Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ I think I better leave right now ❯ Getting weaker and weaker ( Chapter 9 )

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. Nor Sasuke... *cries*
Title: I think I better leave right now - chapter 9
Author: Purrfectly679 - e-mail purrfectly679@hotmail.com for comments and suggestions. Feedback highly appreciated.
Rating: R, angst, bad language, lime, yaoi. SakuSasu, SasuNaru, ShikaIno, HinaNaru
Notes: No spoilers. This is a revised repost. Last of the flashbacks.

Previously: flashback - Naruto is trying to escape a 'strange' Sasuke...

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--------------------- Flashback - Part VIII ---------------------

"You know... If you wanted to get into my pants, you could've just asked..."

Naruto froze in his tracks as the warm whispered breath tickled his neck, causing his hairs to stand on end.

Unfortunately, that wasn't the only thing that stood on end… His body had once again decided to act in the most inappropriate of ways, at the most inappropriate of times…

The blonde panicked as he jumped away his probably irate teammate. Gah! Trust his plan to go so so SO wrong! He was meant to be out of here by now!! Bwah!! Damn procrastination! And damn Sasuke and his sexy voice…

Bwah! Did he just think Sasuke and sexy in the same sentence?!

He fervently prayed that it was too dark for the raven-haired boy to see his little problem… And the blush that was threatening to consume his whole body… Sasuke would probably be so disgusted with him that he'd never speak to him again… And then he'd have to start to avoiding him and things won't ever be the same again…

Naruto cringed inwardly. Damn the effects of the sexy-no-jutsu! And damn his stupid backfiring plan!

"You going to tell me what you're doing?" came the inevitable question. The raven-haired boy had sounded almost amused, which scared the living daylights out of the blonde. Maybe Sasuke was only toying with him… Messing with his thoughts before he killed him! Bwahhh! Naruto hated torture more than anything… Torture was evil….! Torture was baddd!!

Then again… Torture wasn't that bad if it involved him being tied up and whipped…

Arghhh! Inhumane thoughts! Nuiiiiii! Must... Eliminate...

"It's only revenge!" Naruto retorted angrily, eyes still downcast and focussed upon the floor. Think of chess! Think of go! Think of anything non-sexual that would lessen his little problem down there…

And for god's sake stop thinking of whips and chains!

"Revenge for what?" There was a hint of exasperation in the tone of the other boy's voice.

"You took my clothes first!" Naruto flared up in anger, and glared fiercely at the stoic boy. That's right! He had a reason to be angry! He shouldn't feel guilty… After all, none of this would've happened if the dark-haired boy hadn't taken his clothes in the first place…

This was all Sasuke's fault!

"I didn't take your things," came the curt reply.

The blonde scrutinised the raven-haired boy carefully, whose expression had resumed its normal blank look. He couldn't actually tell whether the boy was telling lying or not… But then again, it had to be him! No one else was around, and his clothes couldn't exactly run off on their own…

"Yes you did! My clothes were here, and now they're not! Explain that!" Naruto decided to follow his instincts. Who did Sasuke think he was?! Lying so calmly like that!

"And when would I have taken your clothes?" the Uchiha answered patiently, as if talking to an extremely small and extremely petulant child.

"When we… were… you…" Naruto's initial shout trailed off into an incoherent mumble… When exactly DID the dark-haired boy steal his clothes anyway? They had been swimming all this time, and he couldn't recall Sasuke ever leaving the waters… Until now that is…

"Well where else could they have gone?" came the blunt but not very smart reply. Even though the dark-haired boy didn't appear to leave the lake, Naruto was still convinced that he had something to do with his missing clothes… Anyway, the blonde hated to admit he was wrong…

So he wasn't going to.

"I don't know… Maybe animals took it away! We are in a forest you know…" the usually cold boy seemed frustrated at being asked such a stupid question.

Blue eyes widened in shock.

"Wahhh then what am I going to do?!" the blonde rushed around in a frenzy, waving his arms in the air like a lunatic, seemingly forgetting about the little tent appearing from within his boxers.

"Firstly, you're going to give me my clothes back."

"Nuiiii! I can't go back to the village like this! I'll get arrested!" Naruto continued to shout, pupils dilating madly. Images of being forced into a smelly cramped prison with big hairy men filled his troubled mind. That did it. His body was reacting to the unpleasant thoughts, and slowly lowering itself…

"Calm down."

"Or Kakashi-sensei will somehow see me and take the piss out of me… And he might even take-"

"Calm down."

"-pictures and show everyone, then everyone will laugh at me like Sakura, and Iruka-sensei and Ino and Shika-"

"CALM DOWN!" the stoic boy finally lost his cool.

Naruto's nervous babbling immediately came to a halt. Eep.

'Sasuke's so sexy when he takes control… He's so dominant and -'

Naruto screamed and grabbed his head, physically shaking the thoughts out of his troubled mind. His body took this little opportunity to act up again…

"Look, I'll go home and get you some clothes… And I'll come back in about an hour at the most… You wait here. Ok?"

Naruto contemplated the idea seriously.

"Can you go without your shirt?" he asked timidly, subconsciously wrapping the blue garment tighter around his body.

"And why would I suddenly decide to go topless into the village?" came the bored-sounding reply.

"Cos I'm cold…" Naruto blushed, as he realised that he had just sounded like the biggest idiot ever to roam the planet. Sasuke going topless into the village was worse than a death sentence involving rabid dinosaurs. Yes he'd be sexy… But dangerous nevertheless. Never ever underestimate the power of rabid fan-girls…

And Naruto was living proof of that fact. (ahem when he kissed Sasuke)

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The Uchiha boy took two steps closer to the blonde, almost uncertainly, as Naruto's blue eyes widened in trepidation. What was he going to do now? Arghh did he do something stupid again? Ehh…Maybe he was going to hit him for even thinking about stealing his clothes…

Bleh… Although he did kinda deserve it…

Naruto's mind raced unevenly. Or maybe he was gonna rip that blue shirt off his bare body, and just go home! Leaving him all alone and practically naked in the middle of a forest… With no way of getting back to the village without being arrested…

But the dark-haired boy wouldn't do that would he?! No one would be as cruel as to leave another person out here, freezing their butt off… In this cold weather… With nothing but a pair of wet boxers…

'That's what you was about to do!' the blonde's conscience argued, as Naruto pushed down an overwhelming wave of guilt. OK maybe he deserved it a lot! But just because he did deserve it, it didn't mean that the Uchiha was going to do it… Right?…Right?!

Gah he hated this new unpredictable Sasuke…!

"W-What are you doing?!" Naruto inched away cautiously, too scared to be angry with himself for stuttering. Sure he was being a gimp, but now was no time to play Mr cool! He had seriously contemplated running away with the stoic boy's shirt right then... After all, he could creep into the village at night...! Yep yep! When everyone was sleeping... And maybe no one will ever have to know that he had no trousers on... After all, which weirdoes walked the streets past 12 midnight?! He'd be fine… And if anyone saw him, he'd just pretend he was sleepwalking!

'That's right! Great plan Naruto!'

The blonde sighed glumly. That had sounded pathetic, even to his own ears...

The consequences of stealing the great Sasuke's possessions and actually running away with them would be atrocious, and he knew that... Not only did he have to face the wrath of the don't-touch-me-I-keep-myself-to-myself stoic Uchiha, he would also have mad Sasuke admirers after his blood... And he wanted to keep his blood inside his body - where it belonged - thank you very much… He gulped nervously at the thought, unaware that his raging emotions were clearly visible to anyone who looked into his blue eyes...

Meanwhile, the boy in question seemed to realise the blonde's discomfort, but did nothing to elevate it. In actual fact, the stoic boy did the unimaginable, and inched even closer to the nervous kitsune, who was eerily looking more and more like a caged wild animal...

"W-what do you want?" Naruto asked stupidly, clutching the blue shirt tighter against his torso. It was getting rather chilly now, and the blonde started to wonder whether the raven-haired boy was human after all... Any normal person would've started to shiver uncontrollably by now, yet there he was, standing semi naked in the path of the winds, with wet hair AND moisture on his skin, and still he wasn't even flinching!!

Arghh - maybe he was cold blooded!!

Naruto idly thought about running away again. It looked inevitable that he was going to die by the hands of the Uchiha anyway, so why not delay it for a couple more hours? After all, he would very much prefer to die in the comforts of his own home, compared to the rather rash cold that had suddenly decided to make an appearance...

But nothing happened. Sasuke stopped moving at about an arms length away from the terrified blonde. The usual arrogant expression was replaced by something that looked morbidly like amusement... What the hell! Did the stoic boy actually enjoy watching him squirm?!

The winds began to pick up speed, brushing against Naruto's bare legs, making him realise just how cold it was getting...

Cold sweat seemed to be forming upon the tip of the smaller boy's nose…

Then all of a sudden, something within just seemed to snap. Without warning, the blonde shinobi just... bolted! He just ran away from the edge of the lake, which all in all, if Naruto had bothered to think about it through properly, he would've realised that it was a very stupid thing to do...

A very, very stupid thing to do...

--------------------- End of flashback - Part VIII ---------------------

Hinata found herself speechless for what seemed like the 100th time that day... Sure it wasn't rare for the normally silent girl to be flabbergasted, but at this rate, things were starting to get a little bit ridiculous…

Seeing the blonde haired boy in such a vulnerable state had somehow made her feel much more confident... To know that he was human after all... That he had feelings... That he too felt pain...

That he wasn't indestructible after all...

The dark-haired girl still didn't know how it had happened... One minute she was trying to comfort the trembling boy beside her, by stroking his feather-soft blonde hair, and the next she was suddenly in his arms, encased in a fierce hug that felt as if it would never end...

Such a sense of pain... Of raw need... He needed her, and yet it broke her heart...

'Do you even know what you're doing to me?' she silently wondered, as thoughts of the mysterious dark-haired person filled the depths of her mind... She felt a sudden surge of jealously within her, followed by immense hate. How dare she! How dare anyone hurt the kitsune like that?! To put him through so much suffering...

Bitter rage built up within the smaller girl, surprising even herself with her substantial capacity for such a negative emotion... How dare that girl cause so much pain for the one person she cherished more than anything… How dare she hurt the one she loved!

'I'm sorry Naruto-kun...' she silently wept. 'I'm sorry that you have to suffer like this...'

'Please don't hurt... Please don't hurt anymore...'

--------------------- Flashback - Part IX ---------------------

Twigs snapped under the bare feet of the blonde boy, as he attempted to escape from the haunting place beside the lake. He knew he shouldn't be running away, but hell! Sasuke was just being too scary! Forget his pride! Some things were just more important... Like his life for example!!

Who knew what an unpredictable anti-social psycho-maniac could accomplish when he put his mind to it?!

The blonde continued to run ahead blindly - he didn't have a clue to where he was heading. He knew he couldn't return to the village in this state... Not with Sasuke's clothes on!! Could he? Maybe he'll just hide somewhere until dawn, until the raven-haired boy reverted back to normal... Indigestion, or whatever caused his changing personality should be over by then... Shouldn't it??

Naruto fervently prayed that this lapse in persona was only temporary... He wasn't sure whether he could handle being on the same team with an unpredictable Sasuke…

Especially if it did unwanted and uncontrollable things to his body…

He wrapped the blue shirt tighter around his bare torso, shivering half from the cold, and half from the memories of his archrival. Why the hell had he looked so damn amused?! And why the fuck was he standing so close for?!

Yet why couldn't he stand just a little closer…?

The blonde shinobi shivered again. When the hell did he start to have such perverted thoughts? And when the hell did it decide to get so cold anyway?! Arghh everything was just going wrong, wrong, wrong...

How did something that was originally meant to be an apology, now involve him running around half-naked, clad in nothing but the nice smelling shirt of the Uchiha heir?!

The blonde continued running, remembering how Sasuke had made him feel really nervous and uncomfortable... Strangely nervous and uncomfortable... He ran harder, trying to forget the fact that the usually silent boy had also made his face hot, body sweaty and breathing rather erratic...

And made his body react in the wrongest of ways… He wasn't meant to get aroused near his teammate, let alone a male teammate for god's sake! His original theory, which blamed it all on the sexy-no-jutsu, was starting to sound rather pathetic, even to his own ears… After all, none of those perverted thoughts or corrupted arousals had ever happened when he had used the jutsu before… So why would it start now?!

And let's not get started on the kitsune's poor heart - the poor heart that had to run a marathon every time those dark eyes were upon him… The poor heart that skipped beats for reasons still unknown to the blonde...

It couldn't be that he had a fever either... After all, it wasn't as if he felt ill... And he was sure you weren't meant to feel horny while ill… So if it wasn't the jutsu, and it wasn't his physical health, then why did he feel all those things that he wasn't meant to feel?!

Ah ha! Maybe it was the atmosphere! It was so beautiful… It had enticed him! That was it! Just the atmosphere and nothing else…

Naruto pushed back a sense of guilt as the scent of his rival once again engulfed his senses... The hyperactive leaf-nin never did make a habit of pitying others, let alone his archrival, but leaving him in the cold like that... Even the blonde had to admit that it was a bit harsh...

Especially since he was the one that took the other boy's clothing...

'Bleh he deserved it!' Naruto's conscience tried to defend itself. None of this would've happened if it weren't for that stupid moron! Grr how he hated him! His superior smirk, the way he was so calm, so collected… So aloof… he hated his hair, his cold expressionless eyes…. The way he smelled…

Naruto felt his crotch twitch again, then wondered what on earth had he done wrong to deserve all this…

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Suddenly, without any warning, the blonde boy was thrown off his feet rather violently. He didn't have time to think nor yell, as he landed face first into the ground. Luckily it was around early spring, so the grass was reasonably thick enough to protect him from any sudden or rough impacts. About 2 seconds later, he felt a heavy weight settle on top of him, sitting on his lower back, rendering him immobile upon the floor…

He couldn't even move an inch.

"Now maybe you won't run away this time…" the voice whispered huskily, sending another batch of unwanted shivers down the smaller boy's spine. The blonde wanted to get angry, wanted to curse the stupid boy for sitting on him, but all his mind could concentrate on was just how close they were… How warm he was…How he could feel the stoic's boys legs, wrapped around his torso oh so possessively…

His blue eyes widened in horror as he once again felt himself harden in excitement…

"I wasn't… running away…" he mumbled weakly, fervently praying that the boy wouldn't suddenly decide to flip him over… He couldn't let Sasuke see him like this! With…that…How could he explain himself?! How could he explain something that he himself didn't even understand?!

The raven-haired boy would be so sickened… Repulsed … He'd be disgusted … Hell the blonde was disgusted with himself. Disgusted that he couldn't control his own body… Not even when near another boy…

"You wasn't running away? Then what was you doing, Naruto?" the voice was silky, teasing.

The blonde squirmed, not enjoying the way his body reacted when the boy had uttered his name. There was no doubt about it now - even though he probably wouldn't admit it to himself in a million years… The truth was - he was getting turned on by Uchiha Sasuke…

And that wasn't good…

That wasn't good at all…

"I was… er…t-trying to f-find…my clothes…" Naruto stammered, as he unsuccessfully tried to break free under the weight of the taller boy… Sasuke's legs dug into the back of his kneecaps, pinning him securely upon the ground… His arms were also grasped tightly in an awkward position behind his back… It wasn't painful, no, but it was very very uncomfortable… So uncomfortable, in fact, that it made the blonde think twice about attempting to break free… When did the other boy get such a strong grip anyway?!

Apprehension dawned on Naruto's face as he realised that he was under the complete mercy of the raven-haired boy.

"Nuh uh, Naruto-kun…" Sasuke's voice held a hint of amusement in it, and Naruto squirmed again at the mere mention of his name. And when did his rival start calling him by the name of Naruto-kun?! And why did he have to say it so seductively?!

Argh did he just think that Sasuke was seductive?!

"I said you weren't getting away…"

The blue eyes widened animatedly, as a rush of hot air hit the back of his neck. His heart picked up speed, banging almost painfully against his rib cage. Was Sasuke- Was he?! What the hell was he doing?!

The Uchiha heir decided to lean forward, resting his bare torso flush against the smaller boy, so that his lips were a mere two millimetres above the blonde's neck… But his strong legs remained in the same position, and his hands never did let go of the other's arms… So that in the end, Naruto was still rendered completely motionless…

Except now his sensitive skin was suffering under the hot breath of the dark-haired boy…

'Sasuke…What are you doing to me?!' Naruto thought silently, as a flood of confusing emotions ran through his body. Why was the raven-haired boy was acting so damn weird…? What the hell was he doing anyway? Sitting on him like that? Did he really get a kick out of torturing people? Playing with their minds before he killed them?

Gah, and why didn't anyone warn him to never ever steal anti-social psycho maniac's possessions?!

Naruto should've been scared... He should've been terrified... But… He wasn't. Instead, his mind decided to concentrate on the delicious warmth that the stoic boy was emitting… The delicious sound of his name on his fair lips… The way that his naked chest was pressed up oh so close to him… The way that his long bare legs that were wrapped around him, tying him up… Making him feel so vulnerable… So damn sexy and vulnerable…

The blonde's face burned a bright shade of red, as he realised just what he had been imagining. What the hell?! When did he start to get thoughts like that?! He never had them before…! Not even with Sakura or anything…! Was something wrong with him? Did Kakashi somehow poison his mind?! Arghh today was just getting weirder and weirder…

Suddenly, Naruto gasped loudly, snapping himself out of his confused thoughts and back to the present situation… He felt something searing hot run against the nape of his neck… Was that- Was that Sasuke?! What the fuck was happening now?! Was - Was Sasuke licking him?

"Arghh… What are you doing?" the blonde panicked and cried out. This wasn't meant to happen! Sasuke was a guy! Guys shouldn't lick other guy's necks! Arghh just what the hell was the Uchiha thinking?!

"This is…so…ughh…" Naruto's cries of protest died down quickly as he felt his body reacting to the touch… To the warm kiss… It felt as if his whole body was on fire… He involuntarily relaxed as a low moan emitted from the depths of his throat...

Sasuke seemed to take this as a sign of encouragement, and tilted his mouth at an angle, so that it rested against the side of the blonde's neck, just above the collarbone. He began to work his magic upon that exposed strip of skin, sucking hungrily, his tongue massaging almost desperately…

The blonde writhed helplessly under the strong hold of the Uchiha boy, as all thoughts of rivalry and common sense escaped him. To be honest, he never had much common sense to begin with, but of what rational thoughts he had, he still knew that whatever they were doing was wrong… Very wrong.

Especially for two boys.

He felt himself being flipped over, the raven-haired boy's head resuming its position upon his neck, devouring the skin almost hungrily. Naruto whimpered pitifully as he realised that his limbs were still securely pinned down on either side of him. The smaller boy tried to squirm, to break free, but the Uchiha was just too strong…

Oh well, at least in this position, Sasuke couldn't feel that his buddy had decided to play up again…

All he could do was struggle uselessly under the weight of his rival, as onslaught after onslaughts of pleasure wracked fervently through his body. He never knew that his neck could be such a sensitive place… Another load moan erupted from his throat before he could prevent it, as he began to pant eagerly, trying to fill his lungs with much needed oxygen…

But all this seemed to accomplish was to make the stoic boy a little more confident. Sasuke began to move his arms, inching them around at an angle. Just when Naruto thought he could get free, the stoic boy repined his arms to the ground, this time with his elbows. This left his proficient pair of hands free, which began to roam relentlessly down the torso of the blonde, causing small whimpers here and there. The paler boy's long slender fingers began to undo the buttons of his blue shirt, surprisingly steady and accurate for someone who still had his head buried within a certain blonde's neck...

Incoherent thoughts whizzed through Naruto's mind while this process happening. A tiny voice in the back of his head told him to stop! Stop now before things could get out of hand… You'll regret this in the long run! This small cry was soon overpowered by louder cries, wants, desires… Desires of wanting more, feeling more…needing more…

Finally the last button had been removed, and Sasuke stopped his intense torment upon the blonde's neck. Harsh and ragged breathing filled the ominous silence between the two.

'Why did you stop?' was Naruto's first articulate thought, although the enquiry never did make it to his lips.

The sole survivor of the Uchiha clan seemed to contemplate the situation for a moment. He gazed into the blonde's glazed eyes, and all Naruto could do was stare back. His brain had all but ceased to function, except for one silent voice…

'Why did you stop?'

The raven-haired boy shifted slightly, his expression unreadable, his limbs still securing the smaller boy to the ground. This caused Naruto to panic slightly. What was happening? Was he regretting it? Why was he stopping?!

The blonde felt tears start to sting his eyes, as harsh reality sank into his consciousness.

What has he done? Oh my god, it was his fault for letting it go so far… How could he let it go this far? He probably just realised that this is so wrong… All so wr-

A soul searing kiss silenced the last of the smaller boy's doubts.

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Naruto found himself kissing back, with almost as much hunger and passion to rival the dark-haired boy. Nothing seemed to matter anymore, except to get as much contact as possible with the lithe figure on top of him.

A low moan erupted from the blonde, as the raven-haired boy teased his outer lips almost playfully with his hot tongue.

"You like that?" Sasuke whispered seductively, sending Naruto into a frenzy of conflicting hormones. The smaller boy found himself arching his lips up towards the other boy, surprising even himself with his surge of courage as he captured the Uchiha into another mind-blowing kiss. Well at least that shut him up! Not that he didn't like the sound of the raven-haired boy's voice… But he could put his mouth into so much better use…

Suddenly Sasuke broke away from the kiss, albeit reluctantly, and re-adjusted his position on top, so that the blonde haired boy was now totally immobile… It wasn't surprising really - the stoic boy had always had something for power and dominance...

"I'm in control here…" he whispered, as his dark eyes ravished the whole of the Naruto's body with raw hunger. The blonde shivered half from excitement and half from the amount of power those words seemed to hold...

Sasuke seemed…almost…dangerous.

Keeping the smaller boy's arms tightly under his confinement, the dark-haired boy began to trail soft kisses down Naruto's chin, down his neck and onto the smooth expanse of open chest. His kisses began to get harsher, almost desperate, causing the blonde to whimper slightly. Sasuke stopped resentfully upon hearing that sound, and gazed into blue eyes, as if searching for answers to his unspoken questions…

'Why are you stopping?' were the only coherent thoughts that ran wildly within the smaller boy's mind, but his mouth refused to speak. His lips still tingled from the other boy's passionate kiss… Never before had he felt so much fire, so much fervour… Not even when they were sparring… The rush of emotions was overwhelming. It was all so desperate, all so rash and impulsive… All so wrong.

Yet all the more desirable.

Sasuke continued to gaze unsteadily into impossibly blue eyes, as if searching for any signs of hesitation. Naruto wasn't being of much help - he was so glazed that he could've easily been mistaken for a doughnut...

"Kiss me you bastard…" was all he managed to croak out, before Sasuke dutifully conceded.

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** A/N: - I have actually written a lemon *blush* but I can't put it up on ff.net. So if you people out there would like to read it, please check out my profile... Link included in there...

NB: That link only contains the smut scene...You need to return to this page to read the rest of the chapter... Sorry for the inconvenience... But the lemon was damn long... So blah... lol.

Also, the lemon scene isn't really important to the story, so if that kinda stuff makes you a bit queasy, then you don't have to read it… It doesn't affect the story in any way!
But basically, yeh… Sasuke screwed Naruto. And screwed him hard… ^^ **

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When Naruto finally woke up the next morning, the Uchiha boy was gone… He shivered slightly from the cold, then realised that he had a soft blue quilt covering his naked torso. The smell of Sasuke had never been so overpowering.

What…Where… What have I done?

He looked to his side, and found a set of clean and dry clothes… Clothes that belonged to the raven-haired boy… Feeling slightly dubious, and embarrassed, Naruto quickly slipped the garments over his head, ignoring the dull ache that was relentlessly shooting up his spine…

He felt rough - and was pretty sure that he looked the way he felt. For once in his life he was secretly pleased that he was alone - at least no one could see him in such an unpleasant state… He ran this fingers through his golden hair, and grimaced as they encountered all sorts of knots, leaves and other random bits of dirt and twigs…

How the hell did all that manage to get into his hair?!

'It was pretty wild…' his conscience reminded him, almost mockingly, as Naruto blushed from his memories.

Taking the soft quilt with him, the kitsune began his slow walk back to the village of Konoha, a bright crimson flush set upon his features.

Oh crap…What have I done?What has HE done?Does he regret it…?Do I regret it…?

…Will things be different from now on?

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Sasuke never did turn up for training that day… Nor the day after… Nor the day after that…

Everyone thought he was ill…

But the blonde knew better… Sasuke would never ever miss a training session, nor a mission, even if it meant dragging his own carcass to the meeting point…

Thoughts raced persistently in and out of his mind, never leaving him - never letting him rest… Vivid dreams haunted him, dreams of the dark-haired boy… His lips, his touch… His tongue…

Why… When… How…

Maybe the Uchiha was ashamed…

Then the blonde heard the news that he had just disappeared…He didn't know how to feel… Shocked? Hurt? Confused? Betrayed?

That confirmed it - Sasuke did regret it… But it was ok… He'd come back… He wouldn't be gone for more than a few months… He'd come back, and then they could forget about the whole thing, and continue their rivalry like it had never happened…

All he needed was some time… Time would do them both good…

So Naruto waited… And waited… And waited some more…

But he never did see him again…

Not until 5 years later…

--------------------- End of flashback - Part IX --------------------

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