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Chapter 14

There are forces in nature that should never be messed with and on top of that list is Uchiha Sasuke. Especially when he is starting to realize that yes he does in fact have positive emotions and that they are very, very active. Unfortunately it seems nobody got that memo. Almost everyone had decided to bother the pissed off Uchiha and with each disturbance the more pissed he got. The number one annoyance was Hyuuga Neji. The smug bastard. After waking Sasuke up that morning Neji just had this all knowing look on his face and a permanent smirk to match. Each time that their eyes met Neji would do that soft chuckle and Sasuke would feel the urge to do some damage to Neji's face to rearrange it.

"We're almost at his mission's stated village." Shikamaru voiced his eyes focused ahead of them though he was painfully aware of what was taking place behind him. "We'll briefly ask around about the gentleman and his grandchildren before asking about Naruto. We'll expand our operation then if he is not found. You guys might want to stop looking like you want to kill someone."

Neji only smirked and looked ahead once again, moving closer to his boyfriend. Oh yes. It was best for one to not mess with a pissed off Uchiha Sasuke and it was quickly becoming time for his companions to be informed of this little fact. Or else it wouldn't just be Naruto that Kanoha would be missing.

Sasuke walked quickly through the village, looking for anyone or anything that could tell him if Naruto had been here. Their earlier exploration had proved that Naruto's destination had been without positive results and Shikamaru had wanted to leave thinking that if the dobe had been kidnapped they wouldn't have stayed here. Which was a sound theory and one Sasuke had used in the past but this was Naruto. Sasuke wasn't so sure he felt something pulling him here and had decided to go with his gut on this one and asked for a chance for a more detailed search. After all any situation with the dobe was never predictable.

The sounds of fighting caught Sasuke's attention and before he realized exactly what he was doing he was knocking the last man unconscious. Looking back at the victim, for the first time, Sasuke grounded his teeth in irritation. "Damn it, hes not Naruto."

Turning to move on he was stopped by an insistent hand. "Did you say you were looking for Naruto?"

Sasuke turned around and looked at the man, pinning him with a glare. Maybe he hadn't wasted his time after all.

Why? Yoichi internally groaned as his back met cold stone. Why does this always have to happen to me? No matter where I am some bigot has to pin me to the nearest solid surface while telling me how wrong I am. Will any of them realize their not proving their masculinity by pinning me like a cheep date?

Yoichi had made it to the village where his lover's birthday present was located but he hadn't been in the village long before the trouble that constantly followed him raised it's ugly head. And boy was it ugly. About five guys had trailed him from the time he had entered the village and when Yoichi had thought they had finally gotten tired of him they had appeared again with about four of their friends on the other end of the alleyway he had darted in in an effort to lose them. Naturally that little plan didn't work. Picking out the leader of the group Yoichi smirked and looked straight at him. "Let me guess. What's a cute guy like me doing in a place like this?"

"Little faggots like you are not welcomed here." Ah Yoichi must have chosen correctly as this idiot was the one who spoke up while the others seemed to look at him rather devotedly. "You're not wanted here."

"Well now I wouldn't say I'm not wanted here. You're friends are pinning me to this wall rather lustfully so I would say I'm wanted at least by them." Almost instantly his wrists were released by the two holding him worried that what Yoichi said would be taken as the truth. No loyalty within the ranks good to know. "Now could you tell me where Takada's place is? I have something to pick up there before I leave."

The ring leader smirked. "You're not going anywhere."

"That's a little counter productive if you want me to get out of your town." Yoichi mumbled dodging the first punch that was sent his way. That one punch seemed to be the signal to cause the others to join in and try to overwhelm Yoichi. The first couple of punches Yoichi was able to dodge but as their numbers increased Yoichi started to receive hits from all directions. Despite the few throws he handed out Yoichi was quickly losing this fight. Not surprising since he was clearly outnumbered. Just as Yoichi was about to curl up in a ball and allow these idiots to continue hitting him he heard a guttural grunt in the back of the crescent ring around him. As the blows to his body grew less Yoichi opened his eyes. He was rewarded with the sight of seeing a man dressed in white and black knocking out his attackers. Yoichi felt a small smile emerge on his face. It seems that Naruto wasn't the only one in the world who could and would fight to protect the weak. All too soon Yoichi's attackers were out cold sprawled across the small alleyway. Yoichi looked up and was met with cold and angry onyx eyes. This man was rather handsome or he would be if he wasn't so angry. What had Yoichi done to deserve this?

"Damn it hes not Naruto." It was faint but Yoichi was just barely able to hear this stranger's growled words. Why was he looking for Naruto?

Determined to find out why and make a profit at doing so Yoichi reached out and grabbed onto this stranger's shirt. " Did you say you were looking for Naruto?"

His savior turned around so fast that Yoichi was surprised his head didn't spin. "What do you know about Naruto?"

"I guess you're a friend of his." the black haired stranger nodded. " I'm by the way and thanks for saving me. The blonde is staying in my village. I could show you there. That is if you would help me with my errand."

The black haired boy glared at this, considering it, before nodding. "Alright. I will help you but you had better not be lying to me."

Boy did this cutie have a temper. Oh well at least Yoichi had a bodyguard now.

Kiba walked up to where the others were standing and sighed at their irritated faces. "You guys got the same instructions as well?"

"What gave you that clue?" Temari growled looking up at the sign they all were standing under. The letters read Ryuu's Ramen: Special Uzumaki cake ramen today only.

Kiba breathed in calmly. He was trying to not react like he normally would as it would impress Negi more so Kiba could sleep at night without worrying about an angry cousin of Hinata's. "I guess we still have wait on Uchiha though."

Shikamaru sighed. "So troublesome."

"Uchiha-san just wants to make sure that our youthful friend is not here Shikamaru-san!" Lee exclaimed.

"No one is stating otherwise Lee." Ten-ten stated rolling her eyes at her louder teammate. Honestly why couldn't she have been placed with a different mission. One that Lee was not a part of? "You're just going to have to calm do-"

Ten-ten and the others cut off their conversations as they sensed Sasuke's chakra suddenly spike up. It took only a moment for all of them to notice that the chakra was moving away from them and away from the village. Quickly the others took off after their comrade.

"What is it with Uchiha's and running away?" Kiba growled out. The others could only nod their agreement. Not even Lee could say anything against that after all Sasuke had left before. It only took them a few moments for them to catch up to the Uchiha: a fact that had Shikamaru believing that he wanted them to catch up or else they would have never been able to know he was gone in the first place. "Yo Uchiha what's your damage?"

Sasuke glanced back at the group with an almost deadly glare. "I know where Naruto is."

TBC

Finally we're about in the middle of the story which mean the climax is a comin' (in more ways then one ;p)! Yes it is short but I wanted to stop it there. More suspense that way. Also only two people havereviewed since I put up my review reward in the previous chapter. Reviews, really of any kind, make me update faster. So I wanted to reward you guys. So REVIEW! It is the only way to win. And if you are worried about giving me your e-mails just create a false yahoo account or something with a fake name and address. One only open for fanfiction. That is how mine is. I understand and will repeat myself again. REEEEEEEEEEVIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEW! It makes us all happy. Ja!