From Friends to Beyond

Chapter Five: A Night of Vengeance

Sasuke awoke with a start. His heart was pounding and he could hear his pulse banging in his head. Taking deep breaths he tried to slow down his breathing. A desert coyote howled not to far from his tent and he turned his head in the direction of the sound swiftly. It took him a moment to realize that his breath was curling up in slow tufts of mist in front of his face, and he cursed himself as he wiped the sweat from his brow and quickly pulled his cloak on. Stepping out from the tent he looked up at the night sky and shivered as the cold wind wisped through his hair. Tomorrow would be the full moon. Another howl broke him from his trance and he took off running through the sand leaving his tent behind. He had already slept late and he was determined to reach the Sand Village by morning.

As he leapt over a dune and slid down the side he panted softly to himself, “Naruto…Naruto…Naruto…”

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Naruto groaned as he slowly came too. His eyes blinked blurrily at the room around him. He was lying on his stomach on a soft warm mat, a blanket was laying across his shoulders so high he could feel the edge of it along his neck. Licking his lips, he furrowed his brow at the unwelcome sight of the cell’s wall. He leaned his head down to stretch the back of his neck and stared at the slight swelling on his wrists, There was a strange pattern on his skin there as well from where his hair had fallen across his cheek and he had been laying his head. Shifting a leg slightly he winced at the sudden pain in the muscles of his ass. The outer muscles were sore from his resistance during the day and the inner muscles were sore from Gaara’s fingering.

Gaara! Where was the sand demon? Naruto turned his head to the left, since that was where he had last seen him. Peering all the way over his shoulder, through the fur on the blanket, all the way to the far corner of the room, Naruto could not see him. He let out a slow breath of relief, but then sucked in a sharp breath of surprise when something tapped him on the right shoulder. Slowly and shakily he turned his head to right, only to be greeted by a pair of curious, concerned, but mysterious turquoise eyes.

“I was worried that you weren’t going to wake up there for a while,” Gaara said softly while brushing some stray hair from Naruto’s face. “You sleep very deeply.”

Naruto’s body began to violently shake as he began to push himself away from Gaara. His eyes were wide with panic and he didn’t stop when he hit the ice cold floor. He shoved himself all the way to the wall and then painfully curled up with his backside pressed tight against the wall. His breathing quickened to the point where it sounded like he was hyperventilating and stared at Gaara with the anticipation of an animal that was about to be hit.

Gaara propped himself up on his right elbow and looked longingly out at Naruto. “Naruto look…I’m sorry that I have been so rough on you. I just don’t know how to deal with these strong emotions…even now. I just want to grab you by the hair and smother you with my body.” Naruto flinched and curled up tighter. “However, it seems that I’ve been going about this all the wrong way. I’m such a fool…” Gaara smoothly and swiftly sat straight up on his knees and then faster than Naruto could blink a giant fist of sand slammed itself into Gaara’s cheek sending him flying face first into the wall behind him. His head snapped back, recoiling from the impact and he slid down the wall to lie in a crumpled heap.

Naruto’s mouth dropped open in disbelief. He almost temporarily lost his fear to go to see if Gaara was alright. However, his fear of being sexually abused again kept him planted to his spot and away from the spot where Gaara had fallen after sliding down the wall.

Naruto took a deep breath and cleared his throat slightly leaning his head forward a little. “Gaara?”

“Hnnn…” Gaara slowly lifted his head, his unkempt red hair fell in his face in thick chunks. Slowly he rubbed his jaw where the sand had hit and he pushed his lithe but well toned naked form up. His soft but cold eyes turned to look at Naruto, then closed in relief. His bare feet slapped softly against the stone floor as he walked back to the thick sleeping mat. Gaara let out a faint whimpering groan as he tried to slowly sit himself back down on the mat, but he failed, his knees buckling from how dizzy he was from the impact with the wall. He fell hard on his ass, but thanks to the soft mat there was no further damage. Gaara seemed scared, to Naruto, to lift his eyes to look across the room at the concerned and trembling Naruto, but with great difficulty he raised his eyes and gazed longingly at Naruto.

Naruto stared with a deep concern at Gaara. His azure eyes deepened and turned soft. His eyes carefully scanned over Gaara’s face. His throat closed up with regret as he saw a trickle of blood slide slowly down through the center of the love scar over Gaara’s eye and then taint his eye itself, causing Gaara’s eye to twitch slightly and turn red from the crimson liquid coating over it. While he was still scared he found himself compelled to go to Gaara. The Kyuubi wasn’t helping either. The blood and Naruto’s fear seemed to be calling out to the Kyuubi and Naruto could feel the start of the release of his chakra. He crossed his arms across his chest and grabbed onto his shoulders trying to bring it under control. It took him a moment but with great reluctance the Kyuubi subsided.

Gaara noticed the momentary struggle, flashing back to when he fought for control with his own demon. He stayed perfectly still as he watched Naruto regain complete control and then with some surprise he stared in wonder as Naruto slowly stood up, using the wall as a brace, and took a step toward him. It took all of Gaara’s will power not to move to Naruto immediately. He stayed perfectly still as the blonde slowly limped his way over to him. He was further tempted to move when Naruto crashed to his knees in front of him and then slowly reached a shaking hand out to move his red hair from his forehead.

“Don’t get the wrong idea,” Naruto hoarsely stated, his throat sore from screaming during the day. “I am so…angry with you right now…but you are my friend and I can’t stand to see a friend injured.”

Naruto slowly and gently worked at cleaning up the blood on Gaara’s forehead. Having no materials and not wanting to tear up the blanket he leaned forward and gently licked the blood clean starting at Gaara’s eye and working up to his hair line. He swallowed every few licks to clean off his tongue. The cut was just below the hair line and didn’t seem to deep. He softly ran his tongue over it pulling a shiver out of Gaara and a soft moan. Naruto ignored him and watched the cut until the blood welled up again, threatening to drip down, then he ran his tongue gently over it again.

Gaara’s hands twitched in his lap. It was taking everything out of him to keep his hands where they were. His eyes focused and unfocused on the throat and clavicle in front of his face. His cock gradually grew harder with each swallow of Naruto’s throat and pressed into Gaara’s hands as he tried to hide it from view. He shuddered and let out another moan as Naruto’s tongue slid over his cut again. It stung but felt so good at the same time. His breathing became slow and deep as he tried to concentrate on anything else other than Naruto’s tongue and his throbbing cock.

Naruto noticed the change in Gaara, but his concentration on the wound was too deep to really care. The blood had slowed down and was almost stopped completely. He felt Gaara shift slightly and in reaction Naruto’s hand tightened on Gaara’s hair roughly making him gasp heavily. He knew that Gaara hadn’t released his breath yet and the blood had finally stopped flowing, so Naruto decided to take it upon himself to whip out a little revenge for the bruising he was suffering from. Most people thought that Naruto was too nice to be malicious, but that was only because Naruto chose not to take out his bad feelings on others. Gaara felt him stop the licking and chanced a glance up at him.

He was greeted by a pair of deep sea blue eyes full of strong emotions. Gaara gasped and grunted as his head was pulled back sharply by his hair. He rasped out in pain as Naruto bit down into his throat hard, his pinpoint canine fangs piercing deep and drawing blood. The Kyuubi stirred within Naruto, but he kept him suppressed. Gaara turned his wide eyes to Naruto, not expecting such behavior from his blonde prisoner. Naruto lifted his head to stare back at Gaara, his lips stained ruby with blood and then he stuck his fingers one at a time into his mouth, pulling each one back covered in Gaara’s thick blood. With a swift hand move Gaara was flung around onto his hands and knees and Naruto placed his foot in the center of Gaara’s back.

“Now Gaara…you’ve been a bad friend as of late…and you must be punished.” Naruto breathed against his ear causing a full body shudder to run through Gaara.

There was no hesitation in Naruto as he positioned his four fingers together in a point and shoved them quickly, roughly, and fully into Gaara’s anus. Gaara’s mouth dropped open in a silent scream as his body tried to push itself away from the intruding fingers. He gagged on his own throat as it closed up from the pain. He shuddered as Naruto pulled his fingers back and then let out a full yell as they were thrust back in. Naruto worked feverishly pushing and pulling his fingers in and out. He didn’t know which blood belonged to Gaara’s throat and which belonged to his anus but he watched it as it slowly slid down Gaara’s inner thighs. He drew his fingers out swiftly when he felt Gaara’s muscles clench in an orgasm around them. Tilting his head to look down at Gaara he took his foot off his back and released his hair. Gaara fell face first into the futon. His lower belly squished into his own cum and blood and he groaned in pain.

Naruto slowly straightened himself out and looked down at Gaara, who turned through his torso to look up at Naruto, panting heavily. Naruto sniffed deeply and wiped the blood from his mouth only causing it to smear across his cheek. Gaara stared in awe and shock at his beautiful blonde standing there in all of his naked glory.

“So…,” Naruto said calmly. “…how about some ramen?”

Gaara stared blankly at Naruto for a moment before shaking himself awake and turning over to sit up. Brushing his bangs away from his face he looked up at Naruto and smiled slightly giving a short nod.

“Sure, sounds good. It’ll be my treat.”

Naruto smiled and then offered a hand down to help Gaara up, which he took and was surprised slightly at the ease that Naruto had in helping him up. Gaara turned toward the door and waved a hand for Naruto to follow.

“I think it’s best if we get clean and dressed first.” Gaara stated flatly.

Naruto’s face scrunched in a sarcastic gesture and said, “Nah, you think?”

Gaara shrugged and unlocked the dungeon door, walking out and down a narrow passageway. Naruto stood there, as if waiting for the door to shut behind Gaara, but it didn’t and Gaara turned to look at Naruto, staring at him deeply before raising a hand in motion for Naruto to follow. Naruto balked for a moment before coming to his senses and limping out the door. He stared at Gaara’s back for the trip down the hall but as Gaara started to go up the stairs, Naruto froze at the sight of the amount of blood sliding slowly down Gaara’s thighs still. Gaara paused when he felt Naruto stop walking and turned to look down at him.

“What’s the matter?” Gaara asked peering down at Naruto curiously.

Naruto’s words got caught in his throat as he tried to speak. “I…I didn’t know it was that bad…”

Gaara tilted his head at Naruto’s words, then stepped a leg back and turned his head and torso to look at his back side. He stared for a moment at the blood then walked back down the stairs to lay a hand on Naruto’s shoulder, causing him to flinch slightly.

“It’s all right. I know why you did it. I forgive you…I just…I hope you can forgive me.” Gaara looked at Naruto with pleading eyes.

Naruto looked down, which made him massively blush at the close range of the other naked man, but he held firm as he nodded his head slowly, “Yes, I forgive you Gaara.”

Gaara smiled slightly and then turned around to walk back up the stairs. Naruto slowly followed after him.

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The sun had just begun to peak over the horizon as Sasuke approached the gate to the Sand Village panting heavily and weakly. He collapsed into the sand just as one of the guards was about to ask him his business. The two guards jumped, one rushing to call a medic, and the other rushing to lift the young man. The guards got him swiftly to the clinic where he was diagnosed with dehydration and slight malnutrition. Too many days in the desert improperly equipped. The doctor placed an IV in his arm and left the room, since Sasuke was out cold.

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Gaara grabbed two towels and two set of clothes. Naruto was a bit more muscled than he was but since He wore loose clothing it should fit Naruto just fine as they were about the same height. Gaara opened the door to the bathroom and gestured for Naruto to go first.

Naruto shook his head slowly, “No you go first. I’m less messy than you are.”

Gaara stared at him for a moment then went inside and shut the door behind him. The hissing of the shower reached Naruto’s ears and he breathed a sigh of relief. Covering his face he began to pace about Gaara’s room, then it dawned on him. He was in Gaara’s room. What kind of guy is Gaara really? He looked at the bathroom door, than began to sneak about the room looking about carefully for any clues as to what Gaara was really like. Gaara’s room was blank. No pictures on the walls or on the shelves, no books, no figurines, just weapons of different kinds and scrolls of various types. A desk sat in the far corner and Naruto assumed he used it for working here at home.

Naruto scrunched his face for a moment then grinned as he spotted tucked between the nightstand and the bed a small brown teddy bear. He reached out and grabbed the bear with his clean hand and turned it over and over carefully. 'He must really care about you. You look so old but you’re still so well taken care of. Hmmm…it seems Gaara is really sweet about the things he cares about. It’s so hard to tell but based off just this bear it kinda seems obvious.'

Naruto was startled by the sudden sounds of someone clearing their throat. He glanced up and in alarm tried to put the bear back where he found it, but Gaara was slightly faster and took the bear from Naruto’s hand.

“It may sound silly but please be careful with him. I’ve had him since I was very young.” Gaara set the bear down on the pillow. “Now go get cleaned up so we can go and get some food. I left a towel and some clothes in there.”

Naruto moved swiftly to the door to hide his blush. Slowly closing the door behind him he took and deep breath and started up the shower. He bathed quickly, not wanting to waste any water, and carefully washed his anus which he flinched several times at doing so. When he finished he got out and dried off, then looked around for the clothes Gaara left. On the sink was a pair of baggy black pants, a loose white sleeveless shirt, red sash, and black sandals. He pulled the shirt over his head and the carefully pulled the pants over his ass holding them there while with his free hand he looped the sash through the three loops in them and then tied it down tight. Going commando never bothered Naruto and it was probably best for the heat around here. He grabbed the sandals up and then paused a he spotted a black ribbon. He picked it up and looked in the mirror. His hair was a mess as always so he combed it back with his fingers and tied it off with the ribbon. Better, not the neatest, but it was better. He walked out of the bathroom and spotted Gaara lying on the bed with one ankle crossed over a knee.

Gaara wore a light brown matching shirt and loose pants wish a blue sash. The bottom of his pant legs were bound in white material as were the sleeves around his wrists. His hair was left down and tousled; it was still slightly wet from the shower. Sitting up as Naruto came out he grabbed a small bag and tied it to his sash.

“Well off to the ramen stand then shall we?” Gaara asked.

Naruto nodded and followed him out the door. They walked down a set of spiral stairs that seemed to be built out of one solid mass, down a long hallway with many different doors, and finally out the door into the bright sun. Naruto had to shield his eyes and Gaara just watched him for a moment. Squinting Naruto followed after Gaara. He reached out and grabbed onto Gaara’s sash to prevent from himself from getting lost in the crowded streets. Gaara smiled at the tug on his sash and looked back momentarily at Naruto. Most of the people moved out of the way of the Kazekage and his guest but others weren’t paying attention and bumped him a few times. This slowed them down as each one felt it necessary to apologize with deep bows and mumbled words of worry.

Finally they reached the ramen stand at which Naruto immediately rushed in and sat down on a stool. Gaara swore that if he had a tail that it would have been wagging.

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Well I finally was able to finish this chapter. I hope you all review. It means a lot to me when someone does. Hopefully I'll get the next chapter up sometime soon.