Disclaimer: All Naruto characters belong to Kishimoto-san.

Pairing: SasuNaru

Warning: Yaoi, OOC, OCs and unbeta-read.

Author's notes: Somebody should execute us, or to be exact, me. While XKunoichiofthePaintbrushX had a perfect reason for her unavailability, my reason is "Recently, my work swallowed me up and I let it". A deepest apology for late update.

Chapter 4: Agitato

Sasuke grabbed Naruto's hand and guided the kunai towards his body, causing blue eyes to widen. In a split second, blood tainted Sasuke's clothes, bed sheet and blanket.

With eyes wide, Sasuke stared at the bleeding tan hand, kunai still lodged into its palm. "What- dobe!" He scrambled to a sitting position while he grabbed Naruto's bleeding hand.

"Dammit, Sasuke," Naruto said and dropped his head forward. He was not ready to kill the bastard, especially when he just found him. He grimaced and let out a groan of pain when Sasuke pulled out the kunai quickly. His breath hitched when Sasuke brought his hand to his lips and lapped at his blood. Sasuke... It became hard for him to breathe when smoky obsidian eyes held his gaze.

"I won't give you another chance, Naruto," Sasuke told him. For a split second, his eyes darted to regard the wound which was slowly closing. As expected of Kyuubi.

"I know, but I'll think of something else," he replied. He tugged his hand free just as Sasuke let it go. They leaned forward and grabbed the other's head as they desperately pressed their lips together. Sasuke still tasted of blood, but rather than being disgusted by it, he found it rather erotic. He cupped the pale face and said, "Let's go home, Sasuke."

"I have no home," Sasuke replied while he moved closer to the blonde, yearning for more.

Let me touch you.

Tanned hands paused from peeling the kimono off from that lissome pale body. "You do. You always did. Konoha."

Sasuke rolled them over and almost painfully, pressed Naruto against the bed. "Don't," he warned harshly.

"Then when?" When am I allowed to talk about this?

The Uchiha paused for a moment before saying, "Come with me, Naruto."

Blue eyes widened then fluttered closed as his mouth was being expertly ravished again. However, he couldn't forget that Sasuke had invited him; that he was giving him a chance for them to be together. Would he accept it? A sudden sharp sensation made him remember that now wasn't the time to think. Sasuke was above him, touching him and it was just right, to touch Sasuke back; to let his hands wander on territory that was usually forbidden from him.

"Sasuke," he breathed and ground their hips together, causing the man above him to tremble and moan. His eyes fluttered close when a finger traced his hand which had been bleeding until few seconds ago, checking to see if the wound was still there.

One by one their clothes fell to the floor and the sounds of pleasure had steadily gone louder as their inhibitions and differences disappeared. Caresses were exchanged. Kisses were shared. Areas were marked as they possessively staked claims on what was not theirs; could never be theirs.

Sasuke moaned the moment he was sheathed by Naruto's tight heat while the lower half of his body was cradled between strong, tanned thighs. He murmured Naruto's name and with glazed eyes looked at him. With a trembling hand, he traced the scars on the face, causing Naruto to open his eyes.

"Sasuke," he heard him say in breathless voice and his heart clenched. If there was a time when he and Naruto were completely in tune, it was this moment when he was lodged into his body. He lowered his upper body so their chests were pressed together. Like this, he was close to the dobe and the emptiness that haunted him ceased to exist. He was just filled with a sense of something he couldn't put a finger on.

Naruto started moving against him and Sasuke also moved, but he let him decide their pace. It wasn't slow nor was it fast. It was just appropriate for the tension, which had settled heavily between them since Naruto had found out about his plan, to be diverted.

Even in the haze of desire, Sasuke was aware that Naruto raised his arms to wrap around his shoulders and he stopped him. He entwined their fingers and let it settle on the bed.

Naruto opened his eyes and stared at his lover whose face was distorted with pleasure. Although having their hands linked together wasn't bad at all, he had wanted to hold Sasuke close, but the man always managed to stop him. He wondered what issues Sasuke had against such intimacy.

"Kiss me," he told him between pants and Sasuke did... achingly as if he meant the whole world to him while they move relentlessly, pushing the other higher and higher to the apex; suffocating each other with pleasure until their souls found each other again.

After awhile they lay side by side with the scent of sex hanging heavily in the air. Naruto turned to Sasuke and broke the post-coital silence by asking, "Tell me about Itachi."

Sasuke looked at him and asked curiously, "Why the sudden interest?"

The blonde shrugged, "We never talked about him because you were always defensive and got mad whenever his name was mentioned." For a moment Sasuke remained quiet, Naruto thought that his request was being ignored until he heard him say, "He had been a brother through and through beneath the lies he told me. I had told him that my sharingan could see through illusions and it did, but it never penetrated his. He was stronger than I thought him to be." He knew he could never surpass his brother who was more than a dynamic ninja.

Naruto turned to settle on his left, his head cradled by his left arm. Sasuke followed suit and turned to his right, his head cradled by his right arm. "During the time when I used to think of nothing but shuriken practice and spending time with him, he was already descending to madness. I didn't know. I was too blind." Too selfish.

"You were a child, Sasuke and as a child, you think of nothing else but yourself."

"I couldn't save him. He thought of me all the time, thinking that my life weighed more than the village. He waited for me to kill him like the traitor he made us believe he was because he wanted the village to see me as a hero." Too weak.

Naruto slowly gulped. That statement was quite familiar to him. His father wanted the village to see him as a hero as well, but that didn't turn out right and a small part of him believed that the same thing might happen to his friend.

"He was a good brother, and it's vexing that when I realized it, it was too late and that I was never good to him." Too stupid.

Naruto regarded Sasuke who was on the verge of tears. Itachi had received an order to kill the Uchiha clan and he almost completed his mission and now, he had received an order to kill the man who was plotting against Konoha who happened to be his brother. Could he kill the man Itachi had always treasured even when he descended into madness? Could he? And for the first time in his life, he was asking Itachi for help. He snapped out from his thoughts when he felt a hand curled around his right hand.

He looked down at their connected hands and so did Sasuke. Slowly, they shifted it so that their hands were aligned perfectly, palm to palm. "I want to be with you," Naruto murmured, causing Sasuke's heart to slam against his chest.

Sasuke slightly moved his hand so that he could slip his fingers between the gaps of tanned ones. "Then come with me."

The blonde let out a shuddering breath and gazed straight into obsidian orbs. "I can't because I can't kill Sakura and the others. You're important to me, Sasuke, but that doesn't mean they aren't too."

"You don't have to kill them yourself," Sasuke said and Naruto didn't know whether he should be relieved or annoyed by that statement until he heard the rest of Sasuke's words. "We'll let someone do that or if you want, I'll kill them for you. No friend of yours will die by your hand." Naruto snatched his hand free from his grip as if burnt. In a way, he was. Sasuke's words burnt him.

"I can't kill them, but that doesn't mean I'll let them die. I won't let them die," he stated harshly, eyes flaring with determination. "You're crazy, Sasuke! Why are you so hellbent in crushing Konoha?"

Sasuke scowled. "Are you really an idiot? I told you-"

"Itachi protected Konoha... that was why he killed your clan. Will you destroy what he-" He gasped when a hand grabbed his neck.

With sharingan flaring to life, Sasuke growled coldly, "Shut up! There wouldn't have been a coup d'etat if Konoha didn't cast us out!"

With his attempts of peeling the hand off of him failing, Naruto jabbed his elbow into Sasuke's stomach. Once free, he rolled away from the bed, although he was still feeling discomfort on his sensitive and stretched area. Standing, he ignored Sasuke's semen slipping out from his crack and on his thighs and told the man, "I won't come with you no matter what." He raised his chin and walked back to his bed, slightly confused at the confident smirk that graced Sasuke's lips.

Seeing Naruto walked away from him, Sasuke felt a sense of loss. The closeness they shared had dissipated and was replaced by the distance which seemed to increase with every argument they had. Why was their closeness so ephemeral?

-SasuNaru is love-

When Naruto woke up the next morning, his heart plummeted when he realized that Sasuke was gone in a sense that all the bastard's things where no where to be found. Without a doubt, Sasuke had left... Sasuke had slipped away from him again. He had driven him away. He plopped himself back to the bed and stared at the ceiling with his unshed tears distorting his view.

Sasuke had made his decision just as he- Naruto did. He let out a shuddering sigh before gathering his composure. Few minutes later, Naruto had begun to pack his things and left for Konoha with his heart broken once more.

-SasuNaru is love-

Tsunade's eyebrows met to form a deep scowl while her whole body tensed. "What do you mean Sasuke Uchiha is alive?" she demanded after hearing Naruto's report.

"He used different forbidden jutsus for that stunt of his," Naruto explained. "And now he is preparing to crush Konoha."

Honey-brown eyes widened. Tsunade clenched her fists, her red-painted nails digging into her palms painfully. Just like Orochimaru.

"And?" she asked tersely.

Naruto shifted his sad gaze downward and clenched his right elbow tight when his attempt on murdering Sasuke flashed through his mind. "I tried to kill him and failed." A ghost pain settled on the area where his kunai had pierced his hand. It tingled when he remembered how his friend had licked his palm.

Tsunade knew Naruto would never kill his friend, so it surprised her that he even attempted. It must have been hard for him.

"Whatever business he had in Demon country, he probably accomplished it because he left." Without me. He raised a hand, pressed the pads of his pointer and middle finger on his right temple and his thumb on his left temple and started massaging the throbbing area while his palm covered his eyes, giving him time to blink back the pearls of tears that gathered in his eyes.

I made a decision. I let go of that hand.

Tsunade regarded her subordinate for few seconds before asking, "Did he hurt you?"

While he felt warm at the kindness evident in her voice, he mentally snorted at her question. Yes, Sasuke hurt him over and over again because the man, with all the pain that accumulated within him, could only hurt others. It wasn't a crime. It was logical and perhaps natural. He dropped his hand. "Old hag, did the old man ever mention anything in his documents about Itachi before he joined Akatsuki?"

"No, he didn't," she replied. "Why? Do you know something? Did Sasuke tell you something?"

Naruto wondered if his telling would change anything; would absolve Sasuke. He sighed. "He just told me to research about it if I want to understand," he lied while he mentally cursed Itachi. For a man who cared so much for his brother, he sure was making it difficult for him to save him.

A contemplative Tsunade said, "That must have something to do with his desire to obliterate Konoha." She looked at him, "Thanks for your hard work. You're dismissed."

Naruto nodded and trudged his way out.

"Shizune!" Tsunade said in a snap that made the kunoichi jump in surprise.

"Y-yes, Tsunade-sama?"

"No matter what, bring the elders here."

"Roger," Shizune replied while running out from the room.

Tsunade let out a deep sigh before nibbling her right thumb. She let out a sound of irritation. "Kakashi, you heard everything, right?" She heard a chuckle before one of the windows was slid open and Kakashi walked in.

Kakashi's smile melted from his face upon seeing his leader's dark scowl. "Things had gotten more difficult, ne Tsunade-sama?"

"I don't want to hear that from you."

"Do you want me to find and kill Sasuke on the spot?" Kakashi asked seriously.

"I'll send an ANBU team for that," she replied. "Our priority now is to protect Konoha in anticipation of his attack."

"But this isn't what worries you, isn't it? It's Naruto." Kakashi smiled when Tsunade glared at him.

Tsunade clicked her tongue, but she couldn't deny that Kakashi was right. She was worried about Naruto who was carrying too many burdens made by the Uchiha brat. For Naruto to have attempted to kill Sasuke for his mission...

"I'll take care of Naruto," Kakashi offered.

"I'll leave that to you, then," she replied dismissively.

To cause you such pain, I'm sorry, Naruto.

-SasuNaru is love-

"What is the meaning of this, Tsunade?" Homura demanded. "What do you mean Sasuke Uchiha is still alive and now plans to destroy Konoha?"

"It means what it means, " Tsunade replied sharply.

Koharu snapped out from her contemplation and asked, "And Naruto came to report this to you after meeting Uchiha?"

The hokage tensed. "Are you implying that Naruto has become Sasuke's spy?" And although her anger over that false accusation was controlled, it was still being emanated from her frame.

"Think about it. Wouldn't that make sense considering how Naruto is obsessed with Sasuke?" She was about to speak more, but Tsunade had slammed her palm on her desk hard.

"Even if you're a village elder, I won't let you insult Naruto like that," she said icily, eyes blazing with fury. "Just so you know, he had attempted to kill Sasuke in his latest mission."

The two village elders looked surprised.

"Attempted?" Homura echoed. "That means that he failed. In any case, what is your proof that he really did kill his best friend?"

"His emotions," the hokage replied and at the silent inquiry from both of the elders, she explained, "He came to me with his eyes speaking of unimaginable grief when he told me what he did. To see him like that, would have even made the most pessimistic believe him."

The elders fell silent for few moments and when they spoke, it was not about Naruto.

"Assuming that what you said is true, then what is your plan, Tsunade?" Koharu asked.

"I'll send an ANBU team to eliminate Sasuke while preparing the village for his attack just in case the team fails to find or eliminate him. I'll be having a meeting with all the captains." Seeing that both of her guests were satisfied with her plan, she leaned back on her seat and asked what had been bothering her after her meeting with Naruto. "Is there something that I am not told about Itachi and the Uchiha clan's murder?" She didn't miss the sudden hardening of both the elders' faces and she knew they were hiding something.

Homura let out a long sigh and opened his mouth to speak about the secret they had carried for a long time. When his confession was over, Tsunade was pale and was too shocked to immediately speak. She knew reality wasn't a place for the naive, especially the shinobi world, but who would have thought? These people were horrible and their hearts rotten. However, instead of dealing with their actions, she decided to focus on the consequences of their actions... not for their sake, but for the sake of all those innocent people. Perhaps, this was why Naruto had chosen the village over Sasuke.

It must have been hard, ne, Naruto?

-SasuNaru is love-

Sakura drew Naruto in for an embrace, momentarily ignoring Kakashi who was sitting down on her teammate's couch. "Are you okay?"

"I think so," she heard Naruto reply, but she knew he was bottling up his feelings again and she tightened her embrace. If only, mere strength could squeeze out everything he felt. If only he would open up to her.

Going back to his seat, Naruto answered what Kakashi had asked him. "I'll stay here because I'm confident that the ANBU team will never find the bastard." He placed a hand on his stomach and for a moment, he wanted to tell Kakashi what an Uchiha was capable of doing, but in the end, he held himself back. He could handle it. He had a lot of time to research at the library. His eyes widened when it came to him that perhaps the reason why Sasuke wanted him to come with him was because of Kyuubi. His hands balled up into fists, which were shaking with restrained rage.

"-ruto?"

"Eh?"

"Are you okay?" Sakura asked him again while Kakashi was looking at him in a manner that seemed perspective to him. He got up and said, "I'm just tired. I think I'll go to sleep." Without waiting for their reply, he left, oblivious to the concerned look he was receiving.

If only you'd open up, we could have done more than just watch you.

The general meeting happened and their preparations were done quietly and secretly so as not to alert the civilians. In cases in which preparations would catch the attention of the public, they would pass it off as just another renovation or improvement and the villagers would continue their daily activities. While all shinobis could feel the tension hanging in the air, the civilians who were kept in the dark were clueless.

-SasuNaru is love-

Sasuke looked up from his task when Juugo and Suigetsu marched into his room carrying the stacks of scrolls he asked them to find and bring. Both of his male subordinates had returned from their missions earlier than he expected while Karin hadn't returned yet. He hoped that whatever was taking her so long, it wouldn't affect his plan.

"Where do you want us to put these things? Suigetsu asked.

Sasuke just indicated a place with his pointer finger.

"What's this for, Sasuke?" Suigetsu continued. There were scrolls which he had seen in Orochimaru's library. What was the Uchiha up to?

"That's for my Plan B."

"I didn't even know we had Plan A and a Plan B," Juugo uttered quietly but he remained nonplussed when Sasuke's gaze heavily settled on him.

Their leader smirked and while sheathing his sword which he had just finished cleaning, he said, "Now we do. Plan A has a high possibility of failing so let's focus on Plan B."

Suigetsu arched an eyebrow. He had spent enough time with their leader to know that he never spared time on anything that meant failure and yet... "If you know that Plan A is bound to fail then why are you still wasting your effort on it?"

The dark-haired man tilted his head backward. He didn't know why. He didn't want to think why. "That's none of your concern." Then he regarded them quietly, "Suigetsu, I need your expertise in killing."

Suigetsu smiled, as if he wasn't still wondering. "How many victims do you need?"

"Enough to please Manda."

Suigetsu made a face. Manda was a snake hard to please and because of that, he had to choose his victims carefully. So much for random killing. "Consider it done."

Sasuke watched him go before he turned his attention to Juugo. He held a letter to the man. "Please ask a bird to deliver this to Naruto Uzumaki." Without question, the other man nodded and took it.

Knowing that it would be delivered, Sasuke stood up. "I'll be taking my leave. I'll return the day after tomorrow. If Karin returns during my absence, inform her what we had discussed in our meeting this morning."

"Of course, I will," the usually quiet man replied and he watched as Sasuke disappeared into the shadows. He couldn't put his finger on it, but it seemed that his leader had changed subtly - a change which happened after he came back from the Demon Country. He wondered what had happened there to affect the indifferent man like this.

-SasuNaru is love-

Naruto thrust his fist into the air as a punch, beads of sweat flying from his moving arm. From the corner of his eye, as he made a swift turn, he noticed that the small bird that had perched on the rock was still there, looking at him attentively. Now curious, he stopped his training and looked back at the bird.

The winged-animal, seeing it as his chance, immediately flew towards the blond, perched on his right shoulder and stuck his right leg out. Naruto arched an eyebrow. The bird wasn't a messenger bird, in fact, he lacked the qualifications to be one and yet, he was carrying what looked like a letter. He hurriedly unburdened the bird and unrolled the letter. What was written caused coldness to spread throughout his body.

Dobe,

Beneath the Nakano temple, past the Tengu shrine, walk into that door. Follow the winding path and when you get there, you'll find what will lead you to me.

Naruto didn't have to think to know who the letter came from. There was only one who would call him that particular nickname and it made his heart pound crazily. Whether it was out of joy or fear, he didn't know. He looked around, checking if anybody was there. Once assured that there was no one, he looked at the letter again, letting his eyes scan the handwriting which had been familiar to him before crushing the letter and inserting it in his pocket.

He resumed his training, but he couldn't concentrate anymore. He was now thinking about what he could do or whether he should go or not. He settled his hand on his stomach. What if Kyuubi was the purpose of this meeting? A part of himself was concerned and another part wanted to see Sasuke once more, even if he is an enemy of Konoha.

In the end, it was his heart that had won and he clenched his fists, promising that this would be the last time. He was just going to say goodbye to the bastard who meant so much to him, almost too much.

-SasuNaru is love-

Naruto had no problems on his way to Nakano temple or even on his way beneath the temple. Everything went smoothly until he was standing in front of the Tengu shrine. No matter how he looked and examined it, there was no door behind the Tengu. In fact, it was dead end. For more than fifteen minutes now, he had been on his hands and knees, looking for some sort of lever or anything that would make the door appear, but so far all he found were insects, dirt and stones.

Already frustrated and impatient to see the bastard, whom he planned to punch for the trouble he made him go through that day, he stepped on the shrine and looked at Tengu eye to eye. "Tell me where the key is," he demanded and when the statue remained quiet, he pressed their faces closer until his nose was pressing hard on Tengu's. It was in that moment, when the statue trembled, causing Naruto to lose his footing.

Rubbing his aching butt and feeling remorse thinking that he had been punished for desecrating a shrine, he was surprised to find a space between the shrine and the wall behind it. Until now, he had thought there had been no wall. He quickly stood up and inspected the wall, but there had been no door. He looked over his shoulder and found the door to be behind the statue's back.

Warily, Naruto started descending down the spiraling stone staircase, which didn't take very long since it was a rather short staircase. From then on, he followed the winding road. He came upon a small pond, and before it was a snake which looked more alive upon seeing him. The snake wasn't attacking him though, but looking at him and he knew, without a doubt, this was Sasuke's summon.

The snake started moving and Naruto immediately followed, making sure not to lose him. They walked around the pond and continued walking and what almost felt like an eternity because of the slope, they finally walked past the arched pillar made of stones. They walked deeper and he didn't know when, but his guide had left him. He couldn't see what was in front of him and was afraid to continue forward.

He almost jumped in surprise when he heard a deep, baritone voice say, "Hello, dobe." just as the torches around the place lit up with fire. In front of him, Sasuke stood, leaning against another door. "You didn't fail me." Sasuke told him and this time, he heard relief in the tone of his voice.

"I came here for my own reasons," he replied which made Sasuke arch an eyebrow. A tense silence hung over them, until by coincidence they uttered at the same time.

"Come with me." It was both a plea and an order.

"You know that I can't," both of them replied at the same time.

Naruto clenched his hands and locked gazes with Sasuke. He had to know the truth. "Is Kyuubi the reason why you want me to go with you?" His friend just regarded him with his face void of emotions.

"If I said I want you to come with me regardless whether you have Kyuubi or not, would you?" Sasuke asked back. When there was just silence from the blond, he asked again and this time louder. "Would you?"

Naruto looked away. He didn't know the answer to that question himself. He looked up when he felt the sudden distortion of space and found his friend lunging at him. Once Sasuke's hands harshly grabbed Naruto's upper arms, Naruto, in turn, reached out and grabbed the Uchiha by the shoulders. Rather than their fists clashing, desperate mouths sought each other and clashed instead.

They sucked and nibbled at the other's lips, unmindful that blood was being drawn. They thrust their tongue regardless whether the other was choking or not. Sasuke's hands were gripping Naruto's head fiercely while Naruto's fingernails were digging painfully into Sasuke's scalp. They broke apart to inhale deeply before diving in once again, hungrier than ever.

Naruto groaned into the kiss when he was slammed against the jagged wall, but it didn't stop him from sucking Sasuke's tongue while he clutched Sasuke's shoulders tight until his fingers were digging into his clothes and skin. His eyes fell half-mast at the tingling sensation. He could barely see the earth above them. He had one hand gripping Sasuke's butt, pulling him close, pressing their groins together causing his lover to let out a low and long moan.

It was Sasuke who moaned first, but it was Naruto who was the first to be stark naked. It was Sasuke who lowered himself as he nibbled, sucked and licked his way down on Naruto's body and the blond could only buck, tremble and moan while his fingers gripped dark hair and ended up pulling out a few strands.

Sasuke shivered, his senses being overwhelmed by Naruto's taste and warmth. He licked at his straining erection while his fingers massaged his entrance, causing the blond to clench his eyes shut at the sensations. "Sasuke," he panted.

It wasn't long until tanned legs gave way, but it didn't matter to Sasuke who immediately settled between those legs and pressed Naruto against the wall, plundering that sweet mouth.

Naruto leaned forward, but Sasuke slammed him harder against the wall, and his grip was tight too, the former was certain that marks would form, but he didn't care. He missed Sasuke. He hungered for his flesh and thirst for his fire. Sasuke tasted sweet and bitter and maybe, just maybe, this was what revenge tasted like. In any case, he was addicting. He pulled at his clothes. Distantly, he heard a ripping sound, but he didn't care and neither did Sasuke.

Sasuke slammed his forehead against Naruto's nape as he felt a hand wrapping around his erection, but what drove him absolutely wild was when the blond dragged his nails along the length. As a reaction to that erotic caress, his fingers dug into tanned skin, leaving half-moon marks on Naruto's broad shoulders.

Anger pulsated in their veins... anger and something else. An emotion that was strangely familiar... an emotion that had remained platonic until now.

All their energy was being redirected from fighting to this and their sadness was evaporating. No, it wasn't evaporating but just morphing into another form because the other was there and they were reduced to wanting and needing.

Their caresses burned. Their bodies ached with yearning. Their chests heaved. It was so damned hard to breath when the other was pressed this close... naked and hot. Although few minutes had just passed in touching each other, it felt like they had been sparring for hours straight.

Naruto pressed closer, demanding for more and Sasuke moved nearer, hungry for more. For every action one of them made, the other reacted.

Naruto couldn't afford to be gentle and slow, not when Sasuke was being this passionate... this hot. He leaned forward, licked Sasuke's collar bone before biting his left shoulder. It was at that moment that he realized that the Heaven seal was gone. He stared at the area before he latched his mouth on it, sucking tenderly.

Sasuke half-lifted Naruto to his lap before he locked gazes with the other. Understanding what those blue eyes were telling him, what they wanted, Sasuke sheathed himself into the blond's body. "Fuck, Naruto," he groaned, his body tightening with anticipation. His lust was getting the better of him to the point that he ended up moving without giving the blond time to adjust to his intrusion... to his thickness.

They started moving as one and the roughness they displayed was still there, causing pain and pleasure to each other. They knew they were hurting the other, but it was the pain that brought them together, that made the pleasure even more intense. They bit each other... left marks deeper than the ones they did during their last intimate session.

Naruto tightened around Sasuke as he pushed harder. Sasuke pulsated inside him while Naruto pulled him deeper. Naruto wrapped his legs around Sasuke's waist while Sasuke clutched his shoulders tight.

More...

They continued moving until they ceased to be two bodies and became one entity. Once more, there was silence as they synchronized with each other and it was beautiful.

It took longer than usual for both men to regain their composure and to steady their breathing. Strangely, when they met each other's eyes, they each let out a deep chuckle. Naruto reached out to brush against a particular area of Sasuke's left shoulder. "It's gone."

"What's gone?" he asked as he captured those fingers that were awakening too many sensitive nerves.

"The seal."

Sasuke's eyes turned a shade darker as he answered, "Itachi."

"I see." Secretly, Naruto's heart throbbed. He couldn't do anything to get rid of the seal, but Itachi managed. Itachi was strong... stronger than he thought him to be and it made surpassing him that much more difficult.

"Are you jealous?" Sasuke out of the blue, surprising the blond who replied, "I always wanted to be your brother."

"I told you I only have one brother and I killed him," Sasuke told him with his eyes full of guilt. However that guilt vanished when he added, "If you and I became brothers, I wouldn't want you this way."

Naruto blushed as he was reminded that Sasuke was still inside of him. It was both frustrating and embarrassing that he ended up asking Sasuke to come with him and have sex with him despite his status in Konoha instead of saying goodbye like he originally planned. Apparently, he still hadn't let Sasuke go; still hadn't chosen the village over him. He knew things were getting harder the deeper he got involved with Sasuke. He hated his indecisiveness. No, he wasn't being indecisive. He had made his choice, or to be exact, the two entities in him had, and their decisions were clashing. If only Sasuke would say yes. If only he could forget Konoha and say yes to his friend.

With his hand skimming on sweaty tanned back, Sasuke once again asked, "Come with me."

Naruto answered, "Konoha may mean nothing to you, but to me it does." He bumped the tips of their noses in an affectionate gesture. "Konoha is where I met you. Konoha is where I formed bonds." He let out something akin to a whimper when Sasuke's nails painfully scraped his back. "That hurts, bastard!" he growled in warning.

"I'm here, aren't I? So why do you keep living in the past?" an annoyed Sasuke demanded. The idiot was redefining idiocy to a new level. Why was he still clinging to the past? He wanted to be with him, right? So why was he being coy?

"It's not living in the past, dumbass! It's looking at things through its sentimental value!"

In reply, Sasuke slammed him against the wet ground.

"That hurt!" As a retaliation, he dragged his nails down the pale back, leaving red lines and causing obsidian eyes to narrow. "My bad, asshole," he said through gritted teeth. Seeing the disappointment in those eyes hurt him more and he lashed out in anyway he could. He wanted to hurt him as much as he was hurting him. It was just right. With this reasoning, he felt his actions were justified, even before he said, "I don't have your insensitivity to defect Konoha, nor your cruelty to pierce the chests of all the people I care about." Malice flashed through obsidian eyes. Before he could stop Sasuke, the latter had already dug his teeth into his right shoulder, drawing blood and causing a jolt of pain to travel up and down the his spine.

"Fuck you," he panted before retaliating.

And they were hurting each other with their teeth, nails and caresses. There was pain. Lots of pain, but strangely, there was pleasure too. A tingle of intense pleasure and it was addicting.

Sometime between their biting and clawing, they were bucking their hips in a quick tempo, their manhoods red and angry. They were straining against each other over and over again inflicting pain... offering mind-numbing pleasure because this was the only thing they had and the only thing they were free to give. For a limited amount of time.

TBC