It was hot. Too hot to really do anything, especially if you live in a desert. But this wasn't stopping Naruto. He had promised his adopted mother that he would go to the towns and get some sheers for the shepherds. Yep, he was a shepherd boy, or is one. And he didn't mind the heat one bit.

"Ah! What a nice day for a stroll, don't ya think Carmel?" The boisterous blond asked his camel, who only grunted in return. "Glad you think so too." He patted the beast's neck and continued walking.

But he suddenly stopped. In the distance, there was a black figure lying down on the sand. Thinking that the person might have been hurt, Naruto ran towards the figure at full speed, Carmel following. When he reached the figure, he found that it was a man. And not just any man, but a Samurai. Samurais hated shepherds.

"What's a Samurai doing here?" The blond asked himself. "I should leave, but I can't just leave him here to rot. That would be shameful. I'm sure he has a reason for being all the way out here. I'm Tsunade won't mind if I brought him back to camp."

He hefted the man onto his camel and started his way back home. But it was a two day travel. Naruto already had his sheers and already spent a day traveling back home. That left him only one day left.

When it became nightfall, the blond stopped for the night and made a small fire. He made a small bed out of his blanket and traveling bag for the Samurai and quickly laid the man down on it. And now that he could really look at him, he wasn't a man at all. The guy was a teenager; maybe around 19, a year older than Naruto.

The teen had black stylish hair that reminded the blond of a duck's butt and had pale skin that held many gashes and cuts, a few bruises her and there. But that was just the part that Naruto could see with the raven's half open yuketa. He couldn't imagine how much there would be under the clothing.

But he had to see if there was anymore. So he stripped the raven down to his undergarments and whistled at the wounds that covered his body. "I knew you had a reason for being all the way out here."

He started to clean the wounds and put some sort of ointments on them. "A Samurai wouldn't be able to cause these kinds of wounds on his own. So something must be up in order to get these kinds of wounds." The blond mused to himself as he kept cleaning the wounds, gently rubbing out the dirt.

Naruto started to dress the wounds when the raven's lips moved to say something, making the blond jump.

"W-water," the raven mumble between a half gasp and half croak.

Naruto immediately went into action and went to his traveling bag for his gourd of water. When he came back, he noticed that the guy's eyes were still closed and his mouth partially open as if waiting for something.

He gently placed the tip of the gourd against the raven's lips and watched as the Samurai drank thirstily. The raven drank until the water was completely gone, which in turn made Naruto whimper at his lost water. But he stopped when the Samurai spoke again.

"Who… are you?" He asked coarsely, his voice a little better than before. Naruto hesitated before giving his name, not knowing if the guy was seriously ill or if he was just tricking him.

"Naruto… Uzimaki. What's yours?" The blond jumped slightly as the raven finally opened his eyes, revealing coal black eyes.

"Sasuke Uchiha," the Samurai, Sasuke, replied. "You're gorgeous," he mumbled the last part, but loud enough for Naruto to hear.

The blond's eyes widen at this and he quickly scooted away from the older teen. Never has anyone told him or told him that. He was just a blond with blue eyes, tan skin, and whisker like marks on each side of his cheeks.

The raven turned his head towards the blond and chuckled. "I'm sorry that I surprised you, but could you please continue on fixing my wounds? I don't want to get an infection."

Naruto nodded, blushing slightly, and continued doing what he was doing earlier. Sasuke hissed whenever the blond would put ointment on sensitive scrapes or scratched, causing the blond to apologize every time.

"So," Naruto started, just finishing wrapping up a wound, "what's a guy like you doing all the way out here?" He started on another scrape.

"I was… running away from my home," the raven replied, watching the blond wrap up a wound around his thigh. He tried not to blush as he saw that it was particularly close to the hem of his undergarments.

"Why?"

"I did some "things" that people at the fire temple don't quite appreciate; saying that it was a sin and that their gods look down upon it." The raven rolled his eyes.

"What did you do?"

Sasuke looked at the blond with a smirk. "You're a nosy little shepherd aren't you?" The blond blushed and looked away at the raven's suggestion, tying the last bit of cloth over another leg wound.

"I'm just curios." Naruto pouted and got up, walking over to his camel and getting his traveling bag. He pulled out a pot and some food, pouring the food into the pan and putting it over the fire.

"What are you making?"

"I was going to make ramen, but 'someone' had to go and drink all the water," the blond complained as the raven slowly sat up. "But I guess leftover rice will have to do."

"What's… ramen?"

Naruto nearly died when he heard the raven say that. His eyes bugged out as his jaw went slack. "You never had ramen before?! Who are you?!"

Sasuke couldn't help but laugh at the blond's reaction, but nodded nonetheless. "In my 'religion', all we could eat was fruits and vegetables, fish, and sometimes meat. No junk food. But I never heard of this ramen before."

Naruto grinned, but soon frowned. "Where are you from and what did you do to make you have to run away?" He asked, stirring the pot. The raven only smirked that said 'like I'm going to tell you.'

"You'll find out soon enough," is all he says. Naruto pouted and crossed his arms before stirring the pot again, adding some spices to it. "So, what is your home town like?"

"What is my hometown like? Hmm," the blond rubbed his chin in though as he served Sasuke some rice, handing him a bowl. "There's not much to say. Me and my people live past this desert and we herd sheep. But the women either teaches, make baskets, or cook for our tribe."

Sasuke listened closely as he ate. "So what are the people like?"

"They're great… well, except for Sai and Sakura. Sai seems like he has no emotion and always say perverted things. And Sakura," he suddenly shivers, "She's an annoying little brat that always gets her way and her hair! I've never seen anyone with pink hair before!"

Sasuke laughed at the blond's enthusiasm. "Do you have any parents?" As soon as he said that, he wished he could stab himself and take it back as he watched Naruto's face sadden, which made the raven's heart grip in pain. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean any harm."

"It's ok, I know you didn't. It's just that… I don't really feel comfortable about talking about my parents," the blond explained, taking a small nibble of his rice. "But if you must know, they're dead. They were killed by Samurais who stole their sheep and money after they were murdered."

"I'm sorry."

"It's alright. It wasn't your fault; unless you were the one who killed them, I trust you."

Sasuke seemed surprised by the blond's words. Why would anyone trust another Samurai if they were the one's who destroyed your life. "Why? Why do you trust me? I'm a Samurai myself, or… used to be."

Naruto had placed his now empty bowl down and wiped his face with the sleeve of his robe. "Did you like being a Samurai?" The raven shook his head. "And you said that you were running away for a certain reason right?"

"Yeah."

"Then I trust you. I trust that you won't kill me in the night and go running off with my camel."

"But why? I don't understand. How could you not hate me when I myself used to be a something that killed your parents?" Sasuke asked hysterically, standing up now.

"I learned that you can't hold onto a grudge for too long or it might hurt you or the people around you some day. I've learned to let go and forget about the past. You should too," the replied calmly, smiling at him gently before looking up at the stars. "We should head for bed; we have a long day ahead of us."

=^-^=

Naruto was right; they did have a long day ahead of them. And it was hot.

Sasuke couldn't understand how the blond wasn't complaining about the heat, or even sweat for that matter. But all the blond had to do was take off his heavy robe and he was good to go. But the raven shouldn't complain, since he was the one riding the camel and Naruto was the one walking beside him.

Once in a while, the blond would ride with the raven, but other than that, he walked. And when the blond did complain about the heat and took off his shirt, Sasuke couldn't help but stare at Naruto's muscled back and chest. He certainly was tan; his ass must have been tanner than the raven's face. This made the raven blush.

Anyways, Naruto wasn't overly muscled though. He was just perfect, maybe a little girly in some ways.

Sasuke had taken his own black yuketa off and slowly felt himself begin to burn. But the cloth wrapped around his body for his wounds did some help in protecting his pale white skin from the sun's harmful rays. And when the blond had turned around to ask a question, he quickly turned back around, blushing.

The raven was so pale that Naruto almost wanted to say 'sheep wool' to him, but contained himself from saying anything stupid. But the raven was also muscled, more than the blond was. And his black hair glistened in the sun and looked beautiful against his pale skin. It went well with him.

But what Naruto didn't know was that this man was about to change his life forever.

=^-^=

(ok, I have to pretend this is a movie and put bloopers after each chapter. If you don't like it just tell me)

Bloopers!

"Ah! What a nice day for a stroll, don't ya think caramel?" Naruto asked his camel before he frowned. "Wait, I said that wrong didn't I?"

"It's Carmel, not Caramel."

"Oh right. Sorry I was thinking of Caramel at the time and it just sounds so much better than Carmel," the blond laughed nervously. "Now excuse me... while I... (coagh) get more acquainted with my script."

[beep]

"But why?" Sasuke asked, his lips twitching as he tried not to laugh. "Why can't I remember my lines?"

Naruto burst out laughing. "I don't know maybe you're having a brain poop."

[beep]

Sasuke watched as Naruto took off his shirt, noticing the tan skinned that laid underneath the clothing. "Damn, I wonder if your ass is tanner than my face."

The people in the studio laughed as the blond blushed.

[beep]

Sasuke squirmed as he took off his yuketa, not noticing that he was slipping slightly. When he barely had it over his head, he slipped completely off the camel, Naruto not noticing until everyone started laughing.

[beep]

"And Sakura," the blond shuddered, "she's just some brat who, who… get's me tongue twisted and wants me to shit my pants!"

[beep]

"I like ramen," Naruto said in a haunting voice, eyes wide like he was on crack and his mouth spread into a huge grin. "Do you like ramen?"

Sasuke just looked at him before nodding his head. "Weird…"

[beep]

"We should head for bed; we have a long day ahead of us," the blond said, getting ready for bed. Sasuke just sat there with his head down in his hands, making the blond frown. "Uh Sasuke?"

He poked the raven's shoulder, receiving a snore in return. Naruto rolls his eyes at the studio.

[beep]

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