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The Long Way Home

Part 6

Hard Work

Chapter 2/2

Naruto realized a moment later that they really should have thought this part of the plan over further before Sasuke went ahead and offered himself to the woman because Naruto couldn't figure out a single way to upset the party that wouldn't result in him being kicked out.

Unfortunately his thinking was slow going and he was constantly distracted as he looked around for some idea on how to proceed. The party seemed in full gear by this point and he was one of the few 'entertainers' left standing by himself with nothing, or rather no one, to do.

So he felt pretty conspicuous to begin with and uncomfortable looking around as well considering what was happening around him. Couples, trios and more were spread out through the open rooms. Some hadn't gotten past the touching stage while others had gone straight for less comparatively innocent pursuits.

And he really couldn't help but look. There was a lot of nakedness. Actually he'd never really had much of a chance to see naked women at all so it was a double eye opener for him. And seeing so much flushed and naked writing and moaning people around him made him a little flushed as well.

He made himself take a few deep breaths and refocus his mind while he searched around for a means to get through the door. But other things he'd never seen, apart from the women, decided to present themselves to his vision at that moment instead.

Well Suki had mentioned the thing about the men and really there were a lot more men partaking in tonight's festivities than women. And since the entertainers themselves were more equal in number it should not have been so surprising to see.

But it was still a bit of a shock.

Morio's place had been very tame, Naruto suddenly realized with a red face. I mean he kind of knew, in the back of his mind that guys could have sex like this together. Even Sasuke had made a joke in front of Morio's place about being penetrated but Naruto hadn't really allowed the thought to settle in his mind for proper consideration. But here it was right in front of him and Naruto wasn't sure whether he wanted to wince or just simply be amazed. To think that it could even fit...

Well obviously it did because not all that moaning could be faked, the erection on the one on the bottom certainly couldn't be...

But then he didn't get much of chance to think either because he was interrupted by Suki showing up a moment later with a robed guest

"Ah Naruto, there you are! See Tamotsu-san, I told you he was a cutie."

Naruto tried to smile and look as accommodating as he could without showing what he was really feeling but his smile slipped just as little as Suki continued.

"Tamotsu-san was worried that there wouldn't be any cute guys for him, but here you are." Suki winked at him like she was doing Naruto some great favor before drifting off again into the crowd once more. "I'll leave you both to have some fun," she called over her shoulder.

Fucking brilliant, Naruto thought bitterly as he watched Tamotsu look him over eagerly. How am I gonna get out of this one?

"So young," Tamotsu purred stepping closer. Naruto took an immediate step back without meaning to. "Just how old are you, boy?"

"Seventeen," Naruto replied taking another step backward.

"Seventeen, well isn't this my lucky day then? Tell me Naruto, how good are you at pleasuring a man?"

Naruto didn't know if he was about to pass out from embarrassment or anxiousness at this point but he made himself calm down, willed his heart to beat normally focused on how Sasuke had looked at Lady Saito. He had been cool, collected and so confident and that gave Naruto the strength to try and follow his lead. First of all he stopped his unconscious retreat away from the man and stood his ground. He forced a small smile on his face and tried like hell not to think about what drastic measures he might have to do in order to keep his virginity intact right now.

"Well I am one, so I guess that counts as practice," Naruto told him at a loss for anything else to say.

The man laughed like Naruto had just told the best joke and put a hand to his shoulder. The hand on his bare shoulder felt hot and heavy and distinctly uncomfortable.

"Such a witty boy," the man said pleased. "I would like to see if that quick tongue of yours is just as talented in other ways."

Naruto felt pressure exerted against his shoulder, urging him down onto his knees while his new customer went ahead and undid his robe, exposing himself and his rather obvious excitement all in one go. It was at this point that Naruto figured it was fight back or give in to heart seizure but instead for some reason his brain offered up an unexpected alternative.

"Well boy, are you going to stare or are you going to suck it?" the man asked a little impatiently.

"Sorry Tomatsu-san, I was surprised that's all. You are not at all like that man over there suggested you were. Definitely not small at all."

"Wait, who said that?"

"That man," Naruto replied gesturing vaguely into the crowd.

"Kuro?"

"That's the one. He said you were so small that the guys here didn't even feel it when you..." Happily Naruto never got to finish. Evidently Tomatsu had a very bad temper and a lot to drink because he stormed off after the guest Naruto had accused, robe flying out behind him like a vengeful though at least still partially aroused ghost. Naruto really hoped that whoever that Kuro guy was that he deserved whatever was about to happen to him.

Naruto got to his feet just as the first punch was thrown and made his way quickly toward the locked door and the guard standing beside it.

"What's happening over there, what's all the racket about?" the guard questioned him sharply.

"Two of the guests are beating each other up. You'd better check it out."

If it hadn't been two probably wealthy and influential guests brawling, Naruto doubted the guard would have sprinted away so quickly. But luck remained on his side as the door was left unguarded and again when he pulled open the door without any resistance. A small candied nut had been the only thing holding the door just barely open and Naruto figured Sasuke must have dropped it there on his way through before.

The hallway beyond seemed thankfully deserted and Naruto spend a few moments opening and closing doors in the fond hopes of either finding their prize or Sasuke.

Actually if he had to be honest he really wanted to find Sasuke most of all right now. For one thing, this was Sasuke's idea and Naruto was still pretty uncertain about the stealing thing. But strangely he also felt oddly at a loss without his presence, which reminded him strongly of when Sasuke had first left Konoha. It was probably this familiarity that made him a little panicked as he searched through the rooms. Of course the fact that Naruto was also supposed to watch out for him during their time here was also a major worry. Who knew how long Sasuke would last playing the willing entertainment once he and Lady Saito were actually alone together. Sasuke was unpredictable at the best of times when it came to the touching thing and Naruto didn't like the idea that Sasuke might do something drastic if it took him too long to come through on his side of the plan.

But what he did find first was a bare room with nothing but clothes racks filled with nice looking suits and dresses in varying sizes. He figured it must be where the guest's belongings were kept while they went through to be entertained. Basically this was the perfect place to turn over in the hopes of finding cash and Naruto spent a few indecisive moments lingering the doorway wondering whether it might be beneficial to get the robbery underway now or find Sasuke first. It was a difficult decision because Naruto badly wanted to find Sasuke. But then his brain turned up a better idea.

Naruto slipped inside and spent a few moments going through the pockets collecting wads of money and stuffing it all into a large brown leather satchel he found lying nearby which he'd emptied for his own use. He then snagged two suits off the racks and shoved as much as he could into the satchel as well before slipping back into the hall and closing the door softly behind him. Now all he had to do was find Sasuke and get them both out of here without arousing any suspicion.

Or any more guests come to that.

It took him five more minutes and eight more doors before he got to a door that opened up into a massive bedroom. The theme of black and red that covered everything in the room was a little much for Naruto's tastes but at least it allowed him to spot Sasuke's pale form easily up against the wall on the opposite side. He seemed to be alone so Naruto entered, dumping the satchel on the floor and spending the next few moments trying like hell not to laugh his ass off.

Sasuke seemed torn between glaring at him and being relieved to see him. It was probably due to the fact that down the wall from the ceiling were bolted a couple of chains attached to some shackles which were currently secured around Sasuke's wrists.

"The key is on the dresser," Sasuke told him shortly. "Stop grinning and let me loose."

"And here you were so confident you were such a ladies man," Naruto taunted him, taking his time to saunter over to the dresser and fetch the key.

"She didn't do this because she was displeased. Apparently she didn't want me touched by anyone else before she had more time to enjoy the moment. But presently she has guests to attend to."

"So she chained you up. Uh Sasuke, I think that's more a kink thing than a protective thing."

"Shut up."

Naruto walked up to Sasuke, still trying not to laugh and made a show of reaching up to unlock a cuff before apparently changing his mind.

"What's wrong?" Sasuke asked sharply.

"I was just thinking, maybe I ought to leave you here," he teased. "I mean if I let you go, Lady Saito is gonna know something is wrong, right?"

Unfortunately for Naruto, Lady Saito hadn't been forward thinking enough to restrain Sasuke's legs, which Sasuke used now to hook around Naruto's waist and drag him closer so their bodies were pressed firmly up against each other, their noses almost touching. Sasuke fixed angry dark eyes on him.

"Unlock. Me. Now!" he hissed.

Naruto put his palms on Sasuke's legs and dug his fingers in, "Make me."

"Naruto-"

"Fine, fine, you know I was only teasing right? I'm not gonna leave you in here to get molested by some stranger. Let go."

"You won't leave me here?"

"Abandonment issues, teme? That's rich coming from you."

"You never let anything go," Sasuke told him in irritation.

"No, but I wish you would. Let go. Of me I mean. C'mon you wanna get out of here or not?"

Sasuke complied after a few seconds lowering his legs and allowing Naruto to reach up and unlock one cuff.

He was about to pull it open when he heard the door behind him open and he froze in what he was doing.

Shit, shit, shit!

Unfreezing he inconspicuously pressed the key into Sasuke's palm and turned to face the surprised expression of Lady Saito as she came into the room, the door sweeping closed behind her.

"What are you doing here?" She questioned sharply when she saw him, slowly but not at all warily walking toward the pair. Thankfully she must have missed what Naruto had been doing.

"Well, I um, I mean..."

"I know I told those stupid servants I wanted a blond as well tonight but I requested a woman, I already have a man."

Naruto didn't know what to say and so stayed silent till he was nudged subtly into action by Sasuke's knee.

"Must have been a mix up," Naruto offered weakly.

"Idiots," the Lady said scowling. "Come with me, I will take you back and fetch a woman myself."

"Lady Saito," Sasuke spoke up quickly. "Why not keep him as well? He's cute isn't he?"

Hearing Sasuke describe him like that in such a suggestive tone actually made Naruto's belly flutter a little. What was Sasuke trying to suggest here?

The Lady did take a few moments to look Naruto over and she didn't seem to mind what she saw but still looked a little skeptical. Obviously she had her heart set for tonight and wouldn't be easily dissuaded.

"I doubt the Lady would be displeased. I can think of many things I could do to him that would amuse you greatly," Sasuke persisted, his warm breath gusting up against the back of Naruto's neck.

Frankly the dark seductive tone behind him was unsettling. The promise in Sasuke's voice made Naruto shiver a little.

"You like the look of him that much?" The Lady asked Sasuke with new interest.

Sasuke's face was so close to the side of his own face now that he could feel the hot breath against his ear. "Yes Lady, the innocent looking ones always moan the loudest."

It took all of Naruto's willpower not to jump when he felt something wet and warm snake up the side of neck, slowly and deliberately until sharp teeth latched onto his earlobe and bit down a little painfully.

Sasuke was acting again but it didn't stop goosebumps shooting up the side of his neck all the same. Sasuke really should have become an actor, he would have been famous.

But the show had the intended effect to judge by the lady's face so Naruto merely bit his lip and took the treatment without a word. Until of course Sasuke bit down even harder and Naruto realized he was supposed to be moaning according to Sasuke's brazen speech. And while he couldn't really work up a moan, the pain did make his breath hitch quite audibly causing the Lady to smile slowly.

Interest most definitely piqued now, the Lady came closer, reaching out to run her fingers over Naruto's chest and over his shoulder before curling behind his neck and dragging his head forward and then he was being kissed.

It was perhaps his first kiss with a woman who wasn't trying to kill him and although he hadn't asked or wanted it to happen he still felt pretty underwhelmed by the experience. He had hoped that his first kiss with a woman who actually found him attractive would feel better, make him happier but he just kept hoping that she might stop soon. Of course his moment might have been ruined by the fact that he had an audience and he was pretty sure that audience was probably glaring daggers into the back of his head right now.

The Lady hummed in a pleased tone when she drew away. "Maybe there is something to this suggestion after all. He is cute, isn't he?"

She pushed against his chest making him take a quick half-step backward into Sasuke. Sasuke felt

warm against the bare skin of his back but weirdly it was reassuring to feel him there. Even half chained to a wall Sasuke was his ally, his backup, and it was comforting to feel him so close while the lady leaned in and attacked his lips again.

He felt her small hands slide up his sides as she pushed her body up against his and still all he felt like doing was getting the hell out of here. This wasn't what he'd imagined his first time to be like at all. Although her body was pressed up against his and the slide of clothed breasts against his chest felt somewhat arousing he felt nothing but trapped and was deeply considering making her stop what she was doing any way possible. But grabbing her would be suspicious.

So instead he found his hands reaching around to clutch at the tops of Sasuke's legs. The intention was that if his hands were not free to push the woman away without thinking about the repercussions of his actions so easily he could deal with it longer, but he found his fingers flexing against the tense muscles of Sasuke's legs anyway, eager to do just that. And no matter how reassuring it was to have the familiar feel of Sasuke's skin under his fingers he knew it was only a matter of time before his body would just react and he'd do something stupid like push her away anyway.

When she released his lips to attack the side of his neck instead he craned his head around to indeed find Sasuke glowering at the pair until he focused on Naruto's eyes. Naruto didn't know what Sasuke saw in that moment but his expression changed quickly to something slightly indignant. He seemed about ready to tug his unlocked hand free of the shackle when the door burst open for a second time and a guard rushed in. Thankfully it wasn't the door guard and so didn't recognize Naruto at all.

"Sorry for the intrusion!"

"Not yet you aren't," the woman replied darkly.

Tomatsu-sama and Kuro-sama started a fight 'lady. We are trying to break it up but..."

With a suddenly very worried expression the Lady pushed herself off Naruto and left with the guard without a backwards glance. Naruto let his head fall back against Sasuke's shoulder with relieved sigh.

"I want to marry that guard," Naruto said with feeling.

"Did you start that fight?" Sasuke asked dragging his hand free and unlocking the second cuff himself.

"Sort of," Naruto replied stepping away from Sasuke on jittery legs and turning to face him.

"Good distraction," Sasuke said rubbing his newly freed wrists and coming over to stand directly in front of Naruto. "You look peaked."

Was that concern?

"I was about to stop her," Naruto confessed. "Sorry Sasuke, but I couldn't do that, not with her, not for all the money in the world. She creeps me out."

"Blowing our cover wouldn't have been the end of the world," Sasuke told him. "We aren't invalids without our chakra, we could have fought our way out if it came to it."

First concerned Sasuke and now supportive Sasuke. Even Sasuke was starting to freak him out.

To distract himself he went to retrieve his abandoned satchel taking out one of the suits and throwing it to Sasuke.

"What's this?"

"Our way out," Naruto replied simply.

In the end, their escape plan was as easy as donning the suits and finding the stairs, walking down into the regular party and out the front doors. The ease of it pleased both of them after such a hectic night but even with their newfound wealth they both decided that staying in town right now wasn't the swiftest idea and instead left town as quickly as possible. It would be another night spent on the ground but it was worth it in case the Lady suspected them of thieving off her guests. After all, the pair had disappeared out of her room but who knew how long the fight had detained her anyway.

Either way it was best not to leave things to chance and the two traveled on until weariness outweighed escape and they found a clearing to camp down in near to the ever-present river to have a drink and scrub the rigors of the night off their skin.

They were sitting in the river, the water coming up to their necks when Sasuke reached over and rubbed water over a spot on Naruto's neck vigorously for a few moments.

"What is it?" Naruto asked not sure he wanted to know.

"Lipstick."

"Uuuuhhhgggg," Naruto replied pulling his head down underwater and rubbing at the spot himself a few times just to make sure it was all gone. When he resurfaced Sasuke was looking at him almost pensively.

"Perhaps the plan could have used some work," Sasuke commented.

"It's all good. You were right, the money I grabbed will keep us in clothes, food and inns for a long while yet."

"So you admit it was worth it?"

Naruto thought that over for a moment. "Yeah. I mean it's not like anything really happened, just a couple of close calls. Boy she sure was aggressive though, wasn't she?"

"You're talking to the guy she had chained to a wall," Sasuke reminded him.

Naruto chuckled at that for a few moments before his expression cleared once more.

"It wasn't like I would have imagined. I mean I like girls, I do. I like the way they look, the way they feel but she was kinda creepy. It just wasn't very...

"Comfortable," Sasuke supplied for him with a faint half-smile.

Naruto grinned right back at him, "Funny, Sasuke. It was all right for you, you got chained up so no one could touch you. I had to dodge a horny guy that wanted me to suck his dick."

"I'm assuming that since you're joking about it, you managed to get out of it."

"Sure did. Actually I made him start the fight."

Sasuke rolled his eyes. "I don't want to know how."

"Why not?" Naruto asked indignantly. "It was a pretty smart move, you'd be proud of me."

"I doubt it."

"All I did was suck him off and I was so good he said he'd do anything for me," Naruto was going red even before he'd finished joking about it but it was worth it for Sasuke's reaction.

First his eyes went a little wide but as he regarded Naruto for a few moments longer he seemed less than impressed. "Tch, liar."

"Had you going for a moment didn't I?"

"No."

"Liar," Naruto parroted.

The night was warm so they didn't bother lighting a fire or really doing anything else but sit by the river for some time afterwards. Sasuke hadn't bothered dressing again and sat back with his hands bracing him up and long legs stretched out in front of him, crossed at the ankle.

Naruto sat next to him, his legs crossed beneath him and watched the moonlight flicker on the surface of the water.

"I need to go out hunting but I'm too tired to move. But I'm also too wired to sleep."

"Just get some sleep, we'll find something to eat in the morning," Sasuke suggested.

"Do you think it's okay to sleep through till morning?"

"I covered our tracks pretty well. And besides, the fact that a lot of really drunk men lost their money isn't going to surprise the owners of that money much since they spent their night running back to their wallets to tip or entice the entertainment. I would be surprised even if they did suspect a theft that they would ever report it. There were a lot of rich people there tonight and I doubt they or Lady Saito would feel comfortable revealing just which of her guests were robbed. Rich people tend to like to hide the fact that they attend parties like that. So I would be very surprised if anyone came after us. It was just pocket change to them anyhow, you're a moron to feel bad about it.

"I still do," Naruto admitted.

"I don't."

"What a shocker."

"Just go get some sleep."

"I can't, I keep seeing... It was just uh, a lot to digest. What happened at the party I mean."

Sasuke looked over at him with the strangest expression like he was actually fighting the temptation to laugh. Naruto had only ever seen him look that way perhaps once before and it was almost startling. Sasuke looking so amused and close to actual laughter made him almost look like a different person.

"Sure, if you do it right."

Naruto grinned at the sick joke. Who would've ever thought Sasuke was capable of it?

"I was lying about the blowjob, remember?"

"Hmm, I'm beginning to wonder."

Naruto rolled his eyes at Sasuke and dragged himself to his feet.

"Asshole. Fine, I'm going to try to get some sleep. You should too. I feel guilty about taking the money but I think the sooner we get to the next town and I have some food again the sooner I'll feel a bit better about it."

TBC in Part 7