Any Chance I Get
Chapter 3
Sorry it took so long to finish this story ppl! -bashes self on head- I got lost, and my inspiration disappeared, so I was stalled for a while. I wrote all this with Percy on vacation near West Lake. It was so nice there, but I'm happy to be home. I want to thank all the ppl who gave us reviews: the troublesome twins, Ky0Kichi, Kitsune On Prozac, Yuukirito. animeperfect, futaba and xXxDeadOnArrivalxXx. Than you all so much, reviews really keep me and percy going. Anywho, this is going to be the last chapter of this fic, hope you like it!
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The sun rose on the sight of three teens standing on a bridge. The blond seemed uncomfortable, shooting annoyed glances at the boy standing a few feet away from him. Sasuke ignored it, as usual. The hightened animosity of the two boys seemed to bother the third member of the group.
"I hate it when they get like this, it's so uncomfortable. The only time this has ever happened before was when they had come back from that mission with Haku and Zabuza. ARGH! WHY ARE THEY LIKE THIS!" Inner Sakura bursted out angrily, while her exterior simply gazed worriedly from one boy to the other.
"This is dumb! Why do we have to wait here for Kakashi when he never even shows up?", the blond thought, "Why do I have to wait with SASUKE! I've been avoiding him ever since.." Naruto's mind drifted back to that night, "NO! stop thinking about it! I like Sakura. Thats right. Sakura. Speaking of Sakura, she's looking a little tense today, wonder what's wrong?" He had no clue... Any normal person would have figured it out, but our Naruto is a little slower than most, ne?
Sasuke simply continued staring at nothing, his face covered in a mask of... well, nothingness really, but who knows? Maybe under that mask, he was reliving the night he had spent with Naruto? I guess we'll never know. However, we can dream!
After another few more hours of waiting, their grey haired teacher finally arrived, walking along the bridge with his nose in his pervy book. He looked at them, a surprised expression on his face. Or, as surprised as his face can seem, being covered up and all. (;;)
"Umm...what are you three doing standing there?"
"Deme! We were waiting for you!" Naruto growled, clenching his fists.
"Didn't I tell you? I'm sure I did... Oh well. I gave you guys the day off to work on your training individually." He said, his eyes smiling.
Sakura and Naruto both fell over anime style, and Sasuke gave a little "'Che-" and walked off, hands in his pockets.
"But-but, we waited for you for so long! I could be eating ramen right now, seeing as how it's already LUNCH TIME! You so owe me a bowl of ramen now...", Naruto exclaimed, ignoring Sasuke's departure.
"I suggest you don't waste any more of your time. You still need a lot of work when it comes to controlling your chakra, and that's something you have to work on on your own." He then returned to Come Come Paradise, a light blush spread across his face while he waved dismissively at the two teens still rooted to the bridge, glaring at him as he walked off.
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The utter silence in the forest was suddenly broken by a cry of triumph followed by manic laughter. Sasuke gave a small smile, pushed aside the last of the brush and stepped into a clearing split by a shallow river. The source of the noise was a blond boy standing on the surface of the water in the middle of the lake. His form seemed to radiate a sense of happiness and accomplishment. His hands were raised slightly above his head, which was thrown back to look upwards, and his mouth was wide, laughing. Sasuke felt something warm rise up into his chest as the boy began too leap around, his feet splashing at the surface of the water but not sinking through it.
"So cute...", he mumbled.
The blonds figure froze. In his leaping he had come to face the other boy. Sasuke's presence obviously didn't please him. His eyes were those of a deer caught in the headlights.
"What... are you doing here" Fear seeped out of Naruto's voice, and his feet slowly sinking though the surface of the water. When his feet touched the bottom of the river the sudden solidness of the ground caught him by surprise and with a yelp he fell flat on his butt in the river, soaking himself in the process. When he had wiped his eyes of water he looked up at Sasuke, his eyes were still fearful and his current position made him seem utterly defenseless. He remained there for a few moments, as if unable to move, then remembered his pride and scrambled to his feet. He remained in the middle of the river however, knee deep in water, and seemed not to know what to do. He should leave, his mind was screaming at him to run, but something was keeping rooted to the spot. He didn't want Sasuke any closer to him. He wanted Sasuke to be far away, but...
Whatever Naruto was hoping, Sasuke began walking closer. He saw fear and confusion in the blond's eyes, Naruto had never been very good at masking his emotion. He himself had mastered it, but right now he didn't feel like it. He wasn't sure what he was showing Naruto, and he wasn't sure he cared either.
Sasuke stepped forward, his foot grazing the surface of the water. He kept walking towards Naruto, who made no attempt to run away, he just stood there, staring into the other boy's eyes. Sasuke took this as a good sign and kept walking. Slowly he reached the spot where Naruto stood frozen.
"WHY ARE YOU HERE!" Naruto screamed, flailing his arms frantically. The water splashed around him, soaking himself (and Sasuke) even more.
"I wanted to talk." Sasuke said, while slowly leaning towards Naruto.
"AGAIN!" Naruto splashed around some more, stepping backwards into something solid and warm.
"Yes, Naruto." Sasuke muttered into Naruto's ear from behind. Naruto screamed.
"How the hell did he get there!" The shorter boy thought frantically.
He tried to turn around but Sasuke wrapped his arms around him. They were both now very, very wet. Sasuke could feel the warmth of Naruto's body through their drenched clothes, and it made him pull the boy even closer against him.
"I am going to try and get you all to myself..." Sasuke bit softly at Naruto's earlobe, "...Any chance I get."
Naruto froze. What the hell was going on? For a moment he couldn't think, then.
"Get away from me, Uchiha." Naruto swerved around and pushed the other boy away from him roughly. Sasuke stumbled a little bit, shocked. What's this? Were his charms failing him? Were his powers of seduction not quite up to par? Oh dear. Teehee...
"I don't want this. No, get away. Don't TOUCH me!" Sasuke had reached forward, but Naruto's words made him withdraw his hand quickly, "Don't ever touch me again. Got it? I don't like you that way, not in ANY way. J-just leave me alone."
Naruto climbed back on top of the water and sprinted away, leaving a wet and cold Sasuke in the middle of the river.
"Fuck."
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The wood splintered and buckled under the force of Sasuke's kicks. He had been in this clearing for hours working out, and the sun was already about to set. It felt to Sasuke like he aught to be exhausted, but for some reason he kept going, finding energy from somewhere.
"Anger does that." Said a voice inside the boys head.
"Anger? I'm not angry!"
"Yes you are, ever since that day at the river when Naruto-"
"SHUT UP! I'M NOT ANGRY!"
"Jeez, just listen to yourself. Not angry my ass...or, your ass."
"Just SHUT UP"
"Fine, but might I point out that you're being watched? You have been for quite some time."
Sasuke continued kicking the piece of wood sticking out from the ground, and at the same time he concentrated on sensing the other person's chakra. He stopped kicking but didn't turn around, his arms hanging limply at his sides.
"What do you want, Naruto?" his voice betrayed no emotion.
"I wanted to...talk." he said. He seemed quite sure of himself, having just come to a conclusion. He had been an idiot. What reason was there for him not to be with Sasuke? The thought that it was wrong was just him trying to come up with an excuse to avoid thinking about what he really wanted. He had never been good at this looking into yourself to find the truth business. Well, more like he was always too lazy. But this situation with Sasuke had forced him to, and at first he hadn't wanted to.
When he had finally stopped avoiding the problem, after he saw Sasuke at the river, he thought back to Haku and Zabuza, as well as Kakashi and Iruka's relationship which everyone seemed to know about except for them.
Although, even after he had come to the conclusion that it was ok, there was still the fact that Sasuke had always made fun of him and always hid his feelings, even from his voice. He didn't think he could get involved with someone that cold.
But then, had the raven haired boy acted like that any time recently? No. That time at the river, Naruto had been able to read every emotion that crossed the other boy's face. What he saw there had frightened him so much that the thought, "hey, I can read him", never crossed his mind. It was only afterwards that he had realized it. Of course, he had a mask on now, but after Naruto had turned him down so bluntly a few days ago, who could blame him.
So, ok, there was no reason not to get together with Sasuke. Except, of course, was he attracted to the boy? Easiest question to answer yet. Did he not have continuous flashbacks to the moments when they had been closest?
So then, why not?
"Naruto, I asked you a question." Sasuke said. He turned around to face the blond, his face betraying nothing but cold.
The blond boy began walking forward, a blush flaring across his face and his eyes glued to the floor. Ok, he was nervous.
Sasuke's eyes softened somewhat, and interest stirred behind those dark eyes of his. Naruto never acted like this, at least, not that he'd ever seen, and he had been paying a lot of attention.
"What are you doing here?" The question was a little apprehensive, but with an undertone of anticipation. As if he were trying not to hope, but it wasn't working very well.
"Any..." the blond raised his eyes to look directly into the taller boys black ones seeking admission or assent, "chance I get?" It ended in something like a question but not really, as if hoping for the right response.
Sasuke's face broke into a smile. A real smile. One that had probably only been showed once or twice before, in the time before his parents and everyone he knew had died. Before the weight of his decision to seek revenge.
He took hold of the front of Naruto's shirt, pulling him into their first real kiss. The blond smiled into the other boys lips, kissing him back softly while wrapping his arms around Sasuke's neck and pulling their bodies against each other.
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