Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Just another day in paradise. ❯ Sinks and rats ( Chapter 2 )
[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]
By: blackarora 
Anime/Manga: Naruto Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / Psychological / Drama | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 08.05.2005 | Pages: 4 | Words: 5.3K | Visits: 3.3K | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: Naruto Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / Psychological / Drama | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 08.05.2005 | Pages: 4 | Words: 5.3K | Visits: 3.3K | Status: Completed
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Sinks and Rats
I still do not own Naruto.
To book worm.
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Sasuke briskly shook the water off his coat as he walked in the front door of school. His shoes squeaked on the tiles as he went to his locker to hang up his coat. He was early and the halls where almost empty the sound of rain hitting the roof drowned on. Before he reached his locker Kiba came running out of the boys bathroom and nearly knocked him down. Which was stupid because they were the only two people in the hall.
“Sasuke.”
“What?” he snapped.
His wet hair framed his face as water droplets dripped off the long bangs. So far this Monday sucked. Kiba grabbed his sleeve and started to pull him to the bathroom. Sasuke jerked his arm away.
“What the hell is wrong with you?”
“Naruto’s in the bathroom, he looks bad.”
Naruto should not be here for another week or two with that punctured stomach. Sasuke let himself be led in to the bathroom. Kiba let go of him at the doorway and stepped aside. The site in front of him was disturbing. Blood was dripped on the floor and sinks there were several bloody hand prints around Naruto as he sat awkwardly under the far sink. He was curled up slightly to the side arms around his knees and his face on his knees, obscured by his arms. He was wearing the school uniform although it was all messed up and there was blood smears on it. Sasuke could clearly see the bruise’s and lacerations on his wrists and hear muffled sobs.
He slowly approached the blond.
“Naruto what are you doing here?”
Sasuke kept his voice cold not letting the slight worry he felt show when the boy did not respond.
“Naruto?”
Sasuke was right next to the sink the blond was under. He knelt down and touched Naruto’s shoulder. Narutos head shot up stopping right before it hit the bottom of the sink. Sasuke looked on horrified, blood was dripping off Narutos nose and chin from the three lines on each cheek that were cut into him. A large bruise covered most of the right side of his face. The fear and pain was apparent in the blue eyes. Naruto shifted and winced the slight movement caused a clinking sound.
Sasuke could now see the dogs choke chain around the blonds neck and the ugly bruises that covered it. There was a small lock clipped on to a link making it so it could tighten but not loosen enough to get it around his head. It was locked to a chain that was in turn locked to the piping under the sink. Naruto closed his eyes and let out a small sob. It snapped Sasuke out of shock.
“KIBA go get a teacher NOW.”
Kiba turned and sprinted out of the bathroom. Sasuke got on both knees and sat next to Naruto. He felt like he should say something comforting but he didn’t know what.
‘What do you say to a boy chained under a sink with his face cut up.’
Sasuke squeezed the blonds shoulder.
“Naruto it will be OK.”
In a flash Naruto had reached out and wrapped his arms around Sasuke, set his head on the shocked boys chest and started to cry hysterically.
Sasuke had no idea what to do. He looked down and saw the chain pulled tight and moved a little closer to Naruto so the collar would not cut off his air supply. Slowly he wrapped his arms around the crying blond and started to rub his back. The raven haired boy felt the warmth of the tears and blood seep through his blazer and shirt. At the moment he did not care if it ruined his shirt.
There were noises outside and suddenly the door was pushed in by Tsunade. He looked over his shoulder at her with a ‘what else was I supposed to do’ look.
Hell, what else was he supposed to do?
Tsunade paused before she continued in to the bathroom and looked back at the two boys. Sasuke sat legs folded under him all prim and proper holding the blond who was laying slightly on his side face buried in the raven haired boys chest. Naruto was shaking and sobbing at the same time. Tsunade looked at Sasuke as he gently held the crying blond. He looked worried and confused as he rubbed Narutos back. That’s when she saw the blood on the seat of Narutos pants. She hurried over to them and gently pulled Narutos face away from Sasukes chest and swore when she saw the cuts and again when she saw he was tied to the sink.
She ran a hand threw his hair and he shuttered.
“Naruto its ok I’ll be back in a flash. I’m getting bolt cutters to get you out.”
She left out calling the police and ambulance.
Naruto did not respond and put his face back to Sasukes chest as soon as she let go. She paused again looked back at the blood on his pants and shook in silent fury. He had been raped she was sure of it.
“Tsunade I’ll stay with him go get the bolt cutters.”
She looked at Sasuke the cold voice hid the emotions she was sure he felt. She nodded and left the bathroom. Kiba was standing just outside the door.
“Kiba don’t let anybody but me and teachers in there got it.”
“Yes ma’am.”
As soon as Tsunade left Sasuke slouched a little and let how he felt show across his face. His father and brother did not like to show emotion they said it was weak. Said that if an opponent could tell how you felt about some thing they could use it against you. Normally he did not let anything to get to him enough to get him to show how he felt.
How did he feel, he should be embarrassed that a guy was crying on him. But Naruto felt so warm against his chest and it bothered him that the normally loud mouthed blond was reduced to this. It was almost as if he cared.
‘NO! I don’t care about some gutter trash, I do not like having him against my chest.’
Why should it bother him, it did not affect him. He was not the one chained under the sink with his face cut up. Hell after this Naruto probably would have the rest of the school year off. It was just an imposition to have the school dunce crying on him.
‘That’s right its just an imposition to have this scum crying on me.’
The blond sniffled and held on tighter to Sasuke when the door opened and Tsunade and Asuma walked in. Sasuke snapped his emotionless face back in to place and looked on as the two teachers approached.
Tsunade knelt next to Sasuke and took the crying boy from him. He stood up and moved out of the cramped space. Holding the blond in her arms Tsunade put her hand under his chin and pushed his face up to look at the cuts. They were deep and still bleeding, she grabbed some paper towels and held them to the cuts. The pressure made Naruto whimper and try to pull his face away. The boys jerk pulled the choke chain tight making the blond gasp and lean back.
“Naruto its ok I have to stop the bleeding.”
Tsunade was reaching for Narutos face and before she touched him he closed his eyes and winced. It was like he expected to get hurt. Sasuke put his hands in his pockets and watched as the blond who not so long ago would stare down a fist on a crash corse with his nose, flinched every time Tsunade tried to touch his face.
Naruto did not want any one to touch his face it hurt to much as is, beside he had a lot of recent memories about hands near his face not being good thing. Tsunade was persistent though and the second time he ended up pulling the collar tight and choked himself she told Asuma to cut it. The blond had not seen Asuma because he had stepped back in to a stall to give Tsuande more room to work. As he stepped out and Naruto saw him the blond froze. When he took another step to the blond, the blond gave an involuntary shutter and tried to make himself as small as possible.
The lock on the link of the choke chain was less then two inches away from the base of Naruto’s neck. And Asuma not knowing how thick of chain he needed to cut brought the big bolt cutters. As the cold head of the bolt cutter grazed the back of the blonds neck he panicked. He jerked forward choking himself then lurched back landing on his rump making a pained sound. Despite the fact Asuma had backed away and that Tsunade was trying to calm him he hid back under the sink pressing himself in to the farthest corner.
Naruto did not know these people that well and he sure as hell did not trust them. Tsunade was being nice now but he had seen her wrath more than once when he had been sent to the principles office. Asuma, well he did not have any class’s with the guy but he knew he was a chain smoker and always smelled like smoke. Naruto did not like cigarettes and had several recent burns to give an explanation as to why. Plus Asuma was big strong and could hurt him. Just like the other man did.
Tsunade was on her knees talking softly to him. The man also had a woman there for some of it. She was nice to him until he did what she wanted. Then she did some horrible things to him, tied him up and forced him to please her as the cold man watched and laughed. Tsunade reached out and tried to touch his shoulder. Naruto squeaked and shied away.
Tsunade was already worried and the fact that Naruto had not said anything yet was not helping to ease her fears. Just then two EMTs came in and Naruto seamed to shrink. When they tried to pull him out Naruto panicked again. He was not letting any body near him let alone touch him. She was mentally kicking herself when Sasuke walked over and keeled next Naruto.
“Hay dobe get out.”
Naruto looked out from under the sink at the raven haired boy. The odd little smile that had briefly graced the pale face oozed confidence. That if he said the sky was green it would be. Why should he do anything Sasuke wanted the last time they met the ice bastard had pinned him to a wall.
Sasuke dropped his knee so he was sitting.
“Naruto come on it will be ok.”
The way he said it made Naruto want to believe him. The absolute sincerity in it was as if he just stated an obvious fact.
Naruto practically tackled Sasuke and buried his face once more in to the warm chest. Sasuke would not hurt him, not like that. He might punch him but it would not hurt like what the awful man did to him.
Tsunade was surprised that Naruto responded to Sasuke she knew that they often got in to fist fights and that naruto was normally was the loser of the fight. But then there was also that understanding to not rat on each other.
The EMTs saw there chance and pulled out a small needle filled with a sedative. Motioning for Sasuke to hold Naruto still the one needle wielder came up to them. Sasuke nodded when the wielder was close and got Naruto in a hold. Naruto was not wearing a belt so when his pants were tugged on they easily slipped down exposing his hip. The needle wielding EMT quickly injected the contents in to Naruto as Sasuke hugged him to his chest.
Naruto struggled briefly than slumped down putting his full weight on to Sasuke. Sasuke could still feel Narutos hands gripping the sides of his shirt and the occasional head movement. Slowly the grip relaxed and Narutos choppy breathing steadied in to a sleeping rhythm.
“He’s out.”
“Ok hold him still.”
Asuma came up and clipped the chain around the blonds neck. The EMTs rushed in and took Naruto from him. One held a sterile bandage to his face to stop the bleeding the other was calling out on the radio. Sasuke looked on as once again the blond was carted away on a stretcher.
The next hour was a blur the police came and took photographs and asked questions to both him and Kiba. When it was over Sasuke had a headache from hell and his shirt was annoyingly sticking to him. First period was almost over so he went to the bathroom to clean himself up. He went to the one closer to the principles office since the one by his locker still had police swarming it.
Looking in the mirror Sasuke was shocked to see how large the red spot was on the front of the navy blue blazer. Taking it off he realized that the blood had seeped through and that the white shirt under it was stained as well. He had a spare white shirt in his locker on the other side of the school. Grumbling to himself he set off for his locker making it there just as the bell signaling the end of class went off. The other students poured out of the class rooms and sure enough Sakura and Ino came up to him.
“Hi Sasuke would you like to OH my god what is on your shirt. Is that blood. Are you ok.”
“Not my blood.”
Sasuke tried to step around them to start for the bathroom to change but Ino stepped in front of him.
“You kicked some one’s ass. Your so strong Sasuke.”
Pure unadulterated admiration shone in her eyes.
It was creepy.
But then he was not going to say that he had been holding the crying Naruto. Or that it was Narutos blood from the cuts on his face. Sakura would start to cry or some thing and he hated emotional displays.
Ino still chattered on to her captive audience.
“Blah, Blah not like Naruto he’s such a loser. I don’t see why you have him as a friend Sakura.”
Ok this was enough. When Ino turned to Sakura to point out Narutos numerous bad qualities he stepped past and slipped in to the nearest bathroom. He changed shirts and tossed the blood soaked one in to the trash.
Walking to his next class he passed the principles office. Through the glass walled office he could see the teachers having a meeting. At least now he would not get marked late Iruka was in the office. Stepping in to the class room he saw the instructions on the board and went to work. Kiba could not keep his mouth shut and by the end of the day all the students knew that Naruto was the reason the boys bathroom was closed off.
After school the school council held its weekly meeting Sasuke did not mind having to stay late. His parents were off somewhere for a opening of another branch of the family company. His brother was off at collage and the huge house was empty. It was lonely the house was kept in perfect condition and had a stiff feeling to it. It was a doll house kept perfect to show off the power of the Uchida’s to intimidate any guest that his parents had over.
The council meeting went quickly the teacher presiding over it had notified them of new precautions that were going in to effect tomorrow because some one had broken in to the school. Teachers would be outside the school from 6 in the morning to start of school and for a hour after school. The police would be patrolling around more often. The school dance might have to be canceled as well, this brought on groans from some of the other members. They had worked there ass’s off to get the dance. Tenten the vice president for the 10th grade stood up and slammed her hands down on the table.
“Why sensei. What happened that would cause all this.”
She was a great speaker and was the one that had convinced the parents association to let them have the dance in the first place.
Gai sensei sighed and looked at the angry girl.
“You all know that the police were here today.”
“NARUTO. This is because of that loud mouthed dunce.”
“It could of been any of you found cut up under the sink. And he did not chain himself there.”
“Any of us are smart enough to not get caught up in shit that would put us in that position.”
The senior class president had not liked Naruto ever sense the blond had changed his campaign banners to say that he was gay.
“Plus he is the only person from the slums. He should not have brought his outside occupation in to the school.”
The conversation would have continued to bash Naruto if Gai had not stepped in and in his overly enthusiastic way and said that they would find a way to keep the dance. (The diligence of youth or some shit.)
Sasuke could not care for the dance, it required him to put up with invitations from the majority of the female school body. Getting dressed up only to spend the night sipping cheep punch and listening to the twits fight over who he would dance with. Still it was better than staying at his empty house listening to the echos.
The council meeting closed with a few resolution. Tenten would talk to the parents association about adding security measures and that they would help the city orphanage in two weeks for charity. As he was gathering up his things and shoving them in to his back pack Gai sensei came up to him.
“Sasuke would you mind running Naruto’s school work to him.”
“What, why me. Shouldn’t he still be in the hospital.”
“Well you helped him this morning and he has already been released. You were the only one that did not chime in when we were ‘discussing’ him.”
Gai sensi flashed a ultra white smile and a peace sign.
“And I think you’re the only one who’s not afraid to go to his house.”
Sasuke nearly fell over at the obscurity of it.
“You asked the others and they said no.”
“Right.”
Gui sensi went in to one of his tirade’s about friendship and youth and ten minuets later Sasuke was on his way Narutos house with a folder of work for the blond. Mostly to shut the man up.
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It was getting late the street lights were just coming on. Sasuke looked down at the address on the sheet of paper in his hand.
“You lost handsome.”
“No.”
The raven haired boy pushed the scantily clad whore away from him. She smelled bad and he could see the track marks on her arms.
Cursing Naruto for the zillionth time Sasuke continued down the street. He was at least a mile from the school, the secretary that gave him Narutos address said that the blond walked so it could not be that far.
Sasuke had felt like walking so he did. He would call a cab to take him back to his house as soon as he gave Narutos parents the folder of school work. The blond would more then likely not do any of it. So this would be a wasted effort. He just wanted Gai sensei to stop the embarrassing display of what ever it was he was doing, so he said he would take the blond the folder.
He thought that the short walk(ha) would give him time to clear his thoughts. Why did he let Naruto cry on him. He did not actually care about the loud mouth did he.
As the blocks passed by his thoughts swirled around not reaching any thing close to a conclusion. Looking up at a crumbling building he saw the faded broken sign.
Fox Tower.
The five story dump had broken windows and cracks in the cement walls. Somewhere a baby cried and a tv was on. Looking back at the paper in his hand he confirmed that this was indeed the place he was looking for.
Going up the few steps of the stoop he kicked a beer bottle sending it clanging in to more then a dozen empties on the first step. The outer door was missing and trash was piled up in the hallway. It absolutely reeked, some of it must of been there for over a week. Jumping one pile to get to the stairs he landed on a rat the size of a large cat. It squealed and Sasuke started taking the steps two at a time.
The second floor stairs was missing the banister and he could hear shouting from one of the apartments near the stairs. An ugly old woman came out and swore at him. He went up the stairs faster than he had ever had climbed stairs before.
Finally he reached the third floor. Narutos apartment was 304 so it had to be on this level.
Turning away from the stares and down the hall the raven haired Sasuke jumped a pile of rat infested trash and landed on a used diaper. His face turned green and his eye twitched, as he shook the retched thing from his shoe.
How could Naruto stand this. How could any living being stand to live in this dump. There were more rats and cockroaches in this one building alone than all the other places Sasuke had ever been combined.
Reaching the door with a faded place for a 3 and a zero 4 hanging crooked, the dark haired boy knocked. The tension and disgust starting to show on his pale perfect face. Not getting a response and getting more perturbed by the second he slammed his fist in to the door in a brutal mockery of knocking.
On the forth slam there was a snapping sound and the door swung inward half off its hinges. Swearing to him self Sasuke stepped in shouting hello.
Not getting a response the pale teen set the folder on to the table and was turning around to head for the door when he noticed some thing.
The house was clean.
There were a few ramen cups about and there was no way to cover up the odor the entire building was shrouded in. A well worn couch in front of a small tv on a frayed rug was in the living room. The place was sparse but organized. The kitchen was opposite the living room and had a few cups in the sink and one lone pot sat on the stove. The only thing that separated the kitchen from the living room was that the kitchen had a linoleum floor. Other wise it was just one room. The same size as his bedroom he thought. There were only two doors other than the one leading out. Sasuke could see that one led to a tiny bathroom the other to what must of been a bedroom.
Realizing that he had been gawking the dark eyed teen spun on his heal to get the hell out of there. So what if the house was clean in a festering dump. He had finished his task and had no reason to be here.
Sasuke took two steps then tripped over some thing warm and fuzzy. Landing on his face he rolled over to look at what had tripped him. He thought he would see a dog or maybe a very fat cat. Definitely not the obscenely huge rat that gazed at him with beady black eyes. Freezing at the sight of the monster not wanting to draw it’s attention any more than he already did. Thank fully the beast just wiggled its nose at him and scurried away in to the bedroom.
Sasuke let out the breath he had been holding. That thing could of no shit, chewed his legs off. Or given him rabies or bubonic plage or something. Getting back to his feet he was almost to the door when he heard a low pained groan.
Turning toward the sound as it repeated he figured that it was coming from the bed room where that monster rat had just gone. That meant there was some one in there with the rat.
He called out and got no response. Curiosity got the best of him and Sasuke went to the bedroom. The door leading in to it was already open so he just peeked in.
“Holy shit.”
The rat was on the bed chewing on the bloody bandages that covered Naruto’s face. One clawed paw on Narutos chin and hairless tail hanging off the edge on the bed. There were several smaller rats on the bed squeaking and wiggling there noses, disturbed by Sasuke’s shout. The old quilt that had been covering the boy had slipped off and Sasuke could see the bites on other parts of Naruto’s tanned flesh. One of the rats bit the blonds hand and there was a pained groan and slight movement but then Naruto stilled, having never evan opened his eyes.
With a feral roar Sasuke charged in to the room and hit the giant rat off of Naruto. The giant rat was not pleased with this and bit Sasukes hand. The raven haired teen jerked away and the rat started to climb back on to the bed beside Naruto. Grabbing a letter opener from the desk next to the bed Sasuke stabbed the monster in the back . The thing screamed and clawed ripping a hole in the sheet. It was still trying to go forward and bit Sasuke again on the arm.
The raven haired teen flung the creature across the room where it slammed in to a wall with a sickening crack. It twitched then held still, letter opener still protruding from its back.
Another pained grown from the form on the bed and he looked back. The smaller rats had taken the monsters place. He knocked them all off the blond earning several more bites and scratches.
Finally the last of the rats had retreated leaving Sasuke alone with the sleeping Naruto.
The raven haired teen looked over Naruto and saw that some of the bites were deep and they sure as hell needed cleaning. Sitting on the edge of the bed he shook Narutos shoulders.
“Wake up dobe.”
Naruto grumbled but did not wake.
“Damn it.”
Sasuke looked over to the night stand and saw the numerous pill bottles. Picking one up he read the label. It was a powerful sedative and so were the majority of the others on the night stand. He got the point, Naruto could not wake up.
“Where are your parents dobe. If they are going to dope you up like this they should at least protect you from the rats. I’ll just stay with you until they come back.”
Naruto just mumbled incoherently and Sasuke sat on the bed looking around the room.
A green folder caught his attention from the desk. Getting up he looked through the contents. It was non of his business but if he was going to stay here he might as well be entertained. The folder contained release paper work.
“What, you were really at juvi, I though you were just trying to impress people.”
Sasuke glanced at te sleeping form on the bed and continued to perusal the papers in the folder.
One paper fell to the floor and as he picked it up he saw the stamped seal and the official government of Konoha symbol. Reading the paper he looked back at the sleeping blond.
The paper granted him emancipation from the Konoha orphanage upon his 16th birthday which it stated was last year. Naruto, he knew was not 16 he turned 14 at the start of school. But what nagged at him was the fact he was emancipated from the orphanage. There were no parents for him to wait for, Naruto lived alone. The other papers in the folder were the requirements for him to live on his own. Job, house, school he had to have all of these or else he would return to the orphanage.
Naruto had no one to protect him from the rats or the creep that tied him under the sink.
Sasuke slammed the paper down and turned to the blond on the bed. The load noise made Naruto groan and twitch in his sleep.
“Come on dobe, I’ll take you home with me. There’s no rats to chew on you there.”
Sasuke gathered all of the medications from the night stand and put them in to his backpack. He wrapped Naruto in an old quilt and pulled out his cell phone.
He called the cab he usually used. The guy had a second job as his parents limo driver but since they were out of town he was driving a cab.
After he hung up the phone he started to pick the blond up, but Naruto started to swat at him and weakly struggle.
“It’s me dobe. Damn it.”
Naruto had pushed him away and he lost his grip on the struggling blond. Naruto slumped to the floor with a thud.
Sasuke just about growled at the boy at his feet. Crouching down he wrapped one of Narutos arms around his shoulders and one of his own around the medicated blonds waist. He stood and Naruto was unsteady on his feet next to him. Slowly they started there journey down the stairs and out of this hell hole.
Sinks and Rats
I still do not own Naruto.
To book worm.
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Sasuke briskly shook the water off his coat as he walked in the front door of school. His shoes squeaked on the tiles as he went to his locker to hang up his coat. He was early and the halls where almost empty the sound of rain hitting the roof drowned on. Before he reached his locker Kiba came running out of the boys bathroom and nearly knocked him down. Which was stupid because they were the only two people in the hall.
“Sasuke.”
“What?” he snapped.
His wet hair framed his face as water droplets dripped off the long bangs. So far this Monday sucked. Kiba grabbed his sleeve and started to pull him to the bathroom. Sasuke jerked his arm away.
“What the hell is wrong with you?”
“Naruto’s in the bathroom, he looks bad.”
Naruto should not be here for another week or two with that punctured stomach. Sasuke let himself be led in to the bathroom. Kiba let go of him at the doorway and stepped aside. The site in front of him was disturbing. Blood was dripped on the floor and sinks there were several bloody hand prints around Naruto as he sat awkwardly under the far sink. He was curled up slightly to the side arms around his knees and his face on his knees, obscured by his arms. He was wearing the school uniform although it was all messed up and there was blood smears on it. Sasuke could clearly see the bruise’s and lacerations on his wrists and hear muffled sobs.
He slowly approached the blond.
“Naruto what are you doing here?”
Sasuke kept his voice cold not letting the slight worry he felt show when the boy did not respond.
“Naruto?”
Sasuke was right next to the sink the blond was under. He knelt down and touched Naruto’s shoulder. Narutos head shot up stopping right before it hit the bottom of the sink. Sasuke looked on horrified, blood was dripping off Narutos nose and chin from the three lines on each cheek that were cut into him. A large bruise covered most of the right side of his face. The fear and pain was apparent in the blue eyes. Naruto shifted and winced the slight movement caused a clinking sound.
Sasuke could now see the dogs choke chain around the blonds neck and the ugly bruises that covered it. There was a small lock clipped on to a link making it so it could tighten but not loosen enough to get it around his head. It was locked to a chain that was in turn locked to the piping under the sink. Naruto closed his eyes and let out a small sob. It snapped Sasuke out of shock.
“KIBA go get a teacher NOW.”
Kiba turned and sprinted out of the bathroom. Sasuke got on both knees and sat next to Naruto. He felt like he should say something comforting but he didn’t know what.
‘What do you say to a boy chained under a sink with his face cut up.’
Sasuke squeezed the blonds shoulder.
“Naruto it will be OK.”
In a flash Naruto had reached out and wrapped his arms around Sasuke, set his head on the shocked boys chest and started to cry hysterically.
Sasuke had no idea what to do. He looked down and saw the chain pulled tight and moved a little closer to Naruto so the collar would not cut off his air supply. Slowly he wrapped his arms around the crying blond and started to rub his back. The raven haired boy felt the warmth of the tears and blood seep through his blazer and shirt. At the moment he did not care if it ruined his shirt.
There were noises outside and suddenly the door was pushed in by Tsunade. He looked over his shoulder at her with a ‘what else was I supposed to do’ look.
Hell, what else was he supposed to do?
Tsunade paused before she continued in to the bathroom and looked back at the two boys. Sasuke sat legs folded under him all prim and proper holding the blond who was laying slightly on his side face buried in the raven haired boys chest. Naruto was shaking and sobbing at the same time. Tsunade looked at Sasuke as he gently held the crying blond. He looked worried and confused as he rubbed Narutos back. That’s when she saw the blood on the seat of Narutos pants. She hurried over to them and gently pulled Narutos face away from Sasukes chest and swore when she saw the cuts and again when she saw he was tied to the sink.
She ran a hand threw his hair and he shuttered.
“Naruto its ok I’ll be back in a flash. I’m getting bolt cutters to get you out.”
She left out calling the police and ambulance.
Naruto did not respond and put his face back to Sasukes chest as soon as she let go. She paused again looked back at the blood on his pants and shook in silent fury. He had been raped she was sure of it.
“Tsunade I’ll stay with him go get the bolt cutters.”
She looked at Sasuke the cold voice hid the emotions she was sure he felt. She nodded and left the bathroom. Kiba was standing just outside the door.
“Kiba don’t let anybody but me and teachers in there got it.”
“Yes ma’am.”
As soon as Tsunade left Sasuke slouched a little and let how he felt show across his face. His father and brother did not like to show emotion they said it was weak. Said that if an opponent could tell how you felt about some thing they could use it against you. Normally he did not let anything to get to him enough to get him to show how he felt.
How did he feel, he should be embarrassed that a guy was crying on him. But Naruto felt so warm against his chest and it bothered him that the normally loud mouthed blond was reduced to this. It was almost as if he cared.
‘NO! I don’t care about some gutter trash, I do not like having him against my chest.’
Why should it bother him, it did not affect him. He was not the one chained under the sink with his face cut up. Hell after this Naruto probably would have the rest of the school year off. It was just an imposition to have the school dunce crying on him.
‘That’s right its just an imposition to have this scum crying on me.’
The blond sniffled and held on tighter to Sasuke when the door opened and Tsunade and Asuma walked in. Sasuke snapped his emotionless face back in to place and looked on as the two teachers approached.
Tsunade knelt next to Sasuke and took the crying boy from him. He stood up and moved out of the cramped space. Holding the blond in her arms Tsunade put her hand under his chin and pushed his face up to look at the cuts. They were deep and still bleeding, she grabbed some paper towels and held them to the cuts. The pressure made Naruto whimper and try to pull his face away. The boys jerk pulled the choke chain tight making the blond gasp and lean back.
“Naruto its ok I have to stop the bleeding.”
Tsunade was reaching for Narutos face and before she touched him he closed his eyes and winced. It was like he expected to get hurt. Sasuke put his hands in his pockets and watched as the blond who not so long ago would stare down a fist on a crash corse with his nose, flinched every time Tsunade tried to touch his face.
Naruto did not want any one to touch his face it hurt to much as is, beside he had a lot of recent memories about hands near his face not being good thing. Tsunade was persistent though and the second time he ended up pulling the collar tight and choked himself she told Asuma to cut it. The blond had not seen Asuma because he had stepped back in to a stall to give Tsuande more room to work. As he stepped out and Naruto saw him the blond froze. When he took another step to the blond, the blond gave an involuntary shutter and tried to make himself as small as possible.
The lock on the link of the choke chain was less then two inches away from the base of Naruto’s neck. And Asuma not knowing how thick of chain he needed to cut brought the big bolt cutters. As the cold head of the bolt cutter grazed the back of the blonds neck he panicked. He jerked forward choking himself then lurched back landing on his rump making a pained sound. Despite the fact Asuma had backed away and that Tsunade was trying to calm him he hid back under the sink pressing himself in to the farthest corner.
Naruto did not know these people that well and he sure as hell did not trust them. Tsunade was being nice now but he had seen her wrath more than once when he had been sent to the principles office. Asuma, well he did not have any class’s with the guy but he knew he was a chain smoker and always smelled like smoke. Naruto did not like cigarettes and had several recent burns to give an explanation as to why. Plus Asuma was big strong and could hurt him. Just like the other man did.
Tsunade was on her knees talking softly to him. The man also had a woman there for some of it. She was nice to him until he did what she wanted. Then she did some horrible things to him, tied him up and forced him to please her as the cold man watched and laughed. Tsunade reached out and tried to touch his shoulder. Naruto squeaked and shied away.
Tsunade was already worried and the fact that Naruto had not said anything yet was not helping to ease her fears. Just then two EMTs came in and Naruto seamed to shrink. When they tried to pull him out Naruto panicked again. He was not letting any body near him let alone touch him. She was mentally kicking herself when Sasuke walked over and keeled next Naruto.
“Hay dobe get out.”
Naruto looked out from under the sink at the raven haired boy. The odd little smile that had briefly graced the pale face oozed confidence. That if he said the sky was green it would be. Why should he do anything Sasuke wanted the last time they met the ice bastard had pinned him to a wall.
Sasuke dropped his knee so he was sitting.
“Naruto come on it will be ok.”
The way he said it made Naruto want to believe him. The absolute sincerity in it was as if he just stated an obvious fact.
Naruto practically tackled Sasuke and buried his face once more in to the warm chest. Sasuke would not hurt him, not like that. He might punch him but it would not hurt like what the awful man did to him.
Tsunade was surprised that Naruto responded to Sasuke she knew that they often got in to fist fights and that naruto was normally was the loser of the fight. But then there was also that understanding to not rat on each other.
The EMTs saw there chance and pulled out a small needle filled with a sedative. Motioning for Sasuke to hold Naruto still the one needle wielder came up to them. Sasuke nodded when the wielder was close and got Naruto in a hold. Naruto was not wearing a belt so when his pants were tugged on they easily slipped down exposing his hip. The needle wielding EMT quickly injected the contents in to Naruto as Sasuke hugged him to his chest.
Naruto struggled briefly than slumped down putting his full weight on to Sasuke. Sasuke could still feel Narutos hands gripping the sides of his shirt and the occasional head movement. Slowly the grip relaxed and Narutos choppy breathing steadied in to a sleeping rhythm.
“He’s out.”
“Ok hold him still.”
Asuma came up and clipped the chain around the blonds neck. The EMTs rushed in and took Naruto from him. One held a sterile bandage to his face to stop the bleeding the other was calling out on the radio. Sasuke looked on as once again the blond was carted away on a stretcher.
The next hour was a blur the police came and took photographs and asked questions to both him and Kiba. When it was over Sasuke had a headache from hell and his shirt was annoyingly sticking to him. First period was almost over so he went to the bathroom to clean himself up. He went to the one closer to the principles office since the one by his locker still had police swarming it.
Looking in the mirror Sasuke was shocked to see how large the red spot was on the front of the navy blue blazer. Taking it off he realized that the blood had seeped through and that the white shirt under it was stained as well. He had a spare white shirt in his locker on the other side of the school. Grumbling to himself he set off for his locker making it there just as the bell signaling the end of class went off. The other students poured out of the class rooms and sure enough Sakura and Ino came up to him.
“Hi Sasuke would you like to OH my god what is on your shirt. Is that blood. Are you ok.”
“Not my blood.”
Sasuke tried to step around them to start for the bathroom to change but Ino stepped in front of him.
“You kicked some one’s ass. Your so strong Sasuke.”
Pure unadulterated admiration shone in her eyes.
It was creepy.
But then he was not going to say that he had been holding the crying Naruto. Or that it was Narutos blood from the cuts on his face. Sakura would start to cry or some thing and he hated emotional displays.
Ino still chattered on to her captive audience.
“Blah, Blah not like Naruto he’s such a loser. I don’t see why you have him as a friend Sakura.”
Ok this was enough. When Ino turned to Sakura to point out Narutos numerous bad qualities he stepped past and slipped in to the nearest bathroom. He changed shirts and tossed the blood soaked one in to the trash.
Walking to his next class he passed the principles office. Through the glass walled office he could see the teachers having a meeting. At least now he would not get marked late Iruka was in the office. Stepping in to the class room he saw the instructions on the board and went to work. Kiba could not keep his mouth shut and by the end of the day all the students knew that Naruto was the reason the boys bathroom was closed off.
After school the school council held its weekly meeting Sasuke did not mind having to stay late. His parents were off somewhere for a opening of another branch of the family company. His brother was off at collage and the huge house was empty. It was lonely the house was kept in perfect condition and had a stiff feeling to it. It was a doll house kept perfect to show off the power of the Uchida’s to intimidate any guest that his parents had over.
The council meeting went quickly the teacher presiding over it had notified them of new precautions that were going in to effect tomorrow because some one had broken in to the school. Teachers would be outside the school from 6 in the morning to start of school and for a hour after school. The police would be patrolling around more often. The school dance might have to be canceled as well, this brought on groans from some of the other members. They had worked there ass’s off to get the dance. Tenten the vice president for the 10th grade stood up and slammed her hands down on the table.
“Why sensei. What happened that would cause all this.”
She was a great speaker and was the one that had convinced the parents association to let them have the dance in the first place.
Gai sensei sighed and looked at the angry girl.
“You all know that the police were here today.”
“NARUTO. This is because of that loud mouthed dunce.”
“It could of been any of you found cut up under the sink. And he did not chain himself there.”
“Any of us are smart enough to not get caught up in shit that would put us in that position.”
The senior class president had not liked Naruto ever sense the blond had changed his campaign banners to say that he was gay.
“Plus he is the only person from the slums. He should not have brought his outside occupation in to the school.”
The conversation would have continued to bash Naruto if Gai had not stepped in and in his overly enthusiastic way and said that they would find a way to keep the dance. (The diligence of youth or some shit.)
Sasuke could not care for the dance, it required him to put up with invitations from the majority of the female school body. Getting dressed up only to spend the night sipping cheep punch and listening to the twits fight over who he would dance with. Still it was better than staying at his empty house listening to the echos.
The council meeting closed with a few resolution. Tenten would talk to the parents association about adding security measures and that they would help the city orphanage in two weeks for charity. As he was gathering up his things and shoving them in to his back pack Gai sensei came up to him.
“Sasuke would you mind running Naruto’s school work to him.”
“What, why me. Shouldn’t he still be in the hospital.”
“Well you helped him this morning and he has already been released. You were the only one that did not chime in when we were ‘discussing’ him.”
Gai sensi flashed a ultra white smile and a peace sign.
“And I think you’re the only one who’s not afraid to go to his house.”
Sasuke nearly fell over at the obscurity of it.
“You asked the others and they said no.”
“Right.”
Gui sensi went in to one of his tirade’s about friendship and youth and ten minuets later Sasuke was on his way Narutos house with a folder of work for the blond. Mostly to shut the man up.
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It was getting late the street lights were just coming on. Sasuke looked down at the address on the sheet of paper in his hand.
“You lost handsome.”
“No.”
The raven haired boy pushed the scantily clad whore away from him. She smelled bad and he could see the track marks on her arms.
Cursing Naruto for the zillionth time Sasuke continued down the street. He was at least a mile from the school, the secretary that gave him Narutos address said that the blond walked so it could not be that far.
Sasuke had felt like walking so he did. He would call a cab to take him back to his house as soon as he gave Narutos parents the folder of school work. The blond would more then likely not do any of it. So this would be a wasted effort. He just wanted Gai sensei to stop the embarrassing display of what ever it was he was doing, so he said he would take the blond the folder.
He thought that the short walk(ha) would give him time to clear his thoughts. Why did he let Naruto cry on him. He did not actually care about the loud mouth did he.
As the blocks passed by his thoughts swirled around not reaching any thing close to a conclusion. Looking up at a crumbling building he saw the faded broken sign.
Fox Tower.
The five story dump had broken windows and cracks in the cement walls. Somewhere a baby cried and a tv was on. Looking back at the paper in his hand he confirmed that this was indeed the place he was looking for.
Going up the few steps of the stoop he kicked a beer bottle sending it clanging in to more then a dozen empties on the first step. The outer door was missing and trash was piled up in the hallway. It absolutely reeked, some of it must of been there for over a week. Jumping one pile to get to the stairs he landed on a rat the size of a large cat. It squealed and Sasuke started taking the steps two at a time.
The second floor stairs was missing the banister and he could hear shouting from one of the apartments near the stairs. An ugly old woman came out and swore at him. He went up the stairs faster than he had ever had climbed stairs before.
Finally he reached the third floor. Narutos apartment was 304 so it had to be on this level.
Turning away from the stares and down the hall the raven haired Sasuke jumped a pile of rat infested trash and landed on a used diaper. His face turned green and his eye twitched, as he shook the retched thing from his shoe.
How could Naruto stand this. How could any living being stand to live in this dump. There were more rats and cockroaches in this one building alone than all the other places Sasuke had ever been combined.
Reaching the door with a faded place for a 3 and a zero 4 hanging crooked, the dark haired boy knocked. The tension and disgust starting to show on his pale perfect face. Not getting a response and getting more perturbed by the second he slammed his fist in to the door in a brutal mockery of knocking.
On the forth slam there was a snapping sound and the door swung inward half off its hinges. Swearing to him self Sasuke stepped in shouting hello.
Not getting a response the pale teen set the folder on to the table and was turning around to head for the door when he noticed some thing.
The house was clean.
There were a few ramen cups about and there was no way to cover up the odor the entire building was shrouded in. A well worn couch in front of a small tv on a frayed rug was in the living room. The place was sparse but organized. The kitchen was opposite the living room and had a few cups in the sink and one lone pot sat on the stove. The only thing that separated the kitchen from the living room was that the kitchen had a linoleum floor. Other wise it was just one room. The same size as his bedroom he thought. There were only two doors other than the one leading out. Sasuke could see that one led to a tiny bathroom the other to what must of been a bedroom.
Realizing that he had been gawking the dark eyed teen spun on his heal to get the hell out of there. So what if the house was clean in a festering dump. He had finished his task and had no reason to be here.
Sasuke took two steps then tripped over some thing warm and fuzzy. Landing on his face he rolled over to look at what had tripped him. He thought he would see a dog or maybe a very fat cat. Definitely not the obscenely huge rat that gazed at him with beady black eyes. Freezing at the sight of the monster not wanting to draw it’s attention any more than he already did. Thank fully the beast just wiggled its nose at him and scurried away in to the bedroom.
Sasuke let out the breath he had been holding. That thing could of no shit, chewed his legs off. Or given him rabies or bubonic plage or something. Getting back to his feet he was almost to the door when he heard a low pained groan.
Turning toward the sound as it repeated he figured that it was coming from the bed room where that monster rat had just gone. That meant there was some one in there with the rat.
He called out and got no response. Curiosity got the best of him and Sasuke went to the bedroom. The door leading in to it was already open so he just peeked in.
“Holy shit.”
The rat was on the bed chewing on the bloody bandages that covered Naruto’s face. One clawed paw on Narutos chin and hairless tail hanging off the edge on the bed. There were several smaller rats on the bed squeaking and wiggling there noses, disturbed by Sasuke’s shout. The old quilt that had been covering the boy had slipped off and Sasuke could see the bites on other parts of Naruto’s tanned flesh. One of the rats bit the blonds hand and there was a pained groan and slight movement but then Naruto stilled, having never evan opened his eyes.
With a feral roar Sasuke charged in to the room and hit the giant rat off of Naruto. The giant rat was not pleased with this and bit Sasukes hand. The raven haired teen jerked away and the rat started to climb back on to the bed beside Naruto. Grabbing a letter opener from the desk next to the bed Sasuke stabbed the monster in the back . The thing screamed and clawed ripping a hole in the sheet. It was still trying to go forward and bit Sasuke again on the arm.
The raven haired teen flung the creature across the room where it slammed in to a wall with a sickening crack. It twitched then held still, letter opener still protruding from its back.
Another pained grown from the form on the bed and he looked back. The smaller rats had taken the monsters place. He knocked them all off the blond earning several more bites and scratches.
Finally the last of the rats had retreated leaving Sasuke alone with the sleeping Naruto.
The raven haired teen looked over Naruto and saw that some of the bites were deep and they sure as hell needed cleaning. Sitting on the edge of the bed he shook Narutos shoulders.
“Wake up dobe.”
Naruto grumbled but did not wake.
“Damn it.”
Sasuke looked over to the night stand and saw the numerous pill bottles. Picking one up he read the label. It was a powerful sedative and so were the majority of the others on the night stand. He got the point, Naruto could not wake up.
“Where are your parents dobe. If they are going to dope you up like this they should at least protect you from the rats. I’ll just stay with you until they come back.”
Naruto just mumbled incoherently and Sasuke sat on the bed looking around the room.
A green folder caught his attention from the desk. Getting up he looked through the contents. It was non of his business but if he was going to stay here he might as well be entertained. The folder contained release paper work.
“What, you were really at juvi, I though you were just trying to impress people.”
Sasuke glanced at te sleeping form on the bed and continued to perusal the papers in the folder.
One paper fell to the floor and as he picked it up he saw the stamped seal and the official government of Konoha symbol. Reading the paper he looked back at the sleeping blond.
The paper granted him emancipation from the Konoha orphanage upon his 16th birthday which it stated was last year. Naruto, he knew was not 16 he turned 14 at the start of school. But what nagged at him was the fact he was emancipated from the orphanage. There were no parents for him to wait for, Naruto lived alone. The other papers in the folder were the requirements for him to live on his own. Job, house, school he had to have all of these or else he would return to the orphanage.
Naruto had no one to protect him from the rats or the creep that tied him under the sink.
Sasuke slammed the paper down and turned to the blond on the bed. The load noise made Naruto groan and twitch in his sleep.
“Come on dobe, I’ll take you home with me. There’s no rats to chew on you there.”
Sasuke gathered all of the medications from the night stand and put them in to his backpack. He wrapped Naruto in an old quilt and pulled out his cell phone.
He called the cab he usually used. The guy had a second job as his parents limo driver but since they were out of town he was driving a cab.
After he hung up the phone he started to pick the blond up, but Naruto started to swat at him and weakly struggle.
“It’s me dobe. Damn it.”
Naruto had pushed him away and he lost his grip on the struggling blond. Naruto slumped to the floor with a thud.
Sasuke just about growled at the boy at his feet. Crouching down he wrapped one of Narutos arms around his shoulders and one of his own around the medicated blonds waist. He stood and Naruto was unsteady on his feet next to him. Slowly they started there journey down the stairs and out of this hell hole.