Sacrifices

Disclaimer: I do not own the characters or any rights to them, I am merely using them for my own enjoyment in a setting I created.

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Naruto was quite proud of himself as he slung his backpack over his shoulder. Not only did he now have a backpack, he had a complete change of clothes and had even had enough money to go to the bath house that month. Jobs had been plentiful since the berries came into season, the farms needing people to actually sit there and pick them. Currently his spare clothes were dirty, but he planned to change that with his next paycheck. If he had a next paycheck that was. It was already the full moon out and he was on his way to the soup kitchen. He briefly debated on skipping dinner, but this was his only chance to see Sasuke, since for some reason he never stuck around long enough for Naruto to be unshackled. That fact kind of irked him, but then if the men had seen Sasuke then they would know why the monster hadn’t eaten him and that could cause trouble. The last thing he wanted was to bring trouble to Sasuke, after all, not only was the guy his boyfriend, he had saved him from the monster twice.

Hitching his backpack further onto his shoulder, Naruto made his choice, so maybe he wouldn’t get to the laundry matt this Friday, hell, maybe he wouldn’t be alive, but if Sasuke was waiting for him, he was going to meet him with his head held high for once.

Moving into the soup kitchen, he was glad to see the line wasn’t long yet, which meant portions would still be good sized. He waited for his turn patiently, the only thing marring his mood being when the woman working switched trays again, trying to hand him one that had been separate from the others.

He put on his best grin, even making his eyes squint with the effort.

“You don’t have to drug me, I’ll go along anyway.”

The woman’s eyes got about two sizes larger.

“I-I don’t k-know what you mean.”

Naruto frowned as the tray was once again pressed towards him.

“Look, it’s no big deal, I don’t mind going, but I prefer not to be drugged this time.”

Now people were starting to look, and she glanced to a group of men for help, obviously this was the first time their drugging plan hit a road bump.

One of the men stood and came over, obviously trying to intimidate Naruto by his stance.

“Look, kid, this place doesn’t hand out drugged food, now take your tray and go sit down.”

Naruto’s face pinched up, intimidate him, would he.

“I’ve been drugged here twice before.”

Now it had degraded into a battle of wills, one that Naruto’s growling stomach interrupted.

“He he, I’m hungry.”

Naruto’s grin was sheepish as he scratched the back of his neck.

“Then take the tray, kid.”

And they were both back to scowling.

“Look, I’ll go to that table thingy with you, I just don’t want to be drugged this time.”

The man seemed to give it some thought.

“We could over power you pretty easily….” He finally nodded to the woman, who dumped the tray and handed a much happier Naruto a new tray of food. “But you even try to run off and the beast won’t be getting a live sacrifice this time.”

Naruto gulped and nodded, this guy meant business! He took his tray and sat down, digging in, it may be his last meal, but at least this time was on his terms.


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“So then I was like ‘No Way! I picked the most berries!’ and he was all embarrassed, served him right too, trying to say he was the best picker.”

By now the men were wishing they had drugged the blond as he loudly continued to recount his entire week for them. It was the first time they ever escorted someone instead of carrying the body, and right now any of them would prefer the later.

“So then I was picking at this other farm, and I stained my pants, you know how I was just saying I bought the pants, well the owner’s kids pushed me, can you believe that. They were just running wild out in those fields and ruined my pants, so I said to him…”

“We’re here.”

Naruto suddenly had a constipated look of confusion.

“No, I said…”

The guy barely seemed able to contain his temper by this point.

“No, kid, I mean we’re at the table now, so shut up already.”

Naruto scowled before he looked around. Yeah, this was the same clearing, and there was that table. He barely held back a blush at the memories of what happened there previously, but one of the men shoved him, thinking he was going to back out.

“I’m moving! Relax!”

Naruto walked over, making a sudden face at the mostly black rock. It wasn’t that the rock was naturally black, it was once light grey, but years upon years of blood had stained it almost black in certain parts.

“Umm, look guys, the beast, yeah, beast, he said he wanted me just left here, so you can, umm, head back to the village now.”

The obvious leader of the three men scowled.

“So you can follow us back to the village and get out of this, I think not, brat.”

Naruto’s face scrunched at the name and accusation.

“Look, I said I was going to do this and I will, Naruto Uzumaki never backs down on his word!”

The man smirked.

“Then get on the table, you shouldn’t have a problem being shackled.”

Naruto glanced at the table, making a face of disgust.

“Can’t you just tie me to a tree or something?”

The leader did not look amused, and obviously he wasn’t since he grabbed Naruto’s arm and was in the process of dragging him to the table.

“You didn’t complain about the shackles before.”

“I was drugged!”

“And I liked you better that way.”

Naruto didn’t stand a chance against the larger man’s strength, but he gave it his all, and it finally took all three men to at last get a shackle hooked to his leg.

“I said the beast wants me free.”

Naruto crossed his arms and pouted, in a very manly way of course.

“Then he can bite your foot off.”

Naruto’s face pinched up, what kind of answer was that.

“I’m going to tell him it was your fault so if he hunts anyone down it will be you.”

Okay, it was a cheap tactic, but whatever worked, and the guy suddenly looked nervous enough that it just might work. That is until one of the other men spoke up.

“Why don’t we leave the keys?”

This quiet statement suddenly had everyone’s attention, though the guy in charge spoke up first.

“Then he’ll run off, think about it.”

The man shook his head. “No, I mean leave them hanging on a tree out of his reach, that way, if the beast really does want him alive, he can tell it where the keys are, and if it’s a trick, we just grab the keys in the morning.”

Everyone seemed to think this over, and aside from Naruto who just wanted off the bloody table, agreed it was the best idea.


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So that’s how Naruto’s evening passed, sitting on a bloody stone table, trying not to move too much and hoping it wouldn’t leave a stain as he watched the sun set and then the moon slowly rise.

“Come on, Sasuke, where are you?”

“Miss me that much?”

Naruto practically jumped from his skin as the words were spoken right behind him.

“Shit! Sasuke, you scared me about to death. Don’t sneak up on a guy like that, it’s creepy.”

Sasuke merely chuckled, that is until his eyes landed on the shackle around Naruto’s foot.

“I said I wanted you unshackled.”

There was that petulance again, and Naruto had to wonder if he would ever get used to the quickly shifting personality.

“Don’t blame me, I told them, they thought I would run off though.”

Sasuke’s look darkened, but turned to confusion as Naruto started snickering.

“Don’t throw a pout, they left the keys.” He pointed out the ring in a nearby tree. “They just wanted to make certain they were out of my reach.”

Sasuke nodded, his mood obviously brightening as he walked over, grabbing the keys and set about freeing his blond. Yes, his, Naruto was all his and that wouldn’t be changing, not since he had him all to himself now.

Naruto rubbed his ankle once free and happily hopped from the table.

“Now that is so much better, seriously, did you look at that rock? I think that’s blood, cause I doubt anyone painted it.”

Sasuke shrugged.

“It never bothered me.”

“What?!” Naruto gaped like a fish. “You’re telling me that when we… when you.. You know, when we…”

“Made love?”

Naruto was a new shade of red at the obvious amusement in Sasuke’s voice.

“Yeah, when we did that, you weren’t concerned at all about that table?”

“No.”

Naruto threw up his hands as he walked in a circle.

“How could that not have bothered you? It’s gross!”

Sasuke’s smirk was devilish.

“I had other things on my mind, and if you recall, blood doesn’t bother me.”

Naruto stopped his pacing.

“Oh yeah, you like to drink mine, kinky bastard.”

“Come on.”

And Sasuke was moving, going across the clearing and towards the trees.

“Hey! Hey, wait up! Are you even listening to me?”

And Naruto, having picked up his back pack, was trailing right after, going under the trees and through the brush.

“How can you see anything in this kind of light? I mean seriously, come dark, I’m bedded down, you won’t see me running around tripping over things in the dark No way. So is it only at full moons that you go wandering about or is it all the time?”

He finally stopped for a breath, only to have that breath knocked out of him as a tree hit his back, Sasuke’s lips against his own. Once the kiss broke, Naruto could only whisper, eyes still half mast.

“What was that for?”

And damn did Sasuke ever have a sexy smirk. Really, he wouldn’t say most smirks are sexy, but with the whole dark thing and the ways his lips were…

“Shutting you up.”

And the spell was broken, just like that.

“Hey! I wasn’t loud, I was just talking you know, I do it when I’m nervous.”

A dark eyebrow arched before a pale hand twined fingers with Naruto’s own.

“Better?”

Naruto nodded, squeezing the hand back.

“Yeah, I’m not used to being out at night.”

The rest of the trip back was silent, save for Naruto concentrating on not tripping over anything and the feel of the cold hand in his own. It went by rather quickly and before Naruto realized it, Sasuke had stopped, causing him to run into his back. His quick retort to the dark look he received died on his lips though as he saw what stood in front of them.

The house, no, it was more a small mansion, stood out from the surrounding forest like a beacon, though it was obviously old, very old, and well tended. The brush was cut away from the house itself, keeping the forest at bay, if only by a few feet, it was enough to prevent it from damaging the walls, or the rice paper doors and windows. It stood only two stories but the details in the architecture would have anyone marveling. Dragons and foo dogs adorned the tiled roof, keeping silent vigil over the place, while giant lions guarded the entryway. Naruto looked around the yard, or what there was of it, any road had long since been swallowed up by time.

“You live here?”

Sasuke solemnly nodded. “So do you, now.”

Naruto couldn’t imagine it, living in a home that grand or on that kind of a scale.

“Who else lives here?”

Sasuke snorted, tugging him towards the door. “No one, just us.”

Naruto was about to ask who took care of the place, but then, looking at how close the forest was, he supposed it was just Sasuke. But what happened to his family? To whoever owned this place?

He followed his boyfriend inside, thankful when Sasuke lit an oil lamp in the entryway.

“Isn’t there electricity?” He wanted to see better, even as he took off his shoes, following the other’s lead.

“No, this place was built before then, besides, there are no cables run out here, how would we get electricity?”

“Oh, I hadn’t thought about that.” Naruto rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly, before shouldering his bag once again as he was led through the halls.

“I’ll show you to your room, but you’re going to have to adjust to my schedule eventually.”

Naruto looked curiously at Sasuke’s back. “Why? What’s your schedule?”

Sasuke glanced over his shoulder, a smirk on his lips. “I’m awake at night, I sleep during the day.”

They finally came to a room on the second story and Sasuke slid open a door, entering before Naruto. “This will be your room.”

Blue eyes glanced about the room, taking in the ornate amour and the pallet for sleeping on the floor. It had one window, which was open and letting in the moonlight.

“So where is your room?”

The Uchiha set down the oil lamp on a small table near the bed, turning to fully face Naruto. “My bed is well hidden, don’t worry about it.”

Naruto pursed his lips in thought. “But, what if I need to ask you something?”

“It can wait until I wake up.”

The blond frowned, not liking the answer. “But what if it’s an emergency?”

Sasuke sighed, moving over to Naruto and wrapping his arms around the blond’s waist, pulling him closer. “It will wait until the sun sets. Relax.”

Naruto couldn’t help but shiver, the way the last word was spoken, so sultry and seductive, a request lined with promise. His own hands found their way around the paler man, pulling him closer as he nestled his head against a strong shoulder.

“I’m just nervous, that’s all.”

Pale hands moved up and down Naruto’s back, massaging, exploring, pulling a sense of calm from him while at the same time sparking a heat inside that made his scarred cheeks flush.

“Sasuke?”

The answer was spoken in a deeper voice than before, husky with desire. “Yes?”

“Are you going to bite me again?”

There was a chuckle, even as Naruto felt a smile tug at his own lips.

“Yes, Naruto, I need to bite you again.”

That smile only grew.

“So it’s a need now, is it?”

Suddenly his smile was gone as another set of lips captured his own, the kiss sweet but needy.

“Yes, a very strong need.”

Naruto could already feel his mind going hazy from the kiss, his body responding, it remembering the pleasure those kisses usually led to.

“Oh.”

Then nimble fingers were at his clothes, and before he even realized what was going on, his shirt hit the floor, a hungry mouth attacking his neck and numbing his mind while tanned fingers threaded in ebony hair.

“Sasuke!”

Gods, this felt so good, so very good, and he could touch back, could feel and explore as well. He wanted to explore every inch of his pale lover but those insistent hands and mouth were making his head spin!

Naruto couldn’t have said when his pants hit the floor, or his boxers for that matter, but he did dimly realize it when his back fell against the mattress. His hands scrambled to remove Sasuke’s shirt, baring that perfect, alabaster chest. He knew he lacked the grace of the other, but right now he didn’t care, what mattered was getting the clothing out of the way. Somehow he managed to open Sasuke’s pants, and delving his hands inside, he gripped the erection he found there.

“Going commando, huh?”

“Shut up..”

Sasuke’s eyes had slipped closed in pleasure as Naruto’s hands stroked him, bringing his world down to a pinpoint of pleasure. Something that made the blond rather proud. See, he could do this, he could participate in their love making.

His cheeks colored at the thought, and gaped as his hands were caught in a vice-like grip.

“Sasuke?”

“Slow down, I want to cum in you… not my pants.”

Oh gods, now he knew every extra drop of blood in his body was in his face! And judging by the smirk, Sasuke knew it too.

But the pale body pulled away, and with a bit of maneuvering, since he didn’t want to stand, obviously, Sasuke rid himself of his pants, tossing them aside.

It was the first time Naruto had really gotten to look at his boyfriend, and he sat up, leaning back on his hands as he took in all of Sasuke. Gods, he was beautiful, definitely like something out of a magazine! He couldn’t believe his luck, being drugged and chained to a table had completely changed his life, and he hoped it never went back to how it was.

Naruto was broken from his thoughts by that perfect body climbing back on top of his own, their lips meeting in a hungry kiss as he was pushed back on the bed. His own arms wrapped around a strong, pale neck, pulling Sasuke in for a deeper kiss, their tongues exploring with abandon as their bodies finally laid flushed, their hips grinding, pulling moans from both men.

“Sasuke!”

The kiss was broken and Sasuke attacked the pale neck again, leaving a trail of love bites as Naruto mewled and writhed under him. Their bodies danced so well together, grinding, kissing, stroking, clawing and fisting. It was paradise to both boys, though Sasuke broke it first, before either could release the quickly building heat in their bodies.

“Suck.”

He had placed three of his fingers against Naruto’s lips, though the blond seemed hesitant.

“Where have they been?”

The raven rolled his eyes, really, did he have to be stupid at such a time?

“Shut up and coat them.”

Dark eyes scowled, and after one last quick glance at the pale digits, Naruto finally opened his mouth, if hesitantly and coated the fingers with his saliva. He was glad when Sasuke removed them, cause he definitely decided he didn’t like the taste.

“When was the last time you washed your hands?”

Obsidian eyes rolled as he pushed Naruto’s legs apart.

“You’re killing the mood, Naruto.”

He sighed, casting his blue eyes at the ceiling that he could just make out with the help of the lamp.

“Sorry, sorry, go a-he-ad” He arched up, as Sasuke hadn’t waited for permission to push in the first finger completely. “Take it easy! Sheesh.”

“Shut up, I am going slow, that was just one.”

“Well you could warn a guy.” was Naruto’s indignant reply, even as that finger moved in and out.

“Fine.” Sasuke’s smirk was downright devious. “Here’s number two then.”

And the second finger was added, making Naruto squirm and fist the sheets. It seemed almost too fast and Sasuke had added the third, not warning him. The extra digit made Naruto keen and a sweat break out on his body, it felt uncomfortable and good all at the same time. The nerves were singing with pleasure, but the stretching feeling was almost unbearable, he let out a loud sigh of relief when Sasuke removed the fingers, which earned an arched eyebrow, but Sasuke was quick to spit in his hand, slicking his length and not giving Naruto anymore recovery time.

“Sasuke, wait… wait..”

Impatience was clear in dark eyes, he was there, his length positioned and head about to breach the heat. What the hell?!

“Naruto, relax. We’ve done this before.”

The blond took a calming breath before letting his legs fall open again and he nodded, closing his eyes as the ring of muscles was breached. Oh gods, it was all he could do to keep his breath even, this was so much larger and harder than Sasuke’s fingers, and by the time the pale body was flush against his own, he felt so full he thought he might split in half.

“Sasuke.. I don’t.. I can’t…”

“Shhhh.” Pale fingers moved through blond hair, soothing in their caress. “Just wrap your legs around me, Naruto.”

That voice was so calming, so in control and soothing, Naruto couldn’t help but obey, locking his ankles around the pale torso.

Then Sasuke moved, and all that pressure, all those feeling changed within a few quick strokes. His breath came in pants as pleasure spiraled up his spine, he couldn’t catch his breath, he couldn’t think, and his hands clawed at Sasuke’s back for some kind of grip on reality.

“Sasuke!”

Yes, this was what he remembered from last time, this pleasure, this heat. It was ten times better now that Naruto was fully willing and in his arms, moaning and crying out for him, panting and clawing, lost in the pleasure he gave to him. Sasuke had found his heaven and the pace only quickened.

This was incredible, this feeling of being one, of intimacy and pleasure, and as Sasuke unlatched one of his legs and pulled it over a pale shoulder, his screams couldn’t help but grow! There! There was that spot, white danced behind his eyelids now with every thrust and Naruto knew he couldn’t last long. This was amazing and perfect and almost out of control.

The pleasure built too quickly for either boy to contain, and it had long since degraded to a race to their climax as they panted, screamed and moved together. Their bodies so in tune it would be impossible to say who peaked first, but both screamed out their orgasm, one onto their chests, the other buried deep inside a pliant body.

Naruto panted hard, his leg finally freed, he still held onto Sasuke’s shoulders as the heated body slumped onto his own, both struggling to catch their breath.

It was passionate, it was everything he could remember, it was perfect.

And he closed his eyes with a giddy smile on his lips.

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