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Author's note : thanks to all of you who followed i managed to write up the next chapter. Updates won't be regular but if i get motivated i will drop the next chapter. Read and enjoy.

Warning: it yaoi, boy on boy. It's AU.

Chapter Two

Naruto dropped his game box on his lap and reached for his black backpack with designs of purple scattered here and there. The zip was thick and gold. He pulled it open and a few bundles of dollars stared at him altogether should be about a hundred thousand dollars. Should be enough, he thought. He checked for some change and found a few yen inside the small pocket. He counted twenty yen and looked up with a frown. He wondered if this would be enough to buy him a decent meal. The train would stop soon at xxx station. He knew he should have changed the dollars when he was moving but there had been no time. It had taken all his time to divert the attention of his bodyguards before he was able to make his escape. His father would be furious, and his mother...Naruto didn't want to think about her. She was always so softhearted when it came to him. He didn't want to think what his running away would do to her.

He hurriedly shoved the bills into his kaki shorts pocket. and heft his heavy backpack unto his shoulder leaving one hand hanging freely. The train came to a stop and Naruto walked out. He spotted a security camera at the side and pulled his blue hat down to cover his ears then he walked with the crowd to wait for the next train.

His stomach growled at the sight of the barbecue meat on the other side of the road. He had managed to make it to the small village, Konoha was it? He didn't really remember the name but his contact had said it was a remote village. Good for people who didn't want to be found as the village was still behind a lot on the concept of civilization. On his way Naruto had seen a lot of farmers dressed like people from some kind of Japanese medieval era. He thought it was interesting to see pretty girls dressed in kimono, real cute. Still it was the sight of that strange meat and it's delightful aroma that captivated him. He was too hungry. He knew he was already late for his appointment with his contact but a few bites shouldn't hurt. Besides, he was paying good money so anyone was bound to wait. Without another thought the Naruto entered the store and ordered for some meat.

Uchiha Dojo

Sasuke looked at Gaara with more than a little irritation bubbling in his chest. " your friend is late" he stated. He was seated on a zabutonsmall(1) in seiza(2) with one knee raised and hands folded across his chest, as he had for an hour.

" yeah" Gaara replied looking outside through the open doors. " I wonder what's keeping him"

Sasuke shifted his gaze from his friend to the door. He had been against bringing the stranger to his home for their first meeting when he was yet to decide if it were prudent to allow someone he knew absolutely nothing about live with him and Haruka. After all it had been a desperate decision and now they were here in the training hall of the dojo. He was almost grateful that the person was running late, it gave him time to think and Sasuke thought it was not a good idea for many reasons. What if the elders found out. The elders had a say about how he managed the Uchiha dojo but they've showed neither hide nor tail since after his parents funeral. Sasuke's pride stopped him every time for reaching out to them for help. Father has always said to exhaust every possible solution before meeting those people for any help. Sasuke inhaled and stilled his resolve. He didn't have to accept that person simply because he needed the money, he reassured himself. He would observe them and judge if they would be suitable in keeping the secrets they might discover in the Uchiha household.

There was a sound outside as someone barrelled into the room. Sasuke raised his head a little stunned to see a boy about his age standing there with wide blue eyes the kind he had never seen before. Hair that shone like the sun was another thing he had never seen before. The boy's face was remarkably small and oval, his skin a tan color unusual in this part of Japan. The boy in turn stared at him his mouth slightly agape. " Naruto-kun, good you made it. What's with the hurry" Gaara's voice snapped Sasuke out from...whatever that was. He rearranged his expression to one of plain indifference but with a little contempt underneath." you kept us waiting for a while. What excuse do you have to say for yourself." He said.
Naruto panted a little from his run here. He didn't stop looking at the boy who asked him a question as he had since he entered. The boy was all black. His hair, his eyes, his clothes. They were all black but his skin shone like pearls. Naruto flushed at himself. What was he thinking, this was a guy. What skin like pearl. He sneered at himself.

" I see you lack proper etiquette. " Sasuke said when he saw the sneer on the boy's face. Immediately a dislike for him started to bud. " i don't see any need to continue this conversation if you will not apologize." he said.

Naruto blinked. Oh right, he had been so caught up in his thought he forgot to answer the questions that had been directed at him. Still this guys attitude bugged him. " what lack of etiquette? I'm sorry I came late but it's not my fault that this place is so far away is it. I had to ask so many people on my way here." he said.

Sasuke raised one eyebrow. Who doesn't know about Uchiha dojo, surely it's been a while since it had students but it's name had not yet be forgotten...has it? This upset Sasuke even more. " Naruto-kun are you sure?" Gaara asked. " almost everybody knows where the Uchiha dojo is"

Oh so that was the name. Naruto had forgotten the name of the place. After he finished eating his meat at the store he tried to find the paper he had written it on but couldn't find it. He remembered that the place had dojo to it's name so he had gone around asking for the various dojo in the village. He didn't think there were so many. This was his fourth one. Why does a place like this need so many dojo besides in this age he thought the samurai era was over. He looked up at the boy whose name he didn't remember though he thought Gaara must have mentioned it on the the email he scent describing the place. He was dressed in black and white Kimono and a wooden sword tucked at his side. What a weirdo. Don't tell me this is the person I'm going to spend the next six months with, he thought.

Sasuke saw that the boy- Naruto- was daydreaming again. He frowned, was this an aliment of some kind. He looked at Gaara and his friend shook his head and shrugged understanding the question in his gaze.

" be that as it may, you should still apologize for keeping us waiting" Sasuke said.

Naruto blinked. Oh he was suppose to answer a question. " well, since it was partly my fault i will apologize. But know that it's only partly" he said. Something about the way the boy stared at Naruto made him feel like he was small and insignificant. This was a really strange feeling as when he was back in Tokyo with his bodyguards following him to school in a limosine he always felt above everyone else but now this nobody was making him feel this way.

Sasuke saw that this was the only half-hearted apology he was going to get he said: " very well you may take your seat."

Naruto ground his teeth together but sat down. He wanted to protest but that strange feeling kept him still. As a form of rebellion he sat with his legs stretched out. He noticed the twitch on the boy's face and smirked. Oh right, he needed to get his name and stopped referring to him as the boy in his head. " so my guess is you are going to be my roommate huh? What's your name?" he asked.

Sasuke was so irritated and not being one to hold his opinion in looked at the boy. " do you usually seat that way" he asked.

" do you usually answer question with question" Naruto asked and grinned. He was enjoying his attempt to break the mask on the boy's face. " besides what's wrong with seating like this. Back in Tokyo people seat around like this a lot." not true of course, they did have something called etiquette.

Sasuke looked at Gaara to confirm that. Gaara sighed and shook his head. His friend had promised to leave the negotiation to Sasuke and was really keeping to his promise. But Sasuke wished he would take up talking to Naruto. He was exhausting to talk to and within the short moment they've spent together he almost did things out of character." I see. My name is Uchiha Sasuke" he looked back at Naruto and said.

Naruto was shocked that the boy believed him- no Sasuke, that was his name- What an unusual name. Naruto blinked his surprise away and stretched out his hand with a smile. " I'm Uzumaki Naruto" he said.

Sasuke looked at the hand confused. What was he supposed to do with it. Gaara came to his aid. " it's good to see you Naruto-kun" he said taking Naruto's hand in his and shaking it up and down. Sasuke did not understand what that meant but he found the perplexed look on Naruto's face amusing. His lips didn't twitch to smile but he felt like he could.

The rest of the events can be summarized to end with Naruto placing a bundle of notes on the table. The bills were a hundred dollars each. Sasuke had not seen so much western money in one place, he had hastily chided Naruto about carrying that much money with him. The Dobe had not been pleased. He started an argument with Sasuke about how else he was suppose to get the money there. He was so loud. Sasuke dreaded the days that were to come.

Sasuke opened the gate and walked into the compound. There was a pathway that led to the main living room demarcated by two wooden pillars. There was a large table with chairs for seating around it and large and small vases standing on tables, shelves and near walls. On the walls were portraits of all the Uchiha elders including his father and grandfather. There was also the Uchiha symbol artfully drawn on the walls . (this writer can not do the description justice so imagine an old antique Japanese style house.) Sasuke stopped in the middle of the compound just near the tall sakura tree to watch his guest walk in with trepidation . This was the first outsider to ever step into the Uchiha household, Sasuke wanted to keep a watchful eye on him at all times.

Naruto was still a bit miffed about Sasuke pushing him away from opening door just so he could walk in first and had a slight frown on his face, lips pursed. He stopped, stunned by the sight before him, and gaped. It was unlike anything he had ever seen. It was...was like watching some old Japanese era anime, except more magnificent, come to life . No one build houses like this any more. It was not a mansion but a bungalow and from where he stood he could see hallways and the big living room. There was the two samurai sword placed at the holder and the portraits and the old style of chairs. Naruto hastily reached into his bag pack for his digital camera. He needed to take this so he could send it to his friends later. He opened the lens cap and position to take picture. After one click the camera was suddenly tugged from his hands. He blinked and looked at Sasuke's cold face then watched him smash his Olympus tough digital camera on the floor then stepped on it gracefully.

" NOOOOOO!" Naruto let out a piercing scream. He did not enjoy Sasuke's wince as he was much too pissed. "TEME! what the hell was that for! Why did you do that! Do you have any idea how much that cost? I had to buy that with my money! " Naruto yelled.

Sasuke only blinked, facial expression still as icy as before. " no cameras allowed. I'm sure Gaara told you about that" he said with such a normal voice it almost blew off Naruto's top in rage.

" what did you say" he gritted out, fist clenched.

" He must also have mentioned that everything you see here must not leave this place correct?" Sasuke continued unperturbed

Naruto thought that sounded familiar. Yes, Gaara had placed special emphasis about keeping the secrets of this place. It was all tiresome Naruto didn't bother to finish reading it. " you could have just said so, you didn't have to go and smash my camera like that?" Naruto pushed past Sasuke and picked his camera. The lens hung down pitifully. Nope, it was unsalvageable. Naruto turned and leveled a glare at Sasuke.

" I won't be able to monitor you at all times so this was best" Sasuke said and then flapping the sleeve of his kimono gracefully- Naruto thought it was graceful but now- arrogantly walked past Naruto. He scoffed ' I still have my phone ' he thought. He knew better than to voice it or it mind end up in the same fate as his camera.

" who care's about your stupid secret anyway. I bet is worth absolutely nothing." Naruto said and stuck out his tongue at Sasuke but Sasuke turned and looked at him so he had to look away and pretend he did not do anything.

Sasuke raised one eyebrow at Naruto and scoffed. " hurry up and follow me" he said.

Naruto got to his feet and made rude gesture behind Sasuke's back. He heard someone giggle and quickly dropped his hands and looked around. He saw no one at first but his eyes soon landed on petite girl. She had her black hair in two piggy tails and was wearing a sports top and shorts holding a cup to her lips. Her black eyes were playful as they looked at him. What a cute little girl, Naruto thought.

" Haruka" Sasuke's voice caused Naruto to look at him. He was looking at the little girl with his icy expression. " what are you doing home."

" Ni-san, I got off school early today because our last lesson was cancelled." she said looking away from Naruto.

ni-san? No way. Naruto looked quickly between the two. He could see the family resemblance but something was a little off. He frowned.

" and you came home by yourself? What if something had happened." His voice was cold. Definitely not the way to talk to your little sister. Not the way Naruto would talk to his little sister if he had any but sadly he was an only child. Naruto felt that he would have made a great big brother.

The little girl, Haruka had a small frown on her face. " I know the way home ni-san." she said.
" don't do that again. And what are you wearing, can't you see we have guest. I always tell you to dress as a proper Miko" he said.

" oh come on she is just a little kid, no need to be so hard on her." Naruto had to say unable to endure anymore. "besides there is nothing wrong with what she is wearing. "

Sasuke turned a cold glare on him and Naruto flinched. " I did not ask for your advice, this does not concern you. I don't want my little sister to become like those girls in that city you come from" he said.

Naruto frowned and pursed his lips. " what's wrong with the girls in the city" he asked.

" do you even have to ask. They are corrupted and lack self-respect. "

"no they don't. They are cool and not as tight-assed as you are that's why you don't like them" Naruto argued.

Sasuke scoffed " that's what you think because you are just as corrupted as they are" he said.

" why you- " Naruto wanted to strangle him.

" it's okay i will go change so please don't argue anymore!" Hakura cried. Naruto shook his head and approached the kid. " oh sorry. I didn't mean to upset you, your brother is just a big meany." he said. She smiled at him then looked up at her brother, something she saw made her relax and she bowed and walked away. Naruto looked at Sasuke a bit puzzled but all he got was a cold shoulder and even more icy expression if that were possible.

He followed Sasuke to the next block of the house with a mixture of amazement and annoyance. The jerk didn't even try to give some information about the place only walking five feet ahead with his head held high. Stuck up bastard, Naruto thought. He was so busy hating he didn't notice that Sasuke had stopped and walked into him. Sasuke's chest was hard and his arms came around Naruto to keep him from falling and bringing Sasuke along. Surprised Naruto looked up and met the dark pool of black that was Sasuke's eyes. Such flawless Skin. He noticed how close they were and flushed, flabbergasted he tried to pull away and ended up tripping and taking Sasuke down with him. His head hit the wooden floor and though he had expected Sasuke fall on him he found the boy looking at him with all out irritation. His brows furrowed. Sasuke had managed to catch himself with his hand on either side of Naruto's head and his knee on either side of Naruto's hips.

" you damn Usrantonkashi." he said with his such a passionate voice Naruto's heart kicked into over drive. He stared wide eyed up at the beautiful face , heart racing and he didn't know why.

To Be Continued...

Author's note: so the first chapter recieved zero approval but i hope this would work out. I hope you liked it, if you do please drop a review, i would like to hear what you think.