The Untitled.

Summary: An artist of 21st century dreams something he can't remember, and when he paints a picture, his heart can only cry out. He doesn't know what to title it, until his inspiration comes to life, literally.

Pairing: (Main) Sasuke x Naruto; (Side) One-sided Sakura x Sasuke, One Sided Gaara x Naruto, Kakashi x Iruka.

Warnings: Not for the weak of heart, those against homosexuality, and those who dislike curses. I ensure you, there will be a lot of cursing. O.o

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The Untitled: Chapter 2

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Wearily, the mysterious eyes opened again.

"Oh, am I back here again?"

Remembering what had happened last time, the figure looked down at his hands, smiling when his hands were visible instead of transparent, like before. He pressed the palms of his hands together, a happy, purring sound escaping his throat. However, his happiness quickly disappeared, his smile turning into a frown as he looked at his still transparent legs. He hopped on one leg, and then the other, before he huffed and pouted, his cheeks resembling to that of a chipmunk.

"I guess it's still not time." He muttered, before looking at the figure on the bed. He blew a quick kiss and escaped the room, going back to his friends to complain about his still current transparency.

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Kakashi yawned or seemed to be yawning (as nobody could tell because of his mask), as he stepped into his kitchen. He opened the door to the refrigerator, grabbing the milk carton and turning to sit at the kitchen table only to see a haggard looking Sasuke picking at his cereal.

In shock, he dropped the milk carton and let out a little yelp as the cold milk lapped at his feet.

Sasuke's eyes only moved at the noise, a slightly scornful look crossing his face, before he returned to slushing around of what use to be his cereal.

"S-Sasuke?"

"Hn.", which in Sasuke-language, meant 'Kakashi, you better clean up the milk before it covers the entire kitchen floor. I'd rather not walk in milk and buy a new carton of milk first thing in the morning.'

Startled that the obviously annoyed looking boy answered him, despite it being a word that wasn't even considered English, the guardian hurriedly rummaged through the cabinets to find a cloth and began to wipe the spilt milk from the floor.

"Geez, Sasuke. You scared the living daylights out of me. What are you doing up so early?"

Sasuke looked at his disdainfully, finally dropping the spoon full of cereal slush and got up from the table, bringing the bowl of the mess with him.

"It's not early, Kakashi, it's past noon. And I've been up since 3, because, if you haven't remembered, I haven't been getting any sleep at all due to the nightmares that I can't fucking remember! And not only that, but the first thing you are worried about when you see me is not my appearance, oh no. It's how, I ,who happened to be doing nothing but swishing the cereal in my bowl around for hours-"

'Swishing?' Kakashi thought.

"-until it isn't even cereal anymore, just sitting at the table scaring the living shit-"

"Language, Sasuke." Kakashi interrupted.

"-out of you! For doing absolutely nothing!!! You know what! You completely ruined my already ruined day! .." Sasuke seethed.

Kakashi raised a brow, feigning hurt at the words that were viciously thrown at him.

"I'm hurt Sasuke, that you hate me, but have to curse at me as well. I thought I raised you as a good child; you're obviously just PMSing and you're not even a girl. Wait, have you been hiding something from me all these years?"

"Fuck you, Kakashi!" Said the, now, furious teen. He dropped his bowl in the sink and pushed Kakashi aside as he left the kitchen, screaming about living with an idiot who doesn't even know from left to right. Kakashi only smiled before taking out a cup and pouring what was left of the milk.

'Ah, what a beautiful start of a beautiful day.' He happily thought, as he sighed with happiness. Few minutes later, he heard a crash upstairs and even more screaming. "Kakashi, I am going to kill you!!!"

A beautiful start of a new day indeed.

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Sasuke sat on the couch of his study, gnawing the pillow he was holding close to his chest viciously.

Now normally our Sasuke wouldn't be seething like this, as he hardly shows emotions, however, he was furious at the moment.

His angel, the painting he had spent so many hours getting worked up over, was gone. The canvas was as empty as it was the day it was new, and there was no trace of the picture what-so-ever.

Rustling was heard outside his door and a soft knock was heard.

Sasuke ignored it, however, annoyed that someone was invading his private time.

Another sharp knock sounded.

A vein suddenly popped out of his forehead as he quickly stomped to the door.

"What the fuck do you want?!" He yelled at the poor person on the door, his face turning slightly red.

A sheepish smile had met his eyes.

"Er, hi Sasuke!" Sasuke merely looked at the brunet in front of him, contemplating whether he should kill him now, as quickly as possible, or later-painfully and slowly.

"Kiba, please do tell me why you're here..." Sasuke all but growled through his teeth, trying to restrain himself.

The said brunet had only kept smiling and the already agitated man couldn't restrain himself any further. "If you want me to spare your life, please do tell me why you're here or I would very much prefer going to sleep and ignoring the rest of the world for today."

"Well, since you're such a bastard, suit yourself. I was going to introduce you to someone really nice and all-"

"Kiba," Sasuke interrupted, his breathing calming all of a sudden. "Do you honestly think that I'd want to be introduced to anyone right now?!"

Kiba only huffed, his eyes growing narrow as he too became annoyed.

"Don't be such a prissy bastard, you bum. Oi, Naruto, c'mon let's go. Apparently Mr. Ice Prince here doesn't want to meet you after all."

Kiba had walked out and grabbed a tan arm that happened to appear out of nowhere.

"W-wait, Kiba!"

Whether it was the annoyance that crept up Sasuke's spine at Kiba's name calling or the chilling soft voice that he recognized, he didn't know, but it compelled him to reach out and grab the stranger's arm in the spur of the moment.

"Ah-" said that enchanting voice and Sasuke was met with a face all too familiar to him.

Blue eyes, soft sun-kissed blond hair, fairly tanned cheeks with three whisker marks on each...This boy was an exact replica of his current angel portrait.

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Kiba was talking animatedly while his friend, Naruto, was sitting next to him, fidgeting in silence...

And Sasuke was staring at him, making the blond even more uncomfortable.

"So, Sasuke..." Kiba muttered in annoyance. The said man was paying no attention to him, what-so-ever, and he was feeling very...abandoned. After all, he was an exhibitionist. "What's got your undies all bunched up?"

Sasuke couldn't help but roll his eyes at Kiba's vulgar 'joke' as he put it.

"It's called boxers, but if you insist on knowing the events, I'll tell you. My painting, the one I've been working on, is missing. What irks me even more is that I've just recently finished it and as soon as I shut my eyes for a nap, it was gone."

"Well, why don't you contact the police then?"

"Already done. Azuma contacted them as soon as I told him, since he is my manager and all."

"Oh, I can help with that!" A voice said, interrupting the two. Now, all eyes were on the blue-eyed blond that just spoke.

"Ah, you see, my guardian is part of the police force. He's a detective so he can find out a lot of information quickly and discretely. And an old sensei of mine works as an assistant to this psychiatrist, so he can help interrogate people...My aunt is a doctor, but she also has a masters in forensic science so she can help search around the canvas for any fingerprints or anything..."

The blond stopped his talking and looked at the two gaping at him, (or, one gaping and the other one still staring, as Uchiha's do not gape) and blushed, looking down at his lap again.

"Ah, sorry...I usually start to blab a lot like that when I get excited...I made a fool out of myself, didn't I?" He said sheepishly.

Sasuke shook his head slowly, his eyes never leaving the blonds. "No, actually, I appreciate your help although we just met. Thank you. You'll have to let me treat you to dinner one day."

Sasuke smiled at the blond, which was returned in full.

All of this did not go unnoticed by the person who was now labeled, 'the third, yet useful, wheel.'

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It was a few hours after his two guests left and Sasuke found himself drinking coffee, staring intently at his empty canvas. As if it would miraculously reappear.

As if something magical would happen.

Seconds ticked by as they turned into minutes, and those minutes turned into hours. Before Sasuke realized it, it was already 23:00 (11:00pm).

"Might as well call it a day." He muttered to himself before getting up from his warmed seat. He shut the lights and made his way to the bathroom, washing his face and brushing his teeth before making his way to the bed. Pulling the covers and comforters over him, he wrapped them securely over his arms before shutting his eyes and waiting for sleep to claim him.

Then, a light flashed, and he opened his eyes slightly, only to see a portrait of his angel enveloped in a bright light that illuminated the room. Sasuke's eyes widened slightly and rubbed them, making sure he was wide awake as the events taking place before him seemed impossible.

Someone was reaching out of the canvas!

He merely stared and the light encasing the figure and the canvas faded slightly. Slowly, Sasuke maneuvered his hand around his nighstand, searching for an object before his hand grazed against his liquor bottle. He grasped it tightly, and brought it closer to his chest. He raised the bottle over his head, preparing to swing it down painfully as the lightly completely faded, only to stop as his eyes met an all too familiar grin.

"Guess it looks like I have some explaining to do, don't I?" Blue eyes shined sheepishly.

And Sasuke could only stutter one word; a name, in his shock.

"U-Uzumaki?"

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The Untitled Chapter 02 End//Chapter completed on August, 13, 2007.

Chibi Chidori's Nonsense:

Firstly, I appreciate the lot of you who have taken the time to review. I don't think I've had this many reviews for a just starting fiction of mine, and it boosts my self-esteem a lot. Next.

Wow. I utterly have no comment, what-so-ever about my lack of updates. (especially since this chapter is so short!) Actually, that's not true, I lied. I have so much to say, yet it's all jumbled up words crashing into each other in my head and I have no way of relaying it to you guys. Except, I apologize dearly for the extremely long wait.

I, myself, dislike the fact that some authors take so long to update. But I never complain, because the longer the wait, the more work and thought they put into it. It also gives me another reason to read the story all over again, just to get into the feeling, once they update. Then I get hooked, then wait, then lose it, and repeat the cycle all over again. Gah, besides this, my life has been hectic, but that's no excuse.

But, to tell you guys what has been going on with my life so you're not wondering where I have been the past…year…(again). Well…er…To put it short, I have a birth-related heart problem that's been giving me some difficulties lately (although the doctor swore it would not affect me as I got older. What a liar.) Anyhow, because of that, I have been in and out of the ER and the hospital everyday preparing for surgery. And due to the weakening of my immune system, I caught the stomach virus and the flu one after another so I missed university for two weeks. (my classes!)

So that is my life story. Sorry, but I felt like you should know why I was out for so long, especially since this was completed more than an year ago. Enough of me boring you!

I've seem to developed a knack for intense sarcasm. So, hope it doesn't surprise you when some chapters start to drip with sarcasm. This chapter seemed too short, a mere five pages. Argh, I hope I can do better the next chapter.

Thank you for your reviews. And for the ones who stuck with me since the prologue (of reviews), thank you very much. (Anyone interested in beta-ing, feel free to leave me a reply in a review! Or message...Either way, I'm hunting for a beta. ^^)