Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ I'll Fight For You ❯ Misunderstandings ( Chapter 3 )

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Misunderstandings

 

And there he was. He was wearing ANBU armor and black clothing, a serious difference to his usual orange jumpsuit, a black cloak was draped over a nearby branch, and his blue forehead protector was gone, replaced by a black one that was covering most of his hair, leaving only a few golden locks hanging around his eyes. His hands were draped lightly in his pockets, and his stance was relaxed as he looked over a small, struggling fire.

 

Sasuke lowered his palms lightly onto the branch and swung himself down, just a few feet at a time. Finally, he landed soundlessly on the ground, rising to stare at Naruto's back. It was obvious the blonde had sensed him, though why he didn't turn to confront the raven, Sasuke had no idea.

 

“Oi, Dobe.” He spoke up, the only other sound in the clearing coming from the crackling and popping fire at Naruto's feet. He didn't know why he wanted to talk to Naruto now, originally, just seeing him would have been fine, but now, it wasn't enough. Like Naruto was a drug, and seeing him was just a taste, Sasuke wanted more.

 

Naruto didn't move a single millimeter.

 

“Usuratonkachi.” Sasuke said louder, just incase the idiot had fallen asleep standing up (Sasuke wouldn't put it past him).

 

Nothing moved, and then Naruto laughed. Quiet, deep and sinister, it scared Sasuke almost as much as Gaara's laugh once had. Naruto straightened up, and very slowly, turned to face Sasuke.

 

And red eyes met black.

 

Sasuke's eyes went wide, and Naruto smirked, showing the dangerously sharp canines.

 

“No.” Naruto said simply, his voice deeper than Sasuke had ever heard it, a growl lacing the edges.

 

The smirk grew more prominent, and Sasuke took a wary step back.

 

Naruto chuckled quietly. “Are you afraid?” he mocked.

 

Sasuke stiffened, and Naruto took a very deliberate step forward.

 

“I'm not afraid, Usuratonkachi.” He said flatly, letting Naruto take another step forward.

 

“You never were a genius, no matter how much people believed you were.” Naruto's smirk grew more sinister, and he raised a clawed hand, flexing his fingers and whipping them back to strike. “You should be afraid.”

 

“Dobe!” Sasuke brought his hands up to protect himself.

 

“Are you deaf?” Naruto snapped, seeming seriously miffed. “I said `no'.”

 

Something hit him harder than he could register, and slammed him back into the tree a good fifteen feet behind him. His hands were forced up by his shoulders with strength Sasuke was positive Naruto didn't possess, and he felt the metal slid against his skin as his hands were pinned to the wood.

 

“At least act like a genius, if you can't pull the real thing off.” Naruto whispered huskily in Sasuke's ear.

 

“…You're not Naruto.” Sasuke said through his teeth, trying desperately to ignore the way his body temperature was shooting through the roof with Naruto's body pressed up against him.

 

“No.” Naruto mused. “I'm not.”

 

“Who are you?” Sasuke demanded, pulling on the kunai binding his arms to the tree behind him. His eyes went wide as he didn't even tear his clothes. The kunai had caught so much of each sleeve that he could barely move his wrists, and the metal was buried in the bark so far past the hilt that he could barely see the metal loop embedded in the wood.

 

“Not important.” Naruto drew a clawed finger down Sasuke's jawbone.

 

Sasuke's growl was stifled by a gasp as Naruto dipped forward and drew his tongue along the length of Sasuke's neck.

 

“Dobe, what are you—”

 

“Hush.” Naruto chuckled again, and slid his fingers inside Sasuke's collar.

 

Sasuke's mind kick-started with the electric jolt of Naruto's skin against his own and he started yanking against his bonds. Naruto's hands shot out of his clothing, and something that felt like an iron battering ram struck Sasuke in the stomach harder than he'd ever been hit.

 

He gasped in the pain and slumped forward as his knees buckled, his fighting ceasing.

 

Naruto's fisted hand pulled out of Sasuke's middle and a hand slid under his chin and gently forced his gaze up.

 

Naruto was staring at him like he expected Sasuke to do something, his red eyes and slit pupils pouring into Sasuke's soul through his eyes. Sasuke gritted his teeth and forced his knees to straighten himself up.

 

Naruto smirked and leaned forward again. “Don't worry, I'm not going to do anything to you, I only need to… plant the idea, and then watch it grow.” He said finally.

 

“What?” Sasuke ground out through his labored breathing. He couldn't feel his middle he'd been hit so hard, and usually he could deal with wounds.

 

“But…” Naruto's breath was an inferno against his neck as his tongue traced patterns up Sasuke's skin. Sasuke forbid himself from groaning, but it was all so damn arousing!

 

Naruto's knee slid between Sasuke's open legs, pushing up against his manhood so lightly that Sasuke could barely feel the pressure through his clothes, arousing him even more.

 

“I need to test one more thing.” Naruto stepped back, and for a second—just one second—Sasuke missed the contact. He cursed his breathing for not slowing.

 

Naruto smirked, his head cocked to the side as he walked backwards ten steps, his heels coming to rest at the edge of jagged rock.

 

“Behind me is a fifty foot drop, which isn't much compared to other hits Naruto has taken, but below that is a lake, the depth of which is well over three miles deep.” Naruto told him, his arms draped loosely at his side.

 

Sasuke remained silent, waiting for him to continue. Is that… the nine-tails? His eyes…

 

“Right now, Naruto is asleep, and being his team mate for as long as you were, you must know how much of a heavy sleeper he is. I'm going to `help' him stay asleep… he's been going a lot lately.” Naruto smirked, on fang poking over his bottom lip. “I'm going to go now, but if you want, you have some time to pull him out.” He finished, his smirk growing wider before it fell into a drowsy loll.

 

Red eyes bled to blue, and Naruto's pupils returned to normal. Naruto's claws retracted and his pointed ears shrank, the scars on his cheeks returning to their usual size. Sasuke watched as Naruto's eyes stayed locked with his, and then drifted closed, and the blonde swayed.

 

“Naruto!” Sasuke yelled out as Naruto swayed dangerously close to the edge, but allowed himself to relax as Naruto swung back like a pendulum. And out of nowhere, Naruto toppled backwards, disappearing over the cliff.

 

Sasuke threw himself forward, the kunai snapping him harshly back into the tree, his head cracking against the bark. He shook his head to clear the dizziness, his eyes widening as he heard the splash.

 

No, Naruto isn't that heavy of a sleeper, he's going to wake up, he's going to come spluttering up like an idiot, yelling for whoever threw him in to come out. He always did. He has to…

 

But there was no sound, no water movement, no yelling… nothing. The night air was deathly silent.

 

Deathly.

 

Sasuke wrenched forward, thrashing against the kunai so hard that he tore through the skin on his wrist before his sleeves ripped free, and he lunged forward, bracing his feet at the edge of the cliff and launching himself into the water, rocketing into the black depths.

 

His Sharingan raked the blackness for any movement. There it was, five hundred feet below him, was something drifting slowly down. Sasuke shot downwards, ignoring the burning in his lungs the pressure from the water was causing.

 

His hand dove out and his fingers grasped something even the Sharingan couldn't see in the blackness. He pulled up, panicking when it came free before he recognized the forehead protector Naruto was wearing. He jammed it between his teeth in frustration and swiped out again, this time, his fingers closed around Naruto's shirt.

 

Sasuke wrapped his arms under the blonde's torso and swam upwards with all his might, drawing a sharp breath as he broke through the surface of the water.

 

Sasuke swam harder than he ever had for the shore, making sure he was keeping the blonde's head above water as he swam. He dragged them up on shore, laying Naruto down on his back before dropping the cloth in his teeth and choking the water out of his lungs.

 

“Idiot!” he barked at Naruto. “Why the hell didn't you wake up?!”

 

Naruto didn't move, he was completely relaxed, his eyes closed peacefully, like he was dreaming.

 

“Naruto?” Sasuke leaned forward. Is he still asleep?

 

“Naruto.” He shook the blonde's shoulder roughly, his blood running cold in his veins.

 

Naruto wasn't breathing.

 

“Naruto!” Sasuke grabbed Naruto's shoulder, shaking him again. He looked around quickly, before tipping Naruto's head back and pinching the blonde's nose. He took a deep breath, praying his body wouldn't act up like earlier, and pressed his mouth over the blonde's, blowing harshly into his lungs.

 

Naruto coughed violently, rolling over onto his side and spitting the water from his lungs.

 

Sasuke sat back, his breathing finally returning to the regular pace. He couldn't help but notice Naruto's back and incredibly well-defined arms, which had previously been hidden by that hideous orange jump suit, but now, the black ANBU uniform clung to his skin, the water making it hug his contours even tighter. And without his forehead protector holding back his hair in the obnoxious spikes, Sasuke was forced to admit to himself that the blonde looked cute with his hair in his eyes. Naruto pushed himself up onto all fours, covering his mouth with one hand as he coughed forcefully.

 

When he was finally done, his back stiffened, and the hairs on the back of his head rose before his eyes flicked to Sasuke.

 

Naruto laughed, a hysterical laugh, one used when someone was disgusted, before heaving himself to his feet and stalking off along the edge of the lake.

 

“Hey!” Sasuke barked, pushing himself to his feet.

 

“Shut up.” Naruto whirled and jabbed his finger in Sasuke's direction, shaking his head slowly. “Just shut up.” he turned again and continued walking, his hands fisted at his sides.

 

“Dobe!” Sasuke yelled, marching after Naruto.

 

“I said shut the fuck up!” Naruto bellowed over his shoulder, not slowing down, and walked straight up the side of the cliff.

 

“Usuratonkachi!” Sasuke yelled, and Naruto appeared out of nowhere, his fist smashing Sasuke across the face before he could blink. Sasuke flew back down the cliff, colliding with the ground below brutally.

 

“Three… and a half… years.” Naruto snarled.

 

“What?” Sasuke forced himself up.

 

“…Three and a half fucking years you disappear… break Sakura's heart… and destroy our friendship by trying to kill me.” Naruto's glare was menacing, and his teeth were snapped so tightly together they were going to shatter if any more pressure was put on them.

 

“Three and a half years, nothing, and then you show up, try and kill me again, and leave me for dead in the middles of the woods after telling me that you were going to destroy the village. Three and a half years, you are nonexistent to us, and then, the second I stop looking…” he gritted his teeth even tighter, “the exact second I let you go to live your own fucking life to do whatever you damn well please, I wake up, soaked to the bone, with my lungs filled with water, and you standing over me!” Naruto roared.

 

Sasuke forced himself to his feet, ignoring the sharp pang in his back where he'd hit the ground, his feet spreading into a fighting stance as Naruto started storming back down the cliff, but instead of attacking Sasuke, Naruto marched right passed the raven, yanked his forehead protector off of the ground and tied it around his head, jamming it down so far it almost covered his eyes, leaving only the same few golden locks around his eyes.

 

He turned back to go and get his supplies, but stopped when he saw Sasuke.

 

“Whatever.” He whirled, slipping his hands into his pockets as he walked, deciding that it wasn't worth it to have to walk by Sasuke again to get them.

 

“Dobe!” Sasuke growled.

 

“I'm not going to chase you Sasuke,” Naruto said suddenly, “and I cant protect the village now, I'll end up destroying it by accident, so it's wide open, go blow it back to the stone age if you want. I'm not in it, so you can go kill everyone if you want.” He laughed darkly. “Not that it would have made a difference if I was still living there, my life never meant much to you before, why should it now?”

 

“Are you sick?” Sasuke barked, taking a step forward. “You're acting like—”

 

“Yeah, I am sick.” Naruto slowed to a stop, turning to look out over the lake. “…Sick of life.” He murmured.

 

Sasuke opened his mouth to retort, when Naruto's chakra flared up, and in a flash, he was gone.

 

“Not that it would have made a difference if I was still living there, my life never meant much to you before, why should it now?”

 

Sasuke gritted his teeth, the acid bubbling up inside his throat. Naruto had very right to think that; Sasuke had given him every reason to think that. He was right, Sasuke had tried to kill him. Multiple times.

 

“Yeah, I am sick. Sick of life.”

 

Sasuke felt the growl crawl off the back of his tongue and leapt up into the air, landing back by Naruto's campsite. He picked the cloak off of the tree, testing its weight and warmth. It was a good cloak, good enough for fighting and surviving in the winter, but that wasn't what he was looking for.

 

Sasuke smirked as he felt it, Naruto's chakra. The new chakra it had mixed with was so powerful that it left traces on everything that Naruto held for a long time or used an attack on. Sasuke reached for a stick by the dead fire, there was chakra on it too, he could use it to track Naruto.

 

But for Naruto to just leave everything here while there's so many ninjas looking for him… he must really be confident that they wont find him, but I found him, so—he paused, thinking over what had happened when he'd first seen Naruto that night, no, the fox let me find him, by flickering his chakra like that… it was a sort of trap, and I walked right into it. Sasuke growled and threw the cloak over his shoulder, scuffing out the fire with his foot and erasing all other traces of any chakra in the area.

 

He turned, looking back over the lake. Damn it all Naruto, I am going to find you, and I don't care how much you want to or try to hide. You've never been better than me, and that hasn't changed now.

 

XXX

 

It had been another three weeks, and Sasuke was becoming more infuriated by the second. There was nothing. Granted, he hadn't searched the entire fucking world, but how the hell could Naruto have gotten that far away in such a short amount of time, and leave literally no traces behind him? Sasuke had nothing to go off of, he was searching blindly for the first time since he'd gotten his full Sharingan.

 

He cursed everyone in Konoha for letting Naruto go, no matter how well Naruto had hidden himself, and he cursed the fourth Hokage for sealing the Kyuubi inside of Naruto, he cursed the Kyuubi for tainting Naruto's chakra and forcing him to leave, but more than that, he cursed himself for letting Naruto slip through his fingers by the lake. He'd been right there and Sasuke had literally watched as he disappeared into thin air.

 

He'd been praying that the Kyuubi would let him find Naruto again, but so far, there was nothing. It looked like he was on his own for however long it took to find the Usuratonkachi.

 

What did the Kyuubi mean `test me'? Test me for what? How well I could swim while pulling someone else out of the water? Maybe… I need to send out something this time, like flickers of chakra.

 

Sasuke brushed over the area around him for anyone that would be looking for S-class ninja, and let his chakra swell up inside him when he felt nothing.

 

He let it wave out in pulses, like a heartbeat, throbbing in perfect time as it washed over the land.

 

He zeroed in on a point behind him, where something was pulsing back at him, but this time he couldn't feel any of Naruto's chakra in it, it was just the chakra that had been left by the fire.

 

The Kyuubi. Sasuke growled and launched himself toward the pulses, cursing himself again for walking right past it the first time.

 

Sasuke stopped far enough away from the source of the enormous power and walked the remaining distance, stepping warily into a clearing right as the pulsing halted.

 

His eyes flicked around, but there was nothing. Again. Sasuke was becoming really pissed off by this game of hide and seek.

 

“What's the matter Sasuke?”

 

Sasuke froze, not needing to turn around to see the mocking face behind him. He could picture the savage, animalistic scars, fangs and eyes as if he could actually see them.

 

“Was last time not enough? You just let him go.” Naruto accused, his voice much deeper and coarser than the real Naruto's.

 

“I didn't see you trying to stop him, it seems you really wanted him to stay.” Sasuke returned.

 

Naruto laughed, and Sasuke's ears traced his steps as he walked closer. “Well if you just let him go last time, why are you here now?”

 

“I didn't let him go.” Sasuke snarled.

 

Naruto laughed again and Sasuke fought to keep a shiver from racing up his spine at the feel of Naruto's hot breath on the back of his neck.

 

“And apparently, I didn't get my message across as well as I'd thought last time.” A clawed hand drew its way up Sasuke's arm. “But don't worry, there wont be any misunderstandings this time. You don't have any questions on your mind? I find it hard to believe that even the great Sasuke Uchiha”—it shocked Sasuke the way Naruto said his name with such revulsion—“figured out everything that I meant.”

 

“What did you mean `test'?” Sasuke demanded, trying to ignore the fingers drawing patterns on his collarbone.

 

Naruto laughed. “To see if you are as… useful as everyone seems to think you are, or, were.” He corrected, leaning forward to brush his lips over Sasuke's skin.

 

“Why try and drown Naruto?”

 

This time, Naruto didn't laugh, in fact, he pulled back in disgust. “I live and die when this body does, if you thought I was just going to drown myself, you are truly an idiot, as Naruto seems to think as of late. No, that was to see why you followed him in the first place. I have some freedom in this body, and ending up trapped like Shukaku is not an option right now, I was going to have to find someone else if you just wanted my powers.”

 

“Find someone else? For what?” Sasuke demanded.

 

“That isn't important right now. But I had to see if the youngest Uchiha even had a heart anymore. It wouldn't do any good to hurt Naruto more, would it?”

 

“That's not everything.” Sasuke accused, his neck muscles going ridged as a clawed finger slid across his throat. He had to trust Naruto to let him live now; he was in no position to escape with the hangman's noose around his neck.

 

Naruto chuckled. “Finally, you're getting the hang of acting like a genius. It was too see your… will. You must have had one to search for the kit as long as you did, but you have tried to kill him before. He'd be dead if it weren't for me, I couldn't have that happening again, now could I?”

 

“You obviously wanted Naruto to…” Sasuke paused, stifling a groan, “stay last time, why did you let him leave?”

 

“Why did you let him leave?” Naruto asked in return, his grip tightening almost painfully on Sasuke's shoulder. “Why chase after him, and then just let him go? Are you giving him a chance to play the one hiding like a mouse in the relationship you have? Previously, he was the one chasing you for weeks on end.”

 

“I didn't—” Sasuke snapped.

 

“Enough talking.” Naruto growled dangerously, his hand closing around Sasuke's throat, just barely tight enough to make breathing difficult. He leaned forward and drew a line of saliva up Sasuke's neck. “I need you, or I should say what you can give me, or Naruto, which ever you prefer.”

 

“What are you—” Sasuke managed to say.

 

“Hush.” Naruto whispered, spinning Sasuke roughly so he was staring into the red eyes of the demon. Naruto gripped his upper arm forcefully. “I said… enough talking.” He whispered deliberately.

 

Sasuke might not have noticed before, but Naruto was as tall as him now. The blonde had shot up a good three inches to reach his height, and only over a course of a few months. When he'd fought Naruto last, the idiot hadn't been as tall as him.

 

“What did you do to Naruto?” Sasuke demanded, the even tanner skin sticking out more than it should have. There was something different about Naruto.

 

“Ah, you noticed that, did you?” Naruto smirked, leaning down to nip at Sasuke's jawbone playfully. “Naruto's human body couldn't handle my power, so I... altered him.”

 

“What?” Sasuke snapped, his breath hitching as Naruto fisted the back of his hair and yanked his head back, exposing the tender skin on his neck.

 

“Yes, it's to keep his flesh from disintegrating while using my powers. The ears and… a few other things change more when he uses jutsu to accommodate with the heat of our chakra, but he's still the same idiot kit. You don't need to worry about me making him quieter, unfortunately I haven't figured out how to do that yet.”

 

“You—” Sasuke growled.

 

Naruto roared and whipped around, hurling Sasuke backwards with the hand fisted in his hair. Sasuke smashed against a tree, staggering to keep himself upright. Naruto appeared above him and forced him back into the tree.

 

“I said. No. Talking.” Naruto snarled, tearing open his bag and yanking out three kunai. He forced both of Sasuke's hand over his head, crossing them at the wrists and speared his sleeves to the tree with a single kunai, burying it so deep in the bark the metal was invisible, and Sasuke's shirt was again caught so tightly that he couldn't twist his wrists. Naruto used his hip and slammed Sasuke's waist back against the tree and stabbed a kunai in on either side of Sasuke's hips, pinning the cloth to the tree to keep him still.

 

Naruto reached forward and grabbed the hem of Sasuke's shirt, tearing a strip free and forcing it into Sasuke's mouth, tying it behind his neck and very effectively gagging the Uchiha. Sasuke watched almost alarm as Naruto slid his forehead protector off, revealing his messy golden hair, and folded the cloth until it was in a headband, like he used to wear it. He smirked at Sasuke before blindfolding him with the cloth.

 

“No talking.” He whispered seductively, and ran his tongue along Sasuke's neck.

 

He pushed a knee between Sasuke's legs and brushed against his manhood lightly, sliding his clawed hands under Sasuke's shirt and grazing over the raven's pert nipples.

 

Sasuke hissed, forbidding himself from moving, feeling everything implied in Kyuubi's aura and motions. The fox had something to accomplish, and he wasn't stopping until he'd finished.

 

Naruto grabbed the hem of Sasuke's shirt and yanked it free, tying the cloth to the kunai and out of the way. Naruto pressed his body up against Sasuke's exposed torso, drawing his claws up the sensitive skin of Sasuke side as he nipped at Sasuke's neck with his fangs. Sasuke was unable to control the shiver that ran up his spine at Naruto's cold nails against the hot, responsive, skin covering his ribcage, a tremor rocking him against the tree.

 

Sasuke felt Naruto smirk against his neck before sliding his tongue down Sasuke's skin, a trail of glistening saliva tracing the way to his chest. Naruto paused before his tongue swept over Sasuke's right nipple.

 

Sasuke exhaled loudly, swallowing his breath at the last second. Naruto smiled wickedly against his chest and continued his merciless teasing of the Uchiha's taught skin.

 

Sasuke was desperately trying to stay silent, but his body had other ideas. Naruto traveled farther down and dipped his tongue into Sasuke's naval, and Sasuke's muscles rippled excitedly under Naruto's onslaught, begging for more.

 

Sasuke groaned around the gag as Naruto moved back up his torso, wishing that he'd done this before so he wouldn't overreact so much to everything, blaming his body's reactions on the fact that this was his first time being touched like this by someone else. Orochimaru had tried, but Sasuke had ended that before it could even begin. There was no way in hell he would have let that twisted, psycho, snake man touch him like this.

 

Sasuke arched as best as he could against the bark and the bonds, shaking his head in a halfhearted attempt to stop Naruto, but if he were being honest with himself—which he wasn't—he would have admitted that he liked this. But not just what Naruto's tongue was doing to his skin, but the fact that it was Naruto.

 

No misunderstandings, huh? Don't worry, there isn't anymore.

 

Sasuke tried futilely to stifle a moan as Naruto's hands moved to work on his chest and arms and his mouth moved up, planting small butterfly kisses on Sasuke's neck and cheeks.

 

Naruto chuckled, and out of nowhere, lashed forward and sunk his fangs into Sasuke's skin, right on the junction of Sasuke's neck and shoulder.

 

Sasuke gasped and tried to wrench away, but the kunai made it nearly impossible, and Naruto's hand snapped up and held his head back against the tree, his other hand holding Sasuke's shoulder against the bark.

 

Sasuke forced his movements to still, sucking in a large breath as Naruto removed his fangs slowly from Sasuke's neck and began to lick the wound clean.

 

His caresses were different now, gentle, calming, soothing… soundlessly promising for the pain to end soon as he licked the blood away.

 

Soon, the pain that came with the bite began to fade, releasing the unnerving feeling of déjà vu from when Orochimaru had placed his cursed seal on him. Sasuke let out the breath he didn't realize he'd been holding and relaxed against the tree.

 

“A little too much like Orochimaru?” Naruto laughed, tipping Sasuke's chin up and drawing his tongue along Sasuke's cheek. He pressed his knee further into Sasuke's open legs, making the Uchiha quiver blindly under his touches.

 

Sasuke growled, trying to grind into Naruto's leg to get the friction he was desperate for, and without even realizing what he was doing, turned his head to the side. Naruto dipped away at the last second, avoiding their lips touching.

 

Naruto laughed and took a step back. Sasuke bit into the gag in protest, straining against the kunai.

 

Naruto chuckled and stepped back up to Sasuke, deliberately ignoring Sasuke's tented pants as he touched a finger to Sasuke's lips. “That's saved for Naruto.”

 

What? Sasuke's brow furrowed under the blindfold.

 

“And speaking of which, it's nearly morning, Naruto will be waking up soon. Don't ravage him before he wakes up, give him time.” Naruto leaned forward and licked the wound on Sasuke's neck once more before yanking the kunai out of the tree with a loud crack and stepping away. “You are marked as mine Uchiha, no one else's. If you ever go against that, I wont hesitate to kill you. I'm not as sentimental as Naruto. If this really means anything to you, then prove it. I'm not going to come out to protect Naruto anymore, that's up to you now.”

 

Sasuke went limp against the tree, sliding the blindfold down at the `thud' he heard in front of him. Naruto was lying on the ground, his arm tucked under his head as he slept peacefully.

 

Sasuke growled, his hand moving to his… arousal. He looked back down at Naruto and could honestly find no want to leave. Konoha wasn't going anywhere; he could go destroy it at anytime, so…

 

Sasuke hissed as he brushed over his erection. First—preferably before Naruto woke up—he needed to take care of that problem.

 

A River a Little Bit Away

 

Sasuke sat at the bottom of the ice-cold river, letting the chill sink into his bones before allowing himself the liberty of breathing. He didn't permit himself to touch his screaming arousal, forcing it to let itself go down with the water the temperature of dry ice before washing the rest of his body. He looked at his reflection on the waters surface in irritation, his finger lightly feeling the deep puncture wounds the damn Kyuubi had left on his neck. They were bruised, swollen, irritated, infected, very large, very visible, and very deep.

 

Fucking…

 

Sasuke winced through the pain as he washed the wound with the water, utterly pissed at the fact that he hadn't been able to heal it either. There was something about the wound or whatever jutsu the Kyuubi had used, but whatever it was, he couldn't heal it. The fang marks stayed bruised, swollen, irritated, infected, very large, very visible, and very deep, not to mention painful, much to his extreme annoyance.

 

Sasuke trudged out of the water, whipping up a quick wind with his chakra to dry himself, as he lacked other means of drying his dripping body. He shook his head to clear the unkempt hair that had been swept out of place with the wind out of his eyes, pulling his clothes back onto his body and tying his pants with the sash.

 

He walked back into the clearing Naruto was zonked out in and sat down heavily by the blonde's head, leaning back against the tree he'd been pinned to last night. He stared at the messy golden hair, set free when the Kyuubi had taken of his forehead protector, watching how the wind ruffled it and the sun seemed to gleam on it.

 

Sasuke—being preoccupied with his thoughts of last night—let his hand drift out and comb lightly through the sun-kissed locks, moving it out of Naruto's eyes. Naruto moaned, and Sasuke stiffened, but instead of waking up, Naruto rolled over and pressed his cheek into Sasuke's hand.

 

Sasuke sighed, biting his lip as he ran his thumb over the whiskered scars, regretting his decision to follow Naruto at the same time as he was thanking the gods he'd done it.

 

Last night, even though the Kyuubi was in Naruto's mind, it was Naruto's body touching him, Naruto's tongue on his skin, Naruto's hands—

 

Stop talking. Sasuke squeezed his eyes shut at the electricity that shot through his lower regions at the memories, forcing them away. Bad thoughts, down. Down!

 

He'd always tried to think asexually, especially since his first wet dream had… incorporated Naruto into it, and all because of that stupid little kiss on the first day of school. Yes, he'd been spitting his stomach out all over the desk, but underneath, he'd been flabbergasted and stupefied by how overpowering a simple kiss had been. He'd never kissed a girl before—not that girls hadn't tried—but he didn't need to kiss one to know that it would never be as amazingly overwhelming and… phenomenal as Naruto's kiss had been.

 

Sasuke moved farther down, running his finger over Naruto's bottom lip as he slept.

 

“That's saved for Naruto.”

 

“I need you, or I should say what you can give me, or Naruto.”

 

What the hell did the Kyuubi mean? `What I can give him'? Does he want me to kiss Naruto, and not when Kyuubi's in his mind? The thought was utterly alluring.

 

“If this really means anything to you, then prove it. I'm not going to come out to protect Naruto anymore, that's up to you now.”

 

“You're marked as mine, and if you ever go against that, I wont hesitate to kill you. I'm not as sentimental as Naruto.”

 

Sasuke's free hand trailed up to the bite on his neck. Marked?

 

Naruto moaned again as Sasuke's caresses halted during his thought process, and Sasuke jolted back to reality, smiling slightly as he went back to stroking Naruto's cheek. Sasuke eyed his lips again, and sighed, remembering his want for Naruto's body to kiss him last night. He would never touch Naruto like that if the blonde didn't want it, he'd used Naruto's trust enough already, but he longed for the touch again.

 

It might have been disgusting for Naruto, but that kiss on the first day of school had been fuelling Sasuke's wet dreams since he'd gone to bed that night. It'd never sickened him, or even shocked him that he was gay—he'd seen things a lot more fucked up than that during his travels, the most prominent one being Orochimaru—but the thing that did sicken him was the fact that he needed a girl to repopulate his clan. Damn, annoying, stupid… pink haired bimbos.

 

Shit. Sasuke fought not to swear out loud for fear of waking Naruto and ending the touches. It's either Karin or Sakura, and while Karin's power is useful… no, I'm going with Sakura. Sasuke scowled. Who the hell has pink hair anyway? But Karin's hair color is almost as bad. Shit, that means my children might have pink hair.

 

Sasuke looked back down at Naruto and his hand slid up to preen through Naruto's hair. It was a pretty color…

 

Stop. Talking. Sasuke watched Naruto gently, inwardly surprised at how the blonde was still asleep. Usually Naruto jolted awake with the slightest touch.

 

Though, if the Kyuubi still uses his body even though he's asleep, it would be like he didn't sleep at all. His body would—is still exhausted.

 

Sasuke knew that Naruto wasn't a light sleeper, and he knew that Naruto was anything but still when he slept, but when Naruto groaned, got up on his elbows, and draped himself across Sasuke's lap to get more comfortable, Sasuke was—for lack of better description—stunned utterly speechless.

 

Naruto was lying across Sasuke's crossed legs, with one arm under his head and the other grasping Sasuke's shirt gently, and his forehead laid against Sasuke's stomach, just like a little boy… seeking comfort.

 

After quickly regaining his composure, Sasuke forced himself to breath or pass out, and was nothing less than overjoyed that Naruto still didn't wake up. His hand reached out and wove itself back into Naruto's hair, stroking the dark scars and leaving feather touches over Naruto's eyelids, trying to show the Naruto—even though he was asleep—that he wasn't going to use the blonde's trust for his own purposes ever again.