Chapter 2
A Forgotten Sleeping Bag
Naruto and Sasuke indeed met at 6:00 AM at the gates to Konoha the next morning. Naruto was hyper and overly excited, and Sasuke couldn't have been more tired as he stood there with a glum expression upon his pale face. Naruto stood there, his eyes glazed in thought, he'd known he'd been forgetting something important. As to what that something was, Naruto couldn't figure out. He went through his mental list, checking everything off as he went down. Shrugging, he looked up to the raven haired Sasuke and smirked.
"Ready to go, Uchiha?" Naruto asked, but he didn't wait for an answer and started walking, slinging his torn and worn out bag over his shoulder, glancing at the pale Sasuke to check if he was following.
"Lookit here, Fox. I am the leader in this mission. You try to lead me and it may just cost you your life. You understand?" Sasuke said, his eyes narrowed and a look of seriousness was plastered upon his face. Naruto just nodded and shied away a tad bit. He was partially scared of his teammate at the moment and stopped to stare. Sasuke took what he believed to be his correct position in the whole organization. Sasuke glowered, but his expression faded to that of a sympathetic and sorry expression. Shaking his head, he was confused now. Why did he feel bad for the blonde? What were these weird feelings that have started to arise?
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Shadows were dancing around the young duo as they walked through the dense trees. They'd been walking since 6:00 AM, and they were still going. It was sometime near 6:00 PM, and both boys were ready to take a break. Sasuke, having lead the mission since they'd left Konoha, stopped and looked at Naruto.
"Well Camp here, alright?" Sasuke said, his voice quiet, yet full of understanding. Naruto nodded and moved to help Sasuke set up the tent. Sasuke watched Naruto carefully, wondering why on earth he hadn't run away from him, after what he'd done to him when they first left Konoha. With a slight smile, Sasuke really looked at the blonde for once, he had a sweet face, Sasuke noted. And he looked him up and down, a smug smile on his face. With a small shake of his head, he decided against telling Naruto about his bisexuality for the moment, and started to help the blonde set up the tent.
"Eh, I don't think it goes this way." Naruto said after a moment, he was tangled in the tent and some rope and had his head turned to the side. Sasuke couldn't help but to chuckle at the blonde's expression, he found it absolutely adorable. Naruto, now all the more confused, was wondering why on earth the red eyed Uchiha actually wasn't glaring for a change. With a shrug of his shoulders, Naruto just figured it was something in the air and continued his attempt of setting up the older green tent.
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An hour later, the two boys were sitting alongside each other on a dead log they'd pulled out of the woods around them. The tent had been set up already, and the atmosphere was much different. The two ninja sat side by side on a dead tree trunk they'd found in the woods. In between the log and the tent was a large and roaring fire Sasuke had managed to set up whilst Naruto hunted for kindling in the woods. Naruto looked at Sasuke for a moment and smiled sheepishly. He'd always cared for the rather cold hearted Uchiha, and it wasn't just the friend sort of caring. Whenever near Sasuke, or having a serene moment like this with him, he always got nervous, just as he was now.
Sasuke looked at Naruto in a rather aggravated manner.
"Can I help you?" He asked, the previous kind and caring had died, now replaced again by cold heartedness and seemingly hate. Sasuke never hated the blonde haired ditz, but Sasuke was really trying to distance himself from him. He didn't want these feelings to turn into something else, just as they had for Sakura before she left with Orochimaru. Sasuke figured if he treated Naruto poorly, that he would hate him, and it would make things a lot easier on himself. Sasuke sat there, mulling over his plan, when he was interrupted by a large yawn, coming from the small blonde beside him.
"I think." Another yawn. "That I need to turn in for the night." Naruto managed to get out, before rising and smiling childishly at Sasuke and entering the tent, then, a small scream was heard from the tent. "I forgot my sleeping bag!!" Naruto cried in frustration. Sasuke smirked in an evil manner and rose to go into the tent, settled himself in his own sleeping bag.
"Wow, how comfy, I don't have to sleep on the hard, cold ground." Sasuke teased, snuggling into the sleeping bag. Naruto snarled at Sasuke.
"Shut up!" Naruto said and glared at the black haired Uchiha. Sasuke smirked, acting unusually childish and chuckled.
'No, I won't. Wow, is it warm in this sleeping bag." He teased again. Naruto had had enough, he growled, snarled and lunged for Sasuke, pinning him down with the help of the Uchiha's own sleeping bag. Sasuke, having been startled greatly, let out a large yelp as the blonde made contact. Naruto, was staring into his eyes, looking as though he was trying to intimidate him with his glare. It wasn't working. Sasuke felt his emotions hit him again, he tried to shrug them off, but there they were, making him want to tackle the blonde down as Naruto had done to him, but not just pin him there. He wanted to do deliciously awful things to make the blonde scream and moan his name.
Sasuke could feels his hormones rushing, and he needed desperately to kick the blonde off, he figured out a way that might work. He leaned up, gently, and pressed his lips to the blonde's pink ones, and kissed him delicately. Naruto's eyes widened as he went to kiss him back, it struck him that he wasn't gay, and he kicked Sasuke and pushed off and backwards, staring at him in disbelief.
"What the fuck is your problem?! You disgusting pervert!" Naruto screamed. "I'm sleeping outside!" He said with finality. He rose to his feet, spit in the corner, and walked out, climbing the tree using the skills Kakashi taught him, and curled up on a tree branch, wanting to sleep. However, thoughts buzzed around his head. He knew he'd wanted to kiss Sasuke back, and it was driving him crazy. "I'm not gay." he thought out loud, and took a deep breath. The thoughts in his mind wouldn't let him believe it though. "What has happened to me?" He wondered out loud. Finally, the blonde found sleep.
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Sasuke, who had been just sitting there, watching Naruto, didn't know what to say at this point. At least kissing the blonde made him get off of himself. That was crucial. He sighed and shook his head.
"I shouldn't feel this way about him." He said to himself. "This is crazy." He pulled a blanket over his head and slipped into his sleeping bag, soon falling asleep himself. They were going to have a long day tomorrow.