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Shakespeare Challenge Response: Titus Andronicus	By : MisatosPenPen Category: Naruto AU/AR > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 1430 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter List
- 1-Prologue
- 2-Scene 1
- 3-Scene 2
- 4-Scene 3
- 5-Scene 4
- 6-Scene 5
- 7-Scene 6
- 8-Scene 7
- 9-Scene 8
- 10-Scene 9
- 11-Scene 10
- 12-Scene 11
- 13-Scene 12
- 14-Scene 13
- 15-Scene 14
- 16-Scene 15
- 17-Scene 16
- 18-Scene 17
- 19-Scene 18
- 20-Scene 19
- 21-Scene 20
- 6
- 7
- 8
Warning: this chapter contains Yaoi Sasuke/Shikamaru
Absolutely nothing in this chapter is based in Titus.

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Shikamaru lay in bed hearing Choji�s heavy breaths even through the walls. The sound was comforting. During the last year, the nine of them had slept in the same camps wherever they went. Now Shikamaru had Sasuke, though his gentle breathing was much quieter than what Shikamaru had grown used to. Sleeping alone would be impossible for him now.

He�d felt his own trepidation at the thought of coming back to the village. Sasuke had always known the consequences and never seemed concerned by them, but he had confessed while lying together that Sasuke was worried about the kind of reception he�d receive. He did destroy Orochimaru and the Sound village, obliterated Akatsuki, captured Uchiha Madara, a man who tried more than once to destroy Konoha, and captured his own treasonous brother, but he had voluntarily become a missing-nin and S-class criminal for selfish reasons: his own revenge. Sasuke deserved at least imprisonment. Having Kakashi, Neji, and Shikamaru�s father among the top Jounin meant he was welcomed as a hero.

Shikamaru thought Sasuke�s odds were good to be welcomed as a hero; he, however, had no such confidence in his own reception. He did leave to save and support a fellow Konoha shinobi after Naruto left with Jiraiya.

He�d lied when he said he didn�t like Sasuke when he was appointed the leader of the original group to bring Sasuke back. Or rather, his dislike of Sasuke was born out of his jealousy and admiration of him.

After Sasuke had left the village and Shikamaru�s mission was declared a failure, Shikamaru resented the Uchiha even more. And he couldn�t stop thinking of him. He heard the whole story of the fight at the Valley of the End and about what drove Sasuke away to revenge from Naruto as he languished in his own failure. Shikamaru came to understand what drove Sasuke. Soon Shikamaru found himself dreaming of Sasuke. When he looked at the clouds, he saw Sasuke�s pale skin. And raven�s feathers reminded him of his black hair. They also had those emotionless black eyes. Shikamaru remembered seeing Sasuke�s superior smirk and his imagination let it shift to softer, fonder smile. He was pleased to see that the real thing was more beautiful and that it was actually a thing possible to see.

When he found himself fantasying about what Sasuke would look like after three years and then undressing him in his mind, that was the final straw. It ate at him that his first mission as a Chunin and team captain was left unfinished. He asked all the former members of that team to come with him and find Sasuke, all but Naruto, who was still out doing his training with Jiraiya. Only Neji declined. His teammates TenTen and Lee took Neji�s place.

But when they found Sasuke he was with his new team: he�d already killed his master, destroyed his pets, and was not very hospitable to the newcomers. And he was more gorgeous than Shikamaru had imagined. Though Sasuke was free of the snake, Shikamaru�s mission had been to bring Sasuke home. They followed Sasuke and his team. The only one who would talk to them was Jugo; Suigetsu and Karin would sometimes yell at them to go away, but without permission from Sasuke, they would not attack.

Jugo told them about how Kabuto defected back to Akatsuki. Kabuto brought Orochimaru�s severed hand with the ring on it and was rewarded with Orochimaru�s place in Akatsuki.

Sasuke found Itachi and Kisame. Sasuke finally spoke to Shikamaru and his team for the first time since they met. He told them not to interfere. But while Sasuke was busy fighting Itachi, Kisame was overpowering Suigetsu and Jugo. Karin was staying back as medical support as Sasuke ordered. She really only cared about Sasuke anyway, but would save the others if they were injured, but she wouldn�t disobey Sasuke and fight.

Shikamaru watched and could see Suigetsu and Jugo had no chance of surviving. He disobeyed Sasuke and his team of five moved in to defeat Kisame.

It was then Madara appeared and snatched Itachi in midair by the collar. �There are too many, even for you, love.� And they were gone.

Sasuke cursed once then turned the most terrifying eyes on them. His Sharingan blazed and his chakra pulsed out in waves of malevolent energy, which, like Orochimaru�s did in the Forest of Death, made every one of them see their own deaths by his hands. Shikamaru saw Sasuke use his Sharingan to weave between his shadow threads as he rushed toward him with the most frightening expression on his face. Chidori engulfed Sasuke�s arm and it struck Shikamaru right though the heart. He felt the electricity tingle and burn while causing his muscles to clinch and release uncontrollably. Then there was nothing.

All eight of them stood absolutely still, literally scared stiff. Sasuke hadn�t moved, but was still staring at them with pure hate and rage. Akumaru wasn�t affected in the same way, but he cowered and hid behind Kiba. That broke Kiba out of his trance first. He felt to his knees with the power of Sasuke�s chakra, the horrible verisimilitude of the vision of his own death, and the resulting nausea. One by one, they all fell, some vomiting, others chocking it back.

�Sasuke-kun,� Karin choked out.

Sasuke�s waves of chakra subsided and soon after, his faced eased to mere annoyance. He pulled his sword from where he stuck it in the dirt, twirled it, and sheathed it. He turned his back on them and stared at the point in space where Itachi disappeared. �Itachi�s gone.� They all looked up at him. �We know where some of their bases are. We will hit every one until we find Itachi.�

It wasn�t until he ordered Karin to tend to all their wounds that they began to understand �we� meant all nine of them. If he couldn�t trust them to stay out of a fight and they wouldn�t go home, he might as well use them.

Four months of fighting Akatsuki lackeys and several of Nagato�s incarnations brought them together as a team. They proved to each other they had valuable abilities and grew to trust those abilities.

Their team invaded Amega and defeated Nagato, Konan, and Zetsu thanks mostly to Sasuke�s power, Karin�s healing powers, and Shikamaru�s analysis and strategy. During one of the multiple fights over the course of two months, Karin even leaped in to fight and protect Sasuke. Sasuke�s greatest respect for her was born of that moment when she first disobeyed his orders to come to his defense. He batted her aside more gently that he might have usually, but she didn�t realize it until he came up to her seconds later asking her if she was alright. That gave Karin hope that the day would come, when Sasuke would marry her. Even Shikamaru sensed it.

That fight nearly killed them all, except for Karin, who Sasuke ordered to stay out of it three more times, to only act as medical support. But healing all eight of her team nearly killed her, though she didn�t let anyone suck her chakra; she would have let Sasuke, but he was not that injured.

Not trusting the people of Amega to be smart enough to leave them alone, the group camped out on the plain with a constant watch. That watch was almost exclusively Sasuke. Injured as he may be, Sasuke sat at the edge of their camp and watched. Karin was better at that sort of thing, but she was exhausted from tending to the other�s injuries and Sasuke let her sleep. Shikamaru watched as well; he watched for enemies and he watched Sasuke sleep, and he watched Sasuke sit with his back to them all as he kept his eyes on the plains.

Sasuke seemed to have only two emotions: calm and rage. Maybe annoyance. That smirk Shikamaru remembered was no where to be found. Sasuke seemed to have lost his smirking pride. It hurt to think that Sasuke was devoid of all other emotions. Shikamaru could be said to be devoid of emotions as well, but his problem was disinterest not deadness.

Was Sasuke really dead inside? Was he just waiting to kill his brother, then join his family? Shikamaru knew he�d fallen in love with the cold Uchiha. He wanted there to be something else for Sasuke in this life other than revenge.

They�d been camped out there for three days. Karin and the others were sleeping. Akumaru, the tenth of their team tried to approach Sasuke, but sensed it would do no good. Shikamaru watched Sasuke�s unmoving body as Akumaru came to him instead. He petting the dog a bit, appreciative of the company; a dog�s instinct after all was companionship. After a while, Akumaru returned to Kiba�s sleeping side.

Shikamaru finally approached Sasuke. He sat down beside him and they looked in the same direction, seeing nothing in the moonless night.

�You never asked why we came?�

�I don�t care.�

�You�re not going to ask about Naruto or Sakura or Kakashi?�

�If there was something I needed to know, you would have said something.�

�I guess I would. Sakura is well. Naruto is off training with another of the Sanin, Jiraiya. The Hokage is training Sakura. Kakashi is the same, always late.�

�I didn�t ask.�

�I know. But I figure you must feel something for your former team.� Sasuke said nothing. �I was the captain of the team ordered to recover you when you first left. The rest of us stayed back to cover Naruto as he went on to find you and bring you home. We all failed. I don�t like leaving anything unfinished. It�s troublesome. I think Kiba and Choji feel similarly. Lee respects you. I think TenTen came only because Neji would not.�

�Then this is not a mission.�

�No. I guess we�re missing-nins now too.�

�Just to finish what you started nearly four years ago? You�re reputation for strategy is failing you: little reward for becoming a missing-nin.�

�Emotion does interfere with logic at times.�

Sasuke�s eyes shifted, but his body didn�t move. His eyes returned to the plain. �I can understand that.�

�Can you?� Sasuke�s eyes shifted back to him for a few seconds again before returning. �Ah, like when Karin disobeyed you. Or when you took the time to check on her in the middle of a fierce battle.�

�What emotion affected you then?�

Shikamaru took a few relaxing breathes. He might not know Sasuke very well, but he was excellent at analysis and observation; Sasuke would probably brush Shikamaru off and no more. But there might be a chance, just the smallest chance, that he might accept Shikamaru�s feelings.

�Longing.� The word hung between them. �Admiration. Jealousy. But ultimately . . . I want to bring you home and I wanted to prove myself to you.�

�You don�t know me, Shikamaru.�

�What I do know . . . You may be right, but I couldn�t stop thinking about you. I heard your story from your teammates. But you�ve changed. Sakura, Naruto, and Kakashi probably don�t know that man you�ve become, and since I know you mostly through what they�ve said about you, then I don�t know you. I thought you should know our motivations.� Shikamaru stood and prepared to go back to his place and sleep.

�As long as you fight for me, obey my orders, and do not betray me, I don�t care what your motivations are.�

�Karin disobeyed you; will you discard her? We five disobeyed you by stepping in during your fight with Itachi and Kisame; you took us in rather than discarding us.�

�It�s unfair to impose punishment before setting down the rules.�

�We�re all on notice then? Hmm. Sasuke, if you deaden your emotions, what will you feel when you do exact your revenge?� Shikamaru left him to sit alone again. Sasuke sat and stared for a long time, but he finally shut his eyes, fully understanding what Shikamaru was saying.

There would be no joy, maybe some relief, but no more. And what was left afterward? Restore his clan? Would it be worth it? Who would marry him? Who would be able to stand being in his company for a lifetime? How would his children look at him? He was destining himself to a lonely future with nothing but the sake of his clan. He thought of his distant father . . . life would have been intolerable, even with his mother, without Itach�No! Itachi was . . . Itachi . . . betrayed him. It wasn�t rage that filled him, it was grief. The kind Itachi who carried Sasuke on his back and played Ninja with him had died at some point.

Damn you, Shikamaru! He couldn�t think about this, he couldn�t give into emotion, he couldn�t give into grief. A sob escaped him and he fought down the next. �Damn it,� he whispered. Once Itachi was dead, he had nothing left to live for but to revive his clan. But what would that really mean to him? It would bring him no peace. Why? I can�t afford this . . . weakness!

�It�s not weakness.� Sasuke whirled around to see Shikamaru standing behind him. �You need something real, something tangible.� Sasuke�s eyes were more human than he�d ever seen, wide and glistening with tears. �None of us can really trust you because you feel nothing for us; we�re expendable in the end. You�ll preserve our lives because you can use our abilities for your own ends, not because you care. Any lover you take will feel the same and you�ll end up alone. Is that how you want to live your life? What�s the point?�

�I can�t afford��

�You�ll accept one or more of our deaths as necessary. I can�t allow that. We may be missing-nins now, but Choji, Kiba, Lee, and TenTen are my team, I�m their leader. We�re allied with you, but I can�t hand them and myself over to you if you don�t think our lives are not any more valuable than my shadow sewing, Kiba�s beast mimicry, and so on.�

�Then why stay?�

�It�s a little hard to go home without completing this mission, being missing-nins and all. I wonder what your team�s reasons are. Karin loves you sure and you�re the only one who can subdue Jugo, but Suigetsu has Samehada, why does he stay? I just ask that you care if we live or die.� With that Shikamaru left Sasuke again.

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That morning Sasuke said he was going off alone for a while. Shikamaru insisted he at least take Akumaru, just in case. When Sasuke returned, he still looked calm, but it was a more genuine calm: the tension was gone from his shoulders and his brow. Whatever emotional breakdown he suffered while apart from them had done him good. Perhaps not in the end since he spared Itachi�s life because of it.

Another five months of chasing Akatsuki and battling the remaining members until they retreated or Madara came in to save them. They also ran into their share of other missing-nins, bandits, and other undesirables. It was during these battles that Sasuke began to show more concern for his comrades.

One night Sasuke pulled Shikamaru aside and thanked him. �My anger is no longer welling up ready to break like it did when you saved Suigetsu and Jugo from Kisame.�

�I�m glad. I�ve never felt that kind of killing intent before.�

�And I�ve been thinking about what you said.�

�Everyone�s noticed I think and they trust you more. Your orders are more likely to keep us alive than before.�

�No. I mean about why you�re here.�

Shikamaru didn�t really react. �It�s troublesome, forget about it.�

Sasuke frowned. �Troublesome indeed. It�s kept me up at night. Have your feelings changed?�

�I�m afraid so.� Sasuke sagged almost imperceptibly. �I�m afraid they�ve grown. I love you.�

�I suppose that good then.�

�What?�

Sasuke grabbed Shikamaru by the back of the neck and pulled him to his own lips. Shikamaru was surprised, but eased into the kiss. Sasuke let him go when he felt Shikamaru unable to breathe.

�You�ve earned my respect. And I will return to Konoha. With you.� It was as close to a declaration of love he was going to get from Sasuke at that point.

They returned to the group immediately. They did nothing else for several days, not until the group found a cave to sleep in. Sasuke and Shikamaru waited until the others were asleep and slipped out into the forest.

Practical men like them took precautions in a very businesslike way. Shikamaru set up a perimeter of wires and thinner wires, a trick he learned during the first mission to bring Sasuke home. Those wires would alert them to intruders if tripped. Sasuke sent out snakes to patrol as well. With that he took his sword off his back and placed it where he could grab it quickly. Shikamaru unrolled a mat on a clear, flat area.

The two of them stood with their backs to each other. Shikamaru took off his vest, the packs from his belt, and the pack from his leg then his shirt and pants, leaving him wearing only the thin crosshatch armor shirt and pants over his boxers. He looked over his should to see Sasuke�s back.

He was untying the thinner purple rope that replaced the one Orochimaru gave him. The dark gray wrap nearly fell away, but Sasuke caught it and pulled it away to reveal the leather belt with its pouches and scrolls hidden beneath in the wrap. The belt and its equipment were the next to go. The black open front shirt fell from his shoulders, was caught, and thrown on top the rest. Sasuke�s back was scared, but it was not as scared as one might expect. Someone or something had racked his back with three points and there were punctures and burns, but they were all well healed and only left a slight discoloration. The belt allowed the loose pants to fall and Sasuke striped the tighter black pants, leaving him in a black fundoshi and the leather gloves that covered arms and the back of his hands. That was easily discarded.

Sasuke looked over his shoulder catching Shikamaru staring. Shikamaru looked away and stripped off his own armor. His body was much more scared though Sasuke had been through far more battles and more rigorous training. Shikamaru was almost more ashamed of his scars than he was to be seen naked by Sasuke. He heard Sasuke turn and turned as well. Sasuke was beautiful. The few scars he had were very faint. He was gorgeous. Whatever Sasuke thought about him, he never found out, and Shikamaru wasn�t sure he wanted to know.

Sasuke was by nature more private, but less shy. He unwrapped his fundoshi. Shikamaru swallowed. Was he ready for this? With a not a little embarrassment, Shikamaru slipped his boxers from his hips. The wrap around his waist that covered two wounds was a comfort; Shikamaru didn�t feel as exposed as he was.

Sasuke came closer and put a hand to Shikamaru�s face. �You�re supposed to be the laid back one.�

Shikamaru smiled and so did Sasuke. Sasuke pulled him in for a kiss, their growing erections touching as their lips met. Sasuke worked the tie out of Shikamaru�s hair. He pulled back.

�You�re beautiful with your hair down.�

Shikamaru blushed. Sasuke kissed him again, musing the severe ponytail out. Shikamaru started to get over his nervousness and put his hands on Sasuke�s waist then let one of his hands go to Sasuke�s erection. Sasuke moaned and couldn�t help thrusting toward Shikamaru as he stroked him.

Sasuke pulled away after a minute. He laid Shikamaru down, he being the shyer, leaving Sasuke to take the initiative.

Sasuke grabbed the small bottle of massage oil he�d set aside when Shikamaru wasn�t looking and moved down to take Shikamaru into his mouth. Shikamaru let out a guttural moan that made Sasuke smirk that familiar, superior smirk as he sucked gently on the head. Shikamaru nearly cried out when Sasuke�s tongue lapped at it. He pleasured the head until Shikamaru was nearly pleading for him to do more. Shikamaru looked down at him and couldn�t believe how sexy Sasuke looked. Now that Sasuke had his undivided attention, well, perhaps a little divided, Sasuke moved down, taking more of his cock into his mouth. Shikamaru could only appreciate the sight for a few moments before the pleasure forced his head back and eyes shut.

Sasuke poured the oil on his fingers and teased Shikamaru�s opening. After a while, he eased one finger, then two, into him and scissored, loosening him up.

�It might be easier if you turn over.�

Shikamaru need a moment to interpret his words, then he obeyed, getting up on his knees and elbows. Sasuke coated his erection and eased the head inside Shikamaru. He leaned forward and reached around and stroked Shikamaru as he pressed in. Shikamaru put his head down on the pillow and tried to relax. When their hips met, Shikamaru let out a long breath, and Sasuke leaned further forward so that he nearly lay on top of him. He kissed the flesh before him and that helped relax Shikamaru. Sasuke waited patiently despite his own desire.

�You okay?�

Shikamaru nodded, but said nothing. Sasuke waited. Finally he breathed Sasuke�s name. Sasuke started slowly and gradually increased the pace, ready to stop if Shikamaru said anything, but Shikamaru just moaned and rocked back to meet Sasuke�s thrusts.

It seemed like a cruel thing to do, but just as Shikamaru got comfortable and started to get into it, Sasuke pulled out. �Turn over.�

Shikamaru was a too confused to be angry. He complied. �I seemed to be doing more work here.�

Sasuke smiled and reentered. Rather more out of retaliation for the comment than out of altruism, Sasuke hit Shikamaru�s prostate head on with the first thrust. With Shikamaru loosened up and obviously enjoying himself, Sasuke abandoned restraint. He came down to kiss Shikamaru as he mercilessly plowed into him. Shikamaru raised his hips up to meet Sasuke�s. He pulled his lips away to breathe. Sasuke let him go for the same reason.

Sasuke�s heavy breathing turned into gasps as he neared his climax. Shikamaru showed his proximity by the whispered curses that were being pressed out of him with every thrust.

Shikamaru nearly screamed out Sasuke�s name as he cam between them. Sasuke lost it seconds later, seeing no reason to hold back any longer. Sasuke braced himself and wouldn�t let himself collapse as Shikamaru did. He laid rather than fell next to Shikamaru and put an arm over him.

�That was incredible,� Shikamaru said as his breath came back to him.

�Yeah.� Sasuke kissed his boney shoulder. �I love you, Shikamaru.�

Shikamaru was a few seconds answering. It was the first time he�d heard that, the first time he�d heard Sasuke say it. �I love you more than anything.�

�You abandoned the village for me. I know how hard that is. But I don�t think I appreciate just how much you love me. But I love you.�

Shikamaru turned and kissed his new lover. �I left more than the village behind. I don�t think I�ll ever be welcomed back to the village. I didn�t come out here to bring you back, I came to join you.�

�You lied.�

�Yeah, I did. Once this is over, I�ll stay with you and send the others back if you don�t want to go back.�

�No, I�ll go back. You�re completing a mission, they�ll take you back, or they won�t want either of us back. We�ll convince them to take the rest of them back, but then we and my team will leave. You might have to watch your back with Karin though.�

Shikamaru laughed lightly and pulled Sasuke closer to spoon him and Sasuke complied.

They didn�t mean to fall asleep. Jugo came looking for them before dawn. The snakes let him pass and he walked slowly, avoiding every one of the warning wires. He found Sasuke spooning Shikamaru on the forest floor. The smell of sex was strong in the air. Sasuke was content enough not wake up when he felt Jugo�s presence. He took Sasuke�s shirt and wrap and draped them over the pair as a blanket.

Jugo dismantled and gathered all the trap wires and replaced them in Shikamaru�s pouches to save the pair time.

�Sasuke,� he said just before dawn. Sasuke woke up and merely narrowed his eyes at Jugo. Shikamaru squirmed. �It�s nearly dawn, we should get back.�

Sasuke smirked and woke Shikamaru. The three of them returned before the others woke. Jugo told no one about that morning and the pair did not advertise they had become lovers. They tried to avoid any displays of affection, but it soon became impossible to keep their new relationship a secret. It was never mentioned or referred to. The only one who really cared was Karin, but Sasuke kept her close and that was enough for now if he was happy with Shikamaru.

And now he�s married to her. Shikamaru smiled. He knew Sasuke�s feelings more than any other; he was the one who dug them out of Sasuke�s heart.

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