Naruto: The Prince of Lust

"Godfather," Sakura repeated curiously as Sasuke asked, "who?"

"Just this old pervert I know," Naruto told them. "He stays outside of the village for years, so I've never seen him, but he'll be here soon."

"…I see," Kakashi slowly says in thought, making Sasuke wonder if he knows the identity of this sudden Godfather. Kakashi all but confirmed his suspicion when the Jōnin asked, "is he really going to train you?"

"Yup!" Naruto beams as he added, "team 7 can still train together, though. Like in the mornings maybe. But I think you should focus on Sasuke and Sakura." Hearing his positive tone with his upbeat attitude is always enough to make Sasuke ignore him, but, when Naruto presumes to know what's best for him, Sasuke can't help but want to place the loud idiot in his place. He remembered yelling in his mind, 'how does he not know he means nothing in this world! Why isn't he died! Why aren't they all dead! Why is it only my family…'

Sakura lamented to admit, "I could definitely use the help."

"Who is he," Sasuke demanded to know. Turning to Kakashi, he points out, "I thought you were supposed to be our only sensei. Does he get special treatment? Does this mean I can search for my own sensei?"

"Sasuke," Kakashi voices. "Calm down. I am your only sensei, unless I approve and the Hokage allows for a second, or even a third."

Rather than waste more time and effort on that query, Sasuke asks what's at the heart of his anger. Turning to Naruto, he demands to know, "why do you have so much power? You're not a better fighter than me, you're an idiot most of the time, and your chakra control is wasteful. There's no way you should've beaten me so how did you!?"

"I beat you because I had to," Naruto heatedly retorted. "Simple as that. Even now you're still acting so stupid about this. I told you before you aren't the only one suffering, so quit acting like it."

Sasuke hurled back, "why should I?" Kakashi steps close enough between them to alert them both he'll stop anything that goes too far, nevertheless, Sasuke yelled at the blond, "I don't care about anyone else! Why would you even think it makes any fucking sense to care about others when everyone in this damn village is so content to forget the murder of my great clan? Why should I care one ounce about anyone else's suffering when they're too weak to do anything about it for themselves?"

Standing firm and confident, Naruto returned just as fervently, "to make sure others don't suffer the same pain you did, you idiot! Instead of crying about your tragedy like it's your only damn option or like it's going to change anything, you should be more focused on fighting what's out there."

With a calming palm on a huffing Naruto's tense shoulder, Sakura hopes to defuse the heated exchange by asking, "what do you mean, what's out there?" Sasuke had wondered as well but was too angry to care then.

"Kakashi-sensei'll tell ya," Naruto answered her while eying Sasuke. "There are all sorts of super-strong shinobi out there, way stronger than me, you, Kakashi-sensei, or even Ji-chan. And they'll do anything they can to destroy our village and everyone in it. They might even have good reason to, not that it's right." Specifically focusing on Sasuke, Naruto relayed, "and you're foaming at the mouth just to fight me? Wake up already! The world doesn't revolve around you and your revenge."

Eying the sky-blue of Naruto's stern eyes, Sasuke callously proclaimed, "if this world ignores my pain, my revenge, then it shouldn't exist."

"…Sasuke," Sakura sadly bemoans.

Shrugging, Naruto casually reasserted, "then I'll just kick your ass again, you broody diva."

"Anytime," Sasuke hurled when Naruto voiced the confusing, "not that I need to. You're not my priority but that doesn't mean I don't get where you're coming from. We're teammates, so, I'll still help you."

"I don't want your help," Sasuke proclaims, hating the blond's sanctimonious preaching, mentally finishing, 'as if he understands!'

"Tough," Naruto snarled back. "You're still getting it."

Kakashi grips Sasukes agitated shoulder as he asked Naruto, "how?"

Naruto casually bewilders Sasuke by responding, "obviously, by talking to his brother."

Sasuke challenged the blond on the spot before being held back by Kakashi. The Avenger argued, laughed, and outright dismissed Naruto, however, deep down, he wondered how serious the confident blond was. He'd been wonder about that ever since then. Though they celebrated Naruto's win and trained the two days after that, Sasuke stayed in his mind, quietly turning over all the possibilities of Naruto's assertion. Walking beside the disguised Orochimaru now, Sasuke still wonders if Naruto can capture his brother.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

As unbelievable as it is, it seemed Naruto knew something. Considering the Dobe's familial relationship with the Sandaime, Sasuke reasons he may have heard something important from him because if anyone would know more about that night, it would be the Hokage. The Avenger hates realizing he knows next-to-nothing about that night or why such a bloody extermination had to happen. For years, the only thing he cared anything about was murdering his wretched brother and bathing in his still-warm blood for ending their family, their home. But now, he also wants answers.

'What am I missing,' Sasuke wonders, and to that end, he demands to know of Orochimaru, "what do you know about Itachi?"

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"Far more than I can explain in the fifteen steps I have left," Orochimaru hums clocking the shinobi following Sasuke rearranging their formation. "I'll only offer you this chance once, my dear boy, and I'll expect an answer the next time we meet. Join me and all the power you will ever need to seek your own forbidden knowledge will be yours."

"If you want me to join you you'll have to tell me first," Sasuke retorts, however, Orochimaru simply grins his wide and wicked smile as he jests, "and where would the fun be in that? Ku ku ku."

With that, Orochimaru disappears smoother than air, to the level of skill Sasuke even doubted the snake-nin was there to begin with. With Sasuke's sixteenth step a masked shinobi lands in front of him and directly asks, "was there a woman walking beside you?"

Looking around at all the colorful people scrambling through the bustling streets, Sasuke honestly answers, "yes." It's not as if they have the power to do anything against the Kage-level missing-nin as he adds, "though there are many villagers all around us."

The masked shinobi asks, "was she suspicious?"

"No," Sasuke honestly answers. It's true Orochimaru withholds as much as possible, but in an unorthodox way, that's not suspicious. It's as if you can trust that you can't trust him and that's a welcomed comfort to Sasuke. His masked guard seemed satisfied and allowed Sasuke to continue to his sham of a therapy session.

KURENAI

Sitting beside Naruto on the oak coffee table in her low-lit living room, Kurenai waits patiently until he finishes retelling everything that's happened in the last three days. Though they've been meeting to help Hinata, among other satisfying activities, Naruto had only recently had a frank conversation with Ino earlier in the day and completing that convoluted series of events. It troubled Kurenai to hear what Ino had done, and by the end, she softly asks, "so, you're just friends?"

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