A Dog's Life

First let me say that I am sorry this is coming out so late; work got hectic and then I caught this monster ‘knock me on my ass’ cold. But its here now so enjoy it, don't kill me and leave reviews so it'll make my cold more bearable… no pressure.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto that honor is held by Masashi Kishimoto; I am just a fan writer doing this for fun.


Chapter 14-A Dog’s Life by KitsuneFun


Sasuke had not seen his father for months and he could tell from the tiredness showing around his father’s dark eyes that Fugaku had worried a lot for his son’s safety, “Father…” he bowed before the mirror’s reflection and stayed bowed. The raven knew that it was asking a lot for Fugaku to loose his pride and ask for the king’s forgiveness, but it was for his mate that Sasuke did it… only for Naruto, “I need your help…”

Fugaku eyed his son in shock, he had know about Sasuke’s ordeal in the human world from Obito and it showed in his youngest son’s thinner frame and tired eyes, “What’s wrong Sasuke…” he got up from his chair and moved as close to the mirror as possible. He was shocked when his youngest raised his head and he saw tears lying there, “What…”

“I am going to Rasengan to take my mate back…” Sasuke yelled clutching at his chest, he could feel the pain throbbing harder within his soul the further Naruto moved away from him, he wondered if the blond could feel his misery.

“What?“ Fugaku eyed his son in shock, “You know the situation between me an Arashi…“ It was a well-known fact in the magical world that the two houses had been feuding for years, it was asking a lot to have Fugaku forgive what the king had done to him, and Sasuke should know that better than anyone.

Sasuke took a deep breath as he stared into his father’s eyes, he did not realize that his own started to glow a blood red in anger, “It doesn’t matter what your disagreement was… I am getting my mate back whether or not I have your approval even if I die in the process… but you should know now that it will be on your conscience if you don’t help me.”

“Sasuke…“ the raven felt an hand on his shoulder holding him back, he turned and saw Kakashi shaking his head at him, “Its gone on too long…“

The raven glared at his cousin and pushed off his arm, “You can’t even begin to understand what I am feeling right now… so don’t even start.“ Sasuke looked back at his father with a sarcastic look, “I’m finished here…“ Then the raven turned off the mirror before his father could respond since he already knew what his answer would be.

Obito came back in; he had been rushing around getting things ready for Sasuke as he spoke to his father, one on one, “Everything is set… I got the dragons ready…“

Sasuke nodded seemingly lifeless, he was thinking about Naruto again, “Good I need to get going… you two can go back to Sharingan without me…“

“But Sasuke…“ Obito started, he hated seeing his cousin in pain, unlike Kakashi.

He was interrupted by Kakashi who held up a hand and said, “Do you think that is wise?“

Sasuke gave a brittle sounding laugh, “At this point I don’t really care… do what you want…“ He glared up at the white haired cousin, “It’s what you’ll do anyways… whether I will it or not…“ Sasuke left the two and walked out to his dragon, where he mounted up and flew off before his two cousins could stop him.

Kakashi sighed and ran a hand through his hair in thought, “This won’t go well… not well at all.”

“I think we should go after him…” Obito said.

Kakashi should his head negatively, “I doubt it will do anything… the most important thing we need to do now is convince Fugaku to go to Rasengan to prevent his son’s death…”

(Same Time)

Shikamaru knew that it was luck that allowed them to procure Dragons to travel on since it would take weeks otherwise just to travel the distance to Arashi’s castle because teleportation spells of all kinds were forbidden within a 100-mile radius from the castle, it was meant to insure the safety of the king himself.

Looking at Naruto, he realized it may not have been the wisest decision since the blond seemed to only become quieter as the distance progressed and his normally tan face seemed pale, he wondered at the development till he heard the young boy whisper, “Sasuke…” if Shikamaru hadn’t been listening as hard as he had to the blond he might have missed it.

Leaning over from his mount he placed a hand on Naruto’s shoulder and squeezed it gently making the young boy turn to look at him, having his full attention, Shikamaru smiled, “You made the right decision… its for the best…”

“Did I…”Naruto managed to say, he suddenly felt so tired and he had a tremendous desire to return to the raven’s side. The overwhelming feeling that something was wrong would not leave his mind.

Shikamaru lifted the younger boy’s chin so he could look into Naruto’s sad blue eyes, “Trust me… besides you will be seeing your father soon… look.” He pointed to the faraway ground and below their mounts laid Rasengan, the high fae kingdom; its walls seemed to spiral towards the middle and in its center lay a tall tower.

It was nothing like the castles seen in the human world, created with magic, dragon’s breath and goblin ingenuity it was the stuff of dreams and it was…. Orange, “Why is it Orange?” Naruto found himself saying aloud in surprise.

Ino was the one who answered, “I know it’s such an ugly color, but the king refuses to change it because it was the queen’s favorite color… I mean how in the world can something so garish and outlandish be so beautiful?” she waved her hands in disgust.

Shino sighed in annoyance at his partner’s attitude, “Ino you forget that it reminded the queen of the sunset when she met the king… it’s a gesture of love that he keeps it the color it is…”

‘Of Love…’ Naruto thought looking at the castle he was reminded of Sasuke and he found himself rubbing at his chest as it throbbed, “I guess people will do anything to remember the one they love most…” he said out loud making Shikamaru eye him worriedly.

“We will be descending soon… don’t loose your grip Naruto…” Shikamaru sighed when he realized the blond was not listening and in a surprising move, since it startled Ino’s mount behind him, Shikamaru stood up onto his dragon’s back and adjusting the tilt of the dragon’s wing until he was slightly above Naruto’s mount, he jumped landing behind the blond.

Ino quickly pulled back on the reins of mount in order to avoid it crashing into Shikamaru‘s own, “Gods damned idiot watch how you fly the dragon will you… you could have got me hurt,” Ino yelled waving her fist at the genius who ignored her.

Shino snorted, it was his version of laughing, “You’re just jealous that you can’t do the same…”

Ino’s face turned a bright red in fury, “Who would want to do that… really,” she shook her head and looked away, but the flush still burned on her face.

“Shino grab the reins on my mount I am going to control Naruto’s mount for now…” Shikamaru said in a tired voice as he grabbed the reins from Naruto who surprisingly did not protest or seemed surprised by his action. The genius became worried till he realized that the blond looked ready to pass out, ‘You really are troublesome,’ sighing at the thought he moved a hand to grip around Naruto’s now more slender middle pulling him close then Shikamaru pulled on the reins and began the decent.

Shino by that time had grabbed Shikamaru mount’s reins and they began the decent together with Ino following them.

The ground quickly loomed closer and closer, ‘it was truly a beautiful site… especially on a clear day…’ Shikamaru thought as he held Naruto close. He noticed that his charge had nodded off in mid decent, his head had fallen against Shikmaru’s shoulder against his neck, which gave Shikamaru the rare opportunity of studying the blond closely. The genius gently pushed back some long blond bangs that had fallen in the boys face, “Don’t worry Naruto…” he whispered, “I promise to make sure your happy…” he leaned close and did something he never dared to do in real life… he kissed Naruto softly on the mouth.

Naruto in sleep moved away and grumbled while rubbing his head against Shikamaru’s shoulder, “No… Sas…ke…”

Shikamaru smiled sadly down at the boy, ‘If you only knew how many people truly love you…’ he thought while keeping a firm grip on the boy as they descending faster and faster until at the last moment the dragon’s wings swung out catching air making them fall gently to the ground.

They landed upon one of the many landing areas connected to the main tower that held the castle, it was a circular landing that resembled the pattern of kingdom of Rasengan, but amongst the pattern, each landing had its own name, the one they landing on now was called the leaf, it was the entrance used only by the king.

Their was a small group of servants awaiting their arrival along with the rest of the inner guard and Arashi. The king’s eyes were focused on his son as his head lay in deep sleep against Shikamaru’s shoulder, looking up at the genius, Arashi gave a small smile, “Thanks for returning him safely.”

Shikamaru bowed his head slightly making sure not to crush Naruto under the movement, “Of course your majesty…”

Arashi nodded his head, “I arranged a room for him… make sure he gets their safely…” the king paused in his steps of turning away as though something just occurred to him, “We will be having a small dinner tonight so I want no interference you understand Shikamaru?”

Shikamaru knew the kings words only too well it meant that Arashi needed time alone with his son and other than having a rare few guards in the room they were not to be disturbed by anyone till Arashi deemed it necessary… not even the Sennin could intervene for it meant death to go against the king‘s wishes, “I understand, but now that the all the seals are gone… they will know soon enough sire about the boys presence…”

Arashi laughed dryly at the comment, “Oh I am sure they will try, but I am still king here and he is my son… his protection will come first,” and with that Arashi left towards the entrance leading to the towers inner rooms.

Shikamaru could not help but feel their were errors in Arashi’s judgment, ‘If necessary I will protect him with my life…’ he thought staring down at Naruto, ‘Even if it means going against the king…’

“Shika…” his thoughts were interrupted by one of the inner courts servants, Hinata, her large semi-transparent wings fluttered behind her nervously as she talked, “Shall I take Naruto-sama to his rooms now.”

Shikamaru looked down at Naruto against who was still fast asleep in his arms and smiled, “I don’t want to wake him… so I will carry him to the bed myself.” It was better that he new where the blond was at all times in case he needed to protect the boy from danger.

Hinata bowed, “As you wish… I will lead the way, “The smaller fairy stood up and while handing off the reins to another waiting servant she headed off towards the direction of Naruto’s rooms.

The genius managed to maneuver his legs over the side of the dragon where he slide off while holding Naruto close, amazingly the boy didn’t awaken the entire time, but instead snuggled closer while letting out a sign, “Sas…ke…”

“Will you tell him?” Shino asked from the side, Ino had already walked off by then.

Shikamaru sighed “No… It‘s not important…”

“Don’t wait too long telling the king about the Uchiha otherwise it will only cause problems later,” Shino stated simply which only made Shikamaru upset.

Shikamaru glared at Shino in annoyance, “I’m not an idiot… I will tell him when it is necessary not sooner… just make sure that Orochimaru doesn’t know about Naruto until I or the King says otherwise… that includes Ino.” and with that he walked off.

(Elsewhere)

Itachi paced the length of his chambers in annoyance, “Who does he think he is messing with…”

“Who are you talking about Itachi-sama?” Kisame asked in confusion as his master continues to pace as though he had not heard the question.

“I’m so close…” Itachi muttered, “I have captured all the gates now I just need the key, but I haven’t heard from Gaara or Orochimaru…” he bit at the end of his nail in thought, he had gotten so close, now it seemed like the key was no longer in reach.

“Itachi…” Kisame was worried about the Uchiha, he had not eaten or slept the last few days, he seemed fueled by this insane quest of his, “Maybe we should stop while there is still time…”

The last words seemed to wake Itachi up a bit from his thoughts, “Stop… why in the world should I stop… I will soon have something better than a soul mate I will have the world…” the Uchiha’s eyes seemed to flare red a moment in his anger… or was it madness, Kisame worried about the man he vowed to follow till death, ‘Will anything good come out of this?’ he thought.

(Meanwhile)

Naruto dreamed of white clouds and amongst the clouds their was a hammock made of vines, he watched as Sasuke lay back in the hammock, his long hair lay behind him and he wore a blue shirt with faded low riding jeans, the raven would alternately push against the ground with his one foot that was hanging out making the hammock swing, “Sasuke?”

The raven seemed to be ignoring him at first, but after a moment the foot stopped and the raven looked at him with red-rimmed eyes and accusing eyes, “You left me…”

Naruto took a hesitant step forward, “I did it to protect you…”

Sasuke frowned and pushed the hammock with his foot again while turning away from the blond, “I don’t need your protection…”

Naruto took another step, “I can’t loose you… I’m not that strong…”

The raven’s foot stopped again, he sat up until he was sitting in the center of the hammock and glared down at Naruto, “I can protect myself…”

“Can you?” Naruto took a couple more steps.

Sasuke jumped out of the hammock and moved towards the blond, “I don’t think that’s what you’re afraid of…”

Naruto licked his lips nervously, “What makes you think I am afraid of anything?”

“You’re not…” the raven moved closer and watched in amusement as his mate backed up a step, “Then why are you running from me?”

“I…I’m not…” Naruto stuttered as he faced Sasuke, “I can’t let Orochimaru take you from me…”

Sasuke shook his head and chuckled dryly, “That’s not it and you know it…” he reached out before Naruto could retreat again and pulled the smaller boy close, “You are afraid of me… why?”

The blond tried to push the other off, but the raven would not let him, “let me go Bastard…”

Sasuke smirked, “No…” he leaned down to press his forehead against Naruto’s own, “Both you and I know it’s too late for that.”

Naruto sighed and hit the raven in the shoulder half-heartedly before looking down to avoid Sasuke’s intense stare, “It would have been better that I never remembered you… I was happy with Gaara.”

“Gaara!” Sasuke growled hating his rival’s name, using his hand he forced his mate to look at him, “How far did you go with him?”

“It’s none of your business…” Naruto yelled back, he was tired of the other man’s domineering behavior.

Sasuke had enough of his mate resisting what they obviously had together and he leaned down and kissed Naruto deeply, sometimes it was better to show with actions where words failed, “It’s my business cause I love you… only you,” he kissed the blond slowly this time making the other moan and move close to deepen the kiss, ‘It’s always been you backing away from me… you shouldn’t be afraid of me’ he mentally thought it, but Naruto heard it like he was speaking.

‘I’m so scared of loosing this… I have lost people I cared about before because of Orochimaru…’ Naruto unconsciously sent back telepathically, as he continued to kiss Sasuke, ‘I miss that thing with your tongue.’

Sasuke could not help it the last unconscious thought from the blond made him laugh, “Hehehe…”

Naruto glared at him, “What’s so funny…” he smacked Sasuke on the arm when he continued laughing, “What’s so funny Teme?”

Sasuke stopped to smile up at Naruto; “You’re so cute…” he stood up and smirked, “I didn’t know you liked my tongue that much…” Naruto blushed a bright red when Sasuke waggled his brows suggestively.

“Don’t be stupid… who would like your tongue…” Naruto tried to say while covering his blush.

“Apparently you did Dobe…here…” Sasuke pointed to Naruto’s skull, “Bonded pairs can hear each others thoughts that’s why we dream of each other…”

“So what… doesn’t mean that’s what I said…” Naruto snorted, he was annoyed.

“Oh I think I does…” Sasuke pulled Naruto close again when the blond tried backing away. He started kissing the blond slowly until he responded hesitantly by kissing back then Sasuke licked at the seam of Naruto’s mouth causing his mate to gasp in surprise, which made it easy for Sasuke’s tongue to enter and brush up against the blond’s own.

‘Oh I like that…’ Naruto thought trying to mimic the motions of Sasuke’s mouth against his own.

‘How about this…’ the raven thought while sucking lightly on his mates tongue making him moan deeper.

‘God your making me horny,’ Naruto couldn’t stop the thought from passing, but his eyes widened when he realized Sasuke had stopped and was smirking down at him again in triumph, “Don’t look at me like that you pervert.”

“Oh but I like looking at you my little fox you’re so cute… and apparently horny…” the raven winked making Naruto blush again.

“Pervert…” Naruto ducked his head and pressed it against the raven’s chest, “Why can’t you leave me be?”

Sasuke smirked evilly as he tilted Naruto’s chin up, the image of him began to distort before Naruto’s eyes changing into that of Orochimaru, he leaned close until he was not almost kissing the blond, “When will you learn that you belong to me…” Naruto backed away from him fearfully, it was what Orochimaru liked to see…fear, “Sooner or later anyone who dares take you from me will die… everyone you care about,” he moved close and gripped at Naruto’s upper arm until it hurt.

“Let me go…” Naruto tried to move away, but the Sennin was too strong.

Orochimaru leaned in till his face was close to Naruto‘s ear, “Now now is that anyway to talk to your future husband… you are the one I have chosen to bear my children after all…”

The blond shuddered in fear, “No!”

The Sennin only laughed, “Ha ha ha… you know as well as I its true after all you’re the first heir to kingdom born with two sexes… its too bad your father never realized that when he promised his daughter to me that his son would do just as well being born a Hermaphrodite has its benefits after all…”

Naruto woke up screaming with sweat running down his face, he had a fever, he didn’t notice the slightly red impressions made on his arm, “God no…” he curled upon himself and started to cry into his pillow, “Oh god I can’t let that happen…. Sasuke…I would die first.”

Ok I know that part was a little shocking - to say the least. There is also going to be some more surprises happening later too, but its all part of the plot. So don't panic and I hope you people do not hate me for what is coming.

On to other details… I do not know if you people read this part or not, but I was thinking of giving a special prize to my 200th reviewer. The 200th reviewer will have their choice of a one-shot fic or inside info on what is coming up in the fic. I hope you continue reading and enjoying my story. Ja Ne XD.