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Chapter 3- Confessions of a teenage Uchiha
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Naruto Uzumaki was. For the first time shocked to the point of speechlessness.
Sasuke Uchiha, his rival, his arch enemy and (Not that he would EVER admit it) his best friend, king of all things cold and aloof, had just kissed and, damn well near enough molested him. I mean Sasuke, of all people had done that to the poor blonde, And even though it had been hours since the incident with the dark haired ninja, and the sky had turned dark and black outside, Naruto was still slumped in a heap in his hallway, his body was tingling from all the places Sasuke touched him and his stomach was doing somersaults.
Eventually the blonde Chuunin, managed to gather enough strength and wits about him to get up off his hard wood floor and stagger to the front door, which had still been left open since Sasuke left. Naruto shut and locked his door sluggishly, almost like he'd just woken up from a long sleep. 'Maybe I was asleep, maybe it was all a dream...' Naruto thought trying hard to convince himself that it might be the case, but then, his foot hit something, something the told Naruto that this was no dream and with shaking fingers, Naruto picked up the object.
It was the umbrella that Sasuke had left behind.
The blonde ninja's hand clamped onto the damp umbrella tightly as he remembered how uncharacteristically nice the dark haired ninja had been when he'd been around him only a few hours ago. Then quite suddenly the blonde flushed as he remembered Sasuke kissing him. "Damn it!" Naruto muttered lightly slapping himself in the face to snap himself away from THOSE kind of thoughts. 'Why the hell did he do that? I don't understand! Why the hell did he just kiss me then run! Gah I'm his rival for the Hokage's sake!...but I'm not complaining...I mean the kiss was...kind of nice..." Naruto, if it was possible, blushed even more in embarrassment at his last thought and shook his head furiously. 'No No NO! There is no way I'm attracted to a bastard like Sasuke!"
But no matter how hard the blonde ninja tried to convince himself that what he thought was true, that he DIDN'T like Sasuke at all, his body refused to agree with him, as his body and lips continued to tingle every time he thought about the dark haired Uchiha kissing him. Naruto yawned, as he chose to ignore his feelings and stumbled to bed, pulling off his cloths them flopping onto his bed almost instantly falling asleep, not noticing that his hand still had a firm grip on Sasuke's umbrella.
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Sasuke Uchiha had never felt so nervous in his life; in fact, half of his mind was actually terrified of what he should say and do around a certain blonde loudmouth when he arrived for the mission, if he did at all; it honestly wouldn't surprise Sasuke if Naruto wanted to avoid him for the rest of his natural life.
But the sensible, mature part of his mind scoffed and reminded the fearful part of his brain that, he was an Uchiha, he was an avenger, and that, even though the blonde had improved in his training, he was still smarter, stronger and faster then Naruto, and if Naruto attacked him verbally or physically, he'd be able to fend the blonde off. Sasuke sighed inwardly, no sign of his inner nervousness or fear on his pale delicate face, as he sat in his usual spot; a low tree branch next to the bridge where team 7 usually met up for missions.
Sakura arrived not long after Sasuke had and greeted him with a gentle smile and a wave as she ran over to the bridge, The dark haired ninja nodded and waved back in a return greeting; Ever since Sakura had turned 15, she had finally gotten over her crush on Sasuke and decided to give in to Rock Lee's requests for a date and, to everyone's surprise, the two had been together ever since. Sakura's attitude to both Naruto and Sasuke changed also, instead of clinging to Sasuke and waning for his attention like she used to, she treated them both equally, like they were the brothers she never had. This in turn caused fewer arguments among the three of them and they became closer for it.
'Hn... I still miss some of the arguments we used to have though...' Sasuke mused, a tiny smile gracing his face; no matter how much he had tried to deny it in the beginning, he knew that he roused the arguments between Naruto and himself because he knew just what to say to annoy the blonde enough, so that Naruto would pay attention to him and him alone, and soon enough, the dark haired Uchiha began to realize just how much he cared fro the blonde loudmouth.
'I remember when we were fighting Haku and Zabuza(1), Naruto had managed to sneak inside the house of mirrors because he wanted to help, to prove himself so badly...but when Haku turned a surprise attack on Naruto while he was unconscious, I panicked, I guess I realized the truth then, even if I refused to admit it, that I'd fallen in love with the blonde idiot' Sasuke's smile widened a fraction more as he continued to re-live those memories.
"Thinking about Naruto-kun(2) again?" Sakura's voice said next to Sasuke, breaking the dark haired ninja out of his thoughts suddenly, the dark haired Uchiha spun around to come face to face with the pink haired medic ninja sat next to him on the tree branch, a sly knowing look on her face. Sasuke mentally groaned; this had not been the first time Sakura had managed to sneak up on him while he was day dreaming, but she had never gotten so far as invading his personal space, this time however, he hadn't even heard her sit down next to him!
"...Maybe," Sasuke said but the tone of his voice was flat and dull. This made the pink haired girl frown in confusion and surprise; Sasuke, over the years had opened up a little to both Sakura and Naruto, he smiled and laughed quietly when something the blonde idiot did amused him, he talked a little more to both her and Naruto, but somehow he was still as aloof as ever, and it upset her when he hardly ever spoke about personal things, and if anyone tried to talk to him, or nagged him about said personal things, that Sasuke would ignore them.
But even knowing this, Sakura was worried. "Sasuke-kun? what's wrong?" The pink haired girl hoped Sasuke wouldn't ignore her, she knew better to ask, but she wanted to know what was bothering the dark haired Uchiha so much. "Has something happened?" She questioned after receiving no reply, before wanting to smack her forehead protector for asking a stupid question, but she had to be careful when questioning Sasuke, and she knew she'd have to let the dark haired Uchiha take his time in talking.
Sasuke sighed gently, his onyx eyes lowered to the ground below "...Yeah...something happened all right..." the dark haired teenager muttered, running a hand through his dark hair absently. Gently, Sakura placed a comforting hand on his shoulder. "Want to talk about it?" Sakura asked; She had a feeling it had something to do with Naruto, but she wasn't sure. The dark haired ninja didn't answer he just lowered his head and closed his eyes.
Sakura frowned, seriously concerned over her friends behavior, whatever had happened was enough to get Sasuke Uchiha worried. Sakura sat silently next to Sasuke, resisting the urge to ask the dark haired ninja again; the pink haired medic ninja knew if she asked too many questions Sasuke would ignore her all day and she wouldn't get any answers at all. Instead the two sat in a comfortable silence, Sakura eagerly waiting for the dark haired Uchiha to say something, while Sasuke was contemplating exactly what to tell his pink haired teammate..
"...I kissed him..." Sasuke finally whispered quietly. If Sakura hadn't been waiting for an answer, she would have missed it. the pink haired ninja's emerald green eyes widened in surprise and she turned to Sasuke with a gasp, before squealing in excitement. "Oh my god! You kissed him! What did he say?" Sakura asked, not needing to know who 'he' was; She had known Sasuke was attracted to Naruto after she started dating Lee and started paying more attention to Naruto as well as Sasuke. She soon realized that the dark haired Uchiha was staring and keeping a close eyes on the blonde and noticed that Sasuke's eyes would narrow dangerously and she could hear him growling if anyone gave the blonde any attention. As soon as she realized this, she told Ino, who agreed with her that Naruto and Sasuke would look good together, but both had kept their realizations a secret...until Sakura blackmailed Sasuke yesterday.
Sasuke shrugged at her question and Sakura's look of excitement turned into a frown "Huh? What the heck is that supposed to mean?" The pink haired girl snapped suddenly before she could stop herself; She knew she was pushing Sasuke now, but she desperately needed to know what happened damn it! (A/N: Can you blame her Yaoi fans?) Sasuke turned and glared at her, obviously irritated. "I don't know weather he said anything, because after I realized what I'd done, I ran home"
Sakura's widened, if possible, even more at this piece of news, then she looked at Sasuke. "Okay...okay let me just get this straight...You went and kissed Naruto, but you didn't tell him how you felt about him did you?" Sasuke shook his head, and unhappy look on his face, to confirm the pink haired girls worst fears as she moaned in despair. "Gah! I take back all the times I ever called Naruto an idiot! You're the idiot right now! Not only have you shattered where he thought he stood with you on friendship levels, but now he's going to be totally screwed on how he feels now too!" Sakura said shaking her head sadly.
Sasuke growled at the girl sitting next to him, he knew that he had screwed up, he didn't need Sakura reprimanding him like that. "Don't you think I know that?" The dark haired Uchiha snapped back angrily, then he broke off and sighed "I...I couldn't help it Sakura..." Sasuke broke of again and sighed sadly, he was unable to mask the sadness and guilt on his pale face. "I couldn't help it, I met up with him last night, I resisted him when he was near me in the ramen shop, even on the way home, but when we reached his apartment..." Sasuke broke of and swallowed before daring himself to continue. "He looked so...beautiful Sakura...I just...snapped, I just couldn't take it anymore, so I kissed him, Only when he made a noise, probably of protest...did I realize what I was doing"
Sakura's face softened and she squeezed on Sasuke's shoulder gently in a comforting gesture, before she bit her lip worriedly; what if Naruto rejected Sasuke? What if he was homophobic and hated the teenage Uchiha forever? The pink haired ninja didn't think she'd be able to stand it if her two best friends and team mates who were like brothers to her, stopped being friends with each other. Sakura sighed trying to think of some sort of plan for Sasuke to make it up to the blonde Chuunin...when she remembered the last part of what Sasuke said. "Sasuke...you said that...Naruto made a kind of noise...are you sure he was protesting?" Sakura asked slowly, like the dark haired ninja was a 4 year old.
Sasuke raised an eyebrow at this question and wondered why this question seemed so important. "Well...I..I don't know...It kind of sounded like he was moaning or groaning or something...Why?" The pink haired girls eyes emerald eyes brightened instantly at Sasuke's answer and the sly smile Sasuke knew so well was back on her face. "And you were snogging him when he moaned right?" The dark haired Uchiha blinked and frowned even more at her strange and confusing questions, but after a moment, he answered anyway. "Well, yeah...and I..." Sasuke paused for a moment as he face flushed faintly. "I..ah...I kind of...had my hand...under his shirt..."
Sakura's mouth dropped open wide at this comment, before she burst out into a fit of giggles, which annoyed Sasuke that the pink haired medic ninja could laugh at his answer. After a minute or so (And noticing the look on Sasuke's face) Sakura managed to get her fit of giggles under control, and with a smile, she prodded the tip of Sasuke's nose in a teasing sisterly way. "I think your getting over worried about all this" the pink haired teenager said the Sasuke who blinked and looked surprised at her answer.
The dark haired Uchiha rose and eyebrow and stared at Sakura with a silent 'How so?' expression; this made Sakura giggle again, but she stopped it quickly and smiled happily at Sasuke. "Don't you see? If Naruto moaned then there's a chance that maybe he was beginning to get some pleasure out of it too, he might even realize that he liked it! You still have a chance to make it up to him AND tell him how you really feel!" The dark haired Chuunin nodded and smiled a small, but true genuine smile at Sakura. "...Thanks" The pink haired medic ninja laughed and shrugged it off "Your welcome, it what friends are for after all, good luck Sasuke!" then with a grin and a sly wink, she jumped off the branch and landed lightly on the ground below.
Sasuke leaned back on the tree trunk the small smile still on his face, maybe things weren't as messed up as he had first thought, with a content sigh the dark haired Uchiha leaned back and waited in hope, that a certain blonde loudmouth would arrive.
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Naruto, to Sasuke's surprise, arrived to the meeting 15 minutes after Sakura did, and the dark haired Uchiha felt the guilt well up in his chest when he noticed the small bags under the blonde's eyes and how slowly and sluggishly he walked up to Sakura. "Morning (Yawn) Sakura-Chan (3)" Naruto said with a tired bit wide grin, none of his usual loudness and cheer that the two teammates were used to. Sakura glanced up at Sasuke and saw his guilty expression, even though the dark haired ninja was trying to hide it, and patted Naruto on the back gently before greeting him back politely. "Good morning Naruto...are you alright? You don't look as if you've had a wink of sleep!"
Naruto mentally winced at Sakura's question. 'She noticed huh? Ah well it's not like I was hiding the fact I was tired or anything...' The blonde Chuunin thought, as he kept himself focused on Sakura, not wanting to see a certain dark haired Chuunin just yet, who he knew would be sitting on a certain tree branch across from the bridge. The blonde ninja yawned again and stretched before nodding sleepily. "Something like that...Uh, my neighbor had music on loud last night until the early hours of the morning, so I could hardly sleep until about 4 this morning"
Sasuke frowned and knew this was a lie; Naruto was a lot of things but one thing he was not, was a light sleeper; the blonde could sleep through a major earthquake and not stir from his slumber at all! Sakura looked up at Sasuke and frowned; The dark haired Uchiha sighed, Sakura knew the blonde ninja was lying also, but instead of confronting Naruto about it, she just smiled gently at him and patted him on the head. "Well just don't fall asleep during the mission okay?" The blonde Chuunin, actually laughed happily at the pink haired girls answer as he flopped down on the base of a tree directly opposite Sasuke. "I won't don't you worry Sakura-Chan! You hear that Teme? I'm going to beat you today! Believe it!"
The dark haired Uchiha blinked, then stared at Naruto, who was grinning up at him with his usual bright hyper grin. Sasuke's face remained passive as he turned away from Naruto's direction, no sign of the surprise and confusion that was in his onyx eyes. The blonde idiot who, for some un-godly reason, he had managed to fall in love with and kissed last night, was grinning happily at Sakura, before laughing at something she said.
Something wasn't right...Naruto was acting as though nothing had changed, but Sasuke, who was used to masking his own emotions since the death of his parents, knew that all the smiles and laughs were fake, but the pink haired girl didn't seem to notice as she shoved the blonde ninja playfully. 'Why is he acting like nothing happened? Is it because he wants to forget it? Or is it because Sakura is here and doesn't want to worry her?' Sasuke couldn't help but feel a pang of jealousy at this thought; he knew that Naruto would always have a soft spot for the pink haired girl, even if the blonde had gotten over his one-sided crush on her.
Sasuke sighed, he didn't know which answer was the right one, but even so, it hurt him to think that Naruto was brushing everything off and acting as though nothing had changed; for some reason, it really hurt. Half an hour later Kakashi finally arrived reading his usual perverted Come Come paradise book(4) as he grinned at the three of them and waved. "Yo! Sorry I'm late, I had an appointment with a dolp-doctor and lost track-"
"YOU LAIR!" Sakura and Naruto yelled simultaneously, pointing accusingly at there continually late sensei, who grinned sheepishly at them from behind his mask; in truth he HAD met up with Iruka(5) but one thing had led to another, and well...that a story for another day (A:N: (Snickers) I bet it is!(Has perverted thoughts of what EXACTLY Kakashi and Iruka were doing))
"Ahem! Anyway I'm afraid we've been assigned another D class mission; Litter picking in the park! Don't moan Naruto, litter picking builds up character!" The grey haired copy ninja said when the blonde Chuunin's face fell and he whined in disappointment. Naruto scowled at his sensei's comment "What do ya mean! I've got lots of character!" The blonde haired ninja yelled after their sense has they walked across the bridge to Kohana's central park. Sakura laughed at her blonde teammates comment, but when Naruto wasn't looking she shared a look with Sasuke, confirming that even though she didn't show it, she was just as concerned about the blondes behavior as Sasuke was.
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(1) If you missed episodes 15-18 of the anime then you won't know about these two; Haku and Zabuza are hired by a greedy crime lord to assassinate a bridge builder, because the bridge would mean an access to other countries, and therefore there economy would grow. Kakashi and the team were hired to protect the builder, but he never mentioned ninjas would be after him, and the class of the mission was raised to a B rank. In the end Kakashi faces off against Zabuza while Sasuke and Naruto get stuck in the house of mirrors with Haku. After Sasuke sacrifices himself to protect an unconscious Naruto the Kyuubi's chakra is released which defeats Haku. but in a last attempt to save Zabuza, Haku runs in front of Kakashi's lightning edge attack and is killed almost instantly.
(2) Kun is the male abbreviation the Japanese use that the end of a person's name, usuallay used between close friends.
(3) Chan is the female abbreviation the Japanese use at the end of a persons name, usually used between close friends.
(4) Also known as Icha icha Paradise, depending on which version of the anime you watch. Jiraya, the white haired ninja that Naruto learns the Rasengan from, writes these books.
(5) Yes in this story Kakashi is having a relationship with Iruka, and no Naruto doesn't know about it XD!
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Wow this so didn't turn out the way I wanted! I wanted it to be funny but yet again it ended up serious, which I don't suppose is a bad thing. I apologize if people think Sasuke and Sakura might be a bit out of character but remember they ARE 17 years old when this story starts so they would have grown up and matured a lot over the years, while Naruto has hardly changed at all! XD I didn't do that on purpose, it just happened, I guess I love Naruto's hyperactive personality too much!
Yes Rock Lee and Sakura are together in this story, its one of the straight pairings I actually like in Naruto! The only other one's I like is Hinata/Kiba and Ino/Shikamaru I hope people aren't to disappointed that Rock lee isn't with Gaara, though no worries I'm writing a story fro those two soon :)
Hee hee I can't wait to write about Itachi, I'm surprised though, from what I've heard and read on people's profiles, people either; love him because he and Sasuke would be good together, love him because he's a sexy but dangerous psycho, or hate him for what he did to Sasuke and are a part of Sasuke's fan club! Personally I like Itachi because of his twisted personality, its a lot more complicated than what people might think, well that's my opinion anyway and besides, what's a good love story without a villain or two? Right? Anyway Naruto will always be my favorite character ever! (Snuggles Naruto plushy), Sasuke coming in a close second! (Haggles Sasuke plushy)
Well then! That's all from me until the next chapter! Later!
Jade Rotaski Queen of the Damned