For My Little Brother | By : Luxurien Category: Naruto AU/AR > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 1851 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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For My Little Brother – Chapter 8: Return to Konoha – the Two Meet at Last!
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Warnings: Language, blood, violence & torture, some light yaoi & yuri but nothing extreme or sexual
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Hidan knocked on the door to Danzo's nameless captain. His long red, unusually shaped scythe hung behind him while he wore his black and white death-god body paint as well. Why not go all out?
Danzo had only six trusted captains in Root; this particular one's specialty lay in information gathering and sending. Naturally, that made him the most dangerous, but also the physically weakest. In fact, this particular captain operated from within his home never being sent out on field missions. He mainly gave orders to the other members and kept track of them via his computer.
Muffled footsteps echoed before the door swung open, revealing a man wearing all black and a blank expression. Despite the unusual visitor, he displayed no emotion in his sea green eyes.
"Hi, would you like to learn about our lord and destroyer Jashin?" The man attempted to shut the door, but Hidan wedged his foot between the door and frame. "I'll take that as a no?" Hidan continued teasingly.
"I have no interest in cults."
"Well fuck, neither do I!" Hidan laughed, swinging the door open and grabbing the man by his neck tightly; being careful not to choke him to death. He needed to live long enough for Hidan to enjoy the kill, after all.
"Umff gourffs kffs" The man attempted to say something; his eyes fierce and angry. His arms immediately clutched Hidan's arm, digging his nails deep into the Jashinist's flesh.
"If I didn't damn well know better, I'd say you were furious." Hidan snickered. His eyes blazed with insanity. The Jashinist entered the house and shut the door with his foot. Didn't want the neighbors noticing someone with a scythe and unusual body paint choking a man, now did he?
The nameless one clenched his teeth so hard blood ran out from his mouth; he was a true fighter despite not being a fighter. Either that or he truly believed in what he was doing, and could not afford to die. Thoroughly brainwashed.
"Let's take some damn time out and talk." Hidan began, letting go of his deathly grip on the man. He fell to the floor with hands automatically moving to clutch his neck as he struggled to breathe. "But you know, I hate this interrogation crap. I can just fucking say you weren't being cooperative. Which would you prefer?"
"Kill me." The man let out in ragged breaths, his glare full of fight and fierce determination. He had no fear of death.
"Damn, if you look at me like that, I'm going to get excited." Hidan grinned toothily; his eyes reaching new peaks of insanity. "Then I'll want to take my time with you."
"You're insane." The man spat on Hidan in his sole act of defiance. He had no weapons.
Reaching down, Hidan grabbed the man by his hair, pulling him up slowly until he was eye level with the taller Hidan. Hidan's hand shook slightly with excitement as he considered what to do with his prey. So much to do, so little time. Ahhh, but he was allowed to take his time. That was his mission after all. Using his free hand to pull out a long silver rod with a pointed tip, he pierced the man's shoulder. An earsplitting scream, music to Hidan's ears, tore through the air. Blood dripped to the floor as Hidan flipped the rod over, trailing the blood to its base. Hidan licked the blood off the tip, his eyes bulging. The nameless one watched in horror. His eyes felt like they would fall out of their sockets for completely different reasons. The very look of fear he was taught to suppress had escaped.
Keep calm. Keep calm. No emotion. No fear. The nameless one chanted. He hadn't been the best at this particular area of Root; that's why he worked from the shadows. He excelled at his specialty enough that his lack of grace was allowed to slide. Now, it would be his downfall. The nameless one finally regained his composure and returned to his emotionless state. He tried going to a better mental place, but such a place was not in his fate tonight. Death, if it was simply that, would have been kinder to the poor man.
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Hidan lay in his circle, praying to Jashin; his eyes rolled over in relief. A rod stuck out of his arm, causing blood to pool in the area. Damn. Hidan needed immortality, but now wasn't the time to complain.
The previously spotless, extremely plain room was now drowned in blood. Various body organs slithered and splayed across the room. The body lay against the wall, awkwardly placed with its arms twisted and legs crushed so entirely they no longer resembled limbs but rather flattened sheets. Its torso gutted open; organs ripped out, and a pool of dried blood lay beneath.
Hidan marveled at the sight. Jashin was proud.
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Sasuke stepped into Konohagakure for the first time in years. It was exactly as he remembered it. Beautiful, green, and calm. It wasn't like Kirigakure, where it was rainy or misty all year. The ground was hard, unlike the moist dirt of the marshlands.
"Izuna!" A familiar blue eyed boy yelled, waving his arm in the air. Sasuke immediately turned in the direction and his eyes widened. He's hot. Sasuke couldn't help but notice that fact. Naruto had gotten a lot taller, obviously. He was almost Sasuke's height, with his long blonde hair reaching a little past his neck, but still refusing not to spike. His body was muscular, probably from all the sports he played. Something his clothing seemed to extend to. Naruto was wearing orange track pants and a plain white t-shirt;, his wrists sported orange and black tennis wristbands. Naruto's eyes though were real jewels – they shone a bright azure and their light penetrated into the cold, onyx depths of Sasuke's dark ones.
The two looked like complete opposites standing next to each other. Sasuke wore black jeans with many pockets, and a long sleeved white shirt with dark black stripes on the arms. Sasuke's hair grew long also, reaching just slightly past his neck. Was it a coincidence they wore their hair at about the same length, despite the different hairstyles? Nonetheless, the two standing together must've looked odd. It was as if light and dark, yin and yang, stood personified.
"Naruto." Sasuke said, acknowledging the other's presence. His heart thumped painfully against his chest, eager to rush out. But he refused to show any emotion, even to his closest friend.
"Izuna!" Naruto's big smile could light up the world. He held out his hand. "Let's go. I'll show you around Konoha and introduce you to all ou-." Catching himself, he quickly saved. "my friends. I already asked mom, and you can stay at my place if you want."
"Hn." Sasuke responded, walking past Naruto. "What are you waiting for? Show me around, dobe."
"Okay~~" Naruto said, his enthusiasm untouched. His best friend, who Naruto missed for years, finally returned. Not even his attitude could slow Naruto down. Besides, he knew what kind of person Sasuke beyond the cold glare. "Would you like to rest and put your things away first? Speaking of, where are your things?"
"I'll just buy whatever I need." Sasuke said. "My bag holds everything I deemed important enough to bring, and I don't need to rest." As he said this, he gestured to his backpack, currently strapped to his shoulders.
"Then first let's get some ramen! It's lunch time, and I know you've been craving some ramen!" Naruto said, gesturing towards Sasuke to follow. It was true. After spending about eight years listening to Naruto gawk about the amazing god-sent ramen, Sasuke was a little intrigued. He did want to try it.
"If you want." Sasuke shrugged as if he didn't really want ramen, following Naruto.
The ramen stand was not what Sasuke expected. It was located just off the street and didn't have a lot of seating area. In fact, it was a single row, bar style. The only employees were the owners, a man and his daughter.
"Naruto! It's been a while!" The ramen man said amicably, recognizing Naruto. Actually only an entire two days passed since Naruto's last trip, but it counted as a while by Naruto's standard.
"I'm so sorry. I was busy with work and stuff." Naruto said as he sat down and gestured towards Sasuke. "This is my friend, Izuna."
"Nice to meet you Izuna." The ramen girl replied, cooking the ramen. The two spotted Naruto's approach and already began making his usual, even before he made it to the stand.
Her old man nodded towards Izuna. "It's always good to have Naruto's friends come."
"Nice to meet you too." Sasuke responded with the usual Uchiha style, namely stoically. "I'll get what he's having." Sasuke said, glancing towards Naruto.
"We'll bring it right out." The old man nodded then turned around to help his daughter.
"So, S-Izuna, you never responded about the movie." Naruto said, his arm on the counter.
"That's the worst movie ever made." Sasuke scoffed. "Don't tell me you actually like the When Bears Attack series."
"I love it!" Naruto looked shock. "It's the most epic series ever! How do you not love it?"
Sasuke's thoughts grimaced back to Kisame and his brother binge watching movies 1-5 a few years back. They weren't images he wanted to revisit. What did Itachi see in that series? How the heck did they manage to make so many? It was a mystery to the sane half of the world, who recognized the series for its idiocy – though Itachi wasn't an idiot. Sasuke mused this over in his head once more. He wandered if, maybe, there was more to the series than he realized, if Itachi loved it.
"Earth to Izuna~" Naruto waved his hand in front of Sasuke's face.
"I just don't! It's completely ridiculous. There is no plot; it's just all action." Sasuke snapped, a little annoyed his thoughts were interrupted.
"Fine." Naruto looked disappointed. "How about laser tag?"
"Isn't that for kids?"
"We are kids!"
Sasuke scoffed in response. "We don't have to force fun, Naruto."
"Force fun? Have you ever even played laser tag?" As Naruto asked this, the ramen was placed before the duo.
"No, and I have no intention of playing." Sasuke said, wrapping the ramen around his chopsticks.
"It's settled then!" Naruto exclaimed, picking up an egg from his ramen. "We're going to play laser tag."
"I didn't agree to that." Sasuke mumbled before eating. This stuff is good. Sasuke thought.
"How's the ramen?" Naruto asked with a knowing smirk.
"It's okay. I've had better." Sasuke responded, twirling more noodles around his chopsticks, and reaching for a piece of meat.
"Righttttt." Naruto smiled to himself. One of the benefits of knowing Sasuke through text messages for so long, Naruto knew what the teenager was actually thinking even if his words said another.
Sasuke glared sideways at Naruto. He can't actually read my thoughts, can he? No one had been able to read him. Well, no one except Itachi.
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Sasuke and Naruto sat down on playground's park bench where they often played as kids.
"How's everyone else doing?" Sasuke asked. Up until now, he had never asked Naruto about them. He always wondered, but was too embarrassed.
"Hmm… A lot has happened." Naruto seemed to be lost in thought for a moment. "Let's see… Kiba volunteers at the animal shelter and Akamaru has gotten huge. Shino isn't here, he went on an expedition for three months in the Amazon rain forest. He says he wants to discover new insect species, eventually. Hinata has gotten really cute and spends a lot of time studying. I guess because her family wants her to take up the business. The three of them are together a lot, and I think Kiba and Hinata might have something going on."
"That doesn't seem so surprising, everything is just like when they were kids." Sasuke said thoughtfully. "They haven't changed at all."
"Hahaha, you'd be surprised though by who did change."
"Who?"
"Hmm Sakura and Ino changed the most I'd say. As kids, Sakura was so shy and Ino was so outgoing. Well I suppose Ino is still outgoing, but something changed in the past few months. I have no idea what. She's been so secretive lately. She used to be so involved in the environment and saving all the trees or something. But she's stepped down from the geology club, she's just been real secretive lately. I wonder what is going on." Naruto looked in the direction of the Yamanaka flower shop.
"And Sakura?" Sasuke asked, curious about the rookie nine as people called them. Once upon a time they were pretty close.
"Sakura is incredibly smart. She's already finished high school, and is thinking of doing something in medicine. But she's not so good in her love life, it's one sided and just not working out."
"She's already that far ahead?" Sasuke asked. He too had already finished high school. Tch, someone else had kept up with him.
"Yep. Shikamaru and Choji are exactly like before. Shikamaru still lazes around doing nothing, though I think he might actually be pretty smart. And Choji still loves nothing but food. He cooks the best, and eats the most. They really don't have anything going on, and aren't doing anything in particular."
"So basically, not much has changed." Sasuke was glad. That meant everything was normal and fine. They weren't affected too negatively by Danzo. Somehow, even though Sasuke knew the man was behind bars, he didn't feel safe knowing Danzo was so close to his friends.
"Yep. And tomorrow, you, Kiba, Shikamaru, Choji, and me are playing laser tag. I already asked them to join us."
"I didn't agree to that." Sasuke glared at Naruto. "Besides, I have work to do here. I didn't come to play."
"Too bad, you're doing it!" Naruto's expression became serious as soon as he finished that sentence. "We can talk work after. There's a lot we need to discuss before we start anything."
"Let's not talk about it here." Sasuke got up and Naruto followed.
"Let's pass by the lake we used to swim in." Naruto gestured towards the path. "It's on the way home anyway."
"Sure." Sasuke said, indifferently.
As they passed, Sasuke noticed two figures standing by the lake in the sunset. A girl with short, pink hair was standing with a girl who had her hair up in two buns. The two were leaning in for a kiss. "Huh, I feel like I know that figure."
"That's Sakura and TenTen. They're dating." Naruto commented, smirking at the sight. "I'm surprised they're out here."
"Hn." Sasuke indifferently ignoring the situation and passed by. In reality he was quite surprised. That was really Sakura?
"Pfft, don't act like you aren't shocked." Naruto was watching them with a grin on his face.
"Dobe!" Sasuke's eye twitched. The little pervert was going to make him look bad. Sasuke grabbed Naruto's arm and dragged him towards the Hokage's house.
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"This is boring, yeah!" Deidara said as he watched Sasuke and Naruto from a building's roof a distance away.
"It's not too bad." Sasori responded; his body unnaturally still. His chest did not move with breath, and his eyes did not blink.
"Unlike you, I can't just skip parts of life that are boring, yeah." Deidara rolled his eyes.
"What do you think they're planning?" Sasori asked. "They were so careless as to talk about it in public."
"Must be a teenager thing. Prom, yeah?" Deidara shrugged.
"Their faces were so serious and this is Sasuke." Sasori said. "Maybe I should hack their text messages?"
"I thought you already did, yeah?" Deidara sat down on the railing of the roof they were on.
"Nah, Kisame told me to give them some privacy."
"Privacy?" Deidara almost laughed. "That man respects Sasuke's privacy only until it suits him, yeah."
"Then we have to wait until it suits him." Sasori's eyes mechanically moved to meet Deidara's.
"Well then, ask Kisame already so we can find out, yeah." Deidara lazily asked. He could have taken his own phone out, but Sasori could communicate like a phone without speaking or texting. No one else knew but he could be on the phone the entire time, with multiple conversations even. Sasori was Deidara's walking cellphone until they separated. Then Deidara had to use an actual phone, which was a pain given Sasori's convenience.
"Already did." Sasori smirked. He felt like he could read the blonde's mind after all this time together, and it never got boring. "There's something I've wanted to talk to you about. Want to get some of that ramen?"
Deidara looked up in surprise at the robot. This was new, Sasori never suggested this before. "Everything okay?"
Sasori turned towards Deidara, and smiled. "Yes."
He smiled. Deidara felt a chill run down his spine. This couldn't be good.
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"Your aunt Karin is coming for a visit tomorrow." Naruto's mother informed the teenager as he sat in front of the TV with Sasuke. At the sound of Karin's name, Sasuke's ears perked and he blinked.
"Ehh, really?" Naruto looked at his mother, raising an eyebrow. "Why haven't I met her before?"
The question caused Kushina to make an interesting face. "Er… Well… You'll find out when she arrives. She's going to bring some guests."
"Okay." Naruto turned back to the TV.
"Karin… From Playgirl Mansion?" Sasuke asked, without turning around to meet Kushina's gaze. Both of them sported a faint pink hue on their cheeks.
"… Yes." Kushina finally responded.
"Ah." Sasuke said.
"Playgirl Mansion?" Naruto curiously turned towards Sasuke. His voice making it clear he wanted to know more. Neither Sasuke nor Kushina chose to elaborate, and Kushina made her exit.
Is Sasuke… blushing? Naruto thought as he observed Sasuke with a strange look on his face.
"What are you looking at dobe?" Sasuke snapped. His cheeks still held pink, but now because of Naruto's intense stare.
"Nothing~." Naruto responded playfully, turning back to the screen. I wonder if Sasuke knows?
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Kisame's heart was thumping incredibly fast. He felt the adrenaline rushing through him. There was no reason to be so afraid, but the sinking feeling in his stomach would not disappear. He had to talk to Itachi. Entering the library, which was like Itachi's nest, Kisame tried to locate the man. He had his own desk with piles upon piles of history books. Occasionally, his laptop would be open with the newest book he was working on; Itachi wrote textbooks. Right now, he had his head down on the desk, with a book open. His long black hair was messy and spread out across the desk; his bangs gently covered his face. His eyes were shut and his breathing gentle. He wore a long sleeved black shirt and khaki pants.
In the past eight years, Itachi had grown significantly. His body was larger, more muscular. He was still small compared to Kisame, of course, but far more masculine than in his younger years. His face was more chiseled and handsome. The sight of him resting so calmly, so beautifully on the desk teased Kisame's control. Butterflies took flight in his stomach – only Itachi made him feel like this.
"It-Itachi?" Kisame's voice was almost cracking as he approached the raven. Itachi's eyes fluttered open at the sound, taking in Kisame's figure without moving from his position on the desk.
Kisame placed one hand on the desk and leaned on it slightly. The other shaking hand reached over and gently brushed away the hair on the raven's face. Kisame lay entranced once more by the figure before him. Was such beauty real? The sinking feeling was back as Kisame thought of losing what had become so important to him over the past few years. Losing Itachi would be the punishment for his many sins. But more importantly of how he had manipulated the raven all these years. Guilt seared through Kisame. It shouldn't have; Kisame knew the weasel was manipulating him back. They manipulated each other. But Kisame felt it was entirely his fault.
"Kisame?" Itachi finally whispered softly. His eyes lost their dark stoicness and softened, most likely under Kisame's touch. Kisame had learned a lot about Itachi that he had forsaken the first few meetings they had. The most important was that Itachi did not display much emotion. Kisame was privy to a lot of Itachi's emotions early on because of the situation they were in, but soon it grew apparent it was a rarity. The second was that even if he did display emotion, that soft gaze was only given to a few. Kisame felt lucky to ever know the gaze's existence. No, Kisame thought again, he was lucky to ever even laid eyes on or know the magnificent figure before him.
Another thing Kisame learned was that Itachi was commanding, with very few words. He had been shocked how quickly everything changed when they started dating. Itachi's power in his family became fairly obvious. His aura, his essence, demanded nothing less than complete obedience from all those around him. At work, Kisame brought Itachi only a handful of times, but he had garnered the respect of all, making a place for himself from within the shadows. If Kisame wasn't so helplessly in love with the man, he would've feared him. Maybe he did fear him a little.
"I…" Kisame began unable to continue as his eyes met Itachi's. He was going to break. He couldn't say this. He couldn't admit to everything he had done. Without knowing it, a single tear fell down Kisame's face. Had he ever, in the past eight years of knowing Itachi cried? How long had it been? He must've been a child.
That single tear was enough for Itachi to sit up straight, reaching out to touch Kisame's face. He elicited nothing short of pure euphoria from Kisame. Shaking slightly, Kisame held the hand Itachi reached out to him with and clenched it within his own. Taking deep breaths, he calmed himself.
"What's wrong?" Itachi asked. His words were not like his usual commands or glances that spoke volumes. They were filled with genuine concern.
Unable to handle it anymore, Kisame pulled Itachi into a tight hug and whispered "I have to tell you something."
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A/N:
Thank you to Kinkou for editing this chapter
Anyone else wondering what Naruto's secret is?
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