Restless

You should probably all know what happens from the part where Gaara and Sasuke fight to where Naruto kicks Gaara's @$$, so I will only do a brief recap in the story to get to the erm, better parts in this chapter. :D



Warning, some mild smut ahead! Male/male pairing of course. Enjoy!



Restless



Chapter 6: Restless Uncertainties



Naruto felt as though he were flying. His entire body felt exhausted, but in the I'm-so-exhausted-from-training-so-well good kind of way. It still didn't explain why he felt like he was flying. Naruto was only half aware of the fact that his eyelids felt extremely heavy as he tried to remember what had happened...



Sasuke and Gaara had been fighting...



Sound and Sand had invaded Konoha...



Sakura, Shimaru, Pakkun and he had gone after Sasuke and Gaara...



Naruto had to save Sakura, and protect everyone...



Gaara and he had fought...



Gaara and he had fought! With a sudden jolt of adrenaline, everything came back to him.



"Sakura!" Naruto yelled, feeling all of a sudden as though he was as energetic as before he had fought with Neji. His eyes widened as he looked down to see tree branches flashing below him in a rush of brown and green colors. He gave a half strangled cry at the realization that he was in midair before tightening his grip around something warm, and yet soft.



"She's fine. Calm down Naruto," Sasuke chided reassuringly, as Naruto realized that the soft and warm thing that was carrying him was none other than his own teammate. Naruto realized bemusedly that if Sasuke found out that he thought about him as soft, Sasuke would probably try and pick a fight with him. 'Hmm...gotta save that one for later when I need a good spar,' Naruto mused to himself, but his thoughts moved quickly away from ways to rile up Sasuke as he began to interrogate his rival.



"What happened? Did I stop Gaara? Where is everyone else? What happened to the people in Konoha? Everyone's okay right?" Naruto asked, looking up at Sasuke.



Sasuke almost rolled his eyes. Obviously everyone wasn't okay because clearly Naruto was being carried around, injured. If the blonde had taken the time to analyze the situation, he would have realized that he had bandages on his face and other areas of his body.



The ANBU med team had arrived shortly after Sasuke had finished bandaging both Sakura and Naruto, demanding a full report of what had happened. Thankfully, Sasuke hadn't had to say much as Pakkun had done most of the talking. Apparently, as a former ANBU, Kakashi had known these particular medical nin, and so Pakkun was very familiar with them, as well as the type of report that they had wanted. Sasuke had watched with great interest as the three males and one female seemed to absorb the information without changing any type of body language. Then again, wearing masks made it very difficult to tell. When Pakkun was retelling the tale of how Naruto had heroically stopped the Shukakku form of Gaara, Sasuke had had to look away, anywhere from the blond, and at those ridiculous ANBU masks. It all hurt too much.



Sasuke could still clearly remember the times that he had come home to see his own brother clad in an ANBU captain's outfit, that damn mask swinging eerily at his hip. Memories of his brother always hurt. And then, there was Naruto. When had Naruto become so strong? Hadn't it just been mere hours ago that Naruto himself had been having serious doubts as to whether or not he could beat Neji, his confession to Hinata sounding unhappy and pessimistic, and now he had gone and beaten a demonic vessel? Sasuke wanted answers from the blonde, wanted to know how he had become so strong, and wanted to know why he seemed to be stronger than Sasuke.



Then again, Sasuke mused logically, everything would have been different if the curse seal hadn't started acting up. He was sure if it weren't for the abominable thing that he would have been able to prevent Gaara from even taking on the full form of Shukakku. But a nasty little voice in his head still reminded him that even if he could have prevented it, he still wouldn't have been able to beat the perfect form like Naruto had.



The ANBU had then informed Sasuke of Konoha's victory and the defeat of the Sand and Sound - and then, much to Sasuke's dismay - the death of their beloved Sandaime Hokage. Sasuke nodded his head, feeling a pang of sorrow hit him. He had always liked Sandaime. Everyone had, but he knew that once his fellow teammate found out about the old man's death, it would hit him hard. He wasn't sure if Naruto had had to deal with his parents' deaths or not, something he also wanted to find out about, but he still had a feeling that he would take Sandaime’s death horribly. From what he had seen in Wave Country, Naruto took everyone's death hard. Even Zabuza and Haku who had tried to kill them had affected Naruto’s emotions to come forth in a tidal wave of raw emotion.



Sasuke had merely been able to nod his head in sad understanding at the ANBU. The female looked over both Naruto and Sakura. Sakura would need to go to Konoha hospital to be checked up. The female medical ANBU said that despite being unconscious Naruto was fine, but would need to be carried home. Sasuke offered to do so, while Pakkun stated that he would go with the medical nin and Sakura back to the hospital to try and find Kakashi. Sasuke nodded again and headed off with Naruto in his arms.



When Naruto had finally come to, and the stream of questions began pouring out of his mouth, Sasuke hadn't known what to say. On some level, he didn't want to be the one to tell Naruto about Sandaime. On another level, he knew that he couldn't lie to him either.



"Konoha beat Sound and Sand," Sasuke began, Naruto letting out a whoop, despite the awkward state of being carried piggyback style over Sasuke's shoulders. "You did beat Gaara, but..." Sasuke trailed off.



"Nani? Nani nani?" Naruto asked, when Sasuke fell silent for a full half a minute.



"Sandaime died," Sasuke said quietly. Sasuke could feel Naruto go stiff on the back of his shoulders.



"Put me down," Naruto voice was quiet, but there was an edge to it. Wanting to argue, but knowing it would get him no where, Sasuke stopped on the next branch he landed on, and let Naruto slide off his back. Naruto straightened himself up without looking at Sasuke, and then slid down the trunk of the tree as if it were one of those metal poles on a playground. Sasuke watched bemusedly as Naruto began to walk, walk – not bounce, slowly and dejectedly back to Konoha. Sasuke sighed, gave the dobe a five-minute head start to clear his head before jumping from treetop to treetop. He landed on the ground next to Naruto, and gave him a clean, and un-provoked clip to the top of the head.



"Teeeeeeeme!" Naruto gritted out, rubbing his head. "What the hell was that for?! I'm injured, can't you see that?" Naruto yelled angrily. Sasuke almost smacked him again. Of course he could see that. He had been the one to bandage him up.



"For being a bigger dobe than usual. Would Sandaime have wanted you to look so upset because of him?" Sasuke said, his superior tone clearly pissing off his rival. Naruto looked away, but gave a small "Tck" in disapproval. But Sasuke's plan had worked. Though he knew it would take a while for Naruto to adjust to such a big loss in his life, Naruto’s gaze was now looking ahead with a resigned, but more Naruto-ish light in those blue eyes.



The two shinobi walked in silence as they came near Konoha's gates. There was a great deal of mayhem caused from the invasion, and so Sasuke was not surprised to see that there were three monks from the temple checking people in and out. It was common knowledge to any Konoha academy graduate that when a situation became so grave that the monks of the temple, who were usually isolated and studious would emerge and act as the gate keepers of Konoha. No big surprise there. What was surprising was Naruto's reaction to the three monks. Sasuke had been tempted to remind Naruto to be extra respectful to the monks. Naruto was well known for being slightly short on respect for his elders. However, Sasuke watched opened mouthed as Naruto bowed, actually full out bowed, to what he assumed to be the head monk, and began speaking to him - in a completely different language.



"Matachima-lăoshī. Nĭn hăo. Duìbucĭ. Wŏ he wŏ de tōngxuè hĕn wăn. Qĭng wèn, wŏmen jìnlai ma?" (Very formally said: Teacher Matachima. How are you? I am sorry. My partner and I are late. Please I ask you, may we enter?)



"Kuài jìn lai," (come in quickly) Monk Matchima responded. Naruto bowed again. Sasuke knew he must look like an idiot staring completely opened mouthed at Naruto, but he couldn't help it. Since when did Naruto speak any other language besides Japanese and the broken English words that he every now and then decided to greet Sakura with, and fluently no less! Plus, Naruto had been so respectful to that Monk that it had been like watching someone else inside of Naruto's body. If he had known what Naruto had said, he would have been even more convinced that Naruto was having some sort of strange out of body experience. Though Sasuke did glance around looking for Ino, wondering if this was some sort of joke she was playing by switching into Naruto's body to make him act as he just had.



When Sasuke finally realized he was still gaping, he quickly closed his mouth, gave a quick bow, and followed Naruto into the broken gates of Konoha.



"What the hell was that?!" Sasuke asked incredulously, trying hard but failing to keep his calm demeanor.



"What was what?" Naruto asked confused.



"What you said to the monk just now, that's what!" Naruto looked at Sasuke confusedly.



"I just asked him to let us in. Come off it Sasuke. You of all people should remember from class that if there is ever an invasion you must ask the guardsman to let you in so that they can have enough time to do an analysis on you to test for genjutsu."



"Yes, but, you, you bowed to him! And you spoke in, what was that, Chinese?" Sasuke wondered. Naruto just shrugged.



"Musta slipped out. Haven't seen that old guy in ages. Don't think I've ever spoken any Japanese to him, so I guess my mind just went back to what it was used to and slipped out,"



Naruto just shrugged.



"Since when have you known Chinese?" Sasuke wondered, his head cooling down as he tried to reason with himself that he was being stupid. What did it matter to him anyway?



"Always. That was my first language. I didn’t have any parents, and there are no orphanages within the Hidden Village so I was sent to live with the monks. I moved out at five or six. Didn't the academy teachers announce that when I was brought into the classroom that I may need help learning not only the lessons but the language as well? Sandaime told them to tell the class in hopes that some of the other students would help me learn better," Sasuke merely shook his head, a few things becoming clearer to him.



"Not that I remember," Sasuke answered. Something flickered in and out of Naruto's eyes. He didn't seem overly surprised.



"Guess I'm not surprised," Naruto confirmed, his hand going to his chin and scratching it, giving off the look of someone trying to look thoughtful. Sasuke would have asked what he meant by that, but out of nowhere, Naruto, doubled up over his stomach, and began coughing. The coughs shook his body so thoroughly that he sank to his knees. He spat out blood from his mouth before the coughing stopped.



"Naruto!" Sasuke said concerned. He helped pull Naruto to his feet.



"Heheheh..." Naruto laughed weakly, wiping the blood from his lips. "Guess I did a pretty good toll on my body with all the chakra I was using, ne?"



"You should go home and rest. I'll walk you there," Naruto merely nodded and the two of them headed to Naruto's apartment. Sasuke kept giving Naruto sidelong glances, wanting to ask him a million questions. One was about whether or not he should go to the hospital after all, others were about his childhood, and the majority were about what he had done for his training. Quite frankly, Sasuke was jealous. How had Naruto managed to get this strong? He still couldn't comprehend it. Sasuke couldn’t decide what to ask him first, but it was Naruto to break the silence.



"I can't believe Kakashi-sensei wasted teaching you the chidori! That's not fair. It looks so cool," Naruto said, biting out his frustration. Sasuke gave him a smug look. Naruto, for his part, had been feeling just as jealous of Sasuke as Sasuke had been of him.



"That's because I'm better than you Dobe," Sasuke smirked, feeling slightly pleased that Naruto seemed so riled up.



"Tch, no you're not. Everyone knows I'm better!" Naruto grinned.



"If you were better than me then you wouldn't be coughing up blood," Sasuke gritted out, though secretly feeling slightly inferior to Naruto, a feeling he didn't like at all. "You should go get your chest checked up you know."



"You're not my teacher, so don't tell me what to do, teme!" Naruto hollered back, as the two of them unknowingly had already reached Naruto's apartment during their bickering. Naruto jammed the key into the lock of his apartment, and slammed the door open.



"Oh yeah? Didn't your parents ever teach you any manners?" Sasuke bit out, and then immediately regretted it, even before seeing Naruto's reaction. He had forgotten for a moment that Naruto didn't have any parents, and forgot that if someone had asked him that, he would have been pissed.



In fact, Naruto was pissed. He wanted to take a swipe at Sasuke's jaw, but decided against it. The stupid bastard.



"I forgot," Sasuke muttered. Translation: apology. Naruto grunted. Translation: apology accepted.



"Didn't your parents ever teach you any manners? You're supposed to enter someone's home if they open up the door to you," Naruto said back, this time grinning from ear to ear.



"You change moods faster than Kakashi-sensei," Sasuke said bluntly.



"Eh? Really? Better thank Kakashi-sensei? Sugoi!" Naruto cheered.



"I said faster, and honestly, it wasn't a compliment baka," Sasuke grumbled, but Naruto wasn't listening.



"If I'm better than Kakashi than I must be better than you! Heheheh! You just admitted that I was better than you!" Naruto grinned. Sasuke's eye twitched, trying to follow Naruto's bizarre logic.



"I am far superior to you!" Sasuke said, and with that, he took a fist full of Naruto's jacket, rammed him against the nearest wall, and forced his lips upon Naruto's. Naruto's eyes widened for a moment, before biting out a "teme!" as he pushed the older boy off of him. In a blur, he lounged at Sasuke, tackling him to the ground, straddling him before pushing his own lips against Sasuke's. But Sasuke wasn't going to stand for that. He bit down on Naruto's lips.



Hard.



Naruto let out a semi growl as he begrudgingly removed his lips from Sasuke's. He swiped the blood off of his bottom lip, noting Sasuke's smug look and the small bit of blood on the side of Sasuke's lip. Once again Sasuke switched their positions, flipping Naruto off of him so that he was the one on top, but instead of kissing Naruto, Sasuke gently and slowly licked the blood off of Naruto's lip, and began to suck gently on the already healing area where Sasuke had bitten him.



The blood in Naruto's veins seemed to boil at the new sensation. Everything seemed to slow down as he took in the feelings around him. Sasuke's weight on top of him. Sasuke's and his throbbing members touching and pulsating against each other through their clothing. The so gentle and warm feelings as Sasuke licked and lapped at his mouth. Sasuke began to slowly grind against the other boy. Naruto pressed harder against Sasuke as they picked up a steady pace of their grinding and thrusting hips.



Although Naruto hadn't been fully asleep through their last two experiences, he hadn't really been fully awake either. To be able to feel things this clearly was wonderful. Sasuke's hand sneaked from out of nowhere as it brushed Naruto's left cheek, tenderly avoiding the bandage on it, and tangled itself into his hair. Again being conscious of Naruto’s bandages, Sasuke ever so tenderly pushed Naruto's head to the side. Sasuke began to pant as he nibbled on Naruto's ear. Naruto reveled in the strange feelings of having Sasuke nibble on his ear, as well as the sensation of Sasuke's cheek as it brushed his own, even through the bandage. It felt both warm and cool at the same time. The skin was cool to the touch, but if it lingered on any part of Naruto's exposed skin for more than a moment, he could feel the exchange of heat between the two. He idly wondered if Sasuke's entire body would mimic that feeling to his entire body if they were both touching skin to skin. He felt somehow cheated at not being able to fully feel Sasuke's skin on his cheeks with his dumb bandages on. He wanted to touch more of Sasuke.



Naruto decided he wanted to turn his thoughts into reality as his hands slid underneath Sasuke's shirt. Sasuke moaned as Naruto's hands gently trailed their way from his hips, up his sides, until they were slowly pushing his shirt up to his arms and over his head, trying best not to break the agonizingly slow, but wonderful feeling of grinding against each other. Sasuke propped himself on his arms as Naruto removed his own shirt. Sasuke seemed to realize that Naruto had wanted to feel skin to skin because he laid back down against him, this time with one of Sasuke's hands roaming over Naruto's body, the other arm he used as he propped himself up with his forearm. Naruto's hands were both used to touch what he could of Sasuke. His hands stroked up and down Sasuke's back in the same motion of their slow grinding. Then Naruto’s hands trailed from Sasuke’s back to his hair, from his hair to his arms, from his arms back to his sides, and from his sides down to the waistband of Sasuke's pants.



This action caused Sasuke to stop their grinding. He rolled off of Naruto, and for one horrible, dreadful moment, Naruto had been certain that he had done something wrong. Naruto lay looking up at the ceiling, feeling the sudden loss of Sasuke as a physical pain to his heart. Sasuke didn't look at him as he got up and walked away from Naruto. Naruto felt ashamed. He shouldn't have gone for Sasuke's waistband, he shouldn't have-



"Are you coming or not Dobe?" Sasuke asked, half amused as he stood fully undressed, though Naruto hadn't even seen or heard him removing everything, sauntering off to the bathroom. "Or are you too chicken to come?" Sasuke taunted.



"Teme!" Naruto leapt from the floor, eyes ablaze, and quickly discarded his clothes on the floor before following Sasuke into the bathroom.



Though their battle for superiority had momentarily been forgotten, it came back in full force as soon as Naruto entered the bathroom. Sasuke grabbed him, and pushed him roughly into the shower. Naruto gave a half strangled cry as he hit the cold shower wall, meanwhile feeling the warm body closing in on him. He nearly lost in there as Sasuke's erect member rubbed fully across his own. This grinding was much harder, much more intense than the slow experimentation on Naruto’s living room floor. Naruto took the opportunity to try and push Sasuke back, but Sasuke's grip was unyielding, holding Naruto's arms down at his sides and grinding against him. From their previous grinding, and the new sensation of being pressed naked together, plus their inexperience with such things, made it inevitable for the two of them to orgasm fairly quickly, Sasuke first, followed immediately by Naruto. Their hot liquid poured sticky onto their bellies. Sasuke almost half collapsed on Naruto from the experience.



"Sasuke..." Naruto moaned.



"Un?"



"We're in the shower. You're closer to the knob. Turn on the water to wash this off or else we're gonna stick to each other," Naruto grumbled at having been held down again by Sasuke. At least, he thought Sasuke had held him down before. That first time in the tent was still a bit hazy. He had a feeling he hadn't been totally asleep, and was beginning to remember what had happened, but he wasn't going to tell Sasuke that he remembered that it had been his fault to roll on the teme and molest him.



"Hmpf," Sasuke grunted, but nonetheless turned on the water, allowing for the water to wash them off as they came. Naruto reached a hand out to grab a washcloth and shut the shower curtain, making a mental note to turn the water on before they began anything in the shower the next time. If there was going to be a next time...



Neither Sasuke nor Naruto looked at each other as they began to take turns cleaning the cum off of their bodies. It was awkward and embarrassing for the both of them. Neither tried to look at the other - at least, not when they thought the other was looking. Something about this time had been different. Something about this time had been much more intimate, and on a much deeper level than just trying to best the other. There had been a mutual understanding of a need to just touch and be touched.



"I should get going," Sasuke muttered as he stepped out of the shower and got dressed.



"Thanks..." Naruto began, not sure what to say, "for making sure I was okay," He flashed a grin and a thumbs up, just wearing his towel around his waist as Sasuke nodded and left. As the door closed, Naruto felt something tug at him right in his chest, and realized that there was much more than just a rivalry going on between them.



As Sasuke closed the door behind him, he leaned on it, feeling both exhausted and old. He didn't know why, but an awake and aroused Naruto versus a sleepy and confused Naruto were just so different. The feelings were different. The feelings were better - something he hadn't thought possible, as well as much scarier. Sasuke walked home, the sun beginning to set, and let out a deep breath. At least he had managed to take Naruto's mind off of Sandaime's death.



Perched atop a nearby electrical pole, Kakashi let out a sigh as he watched Sasuke head home from Naruto’s apartment. He had a feeling things were even more complicated now than before.



Next Chapter: Restless Brothers



Just as a side note, there will eventually be, how shall I say this, much more graphic yaoi, but not quite yet. That was just a mild scene. ;) Just a heads up for those looking for the more juicy parts. Please let me know what you thought of this fic, and especially the smexy scenes!



Please review and let me know what you think! ~ Jelp