Restless

NOTE: I will finally start to pull this story away from canon.

SPOILERS SPOILERS AND MORE SPOILERS IN THIS CHAPTER!

WARNING: As stated in Chapter 1, there will be major SPOILERS in this chapter for manga chapters 300-311. However, since I am now mixing canon with my own ideas (not that I haven't before, but I will be changing canon) if you don't know what is canon, and what I have created, then you can still be surprised because some of it will happen, and some of it won't. Also, since I know some of you are probably watching the current anime, I have refrained from talking too much about what will happen, so there will be references to the most recent anime episodes, but nothing major, and nothing that will be happening any time soon.

For those of you who do not know, manga chapters 300-311 are (time wise) faaaaaaaar away from happening any time soon in the anime, though the beginning of the episode hints at something that occurs in those episodes. Though you probably won't get to see how it resolves until much later. Sorry for the long A/N. Please enjoy this chapter!

Restless


Chapter 12: Restless Returns


Uchiha Sasuke fingered the vial that he carried in his pocket at all times. It served as a constant reminder that he was going to one day leave the decrepit and vile man that he studied under, and finally fulfill his revenge. It had been seven months since he had last seen Naruto, and he had heard some interesting tales in regards to the blonde since then.

For one, he had heard that Naruto had fought and killed Uchiha Itachi. Orochimaru had, while smirking, told him so, and Sasuke had not been sure how to take that information. If Naruto had killed Itachi, then what was Sasuke supposed to do? But then Orochimaru had told him that that had been some time ago, and that in reality, Naruto had killed a mere replica. Had that meant that Orochimaru had thought that Itachi was dead, but wasn't going to tell Sasuke until he knew for sure? Of course not! Sasuke had thought bitterly. Orochimaru knew that if Sasuke had found out that Itachi was dead then he would leave. So, Orochimaru had waited to tell him when the rumors had turned out to be false. Still, just the thought had made Sasuke so utterly outraged. Why was Itachi still going after Naruto, and how dare Naruto take his revenge from him? How dare Itachi try and hurt Naruto? He had to continuously remind himself that it had just been a false rumor Orochimaru had used to toy with him.

Then he had heard that Naruto had killed off one of the Akatsuki members that had been after him. Sasuke idly wondered if it had been the same rumor about Naruto killing Itachi, but had found out later that it had been someone else with an unfamiliar name. Then, he had heard that that rumor was also false, and that the Akatsuki member was still alive.

Quite frankly Sasuke was beginning to doubt Orochimaru's sources. He was tired of hearing these stupid rumors, and having Orochimaru toy around with him. He was clearly taunting Sasuke, saying that he knew more about what was happening than Sasuke. So when Orochimaru told him that Kabuto was going to meet with an Akatsuki member in order to obtain better information, this piece of news still did not sit well with Sasuke either. If they were meeting up with Akatsuki, then that meant that that person had something to do with his brother. Automatically that person became lesser of a being in Sasuke's mind.

Despite Orochimaru grinning widely, and saying in that oh-so-annoying voice of his that "We will learn more about Itachi's where abouts by talking with him, Sasuke-kun," Sasuke was disinclined to believe the old snake bastard. His respect for him was truly waning, and he was having more and more difficulty pretending to be respectful. He knew that even if they did find out information about Itachi, Orochimaru was unlikely to share it with him. Sasuke had merely sneered at Orochimaru’s explanation, showing him how unhappy he was with them meeting up with someone from Akatsuki. However, Orochimaru seemed disgustingly gleeful rather than put off by this development in Sasuke's behavior. Sasuke was really getting sick of being toyed around with.

"Oh, Sasuke-kun, you're difficult to deal with. How about I teach you a new jutsu when Kabuto and I return this afternoon?" Orochimaru asked, half mocking though somehow also half serious in his attempt to placate Sasuke.

"Hn." Sasuke agreed, knowing there was nothing else he could say or do. So when Kabuto and Orochimaru left, he decided to go and talk with one of the few "comrades" he had in this place, trying to rid his mind of the number of rumors that had turned out to be false, hoping to hear information from a more reliable source.

Sasuke walked with a frown on his face as his hands ran over the smooth, cold stonewall of this hideout. It was under ground (as were the majority), and he felt as though he were becoming a creature of the dark. They hardly left their hideouts for more than a few hours at a time. Growing up in Konoha, Sasuke had been used to being outside, rushing from treetop-to-treetop, or rooftop-to-rooftop to get where he needed to go; not tunnel-to-tunnel. It was usually pitch black when Orochimaru left, so Sasuke had gotten in the habit of finding his way around places in the dark, using the wall to help guide him to where he needed to go.

Sasuke's hand trailed off from running along the stone as he exited the pass from his room to the larger meeting hall. He walked over towards the back of the room, pressing his hands on the wall again, this time, pressing on a stone that lit several candles in the room. A hissing sound echoed quietly in the cavern. Sasuke turned towards the sound.

"Hello Dokueki," Sasuke murmured, pressing his hand out to gently press against the stone statue of a large snake, candles dancing eerily in the slots where its eyes would go, giving off a strange glow to the room. The light, however, did not reach Dokueki's hiding spot.

"You haven't come to me in a long while," a voice hissed, as a small black snake slithered out from one of the two slits that served as the snake statue's nostrils.

"I know. I think Kabuto suspects something, though I'm not sure if Orochimaru does or not," Sasuke whispered.

"Yessss, yessss," the snake hissed, "They do suspect, but they are naive. They are not taking you seriously. They do not know how far you have really come," Dokueki explained, slithering out of the nostril onto Sasuke's outstretched arm, curling up Sasuke's hand to his upper arm to his shoulder, finally wrapping around his neck.

"Not so tight," Sasuke warned.

"But you are so warm!" Dokueki whined longingly. "It issss too cold in here. I hate these placessss." Sasuke choose to ignore her complaints, and began to tug at Dokueki's tale to try and loosen her body so that she would give him more breathing room.

"Choking me will not help," Sasuke gritted out. He knew that as a cold blooded creature, she wasn’t trying to kill him but rather keep warm, but it was really annoying.

"I will bite you if you tug at me any more!" Dokueki hissed threateningly, sticking her long tongue out to tickle at his hand.

"I'm immune to your poison now," Sasuke rebuked, amused.

"Not quite. It may not kill you, but it will still make you uncomfortable for a long period of time," Dokueki reminded him.

"Yes, but then you would have no one to talk to," Sasuke almost smirked. Almost.

"You're terrible at talking anyway. It really wouldn't be too much of a losssss," Dokueki hissed in laughter. "Unlesssss you tell me more about your friend," Dokueki asked hopefully.

"Che. Fine," Sasuke sighed. She always asked to hear about his days as a child, and most of all, loved hearing stories about Naruto. So, Sasuke launched into the story about Team 7's mission to Wave Country, telling Dokueki all the details he could remember. She had heard the story many times, yet still enjoyed hearing about Naruto. Four months ago, she had asked Sasuke to retell the story of their last meeting when Sasuke had injected the anti-venom into Naruto, (which she loved hearing about since she had helped create the special anti-poison valium that Sasuke had injected into Naruto), for the umpteenth time, Sasuke had finally asked her why. She had merely chuckled and said, "Because when you talk about him, your scent changes and your body tends to heat up. I like when your body gets warmer because then it makes me warmer. You're unusually cold for a human, so I like it when your body temperature rises."

Dokueki had stuck out her tongue teasingly, and wrapped her thin body tighter around Sasuke's upper arm for emphasis. He would have declined to tell her any more stories, somehow finding her taunt that he warmed up embarrassing, but in exchange for these stories, Dokueki had secretly taught him how to use poisons and remedies, as well as keeping him up to date with any "gossip" she happened to hear while slithering by Orochimaru's room. She was too important to his plans to deny her stories. In fact, she was vital in helping him fulfill his ultimate goal of killing Itachi; it was her own venom that was stored in the vial he carried with him at all times - just in case something were to ever happen to her, he needed her venom in order to succeed, otherwise injecting that special potion into Naruto would be pointless.

"Yessss, that is one of my favorite storiessss, but you have never told me how he defeated that Haku boy. You alwayssss leave that part out," Dokueki complained after Sasuke had finished retelling their trip to Wave. Sasuke sighed.

"We've been through this. I don't know how because I was unconscious," Sasuke reminded her. Dokueki waved her tail, as to say she didn't really care.

"Then bring him to me so that I can ask him myself," Dokueki complained. Sasuke couldn't help but smirk at her.

"Not possible."

"Then take me to him," Dokueki pleaded, "He soundssss far more interesting than the people here. I want to get out of thissss hideout. You should have taken me with you on your last adventure."

"That was seven months ago," Sasuke was beginning to get tired of this. He heard these same complaints from Dokueki all the time, but he had to put up with it in order to get information. "What new findings do you have for me regarding Orochimaru and Kabuto?"

"Alwayssss wanting something, but never wanting to talk," Dokueki hissed at the air angrily. "Kabuto has been working on creating a potion that will allow Orochimaru to permanently stay in the body of his choosing. It lookssss as though he may have succeeded." Sasuke was quiet for a moment.

"So, in other words, Orochimaru is planning on spending the rest of his life in my body?" Sasuke asked quietly.

"It appearssss so," Dokueki said quietly. Sasuke and Dokueki spoke for several more hours on the impact that this had on Sasuke, as well as what it meant for Dokueki. She was a snake summon, though Orochimaru had never had a particular interest in her. She was too small for combat, and she had not shown any other promising talents - at least, not to Orochimaru. Sasuke had taken it upon himself to make her his ally, and in doing so, found her quite useful and knowledgeable about venoms, medicines, and just information in general.

They had been talking for several hours when Sasuke heard footsteps echoing in the distance of the dark cavern, Dokueki silently slithered around his neck, Sasuke pulling his open front shirt tighter around himself so she would not be seen.

"You're late. Did you forget that we had training this afternoon?" Sasuke played smoothly, trying to make it sound as though he'd actually been waiting for Orochimaru. It was then that Sasuke had realized that there were three pairs of footsteps in the room, not two. He activated his sharingan to better see through the dark to get an idea about this new person. His - for it was definitely male - chakra was unfamiliar, and he couldn't see him clearly.

"I have brought a ninja from the Hidden Village of Leaf. I thought you two might be able to talk about things and be nostalgic," Orochimaru said, the mocking tone not going unnoticed by Sasuke. Sasuke just stared at the new arrival. Why was a Konoha shinobi here? Sasuke watched as the shinobi smiled, a terribly forced smile.

"Greetings my name is Sai. And you must be Uchiha Sasu-"

"Get lost," Sasuke ordered darkly. He didn't like this bastard, and he wanted him gone. Something about him rubbed him the wrong way. It also didn't help that Dokueki was slowly sliding down his back, tickling him. He literally wanted to leave as fast as possible so that Orochimaru did not notice Dokueki.

"Even when I force myself to smile, no one seems to like me. Naruto-kun didn't even really seem to care much for me either this whole mission, and he seems to like everyone," Sai said. Sasuke's blood ran cold. Naruto? Mission? "But maybe you and I will get along better."

Sasuke glared at this boy hard. Yes, he hated him. Why was this boy here if he was supposed to be on a mission with Naruto? And where was Naruto? What was Naruto doing in this area? That blonde idiot would mess things up if he came looking for him right now. He might have to kill the blonde sooner than he expected, though he wasn't sure if it was a wise idea. He hadn't waited the full ten months yet, and something might not go right if he did it too soon.

Using the sharingan, Sasuke concentrated on Sai and forced Sai's thoughts to come to the surface. Sai was knocked down, as Sasuke used the sharingan to reexamine his most recent memories. Sai's body shook at the violating contact. Sasuke had still only been practicing with this technique, and he wasn't sure if it was a good idea for him to expose this move in front of Kabuto and Orochimaru, but he had to do it. He needed to know what Sai's intentions were. Recent images and memories that were not his own quickly flooded into Sasuke's mind. Sasuke faintly heard Kabuto call out his name, but he ignored him. Sasuke scanned the images, cursing as the jutsu left him with very little information, though one vivid image of Sai being in the bath house with Naruto sending jolts of jealousy through his veins. He realized Naruto was doing well, but that was all that he had gleaned from trying to examine Sai’s memories. When Sasuke released the jutsu, he was at least happy to see that he had shaken up that Sai person enough to make him fall over. Sasuke heard Orochimaru chuckle.

"It'd be a good idea not to tease Sasuke-kun too much - he's even harder to deal with than even I am," Orochimaru laughed, looking down at Sai whose body was shaking from the contact with the sharingan.

"And I don't care to deal with trash like him," Sasuke spat out angrily. He stood up slowly from where he had been sitting at the base of the stone statue. He reached his left arm behind him, getting a hold on Dokueki so that she would not fall as he stood, releasing her tail once he could feel that she had securely wrapped around his waist. "Orochimaru, it's time for my training now," Sasuke demanded, wanting to learn as much as he could from Orochimaru so that way Orochimaru had few tricks against Sasuke once he wanted to leave.

"Naruto-kun told me quite a bit about you," Sai said as he stood up, ignoring the warning Orochimaru had given him about not taunting Sasuke. Sasuke stared at Sai, loathing the boy in front of him darkly. Sai seemed unperturbed, and continued with his story. "For the last three years, it seems that all he's been doing is looking for you." Sasuke wasn't sure what to do. He knew that Orochimaru and Kabuto suspected something going on with him. He wasn't sure if they knew about Naruto or not. Obviously they knew he had been his former teammate, but this Sai was complicating things by brining him up. He was putting Naruto in more danger.

"Oh yeah," Sasuke said, trying to sound as though he had forgotten Naruto, trying to make it sound as though he hadn't thought about the blonde every day he had left, trying not imagine the way Naruto had felt as he slid into him, the way he had moaned beneath him…"I guess I do remember someone like that." Sasuke put his hand on his waist, trying to uncurl Dokueki slightly. She had tightened around him when he had begun remembering when he and Naruto had had sex, his body clearly having heated up. 'Damn snakes and their cold bloodedness!' Sasuke thought to himself, finding Dokueki's tail and lightly tugging on it through the fabric of his shirt, glad that it was dark so that the three at the other end of the hall could not see his movements. "We're going Orochimaru," Sasuke demanded, putting his hand on his hip, wanting to discard Dokueki from wrapping around his body as quietly as possible.

"Naruto-kun considers you to be like his true brother. That's what I heard from Sakura-san," Sai said. Sasuke stilled. Did this guy not get how dangerous he was treading? Naruto, like his brother? Yes, Naruto had said something along those lines during the Valley of the End, but Sasuke had most certainly never considered Naruto to be like a brother. Rival, yes. Lover, sure. Brother, hell no. Then again, Sakura had been the one to tell this guy that. Hmm, Sakura. He hadn't thought about her in a while. She must be around too if Sai mentioned her. However, Sasuke couldn’t think about that right now because he needed to put Sai straight, and try and make it seem as though he didn't care about Naruto.

"As far as brother's are concerned, I only have one. And I want to kill him," with that, he teleported back to his own room. Dokueki had squeezed him even tighter while thinking about both Naruto and Itachi, his body clearly heating up for different reasons. He reached into the front of his shirt and untangled the snake from his waist.

"Nooooo! You're so warm!" Dokueki hissed, trying to wind her way around his hand. Sasuke dropped her on his bed.

"It hurts when you do that," Sasuke chided her.

"It'ssss not my fault that humans' body temperature risessss when they think about their mate! I need warmth, and it'ssss hard to find in this place," she complained.

"You can nest in my covers until I return. But do not begin peeling your skin there again!" Sasuke hissed angrily.

"One time, honestly," Dokueki complained before curling up tightly at the bottom of his bed. Sasuke turned towards the door, musing darkly to himself. Honestly, sometimes Dokueki treated him like a son, and other times, he felt like he was baby-sitting her. He really needed more human contact if he was referring to a snake as a mother like figure.

Peeking his head out of his door, Sasuke saw Orochimaru walking down the corridor towards him. Sasuke exited his room, falling in step beside Orochimaru. The snake sannin turned to look at him.

"So what do you think about your fellow Konoha shinobi?" Orochimaru asked, smirking.

"What's he doing here?" Sasuke demanded.

"Always so forceful aren't we? Well, that's an interesting story. Apparently he, and a Konoha team came acting like the Akatsuki member Kabuto and I were going to “talk to” in order to find out more information about the Akatsuki, and about our whereabouts. They were naturally surprised to find us, as we were naturally surprised to find them. And you should see Naruto-kun. His techniques have grown. It would be quite amusing to see which one of you would come off better in a fight. When push comes to shove, he's quite the demon on the battlefield," Orochimaru chuckled softly.

"I will always win against him," Sasuke murmured.

Naruto waited with bated breath outside the hideout where Sasuke was. He hadn't seen him in years (or so he thought). He felt as though he was missing some key clue about coming here, but he couldn't put his finger on what. His thoughts were in too much turmoil for him to think straight. For one, things had not developed the way that he had thought they would when he had returned to Konoha after finish his training.

Naruto and Jiraiya had returned from his two and a half years of training. It had been wonderful to see Tsunade, Sakura, Kakashi, and some of his old friends again. Sakura and Tsunade seemed as scary as ever, though there was something different about how Kakashi treated Naruto. He wasn't sure if it was due to the fact that Sasuke was no longer there, or if Kakashi had felt bad about not helping get Sasuke sooner, but he got this strange vibe from his former teacher that Kakashi had really missed him, even more so than Sakura or Tsunade. It was kind of flattering, in a strange sort of way.

The three of them: Sakura, Kakashi, and Naruto, had been sent off to help the Sand almost immediately after Naruto had returned to Konoha, and it had taken a lot longer than Naruto had expected to complete their mission within the Sand. He had hoped to be able to go out and begin looking for Sasuke right away, but due to unforeseen developments, they had had to wait. Then, they had been given a tip on how to find out where Sasuke might be. And the tip had turned out to lead them not only right to Orochimaru, but Sasuke himself.

Unfortunately, Kakashi had over done it again on their mission to Sand, overexerting himself by using the sharingan, and had not been able to come with Naruto and Sakura in order to follow the lead that could take them to Orochimaru, and then, of course, Sasuke. However, Sakura and Naruto had not been allowed to go just by themselves, and they had been placed under the direction of another jounin during Kakashi's absence. Naruto wasn't really sure what to make of Yamato-san, Kakashi's temporary replacement, but he seemed pretty decent enough, and he treated Naruto and Sakura fairly well. Yamato was alright, but they also had to have this stupid shinobi Sai (that clearly had a shove stuck up his ass) put on their team as well.

Sai did not fit in well with his other teammates. He insulted both Sakura and Naruto, but had gone too far when he had insulted Sasuke. Sakura had made sure to let him know just how er, unpleased, she and Naruto were with him for insulting Sasuke. Sai took the hint, and didn't do it again.

Still, the bastard had betrayed them, and went off alone with Orochimaru after a skirmish between Kabuto and Orochimaru, and the Konoha shinobi. Yamato, Sakura, and Naruto had been able to follow them and find their hideout. They had gone in to do some reconnaissance, and found Sai in one of the rooms. After talking with him, (aka tying him up) they had taken him out of the Sound base so that he wouldn't be able to help alert the Sound of their intentions. They began to question him as to why they had betrayed them.

During the time when they were interrogating Sai, something about what Sai had said had touched a nerve within Naruto. He felt bad for the guy. Apparently (after going through Sai's stuff, and piecing information together through Sai's sketch book/journal) Sai once had a close friend that had died due to an illness. Naruto felt bad that he had lost someone so dear to him, and then had been unable to reconnect with anyone else. Yamato had gone on to explain that Sai was part of a program that Konoha had tried similar to that in Mist, brainwashing him to be like a machine. According to Sai he was actually just following orders that the head of this secret program, ROOTS, had ordered him to do.

Sai’s mission was to try and join Orochimaru in order to make an alliance with him and the head of ROOTS. It seemed as though there was going to be some sort of attempt at a coup in Konoha, and Naruto worried about the head of the ROOTS program going to Orochimaru in order to ask for help to over through Tsunade. To Naruto, it seemed as though Sai was acting like nothing more than a tool. It was quite possible that Sai was kind of brainwashed into not having his own identity by the head of the ROOTS program.

Naruto had felt bad for him, until he started insulting Naruto's devotion to Sasuke of course.

Naruto had talked to Sai, telling him that it didn't matter what happened, but he would take Sasuke back because of the bond that the two of them shared. Sai had looked at him wide eyed, and confused, as though he didn't understand the concept until Naruto had explained it to him. Sai seemed like he had had such a close bond with the person he called his brother. How could someone forget a bond like that so easily, even if the person had passed away?

Was that what Sasuke was going through? Was that what he was supposed to understand? Naruto knew that Sasuke had once had many people that were dear to him, ripped away forcibly by his brother. Was that the feeling of complete loneliness that Sasuke had been talking about? He saw it in the way that Sai seemed to be unable to reconnect with anyone, and it made Naruto's heart ache to know that that was probably how Sasuke felt.

Hell, now that Naruto thought about it, that was how he felt when Sasuke left. Perhaps now that he understood that, perhaps now that he could better understand what Sasuke was going through, he could convince the teme to come back with them so that he would no longer have to be alone. Naruto would help Sasuke defeat Itachi - after all, Itachi wanted him dead, so why shouldn't he help take Itachi down before Itachi got to him?

As Naruto looked at Sai, tired up against the rock of the hideout where Sasuke was, he wasn't sure what to think about anything. What if Sasuke had lost his ability to connect with people? What would Naruto do then? Naruto was about to ask Sai why he had stopped making bonds after his adopted brother had died, but was rudely interrupted by the appearance of Kabuto.

Kabuto took in the situation with his calculating mind, and realized the Sai had not betrayed them, but had been caught instead. He sliced through Sai's bonds with a kunai. Naruto was pissed.

"If you two are going to get in my way, then I'm not going to hold back!" Naruto yelled as he created a clone and began to create the rasengan. Kabuto smirked before destroying the clone.

"Pointless," Kabuto murmured.

"You don't know how this fight will end until we fight it through!" Naruto hissed angrily at Kabuto's cockiness.

"Not about that, I meant Sasuke-kun. It's pointless going after him. He is not the same Sasuke you knew. People change," Kabuto smirk grew wider - but not for long. Naruto stared in shock as Sai grabbed Kabuto from behind, making it impossible for him to perform any jutsu. Sai then proceeded to tie Kabuto up.

"Naruto, I want to see what these bonds are made of, the bonds between you and Sasuke. What you speak of having with Sasuke, I think I remember having with my own friend, and I want to try and remember that," Sai said. Naruto smiled, feeling as though somehow, if he had been able to bring Sai out from darkness, he would be able to do the same with Sasuke.

"Let's go get him so I can show you," Naruto said, grinning.

Sasuke and Naruto were in the showers, but this time, they had remembered to turn the water on. Sasuke had pinned Naruto's arms above his head, the water pouring down on the two of them. Sasuke's mouth was on Naruto's, his erection grinding against Naruto's. They had had fun lathering each other up, their bodies slick with soap so that they're grinding was slick. It was nice, but to Sasuke, he wanted more friction. Sure being able to slide his whole body against Naruto’s slick, lean, fuckable body was nice, but having just a bit of friction would be better.

Sasuke pressed himself harder against Naruto, their bodies flush against each other, their erections grinding frantically in their desperation to be close to each other. Sasuke let go of Naruto's arms so that he could grasp the metal handle of the soap holder. His other hand reached out, trying to find some other sort of grip, but only found the uneven top of the shower tile where it merged with the wall to grip onto. It would have to be enough. Sasuke gripped the metal handled and the small ledge where tile met wall and pulled himself so that his body was even closer to Naruto's. Naruto bucked excitedly beneath him.

"Sasuke," Naruto moaned, as Sasuke nibbled on his neck, sending jolts of pleasure through Naruto's body. Naruto ran his hands down the older nin's back, and Sasuke shuddered as Naruto's hands both tickled and pleasured his body. "Mnn...Naruto," Sasuke moaned contently into Naruto's mouth as he kissed him. Naruto's mouth felt warm as Naruto pressed his lips gently against Sasuke's, warmth coursing through his body at the hot touch, making him move harder against the blonde. Naruto sucked on Sasuke's lips, which were soft, but not too swollen, from all the teasing they had been doing to each other. Sasuke's tongued slowly licked Naruto's lower lip, and Naruto moaned, and Sasuke tilted his head to the side as he pressed his mouth firmly atop of Naruto's, his tongue sliding in and out of Naruto's mouth.

Sasuke felt the wonderful tingling sensation that started at the base of is erection beginning to build. He removed his hands from where he was using them as leverage in order to get closer to Naruto and flipped Naruto around. Naruto moaned in anticipation as Sasuke plunged deep within Naruto's entrance, Naruto's tightness pressing around him, making him feel ready to explode…

...when Sasuke felt a presence enter his room, crashing his dream to a halting stop as he realized he was still in the Sound, lying on his bed after training.

"Who's there?" Sasuke demanded groggily, trying to determine who had just entered. He hated being woken up, especially in the middle of a dream like that. His body was hot and frustrated. His dream had been so delicious. Who dare wake him up? Sasuke didn't move, willing his erection to go down. He had been so close to having a lovely wet dream. Why was it that every single time he almost came to relieving his frustration someone always woke him up?

"Busted already?" The person who had awoken him spoke, and Sasuke recognized it with a great twinge of annoyance as that Sai shinobi.

"What do you want?" Sasuke asked, his voice dangerously low, extremely angered at having been woken up.

"I want to take you back to Konoha so that I can help Naruto protect his 'bond' with you that he is trying to mend!" Sai declared. Sasuke really wasn't sure how to take this. Bonds? He woke him up from a dream about Naruto to talk about his bond with Naruto? Was the guy a fucking nutter?

"Bonds...? You woke me up to talk about bonds?" Sasuke hissed angrily.

"He was coming with me, but we got split up looking for you and-" Sai wasn't able to finish as Sasuke's anger manifested itself in the form of deciding to blow his entire room apart.

Sasuke growled. Sai had found him instead of Naruto. If it had been Naruto, he could have relieved himself with Naruto. To be awoken to find Sai, and then finding out that it could have been Naruto...

Quite frankly, Sasuke was pissed.

Next Chapter: Restless Nights


The character Dokueki is not in the canon (aka Dokueki is an original of my creation.)

Also, due to some of the events in the manga, I have been confused in trying to figure out how long certain events have gone on. If my Math doesn't seem to add up to you, then let's just pretend it's because I'm starting to pull away from the canon. :-D

Please let me know if anything is confusing, and I will message you and try to explain it to you to the best of my ability.

Sorry I had to end it here, but I felt like I would be spoiling too much of the manga/anime, and I really don’t want to do that. This chapter ending sets itself up so that way I won’t give too much of the manga/anime away. Please let me know what you thought. Did I have too many spoilers? Did you like it? (The next chapter title was inspired by Ravemastaj.) ~ Jelp