A/N: Hello again, after many months of thought and procrastination, I have finally decided to write a sequel to my previous story "The Chosen of Light and Darkness." I received some very good feedback for my last story, and some of my reviewers requested a sequel. So here it is and I hope you enjoy.

Disclaimer: If I owned Naruto I wouldn't be writing fan fiction, I would be relaxing in deluxe Jacuzzi next to an outdoor swimming pool with a pet penguin.

Finding a Delicate Balance

Chapter 1

People say that there is nothing better than relaxing outdoors on a sunny day, much like a day like today. The sun was out shining with not a cloud in the sky, birds were singing their heavenly tunes, and not a man was miserable on this day…

"AHHHHH!"

Except for one Sasuke Uchiha, who now finds himself running as fast as he possibly can from a demon straight out of hell, literally.

"Seriously, Suke, you're going to have to learn to control your powers a little faster if you want to avoid being a hellhound's next chew toy," said the blond headed son of the devil, Naruto, barely able to contain his chuckles. Naruto couldn't but laugh at his lover's predicament, for at this moment Sasuke was being chased around by a young hellhound.

"Control my powers! How am I supposed to concentrate on controlling my powers when there's a hellhound trying to make a meal out of my ass?" Screamed a panicked, out of breath Sasuke. Behind his thoughts 'OH MY GOD, I going to die!' were thoughts of how to kill Naruto as slowly and painfully as possibly, after all it was his fault that Sasuke was now running for his life.

' "Don't worry," he said, "It'll be easy he said" he said. I swear, Naruto, if I make it out of this alive you're the next person I'm vaporizing,' raged the raven haired teen inside of his head, having a quick flashback to Naruto's training suggestion.

*Flashback*

A few days ago found Naruto, Sasuke, and Neji, the one and only (current) son of God, sitting around the pool wondering about how to prepare Sasuke for his future role as the mediator between the forces of Light and Darkness. Naruto, being the brilliant minded man that he is, decided that his little raven haired lover needed some training.

Naruto spoke from his floaty bed in the pool, "You know, angel face, we should probably start trying to get little Sasuke here to learn how to control his powers. I mean, how's he ever going to do his job if the only time he can control his abilities is in a life and death situation?"

Neji looked at Naruto, considering his statement, "Don't call me angel face, but you're probably right Naruto, Sasuke does need the proper training. The question is, how do we go about it?"

Sasuke looked up in time to see a smile of pure evil spread across Naruto's face.

"Ohhh, I've got an idea or two," Naruto practically purred.

*Flashback end*

So now we return to the present with Sasuke still running around in circles in large clearing in the forest trying to get away from a hellhound pup that Naruto personally summoned.

"Come on, Suke, the point of this exercise is to face the demon and try to use your powers to banish it back to Hell. It's not even a fully grown hellhound, you can do it," Naruto said threw gritted teeth, failing miserably at holding back his giggles. He couldn't help it, Sasuke just looked to damn hilarious at the moment.

'Okay, Sasuke, concentrate; this shouldn't be so hard, I did take out Lucifer, after all, a hellpuppy should be a piece of cake,'so were the thoughts of the raven haired vassal of the neutral powers as he turned around and faced the oncoming demon. He thrust his arms out before him and began to concentrate, 'Okay, I can do this, I can do this, I can…NOT DO THIS!' Sasuke began to panic as the snarling beast raced towards him.

Just as the hellhound lunged towards Sasuke, a beam of white light came from behind it and turned it ash. "Great plan, Naruto, this is not what I had in mind when I agreed with you on training Sasuke," Neji growled at the antichrist.

"Hey, I thought it was a pretty good plan, besides the best way for people to learn is through hands on experience. He's never going to learn if we went with your idea. I mean what kind of training regimen includes learning History?" Naruto said, still thinking that his method of teaching was the best.

Neji glared at Naruto, "History is important, he needs to learn it in case he must act as an ambassador between Heaven and Hell. Your method only involves random demons chasing after Sasuke and hoping he can somehow magically summon his powers. He needs to be in an environment where he focus."

Sasuke really didn't want to disagree with his lover, but at the moment Neji's idea was sounding like paradise compared to Naruto's. "I'm sorry Naruto, but I have with Neji on this one, this training is going to kill me," Sasuke said hoping that Naruto understood the pleading look that Sasuke was trying to convey to him.

"Alright, alright, I get it. It won't be too much of a problem taking this whole training thing slowly, considering the fact that my dad is temporarily out of commission, and Neji's dad is to scared of Sasuke at the moment to really do anything. Though I loath to say this, it looks like we're doing this your way, angel face," Naruto said, a bit disappointed at the thought of losing his little bit of entertainment.

Sasuke sighed in relief, but then he thought back to what Naruto said, "Naruto, what did you mean when you said your dad was temporarily out of commission. I thought I got rid of him," Sasuke said, remembering his little trip into Hell and literally vaporizing Satan.

"You think it's that easy to get rid of my old man, he's the fully fledged, eons old, vassal of Darkness. Hate to break it to you Suke, but you just scattered him a bit, he'll back together in a little while, and when he does he is going to pretty pissed," Naruto stated with a blank face, his father was still a bit of a sore subject.

"Yes, but for the time being, he is scattered, and we are going to take this time to properly train Sasuke," Neji said, straining the word properly. "We should probably start with some basic physical training… and no Naruto you can't handle that either."

"Ahhh, but I had a whole bunch of exercises thought up already," Naruto said, a disappointed look on his face.

Sasuke got up from his spot on the ground and while rubbing his sore legs said, "That's great idea and all Neji, but can we take a break. I'm pretty sure I just ran a marathon distance."

Naruto and Neji looked at each other and nodded, deciding a break would probably be for the best, considering how worn out Sasuke looked.

The trio decided on going to watch a movie to spend the rest of this afternoon. They took Neji's car instead of Naruto's motorcycle, because Sasuke was still traumatized over the whole pack of hellhounds chasing him and Naruto on the "screaming, metal, death trap".

The movie went by in relative normalcy, with Naruto constantly flirting with Sasuke, Sasuke blushing and trying to make himself smaller in his seat, and Neji glaring at Naruto from his.

'Damn that hell spawn for taking Sasuke! Damn it, Neji, stop thinking like that. You're supposed to be happy for Sasuke, even if he is with a sulfur smelling, walking pile of perverted trash and not with the person who could really make him happy…father damn it!'

Neji was having an inner melt down of rage. He had been feeling like this ever since he found out Naruto and Sasuke got together. He had tried getting over his feelings for Sasuke, but the more he looked at the happy couple, the more he wanted to be in Naruto's place.

A couple hours later the movie ended, so Naruto suggested that they head to the club to spend the last few remaining hours of the day.

The trio headed out and soon they reached the entrance where they flashed their ids to the bouncer, only unlike last time, Neji used an id that said he was 22 instead of his student id.

"So you've finally decided to grow some balls and grab a drink, have you, angel face," Naruto said and smirked. "Have you decided to abandon your other heavenly virtues as well?"

Neji scowled and wished he could smite Naruto on the spot, "No, you insufferable spawn of a jackal, I just want to what all so great about all the stuff your alcoholic ass drinks, and for the love of all that is holy if you call me angel face one more time, I am going to rip off a very important piece of your anatomy and shove it into a meat grinder!"

Sasuke, quickly sensing the escalating tension in the air, quickly pushed the two opposing forces into the club and hoped things would get better, but knowing these two, it would only go downhill.

Once inside, Naruto, Neji, and Sasuke quickly found themselves a seat at the bar. Sasuke ordered himself a frozen lemonade, while Naruto ordered several shots of vodka. Sasuke had a bad feeling of what was going to happen..

"Alright white eyes, since you seem so dead set on being introduced to the world of booze, I'll start you off on something your light weight ass can hopefully deal with," Naruto said as he pushed three of the shots towards Neji, all the while smirking.

Neji himself said nothing, but thought 'I'll show that demon light weight,' and quickly downed the three shots in quick succession, fighting against his gag reflex when the alcohol burned the back of his throat.

Naruto just smiled and ordered some more shots.

After several shots of whiskey, Neji can now officially say he was stoned off his ass, his low alcohol tolerance making itself blatantly clear.

While Neji was trying to balance himself on his stool, Naruto was still pretty sober with only a light buzz to indicate that he even drank anything. Naruto turned to Sasuke and smirked, "I knew his light weight couldn't handle it, what do you think Sasuke?"

Sasuke took one look at Neji and grimaced, "I think you shouldn't egg him on Naruto. Man, I can only imagine the hangover he'll have in the morning."

"Sweet, does that mean I can drive Neji's car," Naruto grinned.

Sasuke just gave him a scowl and said, "Naruto, I love you, but I don't trust you behind a wheel after you've had something to drink."

With a shake of his head Naruto responded, "Fine you pansy, guess that means you're driving, but first let's have a quick dance." Naruto took Sasuke by the hand and lead him to the dance floor leaving Neji alone with his drunken thoughts.

'I wish that hell spawned demon never came into the picture, if he hadn't it would be me and Sasuke dancing. Ugh! I sound like a jealous bitch. Oh, who the fuck am I kidding, I am a jealous bitch. That's it, I am going to make Sasuke realize that Naruto isn't right for him,' Neji thought, determinately.

By the time Naruto and Sasuke finished dancing, Neji had sobered up a bit and the trio was ready to leave.

Sasuke drove first to the abandoned church that Naruto called his home and dropped him off first.

"See ya, Suke, don't let drunk ass cop a feel on you while I'm gone," Naruto said, and smiled as he planted a soft kiss on his lover's lips.

Sasuke broke the kiss and smiled as he drove off heading to Neji's home. The two reached their destination a little while later and Sasuke got out of the car to help Neji to his door.

"No need, Sasuke, I'm fine. I may have drunk quite a bit, but I am an angel, our metabolisms our much faster than a human's," Neji said while pushing Sasuke away but still staggering a bit.

"It's fine Neji, I actually wanted to talk to you, that's why I dropped Naruto off first," Sasuke said, walking with Neji to the door. "I wanted to ask why you've been arguing with Naruto so much lately, I know he can be kind of an ass, but he's always like that."

"That's easy for you to say Sasuke, you're not the one who has to watch the one you love be with someone else, especially that someone else is a demon," Neji said apparently not as sober as he though, or else the words wouldn't have come out so easily.

"Wha…Neji is that what's still bothering you, I thought you were over your crush?" Sasuke was confused, he had thought that Neji was okay with him being with Naruto, but with the way Neji practically spat out the word demon, Neji was far from okay with it.

"Over my crush, Sasuke it wasn't just a crush. I loved you, fuck, I still love you, but you're so enamored with that Hell spawn that you barely even pay attention to me anymore," Neji was aware that his voice was steadily growing higher, but he didn't care. The alcohol in his system what loosening his tongue and breaking all of his inhibitions.

To say Sasuke was surprised would be an understatement. He knew that Naruto and Neji weren't getting along very well, but he chalked that up to the whole angels and demon thing, not jealousy. "Oh God, Neji, I'm sorry, I really am, but you know I don't feel the same way," Sasuke said, putting a sympathetic hand on his best friend's shoulder.

Neji calmed down a bit and sighed, "I know you don't, Sasuke, and I know I should be over you but I'm not. I know I shouldn't, but can I ask for a small favor."

"Sure, anything, Neji," Sasuke said.

"Can I ask for just one kiss, please, just so I can get over you?" Neji pleaded.

Sasuke was torn, on one hand he didn't want to betray Naruto, on the other hand he wanted to help Neji get over him. Sasuke made his choice and leaned his body forward.

Neji met him halfway and their lips met, they stood there softly kissing for a few moments completely oblivious to the eyes watching them from the shadows.

A/N: Well I hope the first chapter went alright. I'm not very good with beginnings (or endings), but any way, review and let me know what you think. Constructive criticism is always welcome and flames help keep my house warm.

P.S. If anyone would like to beta my story, please say so.