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Yay, chapter five! Thank you all for the lovely reviews! Now, will Naruto make it past the first auditions?
This story is dedicated to Xaayp aka Weelittleboots. I luff you!
Also, I forgot to mention, because I'm a horrible person, that the summary for this story was created by Muffinkitty! Sorry for not mentioning you earlier!
Silo had given up squirming ages ago, his body now limp over his dad's shoulder, his face holding an expression of boredom. He shifted a bit, so Naruto's shoulder wasn't digging into his liver, then went slack again, just hoping that they arrived for the auditions soon. As they got further from the stores and shops, the small boy started to wonder if his father was lost.
"Chichiue, how come we're out by the farms?"
Naruto continued to run along the road, a few cars passing him by every few minutes. They were now out in the country (which happened to be right outside the little city they called Frederick), cows behind fences, mooing at them as they went by. There were even some goats eating in the back yard of a large home, their golden eyes watching them while they chewed on grass.
"He gave me directions and they say to go here. You want to read them yourself?" Naruto grinned.
The little crow pouted, not able to see the blond's grin, but hearing it in the man's voice, "No," he huffed. After another good ten minutes of running and cursing (on Naruto's half), they reached a white farm house, the sound of a dog barking and chickens clucking coming from behind the interesting home.
"Is this the right place...?" Naruto frowned at the directions, then looked at the numbers beside the front door, "the numbers match..."
"Ah, you're here," Kakashi came around from the back of the house, brown gloves on, "Sasuke's inside, so you can go ahead in. There are a few others waiting for their turn, so you can get something to eat if you're hungry," he smiled beneath his mask, "there's sandwhiches on the counter."
"Thanks..." Naruto trailed off, letting Silo down. The boy stretched a bit, happy to be on solid ground for the first time in half an hour. They both watched as Kakashi retreated back to the yard behind the home, then they walked up the wooden steps of the porch.
Silo ran to the door and opened it for his chichiue, smiling cutely. He was given a loving pat on the head and he followed Naruto inside, his dark eyes blinking as he saw six people chatting in the kitchen, most of them blonds.
They all turned and looked Naruto up and down, some of them smirking, while the others said nothing and just continued their conversations. The curious gazes that had suddenly turned into rude glares were brushed off by Naruto. He was used to not being liked... but to be shoved away so quickly? Jeez.
"Chichiue," Silo whispered, tugging on his father's shirt, "when are you having your audition?"
"After these guys," he took his son's hand and they both walked past the group, Naruto giving them an icy glare. It was scary enough to make some of the other men tense and turn away. To them, the only person who could give such a look was Uchiha Sasuke. For the blond to have a glare that equaled the actor's... that was saying something.
Naruto immediately plastered a smile back on his face and let his eyes roam over the room. There were other people sitting on the couch, even some leaning against the sliding glass doors. And sitting at the table were three other men. He sighed and took one of the empty seats, telling Silo to sit on his lap.
The crow looked at all of the people and pouted, not liking small, crowded places very well.
"Yo!" Kiba came down the stairs, Akamaru by his side. He raised his hand in greeting and grinned, "Sasuke-bastard'll be down in a minute... so get in line, fuckers!" most of the guests scrunched their noses up in disapproval of the language, but Naruto only gave the brunette a grin of his own.
Rushing behind a few men who began to line up, Naruto took his place and counted. He was the fifth in line.
"What acting school do you go to?" a man behind him asked, his voice holding a slight Italian accent. He had dirty blond hair and grey eyes, their color a cloudy blue when he stood in the sunlight streaming through the blinds of the windows.
Naruto blinked, "Acting school? No, I'm part of a normal college," he frowned when the other male scoffed. Next to him, Silo jutted out his bottom lip in an angry pout.
"Then you shouldn't even be here. This is Uchiha Sasuke's movie, and only the best actor here can get the part. I doubt an un-schooled person, such as yourself, will make it," he smirked, "everyone in this room has experience. What chance do you think you have?"
Silo furrowed his brows and punched the man in the crotch, watching in satisfaction as the guy fell to the ground in a whimpering heap, "Chichiue's going to make it!" he huffed.
Kiba walked up to them, laughing his ass off.
"Nice kid," he commented with an amused snort, "he yours?"
"Yep. Cute, isn't he?" Naruto grinned.
"Che, yeah. Sorta reminds me of Sasuke."
"It's Uchiha-kun!" one of the younger males cooed, excited to the famous actor.
Sasuke came downstairs, his hair perfect, an Armani suit snug on his lithe body. He eyed the guests and took a seat on the couch, his legs crossing on instinct. Setting his hands on his knees and lacing his fingers together, he spoke, "I'm starving, so let's get this over with."
No one in the room seemed to hear the annoyed tone in the raven's voice, but Naruto sure did, Same old teme, he snickered.
"Good luck with your auditions, Queers!" Kiba laughed loudy as he and Akamaru went outside to tend to the farm with Kakashi. The brunette was definitely in a good mood, he usually didn't curse or say rude things that much.
Sasuke held back a smirk, "There will be three different auditions. One for drama, one that deals with reactions to certain situations, and one for sex."
Everyone in the room kept quiet, then Silo spoke, "Are you going to have sex with my Chichiue?" the guests laughed, even Naruto. But his laugh was tilted more towards the nervous side.
"God, I hope not," he received glares from most of the fresh actors, "n-no offense... but I'm into girls. And even though the teme's sort of pretty--"
Sasuke cut him off with a glare, "Uzumaki, why don't you come up here first?"
Naruto blinked, "Excuse me?"
"Get up here, Dobe," Sasuke growled.
Frowning, Naruto moved out of line and walked to the center of the living room where all the lights were set up, and a camera was placed. He saw Silo looking up at all of the men, seemingly out of place. Sasuke followed the blond's gaze and saw the crow.
"Dobe's son," he called.
Silo looked over to him and pouted, "My name's Silo..." he muttered.
"Yes, Silo, come sit next to me, so you can watch your father's preformance," he patted the spot beside him with a small smile. In truth, Sasuke loved children. He hated people, but he adored kids. He never shared that fact with others though, not wanting to ruin the image he held in the movie world.
Silo smiled brightly and ran past everyone in line, leaping onto the soft sofa, wiggling to make himself comfortable, "Good luck, Chichiue!"
Naruto raised a brow at the suddenly nice asshole he called "Teme".
"Now, moan for us, Dobe," the actor smirked.
The blond's face turned a brilliant shade of red and he bit his lip to keep himself from screaming. His right eye twitched, "Wh-what did you just say?"
"Moan. I want to see if you'll draw people in during the sex scene in my film."
Swallowing, Naruto crossed his arms and turned away, still blushing. His moans were secluded to just the bedroom... and occassionally the shower... or alleyway. Coughing, he gazed down at the wooden floor, I can do this... just think about good sex, he tapped his foot in annoyance and sighed.
"Fine," he mumbled and licked his lips. Taking a slow breath, he relaxed himself... then let out a gutteral moan that echoed throughout the silent room. It was a deep and animalistic noise that sounded both sexy and dangerous. It was orgasmic.
He sniffled as the room remained quiet, "I'm done," he stated, the blush disappearing a bit.
A lot of the other men started whispering to each other, while Sasuke glued his eyes to Naruto's.
Silo looked back and forth between them, "Are auditions over? Can we go see a movie now?" he asked his dad.
Naruto laughed, broken from his nervous trance, "Nah, I still got quite a bit to do."
Sasuke leaned further back against the couch. He was amazed that such a sexual sound could come from someone so... idiotic and childish. Heck, when he first met the blond, he wondered what woman in her right mind would want to have sex with such a guy. His aura practically screamed "I'm a dobe", and to Sasuke, he wasn't all that attractive. He was a blond like almost every other American guy and he had the typical body build; thin with apparent muscles. Really, the only thing that stood out were his bright blue eyes and loud voice. He could understand why women would be attracted to the lovely eyes, but the loud voice would drive them away(1). What kind of woman was Silo's mother?
A deaf woman, he snorted, no one with perfect hearing would be able to stand him for long.
xXxXx
The auditions kept strong for the next three hours, man after man showing Sasuke their acting skills. Kakashi and Kiba had come back in a little bit ago and were now watching the last performance with interest. Especially, when the moaning part came in.
"Is everyone finished?" Kaskashi asked, turning the camera off.
"Yes, I'll review the tape later," he stood up and bowed to all the men, "I thank you for auditioning. I'll call all of you within the week to tell you my decision on who will play the main role in my movie."
"It's the main role?.!" Naruto screeched, "I-I thought it was just some minor part or--or--"
Sasuke smirked as the guests began to exit, all of them talking about how they were definitely going to make it. He leaned against the oak table, "No, it's the main role. And I have to say, you did fairly good."
Naruto suddenly grinned brightly, "Of course I did, dattebayo!" he laughed and bent down as Silo continuously tugged on his shirt. Picking the boy up, he smiled, "you know... I want to thank you and your manager for giving me this chance. If I do make it, I'll be able to give Silo the life he deserves," he lifted the crow up so he was sitting on his shoulders, his legs over each blade, small hands resting atop a tuff of blond hair.
Kakashi, in the background, smiled under his mask.
"So thanks," he bowed, proving to Sasuke his traditional Japanese heritage.
"If Chichiue makes it, I get a big pool of pudding!" Silo giggled and smiled widely.
Sasuke found himself smiling. Having a child at such a young age was a joy, as much as it was a burden.
"Actually," he spoke up, "why don't you two join me for dinner?"
Naruto sputtered, "D-Dinner?"
"Unless you don't want to?"
"Hell no! I'll accept free food from anyone!" he wiggled Silo around on his shoulders, "sound good, Musuko?"
Silo nodded slowly, "But..."
"The movies are tonight, remember?"
The crow looked at Sasuke, then to his chichiue and he smiled, "Ok."
xXxXx
The restuarant they went to was Applebee's (courtesy of Naruto). Sasuke had refused against it at first since he didn't want to be noticed, but then Naruto gave him a coat from out of his trunk, along with a Pittsburg Steelers hat and a pair of gangsta glasses made by one of his friends Fudgems(2).
"Let's pimp you up!" Naruto shouted while they were still in the parking lot. He placed the cap on the raven's head and then roughly slid the jacket over his shoulders, pulling the collar up high. After cleaning off the dark glasses, he placed them over Sasuke's eyes and grinned.
Sasuke felt stupid in the attire, but said nothing. Instead, he settled with just burning through the back of Naruto's head with a heated glare as they made their way inside, Silo holding his chichiue's hand.
"Table for three," Sasuke told the waitress as they entered.
"Che, no way, Teme," Naruto retorted, then turned to the waitress, "give us some stools by the bar."
Sasuke narrowed his eyes, "You let your child be in that kind of environment?"
Naruto laughed, "What environment? It's a restuarant, not a bar. Besides, he likes to watch the football games they show on the T.V.'s."
The raven watched Silo zoom by, the little boy already climbing onto a spinning stool. Naruto took the menus from the blinking waitress, giving her a sultry smile.
"Sorry, we'll seat ourselves," he purred, then winked. The young red-headed woman held down a blush and nodded dumbly.
Sasuke held back the urge to roll his eyes and took a seat at the bar next to Silo, Naruto on the other side of the child. The little crow wiggled around in his seat as he watched a progressing football game on one of the televisions.
"Do you hit on every woman you see?" Sasuke asked as Naruto passed him a menu.
"Hah, basically," Naruto tapped his pointer finger against his bottom lip, "not because I'm a player or anything," he snickered, "I'm just sick of being lonely. It's nice to have someone to hang with every once and a while, you know?"
Sasuke frowned, "Don't you have male friends to do that with?"
Naruto grinned, "My good buddy, Sai! But you see, I can't have sex with him," he laughed. Sasuke let out a small chuckle himself.
Sasuke closed his menu, having decided what to order, "You really are a dobe. It makes me wonder why I even like you," a man at the bar walked to them and asked them what they'd like to drink. Naruto and Silo both replied "Dr.Pepper", while Sasuke muttered a quiet "water".
After the worker left to get their beverages, Naruto leaned forward, catching Sasuke's eye. Silo was too busy watching the football game to pay any attention to him.
"You like me, huh?" he flashed the actor another toothy grin. He wiggled his eyebrows.
Sasuke gave another deep frown, "I didn't mean it like that."
"I know, I know," Naruto waved his han dismissingly.
A few moments later, the worker came back with their drinks and set them down, "Enjoy," he said with a raspy voice as he went to wait on other arriving people. Naruto took a large gulp of his beverage and nudged his son, reminding him that he had a drink as well.
Silo took a slow sip of his drink, his dark eyes still stuck to the television.
"Is he always like this?" Sasuke raised a brow.
"Hah, when there's something interesting on he won't listen to a thing you say," Naruto laughed, "but don't worry, food'll snap him back to reality. Yep, just like his dad!"
Sasuke chuckled. Earlier, he had suprised even himself when he'd asked the blond and his son to go to dinner with him. He had gone the entire day without eating, and back in Japan he was so used to going out to dinner with his brother, that he asked Naruto on instinct. Even now, he was still a bit suprised. Not about inviting the male, but about how much he was enjoying himself. The blond was annoying, but in a good way.
I'm starting to question my own sanity, Sasuke sighed and took a sip of his ice water.
"You know..."
Sasuke turned to look at Naruto as he started to speak.
"... even though you're a bastard, I like you, too."
Sasuke remained quiet, then rolled his eyes. He couldn't help it.
"Dobe."
"Teme!" Naruto growled back, in playful tone.
"Food!" Silo whined, the game finally going onto commercial break.
xXxXx
The evening had gone by quickly, but every second was enjoyed by both men. They had fought like kids, even thrown a few punches, but in the end... in the end, they had a blast. Silo was confused by their behavior, but shrugged it off. He was more concerned about going to the movies.
Sasuke straightened his baggy jacket as they stepped outside into the cold breeze. He had fun, that was for sure. Since he'd become an actor, he never had the time to enjoy himself like he used to in his teenage years. But now it was like he was young again. He was out talking with a "friend" and having fun.
"Hmmm, that stick must not be too far up your ass..." Naruto commented airily as they approached the car they'd "borrowed" from Kiba.
Sasuke glared at him, but it didn't hold the anger it did at the beginning of the evening. He'd become fairly comfortable around Naruto, as if they were the best of friends. They weren't though, Sasuke'd told himself. The type of job he had didn't allow him to have best friends, not even regular friends. Kiba was an exception though, because no matter what, he did everything he could to stay in contact with Sasuke. He was like the plague.
Naruto snickered at the raven's look, but blinked when his phone began vibrating in his back pocket. Pulling it out and flipping it out, he put it to his ear, "Yo! Uzumaki Naruto here!"
Sasuke opened the back door and let Silo climb in, then helped him with his seatbelt. Closing the door, he walked around to the driver's side, but he looked up when he noticed Naruto's long silence.
"Naruto?" he asked.
"..." the blond frowned as he listened to someone talk on the other end, "you know, I was meaning to call you," he stated calmly, but his voice held anger.
Sasuke got into the car and began to close the door, but he left it open a crack, enough so he could hear Naruto's conversation.
"Why did you only send $200 this month?" he growled, "it's December, Sunako! Christmas's coming up soon!..." he listened for a long moment again, then clenched his fists, his teeth gritting, "he's your fuckin' son!.!" he practically screamed.
Sasuke turned in his seat, watching as Silo stared out the window, as if he wasn't listening. But the raven knew better. Children always listened, always.
"What was your reason, huh?" Naruto hissed, "a visit to the hair salon in Vegas?.!" he glared at the ground, then his eyes widened, "what do you mean you're not going to send any more money?.! That cash is what we survive on--" his face became red in anger, then he just started yelling in Japanese, the people in the parking lot turning to look at him strangely.
Sasuke turned on the car, hoping the engine would drown out the yelling. He knew how arguments could scar kids, and he didn't want Silo to turn out like one of those kids, "Don't blame yourself," was all he said to the small crow.
Silo glanced up at Sasuke, his dark eyes reflecting the sun outside, "But I was an accident..." he whispered, "Okaasan said I wasn't supposed to be born and she left... she said she didn't want me and left, making Chichiue sad," he fiddled with the seatbelt over his lap, "do you think... that if I disappeared... Okaasan would come back to Chichiue? So he'll be happy again?"
It was amazing what children thought.
Before Sasuke could say anything, Naruto climbed into the passenger side of the car and slammed the door shut. He was grinning, but it was obviously fake, "Ok! Drive us to the movies, Teme!" he ordered.
The raven scowled.
xXxXx
Silo smiled as his father lifted him onto his shoulders once they climbed out of Sasuke's aka Kiba's car.
"I want to see Eragon, Chichiue!" he chirped. The car ride was pretty long because of the constant red lights, so the anger in Naruto had almost completely disappeared and Silo wasn't really that sad anymore, which was good to see.
"Cool, dragons," Naruto bent down and smiled as he peered through the rolled down car window, "thanks for the ride, Teme. You'll be stopping by Wal-mart some time, right?"
"Hn, of course. I'm Kiba's errand boy, after all."
The blond laughed and stood back up straight, steadying his son on his shoulders, "Well, I'll see you then! Sayonara!" then he ran off, going in crooked zig zags for Silo's amusement.
Sasuke rolled the window back up and drove off...
But he couldn't help but be a bit worried for the two.
(1)- Sasuke says he's not attractive... but damn, Naruto's fine as hell! Damn straight! XD
(2)- Fudgems is actually one of my good gangsta friends! He's the shit!
Next chapter: Naruto makes Sasuke help him with his "plan" to get Silo and Jack together, more delicious Sai, and shopping for Christmas gifts!
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