Staged

Seventeenth Stage: Family Figures

Being approached by Iruka, Tsunade and Kakashi was not something Naruto was prepared for after another long day of deliberation. He was tired and Shikamaru and the twins were back in the hotel resting for the night. He wanted to cuddle with his wife but that will have to wait. He was brought back to the Hokage Mansion were he sat and ate with the three while drinking sake. 

He found the entire situation bizarre but he did not voice his opinion as he was actually enjoying Tsunade's expensive drinks. He could feel Kakashi's horrified stares from his position beside him and he remembered Shikamaru saying something about Kakashi knowing since he went to Shikaku about his shadows. He knew about him raping his husband and was probably realizing that maybe Sasuke wasn't the only one with deep seeded problems. He sighed as he knocked back another one, he couldn't get drunk, merging with Kurama's chakra made it impossible. 

'When was the last time we visited him in the realm?' He thought off handedly, he would have to arrange one after this whole month is over. 

"Naruto I'm sure you have some idea why you are here." Iruka started with a strained smile.

"You know Iruka you don't have to hide your pain, I don't mind and I'm not ashamed of it either." Naruto slanted his head with a musing smirk. 

"Your admitting to it." Kakashi said from beside him. "Your actually admitting to raping your husband." He was still in a daze from what Shikaku told him, he couldn't grasp what he was told. 

'Minato I'm so sorry.'

Naruto shrugged and rolled his eyes. "What does it matter, eight years and Shikaku is now admitting this. What a desperate attempt to try and keep Shikamaru and my kits here." 

They frowned at his attitude as he poured another shot. "You say your reason for going rogue was because of my denial for your solo travels to mourn Jiraiya. But why Shikamaru, why drag him into this?" 

Naruto's eyes rolled so far into his head at Tsunade's question. He was tired of this, did it really matter? Was it going to change anything? No, it wasn't. Just a vain attempt to try and settled their swelling guilt of having failed both him and Shikamaru. 

"Well the other option was Sasuke or Hinata." He leaned forward as they stiffened. "Granted the only reason Sasuke is still here is on my order. I'm the only one whose keeping your primary defense put. How does that feel?" Before they could attempt an answer Naruto cut them off with another response. "As for Hinata, I don't think that would be considered rape since she's always stalked me from the academy days. I think she would be too in love with the idea of me plowing her in the open."

"So Shikamaru?"

"He's always been in love with me I just never acted upon it and he had buried it. But when options were running slim I said why not. He loves me and I can love him in return. And I do love him. And our kits are just absolutely precious to us." He wore a fond smile and they might have been fooled if they had lacked certain knowledge but now that they didn't they knew behind the once pure and innocent smile was a dark cruel smirk waiting to emerge when something amused it's owner.

"So that's it then, you went after him because he was in love with you." Iruka nursed his cup as he felt an uncontrollable rage bubble within him. This was Naruto right? The same Naruto who loved pulling pranks and loudly claimed that he was going to be Hokage right?

 'So why does it feel like I'm battling with myself to justify his actions. He was lonely yes but he wasn't broken and Naruto doesn't make it a habit to break those around him so why was he still trying to put him in the right light.' Iruka swallowed the bitter bile rising in his throat. 'He's still goofy Naruto right? He's someone where in there right?'

"He was lonely, should've seen him. Everyone was slowly forgetting the man he loved and he in turn started to hate them. They weren't putting effort into finding me, not enough search parties despite his pleas to Lady Hokage at the time. He was fed up, you guys wore him down and I came in to take him. Like predator to prey." He was pointedly looking at Lady Tsunade. 

She turned away from him and gripped her cup to the point it smashed. "Don't you dare try to pin this on me!" She flared turning to glare at him. 

"I wasn't I was just saying, your men weren't really searching for me. If they had they would've heard the rumors about my sightings. But they didn't so hence we are here now. I swooped in and claimed Shikamaru as my wife." He was starting to smirk as he remembered the night.

"Should've heard him too, he was crying, begging, moaning and though he was being raped whenever I hit it deep inside he'd clench and grind into me for more." He started chuckling as Kakashi gripped his forearm tightening his grip over time. "Hatake-san it's been eight years, no evidence and your 'victim' is my willing Queen." 

He pulled his hand away easily. "Stop acting like your all doing this out of concern for a person who doesn't even care and is happily nursing our kits as we speak. Seriously getting bent out of shape for shit like this." He poured another drink and sipped. "Also this so called drug you've laced into this bottle to knock me out is neutralized. Honestly it hinders the taste of the drink so much." 

Silence descended upon the group who at least had the decency to look away upon having been discovered. Naruto chuckled as he knocked back his final glass before getting up. "I think we can call this night over with, I have a family to get back to. Enjoy whatever lives you have left." 

As he walked away Kakashi finally got a glimpse of Naruto's blade properly. "You stole that from Zabuza." He accused, Naruto turned to him with a small tilt in his head.

"No, I stole it from Suigetsu who stole it from Zabuza'a grave. I still have some respect for the dead." He shrugged and their eyes widened from a small realization.

"Did you?" Tsunade left the question hanging.

"Kill Team Taka? Yes, yes I did. Quite gruesome wasn't it, honestly the only one I feel sorry for was Jugo, at least he laid among nature with animals surrounding him in his final breaths." Naruto sounded so sincere but they knew him now, and it was downright disgusting how he could kill without a second thought. 

He left and went back to his hotel to see Shikamaru waiting for him while he was holding his head forward to rid himself of the nose bleed he was having. Naruto growled as he smelt the blood. "Did he go too far Shikamaru, I'll gut him if he did." Naruto gathered him in his arms.

"No, it was fine just stayed under too long, their getting closer to the guarded memories." Shikamaru replaced the bloody tissues with new ones as he curled up in his husband's chest.

"Have you set up the traps?" Shikamaru's face broke out into a distorted smirk. So close yet so far, it was just tangible. The feeling of victory. 

"I'll take that smirk as a yes." Naruto kissed his head with a smile as Shikamaru preened under the attention.