The Games We Play

AN: Naruto is not immature he is just inexperienced. He still holds his child like innocence because he has not had many of ‘those’ kind of life experiences so doesn’t really know how to handle them when they accrue. Misako sees this weakness in him and sees the curiosity it can hold and plays on it using that innocence in him to work in her favor. Same thing with Sasuke, its not being immature its sex. And I don't care how much of a saint you are but when sex is involved it makes EVERYTHING gray and EVERYTHING gets complicated.

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Ninjas are different from everyone else. Not because they know how to kill, or how to hit a moving target from a hundred feet away. They are not different in their skill that is taught to them as it can be taught to anyone else. Ninjas are different because when they are being taught how to kill a man from a hundred feet away with out being seen, everyone else was being taught how to be human. When the ninja kids are doing target practice the other kids were dating and getting their first kisses. When the ninjas grew up and became the protectors and their child adolescences has been forgotten, they were finally free to explore those feelings you got from another person but now no one was around to teach them how. It is the ninja’s who don’t know those strange emotions they feel when being with a man or a woman because unlike the other kids they were taught to kill not how to live. So being ninjas they learn they way they learn the only way they know how; they experience.

Once they get the taste of your flesh, once they feel your heart beat quicken and hear the whispers of your voice they are hooked. These new realizations awaken those pushed back and forgotten teenage thoughts and with no one telling them what to do they are free to do as they please. But when the mind is still young it makes mistakes as often as young people do. The local girls are told to stay far away from the ninjas, they are sly and smooth, mysterious and handsome and they only want one thing. So they do, and the ninjas must find relief in other form other then the nice local girls. It is the ninja’s who relish in the sinful life of brothels, pubs, and easy women because what they want comes in easy access and what they want is to feel life instead of death and carnage. There is a sudden yearning and unquenchable thirst for the touch of another warm human being.

For Naruto though, there seemed to be an unyielding curiosity about the girl with honey like hair and dark emerald eyes. In Naruto’s life there were two types of girls; angry and loud, and sweet and shy. Having spent his entire life being beaten up and yelled at by Sakura and Tsunade like women he had taken to falling for the shy and sweet. Hinata smiled and gave a sweet giggle where Sakura would often yell and hit him. Life had been simple because girls could always be put in one of two categories, but this girl…this girl was in a place all on her own.

When he met Misako she was vibrant and took him on a ride of his life. When he met her again she was still vibrant and attention commanding but there was something different, something was hidden. She seemed to be able to play any role any situation called for her. She was sweet and innocent often blushing or giggling or she was loud and forward often making the first moves. Why was she so different? What was it about her that kept Naruto awake in the middle of the night starring at the ceiling seeing her face in his head? Why was it, several days after the kiss they weren’t supposed to have, Naruto looking for her?

He often asked himself these questions constantly but because Naruto was raised as a ninja and not like the other kids he had no answers. He didn’t know, so he did the ninja thing and found out his own way.

He had been looking for her for some time and surprised he hadn’t found her yet. Why was it when you are not trying to find someone they seem to be around every corner, but the moment you are intent of finding them they have disappeared from the face of the earth? So far he had looked in his usual hang out with no success and went for the girly hang outs. Stores and girly restaurants and tea houses were his first fist pick but when Misako was still no where to be seen he was starting to get stumped. He contemplated going to ask some one where she was but realized he didn’t know anyone who was with them all the time well enough to ask them.

He decided to give up on his search and hope she would find him when she wanted to and hopefully it would be soon. He started on his usual rout home, he was sure he needed to water a plant or something at home anyway. He crossed the shopping district and came to his bridge when he heard the sound of pebbles skipping on water from below. Curious he looked around but didn’t see anyone so he deduced who ever or what ever it was causing the strange out of place noise was under the bridge. Curiosity getting the better of him he followed the noise and to his delightful but hesitant surprise there sat Misako.

She sat on the grass under the bridge with her bare feet in the water. Her hair was pulled back behind her head and her skirt was pulled up reveling most of her leg, her knees and part of her thigh. He watched her quietly; he watched her figure move as she searched for more pebbles to throw into the river. He watched as she delicately put a loose strand of hair behind her ear. He watched how the sun kissed her hair making it look like gold; her cheeks looked slightly flushed from the heat, her legs had droplets of water on them from the splash of the pebbles. He watched for a long time before she noticed he was there but when she turned she didn’t look startled like most girls do when they see someone watching them, she only smiled at him.

“What are you doing down here?” She asked him picking up another pebble.

“I could ask you the same thing.” He said not moving from his spot.

“I’m hiding.” She said smiling at him again.

“Hiding from what?” He asked smiling back.

“Yuna.” She said attempting to skip the pebble put failing.

“Your sister?”

“Yup.”

“Why?”

“Because she has to be in meetings all day and with Sakura gone and Sasuke avoiding us like a plague I have to be with her and I don’t like meetings.” She found another pebble and tried to skip it. “They’re boring.” The pebble only plopped in the water.

“You’re doing it wrong.” Naruto said watching her failed attempt.

“What?” She looked at him her face innocent and confused.

“You’re tossing it wrong; you need to throw it like…this…” He made the motion with his hand.

“Like this?” She said tossing another pebble only to see it sink into the blue water.

“No like…” He attempted to show her again but she held out a pebble to him.

“Show me.” She said simply her eyes meeting his locking on them.

Naruto hesitated for only a moment before accepting the small rock and standing next to her showed her how to properly skip a pebble. After a few demonstrations the two were tossing pebbles and watching the skip across the water. They giggled and made small talk about boring meetings and how nice the weather was until they were all out of pebbles. Then they just sat on the rivers edge under the shade of the bridge simply watching the water.

“You never answered my question Naruto,” Misako asked after a few moments of silence.

“What question?” Naruto asked leaning up against bridge wall. It was relaxing just watching the water flow.

“What are you doing here?” Misako pulled her legs under her chin wrapping her arms around them. She turned her head resting it on her knees looking at him. Naruto looked back at her contemplating on telling her that he was in fact looking for her, but something told him not to say that.

“I was on my way home.”

“How did you know I was here?” She asked something was different in her eyes, something he couldn’t pin point but it was a look he saw before.

“I heard you.”

“You heard me?” She asked lifting one eyebrow.

Naruto lazily pointed to himself.

“Ninja.” He said and she giggled he laughed with her. More silence followed, something a bit more awkward them before but at the same time keeping him here.

“Naruto,” “Misako,” They locked eyes then both blushing looked away.

“You go first.” Misako said.

“No you go.” Naruto said quickly and heard Misako take a breath.

“Naruto I wanted to apologize.” She said.

“For what?”

“For…kissing you the other night,” She took another breath. “It was a really awful thing to do and I shouldn’t have done that I know you’re with Hinata and I just wanted to say I’m sorry for it and I hope you don’t think bad of me or anything.” She said in a rush and Naruto smiled at her.

“I don’t think bad of you Misa-chan.” He said and saw her smile at him and something fluttered in his stomach.

“You don’t?”

“No, we were both to blame I can’t think badly of you when I acted just the same.”

“Oh…” she said looking a little disappointed but quickly looked away. “What did you want to say?” She asked looking back at the water.

Naruto looked hard at her. This girl sitting next to him was the girl who was on her knees in the alley way half a year ago. This innocent looking girl was such a complex enigma to him. Something inside Naruto curled, something made his stomach flip but his voice speak.

“Why did you do what you did when we first met?” He watched her for a reaction but when she didn’t react he thought she didn’t hear him. He was about to say it again when she turned and her eyes locked on his with a strange intensity.

“Because I like you.” She said simply.

“W-what?”

“I liked talking to you in that bar; you didn’t talk to me like I was some whore even when you thought I was one. You were nice to me and you have such a kind face. I knew I wasn’t going to see you again so I wanted to do something to make you remember me.”

Make him remember her? Well she sure as hell accomplished that.

“Do you do that to all the guys you like?” Naruto asked again remembering Kiba and this time his voice was colder then he realized. She looked away again hesitating her answer but this time he waited for her to answer.

“No.” she said shortly. “But if I knew I was going to see you again I still would have done it.” She picked up a pebble and skipped it.

“Why?” Naruto asked genuinely confused.

“So that when you saw me again you would remember and want me.” She looked at him again, that look was in her eyes. The look she gave him when she first asked him to play a game with her.

“Want…you…” Naruto repeated, his skin suddenly felt hot. His hair line began to feel sweat and his throat started to close up.

“Did you?” She asked and Naruto barely noticed she had scooted closer.

“I…” Naruto seemed to forget what he was going to say.

“Did you remember me?” She asked her face now very close to his.

“Yes,” Naruto horsed out as her scent reached his nose intoxicating him almost to unconsciousness.

There was an unspoken question in her eyes that Naruto was too afraid to answer with words. So instead he let his body speak for him. His lips were on hers reliving that forbidden kiss on her door step only a few nights ago.

Their mouths soaked in each others taste with out stopping to think of what was happening or what they were doing both dove into the delicious feeling they were finding in each other. Naruto drove the kiss deeper and when Misako gave him a small moan he used it to fuel him even deeper. He used his tongue to lick her lips begging entrance to fully taste her again and she complied with out hesitation. She let him explore her mouth completely before massaging his tongue with her own.

Getting lost deeper and deeper into the sensation of a warm woman Naruto soon forgot his senses and let his body take control. He let his hands travel around her waist to pull her closer and shivered deliciously as her hands enclosed around the back of his neck. He let his body weight drop down on her taking her from her sitting position to on her back on the soft earth below them. But when her leg began to enclose of her his own Naruto did his damn to control his body’s obvious response but in return nearly completely devoured her mouth

Misako obliged, each kiss became deeper, and each hold became tighter. They’re bodies were so close they could feel each other’s rapid heartbeat in their ribcages. Her hands ran through his hair scratching his scalp and he wanted more. Her foot dragged against the back of his calf and he wanted more. She sighed and gave a small moan in his mouth when he nibbled on her lip and he wanted more. It was becoming to hard to control his body’s natural progression; his head was getting to clouded with the taste, the sound, and the smell of the woman under him to think clearly and consciously.

Without thinking twice Naruto let his fingers graze the soft skin under her shirt. Her stomach was tight and felt like it jumped at his touch and he smiled to himself. She arched her back pressing her chest into him urging him to continue and he did. He let his fingers graze her stomach and across her back until his hand was on her bare back supporting her arch into his chest. His fingers went up and felt the clasp of her bra and she sighed again.

“Hey Shikamaru!” A yell from the bridge made them both stop dead in their tracks and break away.

“Hey Lee.” Said a lazy familiar voice and where Naruto was basking in the warmth of a woman before was now filled with worry and fear the ninjas up above did not sense him and get curious.

He stared down at Misako who seemed to have equivalent fear in her own eyes but did not let him go just like he did not move his hand from the clasp of her bra.

“Have you seen Naruto around? I wanted to get in a training session today, Gai-sensei said my speed was off and Naruto’s really the only one who can keep up with me.” Lee was saying as he stopped right above where Naruto and Misako were still intertwined.

“No, not lately. He was wondering around earlier but I haven’t seen him since, but have you seen Sasuke? The Hokage wants to chew his ass out for something and no one can find him either.”

“Sorry, I haven’t seen anyone in a few days I was out with Gai-sensei on a mission.”

“Right.”

“Where did you last see Naruto? Maybe I can still catch him into doing some training before the day ends.”

“Last I saw him…he was…in the shopping district looking for something.”

“The shopping district? Ah! He was probably looking for a welcome home gift for Hinata when she came back!”

“Sure, well see you around Lee I need to find that damn Uchiha before the Hokage chews my ass instead.”

“Good bye Shikamaru, see you soon!”

As the footsteps walked away Naruto slowly took his hand from Misako’s back bringing her shirt down with it. He moved off her covering his mouth back tracking where it all got out of hand so fast. He covered his mouth staring at the water; Misako sat up fixing her clothes next to him.

“Um…” She said but he put his hand up stopping whatever she might be wanting say. He got up still not looking at her beginning to walk away.

“Naruto I…”

He stopped her again, this time looking at her with a strange wide look in her eyes.

“I’m gonna go, I’ll see you…around…” He heard her say something but his mind was too fuzzed up to hear or even comprehend what she had said. He didn’t care either all he wanted to do was forget about it. Forget about kissing her; touching her, tasting her. He had to forget about everything.

Outside Naruto wandered around aimlessly with the setting deeper into the earth. He tried to remember where it all went to wrong, he tried to pin point where he had lost control. He tired to answer why he lost control, why did he feel that need to kiss her. Why did he feed that need to kiss her?

“Naruto!” He looked up from his wandering thoughts then looked around. When did he get to the training fields? Wasn’t he just at the bridge?

“Naruto!” They called again; he turned giving a lazy wave to the man dressed in a tight green jumper.

“Hey…Lee…” Naruto said for some reason he didn’t want to look at Lee directly in the eyes. Was it possible Lee heard or felt something while he was at the bridge? If he did, would he say anything?

“How did your shopping go?”

“What?”

“Shikamaru said he saw you in the shopping district, did you find what you were looking for?”

“Um…yeah…”

“Something for Hinata eh? She’d be happy about that, Ten-Ten said something about Neji always getting things for her when we go out so I guess getting your girlfriend a gift when they get back is a good idea. I should ask Gai sensei about that if I get a girl friend…”

“Lee do you want to train?”

“Always Naruto!” Lee said making his nice guy pose and in less then a second Naruto forgot all about Misako and their kiss. Training could do wonders.

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The broom closet to the third floor was smaller then the rest of the broom closets. It didn’t have any shelves for those cleaners those cleaning people were supposed to be using. There was hardly room for him with the bucket of some sort of stench like water coming from it. Perhaps he could say something to their leader of the village, well maybe when she wasn’t currently looking for him with blood hounds on his trail.

Sasuke heard several foot steps run past the door and waited five minutes before he cracked open the door and peered out making sure the coast was clear. Sasuke slivered out of the small closet and quietly shut the door behind him. He didn’t sense anyone close by so he was safe to try and leave for the day.

He knew Tsunade wanted a piece of him. He knew it had something to do with his reports completely wrong and down right confusing, but honestly he didn’t see how he could be completely at fault. What else could you expect form someone after locking them a small for wall office with boxes and boxes that haven’t been touched in ages. Really there was only so much Sasuke could take before he started to lash out in his own subtle way.

“They’re looking for you,” Said a smooth song like voice to his right. Trying not to look startled by her presence Sasuke glared at Yuna who sat in one of the sitting corners of the third floor. She had a stack of papers in front of her on the small table and seemed to be glancing at each page before putting them down on her lap.

“Where have you been hiding Sasuke-sama?” She asked smiling at him but he didn’t smile back. “You haven’t by any chance seen my sister in your hiding have you? She seems to have disappeared as well.”

He ignored her and continued to walk on his way out of the office to go home but she made a noise in her throat and he looked back at her.

“I wouldn’t go that way, I just left Tsunade over there and judging by the way she was yelling about you I assume she’s pretty upset.”

“What are you doing here?” Sasuke asked lowly.

“I’m waiting for Misako, like I said she seems to have disappeared.”

There was a look in her eyes. A look that told Sasuke she could read his thoughts, she could see into his head. Sasuke didn’t like that look, he didn’t like anyone knowing what he was really thinking; even Sakura still hadn’t figured him completely out. Something crawled inside him, something slivered and moved in his body as Yuna kept eyes on him.

“Why are you staring at me?”

“…”

“Well if your not going to go any where perhaps you can help me. You shuffle papers for a living don’t you?” Her lips spread into a sly smile.

“I’m a leaf ninja I don’t shuffle papers.” Sasuke said evenly.

“Of course not.” She said and a very low almost sexy laugh escaped her lips. “But can you help me? Or are you in a hurry?”

“I was on my way out,” Sasuke put his hands in his pockets. “Good luck with your papers.”

“SASUKE!” A loud yell nearly broke all fragile object decorating the third floor and Sasuke, visibly jumping, cursed under his breath.

“Where have you been you little punk!” Tsunade stomped right up to him with such anger in her young face she looked as if had just aged about forty years.

“I asked you to organize the files in the third floor storage not mess them up again worse then before!”

“…”

“Oh you’re not going to say anything! Well starting to morrow you are going to re-due everything! This is part of your probation Uchiha, you said you agreed to this I will not tolerate such insubordination!”

“…”

“Don’t give me that look you selfish little bastard I could just have you thrown in prison! Where the hell have you been anyway? You are suppose to come to me when summoned, I can’t have my shinobi running around looking for you when-”

“Actually Tsunade-sama, Sasuke was with me all day.”

“You little…what…?” Tsunade looked from the one dark haired beauty to the next. Sasuke scowled dangerously while Yuna simply had a sweet smile one her face touching his arm. Tsunade eyed Sasuke harshly and he tried not to growl.

“Is that true?” She asked him eyeing him with her angry gold eyes.

Sasuke weighed his options. If he said no Tsunade would know he was deliberately hiding from him and as much as she did not scare him he did fear Sakura. Tsunade would tell Sakura and Sakura would give him a good beat down and a lecture and Sakura was not a woman to be trifled with. However, saying yes would put him with Yuna all day…

He looked down at the girl brushing against his own arm. There was something exotic about her and he always did have a thing for those exotic girls.

“It’s true.” He said simply. Tsunade scrunched her face knowing full well it was all just a lie but really powerless to say anything otherwise. Suddenly a dark twisted smile crossed her face.

“Very well then Sasuke, instead of doing boring catch up work why don’t you show the Tanaka girls around like you were supposed to.”

“…”

“Good you agree,” she turned to Yuna. “I hope Sasuke is as good a host as your recent ones have been if he is anything but a gentleman please do not hesitate to report to me personally.”

“Thank you Tsunade-sama however Sasuke has been nothing but a wonderful host to both me and my sister since we arrived. I apologize if it has caused any problems with his previous job but with Sakura gone and everyone else caught up in so many meetings he really was helping both my sister and I.”

“Oh no don’t worry about it Yuna. It’s a surprise to see Sasuke doing anything that wont benefit him some how. Very well then Sasuke continue with the good work and I’ll see you around.”

Tsunade smiled at both of them before turning on her heel and walking out of the room. Sasuke didn’t know what to say or how to say anything to the girl next to him. She had just saved his butt but there was no way he was going to admit that to her and there was no way he was going to thank her for it either.

“Well then Sasuke can you help me with these?”

“What?”

“Help me, you promised Tsunade you would.”

“I promised what?” Sasuke gave a dark chuckle. “I don’t remember promising anything of the sort, so good luck with your papers.”

He turned to leave but Yuna gave a frightening ice like giggle.

“Oh well then perhaps I can just inform your Hokage of how un-gentleman your being. I guess you really do like your little office rather then being on the field of action.”

Sasuke stopped in his tracks giving her a dark look that made most people shiver in their boots, but Yuna merely met his look dead on. Sasuke didn’t know weather to be impressed or threatened. Other then Sakura no one had ever met him on that level before, and Yuna seemed to be doing it with a completely different stride. Sasuke snuffed at her but picked up the larger stack of papers on the desk with out saying a word.

They walked out of the large tower neither saying a word like before but this time the air was different around them. There were no unsaid words or uncomfortable awkward steps this time. They were just two people walking and enjoying the peaceful night.

“You didn’t have to do that.” Sasuke said as they passed the shopping district.

“Hmm.” Yuna sang giving him a strange sideways glance. “I’m sure I didn’t have to?”

“It’s a tough call.” Sasuke answered receiving a delightful giggle from Yuna.

“Are you always this charming?”

“Hn.”

They were quiet again. Silently Yuna slipped her hand in the nook of his arm and despite the small hairs on his neck standing up Sasuke didn’t stop her. What was wrong with letting the girl simply hold onto his arm?

By the time they reached her house the sun had already with the new moon coming up the east horizon with stars already in the sky. Yuna didn’t invite him in but she made no attempt to take the stack of papers when she opened the door so Sasuke felt obliged to follow. Personally he had never been into the estates on this side but he grew up in one so he was not impressed. If anything he wanted to know why was it the Hokage had put out so much money for these two girls, one of whom was the only one who had any power in the current situation. As Sasuke looked around Yuna took the papers from his hand and placed them on the table by the door.

“Thank you,” She said and smiled up at him. “Will I be seeing you tomorrow?”

“Um…”

“Well didn’t you promise Tsunade you would be escorting me around town?”

“As I said before I do not remember making any promises about anything.”

“Then I guess I will see you in your office tomorrow.”

Sasuke laughed.

“Is that what you’re doing? You think you can black male me into taking you out for tea?”

“Black male? Don’t be silly, I simply thought you would rather spend time with me then in that office of yours. From what I’ve heard you are quite the man of action.”

“And if I don’t you will go t Tsunade?”

“No, if you don’t I can simply tell Sakura about our little ally way kiss.”

He stared at her very hard. For the first time he did not see Yuna as that exotic beauty she portrayed herself to be. For the first time he saw something darker brewing just below her surface, something glinted in her eyes and Sasuke was tempted to take a step back.

“What are you playing at Yuna?”

True Uchiha Sasuke was not one to fall for black male or anything of the sort. He was not easily intimidated or frightened. It wasn’t the threat that Sakura would find out about their kiss that had him think. It was Sakura. Sakura, who had waited for him for years, the woman who saw through his darkest moments to the man he really was. Hurting Sakura was something he always wanted to avoid, it was the least he could do to pay her back for everything she had done for him.

“I only want one night.”

“Why?”

“Because it’s the least you could do after fucking me and leaving me alone in a hotel room half a year ago.”

He had heard he should fear a woman’s scorn many times in his life, but it was the first time he had ever encountered it. He thought over his options once again that night. It probably wouldn’t be a horrible thing for Sakura to find out about their kiss, but then again if this girl was using that as black male then there was a good chance a simple kiss could be very embellished. Also he could just wait till Sakura got back and tell her himself, but knowing Sakura she would fly off the handle and accuse him of even more. So if he did take her to dinner then all that could be avoided and it would only be one night and he would never have to do it again.

“What time?” He asked shortly and a bright smile slipped across her face.

“How about eight, I heard of a wonderful restaurant in town called Shiki’s, have you heard of it?”

“Yes.”

“Wonderful, I’ll meet you at Shiki’s at eight tomorrow.”

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TBC -

"I think you want me Sasuke..." She pushed him back pressing firm against his chest.
"Do you want me?"
Sasuke looked at her through the dark. There was wild passion in her eyes, something dark and forbidding calling out to him.
"Yes." He growled.