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Deception - COMPLETE	By : kizukatana Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male > Naruto/Sasuke Views: 11937 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 3
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-xXx-
Gaara's eyes widened when he realized it was Sakura at his door. He saw her relax as he lowered the gun and stepped aside to let her in. He scanned the hallway to make sure she wasn't followed, then closed and locked the door behind them. His arm was burning and the room was spinning. He had taken another draught of the antidote, but it hadn't helped. Which meant it wasn't some sort of residual effect from the poison, but potentially something more serious. He needed a doctor...and the only doctor he trusted had just shown up at his doorstep. Gaara blinked, trying to see the trick. Life didn't work this way, delivering what you needed when you needed it. He had learned that lesson the hard way many years ago.
"How are you here?" he asked her suspiciously. If Sakura could find them, then presumably so could Mu. He realized that somehow Sakura had two of her fingers against his throat, taking his pulse. When had she gotten so close? Gaara tried to get his mind to focus. He would be useless if he was attacked in this condition.
"Gaara," Sakura said in a calm but concerned voice. "You have a fever and your pulse is elevated. I need you to lay down so I can examine you and find out what's wrong. You might be poisoned -"
"I took the antidote. My gunshot wound is infected," he grabbed her wrist, jerking it away from his throat. "Tell me how you knew where I was. I know Naruto didn't make contact."
Sakura didn't flinch. It wasn't the first time one of her boys had been afraid to trust help when it arrived. She kept her voice calm, her eyes locked on Gaara's so he could read them. "Sasuke has a friend who found one of your aliases on the passenger list for the train. He also hacked into the CIA systems and is monitoring them to see where they are searching. The CIA doesn't know you made it out of Suna. You're safe for now."
Gaara frowned at her statement. CIA? He hazily thought that if she was worried about the CIA, then they must have decided to double-cross him and Naruto now that the mission was over to cover their trails. His last thought before he blacked out was Fucking CIA. I knew they would be a pain in our ass.
Sakura grabbed Gaara as he fell forward, glad she was strong enough to drag the unconscious man back to the bed. Her training in the ER kept her from panicking. Gaara had said he was shot. There wasn't a lot of blood around, so that meant at least the bleeding was under control. That was good.
But he had a raging fever and his pulse was skyrocketing. Which meant that the wound was most likely infected. That was bad. She adjusted his body on the bed as best she could, then quickly set to work getting the needed supplies from her bag. She carefully unbuttoned his shirt, seeing the myriad of wounds covering his toned torso. As she gently pulled his arms free from the sleeves, the large bandage drew her attention. She removed it to find a properly stitched but angry-red bullet hole in his arm. Definitely infected.
She worked methodically and efficiently, treating all his wounds with antiseptic and injecting him with antibiotics that would clear the infection from his system. When she had done all she could, she arranged her supplies neatly on the table near the bed. Gaara would have to be monitored for fever and inflammation for the next twenty-four hours before he would be in the clear.
Sakura looked down at the handsome face that even in sleep never seemed to fully relax. She knew what had happened to Gaara as a child. Over the years he had told her parts and she had pieced together the rest. Gently, she brushed a lock of hair from his forehead.
When they first met, Sakura had felt particularly drawn to Gaara though she hadn't understood why. Now, knowing what she did, she wondered if he trusted her because somehow he sensed that she understood him. That she, too, knew what it felt like, to be used in ways a child should never be used by an adult...
A shiver passed through her. She would not focus on those memories. Not anymore.
-xXx-
Naruto lay on the bed, letting his hand run up and down Sasuke's side. They had barely made it to the bed from the shower. But now that the haze was cooling and the antidote was working, Naruto's brain was starting to kick in. He glanced at the nick on Sasuke's upper arm where his knife had grazed him. If he hadn't been slowed by the residual effects of the poison, it would have gone right into Sasuke's heart. The thought sent chills down Naruto's spine. This was the reason he had left Sasuke… the reason he should tell Sasuke to get off the train, fly back to New York, and forget Naruto existed.
Naruto swallowed. It was hard - knowing what the right thing to do was, and not sure he would be able to make himself do it. His hand shook as he brushed a finger against the small cut.
"Naruto, stop," Sasuke said, clearly reading the guilt and rising panic in Naruto's ever transparent eyes.
"Sasuke…."
"No," Sasuke said, his voice hard. "You are not going to use this tiny fucking scratch as an excuse to walk away from me again."
Naruto looked up, finding himself pinned by Sasuke's unrelenting stare. "It could have been a lot worse than a scratch, Sasuke. If I hadn't been slowed by the poison -"
Sasuke cut him off. "- then you would have recognized me sooner and not attacked in the first place."
Naruto huffed out a small breath, but couldn't dispute it. "Even without that, there's still the fact that your career would be over if anyone found out about us. Not to mention the serial killer waiting for me back in New York who has a habit of killing people I'm close to. Plus all my other enemies and even some of my friends in various criminal organizations that would view my relationship with you and your brother as a threat. How many reasons do we need, Sasuke? We don't make sense together."
It sounded to both of them like Naruto was trying to convince himself as well as Sasuke. Churning with emotions he couldn't handle, Naruto threw off the sheet and stood, walking over to his pack for a change of clothes.
"I see. So you're going to run away again without talking to me about any of this? That's bullshit, Naruto. All your reasons for walking away are about me and my life. That isn't your decision to make." Sasuke's voice was angry as he watched Naruto pull on a pair of jeans.
"I don't know if I can 'run away' again," Naruto said, tiredly, digging out a shirt and avoiding looking at Sasuke. "Even though I know it's the right thing to do," Naruto laughed bitterly at his own weakness. "You make me feel..." He drew a breath, stopping himself from saying more, not sure that it was an admission he should be making. It would be dangerous to let Sasuke know how much power he truly wielded over him. "But that doesn't mean I'm going to just blindly drag you down with me, Sasuke."
Sasuke stood and walked over to Naruto, ignoring his own nudity, "No one is telling you to act blindly. But you don't have all the information, either."
Naruto looked at Sasuke, and felt an ache in his chest that had nothing to do with the wounds he had received. "Alright," Naruto said. He wasn't ready to have this conversation. He had convinced himself that their relationship was over. Now Sasuke seemed to be overturning all the decisions Naruto had made, and he didn't know how to deal with it. He needed time to try to get his head clear. Which certainly wasn't going to happen with Sasuke standing naked in front of him. "So we can talk about it, then. But I need to check on Gaara first and make sure he's doing alright."
-xXx-
Sasuke watched the door close behind Naruto. He would have gone with him if it hadn't be obvious that half the reason Naruto was going to check on Gaara was to get some distance from Sasuke. He shrugged. He would give Naruto time. Sasuke knew that he had taken the blond by surprise with his appearance. And he took the man at his word that he would at least hear Sasuke out before disappearing again. And if he didn't… Sasuke's gaze darkened as he briefly fantasized about chaining Naruto to the wall in his bedroom.
He didn't expect Naruto to be gone too long. The antidote had clearly worked to clear Naruto's fever. And Sakura would have come looking for him if she had been unable to find Gaara or if his condition were beyond her skills.
Right now, Sasuke needed to check in with Suigetsu, Shisui, and Itachi to find out how everything was progressing and let them know that he had successfully made contact with Naruto. He smirked a bit on just exactly how much contact he had made with him. He quickly dialed Suigetsu to find out the latest intel on how close the CIA was to finding Naruto and Gaara, and whether the order regarding them was still to kill on sight.
"There seems to be some discussion now as to whether or not Naruto and Gaara even made it to the compound. Evidently one of their contacts in the Sabaku forces said that it was Mu's men who killed the General, and that some others were taken prisoner before they reached the headquarters."
Sasuke wondered who Naruto and Gaara had found within the General's forces to lie for them, but he was glad in any case. Though it wouldn't solve the issue of the CIA wanting to cover their tracks about trying to overthrow the government. Even if they viewed Naruto and Gaara as unsuccessful, the conversation had still happened. He called Jiraiya next, and the older man told him that things were moving, but it would be at least another day before he could be sure that he had the right 'leverage' to get the order rescinded. Shisui had checked in and had found a way across the border, and would meet with them in Bucharest. Itachi was flying over to meet him there.
Sasuke looked down at where Naruto's pack had fallen over on the floor, some of the contents spilling out. He put the cash and passports back in the bag, but not before checking the names on the false IDs and committing them to memory in case he ever needed to hunt Naruto down again.
The Kevlar vest had fallen out as well, and Sasuke picked it up so he could fold it and fit it back in Naruto's tightly packed bag. He laid it out on the bed to fold, and froze as he saw three small tears in the outer fabric of the vest. Bullet holes. One of which was dead center in the vest. If Naruto hadn't been wearing it, he would be a corpse. Sasuke brushed his fingers over the hole, remembering the bruises on Naruto's chest. And how the blond had brushed them off like it was no big deal.
Sasuke had known that the mission had been dangerous. The CIA's assessment of the risks had been quite clear. But he hadn't realized just how close Naruto had come to getting killed. He felt the numbness slowly melt into anger, drowning the paralyzing panic that had been rising. How many times something like this had happened to Naruto that he could brush it off so casually? And when would his lover's luck finally run out? He understood to a certain extent that Naruto hadn't had much choice in the direction his life had taken when Tobi had killed his parents and began hunting him.
But Naruto had choices now. And Sasuke needed to impress those upon him. Naruto's life didn't need to continue on the way it had been. He didn't need to constantly be in danger like this.
Sasuke looked down at the vest again, his mind able to conjure up exactly what those holes would have looked like in Naruto's corpse. He walked over to the mini-bar, and got himself a drink. Suddenly, he really needed it.
-xXx-
Sakura heard three short taps on the door, followed by a louder one. The usual code that Naruto and Gaara used. Standing from the chair she had been reading in, she picked up Gaara's gun, glancing over to his unconscious form before going to the door. She was pretty sure it was Naruto, but she wasn't going to take any chances. Not when Gaara was weakened like this.
She pulled back the curtains on the door to see Naruto there, looking concerned but otherwise healthy. She quickly unlocked the door and let him in.
"How is he?" Naruto asked he stepped into the room, his eyes going immediately to the form of his friend lying on the bed.
"Unconscious. One of the bullet wounds was infected, but I cleaned it and gave him antibiotics. He should be much better by the time we reach Bucharest," Sakura said, running an assessing, medical eye over Naruto, gauging the alertness of his eyes and the way he moved. "Are you injured too?"
Naruto shrugged, noticing the gun she held in her hand with some amusement. "I had to take another dose of the antidote. I think I was sort of hallucinating. Gaara seemed to be fine even though he had more injuries than I did. Except for the infection, I mean. But the poison didn't seem to bother him as much as it did me."
Sakura nodded, setting the gun down. "I researched the poison they used before I came. I'm not surprised that you needed a double-dose of the antidote. You might end up needing a third. One of the chemicals in it is similar to the set of anesthetics that you have reactions to. Your body is not able to process them as well as others, and it would have had a much stronger effect. I'm actually surprised that it wasn't worse."
"Well," Naruto said slightly sheepishly scratching the back of his head. "I attacked Sasuke when I found him in my room. I didn't even recognize him."
Sakura's eyes widened in horror as she realized that the sounds she had heard when passing Naruto's cabin could have been the sounds of Naruto fighting with Sasuke. "Oh, my god! I walked right past your cabin and I heard something, but I thought…" she trailed off, blushing.
Naruto blushed as well, clearly following her train of thought. He coughed. "Well, um, we...uh… we figured things out eventually, so…"
Sakura blinked, then let out an uncharacteristic giggle. "Oh, ok. Well, I'm… glad things… worked out?"
Naruto sighed, scrubbing a hand over his face. "I don't know. Sakura… why did you guys come here? If you had enough information to find us, you must know the trouble we're in. Why did you and Sasuke get involved? Even if you were trying to warn us, which I totally appreciate-" Sakura cut him off.
"You went to Suna for Gaara, even knowing the risks," she stated, looking him dead in the eyes. "Because he's your friend and you love him," Sakura held up her hand, preventing him from interrupting her. "But you two won't let anyone else do the same for you? Why can't you just accept that we want to help you? That we… care for you, too?"
Naruto shifted uncomfortably. Was Sakura… confessing? It had been years since they'd briefly been lovers, and though he still cared for her deeply...he just didn't see her that way anymore. She had become more like a sister to him. "Sakura…" Naruto began cautiously, reaching out and clasping her hand. "I… you know how much I care about you right? And we've known each other for years now, but…"
She smacked him over the head. "Not you, you idiot," Sakura said, her eyes dancing with laughter as she saw the relief flood over him. Then he slowly blinked, glancing at the man lying unconscious on the bed, and comprehension lit his face. He looked back at a blushing Sakura.
He didn't know if Gaara would ever be ready for a relationship, much less a sexual one given his past.
Sakura could read the conflicting emotions in him eyes. "I know he doesn't see me that way. The he doesn't see anyone like that. I just…" she trailed off as she turned to the sleeping red head. "Anyway, I'm being realistic about it. It's not like I'll never date anyone else," she said.
"Like that Kiba guy?" he asked.
"What?! No, Kiba's practically my brother!"
Naruto held his hands up in mock surrender. "Ok, ok… I just… I know how hard it is."
Sakura blew out a breath, but then smiled. Naruto grinned, then flicked the tip of her nose. "Well, I guess that explains all the free medical care we've gotten over the years."
Sakura snickered and rolled her eyes. "No. I would have done that anyway."
"He's going to need friends now. You… you know what we did, right?"
Sakura nodded slowly. "I know that you killed General Kazekage."
Naruto looked at her. "Gaara did. Gaara killed Kazekage Sabaku."
Sakura's eyes widened as the pieces fell into place. In the reports she'd read, the man's last name had not been mentioned. So then Gaara…
Naruto saw her connecting the dots. "Yeah. Gaara's… doing okay with it, all things considered." He looked to his friend, sleeping on the bed. "He didn't have a choice when it all went down, but I would guess it's not an easy thing...to kill a parent. Even a horrible one."
Sakura's face had darkened, her eyes staring off blankly. "No," she said distantly. "No, it's not."
Naruto looked at her, but decided not to press. They all had secrets in their pasts that they kept closed. Sakura finished checking Naruto over and said he needed to rest and watch for infection, but otherwise seemed to be ok.
They agreed that she would stay and monitor Gaara's condition, and come get Naruto as soon as he woke up.
Naruto pulled her close into a quick hug. "Thank you, Sakura," he murmured against her hair. "You are a good friend. To the both of us."
She nodded. She would be happy with that. It would be enough.
It would have to be.
-xXx-
Naruto returned to his cabin, and was surprised to see a slightly disheveled Sasuke sitting on the window seat, looking out into the darkness as the train passed through a relatively uninhabited stretch of land.
"Sasuke?" Naruto asked hesitantly.
Sasuke looked over at him, a drink in his hand. "You were shot in the chest three times."
Naruto closed the door behind him, locking it. "Well, I was wearing a vest, so -"
He could feel the anger radiating off the dark-eyed man but didn't understand the source of it. He slowly walked towards Sasuke, noticing his slightly flushed cheeks and the nearly empty glass in front of him. "Are you… drunk?" Naruto asked.
"Not yet, but I'm working on it," Sasuke said bitterly, swallowing what was left of his drink.
"Um… why?"
"I saw the vest. And the three fucking holes in it, one dead center."
"Well, yeah… but that's why I wore the vest. All it left was a bruise," Naruto explained slowly, struggling to understand why Sasuke was so angry.
"And what if they'd aimed for the head instead of the chest, moron? What if they'd used hollow points? Was this really worth dying for? Whatever this...," Sasuke gestured angrily. ".. is? Jesus, Naruto, if you need money, you can just ask. You don't need to get yourself killed for whatever shit Jiraiya or the CIA offered to pay you."
Naruto stopped short, feeling his own anger spark slightly, but trying to fight it down. "I'm not a mercenary. No one paid me to do this. This was personal."
Sasuke grabbed the bottle and poured himself another drink. "Personal?" he sneered. "Well that's just fucking great. And what was it between us then. Business?"
"Sasuke -"
"No, Naruto. Tell me. What was so personal about killing some warlord in a country that you've never even been to? And yes, I had Suigetsu check."
"Sasuke... If you had Suigetsu looking into it as much as it seems, then you know who Gaara is. I've known Gaara since I was nine years old. I found him when he was about to be executed by the pimp his father had sold him to."
Sasuke's eyes widened slightly at that, several things about Gaara's aversion of physical contact and the nature of his relationship with Naruto clicked into place.
"We were both on the run. My family was dead, and his might as well have been. We had no money, no family, no papers…. we didn't even speak much English," Naruto continued, thinking back to that vulnerable, terrifying time in his life. "We lived off the streets. We protected each other. I've killed for him, and he's killed for me. He's my family, Sasuke," Naruto said, trying to explain what the redheaded man meant to him. The lengths they would go for each other.
Sasuke's eyes latched onto Naruto's, pinning him in place. "I've killed for you, too, Naruto."
Naruto met Sasuke's gaze, and he swallowed at the intensity of the emotion he read there. "I know. And I never wanted that. Sasuke, Gaara and I are the way we are because it was the only way to survive. We were thrown into that life. You have a choice. You have options. I don't want you to be like us. Even if that means I can't... have you."
"That's right, Naruto," Sasuke lashed out "I am supposed to have options. But you keep trying to make the fucking decisions for me. I can make my own choices. I knew exactly what I was doing when I cut Orochimaru's throat," Sasuke cupped his hand around Naruto's throat. "I was fully aware of the likely consequences of my actions, and ready to face them. Even though I appreciate what you did, you have to stop pretending like you know what matters most to me. Not everything is your decision to make. If you don't want me, then walk away. But I will be the one to make decisions about my career and my safety and what I'm willing to risk. Not you."
Their gazes locked, Sasuke's dark and angry, Naruto's slightly shocked. Sasuke stepped back, putting some space between them before he escalated things further. He grabbed his glass then drained it in one swallow. It was the most he'd ever heard Sasuke say outside of the mandatory campaign speeches, and Naruto found himself at a loss for words at how to respond...
"Sasuke, I didn't… I was only -" Naruto began but Sasuke wasn't finished.
"Especially when you don't even have all the information to make the decisions."
"Okay," Naruto began in a placating tone. "So if there are things I need to know, then tell me."
"Don't patronize me, Naruto. How would you like it if I decided that Tobi was too dangerous for you to take on due to your untreated PTSD, and I had you institutionalized while I went after him with Shisui? Because I wanted to 'keep you safe'. You'd be pissed as hell."
Naruto felt his temper flare. He was trying to be patient, but Sasuke evidently wanted a fight. At this point, Naruto wasn't averse to giving him one. "It's not the same thing, Sasuke, and you fucking know it. Tobi is after me. It has nothing to do with you. It's my fight. Not yours."
"It's personal, right?" Sasuke sneered.
"Of course it's personal! The guy killed my parents right in front of me and has been hunting me for years. Yeah it's fucking personal!" Naruto was shouting, and at this point he didn't care. The walls on the train were thick, and any sounds would be muffled by the constant rumble of the train over the tracks.
"Well maybe it's personal for me, too. Tobi put Shisui in the hospital after telling him he plans to kill Itachi and me as well."
Naruto jerked back, fear pumping through him. "What?"
"That's right," Sasuke said, seeing Naruto's eye widen with panic and guilt. "Jiraiya invited Itachi and me to your little 'secret meeting' with Kabuto and Sarutobi. He wanted to pressure me into giving him access to Suigetsu to hack into the government systems and legitimize the Jinchuuriki program. But he didn't know that Tobi had taken over the identity of a Japanese cop he'd killed, and was working with Kakashi at the department. Tobi showed up just as Itachi and I were loosening the air vent to let you out that night."
"He promised me he wouldn't involve you. That fucking asshole," Naruto's anger at Jiraiya didn't quite drown out the fear that Tobi would make good on his threat to kill Sasuke and Itachi.
"Tobi had a special greeting for me," Sasuke said, brushing his fingers over Naruto's stomach the same way that Tobi had in the alley. Naruto shuddered, and squeezed his eyes shut to force back the memories that threatened to overtake him.
"Sasuke, don't."
Sasuke didn't let up. "He told me he'd see me again. And he attacked Kakashi and then ran off when Shisui appeared as well. Shisui chased him, but Tobi managed to stab him before disappearing again."
"Kakashi and Shisui… are they ok?" Naruto asked.
"Yes, for now," Sasuke said brutally. "But running away isn't going to protect anyone anymore, Naruto. Not to mention the fact that - despite all your skills - you are singularly ill equipped to confront this guy. If you try to track him down and face him alone you will lose. And Itachi and I are not going to just sit around and wait for him to come to us. I'd rather work together with you, but we will do it separately if you disappear."
"Fuck," Naruto said, leaning against the wall and raking his fingers through his hair.
Sasuke was silent, watching Naruto's reaction.
"Look, what do you want from me, Sasuke? You want me to say I'll come back and help you find Tobi? Fine. It looks like I don't have much of a choice, though by the sound of it I'll be more dead weight than actual help," Naruto said bitterly. "You want me to say we can still fuck while we hunt for him? I don't know if I can do that, Sasuke. It was hard enough to walk away from you the first time. There's no place for us together, not with my history and your future. What do you fucking want from me?"
Sasuke stepped closer to Naruto, until their bodies were almost touching, his eyes dark and flashing with anger. "What do I want from you? I think my being here should make that pretty obvious."
"Well then I guess I'm just stupid, Sasuke. Because I honestly don't know. I started off just doing security for you. You wanted to have sex, so we had sex. But there's nowhere for us to go from here. If anyone found out about us, your career would be over. I don't want to be the one who brings you down. And I also don't want to be your dirty little secret on the side while you have some sort of public relationship with someone more acceptable," Naruto spat out. "Stop pretending this is something that it isn't!"
"Who says a relationship with you would ruin my career?" Sasuke's voice rose to match Naruto's. "I told you I can fix your history. It will make all your past actions 'sanctioned'. I agreed to do it for all the Jinchuurikis under the condition that the program was deactivated. You'll all start with a clean slate. But doing all these suicide missions ends."
Naruto let out a short, hollow laugh. "No matter how good your hacker is, there's no way to scrub it all clean. And even if you did, how would that make me an acceptable counterpart to someone like you? I barely finished high school, and not even under my own name. I'm… I have other issues as well," Naruto said swallowing, thinking back to his breakdown when Tobi had attacked him in the subway. It was only one part of the damage that resided in his head, and he knew it. "I don't think I will ever be 'normal', Sasuke. I have no employment history, no credit history, no apartment… I can fit everything I own into two duffle bags. Even if I'm not a criminal, the press would have a field day with you hooking up with someone like me. You need to find someone who can fit in your life. Someone like the person they think you're already seeing," Naruto said, unable to keep the accusation out of his voice.
"You are a fucking idiot. Karin decided that hinting at a relationship between us would help Kabuto have a harder time finding a motive for his allegations that I killed Orochimaru. It was just for PR."
"And that's exactly my point! You had to pretend to be with someone else in order to hide a relationship with me," Naruto's eyes narrowed. "But if we were actually together, there is no way in hell I would let you belong to someone else in public. I don't do things halfway, Sasuke," Naruto had shifted forward aggressively, and Sasuke had to fist his hands to keep from grabbing Naruto and throwing him on the bed. How could the blond not see that they already belonged only to each other? But Naruto was continuing, "Don't make this harder than it has to be. We can deal with Tobi together. But that's it."
"No," Sasuke growled. He'd had enough of this bullshit. Naruto was in denial, and Sasuke was going to end it.
"No?" Naruto asked, his voice slightly mocking.
"I'm not letting you go again, Naruto. I will handle Kabuto. And I will handle the press. But you are not fucking leaving me again 'for my own good'. No one gets to make that call for me," Sasuke slammed Naruto back against the wall, his eyes boring into Naruto's as though daring him to disagree with him.
"So what are you saying, Sasuke? Are you seriously considering being in a public relationship with someone like me?" Naruto was still burning with anger and pain at having to go through severing his ties with Sasuke all over again. He had said the words mockingly, assuming Sasuke would laugh and say something about how that would never happen. But instead, Naruto felt his eyes trapped by Sasuke's gaze, and the dead certainty he saw there of what Sasuke wanted. Sasuke wasn't talking about Naruto being his piece on the side. Sasuke seemed to be saying… something completely impossible.
"Not someone like you," Sasuke said, lowering his mouth to hover just above Naruto's. "You."
Naruto tried to keep his thoughts together, knowing that this was a conversation he needed to be paying attention to. But he could feel Sasuke's fingers gripping the front of his shirt, feel the heat from Sasuke's breath across his cheek, feel the possessiveness radiating off the hard body that was brushing against his. It made it really hard to do anything other than breathe.
"Why?" Naruto gasped out as Sasuke's tongue traced along the edge of his jaw. "We don't know each other all that well when it comes down to it. There's a lot about my past that -"
Sasuke closed his mouth over Naruto's, thrusting his tongue in. Naruto could taste the alcohol on Sasuke's lips. He sucked on them hungrily.
Sasuke reached out and circled his fingers around Naruto's wrists, closing his fingers around them in a harsh grip. "We'll have plenty of time to catch up on the details. I'll need to make cover stories for them eventually. But none of it will matter. I already know that I'm not letting you go," Sasuke said, his voice seeming to soak through Naruto's skin.
Naruto stopped trying to fight it. He wanted Sasuke. He knew there were things in Sasuke's past that he didn't know about, but honestly he didn't care what they were any more than Sasuke seemed to care about his past. If Sasuke were willing to risk it all to try to have a future together, then who was Naruto to walk away? He had way less to lose than the councilman. Sasuke had been right. In the end, it was up to Sasuke to decide what he was willing to risk. Naruto had no right to make the call of whether Sasuke's career ambitions or their relationship mattered more.
But he did know that if he was going to be in the Uchiha's life, he would not simply be a passive observer. "Alright," Naruto breathed out, his hands wrapping around the back of Sasuke's neck as his lips trailed down the pale column of flesh. "Ok, you win," he smiled darkly at the satisfied groan from Sasuke's lips. "But I am taking over your security from Shisui. If anyone from my past or yours tries to take you down, I will be the one who kills them. Not you. Not Shisui. You are mine to protect, now, Sasuke."
Sasuke lifted his head and met Naruto's gaze, reading the lethal intent in his lover's gaze. The knowledge that this man would kill for him, and could do so with unparalleled skill. And fuck did that turn Sasuke on.
Unable to articulate any sort of response to Naruto's statement, Sasuke simply crushed their mouths and bodies together, desperate for more of everything. Frustrated with the insufficient contact, he slid his hands up to grab the hem of Naruto's shirt and ripped it off. His gaze caught on the three bruises, one directly above Naruto's heart and he froze.
The bullet would have gone dead center through the blonde's heart. Sasuke traced his finger over the bruise, then laid his hand flat to feel the strong pulse beneath it. He closed his eyes briefly, trying to shut out the image of what so easily could have happened.
"Sasuke…" Naruto began, but Sasuke's mouth stopped his again. Then Sasuke's lips were trailing down, following the path his fingers had taken, gently caressing the bruised flesh with his tongue. He trailed his lips over to close around one of Naruto's nipples, relishing the way it pebbled to hardness beneath his lips. Sasuke's fingers trailed down over Naruto's taut abs, and he felt the muscles tense beneath his fingers.
"Fuck, Sasuke," Naruto gasped, stepping back under the gentle assault. Sasuke took a step forward, smirking as blue eyes widened when Naruto felt the edge of the bed his the back of his knees. Sasuke kept moving forward, pressing Naruto slowly down onto the bed.
"I thought we were going to… ahn… talk," Naruto choked out as Sasuke's mouth settled again on Naruto's other nipple. He lowered his body over Naruto's, and smiled darkly when he felt the hard shaft in Naruto's jeans straining against his own.
"No more talking," Sasuke slid his hands down Naruto's body, feeling how tight and perfect the muscles felt beneath the smooth, tan skin. He thumbed the button of Naruto's jeans open, and unzipped them just enough the he could push the fabric down to rest his thumbs on the sharp cut of Naruto's hip bones. He held the tan hips still as Naruto writhed beneath him trying to get more friction.
For once, Sasuke wanted to take his time. He wanted to taste and savor every sensitive spot on Naruto's body. He had come so close to losing him. Naruto was here, and he was alive. And Sasuke was going to make sure he stayed that way. He had missed Naruto more than he had been able to admit to himself. And all he wanted now was to indulge himself - to re-memorize every angle, every dip, every cut of his lover's body. He wanted to find every spot that made Naruto suck in a breath, every place that made him groan, every motion that would make him cum.
He slid the tip of his tongue down over the ridges of Naruto's abs to swirl in his navel. Naruto let out a breathless laugh, finding the feeling incredibly erotic but also slightly ticklish. Goosebumps raced across his skin as Sasuke blew across the wet flesh. Naruto threaded his fingers into Sasuke's hair, hoping that the talented mouth would head down where Naruto was beginning to get desperate for some friction, but instead Sasuke was tracing his tongue over Naruto's side, lips brushing against the small cuts and scratches that covered his skin there.
Naruto let out a whimper in frustration. Neither he nor Sasuke usually bothered with a lot of foreplay, not having the patience for it. What was between them was too explosive for that. Naruto's fingers tightened painfully in Sasuke's hair, yanking the dark head up.
"Stop playing around," Naruto growled.
Sasuke's hooded eyes gleamed with dark amusement and arousal. He loved the power he held over Naruto in this way. The fact that someone so dangerous allowed him to do the things they did. "No. After having to wait this long, I am going to take my time."
Naruto narrowed his eyes dangerously. "Don't fuck with me, Uchiha. I let you take the lead only because I want to," Naruto flipped them over, pinning Sasuke beneath him. "But I won't always let you have it."
Sasuke felt his lust spike at Naruto's words. He smirked, arching up against Naruto. "But then I wouldn't get to show you what I think about the fact that my lover just overthrew the government of a third world country," Sasuke said, taking Naruto's hand and placing it over his straining erection.
Naruto's eyes crinkled in amusement at Sasuke's candor. He'd really need to get his boyfriend drunk more often. The word caught in his head. Boyfriend. He'd never allowed himself to have a serious relationship. The thought of doing so now was both exhilarating and terrifying. He leaned down, tracing the shell of Sasuke's ear with his tongue and taking satisfaction at the shiver it evoked. "Does it make you hard, Sasuke, to think about it?"
"Ugh, god, you have no fucking idea," Sasuke said, panting as Naruto pulled Sasuke's wrists over his head while slowly sliding his hips over Sasuke's.
Naruto traced his lips along Sasuke's throat, running the tip of his tongue along the pulse point at the base of the throat before slowly mouthing his way back up to just behind Sasuke's ear. "Do you want it gentle like this, Sasuke? Is this how you like it?" Naruto brushed his lips back and forth gently across Sasuke's before slowly pressing their mouths open and sliding his tongue in.
Sasuke was breathing like he'd been running a marathon. They both still had their pants on, but he felt like he was about to cum just from Naruto kissing him. "Naruto," Sasuke said, not wanting it to end too quickly but not able to control the tremors that were starting to wrack his body. "Please, let me," Sasuke said. "This time, I just need to… god I just…"
Naruto did a poor job concealing his grin as he slowly pulled down Sasuke's jeans while Sasuke took off his shirt. Naruto sat up, looking down with a hooded gaze at the sight of Sasuke's body laid out on the bed, the flesh uniformly pale except for the red cock standing rampantly between his thighs, already dripping with arousal.
Sasuke looked back at him, his eyes straying to the unfastened jeans that hung low on Naruto's hips. "Off," he ordered.
Naruto's grin didn't fade as he slowly pulled down his jeans and tossed them to the floor. Sasuke propped himself up on his elbows, shifting his legs slightly wider apart as he watched Naruto strip.
"Come here," Sasuke said, his voice low.
Naruto raised a brow, but complied, walking over to where Sasuke now sat at the edge of the bed. He hissed as Sasuke's hand closed around his shaft, and he had to brace a hand on the pale shoulder to keep himself steady. Sasuke smoothly slid to the floor, pivoting Naruto so Naruto's back was to the bed with Sasuke kneeling before him. He pulled on Naruto's slim hips, guiding him to sit on the bed while he ran his tongue along Naruto's inner thigh.
The blond sat down, immediately arching his back as Sasuke's mouth began a slow assault on Naruto's sensitive skin, laving with his tongue then scraping with his teeth. When Naruto's knee slammed into Sasuke's side, Sasuke merely grunted before shifting his attention to the other thigh, his hands holding Naruto's hipbones tightly, preventing him from altering their positions or thrusting upward.
"Goddammit, Sasuke!" Naruto said. "Enough fucking foreplay!"
Sasuke snickered, despite the fact that his own cock was dripping steadily at the sight of Naruto's state of arousal. Naruto was just about to shove Sasuke to the floor with his foot when Sasuke's mouth finally closed around him.
"Oh, god, fuck yes!" Naruto's head fell back as Sasuke began to suck, sliding his mouth all the way down Naruto's shaft with surprising skill. Naruto fought to keep his eyes open so he could watch the erotic sight of the councilman on his knees sucking him off. Naruto shivered at the dark lust and heat in the glazed eyes looking up at him.
Naruto arched up into wet heat of Sasuke's mouth, spreading his knees wider and feeling the tension coiling in his stomach, knowing he was going to cum soon if Sasuke kept going.
"Sasuke, I'm -" Sasuke sucked harder, shifting them both back on the bed as he slid his hand around to Naruto's entrance. It had been less than two hours since they'd had sex, so Naruto was already partially prepped. Sasuke slid two fingers in, remembering exactly how much to curve his fingers to hit Naruto's prostate. Naruto arched up in a silent scream as he came. Sasuke swallowed some, then pulled off allowing the rest to spray on his chest and stomach. Naruto looked at his cum beading on the ivory flesh and felt a surge of primal possession at the sight.
Sasuke had managed to find the condoms and lube from his bag while Naruto had been checking on Gaara, and he grabbed them from off the nightstand as Naruto watched him with lazy eyes.
"I'm not done with you yet," Sasuke said. "So don't fall asleep on me."
Naruto gave him a crooked grin. "Why would I be tired? It's not like I've been busy or anything these last few days."
Sasuke felt a smile tug on his lips. "No, you definitely haven't been up to anything strenuous. Just the usual tourist activities." Sasuke knelt back down on the bed, running his hands slowly up and down Naruto's flanks.
Naruto subtly shifted his legs further apart. "Seems like you're the lazy one here," Naruto said, then he dropped his gaze to the nearly purple erection hanging heavily between Sasuke's thighs. "Though not all of you is looking lazy right now."
"You'll get used to mixing up the pace," Sasuke said, lifting Naruto's leg by the knee and lowering his mouth slowly suck at the sensitive skin at the back of the joint. Naruto shivered at the sensation, his body still over sensitized from his recent orgasm.
"You'll have to get used to some mixing up as well," Naruto said, watching Sasuke with growing curiosity as he saw a dark gleam in the watchful eyes.
"I'm not necessarily averse to that," Sasuke said.
Naruto hadn't thought he would be able to recover that quickly, but at Sasuke's words, his dick stirred to life again. Sasuke smirked at the reaction. "I see that idea appeals to you."
Naruto hooked his legs around Sasuke's body, pulling him closer. "You appeal to me."
"Hn," Sasuke said, looking pleased. Naruto arched up, rubbing their cocks together. Sasuke's eyes closed and his body tensed, earning a chuckle from Naruto.
"That close already?"
Sasuke's eyes narrowed. "Don't get so smug," he said, lowering his head and running his tongue along Naruto's collar bone. "You'll be cumming again before I do."
Naruto arched a brow, but Sasuke was already turning him over. Naruto felt Sasuke pulling his hips back, guiding him to a kneeling position. He felt Sasuke's tongue moving along his spine while the pale hand made lazy strokes along Naruto's shaft. He heard the sound of a condom wrapper being opened, and assumed that Sasuke was finally getting serious. But instead of driving into him, Sasuke shifted further back, keeping his tongue and hands working over Naruto's body.
"Jesus, Sasuke! What the hell? Are we doing this or not?" Naruto joked, but he honestly was a little puzzled by the gentler touches that seemed almost… affectionate. Somehow it made him feel more vulnerable than the hard fucking they usually indulged in, and he wasn't sure he completely liked the feeling.
But before he had time to think more about it, Sasuke's tongue was swirling at the base of his spine, and the hand left Naruto's cock to grip his ass. Sasuke nudged Naruto's knees further apart as Naruto realized what Sasuke had in mind. He felt the wet heat of Sasuke's tongue around the tight ring of muscles before Sasuke plunged his tongue in.
Naruto's arms buckled under the sensation and fell to his forearms, his forehead resting on the bed. Sasuke drove his tongue in and out, swirling it around and flexing it until Naruto was fully hard and dripping, but growing frustrated with the relative gentleness of the sensation.
"Sasuke…" Naruto said, frustration lacing his voice. "Enough already. Please just… fuck!"
Sasuke had lifted his head and drove his cock in with one thrust, hard enough to make them both groan.
Sasuke held himself still, relishing the feel of Naruto closed around them with the taste of him still on his tongue.
"Sasuke, don't wait. Just do it. I want you to -"
Sasuke pulled his hips back and slammed into Naruto full force. "Is that what you want, Naruto?"
Naruto pushed back against him, throwing a glare over his shoulder. "I just don't want you treating me like I'm made of fucking glass just because I got a little hurt."
Sasuke's eyes widened slightly in surprise, and he slowly pulled back before equally slowly pushing back in, making sure he angled himself right to brush against Naruto's prostate.
"I know you're not made of glass," Sasuke said, his teeth clenching as he tried to go as slow as possible.
"Then… ahnn… what the hell is this?" Naruto said as Sasuke continued his slow, deep thrusts.
"This is me… showing you… that you are mine," on the last word, Sasuke slammed into Naruto, lifting his hips to go as deep as possible.
"Oh, fuck, S'ke," Naruto choked out as Sasuke's control broke and they fell into a brutal pace. Sasuke grabbed one of Naruto's legs roughly, lifting it up over his shoulder as Naruto angled his hips slightly to allow Sasuke even deeper penetration.
"Oh, god, Naruto, I…" Sasuke ran out of breath, and whatever he had been about to say was lost in the escalation of the force of their bodies coming together again and again. Naruto dug his nails into the sheets as Sasuke arched back and they both came in shuddering waves before Sasuke collapsed on the bed next to Naruto, panting and sheened with sweat.
Naruto hadn't gotten his breath back, but it didn't stop him from pulling Sasuke down into a deep kiss, growling as he tasted the faint traces of himself on Sasuke's tongue. They lay there, simply looking at each other, knowing that their relationship had changed now. They were answerable to each other in a way they hadn't been before. And it was a new experience to both men, who had been used to living on their own terms up to this point.
"So…" Naruto began. "What's the plan when we get back to New York?"
Sasuke slid his arm under Naruto's shoulders and pulled him close. He knew that for Naruto to agree to dealing with Tobi together was a huge show of trust. One that he would make sure he lived up to.
"Kakashi has been busy getting information on Tobi's contacts there. But once Tobi knows you're back in town…" Sasuke trailed off. They both knew that Tobi would come to him.
Naruto looked thoughtfully off to the side, considering what his best options were in this situation.
"You should take Nara up on his offer," Sasuke said, his voice unusually subdued.
Naruto took a moment to remember who that was, then tensed. This was not something he was comfortable about discussing. He pulled back slightly from Sasuke, but Sasuke's grip tightened, keeping him in place. "What, to make me more presentable?" Naruto said, his voice angry and brittle.
Sasuke kept his gaze locked on Naruto's, easily reading the insecurity he saw in the blue eyes. He had known that this conversation would not be easy. "No, moron. Half the congress has shrinks on retainer. I mean have Nara help you so that when you do confront Tobi, you have a chance of doing so without getting trapped in a flashback."
Sasuke could feel the tension emanating from Naruto's frame. He knew it would be hard for him to face this. But he also knew that it was the weakness most likely to get Naruto killed if he didn't at least try.
After a few minutes, Naruto spoke, his voice strained. "There's no magic wand for this, Sasuke. I could go to a shrink for years and have nothing change. And we don't have years."
Sasuke didn't dispute it. "I know. But we should at least try."
Somehow, the 'we' that Sasuke had casually used was almost Naruto's undoing. He swallowed convulsively. This was a part of himself that he didn't like to face. He didn't know how Sasuke would feel if he knew the full darkness that resided inside him.
"Sasuke…" Naruto began. "I've… lost control and… done things."
Sasuke nuzzled against Naruto's neck. "I know."
Naruto pushed back with more force. "No, you really don't know. I… there was a man who used to be Tobi's partner and I…" Naruto trailed off, not even sure he could put into words what he had done to Zetsu.
Sasuke looked back at him calmly. "He attacked you and you beat him to death then eviscerated him. Suigetsu got the medical reports. I saw the photos."
Naruto froze. "I didn't… I beat him, but I didn't eviscerate him. I… I didn't even have a knife. He had one. When I left, he was… bloody… and… dead. But I didn't cut him."
"Well, he was cut when the police got there," Sasuke said, eyeing Naruto closely as the blond's breathing started to escalate. Naruto sat up and Sasuke slowly rubbed his hand up and down along Naruto's back.
"Do you remember what the cuts looked like? The pattern?" Naruto asked, already knowing the answer.
Sasuke thought back, and cursed that he hadn't realized it sooner. "They were focused around the abdomen. Five shallow cuts, but then one longer one."
Their eyes met, and they were both thinking the same thing. Tobi had been there. He had watched Naruto kill Zetsu.
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to be continued…
(and yes, there will be NaruSasu before the end. you are warned)
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