A/N: Here's the second chapter. Sorry it took so long, my computer hates me.

Disclaimer: I own nothing but the clothes on my back, the food in my stomach, and my evil, demonic computer from hell (Previously owned by Satan.)

Finding a Delicate Balance

Chapter 2

The moon was full and the night was silent, one Sasuke Uchiha was lying in his room, staring up at the ceiling thinking about his kiss with Neji.

'Fuck! Why the hell did I kiss him? I just wanted him to get over me so he won't hurt anymore, but I feel like crap now. God, if Naruto ever knew what happened he'll never forgive me. Hell, he'll probably just kill Neji and me.' Sasuke thought, a headache making his skull pound.

Sasuke rolled onto his side and put his fingers to his temples in a desperate attempt to soothe the pain.

"I guess the only thing to do is forget it happened and hope Naruto never finds out," Sasuke spoke to himself as he closed his eyes and fell into a fitful sleep.

The morning light filtered in through Sasuke's closed blinds, a beam of light falling directly on his head.

'Oh man, someone close the blinds…wait, why do I feel like something's on me?' Sasuke slowly opened his eyes and came face to face with a grinning Naruto.

Sasuke's eyes snapped open as he quickly jumped out of his bed in a panic. "HOLY CRAP! What the hell, Naruto, you nearly gave me a heart attack," Sasuke screamed from his place on the floor.

Naruto, still kneeling in the bed, just smiled wider and said, "Oh, now don't be like that, I only came to get my morning kiss. Plus, Neji said you and I have to meet him at the clearing."

Sasuke got up and glared at his demonic lover. He let out a huff and began to change his clothes. He decided to go with a simple red t-shirt and blue jeans. While changing he noticed Naruto staring at him with a predatory look in his eyes.

"You know, you still didn't give me that morning kiss," Naruto said, not removing his eyes from Sasuke's still bare torso.

Naruto got up from the bed and moved to embrace his lover in his arms. Naruto grabbed Sasuke's chin and leaned in.

Lips met lips in gentle kiss that was slowly becoming more passionate as Naruto deepened it. He opened his mouth and let his tongue sweep against Sasuke's lips seeking entrance.

Sasuke moaned and allowed Naruto's tongue inside. The two stood their kissing until they were out of breath (well, until Sasuke was out of breath; Naruto, being the demon that he is, didn't really need to breathe.)

The pair separated their lips but still stood in each other's arms; Naruto with his arms around Sasuke's torso, and Sasuke with his hands behind Naruto's head.

Naruto gave Sasuke's nose a small kiss and said, "You know I love you right, my little raven."

Sasuke smiled, "I know, I love you too. Now come on before Neji gets pissed at us," he said, on the inside, though, he was feeling even worse about the kiss with Neji.

The pair made their way downstairs where they were promptly greeted by Sasuke's exuberant older brother, Itachi.

"Good morning Mr. Sunshine, what do you want for breakfast?" Itachi asked his little brother with a large grin on his face.

Sasuke was surprised by his brother's good mood. He knew that Itachi was usually a happy person but this was sort of overdoing it, his brother was practically glowing.

"What's got you in such a good mood, aniki?" Sasuke asked.

"Your brother probably just got laid, didn't you, Itachi?" Naruto suggested with a smirk.

Itachi promptly blushed and looked to the side.

Sasuke was hit by a sudden realization, "Ohhh, you were at Kisame's last night weren't you? I was wondering where you were." Sasuke said sharing the same smirk Naruto was sporting.

"Okay, enough talking about my sex life and onto the subject of what you want for breakfast," Itachi said, hoping to quickly change the subject.

"Sorry, aniki, no time for breakfast. We got to meet Neji," Sasuke said as he remembered where they were supposed to be headed. Sasuke and Naruto headed towards the door.

"Okay, but be back before dinner; I invited Kisame over," Itachi said as his little brother and his lover walked out the door. As Itachi set about making his own breakfast he suddenly realized something.

"How the Hell did Naruto get in here, he wasn't here when I came back this morning?"

Naruto and Sasuke reached the clearing in the forest where Neji sat waiting.

"What's up angel cakes, are we gonna work on Sasuke's training some more," Naruto asked as he leaned against a tree.

Neji's eyebrow twitched in annoyance at the nick name Naruto gave him, but decided to drop it. "Yes, hell spawn, we're going to work on training Sasuke. I decided we should start on the history now and work on the physical later," Neji said. Unbeknownst to Sasuke and Naruto, Neji had a plan to make Sasuke see Naruto as the monster he truly was.

Naruto made a disgusted face and sneered, "Ugh, history. Can anything be more boring?"

"Just because you are an uneducated beast, demon, that doesn't make history any less important. I told you already, Sasuke might need it if he ever has to play the role of ambassador. You can't solve every problem just by killing something," Neji said.

"That's how I solve all of my problems. Killing things is the best way to go," Naruto snorted as he leaned against a tree.

Neji outwardly glared while inwardly smirking, 'That's right Naruto, keep talking like that. It will make it all the easier in convincing my precious Sasuke that you're nothing but an evil hell spawn.'

"Well, Naruto, I'm glad not everyone shares the same thought patterns as you. Any who, since we've already covered the whole beginning of creation thing, we'll just move on to the important times in history where the light and darkness have both significantly influenced mankind," Neji started

"Wow that sounds really interesting, angel cakes. I mean, can you be any more of a geek?" Naruto asked.

"Come on Naruto, give Neji a break. Plus I kind of want to hear this," said Sasuke, coming to the aid of his best friend.

"Thank you Sasuke. Any way let me start by saying that in the beginning, before my father and Naruto's father knew about the fate's plans for a vassal, God and Lucifer were always fighting about the true nature of human beings. Lucifer, of course, being the vassal of darkness said that humans were truly evil in nature and if put in the right or in our case wrong, situation they would instantly turn on each other. My father thought the opposite, and so each set out to prove the other wrong by putting humans in certain situations," Neji lectured.

"What kind of situations?" asked a curious Sasuke.

"Yeah, tell us teacher, we really want to know," mocked Naruto.

Sasuke elbowed Naruto in the ribs.

"Well, both God and Lucifer have influenced humanity many times; two key times were the Salem Witch Hunt and The Holocaust. These two events were started on the orders of Lucifer. He said that because humans are innately evil they will, in times of suffering, look for innocent people to blame and persecute. These two events also have something else in common, they were started by our very own demon, Naruto," Neji said, secretly smirking at the revelation he just revealed.

Sasuke quickly turned to Naruto with a shocked look adorning his face, "Naruto, is that really true?"

Naruto just shrugged and responded, "Yeah, all I really did was plant the paranoia, you humans took care of the rest. And since Neji here is intent on making me look like the bad guy, let me already get this out in the open, I started the black plague too."

Sasuke just looked at Naruto, shock and surprise still plastered on his face. Sasuke knew that Naruto is a demon and the very son of Satan himself, but he sometimes forgot that before meeting him, Naruto was very much evil.

Sasuke knew all of this so he couldn't help but ask, "But you wouldn't do these things now, would you, Naruto?"

"No of course not…" Naruto began

Sasuke let out a sigh of relief.

"…I'm not one for mass genocide that was my old man's thing. I'm more of a single killer kind of demon, you know. I like to choose a single target and make them hurt as much as possible before ending them," Naruto continued, not noticing the look of absolute horror on Sasuke's face and the smug look on Neji's.

"What do you mean you still kill people, I thought you changed," Sasuke stammered out.

Naruto was confused; he didn't understand what was bothering his lover so much. "I have changed, Suke, before I met you I never even knew the meaning of the word love; but you have to understand, I'm still a demon. I was born and raised in hell, killing is in my blood."

"Then what does love mean to you now, Naruto," Sasuke asked. He had a horrible feeling he wasn't going to like Naruto's answer.

"Oh that's easy, love to me means that when I look at you, I never have the urge to kill you," Naruto responded, thinking his answer will put his lover at ease.

Neji just kept quiet, observing the scene before him with great satisfaction. 'That's it demon, just keep talking.'

Sasuke's heart cracked, "That's it, that's all I mean to you. I'm just some person that you never have the urge to murder. You know what, fuck you, Naruto," Sasuke said, tears quickly forming in his eyes. He turned his back on Naruto and ran home.

Naruto just looked at the retreating form of his lover in shock and confusion. He turned towards Neji and asked, "What the fuck did I say?"

"Nothing Naruto, you just proved to Sasuke that you're exactly what I told him you were, a heartless monster," Neji said and promptly disappeared in a flash of light leaving Naruto alone with his confusion.

Sasuke arrived at his front door, his thoughts in disarray and his eyes gleaming with unshed tears. 'I can't believe it, all this time I thought he really did love me. Maybe it's like Neji said, demons don't have hearts.' With that thought, Sasuke opened the door and walked inside.

Itachi looked at Sasuke and knew something was instantly wrong.

"Sasuke, little brother, what's wrong?" asked Itachi.

"Nothing, aniki, just a fight with Naruto. I'm going upstairs," Sasuke replied, not looking up at Itachi. He slowly made his way up to his room

Sasuke lay down on his bed and closed his eyes for a moment before releasing a sigh. When opened them he was staring into white eyes.

Sasuke quickly sat up, "Neji, what are you doing here?"

"I saw how upset Naruto made you, so I came over here to make sure you were okay," Neji responded.

"I'm fine, I just never expected this sort of thing from Naruto," Sasuke said, voice barely above a whisper.

Neji put a sympathetic arm around his friend and said, "I know you didn't, and I know you thought he loved you, but you have to understand that Naruto is a demon, nothing more. He has seduced his way into many beds before: Alexander the great, William Shakespeare, and many other men and women throughout history. He is a user."

"Maybe you're right. It's just…I've never felt this way about anyone else. When I'm near Naruto I feel safe. I just wished Naruto felt the same way," Sasuke sighed as he looked at Neji.

Neji leaned in closer to Sasuke's face, "Don't you feel safe with me, I love you Sasuke. I can give you everything that Naruto can't, including my heart." With that said Neji leaned all the way in and placed his lips on Sasuke's.

Sasuke's eyes widened in surprise, but the grief and pain inside his chest made him close his eyes and just give in. This was the second time he kissed Neji, but this time he was much less hesitant and quickly deepened the kiss.

Both were too wrapped up in each other to notice a small black beetle quickly scurrying away to the slightly opened window.

'What the hell did I say, I just told him how I felt. Well maybe not in the exact words I meant. I probably should have told him about all the times I looked at and felt something long dead beat inside my chest. I should have told him that being with him makes me warm when I've been cold inside my entire life…Oh fuck, I messed up,' Naruto thought as he sat on the first pew in the abandoned church.

Naruto looked up to the stained glass window at the front of the church and sighed, "I just hope Sasuke forgives me."

He looked down towards the floor and quickly noticed a black beetle staring intently at him. "What the…what's a hell scarab doing here?" Naruto asked to himself.

Just as he finished that thought, the hell scarab was surrounded by ash and shadows as its form began to change. When the ash fell away, standing before Naruto was no longer a beetle but a man.

"Hello son, I have something I want to show you."