The end is near, but how near are we talking? Not sure…could be at the end of this update, could be in a couple more chapters…Regular PV
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Hitoko stilled her breath as she heard soft snores behind her. She rolled over and opened her eyes. Juugo was sitting in the chair across from her but was sound asleep. She slowly got up and off the couch. Hitoko had been pretending to sleep and even pretending to develop Stockholm Syndrome just for this moment. She crept around the corner and into Kisame's room. Suigetsu and Sasuke were cuddled up together, completely naked. Hitoko looked around and spotted the discarded clothes on Sasuke's side of the bed. She crept over and bent down, jumping when she heard the sound of her own knees cracking. Hitoko looked back at Sasuke. He hadn't stirred. She almost sighed but feared the noise. She was far too close to ruin this moment.

Hitoko grabbed Sasuke's jeans and rummaged through the pockets. Nothing. She tossed them aside and grabbed his shirt. There were no pockets. She almost started to cry…Until she saw Sasuke's sweatshirt hanging on the closet door. She stood up and took a step, wincing as the wood underneath her foot squeaked. Sasuke rolled over and scooted closer to Suigetsu. Hitoko sighed quietly and pulled the sweatshirt down. She put her hand into the large pocket and grabbed her cell phone. She would have done the victory dance but that would have definitely made too much noise since she always tripped…

She blew Sasuke a kiss and stepped out of the room. Just as she was out of sight Sasuke raised his head up and glared at the space she had just been in. He tossed back the blanket and woke Suigetsu…

Hitoko walked out of the front door and started to flip through her contacts. She landed on Naruto's name and hit the green call button. She looked around before starting to run down the street. The phone continued to ring repeatedly and went to voice mail.

" FUCK NARUTO! ANSWER YOUR GODDAMN PHONE!" She screamed as she dialed him again.

One….

Two….

Three…

Fo- " Hello?"

" NARUTO! Oh my fucking god! I thought I was about to kill you!" Hitoko ran and ducked behind a tree as she heard tired skidding. She looked around and saw two shadowy figures in a car heading her way. They were probably going fifty miles over the speed limit…

" Hitoko? Is that you? How did you get your phone?" Naruto said in a more awake tone. Hitoko crouched down into a bush, cursing that she hadn't been wearing a more camouflage looking clothes…

" Naruto that really doesn't matter, they're after me…Listen you need to call the police to Kisame's house! That's where their little operation is…and tell the police they have weapons and that Kisame is dead. They fucking KILLED Kisame. And Ita-UFF!"

" HITOKO! ARE YOU THERE?"

Hitoko rolled to her side and looked up to see Sasuke and Suigetsu. Juugo was running up the street. The Uchiha's eyes were wide with anger and he tried to kick her. She grabbed his foot and flipped him onto his back. She got to her feet and palmed Suigetsu in the nose before he could grab her. Juugo charged her and gripped her from behind, holding her arms. She flattened her palms and faced them downward before pulling her arms towards the ground and pushing her hips back as hard as she could. Juugo released his hold and Hitoko pulled him up and over her back, slamming him to the ground on top of Sasuke. She reached down about to grab her phone when Karin came up behind her. She wrapped some rope around her throat and Hitoko started to choke her. She tried to pull it from her neck and found that she couldn't get a definite grip on it. Juugo rolled off Sasuke and the Uchiha got to his knees, he grabbed the phone.

" Naruto if your still listening meet me at the pier at midnight. If Itachi wants you, he's going to have to fight me. Do you understand? " Sasuke listened, he could hear breathing on the other line and he knew Naruto was there. " I love you…SAY IT BACK DOBE!"

There was a silence and everyone watched Sasuke. He looked tense as he waited for his answer.

" You know I love you too, foolish little brother. No need to call people names."

" Where the fuck is Naruto?"

" Calling the police of course…as soon as the struggle started he tossed his cell and grabbed the house phone. I believe they'll be coming soon, better not do anything more foolish than what you've already done Sasuke."

" Its way too fucking late for that Itachi! I killed Orochimaru and Suigetsu killed Kisame…Either way we're all going down! I gotta a one way ticket to hell and I'm sure as sin going to have the ride of my life." Sasuke said. " Oh and make sure to tell Naruto about our rendezvous, wouldn't want something bad to happen to Hitoko if he was late."

Sasuke snapped the phone shut and looked up to see an unconscious Hitoko slung over Juugo's shoulder. He got to his feet and started to run back to Kisame's house. He kicked the door open and rushed into Kisame's bedroom. He grabbed the gun from the night table and threw on his sweatshirt. Suigetsu stood in the door way looking as Sasuke rummaged through the drawers. He found a box of ammo and a silencer. Kisame sure was a handy person. He put both things into his large pocket.

" What are you doing?" Suigetsu asked as he entered the room. He tried to wrap his arms around Sasuke but the Uchiha pushed him off.

" Not right now Suigetsu, we gotta get the fuck outta here. Naruto called the cops." And at that moment the sounds of sirens and the shine of red and blue lights filled the house and Sasuke with fear. " There's no fucking way I'm going to jail now."

Sasuke cocked the gun, shoved the silencer on, and ran out into the hallway where Juugo and Karin stood awaiting further instruction. He motioned for them to follow him out the back door as the police kicked in the front. They hid in the cover of darkness as one of the officers ran out the back, he aimed his gun into the darkness but pulled it back when he saw nothing. Hitoko groaned with pain and that's when the officer looked at the bush next to the house. Sasuke cursed and fired his gun, hitting the officer in the shin. He fell to the ground and screamed with pain.

" Move now!" Sasuke yelled as they rushed to the front. Karin tripped and fell onto her face.

" Sasuke wait!" The Uchiha glanced back only for a second before starting to run even faster. Juugo was having the hardest time keeping up with them since he had extra weight to carry. He debated on dropping her but then realized that Sasuke would probably shoot him if he did.

They got to the parked car in the front yard and piled in. Suigetsu dug through his pockets for the keys and let out a sigh of relief when he found them in his back pocket. He turned the car on and all the cops poured from the house to see Sasuke and his gang pulling out of the neighborhood. The police opened fire. The back window was shot out and Sasuke narrowly avoided being hit in the head. He looked back and saw Juugo covering Hitoko with his body so she wouldn't be hurt.

Suigetsu pushed the hair out of his face and started to laugh. Sasuke stared at him and tried to calm himself down by taking deep breaths. He was shaking his head and laid back against his seat.

" Where the hell are we going now Sasuke?" He said as he looked over at his lover. Sasuke swallowed and looked at the clock. It was twenty minutes 'til midnight. He ran his fingers through his hair and looked behind them again.

" FUCK!" He yelled pulling out the gun. " We got company."

Sasuke rolled down the window and leaned out. Shots were fired and they all whizzed by Sasuke's head. He shot three times and one of the police cars spun out, hitting the other two. One of them flipped over and skidded across the ground. Suigetsu's eyes went wide as Sasuke got back into the car. He pulled the chamber out and reloaded the gun. He sighed and turned on the safety just to make sure he didn't accidentally shoot himself.

" Sasuke that was fucking AWESOME! I mean I've seen that in like movies and shit but never in real life! God damn you should be like an international spy or something! I me-"

" Suigetsu…your talking too much." Sasuke said as he wiped the sweat from his brow. " You need to take us to the pier. Its about ten minutes east of here."

" Whatever ya say boss!" He said turning a corner. Sasuke looked out the window and took a deep breath. In less than twenty minutes this would all be over. He would be with Naruto and Itachi would be as dead as a doornail. He could cry with all the happiness he was feeling.
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Naruto was about to cry. He had called the police on Sasuke and they called back saying they lost him. The blonde was at his wits end. Itachi tried to pull Naruto to his chest but he pushed the older Uchiha away.

" What the fuck am I going to do Itachi? If I don't go they'll kill Hitoko and if I do, Sasuke going to fucking kidnap me and probably kill me eventually." Naruto said, tears springing to his eyes. He sank to the floor and buried his face his hands. Itachi got to his knees and pulled the blonde close. He whispered into Naruto's hair and the blonde finally started to calm down.

" I gotta go Itachi…" Naruto said standing up. The Uchiha grabbed his wrist and pulled him back to his body. The blonde struggled in his arms. " I gotta fucking do this! Its for Hitoko! She would do the same for me…"

" I know Naruto but there's gotta be another way around this…I can't just give you up to Sasuke. He's much sicker than I ever could have expected. Please let me handle this with you. I promised to protect you and that's just what I'll do…"

" Ok Itachi…But we need to go NOW. Its eleven forty and the pier is a twenty minute drive from here."

" Not if your speeding." Itachi said as he grabbed his keys from the side table.
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Sasuke sat outside the car with Suigetsu. He blew onto his hands because of the cold and the man next to him rubbed the Uchiha's arms affectionately. Sasuke leaned over and kissed his companion briefly. Headlights flashed in the distance and two car doors opened.

" There they are…" Sasuke muttered. He put his hand in his pocket and squeezed the gun tightly, reassuring himself of the power he had. Itachi approached with Naruto following right behind him. " Glad to see you made it. Now, we have what you want…you have what I want. Send Naruto over and I'll send Hitoko at the same time."

" How do we even know that she's ok?" Naruto yelled. Sasuke nodded and Suigetsu, who banged on the hood. Juugo stepped out of the car, dragging a kicking and biting Hitoko out with him. She looked up and saw Naruto and Itachi.

" ITACHI GET THE HELL OUTTA HERE!" Juugo clapped his hand over Hitoko's mouth and she bit down with extreme force. He cringed but continued to silence her. Eventually she started to cough against his hand since so much of his blood had filled her mouth.

" Juugo let her go. We need to complete the trade." He reluctantly put her down and she was pushed forward. Naruto grabbed onto Itachi and started to cry. " Itachi pull Naruto off and send him to me."

The older Uchiha glared at his brother before leaning down and kissing the top of the blonde's head. He pulled Naruto off and pushed his toward Sasuke. When he got to the middle Hitoko and him both stopped. They started to cling to each other sobbing.

" I'm so fucking sorry Naruto, if only I had been a little stronger I wouldn't have been kidnapped in the first place. Please forgive me?" Naruto buried his head in Hitoko's neck and his tears stained her throat.

" No I'm sorry…I should have known that this would happen. That bogus call to the office and all this stupid shit! I'm too fucking stupid to see the truth and now we're both paying for it…as usual huh?" Hitoko laughed a little and wrapped her arms tighter around Naruto's neck.

" Naruto there's something important I need to tell you…But don't freak out right away, ok?" The blonde nodded once. " Ok…They're going to kill Itachi as soon as the deal is made. You need to get the gun away from Sasuke and distract them long enough to where I can tell Itachi the plan and take out the big guy…I've been itching for a rematch. But you need to keep the gun away from him…it's in his sweatshirt pocket. Hug him and grab the gun, then chuck it into the ocean got it?"

Naruto nodded and they departed. Sasuke opened his arms wide and the blonde went into his arms at the same time Hitoko reached Itachi. He breathed in the blonde's scent and pulled him into a possessive kiss. Naruto grabbed onto Sasuke's waist, sliding his hand lower into Sasuke's pocket as he thrust his tongue into the blonde's waiting mouth. Naruto found the gun and grabbed onto it but Suigetsu pulled him away and the gun well out of Sasuke's pocket.

" You little fucker! He's trying to betray us!" He yelled as he slammed Naruto to the ground. Sasuke was a bit overwhelmed and was about to reach for the gun when Itachi rushed him, throwing him against the hood of the car. Juugo was about to grab the older Uchiha when Hitoko kicked him in the jaw.

" Come on big man, grow a pair and fight me!" Juugo swung at her but she grabbed his fist and flipped him onto the ground. He grabbed her leg and she fell onto her ass. He jumped on her back, trying to grab her arms but she was able to elbow him in the chest hard enough to where he fell back. She rolled to her side and reached for the gun only to have Juugo grab her leg and pull her back to him. She yelped and started to trash out against him. She clawed at his face and he groaned, pinning her hands to the ground.

Suigetsu grabbed Naruto's throat with one of his hands and slammed his head down a couple times before reaching into his pocket. He pulled out a knife and dangled the blade in front of the blonde's face. He screamed in terror as Suigetsu cut the side of his face. Sasuke and Itachi both looked down, giving the younger Uchiha an opening to kick Itachi in the stomach.

" I love Sasuke far too much to let someone like you have him! So I'm going to kill you and have him all to myself…what do you think about that?" Suigetsu asked as he cut another line in Naruto's face. He thrashed about and tried to pry the man on top of him off. But his grip was too strong.

" I say if you're going to kill someone, kill them…Don't just sit around talking about it." Sasuke said as he grabbed Suigetsu's arm. He pulled back and stabbed the younger Uchiha in the leg. Sasuke hissed with pain and fell back.

Hitoko got to her feet as Juugo lay by the car completely motionless. She was panting and covered in sweat. She rushed to Suigetsu and kicked him hard in the spine. He took a swing at her with his blade. He sliced her across the arm and she glared down at him. She was about to grab the knife when Juugo jumped onto her back, knocking her down. Itachi rolled onto his side and slowly started to get up when Suigetsu pulled the blade up over his head.

" This is it! You're going to die now!" Suigetsu brought it down but was frozen in his tracks when a gun was pointed against his head.

" FREEZE! DROP YOUR WEAPON!" He looked up to see five cop cars and many other officers pointing guns at them. Suigetsu dropped the knife and put his hands up. Hitoko kicked Juugo off of her and she crawled over to Itachi. He was on his feet, clutching his side.

" About fucking time…" Hitoko whispered as she passed out on the ground. Itachi sighed with relief as one of the other officers stepped forward. A turtle neck covered his mouth and an eye patched covered on of his eyes. The older Uchiha's eyes widened.

" Kakashi? You're a cop?" Itachi asked as he looked at his co-worker.

" Why do you think I'm always late? I have cases to work you know. Now for the lot of you…Put your hands on your head and go to the cars. You'll be cuffed and put into the back. And if we are met with any resistance, we will NOT hesitate to shoot you, understand?" Kakashi said as he twirled a pair of cuffs on his finger.

Sasuke got up and grunted in pain. The silver-haired man walked over to him and helped carry him to the cars. Juugo was restrained by three large men and taken into the back of a white van. Suigetsu got up and placed his hands on his head. He walked quietly to the car and was pushed into the back seat.

Itachi walked over to Naruto and helped him off the ground. He cuddled into Itachi's chest and started to cry…It was over. It was finally over.

( 2 months later)

Naruto sighed as he sat in Itachi's classroom. Sasuke had been sent to a maximum security facility for the criminally insane. Suigetsu, unfortunately, was put on death row and was awaiting an appeal so they could prove he was mentally imbalanced, Naruto was more than willing to vouch for that. And Juugo was just sent to a regular old prison since he had no hand in the murders and seemed to me the most sane out of all of them.

' And now there's a strange sense of normalcy…Like before Sasuke had asked me out and all of this stupid shit got started…It's so weird to think I don't have a crazed ex trying to kill me anymore. It's actually kinda hard to cope…" Naruto thought.

" Naruto-kun, quit spacing out in class." Itachi said as he threw a his marker at the blonde's head. He twitched and dodged it before it could hit him in the head. The door opened and everyone looked to see Hitoko walking in. She was wearing a large pair of sun glasses. She handed Itachi her late slip and took her seat.

" Where the hell were you?" The blonde whispered. " And what the hell is up with those glasses…"

" Well for starters I woke up late and as for the glasses their to cover up my black eye. Heh, this stress relief program at that prison makes me fight Juugo every two days. It seems like I'm the only one who can calm him down…Oh by the way, have you visited Sasuke yet?"

He tensed upon hearing that and shook his head. She rolled her eyes.

" Naruto you gotta face your fears head on…It's the only way your going to get over what happened. Plus Sasuke won't be able to hurt you…if you want I can take you since I can finally drive with people!"

" That makes me feel oh so very safe!" Itachi looked back at them and gave them the teacher glare. Both of them blinked and gave small smiles of apology. The older Uchiha rolled his eyes and went back to his lecture.
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Naruto slid into Hitoko's passenger seat and buckled his seat belt. He took a long breath as she started the car. She pulled out of the school parking lot and got onto the main road. Naruto started to relax…Maybe Hitoko wasn't a horrible driver after all. They came to a red light and Hitoko yawned.

" Hitoko…I don't think I can do this." Naruto said as she started to move forward. She nodded and punched the blonde in the arm.

" You are NOT wasting my gas just to chicken out at the last minute. I swear to you Naruto that if you don't go in there, I will do far worse things than you think Sasuke will do to you."

" Are you coming in there with me?"

" Hell no! I mean yeah sure I'll come in with you. Nothing like seeing crazy people right after a hard day at school…"

She pulled into the parking lot of the hospital and stepped out. Naruto hesitantly followed behind her. They walked into the building and walked up to the nurse's station. One of the nurses handed Hitoko a few sheets of paper work and she started writing down all of the necessary info. After about ten minutes she was finished and handed it back to the woman. She pulled out a bucket and placed it in front of them.

" You are not allow to bring in knifes, forks, spoons, belts, razors, stilettos, earrings, necklaces with jewels, bracelets, anklets, rings, glasses, wallets, watches, antiseptic sprays or gels, and finally tampons…" The two of them stopped stripping and looked at her for a moment. " What? The inmates might shove it up their nose and fire the cotton part into their brain."

" It's weird to think someone thought that far ahead…" Naruto muttered to Hitoko. She nodded as she pulled out her gauges. She stuck her pinky into the hole and wiggled it at Naruto. He cringed.

" Right this way…" The nurse said as she grabbed a large ring of keys. Naruto and Hitoko followed her down a bleach white hallway that smelled faintly of antiseptic. They both cringed at the cleanliness of the place. The nurse stopped in front of a cell marked, ' 25-U'. She unlocked the door and then swiped her pass card in the slot on top of the knob. She opened the door and they all stepped inside. Sasuke was sitting on his bed staring at the wall.

" Sasuke-kun…you have some visitors. Your friends Hitoko and Naruto are here and they want to talk to you. Do you want to talk to them?" He nodded once and slowly started to turn towards them. The nurse stood at the door. " Come on Sasuke-kun, we'll get you to the recreation area so you can have a nice chat."

They sat down together in a wide area outback. It was sunny and had many bright flowers lining the area. But there was still that lingering feeling of being trapped. Hitoko shivered a little as she looked at how many armed guards were out with them.

" I'm so glad to be out of that sterile smell…I can understand why so many people off themselves here."

" You're telling me." Sasuke said as he finally looked at them. " So what's going on guys?"

" Nothing really, we're getting ready to testify for Suigetsu. No one believes that he's as crazy as he says…And because of that he's on death row, so we're helping him get the previous verdict appealed. Our involvement should tip the scales in Suigetsu's favor. So yeah. Go ahead and share something Hitoko…"

" Ok…Umm Juugo gave me a really bad shiner the other day. I work in a program with him since he can't control his anger. And so we beat the fuck out of each other every two days or so…really good work out if you ask me. But enough about me, we've come here to talk to you. So how have you been Sasuke? I see your leg injury has healed nicely."

Sasuke smiled a little bit and looked back behind him for a moment. He glared at a woman who was walking towards them. She stood next to the table and waved to everyone.

" Hello, I'm sorry for interrupting…My name is Botan, Sasuke-kun's primary psychiatrist, and I just wanted to thank you for coming. This is the first time I've seen Sasuke talk since the trial. I'm glad to say that this is a step in the right direction and now we're on the path to recovery. If he continues to communicate like this he could be out in a couple years. Now doesn't that sound nice Sasuke-kun?"

" What sounds nice is you leaving me to speak with my friends who I haven't seen in months, Botan-sensei." Sasuke said giving her the signature Uchiha glare. Hitoko giggled slightly as the woman rolled her eyes. She laughed even harder when said woman smacked him on the back.

" You should really learn more respect for your elders Sasuke-kun…But you're right. I'll leave you to do some catching up with your friends." And with that Botan left. Sasuke made a face at her and looked back at them.

" Anyway…I've been ok, like she said I haven't talked to any of them. I don't like the way they treat me like a child cause compared to the other people here, I'm completely normal. And Naruto I just wanna apologize to you, I just don't know what came over me. I guess something inside me snapped and I couldn't contain my anger…And you too Hitoko, sorry for dragging you into everything." Sasuke said with a small smile. " But that being said I'm really glad you guys came. Seeing you here makes me realize that you all do care for me and I really appreciate all the support for my illness. I promise I'll get better soon."

" No sweat Sasuke as long as there's a breath in my body, I'll come to see you and help you through your problems. You're my best friend! Believe it!"

" What I can't believe is some of the things they won't let you take in this place! Did you know a tampon is on the list? And you know how it got there? Someone did something quite 'creative' and now their banned. How stupid is that?"

" You know the other day Sai and I had generally the same conversation the other day…only it was about warning labels."

" Random Sai shit I say. He's always going off on weird tangents about shit no one cares about."

" Oh and you don't Hitoko?" Sasuke said with a smirk. She turned her head to glare at him.

" Whatever crazy boy people usually care about what I have to say!"

" What world are you living in? The only people who care are the debate team!" She punched Naruto in the arm. Then the three of them laughed. Normal, so very normal.
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WOOO ITS NOT OVER IS FINALLY OVER! I did it! -does the victory dance- Thank you to all my loyal readers who read PROCRASTINATION AND THEN READ THIS! YOUR SUPPORT MAKES MY HEART SHINE! look out for a new fic i'm coming out with!

Naruto: Good show old man
Me: …Naruto why are you talking like that?
Naruto: Why not? I was getting into character for Great Expectations
Me : …ummm ok. I'm not updating that in awhile
Sasuke: random bastard. This was Hitoko-sama