My good for nothing

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“People often say motivation doesn’t last. Well neither does bathing- that’s why we recommend it daily.” Zig Ziglar


Once again we go into Naruto’s Pov.


Chapter 4: Smooth waters


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The morning wasn't going too smoothly. Reflected one Uzumaki Naruto, as he avoided yet another punch from his raven haired master. From the first rays of the sun that morning, things had been going downhill. Neither male had gotten much sleep the night before. Naruto had tried to escape too many times, and the awkwardness of sleeping with a new person, not to mention being tied up, was not best way to get sleep. Though the blonde haired boy supposed sleeping in embarrassing situations was better than being in a cage. At least the bed here had been soft. Feather soft mattress, warm blankets and fluffy pillows. No the blonde wasn't bothered too much by the chains, he had been chained up in his cage anyway. It was the fact that he was sleeping with someone in such close proximity. It was not something he was used to. Most of the time touching a human was taboo. It made the part demon nervous to be in such close quarters to a being he wasn’t allowed to touch.

From the moment they had given up on any more sleep, and the wires were off both their wrists, they had been scuffling. The only breaks were for air, and crude remarks. They were both feeling the pressure to coexist, the awkwardness and the strain. As such they were getting in each others nerves heavily. Sasuke was getting on Naruto's because of his arrogant attitude and sarcastic remarks. The blonde was getting on the Uchiha's nerves, because he was being stubborn, violent and rude.

Both of them now boasted a number of colorful bruises and abrasions across their skin. Naruto found himself hissing, as dirt and sweat got into one of the cuts. It stung and had his eyes watering, vision momentarily blurring he lost sight of his opponent. Sasuke stilled his foot which was inches from Naruto's back when he heard the hiss of pain. Naruto heard him sigh, as he let out the tension from his shoulders.

"This is pointless dobe. There’s no reason for us to be fighting if we have to live together. Lets get you into the bath before we go eat." The black eyed man said sounding worn.
He looked it too, purple bags under dark eyes, ebony hair limp and creases marring his usually smooth forehead. The damn bastard. He even looked elegant when he was in messy state.

Naruto scowled at the new nickname his master had given him. Dobe along with Usuratonkatchi seemed to be his favorites. It always got a rise out of the red eyed furry. He was not a moron nor was he a dead last. It reminded him of who he was. He hated that. Naruto didn't WANT to remember what he was, he wanted to forget. Forget that he was at the bottom of the social ladder. That he would always be on the bottom of all things. Or that he was slow and dimwitted in the humans eyes. Somehow being called names still made him ache inside. The agony from the first time he had ever understood the hateful words spewed at him hadn’t lessened much. Which of course just made him long all the more to sink his teeth into the throat that produced such torment.

Scowling at the pent up hurt and frustration he was still feeling, he lashed out as best he could at Sasuke.

"Yes, MASTER" He said making sure the ‘master’ was as sarcastic as he could. Subtle but still getting out the feelings of disgust and disrespect that he had for his new keeper. It was pathetic and it was weak. A punch would be more manly, more his style. But he was unsure of what to do in this type of sticky situation, so subtle was what he went for. Although maybe he hadn’t been as subtle as he thought. There had been a definite waver in his voice, the anger and hatred all the pain coming out in those two broken words.

The man in front of him stopped dead in his tracks. Back rigid as he turned his head towards Naruto, his eyes were red, the black that was supposed to be his pupil spinning madly. The fox demon's ears laid flat against his head and he backed up a few steps warily. There was something in that look that gave him the chills. An instinct that told him being gazed at with those eyes from Hell was not a good thing. He had never felt that before, from a human at least. His suspicions were confirmed when he felt the faintest trickling of chakra emitting from, what he knew was a White King.

"When you are with me. You will call me Sasuke. If I ever hear you call me ‘master’ again I will wipe the floor with you." Sasuke said coldly, his eyes unforgiving and obviously serious.

Again Naruto was reminded that this one was not ordinary. Eyes turning confused a frown marred his features. He just didn't know what to think of this new master...Sasuke. Naruto had thought that he would always be treated harshly, had come to expect it. Sasuke treated him coldly and they did fight. But it was different from the usual beatings he had received from previous masters. It hadn’t been because he existed it hadn’t even been that he had been disrespectful really. It had been because he had caused trouble. It wasn't because Naruto was Furry. It was because Naruto deserved it. Because Naruto goaded Sasuke into it. Deep down he had a feeling that Sasuke would treat any person this way. Human or not. Rigidity was just in his nature. Sasuke treated Naruto like an equal, and that frightened the furry more than he would like to admit. It had been so long since anyone had treated him this way.

He didn’t know how to respond to that type of kindness anymore.

The furry found himself nodding as he started down the hallway towards the bath. Following in the footsteps of his new keeper. He got a pleased expression for his efforts. It brought a scowl to the previous dumbfounded look to his face, as he was reminded yet again that the Uchiha was a complete egotistical bastard. Smiling in that smug way whenever Naruto obeyed him. Like he was being a good child or some such ridiculous thing.

He walked behind the Uchiha his tail stiff and high, and could practically see the tension in the air. Naruto wondered if the Uchiha had known it would be this difficult to have a furry. Maybe then he wouldn't have bought him. Naruto partly wished that to be true. These past twenty four hours had put more stress on his mental being than he had ever had before. He had always wished for change, but when it came it was so startling that he wanted to cower away from it. He really had given up back at Chousho’s. Then again being purchased had other benefits. Seeing tress again and smelling fresh air. Yesterday he had even been able to feel the warm breeze on his face. Before every customer that had come into Chousho’s had been a blessing, because there was that small breath of fresh air that was swept in with them. The air that circulated and became dull over the course, was still appreciated to the captives.

Here in this old style haven he had room to move around, and now he was even getting a bath. Even if being treated as he had always wanted, wasn’t nearly as welcomed as he had thought it would be to his mental well being, maybe he would get used to it in time. Had he never been bought he would have lived the remainder of his life in a cage. Of this the blonde had no doubt.

Sasuke led them through the twists and turns of the huge house his pace brisk and swift. He came to the bathroom entrance and glanced at the furry from over his shoulder. His mouth turned down slightly, he scowled at the floor, apparently thinking. Finally shrugging his shoulders he opened the door. Standing to the side the cold prodigy waited for Naruto to enter.

“I’m going to get you some clothes. Don’t go anywhere, or else I won’t feel inclined to feed you later.” He said sounding cool.

Naruto hmphed, but said nothing else. In truth he was starving. He hadn’t eaten in about three days. The keeper at the last place had kept ‘accidentally forgetting’ to feed him. All this running around and using Chakra was reminding him of that. He was also quite ready for a bath. He hadn’t been clean in months. Even a lowly being such as himself felt the need to be clean. He thought to himself sarcastically.

Actually most demon’s liked to keep themselves well groomed. Dirt in your fur was such a nasty feeling. So he stayed where he was while Sasuke went back into the hallway. Dark eyes giving him one last warning look.

Naruto sighed shifting his weight from one foot to another, he wanted to strip and start washing already. But he also wanted to eat and was uncertain how to act around this new master. Normally he wouldn’t have given a rat’s ass, but with the threat of his food being taken away and the fact that Sasuke treated him differently AND could manipulate energy… Well it left Naruto at a loss.

It would be embarrassing to take a bath with the jerk watching. But he would take his chances. Anyway Sasuke had looked repulsed when Naruto had made the remark about sex. He glowered at that. It had been humiliating, but there had been one who had wanted him that way.

One that secretly hated his wife and longed to beat and dominate someone of the same sex. And although Naruto had never been penetrated, he had still had to serve that man in a sexual way. That degrading act had been what had finally turned his eyes from ocean blue to red. Having someone violate you in areas only meant for you or your most precious person, was heart wrenching. Being completely helpless as others took pleasure in your sadness and despair tore at the soul like nothing else. It certainly didn’t help that the man was a fat bastard with bad skin.

After being forced to sexually serve his master for the first time, Naruto had tried to kill himself. There had of course been that fear of the supposed ‘Hell’ but at that moment he had been too far gone. He just hadn’t had the spirit to go on anymore. He was at rock bottom. Of course slitting your wrists with his regenerating powers wasn’t the best way to go about it. Naruto had been so relieved at first to feel the pain and the slowly draining power, the warm blood dribbling down his wrists to pool around his comatose body. Maybe he could be reincarnated into bird? Until the wounds hissed as the new skin re-grew in it’s place. He had kept trying but eventually his youkai had taken control over his body and he hadn’t woken up for three days. No matter how hard his master had beat him.

The blonde had gotten away from that soon enough. Making sure that the owners wife knew what was going on. The near death beating he had gotten for it was worth it. He had been sent back to the slave trade and had never had such a problem again. Though that didn’t make what happened any less painful. It didn’t stop the nightmares. The newfound disgust he had for humans sex drives.

Snorting to himself he forcefully blocked out those particular thoughts. Besides Sasuke had made it perfectly clear that he wouldn’t come near Naruto with a ten foot pole in such a manner. Hearing footsteps out in the hall he braced himself for the reaction of his housemate. Sasuke came though the door with a bundle in his arms looking slightly disgruntled. Glancing at Naruto he only raised an eyebrow, as he put the clothes in a bin, next to the door.

There was an uncomfortable silence until Sasuke started shucking off his clothes. There was a faint blush on his cheeks as he took off his last article of clothing. Naruto watched realizing that the raven haired man obviously was used to either fighting or working out. He was toned and his movements told that he was alert and aware of everything around him. Grabbing a towel off of a nearby rack he gave Naruto a look that clearly asked why he was still dressed.

Sighing Naruto turned away and slowly took off his clothes. Folding them and then putting them at his feet. At a cough his vision was obscured as a white fluffy towel was dropped on his head. Instead of growling like he wanted to, he put the towel around his waist.

Flinching as Sasuke brushed past him he made his way to a tap. Getting out the supplies he turned and filled the bucket with cool water. Dumping it on himself he shivered, but gave a contented sigh. He repeated this process three times before he picked up the soap. Naruto made sure to always use a liberal amount of soap whenever he was allowed near the stuff. He wasn’t sure if he’d get this pleasure again, or if Sasuke would just have him bathe with a garden hose outside, like most owners had. The soap smelled faintly of jasmine, he thought as he scrubbed at his body with the washcloth. He liked the smell and resolved to maybe steal a bar if Sasuke wouldn’t let him bathe in here again.

Rinsing off the soap, he poured some shampoo into his hand and furiously ran it through his hair. He realized that the shampoo smelled of jasmine as well. It was during this time that Sasuke got up and went into the tub. He heard the other man give out a hiss of pleasure as he lowered himself into the steaming water.

He rinsed off his shampoo, and got out the conditioner. Sure enough this one also smelled of Jasmine. Eye brows lowering he glanced over at the other stations. Each one seemed to have its own unique scent. He noticed that Sasuke used the vanilla scented bucket. His new master was obviously a freak. A neat overly organized freak. Smirking at that he rinsed out his hair, and gave himself one last dunk of water, before getting up. He made sure to put everything back into the bucket. He was certain that Sasuke would want everything clean.

Giving the Uchiha an uneasy glance he slid into the water at the opposite end of where the prodigy was sitting. But all thought of awkwardness flew out the window as he sunk into the water. It was heavenly. Almost immediately the tension in his body lessened. The heat soothing the muscles into a relaxed state. It was almost as if it were an out of body experience as he heard the other occupant of the tub speak

“Tch like the bath do you? The clothes I got will probably be a little snug on you, but it’s all I can do until we go shopping.”

Naruto nodded his head but didn’t reply. He was feeling too good. Though he was aware of even the slightest shifting of the raven haired human he let himself relax like he hadn’t in years. It was almost like he was normal. Sitting in the furo with a friend talking about nothing. He almost smiled at the thought but held himself in check. Even if he was relaxed it was not the time to be day dreaming. To be hoping for things that never would be.

After about another twenty minutes of soaking Sasuke got out of the tub. Naruto took that as his queue and also got out of the tub. Actually he would have like to sit in there forever to feel that contentedness forever. But it was time to face reality and the brutal world. Grunting he made his way over to the clothes Sasuke had gotten him. He picked up a pair of black jeans and an orange shirt. He raised an eye brow at it unconsciously.

“My…brother got that for me years ago as a joke” Sasuke said. He actually sounded a little defensive. “It was the only shirt big enough that would fit you, and those pants are just a little big for me as well, they should fit but they might be a little tight.”

Naruto made a sound in his throat that could have meant anything, but put the shirt on anyway. In all honesty he liked orange. When he had been younger he had had an orange jumpsuit, that someone had thrown out. He had really enjoyed that garment, it was much better than the dirty white rags he had been forced to wear recently.

Picking up a pair of green boxers he donned them pulling his tail through the crudely cut hole in the backside. and set about putting on the jeans. Sasuke had been right they were tight. They hugged his legs in an almost unbearable way. It was hard to get his tail through the hole in the back when it was such a tight fit. After having loose shorts even the smallest constriction was weird. He knew that there were others that wore their pants even tighter but still. He sighed and let it go. At least the button and the zipper didn’t press into him too much. It would do. And it was definitely an improvement over his slave outfit. For starters it was clean.

He didn’t want to thank the Uchiha, he still wasn’t sure about the bastard. So he settled for nodding instead. Sasuke snorted at that but led the way outside to the kitchen. It was an unsettling atmosphere. But maybe in a good way.

After getting to the kitchen Sasuke left Naruto to stand dumbly in the middle of the room while he fetched another stool from a nearly hidden door that must have been something like a pantry. Setting it at the bar the brunette surveyed his work with satisfaction. But there was also a hint of something else there. Something uncertain. Something sad. After a moment the black haired man turned to Naruto.

"What do you want to eat? I'll make it if I have it."

It was a casual question that would have been standard and even expected for a normal person. But to Naruto it was everything. He had never been asked what he wanted to eat in all his 19 years of life. Furry's were expected to eat what they got and not complain. Or make their masters food. Sasuke had turned things backward and inside out. First by asking what Naruto wanted to eat, and second by making it himself. But what really got to Naruto was that Sasuke was being polite. Treating him as a guest instead of a slave.

Confused and uncertain Naruto timidly glanced at Sasuke. He would dearly love to say what he wanted but wasn't sure how Sasuke would take it. What if it insulted him or something? Then he decided he didn't give a damn if it did. Sasuke had asked so he would tell.

"I like ramen." he said stoutly, with a slightly defiant air.

The only reaction to this was the barely noticeable widening of the eyes and a small smirk.



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Mostly a bath scene. Not too much thought or anything. I put a little of Naruto’s history in here. It may seem a bit cruel, but this story is about slavery in a dark age. It will have some angst. But I think I managed to have a bit of a light note in there. It’s mostly about just getting there. Next chapter is once again in Sasuke’s pov. A bit of action and blood. Don’t worry things will really get interesting shortly.

Please send me a review!!!!!!! I would appreciate it. I worked hard on this.

Over and out
Chishio