Yet another flashback. it's sad. Character death (kinda?)
500 Year earlier
Sasuke grumbled as the truck drove over the bumpy dirt road. He didn't want to be here any more than anyone in the back of the truck. He had been drafted and then deported all in two days. He was supposed to finish his training in some remote camp he had been flown to in alliance territory so that they could be closer to the enemy and go straight into combat. He looked at the other three guys in the truck. One guy was leaning against the wall and smoking, completely bored, another guy had a hoodie with a high collar so the only part of his face that could be seen was his eyes which were covered with dark circle glasses, the last guy had bright red hair and light green eyes and was glaring at nothing in particular.
"We've one more stop, boys." The man driving said, he had introduced himself as Hyuuga something. They stopped in front of some farm house where a blonde was waiting. "Well, get in." The driver said. The blonde smiled nervously and nodded as he climbed into the back of the truck and sat down next to Sasuke. As the truck jerked while going over a bump the blonde fell on Sasuke.
"Sorry." The blonde smiled.
"Hn." Sasuke said. "Hey, can I have one?" Sasuke asked the smoking brunette as he pulled out his pack of cigarettes. The other boy nodded and handed Sasuke a cigarette.
"You shouldn't smoke, it'll kill you." The blonde said.
"What? You some kind of doctor?" Sasuke asked. The blonde laughed. The smoking boy looked at the blonde.
"You seem familiar, have we met before?" he asked. The blonde smiled and shrugged.
"Maybe in a past life." He said.
"Maybe." The other answered.
"I'm Naruto, by the way." The blonde introduced.
"Shikamaru." The smoking one said. Naruto looked at the others in the truck.
"Shino." The one with the glasses said.
"Gaara." The redhead said. Naruto looked over at Sasuke expectantly.
"Uchiha Sasuke." Sasuke said. Naruto smiled.
"Pleasure to meet all of you." Naruto said. The rest of the trip was silent, but Sasuke did notice the blonde sitting extremely close. Eventually Naruto fell asleep on Sasuke's shoulder but Sasuke couldn't bring himself to make the blonde move. They finally reached the training camp at a little past midnight.
"Okay everyone get a good night's rest, you'll be waking up in four hours." The driver smirked at them. The five boys grumbled as they made their way into their tent. They were then all frozen in shock when they went inside... there were only four beds.
"Excuse me, but there seems to be a mistake. There are five of us assigned here and only four beds." Shikamaru said grabbing one of the men in charge. Even thought the man's face and left eye were covered, the crinkle in the right eye let them know he was smiling.
"Then it looks like one of you will have to sleep on the floor. Or two of you will have to share a bed." The man said.
"What?" The five of them shouted. The man pointed at Naruto and Sasuke.
"You two will share." He said. Sasuke blinked.
"Ah no, I don't think you know who I am." Sasuke said calmly. "I'm Uchiha Sasuke one of the heirs to the Uchiha clan, I'm not about to share a bed with some farm brat." The Uchiha clan was the most powerful families in the country and no one ever dared defy them.
"I'm not a farm brat you bastard!" Naruto shouted at him.
"Hn, you stink like the cows." Sasuke said. Naruto glared at him. Sasuke immediately wanted to take it back.
"Even cows have better attitudes than you, asshole." Naruto said shoving Sasuke out of his way as he went back into the tent.
"Troublesome." Shikamaru sighed and followed the blonde. Shino and Gaara said nothing and also went in. Sasuke started to go but was caught by the man with the mask.
"Uchiha, huh? You shouldn't expect any special treatment here. It doesn't matter who you are to the enemy, if you keep acting high and mighty you'll find yourself dead." The man warned. Sasuke snorted and went into his tent. Naruto was setting a sleeping bag out on the floor while the others were getting their beds ready. They all went to sleep shortly after that. It was only a few hours later that Sasuke woke up hearing someone shivering. He sighed when he saw the blonde on the floor. Sasuke got up.
"Oi, dobe. Come on, you can sleep in my bed." Sasuke said shaking the blonde's shoulder. Naruto nodded and got into Sasuke's bed. When Sasuke laid down the blonde immediately curled next to him.
"You're warm." Naruto said softly as he fell asleep. The next morning they started training. Sasuke, who hadn't actually done a hard day's work in his life always found himself slightly lacking, but Naruto always seemed to be there to help him out. By the end of the first day he was exhausted. "Come on, lets get a shower." Naruto said helping Sasuke to his feet.
"I can't move." Sasuke said.
"Then I'll just have to wash you." Naruto smiled at him. Sasuke rolled his eyes.
"That sounds perverted coming from you." Sasuke said. Naruto laughed and they went into the showers. Sasuke managed to wash himself and get dressed before going back to the tent and passing out on his bed. A few hours later Naruto woke him up.
"It's time for dinner." Naruto said.
"I'm not hungry." Sasuke yawned and turned over.
"You need to eat to keep up your strength. Unless you're planning on me saving your ass all the time." Naruto smiled. Sasuke growled and got up.
"Yeah right." He said. Naruto just laughed and they walked to the mess hall together. The days went by like that and they eventually finished basic training and were sent out to the real war. Sasuke and Naruto were sent to check out a town that was previously occupied. They were just supposed to make sure the enemy was out and that everything was still okay there.
"Man this stuff is good." Naruto smiled as he finished off his ramen.
"You ate like five bowls." Sasuke sighed. Naruto laughed.
"I could probably eat more." Naruto smiled. Sasuke rolled his eyes.
"You really are a dobe." Sasuke sighed as he paid and they left. Outside, however was a group of enemy soldiers waiting for them. "Shit."
"Come with us if you know what's good for you." One of the soldiers said.
"Yeah right." Naruto laughed. "You can all go fuck yourselves." He added as he threw down a smoke bomb. Sasuke grabbed Naruto and they ran as fast as they could away from there. They found that there were enemy troops looking everywhere for them actually.
"This is bad." Sasuke said as they hid in an alley way. Naruto leaned against the wall and looked up at the sky.
"It'll get dark soon. We should climb up to the roof and try to find a place to hide." Naruto said nodding towards the ladder. Sasuke nodded. It was the dead of winter and it had been snowing pretty badly every night. They needed to find shelter soon.
"I'll climb up, you hide here." Sasuke said. Naruto nodded and Sasuke climbed the ladder and got onto the roof. He looked around and saw some church ruins. He went back down and grabbed Naruto. "Okay. We can go to the church ruins. I doubt anyone would go over there. I'm sure there's a basement we can hide out in." Sasuke said. Naruto nodded. They made sure no one was looking and ran towards the ruins while ducking behind every building or cart they could find. When they made it down into the basement of the church Sasuke brushed the snow off his coat while Naruto shook it out of his hair.
"Shit, there isn't much of a place to hide down here." Naruto said looking around at the nearly empty basement. The only thing in there was a pile of fabric on a small table and then a bunch of stone coffins. "It's kinda creepy in here." Naruto shivered slightly. "What do you think this fabric is for?" Naruto asked eyeing the black fabric.
"It's what they use to cover the bodies of the dead priests." Sasuke answered. Naruto turned and was about to ask how Sasuke knew, but then saw Sasuke had opened a coffin.
"What the hell are you doing?" Naruto asked.
"We need a place to stay. In case you haven't noticed there's not actually a roof here." Sasuke snapped.
"Yeah, but that's like desecrating a grave. Isn't that sacrilegious or something?" Naruto asked. Sasuke growled.
"They're priests. They were all about helping people and we are in desperate need right now, I doubt they'll mind. Besides, this church was abandoned and destroyed, that's much worse." Sasuke said. He grabbed the cloth lining the coffin and pulled it out and dumped the ashy remains on the ground.
"That's disgusting." Naruto said.
"You're not being any help. Unless you have any better ideas it would be more helpful if you'd just shut up." Sasuke growled at him. Naruto huffed and crossed his arms. Sasuke grabbed the black fabric from the table and started lining the coffin with it.
"What are you doing now?" Naruto asked.
"So we don't have to lay on the cold stone." Sasuke said.
"You're serious?" Naruto asked. Sasuke growled at him. Naruto sighed. "Fine, but if we get cursed because of this, I'm gonna kill you." Naruto said helping Sasuke line the coffin. They put most of their weapons in another coffin and both got into the one coffin.
"It's gonna get crowded." Sasuke said.
"Good thing we're not claustrophobics, huh?" Naruto smiled. Sasuke smiled back.
"Help me get the top on." Sasuke said. Naruto nodded. They pulled the stone lid over and only left about an inch open so that fresh air could get in. It wasn't that it was physically uncomfortable to be in the coffin, but there was definitely mental and emotional discomfort. It was awkward for Sasuke and heartbreaking for Naruto.
"It's freezing." Naruto said after what seemed like hours of silence.
"It's starting to snow." Sasuke said. Naruto nodded. He could feel the snowflakes landing on his head. Sasuke shifted slightly and Naruto ended up being pressed flush against the other boy. He could feel Sasuke's heart beating steadily through his own chest. Even though they were both wrapped up in fur coats and scarves and extra layers of shirts, Naruto could feel Sasuke's warmth. Naruto started to drift to sleep with the thought of being surrounded by Sasuke. An hour later they both were shaking.
"We're gonna freeze to death." Naruto said softly.
"At least we're already in a coffin." Sasuke smirked. Naruto hit him.
"That's not even funny." Naruto said. Sasuke was quiet for a minute and then he unzipped his coat before also unzipping Naruto's and then zipping them back together.
"Take off your shirts and stuff. The best way to stay warm is to share body heat." Sasuke said as he awkwardly undressed. Naruto did as he was told and they stuffed their shirts around them to keep the cold air out.
"You think we're really gonna die here?" Naruto asked softly.
"Don't think about it." Sasuke said gently. Naruto nodded and pressed against Sasuke's chest. Again they tried to sleep but it was too cold and then Naruto's stomach growled.
"Damn." Naruto sighed.
"Hungry?" Sasuke asked. Naruto nodded. Sasuke shifted slightly and then gave Naruto an energy bar. "Eat this." Sasuke said. Naruto unwrapped the bar and took a bite.
"You eat too." Naruto said lifting the bar to Sasuke's face.
"I'm not hungry." Sasuke shook his head and put his hand over Naruto's before lowering the bar back to the blonde. Sasuke's hand stayed on Naruto as he ate. Naruto of course ate slower just to keep the contact. When Naruto finished eating they laid in silence. "Naruto, I have a confession." Sasuke said.
"What?" Naruto asked.
"I love you. And not like just a friend kind of love but like the kind of way I've loved you for the past however many lifetimes we've been together." Sasuke said. Naruto smiled.
"Bout time you remembered me, bastard." Naruto said. Sasuke lifted Naruto's head to give him a sweet kiss.
"I figured if we're gonna freeze to death here I might as well tell you before it's too late." Sasuke said. Naruto kissed him and smiled.
"I don't want to freeze, or die, but I'm really happy right now." Naruto smiled.
"I love you, Naruto." Sasuke said kissing Naruto again.
"I love you, Sasuke. I missed you." Naruto smiled while wrapping his arms tightly around Sasuke. They laid there cuddled together and exchanging gentle kisses and words of endearment for about two hours before there was a distant whistling coming from above them.
"What?" Sasuke asked. Naruto started crying.
"That's not fair." Naruto shook his head.
"A bomb." Sasuke said softly.
"It's not fair." Naruto cried. "I just got you." Sasuke looked at him.
"I'll find you earlier in the next life I swear." Sasuke said while wiping Naruto's tears away. Naruto nodded. Sasuke kissed Naruto deeply and everything went white as the entire city was destroyed.
sorry, it's kinda short. and i know that Naruto and Sasuke die... but they don't really... you know? REVIEW PLEASE!!!!!