The Art of Patience

The Art of Patience Ch. 27
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And Naruto looked down at his miserable looking Kitty and smiled mischievously. "Follow me to the couch Kitty, and I want you to crawl." he said before turning his back to Sasuke and taking a seat next to Sai. "Oh and Princess, come in here please, I want you to bear witness to your little brother's punishment for his wrongdoings and disrespect."

Luckily Itachi had finished preparing dinner by that time and had put it all in the oven to stay warm and made his way into the living room after taking off his apron. He was curious to see what his Master had in store for Sasuke and by the looks of it, humiliation was the focus tonight.

Sasuke nodded and kept his eyes firmly on the floor, whatever Naruto had planned for him was well earned but crawling around in front of someone he hardly knew was embarrassing! That was probably the point anyway.

The little raven crawled over to Naruto and made sure not to act too pathetic or sensual which would likely make his situation only worse.

Sai squirmed mentally but said nothing; it really wasn't his place to comment on his former master’s methods. These brothers were Naruto's sub and slave and he could do with them as he saw fit, company or no. It was just so strange seeing punishments he'd once endured carried out on others and watching them happen and knowing what was likely to come next.

Once Sasuke was at his feet again, Naruto lifted the boy's head up with his hand so he was looking into the blonde's eyes. "Now, tell me what you did to deserve this punishment Kitty." he said in all seriousness.

Itachi hated the method his master was using on Sasuke. It made the sub feel all the more guilty for screwing up when you had to say it out loud to the person who you did it to. He felt so bad for his brother.

Sasuke swallowed nervously and wanted desperately to look away from Naruto's piercing blue eyes. He really wanted to dig a hole for himself, climb into it and close it up after him. This was so humiliating and his master hadn't really done anything yet! "I was disrespectful to you on the phone about Sai being here and thought only of myself."

The short haired man next Naruto looked at Sasuke and couldn't blame the young man for feeling that way. A ghost of his master’s past had come back out of nowhere and stolen said master’s attention. He’d be jealous too if he had the heart for such a thing, but he'd been trained not to show such an unattractive emotion.

Naruto nodded. "Very good; now I want you to really think about this next answer... What do you think your punishment should be?" He knew he had never done this with Sasuke before, but it was a bit of a training exercise for the younger man. When Itachi had gone through his training, Naruto would let him choose a punishment, and if Naruto thought it was appropriate, he would do that punishment, plus the original punishment he was planning in the first place. It was a way of letting a sub know that even if you give them a bit of freedom, a Dom can take it back in a second.

The naked kitty blinked up at Naruto and let his mouth fall open; his master had never done this before. What was he supposed to choose? If he chose poorly he'd either get a harsher punishment or he might choose a punishment that was really too harsh only to have Naruto add whatever he wanted to it. What the fuck was he suppose to say? He had no real idea what his master wanted!

Well whatever he chose, he sure as hell didn't want either his brother or Sai to have to see it so nothing like being paraded around with a rod in his ass for a bad case of blue balls or being made to dress up as a girl when out in public for anything except work. That left just a few things that could be kept between Naruto and himself "No orgasms for a week?" God please let that be good enough for his master; because it was either that or wearing a chastity belt 24/7.

Sai looked at Naruto to gauge the blond mans reaction. If this sub was a sex addict then this was definitely a harsh punishment.

Naruto pretended to contemplate Sasuke's request for a moment and then looked back down at his little trouble maker. "Sounds good to me, but let's add a spanking too just to be on the safe side." Oh yeah, he still got it.

Itachi tried not to groan at his brother's obvious nervousness. And this was just a taste of training; the real thing was going to be so much more intense.

Sasuke trembled and tried to look away from his master’s face without giving offence. Maybe he'd chosen poorly and the spanking was to make up for his bad choice? How had Itachi survived with Naruto doing this? It really didn’t matter though; this wasn’t Itachi’s punishment, it was his.

Naruto released Sasuke's chin and patted his lap. "Over my lap Kitty." he said as he glanced at the two other occupants in the room. "I want everyone to see what a bad little boy you've been and that you're making it up to me right now."

Sasuke shuddered and climbed into his master’s lap and presented his ass to the man. It was a blessing to be spanked with a hand rather than a paddle right? The marks wouldn’t be as bad but it would still hurt after a while.

Sai looked at the naked man in Naruto’s lap like the blond had wanted and balled his hands up in his lap in memory of being punished this way. It would feel much worse than it really was and the skin would be too tender to sit on for a while. But other than that it was a perfect punishment; much better than what Mada... No he didn’t want to think about that at all!

Naruto ran a hand over his sub's smooth ass and noticed his kitty tense up right away. "Relax Kitty or else it'll hurt much worse." He had a sudden thought. "Princess, go get me a bowl of water." He had a little plan; something to make the punishment a bit more memorable.

"Yes Master." Itachi got up and quickly filled his master's request and returned a short time later with the bowl of water. He set it on the couch cushion next to the blond and returned to his kneeling position beside Naruto's feet. He knew exactly what the water was for and he couldn't help but remember when he had received that particular add-on to his spanking.

Sasuke's eyes got really wide at the mention of the bowl and he found himself tensing up even more as his brother walked by with the bowl that would make his punishment that much more painful. Oh god how much worse would this get? First he had to choose his punishment which his master apparently didn’t like, then he was getting a spanking in front of Sai, now his spanking was going to be done with wet hands?! The doomed sub wriggled on his master’s lap and thought of being anywhere but here.

Naruto continued to gently caress his sub's flesh and tried to give his youngest a bit of comfort beforehand. "I want you to count each hit for me. You'll be getting ten; ready?"

Sasuke whimpered in his mind and nodded; ten wet spankings! Hopefully it would be over quickly so he could stay out of Naruto and Sai’s way. How bad could it be; and counting them? That was no problem. "Yes Master."

Itachi kept his eyes fixed on his brother like his Master wanted him to and tried not to flinch as Naruto dipped his hand into the bowl of water; Sasuke was not prepared for this at all. He could tell that his younger sibling thought that it would be quick and not at all harsh; oh how wrong he was.

The blond Dom ran his now wet hand over Sasuke's ass for a moment before delivering a particularly gentle smack. He was sure it still hurt though but he didn't want to give Sasuke too much at first.

The unexpected sting took the little raven by surprise, making him gasp involuntarily. That couldn't just be a hand back there; it felt like some kind of studded paddle in the shape of a hand! Aw fuck, had he made a noise? Maybe if he just took it like a man and counted, it would end faster. "One."

Sai watched Sasuke’s expressions and kept his own face expressionless. Sasuke was in for a rather rude awakening to the life of a sub in training.

"Good boy." Naruto said as he dipped his hand in the water again. This time he gave Sasuke's ass three smacks in a row, each one a bit harder than the previous.

Each connection of hand to ass hurt more than the one before the last and the little Uchiha almost felt like hopping up and sticking his as in the freezer or maybe under a faucet with running cold water. He still had six to go and he'd already had about enough of this! The short haired man decided at that moment that he really didn't care for spankings at all, even if it was of the sexy kind. “Four…"

Naruto smirked and paused. "That wasn't counting all of them Kitty, you skipped two and three... I'll be adding five more." With that he dipped his hand into the water again and delivered three consecutive smacks once more.

The ass up sub whimpered and wriggled his toes. Now he was up to fifteen spanks! Why was Naruto doing this with a wet hand? It was hard to tell when he stopped spanking after a bit! Where was he, at ten? If he didn’t remember he might be spanked until his blond master decided he'd had enough!

"Where are we Kitty?" Naruto asked in amusement. He was really too soft on this one. The whole point of this particular was not only for Sasuke’s horrible behavior… but also to give the man a taste of real training. So far, it didn’t seem like Sasuke would last too long.

Itachi flinched at the sound of the spanks. He remembered it all too well and the sting of that hand was not a particularly pleasant memory. He doubted Sasuke would be acting up again anytime soon.

"Five, six, and seven?" Sasuke flinched inwardly at how uncertain he sounded and stared at a bit of fuzz in front of him. He was almost done! If he didn't fuck up he'd have, only have… fuck eight more to go.

"Good job." Naruto raised his hand and delivered five more, this time they were a bit gentler.

By this Time Sasuke wasn't even aware that there was a space between the contact of his ass and Naruto's wet hand. He was just counting the sounds of their flesh meeting. "Eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve…" Thank god he was almost done! Come on Naruto please hurry up! Just spank his ass three more times and free him form this embarrassment!

Sasuke squirmed under his master’s skilled hand and thought only of being able to crawl a way to make his ass feel better. Wet hand spanking was more painful than he'd thought.

Naruto thought for a moment and then had an idea. "Princess, come over here."

Itachi jumped at hearing his name being called. Did he do something wrong? He crawled the short distance over to his Master's leg and looked up at the blond. "Yes Master?"

The blond ran his non wet hand through Itachi's hair and smiled at his slave. "Don't worry, you’re not in trouble. But I want you to give my Kitty his last three spankings."

Sai looked up at Naruto and blinked. What was the point of telling Itachi to spank his own brother; a fellow sub?

Sasuke's eyes flew open as he tried to look at his brother without moving his head. This wasn’t what he'd expected at all! Why was Itachi going to spank him? It was like Naruto trusted Itachi more… thus giving him the task of punishing Sasuke.

The small raven bent over Naruto’s knee felt a pang of sadness at that thought, but there was no reason for Naruto to trust Itachi more than he did him… right?

Itachi knew exactly what Naruto was trying to do. He wanted Sasuke to know that even if he wasn’t around for whatever reason, he could always have Itachi carry out a punishment; that he was entrusting that task to the man. Needless to say the long haired slave felt honored. Although he was pretty sure that Sasuke was feeling a bit insecure about the notion. No doubt he thought Naruto trusted him, Itachi, more than his younger brother. Of course Itachi knew that wasn’t the case at all and he’d have to reassure Sasuke once this punishment was all over.

He took a seat on an unoccupied cushion and waited for his next instructions.

Naruto patted Sasuke's bottom, making the boy flinch just a bit. "Same position on your brother's lap Kitty." he said with a grin.

Sasuke carefully got off Naruto's lap and carefully assumed the same position on his brother’s lap just like he'd been told. Itachi had never spanked him before and just thinking about it was making him sweat a little. Having his brother finish the punishment, this was really important never to forget.

The little raven took a deep breath and braced himself for the inevitable to happen.

Naruto got up off the couch once Sasuke had vacated his lap and sat on the floor so he could be at eye level with his Kitty. He placed his hands on either side of Sasuke's face and forced their eyes to meet. "You'll look at me the whole time and you are still responsible for counting; understand?"

The naked sub nodded and kept his eyes on his master’s face. This too was important. “Yes Master."

Sai didn't move to see what he knew was part of Sasuke’s training. The boy was going to learn very quickly if this was the kind of punishment he was going to get.

Naruto nodded. "Go ahead Princess." he said without taking his eyes off of Sasuke.

Itachi nodded and dipped his own hand into the bowl of water and raised it before delivering the last three smacks to his brother's already red ass. He really hoped that Sasuke had learned his lesson from this.

"Thirteen, fourteen, fifteen!" Sasuke panted a little and wanted to desperately put his flaming ass in something refreshingly cool that would numb the pain away. He never wanted wet hands near his naked ass ever again!

Naruto rewarded Sasuke with a gentle kiss. "That was so good Kitty. You did such a good job. Now tell me what you learned from this?"

Itachi decided to stay still and not do anything until his Master said, plus he wanted to know if Sasuke actually got the point of the punishment, besides it being for his bad behavior.

"I learned that you decide my punishment and that Itachi can finish them whenever you choose?" The little raven hoped he'd gotten all the points down because he was sure his brother could cook a steak on his ass with how hot it felt.

Naruto nodded. "That's right. Now that was only a taste of the training you'll be going through later. I think you need to work on obeying me a bit more. Now go and get an icepack for your ass so we can eat." There were a few more things he wanted to add to the rules for Sasuke, but that could wait for another time. "Good job Princess, go on and set the table for dinner, I need to talk to Sai for a minute."

Itachi nodded and waited until his brother got up before standing up himself. "Thank you Master. I'll let you know when everything's ready."

Sasuke scurried off to get his icepack and didn't look back. He really didn’t want to be called back for round two if he didn’t move fast enough.

Sai kept his hands in his lap and looked nervously at Naruto. What did his first master want to talk about so soon after punishing one of his new subs?

Naruto sat back down on the couch next to Sai and scooted just a bit closer. "I haven't had a chance to talk to you yet about this whole situation… How badly has he treated you?" He had only heard rumors from Madara himself about how he treated his subs, but he wanted to know from Sai. The pale man had a reputation of telling the honest truth.

"It’s… awful. Every day you know he's going to hit you; sometimes hard enough to send someone to a hospital if he's angry enough. If he's in a particularly bad mood you get sent to his 'room’." Sai shuddered at the memories that were trying to take up all his attention with their sounds and smells and for a moment he was overwhelmed. "He could leave you in there for days if he forgot about you. He only remembered me when he brought another slave in for punishment."

Naruto felt his anger rising. How could someone treat another human being like that? Well, he knew of one other, but he never imagined there would be more in the world. "It's my entire fault. If I hadn't had let you go..."

Sai smiled sadly at his first love and gingerly reached out to rest his fingertips against Naruto's soft cheek. His dearest master had always been like this, wanting to protect his subs and friends even when it was impossible to do. That's what made him such a good man. "It's not your fault; you couldn’t have known that Madara was waiting for you to let me go. Even if you had, would you have kept me after you met these two?"

Naruto unconsciously leaned into Sai's touch. It was very comforting and it brought back very good memories. But with Sai's words he paused. "...I really don't know." he said truthfully. He knew that Sasuke was the jealous type and it probably wouldn’t have worked out in the end. "But don't worry; I’ll make sure to keep you safe, I promise." He gently wrapped his arms around the smaller man and brought him in for a sweet embrace.

Sai smiled and rested his head against the blonde’s strong shoulder, just like he used to when they cuddled after having some fun. Too bad it was impossible to turn back time and get back to those simpler days.

Naruto sighed and released the other man. "Don't worry, Kakashi's really good at what he does, he'll keep you hidden until something's done about Madara." As if on cue, the doorbell rang. The blond felt a pang in his chest for having to let the man go once more. Who knew when he's see him again? "That's probably him now."

Sai looked nervously toward the door. Oh what wouldn’t give to stay with Naruto… but he knew it wasn’t safe with him. Hopefully this man, Kakashi, was as nice as the blond said.

TBC
Yay!!! But poor Sai… he’s getting passed around! But it’ll work out for him in the end; promise!
Until next time!

~Sasu