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The Sound of Dreams	By : Zrina Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male > Naruto/Sasuke Views: 10808 -:- Recommendations : 3 -:- Currently Reading : 3
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AN: Just as promised, the Saturday update! T minus 4 chapters until we have smut! Just thought I would leave that tantalizing bit of info for you! Review responses after the story! As always, thanks for reading! I hope everyone is enjoying themeselves!.

CHAPTER 13

�Dammit, I knew he would find some way to fuck this up!� Sasuke thought furiously.

********* EARLIER THAT MORNING********

Naruto sat up in bed, blearily rubbing the grit out of his eyes. He had tossed and turned for awhile last night before finally settling down. He had missed Sasuke�s presence and felt uncomfortable lowering his guard in this strange place. Heaving a sigh, he crawled out of the luxurious bed and headed towards the bathroom. He was halfway there when a knock sounded on the door.

�Enter,� he said after making sure he was semi-presentable.

The same young lady from last night stepped timidly into the room. After watching her stand there for a long moment, he belatedly realized that she was waiting for orders. �Breakfast,� he said, trying not to grin from nervousness, �and lots of it.�

�Does Orochimaru-sama require assistance with his bath?� she asked quietly.

Something low in his gut twitched at the idea of this pretty young thing running soapy hands all over him. He then blamed those thoughts on his perverted teachers. �No, I�m fine.� He ignored the other part of his brain that was currently whining at him. Besides more interaction with those around him could mean possible exposure.

The red head nodded and moved to build up the fire to ward off the night�s chill. Naruto continued to the bathroom after giving a brief admiring glance to her rear end as she bent over the hearth.

After making use of the facilities, he felt energized enough to tackle the day. He walked out in his towel since he had forgotten to bring his clothes with him which was hardly unusual for him. Once he had made sure the servant girl was really gone, he quickly dressed, setting aside the hair tie until his blonde locks were drier (or Sasuke showed up, whichever came first).

A polite knock sounded before the door opened, admitting three different servants along with the red head. They were all carrying trays laden with steaming food. The dishes were laid out quickly and in total silence. Naruto tried not to fidget through the process and followed Sasuke�s advice about keeping his mouth shut.

Passing off her tray to another servant, the girl came over to where he sat on the couch. He tensed when she reached into a pocket, but relaxed again when she pulled out a hairbrush. With finely trembling fingers, she brushed out his hair and knotted the cord with efficient movements around his queue.

�Thank you,� he acknowledged when she was done.

She gave him a wide-eyed look. �Yo-your�re welcome, Orochimaru-sama.� With that she bowed and practically skittered out the door.

The door remained open long enough for Sasuke to walk inside. His eyes immediately surveyed the room, then landed on Naruto. The gaze lingered for a moment on his hair, but he said nothing. He wasn�t wearing the dark shirt underneath his gi and his pale skin and lithely muscled chest drew Naruto�s eyes.

�You really look girly in a purple bow,� Naruto commented, not bothering to wait between bites.

�Is there any particular reason why you keep obsessing over my clothes?� Sasuke asked as he calmly came over to the table, sitting down to eat.

�Besides the fact that you dress like a Slut-nin? Did you pick out those clothes or did Orochimaru dress you?� Naruto mentally winced. Why couldn�t he just learn to shut his mouth for once and not say the first thing that popped into his mind?

Sasuke felt his eyebrow twitch in irritation. �At least I never had to turn into a girl to get what I wanted.� He deliberately looked the blonde up and down. �Not that there is much difference.�

Naruto felt his eyes widen incredulously. �Did you just say I look like a girl, bastard?�

�One has to wonder why you are always changing into a girl all the time,� he continued insolently. �Maybe you are just more comfortable in that form.�

Just as Naruto opened his mouth to deliver another insult, there was a knock on the door. The two quickly shifted into more relaxed stances and acted like everything was normal. The younger ninja called for entry and the door opened to reveal Oushi. Naruto kept his eyes on his plate as he ate, allowing his bangs to fall concealing their blue color.

�Orochimaru-sama,� Oushi greeted as he stepped forward and bowed. �I understand you are not going to be staying long so I thought it important for you to review the test subjects before you leave.�

Naruto stilled. �Test subjects�� He ignored the warning look in Sasuke�s eyes and nodded. �I am available now. Give me just a moment.�

The man bowed again then exited the room, closing the door softly behind him.

�We don�t have time for this,� Sasuke hissed quietly.

�Yes, we do.� Naruto�s tone left no room for argument. His face went blank of all expression for a moment then Sasuke�s seal flared up like last time. As Naruto looked up with yellow eyes, the door flew open.

Oushi held his shoulder as his eyes darted around the room. �Is everything well, Orochimaru-sama?�

�Take me to the test subjects,� the blonde replied unequivocally. He stood and smoothly glided toward the door. The man glanced up into his eyes for a long searching look, then dropped his gaze as he moved aside.

Sasuke made sure the packs were in a place where they could be grabbed easily then followed. By the time he passed through the door, his seal had settled down to that annoying prickle.

Luckily in Oushi�s anxiousness he stayed a half step in front of Naruto thus unknowingly leading the way. �The new serum has produced some interesting results when it works. Unfortunately, it only works twenty-five percent of the time. When it doesn�t, the side effects are invariably fatal.� He shrugged nonchalantly. �But even the failures give us data to improve the serum.�

The casual brush of Sasuke�s knuckles against his hand made Naruto realize his fists were clenched. He forced himself to relax. He would find a way to shut the experiments down. Impersonating the snake had to be good for something. He felt a squirming and wriggling beneath the seal on his stomach.

Oushi led them to a spacious chamber that sunk down to a pit area. Along the walls of the pit were several barred doors. Naruto felt a fine tremor spread throughout his body. �The fucking inhumane bastard!� He was led down into the pit and along those cells. Oushi was commenting on each occupant but Naruto didn�t hear the diatribe. He was too busy trying to keep his rage in check as his eyes fell on the hapless victims of Orochimaru�s quest for power.

While none appeared older than twenty-five, some were young, younger than when he had become a genin. Weeping sores, discoloration of skin, some with twisted inhuman looking limbs were only a few of the side effects of the experiments. Almost all of them had hopeless, lost eyes. It was a fucking macabre nightmare of human suffering.

�Orochimaru-sama?� Oushi�s voice finally broke through his thoughts.

�Is there any way to reverse the side effects?� he almost panted.

Oushi blinked in confusion. �We haven�t bothered studying a possible reversal, Orochimaru-sama,� he said slowly. �We will dispose of the failures and obtain new specimens as needed.� Oushi was staring at him strangely.

Sasuke watched as red tried to consume yellow as Naruto�s rage expanded exponentially. Purple chakra suddenly surged around the younger boy as he doubled over in pain. At the same time Oushi and Sasuke both let out a strangled cry of pain as their curse seals flared and immediately spread to the second stage.

�Dammit, I knew he would find some way to fuck this up!� Sasuke thought furiously.

Naruto fought back a wave of pain in his gut as he felt Orochimaru�s presence trying to escape the seal. Sasuke�s familiar features twisted into something he had only seen once before but had left both a sad and frightening impact.

Black hair lengthened and greyed out. Alabaster skin darkened as the whites of his eyes went black and yellow irises appeared only to immediately shift into the crimson red of Sharingan. Lips changed to appear almost effeminate and purpled in color. The thick, black cross bridged his nose as claws formed. There was the ripping of cloth as two large hands burst from Sasuke�s back in a grisly mockery of wings, multiple fingers substituting feathers.

Short tight black hairs spread all over Oushi�s body as the hair on his head changed to the same color. His muscle mass easily tripled, ripping his clothes to shreds. Two horns sprouted from the sides of his head, curving out and then inwards like a bovine�s. A spined tail grew from his backside as his legs reformed to a more animalistic shape. Broad shoulders supported a thick neck, hinting that the horns were more than decorative. All in all he resembled a thickly muscled minotaur.

Oushi immediately tried to charge Naruto. Sasuke, resisting the almost overpowering pull towards the blonde, used one of his hand-shaped wings to thrust his unmoving friend out of the way. Naruto fell to the ground, arms wrapped around his stomach.

The bull-like creature changed targets and Sasuke quickly leapt to get out of the way. As he was clearing over the thing�s head, he felt that whip-like tail wrap around his right ankle. With a burst of speed, Oushi spun, jerking him around and causing the spines to dig into his flesh. As he was flung at the wall, he could feel the flesh around his ankle ripped to the bone.

The stone wall came rushing at him and he flared his wings, slowing his momentum. Adroitly flipping around, he was able to impact the wall with his feet. Fire seemed to race up his right leg, but he ignored it as he sprung toward the minotaur.

Balling his fist, Oushi charged again, intending on flattening the little punk. Sasuke suddenly folded his wings protectively around his body, allowing him to dive toward the floor. Hands and aching right leg bracing him at the last minute, he brought his left leg up in a vicious kick to the chin. The minotaur flew backwards and Sasuke easily righted himself. A wave of dizziness made everything blur sickeningly before clearing again. He glanced down at his ankle to see the yellowish green slime in the wound.

Oushi saw what he was looking at and smiled through the fang filled muzzle. �Won�t be long now,� he gloated in a deep bass voice. At that moment several Sound-nin entered the room, trying to assess the situation. �That�s an imposter,� Oushi rumbled, pointing a wickedly sharp claw at Naruto�s prone form. �Detain him!�

Sasuke moved to try to protect his friend but Oushi placed himself in between the two. The twisted angelic form felt another sickening wave hit him and he tried not to sway on his feet. He could feel the blood pooling around his foot, soaking into his pants. Tremors of pain from being in his altered form combined with the burning of the poison in his veins shook through his body.

Oushi lowered his great bull-like head and charged again. At that moment, Sasuke felt the heady power of the curse seal drain out of him. Oushi, once more a lanky young man, stumbled in the middle of his collision course as pain rippled through the both of them with the ebbing of power.

Gritting his teeth, Sasuke ignored his body and smoothly pulled out his sword. Two slashes executed faster than the eye could see and Oushi lay on the ground lifeless. He stood wavering over his fallen enemy for what seemed a long moment before he forced himself to take a step towards the others now around Naruto.

Naruto had finally shut down all influence Orochimaru and the snake�s chakra had on the two warriors. He now understood that like with Kyuubi, getting angry while channeling the Sannin�s chakra was a bad idea. His loss of control was the reason that Sasuke was injured and he himself was being held.

Without hesitation, Sasuke formed the seals that he needed one handed. He breathed out and the flames erupted, quickly engulfing the area. The other shinobi released Naruto without second thought as they flinched back and moved to escape the area. The former Leaf-nin jumped adroitly away from the flames, flipped over to land by his companion.

�Kage Bushin no Jutsu!�

Now outnumbered ten to one, the dozen enemy shinobi quickly spread out. Some appeared to be re-evaluating whether it would be wise to stay. A loud chirping, crackling sound was heard as Sasuke pulled on his chakra reserves to form his full-body chidori. As far as the lower-level ninjas were concerned, that was the last straw. They quickly retreated through the door on the upper level.

�They will bring reinforcements,� Sasuke said as he let the chidori disperse. �We need to get out of here.�

Naruto shook his head. �Not until we get these people out of the cells. We�ll take them with us.�

�No!� Sasuke said sternly. �We can�t do anything for them and they�ll just slow us down.�

�Dammit, Sasuke, we can�t just leave them here!� He stopped as he realized something. Sasuke knew about this place. He had been here before. �You knew they were here and you weren�t going to do anything to help them! You cold fucking bastard!�

�They�re not coming and that�s final!� Sasuke moved up to the door and quickly looked out to see if the enemy had started back their way yet.

Naruto growled. He would not leave these people here. He had several of his clones go to the different cells and start removing seals and breaking locks.

Sasuke fought off another wave of dizziness and turned to see what was taking the dobe so long. He saw the prisoners being released and couldn�t hold in an uttered, �Fuck.� He should have known. Damn Naruto and his fucking need to save everyone! He closed the door with a forceful slam and desperately looked around for something to block it with. Finding nothing that couldn�t be broken through in a matter of seconds, he pulled out some explosive tags and started placing them on the door. At this rate the idiot was going to get them killed! Finishing his work he turned and surveyed the pitiful wretches through narrowed eyes.

He moved away from the door and grabbed the nearest Naruto, not caring if it was a clone or not. �What the hell do you think you�re doing? It is going to be hard enough just to get us out of here.� The clone looked down at Sasuke�s ankle and then grabbed one of the dark haired shinobi�s kunai from his pouch. �What are you doing now?� he growled out. The clone ignored him and cut a strip off of his ripped shirt. Kneeling down, the clone tightly wrapped his injury. The room spinning caused him to place a hand on the clone�s shoulder. Worried blue eyes watched him as he abruptly straightened when he realized he was showing weakness.

�No one deserves what they�ve gone through, Sasuke. Even if we can�t help them, we can take them to a village where someone might be able to,� the clone said softly.

�We have other things to do besides baby-sit a bunch of dead weight!� he growled.

�You need medical treatment as well,� the clone pointed out.

�We can get there faster without them and then move on. This will leak out. The other lairs won�t be easy to infiltrate and without Orochimaru showing up, people will start to think he is dead. Once that happens we can kiss the other scrolls good-bye!� he tried to explain to the imbecile.

�Dammit, Sasuke! Don�t you think of anyone else besides yourself?� Naruto demanded furiously.

�No, Naruto! My goal is the only thing that matters to me and the sooner you learn that the better!� he yelled back. He turned away from the stricken face only to look at another one wearing the same expression six meters away. He somehow knew it wasn�t a clone. His mouth tightened stubbornly, refusing to be apologetic for the truth.

After a moment, Naruto nodded. He knew. He should have remembered. But that didn�t mean he was going to give in. He had his own nindo that he lived by and abandoning those in need was not a part of it. He quickly dispersed all but thirty of his clones and started giving orders. First Aid, which had begun when the cells were opened, was quickly finished and everyone was moved away from the back wall. Two other clones hastily rounded up any kunai lying around as well as rope and deposited the equipment nearby. At the same time a dozen clones moved into a circle at the far wall and started molding chakra. Naruto knew that this would take its toll on his own reserves, but they had to get these people out of here safely.

Two clones formed a large Rasengan, the Oodoma Rasengan, and tilted their creation at an angle toward the wall. They kept channeling and kept pushing at the stone, pulverizing the rock with both the brute force due to the amount of chakra and the cutting edges swirling therein. As the clones started drilling to the surface, the others started readying the injured for the trip up the slowly forming tunnel.

Satisfied, Naruto turned and started walking to the door. �Where are you going, dobe?� Sasuke asked coldly.

�I promised to help you avenge your clan and the scrolls we�ve collected are important. I keep my promises,� he said before stepping around the traps and exiting the door.

TBC

wempu: I don't want to be responsible for your falling grades, so I will make sure that I post in a timely manner! Thank you so much for your enthusiastic response!! If I updated every other day, I would use up all the chapters that I have written and then you would have to wait a week at a time for me to write another one!! :D

Kim: I will probably write more stuff in the future, but I am a one-story-at-a-time gal. If I didn't, then I wouldn't be able to keep them all updated! Rest assured, I already have other plots in mind and I hope I will be putting them to digital paper so to speak in the future!

Avonne: Thanks for the IC vote. I am doing the best that I can, but sometimes it is hard to keep them in character when things go in a different direction than the official storyline!

Ana La Pana83: Don't sit so close to your monitor! You will ruin your eyes!! :D And don't worry, Sasuke had just caught Naruto off-guard with the "Pointy Object" conversation. Poor little Sasuke will be finding out very soon that Naruto is a bigger pervert than he ever thought of being!

Kirikou: Thanks for enjoying the story! The chapters keep getting off schedule from the outline I have about what occurs when because of little scenes like the yellow snow etc just pop into my head while I am writing! I'm glad you enjoy the interaction because there will be much more in the future as they spend more time together.

Deni: I am glad you enjoyed the story enough to leave your first comment! And I have to admit there are times when I skim through a story to make sure it has "good parts" *cough, cough* in it as well! Rest assured, the smut is on its way!! I also have to agree that it will be interesting to see how Naruto brings Sasuke back in the official manga. I can't really see Sasuke as being thankful that someone kicked his ass and drug him back to the place that he thought was holding him back. But, we'll see what they do!!

Nomme de Plume: Don't apologize for jumping to conclusions!! That's why author's write cliffhangers...so we can sit back and go *snicker* *teeheehee*... "I got them good this time!" Errrr, I mean so we can make sure to leave everyone wanting to read more!! Yeah, that's what I meant! *snicker, teeheehee*

Rabid_fangrrl: WOOT, I got licked!!!! /blush... Thanks, I try to watch my pacing! I have a tendency to want to go into details sometimes and at others, I almost feel like I get choppy when I am trying to get to a particular scene that I want to write!! As for our boys, you don't know how many times I have had to erase something I just wrote down for Naruto thinking "He doesn't use words like that!!" lol... Where I am currently writing in the story, Sasuke is starting to warm up and it is kind of weird writing him like that. My mind keeps telling me "Not bastardy enough!!" But the Ice Princess has to thaw out to some extent!

Tessa: Welcome aboard and thanks for the review! I am very glad you like the story! I was so nervous about posting this because I didn't think anyone would like it or would perhaps think it moves too slowly. I am glad you all proved me wrong!

Thank you to everyone else that has posted!! Yume, wendyghost, Kirai, Anna, LegaraLover, eien no ren (shares perverted grin), Kim, j_narusasu_c, featherededge (careful with those pies *evil knowing chuckle*) !!

Even though I don't respond to everyone, you all are wonderful! The "great story, keep it up!" remarks make me very happy and helps encourage my muse!!

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