Black as Blood

XI.

Sasuke settled onto the couch, easing his way for his muscles still protested movement. It was simple enough to explain, considering summoning Shiro took quite a lot of out him, even at his best. The attack that the two had suffered had taken its toll on Shiro as well, the wolf asleep in the back of his mind, though Sasuke could feel the wolf shifting as though answering Kyuubi’s calls. Sasuke closed his eye, intending to nap, starting just a moment when Naruto settled against his side, offering a bottle of water that Sasuke took gratefully. It was a problem, when he summoned Shiro, that he would always get overly dehydrated. They’d managed to get through their reports without any brain damage courtesy of Tsunade. She told them not to leave the village for some time, as the Council would have to be informed and probably another hearing. More headaches for everyone.

“So…” Naruto began, doing his best not to blush as Sasuke settled his head on his shoulder, both staring at the blank screen of the television set.

“So?”

“I don’t have any movies. And I don’t feel like getting up to turn on the TV. So tell me a story.”

“Naruto, you aren’t four anymore.”

“Tell me why Kyuubi attacked Konoha.”

Sasuke stilled and drew his head away from Naruto’s shoulder. The blonde almost regretted it, but he held firm when Sasuke turned to him, his eye glinting with something Naruto couldn’t name. They held each other’s gaze for what seemed to be hours, neither blinking or saying anything until Sasuke finally sighed, nodding as he settled his head back on Naruto’s shoulder.

“You’re not going to like it.”

“Come on. If I can handle Kakashi’s stories about when Konohamaru got a hold of Icha Icha, I think I can handle a story like this.”

Sasuke sighed, nodding again, eye closing as he settled against Naruto, knowing the blonde had settled in to hear a story. It was a matter of where to begin, of how much to reveal, of how much Naruto needed to know about his family and the cruelties they wrought upon him and Itachi. It seemed inevitable to start at the beginning because, generally, that’s where stories started.

“I met Shiro when I was only a few months old. Itachi had taken me out to play. It was one of his rare days of nothing, so he decided to escape the family for a few hours.” Sasuke began, softly, hesitantly. “Itachi didn’t know any better. He was a kid, young, stupid, if you can believe that. We were followed. After all, who’s going to let the Uchiha progeny out and about by themselves?”

Naruto paused, sighing softly. “They caught you?”

“Yep.” Sasuke breathed. “The adults didn’t know Shiro was Kyuubi’s mate, and Itachi didn’t know enough to really fight back. And even if he did he couldn’t have protected me anyway. It’s something he’s never been able to forgive himself for.”

“So he really does care about you?”

“If he’d had his choice, when he was old enough to become my guardian, he’d have taken me away from here. I assume we’d both be with Akatsuki at this point. Anyway, the adults, my father especially, captured Shiro to seal him inside me. I think that’s why I was such a late bloomer into jutsus.”

“What do you mean?” Naruto asked, sliding his arms around Sasuke’s shoulders and hugging the elder close.

“Orochimaru and I studied the effects of the biju on the body when we had nothing to do. Apparently, being a vessel to a spirit dampens the natural process of the body channeling chakra. The stronger the spirit, the more difficult it is to control the chakra. That’s why your clone jutsus were so fucked up.” Sasuke said, relaxing back into Naruto’s warmth.

“Well, now I know who to blame.” Naruto said with a grin, lifting a hand to run his fingers through Sasuke’s dark strands.

“Anyway,” Sasuke whispered to keep the story going. “Kyuubi found out what my clan did. So he attacked Konoha to get to us, to destroy the Uchiha clan. After that it becomes history.”

“Yondaime sealed Kyuubi into me and blah, blah, blah.” By now, Naruto had maneuvered Sasuke’s head into the perfect kissing position, the two settled against each other, nestled almost, comfortable.

“Itachi took Kyuubi’s revenge upon himself. Got them all.”

“All but one.”

“Because he couldn’t. No matter what, he’d made a promise to our mother he would always protect me.” Sasuke said, slowly starting to drift into sleep. Naruto hummed, petting Sasuke as the darker’s head lolled against his shoulder, the elder jounin asleep. Naruto moved to lift Sasuke into his arms, carrying the elder to the bedroom they had begun to share, settling Sasuke down onto the mattress, covering him with the blankets. The blonde studied Sasuke for a long while, settling down beside him on the mattress, fingers ghosting over pale flesh, stroking and petting. Naruto leaned in then, mouth sealing over Sasuke’s, shifting to hold himself over the darker.

Kyuubi was purring in the back of Naruto’s mind, urging the boy on, urging the boy to keep going no matter what Sasuke did in retaliation. Naruto had every intention of making Sasuke his, indeed, but he had no intention of forcing Sasuke to do anything he didn’t want to. After all, that’s where trust started, right? Kyuubi only snorted and let Naruto have his fun. Sasuke only wrinkled his face and rolled, trying to get away from whatever was assaulting him. Naruto kept up his movement, rolling with Sasuke, finally pinning the elder beneath him, nuzzling his neck.

“Wake up, Sasuke.” Naruto whispered into his ear, nibbling the shell, forcing Sasuke away from the sweet dream he had been having and into the waking world. Sasuke made a noise, quite annoyed at the whispers in his ear. Naruto only smiled, shifting over Sasuke, nuzzling his neck as Sasuke tilted his head back, making a whimpering noise.

“Oh wake up, Sasuke.” Naruto whispered. “Wake up, beautiful one.”

“Sh-shut up, Naruto…” Sasuke replied quietly, arching into the blonde’s teasing mouth, head tilting to the side, offering more of the pale expanse of his neck to the younger man. Naruto only snickered, baring his teeth to mark Sasuke’s throat, bruising the pale flesh in an effort to make Sasuke his own. Sasuke’s body trembled beneath Naruto’s hands, the blonde spending very little time in divesting the darker of his clothes. It was a tedious process, considering Naruto took the time to nip and suckle at every bit of available flesh on Sasuke’s body, but soon, the darker was bare beneath him, face nicely red, chest heaving for precious air. Naruto purred in echo of Kyuubi and nuzzled Sasuke’s neck again as his hand stroked down the darker’s stomach, teasing through a wiry thatch of hair to the base of Sasuke’s growing erection. Naruto shifted to his knees then, spreading Sasuke’s legs apart and settling between them, raising his eyes to Sasuke’s own dark orb, smiling.

“You like that, Sasuke-kun?” Naruto asked in a falsetto, laughing at the annoyed growl, soothing Sasuke with a heavy stroke right down the vein. “It gets better, you just wait.”

Sasuke arched into Naruto’s hand, pushing himself up to sit with his legs spread wide, hands clutching into Naruto’s jacket, tugging to get it off as Naruto surged up to capture Sasuke’s mouth, silencing any protest that might’ve been said. It didn’t stop Sasuke from biting Naruto’s lip rather hard in retaliation for the teasing strokes, nor did it stop Naruto’s clothes from coming off until the blonde was bared to his lover. Sasuke gasped and bit into Naruto’s shoulder as Naruto’s hand squeezed his member in a tight vice grip, bruising the tanned flesh enough to make Naruto wince. The blonde cut off Sasuke’s apology with a rough kiss, forcing the elder down onto the covers as he settled between Sasuke’s legs, half covering him as he rubbed their erections together.

Naruto thought Sasuke was beautiful, pale skin shining with sweat, mouth part way open as he panted for air, writhing and moaning beneath Naruto, though Naruto was wise enough not to openly say Sasuke was moaning. The bite on his shoulder hurt too much for Naruto to want another bruise. It wasn’t enough for Naruto to see Sasuke completely undone, however. Naruto wanted more of Sasuke, probably more than Sasuke was willing to give at the moment. But Naruto had learned to be patient, because he’d gone through his life facing the consequences that his rashness had brought, and because he wanted Sasuke’s trust. Sasuke arched and whimpered as he felt Naruto’s mouth on his need, the blonde tonguing the slit to lap up the pearlescent drops that were beading there. The blonde didn’t stop with his tongue though. His intent was to make Sasuke beg for it before the end. So he shifted yet again, wrapped a hand around the base of Sasuke’s erection and enveloped the head with his mouth, going down on the elder ninja. Sasuke bit back a scream, head tossing from side to side as he writhed beneath Naruto, panting as he whimpered out the blonde’s name, almost utterly undone. Naruto only laughed, the vibrations doing horrible things to Sasuke’s body, and bobbed his head in time with the motions of his hand. Eventually, at Sasuke’s whimpered insistence, Naruto drew back, smiling at the darker.

“I love you, Uchiha Sasuke.” Naruto whispered against Sasuke’s ear, fingers soon coated in sweat and semen, enough to do in a pinch since this little activity hadn’t been planned in the slightest. Sasuke’s mouth worked noiselessly, as if he couldn’t comprehend Naruto’s words. Finally, a small smile graced his face, Sasuke moving to wrap his arms around Naruto’s shoulders, giving himself up to the younger blonde.

“I love you, too, Uzumaki Naruto.” Sasuke replied, gasping as Naruto’s first two fingers breached his body, pushing slowly past that tight ring of muscle up to his first knuckle. Naruto pressed kisses to Sasuke’s throat if only to soothe as he pressed his fingers in deeper, until he couldn’t push them any further, withdrawing them and pushing them back in, stretching Sasuke for his considerably larger erection. The darker was mewling, quiet little sounds that drove Naruto crazy just by knowing it was –Sasuke- that was making those sounds, and Naruto couldn’t hold himself back especially with Kyuubi’s insistence. Finally, the blonde removed his fingers and settled his need against Sasuke’s entrance, slowly pushing in.

At first, Naruto nearly couldn’t stand the tightness. It was painful, no lie, but it felt wonderful at the same time. He could hear Kyuubi whispering in the back of his head, but it wasn’t to him. No, somehow, some way, when Naruto made that physical connection with Sasuke, it opened a spiritual connection between Kyuubi and Shiro, and as he watched Sasuke, Naruto knew Sasuke felt that connection as well. Naruto smiled and leaned down to kiss Sasuke, slowly beginning to move, drawing out their lovemaking as much for their benefit as well as Kyuubi and Shiro’s. Naruto watched Sasuke’s face, listened to his cries, and picked up the pace of his thrusts, wrapping his arms beneath Sasuke’s legs to fold him near in half, slamming into his lover harder and harder, the only sounds in the room being their pants and moans.

Naruto managed to slide his hand between their sweat slickened bodies to grasp Sasuke’s penis, fisting the darker boy as he slammed into his body, listening to Sasuke’s quiet cries. It was almost too much, combined with Kyuubi’s whispered words to Shiro and Sasuke’s tightness, for the darker was growing ever tighter and Naruto knew neither would be able to take no more very soon. It was just a matter of who came first and Naruto was determined to make Sasuke lose the race. He stroked and squeezed and thrust into Sasuke’s warmth, Sasuke arching and gasping beneath him, almost completely undone. Both were getting close to the edge now, Naruto’s pants nearly drowning out Sasuke’s cries, and finally, finally Sasuke let out a choked cry, his body tensing and arching as hot white seed splashing against his chest and Naruto’s fingers, Naruto’s own passion filling Sasuke as the blonde let release wash over him, the blonde collapsing on top of his lover.

Sasuke clung to his lover, nuzzling against the blonde’s shoulder, red in the face as he listened to Shiro’s purring, muting the wolf’s own as Naruto sealed his mouth over Sasuke’s, the blonde purring into the kiss. When they broke apart and Naruto pulled from Sasuke’s body, they lay beside each other, Sasuke enveloped in Naruto’s arms, head resting on his chest. Sasuke traced the chakra tattoo that was softly glowing on Naruto’s stomach, the archaic runes fading as Naruto calmed down, the two nestled nicely beneath the blankets.

“So…” Sasuke began softly as Naruto repositioned his head against his shoulder, running his fingers through Sasuke’s dark hair.

“So?” Naruto repeated, smiling into the dark as Sasuke snuggled tighter against him. Naruto laughed softly, managing to hold back a yawn as Sasuke let out a wide yawn of his own. “I love you, Sasuke. Nothing and no one will change that.”

“Mm.” Sasuke replied, finally falling asleep against Naruto’s side. Naruto smiled into the dark and started to fall asleep himself. He made a promise to himself to visit Tsunade-baa-chan in the morning, eventually.