I do not own Naruto!
Naruto stuck his tongue out in concentration as he tied the thin wire firmly to the tall tree. He fiddled a bit with the knot to make sure it was tight enough, then he ran back to hide behind the green, blooming bushes. His evil master plan would go down perfectly.
Naruto grinned in anticipation at the sound of his friends footsteps getting louder. Soon. Naruto thought and smiled wickedly like a villain finally stabbing his knife into the hero's heart. Soon, they would both trip on the wire and fall straight down into the deep hell-hole. It was a perfectly executed trap.
They were straight in front of his hiding spot now. Naruto felt excitement build up inside him. Just a few more steps ... and BAM! Sasuke's foot got caught in the wire, making him stumble forward.
Naruto noticed a surprised expression before he fell face-first down into the dirty pit, previously hidden beneath leafs and twigs. Sakura didn't even seem to notice his fall until she too fell, mid-sentence, right into her own grave.
Naruto grinned evilly and rushed up to the huge hole. He couldn't wait to see the priceless expressions on his friend's faces. He peaked his head over the edge to take a look.
At first he couldn't see much, the dust was thick and he waited impatiently for it to settle. His eyes widened once he could see the two forms at the bottom of the pit. They both looked shocked, indeed. But tangled together closely in a very unpleasant … way-too-close way! Naruto's smile faltered and his eyebrows knitted together in an irritated frown. Ugh … this had not been part of his plan! Stupid trap!
The blonde considered briefly if he could get away with locking Sasuke into a chamber, and hire a few guards to patrol the entrance. This would effectively keep him away from Sakura until the end of time. Hmm ... Sasuke might get angry with me though ... Naruto though before he collected himself and grinned down the hole.
"Gotcha!" He yelled down to his friends, waving happily. Sasuke rolled his eyes at him and muttered something along the lines of "what an idiot". Sakura turned around and glared at him with flushed cheeks. Naruto desperately wished for them to separate.
"You're crushing Sasuke!"
Sakura blushed even more and quickly rose to rearrange her clothes. She looked up at him again.
"It's your fault! You build the stupid trap! Wait … are you calling me fat!?" Sakura spat back at him with a furious yet flushed look on her face.
"Uh … of course not Sakura-chaan." Naruto retorted with a grin. Perhaps she was beginning to get a bit rounded though? Naruto sure had a much nicer body than she did! Wait, was he actually comparing his body to a girls!? Sasuke had gotten up now as well, and was brushing the dust off of his clothes.
Naruto couldn't help but gulp as he watched Sasuke press his palms tightly to his body and then slide them downwards, tensing his muscular arms and illuminating the firm stomach beneath.
God, Sasuke was so hot. He'd really like to touch him that way himself - preferably without any clothes though. He snapped out of his thoughts when he noticed Sakura's calculating expression. He quickly flashed an innocent grin and wiped the drool of his chin.
"Now, time for you to get out of there!" Naruto yelled down the hole. He turned his head around and gave the thumbs up sign in the direction of the bushes.
The earth beneath his two trapped friends began to shake violently. Sakura turned to look at Sasuke with a terrified expression and then up at Naruto like she was about to cry. Naruto grinned inwardly.
"What's happening!? NARUTO!"
Half a second later, the entire pit turned inside out of itself and sand shot up of it like water out of a geyser.
Naruto watched his two friends sear though the air before he collapsed to the ground himself, laughing until tears streamed down his cheeks. Gaara calmly walked out from behind the bushes with a bored look on his face.
"That was a good one, Gaara!" Naruto said happily once his ability to breathe had returned. Gaara had obviously helped him with the trap, there was no way he could dig a hole that big by himself!
"Stupid … dobe" Sasuke hissed from where he laid. There was something off about the way he said it. It sounded repressed, almost like he was choking it out. Naruto turned towards his two friends.
Sasuke was still lying sprawled on the ground. Sakura was above him, her knees on either side of his waist. She looked down at him with wide eyes. Instantly, Naruto felt jealous. Why was she on top of him like that? He knew she liked her, but not that much! And why wasn't Sasuke pushing her away?
Maybe they liked each other. That would be horrible! He slouched together and entered his pout-mode. Gaara tried to give him sympathetic look, but ended up looking more like he would shit himself. Naruto shivered but smiled back sadly at his friend before returning his gaze to Sasuke.
What he saw made ice suddenly travel down his spine. Sakura had bent down and kissed him. How random was that!? Naruto felt sick, he wanted to puke but he couldn't even get air down his lungs.
For some reason, he was suddenly running towards them.
His hands moved on their own accord, pushing her away from him with all the force he could muster. She flew off of him and landed in a heap on the dirty ground, her sudden impact creating a cloud of dust that seemed to roar around her. She breathed heavily and stared at him in rage, and – surprisingly, something akin to fear.
"What the hell are you doing!?" She shouted and immediately got up on her feet to rush back to Sasuke who was lying motionless on the ground.
"But he doesn't like you that way!" Naruto tried desperately and reached his hands out to push her away.
"His not breathing!"
Naruto stilled and stared down at the boy in horror. His eyelids were shut. His skin had a deathly pale tone. His lips were parted slightly but no air seemed to be dragged in. Naruto's arms relaxed and fell down to the ground beside him.
Everything that happened next seemed as if in slow motion. Sakura was back at Sasuke's mouth, forcing her air down his lungs and keeping his nose pinched with her fingers. Crimson red seeped out from beneath Sasuke, trickling closer to Naruto who backed away from it – horrified.
Hands were pressed against Sasuke's chest and pushed down rhythmically, but no draw of breath could be heard at the efforts. More voices reached his ears and rushing footsteps appeared around him until he was pulled to the side.
What's happening? Naruto thought. He felt like he was in a strange dream were nothing made sense. Why was there blood everywhere? He stared at the people that had now created a small crowd around Sasuke's limp body. Sakura and Kakashi were on their knees on either side of him, both trying to bring him back to life. His gaze met with Ino's who had turned around to look at him.
"Wha- what's … going on?" He stuttered, blue eyes teary and mouth gaping like a fish struggling for oxygen.
"His dying!" She yelled before she got down on her knees in front of his slouched, defeated-looking body, grabbing his shoulders and shaking him harshly.
"What the fuck were you thinking? Didn't you see the rock?" she spat, black eyeliner smudged around her sage-green eyes.
"But …" He began, eyes flickering fearfully between the circle of people and the crying blonde girl before him. "It was … it was just a prank!"
In the following moment, both of them looked back at the crowd as a heavy cough was heard from within the circle.
That was Sasuke's cough. All else but the thought of Sasuke being alive left his mind. He rose up, pushed Ino to the side, and dashed towards his best friend. He pushed his way through the people around him until he was seated right next to the wounded boy, facing him from above.
The blood had created a puddle around him. Shoes and pants of the crowd were stained red as they trampled and knelt down in the blood of his beloved friend.
He heard him take a ragged breath and it was one of most beautiful sounds he had ever heard. He wanted to touch him and laugh with him and make everything okay again. Sasuke's eyes moved behind his closed eyelids until they finally opened.
He stared into the starry night sky that was his eyes and let his tears fall down onto his cheeks. They trickled down his face and mixed with the dark, almost black blood on the ground.
In the next moment Kakashi and Iruka carefully picked up Sasuke's body. The black haired boy's eyes shut close and his head fell back before Sakura reached out to hold it up. Naruto noticed the rock that had cut in to his friend's back. It was sharp, and it must have gotten deep. Stupid trap.