Beloved - Chapter 02

Beloved

Disclaimer: I don’t own Naruto. Masashi Kishimoto does.
(Yes, I got the idea for this story from Trinity Blood, no I do not own Trinity Blood, Sunao Yoshida and Kentaro Yasui own it, and NO THIS IS NOT A CROSSOVER!)

Warnings: Rated M, AU, OC, OOC, YAOI, blood, cursing, and adult themes.

Pairings: SasuNaruSasu, other pairings later.

Published: 10.10.2009: HAPPY BIRTHDAY UZUMAKI NARUTO!

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The first thing that Naruto registered as he returned to consciousness was that there was something cold pressed against his side. Slowly Naruto opened his and looked at the source of his coldness and felt a gentle smile tugging the corners of his lips as he took in the pale features of the young raven haired Methuselah. He gently stroked the pale cheek and started as the midnight eyes suddenly snapped open and seemed to pierce his soul.

“Naruto?”

“Sorry, I didn’t mean to wake you, Sasuke.” Naruto sighed.

“No, don’t apologize. It’s fine. Are you alright? Are you feeling faint? Dizzy? Can I get you anything?” Sasuke immediately countered and sat up to look at him properly.

Naruto chuckled and shook his head. “I’m fine, Sasuke.”

Sasuke furrowed his brows and Naruto could see his nervousness from the slight twitching of the raven’s muscles. “Why… Why don’t you try and stand up… Walk around and see if you get lightheaded.”

Naruto rolled his eyes and stood up, stretching the kinks from his muscles, and walked around the apartment.

The place was nothing like he had thought Methuselah would live in. Just a normal apartment really, walls painted plain white, windows covered by long crimson curtains and a wooden floor. There was the bed he had been laying in, the cushions, cover and day coverage all crimson, a crimson couch… damn, the young Methuselah really liked the color of blood, didn’t he? Only fabric that was white in the apartment was sheets in the bed. But in all, the apartment wasn’t bad. Sure it only had white and crimson, but it was… cozy.

Naruto peeked into the bathroom and a grin came to his face when he saw the hot tub in the corner, but the grin suddenly turned into a blush of mortification when he saw himself from the bathroom mirror.

‘Where the hell are my clothes?!’ Naruto panicked. He looked down and, indeed, he did not have anything else but a pair of boxer shorts, and they too were not his own! “S-SASUKE!?”

There was a thump from the bedroom and suddenly Sasuke was there, his eyes wild. “Are you alright?”

Naruto slowly turned to the raven haired Methuselah and stared at him, his blue eyes wide in mortification. “Am I alright? Sasuke… Where the hell are my clothes? A-And… Are these… Your boxers?”

Sasuke blinked before chuckling in amusement. “Your clothes were soaked with your blood and your boxers were soaked with your cum, I put your stuff in the washing machine and bathed you before dressing you my boxers and putting you to bed. You honestly think I’d let you sleep in those messy clothes?”

Naruto stared at the smug looking Methuselah, speechless, before narrowing his eyes and brushing past the raven to the bedroom. “Perverted Methuselah.”

Now it was Sasuke’s turn to blush in mortification. “Eh? N-No! It’s not like that, Naruto! I didn’t do anything; I just cleaned you up, honest!”

Naruto glared at the raven as he slipped back to the safety of the covers from those obsidian eyes that made his body go overdrive. Silky raven hair, bottomless midnight eyes, full pink lips, soft pale skin and now that damn cute blush on the Methuselah’s face, damn if it didn’t make body react, and after just calling the boy perverted it was better to dive under the covers to hide his growing erection.

“Hmm, fine, I believe you. What time is it?” Naruto asked as he mentally went though every horrible and disgusting event in his life and inwardly sighed in relief as he got his hormones back in control.

“It’s around noon.” Sasuke said and yawned. “Can we go back to sleep?”

“Back to -, Oh… Um, yeah, go on.” Naruto said as he realized that Sasuke was indeed supposed to sleep during the day. “I’ll… Um… Should I leave?”

Sasuke’s head snapped to his direction. “NO! I-I mean…”

Naruto chuckled as Sasuke blushed at his loud reply. “Ok, I won’t go. How about you come back to bed and I’ll take a nap with you?”

Sasuke climbed to the bed and slipped under the covers, a quiet moan rolling from his lips as Naruto wrapped his arms around him. “You’re so warm, Naruto… I miss being warm.” Sasuke whispered as he buried his face into Naruto’s neck gently, still jumpy about the night before when he had buried his fangs into the same place and nearly ended the blonde Terran’s life.

Naruto hummed as he buried his face in Sasuke’s raven locks. “I’ll keep you warm, Sasuke. Go to sleep.”

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The ringing of the phone woke Naruto nearly five hours later. ‘Not my phone.’ The blonde immediately thought and got up from the comfy bed, seeing as his companion would wake to it. Naruto sighed in relief as he located the phone and looked at the screen.

Itachi’s calling…

‘Who’s Itachi?’ Naruto inwardly wondered, sat on the bed and nudged the raven. “Sasuke… Sasuke, Itachi’s calling… who’s Itachi anyway?”

Sasuke’s groaned, took the phone and answered to it. “It’s too early big brother…”

‘Ah, Itachi’s his older brother then…’ Naruto mused.

“The dark came an hour ago, foolish little brother. You are missing time to be out hunting.” Came the amused answer from the other end of the line.

“Not hungry, big brother.” Sasuke sighed, warily watching Naruto’s reaction but relaxed as the blonde just smiled at him.

“That is unusual. Did something happen?” The voice tilted slightly in concern.

Sasuke just sighed and wondered how to explain his slip of control when he didn’t even know why he slipped when Naruto smirked at his confusion and mouthed ‘bloodlust’ to him, making the onyx eyes go wide. “I… I think I went… to bloodlust last night.”

There was a silence in the other end of the line before a breathy whisper was heard. “What? Are you sure, Sasuke?”

Sasuke looked at Naruto who nodded seriously and pointed at Sasuke’s eyes, mouthing ‘red’.

“Y-Yeah. I can’t remember… until I had already sunk my fangs in to the carotid artery, which I didn’t even realize before I had already gotten my fill and noticed that the wound wouldn’t close. My eyes… were red during the attack.”

“Sasuke… little brother… You… You killed for the first time. I… I will come over, alright?”

“W-Wait! Have… Have you hunted yet?” Sasuke asked as he looked at the blonde who was nodding happily.

‘Ooh, I’ll get to meet the big brother?’ Naruto thought grinning.

“No, not yet. Why? Do you want to come with me?”

“No, that’s… Ah… Could you hunt before coming here?” Sasuke stammered. ‘If he doesn’t hunt before he comes here, and Naruto’s here… I don’t want to think what’ll happen.’

“Alright. I will be there in an hour or so.” Itachi’s still slightly concerned voice answered after few seconds of silence, before he hung up the phone.

Sasuke sighed. “Alright. We both need to take a shower. You go first; I’ll take one after you. I’ll get you some clothes.”

Naruto nodded and went to do as told.

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Sasuke sighed nervously and opened the door to meet his older brother’s worried gaze.

“Sasuke, are you alright?” Itachi asked as Sasuke motioned him to come inside before closing the door.

“Yes, I’m fine. How was your hunt?”

Itachi left his jacket on the stand and followed his unusually quiet younger brother to the living room. “It was fine. I got my fill for the night after three Terrans. They were all intoxicated, so the blood wasn’t exactly the best, but it is Saturday night, everyone is intoxicated.” The older raven haired Methuselah answered as he sat on the crimson couch and immediately froze as a scent reached his nose.

“I see I was detected. I shall hide no longer then. Good evening.”

Itachi turned around so fast that it seemed that he never was facing the other way at all. “A Terran…?”

A blonde male Terran, at his little brother’s bedroom door. A Terran. In Sasuke’s house. Did his little brother stock food in case of a bad day or something? The older raven hadn’t been this confused in a long, long time.

The blonde male at the door flashed a grin. “Nice to meet you, I’m Uzumaki Naruto.”

Itachi stared at the confusing Terran for a few second longer before slowly turning to his younger brother. “Little brother, you told me to go hunt when you already prepared us breakfast? I though you said you were not hungry?”

Naruto spluttered angrily at the older raven. “I’m not here for you to feed on! I’m here because Sasuke’s a stubborn perverted mother hen!”

“Hey! You were bleeding all over the fucking alley! You died, Naruto! I’m no mother hen, damn it! And I told you I didn’t do anything!” Sasuke spluttered in return, an angry blush rising to his pale cheeks.

Itachi had had enough. “SILENCE!!”

Both the Terran and his foolish little brother froze before blushing and pressing their heads.

“What. Is. Going. On?”

“When I went in to bloodlust last night, I attacked Naruto. He died in blood loss when I couldn’t make the bleeding stop but later his heart started to beat again, out of nowhere. I brought him here because he doesn’t have a place to stay and he begged me not to take him to the hospital.” Sasuke explained quietly.

“The Terran died? Are you absolutely certain, little brother?” Itachi asked bewildered.

“Hey! I have a name, you know!” Naruto bristled.

“Yes, I’m certain. I searched for any sings of life at least for ten minutes before giving up, and after that I stayed by his side at least another fifteen minutes in shock for what I had done, until his heart started beating again. I had to breathe into him several times before he started breathing on his own, but once he did he woke up immediately.” Sasuke answered.

“GOD DAMN IT! Stop talking about me like I’m not here!” Naruto roared.

“Be quiet, Terran.” Itachi growled.

“You will learn to use my name or suffer the consequences, Methuselah!” The blonde hissed.

Sasuke snorted and raised an amused eyebrow. “And what could you possibly do against a Methuselah?”

Naruto’s cerulean eyes changed to enraged cobalt blue and faster that the Methuselah brothers could comprehend, the tanned blonde had Sasuke against the wall by the raven’s throat, the tanned hand tightening so that it caused deep discomfort to the young raven, yet had it been a normal person, their air supply would have been completely cut off. “You may have caught me off guard last night, but you will learn not to mess with me, Uchiha Sasuke. Do not underestimate me. Ever.”

There was a tense silence before Itachi cut it. “Are you sure you are a normal Terran… Naruto? I could not track you just now.”

Naruto glanced at Itachi before turning back to Sasuke and slowly lessening the pressure and lightly massaging the abused pale throat making Sasuke sigh and Itachi raise an eyebrow.

“I… don’t know. I’m a human, but… my heart pumps more blood than it normally should… and my speed, strength and healing is accelerated. I’m a freak.”

Itachi’s brows furrowed. “I would not go so far as to say that. What is the status of you parents?”

Naruto looked at the older Methuselah in confusion. “I never met them. They’re dead. All of my relatives are as far as I know. I’ve always been alone.”

Itachi cocked his head thoughtfully. “Perhaps some of your ancestors are a Methuselah… It would explain it. Perhaps even your one of your parents… or both, so that you cannot be changed by them. How long is it until your eighteenth birthday?”

Naruto’s eyes bulged before he glared at the older raven. “I’m 21-years-old.”

Itachi looked away and cleared his throat in embarrassment. “My apologies.”

Sasuke snickered at his brother’s discomfort, earning a glare from the said brother.

“I have heard that if Methuselah’s blood family dies before they are changed… they cannot be changed at all… is this true? Might this be what I am now? A child of Methuselah, yet not one.” Naruto asked warily.

Itachi turned his now solemn eyes to him. “I do not know, forgive me. Perhaps… if you met Mother and Father…?”

Sasuke turned his shocked eyes to his brother. “You’d… allow him to? And our parents, what would they say? Bringing a Terran… g-gah!”

Sasuke’s sentence was left unfinished as the tan hand tightened around his throat once more.

“What was it, that I just told you about calling me that, Methuselah?” Naruto growled.

“F-Forgive me, Naruto.” Sasuke gasped as he brought his hand to his throat, trying to make the tan hand loosen the pressure before the force would crush his throat. The breathing was not the issue, of course, but Sasuke was rather fond of his ability to speak…

“You will learn not to say that… title… in such tone, or you will lose the ability use your vocals, are we clear?”

“Y-Yes… N-Naruto, please…”

Naruto took few steps forward towards Sasuke and loosened his grip making Sasuke let out a quiet ‘ah’. “Forgive me, for I do so loathe feeling inferior in the presence of an… authority.” Naruto laced the final word with a subtitle glace towards Itachi, who reared back as if slapped. An authority? Him?

Naruto removed his hand from Sasuke’s throat and moved it upwards to cup the pale cheek. Sasuke’s pained onyx eyes opened and were quickly lit with surprise as Naruto pressed his face against Sasuke’s neck, and gently kissed the quickly bruising throat. “I’m sorry. I will never hurt you like this again, I promise.”

“I-It’s alright. I understand, Naruto. There’s nothing to forgive. It was I who manhandled you last night, I cannot blame you for this, for this is nothing compared to what I did to you last night.” Sasuke reassured the blonde, who sighed and kissed his throat again. “Regardless, my promise stands. Never again.” Naruto whispered.

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Later that night, so late it was nearly the time of breaking dawn, after Itachi had left to ask the permission to bring a Terran into the Uchiha Manor, Naruto and Sasuke were in the bedroom, lying on the huge bed after the young Methuselah had cooked the blonde some very late dinner.

Sasuke was snuggled comfortably against Naruto, his body shuddering from time to time as Naruto’s body heat flowed into his icy body. Naruto had his arms securely wrapped around the Methuselah’s body and he was humming an unfamiliar tone that made Sasuke’s eyes slip closed every so often.

“I’m sorry I was so ill behaved earlier with your brother. He strongly reminds me of a police officer. I am… not so comfortable with that particular authority. They make me feel very… small, helpless and frightened. Itachi just has an aura that screams of attention and respect. When you spat out that title, Terran, in such tone, I felt like you were very tall all of a sudden and were looking down on me like I was something insignificant, and every fiber of my being just yelled at me to take control of the situation.” Naruto explained. “I am sorry; I should not have ever hurt you, regardless of how I felt like.”

“I told you Naruto, there’s nothing to forgive. What’s done is done. You have apologized, it is over.” Sasuke sighed.

“I… Please don’t say that. I cannot lay it to rest until…”

Sasuke looked up, searched the almost pained cerulean eyes for an answer and sighed when he found it. Carefully he changed their position so that he was lying on top of the blonde, still firmly tucked in against the strong body and brought his hand to cup the warm cheek.

Naruto watched in surprise as the Methuselah leaned his face closer to his own, few raven strands falling to shadow his face, yet not enough to conceal the breathtaking onyx eyes that were locked straight into his own cerulean ones. A whisper so quiet he could hardly hear it, before a pair of cold but soft pink lips attached themselves to his own warm ones, broke the ice dome that had encased his heart after what he had done earlier.

“I forgive you…”

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Happy birthday Naruto!