing personal. So, I'm not. Still, if you wanted to know about me, you should have just asked."
Tsunade squared her jaw as she looked at Naruto and balled her hands into a tight fists. "Why is the building empty Naruto?"
Naruto's eyes sparkled with mischief. He waved his hand in the air in a nonchalant manner as he rested his elbows on the desk. "Sasuke wanted to kill them, but I said no. A sleep genjutsu would suffice. That's just because the people in this building pose no real threat to me. The people that would be in my way, I'm friends with. For you to be born and raised in Konoha, when you came back you pretended that this place wasn't broken anymore."
Naruto looked at his fingers, and acknowledged the manicure Hinata gave him. It did in fact look and feel nice. "Children are still being mistreated. Clans are still clashing. The rich still get over on the middle class, and the middle class in return turn on the poor. This village hasn't worked together since my father was Hokage. The third Hokage was just there, waiting to die. You come, and you put a bandage on things. I will say, the hospitals are great now. Those starving kids now have a place to get treated, so they can go back to the streets and starve some more."
He smiled at his own creative slick comment before he looked back at Tsunade. "That being said. I made allies that feel the same way I feel. My academy class was filled with heirs and heiresses. They grew up, and now they're running things. Like my Hinata. So it wasn't hard to make alliances with them. Still, you have some really dedicated ninja's in Konoha that would die for this village. Not so much the leader, but the village. I made sure those people weren't in the village today. They are days away, so in all actuality. You are the strongest here that is against me Hokage-sama, because everyone else sides with me."
"Not everyone." Naruto made an 'o' face when Sasuke added that note in. "That's right. Not everyone. You see, your protégé, she would always side with you Hokage-sama. I don't know how you did it, but it's like overnight Sakura became such a threat. She was always smart. Really, really smart. You even used her a few times to spy on me and Sasuke. Don't think I didn't know. The problem with Sakura. She's a sucker for love. Particularly with Sasuke."
Her eyes snapped over to Sasuke and the young Uchiha looked unnerved. Too in control, and just as void of empathy as Naruto.
"Sakura always loved Sasuke. I'm sure you know. So, it wasn't hard for him to request for her to meet him somewhere private for her lunch break. Which she did meet with him, and he gave her the hug and affection she always wanted. He then choked the living shit out of her."
Sasuke watched as Tsunade launched towards him, and how Naruto extended a chakra infused tail to wrap around her neck. Scorching her skin. Two more tails gripping her arms, and two more holding her legs in place. Keeping her still, and burning her all at once.
"Now you stop that. He didn't kill her. He wanted to, but me and Sasuke help keep each other in check. He makes sure I don't go overboard, and I make sure he doesn't. We just needed her out the way, as quick and quiet as possible. The goal here isn't to really kill anyone. Especially Jiraiya." There Naruto was doing it again. Lying.
Tsunade could see through his lies. "NARUTO!"
"I hear you! There is no reason to yell! Calm down. He's not dead." Naruto stood up from the chair and gave Tsunade a feral smile. "You think that low of me?! That I would kill someone that's trained me? He came back to the village, and accepted me. He didn't treat me like I was some kid that didn't understand life. He treated me like he would treat anyone else, and that's all I asked for. I'm a murderer. A totally basket case. I'll give you that, but I don't betray my precious people."
He walked up to Tsunade, and his pointer fingernail extended to a claw as he poked Tsunade's cheek. Drawing just a little blood from her. "You are so fucking lucky you're part of my precious people. Even though sometimes you pluck my nerves. I still care about you. Don't make me change my mind."
Oddly enough Tsunade laughed. Even though her skin was burning, she laughed at what Naruto said. "Oh? You finally show your true colors, and want me to grovel because you decide not to kill me? You think I'm scared of you. You damn devil child."
Naruto tilted his head as his sharpened claw dragged from her cheek to her chin. "I know people like you. The people that want to die. So they'll say anything to die, and get it over with. Life has become too much for you. So you drown yourself in alcohol and misery. Now that you see an easier way out, you want it. Don't worry. I'll make sure that NEVER happens. I'm a master of torture. I'll keep you alive…because I love you too much to let you be at peace."
He took his hand away from her face and turned around to leave. His tails loosening up around Tsunade to leave her for Sasuke to handle. "Do me a favor when your beloved Hyuga finds out about you Naruto. When she finds out you're a monster. More than she thought. Do me a favor, and try not to beg the heavens too much for forgiveness when she leaves you. When she makes you regret living this horrific life you live."
Naruto's back was turned from Tsunade, but he stopped walking and turned his head to show the smirk on his face. "Only you think this world is pure enough to resist me, and push me away."
That was all he said as his tails tightened around Tsunade again and focused on her neck. Squeezing her until she reached unconsciousness.
"You're going to kill her if you keep at it." Sasuke arched his brow as he watched Tsunade go limp. Naruto stopped when he was sure she wouldn't be waking up anytime soon. "So, you're not going to kill her? How are you sure she won't be a problem in the future?"
Naruto rolled his neck as his chakra infused tails vanished. "These are my precious people Sasuke. I care for them. I'll just give them some tough love is all. I have a plan for her."
End of chapter.
Another bites the dust in this fic, and it was Sakura. Just like Shion, it was slightly hinted that she would be next.
So, Naruto is a pathological liar. He loves to lie, and hates being caught in them. He lied to Tsunade about Sakura, just because he wanted to. He lies to Hinata sometimes, and he'll continue to lie. Naruto being caught in his lie is a scary sight, that I cannot wait for you to read.
Itachi is alive, and Sasuke is in a better mental space. Upon seeing that, Naruto immediately goes to work. Perhaps he really just said two weeks, because he wanted to see where Sasuke's head would be? Hmmm.
Hinata, our lovely Hinata. Everyone sees her as so innocent and fragile. Even Naruto. Hmmm, but Itachi sees the true monster in her.
Sasuke. He's just here for the joy ride. Having a good time along the way.
Well, I hope you enjoyed the chapter! See you next Saturday. FYI, I believe on Friday I will be posting my new fic. 'What Happened to Perfect'. Another NaruHina story. No horror, but angst. Hope you enjoy that story as well!