Fighting Sasuke
Shoto was banging as hard as he could on the door that led to the apartment room of his semi-friend, Naruto Uzumaki. He really wanted to talk to Naruto about all that had happened in the last day...great only a day had went by and he was having trouble. He would not give in to Matthew and his crappy bet just yet. After ten or so minutes he started banging harder. Maybe Naruto was knocked out sleep like he usually was when he didn't have training or a mission or anything else to do. Well that was the reason why he started knocking harder and faster, hopefully it made it louder on the inside. After another twenty or so minutes, he got real fed up with this. He called forward some of his fire and wind chakra into his left fist. He punched it as hard as he could, causing a hole to form and the door to fly all the way to the back wall by Naruto's bedroom. He rubbed the back of his head trying to look as innocent as he could before he got blown up by the teen with the Nine-Tailed Fox in him. That was something he really didn't want again.
Naruto exited the back room, which was his bedroom. He stared at the huge hole that was his door frame, to Shoto standing there looking normal\innocent, and the door sitting on the floor right in front of his feet. He wondered whether or not to be mad at the young boy standing in the door way. Staring at the boy's face, he really couldn't be mad; he looked as if he had been crying or been so pissed off that he had tears streaming down his cheeks. Sometimes it was real hard to tell with him. Most of his emotions seemed to run together and look exactly alike. He moved the door to walk over to the boy standing in the hallway, still staring like he had done no wrong.
The silver haired teen ran into Naruto's arms, crying like he had been while he was running over to the apartment. Naruto held him as tight as he could, hoping that he was not crying for the lost of a comrade and was only crying because he had fell and hurt himself like he usually did (and by usually it was only once or twice a month). It seemed to be too hard and long for a simple bruise or scratch or even a scrape. He couldn't have watched someone die in front of him. His missions never included fighting since they were usually D and barely C-ranks. Now he was way too worried about the young Genin because this crying was something he never did for more than five or six minutes. So for now, the most he could do was sit him on the couch and wait for him to stop crying. This could take a long, long, long while.
"Shoto, hey are you ok?" Naruto asked.
"..." Shoto stopped crying.
"Sweet!! You stopped crying. Now you wanna' talk?"
"No."
"You don't have to say it all emo like."
"I...I did? Oh God!! I'm Sasuke now!!"
"No the hell you aren't, Emerald. I'm Sasuke Uchiha. You can never be me." (Naruto's imitation)
That caused Shoto to laugh and hold onto Naruto even tighter. He never knew that making fun of Sasuke was so funny since he never felt so upset before in his whole life. He held his side as he continued laughing as tears rolled down his cheeks. He tried to talk several times, but there was nothing coming out besides laughing. So he kept laughing even as his voice went away and just air seemed to come out of his mouth. Naruto could make anyone smile or even laugh when feeling all sad and stuff. At least he could always come to him when he didn't have Matthew or Kiba and it was something that he would feel way too embarrassed to talk to Kakashi about.
"I didn't know I was that funny?" Naruto smiled.
"Yeah, especially since you were talking about me," Sasuke glared (you can already tell that he changed his outfit back to the Uchiha clan thing he always wear and his hair was still laying flat).
"Uh...Sasuke?"
"Yes, Naruto. I'm the guy you were talking to before you heard the door hit the other door. But I guess that this brat is more important than my problems, so I'll be leaving."
"Sasuke. C'mon, he was crying. You know that he don't cry unless it's important."
"So what? He's a brat."
"Am not!" Shoto yelled.
"So you finally stopped laughing."
"Yeah. You aren't funny anymore. You suck like hell."
"That's your job."
"Pretty good at it too. You just wish that you could be as good as me."
"Shut the hell up!! I am straight ya' know!! I do happen to like Sakura!!"
"Sorry, Naru-kun. Didn't mean for you to have heard that."
"It's ok."
"So what? You started talking about this shit."
"Go to hell, Emo-chiha!"
"Whatever dumb hoe."
Shoto held two kunai in his hands ready to throw at Sasuke. No one called him a hoe and got a way with it. He was Shoto Emerald, true virgin, son of King Darius, and the guy who was finally going to kick Sasuke's ass. He tried to throw them, but Naruto grabbed them and held his arms. He tried hard to break free, but the blond teen was pretty strong.
"Calm down, Shoto. Sasuke didn't mean it. Right, Sasuke?" Naruto shot a glare at Sasuke.
"Yeah, whatever," Sasuke rolled his eyes.
"He better not. Or I will kick his ass from here to somewhere so far away that I don't know where yet."
"Like you can actually do something like that."
"Don't toy with me!"
"I'm not toying. I'm telling the truth. You couldn't beat me even with the help of your little blond boyfriend."
Shoto tried breaking free from Naruto once again. He calmed down once again while trying his hardest to think about how to harm him. He may have had a small crush on him, but he was going too far. He would make him pay. His anger mixed with fear, confusion, and sadness was going to come out in his newly made Jutsu. He was going to show true strength against that Emo-brat.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Unknown Restaurant Somewhere in Konoha Where Deidara had that date with Shoto in the Last Chapter
Deidara still sat in the seat at the restaurant. He actually got rejected by a guy whom he wanted more than anything else in his whole entire world. It stung worse than being hit in the face by those punches of his. He wanted nothing more than to sit in his misery and eat the rest of this ice-cream even if he didn't exactly like it. He had never in his life felt like he would want to sit in a corner in the darkest room in the Akatsuki lair and eat this in peace without worrying about anything. This whole day seemed to be going wrong even if it was barely after eleven in the morning. One day, just one day, he would have a perfect day without anything wrong happening in it.
His eyes darted over to Itachi, whom had just walked into the place looking even more emotionless than he usually was; which was scaring the crap out of the blond. He watched even more as he walked over to his little booth and sat down in the seat that Shoto occupied when he first came there. Something must have happened, since he hadn't said anything yet. Well at least he wasn't feeling depressed and alone all by his lonesome, he had Itachi to sit here and eat this with him. So now he could make fun of him like he was going to do to him in five...four...three...two...
"Shoto kicked your ass?" Itachi asked as bland as ever.
"Yeah...more like he kicked my heart out of my chest, stomped on it ten times, spit on it, and finally killed it with his fire and wind punches, un," Deidara looked at him. "Somethin' bad happened to you while I was on my so-called date?"
"Yeah. Sasuke was pissed as hell at me. He wants me dead. As much as I know it, it still hurts like hell when I think about the bond we once had when we were younger. Maybe I should try to put it all behind me, make myself so emotionless that I barely feel anger."
"Ita-kun, dude that's way too hard on yourself. I understand that he's your baby brother and all, but c'mon. You cannot do that, un. He is not worth it at all. Your emotions are important and Sasuke should not be the one to make you let them go. If you let them go it should be off your own accord and not because of something like your little brother being a complete utter dick out for only one thing in his life which is to score with some real cute guy that would never want him, un."
"Deidara? Why do you care so much?"
"Because you're my best friend and rival in a sense. You are the reason I'm in Akatsuki in the first place, but I've grown past the hatred that I've felt for you after a long time. All I want is for you to be happy. Cuz' you need it, un. If you don't get it then you'll be stuck trying to make Sasuke happy all of your life."
"Thanks, Dei. You really are a friend."
"Hey you set me up on a date with the hotest guy ever. Why didn't you say he was like your little brother, un?"
"Because knowing about Shoto at the time really wasn't important. I was just supposed to get you a date with him and that's it. He would tell you all that you needed to know about him on his own. He is a big boy now."
"Big boy my clay ass. The guy acts like he's got a stick shoved so far up his ass that it reaches his stomach. Speakin' of stomach, the kid's gonna' be fat as hell one day, un."
"You're in love with him and refuse to act like the grown man that you are about this, aren't you?"
"Yeah. He just irritates me. I love him like fuck. But he hates me, seriously. He ran out of here like a chicken with his head cut off after I kissed him. I don't know anymore, Itachi. Maybe I'm just unlovable."
"Calm down, Dei. He has a boyfriend right now. Apparently this guy means a lot to him, just like he means a lot to you. Give it some time before you go rushing off into things. If I remember correctly, he said he liked you."
"He does? Sweet!!"
"Were you not just complaining about him just a matter of seconds ago?"
"Yes. But...I got nothing."
"As I thought."
"Shut up before I blow you up, un."
"With what? The small clay statue of Shoto you are holding?"
As Deidara tried to hide the clay figure in his hands, he noticed a person sitting in the booth right next to theirs. He hadn't noticed anyone there before so he looked out the corner of his right eye. There sat that black haired boy that he saw the day before with his little silver haired wind and fire using devil. He wondered how much that boy had heard and if he recognized Itachi from the other day. He would just play it smooth like any missing-nin that attacked him only a day ago and didn't want him to try to kill him for talking about one of the guys he was hanging with would do. He would act like he had never seen him and continue talking to Itachi about whatever came to his very dense mind (Deidara's mind, not Itachi's).
He turned his head around but not before he noticed that the boy had caught his eyes and was looking at him with a strange look. He didn't know what to do besides look back at his friend...who was now gone. That day was not going to get better, well it could if Shoto returned to the resturant and gave him a huge kiss while muttering how sorry he was for leaving. He started to tense up as he watched the teen walk over to him with the most fake ass smile he'd ever seen. This was going to scare him for the rest of his life.
"Hello," the smile actually got wider.
"Hi to you as well," Deidara rolled his eyes.
"I happened to have overheard you and your friend talking about Shoto. Do you know him by any chance?"
"In a sense I know him. I know more about him then I know him. He's not much of a talker about himself."
"How do you know him?"
"Met him through an old friend of ours."
"Hm."
"How do you know him? And who are you?"
"My name is Sai. I know Shoto because he's my boyfriend."
"Boy...boy...boyfriend?"
"Yes. He claimed that I was his boyfriend yesterday."
"Really...?"
"Yes. Anything else you want know?"
"A matter of fact..."
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
At the Uzumaki Apartment
Sasuke held Shoto's head in his lap as the young silver haired boy finally began to relax from the little encounter they had about an hour before hand. That silkly silver hair was so similar to the hair of the man he loved, Kakashi Hatake. He couldn't help but have a small crush on the boy in his lap, after all he was even closer and similar to Kakashi than he would ever be. He purred softly as he saw the precious smile come across the young teen's innocent face. That boy was real beautiful with his lightly tanned skin, yellow eyes, and silver hair. It wasn't like he was going to admit it to the little snot-nosed brat; he had no reason to be told that he was beautiful.
Naruto entered his living room with three Styrofoam cups of you guessed it pork flavored Ramen. He gave two bowls to Shoto while having the other bowl to himself. He looked at the glare that Sasuke was giving him, that was scaring him like all hell. Who the heck gets mad when everyone gets Ramen even though they said that they don't like Ramen since it wasn't tomato based. He went back into the kitchen to get a can of tomato soup, always had four cans in case Sasuke ever came over. After warming it up, he poured it into a bowl to give to that emo, Sasuke.
Shoto sat up to eat his Ramen. He was pushed back down onto Sasuke's lap a few seconds after his first bite. Sasuke took the pair of chopsticks from his hands to start feeding him. What was with all the special treatment today? Deidara had fed him his food plus ice cream earlier, Itachi came by after about six years of being away, and finally there was Sasuke being completely nice to him and feeding him his bowls of Ramen. His sex appeal was truly being noticed by everyone...it wasn't May 6 was it?
The blond returned to his living room with a huge bowl of tomato soup. After he saw Sasuke feeding Shoto on his lap, he couldn't help but hold in the laughter and stare with eyes wide open. He always believed that the two of them actually liked each other, but they never showed any type of emotions towards each other that could possibly pinpoint his idea. He put the bowl on the coffee table. After he realized that Shoto would not stop eating while Sasuke fed him on his lap, he cleared his throat loudly.
"Sorry, Naru-kun," Shoto smiled.
"It's ok. You were hungry," Naruto said.
"About time you got my soup," Sasuke complained.
"You don't gotta' be so freakin' mean, Uchiha. We've known each other forever and you still act like a Goddamned prick ass douchebag."
"You trying to pick a fight with me, Uzumaki?"
"Of course not, Oh Great Sasuke. I was getting ready to kick your ass!!!"
"Naru-kun, Emo-boy, dudes stop. There is no need...man this stuff is good...you can't fight over me."
"WHO THE HELL WILL FIGHT OVER YOU?!!" the two yelled.
"Stop being mean to me. It's my birthday."
"It's not your birthday. It's April 23rd."
"Oh. Man that's weird."
Naruto took a seat on the couch, putting Sasuke in the middle of the two. The youngest one put his head back on the lap of Sasuke. And the young Uchiha was contently eating his tomato soup and feeding the boy in his lap. The three of them seemed pretty content with each other for once which was pretty new for all of them. Sasuke was usually trying to kill both of them, Shoto wanted all of Naruto's attention and to just argue with Sasuke, and Naruto usually ran away from Shoto and picked fights with Sasuke.
Then it finally hit Naruto about the reason why Shoto was there. He was crying when he ran into his arms the moment he got into the apartment and looked at his face. He wanted to know why he was crying earlier. He ate the last bit of his Ramen before looking over and down at the happy really tall teenager. He tried to hold back the rest of the laughter he had from watching the two of them actually be kind of lovey-dovey around each other.
"Shoto," he said.
"Hmm? What's up, Naru?" Shoto took another bite of Ramen.
"When you came here, you were crying. Can you tell me why??"
"Oh yeah. Like..."
"This is going to be gay. Really gay," Sasuke yawned.
"You aren't straight, Emo-boy. You like me."
"Shut the hell up. I don't like you!!"
"He likes Kakashi-sensei."
"I do not like him, Naruto!"
"Just start talkin', Shoto."
"Well like I said it started yesterday..."
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
About Two and a Half Hours Later
"And that's why I was crying," Shoto said with tears in his eyes.
"Shoto," Sasuke and Naruto said softly.
"I really don't know what to do. I love Sai more than I love eating (it's ok to gasp people I did). But Deidara's so fuckin' hot and his lips felt so right. I just don't know if I should tell him about that guy. He might leave me and I don't want that. I just want him to be with me and for us to be together forever. I'll stop messing with Genma if I can have him."
"But maybe he'll understand you. If the guy is so...cute then he might understand everything that happened," Naruto tried to suggest.
"It's not that easy. Of course there's the fact that Deidara likes him and he is kind of dangerous since he works for Akatsuki. For all we know he could attack Sai and us at any given moment. Then there's the obvious fact that he's using him to get into Konoha most likely to kill us all or give Itachi information on me. If that happens there can be big trouble for here. Shoto is going to get us all killed if he stays with that guy or even thinks about dating him. His best bet is to stay with Sai and not say anything to him."
"That was logical."
"Of course. I am not a loser. I can actually think."
"Shut up, Sasuke."
"Make me, loser!"
"Take it outside. I refuse to have someone evict me because I have people fighting in my room."
"Ok, Naruto!" the two stared at each other (the creepy lightning eye thing going on)
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Outside Withing Five Minutes
The two stood outside the apartment building still glaring at each other wanting each other to die right then and there. They were getting real serious about fighting each other this time. Even though they had a crush on each other, their pride (plus their images) would not allow them tor take any type of talk from anyone. Naruto of course was standing there, hoping that they wouldn't kill each other like they really were hoping of doing. For once he was glad that he hadn't had a good intake of Ramen or sugar. He would be out there fighting the two of them.
"You're getting your ass kicked, Uchiha!" Shoto yelled.
"Ha, you wish. I'm going to kick your sorry ass first!" Sasuke yelled back.
"Go first then, bitch."
"Fine."
Sasuke activated his Sharingan. Staring closely at Shoto, he watched the movements of the boy. He noticed how much he was trying to move to get into a better position or something for some weird attack of his. He was going to be surprised when he attack the brat. He started the snake, dragon, rabbit, and tiger hand seals only smirking when he knew that he was going to win in the matter of one move.
Shoto felt something wrapped around his arm. He tried pulling it only to find out that it was coming from Sasuke. What kind of attack involved a metal feeling string that was wrapped around his arm. There was something strange that he was not figuring out and he really wanted to figure it all out. It was going to get into his head.
"Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique!!"
The huge flame came to the younger boy from the metal cord. There it spanned out to all of his body. It had no real affect to him, being a fire and wind chakra user. He just shook it off and cut the rope with his shuriken. That famous smirk of his came to his precious lips. It was his turn to attack Sasuke with his new attack. Using the hare, dragon, tiger, bird, and horse hand seals, he started his attack.
"Wind and Fire Combined Technique: Extreme Fire Ball Wind Cyclone!!!" (This is the reason why Shoto is not allowed to name his own techniques. They sound childish\really retarded)
Fire came from the hole that was part of the horse hand seal. A cyclone was created behind the Genin, making the winds grow stronger and the fire move faster towards Sasuke and get a bigger blaze. Sasuke dodged some of them, thanks to the Sharingan. He used the smoke that came from the impact of them hitting him to cover his movements.
"Oh man. I think I killed Emo-chiha! Alright, Cyclone, blow all this smoke away!!"
Is it hard to tell that all the smoke disappeared and Sasuke was nowhere in sight? Well he wasn't in sight until he looked up to see that a windmill shuriken was coming at his head. He was able to block it using the back of his right arm. He didn't know whether to scream or attack that son of a bitch that was smirking way to much for him.
He threw a punch that he made to miss the brat, but made him move back some. He took the shuriken out of his arm, wincing at the pain that was caused by it. He used his two elements to cover both of his fists. He was glad that Matthew had taught him that two months after they got to Konoha, it struck fear in many people's hearts. For some reason, Sasuke didn't look scared at all. That's when he noticed the stance he was in.
"You're going to use the Chidori? Weak man."
"You won't be able to block it this time. You are going to use your elemental punches to try to attack, they aren't good for defense. I've seen you use this about a million times now."
"Shit! Fuck, fuck!! Shit!!!"
"It all ends here. Chidori!!"
Sasuke charged straight forward in the fastest pace he could muster. He was going to finally be able to defeat him without any type of interruption from Matthew or Kiba. He reached him and thrusted it into his chest. His smirk got wider as he saw the boy fall backwards and holding his chest out of pain. He won that match plain and simple. No one in their right minds would challenge Sasuke Uchiha again.
"I am not done yet, Emo-brat. You played right into my trap."
"What trap?"
"Wind Release: Fury of Blades!" (There it goes again)
Blades of wind attacked Sasuke from behind. The Shoto on the ground disappeared in a cloud of pink smoke proving that it was a clone. As Sasuke tried to defend himself from the attack, he wondered when did the little brat have enough time to use a clone technique. He then thought about when he was using the smoke as cover to hide. That would have been the perfect time to do any type of technique, but he should have been too busy holding the techinque together. He had to figure all of this out soon.
"Fire Release: Phoenix Immortal Fire!!"
With the wind going towards the Uchiha and the fire going away from him, it made a small explosion and halted both attacks in the process. Shoto landed on the ground in front of Sasuke with his arms crossed. Sasuke placed his hands in his pocket waiting for the next move from his opponent. Naruto was standing there overwhelmed at the immense chakra that the two were using and they didn't look the least bit tired at all. There was even a crowd of people standing around watching and betting on who would win between the two. This was one seriously interesting battle that would go down in the Ninja Battle History Book Konoha Edition forever as the greatest battle between a Genin and a Chunin.
Kakashi was in the crowd trying to get a better look at who was fighting. There were plenty of fire users in the village and wind users...well there was maybe two or three still alive. If there were only three of them and two of them happened to be non-Jonin he could only hope it wasn't one of them. He pushed his way through the crowd only to see his two favorite students using hand seals, Sasuke Uchiha and Shoto Emerald. He ran in the middle of whatever attack they both were about to use and held the younger Ninja. His visible eye was turned towards Sasuke who stared with disbelief that someone interrupted the fight once again.
"Kaka-sensei?" Shoto finally noticed the embrace he was in.
"Shosho-kun, are you alright? Shit, your arm's bleeding," Kakashi checked his arm.
"I'm cool. Dude, I was so owning Sasuke's sorry ass."
"It doesn't matter. You know better than to fight against someone with a higher rank than you. You are a Genin and he is a Chunin."
"Quit protecting him, Kakashi. He's not just some Genin; he's a Ninja without a squad that can almost be up to match with me," Sasuke glared
"Sasuke, this isn't you that I'm worried about. You, as a Genin, had more control of your chakra and was strong. He's not. His control of chakra is not as good as yours. He's strong, yes, but only when doesn't feel pressured or angered. That little control he has over his techniques leaves him and he goes berserk or into a panic and just sends attack after attack. You have to realize that."
"Am I really like that?"
"Yes. But only in certain battles."
"Does that mean no more beating up on Emo-chiha?"
"Yes, Shosho-kun. No more fighting Sasuke. You only can fight if it's training and I'm supervising."
"What is your problem, Kakashi? He's not a little kid anymore."
"Am so!! I'm Kaka-sensei's little kid. Are you jealous that he's holding me and not you? Or is it that I get more attention than you from him??"
"Keep that up and I will use that last jutsu on you."
"Shoto, hush."
"Yes sir."
"Naruto, take Shoto inside. And the rest of you, leave!"
People departed, Naruto grabbed Shoto to lead him back to his apartment room, and Sasuke tried to to leave the whole scene, but was stopped by Kakashi. A small blush came upon his cheeks as he felt an embrace from the man he had a crush on since he first saw him way back when he first became a Genin. He allowed himself to relax in his arms. It was like a dream, but this had to be a reality since he was still feeling some of the pain from being attacked by Shoto. He felt as if he was the main character in some crazy girl's fanfiction about him and Kakashi being a couple (little does he know that he's only a side pairing...but with whom?). He wanted that to last forever and ever.
Kakashi held him tighter as he figured that the boy was only trying to harm his other "student" because they were so close. He had to remember that he was a teenager and a Chunin now so he couldn't always be there to protect and guide him like he used to. He had to admit that holding him like this was bringing back fond memories of when he was with his father back when he was a small child. How much his life had changed since those early days.
"Sasuke."
"Hmm?"
"Could you lay off Shoto for a while?"
"..."
"Sasuke."
"Why is it always about him?"
"Sasu..."
"So he's an orphan from another place. I'm an orphan from right here. I'm stronger than him and I have more chakra control. What does he have that I don't?"
"He's an unique boy like yourself. He's unique in the way he acts, fights, and sees things. You see like I do, mostly negative things and when there is a positive you try to make something negative out of it. He sees everything in that positive light, similar to Naruto but it's also different. His light comes from that innocence of never having anyone talk down to him or call him a genius to hype up his ego. He has yet to kill anyone, but he loves to fight for fun. He's a little similar to a friend I once had and I wish to keep him in that innocence so he won't grow up like me or you."
"So what if he''s like that. He's not your son or any kind of kin to you. He doesn't love you like I do..."
"I don't expect him to love me. If anything I just want him to respect m...you love me?"
"Uh...um...no."
"I was going to give these back to you since you left them in front of my door. But at least I know they are for me." (the flowers were somewhere near whatever Itcha Itcha book he was on)
"I uh have to go...make some...um tomatoes."
Sasuke backed out of the embrace. He turned around quickly to make sure that Kakashi didn't see his red face. Never had he felt so embarrassed in his whole life. He had actually said that he loved Kakashi right in his face while they were in a middle of a conversation about a brat that got on his nerves more than anything else. But for him to run away like he was doing, maybe that was a bit more embarrassing than telling him that. He knew why he was running; his fear of rejection. So he would keep his distance away from Kakashi for a while.