Midnight's Moon

Author: Spoon
Pairing: Sasu/Naru


A/N: I honestly have nothing to really to say, so on with the reviewer responses. =)

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“talking”
‘thinking’

Midnight’s Moon

Chapter 8

The first rays of sunlight snuck through the leaves on the trees, dappling the forest floor with light. As the morning sun rose higher in the sky, the small cave where two nin were still sleeping was getting brighter.

The raven haired man groaned a little as the morning light had awoken him. Both his mind and body weren’t ready to be awake.

His mind was still exhausted and his body was in pain. The burns on his arms and hands were still tender. Even with all these bad things, the Uchiha could honestly say that he had never woke up feeling so peaceful, warm, and happy.

Slowly he opened his onyx-eyes to look at person who made these feelings possible.


The blond still lay in his arms snuggled close to him. His breathing was clam and even. Tan eyelids hid those beautiful eyes. Eyes so blue that you could feel like you were drowning in an ocean and flying through the sky at the same time. No one had eyes like that but his blond fox.

The blond golden locks were a little more wild then usual, but that only made the younger teen more irresistible.

Unable to help himself the raven buried his nose once more in others hair breathed in the scent that could only belong to the blond. The younger smelled like the forest, everything in the forest from the towering pines to the smallest flower. It was the smell of freedom and the raven was addicted. He took another deep breath of it, than heard a small moan. His blond was waking up.

The raven pull far enough away that he could see the others boys face. His arms were still wrapped around the blond, as were the blonde’s still wrapped around him.

‘When did that happen?’ the older teen thought, but no longer cared when blue eyes opened.

Sleepily azure blue orbs met content onyx depths. They just stared at each other for a moment, both still having sleep-hazed minds. It was the blond that spoke first.

“Mornin Sass ke.” Then the raven received one of the blonde’s beautiful ‘just woke up’ smiles.

The raven could feel the corners of his lips turn upward into a smile. He watched the younger teen as blue eyes looked around the cave, then questioningly back at him. The blond seemed to be awake enough now to realize he wasn’t in his apartment. Unfortunately the blond was also awake enough to realize the position that him and his best friend probably slept in all night.

Before the raven could explain where they were or even open his mouth to attempt to, he was roughly shoved across the cave and into the wall. Again! He groaned as his head had hit the wall too.

The raven was pissed ‘did he just through me into the wall! What the…!’ , but once again the blond beat him to the punch.

“What the fuck!” yelled the blond standing and pointing accusingly at the other. The blond was angry and very confused, so he did that only thing he could think of…Yell. “Where am I?! Why am I here?! What the heck is going on?!” the blond looked down at what he was wearing then yelled louder. “And where the hell are my orange pants!?!”

The raven was angry. He was shocked that he was being yelled at and accused once again by the blond. He was about to attack the other when he heard the last question he asked. The raven wanted laughed, but instead settled for a smirk.

“Your pants are gone. As for your other questions, I’ll answer them if you shut up, dobe.” He replied evenly.

The blue-eyed teen was about to tackle the other when he felt his charka drain slightly. He suddenly felt weak, but that was probably because he was. Who knows when he ate last? It was only his charka that gave him the energy and strength to do anything, and felling it drain slightly really made it hard for him to stay standing. To make sure he didn’t fall over he decided to sit down. He would listen to what Sasuke had to say only because he couldn’t do anything else at the moment.

The raven watched as the blond swayed slightly. For a second he was afraid the blond was going to pass out. The raven had used the bracelet, that the blond had failed to notice yet, to block some of his charka incase he tired to attack. Seeing the younger teen sit down now meant in worked, but it probably wasn’t the smartest idea to us the bracelet yet. The blond seemed to be relying on his charka to give him enough energy to stand and remain conscious. How long was it since the blond had had a proper meal or a meal at all?

A frown crossed the raven’s face briefly, ‘I’ll see to it that he never goes hungry again.’

As if the blonde’s stomach heard the raven’s promise it growled loudly. The blonde’s face turned slightly red with embarrassment and the raven smirked. ‘He’s cute when embarrassed.’

Walking slowly to his bag the raven pulled out two cups of ramen. The blond face lit up at the slight of his favorite food. He tried to hide his excitement, but failed miserably when his stomach let out another loud gargle.

The raven also pulled out a small metal canteen of water. He walked carefully over to the blond and sat down, leaving ample space between them. He set both the ramen cups and the canteen on the ground. He made a couple of hand signs then picked to canteen backup. The raven focused his charka on the canteen in his hand.

The blond watched as the raven molded his charka into lesser version of one of the fire jutsus. There was actually no fire, the raven’s hand just began to heat up which made the canteen’s water heat up too. In no time the water inside was boiling. The raven started to pour the hot water into the ramen cups and handed one to the blond.

“Show off.” The blond mumbled but then noticed the burns on the other boy hand and arm. “Did that jutsu burn you?” the blond asked.

The raven smiled to himself. He could hear the concern in the other teen’s voice, but he didn’t think it was wise to tell the blond how he got the burns just yet. Especially since the younger teen still hasn’t noticed the bracelet. ‘Well at least the thing is comfortable if he can’t even feel it.’

“No.” he answered simply.

It was then the blond noticed the burns were on the raven’s other arm too. “then where did you get them?”

“It doesn’t matter right now.”

“Fine then, don’t tell me. Teme” the blue-eyed fox grumbled then started to eat.

The raven smirked to himself. ‘I never knew it was possible to pout and eat ramen at the same time.’ Even though he enjoying the silence that only came when the other boy was eating he decided that now would be the best time to explain.

“I’ll answer your questions now if you want.” The Uchiha offered.

The blond fox just nodded, not willing to stop eating to speak.

“The answers to your questions are, away from Konoha, because I carried you, I take you away and their gone.” He answered as if that made any sence. The blond was so confused that he actually stopped eating.

“Uh…Wha?” the blond asked.

The Uchiha sighed. He had hoped that he wouldn’t have to fully explain himself. ‘This is so…troublesome.’ Sighing once more the raven answered the questions again.

“To answer the first question you asked, we are about a day and a half away from Konoha. Why you are here, it is because I carried you here. As for what the heck is going on, I my taking you with me to a new place. Oh, and your pants are long gone.”

The blond was staring at him like he was nuts, “Are you drunk?”

“No, dobe.” Growled in annoyance.

“Okay I just wanted to know what to tell Baa-chan after she catches up to us. I kind of wish you would have said you were drunk that way you wouldn’t be charged with kidnapping.” The blond finished and returned to eating his ramen.

The older youth almost choked on his spit at that comment. “I didn’t kidnap you, if anything I saved your ass.” He growled back.

“Are you sure you’re not drunk, because I’m pretty sure I wasn’t in any physical danger.” The kitsune snapped back.

“ Not all wounds are from enemy ninjas, dobe. Normal people cause the same amount of damage. The only difference is they aren’t physical. They attack were no demons charka can heal.”

The blond lowered his eyes. He understood fully what Sasuke was saying. He’s talking about how the villagers attacked him. Sometimes their attacks were physical, but no matter what they did there was always mental damage done.

The blond wanted to argue that Sasuke was wrong and that he was fine, but he couldn’t do it. The raven had thrown his life’s sorrows and pain in his face at point blank range. There was no way he could deny it. It was different if Iruka, Kakashi or someone else asked him how he was doing or if he was okay because the question was vague and he could lie easily. But this was Sasuke, the one person he couldn’t hide his feelings, hopes and pains from. The raven had seen him slowly dieing daily from the villager’s relentless torment. In a way he was happy to be gone, but at the same time he was sad.

The blond had many conflicting thoughts about the villagers. Part of him wanted to hate them, but he knew he couldn’t if he ever wanted to be Hokage. He was almost glad now that that the choice had been taken away from him. The counsel refused to have a demon even be considered for the job of Hokage. That dream no longer tied the blond to the village. Now it seemed that Sasuke had stolen him away from their hateful glares, to take him far away. Even though it was against his will to leave he had never felt so free from that village as he did now. But, unfortunately a part of him knew he needed to go back to Konoha, because even if he never got to be Hokage, there were still people there he needed to protect. He wouldn’t abandon his friends.

With his mind finally made up. The blond turn to meet the older teens eyes. His lips opened to tell the raven that he was going back, whether he liked it or not, when realization hit.

‘Did Sasuke say ‘They attack were no demons charka can heal’?!? He knows about Kyubi! How?!’ the blond paled as he began to mentally panic.

The raven had watched his blond sit quietly with his eyes down cast. It was obvious to the older teen that the blond need sometime to think over his words. Minutes ticked by as the blonde’s facial expressions would change depending on what he was thinking.

Happy face,

Sad face,

Angry face,

Hurt face,

Hopeful face,

Determined face,

And then it looked like the blond had had some sort of epiphany, because his blue eyes had widened in shock and a little color drained from his face.

“Sasuke… how long have you known… about Kyubi?” the blond asked in a small voice.

The raven then understood what the blue-eyed teen was thinking. ‘He thinks I’ll hate him, because of the demon inside him. Little does he know that I plan to put the Kyubi to good use. Between the demon and my clans ancient scrolls, I plan to have the Uchiha clan revived in no time, but he doesn’t need to know that yet either.’

“I’ve known for a long while…” The onyx teen said in an even voice. “and it doesn’t bother me.”

The Uchiha could see the other visibly relax at his statement, but the blond still looked a little to solemn for the raven’s tastes so he added.
“You are still a dobe with or without a demon in your stomach.”

Wait for it…

“Teme! I’m not a dobe! I could kick your butt and I will, too. Then I’ll drag you back to Konoha all over again.” The blond replied confidently.

The raven smirked knowingly. “I believe you will find that more difficult this time.”

The blond looked confused but didn’t dwell on it as he ate the last of his ramen. Setting the empty cup on the ground the blond was presented with the others untouched ramen cup.

“You aren’t going to eat?” the blond asked.

“I have a protein bar in the bag.” The older teen answered.

“Okay.” The blond said as he took to other cup. “ but don’t think this gets you off the hook. You are still going to be in big trouble when we get back to Konoha.”

‘Then it is a good thing we aren’t going back.’ The raven mentally stated to himself with a smirk.

Breakfast went by with no further problems and it wasn’t until the raven started to pack up the campsite that another issue arose.

“So you changed your mind about going back to Konoha?” the blond asked hopefully.

The Uchiha stopped packing and raised one elegant eyebrow as if say ‘you wish’.

“Well I’m going back and your going too!” the blond growled.

“Oh ya?” the raven goaded.

“Yeah!” the younger youth replied arrogantly as he got into a fighting stance.

The Sasuke sighed. “Fine. I know how we can settle this. We will spar. First one to drop to his knee loses and has to follow the winner. Deal?”

The blond could feel that some how this bet was rigged. It was also weird that it was ‘first one to fall to their knees loses’ instead of ‘first one to drew blood wins’, but younger teen was never one to turn down a challenge.

“Fine.” The blond replied.

Both walked out of the cave and took fighting stances. The blond was just about to attack, when he all of a sudden felt weak. Really weak. He was still relying on his charka for energy and for some reason it was all disappearing. The world spun slightly and he swayed on his feet. The blond could see the raven smirking at him. What was going on? He could feel his charka being pulled towards his upper arm. Swaying again the blond was unable to stay standing this time and fell to his hands and knees. Suddenly the pull on his charka disappeared.

‘What happened and why is that teme smirking. Wait I’m on my knee! I lost! But I don’t understand…’

The blond looked at his upper arm where he felt all his charka being pulled to earlier. For the first time the blond realized there was something on his arm. A bracelet. This thing had something to do with his missing charka. The blond pulled at it trying to remove it but it wouldn’t budge. From the look on Sasuke’s face he knew how it got there.

Confused blue eyes met knowing onyx depths. One unspoken question hung in the air.

What’s really going on?


TBC

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A/N: I hope I didn’t disappoint anyone, with Naruto’s wake up. Sorry if I did. Other than that still have nothing to really say, so yeah Please Review! I like the warm fuzzys.

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Yours truly,

Spoon
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