The pain of love
A/N: This is a boy x boy if you don't like don't read (not trying to be mean). Honestly this is pretty tame so if you were looking for something super cute and sweet this will suit you. (That's only my opinion no need for hate.) Time: Right after the chunin exams second test (Sasuke has the curse mark. On a c rank mission that turned out to be an s rank they are fighting three enemy's Sakura and Kakashi are hostages. Warning: Blood and violence!
The fight had dragged on for an hour now and neither side would give. Naruto and Sasuke were going up against three men and they had 6 hostages: Kakashi, Sakura, one man, two children, and a women. The first of the three man was covered in bandages and didn't say a word he was the leader. The second man was a boaster all he talked about was how many enemies he had taken down and how he was going to take them down. The third man gave the orders but he somehow read the minds of other and was assumed to be reading the mind of the leader to give the orders for him. They were all unbelievably strong and in truth both Naruto and Sasuke would be dead right now if Kakashi wasn't there for the first half an hour of the fight. He had taken on all three not knowing how powerful they were and after half an hour Kakashi had been captured and taken hostage. Sakura was already taken and knocked out when Kakashi started fighting.
"Hey *pant*, Sasuke. Where do you think they've got *pant* Kakashi and Sakura now?"
"Well *pant*, these guys said *pant* they were relocated and judging *pant* by the mountains and trees around us *pant* most likely they are in a cave *pant* or a hide out of theirs."
Naruto had noticed that Sasukes breathing was heavier then his and assumed it was because the Ninetails chakra was healing him as they fought. That being said they were both injured pretty badly and no amount of demon fox chakra was going to help that. Naruto had cuts on his face and arms. He also had multiple bruises on his arms and stomach from punches he couldn't block. Sasuke had a deep cut that ran across his side and it was bleeding quite a lot. Multiply cuts scatter across the arms and face had appeared on him too. And they were both plagued with a bad case of fatigue.
"What should we do boss?" The big talker turned to look at the bandaged one.
"They are quite bothersome so kill them we have enough hostages anyway." Said the mind reader.
"Sounds good to me. I can take care of these two myself. Hey kids you should know that now I'm coming at you for real. Now that I have permission to kill you I don't have to bother with playing nice. You ready to die!"
The big talker was a pretty big guy with muscles from head to toe and a height of 6 feet. He wore a raged looking vest with holes all over it and black pants that had been cut to be shorts. He carried a thin sword in his right hand and he was a skilled swords man. His hair was short spikey and blue. He wasn't very fast but he was stealthy and hard to detect so sneak attacks were a strong point of his. He also had the advantage of territory. Naruto and Sasuke didn't know the landscape very well and they were fighting on his turf. This was definitely going to be a long fight. Naruto and Sasuke prepared to fight again by pulling out kunai and Sasuke awakened his Sharingan. The big guy launched himself at Sasuke.
"You're already half dead so I'll take you down first!"
Sasuke flung his kunai and jumped. He pulled out a few shuriken in midair and flung them around the sides of the man.
"Ha, you missed big time!"
The man stood inside the ring of shuriken as Sasuke landed.
"Chidori!"
"What!?"
Sasuke lit his hand with the lightning style jutsu Chidori and the shuriken lit as well shocking the man and sending him to the ground.
"AAAAAHHHH! OH GOD THAT BURNS LIKE HELL!"
Sasuke released the jutsu and fell on one knee as the man on the ground writhed in agony.
"*pant pant pant* I got him."
"It seems you did." The mind reader appeared right behind Sasuke.
"What!?" Sasuke exclaimed with surprise as he whipped his head around.
The mind reader swung his foot into a round house kick and hit him before Sasuke could block. He was flung into a tree and wood splinters flew everywhere. Sasukes breath left him and his vision went fuzzy as he hit the ground.
"*cough cough pant pant*."
Sasuke stood and cringed when the pain from the kick took effect.
"You're still alive? That's a surprise normal people would have died by now."
Sasuke grabbed his neck and fell to one knee as the curse mark Orochimaru had given him spread black flames all across his body.
"AAHH!" He blocked out most of the pain stood and closed his eyes concentrating hard.
"NARUTO!"
"RIGHT!"
"What!?"
Naruto burst out of the ground and hit the mind reader with a punch to the jaw that sent him flying. Sasuke jerked his eyes open and jumped after him grabbed him from behind and smashed his head right into the ground knocking him out.
"Two down *pant* one to go *pant*."
Naruto looked over at Sasuke who was having trouble standing and breathing heavily. He had to bite his lip to keep from crying.
*How could I have let Sasuke get hurt like that?* thought Naruto. *No stop it I need to focus on the last opponent.* Naruto shook his head and refocused himself.
"What now?"
"Well, let's get this guy from behind *pant* and then we can go *pant* find Kakashi and Sakura."
"Ok, let's do it."
Naruto ran to the right and into the forest while Sasuke ran forward with a kunai in hand. As Sasuke got close to the bandaged one he signaled Naruto and he ran out of the forest in the mans blind spot. Sasuke through his kunai right at the guy and Naruto through three shuriken one to the right one to the left and one above. The guy didn't budge as the kunai stabbed him right in the chest. Naruto and Sasuke both stopped a few feet away.
"What!? Why didn't he dodge?"
"I don't know."
The man reached for the kunai and pulled it out of his chest. There was no blood no scratch even the bandages hadn't been affected. The man slowly turned around to face Naruto then disappeared into thin air.
"What was that?"
"NARUTO MOVE!" screamed Sasuke
Naruto tried to move but couldn't and why was Sasuke so worried about moving no one was around. Naruto stood there confused and unable to move. Sasuke ran towards him and kicked at nothing.
"What are you doing Sasuke?"
"Are you stupid!?"
Sasuke flew back a few feet and through a shuriken at nothing.
"WATCH OUT!"
Sasuke had no time to think and moved in front of Naruto. Sasuke was pushed backwards into Naruto and all of a sudden he could move again. He fell to the ground with wobbly knees and realized Sasukes curse mark was receding.
"Why is the mark disappearing?"
Then he realize Sasuke wasn't fighting nothing he was fighting the guy in bandages and he was just stabbed in the shoulder trying to protect Naruto.
"Get up you idiot!"
"Sasuke what? Why would you?"
Sasuke kicked at the guy in bandages and hit him but he didn't budge. He grabbed Sasukes leg and crushed the bone. The horrifying crunch sound made Naruto cover his ears but he could still hear Sasuke scream from the pain. The bandaged man then pulled Sasuke into the air and flung him into the forest with no effort at all. A tree fell in the distance and Naruto didn't hear anything else. Tears ran down his face and the Ninetails chakra leaked out of him forming two tails. He stood slowly.
"You. I'LL KILL YOU!"
Naruto launched himself at the bandaged man and stabbed him deep in the stomach with a kunai. He retreated a few feet and made a shadow clone. He started gathering chakra in his hand and pressed it into a tight rotating ball. Naruto ran forward and the clone dispelled.
"RASENGAN!"
Naruto pressed his hand right into the mans stomach and sent him flying. The Ninetails chakra disappeared and that was the end of it. Naruto pulled out his wire and tied all three of them to a tree before running off in the direction the tree had fallen.
"Sasuke?"
Naruto had looked everywhere and still couldn't find Sasuke. The thought of him hurt and unconscious just sitting in the middle of nowhere brought tears to his eyes.
*I'm such an idiot how could I just stand there doing nothing! No, now isn't the time to cry I have to find Sasuke* Thought Naruto.
After a few minutes of searching he found a few scattered branched and bent trees he walked along the path of scattered branched till a big bushel of leave formed the top of the fallen tree.
"Huh, SASUKE! ARE YOU HERE!?"
Naruto followed the trunk of the tree to the shattered stump. But there was still no signs of Sasuke. Naruto spent a few more minutes searching in different directions until he saw a figure in the distance.
"Ah, Sasuke I was so worried… Sasuke?"
As Naruto got closer he realized Sasuke wasn't moving. He ran over where he saw Sasukes crumpled body lying in an awkward position. His feet splashed as he reached his body. He looked down to see a giant puddle of blood.
"No, Sasuke."
Naruto felt hot tears stream down his face as he flipped Sasukes lifeless body over on his back. His wound was even worse than he had thought. He fell to his knees and pulled off his jacket then his shirt and tore his shirt into a long strip for a bandage. He removed Sasukes blood soaked shirt and tied the makeshift bandage around his open wound then applied pressure to stop the bleeding. After holding his wound for countless minutes it worked and Naruto let out a sigh of relief.
"Hey, Sasuke wake up. Hey… hey… HEY I SAID WAKE UP!
Narutos emotions poured out of him and tears streaked his face he was crying like a baby. But he couldn't help it. He loved Sasuke and he probably didn't love Naruto back but he just couldn't help but always notice how strong Sasuke was and he always admired him. Naruto leaned down and put his head on Sasukes chest and cried some more.
"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry."
Narutos expression changed from sad and worried to terrified. He didn't hear anything, not a single heartbeat.
"No no no no no no NO NO NO… you can't be dead you just can't be."
Naruto leaned down again and pushed his ear on his chest and listened intensely for about a minute. It wasn't strong but he heard a small thump every five seconds or so.
"Thank god."
Tears of relief streamed from his eyes as he pulled Sasuke into a sitting position. He had no time to rest now he had to get Sasuke to safety before anyone else could find them. He put on his jacket and pulled Sasuke onto his back. He walked back to the clearing and to his relief the three were still tied to a tree. He set Sasuke against a tree and sat in front facing him.
"I'm sorry" he muttered.
After resting for about twenty minutes Sasuke still hadn't woken up and it had started to rain.
"Well, we can't stay out here."
He half expected a reply from Sasuke like of course not or ya we'd all catch colds. Naruto frowned and pulled Sasuke back onto his back again then turned around to find shelter. He walked toward the mountains in hope of a cave or over hang to hide from the rain. After searching for a while the rain got harder and he finally found a large indent in the side of the mountain which turned out to be a small cave.
Inside the cave Naruto through his jacket on the ground and put Sasuke down on it. After Sasuke looked somewhat comfortable Naruto leaned down and kissed him lightly on the forhead. Then he left to look for some dry branches.