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Chapter 7: Restless Brothers
Hello everyone! Much of this chapter is recap of the manga/anime - with additional yaoi thoughts put in of course. And since I tormented Sasuke mentally so much as the end, I decided to uh, give him some stress relief. ;-) Enjoy!
Restless
Chapter 7: Restless Brothers
Sasuke looked on in somewhat amusement as Kakashi tried teaching Naruto the chidori. Naruto was doing the best that he could in order to produce the chakra necessary for the chidori, but it was clear he had no idea about elemental jutsu, nor obviously what his concentration area was. Sasuke was strong in both fire and lightening, and he doubted Naruto was strong in either. Sasuke could see Naruto being strong in wind or earth. Wind because he was always a complete whirlwind, and earth...Sasuke almost blushed...because Naruto smelled like earth and plants. From what he could recall of Naruto's apartment in hindsight, since he had not been paying attention to any other details besides Naruto yesterday, was that he had a lot of plants. Sasuke mentally wiped all such thoughts from his head. This rivalry thing was beginning to become more of a distraction than anything else, but, Sasuke was definitely enjoying it.
"Sasuke-kun..." Sasuke turned to towards Sakura, her voice shy, not quite as loud and annoying as before. A nice improvement, "thank you for saving me from Gaara." Sasuke felt his blood run cold.
"Iie..." Sasuke muttered a negative. Had Sakura truly no idea? She must have been out of it more than he had thought to not have felt the chakra that Naruto had produced. Sasuke idly wondered if Kakashi knew how strong Naruto was. He had to at least know he was somewhat strong now because his summons dog, Pakkun, probably told him. "The one who saved you was Naruto," Sasuke informed Sakura.
"Yeah right! You're just being modest. Sure Naruto's become stronger, that's obvious, but that sand-nin was so much stronger th-"
"It was Naruto. He risked his life for you. I don't think we've ever really seen the extent of Naruto's capabilities. Before now, you never really acknowledged Naruto, so you've never been able to acknowledge just how strong he really is," Sasuke walked away from Sakura, away from where Kakashi was obviously amused at Naruto's futile attempt at the chidori. Sasuke needed to train. He could not let Naruto beat him. He couldn't be weak.
Sasuke turned around when he heard Kakashi laugh in time to see Kakashi giving Naruto's head a pat, as if to say, there, there. Naruto, for his part, sat cross legged, his cheeks puffed out, in a comical display of defiance.
"Come on sensei! Why can't you teach me chidori?" Naruto pouted. Kakashi laughed.
"I have patrol duty in ten minutes, so I need to head out, ja!" He said as disappeared.
"In ten minutes? And he's leaving now? Either something's wrong with Kakashi-sensei, or he's going to do something else because Kakashi-sensei is never early. He's never even on time!" Naruto grumbled.
"Or he's making up an excuse not to train you, dobe," Sasuke chuckled. His comment was rewarded with Naruto giving him the middle finger. Sasuke “hmphed” as he began to walk away. "I have some training to do, unlike some people," Sasuke said as he looked over his shoulder.
"Ne, ne, Sakura-chan. While Sasuke-teme is going to go train, do you want to go get ramen with me?" Naruto asked, his face flushed, and eyes glowing. Sasuke stopped dead, and for the second time in less than five minutes, he felt his blood run cold. Naruto was asking Sakura to go have lunch? Why did he look so happy and excited?
Why didn't Naruto ever look at Sasuke so excitedly? Hadn't they shared something very intimate? Sasuke's blood went from chilled to boiling in 1.09 seconds. Did Naruto think about Sakura when they had been - uh - competing? Or maybe even Hinata? Naruto and Hinata had looked so familiar before Naruto’s fight. Was there something going on between the two of them? Sasuke shook his head, letting his emotions cool down. He wasn't being logical. Of course Naruto had been thinking about Sasuke. Hadn't he been moaning his name the very first night without knowing what he was doing?
Sasuke sighed, and decided he'd let it slide. He pushed the feelings of jealousy and uncertainty to the back of his mind. He needed to go train, but it didn't help suppress the smirk that came to his face as he saw Sakura flat out refuse to eat ramen with Naruto.
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Kakashi fingered the orange book in his hand - but he wasn't able to read it. He couldn't concentrate. Sighing, he put the book in his pocket, knowing that things could and would go down hill from here. Two Akatsuki members, here in Konoha? First of all, he had to take precautions to warn others of the potential danger, especially Sasuke and Naruto. There was the ever so small possibility that one of the members could be Itachi, and knowing Sasuke, if he found out Itachi was in the village, he would do something very rash. As Kakashi had seen most recently with Sasuke's interaction with Naruto, Sasuke was clearly not the stoic boy everyone thought him to be. He was a ninja that was hurting from a deep scar. From what he remembered of Sasuke when he used to visit the Uchiha area of Konoha, Sasuke had been energetic, happy, and bouncy as a child before his entire clan had been killed. In fact, in some ways, young Sasuke reminded Kakashi of the current Naruto. Everything about his personality had changed with the slaughter of his clan. Kakashi idly wondered whether or not Sasuke was so intrigued with Naruto because he saw a part of his former self in Naruto.
In order to protect Sasuke, Kakashi had called him out in a public market place. He knew that Itachi would have no qualms about killing the entire village, but he wasn't stupid either. It would make things much more difficult if Sasuke were out in the open. Sasuke would be in less danger here. Plus, Kakashi wasn't even sure that Itachi was after Sasuke. From what Jiraiya had told him, made his blood chill. And to top it off, it might not even be Itachi. The Akatsuki members might be looking for a much different target.
To think that this organization, Akatsuki, was after Naruto - after the nine-tailed demon fox inside him was quite disturbing. What they could want with it, only kami-sama knew, but whatever it was couldn't be anything pleasant with how many high ranking and dangerous ninja were involved in the group. That was what bothered Kakashi the most. One good thing about Jiraiya was that he was efficient when he wanted to be. If he didn't spend so much time with his perverted habits of "research" than he could easily surpass any one he wanted. Then again, Kakashi though whimsically, he'd rather Jiraiya continue his research. He needed the Icha Icha series to keep his mind off of things when everything became a bit overwhelming.
Still, Jiraiya had warned Kakashi that Orochimaru had once been a member of Akatsuki. It was quite possible that Orochimaru still had acquaintances within the Akatsuki, and that the two members could be actually helping Orochimaru try and capture Sasuke. Jiraiya had warned him that they were extremely dangerous S-ranked ninja in the bingo book, and that they might well be on their way to Konoha. Kakashi had therefore been alarmed, but not surprised when he saw the black cloaks with red clouds floating through the market place of Konoha. He had notified Jiraiya right away in hopes for him to get to Naruto. Jiraiya had already asked Kakashi if he could "borrow" him for a bit. He knew Naruto would be safe, but he wasn't so sure about Sasuke. That was why he had called him out in the open so that way Kakashi could keep an eye on the two suspicious Akatsuki members, and know that neither of them could try and capture Sasuke because Sasuke would be coming to him. Kakashi was not delusional. The odds of beating two S-rank criminals by himself when he did not know anything about them were unlikely, but he also knew he would be able to at least protect his ward. Hopefully Jiraiya had already found Naruto and was taking him away from the city. Jiraiya had asked that morning if he could "borrow" Naruto for a special mission. Kakashi hadn't inquired about it, but had obviously agreed. It went back to his theory that Naruto was Yondaime's son, something that he had wanted to ask Jiraiya about, but had felt it wasn't the right time.
Kakashi idly leaned up against the post of the restaurant where the two Akatsuki members were eating. Kakashi was grateful when he saw Kurenai and Asuma walking by. He subtly waved. Kurenai and Asuma walked up to him. Kakashi tried to be light, teasing them about their "date." Both were indignant about the term, but Kakashi knew that the two of them were fond of each other. He wouldn't be surprised if they were actually on a date.
"I'm waiting for Sasuke," Kakashi said nonchalantly.
"It's very rare for you to be waiting for someone," Asuma and Kurenai said, catching on that something was very wrong. Kakashi took a side glance in at the two people. 'Keep an eye on them' Kakashi's meaning was clear.
Sasuke walked up, looking puzzled, and slightly sweaty having been training for about a half an hour.
"Kakashi, it's very different of you to arrive first," Sasuke said, a slight smirk on his puzzled face, finding clear amusement in the situation. He wondered if Naruto had been right in saying that something was wrong with Kakashi-sensei.
"Well...for some occasions..." Sasuke looked even more puzzled as he saw Kakashi glance in at an empty table that someone had clearly just been sitting at.
"I was planning on buying some sweets. It's useless now," Kakashi sighed.
"Yeah it is," Asuma agreed. And with a few muttered hmms Kurenai and Asuma disappeared. Sasuke looked at his teacher.
"Kakashi?" Sasuke asked, feeling he was missing something. There was no way Kakashi would invite him out for sweets, and be early to boot. Kakashi knew Sasuke wasn't fond of any kind of sweets, and realized it must be some sort of code word.
"Come with me," Sasuke followed as Kakashi walked briskly, and was surprised to see him heading back to the Uchia complex. "Sasuke," Kakashi finally spoke, "stay in the Uchia archives. Do no return to me until three hours have passed. Understood?" Kakashi spoke. Sasuke'e eyes narrowed, clearly unhappy about being told what to do without an explanation. But Sasuke was a good shinobi, and shinobi did what they were told no matter what.
"Yes sensei," and with that Kakashi disappeared in a puff of smoke. Sasuke grunted and went into the archives of the Uchiha complex.
He looked around at the scrolls in the room. He hated this room, this place. He knew this was where Itachi had left the secret of the mangekyou sharingan. Sasuke knew for certain that Naruto was his most important person, the secret to unlocking the sharingan. Sasuke blushed as he recalled what they had done just yesterday. The feeling of Naruto's warm body pressed flushed against his, the way they moved in unison as if they knew each other's thoughts...Sasuke had to shake his head. His body was beginning to get heated and aroused at the thoughts from yesterday. Part of it felt like a dream. He didn't know whether or not it was because this time Naruto had been fully conscious and alert of his actions, but it had been different. It felt like he was getting connected to Naruto. He felt...something for him. He couldn't quite put his hand on what though.
Sasuke looked at the family sharingan book. As a child, he had been forbidden to enter this shrine. He could recall begging his father to let him look through the book as he had allowed Itachi to at his age. He knew he wasn't as good as his older brother, but he had always felt that it was because Itachi had been able to read this book and get secrets from it. How many countless times had he asked where Itachi was, only for his mother or father to reply that he was in this shrine, the archives where the Sharingan details were kept? But now that he was the only one left - excluding Itachi - he hadn't wanted to look in here. Some part of him felt that if Itachi had never been in this room that he would never have found out how to gain access to the sharingan, and his family would still be alive. He knew the secrets of the mangekyou sharingan were written in this book.
And what scared Sasuke most was the fact that he could now obtain it himself. Naruto was his most precious person - that much was clear. But there was no way Sasuke could kill Naruto. Though he'd never say it out loud, he cared a lot about Naruto. Still, he was sure that Naruto knew that he cared. After all, he had nearly sacrificed his own life for his, hadn't he? Hadn't he agreed to this stupid challenge?
Sasuke hated not being able to do anything. He was left stuck in a room with nothing but his thoughts, and all his thoughts were about his family or about Naruto. He didn't want to think about his family in this room because the secrets within these walls had been the downfall of his family, and he didn't want to think about Naruto because the more he did, the less he felt in control of himself. He felt as though Naruto were slowly taking something away from him, and for good or bad he couldn't tell, but it frightened him.
Pacing up and down the room, Sasuke decided he could at least be productive and do his best to meditate. If he were lucky, he would be able to rid the unwanted thoughts from his mind. Time always passed quickly when he was in a good meditative state.
But as he sat down on the floor, and crossed his legs, he knew the thoughts were not going to leave his mind so easily.
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Naruto walked through the streets of Konoha with Jiraiya. Honestly, how dense did the ero-senin think he was? He didn't want to go on some mission alone with him. He wanted to stay and train. He needed Kakashi to teach him how to do the chidori. Besides, he couldn't leave both Sakura and Sasuke alone. They might do something together without him there. He didn't want that. He couldn't give Sakura alone time with Sasuke-teme, or else she'd fall in love with Sasuke and not him, and he couldn't leave and have Sasuke think that he had backed out of their deal, especially now that things were getting more interesting. He had a feeling that Sasuke was winning, and he couldn't have that.
Though...perhaps it wasn’t so bad if Sasuke won. Naruto looked away from Jiraiya quickly, hiding the blush that was coming over his face as he remembered last night.
"But if you come on this trip, you'll learn a technique even more powerful than the chidori," Jiraiya had said, jolting him out of his thoughts. "But I guess if you don't want to come, I'll just have to ask Sasuke, and teach it to him."
"No, no, no! I'll come!" Naruto yelled. A technique even more powerful than chidori? He had to go, especially to keep Sasuke from learning it. This would be perfect! He bounded away from Jiraiya, to his home, and, not being able to decide what to pack, basically threw everything into his pack and bounced back to the gates within ten minutes.
Of course, once his initial burst of excitement left him, and he had put his pack down, he couldn't really pick it back up again. It took him another thirty minutes to return home, put everything he didn't really need back and re-return to the gates, though some of his enthusiasm was coming back. He couldn't believe it! A technique even more powerful than Kakashi-sensei's!
Still, amidst the height of his enthusiasm, he felt as though he should go and say goodbye to Sakura and Sasuke. Sakura wouldn't care too much, and Sasuke...he wasn't sure if Sasuke would think he was getting too sentimental. They were just friends, and it was one thing to have a crush on Sakura, it was a totally different matter if Sasuke realized he was beginning to get a crush on him. No, Naruto mused, it was best not to let Sasuke know he was leaving, because he being the genius he was would probably figure out what Naruto was truly thinking, and if that happened, he might want to call off their whole rivalry deal. That was something that he couldn't chance. He recalled the first time he had seen Sasuke outside of school, sitting alone at the wall, lonely even with a family, and he wondered what it felt like to feel that kind of loneliness. Naruto decided he didn't want to find out. He wouldn't push Sasuke away. Now that he had someone that paid him attention, he wouldn't lose it.
"Onward!" Naruto yelled happily as he and Jiraiya headed out from Konoha.
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Sasuke had abandoned his attempts at meditation, and instead head gone outside to train. He had waited an hour inside the shrine, and figured he'd rather die than stay in that room any longer. So for two hours he had trained. Now that his three hours were up, he decided to go and see Kakashi, and hopefully get some answers.
"Kakashi!" It was startling to see Kakashi unconscious in bed, with other jounin around him. He could feel the tense atmosphere in the room as they all looked at him. Sasuke was seriously worried. What could have happen to Kakashi for him to be bedridden in the middle of the day, when he had just been fine that morning? What had gone on during Sasuke's isolation for those three agonizingly long hours?
"What happened to Kakashi, and why are you all here?" Sasuke demanded, losing his cool.
"Uh, well, nothing really-" Maito Gai began to explain before a chuunin charged in.
"Is it true the Uchiha Itachi is back in Konoha, and is after Naruto?"
"Baka." Kurenai scolded the chuunin. Sasuke felt numb as his usually quick mind tried to process what he heard. His brother - Itachi - was here. In Konoha. Looking for Naruto. Sasuke fled the room before anybody could stop him. Why? Why would Itachi be in Konoha and looking for Naruto? Unless...
Sasuke ran frantically to Ichiraku ramen, searching for Naruto. After the old man told him he was leaving for a while with Jiraiya, a man Sasuke's numb brain only slightly registered as being someone very important, Sasuke headed to Naruto's apartment, only to find Sakura coming out, looking confused saying she was looking for Naruto too. After questioning her of Naruto's whereabouts, he headed out of the village, hoping he could do something.
If Itachi was after Naruto, it could only mean that Itachi had somehow found out about how much Sasuke cared about him. If Itachi knew that, he was trying to kill Naruto to prevent Sasuke from gaining the mangekyou sharingan. Now, it would be all Sasuke's fault if something happened to Naruto. Naruto would die because Sasuke cared about him.
Doubts began to flash through Sasuke's mind. Why, why hadn't Naruto told him that he was leaving? It was clear that he would be gone for a while. Didn't Naruto care enough to even say goodbye? The thought that Naruto didn't care about him stung. Perhaps he had been right. Maybe Naruto had only been thinking about Sakura or Hinata.
Sasuke's legs were carrying him frantically from Konoha to the village the old man at Ichiraku had suggested Naruto might be at. He searched every inn, but one false lead after another and another and then another, until finally -
He stopped, looking at the backs of his older brother, and another man wearing the same kind of robes.
"It's been a while, Sasuke." Itachi’s voice floated from in front of him.
"I will kill you!" Hate bubbled up within Sasuke. Here was the man who had killed his family, and was now here trying to kill Naruto.
He went after him with blind rage, yet Itachi was able to stop his chidori. It was like all those times that Itachi had beckoned him to his side, just to flick him in the middle of the forehead.
Sasuke collapsed to the floor, willing his body to move, wanting nothing more than to kill Itachi. He could see Naruto begin to do something, that freakily strong chakra that he had felt when he had fought Gaara began to seep from his body, but was quickly stifled by the other man with Itachi.
"Naruto - don't," Sasuke tried to grit out, but he didn't think anyone would hear him. Itachi was his to kill. Naruto didn't matter right now. Naruto couldn’t matter to him until he was sure that he could kill Itachi, and get Itachi away from everything that he held dear. All the hate that he had felt cooped up inside him exploded. Everything was Itachi's fault. He had no family because of him. He had no friends because Itachi had scared him from getting too close to people. He had never been able to be the best at anything because Itachi had always been the one to do it first - and be better at it no less. He was the one that his father had always looked up to. He was the one who wanted to kill Naruto.
A man appeared, carrying an unconscious woman, apparently a decoy, over his shoulder. Sasuke growled at the new arrival, who he guessed could only be Jiraiya, the one that had taken Naruto away from him. Sasuke heard Jiraiya make some sort of speech about his greatness, and then confirm that his brother was indeed after Naruto. Sasuke stood upon his shaking feet. Naruto made a move as to attack Itachi, but Sasuke yelled at him not to interfere with his revenge. He could tell Naruto wanted to help, but the dobe didn't understand Sasuke's need to be the one to kill Itachi. Nevertheless, Naruto obeyed his demand and didn't move. Sasuke ignored Jiraiya's warning to not attack Itachi, but he didn't listen.
Everything after that moment was a terrible blur.
Over and over again he saw his parents die. His aunt and uncle. His cousins. Every single person that Sasuke had called family, he watched die at the merciless hands of his brother. The scenes that he had so desperately tried to forget in his nightmares came tumbling back as Itachi forced the images into his mind with the mangekyou sharingan. Even worse was his own sharingan was acting up. He was simultaneously reliving his past, as the dream he had of Naruto killing him with the sharingan began to incorporate itself into his nightmare. He wasn't sure what was and was not reality any more. Over and over again.
Death.
Blood.
Itachi.
Naruto.
He was scared of Itachi.
He was even more scared of Naruto.
Sasuke was only vaguely aware of Naruto standing over him. He tried to move his body away in fear, but he could only stare blankly ahead of him, wondering if he was still stuck in his dream. He was only blankly aware of the urine that was running down his leg from having peeing himself in his fear.
He felt ashamed.
He felt weak.
He couldn't move. He wanted to move, to scream, to kill Itachi, to kill Naruto. No, that wasn't right. Something about that last part didn't seem right. What was wrong with him wanting to kill Naruto? It wasn't until he felt the ghost of warm lips brush his forehead that he was able to realize that Naruto was there, and in Naruto's own way, was trying to comfort him. That was what was wrong. He didn't want to kill Naruto because he cared about Naruto.
He could hear. He could feel. He could taste the blood in his mouth. He could see
Naruto in front of him, but why couldn't he move? He couldn't touch. He heard Jiraiya telling Naruto that Sasuke had no senses, which wasn't exactly true, but maybe he meant control of his senses. He was mildly aware of Naruto’s speech claiming to want to defend him, wanting to kill Itachi. Sasuke felt his insides tremble at the name of his brother.
So weak...why was he so weak?
It was through a haze of muddled senses that he realized Maito Gai was taking him back to get medical treatment. Why wasn't he going with Naruto? He wanted Naruto to come back too. Sasuke felt so weak, and he felt as though Naruto would protect him. His thoughts were so jumbled that he didn't understand what was going on.
Sasuke stayed motionless unable to move in the hospital for over a month. Sakura came to visit him every day. Ino, and other members of the rookie nine, but never Naruto. Where was Naruto? It had been an eternity since he last saw him. Had he forgotten him? Or, an even worse possibility came to his mind, had Itachi killed Naruto? The idea was even worse than any scene he had seen through the sharingan.
Sasuke's mind could only replay the horrible scenes in his head over and over again as he watched his family being slaughtered, as he watched Naruto kill him in his mind's eye, and even worse as his own fears played out in his mind as Itachi brutally butchered Naruto. He needed to make sure that Naruto was safe. It was what kept him alive, the desire to stay alive long enough to know that Naruto would be okay.
But Naruto never came. Sasuke couldn't do anything but sit in his hospital bed, feeling the embarrassing care of the nurses as they had to feed him, bathe him, coddle him. Weak, so weak. Why was he so weak?
It was the smell that he noticed first. For days now he could tell that Sakura had hardly left his bedside. He had been touched by that. So when he smelled something other than the flowery scent she seemed to carry, Sasuke's body felt itself relax. It was that earthy smell of Naruto. Naruto was back, and he was okay. If he had been able to, he would have opened his eyes. As it was, he felt a hand touch his forehead as something seemed to clear from his mind. But this was not Naruto’s hand. Still, he could feel the tingle of chakra working in his mind.
Sasuke felt his eyes flutter, first seeing a blonde haired woman, probably the one who had been performing the medical jutsu on him, second, a bundle of pink hair as Sakura practically threw herself into his arms.
Sasuke felt really weird. What had the woman done to his mind? Something was different, something was…funny. Hehehe…funny about his mind.
Sasuke inhaled, feeling the engulfment of Sakura's flowery smell. Hahaha... Sakura smelled like flowers. That was funny. Sasuke felt strangely giddy. His mind had been his own living nightmare for the past, how long had it been? A few hours? Things seemed to fade into the back of his mind. The agony he had felt for so long seemed forgotten in a few minutes. He allowed Sakura to hug him, smiling softly as he kept thinking that Sakura smelled like flowers, and finding amusement in the situation.
He wondered if this was jutsu opium. Hehehehe...he was drugged without being given any drugs. Hahahahahaha...
Then he saw Naruto. Actually saw Naruto. Their eyes met as Naruto looked on as Sakura was hugging him. He had a strange expression on his face, a mixture of relief and sadness as he seemed distant from the scene in front of him.
"Sakura smells like flowers. Hahahahaha..." Sasuke finally snickered. "Sakuras are a kind of flower, and Sakura smells like, like a daffodil!" Sasuke continued to giggle.
Tsunade, who had been about to leave, turned to look at Sasuke.
Naruto's mouth was agape. Was Sasuke, giggling? Even Sakura had backed away from Sasuke in order to better look at him.
"Uh, yes. That can happen sometimes," Tsunade explained sheepishly. "He was in such a bad state mentally, that the jutsu I used was supposed to help him forget any kind of mental trauma he had undergone at the hands of the sharingan, but I must have allowed for too many of his dopamine neurotransmitters to enter his brain in a larger quantity than I had anticipated."
"Nani?" Sakura asked concerned.
"Basically the genjutsu of the sharingan controls different sections of the brain. When activated, it can actually target the neurotransmitters - that cause people to feel different emotions - to close or expand the opening, allowing or denying access to the transmitters. Too many transmitters can cause euphoric feelings, making a shinobi careless in his or her tactics in fighting, or depressed, also causing problems within the brain."
"And what the heck does that mean for Sasuke baa-chan?" Naruto asked confused.
"Basically, Sasuke is, uh, shall we see “high” and will be very giddy for up to three hours," With that, Tsunade left, leaving Sakura and Naruto to stare at Sasuke, horrified. Perfect Sasuke, doped up/ Sasuke, giddy? Somehow that seemed very, very scary.
"Wow, I could really go for some cake," Sasuke said cheerfully. "Sakura would you mind getting me some?"
"Not at all Sasuke-kun!" Sakura said happily, giving him another hug, wiping the tears of relief from her face. "Thank you Naruto-kun for bringing Tsunade to Sasuke," Sakura whispered as she walked by him. Naruto nodded. Why wasn’t Sakura at all worried that Sasuke was asking for cake? Sasuke hated sweets.
Naruto watched as the door clicked behind Sakura. He went to turn his attention back to Sasuke, but when he looked at the bed, Sasuke was no longer sitting on it. He turned to look around, but as he turned, he found himself tumbling backwards. Sasuke had Naruto pinned to the ground, his body acting as a weight.
"Hello Naruto!" Sasuke chirped, as he bent down and licked the side of Naruto's face.
Yes, a giddy Sasuke was a very scary thing indeed.
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Chapter 7: Restless Brothers
Sasuke looked on in somewhat amusement as Kakashi tried teaching Naruto the chidori. Naruto was doing the best that he could in order to produce the chakra necessary for the chidori, but it was clear he had no idea about elemental jutsu, nor obviously what his concentration area was. Sasuke was strong in both fire and lightening, and he doubted Naruto was strong in either. Sasuke could see Naruto being strong in wind or earth. Wind because he was always a complete whirlwind, and earth...Sasuke almost blushed...because Naruto smelled like earth and plants. From what he could recall of Naruto's apartment in hindsight, since he had not been paying attention to any other details besides Naruto yesterday, was that he had a lot of plants. Sasuke mentally wiped all such thoughts from his head. This rivalry thing was beginning to become more of a distraction than anything else, but, Sasuke was definitely enjoying it.
"Sasuke-kun..." Sasuke turned to towards Sakura, her voice shy, not quite as loud and annoying as before. A nice improvement, "thank you for saving me from Gaara." Sasuke felt his blood run cold.
"Iie..." Sasuke muttered a negative. Had Sakura truly no idea? She must have been out of it more than he had thought to not have felt the chakra that Naruto had produced. Sasuke idly wondered if Kakashi knew how strong Naruto was. He had to at least know he was somewhat strong now because his summons dog, Pakkun, probably told him. "The one who saved you was Naruto," Sasuke informed Sakura.
"Yeah right! You're just being modest. Sure Naruto's become stronger, that's obvious, but that sand-nin was so much stronger th-"
"It was Naruto. He risked his life for you. I don't think we've ever really seen the extent of Naruto's capabilities. Before now, you never really acknowledged Naruto, so you've never been able to acknowledge just how strong he really is," Sasuke walked away from Sakura, away from where Kakashi was obviously amused at Naruto's futile attempt at the chidori. Sasuke needed to train. He could not let Naruto beat him. He couldn't be weak.
Sasuke turned around when he heard Kakashi laugh in time to see Kakashi giving Naruto's head a pat, as if to say, there, there. Naruto, for his part, sat cross legged, his cheeks puffed out, in a comical display of defiance.
"Come on sensei! Why can't you teach me chidori?" Naruto pouted. Kakashi laughed.
"I have patrol duty in ten minutes, so I need to head out, ja!" He said as disappeared.
"In ten minutes? And he's leaving now? Either something's wrong with Kakashi-sensei, or he's going to do something else because Kakashi-sensei is never early. He's never even on time!" Naruto grumbled.
"Or he's making up an excuse not to train you, dobe," Sasuke chuckled. His comment was rewarded with Naruto giving him the middle finger. Sasuke “hmphed” as he began to walk away. "I have some training to do, unlike some people," Sasuke said as he looked over his shoulder.
"Ne, ne, Sakura-chan. While Sasuke-teme is going to go train, do you want to go get ramen with me?" Naruto asked, his face flushed, and eyes glowing. Sasuke stopped dead, and for the second time in less than five minutes, he felt his blood run cold. Naruto was asking Sakura to go have lunch? Why did he look so happy and excited?
Why didn't Naruto ever look at Sasuke so excitedly? Hadn't they shared something very intimate? Sasuke's blood went from chilled to boiling in 1.09 seconds. Did Naruto think about Sakura when they had been - uh - competing? Or maybe even Hinata? Naruto and Hinata had looked so familiar before Naruto’s fight. Was there something going on between the two of them? Sasuke shook his head, letting his emotions cool down. He wasn't being logical. Of course Naruto had been thinking about Sasuke. Hadn't he been moaning his name the very first night without knowing what he was doing?
Sasuke sighed, and decided he'd let it slide. He pushed the feelings of jealousy and uncertainty to the back of his mind. He needed to go train, but it didn't help suppress the smirk that came to his face as he saw Sakura flat out refuse to eat ramen with Naruto.
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Kakashi fingered the orange book in his hand - but he wasn't able to read it. He couldn't concentrate. Sighing, he put the book in his pocket, knowing that things could and would go down hill from here. Two Akatsuki members, here in Konoha? First of all, he had to take precautions to warn others of the potential danger, especially Sasuke and Naruto. There was the ever so small possibility that one of the members could be Itachi, and knowing Sasuke, if he found out Itachi was in the village, he would do something very rash. As Kakashi had seen most recently with Sasuke's interaction with Naruto, Sasuke was clearly not the stoic boy everyone thought him to be. He was a ninja that was hurting from a deep scar. From what he remembered of Sasuke when he used to visit the Uchiha area of Konoha, Sasuke had been energetic, happy, and bouncy as a child before his entire clan had been killed. In fact, in some ways, young Sasuke reminded Kakashi of the current Naruto. Everything about his personality had changed with the slaughter of his clan. Kakashi idly wondered whether or not Sasuke was so intrigued with Naruto because he saw a part of his former self in Naruto.
In order to protect Sasuke, Kakashi had called him out in a public market place. He knew that Itachi would have no qualms about killing the entire village, but he wasn't stupid either. It would make things much more difficult if Sasuke were out in the open. Sasuke would be in less danger here. Plus, Kakashi wasn't even sure that Itachi was after Sasuke. From what Jiraiya had told him, made his blood chill. And to top it off, it might not even be Itachi. The Akatsuki members might be looking for a much different target.
To think that this organization, Akatsuki, was after Naruto - after the nine-tailed demon fox inside him was quite disturbing. What they could want with it, only kami-sama knew, but whatever it was couldn't be anything pleasant with how many high ranking and dangerous ninja were involved in the group. That was what bothered Kakashi the most. One good thing about Jiraiya was that he was efficient when he wanted to be. If he didn't spend so much time with his perverted habits of "research" than he could easily surpass any one he wanted. Then again, Kakashi though whimsically, he'd rather Jiraiya continue his research. He needed the Icha Icha series to keep his mind off of things when everything became a bit overwhelming.
Still, Jiraiya had warned Kakashi that Orochimaru had once been a member of Akatsuki. It was quite possible that Orochimaru still had acquaintances within the Akatsuki, and that the two members could be actually helping Orochimaru try and capture Sasuke. Jiraiya had warned him that they were extremely dangerous S-ranked ninja in the bingo book, and that they might well be on their way to Konoha. Kakashi had therefore been alarmed, but not surprised when he saw the black cloaks with red clouds floating through the market place of Konoha. He had notified Jiraiya right away in hopes for him to get to Naruto. Jiraiya had already asked Kakashi if he could "borrow" him for a bit. He knew Naruto would be safe, but he wasn't so sure about Sasuke. That was why he had called him out in the open so that way Kakashi could keep an eye on the two suspicious Akatsuki members, and know that neither of them could try and capture Sasuke because Sasuke would be coming to him. Kakashi was not delusional. The odds of beating two S-rank criminals by himself when he did not know anything about them were unlikely, but he also knew he would be able to at least protect his ward. Hopefully Jiraiya had already found Naruto and was taking him away from the city. Jiraiya had asked that morning if he could "borrow" Naruto for a special mission. Kakashi hadn't inquired about it, but had obviously agreed. It went back to his theory that Naruto was Yondaime's son, something that he had wanted to ask Jiraiya about, but had felt it wasn't the right time.
Kakashi idly leaned up against the post of the restaurant where the two Akatsuki members were eating. Kakashi was grateful when he saw Kurenai and Asuma walking by. He subtly waved. Kurenai and Asuma walked up to him. Kakashi tried to be light, teasing them about their "date." Both were indignant about the term, but Kakashi knew that the two of them were fond of each other. He wouldn't be surprised if they were actually on a date.
"I'm waiting for Sasuke," Kakashi said nonchalantly.
"It's very rare for you to be waiting for someone," Asuma and Kurenai said, catching on that something was very wrong. Kakashi took a side glance in at the two people. 'Keep an eye on them' Kakashi's meaning was clear.
Sasuke walked up, looking puzzled, and slightly sweaty having been training for about a half an hour.
"Kakashi, it's very different of you to arrive first," Sasuke said, a slight smirk on his puzzled face, finding clear amusement in the situation. He wondered if Naruto had been right in saying that something was wrong with Kakashi-sensei.
"Well...for some occasions..." Sasuke looked even more puzzled as he saw Kakashi glance in at an empty table that someone had clearly just been sitting at.
"I was planning on buying some sweets. It's useless now," Kakashi sighed.
"Yeah it is," Asuma agreed. And with a few muttered hmms Kurenai and Asuma disappeared. Sasuke looked at his teacher.
"Kakashi?" Sasuke asked, feeling he was missing something. There was no way Kakashi would invite him out for sweets, and be early to boot. Kakashi knew Sasuke wasn't fond of any kind of sweets, and realized it must be some sort of code word.
"Come with me," Sasuke followed as Kakashi walked briskly, and was surprised to see him heading back to the Uchia complex. "Sasuke," Kakashi finally spoke, "stay in the Uchia archives. Do no return to me until three hours have passed. Understood?" Kakashi spoke. Sasuke'e eyes narrowed, clearly unhappy about being told what to do without an explanation. But Sasuke was a good shinobi, and shinobi did what they were told no matter what.
"Yes sensei," and with that Kakashi disappeared in a puff of smoke. Sasuke grunted and went into the archives of the Uchiha complex.
He looked around at the scrolls in the room. He hated this room, this place. He knew this was where Itachi had left the secret of the mangekyou sharingan. Sasuke knew for certain that Naruto was his most important person, the secret to unlocking the sharingan. Sasuke blushed as he recalled what they had done just yesterday. The feeling of Naruto's warm body pressed flushed against his, the way they moved in unison as if they knew each other's thoughts...Sasuke had to shake his head. His body was beginning to get heated and aroused at the thoughts from yesterday. Part of it felt like a dream. He didn't know whether or not it was because this time Naruto had been fully conscious and alert of his actions, but it had been different. It felt like he was getting connected to Naruto. He felt...something for him. He couldn't quite put his hand on what though.
Sasuke looked at the family sharingan book. As a child, he had been forbidden to enter this shrine. He could recall begging his father to let him look through the book as he had allowed Itachi to at his age. He knew he wasn't as good as his older brother, but he had always felt that it was because Itachi had been able to read this book and get secrets from it. How many countless times had he asked where Itachi was, only for his mother or father to reply that he was in this shrine, the archives where the Sharingan details were kept? But now that he was the only one left - excluding Itachi - he hadn't wanted to look in here. Some part of him felt that if Itachi had never been in this room that he would never have found out how to gain access to the sharingan, and his family would still be alive. He knew the secrets of the mangekyou sharingan were written in this book.
And what scared Sasuke most was the fact that he could now obtain it himself. Naruto was his most precious person - that much was clear. But there was no way Sasuke could kill Naruto. Though he'd never say it out loud, he cared a lot about Naruto. Still, he was sure that Naruto knew that he cared. After all, he had nearly sacrificed his own life for his, hadn't he? Hadn't he agreed to this stupid challenge?
Sasuke hated not being able to do anything. He was left stuck in a room with nothing but his thoughts, and all his thoughts were about his family or about Naruto. He didn't want to think about his family in this room because the secrets within these walls had been the downfall of his family, and he didn't want to think about Naruto because the more he did, the less he felt in control of himself. He felt as though Naruto were slowly taking something away from him, and for good or bad he couldn't tell, but it frightened him.
Pacing up and down the room, Sasuke decided he could at least be productive and do his best to meditate. If he were lucky, he would be able to rid the unwanted thoughts from his mind. Time always passed quickly when he was in a good meditative state.
But as he sat down on the floor, and crossed his legs, he knew the thoughts were not going to leave his mind so easily.
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Naruto walked through the streets of Konoha with Jiraiya. Honestly, how dense did the ero-senin think he was? He didn't want to go on some mission alone with him. He wanted to stay and train. He needed Kakashi to teach him how to do the chidori. Besides, he couldn't leave both Sakura and Sasuke alone. They might do something together without him there. He didn't want that. He couldn't give Sakura alone time with Sasuke-teme, or else she'd fall in love with Sasuke and not him, and he couldn't leave and have Sasuke think that he had backed out of their deal, especially now that things were getting more interesting. He had a feeling that Sasuke was winning, and he couldn't have that.
Though...perhaps it wasn’t so bad if Sasuke won. Naruto looked away from Jiraiya quickly, hiding the blush that was coming over his face as he remembered last night.
"But if you come on this trip, you'll learn a technique even more powerful than the chidori," Jiraiya had said, jolting him out of his thoughts. "But I guess if you don't want to come, I'll just have to ask Sasuke, and teach it to him."
"No, no, no! I'll come!" Naruto yelled. A technique even more powerful than chidori? He had to go, especially to keep Sasuke from learning it. This would be perfect! He bounded away from Jiraiya, to his home, and, not being able to decide what to pack, basically threw everything into his pack and bounced back to the gates within ten minutes.
Of course, once his initial burst of excitement left him, and he had put his pack down, he couldn't really pick it back up again. It took him another thirty minutes to return home, put everything he didn't really need back and re-return to the gates, though some of his enthusiasm was coming back. He couldn't believe it! A technique even more powerful than Kakashi-sensei's!
Still, amidst the height of his enthusiasm, he felt as though he should go and say goodbye to Sakura and Sasuke. Sakura wouldn't care too much, and Sasuke...he wasn't sure if Sasuke would think he was getting too sentimental. They were just friends, and it was one thing to have a crush on Sakura, it was a totally different matter if Sasuke realized he was beginning to get a crush on him. No, Naruto mused, it was best not to let Sasuke know he was leaving, because he being the genius he was would probably figure out what Naruto was truly thinking, and if that happened, he might want to call off their whole rivalry deal. That was something that he couldn't chance. He recalled the first time he had seen Sasuke outside of school, sitting alone at the wall, lonely even with a family, and he wondered what it felt like to feel that kind of loneliness. Naruto decided he didn't want to find out. He wouldn't push Sasuke away. Now that he had someone that paid him attention, he wouldn't lose it.
"Onward!" Naruto yelled happily as he and Jiraiya headed out from Konoha.
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Sasuke had abandoned his attempts at meditation, and instead head gone outside to train. He had waited an hour inside the shrine, and figured he'd rather die than stay in that room any longer. So for two hours he had trained. Now that his three hours were up, he decided to go and see Kakashi, and hopefully get some answers.
"Kakashi!" It was startling to see Kakashi unconscious in bed, with other jounin around him. He could feel the tense atmosphere in the room as they all looked at him. Sasuke was seriously worried. What could have happen to Kakashi for him to be bedridden in the middle of the day, when he had just been fine that morning? What had gone on during Sasuke's isolation for those three agonizingly long hours?
"What happened to Kakashi, and why are you all here?" Sasuke demanded, losing his cool.
"Uh, well, nothing really-" Maito Gai began to explain before a chuunin charged in.
"Is it true the Uchiha Itachi is back in Konoha, and is after Naruto?"
"Baka." Kurenai scolded the chuunin. Sasuke felt numb as his usually quick mind tried to process what he heard. His brother - Itachi - was here. In Konoha. Looking for Naruto. Sasuke fled the room before anybody could stop him. Why? Why would Itachi be in Konoha and looking for Naruto? Unless...
Sasuke ran frantically to Ichiraku ramen, searching for Naruto. After the old man told him he was leaving for a while with Jiraiya, a man Sasuke's numb brain only slightly registered as being someone very important, Sasuke headed to Naruto's apartment, only to find Sakura coming out, looking confused saying she was looking for Naruto too. After questioning her of Naruto's whereabouts, he headed out of the village, hoping he could do something.
If Itachi was after Naruto, it could only mean that Itachi had somehow found out about how much Sasuke cared about him. If Itachi knew that, he was trying to kill Naruto to prevent Sasuke from gaining the mangekyou sharingan. Now, it would be all Sasuke's fault if something happened to Naruto. Naruto would die because Sasuke cared about him.
Doubts began to flash through Sasuke's mind. Why, why hadn't Naruto told him that he was leaving? It was clear that he would be gone for a while. Didn't Naruto care enough to even say goodbye? The thought that Naruto didn't care about him stung. Perhaps he had been right. Maybe Naruto had only been thinking about Sakura or Hinata.
Sasuke's legs were carrying him frantically from Konoha to the village the old man at Ichiraku had suggested Naruto might be at. He searched every inn, but one false lead after another and another and then another, until finally -
He stopped, looking at the backs of his older brother, and another man wearing the same kind of robes.
"It's been a while, Sasuke." Itachi’s voice floated from in front of him.
"I will kill you!" Hate bubbled up within Sasuke. Here was the man who had killed his family, and was now here trying to kill Naruto.
He went after him with blind rage, yet Itachi was able to stop his chidori. It was like all those times that Itachi had beckoned him to his side, just to flick him in the middle of the forehead.
Sasuke collapsed to the floor, willing his body to move, wanting nothing more than to kill Itachi. He could see Naruto begin to do something, that freakily strong chakra that he had felt when he had fought Gaara began to seep from his body, but was quickly stifled by the other man with Itachi.
"Naruto - don't," Sasuke tried to grit out, but he didn't think anyone would hear him. Itachi was his to kill. Naruto didn't matter right now. Naruto couldn’t matter to him until he was sure that he could kill Itachi, and get Itachi away from everything that he held dear. All the hate that he had felt cooped up inside him exploded. Everything was Itachi's fault. He had no family because of him. He had no friends because Itachi had scared him from getting too close to people. He had never been able to be the best at anything because Itachi had always been the one to do it first - and be better at it no less. He was the one that his father had always looked up to. He was the one who wanted to kill Naruto.
A man appeared, carrying an unconscious woman, apparently a decoy, over his shoulder. Sasuke growled at the new arrival, who he guessed could only be Jiraiya, the one that had taken Naruto away from him. Sasuke heard Jiraiya make some sort of speech about his greatness, and then confirm that his brother was indeed after Naruto. Sasuke stood upon his shaking feet. Naruto made a move as to attack Itachi, but Sasuke yelled at him not to interfere with his revenge. He could tell Naruto wanted to help, but the dobe didn't understand Sasuke's need to be the one to kill Itachi. Nevertheless, Naruto obeyed his demand and didn't move. Sasuke ignored Jiraiya's warning to not attack Itachi, but he didn't listen.
Everything after that moment was a terrible blur.
Over and over again he saw his parents die. His aunt and uncle. His cousins. Every single person that Sasuke had called family, he watched die at the merciless hands of his brother. The scenes that he had so desperately tried to forget in his nightmares came tumbling back as Itachi forced the images into his mind with the mangekyou sharingan. Even worse was his own sharingan was acting up. He was simultaneously reliving his past, as the dream he had of Naruto killing him with the sharingan began to incorporate itself into his nightmare. He wasn't sure what was and was not reality any more. Over and over again.
Death.
Blood.
Itachi.
Naruto.
He was scared of Itachi.
He was even more scared of Naruto.
Sasuke was only vaguely aware of Naruto standing over him. He tried to move his body away in fear, but he could only stare blankly ahead of him, wondering if he was still stuck in his dream. He was only blankly aware of the urine that was running down his leg from having peeing himself in his fear.
He felt ashamed.
He felt weak.
He couldn't move. He wanted to move, to scream, to kill Itachi, to kill Naruto. No, that wasn't right. Something about that last part didn't seem right. What was wrong with him wanting to kill Naruto? It wasn't until he felt the ghost of warm lips brush his forehead that he was able to realize that Naruto was there, and in Naruto's own way, was trying to comfort him. That was what was wrong. He didn't want to kill Naruto because he cared about Naruto.
He could hear. He could feel. He could taste the blood in his mouth. He could see
Naruto in front of him, but why couldn't he move? He couldn't touch. He heard Jiraiya telling Naruto that Sasuke had no senses, which wasn't exactly true, but maybe he meant control of his senses. He was mildly aware of Naruto’s speech claiming to want to defend him, wanting to kill Itachi. Sasuke felt his insides tremble at the name of his brother.
So weak...why was he so weak?
It was through a haze of muddled senses that he realized Maito Gai was taking him back to get medical treatment. Why wasn't he going with Naruto? He wanted Naruto to come back too. Sasuke felt so weak, and he felt as though Naruto would protect him. His thoughts were so jumbled that he didn't understand what was going on.
Sasuke stayed motionless unable to move in the hospital for over a month. Sakura came to visit him every day. Ino, and other members of the rookie nine, but never Naruto. Where was Naruto? It had been an eternity since he last saw him. Had he forgotten him? Or, an even worse possibility came to his mind, had Itachi killed Naruto? The idea was even worse than any scene he had seen through the sharingan.
Sasuke's mind could only replay the horrible scenes in his head over and over again as he watched his family being slaughtered, as he watched Naruto kill him in his mind's eye, and even worse as his own fears played out in his mind as Itachi brutally butchered Naruto. He needed to make sure that Naruto was safe. It was what kept him alive, the desire to stay alive long enough to know that Naruto would be okay.
But Naruto never came. Sasuke couldn't do anything but sit in his hospital bed, feeling the embarrassing care of the nurses as they had to feed him, bathe him, coddle him. Weak, so weak. Why was he so weak?
It was the smell that he noticed first. For days now he could tell that Sakura had hardly left his bedside. He had been touched by that. So when he smelled something other than the flowery scent she seemed to carry, Sasuke's body felt itself relax. It was that earthy smell of Naruto. Naruto was back, and he was okay. If he had been able to, he would have opened his eyes. As it was, he felt a hand touch his forehead as something seemed to clear from his mind. But this was not Naruto’s hand. Still, he could feel the tingle of chakra working in his mind.
Sasuke felt his eyes flutter, first seeing a blonde haired woman, probably the one who had been performing the medical jutsu on him, second, a bundle of pink hair as Sakura practically threw herself into his arms.
Sasuke felt really weird. What had the woman done to his mind? Something was different, something was…funny. Hehehe…funny about his mind.
Sasuke inhaled, feeling the engulfment of Sakura's flowery smell. Hahaha... Sakura smelled like flowers. That was funny. Sasuke felt strangely giddy. His mind had been his own living nightmare for the past, how long had it been? A few hours? Things seemed to fade into the back of his mind. The agony he had felt for so long seemed forgotten in a few minutes. He allowed Sakura to hug him, smiling softly as he kept thinking that Sakura smelled like flowers, and finding amusement in the situation.
He wondered if this was jutsu opium. Hehehehe...he was drugged without being given any drugs. Hahahahahaha...
Then he saw Naruto. Actually saw Naruto. Their eyes met as Naruto looked on as Sakura was hugging him. He had a strange expression on his face, a mixture of relief and sadness as he seemed distant from the scene in front of him.
"Sakura smells like flowers. Hahahahaha..." Sasuke finally snickered. "Sakuras are a kind of flower, and Sakura smells like, like a daffodil!" Sasuke continued to giggle.
Tsunade, who had been about to leave, turned to look at Sasuke.
Naruto's mouth was agape. Was Sasuke, giggling? Even Sakura had backed away from Sasuke in order to better look at him.
"Uh, yes. That can happen sometimes," Tsunade explained sheepishly. "He was in such a bad state mentally, that the jutsu I used was supposed to help him forget any kind of mental trauma he had undergone at the hands of the sharingan, but I must have allowed for too many of his dopamine neurotransmitters to enter his brain in a larger quantity than I had anticipated."
"Nani?" Sakura asked concerned.
"Basically the genjutsu of the sharingan controls different sections of the brain. When activated, it can actually target the neurotransmitters - that cause people to feel different emotions - to close or expand the opening, allowing or denying access to the transmitters. Too many transmitters can cause euphoric feelings, making a shinobi careless in his or her tactics in fighting, or depressed, also causing problems within the brain."
"And what the heck does that mean for Sasuke baa-chan?" Naruto asked confused.
"Basically, Sasuke is, uh, shall we see “high” and will be very giddy for up to three hours," With that, Tsunade left, leaving Sakura and Naruto to stare at Sasuke, horrified. Perfect Sasuke, doped up/ Sasuke, giddy? Somehow that seemed very, very scary.
"Wow, I could really go for some cake," Sasuke said cheerfully. "Sakura would you mind getting me some?"
"Not at all Sasuke-kun!" Sakura said happily, giving him another hug, wiping the tears of relief from her face. "Thank you Naruto-kun for bringing Tsunade to Sasuke," Sakura whispered as she walked by him. Naruto nodded. Why wasn’t Sakura at all worried that Sasuke was asking for cake? Sasuke hated sweets.
Naruto watched as the door clicked behind Sakura. He went to turn his attention back to Sasuke, but when he looked at the bed, Sasuke was no longer sitting on it. He turned to look around, but as he turned, he found himself tumbling backwards. Sasuke had Naruto pinned to the ground, his body acting as a weight.
"Hello Naruto!" Sasuke chirped, as he bent down and licked the side of Naruto's face.
Yes, a giddy Sasuke was a very scary thing indeed.
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