I'm trying to get these out fast now because school is about to start for me so you may see a few days with two chapters posted…my posting pace probably will slow down around the 18th I'm going to try to have the story mostly written by then so that it won't slow down too much but there really is no promising

I posted last chapter fairly late last night, so I really wasn't expecting to wake up to many reviews this morning, so thanks to the 12 who reviewed last chapter it was a nice surprise this morning…

This isn't one of my favorite chapters written, but it works….

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Chapter 25: Paintball

For the most part, the party had worked to make the awkwardness between Naruto and Sasuke go away. It was still a little awkward when someone brought up what Kiba said, but most people didn't give it a second thought and it had all blown over after a week. The blonde was happy that Sasuke didn't start acting weird when Kiba blurted out what Naruto had said when he was drunk. It seemed as if the raven had just wrote it off as Kiba being drunk and stupid.

On the inside, however, it was an entirely different story. Sasuke kept wondering what that meant and why Kiba would say that. Suigetsu talked some sense into him.

"I just don't know what it meant," Sasuke said. "Why would Kiba say that?" He didn't want to make it awkward, but if the blonde was attracted to him, it might become really awkward.

"Sasuke, most people think you're physically attractive, I'm sure that's all it is," Suigetsu said. He didn't understand why Sasuke was really worrying about it.

"I guess, it's just awkward because he's my roommate," Sasuke said, causing Suigetsu to roll his eyes.

"Hate to tell you this Sasuke, but you're attracted to him too," he pointed out. Suigetsu knew that Sasuke knew he was attracted to the blonde, no matter how often he liked to deny it. "Therefore it really shouldn't be a big deal. Remember we went over this after the party incident," Suigetsu pointed out.

Sasuke sighed; he knew that he was right. There really was no denying after that incident that they were physically attracted to each other. "I guess you're right," he admitted, knowing there was really no fooling his best friend.

NS

"I'm bored," Kiba said as the guys ate lunch. The conversation of the day had been fairly basic and, indeed, boring.

"Then what do you want to do?" Naruto asked. There wasn't much to do on campus except hang out with friends or study.

Kiba was silent for a while; he appeared to be thinking so they all just waited for an answer. "Paintball," he said after about a minute or so of thinking.

"We can't really do that on campus," Sasuke pointed out, as if the brunette was a moron.

"I know that, but it isn't that far of a drive to where we can," Kiba said to the raven. "Come on, it'll be fun and we can let out some aggression. We can have teams and try to hit each other get the person out," the brunette smiled as the idea kept going.

"Sounds so fun," Sasuke said sarcastically. "Then we'll have paintball sized bruises and be hurting the rest of the week," he added.

"Sasuke stop being so prissy," Naruto grinned as he nudged the dark haired teen. "Kiba's right, it'd be fun," he added.

"I guess it could be fun," Neji said, making the blonde grin.

"See even Neji agrees," Naruto pointed out, as if that would make Sasuke change his mind.

"A few rounds of paintball won't kill you," Suigetsu said, making Sasuke annoyed. The light haired teen wanted something to do, even if his best friend didn't really agree with him as to what fun was. He knew that he could handle paintball; he was actually quite good at it the last time they went.

After much agreement from the rest of the people at the table, including Shikamaru even, Sasuke finally said, "Fine."

"Great, we'll rent the equipment there, let's go," Kiba said, happy that he got his way.

NS

As they were walking to their cars, they ran into Sakura, Ino and Hinata. Sakura saw Sasuke and wanted any opportunity to get to hang out with the raven. "What are you guys doing?" she asked, looking at her dream man.

"One word: paintball," Kiba said, thinking that that was enough to make the girls not want to come. He knew Hinata would distract him and Sakura would be all over Sasuke.

"Can we come?" Sakura asked. She didn't really like paintball, but she liked Sasuke. She figured anything that he liked and she could learn to love.

"No," Kiba said, surprising his friends. They all figured he'd take any opportunity to spend time with Hinata. "We're just doing a guys day, you understand right?"

"What, you think us girls aren't tough enough for paintball or something?" Sakura said, obviously annoyed.

"We never said that, we just want a guys day," Kiba said. He was starting to get annoyed with Sakura. He knew if Sasuke weren't involved she wouldn't have even asked or she would have been fine with his excuse of being a guys day.

"Whatever," she said, walking away angry.

"Sorry about her," Hinata said quietly before she and Ino went to find their friend.

"A guys day?" Naruto asked after the girls walked away. "I wasn't aware we decided that," he laughed.

"I just didn't want to have to deal with Sakura today," Kiba said. "We all know she'd be all over Sasuke and really highly annoying," he sighed and Sasuke agreed.

NS

Sasuke was not happy, he didn't like being in the outfit for paintball. He didn't like the fact that he got convince to go even. The blonde saw the look on Sasuke's face and said, "Cheer up, you're on my team, isn't that a plus?"

By the middle of the game, Naruto was wondering why Sasuke didn't like paintball. The raven was plenty good at it, so good in fact that it got down to only him and Naruto left on their team against Kiba and Suigetsu.

"Okay, we have to beat them," Naruto said to Sasuke. He knew Kiba would gloat all day if he won; he wasn't going to give him the satisfaction.

"Yeah, I know," said Sasuke in a bored tone. Sasuke was very competitive so Naruto wasn't worried when he sounded bored.

"Okay, let's split up, that way if they they'll only get one of us at a time," Naruto said. The blonde had been sticking with Sasuke pretty much the whole game, double teaming people.

Sasuke just nodded and was about to go, Naruto helping him watch. The blonde saw Kiba hiding; ready to hit one of them if they moved from behind the beam, so he pulled Sasuke back. "What the hell?" Sasuke asked, confused at the blonde's actions.

"You think you'd be more alert, Kiba was just waiting for you," Naruto said as he looked at Sasuke. He was still holding his wrist, though the grip wasn't as tight as when he'd pulled him back. He couldn't help but admire how attractive Sasuke was, even in paintball gear. He could hardly see his face and the outfit really shouldn't make anyone attractive, but somehow Sasuke pulled it off. Their position should be awkward, as they were relatively close, yet neither of them had moved from it.

"I guess I should be more careful," Sasuke said, staring at Naruto, realizing how close they were. Part of him said to back away, but another part of him told him to say right where he was. He couldn't help but listen to the latter; there was just something about Naruto that made him not back away in that moment.

They didn't snap out of it until they each got a paintball to the arm. "Sorry to ruin your moment," Suigetsu laughed, causing them each to back away.

"We were just talking, we weren't having a moment," Naruto said. He didn't know how he hadn't heard Suigetsu approach them; he was starting to think he was more attracted to Sasuke than he cared to admit.

"If that's what you're calling it, fine by me," Suigetsu chuckled. "I'm just glad we won this round," he smirked.

Naruto saw Kiba walk up and give Suigetsu a high five, celebrating winning, and he knew that the brunette was going to be impossible the rest of the day. "Great, let's play another game, I want to kick your ass this time," Naruto said, deciding this next game to stay away from Sasuke a little.

NS

They all went out to dinner after at the diner across from the school they were done. Naruto found himself not wanting to sit by Sasuke for once, part of him did, but then he thought he'd just make it awkward. Instead, he sat between Kiba and Shikamaru.

"Man I'm going to be sore tomorrow," said Kiba as he rubbed his shoulder. He was annoyed that Naruto's team ended up beating them overall.

"But at least we had fun," Naruto said happily. He liked winning, especially when he was able to beat Kiba. It would have been better if he had been able to beat both Kiba and Sasuke because the raven was his high school rival.

"Some of us more than others," Kiba said.

"Oh don't be a sore loser," Naruto laughed. Kiba just rolled his eyes, knowing Naruto would have been the exact same way if he'd lost.

Suigetsu put his portion of the payment on the table, "I should be heading out; I've got class in the morning."

"I'm going to go too," Sasuke said. "I've got class as well," he added as he put his portion of the money down. The two had rode together to begin with, so it worked out that they would go at the same time.

After a short drive back to the school, they started walking to the dorms. "So, what was that thing between you and Naruto?" Suigetsu asked, breaking the silence between them.

"I don't know," Sasuke answered honestly. "He just pulled me back so Kiba wouldn't get me and the next thing I know we're just standing there," he admitted. He was confused; he had no idea why he didn't just move.

"Oh, so do you like him?" Suigetsu asked as they got to his dorm. He knew even if Sasuke did he would probably deny it. The two walked in, continuing the conversation seeing that it appeared that Juugo wasn't in the room.

"No," Sasuke said, though it wasn't with as much confidence as usual. "I mean I don't think so," he sighed, sounding extremely confused. "No I know I don't," he then added.

"Okay," Suigetsu said, seeing that his best friend really didn't know. He had a feeling that he did like him; he just wasn't ready to admit it.

"So you never did tell me how your brothers visit went," Suigetsu said, trying to change the subject, even if it was to something that happened weeks ago.

"It was good for the first half," Sasuke said. "Obviously you know that because you were there most of the time," he pointed out. "But then when Naruto's brother came I was completely ignored," he sighed.

"So the Uchiha brothers are attracted to the Uzumaki brothers? That's funny," Suigetsu chuckled. He didn't mean to actually say it, but it just came out, causing Sasuke to glare at him. "Anyway, has Orochimaru left you alone since then?" he asked.

"Yeah, for the most part," Sasuke shrugged. "But he hasn't had much opportunity, I haven't really been hanging out around campus much outside of the dorms. At least not alone."

"That's true," Suigetsu said.

Juugo walked out of the bathroom, "What has Orochimaru done to you?" The two boys' eyes widened at the question. It was obvious that there was no turning back now.

"You should just tell him," Suigetsu said, knowing that there was no way to get out of this with a lie.

Sasuke was silent for a moment, considering his options. He knew that Juugo was a good friend and if he asked he wouldn't tell anyone. "You can't tell anyone," Sasuke said quietly.

Juugo nodded, waiting for an explanation. "You know I won't," he then said.

Sasuke took a deep breath, "When I lived at home, Orochimaru would abuse me." Juugo's eyes widened it was obvious he was angry and Sasuke was worried he'd lose control of that anger. "Juugo, calm down," he said.

"What kind of abuse?" he asked. "Did he ever hit you? Is he a pedophile?" Juugo added, wondering if he'd ever sexually abused Sasuke. "Why didn't you report it?"

"He never sexually abused me," Sasuke sighed. "Reporting it would have done no good, you know that," he frowned. "Orochimaru holds too much power in this city," he added.

"So he hit you?" Juugo asked. "Would you like me to hit him?" Juugo continued and Sasuke could see his anger coming back.

"Yes, he hit me," Sasuke said with yet another sigh. "Don't hit him, it will only get you in trouble," the teen sighed. He was starting to doubt his decision of telling Juugo. "Please just calm down."

"What exactly did he do?" Juugo said, getting that look on his face that he was going to hurt someone. Sasuke knew it was most likely aimed toward Orochimaru.

"It was different all the time," Sasuke said, not really wanting to relive it. He knew by the look on Juugo's face he wanted more information. "Sometimes he'd punch me, sometimes throw me against the wall, anything really that would cause me physical pain. He just never left bruises where people could see," he explained. "Now it's just mental abuse mostly," he sighed.

"Where is he?" Juugo asked. "Probably home right now?" he was angry, wanting to hurt the man that hurt Sasuke. Sasuke was his friend, the one who included him and made it so he had friends.

"Juugo, just calm down," Sasuke said. "Please don't do anything," he said, looking at his friend and seeing him calm down.

"Fine," he said, obviously not happy about it.

TBC…?