Confidence in the Unknown Chapter 15, a naruto fanfic

Stoic is a very bad author. She knows this very well. In fact Stoic had a lot of time over the past two weeks to finish a new chapter and even more. But being the lazy girl she is, she decided that lying down on her bed and staring at the bars and mattress of the bunk bed above her was a better way to spend her time after finishing the surprisingly small amount of homework she received from school. To sum things up Stoic is a very lazy girl, who likes to write about herself in third person. She says sorry if her latest author's note confused anyone and for the fact that she didn't update.

Oh and most italicized words in this chapter are Sasuke's conscience. You'll understand later on in the chapter.

"Get off me, Dobe." 'No I won't accept it.' "Loser, why don't you watch where you're going? Only you could be late on a half day." 'Uzumaki Naruto is not Kit!'

"Jeez, sor-ry", the blonde said, dragging out the syllables in his apology, while letting go of Sasuke's shirt and picking himself off the ground. He offered a hand to the Uchiha, remembering what Gaara had advised him to do. Be nice to him as Naruto... But it was swatted away without a bat of the eye.

"I don't need your help", Sasuke muttered coldly, getting up from the ground and walking away. 'He can't be...'

The blonde stood there baffled. The impression he got from the Uchiha last night was still fresh in his mind. He had almost expected the other to act caring, but that thought was quickly shattered when Sasuke opened his mouth. Fuming in the hallway, Naruto glared half angrily at the Uchiha's retreating back before walking into class.

'What the hell is his problem?'

'No, damn it! It's not true! It can't be!'

Currently, Sasuke was having a mini mental break down in the boy's bathroom; pacing back and forth, repressing the urge to actually voice what he had been thinking. Obviously he had locked the door and checked the stalls to ensure his privacy, but he couldn't take the chance of having someone hear him scream.

That was the one thing he really wanted to do right now: Scream that it wasn't true, that Naruto wasn't kit; the one who made him feel like he was on air. Scream curses at Naruto for even making him think such thoughts. Scream at fate for having Naruto live in Japan, when he was clearly a foreigner. But the Uchiha couldn't do that; it would make him seem crazy and his family reputation could possibly be questioned.

"Shit..." he whispered out, leaning his hands on a porcelain sink; staring at his reflection in the mirror.

Memories about Naruto flashing through his mind. All the times he had fought with and mistreated the boy resurfacing within a few seconds. Then all the hours he spent getting to know Kit mixing in with his other thoughts. And lastly, the night before when he was talking to him in person.

"How stupid am I? He even called me teme', Sasuke was trying very hard not bash his head into the mirror on front of him from his stupidity. "No wonder I couldn't find him, I crossed out his picture in all the year books. And how could I mistake those eyes, it's beyond obvious."

Sasuke frowned as his reflection changed, turning into a certain blonde, whisker cheeked boy, with closed eyes and a big, toothy grin. "Damn it. You're always there, whether I like it or not..." His eyes focused on all the features on Naruto's face, that he used to overlook. The boy was so innocent looking; like a naive child, that you would do anything for just to see them smile.

"...Can I ever escape you?"

The image of Naruto opened his giant, blue eyes and gave a small, sincere smile; shaking his head "no."

The brunette sighed heavily. "Maybe I am crazy, because..." he turned around and headed for the door. Sasuke knew if he was gone any longer Iruka-sensei would scold him. 'Because I know, even though I don't want to, I'm in love with you Dobe...'

"Haku, I need help. Can you come over?...Do you still remember where I live?...Okay, thanks. I'll see you in a little bit. Ja."

With a click, the blonde teenager hung up his phone and examined his apartment. Clothes had been thrown everywhere within a twelve foot radius of his drawers; littering over all of Naruto's bed and most of his floor. It was Sunday morning and in a few hours he'd be on a date with Sasuke. But Naruto had no idea what to wear. Hence his pleading phone call to Haku.

Besides feeling really self-conscious and anxious about how the date would go, Naruto couldn't shake the feeling that there was something weird with Sasuke. Yesterday he had been rather civil, except for that happened in the morning. No rude remarks or stares. Naruto hadn't been tripped by any out stretched legs. Nor had he been shoved while passing the Uchiha in the hallways. In fact, Sasuke had acted as if the blonde annoyance was invisible.

It was weird feeling to not have the Uchiha's attention, which Naruto severely disliked. He wanted Sasuke to look at him. Even if he hated him, as long as he acknowledge Naruto's presence then that would be enough. Though he'd prefer that the young Uchiha would reciprocate his feelings, but the figured hate was better than apathy.

An almost foreign buzzing sound rang throughout the apartment, knocking Naruto out of his thoughts and alerting him he had a guest, that needed to be let into the building. He made his way over to the speaker box next to the door, that allowed him to talk with the person outside.

"Haku?" Naruto asked into the speaker, after pressing one of the two buttons on the box. Then let it go to allow for a reply.

"Hai!" the box chirped happily. "Open the door please, Naru-chan."

Naruto pressed the second button on the speaker box and stood by the door; waiting for Haku to finish climbing all the stairs. In about five minutes a loud knock banged on the door and Naruto was face to face with a rather feminine looking boy, who immediately caught him in a bone crushing hug when he opened the door.

"Hello, Naru-chan!" Haku squealed, still squeezing Naruto to death. "How did it go? Tell me everything."

"Haku...can't...breath!"

Reluctantly, Haku let go and settled for ruffling the mop of golden hair on Naruto.s head.

"I'm sorry Naru-chan. But really, how did things go?" the brunette asked, stars shining in his eyes.

"Things went great. In fact we have a date in a few hours." Haku squealed again, while taking off his shoes and stepping into the apartment. "That's why I asked you to come over."

The brunette began to wander around, taking in the surroundings and clothes thrown practically everywhere. "Hmm, you don't know what to wear, ne?"

"You're good at reading people, you know that."

"I'll take that as a compliment."

And evil grin started to play on Haku's lips as he eyed all the clothes. Ideas were already formulating in his head. The brunette let out a small giggle, then turned back to look at Naruto, who was looking at him suspiciously.

"What?" the blonde asked, taking a step backwards.

An ominous shadow fell over Haku's pretty face, as a dangerous glint shined in his eyes. Slowly he stalked over to the blonde, hands out stretched as if he were a monster.

"I've always wanted a life sized doll."

"Eep."

'Okay mind, remind me why I'm coming to school on a weekend', Sasuke thought as he walked along the side walk; headed for Konoha High.

Because you have a date with the Dobe.

'And why am I going?'

Because you love him.

'What makes you think I love him?'

I'm your mind. I know everything about you.

'Liar.'

Ha! I know everything and you're just in denial.

'I hate you.'

You hate everything, except for him.

'Go away! Or least shut up.'

Fine. Fine. But I was going to leave anyway. You're here and it looks funny if you're not paying attention to your date because you're having a conversation with yourself.

'Very...' Sasuke stopped walking when he reached the front gates of Konoha High. His was completely taken away by the person in front of him. '...funny...'

At first glance it seemed that there was a medium height, leaning against the bars, hands keeping her balanced; but Sasuke knew better now.

Kit was wearing short, black overalls, that were rolled up to mid thigh. Underneath was a grey tank top, that had three additional straps on each arm, that fell down and around his thin, tanned forearms. On his left wrist lay four sliver bracelets and on the right arm was a black, fingerless glove, that hung down loosely right above the wrist.

Around his neck was a black ribbon choker, tied into a small bow parted off to left. On his legs were black and grey stripped socks, which cut off above the knees, tucked into black Mary Jane shoes. His dark wig was pulled back into two pig tails, about an inch above his ears. The front layers of the wig hung free from the ties all the way down to his shoulders. And atop his head was a grey head band, holding the wig in its place.

You love him. Admit it.

Naruto's marble blue eyes, that had instantly focused on the Uchiha when he arrived, smiled lightly and slightly cautious. "Hey, Sasuke."

By now Sasuke's face had blushed over from how cute Naruto looked. Surprisingly, even though he was fully aware of who was in front of him, Sasuke didn't find feeling this way unpleasant. He had practically spent all yesterday trying to fully accept his feelings. And after ignoring the Dobe at school and locking himself in his room all night, the Uchiha came to terms with reality.

The Uchiha nodded slowly, mentally willing his reddened face away. But Naruto, being Naruto, only made things worse when he stepped forward and softly put the back of his hand on the Uchiha's cheek to feel his temperature.

"Sasuke, you okay?" The blush became two shades darker. "You're kinda red." Somehow Naruto's hand found it's way down to his neck; feeling the back for heat.

Sasuke's body was rapidly turning into jelly; eyes closing and flickering from the pleasant sensation. The simple concerned touches, that Naruto was giving him were quickly killing all his thoughts. The Uchiha was torn, whether to stand there and let the Dobe touch him in such a way or end it all so that people passing by wouldn't see them perform a strangely intimate scene.

Hey, snap out of it! He thinks you're sick, remember?

"Hey, Uchiha?" both of Naruto's hands were now on the other boy's shoulders, lightly shaking him to get his attention. "Are you sick or something? Hey, wake up!"

You should answer him.

"I-uh you see um---"

"You're such a girl, Uchiha", Naruto cut in laughing; leaning on the Uchiha's shoulder by the hand he was using to caress his neck. Sasuke just stood there, watching in surprise at the laughing boy in front of him; blush still firmly planted on his face. Naruto finally stopped laughing long enough to choke out more emasculating words. "You sound as bad as Hinata when she speaks. Anyways, where do you want to go?"

"I don't know", the Uchiha said, looking down at this feet, trying to hide his blushing cheeks from the hyperactive boy in front of him. "Where ever you want to go is fine. I don't really go out much."

"Good!" Naruto chirped, grabbing Sasuke's hang and dragging him down the street."Then I'll show you all the great places in Konoha."

"Hn. Konoha, great? I highly doubt there are such places in this town."

Naruto grinned widely, "You've never experienced Konoha with me."

"You cheated!" Naruto screeched, gapping at the arcade screen in front of him. His virtual ninja character lay face down on the virtual floor, while Sasuke's stood, arms crossed, smirking at character he had just beat up.

"How could I cheat if I've never played this game before today?" Sasuke questioned, raising an eyebrow.

For the last two hours the boys had been playing some ninja fighting game at the arcade Naruto had lead Sasuke to. Every round Sasuke would win, which caused Naruto's resilience to grow and challenge him to another match, which was slowly driving Sasuke insane.

"One more match!"

The Uchiha exhaled loudly, "Please no. I'll acknowledge you as the ultimate ninja arcade fighter is we go somewhere else."

"Aw, one more."

'Damn his stupid eyes puppy dog eyes. They make him look so cute. No, resist!' "Anything else, please."

"Oh, fine", Naruto pouted, stomping his foot on the floor.

He's so cute.

'You said you'd go away.'

But---

A loud clap broke Sasuke's inner conversation. He stared down at Naruto, who still had his hands pressed together, eyes gleaming, a little smirk playing on his lips.

"I know where to go. No complaining, okay", now Naruto had full grin.

You're in trouble Uchiha.

"Come on", the dressed up blonde was dragging him again in a direction he had never been before.

"No."

"You said anything else."

"I didn't think that you'd bring me here!" Sasuke's voice was hitting a new octave as he pointed at the new place Naruto had brought them to. "I'm not going in there."

"Aw, please. Just one song; for me.", Naruto's blue eyes pleaded at Sasuke, slowing breaking him.

Give in! It'll make him happy.

'No!' "I'm not going to sing karaoke." Blue eyes started to tear slightly, adding more shine to the beautiful blue pupils. 'Crap.' His resolve could be heard breaking into a million pieces. "One song." Sasuke held up one finger to indicate his point. "Then I pick the next place we go to."

Naruto perked up and started walking into the building. "Okay!"

It only took a few minutes for the boys to get an empty room. And soon they were standing in a fairly clean, cube shaped room. The room was furnished like a plain living room. There was a three seat beige couch against the wall, in the middle of the room was a square coffee table, some unidentifiable green plant in the corner, attached to wall was a phone to order food and drinks, a window over looking the city, and of course the black karaoke machine; complete with a small screen, speakers and two microphones.

Naruto smiled his signature fox grin, picked up a microphone, threw it to Sasuke, and plopped down on the couch.

"Sing to me. Sasuke."

Said boy glared at the microphone in his hand, then back to his date. "You first. I was your idea." He threw the microphone back to Naruto, who caught it easily.

"Fine. Fine."

Naruto stood up for dramatic affect, as Sasuke sat down on the couch and eyed him. Soon a guitar rift was playing throughout the room. The blue eyed boy too a deep breath, closed his eyes and began to sing.

Baby, I wanna be your girl
Baby, all I need is you

Even though you're with me so much now
Even though you love me this much now

Time isn't on my side
I can't be your girlfriend

Again and again I thought I was okay with that
I'm sharing you with somebody else, but
Again and again I cry knowing I don't want that, "(I wanna) be your girl"
Even if it's a lie, even if it's just for my peace of mind, tell me I'm the only one

It hurts when the anesthesia of your kiss wears off
Are you leaving already?

Telling myself it would be cowardly to cry her
I'm gritting my teeth and holding myself back

Come on, please
You're the only one inside me
Tell me I'm the only one you love
There's just one thing I want, I simply want all of you

I won't run away from the world waiting ahead on this path
I want to see for myself where it leads
Even if I get hurt even more than I have already, "I'm gonna be your girl"
There's no way you can stop me, because this is the way I feel

Baby, I wanna be your girl
Baby, all I need is you

The song ended and Naruto began to laugh sheepishly. "Hehe, I don't sing a lot. Your turn Sasuke."

He handed over the microphone to a wide eyes Uchiha, who was holding his breath.

'Wow...he's amazing..."

You're screwed. I've heard you sing in the shower when nobody is home and it's...not pretty.

"Come on", Naruto whined, nudging Sasuke forward. "I sang now you have to."

"But your voice is amazing", the Uchiha stated bluntly, after turning to Naruto, which caused the blonde to blush deeply.

" 'One song' that's what you said", he mumbled softly. "Please sing."

Sighing, the Uchiha stood up, took a breath and began to sing; badly. Every high note Sasuke tried to hit made Naruto cringe. The blonde's face scrunched up from the almost deafening singing coming from Sasuke. It hurt his ears severely, but he never said a word of complaint. He knew that Sasuke was trying his best and he wasn't about to tear the boy down. Especially since he had begged him to do something the other originally didn't want to do.

Yes, Sasuke knew he sounded horrible. He knew he would probably deafen Naruto with his singing, but he had promised one song. And if the blonde wanted to hear him sing , then he was going to make this performance unforgettable.

'Is it possible to lose your hearing from your own voice?'

I hope not. Our ears, they're dying!

After three and a half minutes of singing, the song finally ended and both boys thanked god that it was over. Naruto clapped weakly as Sasuke glared at him, slightly pissed from being humiliated.

He thought you sucked too.

"Happy now?"

"Aw, come on Sasuke. You weren't that bad."

"Lying is a bad habit to get in to."

Naruto angrily mumbled something that vaguely sounded like, "I was trying to be nice. Don't have to bite my head off, jerk."

The Uchiha sighed, walked over to Naruto, leaned down and pecked him lightly on the bridge of his nose as an apology. The blonde giggled and wrapped his arms around the back of the Uchiha's neck, pulling his down into a proper kiss, so that he was bending over as Naruto leaned up. Their kiss was soft, more like a brush of lips, that only lasted for about a minute.

Soon the need for air caused them to break apart, but both refused to break eye contact with the other one. Both of them could feel the other's breath, hearts beating in sync as coal eyes stared into blue ones and vice versa. Neither one of them wanted to be the one to break the moment, but the day was dragging on. Slowly, using the hold Naruto had on his neck, Sasuke lifted the other boy off the couch and into his arms.

"We should go", Sasuke whispered softly.

"Okay."

"Sasuke I'm scared", Naruto whined, burying his face into Sasuke's shoulder, hugging his arm tight enough to cut off the circulation. "Why did you want to see this movie?"

"It's not that scary", Sasuke said calmly as the big screen showed a women, with pure white skin and crazy black hair, stab a poor unsuspecting teenager in the shoulder, then in the leg, and finally in the crotch. The speakers on the side of the theater broad casted blood wrenching screams at full volume as the victim died, causing Naruto to whimper like a abandoned dog. The Uchiha lightly patted his date on the head to calm him down.

"Liar", Naruto accused, his body trembling. "I hate you."

"Now what did I say about lying?"

The ravened haired boy freed his arm from Naruto's grasp, encircling it around his shoulders, pulling Naruto into his chest. "Don't worry, if the ghost from the movie come after you I'll protect you."

"No you won't. You'll leave me to save your own ass."

Lovingly, Sasuke tilted Naruto's chin up from his chest, so that he could get a good look at his date's face in the dark. They stared intensely at one another for the second time that day before Sasuke broke the silence.

"No matter what, I promise to never leave you", he whispered before closing the distance between them.

You better mean that, Uchiha.

'I do...'

Sunsets are beautiful. The mix of the neon orange and yellow blending into the different shades of pink and lavender coloring the sky. The cool breeze blowing, causing the bangs of Naruto's dark wigs to sway in front of his eyes.

Naruto was smiling. Though Sasuke wasn't sure if it was because of the serene feeling emanating of the grassy field atop a hill where they were or if it was because Naruto was using his chest as a pillow as the brunette stroked one of his pigtails, which surprisingly felt like real hair. He hoped it was the latter because that was the reason he was smiling.

Sasuke could feel the rise and fall of the other's chest. He liked Naruto better this way; calm, quiet, relaxed. This demeanor suited him.

'Though I'd prefer if he wasn't wearing the wig', Sasuke mussed to himself. 'He looks better when he's dressed like himself, but he's adorable regardless.'

Naruto shifted, moving his hand across the Uchiha's chest, and rested his chin on Sasuke's collarbone. He smiled as he stared at the boy beneath him, confirming Sasuke's earlier thoughts about the cause of his smile.

"Naruto..." Sasuke breathed out, reaching to stroke other boy's cheek, causing blue eyes to widened in fear.

Bad move, Uchiha.

"I have to go", Naruto whispered, getting to his feet and breaking into a sprint.

Don't let him go.

"Shit. Naruto, wait!" he called out and ran after the other boy. 'Good thing I'm faster than him.'

In a few seconds, Naruto was jerked backwards as he felt someone grab his elbow. He turned around and locked eyes with desperate Sasuke, who was breathing heavily; trying to catch his breath. Naruto frowned and tried to jerk his arm free of the Uchiha's grip, with no avail.

"Uchiha, let go!" he growled out dangerously.

"Why are you running away from me?" Naruto could hear the hurt tone in his voice.

"Because I can, so there jackass!"

"Dobe, that's not a good enough reason. Tell me why and I'll let go", Sasuke said calmly, bringing his hand up to stroke Naruto's cheek. Concealer rubbing off on his hand, revealing Naruto's whisker marks.

"Because...you hate me", he whispered, avoiding Sasuke's gaze. "Happy now?!"

Sasuke frowned down at the boy in front of him.

"Baka", he pulled a struggling Naruto in a full embrace; but avoiding to touch the boy with the hand that was cover with concealer. "I said I wouldn't leave you." He looked Naruto in the face. "And I meant that."

Naruto blushed lightly, pulled out a tissue from his pocket and started to clean the make up from Sasuke's hand then from his cheeks; eyes never leaving the Uchiha's. He was searching for any sarcasm on his face, but only found sincerity. He sighed lightly and wrapped his arms around Sasuke's neck. The two shared a light kiss before Naruto pulled back.

"If you're lying to me, I'll never forgive you."

Sasuke smiled and kissed Naruto on the forehead. "I'm not. I want to be with you."

"You'd better. But if you are lying, Gaara is going to kick your ass."

AN: Ah, 3965 words. That's by far the longest chapter I've ever written, so appreciate it damn it! Hope you liked. I made this one super long because I know I'm going to be lazy and not update as quickly. I had a hard time deciding on most of the scenes and I'm fairly happy with the results. They seemed rushed to me and could be better, but it took me a long time to write this chapter and I'm not going to revise it now.

And the song that Naruto sang was "Be Your Girl" lyrics by: Hinata Megumi . Composed by: Katou Daisuke. Sung by: Kawabe Chieco. It was the ending theme to Elfen Lied.