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Naruto › Yaoi - Male/Male › Naruto/Sasuke
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Adult +
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91
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3,711
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636
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1
Currently Reading:
3
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This story has some of Masashi Kishimoto's characters from Naruto in a universe of my own devising. I do not own Naruto. I do not make any money from these writings.
The collar
Spacer crews travel the Far Borders and the Fringe of occupied space, trading. Spacing is an ancient and honourable profession carved out by millenniums. Most spacers start out as fourteen-year-old boys seeking a future. Few survive a decade spacing.
8. The collar
Shikamaru knew that trying the standard controller on Naruto was a bad idea. What the others did not accept, no matter what he said, was that the damn collar hurt the person wearing it. Of course it did. It was used by people who had slaves and people who used a controller on their slaves were not nice.
They asked Naruto if it hurt and he said no and they believed him. Of course Naruto said it didn’t hurt. He was terrified that they would send him away if the experiment failed.
Not only did it hurt but it didn’t work. It knocked Naruto out as soon as he got the least bit excited and Naruto got excited all the time. Shikamaru saw his face once and he knew that the pain was horrible before he fell unconscious but, again, they asked Naruto and he said it was fine.
Shikamaru needed to make Naruto admit now much it hurt. Then he would be ready to suggest alternatives to the damn collar.
He chose a Meeting. Everyone had a right to speak at Meetings and the others had to listen. Once they had gone through the entire agenda, most of which was boring, they got to ‘any other business’ Shikamaru raised a finger. There were groans. It had been a long Meeting.
“I wish to put it in the record that Naruto’s controller causes him pain and is ineffective because it reacts purely to adrenalin, which Naruto seems to produce in copious quantities in response to a wide range of stimuli.”
“It’s fine.” Naruto insisted.
“It does knock you out too often.” Iruka admitted.
Shikamaru ploughed on. He held up the other controller that he had bought to study its components. It had taken him days to reassemble it and he hoped that it proved worth the effort. “I have a second controller. I propose that one of us try it on so that we can confirm Naruto’s assertion that it is painless. Sasuke is the closest in body mass to Naruto, so it would be best if he tried it.”
“No.” Naruto and Kakashi said simultaneously.
Shikamaru had not expected Kakashi to intervene. It complicated matters. He was casting about for who to suggest next when Sasuke solved the problem by taking the controller from his hand and began putting it on. Naruto then hurled himself across the table to grab the collar from Sasuke before he could fasten it.
Shikamaru had not allowed for one of Naruto’s adrenalin surges. His collar poleaxed him in mid lunge. This time he screamed. Shikamaru guessed that he was too distracted with stopping Sasuke to cover it. That or the collar had interpreted the lunge as an attack and could dish out more punishment than Shikamaru had suspected.
He also did not expect Sasuke to continue putting on the collar, nor for Sasuke to start having convulsions, nor for Kakashi to hit him so hard or so often.
Sasuke was in the dia-doc tank and Iruka was looking after Naruto, which left Kakashi treating Shikamaru with Ibiki watching to ensure Kakashi did not hit him again. Shikamaru was thankful that the dressings included an analgesic because he was sure that Kakashi would have omitted it if possible.
“For someone so intelligent, how did you manage to be so stupid?” Kakashi growled.
It was at times like this that Shikamaru wished he could control his urge to argue. “It worked. No one thinks the collar does not hurt Naruto. How was I to know that Sasuke has had anti…” the rest of the sentence was lost in pain as Kakashi tweaking his just set broken nose.
“Just checking it was straight,” Kakashi said and Ibiki settled back into his seat. Kakashi managed to get his mouth close to Shikamaru’s ear. “Never say it. Preferably never think it.”
Shikamaru was suddenly very thankful that he was a member of the Silver Leaf’s crew because otherwise, he realised, Kakashi would have killed him. He almost wet himself and managed one small nod.
8. The collar
Shikamaru knew that trying the standard controller on Naruto was a bad idea. What the others did not accept, no matter what he said, was that the damn collar hurt the person wearing it. Of course it did. It was used by people who had slaves and people who used a controller on their slaves were not nice.
They asked Naruto if it hurt and he said no and they believed him. Of course Naruto said it didn’t hurt. He was terrified that they would send him away if the experiment failed.
Not only did it hurt but it didn’t work. It knocked Naruto out as soon as he got the least bit excited and Naruto got excited all the time. Shikamaru saw his face once and he knew that the pain was horrible before he fell unconscious but, again, they asked Naruto and he said it was fine.
Shikamaru needed to make Naruto admit now much it hurt. Then he would be ready to suggest alternatives to the damn collar.
He chose a Meeting. Everyone had a right to speak at Meetings and the others had to listen. Once they had gone through the entire agenda, most of which was boring, they got to ‘any other business’ Shikamaru raised a finger. There were groans. It had been a long Meeting.
“I wish to put it in the record that Naruto’s controller causes him pain and is ineffective because it reacts purely to adrenalin, which Naruto seems to produce in copious quantities in response to a wide range of stimuli.”
“It’s fine.” Naruto insisted.
“It does knock you out too often.” Iruka admitted.
Shikamaru ploughed on. He held up the other controller that he had bought to study its components. It had taken him days to reassemble it and he hoped that it proved worth the effort. “I have a second controller. I propose that one of us try it on so that we can confirm Naruto’s assertion that it is painless. Sasuke is the closest in body mass to Naruto, so it would be best if he tried it.”
“No.” Naruto and Kakashi said simultaneously.
Shikamaru had not expected Kakashi to intervene. It complicated matters. He was casting about for who to suggest next when Sasuke solved the problem by taking the controller from his hand and began putting it on. Naruto then hurled himself across the table to grab the collar from Sasuke before he could fasten it.
Shikamaru had not allowed for one of Naruto’s adrenalin surges. His collar poleaxed him in mid lunge. This time he screamed. Shikamaru guessed that he was too distracted with stopping Sasuke to cover it. That or the collar had interpreted the lunge as an attack and could dish out more punishment than Shikamaru had suspected.
He also did not expect Sasuke to continue putting on the collar, nor for Sasuke to start having convulsions, nor for Kakashi to hit him so hard or so often.
Sasuke was in the dia-doc tank and Iruka was looking after Naruto, which left Kakashi treating Shikamaru with Ibiki watching to ensure Kakashi did not hit him again. Shikamaru was thankful that the dressings included an analgesic because he was sure that Kakashi would have omitted it if possible.
“For someone so intelligent, how did you manage to be so stupid?” Kakashi growled.
It was at times like this that Shikamaru wished he could control his urge to argue. “It worked. No one thinks the collar does not hurt Naruto. How was I to know that Sasuke has had anti…” the rest of the sentence was lost in pain as Kakashi tweaking his just set broken nose.
“Just checking it was straight,” Kakashi said and Ibiki settled back into his seat. Kakashi managed to get his mouth close to Shikamaru’s ear. “Never say it. Preferably never think it.”
Shikamaru was suddenly very thankful that he was a member of the Silver Leaf’s crew because otherwise, he realised, Kakashi would have killed him. He almost wet himself and managed one small nod.