Before Sakura could close the door to her apartment, Naruto, Sasuke, and Shikamaru burst through. Sakura hobbled back in surprise before trying her best to ignore them.

"Sakura-chan are you badly injured?" Naruto asked seriously seeing the girl limp heavily.

"I'm fine. I'll heal it in a few days when my chakra levels get back up" Sakura said sternly. All three men stiffened at the anger evident in the girl's voice.

"You could just go to Tsunade-sama if you want…I'm sure she'd heal it for you" Sasuke said quietly.

"I can heal it myself thank you very much" Sakura bit out harshly, "Now if you don't mind, leave." All men looked at her sadly not sure what to do; none of them moved however.

"We trust you Sakura-chan and we made a mistake breaking that bond with you. We are truly sorry for that. Can't we try again to make this work?" Shikamaru asked weakly. Sakura looked up at him sadly wishing she could just throw all her worries away into the wind, but she couldn't.

"If you didn't trust me before, than what makes you think that you could ever trust me, right?" Sakura said coldly, glaring at all three of them.

"We did trust you before" Shikamaru started.

"Well you must not have, considering everyone blamed me for what happened" Sakura said angrily.

"And it was a mistake"

"And you think sorry will make it all better?!"

"It's a start instead of wallowing around not even trying"

"Trying or not if there was ever a moment of doubt that there wasn't trust, then it's probably still there!"

"No one wanted to believe that you caused the explosion"

"But they needed to have someone to blame and I was the best for the position"

"You weren't the best, but while we're being honest, you were the most suspicious"

"Just because someone is suspicious doesn't automatically make them the culprit"

"No but it does cause some questions to arise"

"Like it's any of your business"

"It is my business because I'm your friend"

"You were just on a mission assigned to be my friend"

"I was assigned to observe you! You becoming my friend was a decision I made all on my own!"

"To help you make sure I was the right person, right?!"

"To make sure you were the wrong person!"

"How does that make any sense!?"

"Because if I observed you than I could have concluded whether or not you were the culprit"

"You could have just done that by interrogating me face to face for a few days instead of going behind my back"

Shikamaru blushed realizing that would have actually made more sense to do. Sakura stopped for a moment realizing Shikamaru didn't have a counter argument to that.

"So did you just pretend to be my friend so you could just rip it away like a band-aid from me?! Well I got news for you Nara!" Sakura yelled angrily.

"Leave me alone…" Sakura whispered, all her anger seemed to have disappeared. Shikamaru snapped back to reality when Sakura's voice dropped so much.

"But Sakura-chan" Shikamaru whispered, hurt.

"He really likes you Sakura-chan!" Naruto burst out suddenly surprising the other three in the room.

The three looks on each one of their faces were:

Sasuke: 'you idiot!'

Shikamaru: 'how could you tell her that!? I should have never told you!'

Sakura: 'Iruka-sensei was right!?'

Sakura looked away quickly with a blush.

When Iruka-sensei said that Shikamaru liked me…he was serious!? Does that mean he really cares about me? Sakura peaked up to see Shikamaru slightly blushing but most of his efforts were towards being angry at the blonde. Sasuke just looked like he didn't want to be there anymore and Naruto looked like he wanted to run away from the angered man.

"Would you look at the time!?" Naruto said drastically (pointing to absolutely nothing on his wrist) before sprinting out the door with Sasuke right behind him. Shikamaru concentrated on breathing calmly. The stupid blonde pretty much ruined his plan.

"Sakura-chan…" Shikamaru said quietly rubbing the back of his head noticing the girl was looking down at the floor with interest. Shikamaru walked carefully over to the girl trying to telekinetically tell the girl to look up at him; it wasn't working.

"Sakura-chan, what Usuratonkachi said was true" Shikamaru said boldly.

Oh what the hell, I was going to tell her eventually anyway.

"Please leave Shikamaru" Sakura said gently sounding close to tears.

"I want to be with you" Shikamaru whispered trying to get her to look up at him.

"I can't be with you"

"Why?"

"You don't even trust me"

"Let me prove to you, that I do in fact trust you more than you know"

"How do I know this isn't some mission?"

"I promise you, it isn't a mission. I swear I will never do anything like that again to you without telling you"

"Shikamaru…."

"Trust me, Sakura-chan" Shikamaru whispered. Sakura finally looked up at him; there was still doubt evident in her eyes, but he would do anything to prove to her wasn't lying.

"Okay" Sakura whispered quietly, "prove it to me."

"Glad to" Shikamaru smirked before turning serious once more. He leaned forward towards the girl, who was a little shocked at his actions, before he kissed her softly on the lips. Sakura didn't immediately return the kiss (she was in too much shock) but after a moment, she kissed him back just as softly.

Sakura pulled away quickly realizing what she just did.

"Sorry" Sakura blushed.

"I'm not" Shikamaru said boldly. He didn't want her to pull away from him, he wanted her to keep kissing him.

"Please go" Sakura said shyly. Shikamaru just crossed his arms making Sakura glare at him. Shikamaru refused to move from his spot.

"Fine! Stay, go, I don't care! Just don't bother me" Sakura said angrily turning away from the man who only smirked. Sakura really should have sat down at the beginning of their 'conversation.' As of right when she turned away from Shikamaru, she doubled over in pain gasping out loudly.

"Sakura!" Shikamaru yelled worriedly, running over to the girl. He lifted her up bridal style setting her on the couch.

"I know you will be angry if I bring you to Tsunade, but what if I brought her to you? Would that be okay?" Shikamaru asked worried. Sakura groaned out a yes before something in the back of her head said she probably shouldn't have done that.

Shikamaru looked surprised and then became ten times more worried than how he was before.

"I'm going to look at it okay?" Shikamaru whispered. He looked at Sakura for conformation but she gave none as her eyes were squeezed shut in pain. He lifted up her shirt slightly to see the bandages around her side were completely red with her blood. He inwardly gasped wishing he had noticed her collapsing state sooner.

"I'll be back soon okay!?" Shikamaru said loudly kissing Sakura on the forehead, before running off to get Tsunade. Tsunade's face, when Shikamaru ran in worried, would have been priceless if it weren't such a serious situation; she could have called what she felt the closest thing to a heart attack. She ran out of the Hokage office with Shikamaru close on her tail, so she could heal her dear pupil, get some of her trust back, and hopefully get some answers.

When Tsunade burst into Sakura's apartment she immediately saw her pupil clutching her side tightly in pain. Shikamaru looked at Sakura worried as Tsunade bent over her pupil to investigate and heal the wound.

"Her side is pretty badly damaged. I may have to come back for a few days to heal it correctly and make sure that strange chakra Sakura-chan was talking about isn't there any longer" Tsunade said briskly.

"Shishou?" Sakura asked confused for a moment.

"Try to relax child" Tsunade said quietly bent to her work. Sakura would flinch every now and then only to have Shikamaru smooth down her hair trying to relax her.

"Did you kill the bomber?" Tsunade asked quietly. Sakura nodded her head once.

"Apparently he wanted to practice his bombing techniques. He made a fake refurbishing permit to get people out of the building believing that if he was going to kill people, it may as well be as many as his bomb can take out." Sakura flinched as Tsunade touched a sensitive spot on the wound but she continued anyway.

"Since he was practicing he didn't want to waste his time if the explosion caused minor injuries. Apparently a few farming areas and smaller towns around the Leaf have had similar problems with random buildings exploding." Sakura jolted painfully again but Tsunade finally finished most of the healing process.

Shikamaru nodded his head at the information along with Tsunade who was putting clean bandages around Sakura's wound. Sakura closed her eyes tiredly wishing to sleep away the rest of the week.

"Please keep an eye on her and make sure nothing happens to that side. If it does, come get me. No matter the hour" Tsunade said seriously for once. Shikamaru nodded his head in surprise before smiling kindly at the woman. Tsunade nodded her head once before leaving the apartment and for Shikamaru to take care of her pupil.

"Sakura-chan?" Shikamaru whispered quietly, "I'm staying here for the night so you better just deal with it and not complain about it."

"Jerk" Sakura whispered before dozing off only to have Shikamaru kiss her gently on the lips.

"Troublesome woman."

"Was that really a good idea Dobe?" Sasuke asked skeptically. Naruto just rolled his eyes at the man.

"Shikamaru-san said he liked her so I was just helping her along" Naruto said giving him a beaming grin.

"You mean like how Teuchi-san did for you…" Sasuke smirked.

"First off we agreed that we would never talk about that day ever again" Naruto said loudly, "and secondly, if Teuchi-san did it for us, than it must not be that bad of an idea to do to other people."

(Teuchi is the owner of Ichiraku Ramen just so you know).

Naruto tried making it sound like it all made sense, but Sasuke only sweat-dropped wondering how Naruto's brain actually functioned.

Both remembered that day well. The day both confessed how they felt about the other.

Flashback

"Dobe you should slow down. I'll hear about you complaining about a stomach ache for the next year" Sasuke said drolly.

"You're such a downer Te-me!" Naruto said breaking apart the boy's nickname. Sasuke frowned with annoyance wishing the man next to him could at least be a little quieter. He gave up on wishing for the man to leave him alone because no matter what he did, Naruto just hung on to him like a leach.

When Sasuke came back to the Leaf, he was placed in interrogation (along with the prison they have) for a short time, before Naruto was able to convince Tsunade of just keeping the man on house arrest. Naruto went on every single mission with Sasuke and was literally with Sasuke at least twenty three hours a day. Naruto even slept in Sasuke's apartment mostly to annoy the dark haired boy (at least that's what Sasuke believed he was doing).

It had been like that for a few years now and Sasuke had somehow gotten attached to the boy. When Naruto was late in coming to his house, Sasuke worried profusely before quickly wondering why he worried so much.

So he had a crush on the guy, it wasn't anything to brag about…or mention; definitely not even something to talk about with someone.

Naruto already knew he liked Sasuke some time back, but didn't think the dark haired boy would ever reciprocate his feelings, so he left his inner turmoil alone for the time being. Apparently he had been drinking one night and accidently spilled his secret to Sakura-chan who felt very sad for the boy. Naruto spent so much time with Sasuke hoping the dark-haired boy would notice his feelings. If Sasuke never did, then at least Naruto could pretend that their relationship was perfect the way it was.

Sakura-chan from that point forward, would try everything to make the boy believe the dark haired man liked him too. Sakura wasn't stupid and saw caring glances from the dark haired boy every now and again towards the blonde. She knew there could have been something for them to get rid of their sadness and loneliness. It was time for a plan.

And today was the day for that plan. She had cornered Teuchi-san before he opened the restaurant asking him to do a favor for her. He, of course, agreed. Sakura had the feeling that he completely understood her plan (and that made her happy, yet slightly creeped out).

Teuchi knew the boy would be coming today (considering he came almost every day unless there was a mission and it was either with Iruka or Sasuke) and even if he didn't come that day, he would definitely be back sooner or later and that's when he would let whatever Sakura's plan was, go into motion.

Indeed around one o'clock, both boys were back for some ramen. It was time for phase one. Naruto and Sasuke ordered their usual ramen waiting for the man to finish making them. Neither made small talk with the other until their food was in front of them.

"Are you alright Naruto-kun?" Teuchi said trying to sound worried. The blonde boy looked up at the man surprised before telling him he was fine. Teuchi noticed Sasuke's eyes looked worried for a moment before they went back to being dull.

"Are you sure?" Teuchi tried pushing slightly making the dark haired boy next to him have continued flickers of worry in his eyes; none of which went unnoticed by Teuchi.

"Yes?" Naruto wasn't even sure what the man was asking him. Was there some kind of weird look on his face or something?

"You are quieter than usual today" Sasuke butted in causing Naruto to grow shocked slightly before quickly covering it up. Of course he was upset. The idiot next to him didn't like him like that in the slightest. Everything the dark haired boy did affected him and he hated the way the man just seemed to ignore his caring; it hurt.

Naruto didn't reply not knowing what to say which surprised both men at the ramen stand considering the blonde haired boy always knew what to say.

I can see part of Sakura-san's plan… I just hope she figured out every phase to make it work. Let's just hope I do this right. Teuchi thought sweat-dropping with worry.

"Well it seems to me that you two boys have something to say to the other" Teuchi thought, that sounded believable.

"What?" Both men said in sync, confused. He handed each man their ramen. Both ate quietly wondering what the older man was talking about. After Naruto finished his fifth bowl of ramen and Sasuke his second, Naruto just couldn't stand the curiosity any longer.

"What were you talking about before old man?" Naruto asked curiously as Sasuke just looked up waiting an answer also. Teuchi just sweat-dropped.

Here goes nothing Sakura-san. I hope what you told me to say to them will work

"Well it just seems to me that both of you really like each other and yet you both seem to keep avoiding the topic or are just blind" Teuchi said quickly as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

There…it's out in the open now. How does that girl know how these two will react to such a confession?

Both just gaped at the old man disbelieving what he just said.

How the hell did he know that I liked him!? Both thought at the same time. Both turned to face each other as if expecting an explanation. Sasuke actually had a blush on his face and Naruto just grew more shocked at the fact that Sasuke could actually like him back.

Sasuke left the ramen stand quickly in embarrassment wishing to never see the blonde again at the moment.

"What are you waiting for kid? Go get him!" Teuchi said with encouragement. Naruto bolted out of his seat faster than humanly possible, right on Sasuke's tail. He slowed to a quick walk so he was right behind the dark haired boy.

"You like me?" Naruto asked curiously.

"So what if I do" Sasuke said quietly, the blush on his face more apparent now.

"More than just a friend?" Naruto asked hopefully.

"So what?!" Sasuke whispered.

"Will you go out with me?" Naruto asked becoming brave for a moment. If he misinterpreted anything, than the friendship he had developed with Sasuke would be ruined forever.

"Don't laugh-…what?" Sasuke stopped to look at the man behind him who had stopped at exactly the same time.

"Will you" Naruto pointed at him "go out" Naruto directed to the areas behind him "with me?" Naruto pointed to himself then.

"No I won't! You are a complete Dobe! Don't make fun of me just because you found out okay!?" Sasuke stated angrily. Sasuke turned away quickly about to make a run for it before Naruto grabbed him by the forearms and slammed him into a nearby tree.

"I am not making fun of you and I also really, really like you more than just a friend" Naruto said quietly. Sasuke could see the honesty in Naruto's eyes and blushed slightly, looking away. If it was anyone but Naruto, Sasuke would have looked like he was pouting. But he was frowning with worry.

Naruto leaned in slowly to kiss the man gently before pulling away. Sasuke's face was beyond shocked.

"Y-You should see y-your f-face Teme!" Naruto howled with laughter at seeing the Uchiha's normally stoic face become one of complete confusion and shock.

"I knew you were just playing with me" Sasuke whispered sadly turning away. Naruto gasped loudly before trapping Sasuke to the tree again.

"I didn't mean it like that" Naruto whispered into the man's ear making Sasuke shiver delightfully.

"It's just that you normally don't show emotions that easily and to see it as clear as day was really funny" Naruto said smiling down. Sasuke looked up with worry before sighing. Somehow this imbecile was the only one who could have broken through his shell and latch his way onto his heart.

"Now" Naruto said happily lifting Sasuke onto his shoulder.

"Drop me right now!" Sasuke said angrily. Truthfully somewhere in the back of his head he thought that being held by the blonde was really comforting; but that was way in the back of his head.

"Will you go out with me?" Naruto asked again smirking.

"No I won't! Now let me go!" Sasuke said angrily punching the blonde's back. There wasn't much effort in his punches but this was still an embarrassing situation.

"Then I'll have sex with you until you start screaming that you want to go out with me" Naruto said deviously before bursting out in laughter at seeing the dark haired boys blush darken tremendously.

"I will do no such thing with you!" Sasuke said trying to not think about the blonde's hands on his body. One arm was against the back of his knees while the other was holding his back to keep him in place.

"Is that so" Naruto smirked evilly. He slowly dragged his hand carefully down the dark haired boys back until his hand went under the man's pants.

"Naruto!" Sasuke yelled loudly not sure if he sounded angry or surprised that the blonde just squeezed his ass.

"Ye~s?" Naruto sung happily.

"Get your perverted hands out of my pants right now!" Sasuke whispered angrily hoping no one was around at the moment.

"Okay, okay" Naruto said quietly pulling his hand out of the man's pants before diving below his briefs. His hand quickly found the man's entrance before rubbing soothing circles over the sensitive skin. He kissed the man's backside with care still making sure his surroundings were empty of other people.

Sasuke convulsed on the man's shoulder as electricity ignited through him. The way he moaned Naruto's name made the man harden instantly wanting to hear Sasuke say his name like that for the rest of his life. Naruto refused to remove his hand from Sasuke's briefs before using every piece of stealth and knowledge he had to duck out of the forest and land in front of Sasuke's apartment without being seen.

Naruto had been rubbing Sasuke for a good few minutes, feeling the other man's hard on dig into his shoulder. Suddenly, his finger slid into the tight entrance accidently making Sauske convulse again moaning loudly. In fact too loudly. Why too loudly? Because Naruto hadn't even opened the apartment door yet.

"Did you hear that mommy?" Some kid asked on the street as the woman looked around to find the source of the noise. Naruto was currently having a kanipchen fit along with a heart attack while Sasuke was practically humping the man's shoulder to get him to move inside him. Naruto ended up kicking the door in when he heard the little boy ask his mother to look in their direction.

Naruto slammed the door shut with his foot, placing a barrier on the door, before practically running for the bedroom. When he got there, he didn't want to remove his finger so he did the only thing he could think of and laid the man onto the bed the same way he would have to lift him onto his shoulder again.

Naruto ripped off the man's pants and briefs leaving him only in his shirt. Naruto kneeled down off the bed so he could be at perfect level to see the man's obvious erection.

"You're so pretty Teme" Naruto teased.

"Shut it!" Sasuke practically yelled out angrily.

"On contraire, you shut it and just take it!" Naruto said smugly as he licked the man's erection from base to tip making the man shiver in pleasure. Naruto started moving his finger quickly loving the way Sasuke felt around him. He couldn't wait to be inside so he quickly added a second finger making the man's hips come off the bed.

Moan after moan left the dark haired man's mouth as he continued trying to thrust his hips up, but Naruto held his hips down with his other hand. His mouth was currently licking, kissing, and nipping at the pale flesh in front of his face and Naruto just drooled at the sight not able to contain himself.

"Naru-to" Sasuke broke apart trying to breathe.

"Ye~s?" Naruto practically groaned lovingly at the way Sasuke just tried to contain himself but was unable to do so. It was magnificent and Sasuke was just so perfect!

"S-Stop Dobe!" Sasuke moaned loudly his thrusting going erratic as Naruto sucked a testicle into his mouth.

"Shit! S-Stop!" Sasuke practically screamed.

"And why would I do that?" Naruto asked playfully releasing the man's testicle with a warm pop.

"I-I'm going to c-cum" Sasuke practically wreathed like a lizard loving the feelings that soared through him. Never in his wildest dreams did he think he could feel like this, ever.

"Then cum" Naruto smirked before thrusting three fingers into the man's entrance while simultaneously pulling the man's head into his mouth. He thrust his fingers in a few times sucking hard on the man's cock before Sasuke cried out in ecstasy. His hips lifted off of the sheets as his orgasm rocked through his body. He was shaking violently gasping for breath.

When he had calmed down a little he saw Naruto just looking at him strangely. He couldn't even place the emotion he was seeing. Naruto was never going to forget the way Sasuke looked when his orgasm rocked through his body, ever again. It was the most amazingly beautiful, hottest thing he had ever seen in his life.

"Now before I do something even dirtier with you" Naruto purred, licking his lips deviously. Sasuke gulped wanting nothing more than to kiss the hell out of the other guy to show him that he was just really good at kissing and hopefully amaze the man.

"I just have one question" Naruto settled himself in between the man's legs as he threw Sasuke's legs onto his shoulders.

"Will you go out with me?" Naruto whispered running his hands up and down the man's sides. Sasuke's eyes widened before he gave the most amazing Uchiha smirk he could muster. He only had one answer for him.

End of Flashback

"I'm in the mood now" Naruto said giving a lecherous smirk.

"Don't be an idiot so much, would you?" Sasuke said drolly trying not to shiver in delight.

"Come on! Everyone is busy doing something with someone else! Shikamaru is with Sakura, Kakashi is with Iruka, Genma is with Raidou, and I'm not entirely sure what the relationship status is for Kotetsu and Izumo. That one is so hard to figure out." Naruto said counting on his fingers.

"And you have patrol at three" Sasuke said snorting.

"Don't be like that Teme!" Naruto pouted, "besides, we both have patrol at three which means we have all of patrol and when we return to do something" Naruto bounced his eyebrows up and down in excitement.

"You seriously are a lecher, all you think about is sex" Sasuke said wishing they could just hang out for a day without it automatically turning to sex. Of course he'd be lying if he said he didn't enjoy having sex with the blonde either.

"I think about more than that! I think about you, and ramen, and training…and you" Naruto tried thinking about what else he thought about but that was pretty much it.

"Huh…I thought there were more things I thought about" Naruto said trying to think.

"Actually that is pretty much the story of your life, Dobe" Sasuke smirked at the man.

"Yours isn't that much better Teme!" Naruto shouted. They continued their walk, fighting, both excited to see what would happen on their patrol; and they weren't thinking about enemies they could encounter.

Yay for short stories! On to the next chapters