And here it is! Chapter 2!
I was hoping to get it out earlier but it gave me a little trouble :P. But at least I'm getting it out today like I promised some folks(less than an hour left haha).
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sasunaru lover: Um I kind of don't want to give it away .. But just keep in mind this is Sasuke's POV and he likes Naruto. Don't be surprised if the way he sees things makes it look like it's all going according to his plan ;P. But if you are asking for an explicit scene between Naruto and Sasuke then no there won't be any of that :(. Sorry but I can't write lemons yet...
NOTE: Here's an apology ahead of time for breezing over the Kakashi vs Sasuke vs Sakura fight. Just like with lemons I'm still learning how to write those. I'd rather give readers an awesome fight scene than a horrible one. So I hate to ask this but I hope you can imagine what happens.
Again sorry! I will keep action things to a minimum in this story to avoid doing things like this.
But yeah other than that, please enjoy!
The walk back to Team 7's meeting spot was thankfully uneventful.
Naruto was hopping along ahead of Sasuke and Sakura; looking incredibly adorable and giving Sasuke, who was walking right behind Naruto, a good view of his cute, fuckable, ass. He was chatting amicably with Sakura about whatever she wanted to talk about, which was of course, mainly Ino's party.
Ino was holding an End of the Year get-together on New Year's Eve and all of the Konoha 14(Sai and Kuyubi having been added after sharing the Konoha 12's breathing space long enough) was invited. Of course Sasuke didn't care too much for social gatherings much less a party dedicated to everyone getting drunk off of their butts. Besides they were ninja. Down time was one thing but partying? That was for civilians, ninja couldn't afford to waste time on that when they have a village(or a certain blond) to protect.
But when Sasuke heard Naruto agree to go to the party, and Sakura not-so-subtly hint that it was a couples event(which confused the heck out of Sasuke. Not only were more than half of them single, but if they were the only ones invited, who were they going to pair up with?) Sasuke had a quick change of heart.
No way was anyone other than him going to be Naruto's date to this thing. Now if only he could find a way to ask Naruto that wouldn't be rejected by his innocent nature. He has already tried asking five times but each time Naruto found some innocuously, cute way to not understand what Sasuke was asking.
"Oh! I thought I was going there with all of my friends? It's a friends party right?"
"You mean you want to walk me there? Oh Sasuke that's so sweet of you! But I don't want you to have to go out of your way! I mean my apartment and your compound are on opposite ends aren't they? Don't waste time and energy for me!"
"Heehee silly Sasuke! Of course I'll hang out with you at the party. I'll hang out with everyone!"
"Sasuke! I'm 17-years-old and that's private!"(He said 'will you be my date' not 'will you free to masturbate'. Although it was alarming that Naruto knew what 'masturbate' even meant. He bet it was the Inuzuka, that fucker.)
"What?"
Adorable. But frustrating.
But no matter. Sasuke will find a way to ask Naruto to the party even if he has to string Christmas lights over the roofs in Konoha in a way that they ask 'Naruto will you be my DATE to the party?'(again. Last time he got arrested for public vandalism but it'll be worth the night in jail if Naruto actually gets to see the lights this time).
In an ideal world, Sasuke could convince Naruto to forget the whole thing and spend the night with Sasuke and Sasuke alone. Because that party was just what Sasuke needed. Naruto all dressed up and surrounded by guys who did nothing but stare at him like he was a piece of meat. Sure Sasuke wasn't that much better, but again. He liked Naruto first damn it!
However that sociable ball of sunshine just loved get-togethers and hanging with the friends he was deprived of as a child. How could Sasuke stand in the way of that? He hasn't figured it out yet but once he does he'll finally have Naruto to himself(cue inner Sasuke fist pumping).
"So we should look for Kuyubi-san as well right?" Sakura pointed out. "Team meetings can't start unless everyone is there."
Sasuke inwardly groaned. Sure he didn't mind Kuyubi but now that he found Naruto he didn't feel like going on a wild goose chase for their newest team member. Besides what trouble could Kuyubi get into in Konoha anyway? But his cute, little blond uke obviously thought differently.
"You're right Sakura-chan! We need to find Kuyubi! He could be lost or worse; on Tea Street again," Naruto mumbled. Sasuke raised an eyebrow in amazement. Did his little Naruto actually sound angry? Wow, Kuyubi was going to get it. Sasuke's adorable blond may be sweet, but he's sweet with a looooud voice. And when the tears came you knew you were done for.
Eh. Kuyubi did help treat Sasuke to a view of Naruto's naked body(even if unintentionally). Why not, Sasuke can help him out this time.
"Oi, let's just check the meeting spot first. He could already be there now," Sasuke pointed out. In the walk to the meeting spot he'll have to think up an excuse to keep Naruto and Sakura there. That should buy Kuyubi some time to find some excuse to cool Naruto down.
"Good idea Sasuke-kun!" Sakura swooned(as expected). Naruto puffed out his cheeks and huffed. He looked like he wanted to say something, but in the end decided Sasuke was right.
"Come on then let's hurry!" He hastily said jumping from one foot to the other in anticipation. He then ran in the direction of Team 7's usual spot.
"Naruto wait up!" Sakura exclaimed running after the blond. Sasuke rolled his eyes and followed at a similar pace. Kuyubi better appreciate this. The last Uchiha didn't like seeing his buttery blond get so riled up(over another man at least!). He also better be at the meeting spot because if he isn't then at the speed they're going, thinking of a way to keep Naruto and Sakura there was out of the question.
But Kuyubi was there much to Sasuke's relief.
The red-head was sitting sideways on the bridge's railing, looking pretty lost in thought. Awesome, now they won't have to go looking for him. But he was on his own in dealing with Naruto. Naruto, who along with Sakura, was incapable of greeting someone in an inside voice. Even if that someone was only two feet away.
"Kuyubi(-san)!" They both shouted. Kuyubi noticeably broke out of his thoughts and looked at them. Towards Sakura and him Kuyubi nodded in acknowledgement. But towards Naruto, Sasuke had to hold back a laugh as the red-head's eyes widened almost comically. Kuyubi always had that reaction when the overexcited blond greeted him.
Admittedly holding your hands up with a freaked out expression wasn't a reaction Sasuke considered appropriate to Naruto running and giving you a jump hug. However it was an acceptable reaction since it proved to Sasuke that whatever had happened last night changed nothing.
"Kuyubi! Here you are! You never came back last night, where'd you go?" Naruto inquired. He had his arms wrapped tightly around Kuyubi's torso and was snuggling his face into his chest.
It would be an action that SHOULD incite some jealousy in Sasuke but it didn't. Why? Because he gained much more amusement at seeing Kuyubi's wide-eyed expression as he stared at the blond. And because Naruto just confirmed that Kuyubi did in fact leave Naruto's apartment last night and didn't go back(cue inner Sasuke fist pumping again).
"...Somewhere Naruto."
"You didn't go to Tea Street right?" Naruto's gripped must've tightened considerably if Kuyubi's small yelp of pain was anything to go by. Sasuke let out a low whistle. Naruto must really hate Tea Street. It was kind of crazy because he didn't think his little uke had it in him to hate. But it was entirely possibly that since Tea Street was a location as opposed to a person it was okay. After all, the youngest member of Team 7 also didn't like haunted places too much. Maybe Tea Street was haunted and Kuyubi teased him about it. There certainly were some unnaturally horny girls populating that street.
"No you idiot! I meant I went somewhere in the forest! Loosen up will ya?" Kuyubi gasped out pushing on Naruto's arms.
"Oh! Was it the nude thing? I'm so sorry Kuyubi!" Naruto unwarpped his arms from around Kuyubi and was now gripping Kuyubi's shirt firmly. "You didn't mention that the nudists were only nude around other nudists."
"What are you talking about? I-"
"I never meant to make you uncomfortable! I'm so sorry! Please don't hate me...please come back home!" Naruto's eyes watered and he sniffled a little. Whelp! That did it. Kuyubi had to forgive Naruto now. Hell Sasuke was about ready to step in and forgive on behalf of the red-head just so that Naruto would smile again. But it looked like he didn't have to.
"Okay! Okay! I'll come back just don't...do that thing with the tears..."
"YAY!" Naruto claimed pulling Kuyubi in a bone-crushing hug again. He snuggled his head under Kuyubi's chin. Okay, even if Kuyubi's wasn't reciprocating the hug, did Naruto have to be so affectionate with the guy? Sasuke knew it was in Naruto's nature to not realize what hugging someone like that looked like to other people(specifically Sasuke...and Sakura better stop staring like that!), but damn if he didn't want to just...pull him away or something. He'd imagine it was possible that this was his trickster side coming out again. Like maybe he did all of those things, jumping on Kuyubi's back, hugging him out of nowhere, grabbing his hand, etc, because Kuyubi had the funniest reaction to them. Sasuke typically reacted to one of Naruto's hugs in his usual cool demeanor, and the other guys would always react by being too eager(idiots lacked the self-control Sasuke had). Kuyubi was the only one who freaked out at affectionate contact from the blond.
And hey, it was funny.
"Yeah yeah just promise to try not to get naked in front of me again alright?"
"Promise?" Naruto blinked up at Kuyubi before smiling widely and burying his face in Kuyubi's chest again. "Oh you silly ninja! I don't need to promise such a thing. I always try hard at everything I do. You know that by now," Naruto mumbled that last bit pretty quietly, but Sasuke was in the middle of a yawn and thus didn't notice it.
"So this is about the nude thing huh?" Sakura asked finally getting into the conversation.
"You told them?" Kuyubi raised an eyebrow at Naruto.
"No," Naruto blinked innocently. "They came to my door and I was undressed."
"WHAT!" The red-head exclaimed. "Y-You let them see you naked?" Naruto titled his head on Kuyubi's chest.
"Well after you left I was soooo tired. I didn't feel like putting my clothes back on so I fell asleep just like that. And when they showed up this morning I opened the door like that cause I forgot to put on clothes," Naruto then pouted, "don't get mad at me though. If you had stayed last night or at least comeback then I wouldn't have made that mistake. So it's all your fault," Naruto stuck his tongue out in an immature, yet cute manner.
Actually, had Kuyubi stayed or went back, then Sasuke wouldn't have had the chance to see Naruto naked come to him early. So thank you Kuyubi, for leaving Naruto's apartment and then staying away.
"Rrrrgh you know what? I'm not going to lower myself to arguing with you because you can't even remember to dress yourself before answering the door! And from now on don't let anyone other than m-m-moral doctors or a special person was it? Yeah only moral doctors or a special person of yours can see you naked. And even then!"
"Heehee I know. I'm not a nudist so only special people can see me naked. I got that Kuyubi," Naruto giggled into Kuyubi's chest.
Well that made Sasuke feel good. He must be special since Naruto was so casual in displaying himself to him earlier(sure Sakura was there but she turned around so technically she doesn't count). And how nice! Kuyubi was telling Naruto how to behave in a way that benefited Sasuke. Marvelous!
Sasuke decided to take back that strike against him.
"Aha. Soooo Kuyubi-san? Are you excited for Ino's party? I was thinking-"
And this is where the conversation lost all meaning to Sasuke. He stretched for no reason and then went to lean on the bridge railing right across from Kuyubi. He figured it might be a good time to meditate. Naruto was still embracing Kuyubi but that was fine because Kuyubi's hands were exactly where they were supposed to be. Not touching Naruto, but gripping the railing beside him. And both his and the blond's attention were on Sakura.
So Sasuke closed his eyes and began to relax his mind. After his earlier panicky period followed by the emotions he felt when he thought Naruto had slept with someone, Sasuke really needed a little break. As long as no one other than Naruto interrupted him before Kakashi showed, he should be calmed down by the time training starts. All he needed to do was meditate. He needed to clear his mind and relax, like a true ninja.
Within 15 seconds Sasuke was fast asleep. Standing up.
When he woke up Kakashi finally appeared.
"Yo!"
"YOU'RE LATE!" Sakura screeched pointing an accusatory finger at their chronically tardy teacher.
"Hi Kaka-sensei!" Naruto waved excitedly. He finally let go of Kuyubi and took several steps back. Just a few more baby steps and his clothed bottom would be right where Sasuke dreamed it would be. His focus on this fact cleared away any anger he felt towards Kakashi for being late.
"Sorry. I have no excuse you won't yell at me for. Anyway, today we will be sparring."
"Ugh! Why? We always spar!" Sakura whined.
"You can never have enough sparring. Sparring helps make your body stronger Sakura."
"Yeah but it feels like we've been sparring every single meeting this past week! Can't we do something different like, go to the library and study some scrolls! A ninja must keep his or her mind sharp after all."
"Yes well Ms. Sharp-mind, you can help yourself to the library on your time. However on my time, we spar."
"Fuck you Kakashi-sensei," Sakura grumbled crossing her arms. Sasuke glared at her. How many times has he told her to watch her fucking language in front of Naruto? Seriously, it was bad enough the Inuzuka was already trying to taint his precious blond and destroy that innocent nature; did he really have to watch out for Sakura as well?
"YAY! Sparring!" Naruto exclaimed throwing his hands in the air. "Can we pick our sparring partners Kaka-sensei?"
"Hm? You have someone in particular you want fight with Naruto?"
Naruto nodded excitedly before looking thoughtful and crossing his arms," Since Sasuke and Kaka-sensei always cheat with their sharingans..."
Sasuke had once wondered how the gap in their strength was so large. Naruto was slower, his moves were sloppier, his punches weaker. If he didn't know better he'd think Naruto was holding back on him. But that couldn't be because Sasuke did know better. How? He had a fully matured sharingan and that enabled him to know better. That's how. Although Naruto was strong in his own right, it seemed he couldn't compare to Sasuke anymore. But he can't be angry that Naruto isn't quite on par with him. Sasuke has found that he easily fit into the role of Naruto's incredibly good-looking protector. It helped that he usually got a reward whenever he saved Naruto's life. A hug most of the time but if he pushed a little Naruto will agree to a few hours of 'Sasuke-touches-Naruto-inappropriately-without-him-noticing' time.
"And Sakura-chan's genjutsu skills always get me every time..."
Sakura had only recently started putting that potential for genjutsu that Kakashi had mentioned a looooong time ago, to good use. To her misfortunate, there has yet to be a mission where she could use it. To Sasuke's(and Naruto's) misfortunate, Naruto was the only member of Team 7 who couldn't proficiently cancel her genjutsu which made him her honorary lab rat.
"I'll spar with Kuyubi," Naruto said smiling up at the red-head. "I'm on his level anyway."
"Please," Kuyubi snorted turning away. It was incredibly hot in Fire Country's strongest city which explained why Sasuke Kuyubi's face reddened the tiniest bit before he turned away. Heck Sasuke was starting to feel pretty hot himself. If only Sakura hadn't taken the outfit he wore when he was with Orochimaru and burned it, calling it a 'travesity to fashion everywhere(okay maybe the purple bow was bad but she could've at least left him the shirt).
"Don't get cocky brat. You're nowhere near my level," Kuyubi told Naruto. Naruto only giggled in reply and said, "we'll see."
Kuyubi was the only guy who treated sparring with Naruto like actual sparring. But Sasuke was surprised to hear how confident he was in his abilities. A wise man once thought, "two months does not a spectacular ninja make". Sasuke will admit that Kuyubi was smarter than the average rookie ninja, but believing himself to be a better ninja than his Naruto was a stretch. At least his feisty blond knew that much(and at the same time is so modest about it, that's what he loved about Naruto. He wasn't arrogant like every other guy in the Konoha 14). After they were done, Sasuke inwardly promised to treat any small injuries Naruto may have gotten and take him out to Ichiraku's before Sai showed up.
"Er...well Naruto...Um, I'd feel much better if-"
"Kakashi it's fine. Naruto and Kuyubi are the perfect fighting partners for now. Let's you and I spar alright?"
Sparring with Kakashi was for the best because he needed a challenge. And as much as he loved his little loser, there's no way that sweet uke would provide a challenge. Kakashi spared Naruto and Kuyubi a worried glance before hesitantly nodding at Sasuke. What a worrywart, Sasuke thought as he mentally rolled his eyes.
"Then who am I supposed to spar with! Do NOT expect me to sit out on the sidelines again!" Sakura glared.
"You can join Kuyubi's and Naruto's spar," Kakashi quickly told her. She didn't look too keen about the idea but before she could say anything, Kuyubi and Naruto decided to share their thoughts.
"Splendid."
"No that is not splendid! Sakura-chan has to join Saske and Kaka-sensei's spar!"
"Huh?" Sakura raised an eyebrow.
"Sakura-chan, Kuyubi only started being a ninja a few months ago and I'm...on his level. You're better off helping Sasuke or Kaka-sensei. One of them would need you a lot more than I do."
"I would accept the help brat. You're definitely going to need it," the red-head smirked.
"No way Kuyubi! I've been training hard! Neji, Shikamaru, Kiba, and Sai all sparred with me yesterday and so I'm ready to take you on! And I can do it by myself!" Naruto pumped his fists in determination.
Sasuke's eye twitched. Four of them touched Naruto inappropriately yesterday? Just where the hell was he? Oh right, cleaning out all of the dead and rotten tomatoes in his mother's old garden(what? It was his first try alright? On Tea Street there was a new girl selling Konoha's best tomatoes and the way she eyed all of the boys of Konoha, particularly him, made him believe it was much safer for his virginity to just grow his own tomatoes). So then where the hell was Kuyubi?
"Well come on Sasuke. Sakura will be joining us," Kakashi said interrupting his thoughts. He didn't sound too happy but Sakura was doing a less cute imitation of Naruto by hopping up and down excitedly.
"Alright let's go!" Naruto shouted. He grabbed Kuyubi's hand and dragged him off into an array of trees. Although he couldn't see them anymore, Sasuke could hear Kuyubi's voice loud and clear as he yelled at Naruto for pulling him like that and Naruto's giggly reply. Sasuke guessed he'll have to ask Kuyubi where he was yesterday later.
The fight with Kakashi and Sakura was interesting thanks to Sakura. At first she was on his side and was helping him fight Kakashi. But then he accidentally charred a part of her hair with a fire jutsu and didn't apologize for it(well what did she expect? Has she ever heard Sasuke apologize?), so she turned against him. Then because Kakashi kept looking in the direction Naruto and Kuyubi were fighting, he accidentally nicked her shoulder with a kunai. Before he could even apologize she was on him like he was Ino and she made fun of her forehead again. In the span of ten minutes it went from Sasuke and Sakura vs. Kakashi, to Sasue vs. Kakashi and Sakura, to Sasuke vs. Sakura vs. Kakashi.
It was a tough match but Sasuke prevailed in the end. Sure Kakashi ended the match early, and sure Sakura was still fuming and now he owed her a couple of hundred ryou for a new hair style, but once again Sasuke proved why the Uchiha bloodline, when used by an actual Uchiha, was the best. Now they were on their way to get Naruto and Kuyubi. Or to be more accurate he and Kakashi were rushing to get Naruto and Kuyubi. Sasuke was rushing so that he could see his blond in action. He couldn't determine why Kakashi was rushing. But it didn't matter because when they got to the clearing where Naruto and Kuyubi were supposed to be fighting Sasuke...didn't see in action.
They were...in a pretty compromising position.
Naruto was flat on his back with Kuyubi on top of him. It wasn't like they were kissing or grabbing at each other in a fit of passion. But something about it struck Sasuke as...something to worry about. He wondered if he is had something to do with Naruto's grin, which he may or may not have been sporting before he quickly frowned when the rest of Team 7 showed up. Eh. From this distance it was plausible that Sasuke's eyes were playing tricks on him. Even though his bloodline was far superior, the byakugan is the one with perfect vision not the sharingan.
He could tell Kuyubi looked nervous though. But that was probably because Naruto's knee was between his legs and was poised dangerously close to a sensitive organ of his.
"Ahem, what is going on here?" Kakashi asked sternly. He wasted no time in reaching the two boys and pulling the older one off of the younger one. While Kuyubi wrenched his himself out of Kakashi's grip, Naruto sat up and stuck out his plump, bottom lip.
"Looks like I underestimated Kuyubi. He's much stronger than I thought."
"Oh so you did need my help?" Sakura teased as she finally caught up. Naruto's eyes widened at the sight of her.
"Sakura-chan! What happened to your hair?" He pointed at the charred ends of her pink locks. She gave Sasuke a dirty look and Sasuke would've laughed because it was the same look Kakashi and Kuyubi were giving each other but laughing at something so trivial was beneath him.
"Let's just say something that made me regret not going with you and Kuyubi-san. Anyways how was your fight? Did you lose?"
"Nope! Draw! Kuyubi is strong but I'm strong too!" Sasuke raised an eyebrow. Huh. Maybe he underestimated Kuyubi as well.
"Bullshit Naruto! I won, you barely landed a hit on me and I got you on your back in the end."
Goddamn it why is everyone cussing in front of Naruto?
"That may be," Naruto tilted his head. "But it reeeally looked like a draw to me in the end." Naruto crossed his arms and looked up in thought. "Kuyubi put up a good fight, but Naruto still got him, didn't he?"
He looked straight at Kuyubi and smiled. "In the end, Kuyubi almost gave up didn't he?"
Three whole seconds of awkward silence passed. Sasuke didn't understand why it was awkward or why no one said anything in those three seconds or even why those three seconds felt suspiciously like five minutes. But it thankfully ended when a red-faced Kuyubi let out a growl and disappeared. Not even in a swirl of leaves, he just disappeared. Sasuke always meant to ask how he did that. Especially since it looked like even Kakashi didn't know as he flinched back in surprise when Kuyubi disappeared.
"Alright training's over. You're all free to go now," and he disappeared in a swirl of leaves.
"Oh come on! We spar and that's it? It's barely been an hour and a half! You should have more for us to do sensei. Sensei? Kakashi-sensei I know you're still in the area! SENSEI!" Sakura shouted as she stomped off looking for their lazy teacher. Sasuke thought about mentioning to her that now was a good time for her to go to the library but when he heard Naruto laugh all thoughts of Sakura disappeared from his mind.
"Heehee you should've seen me Sasuke! I may not have hit him, but I did touch him a lot. A good ninja doesn't let their opponent touch them you know? So I could've won but he had that dumb chakra defense."
"I'm sure you did great Naruto," Sasuke smiled. Whether he had a draw or lost or whatever, it didn't matter to Sasuke. At least this gave him an excuse to really nurse Naruto's...practically nonexistent wounds?
"Didn't he hurt you at least? You're practically uninjured," Sasuke frowned as he pointed out Naruto's near perfect state. Naruto stood up and brushed the dirt off of his orange pants.
"Yeah he hurt me a bit. But I have Kyuubi remember? He always heals my injuries."
"Oh. Yeah, Kyuubi." Now it was Sasuke's turn to pout. Damn that fox! Every time Sasuke wanted to play doctor to Naruto it had to butt in and heal his blond up before he could get to 'operating'. Oh well. At least there was still Ichiraku.
"Hello! I couldn't help but notice that the team meeting ended early today. I heard Sakura shouting in case you are wondering. Anyways, since I was on my way there, I would like to know if you'd like to accompany me to Ichiraku's Naruto. I can tell you must be hungry after spending an hour training. My treat of course."
ARGH!
And there you have it! Longer than chapter 1! I'm so proud of myself. You'll notice how calm and quiet Sasuke is in this chapter. That's because he's around 'friends'. Once his competition shows up, then he'll step up his game(you see what Sai showing up at the end has done to his thoughts haha).
For those of you reading this I hope this lived up to your expectations. If not let me know what I can do to improve! Thank you!