Sadness and Sorrow

Struggle

"Well, Kabu-chan, looks like I was wrong. Your knight in shining armor has arrived." Naruto tried not to shiver as Orochimaru slid the cold metal across the nape of his neck and up his jawline. "On your knees," the man commanded, and silently Naruto dropped, willing back the tears and pushing down the lump in his throat at the familiar words.

Orochimaru moved in front of him and caught his eyes. "You think I want you, little fox?" he scoffed, and dread started to build up in Naruto's gut. "Well, you're partially right. But I've already been sated for the day. I had a nice, young"— he paused to hiss the word into Naruto's ear—" piece of asssss. Six years younger than you, and way better in bed. He didn't even struggle. He only screamed. "

I almost stopped writing just now. I swear, the things in my head... Let me say this. I believe that all rapists need to burn in the fiery depths of Hell. No one should have their free will taken away just for sex. That can scar a person for the rest of their life. I do not support it; I'm just raising awareness. And getting the story idea out of my head because it's been here for a while.

Naruto felt like a failure. I... I couldn't save him.  He stared at his hands tearfully, unconsciously ignoring the man's taunts.

Fuck!

Anger filled him then; the type of anger you feel when you know you could've done better, tried harder. And he stood slowly, to glare at Orochimaru. "You... You bastard!" And he lunged at him with the intent to kill.

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Sasuke knew where they were. He had followed the blonde from the hospital using a tracker the Uchihas had put on his phone.

What would he be doing way out here on the outskirts of town?  he thought, keeping his eye on his phone. The app he was using to find Naruto was leading him to the slums of Konoha; not a good place for anyone to be living in.

The tracker beeped quietly as he walked up to the most decrepit of houses, one of the ugliest he'd ever seen. The entire house needed to be condemned. It was clearly unsafe to live in.

Sasuke went through the gate, its attachment already open, and headed for the front door, trying to be quiet in his haste.

Then a gunshot went off, and he barreled in.

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Naruto could only watch as Sasuke got hit with the second shot; he'd been struggling with Orochimaru for the gun just moments before. In his shock, the man gained the upper hand, and booted the teen so hard, he slid over to his bleeding friend.

Naruto sat up, breathing heavily, and hugged Sasuke's body. He's still breathing, but he's losing a lot of blood. And he's unconscious, he thought, brushing Sasuke's bangs out of his face tenderly.

Then, for the second time, he heard the hammer of the gun clicking into place. "How sweet. But I'm done playing games," Orochimaru said, putting the gun to Naruto's forehead. "I'm gonna kill you, Kabuto, and the Uchiha to— Aghh!"

Kabuto tore away from the snake lover's leg, leaving a bloody wound.  The man crumpled to the ground, the gun sliding away. Kabuto smiled, then crawled back into the corner, spitting out the vile blood. "Payback," he whispered. "Get him, niisan."

Orochimaru turned in time to see Naruto scamper for the gun. He got up and limped over and pulled it up out of reach, laughing. The blonde jumped him, knocking him to the ground. They wrestled, trying to get the weapon.

Bang.

The two froze as they heard the cry of pain. Naruto looked up to see Kabuto slumped over, eyes lifelessly staring at him.

Naruto's whole world stopped and started again. He heard the sirens, felt Orochimaru aim the gun at him, heard the three shots that he fired, and heard a body drop. But it wasn't his. Kabuto is dead. Sasuke may die. Six words registered themselves in his mind, and he got angry. This time it was the type of angry where your emotions are all over the place, so you lash out in the moment. Naruto shot up, grabbed the gun, aimed it at the stirring man on the ground, and pulled the trigger.

Pow, pow, pow, pow, pow, click.

Jiraiya came behind him, hugging him to his chest as Naruto threw the gun to the side. It was over. Orochimaru was dead.

I told you guys you wouldn't like me when this ended. I told you. So next chapter is the last. Thank you for all the support during this story. I love you all.