Yay, thanks for all the reviews last time! It made me very happy! :D I'm just sorry that it took about a week to get this one out. Fourth of July was really busy and I had some real good bonding time with a friend I haven't hung out with in what feels like forever!
Whoo! Other things that I want to say just because I can: I'm slow and just found out that there's going to be a Kingdom Hearts game for Nitendo DS! (for those of you interested in KH games!) I'm spazzing as I type, but I'm very upset that they do not have a release date as of yet. (sigh) Now I wanna go play KHII... But I need to read a friend's book... grr...
Warning: Hm... possible OOC-ness again and... Lime-ish-ness.
Enjoy!
Truth
Hatake Kakashi bolted through the doors to the Hokage's office to glimpse the scene of Iruka and Tsunade discussing the matter at hand before they were alerted by his abrupt presence.
"Kakashi!" Iruka was at his side in seconds. "Did you find him?!"
The masked man shook his head then glared down at the troubled teacher. "The agreement was that you come to me if you couldn't find him so we could search together, and here it is almost a full day since you left! What the hell are you doing, Iruka?!"
"I'm sorry!" Iruka shook as he crossed the room to the nearest chair to plop down. "I panicked when I couldn't find Naruto anywhere, and my first thoughts were to inform Hokage-sama about his disappearance!"
"Did you happen to tell her how this happened?"
"Yes." It was Tsunade that spoke.
Kakashi snapped his one revealed eye to the Hokage. "And what do you think?"
Tsunade turned her back to the male and watched as ninjas left the village to search for their beloved blonde. She exhaled roughly and spun back around to Kakashi. "I think that Iruka had the right to punish Sasuke for what he did to Naruto…"
Shock sent Kakashi into a frozen state; he only eyed the Hokage as if asking, 'are-you-sane?'
"However…"
The shock washed away from Kakashi's body at that one word and Iruka pulled his attention from the floor to focus on Tsunade.
"I do not believe that his punishment is fair. If anything, it's cruel. Sasuke isn't the only one suffering this, Naruto is too." She narrowed her eyes at Iruka. "You don't have the authority to assign such punishments; that is my job." Her eyes snapped back to the silver-headed male. "Kakashi, find Sasuke and transform him back into his human state. As soon as we find Naruto, we will-"
"Hokage-sama!"
The three jumped in surprise to the unexpected slamming of the door against the wall and darted their attention to Nara Shikamaru.
"Yes, Shikamaru?"
"We think he might have come back to Konoha! We spoke with someone that saw him yesterday!"
They stood straight and alert, all three males looking to the Hokage for orders.
Tsunade spun back around to the large windows and looked out at the village. Somewhere out there Uzumaki Naruto was alone and very upset… She turned back to the males. "Iruka, Shikamaru, you continue the search for Naruto in the village, Kakashi, transform Sasuke back into a human then proceed to look for Naruto!"
They all nodded and teleported from the room, leaving a very shaken Hokage to watch them from the windows.
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The little furry body that Sasuke had been condemned to for a second time was snuffing angrily at the ground. He had found a fresh scent of Naruto, meaning he had recently been in Konoha, and it was a few yards from the gates exiting the village. He sniffed in every direction, but there was nothing but that one spot.
Damn it… he teleported!
Sasuke darted his gaze about the area in hopes to see some clue that would lead him to the blonde, but he was unsuccessful in spotting anything of importance.
What he did see was an infuriating figure walking his way.
-"Back off, Hyuga!"- He bared his teeth at the male when he came close enough to reach down and grasp a hold of his coat. -"I don't have time for your shit right now!"-
The Hyuga cocked a brow angrily at the growls. "Naruto is missing and Uchiha Sasuke would rather bury his nose in the ground?" He shook his head doubtfully.
-"Smartass! I'm searching for him harder than you are, but being stuck in a damn animal's body doesn't exactly give me the same privileges a human gets!"-
Neji shoved the riled up growls to the side. "I walked over here because I thought you would be interested in the fact that Naruto is in Konoha."
This statement froze the barking mad animal to silence.
"Shikamaru and I were about to leave the village to search for him when one of those little kids that Naruto adores told us he saw his 'boss' sneak in yesterday and teleport when he called out to him… he thought Naruto was acting strangely, but he didn't see it as anything to worry about."
Onyx eyes were wide and Sasuke's body felt stiff as a board, but the wheels turned slowly in his head.
Sneak in…? Teleporting when someone calls out to him…? Why is he…?
A shiver ran up his spine at the memory of his dream and he bolted off.
"You're welcome," Neji spoke lightly as he watched Sasuke disappear behind a building.
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"Damn it! Where the hell did he go?!" Kakashi furiously snatched the headband from in front of his eye, growing very impatient with Sasuke's disobedience, and flicked his gaze around with help from the Sharingan to locate Sasuke if he was in the vicinity; no such luck. "Sasuke!"
Kakashi darted off in search of the Uchiha. He couldn't blame him for running off since it was Naruto, but with this special order he was given it would make everything easier for the impatient male if he had stayed put! Why couldn't he just wait a few minutes?!
"Offph!"
The male tripped over something large and… furry?!
"Sasuke?!"
"Try again," spoke a rather annoyed voice.
Kakashi's bliss in bumping into a dog blinded him from recognizing Akamaru sniffing eagerly at the ground. "Oh, sorry, Kiba, Akamaru…" He started off then remembered something and twirled around. "You were with Sasuke when I left for the Hokage's office! Why didn't you make sure Sasuke stayed where he was?!"
Kiba rolled his eyes. "You really think anyone would listen to those orders when their friend is missing? I'm not about to baby-sit Sasuke while you take your time at the Hokage's office doing whatever the hell you feel like, and I know Sasuke wasn't about to wait for you either!"
"Right…" Kakashi looked around, anticipating the dog to jump out before him, but he knew that was only hopeful wishing. "Kiba."
"Hm?"
"Where did Sasuke go after I left? Do you know?"
A shrug was his only answer.
"Damn…" He was off again in search for the two teens. He just hoped that Naruto wouldn't do anything to hurt himself from his distress.
I'm sorry I didn't wise up and do this before! Please, hold on, Naruto, and don't do anything stupid!
"We think he might have come back to Konoha!"
I wonder…
Kakashi rounded a corner, changing his random course to an exact point.
Is Sasuke going to be there too…?
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-"Naruto! NARUTO! I know you're in there! Open up!"-
Claw marks were etched all over the front door to Uchiha Sasuke's home. He no longer cared about the damage done to the house as opposed to before when Naruto thought of busting down the door to search for Sasuke; things had changed now.
-"Damn it, Naruto!"- Sasuke rammed his head against the door, hoping for the smallest of budges from it, but nothing. His mind was spinning; he didn't want Naruto to hurt himself. What if he tried killing himself?! And right there in Sasuke's house!
A sickly feeling filled Sasuke's gut. He wanted to tear up right there at the thought, but he smelled no blood… Right now the blonde was safe, but for how long?!
Sasuke ran around to the back of his house where he knew a window would be in his reaches to break through.
Don't you dare hurt yourself over all this stupid shit, Naruto! If you do… Finishing the thought pained Sasuke too much to think of a complete statement.
He gave a huff when seeing the slightly higher window than he had envisioned. Estimating things from his previous height to this one was rather difficult, but he didn't stress over it, he merely backed up further when getting in stance.
Naruto… you better not have a single scratch on you!
In one swift gallop, the animal broke through the glass and landed roughly against the floor, cringing as a few pieces of glass embedded themselves within his already exhausted and weak body. -"Nn… Naruto…!"- He hastily pulled himself from the shards of broken and bloodied glass. His padded feet screamed in pain when he could find no way to maneuver around the mess and raced across it to find the blonde.
-"Naruto!"- Sasuke huffed, feeling his body pump his blood excitedly in an adrenaline rush and hurried to his room. His senses were failing him and he could no longer smell the blonde, throwing Sasuke into a fit of worry. He didn't want to see the gruesome pictures from his dream become lifelike! -"NARUTO!"-
The adrenaline rush came crashing down to an immediate halt when his eyes met with the image of Naruto lying on his bed. Sasuke quickly sprung to the bed's surface and pounced on the body, barking fearfully when the blonde didn't even flinch.
-"Naruto! Naruto! NARUTO!"-
Onyx orbs shot about in the animal's head, searching for any markings on the blonde that could prove to be self-inflicted… hell, he was looking for any sign of injury, but he failed to find any.
"Mm…"
Sasuke jumped when Naruto slung one of his arms from his side to hide underneath the pillow he slept on, and then inhaled sleepily, his eyes fluttering a bit.
-"You… idiot…"- Sasuke licked one of the whiskered cheeks to help Naruto's conscience wake up. -"You were asleep right here the entire time…?"-
One of Naruto's hands pulled out from under the pillow and pressed against the dog's nose to stop him from drenching his cheek. "Bun-bun… I don't want to get up yet…" he groaned, still half-asleep. He received a booming bark in his ear and sat straight up, holding his ear and wincing. "What the hell?!"
Azure eyes took in his dog happily panting at his side and glanced away to keep from looking him in the eyes when remembering where he was: Sasuke's house. "Go away, Bun-bun…" He pulled the pillow over his head and dove back against the bed to continue his remorseful sulking.
That hurt. To think that Naruto didn't even want to see Sasuke as Bun-bun! He drove his nose under the pillow and gave another throaty bark to grab the moping blonde's attention. To his amazement, it resulted in a fit of anger.
"I said go away Bun-bun!" Naruto sat back up and hit the animal in the face with the pillow. "I just want to be alone!"
Sasuke whimpered at the stabbing pain in his chest from the glass. His black fur mixed with the small shards driven into his body proved to be hard to see even if you were looking for them, so his injuries being noticed by the upset blonde wasn't going to happen as he continued to hit the dog with the pillow, attempting to drive him off. -"Naruto."-
-
"So… both of them are here…" Hatake Kakashi examined the claw markings on Sasuke's front door and its frame. He hastily rounded a corner of the home where the window to the young raven's room rested and peeked inside to not draw attention.
There, sitting on the bed, were both of the teenaged ninjas he had been searching for, one of which the entire village had been searching for and he wanted to knock a knot on the blonde, spiky head for worrying everyone like that, but instead he worked with his hands, forming hand sign after hand sign.
"Okay, boys… it's time to reveal the truth." With one last hand sign he smiled, "No more tears, Naruto," and teleported from the area.
They deserve to be with each other for a little while before Sasuke receives a punishment from the Hokage...
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Sasuke forced his head to rub against the side of Naruto's neck, hoping that he would stop hitting him with the pillow and hug him back, but he just sat there, silently crying as he tossed the pillow to the side. -"Naruto…"-
"I want to be alone…"
Slowly, Naruto's arms rose to hang around Sasuke's neck and rested his forehead between the dog ears. The sniffs Naruto made became more frequent and louder.
"But I'm… tired of being alone…"
The mutt whimpered and moved his head to lick the blonde across the cheek. His nose twitched in irritation and stopped. He glanced down at himself to see smoke billowing from him, and he panicked at first, but then, when he recalled what this meant, his tail wagged for – hopefully – the last time.
Poof!
The two males coughed and choked as the clouds of smoke engulfed the animal's body completely.
Naruto opened one eye, only to tear up when the smoke irritated it, but couldn't close it again when seeing a… human figure sitting where his dog once was. He rapidly removed his arms from around the fur now turned to skin.
Raven hair stuck out in the all too familiar shape that Naruto teased to be a duck's butt. He gulped, and felt his pulse climb higher and higher when the smoke cleared to reveal the perfect and beautiful Uchiha Sasuke in all of his – the blonde blushed – nude glory.
"S-Sasuke…?"
The Uchiha coughed and smirked when looking up at the blonde. "I… promised you I would never leave you… and I meant it!" His smirk faded and he grew nervous when Naruto bolted away from him and climbed off the bed's edge, never dropping his gaze from the worried, onyx orbs. "W-What's wrong…?"
Naruto's breathing almost stopped. He couldn't believe it! He couldn't-!
"Y-You were… 'Bun-bun'?!" His tone was as soft as a whisper, but frantic and filled with panic.
"I've never had a pet before!" The thought terrified Naruto.
Sasuke narrowed his eyes, "Unfortunately enough, yes I was that mongrel given that humiliating name," but he felt relieved that Naruto wasn't angry with him… yet.
Azure eyes widened and his jaw fell slightly.
Uzumaki Naruto took in Uchiha Sasuke as a pet dog! He-! He gave the Uchiha a bath, removed all his clothes and got in the tub with him, and he bathed every inch of Sasuke! He-he-!
Naruto's face burned red and he fled to the nearest place to hide: Sasuke's closet, and dropped to the ground in embarrassment when recalling 'Bun-bun' watching as he pieced through this very closet and the chest of drawers to try on the Uchiha's black boxers only to have the dog hump his leg!
The heat increased at that thought… Uchiha Sasuke was turned on by something like that!
Sasuke had licked him and comforted him whenever he was upset over his disappearance…
"Your dog is really horny for you!" Everything Kakashi told him was replaying perfectly in his head. "He's with someone that's taking very good care of him."
"Who? WHO?!"
"Someone that cares for him deeply and, in turn, Sasuke cares for that person too. He's quite happy actually."
Naruto felt his eyes and nose sting. This entire time it was him that Sasuke had been staying with, sleeping with, comforting…
"Th-that's great, Kakashi-sensei… but who is he staying with?"
"Sasuke doesn't want me to tell you. He's probably just embarrassed because he really loves the person he's staying with."
It was him that Sasuke loved.
Very slowly, Naruto pushed the closet door open to reveal that he was still sitting on the floor with tearstains streaking down his cheeks. He pulled himself to his feet when the Uchiha watched him worriedly, looking as if he were about to cross the room to comfort him, but Naruto beat the raven before he even had the chance to swing his legs over the edge of the bed.
Both of them were silent for a few seconds, but when Naruto diverted his eyes from Sasuke's to examine his bare body he finally took in the damage done to the Uchiha from breaking in, and it was no longer quiet.
"WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO YOU?!"
The blonde was gone in a flash after startling Sasuke and was back with a damp towel before he had time to word his response.
"I broke through the back window to get in…" He winced as Naruto lightly rubbed the towel over his chest wounds.
"Sasuke, you have glass in you! Why didn't you just-"
"It's hard to get anywhere when you don't have thumbs, dobe."
"Oh… right…" Naruto retracted the towel when grazing over another wound with glass embedded in it. He gently pushed Sasuke to lie on his back – and just as gently – he began removing every piece of glass he could find, shaking a bit when a couple pulls of the shards made the Uchiha flinch and hiss. "Why did you hurt yourself like this just to get in…?"
Onyx eyes avoided azure ones. "You wouldn't answer the door… I was afraid of you hurting yourself…"
This seemed to bring offense to the blonde. "Hurt myself?! You actually believe I would do something like that?!"
Sasuke cringed when Naruto snatched at a deep shard from rage. "Don't rip it out of me," he growled just as angrily. "And yes, I did believe you were going to hurt yourself!"
"Teme… you think I'm that pitiful without you?" There was venom in Naruto's speech as he lightly grasped another sliver of glass, waiting for a response before pulling this one just to see how he should handle it: with care or without.
"Naruto. You teleported away from one of those brats that you adore when they called out to you and you pushed 'Bun-bun' away from you, screaming that you wanted to be alone… There's something wrong when Uzumaki Naruto avoids the ones he cares about, hides, and wants to be alone; something he never wants…"
The raven didn't even feel the shard tugged from his chest this time. He watched the azure eyes as their wielder worked slowly and tenderly. The expression on his face intrigued Sasuke. "Something on your mind?" Though he was positive there were many things on Naruto's mind.
"Yeah…" Naruto's hands put the removing glass on pause and gently ran the towel over Sasuke's chest. "I still don't understand…" their eyes made contact and Naruto held it, but his voice had dropped a few octaves, "why you left me at the hot springs after… promising you would be there."
"I…" Sasuke felt his facial expression fall in frustration. "I broke some of Iruka's rules while at the springs…" Naruto gave him a curious look and was about to ask, but Sasuke continued before he could, "Those being: no spill of feelings and no sex."
The somewhat skeptical look on Naruto's face faltered into a blush when hearing the rules that were broken.
"As you recall, I broke both of those… and I didn't get the chance to tell you that I was the dog you have been keeping… That was another rule I was instructed not to break… I was going to tell you the next morning, but Kakashi and Iruka were there. They knew that I rebelled against the rules and as punishment they dragged me away and turned me back into… 'Bun-bun'…"
It was silent again. Naruto seemed to be taking all the information in with an enormously pissed off expression playing on his face. His eyes lifted to meet Sasuke's again and softened.
"I believe you."
A smile stretched across Sasuke's face. "I would hope so."
Naruto made a genuine smile of his own. "So... how was it being 'Bun-bun' for nearly two weeks?"
"It was hell, dobe. I couldn't stand being that flea-bitten mutt for so long." Sasuke was irked that Naruto would even ask.
"Well, I'm glad you became a dog, even if it did worry me about where you were..."
"Why?"
Azure eyes grew playful as he relaxed his hands against the lower portion of the Uchiha's torso, grinning when he received a surprised jump. "Because I learned Uchiha Sasuke's weakness." The onyx eyes widened in fear and Naruto caressed the area just as he had when Sasuke was his pet.
"D-Dobe! Don't-!" Sasuke couldn't fight back the arousal as Naruto's fingers came so dangerously close to his true bodily weakness. Sasuke gritted his teeth as he threw his head back against a pillow and tried as hard as he could not to moan.
"You know," Naruto continued the massaging motion as he spoke, making it hard for the Uchiha to focus on what he said, "Kakashi told me that when you were whimpering as a dog whenever I did this, to his ears, you were moaning!"
Sasuke's nostrils flared as he exhaled unsteadily. His pounding heart was given the opportunity to slow when Naruto showed kindness and stopped torturing him with his touches, but this supposed 'kindness' was only a mask. Sasuke's body temperature skyrocketed when the blonde's lips pressed against one of his chest wounds then he went to all the other wounds to give it the same treatment.
The smaller male pulled back and smiled, "There. I kissed them better," speaking in an innocent voice that only a child was allowed to use, but he pulled it off with such prowess that any child would be envious.
Though it embarrassed him, Sasuke loved this kind of attention from the blonde. He showed Naruto the scrapes his hands beared, hinting that he wanted to be delicately kissed there too.
The blonde's first reaction was that of worry over the cuts, but then he smiled, tenderly wiped the dried blood from Sasuke's hands, and pressed his lips against the wounds. He sat back up to witness the blush fill Sasuke's cheeks. "Anything else I could kiss better?"
Sasuke gave it thought. He rammed his head against the front door and - if he focused on the area - it stung slightly...
Naruto watched the Uchiha tap the top of his forehead before bending down and gently brushing his lips against the spot, pulling his hands up to Sasuke's head to comb his fingers through the raven hair as he gave the forehead one more peck. He felt Sasuke's arms wrap around his back to keep him from pulling back up and away from him. Naruto forced his attention on the onyx eyes. "Anywhere else?" he breathed hastily in hopes there would be.
The Uchiha took one of Naruto's hands and rested it right over his drumming heart. He smiled when the blonde gave him a puzzled look. "I think, out of all the places that have been hurt, this spot has been hurt the most and needs someone to help make all of the pain go away..."
There was little thought given to Sasuke's explanation. Naruto knew all too well that he was hurt repeatedly throughout his entire life and needed someone to help patch up the emotional pain. He grazed his lips over the area that held Sasuke's heart, feeling a large amount of heat enter his cheeks when hearing the Uchiha's breathing become unsteady once more. Naruto took more time planting this kiss, sucking against the skin to leave his mark on Sasuke. He pulled back and before he even had the opportunity to think of asking, Sasuke ran his hands behind Naruto's head and back, pulling him into a kiss.
Naruto couldn't take the heat of his clothes and unzipped the front of his jacket to toss it across the room. Sasuke let him break from the kiss long enough to pull the black shirt from his body then snatched him back down against him to eject his tongue into Naruto's mouth.
"Mm!" Naruto moaned and pulled himself up on top of the raven to feel his heat against his own. He made another bliss filled sound when a pair of hands worked hastily on the button and zipper to his pants, forcing his hips down against Sasuke's before the male flipped Naruto on his back and yanked the pants and boxers down and off.
"Naruto..." Sasuke's voice was filled with hunger.
This felt so good, knowing that there would be no punishment lying in wait for him for making love to the blonde once more...
"I love you..."
Naruto clenched his fists and flared his nostrils as the familiar pain of Sasuke entering him filled his senses. "I love you too."
"And... Naruto...?"
"Yeah?" The blonde panted uneasily.
"You..." he panted as well, "are my only real weakness..."
And that's still not it, boys and girls. There's still unresolved matters at hand, though I'm sure you knew that.
Ha ha. Not quite a lemon, but I didn't feel so great at the thought of another slightly detailed sex scene. My brain feels like mush right now, so please forgive me. One's imagination would be great to use at a time like this. Lord, I've had to use my imagination for a couple fics, so I think that everyone else here can use their imagination! USE IT!!
Much love to everyone: readers, reviewers, and just people in general because I'm happy with the world today! (Because of KH-ness! X3) No one should DARE give me a bad review (unless it really was sucky to you, but still!) because I am in an extremely happy mood and anything negative will seriously crash it! DX I LIKE MY HAPPY MOODS! PEOPLE SHOULDN'T RUIN THEM!
Forever the BakaNekoSan :3