It Started Out with a Kiss

A/N Wow, I actually got this updated in decent timing =] I will warn you that there is a little bit of spoilers to the current manga. Enjoy

I want to thank my lovely Beta's Midnight Essence and msuzumaki. They are doing a lovely job in editing old and current chapters =]

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Teme
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Naruto sat on the familiar wooden boards of the bridge where he use to wait with team seven for Kakashi. He let his feet dangle into the cold water and closed his eyes as the rushing current relaxed him. ‘Where the hell is he?’ Naruto thought to himself once again looking at the town clock. He knew Sasuke was not a morning person, but for him to be an hour late was unusual. “I hope he’s alright,” he said to himself as he bit his lip in worry.

“I’m fine dobe,” the offending voice startled Naruto slightly causing him to jump. Naruto stood up and placed his hands on his hips, and had a scowl on his face. He pointed an accusing finger at Sasuke.

“Where the hell have you been? I think you have been hanging out with our old sensei a little to much. You’re lateness is becoming a habit.” This had been the second day in the row that Sasuke had been unusually late showing up for their usual meeting time.

Sasuke folded his arms around his chest and gave a stoic stare, “It’s none of your damn business Naruto so stay the fuck out of it.” He huffed a bit but ignored the concerned looks he was receiving from the blond. “Come on lets just get our sparring over for the day so I can go home.” To say the least Naruto was very concerned about Sasuke, yes, Sasuke was usually a bastard, but that was to other people. This had been the second day this had happened since the incident up on the Hokage monument. Naruto sighed internally. He knew that things between them would never work out. It was obvious that Sasuke was regretting his decision to kiss him. Sasuke couldn’t even look at him without looking angry, but worst of all Sasuke had been putting up his stoic mask around him more than usual.

“Whatever Sasuke, lets just go so that stick up your ass doesn’t go up any further you wouldn’t want it to hit any vital organs,” Naruto walked away from Sasuke heading towards their normal training spot. As they walked Sasuke was deep in thought about what had happened to him the previous morning.

Sasuke had woken up in a cheerful mood which was rare for the raven haired boy. He was not a morning person and would never be. The idea of waking up and starting a new day pissed him off. He hated what the day held; more fan-girls ravishing over him, pointless missions around town, and most of all, expectations. The village expected him to be the prodigy that he was born to be, so Sasuke had to constantly watch every move he made to make sure he was ‘perfect.’ It was hard to try to do everything perfect all the time, sometimes he just wanted to just let loose and be an idiot for a day. Sasuke laughed at the thought and a certain blond haired shinobi crossed his mind. He let a rare smile come upon his lips. “I don’t understand why you want everyone to notice you Naruto fame isn’t what it’s all cracked up to be,” Sasuke said to himself.

Moreover the villagers expected him and his brother to restart the clan, and not with any female in Kohona, this female would have to reach the Uchiha standards his parents would have wanted. The problem with that was he didn’t want any of the females here, and he sure as hell didn’t want to raise a family with them. Once again his mind flickered over to the blond shinobi, but once the thought crossed his mind he shook it away just as fast, “I don’t know what has gotten into me recently. I think I just desperately want someone as carefree as Naruto, but the problem is I’m not gay.” Sasuke sighed and carried on with his daily routine, “Anyway, even if I was gay and I did want to start a relationship with Naruto Itachi would never approve of it,” just as Sasuke was about to leave Itachi appeared.

“Sasuke, can I talk to you for a minute?” Sasuke turned around to see his brother leaning against the entryway to the living room. Itachi hadn’t changed much over the years except for the fact that he was now blind. The battle with Madara had finally brought his eyes to their limit and now he had to live in a dark world.

“Yea make it quick Naruto’s waiting for me I don’t want be late,” Sasuke always found it creepy how even though Itachi couldn’t see him it always felt like he was staring through his soul.

“Come, sit down at the table Sasuke” Itachi lead his brother to the kitchen table and sat resting his hands on his chin. “Now Sasuke, don’t take this the wrong way. I’m only saying this to protect you. I don’t want you to continue on with this fantasy anymore. You and Naruto can not be in a relationship. I may not be able to see, but I can sense when something odd is going on with you Sasuke.” Sasuke looked at Itachi confused. He had not even come to terms with his feelings for Naruto (if there was even feelings), and here his brother was telling him he couldn’t have a relationship with the boy. Itachi continued on, “It also doesn’t help that you came home last night smelling oddly strong of him. Sasuke I love you, and I want you to be happy after everything that I have put you through, but I practically begged the Elders to spare your life. The deal had been that both of us would continue the clan eventually and that we would stay out of trouble. If they even suspected that you were to go back on your word, you would be murdered. Just be warned Sasuke no good will come out of this.” Itachi usually was not a man of many words but when it came to his baby brother he could be very emotional. He cared deeply for Sasuke no matter what Sasuke thought.

“Itachi, I…” Sasuke sighed he knew his brother was right, but it didn’t help the fact that he didn’t want him to be. Last night spurred up a lot of feelings that he didn’t realize he had. He was had been constantly thinking of a female version of Naruto, but yet that still didn’t seem to please him. He almost laughed to himself. He had finally figured out that there were feelings for the blond boy, but only to be told that it will never be. “Itachi, you know what I think about the Elders. They can go fuck themselves for all I care. I’ve never felt this way before Itachi, and I’m almost scared to let that feeling go.” Sasuke knew he sounded weak in his brother’s ears but he couldn’t help these strong feelings.

“Sasuke I know you care about the blond boy, but that is the problem little brother he is a boy. He can’t have babies, and you two will not be accepted by the town. No matter how much respect Naruto has gained throughout the years no one wants to see an Uchiha with the town demon. It’s wrong, I know, but true.”

Sasuke could feel the anger well up in him. “I don’t care what other people think Itachi! This whole town can go fuck themselves. They have never done anything for me,” Sasuke would have continued if he was not interrupted by his brother.

“Then do it for me Sasuke. Do it for your flesh and blood, and for the future of the clan, because I can’t do it by myself.” Itachi had never been a fan of the clan, but he always had a dream of restarting and fixing the evils that once existed. With that statement Sasuke left the house and ran the entire way to the bridge.

Sasuke found it extremely difficult to comply with his brother’s wishes, but he really did owe his life to his brother. They had finally made it to the training grounds. “Ready to get your ass kicked Dobe?” Sasuke put a smug look on his face and went into a fighting stance.

“The only ass that’s going to get kicked is yours Teme,” Naruto also went into a fighting stance. Sasuke’s attitude had really started to get on his nerve. He had not acted like this since Naruto was trying to bring him home. ‘What’s going on to make you act like such a dick because I don’t think some kiss would do it? If only he knew what was going on in that twisted mind of the Uchiha.’ Naruto snapped his mind out of the clouds when he saw Sasuke rushing forward. Sasuke had caught him off guard as he landed a blow to the chest. “That was a fucking cheap shot Sasuke, but I guess that’s the only way you’re going to win.” Naruto picked himself off of the ground quickly and made a few hand seals. A puff of smoke appeared and twenty more Naruto’s appeared.

“It’s not my fault you’re in la la land while we are supposed to be fighting. So pay attention Dobe because I won’t go easy on you.” As he said this, ebony eyes melted away into blood red sharingans.

“Oh, so you want to play like that now do you?” Naruto released his surrounding doppelgangers then took the big scroll off of his back and released the seal. Without looking closely you would not see any difference in Naruto’s appearance, but when you did look closer you would notice that his eyes looked strange.

“So you are going into your little froggy mode,” Sasuke teased. He knew that Naruto was a strong shinobi, and was damn near impossible to beat in this mode. Sasuke smirked at Naruto, and then made his way towards the shinobi. They fought hand to hand dodging blows directed at each other.

“Sasuke what’s the matter with you, your fighting style is sloppy today,” Naruto chided.
Naruto saw the smirk on the other boy’s face falter for just a second.



“You should be worried about yourself Dobe, not me.” That’s when Sasuke stopped and made some hand symbols. A wave of fire blew out of his mouth causing Naruto to rapidly dodge the oncoming assault.

Naruto looked down to see that he had just nearly escaped only with slightly singed clothes. Naruto released his sage mode and gave Sasuke a weird look. They rarely used this type of ninjutsu, so it had caught him off guard. Naruto knew that there was something going on with Sasuke. “Hey Teme what the hell is your problem? What happened to our deal? When we spar we won’t use chakra ninjutsu unless it is your sharingan or my sage mode, or would you like me to stick a Rasenshuriken up your ass.”

Sasuke knew he had taken it too far. It only made sense not to use those types of ninjutsu’s on each other unless they didn’t want to live very long. Naruto and Sasuke had both become too strong to use anything but taijutsu against each other. “Hn sorry Dobe, I’ve just had a lot on my mind.” Sasuke released his sharingan and sat down where he was standing. This was all taking a very heavy toll on him. He hadn’t put on such an act in front of Naruto in years, and it was tiring. Pretending to be a dick was a lot harder than he remembered.

Naruto came over next to Sasuke, “I knew there was something going on, but you’re usually not one to willingly give out information about your feelings. So what’s going on Sasuke?” Sasuke looked down at the ground next to him and sighed.
“It’s difficult Naruto. I don’t like it, but I have to obey my brother.”

“Itachi? What does he have to do with this?” Naruto questioned. He was now even more curious about what was going on with the raven haired boy.

“Shit Naruto I told you it was difficult. I don’t know how to explain it to make you understand.” Sasuke knew that his choice of words wasn’t what he was going for, but at the moment he could really care less.

Naruto reached his hand up to caress the boy’s cheek. He knew it was a daring move, but he felt like he needed to comfort the boy somehow. “Sasuke, even though I might not understand you can still talk to me. It might make you feel better if you let some of it out.”

Sasuke slightly stiffened at the feel of Naruto’s hand on his cheek. He wanted to lean in to the touch of Naruto’s hands, but knew that he had to not fall in love with the boy. He sighed, ‘I guess Naruto has a right to know anyway.’ Sasuke moved away from the touch of Naruto’s hands. “I was told that I was not to have a relationship with you Naruto,” Sasuke looked down at the ground and avoided the look that Naruto was giving him.

Naruto tilted his head to the side in confusion. He didn’t even know that Sasuke had wanted a relationship with him, but now it just confirmed that they really would never be together. “I don’t understand,” before Naruto could continue Sasuke cut him off.

“It means Naruto that Itachi said I can’t be with you. You aren’t female and you can’t have babies so I’m not allowed to fall in love with you or be with you. He told me that the Elders would have a conniption, and he went through enough to convince them to spare my life. Naruto as much as I thought about it these past couple of days, there is no way we could make this work.” Sasuke stood up ignoring the other one beside him and walked away. Once Sasuke was far enough away he let the few tears run down his cheeks. He wiped them away, and continued his way home.

Naruto sat there stunned. He had never expected this to happen. The kiss that took place the other day was starting to become a real hassle. If Sasuke had never known his feelings he would never have had this problem in the first place. Naruto fell backwards so he was lying on the grass; he could feel the anger and depression rise inside of him. ‘Damn Elders they can all go to hell. I wish there was a way that I could make this all work out.’ Naruto thought to himself. He had always wanted to have a family with kids, but when he fell in love with Sasuke he let that dream go.

A/N Hope you enjoyed it. Comment and let me know what you think. Let me know any suggestions you might have.