Hey everybody! This is my first SasuNaru fic, and I'm SOOOO psyched to be posting something on here since I haven't done so in a long, long time. Please R&R! Thanks!

Summary: Naruto's been having weird dreams lately. Will he be able to figure out why he's having these dreams? And what's this new jutsu Sasuke's been talking about? SasuNaru Shounen Ai!! Enjoy!

Dreams of Sasuke

By YinGYang1

"Dobe…"

I looked around me, but everything was pitch black. I couldn't see anything.

"Dobe…" the voice spoke again. I'm sure it's that jerk Sasuke, but I can't see and his voice sounds a little weird.

"Dobe…"

"WHAT!?" I finally said, getting frustrated.

"Where are you, dobe?" the invisible Sasuke said. He actually sounded really funny, like the usual sarcasm and insult in his voice were gone.

"I don't know, everything's pitch black. And stop calling me names! It's annoying!" I said, crossing my arms over my chest.

"Gomen ne, Naruto…I never thought it bothered you," said the voice. Had I been walking, I surely would have tripped and fallen because that was definitely NOT the Sasuke I knew. The Sasuke I knew would never in his right mind apologize. He's too proud for that sort of thing.

Regaining my composure, I responded, " Well, duh it bothers me. Why wouldn't it?"

"Gomen ne…"

This was just too weird. No way would he ever apologize! And twice, no less! Finally, I decided to find this "Sasuke" and figure out what's going on.

"Whatever. Where the hell are you anyway?" I asked.

"Close your eyes, Naruto," the voice said. My brow furrowed.

"Why?" I asked.

"Just do it. Don't open them until I tell you to," he said. Did I mention that this whole thing is REALLY WEIRD?

I sighed and closed my eyes. After a moment, I felt a soft, almost unnoticeable breeze brush past me and next thing I know I feel fingertips on my cheek. "Open your eyes," I hear the voice whisper in my ear. I do so, only to come face to face with a very odd sight. Sasuke's SMILING. Not his usual smirk, mind you. No, he's smiling a genuine SMILE. His face is right in front of mine, so close I could almost kiss him. But the moment I open my eyes, I'm immobilized and my voice for some reason isn't working. I can't say or do anything.

I watch as my "rival" leans in closer and brushes his lips against mine. My eyes widen, but like I said, I am helpless to say or do anything. "Naruto…" he says, pulling back only slightly before kissing me again. I want to scream, but I can't, but I try anyway. Finally, my voice decides to work again and I hear myself scream as loud as I possibly can….

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

I bolted upright in my sleeping bag. Having caught my breath after letting out that scream, I look up at Kakashi and Sakura, who are both looking at me as though I had just grown two heads. "Um, Naruto, are you okay?" Sakura asked.

I looked away before answering. "Just a bad dream," I said. Sakura's eyes went all wide and glossy for a moment before she suddenly appeared beside me (she was near the campfire before).

"A bad dream? Well, then, you have nothing to fear! For Sakura the Super Ultimate Dream Analyzer is here! So tell me about this dream of yours," she said, making herself comfortable beside me. I opened my mouth to speak, but just before I did, Sasuke appeared. We all looked at him for a long moment.

"What?" he said, pausing and looking back at us. When he looked at me, I looked away. After that dream, I really didn't want to make eye-contact. Not that that dream would come true or anything, but I just felt like I needed to avoid contact with him for a little while until I could get my bearings and figure out what my dream might mean. I mean, it's not every day that one dreams of kissing their rival, right?

Sakura turned back to me, and asked me again to talk about my dream. I sighed and laid down again, bringing the blanket up to my chin. "Not right now, Sakura. Maybe later."

That day, we just walked and walked and walked some more. We were training in the forest, but I had woken up late and no one felt like training by the time I was ready, so we walked instead. I didn't say a word to Sasuke the whole time, not even a word of insult. I did notice, though, that he was giving me confused looks from time to time. He knew something was amiss, he just didn't know what.

Sakura was the one who talked the most among us. Most of the time, though, she was either talking to herself, essentially, or she was trying to get Sasuke or I to engage with her. Neither of us did, though. Finally, as the sun started to set, we decided to set up camp for the night.

Still, neither me nor Sasuke talked much beyond what was necessary. The day came to a close as we all went to bed. I couldn't sleep. I wasn't sure I even wanted to sleep, for fear that I might have another dream like the last. I just laid there in my sleeping bag for a good hour, just thinking about different things. Eventually, I got tired of not being able to sleep, so I decided to get up and take a walk.

The moment I stood up, however, I heard a soft voice call my name. "Naruto?" It was Sakura.

I turned to face her. "Where are you going? I thought you were asleep," she said, rubbing an eye.

"I'm just going for a walk 'cause I couldn't sleep," I told her.

"Can I come? There's stuff I want to talk to you about anyway," she said.

"I guess so," I said before I could think about what she might want to talk about. Oh, well. I suppose she'd find out sooner or later anyway. Besides, she might know something about what my dream might mean or why I even had such a dream.

Sakura stood up and grabbed a jacket and her shoes and we took off. Not far from where Kakashi and Sasuke were still sleeping, we found a clearing with a rock in the middle of it that was big enough and flat enough for us to sit on.

"So," Sakura began. "This dream you had last night…are you ready to tell me about it?" I nodded. "It had something to do with Sasuke, didn't it?" Again, I nodded. She'd have to be blind as a bat to not notice the tension between our fellow teammate and I.

"Everything was pitch black and all I could hear was someone calling me 'dobe.' When I responded, the voice asked where I was. I said everything was pitch black and I didn't know. The weird part is…there was no sarcasm or insult in his voice. I told the jerk to stop calling me names. The even weirder part is that he apologized! Can you believe it? I couldn't. I asked where he was and he said, 'Close your eyes, Naruto.' I did so and when I opened them, he was standing right there in front of me with his hand on my cheek. And he's smiling. Sasuke never smiles. I try to scream, but I can't. Then he leans in and…"

I couldn't finish the sentence and I was glad it was dark because I'm sure my face was as red as a tomato by now. Sakura rubs my back soothingly. "He kissed you?" she asked. I nodded.

"That's when I woke up."

Sakura nodded and continued to rub my back. I was glad to have a great friend like her. I used to like her in a romantic way and she always shunned me. But once I got over that, we became friends. It's times like these that I couldn't be more grateful, you know?

"Dreams are usually about something the person having them has been thinking about. But I somehow doubt that that's the case. I mean, tell me if I'm wrong, but I think it might actually be something like a prophecy…."

"A prophecy?" I repeated.

"Yeah. Like a vision of the future," she said, pondering the possibility.

"But I don't like him that way. And I know he doesn't like me that way," I said, my frown deepening slightly on the last part.

"I suppose. But there's no way to know for sure, so I'd keep an open mind if I were you. You never know; you may end up admitting something you don't now think possible."

I laughed. "Hah! Yeah, as if I'd really fall in love with that jerk. First of all, he's a selfish teme. Secondly, I'm a guy and he's a guy. I don't know about him, but I'm straight!" I asserted. "You of all people would know that, Sakura."

Sakura sighed and shook her head. "Whatever you say, Naruto. I'm just offering my perspective. You can take it or leave it. If you did somehow develop feelings for Sasuke - hypothetically speaking! - I'd hate to see you deny them and make yourself miserable."

I sighed and rested my chin on my palm. "I guess," I said.

Sakura stood up and stretched and yawned. "Well, I'm getting sleepy, so I'm going to go back to bed. Will you tell me if you have another dream like this one?" she asked.

I stood and walked with her back to where Kakashi and Sasuke were sleeping. "Yeah. You're the only person I can trust with this sort of thing," I said, unable to resist a yawn.

The next morning, I awoke feeling drained. I didn't wake up in the middle of the night or anything and I fell asleep the moment my head hit the pillow when Sakura and I got back after our talk. I didn't have any dreams at all that night, let alone ones of my "rival." Yet for some reason, my sleep was a restless one. Consequentially, I awoke feeling like I hadn't slept a wink.

That day was uneventful for me, except for Sakura prodding me every now and then to keep me from falling asleep in mid-step.

That night, I managed to get plenty of rest, but I also had another dream…

"Dobe…"

Oh no, not this again, I thought. "Go away! I don't want you near me!" I called.

"Baka, how can you say such mean things? I just want to make amends…."

"Oh yeah? For what exactly?" I asked, more than a hint of distrust in my voice.

Before I knew it, there he was again, standing beside me. His back was facing me, so I couldn't see his face. "I want to apologize for kissing you the other night. Do you know how hard it is to resist such temptation?" he said.

I simply shook my head. "Are you really that infatuated with me?" I asked.

I saw him nod once and utter his usual reply: "Hn."

I just stared at his back for a long moment. I sighed and sat down on the ground, bringing my knees up to my chest. "It must be hard. Resisting the temptation to kiss the person you like, I mean," I said after a long pause.

"It is."

"Can I tell you something, Sasuke? I mean, this is my dream so it's not like the real Sasuke would ever find out…." I said, pulling on his sleeve and motioning for him to sit next to me. He did so without a word.

"I didn't tell Sakura this…and I feel bad about that…" I began. I could feel the heat rising in my cheeks and I was increasingly aware of Sasuke's unwavering gaze on me.

"I think I…Sasuke, I think I've always liked you…but I'm just now coming to terms with it." I said, my voice fading to a whisper, as though there were others around who could hear me if I spoke too loud.

I stopped there, feeling exposed enough as it was. I knew he could fill in the rest of the blanks. When I looked over at him, I saw that he was looking at the ground, smiling. I became entranced for a moment before I was snapped out of my daze when he began to speak. "Naruto?" he said.

"Yeah?"

"Arigatou. You just made my day." Before I could say anything, he continued. "I have to go, but I hope you remember this dream. I meant every word I've said." With that, he gave me a soft kiss on my cheek and then disappeared, letting me catch only a glimpse of his smile.

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Well, there's part 1 & I hope you all enjoyed it. R & R please!

By the way, I've already written the rest of this fic. I wrote it all before I posted because if I didn't, I'd loose interest and not finish it, which would make all my loyal readers very unhappy! I just wanted to make note of that so that I won't get replies asking me to finish the fic this way or to put that detail in. Sorry guys, but if that's what you're intending to review about, it won't do any good. Anyway, I hope y'all enjoyed part one and please stay tuned in for part 2!

YinGYang1