A/N: Why hello there! Welcome to my new story. I'm one of those "used to write fanfic way back when and now trying to shake the cobwebs off".

I haven't been active for... years! So my new style is entirely different, and likely if you have read from me before this story, you may not like it.

Still though! I've gotten into the Naruto fandom and just HAD to make my favorite boys smoosh their bodies together (LOL). Although that may not come for awhile. Sasuke isn't as much of a knob cause I'm working off the "actual best friends that hate each other but don't realize their deep desires" dynamic. Don't get me wrong though! I still want to make Sasuke an asshole.

I'm making Sasuke twenty-two in the flashback, while Naruto and Sakura are nineteen. I have no good reason other than older then Naruto!Sasuke makes me happy.

WARNINGS: This story WILL contain yaoi (SasuNaruSasu). I am a person who doesn't define one as 'uke' and 'seme' (meaning who's dominate and submissive isn't clearly defined). Naruto will not be helpless, and this will not be overly sad (I think). However, Naruto will eventually come across a little OOC. I have big plans for him!

Let's begin! (Oh please be gentle.)

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And he was gone.

All he had known, all he had beside him for the majority of his life. All he had... loved? Black eyes blinked, then looked down, pensive. Hated. All that he hated had vanished.

A sigh pushed past his lips, full and soft, before they pressed into a thin line.

It had been over two years.

Where was he?

It was just like the stupid kid to disappear and make him worry.

~*~*~Three Years Ago~*~*~

"You bastard!" cried an indignant teenager, chasing after dark hair who had burst past him with their supplies. He smirked. Gosh, how Naruto hated that smirk.

"It's not my fault you're so slow, dobe." He quickly punched in his complicated access code with elegant fingers. The steel door he had stopped in front of came up with a thunk, and a rush of stale air.

Naruto just glowered at him, continuing to chase after the older boy like all his fangirls did. Sasuke had no interest in those irritating distractions - he just loved riling Naruto up until his blue eyes were brimming with malicious intent.

"It's not my fault if I punch that smirk off your smug face, either."

There was a soft sigh beside the other boys. Sakura walked up and adjusted her backpack, having kept up behind Naruto. "Honestly, you are both impossible."

Sakura thought back on why they were doing this in the first place. It wasn't the first supply run they were to go on, and it certainly wouldn't be the last. Thoughtlessly she caught the diving suit Sasuke tossed at her head, sticking her tongue out at him.

In her life, there was no real explanation as to what had happened on the surface. Why the rest of the humans had to colonize underwater. The children speculated, yet rarely got anywhere with their constant pestering of the elders. She smiled lightly when she remembered Kakashi scolding a five year old Naruto for poking his nose into every possible start of an answer.

But still, as they got older, they stopped questioning what had happened. All except her best friend. Naruto had always wanted to know everything, naturally curious and ready to get in trouble. His whisker birthmarks on his cheeks just caused people to deem him trouble. A natural fox, ready to be cunning. No one got to know the now nineteen year old like they did.

She blushed. I mean sure, the only reason she had even bothered to befriend Naruto in the first place was because he was the only one who could befriend the untouchable Sasuke Uchiha. What a silly girl she had been.

A poke into her ribs, black and blue staring. "Sakura-chan, the airlocks ready to be released. Do you want to maybe put on your helmet?" Naruto teased.

"Ah! Sorry! Just... just got distracted..." she mumbled sheepishly.

"Checking out the bastard's ass again, hey?" He grinned, slightly pointed canines visible. Sasuke's eyes flashed with... anger? Annoyance? Sakura could never read him.

Sasuke piped up, annoyed the blonde still thought they would get together. "Stop talking for once, dumbass, and lets get our job out of the way."

Naruto twitched, but copied Sakura's earlier reaction and stuck his tongue out, slamming the carbon alloy helmet over his wild blonde hair. It was Sakura who pushed her chest intercom. "We're ready, Kakashi-sensei."

The sound of a page deliberately being turned greeted their ears. "About time."

No more snide comments could be made from the offended party as water began to gush around their feet, bracing themselves expertly as a familiar hiss informed them it was time to get serious. Finally when they were fully engulfed in water, Sasuke was the first to push off the side of the small room in his tight black diving suit, blue lines accenting his body and slight thinner fabric, overlaid by mesh for his joints. They all wore the same issued suit, but Naruto's was black with orange accents, Sakura's black with pink. To tell each other apart was their symbol they had chosen etched in their color on the side of their helmets.

"Now pay attention, usuratonkachi. No wandering around this time. You nearly got yourself killed last time and I won't help you again this time."

The eye roll was clearly felt and heard in his voice. "It might have been big, but I can handle a stupid fish."

Around them was dark, vast ocean floor covered by fissures and things of all colors of the rainbow. The flood lights from their helmets did little to stop the overwhelming sickness and pressure. These young kids were trained to make sure they didn't freak out, didn't cry, and didn't get others killed. Some were not so lucky.

"Oi oi oi! I see something weird to the left! It looks like another colony!" Though Sasuke moved quickly to cut him off, Naruto's uncanny speed in the water left the young man violently cursing words that even made Sakura blush as they quickly followed.

Naruto had the decency to wait by the entrance of a rather decrepit ship. Huge. But very old. "This wasn't here the last time we patrolled." His gorgeous cerulean eyes shone with excitement. He would be the one to find out the past, and damn if anyone stopped him.

"We're not going in." Sasuke grabbed his arm violently and started hauling the blonde away. "We're reporting it. And then we are going to continue with our mission." Naruto tried to wrench his arm away awkwardly in the water.

"I'm going in! You're not the boss!"

"Actually, I am. I'm squad leader, remember?"

Naruto bit his lip, embarrassment and anger coloring his cheeks under the helmet. "Just because you couldn't save Itachi doesn't mean you have to "save" me!" Sasuke released Naruto's arm with a flinch, shocked that the only one who knew everything about him would throw that in his face.

Sakura gasped. "Naruto!"

The blonde didn't care, already swimming over to try and open the strange ship. Sasuke was an asshole to him. Why should he be the bad guy when he always was? Though... he wouldn't admit it. But the flicker of hurt in Sasuke's eyes had surprised him and there was the smallest twinge of guilt.

A strong, calm body swam up beside him after an agonizing ten minutes, trying to figure out a way to open it with Naruto. "We search quickly, try to find supplies. If they are none, we leave."

Naruto let a slow smile creep on his lips. "Thanks Sasuke."

"Hn."

Then the sound of hissing and a loud thunk from within.

The door was going to open.

~*~*~*~Present~*~*~*~*~

Sasuke stared up at the sky, artificial wind blowing his hair. He was now laid on his back with strong, toned arms behind his head.

If he ever saw the blonde again, he was going to kill him.

A/N: Review? : D