Naruto Fan Fiction / Naruto Shippuden Fan Fiction ❯ The Never Played Symphonies ❯ The Other Side of the Coin ( Chapter 23 )
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The Never Played Symphonies
Chapter 23: The Other Side of the
Coin
“Itachi…” Sasuke groaned,
back arching as he slowly lowered himself down onto that cock. His
muscles were stretched and content as he rose himself back up in
the slow steady rhythm they had been going at all morning. The
third time was lazy as he leaned down to kiss his brother, tongue
swiping along Itachi's as he took him inside. He was so sore it was
almost painful as he rode him, but he needed him. A warmth he
couldn't explain had nestled deep within him, and he was drowning
for Itachi. He was stripped bare except the necklace bouncing on
his flesh. Itachi's hands gripped his ass as they moved him up and
down slowly, so different from the night before it was
jarring.
He was in an almost daze when he felt Itachi
cum. His eyes were hazed over and cloudy as he kissed him deep,
warm and sticky as he was flipped over on the bed. He shivered in
content as he was lifted off and laid back on the bed. “I
feel...strange…” Sasuke whispered, but then Itachi was
covering him and kissing him again, and nothing mattered. His arms
wrapped around his brother's neck to get him closer, fingers in his
hair. “I have to get to training…” He tried,
knowing where his mind should be, but the thought of leaving this
bed...of leaving him was almost too much to bear. He pulled Itachi
closer at just the thought of having to let him go.
“It can wait.” Itachi assured him,
those kisses trailing off and down his body. His pale porcelain
skin was completely unmarked even through all of their rounds when
it should have been bitten and bruised. Sasuke smiled at that,
arching as he was drawn to the side, Itachi kissing every spine
bone on his back, biting along his thighs as he kissed at the back
of his knees. “Take a sick day.” He said, and Sasuke
could feel him smirk against his flesh, the command for some reason
sending his mind even further into haze.
He nodded in agreement, willing to do anything
his brother wanted as Itachi lavished him with affection. He
dragged his hip over so that he spread his legs. Itachi kissed up
his calves, pausing at his knees, finger dragging over his flesh as
he paused. Through utter strength of will, Sasuke fought off the
haze to look down at where Itachi was. “What's wrong?”
He asked softly. “Niisan?” He murmured, groaning as
Itachi kissed his knee.
“It's healed.” Itachi said, almost
questioningly. “You were a mess last night, and yet there
doesn't appear to be a mark on you.” His hip was gripped
almost painfully then. “How Sasuke?” He asked, the
demanding tone causing the haze to break up a little. Sasuke slowly
came back into himself, fighting off how he just wanted to sink
into more of Itachi's affections.
“You mean you don't know?” He asked
him, surprised. His brother seemed to know everything about him,
and yet somehow he didn't know this. Sasuke sat up, his long legs
spreading out to either side of Itachi's thin hips. Sasuke blinked
at him, reaching underneath Itachi's pillow to grab out a kunai as
he handed it slowly to Itachi. The other's eyes were hard and
questioning. “Cut me.” He gave him permission, his
exhausted cock twitching a little at the thought.
Itachi didn't hesitate, like all things in life
his brother was fearless. He used the kunai to slice a line up
Sasuke's hip, causing him to hiss out in pain. He bit it back
though, being strong for Itachi as his hot blood dripped down his
leg and onto their bed. “What is the point of this, or are
you trying to inform me of another way to sate your growing list of
desires?” His brother asked mockingly. However, when Sasuke
bit his lip at the thought of it, his brother's eyes seemed to
change into wanting. That same haze washed over Sasuke again,
threatening to spill back into the endless cascade of it all...of
wanting. His cock stirred as he stared at Itachi. He pictured every
dirty thing his brother wanted to do to him with that
kunai.
He shook his head to dispel the thoughts. He
tried to focus as he watched Itachi. His eye glowed that electric
green as the slash across his thigh slowly knitted up. He healed
without even a trace of a scar. “I am still special
Aniki.” He murmured pridefully as he watched his brother.
Itachi's eyes were searching, Sharingan coming to them as he tried
to see why...to map out how Sasuke had done it. “Deidara's
gift to me.” Sasuke explained. “I didn't know it had
these powers either, don't worry.”
Sasuke hissed as the kunai stabbed out then,
digging all the way into his leg. Itachi was careful to avoid any
arteries as he dug it through his leg. This time Sasuke couldn't
bite back the pain as he screamed. Itachi shoved him back, anger
lit across his face.. “Brilliant Sasuke, as always you never
cease to amaze me with your stupidity.” He hissed and Sasuke
cried out as he dug the kunai around in the wound. “You let
him take away everything that made you like me, and let them put
that thing in your eye? Do you have any idea what that is?”
He asked him, yanking out the kunai to give Sasuke a chance to
answer. The jagged wound was already starting to mend. “You
once asked me what the Akatsuki was collecting? I took you to the
vault and let you see our secrets. This is one of them. The cursed
eye, brought to power with a forbidden jutsu. Power like
that always comes at a price Sasuke, foolish Otouto, don't you know
that by now?”
“I didn't ask him to put it in.”
Sasuke hissed at him, pushing on Itachi's chest as the other
blanketed him.
“No.” Itachi agreed. “You
just asked him to take your eye.” He hissed right
back.
“Better mine than yours Itachi!”
Sasuke hissed at him, trying to make him understand. “You're
the prodigy, remember? What would a prodigy do without his
hmmffff…” He was never allowed to continue as Itachi
kissed him roughly at that. The necklace glowed unnoticed against
his chest as the anger welling in his chest switched, threatening
to drown him once again in that haze. The pain in his leg was the
only thing stopping him from slipping all the way under. It was
becoming harder to resist, however, with how entranced he was by
the way Itachi's tongue fit perfectly in his mouth, by the way he
slid between his thighs, and god Sasuke was a sticky mess. Itachi
couldn't try for four...there was no way. He used the pain in his
leg to fight it, a thought making its way into his head before
fading all together just as quickly as it had came. Was Itachi
doing something to him?
Sasuke was drowning in this. Desire welled up
inside him as he spread his legs for Itachi, pushing Itachi down as
he let his brother kiss down his body. His heart was pounding with
the want of it, like he couldn't help himself from it. He was angry
though, angry and resentful and even under all of that, Sasuke
felt...sad? Tears welled up in his eyes that he was sure weren't
his own. He looked down as tachi kissed at his stomach, and Sasuke
felt guilt then mixed with the sadness. Guilt? When was the last
time he had ever felt guilty about what him and Itachi did
together? Want rushed through him then, making him fall back with
the weight of it, the guilt and sadness fading with the need as he
didn't care anymore.
“Aniki…” He begged, lost in
the haze as Itachi grabbed his thighs. He spread his legs to reveal
the mess he had left between them, cooling cum running down his
thighs. Itachi's pleasure was transparent across his ass. “I
can't…”Sasuke tried. He couldn't for another round.
He'd die of it all.
“You can….” Itachi assured
him. The wound on his leg was almost completely healed by now as
his brother kissed where it was almost apologetically. He met
Sasuke's eyes briefly, before pressing between those legs. A warm
tongue lapped at the mess inside of him.
Sasuke's back bowed with pleasure. His stomach
arched up as Itachi reached up, pressing him back into the bed. He
pressed his tongue in deeper, lapping at the mess inside of him,
all but swallowing it as Sasuke felt his cock begin to swell. He
didn't even know such a thing was still possible after the morning
they had had. His legs found their way onto Itachi's shoulders,
heels digging into his back as he lost himself in all of it. The
swallowing noises coming from Itachi made his cock drip with
pleasure. “Itachi…” He begged him, not knowing if
he wanted him to relent or keep going. Hands found their way to
that soft hair as he shivered with it all. The eroticicism of it
blanketing his mind as Itachi did the dirtiest thing he could think
of between his legs.
That tongue swiped over and over inside him. It
made him forget all about their earlier fight, the weird echos of
emotion he didn't think belonged to him, and the way he felt
swallowed with this all. He was close, so close even though he had
no idea how his body would summon the strength to cum another time.
His dick disagreed with his mind as it dripped wet with
pleasure.
He hardly noticed as the door to their room
opened, bastards not even bothering to knock anymore. He expected
Deidara, though the blond showing himself to Itachi would be beyond
stupid right now. It wasn't though. “Niisan…”
Sasuke heard his voice say, voice a breathy moan that he didn't
even recognize.
Itachi looked up at the same time he did,
seeing their visitor. His tongue swirled inside Sasuke as he
watched him, the masked figure staring down at the two. Sasuke
looked over at Tobi, his new partner strangely silent in the room.
He didn't care, not now. He wouldn't be interrupted, not here. He
grabbed for Itachi's hair as the other tried to pull away, pressing
him deeper between his thighs as he felt a faint whisper of almost
pride sweep across him. He met with Itachi's self satisfied
expression, before the other went back to work. He didn't care who
saw him. He didn't care who watched him moan like a slut for his
brother, because that's exactly what he was. He panted, twisting in
the sheets, back bowing in the room as Itachi lapped at his
prostate. The warm wet center inside of him making him spill over
the edge yet again as he came. He shot hard against his belly and
chin as he collapsed boneless on the bed.
His eyes were heavy and lidded as he lay in an
almost drugged state. He sighed as Itachi leaned up his body,
kissing him with that messy mouth as Sasuke tasted himself and
spunky taste of cum. “Do you have to go?” He asked him,
body heavy as he played with that hair. He didn't know how, but he
knew Tobi hadn't come in here to get him. He watched Itachi nod,
sighing as he was kissed again. Each kiss had him drowning more and
more in that haze. He didn't even realize the necklace glowing
bright on his chest as he could only focus on Itachi.
“Don't worry Otouto, I'll be back. Give
me just a moment.” He kissed him again, and Sasuke's eyes
closed. He couldn't open them again as he nodded lazily. He was a
debauched mess, legs spread wide open, feeling faintly as Itachi
closed them for him. Sasuke managed to drag his eyes open one more
time to watch Itachi and Tobi stare at each other. His new partner
seemed almost...angry? He wasn't allowed to contemplate further as
Itachi glanced towards him. He saw him frown a little before
placing his fingers against his forehead, and Sasuke drowned under
the weight of it all.
When he woke up the bed was cold, and he still
couldn't help reaching across for Itachi. Gone. For how long? How
late had it become? He pushed up in the bed, still feeling drugged.
He knew for sure now. Itachi had done something to him. He fought
for control of his own limbs as he pulled out of the bed, yanking
on a white yukata and fumbling into some sandals as he all but fell
into the wall. The bed beckoned for him as he fought the urge not
to obey. He shouldn't leave here. Itachi would be upset with
him...he would punish him. He shook his head, dispelling the
thoughts as he struggled forward, one foot after the other. He knew
now that whatever was outside that door, Itachi didn't want him to
have any part of it. Which meant he undoubtedly needed to find out
what it was. Naruto? He wouldn't...they wouldn't do the ritual
without him there.
He struggled out of the door, falling asleep
only three times as he dragged himself against the wall.
Considering how hard he was struggling, he considered that quite
the accomplishment. What the hell was his brother planning? Why
would he...he fell to the floor as the overwhelming urge to sleep
once more came over him. He needed to please Itachi. The need
pulsed through him over and over. If he loved him, if he was good,
Itachi would be back soon. He struggled as he pushed himself up,
struggling into a standing position as he pushed down the hall and
to the cell. Naruto was in danger. Itachi had told him he wouldn't
hurt him, that Naruto wouldn't be killed. So why? The necklace
pulsed angrily on his chest, and he looked down then, eyes widening
in realization of how foolish he had been, before his eyes turned
blank, and he fell face forward onto the floor.
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Six Months Ago
Shikamaru sighed, leaning back on the grass to
look up at the clouds. How long had it been since it had happened?
Four months? Five? How was it that he still got nightmares of that
evil red place? Being sucked into those eyes. Sasuke Uchiha, the
traitor of Konoha, and his bastard brother. They were to blame. It
was all so tedious, having to worry like this. Having to be scared
like this. His mind had always been level headed, from the day he
was born. He had never lost his cool, and yet he had screamed when
it came to being trapped in those eyes. It was tiresome. He woke up
in those same nightmares, night after night. He had never thought
it possible to hate someone before. The act of hate was entirely
too much work. But he hated him, Sasuke and his brother. He hated
them more than anything. The only problem with that? He had been
told to keep his mouth shut. He had actually been told as they were
attending the funeral of Hinata that he wasn't allowed to spread
propaganda about Sasuke. As if he really wanted to go around
spreading rumors that Sasuke took his own brother up his ass. He
wished he'd never seen them that day in the shrine. He wished he
didn't have to walk around with the knowledge that they had been
betrayed by a sick freak, and not only that, but they wanted him to
keep quiet about it.
Not like he had to really be a genius to know
what that meant. Tsunade for some reason trusted Sasuke. Trusted
him even after Hinata, as if she was just a necessary sacrifice..a
pawn in whatever game they were playing. It was irritating. He
hated being involved. Why was he? Oh yeah...that troublesome
secret, and the other thing.
“Stop frowning!” Shikamaru glanced
over at the brash excited voice, exhaling his cigarette as he blew
it up into the sky.
“What do you care about my facial
expressions?” Shikamaru asked the excited blond shinobi,
keeping the look of amusement from his face as he plopped down
right beside him. “What happened to training with
Jiraiya?” Shikamaru asked him, the other in a black tshirt
and orange pants.
“Took a break.” Since when? Naruto
didn't take breaks. “So I heard a lead.” Ah...there it
was.
“A lead?” Shikamaru exhaled.
“I see...and what does the worldly news say about Sasuke's
whereabouts today?” He asked, exhausted at the effort of
having to put up this front for him. Naruto was the last person he
wanted to keep a secret from.. To hear him talk, you would swear
Naruto thought that guy walked on water, and didn't kill his own
kind or suck his brother's cock. ...To each his own he
supposed.
“Apparently there was someone matching
his description in the Land of Waves.” Naruto explained,
frowning a little. “It's weird though.” At the strange
tone Shikamaru turned his head to him, frowning at that look of
sadness that seemed permanently etched into Naruto's face. “A
lot of people were found dead...exploded...like with bombs or
something.” Naruto said quietly. “And there were talks
of cloaks.”
“Let me guess?” Shikamaru said
sarcastically. “Black with red clouds?” He murmured,
not at all surprised. “So what? You going there now? Trying
to run after his coat tails some more?” He sighed in boredom,
this was becoming tedious.
“Hey, don't be like that
Shikamaru.” Naruto tried, and he glanced down as the blond
grabbed his hand, entwining their fingers. Oh yeah that. Shikamaru
found his hands entwining with Naruto's before his head could
really think about the logistics of doing this with someone who was
clearly in love with someone else.
“Keh....What a drag.” He murmured,
and sighed as his lips were covered even before he had the chance
to argue. How had he let this happen again? Oh yeah...Naruto had
been the only one to take care of him after Itachi had used his
eyes on him. He had heard him scream every night. From
there...well.. he supposed these things happen. So much for his
plan to marry an average looking woman and have babies.
Shikamaru pulled away, watching those bright
blue eyes look down at him. “Don't be mad Shika...You know it
isn't like that.” Wasn't it exactly like that? Naruto had
never looked at him the way he looked at Sasuke. Not once. Not even
when he wanted him to. Still, he supposed his cloud envy was made a
little better by Naruto being in his sky.
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Sasuke kept very still as he came back into
consciousness, the far off voices making him on edge. He was back
in his bed, that much was certain. As to the voices, one of them
was his brother's, and the other sounded somewhat familiar, but he
couldn't place it.
“I'm surprised.” The stranger said.
“Waking up while under your nin-jutsu, that's truly
impressive. He shouldn't even have been able to move, let alone
make it all the way down that hallway.”
Itachi scoffed at that. “My brother is a
lot stronger than he gets credit for.” He said. “He
limits himself.”
“Still angry about the eye Itachi?”
He asked, almost amused. “I told you I'd teach him to use it.
If anyone can I can, remember?”
“If only he knew his true potential, of
what he had given up.” Itachi almost hissed.
“If anything he did you a favor, better
to rip it from Deidara's eye than your precious
little…”
“Enough.” He heard Itachi hiss.
Sasuke's stomach clenched at that information, at the implication.
“Sasuke has always been held back. First by the cursed mark,
and here I go to all the trouble of finding a way for him to break
it, and now this.” Itachi mused. “I hold him back. When
he wanted to kill me he had a purpose, now that he loves me he has
none. He's making himself weak.”
“For you….how sweet.” The
voice mocked. “If he only knew, huh?” Sasuke heard
laughter, and it took everything within him to remain silent. What
did that mean?
“Imagine if he only knew his own
strength, if he knew he was just like us?” Itachi asked,
Sasuke's heart was pounding with the knowledge of it.
Us?
“But you don't trust him with that
knowledge. You don't even trust him with what's happening right
outside. What will you do if he sleeps right through the attack on
our compound...the death of all the members of the village he ever
held dear? Sakura, Shikamaru, Kakashi...they're all here for the
Kyuubi. Will you explain it away with more of your
kisses?”
“Are you mocking me?” Itachi hissed
at him.
“Of course not Itachi, only pointing out
that this little plan of yours to make him fall for you has gone a
little far.” He said. “If I didn't know you better, I'd
say you fell too.”
“It's a good thing you know me
better.” Itachi shot immediately back with. “Just find
a way to get back that eye, alright? Let me deal with my
brother.”
Sasuke felt sick. Beyond sick. His mind was
still pounding with that haze, threatening to drag him back under.
The necklace...it was going to make him pass out again. He had to.
He lifted his hand, the jutsu making it feel like a million pounds
as he reached for his throat, trying to drag the necklace away. He
barely managed to get a hand on it, ripping at it before his eyes
faded back to black.
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One Month Ago
“What do you mean he's gone!?”
Shikamaru demanded, slamming his fist into the wall in Tsunade's
office. He used a rare display of emotion, Naruto the only one on
the planet who could make him feel this way. He had gone off on a
mission with Sai, and he had never come back. That was three days
ago. ANBU Black Ops were scanning the lands and forests. Everyone
had been trying to find where the two may have gone to, and now
this.
“There's no trace of him in the
village.” Tsunade explained patiently, chin resting on her
hands. “We're searching surrounding villages…”
She tried.
“Why even bother?” Shikamaru spat.
“We know what happened. We know exactly who did
this!”
Tsunade sighed as she stared at jounin.
“There's no proof it was the Akatsuki, but we're looking into
the possibility.”
“It was Sasuke Uchiha!” Shikamaru
stressed. “You know it was. That little rat would be the only
one that could distract Naruto enough to get captured. You know
it!”
“I've told you to trust me about
Sasuke.” Tsunade said patiently. “I still need you to
do that. Hinata was a tragedy, but he's in place to be exactly
where we need him.”
“Do you honestly believe that?”
Shikamaru asked. “You haven't seen him with his brother. He's
blinded.”
“Sasuke Uchiha is of the Hidden Leaf
Village.” Tsunade said slowly. “He wouldn't let Naruto
die. It may not seem like it now, but he will come through for us
in the end. You need to practice patience. If they took Naruto,
we'll find where they're hiding.”
“You're blind by your devotion to
Sasuke.” Shikamaru said matter of factly. “He'll betray
this village just like Itachi...Just like Orochimaru.”
Shikamaru turned on his haunches. “I'll find Naruto
myself...and if Sasuke did take him, I'll kill
him.”
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When Sasuke woke up again there was none of the
familiar haze surrounding his head. His thoughts were clear. So
were his memories. He went to rip for the necklace, only to find it
no longer there. He looked around the room, unsurprised to see
Itachi sitting there.
“I was wondering how long it was going to
take you to figure it out.” He said, and Sasuke's eyes
narrowed as he saw the necklace back around Itachi's neck. Why had
he ever taken comfort wearing such a cursed thing? “Not that
I didn't appreciate this morning...you played your part so
well...my good whore.” Sasuke recognized this tone of voice.
This was the one reserved especially for when Itachi felt guilty.
The one designed specifically to push him away. Not that he didn't
have a reason.
“You fucking bastard.” Sasuke
hissed at him, eyes flooding with the sharingan. “How could
you?” He hissed, pushing out of the bed. “I'm not your
puppet Itachi! You don't get to use that on me, not after what
happened between Orochimaru and Sasori!” He remembered
something...a conversation Itachi had had with someone...a fleeting
memory, or was it a dream? “You don't get to use mind control
on me!” He hissed.
“My using that necklace on you with
Orochimaru is the only reason you lived. It certainly wasn't any of
your doing. You're so weak right now it disgusts me.” More
echos, a distant memory.
“I disgust you?” Sasuke asked.
“You use me as a whore all morning...you make it so that
I…” Itachi stood up then, walking over to him, getting
right into his face.
“I only amplified the feelings in your
heart Otouto...I'd been gathering them for the last week. All those
times when you felt love...desire...hatred...friendship...it was
easy to make a mock up of it after that. I'd never used the stone
for something like that before. Thank you for allowing me to test
my limits.” Test his limits?
The statement rocked him, jarring every last
wall he had built up to allow him to believe that Itachi was his
love. That his brother was who he was truly destined for. ...To
test his limits...he'd heard those words before. “You used me
again. What should I feel this time Aniki? More hatred? Do you want
me to despise you again, is that it?” He pushed down what
Itachi had told him, about what had happened between them this
morning being all him. “What's going on? They've come here
for Naruto, haven't they? You want to keep me away from them? You
don't trust me?”
“I don't trust you.” Itachi agreed.
“You will screw this up. The other members of the Akatsuki
can take care of your little friends. They won't touch the
Kyuubi.” Itachi assured him.
“His name is Naruto!” Sasuke
snapped, eyes angry, shrugging off the hand that ran through his
hair.
“It's funny...your level of caring for
this Kyuubi.” Itachi said, voice dangerous. “I felt
what you felt. You touched him.” He accused. “You
wanted to kiss him, as if your lips would ever be for anyone but
me.” Itachi hissed. “So no...you don't get to
participate today Sasuke.” Itachi hissed.
“You're punishing me when you were the
one that got into my head?” Sasuke asked incredulously.
“You're insane Itachi. Truly insane!” He snapped,
turning to head to the door. Itachi appeared in front of
him.
“You aren't going anywhere.” Itachi
said, almost boredly. “Sit down, be good, or I'll put you out
again.” He ran a hand through his hair, this time Sasuke
allowed it as he watched him with hate filled eyes. “I liked
it better when we were getting along.”
“No you didn't!” Sasuke spat at
him. “You don't want me to like you Itachi!” He
accused. “That's why you keep doing these things.” He
hissed. “You're doing your job `very' well. I was always
stronger with hatred than with love.” He said the words, even
though he didn't know where they had come from. “Let me go
now and I'll consider staying here...keep me in this room and I
will spend every waking moment finding a way to kill
you.”
Itachi watched him almost boredly as Sasuke
said that, tilting his head, eyes roaming up and down Sasuke's
body. “You want a part of this?” He asked him then.
“You'll go out there dressed just like that..” He
lashed out, grabbing Sasuke by the front of the yukata and spinning
him around so he was pressed back against his chest. He spun them
to face the mirror. “You want them to see you like
this?” He asked, and Sasuke didn't even have to ask what he
meant. The yukata was open and splayed, his hair a mess, his lips
swollen...white was streaked down his thighs, dried and flakey.
“I have an idea, let's tell them you've become whore to the
Akatsuki? It isn't too much of a lie, is it?” Itachi asked
him.
Sasuke glowered back at the mirror, shoving back against Itachi. The arms were strong and unrelenting around him. “I'm not a whore.”
“You're my whore.” Itachi whispered
into his neck. “Don't you think it's time they knew
that?” He asked. “I've protected your secret for far
too long.” He murmured, before dragging Sasuke towards the
door as the other panicked. He tried desperately to get away and
get his feet under him.
“No….” Not like this. He
wouldn't let him. This was one lesson of Itachi's he did not care
to learn. “Leave me be...Aniki please.” He begged as he
was dragged out of the door. Itachi shoved him uncaringly down the
hallway. Sasuke spun then, fresh terror on his face as he wouldn't
face them, not like this.
“Don't give me that look. You asked for
this, didn't you?” He questioned. “Let me by or I'll
spend my life trying to kill you!” Itachi mocked. “Show
them what you really are Sasuke. Show me.” He hissed, and
Sasuke lost it. His feet glowed red with the chidori as his power
screamed through him, the sounds of birds echoing through the hall
as he used his chakra to run down the wall. Power screamed into his
hands as well as he swung then, the speed of his movement being
enough to crash his fist into Itachi's chin. Blood exploded along
the ceiling as he flipped, connecting both feet into Itachi's chest
as the other went flying down the hallway. He went crashing through
the drywall as Sasuke ran to meet him in his rage.
He kicked, flying through the air as he flipped
through the air. Sasuke landed down on Itachi as he punched him
hard, blood splattering. “I am not too weak to be yours
Itachi!” He yelled. “I have worked hard! I've become
everything you asked of me.” He hissed at him, hand smearing
across Itachi's face as he spread the blood. “You treat me
like a pet! Like your bitch dog! You fucked me like a bitch
dog.” Sasuke hissed at him, aware of their position on the
floor as he hissed into Itachi's face. “I'm not your
whore.” He hissed, hands digging into Itachi's
hair.
“You really are.” Itachi assured
him, eyes blood red as he gripped Sasuke's ass. He thrust up to let
him feel how turned on he was, and Sasuke was right there with him.
He burnt in the sin of it. How was it that they could fight to the
point of blood, and yet Itachi could be this ready for him? Sasuke
leaned down then, harshly connecting their mouths. He smeared his
own face with blood as their teeth clashed, and Itachi's hands
pulled him all the closer. His yukata all but fell off of him as
they kissed. He wanted this...needed this...needed all of
Itachi...his drug...his damnation.
“Oh my God.” He heard a voice
say...a voice he recognized very well. He felt Itachi smirk into
his mouth, and his heart pounded. His eyes were wide as he met his
brother's cold dead ones. He slowly drew his mouth off of his
brother's. His hands were on Itachi's shoulders to support him as
he steeled his heart. He took a deep breath before he finally
looked up.
She had always been pretty, but now she was
beautiful. Strong. She looked so strong even as she was staring
down with wide disbelieving eyes. “Sakura…” He
said, looking up at the kunoichi. He had been caught with Itachi's
blood smeared all over his bruised lips, sat atop his waist. He
couldn't keep his heart this hard. He was going to drown in the
weight of it all. How had she gotten in? What was she, of all
people, doing here?
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Present
Shikamaru stared up at the castle, inhaling on
the cigarette as he looked around at the group he had convinced to
come with him. Sakura was to his left, Kakashi to his right. It had
been a month of searching, of trying to convince them that the
notes coming in from Naruto weren't real. He wasn't just off
training somewhere. He was missing, and the Akatsuki had him. When
no one could find Sai either, Kakashi at least had started to
listen to him. It didn't take much to bring Sakura in on the plan.
Tsunade, however, had forbade it. She said it was too soon for an
all out assault on the Akatsuki. She stressed that that they didn't
have proof. He knew what that meant though. She was waiting for
Sasuke's word. Obviously convinced that if Naruto was there he
would send them some word. As if. Sasuke Uchiha didn't have a loyal
bone in his body, except maybe the one that was shoved up his ass
all the time by the other Uchiha bastard.
Figures the Akatsuki would be hiding in plain
sight. They had been looking in all the wrong places, when really
they were hiding out in the very forest that surrounded the Village
Hidden in the Leaves. As far as strategies go, he had to give it to
them that this was a good one.
“Are you sure they're in there?”
Sakura asked. “Just looks like an old run down
patagonia.” Sakura murmured, eyeing the place. “How
could they be keeping Naruto in there? What cell could hold
him?”
“He's in there.” Kakashi said
slowly. “Can't you sense the chakra energy coming from
inside? There are at least five powerful shinobi in
there.”
“I count six.” Shikamaru said,
feeling out the chakra. “There's nine total, right? Not
including Naruto.”
“Or Sasuke.” Sakura added.
“He's probably in there too.”
Shikamaru scoffed. “I was definitely
including Sasuke.” He murmured, because no matter how much he
tried to convince her, Sakura wouldn't believe Sasuke had betrayed
him. ...No wonder she was Tsunade's prodigy. “Four inside,
two in the trees.” He murmured quietly, glancing around as he
began to make hand signs. Shadows began crawling slowly backwards
as he knew they were there.
“Come on out!” Kakashi called,
dragging his forehead protector up to reveal his sharingan eye.
“We know you're there.” Shikamaru glanced at the trees,
unsurprised to see two cloaked figures jump out at them.
“Eh, they spotted us, un.” Deidara
murmured, blond hair in front of his face. “Sasori-danna, you
were being too loud again.” He mocked him, sticking his hands
into the bags on his hips, eating at the clay. Shikamaru recognized
the blond. He had fought him before, knew he was going for his
explosions.
“This is the bastard that was there when
Hinata died.” When Sasuke killed her, though he wasn't
allowed to tell his companions that. “He used that clay to
make explosions.” He told the others.
“Deidara.” Kakashi agreed.
“The missing nin that was one of the youngest members of the
Explosion Corp.” He explained. “And the other
one?”
“I've never seen him before.”
Shikamaru admitted, the creature somewhat frightening, but it
wasn't real. It was a puppet. Whatever was inside had an ungodly
amount of chakra, it was almost disconcerting...almost.
Deidara laughed. “Poor Sasori...I'm more
popular than you.” He teased his companion, and Shikamaru
drew the shadows slowly closer at the distraction.
“A vast achievement I'm sure.” The
puppet mocked him, his voice burly.
“So how do you use that puppet of yours?
Must be hindersome fighting inside it.” Shikamaru said, and
he glanced over as Deidara laughed.
“This kid's bright...saw right through
you.” He told the other, and then his hands lashed out. A
cascade of flying spiders came at them, the explosion causing all
of them to jump out of the way. Shikamaru worked to trap them with
the shadows, but they jumped away as well under the
tree.
“We've heard about you too.” Sasori
informed him. “We know all about the shinobi of Konoha. Your
shadow tricks won't work on us.” Shikamaru looked around,
seeing his companions were fine.
“Yeah, and who told you that? Let me
guess….Sasuke Uchiha.” He said boredly, trying to keep
his calm as he strategized.
“You're hard pressed to get our baby
Uchiha to shut up, yeah?” Deidara mocked. “Where is
Sasuke anyways?” Deidara asked, avoiding a stream of shuriken
thrown by Sakura.
“Itachi probably wouldn't let him come
out and play.” Sasori said, voice scratchy and bitter through
the puppet. “This was Sasuke's master you know, the one who
taught him chidori. I made some improvements on your
technique.” He informed the jonin.
Shikamaru glanced towards Kakashi, the other
mapping out the other two with his eye. “What do you know
about Sasuke?” Kakashi asked. “Is he truly one of
you?”
Deidara laughed at that, bending over with full
on guffaw laughter as he shot out another spray of spiders.
“Oh...you could say Sasuke is very much a part of
us.” He said, and then brushed his hair out of his face to
reveal the sharingan eye.
Sakura gasped, covering her mouth. “What
did you do to Sasuke!?” She screamed at him. “How do
you have the sharingan?”
“Don't worry, Sasuke gave it up of his
own free will, yeah?” Deidara assured them, running as he
dived to avoid a kunai. He sent birds flying through the air to
explode, sending Sakura flying into a tree. “I was forced
once to obey Itachi's Mangekyo, never again, un. I can beat him
with this eye.”
“I wasn't aware the Akatsuki tried to
murder each other?” Kakashi asked him, and Shikamaru saw how
upset the usually stoic master had
become.
“Itachi Uchiha holds a special place in
my heart, yeah?” Deidara said, voice low and dangerous.
“He took something from me for a very long
time.”
“So you took something from
Sasuke?” Kakashi asked. “Sasuke wants revenge against
Itachi more than anything.”
Deidara laughed more at that. “Oh boy,
you guys really don't know my little Uchiha pet at all, do
you?” He laughed more as he glanced at Sasori. “Should
we tell them?”
Sasori shook his head. “Best not to ruin
the surprise.” That scratchy voice bit out. “They'll
find out soon...if they can get passed us that
is.”
Deidara gave that a thoughtful look.
“Well let's hope they can't...that could be bad for us,
yeah?” He said sarcastically, jumping towards the Jonin.
“You...You can play with me today. I want to test my
sharingan against yours.” He glanced back at Sasori.
“It'll be like warm up for Itachi.”
Sasori scoffed. “Don't get carried away.
You know how much chakra it uses.” He said, and then turned
to Shikamaru. “I want to see how your shadow jutsu looks.
Show it to me.”
Shikamaru glanced to Sakura, whispering under
his breath. “Kakashi and I can handle things here. You need
to go get Naruto.” He said. “You have to be careful
Sakura. No one can see you.” He stressed. “I'll create
a diversion, and you run.” The Kunoichi nodded slowly.
“And Sakura?” He said, meeting her eyes. “Do not
trust Sasuke Uchiha. If you see him...you run.”
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Sasuke looked up in horror at his old teammate,
the woman staring down at him with shock. He realized how he had
just been caught...what she had seen. “How could you?”
He hissed, looking down at Itachi, betrayal etched on his face. He
had planned this. Itachi had known. He always knew.
“Play nice Otouto.” Itachi
whispered, and Sasuke felt the faintest brush of Itachi's lips,
before he collapsed forward onto the floor. The body beneath him
disappeared, as did the area surrounding them. He was back in his
room, on the floor. Itachi had used his Kekkai no genkai on him yet
again. It had all been in his mind.
Sasuke panted as he looked up, sure Sakura was
an illusion too.She was still there however, staring down at him
with shock and revulsion. When he looked down Sasuke finally
understood why. In his mind he was still in the yukata, a fucked
out mess, but he wasn't. Itachi had dressed him. He was dressed in
black capris, bandages wrapped haphazardly to the knee, with a
fishnet and tank top. Itachi wouldn't stop there though. He had of
course included his cloak. He must look exactly like Itachi. The
similarity made even greater by the fact that the cursed necklace
was still around his neck.
He got up slowly, sandals sliding along the
floor as he watched Sakura. “It's been a long time.” He
said in way of greeting, eyeing her up and down. “You've
changed.”
“So have you.” She said
breathlessly. “Shikamaru was telling the truth. I didn't
believe him, but you really did betray us and join the
Akatsuki.” She said, hand over her mouth. “You're just
as bad as Itachi.”
Where was Itachi? Had he ever been here at all?
He wiped at his mouth, as if scrubbing at the imaginary blood that
had been there. “I'm worse I would wager.” Sasuke said
slowly, trying to read the situation. Would he have to fight her?
To kill her? “Did you come here for Naruto?”
“So you did take him?” She asked,
tears welling in her eyes. “Who are you? Certainly not the
Sasuke I knew!” She yelled, and he looked around at that. If
they didn't realize she was here before, they certainly knew
now.
“What makes you think you ever knew
me?” He asked the girl. “I showed you a sliver of who I
was, of what my purpose was.” He explained. “I never
owed the Hidden Leaf Village anything. Not after what they let
happen to my clan.” He hissed.
“Itachi did that to your clan.”
Sakura reminded him. “And you came here to join
him.”
“It's complicated.” Sasuke
shrugged, looking around to try to sense his surroundings. Hidan
and Kakuza were gone on a mission, so were Zetsu and Konan. That
left Sasori, Deidara, Leader, Itachi, Kisame, and Tobi. He didn't
sense Deidara and Sasori, but who knew where his brother might be
hiding. “Do you want me to show you where they're keeping
Naruto or not?” He asked, because he had always been willing
to make this choice when it really came down to it. He would take
Itachi's wrath if it meant he could still look at himself in the
mirror.
Sakura stared warily at the offer. “Why
would you help us?” She asked. “You're the one that's
had him locked up all this time.”
“Do you want the help, or don't
you?” He asked her, reaching up to rip the necklace off of
him, shoving it into his pocket. He wouldn't allow Itachi to mess
this up. “He's down this way.” He said, grabbing
Sakura's arm as he led her down the hall. “We don't have much
time, whatever they're doing to cause this diversion will only
distract the Akatsuki for so long.” Sasuke murmured to her as
they ran down the hall. “How many of you are there?” He
was dimly aware he had referred to his old companions as a
completely separate entity, but he didn't allow himself to focus on
it. He was far too busy trying to strategize how to get Naruto
out.
“Kakashi-sensei and Shikamaru.” She
said. “None of the others would come. They wouldn't believe
him.” She said under his breath. “They should
have.”
Sasuke took that information in stride,
surprise welling in his gut. They hadn't believed Shikamaru? Did
that mean… “You didn't know I had joined them, did
you?” He asked her, and she looked away. That pain and
disgust were back on her face.
“When Hinata came back…”
Tears welled in her eyes as she said this. “We were told the
Akatsuki killed her. Did you have a part in her
death?”
“Yes.” He said, admitting his sin.
“I killed her.” The weight of the sin hung heavy in his
gut as they ran around the corner. He slowed down as they stopped
at the door to the cells. He turned to Sakura then. “I'm not
a hero Sakura. I'll still be here when you leave, but that doesn't
mean I won't help you save my best friend's life.” He told
her, pushing the door to the cells open.
They hurried inside, and Sasuke tried to
imagine how he was going to get through all the jutsus protecting
the cell from being opened. Not only that, but it had been keeping
Naruto's chakra trapped and inside. The blond was standing at the
bars glaring. His hands were wrapped tightly around them...of
course he was. Naruto, ever the eager shinobi for a
fight.
“Sakura!?” Naruto called, waving.
His eyes narrowed when he caught sight of him, and their gazes met.
“Has he hurt you?” He asked Sakura, turning to the
Uchiha. “What are doing here Sasuke?” He hissed,
angered disgust mingling in his tone.
“Kind of ungrateful for the person that's
going to save you Dobe.” Sasuke scolded, sending him a small
smirk as he locked the door behind him. “We don't have much
time to figure out how to get this door open.” He explained,
strategizing as they went. He glanced up at all the sigils in the
walls. “They're keeping your chakra locked in this cage. We
need to find some way to break the seals.” He said, ignoring
the looks from his companions.
“Sasuke, are you seriously helping
us?” Naruto asked, skeptical, eyes searching. Ever the
believer that there could be something good deep down in his heart.
There wasn't.
“I was always going to help you
Naruto.” Sasuke said. “I wasn't…” He took
the coward's way out, he lied. “Tsunade sent me to this
place. I'm a spy.” He told them. Sakura gasped and covered
her mouth, and slowly a smile broke across Naruto's
face.
“Seriously!?” He asked. “I
knew it! I knew you weren't this big of a bastard
Sasuke-teme!” He said, laughing at the elation.
Sasuke nodded to him. “I'm sorry I
haven't been able to get you sooner.” He felt a strong sense
of revulsion well up inside of him as he justified his actions. As
he actually led them to believe that he hadn't been Itachi's lap
dog for the past two years. “Do you have any ideas?” He
looked around the pair for advice. He was honestly rusty at
breaking jutsu. He had subconsciously pushed down the will to
practice bettering Itachi, and that meant bettering his eyes. He
was the worst kind of person.
“We need to somehow find the jutsu to
break the seals.” She told them. “This is definitely
forbidden jutsu. You can tell from the markings alone. Would they
keep anything like that here?” She asked Sasuke, and Sasuke
scrambled to think, before finally nodding.
“The vault.” He took his ring off,
handing it to Sakura. “Down the hall, two rights, one left,
two more rights...the ring will get you inside. The scrolls are
there. You should be able to find the one to break it.” He
told her. “I'll work on things here. Somebody has to be here
to protect him if they find out.” He told her, entrusting
Sakura with the key to the kingdom. It was everything he had worked
the last two years for. “Go Sakura!” He yelled at her,
and she seemed shocked at first, but nodded and ran in the
direction he had sent her.
Sasuke's heart was pounding as he turned back
towards Naruto. He grabbed the bars right above where his hands
were as he leaned in close. “I can't go with you.” He
told him, their foreheads touching. “He won't let me go. They
would hunt us down...I think I can make it look like Sakura got you
out.” He felt Naruto's breath on his skin, and it sent a
chill of wanting down his spine. “I hate myself for all the
pain I've caused everyone in the village...For what you must think
of me.”
“Shut up Sasuke...you're acting like this
is goodbye.” Naruto grabbed his hands on the bars, and their
eyes met. “You're coming with me. You're coming back to
Konoha!” He assured him. “I won't let them keep you
anymore! You're mine!”
Sasuke's eyes widened in shock at that
declaration. The conviction alone in Naruto's voice was enough to
leave him trembling. It was nothing like when Itachi said this to
him. There was nothing dark and twisted hiding just underneath.
Naruto said it like it was fact, like the entire world knew it and
laughed at the thought that there could ever be anything different.
“Keep those sentiments Naruto.” Sasuke said, heart
pounding. “I told you I can't go
with…”
“And I told you you didn't have an
option!” Naruto yelled. “This isn't who you are Sasuke,
and if I have to I'll knock you out and drag you by that stupid
spiky hair of yours!” He yelled back at him, and the walls
shook with the chakra threatening to spill from him. Sasuke looked
around, one of the sigils beginning to crack.
“That's it Dobe…” He assured
him, not realizing as he squeezed Naruto's hand. “We can
break the seals with enough chakra.” Naruto had more than any
other shinobi he had ever met. “Do you think you can draw on
the power of the Kyuubi?” He asked, meeting his eyes.
“I'll do my best from out here. Together we should be able to
break through the ooommphh!” He managed when in mid sentence
Naruto grabbed the back of his head, slamming their lips together.
Sasuke gasped into it, feeling Naruto smile as he pulled away.
Sasuke's mismatched eyes were wide and fearful. Naruto looked
beyond pleased with what he had just done.
“I'm so glad you got your spark back
Sasuke. Your eyes aren't dead anymore.” He told him, smiling
brightly at him. “Now let's do this!” He told him,
bending over as he began to try to release his chakra. The power of
it starting to make the walls tremble.
Sasuke nodded at him. “That's it!”
He said, focusing on the task. He tried not to think of just what
his brother would do once he found him, once he realized that
Naruto had kissed him. He released his own chakra, shaking at the
walls as chidori lit up his feet. He used it to speed up the wall
and along it, breaking the hundreds upon hundreds of sigils lining
the walls. He glanced down to Naruto, the red chakra starting to
crackle and swirl around him. He used his chakra to run everywhere,
parts of the ceiling beginning to crack and fall. He flipped off
the ceiling, landing in front of Naruto. “You have to do the
ones in your cell Dobe. I can't reach those.” He commanded,
feeling that they were getting closer as the chakra swirled all
around him. The prison was weakening.
They were almost there. If this kept up then
they wouldn't even need the scroll from Sakura. The sigils in the
cell began to break, and he grabbed for the bars. “Almost
there Naruto...just a few more...then we can leave!” He said,
not realizing what he had said. “Just a few….”
The sound of squishing flesh and blood tore through the air. That
was the first thing Sasuke was aware of...the sound of it, and then
it was the smell. That hot coppery scent of iron, the acrid biting
stench of it all. It made his nose wrinkle. It wasn't until he
looked down that he felt it. In the background he heard yelling. He
heard Naruto screaming for him, but the words were thick in his
ears. It was like someone had pressed heavy cotton inside and he
could only hear the sickening squish of his flesh being torn open.
He glanced down then, and that's when the pain came. He saw a hand
protruding through his stomach, guts and blood poured all over the
floor. He was lifted up then by the strength up it. An inhuman moan
of agony left his throat as his toes dangled.
He turned his head then, not noticing the blood
pouring from his mouth as he struggled to form sounds. He met the
silver beady eyes of Kisame. The shark grinned cruelly at him.
“Ki...Ki…” He tried, screaming then as that hand
pushed up. It was digging through his body and splitting him in
two. The sound was cut off as that arm pressed against his
diaphragm and lungs, cutting off his air.
“Naughty naughty little Uchiha.”
Kisame bit out at him. “Now I have to be the one to explain
to Itachi what happened in here.” He mused darkly. “I
have to explain how I found you trying to let the Kyuubi out, and I
had no choice.” He twisted his spiked forearm, and Sasuke
lost feeling then. The pain ebbed as his eyes began to darken.
“Do you know how pissed he'll be at me? Man...probably have
to find a new partner, but he knows the rules...knows you can't
betray us!” He snapped, and Sasuke felt his eyes begin to
close until only his hearing remained. He heard the splash of his
slowly depleting blood, of his guts hitting the floor...of Naruto
screaming for him. Then it got quiet, so quiet he let himself
drift.
Sasuke heard a crash, and he fell to the floor.
He smashed into it as he turned to look behind him. Able to glance
just in time to see the sword Itachi had come down with onto
Kisame's head slice all the way through and hit the floor. The
Akatsuki's body split like a banana as half fell to either side,
drenching Itachi and Sasuke in even more blood.
Itachi's eyes were swirling with the Mangekyo
Sharingan. His face was a mask of hate and death as he spun the
katana, sheathing it behind him as he turned to Sasuke. Looking at
him as if he hadn't just cut clean through his partner's body, as
if he had done nothing at all. Sasuke reached for him then, feeling
a bit more strength now that the hand was out of him. He grasped
for Itachi as his brother leaned down, and he felt pressure being
put on the wound. “It's okay…” He heard his
brother say. “Just stay awake Sasuke.” He demanded, and
Sasuke heard a note of desperation in Itachi's voice that he must
have been hallucinating as his dying wish.
“Aniki…” He managed. It was
getting hard to talk as he choked on blood. “Aniki...you have
to get him out…” He begged. “It didn't mean
anything if you can't get him out...You can't…” He
leaned in then, laying their foreheads together.
“You're not going to die Otouto.”
Itachi hissed at him then. “Your eye...Sasuke remember your
eye. You just have to stay awake long enough for it to heal
you.” Itachi begged of him, and Sasuke blearily looked down.
The wound was slowly beginning to close, but he was still so weak
from blood loss. “You're such an idiot.” Itachi hissed
to him then, and Sasuke felt his cold bloody lips being kissed
before he was laid back.
Sasuke struggled to push himself up as he
looked blearily around the room. He was lying in a pool of blood
from both him and Kisame. Naruto screamed behind him. He could
sense the fox chakra, could hear the walls begin to tumble. He held
his own stomach, knowing Itachi was right about his healing. If he
could live long enough, his wound would close. He struggled up onto
his hands and knees, slipping in the blood as he watched Itachi
make a hand sign. The entire wall behind Naruto exploded in black
flame, and the door sprang open to the cage.
He was ripped off the ground then, thrust
forward as he fell into waiting arms. He managed to look up into
Naruto's worried face. The other's eyes were red with the chakra of
the fox. Obviously he was about to lose it.
“Go.” Itachi hissed at them.
“Take him. I'll distract them.” He told Naruto, and
Sasuke shook his head, staring wide eyed.
“No...Aniki they'll kill you! They'll
find out!” He bowed over in pain. Naruto was the only thing
to keep him on his feet.
“I know how to take care of myself. Leave
the others, they'll create a diversion for the two of you to get
out.” He said. “Now go!” He managed one more
time, and Sasuke felt himself scream. Naruto grabbed him, forcing
him to run with him as his body screamed and he wanted his brother.
He couldn't leave him like this!. They jumped through the black
flame, and he fought to get back. He was trying to get to Itachi.
Naruto pulled him all the while as he struggled. He had to pick him
up then, putting him on his back as he took off as fast as he could
through the woods. Away from his home...the Akatsuki… and
Itachi….
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