It's Always Been Us All

Chapter Twelve— A Triangle of Unwanted Love

Sasuke felt a small droplet of sweat traveling down his forehead as he looked ahead, hills and hills of grass stood between him and his destination. He was tired beyond belief but he knew that he had to keep going if he was to reach Jiraiya in four days. The lives of Neji and Lee were on the line and he knew he couldn’t very well take the privilege of taking his sweet time.


Two days he’d been traveling now, stopping only when absolutely necessary… He secretly thanked Orochimaru’s harsh training, for if it hadn’t been for the sick treatment he received while in the snake’s care, he probably wouldn’t have been able to keep going this long with so little rest. And if you add to that a few years of being a professional shinobi, his situation wasn’t too bad.


He wasn’t going to lie to himself though… he was a bit nervous. He hadn’t been on such a dangerous mission in years. He knew he was one of the best ninja’s that Konoha had… but still, years of doing easy jobs did tend to make people slack, and now he was sort of whishing he had taken Lee up on those offers to train like crazy! The last fight he had fought that was even a slight bit as dangerous as this one was the one where he fought the snake with nothing but the intention to kill. And that was a long, long time ago. He supposed he could probably still take him on though, because really it had nothing to do with whether or not he had the skill— he was, after all, an Uchiha. He wasn’t questioning his skills, he knew he could get into the Akatsuki’s lair— he knew that Tsunade was probably right about his brother too… but still, he was nervous as hell about the whole mission in general!


Then add to that the fact that he didn’t even want to be there, that Lee and Neji weren’t even all that close to him, that he really could give a fuck if they lived or died… Well, that little tad bit of information just seemed to make it all the worse for him. Sasuke couldn’t imagine anything worse than dying for something he didn’t care about. He supposed though, that even though he REALLY didn’t want to admit it, just the thought of the smile Naruto would surely give him when he found out that his friends had survived because of him, was more than enough to make all the trouble worth it in the end.


Ugh, Sakura’s mushy shit really was not becoming of him.


Sasuke wiped his forehead, wishing that he had his forehead protector with him to prevent the sweat from dripping into his eyes. He took out his canteen and quickly slugged down the liquid, enjoying how his dry throat was immediately refreshend. He had four days to go, traveling like this, in this weather, and alone. It wasn’t hot, per say, but jumping from tree to tree all day did tend to make him sweat like any other normal human being.


Really though, Sasuke wouldn’t be having so many complaints if it wasn’t for the fact that under his current circumstances, he was mostly left alone with nothing more than his thoughts. He hated the fact that since he had taken off on his mission, the only thing on his mind had basically been his current predicament with Naruto and Sakura. He really didn’t know why the hell he even cared so much. Hell, if Naruto found out about the thought’s he’d been having lately, he’d never let him live it down. Sasuke honestly thought that seeing a blur of pink and blonde at random times and in the most unexpected places every thirty minutes was really not healthy… and because of his inability to keep his mind on the right track, he found that he had to keep his eyes open at all times, else he’d get lost in the musings of his love life…


Ugh.


The young Uchiha couldn’t understand why he was suddenly having all these feelings. Feelings that were way beyond any normal friendship he’d ever had before… feelings that were intimate on a whole different level. He laughed silently, because the thought of Naruto and the word intimate placed together in the same sentence, was surprisingly funny… And it really was ironic how he finally got time away from the two people that were causing him nothing but mental torment, and yet his brain for some reason deemed it necessary to only think about them.


For starters, he really, really had to stress the fact that he DIDN’T like them! He liked nothing about them. Sakura was nothing if not clingy! She always found the need to hang all over him! She was whiney most of the time, she was needy, and she was annoying. She always wanted him to do things that were just NOT him. If he had to actually come up with one thing he liked about her, really the only thing he could give her props on was her tight pussy and her nice supple breasts. Sasuke wasn’t going to lie— she was great in bed. But she was just not marriage material… and yet he couldn’t deem anyone else worthy enough to reproduce an Uchiha.


Then there was Naruto, the biggest idiot on the face of the planet. A guy whom he could not confide his secrets in, for he knew the next day everyone would probably know them. A guy who acted like he understood him so completely, and yet Sasuke knew that it wasn’t possible for Naruto to understand him… he was way too innocent…


Childlike even.


Still, amongst such facts, Sasuke could never forget that Naruto had been the only person that had even slightly mattered to him after his family’s massacre. When everyone thought that Sasuke had lost himself to his own insanity, it was Naruto who had brought him back to reality. It was him who had given him some comfort in the worst times of his life. Naruto was the first person whose smile was able to make him want to smile right back. The first person who had engaged him in a full blown out argument, when everyone else was too scared of hurting his feelings… The one person who NEVER ceased to surprise him with how kind, and selfless he really is.

Ugh, he was screwed and he knew it.

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Naruto’s blue eyes fluttered opened, but as soon as they did, he felt the sudden urge to go right back to sleep.


He knew those eyes… and as he brought up his numb hand to wipe at his drowsy eyes, he watched as the figure that had been silently watching him raised an eyebrow. The man didn’t say a word to him, just watched him silently— succeeding in almost making him wet his pants right then and there.


Looking around, and determining what his options were, and what he could possibly do to alleviate his frustrations, he noticed that he was in a cell.


A dark cell…


He also noticed that he was actually very comfortable… despite the fact that he wanted to throw up everything that he hadn’t ate the previous day! Naruto shifted slightly and he glanced down briefly, noticing that he was on a clean bed, which oddly enough, happened to have frog sheets.


Was he dreaming?


“No you’re not dreaming,” The cold voice was enough to bring him out of his silent musings. He looked up into those cold dark eyes and he felt a shudder go down his spine. Well… he was 99.999999 percent positive that he wasn’t dreaming, unfortunately…! Though he wasn’t about to show the bastard that he was sacred! Which of course he was, but that’s beside the point… He needed to figure out a way to get out of there with all his vital body parts still intact. And he needed to figure out how to do that soon!


“Where am I?” Naruto’s raspy voice echoed through the cement walls; which was odd considering his enemy’s voice had done no such thing! He looked around once more and realized that there was a toilet, a small sink, and a wooden stool. Now he wasn’t sure how retarded this genius was supposed to be… but that was just perfect!


“You can’t escape, so don’t try. You’ll only be brought food once a day, so don’t try and starve yourself for attention. I’m sure you can manage to get yourself some water,” The dark eyes glanced at the sink before settling on Naruto’s tired form once more, “And any luxury given to you will only be offered once. We are not kind men.”


The man stared at him for long moments before he walked over to the metallic bars, teleporting himself outside of them, and then looking at him once more. “Your chakra does not work here. Do not tempt me, I will kill you.”


Naruto knew it wasn’t a lie, and he knew well enough that the murderer was very capable of carrying out such a threat without so much as even batting an eye. He looked into the man’s dark eyes, ignoring the urge to look down; he instead focused on trying to read any emotion that might be on display… though instead of clueing him in, he ended up more than a little confused!


The cold blooded murderer was looking at Naruto with something akin to regret... but it only lasted a second before an utter revulsion replaced it and the man walked away, his steps echoing behind him. Naruto didn’t yell at him to come back… No, instead he sighed and closed his eyes, trying with all his might to get all thoughts of the Akatsuki out of his head— trying to focus only on those thoughts that made him happy— Sasuke and Sakura.




He’d find a way to escape being Itachi’s prisoner later.

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Sakura glared at the girl that was supposed to be her best friend. How was it that Ino could be such a maniac, and yet act as if though she were completely sane in the head at the same time? Honestly though, she could tear that long nappy hair right out of her friends head! And she would, as soon as her mother left them alone!


“Are you guys sure you don’t want any cookies?” Mrs. Haruno happily asked while swaying her hips from side to side.


“Yes mother, we ate some earlier, remember? Besides, Ino was in the middle of telling me something important… we’d like our privacy.” Sakura managed not to give her mother such a rude smile, which was really speaking volumes of her self control at the moment.


“Actually, I think I’d like a glass of milk, if you wouldn’t mind,” Ino smiled at Sakura sweetly, “I’m sure Sakura would like some too.” The blonde headed girl smoothed out the invisible wrinkles on her mini-skirt, avoiding Sakura’s angry glare.


“Alright, I’ll be back in a few minutes.”


Sakura glared at her best friend, knowing full well the game that the bitch was playing with her. “Listen pig, you think that my mom can save your ass, think twice.” She whispered angrily as her mother shut the door and walked happily to the kitchen.


“Sakura, how is any of this my fault?” Ino managed such an innocent look, that it had Inner Sakura raging in complete unbelief at the audacity that the pig had.


“How is this your fault?! You told Anko everything! Just because you were jealous that some new hot thing got into Anko’s pants before you did, did not mean that you could go and tell her everything and spill the beans about the secret mission that Tsunade gave me! That is so unprofessional of you Ino! You know I could get into so much trouble for this…”


“Well it was your fault for trusting me with such information in the first place, forehead girl! Besides, Anko is Head of Konoha’s security for a reason… you should trust her.” Ino managed to doge a well aimed punch to her stomach, and at such actions she couldn’t help but laugh. “Sakura don’t you think you’re overreacting just a tad bit?”


The pink haired shinobi huffed as her best friend and rival gave her one of her most convincing smiles… and yet she knew that she was screwed. She had to go talk to Anko now, thanks to her supposed best friend, and everyone knew how head deep into a shit hole she was for the new bitch that Naruto had decided to parade around. How on earth was she going to even have a civilized conversation with the older woman if she couldn’t even form a civilized sentence about the new bitch that wanted to kill them all?!


“You know that love is blind…” Sakura rolled her eyes as she repeated the words that Tsunade had once spoken to her while lecturing her about her never ending infatuation with Sasuke… She had tried to convince Sakura that Sasuke was not perfect… and the pink haired shinobi still couldn’t see the Hokage’s point of view on that particular subject— Saskue, in her opinion, was definitely perfect.


“Here you are girls!” Mrs. Haruno chirped as she walked back into the room with two glasses of milk. “So… what are we talking about?” Smiling, she gave each girl their glass of milk before taking a seat next to her scowling daughter.


“Mother… I told you, it’s private.” In that moment Sakura thought that the world was trying to make her life a living hell. Nothing could be worse than her current situation— Sasuke was on a mission that could probably kill him, Naruto had been kidnapped and she would probably never see him again, she wanted to scream at her mother that she wasn’t a child anymore and that she didn’t need her to butt into everything, and then there was this little issue that had suddenly popped out of nowhere— she wanted to murder her best friend. She really agreed with the saying ‘Live is a bitch’.


“Oh, come now Sakura, there’s nothing you can’t tell me. I’m your mother.” To emphasize her point, Mrs. Haruno took the glass of milk out of Sakura’s hand, took a sip, and gave it back, happily wiping away a small droplet of the white substance from the corner of her lips.


Sakura once more directed her death glare at the bitch that had put her in this position. When Ino smirked at her sadistically, she felt like punching the pig right then and there. Sometimes she wondered why she even kept her around… Sure, Ino knew everything about everything, and knew everyone’s business, which sometimes could come in handy, but Ino was certainly not worth all the trouble she had to go through now.


“Oh, Mrs. Haruno it’s nothing really. We were just talking about Sakura’s love life…” Ino smiled innocently at Sakura before continuing on with the little rant that would get her head smashed into a wall, “You see, she likes two guys and she can’t decide who to pick.”

Oh. Now the bitch was going to get it…

Sakura’s eyes widened as she looked over at her mother to catch the reaction… To say she was shocked was an understatement. Her mother started laughing! Something she had never expected her mother to do at hearing such a thing! If anything she should be insulted, calling Ino different kind’s of a liar.

“Wha-what’s so funny?” Sakura croaked out.

“Sakura, sweetie… is that true?” Her mother clutched at her stomach as she tried to control the rather annoying giggles. Well this was certainly a side of her mother she had never cared to know. In all honesty, it was more scary than anything… not to mention weird.


“Oh it is! You see she fell for the hot, rich, and sexy one first. Of course it’s only typical of Sakura to do just that— always going for the best option…! She never expected to fall for the underdog though. You see it’s not that hard to see what she wants. Yet for some reason my friend here is having such a hard time trying to make a decision, when I don’t even think one needs to be made, or that she even wants to make one.” Ino smirked once more, before slowly bringing the glass of milk to her lips and drinking… Acting as if though she had not just told Sakura’s mother everything that she didn’t need to know about her daughter!


“Sakura… is this true?” Mrs. Haruno looked at her daughter as if though she had grown a second head… and it had orange hair. Sakura was about ready to die at that point. Honestly though, if she was even still alive after this conversation was over, she was definitely going to have to go buy a black outfit to wear at Ino’s funeral.


“Some of it…” She looked down, not being able to stare at her mother’s intense gaze… feeling somewhat ashamed of her treachours feelings towards Naruto and Sasuke. She idly wondered what Sasuke would do once he found out that she loved Naruto just as much as she loved him.


“The rich and sexy one would be the survivor of the Uchiha clan, your boyfriend, ne?” Her mother paused, shifting on the bed to completely face her, “But who is this underdog?” There was a curiosity in her mother’s voice that caused her to look up… and she had to admit she was surprised at what she saw. There was no steam coming out of her mothers ears, as a matter of fact, her eyes were as warm as always. She wasn’t pissed… and for some ungodly reason, her mother was making it seem as if though her having boy problems was just the most wonderful thing ever…


Sakura cleared her throat, shamelessly wanting to sound completely innocent… “Uzumaki Naruto,” She whispered, making sure to keep eye contact, she needed to see her reaction.


“…. That boy,” Her mother’s eyes widened a fraction, and Sakura prepared herself for the emotional wreck she was about to have to face up to. “That boy with blue eyes that saved Konoha during the attack of the Sand?” Her mother’s eyes shone with mirth as she practically jumped up and down in excitement.


“Yeah, that’s him!” Ino chipped in, jumping up and down right along with her mother… Sakura idly wondered if perhaps she was dreaming.


Shaking her head in disbelief, she fixed her eyes on her mother, and trying to sound as calm as she could, she asked the question that she was dying to know. “Mother, do you like him?”


“Like him?! Sakura… honey to tell you the truth, if I were going to pick one of them for you… between the two of them, I would pick Naruto. Let’s just say that I’m pretty sure that with all the tragedy the Uchiha boy has had in his life, I’m fairly sure he’s a mental wreck. As for Naruto… I hear he’s a hard worker, he’s funny, and he doesn’t threaten everyone that he meets with the promise of death.” Mrs. Haruno gave her another warm smile, taking Sakura’s hand in her own.


Now most girls would be happy when they found out that their mother had no problem with her daughter dating one of the most hated kids in the village… However that little aspect seemed to completely bypass Sakura, for all she could think about was the fact that her mother had called Sasuke a mental wreck! The whole time she had been thinking that she was going to have to defend Naruto, not Saskue! Though she was happy that the idea of her being with Naruto wasn’t all but shunned at the mere mention, she had to admit she was pissed off at what her mother had said about her current lover!


How dare she say such things about her boyfriend? Sure Sasuke had a lot of problems going on… but he was allowed to be a little off balance! His whole clan had been murdered by his own brother when he had been nothing more than a kid! Did she expect him to be a perfectly jolly man? Did she really expect his first priority to be Sakura?! Of course not…! Sakura was lucky to even be with Saskue, she was the envy of so many girls, and she wasn’t just with him! Saskue cared about her… he really, sincerely, truly cared about her. There truly wasn’t anything else that she could ask of him… at least nothing that he knew how to give her.


She looked into her mother’s eyes and prepared herself to reveal the little misunderstanding. She didn’t just want to be with one of them. She didn’t want her mom to choose. “Mother I’m afraid you don’t understand what Ino was implying when…” Though she really wasn’t allowed to say much more, for in that moment her mother tackled her down in a fierce hug, making Sakura squeal out in surprise.


“Oh of course I understand dear! But it is not my choice to make! You must choose between them… I can not do it for you!” Unfortunately for Sakura, the hug tightened, “I will always be here for you sweetie!” Then the kisses came— showering the pink haired shinobi with the bitter sweet taste of motherly love.


Sakura couldn’t say she was particularly pleased with the outcome, but she also couldn’t deny that she was somewhat relieved. Especially knowing that her mother didn’t hate Naruto! Although now she dreaded the day when she had to tell her mother that she most definitely didn’t want to choose… that she was going to do everything within her power to keep them both at her side.


They both had to damned well realize that she loved them! …And looking over at the smirking Ino, she came to a conclusion that the bitch was going to pay dearly!!


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AN: Okay so yeah I am still alive. So sorry about the wait that you guys had to go through! But does anyone else feel sorry for Naruto and Sasuke? And I had fun writing the last part of this chapter with Sakura’s mom. For some reason I always pictured her as a sturdy woman… so I thought it’d be fun to write the complete opposite! LOL I’m weird like that. So honestly guys, I THINK the story is coming to an end! I’m way over half of my outline, and although not everything went as planned, most of the major events have already happened… except for some other tidy little things that I can’t wait to write! So I am excited!


….also, I know this is kind of, well, you know, childish, but I want to comment on the ONE bad review that I got. ***** Expressed dislikes on how my work of fiction was rather long, and yet it hardly contains any smut between any of the main characters. I understand that for perverts that might be a problem (notice that’s me bashing out… Eh), but honestly I’ve said it more than once, I am not the best smut writer. I don’t wish to kill a smut scene by just writing it! Also I do not think it’s very realistic to just throw Naruto on Sasuke’s dick… I think that some work in their relationship is needed before they can be all lovey dovey with each other. Plus, Sasuke, in my opinion, is not one to accept he has feelings for Naruto so easily.


And plus this ISSS my first threesome fic, give me a break! You said that I would NEVER make it as a writer… though let me tell you this; I don’t mind it that much, because my passion is music, not writing. I write for fun, and for MY OWN SICK pleasure. I share it with you in hopes that you MIGHT enjoy it, but if you don’t, then it doesn’t really hurt me. Though I do feel the need to stick up for myself…! And for any of those that are just sticking around for the smut, let me tell you now, there will probably only be ONE smut scene between the main pairing, who knows maybe two, and by the main pairing I mean Sasuke, Sakura, AND Naruto all at once… And Once again, I stress the fact that I am fairly new at threesomes, so I am almost certain it won’t be all that wonderful. So I suggest you take a hike rather than leave comments that are meant to do nothing more but to discourage me from continuing my writing.


SOOOOO now I want to THANKKKK all those wonderful people who have stuck by me, and have encouraged me to keep on with my writing! You guys are awesome, and I will keep writing to the best of my abilities! Thank you for the reviews, they really are awesome! The short ones, the medium ones, AND the long ones! :D I hope you guys keep reading, and I hope you guys leave more reviews! Until next chappie!


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