Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Duality ❯ Fire and Wind ( Chapter 11 )

Chapter Eleven: Fire and Wind

The next morning, Sekai was woken up by the morning sun blinding his eyes. This displeased him greatly since he had been sleeping so well. He tried rolling over to get closer to the other body in the bed, only to feel it was gone. Murmuring complaint, he opened his eyes to locate his friend.

They had spent the night talking about anything and everything under the sun, either about themselves or the world in general, before going to bed—sharing, not that Sekai could say he minded all that much.

Maybe I should take my own advice, he thought, remembering his words to both Yume and Sasuke about their love lives. Still, putting such confidence into practice was harder than it sounded.

Or maybe Sasuke’s right and I should just mind my own business, huh?

But wouldn’t that be running away? If there was one thing he had learned from Naruto’s adventures it was that running wasn’t the answer. Still…

Sai was working at the easel he had set up in his bedroom. He glanced in Sekai’s direction when he began to rise. “Good morning.”

“’Morning,” the blond greeted around a yawn. He threw back the covers and stood, walking with bare feet on the cold floor toward Sai. He stopped just short of the easel. “May I see?”

Sai hesitated. He had never done this before and, as sure as he was that he wished to proceed, he still had no idea how Sekai would react and it was a little frightening. Though he wasn’t sure why it was frightening; it just was.

Sekai took the silence the wrong way. “I don’t have to,” he added with a nervous smile. “It’s okay.”

“No,” Sai said immediately. “Please, look.”

Pleased, Sekai walked around him and gasped softly in surprise at what he saw. It was him. Sai had painted him lying in bed, blanket pulled up to his chest, one hand curled next to his cheek, his form bathed in golden sunlight.

“I look beautiful,” was all he could think, so he said so out loud. “Is… Is that how you see me?”

Sai kept his eyes on the painting. “Yes.”

Touched beyond words could describe, Sekai felt his throat tightening but he swallowed back the tears. Instead he wrapped his arms Sai’s neck and hugged him tightly. “Thank you.”

Relieved, Sai smiled. “I don’t think this is something you need to thank me for.”

Sekai pulled away to look at his face. “No, I do.” Blushing, he leaned down to kiss Sai’s lips gently, his heart climbing up into his throat in excitement. “Thank you. No one’s ever thought that about me before.”

Sai shook his head. “I’m sure they did, it’s just you didn’t notice.”

Sekai laughed a little. “Flatterer.”

“I was just speaking the truth…”

Sekai giggled. “I know.” He brushed his thumb against Sai’s pale cheek gently, amazed at his luck. He’s really too sweet for someone like me.

Sai closed his eyes and leaned into the touch. That had gone more smoothly than he’d anticipated.

-

Sasuke woke when Naruto turned again in his sleep, this time to face him. He opened his eyes blurrily to see the way the faint morning sunshine shown on the blond’s whiskered face.

The Uchiha felt warm all over. Not just in body but his soul as well. Something in him that Itachi had killed and mutilated along with their parents, that which Naruto had been trying for three years to bring back to life, was fully awoken. Did the night before really happen? Or was this reality and the previous days of his life a cruel dream?

Sasuke snorted as he woke more fully. I let the idiot touch my cock once and I turn pseudo-philosophical?

Naruto opened his eyes at the noise, his blue orbs looking particularly bright and glassy. He smiled at him and Sasuke felt this was one of the few times he was glad to be alive and not the "dream container" for an evil, megalomaniacal pervert. He smiled back.

“Good morning,” Naruto broke the silence, his throat croaking from sleep.

“It is,” Sasuke agreed, kissing Naruto shortly before rising. There were things they had to do today. The skies outside looked bright and clear, no sign of the previous day’s rain at all. A part of him was disappointed.

Naruto seemed to agree with that sentiment. “Gaah, I don’t want to get up,” he complained, his voice following Sasuke into the bathroom.

Sasuke lifted up the toilet seat and relieved himself. “Blame your beloved big brother. It’s his training we have to supervise.”

“He’s improving though,” Naruto pointed out brightly.

Sasuke grunted, knowing it was true but not wanting to admit it because it was the deviant and he was partially responsible for some of the improvement.

Crossing to the sink to wash his hands he caught sight of his appearance in the mirror. Then he did a double take and looked again. On one side was the very familiar burn left from the curse mark. On the other was a red spot. Sasuke turned on the bathroom light and craned his neck to get a better look. It looked like a scratch, but it wasn’t bleeding and it didn’t hurt.

Then he remembered where Naruto’s mouth had been the night before.

For some reason, having the mark in such an obvious place (that he wouldn’t even be able to hide), didn’t make him angry. It amused him. Smirking, he walked back out into the bedroom.

“Hey, idiot, look at what you did,” Sasuke said, crawling back onto the bed. Naruto was reclining against the pillows with his hands behind his head and Sasuke craned his neck, pointed at the spot for emphasis.

Naruto’s eyes widened. “Oh crap, how did that happen?!” He touched the spot gingerly.

Sasuke snorted. “You are how it happened, total idiot. It’s a hickey.”

“I did?” Guilt etched on his far too open features. “Damn, I’m sorry, Sasuke. I didn’t know I was biting that hard.”

Sasuke sighed and smiled to show he wasn’t angry. “I’m not mad at you, Naruto. I’m amused by it more than anything.”

Naruto pouted. “Still…”

“Don’t worry about it.” He pushed Naruto back onto the mattress, climbing on top of him, pressing their hips together. He kissed the pout gently to reassure him.

Naruto moaned and thrust his hips upward, pushing the blanket out from between them.

As the kissing grew more heated and invigorated, Sasuke dimly remembered that they had to get up to meet Kakashi and the others.

Then Naruto reached down and wrapped his hand around his erection, stroking him leisurely, making him moan plaintively against the blond’s lips.

Screw that, he decided, returning the favor on Naruto, watching how red his face and ears turned as he began to stroke him in turn.

Neither of them were going to last very long, if last night was any indication—they were teenagers, it wasn’t alarming—so Sasuke began crawling down Naruto’s body, kissing and biting occasionally until he reached his crotch. He blew teasingly against the blond’s erection, causing him to shiver and murmur his name.

Naruto had opened his eyes and watched Sasuke’s movements carefully. He thought he could come just from seeing Sasuke lean over his penis like that. Then the Uchiha licked the tip of his erection. “Oh god! Sasuke…”

He decided that it would be a stupendously bad idea to tell Sasuke he kind of looked like a cat when he did that.

Since he did not really know what he was doing, Sasuke merely took the head into his mouth, licking it languidly, pleased when Naruto’s breathing became faster and harsher. The blond whimpered, trying to press his penis further into his mouth and Sasuke had to hold him down or be forced to bite him in reprimand, and Naruto probably wouldn’t let him near his cock again for a while if he did that.

Naruto reached down to tangle his hand in Sasuke’s soft hair, his hand rubbing his lover’s scalp firmly. “Sasuke… you’re incredible…”

Pleased at the declaration, Sasuke hazarded to take a little more of the length into his mouth and began sucking.

“Sasuke!” Naruto screamed abruptly, the hot, wet pressure against his erection too much, and it was the only warning he gave before he came.

Surprised, Sasuke swallowed up the fluid until Naruto laid panting and sweating against the sheets, limp and sated.

Naruto tugged on his hair, urging Sasuke back up to kiss him passionately, his mind still spinning from what Sasuke had done to him. It had felt unbelievably good, but he didn’t know if he was ready to do that just yet. It seemed too much like copying Sasuke anyway. He thought back to last night and remembered something.

“Oi, Sasuke. Can you, um, touch yourself again?” he asked, blushing furiously and unable to look the dark-haired boy in the eye. “Like you did last night. It was really hot.”

Sasuke smirked and cupped Naruto’s red face, pressing light kisses against his whisker marks. “I don’t mind,” he answered, proud that Naruto liked to look at him like that. He pulled away to lie beside the blond without further delay and began to stroke himself.

Naruto moved to sit on the end of the bed, perching between Sasuke’s feet. “Move your legs further apart,” he said.

Sasuke smirked and complied, putting his body on display for his lover. He reached down with his other hand to touch his testicles. “You wa—want to see this? Or…” He fingered his entrance, teasing both himself and Naruto by pushing in slightly. “… Or this?”

Sasuke looked so dirty and so beautiful like this. Naruto bit his lip, feeling himself becoming aroused again from the sight of his friend. He wrapped his hand around his cock and brought it to hardness, never taking his eyes off of Sasuke, memorizing the pleasured haze of his eyes and how he looked jerking himself off.

Pushing the finger further inside, he watched Naruto touching himself and wondered what it would feel like to have that penis inside of him. For a moment he lost himself in the imagery—of Naruto fucking him, stretching him until he screamed, his ankles hanging off the blond’s broad shoulders. Gasping out Naruto’s name, he climaxed abruptly.

Little did he know Naruto was thinking about the same thing. He wondered what it would feel like, how warm and tight Sasuke would feel. The idea made him moan loudly.

Shakily, Sasuke pushed himself off the mattress so he knelt in front of Naruto. He took the blond in his arms, not touching his cock, letting him continue to stroke himself. Sasuke licked around Naruto’s earlobe before whispering commands into his ear, telling Naruto to come for him.

Naruto threw his head back and came with a loud exclamation, his semen covering both his and Sasuke’s chests. Sasuke’s arms tightened around him, keeping him from falling over and petting the back of his hair as if to comfort him. Naruto sagged against the other boy’s weight, panting against the sweaty skin of his shoulder.

They were both smiling bashfully when they pulled apart.

“We’re gonna be late, huh?” Naruto asked, glancing at the clock to see it was thirty minutes after the time they usually met with the rest of Team Seven.

“Don’t care. It was worth it.” Sasuke smirked and kissed Naruto again lovingly. He tugged on his arm. “Come on, we need a shower. Badly.”

Naruto laughed. “Together?”

Sasuke blushed. “Well… We’re already late.”

“What if they get worried?” Naruto asked, though his worry didn’t look all that convincing.

“I have the feeling the deviant knew this would happen anyway,” Sasuke announced with a careless shrug.

“Oh… But what if he doesn’t say anything, just so they’ll come over here and Kakashi and Sakura walk in on us like this?”

Sasuke glared. “Then I’ll kill him.”

“Sasuke!”

“Seriously maim him,” Sasuke corrected.

Naruto glared back.

“Hit him in the head.”

Naruto pouted. “He only likes to tease you…”

Sasuke sighed. “I know. Come on, let’s get into the shower.”

Naruto nodded and followed obediently, wondering if his brother would pull a prank like that. If their roles were reversed, he knew he would be sorely tempted to. The thought made him giggle.

-

In the end, that hadn’t happened, and they were so late that Kakashi had beaten them to the training area. The grey-haired Jounin eyed them warily as they walked into the clearing. Sakura, Sai, Sekai and Yume merely looked worried.

“We were about to send out a search party,” Kakashi told them, and Sasuke and Naruto weren’t sure if he was joking or not.

“Only there weren’t any major explosions so it was unlikely that you had killed yourselves in the night,” Yume commented, her soft voice dripping with undisguised humor.

Sasuke rolled his eyes. “We just slept in, that’s all.”

“When I say that I get accused of lying,” Kakashi said lowly.

“Because you are lying!” Sakura snapped.

There was a hard look in Sekai’s eyes as he gazed at his brother and Sasuke appraisingly. The two younger teens slowly became aware of this, as did everyone else. Sekai’s gaze fixed on Sasuke and his head titled to the side thoughtfully.

Sasuke raised an eyebrow. Don’t tell me he’s angry or something… I didn’t even do anything to Naruto. Well, nothing that the deviant would be angry about…

Slowly, Sekai walked up to the Uchiha until they were nose to nose. Sasuke, being the stubborn young man he was, did not budge. The tension in the air was thick and palpable.

Naruto gulped. “Aniki? Is something wrong?”

Eyes still on Sasuke’s, Sekai reached up and tugged down the collar of Sasuke’s shirt before the dark-haired boy could stop him. What Sekai saw there caused him to beam happily. Sasuke knocked his hand away irritably, his glare hardening.

“Nothing at all, Naruto-nii,” Sekai finally spoke. He stepped back and smiled at Sasuke warmly. “Took you long enough, you irritating brat.”

Sasuke willed himself not to blush and tugged his shirt back into place. He’d known that none of his clothes would cover the hickey properly, but even so… Did Sekai really have to make such a big deal out of this? After a moment, Sasuke decided that he probably did.

Sekai held up a finger in front of Sasuke’s nose. “But if you ever make my little brother cry again, I swear I’ll kill you myself! You got that, Kitty?”

“Whatever, Deviant,” Sasuke replied, seemingly emotionless, but he nodded once and held Sekai’s gaze firmly to show he understood. Hurting Naruto wasn’t in his list of priorities, and he doubted it ever would be again.

Glancing at the others, Sasuke saw Kakashi looking at them with that same discernable gaze he’d been wearing for the past few days. Sasuke really couldn’t tell what Kakashi thought of all this, and he was beginning to think the Jounin was mad. Yume and Sai were both smiling peacefully, knowing perfectly well what was going on.

Then his eyes fell on Sakura, whose green orbs were filled with equal measures of sadness and acceptance. Despite himself, Sasuke sighed quietly as a knot of anxiety loosened in his gut. He had hoped that Sakura would understand—he just couldn’t love her the way she loved him—and it seemed she did. Maybe, someday, he would find the words to apologize. Now, as bad as it sounded, he wasn’t sorry. Naruto returned his feelings and that made him feel good. Better than good.

Kakashi cleared his throat. “Okay, since everyone is finally here, we can get down to business.” Reaching into a pocket, he pulled out a piece of white paper and looked at Sekai. “Today I’ve decided it’s time you found out what element you are.”

Sekai beamed widely. “Great!”

Kakashi handed him a paper and explained what to do, as he had to Naruto only a few months earlier. He wasn’t too surprised to see the paper begin to drip water moments later. It’s not like he’d expected Sekai to be matched with wind like his brother—and their father.

“Water…” Slowly, Sekai smiled returned, though not as bright. “We used to live in the Water Country you know.”

“Now I can call you a perverted kappa,” Yume teased gently.

Sekai blushed and laughed sheepishly.

Sai was smiling. “Water suits you.”

Sekai’s smile turned a little shy at that. “Does it?”

Sai nodded.

“He has a water fetish you know,” Yume said to Sai.

“Yume-chan!” Sekai’s blush returned full force.

Sai grinned. “So should I get his feet wet?”

Sekai made a soft noise of discontent and covered his face, thoroughly embarrassed. Everyone else watched in amusement.

Soon after Kakashi was teaching his newest pupil with the rest of them sitting to the side, observing and talking quietly amongst themselves. Yume was telling Sai an amusing story about from when they were little kids and Sekai had learned how to swim—whilst pulling Kain into the water at the same time. Beside him, Naruto was listening intently and laughing along, but Sasuke had tuned them out. Sekai really was progressing better so there was no need to watch and try to point out his faults when there were no longer any. He leaned back against the tree and closed his eyes, concentrating solely on the warm presence of Naruto, whose arm was touching his.

Sakura spoke up tentatively on his other side. “So… How are things between you now?”

Sasuke opened his eyes and looked at her. The pink-haired girl was blushing slightly. He could see that her words had gotten Naruto’s attention as well.

“I mean… It’s not presumptuous of me to ask, is it?” she added, blushing further.

“Erm, no!” Naruto answered, blushing in turn and smiling hesitantly at his (former?) crush. “We’re teammates, right?”

Sakura smiled at that.

“Things are…” Naruto looked at Sasuke nervously, as if he didn’t know the state of things himself. A lot had happened since the night before.

“Good,” Sasuke supplied.

“Erm, yeah, good,” Naruto agreed, laughing nervously. “Things are good. We’re good.”

Sakura nodded. “That’s good. I’m glad.”

Naruto’s eyes widened. “Really? You’re… You’re not mad?”

“If I was, you wouldn’t need to ask! You could tell!” Sakura grinned a little. “No, I’m not mad… I’ve… known for a while how Sasuke-kun really felt. Actually, I think I’ve always known. I was just too young to realize it before.” Her green eyes hardened. “As long as you’re both happy, I don’t care, but if you start fighting again, so help me, I’ll knock you both into next week! Got it?”

Naruto laughed a little. “Yeah, yeah! Heh, don’t worry! I don’t…” He looked at Sasuke again. “I don’t think it’ll get that bad again.”

Sasuke smirked. “Oh, we’ll fight. I can’t imagine that we wouldn’t. But killing Naruto would be counterproductive. Necrophilia isn’t my thing.”

Sakura held back a startled laugh. Had Sasuke always had such a morbid sense of humor? Was it something Naruto brought out in him? Did Naruto make him feel that much at ease? “That’s… good to know.”

Naruto grinned impishly. “Aw, Sasuke loves me.”

Sasuke pretended to glare. “Don’t push it.”

The blond stuck his tongue out at the Uchiha and, given that Sakura seemed to be okay with everything, he randomly laid his head down in his lap.

Sasuke jumped lightly, startled. “What are you…?”

“M’tired.”

“… I suppose you want to be petted too.”

“That would be the idea.”

“Shit. Bossy asshole.”

“You must be referring to yourself. I’m too sweet and lighthearted to be bossy. People like that about me, you know.”

“I’m sure,” Sasuke drawled, rolling his eyes at Sakura who giggled despite herself, as Sasuke petted the blond head in his lap anyway.

Sure, she was still a little jealous, but Sakura couldn’t help but feel happy, seeing them like this. There was a softness in Sasuke’s eyes that hadn’t been there before. This only solidified the knowledge that she’d been nursing for over a month already. She had already been dealing with it. At the end of things, Sakura felt she had dealt with it rather well. Being spiteful about it wouldn’t make anything better; it would just serve to make the boys feel guilty. When everything was said and done, she truly wanted them both to be happy. They deserved it.

Naruto pouted, his eyes still closed. “Hey, buddy, you’re not the only dark-haired beauty I could get. There’s Neji, and Sai really likes me.”

“Sorry, Naruto,” Sai spoke up with a cheerful smile. “I’m more interested in your brother at the moment,” he admitted.

“Heh…” The words sunk in and Naruto shot up as if he had been lying on a hot iron. “You what?!”

Sasuke raised an eyebrow. “You couldn’t figure that out?”

“Well, no… Wait, you knew? Why didn’t you tell me?!” Naruto demanded sourly.

Sasuke shrugged. “I didn’t think you were that unobservant. I’ll know better next time than to overestimate your intelligence.”

“Oi.” Naruto took a playful—but irritated—swipe at him, which Sasuke easily dodged with a smirk.

The day continued on much in this manner, and so did the next and the next after that. For a time, things were peaceful in the Hidden Village. Things would get worse eventually, but the companions knew that when it did, they would face the danger together.

TBC.