AUTHORESS: Amaya~Ikari

DATE WRITTEN: 12/27/12

TITLE: Within the Castle Walls

ANIME: Naruto

PAIRING: Yaoi: NarutoXSasuke/KyuubiXItachi

STATUS: Multichapter: Incomplete

RELATED STORIES: None

WARNINGS: Graphic sex between two males, minor dubcon, minor abuse, minor dark themes, OOC, AU.

~Nobody is the villain of their own story~

Every breath felt like he was trying to inhale knives, every exhale was like setting his chest on fire. His legs felt as though weights were attached to them and it got more and more difficult to lift them up. He listened to the painfully fast beat of his heart, wondering when it would explode. Explode like his entire life had done exactly eight years ago.

He could not see or hear his brother, but he felt him. The elder was afraid, but the fear was not for himself; it was for his younger brother. He would die to keep him alive, to keep him free. He made a low hissing sound as a silver flash rocketed past him in the darkness of their Night world, making a hard left. They were closing in, and both of them knew they could not outrun their hunters.

Sasuke gasped as a large mass slid into his pathway, grabbing him by the hair and slamming his back into a tree; jarring his entire body with pain. He grit his teeth, lashing out with the carnal intent to kill, to survive. The monster of a man sneered down, canine fangs dripping in saliva. He heard Itachi's enraged cry not far off.

"Game's over, kitten."

A pained groan left Sasuke's mouth as he roused from his comatose state. He was lying on his stomach, his body throbbing in pain. He'd been roughly handled and jostled until his body finally gave in, going unconscious. He glanced to the side as he sluggishly tried to push himself up, holding his side as though that would calm the pain. Itachi was on the ground, looking like he'd been carelessly thrown.

He pulled himself to sit beside his brother, brushing his hair from his eyes and calling his name. He didn't know where they were, it was a dark room. Itachi's eyes fluttered as he woke up, cringing as he rolled from his side onto his back and sat up. He held his forehead in one hand while he instinctively reached out for Sasuke, pulling him into a hug. "Are you all right?" He asked in a dry voice, sighing as Sasuke nodded. He looked around their surroundings warily.

"Where do you think we are?" Sasuke said, his sharp eyes clearly angered and nervous. Itachi pursed his lips as his gaze fell on a dark window. It was tinted with grime, but there was still light showing. There shouldn't be light from outside, even if there was a full moon there wouldn't be so much light.

"We're in the Light Kingdom…" He murmured, struck with shock and horror. Sasuke tensed, eyes blinking in surprise. He'd thought they had wanted them both dead, why did they bring them to this land? They had stepped down from their royal positions; that was wrong, it was more truthful to say they had been forced away. Their parents had been assassinated one night, but no one ever found the murderer and couldn't say for sure which realm had been responsible. Itachi and Sasuke had been aged eight and thirteen, too young to take the place as heir and no one wanted to care for them.

They had been orphans and people rioted, stating they should sell them to the Light Kingdom, that they should be killed and put out of their misery. Order was lost, and so was humanity. Itachi fled with his little brother, using the dark as their cloak and sheer skill and refusal to die to survive the harsh outside life. They had nothing to give, he didn't know what they wanted with them. His ears flattened when a loud click echoed in the room, twisting around and shoving the teenaged Uchiha behind him.

The large ape of a man that had captured Sasuke opened the door, smirking at the two young males. "Hello little Nekos, have a good nap?" He sneered. Itachi watched him with cold eyes, knowing it was smart to keep himself in check. He was injured, and tired. He hadn't found food in days and had no energy to manage a punch that would even make the man flinch. Sasuke hissed at the man. "What do you want with us?" He demanded.

The hulking man snickered. "Oh you don't know, do you?" He mocked. "The war has ended." Itachi's eyes widened. "How?" He mouthed to himself. The war that had raged between the Realm of the Day and Realm of the Night was decades old, it couldn't end so simply. Thousands had died, land destroyed, over nothing but petty selfishness for land and control. He shuddered at the cruel, sadistic glint in the man's eyes. "They sold you to the Princes in return for the promise of peace." He hissed at them. Sasuke growled at that. "We are not property to be sold!" He spat, standing away from Itachi.

The bulky male backhanded the smaller raven to the ground hard enough to knock his breath out of him. "Listen you selfish brat, you were sold to compromise peace between two war ravaged worlds." He kicked his stomach. "We can heal now, two useless sluts were the only price we needed to pay!" Itachi lunged forward and slashed at the man's face, standing over his brother and telling him to stay down. The cruel giant reached out for Itachi's throat, but someone came into the room and knocked him aside. "Don't damage the merchandise." He said, violently gripping Itachi's wrists he yanked him onto his knees and clipped a collar to his throat. Sasuke thrashed as one was attached around his neck.

"Behave." He spat, wrenching Itachi off the floor and shoving him out the door, the black rope attached to the collar in his hands. Itachi held his head high out of pride, glowering icily. He heard Sasuke cursing insults behind him as he was dragged out the door. They winced as they were brought into a lit room, sunlight streaming in. They were unused to the brightness. Itachi was roughly shoved onto his stomach, he glanced up to see someone standing in front of him. He pushed himself onto his knees and tilted his head up to look up at the person.

He met bright red eyes and an amused smirk. The person was male, probably close to his age with shaggy red hair that fell to a little past his ears and over his eyes. He was built strong, athletic. He remained calm though the look unnerved him. The red haired man had sharp fangs.

Sasuke had worse luck and was dropped about five feet from the ground onto the hard floor, a sharp gasp leaving him. He held his stomach as he jerked off the floor and sat back, glaring into bright azure blue eyes. They looked concerned and mildly irritated as he glanced at the hulking man. Sasuke eyed the boy with cold, suspicious eyes. The raven hid his fear behind anger and hate. He had untamed blonde hair that stuck out and hung near his hears, and a muscular build. He had whisker like scars on his cheeks.

"Pretty little cats." The redhead said with a smirk. Itachi knew the Prince's name was Kyuubi, the blonde teenager was Sasuke's age and his name was Naruto. Kyuubi pulled the rope to get him off the floor, he gave him a disapproving look. He was not a dog. "What a hateful look." The redhead chuckled, yanking Itachi away and nearly choking him. He prayed Sasuke kept his mouth shut as he was led outside into the sun. It was winter and thankfully it wasn't too hot. He was carelessly pushed into a car, hitting the opposite window and wincing as his body throbbed. Kyuubi smirked at him. "Can't handle much, can you?" He said mockingly as he sat beside him. Itachi fixed his position to sit as far from the man while still being comfortable. He had no idea.

Naruto looked over the raven. He couldn't argue, Sasuke was "pretty". He was slender with soft features but sharp eyes; eyes that were currently glaring at him. "Are you okay?" He asked with a tilt of his head. He looked pretty beaten and he knew Sasuke thought that he looked scary, but he knew an act when he saw one. "You don't care. Where did he take my brother." The Uchiha demanded. Naruto cocked a brow; arrogant wasn't he? He held out his hand to help Sasuke up. "To the car, come on." He said. Sasuke stood on his own, furiously shoving the rope on his collar away. Naruto stifled a laugh at the prideful antics. Sasuke glared hatefully, tempted to punch the blonde.

Naruto walked outside, not bothering to drag Sasuke like a pet, he wouldn't go anywhere without Itachi and wouldn't get out of sight anyway. He opened the door to let Sasuke in, blinking as he received a dirty look.

All four wondered how the hell their life lines had managed to get tangled.

AUTHORESS NOTE:

Sup?

You have a good holiday?

I have this for you.

This story was tied with another story in my poll, but I liked this idea better as did my Sasuke. I… I kind of weirded things out. The quiet and well behaved one ends up with the sadistic asshole (He isn't that bad I promise…) And the wild child that hates everything ends up with the kind one.

Story information that you might not give a fuck about: Sasuke and Itachi are Nekos, yes. I was going to make them Vampires but this is cuter! I also contemplated what to make Naruto and Kyuubi, so I crossbred them. They have Vampire blood and… Fox demon blood, I guess. Something animalistic. Now, for the geography lesson. This is set in a world I weaved way back in another story. There is the Night Realm/ Dark Kingdom, where only the Moon rises and it is never daytime, only darkness and with dark magic practiced. And, the Day Realm/ Light Kingdom where it is always day. The closest you get to darkness is when the sun moves across the land and dips, creating the orange, dim glow. That's it, everything else can be explained on the way.

I… I should put this here, there will be OOC on certain parts. Naruto might seem sharper in the way he doesn't always react to Sasuke's insults and catches on to subtle things Sasuke does, and Itachi, like I like to do, is the pacifist and calm person he truly was. But some of you don't like that. The real OOC on his part will be where he might seem submissive at some parts.

She told me to finish one of my stories before starting another one… but no.

Sasuke: You will bitch about it later.

Naruto: Like always!

Amaya: Do not talk to the girl who currently controls your life that way.

Kyuubi: Right. Like we can't easily overpower you.

Amaya: I damn well- Where's Itachi? *Looks around*

Kyuubi: Oh…um… *Runs off*

Amaya: …Review what you think…