Blood Stained Lilies

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Chapter
Eight: Love

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“They
do not love that do not show their love. The course of true love
never did run smooth. Love is a familiar. Love is a devil. There is
no evil angel but Love.”

-William
Shakespeare-

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“Come
on Neji. I don’t want to meet him. One of you is enough, I really
don’t need to be associating with another blood sucker.”Naruto
playfully punched Neji in the arm. The brunette just glared at his
friend.

“Just
shut up and follow me.” He turned to watch where he was going in
the thick underbrush of the forest. Every once in a while his dark
brown shoulder length locks would get caught on a stray twig and he
would curse.

Naruto
would giggle when this happened, earning him yet another glare.

“You
should grow your hair out a bit so you can pull it back like mine.”
He pointed to his unruly hair that had been pulled back into a
ponytail with a single black ribbon.

“I
might have to do that in the future.” He pulled a small twig out of
his hair throwing it away.

They
had been walking for sometime now. Naruto really didn’t know where
they were going, only that they were meeting one of Neji’s old
friends that had finally been able to visit.

Naruto
really didn’t see the point in having to come along. This was
Neji’s friend after all, and if Neji wanted to see him then he was
perfectly able to do so by himself.

He
was suddenly stopped by a hand pressing against his chest.

Neji
was looking at him in amusement, a taunting smirk playing across pale
lips. “You’re daydreaming again.”

Naruto
puffed his cheeks out in irritation at being caught spacing out once
again.

“We’re
here.” He looked past Neji and out into the wide clearing that
they had stepped into.

The
spring breeze was light and cool blowing his blond hair making it
look like golden silk in the sun light. Around them wild flowers
bloomed making the scenery a splash of color.

Amongst
the sea of color one thing stood out to Naruto, a black speck in a
pool of flowers.

A
few feet away stood a boy that was no older than himself. His hair
was an inky black that contrasted with his pale skin. The ebony locks
flowed in the wind, trying to break free of the ponytail they had
been confined in.

As
if sensing there presence her turned around locking dark eyes on
clear blue. It took Naruto’s breath away. Could a person be this
beautiful. He was indeed a piece of art.

“Sasuke!”
Neji called from his side. The boy named Sasuke nodded his head;
walking forward never braking eye contact with Naruto.

---

Naruto
woke up yet again from one of the many dreams that had been plaguing
his nights. Thankfully tonight’s little ‘movie’ was PG and did
not consist of lustful words and passionate kisses.

He
didn’t know how much more of that he could take. He was already
fighting down the blushes when he was with Sasuke. Not to mention the
feeling the sight of the boy would bring up. Most of them weren’t
the least bit innocent either.

Sighing
he looked at the time. It was 10:43, and today was the last day of
their break. He and Sasuke had plan to leave around noon so that they
could get back and have time to unpack before dinner.

He
had to admit that he would miss Iruka. The guy was very hospitable
and reminded him of his own father, before he died.

Naruto
yawned and stretched out his tired muscles. He might as well get up
now and get a shower in. He removed himself from bed, noticing that
Sasuke was nowhere to be found. His blanks were folded neatly and
placed on top of the old mattress he had been using to sleep on.

‘He’s
probably down stairs.’
Naruto thought as he made his way to the shower, making sure to grab
some clothes before hand.

It
only took him a few minutes before he was reentering his room fully
dressed and drying his hair in a towel.

Sasuke
was throwing some clothes in a bag when Naruto entered.

“You
packed yet?”

“Not
yet, I just have to get some stuff together. Its shouldn’t take too
long.” Sasuke nodded and went back to work.

“Ok,
just be sure to be done by twelve. Iruka wants to leave by then.”
He received the wave of a hand in acknowledgment. Naruto was too busy
in his packing to give him much more than that.

He
just shook his head. It wasn’t like Sasuke would expect much more
from an idiot like him. Still, he couldn’t help the small smile
that crossed his face as he left the room. Some things just never
changed in Sasuke’s opinion.

The
break had gone by quickly and Sasuke was looking forward to going
home even if he would miss staying here. It was nice feeling like he
belonged to a family again, not that he would ever admit to it.

By
now even the uneasiness he and Naruto felt around each other was
gone. It was like the kiss had never happened. Although Naruto still
acted weird around him at times. He often wondered if the boy was
hiding something from him.

“Oh
there you are Sasuke.” Iruka came up the stairs as Sasuke got ready
to descend them. “Did you tell Naruto when we are leaving?”

“Yeah.
He’s getting packed now.”

“Good,
I would check on him every once in a while. He seems to get
distracted easily.”

Yeah,
that was Naruto alright. Can’t focus on one thing for more than
five minutes.

“I
will be sure to keep an eye on him.” Sasuke continued his way
downstairs and into the livingroom. Right now there was nothing to
really do in the house. So instead of trying to fight the boredom, he
decided that he would take a nap on the couch and wait till the time
came for them to leave.

Naruto
poked Sasuke’s cheek with his finger.

“Oi,
bastard get up.”

“Naruto,
watch your language.” Iruka called from the entry way.

“Come
on, wake up” He poked more forcefully. This time he got a soft moan
from the sleeping ‘prince’.

“Hmm...Naruto”
Sasuke mumbled to himself causing Naruto to blush.

“Don’t
do this too me.” This was not the time to have the memories of the
previous nights resurfacing. Especially not the steamy ones.

Sasuke
let out another low moan.

Naruto
grew redder cursing under his breath. He couldn’t take much more of
this and it looked like his poking technic wasn’t working.

Plan
number two was fool proof though. He none too gently pushed Sasuke
off the couch, making him fall on the floor with a loud thud.

“Shit...
what was that for?” Sasuke growled as he looked up at the seemingly
innocent blond.

“You
were moaning.” Was the only reason he gave, before rejoining Iruka
by the door.

“What
took you so long?” Iruka gave him a look that clearly told him to
stop fooling around.

“It
was his fault.” He grumbled, pointing to Sasuke who had just joined
them with his bag in tow.

“Whatever,
lets just get going.” Iruka nodded and opened the door, letting the
two boys go out ahead of him so that he could stay behind and lock
up.

Naruto
really couldn’t wait to get back to school. He hoped that all these
problems would be left behind here. Maybe it was something in the air
here that made him dream up some freaky stuff.

Plus
He missed Hinata’s cooking.

---

Naruto
really didn’t think he could be in a better mood. For one thing
classes were over for the day and he had absolutely no homework,
which was a surprise in itself. More importantly though, it had been
exactly three days since he left Iruka’s and he had not dreamt a
single dream. Well unless you count the cross-dressing one, but was
of little importance.

It
looked like whatever it was had left him back at Iruka’s. ‘Must
have been something in the air.’
He mused.

Things
had gone back to normal and everything was peachy. Tonight he was
going to meet a friend of Sasuke’s. Which was shocking since he
thought the Uchiha had no friends. He chuckled lightly to himself. He
should really ease up on the guy sometimes, after all he was his
friend.

After
that he could look forward to a nice home cooked meal courtesy of
Hinata, and then a movie before bed.

Yes
life was great, the food was good and the blood plentiful. Again he
laughed at his inner thoughts.

“What’s
so funny?” Naruto looked up to see Sasuke standing behind him,
resting his arms on the back of the couch.

“Nothing
really, just thinking.”

“Oh
really, well that’s something new.” He smirked at the look Naruto
gave him.

“Bastard.”
As time went on the insults became less and less severe and often had
an affection undertone. It was there way of showing that they cared
for the other, and that they were friends.

Although
the other occupants of the house often worried that they would find
mangled pieces of Naruto laying around after some of their fights.

“Well
are you ready to go? I told him I would meet him in courtyard in ten
minutes.” Sasuke tapped his watch showing him that they had already
wasted five minutes bickering.

“Ok,
just let me go get my jacket.” Naruto ran off to his room to
retrieve said article of clothing.

In
the meantime Sasuke made his way over to the door to wait.

As
he passed the kitchen he took notice of Sakura who was working on a
paper she had due for her creative writing class.

“You’re
going back out?” She called to Sasuke.

“Yeah,
going to go see Neji.” He had been bugging Sasuke for sometime to
meet with Naruto. So after finally growing tired of hearing the
pleas, if they could even be called that, he gave in.

“Oh,
well is coming back with you to see the movie?” Sasuke nodded just
as Naruto came stampeding down the stairs.

“You’re
going to have your hands full tonight. He seems to be in a hyper
mood.” Sakura chucked at the look on Sasuke’s face. “Have fun.”
With that she turned back to her paper, finding the inspiration that
she had lost moments ago.

“What
were you too talking about.” Naruto asked.

“Nothing,
come on.” They walked out the door and into the freezing air. It
seemed as if the temperature was dropping by the hour. Pretty soon
they would be in the negatives.

The
sky was a dull gray giving of the impression that it could snow at
any minute. Naruto loved the snow and hoped that they would get some
soon. Maybe he could even sucker Sasuke into a snowball fight.

Clutching
his jacket tighter around himself, Naruto followed Sasuke as they
marched through the courtyard towards the center. If one looked close
enough, you could see the out line of a boy sitting on one of the
many benches. A bush was obstructing the view making it hard for
Naruto to see the individual.

When
they got closer the boy seemed to sense them and stood turning to
face them.

“Hey
Sasuke, took you long enough.” Came the boys smooth voice. It kinda
reminded him of Sasuke’s.

“Not
my fault. This one,” He pointed at Naruto. “Took too damn long
trying to find his jacket.”

“Hey,
I was quick.” he huffed.

“Hn.”

Neji
smirked at the interaction between the two. It was really like old
times.

“So
you must be Naruto.” Naruto who had been glaring at Sasuke the
whole time finally turned to take a good look at the boy before him.

What
he saw made him gasp. He knew this boy. He had seen him so many times
before, only this time it wasn’t in the form of a dream.

There
was some differences between the two though. This boy was older than
the one in the dream and this one had longer hair that hung to the
middle of his back.

A
small smile crossed his face as one dream slipped into his mind.

“So
you did ended up growing it out.” Naruto mumbled to himself not
even realizing it.

Sasuke
and Neji turned to look at Naruto, their eyes wide.

“What
did you say?” Neji asked, not believing what he had just heard.

Naruto
looked at the man who he knew now to be Neji.

“Did
I say that out loud?” Both boys nodded.

“Tell
me.” Neji demanded.

“Neji,
it was nothing really. I was just talking to myself.” Naruto tried
to explain, not knowing he had made another slip of tongue.

“How
do you know my name? How do you know that I was Neji?” He advanced
on Naruto, standing in front of him.

Sasuke
kept still not knowing what to make of this. How did Naruto know all
of this?

“Tell
me now Naruto? How do you know my name and what did you mean ‘so
you ended up growing it out’?” Naruto looked to Sasuke for help
but saw the same confusion in his eyes.

‘What
do I say?’
He could not think of any rational explanation for the knowledge that
he should not posses.

He
shouldn’t have know this was Neji. He had never met the guy in
person, only in his dreams. Wait, did that mean that his dreams were
realer than he thought.

He
didn’t want to even think of that possibility. Even though his body
yearned to be touched like he had in his dreams and by the man that
was standing a few feet away.

Naruto
turned his attention back on Neji.

“I
don’t know... Sasuke mention you and I just assumed.” It was a
pitiful excuse but it would have to work.

“Fine,
but that does not explain the comment on my hair.” Neji was yelling
now. He was desperate for an answer. Naruto should not have known he
had grown it out. The comment he had made, made no sense. He should
not remember any of that.

“I...”
he trailed off.

Sasuke,
seeing that this was going to go nowhere, stepped in.

“Come
on, lets forget this.” He gave Neji a look that told him that they
would talk about this later. It was not an issue that would be
forgotten quickly.

Naruto
gave Sasuke a relieved smile. He would have to be more careful of
what he said in the future.

“So
are we going to go watch that movie?” He tried to lighten the mood,
but Neji and Sasuke both looked sort of out of it at the moment.

The
two said nothing but followed Naruto back to their rooms.

As
Naruto walked ahead, Sasuke hung back with Neji.

“Sasuke
do you think?”

“No,
he can’t... it’s not possible.” Sasuke was right. Naruto’s
memories of his past life was lost to him. There was no way that he
could remember any of it, only fragmented bits that would make no
sense to him.

“So
it was just a coincidence?”

“More
or less.” Still Sasuke thought there was more to all of this.
Naruto was indeed hiding something. That much was clear when he began
to panic over his words only moments ago. But the question still
stood on what the blond was hiding.

“Man,
you two walk slow. Ino is going to kill us if we make her wait too
long.” Naruto tried to hurry them along.

When
the they finally entered their home and hung up there jackets, Ino
rushed at them shaking an angry finger.

“What
took you three so long. You have been gone for thirty minutes!” She
complained trying to make herself look intimidated. It wasn’t
really working.

Seeing
that she was going to get nowhere yelling at them, she changed
tactics. Ino placed a well practiced pout on her lips.

“You
should think of others you know. I was waiting for so long.” Sasuke
and Neji ignored her as they walked past into the livingroom.

Naruto
on the other hand couldn’t ignore Ino and that puppy pout of hers.

“Sorry
Ino, but we got back as soon as we could.”

“Yeah,
yeah. Well get your butt in there so we can get this movie started.”
She patted him lightly on the butt causing him to squeak and move
forward into the room with the others.

“What
did you do to him? I didn’t know he could make sounds like that.”
Sakura teased when Naruto came in. Taking the empty seat beside
Sasuke.

‘I
did.’
Sasuke mentally said with a smirk.

“Come
on, lets just get this movie on and done with. I swear you are all
too troublesome.” Shikamaru, who had been sitting on the floor
besides Sakura’s legs, looked around at Ino.

She
just shook her head at the look she was given. “Fine, I will put
the movie in.”

The
movie was yet another chick flick that the girls had picked up at the
store this weekend when they had gone grocery shopping. It took them
a few days to actual talk the guys into watching it.

Mostly
they used blackmail. Sakura had caught Naruto looking at one of her
magazines, the one counting down this years hottest guys. It was
rather embarrassing since he couldn’t tell Sakura that he was just
looking to make sure that he wasn’t attracted to all guys, just
Sasuke. He was happy to report that Sasuke was the only guy he was
attracted to.

But
still the damage had been done and Sakura threatened to tell
everybody unless he watched their movie.

Ino
had threatened to sic Tenten on Sasuke and Shikamaru just found the
whole thing to troublesome and gave in without a fight.

Hinata
had been the one to originally want to see the movie so Ino and
Sakura didn’t need to use their influence there.

As
for Neji, he just got sucked into it by Sasuke with a promise to see
Naruto. He had to make a mental note to get back at him for this.

Ino
bounded happily over to the TV putting in the DVD and navigating
through the main menu.

Sappy
music began to play as the movie opened. Already Naruto was feeling
himself falling asleep. He would have much rather of watched a good
action or horror film over this.

Even
Sasuke seemed to be fighting to stay awake, although if one looked
close enough they would see the hidden interest he held there. He had
always been a fan of all genre of movies, but that doesn’t mean
that he is going to give in without a fight when asked to watch
something he should be apposed to watching.

Sighing
Naruto settled down and got comfortable next Sasuke. The Uchiha said
nothing as he felt his shoulder being used as a pillow. It was a
common occurrence when Naruto was watching something that bored him.

Soon
he would be asleep and Sasuke would have to carry him upstairs like
all the times before.

Naruto
watched as the screen began to fade. He fought to keep his eyes open
but he was losing the battle rather quickly.

Before
he knew it he was in a deep sleep at Sasuke’s side.

---

Naruto
felt terror in its purest form course through his body. This was the
moment he had been dreading since he had said yes to Sasuke.

He
knew that this day would come, even if he pretended that everything
would be ok. He let himself believe Sasuke’s words. He hoped for
them to be true even though he knew that it would never be the happy
end he had dreamt about.

This
was it, his last few moments on this planet. He would pay for his
crime with death, and sadly he would die alone.

Hadn’t
he told Sasuke that he didn’t want to die? Hadn’t Sasuke promised
to protect him. Resentment towards the Uchiha welled up inside of
him, but Naruto could not blame Sasuke for this.

It
was just as much his fault as well. They had been blinded by their
love for one another. It was a deathly mistake for Naruto.

He
jumped when he heard the latch to his cell open.

It
was time.

A
big burly man walked in along with two of the town officials.

“Uzumaki
Naruto, you have been convicted of associating with the devil, and
have been sentenced to death.” One of the officials said looking at
him with disgust. “Do you still not wish to divulge the location of
this demon?”

Naruto
said nothing. He could not give Sasuke away, even if the man would
not die or whatever it was that they did.

“So
be it then. Take him to the stake.” Naruto looked up at this. The
stake? He had been under the impression that was a method no longer
used. He was so sure he was going to go to the gallows.

The
man gave him a smirk that promised pain. “The council agreed that
you should suffer for your crime. A possibly quick death at the
gallows didn’t seem fair. So we all thought that a burning at the
stake would be so much better.”

Naruto
felt his heart pounding in his chest. ‘No’ This could not be
happening.

The
biggest of the three men came forward and yanked at the chain that
was wrapped around his neck. He could feel the metal digging into his
raw flesh and the warm blood running down his neck.

He
was pulled roughly behind the three men as they led him to his
painful death.

Now,
more than ever, he knew that he didn’t want to die. Not now, not
like this. It was never meant to be like this.

He
fought back the tears. He would not cry now.

The
stake loomed ominously in the distance. From the look of things most
of the town had gathered around to watch his death. It was like some
form of entertainment to them. Naruto felt his stomach turn at the
thought.

It
was sick how they could find enjoyment out of his death. May they all
rot in hell, he thought bitterly.

It
wasn’t until he was being tied to the rotting wooden post that saw
his parents.

His
mother had tear stains down her checks. She must have been crying
earlier, crying for him. He felt the guilt well up within himself at
the pain he knew he had caused them.

His
father though looked stern and focused a disgusted look at his son.
Naruto couldn’t say he was surprised. His father had always been
one who prided in the fact that his family was the perfect example of
how a family should be. They were all model citizens and they should
be when he was the mayor of this town.

He
had an image to uphold and Naruto had just ripped that pride from
him. His father did not have that perfect family and it was all
Naruto fault.

He
had to fall in love with Sasuke.

His
heart slammed against his chest as he watched the men pile the wood
around him. It was all coming so fast now. The end was within
touching distance. He could already feel the heat of the flames
licking at his skin.

As
the men with the torches came near everything seemed to slow down for
Naruto. All he could hear was the pounding of his heart and the heavy
foot steps of the men.

Sweat
trickled down the side of his face as he watched the torches fall
just below his feet, and just like that it all began to go up in
flames.

Naruto
felt the sickening heat. He felt it burn away at his skin. All he
could do was scream.

“Sasuke!”
He cried as the smell of burning flesh came to his nose.

“Sasuke
please! Help me!” The pain was too much to bare, like nothing he
could ever imagine.

He
could feel the fire burn away at the flesh of his legs hitting bone
and moving up to devour more.

Tears
fell from his eyes as the villagers laughed. Mocking him and making
fun of his pitiful attempts to call for his lover.

“Sasuke
please, I don’t want to die...Gah ahahah!” Naruto screamed.
“Please...Sasuke” He was growing numb now, as the flames reached
his waste.

Everything
was fading in and out of consciousness. Sasuke was not coming, he
knew that. He gave up all hope of seeing the boy he loved so much
ever again.

With
his last breath of life, Naruto whispered his last words to Sasuke.
Hoping that some how they would reach him.

“I
will always love you.”

---

“Naruto!”
Sasuke yelled in an attempt to wake the screaming blond.

By
this time everyone had stood in worry watching as Naruto shook
violently, tears pouring from his eyes.

“Please
Naruto, wake up. It’s only a dream.” Naruto took a gasp of breath
before opening his eyes wide in shock.

He
looked around in a panic confused in where he was and what was
happening.

All
he heard was incoherent words and whispers. The hand on his shoulder
began to rub him gently. Looking up he was met with Sasuke’s
concerned face.

Naruto
felt the overwhelming relief wash over him as he looked into those
dark eyes. He could still feel some of the terror and pain; his body
still shook from it.

Before
he realized what he was doing, Naruto launched himself on Sasuke,
giving his a firm kiss on his lips before spreading light pecks along
his jaw.

“Thank
god.” He cried out, the tears falling harder. “You came, you came
for me.”

Everyone
in the room just stood and stared. No one knew what was going on.
Even Sasuke was taken aback by the current events.

“Hush
Naruto, I’m here.” He rocked Naruto back and forth in his arms
trying to sooth the crying boy.

“It
hurt so much... the fire. I knew I was going to die. Oh god it hurt
so much.” Sasuke stopped his rocking. His whole body had gone numb
in that instant.

“Naruto...”
He choked out the name, not knowing what else to say.

“But
its ok... you came back for me.” Grief and guilt crashed over him
with such a force it left him breathless.

Neji,
who had been standing in a stunned silence, finally spoke.

“Naruto...
what happened?”

Naruto
nuzzled his face deeper into Sasuke’s neck finding comfort there.
It was weird, feeling this close to another boy, but it felt so
natural. It was then that the warmth he felt within him so many times
before while around Sasuke made sense. It was love. Suddenly
everything seemed a little less crazy.

“Naruto
please... tell me what happened.” Neji asked again.

“They
found out... condemned me to death... the flames hurt so much.” the
mumbled reply was broken with the occasional sniffs Naruto made as he
tried to control his tears.

Neji
looked up from Naruto to see what Sasuke’s reaction to this would
be. What he saw was not good. Sasuke himself seemed close to tears,
either that or he looked like he wished for his own painful death.

Sakura
shifted nervously from one foot to the other while Ino held Hinata in
her arms. The poor girl was worried sick over Naruto. Shikamaru even
looked concerned.

“Is
he going to be ok?” Sakura spoke.

Neji
nodded to her, easing everyone’s worry.

“Come
on Sasuke. We need to get him to Kakashi. He might be able to tell us
what’s going on.” Sasuke lifted the still crying Naruto in his
arms, doing what he was told. Right now he felt like a robot, his
mind had no control over his body. It was too occupied with wallowing
in his guilt.

“We’ll
be back.” Neji guided Sasuke out the door, giving him reassuring
pats on the shoulder from time to time.

“What
ever it is your thinking right now Sasuke, remember that none of it
was your fault. None of us expected something like that to happen. I
wouldn’t have been able to save him either.”

They
walked through the dark hallways of the main building, navigating up
towards the highest level where the teachers rooms were.

Kakashi’s
was in a remote section of the east wing. Legend had it that it was
haunted, past teachers had been scared out of their wits during the
night. Most refused to go anywhere near that part of the building.

Yet
oddly Kakashi was the only one who still remained. Nothing ever
seemed to bother him in the dead of night. It was mighty suspicious
if you thought about it.

Neji
stopped in front of the door that sported a metal plaque that read
‘Kakashi Hatake’. Raising his fist to the door, he gave three
sharp knocks.

Silence
reined in the hallways once again till movement could be heard beyond
the door.

“Who
is it?” Kakashi sounded slightly pissed not that any of them cared.
This was an emergency, then again who went to bed this early anyways.
It was only a little past ten, if even that.

“It’s
Neji, Sasuke, and Naruto.” There was silence once again before the
door was wrenched open.

“You
three... what are you doing here?” He asked taking in the sight of
his students. “And what’s wrong with Naruto?” The blond made
another sniff.

Kakashi
eyed them for a moment. He knew right a way that something was not
right.

“Come
in...” He stepped to the side letting the three boys pass.
Something told him he was not going to get to sleep tonight.

Neji
walked into the room, taking in its’ messy appearance. Deciding
that there was nothing to be done about it, he took a seat on an
available chair.

Sasuke
and Naruto sat together on the couch.

“So
what brings you here at this hour?”

“Naruto
had a nightmare.” Kakashi blinked at this. They had to be kidding
him. Those three had not just woken him up for this.

“If
that is the case then why bother me?” he asked looking irritated.

“He
had a nightmare about the night he died.” Neji elaborated.

Kakashi
looked at him strangely for a moment.

“That
can’t be.” His eyes wandered over to Naruto who was now sitting
up whipping the tears from his eyes. “Your starting to remember?”

“What
do you mean?” Naruto asked the man. “They are just dreams... or
nightmares.”

“So
you are telling me you dreamt all of this?” Kakashi pressed.

“Yeah...
although it all stopped after me and Sasuke got back for Iruka’s...
well until tonight.” It was the truth after all.

“So
when did it all start?” Everyone in the room was looking at Naruto
now. Waiting for him to shed light on the matter.

“Well
it started when...” He trailed off, a bright blush covering his
cheeks.

“When?”
Neji pushed.

Sasuke
seemed to catch where this was going and answered for him.

“When
I kissed you?” He received a nod of confirmation from Naruto.

“When
it happened all these images came flashing through my mind... some
were meaningless and some were rather disturbing at the time.” he
blushed again at the thought.

“What
were they about?” Naruto looked up to Neji. He knew now that he
could not hide the fact that these things were happening so he
decided to tell everyone the truth.

He
huffed, and pouted before answering.

“Well
you were in one of them... except your hair was shorter. That’s why
I made that comment. Thinking about it now, we all looked
different... well Me, you, and Sasuke that is. You three were the
only ones I remember from the dream.” Kakashi took a seat on his
bed. He stared at Naruto intently. This was all highly amusing.

“Most
of them though were of me and Sasuke.” He blushed again. “And the
majority of those I would rather not talk about.” Neji smirked and
looked at Sasuke who refused to meet anyone’s eyes.

“This
last one was the worst though... I really thought I was dying.” No
bothered to correct the blond. They didn’t see it as a good moment
to inform him that he did indeed die when that event actual took
place.

“This
is indeed interesting. Let me ask you this Naruto. Where was Sasuke
tonight when you had this so called nightmare.” Naruto thought
about it for a moment before answering his teacher.

“I
was sitting beside him... unless he moved.”

“Did
you Sasuke?” Sasuke shook his head. No, he had stayed by Naruto’s
side throughout the whole movie.

“And
Naruto, where was Sasuke when you slept over at Iruka’s?”

“Umm...
On the floor next to the bed.” Kakashi tapped his finger on his
chin. There were so many assumptions he could make, but none of them
would explain exactly what was going on. This was a very rare
occurrence and one that shouldn’t even be happening.

“If
I had to make a guess, the only thing that would make even the least
bit of sense, is that this all has something to do with contact
between you two. Somehow that kiss stirred up some things between the
two of you.”

“Like
what?” Sasuke didn’t see how this explained anything.

“Look
at it this way, identical twins have claimed to have a mental
connection with the other due to the bond that they share. Now in
yours and Naruto’s case, you hold all the memories of your past
life together, but Naruto still holds the residue of those memories
locked away. Humans will often dream of their past lives but it is
such a twisted mixture of reality and fantasy that they often loose
the meaning behind them.”

“So
then you are saying that Sasuke is the cause of this?”

“Yes,
the kiss is what triggered those fragments of memories in Naruto to
come forth. Normally Naruto would not have enough information in
those memories to tell him anything. Yet somehow Sasuke’s memories
were able to fill the gaps in for Naruto... My only guess is that it
happened because of a mental bond that they share. Kinda like the
twins I mentioned earlier.”

It
was a ridicules idea, but it was the only thing that made sense.

“So
that explains why he only had them while I was close to him?”

“Yes.”

Through
all of this Naruto was looking more and more confused. What were they
all talking about. He didn’t have a mental bond with Sasuke. Did
he? And those dreams, they were real? Then again that would explain
why he had begun to fall in love with the boy. Especially if he loved
him in his past life.

“So
all that stuff in my dreams really happened? So that nightmare... I
really died then... and Sasuke... you never came for me?” The pain
and hurt was evident in Naruto voice, but it was nothing compared to
grief in Sasuke’s eyes.

“Naruto...
I...”

“If
you loved me... than why?” Naruto could feel his throat clench as
he tried to hold back tears. Why was he feeling so betrayed when it
was something that happened so long ago. It wasn’t even really him
that it happened to, or more like he really didn’t remember much of
it.

“Naruto,
I think you should hear the whole story before you start judging
people.” Naruto turned to look at Kakashi. “Don’t you think
Sasuke?”

Sasuke
looked at Naruto, seeing the hurt and confusion written plainly on
his face.

“Yes,
I do think its time that I told you our story... from the very
beginning.”

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To
Be Continued . . .

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A/N
- Ok well there you have it. The next chapter will be nothing but a
big flashback of everything that has happened.

Sorry
for the cliffy ((don’t hurt me)) It had to be done... the next
chapter will be up ASAP.

Also
I am going to be starting to use my LJ a lot more and will be posting
small drabbles and oneshots daily ((When I can))... Plus I will have
other tidbits of Naruto stuff... and some of my fanart... so if you
want too go check it out... the link is in my Profile...

On
that note is there anyone who knows how to make pretty layouts for LJ
and can either teach me or make me one... I would love you
forever!!!!

Anyways...
till next time... love ya’ll

-Akiru-