Chapter 7: Caught out
Sasuke's eyes opened slowly, the dim light of early morning coming through the window, frost evident on the windows as winter was approaching. Sasuke looked down at the blonde glistening hair, the other boys arms wrapped around him, Sasuke sighed in content Naruto's body heat keeping him warm.
Last night came to his memories, unlike the other time he didn't feel guilty he didn't feel like it was a mistake if anything he felt his heart swell, warmth running through his body. Naruto was so soft, so considerate when he made love to Sasuke, that's what it was 'making love' unlike what Itachi had made him indulge in. Naruto didn't leave marks on Sasuke, Naruto didn't make him cry or feel dirty, Naruto made Sasuke feel this warm feeling.
Sasuke felt Naruto move against him, Sasuke looked to Naruto's face seeing that he was about to rouse from sleep, Naruto's forehead crinkled with frustration at coming awake, Sasuke smirked before leaning down and kissing Naruto lightly.
Naruto moaned, "I don't want to open my eyes in case this is a dream,"
Sasuke grabbed Naruto's chin kissing him again but this time a lot more harder making Naruto gasp opening his eyes, just to see Sasuke smirking back at him, "Now why would it be a dream?" Sasuke said moving in closer until his whole naked form was pressed up against Naruto.
Naruto blushed looking away, trying to ignore the tingling all over him, "Do…Don't…worry…ahhh Sasuke.."
Sasuke stopped touching Naruto looking at him seriously, "Aww come on tell me?"
Naruto sighed, "I'm afraid that when I wake up you will tell me it was a mistake,"
Sasuke started to push himself up from the bed, the mood was broken. Naruto reached out and grabbed his arm stopping him, "Sasuke?" Naruto said in a pleading tone.
Sasuke stopped looking down at the blonde his hair all scruffy, Sasuke felt his heart drop. How could he have ever thought that being with Naruto was a mistake? How could he have ever said that to his dobe? "Naruto…"
"No don't Sasuke, don't talk I don't want this to end,"
Was Naruto that insecure that Sasuke would leave him again? Did Naruto fear that Sasuke thought this time was a mistake that much?
Sasuke furrowed his brow, before grabbing Naruto's arm, "Naruto, let me finish." He said rather sweetly, Naruto was biting his lip.
"I was horrible…horrible for saying that," Sasuke paused looking away from Naruto before gulping and looking back, "I don't know why…why you forgave me…"
Naruto started to bite his lip harder, he had done it because he loved Sasuke, he wished he could tell Sasuke, but part of him just couldn't cope with getting his heart broken. He wouldn't risk it.
"You see, I…I didn't want to get involved with a friend…I was confused. I thought it was a mistake…I did, because all the things you said to me, you were right. No one would ever love me, not from the way I treat people…How I use them to make myself feel better…" Sasuke felt himself start to ramble, "But, but Naruto when you went…I don't know something came over me…I couldn't stop thinking about you, what I said was wrong… and then last night I…"
Naruto held up his hand to Sasuke's mouth, "Sasuke its ok you don't have to explain yourself…If you don't want this, if this is just comfort…if it is a mistake don't try to cover it up,"
Sasuke pushed Naruto's hand away angrily pausing before taking a breath and looking into Naruto's eyes, "I was about to say… how could it possibly be a mistake when it makes me feel so good inside? You make me happy, being with you makes me happy, this is no where near a mistake!"
Sasuke was still perched over Naruto who was lying on his back looking up at the brunette, Naruto stopped biting his lip just looking up at Sasuke trying to conceive if this really was a dream or not. A slight tear ran down Naruto's face, happiness and sadness swelling up in him.
Sasuke frowned seeing the tear, quickly wiping it away, "please don't cry, why are you crying?"
Naruto started to sit up but Sasuke pushed him back down, also lying back down curling his body up against Naruto as he placed his head on Naruto's shoulder.
Naruto lay quietly closing his eyes as he felt Sasuke's breath against his neck, "Why are you crying?" Sasuke asked again.
"I'm happy," Naruto uttered opening his eyes slightly and looking into Sasuke's onyx ones.
Sasuke smiled slightly, "As am I."
Naruto laughed snuggling in closer to Sasuke and pulling him closer, until they were practically wrapped around each other, the heat emitting from each others bodies, silently they both fell asleep in each others arms.
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Midday approached and Sasuke and Naruto still lay together, the room was still dim from the curtains being drawn, Naruto started to move unhooking himself from Sasuke before nudging Sasuke, "Aww come on Sasuke, you wont be able to sleep tonight!"
Sasuke moaned turning onto his back, "But I'm so tired, you tiered me out!"
Naruto laughed pouting his lip and getting up from the bed grabbing Sasuke's wrist and pulling him up, "Hmm I'll have to make sure that doesn't happen again tonight then? No sex for Sasuke hmmm?"
Sasuke growled before pulling Naruto back down and kissing him rapidly, "Well if that's what you want," he smirked looking at Naruto's flushed face.
"Sasukeeee!" Naruto whined before they both made their way to the bathroom, both slipping into the shower exchanging kisses.
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Kakashi placed the thin paper down, applying the tobacco as he commenced on making the cigarette, rolling up and licking the seal before looking up at Asuma and flinging it at him, "Honestly, I cant believe you don't know how to roll a cigarette for someone who smokes as much as you, you should be a natural."
Asuma sighed, looking a little ashamed of his lack of skills, "But I usually get the pre-made ones! They were out!"
"Well, what are you going to do with the rest of the tobacco? If you can't even roll a cigarette." Kakashi raised an eyebrow.
Asuma thought for a few moments before raising his finger up and his eyes lighting up, "I'll just hang around you for the rest of the day!"
Kakashi frowned, he didn't like people cramping his style, yes Kakashi has a style and after having Guy hang around him the other week he wasn't fond of the idea, "Ahhh, are you sure, maybe you could go hang around Kurenai?"
Asuma bit his lip looking around the room before facing Kakashi again, "Err but things have been going really weird around Kurenai, she's having all these mood swings I can't stand it."
"Well perhaps it's because a woman only has a certain amount of time before she gives up on someone, I mean Asuma her biological clock is ticking and you've been dating for a few years now and you haven't even brought up marriage at all to her, she's a woman and women need commitment," Kakashi said half in a daze as he took a sip of his drink, placing it back down Kakashi was certain anyone would know this, but by the look on Asuma's face he was obviously wrong.
Kakashi sighed, "Or you could just go without a smoke for a day?"
Asuma looked like he was going to crack, he placed his face in both of his hands placing his elbows on the table looking down before muttering, "But I can't go without a smoke…I….cant."
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Perhaps it was because Kakashi felt bad for Asuma, because now Kakashi was going to the training grounds with Asuma behind him humming a tune and smoking a freshly rolled cigarette, that of course Kakashi rolled for him.
Reaching the sandy surrounding, Kakashi and Asuma made out a bickering Sakura and Ino, Kakashi rolled his eyes, well that's no surprise.
The sensei's made their way over to the two young women, "Now ladies please control yourselves and calm down." Kakashi said, both girls turning aggressively to him.
Asuma almost dropped his smoke, when these girls were mad they were quite frightening to look at.
Ino unclenched her fists looking to Asuma before smiling, "Hey Asuma-sensei, what's planned for today?"
Sakura scowled, how dare Ino be able to out-do Sakura with self control, Sakura put on her sweetest smile, "Ohhh Kakashi-sensei, what are we doing today? Something exciting and dangerous I hope!"
Asuma and Kakashi looked to each other, how to break it to the girls, Kakashi laughed awkwardly before letting his face fall into its indifferent stance, "Our teams are combining we were thinking of a bit of a tournament,"
"NANI!!!!!" Sakura and Ino screamed in union.
"You're kidding me, I am NOT going to be combining groups with HER!" Sakura screeched.
Ino thought for a few moments before pursing her index finger to her lips, "Well if we combine groups then I will be with Sasuke-kun!"
Asuma laughed under his breath before adding, "Also you will be teaming up a chosen partner, both of you will be partners. Kakashi and I agreed that you both need to work on teamwork." Or perhaps Asuma and Kakashi are just sadistic in the choice of teams.
"NANI!!!!!" Sakura and Ino screamed again together.
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After a large meal, Sasuke and Naruto finally roused from the house, making their way to the training ground, Kakashi had told then to be there.
Naruto grabbed Sasuke's hand, Sasuke rolled his eyes he was never the sentimental type, he plainly looked at Naruto raising one eyebrow.
Naruto blushed letting go of Sasuke's hand and looking away, "Sorry…" he muttered.
Sasuke sighed, "No I'm sorry, but you know it's hard for me."
Naruto nodded he was feeling a bit down now, before he felt Sasuke grip his jacket, "It's hard for me because I have never been…intimate with someone before." Sasuke of course meant intimate in the mental sense.
Naruto smiled childishly, "I love you too," he joked.
Sasuke pushed him over for mocking him.
Sasuke and Naruto were greeted by Shikamaru and Choji at the gates of the training grounds, "Hey guys!" Naruto smiled leaving Sasuke's side to go run up to them.
Choji was hounding into a packet of chips and Shikamaru was lazily flipping through a deck of cards, his new obsession 'card tricks'.
"Kakashi and Asuma have been waiting for you, what took you guys so long anyway?" Shikamaru looked at them suspiciously.
"Aaaa…no Errrr to…." Naruto was thinking of something to say scratching the back of his head.
"I was hungry." The Uchiha's cold voice broke out.
Choji looked up surprised he had never heard Sasuke say he was 'hungry' before, "Well Sasuke, I have some more chips if you like?" he raised his chip packet up in the air to Sasuke.
To everyone's amazement, Shikamaru even dropped a few of his cards as Sasuke leaned over and grabbed a chip popping it in his mouth.
"What?" Sasuke said after he finished the chip.
Everyone was quiet until Choji smiled and answered, "I'm proud of you!"
Naruto laughed grabbing some chips and teasing Sasuke with them, receiving a death glare from the Uchiha.
"NOOOOOOOOO!" a high screeched sound rang out, all the guys turned seeing Ino and Sakura approaching, "Nooo your fattening Sasuke up!"
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Asuma and Kakashi stood in front of the three divided groups.
Group one: Sakura and Ino, the females who hate each other, ex-best friends and new found rivals.
Group two: Choji and Shikamaru, best friends and didn't mind being together at all.
Group three: Sasuke and Naruto, rivals turned lovers. Naruto had been persistent on being with Sasuke, to everyone's shock.
"Now I want clean battles, think of this as a bit of fun." Asuma said before calling up the first round.
Choji/Shikamaru vrs Sasuke/Naruto
Round one
Choji preformed his enlargement jutsu making him a huge human bowling ball, Sasuke leapt up on a training post throwing a kunai they bounced off of Choji who hit the training post making it shatter under his weight.
Sasuke leapt to the side before feeling himself get caught in Shikamaru's shadow technic, Choji coming towards him about to run him into the ground like a pancake, when Naruto came down from above a Rasengan spiralling around in his hand as one of his shadow clones dispersed making a puff of smoke, Naruto smiled, "TAKE THIS!
The Rasengan dug deep into Choji's stomach making him reduce to his normal size and fly off into the far off fence, Naruto smiled to Shikamaru, "So what are you going to do now?"
Shikamaru still had Sasuke under his shadow control, he looked from Naruto to Sasuke he knew that Choji was out of the battle now clasping his hands together the hand from his shadow wound up Sasuke's body wrapping itself around Sasuke's neck, although Shikamaru didn't want to do this, he was quite worried…why hadn't Sasuke used any of his ninjutsu? Not even his Sharingan.
"What's it going to be Naruto? Me or Sasuke? Surrender and I'll let go." Shikamaru urged.
Naruto looked to Sasuke, who was clenching his teeth, "Don't surrender."
"Kage Bunshin no jutsu!" one shadow clone appeared next to Naruto, a new Rasengan getting formed, Naruto ran towards Shikamaru.
The Rasengan pressing into Shikamaru who went flying, the shadow technic getting pulled off Sasuke to fell to the ground grasping his neck, Naruto went over to him helping him to his feet, Naruto was a bit worried but didn't say anything because Sasuke didn't say anything.
"Sasuke and Naruto win!" Kakashi called out before turning to Asuma he saw the concern on Asuma's face as well, they had all seen the change in Sasuke they were just too cautious to say anything.
Naruto went and sat next to Sasuke on a log looking at him with a farrowed brow, Sasuke looked up at him, "What dobe?"
Naruto looked away, "nothing…"
Sakura/Ino vrs Shikamaru/Choji
Round two
This battle didn't go so well, Shikamaru caught Sakura in his shadow jutsu whilst Ino preformed her mind control jutsu on Shikamaru, just as her mind left her body and inhabited Shikamaru's her body was ran over by Choji.
Ino then screamed through Shikamaru, which was actually quite a funny site that Sakura should have been protecting her, Sakura screamed back that she was under Shikamaru's shadow control, which had worn off by now.
Choji shrunk back to size looking from the screaming Shikamaru who was all red faced to the pink haired Sakura who was storming towards the screaming Shikamaru, Choji looked bewildered.
That was when the fight started, the cat fight.
Sakura vrs Ino (Shikamaru)
Round three
Sakura leapt at Shikamaru dragging him down into the dust, the two rolling around both screeching at each other and throwing punches and kicks, not to mention bites and scratches, of course Sakura had the upper hand in this because she had longer nails then Shikamaru.
Scratches and bites covered Shikamaru's arms, probably the funniest scene was when Shikamaru was latched onto Sakura's arm by her teeth.
Kakashi and Asuma came rushing forward, dragging the two apart both were panting a lot. Finally Ino was forced to go back to her own body.
Shikamaru was very pissed off, his eyes red from being gouged at.
Sasuke and Naruto looked at each other with raised eyebrows before Naruto started laughing, grabbing Sasuke's hand leaning over and whispering something into his ear, Sasuke smirked before getting up and letting Naruto drag him away.
Both unaware of Asuma and Kakashi watching the scene, both looking to each other, Asuma dragging out his tobacco pouch, "Well your group is more strange then I first wondered," with this he passed the pouch to Kakashi waiting for Kakashi to roll him another smoke.
And what could Kakashi possibly say? Because he was just as shocked as Asuma was.
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Making love again, Naruto wondered why was he always the one on top? He was worried about Sasuke and wanted to talk to him about what happened earlier that day, but how could he? Especially when Sasuke gave him that look and said thous dirty things to him urging him on, Naruto made a pact with himself that he would confront Sasuke about it in the morning.
"Ahhh Naruto, fuck Naruto," Naruto got brought back to reality as Sasuke called for him, he knew Sasuke was about to come, his legs wrapped around Naruto tight nails digging into Naruto's shoulder blades.
Naruto lost himself as well letting himself call out with Sasuke, the seed spilled and bodies slumped Naruto half closed his eyes wrapping his arms around Sasuke.
"Ahh I love you," Naruto paused his whole body stiffening, how could he have just said it so out right? Pausing he hoped Sasuke didn't hear him.
Feeling the body move against him, Naruto pretended to be asleep before he felt the mouth and hot breath against his ear, "I think…I love you to,"
Naruto smiled, well at least that was better then nothing, letting himself slip off into much awaited sleep.
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"So he loves you…does he?" the deep harsh voice said out of the darkness, Sasuke turned around seeing the shadow of his brother, coldness sweeping through his body. Itachi had caught him out.
One often wonders, will they ever fall in love? And if they did would it work out? All thous heart wrenching stories isn't it that one fall in love and then as soon as they find complete happiness it is simply taken away.
How love never prevails and in the end we are alone, love is hardly ever returned and when it is it never lasts, was love some sadistic test that got laid upon the world to test how much we could take?
