Summary : Sometime things are best left hidden and sacrifice are the only way left. Kakashi being mean, Sasuke stoic as ever and Naruto …. Shounen-ai & YAOI, M/M.
Pairing : KakaNaru / NaruSasu
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or others or anything that concerns the original series.
A/N : I thought of making this a one shot since I don't like keep downloading file one by one. When I looked at the words counted figure for just a half complete fics … wow … this gonna be hard to edit/review even for myself (may be someday I'd like to edit my story when I feel like it). Anyway, sorry if the story kinda lame coz I'm so bad, so very bad in English but I love to write /teary eyes/. This is my first attempt, please be gentle on your reviews … /puppy eyes/..
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"Aaahhh! It's so good to be home!" Naruto took a deep breath and sniffed the evening air around him. He was now standing at the gate entrance of Konohagakure. He lifted both of his arms in the air, took another deep breath and after a few seconds he lets out. "Helloooo… Konohaaa! I'm baaackk!" (and we can see two horns popped out of his head)
WHACK! (eehh! where did the horns gone!)
"Hey! What was that for, ERO SENNIN!" Naruto rubbed his abused head and turned to Jiraiya at his side. His sensei just ignored him and concentrated on looking around.
"So where do you want to go from here? You don't own your place anymore since you left a year ago."
"Well, I have never thought of that before.. heheh!" Naruto scratched at the back of his head and gave his sensei his infamous sheepish grin. Jiraiya grunted. He had this impatient expression on his face.
Naruto's turned to ignore his sensei. He folded his left arm over his chest and the other put his thumb on his chin while he pondered thoughtfully into the sky.
WHACK!
"Oouuuchh! Stop that ERO-SENNIN! You might caused me a brain damage!" while rubbing his abused (again) head, Naruto pinned Jiraiya a death glare.
Jiraiya rolled his eyes. "Yeah… like your glare could kill me." He started walking leaving Naruto behind and glanced over his shoulder towards the blonde who stood dumbly at his spot still rubbing his head. "Come on brat! I don't have much time to hang around with you. Find a place or your friends or anything that could make you occupied. I've got things to do."
"Yeah right." Naruto rolled his eyes and skipped forward trying to catch up with Jiraiya. "Your first intention is to lurk around that spring bath house to gather some information for your new Icha-Icha Episode. Like I don't know you better. You don't have to be so impatient about it, ok!"
Jiraiya looked over at Naruto and grinned. "Hahah … You should open up your mind on something different and more exciting other than practicing and training, Naruto." He reached his left hand on the blonde's head and rustled the boy's hair lovingly. He smiled on the fact that he'd treated Naruto more like a son to him. "You've a grown up now. It's time for you to learn new things."
Again Naruto rolled his eyes at the old man's statement. He pulled his head away from Jiraiya's reach. "I'll learn when I'm ready. Hey. Don't you want to see Tsunade baa chan, first?"
Jiraiya rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "I'll settle up my things first. If you happens to see her, please send my best regards. I'll see her when I've got the time. I'll take my leave now. Ja ne" He disappeared in a puff of smoke before the blonde could even blink.
"That old pervert! Why does he's always in a hurry!" Naruto muttered to himself.
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A moment later.
"Hah! I know where to go first." Naruto said after taken moments of thinking. He made a fast forward to the center of the village to a very longing to see food stall. He brightened as he spotted one particular shop. "Ichiraku Ramen!" He then quickly took a sit and ordered his favourite.
Naruto took a sniff on the ramen that was put in front of him shortly after.:Ooohhh … the smell's so good.: He took a sip of the soup and let out a compliment towards the cook who had just laughed. Without further a do, the blonde started digging himself in.
"Getting your stomach busy without even bother to see your former sensei first?" Came a very familiar voice from behind.
Naruto startled upon hearing the voice and turned around behind him. "Khakhashis shenshei! Long shtime shno shee." (yup. he's talking with his mouth full) He then swallowed his food and intended to talk further.
"Now. now. It is rude to talk with your mouth full." Kakashi cut him off. He took a sit beside his former student facing straight to the boy who had resumed eating. :he's 17 now yet he still looks adorable while he was eating: He raised his elbow onto the table and rested his chin on his palm and stared at Naruto amusingly. He smiled under his mask. (assumed that we can see that)
"Kakashi sensei. You haven't changed a bit." Naruto commented eyeing Kakashi from top to bottom. :and I'm missing him too: "And sorry for not bringing you any latest episode of Icha Icha like I did the 2nd time I'm back to the village." Naruto took another dig of ramen.
"I didn't expect you to bring anything back for me either as long as you came back home safely." Kakashi grinned. : and god. how I miss you so much: "Say, where are you staying tonight? Have a place to go?"
Naruto paused and frowned. "Nope. Have not thinking about that yet. Any ideas?"
Kakashi scratched his head, then slipped his head to his chin and had a few moment thinking. "Well, you can stay at my place if you want to until you find a new place to stay. Besides, it would be great to hear all of your adventures during your training with Jiraiya."
Naruto smiled brightly. "Really? Oh thank you Kakashi sensei. I'd love to!" (and if I'm not mistaken, I can see some ghostly love signs popped out from Kakashi's head)
After finishing his last 5th bowl of ramen, both Kakashi and Naruto headed off towards the sensei's house which took 10 minutes of walking.
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"Ooohhh … am I sexy or what?" Naruto spun around in front of a full length mirror in Kakashi's bedroom admiring his half naked body. He just took his shower and was in his boxers. He gazed at his toned muscle body proudly. :It's worth the effort on years of leaving the village training with Jiraiya: He took another moment to stare at his butt. He jiggled his so called 'baby' and smiled widely as was amazed at the size of it. He didn't notice the bedroom door not far behind was slightly open.
The dim light in Kakashi's bedroom doesn't give much help for Naruto to entirely admiring his proud body. (duhh!) :I'm going to ask Kakashi sensei to change the light bulb tomorrow: Dissatisfied, he dropped both hands to his side and turned around facing the bedroom door intended to marched out of the room. There, he spotted Kakashi was standing soundly staring at him still. He's wearing a white round short sleeves T-shirt and short knee length pants. No mask covered his face tonight. (well, duhh! does he has to wear mask all the time?)
Naruto paused and blushed slightly. He lifted up his right hand and scratched his head while the other rested on his hip. "Oh hi Kakashi sensei! How long have you been standing there?" The blonde asked nervously embarrassed on how he acted in front of the mirror just now. He slipped his hand down from his head and rubbed at the back of his neck. His head lowered down and dropped his gazed on the floor.
Kakashi didn't answer. He just stood there still and never took his eyes from the blonde. Both hands in his pockets.
After a moment of silent, Naruto looked up and turned to fix his eyes on his sensei by the door. He doesn't know why but his heart beat a little faster than normal. (4 beat per sec) Under that damn dim light, he's unable to read the expression out of that man's face.
Kakashi abruptly took a step forward. Then another after another. (think about slow motion) He still doesn't take his eyes away neither he say a word. Naruto was stunned by his sensei silentness. Those stares somehow had glued both his feet to the ground.
Naruto's heart pounded even faster (5 beat per sec) when the man stopped just half a foot in front of him. Now both looked like someone in a staring competition. Still, Kakashi's expression was unreadable.
"Um … eehhhh ..ano .. Kakashi sensei, errr ..do you need anything?" Naruto stuttered. He shifted his gaze to his right not really sure what to say or do next.
Kakashi let out a low noise. "Hmmm …" he didn't continue his words as he leaned down his head closer to the boy's left head side. (the boy was shorter than the man by 4.5 inches) His eyes darted to the boy's neck and stopped just inches away. His lips trembled. He knew that he's now at the verge on fighting his urge not to jump the boy.
From the moment he saw Naruto this afternoon, he had this strong urge on taking that boy into a tight embrace and have his way all over him. He had been missing this former student of him the whole year since that boy left and now that he's back, Kakashi still can't do a thing. :should i confessed to him? should i tell him how i feel::
Kakashi let his mind wandered. He inhaled deeply onto the boy's scent. :god! he smells so good: He kept his breathing steady and ghostly roaming his sensitive nose up and down over the other's exposed neck. "I missed you…" Kakashi purred.
Naruto gasped and shivered at the contact of the man's warm breath across his bare neck His heart pumping another faster (this time 6). He found himself unable to breaths properly and more likely gaping. "Ka.. Kakashi sensei. Are you alright?" he managed some words slipped from his lips and stays parted while his face turned even redder from embarrassment. Feet still glued on the ground.
Kakashi moved his head away from the boy's neck and turned to face him. Their noses almost touch each other. Lips merely inches away. He found his eyes lower to the boy's lips and felt a stirring temptation within him. His lips parting and the breathing seemed to harden. His eyes slid closed and started to lean forward towards the waiting parted lips.
Then, snapped! Kakashi backed down to earth! His eyes widened. :what the hell am I doing: He gazed at Naruto who had an unbelievable expression on his face. "Oh .. eheh! I came to tell you that dinner's ready. Better hurry or I would not wait for you." And with that he winked and marched out from the room headed to the kitchen's table where dinner is waiting.
Naruto stood still. He followed Kakashi's leaving by the corner of his eyes. :what was Kakashi sensei's thinking? what was his intention?: His confused mind wandered as he slowly took his steps towards the door. :errkk! better put some cloths on first:
At the dinner table, Kakashi only stared and didn't even touch his food. He still could not believe his action just now. His mind was in between of whether or not to tell Naruto how he felt for that boy. He was afraid of creating a barrier between them if Naruto turned out to be rejecting his love. He still wants them to be friends.
Naruto appeared at the doorway between the living room and the kitchen. He grinned widely and took a sit in front of Kakashi and started digging himself in. They ate in silent without much to talk about.
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After dinner, they sat in the living room couch with the intention on watching some programs on TV. Kakashi leaned his back comfortably against the couch and folded his arms over his chest while his two feet rested on a coffee table in between the couch and the TV.
Naruto on the other hand had choose to lay down on the floor in between the TV and the coffee table that still had a little bit of space at which point had forced Naruto to folded both his legs to fit in that little spot.
They sat in silence for within two hours. (would you believe Naruto being quiet for two straight hours?) The incident just now really had affected them both.
Kakashi had his mind wandering about Naruto in the past. From a chibi idiotic kinda look Naruto had turned into a man, or he may still like to address the blonde as a boy. This boy before him had willing to do everything in order to stay shape on becoming stronger. and becoming stronger. Kakashi stole a glance over his feet at a figure in front tried to get a better access on Naruto's full view but failed. All he can see is only his legs. He sighed and locked his gazed at the TV in front.
Naruto had seemed to be pissed off on something. He kept changing one channel after another. :what the hell with all the channel tonight? don't they have any better shows in their programs? and what's with Kakashi sensei being quiet all the time? It's not like I don't want to talk to him, it's just I don't know how to begin: Suddenly an idea popped up.
"Ne … Kakashi sensei .." Naruto first to broke the silence between them. He sat up turning his body at Kakashi who seems to be zooming out in space. "Kakashi sensei! Something's the matter?"
"Hah!" Kakashi startled. He turned to faced Naruto. "You're talking to me?"
Naruto grinned while rubbing the back of his neck. "Never mind that… hey! Can I go out for a while?"
"Huh! Where to?" Kakashi looked a bit surprised. He then glanced over to the wall where a big clock hanged. "It's fifteen past ten. Where could you be going this late?" :why don't you just stay and spend more time with me?:
"Heheh … I thought I want to pay a visit to Sasuke. Just wondering how he's been doing while I was away. It's a matter of concern." Naruto answered thoughtfully.
Kakashi flinched at the mentioned of Sasuke. A sudden of jealousy aroused within him. :this boy still have been thinking of his beloved friend. I shouldn't have let Sasuke back to this village long ago: (now that wasn't a nice thing to say Kakashi sensei. you're being selfish!)
"Do you happens to know whether Sasuke is on a mission or something?" Naruto asked again. But to his disappointment, no answer from his sensei. Kakashi is zooming out again. The blonde then decided not to wait for any answer. Maybe his sensei is tired and needed to go to sleep early. "I think you should now go to sleep Kakashi sensei. I won't be long. I just passed Sasuke, then Sakura, then Kiba, then Shino, then Hinata … then ….eerrrkkk ! that would take some time thou. Don't worry, I won't wake you up when I'm back. Just lend me the keys. I'll just let myself in."
Kakashi didn't say anything. He motioned his eyes to a small coffee table beside the front door where the keys of his apartment are. Without delay, Naruto stood up and grabbed the key and left in a hurry. "Ja ne…!"
Kakashi let out a sigh. He felt even more confused and … desperate?. Both his hands trembled from this rage feeling of his. He then buried his face onto his palms and took a deep breath with slight difficulty. (now you try it. see what I mean?) He doesn't know what to think right now or what to do next. He turned the TV off and laid himself down the couch and zooming out again.
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Naruto bounced around like a little girl (imagine little red riding hood) towards a certain Uchiha house. Well, come to think of it, that certain Uchiha is the only one left in Konoha. He was brought back by Naruto a year and a half ago after Orochimaru had been defeated. Naruto could only spent six months of torturing time with Sasuke in order to smack that boy back to senses. Naruto somehow eventually managed in time to turned the Uchiha's favorite words of "must kill Itachi" to "must have ramen" before he was ordered by Tsunade the Hokage to go on training with Jiraiya for another year.
Naruto stopped abruptly in front of the Uchiha's gate house. He can see the lights of the house are still on and Sasuke might still be awake. (or may be he sleeps with the lights on heheh) Naruto hesitated at first on knocking on the gate. :what if he doesn't want to see me or what if he doesn't forgive me for killing his idol Orochimaru if he ever comes back to old himself again? ahhh … what the heck! now I had became much stronger and one of the great ninja ever I could easily knocked him down with just a punch: He then slowly pushed the gate open and silently walked through until he reached the front stairs. He slipped off his sandals and reached for the front door. When he's about to knock, the door suddenly opened wide and revealed a very familiar stoic face Naruto had known for years.
They stared at each other for a moment before Sasuke made a sudden move that could leave a shock to Naruto for the entire night. He punched Naruto straight onto his face to his left cheek at which point had sent the blonde flying to the air and landed onto the ground near the front stairs. (well, a great ninja indeed)
"What the fuck..! Sasuke teme ..! What's gotten into you!" While rubbing his abused left cheek Naruto stood up and jumped six feet in the air and landed a feet away in front of Sasuke. He raised his right fist slightly higher and about to give the other boy a payback when Sasuke made a sudden move that could shocked Naruto the entire night (again). Sasuke had slung both of his arms around Naruto's waist and embraced him with all of his might while sinking his head onto the other boy's collarbone.
Naruto froze. First the punch and then came the hug. A very tight hug. "Errr … Sasuke! ... What's wrong?" Naruto patted on Sasuke's back like if he is trying to comfort a crying child. "What's all this about? What's with your doing punching me on the face? It hurts damnit!"
Sasuke didn't answer. He just kept on tightening his grip on Naruto's waist and at the same time inhaled deeply to the other boy's scent which he had been missing so much. :why do you have to leave me? i've been here all alone:
Since he'd gotten no answer from Sasuke, Naruto sighed. "What's with everybody acting weird? First Kakashi sensei and now you? And what will Sakura do then when she sees me?" Naruto gasped at the thought of it. Surely he'll get a monstrous punch out of her. :i'll think about visiting her later especially this late at night:
"Dobe… I'm just missing hearing your colorful words out of your mouth," Sasuke finally voiced out. He still didn't let go of his beloved blonde. "And I'm missing you very much!"
"But still you don't have to hit me that hard!" Naruto blurted out. He then put each of his hand onto each of Sasuke's shoulder and slowly but hardly pushed the other boy who hesitantly loosing his tight embrace from Naruto.
Sasuke turned his head towards Naruto and looked at him deeply into that bright blue eyes. :how come his eyes always this so bright? how did you make yourself put aside all those pain away? will you help me thrash my pain away, Naruto?:
"Well, aren't you going to invite me in?" without waiting for the Uchiha to answer, Naruto let himself into the house which leads him to the living room. He made himself comfortable as he sat on one of the couch facing a TV which shows an anime Bleach. :anime late at night? that's rare:
Sasuke snapped out from his outer space as he watched Naruto sits himself. He then walked towards the kitchen on the left side of the living room. "what would you like for a drink?" he questioned.
"Soda will do." Naruto answered while he's busying himself with the TV remote trying to find a better channel. (so much for liking anime Bleach!)
Sasuke came back from the kitchen with two soda cans in each hand. He sat beside Naruto on the right hand site then handed him a can. Both opened the tin can and drank themselves out.
"So how's your training? Did it went smoothly?" Sasuke asked turning his head facing Naruto. The other didn't answer immediately. He still had his can pouring down the drink into his mouth. While he's doing it, Sasuke can't help staring at the boy's throat. He can't even help gulping himself on seeing the liquid flowed down on each side of the blonde's mouth and went down to his throat.
"Aaaahhh … that was cool!" Naruto then said seemed not listening to Sasuke. "Heheh! Sorry Sasuke! I've finished the drink not waiting for you."
'Naahh .. It's ok. Want some more?" Sasuke offered with a smirk.
"Nope. Thank you. I'd probably drank all of your drinks in a night. Hahah!" Naruto waived his left hand in the air while the other threw the empty can straight into a dustbin not so far from where they're sitting. "So how's your life been doing so far since I left?"
Sasuke took some times to answer Naruto's question. He doesn't know how to put his words accordingly. : should I tell him that my life had became miserable and my world had turned upside down since he left?: "Things are good eventually. I had learned many jutsus from various jounin sensei apart from Kakashi."
Naruto raised an eyebrow. "How're the peoples in the village? Have they treated you nicely?"
"Not that I can say they did. But somehow I still have this feeling that those angry eyes still following me everyway I go."
Naruto's face turned thoughtful and he gazed pitifully over Sasuke. "I'm sorry Sasuke things had to be this way. I can understand your pain. But I'm sure some day everyone in this village will never look at you that way again. Since I'm already here, what can I do to ease this pain of yours?"
:you can hold me, hugs me and kiss me all you want: "There's nothing you could do… for now." Sasuke lowered his gazed away from Naruto. "I still can manage on my own. I don't need your pity."
Naruto snapped. Oh yeah. The Uchiha's pride. He's forgotten about it. "Then what do you do now? Any incoming mission in future? Who's you always teamed up with?"
"Lets not talk about me, Naruto." :it'll just be too painful: "I want to know about you and your adventure. Tell me all about it." :even if it takes all night, I don't mind as long as I can be with you: "for a start, where are you staying now?"
Naruto gave a small laugh. "Kakashi sensei offered me to stay with him for a while till I get a place of my own."
Sasuke's jaw dropped of surprise. He raised his eyebrows on the mentioned of Kakashi's name. (what a coincidence don't ya think?) "How thoughtful of him to have come to you sooner than me,".:I can tell that he's in my way: "I wish I could help you in some other way." :that Kakashi, he's faster than I thought:
Flashback (yeah! yeah! a flashback)
Sasuke was panting heavily and almost lost his consciousness while jumping from tree to tree. He hadn't had his breakfast this morning due to lack of appetite but he still kept moving his feet headed off to the usual training ground along with Kakashi. (Kakashi still being assigned by Tsunade to train Sasuke).
Kakashi abruptly stopped at one of the branches and looked further in front. Sasuke being grateful for this sudden stop and leaned against one of the trees across the one that Kakashi had stepped on.
"Why are you doing this?" Kakashi muttered without turning his head.
Sasuke shot his infamous glare to his sensei. "Pardon me? Did you say something?"
Kakashi turned to glare at Sasuke. "I mean why bother on training some new jutsus while you're already being one of the strongest ninja in Konoha and capable in almost everything? "
Sasuke flinched by Kakashi's word :why suddenly he raised up this kinda matter? doesn't he want me back to the village? or he's just the same as the other villagers?: "What's wrong with me trying to learn another new jutsus and forget the old ones that I had mastered very well?"
"Well. It curioused me." Kakashi rubbed his chin thoughtfully. He then leaned his back against the tree he had on and continued with his statement. "Seriously, why would you be so hard on yourself training? Do you believe that people would trust you on doing any mission for them?"
Sasuke startled upon Kakashi's words. His eyes narrowed and blood suddenly boiled of furious. (his stomach growled) "What the hell do you mean Kakashi sensei! What are you implying on!"
Kakashi had his uninterested lazy looking eyes darted towards Sasuke. "WHAT are you doing this for or WHO are you doing this for, Sasuke? I mean, you're not going after Itachi anymore since you're already back to this village."
Sasuke took a moment composing himself from the rage boiling within him. "It's none of your concern. I just want to learn, that's all."
Kakashi let out a sarcastic laugh. "Somehow, I doubted it."
This makes Sasuke even more furious. He had his fists ready to punch a living daylight out of Kakashi. "It's your problem for doubting me. Don't imply anything on me if you don't know a thing."
"My … my … still a hot headed person as you were before, Sasuke."
"JUST LET OUT YOUR WORDS STRAIGHT TO THE POINT, KAKASHI! I don't have time for this!"
"I won't stop until you admit it."
"Admit on what!"
"On what reason do you have training so hard."
"Can't you see that I'm repenting now! What more reason do I have to give to convince you!"
"Repenting doesn't mean to have to go for trainings or make yourself stronger. You can either choose to be a monk or go for a business like doing."
This time Sasuke smirked on that, his fists rested a bit. "Well, unfortunately for your expectation, I still choose to be a ninja as what I am before. And I still am one today. Nothing is going to change that."
"Hmmm… or is it because of a promise you made to Naruto?"
The smirk on Sasuke's face gone in a second followed by a murderous glare darted on the older man. Both of his fists had returned to his side and another word of this crazy conversation will make him lost all his mind and swears he without hesitation would kill Kakashi.
"Let's make it short since I don't want to see you fall pathetically in front of me." Kakashi stated sarcastically. :and I'd be delightful to kill him if he makes any sudden attempt on attacking me. but that'll breaks Naruto's heart: "You had promised Naruto to leave the old you and starts a new live. By doing that also, you would practice and training with all the will you have and to become a better ninja or perhaps a better person to someone that you might think would accepted the way you already were that was once a traitor, of course …."
"WHAT'S YOUR POINT, KAKASHI!"
"Do you think that Naruto would accept you with all his heart after what had happened?"
"He already had!"
"Hmmm … do you think so? Don't flatter yourself too much Sasuke. It's bad for your thinking health."
"I don't care what you were thinking, Kakashi! Naruto had cared for me and he'd done it with all the loves that I need. And I do believe that it'll stay that way! Forever!"
Kakashi straightened up. "But don't you realize with you by his side you will put him into a very difficult situation, here? You do remember how the villagers despised him for what's inside him despite of who he really are. People had eventually realized the facts and slowly had started to accept Naruto's existence. I've seen with my very own eyes how he struggled through all these years to put himself into a better place amongst of all those villagers heart. And where were you at that time! Were you there when he struggles to fight the monster within him who takes control out of him!..."
"Shut up..!" Sasuke growled. He gathered all his might not to jump the talkative older man before him.
Kakashi just ignored. "Were you there to share all his pains?".
"That's enough!"
"You call yourself a friend? Huh! You didn't even know what's friend mean…"
"Kakashi… I said shut up!" Sasuke gritted his teeth and unpurposedly bit his lips till it bleeds.
"You'll only be putting him into another depression by dragging him along into your pathetic live. You don't deserves him and his love…"
"I said that's enougghhh!" Sasuke jumped. "I'll kill yoouuuu !"
Since that day, Kakashi and Sasuke were separated and never be allowed to talk to each other again unless if under certain circumstances.
End of flashback.
"Yo Sasuke! Helloooo..! Anybody hommeee?" Naruto waved both his hands in front of Sasuke face.
Sasuke blinked after he gained consciousness. "Huh! What?"
"What's wrong Sasuke?" Naruto asked with an expression which looked like a pout. "You don't listen to anything I say, do you?"
"Wha… what did you just say?"
"Naaahhh … never mind. You probably don't want to see me again, do you? Or may be I'm just disturbing your private time of being alone. I think I'd better leave." Naruto started to get up when a hand gripped him on the wrist halted him from getting up. He sat back.
"Hey come on. You just got here." Sasuke took a deep breath and continued. "I'm sorry. I got distracted on something I just remember."
"I'm here and you got distracted?" Naruto released the Uchiha's grip and folded both his arms on his chest. He shook his head slowly. "Tell me... what is it so important that had got you distracted from me which makes me less important right now?"
Sasuke didn't answer. He locked his gazed sharply at Naruto. :you're the most important of all thing, Naruto:
Naruto frowned. : aarrgghh! here we go again!:
Unexpectedly (again) Sasuke had made an unbelievable move towards the blonde before him. He stood up and sat himself on the other boy's lap and flung both his arms around the other's neck. He touched his nose on Naruto's neck, inhaled deeply, planted a kiss with his lips and sucked on that tanned flesh. The blonde gasped at the contact and froze. He suddenly felt a bit aroused by that kiss and shuddered a little as the sensual feeling surrounded him. He tried to process his brain in a quick manner over this sensual feeling of his. Of course he knows what's the sensual feelings like. Think he's just training and practicing only jutsus with that Frog Hermit? (well, think again).
Wait a second. Sasuke's a boy!
"Hey! Wait! Stop it, Sasuke !" Naruto said and tried slightly pushing the brunette away. "What do you think you're doing? Are you out of your mind?"
With that statement Sasuke halted himself. He moved his hands and cupped Naruto on each side of the blonde's face and turned the head to face his. He's locking his gaze with Naruto's eyes and leaned closer down until their nose only an inch apart.
"Tell me Naruto. Why do you have to save me?" Sasuke asked not turning away his gaze on the blonde's eyes. "Why do you have to bring me back here?"
Naruto blinked in a speed of five times per second. :why do Sasuke want to bring this matter up all of sudden?: "Wha … what do you mean, Sasuke? Did anything dreadful happen while I'm away?"
"Yes!" Sasuke exclaimed tightened his grip on the blonde's face. "A lot of things had happened!"
Naruto's face turned red with anger. "Did anyone bullying you? Tell me! I'll smack him in the head till he forgets his own name!"
"I don't know how to begin with." Sasuke loosened his grip on the blonde's head and wrapped his arms back around to the other's neck. He hugged the blonde tightly not wanting to let go. His body trembled from holding back his tears. "And even if you really put him to the depth of hell, that still doesn't change the fact that I am still a traitor before everyone's eyes in this village."
Anger turned to fury. Naruto's hands slightly shaken but his heart beating fast, five beats per second. :this is not Sasuke that I used to know. He was once a hard headed person with an ironic willpower and would fight to death for his comrades. what could had turned this person into someone vulnerable and as fragile such this! this can't be forgiven: Finally, he's got hold of himself again. "Hey! Ssshhh … come on, Sasuke-kun … hold on there will you? Now that I'm back, you don't have to worry of anyone bullying or hurting you again." And with that, Naruto wrapped his arms around the brunette's waist and hold his embrace there.
"Will you be by my side and protect me always, Naruto?"
"Yes I will. You got my words on it." Naruto then pulled himself from Sasuke and stared at the other's face. "Now, would you care to tell me what's been going on lately?"
Naruto sighed heavily at the silentness Sasuke gave him. The boy on his lap suddenly moved his hips down from the blonde's lap and laid himself onto the couch. He landed his back of his head on to Naruto's crotch and makes himself comfortable as he was about to go to sleep. He then sounded asleep like a baby.
"What the fu…!" Naruto's eyes twitched. "Oi Sasuke! Don't you just doze ……" he mentally smacked himself and intended not to speak any further. He leaned his back to the couch. His right hand was lovingly caressing Sasuke's forehead and twiddling with the brunette's hair while the other hand massaging his own temple. : what the hell is going on here?:
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Naruto awoke in a sudden. His eyes roamed around while his brain trying to process his where about. He locked his eyes to a big fan shaped clock hanged on the wall and tried to read the time with blurry vision. :huh! 3:30 am: He tried to move his body from the uncomfortable condition he was in but halted by a certain weight on his crotch. He gazed down and a slight smile appeared on his lips. :oh yeah I remember. I'm still at the Uchiha's house: But he got up anyway, slowly moving with an intention of not waking up the brunette. He slid down Sasuke's head from his lap onto the spot where he's just sat.
Naruto stood a few moments facing the sleeping Uchiha. He leaned down and planted a kiss on the brunette's forehead and whispered. "I'm sorry Sasuke. I have to go. Kakashi sensei would kill me if I didn't get home in time coz I have his apartment's keys. Sleep tight and good night."
Naruto took some time stretched out his numb muscles from sitting and sleeping on the couch for too long. He then made his move towards the front door and opened it which had let the fresh cool night air in. He shivered a little and then closing the door behind him without looking back. He put on his sandals in silence and continued with his intention of going home.
While he's on his heels walking home, he felt a sudden unease knocked deep inside his heart. : what is this feeling? why am I feeling weird all of sudden? most importantly, what happen to Sasuke? why he'd acted so fragile? acting like a child who needs his mama: He rubbed his temple trying to get rid all of his worries.
Naruto reached the front door of Kakashi's apartment. :the light's still on: He quickly unlocked the door and let himself in and found Kakashi sound asleep on the couch. He sighed :not another baby: He moved his hand intending on waking up the jounin but stopped halfway. Might be best not to wake him up. He walked to Kakashi's room, grabbed a blanket on the bed and headed back to the couch. He covered the sleeping-like-a-baby Kakashi with the blanket and sat himself on a little space left of the couch beside the older man. It's Naruto's turn on zooming out.
Naruto stared on the man's face before him which looked so peacefully while he's at sleep. This sensei of him had taught him a lot and he was very grateful and indebt deeply with this man. Not that he's not being grateful to Iruka sensei too who had raised him up since he was a child and gave him all the attention that he needed but this man…. this man in front of him had touched him deeply into his heart in mostly … intimate way:naaahhhhh…: Naruto shook his head.
Naruto stood up leaving the jounin and headed to other bedroom. He took off his clothes and only wearing his boxes and changed to his night T-shirt. (and the walrus top too :P) Once his head hit the pillow, Naruto's eyes slid closed and started to dozed off at which point had sent him directly to dream world. (how would I know what he's dreaming about? duhh!)
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"Hey! Naruto ! Wake up! Don't you have anything to do early morning today?"
Naruto stirred lazily at the voice which seemed to be calling out to him. He slid opened his eyes and under his blurry vision saw someone standing beside his bed. He tried to remember his where about. :why do I have to try to remember where I am: When his vision became clear, he recognized the figure before him. "Huaaarrggghhh (yawn) … good morning Kakashi senseeeiii! " Naruto cheerfully greeted his sensei while stretching out his body. "Is breakfast ready?"
Naruto didn't received any answer but instead a pillow had been thrown to his face. Hard. "What the fu …" Naruto snarled. "Hey… what's the big idea!"
"Get your lazy ass off of the bed, Naruto!" came Kakashi's voice from the direction of Naruto's feet. You're preparing breakfast yourself."
"Eeerrkkk…" Naruto quickly sit himself up. Not that he mind preparing his own breakfast. He saw Kakashi had well dressen up in his jounin uniform. "Are you going out Kakashi sensei?"
"Yeap!" Kakashi answered with a wide grin under his mask. He walked towards the bedroom door. He waved his right hand in the air. "I'll be back before dinner. I'll be expecting dinner on the table when I'm home."
"Wha… what!" Naruto threw a pillow at Kakashi which was easily dodged by the man. "I'm not your wife!"
Kakashi pretended not to hear Naruto. "Ja ne …" and with a woosh he's gone.
Naruto sunk back to his bed. He stared at the ceiling and started counting the tiles up there. His mind at the same time wandered back to the scene which happened last night. He rolled his body to the left and right repeatedly until he's tired of it. He can't think of anything. All he can see that sad face of Sasuke stared blankly at him. Nonetheless, that smirk still glued to him as like he was born with it.
Naruto's stomach suddenly growled sending a quick message to his brain of being extremely hungry. With a start Naruto jumped from his bed and in seconds he's on his way to the kitchen. He glanced over to the clock hanged on the kitchen's wall.
"What! It's 9:30 am! No wonder I'm such this hungry!" Naruto muttered to himself. "Got to find something to eat first then headed off to town and meet all of my friends. Wait. Better make it to Tsunade baa-chan first and surprised the hell out of her. Heheh." He giggled by the thought of it.
It's 11:30 am and Naruto was on his way to the Hokage Tower. As usual he's wearing his favorite orange sweater. (I wonder how many pairs he had in his closet) While walking he focused his eyes at the tower which can be seen from his very spot.:hmmm… how should I greet her today? hah: (a bulb came to light) :heheh … I know! Tsunade baa-chan here I come ..: he rubbed his chin with an evil grin showed on his face. (as usual we can see two horns appeared on his head)
Naruto carefully moved his feet one after another on the sharp edge outside the round tower where the Hokage office located in. He intended on caught the Hokage by surprise by popping in trough the window tower. His front body was facing the wall so it would be easy for him to grab on to something while he's at it. He can't stop giggling by the thoughts of Hokage's face when he caught her by surprise.
Naruto had almost reached the window glasses and his hands are ready to grab the window seal in order to open it when suddenly the glass swung widely opened to the outside which had sent Naruto's a big surprise instead till he let go of his hands by accident at which point had caused him to fall down thirty feet to the ground. He landed flatly on his back. (oohh that gotta hurt!)
By far he saw a blondy head with … wait a sec … with two horns on the head?... popped out by the window which was slung opened just now. That blondy head was just stared down at him and disappeared a minute after and Naruto swears he heard giggles. :Tsunade baa-chan! you've discovered me first: He stayed there for a little while as he was unable to moved every inch of his muscle. Well, so much of being a great ninja. Accidents could happen sometimes, right?
With some difficulties on moving his body, hands and feet, Naruto managed to stand on his feet eventually. He winced on every attempt of moving his legs and leaving behind some colorful words muttered under his every breath. After he fully regained his strength, (well he's the kyuubi after all), within minutes, he was at the Hokage's doorstep and swung the door opened without even bother to knock on first. In there, he found Tsunade was busying herself reading on some scrolls as if nothing's happened.
"Ne… Tsunade baa-chan!" Naruto was panting slightly from the run. His face redden with heat. "What's the big idea?" He walked straight to that blonde Hokage's desk, stopped a feet away, folded his arms over his chest and started to stare murderously at her.
"It was you who started it." Tsunade stated calmly. His didn't even bother to take her eyes off from what she's been reading. "Serves you right for trying to tempt my temper." As if she'd known what Naruto's mean with his question.
"Heheh .." Naruto's temper faded as he realized his foolish attempt a moment ago and grinned toothfully. He scratched at the back of his head. "I was just joking around. No heart feeling ne..?"
This time Tsunade raised his head and pinned a death glare at him that could chidori a hole through a mountain. "Playing a joke with the Hokage ehhh? You got some nerves on doing that, don't you?"
"Well as always. A prankster will always be a prankster… heheh" Naruto nervously laughed. He carefully slowed down with his words. He doesn't want to end up with some bruises all over his face. That could ruin his handsome public figure.
"Where's that old man?" Tsunade snapped. She turned to her study on the scrolls. "Has he been too busy to pay a visit to me?"
Naruto snorted. "You know him. He doesn't even bother to stay with me for a while at the moment we stepped into this village." He then took a sit on one of the two chairs in front of the Hokage's desk and crossed his legs. "Naaahhh … don't mind him Tsunade baa-chan, he'll survived on his own. He's a grown up now."
"You're talking like you're the one who's been taking care of him." Tsunade said with a quick glance to Naruto who's comfortably sit with both of his hands folded behind his head. With a sigh she stopped whatever she's doing and leaned her back against her chair and focused on the blonde kid before her. "So how was your training kid?"
"Maahhh … Tsunade baa-chan." Naruto said with a boring kinda look. "Can we not talking about my training right now. Kinda tired when remembering all that. I could imagine how are more tired I would be when the girls asking for their souvenirs. I'm back in one piece, it's all that matters."
Tsunade eased herself in her sit. She looked at Naruto questionally. There're a lot that she wants to talk about with the blonde, but where to begin? "Hmmm … so where are you staying now, kid? Have yet found a place to stay?"
Naruto blinked up at the Hokage. "Ehhh? Oh yeah … I'm staying with Kakashi sensei now… for a while." He's lurked around the Hokage's office as if to find anything that could interests him. :the room hasn't changed a bit. has Tsunade baa-chan been lazying around or she's just too stingy to spent her money on new things. thought I could asks her some…..:
"Don't expect to find anything in this room that you could bring home with you to your new house." Tsunade cut the blonde's thought off as if she could read his mind. "Things are not free here you know."
Naruto grunted. :such a stingy old hag: He had this habit of taking away the Hokage's belonging which he found quite interesting and would ended up as some decorations in his own room. But for now he's yet to own a house so the take away would be later.
"So any new things that I should know about?" Naruto said locking his eyes with the Hokage's.
Tsunade took her gaze away from the blonde kid and stared at her fingers idly fiddling with her pen. "Well…. since that you're here, I'd like to discuss with you something." She took a deep breath and gulped before continued with her words. "Six months ago …"
Naruto leaned closer as if to listen to a bed time stories….
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"Yo! Naruto-kun !" a very familiar voice called out for him. "Naruto! Over here!"
Naruto turned his head towards where the voice came from and saw a very familiar face stood near the Ichiraku Ramen to where he was headed in the first place.
"Iruka senseeeiii!" he called out waving his hands high above in the air as if trying to show off everybody his existence in the village.
Not long after Iruka and Naruto were sitting next to each other enjoying their favorite ramen. Naruto had been prettily quiet during their lunch over ramen. This worries Iruka as he was expecting to hear some great stories out of Naruto every time he went out for trainings or missions. To have completed his worried, this former student of him or more likely a dear brother to him was seemed to be lost his mine in a place elsewhere.
Iruka elbowed Naruto on his arms. "Naruto… is there something bothering you..?"
Naruto blinked up at Iruka .. "huh! What?"
"You've been acting not yourself today." Iruka said while putting down his chopstick. He turned his gazed at Naruto. "I know there's something bothering your mind otherwise you're already at your third bowl by now so is to say within this twenty minutes. Care to share your problem with me? Since when you've been keeping secrets from me?"
Iruka shot him with straight full questions for him to answer. He knew he can trust Iruka and the man would understand him in many ways possible.
Naruto pushed aside his bowl of ramen which he barely finished half of it. He sighed heavily. :how should I put my words on this so Iruka sensei would understand me clearly? even I can't understand it myself: He carefully searching for the most suitable words to be put in order so he could read out all his mind accordingly without leaving any points or hints behind.
"Well…I'm waiting…" Iruka tapped his fingers impatiently.
"Ne … Iruka sensei .." Naruto started with a question. "What do you think of Kakashi sensei and Sasuke's fighting that day? What's their reasons for that matters anyway?"
Iruka flinched. He raised his eyebrows. "How do you know about the fight? Honestly, I'm a bit taken a back by your knowing upon this issue as I'm sure Kakashi and Sasuke wouldn't spill a word about it."
Naruto's eyes narrowed. "And why wouldn't they?"
Iruka took a deep breath. He hesitated a bit but continued anyway. "Because you're a very important person in their life as much as their importance to you. Of course they don't want to hurt the feeling of their precious one by telling about the stupid fight they had had once."
"And how would you know they wouldn't?" Naruto cut off.
"I don't know about Sasuke but that was what Kakashi had told me and he even asked me to kept it secret from you. Come to think of it, how did you know?
"Tsunade baa-chan told me."
"Did she told you the reason behind the fight?"
Naruto shook his head. "I think you should know."
Iruka's turn to shook his head. "Me neither."
"Did anybody knows the reason?"
"I doubted none had known the reason what or why otherwise it would have been the talk of the town."
Naruto lowered his head rested his chin over his folded hands on the table. Tsunade's words had clearly came back to his mind. :Kakashi had almost killed that Uchiha boy during the fight if he's not suddenly hindered by Asuma who happened to be taking his way back from a mission on that same path. Kakashi seemed desperately in the urge of killing that boy and vice versa. I'd talked them over but failed to digged out the reasons behind the fight. I think you should talk to them, Naruto since you're the closest to them both especially Sasuke:
"Who should I talk to first Iruka sensei?" yet another thoughtful question from Naruto. His gaze darted to a fly which suddenly appeared in front of him but he didn't bother to chase that insect away.
With a sigh Iruka looked down at Naruto. "It's up to you to decide. Nonetheles I doubted you could dig out anything out of them."
Naruto didn't respond to Iruka's comments. The seriousness on Naruto's face weighted more worries on Iruka's mind. Being a mother hen to the blonde since he was a little kid, had allowed him to read the boy's attitude like an open book and right now he knows that the boy is in his deep thoughts. He brought his hand on to Naruto's head and rustled the boy's hair lovingly. Naruto didn't budged from his chin-rest-on-hands position.
They stayed in silence for about ten minutes when a certain familiar voice called out from behind.
"Oi dobe ..!"
TBC.
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A/N : I have to stop due to lack of inspiration. Need to go somewhere to gain more info. I'd better look for Jiraiya. May be he can help me with the next chapter.
Ja ne ….
