The boys' age: 16
Warning: Some kissing
Pairing: SasuNaru
Spoilers: Nope
Good-to-know: By this time, Sand and Leaf are at war.
Author's note: Thank you so much you who have reviewed. I don't mind constructive critique at all :D And I will to do my best with improving my spelling and stuff, promise :D


Sasuke walked slowly, trying to avoid getting mud all over his shoes. He looked at the sun, that had almost rose completely over the horizon and cast a pink shade over the clouds. He stopped and looked around him, and when he had confirmed that no-one was around, he looked at the rising sun and sighed appreciatively at the beautiful sight. He would rather die then confess to anyone that he liked to watch the sun rise. He was the cool guy, the cold guy. He was "above" such trifle matters as sunrises. He started walking again. He walked for another fifteen minutes, then came to a large forest. He went in, and after about five minutes he had reached the training area.
He lay down his backpack, and looked around for an appropriate tree. When he found one, he focused his Chakra to his feet. He started running, and like always, he found himself sitting on one of the trees branches. He remembered the first time he had tried this. He laughed back at the memory. He and Naruto had competed, and he, Sasuke, had performed much higher in the beginning, but Naruto's incredible stamina had got his performance as good as Sasuke's.
He sat a while and reflected on the memory. It was a long, long time ago, yet it felt like it had happened yesterday.
He jumped down from the tree and did the exercise over again. He kept doing it for about half an hour, when he suddenly stopped. Someone was there, he could sense it.
He drew his kunai. He stood for a moment and listened to hear where the sound came from. He heard a faint rustle of leaves in a bush near him. Before he had time to act, he saw someone emerging from the shadow.

"Hey Sasuke! What are you doing here?"It took a while before it sunk in to Sasuke who it was.
"You idiot." he said quietly before putting away his kunai and turning back to the tree.
"Nice way to greet someone..." Naruto muttered.

"So, what are you doing here?" Naruto asked curiously after a while.
"Training," Sasuke said impatiently, "What are you doing here anyway? I'm surprised to see you out of bed before dinnertime..."
"I just felt like training." Naruto said, ignoring the remark. He lay down his backpack next to a tree and walked away from it, until he was about 19 feet from it. He drew his kunai and aimed for a small spot on the tree, then threw it. It stuck to the tree right next to the small spot.
The two boys continued with each of their exercises. The only interruption was when Sasuke stopped with the tree climbing exercise, and began kicking a tree instead.
After an hour, Naruto sat down and opened his backpack. He took out a little box, in which he had rice cakes.
"Want one?" he asked Sasuke, more of politeness, as he knew Sasuke would refuse.
Sasuke stopped kicking the tree for a moment, and then looked at Naruto. He seemed to be thinking hard.
"S-sure" Sasuke said doubtfully.
Naruto was surprised, but happily took out one for Sasuke too. They sat down by the tree that Naruto had been throwing his kunais into. He wanted to ask Sasuke what made him change his mind about eating with him, as he never did that if he didn't have to, but thought it would be best not to.
"So...", Naruto asked, "How long were you here before I came?"
"About half an hour or so I guess." Sasuke said, chewing slowly on his rice cake.
"Okay..." Naruto said, not being able to think of anything more to say.
They continued eating in silence. Naruto thought of why he hadn't brought more rice cakes, and Sasuke was apparently in deep thought.
"Um... Naruto?" Sasuke said carefully.
"Huh?" Naruto said, entierly focused on his rice cakes.
"Do you think I'm odd?"
"Eh..." said Naruto, not knowing how to answer this unusual question, "Well, if you ignore the fact that you're a a loner and a pretentious bastard, then no."
"Okay", Sasuke said impatiently, "But do you think that I'm like ... unusual?"
"Well, according to almost every girl in town – including Sakura-chan", he added bitterly, "you're unusually handsome, but-"
"No, I mean different... Like in this way."
He leaned forward to Naruto and kissed him, just for a second. He hastily withdrew from Naruto's mouth, trying to see his reaction. Naruto just sat there, completely dumbstruck.
"I got to go." he said automatically, sounding almost like a robot. He stood up so suddenly that the rice cake in his knee flew into Sasuke's face. He picked up his backpack and nearly ran in to a tree as he hurried away through the forest.
Sasuke let out a deep sigh. If he had been any other boy, he might have cried, but Sasuke wasn't the type who cried. He just sat there, listening to the soft breeze rustle through the leaves. He sat there for about five minutes, but then he got up and started kicking the tree again.


Authors note: Well, this was the first chapter. What did you think? There'll be more substance in the next chapter. I got the second chapter half-finished, but it should be ready soon. In other words, shout if you want another chapter ;)