Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ The Emerald Key ❯ Chapter 5

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

“Well this is a surprise,” an unfamiliar voice greeted the trio as someone stealthily entered the clearing. The blond slave whimpered and quickly darted behind the much taller brunet, fearing one of the staff had found them. Frightened sapphires peeked from around Itachi as the footsteps came closer and closer. Naruto trembled at the newcomer’s broad smile. “I should have known you’d pull something like this Ita-kun,” the blue skinned shark man jeered, “No wonder you were being so touchy earlier. It’s nice of you to get me a souvenir though,” he added, leering at the still trembling blond and angelic being. He then reached out a massive hand toward the unconscious figure in his partner’s arms.
The raven haired CEO glared at the taller man and grasped the offending wrist. The shark man let out a yelp from the vise like grip; he could hear the bone beginning to pop. “They’re not for you, Kisame,” Itachi said with a calmness that belied the anger lying just below the surface. Kisame gulped and backed off.
“Ok, ok! I get it! No touchy the merchandise. Yeesh!” the taller man muttered, shaking his now very bruised and sprained hand. “Plane’s this way,” Kisame said, turning back the way he came.
Itachi gave the blond a reassuring smile. “Don’t let that idiot scare you,” he said, placing a hand on the boy’s head. “He’s always like that.” He then began following his partner off into the jungle.
“Oi! Ita-kun!” grumbled Kisame, “That was harsh.”
“It’s the truth,” the brunet shot back, the barest hint of a smile on his perfect lips. “Why I keep you on as VP, I’ll never know.”
“Heh, that’s because you’re too busy to notice my natural good looks!” the shark like VP retorted, “The girls can’t keep away. I have to beat ‘em off with a ten foot pole!”
“Hn,” was the CEO’s reply. “As if anyone’d be insane enough to date you.”
“Y’know, if you weren’t so darned good at running things, I’d quit a long time ago.” Kisame fired back.
“Then why don’t you? It’s not like you’re really doing anything beneficial for us anyway,” snapped Itachi.
“I feel soooo loved,” Kisame said with mock hurt.
The fox boy let out a nervous chuckle. “You two are really good friends huh?” he asked, feeling a bit comforted by the two men’s good-natured bickering.
“Yep that’s us kid,” the much taller man smirked, “pals through thick and thin.”
“Don’t believe a word he says, Naruto,” his raven haired lover warned. “I only tolerate him because he does take away some of the more menial work on my schedule.”
“Yeah well, at least I don’t let it pile up like someone I know,” came another retort.
Itachi just smiled. He knew the shark man was teasing; there’d be no way that an Uchiha would ever procrastinate.
“Well here we are,” the blue skinned man piped upon reaching an abandoned airstrip. A very large and sleek black jet that looked like something only the military would ever use rested silently on the abandoned and weed covered tarmac on the far side of the island. Naruto stared at it in awe, having never seen anything like it before. A combination of excitement and trepidation filled the blond slave, causing him to shift nervously from foot to foot.
“There you are Itachi-san!” a young, well at least she looked young, and rather busty blond woman called running over to them. “What’s going on?! I was expecting the worst!”
“Tsunade…” the CEO started.
“Oh my!” their private doctor cried, finally noticing the battered teen in her employer’s arms. “What are you idiots doing standing out here like this?! This kid needs medical attention IMMEDIATELY!!!!” she bellowed, making the poor blond squeak with fear.
“Why did you think I’d request that Kisame bring you?” Itachi replied, cool as a cucumber, being used to the medic’s sudden outbursts and occasional drinking binges.
“Hmph!” the busty blond huffed and made to grab the winged boy.
“Don’t you touch him!” growled Naruto, glaring at her and standing between her and his trainer.
“Oh isn’t he cute?!” Tsunade grumbled sarcastically, “Look gaki…”
“It’s alright, Naruto,” interrupted his raven haired god, “Tsunade won’t hurt him.” He shot his doctor a warning glance that promised great pain and suffering if she so much as hurt a single feather.
Being the strong willed and bull headed woman that she was, Tsunade returned the Uchiha ‘Glare of Ultimate Doom’ with one of her own. “As if I’d hurt one of my patients intentionally!” she spat indignantly.
Naruto whimpered, never really comfortable around medical people, no thanks to a certain silver haired, four-eyed, sadistic creep. It took all his will power and the CEO’s firm yet gentle grip on the blond’s shoulders to keep him from attacking the woman.
“He’s going to be just fine, gaki,” she said matronly. “I’m the best doctor there is. If I wasn’t, there’d be no way this fool would hire me.”
“Hn,” was Itachi’s reply.
Naruto nodded, not trusting his voice at the moment, concern for his once trainer and lover written on every inch of his tanned and slender body.
“Oi!!!” shouted a tall blond with a top knot as he came running up to the small group. “Everything’s set, un!” he said with a manic grin on his somewhat girlish face. “This is gonna be my best masterpiece yet, un!” A glint of infinite joy shone in the bright blue eye that wasn’t hidden the long golden bangs that covered half his face.
“Ch. Crazy arsonist,” muttered the shark man, shaking his head and boarding the jet.
“That’s ‘artist’ to you sushi man, un!” spat the taller blond. “Hmph. A peasant like you wouldn’t know art if it went and bit you in the…”
“Deidara,” came the CEO’s warning voice. He’d seen the bit of clay the slightly younger ‘employee’ was fiddling with. He’d learned the hard way that clay and Deidara was a very dangerous combination.
The blond ‘artist’ had a very volatile ‘artistic temperament’ and would love nothing more than to blow his ‘employer’ to kingdom come. He had originally been hired by a rival of Akatsuki Inc.’s to blow up one of their branch offices in Earth Country. Obviously that didn’t go so well. All the raven haired corporate weasel had to do was to hint that Akatsuki Inc. had enough evidence on him to put him away for life. Poor Deidara had no choice but to submit to Itachi and become his ‘employee’ for life.
True, the blond arsonist couldn’t really complain. His ‘employer’s’ firm had many, many rivals and enemies so he had plenty chances to practice his ‘art’, so he didn’t mind too much that he had practically been shanghaied into the Uchiha’s service.
“Yeah, yeah. I know. No art on the plane, un.” He gave a pout that could remind one of a spoiled child who’d just been denied his favorite candy treat. He then reluctantly handed the brunet the lump of clay. Itachi stared at it like it was the foulest thing on the planet and quickly tossed it away into the jungle. A few seconds later, there was a small explosion from where the clay had landed. “Damn it, un,” the taller of the blondes muttered under his breath as he hurriedly boarded the plane. “I was sure I had him that time, un!”
Naruto gave out another squeak, unnerved by the explosion and the blond’s comment. ‘What the heck have I gotten myself into?!’ he silently screamed. ‘Are people on the outside always crazy like this?’
His raven haired love couldn’t but help chuckle lowly, scooping up the blond fox boy into his arms. “Don’t worry about it, little kitsune. No one here will ever harm you. Both Kisame and Deidara know not to touch what’s mine.” With that said, Itachi placed a hungry kiss on Naruto’s petal soft lips before carrying him up the ramp bridal style.
Deidara let out a wolf whistle as the two lovers stepped onto the jet. “Looks like someone enjoyed himself, un!” he jeered only to be given the same glare Tsunade had received. The ‘artist’ immediately clammed up, the manic grin almost completely vanishing from his face. He then went back to fiddling with a small black box, anxious to finish his ‘masterpiece’.
Naruto’s eyes darted back and forth throughout the front section of the jet in search for his angelic friend. He began to whimper and squirm when he could find no sign of the woman or Haku. “Calm down, Naruto,” Itachi commanded soothingly as he gently placed the boy into one of the extremely plush seats, “They’re safe and in the back.”
The fox boy leapt to his feet, about to race toward the rear of the plane when the CEO placed a hand on Naruto’s chest and sternly pushed him back down. “It would do Haku no good if you went barging in there right now. Let Tsunade take care of him so he can get better.”
“B-But w-what if he w-wakes up and I-I’m not there?” he whined, sniffles starting to break through his speech.
“Aww cute, un!” the taller blond beamed from a few rows up. “Can I play with him when you’re done, Ita-danna, un?”
“Over my dead body, Deidara,” snapped the CEO, sitting down next to his kitsune once he’d gotten him properly buckled in.
“That can be arranged, un!” the blond arsonist smirked.
“Just try it,” Itachi countered, his voice never once breaking from its calm demeanor.
“Will you keep it down in here?!” bellowed Tsunade as she burst in from the onboard infirmary. “In case you didn’t notice, I’ve got a badly injured kid back here WHO NEEDS HIS REST!!!” The busty doctor then stomped back into the rear, muttering about idiot men and needing a strong drink.
Kisame, Deidara, and Naruto let out whimpers while Itachi remained his usual stoic self. He calmly buckled himself in and carefully took the smaller blond’s hand in his, squeezing it gently while rubbing a thumb against the palm. “It’ll be alright,” he whispered again. Naruto hung his head, saying nothing. He trembled, but gave the raven haired god a shaky smile, grateful for the comfort his lover was providing. “I’m sure you can go see him, once she’s got him stabilized.”
“P-Promise?” Naruto asked, sapphires shining with gathering tears.
“I promise,” Itachi said, lifting the small hand to his lips, causing the blond to blush due to the ‘audience’.
“Aww that’s so sweet I’m gonna get cavities,” muttered the shark man from his seat, but quickly looked away at his partner’s heated glare.
Itachi sighed, exasperated and exhausted by the day he’d just had. Pushing a button on one of the seat’s arms, he spoke up. “We’re ready to go when you are, captain.”
“Hai, Uchiha-sama,” came the pilot’s response.
A few minutes later, the slumbering black bird gave off a mighty roar and began to race down the runway, slowly leaving mother Earth’s embrace to soar merrily in the sky. Naruto gave a few whimpers then clung to his lover’s arm as the jet got higher and higher. Itachi smiled at his kitsune’s antics, musing at how adorable he was at the moment.
“I think now’s a good a time as any,” he said to the other blond as the jet finally leveled out.
“About time, un!” complained Deidara. He grinned like Carroll’s Cheshire cat and pressed a button on his little black box. Seconds later, ‘Elysium’ had changed from a hellish paradise to a true hell on Earth.
All at once it seemed as if the sun itself had burst out of the ground on that island, much like the goddess Amaterasu had come out of her underwater cave home so many millennia when the world was just leaving its first stages of infancy. The fires from the many explosions could be seen from half around the world. “Now that…” beamed the psychotic artist as he gazed out the window admiring his handiwork, “is true art, un!” The flames were as many colors as there were stars in the sky as they danced and leapt throughout the building and surrounding grounds in their mad rush to quell their insatiable hunger. As the blond had said, to those who knew and appreciated the finer qualities of explosives it was indeed a masterpiece of highest quality.
Naruto whimpered upon seeing the mushroom cloud filling the sky. His raven haired lover wrapped his arms around him in a comforting embrace. “Didn’t I promise I’d get you out of there?” he teased slightly, nipping gently at one furry ear.
“T-thank you, Itachi-sama,” the fox boy sniffled, leaning back into Itachi’s warmth. “I-I love you.”
“And I you, little kitsune,” the CEO whispered passionately, choosing to save his kisses for when they didn’t have an audience.
“Cavities I tell you,” Kisame grumbled to himself, ignoring the still beaming and boasting Deidara.

Sakura: Whoo-boy! Never thought I’d get this part done. Not after what I’ve been through the past few weeks. Anyhoo, I thought we all needed a little silliness after the last couple chapters.
Sasuke: Why’d you have to go blow me up?! I’m an Uchiha! We don’t get blown up! >(
Sakura: Hmph! Consider that payback for 1)Making Sakura cry, 2)Almost killing Naru-chan, T_T 3) Shagging up with Orochi-sama, and 4)Dragon Flaming me last chapter!!! So there! 8P (sorry sis, I tried to save him, but just couldn’t come up with anything. Oy my poor head!!! -.-‘’’)
Tobi: And they say Tobi’s immature. Tobi’s a good boy!
Sakura: Go play with Dei-Dei Tobi!
Tobi: ‘K nice lady! Bye now! ^_^
Sakura: Crazy Uchiha’s. Yeesh! Anyhoo lemme know what you think now minna? Should I stop here or go on?
Tsunade: Dear kami don’t let her go on! Shizune!!! Where’s my sake??!!!!