New Beginnings NOW COMPLETE

Everyone was in bed by the time the time the two boys tiptoed up the stairs. They quietly changed (Naruto in the bathroom and Sasuke in the bedroom =P) The Uchiha calmly sat on his bed in his boxer shorts, Naruto walked in and turned bright red at the sight of the brunette’s bare chest and stomach.

“If you weren’t ready you should have said something,” the blonde stammered turning around.

“I am ready, this is how I always sleep. If I’m going to be stuck here a while I’m not going to keep pretending otherwise,” he laid back and put his arms behind his head, clearly showing off his biceps and every other muscle in his upper body.
Naruto gulped and turned the light off, lying down before he did something he shouldn’t.

The light was on. Naruto looked around blearily and saw Sasuke standing at the door.
“Hey bastard what’s the big idea?” he asked. Unseen by him the Uchiha smiled slightly and walked out the door.

“What the hell are you doing? I’m talking to you!” the blonde followed him down and the hall, down the stairs and into the kitchen. Sasuke poured himself a glass of water and turned around to Naruto his eyes still closed.

“Holy crap! Are you sleepwalking? Hey Sasuke-teme, wake up! Oh wait you’re not supposed to do that. Oh crap what are you supposed to do?” the blonde wondered frantically. When the Uchiha started back up the stairs he settled for just following him. They walked back up the stairs and back into their bedroom where Sasuke promptly climbed into the blonde’s bed and continued to sleep peacefully while Naruto freaked out.

‘Should I just take his bed or sleep on the floor? It is my bed maybe I should just join him,’ One thought suggested and he blushed at the mental image. Finally he just laid down on Sasuke’s bed and was soon fast asleep.

The brunette opened one eye and watched him for a second before joining him.
That was for the snoring.

Iruka opened the boy’s door to wake them but the words stuck in his throat. He tiptoed back to his room.
“Kakashi come look.”

Kakashi picked his mask up.
“You’re putting it back on?” Iruka asked disappointedly.

He gave him a quick kiss and pulled the mask on, “just while we’re camping I promise.”

They tiptoed back to the boy’s room, Iruka couldn’t help himself, he let out a little “Awww.”

Both boys were lying on their sides and Naruto had the brunette in a bear hug with his head resting on the other boy’s shoulder, their cheeks touching.

“Looks like our little boys are growing up,” Kakashi whispered wrapping his arms around Iruka’s waist.

The brunette gave him a kiss on the forehead, “You go have breakfast quickly while I wake them all up.”
He pulled the door closed behind him and woke Sakura up instead before pounding on their door, “Boys! Breakfast time!”

Sasuke woke after the best sleep he could remember having for a very long time. He felt the warmth up his back and the strong arms under his own and snuggled back into them with a chuckle.

“Morning Naru-kins would you like to let go of me know?” he whispered softly in the blonde’s ear.

Naruto rolled over and somehow ended up on top of the Uchiha who blushed bright red.

“Don’t make me come in there!” Iruka threatened pounding on the door again.

Sasuke waited for the footsteps to leave before, “Naruto what the hell are you doing in my bed?”

He shook the other boy who buried his head in the brunette’s chest.
“Don’ wanna,” he snuggled down further.

The Uchiha looked down at him, resisting the urge to stroke the top of his head, he was just too cute.
Wait, had he just thought that? He groaned, this was not how things were meant to go.

Naruto’s eyes snapped open and he sprang to his feet blushing furiously.
Sasuke sat up and looked at him, “You know if you were cold you could have just said something.”

The blonde made a strangled noise, “No you were, and then I…. and you were…. So I….”

“Well when you put it like that,” Sasuke raised an eyebrow.

“You weren’t there so I...”

“Naruto I’ve been in my bed all night. Apparently so have you…”

The door burst open and Kakashi strolled in with a jug of water. He pouted when he saw them awake.
“And here I thought I was supposed to wake you up,” he said his single visible eye twinkling, “Oh well wouldn’t want it to go to waste.”
He tipped the jug of water over the standing blonde and Sasuke burst out laughing at Naruto’s face. The jounin raised an eyebrow and left.

Naruto glared at Sasuke and stomped into the bathroom.
So far his day was going great. First he had apparently woken up on top of the Uchiha which he was sure he’d never live down. He hadn’t been there when he went to bed and Sasuke obviously didn’t remember sleep walking so there was no real way to explain it to the Uchiha that he would believe. Maybe he should say he sleepwalked and ended up in bed with the brunette, or go with being cold… Or maybe he could just pretend it never happened…..

Sasuke’s day was going great.
He had had great sleep, gotten his best friend back for his snoring, if he wasn’t paranoid of the brunette now he never would be, and then to top it all off Kakashi had decided to drench Naruto too. Yup, good day all around.
Sure there were some weird feeling running around his head but he was going to ignore them for the moment and enjoy the good fortune while it lasted. He found himself whistling as he made his way downstairs.

"You're in a good mood this morning," Iruka observed raising an eyebrow.

"Kakashi just drenched Naruto," the Uchiha informed him smirking, "Why wouldn't I be?"

"He didn't!" Iruka stomped up the stairs in search of the silver haired jounin.

Sasuke chuckled, he felt sorry for the man when the brunette finally caught up with him.

"So how was your night?" Sakura asked almost bursting.

"Eh, alright," the Uchiha shrugged, he knew what she was really after, "How was your night?"

"It was incredible!" she exploded, "He looked so hot! And he took me out to..."

And that was where Sasuke tuned out. She had been talking for a solid five minutes before Naruto stomped down the stairs. He flopped into one of the chairs and glared at Sasuke, "I hate you so much right now."

"Is that so?" the Uchiha asked raising an eyebrow, the blonde blushed and the brunette made his way up the stairs triumphantly.

"So how was your night?" Sakura asked sympathetically.

"It was... interesting," Naruto told her reluctantly, "I crushed Dan at the arcade and the Sasuke-teme beat me at this funny ninja game. And then we went to the movies and the bastard was all anti-social and walked out early so I stole his ice-cream."

"What about Amaya?" Sakura asked pointedly.

"Yeah she was there," the blonde answered, confused at the new direction the conversation was taking.

"And?" she prompted.

"She wasn't very happy when I left the movie early," he admitted, "Sasuke told me he was sick and didn't come back. I got worried." he added defensively.

Sakura groaned inwardly, was he really that dense? She decided to just plunge right in.
"You know she likes you right?"

He went bright red, "Well yeah... she's really nice, and a good friend...."

Sakura cringed inwardly for the girl at the word friend.

"So did you have a good night Naruto?" Iruka asked coming down the stairs with a satisfied look on his face.

"Yeah, I did," he replied grinning, "I can't wait til next Friday."

"What, aren't you looking forward to training?" the older man teased lightly.

"Well yeah," he smiled, "Its just fun getting to do all this kinda stuff. I mean I can train anytime, although I am looking forward to beating the crap out of Sasuke-teme."

"Dream on Uzumaki," he said coming back downstairs in a pair of old jeans and an unbuttoned blue flannelette shirt, his hair still wet.

Naruto found himself blushing for some unknown reason, he decided to go on the attack.
"Why are you dressed stupidly for bastard? We're training not farming."

"No we're camping dobe," the brunette rolled his eyes at the blonde, "You're not very good at this whole undercover thing are you?"

Naruto opened his mouth ready to retort but Kakashi appeared.

"Sakura and Naruto go get dressed, Sasuke you can help me pack," he ordered carrying some of the camping gear over his shoulders.

Naruto stormed upstairs and Iruka followed him quietly.

"What's wrong Naruto?" Iruka asked softly startling the boy.

"I don't know," he said slamming the cupboard, "I just don't know but everything he does just...... aaarggh!"

"Are you two fighting?" the brunette asked him sitting down on Sasuke's bed, Naruto blushed.

"Yes... no... oh I don't know. It's just hard," he said plaintively, "On the one hand I'm trying to fit in with this new school and everything but I can't because there's still that difference and I can't tell anyone about. And I can't escape it because I have a job to do and you guys are here with me. And its confusing.....and I don't like lying...."

The older man stood up and hugged the boy, "I'm sorry I didn't realise how difficult this is for you," he murmured.

The blonde pulled away, "It's not really that. I have accepted that its just he's acting all weird and I don't understand."

Iruka hid a smile, "You guys have to work these things out for yourselves. But don't forget I'm here if you need to talk okay?"

"Yeah right, thanks Iruka," Naruto smiled, "Now get the hell out so I can get changed!"

"What the hell do you mean we're all sharing a tent?" Sasuke asked his eyebrow twitching.

"Well it's not like we have a lot of money and we can't put Sakura in the same tent as two teenage boys, that would just be irresponsible. As her guardians we have particular responsibilities," the jounin said loftily, "And we could only really afford two tents so the four of us are going to have to share."

"I hate you," the Uchiha sighed.