Author: -purrs- smut smut smut smut. Not too bad, mind you, since this is lime-esq? A great many things implied? Perhaps. Have fun reading. And review! Please?
Disclaimer: -laughs- who the hell thinks I own Naruto? Please point them out to me and I will set them straight. Because they can't possibly be more wrong.
Sasuke couldn't get him out of his head. He tried, he really did. But it felt as if the moment Kumori left his side, that she became inconsequential, almost...a nuisance.
They had been going out for a while. He had convinced himself he cared for her.
Ah, word choice.
Cared for her. Not loved her.
Was he really that shallow?
When it came to relationships, yes. He didn't allow himself to really love. Not when that man could take everything away from him. Having a woman he cared about, but did not love, was safe. He would grieve for her, but he would not be heavily scarred. Having her also distinguished him from Itachi; Itachi had no-one; now he, Sasuke, had something Itachi didn't. It was mildly childish, but it felt good. He was sitting in a tree, resting from a mission, on lookout while Sakura and Kakashi set up camp.
What would it have been like to work with Naruto...?
"Sasuke!"
Sasuke turned and looked at Sakura, who was standing below him on the ground.
"Are you going to take first watch?"
Sasuke nodded.
"I'll take second, and Kakashi will take third," Sakura said, explaining to Sasuke and herself.
Sasuke nodded.
Sakura gave him a smile and walked away.
Sasuke knew she had interpreted his reticence as a combination of his normal behavior and desire to see Kumori.
Oh, god, how she was wrong about that second part. Since he had been on missions after the encounter with Kyuubi, after his realization, he had had interrupted sleep, vague dream-like memories of that one night...and he found himself consistently wondering what it would be like if that happened again.
Which was a very, very bad sign.
He was straight.
Right?
Sasuke kept lookout and let his mind wander even as he was constantly aware of the surroundings. Which was why he was able to pick up that familiar, desired, presence.
"I'm going to check something out," Sasuke told Sakura as he quickly swung by the camp.
Sakura nodded, and said she would watch over camp while Kakashi rested. Sasuke didn't bother to listen much further than
"I'll take care of things here"
before he took off into the night.
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Naruto knelt by the stream, and tried to come to grips with the tawny eyes he saw in the water. He had been trying for a week or two now to somehow combine what he identified himself as and who he identified Kawao as. It hadn't been an easy task. Slowly, though, he was beginning to incorporate Kawao into Naruto. It was moving at a pace that Naruto chafed at, but, hey. Six to seven years of developing a different personality isn't something to be solved in a matter of days, or even weeks. He would be patient, for once. He knew this was important, and even the Kyuubi was attempting to help.
I won't live in an insane host, he had told Naruto time and again.
Naruto splashed some water on his face, and froze. He felt a flicker of chakra, and immediately identified it as Sasuke. He stood up, and waited for the young man to arrive.
When he did, the two of them stared at each other for a long moment.
The distance between them abruptly vanished, and Sasuke found himself pulled against a strong chest, held in place by arms that were wont to let him go.
"Sasuke," Naruto purred, his eyes that strange purple mix that reminded Sasuke of that time.
"Naruto."
"You know." He didn't sound surprised.
"Since the Kyuubi incident. I'm not stupid."
"But you are stubborn," Naruto murmured against Sasuke's ear before he took it gently between his teeth, making Sasuke shudder and suppress a moan.
"Naruto!"
"See what I mean?" he purred, letting Sasuke's ear go. "You keep on trying to convince yourself you don't want me, when I know you do. Because I want you, too."
"I have a girl–" his words were cut short as Naruto pressed their lips together, silencing whatever protests Sasuke was going to dredge up.
Naruto's arms relaxed enough to let his hands slowly work on Sasuke's back, easing out the tension and making Sasuke moan against his lips and lean more heavily against him. After Sasuke was fully resting on him, Naruto let his hands drift and slip under Sasuke's shirt, making him shiver.
Naruto could almost feel Sasuke think "Fuck it."
Sasuke's hands began to drift around Naruto's body, exploring the differences between the female body he was used to touching and Naruto's, and relishing them. He kissed the juncture of jaw and ear, and slowly began to trace down Naruto's neck, who tilted his head just slightly to allow Sasuke better access to the tender flesh. Sasuke shivered and arched against Naruto's touch as Naruto traced lazy circles down his spine. Sasuke slipped his hands down Naruto's pants after silently unbuckling the belt that held them closed.
The moan that Naruto uttered when Sasuke's cold fingers touched his most sensitive areas was worth the effort to forget Kumori. Not that it was hard. Naruto pushed Sasuke back, and they landed heavily on the detritus that covered the forest floor, Naruto pinning Sasuke to the ground. Sasuke snarled softly, and glared up at Naruto. Who had a small smile on his face.
"Show me those eyes. Those beautiful, dangerous, seductive eyes."
It took Sasuke a moment to process what Naruto/Kawao/Kyuubi meant, since they were doing wonderfully distracting things to him.
Sharingan. Naruto wanted him to use Sharingan.
That had so many possibilities...
Sasuke learned many things from the demon bearer that night.
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"Sasuke?"
A noise of acknowledgement came from the man lying beside him, recovering from their tryst.
"How can I steal you from your girlfriend?"
"WHAT!"
"Shhh. Quiet. How can I take you from the girl that doesn't deserve you? That you don't physically want?"
"Naruto." Sasuke's voice was reprimanding, but he could barely make it sound convincing.
"C'mon, Sasuke. Face it. You l–, you want me as much as I desire you."
Naruto moved so that he was looking down into Sasuke's now-dark eyes.
"By the way, Kyuubi wants you as well. All of you. And he will not take "no" or "But I'm straight!" for an answer. Because you belong to him, to me...since I gave you that mark." Naruto lightly touched the spiral, his finger moving in ever larger circles that made Sasuke shiver.
Concentrate. He had to concentrate.
It was so hard with him there, leaning over him, body slightly shiny with sweat, bleached-blond hair stuck out in that pleasently messy after-sex way, his bright blue eyes looking down on him in all serious playfullness.
"Speaking of that mark...what happened to the curse seal?"Sasuke managed to say after a long moment.
"Curse seal?" Naruto mimiced in confusion. "This thing?" Naruto asked and pointed at his shoulder. Sasuke, after managing to focus his eyes on something other than Naruto's lucious body, noted that the curse seal that Orochimaru had given him was now on Naruto's shoulder. It was disconcerting, in a way.
"Yeah, that. How'd you get it?"
"We didn't like it on you, so we took it away. The chakra and stuff that bound it to you was of no consequence."
Right. A curse seal placed by a Sannin was of no consequence. Just how strong was Naruto?
"Naruto?"
"Yeah?"
"We need to see each other again."
"Yes. We do."
"So that we can spar."
"Really now?"
"Yes. I want to see how strong you are. Without using Kyuubi."
Naruto paused for a moment, then nodded. "Fine."
"Now, about the original question," Naruto continued.
"Hm?"
"How do I get you from your girlfriend?"
Sasuke sputtered and abruptly sat up, making an excuse that he had been away on "patrol" long enough.
"Right. Then you're going to let me think of nice, inventive ways of stealing you away?"
Sasuke gave him a "Don't you dare try to harm her" look.
Naruto shrugged and gave a toothy grin.
Sasuke sighed.
He didn't want to leave, but he knew that he had outstayed the ability for him to use patrolling as an excuse. He was still recovering from the afterglow and a little rough handling(no bruises in obvious places, and Sasuke had made Naruto swear to not give him hickies that were visible), and looked at Naruto for a long time. The little imp was amused. Sasuke frowned, then turned and jumped into the trees. Sasuke made it back to camp relatively quickly.
"Was anything wrong, Sasuke?"
Sasuke shook his head. "Nothing that I couldn't take care of."
Sakura looked a little relieved, but suspicious at the same time.
"You're not hurt?"
"No."
Sasuke then left to take up the watch post again, and Sakura watched him go, wary. She shrugged after a long moment, and then pulled out a blanket from her bag, wrapped it around herself, leaned against a nearby stone, and closed her eyes, resolving to get some sleep.