Disclaimer: The names of any Naruto characters are not mine and for obvious reasons I do not own them.
Warning: Possible Violence and swearing. NaruSasu Shounen ai / yaoi don't like it don't read it.

A/N: This is my first time writing a Naruto fanfiction... I don't really know if its going to suck yet so I'll cross my fingers and hope.

(In this story they're like 15/16 if you were wondering.)

Training and Ramen
(edited)

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Not many people in the village of Konoha cared about Uzumaki Naruto. He had a horrible secret trapped inside of him. The scar on his stomach was proof of this. There was never a day when Naruto didn't think about it. He was devastated by the damage that the beast inside of him had done.

Naruto sat on his window ledge looking at the deserted streets of the village. It looked so empty, like a ghost town. It gave him an uneasy feeling. Like something bad was going to happen. It could've been the Kyuubi and that's what he told himself. What could happen, no one was outside. He thought it was strange.

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Naruto was not the only one thinking that the village was oddly bare. Uchiha Sasuke was sitting on a roof and thinking about what would keep everyone inside. He decided that it was nothing and thought about going to the training grounds. Maybe Naruto might be there. He could see on the way there. It wasn't much fun training alone and he wanted to see if everyone in the city was just being lazy.

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Naruto was hungry and had decided to make some ramen. He was waiting for his instant ramen to cook when he heard a knock on the door.

"One sec," Sasuke heard from inside the house. He wasn't very pleased. He wanted to train. Not wait for Naruto to eat his ramen, brush his teeth, get half way to the training grounds and then go back because he forgot something.

Naruto's ramen was just about ready when he went to see who was at the door. "Hey Sasuke," he said unsmiling. He wanted to eat his ramen; it was ready.

"I was on my way to go train, and thought maybe you would want to come with me," Sasuke said smelling the ramen in the kitchen. 'How can he stomach ramen all the time?'Sasuke thought.

"Do you want to come in? I'll only be a minute," Naruto said turning away from the door following the scent of the ramen back into the kitchen. Sasuke had never been in Naruto's house before and he wasn't surprised at how messy it was. He knew that Naruto lived alone and he felt bad for him. Sasuke had always felt bad for Naruto. He lived alone himself and knew how hard it was to live alone sometimes. He was amazed at how well Naruto had adapted to the lifestyle of a loner. It never showed when he was out with his friends. Naruto was always so hyper and happy. Sometimes Sasuke envied him but most times he just went off by himself or watched from the sidelines. Sometimes it seemed almost like a movie that he couldn't stop, pause or close his eyes and get away from. On the outside he looked every bit the part of a hateful, spiteful avenger he was, or at least thought he was. The village and the people in it had softened him.

Naruto was now gulping down the ramen so fast it was as if he was seeing how much he could stuff in his mouth at once. He wasn't even letting it cool and was cringing at the heat of his breakfast. Either he really wanted to get out and train or he was just plain weird. Sasuke half smiled at the clumsy blonde.

"What's wrong with your face Sasuke?" Naruto asked suddenly.

"What do you mean what's wrong with my face?" Sasuke asked wiping the smile off of his face.

"You were smiling, is your face broken?" Naruto said trying not to laugh because he had just shoved another mouthful of ramen into his mouth.

"No my face is not broken, idiot, I just think its amusing to see you trying to swallow the whole cup of ramen before letting it cool at all," he said watching the blonde get up and walk into his bedroom. He heard a thud and Naruto cursing under his breath. When he finally came out he had a red mark on his face and Sasuke couldn't help but give Naruto a superior smirk.

"What is wrong with you today? You're a danger to yourself," Sasuke said with the remains of a smile on his lips.

"It's not my fault I didn't see the door," Naruto said quietly hoping Sasuke didn't hear. "Why do you seem so happy today anyways?" Naruto said louder.

"Because every day I train with you I get to kick your ass, and every day I kick your ass is a good one," Sasuke said wanting to laugh at the expression on Naruto's face and the fact that he had walked into the door. He had heard what the boy had said but pretended like he didn't.

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Sasuke pushed Naruto playfully and he tripped a little. The blonde boy recovered quickly and pushed Sasuke just as hard. Sasuke chuckled as he stumbled from the blonde's push. It felt so normal to them to be together goofing off. Anyone who had seen them outside would've thought that they were best friends. Not the rivals they claimed to be.

When they arrived at the training area, Sasuke and Naruto found that they were alone just as they had been walking down to the training grounds. The boys sparred and by the end of an hour they were both pretty tired. They had been going at each other pretty hard and had both broken a sweat. They sat down and Naruto pulled a sandwich out of his pocket. Sasuke seeing the sandwich realized how hungry he was. He would never admit that to Naruto though. He watched a few people in the village start to come out of their houses. The village slowly got louder and it finally felt normal in Konoha.

Naruto had just finished his sandwich and both boys decided to continue their training. They were just training hand-to-hand combat and were giving all that they could without seriously hurting each other.

In the end they had been training for a good seven hours. Both of the boys were exhausted but for the most part they didn't really look it. Sure they were sweating, their breathing coming in pants, all they felt like doing was lying down and going to sleep but that didn't stop them from walking back to the now busy village and sitting down for some ramen.

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"I'm so hungry," Naruto complained rubbing his stomach. "Why is it taking so long?"

"You're ramen is coming idiot," Sasuke said feeling his stomach growl unhappily. Somehow Naruto had managed to get Sasuke to buy him ramen.

After they had eaten their supper the two boys mumbled some half hearted goodbyes and left to get a good nights sleep. They were both exhausted and were dreading getting up to go on a mission tomorrow. Kakashi-sensei had approached them yesterday to tell Sasuke, Naruto and Sakura that they were going on a mission the day after next. This is why Naruto and Sasuke had trained today. The two had not known what was in store for them on their next mission.

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--To be continued--