Disclaimer: I want to assume that since you're in this chapter, you already know I don't own Naruto. But as we all know, assuming makes an ass out of you and me. so no, I don't own Naruto or anything related to it. Anything.

QY- Two things I wanna say. One- Never ever, ever believe me when I tell you that I'm going update in the next few days. It keeps your hopes from getting too high. Two- You will never have to worry about me not finishing. And three- I wasn't gonna say this yet but you guys totally Rock.

Review Responses: (Because there's so much of you :cheer: not all of you have written responses. Regardless, I love you all the same XD)

Thanks to everyone including:

Noniechan, Night-Owl123, AnimeFreakPerson, Dark Mimiru-chan, daflippnay, brokenraven, Kali Swifteye, YoungSasuke, Mariemaia1, QuestofDreams, Rukia Bi, Tenshi Urameshi

ghostninja85- I always liked the thought of a devious Lee, so he came up here. And believe me, we all wish they would get it on soon, haha. And the reference to your story was needed. It's a good story with not enough recognition.

Nanashi2- I make them adorable... :gets dizzy:

Tsugath- Ah, but the thing about Lee is he does get it. He's one of the few people that can see that they're not really together yet. Remember, this happens before they do. Naruto's still in between the denial-acceptance phase. They just need a tiny push more.

Seito- Fwha... you have spread the bug. Hugs!

Ulitheal- I hope reading the added scene in the last chapter helped. If not, tell me. And I'm thinking about raising the rating... possibly. But you are right, we're all pervs anyway, what does it matter? XD

averaye- Three words: I love you. Seriously though, thanks. And did the extra scene in the last chapter help your confusion? Yes? No? And it's nice that you love my story, cuz I love yours too.

Nuppu- Yes... it was disappointingly short, but I added a new scene and added a page, whoo! It always soothes my soul when someone says it was worth the wait. And interestingly, ever since I started writing this story... the squirrels have been everywhere, I am so not joking. And Itachi is the only one worthy to create the key, lol.

Aimi-chan- A lemon... might come, maybe. According to one of my friends, I don't write perverted enough. And your idea scared me. Locking Lee with Gai brought a nasty image to mind... but I'll think about it :-)

Aurum-:insane laughter:

forevercrazy18- The key is totally awesome, isn't it? So is Lee. And breaking the rules isn't very nice. ...I don't want to change this to a R because I don't want to cut anyone out, so if I do write something not PG-13, it'll be posted separately on my livejournal (created specifically for this purpose) But that makes it sound like I'm writing one, doesn't it?

sylver rain- Yes, you definitely need to tell me how fantastic this is. Lol, kidding. Thanks for asking me the questions, it helped a lot. And I hope writing the extra scene helped you. The thing with Shika might've been answered in that scene, but I guess it depends on how good you are in reading between the lines. Ice cream... I shudder. Thinking of ice cream when it's 14 degrees Fahrenheit is not pleasant.

MeanaLitaia- First off, I want to thank you for all the reviews you've written me. Each time I see one, I get the urge to talk to you on AIM and glomp you, but interestingly, every time I try to, you're away. It's a sign... And I know this is going to disappoint you but... real life for me isn't quite as hard as it could/should be considering I'm a junior... I'm just lazy. Hehe. But I'll try harder for your selfishness :-P

Yuen-chan- My opinions on Itachi switch fast, at that moment, he seemed very cute, I'm glad you think so too. I'm starting to think that I need you to review before I even think of getting myself to write... And we should all re-think our opinion of Lee... he's a very cool character. (my geekiness speaks)

Jew-Muffin- Your type of reviews always make me so proud. Haha, I'll do my hardest to keep writing as good as I seem to have been.

Sticking in Shikamaru is Spooy's idea. It just took me some time to maneuver him in.

Now, onto the (hopefully) ridiculously long chapter!

Delicious Revenge --- Chapter IX --- QianYun

Trapped

To say that their reaction to Lee's statement brought feelings of shock and slight annoyance is a huge understatement. There was a stunned silence after Lee said... what he said and the absolute shock that they felt hearing the words come from, of all people, Lee floored the two teenagers and for a few moments, they could only stare at him.

Lee was blissfully smiling at the two teenagers, not quite aware of the killing intent apparent in the their aura. Despite his previous statement of not being as naïve as the rest of the village believed him to be, there was only a certain extent that that truth could stretch and it seemed at this moment that it had reached its limit.

Only to be broken moments later when at the approach of the two teenagers, Lee merely stepped through the doorway to avoid the attack. An avoidance that was made quite well for the two of them were struck speechless once again when they discovered that they could not leave. Not a hair, a toe, a finger or a breath was able to escape through the doorway despite the appearance of an empty space.

Frustrated, Naruto brought up a hand to bang at the invisible wall, only to stumble from the shock of hitting thin air. But just as suddenly that he fell, he was rendered motionless as his right arm seemed to hang mid-air. While his forearm and hand were moving, the rest of his body seemed to be plastered against an invisible barrier. Naruto frantically tugged at his arm and soon grew panicked by the fact that he could not move it.

Meanwhile, Sasuke stood behind him, narrowing his eyes at the scene. After a moment of thought, he sighed and said, "Naruto, dobe, that's not going to help. If you stop struggling, I'm sure Lee," here, Sasuke threw a look towards the boy, "will release you."

A bright smile stretched across the expanse of the green-clad boy's face. "How right you are, Sasuke." His eyes twinkled in a way quite unlike the usual fire in his eyes. It could've perhaps been because no one had ever quite seen Lee look... mischievous.

But Shikamaru only sighed in annoyance, wanting to get everything over with because he really, really, missed staring at the clouds with Chouji. Usually with Ino in the background chattering away.

Even with their words, Naruto continued to thrash around, resorting to jumping up and down while his arm was kept totally still in a way separate from his body. It was still moving, proof enough that Naruto could still control his arm, but it didn't move with Naruto when he jumped.

The onlookers soon began to grimace because with all the jumping that Naruto was doing, he was doing nothing but wearing away the sleeve of his jacket and with a concerned look, Lee quickly released whatever he was doing, causing Naruto to fall in the middle of his jumping. He quickly grasped his arm to his body and started to poke at it.

Satisfied that he could finally touch his arm and move it along with the rest of the body, he turned, unexpectedly not a glare, but a wounded look towards Lee's direction. Receiving the look and knowing what Naruto was trying to convey, he winced in an apology, but refused to feel regret.

Moving quickly, but carefully, he pushed the two boys back into the house, stepped in himself and dragged Shikamaru with him.

All within a few seconds that were just barely quick enough. A moment later and Sasuke would've been able to push through Lee and escape.

In his towel.

But the impending doom that Sasuke could feel approaching worried him much more than wandering the streets with only a towel on. Besides, since the whole village "knew" that he and Naruto were together now, very few people would even think of coming on to him.

Sasuke may have been known for his broody behavior, but Naruto was known for taking care of his friends. And needless to say, if anybody hit on Sasuke while he had on nothing but a towel without Sasuke's consent and he had heard about it... it would not be a good scene. Added with the "fact" that Sasuke was Naruto's now - people rather thought that Naruto was a possessive kid, and to an extent he was - no one would've expected to come out of the ordeal alive. Or alive and without impending nightmares.

Of course, this wasn't going to be happening anytime soon, so no point in discussing things that will never happen.

At the moment that Sasuke tried to escape, Lee had managed to bring everyone in and simultaneously 'lock' the door. So all Sasuke got was a pained face from smashing against an invisible barrier.

In order to maintain their privacy and to not arouse suspicion when Naruto bangs into an invisible wall as he tries to escape - because we all know he will - Lee closed the physical door and closed the physical lock. Which was pretty much pointless since it was unlocked ten minutes later, leaving behind two teenagers to stare at their backs.

Within those ten minutes, a quick conversation took place, select phrases included:

"You, -bleep- What the -bleep- is wrong with you"

"Now, Sasuke, it's for your-"

"Don't you -bleep- dare tell me it's for my own -bleep- good. I swear I'll -bleep- you up -bleep-"

":yawn: Getting angry won't do you good. Why are you so mad anyway?"

"Why am I so -bleep- mad! WHY AM I-- hey, good question."

If Shikamaru wasn't already expecting that answer, he would've sighed in exasperation, as it was, he just yawned again. "Now that you're thinking clearly again, please remember that we are doing this for your own good and we would appreciate if you actually used this situation to your advantage. If nothing comes out of this, it will be your own fault," he tossed a look towards Naruto, who had for some reason crawled onto the couch of the living room, ignoring everybody else, "and trust me, if you don't get your act together, someone will be severely disappointed. And remember, Sasuke, this is Naruto. Uzumaki Naruto. Do not do the same things you would do with other people."

At this, Sasuke had narrowed his eyes at Shikamaru, wondering just what he knew. But the thought was wiped away when Lee interrupted to say, "Sasuke, we have already set up certain precautions to make sure that you are progressing in your relationship with Naruto. We only wish the best for you guys and mean no harm. I sincerely hope that this will help. And if it doesn't..." Lee trailed off, a sad look appearing on his face, "I only wish that it will."

With a despondent sigh, he tugged at Shikamaru's sleeve before leaving with him, quietly closing the door behind him.

Both Sasuke and Naruto watched as they left, feeling oddly touched that Lee would care so much. Maybe they should try to work things out?

Meanwhile, outside, as soon as the door closed completely and he was sure that the occupants of the house could not see him, Lee started grinning like a maniac. Sighing, he said, "Ah... I got them good. I always knew I was a good actor."

Shikamaru merely rose an eyebrow and shook his head, "Lee... you scare me."

With a blink, Lee returned to his usual attitude, "Do not worry, Shikamaru, with effort, we can overcome anything!" He struck the good guy pose, and an image of rising waves appeared behind him before he deflated with Shikamaru's departure. For a moment, it seemed that Lee would return to feeling and looking sad, but he perked up and started whistling.

"Ah, what a good day this is." With a wide grin, Lee set off to leave Sasuke and Naruto alone.

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"Do you ever think that Lee isn't who he really seems to be sometimes?" Naruto asked Sasuke who was approaching the living room.

"All the time."

"But...?" A curious look crossed Naruto's face, waiting for Sasuke to respond.

"But then I see him with Gai and know that the two of them are hiding something from us. So it's not that Lee's not who he seems to be. It's just that the Lee we see isn't the whole Lee. After all," Sasuke sat on the couch next to Naruto, "Lee didn't know Gai his whole life, so there has to be a part of him that isn't just a clone of Gai. Just as Gai must have grown to be the way he is. We worry about the teenage years so much that we forget that a person's most basic personality is formed when we're still children. Just like you, Naruto."

"Uh-huh." Shrugging off Sasuke's words, he put his right arm under him to push himself up, but as he did so, a hiss of pain escaped through his teeth and Sasuke immediately turned towards him.

"Naruto?"

Already knowing what he would ask, Naruto said, "It's nothing, Sasuke, I guess I was jumping a little too much." He laughed a little, brushing off the pain as if it wasn't a big deal.

Unfortunately, that notion was destroyed when Sasuke grabbed his arm and received another, louder hiss of pain. Suppressing the curse that was waiting to come out, Naruto glared at Sasuke and tried to yank his arm back. But Sasuke kept a firm hold on it and slowly rolled up the sleeve.

When it reached past the point where Naruto's arm had been caught in the barrier, Sasuke winced at the sight. There was a line of red circulating the entire arm and it was not a thin nor neat line.

Some parts were already turning purple and at some places, the skin was more than bruised, it was chafed. Sasuke slowly moved one of his hands around the bruise, and received a gasp of pain from his ministrations. Biting his lip in an unusual sign of concern, the dark haired boy released Naruto's arm to run both hands up and down the arm, examining the extent of the damage. Another noise of pain escaped Naruto, this time muffled.

The pain was a little more than Naruto had expected. There was no reason for a bruise like this to hurt so much. He had been stabbed by kunai and swords, struck by wood and metal and every time, he never felt pain like this. Even when he did, it was something extreme and although the pain might've lasted, any physical markings disappeared soon after. That was the power of the Kyuubi. This bruise and pain was something unexpected and as such, he could not help but indicate the discomfort running through his system.

By the time Naruto finished thinking, Sasuke had a frown on his face. Wordlessly, he got up and went to the bathroom to reappear moments later with a box in his hand. Opening it, he revealed several medicinal bottles and a few rolls of gauze.

"Stay still, Naruto. This might hurt a little." Naruto was tempted to fire off a retort, but knew that he was only trying to help. So he only muttered a quiet, "ok", and let Sasuke did what he wanted.

First, Sasuke opened one of the bottles and poured the liquid onto his hands. He rubbed them together and immediately a smell arose. It wasn't completely medicinal, but there was a sharp smell to it that made Naruto dizzy when he breathed in too deeply. Completely ignoring the smell, Sasuke brought his hands onto Naruto's arm and slowly began massaging the medicinal oil into the skin.

Up and down, Sasuke's hands soothed the muscles in Naruto's arm, relaxing the tense and pained nerves. Every once in a while, Naruto hissed between his teeth, but otherwise remained quiet. Periodically, Sasuke re-wet his hands and each time his hands left Naruto's arm and air would touch his arm, a cool sensation lingered. For a few minutes, Sasuke continued rubbing his hands on and around the bruised area, making sure that his hands touched every part. Naruto watched him as he did this, not speaking a word.

Finally, Sasuke closed the bottle and brought the gauze to his arm. Slowly and neatly, he wrapped the bruised area with the gauze, making sure that they were at least three layers covering each part of the injured area. Satisfied with his wrapping, he dug out a pair of scissors from the box and neatly snipped away the extra gauze. He cut off a piece of medicinal tape and secured the gauze into place.

Everything was done without a sound and when Sasuke finally spoke, Naruto jerked his head up with a start.

"I'm not sure how long the gauze should stay on since you usually heal pretty fast. So just make sure you don't wet it when you take a shower. I'll take off the wrapping tomorrow morning and if the bruise is still there, I rub on more oil."

Naruto gave a silent nod and watched as Sasuke got up to bring the box back. His thoughts remained quiet even when Sasuke came back to stand in front of him.

For a moment, they stared at each other, neither of them having any words to say. Finally, Sasuke sighed and lightly smacked Naruto on the side of his head.

"C'mon idiot, you still need to take a shower from this morning and I need to actually change into some clothes."

At his words, Naruto zoned into Sasuke's bare chest and a light pink dusted his cheeks. He blinked, got up and walked towards the bathroom. The door closed behind him quietly, leaving Sasuke to stare at his back.

He heaved a heavy sigh and muttered, "Idiot."

Suddenly, a shout came from the bathroom, "I heard that, you bastard!"

A smile appeared on Sasuke's lips before he shook his head and climbed the steps to his room.

As the narration of the first day is getting ridiculously long (almost two chapters now), this is the summary for the rest of the day:

Naruto took a shower and discovered that he forgot to bring clean clothes with him. He hurriedly wrapped a towel around himself as he was getting cold, opened the bathroom door and ran up the stairs to his new room.

Since he was running blindly, he ran right into a newly dressed Sasuke, stumbled and fell on his ass, dropping his towel as he went down.

Both boys proceeded to blush in exceedingly red shades before Sasuke made one of those remarks that he always seems to make.

Naruto flushed, snatched his towel and proceeded to walk away from Sasuke, presented him a very nice view indeed.

He rushed into his room, searched frantically for an outfit and decided to put on the first thing he found.

Which happened to be a mesh shirt and pants with too many holes in them.

Naruto looked at himself in the mirror weirdly for a moment before smirking in a way that looked eerily like Sasuke and left his room.

He headed to the door, hoping and praying that Lee forgot to lock it, but his hopes were crushed when even though he opened the physical door, he was unable to go out.

Sasuke laughed at him for even trying - not bothering to tell Naruto he already had - and told him that lunch was ready.

Lunch was a quiet affair, even though dessert was Naruto's favorite.

The two boys, after staring at each other, decided that if they couldn't get out, they would avoid each other the best they could.

It didn't work as hours later after that, both of them gravitated towards the living room.

They ended up paying poker until night time.

Then they grew bored with poker because poker is quite boring with only two people and started watching the television.

Sasuke accidentally flipped to a porn channel that had appeared ever since someone moved into the house closest to him.

It had been abandoned for a long time in fear of the Uchiha, but someone decided to be brave and bought the house.

Never mind that the house is so far away from Sasuke's that even if you yelled, he would never be able to hear you. Assuming he wasn't trying to, of course.

The two teenagers had sat, stunned, in front of the television before Sasuke had the courage (the audacity, really) to flip the channel again.

Both boys simultaneously decided to retreat into their rooms for the time being.

An hour later, Sasuke prepared dinner and wandered up to Naruto's room. He heard some curious sounds, but after questioning the other, he only received an answer that Naruto was apparently moving something. Shrugging it off, he told Naruto to come down for dinner and received an affirmative. (1)

At dinner, things seemed slightly tense and uncomfortable on Naruto's part.

When they were finished, Naruto washed the dishes and both of them retreated to their rooms to think.

They fell asleep easily...

And woke up easily. The day was spent watching the television, after Sasuke had removed the gauze from Naruto's arm to reveal a bruised, but slightly better looking arm. Each second ticked by with the slowest speeds possible. Several times during the day, Lee dropped by, each time leaving with the saddest expression he could put on.

Although the two boys felt a little bad about disappointing Lee, they had no urge to do anything about it. So they spent the day doing what all the normal teenagers their age did when they were trapped in their house.

That's right. They were training. Beating each other up, taking out their boredom on each other, slashing or bruising every reachable body part. Except for Naruto's right arm. That was the only part of his body that was left intact. Or as intact as it could be considered it was already messed up the day before.

The two teenagers tired out quickly; boredom tends to suck all the energy out of you even when you've been doing nothing. And since those two were fighting, the energy they had left drained pretty rapidly. They spent the next hour on the floor, controlling their breathing once again and then merely stared off into space. Two times, Lee had peeked in to see this scene. While he wasn't exactly pleased that their relationship wasn't progressing quite the way that he wanted it to be, at least they weren't pushing each other beyond the limits.

For several hours, the house remained silent, the only noise coming once from when they decided that they were hungry and needed to eat. This caused another food fight to break out, but it was in a half-hearted spirit, having none of the bounce that the first food fight had. At the end, there was a hesitation on both parts of leaving the kitchen, but without any specific reason to do anything, they separated to clean themselves up. Naruto stayed in the first floor bathroom while Sasuke walked upstairs to use that bathroom.

The whole day was lackluster and vastly different from the usual interaction that they usually had. Uneasy feelings grew between them, both wanting to break the silence but not knowing what to say.

They went to bed, waiting for the next day and as time passed, they thought a lot. Contemplated about the world, life, love, the other boy sleeping in the same house. After the threat of painful headaches from thinking too much in such a short span of time, both of them waited for the next day. They had come to some very important decisions and the only thing left to do was to tell the other.

Tomorrow was to come too early.

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As soon as the sun threatened to blind the entire room and fill every inch with bright yellow light, Naruto woke up...

And buried himself into the covers. Even though he had promised himself that he would talk to Sasuke first thing in the morning, he was hesitant to do so now that the time had actually come. Fortunately, Sasuke decided for him with a loud knock on the door.

"Naruto, get up. The sun's shining, we're stuck in the house and I'm getting bored."

Naruto rolled his eyes, though quite obviously, no one could see the action and loudly replied, "Well, tough luck to you Uchiha, I'm having a good time sleeping. Which you so rudely interrupted me from doing," he hinted at his desire for Sasuke to leave him alone, but in true Sasuke form, he ignored the statement and proceeded to systematically knock on the door. He knocked on the door continuously for a few moments - using his slipper, of course - waited for Naruto's reaction and then stopped for a few minutes. Every time that Naruto was just about to believe that Sasuke had left him alone, another series of knocks sounded. It seemed that the two boys really knew each other just a little too well because the pauses varied in time length and just about completely matched with Naruto's thought processes.

Finally, with a groan, Naruto gave up and got out of bed, all the while grumbling at Sasuke and his extreme evil-ness in not letting people sleep in. Honestly, it wasn't like they had anything to do. Yawning and walking towards the door, he had forgotten that he had slept in the nude the night before due to the sudden heat wave. Indian summers occurred way too often in Konoha. He opened the door and blearily opened his eyes, blinking a couple of times. He raised his hand to rub at his eyes and looked out to see...

Absolutely nothing. It appeared that Sasuke realized Naruto had finally gotten up and left without a word, trusting him to leave the room himself. Naruto shrugged to no one and closed the door, walked over to the closet and looked down at himself.

For a moment, he stared down at his body, wondering why he was able to see his entire body without the (unnecessary) obstruction of clothes. Naruto's eyes widened as he realized that he had just opened a door that Sasuke had a large possibility of being on the other side of. In that moment, he thanked all the gods they knew each other so well. If Sasuke was even the least bit doubtful of whether Naruto got up or not, he would've been standing outside the door. And if he had been standing outside the door, he would've gotten an eyeful of everything that Naruto didn't really want to show him... yet.

Blinking a bit at his own thoughts, Naruto shook his head before reaching into the closet and randomly taking out another outfit to wear. When he brought out the clothes, he scrunched his forehead in confusion. Since when did he ever have leather?

Not bothering to think too hard - he had done enough of that the day before - he slipped on the loose shirt, the shiny pants and leather vest, nose scrunching up at the smell of new leather. He felt he should be wondering about that... but quite frankly, he didn't have the energy to. So he shrugged everything off and left the room.

Meanwhile, Sasuke walked down the stairs with a dazed look to his face. He had left Naruto's room, knowing that he would get up, but at the sound of his door opening, he had turned around to greet him, or yell at him, something. But seeing Naruto naked... is something that would cause your vocal chords to stop functioning. He ran the image over and over and over again until his eyes started to water from the imaginary picture.

He was sorely tempted to slap himself, but deciding that leaving a red handprint when there was no one else in the house would not present of good image, he settled with cooking breakfast. It was almost a miracle that he managed to make a breakfast without anything getting burned if it weren't for the fact that he had been cooking for himself for years now. He was getting to the point where he was focused only on cooking breakfast and nothing else. Not even the image of a completely uncovered Naruto...

Damn.

A little later.

Daaaaamn.

Naruto had walked into the kitchen with the outfit that he threw on a few moments ago. A shirt that while was loose, was a little... too loose. The neckline was pretty much non-existent and probably if it weren't for the fact that he wore a vest, he would've been completely bared. And the vest... the vest was leather. And that's enough to be said about that. The pants that Naruto wore, while it was not skintight - skin tight pants are damn uncomfortable for a guy's crotch - it was slim and tight enough to show every twitch of his leg. And it was shiny. Not mind bendingly shiny like jewels, just... shiny.

Sasuke was pretty sure that he had been staring for a little too long because Naruto started to don a smug look on his face. Wrenching his eyes away from the delectable sight, he turned back to his breakfast, grateful that he hadn't been staring long enough to burn anything. He turned off the fire, set the table and started serving the food. All of this was done in silence and he could see that it was starting to get to Naruto.

Soon enough, a pout formed on Naruto's lips. While he hadn't specifically chosen the outfit for the day, he expected something a little more than a simple stare. Honestly, he was so-

His thoughts were completely interrupted when Sasuke sat on his lap. Before he could eek out a sound, Sasuke picked up the dish of food and started to feed it to him. Every time he finished chewing, another forkful of food was shoved at him and while he was chewing, Sasuke also fed himself.

Determined to finish chewing his food before Sasuke did and say something, he came close to choking when the dark haired boy decided to take advantage of the situation and kiss him. The thing that made him choke was that Sasuke had kissed him on the cheek, oh-so-sweetly. And Naruto was left speechless.

Sasuke rose an eyebrow before smiling slightly and continued to feed Naruto food. They spent the rest of breakfast like this, Sasuke sitting on Naruto's lap, feeding him and himself in turns. It was a quiet morning, but unlike the day before, the air was one full of content feelings.

Somehow, in the span of a day, the boys managed to find a balance and a solution. All without speaking to each other. Somehow, they knew what the other wanted. Somehow, they agreed on the same thing. Somehow... they came together. (2)

Just like everyone else in the village wanted them to.

It was unfortunate that Lee had not arrived at the house yet, for this would have been the perfect picture. But as it was, this memory was left to only Sasuke and Naruto. As it was meant to be.

By the time Lee had returned, Sasuke and Naruto had resorted to... cuddling on the couch. They had fell asleep together, wrapped around each other in an embrace.

But even in their sleep and innocent cuddling, you could cut the sexual tension in the air with a knife. Although Lee had said that he would not let them out of the house without them having sex... he was pretty sure that two hormonal sixteen year olds who had finally confessed their love for each other would not keep their hands to themselves. At least... he hoped not. That would be rather depressing and sad. In the non happiness antonym kind of way.

So, with those hopes, he unlocked the house and waited for the two teenagers to awaken.

He was going to wait a long time.

The two teenagers somehow managed to sleep through most of the day despite that they had nothing the day before. They woke up a few hours after dusk and it was only because they were hungry and they smelled a delicious aroma coming from the kitchen. Simultaneously, the two boys got off the couch and walked towards the kitchen, stomachs grumbling all the way. They reached the doorway and discovered Lee in the kitchen, contently cooking dinner.

Without a word, the two of them sat at the kitchen table and patiently waited for Lee to finish. When he did, he brought out three plates and three bowls and set the table, never showing any surprise at their appearance.

Then again, their stomachs were rather loud...

"I'm glad that you guys were able to solve your problems." Lee spoke softly, as if not wanting to break the peace in the house.

Naruto smiled at him, one of those grins that reminded everyone just why he had a fan club and said, "Yup! I don't know how and I don't really care, but we're together now. I want to say thanks, Lee. Although I still don't think locking us in the house was so smart..." Naruto trailed off, not wanting to really offend the guy who made such a delicious dinner for them.

"Whatever it takes, Naruto, whatever it takes." Lee grinned, once again reminding the two of them exactly what it was they discovered about him in the past few days.

Sasuke just shook his head and said, "As grateful as we are, Lee, because of you, our plans got pushed back."

At this, Lee perked up, "You mean, your plan for revenge?"

"Uh... yeah. How'd you know about it."

"Eavesdropped. Anyway, I think I can help!"

"Help?" This time, it was Naruto who spoke with an incredulous tone.

"Of course! You're my friends! Why wouldn't I?"

There were a million answers that they could've given Lee, but since he was trying to help... "Well, we thank you for your help ahead of time then."

"No problem!" And smiles blossomed on every occupant's face.

Including Shikamaru.

"...When in the world did you get here?" A startled Sasuke spoke, even while he was saying to himself, 'You were not startled, get over yourself.'

"When you guys were too busy talking about helping each other. I'm going to help you guys too."

"Eh, Shikamaru? You're going to help?" Naruto said, amazed at his willingness.

"Ino's been bothersome, obsessing over this issue so much. I figure this is the best way to pay her back."

And so, the plan of revenge expanded to include both Lee and Shikamaru, two friends who were very willing to help them out.

The next day was spent smoothing out plans, allowing for any surprises that may pop up their way and as they found out later, there would be many surprises that they had not been expecting.

On the fifth day, Shikamaru told Sasuke and Naruto that he had spotted Ino and Hinata searching the country for Gaara and suspected that they would soon visit them. His suspicion proved correct and was told at the right time, for they were prepared for the doorbell and started to pull off the biggest prank/revenge Konoha had seen for a long, long time.

Thus, we return to the point in time where the story had last been left. And it is here that their revenge truly begins.

To Be Continued...

(1) I love you guys very muchly for your support. As such, for those of you slightly more... perverted than others, there is an optional scene that I wrote some time ago that was supposed to be in the original chapter 7, but after all my procrastination, it finally found its place in this chapter. As this is a PG-13 fic and I expect you guys to be mature (regardless of whether you are over 13 or not), I feel it is okay to tell you right now that it's just an amateurly-written scene of Naruto masturbating. For those of you who want to get a taste of my "hentai scene", you can find it under an lj-cut named "Practicing Pervert-hood" on October 21on my livejournal that is available on my bio, it is my homepage. If you decide to read it, I would appreciate any comments you have. Even if it only consists of "Dude, you suck. Stick to normal stuff." I would be happy to receive it.

Depending on the feedback on the short scene, I might write a lemon to feed all of your sick fantasies. XD But of course, if my writing isn't good for that kind of stuff, I'm not gonna try. So it depends on your reactions. If no one reads it, I'll take it as a sign that what I have is enough and you guys won't need a fully descriptive sex scene between Sasuke and Naruto written by me.

(2) This is not a lame attempt to get it over with. Some part of me actually believes in this. That extremely fluffy, sappy, and sugary part of me. I try to avoid it... but it's hard. I love it too much.

QY- I did it again. I procrastinated for a long period of time and then finished the chapter in a day. Started it on the same day too. I'll say it again... I kill myself. Anyway, this did turn out to be longer than usual, so I hope everyone likes. This is when things start getting interesting. :insert evil laugh:

Written: 1/27/05 4 p.m. to 1/28/05 12:38 a.m.

Edited: 4/27/05