Warnings: Bad langue, shonen-ai (yaoi means guy sex and I don't do that sorry shonen-ai is a softer term and I have no issues make out scenes), some hints of adult themes, drugs, and child abuse.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto

Fanning the Flames

NARUTO'S PLACE

Sasuke was fairly annoyed with walking to Naruto's house in an embarrassing limp; sadly, the choice was not his to make Naruto walked behind him trying to make sure he didn't run away, which was ridiculous since even if he tried to run Naruto could catch him easily and drag him back. They walked in silence except for the occasional grunt from Sasuke and the crunching of gravel underneath their shoes. Sasuke thought over what Naruto had said how he was important he inwardly scoffed at how stupid it sounded, but his face had a faint pink tint to it. Sasuke forced the blood into submission when they entered the house returning to his normal scowl and looked at Naruto who was smiling. He was always smiling 'stupid- happy- go- lucky attitude,' Sasuke thought rolling his eyes.

"What are you smiling at dobe?"

"Nothing, now show me," Sasuke didn't need to ask to know what he meant, but that didn't mean he wanted to comply. He glared that glare that would always be the same if he said 'I don't think so,' though once more it wasn't Sasuke's choice as he soon had the wind knock out of him and was on the floor. The dull pings of pain came to Sasuke as he tried to comprehend what had taken place. Naruto gawked openly at the dark bruises, bumps, and dried blood left on the others body he swallowed it was nothing he hadn't seen before he had been beaten by towns people, but never like this just looking at it gave the feeling as if you had experienced it yourself. Sasuke listened faintly to the sound of footsteps walk away from him as he stared with double vision to the other room that they had come in from, and winced when he was lifted up. Soon his senses retuned enough to ask what was going on. "I'll let you stay here a couple days, and then we'll work this out.

"Itachi will go ballistic," Sasuke, whispered darkly trying to turn away from the warmth of Naruto's body.

"He won't know you're here," Naruto said simply.

"Are you that stupid? This is the first place he'll look!"

"Duh, that's why we'll hide and make it seemed like we left town or something. I have this place in my room it's hidden in the wall Kyuubi made it he used it when our parents were fighting. Anytime we think someone's coming we'll hide there until you can move then we'll report Itachi and while you're here we'll figure out the…murders…," Naruto died off slightly he was deeply afraid to discovery if his brother had done anything remotely bad as Itachi.

"It'll never work Itachi has money lots of it and connections don't get anymore involved I'll…I'll kill you!"

"Sasuke, you know what, you're just a big softy it's obvious you would have done it already if that were true, and I'm not scared of you. Besides we are all we have now both of us were involved from the day we were born," Naruto gave a sad, small smile placing Sasuke on the bed. Even though it was, cliché it was accurate both could only rely on each other and search on the way best they could. Born into hardships made them hard themselves, you got used to working hard or shielding yourself you became stone or lost to life. To be accustom to hardship or loss gave the outlook of life worth living at times and the rest of the time it made you want to stop altogether. Sasuke looked up relishing the feeling of loneliness ending; it's funny really how much the body and soul could take just harboring and holding up for it all to slowly drag out to relief how much lighter you feel, then again it could be the light-headiness from being flopped around, Sasuke mused in his mind.

"Hn," he looked away while Naruto laughed accepting it as a yes.

"You, bastard you really are something," Naruto chuckled and forgetting that Sasuke was injured swat him on the shoulder and freaked when he heard a pained moan at his playful gestured. "OH, I'M SORRY!"

"You Moron," Sasuke grabbed his bruised and inflamed arm glaring forgetting and not caring about having someone to share the burden with, if they were this idiotic!

"So, Sorry!" Naruto cried rushing for ice and on his return; he tripped and soaked the already pissed Uchiha. Sasuke huffed and just looked for something anything to maim the blond with. He smirked at the book that read math across the cover and chucked across the room with evil satisfaction as the idiot let out a mad 'Hey!' Only to grimace slightly at his own pain, but somehow it was worth it.

SCHOOL

Sai found it easy to play Sasuke since he had his own emotions under the same amount of control, since he was an aspiring actor. He had to dodge girls though, they were everywhere, man this Sasuke kid had it made. He would just glance at girls and they'd fall. What was more surprising is that he didn't have a girlfriend, he could ask anyone, but no he just let them chase after him, Naruto had said he was a cold bastard, but he still would have thought of a girlfriend by now. Unless…he could be, but then he could probably get any guy too then why didn't he have a boyfriend not that Sai minded he didn't want to play kissy-wissy with some person he just met. 'Maybe the guy he likes turned him down or something,' Sai glanced around at the potential boys around the room and halls finding a few he thought might fit well with the raven. 'He could be in the closet, but he doesn't seem the kind of person to not notice something like that, he could be asexual that makes lots of since,' Sai pondered through out the day when the lat bell rang he hopped up to the boys restroom. Took off his disguise and left- and ran into a god. Man, he never thought he'd run into someone who looked like that, well it wasn't really his looks it was his aura he gave off. That perfect figure to match the perfect mind he was just overall perfect…

"You, you don't go here do you I don't recognize you," The angel spoke.

"I- I have to g- go," Sai squeaked out running blood pumping hard in his heart and veins. He got outside and slid down the wall sighing he had known for awhile that he was gay, but man he never thought someone who looked like that had existed or he would have looked for them. Those eyes so…they just told him everything and knew everything Sai had felt naked standing before him. "I'm an idiot," Sai announced to no one in particular. He had blown the one chance he would ever have.

"Why, would you say that?" Sai shook at the voice from the vision behind him.

CLASSROOM

"Naruto, didn't show up today I hope he's okay," Iruka thought worried over his student, "I hope he's not just skipping," Iruka sighed.

"I wouldn't worry about it he's a good boy, mostly," Kakashi the new teacher came in smiling…err I think he had half his face covered by a bodysuit he wore yearlong, he said it was because he was so handsome most didn't believe him.

"Kakashi, hello um I didn't see you," Iruka flushed embarrassed for thinking aloud.

"Yes, most don't," Iruka wondered inwardly as he continued, "I was wondering about the students I'd have for the upcoming event,"

"Oh yes right, let's you, you have Haruno Sakura, Uchiha Sasuke, and…oh," Iruka read off the list of his students that would be handed off for the event coming up they were divided into teams of three, but Kakashi had team seven which had…, "Uzumaki Naruto," Iruka gulped.

"Something unusual?" Kakashi raising one visible brow and saying it in such a voice as if he already knew what was up.

"Well, Naruto and Sasuke don't go together,"

"They don't get along?"

"That's underestimate they don't go, they don't work I'll have to talk to Tsunade about this one,"

"I think I can handle this,"

"No, you don't understand, they'll kill each other,"

"Good they're determined," Kakashi, grinned pleased.

"No, No you-,"

"Goodbye," Kakashi called happily making Iruka twitch uncomfortable. Neither them nor the entire school would be prepared for what would come that following week.

Tbc