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Monsters	By : LoneReader3173 Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male > Naruto/Sasuke Views: 4323 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter 7: The Lucky Ones

It was another three days before Sasuke and Itachi returned to the Namikaze Clan’s headquarters. Itachi had gotten a call from Kakashi early that morning that had made him sit up straighter in his chair and tap his fingers anxiously as he listened. He rose quickly from his seat and left the kitchen where they were eating breakfast, not having said anything into the phone after, “Hello.” Sasuke heard the door of the coat closet open and the hangers rattle together as his brother prepared to leave. Sasuke still sat at the kitchen counter, his half a bowl of cereal untouched since the phone rang. Something big had happened, judging by Itachi’s unsettled demeanor, but he’d made no indication that he was going to relay the information to Sasuke.
“Yes, I understand,” cane His brother’s again. A moment later his face appeared in the kitchen doorway, “Are you coming?” Itachi was looking at him impatiently, as though the knowledge that he would be going too should have been obvious to Sasuke.
“Am I allowed to?” He asked through a mouthful of the cereal he’d only just resumed eating. Itachi nodded once, very slowly. Sasuke got up quickly, as to not further irritate his brother, and readied himself as well. He grabbed Brother , as Itachi had adorned his own blade, a sleek black katana which Sasuke had not yet inquired the name of.
They hurried down the steps of Sasuke’s apartment towards his car, but as he pulled the keys out of his pocket, Itachi snatched them from his hand. “Oh, I will be needing my car back.” He said seriously and then chuckled at the indignant expression on Sasuke’s face. This surprised Sasuke as he could not remember the last time he’d seen his brother laugh. “Don’t worry, I’ll trade you.” The amused tone still lingered in his voice. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a key ring which held a tiny silver replica of a two-door, expensive looking sports car. The key ring held no keys.
“Seriously?” He raises an eyebrow at his brother, not sure he was going to like Itachi’s new found sense of humor.
Sure enough, Itachi laughed again, “Here,” he said taking the ring back from Sasuke. He held the keychain up to his lips and bit into the corner of his thumb drawing blood. He then pressed his bloodied thumb to the underside of the car. The intricate green symbols of a spell began to swirl around his hand and the car, too, began to glow green. Itachi tossed the car into the empty street before them where it landed with a small clink. The symbols continued to swirl as the car expand.
Sasuke looked around frantically, “Are you crazy? Someone is going to see!”
“Relax, it has a number of cloaking spells on it. It’s not invisible exactly, just unnoticed. Like something in the corner of your eye, unless you know to look for it.” The car completed its expansion and a life-size version of the keychain now sat before them. But as Sasuke watched, it appeared the transformation was not yet complete. Starting at the nose of the car, black tendrils spread across the body until the entire thing was covered in shiny black paint. The image of a cobra, coiled and poised to strike with its fangs bared, formed in deep purple on the hood. The entire process had taken under a minute, and Sasuke stared, with his mouth slightly open, at what was to be his new car. “Where did you…”

Itachi laughed again. “It was Orochimaru’s. I stole it from him before I left. And now, I’m passing it on to you. It will serve you better than I, anyhow. Shall we?” He walked over to the passenger's side door and got in. It took a great deal of self-control for Sasuke to not sprint to the driver's door in all his excitement. He’d never been fond of his former mentor, but he had been a legendary sorcerer, which meant that this car was bound to have a lot of useful customizations. Sure enough, when he climbed into the driver's seat, the first thing that he noticed was that the car was much larger and spacious on the inside that it appeared to be from the out. He could not stand up inside the vehicle by any means, but there were extra rows of seats in addition to the ones in the front, and it looked as if the could be folded and rearranged to form a comfortable tent like living space while one was on the road. He looked at Itachi and grinned. His brother smiled in return and poked him square in the center of his forehead, “you’ll have to play later, little brother. We do really need to be going.”

Kakashi and Shikamaru were waiting for them in the library when they arrived. It was still early morning, but all the curtains in the mansion were still drawn. Sasuke guessed that the vampire must be the reason for that. The light emanating from the high chandelier in the middle of the ceiling was more than sufficient to see by, but to Sasuke, it still felt somehow too enclosed. To live one's entire life in shadow, he couldn’t even imagine. No, he wasn't going to start feeling empathy for a vampire.

Sasuke looked around the room. It was much larger than he’d thought it was a few days ago, though it looked to be even more untidy. More stacks of books had been added to the long table in the center of the room. Some of them lay crumpled against the walls as if thrown by their readers. There was a sort of tension in the room that Sasuke didn't understand, but it seemed that Itachi felt it too.
“What has happened?” He asked Kakashi. “You said it was urgent.”
“We think we may have located the Gate in Konoha,” Kakashi said warily. “It coincidentally enough, lies beneath this very mansion...”
“What?! When did that-” but Kakashi cut him off with a wave of his hand.
“About an hour ago, just before I called you. But we still don’t know how to seal it.” He shook his head and walked over to a particularly old and tattered book in the center of the table. “This is the only text we’ve managed to find on the topic,” he indicated the open pages, “the only thing it tells us is that it requires some sort of sacrifice. But as to the nature of that sacrifice, it's rather vague. I could be a something as small as a drop of blood or a child's toy, or it could be the entire city. We just don’t know.”
“We’ve delayed entering the chamber so far.” Shikamaru continued, “there’s a powerful energy emanating from the room, and we don’t know what will happen when we open the doors.”
“You haven’t even opened the doors?” All eyes turned to Sasuke as he spoke, as though they’d forgotten he was in the room.
“No,” Shikamaru responded flatly. “They’re…” he paused and looked around the room trying to find a word to describe what he needed to say.
“Growling.” Kakashi finished for him.
“The doors are growling?” Itachi and Sasuke asked in unison.
But it was a voice from the balcony above them that answered: “No, something behind the doors is growling, obviously.” It was Sakura. She was leaning against the railing with her arms crossed along the smooth wooden surface of the banister. Gaara stood beside her facing the opposite direction. His own arms are crossed in front of his chest and looked down at them over his shoulder. Both of them were in fully geared up for battle. Sasuke was surprised he hadn’t seen them when they’d arrived. “Something massive is growling behind those doors if the sheer volume of it is any indication.”
“There is no other way into the chamber, other than through those doors,” Gaara added.
“So,” Sakura straightened up and smiled, “we’re going through.”
Kakashi and Shikamaru nodded in agreement, “but we may need everyone, and we must be ready for anything.” Kakashi looked up and the two on the landing, “speaking of everyone, I will need the three of you,” he gestured to Sasuke as well, “to go find Naruto, and convince him to join us.” Gaara shifted uncomfortably but did not protest. Sasuke noted that all the wounds he’d suffered at Naruto’s hands a few day previous, had healed, and he wondered in half demons possessed the same quick healing abilities that full demons did. Sasuke was about to voice his complaint about being sent in this errand, but a look from his brother quelled the objections.
Sakura was the only one who seemed ready and willing for this particular plan. She nodded to Kakashi as she descended the staircase, “I know where he is likely to be.” And without waiting for the other two, strode quickly from the room. Sasuke and Gaara hesitated and looked at each blankly, before catching up to their senses and hurrying after her. They caught up with her at the base of the marble staircase as she waited for the passage behind the statue to open.
“Ah, I was beginning to wonder if you two were actually going to join me or not.” She tapped her foot impatiently as the statue slid slowly out of the way. Both boys remained silent, neither being there of their own free will. Sakura rolled her eyes at them as she entered the passage. “He’s really not that bad once you get to know him.” They scoffed.
“He set a werewolf on me.”
“He broke my arm.”
“He injured your pride, you mean?” She laughed. “Kiba never would have hurt you, Sasuke. He has remarkable control when he’s transformed. The pack locking themselves up is more of a precaution than anything. He only attacked you in defense, to get you to leave. If you had gone in there while he was chained, he would have been a sitting duck.” She looked at Gaara next, “Don't even get me started on you. After that crap you pulled, you’re lucky he didn’t kill you. Tsunade thinks that since he wore that necklace for so damn long, all his demonic energy was just bottled up. Then when you broke it, it all came surging out at once.” She paused thoughtfully, “I’m still amazed he was able to control it, though.He struggles with that even at normal levels. I think your brother must be training him,” She added to Sasuke.
This struck a nerve, and he halted as they entered the top of the chamber where Naruto and Gaara had fought. His brother, who hadn’t contacted him at any point for the past five years, and been training a half-breed demon instead of his own little brother. The very thing Sasuke had so longed for throughout his school days, had been gifted to someone else. A monster, at that.

Sakura continued down the path to the ground floor, not noticing his ceased movement. Gaara, however, did notice and he also stopped and looked up the path at him. He squinted looking both amused and puzzled, “Does that bother you?" There was a slightly condescending sneer curling up the corner of his mouth.
"Mind your own business." Sasuke hissed at him angrily.
The red head snarled and glared back, “Don’t you look down on me you arrogant little-“
“Boys! Enough!” Sakura scowled at both of them. “Look,” she sighed with exasperation, “I haven’t figured it out yet, but there’s a reason they are pairing us up like this. All of this is bigger than us, and we are going to need each other to get through it.” And as if that settled the matter she turned on her heel marched down to the bottom of the basin. Gaara followed her silently, but Sasuke glowered at her back. He would go along, but only because his brother had asked. They had each other, he and Itachi, and he didn’t need anyone else.

Reaching the bottom of the basin, Sakura took the path that Naruto had disappeared down after the fight. Gaara involuntarily rubbed his arm as they walked through the grounds, the memory of his defeat still evidently paining him. The tunnel was dark. The lights that followed them throughout the upper part of the sanctum didn’t work down this far, and Sakura and Sasuke lit their own rune lights to see by. Gaara either didn’t know how to use runes, or didn’t need to. Judging by the graceful way he navigated the passage on his own, Sasuke reckoned it was the later.
“So, let me get this straight: he has little control over his demonic abilities, he has a temper and a perverse sense of humor that puts people in danger, he hates everyone , or want to help, and you think we should all just be friends?” Gaara had decided to continue their earlier conversation.
“I didn’t say friends. I said we need to work together.” Her tone was brusque and impatient. “And he doesn’t hate anyone”
“Why are you so quick to defend him, are you dating?” He accused her with disgust.
“No. I’m not dating him. He’s still single if you want to ask him out though.” She replied scathingly, and before Gaara could find a retort, she added, “I treated him the same as everyone else did when we were growing up. Like garbage, like an outcast.” Her voice took on a sad regretful note, “and then one night, about three years ago a man broke into my family home. He murdered my parents and raped me. He was about to kill me, and would have too, if Naruto hadn’t heard my screams. He was just passing nearby, and despite the cruelty I’d shown him, he didn’t hesitate to come to my rescue.” Her voice stayed remarkably steady as she spoke. “He ripped out the mans heart, wrapped me in a blanket and carried me here to Kakashi and Tsunade. He stayed at my side for days while I recovered. He knew exactly how I felt, as the same thing had been done to him countless times, and he didn’t want me to go through it alone,” Her voice still stayed steady, but her hand moved towards her face to wipe away tears, hidden from both boys. “I didn’t know what he was back then, I only knew that he was different. But when I saw him in a demonic state for the first time, I didn’t think of him as a monster. He was my savior.” She stoped and turned to face them both, her face stern and resolute. “Everything I am is because of him. I owe him a debt that I cannot repay, and I will defend him with everything I have.” Gaara fell silent for the rest of their journey, as did Sasuke.

He wasn’t sure how far they had walked, but they must be out side the iron gates of the mansion by now. Suddenly Sakura stopped, and Gaara, who had been staring at something just beyond Sasuke’s Circle of light, nearly walked into her. She raised her hand with her rune above her head to cast its light further and reveal that they were standing before larger stone double doors. The doors were massive. Wide enough and tall enough to fit two semi trucks side belt side. “A very long time ago the clan worked like a small city, where hunters and supernatural being and creatures lived side by side. We are entering what used to be the residential area.” As the moved closer, Sasuke saw that the doors were already ajar enough for them to slide easily though. On the other side were even more tunnels, branching off in grid like pattern. Homes lined each street, each connected to its neighbor. All inhabitants long gone. They reminded Sasuke of ghostly two story townhouses in suburban neighborhoods, only with a stone ceiling instead of a sky. Sakura took the first street to the right that they had come to. A faint blue light glowed from a window midway down the row, and she hurried towards it, Sasuke and Gaara on her heels. She didn’t bother to knock when they arrived at the front door to the house, but through it open and marched inside. Sasuke and Gaara paused at the open door and peered inside before following her.
The house looked to be empty except for the living room to their right. The blue glow was coming from an older tv sitting atop a small dresser. Across from that was an equally old and tattered couch, in the center of which sat Naruto. He was shirtless and holding a gaming controller in his hands. Sasuke could faintly hear music coming from the headphones he wore over his backwards facing baseball cap.
He gazed was fixed on the intruders that had had just burst through his door.
“We’ve talked about the knocking thing, Sakura.” He said with air of someone describing the weather. His eyes returned to the game he was playing.
“As if you’d ever answer if someone did knock. I’m not waiting around all day to be ignored.” She folded her arms and leaned sideways against the wall.
“Then just take the hint.” But Sakura ignored him stared to tell him about the gate and why they’d come.
Naruto continued to play his game while she spoke, not acknowledging anything she said.
“So are you going to help us?”
“Why should I help you?”
“Um, the possible fate of the world is at stake. Shouldn’t that be enough of a reason?” He continue to play, and Sakura rubbed her temples. “How are you three so hopeless? Yes, we have all been through a lot of crap in our lives, but we are still breathing, still standing. We are lucky, and we should be doing something with that.” Naruto stopped playing and raised an eyebrow at her. “Did you even know Itachi was back?”
He smirked at her and held up his phone. Sakura’s mouth fell open.
“You already talked to him.”
“Yup.”
“You knew we were coming.”
“Yup.”
“You already decided to help.”
“Yup.”
“You made us walk all the way here?!”
He chuckled softly, standing up from the couch to stretch. Sasuke’s eyes unconsciously roamed over each muscle of his well toned torso. “I wanted to hear your rousing speech about friendship and camaraderie.” He grabbed a nearby t-shirt and pulled it on over his head. “You’re both helping then?” He addressed Sasuke and Gaara in the doorway
Gaara shrugged, “why not?”
Naruto smiled warmly at him, any animosity apparently forgotten. “Heh, why not, indeed. Ok then. Let’s go hunting.”
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