Following You

Chapter 4! Enjoy!

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Following You

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Those wide blue eyes stared up at him in almost shock. Too much emotion and understanding filled the strange foxes expression. Sasuke looked at the surrounding area, not sensing anything out of the ordinary except this small fox.

‘This must have been the growl I heard’ He confirmed in his head. He plucked his kunai out of the tree trunk and tucked it back in his pouch. The fox seemed to relax some and take a step toward him.

Loosing interest already, Sasuke stood back up and made his way in an opposite direction. But as he walked, he heard soft padding of footsteps. Looking behind him, he found the small fox was following him from a distance, giving him an intense stare. The fox would get bored of him eventually, and would go back to its home. It was getting dark as well, speaking of homes. Sasuke needed to find a secure place in the woods to spend the night; he still had a week of traveling until meeting up with the rest of Team Hawk.

Just as the sun became completely engulfed by the horizon, he found an acceptable small clearing in the forest to stay. There were so many trees and branches everywhere that even if someone were to leap on the branches overhead, as long as he hid his chakra, he wouldn’t be seen.

Setting his small travel pack down, he placed the branches down on the dirt ground, surrounding the pile with stones.

‘Katon’ He chanted as his breath turned to fire and lit the pile of lumber.

Sitting down, he zipped open his pack and took out a fresh fish he caught earlier wrapped in a large leaf. Skewering it on a stick and setting it close to the fire, he waited for his dinner to cook.

The silence in the forest intensified the loud crackling of the fire. It glowed and warmed the front of the young man as the cool night breeze rolled in, brushing his back. He brought his knees to his chest and rested his cheek on them, slowly lulling his eyes shut.

His eyes snapped open as something rustled the bushes across from him. His muscled tensed, but relaxed as soon as a familiar red fox popped out of the bush. It eyed him for a moment, slowly circling around the fire over to where he was.

Watching the fox move as in closing in on its prey, Sasuke became ready to deflect the wild animal in case it attacked him. But the small canine stopped a few feet away from him, and sat down. Still looking at him with wide blue eyes. He didn’t even know Foxes could have blue eyes, let alone grow its fur this red. This was a very strange creature indeed.

They stared at each other for long moments until the fox whipped his head over to the firelight, and watched the flames dance. After a second, Sasuke did the same.

They both sat in silence for what seemed like an hour, until Sasuke carefully pulled the fish away from the fire and tested the flesh to see if it was done. Deeming it acceptable, he blew on a meaty spot and took a controlled bite. After the third bite, he heard a small wine.

Pausing momentarily, he rolled his eyes over to the little fox. Facing him and closer than it was before, it looked up at him with pleading eyes. His eyes narrowed, as the animal’s eyes grew and glistened.

“…fine” He said, tearing off a piece of his dinner and chucking it over to the fox. It yelped happily and tore into the piece of fish. Sasuke smirked to himself and went back to eating.

The bones of the once-fish lay by the fire as Sasuke lay on his back, looking through the branches above to some of the twinkling stars that peeked through. The fox, curled up not too far away from him, eyeing the dying embers of the fire. Another night’s breeze blew though the small clearing, brushing over the animals fur coat, but cruelly hitting Sasukes exposed skin, making him shiver. He drew his arms out of the cloaks sleeves to hold them closer to his body, and forced himself to sleep.

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Naruto couldn’t get himself to sleep.

Here he was, pretending to be a normal forest fox, while stalking Sasuke to wherever the hell he was going. How long could this go on? He’ll have to show himself sooner or later.

But… this was nice. Even though he wasn’t human, it was still nice to be around his best friend. Even without Sasuke speaking, he could still recognize the Uchiha as a cold bastard. From their meeting a while ago with Sai, he knows Sasuke is even more icy than ever.

He looked over at the balled up figure a few feet from him. It was a cold night, his fur was taking care of that for him, but Sasuke must be freezing. He’s shivering in his sleep. He wished his could do something, like make blankets pop out of thin air to wrap Sasuke in them.

The Uchiha’s eyebrows furrowed and he groaned his sleep, shifting slightly. He hated to see Sasuke in any kind of discomfort. Quietly, he rose to him four legs and walked over to Sasuke, staring at his pale face. His breath turned to mist when he breathed out.

‘This is crazy; I don’t feel any of the cold! The wonder of fur coats…’

Naruto rubbed the side of his small body against the shivering black lump and lay down. Snuggling against Sasukes torso. He felt the warmth leaving the Uchiha as his fur absorbed it.

‘Dumb fur; don’t take away Sasuke’s heat! I don’t need it!’ He dropped his head while still looking at Sasuke’s face. ‘I wish I was bigger so I could actually have enough warmth for one side of his body at least…’ He shifted his weight slightly.

‘I don’t really think I’ve ever been this close to Sasuke for this long…’ He listened to the rhythmic in and out of Sasuke’s lungs. Inhaling deeply, he suddenly stopped, wide eyed, and inhaled some more.

‘Holy… gawd Sasuke smells good’ Sasuke had that same smell from the old days. The smell of how it is after it rains, along with tree bark from the sent of the forest. Naruto took a few more exaggerated deep breaths before his head felt dizzy and he decided he should stop.

Beside’s feeling dizzy, with Sasuke’s warmth, rhythmic breathing, and soothing sent. Naruto began to feel the fatigue of the day finally hit him.

With that, he shut his eyes and drifted into sleep himself.

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Sasuke awoke as the suns rays just started to creep over the night sky, turning dark blue to a lighter hue. He shivered violently once and curled himself in a tighter ball; not wanting to leave the warmth his cloak was giving just yet. He felt warmth on one side of his body, against his right arm. He rolled his head over to look down at the slumbering fox curled up against him. The creature must have come to him for warmth in the middle of the night.

He lay there for what seemed to be another half hour and the sky got brighter as time creeped on. The chilly nights breeze had long stopped blowing as rays of sun came over the horizon. He matter as well get up now and try to go into a more sunny area to warm his body.

He shifted out of his makeshift sheet, nudging the little fox beside him awake. Its blue eyes opened and peered up at him with a lazy stare before becoming more aware.

“You’re still here…? Don’t you have a family or something...?” Sasuke stopped himself. He was talking to an animal, an animal who couldn’t understand what he was saying. Even the fox was looking at him …amusedly? Before shaking its head ‘no’.

Wait…

Sasuke did a double take at the fox. Did it just answer him?!

‘No, it must have been a coincidence…’ He eyed the animal suspiciously before getting up and walking to find a place where the sun could reach his chilled skin. Of course, the little red fox bounced along with him.

After Sasuke warmed himself up, and traveled back down the river to snag another fish for breakfast. This time he got two. He made another fire to cook the fish and sat in wait. The fox had disappeared while he was running his errands and had been gone for an hour now.

Where could it have gone?

Sasuke mentally shook himself. Not like he really cared, but there was just something about those blue eyes that, both creeped him out as well as settled his constantly racing mind. He scanned the bushes to look for a familiar rustle, but there was none.

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“Phew!” Naruto exclaimed as He plopped down on his now human ass, far, far away from where he knew Sasuke was.

‘Keeping that form for so long really wore me out!’ He huffed a breath and proceeded to lie on his back, breathing deeply. This was still the weirdest situation he could think of being in. But it was funny when Sasuke started talking to him. And his expression was even funnier when Naruto replied.

“Heh heh…” He chuckled to himself, then sighed.

His senses where so much higher as a fox. He could smell everything. Especially Sasuke. If he thought Sasuke smelt good before… Geez, last night he almost intoxicated himself from breathing in the Uchiha’s sent too deeply for so long. He was like a drug, a really, really good smelling drug… His eyes were also crisper, and took in every corner of Sasuke in fine detail. After observing Sasukes white porcelain skin this past day, Naruto has also realized his friend is practically flawless. Except for that bastard snake seal on his right shoulder. But other than that…

‘Gods, what’s happening to me…?’ He brought up his hand to his eyes and took a deep breath. This was all just too weird.

‘I’ll just work up my chakra for a while here, I’ll feel when Sasuke starts moving again…’ His eyes lulled as he slipped into a dream like state.

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Sasuke picked up his gear and stood, looking around his site once more. If he left, and that fox came back, it would be able to follow his scent anyways. He leaped up on a branch and set on his way.

Sure enough, after 5 minutes of traveling, the little fox was catching up to him. Leaping on the branches behind him with its 4 tiny paws.

‘I didn’t know foxes could leap in trees like this…’

It landed next to him and followed in sync with his leaps. The day passed slowly. The sun moved across the sky. They had been non-stop traveling for hours, both of their muscles where beginning to burn.

Looking at the position of the sun, Sasuke would assume it was now about 7pm. They would be stopping pretty soon. Funny how he was counting both of them, like the fox was another person. Funny… in an annoying way…

They traveled back down to the lake they were staying close to so they could both drink. Sasuke cupped the water in his hand and brought it to his face, as the fox lapped at the river with his tongue. After drinking enough, he splashed the cool liquid on his face and neck, wetting his bangs in the process. He shook through his hair with his hand and walked back into the woods. It was getting dark, time to find another place to sleep. Cliffs were near by; maybe there was a cave there, something warmer than last night that doesn’t let the wind blow through.

Sure enough, there was, a pretty deep cave in fact. Trees and shrubs surrounded the entrance, so only if you were to search you could find it. He gathered up more firewood again and ventured into the cave holding a makeshift torch to see. The fox pranced ahead of him quickly, going deeper into the cave and rounded a corner.

“Hey, fox-” He said as he quickened his pace. Rounding the same corner, he found the cave ended in a circular shape, not facing the entrance of the cave, even more perfect. The fox was standing in the middle of the circle, waiting for him. He came over and dumped the lumber in the middle after the animal moved. He lit the fire and sat down, readying himself for another quite night. The fire made the walls of the cave glow orange, and the red fur of the fox even glowed brighter. Sasuke picked up his pack and brought more fish out, he was going to get tired of fish pretty soon. As they cooked, he polished his kunai with cloth as the fox watched him.

‘This fox doesn’t seem to want to leave me alone’ He thought looking over at it, it made eye contact with him. He stopped polishing his weapon and stared intensely back.

‘What is this fox? It’s not normal…’ The fox cocked its head to the side and moved closer to Sasuke. After a moment of what seemed like hesitation, it rubbed the side of its face on Sasukes knee while closing its eyes. Sasuke scrunched his eyebrows and brought a cautious hand to the top of the furry head and rubbed. The fox pushed up against the soft hand harder and Sasuke scratched behind its ears. The fox stretched into the scratch, seeming to be enjoying it greatly.

‘Maybe a runaway domestic fox…?’

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‘Oh, my, GOD!’ Naruto screamed in his head. ‘This feels AMAZING!’ He rubbed up against the torturous hand harder as it ran down his back and massaged him with slender gentle fingers. Naruto ended up leaning his entire body against Sasukes thigh, rubbing it like a cat does. His tail swayed back and forth unconsciously. ‘I could die happy like this!’ He made a small sound of pleasure in the back of his throat. Sasuke pulled through his red fur as a small shiver went down Naruto’s back.

‘If only I was human right now, I would jump Sasuke this moment and work his body so he wouldn’t even be able to move the tomorrow morning-’

His train of thought halted. Wait, did he just think that? He was seriously beginning to freak himself out. This was Sasuke of gods’ sake! Sasuke! His friend, his rival, another guy! He can’t be thinking such things about him! He shook his small angular head. He was too confused. He began to feel his jutsu slip.

‘Oh, shit! I forgot to keep my concentration!’

Feeling himself slipping even more, he dashed out of Sasukes grip and out towards the cave exit. He leaped though the shrubs and ran as fast as he could as far away form the cave as possible. Finally, he couldn’t hold it any longer and- Poof. He popped back to his human form and gasped for a breath.

“Gahh… almost lost it there” He whispered to himself. If he hadn’t exerted so much energy later while traveling, and if he hadn’t already been keeping that form for so long, he might not have this problem right now.

He lay there catching is breath, thinking of Sasuke.

‘I just still can’t… come to terms with it…’ He stared up at the sky, fisting the dusty ground next to his hips.

‘Ok, I’m not going to bullshit myself any longer! I know that I…. I’m attracted to Sasuke… that I want to…’ He stopped himself. One step at a time, he breathed as he felt his heartbeat grow more intense at the thought of the other male.

‘Damn it Sasuke, what are you doing to me?’

Memories popped back into Naruto’s head, memories of two days ago. When he first found the Uchiha. The way his clothes slipped off him sensually. How the vast expanse of his bare skin wasn’t disrupted by a single blemish or tan line. He almost sensed the way that skin would feel running below his fingertips. Licking and sucking the curse seal that he knew caused Sasuke pain. Wanting to erase the offending marking off a broad but delicate shoulder.

“uhhg…” Naruto half groaned, half breathed.

‘I cant be thinking like this, at least right now. Sasuke is probably wondering where I… well, the red fox went…’ He tried to shake himself out of it, but all he could think of was Sasuke shaking, below him, moaning his name.

“Ahh-!” His hard erection pushed up against his suddenly tight pants. He rested a spread hand on his lower abdomen. He hesitated; if he did this… then he would be absolutely admitting that he wanted Sasuke.

In more ways than one now.

Was he ready for this? Sasuke would probably never return his feelings anyway.

‘You’ll just be trapping yourself if you do this damn it, you’ll want… more… after a while…’ But the thought of Sasuke… his smell, his skin…

His voice. The voice that melts into the husky side some of the time. Probably without the raven even noticing it. How that voice brushed past his ear that time ago, with Sakura, Sai and Yamato. Even back then it sent shivers down his spine.

The blond moaned again.

And let his feelings take over. Not that big of a surprise, really.

His fingers peeked under the hem of his pants and unzipped them. The skin under his hand tingled as it trailed downward. He winced as that cool hand took his erection out from the warmth of his clothes.

“Haa-! Ngh…” He groaned as he stroked his erection slowly, teasing the slit and smearing pre-cum over his hard length. He ran up the large vein, gasping. The blonds other hand traveled up a taught chest, and teased a hardened nipple. He imagined it as Sasukes slender fingers running up and down his body, Sasuke’s heavy breaths he was hearing. Naruto’s face flushed, he felt like he was going to combust. His fast pulsed heart beat in his ears.

“-suke“ He whispered almost silently. He imagined his friends thighs flexing as he walked over to the bolder, and manhood growing out of black curls. He pumped faster as his lower stomach tightened almost unbearably. He needed release.

He pulled his orange pants down more and spread he legs to lightly touch sensitive puckered flesh. Gasping, he teased himself, a finger circling his entrance lightly before plunging in. He pumped the now slick finger in and out of him self. Naruto’s breath hitched before adding another finger.

He felt as his inside walls tighten around the digits, sometimes trying to push them back out, and others trying to pull them in deeper. Inside of him, he stroked past a spot that made his muscles contract as he let out a silent yell.

He pumped his fingers in and out, trying to reach deeper and deeper inside himself. Brushing past his prostate every time. His other hand pumped faster. Naruto could feel the warm fluid seep out of his manhood before the cold night air chilled it on his skin. The tightness in his stomach was too much already. He felt himself being inside Sasuke, thrusting, filling up his love until the raven could only yell out Naruto name.

‘Wait… my love…?’

His body convulsed and he let out a strangled yell as hot seed spilled out onto his exposed stomach as he rode out his orgasm. He slowly slid his fingers out of himself, brushing them one last time over the sensitive hole before pulling them away completely.

Gasping and gulping down oxygen, the only thing he was good for at that moment was breathing. The powerful orgasm had halted his brain and muscle function temporarily. But slowly, he began to comprehend where he was again.

‘Wow…’

After cooling down, he began to feel the night’s breeze once again. He wiped himself off haphazardly and re arranged his clothes.

He zoned, staring at the ground. He hadn’t climaxed that hard since… well for years.

He doesn’t really do it too often, only when beating the shit out of a tree wont even release his sexual frustration, which seems to be every few months.

But he recalled his first few times attempting to even masturbate. One of those times, thinking about Sakura… but right before an orgasm that seemed like it would never come… he thought of a training session with Sasuke, when it was so hot that if they didn’t take off their shirts, the cloth would evaporate off the boys chests anyway.

Naruto had watched how the sweat rolled down that same perfect skin as he panted deeply, eyeing the muscles that rolled smoothly underneath…

He had repressed that memory, denied it… until now.

Gods, how long had he really been thinking about Sasuke…

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‘Great move Uzumaki, now how are you supposed to look at him normally anymore…’ The blond mentally hit himself for being so stupid. But then again…

‘If given the chance to rewind time… I would have done it again…’

He made his way back in his fox form. As he rounded the corner of the cave where Sasuke and him were sleeping; he noticed that the fire was going out, and Sasuke was lying next to the glowing logs. He tentatively walked over, assuming that the other was asleep and not wanting to wake him.

He lay next to the still form. Every once and a while, Sasuke would shiver. So Naruto knew that it was still cold in the cave. Once again he made his way over to Sasuke. But instead of just lying beside him. He wedged himself in between Sasukes arms.

The raven was lying on his side and had his arms out in a way that there was a triangle gap formed by his arms and his chest. Naruto gently adjusted himself in the gap and placed his head right by Sasukes neck. If he looked close enough, he could see the large vein under the porcelain skin pump. Suddenly Sasuke’s breathing hitched and he opened his eyes, looking right down at Naruto’s.

‘Oh crap… I woke him. I’m going to get thrown off now…’

He stared back into those obsidian black orbs for seconds, anticipating being tossed away. But Sasuke, seeming to not care, shut his eyes and breathed deeply, before slipping back into slumber.

‘Oh… that was weird…’ Naruto thought.

He stared at the Uchiha’s features. His pale skin that contrasted with his midnight hair made it look like finely polished porcelain, long lashes cascaded over sculpted cheekbones.

‘Damn this teme…’ Naruto huffed. ‘He even looks good in his sleep’ The mask Sasuke had always worn was slumbering with him, giving him a vulnerable, soft look on his face. His full lips were parted slightly, quietly taking air in, and out. The eyes that had always stared at him with indifference, sarcasm and more recently, hateful annoyance. Were covered by thin, almost lavender eyelids.

‘Heh, I bet all of those fangirl’s of his never got to see him like this’ He mused, a slight satisfaction rising in him. ‘Except maybe for Sakura, on missions. But Sasuke was never interested in her too much’ The blond thought back to all of the missions they have had together. The overnight treks that had them sleeping on the uncomfortable ground if Kakashi was too cheap to get a hotel. Naruto’s mind eased as he thought of the past.

On those missions, Sasuke had always seemed to talk to Naruto more so than Sakura.

Even if it was mostly pointless bickering. He inwardly laughed when both of them had actually puked when they had taken their eating contest to such an extreme.

Naruto’s thought process stopped as he watched the Uchiha’s face twitch and roll his shoulders, adjusting his position in his sleep.

‘Oh I soo wish I could get this on tape right now! Then finally I can deliver payback right up the tight ass of this bastard!’

…Then again, he wouldn’t want to make Sasuke even more mad than he already will be. There was a churn in Naruto’s small stomach.

He was already going to die, let’s not make it a slow and painful death, shall we?

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And chapter 4 is done! Whipee! Well, there was some juicy stuff in this chapter, no? Aha, well, see you next time!

Wow that didn’t just sound like the ending to a cheesy tv show… XD