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"We failed Sakura, there is no bright side to this," Naruto retorted sourly. His bright blue eyes narrowed in anger as he paced the length of the hotel room. "We failed our mission and don't even have a fucking clue as to where Orochimaru's hideout is!"

"Naruto calm down, I'm sure there's a way we can find some more information." Sakura replied. She watched Naruto pace while sitting in a white bathrobe. Her ninja uniform hanging in the only bathroom in their shared hotel room, drying after Sakura had washed the blood out of it.

"Information isn't going to bring Sasuke back!" Naruto yelled. He grabbed his damp jacket from the floor and stormed out of the room.

"Naruto!" Sakura yelled. She stood up and ran after him, down the hallways and outside behind the hotel. Naruto pulled on his black and orange jacket, angrily zipped it up, pulled on his shoes and ran into the forest. He was too angry to care if Sakura followed him. "Naruto please come back, we'll find a way!" Sakura called out as Naruto disappeared into the forest as the sunlight faded into the darkness of the night. "Naruto!" Sakura called out again. Trying to put on her shoes while running she fumbled, tripping on her own two feet.

"Sakura, let him go. He just needs some time alone to cool off, he'll come back when he's ready." Kakashi-sensei's voice barely reached Naruto's ears as he ran deeper into the forest, farther away from the hotel.

Naruto ran deep into the forest with no particular direction in his mind, he was just to overwhelmed with emotions. He had wanted so badly to find Sasuke and bring him back home. Though he wouldn't admit it to anyone, he was in love with Sasuke. Ever since that first day as team seven, Naruto had considered Sasuke more than just a friend, they were rivals but he thought they were even more than that. At first, he thought of him as a brother but after their mission in the Land of Waves, Naruto realized that his feelings ran even deeper than he had previously thought.

When Naruto faced Sasuke at the Valley of the End, that was when he finally realized that he had fallen for Sasuke. He had fallen hard. Naruto didn't know what to think, was it okay for him to love Sasuke? Was it okay to even think about him that way. Confused, Naruto had gone to Iruka for advice; to his surprise he had found Kakashi-sensei and Iruka having sex in Iruka's apartment on Iruka's couch. Much to Iruka's embarrassment, Naruto no longer questioned whether it was right or not to love Sasuke.

After three years of determined training, he had finally had a chance to save Sasuke, to bring him back. He had failed; Sasuke had gotten away, Naruto had been to overcome with emotions and Sasuke was gone before Naruto could rein in his emotions to do something useful. It was entirely his fault, he couldn't keep his promise and he couldn't save his friend, his brother, his…

Before Naruto knew it, he was crying. He stopped running and wiped away his tears. Looking around only to find that he was lost, surrounded by trees. The sun had already set, leaving him in darkness with the forest overshadowing him. Frustrated at himself for getting so caught up in his contemplations that he didn't pay attention to his surroundings, he slammed his fist against a tree.

He looked around and saw a stump as long as an elephant in diameter in the shadowy light of the full moon that rose silently in the sky. He pulled out a kunai from a pocket of his jacket and attacked the large piece of wood, too emotionally overwhelmed to care if he got splinter stuck in his hands or broke the tip of his weapon. When he did break his kunai, he continued beating the wood, punching and kicking. When his knuckles bled and healed he created bunshins and rasengan'd the hell out of the stump, smashing it to pieces.

When his chakra reserves finally gave out, he leaned against a tree that managed to stay out of Naruto's anger filled path. He was breathing heavily and feeling rather emotionally relieved. Beating things always made him feel better. As Naruto relished the feeling of being completely exhausted, he didn't notice that a figure stood in the tree above him, silently watching every single move the blonde made.

The figure jumped down from it's perch in the tree and without a sound, he landed just out of Naruto's vision. His dark, black eyes watching Naruto intently; waiting for him to turn around and notice his presence. Naruto didn't realize that there was someone behind him until he got up, intent on trying to find his way back to the hotel. Naruto looked around and saw the figure, the moon giving off enough light for Naruto to see who it was that stood before him.

"Sas-"Naruto started but Sasuke didn't let him finish, his eyes starting to bleed red as his sharingan activated. Before Naruto realized what was going on, he was no longer in the forest. Instead, he was in a large room, almost like a warehouse, its ceiling lights illuminating the place in a bright crimson. The shadows in the corners so deep a black that the crimson light could not penetrate its depth. From a shadowed corner, Sasuke emerged. His clothes the same as Naruto remembered from the forest, his pale face drowned in a red light. In his hand, Naruto could see the reddened glint of a knife. Sasuke let a hint of a smirk show on his face as he came closer to Naruto. No words were exchange, Sasuke just held up the knife, brought it to Naruto's right arm and dug into it. At first, Naruto only winced but as Sasuke continued to work on Naruto's arm, he couldn't help but grit his teeth and try to stop a grunt from erupting from his mouth.

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"You know Naruto," Sasuke's firm voice was quiet almost soft but it chilled Naruto to his very soul, it caused shivers to run up and down his spine. "I was going to force you," He could feel Sasuke's hot breathe against his ear. Naruto gasped, his muscles forgetting they were to be still, they flexed under his skin impatiently, adrenaline and nervousness running through his veins. "But now it looks like I don't have too." Naruto could feel Sasuke's smirk against his cheek. A hand grabbed his chin, one of the fingers was wet and sticky. The hand forcefully turned Naruto's head to look up. Naruto couldn't help but look into Sasuke's eyes, those large, black eyes staring back, completely empty of emotion.

Sasuke leaned down farther, so close that their lips were almost touching. He stared into Naruto's eyes for several as if he suddenly made up his mind, thrust his lips upon Naruto's. The kiss lasted for half an eternity or so it seemed to Naruto. When Sasuke pulled away he was no longer in the warehouse but instead back in the forest, no time had passed at all. Naruto felt drained not just physically anymore but mentally as well, he had no energy to fight let alone talk or think.

"-uke." Naruto became dazed, eyes lolling to the back of his head as he swayed back and forth. The blonde fell forward, no longer conscious. Before Naruto could land face first on the hard, cold ground, Sasuke was in front of him. He caught the unconscious ninja with a small, almost invisible to the naked eye, smile on his lips.

"Che," Sasuke murmured. "Too easy." With Naruto slung over his back, he disappeared into the dark shadowy depths of the forest. Only a mess of destroyed wood from the stump was left to claim witness for what had transpired there.

His arms were aching, the stinging pain now dulled and spread throughout his arms. That was the first thing Naruto felt when waking up, the second thing was that he was blindfolded. Confused, he tried to remove the blindfold only to find that his hands were bound together above his head, the back of his hands touching. Whoever had tied his hands knew he was a ninja and took measures to make sure he would not get away easily. His fingers brushed against something soft and smooth, Naruto's brows furrowed as he tried to imagine what it was and could only think of silk.

The sound of a shower being turned on grabbed Naruto's attention, he strained to hear more but there was nothing, only the sound of the water rushing out of its spout. Nervously, Naruto stretched and found more things that confused him; he tried to move his feet and found them to be separated and bound as well. By now Naruto had realized several more things, one, he was lying on a bed with silk sheets, two, he was not only bound and blindfolded but three, he was also very very naked.

"What the fuck?!" He screamed out. Pulling against his restraints in an attempt to break them. The fact that he was naked only worried him more, what kind of perverted enemy would want him naked and tied down to a bed? The sound of the shower stopped, followed by the sound of a door opening.

Realizing his mistake, Naruto struggled harder against his binds. He tried releasing chakra to destroy the binds but it just absorbed whatever amount of chakra he put into it. Frustrated, Naruto struggled even harder but to no avail. The sound of the footsteps only caused Naruto to curse again, quite colorfully. "Fucking god dammit, of all the fucking shit that could fucking happen, it fucking has to fucking be this?!"

"Naruto." A disembodied voice murmured. Naruto became still, his lips stopped working when he recognized the voice that had said his name. He had done this before, he thought. Not exactly the same, but this had happened before. Then a memory found its way to his consciousness, he had been in the forest, he had used up all his chakra. Sasuke had shown up and the last thing he remembered seeing was his sharingan had activated.

The memory caused his cheeks to flush bright red; he could feel them burning heatedly. The Teme had caught him! It should have been the other way around! Now! Now he was naked! Could it get anymore embarrassing? At first, Naruto was too stunned to say anything, and then just let the name pop out of his mouth. "Sasuke." The pregnant silence that followed made Naruto more certain that it was Sasuke that had spoken. "Sasuke, what are you doing?" Naruto asked. His heart pounding in his chest, blood and adrenaline racing through his veins. The problem was, there was silence in response to Naruto's question. He tried to take deep breathes but his throat was closing up and he was gasping for air.

"What's wrong Naruto? Something the matter?" Sasuke's voice had an edge of lightness to it. Naruto realized that he had started crying, the tears rolled down his cheeks with no effort to force them. His gasps were ragged an sobs tried to rise out of Naruto's throat but he swallowed them, trying to keep what little hope he still had left alive.

"Why Sasuke?" Naruto choked out. "Why are you doing this to me? Why aren't you trying to sever the bond we have? Why haven't you killed me?" Naruto burst out, his sobs escaping from this throat. "Why won't you come back to Konoha Sasuke?" He asked. Sobs were coming out more freely, more distinct as the tears ran down his cheeks.

There was no reply again, the only sound in the room the sobs and short gasps of Naruto crying. A pair of lips descended onto Naruto's out of nowhere, stopping the sobs and gasps. At first, Naruto was too stunned at first to respond at all, then, when he realized that he was being kissed he started to kiss back. When Naruto just started to respond to the tongue invading his mouth, his tongue retreated and he bit down hard on Sasuke's. It left his mouth, leaving the of blood from the interaction behind. There was no yelling, no reaction at all; Naruto had been expecting at least some sort of reaction. A yell or a punch to the face, anything, but there was only silence.

Naruto turned his head and spat out the blood, hating the coppery taste of it in his mouth; he pulled at his restraints, grunting when they refused to give. "Tell me why Sasuke! Why did you kiss me just now? Why are you doing this?!" Naruto yelled. His hands were straining against their binds but they would not give.

The blindfold was taken off before Naruto could understand what was happening; he blinked wearily trying adjusting to the light quickly. He looked up to see Sasuke standing upside down over him, his feet attached to a low canopy top over the bed Naruto was on. Naruto looked up at Sasuke's face, he wasn't smirking, a small trace of blood on the side of Sasuke's lip. Sasuke had set an unemotional mask in place; Naruto couldn't help but stare into Sasuke's eyes and ask just one more question. "Do you love me?" He lifted his head trying to see any sort of reaction on the Uchiha's face.

Sasuke didn't reply, he kept staring at him, eye to eye, the mask still in place. A sense of déjà vu washed over Naruto as the Uchiha stared down at him and then Sasuke let himself fall onto the bed on his hands and knees over Naruto. His face was so close to Naruto's that he could just reach out and touch his lips. Sasuke's hands reached up to Naruto's hair and forced his lips on Naruto's once more.

"Oh fuck." Was all Naruto managed to get out as Sasuke kissed him. Then suddenly, he pulled away and when Naruto looked up there was a full blown smirk on the dark haired male's face.

"I thought you would never ask." Sasuke said Naruto looked up thoroughly confused.

"Wha?" Was all Naruto could say.