Title: The Rookies

A/N: I shouldn't even bother on trying to explain why this chapter is so late even though I said it wasn't going to be. Let's just say, new things happened, and I'm very lazy. So with that said, I also want to apologize, (sorry), and say that I understand if you don't continue reading this story.

Anyways, I want to thank Chobits Chi, Urufu-misora, Cluelessninja65, KawaiiKoneko89, Jinsane226, Afira, Rei Mikiru Uchiha, Dragonfire04, Teioke Sheay, xXKawaii-chanXx (here is the next chapter, don't kill me.), and last, but not least, Keruki, which I did do a jealous scene for, it's just not that big. Don't worry, they will get more frequent. XD You guys all rock, and I hope you will continue reading, and once again, I'm sorry.

Now on to the story, which I almost forgot to mention but there is a lime scene in this chapter so be warned. Now go and read the chapter...please.

Chapter Nine: The Deal

Darkness. That was the first thing that he saw when he opened his eyes. He blinked, and blinked again, but he still saw the darkness. He was confused. Why was it dark? He lifted his hand to rub his eyes, to see if that was the problem, but it didn't appear to be so, since he still saw darkness when he removed his hand. He frowned then as he dropped his hand the floor and it was then that he noticed it. He wasn't feeling any pain.

That's odd. Naruto thought, but instead of hearing his voice in his head, it floated around him, filling the darkness with the loudness of it. He winced as he brought his hands to his ears until he couldn't hear it anymore. As soon as he knew the voice was gone he dropped his hands. He looked around in the darkness as he stood up.

"What was that about?" He said, or at least he tried to. His throat seemed to not have been working since the words wouldn't leave his mouth. He tired to speak over and over again, but he couldn't. The words always seeming to die at his throat.

What is going on! He screamed in his head when he got mad at the lack of sound, which was a bad idea since as soon as he thought them, the words erupted around him, causing him to fall on his knees as he quickly lifted his hands to his ears to block the noise away.

And then it was gone.

He let his hands drop to the floor as he began to pant, wincing once in a while as he felt a stab of pain race through his head. He didn't dare speak, he didn't even dare to think anything, fear...no, not fear, but..., something else, kept him from doing so. It was as if he knew that something bad would happen if he spoke or did anything else.

He sat like that for a long time, until he got his breath under control. He then lifted his head to see what was going on, even though he knew he would only be greeted by darkness. So he was surprised when he saw two small beams of light heading his way. He squinted to see what they were, even though the light was giving him a small head ache. What was with his head hurting all of a sudden?

He decided not to think on it, but instead focus his attention at the light's which were beginning to grow larger. He stared at them, confused at seeing them grow. Was it just him or did they seem to get closer? The lights grew and grew, as they made they're way towards Naruto. It was then when comprehension finally drew upon him. The lights were getting closer because they were attached to a car, which was zooming it's way towards him.

Fear showed on his face as he tried to dive away from the car's range, but found that he couldn't. He was confused as he tried to move, tried to speak, tried to look away from the approaching headlights, but he couldn't. He began to panic, his mind screaming for him to get away, to move, to do something, the car was heading his way and all he could do was sit there like an idiot seeing his death approach.

His breaths began to come out in gasps, his heart began to race, the car was almost on him, headlights blinding him until he couldn't see anymore. He tried to shut his eyes, tried to make his mind forget what was about to happen to him, as the light grew brighter and brighter and brighter...

Gong. Gong. Gong.

His eyes opened in a fluttering start. His pulse was racing, breaths coming out in short gasps. Sweat was trickling down his face, making his eyes sting, confusion clouding his mind. Where was he?

He lifted his hand to wipe away the sweat but as soon as he did, pain shot through every particle of his body. He let out a small moan as he let his hand drop to his side. He noticed his surroundings then.

He was laying on a large bed, sheets drawn up to his chest in a room that he had never seen before. Curtains of deep blue hung on tall windows blocking the sun or moon in front of him, not letting him see if it was day or night. Not that it matter, for he saw a small clock on a dresser in the corner next to the windows, telling him that it was three in the morning. To one side of the window there was two door, while To the other side was the entrance to the room, door opened, allowing someone to enter.

Naruto tried to adjust his eyes in the darkness, tried to see who it was, but there was only enough light to see the silhouette of some body and that was all Naruto needed to know to see who it was. There was no way he could ever mistake that haircut shaped like a duck's ass for any body than him.

"Sasuke." he whispered, making his face hurt. He had forgotten that his lip had been ripped open by Gaara, and was actually trying to forget it ever happened.

"Oh, your awake?" Sasuke said, taken by surprised, grateful that Naruto could not see that in the dark.

Naruto only stared at him, not speaking or moving. He had just realized in how much pain his body was in, so much that he feared he would black out again if he moved. Sasuke, seeming to understand, moved closer to him. He stopped next to the bed and grabbed a jar of water from the small table that was next it. Naruto had not noticed that earlier. He then poured water into a cup and set it back on the table, as his hands searched blindly in the dark for something else. He gave a muttered curse before his hand made it's way to the lamp next to him, and turned it on.

Light filled the room instantly making Naruto's eyes hurt the instant it was on so that he had to shut them close, and even that produced him pain. He let out a small hiss.

"Sorry." Sasuke said, and the way he said it made Naruto force his eyes open to stare at him. Sasuke's expression was impassive, almost distant, as his hands made there way towards a bottle on the table. He opened it and spilled two pills into his hands, before taking a hold of the glass of water and handing them towards Naruto.

"Here take this. They'll help." He said in a slight cold tone of voice. Naruto's surprised was quickly replaced by anger. How the hell was he supposed to reach for the pills and water when he could barley move without inflicting great pain? He turned to glare at Sasuke, who did not react. His hands still holding the water and pills.

"B-bastard." he rasped out of his parched throat, making him wince. Saskue still did not do anything, but his hands had began to tremble slightly. They stayed like that for a few more seconds before Sasuke grimaced.

"Take the pills Naruto. Or do you not even have the brain power to do that?" Sasuke said in his cold voice, an edge of anger in the words. Naruto was taken aback. What did I do to make him mad at me? he thought, as he stared at him. It was when he stared that he saw something he missed the first time he studied him. Sasuke might not have been showing any emotion on his face, but his dark eyes were a ragging storm of them.

Naruto took a deep breath, already regretting what he was about to do, but he opened his mouth and spoke again. "Did...did something happened to you? Why are you acting like a pms-ing bitch?" He asked, happy to be getting back at Sasuke for his earlier insult, even if it did hurt his throat.

Sasuke stared at him, the raging storm settling on an emotion for once. His hand reflectively tightened on the glass of water, forcing his hands to stop shaking.

"Fuck you Uzumaki." Sasuke said, rage lacing every word, anger filling his eyes, so much that he broke the glass of water he was holding, making water and glass fly all over the bed and Naruto, who reflectively lifted his arms to protect his face. He hissed again as the pain assailed him.

"What the fuck?" Naruto said as he slowly lowered his arms to stare at Sasuke who had made his way to the dresser. He opened one of the drawers and pulled out a roll of bandages. It was then when Naruto saw the blood gushing out of Sasuke's hand, the one that broke the glass.

He blinked in confusion as he saw Sasuke violently wrap the bandage over his gash. He didn't think that what he had said would really hurt his feelings, he thought that by now Sasuke would have been used to his insults. So, then that meant that something really was wrong. He opened his mouth to ask again, more nicely this time, but found that his throat was really parched, so with a great of effort he sat up, sheets spilling down to his lap, and reached for the bottle of pills. He popped two of them in his mouth before swallowing them with a mouth full of water. He then cleared his throat and began to speak.

"So what's wrong with you. Did something bad happened to make you mad?" Naruto asked him. Sasuke just stared at him, his right eye beginning to twitch.

"Naruto, are you really that thick headed?" Saskue asked him, as Naruto glared back. "Of course something happened, why else would I be pissed off."

"Really, what made pretty boy Uchiha, be mad?" Naruto said as he crossed his arms. Sasuke glared back at him, his patience at his limits.

"You did!" Sasuke told him. "Naruto, how can you be so stupid as to go after Gaara! I would have thought that after that Hyugga had to save you from him, that you would back off, but no, you have to stick your nose in where it's not wanted, and now look at you! Your lucky that Gaara went easy on you." Sasuke said, yelling the words at him, as he put a hand to his face to brush back his bangs. "Naruto..." he said, speaking softly.

Naruto just stared in shock. You mean he was mad at me, because Gaara beat the crap out of me? "But, why?" he asked him.

Sasuke lifted his head away from his hand to stare at Naruto in surprise. He then gave him a small smirk. "You really are an idiot." he said as he approached the bed.

Naruto just glared back at him. Dammit, he had asked a serious question and the Uchiha just blew it off, but by this time however, Sasuke was by the side of his bed, leaning towards him. He then lifted one hand and gently placed it over Naruto's cheek, turning it so that Naruto would face him.

The movement sent alarming bells through Naruto's mind, making him gulp. He knew by now that when Sasuke got closed to him it meant...What did it mean? He knew that Sasuke was serious, that he really had feelings for him, but what about himself. Did he have feelings for the Uchiha boy, or was it every time that he reacted, it really was the hormones? Was he was just like any other teen who's body gets excited at the most intimate touch?

These thoughts raced through his mind, not giving him a chance to think clearly.

"Naruto, why ask such an obvious question?" Sasuke said, leaning even closer towards Naruto by lifting himself and sitting next to him. "I would've thought that by now, that would have been clear." he whispered, warm breath rushing to meet Naruto's face, making him feel faint. Were the pills already taking effect? He thought.

"Sa-Sasuke..." Naruto stuttered back, "St-stop..."

This just made Suske's smirk widen. He leaned his face over and began to whisper in Naruto's ear. "Don't worry. I won't hurt you more than what you already are." he said, mouth enclosing over the earlobe as he began to suck on it.

Naruto gasped at the feeling, as his hand automatically lifted towards Sasuke head to pull him away, but a sharp pain ran through his arm, and so he left his arm hanging over Sasuke's shoulders until the pain subsided. Or at least that was the excuse he was using.

Sasuke made his way from the earlobe all the way down to the base line of the jaw. He then began to nip and kiss his way towards the neck, all the while hearing the half-hearted protests from the blond, yet that was all the blond did. He didn't make a move to remove Sasuke away from himself, didn't even struggle like usual. This worried Sasuke, not that he didn't like to have a submissive blond in his arms, but he preferred it when he struggled.He lifted his head to stare at Naruto.

"Are you not going to struggle this time?" Sasuke asked Naruto as the hand that was caressing his cheek slid down his torso only to crawl back under the blonde's shirt, past the bandaged ribs, and stopping at his chest.

Naruto gave a small gasp as two fingers enclosed over his nipple and began to tease him, before he glared at Sasuke. "I'm hurt, you bastard. Besides, does it matter? It's not like your going to stop if I did." Naruto said in a resigned manner.

Sasuke gave him a slight frown before he smirked and leaned his head towards Naruto, alarming him at the closeness. "Your right, I wouldn't stop." He whispered before he leaned in, lips kissing the side of the mouth that was not ripped opened as he splayed his fingers over Naruto's chest and pushed him back into the bed.

Naruto's eyes widen, and was so surprised that he let himself be pushed back, giving a slight moan in the process. Whether it was from the pain or from Sasuke's kiss, he did not know.

Saskue hand went back to teasing the blonde's nipple as his lips made their way back down to Naruto's neck. His other hand lifted from the mattress and began to unbutton the shirt, smoothing it out over his chest when he was done. His mouth quickly began to kiss it's way down until it reached the the other nipple, the one that Sasuke wasn't already teasing, and began to gently suck on it.

Naruto, not being able to contain himself, finally let out a moan of pleasure, which only made Sasuke smirk through his teasing. He lifted his mouth from the nipple and began to kiss his way to the middle of the tanned chest before returning to the blonde's neck, biting on the overheated flesh, leaving a mark behind. His hand then began to caress it's way down Naruto's bandaged stomach only to stop on the waistband of Naruto's jeans and with a few deft movements of his hand he unbuttoned them only slip Naruto's semi-erect penis out.

"Sas-sasuke!" Naruto cried out in a mixture of surprise and pleasure as Sasuke encircled him with his hand. Sasuke only lifted his head to stare at him with lust filled eyes.

"Don't buck or your going to hurt yourself." Sasuke told him before giving him a slow, leisure stroke. Naruto, of course, didn't pay attention and bucked unwillingly making him hiss in pain as he set his stomach bruises afire.

"Told you." Sasuke said as he lowered his lips to kiss the overly abused neck of the blond as he gave him another slow stroke, bringing Naruto to a full erection.

Naruto gasped as Sasuke began to pump him, his pace growing faster with each passing second, and all Naruto could do was bury one hand in Sasuke's hair and pull at the sheets with the other, while he moaned and groaned. He wanted to buck, to fuck Sasuke hand's, but Sasuke prevented him from doing so by restraining his hip with his other hand while increasing the pace so all Naruto had left to do was to cry with despair as Sasuke brought him closer and closer to his release.

Sasuke lifted his head once again to stare at Naruto, who had closed his eyes at the assault of the pleasure Sasuke was giving him, and he, himself began to grow painfully hard. He watched the pleasure run through Naruto's features, saw him gasp for air through two pink, kissable lips, and watched or rather felt Naruto tighten his hand on his hair and sheets as his release came.

Naruto opened his eyes when he came, and gave a short little gasp as he shot out his warm seed between himself and Sasuke, and this was the sight Sasuke needed to see, the sight of Naruto drowned in pure pleasure of an orgasm, for his release to come too. He didn't even need to be touched, all he need was to see the erotic features of Naruto as he pleasured him, to feel his own orgasm build and finally release it's self.

Naruto fought for air as Sasuke slumped down on him. He didn't even feel the pain of his weight on him, all he could feel was the buzz of the orgasm he just had. They both stayed like that for a few minutes as they both regained their breaths, well Naruto tried to regain his breath, Sasuke was basking in the glory that he had actually made Naruto cum and didn't have to force him to do it.

"Sas...uke. It's sticky." Naruto said in a drowsy tone of voice. So now, finally, the pills had taken effect.

Sasuke lifted his head, incredulous look on his face. Of all the nice things Naruto could have said, he had to complain that it was sticky. He opened his mouth and was about to snap at the blond when he noticed that Naruto was already falling asleep, eyes beginning to close. He stared at him, mouth closing, only to notice a glint of something pass through the half lidded eyes of the blond before they finally closed.

Sasuke stared at him and felt something that he had not felt in a long time. He felt at peace, being their, in the arms of the blond. He continued to stare before he gave Naruto a small smile, and began to lift himself up.

Well it might not have been the most romantic, or expected thing in the world to say, but Naruto was right. Naruto's seed had begun to cool between them, sticking to his body and Naruto's bandages. He gave a small sigh before he fully lifted himself from the blond, feeling uncomfortable at the wetness he felt between his legs and pants, and sat up. He stared at the blond and wanted to groan at the prospect of having to clean both of them up and also change the blonde's bandages again. As if they hadn't been a hassle to put on in the first place.

He continued to stare when he noticed something he hadn't earlier. Naruto's bandages weren't only covered in his seed, but also in blood. He frowned then, begging to worry. Had he hurt Naruto? The blond didn't have any open wounds on his stomach only on his lip and that still seemed fine. So where did the blood come from. He lowered his hand to inspect him when he noticed the bloodied bandages on his hand.

At that moment he wanted to slap himself for his stupidity. How could have he forgotten about his wound? Oh right, he had a hot panting blond under him. That could explain it.

He sighed once more as he undid the bandages to inspect the wound. The bleeding seemed to have stopped, after all he had applied pressure to it by holding the blond down. He continued to inspect it before he turned to stare at the blond, and finally decided to clean them both up. He quickly cleaned them, changed the blonde's bandages as well as his own, and finally went to lay himself next to the blond, gathering him in his arms, and all the while he did this the same thought ran through his mind. How was it that the blond could make him forget about everything, even his own pain?

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Naruto woke up to the sound of seven faint gongs ringing in the distant. His eyes lazily opened, annoyed at being woken up, and his sleep infused mind had to briefly wonder if he had left the window open. After all how could there be a noise of gongs if he didn't own anything that remotely made that kind of noise.

His blue azure eyes drifted upward to stare at the ceiling, dreading the thought of getting up, not because he was hurt, he still hadn't realized that, but because he was afraid that the room would be cold, what with the window being left open all night. So he unwillingly raised his hand from under the covers, to try to throw them back, but something blocked him. He looked down and was surprised to find a pale, porcelain arm wrapped around his chest.

His dazed mind still could not comprehend what was going on, probably an after effect of the pills he took, and his eyes, fascinated by the arm, followed to see where it ended. He was surprised, no, more like amazed to see that the arm belonged to Sasuke's body, which was comfortably tucked next to him.

He stared down at Sasuke's body, following it upwards to land on his face, and his breath caught. Sasuke was still asleep, dark lashes caressing the pale cheek which had a strand of black inked hair over it. He was breathing calmly, wind passing in an out of two pink almost delicate looking lips, giving him a hint of white beneath them.

Naruto could not help it, and like a rat tranced by the snakes eyes, he lifted his hand and gently placed it over his cheek, brushing back the annoying strand of hair. His hand came back to rest over the cheek caressing it, exploring it, amazed at it's smoothness. He was like an explorer who was searching out his precious artifact, and how could he not. Sasuke in his sleeping state reminded him of a deity, a greek statue, a fallen hero, some one that did not belong to their world.

He continue to caress his cheek, fingers moving over to explore his eyes, his nose and finally his lips, net even noticing that his action were making Sasuke stir, and he began to open his eyes. Naruto stopped momentarily, eyes catching his attention, and the realization of what he had been doing finally hit him. He quickly retracted his arm, face beginning to burn. How could he have forgotten that it was Sasuke he was touching, and more important how could he have forgotten that he was not in his home but Sasuke's room, in Sasuke's house. How could he even be touching him?

He should have known not to this, that touching Sasuker might produce an unwelcome consequence, and he was right, for even half asleep Saske was still quicker than him. He lifted his hand from the blonde's chest and caught his retracting one, and gently brought back to his face, to his lips. He then gave him a light kiss in his middle finger, all the while looking up at him.

Naruto, embarrassed by it all, wanted nothing more than to remove his hand from his grasp, but then recalled the deal he had made with himself last night. After all what could happen if he did let Sasuke touch him, caress him, heck even kiss him. He wanted to find out, to experiment with him, to see if he really was interested in Sasuke or was it just a phase. And so, he let his hand in Sasuke's grasp, which proved to be a bad idea.

Sasuke gently, but with enough forced tugged Naruto towards him, making him land on top of him. He then lifted his face and without even hesitating he kissed Naruto. Warm lips met his own and Naruto's breathe caught in his throat. The warm lips began pressing on him, urging him, and with the onslaught of the new emotions, he gave in and kissed back.

The kiss grew intense and he was lost in the new sensations. He gently pulled his hand away from Sasuke's grasp, and brought down on his chest. Apparently Sasuke had slept without a shirt on, and the sensation of his smooth chest on his hand amazed him.

He began to explore him in fluttering caresses, first his chest, hand traveling lightly over his nipple before he continued down to his stomach. With his fingers he lightly traced the ridges on his toned stomach one by one. He wanted to move closer to him, wanted to continue kissing him in a feverish way, and when he did he felt a bulge near his hips. He did not know where the thought came from, but he suddenly moved his hands down towards him.

Sasuke's hand came out of nowhere, stopping Naruto's hands as he separated from him. "Don't." was all he said, harsh breaths coming out of him.

Naruto stared down at him, a glazed look in his eyes. His breath came out in short gasps, passing between two bruised lips, and it took him a second to realize what he was about to do. His eyes widen and he backed away from him as fast as he could. The move brought pain back to his bruised stomach, and helped to fully clear his head from the lustful fog.

He averted his eyes from Sasuke, lowering them to avoid looking at him. His face was beginning to flush over yet he did not feel embarrassed as he should. He felt...disappointed, rejected, and it confused him as to why he was feeling this. He was so lost in his emotions that he did not feel Sasuke move and before he knew it, Sasuke was in front of him breathing hot air in his face.

"If you want to know, I stopped you because I know you are not ready. Besides, it's too much trouble changing your bandages." he told him, smirk playing in his lips. "I'll use the bathroom first, after that it's all yours." He finished before moving away from him and standing to make his way to the bathroom door.

Naruto was rooted to his spot, shocked that Sasuke had known exactly what he felt, and even more, for he was right. He was not ready to touch Sasuke in the same fashion that he touched him. It was too personal, too intimate, to much for him. He had made the deal that he would become Sasuke's 'friend' but not his lover, and that is exactly what it meant for him if he touched him back.

He heard a faucet run in the bathroom dispelling him of his shock. He turned to look at the door that Sasuke had entered, making him wince. His torso was still throbbing in pain and he felt that Sasuke's kiss might have ripped his lip open again since it felt that way. He turned to look at the night stand and found the bottle of pills. He slowly reached out for them, took two out, and swallowed them. He then settled back on the bed, waiting for Sasuke to come out so that he could use the bathroom.

"Oi dead-last, the bathroom's ready. You can use it now." Sasuke told Naruto as soon as he came from out of the bathroom, fully clothed in his uniform. Naruto did not opened his eyes, just gave him a small nod. Sasuke continued to stare at him before moving towards his dresser.

"Hey, I need to get to school soon. You can stay here while I'm away." he told him trying to break the silence as he reached for a drawer to find his comb.

Naruto finally opened his eyes when he heard the information, and turned to glare at Sasuke. "Like hell I will. I'm going back home." He told him and Sasuke turned to look back at him, frown on his face.

"No, you won't go home. You have no one to take care of you there." Sasuke said, with a tone that said he didn't want to argue the point, before facing the drawers again. Of course it was Naruto who he was talking too.

"Like I have someone to take care of me here? Besides, I really want to go home, Iruka may be worried. I didn't meet him yesterday after school, he's probably worried sick." He told Sasuke, hoping that using Iruka as an excuse would soften him and let him go home.

He didn't even turn to look at him. "I'll have my personal maid to look after you, and you can use the phone to call Iruka whenever you want." He said, before cursing. He couldn't find his comb, so he decided to look for another one outside of his room. He turned to face Naruto who was glaring at him while trying to think of another excuse as to why he couldn't stay. He gave him a soft smirk, before walking towards him. He gently placed a hand on his cheek, turned his head to face him and gave him a quick peck in the mouth.

"Please don't argue. Your staying and that's final." he whispered at his blushing face before turning around to leave. "I'll also tell Kakashi why you are not here, and tell him to make an excuse for the rest of your teachers." He said, already heading for the door.

It took a while for his brain to start working again, but when it did he called out to him, stopping Sasuke right when he reached the door.

"Don't tell anyone else of what he did to me except for Neji-san." He told him, a pleading look in his eyes. Sasuke would have been moved had he not heard the Hyugga's name.

"Why do you need to tell Hyugga? He has no business in what happens to you." He told him, a slight scowl on his face.

"I'll tell Neji-san anything I want to tell him. That's my problem and not yours." Naruto said and if he could he would've crossed his arms.

"Whatever." Sasuke said. "Just one condition, stop calling him 'san'."

Naruto face glared back at him. "No. I like calling him Neji-san. Besides, it's not like your jealous or something?" Naruto said glare turning into a smirk.

Sasuke's face remained impassive, yet there was a look in his eyes that made Naruto grin when he closed the door on him.