"What's the big deal anyway? We took baths together before…" Naruto looked down at the floor. "This is different…I didn't know that…you…and…now…cause it's just weird!" Sasuke closed his eyes for a moment. "Well, I've always felt this way, I guess it happened sometime on our first mission, maybe even earlier…that day we…" Sasuke hid his blush but never continued his speech. Instead, he got Naruto into the bath area and looked at his eyes. Naruto was taken aback by Sasuke's intense stare. Sasuke spoke up again, looking to the side as he spoke. "If you want to keep the boxers on, you can…"Sasuke smirked "If you want to be a baby about it…" Naruto huffed and knew it was either his pride or…well…really there was no reason to hide from Sasuke seeing as how he has already seen him naked before. Thinking this, Naruto defiantly pulled his shorts down and stood in front of Sasuke in his naked glory. Sasuke stood there stunned for a bit, half expecting Naruto to have kept them on. He turned around and covered his mouth and nose.
It was Naruto's turn to smirk. He had genuinely surprised the taller boy. Sasuke noticed the blood leaking between his fingers and cursed at his predicament. He need to calm down quickly and did so by thinking of things other than the fact that he had a naked Naruto handcuffed to him. Naruto peered over Sasuke shoulder and pointed an accusing finger at him. "Ah HA! I knew you were gonna be perverted about this!" Naruto then picked up a towel and wrapped it around his waist. He huffed and stood there waiting. "Well?!" Sasuke was confused now. "What?" Naruto rolled his eyes. "I'm sure you're enjoying the view, but can I take a bath now?" Sasuke shook his head to deter the blush from his face. Sasuke began to strip and they headed over to the bath area. Sasuke turned on the hot water and let it fill up the tub. He then lead Naruto over to the shower area and gestured for Naruto to have a seat and shower off. Naruto sat down and glared and Sasuke when he sat behind him. Sasuke closed his eyes as he sat there.
"Things will go faster this way." Naruto gave him an accusing glare. "Oh yea sure…." Naruto turned on the water and looked around for some soap. He then started to lather up, and noticed that for the most part, Sasuke had indeed ignored him and allowed him to shower in peace. While Naruto used the soap, Sasuke was washing his hair with the shampoo. He rinsed off and rather than wait for the soap, he put more shampoo into his hands and began to work lather into Naruto's hair. Naruto stiffened at the contact but relaxed after a short while.
Naruto closed his eyes, he had to admit, and he enjoyed the fact that someone was washing his hair for him. It's not like this was something that happened everyday. Sasuke heard the small moans escape the blond and didn't know if he could stand much longer. He slowly began to move his hands lower and lower until he got to Naruto's neck. He massaged his neck and shoulders, but once he began touching his chest, Naruto's eyes flew open. He threw the closest thing he had at Sasuke's head, which just so happened to be the bar of soap. "What do you think your doing? Bastard!" Naruto turned around and began to rinse off. Sasuke rubbed his forehead and picked up the bar of soap. 'Maybe feeling him up was a bit far…' They finished showering off and walked to the tub of hot water.
Sasuke was the first to get in and he took off the handcuffs that kept him and Naruto together. Naruto looked up at him "You…you're going to trust me?" Sasuke ran a hand through his hair. "Well…I figured it's only fair, but before you try and leave I should tell you…if you do try to leave, I can guarantee that you will not get far." Naruto's face sagged a bit upon hearing that. "Oh I see…you're not trusting me at all!! You just know that if I even try to leave you'll find me before I can even get out of this stupid place!" Naruto rolled his eyes and stood there with his hands on his hips. "Come in before it gets cold…. idiot." Naruto crossed his arms. "I'm clean now so I don't have to get in!" Sasuke scowled a bit. He only wanted to relax and cuddle with Naruto in the bath, was that such a crime? Sasuke glared at him. "Get. In." Naruto stuck his tongue out. "Make me!"
Sasuke stood up. "Stop being difficult idiot!" Naruto turned his head to the side. "If you trying to get on my good side, you're failing you know. I mean, not only do you fondle and kiss me against my will, but now you're trying to force me to soak in a bath with you nude?" Naruto peered at Sasuke from the corner of his eye. The dark haired man seemed to be in deep thought. Naruto closed his eye again and stood there. Finally Sasuke spoke up. "Fine, get sick. But when you do, I will get a doctor to give you a big shot." A tingle went up Naruto's spine and his hair stood on end for a moment. "A…shot?" Sasuke nodded and glared at Naruto. "Do you want a shot, or a small soak with me?" Sasuke opened his arms and smirked, knowing the answer already.
Naruto mumbled under his breath and sighed. He slowly stepped into the water. "Okay, but if you try anything I'm getting out of here!"
(Time jump and change of scene)
Out in the real world, Iruka was pounding on Naruto's door. "Oi Naruto!!! I haven't seen you for three days! What happened to ramen night?! Naruto? I'll buy you some ramen now…." Iruka leaned against the door, giving in, when suddenly the door opened. Iruka looked to see who had answered the door and saw a masked man behind the door. "Kakashi?! What are you doing here?" Kakashi smiled under his mask. "Is it wrong for a teacher to visit his student? I think I should be asking you the same question."
Iruka didn't know what to say. He blushed a bit since he was too embarrassed to admit that Naruto was like a son to him. "Well…its just that every night on the weekends Naruto and I usually eat ramen together. I know he's not on any missions for a while…but I haven't seen him so I was worried…" Kakashi looked at Iruka and smiled "Well when I heard how worried you were and the fact that you were unable to get into his house, I couldn't help but break in and open the door for you. I too have yet to see Naruto. As for Sasuke, he's been in his house, only leaving for food….and Sakura seems to be busy with training...its kind of boring when your toys…I mean…students aren't around…" Iruka walked into the house. "Naruto hasn't been here? Where could he be?!" Iruka began to search frantically for clues until he came across a paper on the table with scribbling on it.
Kakashi grabbed the paper and looked at it closely. He sighed loudly. "I can't read this." Iruka grabbed the paper from him. "I've been able to read Naruto's writing for a long time. Let me see it." Iruka read it over and rubbed his temples. "He said he went to go training with some pervert…."
Kakashi sighed. "Jiraiya huh?" Iruka looked at him and continued. "It says here that Naruto went on a training trip with him…" Iruka sighed. "This can't be right, Naruto would never go anywhere without saying goodbye to me first…" Kakashi glanced upward. "Well, you know how he is, he might have gotten to excited…" Iruka still felt uneasy. "I'm not to sure about that Kakashi, I just have a bad feeling about this…"
Neji was walking around Konoha, he was sure that Naruto said they could have a match today, but the blonde was nowhere to be seen. He used his byakugan on Naruto's home only to find that he wasn't there. Neji wondered where the boy could have been and noted that he hadn't seen the boy in quite a while. He knew Naruto wasn't the type of person who would back out of a promise. Neji decided to do some investigating. He began by asking people if they had seen Naruto around Konoha, but he soon found that no one had seen him in several days. The last he had been seen was three days ago.
Neji decided to go back to Naruto's home and investigate when he saw Iruka and Kakashi there. "What are you two doing here?" Kakashi looked at the boy with a bored stare and Iruka looked puzzled. "Us? What are you doing here?" Neji looked at them and closed his eyes while crossing his arms. "Naruto said he would train with me today, but I have yet to see him. I asked around and no one has seen him in a long time so I came here to check on him. Is he here?" Iruka looked at Kakashi, now more worried then ever. "He's not here…and we got this letter that was left on his desk…" Kakashi sighed. "Well I say he left and forgot all about his other plans…" Neji glared at Kakashi "Naruto never forgets his promises!" Kakashi smiled awkwardly and placed a hand behind his head. "Ah well…I guess your right…" Iruka glanced over at Kakashi 'Is he hiding something? No…well…he IS acting strange…'
Iruka's shoulders slumped. "Well if anyone knows anything I thought it would be you Kakashi, but I guess there's no harm in checking out his teammates right?" Kakashi looked to the side as if in thought. "Well…if we can get a hold of them anyway…so far as I know, Sakura is busy training with the Hokage…" Neji spoke up, interrupting Kakashi's sentence. "What about Uchiha?" Kakashi scratched his head. "Er…well he's been solitarily training in the Uchiha compounds….I don't think…" Iruka chimed it. "Okay, we'll ask Sasuke then, If anyone should know other than Kakashi it would be him or Sakura." Kakashi sighed, he was getting interrupted a lot lately. "Okay okay, you two can find Sakura, and I'll go find Sasuke." Neji glared at Kakashi a moment before he spoke up. "I think I would rather see the Uchiha than go look for that girl." Kakashi shook his head. "Well you don't know where it is do you? Sasuke's house…" Neji retorted. "That's why I'm going with you." Kakashi gave in and it was decided that Iruka would go and ask Sakura and the Hokage if they knew anything about Naruto's ware bouts, while Kakashi and Neji went to ask Sasuke what he knew about the missing boy. 'This is bad…I hope you have a plan for this Sasuke…' Kakashi looked up at the sky in thought.
Back in the bath, Sasuke sneezed.
Author here! Uh...man it is really hard to get these chapters out!! Especially since I don't have anyone to check for grammer...Sorry if I make a mistake, I am human after all...Oh and yes the outside world realized that Naruto's missing!! Oh I can't wait for Neji to see!! Muahahaha!! Don't you love this story? Reviews help me work twice as fast for every 5 reviews...so THAT'S why I've been so slow...
