I'm sorry for the long wait. I was waiting for a 100th review but it never came. So I got bored and wrote this. I rewrote most of it. But it is still the same kind of idea/plot.

Author: Shimizu Asuka
Story: Deceptions
Chapter: 16
Title: Lovers Quarrel
Pairings: OroNaru (bear with me for now), and a little tiny bit of SasuNaru (but there will be more between them later).
Warning: There is fighting and some sexual stuff in here.

In the Last Chapter: Sasuke is spooked by the stalker and he leaves to go on a mission that is out of the village. The stalker gets Sasuke out of his house and then goes to him on the street. Sasuke still didn't know who it was. Sasuke gets a note from the person that he is to assassinate. Sasuke and Kakashi leave for the Sound Village. Sasuke and Kakashi run into Naruto and Sasuke can't believe its actually Naruto.

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(Previously)

"I am under orders to take Sasuke to Orochimaru."

"Pity, we are under orders to kill you."

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Lovers Quarrel

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Sasuke gaped. This was their mission. They had to kill Naruto?

"You knew?" Sasuke said without looking at his sensei.

"I knew who we were supposed to assassinate."

"Than why? Why did you accept?"

"Because it was asked of me."

"You're just a tool to the village."

"Isn't that what every shinobi is?"

"No, you can't kill Naruto!"

"Why not Sasuke?" Naruto said with the corners of his lips curved in a freakish smile.

"Because we grew up together. Because you made me happy. And because I love you."

"I don't love you so what should it matter?"

"It doesn't matter if the person you love doesn't love you back. You always wish the best for them. No matter what."

"What a softy you've become."

"Naruto..." Sasuke said sadly, running out of things to say. Instead he bowed his head.

"Sasuke..." Kakashi said putting a hand on his shoulder.

"Kakashi just kill him. He's not the same Naruto that we knew."

"..."

Looking in the direction of where Naruto was standing, Kakashi stepped away from Sasuke and faced Naruto with a stone cold face. Inside it hurt him to do this, but Naruto was a rouge ninja and had to be punished.

Missing-nin or not it was still Naruto so it wouldn't be hard to beat him. There was no way that he could've gotten better than Kakashi in the year that he was gone. Naruto was still strong though, stronger than he had been before he left. He still had the same defiant look in his eyes, just more held in than before.

"We fight then. The winner completes their mission. The loser dies." Naruto said with an evil laugh. He was confident that he would win. After all the training he had been through no one had ever beaten him besides his master. He would never beat his master. Besides, if ever he did, he knew that he would find it hard to walk properly for a long while.

"One thing before we start," Kakashi said before he prepared to fight.

"Go ahead..." Naruto said sounding a little annoyed.

"Where have you been the whole time you were gone?"

"I finished the missions Tsunade gave me about four months after I accepted them. That left me 8 months to myself. I didn't want to go back to the village just yet, so I set off to find bigger and better things than what I was. I found it in the form of my current master."

"Who is this master of yours?" Kakashi asked curiously. It couldn't be who he thought it was.

"Master Orochimaru-sama."

It seemed an eternity until someone spoke.

"Something wrong Kakashi? Aren't you ready?" Naruto asked getting impatient.

"Let's go," Kakashi said looking like he was just going to fight some punk instead of his former student.

Naruto threw the first punch, hitting Kakashi in the stomach. Kakashi's body was doubled over and there was a trickle of blood dripping from his mouth when he looked back up.

"Do you like my new trick? Kabuto-san taught it to me."

"Naruto... how could you?" Sasuke yelled; his eyes watering.

"It's easy when you don't feel emotions," Naruto said giving an evil laugh.

To Kakashi he said, "Hurts doesn't it. I've put some of my chakra into you. It will take over your system and shut everything down. It was a kind of jutsu that Kabuto made and he reversed the effects so instead of healing everything; the foreign chakra kills you slowly. If I don't do you in first."

"Over my dead body," Kakashi said through the coughing.

"That's the idea," Naruto said smiling down at Kakashi's pain. This was obviously the situation that he had wanted. The kind of situation that he lived for.

"Naruto you can't kill him. You still have emotions, I know you do. I can see it in your eyes."

"That's bullshit Sasuke, I am void of emotion. And I will kill him, you will watch and then I will take you to Orochimaru-sama."

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"Ready for some more Kakashi?" Naruto said cracking his knuckles loudly.

Kakashi didn't wait for anything, but lunged for Naruto. He was like the wind. You could barely see him. But apparently Naruto could. He pulled out his sword as fast as lightning and held it out in front of him. Before Kakashi knew what was happening he was stuck like a fish on a stick. But suddenly he vanished.

Substitution jutsu.

Naruto wasn't worried. He knew the real Kakashi wasn't far. He had to make sure that Naruto didn't kidnap Sasuke and take him away.

Naruto took a few steps in Sasuke's direction and smiled when he started backing away.

Fear.

The air was thick with it. He could sense it radiating off Sasuke. The poor kid was scared that he was going to be taken away to Orochimaru. He would fight back.

"Stop this Naruto."

Naruto looked behind him to see where the voice was coming from.

There was no one there. He looked back to see Sasuke gone as well.

'Not as helpless as I first thought. Makes the game more interesting'

He could tell that they were fleeing. Let them flee. They would come back. They always did.

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Sasuke was worried about Kakashi. Naruto had pushed chakra into his stomach and it was still effecting him. It didn't look good. Kakashi was getting weaker. Never in Sasuke's life could he ever imagine someone taking so much of Kakashi's strength in one blow to the stomach.

It had to be a powerful jutsu to do something like this. Kakashi was still coughing up a bit of blood, but not as much. If he didn't stop soon then he would bleed to death. The odds looked against Sasuke and Kakashi as they found a secluded spot to stop. Kakashi closed his eyes. Sasuke called his name and he opened his eyes again. He didn't have very long. Sasuke would have to decide what to do. Take Kakashi back to the village? Go there himself and risk him dying alone? Nothing seemed to work. Until Sasuke heard someone walking below.

Pink hair? Could it be Sakura?

"Where are they, I could've sworn that Sasuke and Kakashi were around here somewhere. I hope they weren't injured already. Maybe they went into that creepy building over there."

Sakura turned to the bush that Sasuke was currently behind.

"Is someone there?"

Sasuke slowly stood up. This might be Sasuke's only chance to save Kakashi's life.

"Sasuke-kun!" Sakura squealed loudly. It was always possible that she could be a ninja in disguise. So Sasuke activated his Sharingan.

"Sasuke-k-kun? Is something the matter?"

"Just making sure your not an enemy in disguise."

Her mouth formed an 'O' and she kept silent. When Sasuke was finished making sure it was really Sakura, he led her up into the tree. He held his tongue as Sakura went over Kakashi and she diagnosed him. Once she turned to him he blurted out:

"How did you know we were here?"

"Tsunade-sama had a bad feeling about sending you two off by yourself without a medic-nin since... your enemy... is so strong." She knew better than to say Naruto's name in front of Sasuke since he was so tramatized. She had questioned Tsuande as to why Sasuke had been sent on Naruto's assassination mission. All she had said was that Naruto and Sasuke had some things to resolve before Naruto was assassinated.

"Is it okay to leave you here with Kakashi while I go kill Naruto?"

"I'll be fine, Kakashi will be fine eventually. I believe I can fix him," Sakura was worried, she was worried about both of them. Kakashi would most likely make it through, but Sasuke was another story altogether.

"I'll be here when you get back," Sakura said and before she let Sasuke go back to fight, she wrapped her arms around him. "You'll be fine, you're strong Sasuke." She kissed his cheek and let him go with tears in her eyes. He didn't see them.

He never turned back to look at her.

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Naruto was walking back to the base when he felt Sasuke's chakra coming closer. He turned around and headed to where Sasuke's chakra was coming from. He knew that today would be the end of his mission. Hurting Kakashi wasn't enough to keep Sasuke away very long. He knew Sasuke still had some business with him so he went there expecting some sort of talk.

Naruto walked into a clearing and suddenly moved a few feet to the right. He dodged a kunai as it had been thrown. There were more flying in his direction too. He jumped into the tree where he knew that Sasuke couldn't see him.

Then he saw it. A glint of something in the bushes by the ground. Something metalic too. He threw a kunai at it and the area around him exploded.

Lying on the ground he saw Sasuke come out of hiding. It had been a trap all along. Sasuke was always a smart one.

"I believe we have some things to discuss," Sasuke said crouching down, face to face with his 'enemy'.

"Go ahead, its not like I can stop you," Naruto said. The explosion had zapped all the energy out of him and he didn't feel like moving. It would hurt to move anyways. Until Kyuubi healed him.

Sasuke contemplated what Naruto had said, deciding that the poor boy wouldn't move he started; "You know you really hurt me when you left. You were just gone. You barely said good-bye."

"I'm sorry if my idea of good-bye doesn't include sex."

"Shut up, I'm in charge right now. You listen," Sasuke said and then added in a murderous voice, "Got it?"

Naruto nodded and then winced. He ached all over.

"What you did to me was one of the worst things that ever happened to me. Counting the massacre."

Naruto looked into Sasuke's eyes and saw a sadness. A sadness that he couldn't bear to look at, so he glanced away. Sasuke thought he was just being a bastard by not looking at him and kicked him. He smiled a bit when he saw Naruto wince. He could tell that he might have kicked him a little too hard but at the moment he didn't care. He deserved all the pain he got for what he had done to Sasuke.

'Come on Kyuubi, heal me so I can kick his pale ass.'

"Why did you leave?" Sasuke looked extremely vulnerable right now. And very fuckable too.

"Because I didn't want to see your ugly face," Naruto spat at him, "I thought we were both clear on that."

"But earlier that same day you said you loved me," Sasuke said his eyes watering with unshed tears. He refused to let them go.

"I'm an exceptionally good liar," Naruto said smirking at the others reaction.

"You weren't then. But you are now."

"You don't know what you're talking about anymore."

"But you do. That's all that matters."

"Whatever," Naruto said looking at the tree that had been blown to smitherines with him in it.

"Did you ever love me?"

"A long time ago I did. Before your bastard brother got his hands on me. You don't know what he did to me. It was awful."

"You think he treated me good too?"

Naruto shrugged and sat up slowly, holding himself up with his arms behind him.

"What made you leave other than 'my ugly face'? Something had to have happened."

"Itachi. He said that you would never love me. I am less then you Sasuke. Or I was. I am much stronger than you now. I could kill you in under a minute if I really wanted. Most times I like to play with my victims. Make them feel like they have a chance. I've killed a lot of people you know."

"You sound proud of it."

"I am. It proves that I am as strong as Orochimaru-sama wants me to be. A killing machine. That is what I am. Nothing more. Nothing less. I am what I am. I will never stop serving him. You'll learn to love him. Or die. Depends on how stubborn you are."

"You are sick. You and him. I hate him already. He turned you into something evil and malicious."

"Your point?"

"Its awful. You were never like this before. Come back to the village with me."

"I would never go back. I hate it there all the villagers hate me. And I'd be killed once I step in the gates."

"I guess so. They aren't all that forgiving anymore..."

"Besides. I still don't love you. I have nothing in the village or anywhere else. This is my home. It's where I belong."

"It doesn't have to be that way," Sasuke mumbled very quietly.

Naruto hopped up. He stretched and then faced Sasuke. "Are you ready to fight yet? After all that talking I'm itching for a fight."

Sasuke stood up and faced Naruto. "The winner gets the loser."

"Very well." And the fight was on.

It started with hand to hand combat. But then Naruto pulled out his sword and Sasuke stepped back a few feet.

"Your not very good anymore Sasuke, why don't you just come with me. I'll take good care of you," Naruto joked with him. He was getting bored. If he didn't watch it he would probably kill Sasuke by accident. And master Orochimaru would not be happy with him.

"I'll never go to him willingly. Not after what he did to you."

"Pity, you'd look so adorable in one of his robes."

Sasuke scoffed and reached back for another kunai to distract Naruto with, but there were none there.

"Looking for these?" Naruto said holding the remaining kunai of Sasuke's on one finger in front of him.

Sasuke glared and stayed where he was. There were other strategies he could use. He didn't need his kunai.

"Aww Sasuke you make it no fun." Sasuke gasped Naruto was right behind him and he could feel his breath on his throat.

"Do you like that Sasuke?" Naruto said seductivly. He licked Sasuke's ear and he shivered. "Yeah, I thought you'd still be like that."

Naruto kissed, licked and sucked down Sasuke's neck and bit down hard on the curve of his neck. Sasuke screamed and Naruto smiled. This was the kind of Sasuke he liked, a submissive one. It was a shame he had to take him to Orochimaru so soon, he would've loved to make him scream even more.

Something hit Sasuke and the splitting pain in his head turned his world black.

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Sasuke woke up to see that he was bound to a chair.

There were voices, and he had a god-awful headache.

"Ahh, he is waking Naru-chan." The voice sounded like low hissing but there were distinct words.

Naruto came into Sasuke's view. He had changed into something different. He was in a strange looking blood red outfit and was still carrying his sword around his hips.

Sasuke looked at the other in front of him. Then he saw him... Orochimaru, he guessed. He was pale with long black hair. He had a snake-ish look to him. Not exactly handsome, not exactly ugly.

"He is handsome Naru-chan. Put him in the cell that was prepared for him. Sasuke was it?" the snake-man said.

"Yes, Orochimaru-sama," Naruto said bowing slightly.

Naruto cut the rope that bound Sasuke with the long kanata and pulled him down the corridors with a grip of steel. He wouldn't have been able to get away if he tried. He was too busy taking in his surroundings as Naruto pulled him at an almost run.

"Naruto..." Sasuke whispered.

"What?" he asked annoyed. He was still thundering on through the halls making twists and turns that Sasuke knew he would never remember.

"Why are we going so fast?" Sasuke said just as quiet as the first time he had spoken.

"Because I want to get you to where you are supposed to be. Why are you talking so quiet?"

"I don't know," Sasuke said still not raising his voice any.

"Look I know that there is something wrong... so stop being difficult and tell me."

"Do you know how hard it is to be taken somewhere to be locked up by the one person in the world you ever truly loved?"

Naruto looked at him like he was insane. "Whatever," he heard him mumble.

Sasuke couldn't bear to look around him anymore. He didn't care where he went anymore. He just wanted to die. Naruto didn't love him. Kakashi and Sakura would leave and the village wouldn't send anyone. He was alone. With a Naruto who didn't even care. He was as good as dead.

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--To Be Continued--

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A/N: So this is the longest chapter. I love it. I'm sorry it took too long.

I will be releasing a new story on October 10 so look for it. It'll be good.

I will be trying to finish this story up between now and then. I have 8 days to finish this story so bear with me.

Thanks so much!

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