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QY: For once... I have nothing to say, except as always, thanks to you guys for reading and/or reviewing this story. And sorry for the shortness, kind of weird after the last chapter...
Warning: Kakashi/Iruka-ness in the chapter. You can't miss it. :cough: Sasuke decided he wanted a potty mouth.
Review Responses: (Alphabetical, cuz dude... school is over)
AbsurdAnne- Dinner's here! Yeah, OOC-ness has a way of getting to you.
Aimi-chan- Right... the lemon. You'll have to, uh, wait. Ahem, the revenge plot is starting to blossom now.
Azamaria-chan- The big plan, is big indeed. And to answer your question, they're definitely serious now. Thanks for the review.
Chibixholic- Hehe, you're welcome. And I'm hoping nobody reports this story, but since the scene is pretty deep into it, I'm thinking it won't be. XD thanks for the compliments. And I'm insulted! You think I can't write good KakaIru? You haven't read my Aftermath story then. :nudge nudge:
Daidaiiro-chan- :solemnly: It's great to find another believer. Hehe, I hope you enjoyed it.
ghotsninja85- Once again, thank you for the advice on my writing (and I finally realize why you're so knowledgeable...) I agree, there's a different pace for different kinds of stories. I'll take into account the cross-posting comment. And you're definitely going to see the meat of the plan now.
Gravtity's Addicted- I'll have to say, your review was absolutely amusing. I would love to comment on everything, but it'll turn out to be way to long. Please accept my comment of 'your review was awesome and made me feel warm inside'.
Joonie- Responses to reviews are my life. Oo, so happy you liked the role-playing. And don't worry, the mission wasn't described at all. Other couples make this story fill out, no?
Ookami- The accidental kiss shall forever live on in the memories of SasuNaruSasu fans, as such, there will be many repeats. Thanks for the correction on the quote.
Puchu-chan- Glad you thought it was so great. And now that it's summer, your demand may come true.
RuByMoOn17- Awesome. That was the greatest review ever.
Seito- No.. you weren't hugging them that hard... XD Thank you for saying all of that, and here's the next chapter. I hope it makes Seika mad, lol.
Shi Rurouni of Aphrodesiac- I thought it was strung out too. Thank you, thank you, thank you for all of your comments.
SpiritsFlame- Lol, here's a bag of Milano to make up for the rotten food.
YoungSasuke- It wasn't soon, but here you go!
Thank you all again for reading/reviewing!
Delicious Revenge – Chapter XII – QianYun
Just Like That, One Step Completed
It took more preparation than Sasuke and Naruto really would've liked, but it was to be expected. After all, they hadn't had any visitors for a while - excluding Neji – so their house was a bit... messy and unkempt. They couldn't really be blamed. The two of them were still just teenagers and who truly expected them to clean the place on a regular basis? Especially considering that the place was exceptionally large despite its deceiving appearances. Besides that, Sasuke's slight anal-retentive manner forced them to clean every space they could see and even some that they could not. There was a corner in the attic – that Naruto didn't even know existed – which contained some rather questionable substances. And oh... he was getting the shivers just thinking about it.
Nasty.
The cleaning portion of getting ready having been finished quickly – being a shinobi had its perks – Sasuke and Naruto were left with a few hours to start and finish preparing the meal they were to present their teachers that evening. All the supplies were ready and waiting on the counters to be chopped up, seasoned and combined in any ways possible to make a spectacularly drool-worthy dinner. But first... they needed to figure out exactly what they wanted to cook. Well, what Sasuke wanted to cook, because just a few minutes in the kitchen with Naruto had determined that while he had the necessary skills to survive, it was nothing to brag about. Particularly when he decided that it was absolutely necessary to poke the durian and wail at the pain that came. Never mind that the spokes of a durian were nowhere near the sharpness of a kunai.
Deciding that having Naruto remain in the kitchen would be detrimental to both of their healths, Sasuke wasted no time kicking Naruto out with the promise that he would get to taste-test everything.
So with that, Naruto was left to wander the house with absolutely nothing to do. Nothing. After spending some time lazing on the couch and flipping through the channels – and no, he did not pause on the porn channel – Naruto decided that there was nothing worth doing in the house. Nothing. Therefore, it came with little surprise when Naruto thought up to bother Sasuke.
Sasuke, who was in the kitchen wielding hot and pointy sharp things in his hands. Sasuke, who expressly told Naruto that he was not to bother him on the threat of food-deprivation. Sasuke, who was turning around at his approach with a mean look on his face and a butcher knife in his hand.
Never one to be deterred by his boyfriend's action, Naruto nevertheless stood at the doorway and proceeded to whine about his boredom. To which Sasuke snapped and told him to "Run out and play." Like he was a kid! Honestly! The audacity... Naruto went off to do exactly that when Sasuke gripped the blade of the knife and prepared to throw it at him. Now an utterly bored Naruto was let out into the world with no one the wiser.
Having been informed that the dinner would not be ready for another few hours, Naruto took into mind that it meant he had a few hours to wander around town and find people to bother. Feeling vindicated, Naruto sprinted directly to Ino's house, mind set on bothering her for the next few hours.
Fortunately for Ino, Naruto was most decidedly distracted by the appearance of a certain individual... Kakashi! Ah, now I can ask him what was in the note! With that in mind, Naruto (noisily) proceeded to made his way towards the gray-haired man, not bothering to hide his presence, because really, what good would that have done? So it was easy to see why Naruto was startled to see Kakashi had not noticed his presence – indicated by the little hop and skip Kakashi went through when the blond tapped him on his shoulder.
"Ano sa, Kakashi-sensei? Are you feeling alright?" a crease appeared on Naruto's forehead as he peered at the other man.
"Ah, Naruto-kun. I'm fine, just thinking," his eye crinkled up as if in amusement, but Naruto decided that there was definitely less of a curve to it than it would have when he was truly happy.
"Thinking? About tonight?" it seemed that is was a brilliant stroke of genius on Naruto's part as Kakashi decided to shrug at his response instead of verbally replying. Oh-ho! Now I know something is wrong.
But alas, Naruto was distracted by Kakashi's next line, "I believe, Naruto-kun, that you should keep a tighter hold of Sasuke-kun. There's no telling what he may be up to these days. Little bastard," he muttered his last couple of words, just below the range of Naruto's hearing in his preoccupation.
"Up to these days? What do you mean, up to these days?" narrowed eyes greeted Kakashi as Naruto walked closer to his teacher, tension apparent in his every movement. "Maa, maa, calm down, Naruto. I didn't mean anything by it." Kakashi put his hands up in an attempt to calm his student down.
"Don't lie. You're bad at it."
"Now, now, Naruto, there's no reason to get so uptight, it was just a passing comment. Honestly."
"Kakashi-sensei."
"Yes, Naruto-kun?"
"Ka-ka-shi sen-sei."
"Wow, would you look at the time! I'm late for a meeting. I'll see you tonight, Naruto-kun! Ja!"
"Kakashi-sensei! Don't you run from me!"
A pause.
"Well, you don't have to chase me!"
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"And that's why we're late to dinner." Naruto finished his story calmly in the face of an irate Sasuke and an anxious Iruka. Kakashi decided that it would be best to stand behind the blond, hand resting on the doorknob to the front door.
"Do you honestly think that I'm going to believe that story?" breathing heavily, it was quite obvious that Sasuke was not feeling very pleased. The throbbing vein at the side of his forehead was also a good indication. "You have been hanging out with Kakashi-sensei way too often. How else would you explain that a dying duck just happened to fly into Kakashi's path while you chased him! And it just so happened that he tripped over it – a Jounin like him – and you fell over him and you just conveniently were on the top of a hill and rolled DOWN? Then you're telling me that there just happened to be a lake at the bottom of the hill and it happened to be a site of an oil spill and you fell into it! And you decided that it would a good time to spar! What the hell was going through your minds! And this is if the story was true! Which, by the way cannot be since the nearest species of ducks is fifty miles away, Konohagakure doesn't have hills, it has mountains and THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO LOGICAL REASON WHY THERE WOULD BE AN OIL SPILL IN A LAKE SINCE WE DON"T TRANSPORT ENOUGH OIL AT ONE TIME TO COVER EVEN A PORTION OF THE LAKES HERE! Are you out of your bleeding minds? Do you have no sense of credibility! Do you not understand what a good lie is and what an unbelievably, horribly, crappy lie is! Don't you think we at least deserve a decent lie? Do you think we're fools!"
Midway into Sasuke's speech, he had taken to grasping Naruto's collar and shaking him on every word he emphasized. Iruka hung back, watching with amazed eyes while Kakashi tried to inch his way out through the door.
Until, of course, the Uchiha snapped his head towards the non-escaping ninja and positively snarled. "You stop right there or the only secret you'll be left to have is where your not-so-secret hideout is in an attempt to escape! For the last three hours, I've slaving away in the kitchen trying to make a good meal for us to have together and this is how you repay me! With dirty, smelly clothes and shoes tracking mud all over my front lawn and hallway! I try to be pleasant and you give me this shit? Get into the living room!" When Kakashi started to move, the brunet barked out a sharp, "Never mind, get yourself into the bathroom and make yourself at least a little presentable!"
"As for you!" he turned back to the blond in his hands, "You go upstairs and take a long shower and change into some decent colored clothes – and that means not orange – and get your ass down here within the hour or you won't have food or anything even closely related to sex for the next month." When Sasuke saw Naruto open his mouth in retaliation, he continued, "And if I hear anything that sounds like a protest out of your mouth in the next 48 hours, you can expect yourself to be delivered to Sakura's door with a handwritten note from me explaining in great detail exactly why you're there. Now get!"
The blond stumbled a little from Sasuke's abrupt release of his shirt and immediately scowled at him. But a threatening step towards the shoe cabinet where a pack of paper and pens resided in the top drawer caused Naruto to immediately retract the scowl and sprint up the stairs, towards the bathroom.
"Sasuke-kun? Wasn't that a little too much?" Iruka asked with a worried look. He wasn't, to say the least, startled when Sasuke turned towards him with a devious smirk on his face.
"Of course not, Iruka-sensei! They deserved it for returning so late and in such a disarray!" Sasuke waved his hand nonchalantly, walking towards the dining room. Iruka followed a few steps behind, an inquisitive look on his face.
"But why did you do it? I came early to help you and the dinner didn't take long to cook. And the floors were already laid with plastic when you found out from Konohamaru that there really was a dead duck and a lake at the bottom of a hill with an oil spill where Kakashi-sensei and Naruto were fighting. And the only reason why there were those things was because they had mistakenly ran too far from the center of Konohagakure." Iruka walked into the dining room and was forcefully sat down by Sasuke.
"Iruka-sensei, you still have a lot to learn, don't you?" A smile played at Sasuke's lips when Iruka donned an indignant look, "I do not!"
"What was the longest relationship you've had with someone? A romantic relationship?" a blush was all the answer Sasuke needed, "There are some things that you'll come to learn. And the first thing is to never give your partner all the advantages. Whether you're uke, seme, or a mix of both, you have to learn that sometimes, you have to grasp an opportunity as you see it. I was simply following that guideline. Besides," Sasuke added with a cheeky grin, "how else will I get Naruto to do anything for me for the next 48 hours?"
"Sasuke-kun!" Iruka's eyes widened at the implications and a slight blush started to carry its way across his face. A blush that grew exponentially when Sasuke bent down and whispered, "I'll be sure to tell you all about it when you get together with Kakashi-sensei."
"What...?" His exclamation was cut off by a disturbingly cheerful tone from Sasuke. "Let's start setting up, Iruka-sensei!" A wink and Sasuke flounced off – flounced! Flounced? - into the kitchen. A feeling crept over Iruka and he turned to the living room entrance to see Kakashi looking a bit... miffed. A smile flitted across Iruka's face before he rose to enter the kitchen as well. Meeting Sasuke along the way, a knowing smile flickered across his face and an answering smirk confirmed his suspicions. Kakashi was jealous of his student. It was a fact to be used and manipulated in whichever way he felt like.
Ten minutes later, a clothed Naruto ran down the stairs to be greeted with the sight of a spread of food that was absolutely drool-worthy. Covering half of the very large dining table, the colors and aromas of the different dishes, each showcasing different foods blew Naruto's mind away. He suddenly felt very bad for getting back so late and so dirty. Which Sasuke knew, if that arrogant turn of the head and hidden smirk was any indication.
None of which Naruto saw since he was a bit too entranced by the food displayed in front of him. The food was probably also the reason why he didn't notice the strange seating arrangement. Sasuke and Iruka were never too close as teacher-student, so it was a bit peculiar that they sat next to each other while Kakashi and Naruto sat across from them. A glance from Kakashi to Iruka received a shrug and a guileless smile in reply.
"Itadakimasu!"
And with that, the meal began... along with the interesting noises. It seemed that the combined abilities of Sasuke and Iruka together created a scrumptiously delectable meal for the palate. It was quite an understatement to say that Naruto was in absolute bliss if the noises he were emitting were anything to go by. Even Kakashi took the time to pull down his mask and take in each bite as if it was the last bite he would be eating for a while.
Then again, with Sasuke backing up Iruka, it's hard to tell.
After the first few apparently orgasmic minutes, a small conversation started between the members of the table covering the most expansive range of topics one could think of. When the meal was almost done, Sasuke stretched and kicked Naruto in the shins, scowling at him before signaling something. The blond started to scowl in return before realizing both the purpose of the signal and Sasuke's... promise.
Clearing his throat, he got up and walked to the other side of the table before bending down to whisper into Iruka's ears. To Kakashi's astonishment – and secret delight – the Chuunin started to blush at his words and it was right then and there that Kakashi decided he didn't like any of his students anymore. Not one bit.
The reason why was still something he didn't want to touch with a ten-foot stick. (Although his subconscious would like to note that the ten-foot stick used to be a thirty-foot stick. Ten minutes ago, in fact.)
"Naruto! Behave yourself." Iruka attempted to be strict with his former student, but couldn't help the blush that persisted to reside on his face.
"But Iruka-sensei! You have to promise me first! Promise!" Naruto pouted cutely, melting the hearts of everyone at the table... excluding Kakashi as he appeared to be glaring daggers through the blond. But his heart melted into a puddle anyway when Iruka gave Naruto a soft, adoring smile and replied, "Alright, alright. You better hope it goes well though."
Naruto laughed and hugged Iruka, "It will." All of the sudden, he turned towards Kakashi and smirked, with a totally different tone from before, he said, "I guarantee that it will work."
The Jounin blinked, shocked at the change in attitude, but with Iruka oblivious, he couldn't do anything except narrow his eyes at him in suspicion. A thought suddenly struck him and he turned his head towards Sasuke's direction only to discover that he wasn't at his spot. Confused, he looked out the doorways in time to see Sasuke walk out with dessert in his arms.
Immediate drool attack.
It was always said that the best things were the simplest and Kakashi always held this in faith, but never for food. He was now completely converted by sight in front of him. In the tray that Sasuke held, there were four dishes that each contained two scoops of what looked like French Vanilla, topped with a tantalizing dollop of caramel that slowly moved its way down the sides of the ice cream. The rich tan color itself was a sight to see. Then, on top of the caramel, sprinkled pieces of chocolate – milk, dark, and white, apparently – generously covered what the caramel couldn't. And on the very top, a dark red cherry with its stem intact was placed in such a way as to draw the eyes from the stem down towards the bottom of the plate where pieces of artfully arranged, perfectly sliced mangoes resided.
The contrast of colors were almost enough to make Kakashi feel satisfied. That was, of course, right before he noticed the can of whipped cream innocently hiding besides the four dishes. Which in turn was hiding a dish of smooth, melted chocolate and lush, red strawberries.
"Sasuke! You made dessert! You shouldn't have, you already did so much for us," nevertheless, Iruka grinned at Sasuke, taste buds already eager to be blessed with the dessert. Both Naruto and Kakashi started in surprise, when had Iruka become familiar enough with Sasuke that he didn't attach a suffix to his name? They were further surprised – and a tad suspicious – by Sasuke's reply.
"It was no problem, Iruka. It's my pleasure to be able to serve you..." Sasuke paused smoothly, "A complete meal, including dessert."
Sasuke, and to a lesser extent Iruka, were amused by the red color both Naruto and Kakashi turned when Sasuke paused and the almost inaudible sigh of relief that came when he finished his sentence.
He was right, it's fun to play with them. Iruka thought, pleasantly smiling at Sasuke all the while. Sasuke smiled back at him, all the while ignoring the furious signals from Naruto. He set a dish in front of everybody, including the now seated Naruto who was still staring at Sasuke heatedly. "Eat up, everybody, wouldn't want the ice cream go to waste, now would we." The Uchiha gave an uncharacteristically toothy grin before scooping up ice cream to eat. The others, still slightly disturbed by Sasuke's huge smile, was disturbed even more so when he moaned after tasting the ice cream.
Uchiha Sasuke moaned in complete ecstasy because of ice cream. And it wasn't a simple moan, of course it wasn't. Nothing he did was simple. Quite amazingly, within a space of a few seconds, the men in the room gained flashes of dark pleasures and intimate caresses. Breathy sighs and lightning-quick shivers. Desperate pants and lustful stares. It was when they opened they eyes – not knowing when they did so – and met Sasuke's slightly pleasure-clouded eyes that they all scrambled to find something to distract themselves. Unfortunately – or fortunately, depending on how you looked at it – the only thing left to do was to eat dessert.
Which perhaps at the moment was not the smartest thing to do as when the crisp, natural sweetness of the vanilla ice cream and the smooth, heavy taste of caramel and chocolate mixed together hit their tongues, their taste buds positively danced with delight. The bite of mangoes at the end caused all the flavors of the ice cream to blend together perfectly.
The simple pleasures in life really are the best.
As expected, Sasuke was the first one to finish his dish of dessert, and as was only right, he immediately started on the dish of chocolate covered strawberries. After a pause – in which he was really just waiting for everyone to take notice of him – he picked up the can of whipped cream and squirted a dollop of it onto the tip of the strawberry. As if completely unaware of his audience, he put the tip of the strawberry in his mouth slowly sucked on it, drawing in the whipped cream he had placed on it only moments before. Taking out the strawberry, now completely free of whipped cream and the bottom half, his tongue peeked out for a moment before he bit his bottom lip, as if savoring the taste.
It was apparent that the sexual tension in the room went up a few notches.
Nonchalantly, Sasuke opened his eyes, "Oh, sorry. Did you want the strawberries?" and then he pushed the dish of strawberries towards the open-mouthed Naruto. Clearing his throat a few times, it took Naruto several tries before he managed to stutter out a "Thanks".
Solemn-faced once again, he turned to Iruka, "How was the dessert, Iruka-sensei?"
"It was delicious, Sasuke. I'll have to ask you to show me how you make it."
"Not a problem."
Kakashi, watching the exchange, raised an eyebrow at the appearance of a suffix from Sasuke, and the continual lack from Iruka. Wiping his mouth with a napkin, he spoke up, "Thank you for the meal, Sasuke... kun. It was great."
A smirk appeared on Sasuke's face, "Of course. It was no trouble at all."
Done with his portion of the dessert, and wanting Kakashi and Iruka to leave, Naruto stood up and started clearing the table, "Why don't you guys go into the living room? I can clean up here." The others bowed their heads in gratitude before moving into the living room. Before exiting, Sasuke gave Naruto a kiss on the cheek, and smiling deviously said, "Liked the show?"
Naruto could only watch as Sasuke made his way out of the dining room, dishes in his hand and mouth slightly opened. "Sneaky bastard," he muttered to himself, but even he couldn't hold back the pleased smile on his lips.
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"We have a few hours before the moon's at its high point, do you want to watch a movie?" Sasuke, the ever perfect host, asked his two guests.
After a moment of indecision, Iruka agreed and asked what he had with him. Upon a few moments of a discussion that Kakashi had no way of entering, they decided on a mainly action, semi-romantic movie. By the time Naruto returned from the kitchen with hands smelling of lemon detergent, the movie was running and everyone was sitting on the couch.
Seeing that there was a tiny space available for him, he decided that he would be much more comfortable... sitting on Sasuke's lap. There were a few moments of shuffling before they all settled in, all as comfortable as they could be. Sasuke and Naruto were especially comfortable.
Halfway through the movie, Sasuke leaned into Naruto's ear under the pretense of whispering 'sweet nothings' into his ear.
"Tell Iruka to do it now."
"Are you sure?"
"It's now or never."
"Alright." Naruto bent backwards, stretching his arms and brushing his hand across Iruka's thighs. "Sorry, 'ruka-sensei."
A little startled, Iruka glanced at Naruto, before his words registered, "Aa, it's okay."
Starting from that moment, Iruka inched closer and closer to Kakashi while Sasuke and Naruto took up more and more space. This went on for quite some time until Naruto was sitting on the couch and Iruka was almost on Kakashi's lap. Distracted by the surprising ending of the movie, Kakashi and to an extent, Iruka, didn't notice their proximity, so when Iruka tried to get up, he accidentally placed his hand on a very.. sensitive area.
There was a sharp intake and nothing more before Iruka began to apologize profusely, a bright red blush taking its place on his face. Entranced by the image of Iruka with his hair down – it had loosened to the point that the rubber band fell off during the movie - and cute blush, the Jounin spared a glance towards his students to find them falling asleep and lifted a finger to be placed on Iruka's lips. Immediately, his apologies stopped and his eyes crossed in an attempt to see the finger on his mouth.
Kakashi chuckled before pulling Iruka down into his lap. Iruka grunted a little, but fell easily against Kakashi and they were left to stare at each other.
A small whisper came from Kakashi's lips, soft as if he didn't want the other to hear, "Have I ever told you how cute you are when you blush? And how adorable you are when you worry about little things?"
Iruka's face turned a pleasantly pink hue as he replied, "Just as I've never told you that you look beautiful in the moonlight- mask or not." Kakashi's hand came up to caress his cheek as he spoke and Iruka leaned into it ever so slightly. A thumb brushed underneath his eyelid for the longest of moments before Iruka broke the silence by opening his eyes and saying, "Are you going to kiss me or not?"
Startled into a laugh, Kakashi leaned in to do just that. The academy teacher met him half way and their lips were crushed together almost painfully, but oh-so-sweetly. It was easy to get caught up in the other's heat and even easy to accept the questing tongue that brushed by every nook and cranny of Iruka's mouth, drawing out long moans and pants when they parted time and time again.
After a particularly long kiss, they rested their foreheads against each other, staring without a break. Kakashi's hands had, by that time, crawled its way under Iruka's shirt and in turn, Iruka's tanned hands loosely gripped the silver-gray hair.
"As much as I'm glad that you've finally found each other. I would appreciate it if you guys don't start going at it on my couch," there was a pause from Sasuke, "The new couch that I just recently bought."
The two teachers turned their heads towards the two matured teens and smiled. "But it could give you guys some inspiration for your own... activities." Kakashi winked at them – or blinked... it was hard to tell since although his mask was off, the hitai-ate was not – while Iruka gasped and slapped Kakashi upside the head. "Don't feed them your dirty thoughts, Kakashi."
Eye crinkling up into a curve, the three other occupants of the room were finally able to see what a smile from the Jounin looked like. Quite simply, it was enough to make everyone else smile. "You're right, of course, Iruka. I shall act on my dirty thoughts with you then."
A wide-eyed look and a poof later, the two teachers disappeared from Sasuke and Naruto's living room.
"I think that went rather well, don't you, Naruto?" Sasuke turned around at the lack of response and his own lips curved into another smile when he saw that Naruto had fallen asleep again while the two teachers left. He picked Naruto up and slowly carried him to their bedroom. Reaching it, he set the blond into the bed, tucking him in and smoothing his hair. He always felt more concerned about the blond than anything else and it seemed that it had caused him to become almost motherly.
Sasuke made sure to only act that way when Naruto was either unconscious, or on the verge.
Leaving the room as silently as he could - which is pretty quiet – he descended the stairs to continue cleaning the house. Dishes stood ready and waiting on the racks to be placed in its proper places and movies littered the front of the television set. He cleaned up the areas quietly and slowly, thus he was slightly startled by the sudden reappearance of Kakashi, this time in more casual clothing. His sleepwear, to be exact.
Raising an eyebrow, Sasuke continued to work around Kakashi, waiting for his reason for returning. It came when Kakashi sheepishly chuckled and said, "I came back to get our shoes."
"You know where they are."
"You wound me, Sasuke-kun. From your words, I would think that you don't want me here." Kakashi dramatically placed the back of his hand on his forehead, an effect that was greatly ruined by his smirk. But with no further retort from the brunet, he pouted slightly and walked towards the front door in search of his shoes. Moments later, he called out a thanks, but was kept from leaving by Sasuke's question.
"Why haven't I felt anything from the seal?"
Stalled by the question, and a little confused, Kakashi turned back to Sasuke, "What do you mean?"
A worried look crossed Sasuke's face as his right hand rose to clutch his shoulder. "For the past few months, there hasn't been anything from the seal. Nothing at all, even with all the chakra I've been using in training or in my missions. Before, even if I had used my chakra for something as simple as walking on water, there was a slight pull from the seal, but now-"
The silver-haired man cut him off abruptly, "You don't know?"
"Know what?" Sasuke's brow drew together in contemplation.
"Naruto hasn't told you?" Sasuke stared at him in confusion, "A few weeks before you guys came clean about your relationship, he had gone on a mission. You should remember that." A nod from the boy prompted Kakashi to continue. "Something happened when he was returning and for some reason, he met up with Orochimaru. The exact details aren't well-known, but apparently, he had taken over a new body recently and was still pretty weak. By chance, Naruto recognized the body he took over and... to make a long story short, along with the Jounin that was specially assigned on the mission, a fight broke out and they managed to take Orochimaru down."
Kakashi glanced at Sasuke with confusion, "Tsunade ordered that the news of his defeat to be kept under wraps, in case it was another fluke, but you should've been told. If I remember correctly, Tsunade specifically ordered Naruto to tell you at an appropriate time. She had wanted to be informed on the status of the cursed seal from both you and Anko."
He paused and watched as the emotions flew across Sasuke's eyes, "Maa, maa, I'm sure he was planning to tell you sometime soon. Maybe he didn't think it was time yet?" But Sasuke's changing expression made him stop in his words and his own forehead to crease. "I think it's best if I left you alone. I'll see you guys later."
And with a 'poof', Kakashi was gone, leaving a confused and apprehensive Sasuke in his wake.
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"Iruka, I think I did a very bad thing."
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What am I supposed to do now?
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To Be Continued...
QY: Mwahahaha! The end is approaching! Alright... more like the middle. Darn. Anyway, stuff is going to finally start happening, so for those of you who pushed out this far just to wait for something interesting to happen, you can pat yourself on the back for being able to wait for so long. And because I'm starting to get on track again:
Preview: Sasuke has now found out that Naruto's been keeping something from him right when they're beginning to prepare for their newest mission. Naruto becomes confused when certain people around him start acting funny. One couple – Kakashi and Iruka – has finally gotten together, but what about the other? All this and more in the next chapter of Delicious Revenge,
That kinda sounds funny... like a soap opera. :gasp: The horror!
Written: 6/18/05- 7/2/05