Not so Invisible After all Chapter 6, a naruto fanfic

Chapter Six

Placing the two coffee mugs in the sink Sakura turned around and headed back into the living room. She was really glad that Sasuke had told her about his past, but she was really surprised when he didn't demand to hear about her life; so she told him anyway. Sakura told him about her many adventures researching and studying volcanos, the missions that the government sent her and her team on, she told him about her mentor Tsunade, and how she was a tough old lady that wouldn't take shit from anybody. He kind of chuckled at that little bit, but then urged me to continue. Once Sakura was finished with her wild tales he started to ask her questions about the world he hasn't seen in over two hundred years.

Sakura could tell that he was truly fascinated with the information that she gave him, but he never once asked her if she could show it to him. She understood that he would never ask for fear of being found out, once Sakura did ask him to come with her to see the world. He quickly refused saying that he just couldn't risk it, not after everything that has happened in his life.

Settling down next to Sasuke, Sakura sighed and rested her head on his shoulder. When he didn't protest she felt her eye lids getting heavy. Before she fell asleep Sakura tilted her head slightly so she could see Sasuke's face.

"So what about my friends? They're probably awake by now and worried sick." He smirked then met her eyes.

"What do you want me to do with them?" Sakura broke the eye contact to look over at the lava fall.

"I don't know… is there any way you could take me back up to the surface so that I could talk to them?" Sasuke lightly shrugged.

"How about I just bring them down here, and the three of you could spend the night?" She met his eyes again to see if he was serious, but from the serious look on his face, he wasn't joking. So she smiled up to him and snuggled closer to his ever present heat.

"That would be great." He shook his head and shifted so he could get up. Sakura moved from her very comfortable spot on the couch to let him up, once he was up Sasuke held out his hand to she could grab it and lift herself from the couch. When he started walking toward the hallway like structure he motioned for her to follow him.

Sakura had never seen this part of his home so she was very eager to see what was through that tunnel. When they emerged on the other side there was another hallway that ran both ways, Sasuke turned to the left and opened the first door that he came to. It was a bedroom, with walls that had moving lava through them. Even the floor had moving lava going through it. Sasuke chuckled when she didn't follow him in.

"It's all right, it won't hurt you." Sakura laughed weakly.

"Right, but I don't want to step on it." Sasuke sighed then grabbed ahold of her hand. She squeaked when he pulled her forward. She was waiting for the floor to burn her but it didn't. It was actually very soft, and soothing to her bare feet. So Sakura smiled up at him and laughed. "How is that even possible?"

"It doesn't matter, now you can sleep here while I go get your friends." He turned to leave but Sakura stopped him by grabbing a hold of his arm.

"Wait, if you leave I won't be able to stand the heat and I'll become a burnt crisp." Sasuke chuckled lightly.

"No you won't, I don't have to be here to control the temperature." She slowly let go of his arm.

"Really?"

"Really, really. Now get some sleep I'll be back soon." Sakura nodded then made her way over to the very comfy looking bed. Sasuke shook his head as he watched her poke and prod at it before climbing in. Once she was settled he left.

Convincing her friends to jump in a pool of lava with him was going to be quite difficult, but Sasuke was sure he could do it. After all they were all scientists weren't they? So that should make them curious enough to follow him.

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"I can't believe she disappeared!" Naruto shouted as he paced back and forth across the base of the volcano. "Why is this happening again Kakashi? I mean it's like three years ago all over again!" Kakashi sighed while leaning back against a rock sipping water from a canteen. He was tired of watching Naruto freak out, but he couldn't think of a way to make him stop; and he had to admit to himself that he was worried as well. He was more than a little worried when he regained consciousness a second time to find Sakura wasn't there, and the man that she was with was also gone.

"I don't know how to answer you Naruto, all I can say is be patient and maybe she'll show up on her own just like last time." Naruto stopped in his pacing to look over at Kakashi.

"But this is different. You saw that guy step out of the lava just like I did. Maybe he killed her and that is why we can't find her!"

"I don't think he killed her Naruto, for all we know he could be giving her the grand tour or something. Just relax, she'll show up soon." Naruto huffed then resumed his pacing; Kakashi shook his head and started to read some settings on his miniature computer.

"I can't believe this." Naruto said again, as he continued his pacing. There was a quiet splash that was heard by Kakashi so he put his minicomputer down and got up to check it out. He didn't get very far before the man Sakura went with was walking toward them. He looked rather serious from Kakashi's point of view, so he didn't bother to say anything. Naruto on the other hand stormed up to him intending to give him a piece of his mind. "You! Where is Sakura? What did you do to her?"

The man just looked at him then adverted his attention to Kakashi. "I'll take you and your friend here to see Sakura, if you promise to never tell anyone what you are about to see." Naruto stopped in his babbling, and dropped the arm that was about to punch the stranger with. Kakashi looked at him with a critical eye before nodding. When Naruto saw this he huffed and crossed his arms over his chest.

"Fine, just take us to Sakura!" The stranger sighed then motioned for the two to follow him through the tunnel. When they reached the pool of lava Naruto and Kakashi quickly took a step back as they watched him continue forward. He eased down into the fiery depths then motioned for the others to do the same. Naruto's eyes widened. "Are you fucking insane? We can't go in there, we'll die for sure!" Kakashi took a deep breath in then placed his hand on Naruto's head.

"I think it will be all right..." Sasuke nodded then held his hand out to Kakashi. Kakashi took ahold of it and tentively took a step into the lava. He was honestly surprised when his foot didn't burn off; he was expecting to scream in agony and what not. Kakashi then turned his head so he could look at Naruto. "It's all right Naruto, you can come on in. It doesn't hurt at all."

Naruto's eyes were the size of saucers, and he quickly shut his hanging mouth to save some of his dignity. "How are you doing that?" Sasuke sighed.

"I can control the heat that surrounds us so that it doesn't burn you."

"All right, but how?" Sasuke shrugged casually.

"I just think it and it happens, now let's go I don't have all day." Naruto huffed again then moved to stand behind Kakashi. Kakashi grabbed ahold of one of Naruto's hands then followed Sasuke out into the middle of the pool. When they stopped Sasuke turned to them.

"When we go under I need you to hold your breath until I say so." They both nodded in understanding then followed him under the surface. A few moments passed as Sasuke concentrated on the lava surrounding them creating a bubble of air for them to breathe as they made their way down. Once finished Sasuke let out the breath he was holding and motioned for the others to do the same. It didn't take them long to reach the wall that opened up and led to his home.

As soon as they walked through the entrance Naruto gasped and Kakashi's eyes widened. Sasuke smirked at their expressions and then proceeded to the hallway like structure to show them Sakura's temporary room. They followed slowly behind, not wanting to lose the protection they had from Sasuke against the heat that threatened to overwhelm them. It wasn't long before they reached her room. Naruto rushed over to her bed and quickly shook her awake.

"All right, I'm up! I'm up, stop shaking me!" He let go of her shoulders and took a hasty retreat as she raised her fist to hit the offending intruder. When she was finally able to make out the figures in the room her eyes lit up and she quickly got out of the bed to give Kakashi a friendly squeeze. After that she turned to her attention to her other friend and stomped right up to him. "Naruto! Was that really necessary?" He sheepishly scratched the back of his head and grinned.

"I'm sorry; I didn't mean to wake you up! I thought you were dead or something!" Sakura sighed then shook her head.

"Oh Naruto, only out could think I was dead." He rubbed the back or his head again and laughed. Kakashi chuckled lightly from behind them and soon all three were laughing. Kakashi was the first to sober up, then turned back around to Sasuke who seemed to be amused.

"So, now that we're all here; mind explaining why you brought us here?" Sasuke nodded.

"I brought you here to spend the night. It was Sakura's idea, because of the extra rooms that aren't being used at the moment." Kakashi blinked.

"Okay, so why did you bring Sakura down here in the first place?" Sasuke smirked.

"So I could show her my home." At this Naruto looked over Sakura's head and sent Sasuke a glare.

"Why would you do that? So you could violate her in her sleep?" Smack! Naruto hit the wall with a fresh hand print on his face. He quickly grabbed ahold of his stinging cheek and looked up at a steaming Sakura. Naruto swore he saw smoke coming out of her ears she was so angry.

"How dare you! Sasuke would never…!" She couldn't even finish her sentence before she stormed off toward the living room. Kakashi couldn't help but watch her retreating figure as he wondered how Naruto's one remark set her off so fast. Then he looked over at Sasuke, who had the same expression of confusion written on his face.

Naruto slowly lifted himself off of the floor still holding his cheek gazing in the direction that Sakura had stormed off to. Before anyone could say a word Kakashi was already walking out the door, which Sakura just went through. An awkward silence shadowed his retreat as the two remaining occupants in the room stared at opposite sides of the wall. Sasuke was about to slowly trail after Kakashi to see what he was doing, when Naruto cleared his throat loudly to fill the unbearable silence with some kind of noise.

"So, um… Sasuke was it? You know I was joking right?" Sasuke raised an eyebrow at Naruto before shrugging and finally walking out of the room awkwardness. "I was joking; I didn't really think you would have done anything to Sakura. It's just you can never be too careful nowadays." Before Sasuke could reply with something sarcastic he found himself walking into another room of awkwardness it looked like. What he witnessed before him was a blushing Sakura struggling for words, and slightly chuckling Kakashi. Naruto walked into Sasuke and was about to cuss him out when he noticed it as well.

"Hey Sakura! Why are you so red in the face" Sakura jumped at the loud obnoxious voice then turned to look in that direction. When her eyes met Sasuke's she quickly looked over at Naruto.

"Do you have to be so loud?" He grinned widely.

"Well of course, who else would be if I wasn't?" Sakura couldn't help but find herself laughing at that statement.

"That is a good point." Naruto nodded as if he had won some major victory, Sakura agreeing with him. The odds were defiantly changing for his favor. Kakashi cleared his throat so he could get all three of their attentions.

"All right, since we're all here I think that we should start talking about what to do about the near and far futures." Naruto looked at Kakashi with a confused expression while Sakura and Sasuke perked up. "First of all, what are the real reasons for bringing us down here Sasuke?" Sasuke sighed.

"I just wanted to see Sakura more often so that I could at least talk to someone who wasn't hell bent on killing me. You two were her friends who got involved, and now you know my secret; so I don't know what to do to you now." Kakashi took in a breath.

"Well, okay moving on. How are we going to go about telling the government that we have found nothing out of the ordinary, when in fact we have; and we have actual evidence of said discovery?" Sakura spoke up first.

"We could destroy it; I know that it can't stand up against this kind of heat." Kakashi looked thoughtful for a few minutes before replying.

"Yes we could, but I wouldn't mind studying the things that we have found myself." Three glares were sent his way. "I wouldn't do that of course… at least not without permission from the person I'm studying." One of the three glares intensified then looked away. "And I wasn't implying that that person was you Sasuke." Sasuke shrugged.

"Hn, and you expect me to believe that even when you were clearly stating that I was that 'thing' that you just happened to discover? Typical." Naruto actually found himself wanting to see Kakashi lose a fight. It was well known in the field that Kakashi was never one to lose in an argument or otherwise, because he was great at twisting the words around in another person's mouth. However, it looked as though Sasuke could do this little trick also, which upped the level of competition drastically. Now the major question, who would win?

"Now Sasuke, you know that I didn't mean it like that. I was just saying that the government would want a piece of what we were studying. That's all." Sasuke looked away from Kakashi and sighed. He just couldn't believe that the calmest of the three would already want to start experimenting on him. Sakura noticing his discomfort, asked for Naruto and Kakashi to come to the kitchen so they could make some tea. They both happily obliged to escape the awkwardness that was starting to suffocate the room. Sakura hung back so that she could talk to Sasuke and explain to him that Kakashi was just letting his excitement overwhelm his judgment; and he really didn't mean to push any buttons.

When she approached him, he didn't do anything to stop her. No matter how much he didn't want to admit that he needed someone to understand, Sasuke found himself sitting next to Sakura on the sofa explaining to her how much Kakashi disturbed him. At one point in time when he was younger, he used to have dreams of what had happened to his relatives. They ranged from torture, to running through the flower fields stopping to pick at the flowers that grew there. In one particular dream, Sasuke found himself in a white cell clinging onto the thin sheet that was laying there. It was so cold, and the floor was so hard. No bed, no pillow, just the white walks surrounding him, and the endless glass wall that stretched along the entrance.

He never found out where that entrance lead to, because he was always trying to keep warm; and Kakashi unknowingly brought back images from that horrible dream. If there was one thing that he did remember clearly was the needle holes that lines the length of both of his arms, proof that someone had done it too him because there were holes where he couldn't even reach. It was no doubt the fault of experimentation.

Oh course Sasuke knew that it was just a dream, and the likeliness of it happening for real was slim to none; so he couldn't figure out why a person like Kakashi would be able to get that kind of reaction out of him. It was obvious that Kakashi wasn't out to cause harm to Sasuke in any way, but it was hard for him to shake that weird feeling that Sakura and the others would be the death of him. It was just inevitable.

AN: Okay, so here is the next chapter with all of its errors and story plot madness. If anyone has an idea on what to do with it then would really appreciate the help, if not then I still would like to know what you all think of it. Wish me luck as I move onto the next chapter. :)