soulmates: Sun and Moon

authors note: i am extremely sorry i didn't put out the two chapters yesterday. first i wrote one chapter and realized it didn't fit right and i moved it up to a different chapter for later in the future. then i had to rewrite two new chapters... and didn't finish either of them since i went out on a date... -.- lol. anyway enjoy.

responses:
Small Fox> you have a point, the choosing from nine lovers is only half of this story though. and drama plus plot likes to get in the way of the two. -.o
mykonosparadis> yeah that naruto is an airhead at times. ^^
Rahvin68> ahaha! yes the running into sasuke and not realizing he's gonna be one of your lovers sort of makes things interesting. thank you for your compliment.
msuzumaki> oh yes a jealous sasuke is one of the best i agree with you. XD
Onikage> well i'm glad you like this story and i hope to keep impressing you in the future! read on ^^
xgangsofasiax> a bit of drama happens between them, what else? lol. XD XP

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Club Hebi...

Naruto entered the club with Kiba and Ino at his side. He frowned at the two when Kiba threw an arm over her shoulder causing her to erupt into a fit of giggles. Girls that easy annoyed him and suddenly he was thinking of Sakura all over again. How she was so hard to court while in school, but his insistence got them together as High School sweet-hearts and they moved in together just when he moved out at age sixteen. The memory of how nervous, scared and excited they were of their first place made Naruto smile sadly. It hurt to think about the last two years since he had spent most of them with her.

The memory faded fast when he noticed Kiba and Ino sauntering into the dance room from the inner entrance. Kiba waved at him and Naruto resisted the urge to growl in back. He really didn't want to arrive with the two, but earlier that day when he was at the library helping out his foster father, Kiba had entered with the blond girl and begged him to come with them this chilly Sunday night. Since he was coming anyway to find that boy from yesterday he didn't think much of it and agreed. Now he wish he hadn't.

Now he was responsible for making sure Kiba didn't wake up in some ditch somewhere. He had to babysit the two party animals fighting off guys as Ino would no doubt flash her breasts around when she'd get too tipsy. There had been a time when Naruto was younger and would just laugh doing things similar to this... but after his break-up with Sakura he felt like a totally different person in a sense. He felt like the babysitter who had already had enough crazy partying in his life. Damn he wasn't even twenty-one yet.

With an ugly scowl Naruto decided that he'd get a drink at the bar and enjoy himself before the two got too wild and needed him to chaperon them.

Pushing through a small crowd Naruto went right into the bar branched away from the dance hall. A soft jazz filled the air from the man playing a saxophone on stage at the back of the room. The bar started on the left wall near the entrance doors and drifted in a curve further left connecting to the dance hall which was out of sight unless you walked around the circumference of the bar. The room felt dark with a husky sensation that covered the soft booths and elegant tables.

He moved fluidly around the bar to sit and see both doors at his sides, the one to the entrance and the other leading into the dance hall. Sitting at the bar he kept the jazz stage to his back and pulled out his fake I.D. with five money bills showing as he flashed the card at the bartender.

Naturally he found that showing bills 5 or higher made him appear mature giving the impression he worked a real job and could pay for his drinks. Also the fact he came in alone and took up a bar spot meant he wasn't here to cause trouble. Naruto even thought ahead as to wear clean checkered slacks and a buttoned up shirt with his cuffs pulled up along with a pair of Iruka's best shoes. (The man loved his shoes.) Like he just came off from an artistic job and needed to relax. His appearance over all looked well groomed giving him an older aura. A nice tip left a good impression too.

A Bailey's Whiskey was set in front of him and Naruto leaned in, both arms protectively around the glass as a small group of drunken girls fell onto the bar beside him. They ordered their drinks flashing open intentions at the blond next to them whom kept his drink far out of their reach.

Though the girl closest him seemed to notice. She was a blond herself with a small frame and large breasts almost peeking over the top of her blouse. Holding herself onto the bar she fought to remain standing in her stilettos, trying to not completely fall on him as her loud friends pushed and shoved each other playfully. She turned to him smiling slyly while being shoved into his comfort zone. "Hey there Blondie, I like your shirt."

Naruto stiffened as she leaned in, fingering a button with a sunset coloured nail. "Uh... thanks." This wasn't exactly how he'd like to meet women... "It's just a regular shirt."

"Oh really?" The girl seemed a bit too out of her mind and too into him.

"Yes just a regular shirt." He effectively removed her wandering hand by taking a sip of the Creamed Whiskey, (his favorite).

Unfortunately she wasn't as intelligent as she was witty. Once he put down his drink he immediately knew he had made a bad move when her palm came to rest on his hand holding the mug. Dipping her finger into the drink she swirled it and brought the offending digit back to her mouth, suckling on it in a seductive manner. Naruto felt irritated in the fact that she had defiled his drink. Again she dipped it in and he made an involuntary grunt in frustration. Of course she thought his heated sigh meant as a good sign from her gestures, so she brought her finger up to her lips spreading the milky liquid across her thick mouth. "Wanna taste?"

Naruto's face heated up in both arousal and anger.

"No my friend here already has someone waiting for him Miss..."

Both blonds were startled at the new voice and when Naruto looked to his other side he felt a wave of relief run through him seeing the familiar dark blue eyes gazing back.

Frowning the girl moved back as her friends who had listened in on their conversation burst out laughing and made obvious fun of her hopeless pursuit. The group of girls moved off still throwing lustful looks at the two males now sitting together at the bar.

"Thanks a lot." Naruto gave a large smile. "I thought she was going to eat me!"

"Hn." A slight smirk appeared on his face. "She would have. I'm surprised you didn't have the balls to stand up for yourself."

Naruto blinked. "W-what?"

The bartender came to them and the well dressed boy ordered a drink. The dark-haired male chuckled at Naruto's bewildered face.

"Are you saying I can't stand up for myself?"

"Oh? You're trying to tell me you can? When obviously you needed my help."

Cheeks flushing the blond sneered back. "Oi! Don't be an asshole about it!"

"Hn." He sipped at the Ginger Ale with Vodka.

"And here I thought you'd be a nice friend to have."

The other looked up from his drink with an emotionless face. A friend? Truthfully he did not know why the blond had said he'd meet him here tonight. Somewhere in his mind he had thought that the boy would chicken out. Or that it was some kind of one-night stand. But a friend? He didn't really have any, just work associates. "You want to be my friend?"

Naruto pouted turning away and lifting his nose. "Not if you're going to be a jerk about it." He sipped his drink highly offended at the raven's teasing.

"Well then..." He raised his drink to Naruto. "Kanpai to friends."

The blond eyed the others drink, then at the perfectly sculptured face framed in long black bangs. So much did he look like the other mysterious man it had him buzzing with an intensity. Even the boy himself seemed to cause his insides to melt just with the thought of becoming friends. He rose his drink clinking the glasses together. "Kanpai!"

They drank.

"So what is the real reason you want to be my friend?"

Naruto shrugged. "You seemed nice... and I uh, I just broke up with my long-standing girlfriend so I felt sorta down. Really I didn't know I was going to get a new friend."

"Hn. Why'd she break up with you?"

His mouth thinned to a straight line as an eyebrow twitched from the memory. "Her parents want her to meet someone more wealthy or some crap. She's had someone on her mind for awhile even before she told me..."

Not knowing what to say the raven only looked to his drink. At least he knew the blond was single.

"So uh..."

The boy looked back up.

"We've seemed to skirt around the subject without realizing it..." The scarred whisker boy raised his hand. "My name's Naruto, Naruto Uzumaki."

With a faint smile the other boy took his hand in a firm shake. It sent shivers dancing down their arms. "Sasuke."

The shiver coiled and struck like a snake through his body making his heart race. Though when he heard the others name it happened was as if he had been slapped across the face, Naruto's arm dropped away from the other... his smile falling from his face. "S-Sasuke...?"

"Yes. Sasuke Uchiha." He blinked perplexed at the others response. Did this boy know him by name?

Naruto stood quite suddenly. "I uh, I gotta go. Thanks for saving me again." Stepping away the blond felt a bit dazed by what he himself was doing. Sasuke came to his feet as well, reaching out to place a hand on his shoulder when Naruto stumbled.

"Are you okay?"

"Fine." Naruto brushed off the hand and walked out of the bar feeling strangely betrayed for no real reason. That boy was Sasuke and he had wanted to be friends with the person Sakura left him for. What was he supposed to be feeling? Disappointment?

"Naruto!"

He pushed through another wave of people entering the club. Heart picking its speed back up as Sasuke yelled his name aloud in that fluid traditional accent. Why was it that it made him want to stop and turn around to face Sakura's heartcrush? What would he do? Something careless more likely. And at the same time he felt stupidly happy that this person Sasuke called out his name for him to return. Odd.

"Naruto?"

The blond looked to his left to see Kiba cocking his head to the side in confusion. Ino and another miss hung from his frame.

"Where are you going so soon man?"

Frowning he turned away, irritation growing again. Like that a choking sensation of being cramped in a place of many people made him stop to try and balance himself. Faces swarmed around him smiling and laughing twisting into a horrifying blur as their laughter rose. A sickness knotted in his stomach, head dizzy as he whipped around in confusion. A shudder tickled down his spine as he broke out into a sweat... something dropped in his inside and then it seemed to crawl up his esophagus and pour over his tongue. What a nasty bile taste.

Though Naruto could only fall to a knee. He looked up shocked at how the club music became nothing more then thundering noise. Through an unfocused vision he could see feet rushing towards him, hands touched him everywhere. His eyes closed. And Naruto passed out.

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well at least naruto didn't get into a fight... instead he got sick and there is a reason behind that but you won't know until the chapter after the next. because the next chapter is a scene only for itachi! XD yay. don't worry you sasuke fans, he'll also get his own chapter.

lately i've been thinking about changing my story's name and re-arranging the summary adding a longer one in the prologue chapter. i'll keep you posted when i feel like going through all that mess. later!