Beautiful Crimes by sasukelover154

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Ok so the twelfth chapter is finally finished and I apologize to those who have been awaiting it anxiously, I'm trying very hard to get it done, I swear, and I'm going to try and do better in the future. But anyways, its here now and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO OR ANY OF IT'S CHARACTERS, I JUST OWN THIS PLOT.

Warnings: Swearing, slight violence.

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Naruto went angrily back to his room after he attempted to eat dinner. Sasuke hadn't shown up, not that he had expected him to… The room was extremely lonely without that familiar spiky black hair and hard glare in the bed next to his. He just couldn't handle being in that room a second longer; it was driving him insane to be in that room without his precious Raven God. The room was slowly being painted with reddish slow as the sun began to set outside the window, the room felt cold in the absence of his roommate and he began to get Goosebumps up his arms, even through the sweater and long sleeve button up shirt underneath.

Sitting down on his bed Naruto picked up his Kyuubi and began playing absentmindedly with his tail. How could he not be pissed at Sasuke for ditching him when he needed him most? Especially after not talking to him for the past…he forgot how long it had been since they had actually talked in any sort of substantial way. But he really wasn't mad, he was upset but not at Sasuke. He was upset at Itachi.

Sasuke had been right about Itachi. The vibe Naruto had gotten from him had chilled him straight down to the bone. It made his chest constrict tightly around his heart as if he were being choked off from his blood supply. The bored glare Itachi had made him feel as thought acid were running through his veins, the acid slowly eating away at his bones before making its painful way back to the outside of his body. Needless to say the feeling was simply terrible.

"As soon as Sasuke walks through that door I'm going to tell him how I feel. No longer will I be a chicken. He'll either have to accept me or hate me: but at least that way he will know. And who knows maybe he'll like me too…miracles can happen…I doubt it though…but then why would he have kissed me?"

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Sasuke stepped out into the night air. He zipped up his jacket the rest of the way, the cold air biting at his hands while he shoved them in his pockets. The cold wind nipped at his nose and ears. Goosebumps rose on his arms and legs. Sasuke pulled the hood up on his jacket and began to rub his arms to create friction. He could almost see his breath before his eyes.

He knew generally about where the school was, about thirty minutes by car somewhere near the outskirts of town. A living hell if he had to walk. He's never really had to rid the bus so he wouldn't know where the nearest stop was.

The cold air was in sharp contrast to the warmly painted sky. The sky was dripping in rich reds, oranges, and golds. The clouds looked like wispy little tufts of fleece hanging low around the horizon. The sun was half hidden by the tall buildings and trees.

Sasuke was seething as he heard the cars sputter down the street and the sharp slap of his rubber soles on the hard concrete. The street was dingy with litter and broken twigs and rocks. Shops were closing their doors around him, their signs slipping over to "closed". Before he knew it there were no lights as far down and back as he could see. Sasuke wasn't afraid of the being alone at night, walking around the streets. If he was going to get attacked it could happen at anytime, not just night because he was alone.

The sun set quickly and it seemed and before he knew it he was walking in the lonely blackness of the night, just the empty buildings for company and the stars for some light to see where he was going between sparse street lights.

The silence pressed in on his ears and it felt as if he had gone deaf. His ears were red and bitterly cold as a street light on the corner sputtered out. Sasuke know he would need to get somewhere, anywhere, if he wanted to stay alive that night, the city wasn't exactly small and it wasn't as if it wouldn't be easy to jump a kid simply walking down the street, not that he was scared.

Piercing his vision up ahead were two bright blue-white lights. Sasuke recognized them as the headlights of a car. Feeling as if it were his only chance, Sasuke leaped. He hurled himself into the street, right in front of the car that was speeding down the street. There was a harsh screech of rubber on pavement as the smell of burning rubber lifted to his nose and his body tensed up for the impact. The car bumped hard just up under his knees and he completely buckled and skidded backwards from the sheer force.

Sasuke's bum hit the ground first, and his sweater and t-shirt lifted up and the pavement scratched up his back as his head smacked harshly. Stars popped in front of his vision and momentarily went black. There were rocks pressing into the scraps on his back and he could feel the sharp sting as blood leaked through his shirt. There was a dull pounding around his temples and an ache at the crown.

The driver of the car stepped out and Sasuke heard the sound of a door slam roughly. "Holy shit! Damn it, are you ok kid? I'm so sorry I didn't mean to hit you! I didn't even see you!" frantic shouts came from the direction of the car and the loud hard foot steps came slapping in his direction.

Sasuke's vision slowly began to clear. The cars headlights were still bright in his eyes and all he could make out about the figure was a general silhouette. He mans voice was relatively normal, maybe a tad bit high, but mostly normal. He gave off a friendly, almost caring air.

Sasuke felt a pair of strong hands grip him at the shoulders, and begin to gently sit him up. "You ok, kid?" he asked quietly.

I'm fine, no thanks to you hitting me." Sasuke snapped back out of forced habit. One hand went to his back and began to brush off the rubble that he could still feel pushed into his flesh. The pain stung sharply as rocks and sand fell to the pavement and a fresh wave of blood gushed gently from the scraping wounds.

"Do you want me to take you to the hospital? That can't be very pleasant; they might be able to help you…" His voice sounded concerned as he pulled down the t-shirt and jacket.

"No I don't need to go to the hospital, it's not that bad, and I will live."

"Are you sure? Can you at least let me drop you off at home and give you a clean shirt? Yours is pretty messed up."

"Thanks, that'd be great." Sasuke said. His plan had worked. He would be able to get back to the school, sure he was a little wounded, but he didn't have to see Itachi's emotionless face. Just thinking about Itachi and what he had said made Sasuke's teeth clench and his hands balled up into fist, he could feel the heat rising up in his face.

"Whoa kid did I hurt you just now or something?" Sasuke shook his head angrily and tried standing up. His vision was clear now but he still couldn't see more than the outline of the man. The night was dark in the city, a new moon, the stars were faded and there was barely any light from the sky, what little light that surrounded them came from the man's headlights.

Sasuke was picked up gently under the armpits, the farthest place away from his injuries, and he was helped onto his feet. His shins were badly bruised and his head was pounding badly. His hands were slightly scratched up, but not really all that badly, minimal blood there.

"So where do you live anyway, kid?" the man asked. There was something about him that made Sasuke want to trust him, well trust him enough to get a shirt and a ride back to hell.

"I live at Sir Williams Academy." Sasuke said. There was a brief look of shock on the man's face before he reached into his pocket and removed a set of car keys. The man went to the driver's side door and opened it.

"Hop in kid I'll take you back home." It sounded as if he was smiling as he spoke, if he really was Sasuke didn't really know. Sasuke walked around the front bumper to the passenger side.

The car was a sleek slate grey, not dented, unscratched and definitely expensive by looks. He touched the cool metal handle and opened the door smoothly. After he slid in he shut the door quietly behind him. The seats were rich feeling tan leather. In the soft light of the dashboard controls Sasuke could see the man more clearly then he could before in the darkness of the night.

The man was quite skinny for the age he appeared, in his mid twenties, maybe, but he had a nice build about him, he had slight but powerful muscles underneath his shirt. His bright yellow-blonde hair was pulled up in a long ponytail high up on the crown of his head, his bangs coming forward to disguise his left eye so only one bright bluish-grey one was prominent. His skin was pale and unblemished, just like Sasuke's. Sasuke could admit that the man was very pretty, but he was very feminine looking. Sasuke could have sworn he had seen the man somewhere before.

The man reached back and grabbed something from the back seat, it was a black t-shirt with blood red clouds decorating the bottom half of it. Sasuke recognized it as the same design that adorned the man's shirt.

"Here put this on, you can keep it; I didn't like it much anyways." He put the shirt in Sasuke's lap. "You can have this too; it was always a little too small for me." He snatched up a plain black sweatshirt and it joined the shirt in Sasuke's lap. "I've been trying to get rid of it for ages." Sasuke noticed the man had regular black cotton gloves on his hands.

The keys slipped into the ignition and as the engine growled the heat kicked in with a blast of warm wind toward his head and feet. Sasuke immediately relaxed and pulled the zipper down on his jacket, he shrugged out of it. He tugged at the hem of his beaten up t-shirt. The shirt stuck slightly to his back and it stung to yank it off but the soft fabric of the new shirt felt nice. The sweatshirt added a nice sense of coziness to the warm comfort of the leather seat. Sasuke clicked his seatbelt into the socket and settled back into the seat. He just stared out at the scenery for the longest time, the street signs and the trees flickering past them.

"So kid, you weren't trying to make an escape out of that place or anything were you?" The man asked after a while in the awkward silence. "I mean don't get me wrong, I would understand if you did."

"No I didn't try to run away. I was checked out for the evening by my brother and I left him at the restaurant." Sasuke said clenching his teeth and clutching his fists. His cheeks were flaming, he knew he should try and hid his emotions right now; he needed to get back to Naruto…was he ok? What was going on back at the room? What was he going to say? The questions were swarming around his brain like a horde of pissed off bees. It was just one problem after another. He was lost beyond all words as they stopped at a red light.

"You and your brother must have some real problems kid." The man said sort of awkwardly at the tension building in the small car. Sasuke stayed silent and tried to relax his tense body. Just get through the car ride and you'll be back and everything will be ok, just get through the damn car ride.

Things were beginning to look familiar now, he remembered passing the buildings on his way out to dinner. They were getting closer to school now. He could see the fence off a ways in the distance but he still so close now. Never in a million years did he ever think he would be so happy to see that depressing place, but in light of recent events with Itachi, he was just happy to get away and back to Naruto.

The night had gotten late and Sasuke was exhausted. He was worn out, bruised and battered. He could envision his nice bed waiting for him, and a hot shower to relax his tense muscles. He slumped against the seat even though it pulled slightly at his scratches.

After a few more minutes the building had grown large, he could see the squares of light from most of the upper level windows. It was rounding on nine thirty, so most of the kids would be getting ready for bed and others would be waiting to sneak something past the wardens.

The man pulled up to the school and put the car in park. He turned slightly in his seat to face Sasuke. His face was lit partially by the dim blue lights of the dashboard.

"By the way kid, my name is Deidara, you should be more careful when you're walking around at night. Some people aren't as nice as I am, they could easily take advantage of a stray boy….just be careful…ok?" He seemed genuinely concerned, for whatever reason Sasuke could not fathom in his lifetime…but he did seem very sincere…the concern that was visible on the mans face struck some sort of cord in Sasuke's chest, he wasn't sure why he felt this way…there was just some feeling of a connection between the two…

"Thank you, Mr. Deidara." Sasuke nodded gratefully and put his hand on the smooth car handle. There was a last look of thanks before he pulled on the handle and the cold wind bitterly leaked through the door and he stepped out with his new shirt and sweatshirt. He shut the door with a light snap and began walking towards the gate.

The guards were wearing all black, except for large stripes of neon green down the arms and sides of the legs. It was the type of green that practically glowed in the dark by itself. Sasuke approached the guards in the cold, his footsteps seeming to echo off the heartless brick walls.

"Uchiha Sasuke, my brother took me out for dinner." Sasuke said when he reached the gate. One of the guards nodded and began to unlock the series of bonds on the gate.

Once the gate was opened they let him in, and gave him the whole nine-yards while searching him. When he passed they let him through to the school. The walk from the gate to the school seemed to take much longer than it had before.

Finally Sasuke passed through the heavy oaken doors. It was almost curfew now so he was lucky that the doors were still open. The place seemed to be completely deserted, barely a sound to be heard from all directions, not a single person or thing to be seen. It was almost eerily quiet as he began to heave himself up the stair case, up to his warm destination. It was like the Old West before a show down between the good Cowboy and the evil one, where a random tumble weed would scamper lazily across the shot.

His footsteps against the cool marble were almost musical as his continuous stomps sounded up the stairs. They seemed to wind and wind up to the highest tower in a castle, perhaps it was because he was so tired. He fought his exhaustion as he rounded on the last flight. His thoughts were not absolutely riddled with the thoughts of what was waiting in his room. He couldn't wait to get back to his beloved fox god… He trooped up the last few steps and stepped into his hallway. The nearest clock told him that it was ten o'clock. There were no wardens in the hallway so he went as quickly as he could to his room.

He listened for a moment on the outside of the door. All was quiet, was it possible Naruto was even in there? Without another thought Sasuke opened the door quietly and shut it behind him.

Naruto was just getting into bed; his covers pulled back, Kyuubi in his hands. Naruto shot a look up at the door when he heard it open. The look on his face was a mixture of expressions. Depression flashed to relief, which turned to happiness, which in turn settled on anger.

Naruto stomped around the foot of his bed and came to a stop in front of Sasuke. "Where the hell have you been Sasuke? You can't just walk out like you did and pop back in right at curfew! I've been freaking out, wondering where you've been!" He roughly pushed Sasuke up against the door angrily by the collar of his sweat shirt, and Naruto smashed his lips angrily against Sasuke's.

TBC

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AN:

So I hope that this lived up to your expectations, I think it turned out reasonably well.

The whole thing with Deidara will be explained in more detail later on, I just wanted to introduce him and let you get a feel and hopefully get you thinking about what could happen.

The ending to this chapter was a complete spur of the moment thing, I never expected that to happen, it just seemed like something Naruto would do, and I liked it.

Well I am now currently beginning work on 13 so I hope very much that you will tell me what you think of this chapter

As always I'm very sorry for waiting so long to post, but I love all my loyal readers and I would very much enjoy Fanart if anyone would like

Thank you all so much for reading I hope you enjoyed!