Stuck

By: Silverwolf

The night had ended for both of the pair with Sasuke able to 'show off' a pair of cuts along his cheek. The interesting point of the whole act wasn't even planned. One of the untrained horses had gotten loose. Surprisingly enough instead of leaving Sasuke in the path of the panicked animal it was the blonde teen that had pulled the raven teen to safety upon Thief's back.

It had taken both Ace and Naruto to turn the fantic animal back for everyone's safety. The action probably surprised both of the Uchiha brothers. Naruto hadn't thought about the callus promise he'd told the raven teen when he snatched him up. Though the crowd watching figured it was all an act and celebrated the 'capture' of a yearling many called Plague.

The yearling stallion was deep sable with a small white star along his forehead. Deemed Plague after proving to be destructive of his last trainer. The circus had gotten the yearling for almost nothing. Without time to begin to teach the young horse kindness Naruto hadn't deemed him able to be shown. That hadn't stopped others from trying to 'break' the horse.

The blonde teen had decided against calling the 'pony' Plague. Though he hadn't come up with anything else yet. Calling the animal 'you' seemed berating in the blonde's opinion.

Currently Naruto had his work cut out for him; he would have to teach the yearling without knowing very much about him. With the horse acting crazed towards anyone that approached him it was going to be a long road before the stallion was ready for any rider.

Sasuke leans agains the corral slightly. The raven teen had been silently watching the blonde 'gentle' the wild animal trapped with him. The road to preparing the yearling to actually be ridden in an act wouldn't happen soon, but the blonde told everyone he'd put the time in with the animal. The ringmaster's only comment to Naruto was his act couldn't suffer because of the yearling. This left the blonde teen dividing his attention between his act, training the yearling he couldn't find a name for, and caring for his animals.

The raven teen glances towards his brother briefly. Itachi shrugs as he watches Naruto lean against one of the poles of the corral. The blonde looked exhausted. Naruto sighs as the horse makes another turn to avoid the blonde. Naruto makes a face and slides to the ground tired. Sasuke climbs the corral and steps over to the blonde teen. "Tired?" Naruto shakes his head, but the look in cobalt eyes tell Sasuke otherwise.

The 'teen rocker' tilts his head, "Why not give him a break? You've had enough and he's in a frenzy." Naruto looks at Sasuke without a comment. The raven teen slowly pulls the blonde to his feet. "Let's go find your place to sleep." Naruto's cobalt eyes start to fall closed with the raven teen kind of dragging the blonde along.

Sasuke looks at Itachi, "you got any idea of where he actually stays?" The older Uchiha shakes his head. Itachi's eyes begin a search for Ace. The female isn't to be found. The older Uchiha looks at Sasuke, "you got yourself into quite the mess once again."

The raven teen makes a face, "stop poking fun at me and give me a hand. It's not as if he's able to protest much. He's pretty much 'dead on his feet'. After that find me a book on working with..." Itachi looks at Sasuke, "that answer is no. You're not working with that horse. It almost injured you the other night. If not for the blonde it would've." Sasuke wrinkles his nose "Whatever you say. Just help me."

Itachi watches as his younger brother slowly slides to the ground with the blonde leaning agaisnt him lightly. "Now I'm not happy." Itachi laughs a bit. "You should be though. I mean you've spent all this time stalking him and now he's right next to you." Sasuke kicks the older Uchiha forcefully. "asshole." Itachi makes a 'tsk' noise and then glances away. "I'm going to leave you to whatever you call this." Itachi gestures towards Sasuke sitting along the ground half supporting Naruto.

The older Uchiha smirks a moment before walking away. "ITACHI! ITACHI! I'M GOING TO FREAKIN' KILL YOU FOR THIS!" Sasuke glances at towards Naruto. The blonde is asleep against his shoulder. "Oh, just great." Sasuke glares in the direction he saw his older brother disappear in.

A/N: I've decided to give those reading a chance to rename the newest mentioned horse. Also what will become of the situation Sasuke was left in?

ItachiSilverwolf