Hey everyone. This is my first chaptered Naruto story. It is also my first chaptered yaoi story. I've been totally obsessed with this fandom (NaruSasu) for over a year. After reading a ridiculous amount of awesome stories, I felt that it was time to try my hand at it. This story is a sequel of sort based on Lace and Strawberries by Asuka kureru. You have to go to adultfanfiction to find it. If you don't read it, you might be a little lost, but you should be able to catch on pretty quick. The premise of this story came from a killer RK story I read about 6 years ago called Prism. I thought it would work perfectly with the Saki-chan universe.

Warnings: M/M, NaruSasu, language, possible sex in future chapters, cross-dressing, slight ooc (but in character for the Saki-chan universe). If you are adverse to any of this, don't read it. You won't like it.

Disclaimer: I don't own any of this.

Note: Jinbutsu hanasu no jutsu roughly translates to personality splitting jutsu

Prologue

Shit

Naruto dodged as yet another kunai flew past his ear. He glanced back just in time to see Shikamaru deflect a flurry of shuriken with some of his own and make a hard left. Naruto continued forward, his feet barely making contact with the branches before he propelled himself off of them again.

Shit, shit, shit.

It was supposed to be a difficult mission. He knew that. Why else would Tsunade send four of her elite jounin to do something as seemingly simple as collecting a scroll? But the scroll was already in their possession, safely tucked away in Neji's thigh pouch. They had killed their pursuers two days earlier, and there hadn't been any indication that more were on their way. Naruto had already been basking in the satisfaction of a job well done and was in the middle of declaring it loudly to Sasuke with a mouth full of instant ramen when they were quite suddenly attacked. Thanks to Neji's quick assessment with Byakugan, they realized that they were surrounded by enemies. At least thirty men were coming at them from every side. Shikamaru quickly gave the order for his team to retreat by going up into the trees of the surrounding forest and back in the general direction of Konoha. Naruto was unnerved. He hadn't sensed the intruders at all. He let himself drop to a lower branch and heard the distinct sound of five more projectiles landing in the place he had just been. His eyes narrowed as he let his senses move outward in hopes of finding out exactly where his pursuers were. He felt a small spark to the left that he recognized as Shikamaru. Farther to the right and up some was the clean crispness of Neji's chakra. Behind him by about fifty feet was the dark feeling that must have been Sasuke.

Why can't I sense them?

He blocked a kick aimed at his head with the back of his hand before twisting sideways and delivering a solid kick of his own to his attacker's side, sending the man hurtling through the trees. Another took the man's place with a kunai drawn and ready to slice into Naruto. A substitution left the man with nothing more than a block of wood. The blond jounin was rapidly coming to the conclusion that the men after them were not ninja. They fought with ninja weapons and something almost comparable to ninja speed, but there was something else extremely wrong about them. There had been two men right next to him, but he wouldn't have known it if he hadn't seen them. Naruto allowed the fox demon chakra he controlled to flow into his other senses. The forest instantly became louder, the sounds of feet bounding off of branches and weapons whipping through the air pounding in his ears. The haze of twilight became brighter, illuminating the leaves around him. He sniffed the air lightly, and almost fell off of the branch he had just alighted on.

I have to tell the others!

Following the strong feel of Neji's chakra, he quickly caught up to the dark haired man, taking out 3 more enemies on his way. With his heightened senses, he was easily able to confirm his suspicions as his fists connected with his foes.

"They're dead!" he called frantically to Neji.

"What?" White eyes were on him while he simultaneously threw some shuriken to the right through the trees, presumably to dispatch yet another of their attackers.

"They're dead," Naruto repeated, "I can smell death everywhere. It must be some kind of jutsu or something." Neji nodded firmly, and Naruto suddenly felt very stupid. Neji had probably known that they were dead from the beginning since he was able to see chakra channels.

He could have told me, he thought with a small inward pout.

"We must reach the person controlling them before Sasuke does. This way, about 30 meters ahead." Naruto started at that. Sasuke would be able to help them. He was their teammate. He had betrayed the village when he was only thirteen, but that was a long time ago. He had been a loyal Konoha ninja for years. What could Neji possibly be thinking? Before he could ask, they came upon a clearing, and Naruto found out for himself. Standing in the middle was the man Naruto hated most in the world. It was his fault that the blond had to suffer through the trauma of his best friend leaving him and the long hunt to get him back. It was his fault that his most precious person hid all of his emotions deep under his hard shell, and would only let Naruto love him when he was covered in lace skirts and striped stockings and pretending to be someone else.

"Itachi," he hissed, voice clearly conveying just how much he loathed the older man. In the blink of an eye, Itachi was in front of Neji.

Naruto was momentarily stunned as he watched Neji crumple to the ground in a heap from the lighting fast blow that was delivered to his neck.

I'll be fine, he assured himself. Just don't look into his eyes. No one has more experience fighting a Sharingan wielder than me.

The blond took a deep breath as he prepared to charge the elder Uchiha, eyes firmly on the man's feet. Abruptly, he felt all of his muscles stop responding to him. It felt very much like Shikamaru's Kagemane jutsu, and his eyes darted around, hoping desperately that it was.

"Did you forget that the Akatsuki travels in pairs?" asked a high shrill voice that very obviously came from the red haired woman standing on the opposite end of the clearing. Desperation set in as Naruto tried everything he could think of to break the hold she had over him. Unable to even budge, he was could only look toward the left when he heard the inhuman roar that accompanied Sasuke's arrival on the scene. Naruto silently begged whatever higher power there was to free him, to give him this one thing in return for all crap he had been through. Sasuke might have been able to take out Itachi if he only had him as an opponent, but with two against him and his only available help bound or passed out, he barely stood a chance even being as powerful as he was.

"I'll kill you!"

"Ren! Now!" Naruto watched in horror as the woman binding him started performing a long series of seals that would implement whatever plan they had formed. Time seemed to slow down as Naruto saw the momentary indecision in Sasuke's eyes before he began to run toward Naruto.

"Jinbutsu hanasu no jutsu!" There were arms around him; then, a bright white light encompassed everything. The binding jutsu was unexpectedly released, and Naruto stumbled backwards, catching himself before he fell. Smoke filled the small clearing.

"Smoke bombs?" he questioned aloud.

"That's what it looks like." Naruto whipped around to see Shikamaru leaning against a nearby tree. He turned back around just as quickly when his brain reminded him that Sasuke had just saved him again. He knelt beside the unconscious form of his best friend and tried to shake him awake.

"Wake up, teme! What the fuck did you do that for? Wake up so I can kick your ass! You bastard, you didn't have to save me!"

"That's not normal," he heard Shikamaru remark from behind him.

"What's not?" He looked in the direction Shikamaru was pointing. Through the clearing smoke, they could see two more bodies lying on the ground, one significantly smaller than the other. Both were sporting the signature black crested hairdo of the youngest Uchiha as well as his remarkably pale skin.

"What the fuck?" Naruto shouted. He looked down as he felt the body beneath him stir.

"What the hell is going on, teme?"

"Naruto-kun?" The blond felt his heart plummet to his feet. That was not Sasuke's voice.

"Saki-chan?"

A/N: Well, there's the beginning. I've already outlined the whole story, and have written the next four chapters, so hopefully I will update soon. Let me know if you like it!