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Desert Flowers Still Have Thorns Completed	By : Royality Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male > Naruto/Sasuke Views: 1296 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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In mostly darkness, Kabuto sat staring intensely at a wall. His face was unwavering, his yellow and green slit eyes completely focused. He had been sitting there for hours now, trapped in his own thoughts. It wasn't until Sakura came, gently putting a hand onto one of his shoulders, did he even stir. "Kabuto...the new subject is ready..." While speaking, Sakura placed her other hand on her swollen belly. The man turned, his eyes now focusing on the pregnancy bump that Sakura was carrying. Giving a sigh, he stood, the eyes closing behind his rounded glasses. "Very well."

He did not seem excited by the news, but rather disappointed. How many test subjects would fail before he could finally gain what he was looking for. Turning his head before leaving with the woman, he took one final gaze at the wall he was staring out. There were large test tubes, easily the size to fit an adult into, all lined up and dimly lit in a room. While some held what looked like cocooned-like bodies, some of them were also blatantly empty, with nothing but bubbles to fill their watery voids. Most noticeably, what remained empty, out of the nine open tubes and the tenth enclosed, were numbers one, six, and nine. The tenth tube was covered, sealed away by metal doors. There was not telling what was or wasn't inside of it.

It was rare that Gaara ventured out of his home alone. Even if he wasn't traveling with his guards or advisors, he usually had, at least, Shiro at his side. And it usually wasn't around 3 AM, when he traveled under the cloak of night to his friend's farmhouse and let himself inside. It was a bit startling for Naruto and Sasuke to see Gaara standing over them as they were sitting at their low table, watching some late night movie, while topping off a few beers. Slightly buzzed, Naruto looked up, though he wasn't alarmed. "Hey...Gaara? What...are you doing here?" Sasuke looked as well, eyebrows raised. He didn't mind Gaara coming over, but a little warning could have been nice. He could of, at the very least, knocked.

"Sorry for the intrusion, but I wanted to ask you a few questions. They have been on my mind and it couldn't wait any longer." This time, Naruto's eyebrows were the ones that were raised, as Gaara's eyes seemed to lock onto him. "Oh...kay." Shooting a nasty glare, Sasuke burned his gaze onto Naruto as well, before pushing himself up. "I'm going to put on some tea. You two have at it and try not to break anything..." The gulping swallow could be heard from the blond's throat as he laughed nervously.
"Hah....I guess I know why you're mad. Look, Shiro had a pretty good...Gaara? Gaara, are you alright?" The Kazekage had feel to his knees, his face finally breaking the sternness it held. "So it is true...tell me what you know. Please..."
Naruto blinked, moving over to try to comfort his friend, but not really sure how. He was all hands when it came to this sort of thing, the alcohol was not helping. "Wait...wait...it's not that bad. Okay, see, Shiro was working with Jugo back in the Hidden Leaf. Swapping information about some poisons, ya know. Sakura burned Jugo pretty bad, since he was the one who ratted her out to the ANBU...and uh..." Turning, Gaara looked with sad eyes to Naruto. "Jugo? Sasuke's Jugo?"
"....Well, you don't have to call him that..." The jealous lover's eyebrow twitched at such a title. "Anyway, the swap was for information on Orochimaru's old faculties. It was some pretty...disturbing info, Shiro was scared you'd act rashly...but then again, he wasn't. Hey, are you guys in love or what? I can't pin you...
"Don't be ridiculous. Of course not."
"Ouch...You know, he said something like that too, but he was still worried about telling you. You know, he might not have a lot of time left. Orochimaru was never really able to get past the few years that the bodies he took over started to reject him. Shiro thinks that he might have the same problem and Kabuto might have put it there on purpose like a safety net or something..." Naruto watched as Gaara's eyes narrowed. "Course, if you don't love the guy, what do you care..."
"Of course I care! It's not...It's not as simple as that..."Scoffing, Naruto moved away to finished off his can.
"Yeah, whatever." When Sasuke returned, he offered Gaara a cup of tea to calm his nerves, taking a seat next to him. To his surprise, Gaara turned those desperate green eyes to him now. "You were eaten by Orochimaru, Sasuke. What was it like?"
"..Wh..what? What does that have to do with anything?" In uncensored terms, Gaara described what Shiro had done to himself and explained the nightmares. Sasuke watched and listened, though was obviously uncomfortable. All of this sounded entirely too familiar. "It's...possible...but Orochimaru liked his bodies to be very well trained for personal takeover. It's...also possible that he used a portion of himself to...do that...to Shiro, but looking at the time frame, he was either already dead or at least, too sick to do something so extreme."
Gaara gave a nod, sighing before sipping the hot tea into his wrecked body. "Maybe it wasn't a snake, after all. Maybe it was something else entirely. Shiro said they are dreams, blurs at best..."
"That just means we have to find Kabuto and kick his ass before we run out of time, right? It'd be easier if we knew what he was up too..." Naruto laughed, at first, before also sighing. "If we knew what Sakura was up too..." All three men gave a nod then, each having their own reasons to wanting to put a stop to this madness.
In the middle of that night, Sakura's screams echoed throughout the underground palace. With legs spread on a table, she pushed and struggled, finally giving birth. Kabuto was in front, a towel out to catch and clean the infant boy as it finally emerged. "There you are...isn't he beautiful?" Sakura was only allowed to see the infant for a moment before it was taken away from her. She was not sad, knowing he was going to a better place. She was left to clean herself up, healing her own body before putting a robe on. Together, her and Kabuto walked to an altar, where the newborn was laid. The summoning ritual was already written out on the floor, and Sakura watched. There was a blinding flash as Kabuto called upon a creature, who was trying to be sealed against its will inside the baby. It struggled, howled, and fought, but finally broke free. Another failure.
Sakura thought she'd be use to it, but still turned her head away when they failed. All the remained on the alter were ashes. Kabuto's wicked grinning face turned back into an emotionless passive, as he stood from his squatted position on the floor. "You would think that this one would be the easiest. I'm not wasting any more time. If he won't join with a new host, it has to be the original." Turning to Sakura, his eyes looked upon her in disappointment.
"You were suppose to give me my children. What a failure, you are." The cruel words shocked Sakura, her pale green eyes watering over.
"No! No wait! I can do better! Let me try again!" Grabbing Kabuto's arm, he pulled away.
"We'll see about that." Turning his back to her, he left to head to his usual sitting spot again. Standing speechless, Sakura stared with tears coming out of her eyes. She turned to look at the altar, at the ashes that were all that remained of her latest son. A calm resolve came over her, as if she regained her confidence. "Kabuto! Kabuto, wait!" Barefooted, she chased after her lover.
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