A/N: DAAAAMMMMMN! Another chapter! I am really turning this out! lol! I hope you guys love me enough to not kill me for ending it where I did. Tehe...-Spoiler!- XD lol! Well just gotta say that those reviews got me super motivated, this one was surprisingly easy to write...-nod nod- So ENJOY! Tell me WHATEVER you think about it! .
Disclaimer: Oh please don't tell me I don't own Naruto, just let me live in fantasy for as long as possible!
The Story So Far: There was time spent in the forest, there was time spent with teammates, and this is possibly the very reason why Iruka feels he must talk with Sasuke...
Warnings: SASUKE TALKS:O ...okay moving on...Shonen-Ai (Dur people, SasukexNaruto and well...KakashixIruka!) erm...Swearing, but come on do I have to explain that one? Oh and there is the utter abuse and disrespect of the italics button -nod nod-, just so you know...
Chapter 11
On the eighth day the teenagers of Team Seven came stumbling through the door in all their bruised and tired glory. Iruka gave them a warm welcome with hugs for Sakura and Naruto. Sasuke earned himself a handshake thus far, and a nice smile. They sort of just took the hugs gave half hearted smiles and headed for their rooms. After all that time in the forest, sleeping on the ground (even after getting a blanket on it the stupid dirt was rock hard!), and training day in and day out with each other really made them happy to see a soft bed.
The week out in the forest had defiantly strengthened their team dynamics, or so Kakashi observed, because now when they walked passed each other there was this sort of way that they moved that made it obvious that they knew what each member was thinking and acted accordingly. Apparently it had been a bigger success than what Sakura implied with her sunny smile and short and sweet comments when asked about it. Kakashi also noticed that steadily Sasuke was saying more than just 'Hn' and was actually responding well to Naruto now. But that last part was bound to happen sooner or later, the two couldn't help themselves with a little bit of indulgence in the other. Not anything romantic, just stealing time from them was a better way to put it, Kakashi corrected with a tap of his finger against his masked chin.
Yes, Iruka told him about how they found them during the winter weather rescue. Yes, Kakashi did think about how things were changing. But, did he really think about those changes? No, not one bit. He knew that Sasuke and Naruto would do as they pleased no matter what the world was telling them and they would fight and yell and then do something so profoundly amazing for the other that the world would stare in all its speechlessness.
It was this exact attitude that landed him in front of Naruto, begging the awkward silence be broken by Naruto's random need to say something…
The second day Team Seven got back for their little adventure Iruka knew that he needed to talk to Sasuke. Not only was their palpable tension of all sorts around him and Naruto, but from what he understood he had never received that sort of guidance. He had no one there to give him this speech when he was still in Konoha and Orochimaru more than likely twisted this topic if he ever did talk to Sasuke about it and Iruka took it upon his shoulders to give Sasuke this talk. The only reason he chose Sasuke instead of Naruto? Well, the reason was because he knew that in this talk he could also assert some sort of authority over Sasuke, and possibly instill fear in his heart with his fatherly like attitude.
The only reason Iruka was taking so long was because he wasn't sure how to approach Sasuke with a talk of this 'nature'. Yeah, it needed to be done, and yes Iruka's convictions would make him do it sooner or later. But no, he wasn't sure as how he was supposed to bring this up to Sasuke since Naruto and more recently Sakura were the only people he responded well to. When he asked Kakashi how to talk to Sasuke Kakashi smiled at the chunin's nervousness and tucked away his porn for a moment.
"You have to be straight forward with Sasuke otherwise he won't give you the time of day," Kakashi told him with a smirk playing in his eyes.
Iruka nodded in that way that he did when he was jotting down notes in his head. Kakashi couldn't help but chuckle at him. Sometimes Iruka was far too cute for his own good. He grabbed the back of Iruka's neck and pulled down his mask to kiss him softly.
Kakashi smiled at him with his naked face, "You will be just fine I promise. Even though Sasuke has a superiority complex the size of the Sand Country he will listen if you're talking about Naruto."
Iruka smiled and allowed his hand to play with the hem of Kakashi's standard issued jounin shirt, "Yeah…" he sighed out. "But I do have to ask a favor of you." His voice shook a little almost like he was afraid of Kakashi.
"Anything," Kakashi replied messaging small tense points on Iruka's shoulders.
"Will you talk to Naruto about this?" Iruka requested of him with a wary smile.
There was a period of about three days where Iruka kept trying to work up the nerves to talk to Sasuke about that subject. But each time Sasuke would turn those black eyes on him and sometimes they were wide with natural curiosity or they were narrow and calculating because Naruto had said or done something and he was busy plotting thank you very much. Those encounters usually ended up with Iruka saying something a caring parent would, like "Wash your hands" or "Don't kill Naruto", something that had nothing to do with the original intent. Then Iruka would walk away a man defeated by his traditional values.
But on one particular day, a day when Sakura called off training due to well Ino having a break in missions (finally!), Iruka walked into Sasuke's and Naruto's room to tell them that they had to clean up the living room since they were the ones that were throwing the pillows everywhere after Naruto nearly suffocated Sasuke with one while they were eating breakfast. When he got to the doorframe however it wasn't exactly what he was expecting. He had his hand raised to knock politely on the wooden frame of the open door but stopped when he happened upon the sight of Naruto straddling Sasuke with his hands pinned against the soft blankets at the foot of their bed and Naruto hovering just inches from Sasuke's face. The two of them seemed oblivious to the fact that Iruka was standing right there, and was watching everything because Naruto moved a little closer and Sasuke's face showed nothing but silent submission. Naruto's lips moved in a statement that Iruka couldn't hear but Sasuke didn't say anything he only licked his lips and nodded. Slowly but surely Sasuke lifted his head a little to meet Naruto at least half way since he apparently consented to the kiss in some way.
Iruka saw that Sasuke's torso trembled from the strain of his weight, or maybe he was nervous about what they were about to do. It was at this precise moment that Sasuke's eyes drifted from Naruto's blushing face over to the door and Iruka's lungs finally cough up air to his brain. The eyes that stared at him widened and then Sasuke kicked Naruto off of him with such force that his head collided with the headboard.
"What the hell was that for!" Naruto demanded as Sasuke stumbled a little bit from the length of the rope.
To say that Sasuke wore a look of mortification was an understatement. Like always there was not tint in his cheeks only that look on his face that showed he was a little ashamed to be caught in the middle of something like that. Iruka let out a cough to signify his presence. This action made Naruto's eyes widen and then he looked over at Iruka with a smile to pretend that he was innocent while he rubbed at the wound inflicted upon him by Sasuke.
"Sasuke, Naruto you two need to pick up all those pillows in the living room and then Sasuke," he gave them a stern look even though his insides were trembling from his nerves. "I need to talk to you."
Before Iruka turned to go into his room and pace to work off the nerves he developed from just saying he needed to talk to Sasuke he saw the two of them exchange a look. He pushed the door open to his room only to see Kakashi lounging on their bed, his long body so carelessly taking up most of the bed. Immediately the scarred man began to walk the length of the room, then he'd turn and walk back the way he came, a look of contemplation and stress wearing thin on his lovely face.
"Um, Iruka?" Kakashi called to him and when Iruka stopped in mid pace and looked at him with that worried expression Kakashi continued. "What are you doing?"
Iruka turned back to his pacing, "I'm trying to wear out my nerves."
Kakashi thought about this for a second, "Why?"
"I just told Sasuke I had to talk to him," Iruka blurted out a little loudly.
Kakashi looked surprised. He wasn't expecting this to happen for at least another week. What happened to make Iruka say that to Sasuke? He knew Iruka would have waited until the twisting of his stomach subsided to talk to Sasuke that was just the way he worked.
He pushed this thought aside and sat up on the comfy bed. Iruka would tell him about it later anyway, there was no sense in making him even more anxious then he already was. Kakashi pushed himself off of the bed and wrapped his arms around Iruka to help still the man for at least a moment.
"Calm down. Sasuke will not listen if he knows you're nervous about this," Kakashi said so evenly.
Iruka dropped his arms, "I know, I know. But I can't help it. It's been many years since I've given Sasuke a one on one talk and the last time I did it was about how he needed to be nicer in class!"
Kakashi nodded and hid his amazement that had to have been when Sasuke was eight years old! The Uchiha had grown up, a lot, Kakashi reminded himself. Iruka pretty much had his work cut out for him. Kakashi nudged Iruka a little with his chin. When Iruka lifted his head from Kakashi's strong shoulder Kakashi placed a loving kiss on his lips to help give him courage.
"Do you want us to come back?" Sasuke drawled from doorway.
Iruka broke away, "No, no," the blush on his face was heavy. In terms of Public Displays of Affection Sasuke and Iruka could relate apparently. "We have to talk."
Kakashi motioned for Naruto to follow him into the hallway after grabbing his obnoxiously orange book off of his nightstand. Naruto smiled and obeyed his command brightly. There was a little bit of confusion involving the rope and closing the door but eventually they worked the rope under the door and closed the thing so that both boys had something to lean against while they endured 'the talk'. Now had this been a movie there would have been a cue for dramatic music there, but alas it is only a story and we get no dramatic music.
Iruka's eyes bounced from the closed door to Sasuke's impatient face. He could tell that Sasuke was peeved about being interrupted when they were so close after all this time. But Iruka knew that if he didn't give Sasuke this talk then there would be a lot of confusion later on, hopefully much later on, Iruka added with a sigh.
"Sasuke, do you have any idea about why I would need to talk to you?" Iruka asked to buy himself time to form a normal speech.
"This is about Naruto isn't it?" Sasuke asked and answered.
"Yeah," Iruka replied as he tried to resist the urge to fiddle with the sleeves of his shirt to work his nerves. "And also about sex."
Sasuke's face blanched at this, "No, I already had this talk with Orochimaru. I do not need it again…"
Iruka could tell that Sasuke was absolutely horrified by this topic and with good reason. Orochimaru looked like the type to scar a child like Sasuke with this talk. Orochimaru also looked like he was into Sadism and Masochism and that was something to fear with the kinds of fetishes he could form over the years. Iruka considered for a moment not talking to Sasuke about this since the boy's aversion and obvious discomfort made him want to give Sasuke a pat on the head and a hug but remained solid in his convictions. Sasuke needed to hear the way it REALLY was.
"I know that this is going to be…strange but," Iruka stopped for a second. "I CAN HEAR YOU!" he screamed at the people beyond the door. Sasuke jumped when Iruka shouted but then settled into his discomfort again.
"No, I really don't need this talk again," Sasuke insisted with that look of disgust in his eyes.
"Sasuke you need to know how it really is," Iruka shook his head a little. "I'm pretty sure that Orochimaru left out some details."
"Iruka, if there was a lack of anything in his speech, it was not details," Sasuke informed him much to the chunin's horror. If you watched Sasuke closely you would have seen that shiver crawl up his spine and back down it nearly three times.
"Not those kinds of details Sasuke," Iruka cleared it up. "He probably didn't explain the biological side of sex." Iruka paused, and then proceeded to shout, "I CAN STLL HEAR YOU KAKASHI!"
"I don't really care about the biological aspects of sex Iruka," Sasuke informed him after Iruka's voice settled down.
"But you do need to hear them," Iruka reiterated with a certain amount of desperation in his voice. "There are a lot of risks with sex Sasuke and I've noticed you and Naruto getting closer lately…"
Sasuke shot him a glare, "What does Naruto have to do with sex?"
Shit his on his guard now…Iruka thought as he played with the breaking edge of his nail. "Well, if you really love some one you sort of…" Iruka ran his hand through his hair. "Erm…want to…" he blushed at this. "Please them…"
Sasuke drew his head back a little, "Okay…"
Silence stretched awkwardly between the two and even though both felt the undying need to fill it neither knew exactly what to say.
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Kakashi rubbed the back of his head, fiddling with the fine sliver hairs on his neck, "So, um… Naruto," he began with a forced smile beneath his masked face.
"Yes?" Naruto asked in a bouncy way that made Kakashi feel horrible. He almost felt like he was going to crush Naruto's innocence if he gave him this talk.
"I'm not so good with these sorts of talks Naruto so we can just sit here and pretend like we're talking so Iruka's happy," Kakashi told him as he tangled his fingers in his own hair.
"I CAN HEAR YOU!" a loud voice shouted from inside Kakashi's and Iruka's room. Naruto and Kakashi jolted up a little at the intensity of the voice.
"Erm...right…" Kakashi got closer to Naruto.
Naruto just stared at him as if he were insane but shrugged it off. He was probably supposed to give him some sort of really inspirational speech about how he would have to work hard to knock out another one of his goals. Since he already brought Sasuke back, or really escorted him back, the next in line was to become Hokage. Oh! Maybe he knew something about it and was going to give him a hint about it that no one else could know. Naruto leaned in to bridge the space to keep the secret between the two of them.
"Now we'll just pretend like we're whispering, he can't hear that," Kakashi tried again with his voice low.
"I CAN STILL HEAR YOU KAKASHI!" Iruka yelled through the door causing Naruto to jump this time but not so much Kakashi.
Naruto stared at the door with a look that was most obviously amazement. He marveled at how keen Iruka's ears were. Then again he was a teacher to a bunch of children. He could hear everything within a two mile radius. Kakashi grumbled out a few words that Naruto could not catch. He would much rather be rereading the first volume of Icha Icha, not giving Naruto 'the talk'.
"What do we need to talk about Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto asked when Kakashi began to repeatedly rub at his only exposed eye.
"Hmm…We need to talk about this," he answered holding up his vibrant book.
"Icha Icha?" Naruto asked tilting his head to the left slightly.
Kakashi nearly smacked himself for remembering that he was not talking to Sakura, though it would not been preferred, Naruto would not understand what he meant.
"No, not Icha Icha. Sex," Kakashi told him bluntly.
"Oh you don't need to. Ero-Sannin told me aaaaaaaalllll about sex when we were traveling together," Naruto informed his teacher with a smile on his face as if he had just committed the good deed of the year. In Kakashi's mind that might have been the case.
"Did he tell you about how men have sex with other men?" Kakashi asked looking right at Naruto. He wanted this to be over as soon as possible.
"I...umm…No," he replied a little discouraged now.
"Okay, I'm gonna make this as painless as possible," Kakashi began as he flipped through Icha Icha at an alarming rate.
He stopped on the page that began the bonus short story at the end, titled: Forbidden Fire. One eye scanned the page for any trigger words that might indicate the beginning of 'something'. Kakashi's one pale blue eye slowed and his finger began to underline the sentences he was reading.
"I thought you were supposed to be telling me how men get it on, not reading your stupid book," Naruto mumbled resting his head in his hand.
Kakashi looked up at him with that devious glint in his eye, "Oh but right now Naruto they are one in the same."
Naruto let out an exaggerated groan, "But Icha Icha is soooooo boring Sensei, can't you just tell me how it's done?"
"This will save us a lot of time."
"Yeah, but-" Naruto was cut off by Kakashi's gloved hand.
"Here, I found it," he said in a grave tone. "'I want you so bad,' Zaku begged as Kio moved over his naked body. Big grey eyes surveyed his soon to be lover's body quickly before asking, 'Are you sure Zaku?' A swift and hot kiss to his mouth dispelled all doubt from the man's mind as he moaned deeply into Zaku's greedy mouth. Kio pulled his fingers out of the tight muscle that encased them in heat and moved to slowly cover his mem-"
"Ah! I get it! I get it!" Naruto exclaimed feeling a little dirty all over from the passage.
"But we haven't gotten to the best part yet Naruto," Kakashi pretended to be heart broken by Naruto's refusal to hear the moving writing.
"Oddly I'm okay with that Sensei," Naruto sarcastically replied.
Kakashi could tell that Naruto was hanging around Sasuke a lot lately. Before Naruto couldn't tell the difference between sarcasm and a lily pad now he was using it!
"Naruto we also need to talk about Sasuke," Kakashi said in a strange voice that didn't sound like his at all.
"Why?" Naruto asked as he still attempted to erase that book from his mind.
"Because you two aren't ready for anything too in depth right now."
"Say what?" Naruto wondered leaning forward a little as if their closeness would help Naruto understand what Kakashi meant.
"You two are young, you have the rest of your lives ahead of you," Kakashi tried to explain but he knew he was wasting air by saying this. They would do what they wanted and not give a second thought to it. "Neither of you are ready for a life long commitment."
"Can I ask you something Sensei?" The tone in Naruto's voice made Kakashi feel like he was talking to an adult, not a teenager.
Kakashi nodded through his awe, "Sure."
"Do you really believe that?"
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Sasuke tapped his foot against the wood floors, "Please them…?" he asked leaving the rest up to interpretation for Iruka.
"Yes," Iruka responded with a nod after his whole explanation was finished it took Sasuke nearly three minutes to recover. "Just so you know I'm not encouraging that you do this."
Sasuke nodded his head but didn't dare look Iruka in the eye. This moment was just too strange. For one thing his former teacher had just told him about sex (of all kinds) and that just that alone was two things he never wanted to imagine together in all his life. The next thing was that now Sasuke was actually thinking about this stuff, whereas in Sound he just went to his room and sent it all back to his subconscious to keep from being scarred by it. Now, it was all right there, in the front of his mind, because it was explained to him in the right way.
"So you just gave me this talk to tell me not to do it?" Sasuke asked in that tone that made you feel like you were about two inches tall.
Too bad for him Iruka never caved in when he was presented with intimidation, "No, I'm telling you all of this because I want to make sure that you know the risks you're taking when you decide to engage in those 'activities' and so that you know that the other party, probably Naruto, is as risk as well. If you hurt Naruto in any way, even if it's unintentional, then you will have to deal with me Sasuke."
Sasuke wanted to just flip his hair and call it a day when Iruka was done saying this but Iruka had other things in mind of course, "I don't know what you saw today but don't you think that this talk is a little early?"
"No I don't. You two have acted on impulse for as long as I've known you guys, I'm surprised that I've waiting this long to give you the talk," Iruka told him in an even tone that took him so long to work up.
Sasuke simply nodded and looked off to the side. There was nothing to say to that. It was true that he and Naruto we so impulsive that it was scary that they hadn't done something stupid together already like buy a chicken or something. Normally Sasuke was calculating and precise and thought that letting all of his tightly packed morals and thoughts go. But when he was with Naruto it was like they never existed.
"Okay, if you have nothing else to say then you can leave Sasuke," Iruka dismissed him with a heavy voice. He knew Sasuke wasn't going to say anything else.
Sasuke tugged at the rope and then opened the door with his other hand. Naruto still had his back to Sasuke and Kakashi was probable wrapping up his speech at the moment.
"I don't, but I still think you need to hear it just to get used to the idea," the jounin said with a sigh. "If you have any questions, ask Iruka, he probably knows more about whatever you need to know than I do," Kakashi finished with a well placed message to the bridge of his nose.
Naruto smiled and turned around to see Sasuke sitting in front of the doorway. Sasuke looked at his face for a second but then turned away. Naruto cocked his head to the side to get a glimpse of Sasuke's expression but that was useless.
"Sakura, Ino, you can come out now," Kakashi said in an annoyed tone before standing up.
The two girls came out from behind the wall that divided the front of the apartment from the back of it laughing unashamedly.
"Oh Kio!" Sakura exclaimed in a foggy voice.
"Yes Zaku!" Ino followed as she fell into Sakura's arms with a dramatic twist.
Naruto blushed right up to his ears and muttered shut up to them which only made them laugh harder. They were lucky. They got this talk from their parents many many ages ago.
Iruka left for the academy not too long after his little 'chat' with Sasuke. After a long kiss in the doorway with Iruka Kakashi turned around to go to his room and collect the reports he had to keep on Sasuke thus far and he too was soon gone from their midst to turn them in to that lovely and not temperamental Hokage. Sasuke and Naruto were sitting in the living room doing nothing except watching a very slow clock work its hands around the face when Ino and Sakura rushed by and said that they would be at Ino's house if they needed anything. Naruto rolled his head on the back of the couch to glance at Sasuke with a look that was similar to a zombie. Sasuke rolled his eyes and continued to count the ticks the second hand made.
"Sasuke?" Naruto said as he gathered himself up and looked more intently at Sasuke.
"Hmm?"
"Do you ever think about the future?"
Sasuke perked up from where he was resting his head, the arm of the couch, "Not so much why?"
"Good," Naruto said with a smile before he leaned forward and kissed Sasuke's lips softly as he hovered slightly above Sasuke.
End of Waiting for Reason
Preview of Next Chapter: "If Kakashi's reports are really as good as he has written them then I see no reason why Team Seven cannot go back to doing in village missions," Tsunade told them in that strong voice that commanded and led an entire village through the day. "But I don't think that the Fuedal Lord's wife is going to be hiring you guys any time soon," she hissed a little bit at the tail end of her own comment. "Why?" Sakura asked with curious eyes. "She said that she 'would not have a traitorous leech of a human touching her sweet cat'..."
A/N:AHHHHHHHHHHHHH I finally did it! I mean it only took 11 chapters but those two idiots are finally together! I'm throwing a lovely yaoi/yuri party for it, all my reviewers are invited! If you review you are automatically let in -nods at my cleverness- lol! This is a double edged sword though...they kiss and then I end the chapter...I feel the killing intent coming through the computer...trust me I do...AHHHHHHHHHH I'm still shocked that I FINALLY DID IT! -throws confetti- Yes, my confetti is all occasion...I'm getting ice cream as a reward to me for finishing so fast.