"Every flower must grow through dirt"- anonymous

Chapter 12: Nightmares, Apologies, and Exams

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Sasuke couldn't sleep.

At all.

Naruto had probably been asleep for atleast two hours now...but him...nada.

Why?

He had no clue! He wasn't really nervous over the exam or anything...it wasn't the fact that after a few minutes of fighting Naruto had caused him to agree to share the master bedroom...for tonight only...And He wasn't snoring! Of all the years and going on missions together he couldn't remember a night with Naruot NOT snoring...but here the blonde was...sleeping quietly...

Maybe he should try counting kunai again...or count the wooden bars on the cieling...or maybe count the leaves on the tree outside the window...or maybe count how many times Naruto will poke him before...huh?

"Sasuke..." Sasuke turned over to face the blonde who had finally stopped poking him.

"What Naruto" He watched the blonde yawn and make some grunting noises...lets rub it in Naruto...you got sleep...you jerk!

"Why aren't you sleeping" The blonde watched the red chakra sigh.

"I can't...and NO I'm not nervous about the exam! and NO counting things does not help" Sasuke sighed he could just give up and train but then he might be tired at the exam...and that wouldn't be good...but if he doesn't sleep that wont be good either!

"Okay...jeez I was just going to ask if I could help..." Naruto turned around...stupid jerk...he was tired too! But it was annoying when the person beside you just keeps sighing and other crap...

Even though all Jiraiya does is snore...and loudly too.

"Hn." Sasuke glared at the blonde's back, okay fine the dobe was just trying to help...but honestly what could he do?

Sasuke sighed again.

"GOSH DARN IT QUIT WITH THE SIGHING" Naruto got up grabbing his blankets scaring Sasuke.

"Then go to your real room" Sasuke shot back, that idiot was the one that wanted to be in here in the first place!

Naruto grabbed his pillow and through it at Sasuke catching the raven haired boy off guard. The blonde then proceded to throw all of his blankets ontop of Sasuke before going underneathe them to join the startled teen.

"Naruto what are you" Sasuke was stopped as Naruto wrapped his arms around the raven haired boy's waiste and laid his head on his chest.

"When your warm you're more likely to sleep...now shut up." With that the blonde cuddled into the now blushing raven haired boy. Well neither of them had shirts on...

Sasuke stared down at the blonde...blushing...darn him...he will do anything for sleep won't he...not that Sasuke was complaining.

He yawned...well if this really helped he wasn't going to complain about doing this again later...

"Go to sleep and stop thinking about me sleeping with you." Naruto tightened his grip around he Uchiha catching him off guard. "And I know you were..."

"Hn...you wish..." Sasuke blushed, when was Naruto a mind reader? Sasuke felt something cold touched his stomach and he looked down to see the necklace that was given to Naruto by...Yume...

Who ever she was...she was important to the blonde. Sasuke looked at the necklace...it was beautiful and probably made by some expert silversmith or something...she probably paid alot for it...Who was she and where was she now?

Sasuke sighed as he felt a ting in his heart...Did Naruto love her?

Sasuke looked around...flames? There was fire but it was all orange...everything was orange or outlanied in orange and the the rest was black. What was with this? The heat...it was too hot...but he couldn't stop moving he had to keep going...for some reason he had to keep moving...

As he moved on he noticed bodies lying everywhere on the ground...atleast the orange outlining of bodies...

"Yume..." Sasuke turned around at the familiar voice...and with that everything around him was gone...just the image infront of him.

"Yume..." It was Naruto...the outlining of Naruto and he was crying...sobbing...

"Yume...I'm so sorry..." Sasuke's eyes went wide when he realized that the boy was crying over the shape of a girl...she was bleeding all over...probably dead...

"Yume...forgive me...I couldn't save you..." Sasuke's heart hurt, was this a memory? Why was this happening? What was going on? Was this Naruto's memory? Did this really...happen?

"Its all your fault you weak human! You useless vile creature" Sasuke felt sick...this voice...it was horrible...it was evil.

He watched as Naruto began to shake his head"Shut up! Shut up you" He clutched to his head.

"You know its true. You couldn't save her because you are too weak...you will always be too weak" Sasuke fell to his knees as the voice gave off and evil laugh.

"Shut up! Get out of my head" Naruto cried...Sasuke watched...he couldn't move he didn't know what was going on. Was this some sort of horrble nightmare?

"You try to reject me? Ha! It is impossible and you know this! You cannot live without me! You will relive this day forever because of your weakness"

Then it howled.

Sasuke shot up sweating...what was that?

He looked to his side to see that Naruto was sitting up too...sweating...

"You..."

Naruto quickly turned and looked at the red chakra...did they both just sit up at the same time...then a possibility hit him.

"You...you saw...it? My dream? You saw my dream" Naruto asked not caring if he sounded weak or not...it had haunted him too long...but if Sasuke had seen it too...then he would know...

"It was a nightmare Naruto not a dream." Sasuke cursed himself when he realized he couldn't stop shaking. It was just...the voice...was that the Kyuubi?

"You...saw...it..." Naruto didn't know what to do...did Sasuke see the whole thing? Did he know what happened now? What did he think of this? How did this happen?

"Naruto...the girl...Yume..." Sasuke stopped as he noticed the blonde flinch...

"SASUUUUUUKKEE" Both of them jumped as they heard Ino's voice infront of the apartment then Sasuke noticed it was already morning.

"The exam right..." Sasuke looked over at the blonde before standing up...so many questions...

"Sasuke..." Naruto watched the red chakra stop for a moment"Don't tell anyone okay"

"Dont worry..." Sasuke patted the blonde on the head"I wouldn't do that to you...and I'm sorry..."

"For wha..." Naruto watched the red chakra silently leave the room. Sasuke probably had alot of questions now...Naruto sighed, Sasuke should be worried about the exam not him.

"HEY SASUKE LET US IN" Naruto jumped when he heard Kiba yell...and the shower went on. Sasuke was probably planning on ignoring them...hehe jerk.

"SAAAAASSSSSSSSSSUUUUUUUKKKKKKEEEEE" Ino yelled, loud enough to have the rest of the village awake now..."Hey! You jerk let us in! You...Naruto" The blonde girl watched Naruto open the door...with just pants on...she blushed.

"Naruto? This is Sasuke's new apartment right? Did Iruka-sensei get confused" Kiba scratched his head.

"Dont tell me you guys yelled for Sasuke at Iruka-sensei's place too..." Naruto muttered before allowing them in...he was a nice guy...and he didn't want them to make any more noise too.

"Yeah well until his neighbor began to throw things at us...then it turned out Iruka was out with Hokage-sama helping with the exams..." Kiba decided to tell Naruto about their time this morning. "Oh and it looks interesting their were atleast thirty buckets of ink I wander what that woman is thinking..." Kiba looked over to see Ino looking at the ground sheepishly...

"Huh"

Naruto looked over at the golden chakra and noticed to change in emotion she had gone from loud and well...just loud to now...she seemed nervous...

"Naruto...I'm...sorry for before...at the tree...and Sasuke's used to be house...with me taking over your body and everything...well I'm sorry" Naruto watched the golden chakra bow.

"Heh" He grinned and rubbed the back of his head"Its okay Ino, no harm done...and I bet your really stressed about this whole junin exam thing too..."

"Of course she's stressed! I mean look at her you honestly think she will make it" Kiba dodged a punch but wasn't so lucky with the kick...ouch...

"ARE YOU SAYING THAT I WON'T MAKE IT? ARE YOU SAYING THAT SHIKAMARU THAT LAZY BUTT IS BETTER THAN ME? BRING IT DOG BOY" Ino brought another fist up (since her other one was holding onto Kiba's collar) and was about to hit him before Naruto stopped her.

"Are you telling me that Shikamaru has been taunting you all week that he is a jonin and you aren't" The blonde boy laughed.

"That jerk! Some boyfriend! I try to ask him for help and all he did was laugh before he went to help that old hag with this stupid exam..." She sniffled before realizing Kiba wasn't in her grasp anymore.

"He probably wouldn't really fight against you anyway...I mean thats why I never train with Hinata..." Kiba blushed.

"Are you two ready to leave Naruto alone" They all turned to see Sasuke dressed and ready. "You know we do have to be there on time or they won't allow us to take it."

"And you would know of being early wouldn't you..." Kiba glared until he noticed the strange look Sasuke shot at Naruto...then it was gone...did that really happen?

"Well if you two boys are ready I suggest we go get this thing started." Ino laughed grabbing them and pulling them out of the door. "DON'T FORGET TO COME AND WATCH NARUTO"

Naruto flinched when the door slammed. That girl was loud.

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"So Naruto did you and Sasuke sleep well over there" Iruka smiled as he let the blonde in his apartment. Noticing the sigh he frowned as the blonde sat on his couch.

"What happened? Or do you not want to talk about it" Iruka asked with a smile as he made a cup of coffee...and a cup of hot cocoa.

"Well I had a nightmare..." Naruto watched the light blue chakra"And I know I'm too old for nightmares but..."

"You are never too old Naruto, I've had many..." Iruka handed him the hot cocoa"Especially when you were gone I had no idea what that old perverted...but repected! Jiraiya was getting you into..." Iruka sighed"even then as a ninja you will have many of the battle you have been in or the accidentd you have made...it is part of our life."

Naruto grinned a little, Iruka was so...well Iruka. He would never ask for another mentor.

"Is that all" Iruka chuckled a little.

"Well no..." Naruto sighed...this was going to be the fun part...if Iruka could even explain it.

"Hm? I'm listening..." Iruka decided to sit down beside the blonde for this one.

"Well...this nightmare I have been having it for a while...a few months...but this time...Sasuke..."

"Was he in it"

"No...he saw it...he had my dream too..." Naruto expected Iruka to laugh and say that would never happen but what he got instead was silence and by the way the light chakra flowed he could tell that he was putting some thought into it.

"Well...its not like that hasn't happened before..." Iruka smiled catching the blonde off guard. "I mean sometimes when you are close to someone you experience the same things they do...I have had Kakashi's nightmares and he has had mine not that we want to share them or that we try or even have them often...it usually just happens when we are both emotional or something like that..."

Naruto stared at the light blue chakra...

"Did that make any sense Naruto? Are you okay"

Naruto sighed as he rubbed his face with his hands.

"Its...just that...when he woke up he was so scared...and he saw some things...that...I mean I wasn't even going to tell you these things for a while..." Naruto noticed the changed in the chakra"Well, atleast not until I was ready to. This...is...something that I will never forget even though I don't want to...its just...I didn't want anyone else...to...I don't know Sasuke probably has worse nightmares and was just shocked and..."

"Naruto you are starting to bable..."

"I'm sorry its just..."

"No,no thats why I am here! Anyways you seem a little confused but lets talk about this later or else we might not get to hear what the jonin exam is this year." Iruka smiled as Naruto smiled and then nodded...the boy just needed to think about something else for a while.

But what was bothering him was that Sasuke had seemed scared after the dream...just what had happened...to scare even Sasuke...

"You're right sensei lets go" Naruto grinned...he wanted to give Sasuke something for luck...

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"HiNNNNNNAAAAAAAAAAAAATAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" Everyone paused at the girlish scream(Kiba!) coming from the dog boy...not a rare occasion...but still annoying...poor Hinata...

"Hai...Kiba-kun I-I wish you wouldn't do-do that s-so loudly" The Hyuga girl blushed as she kissed Kiba on the cheek. "I-I am right here you know..."

"But it makes you stutter which is cuute!...er...I meant...well I like it anyway" Kiba huffed at not finding a more 'manlier' word for cute, causing the Hyuga to giggle.

Over in the distance was Neji eying them closely like a hawk waiting for his prey...to be alone...and no cousin watching...but he promised to not get mad until Kiba got back from the jonin exam...alive or dead he could care less...though he preffered the latter.

But then that would take the joy away from him doing it with his own hands...maybe even tying him in a closet and leaving him there for a few hours before hand like the other day...and since the dog helped...

"Is it just me or does Neji have a very scary look on his face from over there..." Choji whispered over to Ino who just huffed. "Ino he is probably just getting ready for whatever part he has in this..."

"I KNOW! That stupid lazy butt..." The blonde girl huffed again causing Chouji to sigh...women...(Choji thats Shika's line!)

"Good luck Kiba! I will be routing for you" Tenten smiled as she gave the god boy a kunai"Its for luck"

Kiba stared at it suspiciously before taking it, when did Tenten ever start routing for hi...ooooooooooohhh. He grinned and nodded, she would route for him with Neji watching in the background...though it would have been smarter to maybe choose a single guy...

"Ino I hope you dont fall on your face..." Sakura grinned as the blonde girl turned around. "I mean how sad to lose the exam because you fell on your face, though the fall may force an improvement on it..."

Ino smirked"Too bad falls can't fix a mug like yours..."

"WHAT WAS THAT"

"YOU HEARD ME"

Lee walked over to Choji as they both sighed, girls were strange sometimes...or most of the time...maybe girls are just plain weird.

"Good luck..." Choji offered to the 'already sucked in so deep that he was marring the girl within like a week because he got her pregnant' Lee.

"Thanks"

"Kiba...Ino...come on..." Sasuke walked by the crowd causing them to try and figure out when he had got there. And where was a certain...

"EVERYONE TO YOUR POSITIONS" Tsunade yelled over the crowed in her nice little tower than was made at the entrance...of the forest of death.

"Sasuke wait" The Uchiha turned around and was suprised to see a certain blonde running to him...in the middle of a crowd...with no weapons... He decided to falre up his chakra...just in case...

"Naruto where are your swords" He asked as the panting blonde arived, why was he in such a rush that he forgot his weapons? Sasuke blushed a little when he realized everyone was watching them.

"Oh...I guess I left them at Iruka-sensei's apartment...anyway thats not the point! Here" He held out his hand to the red chakra nervously"Its for luck because believe me you need it." The shorter boy snickered.

Sasuke looked at the hand a little suprised, when had Naruto gotten him something for goodluck? When did Naruto think of these things? He wouldn't have been suprised at all if the blonde boy hadn't have showed up at all...since the thing this morning...was awkward...

"Hurry up and take it! I noticed you took a liking to it." Naruto mumbled the second part with a blush turning his hand over and opening it revealing his necklace...from Yume...

"Naruto..." Sasuke couldn't take that and he knew it...it was too important to the blonde.

"Take it now" Naruto ordered staring at the red chakra nervously...why wouldn't he take it? Sure this was important to him but he was offering it as good luck...not to mention all the people watching and he reeeeeeeeeallly wanted to get out of this crowd right now.

"Thanks..." Sasuke took it and put it on looking over at the now smiling Naruto.

"I bet it looks better on you anyway..." Naruto grinned happily.

Sasuke sighed and rubbed Naruto's hair"Dont be so childish, or I will surpass you too far."

"NANI! TEME! Thats the last time I'm nice" He grinned as Sasuke walked toward the gate. Quickly sending out his chakra he appeared on the top of the tower beside Tsunade.

"Yo"

"You punk! Did I say you could come up here" The Godaime yelled with a smile. "Fine, but you better not fall off."

"Ha...I'm suprised this tower can handle your wei..." Shizune quickle covered his mouth with a glare.

"Shut up"

"Hokage-sama I think we need to start now..." Kakashi appeared in his ANBU uniform and looked over at Shizune and Naruto..."Shizune did you take up kidnapping as a hobby"

"Oh" She let go of Naruto blushing"No Hatake-san just trying to keep him out of trouble and the best way seemed to be shutting him up." She smiled.

She knows I am with Iruka-kun...ne? Kakashi sighed before turning over to Tsunade"So..."

"First one to spot Iruka in the crowd gets to decide when this thing begins" She challenged the former ANBU only to have him disappear and reappear with a blushing Chunin.

"Right now." He place Iruka down causing Tsunade to sigh.

"You're just no fun sometimes..."

"I am just looking forward to this..." They both smiled with sadistic smirks causing the other three people on the tower to shiver.

"Okay get ready", Kakashi vanished as Tsunade turned to all the participants"ALL RIGHT LISTEN UP"

"Unlike the three days given in the Chunin exam you have six hours to get to the other side of the woods, in which are several jonin and ANBU members with ink buckets, if you get marked or killed by the creatures...you will be disqualified, also if you do not get out in six hours you will be disqualified. After that you will be given a number and you must go into the new arena behind the forest and find the gate that matched your number you will then go through and you must reach the end of the hall at the end of the hall you will go into the arena and await your intructions there..." Tusnade grinned as she noticed the suprised faces and grins from the contestants, it sounded easy but they were in for a shock"BEGIN"

With that all of the contestants vanished into the forest.

"Tsunade-sama, I mean Hokage-sama doesn't that seem a little..."

"Easy? Well, maybe not considering it even takes me four hours to get through that forest at my level, belive me I bet only six poeple will make it through the forest..." She grinned before laughing"Oh I almost forgot"

She pressed a red button causing a banner to unroll from the rop of the tower with every contestants name on it.

"PLACE YOUR BETS HERE"

"Hokage-sama..." Shizuna and Iruka sighed.

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"Six hours..." Sasuke glanced around, that seemed too easy..ofcourse if he could avoid the monsters in the forest and the jonin and ANBU memebers he could be okay but...how could he avoid them...

"Hello Sasuke-kun..." The Uchiha turned around to see Kurenai smirking with a bucket in her hands and an ink brush"Lets get this over with shall we"

AS fate would have it, Sasuke smirked, things would never be weasy with him, he pulled out a kunai and did what any chunin would do when faced with Kurenai and she had an ink bucket.

Yes, Sasuke Uchiha ran.

TO BE CONTINUED

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HEY! Sorry this took way to long! I have just been a little stressed latley but now i have been so sick that i cant do anything but stare at my comp!

Oh and I appologize for all the spelling and grammar errors because i no longer have Microsoft word so i have been typing on notepad which...well is so basic so i dont have any of the cool auto corrects! lol

Oh! Also sorry for this chappie being so short! I mean the exam just started! lol well dont worry! I also hope the wait was somewhat worth it! I havent typed in a while!

Um...news...news...Oh I am def obsessed with Full Metal Alchemist now...and oh! for those reading the manga!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! That was like wow...i guess i was wrong lol! And older Naruto doesnt look like how i thought he would...bu okay lol hmmmmm...oh! I actually had ppl go to my xanga site and tell me to update! way cool! that was funny! I enjoy random things like that.

well... I PROMISE THAT YOU WONT HAVE TO WAIT THAT LONG EVER AGAIN! (but maybe a week because i am going on a cruise senior trip baby!)

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Next CHAPTER 13

The exam ends! Who has passed and who has failed? Ino? Kiba? Sasuke? And Who bit Kakashi? Why is Sakura's dress missing? AND Who are these visitors that have made Naruto stop talking?

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