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Chapter 12
With Hinata it had been a smell. With Sasuke it was a taste. Naruto found the taste of Sasuke made him feel what he'd felt when kissing Hinata.
Times a hundred.
The taste of him was unlike anything he'd ever had before. He couldn't hold back, couldn't get enough. He was hungry, starving for Sasuke. He had never known sustenance or satisfaction until he tasted Sasuke's hot mouth. He needed more, craved all. No, it was more than that. It was survival. If he didn't have Sasuke, right now, he would die. Lust had him by the throat, and nothing would do but that he consume him, climb inside his skin if necessary.
He was not mindless as he had been with Hinata. Naruto was aware. He knew exactly what he was doing.
Sasuke, for all he'd been through with Orochimaru, had never been kissed. He saw Naruto coming at him and braced himself for a fight. When he felt his hair grabbed instead, his face brought down to Naruto's, his mind had gone blank with shock and denial. This isn't happening. His hands had come up to Naruto's shoulders to push him away. That was as far as he'd gotten. By then Naruto's greedy mouth was on his.
It was painful. Painful in how Naruto wasn't gentle, timid or unsure. Painful in how Sasuke's tongue was sucked almost down the other boy's throat. Painful in how Naruto's hands were pulling strands of his hair out, squeezing him around the torso until he felt his ribs would crack. Painful in how Naruto kicked Sasuke's legs from under him and they thudded to the forest floor, Sasuke landing on a sharp rock. And it was painful in the ferocity of the desire that was reducing him to ashes, his ecstasy, and the sense of homecoming at long, long last that he felt in Naruto's arms.
In the back of his mind, thoughts clamored for attention. Sasuke slammed the door on them savagely.
Sasuke rolled, so that he was on top of Naruto. He managed to pry one of Naruto's hands loose of his hair and held it down on the forest floor. He grabbed Naruto's jaw with his other hand and held his questing face still. Sasuke came up for air, gasping. Naruto's eyes narrowed at being denied. Wrenching his arm from Sasuke, he jackknifed and had the taller boy on his back again. He straddled him, holding both of Sasuke's wrists as he grabbed a fistful of his shirt and ripped it off of him. The same with his pants. Sasuke opened his mouth to say something and saw that Naruto's eyes were once again red. His excitement, which was at a fever pitch already, tripled. "Yes," he breathed.
Whether or not Naruto heard, he lowered his face to Sasuke's chest and inhaled deeply. Sasuke felt Naruto's sharp teeth nip his stomach, then his burning tongue came out to sooth the hurt.
Naruto felt Sasuke's long legs tangle with his own. He moved higher on Sasuke's body, wanting to know all the tastes and textures of him. He lapped the strong column of Sasuke's throat, bit his chin, sucked the shapely lips. His hands rubbed up Sasuke's arms and over his chest, feeling the tremors that went through him as Naruto's hands rubbed over the hard points. Naruto bent and gave more attention to those points, nibbling them with his teeth. Sasuke bucked hard, nearly throwing Naruto. Naruto's knee passed over Sasuke's crotch and the other boy went still at once.
Naruto reached a hand to touch the bulge covered by Sasuke's shorts.
"No. Don't." Sasuke's voice was a whisper. Naruto glanced at his face and saw that Sasuke had a hand over his eyes. He was trembling violently.
Naruto didn't question him, accepting his guidance. He lowered his face to Sasuke's legs and explored them with his mouth, marveling at the dark hair. Sasuke seemed to like this a lot, twisting away, then back as Naruto's clawed hands grasped his high-arched feet and nuzzled them. He licked between the toes, nibbled the arches and Sasuke giggled, covering his mouth with his forearm. The carefree sound was at odds with the deep voice that made it. It fueled Naruto's hunger. He turned Sasuke over as if he weighed nothing, and used similar tactics on his thighs, the backs of his knees. He couldn't get enough. Not if he lived a thousand lifetimes would he ever have enough of this feast that was Sasuke.
He lay full length on Sasuke's back and lifted the dark hair away from his neck. The stuff was so thick that it swallowed Naruto's hand, as he kissed the white skin beneath it. He blew on the fine hairs there, rubbed his nose on the flesh, sucked it. Then he needed Sasuke's mouth again.
They lay on their sides, Sasuke practically unconscious from the force of the sensations Naruto evoked. He felt Naruto's claws rake down his back and sink into the flesh of his ass, likely drawing blood. He was thrown onto his back again, too weak to resist the other boy's ardor. He hugged Naruto to him, brutally biting his lips and tongue. Naruto growled low in his throat. His hand strayed to the waist of Sasuke's shorts.
Orochimaru, his cold hands, his writhing cock. The burning semen, the disgust and shame he'd felt, Kabuto's glasses flashing as he laughed at Sasuke's helplessness.
Naruto wasn't immediately aware of Sasuke's struggles as resistance. He thought he was reciprocating his own wild explorations. He had Sasuke's cock in his hand, squeezing the turgid flesh through the material of his shorts.
"No, stop, Naruto, stop, don't. GET OFF OF ME!"
Sasuke shoved Naruto almost into the flames, coming to his feet shakily. His eyes were red now, too. Lightening crackled in his hands. Naruto looked up at him from where he lay. He got slowly to his feet, pausing after each movement, never taking his eyes from Sasuke's face. "What is it," he asked. His voice was shaking, heart banging against his ribs. His own eyes were still red with desire.
"I…I can't." Sasuke looked at if the words were killing him. His face crumpled as he swallowed hard.
Naruto did not accept this. Sasuke had wanted him too. He was not calm enough to analyze what the cause behind this sudden reticence was. He wanted Sasuke and he meant to have him. He moved toward him. If Sasuke fought him, then so be it, but he would not be denied, not when he knew Sasuke had enjoyed it, too.
Sasuke held a hand up to ward Naruto off. Naruto stopped, but only long enough to ask a question.
"Did I do something wrong?"
"No."
"You want me." That wasn't a question.
"Yes. More than anything."
"Then why can't we? You can show me what to do-"
"Please, Naruto."
"Just tell me what it is," Naruto insisted stepping closer. Sasuke backed away.
Sasuke hated himself with a passion as he felt tears form in his eyes. Would this crap never stop now that it'd started? God dammit!
Naruto thought he understood. "It's what they did to you, isn't it."
Sasuke violently rubbed his eyes before nodding slightly.
Naruto remained where he was, feeling anger cool his body and his senses. His eyes returned to blue.
He again tried to approach Sasuke, this time to give comfort, but Sasuke turned and walked into the woods. And though Naruto waited for him all night, Sasuke did not return to camp. He sat staring at the crackling fire. Kabuto, I swear on my dead mother, I will know your blood.
The next morning, Naruto was contemplating their meager water supplies when Sasuke strolled into camp. They regarded each other across the ashes of the camp fire. Naruto spoke first.
"I'm not going to force you, if that's what you're thinking."
"I know."
"But I mean to have you. When you're ready." Naruto's eyes were hard. It was the look he got whenever a new move was giving him trouble and he meant to own it.
The declaration rocked Sasuke, warming him with guilty pleasure. "I didn't know you were gay."
"I didn't know you were either. And I'm not."
"Then…why did you kiss me?"
Naruto needed time to put his thoughts and feelings into words. He hunted up his clothes and what was left of Sasuke's as he thought. "Because," he said slowly. "I couldn't stop myself. No. I mean…you. Fuck." Naruto ground his teeth in frustration and tried again.
"I think you have feelings for me," he said. Sasuke didn't deny it, only stared, rapt, at Naruto's confused face. This encouraged him. "And when I realized it, it kind of…opened this door in me and made me realize I…have feelings for you, too. That I wanted you."
"But…you're not gay?" Sasuke wanted this clarified.
"No."
"I don't understand."
"I don't either. Nor do I care. Whatever I feel for you is beyond gay and straight." Naruto had been busily putting on his clothes.
"And…if I told you that I didn't want to pursue this? If I felt like our friendship was more important than whatever this new thing is?"
Naruto turned to face Sasuke as he zipped up his jacket. His expression was not one that brooked argument. His brows were joined together in a V of displeasure. "Is that how you feel?"
Sasuke almost said yes, just to see what Naruto would do. The thought was like wondering what would happen if you poked a bear in the eye. "No, but I'm not sure where we go from here."
Naruto had relaxed his tense shoulders. He blew out a breath. "Me either."
Sasuke, feeling slightly oppressed by the new dimensions of their relationship, tried to make light of the situation. "Don't you think it's the height of selfishness to state that you are going to have me no matter what?"
Naruto looked contrite. Sasuke continued. "I mean, really, that's almost rape. I may need to defend myself, seek protection from the Kazekage or something."
Naruto stuttered an apology. Sasuke cut him off with a raised hand, head turned to the side with eyes closed. "No, it's no use back tracking now. I see how it is. You think I'm your bitch. Well, Uzumaki Naruto, I have news for you." He walked up to the speechless boy and poked him in the chest hard enough to stagger him. "I'm nobody's bitch. Least not anymore."
He started to walk away. Naruto tackled him from behind, having seen the telltale shake of his shoulders. He knew Sasuke was trying not to laugh.
They rolled, wrestling though the dry leaves and ashes of last night's fire. Their laughter rang through the forest, startling flocks of birds into taking flight.
Hours later, they were tired-having both spent sleepless nights-drenched with sweat and pulling air into their lungs with extreme effort. The sun scorched the earth. Not a tree in sight, no shade anywhere. No water, either, their supplies having been depleted earlier. Sasuke wore a pair of Naruto's pants, since his had been torn last night. They came to mid calf on him. He wore no shirt. Naruto only had a spare jacket and it was too small. Sasuke draped it over his head instead, trying to find some relief from the blazing sun.
Naruto considered calling up another water jutsu. He already had, three times. He'd made water materialize and soak them in blessed coolness from head to toe. It always managed to evaporate minutes later. He had his jacket over his head as well.
God, mom would have my balls for earrings if she could see me now, he thought. During that training of hers she'd brought him to this very same desert and commanded him to cross it with no food or water. To her credit, she'd crossed it with him, but only to show him that it could be done. Remembering this, he straightened his shoulders and loosened his stance. There was a way to move, she'd shown him, that required less effort from the body. It conserved energy. He applied it now. He'd last, he thought. But still, they were looking at 18 more hours, at least, of this hell…
Sasuke was wilting. His torso was tanning to a warm nutty brown. He glanced at Naruto who seemed oblivious to the heat, stepping along as if through a breezy valley. If he could have spared the energy, he would have cursed. Had it been this hot when they'd rescued Gaara?
They made it to a cave sometime in early afternoon and sought refuge gratefully in its shadowy depths. Sasuke glanced around once he was inside.
"Same cave…we…were in…during that sand storm." He was panting so he could barely speak. Naruto wasn't much better off. He sat down heavily next to his spread-eagled traveling companion. After a minute he heard Sasuke's snores. Naruto balled his jacket up under his head and copied him.
It was night. That much he knew: the air that blew lazily across his bare skin was cool. He was on his back, a weight pressed on him. Half awake and half asleep, Naruto didn't think much of this until he felt a hot mouth suck languidly on his ear lobe.
His eyes flew open as he gasped, shivered and then went limp.
"So, that's how to get you to be still. I'll remember that in future." Sasuke chuckled softly, delighted at the chance to have Naruto at his mercy. The guy had been too aggressive by far last night. Now it was his turn.
He moved, sat on Naruto's pelvis and pinned his hands to either side of his head. He liked this position of dominance. He smiled leisurely at Naruto's half-closed eyes before leaning down and kissing him. He was forceful, taking control of Naruto's eager mouth, withholding his own whenever Naruto began to demand too much. Naruto quickly learned to accept what he was given lest the bounty of Sasuke's kisses be withheld completely.
He kissed all of Naruto's face, his nose, his freckles, his eyes. He buried his face in Naruto's neck placing his teeth over the rapidly beating pulse. He sucked that spot viciously. Then he bit him. Hard. Naruto gasped and tried to twist his hands free. Sasuke didn't let him. Between his legs he could feel Naruto's excitement growing. He ground his own rising erection onto it. Naruto tried to sit up and Sasuke held him down with all his strength. It wasn't easy. He ran his tongue around Naruto's ear again, amazed at how it incapacitated the stocky ninja beneath him. He spent time on the other ear before slowly releasing Naruto's hands. Naruto did not move. Sasuke brought one of Naruto's large square-ish hands to his lips. He watched Naruto's eyes as he sucked first one finger, then another. Naruto's eyes glazed over, his breath coming with more difficulty.
By now the blonde boy was rhythmically moving his hips against Sasuke's. He didn't think Naruto knew what he wanted, not yet, anyway, but Sasuke was aware of it. He stretched out on top of him, forcing Naruto's legs wide with his knees.
That was a mistake.
Naruto wrapped his legs around Sasuke's waist and reversed their positions in a swift maneuver. Sasuke jabbed him in the ribs just hard enough to distract Naruto and allow him to be put back under his body. Naruto lunged up and captured Sasuke's mouth with his own.
They both seemed to melt into each other, the fight leaving them as their desire rose. Sasuke snatched fistfuls of Naruto's silky hair as he struggled not to succumb to the drugging kisses. They rolled back and forth, first one on top, then the other, legs entwined, hands scrabbling for purchase on each other's sweaty bodies. Sasuke had both hands down the back of Naruto's shorts, clutching his hard ass, pressing himself as close to him as he possibly could. Naruto could take no more. He wanted to touch Sasuke more intimately.
"Sasuke…"
"No." It was an apology.
Naruto rested his forehead against Sasuke's briefly before rolling off him. He lay on his back breathing as if he'd run all the way from Konoha, hearing Sasuke do the same.
"I understand." But he didn't. Not really. Why had Sasuke started this?
He sat up and took note for the first time that he was in his underwear. Sasuke must have removed his clothes while he slept. Naruto spent a few seconds looking at his own bulging erection. He glanced at Sasuke and saw he was looking at Naruto's cock, too. Naruto let him, wondering what he was thinking.
Sasuke saw him looking at his cock and turned away. Naruto smiled and got dressed.
By unspoken agreement they decided to finish the remainder of their journey while the sun was down. They traveled the entire night, arriving at the entrance to the Sand village at dawn. It reminded them strongly of Gaara's homecoming after he'd died.
They were allowed passage with much honor and respect. They'd saved the Kazekage after all. An escort from the guard house near the entrance took them to just outside the Kazekage's office. The man disappeared inside, leaving them waiting in the hall. After a minute they were shown inside.
Gaara came around his desk to greet them. He shook Naruto's hand, smiling as Naruto pulled him into a hug. Sasuke he only nodded at. He knew better than to touch him. He asked them to help themselves to water he had standing on a side table. Sasuke and Naruto didn't need telling twice. They drained every drop.
Gaara stood watching them with his arms crossed. Sasuke seemed unashamed about showing up without a shirt on. He was nicely tanned. There were long scratch marks on his back.
Naruto seemed to be staring at Sasuke more often than usual. Gaara had noted the hicky on his neck, the bite marks. And Sasuke's hand had tightened on his sword when Naruto had hugged Gaara.
He smiled inwardly. So that's the way the sand shifted, he thought. They, like he, had apparently discovered the pleasures of the flesh. Perhaps they would like to visit his harem?
Gaara thought of the attraction he'd been carrying for Sasuke since the first Chuunin exam. A predatory glow lit his green eyes.
He suspected that this was going to be a fascinating visit.
