A/N: This is one of the first one-shots I've ever written...so it's not that good. I remember I tried to incorporate the actual lyrics to "Can I Have A Kiss" by Kelly Clarkson into the dialogue. I'm not sure if it works, it could be a little strange to read, but I liked the whole arguement between the two. Yes, Sasuke is OOC, but it's an explained OOC. Hope you enjoy it!
OH! And, it's a little AU, too...because at this time I didn't know what really happened the first time Naruto saw Sasuke after the 2 year gap, so I pretended that they brought him home by some miracle of emo-powers. Didn't read the manga yet...I'm a baka...
One-Shot #41
Jutsu Gone Wrong
"Remember, Naruto, to keep your fingers pointed away from you at all times, or you'll cast the jutsu on yourself." Sakura lectured.
"Aw, Sakura, this is stupid!" Naruto whined.
"Naruto!" Sakura screamed, shaking a fist in front of him. "I thought you grew up? You're fifteen now, remember? Now, get up and do this damn jutsu!"
Naruto straightened up immediately, afraid of what Sakura's fist could do to him, and began repeating her hand signs, in complete silence.
Kakashi stood by an extremely bored Sasuke as they watched the pair train. Sasuke knew Sakura would turn to him soon, but for now he was amused by Naruto's antics, as he always was.
"Do you know this jutsu, Kakashi-sensei?" Sasuke inquired, drawing the man's attention from his new book.
"Yes. But if Naruto's not careful, he'll be casting a more dangerous form of it."
"What do you mean?"
"The Inhibition Jutsu. It's only a one hand sign difference from the jutsu Sakura's teaching him right now." Kakashi explained.
Before Sasuke could comment, a bright green light hit Sasuke square in the chest, and than, everything in Sasuke's world went black.
It was a while before Sasuke came too, feeling a bit dizzy. He just wrote it off as what waking up to a screaming Naruto and Sakura would do to a person.
"Naruto, you moron! What did you do wrong?"
"I'm sorry, Sakura. I don't know what I did." Naruto was looking at his hands, as if blaming this entire situation on them.
"Do them again, without words or chakra, and slowly." Sakura was trying to calm down, but no one could have known what jutsu Naruto actually did on Sasuke. She watched carefully as Naruto repeated the hand signs, slowly, in front of her.
And then it hit her. He missed one completely.
"You did the Inhibition Jutsu, Naruto." Sakura's voice was low. She looked from Naruto, to Kakashi, to, the now awake, Sasuke.
"The what?"
"Naruto, come here a minute." Kakashi said, his visible eye crinkled in a smile. "Sakura, take care of Sasuke."
As Kakashi and Naruto walked a little away from where they were, he frowned. "I really messed up this time, didn't I?"
"What makes you say that?"
"The look on Sakura's face. What does the Inhibition Jutsu do, anyway?"
"It takes the pent-up thoughts, emotions and reactions people have and forces them to express them. Like, um, when you want ramen, but you know you can't because you have to go train, this jutsu will make you forget about training and just go eat the ramen."
"So, Sasuke will do whatever he wants, no matter what?"
"Yeah, pretty much."
"So, how is that different from any other time?" At this, Kakashi just laughed.
"The jutsu will wear off in a week or two," the medical-nin said. "Until then, maybe you should stay with someone who doesn't mind dealing with your whims."
"I'll take care of you, Sasuke. I mean, after all, it is my fault." Naruto offered, making Sakura smile at his sense of responsibility. Or, at least, she tried to smile.
"Yes, it is, you moron!" Sasuke growled at him.
"Sasuke!" Sakura gasped, holding on to a very rejected looking Naruto's arm. "Be nice, he's trying to help."
"Helping would have been you never trying to teach the moron a new trick."
"Sasuke!" Kakashi's voice boomed though the room, making even the medical-nin jump. "Close your mouth until further notice."
"Blow me." Sasuke muttered, jumping off the bed. "I'm going home."
"With all due respect, everyone," The medical-nin interjected, as the team was currently grabbing Sasuke and throwing him into the bed. "He has no control over what he's saying. He will, at least until it wears off, say or do the first thing that pops into his head."
"Can I control it at all?" Sasuke asked, shoving Sakura away from holding down his arm.
"With time, you may be able to. But, for at least the next twenty-four hours, you will do every whim you have. Which is why you need someone responsible to take care of you."
"And, you are going to leave me with someone who couldn't keep a gerbil alive?"
"Hey! I never had a gerbil, but I have plants and they're all very happy and healthy, Sasuke!" The hurt look on Naruto's face was growing by the second, which was hurting Sasuke too.
"I'm sorry, Naruto."
The seven eyes in the room grew to twice their normal size. Did Sasuke Uchiha just apologize?
"Can we go home, now?" Sasuke got up and grabbed Naruto's arm, ignoring the weird looks from everyone in the room, including Naruto.
"Uh, okay…" Naruto began leading Sasuke out the door, and than stopped dead in his tracks. "Which home?"
"Yours!" Sasuke almost yelled, but caught it. It came out sounding a little strangled. "I want to go to your home, Naruto. With you. In your home."
Naruto just stared, nodded slightly, and continued to walk out the door. Only slowing down to shoot Kakashi and Sakura a very confused look.
"I'll come over later and check up on you, Sasuke." Sakura yelled after them.
"No! No, don't. We'll be having – busy… we'll be busy. Very busy. You just go home, Sakura. Don't worry about me. I'll be with Naruto, I'll be fine."
At this, the confused eyes just got even more confused.
"Your apartment is a piece of shit." Sasuke winced at his words. He needed to control this, like, now.
"Yeah, it's no Uchiha mansion, but its home." Naruto tried to laugh and not sound hurt, but it didn't work.
"Sorry, Naruto." Sasuke whispered. Naruto looked at him and smiled.
"You can't control it, so no harm done."
"Your plants are actually living." It was more of a statement than a question. He fingered the leaves of one of Naruto's most prized possessions and smiled. "What is this?"
"That's an orchid. It's really hard to keep living, but I'm proud of it." Naruto came over and stood beside him, using a dropper to feed it some sweet smelling plant food.
Sasuke couldn't help himself; he leaned down and sniffed Naruto's bright blonde hair. "Hmm, smells good."
"Yeah, I don't know what's in it, but it almost smells like fruit or something." Naruto stood up and smiled, nearly knocking Sasuke over in the process.
Sasuke's face turned a bright shade of red at almost getting caught, but walked to Naruto's couch and flopped down.
"Do you need anything, Sasuke?" Naruto's question was innocent enough, but it let out a whole plethora of thoughts from Sasuke's mind.
Until, that is, Sasuke's mind let one thought linger; the sweet smell of his hair, the feel of Naruto's tan skin, and those bright blue eyes. But, last of all, it settled in on Naruto's lips, and what they felt like the last time those lips meant his.
"A kiss." Sasuke breathed out.
"I'm sorry, I didn't catch that." Naruto walked around the couch and stood in front of him.
"Can I have a kiss, Naruto?" Sasuke was trying to fight it, but in the end the medical-nin was right. There was no fighting what the jutsu wanted you to reveal. So, Sasuke settled for the blush creeping across his cheeks and the sweat that began to form on his brow, and stood up to face Naruto. Besides, he started it with a question like that.
"A kiss? From who?" Naruto smirked.
"You."
Naruto tried to make a coherent comment, but nothing came out. Instead, he blushed and looked anywhere but at Sasuke. Sasuke, however, had other plans for Naruto's face. Cupping it in his hands, Sasuke brought Naruto closer to him until their lips brushed together. He could feel the breath catch in Naruto's throat, but ignored it. He needed to feel him, damn the consequences. Wrapping his arms around Naruto's neck, he forced Naruto toward him, their lips crushing together. To Sasuke's surprise, Naruto's arms encircled his back and pulled them even closer together, kissing Sasuke fiercely back. It was as if everything else disappeared, and it was only the two of them. Like the world stopped. Like there was no jutsu forcing Sasuke to do this, no hidden force making Sasuke's tongue loose and spill every hidden secret. There was just them and this head-spinning, dizzying, wonderful feeling. Until Naruto pulled away.
"Sasuke, you don't know what you're doing." Naruto sounded really hurt, more hurt than Sasuke's voice when he growled at the loss of his wonderful feeling.
"What are you talking about, dobe?" Sasuke's voice was deep and breathy as he talked. Naruto turned away from him, trying to hide the rejected tone in his voice and the hurt covering his face.
"You don't want me. It's the jutsu. It's making you do these things."
Sasuke didn't turn Naruto to face him, he just walked forward and wrapped his arms around Naruto from behind.
"I'm sorry, Naruto. I just wanted a kiss. I just wanted to know what it felt like to have something so pure, something I was always so sure of. I always knew somewhere deep down, that you would save me. I know that you're too good for me, that I'm not worthy of you, but I want you to at least be willing to try. To see that, when I want to be, I can be what you need me to be."
"Sasuke…" Naruto breathed out, trying to turn his head to see Sasuke's face.
"I know you don't owe me anything. Hell, I've been a mess since you've known me. I can't promise you forever, not with me chasing after Itachi, but I'm working on that."
Sasuke let go of Naruto, allowing him to turn so they could face each other.
"Sasuke, I…" Naruto began, but was silenced by Sasuke pressing their lips together.
Naruto pulled away again, letting his forehead rest on Sasuke's. "You'll just leave me again, once Itachi comes anywhere near here, won't you?"
"I – I don't know. But I love you enough to try."
There it was, in complete inhibition honesty, was Sasuke's promise. His promise to try. A promise that Naruto didn't think he could deal with. He was using the jutsu to find out Sasuke's real feelings, but now he was really wishing he didn't. The truth was starting to hurt.
"That's your promise?" Naruto pulled away and took a step back. "You promise to try? What kind of promise is that?"
"It's all I've got, Naruto." Sasuke took a step forward, only to have Naruto step backward again.
"You say you love me, but you're more than willing to leave me again? I love you, too, Sasuke! That's why I went to find you! That's why I trained and got stronger. Just to bring you back. But, oh, you love me enough to try!"
"I never said I was 'more than willing' to do anything. But I've wanted my revenge long before I wanted you!"
"So, murder will come before me?"
"Revenge, not murder!" Sasuke's voice took a tone Naruto had never known. It was cross between hurt and love, but nothing like Sasuke had ever used before. He took a deep breath and looked Naruto directly in the eye. "The love I feel, the love I felt, for you kept me going. It kept me sane and determined. It's why I couldn't kill you. Not because of my whim, because of my heart. I couldn't bear to hurt you. Leaving you was better than killing you."
"Sasuke, than why can't you stay with me now?"
"I'm trying. Give me a chance before you turn this down." Sasuke's arms were back around Naruto's neck before his sentence was finished, with his lips pressed against Naruto's. The fierce kiss they'd began earlier was continued, but this time with a passion neither had ever experienced. Until they heard a small 'poof' coming from the direction of Naruto's open window.
"Hey – oh, sorry. Guess you two are busy." Kakashi's eye crinkled as he smiled.
"Do you have something important to do here?"
Within seconds Kakashi was standing directly in front of Sasuke, a finger pointed at his chest. "Watch what you say, Sasuke. Sakura dispelled the jutsu on you almost five minutes ago. You have no excuse to be a jerk now."
"Nani?" Both teenagers exclaimed at once.
"Yeah, apparently the jutsu is dispelled just like a simple gen-jutsu. She found it in a book in Tsunade's office. You've been freely acting, with your own will, for at least five minutes now."
Sasuke just gaped at him, while Naruto just stared at Sasuke. Everything they'd argued had been for real. It was really Sasuke saying he loved Naruto.
As the reality settled in, Naruto was beaming. Kakashi took notice, said his good-bye, and 'poof'-ed out, leaving a very stunned Sasuke and a very happy Naruto.
"Did you mean everything?"
"I – uh, yeah." Sasuke rubbed the back of his head, his new-found honesty still coursing through his mind. Had he really just said all that without a jutsu?
"Aw, Sasuke!" Naruto's body slammed against Sasuke's as he engulfed the other teen into a bone-crushing hug. "I always knew that emo attitude was just a cover-up. I always knew you loved me!"
"You did, did you?" Sasuke choked out. "Can I breathe now, Naruto?"
"Huh? Oh, yeah, sorry." Naruto pulled away. Then, suddenly, his face turned serious again and looked up at Sasuke. "I know why you left. I can't blame you myself. It has to be hard living with all that inside of you." His gaze was intense, it was making Sasuke a little nervous. It was almost the same look he had when they'd fought all those years ago. A look of pure determination.
"Na-Naruto?"
"I don't forgive you, but I do get it. And, you have a lot to make up for." His took a step forward, closing what little gap there was between him and Sasuke. "So, now you have to do whatever whim I have."
Sasuke breathed out a sigh of relief. At least Naruto wasn't mad. But, every whim Naruto had? That kid was unpredictable. "What kind of whims?"
"Dunno yet. Right now, though, I just want a kiss." Both faces erupted in a smirk as arms encircled each other.
This whim he could handle. Now what would come tomorrow…that was anyone's guess.
For some reason, the whole "I left you alive on a whim" line became my favorite line. I used it a lot in real life. lol. Even where it didn't make sense. Of course, I say "dattebayo" a lot, too. Along with many many quotes from both Yu-Gi-Oh and Naruto's Abridged Series'. Yes, I'm a dork. lol!
