Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, I never will, but maybe someday K. Masashi'll give me him and Itachi!
Yesh, I updated Reconnection AND this story today! Do the miracles ever cease? I hope not:Grin: And I'm working on the SasuNaru incest story as well. I got uber bored yesterday, so I thought "Hey, why not? It'll pass the time." So I'm workin' on the first chap right now, but it probably won't be up for a a week or so. I wanna put it up when I have a few chaps of it done. Workin' on three stories and a manga is uber hard, ya know? Especially when reviewers want ya to update soon :Sweatdrop:
Sasuke watched as Naruto put his school books away in his bright orange bag, the teen sighing as he grabbed his mug full of coffee. Taking a sip, the blond turned to the raven, grinning, "Oi, ready to go hide in the shadows and follow me all ninja-like?"
The raven stood and his wings shook, a loose feather falling from them and landing gracefully on the sofa. Sasuke frowned at it, An angel's wings aren't supposed to shed, he snorted and grabbed the trenchcoat out of the closet, "I don't need to hide in the shadows when I have this," he slid it on and followed Naruto outside.
They both had agreed on forgetting about the incident the other day, Naruto not wanting to make himself go crazy. He didn't want to go to the doctor and get multiple shots again like he used to right after his mother passed on. And Sasuke... well, even though he said he was going to forget, how could he? He was given a glimpse into his life before death and that one flashback had him hooked. That one moment gave him memories he had dreamed of having when he first arrived in Purgatory, scared, knowing nothing about himself or anything around him.
I'm going to find out more about my past, he looked over at Naruto as they stepped closer to the bus stop, and more about my friendship with him. But Sasuke knew what happened to guardian angels who regained their memories... They lost their wings that bound them to Purgatory, and they became lost spirits. It was something he had thought about a while back (though he didn't care much about it then), but now that he knew he could get them back... he was tempted. He didn't care if he lost his wings and became a soul attached to the living, he wanted his memories back.
"Sasuke? Are you even listening to me?" Naruto pouted, annoyed. He leaned against a sign next to the stop and tucked his hands into his pockets.
The raven pulled himself out of his thoughts, "I'm sorry, what did you say?"
"I said," Naruto growled, "I have to stay after school today. 'Cause I was absent yesterday, I have to make up and lab and do a report in Chemistry," he rolled his eyes, "I don't know why I'm not allowed to copy someone else," he kicked a stray stone and sighed, "and to be stuck in a classroom alone with Orochimaru-sensei... I'd rather get shot in the ass."
Sasuke chuckled, used to the blond's crude and rather uneccasary humor, "Is that so?"
"He's a perverted old geezer, Sasuke!" he groaned, "and I think he wants to rape me."
The angel frowned, "You're very blunt."
"Well, it's true! He's always accusing me of things in the hopes of getting me alone in his classroom for detention. I swear, if he ever touches me, I'm killing myself," Naruto scowled.
"I won't let him touch you," Sasuke said firmly.
The blond blinked big cerulean eyes and his bottom lip dramatically trembled, "Oh, Sasuke, I didn't know you cared!" he hugged him and laughed when he was shoved away.
Sasuke fixed his hair and straightened his trenchcoat, "Do you not care about anyone's personal space?" he growled.
"Not yours," Naruto stuck out his tongue and as the bus approached, he hopped forward, "come on, Teme, I can't be late for school today or my mom's gonna give me hell," he grinned and boarded the bus as it came to a halt.
The raven raised a brow before following after, never having ridden a bus, His mother?
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Naruto looked down, "She used to abuse me and yell at me... it got so bad that I'd wish and wish for my dad to be alive so he could stop the pain, but... all I ever received was illusions of him. And now, I keep seeing my mother, yelling at me when my grades aren't good enough, or when I get in trouble at school..."
xXxXx
"Hallucinations of her..."
Naruto quickly took the first seat on the right, grinning at Sasuke who sat down next to him, "Never been on a bus before?"
"Of course not," Sasuke snorted, crossing his arms and glaring at a bunch of girls who smiled at him as they entered the large bus. His angry look only made them giggle and whisper amongst each other as they took their seats, "and what you said early, about your mother... how can hallucinations hurt you?"
Naruto blinked and looked up in thought, "Well... it's mostly, you know, mental pain. Yelling at me, calling me names... Her illusion only appears when I've hit rock bottom, though," he smiled bitterly, "after I've been beaten up, after I haven't taken my medicine, stuff like that...Ah, which reminds me! I have to go pick up my medicine today after school!"
"Joy," Sasuke said sarcastically. He was still thinking about what Naruto had told him about his mother. It was his job to cleanse the blond's life of everything horrible that plagued him... so this Orochimaru would have to go, as well as the hallucinations and bullies.
xXxXx
"Good afternoon, Uzumaki," Orochimaru greeted the entering blond, his voice cold, "here to make up for your skipping yesterday?"
Naruto glared at his teacher and sat down at one of the lab tables, pulling out a pen, "Yeah, and I wasn't skipping! I was out doing important stuff!" he huffed, even though he was lying.
"Oh? Like what?" the snake pushed on.
"Like..." he tapped his fingers on the black top, "shopping..." he muttered with a scrunched up nose.
Orochimaru snorted, placing bottles and various items in front of the blond, "I hardly count shopping important."
"It is when I can't even go out without being chased down by bullies," Naruto looked at the lab materials, "I have reasons for everything I do."
The snake chuckled dryly and went into his back room, "Make sure you're finished within thirty minutes. Everything not done by then will be counted off."
Naruto rolled his eyes and got to work, "Yes, Orochimaru-sensei," he said through gritted teeth, wishing Sasuke was there to humor him.
He had forced Sasuke to stay at home, but now he wished the raven was with him instead. He actually found time with Sasuke really enjoyable. The angel never tried to get him to speak about issues he wasn't comfortable with, he never denied the blond's demands of wanting to go somewhere, and he was always there when Naruto needed him... or when he was just uber bored.
I can't wait to just get out of here and go home. Hmmm, maybe Sasuke'll be up to going out for icecream...
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Sasuke sat on the roof of the apartments, the feathers of his black wings fluttering around in the strong breeze. His eyes were closed and he had his legs crossed, his face towards the sky as he let the cold air wash over his exposed skin.
He had come to sit on the roof in hopes that he would get goosebumps again. Kyuubi had told him it wasn't possible for guardian angels to get them, but at the market, he did... But maybe it was because he was close to his grave. Kakashi once said that an angel could only feel emotions when standing over his or her own grave...
"A grave is where the body is buried... Does that mean they left my body there?" he asked himself quietly, his eyes fluttering open, the black orbs as deep as the sky itself, "but why would they?" he growled in what seemed to be frustration and stood up, the chains on his clothes jingling as he jumped off of the roof, his black wings widely spread, I need to speak with Kakashi.
Good thing Sasuke knew exactly where his mentor was since the silver-haired man also had a job as a guardian angel in the city.
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"One kiss?" a man asked while tightening his coat, making sure his wings didn't show.
"No," a brunnet groaned as he picked through various fruits in the grocery section.
"Aww, Dolphin-chan, it's as if you don't love me," the angel whined, glancing at the fruits as well, wondering how his darling Iruka could chose them over him.
Iruka turned to the silver-haired man and frowned, "You don't feel love, Kakashi, so don't act like you do..." he sighed at the look his guardian angel gave him, "listen... if I kissed you, you'd feel nothing... if I told you I loved you, you wouldn't care. You told me the night you arrived that you felt nothing but programmed emotions, and love wasn't one of them," he went back to his shopping, his movements slow.
Kakashi tucked his hands in his pockets, but said nothing, his gaze on Iruka's face. He turned when there was a tap on his shoulder.
"Sasuke?" the scarecrow whispered.
"I've regained a memory," the raven stated, "and I felt hunger."
Kakashi sighed and scratched the back of his neck, "Is that so?"
Iruka placed his chosen items in a bag and sat them in the cart, turning around to tell Kakashi he was done, "Kakashi, we can-- wh-who's that?" he asked as he saw the teenager.
Kakashi suddenly put on a smile, "Dolphin-chan, this is Sasuke, another guardian angel in the city. Sasuke, this is Iruka, my 'job'."
Iruka glared at the word "job", but smiled to Sasuke, "Nice to meet you, Sasuke-kun."
"Hn," Sasuke grunted, not in the mood for friendly chat.
"Sorry," Kakashi apologized on his student's behalf, "he's a naturally grumpy person."
"I-I see..."
"But I think he needed to speak with me about something, so ring up the groceries and I'll be there to help you carry them in a moment," he kissed Iruka on the cheek and quickly shoved Sasuke out of the store so they could speak outside.
Iruka blushed slightly and smiled, pushing his grocery cart to the check-out line.
xXxXx
"You kissed him," Sasuke said indifferently.
"I like him," Kakashi told the teen with a smile.
"That's a lie," the raven countered, eyes narrowing.
"Sasuke... angels can gain emotions," Kakashi sighed, "you just have to have your memories returned to you."
"If you have your emotions, then why haven't you lost your wings?" Sasuke looked at his mentor, intrigued.
Kakashi smiled sadly, "You only get your wings removed if you refuse to return to Purgatory after receiving your memories... I wish to stay with Iruka, but I don't want to become a lingering spirit here. I could at least visit him every once and a while as an angel... but as a spirit, there would be no way for my to make contact with him."
"Do you... love him?" he put emphasis on the word "love", having never really said it before.
Kakashi chuckled and put his hand on Sasuke's shoulder, "I do... but Sasuke, I know you didn't come all the way here to talk about me and my love life."
The raven tucked his hands in his pockets, in a way very similar to Kakashi, "You already answered the question I was going to ask... about losing your wings. But also... I remembered how I died."
Kakashi's eyes darkened, "How did you react?"
"I didn't have much time to react... I was pulled away by Naruto... and the emotions were gone again," the younger of the two answered.
"Kakashi!" Iruka called out from the doors, trying to hold multiple bags of groceries, "a little help here, please!"
The silver-haired angel went to his Dolphin, but not before giving his student one last bit of advice, "if you do gain back all of your memories, don't let your rage and sadness overpower you. Remember, I'm here for you, as well as the child you're watching over."
Sasuke watched his mentor leave, the man taking a couple of the bags Iruka was desperately trying to carry.
Rage... and sadness...
xXxXx
Stepping into the apartment, Sasuke raised a fine brow at the dropped schoolbag in front of the door. He kicked it out of the way and looked around, finding no Naruto, "Dobe?" he called out. Walking to the blond's bedroom, he pushed the door open, the bed empty, Where could he be?
He thought that maybe Naruto was still at school, so he went into the kitchen to see if there were any apples. Even though he never felt hunger, he decided that eating a little something now and then made Naruto happy, and rather enjoyed the taste of something else other than his own saliva.
As he stepped into the kitchen, his foot hit something and he looked down, finding Naruto's body lying on the tiled floor, "N-Naruto?" he bent down and calmly turned the blond over, the teen's chest moving up and down slowly. He didn't know why, his his stomach was churning, a feeling he was never capable of having.
Blue eyes slowly opened, but they were dark, "Mother..." his thin fingers clutched Sasuke's wrists, "don't hurt me..."
His medication...! Sasuke lifted the blond up and held him against his chest, carrying him to the living room and lying him on the couch, he said he was going to buy it on the way home, he rooted through Naruto's schoolbag and pulled out a small bottle, reading the label and popping the cap off. Dropping a tablet into his hand and closing the bottle, he put the pill into his own mouth and bent down, pressing his lips again the blond's, helping to dissolve it and get it down his throat.
Naruto was barely aware of what was going on, but he knew his vision was clearing up and he swallowed, feeling something go down his throat, and his nose scrunched up at an unfamiliar taste in his mouth other than the swallowed tablet. He blinked and looked up, seeing Sasuke's eyes closed and he immediately realized that they were kissing. Pulling away quickly, Naruto wiped his mouth, "Wh-what the hell, Teme?.!"
Sasuke licked his lips and frowned at the reaction, "Is my breath that bad?"
"N-No, but what the hell were you doing?.!"
"Saving your life, Dobe," Sasuke growled, "I may not know much about humans, but I know that giving a pill to someone unconscious isn't a good idea unless it's dissolved. And giving you water would've probably choked you, so I did the next best thing. Passing it with my own tongue."
Naruto turned a bright red at the way Sasuke phrased it, "Th-thanks, I guess..."
Sasuke snorted and sat down next to Naruto, "Why did you collapse in the first place?"
"Well..." Naruto started, "I came home and you weren't here... I thought I was alone again and I immediately started thinking about my mother always telling me I'd be alone for the rest of my life...And I started hallucinating before I could get to my medicine..." he smiled brightly to the angel, "but you're here! You didn't leave me!"
"I said I would be here for three months, Dobe. I'm a man of my word," Sasuke snorted crossing his arms.
Naruto stuck his tongue out, but then blinked, suddenly remembering his thoughts while in Orochimaru's classroom, "Oi, Teme, want to go get some icecream? It's free since Temari works there!"
"What's icecream?"
"... You're kidding, right? I understand the not knowing what a bus is... but icecream? How can you not know what that is?.!"
Sasuke glared at the blond.
"Right, sorry... Um, then we'll go down and I'll get you whatever you want," he grinned, "and I bet 10,000 yen that you'll love it!"
"Che, do you have that kind of money? Are you that sure of yourself?"
Naruto grinned foxily, "Hell yes!"
And Sasuke couldn't help it.
He smiled and laughed, true happiness washing over him. He believed that being near his grave was the reason for his returning emotions, but he was now starting to think the blond was a part of it too.
Ok! Another chapter finished! Look forward to another chap of Reconnection either Wednesday or Thursday. Mmmm lemony goodness.
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