3AM Ramblings
Bets
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto
Warning: Yaoi. Slight SasuNaru. And I can care less about what you think of this pairing
A/N: Yay! Chapter 11 is up! Yeah, it took forever. Because I was sick. Again. And SUPER busy. Busy procrastinating, that is. So, I was lazy and did a transcription of a SasuNaru doujinshi: "Cursed Heart" but with a slight twist. Don't worry, I have a permit from the doujinshi author ;).
Boom!
Naruto halted in the dark corridor, his body stiffening at the sound echoing in the dark, dank enclosed space. He turned towards the sound and began running towards the source, his feet flying across the tiled floor and his tears leaving a trail of water on the ground.
A burst of sunlight and he blinked. Once. Twice.
The scene lay unfolded before him. Sakura standing in the middle of the impacted crater, staring almost forlornly at the shadowy figure high at the edge. He stepped out of the shadows, sunlight drenching his golden hair. Naruto's breath hitched and his heart skipped a beat.
Sai, Sasuke's lookalike, and Kakashi's temporary replacement appeared next of the blond jinchuuriki staring up at the shadowy figure who stared almost impassively back at them.
"Sasuke…" Naruto muttered to himself, in almost disbelief.
A smirk.
"Hn!" drawled Naruto's long-lost teammate, "Your still just a child, Na. Ru. To."
Naruto clamped his hands around his ears as the Uchiha punctuated the syllables of his name. Sasuke's voice, barely above his usual monotone, was a deafening roar of thunder to him. He barely registered anything except the echoing of Sasuke's words as he crumpled to the ground, hot tears soaking the earth beneath. 'What should I do to bring Sasuke home…' he thought miserably.
The tense silence seemed to stretch on forever as the members of the reformed Team 7 stared at Sasuke, in his ever so passive stance. It was only broken by the sound of Sakura's heels against the tiled floor as she marched towards Naruto. Naruto looked up, staring oddly at the pink-haired medic nin.
"Eh? Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked confusedly.
He only received a sharp tug on his arm as a response. A quick spin, and before Naruto could say "Dattebayo", his shirt was pulled up to his chin, revealing a smooth expanse of tanned stomach.
"Ne, Sasuke-kun! How about now!" A determined Sakura looked at Sasuke, who stared emotionlessly down at the team.
"…"
By now, Naruto was mortified. His face was the color of beet and he refused to look at the pale raven out of embarrasment and blow to his dignity. Sai and Yamato sidled over to Sakura and Naruto, uncharacteristically eager to see how this played out.
"No way! There's no response!" Sakura was fuming.
"How about taking it all off?" Sai offered, looking at the pinkette's disbelieving look.
"…undress Naruto?" came Yamato as he tried to get control of the situation.
Naruto, apparently having recovered from his shock and embarrasment, was livid. He shouted, as loud as he could, "NO WAY IN HELL!"
Meanwhile, the Uchiha recovered enough to break the small bickering that erupted from the group below with: "Like that's going to work! I wasn't the same as I was before!"
His only response was a look of pure disbelief from Sai,Yamato and Sakura.
"Ne Sasuke-kun…If you weren't the same as you were before, why aren't you letting go of Naruto?"
It was then the Uchiha realized he was, in fact, clutching the jinchuuriki rather possesively and his genius Uchiha brain went into a meltdown. 'My body moved on its own!' the Uchiha heir silently cried.
As the team watched the raven slowly turn himself inside out in his breakdown, they failed to notice the dust plumes kicked up by Orochimaru and Kabuto who were quickly sprinting to the scene.
A loud whack sounded the air as the last Uchiha was hit by Kabuto before being carried away into the horizon.
"Ah! They got away!" someone shouted.
"My bad, Sakura-chan! So next time we get him on the ground and – " Naruto was cut off by a blow to the head.
"You know what you just cost me, Naruto! I bet with Sai that we could get Sasuke back using this method! 5500 ryo, Naruto! 5500 ryo!" Sakura grumbled as she handed the money to Sai, who looked rather pleased with himself.
"It's just you're bad at gambling like Tsunade, hag."
And a loud crack sounded the air accompanied by cries of pain.
A/N: Yeah. Sorry about the delays. Again, read, review/flame. I wear flame-retardant clothing as a fashion statement.