Warning: Mentions of NejiNaru, profanity, violence, and bloody situations.

(This isn't proof-read yet but I wanted to hurry and upload it. I'll do a spell check when I get back from my dad's house in a few days.)

x-X-x

It was late afternoon by the time Naruto made it back to his apartment. He'd had an exhausting night and just wanted to fall in bed and sleep for the rest of the day. He stumbled into his bathroom and check out his appearance. Disheveled hair, swollen lips and a neck covered in bite marks and hickeys was all he saw. It's what he was used to seeing, but somehow this time was different. This time he truly felt guilty, dirty and every other negative emotion a person could feel. He frowned and turned away from the mirror.

Naruto didn't plan on seeing Neji again if he could help it. It wasn't that he was mean, he was actually very nice. So nice that he started to get a little creepy after awhile. He made his way to the bedroom and flopped down onto the bed, burrowing into the covers and sighing. He had the next few days off and didn't have any plans, but that was perfectly okay with him. He needed to rest. Just as he was about to fall asleep, his doorbell rang.

Naruto groaned and rolled out of bed. He grumbled all the way to the door and yanked it open, ready to give whoever it was a piece of his mind. However, the words died on his tongue when he was greeted by a man he'd never seen before. "Uh…can I help you?"

"Naruto Uzumaki. I'm Kakashi Hatake with the Konoha City police department. I'm here to ask a few questions and have a look around. I do have a warrant."

Naruto hesitated until he was presented with a badge. He stepped back and let the other man inside. "Sorry it's a little messy…"

"That's quite alright." Naruto sat down on the couch while Kakashi went about his business. He looked through the kitchen, then the bedroom and every other room before sitting next to the blond on the couch. "I'll just cut straight to the chase. I want you to tell me everything you remember about the murder you witnessed."

"I don't know if calling me a witness would be right. I wasn't in my right frame of mind when it happened."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Despite how I look I'm a pretty good fighter. One of them must've known about my skills because they came prepared. I just remember them forcing me to drink something. Everything's all fuzzy after that. Next thing I know…I woke up at home."

"Is that so?"

"Yeah…I know a lot of people around here. Some one must've saved me from those guys and brought me here."

Kakashi sighed. "I don't like being lied to."

"I'm not lying!"

"I'm pretty sure you are. You're lying to protect some one, aren't you?"

"No."

"I can understand why. This person must be pretty good to you. And after everything you been through all you want is to have them in your life, right?"

"After everything I've been through? Are you talking about…"

"I'm talking about your tough childhood. You were abandoned by your parents then your adoptive father sexually abuses you for years. Even after his death you had to endure bullying from your peers until you ran away from home. And now here you are." He paused when he noticed Naruto growing a little pale. "I see it still upsets you. We don't have to go into that if you don't want to."

"I don't. I've told you everything I know. Is there anything else you need?"

"No. I'll be leaving now. But don't think this is the last time you'll see me." Naruto didn't move from the couch until Kakashi left and the sound of his footsteps faded away. He let out a breath he didn't know he was holding.

"God Dammit…" Memories that Naruto constantly fought were flooding back to him. It was almost like he could feel the hands of all his attackers defiling his body all over again, and it literally made him sick. He got up and ran to the toilet just in time to lose his breakfast. Deep down, he knew he was getting into something dangerous, but he'd ignored it and carried on like everything was normal. He knew something wasn't right about Sasuke, and against his better judgment, he'd chosen to ignore it. Now it was time to find out what the raven was hiding.

After flushing the toilet and calming himself down as best he could he grabbed his cell phone and headed out the door.

x-X-x

Sasuke tapped his fingers impatiently on his desk. It'd been a long day for him so far and he wasn't even close to being done. He didn't have any surgeries planned, so he was doing extra paperwork that'd been piling up in the corner for the past week. Part of the reason he was in such a bad mood was because he was slacking off with Itachi. He'd only killed a couple of men since rescuing Naruto and he was long overdue.

He sighed and laid his head down on the desk. 'What doesn't he want me to know about him? His job can't be that bad...maybe he's involved in something dangerous and can't talk about it.' His train of thought was interrupted by a brisk knock on his door. "Tsk. Come in."

He raised an eyebrow when the door opened and Sakura walked in. He wasn't the least bit surprised to see her but this time was different. She looked like she was fighting back the urge to cry and scream at the same time. "Sorry to bother you. Can we talk? It's really important." Sasuke nodded and she sank into the chair on the other side of his desk. "It's Neji."

Sasuke sighed. "I told you if you're having boy problems to talk about them with your other friends"

"This isn't some trivial problem this time. I'm genuinely worried about him." Sakura snapped. She took a deep breath before continuing. "Okay…part of the reason we broke up was because he cheated, but I'm over that now. There were other things going on that I never told anyone about because I didn't want to make a huge fuss and it's a bit embarrassing."

"Like what?"

"Well…he was addicted to pornography. No, it was more like he became obsessed with this porn star."

"Why are you telling me this?"

"Because I went through his bag a few days be fore we broke up and found most of his DVDs. It didn't click until a few hours ago but I remembered the guy he was obsessed with and it's gotten worse. He claims that they're dating and he even gave me a picture. I'm worried that he's become some kind of stalker or something."

"I still don't understand why you're telling me all of this."

"I should have listened to you when you said not to let him stay with me. I'm a little scared of him now."

Sasuke really couldn't care less about her troubles and was about to tell her to leave when there was a knock at the door. "Come in."

The door swung open and a blond head peeked in. Naruto sent Sasuke a little nervous smile. "Hey. Can we talk it's really important." He didn't seem to notice Sakura until she turned to see who intruded and gasped.

She jumped up and stared at him as if she couldn't believe her eyes. "I can't believe it!"

"Do I know you?" Naruto raised an eyebrow and walked fully into the office.

She reached down into her purse and pulled out a picture. "Oh my…it's him!" She turned to Sasuke and threw him the picture. "That's the guy Neji is obsessed with!" She reached into her purse again and pulled out a DVD. "I have proof!" She tossed the porn onto the desk, not really caring where it landed so long as Sasuke saw it.

Sasuke stared down at the items on his desk then looked up a Naruto, who looked like he was going to be sick. Sakura spun around and glared at the blond. "What are you even doing here and how do you know Sasuke?! He doesn't need a whore like you!"

"Sakura!" Sasuke stood up from his desk and glared at her before turning a gentler gaze to Naruto. "That's enough."

But Sakura couldn't stop herself. She'd finally come face to face with one of the reasons her relationship ended and all of her hurt and anger was pouring out. She stomped over to Naruto and pulled at his collar, revealing a few bite marks and bruises before he had a chance to stop her. She sneered. "So you two know each other? Is he the reason you keep turning me down, Sasuke? Do you find this slut better than me?!"

Naruto snapped out of his temporary shock and slapped her hand away. "I should go." He managed to choke out before grabbing the door and running out of the office.

Sakura slammed to door shut behind him and turned back to Sasuke, surprised to find him standing right behind her. His face displayed a range of emotion as he stared at the door. When he finally looked at Sakura his face went blank. Sakura found herself feeling a little bit scared at his silence. "Look…I probably should have reacted better…"

"It's fine." Sasuke said. His hand twitched before slowly reaching into his back pocket and pulling out his scalpel. "It'll be alright.

x-X-x

Needless to say, Naruto had not expected that to happen. The shock of it had long since worn off and now he just felt numb. He was walking back to his apartment when a familiar car pulled up beside him. The window rolled down and Sasuke looked out at him with a blank expression. "Get in."

Naruto got in but refused to look at him. He stared down at his lap wringing his hands and biting his lip. "Sasuke-"

"I own a cabin. It's about and hours drive outside of the city. The area is secluded and it's a great place to relax. I'm going there for the weekend and you're coming with me."

"What?"

"We both need to get away from all this."

"Where is all this coming from all of a sudden?" Naruto finally turned to look at him with wide eyes. "You should be furious at me for keeping something like that from you."

"We all have our reasons for doing what we do. Lots of people have far worse secrets."

"But-" Naruto jerked forward in his seat when the car came to a sudden stop. He looked out to see that they had arrived at his apartment building.

"Go pack. I'll wait here."

Naruto glanced back at Sasuke and sighed before getting out and heading up to his apartment to pack. It didn't take him very long and before he knew it a few of his bags were in the trunk of the car and they were driving. "Can we stop by my work? I need to let my boss know I'll be out of town."

Sasuke gripped he steering wheel tighter at the mention of Naruto's job. "Fine. Try no to take too long." Naruto quietly gave him directions and a few minutes later they were parked at the back of the building.

"Alright." Naruto offered a small smile before climbing out of the car and walking into the building. He knocked on Orochimaru's office and waited a few seconds before the door opened and he was ushered inside.

"Naruto." Orochimaru smirked and leaned against his desk. Naruto noticed that for some reason his boss looked a little nervous and had dark circles under his eyes. "You don't have any scenes to do today. Why are you here?"

"I'm going out of town for the weekend. I just wanted to let you know."

"I see. It's actually a good thing you're here right now, though. Neji showed up not long ago asking to see you. He's still here. If you have time to spare you should offer him a little something."

"Not today. I'm not up for anything today."

Orochimaru frowned and walked over to the blond. "I don't want to get into an argument with you about this."

"It's my day off so I don't have to do anything I don't want to." He turned to leave just in time to see Neji walk in and locked the door behind him.

He folded his hands behind his back and smiled. "Ah, I thought I heard your voice. And I was just about to leave, too. Hello, Naruto."

"I was just leaving." Naruto made for the door but the other man refused to move. "Could you please move."

"I really glad you showed up right now. Nobody else is working here today so it's just use three." Neji's smile slowly faded away into a look that was almost menacing. "I guess Orochimaru didn't tell you everything that's going on."

"What are you talking about?"

"That auction pulled in some money, but not as much as he wanted. Also, some one leaked the information to the police, and as you know, prostitution is illegal in this city. I've offered him plenty of money to flee and live a nice life, but on one condition. Naruto didn't have to ask what it was. He already knew the answer by the hungry look in Neji's pale eyes. "I get to have you. And if you try to put up a fight you should know that I'm far more experienced in combat than you are. I'm fully prepared to make you obey if you don't come along quietly."

Naruto turned to glare at Orochimaru. "Bastard. This is low even for you." He hissed.

"It's just business."

Naruto turned back to Neji ready to fight, making the mistake of turning his back on Orochimaru, who pulled a damp rag out of his pocket and clamped it over the blond's mouth. Naruto started to struggle furiously, kicking and screaming as much as he could. Out of the corner of his eye he saw the door to the office open and a moment later Neji let out a startled scream.

Naruto dropped to the floor as the hold on him lessened and looked up in time to see Sasuke pull what looked like a scalpel across Neji's throat. It happened so fast and all Naruto could do was stare in shock as Sasuke let the body drop before closing in on Orochimaru. There was the sound of a struggle before Orochimaru also dropped to the floor dead. The quick slaughter had left the office and everyone in it covered in blood. "Get up." Sasuke held out his hand and Naruto took it without thinking. His mind remained blank as Sasuke dragged him out to his car and pushed him into the passenger seat. They sped out of the parking lot.

x-X-x

The cabin was tucked away in the woods and secluded from prying eyes just as Sasuke said it would be. Sasuke cut the engine off then leaned back in his seat. He took a deep breath and released it slowly before turning to look at Naruto. The blond beside him sat still, staring straight ahead. His fists were clenched in his lap and his jaw kept twitching as if he were fighting back the urge to scream. The way the blood spattered across his face and clothes made it look like he had just stepped out of a horror movie and Sasuke was sure he looked the same if not worse "I'm sorry you had to see that."

Naruto flinched at the suddenly broken silence and glanced toward Sasuke before looking away again. "You didn't have to kill them."

"I did what I thought was best. I didn't see you complaining."

"Are you…going to kill me, too?"

"No." Sasuke got out and walked around to open Naruto's door. He took hold of the blonds hand and pulled him toward the cabin. "I don't think I could hurt you. Let's just get cleaned up for now."

Naruto hesitated for a second. Part of him wanted to run away screaming bloody murder. He didn't even know why he allowed himself to be driven to such a secluded area in the first place. 'The man holding your hand is a murderer!' His thoughts screamed. 'Get away! Find the police!' But there was also the thought of: 'He saved you. Granted it was a bit extreme, but...' He felt his hand tighten its grip as he let Sasuke lead him into the cabin.

The front hallway was almost too dark to see in until Sasuke pulled a cord hanging from above to light the way. Naruto looked around and couldn't help but think that this really is a great place to be if one needed to relax. The living room was nice and roomy with all of the furniture situated around a large fireplace. He didn't get to look around too much as Sasuke locked the door behind them then led him further down the hallway to a large bathroom where he began taking off his clothes. "When I was waiting for you, I started to get worried so I went inside. I heard voices coming from that office so I eavesdropped. I heard what they were planning and I just couldn't let that happen." Sasuke explained. He tossed his clothes in the corner then stepped forward, hesitating to see if Naruto would stop him before he began to slowly undress the blond. "I picked the lock and then I guess I just flew into a blind rage. All I wanted to do was hurt them. I suppose I did go a bit too far."

"What's done is done." Naruto shivered a bit as the cold air touched his newly exposed skin. Being in his line of work didn't leave him too embarrassed about them being naked together.

"I don't even know you that well." Sasuke almost seemed to be talking to himself as he started the shower. When the water was just warm enough they both climbed in. Naruto allowed Sasuke to gently wash the blood from his body before the raven worked on cleaning himself.

"If something like that happened to you, I don't know if I would've done much different." Naruto mumbled.

Sasuke turned to look at him. He pushed his wet hair out of his eyes with one hand and with the other lifted Naruto's chin up. He didn't give himself time to think things through before leaning closer and pressing their lips together. Naruto made a small noise of contentment and parted his lips slightly to let Sasuke deepen the kiss if he wanted to.

"You must have a bit of rage built up in you." Sasuke murmured. "You must have had a hard life, but it's over. I took care of your problems. You don't have to go back to that. We can stay here as long as you want."

"I doubt you'll be able to go back after what you did to them. If the police find evidence that you did it, you'll have to stay on the run forever."

"I have plenty of hiding places, Naruto. This isn't the only cabin I have. We're completely safe from the world here." He traced his fingertips over the bruises littering Naruto's tan skin and clenched his teeth. "Don't go back."

Naruto leaned forward and rested his chin on the ravens shoulder. A quiet sob escaped his body as he finally came to terms with everything that had happened. A small voice in the back of his head screamed at him to run away but he ignored it. After so many years of taking shit from so many people, he had been suddenly yanked away from it all and offered peace. It was a bit of a shock the way it had come, but he was ready to take everything Sasuke had to offer. "Okay."

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A/N: Holy fuck yes I finally updated I can't hardly believe it myself! I'll get started on the next and possibly final chapter as soon as possible. I don't want to take over another year to update ever again and if anyone's still reading this I am soooo sorry this took so long!