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Feral
By : Daydreamer79
Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male > Naruto/Sasuke
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The capital was something to be seen for those first witnessing its glory. Gold tipped buildings caught the light of the setting sun, reflecting magnificent visage of the past golden ages. Colorful buildings offset the golden splendor, giving personality to what might have been ostentatious examples of wealth, for the capital city of Konoha was where the nobles resided.
That's not to say Konoha was without its poor. Hidden in the shadows of the glittering gold were those who served the nobles. They did not live in townhouses covered in gold and filled with treasures, but in the poor districts where tightly crammed buildings were pressed together and the smell of rotting garbage flowed from narrow alleys.
Sasuke shook his head as they neared the large stone wall of the capital. Naruto was distracted by the exuded beauty of the place, and perhaps he was too for a moment, before recalling Itachi's description of the place--a massive city surrounding a palace of overwhelming opulence. But hidden within the beauty was a festering wound that had been ignored and as such, opened the land to its current predicament.
"Why are we over here?"
"We can't go through the main gates. We would most assuredly draw the attention of the guards and I don't want that, not yet."
Naruto scratched his head as they approached the wall several meters from the entrance into the city. During this time of day, it was easy to hide in the shadows created by the sun as it dipped into the horizon. "Go over it?"
Sasuke grunted and placed a hand on the wall, opening his senses to the magick in the area. The ice gem twinkled from where it lay against his chest before he pulled back his hand. The magick of the entire city was lax, flowing with an almost lazy aura. If an army of magick users attacked the city, the wall would hold not a single soul back. The royals living inside its barrier were so full of their own wealth and power that they did not seem to believe any would rise against them.
And perhaps they would not, but the lack of magick barriers suited his needs. The last thing he wanted was to use his own power to open up a space so to allow the two of them into the city unnoticed. "There is no magical barrier to keep us out. Can you jump it?"
Naruto shifted where he stood and lifted his nose into the wind while his eyes darted up the length of tan rock. "Not sure."
"I want to use as little magick as possible. Even if there are not wards, there could be others magick-users scanning for strange magicks, and mine would most definitely draw attention. Try to jump it and we'll go from there."
A grin was all he got before Naruto crouched low and lunged up the wall. The height was almost too much for him and he scrabbled at the edge before pulling himself up and straddling it. "Made it."
Sasuke snorted and flung the pack from his back with as much force as he could, watching as Naruto snatched it easily from the air. A rope was lowered moments later and he was climbing up the side of the wall.
When they landed on the inside of the city, the bells were just beginning to chime as the clerics began their evening prayers. It was a good time to infiltrate the city. Most were either in prayer or dining within their homes. Only the pubs and brothels were alive, preparing for those seeking one respite or another.
"Where are we going?"
"To an inn. We need to scout out the palace before making any plans."
Their steps echoed on the cobblestone roads and alleys. With each step, they moved further from the beauty and into the darker parts of the city. Here, it would be easy to disappear into the darkness of the underworld for anything could be bought for a price, even anonymity.
As they passed through the streets, Naruto's parentage hidden by a dark cloak thrown over his head and shoulders, the sound of crying reached their ears. Naruto froze and sniffed the air, his body trembling as they passed an establishment dedicated to providing slaves for those who had the coin to pay.
Sasuke almost laughed. The glamour of the city was becoming less and less appealing to him the more he saw. The nobles might hide the blemishes of the city from their sight and forget of its existence, but when faced with the truth of it, he fully understood Itachi's disregard for the city.
Horded into pens, visible to all who passed were dozens of men, women, and children. Most were so thin that their eyes seemed unusually large upon their emaciated faces. Tears mingled with blood and dirt on faces as hands were extended in pleas. Who knew what they asked for. Food? Water? Death?
Slavery was a part of their world, had been since its creation. The powerful subjugated the weak and enslaved them. The lucky ones were bought by noble houses to serve and led passably comfortable lives. The unlucky were bought by brothels or sent into the mines so to exhume the precious ores and gems that resided beneath the earth's surface.
"Sasuke..."
"Ignore them, Naruto, there is nothing you can do. They are slaves and one way or the other, they will die as such."
He was not expecting the hand to shoot out and forcefully turn him. Through the cowl of the cloak, Naruto's eyes gleamed with a brilliant blue light, swirls of red beginning to undulate within. "No."
"Naruto, release my arm."
"Don't you feel anything? Can you tell me that you would willingly leave them to rot in those cages?"
"What would you have me do? Do I approve of what has been done to those people? No, but it is the way things are. Did you forget that you were sold to my father for the price of a spell? Most of those children were probably sold by their parents for a loaf of bread or a few copper coins. It is the way the world works."
"But..."
Closing his eyes, Sasuke heaved a sigh before lifting a hand to stroke over the markings upon Naruto's cheek. Those angry blue eyes closed and the tension that had formed began to ease from him. He followed up the touch with a pulse of energy along their bond. "Once we exorcise the current problem, we'll see what can be done for them."
A frustrated look spread across Naruto's face, but he nodded in understanding. There were more important things than the fate of a few slaves who would likely not live out the week. Or, rather, Sasuke hoped they would not and gave a passing prayer to the fates of such. To have such suffering drawn out was a torture he would not pass upon his worst enemy.
As they moved further into the city, whores began to come out into the night as the last of the sun dipped below the rise of the wall surrounding the city. Lights lining the streets provided only the dimmest illumination and hid the pock marked faces and greasy hair of women who called out so to sell their bodies to the men now beginning to amble toward the pubs.
A far too thin girl stood on the corner alongside several older women. Her clothing barely hung on the bony frame and her eyes did little to hide the horrors she had experienced. The thin frame masked her age. She could have been as old as twelve or as young as eight. Itachi was right about this place.
With an elegant gesture, he motioned for the girl to approach, which she did so willingly. "Sir? Would you like me prices?"
"No." Sasuke slipped two fingers into the money pouch at his waist and withdrew a gold piece. It would likely feed her for a week if she was smart with it. "You can have this for information."
Her eyes followed the glint of the metal and her tongue darted out to swipe at chapped lips. "What sort of information?"
"First, are there any decent inns where we can stay safely without our privacy being interrupted?"
"People talk...but The Dancing Pony at the end of the street is an honest place. The owner won't turn you in to the guards if that's what you be afeared of."
"One more question. Are there any new sorcerers in town, powerful sorcerers?"
The girl looked nervously at him. "One gent who tupped me last week talked about his lord and how he has the king's ear...how he is a dangerous man. Men like talking when they work for powerful folk."
With a nod, he tossed the coin to the girl and jerked his head to Naruto. He could already feel his Familiar's protective instincts rising as he watched the girl's thin frame move back to the corner where she waited for another man to notice her. His hand latched onto Naruto's arm and pulled him down the street.
"Sasuke...she's a baby and she talked about...you know, like it was nothing."
"The cities are different from the villages."
Naruto released a few low growls. "I want to go home."
"As do I. Let's finish our business here and do just that."
The Dancing Pony Inn, they found, was a bit on the ramshackle side, the steps leading inside creaking as they entered. Inside was overly warm from the large fireplace. It took all his willpower not to flinch at the touch of heat that reached his cheeks. About the room several tables were arranged in a circular pattern, a few even occupied by men who looked down on their luck and wanting nothing more than to drown their sorrows in the spirits sold within.
A rather round innkeeper approached them with a cheery disposition. His rotund abdomen jiggled with each step. "Good sirs, what brings you to my establishment? Have you come for a spot of spiced mead or perhaps a bowl of stew?"
Sasuke ignored Naruto's grumbling and shook his head. "Just a room for a few nights and your silence."
To ensure his point was properly received, he placed several gold coins on the counter. When the innkeeper reached for them, his cold hand shot out and wrapped tightly around the man's wrist. "Do we have an accord?"
His fingers tightened faintly and the innkeeper was quick to nod his head. "Yes, good sir. I have a room that would suit you well."
They were led through the dingy inn and into a small room on the second floor. The cobwebs were heavy in the corners and the fireplace still held ashes from the last resident, but the bedding looked passably clean. It would do for the time they would need use of it.
"I'll have my maid come up and light the fire."
"Don't bother. If we need heat we will handle it. If anyone comes looking for strangers, we were never here." His eyes flashed darkly at the innkeeper, though he kept his magick in check. The man did not need to know he was an ice sorcerer.
"Of course, sir. Will there be anything else?"
Sasuke saw the pleading look in Naruto's face and sighed. "A bottle of wine and a bowl of the stew."
"I'll have the maid bring it right up."
Sasuke slumped in a chair that had seen better days as soon as the door closed with an audible click. He and Naruto had traveled hard with no word from Itachi on the state of home. They had waited too long at the desert, the darkness in the capital growing more with each passing day. Both the impending darkness and his worry over his brother ate away at him.
The darkness was practically tainting the air they breathed. There was a foulness seeping into everything, corrupting and spoiling from the inside out. Once he might have thought himself immune to the darkness because ice was considered neutral and incorruptible, as was every elemental magick. His father had proved them all wrong. And that was worthy of worry. If the incorruptible could be tainted, what did that say for the purer forms of magick still practiced?
"The city stinks."
Naruto's voice jarred him from his thoughts. "It's just different. You've lived in the purity of the north for years. It's to be expected that the new scents might distract you."
He shook his head, cocking it to the side and sniffing at the air. "Something else."
Stroking a hand along his pendant stone, Sasuke frowned at Naruto's words. Could Naruto possibly scent the magick in the area? "Explain."
Naruto's ears flattened to his head and he flopped on the bed with a huff. "What's to explain? It smells bad, like death."
A knock on the door interrupted them before Sasuke could pry more into Naruto's explanation. "Come."
A sturdy maid with mousy brown hair and heavy freckles dusting across her face walked in the room carrying a tray laden with two bowls of stew, crusty bread, and an unmarked green bottle. "I have your food."
"Just leave it there." Sasuke tossed some copper coins her way before gesturing to Naruto when the door closed. "Hand me the wine, you can have the food."
Naruto's eyes lit up as he poured both of them cups of wine before digging into the stew. The food disappeared in record time. His companion looked once more like a kitten when he ate, relishing each bite as if it were his last.
Taking a sip of the wine, he grimaced at the taste. It was bitter and cheap, yet likely the best the innkeeper had to offer. In this part of the city, he was lucky to get even this quality. "How is the food?"
"Not as good as Chouza's."
"I doubt anyone's cooking would be as good as Chouza."
Naruto grunted and resumed his eating. "Do you think it will take long?"
"What?"
"To get rid of the death smell. To fix this place."
Sasuke turned his gaze to the sole window and frowned. "I don't know."
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"Stay in the room."
Naruto snarled at the order, bearing his teeth and sending waves of his disagreement over the bond. If the situation had not become so dire, Sasuke might have laughed at the disgruntled look on his Familiar's face. As it was, he needed Naruto to remain out of sight until he could assess the situation around the palace.
"Why can't I come?"
"Because you're a Feral, and while your kind might be few, they are recognizable. I need you to stay out of sight until I can see what is happening in the city and formulate a plan. We don't even know the cause of this. All I know is that the magick in this area reeks of dark influence. It's what affected my father and it has to be stopped before he can be free of its taint."
"What makes you think he'll ever be free of it?" snapped Naruto. "I learned a little bit about magick these last few years. Dark magick leaves a stain that can never be washed away."
Sasuke slammed his hand onto the table. He refused to acknowledge those words even if he knew the truth in them. "Just stay here and keep quiet. I'll bring food when I return. Don't leave the room."
With those words, he left the inn and prowled down the streets. The area looked even worse in the light of day than it had the previous night. He kept his dark cloak pulled tightly around him and moved to the shadows of the buildings as he walked progressively closer to the palace located centrally in the city. The further into the city he worked, the less ramshackle the buildings became. Crowds of people meandered about the streets and shopkeepers called out to potential customers. It was a decidedly different atmosphere than that of the poorer districts.
Even without his magick to hide his appearance, he was largely ignored, having garnered only a few curious glances. He fingered his ice stone and approached a street market at an unassuming stride. Markets were prime places to find the latest gossip and he wanted to know everything he could before stepping from the shadows to face what awaited him in the palace.
There was little to do but wander about and hope to catch a bit of talk. As he was passing by a fruit stand, words caught his attention as they mentioned the ruler's new advisor. He paused at the neighboring stand of fabric and listened attentively to the dialogue.
"I don't trust the man. My master has mentioned more than once of leaving the city for his country estates. I imagine it won't be long before we're packing up."
"But the season has just started."
"It must be something serious for him to decide to pack his family up and leave. I've heard several other noble families have done the same. You did not hear it from me, but I've heard talk that the new advisor is a dark sorcerer. I can believe it too. Just one look at him and it chilled me to my very bones. He looks like a pale snake ready to devour us all. I admit, I'll be happy when we're out of the city."
"The king would never employ a dark sorcerer."
"You keep believing that and I'll be safe in the country with my master while you're in the city."
Sasuke moved away as the conversation drifted into the more mundane. It was as he suspected. He had hoped it would not be someone close to the king, but considering that his father was affected, it would have had to be someone of the court. The woman's account coincided with the little prostitute's words. "Damn," he muttered under his breath.
He paused at a stand and bought some cheese and bread before making his way back to the inn, only stopping on his way to buy some sweetmeats. Naruto was sitting on the bed pouting when he returned to the room. "Still angry?"
"You bet your ass I'm angry. I'm supposed to protect you, but you won't let me do that. What good am I if I'm not allowed to guard you?"
He sighed and sat on the bed, a hand reaching out to stroke one of Naruto's ears. "I found out that the new advisor to the king is likely our dark sorcerer."
Naruto's ear twitched. "So, what now?"
"Now, we eat." He tossed the satchel of bread and cheese to Naruto before removing a smaller bag of sweets. "Here."
"What is it?"
"An apology."
Naruto opened the smaller bag, his eyes going wide at what was inside. "Candy."
Sasuke had never cared for sweets, but he enjoyed the look of delight on his companion's face as he extracted one of the sweet treats and popped it into his mouth. A dusting of sugar granules coated Naruto's lips as he chewed and swallowed the sweet. The temptation was more than he could withstand. Before Naruto could lick away at the sugar, he darted in and performed the task for him.
The sweetness of Naruto's lips was intoxicating as his tongue pressed forward to taste not only the sugar on the full lips, but also the interior. Naruto tasted like sugar and as he pulled away, he could not help but flick his tongue one final time over a full lower lip before sitting back.
Naruto panted slightly, his tongue darting out to flick over his lower lip, his eyes hooded and his breathing nowhere near easy. "It still doesn't make up for leaving me here alone."
Sasuke's lips twitched and he nodded in acquiescence. "I know."
Putting aside the remainder of the sweets, Naruto took a hunk of yellow cheese and tore off the edge of the round bread. "So, what do we do now? Can we just walk up to the palace and tell them to let us in?"
"That's exactly what we're going to do."
Naruto choked on his bite of bread, a hand beating at his chest as he coughed. "You're serious?"
"I'm Fugaku Uchiha's son, a noble of the court even if none of them have ever met me. My necklace affirms it for no other than an Uchiha can wear such an artifact. They cannot keep us out."
"And what are you going to do when we get inside?"
"I'm going to kill the dark sorcerer."
Naruto's eyes bulged out of his head. "You're going to kill him?"
"It's the only way to stop dark sorcerers other than binding their magick, and I don't have the knowledge to do a binding. It requires long preparation and a combined effort between several sorcerers. The amount of magick required is phenomenal, which is why it is rarely done as a punishment. It's easier to simply kill a dark sorcerer rather than bind him."
"What if your father is there?"
"He can't break our bond, not anymore."
"That's not what I'm worried about. If he is controlled by the dark sorcerer, he could hurt you. Your father has a lot of power."
Sasuke rolled his eyes and sent Naruto a smirk. "And I have you. You're practically a wellspring of magical power."
Naruto scratched his head. "I guess."
"Don't worry, I have an ace." Leaning over, he latched his hand onto the dagger at Naruto's waist and drew it from its sheath. "This."
"My dagger?"
"This isn't only a dagger. The magick imbued into the weapon makes it the ideal tool to kill a magical being. I put a lot of energy into this dagger." Sasuke's cheeks paled with his embarrassment. "I wanted you to be able to protect yourself from anything."
Large blue eyes blinked at him before a grin grew in epic proportions. Not able to look at Naruto any longer without embarrassing himself, he shoved at his shoulder and turned the dagger around in his hand. The ice magick thrummed easily through the metal of the weapon. There were flaws in its flow, but it was to be expected since his magick had never quite flowed as it should. Madara had changed something inside his magical core that day long ago.
"Sasuke, what happens to a Familiar when his sorcerer dies?"
The question sent a jolt through him and his gaze jumped upward to stare at Naruto. "What?"
"I know that sorcerers can survive the loss of a Familiar. Kakashi is Lord Fugaku's second Familiar, but what about if the sorcerer dies?"
"It's the same, but a Familiar who has lost a sorcerer cannot bond with another. Why? Do you think I'll die?"
"You won't die," snarled Naruto, his body closing the distance between them and forcing Sasuke to his back on the bed. "I won't let you die. You're mine."
"You're an idiot. I'm not planning on dying anytime soon. It's pointless to give your life for something when you would be wiser to look for a way to survive. Besides, I don't dare leave you unsupervised in this world."
Naruto's face grew somber and he dropped his head so that it rested on Sasuke's chest. "I won't stay in the world if you're not there. If you die, then I'll go with you. I'll protect you in the afterlife too."
The words pouring from Naruto's lips shook him to his core. The thought of Naruto taking his own life pooled bitterly in his stomach, causing the muscles to twitch and bile to rise into his throat. His hands tugged free of Naruto's hands and lifted to embrace him.
There was a pause before the bond flared to life between them and all of the fears held deep within his companion's subconscious rose to raring life. Sasuke was nearly overwhelmed from the rush of sheer terror. He released a choked sound and tightened his arms even more firmly in an effort to bring comfort.
"I'm not going to die," he repeated, though Naruto seemed not to hear the words. "Naruto...trust me. It would take more than a dark sorcerer to destroy me."
Naruto did not respond, but he nodded his head and pressed even closer. It was almost suffocating how close they were, as if Naruto wanted to be completely absorbed by him. He felt teeth nipping at his neck and started. "Naruto?"
The eyes that met his were distinctly not the blue orbs so familiar to him. There was very little blue in the crimson eyes staring into him. He opened his mouth to question the change when he was shoved down and teeth buried deeply in the flesh just to the right where his shoulder joined his neck.
The pain took him unawares and he cried out. Even despite the apparent attack, his magick remained complacent, instead of volatile and protective, and welcomed the attack on his person. "Stop...Naruto."
The subsequent growl halted his words and rippled over and through him. Words became mere gasps of air as he struggled to control the overwhelming tide of emotion suddenly flowing through the bond. They were joined not only spiritually, but also physically where Naruto's fangs were still buried in his neck.
In the deep recesses of his mind, he recalled reading where Ferals marked their mates. He had been nipped and bitten by Naruto before, but this felt distinctly different. He could feel the innate natural magick inside Naruto rise and flow through the bleeding mark and into him. It was hot, scaldingly so, and his own magick rebelled for an instant before it was forced into submission much similar to how he was currently held in place by Naruto's body. Already his body contained the foreign magicks of Madara, but now with Feral magick, he felt as if he were a cup filled past what it had the capacity to hold, only to have it drawn from him and replaced two times over. Their bodies were a connected circuit that flowed from one into another.
For a moment, he was washed away on the tide of power, a high he had never experienced. With this overwhelming strength, he could conquer the world. All mages and warriors would fall before his power with Naruto at his side. The addiction for more drew at him and he quickly slammed down as many barriers as he could before he was completely lost in the tidal wave.
The feel of teeth sliding from his flesh drew him from the haze and he stared up at where blood trickled down Naruto's chin. "Naruto..."
"Mine."
"Damn it, Naruto..."
Naruto's face lowered until they were nose to nose. Sasuke was stunned at the intensity of the gaze they shared. "I'm going to fuck you now."
The words sent a shiver of lust through him, matched in equal parts by the feelings now seeping through the barriers still erected around the bond they shared. When their lips smashed together, he tasted his blood on Naruto's tongue, coppery and cold, and knew there would be no respite for him for the remainder of the day. When had he lost control of their relationship? Was it the bond that allowed this, or was it simply Naruto's Feral nature that dominated him? Whatever the case, he submitted willingly to the assault, his screams muffled in the bedding. These series of moments would be the last comfort either would be allowed until the darkness was purged from the city.
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Feral	By : Daydreamer79 Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male > Naruto/Sasuke Views: 2927 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 5
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