A/N: heyyo! Its Michi-chan! Haha. So heres chapter 2! Sorry if you've been waiting too long O: I have to write this on paper and then later type it up on the computer! What a pain! Oh well. Anyways! Enjoy!

Chapter 2: burning, sleeping, and laughing maniacally

"Yo, ramen's done." Sasuke handed some ramen to Naruto, "Careful, it's still hot." He walked over to the sleeping Shikamaru, set the second cup beside him, then walked back over to Naruto and sat beside him. The Uzumaki was almost done with his already, Sasuke eating his slowly, not too hungry, Shikamaru still sleeping.

"Naruto-san, I'm not going to finish this. Want it?"

"Believe it!" Naruto snatched the cup from Sasuke, spilling the boiling water in the pot on his own arm. Realizing what happened, he cried out in pain. "Ow! It's hot! Ow, ow, ow!"

"Naruto! Hold still!" Sasuke ran over to his bag and grabbed one of his shirts and soaked it with cold water and ran back to Naruto and gently held it against Naruto's arm, a little worried "Now, are you alright?" He asked the Uzumaki.

"Uh huh. It burns though." Naruto frowned.

"I think that's why they call it a burn." Sasuke smiled, trying to lighten the mood.

"Yeah, I guess so!"

Sasuke noticed he was holding Naruto's hand while pressing his damp shirt against the arm of the owner's hand. His cheeks began to heat up.

"Hey, Sasuke? You okay?" Naruto noticed his Uchiha oops.. Uhh… I mean his Uchiha was blushing, not sure what to think.

"Huh? Oh, uh, yeah! I'm fine." He responded. 'Why am I blushing?! What the hell!?' Sasuke mentally slapped himself.

….and somehow… Shikamaru slept through this all…

"Sasuke. I'm okay now." Naruto pointed out.

"oh. O-okay." Sasuke released the warm hand and tossed his wet shirt on a branch in a nearby tree "I'm going to sleep. G'night." Sasuke stood up and walked toward the tent.

"Hey!" Naruto shouted.

"What?" Sasuke asked, his back towards the Uzumaki.

"Thanks. Ya know, for taking care of me."

Sasuke blushed, yet again. "Yeah. You're welcome…baka."

"G'night Sasuke-kun." Naruto said.

"Mm." Sasuke mumbled and blushed deeper. He climbed in the tent and closed it.

'Seriously, what is wrong with me?!' Sasuke began thinking to himself as he changed into his sleeping wear. 'Why do I keep blushing!? I mean, it's not like I love him like that. And if I did, I would never have a chance with him. Never! Snap out of it you stupid baka!"

"Ugh!!" Sasuke growled and smashed his fist into the pillow. He sighed and lyed down on his bedding and put his hands under his head. Naruto crept in and Sasuke didn't notice until Naruto was hovering over at him looking down with a curious expression.

"GAHH!" Sasuke screamed.

"Calm down!" Naruto put a finger to his lips. "I just put Shika to sleep in his own tent."

"Well sorry! You scared the fuck out of me!" Sasuke squeaked, still terrified.

"Sorry! Sorry! I heard you growl so I came in to see if you were alright!" He tilted his head, "Are you alright?"

"Yeah. Besides the part where I had the living day scared out of me." Sasuke remarked.

"I'm sorry!" Naruto hugged the Uchiha, feeling bad. "And you mean 'the living night scared out of you'"

"It's fine. And I don't care! Anyways, I was just thinking. That's all." Sasuke hesitantly hugged him back.

"Oh. Good! What were you thinking about, huh?!" Naruto asked him.

"Uh… Well, you know. Life and what could be at Ushiro…" Sasuke allowed himself to blush, knowing Naruto couldn't see his face well enough in the dark.

"Oh. Hehe. Alright." Naruto crawled to the foot of Sasuke's bedding and pulled his knees to his chest. "I thought you were going to sleep?"

"Well, I couldn't fall asleep so I ended up just thinking." Sasuke almost added "about you" at the end of the sentence but he bit his tongue and kept it back.

"Oh. I'm sorry."

"Don't worry. You can go back to what you were doing earlier."

"Hmm. I wasn't really doing anything. Can I just stay here with you?" Naruto looked over at Sasuke innocently.

Sasuke smiled and sat up, "Yeah. You can stay in here."

"Yay! I'll keep you company so you won't get lonely!" Naruto grinned, then yawned.

"You sound tired. You should get some rest." Sasuke suggested.

"Noo. I'm -yawn- fine. I'm just a little… tired." Naruto said sleepily.

" Uh huh. We have a long day tomorrow. We plan on traveling without a break for 6 hours." Of course, this was a lie. But Naruto doesn't need to know that.

"Oh. Well, in that case… I'll go to sleep. Look away, I'm going to change."

"Uhh-kayy." Sasuke's eyes grew wide and he turned his eyes away. 'Damn! I will not look. No. No. No. I won't. I won't. I won't look at him, no matter what. He's my friend!'

"Okay. Done changing. You can look now." Naruto yawned again and put his hand over his mouth to cover up the yawn.

"Huh? Oh. Okay." Sasuke turned on his side to face Naruto.

"I'm going to bed Sasu! Night!"

"Yeah, me too. Night." Sasuke replied 'Did he just call me "Sasu"? Eh, anyways. I'm tired. Time for sleep.'

And so they both fell asleep in mere seconds… not knowing that in fact, two of the Akatsuki were indeed nearby.

"Awuh! Look, little brother finally has a friend!" Itachi smirked deviously.

"And it happens to be with the nine tails." Kisame mimicked Itachi's smirk.

"Yes! Fox in the box! We must get the fox in the box!" Itachi started running away repeatedly saying that line, arms flailing. Kisame followed, a little annoyed by Itachi's antics. "What a maniac." He grumbled as they both disappeared into the night.

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The Following Events Occurred Somewhere Between 3:oo am and 4:oo am.

Naruto woke up with a shock and beads of cold sweat on his forehead. He was terrified. His dream… he didn't even want to think about it. All the blood, the corpses of his friends, team mates, innocent people… decapitated, hacked up, torn into pieces… Why?! Why did something so peaceful, sleep, have to be ruined by something so terrible? He hated nightmares. They're absolutely gruesome and awful. Naruto crawled over to Sasuke. Sasuke was awakened by a whimper and something curling up to him. For a moment, he thought it was a dog but realized how ridiculous that was and saw it was Naruto.

"Naruto? What's wrong?" He asked gently.

"Sasuke! I had a horrible dream! Everyone was dead! Even you and Shikamaru! It was scary!" Naruto began to shake.

"Hush. It's okay. I'm here an I'm alive. Everything is alright."

Naruto looked at him to make sure he was really alive and that he was really there. "Yeah… but I'm scared! Can I lye here with you for the rest of the night? I don't want to be alone." Naruto snuggled closer to Sasuke.

"Yeah. That's fine. I'll be right here. I won't go anywhere."

"Thank you Sasu." Naruto closed his eyes, "and good night again."

"Good night." Sasuke murmured and hugged him closer then drifted off to sleep.

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A/N: Okay, so be happy! There's your second chapter. ill get the third one up sooner or later. Don't rush me! :O haha, im all you want? I dunno. Well, its about 11pm on a school night. Ive had along day and I accidently X'd out the word thingy when I was typing so I had to re-type a part X.x tough. So sorry for any mistakes or if something might not make sense. Review? They make Itachi and Kisame not want to kill you… and you get lots of love form me! ^_^ see you next chapter! Michi-chan out! XD

Sasuke: …ITACHI!!!! I SHALL GET MY REVENGE! *clears throat* uhm. I mean… yo?

Naruto: Sasukee-kun! :D

Sasuke: O.o oh no.

Michi-chan: now now. Chilll outtt? Or ill throw this… *grabs nearest object* … piece of paper at you…!?

Sasuke: oh wow. threatening.

Itachi: HAHAHA. FOX!!

Naruto: *hides behind Sasuke*

Kisame: …maniacs. RAWUH!!

Shikamaru: *still asleep*

Michi-Chan: … how does he even sleep through this all?

Sasuke: I don't know. You're the writer. You tell us.

Michi-Chan: Touché.