Linked
By The Ambitious Blank
Disclaimer- Naruto isn't mine.
Comments- Wow, I am honestly surprised at how many people didn't know what an uke was. n.n;;;; An uke is basically.. umm.. the recieving end of the relationship. The bottom. A seme is the top. And now that I have scarred you all for life.. ;
pai-san, and Dearest-san, if you're still reading this: xD I do realize that they are young. That note at the end of my last chapter was mostly a joke. I do like Sasuke being the uke, but only if he's older and (almost) legal. (I can't see Naruto ever EVER submitting to Sasuke.. Sasuke's stubborn, but not nearly so much as Naruto is.) Besides, this is a humor fic, don't take me so seriously-! I figure if Naruto can figure out Sexy no Jutsu on his own, he can have naughty thoughts about Sasuke. And Sasuke has UKE in his name. 'nuff said. ;
Wow, Kabi was a big hit. XD I thought that would make most people stop reading this fic.. pet mold, heehee..
---Tuesday- Oops...
The resounding shout the next morning could be heard from all corners of the village as Naruto woke up to a rather unpleasant surprise.
"Y.. YOU!!" Naruto shouted, having jumped to his feet, yanking Sasuke with him. "YOU WERE TRYING TO MOLEST ME, WEREN'T YOU?!" He shouted, pointing an accusing finger at the Uchiha, who sighed in exasperation.
"You kicked me off the bed last night!" He snapped. As if it hadn't been hard enough getting to sleep with Naruto lying on top of him the entire time.. "And because of this damn thing.." He held up their chained wrists. "..you got dragged with me! Besides, if I was trying to molest you, why the hell would you be on top of me?!" He growled, irritably. Naruto flailed his arms, the chain rattling as he did so.
"How the HELL should I know?!" He shouted back. "It's probably just some sick and twisted plan of yours to confuse me! So when I woke up and found myself on top of you I would have accused you of molesting me and you would have denied it and said that was impossible because I was on top of you!" He yelled, pausing to catch his breath after that.
Sasuke stared.
And hit him.
"Ow! Hey, what was that for?"
"Nevermind, dobe. Can we go eat breakfast and get out of here? Today's the day that we--" He wasn't able to finish his sentence, as Naruto hauled him out of the room before he could do anything.
"That's right, today's the day that we're freeeeee!" He cried, jumping over Kabi and darting out the door, even without breakfast. Sasuke made sure to dodge the gargling pet mold as he was, once again, dragged away.
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The pair finally found Kakashi sitting in a tree, flipping through the pages of his book. Naruto pointed an accusing finger at him and shouted.
"KAKASHI-SENSEIII!! Today's the day you promised to take this damn thing off!" He yanked up his wrist, Sasuke making sure to not resist him like he usually did. Kakashi blinked and looked down at them.
"I'm sorry, Naruto, did you say something?"
Naruto gave a threatening growl as Kakashi jumped down, waving his hands.
"It was a joke, Naruto, a joke." He said. As Naruto's rage meter slowly boiled back down to zero, he spoke again. "Yes, you're right, today's the day.. you two aren't getting along all that much better, I see, but.."
Sasuke tried to push the memory of the previous night out of his mind.
"Promises are promises." Kakashi said, and began digging around in his pocket. "Now, where did I put that key..?" He wondered aloud.
Dread suddenly filled the two boys' chests.
"Hmm.. not this pocket.. not this one, either.. hmm.. maybe in one of my scroll pockets..?" He pulled out various bits and weapons from his many pockets. Scrolls, shuriken, kunai, some explosion tags, a few more of his books, some lint, a piece of string, a paperclip.. and finally, a key.
"Oh! This must be it, then." He said, smiling. The two boys anxiously held up their chained wrists. Kakashi reached forward to put the key into the lock, then suddenly yanked his hand back and stared at the key in his hand.
"Um.. nope, sorry, that's my house key."
"ARGH!" Naruto shouted, and pounced on Kakashi, digging around in his many pockets with his free hand. "NO!! You can't have lost it, Kakashi-sensei!" He yelled, leaping back when he realized he'd checked all the man's many pockets. Kakashi sighed.
"Well, I'm very sorry, Naruto, Sasuke.. but I seem to have lost your key." He beamed. "But, I'll get the locksmith to make me a new one."
"Should we come with you, then?" Sasuke asked, trying hard not to beat the crap out of something.. namely, Naruto, with all the screaming and flailing the blonde was doing. "I mean, they have to know what the key looks like, right?"
"No, no, that won't be necessary." The silver-haired sensei said, smiling. "I have a pair of handcuffs just like yours back at my house for.. um.. other reasons." He turned and walked away, stifling a cough. Sasuke blinked.
Had he just heard Kakashi say "Iruka" as he was coughing?
He sighed and turned to drag Naruto away, hoping some ramen might silence him.
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Kakashi watched his two students walk away and grinned to himself, ducking behind a tree and pulling down his mask, spitting a key into his hand.
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"Dammit, dammit, dammit, I'm so MAD!" Naruto seethed. At least, that's how it would be coming out, if his mouth wasn't full of ramen. The current circumstance caused that sentence to come out more like "Damrf, damrf, damrif, 'm sho MAF!"
Sasuke just let him rant and held out his hand, scowling as it started to go numb from Naruto yanking it around so much. The chain rattled loudly as Naruto shoved food into his mouth. The two people who worked at the ramen bar just stared at them. Neither had bothered trying to explain why they were chained together.
Sasuke hadn't touched his own bowl of food, and casually pushed it toward the blonde, who picked it up and started eating without flinching. The Uchiha doubted that Naruto had even noticed it used to be Sasuke's. Sighing, he turned and glanced behind him.
So much for a 'thank you'.
Naruto swallowed loudly, then spoke.
"Thanks, Sasuke." He said, then kept eating.
Sasuke smiled.
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"Hey, Naruto.. you wanna head over to the hot springs?" Sasuke suddenly asked as the two trudged along. It was a cool afternoon. "We could both probably use the bath. I'll wash your back for you." He offered. For some reason, Naruto thanking him back at the ramen bar had cheered him up.. he hadn't minded paying the bill, even. Sasuke paused and began to wonder why he was being so nice.
Naruto blinked, and considered it for a moment.
"Sure." He said, nodding. Sasuke turned to begin walking in the direction of the hot spings. Naruto ran to follow, and then suddenly stopped dead, which yanked Sasuke off his feet and onto the ground. He blinked, looking up at the blonde as Naruto leaned over him.
"This is just another ploy to molest me, isn't it?!" He demanded, much more loudly than needbe. Sasuke looked around. People were beginning to stare.
"If I say yes, will you lower your voice??" He hissed.
"HA! I KNEW IT!" Naruto declared. "YOU ARE TRYING TO MOLEST ME!!"
Sasuke growled and yanked his arm, pulling Naruto onto his knees, so that the blonde was straddling his stomach. He reached up with his other hand and grabbed the front of the boy's shirt, pulling Naruto's face toward his, and glaring daggers into his eyes.
"Shut the hell up, usuratonkachi." He hissed. "People are staring."
"Then let them stare!" Naruto growled back, pulling the front of his jacket out of Sasuke's grip. "You deserve it, you ass!"
"I said lower your voice, dobe. Can we just go to the hot springs? I'm already filthy and I want a bath." Sasuke said, irritated. Naruto glared and began to rant very loudly again. Sasuke sighed, trying to think of a way to shut him up.. more and more people had stopped to stare at them, and it was getting embarrassing. Staring up at Naruto, who was still ranting mindlessly, he thought up a way to silence him.. and without considering what consequences the said action might produce, he reached up, grabbed Naruto by the front of his jacket, and yanked him down.
Sasuke kissed him.
He wasn't sure why he'd done it, or how the idea had even dared enter his mind, but judging by how many people had stopped to stare, it had seemed to be one of the only courses of action he had available. Of course, he could have hit Naruto or something, but they were supposed to be learning to get along.
Hmph, I think after this stunt, the whole learning-to-get-along will be one-sided.. Sasuke mused, sighing and pulling away. Naruto's eyes were wide, and his lips moved faintly, but he wasn't making a sound. Sasuke rolled his eyes.
"Well, it worked." He muttered, and then carefully pushed Naruto off him and stood up. Naruto stood with him, though his mouth was still moving aimlessly and he still hadn't spoken a word. Sasuke smirked and then glanced to the people still staring at them.. every single one of them feigned no interest. Sasuke continued down to the road toward the hot springs.
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It wasn't until the pair actually got to the place before Naruto finally found his voice again.
"You.. you..!!" He began, sounding as though he was going to start yelling at any moment. Sasuke glared back at him, eyes narrowed dangerously.
"Quiet, dobe. The people here won't appreciate your loud mouth." He snapped. Naruto blinked, stared at him, then quieted. Sasuke sighed in relief.
"Just come on. I'll wash your back for you if you wash mine." He said, and turned to wave Naruto inside. A few of the women at the counter stared at them, and the chain binding their wrists together, but made no comment on it, especially when Naruto shot them a dirty look.
"We should kill Kakashi-sensei." Naruto muttered, and then hesitated.
"Ne, Sasuke.. how are we supposed to get out of our shirts..?" He asked, frowning. Sasuke moved over to him, pulling a kunai from his leg pouch.
"You got another one of those shirts at your house?" He asked, gesturing to the black tee that had served as Naruto's only shirt for the past three days. As soon as Naruto nodded and began to ask why, Sasuke put a neat cut along the bottom of his right shirt sleeve that trailed down his side. Naruto opened his mouth to protest, but Sasuke held the kunai out to him and held up his left arm.
"I need you to do the same thing." He said. Naruto blinked, and huffed at being ordered around so much, but he reached up and put a slightly messier cut down Sasuke's shirt.
"We can go back to my house tonight and I'll put a button or something there so we can change our clothes once in a while, until Kakashi-sensei gets that key." He said. Naruto grumbled, stripping out of his torn shirt.
"That could be forever! I mean, he's HOURS late to team meetings and stuff! Imagine how long it'll take for him to get something done!" He complained. Sasuke shrugged.
"Yeah? And what do you suppose we do about it? The more you complain, the longer he'll take, probably. For now, we'll just have to deal with what we can get." Sasuke was undoing the button to his shorts as he spoke. "C'mon, we gotta rinse off before we get into the hot spring."
"I know, I know!" Naruto growled, hurrying out of his pants and trying not to stare in envy of Sasuke's form. He seemed perfectly.. well, perfect. Naruto turned away as Sasuke slid out of his boxers, resisting the urge to stare at the pale skin that was so uncaringly revealed. Sasuke turned to him, casually reaching for a towel and wrapping it around his waist.
"Are you coming, dobe?" He asked.
"Stop calling me that!" Naruto snapped in reply, throwing his boxers off and grabbing a towel, throwing it around his waist as fast as he could, then turning to follow Sasuke further inside.
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A few minutes later, the two boys sank into the warmth of the springs. It was rather late in the evening, so no one was there aside from them and the attendants. Naruto sighed and sank down into the water until the only thing that showed of him was his nose upward. He grinned and said something, producing only bubbles. Sasuke raised an eyebrow down at him, but shook his head and leaned back against the rocks, his dark eyes raising toward the ceiling. The steam made the air thick and foggy, and Sasuke could feel his eyes drifting closed tiredly.
"Hey, umm.. Sasuke?" Naruto spoke up. Sasuke didn't bother sitting up.
"Yeah?"
"About earlier.. why the hell did you kiss me, anyway?" Naruto asked. "I mean.. I didn't know you liked guys.. but I guess that explains why you don't spare half a glance to Ino and Sakura. I dunno why you couldn't have just told people, I mean.. there's probably a few guys who like you too, and all that, and I--"
Naruto froze as Sasuke's soft lips met with his again. Sasuke pulled back after only a second, smirking.
"You don't shut up, dobe. That's your problem." He said. "I did it to make you shut up." He leaned back against the rocks, staring back up at the ceiling through the steam that filled the air.
"Oh." Naruto mumbled. Normally he'd have some snippy reply, but that just wasn't coming to him right now. He sank back down into the water.
I shouldn't be so disappointed.. I mean, it's Sasuke. Who would wanna kiss him, anyway? He turned around to watch the daydreaming boy for a few seconds. He's such an ass.. probably just did it make me mad at him. But.. he coulda just told me to shut up, earlier.
Naruto paused.
..erm, maybe he did. Oops. But really! There had to be some other way for him to get me to be quiet! He coulda like.. hit me or something! He didn't hafta embarrass us both in front of all those people.
He paused again.
Um, okay, maybe I did that to begin with.
Naruto sighed and glanced to Sasuke again, who was still daydreaming. He sank further into the water, suddenly disoriented and lightheaded.
Whoa.. dizzy.. I think I should get out.. but.. which way is.. out..?
Naruto turned around, glancing about. Sasuke looked up, having felt a slight tug on the chain connecting them. He'd glanced over just in time to see Naruto sink below the surface of the water. His eyes widened.
"Naruto! Naruto!!" He cried, tugging the chain to see if he could get a response. Nothing.. Naruto's hand waved limply beneath the water. Sasuke took a deep breath and dove under, grabbing Naruto around the waist and heaving him out of the spring and onto the tiles, beginning to yell for help as he checked for Naruto's breathing, starting to try and pump the water out of the boy's stomach.
"Dammit, Naruto! Breathe!" He said, growling. Naruto coughed up some water, but still wasn't breathing. Sasuke cursed under his breath.
"CPR has to be mouth-to-mouth, doesn't it..?" He grumbled, and then pinched Naruto's nose and breathed air forcefully into his lungs. Naruto gasped and coughed violently, sitting up as Sasuke drew away. Naruto sat for a few moments, letting his fuzzy mind register his surroundings.
Okay, obviously, this isn't heaven, considering Sasuke's here.. oh, we're still at the hot springs. So.. I'm alive? What happened..? And I'm out of the water.. and naked.. and.. why do I taste Sasuke..? He licked his lips, and scowled.
One plus one equals..
"YOU!" He shouted, pointing at Sasuke. "You tried to molest me again, didn't you?!" He demanded, startling all the attendants who had come over to help. Sasuke sighed and reached for a towel, pulling Naruto to his feet and then wrapping it around himself, grabbing another and handing it to Naruto.
"I don't even wanna deal with you right now, Naruto." He said, irritatedly. Naruto frowned and and wrapped the towel around his waist. As Sasuke dragged him away, Naruto could hear the attendants whispering to each other, and did his best to ignore them. The two boys pulled all their clothes back on (sans their shirts), and Sasuke pulled Naruto out and started heading back to his house.
"Sasuke, I--"
"Don't even talk to me."
"But.. were you the one who--"
"Saved your ass? Yeah. Now shut up."
"..." Naruto lowered his eyes.
I shouldn't have jumped to conclusions.. I mean, Sasuke's not that kind of guy. I dunno how we ended up how we did last night, but it probably wasn't his fault to begin with. And everything else today was my fault. Still.. I wonder why he chose to kiss me instead of just hitting me. He kept thinking about it, even as Sasuke pulled him into his house. Sasuke turned to glance at him. Naruto was being unusually quiet. Naruto looked up, his cheeks flushing faintly.
"Umm.. Sasuke.. thanks. For saving me and all.. I mean.. I mean, I wouldn't have drowned or nothin'!" He quickly put in, to keep at least some of his pride intact. "..but thanks anyway."
Naruto could swear the smallest of smiles had crossed Sasuke's face, but the boy turned before Naruto could get a good look at it.
"Let's just go to bed, okay..?" He asked, and Naruto nodded in full agreement, the two boys sliding out of their shoes as they walked down the hall and collapsed into bed.
"Try to stop snoring, if you can help it, usuratonkachi." Sasuke said as he rolled over to face Naruto.. unfortunately, that was the most comfortable position for them, and so they had to look each other in the face until they fell asleep. Naruto snorted, insulted.
"I do not snore, stupid Sasuke!" He objected. Sasuke only rolled his eyes and then closed them, falling asleep within a few seconds. Naruto smirked, thinking up a good practical joke to pull on the Uchiha in the morning, and made a note to try and wake up earlier than Sasuke.
He went to bed, the smirk plastered on his face, and surprisingly enough, didn't snore this time.
---To Be Continued...
...heh. I have the most evil thing Naruto could possibly do.. we'll just have to hope he doesn't get killed because of it, heh heh.
Off to work on Kaerizaki. Leave reviewz and feed my poetic soul! (Pfft, yeah right..)
--TAB