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"Talking"
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And so the game started…
I won't suffer, be broken, get tired, or wasted
Surrender to nothing, or give up what I
Started and stopped it, from end to beginning
A new day is coming, and I am finally free
The ball was being kicked back and forth across the field. Blond versus raven battling against each other for dominance. Not even their faithful friends could stop the malicious killer intent of the two players. All of the other players on the field cowered into the background as the two main players ripped at each others throats. Even their goalies fled from the violence.
Run away, run away, I'll attack
Run away, run away, go chase yourself
Run away, run away, now I'll attack
Naruto finally slipped under Sasuke to prevent him from taking the goal at the expense of being kicked. The blond did not care that he got physically hurt and continue to chase the ball away from the raven to his opponent's goal. Fire brewed in their eyes until Naruto was able to score a ball into an empty net where a goalie should have been.
I would have kept you, forever, but we had to sever
It ended for both of us, faster than a
Kill off this thinking, it's starting to sink in
I'm losing control now, and without you I can finally see
Sasuke couldn't stand this. Instead of watching Naruto gloat, Sasuke took the chance to steal the ball away from the net. The raven used as much of his cunning soccer tricks to show off when Naruto had caught up to him and graciously side-swiped it from Naruto's reach. He fell face down in the dirt as Sasuke made the goal with a clean strike of his leg. Sasuke chuckled a little as he heard Naruto curse under his breath.
Run away, run away, I'll attack
Run away, run away, go chase yourself
Run away, run away, now I'll attack
"This is over yet Sasuke!"
"Then stop letting me win dobe!"
Naruto sprinted over to Sasuke which started a kicking match between the two with a helpless ball suffering from their numerous hits. The audience watched in amazement as they saw the blond and raven go at it. Sweat covered their bodies as adrenaline coursed through heir veins. This wasn't soccer anymore; this was a battle of intense emotions being kicked around hard enough to show hidden pains and fears. It showed the strength gained by the loss of losing a part of their self-being that they never wanted to let go. Enough was enough.
Your promises, they look like lies
Your honesty, like a back that hides a knife
I promise you
I promise you
And I am finally free
Not another goal was scored at the end of the match until the swooshing sound of a net and a whistle blow resonated through the field of noisy classmates. Who shot the goal? Who won the game? The blonde was on the ground panting heavily while the raven had a smirk etched on his lips. Sasuke looked at Gai and slowly nodded as he walked over to Naruto.
Naruto looked up at Sasuke in defeat. The raven reached his hand out to the blond, "I guess you won again teme."
"Not this time. It seems Gai favored you today and said my shot came in after the whistle blew," Sasuke said with a smile on his face that only Naruto could see. Naruto just sat there awkwardly until a giant grin spread across his face.
The blonde launched himself at Sasuke and hugged him so tight that everyone, including Sasuke, was completely shocked. Both of the two boys landed on the ground with a thump as Naruto started to laugh. Their classmates joined in the laughter excluding Sasuke who just hugged Naruto in relief. Naruto pulled himself away and said, "Then it's a tie!"
A pale hand lay in front of the two. "Truce?"
Naruto just stared at it, unable to comprehend all that was happening. Sasuke started to stare down at the blonde that was still sitting on him. What's taking him so long?
"I-," Naruto started to say until he heard sudden sounds of screaming fan girls that had formed a mob.
Lucky enough for him, Naruto was able to run away from the fan girls that actually saved him from having to answer Sasuke's question… but that didn't save him from his party. Naruto wondered why a car couldn't just run over him or something that would cause him to miss talking to Sasuke for the rest of his life. Unfortunately for him, Naruto survived the rest of the school day and walked to work in a daze.
Kyuubi starting to get ticked off would be an understatement.
"Naruto!" The blonde jumped at the sound of his name.
"Kyuubi-san! Sorry, I was kind of…preoccupied," Naruto said as he scratched the back of his head. He almost let his mask fall in front of one of the few people who could practically read him like a book.
"Get back to work kit 'cause I am not paying you for nothing. Unless you are a masochist that enjoys my punishments?"
"You don't have to threaten me all the time," Naruto snapped with a blush. For the rest of the night, all Naruto heard was clean this up, wait that table, get this from the back, and it was driving Naruto crazy! Kyuubi never sent him to do so much work in one night, and Naruto swore Kyuubi was enjoying every last minute of his torture.
By the end of Naruto's shift, he was too tired to even yell at Kyuubi, "Bye Kyuu."
"What? No fighting or yelling at me," a smirk played on those pesky lips.
"Too tired to…whatever." Naruto just left through the back door and headed home, not wanting to deal with that demon guy anymore.
"You're no more fun kit!"
As Naruto was walking home, his cell phone started vibrating. He realized that he had nine more missed messages all from Sakura, except for one message. Naruto clicked on that one message to see that it actually was an email for him.
In very brief words, Gaara had sent him a letter. A smile played on his lips as the message made his day much better. Even though he knew Gaara couldn't be here to help him physically, just knowing he cared enough to tell him off in his own words. The moment was short lived as Naruto's eyes widened at the last sentence. Gaara wasn't going to be able to talk to in for a while. Why did he have to get signed up for a stupid student transfer program at this very time? Nothing was going right for the blond lately…
When Naruto finally got inside the door, his home was filled with the messages belonging to Sakura. It turns out that she isn't that creative when it comes to leaving messages because they all said the same exact thing. The same "please call back!" or the random rant of what dress she was going to wear to Sasuke's party that he had to go to.
Naruto did not understand why he of all people had to help her. The guy was a man for a reason. Just because he had a slight crush on the Uchiha back then did not make him a fashion-savvy queer!Naruto started to rub his temples at the oncoming headache he always got when Sakura does this to him, and it was starting to get on his nerves. He was happy to help her out the first time she asked until it happened again and again…and again but after a while she wouldn't stop asking him, so now he was stuck.
Three rings echoed in his ear before his friend picked up the phone, "Hello?"
"You called me Sakura."
"Oh Naruto! Perfect! Can you come over tomorrow after school so I can pick an outfit for Sasuke's party? Or maybe go to the mall? Oh! We need to find you an outfit too-"
"Sakura, I already told you that I didn't want to go."
"No Naruto you are going. That's final! We already discussed this before and you haven't been to a party with me in ages anyways."
"Couldn't we go to another party instead?"
"NO! WE ARE GOING TO THAT PARTY! Come over tomorrow or else. You got that?"
"Yeah, yeah." Click.
After the phone call, Naruto found the ceiling very interesting. Nothing was really there to look at, but he just couldn't stop thinking about all of the events that happened today. His thoughts involuntarily thought of the soccer match and how amazing Sasuke was. He felt like such an idiot for just staring at Sasuke like he had grown a second head. Naruto could just imagine how Sasuke would tease him for losing the game even though they were at a "truce" according to the ice prince. He was still waiting for Naruto's answer…
"Sasuke. I hate you even more now. What have you done to me?"