This fic is dedicated to my close friend Andy. When he found he had feelings for another guy, let alone the fact that the guy he liked also happened to be his best mate, he had a hard time dealing with it. He knew I was pretty open-minded, so he found it easier to talk to me about it. They say love knows no gender! Oh…no, wait… or is that love knows no bounds?…erm, yeah…right anyway.
Naruto and Sasuke were on their way back from yet another mission together. Because he was, after finally killing his brother Itachi, the last heir of the sharigan Sasuke was easily forgiven for betraying the village. Also, the fact that Sasuke came back of his own free will probably helped his cause. Now Naruto and Sasuke were probably the most powerful Chunnin in the village. Tsunade had many missions she needed completing, many of the A rank. Naruto and Sasuke had become close friends; Naruto was the only one who could get any emotion from Sasuke. Recently however, Naruto had got so close to Sasuke he began feeling something that could only be described as more than friendship. He dismissed it anyway, but soon he began having thoughts about Sasuke that were starting to worry him. Naruto dismissed these as well, but then the dreams started. He blamed these abnormal feelings for Sasuke on hormones, but slowly he started to try and distance himself from the other boy. This wasn't easy however, because Sasuke was becoming suspicious of why Naruto was avoiding him, and they had a lot of missions together. Naruto had hardly said a word to Sasuke all throughout the mission and now he was worrying Sasuke. "Naruto, are you mad with me about something?" Sasuke asked the blonde. "N…no! Why would I be?" he nervously replied.
"Then why are you not talking to me?"
"Were talking now aren't we?" Naruto mumbled. Sasuke stopped walking and turned to look at Naruto. "What's wrong? You've been all jumpy and stuff recently."
"Teme, just leave it okay? Look, I'm going home." Naruto snapped. He stomped off, leaving a very confused Sasuke behind.
When Naruto reached his house he slammed the door quickly behind him and slumped to the floor. "Stupid teme. If he just left me alone…" a loud knock on the door told Naruto that he wasn't going to be alone just yet. He opened the door, saw that it was Sasuke, and closed it again in a swift motion.
Sasuke was surprised and he knocked on the door again. "What the hell, Naruto?" he shouted. Naruto closed his eyes and counted to ten. "I'm not home!" he shouted stupidly. "Yeah, nice try Naruto." Sasuke snapped back. "Let me in! Can't we talk?" Naruto knew Sasuke wasn't one for giving up so, he reluctantly opened the door. Sasuke pushed past him before he could change his mind. He walked into the kitchen and sat down at the table. Naruto followed and sat down too. "Right, what's going on with you?" Sasuke asked bluntly.
"I don't know what you mean, Sasuke" Sasuke jumped up and slammed his fist on the table angrily. "That's bullshit and you know it! You totally blank me on missions, try and avoid me and slam your door in my face! So lets try that again. What. Is. wrong." he hissed through gritted teeth. Naruto refused to look at Sasuke. Sasuke knelt in front of the chair Naruto was sitting on and looked up into he face. "I just want to help Naruto." He said quietly. Sasuke touched naruto's hand, trying to show his support. Naruto screeched, and jumped backwards causing the chair and its occupant to fall backwards onto the floor. Naruto scrambled backwards and fled upstairs locking himself in the bathroom. Naruto swallowed hard, trying not to throw up; how could he let Sasuke touch him not knowing how he feels? If Sasuke had any idea he would run out of here as fast as possible. Naruto turned and emptied his stomach into the toilet. He coughed and moved to rinse his mouth in the sink under the tap. A concerned voice rang through the door. "Naruto, are you okay in there?" Sasuke called.
"I-I'm…f-fine." Naruto croaked. "j-just g-go…home Sasuke…" Sasuke didn't move, he tried to open the door, but found it was locked. "J-just go!" Naruto shouted. Hearing the stressed tone of naruto's voice, Sasuke decided it would be best to leave. "Alright, but I'll be back tomorrow and get you for training." Sasuke said. Naruto heard the door slam and let out the breath he didn't even know he was holding in. 'I can't stay around Sasuke. I need to stop thinking about him' Naruto thought about the situation. He needed to leave kohona if he was to be able avoid Sasuke properly. 'I don't like guys, its just hormones. It's all Sasuke fault. Oh, who am I kidding? I really like Sasuke, but if anyone ever knew… I really gotta go; but where? Gaara! He always said I could go and stay with him anytime' Naruto needed no further encouragement. He unlocked the door, walked into his bedroom, and began throwing things in a bag. 'Should I leave Sasuke a note?' Naruto laughed coldly. "When he left for Orochimaru, he didn't leave me a note" Naruto said aloud in a bitter tone. He looked at his orange clothes. 'if anyone came looking for me I'm going to stick out like a sore thumb' he thought he rummaged through his closet and picked up a large bag that was concealed at the back of his cupboard.
X flashback X
Kakashi threw Naruto a bag. "Huh?"
"We have a mission the needs us to blend in, and we may need to track some ninja without being seen. Nothing personal, but orange really stands out. "Then… why?" Naruto asked, pulling out a bottle of hair dye. Kakashi shrugged his shoulders but a perverted glint in his eyes shouted a warning to Naruto he held out the bag for kakashi to take back. "Thanks, but I would rather stay orange and blonde." Naruto said in a cross tone. "You sure? There's some hot things in there; a great way to impress the ladies." Kakashi added. 'If you only knew, kakashi.' Naruto thought bitterly. Kakashi however refused to take the bag and when he got home, Naruto threw it in the back of his closet, without even looking at the rest of the contents, and never thought about it again.
X end flashback X
Naruto sighed he pulled out the hair dye. For some strange reason, he was nervous; he had never been anything but blonde. Naruto placed it to one side and emptied the contents onto his bed. "Whoa!" he pulled up a pair of black cargo pants and raised his eyebrow at the amount of chains that were hanging from them. He pulled of the orange pants and swapped them with the black ones. Then he noticed they were ripped in several places and they hung pretty low on his hips. "Geeze, what was kakashi thinking?" he shrugged, remembering it was the best he had right now. He pulled off his orange jacket and black shirt and replaced them with the black top from the bag. It was a lot tighter than his other one and it really showed off his toned chest. Naruto grabbed the hair dye and walked into the bathroom while reading the instructions. He pulled off his headband and pulled the shower down and leant over the bath.
'Ten easy minutes later'
Naruto dried his hair roughly. He closed his eyes and stood in front of the mirror. Gritting his teeth, he slowly opened one of his eyes and looked at his reflection. "Whoa!" he said again. It looked different not bad, just different. He threw the towel down and walked back into his bedroom. He rummaged in the bag pulling out the last two items. "Gah!" he dropped the thing he was holding. "Black leather? What does kakashi think I am?" he shouted crossly. He looked at the other jacket. It was just a plain black jacket. "This will have to do." He mumbled as he pulled it on. He walked back into the bathroom and looked at his kohona headband. He reached for it, but then changed his mind. He walked out without another glance back.