Title: Fly On
Rating: M for language, yaoi, shonen ai, some angsting, bad humour and perhaps a lemon later on(?)
Pairings: SasuNaru, NejiNaru, GaaNaru and some side pairings
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
Maybe… it's time I make my own story.
-- Auron, Kingdom Hearts II
And just like that, a week after he had met Uzumaki Naruto, Sasuke was in a car, heading towards a small village. By himself.
At first he hadn't been too sure about his decision, but figured anything was better than staying at the Konoha Orphanage where he had nothing. At least now he was going somewhere; he had a destination.
With that in mind, Sasuke tapped his fingers on the window impatiently as the brown-haired chauffeur (he had learned that the man's name was Umino Iruka, as Naruto had introduced them immediately after he had come back into the office.) drove at a slow pace. Sure, it was safe, but damn! This really was too slow for Sasuke, he hated travelling.
Honestly, Sasuke didn't know what to expect from Naruto's home. Was it as big as Tsunade had said? Were there as many people living there as in an entire orphanage? From what Tsunade had heard, Naruto really was a kind, rich guy who just loved to give others money and help them. Sasuke didn't know whether or not to feel disgusted or feel humbled; it wasn't often rich people would share their wealth, especially not one who was so young and could do anything he wanted with his money. Buy an island, buy three other houses, hire uncountable servants and cooks, go to Paris just for dinner. Whatever rich people would do.
But no, not this guy. This guy helped others. He gives them a future. It was most certainly amiable and a little foolish. What was in it for him?
He glanced over at Iruka, as if expecting him to answer all of his questions about the mysterious blond, yet the brown-haired chauffeur kept staring at the road with a small and content smile on his face. Sasuke sighed and turned his head back to the window, glancing at the distant mountains and the green fields as they continued to drive on the small country road. He had a vague idea of how long they had been driving and figured they must be close to Naruto's home.
His left eye twitched.
A loud snore.
It twitched again.
"Neji…gimme ramen… now!"
Then came his right eye, which twitched three times.
"Uzumaki", he said dangerously.
It was followed by incoherent mumbling on the other's part, before the sleeping blond grabbed the nearest pillow and hugged it, drooling all over the said poor, abused pillow.
Another twitch.
"Fine, if that's the way you want it—we'll do it the hard way," he muttered. The man grabbed the mattress and pulled it upwards, making the blond fall to the floor with a loud crash. Then came a string of very colourful curses, before a blond mop of hair appeared, followed by a harsh glare directed to whoever it was that had woken him up.
"Neji," he growled menacingly. Neji didn't seem fazed.
"Naruto," he shot back dryly, offering him a hand. Instead of taking it however, Naruto jumped up, grabbed the nearest pillow and threw it right in the pale face of the other one.
Neji stood rooted to the ground, trying to comprehend the fact that someone had just thrown a pillow into his face. The one who had done it was either very brave, or very foolish. He went with the latter.
Naruto, however, didn't seem to notice the murderous glare Neji was shooting him (or he simply ignored it) and was rolling on the ground while laughing, sometimes pointing at the other, which caused several more twitches on Neji's part. It wasn't until the Hyuuga threw a pillow into Naruto's face that Naruto stopped laughing.
After that, a pillow fight erupted which ended when the blond triumphantly jumped on top of Neji, who in turn toppled backwards on the mattress.
"Well, that was fun," Naruto commented, getting off of Neji and flopping down on the bed. Neji only gave a short nod in agreement, getting up. "So, what did ya want, huh?"
"I came to get you for breakfast," Neji replied shortly, shrugging his shoulders in amusement when Naruto jumped up and exclaimed a loud 'Why didn't you tell me sooner?!', before dashing out of the master bedroom and into the dining room, where the others were waiting as well. Neji followed calmly, taking big strides as he watched Naruto bounce off with a small smile on his face.
Once everybody was seated and breakfast was served (I make it sound like it was something very fancy, but in fact it was just Captain Crunch cereal. Hey, Naruto just enjoys it! It's only too bad for Neji, who loves pancakes with lots of syrup.) and everybody was seated, Naruto started to chatter aimlessly about random things, while also eating his cereal.
He looked around satisfied when he was done sharing whatever it was he had done the day before, or which person said what to him, or whoever it was that had jumped into the water so drunk that he thought he was a mermaid who got fins once he was in the water. There weren't many people there this morning; only Neji, who was with him almost everyday. Konohamaru, who was still in high school (and, besides Naruto, the biggest loudmouth on the planet), Inari, Konohamaru's best friend, who was also in high school, and Haku this time, who came to visit his old home. The only one who came from the Konoha Orphanage was Neji, the rest were all orphans Naruto had found on the street—he couldn't leave them there, after all.
"So, when is this new guy arriving, Naruto-nii-chan?" Konohamaru asked loudly, splattering some cereal over Haku, who was sitting across him. Haku patiently wiped the cereal off his face, with a small and gentle smile, while Konohamaru apologised quickly (though he didn't sound really sorry).
"He should be here any minute now," Naruto replied happily. "At least, Iruka went to pick him up early so… I hope he gets here before lunch. You know how slow Iruka drives," he rolled his eyes, before he got a stern look in his eyes, mimicking his chauffeur's face. " 'Naruto, safety first! What if I would run over a poor little deer, or a helpless cat? Huh? What would I do then?! I couldn't live with myself!'." The kids laughed, though Neji and Haku both had a disapproving look on their faces.
"Did you say something, Naruto?" An overly sweet voice suddenly asked. It came from behind Naruto.
Naruto stiffened.
He swallowed.
Looked at Haku and Neji, who were suspiciously silent.
The kids had stopped laughing.
Naruto turned around slowly.
And came face to face with a brown-haired demon. He vaguely registered that there was a scowling Sasuke behind him.
"I—Iruka, you're here early!" Naruto exclaimed, clasping his hands together. "I'm so happy you're back! I wasn't expecting you so soon!" He grinned nervously when Iruka started to crack his knuckles.
"So I've heard," he said. "It turned out Sasuke had already packed when I arrived, so we could leave immediately. It saved us a lot of time."
"Wow! That's wonderful!" Naruto said cheerfully, pumping a fist up in the air. Iruka gritted his teeth together, before he started to rub Naruto's head with his knuckles harshly.
"Isn't it?"
"Y—yeah! It definitely is! Ouch!" Iruka released him after they both heard a loud cough coming from behind them. Naruto blinked owlishly before he remembered that the whole point of Iruka driving to the orphanage was to pick up Sasuke and jumped up, plastering his trademark grin back on his face. Iruka had the decency to look embarrassed. "Welcome Sasuke, to your new home! I hope you've had a nice trip, well, I know you've had a safe trip, of course, 'cause it was Iruka who was driving you!" Iruka's eye twitched.
"Don't push it, Naruto."
"Heh, right," he rubbed his head sheepishly. "Oh! So, how do you like it here so far? Should I introduce everybody to ya? They've been very anxious to meet you!" Sasuke gave him a harsh glare and a long silence, before he replied,
"Peachy." Naruto didn't seem to be fazed and instead turned around to be able to point at everybody.
"Right, so that there's Neji! He's an artist and a very nice guy, but very silent and he can be mean to me a lot," he gave a small pout, which caused Neji to smirk lightly at him. "See? He's enjoying my agony!" Naruto continued to wail. A glare of Sasuke shut him up. "Uh, right. Moving on! That little kid over there is Konohama—"
"Little?!"
"Yeah, shorty!"
"I'm almost as tall as you are, midget!"
"Who're you calling a midget, sq—"
Sasuke's Death Glare.
"Uh, right. Moving on! The other guy over there is Inari. He always wears that weird cap of his and he'll kick your ass if you touch it. Believe me, I've tried it once before." He unconsciously rubbed his upper arm, where there had been a big bruise after he had tried it.
"I'm sure you have," Sasuke lazily drawled, a hint of a small smirk on his lips. He bit back the 'idiot' part, though it was hard for him.
"That one over there is Haku," he pointed to a… something. Sasuke couldn't make out whether or not this person was a girl or a boy—it had long, black hair and a very gentle face. It smiled at him and Sasuke couldn't help but think that, even if it was a boy, it was very pretty.
"And I'm very much male," Haku added, seeing the confused look on the newcomer's face. "Don't worry about it, I get it all the time." Sasuke nodded slowly, looking the group over once again.
They all seemed—he almost wanted to throw up at the thought—happy. The hell?
"So, have you had breakfast yet? You want some? How do you like it here so far? Neji could give ya a tour if ya want after breakfast! Huh?" The very annoying, high voice of that… that… dobe was starting to hurt his head. Besides, the questions were going much too fast for him—he wasn't used to communicating with other people that much. Sure, when his parents had been alive he attended parties and exchanged pleasantries ('How have you been, Mrs. Sakamoto?', 'How is your son doing?', 'Have you tried the crab? It's very delicious' and 'Really? How was your trip to the Bahamas?'), but he never had any friends and the only one he really talked to was his brother.
He shook his head immediately as the last thought crossed his mind and turned harshly to Naruto, new fury burning in his eyes as he hissed at the poor, oblivious blond,
"Shut up, you idiot!"
The only thing that could be heard was the clattering of spoons against the plates as the whole room became silent, including Naruto, who was momentarily speechless. Sasuke didn't understand what the big deal was about when he saw the harsh glares he was receiving from simply everyone in the room, even the chauffeur who had been knuckling Naruto not five minutes ago himself. Neji looked rather murderous and stood up, protectively walking over to Naruto and standing next to him. Haku simply looked angry, but didn't do anything else as he politely looked away and said to Inari and Konohamaru that they should stop sticking their tongues out.
Iruka was cracking his knuckles.
And just like that, Naruto began to erupt in the biggest rant Sasuke had ever heard.
"Bastard! How dare you call me an idiot! I'm not an idiot!" and things just went on after that. Sasuke wished he had never said it.
Neji just looked smugly at him, his arms crossed against his chest as he shut the rant off and enjoy the way the blond was yelling and flailing his arms at the handsome newcomer. Yes, because he certainly was handsome— a perfect face, pale like his, with coal black eyes and thin lips. He had hair like a raven, so black as the night, and a tall, lean body for somebody who was only seventeen. Neji figured he must've turned a lot of girl's heads in the orphanage or at school and he seemed to simply ooze popularity. Not that Neji didn't have that—he had been captain of the basketball team, of course. This guy had an air of arrogance and superiority around him however, which was something Neji simply hated.
"Did you hear me? Don't you ever call me an idiot again!" When the rant was finally finished, Sasuke simply smirked at him. It was highly… amusing to tease Naruto. Even more amusing than to hear Miss Tsunade fall off her chair. Yes, he had found a new game.
"Sure thing… dobe," he replied, his smirk growing even wider when Naruto's mouth fell open.
"What, what, whaaat? What does that mean!" he exclaimed angrily. "Does it mean idiot? Huh? Huh?!" Sasuke shrugged.
"No, it doesn't." Naruto blinked.
"Oh. Does it mean 'you're the greatest guy in the world and I'll give you as much candy as you want'?"
"No." A twitch of Sasuke's eye.
"Does it mean 'I'll love you forever and ever, you sexy beast you'?" A very big twitch.
"No. It means dead last, idiot," he finally said, figuring it to be best to just tell him what it meant, or he would be forced to listen to his incessant rambling.
"I'm not an idiot, you bastard! Nejiiiii, he's calling me an idiot!" Naruto wailed, turning to the taller, black-haired boy and started to clutch his shirt. "I'm not an idiot, am I?" And when he looked with the biggest blue eyes at the Hyuuga, Neji couldn't help but go 'Aww!' in his mind and decided it was time he helped the blond boy.
"No, you're an idiot," he said firmly, prying Naruto's hands off of him.
"Yay!" the blond exclaimed happily, before he stuck his tongue out at Sasuke. "See! Neji says I'm not." When Sasuke was about to object, Haku let out a small cough and all attention was focused on him.
"Sasuke, I'm sure you would like to get a tour of your new house. Why don't I give you one and after that, I'll guide you to your room so you can get settled?" He smiled at him gently and Sasuke nodded, disappointed he couldn't continue his little game of 'tease the dobe' and grabbed his bag. He didn't have much things with him—only clothes. Just two pairs of pants and two shirts was all he owned, unfortunately. He figured that perhaps he could ask Naruto for some money to buy new clothes, but wasn't entirely sure whether or not that would be… fair. After all, Naruto had already given him a house, would be sending him to school and other things like that he would never have received in the orphanage.
"Come then, follow me," Haku said, the eternal smile on his face. Sasuke noted that, even though he was smiling, his eyes held a certain sadness, now that he looked at them closer. But Naruto's eyes held it too, and so did Neji's, and so did Inari's and even Konohamaru, the kid who seemed like a total brat to Sasuke, seemed to be very sad.
Sasuke obeyed, stuffing his right hand in his pocket while he swung his bag around his shoulder. He walked next to Haku, who was cheerfully explaining where everything was—Naruto's room, the kitchen, the living room, the game room (even Sasuke, who didn't really feel much for games, had to drool when he saw it), the garden, which was beautiful—sakura trees, a small pond in the middle, a wooden swing hanging from an oak tree, a stone path guiding you around the entire garden. Sasuke immediately knew what his favourite place would be—Haku's own room, Neji's room, the three bathrooms and so on, until finally they were on their way to Sasuke's room.
"So, how do you like it here?" Haku asked as they walked on slowly. Sasuke shrugged.
"It's alright, I suppose. Better than the orphanage." Much better, he mentally added. He would rather die than say it out loud, however. When he heard Naruto yell some obscenities from a distance, he scowled. "But that loudmouthed dobe really does ruin the mood here." He looked at Haku for some kind of confirmation, but all he got was a dark look. One that really scared the shit out of him.
"You shouldn't call him that," Haku said firmly. "He's… very special. To all of us. I might be kind when you say bad things about him, because you're ignorant, but others won't be." He suddenly got a small smile on his face and before Sasuke could object to the 'ignorant-comment', Haku spoke again. "Actually, you do remind me of how Neji used to be before he came here. You two are very much alike, but you seem to be more stubborn. What's your story?" he commented. Sasuke opened his mouth and closed it, trying to figure out what the last question meant. He shrugged.
"I don't have a story," he finally said, but knew it was a lie. He had a feeling Haku knew that as well.
"Don't be silly, everybody who comes here has a story, even Naruto." Haku stated. Sasuke looked at him curiously.
"What's his story?" The other boy smiled secretively at him, opening the door where they had stopped.
"That one's not mine to tell. Here's your room, I hope you like it. Naruto decorated it himself." Sasuke swallowed and had a feeling of dread in the pit of his stomach; Naruto loved orange. Would his room be orange? He prayed to God it wasn't. He prayed to God Naruto suddenly got a sense of style.
When Haku pushed him inside, Sasuke really was afraid to open his eyes, but figured it was best to just open them, seeing as the room wouldn't change no matter how long he would close his eyes.
He slowly opened them and… was pleasantly surprised. The room was entirely dark blue and white; his bed was a double, with dark blue sheets. He had a desk, a brand new laptop (he made a mental whoop at that), a small television, a closet, dark blue curtains and… were those new clothes on top of his new bed? He blinked owlishly as he stepped forward and looked at the stack of new clothes; they were all blue, white or black. Five brand new pants (they were mostly dark blue jeans), five new shirts (white and black), a pair of new shoes, a school uniform and everything else he needed from swimming trunks to pyjamas. There was also a schoolbag and new schoolbooks (unlike the filthy things he had when he was in the orphanage).
He was surprised; everything was in his favourite colours, there was not an ounce of orange or anything else bright in his room and it was… nice. As nice as his other room had been, in his old house.
"So, ya like it?" A familiar voice said. Sasuke turned around to see Naruto standing in the doorway, leaning against the wall with his arms crossed and a content smile on his face. He noticed that Haku had disappeared. "I asked Tsunade for your favourite things, so you should thank her. If I hadn't known, I probably would've made your room orange," he scratched his chin guiltily, as he grinned. "That actually happened with Konohamaru's room too, he wasn't too happy with it. But ya know, orange is a colour you have to get used to! And besides, now he likes—"
"You did this all by yourself?" Sasuke asked, raising an eyebrow and cutting Naruto's ramblings off. The latter blinked.
"Yeah, well, Neji kinda helped but I picked everything out and stuff. And I made Konohamaru and Inari paint your walls blue and white—I hate painting." Sasuke nodded and noticed that the blond was now fidgeting nervously. "So, you like it or not? 'Cause I can change it if ya want, no big deal!" he grinned again, looking up. Sasuke shook is head.
"It's good, you don't have to change anything." Naruto looked very much relieved at that and relaxed.
"Great! Well, I'll let you get unpacked. I mean, not that you really have that much or anything, but… uh, you'd probably wanna be alone! Yeah! Oh, if there's anything else you need or something, just whistle and I'll come running. And you start school next Monday, I'm sure that uniform fits you. It's a great school, the same one I went to and… well, I bet you won't have any problem—"
"Dobe, you're rambling again." An amused look crossed Sasuke's face as Naruto stopped talking and glared at him. He hadn't forgotten Haku's words, but a little bit of teasing never killed anyone, right? Besides, it was so much fun.
The blond became red and started yelling about how much of a bastard Sasuke was, which evolved into more and more bickering about small things—about Sasuke's clothes ('Are you sure you picked these out for me? Considering you're wearing that' and 'What the hell is wrong with my outfit? Orange is the new black, I tell you!'), about Naruto's hair ('Did you dye your hair? It seems so fake. Is it a wig?' and 'The hell! This is natural! It's my real hair, bastard!') and much, much more, until they made their way to the living room, where all the others were sitting, either reading or playing games with each other.
"How dare you say that to me, bastard! I do not look like a girl! I'm the manliest man around here! Look at Neji, look! He's got long hair, or Haku! Everybody thinks he's a girl!" Sasuke pretended to be bored and rolled his eyes. Everybody looked up at the loud blond and Konohamaru and Inari snickered when Naruto tried to get Sasuke into a headlock, but failed miserably and ended up sprawled on the floor, yelling several more obscenities.
Haku scolded Naruto for uttering such language in front of Inari and Konohamaru, who exclaimed that they had learned some new words for their vocabulary.
Neji continued reading his book as if this happened everyday.
Naruto didn't pay attention to Haku and continued to curse and swear at Sasuke, before tackling him to the ground.
And Sasuke? Well.
Sasuke hadn't had that much fun in three years.
Author's Note; second chapter. I love Naruto. I love Haku. I love Konohamaru. I love Neji. I love… well no, I like Inari xD. Sasuke is alright too, he's cute when he's teasing Naruto, but uncute when he's angsting. –cough-
Anyway. Hope you liked the second chapter—this does have a plot, I swear! And there will be chapters where I'll put in flashbacks about each of their 'stories'. And Gaara will enter the fic soon as well, because I'm a hopeless Gaara-addict. Gha, so much to do, so little time.
Wordcount: 3772. Wow, longest chapter so far xD. They'll be longer though. I want to make fics with long chapters like others usually do—I know how annoying it is to wait for a fic and it's only 1500 words long or something T.T
Anyway, please review! And I just want to have a little poll here, this doesn't really count for the final ?xNaru pairing, but I just want to know who you like to have together with Naruto; Gaara, Neji or Sasuke. Any of them is fine by me, 'cause I like it all x3. I'll hold another one later on, I'm just interested how many of you like SasuNaru, GaaNaru, or NejiNaru. And I myself am not sure which one I want to end with Naruto. Depends on who I like best in this fic xD.