I am so sorry my lovely students! This came out very late, forgive me sempais! Please understand! I got a new Naruto game with Sasuke dressed as Naruto, I just had to play it...annnnd then I got carried away and ended up playing it for a looong time, damn you Naruto and your addictivness! Sigh...well at least I got this started! Alright on with the story!
Sasuke was in the bathroom Inn, hands leaning on the marble surface that surrounded the sink, he was currently trying to steady his breathing as he looked at himself in the mirror, it was 6 and within an hour he was going to have dinner with his father and Naruto though the father didn't know he was the father and also didn't even know who Sasuke was, what could possibly go wrong? Sighing he bit his lip trying to think about what would happen tonight, he never went to one of these things before, yeah, eating with his team after a mission counted he supposed, but it would be kind of different since he knew them for a while, well Naruto is going to be there at least, so a familiar face will make Sasuke more comfortable at the dinner. As Sasuke continued to mentally prep himself for tonight, Naruto knocked on the door, bringing Sasuke out of his paranoid thoughts as he looked towards the door.
"Have you finished your make-up yet, Teme princess?" Naruto mocked in an impatient voice, Sasuke gave the door an unimpressed look and he sighed, glancing back at the mirror one more time he made his way to the door, opening it he was met with a pouting Naruto while Sasuke continued to give him an unimpressed look which turned into a glare as he pushed past Naruto.
"Dobe, have patience" Sasuke stated in an annoyed manner, Naruto just folded his arms and pouted like a child, not caring if he still was being impatient.
"I have patience!"
"You have the patience of an irritable child" Sasuke replied sarcastically, causing Naruto to give a angry look.
"Why are you so mean?"
"Why do you have to be the bane of my existence?" Sasuke responded harshly, flinching a bit at his own words, Naruto seemed to be taken aback by the insult and let his arms fall to his side, since Sasuke never put so much venom in his insults towards Naruto, Naruto knew something was wrong and when his mind clicked, he understood what was going on.
"Your nervous about tonight?" Naruto questioned in more of a statement then a question, Sasuke bit the inside of his cheek, unable to respond, he turned his head to the side, averting his eyes as Naruto continued to watch him with a sympathetic look.
"What...what makes you think that?" Sasuke asked in a slightly weak voice, folding his arms protectively, Naruto's face softened before walking over.
"Just a question...so...are you?" Naruto enquired carefully, trying not to push any buttons, but Sasuke snapped his head up at Naruto with a aggravated expression.
"Of course not Dobe!" Sasuke yelled in a hostile voice, his fist clenched tights and his whole body stiff and shaking slightly, Sasuke's eye widened at how loud his yelled, he didn't often get angry and express himself, Naruto looked at Sasuke surprised and blinked, He's really nervous...Naruto shook his head and thought of something to say.
"Oh well, if you were, then I would have probably told you to stop thinking of what could go wrong and think what could go right, If you were nervous of course..." Naruto replied, giving a small smile to say 'I know your nervous, but I'll pretend that your not', Sasuke blinked before exhaling some of his stress out, he looked back up at Naruto still retaining a glare.
"Well if I was nervous, which I'm not, and you said that, I would have said that when people are nervous, it's usually for a bad reason" Sasuke responded slightly sarcastic, trying to gain some of his pride back, but Naruto just gave an amused expression at the comment.
"Then I would have told you that your wrong and feeling nervous doesn't mean something bad is going to happen, it means something great is" Naruto said optimistically, Sasuke lost the playfulness in his expression and voice as he sighed.
"You're an idiot..." Sasuke mumbled out sadly, but Naruto heard him loud and clear, Naruto watched Sasuke sympathetically before Naruto walked over to Sasuke and did something that surprised Sasuke and Naruto.
He hugged Sasuke.
Sasuke stiffened when Naruto gave him the hug, his eyes wide with shock, Naruto was silent with no expression, but inside was currently questioning his own actions, How the hell did this happen? Why the fuck am I hugging Sasuke and-Oh shit Sasuke looks mad...annnnd here it comes...Sasuke's fist was thrown into Naruto's stomach, making Naruto land on his ass and hold his stomach in pain, Sasuke looked down in anger and embarrassment with a red face.
"What the hell are you doing weirdo!?" Sasuke yelled, his hands fisted until they turned white from clenching so tight, with his face still blushing furiously, Naruto blinked trying to not see floating shapes around him, he shook his head and looked up at Sasuke in a half pout, half annoyed look.
"It's called a hug"
"I know what it's called asshole!" Sasuke snarled back, not happy with the kind of sarcastic answer he got, "Why did you hug me?!" Sasuke demanded angrily, while Naruto seemed to look caught off guard by the question and just made strange gestures with his hands.
"I dunno! I just-well-I don't know! Jesus Sasuke, you didn't have to freaking punch me! I was just, ya know, comforting you or something!"
"You think that comforted me? Are you insane? OK one, I didn't need your pity-"
"Comfort!"
"Whatever! Two, you do not hug me, ever, even if I'm on the brink of death, you don't touch me or even go near me, keep your distance you prick!" Sasuke explained annoyed and angry at Naruto and at bit at himself for actually thinking that it felt...nice, No no no! It didn't feel nice at all! It was gross and I hated it and there wasn't any sense of comfort! At all!...well...it wasn't...that bad...but I still hated it!... Sasuke scolded himself for thinking such a thing or even the fact that he let Naruto hug him longer than necessary, he probably could have avoided that hug! Naruto just caught Sasuke by surprise! It wasn't like he actually wanted to be held! No way! Sasuke had no desire and no doubt that he would have avoided that hug sooner. Well, almost.
"Alright alright! I'm sorry, jeez don't get your panties in a twist" At that last comment, Sasuke gave Naruto a vicious glare that could melt ice, Naruto put his hands up in a silent gesture to say 'I didn't say anything', Sasuke grumbled something under his breath before sighing and walking towards the door.
"Come on then, let's get this over with" Sasuke stated as Naruto perked up and jumped happily to his feet and hopped after Sasuke in excitement of free food, drooling and daydreaming about how hungry he was even though he already had a lot of food for the day, but hey! He was a growing boy, he needed food! Even of he ate enough food in an hour to feed an entire village, but that was irrelevant. By the time they got to Shen's home, Sasuke's bottom lip was thoroughly chewed and red since Sasuke had been gnawing on it non-stop, Naruto watched him do this, but didn't say anything, since Sasuke would deny it anyway and that would only make the problem worse and Naruto wasn't that worried since Sasuke's nervousness was only natural in a situation like this. So when they arrived Naruto gave a impressed whistle, it seemed that Shen was living rather comfortably, nothing crazy like a huge mansion or castle, but a rather nice looking villa that fit in with the rest of the beach based place.
"Man! That looks like an awesome place to live!, right Sasuke?, Sasuke?" Naruto questioned as his smile had dropped and was currently watching Sasuke whose eyes were wide with terror, finally processing where he was and who he was about to see, he swished around with a nervous look on his features.
"Um you know what, I think I'm allergic to dinner, so I'm just gonna go, bye" Sasuke said in a rush, he about to walk off when Naruto turned him back around and began pushing Sasuke over to the house, who was not making any move to try to go to the villa.
"Nah, I think you'll survive"
"I'm serious, I might explode"
"Sasuke..."
"What? It could happen!"
"OK, your nervousness is seriously getting out of control" Naruto stated, making Sasuke turn around to face him so he wasn't being shoved by Naruto anymore, he gave Naruto a glare before speaking.
"I told you, I'm not nervous" Sasuke grinded out in an annoyed voice, Naruto just folded his arms and gave Sasuke a disbelieving expression.
"Yeah you are, your just as nervous as Sakura when Hinata comes round"
"I am not-Wait what?" Sasuke asked caught off guard by the comment and stared at Naruto with a very confused expression, Naruto just thought that Sasuke needed confirmation on what he just said to continued to explain.
"One word. Yuri." Naruto said all knowingly, but Sasuke continued to just be confused and since he wasn't confused very often he made a very cute expression, like a child would when baffled, Sasuke even tilted his head a bit and with those big eyes and flawless skin he looked even more like a cute girl, I see why guys come onto Sasuke so much... Naruto thought, but quickly shook his head from the thought, he already knew Sasuke looked like a girl, there was no point in reaffirming it.
"What's...yuri?" Sasuke asked slowly, never hearing the word before so trying to get the word pronounced properly, Naruto just looked surprised at Sasuke before answering.
"Basically the female version of Yaoi"
"Is that some kind of food?..."
"What? No! Have you never had 'the talk' or something?" Naruto asked but all he got in response was Sasuke just blinking at him, when realization dawned upon Naruto, his arms fell to his side and looked at Sasuke in shock, Sasuke gave a weird look to Naruto before Naruto came back to life, "OH MY GOD! YOUR SO INNOCENT!" Naruto exclaimed making Sasuke look at him bewildered by the sudden outburst.
"What? The hell do you mean innocent?" Sasuke demanded in a annoyed voice.
"Teme! Don't you know about sex?!"
"Wha..? Of course I do! Why the hell are you bringing that up all of a sudden!?" Sasuke yelled with his entire face blushing crimson from the mention of sex, but Naruto seemed to be completely unphased by the term and thought of it as just another word since it was all some of his friends talked about and was pass the blushing stage, but Sasuke never talked or even thought about that kind of thing, except when he got really frustrated, but Uchihas have hormones too! Other than that the only time he had ever paid attention to sex was when he was 12 and decided to find out how to revive his clan, that book was way too descriptive and the pictures made Sasuke gag, for some reason the women in particular made Sasuke feel weird, not an attractive weird, a bad kind of weird, the kind where he felt like the women were disgusting and though the men didn't exactly appeal to him, they didn't disgust Sasuke like he thought they would, he wasn't attracted, just curious...he still was curious since he was still a virgin and no guy had really caught his attention.
Yes guy.
Sasuke realized that he preferred males because when thinking of a potential mate, he would think of a male instead of a girl and when people talked about their 'type', Sasuke would often think of a male and tried to think what his 'type' would be since everyone had one and it made it easier for them to find someone they liked.
Sasuke wanted someone smart, serious, strong and with a respectful character, but apparently that didn't count since those were the traits that Sasuke wanted, 'type' meant more of the physical side. Sasuke wasn't a shallow person at all, since he didn't really care what they looked like so long as Sasuke thought they looked good, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so Sasuke could find some fat loser, pimples, warts and all, but as long as Sasuke liked him, it wouldn't matter. Though Sasuke wasn't quite the saint, since when he took care *Ahem* of his frustrations, he did have a picture of a very sexy male which was partly naked due to the fact that he took the picture out of a playgirl magazine that Sai gave to him as a joke and said 'If he ever gets lonely and Naruto's not around' and even though he claimed to have thrown that piece of filth away, his curiosity made him flicker through the magazine, he was getting to the end and was going to burn it when his eyes lingered on a particular image of a boy his age maybe a few years older.
The boy was shirtless with black swimming trunks and currently knee deep in water, with his wet blonde hair stuck to his face and beads of water trailing down his muscled, toned chest and torso, his arms behind his head posing and flexing his muscles that weren't too aggressive or buff, but instead rather modest but noticeable and Sasuke had taken a liking to this particular picture. Whether it was his dominating eyes or his sinful smirk, Sasuke often bit his lip at the image and couldn't for the life of him know what it was about this picture that made him so turned on, regardless, Sasuke would look at this picture while *Ahem* relieving his problems, he wouldn't fantasize about being with the man since it didn't feel right in some kind of way, since pleasuring himself was already bad enough for Sasuke, he didn't need to imagine his dignity being fucked senseless, since there was no way Sasuke could dominate the male in the picture since he screamed Seme and though Sasuke hated to admit it, he probably would be Uke in most relationships due to his inexperience, lack of sexual drive and the fact that he looked feminine much to Sasuke's dislike. It annoyed Sasuke to no end, but that wasn't the problem right now, since Naruto was currently staring at Sasuke like he had grown two heads.
"Wow, I know your like, asexual or something, but damn I didn't know you were that naïve"
"I'm not! My mind just isn't as perverted as yours!" Sasuke replied with his face still resembling a cherry, Naruto wanted to laugh at Sasuke for his cute reaction to the mention of sex, you think that he would be used to it, since they did have Sai on his team, but Naruto just guessed that Sasuke ignored him so he wouldn't have really heard it as much. Though Naruto didn't get to laugh at Sasuke, someone else did, they both turned around to see Shen leaning in the doorway with his arms folded and laughing at the both of them.
"Ha ha, you boys are hilarious to watch! Come on in, the food should be ready any minute now" Shen said walking back into the villa leaving the door wide open leaving the two boys in silence, they looked at each other before following Shen into the villa. Naruto closed the large wooden door behind him before walking after Sasuke, as they looked around trying to see where Shen had gotten to, Shen popped his head from a room and smiled, "Over here!" Shen said as he gave them a wave before retracting his head, Naruto and Sasuke walked over to the room and saw the large rectangle table set out neatly with plates, glasses and cutlery. Naruto and Sasuke took in the impressive sight as the room, though decorated simple had a exquisite look about it, so it looked impressive but not in a snooty or snobby way.
"Whoa" Naruto voiced since it was a rare sight for them both since they didn't really get invited to eat at other people's homes, Shen from another room popped his head out again and grinned.
"I'll be out in a minute, make yourselves comfortable!" Shen called out from another room, Sasuke walked over to one of the chairs and sat, Naruto was going (the keyword being going) to do the same, but then his eyes locked on the chair at the head of the table, it was larger and had intricate designs all over, with carvings complimenting the chair. Naruto went tunnel vision for the chair and looked at it as if it was a giant bowl of ramen surrounded other various foods, Naruto hovered over to the impressive chair and drooled as Sasuke noticed his gaze upon the chair.
"Don't even think about it dobe, that's probably where Shen sits, since this is his house"
"But Sasuke! This chair looks so cool and listen! If your quiet enough you can hear the chair calling me!"
"Naruto..."
"~Naruto~ Sit on me!~It's your destiny!~ See Sasuke! It would be rude if I didn't sit on the chair now!"
"Your right! It would be rude and if I've learnt something in life, it's always listen to talking chairs" Shen said amusingly from the doorway, both heads looked towards Shen who was once again smiling at the two, Shen smiled again and motioned towards the chair "I think that the chair is going to be very offended if you don't sit on it" Naruto blinked before breaking out into a full grin, he jumped up in the air and landed on the chair and smiled to himself gleefully as Sasuke just gave an disapproving look towards Naruto, Shen chuckled at the boys and made his way towards the other end of the medium sized table. As he sat he saw Sasuke glaring at Naruto who was in awe of the seat and currently studying the chair, Sasuke continued to glare at Naruto making Shen chuckle "It's fine Skip, really, I don't think I've ever actually sat in that chair before anyway, it was just here when I moved in" Shen explained nonchalantly, Sasuke's glare had let up, but still was giving Naruto a disapproving look.
"When did you move into an awesome place like this?" Naruto asked his curiosity peaked, Shen rested on his hands that were intertwined, something that Sasuke did, both Naruto and Sasuke noticed this and were amazed by the similarities, Shen didn't notice the surprised expressions and was currently thinking about Naruto's question.
"Hmm, I was around...17, I think, yeah! 17, when I moved out of Konoha that is-"
"Whoa! You're from Konoha!? That's so-"
"Naruto! Don't interrupt people when they're talking" Sasuke scolded.
"But you just interrupted me!" Naruto whined.
"That's because what you say doesn't hold any importance" Sasuke hissed.
"Ha ha! It's fine Skip, he's just curious and yes Naruto, I'm originally from Konoha" Shen explained as Naruto sat in utter shock, until Naruto realised that it was Sasuke's dad so he probably would be from Konoha, I guess that's why Sasuke looking at me like I'm an idiot... Naruto thought as he gave an apologetic look towards Sasuke something akin to his famous puppy eyed expression and NO ONE can resist his puppy eyed expression, it was even more effective than his sexy no jutsu, probably because he was used to begging more. Naruto didn't know if it would work on Sasuke, since he just argued with him, to Naruto that would be like resorting to something really needy and that meant that Sasuke was winning and Naruto will never let that happen, sigh, it was his ninja way...even if it is tiresome and wanted to actually talk to Sasuke without fighting or claiming it never to have happened, because that was what they did, when they actually got along, for some reason they both agreed to forget about it, they didn't know why and as much as they claimed to have forget about it they would think about how much they could get along.
Shen then made a strange symbol with his hands and mumbled something under his breath, suddenly a small poof of smoke went up in front of Sasuke, Naruto and himself and as the smoke disappeared what was revealed was a plate filled with pasta, different assortments of cheeses and meats along with some delicious vegetables and even some mixed herbs in sauce, Sasuke was completely silent in shock while Naruto made his surprise known.
"H-How did you do that!" Naruto exclaimed as Shen just chuckled, picking up his cutlery and began to eat his food while Naruto just stared at Shen in amazement.
"Well, I have some jutsus of my own, including transportation because ya know, I was a ninja after all, when I left I was in Anbu, but I decided to quit" Shen explained, Naruto made a 'oh' sound and began to hungrily eat his food, Sasuke also began to eat his food, but at a more graceful speed rather than Naruto who held no shame.
"So...why did you decide to leave?" Sasuke asked quietly, shocking Naruto, since Sasuke never initiated conversation, regardless of Shen being Sasuke's dad, Sasuke seemed generally interested in what Shen had to say, so his voice held no malice or venom, just curious and calm, Shen smiled and began to think about the question.
"Hmm, well I just wanted to travel and see all the beautiful things in life and though being a ninja was great, I've met so many people and made amazing bonds with them, so I'm really happy that I got the chance to see the world!" Shen explained gleefully, happiness behind every word, Sasuke gave a small nod of his head entranced by the answer since he never gave anyone the time to care what they were saying, but now that he was it was more interesting than he thought it would be. "Also a lot people wanted me to become Hokage, but I'm not serious enough for something like that and besides hard work isn't really my thing and neither is making big decisions, on the other hand I would very much like to wear that hat...it reminds me of a sombrero..."
"Ha ha ha ha! What an awesome reason to want to be the Hokage!" Naruto laughed while Sasuke remained quiet, processing the response, "So what awesome things did you see when you travelled!?" Naruto asked excitedly, practically bouncing in his seat.
"Oh well, I went to many places, all over this country to all the villages, even went out of the country a few times to see (Yes, I know these places don't exist in the Naruto world, but work with me here) Germany, Cuba, Australia and my personal favourite, Italy! Italian food is my favourite! I guess that's why we're having it tonight" Shen chuckled sheepishly, scratching the back of his head, Sasuke blinked at the answer and couldn't believe it, That's my favourite too... Sasuke really couldn't believe the similarities between the both of them, but there were bound to be some things in common with Shen, in fact now that he thought about it he never had anything in common with Fugaku except the sharingan, but Shen probably had that, Sasuke wasn't sure, he would have to ask him at some point, but not tonight anyway.
"That's so cool!" Naruto exclaimed bringing Sasuke out of his thoughts while Shen just smiled.
"Well, when you got your own boat, you can go pretty much anywhere" Shen stated nonchalantly, but Naruto was in awe.
"You got your own boat!?" Naruto said amazed, Sasuke just rolled his eyes at how easily impressed Naruto was and also at his childish behaviour, but he would rather have him here than not, though he would never admit that.
"Come down to the pier sometime with Skip and I'll show you!" Shen said gleefully causing Naruto to look unbelievably happy at the offer, it's not that he was crazy about boats or anything he just liked getting invited to things and who knows? Maybe there will be more free food, "How about it Skip?" Shen asked.
"Um...yeah" Sasuke replied quietly avoiding his gaze and had been silently eating his food while listening to both of them, Naruto noticed how quiet Sasuke had responded and was somewhat grateful that Shen didn't seem to notice, probably because it was normal for Shen to see Sasuke shy around him, but to Naruto it was strange since Sasuke spoke his mind because he didn't care what others thought, he had his own mind and wouldn't ever allowed himself to change to fit someone else's standards, it was an admirable quality to have since it meant that Sasuke stayed true to who he was...or he just doesn't care and likes being sarcastic.
One of the two.
"This food tastes great Shen!" Naruto complimented, taking the unwanted attention off of Sasuke, Sasuke felt grateful towards the action and gave a thankful look at Naruto, but quickly went back to his normal expression. He was Sasuke after all.
"Thanks, but I'm actually trying not to eat it so fast, it's a bad habit of mine"
"I get it and don't worry, I probably eat a lot faster than you"
"Ha ha, I don't think so kid"
"Ha ha, I do think so"
"Oh ho ho are you challenging me?" Shen questioned playfully, putting his arm on the table with a wicked smirk across his face, Naruto imitated the action and soon both were having a staring match, Sasuke just looked between them unimpressed since the match between both of them was clearly just for fun.
"Only if your up for losing!" Naruto responded with a confident grin, at that remark both competitors began to eat their food as fast as possible and chomped down on every piece of food on their plate, so much in fact that they didn't even make a mess with the food since they were eating it way too quickly to let it become a mess. As they wolfed down their food, Sasuke just glanced between them and shook his head lightly, completely disapproving of their behaviour he just gave a exasperated sigh.
"Morons..." Sasuke mumbled under his breath as he continued to eat his food normally unlike the two others who had came to an end of their food eating competition, both had finished around the same time and when they looked at each other just laughed.
"I think I won that one kid"
"What! No way! I totally ate faster than you!"
"Ha ha, just accept it Naruto!"
"No way!"
"All right then, let's ask Skip" Shen proclaimed confidently, Sasuke stopped eating and rolled his eyes, Why are they involving me in this?... "So Skip, who won the competition?"
"Which one? The eating one or the 'Who is the most immature' one?"
"Teme! Who you calling immature?!" Naruto yelled angrily towards the raven-haired boy and in return Sasuke gave him a glare, but gaining the attention of both, Shen began to laugh.
"Ha ha ha! I guess he's right, it is a bit silly for me to challenge a kid" Shen chuckled sheepishly, scratching the back of his head.
"Eh!? I'm not a kid!"
"You have the same mentality of when I first met you dobe" Sasuke pointed out, causing Naruto to scrunch up his face and stick his tongue out at Sasuke childishly.
"Teme!"
"Dobe..." Sasuke replied in a deadpan voice which held no emotion, Naruto just gave an cannibalistic 'Grrr' towards Sasuke who was ignoring the challenging noise, but once again they broke away from their fight when Shen burst out into a fit of chuckles.
"Aww, that's so cute! You two have pet names for each other" Shen cooed like women would to adorable babies, Naruto and Sasuke just blinked, they never thought of it like some kind of pet name, just an insult, but they did refer to one another like that for as long as they could remember so it was a nickname that only they used
Correction
A nickname that only they were permitted to use, Sakura as a joke once called Naruto a dobe and in response he immediately told her to, and I quote, 'Shut the fuck up' Sakura was taken by surprise and was too shocked to get angry and while in her shock Naruto was apologizing like mad, he didn't expect to say something like that at all, it just didn't feel right someone else calling him dobe, of course Sakura whacked him on the head, but knew why Naruto had said that and made sure she and no others called him dobe apart from Sasuke of course.
Sasuke's story was quite familiar, while Naruto was off with Jiraiya for a year, Sasuke had taken private training with Kakashi, and after a hard day of training, Kakashi had told him to rest for the day and since he loved teasing the boy he added on a Teme to see how he would react. It did not go well. Almost in an instant while walking away when he heard the nickname did he tell Kakashi to 'Fuck off', Kakashi was actually surprised himself at the serious threat when Sasuke swooshed back around with his face just as surprised, he humbly apologized to Kakashi and walked back to his place of resting feeling unbelievably embarrassed, he never talked to Kakashi like that before and granted Sasuke wasn't the most respectful to others but he never told someone something like that before. Though Kakashi wasn't mad, oh no, he was finding it amusing, hearing the Uchiha boy lose control, apologize to him and confirm Kakashi's suspicions in under one minute was fantastic to Kakashi.
Anyway, back to the dinner table.
Sasuke had a small blush peppering his face as 'pet' names were usually used for couples, He says it like we're a...Oh my god he doesn't think that we're...Sasuke freaked out at his own thought which was only worsened when Shen spoke again.
"So how long have you two been together?" He asked innocently and while it seemed like Naruto didn't notice the implication, Sasuke's blush went up another level, Oh great, he really thinks I'm with that dobe, why the hell would I be with that annoying, childish, stupid, irritating, hot, sad excuse of a-Wait what?... From that Sasuke's mind and face went completely blank, he couldn't even fathom a single thought, he wasn't close to any sort of movement, he didn't even blink, just sat silently...completely empty of anything, when it all struck his mind at once causing a mini explosion inside Sasuke's brain. NO NO NO NO NO NO NO, NOT HOT, NOT HOT, NOT HOT, NOT HOT! WHAT THE FUCK BRAIN?! How can you find that imbecilic monkey to be hot?! That complete mess of a goofy grin, big eyes, blonde hair...toned...muscled...tanned body...OK so he had some decent qualities about him, big whoop... But...this was strange according to Sasuke, since Sasuke never found him attractive before and now that he thought about it, whenever he thought of Naruto it would be him as a idiotic 12 year old, not the fine 16 year old he was. Sasuke was so used to that Naruto that he never saw the person he had become.
With this new epiphany that all happened in a split second, he glanced at Naruto and was surprised at what he saw, since he didn't see that stupid child, but instead a very attractive young man, Sasuke was shocked, how did he not see that before? What Naruto had really become, I mean of course Sasuke didn't actually see him as a 12 year old but he never acknowledged him as a young man either. He never acknowledged Naruto to be someone attractive either, Sasuke didn't instantly fall in love with him or something, he just realised that Naruto was actually pretty good looking, he didn't like him anymore or any less, he was the same idiot, but just more appealing to look at.
"Hm? Oh...Um,we knew each other since like 3 or 4, so about 13-14 years" Naruto said, answering Shen's question while Sasuke was brought out of his thoughts from the noise of Naruto, Shen smiled at the answer and rested his face on the back of his hand.
"Aww, that's so cute, childhood sweethearts" Shen said sweetly admiring the two before him, Sasuke cringed at the comment, Naruto finally took note of what Shen was implying and opened his mouth to correct him, but Sasuke had beaten it him to it.
"We're not a couple" Sasuke stated plainly, though a hint of annoyance was in Sasuke's voice like he said this statement a lot, which was true, Naruto and Sasuke would often have to explain that they're were not a couple, it usually happened with others ninjas who weren't familiar with them or some of the people they helped on their missions. When this correction was made, the people who had mistaken them were very apologetic and would from then on avoid them because they felt awkward for mistaking them for a couple, but instead of apologizing Shen just gave a disbelieving look at the both of them.
"Really?" Shen questioned as if he didn't believe what they were saying, both boys just looked surprised at the question and Naruto was the first to recover from the unexpected response and cleared his voice.
"Um...yeah..." Naruto said awkwardly, but Shen still looked unconvinced, he tilted his head and observed the both of them.
"Are you sure? Because I'm getting that kind vibe from you guys..."
"We're really not a-"
"Like from that manga Fairy Tail, Natsu and Gray...they were fire and ice I believe, they argued and were completely different, but opposites attract I guess"
"You're not listening to us we're not-"
"I mean there's an obvious connection between you two that's just plain simple to see"
"If you would just listen to us we're-"
"Maybe it's just a matter of confessing, well I can't think of a better time than now! So go ahead, anything to confess?" Shen finally finished leaning back in his chair putting his hands behind his head, Sasuke and Naruto just stared at him like he was mad and didn't say anything. That was until Naruto stared at Sasuke silently, Sasuke felt someone watching him and slowly turned his head to Naruto.
"What?" Sasuke snapped sharply, Naruto just remained silent before turning his head to the side.
"Nothing" Naruto replied nonchalantly causing Sasuke's eyebrow to twitch in annoyance.
"You didn't actually expect me to confess something did you?"
"I wasn't expecting it, but there still is the possibility that you could have" Naruto replied as Sasuke continued to give him a death glare that would terrify the devil himself, Naruto just shrugged and paid no mind to the glare "I didn't think you was going to, I'm just trying to expect the unexpected"
"The unexpected is you actually thinking"
"Ah ha! So you admit that I was thinking!" Naruto replied triumphantly, unaware that he had insulted himself, Sasuke just sighed as Shen broke into another fit of laughter.
"Oh ho Skip, I think he's got you there" Shen joked, Sasuke just ended up giving him a 'Sorry about the idiot' look towards Shen with him responding to him with a 'He's funny, it's fine' look. Sasuke was still unconvinced, but it was somewhat put to rest when Naruto and Shen began to converse like they were old friends across the table, Sasuke looked between them and somehow with no explanation his chest began to feel kind of...warm...it was an unfamiliar feeling, but he has definitely felt it somewhere before, but he couldn't remember when...It was strange since suddenly it was like he didn't have the need to be so defensive and let his posture relax a little, Sasuke was good with words but a boy of few, so the only way he could describe it was...nice...
Sasuke shook his head of the thought about the weird feeling and brought himself back to reality, he listened to the conversation and engaged when necessary, even though it had started off a bit awkward soon the night was flowing freely with lively dialogue and a natural atmosphere. The night consisted of Naruto telling stories of team 7, with Sasuke correcting the exaggerated details, Shen in return had some stories of when he was a ninja himself. How he was the top of his class, his team and friends, which included Kakashi, Iruka and even Gai, both were surprised by how many people Shen knew in Konoha and even more surprised that he seemed to know them even better than Naruto and Sasuke and probably Sakura. None of them had even noticed that a good two hours had passed and had only noticed when Shen saw the clock on the wall.
"Oh wow, it's like 10, times flies when your having fun I guess!" Shen chuckled sheepishly, Sasuke felt a slight prick at his heart though since any other time he would have wanted to get out of there as fast as possible, but now?...He wanted to talk to Shen some more to find out more about him, it was only natural to be curious, but Sasuke didn't know how to go about it, he couldn't just ask to stay a bit longer that would be rude. Sasuke let out a quiet sigh, I guess I should just go...Sasuke thought sourly, it seemed like Naruto had somehow read his mind when they all got up from the table and began to walk down the corridor, he looked at Sasuke and smiled to himself because he had a plan! And Sasuke would definitely think he was a genius! Well...that's what Naruto thought anyway...
"Oh man, I never thought you could possibly be that rude!" Naruto exclaimed dramatically, let's just say he's not going to be winning awards any time soon.
"What?" Sasuke questioned in a deadpan voice, Shen turned around to see what Naruto was going on about.
"Yeah...I mean like how can you not help Shen with the cleaning up, I mean that is just so rude Dattebayo-san, so rude!" Naruto explained putting his hands on Sasuke's shoulders and giving a disapproving look, Sasuke just looked at him like he was insane and hadn't caught on to what he was trying to do. "I mean I know I would help, but I have to...go...water my...ramen..yeah...so you stay here and I'll go, OK? Good, See ya Shen! Thanks for the food!" And with that Naruto raced down the hall leaving a trail of smoke behind him, Sasuke and Shen just silently watched where Naruto had taken off, Sasuke sighed annoyed at Naruto while Shen just raised an eyebrow at the strange departure.
"Sorry about him, he's...well we're not entirely sure what's wrong with him yet, we're just hoping for the best at this moment in time" Sasuke explained sarcastically making Shen laugh.
"It's fine, he actually reminds me of when I was a kid" Shen said rubbing the back of his head "I guess I haven't changed that much..." Smiling to himself, Sasuke watched in silence as he seemed to get lost in his own thoughts, Sasuke suddenly shook his head and remembered his way there for a reason, well...the one that Naruto came up with in the first place...Sasuke suddenly felt an familiar signal in his head and sighed.
"I have a feeling that the idiot didn't realize that he went the wrong way in the house" Sasuke sighed annoyed and began to walk after Naruto "If you'll excuse me, I need to make sure he isn't breaking anything" Sasuke explained while Shen just chuckled lightly, watching Sasuke as he went to find Naruto, Funny kid...He thought as he turned round to clean up the table.
As Sasuke walked through the halls he spotted a certain blonde boy scratching his head and looking around completely confused, Sasuke looked blank faced and unimpressed, Sasuke rolled his eyes and crossed his arms, the blonde completely unaware of his presence.
"Lost?" Sasuke voiced making Naruto swish around and face Sasuke who was looking unamused at Naruto who looked like a deer caught in headlights.
"Sasuke! I was just,er, ya know, getting the um, er, I was just-"
"Watering your ramen?" Sasuke interrupted calmly as Naruto shrunk under the interrogation, Sasuke shook his head at Naruto's 'You caught me red handed' look, Naruto chuckled nervously and rubbed the back of his head.
"Heh heh, you er..found me huh?"
"It's not that hard, with your loud and obnoxious voice, ungraceful and unkempt behaviour and you just making yourself constantly known amongst everything ever, so yeah, you do kind of stand out" Sasuke replied meanly, but Naruto was unaffected as always by Sasuke's torment.
"You know what, I'm going to take that as a compliment" Naruto answered back happily, teasing Sasuke for amusement and happy when he saw Sasuke roll his eyes and beckon him over, Sasuke turned around and began to walk with Naruto following behind slightly confused. "Wait, how do you know where the door is?"
"Because unlike you I can pay the smallest amount of attention to detail" Sasuke responded, walking through the house which he knew he had been in before, since the entire place felt nostalgic and even though he couldn't actually remember any memories for some reason, in fact when he first saw Shen a few days ago, there were no memories just a strange feeling of remembrance, like his mind was trying to tell him something, but some kind of weird barrier was preventing him to remember...Sasuke tried not to think about it, he was getting a headache. As they both approached the door, Sasuke stopped and Naruto looked at him strangely since his back was turned to him and he seemed to be fidgeting, Sasuke mumbled something incoherently quietly still avoiding Naruto's gaze, Naruto raised an eyebrow at the strange noise.
"Um, what was that Sasuke?"
"..."
"Sasuke?" Naruto questioned, Sasuke gave a sigh and turned around, his arms were crossed and was looking down, he also looked kind of annoyed for some reason, once again Sasuke mumbled something and Naruto couldn't hear it, "Sasuke...?" Sasuke sighed and bit his lip in protest.
"...thank you..." Sasuke mumbled defiantly, completely looking down to not have to look at Naruto's face which was completely shocked, Sasuke rarely said thanks to Naruto, scratch that, Sasuke never said thank you, even when it was due, so to hear it now was completely ludicrous.
"Sasuke I-HOLY CRAP!" Naruto screeched jumping back in fear with eyes comically wide, Sasuke snapped his head up and looked at Naruto's terrified face confused at what kind of reaction that was, this caused Sasuke to become VERY annoyed.
"Oh ha ha, very funny Naruto, me saying thank you is sooo amusing to you isn't it?" Sasuke stated irritatingly, completely pissed off with the way Naruto was making fun of him.
"I-I-I-It's n-n-not t-t-t-that!" Naruto sputtered unintelligently his entire composure shaking and tense, but Sasuke rolled his eyes disbelievingly and crossed his arms getting impatient with Naruto's strange behaviour.
"Oh sure, it's the clown behind me that juggling and telling jokes" Sasuke responded sarcastically, Naruto just shook his head rapidly while his very pupils were shaking.
"I-I-I'm s-s-serious!" He stuttered once again, sounding like he was scared for his life, but Sasuke was having none of it, his turned away and felt his anger just boil even more so.
"Oh yeah, I'm sure it is! Oh I cannot believe this and to think I said thank you to the likes of you! Why the hell I thought you were actually...ugh! You're so annoying!"
"SASUKE! IT'S A JAGUAR!" Naruto yelled finally, his hand pointing at behind Sasuke, Sasuke just was confused and turned the other way and sure enough there was Sasha sitting nonchalantly licking her paw, just in front of the door, Sasuke blinked and looked at Naruto completely emotionless.
"She's a puma" Sasuke stated in a deadpan voice, earning a disbelieving look from Naruto.
"That doesn't make me feel any better" Naruto replied, cautiously eyeing the animal that looked unbelievably unthreatening, like seriously, a mouse on steroids looked more dangerous than this thing right now, Sasuke just rolled his eyes and crouched to Sasha's level and began lovingly stroking her head, leaning into the touch, Sasha purred while Naruto watched them both like they were crazy.
"Hey Sasha" Sasuke greeted earning a meow in return from Sasha.
"Sasuke! Your petting a killing machine!"
"More like the killing machine is petting her"
"Sasuke! What if it-it-it breathes fire or-or tries to get you with laser beams!" Naruto yelled waving his arms around in a panic mode manner, at the ridiculous comment both Sasuke and Sasha gave Naruto a 'Are you stupid?' look, Naruto pouted at the response and crossed his arms defiantly, "What? It could happen!"
"Oh yeah Naruto, look at her, she's just filled with bloodthirsty evil" Sasuke said sarcastically, Sasha playing the part looked up at Naruto and gave an innocent meow, Naruto pouted at being disregarded so easily.
"...just sayin'..." Naruto mumbled childishly folding his arms, Sasuke rolled his eyes and turned his head back to Sasha and began to rub both sides of her head playfully.
"This is Shen's pet, Sasha" Sasuke explained, Sasha suddenly gave a low growl towards Sasuke causing him confusion, but he suddenly got it and chuckled quietly, "OK, this is Shen's best friend, happy now?" Sasuke said, gaining a happy grunt from Sasha and a nod, Naruto blinked surprised at the interaction between them, it seemed like Sasha was almost human, Naruto shook his head of the thought when another one came into play.
"Um...Sasuke what was you saying before?" Naruto asked nervously, Sasuke looked up at him before a small blush appeared across his face, he stood up and rubbed the back of his head, Sasha had a somewhat devious expression on her face and quietly hopped away as the boys both avoided each other's gaze. Sasuke didn't want to have to say it again, heck he didn't want to say it in the first place, but it really was the least he could do, When credit is due I guess...
"I...was saying thank you" Sasuke finally managed to say, Naruto gave a small gulp when he took a few steps forwards the door and Sasuke passed him, but then Sasuke suddenly stopped and when Naruto was about to come into contact with the door handle to let himself out Sasuke let out a quiet sigh. Naruto's curiosity was burning, he thought he knew why Sasuke was saying thank you, but even then he wasn't completely sure, so he had to ask, Naruto turned around to see that Sasuke was still turned away from him.
"Why are you thanking me?" Naruto asked slightly worried when Sasuke tensed a bit, but waited for him to answer.
"Because...you could have been a real jerk about this, made it harder for me, even used it against me..." Sasuke explained turning around to face Naruto and walking towards him "...but you didn't, in fact of all things you made it easier and I know I don't usually say stuff like this because we're always fighting, but..." Sasuke trailed off and stopped walking when he was close enough to Naruto, he looked down and bit his lip before looking up at the taller boy "...I owe you." Sasuke shrugging slightly as he said.
"Sasuke I-WHOA!"
"AH!" Sasuke yelped out since Sasha pounced on the back on Sasuke making him fall on Naruto, it was only thanks to the door that they didn't collapse on the floor, so instead they were put in this position...
Naruto was leaning with his back against the door, while Sasuke was pressed against Naruto himself, his hands resting on top on Naruto's chest while Naruto's were on Sasuke's hips and with Sasuke's head looking up and Naruto's looking down plus the closeness, their face were only centimetres away. Sasuke's eyes widened when he realised how close they were and blushed a deep red, unable to say anything due to the shock of being so close that he could even feel Naruto's breath tickle his own, Naruto was yet to response when he blinked and seemed to internally calm himself down.
"Ya know when you said that you owe me I didn't realise this is what you meant" Naruto said in a deadpan voice, even though he was joking Sasuke eyes went wide and in one quick motion managed to get off Naruto, open the door and kick Naruto out and still blush furiously through all of it, but Naruto just chuckled, he turned around and put his hands on his hips "Does this count as foreplay?" Naruto asked teasingly, Naruto wasn't one to make these kind of jokes, but he was one to try and embarrass Sasuke every moment he could, so...yeah. In response to what Naruto said Sasuke blushed even more and threw a nearby blanket at him.
"Go die!" Sasuke yelled before slamming the door causing Naruto to laugh, he took the thrown blanket off of his head and turned around smiling to himself, happy that he got a thank you from Sasuke and managed to embarrass him, also free food! So overall a good night, but the night was far from over for Sasuke who after slamming the door turned around and leaned on the door, he sighed with his blush still peppering his face. "Dobe..."
"Well, that was interesting" A voice said amused, Sasuke gave a small gasp before his head snapped up and saw Shen smirking and petting the top of Sasha's head who was if you looked close enough could see was grinning evilly, Sasuke couldn't have felt anymore embarrassed.
"I-I that was, um, well, we're not...we're just, that was, I'm n-not-U-U-Um how much did you er...see?" Sasuke stuttered, while Shen just continued to smile kindly.
"I walked in when you guys were kissing" Shen replied happily, at this Sasuke blush and couldn't believe what he just said, We weren't even!...wait, maybe from his angle it looked like we were...
"W-We were not kissing, believe me, never in a million years would I e-ever-"
"Ah ha ha ha, I'm sorry I'm sorry, I was just messing with you, I saw Sasha pounce on you" Shen laughed, Sasuke blinked then gave Sasha a half-glare, it seemed that Sasha just snickered at the glare, "See even Sasha thinks you guys are cute together and what's better than animal instinct?" Shen went down and began to play with Sasha's fur.
"With all due respect, I think her instinct is off tonight..." Sasuke stated in the least rude manner he could possibly muster, Shen's usual smile seemed to drop when he said that and instead an unsure one took it's place, he looked at Sasuke strangely before speaking.
"Why are you saying that?"
"Because we're never going to be together so-"
"Not that...why with all due respect? You sound like you've never even said that before, in fact since the last time we saw each other you've been acting differently towards me" Shen stated worriedly, Sasuke tensed biting his lip, Crap, he noticed?...
"Um...no reason" Sasuke replied averting his eyes, What am I supposed tell him? Oh because it turns out your my dad and oh yeah I'm Sasuke, the boy you thought was dead, let's play happy families!, God damn it why is this so complicated!... Sasuke argued with himself internally and decided to change the subject to anything but this, even if it meant... "Anyway...why does Sasha think we should be together if all we do is fight?" Sasuke asked, he really didn't want to bring it up, but this was the only way and it worked, because Shen smirked and stood up leaning on his side on the wall.
"It's the cycle my friend!" Shen stated all-knowingly, Sasuke just arched a eyebrow and Shen just chuckled.
"Cycle?" Sasuke questioned sceptically, unsure of how to response to something called 'The cycle'.
"Yeah, It starts of with rivalry, then fighting, then all of a sudden the fighting gets less and less everyday, suddenly you notice how attractive the other person looks and suddenly their mere presence can brighten your whole day and when they're not there it's almost painful and all of a sudden, it's like you see a sparkle in their eyes which just makes you so happy...when they smile you smile...when they laugh you laugh...then one day you kiss..." Shen trailed off smiling to himself like he was remembering something "...then all of a sudden you realise how hard you've fallen and...heh...you'll hear the sweetest words that anyone could ever say..." Shen once again trailed off and it seemed like the speech only continued in his head, Sasuke was speechless himself at what he heard, he never knew someone could speak so passionately about...well anything! Then a light bulb went off in Sasuke's head, He's talking about...
"Mikoto..." Sasuke breathed out, Shen came out of his thoughts and blinked he smiled sheepishly before giving a small nod.
"Yeah...heh, is it that obvious?" Shen asked, but still continued to smile "Well, that just means that I know what I'm talking about!" Sasuke bit his lip and decided to push it a little further.
"How...um, did you meet Mikoto?" Sasuke questioned, Shen blinked before smiling to himself.
"That's a long story..." Shen started as he walked off with Sasuke following "...when I was 8 I was a really good ninja so I got moved ahead, I was put in a team with my older brother and Mikoto..." Shen went into a comfortable looking room which Sasuke presumed to be the living room, Shen sat in a cosy brown chair and motioned for Sasuke to sit on the peach couch, Sasuke sat while continuing to listen to Shen "...me and her were rivals, all we would do was tease and mess with each other, it was strange because Mikoto was a kind girl who couldn't harm a fly and I don't like upsetting people, but when we were together she would hit me and I would prank her...hn, you never would think that we fell in love, but we did..." Shen trailed off thinking about it, Sasuke gulped down the lump in his throat as a scary question came to mind.
"So what happened?" Sasuke finally breathed out, relieved that he managed to ask the question, but still anxious about the answer, Shen chewed on the inside of his mouth before responding.
"I'm...not actually sure, she...just told to stay away all of a sudden, I tried to find out what was wrong, but she said that she wanted me to stay away from her and Sasuke, I wish I knew then...maybe she would still be alive today...and so would my nephew Sasuke..." Shen sighed and ran a hand through his hair, thinking negatively about what happened with a sense of guilt tugging at him, Sasuke looked painfully at Shen before shaking his head.
"You can't blame yourself for what happened, of all things your lucky to be alive and...I'm sorry that she left you, there's probably a good reason though" Sasuke said comfortingly, trying to make the best out of the situation, which was not his thing, he was surprised Naruto could do it all the time even at the worst times. Shen nodded his head slowly before making a small yet sad smile towards Sasuke.
"Yeah...probably..."
FLASHBACK
As Mikoto ruffled her 4 year old son's hair with a towel, he giggled as Mikoto hummed a sweet lullaby, the young boy named Sasuke attempted to hum with his mother, but often went off track, Mikoto chuckled at her son's cuteness unable to contain her joy as she dried off her boy from swimming in the crystal blue ocean, he hopped up and down excitedly and even though Mikoto was drying him off, Sasuke would probably go back in the water in the next five minutes, but Mikoto didn't mind, Sasuke was too perfect in her eyes to ruin his happiness.
"Mom!" Sasuke cried out restlessly, wanting to go play like a normal boy his age, but was in the tight clutches of a loving mother, Mikoto just chuckled at her son's pouting face and kissed his forehead.
"Don't worry cookie, you'll be chasing seagulls with Sasha in a minute, I just need to make sure that your not going to get a cold while your running wild" Mikoto explained cheerfully while Sasuke continued to fidget and fuss under his mother's love.
"Why do you call me cookie? I'm not a biscuit!" Sasuke asked his big eyes filled with curiosity, Mikoto just played along and put a finger on her chin.
"Hmm, maybe because your..." Mikoto trailed off looking up into the sky like she was trying to work it out, before she grinned and launched towards Sasuke and began tickling his sides "So sweet!" Mikoto exclaimed while continuing to tickle Sasuke who had burst into a fit of laughter due to his mother's happy torture.
"Ah hahahaha! M-Mom-hahaha! S-Stop it! Hahaha! I-I'm-hahaha! Serious! Hahahaha!" Sasuke laughed out loudly, trying to escape the tickle attack when suddenly Shen jumped aboard the boat and as happily as he watched Sasuke being tickled by Mikoto while Sasha jumped around them excitedly, Sasuke noticed him and gasped "Shen!" Sasuke exclaimed and ran towards him and jumped up hugging his waist making Shen laugh.
"Whoa! Calm down Sasuke I just went to the shop!" Shen laughed as he scooped Sasuke up and hugged him back "Wanna see what I got you?" Shen asked making Sasuke's jaw drop.
"You got me a present?! Gimme! Gimme!" Sasuke demanded happily, practically jumping in Shen's arms, Mikoto frowned slightly at her son's behaviour, but let it slide, Shen chuckled before fishing something out of his back pocket and dangling it in front of Sasuke, "Wow...what is it?"
"It's a sharktooth necklace" Shen stated making Sasuke gasp in awe, his mouth open wide with amazement, Shen laughed at his expression and put the necklace around his neck and since the necklace was a rather long one, it managed to reach down to his hips, but Sasuke didn't care, when Shen put him down Sasuke examined the tooth in curiosity.
"Is this from a real shark?" Sasuke asked while still looking over the necklace, Shen nodded and sat in the leather booth.
"Uh-huh and in Gecia, a sharktooth necklace is super special!" Shen said making Sasuke swish around and face him with wide eyes.
"Special? Like magic!" Sasuke questioned enthusiastically, still at the age where fairies and goblins under the bridge were as real as could be, Shen nodded making Sasuke gasp again, Shen beckoned him over and Sasuke rushed over with Sasha hopping behind, Mikoto watched happily as the two conversed, Sasuke jumped on Shen's lap and waited for him to continue.
"They say if you have a sharktooth you will find your true love" Shen explained giving a wink to Mikoto making her blush and look to the side, Shen chuckled before turning his attention back to Sasuke "and they're really rare, so you better take care of it!" Shen finished making Sasuke tilt his head before crossing his arms and look up with pride.
"I don't need it!" Sasuke announced proudly, smirking to himself making Shen laugh a bit.
"Oh yeah? And why is that?"
"Because I've already found my true love" Sasuke proclaimed triumphantly, Shen looked slightly surprised and when he looked at Mikoto who was giggling, she nodded at Shen who realised that Mikoto already knew this, Shen turned back to Sasuke who hadn't noticed the giggling and played along with Sasuke.
"And to whom had stolen your heart Romeo?" Shen asked in a mock tone, happy that his precious Sasuke was having his first crush already, And who knows? This could be his future wife!...Shen thought happily.
"This blonde boy who thinks I'm pretty!" Sasuke finally exclaimed making Mikoto go into a full fledge giggle fit, but trying to retain some of it as to not embarrass her son, Shen just blinked and finally understood why Mikoto had been laughing.
Sasuke had a crush on a boy.
"Hmm, maybe I should call you Juliet instead..." Shen said in an unsure voice, he didn't have anything against gays...in fact he himself have had his fair share of experience, he just...well, he looked at down at Sasuke who just smiled making sparkles erupt from him, Shen just looked at him blank faced because Shen knew that Sasuke would be...the...Shen bit his lip before finishing his conclusion, Uke...Shen finally finished, I mean come one, the boy has Uke in his name! Shen sighed but realized that as long as Sasuke was happy and healthy he wouldn't mind and now that he thought about it, he would make a very cute 'girl' in the relationship, Sasuke couldn't help it, he was just too adorable!. "So...you like this boy?"
"Uh-huh! He was all alone on this swing then he saw me and went all red! Then he picked a flower and gave it to me! Then he told me I was pretty! Then he-"
"Whoa whoa whoa, ha ha ha, slow down there, next you going to tell me that he proposed to you!" Shen joked, but Sasuke just nodded his head joyfully.
"Of course he did, after spending the day with him, he asked if I would be his wife when we're older and now I'm going to be his bride!" Sasuke squealed happily, making Mikoto's laughter grow by the second, even Shen himself chuckled at his behaviour, Sasuke suddenly gasped and hopped off of Shen's lap, Sasuke faced Sasha. "Do you know what this means Sasha!" Sasuke asked, Sasha just tilted her head confused in response, but Sasuke took this as a sign of understanding and his hands slapped on his face in shock "This means I have to learn how to cook for my husband! Keep the house clean! Oh my god we have to get a house! That means we're gonna live together and that means we're gonna have kids, Oh my god what school are the kids going to?! Is it in a friendly area?! Do they have their lunches?! Quick Sasha! We have to go make some sandwiches! Or I will have failed as a mother!" Sasuke ranted and throughout the ranting making Shen and Mikoto laugh like crazy at Sasuke's hilarious antics.
"Hahaha! C-Calm down Sasuke! Don't worry you haven't failed as a mother" Shen reassured, crouching down and putting his hands on Sasuke's shoulders, Sasuke had tears in his eyes and sniffled a bit before looking into Shen's eyes.
"Y-Your sure?" Sasuke asked cutely, taking everything too seriously as always, something that he'll probably never grow out of, but Shen just smiled and nodded his head.
"I'm sure..." Shen said confidently making Sasuke smile, glowing as he did so "Now! What's this boy's name?" Shen questioned, eager to find out the possible knight in shining armour for Sasuke.
"Oh! Ummm, Nawuto I think..." Sasuke replied, but was unsure of his answer and hadn't realised that he had gotten Naruto's name wrong, Shen tilted his head at the strange sounding name.
"Nawuto?" Shen repeated, never hearing a name like that before.
"Yeah! Yeah! I mean, like...I think...he says dattebayo a lot..." Sasuke trailed off, but shrugged no longer concerned if he had the name right "YOU have to give me away at the wedding, m'kay?" Sasuke demanded, crossing in arms as if to say 'There's no arguing that' Shen chuckled along with Mikoto.
"I think that your dad is the one who gives you away" Shen informed Sasuke making him pout and gasp with an idea.
"Well then...YOUR MY DADDY!" Sasuke exclaimed making Mikoto stop her laughing and gasp in horror, neither Shen nor Sasuke noticed her fearful aura and instead Shen laughed and ruffled Sasuke's hair.
"Ha ha ha! Is that so? You hear that Mikoto, looks like I'm replacing Fugaku!" Shen joked, unaware of the situation or the fact that Mikoto was holding back tears.
"Sasuke, we're leaving" Mikoto stated as she grabbed up a few of her and Sasuke's things.
"Aww, but Mom!"
"Sasuke! Now!"
"But-"
"Sasuke! Get over here!" Mikoto roared, scaring Sasuke in the process, Mom never yells at me... Sasuke thought, scared that he might of upset her on the other hand Shen looked at Mikoto strangely.
"Mikoto what's-" But Shen never got a chance to finish because Mikoto scooped up Sasuke who was nothing but confused at what was going on and Shen shared his confusion when Mikoto jumped off of the side of the boat and began to walk fast down the pier, Shen jumped down after her and followed. "Mikoto?" Shen voiced making Mikoto stiffen and walk even faster, Shen knitted his eyebrows together before catching up to Mikoto and putting a questioning hand on her shoulder and without even turning around Mikoto began to speak.
"You will never come near me or Sasuke again, you will never return to Konoha and you will never have contact with anyone one from the Uchiha clan and if you try I will make sure you pay, do you understand?" Mikoto stated emotionlessly, Sasuke who was holding on to his mother looked at her strangely.
"Mommy?..." Sasuke voiced quietly, confused about what was going on, Shen was completely shocked at what he had heard and didn't know how to response, what had he done? Did he do something wrong? Was Mikoto planning on doing this from the beginning? Was he going to see either of them again? Shen was too afraid of the last answer and was caught off guard when Mikoto tensed and began to run away, Shen was suddenly aware of his surroundings and began to run after Mikoto who was clutching Sasuke as she ran.
Sasuke looked unbelievably terrified at this moment and looked at Shen who was catching up to them both "Shen!" Sasuke called out, making Mikoto cringe as she ran, at Sasuke's cry Shen felt even more determined to catch up and pushed everything he had into running and eventually was only an arm's length from pulling Mikoto and Sasuke into his safe embrace. His arm reached out and Sasuke blinked and reached out his arm in response, his small arm reaching over his mother's shoulder, they were almost about to touch, it seemed as though time had slowed down and destiny intertwined with fate that had been so cruel for their hands never to meet.
For when Mikoto suddenly gasped noticing how close they were to touching so she swished round and slapped his hand away with tears in her eyes, she looked at Sasuke and whispered something and pinched his neck, instantly he fell asleep against his mother, Mikoto sighed and looked up at Shen.
"If you love me then you will do as I ask"
"But I don't understand-"
"If not for me then for Sasuke's sake..." Mikoto exclaimed stroking her son's head lovingly who slept peacefully unaware of what was going on "...I can't tell you why, but..." Mikoto took a deep breath in and looked away "...if you want Sasuke to live a happy life then you will have to leave us alone, his memory of you I will wipe so he'll never know who you are, but I can only do so much so please..." Mikoto finished, she didn't wait for a response she turned around with tears streaming down her face, she walked holding the sleeping Sasuke close to her and that was the last Shen ever saw of Mikoto...and Sasuke for all Shen knew...
END OF FLASHBACK
Sasuke sat speechless on the couch as Shen finished his story, he was almost on the brink of tears, but held them back because if he started he didn't know if he could stop, he let out a shaky sigh and bit his lip before speaking.
"I'm so sorry that happened to you"
"It's fine, it's not like it's your fault" Shen replied making Sasuke cringe It kind of is my fault...Sasuke thought guiltily, but at least he knew why he never saw Shen...well kind of, I mean why would she take Sasuke away from Shen just because Sasuke joked about him being his father, Sasuke tried to think it through, but decided to stop, it was making his head hurt every time he tried to remember something, he probably should ask Kakashi about that, but for now he didn't want to make Shen relive any more unhappy memories so changed the subject.
"Anyway..." Sasuke started unable to think of anything else until something in his brain clicked and remembered something that he probably should of asked earlier "Wait, how did you summon those plates? I thought that the use of chakra was banned here and if you used it you were arrested immediately" Sasuke asked, Shen blinked before chuckling.
"Oh well, like I said I was a ninja at some point so obviously we were trained to mask our chakra"
"But even if it's masked they can still sense that it's being used"
"True...but I've managed to develop a adapting seal that moulds around chakra, so it expands when I use more chakra and then shrinks when I use less and technically when you use other forms of energy I can use it to power my seal, so the seal is constantly controlled by me and it doesn't restrict me in any way at the same time nothing leaks out to alert the chakra sensors" Shen explained, Sasuke was amazed as he heard about people developing their own seals but never one that adapts, it was amazing! How could someone do that? "I basically developed it's earlier stages with the sharingan, then later I managed to control it without the sharingan" Sasuke blinked and felt compelled to ask another question that he needed to know.
"You have the sharingan?" Sasuke questioned, but to his confused Shen shook his head.
"Before I left Konoha, I had the sharingan, but I decided that I wouldn't really be needing it so I gave my brother my sharingan and since I was experimenting with adaptation with chakra and such I was able to pass it without giving up my actual eyes, pretty cool right?" Shen said amazing Sasuke even more so, Sasuke thought the only way to get the power of someone else's eyes was to take it, but apparently he was wrong.
"That's incredible, I've never heard of anything like that before"
"Hm? Oh well I was already planning on giving Fugaku my sharingan when I left, but I wasn't so crazy about ripping my eyes from my face so I looked for an alternative and when I couldn't find one, well, I made one!, it's a pretty good morale for life if you think about it" Shen stated happily, Sasuke blinked before he yawned slightly he blushed when he did so and suddenly it was like his eye lids were getting heavier by the second, Shen chuckled when he did and got up to get something.
A few minutes later Sasuke had laid down on the sofa while Shen had left the room, he didn't think he would fall asleep but he did and when Shen returned he smiled and the thing he went to get was a red blanket and he skilfully lifted Sasuke's head and placed a nearby pillow underneath him, he put the blanket over his sleeping form and smiled as he looked down at Sasuke, suddenly a flash of a younger Sasuke sleeping went in his mind before it flashed back to Sasuke in reality, Shen gasped quietly before blinking and shaking his head.
"I must be going crazy or something..." Shen mumbled running a hand through his hair and sighing, he began to walk and opened the door closing it behind, he took a breath of the night's air he began to walk into the deep of the night as was usual to him, soft melodies that entranced the dark followed shortly riding the quiet wind blowing through the village.
Holy crap I'm so sorry students that this took so long, but I added a little Narusasu scene in there to make it up to you! Also you may or may not have noticed but this chapter is about 10 pages longer than my usual 20 page length chapters and also as always I want to hear from you guys, flamers are welcome! Your safe here! So next chapter will consist of Sakura getting some courage, some childhood stories about Sasuke (which might include Naruto and also anyone that has a funny childhood story idea that Sasuke might have been in I will gladly involve it all credit will be due!) annnnnnnd that's all I really got for now, but hopefully this fanfic isn't too bad. So once again thank you for reading! Moshi mosh!.