SRY FOR THE LONG UPDATE!!!! And sry I lied!! We had We The People crap and I had a state festival and a concert. I haven't been working on any of my stories for a while...and my humor is failing me these days... Wow!! We hit over 100 reviews!!! Thnk u wonderful reviewers!!!!!! Well, in the last chapter, it was several shuriken aiming for Naruto who was frozen to the spot, a friend of ours says that he doesn't get y people who are about to get run over or hit tries to run away at the last second, well, now we r going to tell him y!! Hehe, Enjoy the chapter

Sry, no replies to the reviews today! (I have to use the other comp that's on the other side of the house to go on the Internet and I don't want to keep running back and forth) But thnks so much for the reviews!!!!

Chapter 12

The shuriken were coming closer and closer. 'Move, move!!!' Naruto commanded his feet, but they wouldn't listen to him. 'Kuso!! MOVE DAMMIT!!!' But somehow the message didn't get to his feet.
Something or someone knocked into him, causing the blond to fall to the ground as the throwing stars whistled harmlessly over him. Naruto blinked stars out of his eyes before taking a good look at who or what saved him.
"S-Sasuke?!?!" he stuttered, surprised.
"Bah, idiot, you always get in the way." The dark haired Chuunin got to his feet and quickly whipped out his kunai with his left hand at an approaching attacker.
"Well, I don't ask you to save me you know!!" Naruto snapped at his rival while throwing several shuriken at an Anbu sneaking up behind him.
Itachi leaned against the wall with his arms crossed, watching the fight in amusement. Maybe he should skip this fight today. 'Little brother needs to train more if he wants to kill me... he needs more hatred...' he thought, 'Hn... sending him that dress I got him? Would that work?'
"Asshole!!" Naruto yelled at the black-haired Chuunin, "You can't fight with your left hand!!" that was true; Sasuke was doing a horrible job defending himself with his unharmed arm.
"I'd like to see you fight with a broken wrist!" he yelled back, barely blocking a blow from his opponent. A fist somehow contacted with his face and sent the boy sprawling to the ground.
'That does it.' Itachi sighed and shook his head as if someone had just died (not that he would care if someone died, considering it was most likely that he killed the person) 'He really does need more hatred, that weakling...'
"Sasuke!!" the blond cried as he rushed to his rival's side, "You dumb ass, when'd you get so weak?! You're supposed to knock that guy out already, dammit!! You ARE the Uchiha prodigy you know!!"
"My wrist is broken and I don't fight with my left hand, idiot. And how am I supposed to fight with you in the way??" Sasuke snapped, "YOU think of something! You're the one that thinks fast!!"
"I think fast but I don't think smart!! YOU'RE the smart one!! Well, not as smart as Shikamaru..."
"Fine!! I'll think of something! But don't except me to save your ass every time."
"TEME!!! I don't need your help!!"
"Shut up and let me think!"
Naruto growled as he pulled out his kunai and held it in a ready stance to face the 5 attackers. Stupid Sasuke!! He was always protecting and saving him!! It wasn't like he needed the help!! The blond threw a shuriken and the middle Anbu and prepared to charge at the shorter one on the left.
Meanwhile, the dark-haired Chuunin was currently battling with another opponent, having not thought of a plan yet. Well, it was hard to think and fight at the same time. No wonder Shikamaru sits out to think of a plan.
What was it again?? How they escaped Itachi last time?? For some reason, Sasuke couldn't remember what it was. Yet it didn't seem so long ago...
"Kage Bushin No Jutsu!!" he heard Naruto yell again. The dark haired Chuunin rolled his eyes. That was like the only move Naruto knew besides Henge, Bushin, Summoning no Jutsu, some other Jutsus, and-
'That's what!!' he realized and then called over to his rival, "Oi Naruto!! Try a Rasengan!!"
"I'm kinda busy right now!" The blond yelled back and his clones attacked the three that were coming for him on the right. Sasuke groaned and ducked a blow coming from above and made for his rival.
"You idiot!!" he said as he punched the Anbu attacking Naruto in the head and threw a kick to another, "Use your Rasengan!! We might escape the same way as last time!"
"Oh, is Sasuke running away already?" Naruto asked, grinning.
"Dumb ass!! These are high level Anbu!! We won't win against them!!" Sasuke snapped, losing his patience very quickly.
"So you're scared?"
"I'm not scared!"
"You sure act like it."
"Fine, I'm out of here. I'm not going to save your ass any longer."
"TEME!!!"
"What? You want me to stay?"
"HELL NO I DON'T!! I'M GOING TO KICK THEIR ASS WITHOUT YOU!!!!"
"Bye."
"Wha?!? Where the hell are you going?!?!?!?"
"Away. Bye."
"Sasuke!!!"
The dark haired Chuunin smirked. How stupid was the blond anyways? It's not like he can run away. The high ranked ninjas would've caught him before he took one step toward the door.
"Use your Rasengan!!"
"I'm using it already, dammit!!"
Sasuke looked to his rival to see that the circular sphere was already growing rapidly in his hand. He wondered if he should try it with Sharingan, but decided not to waste chakra doing so.
Itachi watched from the sidelines (surprisingly not fighting). 'That little brat is using that again. The same move that blew up my house. He owes me another house...'
Naruto aimed the attack toward the Anbu, who disappeared just in time. And the building they were standing in exploded just like Itachi's house.

Outside, the people of the Sand Village jumped up in surprise and shock as some random building on the street suddenly blew up. Luckily, none were hurt save an old man with a cart of rotting vegetables. They all shook their heads and wondered what the hell that mad scientist was doing with his dancing monkeys.

Five Anbu gasped and sputtered in smoke as they climbed out of that huge cloud of dust and dirt. Itachi leaned against a broken beam that was stuck vertical into he ground and tapped his foot impatiently waiting for them to recover their shock.
"Itachi-sama!!" one of them gasped, "They've-"
"I know." The older Uchiha waved his hand lazily. "Let them go. Heavens know that they need a hell lot more of training if they want to fight me again."
"Um...Itachi-sama?" another one spoke up, "Technically, they didn't want to fight you. We attacked them first and they fought back, so we kinda forced them to fight."
"Whatever." Itachi said as he walked away, leaving five bewildered ninjas. "Well?" he called over his shoulder, "Aren't we going to tell the Kazekage that we failed? Hurry up!!"
"Can we not?" they muttered but proceeded to follow their leader to the wrath of the Kazekage.

"Naruto!! Naruto!! Where the hell are you?" Sasuke called at the rubble of what used to be the building. Apparently, the blond forgot that he had to run out of the house after throwing Rasengan that blew up the structure. "Naruto!!"
Nothing answered his call. Only the silent drifting of grit still in the air made the only sound in the silent aftermath of the explosion.
"Naruto!!" he called again, starting to get slightly worried. Stupid idiot!! Dammit, why can't he have any intelligence that he was supposed to RUN??
There was a slight rustling at his right.
"Naruto?" Sasuke said , cautiously and walked over to see what was making the noise.

I think I shall end the chapter now!! Mmm.... Actually, as much as I'm tempted to end the chapter right here, I shall just make up for the time I didn't update and give you wonderful ppl a longer chapter and put in the idea Lily got from Tiinka. Thnks!!

Sasuke silently crept over to the source of the rustling noise. He peered over the fallen piece of ceiling that fell during the blast.
There was a flutter of feathers and a small being flapped up at him. The dark haired Chuunin gave a small yell of surprise and fell backwards and landed on his butt. The black bird cawed and flew away into the sandstorm.
'Stupid crow.' He muttered, getting to his feet.
"Sasuke was scared by a crow? How pathetic is that??" a playful voice sang from somewhere behind him. Sasuke whipped around. There was Naruto, covered in dust, but still alive.
"What happened to you?" he asked, relief spreading over his face.
"I... went out the back door." The blond answered sheepishly, "Then I saw you not there so I wondered if you forgot to run so I came back here to see."
"Right...." Sasuke nodded, "I went out the front door, saw you not there, thought that you forgot to run so I came back here to see if you died. How ironic..."
"I'm not THAT stupid, Sasuke." Naruto stuck his tongue out at his rival.
"...you're not?"
"..............."
"..............."
"TEME!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"That took you a while..."
"SHUT UP!! I'M GONNA KICK YOUR-"
"Let's go, we have to get back to the village. We wasted enough time arguing." The dark haired Chuunin said as he turned to walk toward the gates.
"You're the one who started them." Naruto muttered, shoving his hands into his pockets before reluctantly following his teammate back to Konoha.
"I don't start ALL of them." Sasuke called over his shoulder.
"Ye...most of them!!" Naruto countered.
"You're the one with no common sense to drop it."
"Look who's talking."
"You are."
"..............BASTARD!!!"
"Shut up and leave me in peace will you?"
"I WON'T LOSE TO YOU SASUKE!!! NOT EVEN ONE ARGUMENT!"
"............"
"What? No comeback?"
"............"
"Did Sasuke give up so I win?"
"............"
"Ha! I win!"
"............."
"...You're just ignoring me aren't you?"
"............."
"Fine, be that way. Asshole." Naruto crossed his arms and was quiet for the next 15 minutes, much to the dark haired boy's relief.
"Ano sa, ano sa." Naruto spoke up on their silent journey home, "Why do you keep saving me when I tell you not to?"
"Cause I do."
"Nande?"
"I just do."
"Aww...is Sasuke-chan worried about me?"
Sasuke gritted his teeth. First Sora-chan, and Sasuke-chan?? Naruto seems to be getting familiar with a lot of people... well, not really, since Sora was really him...
"No..." he said, softly, "Maybe... I... just don't want to see someone close to me die before my eyes again." Naruto almost stopped.
"Ah...ah?" the blond blinked. "So, I'm someone close to you?"
"You could say that." Sasuke replied as they neared the gates to the Hidden Leaf Village. "Ja." He called over his shoulder as they parted.
'Why... do I feel so warm around him?' Naruto thought to himself, watching Sasuke walk off into the distance, with a light blush tinting his whiskered cheeks.

Whew! Finally finished!! Once again, sry for the long update!! I wrote just lyk a couple sentences every other day so yeah.... Well, made the chapter longer this time how'd you lyk it?? Anyone find out the idea Lily thought up from Tiinka? If not, stay tuned!! I'll try to update sooner!!