Never Leave Me - Chapter 8
Chapter 8
Naruto was feeling sleepy as they reentered the campsite, but he used what little energy he had to glance around at the other campmates. That’s when he saw it; the white haired boy stood leaning against Zabuza’s old weapon, he was sure of it.
He pointed accusingly at the other boy, a scowl firmly in place. “You asshole! Have you ever heard of respecting the dead?”
Suigetsu glanced between Naruto and the large blade before grinning. “He’s not using it.”
Naruto growled and his eyes flashed red a of couple times.
“Dobe, leave it alone.”
Naruto angrily smacked the black-haired boy upside the head, earning himself a glare. “Sasuke I can’t believe you’d allow him to even carry that around! You remember what Zabuza and Haku went through!”
At that moment Sasuke wished he wasn’t an Uchiha just so he could roll his eyes. “Haku almost killed me.”
“But he didn’t and you don’t even have any scars left over.”
“Naruto, it’s a waste for a weapon like that to rust in the ground.”
“Besides, Zabuza-sempai would have wanted me to have it.” Suigetsu grinned.
Naruto mumbled something about ‘Moby Dick’ before wriggling in Sasuke’s arms. “Put me down, teme!”
“Naruto your legs still aren’t working.” The Uchiha stated.
Naruto stilled suddenly and a hand rested over his stomach. “If you don’t put me down now, I’m going to throw up all over your face.”
“Are you sure you’re not sick?” The redhead chirped as Sasuke set him down.
“I don’t get sick. Look, it’s complicated, the point is that I know what it is and there’s nothing to worry about.” Naruto hissed at her, cursing his hormones in his head a moment later.
“Everyone gets sick.” Karin scolded, hands on her hips.
“Not me.”
“There aren’t any exceptions to the rule, no matter how healthy your lifestyle, or even if you have germ-a-phobia.”
“All right Miss Know-It-All, now tell me how each of the Akatsuki members are going to die.” The blond snapped angrily.
“Usuratonkachi, calm down. Karin, Naruto’s right, he doesn’t get sick.”
“I don’t need you to defend me, teme!” He grumbled to himself and tried to get comfortable. “I’m taking a nap.”
“Not until you eat something first, Naruto.” Sasuke demanded.
Juugo held out a plate full of food for Naruto, giving the blond a gentle smile.
Naruto returned the smile and took the plate of food, realizing with the smell just how hungry he was. It was fish and rice, simple and plain, but despite the large portion he knew it wouldn’t fill him up.
“Suigetsu is cooking some miso ramen for you too.” Sasuke murmured as if reading his thoughts.
Naruto nodded gratefully and wolfed down the meal, then settled down for a nap.
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Hands skimmed up and down his body slowly, rousing noises of pleasure from his throat. He tossed his head to the side, his right hand gripping a pale shoulder almost painfully. Feather-light touches caressed his neck, first moving up, pausing to nibble lightly on his ear lobe, then moving back down and venturing towards his chest.
He let out a groan as a cold fingertip traced the sensitive markings around his navel; his left hand clutched dark locks, hearing a hiss when his grip tightened too much.
Teeth nipped his chest sharply and he whimpered at the small pain. “Sa-“
“Dobe, wake up.” Sasuke shook the other boy lightly.
Naruto groaned angrily at his dream being disturbed, swatting at the unwelcome disturbance.
“Usuratonkachi, you were whimpering in your sleep.”
Naruto cracked an eye open and jumped; Sasuke was leaning over him very close. “It wasn’t a bad dream, nothing to worry about.”
“Hn.” Naruto could see the suspicious look in those onyx eyes as they studied him carefully. Sasuke pulled back, his arm lightly sweeping over the blonde’s lap as he did so. He arched an eyebrow at the blond, smirking. “I see.”
Naruto blushed, scowling at the raven. He tossed a small clump of dirt at the other boy, satisfied when it shattered in Sasuke’s hair.
Sasuke grumbled as he shook the dirt from his head.
Naruto heard a small giggle form across the camp, looking up he saw the redhead, Karin as Sasuke had called her, watching them with a smile. The picture was broken when the white haired boy murmured something to her; she turned and screeched at him, swinging a fist at his head.
“Karin, Suigetsu, Stop.” Sasuke stated firmly. There was instant silence.
Naruto glanced between Sasuke and the other three, startled at the reaction. He blamed Kyuubi and the hormones when he burst into sudden laughter.
“What’s so funny?” Sasuke asked.
Naruto simply shook his head as he continued to laugh. To be honest, he wasn’t sure why their obvious fear of Sasuke was so funny to him, it just was. His laughter stopped with an abrupt squeak as Sasuke suddenly picked him up and announced that they were moving on.
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Once they’d settled down again for the night Naruto had been left alone with Karin while Sasuke and the other two ran around getting food, firewood, and checking out a perimeter. Karin had almost immediately settled down beside him and struck up a conversation, naturally the conversation had turned to the only thing they both knew they had in common, Sasuke. “You’re going to marry Sasuke?”
Karin nodded, a cute smile on her face, it reminded Naruto of a love-struck Sakura. “After Sasuke kills his brother he wants to rebuild the Uchiha clan. Sasuke will want someone worthy of mothering his children. I’m good-looking, smart, and my skills as a fighter are nothing to be ashamed of. I’m a wonderful candidate.”
“How well do you know Sasuke though?”
“What do you mean?”
“Do you know his favorite color? His favorite food? What about his least favorite color or food? Do you know the details about his first kiss? Things like that.” Naruto shrugged. He’d bet he was the only one who knew such things, Sasuke’s stalker fan-girls had nothing on him.
“He’s kind of quiet, if you haven’t noticed. He’s private, and he doesn’t exactly give clues to those things. Could you tell me?”
Naruto grinned to himself; oh Sasuke was in for it. “Sure, ask me a question.”
Karin brightened, happy at the prospect of learning more about Sasuke. “Well, what’s his favorite color, and his least favorite color?”
“His favorite color is blue, but if you want to get specific it would be royal blue. He hates the color green with a passion, I think it may have something to do with these two guys back in Konoha, it was after meeting them that he told me that.” Naruto’s mind flashed to Gai and Lee hugging each other and crying, he could understand Sasuke’s hate.
“What about food?”
“He likes tomatoes and onigiri and he hates sweets. He’s kind of a freak when it comes to food…”
“What about his first kiss? I want all the details on that.” She smiled excitedly.
Naruto blushed brightly at the memory. “W-Well, actually his first kiss was with me. It was a total accident though! You see, I was jealous at all the attention Sasuke was getting, especially from this girl I had a crush on, and I jumped up on Sasuke’s desk. We just glared at each other for a few minutes, and just as I was about to get down the kid sitting in front of Sasuke bumped me and I fell forward, and well…”
Karin blinked dumbly at him before letting out a sharp squeal. “That’s so cute!”
“I like your reaction better than Sasuke’s fan-girls at the time; they beat me up for stealing his first kiss.” Naruto pouted at the memory. “Like I did it on purpose.”
“What was it like?”
“What?” Naruto looked at the girl wide-eyed, he wasn’t expecting that.
“We’re back.” Suigetsu announced, dropping an armful of firewood in the center of their campsite. Juugo followed him, a selection of food in his arms.
“Where’s Sasuke?” Karin chirped.
Sasuke emerged from the woods a moment later and sat beside Naruto. Karin smiled sweetly at him before she stood to help Juugo prepare the food.
“Hey Sasuke-teme.”
“Hn.”
Naruto was silent a moment, watching Karin with a smile. “We’re even.”
“Even? What are you talking about, dobe?”
The blond turned and smiled brightly at the other boy. “You’ll see.”
Sasuke scowled at him, draping his arms over his knees. “Usuratonkachi, what did you do?”
“You left me alone with the wrong person.” Blue eyes sparkled in mirth.
“What did you do, Naruto?” His voice bordered on icy as his eyes glanced briefly at the redhead.
Naruto chuckled. “Hey Sasuke, what do you think your fan-girls would do if I told them the real reason you wore those high-collared shirts all the time?” Naruto lifted his hand and tickled the side of the Uchiha’s neck.
Sasuke tensed a moment before swatting at the tanned hand. “I have black-mail material on you too, dobe.”
“Nothing that anybody would want though, I don’t have loyal, rabid fan-girls,” he leaned in to murmur in the other boy’s ear. “Sasuke-sama.”
Naruto snickered as the raven failed to repress a shiver.
“Cut it out. I know your spots too.”
“Again, not valuable information, Sasuke, unless you told Sai.” Naruto shrugged. He paused a moment, contemplating his next question and whether or not to ask it. “Sasuke-teme, did you read the karma-sutra when we were little?”
“Why?” A finely shaped eyebrow rose in question.
Naruto snorted. “Ero-Sennin made me read it while we were out training for three years, some crap about research, I think he wants me to take up writing ‘Icha Icha Paradise’ for him after he retires or dies, whichever comes first.” He shrugged.
The two were quiet for a couple moments. “Is there a reason you brought it up?”
Naruto blushed and scratched his cheek in embarrassment. “Y-You know quite a few positions from that book.”
“I thought you didn’t want to talk about that night?”
Naruto gave the other boy a glare that clearly stated ‘It’s all your fault’. “I’ve been having dreams; memory-type dreams.”
Sasuke smirked. Naruto was sure that if Sasuke wasn’t, well Sasuke, and more like Kiba he would have said something stupid like ‘I was that good, huh?’ He reached over and smacked the raven upside the head for it anyway; his smug look said it all.
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I ended this chapter here because I hit writers block, but don't worry! I will continue, I refuse to stop here.
R&R Onegai!