Title: Unbinding the Contract
Author: ice krystahl- chan who loves everybody!
Pairings: SasuNaru, NejiShika, KibaShino, and a whole lotta more!
Warnings: shounen-ai! That means boy/boy! If you don't like it, then don't read it.
Author's notes: Hello, minna- san. I am sure by now some of you are mad at me since it has been weeks since I last posted an installment. But you have to forgive me, cos the second semester of school just started, and I had a hard time adjusting; I got used to having too much free time, and now that I'm handling eight subjects under my belt is proving to be really tough. However… Its fan fiction time once again! (throws confetti in the air) This is a tribute to Aki Rei, who almost single- handedly made up the entire plot by herself. Heehee. Snaps for ya, Aki Rei.
SCENE 6: Sand in my Eye!
He was right. Sasuke is much more beautiful than the moon.
Sasuke's hands were around his waist, clutching him desperately, almost as if he lost himself completely and was trying to hold on for dear life. Naruto lips curved into a slight grin against the Uchiha's own. The dark- haired boy trembled for a second at this, and Naruto's grin widened. It was fun erecting such response from a usually stoic boy.
During their earlier days at the academy, the both of them had ignored each other for the most part, not that they didn't know each other. Naruto knew who Sasuke was, but couldn't care less and Sasuke knew who Naruto was, but didn't give a damn. And when they were assigned in the same team, Team 7, they had ignored each other too. Naruto wouldn't admit it at the time, but Sasuke ignoring him was painful to some extent. After all, weren't they almost family?
But hey, past is past, isn't it? What matters most is the present. And the present consists of Sasuke turning putty in his hands, extremely mindful of his every movement, responsive of his ministrations. It felt great to know that Sasuke wasn't ignoring him now. He wondered how much more he could elicit from the boy.
'Let's see if you can handle this, Sasuke- chan', Naruto thought mischievously.
Naruto gave Sasuke's lips one last lingering kiss before moving to other regions. He kissed Sasuke's cheek, and traveled left to his ear. Naruto nibbled softly at his earlobes, blowing hot air every once in a while in the insides of his ear, and Sasuke couldn't help but sigh in contentment. Not satisfied by the dark- haired boy's reaction, Naruto lowered his lips once again, finding Sasuke's neck.
This time, the Uchiha gasped audibly, his hands around the kitsune's waist tightened even more.
Bingo.
Naruto nibbled lightly at the crook of Sasuke's neck and shoulder, running his tongue there, tasting the saltiness of it from the sweat that was building up. Sasuke's eyes squeezed shut tighter than they had been before, and he unconsciously let out a low, guttural moan as Naruto sucked lightly.
Traces of his saliva shining in the moonlight, he left Sasuke's neck and went back to his lips. Their mouths crashed against each other once more, tongues dancing merrily, a fight for dominance. Sasuke's hands finally released the blonde's waist; instead, he let it travel across the span of the other's back, caressing and feeling. Naruto arched into him, a low moan emitting from his throat. Encouraged by the blonde's reaction, Sasuke moved his hands to Naruto's neck and shoulders, his thumb gently rubbing circles unto the skin. He started to tug at Naruto's orange jumpsuit, wanting to feel more of Naruto… taste more of this blonde concoction of sweetness and surprise that is Naruto… The said boy complied willingly, shrugging his shoulders to rid of his ridiculous garment. The jumpsuit fell easily from his shoulders, and in a moment, his torso was suddenly exposed, glowing in the moonlight.
Sasuke pulled away from the blonde's lips, and following the other boy's movements earlier, his mouth fell on Naruto's nape, sucking and suckling, his hands running through Naruto's chest. Naruto's eyes bulged slightly, and moaned.
"Ugh… S..Sasuke…"
His voice quivered delicately. Surged by this reaction, Sasuke proceeded to touch the blonde's stomach, which quivered too. Naruto's stomach was very soft and grainy…
'Wait. Grainy?' Sasuke thought dazedly, not really registering what he felt under his hands. He moved his fingers again, and frowned. It is grainy… almost as if covered by…sand?
He pulled away again abruptly from Naruto, almost making the other topple down to the floor.
"OI, SASUKE! What the hell?!" Naruto screamed, before Sasuke placed a finger on the blonde's lips, urging him to be quiet. Naruto stilled, finally sensing that something was wrong. There was a moment of complete silence before a yell pierced the air.
"Arrrrrrgggghhhhh! There's sand in my eye!" Kiba screamed, emerging from out of the broom shed.
And then suddenly, in the middle of the darkness, a lone figure walked silently towards Naruto and Sasuke. Naruto strained his eyes to see more, but the darkness prevented him to identify the figure. The figure stopped short, and tilted his head. The moonlight brought great relief to the figure's face, and Naruto gasped out loud.
It was Gaara, looking pissed and downright crazy.
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Gaara stood in the middle of Sasuke's living room, arms crossed over his chest, refusing neither to sit, nor drink something. In fact, he refused to move at all since that moment he caught Naruto and Sasuke snogging each other right by the window. He just stayed like that, glaring at the pair of them. It was a heated battle of wills; with the two glaring right back until Sasuke blushed crimson and the blonde hastily pull his orange jumper back on.
There was a sudden commotion in the back, and the three of them looked over. Kiba was whimpering pitifully, clutching his eyes. Shino was trying his best to pacify the other boy, but all he got was a whack in the head.
Sighing tiredly, Sasuke ran his hand through his black mane, face still blushing bright red. "What the hell are you doing in my house?" he asked.
Gaara said nothing, but instead he reached for his pocket and pulled something out. It was a scroll.
A pair of hands snatched the scroll like a vulture. Naruto quickly unsealed it, and began to read:
Starting the 9th of December, year 2004, I hereby declare that Gaara of the Sand will be the official guardian to both Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto, who starting on the date mentioned, will be living together in the same house. The guardian will have the sole power to decide what is best to be done in the house, and both Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto will pay only the utmost respect for their guardian's decision.
This scroll is official and binding. Its effect will only stop on the day that both Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto will reach to a conclusion, whether it is for the worst or the best, regarding their relationship.
Signed:
Me
Naruto stopped reading, breathing hard through his nose. Beside him, Sasuke looked murderous, and at the same time completely confused. Kiba and Shino stopped arguing in the back, and waited breathlessly for somebody to say something.
"Y- YOU ARE OUR GUARDIAN?! AND WHO IS THIS Me?! WHO THE HELL DOES Me THINK HE IS?! " Naruto erupted, poking viciously at the letter in his hand, leaving finger- shaped holes on it.
"Never mind that." Sasuke said.
Naruto rounded on him. "What do you mean, never mind that?! But Sas-"
"What bothers me more is the fact that we are about to get orders from him. I will not tolerate this. This is my home, and no one will boss me around. Got that, Gaara?"
"Is that a challenge, Uchiha?"
Sasuke's hand curled into a tight fist at his side. Naruto, Kiba and Shino, who were watching Gaara earlier, now whipped their heads toward Sasuke, as though watching an interesting tennis match.
"I will not take orders from you!"
"Then be prepared. If I remember correctly, you have met Shukaku haven't you?"
"Oh yes. And if my memory serves me right, Chidori managed to break your little sand house, didn't it?"
Their voices were very cool, and Naruto was sure that things were about to get messy if he didn't stop them now.
"Okay, that's it. Stop it now. Let's talk about this like civil people."
Sasuke and Gaara didn't say anything, but glared at each other. Naruto sighed loudly, and made a move of shooing the two boys away.
"Fine, don't talk like civil people, you Neanderthals. Let's deal with this tomorrow, okay? Now go sleep."
Sasuke snorted loudly and left the room without a word, his chin up in the air. Gaara, who had been highly expecting a fight, frowned darkly and looked around as though looking for a new opponent. Kiba and Shino stole frightful looks at the red- haired guy.
Gaara had that slightly insane look to him again, and his lips were moving soundlessly as if talking to some invisible friend. His enormous gourd from the past is still with him, upon his shoulder, softly pouring sand onto the floor. His eyes rested on Kiba and Shino, and the two boys gasped audibly. With a frantic wave at Naruto, they exited from the room, stepping all over each other in their haste to get away from the slightly insane Gaara.
All of a sudden, it was just Naruto and Gaara in the room. The blonde swung his arms around nervously.
"W- Well, Gaara- san. I guess I'll see you in the morning… Goodnight then." Naruto said, and turned around to go upstairs to his room.
"Wait, Uzumaki."
Naruto turned slowly. "What is it?"
"How do you see Uchiha Sasuke?"
"Huh?" Naruto asked, confused.
"Is Sasuke really your boyfriend now? Is that how you see him?"
"Oh. Well, Sasuke is…" Naruto stopped, finding the right words.
"Yes?"
"Sasuke is my… teammate… and my comrade. You know that. And…" Naruto trailed slowly, feeling quite shy of admitting that Sasuke was his boyfriend now. But just when he was to say this to Gaara, the other boy beat him to it.
"Oh. I get it. Thank you. Goodnight." Gaara said, cutting Naruto off. Naruto just shrugged and went upstairs.
In the darkness of the room, a lone person sat rigidly at the broom shed Shino and Kiba just vacated. In his hands he held a mop handle, clutching it tighter and tighter as Naruto and Gaara's conversation continued. And when at last he heard the footsteps finally go away, his lips curved into a bitter smile.
The mop handle was broken into pieces.
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Breakfast was a subdued affair.
Sasuke was first to wake up, followed by Naruto. The black haired boy was in his kitchen, fixing himself a cup of tea when the kitsune barged in, yawning widely. He demanded for a bowl of ramen, but for some reason, Sasuke was in such a bad temper that he threw the whole kettle of tea at Naruto's face.
And then there was Gaara.
Naruto found him standing in the same spot he left him in last night, sand still pouring softly from his gourd. Hs eyes were half- closed, and his arms were crossed at his chest. Naruto approached him slowly, unsure whether he was asleep or dead, and apprehensively poked at his shoulder. However, Gaara wasn't dead at all, just lost in his own private world. He was so surprised at Naruto's touch that he instinctively threw a punch at the side of Naruto's face--- the side that wasn't hit by Sasuke's kettle.
By the time when they all finally sit down to breakfast, no one was willing to talk to each other anymore without hitting each other.
And now that you think about it, the phrase: "Breakfast was a subdued affair" is really an understatement.
They spent the whole morning like that, a flurry of glares and almost fist- fights. Naruto can't take it anymore. Can't stand the silence, and can't stand doing nothing at all.
"I'm going out." He called out to no one in particular, and like lightning, Gaara and Sasuke simultaneously replied.
"No." they said, and this was followed by a glare at each other.
"And why can't I go out?!"
"Cos I said so." The two voices said at once.
"That's stupid! This place is driving me insane! I will go out!" Naruto yelled, tapping his foot on the floor impatiently. He soo hated Sasuke and Gaara right now. His face was still sore from the maltreatment he received earlier, and as if that wasn't enough, Sasuke was a bitch enough to serve stale bread for breakfast when he specifically asked for ramen!
It was as if Sasuke is mad at him, well, madder than he usually was with him, and Naruto was utterly confused. As far as he know, he didn't do anything wrong last night… in fact, Naruto thought they were going on quite alright, what, with the kiss and all.
He blushed as he remembered last night's events. He couldn't sleep, and he kept tossing and turning around. And to top it all off, his new room, with the red silk walls and red silk covers weren't helping at all. All he could think about was Sasuke.
Sasuke's soft lips against his.
Sasuke's scent.
Sasuke's hands around him, clutching at his chest.
Naruto shook his head. Apparently, Sasuke wasn't at all affected with what they did last night. He actually hoped for… something.
"You can't go out… because we are going out." Gaara said, interrupting Naruto's train of thought.
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Sasuke is mad.
No. He was seeing red. He was so furious at Naruto last night that he couldn't sleep; he kept tossing and turning around so much that it was only till 4am that he finally fell asleep.
He didn't mean to eavesdrop last night, but he came down back again to kick Kiba and Shino out. For God's sake, it was his house! They just can't treat his house like a hotel. But when he came to investigate the broom shed where they were hiding a while ago, he found out that they had gone already.
Then that wretched conversation began. Sasuke's hands clenched as he remembered it. How could Naruto deny him?! Was he that lousy as a boyfriend that Naruto couldn't admit it to that even lousier loser Gaara? And hell, didn't they just kiss earlier that night? It was even Naruto who started it, yet he can't fucking admit that he, Sasuke, is his boyfriend now?!
Sasuke exhaled violently in frustration, knowing that he didn't sound like his usual self, but he didn't care. It may be true that he and the blonde were really acting it out, but he can't just let Naruto deny him like that.
Sasuke Uchiha had pride, and a reputation to hold. He was going to make Naruto wish that he didn't deny him so bad that his head was going to spin.
Literally.
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For how long were they going to walk? Naruto lost count after 4 streets and 6 blocks of walking.
Gaara was walking in front of him, and somehow, the red- haired boy managed to ignore his cries of protests, which were, in his opinion, not that hard to ignore at all. Sasuke, on the other hand, was refusing point- blank to follow Gaara's order, but was soon convinced to come with them after the former insinuated that he was going to meet with some people and who knew what he might just order Naruto to do. Sasuke suggested a battle too, but Naruto pointed out that if Sasuke wanted the Sand Nin to go, they had better reach to a conclusion, as the scroll last night had said.
The Uchiha was rendered speechless to this, thinking quickly of the other seal, and the faceless woman he was about to marry if he didn't unbind it. He quickly regained his composure. He wasn't in the mood to conclude anything, thank you very much.
And now, Sasuke was walking behind him, sulking and grumbling. Jeez.
Gaara finally stopped walking, and Naruto and Sasuke followed suit. In front of them is Konoha's biggest practicing field.
"Anou, Gaara- san? Is this where we were supposed to be going?" Naruto asked.
"Yes."
"The practicing field? Why didn't you just say so?"
"You didn't ask."
Good point.
"Che. I got curious for nothing. And if you want to practice, we could have done somewhere else nearer to Sasuke's house." Naruto pouted.
"Well, Sasuke's house is too far away from ours. That will be too troublesome already."
It was Shikamaru, walking lazily to them.
"Eh? Shikamaru? What are you doing here? Were you following us?" Naruto asked.
"Naruto, why would I follow you? Really, this is too troublesome." Shikamaru yawned, and plopped down at the grass beneath him.
Naruto followed suit, placing his butt next to Shikamaru's. They both looked up as a somewhat familiar figure slowly approached the four of them. When the figure was near enough, Naruto recognized it as Neji. Beside him, Shikamaru groaned out loud.
"Oi, Shikamaru, can I ask you a question?"
"What?"
"Remember the last time we met you guys in the forest, and the two of you… you know…" Naruto trailed off again, not knowing why he was feeling shy all of a sudden.
Shikamaru looked at him now, giving him a calculating look. It was the famous strategy- thinking look.
"Yeah, we kissed. But sometimes, Naruto, things like that really happen." Shikamaru inclined his head towards Sasuke's direction. "It doesn't matter with whom, and when. Just accept them as they are, and deal with it as you go along. That's the best strategy, sometimes."
Naruto frowned. He didn't know if he really got what Shikamaru was saying, but hell, he was always like that. Blame it on his strategy- addled brain. When he looked up again, he saw Sasuke and Neji, talking, their faces close to each other.
Immediately, Naruto felt a burst of jealousy in his chest. There was something about the way Neji was looking at Sasuke that was really weird, like he was looking at him without his clothes on. Shikamaru noticed the look on Naruto's face, and he too looked up to see Neji and Sasuke shook hands and assumed a fighting stance. He looked angry.
Gaara approached them now, and sat down next to Naruto.
"What did they talk about?" the blonde asked, rather aggressively. He was still eyeing the two boys with jealousy.
"They agreed to train with each other."
"And what will they be training?" Shikamaru now asked, voice dripping with great dislike.
"Grappling." Gaara said uninterestedly.
"WHAT?!" Both Naruto and Shikamaru exploded, and stood up.
Sure enough, the two had clung to each other violently, both trying hard to put the other down to the ground. Their faces were scrunched in concentration, and then the inevitable had happened: Neji hooked his foot behind Sasuke's ankle and jerked heavily, toppling the both of them on the soft earth.
For Naruto and Shikamaru, the fall seemed to take forever.
Sasuke landed first, with the other boy on top of him. The dark haired shinobi struggled wildly underneath Neji, attempting to overthrow the other boy. But Neji was too fast for him.
Neji pinned Sasuke's wrist above his head in the ground, and by some coincidence, his knee landed in between Sasuke's spread- eagle legs. Sasuke moaned out loud at the sudden contact, and his eyes glazed over. Neji looked gleeful at the other boy's downfall.
"Liked that, eh Uchiha?"
"Shut up."
"No you shut up."
"Make me."
Neji smiled slyly. He leaned down until he was only inches away from Sasuke's face.
"Maybe I will." Neji said, and in an instant his lips closes in on Sasuke's.
Their little grappling fight is over. The dark haired shinobi was now rendered effectively immobile. Naruto's stomach clenched tightly, and saw red.
I'm going to kill that bastard.
T.B.C
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Notes:
I finally finished! Hooray! Hooray! Hooray! (dances around in her underwear, blowing a trumpet).
As you may have noticed, I finally let in some LIME action! I don't know if I had done a good job, but if I did, please tell me! So I could do it again in the next chapters. (Wink, wink). Heehee. I am a pervie, I really am.
And by the way, I have a Christmas present for y'all. Just look for it before Christmas rolls around. x)
Thanks guys, and please do review!
