A king's treasure (SasuNaru)

Cut the act

A week passed, and with no luck in finding for Itachi, I returned to the kingdom to visit my beloved prince Naruto again.

I hope he is not mad at me for leaving so suddenly.

I thought to myself as I sneaked into the kingdom as usual, but this time it was different. There were no guards on duty, and it was awfully silent. Like eerie silent. I was puzzled, could it be they were having a royal meeting again? It doesn't make sense. They should at least have some guards on duty here.

Goddammit, Tsunade. I can't always be there to protect them.

I was walking into the castle when I stepped on an lifeless body. I was taken aback when I saw a pile of dead guards all pile up in front of me. I quickly bolted to Naruto's room. Shit. Did someone attacked them when I was away?

I should have known to stay and protect Naruto.. Fuck! If anything happens to him, I'll never forgive myself!

I thought to myself as I was running there. I burst through the door to find an empty room.

"Helpppp!" I heard Ino's loud and piercing scream from a floor above me and I rushed to her rescue, praying to see my prince there as well. From behind, I took out the men with my blade as they tried to tie Ino up. Ino looked elated when she saw me as she heaved a sigh of relief. "Thank you, Sasuke.." Her face and body was bruised. It had me even more worried. "Where's Naruto?" I anxiously asked.

I carried her as she weakly mumbled, "Heard the men talking about the top floor.." I immediately dashed up. The journey up was seemed to take forever, and my heart was racing with fear and anxiety. Ino only weighed me down but I can't leave her like this.

I panted as I reached the top floor, my sweat forming on my tensed skin.

"Looking for me, brother?" A long sharp Japanese sword was held to my neck the second I stepped into the top floor. My eyes shifted to meet Itachi's. "Why are you here?" I growled, pissed by the fact I am held down by him so easily. "To find you." his blade slides smoothly across my skin, cutting it slightly. "And Naruto, of course." He grinned with evil intents.

"Fuck you, where's he now?!" I cursed at the top of my lungs, he simply withdrew his sword and turn his back on me. I couldn't figure out what he was thinking. How did he know I was out looking for him?

Was there a traitor in the castle?

My eyes glued to the powerful man, I was cautious of his every move. "You can cut the act now, sweetheart." He uttered without looking behind.

"What?" I was confused by what he had just said. Shit.

I instantly dropped Ino before she could inject me with whatever crap that was in the syringe. I rolled backwards from her, I frowned. "How could you betray Naruto?"

"I'm just being a good fiancé. So you be good and follow the plan!" She charge towards me with the syringe. All I could think was "Are-you-fucking-kidding" as I easily dodged her slow attack and swept her off her feet. I held her wrists to her back and snatched the syringe from her.

What the hell did she just say? She was the traitor? How could I be so careless to not see past her pretense?

Itachi is her fiancé?

So he's a soon-to-be king of another land and wants to rule this one as well?

"Itachi, I got your fiancé pinned down. Now,tell me where Naruto Uzumaki is." I declared mercilessly, holding the syringe to her neck. Itachi didn't even look back and simply answered," You wouldn't dare." At this point I was very impatient and boiling with anger. I was carrying this bitch in my arms for an hour and she even slowed me down.

I wanted to jab her with the needle but suddenly an image of Naruto appeared in my head. He would get mad if I did this to his cousin. But he would understand right? She's with Itachi. No, what if he doesn't? What if he thinks what she did doesn't deserve death as punishment?

Ino struggled and took advantage of the situation while I was contemplating. She held my hand that was holding the syringe strongly and quickly stabbed me with it in the thigh.

I let my guard down again.

I'm really useless, huh Naruto?

I remember using the last moments of my conscious mind to think about the prince before I collapsed.

Love is making me weak.

Love is killing me.