If you can't read, I'm surprised you've gotten this far...is you can read, you'll know about the sign.
A/N: Pardon me while I bang my head against the wall! The damn review page isn't loading again. I can only see half of them! Aaaaaaaaarrrrrrgggghhhhh! I'll have to work from my inbox again. Hmph! I hate having to make extra effort. It's so bothersome. Alas, I love you guys too much not to reply! (That's code for, I like to make myself feel better by reminding me how many reviews I have, and by reading all the nice people say about me. –scuttles off into a corner and begins fervently stroking ego-) -Looks up and notices that readers are still looking... Stuffs ego back in head and turns around- I'm so ashamed of myself. Can you ever forgive me? Well, even if you can't I am probably not going to stop. I'll thank my reviewers now... Today's treat is skittles!
Queen of the Paperclips: NO! You are not worthless! I'm responding to you FIRST, because I love you. –glomps Queen of the Paperclips- I Looooove you, and your reviews! You were right about the last chapter being a filler chapter... I guess I've been doing a lot of those lately. It's my excuse for fun SasuNaru hugagge! I figure they're not a couple yet, so I can't have them make out or anything, but I can so have them hug...and I can put Sasuke in leather. And about your review for chapter eighteen... I laughed when I read it. Bastard is such an uncle. I cracked up and my mom was sitting like two feet away, and I was supposed to be getting a review sheet off the school website. That's why I couldn't respond. Your's wasn't there until I posted, and getting a review sheet doesn't require that much typing. Sowwy! I hope you'll forgive me. As a bribe, I'll give you cake and skittles! Enjoy.
Dancing-Neko-Shikigami: Apple Pie! No one's ever given ME a treat before. I love apple pie... It's like my favorite kind of pie EVER!!! Thank you thank you. As for the rest of your review... I seem to be getting an overwhelming negative reaction to Naruto's horrible uncle. I believe everyone reading has come to a group consensus that we should kill him. But alas, then Naruto wouldn't have any living expenses. Damn need for money. At least Sasuke wears leather, right? Oh wait... at lwast Sasuke comforts Naruto. That's what I meant. Anyways, thanks for your review. Here is an economy sized pack of skittles! Enjoy, bt don't eat them all at once. You'll get sick. (At least I do)
Puppy Kicker: Haha, I love your name(even if you don't actually kick puppies). I do that all the time, and then I'm always supremely confused when I discover that I haven't reviewed. Oh well! I'm glad you like my style. It's very flattering when people tell me these things. -whips out ego and scuttles into corner for more ego stroking- Oh god! What am I doing... I swear I didn't mean too. It's an addiction. I'm so ashamed. It's funny tht you would say Naruto is more OOC than Sasuke. (Although it's true.) Most people seem to think Sasuke is more OOC. Oh well. I say they both are, since it's an AU. The thing you said about Sasuke is true, except his family is dead... I believe I've only mentioned that once, and it was a totally less violent way to lose them, but I'm going more into his past in this chapter, so yeh, nevermind. Did that make any sense? Oh well. I know how it is with analyzing books in English. We do it all the time. Heh. Anyways, I'm glad you like. Here is a flat of skittles! Enjoy.
Lady Lemonade: I am honoured by your envy, but you really don't need to bow down. I mean really, all worshipping me does is make me...oh crap –scuttles BACK into the corner to stoke ego some more- Oh god. I'm such a bad person. I've done so much ego stroking today. It's just that you guys are all so nice to me. As for them watching each other eat... it is the first step in a long and complicated process that ends with them boffing into eternity! Yesssss! Everybody seems to hate Naruto's uncle, which is good, because that's what I wanted, but unfortunately I can't kill him. We can all bombard him with strawberries, though. That is a very good idea! Yay! Thanks so much for the review. Here is an economy sized package of skittles for you! Enjoy.
Hieisbestbuddy888: Longest review again! How do you do it? Even when I consciously decide that someone deserves a long review, they only turn out like half as long as yours. You have amazing review writing talent! I'm sooooo sorry you were forced to watch a presidential debate. I find politics to be absolutely boring, and the only things I know are that Bush is an idiot who is the cause of stereotypes about Texas (which is where I live...), and that Kerry is a democrat. I, on principal, would never vote for a right wing, although you make a good point... Oh well, I don't care that much. As for your question about other fandoms. I feel really comfortable writing this Naruto fic and I don't know why. The first time I read Naruto in Shonen Jump, I was just like, this is now my favorite anime. Of course, I can't really say any one anime is my all time favorite, but Naruto is definitely in my top three. It's because of this that my first posted and completed (well, I plan in completing it) fic was a Naruto. I just relate to the characters. I might attempt to write another fandom, and I might do it successfully, but I think I'm going to wait maybe finish this one and then write another Naruto fic before I move to multiple fandoms. The Trigun thing was just a fluke...tee hee. As for Wolf's Rain... I love it! I was actually considering doing a Tsume/Toboe fic as my branching away, but I haven't put much more thought into it. Last Saturday's episode (I have to rely on the dub of everything, because I'm poor) made cry for an hour straight, which is quite the feat, since it takes a LOT to make me REALLY cry at something, especially a TV show. I was seriously touched that Tsume said all those things to Toboe, and then he cried! I was so sad. I couldn't believe they actually killed Toboe. Alas, I've just written like half a page, and I must stop here. Hope I answered all your questions... Here are skittles!
JadeTiger: Well! I'm glad you like it. I didn't mean to be cruel, it just sort of happened. I'm sowwy! Forgive me? Here are some skittles! You get extra if you forgive me!
Yugi-obsessed: Ahh, I don't expect a review from everyone, every chapter, especially not when I make you wait for like four days for it! Really, what kind of meanie do you take me for? I'm glad you're enjoying the view, and I'll try to stand still, so you don't have to work so hard to stay balanced! Enjoy your perching, the chapter, and the skittles that I'm passing up to you!
Riyo-sama: Yay! I get to educate someone on the sexy miracle that is the wife beater! A wife beater is essentially a tank top. So why not just call it a tank top, you ask? Well, dear Riyo-sama, the beauty of the wife beater is that in order to call it a wife beater, it has to be tight! Yes, that's right. Tight! Yay! –is lost in the euphoria of the tight shirt and Sasuke in leather pants- Anyways, I'm glad you're enjoying the read! Here are some skittles for you!
AlterEthereal: I was actually laughing to myself when I wrote the part about him trying to say Sasuke isn't sexy, but I didn't want to say anything because I thought people might think it wasn't funny, and then in turn think me to be lame beyond compare. I'm glad you thought it was entertaining. And yes, cuddling with the leather clad teddy bear is so worth it! At least in my mind. I so hope you get better if that's the only thing you're worried about. My best wishes to you! Here are some skittles for you! Enjoy.
Cheeseboi: I'm glad you liked those chapters. And you are welcome for the yummy treat. Sorry this response is knida short, but I'm about to post... Here's some skittles for you! Enjoy.
Alrighty! That's everyone! Thanks for all the reviews guys, and sorry to those of you who don't give a damn what I have to say. I personally enjoy reading reviewer responses, even if they're not to me, and I enjoy writing them even more, so you guys can deal! This said, here is chapter 20!
But Home Is Nowhere...: Start A Nuclear War...At The Gay Bar
"One thing that shaped me into the person I am? Man I was hoping for, 'What's your favorite color' or something." Sasuke shook his head. "Alright. You answered my tough question. I'll answer yours, but let's not share with Mr. Iruka, okay?"
Naruto nodded, hoping Sasuke wasn't too uncomfortable, but not worried enough to withdraw the question. He really wanted to know the answer. Sasuke was such an enigma, and he felt like he'd already spilled his heart. He wanted to know about Sasuke.
"Alright. I could lie to you and say there isn't anything, or that there isn't anything really big, but I guess we both know I can't do that." He gave a nervous smile. "Your truth for mine. When I was three, my parents were killed. They went to a costume party and got a little drunk. They then decided that it would be safe to get in the car and drive home. They were wrong. They got in a terrible crash, five people were killed, and it was later determined that they were the ones who caused the crash." During this section of the speech, Sasuke's voice had remained deadpan, his eyes void of emotion. He had stared straight at Naruto, almost looking through him, but now, he looked down. Naruto knew this was the important part.
"This is a sad story and all, and I know most people would feel sorry for me losing my parents like that, but that's not why it shaped me as a person. I was only three. I had no real attachment to my parents, which is weird I know, but I was an extremely independent child. I didn't really understand until a year later what had happened, and then I was sad. But I wasn't sad because my parents died. I was sad because they took three other people with them. Their deaths didn't affect me at all." He began picking at his pants, his face flushed in what looked like shame, and suddenly Naruto felt sorry. Sorry for making Sasuke remember whatever he was ashamed of. Sorry for making him feel bad about himself. Sorry that he couldn't do anything about it.
"It was because of this that I realized that you can't mourn people you're not close to. When I was five, someone tried to be my friend. I pushed her away, and it didn't hurt. I didn't even feel sorry for her when she broke her arm. It was what I decided I wanted. I never wanted to feel sad because someone I loved got hurt. I decided I wouldn't love anyone. Not even my brother, who takes care of me and supports me like my father should have. That's why my parents dying shaped me into the person that I am. It made me realize that if you never love anything, nothing can ever hurt you."
Naruto wanted to cry again. He thought his heart might shatter at any second as he watched Sasuke smile the saddest smile he'd ever seen. He was looking back up again, and his eyes were practically begging for comfort, maybe even to be proven wrong. Naruto didn't know what to do. He'd never spoken to anyone this way in his life. Everything had always been stuck inside of him, because no one would listen, and then Sasuke came and he was spilling his guts all over the floor. He had no idea what was happening, no idea what to do when someone was spilling there guts on the floor in front of him. He was lost.
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Sasuke felt a wave of guilt wash over him as Naruto sat silently. He shouldn't have pushed this on the blonde, who had dealt with things so much worse than he had. He shouldn't have been so thoughtless. But he wanted to be comforted. He needed to have someone tell him it was okay. He'd been waiting for what seemed like forever for someone to tell him he was wrong, but he'd never found anyone. Until then, right then. He felt like he could actually ask. He shouldn't have though. He shouldn't have pushed his warped heart onto Naruto. 'What was I thinking? Oh god, he's gonna hate me now. What the fuck is wrong with me?'
His thoughts were interrupted as the blonde moved forward quickly, and before Sasuke realized what was happening, there was a hand on the back of his head, and a warm pressure on his forehead. He didn't realize that that pressure was Naruto's lips until five seconds later when Naruto sat back. The blonde was looking straight at him, his eyes intense. "Not everyone will hurt you, Sasuke. I promise."
TBC...
A/N: Sooo! What do you think. I know some of you out there will be like, "Why the hell did you not have them kiss on the lips?" Well, the reason he kissed his forehead is because I thought it was more appropriate for the setting. A kiss on the forehead is more nurturing and comforting than a kiss on the lips. So there. Poop on you if you don't like it. This said, I have no more comments. We now know a little bit about Sasuke, we have a bit of kissy, even if it's just forehead kissy, and we have Sasuke needing comfort. The chappie title is from the song "Gay Bar" by Electric Six, and it's gotta be the most pointless one yet... Oh well.
MB OUT...tee hee, say that out loud MB (not the letters, the sound...yay!)