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Last Chapter: When Naruto had said, "I don't know." he knew that was a total lie. But he was worried, he didn't know how Sasuke would take how he really felt. How could he tell his supposed rival that he loved him? It just couldn't be done. But what other option did he have?
So when Sasuke walked back into his room, the blonde pinned him to the wall, and before said Uchiha could say anything Naruto's lips softly descended onto the others in a chaste kiss.
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Chapter 4: Fights
Sasuke walked back into his room too see Naruto still standing next to his bed. He was about to ask the blonde if he was ready to talk, when all of a sudden his hands were pinned to the wall on either side of his head. Dam, he's fast. He tilted his head back down to look at Naruto. The blonde's azure eyes filled with emotion. Then he felt the others lips. They were soft, warm, safe, and without knowing it, his eyes slipped closed, losing himself in the kiss.
Naruto took this as a sign to move forward, and he carefully nipped at the pale one's lip and let his tongue slide over it. Sasuke gasped, and the blonde slipped his tongue inside the Uchiha's mouth, and lightly stroked Sasuke's tongue with his own. The action bringing the raven out of his trance.
Wrenching his wrists from Naruto's grasp, he pushed away yelling.
"What the hell Naruto?!"
Sasuke was confused, the blonde had just kissed him, and he had just enjoyed it? No, I'm not gay, I'm not I'm not I'm not. But then, why do I want to do it again? He looked over at Naruto. His face beat red with embarrassment. He's kinda cute like that. Wait, did I just think that? … Yes, yes I did.
Naruto shuffled his feet, unsure of what he should do now. He just kissed Sasuke but it was clear that the raven didn't enjoy it as much as Naruto thought he had. So what was one to do now?
"S…sorry Sasuke. Um, I'll just go then."
Sasuke watched as the blonde disappeared through his bedroom door, noticing how down trodden the other shinobi was. He felt horrible about how he'd reacted, but it just shocked him. Sasuke reached a hand up to his still tingling lips. Gods, that did feel nice, and the way his tongue…Ok I'm stopping this train of thought now. It's getting late, I should get to bed.
So he flicked off the lights, lay down, and fell asleep with thoughts of Naruto still running through his head.
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The next morning Sasuke woke with one of the worse headaches he'd ever had. Figures, I had a little too much to drink last night. Grudgingly, he rolled out of bed. He stumbled into the bathroom, turned the shower on and downed some of the headache pills he'd used last night before shedding his clothes and stepping into the scalding water. He let out a low hiss as the water burned its way down his skin. Sasuke waited till his body became numb from the intense heat before finally beginning to scrub himself.
A few minutes later he turned the water off and dried himself off. He went back to his room and pulled on his normal apparel. Then went back to the bathroom to fix his hair. After making sure that it stuck up in the back the right way, he slid his sandals on and headed towards the field near the training grounds.
Once there, Sasuke sat down on the same rock as always, pulled out a cigarette, and lit it. He sighed, this was where he would come when he needed to think, and boy did he have a lot to think about. That kiss with Naruto last night sure did bring a lot of thoughts to mind. Sasuke touched his lips. Why did he do that? I'd asked him to have his answer for me by the time I got back but… Was that his answer? No, cause that would mean that he… No, he doesn't. Why would he? I mean, I almost killed him at The Valley of the End. He shouldn't even want to be near me.
Then again he did search for me for almost 3 years to bring me back. But still, even then I tried to kill him again. Yet, he's still friends with me, and I like him as my friend too, maybe even more than friends. Wait, What?! No, stop thinking those things. He probably just did it to mess with me. Yeah, that's it. He just did it as a prank.
Sasuke shook his head. The idea that Naruto just kissed him as a prank didn't sit well with him. But, he couldn't conceive of Naruto lo…liking him. He couldn't conceive of anyone liking him for that matter. Why would they? He was Sasuke the traitor. They only cared if he started the Uchiha line again. Which most knew probably wouldn't happen because he never let anyone close enough to do something like that.
Sasuke sighed, he was depressed again. He took a last puff of his cigarette, snuffed it and pulled his sleeves up. The white scars and angry red marks of healing cuts glared at him. Sighing once more Sasuke pulled out one of his kunai and began reopening scars and making some new ones along the way. He was so wrapped up in the sting and the feel of his blood seeping out he almost forgot he was supposed to meet the team soon. Quickly, he licked at the cuts till they stopped bleeding for the most part, pulled his sleeves down and leapt into the trees towards the training grounds.
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Sakura was already there leaning against a tree. Sasuke approached warily, worried she might still be pissed about the other day. Thankfully she only nodded at him once before turning her gaze to where if one looked hard enough they could see a blonde head making its way towards them.
Naruto. Sasuke still didn't know what to think of the blonde. He didn't want to accept that the kiss was a prank but he didn't know what else it could be either. Soon Naruto made it to where they were gathered. He and Sakura exchanged greetings before turning to Sasuke to nod at him, then quickly turning away again.
There was an unimaginable amount of tension among them. You could cut it with a knife. Thankfully it wasn't too long before Kakashi-sensei poofed before them. Raising his hand in greeting.
"Yo."
"YOUR LATE KAKASHI-SENSEI!" Sakura shouted.
Sasuke snorted. He's always late, I don't see why this is a surprise to her.
"Yes well, I was on my way here when a little old woman asked me to find her cat, and I…"
"Liar! Get on with what were doing today!"
"Alright, well we have no real missions today but I have been told that Akatsuki has been sighted again and that we should train and be ready for an attack. So I want Naruto and Sasuke to spar while I train with Sakura."
All three of them froze. Akatsuki. Well shit, that's never good.
"A…Are you sure? I mean, what do they want?" Sakura asked.
"Well, unless someone else is running around in black cloaks with red clouds on them then yes were pretty sure it's them. As to what they want…We believe they are still trying to get the kyuubi within Naruto."
Well no shit Sherlock. Sasuke looked over at the blonde in question. His head was bowed, but he looked up with a hardened expression.
"I guess I'll just have to be ready to beat the crap out of them."
Kakashi nodded.
"Like I said I want you two to go and train, and I mean with everything you've got. Don't kill each other but just practice everything. Alright, any questions?"
Sasuke turned his head back towards Kakashi.
"One: When were attacked, will I get this thing off my ankle so I can fight? And Two: Does this mean I get my Kusanagi(1) back?"
"Actually I'm taking the chakra control monitor off, but you'll have ANBU guards watching you periodically and since I figured you'd ask for it, your chokuto(2) is with one of the ANBU guards just over there."
Kakashi tossed Sasuke the key to the chakra control monitor. He quickly unlocked it and threw the offending thing with the key back at Kakashi.
"Alright then get to work."
Kakashi motioned for Sakura to follow him and they walked off to the training just further off. Sasuke turned to the trees where he knew the ANBU guard was and walked to the edge of the forest.
"Ahem."
Sasuke caught his Kusanagi as it flew towards him and strapped it to his back. An ANBU with a bear mask jumped down in front of him.
"Don't think that just because you got the CCM(3) off and your sword back means that we trust you. We'll be watching you. You're still a traitor and always will be."
"Hn, that's nice" Sasuke replied calmly before turning back to Naruto standing in the middle of the training ground. He looked up as Sasuke approached.
"Feel good to have that thing off?"
"Feels better to have my Kusanagi strapped to my back. No one can touch me now."
Naruto smirked.
"Is that so? Cause I seem to remember beating you nearly senseless when you had that thing not to long ago."
"I gave up at the end remember, I agreed to come back. If I hadn't you wouldn't be here…Dobe."
"Is that a challenge, teme(4)?"
Now it was Sasuke's turn to smirk.
"It just might be."
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Before they started they had both agreed not to use their ultimate attacks like rasengan, and chidori. They wanted to train mostly in hand-to-hand since they both had only been using their big techniques and wanted to freshen up on it.
The two rivals were watching each other from opposite ends of the training field. Both of them waiting to see what the other would do. Sasuke was surprised that Naruto had not already attacked; he normally just dove right into a fight. Which in Sasuke's opinion was like suicide.
But that was Naruto for you, or well I guess that used to be Naruto. I guess he's changed more than I thought. Naruto pinning him to the wall and kissing him flashed through his mind. Sasuke blinked, ok he's really changed. For the better, a small voice in his head added. No, stop it. Stop thinking that way and focus.
Sasuke looked back to where the Naruto was, only to see that he was nowhere to be found. Shit. He could feel the blonde's chakra signature, but for some reason he couldn't place where it was. It seemed to be all around him. That doesn't make any kind of sense what-so-ever. He looked around trying to figure it out, when it hit him like a ton of bricks. No wait that was just Naruto landing on top of him. Wait, what?!
Thinking quickly he grabbed the blonde's arm and flung him over his head where he hit the ground and disappeared with a poof. That's when it really did hit Sasuke. Shadow clones. No wonder he couldn't figure out where the blonde was exactly. He surrounded the field with shadow clones in the freaking trees. Dam, smart-ass blonde. Sasuke sighed. Alright let's do this.
"Nice one, Dobe. But you won't be able to beat with wimpy little shadow clones!" Sasuke shouted out. Then Naruto's voice echoed out at him from all ends of the field.
"WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT TEME!!"
Naruto's started coming out of the trees from every direction and began to rush at him. Sasuke smirked. Well this'll be interesting. And with that he began to fling the clones every which way and watch as they would poof away as they were destroyed. He threw shrukin and kunai at the clones as well but soon ran out.
He was becoming overwhelmed, so he slid his chokuto from its sheath and began cutting at the clones that had now drawn kunai. But they were no match for Kusanagi, but then one of the clones caught him in the jaw with a punch so hard it knocked him backwards a couple yards onto the ground.
Sasuke only had a couple of seconds before the few clones that were left rushed at him again. He quickly dispatched of them with one slash of his chokuto. Then the one remaining Naruto, the real Naruto charged out of the smoke left from the clones, pinned him to the ground and brought a kunai to the Uchiha's pale neck with a huge grin on his face.
"Gotcha."
Sasuke wasn't really paying attention, he was a bit preoccupied. The both of them were sweaty and panting. And what with Naruto being on top of him it brought some pretty interesting thoughts to the raven's mind. Naruto seemed to finally notice their position, as he flushed with embarrassment. Sasuke took advantage of this and threw the blonde off of him with a quick punch in his gut.
He landed with a grunt before rushing to stand before Sasuke could come at him. Naruto's face was red, and it wasn't from the fighting. Sasuke was looking at him as if in wonder, and it gave the blonde that disconcerting feeling again. His hand unconsciously went to the back of his head and he let out a small laugh.
"Heh, sorry about that."
"It's fine let's just get back to our fight."
"What are you talking about, teme. I won the fight."
Sasuke snorted.
"Yeah right."
"Baka! (5) I definitely won this fight!"
Naruto had gone from embarrassed to nearly outraged, and it greatly amused Sasuke. The raven in question was actually smirking at the blonde. Which only further angered the blonde.
"Fine! Fine teme, we'll continue the fight but I'll still win!"
"Hn, I'd like to see you try."
Naruto sighs.
"You really are annoying."
"Says number one hyperactive ninja of all of Konoha."
"Shut up." Naruto unzipped the top of his jumpsuit as well as his black undershirt and threw it near the edge of the training ground, before turning back to a now speechless Sasuke. The Uchiha couldn't help but stare at Naruto's smooth tan chest. Shit, he's ripped.
"What'd you do that for?"
Naruto looked at him kind of sheepishly. He looks cute like that, Sasuke thought. Wait, no stop that. Stupid brain, stop thinking like that.
"Well…I was hot and didn't want it on… You got a problem with it."
Hell yeah he was hot. NO! Stop that. Must keep stoic face on and act indifferent to everything. YES!!
"Whatever Naruto, let's just fight."
"Mmk." Was all Sasuke needed to hear before he leapt at Naruto. The blonde sidestepped the attack, grabbed Sasuke's arm and tried pin it behind his back but the raven swung his arm out of his grasp. Sasuke used the momentum and hit him right in the side. Naruto went off balance but bent backwards putting both hands on the ground, flipped back, kicked Sasuke in the chin, and then landed a couple feet away. But when he looked back to where Sasuke was, all he saw was a puff of smoke and a sword at his throat. Then he felt Sasuke's hot breath on the side of his neck and he shivered.
"Dead."
Sasuke could feel the heat radiating from the blonde. He tried to keep his breathing slow but even breathing was bad. Naruto smelled amazing. He couldn't place what he smelled like exactly but whatever it was it was intoxicating.
Naruto was struggling to breathe as well. He could feel Sasuke behind him, and the hot puffs of breath behind him were driving him crazy. But somehow he snapped out of it.
"That's what you think, teme." The blonde tightened up on his elbow, whipped around and hit Sasuke right in the side of the head knocking him to the side. Then Naruto grabbed the raven's wrist and tossed him at a tree near the edge of the field. Sasuke hit the tree and slid down to the ground holding his head. Naruto walked over to the tree and kneeled in front of Sasuke.
"Sorry bout that. I haven't used that move before I didn't know what it would do exactly."
Sasuke shifted against the tree and set his elbows on his knees, still holding his head.
"You used a move you didn't know what the effects of, on a comrade. Wow, really nice Dobe. Like I didn't have a massive headache already."
Naruto didn't hear what he said though. He was looking at Sasuke's arms which had been revealed when his sleeves had slipped down. There were fresh cuts up and down the raven's arms. Some of them were partially scabbed over but there were some that were still bleeding, and bleeding a lot.
"Sasuke! You idiot!" Naruto shouted. Sasuke stared and the blonde as he rummaged around in one of his weapon pouches. Naruto took one of Sasuke's arms and carefully cleaned the blood away with an antiseptic wipe. Sasuke winced when he would pass over a cut but kept silent. After he cleaned both arms, Naruto pulled out a small tin and applied what looked like thinned beeswax over each cut, stopping the bleeding almost instantly.
Naruto kept his head down and mouth shut while he worked, not once looking up at Sasuke's shocked face. After replacing the tin to his pouch and discarding the now bloody wipes, Naruto positioned himself to look out at the field, still silent. Sasuke stole a glance at him. The blonde shinobi looked saddened and hurt.
"Why?" He suddenly asked.
"Why what?"
"Why do you do that to yourself?" Naruto nodded at Sasuke's arms. "I mean, you don't really want t…to kill yourself, do you?"
Naruto looked at him. The emotions in his eyes were too much for Sasuke; he turned his head and folded his arms close to him.
"It doesn't matter." He said quietly.
"It does to matter, teme! It matters to me!"
"Why?!" Sasuke ground out, glaring at the blonde. "Why should you care?"
Naruto went silent and looked away. This is just like last night Sasuke thought angrily. Why won't he just answer me?
"Well?" Naruto continued to stare at the ground. "Answer me dammit!"
"Because I like you…"
Sasuke stared at the blonde. What? He actually does like me like that? No, that can't be right. He probably just means like as a friend. But what about that kiss? Said that irritating small voice in his head. That…That was… Amazing, said the voice. Shut up, no it was just… ok it was nice, but still.
"But I'm not gay. I've never even been with a guy before" Ok, that was a lie, but it was all one-sided. He didn't want any part of it.
"Are you serious?"
"Yeah, why would you think otherwise?"
"Um, Orochimaru?" Sasuke blinked.
"What makes you think that?"
"Oh, come one Sasuke, everyone knows that he so wanted your body in more than one way."
"Ok, yeah he did. But nothing ever happened, it was completely one-sided."
Naruto was quiet for moment.
"…Would me liking you be one-sided?...I mean do you really not feel anything back?" Sasuke went back to being stoic asshole right then.
"No, I don't feel anything for you except as a friend."
"Oh…alright…" Naruto looked hurt. "Well it's just about time to go home so…"
"Yeah." Was all the raven said before standing. He retrieved his chokuto from the ground then poofed away, leaving a nearly broken Naruto behind.
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A/N: Holy shit this chapter is nearly 10 pages long. Wow, I honestly wasn't planning for this chapter to end like that, but it gives me a new idea so I'm keeping it like this. So what's going to happen? Will Naruto become just as depressed as Sasuke, or might things turn out for the better? We shall see. Review and I shall be tempted to write faster. Plus, you'll get cookies if you're a new reviewer! :)
(1) Kusanagi: Meaning Long Sword of the Heavens. It's the name of Sasuke's sword that was given to him by Orochimaru.
(2) Chokuto: It's the type of sword that Sasuke's Kusanagi is. It is different from a Katana mostly because of how it's made, and the type of handle. But also because a chokuto is straight while a katana is slightly curved.
(3) CCM: I just used it as a shortened version of Chakra Control Monitor.
(4) Teme: Now, I have seen this as meaning bastard. But then I've had people tell me it's just a informal way to say you. In this case, it means bastard.
(5) Baka: Plain and simple, it means idiot.