Sorry about the delay, I'll explain myself at the end of the chapter (you're already impatient with me enough as it is!) so ON WITH THE STORY!!
Summary: I'm getting really tired of typing this thing…. Sasuke and Naruto fought again and Sasuke gets sick, so Naruto brings him back to Konoha, in the hopes that he'll want to stay.
Warning: Yaoi (SasuNaru), cursing, and maybe suggestive stuff later on… spoilers and OOCness (I is sorry!!! I tried so hard to keep Falcon in character but it was hard!)… Um… angst…. and evil people who make me angry/sad inside… .:cries in a corner:. Oh and uh fluff… because I listened to a bunch of really cute songs and they inspired me to give Naruto and Sasuke lots of fluff… so if you are distracted by fluff I'm sorry… it wouldn't go away 'till I wrote it :P
Disclaimer: If Naruto and Sasuke had sex in a forest and no one was around to hear them would Masashi Kishimoto still own them? Why yes he would, 'cause he's mean like that .:pouts:.
Chapter 16: Then I Will Feel so Small
Slam! Sasuke watched horrified as large sword came into contact with Naruto's head, and he fell forward, clearly losing conciousness… fast.
He looked towards the attacker angrily. "Who are you and what the hell do you want?" he demanded, letting his rapidly increasing anger creep into his voice, despite his normally calm facade.
"Sasuke you offend, you don't remember me?" the voice asked, mock hurt in his voice.
"Suigetsu?" Sasuke asked, shocked as the boy came out of the shadows, stepping away from Naruto and putting the large sword away.
"At your service! … who's the loser?" he asked, nodding his head towards Naruto, who was attempting to slowly lift himself off the floor.
"Loser?" Sasuke asked, his anger returning to replace his temporary surprise. "You bastard, what the fuck were you trying to gain from hurting Naruto?"
"Sasuke, dearest, I thought that much would be obvious to someone as intelligent as you…" Sasuke turned and glared at the new comer, "Karin…" Sasuke spat.
"Yes?" she responded, a small smirk fleeting across her lips. "You need something?"
"What's the meaning of this?" he demanded, ignoring her sarcasm and pointing towards Naruto, who still seemed stuck in a void between conciousness and uncounciousness. "What the fuck were you trying to do?" he demanded again, glaring at her, until her smirk fualtered.
"When you didn't come back we grew worried, did you really think we wouldn't come looking for you?" she asked, her expression just as serious as his.
"You should've left well enough alone…" beofre he could stop himself the image of Sai smirking popped into his mind, and was prelaced by Naruto… looking lost and hurt, and that was replaced by a letter that he himself had written.
"You told him to do it…" Sasuke said outloud, though more to himself than anyone else. "You made Sai do that to Naruto and me…" he turned back to her and glared harder than before at this new discovery, "You bitch! You did that to us!"
" 'Us'!?" Suigetsu scoffed, both Karin and Sasuke turned to look at him. "You're the one who fell for it and tried to leave your little boyfriend here…"
Sasuke's glare hardened further as he tried to hide the small blush that had crept onto his face, but he said nothing.
"Well if you're not interested…" he said, a smirk on his lips, as he began to walk over to Naruto, "That means it's up for the taking right?"
He walked over to Naruto and stood inbetween him and Suigetsu, absolute fury practically exuding from his body, almost to the point of visibility as he glared at Suigetsu, who now crept back, holding his hands up defensivly. "Relax Sasuke, I was only joking."
"Don't you dare talk about Naruto like that…" Sasuke growled, his voice low. "Relax Sasuke…" Karin intruded before any more damage could be done. "We're taking you home now, and if you come quietly nothing's going to happen to you… or Naruto."
It took Sasuke a few moments before he could hide the shock on his face. "What the fuck are you going to do to him if I don't?" He asked, quickly recovering from the shock and letting his anger return to him once more.
"Use your imagination Sasuke…" Karin said harshly.
He growled at her, tearing his eyes away, momentarily, from Naruto and Suigetsu. "Filthy Bitch."
"Tsk. Tsk." Suigetsu scolded playfully, "Wouldn't want to get us angry now Sasuke…"
"Try me," Sasuke spat at him, returning his attention to him and Naruto.
"Is that an invitation," Suigetsu spat back, a smirk beginning to play again across his face.
"Come now Sasuke, let us not have these lovers spats…" Karin sighed, dramatizing her exasperation with the two of them. "Take your 'precious friend' and let us be on our way."
Sasuke didn't make a single move and he continued to glare at Suigetsu who smirked back, as though enjoying the moment.
"If you won't I will…" Karin warned, "Or Suigetsu…" Suigetsu made a slight move closer towards Naruto's body earning him a sound fist into his stomach.
"If you lay one more finger on him…" Sasuke whispered harshly, leaving the threat open ended. Suigetsu smirked, despite being doubled over, his arms wrapped around his stomach, and made a dramatic motion, indicating that Naruto was open for the taking.
"If I come nothing happens to him?" Sasuke asked, not bothering to look at Karin, to whom the question was directed.
"Yes."
"And I can keep him with me."
"So long as he isn't too… 'distracting' for you."
Sasuke nodded and stepped towards Naruto who was now attempting to crawl away. Instinct taking over in his near uncouncious state.
Sasuke lifted him into his arms and held him close to his chest, defensively.
"Don't worry Naruto, I'll straighten this out… I'll make it right… for both of us, I promise…"
Suigetsu sighed dramatically, "Ah true love… But you know Sasuke, you shouldn't make promises you can't keep…"
Sasuke whipped around, though careful not to hurt Naruto in the process. "One of these days you'll find it rather difficult to talk with your head so far up your ass…"
"Ooh Sasuke, that hurts." Suigetsu replied sarcastically.
Sasuke was distracted from retorting from a groan from the hardly concious Naruto. "Naruto you all right?" he asked, his voice quiet, calm, and low. "Tired… Falling…" came the hoarse reply.
"Go to sleep now Naruto… I promise I'll make it better…"
Sasuke watched as Naruto faded quickly into sleep, losing all sense of counciousness, unaware of any of his surroundings, unaware of anything, or so he thought.
It wasn't far into his "falling" that Naruto uttered the worst word he could have said. The word that Sasuke would find most painful, the word that meant Naruto didn't blame him, still. That meant he'd have to face more guilt because it was his fault.
And yet Naruto still said that word, that one word that ripped Sasuke's heart right out of his chest. The one word that made him carry Naruto out of the room with his hated group. That made him agree to return with them. That made him feel every desire to protect his best friend. Because his best friend said it, that one word, that one word so weakly and so sadly that he could never say no, never deny him. The one worst word he could have said.
"Sasuke…"
….
Naruto awoke with the most massive headache he thought he'd ever felt in his life. "Nnn…" he groaned as he sat up from the filthy, hard, and cold stone floor. The room was dark, but their was light enough to make out… nothing. The room was devoid of furniture, of life, of sound, of anything and of everything.
"You awake?" came a calm voice from a dark corner. He was wrong, their was life in this empty place he would now probably be forced to call "home."
"I suppose…" he answered, his voice quiet and rough from lack of use. "Good," the voice responded, genuine relief apparent in the otherwise passive tone. "You've been out for days…"
"Days?"
"Yes, seven to be exact."
"Who's counting?" Naruto couldn't hide the curiosity in his voice.
"Just a friend," Sasuke answered, stepping out of the shadows of the corner and walking over to where Naruto now sat.
"Sasuke!" Naruto cried out, happier than Sasuke would have liked, given the situation. Naruto leapt forward off the floor despite the pain that now accompanied every movement he made. His head ached but he didn't care as he continued forward until he fell roughly into Sasuke.
"Yes, Naruto, I'm here…" Sasuke said softly as Naruto hugged him tightly from their new, some what uncomfortable position, and began nuzzling his chest gently.
"Where is here, exactly?" Naruto asked from Sasuke's chest, his voice muffled slightly.
"That's information I'm not allowed to disclose."
Naruto blinked and looked up at Sasuke from his position. Sasuke's face was passive and his body erect, and he made no movement of familiarity towards Naruto.
"Something wrong?" Naruto asked, ignoring the lack of information he'd obtained. "You look upset…" Alright, not so much upset as utterly and completely indifferent and for Sasuke, well only lately, that's usually not good…
"Do you still not hate me?" Sasuke asked calmly, his face still passive.
"Of course I don't hate you Sasuke…" Naruto replied, almost irked at Sasuke for making him repeatedly express his feelings.
"You should…" Sasuke said as he moved away from Naruto and sat against the wall.
"What do you think I should hate you for?" Naruto asked, following him and sitting beside him, allowing himself to lean into Sasuke.
"For getting you into this mess…"
"But you promised you'd fix it…" Naruto said, recalling a faint dream… or perhaps it was a memory from the other day at the hospital, it didn't mater, Sasuke still promised he'd fix it…
Sasuke blinked and looked at Naruto strangely. "What?"
"Forget it," I probably dreamed that anyway… "It doesn't matter, I'm just glad you're here… and I don't hate you… honestly Sasuke, why would I hate you?"
"I keep fucking up your life, you had enough problems without me skrewing things up worse for you…
"I just make things worse and worse…I mess things up whenever I'm with you."
Naruto shook his head and smiled at Sasuke with an expression that Sasuke couldn't quite understand.
"But I'm still with you, which makes everything just a little bit less worse."
Naruto kept that loving smile on his face and Sasuke could feel the guilt swell up in his chest at the thought that he didn't deserve that kind of love from anyone, especially not someone like Naruto.
"That's just stupid…" Sasuke remarked, trying to hide the faint blush that had risen on his cheeks. "Or are you always just that stupid?"
Naruto just grinned at him, in his usual goofy way, and he leaned in closer. "No, only when I'm with you!"
Sasuke had to look away when he felt the heat quickly rush to his face. He remained silent, which Naruto took to be a bad sign, and he stood up and began to walk away. "I get it…" he said solemnly.
"Get what?" Sasuke asked as he instinctivly grabbed at Naruto's hand, holding him back.
"You're done talking, and you want me to go away…"
"Why would I want you to go away?"
This time it was Naruto's turn to blush and look away. "You always wanted me to go away… and when I didn't you did…"
Sasuke sighed and pulled back gently on Naruto's hand till he came back to the wall, and Sasuke himself stood up. "If I wanted you to go away I'd tell you."
He leaned in, still holding tight to Naruto's hand. "And I don't believe I said any such thing…" Naruto's face turned a furious shade of red but Sasuke ignored it. "Did I Naruto? Did I tell you to go away?"
"N-no, but you—"
Sasuke leaned in further despite Naruto's growing protests, "No… so why would you want to go away?"
"Sasuke I don't think this is a good—"
"Why would you go away Naruto?"
"Sasuke I really think this is a bad idea…" Naruto's voice became more and more strained, and his blush grew more furious.
"Because if you were to really ask me, I'd say you should stay, right here, with me…" Sasuke moved his hand from Naruto's hand and wrapped both his arms around him, "…forever…"
"Well I don't know about you but Naruto certainly may stay for that long…" came an almost entertained voice from the door. It's figure leaned casually against the frame and a dark smirk spread across his lips.
"I told you we shouldn't have been doing that…" Naruto replied weakly, his face completely red from being discovered… and from the situation in general…
"Suigetsu I thought I specifically said I didn't want to be disturbed…" Sasuke growled bitterly, letting go of Naruto and walking towards the door.
Suigetsu laughed cooly, "I'm almost afraid to know what you would have done to your poor boyfriend anyway…"
Naruto's face turned a shade of red so deep Sasuke hadn't even known it existed, and he fell to his knees, his headache returning with full force. Sasuke began to walk towards the door, trying to remain calm and not do the very thing Naruto had just done.
"Karin wants you for dinner anyway…" Suigetsu admitted, shrugging as Sasuke stomped passed him.
"Tell her to fuck off…"
Suigetsu smirked evily, and Sasuke feared what comment could possibly be coming next, and for good reason…
"You're the only one doing any 'fucking' around here Sasuke…"
haha, I just had to end it that way… had that line in my head this whole time (because it's so true in every story I read XP) Well I want to appologize for that taking so so so so so so so so long my personal (rather messed up) life got in the way… u know between boys and "mean girls" and grades and AP's and SAT prep etc. I've been swamped with more than I could possibly have been ready to handle… well that's more than you probably wanted to know about my life, sorry
anyway, after months of waiting here you are… a little longer than usual just as an "I'm sorry" prezzie ^^ Though sorry there was no Sai, he's next chapter I promise (I have many a plan for him… actually I only have a couple of plans… but if I say that maybe you all will actually like me again! :D)
thanks as usual to all my reviewrs, please don't hate me ^^;;
Shashuko the Paisley Maiden – he is a silly boy isn't he? If he just did what all the fan-girls told him to do he wouldn't get into such problems :p Nobody kidnapping Naruto is EVER a good thing, though that is always a plus ;)
Halskr – I'll be sure to tell Sai that, I'm sure he'll be grateful… or terrified…
Freexflyer – ok there you go I gave you a protective Sasuke… or a bitchy Sasuke… that's open for interpretation… ^^;; and I think u spelled it right… I'd have to ask my bffl… she's jewish…
SasoriXreborN – omg, logged on!! .:gasp:. And yay, somebody feels bad for him, wait till I tell him!! And yeah, I think Kyuubi's cooler when he and Naruto have their little spats (I hate fanfics where Kyuubi just kinda sits there and is like "rawr, I iz demon fox!") so in my story they iz always "spatting"