AN: I was inspired by Shibarania fic, 'Spare Bedroom'. Blanket fics are
fun! This is going to be a SasuNaru one-shot. I hope it turns out nice. If
not, you are welcome to give nasty constructive criticism
*cough*flames*cough*.
*points to above comments* I wrote these about a month ago. ^^; Gyah, shortage of SasuNaru! I hope this will help! *grumbles* FFnet is being stupid. It wouldn't let me upload my entire chapter, so I had to split it into two parts. Just for that, I'm going to post the second half after (XD), so you can all blame FFnet for this being only a fraction of what it was supposed to be. Hmm, that made me feel slightly better...
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
Dedicated to all the SasuNaru writers of the world. Thanks for writing!
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A Cliché SasuNaru Ficlet
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[One]
"You _idiot_!" I exclaimed at the top of my lungs.
"What the hell was that for, bastard?!" Naruto hollered back at an equal, if not greater, volume. He rubbed the back of his head where I had just hit him, glaring at me with as much malice a person could possibly gather. I shut my eyes and tried to calm down. The situation had to be clearly assessed before anything could be done.
I didn't have to think long -- the answer was simple enough. I was stuck. In a cave. In one of the most violent thunderstorms ever before witness in Fire Country. With Naruto. I could tolerate anyone else, even Sakura, if fate had been so kind, but no, I was trapped with the one person who managed to get any form of emotion from me, be it anger or irritation. Granted, we were on slightly better terms ever since 'the incident', but of all people, why _him_?
Okay, thinking back, probably not Sakura. She'd try to molest me in my sleep. She thinks I don't notice that she throws herself at me, but I do. I notice, and I choose to ignore.
I bet you're wondering what I meant by, 'the incident', too. We call it that, at least I do anyway, because it was an awkward moment for the both of us. I mean, I was 'dying' in his arms after saving him from Haku's flying needles. We don't like to talk about it.
"It's your fault, you know," I said coolly, "If you hadn't run off, we wouldn't be here right now. We could've been at the Inn with Kakashi-sensei and Sakura."
"Nobody forced you to come looking for me, dumb ass!" he said in his defense.
"If you want to know, dead-last, it wasn't my idea at all," I informed him. I remembered the scene earlier and my eye twitched.
FLASHBACK
"Uhh, Kakashi-sensei, don't you think you were a little harsh on Naruto? I mean, he _was_ trying really hard to do the jutsu. I don't think you should've told him that he was a hopeless cause," Sakura said hesitantly. She looked at me for support, but I didn't do anything.
"Oh, I was merely trying to motivate the boy!" Kakashi-sensei said with a hand behind his head.
"But was it really necessary to call Naruto a wannabe shinobi with no future and tell him to go crying home to his mother?"
"Absolutely. You know how resilient he is! He'll be back in a few minutes declaring that he'll show us what a future Hokage can do." Kakashi- sensei reassured.
"But you forget that he _has_ no mother! He doesn't have any parents!"
"Oh, well then, I guess I said a bit much, ne?"
"Sensei!"
"Alright, alright, I'll do something about it. Sasuke!"
"Hn." I replied.
"You go and look for your team mate. Sakura and I will go get a room at the nearest inn."
I sighed. There was no point in arguing. He would win it anyway.
END FLASHBACK
"Oh yeah, then whose was it?"
"Kakashi-sensei's and Sakura's." Naruto seemed to contemplate this for a while. Then he put a finger to his chin.
"...Oh. OH! That means Sakura-chan really _does_ care about me!" Naruto did a happy dance.
I groaned into my hands. Only Naruto could cause such a display by me. Only he could be so damn annoying.
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[Two]
"What do you think you're doing?" I questioned the other person in the cave. Naruto was taking off his forehead protector and jacket. He looked at me with that stupid fox grin of his. Shadows danced across his face as the flames flickered from the howling wind outside.
"I'm just taking off my clothes so they can dry faster," he paused for a moment and then grinned, "It's not like I'm doing a strip-tease or anything, so don't worry, sheesh!" he said and proceeded to peel away his shirt and tug off his pants. My eyes widened at his statement and I averted them quickly. He was right, though. Our clothes were soaking from when we were searching for shelter from the storm, and it was only logical to dry them.
"For once, I think you may have a good idea," I said as a lousy attempt at a compliment. It sounded bad and, of course, he took it the wrong way.
"Bastard-Sasuke!" He tried to launch himself at me, but he tripped over his pants, which were around his ankles. "Aagh!"
Due to my sharply honed shinobi reflexes, Naruto never hit the cave floor. I almost recoiled in shock and horror when I realized I was clutching a half-naked -- he was only in his boxers -- and wet Naruto. Almost. I couldn't move when those intense blue orbs regarded my own dark ones with surprise, confusion, then mirth.
"Ahem," he cleared his throat, "The danger has been averted, Sasuke. You can let go of me now."
In my haste to get away, I tripped over my own feet and sent both of us crashing into the rocky ground.
"Who ever thought the genius could be such a klutz?" Naruto asked good- naturedly to no one in particular. I growled and shoved him off of me. Just because we were a tad more friendly-like towards each other didn't necessarily mean we were friends.
"Shut up," I grumbled. He began to lay his clothes down near the fire and I couldn't help but stare. A sneeze caught me off guard. Naruto's head snapped up and he regarded me with concern masked with amusement.
"Hey, Sasuke! Get those wet clothes off before you catch pneumonia! If you do, I'm not dragging you back to the others!" Naruto said in a mother- henish/snide tone. My eye twitched and I turned my back on him. There was _no way_ I was undressing in front of that moron. I'd rather die.
"You can't make me, so don't talk," I said, denouncing him. I could hear him standing up and suddenly, there was a weight on my back.
"Aaagh!" It only took a split second for me to realize what was happening. Naruto pinned me to the ground and yanked off my shorts. He was about to take off my shirt when I flipped over and grabbed his wrists.
Time stood still for the second time that night. The half-naked Naruto was straddling my hips, our faces a little too close for our liking. I was the first to react.
"Get off of me, damnit!" He blushed like a tomato and tried to get up, but fell back down again. I glared at him impatiently.
"Let go," he said simply, showing me his wrist. It was my turn to blush. I let go of his wrists immediately and he promptly stood up.
"What the hell is your problem?!" I yelled at him. He shrugged and returned to the fire.
"Like you said, it's my fault we're stuck here. I don't want to be responsible if you get sick, too," he said, genuinely sorry. My jaw dropped. In some strange way, Naruto was actually saying that he cared about my well-being.
"..." I tried to undress in the awkward silence, but I sneezed again.
"Sasuke, stop standing so close to the opening! The cave isn't deep enough as it is. Come here!" Naruto ordered. I sighed heavily, too tired to argue.
"Coming, mother," I said in a mocking tone. He glared at me, but said nothing in return. I finished taking off my shirt. As I laid my clothes down, I noticed a mark on Naruto's stomach. "Naruto, what's that?"
"What's what?" He asked, not knowing what I was referring to. I pointed to my stomach and then to him. His eyes turned downward and he put a hand over the design.
"Oh, that," he said, disgusted. "It's nothing, don't worry about it."
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[Three]
"Hey, Sasuke, what time is it?" Naruto asked. We were both in our underwear with thin blankets wrapped around ourselves. Thankfully the heavy downpour didn't make it through our waterproof packs. We sat as far away from each other as possible, which wasn't very far because we wanted to stay close to the warmth of the fire. I touched my shirt on the ground. It was damp, but not drenched like it was a little while ago.
"How should I know?" I replied with a question. He squinted at me, irritated. How the hell did he see like that? If I squinted like that all day, I'd probably run into a post. Heh, no wonder.
"But you're the one who always has a watch!" he said, pulling his blanket even closer around his body.
"I don't wear it to missions." I said in a voice indicating I didn't want to talk about it. Naruto, the inconsiderate bastard that he is -- and that means something, coming from a fellow inconsiderate bastard -- just continued.
"And why not? Afraid it might break or something?"
"Yes, I got it from my father on my birthday the year before my brother--" I don't know why I was telling the idiot this. I didn't usually go around revealing my past to people. It just wasn't done.
"Before your brother --?"
"Just shut up! Mind your own business!" I snapped. Naruto looked a little hurt, but he finally got it. It was like him and his mark.
"...Sorry, Sasuke, I didn't think." I gaped at him, thoroughly shocked that he apologized so sincerely, and he narrowed his eyes. "You don't have to look as though I have something growing out of my head, you know."
"...Sorry." We were plunged into that awkward silence once again.
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[Four]
A mighty gale of wind blew into the cave and snuffed out the small fire we had.
"Ah, shit! Sasuke, use your fire breath or something! I'm cold!" Naruto whined pitifully.
"Okay, okay, just quit complaining! It's messing up my concentration," I said while performing familiar hand seals. "Katon Ryuuka no Jutsu! [1]" Our source of heat was back, but only for a short time. Before long, another strong wind blew in and extinguished the flames.
"Argh, this is hopeless, Sasuke!"
"Tell me something I don't know, idiot!"
"Well, Mr. Genius, what do you think we should do now?! I sure as hell can't freeze to death here! Neither can you!" Even though I couldn't see it, I was sure Naruto was glaring at me.
"And what makes you say that?!"
"You're the one who told me, 'Don't die' -- I mean, I'm going to be the next Hokage! I can't die in a stupid storm! Besides, you have to kill someone, right?!"
"Future Hokage my ass! Don't make me laugh." I couldn't think of anything else to say, so I just pulled out a regular phrase. My mind was trained on that one statement he said first. 'Don't die'...Did I really say that? Oh yeah, I remembered now. It was during 'the incident'. I was surprised Naruto brought it up.
"You bastard!" I guess Naruto tried to punch me, but being dark and all, he missed. Instead, he bashed our heads together.
"Naruto, I'm going to kill you!" I said, leaning back and throwing Naruto behind me. I had forgotten that I had my back to the opening of the cave and Naruto landing outside. In a large puddle.
"Aaahhh! Fuck you, Sasuke! Look at me! I can't believe you threw me into a puddle! I'm fucking cold, you jackass! [2]" Naruto screamed, sitting in the small body of water that came up to his stomach. Considering how much it was raining, it wasn't that surprising.
"Aw, damnit. This is just great." I sighed and walked out to the splashing blond. In less than ten seconds, my almost dry hair was completely plastered to my skull. I had, of course, left the blanket in the safety of the cave. Carefully, I approached the enrage boy. "Here, Naruto, let me help you out. C'mon, let's get back inside. I'll make a fire and we can get you all nice and dry, okay?" I held out my hand. What I missed was the slight gleam in Naruto's eyes.
"Okay," Naruto took my hand. As I was about to pull him up, he jerked me down with him. I landed face-first into the water and quickly sat up, sputtering.
"Why did you do that, dead-last?!" Naruto was right. It was damn cold. It was like sitting in a pool of ice. I scowled at the grinning fool and smacked him on the head. It was less dark than in the cave, so I could see Naruto rubbing his head and glaring at me. "Now we're both going to die from hypothermia!"
"Hey, you started it," Naruto said simply.
"I didn't _mean_ for you to fall in a puddle, but you apparently wanted _me_ to!"
"Well, duh!"
"Hmph, typical Naruto mentality: If I suffer, we all suffer."
"I do _not_ think that way! Take it back!"
"Only if you shut up and go back inside the cave!"
"Fine!"
"Fine then, I take it back!"
"Fine!"
"Fine!" I stood and stomped out of the puddle, splashing Naruto. I heard him stand as well, but then he fell. "What's the matter with you?"
"My legs are numb.[3]" I sighed and turned around. I held out my hand again, this time ready for if Naruto were to decide to pull me in again. He slapped it away and tried to get up once more, failing miserably. "This sucks."
"Just shut up and take my hand, Naruto. Don't be such a baby about it."
"No, I don't want to take your stupid hand." Naruto was being so frustrating! He was acting like a spoiled kid. I was about to leave his sorry ass in the rain when he sniffled and sneezed. I honestly didn't want the usually hyper boy to die, so without further delay, I walked into the puddle and scooped Naruto into my arms. "Hey, what are you doing?!"
"I want to get out of the rain, but if I left you to die out here, Kakashi-sensei would chew me out." I explained, careful not to let it be known that I was worried about my companion. He took my excuse and shut up as I walked the both of us back to the cave.
To be continued because ffnet's dumb. -___-;;
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AN: Heh, most of my first person POV fics like to star Sasuke, it seems. Yeah, I know I made him OOC for most of it, but at least I left Naruto IC...I think. Don't flame! *cringes away* You all must hate me now, don't you? Bleh, think of it this way: you'll get some more later, so it's fairly distributed instead of all at once. You don't think that's cool? I guess my reasoning goes out the window...
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Cliché scenes: (the //'s and, hopefully, bolded words indicate the 'typical' scene)
[One] We discover that /Sasuke went to search for Naruto/ after he ran off (by means of /Flashback/) and now /they're stuck in a cave/ while a /huge storm/ rages.
[Two] Sasuke and Naruto get /half-naked/, /re-enactment of 'the incident'/ (Sasuke saves Naruto from a fall), /Naruto teases Sasuke/, and /mentioning of the mark/ on Naruto's stomach.
[Three] Small part of /Sasuke's past is revealed/ and /Naruto learns when to shut up/.
[Four] /Sasuke makes a wrong move/ (throws Naruto into a puddle), /Naruto gets even/ (pulls Sasuke into the puddle), /Naruto refuses help/, /Sasuke gives it anyway/.
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[1] This is about the only time I use Japanese in the fic, besides titles (sensei, chan, etc.). When I write with some Japanese expressions, I like to keep it consistent. Likewise for when I don't. However, I just felt that Katon Ryuuka no Jutsu sounded better than Fire Type: Dragon Fire Skill. ^__^;
[2] Naruto has a potty-mouth, no? I'm sure you would be swearing too if you fell into a giant puddle full of freezing water. This doesn't seem to be the case for Sasuke, though. Heh. He's more 'mature'.
[3] Can you really numb that fast? o.O Well, for the sake of this fic, let's just say you can. I mean, he _was_ sitting in cold rain water longer than Sasuke...
WRITE MORE SASUNARU, PEOPLE! Oh, and please review! ^____^ My next goal is to write a KakaIru fic. Man, I love that coupling...
*points to above comments* I wrote these about a month ago. ^^; Gyah, shortage of SasuNaru! I hope this will help! *grumbles* FFnet is being stupid. It wouldn't let me upload my entire chapter, so I had to split it into two parts. Just for that, I'm going to post the second half after (XD), so you can all blame FFnet for this being only a fraction of what it was supposed to be. Hmm, that made me feel slightly better...
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
Dedicated to all the SasuNaru writers of the world. Thanks for writing!
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A Cliché SasuNaru Ficlet
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[One]
"You _idiot_!" I exclaimed at the top of my lungs.
"What the hell was that for, bastard?!" Naruto hollered back at an equal, if not greater, volume. He rubbed the back of his head where I had just hit him, glaring at me with as much malice a person could possibly gather. I shut my eyes and tried to calm down. The situation had to be clearly assessed before anything could be done.
I didn't have to think long -- the answer was simple enough. I was stuck. In a cave. In one of the most violent thunderstorms ever before witness in Fire Country. With Naruto. I could tolerate anyone else, even Sakura, if fate had been so kind, but no, I was trapped with the one person who managed to get any form of emotion from me, be it anger or irritation. Granted, we were on slightly better terms ever since 'the incident', but of all people, why _him_?
Okay, thinking back, probably not Sakura. She'd try to molest me in my sleep. She thinks I don't notice that she throws herself at me, but I do. I notice, and I choose to ignore.
I bet you're wondering what I meant by, 'the incident', too. We call it that, at least I do anyway, because it was an awkward moment for the both of us. I mean, I was 'dying' in his arms after saving him from Haku's flying needles. We don't like to talk about it.
"It's your fault, you know," I said coolly, "If you hadn't run off, we wouldn't be here right now. We could've been at the Inn with Kakashi-sensei and Sakura."
"Nobody forced you to come looking for me, dumb ass!" he said in his defense.
"If you want to know, dead-last, it wasn't my idea at all," I informed him. I remembered the scene earlier and my eye twitched.
FLASHBACK
"Uhh, Kakashi-sensei, don't you think you were a little harsh on Naruto? I mean, he _was_ trying really hard to do the jutsu. I don't think you should've told him that he was a hopeless cause," Sakura said hesitantly. She looked at me for support, but I didn't do anything.
"Oh, I was merely trying to motivate the boy!" Kakashi-sensei said with a hand behind his head.
"But was it really necessary to call Naruto a wannabe shinobi with no future and tell him to go crying home to his mother?"
"Absolutely. You know how resilient he is! He'll be back in a few minutes declaring that he'll show us what a future Hokage can do." Kakashi- sensei reassured.
"But you forget that he _has_ no mother! He doesn't have any parents!"
"Oh, well then, I guess I said a bit much, ne?"
"Sensei!"
"Alright, alright, I'll do something about it. Sasuke!"
"Hn." I replied.
"You go and look for your team mate. Sakura and I will go get a room at the nearest inn."
I sighed. There was no point in arguing. He would win it anyway.
END FLASHBACK
"Oh yeah, then whose was it?"
"Kakashi-sensei's and Sakura's." Naruto seemed to contemplate this for a while. Then he put a finger to his chin.
"...Oh. OH! That means Sakura-chan really _does_ care about me!" Naruto did a happy dance.
I groaned into my hands. Only Naruto could cause such a display by me. Only he could be so damn annoying.
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[Two]
"What do you think you're doing?" I questioned the other person in the cave. Naruto was taking off his forehead protector and jacket. He looked at me with that stupid fox grin of his. Shadows danced across his face as the flames flickered from the howling wind outside.
"I'm just taking off my clothes so they can dry faster," he paused for a moment and then grinned, "It's not like I'm doing a strip-tease or anything, so don't worry, sheesh!" he said and proceeded to peel away his shirt and tug off his pants. My eyes widened at his statement and I averted them quickly. He was right, though. Our clothes were soaking from when we were searching for shelter from the storm, and it was only logical to dry them.
"For once, I think you may have a good idea," I said as a lousy attempt at a compliment. It sounded bad and, of course, he took it the wrong way.
"Bastard-Sasuke!" He tried to launch himself at me, but he tripped over his pants, which were around his ankles. "Aagh!"
Due to my sharply honed shinobi reflexes, Naruto never hit the cave floor. I almost recoiled in shock and horror when I realized I was clutching a half-naked -- he was only in his boxers -- and wet Naruto. Almost. I couldn't move when those intense blue orbs regarded my own dark ones with surprise, confusion, then mirth.
"Ahem," he cleared his throat, "The danger has been averted, Sasuke. You can let go of me now."
In my haste to get away, I tripped over my own feet and sent both of us crashing into the rocky ground.
"Who ever thought the genius could be such a klutz?" Naruto asked good- naturedly to no one in particular. I growled and shoved him off of me. Just because we were a tad more friendly-like towards each other didn't necessarily mean we were friends.
"Shut up," I grumbled. He began to lay his clothes down near the fire and I couldn't help but stare. A sneeze caught me off guard. Naruto's head snapped up and he regarded me with concern masked with amusement.
"Hey, Sasuke! Get those wet clothes off before you catch pneumonia! If you do, I'm not dragging you back to the others!" Naruto said in a mother- henish/snide tone. My eye twitched and I turned my back on him. There was _no way_ I was undressing in front of that moron. I'd rather die.
"You can't make me, so don't talk," I said, denouncing him. I could hear him standing up and suddenly, there was a weight on my back.
"Aaagh!" It only took a split second for me to realize what was happening. Naruto pinned me to the ground and yanked off my shorts. He was about to take off my shirt when I flipped over and grabbed his wrists.
Time stood still for the second time that night. The half-naked Naruto was straddling my hips, our faces a little too close for our liking. I was the first to react.
"Get off of me, damnit!" He blushed like a tomato and tried to get up, but fell back down again. I glared at him impatiently.
"Let go," he said simply, showing me his wrist. It was my turn to blush. I let go of his wrists immediately and he promptly stood up.
"What the hell is your problem?!" I yelled at him. He shrugged and returned to the fire.
"Like you said, it's my fault we're stuck here. I don't want to be responsible if you get sick, too," he said, genuinely sorry. My jaw dropped. In some strange way, Naruto was actually saying that he cared about my well-being.
"..." I tried to undress in the awkward silence, but I sneezed again.
"Sasuke, stop standing so close to the opening! The cave isn't deep enough as it is. Come here!" Naruto ordered. I sighed heavily, too tired to argue.
"Coming, mother," I said in a mocking tone. He glared at me, but said nothing in return. I finished taking off my shirt. As I laid my clothes down, I noticed a mark on Naruto's stomach. "Naruto, what's that?"
"What's what?" He asked, not knowing what I was referring to. I pointed to my stomach and then to him. His eyes turned downward and he put a hand over the design.
"Oh, that," he said, disgusted. "It's nothing, don't worry about it."
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[Three]
"Hey, Sasuke, what time is it?" Naruto asked. We were both in our underwear with thin blankets wrapped around ourselves. Thankfully the heavy downpour didn't make it through our waterproof packs. We sat as far away from each other as possible, which wasn't very far because we wanted to stay close to the warmth of the fire. I touched my shirt on the ground. It was damp, but not drenched like it was a little while ago.
"How should I know?" I replied with a question. He squinted at me, irritated. How the hell did he see like that? If I squinted like that all day, I'd probably run into a post. Heh, no wonder.
"But you're the one who always has a watch!" he said, pulling his blanket even closer around his body.
"I don't wear it to missions." I said in a voice indicating I didn't want to talk about it. Naruto, the inconsiderate bastard that he is -- and that means something, coming from a fellow inconsiderate bastard -- just continued.
"And why not? Afraid it might break or something?"
"Yes, I got it from my father on my birthday the year before my brother--" I don't know why I was telling the idiot this. I didn't usually go around revealing my past to people. It just wasn't done.
"Before your brother --?"
"Just shut up! Mind your own business!" I snapped. Naruto looked a little hurt, but he finally got it. It was like him and his mark.
"...Sorry, Sasuke, I didn't think." I gaped at him, thoroughly shocked that he apologized so sincerely, and he narrowed his eyes. "You don't have to look as though I have something growing out of my head, you know."
"...Sorry." We were plunged into that awkward silence once again.
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[Four]
A mighty gale of wind blew into the cave and snuffed out the small fire we had.
"Ah, shit! Sasuke, use your fire breath or something! I'm cold!" Naruto whined pitifully.
"Okay, okay, just quit complaining! It's messing up my concentration," I said while performing familiar hand seals. "Katon Ryuuka no Jutsu! [1]" Our source of heat was back, but only for a short time. Before long, another strong wind blew in and extinguished the flames.
"Argh, this is hopeless, Sasuke!"
"Tell me something I don't know, idiot!"
"Well, Mr. Genius, what do you think we should do now?! I sure as hell can't freeze to death here! Neither can you!" Even though I couldn't see it, I was sure Naruto was glaring at me.
"And what makes you say that?!"
"You're the one who told me, 'Don't die' -- I mean, I'm going to be the next Hokage! I can't die in a stupid storm! Besides, you have to kill someone, right?!"
"Future Hokage my ass! Don't make me laugh." I couldn't think of anything else to say, so I just pulled out a regular phrase. My mind was trained on that one statement he said first. 'Don't die'...Did I really say that? Oh yeah, I remembered now. It was during 'the incident'. I was surprised Naruto brought it up.
"You bastard!" I guess Naruto tried to punch me, but being dark and all, he missed. Instead, he bashed our heads together.
"Naruto, I'm going to kill you!" I said, leaning back and throwing Naruto behind me. I had forgotten that I had my back to the opening of the cave and Naruto landing outside. In a large puddle.
"Aaahhh! Fuck you, Sasuke! Look at me! I can't believe you threw me into a puddle! I'm fucking cold, you jackass! [2]" Naruto screamed, sitting in the small body of water that came up to his stomach. Considering how much it was raining, it wasn't that surprising.
"Aw, damnit. This is just great." I sighed and walked out to the splashing blond. In less than ten seconds, my almost dry hair was completely plastered to my skull. I had, of course, left the blanket in the safety of the cave. Carefully, I approached the enrage boy. "Here, Naruto, let me help you out. C'mon, let's get back inside. I'll make a fire and we can get you all nice and dry, okay?" I held out my hand. What I missed was the slight gleam in Naruto's eyes.
"Okay," Naruto took my hand. As I was about to pull him up, he jerked me down with him. I landed face-first into the water and quickly sat up, sputtering.
"Why did you do that, dead-last?!" Naruto was right. It was damn cold. It was like sitting in a pool of ice. I scowled at the grinning fool and smacked him on the head. It was less dark than in the cave, so I could see Naruto rubbing his head and glaring at me. "Now we're both going to die from hypothermia!"
"Hey, you started it," Naruto said simply.
"I didn't _mean_ for you to fall in a puddle, but you apparently wanted _me_ to!"
"Well, duh!"
"Hmph, typical Naruto mentality: If I suffer, we all suffer."
"I do _not_ think that way! Take it back!"
"Only if you shut up and go back inside the cave!"
"Fine!"
"Fine then, I take it back!"
"Fine!"
"Fine!" I stood and stomped out of the puddle, splashing Naruto. I heard him stand as well, but then he fell. "What's the matter with you?"
"My legs are numb.[3]" I sighed and turned around. I held out my hand again, this time ready for if Naruto were to decide to pull me in again. He slapped it away and tried to get up once more, failing miserably. "This sucks."
"Just shut up and take my hand, Naruto. Don't be such a baby about it."
"No, I don't want to take your stupid hand." Naruto was being so frustrating! He was acting like a spoiled kid. I was about to leave his sorry ass in the rain when he sniffled and sneezed. I honestly didn't want the usually hyper boy to die, so without further delay, I walked into the puddle and scooped Naruto into my arms. "Hey, what are you doing?!"
"I want to get out of the rain, but if I left you to die out here, Kakashi-sensei would chew me out." I explained, careful not to let it be known that I was worried about my companion. He took my excuse and shut up as I walked the both of us back to the cave.
To be continued because ffnet's dumb. -___-;;
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AN: Heh, most of my first person POV fics like to star Sasuke, it seems. Yeah, I know I made him OOC for most of it, but at least I left Naruto IC...I think. Don't flame! *cringes away* You all must hate me now, don't you? Bleh, think of it this way: you'll get some more later, so it's fairly distributed instead of all at once. You don't think that's cool? I guess my reasoning goes out the window...
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Cliché scenes: (the //'s and, hopefully, bolded words indicate the 'typical' scene)
[One] We discover that /Sasuke went to search for Naruto/ after he ran off (by means of /Flashback/) and now /they're stuck in a cave/ while a /huge storm/ rages.
[Two] Sasuke and Naruto get /half-naked/, /re-enactment of 'the incident'/ (Sasuke saves Naruto from a fall), /Naruto teases Sasuke/, and /mentioning of the mark/ on Naruto's stomach.
[Three] Small part of /Sasuke's past is revealed/ and /Naruto learns when to shut up/.
[Four] /Sasuke makes a wrong move/ (throws Naruto into a puddle), /Naruto gets even/ (pulls Sasuke into the puddle), /Naruto refuses help/, /Sasuke gives it anyway/.
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[1] This is about the only time I use Japanese in the fic, besides titles (sensei, chan, etc.). When I write with some Japanese expressions, I like to keep it consistent. Likewise for when I don't. However, I just felt that Katon Ryuuka no Jutsu sounded better than Fire Type: Dragon Fire Skill. ^__^;
[2] Naruto has a potty-mouth, no? I'm sure you would be swearing too if you fell into a giant puddle full of freezing water. This doesn't seem to be the case for Sasuke, though. Heh. He's more 'mature'.
[3] Can you really numb that fast? o.O Well, for the sake of this fic, let's just say you can. I mean, he _was_ sitting in cold rain water longer than Sasuke...
WRITE MORE SASUNARU, PEOPLE! Oh, and please review! ^____^ My next goal is to write a KakaIru fic. Man, I love that coupling...