Time for a change ...

hey again sorry it takes so long to get these chapters done. i know i keep saying i will try and update every week but there was so much happening over xmas and new years. i hope everyone one had a good time over the holidays and got loads of nice pressies for xmas. i spent most of my xmas with my friend from HK showing how we celebrate xmas in norway, was quit fun however it didnt give me much time to write and whan she left just before new years i got sick ... go figure, some how i always end up sick during the holidays. anyways unlike the rest of the family and friends i spent my new years even on the sofa with a bucket next to me ... aaahh god times *not*.

anyways, back on track and finally back at uni doing my dissertation and i hope that it wil be easier to get some chapters finished faster than normal, i hope i havent lost all of u readers ....

this chapter is sort of a filler i would say, the story wouldnt make much sense without it. there is a slight Sasuke/Sakura moment but dont worry it only last for a couple of paragraphs. anyways hope you dont get bored

and please dont forget to comment i wanna thank

Sneakyfox for the last comment ... even if it is just one it makes me happy.

*gives cookies for all and a huge chocolate piece to Nefi my wonderful beta, hope it last the whole trip home *

okey i'm done blabbering ... i'll leave you to the chapter

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chapter 17

“I told you son … now get you ass up you have a fiancé waiting for you at home.” As soon as he heard his father’s voice he snapped. Sasuke turned around and launched himself at his father.

“You FUCKING BASTARD …!” The raven fisted his hands and threw a punch directly at his father’s face. Unfortunately, Kabuto was faster than him and knocked him on the back of his neck making the raven pass out. The grey haired man smirked as he looked at Sasuke, where he lay slumped down on the floor.

“He was quite handy to have around”, Orochimaru said as he came around the corner and spotted Sasuke lying on the floor of Naruto’s room. “It’s a shame, he could have been quite a good strategist and negotiator. He has a fire like Itachi …”

“Yes he does … but unlike Itachi, Sasuke lacks strength and firmness. He is too open to be inhumane and I suspect it is your little, blond soldier who is to blame for much of it.” Fugaku stated. Orochimaru nodded as well as scowled.

“You two …” Orochimaru pointed to the two men standing close to him “Help Fugaku-san get his son home.”

Minutes later Sasuke, not yet awake, was placed on the sofa in one of the small sitting rooms in the mansion. Sakura along with Sasuke’s mother stood waiting for them and guiding them to the designated room.

“Sakura dear, watch him while I get some cold water and a cloth.” Mikoto said and disappeared in the direction of the kitchen. Sakura lifted Sasuke’s head and sat down before placing the raven’s head in her lap. Her green eyes studied every curve of the raven’s face, how his hair rested gently just above his eyes. He was gorgeous, she thought, and super rich. Sakura could not help but smile a little, her parents had done well for her.

After a couple of minutes, Mikoto entered the room with a small basin of cold water and a cloth which was swimming on the bottom. She smiled as she saw how Sakura was gently stroking her fingers through Sasuke’s hair. They looked cute together.

“Here…” Mikoto handed Sakura the cloth, who in turn gently pressed the cold cloth on the raven’s forehead. She sighed a little as she watched Sakura take care of her youngest son, ‘They grow up so fast’ ,she thought. Suddenly, Sasuke groaned letting them know he was waking up.

Sasuke slowly opened his eyes. At first his vision was a little blurry and he only saw the outline of two people, he groaned again from the pain in his neck. When his vision finally came back, he saw his mother sitting next to him on the floor, smiling at him. He also notice that his head was in someone’s lap like a pillow, the boy tilted his head as much as his sore neck allowed him to and his eyes connected with green that belonged to a person he would rather not see.

“Hey there sweetie”, the pink haired girl said and smiled gently to him. Sasuke glared at her and sat up despite the pain his neck was giving him.

“I’m not your sweetie so would you please refrain from using that term.” Sasuke said coldly as he rubbed the sore neck.

“Sasuke-sama that’s not a nice way to talk to your fiancé”, his mother stated. Sasuke just snorted at the comment and stood up, he needed to find his father.

“W-where are you going Sasuke … you should rest, it isn’t good walking around after you just passed out.” Sakura was up and clutching on Sasuke’s left arm holding him back. The raven sighed and rolled his eyes, he didn’t have time for this, he needed to find his father, tell him the engagement was over and to demand that the blond was sent home.

“Hands off Haruno.” Sasuke growled, “I suggest you pack what ever stuff you have here and scram.” The raven did not even look at her as he peeled off her hands and walked in the direction of his fathers study hoping he would be there.

Fugaku was sitting behind his desk going though the test result of the latest test batch. The pill along with the minor human enhancement surgeries were proving to be very effective and with this war, the enhancement procedure would be approved and become a permanent fixture in the military. The old raven smirked if everything worked well, their plan of enhancing a selective bunch of people to create an elite group was not as far fetched goal anymore as people feared. Fear of making the same mistakes again. However, the pleasant atmosphere he had did not last, the door of his study flew open and he stared into two very angry onyx eyes belonging to his youngest son.

“I see you are awake.” Fugaku said, “your mother was worried …”

“Shut it!” Sasuke growled as he walked up to the desk.

“That’s quite enough Sasuke …” Fugaku glared at his son. “However, I’ll let this one go, seeing as you hit your head pretty hard.”

“Like hell … one of your lackeys hit me over the head. I only passed out, I didn’t suffer memory loss.” Sasuke continued to growl.

“Now Sasuke, I suggest you calm down and go rest … my patience is wearing thin.” His father looked down at his papers again and ignored Sasuke.

“I don’t care if your head was falling off, you’re going to listen to what I’m going to tell you cause I’m only going to tell you this once.” Sasuke slammed his fist on the desk. “I demand you bring back Naruto and the others!” His father snorted.

“You of all people should know that, that will not happen …”, his father stated.

“The fuck it will, I demand you bring them back!” Fugaku began to loose his patience with the young raven.

“In case you haven’t notice Sasuke, we are at war with Mist Country and Naruto and the others were created to protect this land, their abilities were polished to best serve this purpose so that the people will be safe. Naruto is one of the best soldier we have and along with Shikamaru and Gaara they are our best if not the only chance to actually win this war.” Fugaku said coldly. Sasuke narrowed his eyes and weighed what his father had just said and found that it was hard to argue against it. The war was something they could not afford to lose, God knows what the ruler of Mist Country would do to the people of Konoha. Fugaku smirked, he knew he had reached the logical side in the boy.

“Fine, if he can’t come home then I’ll go to him!” If Sasuke couldn’t bring Naruto home he would go to him. In spite of not being able to make love or cuddle, he could at least be near him.

“Listen here you little brat, you will not enlist … you hear me?”

“I’m done listening to you father, I’m enlisting whether you like it or not.” Sasuke growled as he turned and began walking out the door.

“Sasuke … listen and listen well. Enlisting means your signing your death-warrant. This war is fought with specially trained and enhanced soldiers on both sides, you wouldn’t stand a chance on the battle field. Besides would that blond idiot of yours be happy with you dying? Also, what on Earth makes you think you will be placed in the same platoon as him? They’re special rank and you are far from anything special.” Sasuke fisted both his hands and squeezed until his knuckles went white. Everything his father had said was true, he wasn’t special, he had no abilities to fight in a war. And he had no guarantee that even if he did enlist he would end up in the same platoon as Naruto and the others. Most likely not. Sasuke began searching his mind for anything he could do, anything to get the blond out of there but there was none. “Now then if we are finished with all this nonsense I suggest you go and prepare for you upcoming wedding. Due to the war I have decided it would be best to have the wedding as soon as possible … you have 3 days to prepare”, his father continued.

That was the final straw. Not only had he controlled his entire life, he had taken away the only person Sasuke had ever cared for more than himself. He could even go as far as to say he loved the blond. Sasuke wanted to mentally slap himself, he loved the blond. Loved him so much it was hard to breath without him and yet he had not said a word to Naruto and now the blond was out of reach.

“No …” Sasuke said not turning.

“Beg your pardon?”

“I said no … I will not marry that pink haired bitch.”

“That’s it you worthless little piece of shit, you are my son and you will do as I say. I don’t care if you have a lover or more on the side but you will marry Haruno Sakura and continue the blood line your brother seems to have failed to do!” Fugaku was angry now and he looked straight at Sasuke’s back.

“No I will not, I will not marry someone just because I have to. I refuse to become like you and mother.”

“Then you are no longer an Uchiha … get out!” Fugaku threw the empty ink holder which stood on his desk. Sasuke did not say anything he just started walking. “And don’t believe for a second I will take you back into this family”

“Like I want to come back Uchiha-san!” Sasuke growled back as he exited his father’s study.


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Sasuke stood outside the temple, how many times had he been here since he had forced the blond to help him with the essay? Suddenly a familiar female appeared at the entrance.

“Oi brat, how long are you going to stand outside in the rain and mope?!” She yelled at him before taking a sip from her sake bottle. Sasuke sighed, he had been standing outside the temple for the past 30 minutes and the rain had long since soaked through his clothes.

Tsunade watched as the raven walked towards her. She had seen him as he walked up to the temple earlier but was a little puzzled as to why he stopped by the gate. She watched him for the next half an hour but the kid wasn’t moving, he just stood there. Tsunade glanced over to her desk again, on it lay a single piece of paper. Jiraya had brought it over earlier. War had finally broken out after years of hostilities but sadly, with war, came sacrifice and this time it was the boys. It was then Tsunade had realised why Sasuke was standing outside looking like a lost drenched cat.

Sasuke threw his wet cloths on the floor of the bathroom and dried himself off before dressing in a modern version of a male yutaka which he assumed belonged to Naruto. Tsunade had given it to him along with the direction of where he could find the towels. Once he was done, he moved in the direction of the big breasted woman’s office. Sasuke had to wonder how she manage to walk upright with the two huge melons hanging from her chest. He also wondered if they would be soft or hard to touch, not that he wanted to touch them, he was just curious. Images of Naruto’s naked chest came to mind, it was not soft but firm and hard. Sasuke remembered tracing his finger over every muscle, exploring every corner of the blond’s chest. How soft his sun kissed skin was, how the blond would moan so beautifully as he traced a finger over that hard, pink nipple and how the blond would say his name with a husky, lustful voice when he placed butterfly kisses down his chest. Sasuke’s groin started to stir as the memories became more heated and he mentally slapped himself, he was now standing in front of her office and he was half way to a raging hard on. He took a deep breath and forced the sexy images of the blond to the back of his head replacing them with thoughts of a naked Sakura lying underneath him all flushed which had his dick deflate and crawled inward, like a turtle, to hide. Sasuke took another deep breath, knocked on the door and waited.

“Enter!” Tsunade half shouted and watched as the raven slowly entered the room closing the door behind him. He notice he was not the only person in the room in addition to Tsunade. Iruka as sitting in one of the chairs next to the blond’s desk and from the glare the brunette was giving him, he suspected that he was not happy to see him.

“Tsunade-san, Iruka-san”, Sasuke bowed a little before sitting down in a chair.

“Well then …” Tsunade started but was interrupted by Iruka

“If they only hadn’t met you”, Iruka did not even look at him. “They wouldn’t have been dragged into the war …” The brunette turn to Sasuke and looked at him with cold yet sad eyes “This is all your fault Uchiha.”

Sasuke didn’t answer at first, he just bowed his head. The brunette was right, if he had not been so adamant on hanging around Naruto. If he had not walked into the bookstore that day, maybe Naruto and the others could have gotten away before the war broke out.

“Sorry”, Sasuke mumbled in a low voice. He knew it would be of no comfort to the brunette but he still felt like he needed to say something,. “Orochimaru said he already knew..”

“What? Could you repeat that?” Tsunade said.

“He … Orochimaru said he already knew where the boys were. Shikamaru asked why he waited so long.” Sasuke continued, “he answered the war.”

“So you were there when they took them?” She asked.

“I was there for a week, I … I couldn’t do anything. All the test … the leads, the sterile white rooms” Sasuke fisted his hands feeling the anger of being helpless, all his life he had power but in the last week and a half he was like a fly stuck in honey. Suddenly, he felt two strong arms wrap themselves around him and a voice saying it was okey, he quickly realised the voice belonged to Iruka. He was a little confused as to why the older brunette was comforting him after blaming him.

“I’m sorry Sasuke.” The brunette kneeled in front of Sasuke and looked him the eye. “I’m sorry I was angry, it wasn’t your fault.” Sasuke looked at Iruka still confused but part of him was relieved, somehow having the older man hate him was rather disturbing. Iruka might have seemed like the kindest and gentlest person but he was quite scary when he was angry. Sasuke remembered how he had shouted at Kakashi that day they had come over for dinner.

“But I … if I hadn’t hung around…” Iruka shook his head.

“We are all to blame, if we just paid more attention.” The brunette smiled gently at Sasuke “How about some tea?” Iruka stood up “Tsunade?” The blond woman nodded “I’ll make some then”, he said and disappeared from the room.

“So what brings you here then kid?” Tsunade asked when Iruka had left the room.

“I … I had a fight with my father. I was engaged to marry a girl. A girl picked out by my parents just after I was born … or at least I think. They where never specific with the details, I was just told who and when. Anyways long story short I refused to marry her and my dad got angry and disowned me. So now I’m a homeless and penniless, I’m not sure why I ended up here I just went where my feet took me.”

“You walked all the way over from west side to here?” Tsunade was impressed, that was quite a hike.

“Eh no I drove 3/4 of the way before I realised that the car might be bugged or something, I dunno why I thought so. Nevertheless, I left the car with the keys and walked here.” Sasuke answered. Tsunade nodded.

“So your father disowned you for not marrying this girl?”

“Yeah, but I think it has more to do with I actually talked back, told him to shut up. Demanded that he bring back Naruto.” Sasuke laughed a little. “You should have seen his face when I told him to shut up”

“Rich people, this is why I hate them.” Tsunade huffed, “well as luck may have it I need someone to run the bookshop while the boys are gone. You can stay in Naruto’s room if you like, I’m sure he wont mind.”

“Thank you” Just then Iruka came back with a tray of 3 cups and a can of tea.

The trio sat and drank their tea in silence and after the second cup Iruka excused himself saying he had to go home and make something for Kakashi to eat since he was probably lying on the sofa holding his stomach. It was then Sasuke learned that Kakshi couldn’t cook even if his life depended on it. The boy also excused himself, after all the commotion he had been a part of he was getting tired and from what he could remember the book store opened at 9.

“He’ll come back Sasuke, just be patient.” Tsunade said before taking a sip of sake she had so cleverly replaced for the tea. Sasuke only nodded and walked towards the blond’s room.

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