Wakashudo

Naruto could always tell when he was dreaming. There tended to be recurring themes such as a bottomless bowl of ramen, Sakura and himself holding hands and in the last year, the two of them doing things that made it difficult to look at her in the morning. Konohamaru rarely made an appearance, and when he did, the dream was going to be very weird and that was saying something, given his considerable imagination.

For whatever reason, they were in the woods, although he did not know the spot. The sun was coming through the leaves oddly radiant as it only appeared early in the morning. None of that held Naruto's attention though. Konohamaru stood a few feet in front of him, completely naked except for a white fundoshi. Naruto had only ever seen them worn during festivals, and even then they were rare, so why his friend was wearing one was beyond him.

Suddenly, the boy turned and started running and he pursued. Naruto’s eyes drifted down to Konohamaru's butt, which was bare except for a thin piece of cloth that separated his two cheeks. Putting on a burst of speed, he jumped, tackling the smaller boy to the ground. They started wrestling. Every time he grabbed Konohamaru he could feel his hidden muscles, tight and firm and yet at the same time soft. It excited him, his penis becoming erect. The realization that he was already naked sent a tingling sensation up and down his body. This only could make sense in dream logic.

When they stopped they lay side by side and just stared into each other's eyes. Konohamaru tried to get up, but the blonde stopped him by putting a hand on the fundoshi. Pulling him back down until he was on his hands and knees, he sat up getting behind him. Naruto traced two of his fingers up either side of the cloth that separated his friend's cheeks who giggled in response.

Fundoshi were a single piece of cloth, first wrapped around the waist and then between the legs to conceal the privates. His fingers easily loosened the second part, letting it fall to the ground. In reality, he had never really examined his friend’s back door, but that was no impediment to a dream. Separating Konohamaru’s cheeks, he found the hole. The skin that immediately surrounded it was slightly darker than the rest.

Naruto positioned himself so that his rod was placed at the entrance. His little head was placed between his friend’s cheeks, being squeezed gently between the two half globes. For a moment, the blonde paused to enjoy the sensation. Then, with little warning to himself and none to his partner, he thrust inwards. He buried himself to the hilt, pushing past any resistance and relishing the tight warm passage surrounding his most sensitive place.

It was then that the part of his mind that was a passive observer in his dream started to protest. The book, which he used as a guide in these matters, had gone on in some length about preparation and patience. That was definitely not this, and even if it was just a dream, it repelled him. Even as his dream body started to thrust his hip's back-and-forth, penetrating his unresponsive partner, his mind thrashed in panic. Naruto wanted to wake up but couldn't. The scene played itself out in his mind's eye to its inevitable conclusion. As he climaxed in his dream, he awoke climaxing in reality.

Naruto looked around in panic, not recognizing where he was. His meager dinner, which had not been all that appetizing the first time around, threatened to make a comeback and he stumbled towards the river. Through a supreme effort, he managed to stop the encore performance kneeling by the river.

Then he remembered where he was. He was in the Forest of Death, taking the Chunin Exam. He couldn't remember how many days he had been there because he had been out for awhile and had only woken up earlier that day. Unfortunately, that knowledge didn't distract him from the nightmare he just had.

Why would he even think of doing that? He remembered when he had come across that in the book and thought it was repulsive and painful looking. It had only been out of obligation that he had read about it. Still, the thing that bothered him the most was that he could even think of doing that to Konohamaru.

“Naruto are you okay?” Sakura’s beautiful voice came from behind him.

Turning, the blonde plastered on a smile. “Yeah I,” he trailed off. There was no way he could tell her the truth.

She squatted next to him, the moon light illuminating her face. “It looked like you were having a nightmare. I was just about to wake you because you were making so much noise. You might have attracted an enemy or worse, woke up Sasuke.”

Naruto froze, realizing that if she was about to wake him that mean she was looking at him. Which means she was looking when he. Now that he thought about it, he could feel a damp spot in his boxers and he didn't have a change for them. Ducking his head under the water, he tried to hide his shame. Why didn't stuff like this ever happened to Sasuke.

His body betrayed him once again by demanding air. Coming up for air, he shook his head like a dog. Sakura was looking at him like he was crazy. “I don't want to go back to sleep.” he supplied as an explanation.

“That bad?” She questioned, sounding unexpectedly sympathetic.

He nodded and looked up at the stars. It was possible to judge time by how far the stars had traversed in their endless circle. It had never been a talent of his, however, there was something not right about them. A minute, later he realized that they were too far advanced in their nightly circle for Sakura to still be on watch. “Shouldn't Sasuke be up?”

She looked away and even he knew that was a sign of guilt. “He had a rough day yesterday and I thought I should let him sleep a little longer.”

“You need your sleep too.” Naruto still wasn't clear on what exactly had happened earlier that day. He remembered fighting the Grass genin and then the next thing he knew, Chouji and Shikamaru had been standing over him, hitting him with a stick.

Sasuke had already been up and there were signs of battle. When he asked about it, nobody had really told him anything except for there had been a fight and everybody had helped chased the enemy off. Sasuke seemed to have been involved and after that, Naruto didn't want to hear more, but it had seemed like no big deal.

“Well I was going to wake you for your shift.”

“That's cold Sakura.” At least she had the decency to look away he thought.

That killed the conversation between the two of them. Sakura stared at the tree-line like she was expecting hordes of enemies to burst out any second. While Naruto leaned his head back, letting the water dripped down his back. It was a humid night and the sensation was pleasant.

“Have those notes helped?” Sakura asked.

Naruto grimmest to himself, “I had to bribe him to read them.”

“You just had him read them?” she asked him disbelievingly.

“Well, I asked him questions too.” Naruto said defensively, picking up on her tone.

“No wonder you had to bribe him, that's boring. Is that how you used to study?”

Scratching the back of his head, he laughed nervously, “I never studied that much.”

She muttered something under her breath that sounded like "no surprise" but he chose to ignore it. “Listen, Konohamaru is what, eight?”

“Nine,” he corrected.

“Whatever, you can't expect someone that young to study like that. You have to make it fun.”

Studying fun? The concept was so alien to Naruto that he couldn't comprehend it. Sure, learning to throw a shuriken or a kunai was kind of exciting, but all the other stuff, no way. Some of it had been interesting but there had been a reason he had skipped so many of Iruka’s classes. Fortunately, Naruto wore his emotions on his sleeve and Sakura picked up on his confusion.

She sighed, “Listen, my mom used to have some of my friends come over and she would turn that week's notes into a sort of game. Sometimes it would be something as simple as who could answer the most questions right, but this one time she turned it into like a scavenger hunt where we would have to answer questions to find the next clue.”

“And that worked?” The blonde questioned.

His teammate blushed. “I know it sounds a little lame now, but it was a lot of fun and it was kind of like a study group. My mom's a teacher so she knew what she was doing.”

“Your mom teaches at the Academy?” Naruto didn't remember her and he was pretty sure he would. After all, he did have a minor obsession with all things Sakura related.

“She's a preschool teacher,” the pink haired girl ducked her head in barest. “But it still worked. Sure, she couldn’t help me with the physical site and she was terrified of the weapons, but I did become the top academic student.” She trailed off, realizing that she was rambling.

Naruto thought about what his teammate had just told him. Sakura was one of the smartest people he knew and he had always just thought she was that way. The idea that she had to work for it seemed at the same time right and frustrating. It wasn't like he hadn't tried at the Academy. He had, at least at times, but the academic stuff wasn't like throwing a kunai, where you could see your progress.

On the occasions he had tried to study, it had always been lonely and frustrating. Not to mention how depressing it was to get back a test where he had studied really hard to see no difference. In the few months since he had become an official genin, he felt like he had learned more than the entire time he had spent at the Academy.

So what was different? Kakashi sensei did have them do more exercises than Iruka had, but there had to be more to it. Then, in one minute of an unusually clear thought, he found his answer. It was his team. Almost every day, Naruto was trying to impress Sakura and was pitting himself against Sasuke. Sure, he had done the same thing at the Academy but in a sea of thirty students, he had easily been overlooked by them.

Briefly, he wondered how long it would have taken him to learn the tree climbing exercise if he hadn't been constantly comparing himself to Sasuke. As much as he liked to say he would never give up, the blonde had to admit that he had settled for the bare minimum at the Academy.

“Are you okay?”

Naruto snapped his head up at the question, pulling himself out of his thoughts. “Moegi and Udon.”

“Who?”

“They're his friends, you chased them, remember?” Sakura did look especially cute when she was embarrassed he thought. “Maybe they can be his,” Naruto struggled to remember the word, “study group.”

She shook her head in disbelief rather than disagreement. “Naruto you’re strange, but if you ever want any suggestions I will help.”

“Thanks,” he smiled and suddenly thought about a way he might be able to win some points with her. “Why don't you get some sleep, I'll stay up.”

The pink haired kunoichi hesitated and looked over towards Sasuke who was still sleeping. “Do you promise not to wake him?”

He nodded reluctantly. There were only a few hours till dawn anyway, so it wasn't that big of a deal. He turned his back on her as she went off to sleep and turned his mind to an interesting puzzle. Making studying fun still seemed a little strange to him, but with his considerable imagination bent towards the goal, he did come up with some ideas. By the time the sun was coming up he was eager for the exam to end so he could try some of them out.

The blonde heard one of his teammates getting up and he turned just in time to see Sasuke with his back turned to him. “Why didn't anyone wake me up?”

“Sakura took your shift.” he answered.

The raven haired boy nodded, “I have to go to the bathroom. I'll be back in a few minutes.”

“Whatever.” Naruto said, turning away from him. It wasn't until after he was gone that he realized he should have done a password thing or something. Oh well, he probably wouldn't remember it anyways, and besides, what were the chances he'd be attacked.

After a few minutes, the blonde did start to worry. He wondered if he should wake Sakura or not so he could go after him, but then a genius idea struck him. Creating two clones on the theory that the only thing better than having one of him standing guard was two. He left them behind as he went into the woods. Sasuke probably won't go too far so it shouldn't take too long to find him.

Naruto thought of calling out, but on the off chance Sasuke was in trouble he wouldn't want to alert the enemy. Quietly, or at least as quietly as he could do anything, the genin checked behind every tree and bush. Then he heard soft painting. Curious, but not making any connections, he jumped into the trees for a better view.

Then, he saw Sasuke in the most unexpected position. The youngest Uchiha was leaning against a tree, his shorts around his ankles. His erection was in his hand and although he couldn't see how big it was from here, Naruto could make out a few dark hairs against his impossibly pale skin. Even as he watched, the boy's body arched, his head tilting back, eyes closed.

Naruto had to stuff his hand into his mouth to stop from laughing. Not only had he seen something that most of the female population would kill to see, he had also discovered that the heartthrob of his generation wasn't producing any baby makers, yet. Before he was noticed, he slipped out of the tree and back to the camp.

The next few hours his teammates were baffled by his good mood. After all, they were still short one scroll and they were running out of time. However, he was rejoicing in the secret knowledge that he had beaten his eternal rival in at least one department.

0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o

Author’s suggestion: if anyone is looking for a good Konohamaru story that isn't M rated checkout Assassins in the Snow on fan fiction.com while you're there check out my profile and vote in the poll to choose the next story I will write.