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Chapter Title: 51. It's Been A Long Day

Naruto awoke in the morning, stifling a yawn. He hadn't even tried cracking his eyes open when he felt the weight above him shift slightly. His ears twitched slightly as years of training told him what it was above him that he couldn't yet see. The mattress was sunk in on both sides of his head and on either side of his waist, nothing was touching him directly. Someone was hovering over him, on their hands and knees. He cracked one eye open and found Sasuke's smirking face leering down at him, inches from his own, a curtain of dark mussed hair blocking the outside world. Several stages of panic set in at the sight and, with a burst of chakra, Sasuke was flung to the floor.

Naruto shook his head and rubbed the sleep from his eyes, wincing at the dazed look his friend was now wearing.

"I-I... I'm so sorry, Sasuke!" He exclaimed, crawling over to the edge of the bed. His rival rubbed the back of his now sore head and chuckled nervously. "I really didn't mean to-" Sasuke held up a hand to interrupt.

"Yeah, you did. You thought I was Orochimaru." He offered an apologetic half smile. "I shouldn't have thought that your fears would have left you so quickly. These things scar for a long time." Naruto puffed up and crossed his arms over his bare chest.

"I'm not afraid of anything, Uchiha!" He stated. "It's been two years; I'm long over that part of my past." He huffed out a breath, trying to look intimidating, but only succeeded in looking childish. Sasuke shook his head bemusedly.

"Whatever you say, dobe. No one's making you confess or anything." Naruto shrugged to himself, figuring it was useless trying to argue a moot point. "Plus by the time I finally whip your ass, you'll be long over your fear of that man for me to be able to use it against you." Naruto grinned.

"So you admit it will be a LONG time before you ever come near defeating the Great Naruto!" Sasuke snorted in response.

"No, I'm saying that in return for helping me become stronger, I'll help you over come your fears. Deal?" Sasuke stood up and held out his hand. Naruto eyed it suspiciously.

"Isn't that kind of impersonal, compared with what we did last night?" He asked, offhandedly.

"You want to seal it with a kiss?" Naruto laughed.

"Wow, what a cliché."

"Make up your mind, asshole!" Sasuke punched the blonde in the shoulder to show his frustration. "Or do you want to pound me into the mattress again to seal the deal?" They both looked at each other for a moment before Naruto burst out laughing, holding his sides. Sasuke chuckled quietly to himself.

"A kiss it is, then." Naruto exclaimed when he'd finally stopped laughing. He got off the bed and stood eye to eye with his friend. They stood in silence for a few seconds before Naruto decided to be the one to make the move. He leaned forward, lifting a hand to bring Sasuke's head closer and brushed his lips across the older boy. They stayed still, lips pressed together, neither one wanting to move, until Sasuke finally took a step forward. After a few minutes, which seemed like hours, Naruto took a step backwards, breaking the kiss with the excuse of needing air.

"You're lying." Sasuke muttered, looking down at his bare feet.

"How would you know?" Naruto asked softly. Sasuke looked up and smirked.

"We were both breathing through our noses." Naruto frowned, but neither felt any need to push the subject further. Sasuke went around the room and began picking up clothing that had been ignored the night before. He bent down to pick up Naruto's orange jacket and found the chuunin vest hidden beneath it. He held it up and coughed, attracting Naruto's attention.

"What's this from?" He asked, narrowing his eyes at the boy who had just gone a whole lot paler.

"It's a chuunin vest." He replied, voice cracking and higher pitched than normal.

"I know that. What are you doing with it?" Naruto was scrambling for an answer. His breathing became shallow and the palms of his hands were slick with sweat. He coughed and wiped them on his boxers, lowering his eyes to the ground.

"Ano... I borrowed it from Iruka-sensei." He muttered. "He said it would keep me safe on patrols." Sasuke sighed and threw the vest across the bed to the man. He knew Naruto was lying, but that morning didn't seem like the right morning to be pursuing things.

"If you don't hurry you'll miss breakfast and we'll be late for our patrol." He tossed over the rest of his clothes and began putting on his own shorts.

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As they rushed out the door, it took Naruto a second to realise that Sasuke wasn't beside him. He stopped and turned around to see him heading off in a different direction.

"Oi, Sasuke!" The other man paused and looked back. "Where are you going?!"

"I'm doing some concentrated training with Kakashi. I got the day off." He replied. Naruto frowned, but nodded and continued walking to the patrolling station to sign in. His thoughts were preoccupied with relief that Sasuke hadn't bothered him on the subject of his vest. He didn't know what he would have done if he'd been pressured into a truthful answer, but he knew that Sasuke was suspicious of his little lie, if not completely sure he'd lied to him. He shook the thoughts from his head and continued on.

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Sasuke met up with Kakashi on the usual bridge and was surprised to find the jounin on time. In fact, it was the third time in a row he'd been on time for a meeting with Sasuke. While it wasn't unusual for the man to be on time, it was if he was on time more than one day at a time.

"Where would you like to train?" He asked nonchalantly. Sasuke shrugged.

"A roof top?" He offered. Kakashi nodded curtly and they took off to the nearest flat roof.

At first they started with the usual hand-to-hand tactics, Taijutsu, minor martial arts and the like to get them both warmed up. When Kakashi felt they were ready, he pulled out a kunai and lunged at the younger man, who'd pulled out a kusarigama. Kakashi paused in his attack, smirking at the new weapon. The sickle swayed back in forth as Sasuke tested the weight of the thick chain attached to it.

"A change of pace?" He asked. Sasuke shrugged, not intimidated by his teacher in the least.

"I figured that if I was supposed to get anywhere in this world I can't just stick to kunais and shuriken stars." He flicked his wrist, sending the blade at the end of the chain spinning. He nodded to himself, pleased with the weight of the weapon in his hand. It would be deadly in the hands of the right person and Sasuke had been training with it for the past week on the trees outside his home. He had learned a few new tricks and if he was desperate he had a switch blade concealed in the handle.

Kakashi continued his attack, making sure to keep conscious of the swinging blade. He ducked in close to avoid the moving kusarigama but was surprised when a flick of the wrist brought the deadly sharp blade in, making close combat very dangerous. He jumped back and attacked from another angle, not giving Sasuke time to attack while Kakashi was regrouping.

He knew that Sasuke's weak point with the chained blade would be himself as he had to avoid the weapon backfiring on him, so he went for Sasuke's back, where Sasuke couldn't defend properly. He was met with Sharingan eyes that flared to life. Sasuke seemed to have improved on his Taijutsu as well, and his agility was a lot faster than Kakashi would have expected. It almost made him wonder why Sasuke hadn't been promoted like all the others had, but he had to be focused on the spar. With a flick of his hand, his hitai- ate was removed, allowing his own Sharingan vision. Quickly, he bit down on his kunai, twitching his neck just in time to catch the blade as it sliced its way towards his throat, and while the weapon was being regrouped, he used an exploding scroll to divert Sasuke's attention from him. It only worked for a second, but that's all the jounin needed to set his traps in place.

Sasuke whipped his head around and was met with three identical Kakashi clones. He narrowed his eyes and took it as the signal to begin using jutsus. He let loose his Sharingan eye and sucked in a deep breath, dropping the chained weapon to the ground, when something caught his Sharingan. They were all clones. He cursed inwardly and let out the breath he'd been holding in preparation for his Katon Housenka no jutsu. A small fireball left his lips, disappearing like hot breath on a cold day. One of the clones had pulled out a random Jiraiya novel and had started reading it, ignoring the prodigy, while another merely turned his back on Sasuke and walked to the edge, disappearing in a puff of smoke.

"Are you trying to tell me something, Kakashi-sensei?" He asked, annoyed. The clone with his nose buried in the book lifted a hand dismissively.

"You're boring me, Sasuke-kun." He muttered and continued reading. Controlling his anger, Sasuke grabbed his arm and concentrated his chakra to the palm of his hand as Chidori. When he was deafened by the chirping he took off towards the clones and took them out. Just as he hit the reading clone, another wave of clones jumped on him, only to be taken down when Chidori came swinging right around.

"Am I still boring you, sensei?" He spat the word mockingly. When the dust settled he found his teacher sitting on the ledge reading. The silver- haired man looked up and shrugged.

"Even without looking, I know your movements have become too predictable." Sasuke ground his teeth together and powered up his hand for another release of Raikiri. This time when he charged his teacher, the blast missed and hit the wall of the roof instead, shaking the building down to its foundation. He cursed and looked at his feet, which were entangled with the kusarigama chain that he'd forgotten about. Kakashi, apparently, had not forgotten and picked it up when he wasn't paying attention. Sasuke growled realising his teacher was more skilled than he was at using the weapon, as he hadn't even seen the metal until he was already on the floor. He looked up to his teacher, to find he hadn't even moved from his spot on the wall, and merely turned the page, ignoring Sasuke completely. "I told you so."

Pushing himself to his feet, Sasuke kicked away the chain furiously and lunged at his teacher again, performing hand seals faster than even his eyes could keep up with. The flame of Katon Ryuuka no jutsu exploded from his mouth, appearing to hit the teacher in what would have been mortal accuracy, but Kakashi's speed was a force to be reckoned with and the jounin escaped without any visible signs of injury.

Not to be out done, Sasuke whipped around, keeping his speed and threw his fist at the teacher, blue lightning crackling all around the soft pink flesh. The older of the two didn't show any signs of surprise and only sidestepped the attack, bringing his elbow down painfully on Sasuke's back as he flew past. The genin stumbled and the lightning was sent into the ground, the building rumbling once more with the sound of thunder.

"If this is all you have to show, then Konoha has failed in your teachings." Kakashi exclaimed, bitterly. "And you were wondering why you haven't made it to the chuunin level like the rest of your age group." He let out a sharp laugh and continued reading his book. Sasuke frowned, wondering why his mentor was acting so strange, but he couldn't help but let his mind wander back to what Kakashi had been saying. It was all true. Whether or not Kakashi had been saying those hurtful words out of spite or annoyance, they hit their mark, because it was pretty much all Sasuke had to show from eighteen years living in Konohagakure.

He wasn't sure whether he wanted to show Kakashi up, or attack him for saying those things, but Sasuke continued to lunge at his old teacher, using any and all attacks and weapons he could. Kakashi narrowed his eye and shook his head. Sasuke was so caught up in his anger that his movements had become frantic.

"Keep your anger in check, Sasuke-kun." Kakashi snapped and took a step back, not bothering to retaliate. "If you don't you make mistakes." Both had realised that the silver-haired jounin's words were sharp and filled with bitterness, his presence not actually helping Sasuke improve in any way and as his anger rose, his punches became sloppier, and he left too many openings, until finally Kakashi couldn't take it. In a flash he was behind his former student, a sharp kunai pressed to the young man's throat. It cut the flesh slightly, and the blood trailed slowly down his neck and over Kakashi's hand. Neither noticed it as the tension in the air thickened.

"Try Raikiri." Kakashi ordered. Ignoring the blade being pressed into his throat, he tried to concentrate the chakra into his palm, but was only rewarded with a faint shower of static. "Like I thought." Kakashi continued. "You've known this attack for almost six years and you've only managed to get it up to three in one day. You're pathetic. How do you expect to be able to defeat Itachi if you're not even on par with me? It would be more worth my time to teach walls to talk than to train with you." Before Sasuke had the chance to bite back, the kunai disappeared along with Kakashi, leaving the dark-haired genin alone on the partly destroyed rooftop, the jounin's hollow laughter echoing through his head.

He let out an enraged cry and slammed his crackling fist into the nearest wall. The Raikiri exploded on impact, sending bits of concrete flying all around him. Just because he needed a little bit of time in between uses, didn't mean he couldn't use it more than three times. He'd already increased his maximum to five a day. Not that Kakashi had stayed to find out.

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He hadn't slept in three days. Well, actually it was two days, twenty-one hours and thirty-four minutes, but Kakashi figured three days sounded a bit better. He opened his apartment door and nearly collapsed from relief onto his fluffy puke green carpet. He had every intention of sleeping until the next morning, without interruptions. Even food could wait a day.

He walked groggily over to the couch and nearly collapsed into the plush comfort of the cushions when a messenger bird chirped at him from the window. He looked at it confusedly before he recognised it as the Hokage's. He glared at the poor sparrow before sighing in defeat. If the Hokage wanted him, there was really nothing he could do to refuse, no matter how much his aching muscles protested.

Pulling himself reluctantly from the couch, he followed the bird back to the Hokage offices, making a mental note to apologize to Sasuke when he had gotten his sleep. He knew he'd gone too far, but with all the stress the Leaf leader had shoved onto the Anbu and jounin elite, his own personal problems with Iruka, and his lack of sleep, his tolerance for screw ups was below zero.

He hopped onto the window sill and narrowed his eyes at the woman who was practically buried under mountains of files and request forms. He cleared his throat purposefully.

"I'm honoured you have a job for me, Tsunade-hime, and your obsession with me is flattering, but my day ended after my training session with Uchiha Sasuke. I haven't seen my home in a week, and it's been three days since I've seen the backs of my eyelids. I cannot possibly do what ever it is you want me to do going on seventy-two hours without sleep." She looked up at him and for a moment he regretted his words. If he had been bad, Tsunade was admittedly worse. She was developing eyes that looked like Gaara of the Sand, she was so tired looking. Her hair was sticking out at odd angles and for the first time since she'd returned to the Hidden Leaf, she looked her age.

"Hatake-san." She muttered, and motioned to a seat covered in paper, offering him a seat. He declined and stayed on the sill. "I've got milk at home in the fridge that was fresh when I bought it about a month ago." She groaned, looking at her calendar to confirm. "This is why I hate wars. No time to hit the casinos."

"What do you want? Aren't there other jounins who can do it for you?" She shook her head sadly.

"Most of them are away or have it worse than you."

"Well, what about the chuunin? Surely Shikamaru could just as good a job as I could." He offered again, but was shot down with the same shake of her blonde head.

"Nara-san has taken over some of the teaching at the academy so that Iruka could take some of the higher ranked missions." Kakashi stayed silent, letting himself calm down before he let his anger get the best of him. "It's not a big job, but I need someone to make regular checks on the guards defending the walls around the village for a week. After that, you can take a whole year off if you want to." He sighed but inclined his head to accept the offer.

"Hai, Tsunade-hime."

"I'm sorry Kakashi-san. I really am."

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Sasuke walked down the street, purposely kicking every stray rock and pebble he came across, trying to vent his anger productively. It wasn't working too well. All he wanted to really do was waste that last Chidori on the nearest wall, but he figured someone would ask if he was okay if he vented that openly. He was about to kick the next stone when, instead of something rough and hard, he connected with something soft and fleshy.

"ITAI, stupid bastard." He looked up to find Naruto bent over, clutching his shin painfully. The blonde looked up at Sasuke and let loose another stream of colourful curses as he checked his leg for any injuries. It wasn't going to be anything worse than a bruise, but Naruto had always been known for his theatrics. "You could have broken my leg, jerk!" He yelled.

"So you're admitting that I'm strong enough to do that to you without even trying?" Sasuke smirked. At least he'd figured out that his rival's presence was calming, if not distracting.

"Of course not!" Naruto retorted, jumping up and shoving his face into Sasuke's. "It just hurt, is all."

"Sure." Sasuke shrugged, remembering his earlier anger and continued walking, brushing past his friend roughly.

"Hey! What's you're problem?!" Naruto asked, turning around and following Sasuke. "You know, you can always talk to me, right? Or you can just vent on me if you don't want to talk." Sasuke paused at the word 'vent', allowing Naruto the chance to catch up. He knew Naruto didn't mean it the way he was thinking, but he did need something to keep his mind occupied, and it was the only thing that appealed to him at the moment. He looked around the street and found that the back of the ramen shop Naruto frequented was just dark enough. Making sure no one noticed them; he pulled Naruto into the darkness and shoved his shoulders against the brick wall. His fingers moved quickly, unbuttoning the orange pants, but he was shoved back by a panicked Naruto.

"Yamero!" Naruto hissed, keeping his hands out to protect himself in the darkness. "Don't do this to me." Sasuke moved closer, slowly, and entwined his fingers with Naruto's. When Naruto stopped resisting, he stepped even closer and rested his forehead on his friend's shoulder.

"I'm not going to do that to you." He whispered softly. "I'm going to do something for you that 'he' never would have done." He lowered himself to his knees and gently continued what he had been doing before Naruto stopped him. He smirked to himself feeling the blue eyes following any of his movements they could pick up on in the darkness. When he'd finally pulled down the jeans and boxers, he closed his eyes and pushed out the rest of the world. Nothing mattered except that he make Naruto cry out his name in ecstasy. It was a challenge, and he never backed down from a challenge. Plus, it was a good way to vent.

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"Sasuke..." He hissed, louder than before, feeling his rival do what ever it took to bring him over the edge. "Oh, Sasuke... please..." He begged, not really knowing what he wanted so badly.

Sasuke was getting shivers, hearing his name said in such passion, and nearly came himself when he felt Naruto stiffen in front of him and fill his mouth as waves of ecstasy washed over him. He stumbled backwards and spat the salty liquid on the ground, not particularly caring for the taste.

He stood up and waited for Naruto to finally catch his breath and stand up straight as well, noticing that neither of them had let go of the other's hand. When the blonde opened his eyes, the first thing he saw was the creamy liquid on the ground. He shot Sasuke an offended glare. Sasuke barked out a laugh.

"If I thought we were going to be doing this forever, I suppose I could get used to the taste." He whispered huskily, pressing his lips to his friend's and sharing the taste on his tongue. They kissed for a second before Naruto cringed and pushed Sasuke away from him. He wiped his mouth and stuck out his tongue, dropping his rival's hand.

"I see what you mean." He laughed, pulling up his boxers and pants, fumbling slightly with the zipper. "You're really on a roll, stealing all of my firsts. My first kiss with tongue, my first blow job." He looked up at Sasuke and grinned. "We should keep a record and see who loses the most firsts to the other." Sasuke sighed and rolled his eyes at Naruto's immaturity.

"Only you would make that a challenge." He said. "I'm sorry for pulling you into here and doing that... I was just pissed off at-" Naruto held up a hand.

"Are you upset anymore?" He asked, not apologizing for the interruption. Sasuke thought about it for a moment before shaking his head. "Then why would you want to bring it up? It will probably only make you angry again, right?" The older teen smiled softly.

"You're smarter than you look."

"Hey!" Naruto exclaimed, looking thoroughly offended.

"I'm off for the rest of the day, want some company on the rest of your patrol?" Sasuke offered. Naruto flushed, having forgotten about his patrol.

"I was on my lunch break!"

"I know, I've had this shift before too." Naruto grabbed Sasuke's hand and grinned.

"Sure you can tag along, so long as you pay for a quick ramen, since we're here, and we need to find someone who has mouthwash." He stuck out his tongue again, laughter bubbling over, as he dragged his rival into the ramen bar.

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When Naruto's shift ended and they had parted ways, Sasuke found himself on an unfamiliar doorstep. He knew it was the right house, but he'd never actually been to Iruka's house before. He knocked twice and waited for an answer. He could hear someone inside rushing around trying to clean up.

"Look, Kakashi, I'm not in the mood to fight it out with you, I've had a really long day." He heard from the door before the latch was unhooked and the door was pulled open by his former sensei.

"Sorry, I'm not Kakashi." He nodded slightly.

"Ah, gomen, gomen." Iruka apologised quickly and let the younger man in. "What is it I can help my former student with?" He asked, the weariness disappearing from his face.

"I'll be quick. Did you lend Naruto a chuunin vest?" Sasuke asked, bluntly.

"No, why?" Iruka looked at him confusedly. The genin smiled briefly to let the older man know there wasn't a problem.

"Oh, it's nothing. He was staying over at my house one night and I found it. I thought Naruto might have gotten it from you, but I suppose it was just one of my old relatives' that he dug up." He didn't want Iruka to worry too much about the blonde and he felt sure that Naruto would be even angrier if he learned other people knew than if only Sasuke figured the mystery out and kept it to himself. He bowed politely to the chuunin and left, not offering anything more.

Only one question burned through his mind, why was Naruto lying about the vest?

(End of Chapter)

Yay! I finally finished this chapter. I'm really sorry it took so long to get around to. I procrastinated too much in starting it. Anyways, lemme see what to say:

To sandriz: um... sorry but I'm not giving out my photo... heh heh. But thanks for the high praise. Oh, and Sasuke was actually the one to suggest not bringing emotions into the bedroom (or wherever they do it) so it's not cold, it's just normal Sasuke.

To Sanura-sama: wow... that's three people who've pretty much read all 50 chappies in one go... I'm honoured!

To Yasai-chan: You have no idea how many times I have wished that I was a guy just cause I wanted to be in one of their shoes... course with me I'd probably get stuck with screwing Sasuke cause I'm too much like Naruto.

To Random Person: You're quite observant, a lot has gone unsaid between these two, but you'll just have to keep reading in order to figure out exactly what.

To Kamikakushi: I think I actually got the 'no kissing' idea from Pretty Women.

To Heero2001: About Sasuke's birthday, I had a scene in there about that but it didn't fit, so it was cut. The birthday will come up a bit later. For the moment they're a little too busy to worry about it. Plus, I think Sasuke got a fine birthday present...hee hee.

To Aka: Yeah... scary how things work out that way. I figured those rules would be the perfect way to give them all that action without it seeming too sudden. I was going to write a chapter solely from Sasuke's point of view about what happened, but I couldn't get it to work so I stuck to the original notes... but don't worry... there will be something about it. And if you wanted to try writing a longer review, just CtrlC it... and if it doesn't work on ff.n send it to my e-mail. The review count really doesn't matter to me anymore (I think it's broken, on the site is says I have a certain number but in my stats the number is 9 less... so I figure what the heck).

To Iceheart19: I've read the whole manga... I get it when it comes out on Friday. I feel kind of bad about being so harsh on Sasuke's father. He just suffered through something I like to call Uchiha syndrome. It's an inability to show ones emotions to those that really count. Either way: Like father, like son. I still have hopes for Itachi though.

To RiNuN: I'm sorry if this sounds rude, but under no circumstances will this be MPREG. It is not possible in the real world, so it won't be possible for them either. Meaning Sasuke will have to go elsewhere to restart his clan.

To Moon Klutz: Unfortunately, I wasn't able to find the original lemon, so I had to retype the entire lemon. (cries) But it worked out okay.

To Queen of Anime: This is definitely not the last chapter.

To Pale Rider: I took your advice and chopped that last scene. Hopefully it looks a bit better.

To EVERYONE!!!: There's a couple of things I want to say to everyone. First, is I'm a fan of NaruSasu because it seems like more of a deeper connection between the two than SasuNaru. For one, because of his past, Sasuke is a control-freak. Could you imagine how much it would take for him to FREELY give up that control to someone else? Especially after how he was betrayed by the closest people to him? And Naruto has been shoved out of Konohagakure society. Think about it from his eyes. Someone loves him, trusts him, cares for him enough to give themselves to him. Naruto's life has been full of chaos. He's never really been in control of anything, and because he's so close to Sasuke, he would know what it was Sasuke gave up to him.

Whereas if it were SasuNaru, Sasuke would ignore everything and only focus on his release, and Naruto would just be used in yet another way by the village. Hee hee... I'm guessing everyone's skipped this part cause even I know I'm babbling.

Course I like SasuNaru as much as NaruSasu, so in this fic, it really doesn't matter.

Oh yeah... the second thing. I read the manga, so you don't need to ask if I've read the latest one. 9.35 times out of 10 I have, and I even read the little notes at the bottom, like the one from the Friday that just past that said Kishimoto-sempai was taking a week off for 'data collecting'.

See Ya!!!