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Disguised Curses	By : Raholea Category: Naruto AU/AR > General Views: 2438 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 3
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“Genjutsu doesn’t work on me anymore, Danzou. Never try it again.”

Naruto’s never seen Danzou look that furious, for all of what he could see of the man’s face. The wrappings that covered the man had never made sense to Naruto- no one knew of any wounds, and Danzou had been inactive as a ninja for a long time, if the rumours were to be believed. But the old man never got the chance to respond. Two ANBU appeared behind him, using their tricks to show up out of thin air, hands gripping a shoulder each. It made the man go still between them.

“Wolf, Snake. Is there a problem?”

“Have you threatened or tried to manipulate Namizake- san, like he claims?” It’s a level, neutral voice, and Naruto could recognize it nearly as much as the scent. He’s not about to give away the man’s identity, though. ANBU were masked for a reason, cloaked in mystery and skill.

“Surely not. I simply wanted to talk to him about his requests. ” The small smile was nothing like the placating gesture it’s probably meant to be. There’s too much fury in those eyes, in the man’s scent. It made Naruto’s nose burn. “I wouldn’t have cause today, to threaten Namikaze-san. Not when he’s come to make such a honorable request. If he is so defensive as to nearly lose control…” He left the sentence hanging, the half-smile more smug, the words condescending. He shrugged slightly. “Would ANBU have reason to complain if I was forced to defend myself?”

A pause, then an answer. “ANBU policies permit for the defense of self and others to the minimal amount of necessary force. Excessive force can be read as hostile intentions and will be treated according to the situation at hand and persons involved.”

“Given the situation implied, we cannot fault Namikaze- san for his chakra outburst, considering he harmed no one.” Snake spoke this time, a softer voice than the other ninja. But the frosty undertone made even Naruto want to take a step away. “It seems unreasonable to think he was triggered into doing such by only a few words, unless those were a threat of some type.”

“Are you actually accusing me of something? You have no proof, only his word versus mine.”

Naruto stared between the elder and the two ANBU, ready to tear apart the man who’d tried to use him, wary of actually making any action. He knew the man was a manipulative bastard. He just hadn’t known personally how irritating the village elder was. Stupid man, trying to use genjutsu against him. He hadn’t been susceptible since the early days, when he’d had no chakra control at all.

Wolf released Danzou’s shoulder, Snake repeating the action a moment later. “You may go about your day, Danzou -sama.”

It was a clear dismissal, one that Danzou heeded, however reluctantly. Naruto watched him leave down the hallway before turning to thank the ANBU. Only Wolf was still standing there. “Thank you,” Naruto said, bowing.

“Watch your back,” Wolf murmured, before disappearing. Naruto grinned slightly once he was gone. He knew Kakashi had to have been staying busy somehow. It suited the man’s infamous status that he would be ANBU. It wasn’t as if he had taken another genin team to fill his free time.

*****

“How’d it go?” Sasuke kicked the straw-stuffed head off a training dummy and turned back to Naruto. He watched as Naruto crossed to a nearby chair and sat back in it. “Obviously better than we anticipated. You’re not in a bad mood.”

“The clan heads have agreed to think over my requests and meet back up at a later, undetermined date to figure out the details. They want to wait until after the Chuunin exams- I expect I shall have to actually take this year’s tests and prove myself. Shouldn’t be too hard.” Naruto said it carefree, matter-of-fact, but Sasuke was not blind to the edge Naruto still carried. He hadn’t lived with Naruto for over a year, part of that time intimately, and friends for longer, without learning Naruto’s ‘tells’. He came over and pulled the embedded claws of Naruto’s right hand out of the chair cushion.

“So that part went well. What else happened?” Sasuke winced when those claws dug into his palm, instead. Yet he never took his eyes off Naruto, reading and anticipating the responses, the reactions.

“Danzou tried to cast a genjutsu on me. I broke it easily enough, but I don’t like the fact he tried.” Naruto growled out, voice dipping low. It sent shudders through Sasuke’s body, trained to respond to that voice. Naruto tugged on his hand and Sasuke followed, settling uncomfortably on his knees at Naruto’s feet. The blonde bent forward and buried his nose into the dark hair, fingers slowly loosening their bloody grip on Sasuke’s hand. “I’m scared of losing you and Hinata.” He murmured, know Sasuke will still hear him. “I want to be safe, in our own home. Not existing here indefinitely.”

Sasuke leaned his weight against the supportive knee, letting Naruto gather himself back to the usual control. He knew Naruto would continue to talk, even ramble, until he’d said everything he needed to. The fact that he was enjoying being here at Naruto's feet, offering grounding comfort and taking his own amount of satisfying peace, was not up for consideration.

“I want to have you both to myself. Call me possessive, I know I am, it doesn't matter. You and Hinata, I need to know that you're safe. I won't drop my duties here, but as soon as the all- clear is given we're going. I don't care if it's Uchiha land or we find an apartment big enough for us. Away from the council's judging eyes and grabbing hands and away from that man.” He snarled out the end of it, all venom and anger. “I don't want to have to worry about you being safe, about not being able to be myself just in case someone finds out. I want the respect that is due, not because people fear me, but because I've earned it. I've worked my ass off to get this far, is a little personal respect too much to ask?”

“No.” Sasuke murmured against his knee. Naruto wasn't winding down- he was working himself up, and Sasuke knew that could end badly. “You are a good man, a skilled ninja. That there are idiots in the village who ignore this, does not negate who you are or what you've done. And you have done a lot.”

“Not that it makes one damned bit of difference to those old idiots on the council.” Naruto snarled, barely feeling the clench of Sasuke's hand against his knee.

“Then be glad most of the clan elders and representatives have decent heads on them, even if they're as old and bigoted. At least some of them will choose in favor of the village as a whole, ninja community first, and that is what may get you what you need.” He wasn't going to go down the other thought, the one they all knew too well- that someday the council may decide Naruto was too much a threat, instead of helpful, and try to kill him.

“What I need is privacy and safety. Having both of those, and being able to share that with you and Hinata, will go a long way to improving our lives.” There's still a growl to Naruto's voice, but Sasuke could see he was coming down. Slowly.

“We will help you.” Sasuke arched against the claws that scratched along his nape. “We will be there for you, and help you as much as we can. You know this. We'll never walk away.”

“Not worried about walking away. Worried about you being stolen. Always worried you'd be stolen from me.”

“We won't let it happen.” A sharp sting, tip of a claw catching his scalp in a way that told of Naruto's stress. “Even if someone were to try, we'd never go along with it. I know Hinata would fight to come back to you.”

“And you've sworn yourself to my side.” Naruto buried his nose against Sasuke's head again, hiding himself in the raven strands and catching the subtle scent of blood. He shuddered and clung to Sasuke for a moment, collected himself with the sharp reminder that Sasuke's blood was his fault, this time. Once he'd pulled back from the edge and shoved away the threat of Danzou from his mind, however temporary, he nuzzled against his beta.

“I hurt you. I didn't mean to.” He could smell them, but not see anything, so the wounds were minor, mere scratches for ninja like them. But it was Sasuke, and like Hinata, Naruto tried not to hurt them. Not on purpose.

And for Sasuke, never without reason. Naruto tried hard to never hurt Sasuke without some sort of reason. And this didn't count.

“It tells me how upset you are,” Sasuke murmured. “You know that's why I'm here.” He looked up, risking the eye contact to judge how far back to himself Naruto had come.

Starbursts heavily colored crimson stared back at him, and a lop-sided almost- smile. “You're here for a lot more than me abusing you.” He called chakra to his fingertips and ran them over Sasuke's scalp, grinning slightly when he heard a faint purring noise escape that pale, marked- up throat.

“You take care of me.” Sasuke cracked open his eyes, not sure when he closed them- had to be sometime after Naruto started massaging his scalp- and made sure he had a good view of Naruto's face. Let the baka know he's being fucking serious, pay attention. “You can hurt me, because you patch me up after, and you need the release. It's okay.”

Naruto gave him one of those looks- No, it's not okay, shut up- and then tumbled them both toward the floor, rolling and grabbing, until they were a tangled mess by the couch. “Shut it, teme,” he growled, then yanked the throw blanket off the couch.

He didn't let Sasuke escape, either, when he wrapped them up in the blanket. If Sasuke wanted to say nearly- sentimental things, he could suffer some cuddling. Or, not- cuddling. Whatever it would be called later.
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