I WAS RIGHT!!! Kiba's gonna go up against that woman and leave Tayuya with
Sasuke's coffin!! I can't believe I got that... eerie. Oh well, at least
since I'm not too far ahead I can still incorporate the "Heaven" seal into
things, too bad about Kimimarou though... that and my weird thing that
everyone with blond hair is Yondaime... ... and if Kimimarou IS
Yondaime... (It'd explain why there are no Uzumaki clan) I'm going to kill
someone.
Oh, and I hope this somewhat satisfies your cravings for some SasuNaru action.
Title: Jaded
Series: Naruto
Rating: PG-13 (Will go higher later on)
Genre: Action/Adventure, Angst, Drama, Romance, Humour, Horror, Tragedy, Supernatural, Fantasy, etc. (pretty much all)
Summary: For most of his life, Naruto has had one dream (becoming Hokage) and one love (Sakura), but as he grows up he realises not everything is as easy as he wants to believe it is, and his romances are not as simple as getting the girl, but finding a love that's not bound by superficial reasons, and that's when he realizes he had his priorities mixed up all along. (Eventually it'll be SasuNaru)
Pairings: SasuNaru... a little later on... SakuNaru (don't hate me...it's for all those of you who want to bash Sakura... trust me you'll like this... even though I don't like bashing her, there'll come a chapter when you'll ALL want to bash her)
Chapter Title: 8. Sleepless Nights
Sasuke sighed again, retracing his steps once again. He didn't like pacing, but there wasn't anything else he could do. He could *TRY* going back to sleep, but his insomnia was the reason he was up so late in the first place. Almost two years had passed from the day Sasuke made his bet with Naruto and, although their missions had been a lot harder, with more fighting, Naruto had yet to REALLY save Sasuke's life, but that promise was one of the furthest things from his mind. He didn't know why but he had a really weird feeling, almost like he had forgotten something. He went over the checklist in his mind once again. No, he'd given Sakura her birthday present a good two months ago. He'd done all of his missions, and filled out the reports. He'd even made sure Naruto had handed in all of his. So what was missing? He looked at the calendar and sighed. He knew June 23rd was circled for a reason, but it was Naruto's writing and he couldn't make out the chicken-scratch kanji to save his live.
'Wait a minute.' He thought to himself. 'K'so. How could I have forgotten my own birthday?' he wondered for a moment before shrugging. He didn't really care about it, but everyone else was always making such a big deal about turning sixteen he must have adopted the same anxiety subconsciously. He slumped back into bed thinking that he could go back to sleep, but was sadly mistaken. He lay there for a good fifteen minutes before cursing.
"Shimatta!" He stood up and got dressed. There was no way he'd get to sleep like this. He had to go see Naruto. He was the only thing he could think of that would help him sleep, after all, even the most steadfast shinobi could get tired just watching the blond bounce around. He pulled back the blinds on his window and jumped out of the window, into the night.
***
The thunder rolled in the distance warning the villagers of the impending storm, but Sasuke ignored it, continuing to jump from roof top to roof top towards Naruto's house. He paused on one roof to catch his breath and listen to the rumbling of the last lightning jolt fade into the next boom. He frowned to himself, knowing the storm was fast approaching, but continued ahead. He just had to be quick about it. He wasn't even sure if Naruto was going to be awake. Nearly the whole village was already asleep, with only the guarding ninjas still watching over the village.
He landed on the tree right outside Naruto's window and stepped lightly onto the sill of the already open window pane. Crouching slightly, he stared absentmindedly at the figure asleep in the bed. Naruto was tangled in the blankets with his night cap hanging over his face and an arm and a leg dangling over the edge of his bed. He smiled at the sight and continued to gaze at his favourite enigma. He leaned against the pane and was about to rest his chin on one hand when the clearing of someone's throat caught his attention and nearly caused him to fall from the window.
"Are you going to stare all day?" Naruto's voice came from a darkened corner in the room. He stepped into the moonlight, wearing nothing but a pair of black boxers, and looked at his clone, tilting his head slightly. He studied his face for a second before turning back to Sasuke. "I don't see what's so special about it." He whispered. Sasuke turned back to the bed to find that the jutsu had worn off leaving the original Naruto standing in front of him. He blinked, startled that he had fallen for such a simple trick, before he realized that Naruto had also caught him staring. He shrugged in response.
"I couldn't sleep." He muttered. Naruto cocked an eyebrow at him and crossed his arms as if to say 'Yeah, so?' but let him continue. "So I wanted to do something that might make me a little more tired... like sparring. And since everyone else is asleep..." He trailed off. Naruto snorted.
"Hai, didn't you think for one minute that *I* could be asleep, too?" Naruto retorted, sliding back into his snide attitude from the earlier years. "After all, it's nearly midnight!"
"I figured you wouldn't mind as much as other people, since you live for training, too." He turned around on the windowsill and dropped back onto the tree below. "But since you do mind, then I'll leave." Then he dropped out of sight and began retracing his jumps across the roves and treetops back to his house.
"NANI?!" Naruto shouted when Sasuke disappeared and ran to the window. He hadn't meant to chase Sasuke away with his sarcasm. Pulling his orange pants over his boxers, he lunged out of his window after Sasuke, practically throwing himself from branch to branch in order to get ahead of Sasuke and finally he managed to. He jumped down in front of the boy just as he was about to make another leap into a different tree and grabbed him by the ankle, causing both to tumble the few feet to the soft grass below.
"Oof!" Naruto exclaimed loudly, feeling a heavy weight fall on top of him, causing him to exhale and lose his breath. He closed his eyes, knowing Sasuke had landed on top of him and waited for a few minutes to catch his breath, knowing that he'd be aware if Sasuke decided to run away again. Unfortunately, Sasuke didn't move an inch and seemed to be dazed by the sudden fall. He didn't even know how he ended up on the grass.
He looked down and found Naruto beneath him, a look of pain washed across his face, sealing his eyes shut. Both were panting hard and Sasuke decided to follow Naruto's example and take a quick break. He rolled off the blond boy slightly and rested his head on Naruto's chest.
"When I said that, I didn't mean I didn't want to spar with you." Naruto muttered. Sasuke nodded, smiling slightly at the fact that Naruto had easily caught up to him. Naruto just might end up making Sasuke eat his words. Quickly rolling the tenseness out of his shoulders, he pushed himself away from the blonde and stood up, offering a hand. Naruto, as expected, swatted the hand away and pulled himself up, brushing the dirt from his pants. He looked around, noticing that there was no one around for a while who would be awakened by their fighting.
"What are you waiting for, Dobe?" Sasuke smirked, sliding his body into its normal sparring stance. He knew that the nickname would spur the boy into acting and he wasn't disappointed. Without hesitation, Naruto snarled at the name and swung his leg around suddenly, starting their duel. Sasuke ducked the limb, but was surprised as the blonde's fist caught him on the way down.
They continued fighting, never letting the other get in too many good hits, until the clouds decided they had held the rain for far too long. Within seconds, both boys were completely drenched, and Naruto was only in his pants. Sasuke leaned over his knees, breathing hard, and Naruto let himself fall backwards into the wet grass with his arms spread out to accept all the rain pelting down on him. He looked to the side and frowned.
"Ne, Sasuke-kun." He whispered. Sasuke sat down in the grass and looked up at the boy. He shook his head futilely trying to rid his hair of the water, but the black strands just fell limply and clung to the side of his face. "Why else did you come to me?"
"I don't know." Sasuke answered. "I couldn't sleep, haven't been able to for a few days and I guess I thought you were the first person I wanted to see." Naruto nodded smiling.
"Nightmares?"
"Iie. Something else. I feel uneasy."
"Maybe it's because your birthday is tomorrow."
"Hai, maybe." Sasuke frowned, not truly believing that. He yawned suddenly and his eyes began to droop. "I also didn't want to be stuck by myself in that house any longer. That's the only thing giving me nightmares." Naruto chuckled hollowly.
"You should stay with me for a few days."
"And give you the chance to kill me in my sleep?"
"Teme." Naruto muttered. "Fine then, how about just for tonight?" Sasuke nodded, smiling.
"Sure, just for tonight. We've got a mission tomorrow, though. It would be good for you to get up early for a change." Naruto scoffed, but couldn't deny he'd been getting lazier over the last two years. He was tired. Orochimaru had sent dozens more warnings to, not only Naruto, but the other four ninjas who stood in his way. And all of them were expected to handle the death threats along with their missions, which was beginning to its toll on Naruto.
"You need to come over more often." Naruto added. "Then we'd both be less lonely." Naruto yawned and closed his eyes. Sasuke looked up from the blade of grass he was twiddling between his fingers to the boy, fast asleep in the rain. He studied the Naruto's face for a couple of seconds before picking him up in his arms and walking back to Naruto's apartment. He frowned at his limp form, noting that he was really light.
'Naruto, you need to eat some REAL food for a change.' He mused to himself when he got there and placed him in a chair, quickly changing his clothes into something drier and pulling out a pair of shorts and a t-shirt for himself from Naruto's half open drawer. 'And clean up after yourself.' He sighed before shutting said drawer with his hip. After he changed and put their wet clothes over the shower curtain, he carried the sleeping child to bed and climbed in himself. They had done it so many times he rarely even thought about it anymore. Rarely.
"Oyasumi, Naruto." He whispered out to the darkness, before closing his eyes and falling into a light sleep. The best one he'd had in a long time.
~~~~~~~
This beginning has been in my head for a long time and only now is it finally being posted. YATTA! Of course all the Naruto lovers (of the boy, not the manga/anime) are going to hurt me when they get to chapter 14. Gomen nasai.
So was that good enough to satisfy all you shounen ai lovers? Of course, there's a lot more to come, and as you can see... Sasuke's falling for Naruto first.
Oh, and Omedetou Tanjoubi Konohamaru! (Dec 30th)
Oh, and I hope this somewhat satisfies your cravings for some SasuNaru action.
Title: Jaded
Series: Naruto
Rating: PG-13 (Will go higher later on)
Genre: Action/Adventure, Angst, Drama, Romance, Humour, Horror, Tragedy, Supernatural, Fantasy, etc. (pretty much all)
Summary: For most of his life, Naruto has had one dream (becoming Hokage) and one love (Sakura), but as he grows up he realises not everything is as easy as he wants to believe it is, and his romances are not as simple as getting the girl, but finding a love that's not bound by superficial reasons, and that's when he realizes he had his priorities mixed up all along. (Eventually it'll be SasuNaru)
Pairings: SasuNaru... a little later on... SakuNaru (don't hate me...it's for all those of you who want to bash Sakura... trust me you'll like this... even though I don't like bashing her, there'll come a chapter when you'll ALL want to bash her)
Chapter Title: 8. Sleepless Nights
Sasuke sighed again, retracing his steps once again. He didn't like pacing, but there wasn't anything else he could do. He could *TRY* going back to sleep, but his insomnia was the reason he was up so late in the first place. Almost two years had passed from the day Sasuke made his bet with Naruto and, although their missions had been a lot harder, with more fighting, Naruto had yet to REALLY save Sasuke's life, but that promise was one of the furthest things from his mind. He didn't know why but he had a really weird feeling, almost like he had forgotten something. He went over the checklist in his mind once again. No, he'd given Sakura her birthday present a good two months ago. He'd done all of his missions, and filled out the reports. He'd even made sure Naruto had handed in all of his. So what was missing? He looked at the calendar and sighed. He knew June 23rd was circled for a reason, but it was Naruto's writing and he couldn't make out the chicken-scratch kanji to save his live.
'Wait a minute.' He thought to himself. 'K'so. How could I have forgotten my own birthday?' he wondered for a moment before shrugging. He didn't really care about it, but everyone else was always making such a big deal about turning sixteen he must have adopted the same anxiety subconsciously. He slumped back into bed thinking that he could go back to sleep, but was sadly mistaken. He lay there for a good fifteen minutes before cursing.
"Shimatta!" He stood up and got dressed. There was no way he'd get to sleep like this. He had to go see Naruto. He was the only thing he could think of that would help him sleep, after all, even the most steadfast shinobi could get tired just watching the blond bounce around. He pulled back the blinds on his window and jumped out of the window, into the night.
***
The thunder rolled in the distance warning the villagers of the impending storm, but Sasuke ignored it, continuing to jump from roof top to roof top towards Naruto's house. He paused on one roof to catch his breath and listen to the rumbling of the last lightning jolt fade into the next boom. He frowned to himself, knowing the storm was fast approaching, but continued ahead. He just had to be quick about it. He wasn't even sure if Naruto was going to be awake. Nearly the whole village was already asleep, with only the guarding ninjas still watching over the village.
He landed on the tree right outside Naruto's window and stepped lightly onto the sill of the already open window pane. Crouching slightly, he stared absentmindedly at the figure asleep in the bed. Naruto was tangled in the blankets with his night cap hanging over his face and an arm and a leg dangling over the edge of his bed. He smiled at the sight and continued to gaze at his favourite enigma. He leaned against the pane and was about to rest his chin on one hand when the clearing of someone's throat caught his attention and nearly caused him to fall from the window.
"Are you going to stare all day?" Naruto's voice came from a darkened corner in the room. He stepped into the moonlight, wearing nothing but a pair of black boxers, and looked at his clone, tilting his head slightly. He studied his face for a second before turning back to Sasuke. "I don't see what's so special about it." He whispered. Sasuke turned back to the bed to find that the jutsu had worn off leaving the original Naruto standing in front of him. He blinked, startled that he had fallen for such a simple trick, before he realized that Naruto had also caught him staring. He shrugged in response.
"I couldn't sleep." He muttered. Naruto cocked an eyebrow at him and crossed his arms as if to say 'Yeah, so?' but let him continue. "So I wanted to do something that might make me a little more tired... like sparring. And since everyone else is asleep..." He trailed off. Naruto snorted.
"Hai, didn't you think for one minute that *I* could be asleep, too?" Naruto retorted, sliding back into his snide attitude from the earlier years. "After all, it's nearly midnight!"
"I figured you wouldn't mind as much as other people, since you live for training, too." He turned around on the windowsill and dropped back onto the tree below. "But since you do mind, then I'll leave." Then he dropped out of sight and began retracing his jumps across the roves and treetops back to his house.
"NANI?!" Naruto shouted when Sasuke disappeared and ran to the window. He hadn't meant to chase Sasuke away with his sarcasm. Pulling his orange pants over his boxers, he lunged out of his window after Sasuke, practically throwing himself from branch to branch in order to get ahead of Sasuke and finally he managed to. He jumped down in front of the boy just as he was about to make another leap into a different tree and grabbed him by the ankle, causing both to tumble the few feet to the soft grass below.
"Oof!" Naruto exclaimed loudly, feeling a heavy weight fall on top of him, causing him to exhale and lose his breath. He closed his eyes, knowing Sasuke had landed on top of him and waited for a few minutes to catch his breath, knowing that he'd be aware if Sasuke decided to run away again. Unfortunately, Sasuke didn't move an inch and seemed to be dazed by the sudden fall. He didn't even know how he ended up on the grass.
He looked down and found Naruto beneath him, a look of pain washed across his face, sealing his eyes shut. Both were panting hard and Sasuke decided to follow Naruto's example and take a quick break. He rolled off the blond boy slightly and rested his head on Naruto's chest.
"When I said that, I didn't mean I didn't want to spar with you." Naruto muttered. Sasuke nodded, smiling slightly at the fact that Naruto had easily caught up to him. Naruto just might end up making Sasuke eat his words. Quickly rolling the tenseness out of his shoulders, he pushed himself away from the blonde and stood up, offering a hand. Naruto, as expected, swatted the hand away and pulled himself up, brushing the dirt from his pants. He looked around, noticing that there was no one around for a while who would be awakened by their fighting.
"What are you waiting for, Dobe?" Sasuke smirked, sliding his body into its normal sparring stance. He knew that the nickname would spur the boy into acting and he wasn't disappointed. Without hesitation, Naruto snarled at the name and swung his leg around suddenly, starting their duel. Sasuke ducked the limb, but was surprised as the blonde's fist caught him on the way down.
They continued fighting, never letting the other get in too many good hits, until the clouds decided they had held the rain for far too long. Within seconds, both boys were completely drenched, and Naruto was only in his pants. Sasuke leaned over his knees, breathing hard, and Naruto let himself fall backwards into the wet grass with his arms spread out to accept all the rain pelting down on him. He looked to the side and frowned.
"Ne, Sasuke-kun." He whispered. Sasuke sat down in the grass and looked up at the boy. He shook his head futilely trying to rid his hair of the water, but the black strands just fell limply and clung to the side of his face. "Why else did you come to me?"
"I don't know." Sasuke answered. "I couldn't sleep, haven't been able to for a few days and I guess I thought you were the first person I wanted to see." Naruto nodded smiling.
"Nightmares?"
"Iie. Something else. I feel uneasy."
"Maybe it's because your birthday is tomorrow."
"Hai, maybe." Sasuke frowned, not truly believing that. He yawned suddenly and his eyes began to droop. "I also didn't want to be stuck by myself in that house any longer. That's the only thing giving me nightmares." Naruto chuckled hollowly.
"You should stay with me for a few days."
"And give you the chance to kill me in my sleep?"
"Teme." Naruto muttered. "Fine then, how about just for tonight?" Sasuke nodded, smiling.
"Sure, just for tonight. We've got a mission tomorrow, though. It would be good for you to get up early for a change." Naruto scoffed, but couldn't deny he'd been getting lazier over the last two years. He was tired. Orochimaru had sent dozens more warnings to, not only Naruto, but the other four ninjas who stood in his way. And all of them were expected to handle the death threats along with their missions, which was beginning to its toll on Naruto.
"You need to come over more often." Naruto added. "Then we'd both be less lonely." Naruto yawned and closed his eyes. Sasuke looked up from the blade of grass he was twiddling between his fingers to the boy, fast asleep in the rain. He studied the Naruto's face for a couple of seconds before picking him up in his arms and walking back to Naruto's apartment. He frowned at his limp form, noting that he was really light.
'Naruto, you need to eat some REAL food for a change.' He mused to himself when he got there and placed him in a chair, quickly changing his clothes into something drier and pulling out a pair of shorts and a t-shirt for himself from Naruto's half open drawer. 'And clean up after yourself.' He sighed before shutting said drawer with his hip. After he changed and put their wet clothes over the shower curtain, he carried the sleeping child to bed and climbed in himself. They had done it so many times he rarely even thought about it anymore. Rarely.
"Oyasumi, Naruto." He whispered out to the darkness, before closing his eyes and falling into a light sleep. The best one he'd had in a long time.
~~~~~~~
This beginning has been in my head for a long time and only now is it finally being posted. YATTA! Of course all the Naruto lovers (of the boy, not the manga/anime) are going to hurt me when they get to chapter 14. Gomen nasai.
So was that good enough to satisfy all you shounen ai lovers? Of course, there's a lot more to come, and as you can see... Sasuke's falling for Naruto first.
Oh, and Omedetou Tanjoubi Konohamaru! (Dec 30th)