God-like

Fourteen

"I found the girl."

Before Sasuke could shoot, a voice called out and made him lose his aim and he ended up shooting on the wall, inches away from Itachi's head.

Sasori's voice echoed through the basement and Sasuke scowled deeply. "Oh, no, you're not taking her anywhere." he growled and got ready to shoot again.

But Itachi reached forward and hit Sasuke's hand with the hilt of his sword, making him groan in pain and drop the gun. Itachi pinned his arm on his back qnd stood behind him with his sword at his throat, threatening to slice him without a hint of hesitation. Sasuke scowled deeply and looked at his brother from the corner of his eye.

"Sasuke, come with us. You'll get the help you obviously need." said Naruto taking a step and standing in front of Sasuke as he squirmed to get his hand out of Itachi's grasp.

"Don't say it as if he has an option, Naruto." Deidara snickered.

"Either you come willingly, or we forcefully take you. I suggest you take the first option as it would be much more comfortable." said Hidan, smirking at Sasuke's discomfort.

"I'd rather not take suggestions from a retarded sadistic crimimal whose life revolves around a weird Lord Jashin." Sasuke spat back, glaring at Hidan.

The next moment, Hidan's fist connected with Sasuke's face. "Watch your mouth, you sicko. I wouldn't be having this much mercy on you if you weren't Itachi's brother." Hidan said through gritted teeth as he held Sasuke up by his collar.

Sasuke slowly looked up with a wide smirk on his face. His jaw looked a little crooked, courtesy Hidan's punch, but he seemed unfazed by it. The smirk turned into a grin, which later turned into laughter. Sasuke started howling with laughter, bending over as he tried to control himself.

Hidan frowned and let Sasuke's collar go and backed a few steps. Sasuke's laughter echoed throughout the place. He laughed till he was having trouble catching his breath.

Hidan scowled and kneed him in his side. "What are you laughing at ?" he asked.

Sasuke looked at him with that smirk on his face and a gleam of red in his eyes. "I just found it hilarious how you of all people called me a 'sicko'. And mercy ? You will have mercy on me ? What a joke ! I don't need anybody having mercy on me. I don't need anybody's pity." by this time, Sasuke's smirk was replaced by a frown.

Everyone was looking at him with a frown on their own faces. What Sasuke had turned into and how he had destroyed his life had taken them by surprise.

"Don't look at me with those eyes ! I don't need your sympathy, your pity ! I hate those eyes. I hate that look in your eyes. Who do you think you are to feel sorry about me ? What do you think of yourselves ?" Sasuke was yelling by this time at the people present in the room.

They all tensed. Naruto looked down to avoid Sasuke's eyes. He felt somewhere that Sasuke's present condition was partly his fault. If only had he noticed the troubles his best friend was obviously having a little earlier.

"Sasuke, you'll get better. I know it. I- I'll help you get better." said Naruto, looking up again to meet his gaze.

Sasuke scoffed. "I don't need your help. I don't need anybody's help."

"You're getting it whether you like it or not." said Itachi.

Sasuke looked at him again from the corner of his eye, and smirked. He looked into his brother's eyes and simply smirked. Then he met the eyes of everyone in the room and only smirked. Naruto saw him reach for something behind his back.

"Sasuke, what are you--" Naruto's eyes widened, but before anybody could react, there was a blinding flash of light.

Hidan groaned and muttered curses as he rolled on the ground holding his hands over his eyes. Naruto was doing the same, bending over and groaning. Deidara was leaning on the wall and rubbing his eyes.

"He got away." said Itachi. He was hardly affected by the light, for some unknown reason.

By the time they all could see properly again, in front of them was Itachi standing, staring at the seats where the bodies of his parents were with a blank look on his face and an unreadable emotion in his eyes. Sasuke had disappeared, and taken the bodies along with him.

"Where's (Name) ?" asked Naruto, suddenly remembering their reason for coming there.

"She's here." said Sasori, walking into the room while draging (Name)'s limp body with him.

Naruto cried out at that and reached forward immediately. "Carry her properly at least, you idiot. She is not one of your puppets, for God's sake ! Is she alright ? Is she even breathing ?" Naruto asked as he shook (Name) back and forth.

"She is alright but she won't be anymore if you keep shaking her like that." said Sasori.

Itachi reached forward and looked at (Name) closely. "Yes, she's only sleeping. He must have given her a dose of something because it doesn't look like she is waking up anytime soon."

"Speaking of him, where is he ?" asked Sasori.

"He got away." said Hidan, angrily clenching his fists.

"Well, we can take care of him afterwards. Let's take the girl back first." said Itachi.

Hidan reached and lifted (Name) over his shoulder and began walking. Naruto cringed at the way Hidan was handling her body but he didn't say anything. They all left the room and made their way through the passage. As the control room came into sight, Naruto realized something.

"Guys, I just thought of something." he said as they stepped into the control room.

"What ?" asked Deidara with a scowl.

Naruto stopped and looked up at the rubble and broken walls in front of him, in place of the stairs they had climbed down.

"How exactly are we going to leave this place ?"