It was a pleasantly warm summer night. All was calm and quiet, well except for the training grounds.
Where Naruto was training extremely hard to prepare for the Chuuin exams, which he had failed three years earlier. It had been two years since Naruto had brought Sasuke back to Konoha. Now unbeknowst to Naruto, Sasuke was watching him. He was mesmerised by the sweat that was glistening off a now shirtless Naruto.

Sasuke was gay but it was not public knowledge. He was known as the Hottie that all the girls went after, even though he rejected them every time. He was cold hearted to all, all but one, the one he loved, who was oblivious to his feelings, the one he loved and still loves was and is Naruto.

Now, Naruto didn't know that Sasuke was gay, yet, but Naruto did know that he was, but not to the village. Only Iruka-sensei knew. Naruto learned at a young age why the village hated him, and beat him up all the time, ninja or not. It was all because of the nine-tailed demon Kyuubi, which was sealed inside him by the fourth Hokage who wanted Naruto to be known as a hero for being the vessel for Kyuubi.

But no matter what the third Hokage said, after the fourth Hokage died, the village would not respect him, and Naruto was placed in the care of one of the Academy teachers, Iruka-sensei. Even though Naruto knew why he was hated, he still tried to befriend other his age. And although he was gay he could not take the risk of the village finding out and possibly kill him. It was bad enough that he got daily beatings because of Kyuubi, but if the village knew, he shuddered at the thought.

So Naruto trained day in and day out, hoping that maybe he could beat the pain from the beatings and not pass out in the road.

Now, Sasuke could tell that Naruto was fatigued by his sluggish movements, so he went to the entrance by Naruto and said "Hey Naruto, Iruka sent me to get you just in case. Also I wanted to talk to you."

(Now Iruka had sent Sasuke but it was more along the lines of watch out for him and once in a while say I sent you.)

Naruto then said breathlessly "Sure. What about?".

As Sasuke was about say why, Naruto fell. Scared, Sasuke ran to him, to make sure he was okay. Only to find several wounds badly bleeding. So he picked Naruto up bridal style and ran to Iruka's place.

Meanwhile, at Iruka's, Iruka was cleaning up the house for when Naruto and Sasuke arrived for dinner, when he found Naruto's dairy. Shocked at his finding but a bit amused, Iruka sat down to read the dairy.

What he read was sad yet comical. What he read was today's entry, "Dear Dairy, Today is June 16th. I'm off to go train again. Everyday, day in and day out. And everytime Iruka asks me where I'm going, and when I get home he asks what happened to me. He knows that I'm training yet he asks anyway. I know that he asked Sasuke to watch out for me, but I don't mind at all. Why? Well I'll tell you, I think I'm in love with Sasuke. Well I have noticed lately that everytime I see him my heart flutters and my knees feel weak. Yet I know that he is not like me in the sense of wanting to love the same sex as yourself. I can only hope that today when I see Sasuke and tell him that he can accept me for who I am."

Just at that moment there was a banging on the door. As Iruka opened it Sasuke ran in and set Naruto on the couch. Breathlessly Sasuke said "Sensei, Naruto is wounded badly, help." It was all he could say as he passed out on the floor next to Naruto.