Last Chance

Warning: Yaoi. If you don't like yaoi, push the back button.
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Sasuke followed as Naruto ran out of the village to the edge of the woods. He had stopped on a hill that over looked the village and was sitting on the grass clutching his knees to his chest. Sasuke felt like kicking himself for his part in the whole ugly mess. He really didn’t think the plan was going to work, but he never thought it would have turned out this bad. He purposefully stepped on a twig to let the blonde know he was there as he slowly approached the hunched man.

Naruto looked up at the sound with tears swimming in his blue eyes. “Sasuke,” he called in a pleading voice. He looked like his whole world had been crushed.

Sasuke felt like someone had punched him in the chest as he stared into the watery eyes. It hurt him to see the blonde in such distress and he wanted to take the pain away. But what did one do when a boy was crying? He was at a loss.

“Naruto, come on. It’s not that bad,” he attempted nonchalantly.

“Not that bad!” the blonde screeched jumping to his feet. “She hates me! And I deserve it because I was trying to trick her that I could be someone I’m not.” The tears were coming quicker, seeming to make two little waterfalls on each side of his face.

“She doesn’t hate you, Naruto,” Sasuke cajoled. He walked over to the blonde and stiffly put a hand on his shoulder. He awkwardly patted the other man’s back trying to give some comfort. “She’s your friend. She’s just angry right now.”

“I don’t want her to be my friend! I love her and… and… She said she would never date me, EVER!” He had begun pacing and was now pulling at his sun-bleached hair.

“Naruto, calm down,” Sasuke tried firmly, holding his hands up for him to stop.

Naruto was not listening. He continued ranting, his voice becoming higher in his panic as he continued to pace and tug on the blonde tresses.

“That’s one dream shattered! What if I can’t become Hokage either?” he screeched desperately. “I always thought I could make anything happen if I put my all into it!”

Sasuke watched in concern as Naruto yanked at his hair with increasing force. His eyes were wide with panic as tears flowed freely down his now pale face. He had to do something quick, Naruto looked like he was getting ready to break. He reminded Sasuke of a hysterical woman he had once seen!

“Well, if you’re going to act like a woman,” Sasuke suddenly said as his hand snaked out to grab the back of Naruto’s neck drawing him close. “I’m going to treat you like one!” he finished before roughly pressing his lips to the stunned blonde’s.

Naruto’s eyes fluttered closed at the contact and he could feel his body relax. What was going on? Hadn’t he just been talking to someone about his fight with Sakura? It had hurt so badly, but now someone was holding him. The body that held him was so warm, the lips that were moving across his felt good. He wanted it to go on but his mind was grasping to remember something. He had been talking to someone… Sasuke! The name broke him out of his trance-like daze. His eyes snapped open and then his mind registered exactly what was going on. Sasuke was kissing him! And he had called him a woman! Naruto pushed on the chest in front of him to break the contact of the lips on his own. The surprise on his face quickly transformed into rage as he pulled back his fist.

Sasuke had been surprised when Naruto relaxed against his kiss. That had not been what he was expecting at all, not that he was complaining. He had been trying to jolt Naruto out of his panic but now he had the blonde in his arms and his wasn’t trying to get away. The originally hard kiss softened, and he was just about to try and deepen the kiss when he felt Naruto stiffen in his embrace. He was pushed away and he saw the arm go back. Well, here it comes he thought. He raised his arms to block the punch he had been expecting from the beginning but apparently anger had added to the blonde’s speed. The contact to his face sent the Uchiha soaring into a tree at full speed. His back slammed several feet up the trunk before he fell to the ground face first.

“What the hell do you think you are doing?!” Naruto yelled at the sprawled form. “Fucking TEME!” he screamed as he ran out of sight. All of his friends were complete assholes!

Maybe he should have just slapped him Sasuke thought as he crawled slowly onto his hands and knees. He brought a hand to his pained face to wipe at the wetness. He stared at his completely red hand; he was bleeding from both his mouth and nose. Just great he thought as he spit out blood. Well, at lest no teeth came out.

He had guessed this would be the outcome as soon as he had chosen his plan to break the boy out of his hysteria. He just couldn’t stand to see the blonde so upset and the tears had just about killed him. He knew if he baited Naruto by calling him a woman before he kissed him the blonde would get pissed. It was better for Naruto to think he was just being cruel rather than seeing it for what it really was. A gesture of comfort for someone he cared deeply for. His unusual attraction to the other man would have scarred Naruto away from him for good and Sasuke wouldn’t be able to stand it if he lost the blonde forever. Well, he better get ready for a couple days of hell. When Naruto was angry he really knew how to show it.

Sasuke stood and leaned against the tree to swipe the dirt from his knees and clothes. He wiped the blood from his face with the front of his shirt and decided to go find Sakura. He had a few choice words for her.

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By the time he located the girl his face was throbbing and it was difficult to see out of his right eye, this made the Uchiha even angrier.

Sakura was sitting at the park thinking about everything that had happened that day. She again noticed Sasuke as soon as he rounded the corner and stood to confront him. She was going to let him know what she thought about him and his part of the ‘plan’. She started angrily toward him but froze in shock when she got a look at the man’s face. It was black and blue and swollen on the entire right side. His eye was almost sealed shut and he was wiping blood from his nose as he walked toward her.

She broke out of her stunned silence and ran to him in concern. “Sasuke-kun! What happened to you?” she cried as she reached up to his face. Her anger at him was completely forgotten at the thought of her crush injured.

Sasuke slapped her hand out of the way and glared, as best as he could with his swollen face, “Don’t touch me, you bitch!”

Sakura stepped back in shock. Her mouth was gaping like a fish but no words came out. Sasuke was always rude but had never been verbally abusive with the pink-haired girl.

“Sa… Sasuke you’re hurt. Let me help you,” she tried again. His nose was still bleeding and he needed healing.

“I don’t want help from someone who treats their friends like shit!” he bit out looking at her disdainfully. She had needed a setting down ages ago. And this time Naruto was not going to stop him from giving her what she deserved. This time it was for Naruto.

Her eyes widened with shock and confusion as she backed up from Sasuke stalking angrily toward her. She had never seen him like this; he looked almost… violent.

“I was there Sakura. I saw how you treated him. Naruto loves you and you might as well have spit in his face!” He bit out accusingly.

“But Sasuke. You’re the one I l…”

“Cut it out!” he screamed. “I will never like you, but Naruto does! How many times has he proved it? How many times has he saved your sorry ass?! And you keep treating him worse then the mud on your shoes! How can you even call yourself his friend?!” Sasuke’s face was a weird mixture of black, blue, and red. His anger was bubbling over and he feared he might strike the girl at anytime now.

“And so now your going to do the same thing to me?!” she cried out hurt. “I love you but your treating me like shit! Are you just trying to give me a taste of my own medicine?!”

Sasuke sighed feeling a bit of pity for the delusional girl, “Sakura, you don’t love me, not really,” he added when she tried to interrupt. “You’ve just been trying to reach the unattainable.”

“But…”

“I would have set you straight years ago but Naruto would have been mad at me for hurting you. But it’s time for you to get a clue and this is also for him. If you don’t give up on what can never be, you’re going to miss the best thing that’s ever happened to you. Can’t you just make him happy and give him a chance?” Not that I really want you to, he thought to himself.

Sakura stared at the Uchiha, not knowing what to say. Sasuke was turning her down flat and telling her she should date Naruto?

With no answer he sighed and started to walk away.

“Sasuke?” She called out.

“I’m going to go get Tsunade-sama to look at my nose. I think it’s broken.” He raised his hand and gave a little wave not turning to look at her as he walked toward the Hokage Mansion.


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Sorry, no lemon yet. This story has a plot.
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Next weeks chapter with be double, because I'm nice. :P
-Tereshi