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Naruto › Yaoi - Male/Male › Naruto/Sasuke
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12
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The Ruin and Fall
heeeee, 4 reviews, that makes me happy Sneakyfox, glad to know you enjoyed, Enjoying your comic BTW. Assassins Kiss heres your shout out. ItaNarulover!!! LOL I do you an update for an update…lol just kidding. I love Night rain and that’s kinda funny considering I wasn’t really a fan of Ita/Naru before ARgg!!! You’ve corrupted me. a kitsunes light wheeeee, so glad to see enthusiastic people. Lady Laran, I have a strictly no warning on bloody rampages policy you’ll have to wait and see. *insert evil laughter* I’m looking for a beta! *hint hint nudge nudge* I changed the settings to allow anon reviews sorry it wasn’t like that before. ONWARDS!
Sasuke found himself once more navigating through the dark tunnels of Naruto’s mind. Nobody had a mind like this, and he wondered – not for the first time – if it was a result of the Kyubbi or just Naruto. Finally he reached the gate of the cage. He had hoped to find Naruto waiting outside the cage for him, but he knew he had already gotten lucky today. That would have been too much of a boon. The cage gate was in a bad state, rusting and bent, but still intact. Sasuke searched the surrounding area and finally caught sight of blonde hair, matted and filthy. However, Naruto was on the other side of where he should have been. Sasuke rushed to his side, keen eyes quickly taking in the sight. The blond’s head was pressed to the bars; both hands gripping them so strongly that blood coated the metal below. Strips of cloth were all that was left of his clothes. Beyond him, once Sasuke managed to tear his eyes away, three tails flowed out from him and connected to the Kyubbi. It lunged forward with a snarl, and an answering snarl rose up out of Naruto. Surprisingly, it backed down, slinking back into the shadows. Sasuke didn’t have time to wonder at this new dynamic as Naruto’s ravaged face lifted to his own. One blue eye remained intact. The other was long gone. On the left side of his face, a tear started just shy of his nose and tore up in a diagonal line through the outer edge of this eyebrow. It still leaked blood and gore. The right remaining eye held a look of deep pain mixed with despair. But it was also feral, not an altogether human look. There were many more things he could notice, other changes teasing the edge of his mind, but Sasuke had no time.
“I want you to reach out and take my hands, Naruto. I’ll get you out.”
Both his hands stretched to Naruto, but that one eye just blinked at him.
“He doesn’t understand you, Uchiha.”
Sasuke let out a growl of his own. “What would you know, fox? I got him to look at me, didn’t I?”
The great furry head shook back and forth and Sasuke could almost hear the great beast making a ‘tsking’ sound. “He’s retreated so far within himself that it was just your voice he heard, not your words. I don’t even know if you’re too late or not.”
Confusion reigned through the black haired man. Everything in here was off. The parental sound of the fox’s voice threw him off. “If you care so much, then help me. If you’re just trying to wind me up, then shut the fuck up!”
Kyubbi sidled up behind Naruto. “Alright, I’ll push you pull.”
“What?”
A dark chuckle met his response.
“Come visit some other time, Uchiha, and we’ll talk then. That is, if he lets you. He hates me, even more than before. But I won’t let him die. Come brat, let’s do this.”
Naruto looked up again as Kyubbi settled his nose behind the frail looking body and Sasuke grabbed hold of his wrists.
“Alright, Dobe. Come to me. Please?”
The Kyubbi’s claws scrabbled for purchase as his great head butted up against the smaller body. Sasuke wrenched at Naruto’s wrists to dislodge his hands, and to pull the man through. A dreadful scream rose from Naruto, accompanied by a shredding sound, as the three tails ripped in half. Suddenly, Sasuke had an armful of Naruto.
“Get out of here, kid. Keep him in the centre of the room and I’ll heal what I can.”
Sasuke wasted no more time. He willed himself out of Naruto’s mind and back to the chamber. He was holding a bleeding, but human body. He had succeeded. But at what price for Naruto?
“Naruto.”
The skinless body twitched. Skin appeared to be seeping out of it at an ever accelerating speed. Already his hands and feet were covered.
“Can you hear me?”
To Sasuke’s horror the changes on the inside of Naruto’s mind were manifested on the outside. One small golden fox ear, perched on top of his head and nestled in with the surviving hair, swivelled towards the sound of his voice. But as far as Sasuke was concerned, it didn’t matter. Naruto was alive and he and Kyubbi were still separate entities. His resolution was firm in his mind.
“I know it’s been hard but I need to get you out of here and our timing needs to be perfect.”
The skin was crawling towards where Sasuke’s arms were wrapped about Naruto’s back but he was not letting go of the other man. It took less than a few minutes for Naruto’s body to once again be covered in skin, though the evidence of his torture existed as dry, caked blood that coated most of his body. It was then that Sasuke realised that in his lap he was holding Naruto naked as the day he was born. He deactivated his bloodline. This was not how he wanted to remember Naruto.
“Look at me. Sharingan is off. Just look at me to show you understand.”
Sasuke found himself locked onto by one blue eye with a slitted pupil. Naruto didn’t turn his face any further. At least he understood... or at least responded to his voice.
“Your eye…”
His face turned fully, the ragged wound was now smooth, pinkish scar tissue. The Kyubbi obviously hadn’t been able to remake it, or he had been unwilling.
“Did Kyubbi do that?”
Naruto’s face turned away.
“Okay, I won’t ask any more questions. There will be a Yamanaka out there when the door opens. His target will be me. I’ll try and take him out, but you have to run. Just keep running no matter what, get the hell out of this god forsaken place. I’ll catch up.”
He fell silent for a moment and dared to run one hand through his golden hair close to one of the ears.
“I swear to you Naruto, if I had known earlier…”
An ear flick was his only response. Sasuke’s biggest fear was that Naruto wasn’t sane enough to understand. His face hardened and inside, his heart almost wept. He would get the wounded man out himself if that was the case. No matter what. Naruto was the last person he wanted to hurt with his revenge, and yet he was the person that was constantly being hurt. Deep inside the frozen chamber of Sasuke’s heart there was a hidden warmth. It was surrounded and protected by ice but that warmth was Naruto, and Sasuke would be damned if he let that flame be snuffed.
Sasuke found himself once more navigating through the dark tunnels of Naruto’s mind. Nobody had a mind like this, and he wondered – not for the first time – if it was a result of the Kyubbi or just Naruto. Finally he reached the gate of the cage. He had hoped to find Naruto waiting outside the cage for him, but he knew he had already gotten lucky today. That would have been too much of a boon. The cage gate was in a bad state, rusting and bent, but still intact. Sasuke searched the surrounding area and finally caught sight of blonde hair, matted and filthy. However, Naruto was on the other side of where he should have been. Sasuke rushed to his side, keen eyes quickly taking in the sight. The blond’s head was pressed to the bars; both hands gripping them so strongly that blood coated the metal below. Strips of cloth were all that was left of his clothes. Beyond him, once Sasuke managed to tear his eyes away, three tails flowed out from him and connected to the Kyubbi. It lunged forward with a snarl, and an answering snarl rose up out of Naruto. Surprisingly, it backed down, slinking back into the shadows. Sasuke didn’t have time to wonder at this new dynamic as Naruto’s ravaged face lifted to his own. One blue eye remained intact. The other was long gone. On the left side of his face, a tear started just shy of his nose and tore up in a diagonal line through the outer edge of this eyebrow. It still leaked blood and gore. The right remaining eye held a look of deep pain mixed with despair. But it was also feral, not an altogether human look. There were many more things he could notice, other changes teasing the edge of his mind, but Sasuke had no time.
“I want you to reach out and take my hands, Naruto. I’ll get you out.”
Both his hands stretched to Naruto, but that one eye just blinked at him.
“He doesn’t understand you, Uchiha.”
Sasuke let out a growl of his own. “What would you know, fox? I got him to look at me, didn’t I?”
The great furry head shook back and forth and Sasuke could almost hear the great beast making a ‘tsking’ sound. “He’s retreated so far within himself that it was just your voice he heard, not your words. I don’t even know if you’re too late or not.”
Confusion reigned through the black haired man. Everything in here was off. The parental sound of the fox’s voice threw him off. “If you care so much, then help me. If you’re just trying to wind me up, then shut the fuck up!”
Kyubbi sidled up behind Naruto. “Alright, I’ll push you pull.”
“What?”
A dark chuckle met his response.
“Come visit some other time, Uchiha, and we’ll talk then. That is, if he lets you. He hates me, even more than before. But I won’t let him die. Come brat, let’s do this.”
Naruto looked up again as Kyubbi settled his nose behind the frail looking body and Sasuke grabbed hold of his wrists.
“Alright, Dobe. Come to me. Please?”
The Kyubbi’s claws scrabbled for purchase as his great head butted up against the smaller body. Sasuke wrenched at Naruto’s wrists to dislodge his hands, and to pull the man through. A dreadful scream rose from Naruto, accompanied by a shredding sound, as the three tails ripped in half. Suddenly, Sasuke had an armful of Naruto.
“Get out of here, kid. Keep him in the centre of the room and I’ll heal what I can.”
Sasuke wasted no more time. He willed himself out of Naruto’s mind and back to the chamber. He was holding a bleeding, but human body. He had succeeded. But at what price for Naruto?
“Naruto.”
The skinless body twitched. Skin appeared to be seeping out of it at an ever accelerating speed. Already his hands and feet were covered.
“Can you hear me?”
To Sasuke’s horror the changes on the inside of Naruto’s mind were manifested on the outside. One small golden fox ear, perched on top of his head and nestled in with the surviving hair, swivelled towards the sound of his voice. But as far as Sasuke was concerned, it didn’t matter. Naruto was alive and he and Kyubbi were still separate entities. His resolution was firm in his mind.
“I know it’s been hard but I need to get you out of here and our timing needs to be perfect.”
The skin was crawling towards where Sasuke’s arms were wrapped about Naruto’s back but he was not letting go of the other man. It took less than a few minutes for Naruto’s body to once again be covered in skin, though the evidence of his torture existed as dry, caked blood that coated most of his body. It was then that Sasuke realised that in his lap he was holding Naruto naked as the day he was born. He deactivated his bloodline. This was not how he wanted to remember Naruto.
“Look at me. Sharingan is off. Just look at me to show you understand.”
Sasuke found himself locked onto by one blue eye with a slitted pupil. Naruto didn’t turn his face any further. At least he understood... or at least responded to his voice.
“Your eye…”
His face turned fully, the ragged wound was now smooth, pinkish scar tissue. The Kyubbi obviously hadn’t been able to remake it, or he had been unwilling.
“Did Kyubbi do that?”
Naruto’s face turned away.
“Okay, I won’t ask any more questions. There will be a Yamanaka out there when the door opens. His target will be me. I’ll try and take him out, but you have to run. Just keep running no matter what, get the hell out of this god forsaken place. I’ll catch up.”
He fell silent for a moment and dared to run one hand through his golden hair close to one of the ears.
“I swear to you Naruto, if I had known earlier…”
An ear flick was his only response. Sasuke’s biggest fear was that Naruto wasn’t sane enough to understand. His face hardened and inside, his heart almost wept. He would get the wounded man out himself if that was the case. No matter what. Naruto was the last person he wanted to hurt with his revenge, and yet he was the person that was constantly being hurt. Deep inside the frozen chamber of Sasuke’s heart there was a hidden warmth. It was surrounded and protected by ice but that warmth was Naruto, and Sasuke would be damned if he let that flame be snuffed.