Laura: Oh yeah! Its back! See? I told you it wasn't goodbye ;D Now that "A Blast From The Past" is officially over, all my attention will be focused on this story! This is the experimental chapter meaning I'm only going to continue this if I get a few reviews saying you still want more. When I first started writing for this story again I felt like my soul was slowly being sucked out of my body v.v Yes. it was that hard... But after awhile I got back into it and it wasn't so hard anymore. I wasn't really sure where I was taking this story but I've got it all figured out now. All that's left is writing it out. Well, I hope I haven't left you waiting too long and I REALLY hope that you like this chapter and won't be disappointed. READ ON MY LOVELIES!

DISCLAIMER: I don't own Naruto...

Naruto: Hey Sasuke! Do you know Tai jutsu? Because your body is kicking!

Sasuke: That was just sad...

Naruto: I know...

Naruto POV

"Hey handsome." I tried to hide my cringe at the sound of her voice. "Temari." I responded flatly. She smiled at me then walked over to my side and touched my elbow in a flirtatious manner. "How's Sasuke doing?" Why would she even care? She's always picking on him. I stared at her for a minute before, very obviously, side stepping away from her. "He's fine." Temari frowned at hearing my annoyed tone of voice. "Oh come on baby, give me a chance. I'm trying to help you." I raised an eye brow at her doubtfully. "I find that very hard to believe. And don't call me baby." I added as an after thought. Temari pouted at me, I'm assuming she was trying to be cute. Key word trying. "Why are you so mean to me?"

"Because you pick on my best friend." I said with an accusing glare. Temari sighed then once again leaned against my car, conveniently right in front of the driver's door. "Look, I just wanted to warn you that there are some nasty rumours going around about you." I considered the possibility of just body checking her out of the way but my curiosity got the best of me... Temari smiled when she noticed I made no attempt to leave. "People think that you're gay. It's all over the school, and what's worse, they think you're gay with that so-called best friend of yours." I was only partly shocked at hearing this. I knew eventually people would start noticing how I act around Sasuke, but I honestly didn't think anyone would care. They all knew how close he and I were and they knew he was gay... but, then again, people would pick on him for being gay.

It pissed me off because Neji was openly Bi and yet everyone still worshiped him because he was popular. Teenagers are so shallow. "Anyway, I just thought I should warn you." Damn my curious nature... "Why?" Temari smirked as she stood back up. She started circling me like an animal and I started to regret not body checking her when I had the chance. "You're a good looking guy and you're pretty popular. If a rumour is going on about a popular kid, how do you think that makes the rest of us look? Us populares have got to stick together, right?"

I looked at her absolutely dumbfounded. Was she serious? Is that really what these so-called 'popular' people worry about? I swear I'm surrounded by complete and utter idiots. Temari must have sensed my disbelief. "Look, say what you want but we're all a family." I scoffed loudly at that and rolled my eyes. "We need to protect our reputation."

"You guys are honestly unbelievable." Finally getting annoyed with me, Temari stood in front of me and rounded her shoulders, trying to look as intimidating as possible. "Just clear up the rumour and everything will go back to the way it was." Now that I was actually thinking about the reason for all of this I realized I didn't know what to do about it. I'm not ashamed for who I am or who I love, but high school could be cruel. And I wasn't just worried about me. Openly admitting my feelings could also put Sasuke in harm's way. I could never forgive myself if he was bullied because of me. Of course I didn't have to say anything I didn't want to to this bimbo but, then again, if I don't say anything it would pretty much confirm the rumour. When I couldn't provide her with a response, Temari gave me a flirty smile and leaned up to whisper in my ear. "If you want, I could help you show people just how straight you are."

I immediately grabbed her shoulders and shoved her back at arm's length. "I'd rather have my eyeballs gouged out by a hot spoon." Temari gasped at me like she was actually surprised I would turn her down. "Excuse me?!" She screeched. "Besides," I smirked as I got into the driver's seat of my car. "I don't know where you've been. You're probably full of diseases." I left an opened mouth, gaping Temari in the parking lot as I drove away. I would probably never hear the end of this from my fellow classmates but come on, someone needed to tell her off, and I was happy to do it.

Now, I just need to figure out what to do about the rumours, not to mention the whole Sasuke thing... Feeling at a lose, I grabbed the old, flip screen cell phone out of my pocket and sent a text to my sister. My Dad had given me one of his old phones a few days ago because he refused to pay for a brand new one if I was just going to, and I quote: "Throw it at the god damn wall like a crazy person!"... I figured if anyone could help me out with all of this it would be Sakura. I can't wait to see the look on her face when I tell her that I not only confessed to Sasuke, butkissed him as well... She is going to flip shit.

I need your help. -Naruto

I'm sorry... What was that? -Sakura

I said I need your help...? -Naruto

Finally, the time has come... MUAHAHAHAAAA be prepared to get helped SOO hard! -Sakura

Why do we have to be related…? -Naruto

Because our parents fucked. -Sakura

WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU!? YOU ALMOST MADE ME CRASH! -Naruto

THEN STOP TEXTING AND DRIVING YOU DUMB ASS! -Sakura

THEN DON'T TALK ABOUT OUR PARENTS HAVING SEX! -Naruto

Once I got home Sakura was on me in a matter of seconds, like literally, she jumped on my back. "Tell me tell me tell meee! What's going on?"

"You know I'd really appreciate it if you would stop jumping on me. When I grow up my spine is probably going to be all screwed up." Sakura let out an exaggerated sigh as she hopped off me and came to the front of my body to face me. "So what do you need help with?" I flung my back pack onto a nearby chair as I made my way into the living room. Sakura was practically stepping on my heels as she followed. I flopped down on the couch and watched amused as my sister quickly sat down next to me, the anxious and curious look never leaving her face. "Well?!" She shouted, becoming more and more impatient.

I sighed as I leaned back into the couch and put a hand behind my head, trying to get comfortable. "To start it off I may as well tell you I'm gay." Sakura showed no signs of shock at all which didn't surprise me one bit. She had been implying it for a while now anyway. "Yeah, I know." Okay, that's one thing down. Now to tackle the rest. "I've recently been informed that the entire school is talking about it." Sakura's eye brows scrunched up in confusion. "How would any one else know? I mean you haven't even told your best friends yet, right?"

"I guess it's because of the way I act around Sasuke..." Understanding slowly spread across my sister's face. She covered her mouth as she giggled at me. "I guess those idiots finally got a clue, huh?" Pfft... Yeah, they're not the only ones... I smiled at her briefly but it didn't reach my eyes. Sakura noticed this and narrowed her eyes at me suspiciously as she leaned closer. "You're not telling me something." It wasn't a question. I sighed before scratching at the back of my head awkwardly. I tried to keep my voice as calm as possible as I spoke to her. "I may have... possibly... confessed my feelings to Sasuke?" I quickly shut my eyes and waited for the explosion. Seconds passed and I started to feel very confused. She's not going to flip out? She's not going to attack me like usual? Not even a retarded looking happy dance? This was too strange...

I slowly opened my eyes and looked over at my sister, however my vision was quickly blurred as a blue object hit me right in the face. I could tell by the feeling that it was a pillow. So this is how its gonna be, huh? I glared over at my sister who glared right back. "You're only telling me this now?!"

"It just happened this morning!"

"This morning?! It never accrued to you that instead of trying to scare me half to death you could have been telling meyou told Sasuke you loved him?!" I quickly blocked as another swing that was aimed at my face. "You had all damn day to tell me! What is wrong with you?!"

"I wasn't exactly in the mood to discuss it, thank you very much!" After one more failed attempt at slaughtering me with the pillow, Sakura let out an annoyed sighed then pushed me on the shoulder. There wasn't much force behind it. "Well why not?" She huffed irritably. I frowned as I recalled the incident from this morning. "After I kissed him he just-" WHACK. "Would you stop doing that?! It may be a pillow but you're stronger than you look!"

"You kissed him?!" I quickly put my hand over her mouth then checked around the room to make sure no one was listening. "You wanna yell that a little louder?! I'd rather not have our parents getting involved in my love life!" Sakura glared at me and tried to mumble something through my hand. I rolled my eyes before pulling my hand away from her mouth. She could be so dramatic sometimes. "What happened." I smirked at her. "Will you let me finish before freaking out?" She quickly nodded her head. "Okay... Basically we woke up this morning and I confessed. After I told him I loved him, he was talking as if he didn't deserve to be with me or something ridicules like that."

Sakura frowned at this. "He doubted that I really loved him so I..." I cleared my throat awkwardly as Sakura's eyes grew wide with anticipation. It was incredibly awkward talking about my first gay kiss with my sister, even though she's always in my business, this kind of thing is just weird... I decided I needed to man up a bit, so I rounded my shoulders then turned to face her head on. "I kissed him." Sakura's glare slowly turned into a full-blown grin and she giggled happily. "Aww you're blushing!" Dammit... So much for being a man. I frowned as she moved in closer, completely ignoring my personal space. "How was it? Was it sweet and passionate? Or wild and rough? Was there tongue involved?!" A disgusted look came over my face as she continued to go on. "Did you cop a feel? Did he?! Did you do the dirt-"

I quickly covered her mouth again before she could say what I thought she was going to say. Scratch that, I knew what she was going to say. "First of all, you're disgusting. I'm your brother for god sakes! Second, it's none of your business. And third... The first one..." Sakura beamed at me before practically jumping in my lap and hugging me. "I'm so happy for you! I can't believe this is finally happening…! Wait!" Sakura pushed back on my shoulders quickly so she could see my less then enthusiastic face. "Why aren't you happy? You should be happy." I frowned at her as she sat back down next to me. "I told you, Sasuke is having a really hard time believing that I love him, which I don't understand at all. I mean does he really think that little of himself?"

Sakura thought about what I said for a moment before pouting and staring at the ground. "Well, he never did have much self confidence... This is so sad... What are you going to do?" I shrugged my shoulders helplessly before sinking further back into the couch. "I don't know, that's why I need your help." Sakura frowned as I started to give her my best puppy dog look. "You'll help your big brudder, won't you? My darling sister whom I love with all my heart."

"Naruto, this is your responsibility. He's yourtrue love, not mine. Don't you want to do this yourself?" I crossed my arms stubbornly before turning away from her and glaring at my feet. "Of course I do! But I'm clueless when it comes to romance! I flat out told him that I loved him and he ran away from me... Again! What am I doing wrong?!" Sakura put her hand on my shoulder and started to rub in small circles trying to comfort me.

"You didn't do anything wrong... Maybe you should try again, but do something big. I mean the bigger the better, right?" I considered her words but I was still clueless. What 'big thing' could I do to make him understand? Wasn't randomly kissing him big enough? Maybe we just need to talk this out. I mean that's how we always worked out our problems in the past. One of us would eventually break then go to the other person to talk and work it out. But something was telling me that just talking about it wouldn't be enough... Fuck! This is so confusing! Why does love have to be so complicated? Can't two people just say 'I love you' and then be together without anything bad happening?! Is that seriously too much to ask? Apparently so... Curse you cupid!

"Naruto?"

"Hmm?"

"You okay…?"

"Oh, uh, yeah... Anyway, you think I need to make a grand gesture of love, huh?" Sakura shrugged. "Something like that. As for the rumours, well... If you get together with Sasuke you're going to have to get used to them and not be ashamed."

"I am not ashamed." I said seriously. Sakura smiled at this and nodded her head in approval. "Good. That's my big brother." Sakura abruptly stood up from the couch and yawned as she stretched her arms out behind her. I frowned as she started to make her way out of the living room. "You're just gonna leave me?!" I shouted just as she was about to disappear into the hallway. Sakura turned back and smiled at me. "You've got a lot of thinking to do. Besides, I have a shit tone of homework to do." I glared at her as she threw me a peace sign then walked out of my sight. I stood up quickly then shouted at her angrily. "Thanks for the help!"

"You're welcome!"

"I was being sarcastic!"

Sasuke POV

I was currently sitting on the couch in my living room with my Father standing in front of me with his arms crossed over his chest and my Mother sitting in the chair next to me, fidgeting her fingers nervously. Neither of them had spoken a word since they called me downstairs to chat. I was honestly terrified at first but now I wish they would just get it over with. This waiting was torturing me. "Sasuke." My Fathers voice had startled me, causing me to jump slightly. "I'm glad you told Kakashi." It didn't seem like he was done talking so I kept my mouth shut and waited for him to continue. "I wish you would have told me but I suppose it doesn't matter anymore..." I frowned as I heard the disappointment and hurt in my Fathers voice. "Dad you know why I couldn't..." He nodded his head once to show he understood.

I once again closed my mouth and waited. "As you probably know we can't just throw him in jail, but we can file a restraining order against him. It'll protect you out of school and you'll have friends at school to watch over you. That Hyuga may be scum but he's not stupid. I don't think he would try anything at school." Hearing this made me feel a little more relaxed and I nodded my head. "That sounds good." I'll still have to get over my fear of seeing him all the time but this will definitely make me feel safer outside of school. There was another short pause before my Mum cleared her throat, grabbing my attention quickly. I turned to her and was a little surprised to see she was smiling at me. It wasn't one of her warm heartfelt smiles but it was still a smile. "Well, I'm glad that's taken care of."

I watched her curiously as she stood up from her chair rather cheerfully and exchanged a look with my Dad. "If that's all, then we should go out! We can have a nice dinner somewhere and just relax. Doesn't that sound nice Fugaku?" I didn't miss the strange look my Mum kept giving my Dad. It seemed like whatever silent message she was trying to send finally made it to my Father. He cleared his throat before smiling over at me. I could tell it was forced. "What about it son? Do you mind spending a little quality time with your old folks?" I stared at them blankly. Did they honestly think I didn't know what was going on? They were trying to forget about the whole thing or at least pretend to forget about the whole thing so I wouldn't be so stressed about Neji...

For the first time in a long while I felt happy, completely and genuinely happy. Words couldn't express how good it made me feel to have my parent's just stop talking about it and let it go. I had spent so much time stressing over this talk with them but I really had nothing to worry about. I knew they still cared but I appreciated them keeping quiet about it. I just wanted to forget the whole thing and I'm hoping I'll be able too, even if it's just for one night. I slowly blinked a few times before smiling up at my parents. "I would love that." My Mum smiled back at me lovingly and my Father nodded before heading to the door and grabbing his jacket. "Well, let's get going."

I jumped off the couch and hurried up to my room to grab my coat. Just as I was about to leave my room I paused, feeling my cell phone sway in my jacket pocket. I suddenly had a strong urge to text Naruto and tell him what was going on but anxiety was holding me back. He probably hates me for running away from him again... What is wrong with me? Why can't I just tell him how I feel? They always make it seem so easy in the movies but in reality it's practically impossible! He's my best friend so it's going to be weird no matter what, and what if we actually do get together and then we break up? Our entire friendship would be ruined! Is it really worth the risk…?

My head was telling me no, but my heart... I gathered up all my courage and pulled my phone out of my pocket and typed a quick message. I took a deep breath before hitting 'send.' After I was done I ran down the stairs, two at a time, and smiled at parents who were waiting by the door. "Alright, let's go!" They both smiled at me then started making their way out of the front door. For now I just need to relax and clear my head. Maybe I'll figure out what to do about Naruto later, and if not I'll just have to sit down and think real hard about it... Yeah, everything will be fine.

I think my Neji problem is solved. -Sasuke (6:24 pm)

Why?! What happened?! -Naruto (6:25 pm)

Sasuke? -Naruto (6:52 pm)

My Dad is getting me a restraining order against him -Sasuke (7:48 pm)

That's great! -Naruto (7:51 pm)

Yeah, it is... I think things are finally starting to turn around for me... -Sasuke (7:54 pm)

Sasuke I'm really glad to hear that but... we need to talk. -Naruto (8:00 pm)

Yeah, I know... Soon. I'll see you tomorrow, okay? -Sasuke (8:06 pm)

Definitely. Goodnight Sasuke. -Naruto (8:07 pm)

Goodnight. -Sasuke (8:08 pm)

Laura: Ight so that was the experimental chapter! I will be anxiously awaiting your reviews telling me if it's still worth continuing. Like I said before, I know how I want to end this story so its all up to you guys. :S Hope this wasn't a big waste of your time. XD Thanks for reading!

Sasuke: I love Naruto and Sakura's brother sister relationship. It makes me kinda jealous... All Itachi ever does is poke me in the forehead T.T

Laura: All siblings are annoying. Just like when I was little my older brother would torment me until I cried... but it was all out of love, ehehehehe ehhh... If they didn't care they wouldn't bug ya, right? XD

Naruto: *Wishing he wasn't an only child*

Laura: Aww honey :} *Hugs*