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Chapter 6

Confusion

Alright. Someone want to tell me…WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON! Oh, you don't know what I'm talking about? Well, let me refresh your memory. Neji is being an ass as usual and I just walked through the woods to find MY DOBE smacking lips with some jackass dogbreath, named KIBA!

Okay…Sasuke. Calm down. You're not allowed to kill anyone. Killing is a bad thing. So? I mean it wouldn't hurt to get rid of a pest…right? NO. GAHHH! SHUT UP! My freaking conscience is talking to damn much and it's arguing with itself! Remember how I said there was something wrong with me? Yeah, that has gotten much worse.

I took a deep breath. I was leaning against a tree trunk so I peeked at Naruto and Kiba. THEY WERE STILL KISSING. My head and heart were screaming at me to move and punch Kiba straight in the face but my body kept its ground. No movement. The only thing that moved was my head and my eyes to let me watch the torture. The horrid torture of MY dobe kissing some idiot that wasn't even supposed to be here in the first place. And since when was Kiba gay? Wasn't he into Hinata or something? Or was it Sakura? I forget. I let a sigh escape my lips and I immediately regretted it. Dog-boy heard it and broke the kiss. YES! Now that they've stopped kissing…uh…wait…I didn't think that far through, did I? Shit.

Kiba looked around but didn't notice me. Naruto stood there impatiently. Was it just my evil mind working against me or…did Naruto look upset that Kiba stopped kissing him?

"Did you hear that?" Inuzuka asked. Naruto folded his arms across his still shirtless chest and pouted.

"No." Annoyance was obviously in his voice. Kiba smirked.

"What?"

"Hmph." Naruto turned around and began to walk off. I prayed that Kiba would just let him go. My heart was torn up enough. But no. Damnit. Someone up there must seriously hate me. Kiba chuckled and grabbed Naruto's hips, slipping his arms around the blond. MY blond.

"You are so much like a girl, you know that?" Kiba laughed as he trailed kisses down Naruto's neck. It brought shivers to my spine. I wanted to scream. I wanted to kill. But my body just wouldn't move. It just wouldn't. So I stood there. Watching. Hating. Seeing Kiba take my Naru. Yet…what hurt me so much more than anything else…he was enjoying it. I don't mean just Kiba. I mean Naruto. He wasn't resisting. He was giving in and giving back. Every kiss was returned in full passion. Full emotion. A pain developed in my chest where my heart was supposed to be. That damned beating organ was the thing that was supposed to get my sorry ass over there to fight for my guy. But no, it just stayed quiet and beat meaningless beats.

Finally…I turned away. Unless I wanted to die or something, there was no way I could stand there and watch. Didn't Naruto say he…loved me? He said that, right? I'm not going crazy? He did. Last night. He said it. He…lied?

You know, they say when you have your heart broken it only hurts emotionally. Yeah right. If that's the case then tell me why that freaking organ is in so much pain right now. Tell me why I feel like stabbing myself through the heart just to stop the pain. Tell me why. Just tell me.

Before I realized I was back by the river, or stream, or…whatever. By the edge I sat down and stared at my reflection. What I saw…? I saw a pathetic guy who was too scared to get his guy back. I saw a guy who's probably not worth Naruto's love. I saw a guy…who probably deserves nothing at all in life. But mostly…I saw a guy that knew what he wanted, and saw that it was being taken from him, yet he didn't do anything. He just stood there like a retard. There was no way that guy can go anywhere in life. Too bad that guy is me.

"Ready to go?" I turned and replaced my saddened look with an emotional glare to see Kakashi, Neji, Naruto, and…Kiba standing there.

"Hn." There was nothing more I could say. I got up and we all started heading to our destination. We've got a whole other two days left before we reach the Hidden Cloud Village in the Land of Lightning. Two entire days. Well…whoever's pulling the strings up there better decide what they want to have happen by the time we get there because if I have to see Naruto…kiss…Kiba one more time, that kunai is ending up through my chest.

"Hey Sasuke, you okay?" Naruto asked, actually concerned.

"Hn." That is probably going to be the only thing I will say for the next two days, unless prompted otherwise. I glanced at Naruto and saw his frown. It was immediately erased when Kiba came up and threw an arm around him. To anyone else, it just looked like two friends messing around. To me…it was just watching Kiba touch Naruto again.

They were laughing most of the time. Kakashi glanced back and forth between Neji and I, Kiba and Naruto, and the direction we were headed. He saw my mood. I know. But I'm glad he didn't say anything.

We ran like that for hours again, only stopping to check for enemies. Before we knew it, it was night. Blackness had taken over and the only light was coming from a small village up ahead. Directly prior to entering the gates Kakashi stopped us to explain something.

"Okay, we'll be staying here for the night. I already have a place for us to stay and food will be delivered to our room. Even though it's a small town be on guard. They have been known for their thievery and mistrust for ages. Be careful and don't talk to anyone unless you must." He cautioned us, we all nodded, and we head through the gates.

People gave us odd looks but for only a few moments. It took us about thirty seconds to get to the place we were staying at. Kakashi walked in, beckoning us to follow him. He spoke with the manager and the guy nodded and led us to a room on the third floor. When we opened the door, Kakashi stepped right in. The four of us stood there and just stared. There were two queen sized beds and the ground was carpet. A couch was on the other side of the room. The bathroom could only fit one person at a time and as I glanced, cockroaches crawled in the shower and sink. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Naruto shiver and unfortunately, I saw Kiba grab his hand. We finally walked in the crammed room and dropped our bags. Kakashi jumped onto a bed and smiled, I think, at us.

"Well this is comfy! So who wants to share a bed with me?" He eyed us all. No one answered.

"I call the other bed!" Naruto claimed.

"Couch." Kiba.

"Ground." Neji.

"Ground." I said. Kakashi seemed as if he were pouting.

"So no one wants to share a bed?"

"Of course not you perv." Naruto chuckled. We all managed to get a small laugh out of that.

"HEY! Respect your elders!"

"Oh I respect you, you are old."

"Naruto!"

"You know, you're actually a lot like Jiraiya…hmm…no wonder you like his books so much."

"You wouldn't know what good literature was if it bit you in the ass."

"PERV."

"What? I wasn't implying…!" They argued like this for a while. It seemed kind of childish for Kakashi to be doing this with Naruto of all people. Either way, it was still amusing. After about the first minute though the three of us took turns in the bathroom and got ready for some sleep. Neji and I found some sheets and spread them out on opposite sides of the room. Although, it really wasn't that far apart…stupid sensei, being cheep.

A few minutes passes again and we all fell asleep. No one even remembered that we hadn't eaten anything. It was a good sleep though. I didn't dream. I didn't think. It was perfect. Then I woke up to a noise. My eyes opened slightly to see Kiba walking over to Naruto's bed. The blond was awake and looking at the approaching jackass. A smile curved on his lips and I shuddered. One of those voices in my head was screaming to me to fall back asleep and pretend this was all a horrible nightmare but my other voice got the best of me. I stayed up, knowing I would have to sit through the same torture I saw earlier, except this might be worse.

"You know, when I first fell for you, I never in a million years would have thought you were a slut." Kiba whispered.

"Psh, well excuse me." Naruto lay down as Kiba went onto the bed and onto Naruto.

"Hey, I never said I didn't like it." Naruto chuckled lightly.

"Oh." Kiba leaned down to kiss him but Naruto moved and sat back upright. He looked at Kiba, down towards me, and back at him. My eyes were mostly closed so it still looked like I was sleeping.

"What?" Kiba asked. He was the impatient one this time. Heh.

"No. Not tonight."

"Aww…why not?" Kiba moved closer to Naruto. They were both only wearing boxers and wife-beaters. He ran his hands up Naruto's shirt and kissed his neck. Unfortunately Naruto didn't push him away. *sigh*

"They might wake up. And…I don't know…" He let out a small sigh and took Kiba's wandering hands off his body.

"Alright, whatever you say."

"Sorry."

"It's okay." They smiled at each other and went back to sleep. I brought my gaze to the ceiling and wondered…something else was on the dobe's mind. I'm not necessarily sure what it was though. But it was something.

"I'm not the only one that saw that, right?" A voice spoke. My eyes shot around. Neji. Great.

"Saw what?" He glared at me from beneath his covers.

"You know what I'm talking about."

"Not really destiny boy. I just want to sleep so g'night."

"Tch…" That was all I heard him say. That's all that was said until morning.

"RISE AND SHINE!" I heard a voice call. Damn you Kakashi. What time…5:30am!

"How do you expect us to rise when there is no shine outside?" Kiba complained. I got up and looked around. We were all sitting up wherever we were, except for Kakashi. He was standing up near his bed eating some kind of granola bar. Seeing it made my stomach grumble. We hadn't eaten a thing since we left the village.

"Just get off your lazy asses, have something to eat, and then get ready to leave. I want to be out of here by six. If we run all day long with only a quick lunch break we might be able to make it to the Land of Lightning before sundown today."

"But I thought we had an entire two more days of traveling left?" Naruto spoke this time.

"I expected us to be walking but something came up. We need to get there. FAST." We all exchanged glances and then looked back at our sensei, expecting him to explain further but nothing else came from his mouth. What did he mean by something came up? I guess we'll find out later.

The four of us put that half hour we had to use. I packed up my things, grabbed something to eat from the platter that was lain out on the small table, and put away the sheets. Naruto, Kiba, and Neji did the same. Before we realized, it was already six and we were ready to head out.

Oh, and also during that half hour, Naruto tried talking to me but Kiba interrupted and Neji offered his 'words of wisdom.' More like words of annoyance if you ask me. Those guys are seriously getting more and more on my nerves every single second. By the way, I'm referring to mask man, dog breath, and destiny boy. And yes, they have new names. One of those mini-me's came up with them along the way. Don't ask me how many of them are up there. I would have lost count, that is, if I had ever counted to begin with. Did I ever tell you I was crazy? Well I am. Okay. Good. We've got that all cleared up now.

"Sasuke." I jerked my head up forward only to find the person I walked to avoid and hold all at once.

"Hn." He slapped me across the face. OUCH! That fuckin' hurt! I rubbed my check and thanked that odd power up above that made Naruto and me the only people in the room.

"You better not say that word again."

"What the hell was that for?"

"Being a bastard!"

"I'm always a bastard."

"TEME!"

"What?"

"What's been with you lately?"

"What do you mean?"

"You know damn well what I mean. Answer the damned question teme."

"Look, it doesn't matter."

"Yes it does. You know I lo—"

"Don't even. Go tell someone who might believe you, like oh, I don't know, Kiba maybe?" He looked shocked. Confused. Hurt. It hurt me to see him like that knowing that I was the one who did this to him. If I had looked at his expression any longer I knew I wouldn't be able to handle it. I turned away. He was about to say something but then Kiba called and we headed down to the gates of the town. Everyone was waiting for us. Kakashi didn't pay attention. Neji was looking at my expression and Kiba was glancing at Naruto.

We stood together and head out. Naruto was on one side of me. I didn't look at him, but I knew he was looking at me. We were so close to each other yet I've never felt so far away from him as I feel right now. Now what do I do…?

TBC?

So, let me just say this now. It freakin KILLED me to write this chapter but I had to do it so yeah. But either way I hope you dont hate me because of it! I'll try to update again sometime this week but that depends on how much my teachers feel like killing us. Oh, and I'm painting my room this weekend! =) I'll be busy, but I will make time, promise!

Love you all 3

~frozentears~