Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Espionage ❯ Pleasure and Pain part II ( Chapter 13 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

Summary: Sasuke is a spy for Shinobi Inc. and is sent to guard the #1 hyperactive blond of Konoha High School, Naruto Uzumaki. He finds out later that Naruto has two personalities and both are driving him crazy, but for two different reasons.

A/N: Sorry about the delay!

Espionage

Chapter 12: Pleasure and Painpt 2

Gaara slowly gathered his things when the bell rung, signaling the end of the day. He waited until the rush of students left before he too made his way out of the classroom. Just as he was about to walk out of the school doors, he heard someone calling his name. Gaara ignored it, hoping that person would think he didn't hear them. But alas, he heard his name again, this time louder. The redhead sighed before turning around to see Lee running towards him.

“Gaara!” the senior called out to him, his usually bright smile on his face.

Gaara nodded in greeting, impatiently waiting for Lee to catch up to him. When Lee finally approached him, he asked what he wanted.

“I just wanted to see if you wanted to hang out today.” He replied.

Gaara wanted to say no, that he preferred to just go home and lock himself in his room, but the look Lee was giving him was slowly crumbling his resolve. “What exactly did you want to do?”

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Throughout the entire day, Naruto couldn't help but to think about Gaara. The redhead was no doubt a passive and pessimistic person most of the time, but Naruto hadn't seen Gaara angry in a long time. It was almost scary to see that expression once again on his face. `I hope he doesn't beat anyone up...' The blonde thought to himself.

Once school was over, Naruto made up his mind to find Gaara and force him to talk. “Then later, we can go to Ichiraku!” the blond grinned at not only being able to talk to his best friend, but also getting treated to his favorite food.

He pulled out his cell phone and began to dial the redhead's number. It ranged a few times until it went to voicemail. “Huh? That's funny…” He tried again, and like before, no one answered. Naruto frowned. Gaara always answered the phone if the blond was calling him. Being the guy that he is, Naruto began to think the worse. `Whatif he really was angry at me butsaidhe wasn't… or what if he's been kidnapped and his phone is lyingon the street somewhere…or…' Each thought was a worse as the one before.

Finally, he couldn't take it anymore and dashed out of the school, intending to go over to Gaara's house and make sure that he was okay. Or at least, that would've been the plan; had not he crashed into someone after heading out of the school entrance.

He nearly came into contact with the ground but, luckily, the person he ran into caught him. “Watch where you're going, dobe.”

Only one person ever called him that name. He glared at the tall raven hair boy that still had a grip on his arm. “Shut up, bastard.” He mumbled straightening himself up to stand on his own.

“So what has you in such a hurry that you become more of a klutz than what you normally are?” Sasuke asked, a smirk on his face, annoying Naruto even more.

Naruto continue to glare at the raven haired boy. “Not that it's any of your business, I was looking for Gaara. I tried calling him, but he didn't pick up.” Sasuke could practically hear the worry in Naruto's tone.

“Don't worry dobe, I saw Sabaku about ten minutes ago. He and Lee were walking off somewhere together.” He said nonchalantly, but secretly hoped the information would put the blond's fears at ease. Though it somewhat annoyed the Uchiha that Naruto depended so much on Gaara, but he understood that the redhead had been his best friend for years.

The blond's glare disappeared and was replaced by surprise and relief. “Oh, okay then. But…” He trailed off. Now that he knew Gaara was fine, he was reminded of one question. Who the heck was gonna pay for his ramen!

“But what?” Sasuke asked, curious as to what made Naruto trail off like that.

“Who's gonna buy me ramen now?” he cried in despair, as if the most tragic thing on the face of the earth. Sasuke sweat dropped inwardly. He should've known that the blond's comment wouldn't be serious at all.

“Idiot, what happened to the coupons that I gave you?”

Naruto gave a sheepish smile as he scratched the back of his head. “Well you see…I sort of used them all up.”

Will this kid ever cease to amaze the Uchiha? “You used all of them?” he asked in a flat tone, almost skeptical of Naruto's plan, but then again, this is Naruto we're talking about…

“Yeah. Used them all up during winter break. And I didn't bring any money today.”

Sasuke shook his head and turned around before muttering a “dobe” over his shoulder, loud enough for Naruto to here and began to walk away.

“Don't call me that bastard!” Naruto shouted to the retreating boy. He huffed and pouted as he watched the Uchiha walk away. Curiously, Naruto notice Sasuke stop to turn and faced him.

“Are you coming or not.”

“What?” Naruto was confused. Where were they going?

“You said you wanted ramen, right? Let's go before they close.” Sasuke stared at him, inwardly amused at the gaping blond.

He began to walk away once again. Naruto blinked before he finally realize that Sasuke was leaving him. “Hey, wait for me!” His feet quickly went to action as he ran to catch up.

The two walked in silence for about five minutes, Naruto occasionally glancing sideways to look at the other teen.

“What is it, dobe?” Sasuke finally asked, slightly annoyed at the staring. He smirked. “I know I'm good-looking, but you don't have to stare at me like that.” He teased.

Naruto face turned a bright red. “S-shut up!” he yelled. “I was only wondering why you were being so nice to me. Like I would stare at you because you're good-looking, yeah right!” `Even though you and I both know that you're freakin' hot… I did not just think that…'

Sasuke interrupted Naruto's inner turmoil with a grunt. “Whatever. To answer your question, I just felt like doing it. Besides, isn't that what friends do?”

Naruto stopped walking and stared at Sasuke in disbelief. Sasuke, noticing that the blond wasn't beside him, stopped as well and looked back. “What is it?”

“Y-you think of me as a friend?”

“Would I be buying you ramen if I didn't?”

“B-but, what about all the snide comments and the name calling?”

Sasuke shrugged. “My way of showing that I care.” He deadpanned. Naruto wasn't sure if he was joking or serious.

They stood in silence before Naruto broke it. “So… we're friends?” Naruto asked, confirming the earlier statement. For some reason, there was a funny feeling in the pit of his stomach at the thought of being friends. Deep down inside, he knew that they were friends (why else would they buy each other Christmas gifts) but to officially announce was another matter completely.

Sasuke smirked slightly and nodded. Naruto's face suddenly broke out into a large grin and began walking again, Sasuke along side him.

It was as if the past few months didn't happen and the two had been friends for years. Naruto talked about anything and everything, as Sasuke listened intently, sometimes adding his own input and the occasional insult which Naruto returned playfully.

“You know, you aren't such a bad guy after all.” Naruto said with a grin. Sasuke challenged his smile with his own smirk.

“I wouldn't be so sure of that. Just because I'm being friendly now, doesn't mean I'll feel like it tomorrow.”

Naruto pouted, which Sasuke found absolutely adorable. He heard the blond mumble something about being a bastard. The Uchiha wanted to smile. He couldn't deny that he was enjoying himself with the blond hair teenager by his side. He had never thought that he would be able to stand next to Naruto without getting into an argument (or at least a serious one). And now they were going to eat together, just the two of them; no pesky best friends or annoying girlfriends to interrupt them.

“Hey! Race you to Ichiraku!”

Too engrossed in his thoughts, Sasuke could only stare as the blond took off, and took a few seconds more before his brain registered what Naruto had said. He could see the restaurant close by and sighed at Naruto's impatience. He watched as the blond continued to run towards the ramen shop.

“Oi, dobe! Be careful!” he called out when he saw Naruto dart out into the street.

Naruto looked back as he continued to run. “You're no fun. We're supposed to be racing!” he shouted back, noticing that Sasuke was still walking.

Sasuke saw it first. His smirk quickly faded away as dread entered his body. He tried to move, but the fear instantly took over. “NARUTO, MOVE!”

Naruto wrinkled his face in confusion before he turned his head and saw the speeding car heading towards him. It seemed like time had stopped and, like Sasuke, Naruto could not move, he couldn't scream. All he could do was tightly close his eyes and wait for impact.

He felt an object hit him, knocking him over; the momentum caused him to roll over a few times. As he stopped rolling, he realized that he wasn't in as much pain as he should have been. There was the slight ache of in his body and due to the fall, but that was about it. He also noticed the street was incredibility soft.

Slowly, he opened his eyes and came in contact with another face. There was a man lying on top of him, his arm pillowing Naruto's arm and his long black hair falling onto the blond's face. Naruto blinked slowly as the two continued to stare at each other. Naruto could have sworn he recognized that face before. `Sasuke…'

Before Naruto could open his mouth to speak to the other man, he stood up and vanished into the crowd that gathered around them. “Wait-”

“Naruto!”

The blond turned to see Sasuke pushing through the crowd to reach him. Naruto barely registered the terrified expression on the raven haired teen's face. “Fuck, are you alright?” he asked kneeling down next to him.

Still shaken up, Naruto trembled as he nodded his head. “Y-yeah, I-I'm fine.” He saw Sasuke sigh in relief and then look around.

“Where is the guy who pushed you out of the way?” he asked.

“I don't know…”

Naruto thought back to the man who was just a second ago on top of him; the man who saved his life. His stare was the most hypnotizing things that Naruto had ever experienced. Naruto closed his eyes. All he could see was those piercing crimson eyes staring intently at him.

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Two days passed since Naruto's near-death experience. And within those few days, all he could think about was the mysterious person who saved him. The man didn't stick around for the blond to thank him and he was beginning to feel quite guilty about it.

And of course, he wanted to get another look at the man's face. He could have sworn that there was some resemblance to Sasuke, but he wasn't entirely sure. All he knew was that the man deserved his thanks.

Walking home from school, Naruto decided to take a different way. The blond had become slightly wary of cars in the past few days and so decided to use a route with very few streets.

As he was walking, Naruto felt as if someone was watching him. He looked back every once in a while, but no one was there. Shrugging, Naruto continued down the path. The feeling started again and so Naruto increased his speed. He looked back once again, as he kept moving forward. Too busy looking behind him; he did not see that there was someone in front of him. Before he could even move out the way, he collided into the person and almost fell to the floor if the person hadn't caught him.

“Watch where you're going, kid.”

Naruto paused was he had a strange sense of Déjà vu. Didn't this happen to him recently? Shaking off the weird feeling, Naruto looked up (Naruto found it annoying that the people he bumped into were always taller than he was) at the person he ran into.

The man held a blank expression, or least it seemed blank, since he was wearing sunglasses and Naruto couldn't see his entire face. He also had long black hair that went down to his back, held together in a low ponytail. Naruto stared at him, before it clicked.

“Ah! You're that guy!” he exclaimed, pointing his finger rather rudely.

The man raised an eyebrow. “Excuse me?”

“You're the guy who saved me from being road kill a few days ago.”

“Kid, I have no idea what you are talking about. I think you have me mistaken for someone else.”

Naruto shook his head “No! I know it was you. You had the long hair and the red eyes! Take off your glasses! If you have red eyes, I'll know it's you!”

The man in front of him sighed. “If that will get you stop yelling…” He slowly reached up for his glasses and slowly pulled them down. Naruto held his breath as the other man took off the sunglasses. He waited impatiently as the offending objects were removed to reveal a pair of… onyx eyes?

“Do you see? They aren't red.” The stranger said, lifting the glasses back onto his nose after he was sure Naruto got a good look at them.

“But, you look exactly like… I'm sorry. I guess I was mistaken.” He grumbled, a little put out that this guy wasn't his savior.

“Is there a reason why you were so determined to assume me the person you were looking for?”

Naruto explained what happened to him to the stranger, as the other listened intently. “And so now I need to find that guy because I want to thank him for saving me.”

The man nodded in understanding. “I'm sure this person knows that you are grateful.”

“I guess you're right. Well, sorry for the mishap.” The blond smiled brightly and waved before right off. The stranger couldn't help but smile slightly at the boy. His smile faded though, when he reached for his phone. Waiting only after one ring, the man gave one order.

“Go now.”

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Naruto walked most of the way home, without feeling as if someone was watching him. However, the feeling soon came back.

`I'm almost home,' he told himself. `Nothing is going to happen to me. I'm almost home, I'm almost home, I'm almost-'

Naruto cried out when someone grabbed him from behind. They quickly covered his mouth to stop his yelling. Naruto began to struggle, but it was useless; the man was much stronger than him.

Naruto looked and saw another one close by, approaching them, no doubt to help his partner.

Naruto eyes widen as he struggled more. `They're actually trying to kidnap me!'

And suddenly, Naruto stopped moving. The two men, dressed in black suits, thought that perhaps the blond had passed out and began to pull him towards the car waiting for them. But the man who had a grasp on Naruto yelled in pain and stopped dead in his tracks.

“What the hell!” He screamed as he felt the bone crushing pain in his arm. He attempted to let go of the boy, but Naruto's grip would not loosen.

“What are you doing!” the other yelled. “Hurry up with the kid!”

“I can't. The fucker is crushing my arm.” He let out another cry of pain.

“Dammit.” The other grumbled, pulling out his gun, before walking around to face Naruto. The man paused slightly as he saw a glimpse of the teenager's eyes. He knew that the target's eyes were blue; however the eyes he was staring at was no doubt a bright crimson color. “What are you?”

The teenager grinned. “You know, that question gets really tiresome!” He threw the larger man over his shoulder towards his companion. Shocked at the movement, the man does not get out of the way and is knocked down by the other.

The two groan as they try to get back up, Kyuubi looking at them in amusement. “This is fun…” he mocks, causing them to get angry.

“You little punk!” the one with the gun snarled as he picked up his gun and began shooting. Kyuubi easily evaded the shots. All too soon, he ran out of bullets. Before the other one could take out his gun, Kyuubi had already approached them, sending a punch into the bigger one's (the one who actually tried to drag him off) face, and his foot into the side of the head to the other one.

The two went flying opposite ways, the big one, recuperating first began a counter attack. Kyuubi dodged each punch and kick gracefully, making sure to keep an eye on the other man not far away. The blond notice the man reloading his gun and quickly thought of a plan.

He evaded a punch and a bullet and grabbed for the knife he saw on the man he was fighting. Gracefully stepping behind the man, he impaled the knife into his back and just barely taking shelter behind him before more shots were let loose. The man stopped moving after the third bullet had hit him and slowly began to fall to the ground. Kyuubi grabbed his gun before he fell, and began to shoot back. He needed to take the offensive since his shield was gone.

Kyuubi's aim was much better than the other man's and managed to hit him in the shoulder. The man cried when he was shot and accidentally let go of his weapon.

“Shit-” he did not finally his comment as his body was filled with bullets. He fell to the ground, much like his companion had.

Kyuubi lowered the gun. He looked at the two dead men without remorse, and then at himself, who was completely covered in blood.

“Damn.” He sighed, looking around to see if there were any witnesses he'd have to take care of. Seeing that the coast was clear, Kyuubi darted towards where Naruto lived, hoping that the person he wanted to help would be there.

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Ding Dong!

“I'm coming.” Sasuke shouted when he heard the doorbell. The person rang the bell again. Sasuke frowned. “I said, I'm coming!”

The doorbell continued to ring and Sasuke nearly growled. “Who in the hell is this person?”

He threw the door open. “What!” he snapped. His anger however disappeared when he saw the familiar blond standing in front of him. “What are you-”

He stopped mid sentence. He didn't notice at first, but the sight of red on Naruto's shirt made his widen in surprise. `Is that blood?' “What the hell happened, Naruto?” He pulled the other teen into the house and dragged him up to his room. “Wait here.” Sasuke told him and he ran out of the room to find the first-aid kit. Too busy trying to search for it, he didn't realize Naruto was right behind him.

“I don't need the first aid. This isn't my blood.” The Blond told him.

Sasuke froze. That wasn't Naruto's normal voice. He slowly turned around to look the other in the eyes and found out his worst fear. Kyuubi had been unleashed. He should've noticed that it was Kyuubi at his front door, not the real Naruto. It would also make more sense that Kyuubi had blood stains on his shirt than if Naruto were to have them.

“What happened?” Sasuke asked, staring straight into red eyes.

Kyuubi shrugged, and walked into the bathroom; Sasuke followed after him. “My host was attacked. I intervened. There's not much to it.” He replied, taking off the bloody shirt.

Sasuke passed him a rag to clean himself. “Do you know who did it?”

“I don't. Perhaps my host might. I can only tap into his memories if it occurs right before or after I take over. But I doubt if he knew who they were.”

Sasuke paused. Kyuubi glanced over at him before answering the unasked question. “Yes, they're dead. I killed them both.”

Sasuke sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. “Damn! What a mess! What the hell happened to the person who was supposed to be protecting you?”

Kyuubi finished wiping off the blood and put the rag to the side. “I don't know, but they sure as hell weren't there when I had to fight those two by myself.”

Sasuke almost smirked. “Were they too much for you to handle?”

Kyuubi actually did grin. “Not a chance, hero. It was child's play killing them. Although, I wouldn't have minded if my prince charming would've saved me.” He said, moving closer to Sasuke, wrapping his arms around his shoulders.

“I'm sure you wouldn't.” Sasuke replied dryly. Sasuke pulled the shorter man off of him and walked back to his room and pulled out his cellphone as Kyuubi, following suit into the room, laid down on the bed and stared at Sasuke.

Sasuke called Tsunade to tell her what happened. Of course when he told her, she went totally berserk and ordered him to keep Naruto there until Jiraiya came. Once he got off the phone with her, he looked at Kyuubi would had been staring at him the entire time.

But there was something odd about the blond. He seemed, eerily serious today. Whenever Kyuubi had encountered the other half of Naruto, he would usually be flirtatious or smirking. This time, however, there was no cocky grin or lusty gaze. “What wrong with you?” He asked.

Kyuubi remained silent before sighing. “Hero,” Sasuke rolled his eyes at the stupid nickname Kyuubi gave him “…do you think that I'm a bad person?”

Sasuke was shocked. Did Kyuubi actually feel guilty for what he had done? He wanted to tease the other, but Kyuubi seemed absolutely serious about the question. He should answer him honestly.

“You were created to kill others. It's what you live for. And although, others may doubt your goodness, I know that you do have a heart, why else would I still be alive. Besides, if you didn't kill those men, they would've taken you and Naruto and done god knows what with you. Even though you are pushy, arrogant, obnoxious and a complete pervert, I don't think you're a bad person.”

Kyuubi barked out a laugh while Sasuke attempted to hold back a smirk. He sat down next to Kyuubi's head as the other continued to laugh.

“Thanks for being so honest.”

“No problem.”

“Hey,” The blond said, looking up at Sasuke. “One more question. Are you in love with Naruto?”

Sasuke stiffened at the question. “What's with you asking so many questions today? Isn't it time for you to pass out already?” Sasuke looked at his clock. It has been a while since Kyuubi's been in control…

“You're changing the subject, hero. Just answer me.”

Sasuke remained silent for while. Finally, he opened his mouth. “I don't see why you want to know, you'll just have a jealous fit if you found out that I did love him. I'd rather not deal with you angry, if you don't mind.”

Kyuubi chuckled at his response. “I'm glad you know me so well.”

There was silence, until Kyuubi broke it once more. “Sasuke,” Sasuke raised an eyebrow. That was the first time today that Kyuubi called him by his real name. “Kiss me.”

Sasuke hitched a breath. He stared into Kyuubi deep, piercing, beautiful, red eyes. How could he possibly deny his request? `This is Naruto'sbody!I would be taking advantage of it…' he argued in his head, but his mouth did not agree.

He slowly lowered his head, stopping only centimeters away from the other's lips. Ignoring, the last effort warnings in his head, Sasuke closed the gap between their lips. The kiss was gentle, but became more passionate as Kyuubi wrapped his arms around his neck and parted Sasuke's lips with his tongue. Sasuke nearly moaned at the welcome intrusion. Sasuke fisted his hand into the blond locks and kissed him even harder. He nearly grinned when he felt Kyuubi shiver in pleasure.

After what seem like eternity, they broke apart due to lack of oxygen. They pressed their foreheads together and stared into each other's eyes.

“Thanks.” Kyuubi finally said. “But next time, hero,” he grinned as he leaned forward to kiss Sasuke once more, except not as passionate. “I plan on going all the way.”

Sasuke watched him grin before his red eyes closed and his body slumped forward into Sasuke. He sighed and gently laid the blond down on the bed, putting a blanket over the half-naked boy.

Just then, the door bell rang. No doubt it was probably Jiraiya. He looked at the teenager in his bed one more time. “Good night, Naruto…and Kyuubi.” He whispered before hurrying down the stairs to answer the door.

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“I'm sorry boss. The two men that you sent out are dead.” The henchmen reported back to his master.

The raven haired man didn't seem fazed by the news. “Yes, I figured as much. I didn't actually intend on those two brutes in succeeding in capture Naruto Uzumaki. They were a just a test.”

The henchmen seemed confused at the information. “I don't understand, sir.”

Red eyes glared back at him. “You don't need to understand. You are dismissed.” The man bowed before leaving. The man sighed and laced his fingers together, resting his head on top. He glanced slightly at the door when he heard it open. “…What is it, Kisame?” The man named Kisame shrugged and arrogantly walked in, but the other man didn't mind, he was use to such behavior from his partner.

“Just curious on how your test went.” He replied, taking a seat on the edge of the red eye man's desk.

“Just as I thought. He killed them both. We're going to need a lot more reinforcements.”

“Well, I've come to give you a little heads up on Orochimaru's plans.” This caught the man's interest. “It seems that he and his little dog, Kabuto, have been creating some type of drug.”

“What kind of drug.”

“One that can fully tranquilize NO. 467825 test subjects. And considering that Naruto is the only fully stable subject alive…”

“He's trying to go after Uzumaki.” The man finished.

“My thoughts exactly. So, what are you going to do?” Kisame asked. He looked at the man deep in thought.

“I don't know yet. I'll make sure to think of something. But for now, tell your spy to closely watch all of Orochimaru's moves. We wouldn't want him doing something to ruin my plans.”

“Alright.” Kisame replied, removing himself move the desk to leave the room. Before he left, he turned back to his partner. “Just remember not to do anything stupid yourself. The last thing we need is for you to get kill.” The bluish toned man nodded. “Later, Itachi.” And then left.

Itachi closed his eyes and relaxed. The piercing red slowly changed back to black. “Let's see your next move, Orochiamru…”