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I'm so sorry for the late update.. I tried my best to keep on posting!
This is probably the longest chapter yet! It had many developments as well, heh. I gave you a sweet surprise down below.
In this chapter, the introduction was starting to move into the main part of the story. You'll see it soon.
WARNING : Please do realise that this is BOY X BOY PAIRING. Don't be upset if you don't like it because of your preferences.
Thank you!
Chapter 12 : Be Mine
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The redhead lunged to the raven. Sasuke ducked it flawlessly and prepared a counter attack. He swung his weapon in a rotation and hit it forward to the other man's head. Of course, Gaara blocked it with his weapon. The two stared into each others eyes. Sasuke could feel that the other man was analysing him. Fine.
The man hit left and Sasuke blocked it, and the intense fight went on for 30 seconds until Gaara used his weapon to flip Sasuke's feet. Sasuke fell, but he used that momentum to do a back roll to stand up again. Shit. Sasuke tried to hit the man once more.
Right, left, right, up, down, up, left, right, left, Sasuke tried to block and attack at the same time. This man was quite good. Sasuke kicked upwards as he twisted his weapon in rotation, and attacked the red head again. The Uchiha smirked. Tch. He was skilled, just like Sasuke himself.
Gaara lunged his weapon forward, trying to hit Sasuke's side, but he missed. Sasuke gripped the weapon and used it to balance his body as he jumped up to kick the other man with his right foot. Bam. He kicked his face. Gaara stepped back and gripped his weapon tighter.
"Uchiha.. Not bad." His expression and tone was flat.
"Tch." Sasuke wished the other man would just be serious. He could tell that Gaara was just testing his skill, not actually participating in the battle.
The read head flipped his weapon around, and gripped it on his right hand while his left was challenging Sasuke. The Uchiha twisted and flipped his stick around, and gripped it with both hands as he positioned it vertically on his right. Okay, now Gaara was serious.
Sasuke swung it to Gaara's head. The shorter man blocked it with his weapon held horizontally above his head. Gaara pushed the weapon and tried to attack Sasuke, but the raven blocked every swing. The two was intensely blocking and attacking each other, until Sasuke rolled over to the side. Suddenly, Gaara's weapon was right below his chin. It hit him straight, and it sent Sasuke down.
"Careful, Uchiha."
"Hmph." Sasuke stood up while he rubbed his injured chin.
The two stood right across each other. Sasuke wasn't planning on holding back. The raven gripped his weapon on both handa horiontally while he cautiously observed Gaara. The red headed man ran towards him, jumped to kick Sasuke, but the raven was quick to act. Sasuke used his weapon to smack down the shorter man's body into the blue mat. The crowd went wild.
Not twitching, Gaara stood up slowly and eyed Sasuke. The raven smirked in return. Didn't expect that, did he? The Uchiha caught a glimpsed of Naruto's face, the blonde was eyeing him all along. A sudden urge to show off came from Sasuke.
They circled each other, carrying their weapons on their hands. Gaara lunged first, swiping his weapon to Sasuke's head, but the man avoid it by bending his body backwards. He attacked back in return, and it was blocked by Gaara. His body was now instinctively reacting to every move from the man. Left. Right. Down. Sasuke jumped and kicked Gaara's face. Shit. He missed. Right. Blocked it. Left. Blocked it.
Gaara was about to kick Sasuke when the raven captured his leg and slammed his body to the ground. Sasuke used his weapon to hold Gaara's body from moving. He smirked in victory.
The red head smirked back, his face was starting to sweat.
"I accept my defeat. The Uchiha wins." He stated as he was pinned by Sasuke.
The crowd went wild as Asuma announced Sasuke as the winner. As Sasuke was panting, he scanned the crowd to look for Naruto. Their eyes locked for a few seconds. Sasuke smiled through his eyes to the blonde, then he stared straight into the audience. Gaara stood next to Asuma. Once the crowd's noises died down, Gaara spoke up.
"The real reason I conduct these exercises is to bond with the Konoha Police. We will have a meeting tomorrow morning, please be early." The red head annouced as he was till holding his weapon on his right hand.
Shouts of "Yes, sir!" echoed around the room. They were dismissed to go home after this, with the exception of those who need to work for the night shift.
Sasuke decided to take a shower here, since his body was filthy and sticky with sweat. The headquarters did have showers, although it was rarely used. It was for those who were staying out for the night, probably solving a case, or dealing with emergencies. Sasuke head to his desk to gather his stuff to head to the showers.
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He went in to one of the stalls after he stripped off his clothing. The stalls were not exactly covered, people can talk to each other while taking a shower. It didn't cover their heads and shoulders. It was quite packed inside, with only five stalls there. People were queuing, so everyone had to be quick. Someone next to him was done and exited the showers, and a new figure stepped in.
"Oh. Um. Hi Sasuke."
It was Naruto.
"Hn." Sasuke could only answer as much, as he was scrubbing his hair with shampoo.
Naruto rinsed his body with the water and his spiky hair became damp. The raven took a lot of glances to Naruto while he rinsed his shampoo out of his hair. The blonde really had a toned body. His muscles on his shoulders were slick and wet from the water, Sasuke really paid attention to the details. There were no tan lines on Naruto's body. Sasuke compared it with his own pale skin. He looked really different from the other man. Naruto scrubbed his own hair with shampoo, and tried to talk to Sasuke.
"You did great. The match, just now." Was Naruto nervous?
"Thanks," Sasuke answered.
"Heh," Naruto chuckled a bit.
"What?"
"No! It's nothing."
Naruto Uzumaki was really weird. How did he end up liking this man again?
Sasuke washed his body with soap and rinsed it. He grabbed his towel to dry his body and hair, and exited the stall.
"See you, dobe." Sasuke managed to say it to the blonde.
"Yeah, teme." Naruto answered before splashing more water into his face.
The Uchiha walked out to the lockers to grab his dark blue uniform. He put his underwear on first, then he wore his white tank top. When he was putting on his shirt, Naruto walked in and stood next to him, only wearing a skimpy towel around his waist.
"I wished they called me to a match." Naruto was grumbling to himself. Sasuke was actually amused at how this man liked to whine. He smirked to the blonde.
"You're not interesting to watch." He lied. Of course he would like to watch Naruto.
"Hah! Says who?"
Sasuke pulled his pants on and zipped it up. He wore his belt and tightened it.
"I said it."
Holding his black coat in his left arm, he was about to leave the room, but Naruto stopped him by grabbing his short sleeved shirt. Sasuke stopped walking and glanced back to question the blonde's action. Naruto was only wearing a towel around his waist. Oh no, those muscles.
"Dobe, wear something." He tried his best not to get distracted from the blonde's lack of clothing. And he tried his very best not to recall his dream this morning. Okay, he failed.
"I'll do that later. Sasuke, are you free tonight?"
Sasuke didn't expect that. "Yes. What's wrong?"
"Nothin." Naruto scratched his head. "I was wondering if you want to eat ramen with me. At Ichiraku."
Sasuke froze at his place. He managed to answer the blonde. "Is this a date?" He decided to be blunt. Damn, he needed to know.
"Y-yeah. A date." Naruto was nervous. Sasuke tried to hide his enthusiasm.
"Sure. I'm free," said Sasuke as he subconsciously played with the buttons of his shirt. He was nervous himself.
Naruto grinned to him, looking more relaxed. "Okay! Just wait for me for a moment, let me wear my clothes." The blonde headed to his locker. Sasuke decided not to follow him and stood near the exit door. He didn't want to have a boner wearing a police uniform.
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"One more gyoza set, please!" Naruto ordered to the chef cheerfully. The blonde was already gobbled up a full miso ramen bowl, and he still wanted another set of gyoza? Sasuke just sighed at Naruto.
The two sat inside the small ramen stall called Ichiraku Ramen. The weather was starting to get cold, but Sasuke was sweating from the cramped place. He didn't really like ramen, but this one was bearable. The steam from the ramen were making the environment warmer. The two man decided to take their coats off when they entered the stall. However, this was the first time they went out together, as in a date. The heat from the ramen's broth would be Sasuke's excuse to why his cheeks were pink.
"Usuratonkachi. Do you really eat that much?" asked Sasuke.
"Yup! Aren't you hungry after all that exercise with Gai!?" Naruto defended himself after he slurped the rest of the broth.
"I am, but not that hungry." He answered the blonde.
The freshly cooked gyoza arrived. Naruto dipped it into his sauce and plucked it into his mouth. That moron looked very happy eating at this place. Judging by how familiar the owner was with the man, Naruto must be a regular. Sasuke just smiled at the sight of Naruto acting like a happy child, and drank the remaining of the hot tea that he ordered.
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After they were done with their dinner, the two split their bills and exited the ramen shop. They walked together while they viewed the place. It was full of small shops, just like Ichiraku, with various different foods. The duo walked to the train stations. When they reached a quieter place, Naruto asked Sasuke.
"Hey.. Sasuke. Um.. Can I say something?" The blonde was nervous.
Sasuke would lie if he said he wasn't as nervous as the blonde. He nodded as a cue to Naruto.
As they walked together, Naruto put his hands behind his head.
"Do you know about how I liked Sakura?"
"Are we seriously talking about her?" Sasuke buried his eyebrows together in disgust as a reaction to the name. That crazy girl had been 'confessing her love' to him since he enrolled at the Police Academy. Sasuke would always call her annoying. Thankfully she shut up during their times in the headquarters.
"Not really. Well, I moved on now," said Naruto.
"Really?" asked Sasuke skeptically. But inside, his inner self was jumping around like crazy. Hell, it was partying.
"Um.. Haha yeah, I did." Naruto placed his hands inside his pockets. "I.. uh.. y'know.." Naruto was incredibly nervous. "Like.. Um.." Sasuke couldn't hold the anticipation, so he stopped moving and grabbed Naruto's upper arm.
"Dobe. Cut the crap. What do you want to say?" There. He spat it out. Sasuke's heart was beating until he could hear it on his own eardrums. The two man was now standing below the street lights, with the street itself empty as they spoke. Sasuke's breathing sped up, as he saw Naruto's face reddened when he gripped Naruto's arm.
Naruto took a very deep breath. He stared at Sasuke's onyx eyes and held both of his trembling hands tightly.
"O-oi. Idiot, people can s-" Sasuke was cut off.
"I like you, Sasuke." He smiled. "I'm seriously falling for you. I can't get you out of my mind for days." Naruto just admitted his feelings.
The raven's dark eyes were almost sparkling, as he was staring into the sky blue eyes of the man he adored. Speechless, Sasuke couldn't answer the man back. When Naruto looked a bit down when Sasuke went silent, Sasuke gripped the blonde locks and smacked his lips to the man's.
He moved his lips against the blonde's, and Naruto snaked his arms to Sasuke's back. The raven could feel Naruto's warm breath. His lips were tender and soft as always, how Sasuke missed kissing it.
They stopped after a few moment. Naruto panted and smiled to the raven. "Is that your way of saying you like me too?" Ask the blonde while he was still holding the raven. Sasuke moved his hands to Naruto's neck.
"Yeah." He gave Naruto another quick peck on the lips. They broke their contact afterwards, fearing civilians seeing two male cops kissing on the street. Naruto took a quick glance to their surroundings, thankfully it was empty, so no one saw that.
"Wanna be my boyfriend?" Naruto grinned to the blushing Sasuke.
"Of course," Sasuke smiled as he felt his face reddened like a tomato. Butterflies filled his stomach, and it was dancing like crazy. Naruto gave his hands a final squeeze, before finally letting it go as they walked to the train station together.
"I liked you for a long time," Sasuke admitted.
"I'm sorry if I didn't realize that.. until now." Naruto did look like he regretted it. "You're amazing, Sasuke. I'm falling for you."
Sasuke was almost steaming from that. Why did Naruto have to say such embarrasing things!?
"Naruto," Sasuke spoke up after cooling down for a while. "Is it okay if we take things slow?"
Naruto gave his shoulders a quick squeeze before letting it go. "Your consent is all that matters, Sasuke. How do you want it to be?"
Sasuke cleared his throat as he was nervous. "I realise that I have some trust issues going on, but it's not like I don't trust you," he added quickly before Naruto thought otherwise. "I'm a lot to handle, Naruto." Sasuke swallowed his pride as he admitted his dark nature.
The blonde chuckled and answered the man. "I already know that. We'll pace this slowly," he paused for a while. "Just trust me, okay?" Naruto twisted his fingers with Sasuke's.
"Yeah," Sasuke answered. This was so embarrassing and cute at the same time.
Suddenly, Naruto gave him a big tight hug. Sasuke almost jumped in surprise, but he hugged him back.
"What was that for?" he asked Naruto.
"I don't know, I just feel like hugging you," he smiled. "You're really look good, Sasuke."
Again, Sasuke was so embarrassed by his new boyfriend's word. He placed his palm over his mouth to suppress it from makin weird noises. Naruto was such a dork.
However,
This was the best day of his miserable life.
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The next day, Sasuke was up early to join the mysterious meeting with the Suna Police at the headquarters. He promised Naruto to meet up at the train station. They walked together from the station to their destination.
Last night, Sasuke said that he could walk himself home, and Naruto respected his opinion. Sasuke was actually glad.
Once they entered the building, they headed straight up to where the meeting will be held. Yeah, Gai and Kakashi were there. And so was the rest of their friends.
Kiba called his boyfriend first. "Oi! Naruto!" The brunette waved his hand.
"Yoshh!" Naruto waved back as they were picked up their pace.
"Guys, I have something to say." Naruto cleared his throat. Kiba, Shikamaru, Ino, Choji and Hinata stared at him in anticipation. "We're officially dating," he glanced to Sasuke.
Ino clapped in joy. "Oh my God! Congratulations!" She snapped a picture at the two in a flash and typed something on her phone.
Shikamaru just muttered something like "Finally", while the other men slapped the couple's backs. Sasuke just tried his best not to growl, but his pouting was visible. He hated physical contact with people, and Naruto was an exception.
"Naruto, your honey right there was about to explode," laughed Kiba.
"Shut up." Sasuke rolled his eyes. Naruto laughed as well and put his arms around Sasuke's shoulder. "It's okay, Sasuke. He's joking."
"I know," answered Sasuke shortly. Hinata approached the two while she fidgeted with her shaky hands. "C-congratulations," she managed to speak up after what seemed like an eternity.
"Thaanks, Hinataa!" Naruto answered with energy. Was he really that oblivious from the fact that this girl liked him?
"By the way, where's the rest?" asked Naruto to Shikamaru.
"They weren't called to this meeting," said Shikamaru with a yawn.
Kakashi gave them a cue to start sitting on their chairs as the meeting was about to start. The silver-haired inspector gave the new coulpe a weird wink.
"Ignore him." said Sasuke as he dragged Naruto away from Kakashi.
All of them sat down in individual chairs. Sasuke was wondering what was all this about.
Gaara and his two siblings were standing near the projector, Kakashi was joining them there. Sasuke was raising his eyebrow, as he didn't know what was this about.
Gai and Asuma entered the room last and closed the door behind them. They sat at the front. Gaara tested his microphone that was clipped to his shirt, and cleared his throat.
"Good morning, everyone. I guess you figured out that the recent exercises were meant for team bonding between two police forces from different cities. Me and Inspector Hatake arranged it as a form of ice breaker between us," Gaara stated as he began his long speech. "To let you know, we will be very busy from now on."
Mumurs filled the room. Naruto whispered next to Sasuke. "What was that supposed to mean?" Sasuke shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know. Just pay attention."
Sasuke knew that Naruto wasn't good at paying attention.
Temari, Gaara's older sister, flipped the screen on. A word appeared there.
Akatsuki?
Gaara spoke up. "I guess I raised questions from all of you. Akatsuki," he glanced for a split moment to the screen. "Is a group of terrorist, as we decided to brand them. They kill people, often with no trace left. We don't know what's their ulterior motive yet."
He used his pointer to move the screen to the next slide. "We will make you aware of the datas we have upon its members." The screen showed a photo of a red headed man. He looked young at the picture, and his skin looked smooth.
"His name is Sasori. I'm sorry to inform that he was from our own city, Suna. Joined the gang for a few years." The red head started. "We don't have much more information about him, beside knowing that he can create poison."
"The second member we found, was Deidara from Iwa. Former Police officer, but he got really wild with explosives. They decided to fire him, but then he went missing from their radar. He's an expert on creating various of bombs."
The image shited once more. Everybody was tense. A terrorist group?Inside their area? Even Naruto was paying attention silently next to him.
"We need more data about their profiles. I'm positive that there are more members, but these two were the first we found out," said Gaara as he talked in front of all the other officers. Suddenly he looked a bit gloom, and the red head stole a glance towards Sasuke.
What was that for?
"Actually we found another name in their data, but we're still not sure about the person's ability and all." The man paused a moment, as Asuma exited the room when his phone vibrated, probably he was answering a phone call. "The man was from Konoha."
Shocked murmurs and gasps were heard from everyone. Konoha!?
Suddenly Asume barged back into the room while holding his phone on the left. "There's an emergency. A member of the circus show was found dead in her room."
Kakashi paced quickly towards him. "Kurenai called?" Asuma nodded.
"It seemed that she was murdered. She said the murderer left a message using the deceased woman's blood. It said, 'Leave us alone'." Asuma's tone seemed serious and grave.
Temari spoke up a single word. "Akatsuki," she glanced to her brother to confirm it. "That's them. They know we're hunting them down."
Situation was turning havoc. Kakashi silenced them and ordered them to sit down.
"This will be an important matter, only me and Asuma and the rest of the Suna Police will come." stated Kakashi in a short sentence. He signaled the others to leave the room, but Gaara stopped the silver-haired inspector.
"Bring the Uchiha. And his blonde friend," said Gaara as he stared at the duo.
"Why?" asked Kakashi in confusement.
"Uchiha is critical in this investigation. And the blonde.. I have a feeling he'll be useful." Gaara seemed confident. Sasuke overheard this, but it seemed that Naruto didn't. The idiot was yelling something about how he should go with them.
"..If you say so," said the Inspector. "Naruto! Sasuke!" he raised his voice to gain their attentions. "You two. Come with us." Kakashi ordered.
Naruto jumped out of his seat as he practically dragged Sasuke to join him.
"Oi! Calm down!"
"Sorry!" he gave a quick apology. "But they called us! We're actually joining an important investigation!"
Sasuke chose to remain silent. He was supposed to be happy, but the way Gaara kept observing him was bugging him.
Why?
They walked out of the room, leaving everyone else inside. Naruto balled his fist and pounded it into his own chest.
"I swear I'll catch them all," he gritted his teeth. Sasuke just observed him in awe. "Akatsuki.. I'll put you to jail!"
In that moment, Sasuke knew that Naruto will put them to jail.
We're jumping into the main story! I'm giving hints here and there on how the story will be like.
Guys thank you for all the reviews for the past 11 chapters! Wow!
They're officially dating! This is one of the steps of their beautiful relationship:)
Blessing in Disguise will focus on Naruto and Sasuke's relatiopship. Other couple development will not be included, but will be mentioned or appear in future chapters. I'll do a quick research :
Q : Do you want a side fic of other couples? Which ones do you want the most?
A : KibaHina / ShikaTema / Or other couples?
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