The Rain's Melody Chapter 3, a naruto fanfic

Title: The Rain's Melody

Author: Daitai Otonashii Ookami

Music While Writing: "Dopo Il Sogno" from Gunslinger Girl was playing while I typed the Sasuke and Naruto scenes, and "Simple and Clean" played while I typed the Kakashi and Iruka stuff.

Beta'd By: The Tao of Hyuuga... THANK YOU -tackleglomp- You're the best Naruto beta evvver!

Naruto sat at his kitchen table, head laying on his forearm. The medicine he had taken had left a bad taste in his mouth, and it had been difficult not to gag when he swallowed it. The room was quiet and dark, and the soft pitter-patter of the rain outside was lulling him into sleep again. He shook his head and stood up. He would have to do something about Sasuke first.

Walking into the living room, Naruto saw that Sasuke was still asleep, which was abnormal for the Uchiha, since he had never been one to sleep long. Naruto guessed that it had been about five hours since he had passed out on the roof, and the clock that flashed six P.M. approved him of his assumption. Sasuke was laying where Naruto left him, pale skin looking a little flushed, dark hair looking unmused, even though he was in just the position that gravity should've caused his hair to look slightly out of place.

Naruto stood about a foot from Sasuke, before he reached out his hand, placing it on Sasuke's shoulder. The other Shinobi's eyes flew open, as a hand flashed for the kunai pouch at his hip. He sighed though, when he noticed the person who had awoken him was no one but Naruto.

"Evening." Naruto said, removing his hand. "Why are you still here?"

"Because I fell asleep, dobe. What did it look like?" Sasuke scoffed, standing up. Naruto took a seat on the couch, and Sasuke followed suit.

"Looks to me like your face is red. Are you catching a fever too?" Naruto reached forward and placed a hand to Sasuke's forehead, which was burning up. Sasuke pulled away at the touch, and remembered that Naruto was sick as well.

"I don't get sick. It must just be hot in here." Sasuke said, causing Naruto to roll his eyes.

"Admit it. You're sick too."

"Only weaklings get sick, my immune system is a lot better than yours, so just shut up, Naruto." Sasuke all but growled.

"Well sorry. It's all my fault there's a giant fox demon munching away at my insides. And I'm so very sorry that my wonderful immune system isn't as great as most peoples, least of all yours." Naruto glared, before looking away.

Sighing, Sasuke turned to face the blonde. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean it like that."

"Yes you did. And you're sick too, so stop acting like you're better than everyone else for a damn minute."

"Fine. If I admit I'm sick, you have to admit you're an idiot." Sasuke smirked. Naruto would never to that.

Naruto closed his eyes tightly, before saying quietly, "I, Uzumaki Naruto, am an idiot. I'm stupid, and useless, and I'm a terrible ninja. The prick who's saved my life tons of times is a complete bastard, and I can't even return the favor. I'm so stupid that the village I belong to hates me, and I still care for it. So do the only people I care about; they hate me too."

Sasuke's head turned to look at Naruto, who still had his eyes shut. He didn't have to go that far, hell, Sasuke didn't even expect him to say it at all. What was he thinking?

"Fine. I'm sick." He muttered.

Naruto's eyes opened again, and he blinked a few times, before a smile slowly slid onto his face. It reminded Sasuke of one of those masks that were used for plays, with the half-smiling, half-crying faces. That's what Naruto looked like, with his smiling lips and his crying eyes. What the hell was going on with his mind? Sasuke shook his head at looked at Naruto once more.

"Er.. You know… you're… you're not as.. stupid as… I er…say, or other.. people think." Sasuke said, then once more turned away. A smile danced on Naruto's lips, and Sasuke didn't know whether it was a real smile, or one of those masks again, but he felt himself blushing anyways.

"And you're not as much of a bastard as I make you out to be." Naruto said back, before he stood up suddenly. "Anyways, now that you're up, I should make you take some Nyquil too."

"I told you, I'm not sick!" Sasuke protested.

"On the contrary, you just admitted you were." Naruto's tone was teasing.

"Fine. But if your damn medicine kills me, I swear I'm going to..." Sasuke said with a serious voice.

"Fine. If my medicine kills you, you can kill me. Deal?" Naruto said with the same tone.

"Deal. ….Hey, wait a second! If I'm dead how can I-"

"Ha. About time you caught on."

Naruto laughed and headed to the kitchen, Sasuke let a smile show on his face too, it was small, but there. He still didn't know if the smile Naruto showed was real or not, but he thought that maybe the ones he smiled around him were, since they weren't just lip smiles. When Naruto smiled at Sasuke, they were smiles that showed in his eyes, and he liked that.

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The rain played a soft tune outside the open window, the room was beginning to turn dark, and the sheets were soft against his skin. Iruka gave a contented sigh. Kakashi scooted closer to him.

"Close the window. It's cold."

"I like it open."

"I like it shut."

"…" Iruka didn't have to say anything, the window would stay open.

Kakashi resisted the urge to whine and instead he buried his face into Iruka's back in an attempt to steal his warmth. He started giggling at the sudden image in his head, a chibi him latching onto a crying chibi Iruka. The laughter that ghosted his back began to make Iruka suddenly twitch.

"T-t-that… t-tickles." He finally managed, voice going back and forth from normal, to high pitched rather quickly.

"Yeah I know."

"So s-stop."

Kakashi finally stopped laughing, and Iruka's breathing slowly went back to normal. After a while of silence Kakashi said to no one in particular:

"I like the window shut."

But they still both knew it would stay open, and neither minded.

End Chapter Three.

T.B.C.

A/N: For some reason, I realize that I only type this when it's actually raining…. It's kinda weird. Both of the others were typed when it was raining out.. And so was this one. Weird… -shrugs- The second half of this chapter got deleted after Naruto said 'On the contrary' -glares- So if that half's written poorly, it's because my computer randomly decided it wanted to close MS word. My Naruto rewrites are always horrible…. -sighs-

On another note, I'm thinking of doing a Kingdom Hearts fic! It would be, of course, a yaoi. RikuxSora in all its' glory, but, I don't know whether I should or not. I definitely want to try though, but I don't know if I should. Oh well, now I'm babbling.

I'll see you in this fic the next time it rains -wink-

--cj