From the Abstract to the Practical

Chapter = Shadow Kisses: A Tongue War

“Shika, you know I don’t know a lot about this stuff. I was just teasin’ ya’.” The smile that bloomed on Shika’s face made Naruto a little angry. If only Shika knew that Naruto had had a little tutorial earlier……

Naruto kept his quarry from seeing his reaction, by ducking his head a little and looking at Shika through his lashes. “I have a favor to ask.”

Shika looked intrigued. Good. “Could you help me with something?” Naruto was hedging intentionally. The anticipation was a little too much to bear.

“What?” Shika’s body had relaxed a bit, lulled into a false sense of control. Naruto stifled a chuckle.

“Would you….use the jutsu again? You know, to show me how to…..kiss?” Naruto was having a really difficult time keeping a straight, innocent looking face. Oh, this was just too priceless!

Shika looked like a landed fish, which is really what he was, shocked and gasping for air. He’d just fallen for Naruto’s little trap; hook, line, and sinker. Naruto was feeling very, very proud of himself, just now.

“Please Shika….I really want you to.” Good gods! Those blue eyes pulled at him through long, thick, dark-blond lashes and he wondered if he would ever be able to refuse Naruto anything ever again.

Shika swallowed his shock and fear. There would be time to analyze that later. Naruto stood in front of him, asking him to kiss him, their first kiss. It wouldn’t be exactly as he’d imagined or hoped.

He hadn’t ever dreamed of using the shadow possession on Naruto like this again. He certainly hadn’t dreamed Naruto would ask him to.

Shika closed the distance between them. “Look at me, Naruto.” The blond raised his head obediently. “You’re sure about this?” Naruto nodded, his eyes didn’t waver. His breathing was rapid and shallow. Fear or excitement, Shika wasn’t sure. He really hoped it was the later. “Ok,” he breathed.

Shika initiated the jutsu. He raised his left hand to Naruto’s face. Naruto’s left hand touched his own cheek. This would take a little careful maneuvering. Shika tilted his head to the right, into Naruto’s hand. Naruto’s cheek was cradled in his own. He moved his head towards his desire painfully slowly and carefully. Trying to gauge the distance both would cover with each movement. It all had to be just right.

He watched Naruto intently, ready to break this off at the slightest hint of fear from his ‘friend’. Naruto’s breath quickened, but his eyes were intent. Their lips were almost touching. Shika wanted to lick Naruto’s plump bottom lip, but knew if he tried, Naruto’s tongue would meet his instead. He didn’t want to move that quick, yet. It was soo frustrating. It was soo hard to concentrate, because…..well…..he was soo hard.

Naruto was oblivious to the practical difficulties Shika had to compensate for by using the jutsu like this. He was astonished by the sensations spreading through him from the anticipation alone.

Shika’s thumb caressed his cheek. He let out a little groan in response. His own thumb was caressing Shika’s cheek. The urge to do more, to move at a faster pace began to surge through him. He was helpless to act upon it. He just had to wait. Naruto hated waiting.

Shika brushed his mouth against Naruto’s lightly and slowly. Naruto mouth mimicked his movements and it was Shika’s turn to groan. He’d wanted their first kiss to be slow, wonderful, but the restrictions of movement and position placed on him by the jutsu, made this process infuriatingly slow!

He opened his mouth and slipped his tongue past his own lips, making sure to graze his upper lip. Naruto moaned at the sensations of his own tongue grazing his own lip. Shika would have smiled, but it didn’t seem appropriate, considering their situation. His tongue met Naruto’s in the small space of open air between their mouths. Shika’s knees buckled momentarily and he reached out to Naruto for support with his right arm. Naruto, of course mimicked him, resulting in their arms encircling each others waists and clutching the other tightly.

Shika intertwined their tongues in an intricate dance, making sure to never approach Naruto’s head on. That wouldn’t have worked very well. He was amazed that he could concentrate this well right now. His whole body was shaking with the effort, while Naruto’s moans and mild convulsions weren’t helping his concentration.

When his tongue finally invaded Naruto’s warm wet mouth and Naruto slid into his, he really thought he would die from the tumult of sensations.

Shika had no idea how long they had been kissing. He was sure he’d almost passed out once. It had to have been awhile. His chakra wasn’t low, but he could tell that he had expended a good deal of it.

Tired of not being able to explore this warm wet territory the way he wanted to, without the restrictions of the jutsu, he released it. Now, he thought, as he slid his hand from the cheek to the back of the neck and up into silky golden hair. This is much better.

Naruto felt Shika release control of his body. He certainly hadn’t released control of Naruto’s mouth. Shika’s hand was curled in his hair, not exactly holding their mouths together. The blond hadn’t even imagined you could do such things with your tongue. Wonder what else….; the thought flittered away with the butterflies dancing in his stomach.

He didn’t respond to his new freedom right away. He took a moment to enjoy all the wonderful things Shika was doing. Shika seemed determined to memorize every centimeter of Naruto’s mouth and tongue with his own. Naruto had wanted that first kiss to be one hundred percent Shikamaru. He’d wanted to know what it was like to have Nara Shikamaru’s undivided attention and he knew that if he had been free to move, it would have gone very differently.

Tentatively, not wanting to startle his…just what were they now…, Naruto began sliding his tongue against Shikamaru’s strong, eager one. Shika moaned deliciously. Naruto was encouraged by the sound and threw himself into the ensuing kiss, with vigor only Naruto could display. He ran rampant for some time.

Oh gods! Shika had one moment of semi-coherent thought. I’m close….we’re only k...k...…kissss......ooohhhhh…. He lost the thought as he tightened his grip and for a moment almost ground their mouths closer together. With a lot more force than he’d meant, he yanked Naruto’s head back. Tears of pain bloomed in the blue eyes as Naruto let out a strangled shriek.

The look of pain was quickly replaced by one of hunger. “Oh, Shika.”

What the hell….. He stiffened his arm and stood there with a fist full of blond hair, trying to catch his breath. Naruto was leaning toward him, leaving him no choice but to maintain the tension on Naruto’s hair. “Gods…..that was…..”

Naruto finished his sentence, “intense” he said in a breathy whisper. Shika nodded, noting that he was breathing a lot heavier than Naruto. The smile he got in return was totally predatory. Then, Naruto moved too quickly for him. He hadn’t been expecting it.

Naruto knew what he wanted, without understanding it. The hated distance had to be closed. He grabbed the hand holding his hair, trapping it to his scalp, braced his upper arm over Shika’s outstretched forearm, twisted his upper body away from Shika, and forced Shika’s forearm down and towards his body. As Shika lost his balance, Naruto let go of him and stepped back and around to face his ‘opponent’. He caught Shika in his arms as he stepped forward and pulled him flush against his own eager body.

Not giving Shika a moment to recover, he captured his prize - that warm wonderful mouth. He immediately set about exploring it and savoring all the wonderful sensations this produced in every nerve. Shika moaned almost continuously, almost pitifully. Naruto felt no pity and actually chuckled into his victim’s mouth.

The insistent tongue moved eagerly, almost viciously. A strong hand was fisted in his dark, damp hair. Another was kneading the muscles of Shika’s back, holding him tightly against the muscular body. He was drowning in sensations. He could smell Naruto’s earthy flesh. Clouds….. just before……rain…

Naruto broke the kiss. Shika couldn’t have. His strength was gone, devoured by this fiend holding him. “You taste wonderful.” Naruto rasped, in child like wonder, as he nipped at Shika’s sensitized lower lip.

A wave of convulsions tore through Shika’s lower abdomen at this admission. He rocked involuntarily against Naruto. They gasped in unison as his hard cock slid against Naruto’s equally hard erection. “I can’t take any more!” Shika growled. “You have to STOP!”

Naruto chuckled against his ear, “Why?”

“I don’t want it to be like THIS!” Anger and frustration apparent in his voice, “Not the first time.” He ended, almost pleading. Shika could have screamed or cried; it was all so frustrating. He was just too damn much! What had made me think I could hold my own against him? He’s just, soo intense all the time…and now….. I am soo screwed.

Naruto leaned back to face him. Blue eyes regarded him thoughtfully. “O.K., Shika.” He agreed and grinned a little guiltily. “Whatever you want.”