Spiraling

Chapter 33

Konohamaru was tasked with bringing Naruto home as Jiraiya and Tsunade would be checking on Sakura's condition and determining her punishment as the council would have to be called in. Sakura didn't know how her words were  putting things against her. The council treasured the last Namikaze, they had treasured the entire family. And they all still had a innocent version of Naruto in their heads because Naruto was just that charming. 

Hell one of them gave Naruto the very penthouse he was living in now. And in return he made them proud, they didn't know he did the gore details but they knew he was responsible for the thriving advancements in their ninja core. Bottom line they had an irrevocable soft spot for the boy, that thrived with love. 

"Shizune schedule a meeting with the council and tell them Naruto is the main event." Tsunade said her heels clacking on the wooden floor.

"What happened." She asked concerned.

"Sakura happened." The pale blond Hokage said biting her finger nail.

"I warned her to be careful of her words." Shziune growled as she got up and penned a quick message before stamping the Hokage seal on it. "She asked where you were and when I told her she went off on a tangent."

"Well she did and flung Kushina's suicide in his face saying it's because he looked like Minato that she killed herself." Tsunade smashed a hole in the wall while Jiraiya penned his frustration.

"I'm not one for anger but yet I feel the need to pull her oxygen mask." He said quietly.

Tsunade panted a bit as Shizune closed the door on her way out. "I've decided, she's no longer my student. Hell she won't be a ninja after I'm done dragging her to the council."

"I wouldn't have it any other way. Do you think we could go for a chakra sealing?" Jiraiya asked as he surfed through possible punishments in his journal. 

"I don't see why not," She huffed. Jiraiya nodded in deep thought.

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Naruto allowed his brother and Shikamaru to strip him at the alcove and they made their way to the large bed. Shikamaru sat in the middle with his back on the headboard. Naruto rested on his right thigh and Konohamaru took the other one, he hugged both of them close and didn't ask what happened. He would find out sooner or later.

"I hate your friends." Naruto mumbled after an hour of staring at Konohamaru's sleeping face. Shikamaru sighed. "I hate your friends so much but I won't stop you from talking to them."

In a slow thick voice Naruto told him what happened and Shikamaru felt like he wanted to drag Sakura through hog shit. Tsunade and Jiraiya were planning something for her it would seem if Naruto's small smile was anything to go off of. He frowned when the blond cried again softly. This wasn't like the time Naruto came out of that room, this was something entirely similar but vastly different. 

Sakura had unknowingly thrown Naruto's biggest fear into his face. Kushina left without a word, no note, no goodbyes, nothing. Naruto had thought she couldn't bare to see him without seeing Minato anymore and decided to join his father wherever they ended up. He had it implanted in the back of his head just nestling out of consciousness. So when Sakura of all people shouted it out he had to acknowledge the possible and that made him angry. 

When his frustration had run out all that was left was pain.

So much pain.

Shikamaru watched as he trailed off and eventually fell asleep, when he started breathing heavily he pulled away from the brothers and pulled a blanket over them before getting dressed. He caught his hair up and grabbed a single kunai before heading out to the hospital. His friends were having mixed reactions towards the incident but more or less they were on Naruto's side seeing as Sakura flung the tragedy of a powerful kunoichi into her son's face which also happens to be beloved by the the entire village.

She was in for a drowning in an endless quicksand of shit. He growled lowly as he stood outside her hospital room. The others had become concerned with how he would react seeing as he would've seen Naruto's reaction up close and personal. He slid the door open and ignored the beeping of machines and focused on her life support plug which pushed air into her lungs. He was oddly tempted to pull it but he wasn't going to take that right away from Naruto's parents. Instead he caressed her hair and wandered down to her wrist as he pulled out the kunai he brought.

He decided to take a page from Naruto. He flipped her wrist over and began to carve into her. It wasn't anything special, he let his thoughts wander as he swung the blade in any which direction as he pleased. He ended up slitting her arm for everyday since he met Naruto. They met in June and it was now December. That was a lot of days, so he got to work. As he worked his way into her skin, he paid no mind to the streams of blood soaking his clothing nor did he acknowledge the slowed heartbeats he was hearing from time to time. Should've been faster but it wasn't. 

"Sakura I know you probably won't hear this but I'll be happy to repeat should it ever come to that." Shikamaru said softly as he scratched his cheek which was now stained with her blood. "This is the first and last time you'll be able to get to Naruto like that. The next time, if there is a next time I'll be forced to reveal the true meaning of Shadow Possession." He got up slid the kunai back in place and avoided nurses on his way out. 

He left her there with her hand dangling over the edge as the blood pooled by her bedside. 'If she's lucky then some nurse will find her.' He avoided anything important like veins and whatnot that could speed up the process but she could possibly bleed out like that. He hummed a soft tune as he got back to the apartment to see Naruto up and feeding Kurama chakra infused meat. He stripped by the door as per usual and found himself by his lover's side.

"Who's blood is that?" Naruto questioned after about an hour staring at each other as they laid their heads on the kitchen island as they sat on the stools. Shikamaru gave a lazy, slightly demented smile. For the first time Naruto saw a spark of him within Shikamaru and he couldn't help the smile it brought to his lips. 

It was so adorable to see it on him. It was like the start of his spiraling mental health the more he stayed. The borderline insane alpha who seduces and breaks the intelligent omega. It was a fairytale like no other. He reached out and cupped his bloodied cheek with a smile. "I'm proud baby." 

"S'only for you." Shikamaru said with a slight slur seeing as he was pressed on the island. Naruto leaned over and kissed him. For the first time he acknowledged that maybe his rapid heartbeats when he was around Shikamaru was his love for him. 

'I'm almost there baby, I'm almost completely in love with you.' He let out a deep sigh as he pulled back to admire his dark eyes in the night and moonlight. "Just please don't hurt me." He murmured softly as he snuggled closer to the Nara.