Secrets

XXIX

-Gaara of the Sand

"I need to go pee."
Naruto sighed in irritation. "You all are so fucking needy!" He snapped.

Sasuke held Naruto back from killing Mizo who was also fed up with Naruto.
It's the third day of the second stage and Naruto was about ready to kill Mizo and leave his body there. They had gotten a heaven scroll but Sasuke held onto it just in case something happened to Naruto so they only needed to get one scroll instead of two.

"Naruto fighting won't do anything!"
Naruto grinded his teeth together in irritation. He grabbed Mizos arm and dragged him away.
"Hey I can go by myself!" "Not with your skill level!"

Sasuke sighed but Sakura took the chance to cling onto Sasukes arm again.

They waited.. and waited.. and waited.
Sasuke pinched his nose but just as he released it, Naruto came out, dragging Mizo.
He raised an eyebrow when he noticed Mizo was struggling against Naruto but not yelling. He looked down to see Narutos gear on the left not right and threw a kunai.

"Oh hey!" 'Naruto' yelled.
"Where's Naruto?"
'Naruto' looked at him confused. "I'm Naruto! Ya moron!" He pointed to himself and let go of Mizo.

He ran to hide behind Sasuke which only made him sharpen his gaze.

"Narutos right handed not left."
'Naruto' looked surprised Sasuke noticed that but smirked. He chuckled and pulled the protector off, the tan flesh falling to show a yellow snake eye.

He was gone then in Sasukes face in a second.

"Your a sharp one." He chuckled sinisterly.
Sasuke clenched his fists, holding back the urge to vomit of the sight in front of him.
The imposter was indented in the wall seconds later with Naruto standing straight in front of Sasuke.

"I thought I smelt snake."
The imposter chuckled as he slithered out of the hole.
"Too bad. I was hoping my snake slowed you down Naru-Chan."
"It did." Naruto growled.

The rest of Narutos look-a-like flesh fell from the person to show the girl who only attacked them days prior.

"What the hell are you doing here?"
"I think you know the answer to that question."

Naruto flew toward the tree but stuck to the side. Someone grabbed his ankles and he quickly got out of their grasp.

"Naru-chan~ you've gone soft~. It's as if I never taught you anything."
The woman stepped from the bark, grossing out Sakura and Mito.

"I tried to forget."
"A snake always comes back to their den Naru-Chan.. you can't escape me whether you like it or not." She hissed into his ear.

Naruto turned and slammed her into the wall. They met each other's eyes and hers flashed sadistically.
Black and red surrounded them as she stood on a cliff with Naruto on a pole. They seemed miles apart but in real life, they were only inches away from one another.

"Finally using those eyes I gave you?"
"Why are you here?"

Their voices rang in Narutos genjutsu as his henge fell and the woman's flesh slipped like liquid down orochimarus body.

"That Uchiha boy, he looks tasty doesn't he?" Orochimaru smiled crazily with his tongue moving across his lips.
"I will kill you if you try to touch him."
"Why~? Don't tell me.. that you've already claimed him as yours naru~."

Orochimaru slipped his pale fingers over Narutos throat. Orochimaru ended up on the black floor, Naruto holding his throat.

"You have!"

Orochimaru laughed as the genjutsu fell into swirls. Naruto stood back in front of Sasuke as the other three coward behind them.

"Poor Naru~ you can never get what you want. Your mother died for you and that father of yours doesn't even know your his."

Naruto flipped Sasuke over his shoulder and held him on his knees. Though Sasuke knew who was speaking and he was so focused on Orochimarus words.

"No one even looked for you when Kabuto took you for me!" Orochimaru laughed as Naruto grabbed his wrist before he could touch him.
"You used that sweet sweet power of yours to make everyone believe you were minatos child. To make them think you had only ran away because those sappy villagers didn't see you as a human.
"And you aren't a human, you're a prison holding a beast."

Sasuke tried to move and rip Orochimaru apart but Naruto kept him on his knees. He felt Narutos hands move to his shoulders as he leaned down.

"He's trying to get a reaction, don't give him the satisfaction."
"Oh dear Naru always one to protect others. You left me even though I gave you so much.. I gave you so much power and even helped you contain the beast inside of you. But with only a jingle from a bell you turn into a monster yourself.
"It's cute you claimed the Uchiha.. and I'm sure you know he'll never truly be yours."

Naruto closed his eyes as Orochimaru swung two bells together.

"Kit he's messing with you. You can't give in and leave Sasuke alone."

Sasuke closed his eyes as Narutos nails dug into his shoulders. Naruto bit his nails as the loud jingle came again.
His eyes shaped into Kuramas red ones but his Sharinnegan stayed the same.

"Sasuke-kun!"
Naruto swung his fist behind him, barely dodging Orochimaru who stumbled back in surprise.

"You will never.. mark him with that curse."
"So you say Naru-Chan.. but you can never tell, even with that eye of yours."

Orochimaru sunk into the bark as Naruto shifted his shoulder uncomfortably.

"Come on."
He pulled Sasuke up and didn't even wait for the others before jumping faster than he had before.

"H-hold on Naruto! Who was that?! Hey answer me!" Sasuke ripped his arm from Narutos grip and he turned around.
"We do not have time for this."
"The others!"
"He's not after them! My job is to protect you! You! Not them! So let me do my job!"
Sasuke stared at Naruto surprised and clenched his fists.
"My job is to protect you too.. it's not just one way!"
"Right now it is! I know that snake better than anyone! So let me do my fucking part!"
"You do everything! You protect everyone! You killed a crowd of bandits and shinobi! You killed Zabuza and his son because of me! I can't have you fight for me every time!"
"Right now you need to let me!"
"Well I'm not going to! I'd rather get the curse mark than have you throw me around protecting me like I'm some defenseless piece of nothing!"
Naruto looked at the ground than back up at Sasuke. "Trust me, you do not want the curse mark."
"And how do you know?!"
"Because I'm the one who made it!"
Sasuke looked at Naruto shocked.
"I'm the one Orochimaru used as a ginny pig to test my own weapons against! He exploited the fact I was the jinchuriki! I saw my mother die because of him! Everything until now! I unlocked the eternal sharingan at age 5! I unlocked the sharinnegan and you want to say you'd rather have the fucking curse mark?! I'm protecting you because I love you!"

Sasuke stared at Naruto in shock. Naruto panted as they looked at one another.

The others soon caught up as Sasukes shock slowly went away and Narutos temper calmed.

"Now can we go... I can't beat him and I don't need you fighting the will to search for power."
Sasuke looked down. He didn't know what to say. Everything that hadn't made since now did and Naruto had just said he loved him...
But he had to leave once Naruto became a Chunin.

"... is that man gone?" Mito decided to break the tension.
"No." Naruto walked up to them and bit his thumb. "You'll be transported to the tower, lay the scrolls down and tell Iruka the snake has appeared. Once you do that, stay in the tower and don't come out on any circumstances."

Naruto wiped his blood on each of their cheeks before they disappeared like melting into the bark.
Naruto licked his thumb and looked back at Sasuke.

"We need to go."