Hi again!

New chapter! WHOO! \(OoO)/

It took me longer to write this chapter just mainly because I didn't really know what to do but felt like some character development was needed? And I kept deleting and retyping and deleting and retyping because I wasn't really liking what I was writing. But I swear I will not let it turn into writer's block! I love this story to much! It's just that this chapter isn't really necessary to the plot but ho hey! (kind of loving that song right now haha)

Onto the chapter!

I do not own Naruto and it will forever be out of my reach! *sighs in despair*

Chapter 7 - Creepy, But Not Too Scarring

"Sasuke!" Naruto hissed harshly, his voice only a whisper through his clenched teeth, "Stop it!" he added as the blonde elbowed the other in the sidefor effect.

Sasuke's heated glare lingered on the silver haired man who had gotten up, mentioning something about getting firewood, before sauntering away from their little camp fire. His boiling bitumen orbs melting into the back of Kakashi's skull like molten black lava, however, the jab to his ribcage and seething whisper from the blonde boy demanded his attention and pulled him back from plotting the man's death and instead to Naruto. "Hn." he grunted after saw the irritation in those stormy blue eyes.

Naruto's scowl deepened and a throaty growl rumbled from his throat, "Don't you 'Hn' me!"

Raising a brow at the teenager, Sasuke gave Naruto an unamused look, "Hn." he repeated to spite the younger, temperamental boy; whose reaction was a thump the raven's arm, muttering a quick and half-hearted, "Bastard" under his breath when nothing else came to mind.

They had only been in each other's company for a little longer than a hour and Sasuke hadn't let up on his - stupid and pointless in Naruto's opinion - glaring at Kakashi. The silver haired man seemed to be completely oblivious to the pool of bubbling tar burning holes in head and anytime he did catch Sasuke glaring at him; he waved it off with a eye-smile, a small wave of his gloved hand added with the occasional, "Yo." - completely at ease and indifferent to the tense and thick atmosphere.

But now that Kakashi had left, the uptight raven visibly relaxed; leaning back against his hands sprawled across the damp dirt. Naruto eyed the other, trying to wrap his head around Sasuke's attitude and coldness directed towards Kakashi but to no avail he was left with only unanswered questions and an oncoming headache. A grumble of frustration arose from his tan throat as he turned to the raven, sternly observing the other some more and being met with a cool and amused smirk from Sasuke's lips and eyes, "What?" he asked.

"You know what, prick. Spill." Naruto ordered, crossing his arms while giving the other an expectant look.

Sighing, Sasuke gazed off in the direction Kakashi had went, now hidden amongst the dark and shadowy trees, "I don't trust him." he supplied, his voice cynical and distrusting towards the oldest man, his opinion falling only on the blonde's ears.

Rolling his eyes, Naruto laughed bitterly, "You don't need to trust him, Sasuke. It's not like he's going to kill us in our sleep. The worse he could do is leave us hungry, tired and in the middle of a zombie infested village - oh wait!" the blonde paused, "God beat him to it!"

Sasuke's eyes snapped back to the blonde, slight surprise showing underneath the grim mask, "You trust him?"

The question made Naruto hesitate and actually think through what Sasuke had said. He didn't know why, but his opinion differed from the raven's: he felt like Kakashi was someone you could rely on to back you up and keep you safe - all he knew was that his gut was telling him this. And Naruto always trusted what his gut told him, finding that it was correct nine out of ten times. There hadn't been many times where Naruto's gut had misled him and since this idea of them being the only humans left on Earth made him want to trust him: for humanity's sake.

'To trust or not to trust?' Naruto asked himself, slightly sarcastic but answered with a firm nod of his head, "...Y-yeah...I do."

For a moment, Sasuke's eyes narrowed again and Naruto thought the other was angry at him for putting his trust into Kakashi but it was when those black orbs clouded, immersed within his inner turmoil, that Naruto realised that Sasuke wasn't angry with him: the raven was just conflicted on whether to trust Naruto's judgement.

It was completely understandable. To trust what someone else thought or to follow someone else's gut was hard. You don't know if that person is wrong and you are thrown into the unknown when you do.

It was like being left in the dark with only a far away light to guide you to an exit. But you don't know if that exit is going to be hell, you don't know if it is going to be a paradise or heaven; it could just be more darkness. It could be fake and just a trick of the devil's to bring you deeper and deeper into the darkness - deeper into hell's fiery clutches.

The crackling of the fire filled the air as Naruto's red tinted azure eyes followed the floating embers, awed at the graceful dance they performed above the smoldering flames, completely hypnotic and claiming Naruto's attention. The sight was breathtaking and beautiful, persian blue watching the spiralling and swaying the fire particles executed with aid of the delicate nudge from the flames before their glow was engulfed by the small breeze that carried their dying glow off to somewhere unknown, off on an adventure.

"Naruto." Sasuke called out, his black eyes mirroring the moving black flames as he gazed softly at the distant blonde.

"Hm?" Naruto hummed in question, eyes glued dreamily on the fresh moving embers.

A small frown tugged at his pale lips, seeming to pause before he cleared his throat and looked away when cobalt eyes managed - with much effort - to tear themselves away from their previous obsession. "I...I'll tru -" he faltered but was cut short with the interruption of Kakashi. He immediately snapped his jaw shut, stopping whatever he was going to say from leaving his mouth as he once again continued with his heated glaring directed at the older man.

"I think I have enough for the rest of..." Kakashi paused looking down at the large pile of firewood but again resuming his cheery eye-smile, "yes, enough for the rest of tonight." He gleefully informed them as he carefully fed the collection of sticks to the hungry flames whilst humming tunelessly to himself.

Naruto shook his head before staring expectantly at Sasuke, "You were saying...?"

Sasuke's glare matched the heat of the fire as he again plotted the different ways he could kill the man and make it look like an accident or like a corpse attacked him. He locked eyes with Naruto's sky blue eyes and then finally looked away into the fiery depths of the fire, "Nothing. It was nothing." Sasuke answered bitterly, it wasn't like he needed to tell Naruto. It was necessary for his blonde companion to know. As long as Sasuke himself knew what he had decided then that was all that mattered, right? No one else - especially Naruto - didn't need to know.

The sun cherishing his tan face gently pulled Naruto from his unconsciousness. Numbly, somewhere in the back of his mind, the blonde noted that for once his dreams weren't plagued with his hellish nightmares but instead - from what he could remember - they were just dull; the only prominent factor being warmth.

His face softly scrunched up at the thought of having to wake up, not wanting to face whatever was waiting, lurking for him, but nonetheless his eyelids screwed shut harder - as if begging for longer sleeping hours - before slowly letting his eyes sheepishly peek out, blinking owlishly to let his eyes adjust to the brightness of the new day and clear away the sleepiness.

But Naruto never saw the morning blue sky with white, fluffy clouds and a sunny ball of fire. What he saw instead caused him to let out a manly shriek at the very close, and very awake face inches away from his own tan own, "Holy crap!" he yelled, his voice breaking at the high pitch it had adopted as he used his elbow to scramble away on his back in fright, messing up the dead fire's remains.

The face chuckled and a hand scratched at the back of silver spikes, "Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you...but you're kind of adorable when you sleep." he admitted, seeming to wink at Naruto but the blonde couldn't distinguish between a wink and a blink so instead just hoped that Kakashi had gotten something in his eyes and just blinked it away.

"W- wh- what?" squawked with a blush dusting his tan cheeks as he lay awkwardly on the dirt.

Kakashi's eye grew amused but slight understanding lingered there, "No wonder Sasuke couldn't stop watch -" he began but stopped when the raven himself appeared.

Sasuke broke out from the line of trees that surrounded the little clearing that they had rested at, his black top hanging over his left shoulder to show his naked chest which was showed with wet drops of water that dripped from his freshly soaked hair and face. His sword was drawn and ready to use against the dangerous threat which had caused Naruto's scream, "Naruto!" he shouted, worry shown through his voice and a hint of fear hid beneath the cold exterior of his black eyes, but when he saw the shocked and embarrassed expression on Naruto's face; the boy still awkwardly on the ground and the amused glint in Kakashi's visible eye who stood a few feet away from Naruto, his eyes morphed from their wide and round orbs to a glare. "What did you do?" he seethed in irritation at Kakashi.

The man only waved in a dismissive manner after he ruffled Naruto's hair playfully - Naruto edging away from the older man and touching his hair like if it had been infected with the plague - "Oh, nothing too scarring. Just watching over Naruto here while he slept."

Sasuke approached the two, his glare never wavering away from Kakashi, "You what?" He asked, although he had clearly heard the man the first time.

This time, instead of Kakashi answering, Naruto did, "He was just looking after me, you know: making sure I didn't hurt myself in my sleep, get ambushed by zombies..."

Frowning and brows knitting together, the raven gazed between Naruto and Kakashi, "Then why did you scream?"

The blonde didn't even waste a single heartbeat before supplying the taller teen with a suitable reply, "Nightmare." he answered with a scratch of his head and a grin set firmly on his features, "I had a nightmare but Kakashi woke me up before it got any worse."

A sigh reached Naruto's ears and he looked up, "Idiot, you gave nearly gave me a heart attack." he joked, but his joke never disguised the panic he had felt when Naruto's blood curdling scream had interrupted his wash in the river.

"S - sorry..." the blonde apologised, shoving his hands in his pockets before laughing to himself, "At least I never got ambushed by zombies..." he said, adding a silent: 'Instead I woke up to Kakashi creeping inches away from my face...then he called me adorable which was slightly creepy...but not too scarring...'

Sasuke, taking the silence as his time to get back to his 'bath', cleared his throat, "Right, well, I'm going to get back to my bath." he told Naruto, turning and ready to leave when he paused and softly glared at the blonde, "Try and not do anything stupid, blockhead."

Naruto stuck his tongue out at the retreating back as he pulled himself up from the ground, dusting his jeans off and going to his draw string bag for some breakfast: his stomach growling heavily for to be fed.

Sorry if the paragraph are spaced bit strangely...if they are I will probably go back and fix them!

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