Chapter 5

The freedom of a dream

Although Naruto had a general idea of what he would do to make sure Sasuke would remain safe and free, he didn't knew what to expect from said former rogue.

Sakura had warned him to be careful when he approached on the subject of time since it would be counterproductive and dangerous. She had advised him to ask a simple question as a time mark and let Sasuke pinpoint out to him which period of time he had regressed to.

However they didn't have to worry just about the amnesia, as she had recalled, if the former rogue had thought he was dreaming the blond would have to let him think so also in order to avoid further complications.

The blue eyed Hokage had already devised a simple question to know in which moment Sasuke's memory had regressed to and from then it all depended on the onyx eyed, and Sakura's green light.

When he walked confident to the brunet's room with Sakura by his side he never had expected to have to catch an unconscious Sasuke. Naruto had immediately reached for him, with his heart on his throat, thinking that something had happened to him. He noticed how pale and cold the other was and as a reaction his heart shot like an arrow and he started to call his name, when he associated the paleness and cold skin to death.

The minute that took the pink haired girl to check the brunet's vitals and told him the other had just passed out was one of the longest he had lived.

Naruto still hadn't forgotten the time he had lost him.

Carefully, the blond picked up the brunet and carried him back to the bed, where he lied the other down and then sat at the feet of the bed. As soon as the raven haired ninja had regained his senses, Sakura left to take care of the preparations for his discharged, leaving the blond alone to talk with him.

The blue eyed ninja was relieved to hear the brunet's voice even if it had been barely more than a whisper. After what he thought it had been a terrible slip, and an idiotic question, he was finally able to have an idea of until when Sasuke's memory had regressed to. He never expected to have the brunet speaking to him so… well, speaking to him in long sentences, which in Sasuke's case was incredibly rare.

What he had told him, his feelings and thoughts were more then what he had expected, especially because he already knew Sasuke's heart by heart, after they had fought during the war. The only and major difference was that the brunet didn't have so much hate in his heart as what he had expected him to since his memory had regressed. In fact he couldn't pick up any sign of the hate Sasuke had harbored for his brother back then, the only thing he heard was hurt and sadness.

For a moment he thought that just because the brunet had lost his memory didn't mean that his heart had regressed as well. The Sasuke before him didn't have a spot of hate tainting his heart. The Sasuke before him was the same that had helped defeating the Jyuubi and end the war almost at the cost of his life.

Hope began to swell in him as Sasuke continued to speak. By the time the other had reached a more accurate space of time he wasn't able to contain his voice and let out his thoughts exactly. However the knowledge of Sasuke's plan from that point onwards was what left him speechless. Yes, he had known Sasuke's heart but that wasn't the same as his thoughts, so the part where the other told him he would come back to Konoha was the most stunning thing he had ever heard.

He had been inclined to punching the daylights out of the haughty brunet, shout that he was a first class bastard and smile from the sheer happiness of that moment. Naruto didn't expect that his body would move first bringing Sasuke into a close embrace.

Happiness was just then an understated feeling compared to what he was feeling just then.

When he finally pushed the other back, he knew exactly what he was going to do.

"Now, I was quiet and I heard everything you said like a good Hokage should and now it's your turn to listen…", he said while grinning at Sasuke. "… In this dream I'm the seventh Hokage. You are back to Konoha and to show you what you have been missing all these months we are going on a tour. Do you agree?"

"Hun.", was the response he got from a somewhat unwilling Sasuke.

"I don't know if that was a yes or a no, but it doesn't matter because I'm your Hokage and this was an order! Sasuke… what are you doing?"

Naruto didn't understand why the brunet had backed away from him to lay his head on the pillow as if he was going to sleep.

"Sasuke? Sasuke? Are you feeling dizzy again? I can go get you some water."

"Get away from me, Dobe!", was the rash reply he got. "I'm trying to wake up."

"Why?", asked the puzzled blond.

"Because this is a nightmare!", the raven haired shouted before putting the pillow over his head.

"TEME!", the enraged blond shouted before reaching for the pillow, outraged by that reply. " You are not going back to sleep! I have the next two days planned for our tour. "

A tug-o-war with the pillow began with a rather quick conclusion. After Naruto had kneeled over the laid Sasuke, all that it had took to take away the pillow that kept him from seeing the brunet's face was a simple tug. In his euphoria the blond had forgotten the weak condition Sasuke was in, and in realization his grin died in a flash. However as soon as he looked at the other's face he realized something was off.

He had expected Sasuke to get angry but the expression the brunet was currently wearing was one that he had only seen in a few rare times, though he still remembered when he had seen it.

It was embarrassment.

"Sasuke? Are you blushing?"

The blond asked just to make sure that the faint pink shade across the other's face was not actually a sign of fever, however as soon as he finished his sentence, the light shade of pink turned into a more vibrant color, leaving the answer perfectly clear and a very stunned and puzzled Naruto.

"Wh-wha…"

"Get off of me, usuratonkachi! Go away!", the brunet exasperated while struggling under the blond in order to get him away." You sexual harassing Hokage, get off of me!"

And before Naruto could spurt a 'what?', a good directed kick sent him falling on his back on the floor with the help of his surprise.

Did Sasuke just called me a sexual harassing Hokage?

"Wha-what the hell, Sasuke! I didn't do anything to you!"

Immediately the blond realized he was indeed a sexual harassing Hokage.

Point one: He had dreams in which Sasuke was the star of his fantasies.

Point two: Even if it wasn't his fault, he did get turned on by such dreams, after all they were those types of dreams.

Point three: He actually had those dreams when he slept with him, in a tight hold nonetheless.

Point four: He had just stood over a rather weakened blushing Sasuke, and for a moment he felt a bit (just a tiny little bit, seriously!), turned on?

It hadn't been his fault! It was those dreams of his that were to blame which in fact were to blame on Konohamaru for his performance with their doubles. And honestly it was also Sasuke's fault for making such a face and telling him to get off! Now he was the one blushing all because the princess got a little self conscious!

Damnit don't call him a princess he's a guy!

Luckily or unluckily, Sakura opened the door in that moment and sensing something wrong, she called him by waving her hand to the blonde for him to go outside.

Naruto understood the message and stood silently, putting away his loud thoughts. Before he closed the door behind him, he glanced over his shoulder to see Sasuke with the pillow over his head again.

"Is everything okay? Sasuke still thinks he's sleeping right?", she asked hurriedly.

"Yeah! Everything's okay, why?"

"You were on the floor, baka!"

"Oh! That! It was nothing really.", the blond said a bit too quickly.

The green eyed girl felt a bit of suspicion but since Sasuke hadn't tried to run, she would have to just trust her Hokage… Even if he was a moron.

"Here…", she put some folded clothes with a bowl on top of them into Naruto's hands." I don't know if these are his size so I …"

In that moment realization hit Naruto.

Oh, right! Sasuke isn't wearing anything besides the hospital gown. That paper thin hospital gown.

Immediately his ears turned red, as a blurred picture started to form in his mind.

"… Also make sure he eats the porridge since…"

"NO, NO! Shoo, shoo, go away! That's disgusting!"

In his attempt to make that particular dirty image go away, Naruto had unconsciously move his arms, which resulted in throwing the bowl of porridge right into the pink haired girl's head.

"Ups!"

"NARUTO!"

Needless to say, Naruto was punched all the way to the other side of the hospital.

A few minutes later, the blond was again holding the clothes and the bowl of porridge that had medicine hidden in it. The only thing new was the red angry fist shaped marked that adorned his left cheek.

"Make sure he it's all of it. He hasn't eaten food in months and he'll need the extra energy if you want to take him around the town.", an angry Sakura says, with her hands on her hips.

"Hun, hun.", the blue eyed ninja nodded in agreement, he didn't want a matching mark on the other cheek.

"Don't screw up!", she said fuming before leaving.

Honestly, all the pervert dreams about Sasuke had caused him nothing but trouble. He really should get a grip before things got out of hand. He didn't even liked guys, for gods' sake!

The blond entered the room feeling discontent but calmer. Walking in large passes, he didn't realize the brunet was sleeping peacefully, with the pillow under his head, until he actually got to the side of the bed.

At seeing Naruto such a scene he sighed heavily. He wasn't angry at him for falling asleep. He was actually beating himself up for thinking that Sasuke was completely recovered just after he woke up. He obviously wasn't, and yet he was forcing him to get up and go on a tour around Konoha.

The blond knew it was selfish and stupid.

Placing the clothes at the end of the bed, he picked up the bowl and brought it over to Sasuke. He called him gently, so the brunet would wake up. He wanted to at least get him to eat something. Not seeing any stirring from the other, he placed the bowl on the support table, and carefully tucked him under the sheets.

Just when he had finally finished the brunet stirred and opened his eyes. Naruto picked the bowl and offered it to him, with a small smile on his lips.

"I'm not hungry.", Sasuke muttered weakly.

"Just a bite. You'll feel better.", the blond reassured.

The silence and the unwilling cooperation from the brunet left the blond anxious. Their gazes were locked for a good time, without any of them saying anything. Naruto saw tiredness in the long slow blinks of the other's eyes.

Never being the person to give up, the blond did something he never thought he would ever do for someone else. He sat on the bed and slowly but not hesitantly, he picked up the porridge filled spoon and brought it to Sasuke's lips. With their eyes never wandering from each other, the brunet finally complied with his sudden action after a few seconds, turning away his gaze to the spoon and open his mouth just enough for him to swallow.

Naruto breathed out relieved, thinking of how much he was actually enjoying seeing someone eat like that.

Automatically, he repeated the movement this time grinning, while seeing Sasuke swallow tiredly another spoon of porridge.

"Is it good?"

"It's terrible."

"Right, I forgot it was Sakura that cooked this.", the blond sighed.

"You can tell just by looking, dobe. Porridge isn't supposed to be dark brown."

"I never ate porridge so I didn't know.", he said while giving him another spoon.

"I can make it if you want to, but this is just a dream so I don't think that will actually happen."

"Eh… So you can cook?"

"Even a child is able to cook rice properly. Unlike you, some people aren't able to live of just instant ramen and spoiled milk."

"Teme."

The conversation had been calm and somewhat intimate since Sasuke was speaking so openly. With a few more bites, the bowl turned empty, and the brunet turned on his side to sleep, leaving Naruto to put the bowl on the table and on his way to leave.

"Hey, Sasuke? What did you mean with spoiled milk?", the blond asked out of curiosity before leaving.

" Humm… Our first kiss…", the raven haired paused for a bit of adjustment." There was the scent of tooth paste, but I could still taste the ramen… and the spoiled milk. You should check the date of your food, dobe."

The words had been spoken softly and tiredly rather than having a teasing tone; however that didn't change the fact that Naruto was blushing. Not because he had been reminded of drinking spoiled milk the day they had fatefully kissed for the first time but because he still actually remembered that…

"You tasted of tomatoes.", he said before closing the door.


Twenty minutes to midnight on my time!

Excuse me for any grammar mistakes, I always miss a couple after almost writing for four hours.

Please review, if you agree that this was indeed the best chapter I ever wrote. Honestly it has everything a good chapter should have, it's funny, sad, sweet, with violence and sexual harrasement on the mix!

Review People!

Also I want some feedback about if this story rewritten is better than the original. I'm keeping some ideas so you'll probably notice some things are the same as the other although it's written differently, besides the new ideas of course. The next chapter will be very familiar to it's counterpart since I'm not changing what is good. You guessed right if in the next chapter there will the third kiss... honestly how hard was it to figure it out? I just ended this chapter talking about kisses.

I'll update in a week, if I have internet. Otherwise you'll have to wait until the sixth.