I Need You To Need To

Part II

Sasuke stilled very quickly upon hearing that last question. He didn't have to say anything, Naruto had his answer.

He roughly pushed Sasuke away from him and took a step away from the wall. The problem now though was that he was disorientated. It was pitch black in here and Sasuke had moved him off his memorized route to the Orb when he'd grabbed him. He wasn't even sure where the Orb was now in relation to him and his next realization made the situation even worse. Sasuke had known it was Naruto, had been able to grab him and touch him without hesitation. It seemed that Sasuke could see at least a little of the room, probably with the aid of those eyes of his. Naruto didn't know how, he was the first to admit that he didn't fully understand how the Sharingan worked, but it had to give Sasuke some kind of advantage here. If Sasuke really was the enemy he'd been warned about, he was probably in deep shit about now. In hindsight, it might not have been the best move, shoving him away like that. At least when Sasuke was kissing him, it meant that he wasn't actively trying to kill him.

"I thought you might have figured that out before now. Did you think I was just here for a chance to grope you in the darkness?"

Naruto suddenly found himself reverently wishing that had been the case. The alternative was much worse.

"Of course not. I just didn't think Granny Tsunade would have sent me out here if she thought you might show up, that's all."

"Oh? Does she think I'm a bad influence or something?" Sasuke asked mockingly.

Naruto could hear where Sasuke was, he didn't seem to be trying to hide his location. But it didn't really mean much. If Sasuke really could see down here, even a little, he could evade the blinded Naruto easily.

"Maybe more of a distracting influence." Naruto replied carefully.

"I'll take that as a compliment. But it wasn't like I expected to find you here, that was a surprise. I didn't realize the Fire Country wanted the Orb as well."

Naruto didn't know quite how to reply to that. "What are you talking about?"

Sasuke sighed. "How do you even function with that brain of yours, Dobe? Rain Country ninja are the ones trying to steal the Orb or didn't your pitiful village intelligence work that one out before they sent you here?"

Well no, they hadn't. But rather than admitting to that, Naruto tried a different version of the truth.

"We were hired by the temple keepers to take the Orb out of here and keep it safe."

Sasuke didn't seem to believe him. "Oh? So why aren't the monks in here getting the Orb for you?"

"The entire temple is trapped and in complete darkness in case you didn't notice. Not even the monks can retrieve the Orb, the knowledge on how to defeat the traps is lost to them."

"Uh huh. So you were sent to come into the darkness, past the traps and grab the Orb, I see. This mission relies on stealth, patience and navigating in the dark and she sent…you. Your Hokage has become senile then?"

He had a point, he wasn't best suited for this kind of mission. But it wasn't like Tsunade had all the facts to begin with. If she had, he very much doubted he would be here.

Naruto bit down the angry retort he was just about to spit back and instead very calmly said, "Well I got past it all didn't I?"

"Not yet. I could take the Orb right now and leave you to fend for yourself in the darkness if I wanted to."

That thought was very unappealing.

"Why do you even want the Orb?" Naruto asked pointedly. "It's a weather control device, it's not a doomsday machine. What could you possibly want with it?"

"Actually the same reason you want it. To stop the Rain ninjas from getting it."

"That's all?" Naruto asked with surprise. "Then we're not enemies. Look Sasuke, if I take the Orb, I can keep it away from them."

"I didn't say I didn't want the Orb. It's a powerful artifact. I just happen to not want the Rain ninja to get it as well."

"So you're going to take it and leave me here."

"I'm thinking about it."

Naruto snorted at the response. "I would've been able to get out of here if you hadn't taken me off my path," he muttered. "A moment ago you were pushing me up against a wall kissing me and now you're considering leaving me to possibly die. And you said I was ambivalent!"

"Ah, so you do know what the word means."

He sure did, he'd looked it up as soon as he'd gotten back to the village. Not that Sasuke needed to know that.

"I'm not so stupid you know."

There were a few moments of silence before Sasuke said. "Fine. Come here."

From the sound of his voice, Naruto knew what direction to find him in. He just misjudged the distance. Apparently he hadn't shoved Sasuke as far away as he'd thought. He took a couple of steps forward and almost ran into him. Sasuke grabbed his arm to stop him. Then he let his hand trail down till he could grab Naruto's hand instead.

"This way, and try to step where I step."

"I can't see anything. How am I supposed to do that?"

Sasuke sighed very deeply. "Just how did you make it this far? And how were you planning to get back out again?"

"I had it planned out," Naruto said back defensively. "I had it all memorized, but you had to go and distract me."

He could hear the smile in the voice. "Was it worth it?"

"That depends whether I make it out of here or not."

Sasuke started off with Naruto in tow. "I'm stung. What if I had done more than just kiss you?"

Unfortunately Naruto's brain took the time out to think about that one. He imagined being up against that cool stone wall again with Sasuke pressed up against his back. He imagined feeling his bare skin and… Naruto shook the image away.

"Worth potentially dying down here?" Very definitely maybe. "No, get real."

Sasuke actually chuckled a little at that. It had been so long, he couldn't remember the last time he'd heard Sasuke make a sound like that.

"I think I may have actually heard you lie to me."

"And that tickles your funny bone?" Naruto asked with obvious rancor.

"You're not a liar by nature and you're pretty bad at it. Actually knowing that you just lied and what you lied about just tickled something else. But I suppose that can wait."

The implications of exactly what it was that could wait gave him a bit of a shiver and he had to wonder why seeing Sasuke again was having this sort of an effect on him. It wasn't meant to.

Previously Naruto had instigated the intimacy between them for quite a few reasons. None of which at the time had been because he really desired his friend in that way. He hadn't really, not at the time. He had just wanted his friend back and feeling that bond again, in any way, shape or form was better than nothing to him. And it wasn't as though the experience had been terrible and he had admittedly enjoyed himself. He wouldn't have done it at all he supposed if there wasn't some small part of him that didn't mind being intimate with Sasuke. Surprisingly, it hadn't seemed weird at the time either. Not when he got right down to it. He sort of understood why as well.

People called him a little obsessed in his mission to get Sasuke back, and he supposed they were right in a way. He devoted as much time and mental energy to his obsession as most guys his own age dedicated to pursuing girls and training. There wasn't a day that he hadn't thought about getting Sasuke back and since the last time they had seen each other, those thoughts had become a little more X-rated. It had bothered him at first, but not so much anymore. So really it shouldn't surprise him that his bond with Sasuke had become a little deeper in some way. It hadn't changed how he thought of him at all, it had just taken on a new element now. What was really making him wonder was why he was anticipating those touches now. Now it seemed that it wasn't just enough to be near him anymore but that he needed to be touched by him too. He thought perhaps his mind had gotten so caught up in getting a close bond back with Sasuke again, that his wants and needs had gotten a little confused between a closeness mentally between them and a closeness physically.

But it wasn't like he had to admit that to Sasuke either. The smug bastard would probably enjoy the effect he was having on him. It left Naruto wondering how Sasuke felt about it all. Sasuke had certainly become friendlier towards him, but he had to further wonder whether that was because Sasuke felt that same bond or whether he just wanted sex. Yet, Naruto found himself thinking of whether that would even make a difference to him at this point. For whatever reason, Sasuke was acting like his friend again and that was worth it, whatever the price. Of course the price wasn't without it's own rewards either.

Sasuke stopped a moment later and let go of his hand. He was probably picking up the Orb and stashing it somewhere. Well whatever, Naruto could always try and get it back later.

Naruto knew when Sasuke was done because he felt Sasuke's fingers touch his palm prompting him to take his hand again. Naruto did and Sasuke started to lead the way back out. What Naruto failed to mention was that as soon as they had found the pedestal he could have made his own way once more. He was back within his mental map and didn't really need the assistance anymore, but Naruto's mental map wasn't half as good as being able to actually see where you were going. And besides, he was enjoying the feel of being close to Sasuke and feeling him gripping his hand. It made it seem like they were in this adventure together and not as it may turn out later, against each other.

Halfway down the tunnel outside of the pedestal room Sasuke stopped so abruptly that Naruto ran into the back of him. He instinctively grabbed Sasuke's shoulder but not before he'd caused the other man to take an involuntary step forward. In a place like this, that wasn't a good thing. But according to Naruto's memory map, there wasn't a trap here.

"Dobe, watch where you're going," Sasuke hissed.

"I can't Sasuke. I can't see, remember."

"Whatever. Now be quiet."

Naruto obediently shut his mouth and listened intently.

For about thirty seconds.

"Sasuke, I don't-"

"Shhhh."

Just after Sasuke had hushed him he heard it. He heard a couple of people talking. They were still a ways off, maybe three rooms away, but they were coming closer. It seemed they were taking great pains to hide their charkas but apparently not to keep quiet.

"You've seen a map of this place, yes?" Sasuke asked him in a whisper.

"Yes,"

"I can see a concealed door about halfway up the corridor. Is that room safe, can you remember?"

Naruto wracked his brain for the information. He wasn't good at memorizing things and so any part of the temple that didn't have anything directly to do with his mission he hadn't really dwelled on. The monks had been thorough though and gone over everything with him and the answer eventually came.

"It used to be an ancient holding room, I think."

Sasuke seemed to spend a few moments deciding whether to trust Naruto's memory or not, but the voices just kept getting louder. There had to be at least four ninja. Naruto could make out their individual voices now.

"We'll risk it."

He dragged Naruto over to the door, carefully disarming the trap connected to the door and opening it up. At least that's what Naruto assumed he was doing. Every door was trapped in here. He'd had to get special training from the monks on how to disarm them without being able to see. Naruto heard the door slide open, surprised that it hadn't made more noise. Sasuke pushed him in first and Naruto heard Sasuke close the door just as quietly behind him.

Even through the stone, Naruto could hear them still talking as they passed by. It was muffled though and he could only just barely make out the words, but he could still hear them even though they'd lowered their voices. Evidently there must have been some sort of ventilation holes high up in the walls, but Naruto of course couldn't see them.

Both he and Sasuke had been masking their own chakra since entering the temple so unless they found the door and came looking, the pair of them would be safe enough in here till the other ninja left.

Of course, all this hiding stuff wasn't really his style. He'd have much preferred to face them head on and be done with it, but he could understand why Sasuke hadn't gone for that option. They didn't know for sure how many there were and Naruto was as good as blind in here. Plus, they had no way of knowing if the other ninja were similarly affected or not. Yeah, he could understand the hiding thing, but it didn't mean he had to like it.

He sensed Sasuke moving around the room but stayed put where he was. Eventually the sounds of the other ninja faded and Naruto whispered, "What do you see?"

"A blind Dobe in a room."

"Teme, c'mon."

Sasuke sighed. "It's more like a torture chamber than a holding room. Whatever these monks were in ancient times, they were serious about discouraging thieves. There's wall shackles, a few rusty tools, a workbench and a few other unimportant things."

Perfect. "You said it looked like a hidden door when we came in, d'you think they'll find it?"

"I only saw it because of my Sharingan. So unless they can sense hidden things or see through walls we should be hidden well enough."

Naruto didn't know if that was a relief or not. He didn't like waiting around either.

/"We can't find the Orb."/ Naruto almost jumped at the sound. It was coming from the corridor outside. Whoever was speaking must be right near one of those holes.

/"It must be here."/

/"It's possible it is in another room or fallen off the pedestal and rolled elsewhere but we can't search in this darkness."/

/"At least we've disabled the traps. But it's still going to take some searching. We'll have to wait till we can dispel the jutsu and lift the darkness before we can search properly. That means we have to wait for Masu. I don't want to take the chance that it's still here and we've missed it so I'm going to leave the bulk of the men here to watch the place. You take two others to meet up with Masu. It shouldn't take him more than two days to get here."/

/"Yes Sir."/

/"Yes."/

/"Of course."/

From what Naruto could tell there had been at least four different voices in that conversation and by the sound of it, there were a lot more that must be around. So maybe hiding wasn't such a bad option. But now it looked as though they might be stuck here for two days. More if it took the ninja a long time to search before moving on.

Naruto waited till the sounds faded away before he spoke again.

"Two days? Sasuke, even if there're ten of them we can still take them. Why are we waiting?"

"Normally I would agree with you. But all it would take would be three of them to be any good and we risk losing the Orb. It isn't worth it."

Sasuke was right, but Naruto was impatient. "I say it's worth the risk."

"Then, by all means, go get yourself killed. I would prefer to assure the mission is carried out."

By the sound of his voice, Naruto managed to get closer to Sasuke without running into anything terribly painful. When he got closer the felt a hand on his ankle and Sasuke told him to sit down. He did so but after about five minutes he got bored.

"Sasuke-"

"Shut up, Dobe."

Naruto sighed.

Ten minutes later…"At least tell me what the room looks like."

"I need to rest my eyes so I stopped using the Sharingan. I can't see at the moment."
"Sasuke-"

"If you say my name one more time I will silence you myself." Sasuke snapped.

"You wouldn't hit someone who was blind, would you?"

"Normally no, but I may make an exception for you. Besides, there are other ways to silence you than hitting you."

Well, that scared him not in the least. He grinned.

"Sasuke."

For someone that couldn't see, Sasuke did quite well. With a palm flat on Naruto's chest, he pushed him backwards onto the ground and climbed over him and silenced him with his lips. For a virtually blind person Naruto was pretty impressed when he found his lips on the first try. He'd expected Sasuke to smack him upside the head, but this was certainly better. And he definitely wasn't bored anymore.

While he was being kissed, Sasuke unzipped the front of his jacket and slipped his free hand underneath his black t-shirt. Palm flat the hand moved up his chest, fingers briefly flicking a nipple on their way past. Naruto groaned into the kiss and Sasuke let him breathe again. He hadn't wanted him to stop though so he tried to get Sasuke to kiss him again the same way he'd accomplished it before.

"Sasuke."

It came out a little breathy and Sasuke stilled for a moment. The pause didn't last long though. He leaned in and kissed him long and hard before scooting further down, pushing the t-shirt up and kissing, his stomach heading up while his fingertips teased just in underneath top of his pants.

He said, "Say it again." And a tongue flicked out over a nipple so when he said, "Sasuke," again, it came out in between proper words and that breathy little sigh just like before.

Sasuke's fingers hooked on the side of his pants instantly and drew them down. His lips went to attack the exposed hip and whatever else was slowly being revealed. Eventually he drew them down over his groin, the cool stone beneath his ass making him shiver slightly until he felt the warm breath waft against his by now very hard cock. But Sasuke didn't go any further.

"Again," he demanded.

Was it possible that Sasuke was getting some sort of satisfaction out of hearing his name said in that way? It seemed more than possible. He'd wanted Naruto to stop saying it before and now he just wanted to hear him say his name again and again, his voice distorted by the pleasure he was receiving.

"Sasuke."

He felt a warm tongue run up the underside of his cock and then wetness enveloped him almost fully and he moaned…loudly.

/"What was that?"/

The pair of them stilled at the sound of the voice.

/"What was what?"/

/"You didn't hear that? It was like a groan or something."/

/"You're letting those ghost stories get to you again. Look just cause that old guy said this place was haunted doesn't mean squat. You're letting your imagination get the better of you."/

/"Whatever."/

The voices started fading again.

He felt more than heard Sasuke chuckle considering that he hadn't moved his mouth. He did now though, and hand wrapped around him instead.

"Let's see if we can't scare up some more ghost sounds." Sasuke suggested.

"Maybe we should stop." It was a hard thing to suggest considering what was happening but for once he thought he'd follow Kakashi Sensei's advice and try to think with his brain a little more often.

Sasuke hadn't really moved other than his hand which was still working it's magic on him. Those quick, talented, deft fingers which were making him…

"No really, Sasuke you have to stop, someone will hear us."

"Just try to be quiet then."

Even Naruto had to scoff at that idea. Lots of people constantly told him to be quiet and it never ever worked, why should it now when he had even less control over himself?

"I don't think I can," he said honestly.

Sasuke didn't respond at first. He ran his tongue around the head of his cock and then asked, "You really want me to stop?"

Naruto had made sure he bit back a moan after that one but he knew he couldn't keep doing it.

"I don't want you to. But I think you have to."

Silence. Then, "Make me."

"What?"

"I said make me. You keep saying we should stop, yet you're lying there passively not so much as even attempting to move away from me. If you really want me to stop you should stop it yourself."

How was it that the asshole knew exactly how to deal with him to best suit himself? Naruto hadn't moved because quite simply he hadn't wanted to. He asked Sasuke to stop because he knew that while the Uchiha was doing what he was doing, Naruto just didn't have the willpower to act on his own to stop it.

Well fine, Sasuke was so sure of himself, maybe it was time to wipe that arrogant smirk off his face. Even in the darkness, he could feel it was there.

"Alright," Naruto said simply.

It cost him a lot to move right then, but he managed it. He knocked Sasuke's hand away and slid out from beneath him without stopping to think about what he was doing.

He rolled over, got onto his hands and knees in preparation of getting to his feet but he was stopped in the process. Not forcefully stopped, but stopped just by a touch. He felt Sasuke's hand on his lower back and felt it climb higher. As the hand climbed up to his shoulder, he could feel Sasuke lean over him. Now he felt weight in that hand as Sasuke used it to brace himself. He might still have his shirt on, but Sasuke had previously pulled his pants well down so that all he could feel between their two bodies when Sasuke leaned in close was the loose fabric of Sasuke's pants. The cloth didn't hide the hardness beneath it. If he wasn't so stubbornly trying to prove a point, he might have pushed back on him. The fingers of Sasuke's other hand trailed up ever so lightly and slowly over his crack. He couldn't help the shiver that created.

"You're not helping," Naruto growled softly to him.

"I know," Sasuke replied smugly. "That's sort of the point. Surely you can still resist me. After all, wasn't the first time we did this, just you proving a point. It wasn't like you wanted me. Keep moving away from me if it's that easy."

Bastard. Who was proving a point now, huh? "You're holding me down."

"You might not be able to beat me in a fight, but I think we both know you're stronger than I am physically. Move me, make me stop."

"Bite me, Teme," Naruto told him off harshly.

Apparently being told off was enough. Sasuke took the weight off his hand and started moving it back down his body till it came out from beneath his t-shirt. He felt Sasuke's lower body move away from his ass and was just waiting for that retreating hand to leave his body completely before moving again. It got as far as his lower back and stopped. He felt something wet on his ass cheek and then Sasuke bit him.

He almost jumped up in surprise but the hand on his back exerting a little pressure seemed to want to keep him from moving. Also the fact that his pants were down around his knees, his legs out apart as much as his pants would allow didn't help his movement much either.

He then felt the fingers of that other hand spread his cheeks a little and then he felt a tongue. Naruto gasped.

Apparently Sasuke didn't have any qualms doing anything he wanted to once he set his mind to it. And his mind seemed very set indeed. Seconds later the hand on his back stopped pushing down and moved around to grab his cock again. Naruto bit the inside of his lip to stop himself making another noise.

He didn't want to give in to Sasuke, he really didn't. But he had to decide on what he wanted more. Did he want Sasuke to win or stop? If they made any noise the enemy would hear them. Well, that might not be a problem for Sasuke, he wasn't much of a noise maker if memory served.

"They'll hear us," Naruto tried again.

Sasuke instantly stopped what he was doing, leaned over him once more and Naruto felt a piece of cloth being pushed into his mouth. He was confused but he let it happen.

"You mean they'll hear you," Sasuke corrected him. "Then bite down on that and don't make a sound."

He felt the hand near his hole move and a finger slipped inside. He groaned into the rag and bit down. It was almost soundless.

When Sasuke straightened up again he clamped a hand on Naruto's shoulder, forcing him to straighten up back onto his knees only. Those delving fingers slipped out of him and then he pulled the shirt and jacket up over Naruto's head. He must have spent a few moments getting rid of his own shirt and Naruto helped him by reaching around and undoing the tie on his pants. While he was doing that a he felt Sasuke's finger probe him again and then second finger entered him and began spreading him.

It didn't matter how much preparation he got though and Sasuke surprisingly never seemed to rush through this part, he knew from past experience that it was going to hurt. Not too much thanks to Sasuke, but enough. He was eager to get to the part when it didn't hurt much anymore, when he could just feel Sasuke pushing into him and nothing of the rest of the world.

He got done with Sasuke's pants and wrapped his hand around the newly freed erection. With his free hand he moved the probing fingers away from him. Hopefully Sasuke would get the message. He did.

But apparently the hint wasn't enough. Sasuke moved in closer, pressed flush now against Naruto's back and whispered into his ear while he reached around and plucked the cloth out of his mouth.

"Tell me you want this. Tell me you're doing this for no other reason than you want to."

"I want to," Naruto told him in a breathless whisper.

"I don't know whether to believe you."

"Sasuke, I want you."

"Good. You'll need this." Sasuke pushed the wadded up cloth back into his mouth. Then he pushed him down till he was back on his hands and knees on the ground.

"Because," Sasuke continued, "I'm going to make you need it."

Notes:

So that was fast. I was initially going to have them dance around each other a little more before I got to the rampant fucking, but oh well, what are sequels to just continue exactly where you left off. Well at least I made it as far as the second chapter.

Review review review. No really, I mean it. Please? Bribry didn't seem to work so I'm hoping unashamed begging will. This fic is on a lot of favorites lists, but has very little reviews, so don't be shy!

-Dash