Naruto: -glares at Ino- what the heck was that? That was just friggin filler!!

Ino: no it wasn't… but… but… but… it was a gewd chapter!

Sasuke: Naruto's right, that chapter sucked

Ino: well you know what? YOU SUCK

Sasuke: no, that's Naruto's job

Naruto: SASUKE BASTARD!!

Sasuke: you know you love it

Naruto: TT

Ino:... oooooo-k… just don't kill each other will ya? I need you guys for the next chapter which by the way is coming your way!!

Chapter 6: Ramen For Breakfast

Sasuke and Naruto were walking, side by side, away from the Hokage's office. Tsunade leaned her head out of the window of her office, she was shouting threats at them, demanding an explanation, but in the end she was powerless to make them tell (mostly she got tired and gave up, knowing Sakura would fill her in when she woke up).

Naruto's stomach growled loudly, loud enough for Sasuke to hear. Sasuke glanced at Naruto who blushed slightly and looked down at his feet. Sasuke rolled his eyes "if you're hungry, we should get something to eat Naru-Chan."

Naruto scowled at Sasuke; though his stomach was painfully empty, he was too proud to take orders from the raven haired boy. "I'm not hungry" he growled, "and stop calling me Naru-Chan Sasuke teme!" Sasuke lowered his eyes and let out a disbelieving che, Naruto turned his head in the opposite direction and pouted in the "manliest" way possible.

Naruto's stomach let out another loud growl and the blond looked down frowning. "Not hungry are you? Naru-Chan?" Sasuke smirked victoriously as a pale blush flashed across Naruto's cheeks and quickly disappear; the blond's face was an amusing mixture of embarrassment and anger.

"I told you to stop calling me that Sasuke-Bastard!!" Naruto nearly shouted, Sasuke frowned at the fuming blond.

"Alright dobe, will you calm down if I treat you to breakfast?" Sasuke was still frowning, but Naruto's face lit up.

"Can we go to Ichiraku Ramen?!"

"Dobe! We had ramen for dinner last night!"

Naruto pouted a bit, just enough to change Sasuke's mind "but we had Uchiha Ramen, not Ichiraku Ramen…" Sasuke's brow furrowed in defeat, he sighed and agreed. Naruto was ecstatic to say the least; he nearly jumped for joy, but settled for embracing Sasuke in a big hug. "You're the best Sasuke-Kun" he hummed happily in Sasuke's ear.

It's good to be the best Sasuke thought to himself patting Naruto gently on the back.

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"One extra large miso ramen and two pairs of chopsticks" Naruto loudly placed his order as he took a seat at the bar. Sasuke hesitated nervously, but ducked under the awning and took a seat next to the blond.

"You've got quite the appetite this morning haven't you Naruto?" Ichiraku chuckled as he dried a drinking glass with a towel. "Who's your friend?" he asked nodding toward Sasuke who just barely managed to restrain himself from shooting the old man a dirty look. The Uchiha felt a flash of possessiveness galvanize his senses and he narrowed his eyes at Ichiraku thinking that's boyfriend to you.

Naruto nudged Sasuke with his elbow to make him quit glaring at the old man. "This is Sasuke, he's a ninja like me, we've been on the same squad together since the academe." The introduction was short, but Sasuke figured Naruto knew what to say to Ichiraku better than he did.

Ichiraku soon placed a large seaming bowl of ramen between the two boys and handed them each a pair of chopsticks. "Mmmm! Ittadakimasu!" Naruto declared before breaking apart his chopsticks and plunging them into the ramen. Sasuke did the same; taking neater bites of the ramen and being careful not to splash the soup.

Naruto was slurping happily at the noodles, when he felt the noodles pull back. Three of the noodles that Naruto had hanging from his mouth, were also hanging from Sasuke's mouth. The two glanced at each other, holding one another's gaze for what seemed like an awkward eternity. A pale blush tainted the Uchiha's face, but Naruto narrowed his eyes challengingly as the corners of his lips bent into a smirk. Naruto slurped hard on the noodles, attempting to take them from Sasuke's mouth, but to his surprise, Sasuke's head followed the noodles until their lips pressed together. Naruto's smirk vanished. That bastard changed the rules on me! He mentally kicked himself for falling into the raven's trap, but there was no turning back once the challenge had been accepted.

Naruto opened his mouth and pressed it against Sasuke's lips, forcing his tongue into the other's maw. The two muscles clashed, writhing in a struggle for dominance. The blond fisted his hands in Sasuke's hair and tilted his head sideways to get a better angle.

All too soon the battle was over; Naruto pulled his head back with a victorious grin and a mouth full of ramen. Sasuke leaned back, using the back of his hand to wipe the saliva from the corner of his mouth. The Uchiha had a dumbstruck look on his face, like he couldn't believe Naruto had bested him. The hair on the back of his neck began to rise and his eyes grew wide. The raven looked around the restaurant and noticed that Ichiraku was staring at them with what seemed to be an appalled grimace plastered across his face. His daughter in the background did her best to suppress a nosebleed with a fist full of napkins, but to no avail.

Finally the old man worked up the courage to speak. "Naruto, you're one of my best costomers and all, but I can't let you eat in here if you are going to behave like that; it's bad for business. I'm going to have to ask you and your friend to leave, and not to come back together…" He trailed off as Sasuke shot him a fierce glare, his sharingan activated for a brief moment. He grabbed the wrist of a horror stricken Naruto, coaxing him to his feet and out of the restaurant, despite the muffled protests of Ichiraku's daughter.

Naruto was like a zombie, led blindly by the raven haired boy. The blond's mouth was agape and his eyes resembled those of a deer before it is smeared across the highway by a speeding semi truck. All at once it seemed to sink in; tears welled up in his eyes and fell down his cheeks as he blinked.

"Naruto…" Sasuke began.

"Shut Up! This is ALL your FAULT!!" Naruto shouted, tearing his wrist from Sasuke's grasp.

"Naruto… I…" Sasuke tried to comfort the blond, he placed one hand on Naruto's shoulder and used the other to wipe away his tears.

"NO!!" Naruto cried, shoving the raven back. Sasuke was caught off balance and fell backwards, landing hard on his ass. Naruto dashed off in the direction of the park hands hiding the tears that were falling from his eyes, wanting noting more than to escape life.

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"THEY WHAT?!" Tsunade demanded, slamming her hands down on her desk, nearly upsetting a bottle of sake.

"I opened the door to Sasuke's room and there they were… naked… together… in Sasuke's bed… Sasuke had his hand on Naruto's…"

"I DON'T WANNA HEAR IT!!" Tsunade cut off the end of Sakura's statement, covering her ears with her hands. However, as soon as she lowered her hands, Sakura finished her report anyway. Tsunade covered her face with her hands in exasperation; sometimes Sakura was too 

devout to the code of conduct when delivering a mission report. The code states that no detail shall be spared as it may be of use in the future.

Kakashi let out a sigh, "I should have seen this coming…" he mused from behind the mask. "Do you want me to go keep an eye on them Tsunade-Sama?" Tsunade grinned, she enjoyed handing out assignments to her ninja because she got to use her 'important' voice.

"Hatake Kakashi! You are hereby assigned to the observation of Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto! You are to report directly back to me if you can find out anything regarding their current relationship status!"

Kakashi chuckled embarrassedly, "Yes Hokage-Sama." He was beaming through his mask, the only sign of happiness he gave was what appeared to be a wink form his one visible eye before he vanished in a cloud of smoke.

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Sasuke felt a deep qualm (5) as he searched for the blond. He had really done it this time. 'How was I supposed to know Ichiraku was such a bigot?' he thought to himself 'it's not like I ever really met the guy before…' But thinking excuses only made him feel worse; blaming it on someone else wasn't going to fix anything. He spied the spiky blond hair of Naruto behind a tree near a shallow creek that cut the park in half.

Sasuke approached slowly, making sure Naruto realized he was there and could choose whether or not to acknowledge him. He squatted to the left of the blond. Naruto had his knees tucked to his chest and his arms wrapped around them with his head hidden in the middle. He was obviously crying, but the only sound he made was soft whimpering and gasps for air between whines.

"Naruto…" Sasuke tried to get his attention gently, but the dobe refused to respond. Sasuke grabbed the blond's shoulder and used the tips of his fingers on the other hand to lift his chin up. Naruto's eyes were red with crying. "Naruto, tell me this…" Naruto jerked his head to free it from Sasuke's fingers, but didn't bury it in his knees again. "Do you really love ramen more than me?"

Notes:

(5) qualm: a sickening feeling of guilt or remorse

Sorry for the uber late chappy… as my amazing beta can vouch for me… life caught up with me… (life is an evil bitch who caries handcuffs and a ridding whip)… and fucked me shitless… but Doodle Lover gets extra cookies for being awesome and stuff (:)(:)(:)(:)(:) 5 cookies (0w0)… and now I will fall asleep because it's like 2:20 am and I am friggin tired… irhraih… that's where my head hit the keyboard as I fell asleep… hope you liked…