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La/-/er- That's it, I'm never giving myself a deadline ever again. Except for the within two weeks thing. Not that I followed it this time... Oh well, here we go, the part you've all been waiting for! (hopefully, that is).

Warning: (Just in case) There's like a curse in here, so erm.. avert your eyes? Although if you manage to read the things that come before the curse rather calmly, I don't think you would mind very much, lol.

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Seito- A squirrel that is trying to take over the world carries a map. I liked the part where Naruto goes to Iruka for advice too. And you should never give up writing to read my stuff. Because then I wouldn't be able to write either.

Dark Mimiru-Chan- Definitely.

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ghostninja85- Evil? Why? I'm not evil... Yes, you should go bother Seito. And it wasn't soon, but here it is.

foxylittlechibi- Aw, glad you thought it was worth the wait. And weirdly, I felt better soon after I posted the last chapter... Not so soon.. but yeah. (And I'm really cool, so cool, my fingers are stiff and I can't type good)

Dearest-Thanks for the info! A tiny repeat, but otherwise, thanks very muchly. And I hope you will continue to the very end.

Nuppu- The bonus were originally supposed to part of it, technically it still is, but when I started writing the chapter, writing out what happened between the students and the teachers didn't flow right. It actually happened in the story though, if that's what you meant. It just wasn't written together, that's all.

Aimi-chan- :grin: I thought people would like that part. And the K/G thing... you should try writing it, yes. It's kinda hard to think up of a plot for a long story for that series. And there is much action between Sasuke and Naruto. I think

Night-Owl123- Thankies muchly. And well.. erm, here's your update.

izumi- Haha, you shall find out today. And the worldwide squirrel holiday occurs any random day, particularly when I say so, lol.

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Vin- Really? KakaIru with almost the same plot? Where! Where! Here's your update and if you really love me, you will tell me the title of what you're talking about.

Argent- I'm glad you thought so, lol. Haha, so good you can hug yourself? Actually, I'm rather glad to know that some people do that... other than me that is. Hehe, more action is in here!

AnimeFreakPerson- Yup, the bonuses were my best work:tear: Let's choose a worldwide squirrel holiday day, eh?

The Sisters of Choas:W/D- Whoa, whoa, calm down, breathe. And you don't need to beg me, I'll keep writing till this is done, even if I do get distracted at times.

Shiomi- I thought it was rather ingenius to write the bonuses. And if you thought it was too short... well, this chapter is longer. Muchly. And SasuNaru action in here too!

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Yuen-chan- The poking method is rather wonderful. We now have two votes, one for all yaoi and one for the original. Kiba/Hinata is a good pairing, ne?

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Thanks everybody for the reviews! And apologies for any typos.

Delicious Revenge --- Chapter VI --- The La/-/er

The Plan Begins

It had started out as quite an ordinary day.

Is what most stories would start out with.

But having already established that this story is quite unlike any other, we can correctly assume that even as the sun rose, the day was not normal. There seemed to be a forbidding aura settling over the town; for every step that was taken, something went wrong. Usually, it was something small and simple: price tags were labeled wrong, one or two out of many foods went rotten, a misplaced item here and there. In other cases, clothes were found ripped in such a way that it was irreparable and bushels of food disappeared into thin air.

Originally thinking it was a prank (after Uzumaki Naruto, the pranksters seemed to have gotten more courageous) the store owners set up several subtle traps. However, after finding only their own clerks in the traps several times, those superstitious store owners immediately closed up shop. These numbered few and thus, streets returned to their activity, determined to put the coincidences out of their minds.

What exactly was so coincidental, you ask?

Oh it's quite simple, when we said, "for every step that was taken, something went wrong", it just so happened that each step was taken by someone who had a part in spreading a certain... "fact". For such an intelligent town, they seemed adamant in denying things that were shoved in their faces, but no matter, we are here to concentrate on certain individuals for the day. We shall leave the town on its own for now, to be run over by squirrels intent on... Our apologies, we shall return to our original story.

So our main characters for the day included a certain group of triplets. No, not as in three identical people, just simply a group of three.

It had been several weeks from that oh-so-fateful day when Ino had been "dragged" over to Naruto's house at Kiba's insistence. Of course, as we all know, it was more like the other way around, but it is not an important fact as it does not help us in the telling of our story. So we shall stop stalling and tell you.

Any moment now.

Getting ready...

Alright, so it had been several weeks, and in the eyes of the three girls present, several frustrating weeks. Autumn had nearly set and by this time, the girls grew impatient, but as they grew impatient, they also pondered more. They pondered, they wondered, they thought, and they argued. For the past few days, they had done this. Ever since the hour of the stolen pictures and since they had seen that "accidental kiss", they had contemplated.

'Perhaps they weren't lying.'

The thought that was running through their minds, a question that had been asked since they had seen the picture of that kiss. The girls were not stupid, they saw the expressions on the boys' faces. Besides, Sakura was actually there when it happened, they had an eyewitness account. And what they saw did not match their original presumptions.

It was quite unfortunate (for them) that they had not realized this sooner. Preferably weeks ago, or even at the beginning. Even if they did realize at least 3 days earlier, everything would've been okay again. Or close to it. Thankfully, they didn't realize it anytime sooner. After all, if they did... we wouldn't have a story!

What they had seen of the boys individually, they applied to their thoughts of how their relationship would be. Naruto was quite obviously an active boy, a loud, obnoxious, selfless, sweet boy, who would not be the type to blush and look surprised to find himself enjoying a kiss if he was kissing a boy he had supposedly been dating for weeks. Sasuke was a quiet boy, but a passionate one, as they had seen from his initial pre-teen years of wanting revenge for what his brother had done. Even then he was a boy who spoke little, but who had eyes that was lit by a fiery ice which burned yet froze at will. Their original relationship, one of rivalry was a violate one.

Smack those two together in a relationship where emotions were taken to even higher levels for a few weeks, especially at the peak of their puberty, you were bound to have a rather emotional and physical relationship.

One that would involve a lot more than kissing.

As Ino had suspected originally.

However, since that day, seeing the reactions on the two boys' face during that accidental kiss, doubts began to enter their minds and on this day, they decided to finally get together and talk.

And so, they talked. Sakura started the conversation, a rather curious look on her face. A look of uncertainty and a faltering stand.

"I don't know about you guys, but I'm starting to wonder..." She trailed off, unwillingly to continue the thought that she was wrong. After all that she had done too.

Hinata continued. Unlike the others, she had done less, merely standing in the background, concentrating on supporting her friend. She seemed to have forgotten that she was the president of Naruto's fan club, and thus had much control over the rumors concerning him. "There is a rather strong possibility that we were wrong. We had asked the two of them and they continued to deny over and over again that they were dating. We should have believed them when they continued to support what they said for so long."

Ino, being Ino, vehemently replied, "But we can't be totally blamed! There was an equally strong possibility that they weren't telling the truth." She had a slight unwillingness to admit they weren't dating because that meant that she was wrong. She had started it all too, so that meant that everything was all her fault. Quite frankly, she didn't want to have that burden. Especially not when it involved Naruto and Sasuke. She shuddered to think what they would do to her...

Not knowing that they were already planning it all...

Suddenly, Sakura spoke, "What if we asked Gaara?"

"About?"

"Well, didn't Sasuke-kun say that he dated him recently?" Sakura looked at the others, "It's the only way left to get the truth."

It was really more like a month ago since that day of the meeting; a lot of time had passed. In which Sasuke and Naruto learned what it was like to have a fan club. The true meaning that it hid deep within the members, a monster rarely let out except in times like these. On the surface, they cared deeply about their idol, beneath it lied a monster whose interest laid deeper than simple care, it delved into the realm of possessiveness and obsessiveness. It lurked underneath the underneath, just waiting to come out...

Or so it seemed anyway.

"We don't know where he is though." Hinata interjected with a hopeful look on her face, despite her words.

Wanting to find out the truth quickly, Ino said, "Well then, we'll just have to find out, won't we?"

And so the three girls, determined to find the truth once and for all, set out to find Gaara.

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Several hours later, they returned to the field exhausted, sweaty, hungry and a bit... smelly. Needless to say, after a glance at their faces, nothing was solved, nothing was found and most importantly, the truth remained hidden.

They had went to the Hokage to see if she, by any chance, had any information regarding Gaara and his two siblings. It was a fruitless interrogation as Tsunade had not known their whereabouts since a month or so ago. The girls found this interesting, but refrained from saying anything. Next, they had a speed-message sent to a few nearby villages where they had their own contacts, made from years of being a shinobi who traveled much. They also did not find anything from there.

As a last attempt, they went off themselves as far as they could, as fast as they could. Separating to cover as much ground as possible, and using any clues that they could find, all they were led to in the end was absolutely nothing.

In reality, it was Hinata and Ino who had went off and covered as much ground as they possibly could in such a short time as their attempt to find Gaara. Sakura, the devious girl she was, went off to wander the streets. Walking from town to town in a relaxed state, she stopped mere minutes before the time of their return to spread a little dust and a little dirt on her clothes. It wouldn't be good to go back looking neatly when she was supposed to be off desperately trying to find Gaara.

Not to say she knew where he was, oh no, she was in the dark just as much as all the other people were. It was simply that she already knew the truth, there was no reason to search for the boy when she knew if he didn't want to be found, he wouldn't be found. She simply knew the truth, she'd known for some time, she just decided to... shield that fact from the rest of the town.

Sakura was an intelligent girl, she knew there was no way possible the two boys would have sex at the time Ino said they had. They weren't at that stage, not yet. She wasn't the smartest girl in town for no reason. She may not have had great physical strength, but her strategies, her quick mind, her sharp eyes, they were all she needed to survive. They were all she needed in order to see what she had seen; all she needed to realize the truth that had hurt her, but gave her strength as well. If they were to be able to survive as they needed to, they would need her and she wanted to be there for the. Years of being on the same team didn't mean nothing to her, it meant everything. And it was because of that everything that she was doing what she was, did what she had. It was, after all, she who had--

Her thoughts were cut off, interrupted by the arrival of the other two girls. Knowing that they had not found anything, she also quickly adopted a look of exhaustion and spoke with them.

A little while later, they had decided to give up. Gaara and his siblings were nowhere in the vicinity in Konoha. Although considering he had left what seemed to be soon after his "supposed break-up with Sasuke-kun", he could have been anywhere by now. Gathering together, this was what the three girls had found and in their exhaustion, they did the only thing they could think off. They went straight to the source.

They went to Sasuke's house.

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Too tired to sprint, the girls leisurely walked to the home which Sasuke had lived in for most of his life. All the way there, they continued to talk.

"What should we do if Sasuke-kun tells us the same thing he's always been telling us?" Hinata asked, cocking her head in a curious manner, "After all, wouldn't it seem weird if we suddenly accepted his words after so long of saying he was in denial?"

Sakura nodded her head along slowly, "There is that, but I think that as long as we don't overdo it, he'll just be glad that we believe him. Even he knows that if we believe him, sooner or later, the rumor would disappear and most likely he and Naruto-kun would be left alone." Shrugging her shoulders, she continued speaking in a relaxed tone that was not expected from her at this time, "Besides, there's always the chance that he had been lying from the start and decide to tell us that. You never know, he might've decided to stop with the facade."

She ended with a smile, one dangerously leading to what could be named as a smirk. The other girls, too tired to concentrate on anything other than the road never noticed. Perhaps if they did, they might have ganged up and pushed the situation further. But the chance was lost and the situation was settled and they had finally arrived at Sasuke's house.

With Inner Sakura silently cheering her on and grinning that grin that spoke of mischievous evil, Sakura lifted an arm, lifted a hand, and pressed her finger against the doorbell.

Moments later, the door opened to reveal Naruto.

There was a blink here and there, a caught gasp in someone's throat, before a squeak... squeaked out.

"Um... Na-Naruto-kun?"

Now, don't be thinking anything extreme, Naruto didn't open the door with only a towel on or anything. But our poor, dear girls, the virgins that they truly are (or at least are said to be), didn't exactly expect the boy to show up at the door wearing only a t-shirt.

And when we say only a t-shirt, we mean only a t-shirt.

Thankfully- for our hot-blooded girls- the t-shirt did cover his bottom. It covered it, but only barely; the edge of the t-shirt skimming a little less than mid-thigh. Showing quite clearly that there were no boxers and not quite as clearly, but quite obviously, there were definitely no briefs. Showing also quite obviously the lean muscular legs that came from years of training as a shinobi. Strong, tanned legs that just made you wanna moan. Ahem, not that we would know why you would want to. Really, they're just legs, nice long type of legs that you could imagine being wrapped around another person in an erotic position that made you feel...

Erm... yes.

Anyway, it just so happened that a little breeze blew by, and-

"Naruto? Who's at the door?" A deep voice spoke calmly and huskily, coming from behind Naruto, and from inside the house, the voice sent shivers down the girl's spines. The voice that they heard, the tone; it was all something they've never heard from this person because they did know who said it.

Fingers twitched when the three girls' eyes traveled from crotch level to above shoulders. Coming from behind, a dark head appeared, arms sliding around the boy's stomach to cross fingers and trail pinkies.

Up and down, up and down, swhoop, swhoop, inching, inching, sliding, sliding down and down. Hands following pinkies and trailing lower and lower, reaching the hem of the shirt and...

The hands retreated back into their original positions before an amused voice spoke.

"Is there anything we can do for you, Sakura-chan, Hinata-chan and Ino-chan?" A gasp ended his sentence, and searching eyes saw what had caused it. Sasuke was slowly, sensually dragging his lips over the tanned expanse of Naruto's neck. Minutely caressing the skin with his tongue, leaving trails of wetness which he blew on, causing the blond boy to shudder in ecstasy.

The three girls stood at the door, entranced with the sight in front of them; it was extreme, it was erotic, it was so fucking hot. Dazed expressions crossed their faces, eyes clouding, they were (quite rudely) jerked out of their fantasies by a very non-discreet cough.

Still caught in the web they were trapped in, the girls were startled and took several moments to claw out of their daze, stuttering in a futile attempt to generate some sort of response.

"A-ano, eto... erm, uh..." The girls were unable to form any type of coherent communication and so in a desperate attempt to say something, blurted out the last thing they ever really wanted to say.

"I don't suppose you'll let us come in and watch?"

Mortified, Hinata- of all people- covered her mouth and blushed hard.

"Th-that was not what I wanted to say..." She trailed off, seeing the smug looks cross the boys' features.

Beside her, Sakura was slowly crawling out of her state, forcing the urge to squeal deep down where it was not to be seen for some time. Forming words, but emitting no sounds, she was ignored.

On the other hand, Ino was looking quite smug. Even more than the boys; a smirk slowly grew, spreading and taking over her face until it resembled that of Ursula in The Little Mermaid (tm) when she successfully snatched the trident from the king. Needless to say, it was quite unbecoming, but soon, when Sasuke and Naruto did not respond, merely stood at the door looking and looking, she faltered and wondered.

Realizing that they had yet to speak, Sakura finally escaped the depths of the hole she fell into and replied to the question asked some time ago.

"We were going to ask you a question concerning the rumors... but it's already been answered." Ending her sentence, she mentally rolled her eyes at the absurdity of that statement. She couldn't think of anything better to say?

A slow smile crept onto Naruto's face as Sasuke returned to his previous actions. Blood rushing abruptly to their faces, Ino- quite smoothly, we should add- declared their finished business at his house and swiftly left the premises.

Or at least, tried to.

For when Ino spoke her words, Sasuke stepped out from behind Naruto, revealing that while Naruto wore no pants, he wore no shirt. Seeing as how the designs on both shirt and pants were similar, it was quickly deducted that they were wearing clothes from the same outfit. This observation led to rather... curious thoughts and thus Ino stalled, losing her original thought process.

Smoothly, Sasuke swept an arm into his house and said, "Are you sure you don't want to come in for a bit? You guys look a little tired."

Deciding that it would be rude to decline such an offer, Hinata took charge and accepted his invitation.

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Fully stepping into the house, they were met with a hallway that branched off shortly into what seemed to be the kitchen and then the living room. Leading the girls to the living room, Sasuke moved quickly to serve them drinks before excusing both himself and Naruto to "wear more appropriate clothing".

Walking up a set of nearby stairs and soon disappearing into a room with the closing of a door, the guests sitting in the living room glanced at each other. They had not come here expecting what they had seen.

"You did see what I just saw right? I'm not imagining things or something?" Ino looked at the other girls, receiving confirmation nods which caused her eyes to widen before retreating back to a normal size.

"I don't suppose...?"

Knowing what the other girl was thinking, Sakura shook her head, "There's no way possible that the two of them would be able to do this just to trick us. If they weren't dating, they might've been mad at us for putting them through what they did. But not enough to do..." Unwilling to revive the memories of the past few minutes, Sakura continued at a different place, "Sasuke-kun and Naruto-kun are not the type of people to fool us this way. They're just... not."

She ended her argument weakly, not knowing whether she should believe herself or not. However, Hinata was quite sure and she also shook her head and said, "Naruto-kun would not do something like this unless he truly had feelings for Sasuke-kun. And if he did, Naruto-kun would not be the type of person to do this only after this.. scandal. He would've realized it in the beginning and told Sasuke-kun. He's not the type to hide these kind of feelings within himself, maybe other issues, but not something like this."

Sighing, the other two girls nodded along, finding sense in what Hinata said. They knew Naruto was a courageous person, over the years he had only proved that time and time again. He wouldn't hide it from himself if he knew that he liked Sasuke and he wouldn't hide it from Sasuke. And since this was the case, it would go against all reason that he would only realize it now. The girls saw their interactions in the past, and if that was not enough to tell them that they had a connection even then, they would never realize it.

Which showed how much they knew Naruto, seeing as Naruto indeed did not know that he liked Sasuke (because we all know he does even if he doesn't). So their whole idea swapping in the last few moments proved to be absolutely wrong. In which case you can immediately forget the words that had been displayed as we are not even sure if they make any sense.

Meanwhile, in the floor above them, Sasuke and Naruto attempted to find clothes to wear. Attempted because ever since Naruto had moved in a few days before, the whole room was a mess in an attempt to make it seem as if Naruto had stayed there before and for some time.

Digging through piles of crap, Naruto managed to find a pair of pants, but no underwear. Grimacing slightly, but shrugging it off moments later, he slid the pants on, hoping desperately that they were his pants. Sasuke, on the other hand, seeing that Naruto wore a pair of pants, wrenched his shirt off before wearing it himself. Pointedly ignoring Naruto's glare, he searched in his closet for a while before coming out with another shirt.

"Here, wear this." Sasuke tossed the shirt towards Naruto, revealing with such an action that the pants Naruto wore... were totally his.

Silently cursing himself, Naruto dragged the shirt over his head, allowing Sasuke a peaceful moment of staring at his "boyfriend" without interruptions. Swiftly walking towards the door as the shirt was pulled down, disclosing a smirk that was not seen by Sasuke as he had turned around, he opened the door and beckoned Naruto to follow.

Fuming at his expected obedience, Naruto nevertheless did so, but not without getting back at the other.

He pounced at the boy, hanging off his back, crossing his legs around Sasuke's waist and curled his arms around his neck.

"Ne, Sasuke, carry me!"

With such a loud statement, the girls in the living room turned their heads and up the stairs to see the scene.

And what a cute scene it was.

Naruto, with a huge grin hung off of Sasuke while Sasuke smiled endearingly at the blond boy.

Before abruptly dropping Naruto on his ass.

In trying to retaliate, Naruto tackled Sasuke, forgetting that they stood a mere few feet away from the stairs, leading the two to tumble down them. Rolling to a stop a little away from the couches where the girls sat, Naruto laid on top of Sasuke, before propping himself up to look down at him.

From a moment there was laughter and joy, before slowly it all faded away as blue eyes gazed into black ones. An intense gaze was held in Naruto's eyes as he looked into what everyone called the windows to the soul. He looked deep into them, saw the joy, saw the content, saw the torrent of emotions being tossed around in Sasuke's eyes and soul. Peering quietly into his eyes, never noticing that Sasuke was doing the same.

But in his eyes, he saw more than the happiness, the pure feeling of being. He saw the pain, the loneliness, he saw the five year-old crouching by the tree, lying alone in a field.

Slowly, never realizing, the two gravitated towards each other, the comforting weight on top of Sasuke, the warm arms wrapped around Naruto, slowly, painstakingly slowly, lips met in attempt to connect. To feel all that the other could feel, to be what the other was.

Soft lips brushed, cold lips brushed before they warmed to press against each other. A slight parting of the mouth, a peek of a tongue, a sweep across the lower lip and a entrance created. Delving into the warm opening, Naruto's tongue met Sasuke's, a caress of the most intimate kind and a moan broke out and they tentatively reached deeper into each other.

Desire fueling the kiss, they ignored all else, trying to feel all, taste all. Hands roamed up the shirt, down the pants, arms tightened as they tried to get closer and closer together.

Tongues retreated and the two merely rested their mouths against each other, feeling their presence, feeling the warmth, feeling the heartbeat. Naruto brought his head back up and gazed at Sasuke once again, seemingly lost. He brought his head down to kiss his lips once again; feeling, tasting, being only with him.

It was a moment of connection, a moment of learning and the moment was shattered as one of the girls sighed in contentment.

Abruptly, the two boys seemed to realize where they were, with whom they were with and the two shot away from each other, expressions of horror crossing their faces for a split second.

Apparently, it was a split second too much as all three girls saw the look and were startled by what that meant. It was an observation filed into the appropriate slot of their brains to be examined later as the two boys seemed to have realized their mistake and just as quickly moved back together in the position that they were first in when they had opened the door.

The girls' suspicions rose as they saw this and needing time to think and perhaps plan, they rapidly excused themselves.

"So sorry to bother you guys, but I just realized that I need to go back to the shop. 'Kaa-san wants me to take over for a little while. Maybe I'll see you guys later?" One excuse was given and then another was presented.

"I forgot I had to do some shopping, I need to go as well."

Hinata spoke last, the only one out of the three telling the truth, "I need to talk to the fan club about the new vice-president, I should go as well."

Sasuke and Naruto both nodded, carefully showing curious faces to show that they didn't understand why they had came and then left so suddenly. Nevertheless, the two showed the girls out the door, watching as they left the vicinity. When their presence was felt no more, the two turned to each other.

"So, Sasuke. Good job?"

"Yeah," he smirked, "Good job."

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Walking back into the house, the two entered the kitchen to sit and talk some more.

"Are you sure we should've done that?" Naruto cocked his head, waiting for the question he knew would come before the answer. And he was right.

"Do what?" Pretending he did not know, Sasuke glanced at Naruto before turning to the refrigerator to prepare the night's meal. "You don't mean pretending to be boyfriends, do you?"

Naruto rolled his eyes at Sasuke's slight eccentricity. "You know very well I don't mean that. I already know about why we're doing that."

"So?" Smiling slightly, Sasuke pitter-pattered around the kitchen, bringing out pots and pans.

"Why are we pretending that we're horrified about kissing each other? Wouldn't that make them suspicious?"

"Oh, so you like us kissing each other?"

Naruto scrunched up his nose in embarrassment, "Oh, shush."

Laughing, Sasuke turned to Naruto and dropped a kiss on his cheek- having spent the last four days practicing actions like these, Naruto barely reacted- before answering his question.

"The reason why we're acting as if we are just acting as boyfriends in front of them is simple. To confuse them."

"What do you mean? How are we going to confuse them by acting like we're not boyfriends?"

"That's the beauty of it all Naruto." Sasuke smiled at him, "We weren't really boyfriends in the beginning of all this. But then we got together when we were planning our revenge. They don't know that. If we acted like we were pretending to be boyfriends as our revenge, it'll get them confused, won't it? Especially if at other times we act as lovey-dovey as we can. And when they're confused..."

"Their guard is down."

"Exactly. And when their guard is down..."

"We can carry out the rest of our revenge with no problem."

"I knew I liked you for some reason." Naruto grinned at him, glee shining out at his every word.

"And here I thought it was because I was the sexiest bastard you've ever met."

"Well, that too." And with that, Naruto pulled Sasuke down to give him a kiss.

A deep full-on kiss that let them panting moments later.

To Be Continued...

La/-/er- Hum, this was... different. Totally was not going this way. The last scene was so not in my original plans either. They weren't even supposed to get together yet either! It was supposed to happen like... a lot of chapters later. My whole story's changed. And I'm not even sure if the explanation in the last scene made sense. If it doesn't make sense, I'll see what I can do next chapter. Speaking of the next chapter, since this chapter went all different, I'm going to go back a couple of days, explain what went on and how they got together. Or I'll just continue and it'll come up as I go. I'll have to see.

This chapter was extra long to make up the lateness, and if you noticed, my initial paragraphs were longer, so even if the scroll bar isn't that much smaller, technically I did write more. (O.o 5,000 words...duude) Anywayz, the next chapter comes at best, the end of this week, at worst, in two weeks. Hopefully. Grr.

Written: A heck lot of days... around October 6 to October 11 2004.

Edited: 4/27/05