Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Crossing to the Other side ❯ A Conversation about Listening ( Chapter 18 )

 

 

“…The Hell!?” one hard blink with raised eyebrows opening again to reveal startled aggravated hazel eyes.

“You had you face pressed to his…” Kat blinked rapidly while holding up a hand to stop the rest of Sakura's statement, the pinked haired kunichi was grinning like a crazy woman under her bangs. She had every intention now of getting her teammates together, she hadn't missed the way the two kept stealing glances at each other when they thought no one was looking. It was even better because Naruto as dense as he tended to be about these things for once noticed and was responding to the red head. This had been going on for months now and both she, Sasuke and Kakashi, well more herself then the other two, agreed that Kat was good enough for their blonde brother/friend.

“Anyway,” Sakura stood up dusting her hands off on her black shorts, “I've healed most of the cuts but you are going to have to rest for a while so your chakra has a chance to replenish so no jutsu practicing for the time being!” she smiled down at the younger teen walking away to tend to the rest of her team calling over her shoulder. “I'll get you some dinner.”

It took Kat all of 3 seconds to realize exactly what that smile meant when Naruto arrived with two bowls of steaming instant ramen. His cheeks tinted a light shade of pink he plopped down beside her handing her one of the bowls and a set of chop sticks breaking his own apart.

“Itadikmas!” smiling with her head bowed she mumbled along with him and they both dug in. She was still working on the food when he finally spoke.

“So mind telling me why you didn't listen when I told you to wait?” His tone was quiet but she could hear the underlying irritation.

“You didn't say how long?” she offered refusing to look at him; his laugh caught her by surprise especially when he wrapped his arm around her shoulder and hugged her tightly. Cheeks flaming she cradled the bowl to her chest growling at him.

“HEY, I'm trying to eat it not wear it!” holding down her blush she looked up at him and rolled her eyes.

“You sound just like Sasuke-Teme.” He was grinning at her and the firelight reflected in his bright blue eyes. Kat swallowed, she couldn't look away from those eyes, her bowl drifted down until it was resting in her lap forgot utterly lost in the blue depths. Naruto continued talking looking directly into the hazel eyes staring back at him, he knew he was babbling but for some reason he couldn't stop. His brain decided at that moment to call up the Sharingan from earlier so he blurted out his question before he could form a less accusing way of putting it.

“So when were you going to tell me about the Sharingan?” Hazel eyes continued to stare at him without blinked then.

“Huh?” Kat so lost in her fantasy of a smiling Naruto holding her close and declaring his undying love, then kissing her passionately missed the question put to her entirely.

“Were you even listening?” he asked his nose was scrunched blue eyes twinkling in mischief.

“No…I mean yes…I mean nani?” She was so flustered and anger with her self that she missed his movement to shift closer to her peering under the curtain of her bangs, and leaned forward at the same time he did and their lips meet. Blue eyes meet Hazel shocked eyes, neither moved the blonde shinobi was stunned he had been trying to move in this direction for several months now and it just literally fell on him.

Kat's face heated several degrees in Fahrenheit she could have rivaled Hinata in how red her face was, without pulling away she opened her mouth to apologize the same instant she realized her lips were still connected to the handsome man in front of her. She would have leaned back but his hand was on the nape of her neck holding her in place.

`What the hell, enjoy it!' A voice in her head told her, eyelids closed and she leaned into him more pressing their lips together. She felt a vibration in her finger tips from the growl in his chest, his tongue tickled the roof of her mouth gliding around brushing her own tongue circling it and drawing it into his mouth. Kat had never kissed anyone let alone this deeply but if this deliciously swirling almost fainting sensation was how it was going to be then she could get used to this most defiantly!

Some shifting and low throaty growling on both of their parts, and she was sitting in his lap her legs around his waist both arms wrapped around his shoulders and neck. One of his arms was holding her tightly around the waist, pulling her ever closer the other tucked around one shoulder while the same hand held the nape of her neck massaging it. She groaned into his mouth trying to get closer as the hand at her waist slipped under her shirt touching skin. Kat shivered, Naruto growled louder letting his nails drag gently over her ribs. Naruto was in the process of raising one leg so he could lay them down with Kat under him when a sound caught his attention.

“Uh hem.” The blonde ignored the sound pressing their bodies closer moving his mouth to her neck.

“UH HEM!” Looking up from the very desirable woman in his arms he snarled at the interloper.

“Unless you want to put on a show for the whole camp I suggest you get a grip and not on her, Dobe.” Sasuke stood in front of them his arms folded across his chest glaring down at them. Beside Sasuke, Sakura was in a similar pose glaring but her eyes held a distinct mirth, Kats eyes wide as saucers was looking up at the pair from her semi-upside down position her mouth was slightly agape.

“Are you trying to catch fly?” Sasuke asked her turning his glare on her full force, they both heard the snickering clearly now. Kat snapped her mouth shut with a click and returned Sasuke's glare.

“If you are well enough to do that with the Dobe your well enough to answer some questions.” Naruto glared at his best friend brother.

“Give us minute Teme!” he replied in a sour voice. Standing up he set Kat on her feet and dusted her off, more snickering ensued. Sasuke gave them one more heated glare before turning around and returning to his seat by the cook fire with Kakashi and Gai's team.

“Do you mind Sakura-chan?” Naruto's tone was less biting when he addressed the medic but nonetheless firm. She winked at Kat and answered Naruto's rhetorical question.

“Not really!” she grinned at them.

“Sakura.” He gave her his serious face making the pink haired medic pout then add cheekily thoroughly enjoying the thunder stuck expression on Kat's face.

“Its about time!” she flounced over to the rest of her team grinning. Her plan had succeeded far better then she could have expected it to.

“Uh well…I guess uh maybe.” Kat was stuttering her hand reached up two fingers rubbing her forehead and studying the ground between the two then looking up and around anywhere but at Naruto. Feeling his lips tugging into a smile he tucked his fingers under her chin and raised her face.

“I liked it, a lot!” His tan cheeks were dusted pink as well. Kat swallowed her embarrassment; dropping her hand from her face she returned his grin.

“Yeah I bet you did.” The smirk she gave him reminded him of the Uchiha sitting watching them and brought him back to reality, leaning down he planted a warm closed lipped kiss on her smirking lips, he took her hand and lead them to their friends.

 

“Glad you could finally join us.” Kakashi smiled under his mask at the two, he was glad for both his students to have found this type of happiness even though it was while on a mission but he trusted in their abilities not to let it affect their performance. He looked the younger shinobi over carefully, Sasuke and Sakura were setted on either side of the couple. Sasuke was eyeing Kat in a way that reminded the jonnin of a predatory, he had witnessed that same intensity when he and Naruto had fought all those years earlier to bring the Uchiha back, it was something akin to hope and it had burned fiercely in the young man when he fought the blonde now that spark was in his eyes again and Kakashi could see that he was fighting desperately not to show it. Sakura on the other hand did very little to hide her obvious elation in the duo but she was just as guarded as she was obvious. Gai was going on about youth and expression of that blah blah blah. With years of practice he could easily tune the man out. On Gai's right Ten-Ten and Neji remained silent though he had worked with both recently on missions he couldn't accurately tell what they were thinking and Rock Lee was responding predictably to his over zealous sensei's actions. He scanned the area quickly since Gai and Rock Lee had safely managed to delivery the Feudal Lord to his home without further incident their group was headed home mission complete.

Interrupting Gai before he could start crying and doing that ever so embarrassing hugging he and Lee exhibited the Copy nin cleared his throat.

“Kat how long have you known about the Sharingan?” The silence that fell over the group was broken only by the sound of an owl hooting.

Head bowed and eyes covered by her bangs Kat gathered her thoughts, she had been expecting him to ask her about the whole Itachi not killing the clan thing so it took her a moment to redirect her thoughts. She looked up hazel eyes calm and answered.

“I didn't know about it until Itachi-san said something about it.” She didn't miss the way Sasuke flinched more a tick in his right eye that was there one second and gone the next. “So you didn't realize it before, just so we're clear?” She nodded her head once keeping her eyes on him. “I did feel something itchy in my eyes a few days ago when Naruto-kun and I sparred and a few times before that but I assumed it was just eye strain or something.”

“So you felt a difference in your eye sight but you didn't tell your team?” Neji was studying her carefully as he asked his question.

“Not a difference in my eyesight just an itchiness that passed quickly enough that I did think anything of it.” The Hyuuga nodded his head apparently excepting her answer. Before anyone else could think of a question for her she had her own questions and now was as good a time as any to ask.

“Itachi-san mentioned Orochimaru, I know a little about him and what he has done but not the full story.”

“That's best left till we get home.” Sasuke had spoken his voice even, without a shred of emotion in it, the only people to realize the full extent of his words where his two teammates and one was currently patting his shoulder.

“Aright I can wait for my answers so I guess now I suppose you will want to know about why I think Itachi-san didn't kill the clan?” She looked around at their faces, she could see the stunned looks on Gai and his team and the expectant ones on Kakashi's.

 

 

DU DU DU!!!!!

I know its evil to stop here but you will have to wait to find out what my theory is on the whole clan slaughter. I will give you a hint to my theories and they involve those meetings that they were all going to at night the one that was mentioned in I believe episode 130-137 the Sasuke retrieval arc. But I have to organize that chapter before I can put it out or it wont make sense or I could be really evil and not put it out unless I get reviews oh well we shall see.