He's Afraid Of The Dark

Summary : A short one-shot. Naruto's having fun at the summer camp. Or is he not?

Pairing : None

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or others or anything that concerns the original series.

Warning:. Worksafe

A/N:.. This is only the bonus chapter that has nothing to do with the previous fic. Just don't wanna waste the creepiness.

Konoha Academy summer camping trip.

"Okay, guys! Let's camp here!" Umino Iruka commended his students.

Naruto let his eyes roamed around the area. They had been walking for hours from the starting checkpoint and now arrived to this open field nearby a river. He grinned. Wow! This place is great! I can smell the fresh air and the fresh fish from the river …

"Hey! Naruto!! Where're you going?!!" Iruka shouted when he saw the blonde was running towards the river. "Set your tent up first, will ya?!"

"Later! Right now, I'm going for a swim!" Naruto shouted back. He ran wildly while his hands busy slipping off his clothes. He was only in his spiral green boxers when he jumped into the river.

Iruka shook his head. Nevertheless, he did not say anything upon the blonde's behavior. He turned his attention to the rest of the students. "It's almost night time, let's be quick with our tents and starts preparing our dinner."

All of the students obediently complied.

Later that night, the students including Naruto had their dinner together. They were happily chatting and laughing, singing and dancing and doing all the things that campers usually do during campfire.

The time was almost midnight when all of them went to sleep. Students were paired up together except for Iruka (he's the teacher of coz) and Naruto because they traveled in odd numbers.

Naruto stirred lazily when he felt someone was shaking his sleeping body in a rough manner.

"Naruto! Wake up, Naruto!" Came a voice. A very familiar voice.

Naruto slowly slid his eyes open and irritably darted his gaze to where that voice came from.

"Sasuke? What the … " He blinked up and glared at the other boy. "What's the big idea waking me up in the middle of the night?"

"Err … will you accompany me to the river? Natures call … " Sasuke trailed off, a bit shy.

Naruto again blinked while narrowing his eyes as if trying to believe in what he had just heard. "What? Are you scared of going alone?"

The brunette scratched at the back of his head. "Well, it's black pitch dark outside … and … I kinda … you know …"

What? Don't tell me Sasuke is afraid of the dark. Naruto inner self laughed. He took his moment staring at the brunette's face. Somehow, Sasuke's expression was unreadable. He really was afraid of the dark! That's a surprise!!

"Alright! Alright! I'll come with you." The blonde eventually agreed. In his still sleepy condition, he rose to his feet and followed Sasuke to the river. When they reached there, Naruto was asked to stay at the riverbank while the brunette would go somewhere else to have his release.

Fifteen minutes passed, but Sasuke has yet to show up. Naruto rubbed his sleepy eyes and let out a loud yawn. Where the hell is that bastard, anyway? What took him so long?

I think I'll just take a nap first. He'll wake me up when he's done with his release. With that thoughts, the blonde immediately falls asleep.

Naruto awoke in a sudden. He squinted as the bright sunlit shot through his eyes. He scanned his surrounding and wondered why he felt so cold. His eyes widened of a great shock.

"WHAT?! I've been sleeping by the riverbank the whole night?!" Anger flared within him and at the same time, he recalled something. "Why that Sasuke …"

With an anger still clinging onto him, he rose and stomped to the campsite. There, the students were busy preparing breakfast and doing other chores that they were assigned to.

"Where's that bastard, Sasuke?! TELL ME WHERE THE HELL IS HE?!!" Naruto yelled, folding up his pajama sleeves as if readying himself for a fight.

All activities froze. A surprised look could be seen on each of the students' face.

Naruto's roommate, Shikamaru approached the angry blonde. "What the heck are you doing, Naruto?" He asked the blonde who already had his fists ready to hit someone.

"That bastard!!" Naruto was breathing like a mad bull now. "He woke me up in the middle of the night, asked me to accompany him to pee, and later had left me sleeping at the riverbank until morning! What is he trying to pull?!!"

Shikamaru patted on his roommate's shoulder. "I think you've been sleepwalking, Naruto. Sasuke was never with us all along. He's unable to come with us because he has to accompany his brother to visit their sick aunt, remember?"

Naruto's high temperature abruptly dropped to zero degrees. Sudden chill crawled up to his spine and made their way to his face clearing up all the blood vessels and turning his face into white.

"Then, who the hell was with me last night?!"

OWARI

Moral of the story : Careful with your big mouth when you're in the woods, coz you're not alone … And yeah! Please listen to your teacher … muahahahahhahah ….