The Pain We Must Bear
By: Kendonall
Chapter 1 Awkward Thoughts
Disclamer The characters within this story do not belong to me. (So don't sue!) This fic will later contain mentions of rape, alcohol, yaoi (boyxboy), and other more adult content. If you take offense to this kind of thing then please stop reading now. Pairings: SasuNaru NaruSasu (Can't decide) KakaRuka ShikaSaku Maybe some others too later on as the story develops.
'Why… Why did this happen to me?' Naruto thought to himself.
'I know he was just trying to help me up, but… He didn't need to touch me. Grrrr... But I didn't need to act like that either. Sasuke was just trying to be nice. He even asked me why I was shaking so much when he just touched me. I knew I could always look for him for support, but I just can't handle people touching me. Why? Why am I so sensitive?'
Naruto finished his inside thinking and looked himself in the mirror. He began to stare at the whisker marks on his face then zoned out. His face just concentrated on the spot, remembering the torture he went through… the torture that caused his now "whiskered" looking face. He felt so much regret for up and running away from Sasuke at this time as well. The events of the day replayed back in his head.
Flashback
Naruto finished his regular morning routine, getting ready to meet Kakashi-sensei, Sakura, and Sasuke, his teammates, for another sparring practice. They had finally finished some of the village reconstruction, after Orochimaru's attack. Kakashi had decided to call them in for a nice relaxing spar. Now little to Naruto's knowledge, his perverted sensei had been working on a plan to get him and Sasuke together for some time now. Kakashi looked at this sparring session as another opportunity.
When Naruto came to the practice field, Sakura and Sasuke were already there. Of course, Kakashi was going to be late again; it was nothing new. Sakura had finally given up trying to woo Sasuke, and moved on to liking Shikamaru. She started having a slight thing for him after seeing how bravely he volunteered to be the decoy during Orochimaru's attack on the Leaf Village. At the moment Naruto came up, she was looking at a note written by Shikamaru, and his picture. (Yeah, Shikamaru took time to write a letter.)
Sasuke was being his usual self. Hands in his pocket, hair looking like a duck-butt,
(By the way, I nicknamed a close friend of mine duck-butt, because his hair looks like Sasuke's!)
and his usual blank look was across his face. He looked up suddenly, hearing Naruto's footsteps. Sasuke had finally come to terms with his problems with Orochimaru and Itachi, but his current problem involved our little naïve blonde. After all that they've been through he started developing this weird feeling for the little kitsune. He seemed to enjoy his company now, and all of his idiotic comments, questions, and overconfident sayings like "I'm gonna do it! Believe it!"
"Hey Sakura! Hey Sasuke-Teme! How long have you two been here?" Naruto shouted.
"Not long, Naruto." Sakura answered back.
"Hn… Long enough for me to lose interest." Sasuke replied.
White Poof
"FINALLY!" They all shouted.
Kakashi-sensei had finally showed up. He gave his usual stupid excuse and commenced to splitting them up for their little sparring match.
Of course, Sasuke and Naruto were paired up, and then Kakashi and Sakura. Sakura had finally figured out what was going on with like the third sparring practice, and just went along with it.
The pairs went to their separate fields, and began to spar. Kakashi and Sakura had ended their practice after about 45 minutes, feeling tired already, and not being motivated to get really into it. Naruto and Sasuke didn't stop, though. Both tried to prove their worth to each other, only hoping that they would get each other's praise and attention. After another couple hours of sparring Naruto was finally pinned down, and Sasuke was declared winner. They both sat down in the grass and drank from their canteens.
Naruto was breathing in rather harshly, and his heart still kept a quick beat. He was so tired, but he used so much energy that any amount of exertion would make him faint. Naruto stared blankly into Sasuke's eyes who noticed this and asked him if he was okay. Naruto didn't reply and finally Sasuke waved his hand in front of Naruto and said,
"Are you awake in there, Dobe? You staring at me is getting kinda creepy." 'Or maybe just a little attractive. Wait, did I just think that? Maybe I should talk to Naruto about this… I mean he is my best friend, though I hate to admit it.' Sasuke smirked at this, which finally got Naruto's attention.
"What are you smirking at, huh, Teme?"
"What, Oh nothing. It's nothing. But are you okay Naruto. You seemed to work a little bit too much today. You want more water."
"No, I'm fine I just need to…." Naruto tried to stand up, but then as soon as he got up, he lost all balance and began to fell. Sasuke noticed this imbalance (such an attentive ninja) and got ready to catch Naruto. Naruto fell perfectly in his arms a fell into unconsciousness. As soon as he woke up he found himself in the weirdest place…
Here's a somewhat major cliffy! I hope you enjoyed the chappy, now please review! No flames please, but constructive criticism is always welcome! Look for the next update in the next couple of days!