A/N: I was saving this for/if I got any reviews at all for last chapter. FanFiction is getting on my nerves. It didn't send me ANY notices that I got reviews! So when I manually checked if I got any, I was shocked and felt SO guilty that I hadn't checked sooner. I'm sorry you guys. Here's the next chap :3


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He was right there. He could just take him, that's all he had to do. He had the power. But what of the satisfaction that could come? He wanted that as well. He was taught to take challenges and enjoy the prize after the fight. The first step was to ask, and then from there he could plan out his route. He really didn't enjoy taking things by force. In fact, he hated using his title as an automatic green card to allow himself an ok to get what he wanted.

It was all so disorienting, these thoughts rushing through his head. Such a blur. He didn't even get to see what he had done to get this far!

And then he had him.

His prize.

His scent was overpowering. His skin was better than any sheets or clothing. His taste was tantalizing and addicting.

The feel of him… Gods, how memory had butchered the true feeling of how Naruto really felt. Sasuke's arms ached with a burning sensation that flowed with a fury from the tips of his fingers up to his shoulders. It ran down his back and encircled his waist, making him let out a hoarse groan meant to be a moan. A small gasp of fright and Sasuke winced in irritation; crashing his lips down on the other's to stifle any other noise.

But that was when he knew: it wasn't fright that the gasp derived from, and that excited Sasuke. Beads of perspiration rolled down his naked back. He grinned at the expression on Naruto's face, an inkling of satisfaction coursing through him.

The heat was increasing with each touch; with each taste. Each breath had a special sound to it that made him want more.

Where were they anyway? The vague thought was brushed away, Sasuke caring less. Wherever they were, it was better than any bed he had been on.

Their bodies fit together perfectly, and Sasuke took advantage of it, pressing him closer and making sure Naruto felt it as well. Every breath he took was audible, and Sasuke was proud that it was because of him that Naruto made those sounds.

His thumb slid from the corner of the blonde's mouth, trailing down his jaw line and eliciting a small whimper. His legs tangled with Sasuke's and the prince's grin only grew wider. Naruto's brow crinkled as if in pain, and his arms encircled Sasuke's torso, meshing them together. Their bodies shuddered, but they held on even tighter.

"S-sasuke-kun…"

Sasuke shot upright on his bed with a wild gasp, his arms flailing over his head before he slapped them onto the edge of his comforter, ready to fling it off his sweaty body. He thought twice when he saw the little serving girl staring at him with eyes as wide as the dinner platter she was holding in her hands.

"Out…" He rasped, his eyes almost as round as the girls. Without hesitation, the girl left with a squeak, forgetting to leave behind his breakfast with a click of the door shutting behind her.

Sasuke trembled violently and he tried to catch his breath. He concentrated on trying to calm his tremors, but as he stared at his hand, he couldn't help but clench it into his fist and bite on his knuckles. The image flashed vividly in his mind and he groaned. This had never happened before, ever!

With great trepidation, he slowly flipped his comforter off of him with his free hand, feeling his face heat up and his eyes widen to the point that he thought his eyeballs would fall from their sockets. In one swift motion he had his body completely covered again, his teeth grinding together as he glared at a spot below him. "What the HELL is wrong with me?!" he barked at the empty room, his hands covering his pink face.

-X-

"You really think that's going to help him?"

"For the thousandth time, YES! Now out of my way before I clobber you with my damned foot." Threatened Muzai, casting Sakura a look so dark, the bumbling girl paled three times her original shade. Sakura shakily held the stable doors open and pressed her self against the wall, allowing Muzai to pass through to the stable easily.

"Now leave before I make good use of the threat." Muzai hissed over her shoulder, trying to ease the balance of her five cooled and stacked pies. "But I want to see him, too!" argued Sakura. "You insolent little-"

"Muzai? Sakura-chan? What're you two doing here?" Naruto interrupted Muzai's vehement spit as he rose from behind a gate, three sacks of grain mixture on his right shoulder while he held a roll of hay underneath his left arm. The sacks were pretty long, hanging on both sides and reaching to just above his knees. He wore no shirt, revealing how hard he had been at work with a light sheen of sweat all over his body mingling with dirt and giving him random smudges. His tan skin glowed with a light pink from the heat, his hair matted over his eyes. The effort of having to carry the heavy items didn't show on his face, but it did on his arms and his abdomen. Sakura squeaked and let the door fall from her grasp, the consequence of it being Muzai letting out a shriek when the corner nicked her heel and causing her to stumble, her pies leaning dangerously to the side. "YOU IDIOT!" she screamed.

In unison, Naruto and Sakura both replied, "It was an accident." Sakura blushed and smiled appreciatively, but Naruto still had his attention on Muzai, his expression now worried. "Do you need help?" he offered. "What are you, crazy?! What're you doing carrying all of that? You could break your back!" Muzai chastised, ignoring his offer. Naruto blinked and his arms dropped down to his sides, his face growing a shade darker when there was a loud thud and the floor vibrated a bit.

"Ehehe, those horses get annoyed when you don't feed them right away…" he quickly said, trying to make up the excuse for the vibration. The girls stared at him with slightly widened eyes before looking to their sides at the unfed horses. With a nervous edge, they slowly took a step closer to Naruto. "Hey!" He gasped, causing them both to jump. They stared in disbelief as he turned around and grabbed a mare two times the average size firmly around her nose and pressed his forehead against hers. "I already fed you. Stop biting me!" He smiled despite himself, patted her flank and walking out of the stable, rubbing his rear and locking the gate securely.

Before he turned around, Sakura had been able to find his discarded shirt and pick it up from the floor, walking up behind him and silently handing it to him. Naruto took a step back when he almost walked in to her. Taking the shirt from her with an appreciative smile, he pulled the rag over his head before getting down to business. "You're supposed to have permission from Iruka to be here, Sakura-chan….especially since you just started working here." Muzai smirked smugly, watching as Sakura blushed with embarrassment.

Sending her a brief glare to wipe off the smug expression, Naruto leaned closer to Sakura and whispered another reason. "The horses don't know you, and all of the gates are open. They get nervous pretty quickly...and they're not stupid. They get protective." Pulling away with a shocked gasp, Sakura turned and witnessed a gate crash open at that exact moment. With a squeal, she turned and ran without a thought, leaving Naruto and Muzai alone, stifling their laughter as they watched the stable boy fall flat on his face after trying to carry a half empty sack of grain mixture.

"Don' help! I've go' it Mastuh Naruto!" came the muffled shout. Knowing better than to cross the boy when he said he's got it, Naruto pulled Muzai by the arm and walked out of the stable, wiping at his face with his sleeves. "So where are we dropping those off at?" he asked about the pies, pushing his hair back. They were passing by fumbling workers and the mill. He smiled and nodded to them in greeting as he passed.

He looked back at Muzai, remembering that the last time she came to him with a bunch of pies she had to break it to him that he was on the verge of being sold to slavery. Secretly, Naruto was happy Sasuke's father suddenly disappeared and couldn't sell him. Even if he was stuck in such a lowly position, it was better than…

Not even finishing the thought, he beamed at Muzai, "Do you want me to carry those until we get to the drop off?" Despite his happy façade, his gut clenched. He wondered why, after so many years, she just decided to come up and bring him along in one of her errand runs. He really hoped she didn't suspect anything from back at the stables. He swore he was being careful!

Muzai gave him a sidelong glance and pursed her lips. "Not like that, you're not." Before Naruto could retaliate, Muzai's foot slammed into his stomach and he stumbled backwards, splashing everyone with water when he landed in the small lake. He didn't understand that it was a joke. His reflexes kicked in immediately. While the people above were laughing, the body of water kept on bubbling, even after Naruto had been still long enough to allow the water to calm.

When his feet touched the bottom, the muscles in his legs clenched and his body crouched into the position to leap. The roaring splash of the water when he jumped out brought some people to scream and shriek in fear. Muzai dropped what she was holding, stepping back and gasping in horror at the force of which the water spurt from the lake. It was still falling down from the sky and raining on the witnesses when Naruto walked up to his scared friend, his face unrecognizable.

Another scream, this time of warning, echoed and Naruto reacted differently. Clasping Muzai's arm, he lurched her to the side and covered her with his body just as the water wheel from the mill crashed into the water and drenching all that were close from head to toe. He was turning around to check if everything was all right when two hands clasped the side of his face and practically gave him a crick in his neck when the forcibly turned him to face Muzai.

"Oh, gods! Naruto, are you ok?! Please, forgive! If I had known—thank the GODS you are safe! I can't believe—I wanted to help you and spend a good day with you, not attempt murder! Oh, gods, first the panic attack caused by that wretched spoiled prince, and now me! Like I'm any better! Oh, my baby--!" Naruto let her baby him, his heart hammering in his chest from what had just happened. He couldn't hear her; all he could hear were his own thoughts.

Ever since that day…

"Come one. I'll help with replacing those pies." He joked light heartedly, trying to get her to calm down.

He sensed that no one was watching, so he hugged Muzai in a comforting embrace. Again, no one was near. With the flick of his wrist, his chucked the piece he had broken off farther and faster than anybody would be able to catch. 'Baka. You almost got caught.' He reeled in his mind.

-X-

"It's been three days!"

"And all we've found is this scratched up plaque."

Toki sighed dejectedly, rubbing the back of her head and glancing around the ruined village where her fellow shinobi we still trying to find anything useful. Everything was burned away. Kakashi had been right; on their first day they had found only a ruined plaque. Everything else was far beyond salvation.

A shiver of unease passed through her. Ever since they had arrived, the stench and presence of death overwhelmed her. It was hard to believe that anybody had once lived here. She glanced at the two that were her closest companions. The one that held the plaque kept turning it over in her hands.

Toki took it from her and examined it for the hundredth time. It was beat up and there seemed to be no writing whatsoever, but the thing shone as if it were made that same day. And to think they had found it underground, where it should have begun to erode.

Toki sighed and was just about to raise her hand as the signal to head to camp when there was a shout from behind. "Captain! You better look at this!" Hoping they finally had a breakthrough, Toki sprinted to where she was being called. Her handful of companions followed, hoping the same as their captain.

Her heart fell when the shinobi pointed at the face of a cliff wall, filled with cracks. "Mamoro… That's a wall." The shinobi rolled his eyes impatiently and shook his head. "No, no. Step back. You're too close." Toki shook her head and turned back around. "No funny business; we're heading back. That idiotic prince sent us on a fool's mission."

She gasped in outrage when Mamoro forcibly spun her around after she had taken her first steps. Her words of fury stayed in her mouth when she saw what Mamoro meant.

"Good god…"

"What is that?"

"Doesn't….doesn't that look like…?"

The guy didn't even have to finish it. Despite the smaller cracks, the deeper gouges were not hard to miss. Toki felt nauseous and confused. How could they have missed this? "Mamoro…You found it."

"Yes, and I'm greatly appreciative of it."

-X-

After carefully making sure he felt 100 himself, Sasuke finally got out of bed and dressed himself. It was past his time for his morning ride, and he still had to check up some issues in the plaza of Konoha. The only problem was:

The mare was lying on her side, her belly bloated, and her big eyes staring balefully up at him with a hint of smug happiness.

Sasuke stared at her in disbelief, wondering which of the idiot stable boys left all of the food in her pen. The mare was on a strict diet, and Sasuke was sure he had made that clear to the boys.

Shaking his head with a small smile, Sasuke knelt down and pat his animal of a friend on the side of her face. Despite what he had thought, he was still feeling out of sorts. And yet, he had never felt better.

"This is your punishment for your selfish gluttony, you pig." He chastised playfully. The horse snorted and he shook his head. "I suppose you won't be able to accompany me today on my duties…ah, well." Sasuke grunted sat down on a heap of hay, laying his head on his arms as he turned sideways to talk to her. No one was around, anyway. "If you get a break, I do too." He patted her long face while he let his thoughts wander. He stared up at the wooden ceiling and crossed his legs.

Never had he had a dream as extreme as that. It terrified him to think that he had done such actions, and enjoyed committing said actions, despite it all being a dream. Why had he dreamt something like that? Why had his body reacted that way? His heart hammered in his chest and echoed throughout his ears.

Yes, he missed his childhood with Naruto. Even now, although he'd never admit it, he wanted that relationship back. But to have it go to those extremes?

The longer he thought about it, the crazier it seemed, and the more he was enticed by the idea. Whatever the dream had meant, he could care less at this point. All he could think about were the strange feelings he had felt. Just bringing the image back into his mind gave him a small taste of how he had felt before.

He wanted it.

And Naruto was there again. He hadn't heard him come in. But yet, the idiot was standing right there. Not standing, laying. His face was flushed, and his body sweaty. He was tangled up in Sasuke's sheets, but he made no movement to try and take them off. Sasuke reached for him and it happened all over again. The details sharper; the feelings stronger.

Skin against skin, the blazing heat.

Sasuke wanted it. He wanted it all.

-X-

Naruto wiped the sweat off his brow and blew his bangs out of his eyes. The sun was setting and he couldn't wait to hurry up and finish his job at the stables so he could

head home and go to bed. Muzai had him working double over time. She kept apologizing and was too busy in doing so, Naruto had to stay alert and take over in baking and carrying the goods.

It wasn't until he suddenly remembered how his day had started that he felt the color drain from his face.

The sacks of food. He had left them in the pen! He was such an idiot. Biting on his lower lip, Naruto ran the rest of the way to the horses. He didn't even dare hope that the mischievous mare had not gotten into the food.

To his despair, when he arrived, he couldn't see any trace of the mare. Had he left the gate open as well?

Naruto took two long strides towards the pen and opened it without taking a look inside. With a squeak, he tripped over a log and fell face first into an empty sack. "Oww…" he groaned, sitting up slowly and rubbing his face. When he looked up, he swallowed thickly and bit on his lip.

What was Sasuke doing in there?

'Is he asleep?' Naruto quickly realized when there was no movement from the prince. He realized he must have tripped over Sasuke's legs, not logs, but after making contact Sasuke had pulled them up to his chest and lay on his side in the fetal position. His hair covered most of his face, and his arms were stretched out in front of him. His breathing was so slow and steady that, for a second, Naruto was afraid he was dead.

Carefully, the blonde crawled closer to Sasuke to get a better look. He was really curious as to why he was here. But the curiosity left as fast as it came when he saw his face.

It was the same as he had remembered it from so long ago. Peaceful, serene. 'He's asleep; of course he'd look like that…' he mentally berated himself. Without thinking, he reached out to tuck a piece of hair over Sasuke's mouth behind his ear.

A pale hand clutched painfully at his wrist and he cried out. He regretted it when he felt his wrist twist and he was dragged down into an awkward position. Another hand pressed behind his head and Naruto gasped in shock. His lips met with unfamiliar ones and he panicked. With his free hand, he tried to grab at something, but all he got was a fistful of cloth.

The action seemed to egg the attacker on. He was rolled over and soon, Sasuke was putting all his weight on him and pinning him securely to the ground.


A/N: Enjoy it. I'm still working on the next one . Sorry its short.