Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Between A Rock And A Hard Place ❯ Sapphire Hearts And Scarlet Kisses ( Chapter 9 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

"Where do I start?" Naruto asked himself, looking around the town. He was sure Gaara wouldn't have just headed back to the Kazekage tower where he could easily find him, would he? Even if that was the case, he had no idea how to get there from here. He sighed meekly at the thought of getting lost again just because he was being stupid as usual. Sasuke wouldn't come after him for sure if he went and did something like that. So he stuck to walking around in hopes that Gaara would just show up somewhere near him. "I wonder if he would should up if I got into danger again." Naruto wondered aloud.

That seemed to work for about every other time. Either Sasuke or Gaara would find him. If Sasuke so happened to jump in, then he could simply head back with him for the night. And if Gaara showed up, then he would no longer have to look. The only problem was deciding on how he would get in danger in a way that wouldn't actually kill him. "Who knew it would be this hard to get into trouble on purpose." Naruto mumbled to himself, crossing his arms. Maybe he could get someone to help him. "Kaito, Haruka!" He suddenly exclaimed with the brilliant thought. He raced off toward the children's home. They would help him for sure.

It was a huge mistake. Kankuro knew that now seeing that his brother was currently passed out on the floor drowning in an uncontrollable nosebleed. "Okay, so maybe I shouldn't have used the visual display." Kankuro sighed, gathering up his magazines. But how was he suppose to know Gaara was going to freak with all the exclusive details of sex. He might have been able to handle it if not for Kankuro thinking he needed to explain by giving his own personal experiences. And that was simply not an image a younger brother wanted of his older brother in his head.

"At least I don't have to worry about him getting anyone pregnant any time soon." Kankuro stated to himself. He supposed it was for the best that Gaara like boys since he was completely uncomfortable with seeing the female anatomy. And frankly Kankuro couldn't understand how Gaara made it this long without once wondering what their sister looked like beneath her clothes. Curiosity always brought up a topic like that, but apparently Gaara seemed to be a content child and had no other questions than those that were currently involving him.

Raising to his feet, Kankuro was just about to head out when Gaara slowly started to come out of his hysterical unconsciousness. "You don't really think I will ever get that far with him, do you?" Gaara asked in a sad whisper. Kankuro knew what Gaara was getting out and he was personally upset that Gaara would think of little of himself. "I can't even kiss him right, so how do you expect me to do something like that?" Though it wasn't like Kankuro was telling him to do it, Gaara was just wondering. Those type of things were simply stuff he could not see himself doing with Naruto. The blond was just so pure so to corrupt him like that repulsed Gaara instantly.

Kankuro chuckled quietly at Gaara's reply. "Well you won't be thinking that way once you've finally got him under your wing. It's pretty hard to be in a relationship if you never plan to do ANYTHING at all with them. I mean even marrying him would be pointless if you two just talked with each other the whole time. It's just something to spice things up, but since you are inexperienced, I suggest you not try anything at all before you have him completely." Kankuro snickered. "It would be a shame for you to lose him just because of bad sex." The older male teased, only to have a pillow tossed at his head as he tried to walk out.

Gaara glared back up at the ceiling once Kankuro was gone and gave a tired mewl. "I'll be happy...just to have you with me..." came a soft whisper from the teen. His peaceful daydreaming came to an abrupt stop the moment he heard a loud knocking at the front door. It was startling since that couldn’t normally be heard from the second floor. Gaara groaned as he stood up and walked downstairs and toward the front door. "What is it?" He asked harshly as he jerked the door open. He was surprised to see it was just the two kids from the other night. But why would they be here?

"Panda -san!" Haruka exclaimed, rushing in and grabbing Gaara's hand. "Naruto's in trouble, come right away!" She begged, tugging on him so he would step outside. Hearing those little words, Gaara willing let the girl pull him along. Yet, he couldn't fathom why Naruto would need his help after what he had done. Did he really ask for his help or did these children come regardless of the blonde's request. Gaara was sure Naruto would not ask for him by name. His luck would have been too good for that.

As Gaara let the two kids lead him to where Naruto was being held or in danger, Gaara noticed they were headed farther out of town. It was rare that anyone ever ventured this far into the town because few knew of the actual dangers toward this area. Naruto was probably no exception and would willingly lead himself into trouble. But why would he even walk into town this far? Gaara's eyes narrowed as they headed finally out of the back of the town. Just a mile ahead there should be sand dunes and a large stony cave that was known for testing little children's faith in ghost and myths. Seeing a show hew as with two kids now, Gaara noted the ironic setting for Naruto's disappearance.

"Kaito..." Gaara called the boy's name bluntly. The young brunet turned to him curiously as he walked along side his sister who still quickly lead Gaara ahead. "Naruto's not in any real trouble, is he?" Gaara asked obviously. His assumptions were proved correct the moment the kids suddenly stopped in an upset gasp. Gaara merely rolled his eyes; he was just about to be outwitted by a couple of simple minded children. "Why are you bringing me here?" Gaara had to asked.

Haruka dropped his hand and step anxiously toward him. "Did you and Naruto-chan have a fight?! He said you wouldn't come and see him unless he was in trouble. Are you made at him? If this is about that raven boy, it isn't Naruto's fault at all. I'm sure Naruto-chan would never betray you." The girl insisted innocently. Of course their perspective of the situation was made up of only rumors and accusations. They didn't have any real clue about what was going on at all. And for that, Gaara would not batter there happy little fantasy of a world that simple.

"I'm not mad at him. I thought he was mad at me." Gaara explained. He was a little relieved to find out he had just had an overactive imagination. Maybe Naruto was never really that mad at him. If he had stayed longer, he probably could have cleared hi name. "I'll go see him, you two should head home, it isn't safe near here." Gaara informed. And without much convincing the children left with hopes that their two favorite role models would soon be on good terms with one another again. Gaara sighed warily once they were gone. "What are you up to Naruto?" He asked himself as he headed for the cave. He was sure the children must have been hiding the blond there.

Gaara wished he had brought a light with him before coming, but he was already a yard within the cave and couldn't turn back without Naruto. The teen was sure to get himself into real trouble if he stayed in here much longer. The corner of Gaara's lips turned upward as he carefully spotted a familiar plot of yellow hunched over behind some large rocks. Tending to find a funny bone in his body, Gaara walked up behind the blond boy and hovered over him mischievously. "Well aren't you a naughty little boy." Gaara teased, placing his hand on Naruto's shoulder.

"Gah!" Naruto screamed at the top of his lungs as he jerked his shoulder from the grip and fell over backwards, now facing his supposed attacker. "Gaara!" He exclaimed, staring wide eyed at his claimed hero. "Why do you keep scaring me like that?!" He yelled hysterical. Gaara couldn't help but snicker as he kneeled down in front of Naruto.

"For the same reason you keep causing trouble." Gaara teased. "I simply can't help it." Naruto's face darkened with a gentle shade of pink as he could vaguely make out the expression of a smile on Gaara's face thanks to the distant light from the cave's entrance. He had never really seen Gaara smile, so it was rare he could come to the conclusion that...Gaara had a very pretty smile. "Now care to explain why you needed me to be here and needed to lie about it?" Gaara asked in a soothing, counseling type of voice that Naruto found remotely easy to answer to.

The blond boy shamefully turned his head to the side so to avoid Gaara's gaze. "Because...I thought you wouldn't come if I asked you to." Gaara's smile dropped instantly. He didn't understand why Naruto would think he could be mad at him when it was Gaara who had done the wrong thing. "You left before I could even say anything." Naruto explained. "I simply wanted to talk and I figured you wouldn't want to after that." Gaara actually found himself getting angry with how Naruto thought this way. Surely the teen had to know not everything people did was a personal act to humiliate or confuse him. But he supposed Naruto, having grown up in the same fashion he had, wouldn't be able to trust anyone completely, though he may try all the time.

Gaara smiled meekly again, as if trying to support the idea that he had no ill feeling directed toward Naruto for what happened earlier today. "I would have come if you had just asked me to. There was no need for you to lie." Gaara assured the other. He stood completely on his feet and stretched out a hand to help Naruto up. "But let's get out of here, this cave has been marked off from visitors a long time. It is unstable and will probably fall in any moment now." Gaara chuckled. Naruto hesitantly took the other boy's hand and helped put himself up. He had noticed how eagerly Gaara had jumped from their previous topic probably in hopes of putting the moment behind them. But Naruto couldn't let it go without knowing why Gaara had did it.

Naruto followed after Gaara as they approached the entrance. "I'm sorry about making you come all the way out here for nothing." Naruto apologized sadly. Sensing the blonde's dismay, Gaara quickly turned around, and grabbed Naruto's shoulders. Just as his lips parted to speak they both went quiet as a grumbling sound echoed through out the cave. Gaara stared bluntly at Naruto's stomach. A frail blush ran over Naruto's cheeks and cupped his stomach. "Shush stomach, its rude to interrupt." Naruto scolded childishly. Gaara felt awkward at Naruto's innocent moment of simple mindedness but tried to push himself past the event.

"I'm not mad at you for bringing me out here, just disappointed you thought you had to lie to get me to come. " Gaara corrected. This situation was more frustrating than he would have liked. And if not to make matters worse, the cave echoed with another loud grumbling. Giving the blond a flat glare, Gaara quickly added "maybe we should get you something to eat before we continue."

"That wasn't me, honest!" Naruto suddenly objected. He knew when his stomach growled and that certainly wasn't it. Gaara, obviously, didn't believe him. "I promise, that wasn't me this time."

"Then what was it Naruto?" Gaara asked in a disbelieving voice. They got their answer soon enough when the grumbling returned. They went quick, looking around until their eyes fell to the floor. Not even seconds before the two had the time to recognize what was happening, cracks appeared all along the surface of the floor. "Crap!" Naruto hissed, stepping back. Gaara, in just as much of a panic, grabbed Naruto's hand and attempted to pull him out of the cave hastily. But the floor crumbled beneath them before the red head could even manage to get a foot away from the sink hole.

In moments they had both been sucked through the growing hole and fell right to the bottom, screaming along the way. Gaara was expecting a rough and deadly landing but instead he found his fall to be rather...wet and squishy. He groaned weakly and turned his head up to see what had become of them. But he suddenly wished he hadn't. He had fallen on Naruto on the way down, and his head had landed in not one of the most respectable places. His cheeks flicked with a light touch of red, which was uncommon for him. But what was to be expected when he had his head practically nuzzling in the blonde's crotch with his hands tightly gripping Naruto's thighs.

"Uh...Gaara..." Naruto mumbled nervously as he stared up at the skyline on the ceiling. "You're hurting me..." He murmured, his own face resembling a tomato right about now. He winced as Gaara quickly pushed against him to rise on his knees. The blond dearly wished he hadn't touched him so roughly because his body did not seem to know the difference between accidental groping and intentional ones.

Lucky for Naruto, Gaara didn't seem to notice the odd bulge forming beneath his pants. Naruto eagerly sat up, inspecting the scene.

They had fallen beneath the cave where apparently a lot of water use to run through. They sat in a small lake of mucky water that probably sunk in levels when a well was built in the town. With no water to hold up the floor of the cave, it obviously sunk in. But this left a more propelling question. How were they going to get out if the exit was about fifty feet up? Gaara stared disappointed up. "Well there is no way my sand will be able to reach up that far." He informed, since most of the cave floor was made up of rock. Not to mention all the sand in the gourd he carried on his back when left home, would probably get soggy if he called it out. And lately, the sand hadn't been working all that good for him so he couldn't trust it to carry both him and Naruto out of here.

"Then what do we do?" Naruto asked frantically.

Gaara merely sighed and shook his head. "I don't know. I told Haruka and Kaito to go home before they could get into any danger. So they might not come back to check on us." Naturally these words weren't encouraging at all. Gaara stood up straight, moaning upon having been soaked head to toe from the fall. Since he was so accustomed to living in the desert, being this wet was simply annoying to him. He wasn't even that tolerable with baths, which was why he stuck to showers most of the time.

"I'm sure Sasuke will come looking for me if I'm gone long again, maybe he'll run into the kids and they'll tell him." Naruto replied hopefully. He crawled back to his feet and came over to the dry land of the cave's floor. He gave a brief shiver from the chill of being so low in the ground and being soaked to the bone. These were not the best of combinations. "Oh great, I'm going to catch a cold." He grumbled, wrapping his arms tightly around his waist. Gaara had a suggestion but wasn't sure if it was the right time for it, especially when things were already this weird between them.

He joined Naruto on the sidelines and sat on the ground. "Well as long as you are wearing those damp clothes, your going to be cold." Gaara advised lowly. He hoped his suggestion didn't sound too weird to the blond. It wasn't like he was trying to get Naruto naked or anything, it was just the most common thing to do in this situation. And to Gaara's relief, the blond teen didn't seem to noted the suggestiveness of such a statement.

Naruto hastily removed his jacket and rung it out tightly. A small puddle of water dripped from it and he flapped it a couple of times before setting it aside. Gaara's eyes had mistakenly fallen on the water logged Adonis before him. With his small black shirt soak through, Gaara could easily see Naruto's shapely form as his clothes clung tightly to his flesh. A pant like breath escaped Gaara's lips once Naruto absentmindedly started to remove his pants, unknowing of the show he was putting on for his audience. Never before had Gaara's face burned so much at seeing the surprisingly natural, hairless legs protruding from Naruto's adorable green boxers. By the time Naruto had removed his other shirt, Gaara thought it was impossible fro the boy to be any more flawless in form.

His eyes stayed earnestly glued to the delicate dip in Naruto's stomach as the boy leaned over to set his clothes to dry. Every muscle and curve rippled beautify under the tanned skin, which glowed with an extra luster thanks to the small light shining from above them. Gaara's face darkened with red as he noticed how suddenly perked the teen's nipples were from the cold moisture and how his hair stuck sweetly to the nape of his neck, looking controlled for once. As soon as Naruto turned back to him, Gaara gulped audibly. he hoped the other hadn't noticed his intense examination.

"Aren't you going to undress too?" Naruto asked innocently. He wondered why Gaara looked so flustered all of a sudden and simply excused it for a cold setting in that was already making his friend sick. Gaara urgently nodded, standing up and rushing out of his own clothes so that his mind could and eyes could stay off of Naruto. But that did little to help him. Simply having two near naked males in the same area together added to Gaara's imagination. And thanks to Kankuro's tutoring, he had nothing better than to think of 'certain' situations in which he threw his morals to the wind and ravished the blond before him. They both settled back on the ground as soon as they both were stripped.

Blue orbs frequently glanced over at Gaara whenever they found the chance without looking suspicious. But Naruto had to admit...Gaara was attractive under all those clothes he wears. For someone who depended solely on the power of a demon, he had the slightly muscular form of a guy who trained regularly. With nothing better to do than talk in this god forsaken place, Naruto tried to strike a conversation. "So...uh..." He failed miserably.

"Naruto." Gaara replied quickly, knowing the blond was having trouble enough trying to get the time to run by faster. "I really am sorry about earlier. I shouldn't have kissed you without your permission." Gaara explained, his head digging into his knees with embarrassment. "I just...couldn't help it. I know that's not a good enough reason, but...I sort of like you." His eyes pinned together with fear that Naruto would come yelling back at him for such an insulting confession. Naruto had to be repulsed by him, they were both guys after all, not to mention demon carriers.

Instead of receiving the brutal punishment he was expecting, Gaara felt a light warm cover his left side, similar to last night. When he opened his eyes he found Naruto leaned into him. Having their damp, naked skin touch this way only made Gaara more bashful by the second. Naruto smiled softly. "I'm not mad." His eyes sparkled with a sort of happiness Gaara could not yet pinpoint. "Actually...I would have been more saddened to hear if you didn't. I thought you were only joking when you did that. And the more I thought about it, that you couldn't have meant it...the more depressed I got. It wasn't like I didn't see why you wouldn't like me; I'm not the coolest person to fall for. But I was just hoping...if I was ever going to be kissed by someone, I would like them to mean it."

A flame burned fiercely in Gaara's chest now. This was his chance to find out for out for real. "Then...would you mind if I kissed you now?" Gaara asked timidly. His heart skipped a beat at the sight of innocent pink forming on Naruto's cheeks as he slowly shook his head. Encouraged by this action, Gaara gingerly turned to Naruto fully. His hands fell lightly on the boy's bare shoulders as he pulled him closer to him. He was pleased that Naruto was the first to close his eyes, accepting his heart felt offer. With careful timing, Gaara brought his lips back over Naruto's.

Somehow, they both could sense this kiss was different from the other. Like an army of butterflies had suddenly decided to hatch out of their cocoons and fly off into the horizon, within the confines of theirs stomachs. But it was a nervous, scary feeling at all. The feeling with mutual and inviting; warm and precious. The tender contact lingered until Gaara finally drove apart. He was sure he could have lasted longer, but under this pressure, his breath hadn't held. Another moment of silence kept the two from staring at anything other than each other.

With no words left to say, Gaara leaned forward again, capturing Naruto's lips for yet another kiss.

To Be Continued...

A/N: Omg! Things are finally heating up between Gaara and Naruto. But of course they need a lot of more time before they are really for the next step. But for the meanwhile, Sasuke has the time to TRY and work his way into Naruto's heart. I hoped you all enjoyed this chapter! I will update when I can, so please don't forget to review!