Mission one: infiltration
Naruto said goodbye to his friends. Damn, that day sure had been hard. They had just arrived from a mission and reported to Godaime-sama. At least, they had been successful. Before going home -and since it was late- he decided to pass by Ichiraku Ramen to have some dinner. The old man was there as always, with a friendly face. But something disturbed the cook.
Naruto wasn't smiling as he usually did.
The old man made no questions -he thought that maybe the kid had had a bad day… it was normal. He saw him pay his bill and then leave. He couldn't imagine what had happened.
Walking silently through the street, Naruto made his way back home, looking sad. The streets were empty, and the lights from the houses nearby and the streetlights were being turned on. Somewhere, on one of those houses, a person saw a figure in the shadows moving across the street. Eh, it's probably nothing, the person thought, turning away from the window and closing the curtains behind.
As he walked, he couldn't stop thinking on what happened that day: he, Sakura-chan, Kiba-kun and Neji-san were sent on a mission some days ago by the Hokage. It was supposed to be a simple mission, they had to find a criminal and bring him to the village. But, as they continued to follow his trail, they found themselves heading into Orochimaru's hideout. Apparently, the criminal and Orochimaru worked together. He and his team had made their way undetected into the hideout, and they had the advantage upon them. Of course, that he saw the chance and split from the team to find Sasuke, but -seeing the danger they were getting on- Neji said it was better to back off and wait until the criminal got out. They waited patiently and caught the criminal, but it was too late for him to go find his friend -Kabuto had accompanied the criminal, and has he saw them, he run into the hideout again alerting his master. When Naruto went down to find Sasuke, Orochimaru had already departed, taking his friend with him.
Since then, and as they made their way back to the village, no one could cheer him up. Sakura watched as her friend began fall into a deep depression and tried to ask him if she could help. Naruto answered with that lazy smile of his, but soon it had disappeared again.
This wound would heal, Naruto thought.
He finally got home. Outside it was dark already and the lights were all on. Even at night, the village of Konoha was beautiful, with all of those small points of light sparkling, and the houses all distorted from his perspective.
He took out all of his kunai and shuriken bags, the scrolls from the other big pockets and let them lay on the table. He didn't even bother getting his pyjamas on and threw himself to his bed, closing his eyes, hoping that this nightmare went away.
He couldn't stop thinking of what happened and couldn't sleep despite being very tired. He blamed himself once again for his weakness and for not being able to bring Sasuke back, again. And he was so close!
"Damn." -he said, while lying on the bed. In the darkness, his eyes were turning red and he made a big effort not to cry. He would get Sasuke back, even if that meant his death.
The night turned out to be cold. Naruto didn't noticed when and how he had fallen asleep, if it had been exhaustion or extreme sadness. His pillow was still wet from the tears he has shed. But he didn't know what had awakened him either. The window was wide open and the wind blew softly, gently moving the curtains. He got up and closed it. Then he heard a noise coming somewhere from the kitchen. He waited a moment. He didn't hear it again.
"It was probably nothing" -he said to himself. Feeling a bit better than before, he went to the bathroom to take a shower and then got back to bed. When he was finally close to falling asleep, he heard a noise again. It seemed to be closer than before -much closer- …on the corridor perhaps? He sat up on the bed, alert. He grabbed a kunai he'd left upon the bedside table and waited, not making a sound. There was someone else in his house. He didn't know why or who -maybe the Akatsuki to take him. He made a bushin and made him take his place on the bed so he could hide under it, just for precaution and if anything happened, he could always get the advantage of a surprise attack on whoever tried to do whatever they had been there to do.
Suddenly, a figure entered the room, closing the door and locking it. When Naruto caught a clear view of the figure, he threw the kunai. But he missed and it had stuck to the wall.
Damn, he is fast as hell! -he thought. Then he heard and saw the blinds coming down with a loud thump.
"Who is there?! SHOW YOURSELF!!!" -he shouted. The room was shrouded in complete darkness and he could almost hear his voice echoing through the walls.
All he heard was silence. But he could guaranty he was not alone.
He threw away the blanket and was starting to get off his bed when he felt an arm around his neck. Next, he felt a hot breath very near to his ear and then a cold voice spoke.
"Your passage near my hideout has awakened wishes deep within me", the voice said. It was Sasuke's voice. Naruto was shocked and speechless. "How are you going to fix that, usuratonkachi?" -he whispered softly in his ear.
Naruto felt Sasuke biting gently on his neck and then kissing him down to his shoulder, holding him tightly by his neck. With his other free hand, Sasuke held him by the waist, under his pyjamas. Naruto started shaking, he was getting nervous.
"Sasuke…" -he said feeling a bit dazed. "What are you doing? How did you get…?"
"Shut up" -he cut. Naruto felt Sasuke's hands holding him even tighter. The cold steel from Sasuke's kunai was biting his neck, and his free hand was moving softly around his chest, caressing him. Sasuke started to unbutton Naruto's pyjamas. He didn't feel very comfortable with that and he tried to free himself. Again, Sasuke's voice whispered calmly on his ear.
"Don't try to escape. I thought you deserved being held like this, but if you keep struggling I might just have to tie you up", Naruto knew it was a warning, and that made him ask himself if Sasuke was out of his mind.
Suddenly, Sasuke stopped the "attack", but still didn't let him go.
"Drop all of your weapons, leave them on the bedside table and walk towards the wall, Sasuke" -said Naruto, pointing a kunai at Sasuke's neck, as the bushin that was on the bed disappeared from Sasuke's arms. Even in the darkness, he could see his friend smiling sinisterly has he dropped his weapons.
"Ok, as you wish… But I'm not going away without what belongs to me, though…", replied the black-haired ninja. He stood back and looked at him in the eyes, with his hands on the nape of the neck.
"What do you mean with that?" -Naruto's eyes were wide open, but he kept holding the kunai to Sasuke's neck. He couldn't fight the trembling on his voice. Maybe it was because he hadn't seen his friend for a year now and was in shock, or maybe because of what happened earlier.
What is he trying to do?, he had a vague idea, but it couldn't possibly be it…
"Were you trying to… rape me or something?" –the blond had asked with a whisper, his voice still trembling.
"Hmm…who knows? -there it was, that sinister smile on his face. In a blink of an eye, Sasuke had disappeared.
"Wha…?"
"Shut up" -Sasuke was behind him again and Naruto hadn't even been able to see him moving. Damn, he's fast! -he thought again. Sasuke held his wrists and took the kunai away from his hand.
"You are still weak as always…" -said Sasuke, pushing him against the wall, making him face it. His lips descended silently upon Naruto's soft skin starting with his neck and then moving up to his ear, his chin and finally his mouth.
Naruto's response to that had been a violent push on Sasuke to try to get him away from him. But instead of getting free, Sasuke had seized the opportunity and made Naruto face him, holding his back strongly against the wall and holding his wrists near the blond's shoulders.
"Like I said, I'm not leaving without what belongs to me."
"That's why you're not going away again. I'll stop you, even if t-that…" -Naruto started crying- …even if that means I'll have to break you in pieces!" -he shouted the last part.
"Urusai, usuratonkachi" -said black-haired teen, giving him a kiss on the lips. He didn't see Naruto's surprised face, and how it changed to a calm and pleased look as the kiss got deeper. Naruto was too tired to struggle, and he was feeling really good, as he hadn't felt since Sasuke ran away.
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When he woke up was already dawn. The light came through the blinds in continuous stripes, giving the room some light. He had fallen asleep and woken up with his head on Sasuke's chest, with his arms around him, almost protecting him. Strangely, both were naked. What a night -he thought, smiling at himself- It would be nice if I prepared breakfast for the two of us.
Naruto got up, trying not to wake Sasuke up, dressed himself with Sasuke's t-shirt and went to do just that. He stopped at the threshold and spared a look at Sasuke. Despite being always calm, Naruto had never seen him this calm. Sasuke's skin was even whiter then he had thought, almost like snow it was absolutely perfect, like porcelain… so kissable… He smiled to himself.
In the kitchen, he made some toasts and some chocolate milk for the two and put it all on a tray.
Heading back to the room, he found Sasuke getting dressed. He left the tray on the bedside table and sat with him on the bed.
"Are you… leaving?" -he asked in a whisper.
"Yes, I've got to go back before that Kabuto weasel finds out I didn't sleep at the hideout" -he said slowly helping Naruto take off his T-shirt and putting it on. He saw Naruto's eyes go downcast -lost in his own thoughts- and tears started streaming down his face. He sighed.
"Does it have to be like this?" -Naruto asked.
"Unfortunately, yes. I'm… sorry"
Sasuke got up, and stood in front of Naruto. The blond felt his hands being grabbed and Sasuke made him get up as well. With his eyes still full of tears, he felt Sasuke's soft lips against his. He released his hands from Sasuke's own and hugged him tightly. Sasuke reciprocated the gesture, as Naruto rested his forehead on his shoulder, crying silently.
"Please don't cry. You are too beautiful to do such a thing, Naruto" -Sasuke said, trying to calm him down.
But he couldn't stop. He couldn't stand the idea of not being near Sasuke. He meant too much to him for that to happen!
So there they stood, in an endlessly embrace, until Sasuke suddenly disappeared from his arms…