Restless

WARNING (or happy notice for some): Graphic male/male sex scene ahead.

Restless

Chapter 11: Restless Eyes

"Well, it appears that he has central serous retinopathy as well as metamorphopsia," the medical nin declared after using chakra threads to determine Naruto's current eye status. It had taken nearly two weeks for them to find a medical nin that was impartial to treating Konoha shinobi. Thankfully, they had found someone that was somewhat in "awe" of having one of the legendary sannin’s wards as a patient.

"Ano sa, ano sa? Does that mean my eyes are going to morph into something different?" Naruto asked concerned, wondering if he had some sort of mutant gene.

"Baka. Metamorphopsia is different than metamorphosis. Taku," Jiraiya muttered, though he honestly had no idea what metamorphopsia was himself. The medical ninja just chuckled.

"Central serous retinopathy means that you have a build up of fluid under the central retina area that causes you to have blurred vision as well as metamorphopsia. Metamorphopsia means that things appear distorted. Let's say you were walking down a path that is straight. To a normal person, when they see the rest of the path in the distance it will look straight. To you, straight things will probably appear to be curved. Also, things may appear to be bigger or smaller than they actually are, and some things may look closer or farther away than they really are. In other words, you have poor depth perception."

"And all this time I thought he was just a poor ninja," Jiraiya chuckled earning an indignant growl from Naruto.

"I can relieve the fluid underneath his eyes, but this has probably been here for a staggering seven to eight years, and I cannot completely repair all the damage. He will have to wear glasses in order to have the proper 20/20 eyesight, although his eyesight will improve dramatically with just the release of the fluid," the medical nin said as he tapped his chin in thought.

"Glasses? Like Kabuto-san? No way do I wanna look like that! No offense," Naruto chuckled nervously, realizing that the medical ninja that was treating him also wore very round spectacles. To his relief, the medical nin merely chuckled.

"Well, considering how terrible your eyes are, and how well you've managed to function, I think that you should be alright to go without them for certain things. There's always the option of wearing contacts, but as a shinobi, it is highly unadvised due to the nature for the contact to become fused to the eye by chakra during the simplest of ninjutsu," the medical nin advised, "but we do happen to have an array of smaller frames if you would like to take a look at a few of them." Naruto slid out of the examinees chair, grumbling about not wanting to have four eyes, and picked out a random pair. He put them on, and squinted at his reflection in the mirror the medical nin had on the wall.

"Oi, these'll do," he said, not bothering to try on any of the others. Jiraiya sighed.

"Alright, that will be $375,"

"Eh?!" Naruto squealed.


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Naruto grumbled to himself as he looked at his considerably lighter froggie-chan change purse. "Stupid glasses. Stupid eyes. Everything looks the exact same anyway," Naruto mumbled, putting up his hand to shade his sensitive eyes from the bright sun.

"The doctor said you wouldn't notice a difference until tomorrow morning, baka. Weren't you listening?" Jiraiya asked exasperated, wondering if Naruto needed to get his hearing checked too.

"I was too busy consoling my froggie-chan," Naruto grumped.

"Weirdo," Jiraiya muttered.

"I heard that," Naruto said indignantly. 'Nope, hearing's fine,' Jiraiya mused. As they walked, Jiraiya noticed a clothing shop next to a little gambling casino. He looked over at Naruto who was still stroking his frog change purse.

"I'm could use a breather. Why don't you go in here and wait for me while I have a drink eh?" Jiraiya said, pushing Naruto into the clothing shop. "You should really get something that isn't so bright orange! Oh, and wait for me in the casino afterwards if you get done before I do! Oh, and don't forget to wear your new glasses!" Jiraiya said, smirking. He didn't even wait for Naruto's indignant protest as he dodged into a nearby sake bar.

Jiraiya had three motives for this sudden sake visit. First of all, Naruto really needed something different to wear besides that blue and orange jumpsuit. It was hideous (though not quite as bad as green spandex). Second of all, Jiraiya had discovered Naruto had a secret talent for gambling. Naruto didn't even seem to realize it, but Jiraiya had noticed it when they had gone to fetch Tsunade from her travels away from Konoha. He clearly remembered trying to tell Naruto that the game the old lady tried to get him to play would just bankrupt him. Instead, Naruto had won a ton of money. Since then, when he noticed Naruto needed money (since he would never give any to him if he could help it) he would push Naruto into a gambling haven and let Naruto work his magic. Jiraiya’s third reason was the most obvious; he really needed a drink.

About an hour and a half later, Jiraiya, rosy faced from drinking, was happily laughing at one of the jokes one of the young ladies seated at his side had told him when another girl came running into the bar.

"Haruka, Kenaya! Come quick! There's this HOT guy at the tables winning a TON of money!" The newest arrival said, and the two girls at his side excused themselves and ran off. Jiraiya's eye twitched. He walked (stumbled) over to the gambling area to beat up whoever it was that was winning not only all the money, but taking away his two lovely companions.

Jiraiya entered the gambling arena only to do a double take.

There, at one of the tables, sat Naruto. Only it wasn't the Naruto he was used to seeing. He looked both older and more mature. Naruto actually could have passed for a twenty year old, and he had definitely gotten something to wear that wasn't so bright orange.

Naruto wore a black turtleneck, black slacks, and a large black over coat. At the bottom of the overcoat were orange flames in a pattern that looked very familiar. 'Just like the Fourth's overcoat,' Jiraiya realized. But it was Naruto's face that made the biggest difference of all.

Jiraiya hadn't really bothered to look at the glasses Naruto had chosen, but they were thin silver frames; the lenses were small and softly rounded rather than the blaring large oval glasses Kabuto wore. They made his eyes look so much nicer. He must have been able to see a lot better with them on because his face was relaxed instead of bunched up in a squint. It was exactly that relaxed expression that had always made girls swoon over Yondaime.

Feeling a slight hint of pride at seeing that Naruto could clean-up so nicely, Jiraiya still couldn't help fight the frown on his face. There were women hanging all over Naruto. Normally this might have caused slight jealousy, however, seeing the WAY they were all huddled close to Naruto alerted Jiraiya to the danger that Naruto was surely not used to. He walked over to Naruto, tugging on his arm.

"We need to leave now," Jiraiya hissed.

"Aww, but ero-sennin-" Naruto complained half-heartedly. He took his winnings and began to leave for the exit. It was then that Naruto finally realized the dangerous situation he was in. "Ne, Ero-sennin, why are they looking at me like that?" Naruto asked, finally seeing the way the girls looked like a cat ready to pounce on a mouse.

"Move!" Jiraiya yelled, but it was too late. Before Jiraiya could save Naruto, Naruto was pounced on by a horde of fan girls, all screaming "He's mine!" Jiraiya was jolted aside as he watched a large pile of girls all tackling Naruto.

"Taku," Jiraiya muttered.

Fifteen minutes later Jiraiya and a very frazzled looking Naruto finally emerged from the gambling area after Jiraiya had pulled Naruto from the bottom of the pile.

"Why did they do that?" Naruto asked shaken.

"You were a good-looking young man winning lots of money, that's why. You have no idea how dangerous females can be when they go after those two things," Jiraiya advised. Naruto remembered Sasuke's fan club back home, and finally realized why Sasuke avoided them so much. They were scary.

Naruto frowned down at his new clothing.

"Maybe the orange jumpsuit isn't so bad after all," Jiraiya muttered. Naruto agreed and changed as soon as he got back to their hotel room, likewise taking off his glasses. He placed them on his bedside table, giving them a nasty look as though they were going to personally attack him too.

Naruto made a point never to wear his glasses (nor his new clothes) if he could help it. Though as the doctor had said, his eyesight improved dramatically - as did his performance as a shinobi.


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ONE YEAR AND THREE MONTHS LATER...

"No," Naruto replied.

"Awww, come on Naruto!" Jiraiya said, prodding Naruto in the side.

"No!" Naruto said, crossing his arms, a slight blush rising to his cheeks. "I'm not going to turn into an old pervert like you."

"But Naruto, it's your sixteenth birthday!" Jiraiya said, as though this made everything okay. But Naruto knew better. Three months after leaving Konoha, Naruto had had his fourteenth birthday, and Jiraiya had left him alone the entire day. A year later and Jiraiya had likewise ignored his fifteenth birthday. Naruto didn't understand what made his sixteenth birthday any different than the other two. He had been with Jiraiya for two years and three months now; he knew that whatever Jiraiya had planned when he asked in that particular tone of voice was NOT something Naruto wanted to involve himself in. Right now, Naruto had a feeling Jiraiya was using this as an excuse so that he could go to the bar and drink.

"I said no!" Naruto gritted out.

"You're just scared because of what happened before," Jiraiya chuckled. "Scaredy-cat," Jiraiya taunted.

"I am NOT scared, and I still say NO!" Naruto yelled.

"Scaredy-cat! Scaredy-cat! Scaredy-cat! Scaredy-"

"Fine, and to prove I'm not scared, I'll wear the same thing!" Naruto finally gave in. Jiraiya merely grinned.

That was how Naruto ended up in one of Jiraiya's favorite brothels on his sixteenth birthday wearing the same outfit (modified for growth naturally) that had instigated the girls at the gambling haven to "attack" him. Naruto had immediately hid in the farthest corner of the brothel, hiding in the shadows. It wasn't that he didn't like girls (or guys for that matter), it was just he preferred to pursue them rather than having them pursue him.

Naruto watched as Jiraiya sat laughing loudly, drinking his sake, shamelessly grabbing the breast of the woman on his right who merely giggled at the groping, buying Jiraiya another drink. Naruto sighed. He'd seen her type before. She was the smart kind. Get Jiraiya so drunk he couldn’t see straight, drag him in a room, let him pass out, not have to worry about any kind of intimate activity, ruffle the covers, and insta money for tricking him! Honestly, Jiraiya got what he deserved.

"This is from the man at the counter," a woman said to him shyly, placing the sake in front of him. Naruto sighed about to tell her "no thank you" when he looked at her and found his voice die on his lips.

"Is everything okay sir?" the woman asked concerned. Naruto shook his head.

"My bad. You just reminded me of a friend," Naruto said, shaking his head. At first glance, this woman could have passed for Sasuke's female twin. Her hair was slightly longer than he remembered Sasuke's as being, but her eyes were the same, the facial structure, and even the way she held herself screamed SASUKE at him, except she had a very feminine body - though her skin was the same pale color. He turned to look at Jiraiya who gave Naruto a very obvious "thumbs-up" sign. Naruto groaned. Since he didn’t dismiss her, the woman had taken that as a sign of opportunity, and sat down in the seat next to his.

"You should take your drink. It'll help you relax," the woman coaxed. Naruto looked over at Jiraiya, and decided two could play this game. Naruto took the entire sake glass and downed it in one gulp - though he ended up sputtering as the liquid burned his throat. "Are you okay?" the woman asked concerned.

"Yeah. Is there a backroom we could go to?" Naruto asked quietly, his voice raspy from the pain of the sake. The woman nodded, smiling at him. Jiraiya gave him another obvious thumbs up as Naruto dragged the woman to the back. When they reached the room, he turned around to look at the girl.

"Umm..." he started, rubbing the back of his head awkwardly. "Nothing personal or any thing, but I really don't want to be here. I'll just give you some money and we can sit and chat so that old pervert will stop harassing me, and..." he trailed off, not know what else to say.

"You don't want to sleep with me?" the girl asked, her eyes downcast. Naruto put his hands out defensively as he panicked.

"I-I'm sure you're a nice girl and everything, it's just, um, I prefer guys! Yeah, I prefer guys. So, it's not you, it's me, really..." he finished lamely.

"What about with me?" the woman in front of him asked, though her voice had deepened, and her features began to change into a sixteen year old Sasuke. "What about with me, Naruto?" Naruto stood rooted to the floor, his mind not processing that Sasuke was standing in front of him. Naruto shook his head.

"Kai!" He commanded, forming the hand seals that should repel a genjutsu. But when Sasuke remained in front of him, Naruto cursed, and grabbed a kunai from his holster, holding it out in front of him, idly wondering if the sake had already altered his brain and he was merely imagining things.

"No, it's really me," Sasuke said, but then he vanished. Naruto's eyes widened as he felt a pair of arms wrap around him, grasping the pressure point on his right wrist, forcing him to release the kunai which clattered to the ground. "Naruto," Sasuke whispered huskily, and Naruto could feel Sasuke’s breath on his cheek.

"Sasuke," Naruto breathed, wondering if he were dreaming, or drunk because there was no way that Sasuke could have just randomly appeared on his sixteenth birthday...was there? Naruto closed his eyes as he felt Sasuke bring his hand up to his face.

"These are new..." Sasuke murmured, fingering the glasses on Naruto's face, gently sliding them off and placing them on the table in the small backroom. Sasuke kissed Naruto’s temple, and trailed warm kisses down to the top of Naruto's turtleneck. He rolled the fabric down with gentle brushes of his fingers, and latched his lips on Naruto's neck, where he found a sensitive spot that made Naruto moan and arch back. Naruto laid his head back on Sasuke's shoulder as he allowed Sasuke to bite and lick at the oh so sensitive spot on his neck. Sasuke began to busy his hands with removing Naruto's black trench coat. Naruto almost whimpered as Sasuke moved away from his neck in order to remove the trench coat, quickly followed by Naruto's turtleneck.

Sasuke resumed his position on Naruto's neck, sucking hard, rewarding him with delicious moans from the blonde writhing beneath his touch. Naruto wasn't sure what to think in his haze of pleasure. Here was Sasuke, molesting him, arriving out of nowhere on his sixteenth birthday, and what was Naruto doing? Letting Sasuke molest him. He should be yelling at the teme for leaving, for trying to kill him, for being such a prick. Yet he couldn't. He still wasn't sure if this was real or not, and decided just to let it play out without any harsh word, submitting to these wonderful feelings and sensations that were making his body light on fire.

"I missed you teme," Naruto breathed out. Sasuke made a noncommittal noise as his hands trailed down Naruto's sides, sliding one of them to the button on Naruto's pants, only to be thwarted as Naruto's hand caught his. Naruto grasped Sasuke's forearm, and swung him forcibly into the nearest wall. Sasuke's breath left him with a small "oomph" as Naruto slammed his own body against Sasuke’s, pressing his body firmly on the dark haired nin, his full arousal pressed hard against Sasuke's own hard on. Sasuke tried to suppress his moan, but it escaped, much to his chagrin, and he could feel Naruto smirk against his mouth as they kissed and nipped at each other's lips, mouths opening to let each other in.

Sasuke won the battle, and slid his tongue on top of Naruto's, almost wrapping his entire tongue around the younger shinobi’s. He began to slide it up and down Naruto's tongue, pumping him. Naruto stilled for a moment as his mind pictured Sasuke's tongue doing the same thing to another area on his body. His lapse of activity left him open for Sasuke to flip their positions, flipping Naruto so that Sasuke was now pinning him to the wall. Sasuke grabbed Naruto's hands and forced them above his head as Sasuke's tongue continued stroking Naruto's. Naruto bucked his hips against Sasuke's, grinding their arousals.

This time Sasuke did not suppress his moan, the vibrations from his moan vibrating in Naruto's mouth against his tongue. Naruto pulled away from their heated kiss, and inhaled deeply before he gently bit down into Sasuke's shoulder, and began to suck on the skin. Sasuke half nuzzled Naruto's head as their bodies began to grind faster, Sasuke forcing more of his body against Naruto's. Naruto grunted as Sasuke and he pounded hard against each other, but then hissed angrily as Sasuke abruptly pulled his body away from his. Sasuke merely smirked at Naruto before kneeling to the ground, unbuttoning Naruto's pants, allowing the blonde’s soldier to stand erect underneath Sasuke's gaze.

"I bet I can make you come faster," Sasuke challenged, his eyes twinkling as he licked Naruto's shaft and then the head before wrapping his tongue around Naruto’s entire length.

"Nnn! Sasuke!" Naruto moaned as Sasuke took Naruto's manhood in his mouth, slowly sucking on it as he moved his mouth back and forth, lightly dragging his teeth against the head.

Naruto felt on fire. He'd never felt anything so good as Sasuke’s, warm, wet, and tight mouth wrapped around his entire penis. He gripped Sasuke's hair, forcing himself deeper. Sasuke coughed slightly, at the forceful demand, but sped up nonetheless.

"Unn...uuuuh...Sasuke!" Naruto cried, as he came in Sasuke's mouth. Sasuke moved his head back quickly, only allowing some of the cum to enter his mouth, the rest spilling down his chest right in the middle of the opened shirt he wore. It was after a haze of glorious passion and ecstasy that Naruto finally allowed himself to look at Sasuke. He wore a white opened shirt, with black pants. The opening of his shirt dripped with Naruto's own semen, sliding down his front to spill over into his belly button. Sasuke stood up slowly, smirking.

Quite frankly, Sasuke looked hot. And edible. Naruto only registered Sasuke's smirk before dropping to his own knees, roughly forcing Sasuke's pants down before licking the pre-cum on Sasuke's cock and then hastily taking Sasuke entire length to the back of his throat and nearly out again, his movements fast and hard. Sasuke gripped Naruto's shoulders, his mouth open slightly as Naruto began to suck him, though never going too hard.

"Mmmmmmm," Naruto hummed, making Sasuke's penis jerk happily inside of Naruto's mouth at the wonderful vibrations, followed by Naruto snaking his hands up and gripping both of Sasuke's butt cheeks hard, pushing himself forward onto Sasuke's cock. Sasuke came hard and fast, Naruto's name escaping Sasuke's lips as Naruto sputtered slightly at the cum, before sucking all of it as it came into his mouth.

"Ah..." Sasuke moaned out as Naruto licked him dry, his now limp member almost painfully sated as Naruto let Sasuke's penis fall out of his mouth with a wet popping noise.

"I win," Naruto grinned. Sasuke'e eyes narrowed as he realized that Naruto had made him come faster than he had made Naruto.

"Rematch," Sasuke hissed before pulling Naruto to his feet and clamping his lips upon the other ninja’s, tasting some of his own essence in Naruto’s mouth. Sasuke began pushing Naruto towards the bed, both of them tripping over their pants that lay tangled at their feet, pausing for a moment so they could kick the rest of their clothing off. Naruto's hands quickly tugged Sasuke's white shirt off leaving them both stark naked. Sasuke pressed his now naked body against Naruto's, both of their erections quickly bouncing back to life.

Sasuke pushed Naruto backwards so that Naruto laid sprawled on the bed, Sasuke straddling him as his hands entangled themselves within Naruto's mop of blonde hair. Sasuke began to grind against Naruto slowly, but Naruto tried picking up the pace. Naruto growled when Sasuke began going even slower. Sasuke smirked down at Naruto.

"Faster, teme," Naruto groaned.

"No," and Sasuke pulled away from him. Naruto narrowed his eyes at Sasuke, before Sasuke lowered his head to Naruto's lower regions. Naruto anticipated the feeling of Sasuke's mouth on his cock again, but was startled as he felt Sasuke's tongue lick something else.

"Aaah, aaaah!" Naruto moaned, as Sasuke's tongue licked his entrance, his hand coming to wrap around Naruto's erection and pump it again slowly. The pleasure was strange as he felt Sasuke's tongue entering him, idly thinking that Sasuke was lucky that Naruto made sure to keep every part of him clean, before losing all other coherent thoughts as Sasuke's tongue began to find a wonderful rhythm of going in and out in time with Sasuke's hand movement.

Sasuke pulled his tongue out of Naruto, and began to kiss the inside of Naruto's thigh, his hand moving to gently caress Naruto's balls. Sasuke trailed kisses up Naruto's taught stomach that left Naruto's skin feeling tingly. After laying a kiss on Naruto's mouth, Sasuke repositioned himself so that his own erection lay bobbing in front of Naruto's mouth.

Naruto's eyes locked with Sasuke's as he slowly took in the other man's length, and sucked wetly, coating it with saliva. Sasuke broke their eye contact as his eyes shut with pleasure at the feeling. Pulling out of Naruto's mouth with a loud suction noise, Sasuke repositioned himself so that his head pressed against Naruto's entrance. His eyes locked with Naruto's as he eased just the tip of his head in. Before Sasuke could do anything, Naruto arched upward, causing Sasuke to slide forcefully all the way into Naruto.

"Ah!" Sasuke moaned.

"Nnn..." Naruto hissed in pain while his face contradicted the pain by contorting into pleasure at the feeling of Sasuke hitting that delicate spot inside him he'd read about in one of those Icha Icha books he stolen from Jiraiya.

Sasuke began to move in and out of Naruto, trying to go slowly, but Naruto bucked fast and hard beneath him, and Sasuke's own resolve began to melt. He decided just to let his body move on its own, not really thinking about anything, just letting the feeling of Naruto's hot tight hole make him fall from reality.

They pumped faster and harder. To an outsider, it would have looked frenzied and wild, which is exactly what it was. Years of frustration with each other were finally being battled and fought out in a violent pleasure war of body against body.

"N-Naruto!" Sasuke cried as he orgasmed for the second time that night, closely followed by Naruto who was likewise sent over the edge. Naruto felt Sasuke’s warm seed enter his body, as well as his own as his spurted against his and Sasuke's stomachs. Sasuke pulled out of Naruto, panting as he leaned over him.

"Heheh, I still win," Naruto grinned as he stretched his body out to allow it to cool down from the sex. Sasuke gave a half smile.

"Not quite Naruto," Sasuke whispered, and before Naruto realized what was happening, he felt a sharp needle press into his arm. He looked over to find Sasuke holding a syringe pressed into his bicep, the greenish-blue liquid emptying from the needle and into Naruto's body as Sasuke drugged him.

"Sasuke?" Naruto asked accusatorily, looking at his friend who had betrayed him yet again. His body went limp, and he only barely managed to look at Sasuke as his eyes began to flutter closed. Still, he could have sworn he saw Sasuke's lips move ever so slightly.

"Forgive me, Naruto," Sasuke whispered, as he watched Naruto's eyes flutter shut. He hovered over Naruto's limp body for half a moment before moving. He got off the bed, and then reached under it, pulling out a bag that held not only other syringes, a change of clothes, and towels. He quickly cleaned up Naruto, and then wiped down the room, leaving no trace or clue behind that he had ever been there.

As Sasuke quickly dressed, he looked down at Naruto. He hated leaving Naruto like this, but he didn't have much time. He had already been gone two days in his attempts to find the blonde. If Orochimaru found out what he was really doing on his self-assigned mission, it could ruin everything. Sasuke was extremely close to surpassing Orochimaru's power, but he would have to wait another nine months before he could chance attacking Orochimaru during he weakest point. He would have to wait until Orochimaru's current body became so weak that he would need to use the body transfer jutsu.

Even then his task would still not be complete. He would need to go after Itachi next, but that was part of why he was here in the first place. He looked over at Naruto's body which began to spasm slightly as the poison started to take effect. Sasuke watched in morbid fascination as the poison that he had so painstakingly created coursed through Naruto, evidence of the poison showing as tan skin became deathly pale.

The door of their room flung open, and an outraged Jiraiya stumbled in, pointing a finger at Sasuke.

"You-" Jiraiya began, but then promptly fell to the floor. Sasuke raised an eyebrow. "My body..." Jiraiya hissed out.

"You're surprisingly trustworthy of pretty females," Sasuke said bemused. "You didn't even bother to test that drink I gave you earlier," Sasuke replied haughtily. "Still, it was nice of you to come to me. It would have been a pain trying to explain this to someone else."

"You bastard," Jiraiya gritted out, his voice barely audible.

"Indeed," Sasuke said unconcernedly. "Listen carefully," Sasuke pulled out two vials of liquid from his pouch, one purple and one black, as well as a watch that he set the timer on. "In exactly fourteen hours, and forty one minutes, you will mix these two liquids together. When mixed, they will form the antidote to the poison coursing through Naruto's veins. Pour the liquid down his throat immediately, or else he will die. Understand?"

"You insolent-"

"Do you understand? If you want Naruto to live, then tell me you understand or else I will make sure that there is someone else capable of taking care of Naruto."

"I understand, but why-" Jiraiya rasped out, his voice failing him mid sentence.

"Good, your body will be semi-functional again in about six hours, and fully operational again in twelve."

"How do I know this won't kill him?" Jiraiya asked. "It would be very convenient for you to have me force this liquid down his throat, making it look like I was the one who killed him." Sasuke shook his head.

"If I wanted him dead, I would have done so already," Sasuke murmured before placing the vials and watch beside Jiraiya. Jiraiya cursed as Sasuke transformed back into the pretty girl at the bar, walking out the door. Jiraiya tried calling for someone, but his voice was too soft.

"Damn Uchiha," Jiraiya cursed before finally laying on the floor, waiting for whatever Sasuke had poisoned him with to ware off.

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Naruto woke up groggily to see that he was in a hospital bed. He tried sitting up, but he felt like a deadweight.

"My head..." Naruto groaned.

"You're awake," Jiraiya sighed in relief.

"What happened? Last thing I remember is saying I would go to the brothel. Did we go?" Naruto asked. Jiraiya looked at Naruto, as though musing over something.

"Yeah. Taku, you can't hold your liquor kid. I guess it's really true what they say about one’s body being able to handle alcohol best at twenty-one. You got alcohol poisoning," Jiraiya lied pleasantly.

"Nani?! I told you it was a bad idea for me to go!" Naruto said, his body finding enough strength to make a fist and shake it at Jiraiya.

"Ah well, maybe another time, ne?" Jiraiya smirked.

"Not with you!" Naruto yelled as Jiraiya got up and walked out of the room. He shut Naruto's door and went to find the medical nin.

"What did the reports say?" Jiraiya asked. The medical nin just shook her head.

"There was nothing that we could detect for actually being life threatening in either Naruto-san's body or in the residue of either of these vials. It is a strange concoction to say the least, but we cannot seem to recognize all of the ingredients either. It is possible that one of the unknown ingredients might react when mixed with each other, but it actually looks like some sort of mish-meshed invention in an attempt to actually build up a resistance in Naruto-san's body to many poisons. A sort of vaccine if you will," the medical nin said.

"Interesting," Jiraiya muttered, wondering what exactly Orochimaru and his apprentice were up to. He wondered who had planned this mission: Orochimaru or Sasuke?

"Keep an eye on him, see if there are any unusual changes in behaviors, sleeping and eating patterns and habits, etc. Another day of rest, and he should be ready to go," the medical nin smiled, and Jiraiya merely nodded his head, lost in thought.

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"You took longer than you said you would," Orochimaru accused as Sasuke returned to their hideout. Sasuke would have loved to have said "because it took me longer than usual to shake off your annoying spy" but resisted.

"It took longer than I thought to find a suitable partner," Sasuke said, deciding that going with the half truth couldn't hurt. Orochimaru's eyes widened in amusement as he chuckled.

"So our dear little Sasuke-kun has finally become a man? You should have told me that was what you were looking for. I have many delicacies that would be more than willing to help you with any frustration you may have," Orochimaru offered. Sasuke shook his head, suppressing a shudder. If Orochimaru took over his body, it would be his body that Orochimaru would use to play with his wretched whores.

"I prefer to find my own," Sasuke said.

"Really Sasuke-kun, you should not take light of Orchimaru's offer," Kabuto said, as he walked out from the door to Sasuke's right, lightly brushing Sasuke on the shoulder. Kabuto merely smile, but Sasuke knew what that simple brush was, and Kabuto knew he knew. It was Kabuto's way of giving him a body scan.

"Do I pass?" Sasuke muttered sarcastically. Kabuto merely grinned.

"It seems as though our dear Sasuke-kun found release several times. Your sperm count is much lower than normal," Kabuto smiled shamelessly. Sasuke blushed as Orochimaru chuckled. Sasuke always hated Kabuto’s natural medical ability. He was never sure when he was bluffing or telling the truth. Either way, he rubbed Sasuke the wrong way. Sasuke turned on his heel and walked silently out of the room.

'A few more months,' Sasuke thought to himself. He would be out of here in a few more months. And after that, he would go after Itachi. Sasuke pulled out a third vial that held a milky white substance. If necessary, he would have to give this to Naruto in ten months time, but he really hoped he would not have to. It would most likely kill him if he did, but Sasuke would do what he had to. "I will kill you to protect you if I have to Naruto," Sasuke murmured, his eyes swirling red. Yes, in Sasuke's slightly deranged mind, killing Naruto meant protecting him...


Next Chapter: Restless Returns


Hope you enjoyed the smut. :-D Please review and let me know what you thought of the chapter, and well, the smut scene. Was it okay? What you expected? ~ Jelp

(For any of those who have read my one-shot “Mine,” I have indeed decided to make it longer, and I am currently working away on it. Still, I am not sure when I will post it. I think I might finish the entire thing before posting the next chapter.)