Title: Never been kissed
Rating: pg 13
Pairings: SasuNaru, InoShika, KakaIru, one-sided sakunaru & hinanaru, KibaShino
Warnings: shonen ai
Summary: It's almost Naruto's sixteenth birthday and Kiba tells him a couple of things that he needs to do before then...
Author's notes: thoughts and 'inner Sakura' are in italics. Many thanks to RubyLove for beta-ing my fic! xD and now... boys in love! i hope you like!
Disclaimer: not mine...
Chapter seven:
Five days till...
Naruto snapped up from his bed. For some reason he had this strange feeling in his gut. It was telling him to get up, something was wrong. Naruto quickly jumped out of bed and pulled on nearby clothes. He rushed to the washroom to brush his teeth and splash his face with cold water.
Why was he getting this feeling? Quickly running a wet hand through his blonde hair to give it some life, he gave a grin to his mirror. Whatever was going on, he was going to fix it.
Naruto bounded out of his apartment and found his way onto the streets of Konoha. He looked around but couldn't find anything. There was nothing wrong here. He decided to walk to the places he was most familiar with, that might affect him if any change occurred.
First, Naruto checked the ramen shop. It was still the same as ever. Naruto let out a small sigh of relief, he didn't know what he would do if one of his main sources of ramen was cut off.
Satisfied with Ichiraku's status, he quickly bounded off to the academy. Peering through the windows of the classroom, he found nothing unusual. Iruka was still teaching and waved to him through the window. Nothing wrong here either. He was about to take off when he heard someone call his name,
"Naruto!" He looked around only to be met with grotesquely large eyebrows.
"Ah!" he screamed. He stepped back to see the eyebrows belonging to Lee. Why do they seem to be larger than usual?
"Hey, have you seen Sakura-san?" Naruto shook his head.
"No, but I'm kinda in the middle of looking for something..." Lee nodded,
"Oh, I see. What are you looking for?" Naruto shrugged,
"Eh... I don't really know, but my gut is telling me that something is going on." Lee gave him a serious look,
"Well then, let's go find out!" cried the boy with the eyebrows and tugged on Naruto's sleeve as they took off.
"Let's go to the training grounds," said Naruto. Lee nodded as they leaped from rooftop to rooftop.
"Ok! That's sounds- Wait a sec!" Naruto felt himself being pulled down to the ground.
"Hinata-san!" yelled Lee, "how's it going?" He stopped me to say hi to Hinata! thought Naruto giving Lee a look. "Sorry, I have to check up on her. It'll only be a minute." Naruto reluctantly nodded.
"L-Lee-san! N-Naruto-kun!" peeped out Hinata in surprise as she turned around to see Lee and Naruto come up to her.
"I just thought I'd say hi!" said Lee smiling, "It was too bad we didn't ah, complete our mission yesterday." Hinata blushed,
"I-It's fine, we can t-try again," she said quietly. Naruto looked at them confused,
"Mission? You guys had a mission together!" Lee laughed and smacked him on the back,
"Haha! It's just between Hinata-san and I!" Naruto rolled his eyes,
"Right... anyways, we better get going Lee." Lee nodded,
"We'll talk later Hinata-san. First I have to help Naruto find something," Lee explained.
"Find something?" asked Hinata curiously.
"Yeah," began Naruto, "I think something is seriously-" And then he was cut off as a shrill scream came from one of the training grounds.
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Sakura wiped off the sweat from her forehead, not caring how manly her actions were at the moment. Come on, screamed inner Sakura, don't let him get to you! You can do it! Green eyes focused on her opponent across the field from her.
While she was panting, gasping for air and sweating like crazy, Sasuke barely broke into a sweat. Sakura hated the way he still could hold onto his cool demeanour and placid face. He acts as if I'm nothing, barely a threat. Ugh! His attitude is pissing me off so much!
"Give up, Sakura."
"No!" There was no way she was going to give up, she had already come this far. This was for all those times Sasuke had hurt her. Sakura quickly grabbed a shuriken and threw it at Sasuke as she ran towards him. He gracefully dodged that and all the punches and kicks she began throwing at him. He doesn't even fight back, thought Sakura, does he really think that low of me?
Fuelled with rage, her movements became quicker, harsher and unpredictable. Sakura wasn't even thinking anymore. Finally, she got a hold of his arm. Using that monstrous strength that Tsunade had taught her, Sakura swung Sasuke across the grounds.
YES! screamed inner Sakura, you finally got him! Sakura looked towards Sasuke, angry to have seen him land perfectly fine.
"Sakura..." he began slowly, "you're beginning to annoy me." Sasuke stood up straight.
"Well I wouldn't be if maybe, you had been a little nicer. If you could have just told me where Naruto was, I would have been out of your way."
"You don't deserve Naruto."
"What do you mean by that?" snapped Sakura, "what do you mean I don't deserve him!" That's it! screamed inner Sakura, BEAT HIM TO A BLOODY PULP! The pink haired girl quickly closed the distance between them and pulled back her arm, winding up for a big beating.
"And who do you think you are? You just can't decide who get deserves to be with Naruto or not!" yelled Sakura as attempted to punch Sasuke. Suddenly, she felt something hard hit her cheek. A fist. Sasuke's fist. He had finally acknowledged that she was his opponent. Sakura quickly pulled back.
"Don't think just because you're a girl that I won't hit you back." Sakura grabbed her cheek
"Why do you even care about me and Naruto! You should just stay out of it!" Sasuke looked at her angrily and disappeared. He reappeared right behind her,
"I've had enough of your babbling," he snarled into her ear as he raised his arm to knock her out. Without thinking, Sakura pulled out a kunai and stabbed it behind her. Oh my god! I've hit something. She let out a scream.
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Hinata followed Naruto as he took off as soon as he heard the scream. She could see the concern etched onto his face. That was definitely a girl's scream. Is it Sakura he's worried about? The dark-haired girl wondered. I hope this doesn't mean he still likes her! The Hyuuga sighed. Will Naruto ever return my affection?
Suddenly, a dark streak passed by them. Naruto stopped,
"Sasuke!" he yelled out to his team-mate. The boy didn't even acknowledge the call. "Teme..." Hinata could hear Naruto mutter under his breath before resuming what he was doing. He bounded towards the direction the Uchiha had come from.
"I wonder what's going on," thought Lee aloud. Hinata nodded in agreement. They came to a clearing and found Sakura in the middle of it. She knocked out cold with a log next to her with a kunai jabbed in it.
"Sakura-chan!" cried Naruto as he ran towards her, choosing to give up on following Sasuke in favor of helping the stricken girl. Hinata stiffened as Naruto cradled her in his arms, "Wake up..." Lee was right next to them crying his eyes out
"Is Sakura-chan all right? Please tell me she's ok!" Hinata walked towards them and looked at the girl.
"S-She should be fine. She's just unconscious... probably Sasuke-san..." Naruto's fist clenched, "What the hell was Sasuke thinking?" He stood up and passed Sakura to Lee who was almost passed out from being able to hold Sakura. "I've got to go find that bastard. You guys take care of Sakura. I'll beat some sense into him." Then he disappeared. Hinata turned to Lee,
"Come on Lee-san, we better take Sakura home." Hinata sighed, every time she saw Naruto, something always interrupted them from growing any closer. Maybe it was time she went and talked to her team-mates, they always seemed to take good care of her. Yet lately it seemed they were more interested in spending time with each other than with their female team-mate. Suddenly she could feel the raindrops that had begun to fall.
"We should hurry and get Sakura-chan out of the rain," she said softly to the green clad shinobi.
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Naruto spent the better part of his afternoon searching for Sasuke. He gave up when the rain began to pelt down on him. Where is that teme, though Naruto. He wanted to know what had happened with Sasuke and Sakura. Why was she knocked out? What had Sakura said to the normally calm boy to make him act in such a brash way?
But most of all, Naruto just wanted to see Sasuke. He missed the other boy's presence. He even missed the comments and insults and even that stupid smirk. If only they were strong enough to say what they felt rather than avoid the other. At least Naruto knew that they would be seeing each other the next day for sure. Kakashi had called a meeting for tomorrow, but how things would be after the Uchiha had treated his other partner in such a hostile manner was a good question!
Naruto sighed as he made his way to the academy. He needed a heart to heart talk with Iruka. The man who was like a father to him was the only one who would be able to help him settle his emotions. He quickly sped up to get inside the building, it was really raining hard outside.
Once inside, Naruto realized that the school was pretty much empty but knowing Iruka, he was most likely still working. Wanting to surprise his former sensei, he masked his chakra and slowly crept towards the classroom.
Reaching the classroom, Naruto found the door closed. He put his ear to the door to hear some strange noises. They were quick and muffled noises. What's going on, thought Naruto. He slowly pulled opened the door to peek in.
"Ka-Kakashi..." moaned Iruka. Naruto felt a deep blush creep onto his face. There was his beloved, caring schoolteacher being molested by his creepy, perverted teacher. Though he knew he shouldn't be there, Naruto couldn't take his eyes off the scene in front of him.
There was Iruka lying on his desk, shirtless with Kakashi on top of him, hands on either side of Iruka's body. Naruto watched as Kakashi kissed and nipped on Iruka's neck. Why am I watching, thought Naruto, this is Iruka-sensei! With Kakashi-sensei! Making out! Naruto felt his mouth drop wide open as Iruka pulled Kakashi into a passionate kiss.
This is the second homosexual couple I've found out about this week! What is this supposed to mean? Blue eyes finally looked down. Why am I not freaked out?
"Yo." The blonde head snapped up to see Kakashi looking right at Naruto.
"Ah..." Naruto looked flustered.
"Naruto!" Iruka cried in embarrassment and quickly struggled to get Kakashi off of him. He scrambled to look for his shirt, "It's n-not what you think it is!" Kakashi only laughed cheerfully.
"Need something?" Kakashi asked him calmly as though nothing was wrong. The blonde was only speechless. Iruka had finally pulled on his shirt and rushed to Naruto.
"Naruto-kun, what you just saw right now-"
"Is you making out with your boyfriend?" Naruto asked cutting him off. Iruka looked confused,
"You're not mad? Upset? Angry?" Naruto shook his head,
"Ah... a little surprised. But no, I'm not upset..." Iruka let out a sigh of relief.
"See Iruka? I told you that they would be okay with it if they found out." Iruka blushed,
"Are you sure Naruto-kun? You're fine with it?" The boy nodded,
"But... you do know that Kakashi-sensei is a pervert right?" Iruka sighed,
"Trust me, I know... This guy-" He quickly covered his mouth, "Ah...never mind. You wanted to see me about something?"
"Well... you know... friend problems..."
"You mean Sasuke problems," said Kakashi. Naruto glared at him,
"No..." Iruka laughed,
"So what is this problem you're having?"
"I just don't understand one of my friends. He -er she always finds a way come into my mind. I can't stop thinking about her sometimes. I don't know why..." Iruka ruffled his hair,
"Is it possible my little Naruto is in love?"
"Love? No, no, no... this can't be love. We're like rivals. I'm supposed to hate him! HER!" he cried. "No matter how pretty the stupid bastard is," he added quietly. Kakashi laughed.
"You two would make a cute couple. Hm... though, I wonder who'd be the dominant one," Kakashi thought aloud.
"KAKASHI-SENSEI!" screamed Naruto as Iruka held him back.
"Kakashi! Don't tease him! Naruto's being serious!"
"Fine, fine, you women." Iruka glared at his lover,
"That's it! Get used to the couch, it's the only thing you'll be lying with this week!
"Waaaaaah! That's unfair! I only made one comment."
"No, you've been commenting on my feminineness all week long. I'm a man goddamnit!"
Naruto sighed and left them to their bickering. He walked out of the academy doors and into the rain. I can't be in love, can I? ...there's no way. So what if seeing Sasuke makes my heart beat faster!¦ so what if I can't stop thinking about him. Damn it all! The blonde groaned,
"Oh god, I'm in love with him," Naruto whispered quietly. Too bad he wasn't alone. Too bad someone else had heard what he said.
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The next day...
Four days till...
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Sakura groaned as she opened her eyes. What happened yesterday? she questioned herself. The pink haired girl sat up in her bed and looked around. She was in her room. How did she get there? And what the hell was her hand touching...
"LEE-SAN!" screamed Sakura as she jumped out of bed. She looked back at her bed to see the chunnin slowly waking up. He seemed to have been kneeling by her bedside.
"Sakura-chan? How are you feeling?" he asked. Her eyes widened, Lee had brought her home? What the hell was going on...
"W-what are you doing here?"
"I was waiting for you to wake up. I was worried about you," he explained. Sakura's face softened,
"You were?" He nodded,
"When we found you unconscious in the field yesterday, I was so worried, Sakura-chan. What happened?"
"I... I... was fighting Sasuke..." explained Sakura slowly.
"Fighting Sasuke? Why would you do such a thing!" The pink haired girl sighed,
"I was being silly... and angry..." Lee stood up and walked over to where Sakura stood,
"It's ok, Sakura-chan. As long as you're all right." He gave her a big smile. Why is he acting like this, thought Sakura, why isn't he mad about that time? She felt a twinge of guilt.
"Lee-san... about that time..." He shook his head,
"You had your reasons right? I mean..."
"No, let me explain-" Sakura suddenly noticed the time, "CRAP! I'm late!" She ran to her bedroom door and looked back, "I'm sorry, but I have to meet my team right now. I promise we'll talk later ok?" Lee nodded and then Sakura took off.
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Naruto thought it was the weirdest thing on earth. Why were he and Kakashi the first ones to arrive? Something was definitely wrong if Sakura AND Sasuke were both late.
"Kakashi-sensei, what do you think is keeping them?" asked Naruto. Kakashi only shrugged, not bothering to look up from Icha Icha Paradise.
"They'll be here," replied Kakashi. He was right. Naruto saw Sakura running towards them.
"I'm so sorry!" she cried as she approached them. "I guess I kind of overslept..."
"Mou... you're an hour late, Sakura-chan. I was beginning to get worried," said Naruto pouting. Sakura smiled,
"You were worried? Sorry, Naruto." Naruto smiled back,
"It's okay, you're here now. All we're doing now is waiting for Sasuke... that teme..." Sakura looked around,
"He's not here? That's odd..." Naruto nodded,
"I haven't seen him since yesterday, when he passed me right by the training grounds. Oh! That reminds me, what happened between you and Sasuke?" Kakashi's eye left the book,
"Yes, do tell us what happened between you and Sasuke." Sakura looked flustered,
"Ah... I just... ah... kinda... tried to fight him..." she answered quietly.
"Fight Sasuke? What? Why?" Sakura huffed,
"He was behind mean! He wouldn't tell me where you were Naruto!"
"Really," said Kakashi looking at his student interested in their conversation.
"Yeah, he was being really touchy," explained Sakura. Naruto looked confused,
"He wouldn't tell you? That's strange..." said Naruto.
"Did you tell Sasuke why you were looking for Naruto?" asked Kakashi. Sakura blushed,
"Well... I might have hinted at something..." she looked towards Naruto and then looked away. Kakashi got the hint.
"Interesting..." Naruto looked at this teacher,
"What's interesting Kakashi-sensei?" The jounin only smiled,
"Go to Sasuke's house. See what's wrong. Sakura you look tired, you should go home as well. We'll all meet another time." Naruto gave a confused look towards Kakashi then nodded,
"See you Sakura-chan! Kakashi-sensei!"
Naruto quickly made his way towards Sasuke's house. He was more worried than he looked. The dark haired boy was never late. He was near perfect for Pete's sake! Something had to be going on...
Naruto soon found himself in a deserted area of the village. His heart rate quickened as he walked towards Sasuke's house. Every time he came to his area, Naruto couldn't help but get goose bumps. The feelings, the emotions that surrounded the area, specifically around Sasuke's house, were startlingly strong. How can Sasuke live here all alone?
Naruto hesitantly knocked on the door. How can I face him, thought Naruto, I only just realized that I'm in love with him! He took a deep breath. Just put on that mask that you've worked so hard to perfect, he told himself.
There was no answer. Not ready to give up, Naruto began to circle the large house before him. Luckily he found an open window and snuck inside. Darkness soon engulfed him; he wasn't even able to see his hand in front of him. Naruto took another deep breath, I gotta look for Sasuke. Concentrating, he caught sight of light that was barely escaping. He walked towards the light and found a door.
Opening it slowly, he found himself in what looked like a kitchen. He quickly closed the door behind him, too afraid to look at what was in the room engulfed in darkness. Despite the fact that there was light in the kitchen, the room was still rather indiscernible.
How do you do it Sasuke, thought Naruto wishing there was a way he could find his friend without having to search the gloomy house. Naruto found his way to a set of stairs and walked up to come to a hallway. All the doors were shut expect two. Slowly walking down the hallway, he peered through the first open door. A bathroom.
The blonde continued down the hallway until he came to the end of it. There was the second open door. There was slightly more light in this room than the rest of the house. Slowly walking inside, he looked around the room. The walls were all bare. The only furniture were a desk, chair and bed. And on that bed...
"Sasuke!" cried Naruto relieved as he ran up to the lump on the bed. " You bastard! You actually had me worried about you! Why didn't you show up this-" Naruto stopped in the middle of his sentence.
There was Sasuke. The boy he was in love with. Shirtless. Nooooo, Naruto cried to himself, stop you stupid hentai! Don't think about that!
"N-Naruto... I'm... it's... so hot..." whispered Sasuke. Naruto's eyes widened in bewilderment. What the hell was going on. He noticed the drops of sweat falling down the boy's pale face. It wasn't even close to hot outside, it was halfway through autumn. What was Sasuke talking about?
"Sasuke, what's wrong?" Naruto shook the other's shoulders. His skin was burning to the touch. "Are you sick or something?" Sasuke seemed in a daze,
"I think I have a fever..." the dark haired boy answered slowly. Naruto nodded as he placed his hand on Sasuke's forehead,
"Holy crap you're burning. I'm going to get you some medicine." As Naruto stood up, he felt Sasuke grab his hand.
"Wait... It-It's too hot in here... h-help me take off my pants..."
Yay for quick update! I'm back again... but only due to a horrendous thing called a cold... :( i have the stupid sore throat and cough... anywho... i hope you like this chapter... lol... i got some kakashi and iruka loving and the start of sasunaru-ness. okie. enough with my incessent chatter. To my reviewers, I have absolutely fallen in love with you guys. I never expected so many XD
Tyranimo: SANKYUU! I hope you liked this chapter xP
mkh2: life is grand xD is this chapter soon enough for coherent-ness (don't mind my english :P) thanks for reading!
katsua: i continue with pleasure! glad you liked it!
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lilliath: well our clueless blonde is FINALLY realizing the truth. xP thanks for reading!
cheeseboi: hehe, I'm mean too! and i'm happy as long as there's sasunaru!
Clow Angel: Glad you like it! Hope you like this chapter as well. :)
jonesinspace: thanks for the criticism. i'll try to keep that in mind but old habits are hard to break -.-" but i'm definitely going to try!
Dances-with-Fairyes: glad you likie! and that's right, no one messes with Sasuke's man xD
child-115: totally agree! SASUNARU rulez!
Azamiko: hope you enjoy this chapter!
ok... i'm off to pass out... the medicine is stronger than i thought. O.o well, if you have any, i'd love to hear your suggestions as to what Naruto decides to do TO a very out-of-it Sasuke. xD have a happy valentines day!
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