Disclaimers: Naruto is not mine, sadly. This is purely a fanfic using someone else's characters.

Warnings: This story includes strong language, violence, sexual assault, explicit sexual content (yaoi), & angst.

Crazy About You

Chapter 6: Fight For Me

"There is always some madness in love, but there is also always some reason in madness."

- Friedrich Nietzsche

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Deva just managed to turn away, saving his sight, but it wasn't enough to leave him unscathed. The sharp plastic in Sasuke's determined hand viciously tore through the meat of his face. Blood rose to the surface and slid down his cheek, and the pain was quick to follow. Deva opened his mouth to scream but Sasuke's savage ones completely drowned him out.

The raven howled with rage as he drove the jagged end of the fork down over and over, carving thick gashes into Deva's face and splattering his own with fresh blood. Deva tried to grab his arms to stop him, but Sasuke wrenched them free and stabbed the hands attempting to fend him off.

Deva's pained gasps filled Sasuke's ears, and excitement bloomed somewhere inside his wrath. The other patients seemed to pick up on it too because their manic shrieks soon joined his own, creating a macabre cacophony that filled the psych ward.

His very own anthem.

The orderlies sprinted over to them, their frantic calls only adding to the chaos. They managed to pull Sasuke off of their colleague, but not fast enough to stop him from exacting at least some of the revenge he was after. The bastard still had his eyes, which Sasuke was not happy about, but he was pleased to see that his face was now a mangled mess. It was marked- letting everyone know that he was nothing but a monster in human skin.

Sasuke still fought like hell when they forced him back, when they pried the makeshift knife out of his clenched fist. He wanted to kill the bastard responsible for Naruto trembling every time he touched him. The one who took advantage of his blonde when he was tied down and helpless.

This just wasn't enough for him.

"Get off of me, you fuckers! Let go!! I'm not done with him!"

Said fuckers chose not to engage, knowing it would likely only aggravate their patient more. Instead they remained silent as they took control of the situation, trying their best not to let their own emotions get the best of them.

It wasn't an easy feat.

Seeing one of their own brutalized like that.. they were just as tempted to seek out their own revenge. But as a collective they forced down the impulse and did what they could to manage the situation.

"He deserves to die!! Goddamnit, get off of me! Get off!"

Several hands locked onto Sasuke and he was abruptly shoved to his knees, the impact jarring. He just had enough time to shout his dismay when they yanked his arms behind his back and slammed him face first onto the floor.

Ok, so maybe that impulse wasn't completely in check.

"Dammit.."

Sasuke hated being controlled like this- feeling helpless. Useless. Naruto's assailant shouldn't be left with just a few superficial wounds. He wanted to ruin him- permanently. And he couldn't stand the fact that these men were keeping him from it.

It's not like it's for my benefit, he thought angrily. I'm not just attacking him for no reason. I'm protecting Naruto!

Shit. Naruto..

Where is he?

Sasuke turned his head and found his blonde standing just behind the horde of orderlies all around him. Those cerulean eyes were huge, flickering back and forth between Sasuke's wild stare and Deva's mess of a face.

"Naruto-"

Someone pressed hard against his skull, pinning him firmly to the ground. Sasuke groaned under the immense pressure, alarming the blonde he had called out to.

"No! Don't- don't hurt him!"

Sasuke peeled his eyes open and found Naruto again. He had taken several steps towards him, those blues brimming with panic.

"It's ok, Naruto" Sasuke said between clenched teeth, trying not to let pain and anger get the best of him. "I'm fine."

Naruto shook his head. "Please don't" he choked. "Sasuke was just protecting me!"

Sasuke was momentarily distracted, his focus pulled away from his worried blonde. He could hear quick footsteps approaching behind him, strong and purposeful, and wondered what he was about to face next. He couldn't turn his head to look. Naruto, however, did and he seemed to be relieved by what he saw.

"Doctor Kakashi, please help Sasuke. He didn't do anything wrong!"

The silver-haired physician glanced over at the concerned blonde before switching his gaze to the chaos at his feet. Several men were attending to Deva, several others manhandling Sasuke, and a handful on standby waiting for the chance to tag in if needed.

Kakashi sighed. What a fucking mess.

"Go easy on Uchiha" he instructed. "While his actions were.. excessive, he is not completely in the wrong."

The orderlies stared at their boss, their shock palpable. "You're kidding, right? Did you see Deva's face?!"

"Are you questioning my judgment?" Kakashi said, his voice low- a warning his staff would do well to heed.

"N-no sir."

"Good. Call an ambulance for Mr. Pain and escort him out of the building. He is not to be permitted into this facility again."

The room fell silent. Even the patients were stilled by it. Their hysteria seemed to pause, their eyes fixed onto their doctor as they listened carefully to his every word. No one had ever seen Kakashi turn on one of his staff like this. Especially one who had been so brutally attacked by a patient.

Kakashi took a knee beside Deva, apathy clear on his face. "And you. I know what you've done to my patients, and I won't tolerate it."

The doctor leaned closer, his eyes razor sharp as he forced Pain to meet his gaze. "And know this- I would have bloodied your smug face myself if Sasuke hadn't beat me to it."

His focus was on Deva, his words meant for him and him alone, but it didn't stop the entire room from hearing it. While the rest of the staff didn't understand what Kakashi was referring to, they quickly realized that they had sympathized with the wrong person. Looks of concern turned to ones of disdain almost instantly.

No one was objecting Deva's banishment now.

Several orderlies stepped up to remove the man from the building and the others went back to wrangling the Uchiha or calming their over-stimulated patients. A syringe was once again prepared for the raven, and his hair was pushed back to reveal the vein in his neck.

Sasuke was pissed that he was being sedated yet again, but he wasn't surprised by it. He knew what the consequence would be, but it didn't matter. He would happily face any punishment if it meant keeping his blonde safe from the bastard who assaulted him.

"Sasuke.."

Sasuke slid his eyes up to Naruto's as an orderly pushed the needle into his neck. He winced, but didn't break eye contact. He simply stared and waited, sinking into the depths of those ocean blues as Naruto searched for the words that always seemed to be difficult for him to find. Sasuke didn't mind waiting, but the meds pumping into his bloodstream didn't exactly feel the same way. His consciousness was slipping fast, and he was worried that he would fade into that abyss before Naruto said what he clearly wanted to say.

Hurry, he thought. I don't have.. much longer…

Naruto gave him a small, strained smile- one that Sasuke felt to his core. He wanted to return the gesture, but he couldn't get his face to work. So instead he watched closely as those full lips parted, and forced back the impending dark as Naruto spoke.

"Thank you."

Sasuke's chest ached with the weight of those two words, and the pain in Naruto's eyes as he said them. He wanted to respond- to tell Naruto that he didn't need to thank him for protecting him. That he would have done anything to take away the fear he saw. That he wouldn't let anyone else ever hurt him again. Unfortunately, while Naruto had been able to find his voice Sasuke had no such luck. It seemed to have been swallowed up by the darkness creeping through him, and it didn't take long for everything else to follow.

Before Sasuke could utter a single word, he was out.

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Word spread that Sasuke was the asylum vigilante, and the patients practically worshipped him for it. To the point where no one was angered or confused when they saw him free from isolation only a day later. In fact, the general consensus seemed to be that it should have happened sooner.

Rumors had spread about what Deva had done, whispers that alarmed patients and staff alike. Which was great for Sasuke. Because not only had they released him early, but his supervision was now far more lenient than it had been before.

Sasuke was happy about it, but Naruto was a bit concerned. He had already made it clear that he was drawn to Sasuke, that he didn't exactly hate being close to him, but he was still new to things like.. like what Sasuke wanted. And he had yet to figure out how he even felt about him.

Less supervision meant a handsier Sasuke, which meant time for pondering over all of this was up. Naruto needed to figure out if he was going to push the raven away, maintaining boundaries of friendship and only friendship, or if he was going to let things move past that. If he was actually going to let himself get swept away by this real, and yet seemingly unreal, person in his life.

Naruto knew he was attracted to men- that wasn't the problem. After all, his first love had been another boy. A boy who broke his heart and practically tore it out of his chest. Though.. that's to be expected when you realize the first person you have ever dared to love, and who had inexplicably loved you back, wasn't real.

It's not the same, he told himself.

Sasuke isn't Sai. You know he's real. And he obviously likes you. Or at least is attracted to you.

Would it really be so bad to just.. try?

"Hey, Naruto?"

The blonde blinked. His thoughts faded like wisps of smoke as he turned to meet Sasuke's gaze. He briefly wondered how many times he had tried to get his attention. How long he had been so deep in thought that he had sat in absolute silence. He wondered, but he was far too embarrassed to ask. So, he settled with the simplest reply.

"Hm?"

"Will you come with me?"

Naruto tilted his head, puzzled. "What do you mean?"

"Breakfast" Sasuke explained. "I skipped it earlier and I.. don't want to eat alone."

There was something about his voice that seemed odd, but Naruto couldn't quite place it. In the end he decided he was just being paranoid and chose to ignore whatever misgivings he had started to have.

He nodded his head and rose to his feet. "Sure."

Sasuke's dark eyes gleamed with delight, but Naruto once again chose not to think anything of it. He let the Uchiha take hold of his hand and guide him across the community room, their pace casual and unhurried.

Patients weren't usually permitted to touch someone like this, but Sasuke had won over the staff's favor and managed to earn a few perks along the way. So no one blinked an eye at them as they walked, hand in hand, across the room. They moved towards the small line for food, had in fact almost joined it, when Sasuke suddenly changed course.

Naruto glanced over, confused. "Um, Sasuke? Where are we going?"

The raven didn't reply, leaving Naruto even more confused. He was about to ask him again when Sasuke suddenly yanked him off to the side, tucking both of them into the corridor entrance.

How did we even get here without being spotted? Naruto wondered.

Shouldn't at least someone have seen us sneak off?

Naruto's questions fell to the wayside as Sasuke abruptly pulled him across the hall and shoved him into a bathroom. Naruto yelped as he stumbled over his feet, and Sasuke moved fast to silence him. He clapped a hand over the blonde's mouth and shoved him back against the wall as he pushed the door closed beside them.

Huge blue eyes darted up, and desperate hands were quick to follow. Naruto yanked at his wrist, trying to pull his hand away, but Sasuke doubled down, keeping it in place.

"Mnnph!"

"Shhh.. don't worry, Naruto. I'm not going to hurt you."

That didn't seem to lessen his panic in the slightest.

Sasuke sighed and stepped close, trapping Naruto's body against the wall with his own. His hand finally fell from his lips, but he was prepared to put it back if he had to. He watched his blonde closely and spoke before he had the chance.

"I want to try something."

Somehow those huge blues widened even further. "S-Sasuke, we can't.." he breathed, not knowing how the sound of it reverberated through Sasuke's entire being.

How it only made him want him more.

"Just one thing. I won't go too far, I promise."

"Sasuke-"

But the raven wasn't interested in Naruto's protests or insecurities. And he wasn't willing to hear him out. Impatient and pulsing with desire, Sasuke buried his hand in Naruto's hair, jerked him forward,

and kissed him.

And everything else, real and imagined, disappeared.

Author Note:

I know it's a short chapter, but I thoroughly enjoyed writing this one. Anyone who's read my other stories already knows that I love a good 'pulled into the bathroom for aggro intimacy' trope and I just couldn't resist putting it in here too.

Also, I love coming up with new ways for characters to torment each other, so having Sasuke tear up Pain's face with a broken fork was pretty fun.

I hope, despite it being shorter, that you enjoyed reading this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it. Hell, maybe even a little more. ;)

Side Note:

solitare1: Thank you so much for your comments on this one! I am so happy to hear that you're liking this story. It really does mean a lot to know that. :)

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