Twisted

Author's Note: This is a YAOI story. That means there will be at least one male x male romance. Possibly more. This will also be an AU where the Uchiha Massacre never happened and Naruto will hopefully be much darker than usual. If any of that bothers you, you might want to turn back now. For those of you still here, I hope you enjoy this story and reviews are always appreciated.

Dedication: This story is dedicated to Emirri and all those readers out there who requested a dark Naruto x Sasuke story.

Disclaimer: I own nothing and make no profit off of any of my stories.

Chapter 1

Twisted. That's what had happened for his feelings for a certain Leaf Ninja who was currently walking towards the Uchiha District. They had become twisted.

"How did your training with Shisui go?" He wasn't alone for long though.

Sasuke almost never was. He was an Uchiha. Which was equal parts fascinating and frustrating. Fascinating because his family almost operated like their own village within the Leaf and frustrating because the object of his affections was almost never alone.

The newly minted police officer smiles at Itachi. "It went." He then shrugs at the question. "It was a bit annoying that Shisui felt it was necessary to remind me that I'm not getting any special treatment because our parents are the Head of the Clan though."

"Well it is an important lesson." Itachi smiles at Sasuke. "I know that it's always been your dream to be on the Force. Just it was mine to teach at the Academy." He pokes the younger man's forehead affectionately. "You'll move up in ranks eventually."

It was an Itachi thing. Naruto still didn't why the elder Uchiha Brother was so obsessed with Sasuke's forehead. Then again, he couldn't judge. He'd love to touch Sasuke all day, if he could. Just in a very different way than the Uchiha's brother did.

"I know." Sasuke stretches out lazily while throwing a casual glance over his shoulder. "We should head home. I think another boar has been eating our crops." Had the other ninja seen him? "I saw some tracks the other day."

Itachi nods in agreement as the two brothers walk off together. Once they were in the Uchiha District, Naruto knew that he couldn't really follow. Uchihas didn't have nearly 360 degree vision like the Byakugan, but there were a lot of them. So many in fact, that they might as well have been Hyugas themselves.

"I'll just have to wait till later to talk to him." Naruto sighs as he watches them leave.

He was on top of a roof. Trying to stay out of sight. The blonde was almost certain that Sasuke had known he was there though. They had been teammates for years and before that, they went to the Academy together. Sasuke should known his chakra signature like the back of his hand.

"Why is everyone afraid of you?" Sasuke walked over to him.

They were only about five or six. Naruto couldn't remember which, but he remembered him. Remembered Sasuke walking towards him and not trying to hit him with his fist.

The blonde looked up at him from his position on the swing. "I don't know." He had never known.

Everyone hated him for some reason. They were either terrified of him or disgusted by him. He didn't know why, but Naruto was always alone.

"You don't look scary to me." Sasuke shook his head as he idly pushed his swing. "Maybe, we can help each other though. You don't have to be alone and I don't have to deal with their giggling."

Naruto blinked at that and then smiled. "Yeah." Why Sasuke didn't like having the girls in their class like him, Naruto hadn't understood at the time. It didn't matter. "That sounds cool." All that mattered was that he had made his first friend.

A fact which hadn't gone unnoticed by their classmates. The whispers started immediately, but Sasuke didn't seem to notice. That or maybe, he just didn't care.

The two of them just spent the rest of the recess playing on the swings together. When the time came for lunch, the bastard stole his tomatoes. That was fine though. Naruto didn't really care about them too much anyway.

"Fine, you took my tomatoes, but I'm going to take your Ramen." He snatched it and Sasuke just shrugged.

"Go ahead." That was the first time someone gave him food voluntarily and it was also the reason why he grew to love Ramen. "They're just noodles. Tomatoes are better anyway." Sasuke might not have known it at the time, but those noodles became very symbolic for Naruto. They were a symbol of their friendship.

"To this day, I still don't understand his tomato fetish." Naruto shakes his head in amusement.

Oh well. He didn't have to understand why Sasuke liked them. Just that he did. So that's why he heads to one of the booths and buys a bag of them.

"Keep the change." Naruto hands the man money.

Where was he? Yeah. It had all started off innocent and had largely stayed that way until the fight with Haku. That's when the blonde first realized that something about his feelings for his friend were well off.

Naruto didn't have time to ponder this for very long because he was pulled away from the booth by a powerful hand. "Hey, Kid." Jiraiya was here. That was unexpected. "Long time no see."

Actually, having the Pervy Sage as a mentor probably had something to do with his own deviancy. It wasn't that being attracted to men made Naruto a deviant. It was more so the intensity of his obsession with Sasuke that made him, well not normal.

"Yeah." He grins at him. "Haven't seen you in a couple months. What brought you back to the Leaf?"

"Well it's a long story." Jirayia leads Naruto out of the Market District and away from Sasuke. "How about we talk about it over drinks in my hotel room?"

He knew. Naruto wasn't sure how or when the pervert had figured it out. Just that he had.

"Alright." There was no getting around it. "I guess it can't hurt for a bit, but I don't want these tomatoes to go bad." That would kinda ruin the whole point of getting them for Sasuke in the first place.

Jiraiya shakes his head and chuckles. "Don't worry." He smiles at the other ninja. "I won't allow your tomatoes to go bad." Naruto wasn't so sure about that as he and the Pervy Sage made their way back to his hotel room.

For whatever reason, Naruto was definitely not getting the impression that his Sensei approved of his obsession. He should have been happy though.

Jiraiya had always warned him that drinking, gambling, and women could be the downfall of even the most powerful ninjas. Naruto didn't really drink or gamble and he wasn't in love with a woman. So really, he didn't have to worry about any of those bringing him down.

In a twisted way, Naruto had become an excellent student…

It didn't take them long to deal with the boar. "Your archery has improved by leaps and bounds." Itachi chuckles as Sasuke's arrows bring the boar to the ground.

They were sitting on a rooftop by a field. "I learned from the best." The very same field that the animal had been enjoying an all you can eat buffet in.

Not that Sasuke blamed the beast for doing so. He probably would have done the same, if he was a boar. Still, it was too dangerous to have an animal like that wandering about. Not to mention, he was eating their food.

"You've always had far too much faith in me." Itachi shakes his head in amusement as he glances at Sasuke. "Though Naruto seems to have even more faith in you."

Itachi had noticed then. Why the younger brother was surprised, he didn't know. There was a reason why the other Uchiha had been made an ANBU Captain at 13 and was already an Academy instructor when he was barely in his twenties.

Sasuke dangles his feet over the rooftop and tries not to fidget under his brother's knowing gaze. "Probably because we were teammates." The two of them had grown up together. Both at the Academy and on Team Seven.

He knew that he wasn't lying about that much, but Sasuke recognized a lie by omission as well. It was more than that. Unspoken, but still there.

"You wouldn't be the first person to fall for your teammate." Itachi jumps off the building, once it was clear the boar was dead. "You'd hardly be the last either. The fact that he is a man doesn't make any difference to me and I doubt it would to mother or father."

Maybe. Sasuke still didn't really understand what the feelings were he had for Naruto. They were deeper than friendship, but were they really romantic or had he just misread the fond feelings of camaraderie for something that wasn't there?

Sasuke follows his brother onto the ground. "Maybe, but he's different than before." He hesitated to say it because that was his comrade, but it was true.

Naruto had left for three years to train with Jiraiya and when he came back, Sasuke scarcely recognized him. Oh sure, he got bigger. That was only to be expected because he'd gotten older. He'd certainly gotten stronger, but yeah that was due to training. It was something else that troubled Sasuke though.

Something that he could barley articulate and even when he figured it out, he dared not breathe it out loud. Itachi must have noticed though and that could only mean one thing. Sasuke hadn't imagined it.

"You mean the fact that he stalks you as if you're his prey?" Itachi quirks an eyebrow at him. "He's gotten much better at stealth while he was away, but Naruto isn't better than me. I know that he follows you."

Yeah. The blonde followed him. The only question really was why. If he just wanted to talk, train, or hangout, wouldn't it be easier just to say that? Apparently, not.

"Do you think he just doesn't want to talk to me in front of our family?" Sasuke tilts his head. "Maybe, he just feels uncomfortable."

It would be a rather intimidating task for anyone. Walking into the Uchiha District alone. Being outnumbered and an outsider to that extent would be enough to rattle most.

If that was the case, Sasuke could always meet Naruto somewhere else. Maybe, at the Ramen Shop. The other ninja did have a major obsession for noodles. It had been that way ever since the Academy, actually.

"I think that probably plays a part in it." Itachi slings his arm around Sasuke's shoulders as he guides him back to their house. "I don't think that's all of it though. I imagine his reputation is part of it."

That last part prompts Sasuke to roll his eyes. "They hate him and they're scared of him, but they damn sure don't mind using the power of the Nine Tails when it suits their purposes."

"Yes, Sasuke." Itachi chuckles in amusement. "It seems that you've already learned a very valuable lesson. People are often blind to their own hypocrisy." Damn right. "They'll see in time that Naruto is a true ninja of the Hidden Leaf. Just as our family is and always will be, a part of this village."

Jiraiya shakes his head as he leads the kid into his hotel room. "If you're hungry or thirsty, feel free to take whatever you like." It was probably a good idea to make the kid feel at home before they jumped into the hard stuff.

"Thanks, Pervy Sage." Naruto crosses his arms as he leans against the door. "We both know that isn't why you wanted to talk to me though." A sure sign that he was ready to bolt at a moment's notice.

Was this really Minato's son? Sure, Naruto looked like him. That blonde hair and those blue eyes, but he was a completely different person. Shaped by his circumstances, no doubt.

"I'd be lying, if I said that I wasn't worried." He pours himself some tea. "I've seen the way that you look at him and it's healthy to have romantic feelings for others at your age." Jiraiya definitely needed to be sober for this conversation. "I do wonder about Kurama's influence on you though."

Naruto's eyebrow raises up so high that Jiraiya was kinda impressed. "I don't like Sasuke because Kurama told me to like him." Probably not. "If anything, Kurama is wary of the Uchihas. Apparently, Madara was a jerk to him or something."

That wasn't exactly what Jiraiya meant though. He'd have to elaborate. Clearly, he hadn't been doing a good job up until this point.

"What I mean is that it's natural for animals or demons to try to seek out a strong mate." Sasuke certainly qualified as that. "He's a prodigy." One who was often overshadowed when Shisui and Itachi were brought into the conversation, but Jiraiya figured that was more to do with age than anything else.

Naruto shakes his head. "I like that he's strong, but that's not the only reason why I want to…" There was a pause. "be with him." Likely because the blonde didn't want to go into detail about what he wanted to do with the other ninja. Jiraiya could fill in the blanks easily enough though.

"Good." Jiraiya takes another gulp of his tea before setting it down and giving Naruto a hard look. "Whatever your reasons are, there is a chance that Sasuke might not be interested." He might not have those sorts of feelings towards other men or perhaps, not towards Naruto specifically. "I want to know you're not going to whack a hornets' nest, if he says no."

The hornets' nest was clearly the Uchiha District in this case. Naruto was powerful. Almost disturbingly so, but that was one fight that wouldn't end well for anyone involved. This was especially the case, if the blonde decided to ask for some 'help' from the Nine Tails.

"I don't think that he'll say no." Naruto pours himself a glass of water in an effort to give him an excuse to think about his answers. "If he does, a no isn't necessarily forever. It might just take him awhile to you know, realize it's an option."

Jiraiya tries his best not to roll his eyes. "Naruto, I doubt Sasuke is that naïve." Odds were that the young Uchiha knew that it was possible for two people of the same gender to be together. "He knows it's an option."

"Good." Naruto smiles like a cat that thought it was closing in on a canary. "If that's the case, that will make this all much easier." Oh boy. This might not end well.

A couple hours later, Sasuke finishes eating with his family and decides to get some solo training in. Itachi had to prepare his lesson plan for the next day and Shisui was still off doing police work.

"Alright." Mikoto smiles at him. "Stay safe and don't overdo it."

That meant his favorite Uchiha training partners were gone. There was always the option of asking his parents to train with him though. Sadly, that would have mixed results. It always did.

His mother would train with him, if he asked. Unfortunately, she was more of a Genjutsu User and he preferred Ninjutsu and Taijutsu. So that made training with her a bit difficult.

Sasuke laughs as he embraces her lightly. "You always say that and every time, I'm fine." Mostly. Sometimes he came back half exhausted and pretty roughed up. That was just part of being a ninja though.

Now, where was he? Oh yeah. His father. Fugaku Uchiha was almost always busy. So asking the Uchiha Patriarch to train with him was a futile endeavor most of the time. Not that Sasuke blamed him. Running a Clan and a Police Force couldn't be easy.

"Of course, I always say that." Her eyes shimmer with undisguised mirth. "I'm your mother. It's my job to worry about you."

Fugaku shakes his head in amusement as he looks through some mission reports. "The boy will be fine." Well that was probably the closest he got to giving compliments. "He's a Jonin now, Mikoto." Yeah. That was true.

She sighs and crosses her arms. "I know that, but it looks like your father and I will be commencing our own training while you're away." Sasuke shoots her a confused look as Mikoto throws a few shuriken at her husband. "Evasive training."

"What was that for?!" Fugaku almost falls out of his chair as he ducks, but manages to recover quickly.

His mother only laughs softly. "A ninja must always expect the unexpected." Right. Sasuke nods in agreement. His parents had the weirdest version of foreplay ever.

"I'm gonna go now. Have fun." Really, really weird, Sasuke decides as he flits off towards one of the private training grounds.

It was on the edge of the District. Far enough away that it wouldn't cause an issue, if someone decided to indulge in some really intensive training.

He had only started throwing a few punches at a training post when someone catches his hand. "Naruto?" A very familiar someone.

"Yeah." He grins at him. "Been awhile. So I thought that I'd stop by to see if you wanted a training partner."

Well. He could use one. Still, Sasuke wasn't really sure how the rest of his Clan would react to someone 'sneaking' around their private training grounds.

"Alright." He wasn't going to send Naruto away though. "Just go easy. Nothing flashy." Not that he was scared of flashy. "I told them that I was doing solo training, so if we make too much of a fuss, they'll know."

Why did Naruto remind Sasuke of a fox in the henhouse at the moment? "That's fine. We can just Taijutsu it." Oh well. It didn't matter.

He'd get stronger faster, when he was training with a partner anyway. Sasuke had missed Naruto. So this was a good way to reconnect with his old teammate. He'd just have to take his chances.

"Sounds good." Sasuke gets into position. "What's that you have in your hand?" Naruto was definitely carrying something.

His friend practically smirks. "Figures, that you'd sniff out the tomatoes fast." Tomatoes? Naruto had brought him tomatoes?

The blonde hands him the bag. Indeed. They were tomatoes. Big ones. Those must have just been picked or something.

"I know you probably ate, but you can always have these later." He smiles at him.

Sasuke smiles as he takes them. "I always have room for tomatoes and I always have time to kick your ass." A little thing like dinner and training ground restrictions wasn't going to get in

"Pft." Naruto was now beaming from ear to ear. "Dream on, Bastard. As if you could ever kick my ass."

Sasuke raises an eyebrow at that. "Is that why you graduated dead last?" Naruto glares at him for that comment. "Because you can kick my ass?"

He knew that was a bit of a low blow. Still, it was far too much fun to goad the blonde. He couldn't resist.

"That was a long time ago, Bastard." Naruto charges at him. "You know that I was a late bloomer is all."

Fuck. Maybe, he shouldn't have taunted the other ninja so much. Naruto had gotten a lot faster. Sasuke barely manages to dodge and push the other man into a tree.

His back was towards him and Sasuke smirks. "You're faster, but I still don't think you're going to be beating me anytime soon."

That's when Naruto disappears with a poof. "Damn it." it had been a shadow clone.

Sasuke was about to rear around and prepare for the inevitable attack when the blonde slams him into the ground. "You know, I'm glad that you got into the Military Police Force." He didn't see what that had to do with anything.

"Thanks, but flattery won't save you." Sasuke squirms underneath him. "I'll get out of this hold." Damn. When did Naruto get these biceps? Probably sometime on this journey with the Toad Sage, Sasuke decides. Those definitely had not been there before Naruto left to train with the Leaf's most famous pervert.

"It's not flattery." Naruto laughs as he licks the shell of his ear. "It's the truth. You look really hot in your police uniform." Wait. What?

He hadn't imagined that. Sasuke knew that he hadn't. He could still feel where the blonde licked his ear and he was going to say something to that comment, when Sasuke felt it. A chakra signature coming towards him.

"Enjoy the tomatoes." Naruto gets off him. "I kinda gotta go. Your cousin is coming and you know how your family is." Before Sasuke could say anything else, Naruto Flickers off.

Which was rather ironic. The Body Flicker was the technique that his older cousin was most famous for using. Shisui of the Body Flicker. That's what they called him.

"Sasuke, are you alright?" He looks at him in concern. "I heard some loud noises coming from the training grounds and decided to investigate."

It was a miracle, but Sasuke manages to stand on his feet despite the fact his legs felt like jello. "Yeah." He forces himself to smile at his cousin. "I'm fine. I was just training on my own and tripped over a root."

It was a lame excuse, but it was the best that he could come up on short notice. It was also hard to think straight when your heart was pounding so fast that it felt like it was going to jump out of your chest. Naruto had licked his ear and said he looked hot in his uniform. Had that really just happened?

"Right." Sasuke wasn't sure if Shisui bought it, but it didn't seem like he was going to press. "Well try to be more careful." He smiles at him. "We wouldn't want to lose our most promising, newest recruit to a root."

True. That would be utterly humiliating. Though less humiliating than what Shisui would say, if he had stumbled on him and Naruto even a few seconds earlier. Thank goodness for the Body Flicker Technique.