Before you read the story...

About the characters. The guy from the Sand, Mizashi, is taller than Naruto and good looking with straight and long, light brown hair which is the reason why he has a ponytail. Mizashi is a genjutsu user and is arrogant mind-reader. He is very like Sai (according to „Sai-is-not-straight" theory to which I completely agree caz which straight guy would ever dress like that?!).

The guy from the Sound calls himself Kaishi (don't ask me why his name is like that...). He is a very calm, self-collected in his emotions, selfish, arrogant and annoying jerk as Naruto himself would describe this Kaishi guy. His appearance doesn't show anything but indiffecence to everything. And the way he treats Naruto, sets Naruto's blood on fire because Kaishi's attitude towards his is just like Sasuke's... To tell you a little secret – Kaishi is Sasuke. just under a transformation jutsu so no one could recognise him, specially Naruto.

If you ask me why – I thought maybe Sasuke was interested in how much Naruto, Sakura and others have changed during those 3 years and more. And I would really want to see Sasuke as a chunin and that goes to Naruto too. In this story I'm completely ignoring that what we saw in 1st Shippuuden and what Sasori told Sakura before he died.

'oooo' – thoughts

„oooo" – speech

DISCLAIMER: Masashi Kishimoto owns every character in this story except Mizashi, who is my own creation...

Shinobi's don't cry

Chapter 1

Unexpected Habit.

The alarm clock rang violently for about 5 minutes until a well tanned hand reached out from under the blanket to push down the alarm button. A loud yawn was heard and a head with bright yellow, messy hair and sky blue eyes apeared among the scrunched blankets and sheets.

'Another sunny day, huh?'

„Dammit!" and another yawn came from Naruto.

Somehow he looked much older than a 15 year old guy should look. He looked to his right dressing-table and reached out for a framed picture. Naruto sat up in his bed and stared at the photo.

A silver haired man with a mask and a headband covering his face except for his right eye, stood behind three kids. 12 year old Naruto standing to man's left and pouting. Next, in the middle, was a pink haired, sweetly smiling girl. To silver haired man's right stood a boy with navy blue shirt, raven black hair and a dissatisfied face...

'Why can't you leave my mind and dreams?'

„Sasuke-teme..." Naruto whispered lightly but it was enough to feel tears in the corners of his eyes. They were pushing outside this morning stronger than ever before.

'No! No! Shinobi's don't cry!'

He hid his face in his hands and few images started to come back from his dream or more likely – nightmare. Sasuke. Their first genin days, the chunin exam that they took together. Sasuke and his brother, Itachi. The fight at the Valley of the End and what happened when they clashed in the waterfall.

Somedays it felt like a dream, like it never happened – he never met and befriended that jerk, Sasuke. And this morning was turning into one of those days.

Unwilingly he pushed himself out of the bed because he had to train with his new teammates. Usually Naruto would enjoy training but this was different. He was forced to spend almost all day with two people he was starting to hate (to say the least) just to develop better teamwork.

'Teamwork, my ass'

And if Naruto was lucky, which he obviously wasn't, the third person he hated wouldn't come to watch their training.

„Why do you don't like Sai, Naruto?" Sakura once had asked.

„Because I don't, that's all." a simple answer had come from Naruto.

But the reason was much deeper, more personal. Naruto felt like some weird, questionable and not-so-straight guy slowly was taking Sasuke's place in their team. And even Sakura had adjusted to that.

And besides, Sai liked to act very friendly with Naruto, too friendly according to Naruto's chart of people's attitude and feelings towards him. This little fact made Naruto feel bit worried and nervous whenever Sai appeared at the horizon.

So Naruto prayed for a miracle that today Sai would have a mission or something.

The two other people who he hated were his new teammates. Naruto could describe Mizashi as second Sai. Or first. Because Mizashi could read mind, he often intimidated Naruto by staring at him, with a wild look on his face.

And while Sai was all huggy, Naruto could swear that Mizashi once tried to grope him at his groin.

This made training one of the things Naruto would better avoid. He could try and ignore the obscene guy during practice but not Kaishi. Kaishi was something different.

As hard as Naruto had tried, he couldn't ignore Kaishi's smirks and mocking comments on everything – training but mainly on Naruto himself – he's clothes, hair and even tanned body.

Yesterday, when they were training where team 7 had trained for the first time, Naruto got sick and tired of Kaishi's teasing and pushed him into the lake. Unfortunately, Kaishi managed to grab Naruto's wrist and took him under as well. And, of course, Mizashi and Sai decided to join these two in the water.

Start of flashback

What happened next was a disaster for Naruto.

Mizashi got all horny and pulled down Naruto's pants. Naruto had to use Suirou no Jutsu (water prison jutsu) just to keep that gross pervert away from him. Meanwhile Sai got him from behind and his hands were already below his waist snaking around something they shouldn't be and he was setting hickeys all over Naruto's neck.

And when Naruto was going to tell Sai to stop touching him, Sai started stoking his cock's head, making Naruto clench his firsts and blush deeply. He wanted to say something like „What the hell are you doing?" but instead a passionate gasp was all that came out his throat.

Heat waves that went through all his body seemed to end where Sai was starting to squeeze his cock. Naruto shut his eyes tightly and tried not to indulge into pleasure.

„This... This is... i-in... sa-a... ne..." Naruto forced out these words.

„Is little Naruto gonna moan?" a mocking voice asked.

'Oh no! Kaishi...'

He opened his eyes and remembered that he was still inside water. Naruto gulped and tried to get Sai off his back and belongings.

„No. I'm not."

After this Sai experienced effects of Naruto's Rasengan and landed somewhere in the forest.

„And I'm not little, you baka!" he continued.

„Maybe, shorty." an evil grin appeared on Kaishi's face.

„WHAT?!?! You're only an inch taller then me!" Naruto's height was a matter of honor to him so he was preparing another Rasengan.

Kaishi ignored him as usual and started to head back to shore. Only then Naruto realized that Mizashi wasn't in the water.

„Umm... Where's Mizashi?" quite surprise he asked Kaishi.

„Well, he's already at home." smirking at Naruto's stupid looking face he continued. „He got bored watching you and Sai trying to get climax of your satisfaction."

After these words Naruto turned bright red again.

'He's just annoying me. Just trying to make me feel this way...'

„Do you do that with all of your friends? You find that agreeable, don't you?" Kaishi started to hiss. „Are you a sick pervert that likes that other guys abuse him? Are you inducing them on purpose to do those things to you? You enjoyed every little touch, gulp of breath he gave you, now didn't you? Of course - " Kaishi couldn't finish his sentence when Naruto knocked him down in the shallow water.

„You know, you're the most nauseous, annoying, selfish, immoral jerk that I have ever met!" Naruto hissed with closed eyes.

Kaishi realized that Naruto was sitting on top of him. Naruto had pinned him to the lake's rocky bottom, so it wasn't too comfortable. Kaishi attempted to break free of Naruto's firm grip but all he managed to do was rub his chest against Naruto's ass.

„How dare you... How dare you say that when we've met only few days ago? Huh, Kaishi?" his voice had changed and when Kaishi looked up, Naruto opened his eyes – they were crimson and the bloodlust in them was more fierce than Sasuke/Kaishi remembered.

Naruto licked his lips when he saw the goose bumps on Kaishi's skin. He could hear Kaishi's heart beat when he leaned over him to whisper in his ear.

„Do. not. ever. piss. me. off! Got that, jerk?"

Flashback ends

And today wasn't promising to be better, cause Sai and Mizashi would be raunchy and Kaishi would be in a good mood to kill Naruto.

„Just my luck..." he muttered while going to the bathroom to take a quick, refreshing shower.

He stepped in and turned on the water, hoping that the stream of cold water would take away what had happened yesterday.

And suddenly someone knocked on the door.

„Who the fuck is it?"

'I hope it ain't one of those three...'

Quickly wrapped his black towel around his waist, Naruto almost tripped by the door.

„Dammit!"

„Naruto!!! Wake up already!" Sakura called so loud that Naruto's neighbors would surely be deaf by now.

'You must be dead not to hear that...' Naruto thought with one hand holding his slipping towel and with other opening the door.

The instant Naruto saw who was there, his knees almost dropped. Sakura. Sai. And Kaishi.

Naruto blushed lightly under his wet hair, which was still dripping. The other three blushed as well because not everyday you can see Naruto wet and dripping and in nothing but a towel 'round his waist. Black, sexy towel, not wide and almost falling.

Sakura looked like she's gonna drool, Sai was already drooling and Kaishi was suffering from a nosebleed.

This made Naruto blush only harder and he sure surpassed Hinata's blush.

The silence was getting very uncomfortable because Naruto was staring at three ninjas staring back at him.

„Um.. W-What did you came here for? Err.. I mean – what did you wanted?" embarrassed he decided to break the awkward silence.

„Umm.. Sorry Naruto... Is it a bad timing?" Sakura started. 'Of course, it's not! You're naked and wet!' inner Sakura cheered.

„Um... n-no... c-come in... it's messy here cause I just woke up..." Naruto stepped back to let his guests in.

'What an increadibly bad timing! I'm naked and my house's a mess!! Now which room is less messier?'

„Is it ok, if you hang out in the kitchen for a while? I would like to dress..." Naruto asked grinning and scratching the back of his head.

„Ok." Sakura said staring at his chest.

'Oh my god! He is sooo hot...' inner Sakura's knees were shaking seeing this. 'Well Naruto was always below Sasuke, so... if he is looking like THIS, then Sasuke's...wait! Naruto below Sasuke?! I didn't mean it like that! I mean, below Sasuke's level...'

„Um.. Sakura, you commin'?" Kaishi's voice interrupter her from imagining hot Sasuke (way more hotter than he left Konoha) and Sasuke with Naruto.

„Yeah. I just remembered something."

Naruto ran into his room and locked the door so he could be sure that Sai wouldn't accidentally come in when he would be looking for fresh underwear or...

Someone knocked on the door.

Naruto's heart sinked, cause he was standing in the middle of his room completely nude.

'Dammit!' he whined.

„In a minute!" Naruto started to dig in his drawers to find something to put on. The only suitable (and fresh) boxers were skin-tight and black. This certainly wasn't his day.

Muttering some curses, he put on the boxers. They were so skin-tight that they made something look bigger than it already was. With a flushed face he opened the door.

„Ehm... I-I... Where's the bathroom?" Kaishi looked very confused and it looked like he's gonna have another nosebleed.

„N-Next door..."

„You know, you look very sexy in these. I think you should wear them more often." A very, very unexpected suggestion came from Kaishi.

If possible Naruto's flush became deeper.

„Yea. Thanks." he shut the door and looked confused around his room.

'What the fuck was that?! Did he-did he just said I look very sexy? What the hell?!'

As fast as he could he made his bed and threw all his dirty clothes in a laundry basket. Quickly he picked up all the scrolls that were on the floor (he truly hoped that he didn't throw some scrolls in the laundry basket along with some shirts that were on the floor).

Just as quickly he jumped into his black tracksuit pants (A/N: finally, he doesn't wear that horrible orange thing) he put on his T-shirt and was ready to join his guests. Well, infact, his guests came to join him.

„Uzumaki, we got bored by yourselves and I heard that you have a balcony with a beautiful view of Konoha." with these words Kaishi made his way into Naruto's room just past confused Naruto.

Sai and Sakura followed him.

„It's a team meeting, you know." Sai said and bit an apple.

And suddenly he jumped into Naruto's freshly made bed.

'Oh no! I just made it...' Naruto frowned.

„So... um... where's Mizashi?" he asked.

„Miss him, Uzumaki?" Kaishi said with evil flames in his eyes.

„As if." Naruto hissed in return.

„He has some important things but he'll contact us later." Sakura explained.

„Wanna join me?" Sai said while making himself comfortable on Naruto's bed.

„No thanks."

„It's a nice bed. Soft. Comfortable. Only minus is that it isn't king size..."

Naruto looked at Sai who was lying on his bed in a pose that made Naruto feel sick.

Kaishi, meanwhile, was already outside but Naruto was sure that he heard what Sai said.

And then it hit Naruto.

'No! no! no! Please don't go there!... don't...'

„Hey, Uzumaki, you smoke?!" a surprised voice came from balcony.

'I knew I should get those fag-ends thrown out... Dammit!'

„What?! No. I don't." he blushed little.

„Well, what I see tells something different."

Sakura got up from her chair and went to see Kaishi's evil grin and an ashtray full of fag-ends.

„Naruto! You smoke?!" she shouted and started shaking his shoulders heavily. „Don't tell me that it's true!"

'I'm busted... must figure something out... something she would've believe...umm...'

Naruto felt so helpless and speechless – Sakura was the last person he wanted to know about this habit. Instead of answering he dropped his head lightly but that was enough motivation to Sakura to slap his face.

It was supposed to be a light slap but it came out a lot harder and was strong enough to smash Naruto against the wall with a loud band.

Kaishi looked scared to death because of Sakura's insane strength.

„Oh my... I'm sorry, Naruto." She apologised and hurried to pick him up and perhaps heal him.

„It's ok... I can... myself..." he muttered and slowly stood up.

Naruto breathed in deeply and wiped his mouth cause he could feel a little blood flow.

„Um... Naruto... How long have you been smoking?" Sakura asked.

„Geez, Sakura he's just smoking... you almost killed him... it's not like he's using drugs or something..." Sai added.

Naruto almost fainted at his comment.

'Does he know?' these words echoed in his mind.

It wasn't like Naruto was a drug addict or something. Oh no, god no. Just couple days ago he tried it. Only once. That day he was so depressed and tired of being his always-smiling self and that dream – just like this one that ended few minutes ago – these things created an unspeakable urge to do something. Something to make things go away.

„Naruto? ... Did you even listen to me? Are you alright? Maybe you should lay down..." Sakura was worried cause her slap might have caused some effects.

„Yes, yes. I'm alright." he said quietly.

„And where's the „believe it!" part?" she smiled.

„What part? ... Oh, that... Do I really have to say it?" Naruto sat on his bed, completely forgetting that Sai was still in it.

„Why do you care so much about it? It's only smoking, y'know."

„Do you know how much damage does it do to your lungs and whole body?" Sakura was interrupted by Kaishi.

„No one has died by smoking few cigarettes, don't make a big fuss about it!"

Kaishi sat on the bed behind Naruto and ruffled up his hair. Naruto almost punched him but Kaishi dodged it, which made Naruto irrated. Sai sat up and tied to hug Naruto, thank god for Naruto, Sakura sat down beside

Naruto and Sai ended up hugging Sakura. Bad thing to do.

Both Sakura and Naruto jumped at Sai who managed to create a wall around him made of ink.

Kaishi watched these three flondering in Naruto's bed.

'So Naruto smokes now, huh? And something tells me that's not the only thing that had changed since I left him lying there. And Sakura... Sakura is stronger that any human I've met. Ever... Well, Kakashi-sensei hasn't changed at all. Still late, still reading his perverted books...' Sasuke / Kaishi smiled.

„What are you laughing about?" Naruto saw his smile.

„Nothing. It just looks funny how you guys act now. You sure are good friends, huh?"

He is not my friend. Sai's just someone that has been resigned to our team." Naruto hated when conversations turned in this direction.

'No one will replace Sasuke... I won't let that happen.'

„Naruto..." Sakura started.

„What?"

„Naruto, we have talked this out a long time ago. Why-why can't you get used to it?"

„How can you say that?! How can you, Sakura? I though... that you loved him..." Naruto screamed with little signs of tears in his eyes.


A/N: my first attempt at hope you like it and stay tuned for more... XD

this is my first Naruto and definitely a first yaoi fic...

oh, almost forgot - I you want you can review...