In claws of evil

Chapter 4: Healing.

Sasuke and Sai dropped their argument as they heard the horrifying screams form the blonde on the floor. His body arched in a terrible pain of unseen origin.

“NARUTO!” both the dark haired males rushed to the screaming figure, wanting to help him in anyway possible. Both starred at the blonde examining him for external wounds, but none could be found.

“Oh my god….why is he screaming like that?!” Sai cried out grabbing a hold of the blonde, drawing him close to his heart.

Sasuke stared, his heart breaking as he witnessed the horrific sight of Naruto in pain. He didn’t know what to do and it filled him with so much confusion he felt like screaming.

“Sasuke…we need to get him out of here….he needs medical attention soon!” Sasuke snapped out of his frozen state and nodded….there was only one option and Sasuke wasn’t happy about it…..not happy at all.

Picking the blonde male up in his arms, Sasuke turned his back on Sai and started to move towards the cell door.
“Where are you taking him?” Sai rose to his feet, swearing at the pain in his whole being.

“To the only medic-nin in this area… to Kabuto´s lab…”

“Are you out of your mind?.... Kabuto just tortured both Naruto and me…and you are going to hand Naruto-kun over to that butcher?!” Sai screamed in fury.

“What else can we do? We won’t be able to travel fast because of your injuries and his weight, the next qualified Konoha medic-nin is 4 days away and we can’t be sure that the Dobe will be able to make it …...I… I… don’t want to lose… him… again… Sai-kun.” The Uchiha sounded sad to the ink shinobi. He was surprised to hear the cold male use his name for once and adding a `kun` as well… this was something new and unexpected.

Maybe he really does love him… He thought silently….and Sai suddenly realized that Naruto would never give up Sasuke and that Sasuke would probably never give up Naruto as well!

They love each other, he signed sadly, they probably always have and always will… and I will never be more than a friend to him.


“Oh crap,” he muttered as he followed the dark-eyed male who moved fast towards his destination with his blonde angel in his strong arms.

~ # ~

Smiling a bright and happy smile, Kabuto walked humming around in his lab. He had just finished his reports about the fine new results from the poison testing on the two Konoha Gakure shinobis. He had, as always, learned a lot about the effect of his little potions on the human body and soul.

Yes this one had been really effective when it came to sending an enemy into unconsciousness…. it had worked very well on the dark-haired test object, who had dropped to the floor a few seconds after the potion had been injected into his veins… and just in time for the masters arrival…

He smirked evilly as he recalled his master’s visit in the cell. Orochimaru had a special gift… he had a talent for breaking even the strongest men… no matter who.

He grinned as he recalled the look of the pretty blue eyes who stared in horror as Orochimaru had ripped the clothing off the tanned male before undressing himself and all the while telling the blonde about his intentions.

Oh it had been such a shame that the youth had lost his consciousness so fast, not being able to feel the snake lord’s firm and choking grip around his delicate neck, squeezing tightly as he thrusted in and out faster and faster before he released himself with a growl inside of the young blonde’s body.

But not next time… no Kabuto searched his small boxes with the colored labels on it… yes this was the one… with this he could prevent the blonde from going unconscious, no matter what would happen… oh the blonde would get the honor of pleasing Lord Orochimaru with his fearful screams till the end next time… and the medic-nin was looking forward to witnessing every second of it.

He pushed his glasses up his nose and smirked; now all they needed to do was to let the word slip to that idiot of an Uchiha that the blonde was in their hands and then the master would be able to take over the male’s body…. after killing the last remaining pieces of his soul.. the medic-nin wondered if the news of the blonde would break the Uchiha idiot… probably he wouldn’t even care… he never did care about anything anyway.

Kabuto continued to sort his notes, skimming the contents before packing them away humming a random tune.

The medic-nin dropped the papers in his hands as the door to the lab was kicked open with a loud BANG!

He didn’t move a muscle as a strange feeling washed over him… who dared to disturb his studies… they would soon end their life in pain and misery.

Kabuto turned around in anger to face the disturbance and widened his eyes in surprise as he starred at the strange sight in front of him.

“Sasuke-kun… ?” was all he managed to say before he felt the pale youth’s fist in his stomach area.

“I will only say this once…” the Uchiha stated coldly. “I want you to heal the Dobe… and don’t try anything funny or you will regret it for the last 5 minutes of your worthless life.” Sasuke grabbed the medic-nin by the collar of his shirt and raised him to his feet, pushing him towards the blonde male.

Sai had carefully placed the young Kyuubi container on a metallic table, he wiped the sweat of the tanned male’s forehead and checked his pulse… the Konoha shinobi didn’t like how the blonde’s state was changing.

Naruto was not screaming anymore, but cold sweat poured from all of his pores, making his normally warm skin seem far too cool to be healthy. The blonde moaned in pain and moved uneasily in his unconsciousness.

“What did you poison him with and how can we fix it?” Sasuke squeezed the throat of the gray haired medic-nin.

“Given him… I didn’t give the brat any poison… I only tested some on the other shinobi over there,” Kabuto pointed at Sai. “Besides I don’t have anything in store right now, that could cause this kind of reaction,” he answered truthfully as he got free from the Uchiha´s firm grip and moved towards the blonde… eager to examine the mysterious phenomena in front of him.

Sasuke was relieved as he felt the medic-nin get interested in the blonde’s condition… even though the medic-nin was the blonde’s enemy, his interest in medicine and medical conditions were greater than the lust to kill them for their intrusion. The raven haired male hoped to get as much info on the blonde’s condition and a possible antidote before killing the gray haired man for his accomplishment in the rape of his future lover.

“So tell us what is wrong whit him!” Sai demanded.

“Hmm I have never seen symptoms like this before,” the medic-nin mumbled as he examined his blonde patient. He silently wondered that since it wasn’t one of his tests, then what could it possibly be that had this kind of effect on the Kitsune container… then the answer hit him… and he smirked.

“Well… “ He stated as he placed his hands on the tanned chest, performing a healing jutsu that radiated the blonde’s torso with a green light. “That’s all I can do for him, the rest is up to the kid´s own willpower.”

“Che?” Sasuke asked and stepped threateningly closer to the medic.

“Yes… what do you mean by that?” Sai finished.

Before the medic-nin had a chance to answer, the blonde’s body arched and he started to scream again. Afraid that Kabuto had hurt the blonde Sasuke drew a kunai and drove it into the gray haired male’s ribs… not a fatal wound, but very painful and close to the man’s lungs.

“Argh! “ The medic-nin cried out in pain and dropped to his knees.

“What did you do to him?!” The Uchiha growled as he twisted the kunai inside the wound causing it to bleed worse than before.

“Argh… didn’t… do… anything… except… healing,” the male panted painfully.

“Then what is wrong with him… why is he in so much pain…why is his body changing?”
Sai starred at the blonde as his frame started to change It´s appearance.

The slender frame grew stronger; his shoulders widened slightly as the muscles grew from the inside and out. His torso, which had always been slim and well trained swelled up as if his dna changed his bones to make the blonde stronger. The tanned skin on the thighs displayed the growing muscles perfectly.

Sai swallowed as he could only imaging the pain that Naruto must be going through right now… how was the blonde changing like this… what could be the reason… he stared at the smirking medic-nin.

The gray haired male stared in delight at the arching body of the blonde male. To him there was nothing better than watching beautiful naked human frames twist in horror and pain… it gave him a perverted kind of satisfaction and in his mind he whished to inflict more pain and damage to the blonde till he would slowly die… and Kabuto would enjoy and record every second of it.

“What’s so funny?!” The ink shinobi yelled.

“You don’t get it do you?” he smirked evilly. “He is becoming a monster… Lord Orochimaru destroyed his soul… and now the nine tailed beast has won… he will kill you all,” he grinned, blood running down his chin.

Sasuke stared at the blonde as the evolution continued. Naruto grew fangs and the nails on his fingers and toes changed into something that came close to predators… long, sharp and dark in color. The golden lock became tinted in red as it grew longer and more wild… it would soon be long enough to reach the middle of his back if he was standing the Uchiha thought.

The blonde suddenly opened his eyes reveling that the blue orbs had changed into a deeper, darker blue that was decorated with small dots of shimmering red… beautiful, was the only word in Sasuke´s and Sai´s minds as they stared at the naked tanned skin with out blinking.

He wasn’t sure how to react on the things the medic-nin said, but he wasn’t going to lose the Dobe to the Kyuubi or anyone else. Besides Sasuke knew how he felt when the Kyuubi was in charge of the blonde, and he wasn’t feeling uncomfortable around the blonde… no he was still feeling the attraction towards him and he kind of liked the new Naruto... he looked so much stronger and athletic. He wondered what it would be like to lay next to the blonde, feeling his arms around him… his lips against his.

Sasuke suddenly decided that they would have no more use of the medic-nin since he wouldn’t be able to do anything anyway, so he yanked out the kunai from the wounded Kabuto and drew the blade into his neck… causing the sound ninja to squawk out a surprising gasp before his lifeless body fell to the bloodstained floor.

That’s one less to fight later on, the Uchiha thought as he removed his weapon from the lifeless medic-nin who laid in a huge puddle of his own blood.

“That’s what you’ll get if you mess with someone that belongs to me,” he snarled at the dead man.

Sai stared in shock at the former Konoha shinobi… he was really happy to be on the right side of that man. Even though Sai was a skilled shinobi and not one that you could call weak, he felt weak in comparison to the dark-haired traitor.

“What now?” The ink user asked looking at the blonde whose breathing was starting to stabilize and he wasn’t sweating so heavily anymore… which hopefully was a sign that the worst was over.

”Hnn,” the Uchiha turned his vision to the blonde, and upon seeing the improvement, he smirked.

“He’s looking to be improving towards the better.”

“Yes I’ve noticed… but I´m not sure we should move him just yet… besides I think he has become heavier.” Sai tried to forget the look in the other males dark eyes as he pulled the kunai out of the medics neck…so filled with hate, revenge, anger and something else… bloodlust.

“Then we wait… once he better you’ll take him home”

”But… “

“I will follow…I just have some… unfinished business I must attend to before I can leave here for good.”

~ # ~

Orochimaru was angry… no he was furious. There was not much the snake lord hated more than waiting and his right hand man was late. He sat on his throne-like chair and growled to himself. Orochimaru was a man who had a reputation for a bad… a very bad temper.

“Where is that idiot of a medic-nin when you need him,” he hissed as he got up and paced around the room.

“He knows that he has to prepare the ceremony for the extraction of the Uchiha´s soul so that the boy’s body can become my next beautiful vessel.” He threw some furniture towards the wall crushing the wood against the stony walls.

“I will make him regret that I have to go to him and forgetting our meeting.” He slammed the door behind his back as he moved down he tunnels to the hidden labs.

~ # ~

He wasn’t sure what was happening to him. The sudden pain that had overwhelmed him was now slowly dimming and his mind became clear again.

He could feel the tickling sensation of change in his whole being. All his senses had been improved and the smell of blood and sweat flooded his mind. Someone must be seriously wounded or have died, the blonde concluded.

His hyper sensitive ears picked up the heartbeats of two humans who were standing near his still unconscious frame. He could smell ink, paper fibers and paint… Sai was definitely out there… and then there was the familiar scent of someone else… but who?

The blonde took a deep breath and tasted the air on his tongue… this scent… of blood mixing with the unique odor of the person’s sweat and almost undetectable smell of green tea shampoo… SASUKE!

Was he really out there together with Sai and his body?

He felt all his senses explode from a sudden touch of someone’s hand against his skin. So intense that his mind couldn’t comprehend the large amount of information he got from a single touch. All his cells reacted at once as if his skin was reacting with every last fiber at the strange and yet familiar touch.

He got a perfect description of the hand that touched him and from the collected info his mind told him that the one who was pressing his hand against his chest was Sai… probably checking his current condition.

“Amazing… simply amazing,” the blonde muttered to himself.

His senses weren’t the only change in his mind… he was now loaded with all the knowledge and wisdom that had belonged to the Kyuubi no Kitsune… and because it had had such a long life there was a lot of stuff for the blonde to comprehend. Naruto could feel his brain work hard to organize the huge amount of information…

What was that? … there was a memory of a shinobi that the Kyuubi had mentioned before it vanquished… the Yondaime… His… HIS… FATHER the fourth Hokage… he dropped his chin to his chest in disbelief….he was the son of the Yondaime. Come to think of it… Jiraiya had said something about him looking a lot like the Yondaime once. Why had no one ever told him… he had a family… even though his father was long dead… he was still a part of his family.

The blonde felt a twitch in his stomach and pulled up his shirt… the seal was disappearing…
“Oh crap the SEAL… and I idiot am still in the sealing room inside my head… better get out in a hurry or I might end up as a brain dead puppet!”
He prepared to wake up in the real world again. He was looking forward to meet Sai and Sasuke and tell them all about his final meeting with the Kyuubi.

The horrible experience with the snake master was still haunting the back of his mind… but he was going to see Sasuke and he was the son of one of the greatest shinobi in the history of Konoha Gakure.