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Chapter Four: Promises to a Fox

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The teens’ moans were the only sounds present in the barely lit room. Stream rose from their heated flesh as the friction between skin and skin brought further flames on their bodies. The raven haired boy nibbled on the other’s lip, breaths mingling and eyes shining with lust as they stared into each other. The younger looking blond wrapped his arms around the other boy’s neck as they plundered each other’s mouths with sloppy kisses and forceful tongues. The younger boy continued to moan in pleasure as the raven rocked his hips back and forth, sparks flying between their rubbing erections. The raven ran his fingers ruthlessly through the other boy’s golden hair and held on to his side with the other hand. The blond ran desperate palms across the raven’s broad back, slick with sweet perspiration and muscles tense with animalistic need.

When the older boy had ceased the pleasure in their groins, the blond mewled as if begging for it to return. The raven grinned, and showered kisses on the blonde’s beautiful face, not willing to disappoint his partner. The raven moved lower to latch his tongue in between the blonde’s chest, licking his way up and down as a wandering hand gripped his cock, eliciting a grateful groan from the waiting teen. He squeezed his penis tightly as he ran his tongue all over tanned skin, occasionally brushing over an anxious nipple. The blond shivered in desire, holding onto black hair as he instinctively thrust his aching manhood through his lover’s grip, impatient for his release. The younger boy continued to moan loudly as the raven sucked on his nipple hard and quick as he vigorously stroked the rock-hard shaft, with sweat and pre-cum as its lubricant. His own hungry cock rubbed on the other boy’s slick thigh as he focused on administering as much pleasure as possible. The blond gripped tightly on the raven’s hair and cried out as his release loomed near. The older boy however squeezed the blonde’s penis once more, efficiently postponing his long anticipated orgasm.

The blond breathed raggedly and whimpered in disappointment at what had been so cruelly stolen from him. The raven ceased all activity and crawled up seductively until his eyes peered directly into the blonde’s, sweat dripping from his black bangs. He met their lips and kissed passionately, thrusting his tongue and stroking within the wet cavern of his mouth. As they continued to heatedly kiss and suck and bite each other’s faces off, the raven took out a pair of handcuffs to the surprise of the blond. The black-eyed teen kissed his lover reassuringly and brought both the blonde’s arms to above his head and cuffed them into the bedpost. The blond shuddered as the raven slid his hand all over the blonde’s chest and abdomen as he stared at the body hungrily. He ran his fingers all over every muscular curve and every inch of smooth perfect skin. He kissed, sucked, and bit each nipple as his hands stroked the boys sides. The blond tried to break from his bonds so he could hold his love, but to no avail. He groaned in frustration, but thankfully, the older boy had gotten the message.

With one final lick to a hardened nub, the raven quickly but expertly maneuvered his position to straddle boy’s head, his eyes plastered on the blonde’s smoking cock. He placed his hands on both sides of the blonde’s hips for support. He felt the body beneath him react as he licked the cum off the boy’s crown, he lowered his hips a bit so the blond could do the same to his own. The younger boy shivered in delight when his lover took his dick into his mouth, he could not contain the small scream of pleasure that followed. The raven cocked his head up and down, massaging the blonde’s arousal with his gums and his talented tongue brought even more screams from his companion. The blond could barely think as the sensations battered on his nether regions. He was though reminded of his own role when he took notice of the leaking manhood that floated above him. Since not being able to use his arms, he raised his head to lick the moisture off the slit before it dripped to his face. Trying not to be distracted by the enthusiastic mouth ravaging his arousal, with a slight lift of head, he took the monstrosity whole and sucked greedily, turned on further when the raven moved his hips slightly in reaction.

Sounds of sucking and handcuffs clinking with metal resounded throughout the dark bedroom. As the black-haired seme continued to bob his head unto the length, he pushed a single finger inside the blonde’s anus. Surprised, the blond uke released the cock from his mouth and moaned at the new sensation. The raven poked his finger in and out of the younger boy’s hole, resulting in a cry of pleasure with each thrust. When the boy was properly stretched, he inserted an extra finger. That was it for the blond boy as he screamed in rapture, his cum squirting into the raven’s mouth as he swallowed eagerly, his two fingers working like scissors to stretch the boy further. The younger blond continued to moan and squirm from under him, unable to concentrate on anything else. The raven, impatient, lowered his hips further and stuffed his dick into the blonde’s open mouth without choking him. The blond, having understood, complied with the wordless request and sucked and bobbed with as much vigor as he could. The raven released his own moans as he pushed three fingers into the blonde’s tight hole. That only made the younger teen suck harder, as the body above him shuddered with orgasm and white fluid splashed into his throat, that he drank all the same.

The raven sighed in contentment, but was not yet finished with their task. As he licked and kissed the last bit of moisture from his partner’s arousal, and as the blond finished doing the same to his own, he shifted his position once again until they were face to face. They tasted each other as they kissed, his body slipped and slid off the other in between thick perspiration. With one last loving kiss, the raven moved his body lower, throwing legs over his shoulder as he gripped on sexy hips. He gave a reassuring nibble on the blonde’s already hard cock, and positioned his own at the blonde’s entrance. He pushed in slightly and…

“Hmm…I’m afraid I haven’t come across that particular issue. Did Kakashi lend it to you?”

Sasuke jumped as if bathed by cold water. He reflexively threw the porn book out the window and hastily zipped his pants closed, hiding his erection. He glared angrily at his brother who leaned on the wall next to the couch; arms crossed and smirked in amusement. The flustered Uchiha blushed in embarrassment, aware that Itachi would never let that go. “What the hell are you doing here Niisan? I thought you were working!” His complexion turned an even deeper scarlet when he realized that he had just indirectly implied that he liked to get kinky with himself when his brother wasn’t present.

Itachi had also picked up his mistake and chuckled deeply. “Our dear cousin Sai called, and we had a very lengthy conversation. It seems that there is a development within the branch family.”

“Oh really.” Sasuke said disinterestedly. He was still flushed from having been discovered rubbing himself to a porn novel. A GAY porn novel. Hopefully Itachi didn’t notice it was…

Itachi, the sadist that he was, observed his brother’s blatant discomfort, and decided to exploit it. He grinned in a maniacal way that made Sasuke’s blood run cold.

“Sasuke, my dear little brother, do you see that camera over there?” He pointed a manicured finger at a corner of their posh living room. And indeed there was a surveillance camera attached to the ceiling, one of many scattered across their home, and it was set to look directly at the coach. Sasuke gasped in horror. Itachi swiped at his bangs, looking smug. “How many views do you think that will receive in twenty-four hours? In, let’s say…Youtube?”

So, Itachi knew about the Naruto thing, but there were things far worse than that. His older brother was going to blackmail him with even juicier footage. Sasuke glared at his brother with his eyes twitching, lines of fear etched on his pale skin. “Niisan…you wouldn’t…”

Itachi looked to the sky in contemplation. “Since you’re a model and everyone knows your name, this would be great publicity.”

“Niisan…”

“Not to mention your agent will eat it all up. And since you’re set for a seven year contract, you can’t threaten them into quitting.”

“Niisan…”

“Oh yes, the girls will lose their minds. More than they already had I might add. And the boys will too. Considering the cover of the book you were so happily reading was obviously Itcha Itcha Paradise: Y edition.”

“Niisan…”

“Jiraiya-sama will most definitely thank you for helping publicize his Yaoi compilation, which sadly hasn’t sold as well as expected. But once the public is aware that his novels is able to bring such a response from one of Japan’s top teen icons, I believe they will sell even more than whatever that J.K. Rowling person has published. Well, mostly in the homosexual community of course.”

“Niisan…”

“And since you are a model, no doubt Uchiha Sasuke on the front cover will be most in demand. Of course they will have to censor some things and you will have to work with a male partner, someone blonde…maybe even-”

“NIISAN!!”

Itachi had finally been chucked out of his musings. He looked at Sasuke as if he hadn’t noticed he was there. “Yes, little brother? Is there anything you need?”

Sasuke was not one to beg. He was not one to grovel. But ultimately, his brother held power comparable to that of Lucifer, and if Itachi asked him to lick the doodoo butter off of his boxers, with only a well placed threat and a glare, no doubt he’d get his tongue to working. He forced his eyes to go as wide as saucers, a pitiful pout on his lips, tears streaming from his black orbs. He looked like a puppy who demanded to be saved from the rain. He kneeled before his brother. “Please have mercy…” Pathetic…

Itachi peered mercilessly at the boy weeping at is feet. He stopped himself from laughing and instead sighed loudly. “If only I had put the batteries…”

Sasuke immediately stiffened and stood himself to Itachi’s height and glared into his eyes, tears evaporating form his skin as it began to heat. “What…did you just say?”

Itachi spoke unperturbed. “I said I wish I had installed the batteries. Didn’t I tell you before? I had to take out all the batteries since they were failing.” He suddenly looked thoughtful. “It would have been so good for Jiraiya though. Such a missed opportunity.”

The younger Uchiha couldn’t hold it anymore as his head literally exploded. He fell to the marble floor with a loud and crushing thud.

‘Maybe I went too far…’ Itachi thought seemingly guilty. But he shrugged it off, Sasuke had handled worse. He dragged his unconscious brother to the couch and fanned him until his eyes stopped spinning.

“W-what?” Saskue awoke groggily. He nervously scuttled to the other end of the sofa when he realized that his bastard of a brother had been smiling down at him.

Itachi breathed out in mild annoyance. “I was just joking little brother; I would never do that to you.” Such a lie… “It really is too easy to ruffle your feathers sometimes.”

“Dammit Itachi! That’s not funny goddamit!” He continued to fume on his end of the coach. After a while Sasuke visibly deflated and cupped his hands on his lap, bangs hiding his eyes. “But you know now…so…” He said softly, barely a whisper.

Itachi understood right away, as a brother should. He wrapped his arm around his brother’s shoulder comfortingly. “Look, Sasuke, I have no qualms about your sexuality but you’re gonna have to be more careful next time if you don’t want anyone to know.”

Sasuke nodded his head and sighed.

“Hmm…you’ve been battling with this for a while now haven’t you?”

The younger Uchiha turned his head slowly to Itachi’s and rolled his eyes. “Jeez niisan! What kind of brother are you if you haven’t even noticed?” He scoffed at himself.

Itachi placed his finger to his chin. “You know, I did have my suspicions. Not least of all is that you’re still a virgin…”

Sasuke narrowed his eyes.

“…and so is Sakura.”

Sasuke made a sound of distaste and removed Itachi’s arm from his back. “Don’t even go there niisan! It’s gonna give me nightmares.”

Itachi made a face as if to indicate that his brother was an idiot. “I know I should have told you this a very long time ago Sasuke, but, if you dislike her so much, why wont you reject her?”

Sasuke looked irritated; probably more at himself than anything else, then he seemed tired. “I don’t know. I just need to try something.”

“Whatever it is you’re trying Sasuke, I doubt it is working.” The truth was Itachi had known about his brother’s orientation for years, but sadly, Sasuke had never chose to open up. “Obviously you have no interest in girls. Your cell is full of numbers from supermodels and yet you haven’t answered any of their calls. Maybe you should-”

“I don’t like boys.” He said it slowly to stress the point.

Itachi released a breath and closed his eyes. “After all this time you’re still saving yourself.”

Sasuke’s eyes grew large. Before he could respond however Itachi had already stood from his seat and hid his hands in his pockets. “Well, little brother, you should be grateful that it was I who walked in on you and not your girlfriend. Speaking of which, she should be right at the door any minute now.”

Ding Dong…

“Hmm…make that any second. My mistake.”

“SASUKEEE-KUUUUUUN!!!”

Itachi had been wise and stuffed his ears with corks right after the doorbell. Sasuke however, wasn’t, and rolled painfully on the floor as Sakura’s impossibly high-pitched voice rebounded off the walls, running them all at risk of internal bleeding. When the girl had ceased her screaming and resulted to jabbing the doorbell repeatedly, Sasuke and Itachi had both gotten their bearings and the latter turned the other to face him. “I’ve discovered that Naruto is at the mall, and apparently, Sai is after him.”

Sasuke was for the most part shocked by the news. The other Uchiha’s were taking an interest. “Sai? But why-”

“Questions will be answered later. But for now, you must get out of the house safely.” Meaning that running through an oil field on fire was far wiser than venturing anywhere with A.D.D. girl. “Take the back door.”

The younger Uchiha silently thanked his brother and ran for the back.

“Oh and Sasuke!”

The raven stopped on his tracks and faced his brother.

“…the suit’s in the bushes.”

The boy nodded and ran out of sight.

The older Uchiha sighed, dreading what was to happen next. ‘Wonderful…now I have to deal with her…’

With heavy feet, Itachi stepped down the stairs and to the front door where opening it would surely reveal some of the horrors of Hell. But alas, a man had to what a man had to do. He bravely unlocked the portal of doom to reveal a bouncy pink-haired girl who wore a red blouse thingy and a skirt. She had her hands clasped behind her back and her eyes were a whimsical emerald, pretty jewels that hid a horrifying abomination that even Itachi feared. People liked to call it Inner Sakura.

She looked downcast when the door didn’t open to her Sasuke-kun, but it went away when she grinned widely, lips hiding her molars. “Oh, good morning Itachi-kun!” She yelled.

“Sakura.” He greeted hatefully, wishing he had brought his corks. Or his AK47.

Oblivious to his obvious loathing, she stood on her tippy-toes and peered over each shoulder, then to his sides, then in between his legs. She looked liked she wanted to blast the barrier with a bazooka, not caring that it was her boyfriend’s brother. “So uh…Itachi-kun, have you seen Sasuke-kun?”

Itachi struggled to keep his eye from twitching. ‘Seriously! Why doesn’t he dump this bitch?!’ He thought. “Sorry…Sakura…but he woke even before I did, so I have no idea where he went.”

Sakura seemed hurt, he smiled. “Oh…okay…I’ll just look for him myself then. Thanks Itachi-kun!”

“You’re welcome.” He replied, not bothering to hide his relief. He had been about to shut the door in her face when his reason for living had been abruptly put to an end.

“Oh wait!”

Itachi could not hold the shiver, fearing of having to spend another minute in Haruno Sakura’s presence. “Yes…what is it?” He said shakily.

“Well um…I think this is yours.” She handed him a book that she had been holding behind her back. It had a picture of two naked boys chasing each other. It was Itcha Itcha Paradise: Y edition.

He cringed. “This isn’t mine,” was all he could manage to say.

Sakura didn’t seem like she believed him. “I found it in the rose patch, maybe you threw it out the window? It has to be yours, I mean, there are only two of you, and Sasuke-kun can’t possibly…”

She didn’t notice as Itachi roughly gritted his teeth, a surprising amount of negative emotion shone within his normally placid gaze. ‘Doesn’t this girl know when to shut up?! I’m Uchiha Itachi for God’s sake!’

“…I know gay people when I see them. That Gaara guy is sooo obvious! And maybe even Neji. Who wears Armani to the mall anyway? And I KNOW Sasuke-kun isn’t gay, he’s with me after all! And then there’s you! I mean, Oh my God, black manicure? That is sooo queer…”

‘OH…MY…GOD…She did NOT just go there! And the bitch is still talking?!’ Itachi sent a glare that would have frozen the sun. Sakura gave it no heed for she apparently was too distracted by the sound of her own voice. She prattled on about every boy she knew in detail that she suspected were homosexual, which was of course every boy except Sasuke. Itachi had the distinct desire to skin the girl before him and sell her entrails to the glue factory. ‘That’s it! Sasuke isn’t worth this!’ “He’s in the mall.”

Sakura ceased in mid-rant and finally realized that the Uchiha was still there. “What?”

“I said…he’s in the mall. I just remembered. You might want to go find him now.” Anything to get the insect out of his hair.

The pink-haired bovine drew up blanks for a few moments until what Itachi said finally registered. She clapped her hands together and jumped with glee. “Oh I’m so glad! Well, I guess I’ll be going now. It was nice talking to you Itachi-kun!”

He growled in response.

“Oh and Itachi-kun.” She actually had the gall to grip his shoulder with her slimy fingers and whispered close to his ear. He shivered violently when her breath met his lobe. “Don’t be so uptight Itachi, being gay is totally normal! I have a teacher who’d love to go out with you; his name is Gai, so give me a call when you’re interested okay?” She released him and went on her merry way.

Itachi…was stunned. He didn’t even have the desire to kill anymore for his mind had frozen. No doubt rumors of his supposed sexuality would spread through the country by nightfall, but even that realization didn’t receive much of a reaction. With bloodshot eyes, he slowly closed the door, with Itcha Itcha Paradise still in hand. He slid to the kitchen, curious as to how porn books react to being microwaved.

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Technically, it wasn’t so much an arcade as it was an indoor theme park. The entire top floor of the mall was completely devoted to video games and rides alike. Naruto enthusiastically dragged his party of friends to the enormous arcade section, which was filled to the brim with people enjoying their weekend. Naruto loved the sounds of clinking, bouncing, tapping and the pushing of buttons and the laughs and screams of people having fun. Naruto loved it solely because everyone would be too distracted by amusement to notice him, and so would he.

Behind him, Kiba rubbed his cheek from when Hinata finally pulled the courage and the dignity to slap him, who had crossed her arms and puffed her cheeks. Shikamaru had finally caught up with them, looking actually too tired to be normal, even for Shikamaru. Neji had arrived shortly behind him, also seeming downcast. Naruto wondered what happened. Before he could ask he noticed that a member of their group was no where in sight.

“Hey you guys, where’s Shino?” He asked worriedly. He looked to Kiba who shook his head. Akamaru whimpered a no. He went to Shikamaru who just shrugged. “Bathroom, I guess.”

Naruto wasn’t at all satisfied with that answer, but he decided to let it slide. “Oh okay, I guess he’ll catch up then.” With barely a second’s notice, the boy brightened with glee. “Let’s ride the bumper cars!” The hyperactive blond danced and pranced on his retro orange sneakers, looking like nothing could ever ruin his day. The group smiled and Hinata blushed. How could they ever deny him?

The group squeezed through the bevy of people holding tickets and prizes and through the endless rows of arcade games until they made it to the bumper cars. Neji scowled in disgust at having his Armani jacket ruffled, Hinata trembled when Kiba insisted on holding her hand and serenading her with Barry White songs in public, she was also timidly trying to bat away Akamaru who attempted to pull her skirt down with his teeth, Shikamaru, though in the midst of utter chaos, desperately kept himself from dozing off. Naruto looked at his friends gratefully; they were definitely an odd bunch of fruits in the basket. The obsessive compulsive Neji, the bluntly sex-crazed Hinata, the annoyingly dog-like Kiba, the lethargic Shikamaru, and the creepily sedated Shino, whose whereabouts were currently unknown.

He recalled with sadness the days when he only had just one friend. One friend that had become his world, and yet it was that friend who had put it all to an end. It was that friend who had brought meaning to his past and so unfairly destroyed his future, him and many others who had made his life hell. There was no doubt that Naruto was grateful that he had a number of people he could trust, especially Shikamaru, but there was also without a doubt that he had ended up lonely. He tried his best to be happy, he tried his hardest to be contended, but somehow, he just couldn’t do it…

As he glanced at the group behind him, he couldn’t help but think of how he had them fooled. In all the world there was only one person who would never be deceived, and yet it was that one person that his heart would never accept again. There was only so much betrayal he could take.

Hours went by like seconds as the party enjoyed themselves, even Shikamaru. Neji had been demoted to a human pinball since he didn’t even know how to handle a bumper car without a chauffer. Kiba had made the nervous little girl sit next to him against her will, as Akamaru growled at her within his jacket, since pets weren’t allowed in bumper cars. To everyone’s disbelief, the pale girl had leaped from the moving vehicle and into a vacant bumper car, pounding Kiba’s into the wall with silent rage. Naruto had only assisted in exploiting the older Hyuuga’s lack of driving skills and laughing manically all the way. Shikamaru, being a genius, was a master of physics and was able to treat his competitors like projectiles by just calculating in his mind at what speed, place, and angle he should attack his foes.

When time was up, Neji had been reduced to a vomiting fit, while Hinata had reverted back to her deceptively shy and cutesy self, leaving Kiba unconscious. A pile of bumper cars with people still riding them had been left stacked in one corner from when Shikamaru had nonchalantly bumped them to oblivion, oh the power of math. Naruto was left unscathed, his reflexes as impossibly top notch on a vehicle as they were on his feet, he hadn’t been bumped once.

The boys and girl went about the entire arcade trying out every possible game while Neji reluctantly continued to dish out tokens. Naruto and Kiba engrossed themselves on an intense game of Street Fighter 2, nothing like the classics.

“Dammit Chun-Li! Do your lightning kick thing already! What the hell are you doing?!” Naruto screamed into the machine while vigorously mashing on the buttons.

Kiba sniggered as he expertly creamed Naruto’s character with an ice uppercut. “Haha! The hotter one always wins!”

The blue-eyed blond stared incredulously at his friend. “What the hell are you talking about?! Why is Cammy hotter than Chun-Li?! He gave the last one emphasis.

Kiba’s eyes had not left the screen. “Just because.” He smirked and twisted the joystick.

KO!

“Wha?!” Naruto glared in disbelief. “Dammit Kiba! You distracted me!”

“What?! I did not! I won fair and square loser!” Kiba stuck his tongue mockingly at the angry blond.

“That’s it!” Naruto proceeded to choke Kiba until his head popped off, though it was all in fun.

“Be careful Naruto-kun.” Hinata warned him halfheartedly. They did look cute playing together, but she wouldn’t mind if Naruto decapitated the dog boy.

“Well, well, well. If it isn’t the fox kid.” Naruto stopped on mid-strangle when they were alerted of a sinister presence behind them.

A gang wearing school uniforms for some reason sneered at the innocent blond. Leading the pack was a tall, skinny dude with puffy red hair, dark spots for eyes, and a crooked smile.

Naruto whispered into Kiba’s ear. “Who’s the mop top?”

The dog boy shrugged. “I don’t know. Must be another crossover.”

“Oh…”

Akamaru barked at the freaky gang leader, he tensed.

“Damn! I hate dogs!” He said, his voice quivering.

“Kuwabara-sempai, you’re not gonna let a little puppy get to you are you?” A random underling hesitantly berated their leader.

The Kuwabara guy instantly solidified, hiding his fear behind a somber mask, though he was shivering ever so slightly. “Of course not! I am Kuwabara after all! The greatest fighter of them all!” He placed his fists to hips and laughed loudly.

Naruto sweat-dropped. ‘Who the hell are these freaks?’ He motioned his friends to leave but before they could, Kuwabara stooped them, which was after he had ceased his drawn out victory laugh.

“Where do you think you’re going fox shit?” He said conceitedly, gripping Naruto’s arm tightly.

“Let…go of me.” Naruto ordered slowly and menacingly. Pinning blue eyes against black. Kuwabara’s gang scoffed at the blond, he had no business being intimidating when he was so cute.

“What are you gonna do if I don’t? Tell on me on the internet?”

Kiba raised an eyebrow at that. Hinata gasped, her hands to her mouth. ‘Don’t say it you moron!’

Another random underling tapped on Kuwabara’s shoulder. “You’re not supposed to tell boss…” He whispered.

Kuwabara realized his mistake and mentally slapped himself. “Oh right…”

“What did you say?” Naruto asked, more bewildered than angry. That had been a very random thing to say.

“Nothing fox ass!”

“Will you just let go of him already? What the hell is your problem man?!” Kiba defended.

“Shut up! This doesn’t concern you!” The red-haired bully spat at him. Kiba cringed.

Shikamaru and Neji had arrived on the scene to discover a small crowd gathered around another crowd near a row of arcade games. They were able to catch the whispers of “Kyuubi”, “gang”, and “fight”. Shikamaru could already sense that things would be troublesome. The two boys pushed their way to the center and caught sight of a tall upperclassman who lifted an unresponsive Naruto by the collar of his shirt. Hinata shook in fear and worry and Kiba looked like he didn’t know what to do, the group of bullies would prevent any interruption. No one in the room had sharper eyes than Neji, who was the first one to notice when Naruto’s eyes formed into blood red slits behind his blond bangs, Shikamaru was second. Things were not looking good.

“What is going on here?” Neji made his entrance, hiding his apprehension, an enraged Uzumaki Naruto was not a clean sight.

Kiba immediately spoke up, pointing to the redhead. “That asshole just started picking on Naruto!” Hinata nodded with him.

Neji closed his eyes and sighed. “I advise you release him or else.”

Kuwabara only tightened his hold on the boy, glaring at the Hyuuga scornfully. “Or else what girly boy? If you haven’t noticed I have a gang.” He pointed his head to his subordinates, who were threateningly cracking their knuckles and pulling on chains. Kuwabara grinned, daring the ‘girly boy’ to make a move.

Neji couldn’t look any less affected. He coolly crossed his arms and challenged the bully with his eyes. “And if YOU haven’t noticed, I am an heir to a multi-billion dollar corporation and can have you silently killed before you arrive home tonight.” Neji smiled with obvious superiority, the witnesses held their breaths.

Kuwabara’s eyes went as wide as dinner plates, quickly losing his nerve. He turned frantically to his teammates, asking without words if what the white-eyed guy said was true. One of his more smarter lackeys discreetly came to his rescue. “He ain’t joking boss, that’s Hyuuga Neji!” He was practically trembling on his knees.

Kuwabara paled and let out a nervous laugh, no way he was gonna risk getting sniped! He gently dropped the fuming boy and hightailed away, smoke billowing after them.

Shikamaru held Naruto by the shoulders, making sure he was hidden from the nosy crowd. The blond was pulsating under his touch, warm and violent, the way he always got in that state. “Naruto…look at me.” He demanded softly.

Naruto did not respond, his head bowed down low.

“Please Naruto…I need to see.”

A tear fell from behind Naruto’s bangs and slid down his whiskered cheek. He knew it barely had anything to do with the bullies. It took moments before Naruto complied with his request. Naruto slowly peered upward so Shikamaru could see, his fears had been founded, they were red and cat-like. “I…I wanted to kill him…Shikamaru…”

The worried brunette took a deep and long breath, having been assigned as Naruto’s closest friend was very tiring at times. He was a genius, but he was never good with words. “You need to calm down now Naruto. You need to free yourself, like sensei told you.” That would have to do.

The miserable blond nodded meekly and closed his eyes and breathed evenly, connecting with his humanity. In just a few seconds he opened his eyes to reveal dazzling sapphire, it used to take him hours what he could now do in seconds. Though they were the blue of the deepest ocean, yet they were filled with the deepest pain. Shikamaru wished he didn’t have to see that again so soon. “I don’t know what I would do if I killed again Shikamaru…please don’t let me be like that again…” The boy pleaded with his friend without looking at him.

Shikamaru smoothed out his blond hair, looking sad. “You won’t Naruto. You have better control than that…”

Naruto wasn’t listening. “I almost killed for something as stupid as that…I…I’m still a monster…”

“No you’re not!” Shikamaru interrupted, his voice raised. “How many times must we hit that thick skull of yours? It’s not your fault Naruto…your not the monster.”

“But everyone thinks I am.” He responded weakly, his eyes started to water.

He gripped the younger boy’s shoulders tightly and pulled him closer. “Someday they won’t Naruto…I promise you…”

He looked up at the taller boy, confused. “What are you talking about?”

“Don’t worry,” was his simple answer. “Are you ready to face the present now?”

He wiped at his eyes with the back of his hand and nodded. “Yeah.”

Shikamaru moved away from the blond and gave him space. He was pleased to discover that the entire crowd was gone; his friends must have sent them away, though the arcade was still as bustling as ever. Hinata was first one he noticed, eyes wet with concern, he was grateful for that. Though she was the horniest girl he knew, he was glad she obviously cared about him. Kiba stood there uncomfortably, Akamaru on his head, asking with his eyes if he was alright, he nodded and Kiba sighed in relief. Neji, on the other hand, seemed impassive, but he knew he was just as worried as the rest of them; the older ones fussed so much over him sometimes.

For the second time that day he was exceedingly grateful that he wasn’t alone at times like those.

“You almost lost it that time…dobe.”

Naruto turned sharply to the direction of the voice to find that it was…uhmm… “Uh…do I know you…Mr. Gorilla?” he bemusedly inquired.

Indeed, what seemed to be a gorilla stood before him, and it spoke to him too! What a day…

“Dobe…” He placed his furry hands at the sides of his hairy head and took it off. What it revealed were shiny strings of perfect black hair, smooth pale skin, and a dazzlingly annoying smirk that could only belong to one person.

“Itachi?”

Sasuke found himself twitching as he placed the gorilla head beneath his arm. “You know, I don’t call you dobe because it’s cool, Naruto.” Sasuke said, mildly irritated.

Naruto blinked stupidly and leaned his head closer, squinting his eyes at the disgruntled Uchiha, then realization dawned on his all too expressive face. “Oh…Is that you Sasuke? I thought you were Itachi since your feet are so hairy.”

Sasuke tried not to snort, ‘Wait till niisan hears THAT.’ “That’s because I’m wearing a monkey suit moron.”

“Oh…okay.” Naruto looked at the ground and grinned widely. “You do know that there’s a puppy pissing on your monkey leg?”

‘…Is that why it’s so warm?’ He peered downward and indeed there was little white dog relieving itself on his hairy foot. “What the hell?!” He moved his leg but the dog just followed, like the living fire hydrant that he was. “Tell him to stop dammit!” He looked pleadingly at Kiba who just waved a hand at him, not really caring.

“Sorry bro, he won’t be done for a looong time. He pisses four times his body weight, which all in all doesn’t make any sense.” He held his chin as if thinking about it.

Neji smirked wildly, not even the slightest bit repulsed that a dog was freely urinating in an arcade. Hinata giggled.

Sasuke’s face fell, did everyone hate him so? Before he could answer it himself, Naruto said something that made his blood turn to ice. “Hey, is that Sakura-chan?” Sasuke’s head turned a 360 when he heard that. To his horror, it was true; the pink-haired menace along with some other unfortunate dude was slowly approaching towards THEM.

“Oh shit!” He quickly put his monkey head back on, as the only reason he wore it was that wearing a wig, shades, and extra makeup no longer worked as a disguise as he still got mobbed by fangirls who could apparently smell him. He also dressed up as a dog once, but that only got him to the pound, which Itachi adopted him and walked him home with a leash, to his utmost humiliation. He decided on a gorilla, for there were no monkey pounds; he did the research.

He finally took a good look at the boy next to Sakura and gasped…because the dog piss had finally seeped through the costume…which made him gasp. Then he again noticed the strangely handsome boy approaching…Naruto?!

“You!”
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Haruno Sakura huffed and puffed and collapsed unto a bench, clutching her raggedly beating heart. She had circled the entire mall more than a dozen times and found neither hide nor hair of her beautiful boyfriend other than a strangely well-mannered gorilla who would run at the sight of her. It’s not like she would take his milkshake or anything! Hell she didn’t even care that the ape was checking out Speedos, which was coincidently Sasuke’s favorite type of undergarment…

To the fake-haired teen, there were only two types of girls in the world; one were girls who were not romantically attached to hot and sexy boys, who are losers, and two, girls like her! She admitted that she had used to be a loser, stalking her future loves from the distance or in a bush, oh what a loser she used to be…

With her elbows on her thighs, she dropped her head to her hands and sighed. ‘I guess I’ll see him tomorrow…’ She released a lonely breath. What would it take to get Sasuke to WILLINGLY spend time with her? He did court her after all…so why not…

Somehow she had found herself in what seemed to be an indoor marketplace, with the benches splitting the thoroughfare. There were booths and stands selling everything from pottery to Star Trek memorabilia. People everywhere were bargaining and bidding with the items while others bartered. She hated seeing people happy…

She briefly scanned the area for the face she had been so desperately searching for and her expression brightened considerably when she found it! “Sasuke-kun!” She ran as fast as her feet could take her towards the gorilla that was currently perusing through snake figurines. She pushed the ape aside to reveal her love dressed all in black. “Sasuke-kun!” She screamed again.

The boy slowly turned towards her, rubbing his ear, ebony eyes expressing utter annoyance.

The pink-haired girl had reclaimed her trademark exuberance and she made sure it wouldn’t go for the rest of the day. “Wow Sasuke-kun! When did you cut your hair? It looks great though!” For indeed her boyfriend’s locks had been trimmed to madness. He barely had bangs anymore!

The Uchiha stared wide-eyed at the talking flamingo before him, an ‘annoying’ talking flamingo. He did not have any emotion to match his face as he blankly glared at the bubbly pigeon.

Sakura stared strangely at the Uchiha, he usually wasn’t so…unexpressive. “Um…Sasuke-kun? Are you alright? You don’t look normal…” And indeed he didn’t. Sasuke might be cold, but he never seemed frozen.

The Uchiha ceased staring through her head and instead looked into her eyes. He narrowed his and said with as little emotion as was humanly possible. “Your ugly, I’m busy, have a nice day.” He walked away leaving a gaping Sakura behind him. Now…Sasuke might have trouble expressing his “affection” towards her, but he NEVER flat out rejected her! Plus he called her ugly for no apparent reason! Something was afoot!

She marched towards her fleeing boyfriend and spun him around by the arm, he didn’t even look surprised. “What the heck is wrong with you Sasuke-kun? Do you have any idea how worried you’re making me?” She wailed, attracting odd looks from those around them. She sniffled for good measure, green eyes brimming with crocodile tears. Strangers whispered amongst themselves about poor loving girls and lecherously insensitive boyfriends.

Sasuke sighed and looked Sakura squarely in the eyes. “Look, I am not Sasuke. My name is Sai. And you are very ugly and very fat, so please leave me be.” And once again he walked off.

Sakura was stunned. She had digested the part that he apparently wasn’t Sasuke which explained a lot of things, but they look so darn alike! The part she had trouble chewing however was that a complete stranger had said she was ugly AND fat! Now that was just uncalled for! Once again she stomped after the brunette and once again he turned him by the arm and once again he didn’t look the least bit bothered. “Why the hell do you have to say those things to me?! What gives you the right huh?! Answer me dammit?!” She was drawing a lot of attention that day.

“Because it’s true.” Sai said in monotone.

Sakura boiled in uncontained fury, hot bubbles floating from her pink ears. “Dammit you!!” She poked him in the chest. “Why do you have to be so rude?! Why the hell are you so creepy?! What the hell is wrong with you?!”

Sai stood unblinkingly through the pink-haired girl’s tirade. Truthfully, he wasn’t used to being around so much energy. He smiled.

Sakura ended her vocal rampage prematurely when Sai did something really weird with his lips. It looked like something halfway between a sneer and a grin, well not really. However, she couldn’t distinguish whether he was annoyed by her presence, had fallen madly in love with her, or if he was expecting some rough sex tonight. She hoped it wasn’t the second one, she wouldn’t want to break the poor Sasuke look-alike’s heart. “Uh…what is it? What do you want?” She quickly interrogated, backing off in fear. Not even Jim Carrey could make a face like that!

Sai did the face again, it made her whimper. “You’re interesting. I like you.” And with that he went to peruse a jewelry stand.

Sakura was shocked stiff. ‘So was that the third one?’ She asked herself. She shook all immoral thinking from her tired mind; she was still a virgin after all! She walked to the black-haired enigma and stood beside him. He inspected the boy and she had to admit, he was pretty good looking, she thought he was Sasuke after all! “My name’s Sakura.” She said out of the blue, not trying to be friendly.

“And my name’s Sai.” He countered, scrutinizing an amethyst encrusted bracelet.

“Yes, you told me.” She said, sounding doleful.

Sai regarded her with one eye. “A problem?”

She waved him off. “No…I just thought you were my boyfriend.”

Sai did not respond.

Since she really had nothing better to do, she attempted conversation with her mysterious acquaintance. “So…you like jewelry?”

The brunette did not spare her a glance. “I like all things that are beautiful.”

‘Hmm…this guy’s too philosophical for my taste. But what he said…does that mean he thinks I’m pretty? Then why did he have to say I’m ugly?’ She smirked to herself, she also found the boy interesting. Mostly because he was odd and didn’t seem to know how to smile, but she could change that…

“Your eyes look like emerald.”

What the boy said had shoved her out of her reverie. “What?” Feeling like she had just woken up.

“I said your eyes are like emerald.” He was peering into a gorgeous emerald ring lined with bits of diamond.

She was speechless. Sai handed it to her and she took it. She sulked just by looking at it, Sasuke would never buy her something like that. She put it back, wondering why she cared so much. Didn’t simply being with Sasuke make her happy anymore? Since before she hit puberty she had always wondered what it would be like to hold him by the arm, and now she knew. Was that enough?

“If you are finished pitying yourself, you can help me search for my cousin.” He said bluntly.

“Huh? Why should I? I barely know who you are and least of all your cousin!”

“Yes you do.”

Sakura was both startled and confused. “What? I do? Who’s your cousin then?”

“Sasuke.”

“WHAT?!”
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And that’s how it went. Somehow Sakura had ended up with Sasuke’s cousin who was currently checking out the blonde moron next to a nervous looking gorilla who was getting peed on by Kiba’s dog. Yup…happy days. And the object of her everlasting love was still MIA. Oh well, she decided to hang around Sai just a bit longer, having realized that the boy was extremely unpredictable. He had demanded that she take him to an ice-cream parlor where it took him twenty minutes to settle on a flavor, which the only guideline he had to choosing was “which one is the most aesthetically appealing”, technically he scoffed at the rocky road. He had waited till after paying to inquire if ice cream had milk, which he was allergic.

Nonetheless, Sakura had accepted that he was very enjoyable company. She had a thing for bizarre men. She had a thing for Uchihas…

“And…who might you be?” Naruto asked, riled by the fact that a Sasuke clone was looking him over. It was unnerving for the innocent blond.

“Hmm…you must be Uzumaki Naruto.” He said, trying to sound seductive, but it just came out constipated.

Naruto shivered at he weird look he was given. Did the guy want to take a dump on him or something? Because he really felt like a toilet under the brunette’s indiscernible gaze. “Yeah…what’s it to yah?”

“My name is Sai…Uchiha Sai.” He bowed.

“Uchiha?” For some reason Naruto looked at the gorilla, who shrugged.

“I think you are very small.”

That caught his attention. Kiba whistled and Hinata blushed fiercely, Neji deadpanned. Naruto looked at his feet, his cheeks cutely flushed. “Vertically challenged would have sufficed you know…” Naruto was the only one stupid and innocent enough to think that Sai had been referring to his height, or at least his body height.

“Oh no, I think you are very short…” he palmed Naruto’s crotch. “…here.”

A spectator would have sworn he heard crickets as the entire arcade had been subjected to an instant silence. There were no more sounds of button mashing, no more cars bashing, no more feet stepping, no more people breathing. Time had come to a stop, and God had blushed.

Sakura gasped and covered her mouth. Hinata shook like a vibrator, pale and her mind screaming in agony. Kiba’s jaw dropped to the floor, splashing dog piss on his shoes. Neji still looked blank, but only because his mind had flown to la la land. Sasuke jealously thrashed in his suit, wanting nothing more than to beat the pulp out of his cousin, but he wasn’t ready to reveal himself yet.

Naruto however…was gone, Mentally and spiritually gone where they danced along with Neji’s lost psyche. His face sweat waterfalls, his pupils having shrunk to dots in a vegetated shock. His fingers twiddled with themselves by his sides. He was too mentally shattered to remove the hand that still pressed on the forbidden spot on his pants. He thought it couldn’t get any worse, any personal, boy was he wrong.

“Hmm…it’s very hard to imagine with only this.” They knew the world had gone to hell when Sai unexpectedly shoved his hand INSIDE Naruto’s pants AND boxers, fisting his frightened cock. “Impressive, your definitely not as small as I thought you were.”

It was amazing how the world could seamlessly fall to a state of limbo. Sakura vomited into her mouth, but she swallowed it back, she ran away feeling queasy. Hinata had by then lost her soul and fainted. Neji fell hard on his face, not knowing how to react. Kiba pissed his pants, truly. Akamaru cheered, his master having finally accepted liberation. Sasuke threw away his mask as his head could no longer fit, having gone to hulk mode. Naruto had done the first beating though, having regained his consciousness the second some else’s fingers rubbed his nether region. Even without Sasuke’s help, it was easy to say that his cousin would be in the hospital for a LONG time.

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Shikamaru lingered in the bathroom, preparing to wash his face. He had left the crowds the moment the gorilla showed up, knowing Naruto could handle himself. He hated seeing the blond conflicted and yet he felt no sadness for what he was preparing for his friend. It was a strange and complicated emotion, he knew, but he wasn’t used to thinking about the future. Naruto would pull through, somehow…

He splashed cold water from onto his face, rinsing the grime he had accumulated in the day. He dried himself with a paper towel and was about to throw it in the bin when he noticed the figure behind him, reflected in the mirror, Shikamaru wasn’t the type to be startled.

“Oh…I was wondering where you were…Shino.”

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Naruto stormed out of the arcade, his face red and his eyes screaming bloody murder. People were shoved out of the way as the infuriated blond made his way through the mall.

“Dobe! Where are you going?” Sasuke caught up to him, breathless. He had ditched his ape costume after he went primal on Sai, who was no doubt being carried by a stretcher. Naruto could be really devastating when he wanted to be. Thankfully, his eyes didn’t turn fox red, so he wasn’t as completely enraged as he let on. Sasuke deemed it safe to play with his dobe.

“I’m going to the bathroom. I have to wash that bastard’s fingerprints off.” He seethed.

That only made Sasuke smirk. “So you’re gonna use soap then?”

“No duh! Who knows what kind of germs you Uchiha’s have!”

The raven chuckled. “So let me get this straight, you’re going to use soap to clean your thingy, which the only you can do that is if you-”

“Dammit Sasuke! Don’t make it sound like I’m gonna jerk off you bastard!” The blond bellowed, strangers gasped at the lewd child. Naruto blushed severely.

“Hmm…seems like you did that all by yourself.”

“Just…just shut up teme and leave me alone.” He grumbled.

Sasuke shook his head. “Don’t want to. You’re way too much fun to be with.”

Naruto’s eyes suddenly lost their luster. “So were you.” Barely a whisper.

The raven stopped in his tracks, watching the boy go farther and farther away from him. Sasuke sighed in misery.

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Before Shikamaru could do anything else Shino grabbed him painfully by the neck and shoved him roughly against the tiled wall, increasing the pressure so much he could barely breathe. The bug lover made his face only a centimeter from Shikamaru’s, noses touching, he could not see the anger behind his shades. “I saw what happened in the arcade.” Shino growled out.

“Oh…you did…did you…” Shikamaru choked on his words, unable to extract precious air.

Shino only tightened his hold. “Yes…and that’s what will happen if he finds out what you’re doing. Only next time he’ll probably kill himself first. What the fuck do you think you’re doing Shikamaru?!”

The genius actually smiled. “You know…he would ask you…the same thing…if he saw you right now…which…by the way…he’s right behind you…”

Shino fearfully turned his head to find a shocked blond and a bewildered Uchiha who had followed, not believing the scene before them. The bastard’s prediction had been correct. “What the hell do you think you’re doing Shino?!” Shino tentatively released his captive as Naruto ran to his rescue. Shikamaru coughed violently, sucking air like a glutton. Naruto made sure his friend was alright before he directed a hateful glare at Shino which broke his heart. “Would you mind explaining to me what came over you Shino?” He asked slow but deadly.

Shino had returned to silence, usually speechless anyway. Naruto would never know how hurt he looked behind his sunglasses and collar, which were always on to hide his hated emotions. The blond had relinquished his façade by making it clear that unless he gave a good answer, he’d be hated. “Please…don’t trust him Naruto…”

Naruto stared at Shino like he couldn’t believe what he was seeing. He didn’t want to lose him, but if he refused to reveal why he had just attacked and maybe even attempted to kill one of his closest friends, then he had no choice… Naruto’s eyes dimmed to darkness and frowned a cold and desolate frown. “Shino…if you don’t tell me what the hell is going, then I have every reason not to trust you first.” He whispered, silently pleading with Shino to say that it had just been an accident, that they were merely playing, that Shikamaru made fun of his jacket, anything to keep him from having to lose another friend. It was his ultimatum…

Shino trembled inside; the last thing he had wanted was to lose Naruto’s trust, to pay back for what his family had done to him in the past, to pay with friendship. But he knew that Shikamaru had a reason for doing what he did, despite the cruelty, he wanted to be sure. And so he could not… “I’m sorry,” was his answer. He quickly ran out of the restroom, shoving the Uchiha out of the way, who had been rooted to the spot.

Naruto shut his eyes to blink back the tears. Why had he lost this time? What had he done now? Subconsciously he helped Shikamaru to stand, Sasuke rubbed his back comfortingly, too bad it didn’t work. “Are you okay?” He asked his genius best friend, sounding hoarse.

Shikamaru just nodded. It was the first time for the two boys to see him depressed. Naruto feared what would happen next.

“Shikamaru…please tell me what happened.” He softly begged.

But once again he was denied answers when his closest friend shook his head. “I can’t Naruto…I’m sorry. I have to go…” Without a second glance Shikamaru had vanished.

Naruto could not believe what the day had led to, could not believe the unexpected conclusion. He felt like he had lost two of his friends and he hadn’t the faintest clue as to why. He felt that he was shrouded, that everyone was hiding secrets from him again…he felt betrayed.

Sasuke looked at his dobe in obvious torment which tore his heart to pieces. He wanted so badly to embrace him, but he knew he didn’t have the right to do that anymore. Shikamaru had that right and yet somehow he shunned him. Is that why Shino tried to kill him? Was Shikamaru hurting Naruto?

“Sasuke…I need to go…take care of Sakura-chan…she’s gonna want you to take her home.” Naruto had said all that without lifting his head. He batted away the Uchiha’s worried hand and walked slowly towards home, not caring that he wasn’t the only being in the universe, for he couldn’t feel more alone. He was still a monster…

He had much to tell his journal that night…

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Wow…this one is LONG! Sorry of it seems rushed though. I just HAD to finish the day in one last chapter, I can’t bear having to put off the second entry again. Well anyway, I’m still in the hospital, my fever is practically gone and hopefully they’ll release me by tomorrow and I don’t have to count on my anonymous friend anymore. Well the next chapter will be out in exactly 24 hours after this one, it will a journal entry obviously. Hope you like this one! Ciao!