Wow guys you all really seem to be enjoying this story. The last chapter especially seemed to get a lot of reviews. And I must say that I feel very happy that you are all enjoying this story. If I'm honest, I have no idea where I'm going with it…but I can assure you that when I do it will be great. So here's chapter five!
warnings for this chapter: no real warning other than the obvious boyXboy
Truth or Dare?
Let's talk
Naruto woke up a couple hours later still cradling the sleeping Sasuke. He took a look at the clock on the wall and decided that he should wake up Sasuke. He gently stroked his face and kissed his forehead "wake up Sasuke. We caused a lot of trouble yesterday," he laughed nervously, "We need to make up for it today."
The Uchiha awoke from his short slumber and rubbed his eyes cutely. Naruto had already gotten up and had prepared a coffee for Sasuke to wake him up properly. Sasuke sat on the edge of the sofa-bed and took the coffee off the table in front of him.
"I'm just going to have a quick shower okay? Then we can leave and get there good and early for Sakura-Chan and Kakashi-sensei." He put on his trade mark grin and Sasuke now realised how perfect Naruto's mask was and why no-one had ever noticed his pain before.
Sasuke sat patiently drinking his coffee as he heard the water turn on which meant that Naruto was in the shower now. When he finished his coffee Naruto had gone to his room to put on some fresh clothes and as he came out to see what Sasuke was doing he found the sofa bed folded away and the bed sheets and the rest of it in a neat tidy pile ready to be put away. Sasuke was coming out of the kitchen having decided to wash and put his coffee mug away. "Thanks Sasuke" Naruto gave him a heart warming smile that made Sasuke feel all gooey inside but he just returned the smile.
"We could quickly head back to your place and you can change into some new clothes if you want"
"Nah, can't be bothered" Naruto laughed at his laziness.
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The boys arrived at the arranged meeting spot and fell silent for a little while, not really knowing what to talk about.
Sasuke still hadn't told Naruto why he was going to hurt himself but Naruto had a sneaking suspicion that it may have had something to do with him. He didn't like silence and decided to bring it up. "Err, hey, Sasuke,"
Sasuke looked at the blonde that he had been trying not to stare at during the silence and noticed he was looking at his hands that were fiddling with the fingers on them, "yeah?"
"Well you haven't said anything to me about…why you were going to…you know. And well I was thinking, it hasn't got anything to do with…me has it?"
Sasuke looked down not wanting to tear up before his team mate and sensei arrived, "can we talk about this later...please?"
"Sure"
And with that silence was between the two again.
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Today Sakura was on-time but was utterly shocked when she saw Naruto waiting next to Sasuke, and how they weren't at each others throats! "Morning Sasuke! Glad to see you're alright after disappearing yesterday. Where did you go anyway? None of us could find you."
Sasuke remembered the night before and wished he hadn't because that was the second most painful moment in his entire life. When was the first? Earlier that morning when he discovered a secret about Naruto. He got a slightly distressed look on his face and Naruto noticing decided to cut in, "did you rest well Sakura-Chan?"
"oh, yes thank you Naruto, and I see you did as well seeing as you're here before me!" she had a smile on her face as she spoke in a calm manor.
"eh hahaha, yea I suppose I did sleep well last night" he rubbed the back of his head as a smile spread across his face as he lied, in fact he hadn't rested well, that sofa-bed of his was extremely lumpy and uncomfortable but hey, that doesn't really matter that much.
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The two chounins and jounin medic-nin waited in silence for their sensei. He was, as usual, late and when he finally arrived, Naruto and Sakura attacked him.
After they had settled down Kakashi was finally able to speak, "yes yes, I know I'm late, I just figured seeing as yesterday Naruto was late and then Sasuke went off I thought that Sakura would be the only one here, or Sakura would throw in the towel and sleep in for once, oh well, my bad."
Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke continued to glare at him.
"Right well, today's training is going to be in pairs. Naruto with Sasuke and Sakura with me. Just practice your weaknesses, a strong enemy would be able to find your weakness in no time, whether it's a jutsu or a personal matter, just focus on not letting those get in the way of your battle, don't loose focus and don't let your guard down. Your weakest point could easily become your strongest.
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"So what's your weakest point then teme?" asked Naruto as they came to a clearing far away from the village.
'You you you you you you you – I didn't just think that' Sasuke inwardly sweat dropped, "I don't have any weaknesses dobe, what about you?"
'I have no reason to live' "none whatsoever" he smiled his idiotic smile.
"We'll see about that"
"This should be fun! Find the weak spot. Let the games begin!"
Of course they both already new their weak spots. Naruto knew that Sasuke intends on hurting himself and Sasuke knew that Naruto cut himself, both of these facts caused pain for the both of them.
Usually they both would have gone straight for the kill, not wasting any time, but they both felt bad for the other and felt like that would be taking advantage and not being fair…but then again, the enemy isn't going to be playing fair, he isn't going to be disqualified for cheating and attacking a weak spot, that is why they had to get over their problems, their issues, they had to gain control of their emotions, hide their pain, but this was a hard battle for the two chunins.
They circled each other like wrestlers in a ring, each egging the other on, daring them to go first. But neither of them wanted to do it. When they had eventually started, they only battled half heartedly. They stopped after ten minutes.
"I can't do this Sasuke" Naruto sat on a nearby log looking over at Sasuke.
"Neither can I, it doesn't feel right"
"I know what you mean…hey! Just because sensei said that we have to strengthen our weak spots it doesn't mean we have to do it by battling does it? We could talk it out couldn't we?"
"I like that Idea" (so do I cause I can't do battles sorry!) Sasuke smiled and sat down next to Naruto. They sat in silence not really knowing what to do now.
"So who should we deal with first?" said Naruto finally breaking the silence.
"I don't know"
"Well we talked a bit about my problem this morning so why don't we talk about you?"
Sasuke blushed because talking about him would mean he would end up talking about Naruto. "Do we have to?" he asked in an almost childish tone.
"Yes we do, now would be a great opportunity for you to tell me what you were thinking when you were on that cliff."
"Oh, that, well, I guess, I wasn't really thinking, I just wanted the pain and flow of emotions to stop." Sasuke held his head in his hands as he looked at the ground."
"What pain?"
"Well, I guess, the pain in my, heart?"
"Oh"
"Yea, oh, I guess I just feel like I've made a complete idiot of myself too many times and I'd just be ruining the family image and my own image and you would start thinking I was the idiot."
'No offence Sasuke but that's lame!' "Well you don't need to worry about it then. No matter if you do make a fool of yourself or not, I will always look more foolish than you, always have and always will, your family image was kind of ruined when Itachi killed them all (Naruto sweat dropped), since when do you really care what people think of you anyway? If you wanted to think about your image then you wouldn't have run off with Orochimaru to begin with, and I always thought you were an idiot! Hahaha nah I'm just kidding I would never think of you as an idiot."
"This is why I didn't want to bring it up, because you have an answer for everything that I said"
"Well maybe it's deeper then that, maybe there's a reason that you don't even know about yet, I mean think about it, when the idea came to you, what were you trying to do?"
"Escape"
"From what? Do you know?"
"Rejection" Sasuke looked down at the ground, is that really why he wanted cut himself? To overdose? So that he could escape Naruto's rejection? Mane he really was lame!
"Sasuke, if your scared about being alone, then don't be, I will always be by your side. You mean everything to me."
Naruto smiled at Sasuke and Sasuke smiled at Naruto and then they hugged.
That had sorted our Sasuke's weakness, but what about Naruto? Would there be a way of showing the villagers what idiots they are being and get them to treat Naruto with the respect that he deserves? They spent the rest of the training session discussing how they could convince others to stop being jackasses and had a good laugh at some of the ideas offered.
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The end of the session had come and Kakashi had tracked the two down after sending Sakura home already, he found them napping under a tree, Sasuke was resting his head on Naruto's shoulder and Naruto's head on the tree trunk they were leaning on, Naruto's arm was also around Sasuke's shoulders. Kakashi decided to leave them there and went home to read the entire icha icha series from the very first book. He just loves them so much!
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Naruto woke up as the sun was starting to set and noticed Sasuke was still asleep, he decided to wake him up and they walked back to Sasuke's home together. Sasuke got them both a beer and they sat and chatted a little before Naruto went back to his own house and was able to get a proper nights sleep after two nights of disruptions.
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From then on, Sasuke and Naruto had become exceedingly close friends and were nearly inseparable. They did nearly everything together, they went to each others houses nearly everyday and they always had something to talk about. Sasuke was coming to terms that Naruto may never feel the same way about him, and he may never get the relationship he desires but he would be fine being friends with him.
And Naruto? Naruto's feelings for Sasuke were growing, and soon enough as soon as he and Sasuke had parted he would miss his raven friend. He had started to suffer the same symptoms as Sasuke, day dreaming about the raven, dreaming about the raven, having thoughts about he raven, desires that he has had for no other but the raven. And so it seems that Naruto has finally fallen for Sasuke. But could him confessing this hurt the Uchiha? He had already been told that he doesn't share his feelings, would he feel that it was just a cruel joke? No, he would not, Naruto would be able to convince him that his feelings were real and both of their dreams would quite possible be able to come true.
Ok guys. That's that chapter. TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT! Would any of you like some lemon? Or should we skip that? LET ME KNOW! Hope you enjoyed this chapter. It doesn't really have that much in it and it is probably not the best but hey
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