Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto but...I wish I did! Though I guess owning this fiction is the next best thing.
Again I'd like to point out that seeing as I don't actually KNOW alot of what happens in the series, alot of this WILL be WRONG
Do not kill me over the above mentioned fact, or the fact that this is a few days later than I promised.
As before Speech is in bold
Thoughts are in italics
Anyway please enjoy the third intallment of Lives Apart titled "Will you Force me?" Be warned there is cuteness in this chapter.
Pitiful sobs wracked his normally strong frame. Unbeknownst to anyone, dark orange flames of chakra began to surround the two lovers. If Kyuubi feared anything, it was that damn Uchiha. Not because Sasuke had the sharingan, but because he was just about the only one with the power to bring about the death of Naruto, and therefore Kyuubi himself. It was annoying to be so tied to a human, but Kyuubi would prolong his life as long as he could, and if that meant using his powers on a fucking Uchiha, he would. That human girl was close to right. Sasuke had given up on life. But Sasuke wasn't dead. All Kyuubi had to do was what that annoyance did to Naruto before. Kyuubi went inside the Uchiha's mind, to slap some sense into him.
Inside Sasuke's mind Kyuubi found the boy huddled in some dark recess of his mind. Sasuke was sure he was dying, but didn't know why it was taking so long. When he looked up and saw Kyuubi, he stared blankly at him. The fox grabbed him by the shirt. "Wake…the fuck…up…" The fox growled at him, before the seal on Naruto pulled him back. Kyuubi had gained more freedom the longer Naruto searched for Sasuke, but this was pushing his limits. At least he'd had time to relay the message to the Uchiha. If only the Uchiha would listen to him.
Sasuke was unsure of what just happened inside his mind, but he knew one thing, now that he checked his body. He wasn't dying anymore. He wasn't dead. He was still alive and trapped within this dirtied and destroyed body. He shuddered lightly in his mind, before taking control of his body again. He was surprised to feel that he was not on the floor, and there was a weight on his shoulder. His first thought was Orochimaru, until he heard the pitiful sobs coming from the being he was in the arms of. It was Naruto. Naruto had saved him, or at least kept him alive, whether that was actually saving him or cursing him, was left to be seen. He noticed the orange flames around them dying off, going back within Naruto. It pulled at heartstrings he thought were long gone to see Naruto this way, but it would have been better for the blonde if he'd just let him die. Naruto would want things to be the same, but nothing could be the same.
"Dobe…you look like shit…" Sasuke said quietly, causing Naruto to sit up sharply and look down at the man in his arms. First though, to Sasuke's slight amusement, he looked around for a ghost. Sasuke wondered if Naruto's fear of ghosts would have stretched even to himself. But finally hopeful cerulean eyes met blank emotionless obsidian ones. "Teme! I thought you were dead!" he cried out, wiping his eyes dry. Sasuke cringed at the look of joy on Naruto's face. Naruto leaned down and kissed Sasuke, like they always did, but Sasuke's muscles all tensed, and he was unresponsive otherwise. Naruto leaned back up and looked down at Sasuke.
"Sasuke…" Naruto started, but Sasuke just stared blankly at him. Naruto knew then, Sasuke was still lost to them, for now. "Why Teme? Why did you do it?" Naruto asked looking at him. It was amazing how quickly Naruto could stop crying, but he had. Sasuke was alive, that meant that there was still hope. For the longest time Sasuke didn't answer. He merely got out of Naruto's arms, not wanting to dirty the blonde anymore. He really had severed all ties with Naruto, and it was his own choice. As many times as he had tried to kill Naruto in the past, he knew for sure he was no longer Naruto's. He wasn't the Sasuke Naruto remembered, and he never would be. "I fulfilled my life's ambition. I have nothing left to live for." Sasuke finally answered, sitting on the ground looking at Naruto.
Naruto felt his heart clench painfully. Sasuke would always have him. "You have me Sasuke…" he said softly but Sasuke looked away. "Don't flatter yourself Dobe…I stopped caring about you years ago…" He bit out. It was a lie, a horrible lie that tied his stomach in a knot, but one he felt he had to tell. Naruto stared at him. "Sasuke…I know you didn't. Our hearts have been connected since we got together…and they always will be." He said crawling over to Sasuke who was suddenly on edge, staring at him, though his eyes were still dead. "You have your own ambitions Naruto. You should forget about me and go for them. I don't WANT to be part of your life anymore." He said quietly. Naruto sighed. "I don't want them without you…please come home Sasuke." Did Naruto even listen? Sasuke began to wonder about that. He wondered if Naruto even heard a single word he said.
Sasuke looked at Naruto silently. If he went back he'd be executed or imprisoned. Didn't Naruto realize that? No he didn't. One look into Naruto's trusting eyes told him that. Naruto honestly expected that everything would return to normal. "I will never go back Naruto...not willingly. Will you force me?" Sasuke said staring at Naruto. Naruto stared at Sasuke. "No…" Naruto finally decided. "But no matter what you do Sasuke; I'm never letting you go again. I spent the past three years looking for you…Now that I found you again, I'm never letting go…So no…I wont force you back to Konoha…but I wont let you go." He said looking at him. Sasuke looked at Naruto silently, there was a lot of that going around at the moment, and finally sighed. Naruto moved over and hugged Sasuke lightly, and sighed when again, Sasuke froze in his embrace.
Sasuke had long forgotten what a loving embrace was, but here was Naruto, hugging him lovingly as if he didn't care about what he'd done or who he'd become. Naruto's unending faithfulness was a little unnerving to the abused Uchiha. These hugs, Sasuke could stand them only a bit, because they hadn't really been tainted by that damn snake. Of course Orochimaru never hugged him. He was breaking him. Sasuke hated to admit it, but he was broken, prpbably beyond repair. He felt Naruto let go thanks to Sasuke's automatic response to any contact. Sasuke wondered how faithful Naruto would be, when he found out that Orochimaru had made Sasuke unfaithful. Naruto was forgiving, but Sasuke was sure he would not be that forgiving. Naruto would never trust him agian after that. So he decided then and there, Naruto would never find out. Sasuke would take that secret to the grave with him.
In the midst of his thoughts, he felt someone above him and he looked up to see Naruto standing over him and holding his hand to Sasuke. "Please come home with me Sasuke." he said softly. "You're selfish Dobe. Insisting I do what you want. Especially when I already told you I don't want to." he said, but even then, he found himself reaching up towards Naruto. He wanted to go back, but just before his hand made contact with Naruto's, The image of Orochimaru barred him from it, and he slapped Naruto's hand away. Sasuke could never go back. He would always be plagued with the guilt of having been unfaithful to Naruto. He couldn't be with him, not knowing his most painful secret.
Naruto was worried when Sasuke refused to take his hand, but then he reached out and grabbed it anyway, and pulled him up to him. "Someday you'll take my hand on your own…but for now Sasuke…I've changed my mind…I will be selfish…for once in my life I'm going to be selfish." he said looking at Sasuke. "I want you to come home with me…" he said determinedly. Sasuke looked into his clear blue eyes, and saw he had no choice. Now this was what he was used to, not from Naruto, but from the last three years of people forcing their will on him. This was what he was waiting for. He smirked a little. "You're going to force me?" He asked him, and Naruto sighed, and nodded. "I will force you…" He said and Sasuke closed his eyes. Deep inside he hated to make Naruto do this, but it was the only way that felt right.
"You will have to weaken me first." Sasuke said opening his eyes. There was nothing in them. What Naruto did was nothing at all what Sasuke expected. Normally that would require some form of forced intimacy, and not Just Orochimaru, but his new team as well took to it fairly easily. All Naruto did was hug him. Sasuke stood there silently, and just sighed. Naruto didn't get it at all, but that was Naruto. Sasuke looked at the blonde idiot and sighed. It reminded him of when they first got together. Memories he had long since buried in his mind resurfaced now. Naruto remembered them too.
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Naruto and Sasuke were twelve years old. The chunin exams loomed before them. All there was to do was train and wait. It just so happened that Naruto and Sasuke went to the same Training grounds that night. If they hadn't, who knows if they ever would have gotten together? They both trained their asses off until they were about to collapse, like usual. They sat together against a tree, regaining their energy. Sasuke seemed more sad than usual, and leave it to Naruto to be the one that noticed. Naruto glanced over at Sasuke several times, trying to get up the nerve to ask, when Sasuke finally snapped at him. "Dobe! What is it? Why do you keep staring at me?" He asked and Naruto practically jumped into the tree. "A-Ah I'm not!" he said before sighing. "It's just that…you seem sad today…" Sasuke raised an eyebrow at him, as Naruto turned a bit to face him. "I was just…wondering…what was wrong…" He said looking at him.
Sasuke's eyes were wide at this moment. He'd been sure Naruto was going to tell him off. After all, Naruto didn't see him have any reason to be upset, and Sasuke honestly thought he didn't care. The Sasuke sighed and looked at the sky. "Don't worry about it. It's none of your business." He bit out, but Naruto didn't give up that easily. He crawled over and straddled Sasuke looking right in his eyes. "Come on teme…tell me…" He said watching Sasuke's normally pale face light up like a Christmas tree. "Dobe get off!" Sasuke yelled trying to push Naruto off. However thanks to Kyuubi, Naruto had already regenerated energy, while Sasuke had not. Sasuke couldn't push Naruto off and glared up at him. "I'll move when you tell me what is wrong!" Naruto insisted as he held his place straddling Sasuke. Naruto was calm as if he didn't even realize how this would look to other people. He probably didn't. The only person Naruto ever seemed to care what they thought of him was Sasuke.
After a moment Sasuke gave in. "it's the anniversary." He said quietly. Naruto leaned back and looked at Sasuke, whose eyes were half-lidded in sadness. Naruto got off and looked at Sasuke. "The anniversary of what?" He asked quietly, watching Sasuke get up, so Naruto couldn't do anything so weird again. "The day Itachi killed everyone." he bit out looking at Naruto. Sasuke had never talked about that with anyone, so why he felt it was alright with Naruto, he didn't know. But he did feel it was alright. Naruto stood up and looked at Sasuke. "Oh...I'm sorry…" he said softly. Sasuke scoffed. "I don't need your pity…" he growled then his eyes widened. Naruto wrapped his arms around him and hugged him. Naruto was freakin' hugging him. Sasuke felt his face heat up again as Naruto shook his head. "Sympathy…" Naruto muttered, as if it was different. Sasuke stood there as he was hugged, and for some reason, didn't push the blonde away.
Sasuke felt a heat behind his eyes that he hadn't felt for a long time. Maybe this was what he needed. He just needed Naruto. Maybe he could forget about it. Forget about everything. Slowly, and surely, Sasuke raised his arms and embraced Naruto. "Idiot…" He said softly. Naruto looked at him and smiled a bit.
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The two were suddenly brought out of their memories by an audible gasp. Sasuke looked up, then tapped Naruto, who blinked and turned around. "Sakura-chan!" he said looking at her as she walked in. "I came to check on you Naruto…but…" Naruto smiled at her. "He's alive Sakura-chan…" He said and she smiled, before smiling brightly and running over. "Sasuke-kun…you're…" She said and Sasuke nodded. "Will you…" Again he nodded, and his dead eyes traveled to Naruto. Sakura looked at Naruto. He did it. She was so happy. She, however, knew what would happen. She looked at Sasuke, and he sighed. They both knew Naruto would never believe that it might not be worth it, but Naruto would do something drastic if he had to. They both knew that.
After a moment Kakashi came in as well. "Sasuke." He greeted, and Sasuke stiffened a little. His tone sounded cold. This was what Sasuke was waiting for. Other than Sakura and Naruto, no one would welcome him warmly. Naruto smiled at Kakashi. "Kakashi-sensei look! He's alive!" Naruto said, but then looked confused as Kakashi walked over, and Sasuke put his hands together. When Kakashi handcuffed Sasuke, Naruto sighed and looked at him. "You don't have to!" Naruto insisted, but it was a look from Sasuke that silenced him. "You said you'd force me…" Sasuke said and Naruto sighed. "TEME!" he huffed and grabbed him by the arm. "Then I will force you…come sit by me.." he said and pulled Sasuke to sit beside them as Kakashi said over the intercom that they would be returning to the village with Sasuke tomorrow. Sakura rolled her eyes at how posessive Naruto was. She was fairly convinced that Naruto would literally eat anyone that tried to take Sasuke from him now. The strange part to her was, Sasuke accepted this from Naruto. He seemed almost willing to accepted any way Naruto treated him, even if Naruto decided to be pissed of and beat the shit out of him. To her, something was off. She supposed she'd find out tomorrow, today she would just be happy that Sasuke was alive.
Well I hope you all enjoyed this chapter as much as the others. perhaps enough to leave comments this time? (unless of course you've told me elsewhere)
anyway thanks for reading, the next chapter should be up in a few days.
