Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Brother's Can't Be Trusted ❯ There At Last! ( Chapter 15 )
[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]
Chapter Fifteen
There At Least!
Sasuke would have easily admitted today was perfect, except for the fact Naruto was currently talking to the annoying students in front of him. He should have earlier took into account that the other students would want to spend time with him, but how was Sasuke to know Naruto would actually talk back to them. At the moment Sasuke wasn't pleased at all to know Naruto was such a social butterfly, especially when it was suppose to be their time together.There At Least!
So the grumpy Uchiha sat angrily in his seat, arms crossed and eyes glowering at Kiba and apparently his other friend Shino as they sat turned around as they spoke with Naruto. Sasuke didn't care to much for what they were talking about, just that they were talking to his Naruto. So it was unforgivable regardless if they were asking about school work or something. But of course he hadn't had the chance to incorporate this rule in with Itachi yet, but he would get around to it eventually.
"Man Naruto, you should have joined here just a week earlier." Kiba cackled loudly, causing Sasuke to convulse with disgust. How can someone's laugh be so annoying?! At least Naruto had an adorable laugh. "A major food started all because of Shikamaru and the everyone there at the time had to clean it up." Kiba laughed hysterically. Naruto laughed as well, picturing Kiba probably involved in the group at that time.
Sasuke simply sighed. He remembered that day, and personally he was glad he hadn't gone to lunch that day. Lucky him. Unfortunately he was often talked to about it, so many students thought it was bad that he missed it.
"Hey Sasuke, why don't you talk about school?" Naruto suddenly asked, leaning back in his seat to face Sasuke. He had a unique look on his face that Sasuke was sure meant to be considerate yet upset.
"Why should I, dobe?" Sasuke huffed. "I hardly think it's worth my breath." Sasuke smirked when Naruto only pouted at his response. Kiba and Shino simply ignored his answer, not that Shino had said much of anything since they got on the bus. Now Shino was Sasuke's type of guy, quite and minding his own business, not at all like noisy and obnoxious Kiba who could talk for hours about nothing. And it seemed like he was trying to do so, from what Sasuke could tell.
But thankfully as they reached the marker of one hour, the chattering teens seemed to calm down, probably because Sakura interrupted every now and then telling them to shut up because they were bugging her Sasuke. Despite her words of possession over him, Sasuke was grateful for Sakura's word since it silenced the two when she finally threatened to beat the living day lights out of them. SO peace and serenity had finally been restored to the bus.
Sasuke took the quite moment to finally relax. he had nothing to worry about for the most part. Itachi was sitting up in the front conversing with Iruka-Sensei about something; probably putting a bad name for Sasuke that was for sure. Jiraiya had luckily been assigned to another bus, so Sasuke didn't have to worry about the pervert pestering him about making his move on Naruto while on the bus. And Neji wasn't much of a problem either, considering he sat up closer to the front.
Taking a brief sigh of relief, Sasuke pressed his back deeply into his seat, his eyes closing instinctively to the graceful calm. But a sudden wait pressing equally against him on the side, caused him to reopen his eyes. To his surprise it had been anyone he could lash out at for touching him, since it had been his very own blond, leaning heavily on his shoulder. Sasuke took a moment and stared in disbelief as he noticed Naruto's own eyes were closed and his breathing was soft and slow. The obvious thought that came to mind was that the blond had fallen to sleep, but Sasuke didn't believe he could rest that easily. Scratch that, it was Naruto he was talking about. Nothing was impossible for the mysterious and unsuspecting blond.
Taking this into consideration, Sasuke lightly smiled, not as tense as he settled more comfortably against the other. He had to admit it was nice to be near Naruto like this. The blond was entirely too angelic while he slept; the way his elegant eyelashes shrouded his cheeks only a little and how his lips parted slightly in a cute manner. Sasuke was especially grateful for Jiraiya's eagerness this morning. If not for him waking up Naruto so early, the blond would have never fallen asleep on the bus near Sasuke.
Sasuke cautiously took the moment to look around the bus, and was glad to find most of the people around him either asleep or in deep conversation. With that settled, Sasuke slowly slipped his arm out from under Naruto's head and wrapped it around the blond boy's thin frame, drawing him closer to his side.
Gently Sasuke laid his head against Naruto's, letting the boy's sweet scented hair brush against his cheek and filled him with the such warming feeling he had longed for since he had first realized he liked Naruto. Presently, Sasuke wouldn't care if anyone happened to avert their attention to him, for he was merely content with having Naruto near him.
The unforeseen halt, that caused most of the students to shift in their seats, instantly woke the sleeping passengers an hour later. Sasuke angrily and quickly came out of his peaceful slumber when his body roughly lodged forward with the motion of the stopping bus. A chorus of groans and whines came from those student who had bumped into the seat ahead of them or fell onto the floor. But luckily, Sasuke had Naruto pulling him back from such rude awakening.
"Everyone off the bus for we can separate you into groups!" Kakashi so eagerly called out to the drowsy riders. And lazily, a few slid out of their seats and start herding off the bus like lambs off to be slaughtered.
"Naruto..." Sasuke lightly whispered, unwrapping his arm form the boy. He shook Naruto gently, bringing him quickly out of his sleeping spell, much to Sasuke's dislike. "We are here, so hurry up." The Uchiha demanded, raising form his seat and following the rest of his classmates.
"Aww! I don't wanna be here yet!" Naruto growled, attempting to lay back down onto the seat, that is until Sasuke roughly grabbed him by the arm and jerked him up.
"Baka, you want to get left?" Sasuke complained, tugging Naruto off the bus. The students all gathered around the teachers awaiting them to begin counting them off into groups. Sasuke dearly hoped he would still get to be with Naruto, but thanks to Jiraiya he probably wouldn't have to worry about that all to much.
"Alright, five students will be assigned to one chaperone, so make sure you know who your group is. And when we head over to the hotel for the night, I don't want no midnight exploring. Once you are in your room, you stay there. The curfew is nine, so don't be late. And just to make sure you don't try to slip out, we will have teachers checking every room at random hours of the night. Is that understood?" Iruka explained, ending with all of the students moaning a 'Hai Sensei'.
"Now listen up for you name, group, and chaperon." Kakashi spoke out. Sasuke simply ignored most of the teacher's words, but was alert when his name was finally called. "Group five: Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, Tenten, and Neji." Kakashi read off the list. "And your group leader will be Jiraiya."
Sasuke sighed in relief. So the old man did manage to keep his word. He would thank him later, but right now he eagerly threw a gloating smirk to Itachi, which was returned with a hard glare. Today was ready turning out to be his day. No Itachi as a group leader. But then again, Jiraiya would not make much of a good leader either. He would probably lead them off the trail and abandon them so he could go ogle girls.
"Well how about that Uchiha." Neji spoke suddenly from Sasuke, which startled him instantly. "Calm down, I've got your back." The Hyuga gave an untrustworthy grin. "That is until you finally win this blond over, then I'll do all I can to ruin you." At least he was truthful about it, Sasuke thought.
"We'll see about that, Hyuga. I don't need anyone help to get what I want." Though he had needed it when he messed up big time just last week. But to Sasuke, anything longer than two days ago, was considered null in void to be used as blackmail in a conversation.
"Enough chattering you brats, we have to get start!" Jiraiya called out to his groups. quickly the five students quitted and gathered behind their leader. "Today we are suppose to tour this stupid park, okay." Jiraiya explained, starting to walk off ahead. He may have a greed to come on this trip, but he didn't say he was actually going to teach this kids anything. He was specifically here for his own 'research' and maybe to observe some new material between Sasuke and Naruto.
"Isn't this great, Sasuke-kun?!" Sakura asked ecstatically, coming up to walk on the other side of Sasuke. "it's destiny that we were chosen to be in the same group." Sakura sighed heavenly, being instantly drawn into one of her fantasy.
Naruto blinked and stared oddly at the girl. He thought it was kind of cute that she had such a big crush on Sasuke, but it was kind of annoying too. Especially when she acted like he didn't even exist. "Hey, Sakura-chan?" Naruto mumbled nervously, hoping not to be intruding much.
"What?!" She shouted menacingly at him. "Can't you see I'm talking to Sasuke-kun, go chase flies or something!" She demanded, quickly taking up Sasuke's right arm into her both of her arms.
Sasuke growled and tried to jerk his hand out of her grasp, but this girl had quite a tight grip. If she hadn't been a girl, Sasuke would have punched her right that moment for insulting Naruto like that. Scratch that as well, he didn't care if the annoying bitch was a girl, no one spoke to Naruto like that!
"I was just thinking...since there are three other people in the group besides you and Sasuke, how do you know destiny meant for exactly you two to be together?" Naruto pointed out softly, having an eerie premonition that Sakura would probably punch him any moment now.
"he's got a point you know." Sasuke quickly replied before Sakura had the chance to yell at the blond. "How do you know destiny didn't mean for me to be with Tenten..." Sasuke smirked widely, "or even Naruto?"
Sakura's face drained of all color in just seconds. Had her Sasuke just made a suggestion that destiny meant him to be gay?! She would never allow that! "Well...I-I..." She tried to come up with something to counter the boys' words but couldn't. Finally giving up in a uncontrollable whine, Sakura dashed off ahead of them in tears.
"Arigato." Sasuke chuckled. "I thought she would never let go." He rubbed his arm to support his statement. "A moment longer and I might have had to cut it off." Even though Sasuke was in a gracious mood once again, he couldn't help but notice Naruto had turned quiet again. "Don't worry Naruto, Sakura doesn't know anything." He smiled warmly at the blond and draped his arm over Naruto's shoulder. "For the most part, I certainly hope destiny favors us two."
An immediate smile graced Naruto's lips as he nodded anxiously and leaned closer against Sasuke.
As the two straggled behind the rest, Sasuke made sure to keep an eye out for the rest of his group. He was thankful, Neji was to busy talking with Tenten to mock him at the moment. And Sakura was currently unsuspectingly getting hit on by Jiraiya who was trying to comfort her. Jiraiya suddenly threw a suspicious look to the two in the back and grinned idly. Sasuke shivered as he could only imagine Jiraiya's pleasure in having saw them together like this. For all he knew, that old geyser was planning to ditch them so they could do Kami knows what.
"Hey Sasuke, look!" Naruto yelled excitedly. Sasuke jumped at hearing the blonde's loud and booming voice all of a sudden. Shockingly, Naruto had managed to slip out from his arm without him noticing and now he was childishly pointing into some bushes.
"What is it now Naruto?" Sasuke sighed, walking over to his blond. Sasuke curious leaned over and peered into the bushes to see what had so easily captivated Naruto's attention.
"Isn't it pretty Sasuke?" Naruto asked with an exultant smile, pointing to a small gray bird with a orange-ish face as it carefully picked a few berries from the bush.
"I think it's called a Waxwing." Sasuke stated, smiling in return. "You have a good eye for spotting animals," he remarked.
Naruto was just as thrilled to have Sasuke happy as well. "Hey, do you think it will let me pet it?" Naruto suddenly asked, only to have a hopeless sigh as his answer. Since Sasuke had made no real objection, the blond quickly pushed back the bushes and approached the bird. "Here little birdie..." He called in a singsong voice, grinning widely. He out stretched his head as if he actually expected the bird to just settle in his palm.
"Naruto, I don't think that's such a good idea." Sasuke replied wisely. No doubt the bird would either fly away or attack Naruto for moving in on it's territory of food. But Sasuke was assured of the second choice the very next moment.
The bird gave Naruto little attention as he waited, so Naruto gently reached out and stroked the bird's soft feathers. That certainly caught it's attention for it quickly lashed back at him, cawing offensively and flapping it's wings in warning. "What?" Naruto mumbled as the bird suddenly flew into the flew into the air. Unfortunately it wasn't planning on leaving. In fact it swooped back down, this time nearing Naruto's head with its beck. "Hey! What's wrong with it?!" Naruto asked as he instinctively ducked.
"Just leave it alone Naruto." Sasuke advised with a sigh. He hadn't thought this was much of a big deal and simply wanted Naruto to move away from it. But the blond stood there childishly shoeing at the bird, trying to scare it away. Finally Naruto got sense enough to start leaving, but the bird refused to let it go.
"Sasuke! It won't leave me alone!" Naruto gasped, running toward the Uchiha with the bird hot on his trail. "Sasuke!" He whined as the bird started pecking him this time. To get a quick escape, Naruto hoped the bird would give up he ran off fast enough.
"Naruto?" Sasuke watched in disbelief as Naruto started racing off and out of sight. "Where are you going?" Growling irritatingly, Sasuke raced after him. If Naruto kept running away, he would lose sight of the trail and most likely be lost in the forest, which wouldn't surprise Sasuke in the least. "Naruto! Get back here, baka! It's jsut a stupid bird!" Sasuke called out.
The must have been one pissed off bird, Sasuke thought, since he easily lost both it and Naruto. He looked around cautiously, not seeing his blond in the vibrant array of orange or the annoying bird probably still pecking him. Luckily, Sasuke had Naruto's loud wailing and pouting to guide him.
"Naruto!" If that bird hadn't hurt Naruto enough by now, Sasuke promised he would punch the idiot for running away like that. "Naruto! Damn it." he hissed as he pushed his way through shrubbery and past trees, until he finally came out into a small clearing. Examining his surrounding, Sasuke noticed he was up on a high hill, with nothing but more forest down below, and yet still no Naruto. "Idiot! Where are you, Naruto?!" He called out once more, this time more furious with how difficult it was becoming to find one measly blond.
"Sasuke!" The Uchiha jumped to hearing his name being yelled in response. he turned around sharply, just in time to see Naruto burst from out of the woods; his eyes closed and his arms flailing widely as the bird was still expertly chasing him. Without warning, the blond made a quick jolt over to his raven haired friend, quickly tackling him.
"Naru-!" Sasuke would have eagerly made a smug remark on Naruto's cowardice if not for the back the blond had raced into his arms, causing him to lose balance. Much to Sasuke's dislike, they both went toppling over the edge of the hill and down it's steep slope. The bird, finally satisfied with Naruto's punishment, flew back off into the forest. For the next brief minute, all that could be heard was the panicky yells and gasp of the two teens as the rolled down the hill.
Sasuke landed on his back with a loud thud into the stubby grass and leaves. He hissed sharply as Naruto came down right on top of him, knocking the breath out of him. "Damn it Naruto..." Sasuke groaned, wincing painfully as the blond fidgeted around on his stomach. "Why did you have to go and do that?" He snarled. Sasuke opened his eyes and glared viciously at what he suspected to be Naruto's face. But he couldn't see the other's eyes as his he was timidly burying his head into Sasuke's chest.
Suddenly, Sasuke's flame of rage had been quickly washed away with the frail trembling of his friend as he clung tightly to him. Sasuke felt guilty in a way; he should have stopped Naruto before this could happen or he should have helped scare away the troublesome bird. He hadn't realized how terrified his blond would be after an attack and a fall like that. Gently, Sasuke lifted one sore arm to swoop around and he soothingly caressed the small of Naruto's back. with his other hand he brushed down Naruto's mangled strands of hair.
"Are you alright?" He asked instinctively, his eyes softening as the head finally lifted and stunning blue eyes met his jet black ones.
"I'm fine." Naruto whispered softly. Though he had only been shaken up a little he was still uneasy with worry. And there still was the embarrassment from having someone he admired witness that. Not that he was really afraid of the bird, just he wasn't about to just let it harass him.
"Good." Sasuke grinned comfortingly and started to look around again. He glanced up at the top of the hill, it was way to steep to climb up again, so they would just have to walk around it or keep forward and hope to find a the trail further out. "We better find the others now, they are probably worried about us." He suggested.
Naruto nodded solemnly and rolled off of Sasuke. Sasuke immediately found himself missing Naruto's warmth and the feel of his body pressing against his own. But now was not the time to think about such things, when they were separated from the group. After all he had three days to be with Naruto, so he shouldn't be in such a rush.
Sasuke painfully pushed up on his elbows, before getting on his knees and standing. He quickly dusted himself off, brushing away the clinging leaves and twigs that had tangled in his clothes and hair. See as how Naruto's own spiky hair had a multitude of twigs and leaves in it, Sasuke took the courtesy of brushing them out as well; laughing heartily as Naruto pouted in an immature manner.
"Do you think Jiraiya will notice we are gone?" Naruto asked Sasuke as he started to follow after the Uchiha, who had began his search ahead.
Sasuke only cackled over such a ridiculous question. "Are you kidding me? That old pervert wouldn't even notice if you died your hair purple unless you had boobs and was wearing a dress." Sasuke mocked. Though he knew that wasn't entirely true. The perv would probably notice if Naruto was naked or something else scandalously perverted.
Naruto blushed at the thought. Purple was never his color, but he thought it would be intriguing to be a girl sometimes. He wondered how easily he could trick guys into doing what he wanted. "But I bet, Sakura would notice." Naruto added with a sort of depressed look. Sasuke noted this immediately and was quick to counter.
"Who cares if she notices? She means nothing to me. Actually I've never been so glad to get away from her." Sasuke smirked shamelessly and wrapped an around Naruto once more. "But if it was you I was parted from, I would be heart broken." Sasuke winked suavely in hopes of getting Naruto to take him seriously, but the blond never did.
"You're weird Sasuke." Naruto said in a bland voice, a soft smile creeping on his lips as he finally cuddled closer in the Uchiha's arms. "But that's what I like about you." For once, Sasuke found himself blushing after hearing such a touching confession. Since when did Naruto make the moves on him?! Not that it matter, cause Sasuke loved it!
Since Naruto so nicely set the mood, Sasuke was going to take advantage of the timing. "Then would it be weird of me to ask...if I could kiss you?" He questioned, staring at Naruto with a stern look, empty of all trickery and mischief.
The question had caught Naruto off guard, but he didn't show much sign of it. "I don't know? If you were actually asking me then I would find out, wouldn't I?" Naruto gave his normally foolish smile.
"Then...can I kiss you?" Sasuke asked, smiling sensibly as he saw the baffled look on Naruto's face. Sasuke had trouble believing Naruto hadn't seen that coming, but was more concerned with Naruto's answer.
Naruto hesitated for a moment, staring down at the ground as if he was in deep thought. "Only if I can have a piggy back ride back." He childish grin returned ten fold, filling Sasuke with the same loving sensation he had always gotten from being around the blond. He nodded in agreement, only to have Naruto's smile widened.
Naruto briefly calmed himself as Sasuke stopped walking and faced him fully. Sasuke took up Naruto's chin in his hand, titling his head up before slowly progressing to the soft awaiting lips. Lightly he closed his eyes and leaned forward until their lips finally touched in a tender, yet simple kiss. Unlike the other kisses, Sasuke loved this one most because Naruto had acknowledged it ahead of time. He accepted it, so maybe there was hope he could soon accept Sasuke's feelings as well.
To Be Continued...
A/N: Sorry for taking so long to update, but I'm glad I finally got it up. I'll update as soon as I can, but it's always hard to update on weekends for me. So thanks for all the reviews so far, but don't forget to do so this time!
Next Chapter: Sasuke's and Naruto's group seemed to notice their disappearance, will this appraise suspicion? And when they get back to the hotel, will anything have changed between the two? Or will it be a normal night where Sasuke is left unsatisfied?
