Chapter 6: Confessions

Disclamier: Naruto and all the acutal character are not done by me. Only thing I own is the fanfiction idea.

Thanks to my Beta reader I think it's a lot better. Not as long as I want but longer than the others. Oh and I may be a bit slow with each chapter...got a puppy to take care of and find a job. Enjoy!

Chapter 6: Confessions

Sasuke's Pov

"Dammit Naruto! I've seen snails move faster than you! At the pace we're going we're not going to make it to the next town by nightfall!" Oh he was not happy. Naruto wasn't even walking anymore, it was more like he would take a few steps and then stop before taking a few more, then stop only to observe something like a frog.

"Calm down Sasuke, it's not like we haven't camped out before. Sheesh you really have gotten spoiled." came Naruto's dry reply as he examine a small road shrine. He sent a glare at Naruto, who he knew that he was glaring at him. Sasuke crossed his arms over his chest and said crossly while keeping his face expressionless "If you didn't want to go back to Konoha then you should have said so. You could have stayed at that village if you wanted to."

Sasuke watched as Naruto stood up and dust himself off before he turned and fixed him with a serious look before saying "Sasuke, you need to just slow down. You'll run yourself haggard and not to mention you'll quickly lose your reason for being a ninja."

Sasuke frowned, his brows drawing together in slight confusion "What are you talking about, Naruto? I sleep so I won't run myself haggard." Sure he had overtaxed himself a few times on a mission that required him to not be able to rest for a few days but still when he returned he did get sleep. He watched as Naruto seemed to get a far off look before he turned his head upwards to watch the clouds. "That's not what I mean. If you always hurry and not take time to enjoy things you lose your purpose. I mean…what will your drive be in your life as a ninja once you defeat your brother? All you have left is to rebuild your clan but what will be left of you being Sasuke the ninja?" What did he have left? Would his goal as a ninja be done? By killing Itachi would he have restored his clan's name?

He shrugged his shoulders and arched an eyebrow "I have no regrets. What about you? I thought you wanted to become Hokage. What will your drive be then?" He knew that Naruto wanted to be Hokage so people would look up to him and treat him with respect, why he never asked. Naruto would look at him and smiled "My drive is never ending. As Hokage it's my duty to protect everyone in the village and I want to protect them even if they hate me still. Also there's the fact that really the villages shouldn't fight against each other so I have to make it where there's peace among all ninja villages and keep it that way."

Noticing that Naruto had closed his eyes, Sasuke soon became aware of how the setting sun seemed to make the dobe's features really stand out. True, Naruto did have his flaws, like the abnormal whisker marks on either side of his face, but that, in fact, is what added to his beauty. Sasuke's eyes widen at that thought. Did he just think of Naruto being beautiful? Why? What was beautiful about Naruto? The way the sun's ending light seem to caress his face. The tan skin that was a sure sign he spent hours in the sun. Those azure blue eyes that were framed by sun kissed golden locks…like an angel. He quickly pushed those thoughts away. He must be getting tired to think of Naruto like that. Besides, Naruto had always made it clear that he strived for Sakura to look at him as she looks at her all time crush. He quickly pivoted on his feet "Come on, let's set up camp." and with that they headed for a group of trees that could provide shelter. He missed the look of longing on Naruto's face and his eyes shining with loneliness and pain.

Naruto's Pov

Naruto sighed as he leaned against the trunk of a tree. They had decided to not light a fire because it would draw attention; most likely from ninja, like the ones who attacked him earlier. He glanced over at Sasuke and sighed before he brought his sword up to rest against his shoulder. Sasuke had no regrets…did that mean he didn't regret leaving the village or training under Orochimaru? He closed his eyes but still felt Sasuke looking at him. He lightly smirked and opened his eyes when he heard Sasuke speak.

"What happen to you Naruto? You've been acting strange." Naruto glanced at Sasuke and blinked "Really? How so?" he almost smiled when he saw Sasuke glaring at him, he replied in an annoyed tone "You know what I'm talking about. Don't play dumb."

He gave Sasuke a serious look in return "I'm going to be honest with you Sasuke. No one knows who I really am." He saw Sasuke flinch before frowning; before he could say anything he continued "Sasuke, I am a monster to the people in the village. The adults hate and shun me, and their kids picked up on it. No one at the academy liked me for a long time and I had to earn their friendship by proving myself. I've lived alone without parents since birth…I harbor the nine-tailed fox who attacked the village and killed many people. Did you really think that they would treat me kindly?" He watched as Sasuke's eyes widen as he took in the information and thought about how things were like for him. "I was hated…for years all I could do was cry in confusion, pain and loneliness. I was starving most of the time and beaten for something that I had no choice in. I didn't know why I was hated so much, why I was treated like scum…why I was alone. After a few years I realized that if I didn't cry they gave up on beating me and turned to ignoring me." He sighed and closed his eyes, going back to those memories. "So I decided to block it by acting happy, so people wouldn't see how much it hurts me. I became the class clown…so you don't really know me very well either, no one does." He opened his eyes and looked at Sasuke who looked stunned. A soft smile crept to his lips "Sorry, you do know some of me because you can relate to what it's like to not have parents…but Sasuke…at least you had a family for awhile. Goodnight Sasuke." With that he closed his eyes and bowed his head. He listened to Sasuke sigh before he too lay down for the night.

There were three of them this time. He could tell Sasuke was awake by how fast his heart was racing because of the presence of the three nearing them. He waited till they were close before quickly moving; throwing himself forward to stand on his hands he used momentum to slam his feet into two their chests catching the third that was behind them. He righted himself quickly and dash forward while creating four shadow clones, they quickly moved to the sides of where two of the attackers landed the other one behind him. He stood before them and quickly preformed hand signs "Prison of Wind!" in a instant charka flowed in a circle from him to the other clones then back to him, quickly gaining speed until the two were trap in a prison of wind similar to a tornado. He cast a quick glance and saw Sasuke had apprehended the one near him, holding him in a head lock. He struggled a bit before giving up "How…how did you know we were there."

Naruto smirked, "Interesting, your stealth was soundless, even with you keeping your charka levels low and down wind. I had a feeling we were being followed, instinct you might say, but I'm sure you were watching us...noticing how slowly I was going and that I was constantly stopping to look at something." He watched as the ninja's eyes grew wide, while Sasuke merely arched an eyebrow, looking bored.

"Truth is that I was using a summoning jutsu to summoning my small frog friends and having them hid. Once they saw you they simply let me know by telling their brother I had in my pocket." With that a small green frog with a yellow vest appeared out of his pocket "Yo!" cried the frog as it waved a webbed hand. Naruto smirked at them "So I had them be my spies. I expected whoever sent you to have sent better ninja." Suddenly he heard a laugh, he turned his attention to the one Sasuke had, who remarked smugly "You think you've won? We will complete our mission even if it means death!" after that things seemed to move in slow motion. That seemed to be some sort of signal to the others in his prison because they both took their kunai knives and slit their own throats, the one Sasuke held made his charka points build up so that they burst the skin open, blood spattered on Sasuke's body "Poison Blood!" at that moment Sasuke stepped away with a confused look before, with a strangled cry, collapsing. The ninja laughed insanely then stop, he suddenly had a sword producing out of his abdomen, it turn sideways and begin to slice through one side, the nin died before the blade was free of his body.

Naruto turned to the dead body, eyes red with anger which quickly changed to blue. That smell, his eyes quickly turned to the blood on his blade. That scent was not human and it seemed to have something deadly in it. He turned his attention to Sasuke who had not moved since collapsing, quickly dropping his sword he moved to Sasuke, careful to not touched the blood on him "Sasuke?!" Now it made since, the blood was poisonous and had been absorb into his body by his skin "Sasuke! Hang in there, don't die on me!"

…Sasuke…

Naruto sat near Sasuke's bed at the inn holding his hand. Sasuke was pale, paler than he normally was, he hadn't move since falling unconscious and was barely breathing. He sighed and focused on sending his charka into Sasuke's body, drawing the poison out of Sasuke and into his own. Thanks to Kyuubi he was not as affected as Sasuke was, it still made him weak and his whole body was on fire but he didn't care about what happened to himself, he had to save Sasuke. He looked at Sasuke's face and moved one hand and placed it against Sasuke's cold cheek. No he couldn't lose him, not the one person he wanted to be acknowledged by the most. Even if Sasuke never knew how he truly felt about him, he would be happy if he was just near him…even if he ended up marrying someone else like Sakura. Pain wracked his body and he fought to keep from crying out at the intensity, painting with the effort "Don't…you dare die on me, teme! Please…don't die." He only had a little bit left to extract and then it was up to Sasuke's will to live that would save him. "You… mean too much to me." With a deep breath he absorbs the last of the poison. A weak smile grace his lips before he closed his eyes and his body went lax, head dropping to lay on Sasuke's chest and the hand on Sasuke's cheek feel down against the bed, next to his face.

Sasuke Pov

He felt warmth and heard a voice…he couldn't figure out what they were saying but they sounded desperate, as if they were pleading with him…but to do what? Slowly the voice stop and then he was aware of some of the things going on around him. He knew he was on a bed, there was some sort of weight on his chest, and that there was warmth on his face, perhaps the sun? Slowly he opened his eyes, blinking when the blinding light of the sun assaulted them. Groaning he tried to sit up but the weight on his chest prevented him from doing that.. With a frown he glanced at what it was only to gasp when he saw who it was.

"N-Naruto? Wake up." He said and moved a hand to shake Naruto, who only gave a weak groan. Sasuke frowned and sighed. He didn't think he had the strength to push Naruto off of him and put him on the other bed. So he did the next best thing. He seized Naruto under his arms and pulled him up on the bed next to him. Cursing himself for being weak and tired already he settled down to get some more rest. Sasuke turned his head and gazed at Naruto's sleeping angelic face. How did this creature manage to capture so much of his attention that he felt himself being drawn into him with no hope of escape? The corners of his lips quirked up a bit in a small smile and he closed his eyes and sighed "Sleep well, dobe."

Ok Sasuke may be out of character but keep in mind, I have not read or seen Naruto after when Naruto was "taken" to Orochimaru. What I know is from me reading online.

Anyways if the baddies seem kind of weak, they are! The person isn't taking Naruto, and now Sasuke, seriously enough so far. As so the poison blood, I thought it would be about the only thing a weak badguy could pull and some ninjas will kill themselves to complete their goals (Sounds familiar in real life?) What Naruto did was absorb the poison through Sasuke's skin and since he's merge with Kyuubi it's not as life threatening for him as it is for Sasuke.

OMG Sasuke is finding Naruto attractive but he's not going to accept it willing anytime soon, damn the Uchiha pride. Stay tune for the next chapter.