Pick up the Phone Part 4
Title: Pick up the Phone
Beta: argent_aurora
Genre: Drama/Romance/Suspense/Psychological Thriller
Rating: R for this chapter.
Author's Notes: Sasuke is creeping me out in this eppy. And its not because of Saki's increasing creepiness, no. Look at what he wore! *rants on*
Words to remember:
dattebayo-naruto gibberish that does not actually has a literal meaning. some sort of exclamation point for him, perhaps. could be used as a suffix on words too, omitting the 'da' and sometimes 'yo' from the word.
kuso-shit
shishou-master
usaratonkachi-blockhead, moron of morons, and similar words.
Past Chapters:
Prologue | Part 1 | Part 2 | << Part 3
>> Part 5
Part Four
Sasuke glowered at the sleeping person in front of him. If he had lasers for eyes, Naruto’s skull would have been consumed a long time ago. He stayed like that, glaring long and hard, for several minutes, mentally cursing the blond to wake up and meet his maker.
Of course it was not because he was enjoying being held. What are you talking about?
“Unh,” Naruto grunted, unconcerned even when he had recognized that it was Sasuke’s dark eyes staring back at him. “You could borrow my clothes if you want. There’s a paper bag under the table if you want to pack those uh… clothes with you,” he said before turning his wide, tanned back to the silent boy beside him. He did not dare to reach out to the boy even though he knew that Saki loved that. Because the bastard did not, however, he kept his hands to himself. He was still drowsy damnit. He would not deal with Sasuke’s stupid issues right now, especially when he had come home in the middle of the night and had little sleep.
Sasuke snorted in annoyance when he felt that Naruto was not planning to leave the comforts of his bed. What kind of person left his guest on his own? The nerve. Something inside him wanted to snap at the tanned boy in the bed for being lazy or for (the very) least not helping his guest while he always had the energy otherwise to have sex any time of the day. He huffed and finished folding ‘the’ clothes.
He stood by the edge of the bed to say good-bye and to his horror, his body automatically bent down to... to…
Kuso...
Naruto vaguely heard shuffles in his room but decided not to pay attention to him as he floated in and out of consciousness. Then he felt Sasuke approaching him. Still with his eyes closed, he scrunched his face when he didn’t hear any sound anymore. He cracked an eye open and see Sasuke standing at the foot of his bed (and rather close to his face) like he was torn or in the middle of doing something. When his eyes meet those deep, black ones, everything that had happened last night came back to him and in an instant, he was wide awake. Chikusho, I think he’s going to clobber me. And just as he was going to open his mouth to speak, the other boy quickly averted his black eyes, stood up, turned around and walked to the door.
“I’ll be going now,” the raven-haired boy said without turning around and left.
Naruto let his body fall back onto the futon in relief (and confusion) and groaned aloud. He rumpled his hair in frustration and stopped in the middle of pulling his hair out to frown.
Sasuke... what’s happening to you’ttebayooo?
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Sasuke continued to grit his teeth while valiantly jumping along the rooftops. His jaws hurt from grinding his teeth so much, but he would rather feel the pain than mind the one he was feeling in his lower back, which he didn’t really want to think about right now. Or ever.
The event last night at his house had strained him and he was feeling tired. Ah, yeah. That little argument at his house had wasted time for his precious sleep. Usaratonkatchi, he spat in his head with disdain. And his back and arms ached. Must be because I slept in the wrong position, Sasuke told (or more like convinced) himself.
Spotting a small and deserted alley, he jumped and slid down one of the walls. In times like this, he really, really hated himself. He scowled and slowly crumpled onto the ground.He gritted his teeth again. If I really had not wanted this situation, why didn't I prevent this from getting more serious when things just started? Why was that moron making this even harder? Why wouldn't that said moron just stop? And how can I stop it when I’m not the one in control anymore? When the fuck did this thing started?
He dwelled in his self-pity for a while until his attention snapped on a certain stirring he felt inside. Somebody is waking up. He forced his body to stand up and to resume his jumping onto roofs to get home as fast as he could.
Thankfully, he arrived without anything happening. He did not even think of making a quick breakfast but ignored all the mess and went straight to his room to collapse in his bed.
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-10:32am-
The alarm sounded. Sasuke woke up with a groan and a heavy feeling. Stupid alarm clock. He punched the digital clock's snooze button, but the alarm did not stop. Annoyed, he threw the alarm clock to the floor and it shattered. Silence. Then he saw a gloved hand pick it up. His heart started pounding.
As he looked up into the eyes of Saki, all he see was hate.
The alarm went off again.
-10:32am-
He slowly opened his eyes when the obnoxious ringing of his alarm filled the whole room. He wanted to slam it to the floor just he had in that stupid dream he had had earlier until something stopped him
He couldn’t move. He tried lifting his arms. He tried opening his mouth. Sasuke cursed.
The alarm stopped.
-10:32am-
Silence. He dared not to open his eyes, but this time Sasuke was successful in waking up from his dream. Suddenly, he noticed that something was off. He couldn’t even feel the wind or the chirping of birds that was usually present in a normal morning. He squinted his eyes shut when he noticed that his face was shadowed with something. His breathing deepened when a very cold air blew into his face with the same rhythm of his own heart.
Sasuke suddenly opened his eyes to see the face of the body that floated above him. Its eyes--He immediately took hold of the panic that run through him when he discovered that he couldn’t move. He tried moving his jaw to awaken himself and closed his eyes to that he could not see the face that was his hovering in his vision.
Sasuke opened his eyes to an empty and silent room. He glanced at the clock.
-10:32am-
He suddenly sat up in the bed, feeling around the mattress for the sake of it. His heavy breathing had not stopped yet as he checked every corner and wall of the room to see if any traces of a nightmare lingered. Sasuke wiped the cold sweat from his face using the back of his hands.
He glanced at his own cabinet and then glanced over at her table full of trinkets. Then back at his cabinet again. He couldn’t make out the mess that was his mind right now. And he vaguely heard his own heart beating erratically.
Sasuke--that's who he was right now…right?--stumbled to the bathroom and groggily prepared his bath.
-I wanna see Naruto-kun-
-Fuck mornings I hate morning-
-What am I going to wear?
-And I have to face everybody again...
The glossed black eyes were startled when he felt warm water puddling at his feet. He blinked. Ah, the water overflowed. He closed the faucet as he absentmindedly step inside the tub; he still couldn't stop shaking even if the water was warm.
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Naruto saw the black-haired... err person walking toward him. He hurriedly took in and studied what was in front of him. A buttoned-down shirt, not a skimpy blouse. But it was too small and fitted for a boy to wear. Not to mention it was light in color. Sasuke never wore light-colored clothes except for plain white. And this one’s fucking baby blue. He looked down. Flared jeans. He took a glance at the hair and noticed in confusion that it was brushed down. He gave a neutral smile as he approached the person.
He/She gave a tiny smirk and gave Naruto a kiss on the cheek. The whiskered blond boy almost toppled over where he was standing.
Oooookay… so...?
“Are you fine now’tatteba?” The blond asked.
“Fine.” Little smile. Little cute smile. Not the arrogant Sasuke smile. Naruto crossed his arms and squinted at the brunette in front of him, still not contented with the answer and still suspicious.
“Hey, hey… are you really sure that you’re ok?” Naruto pushed his face towards his teammate… girlfriend… He shrugged helplessly.
Feeling Naruto’s hot breath on his skin, Sasuke snapped and pushed Naruto away. “I told you I’m fine! What the hell are you getting concerned at?”
Sasuke snorted, annoyed and walked ahead. Naruto blinked, another confused look crossing his face, before chasing after the other boy. So alright. That’s Sasuke right now, isn’t it? And he said he’s ok? I’m so not buying it. Whenever Sasuke was being like this, there was absolutely a problem. He knew. This sort of shit had happened before. Sasuke was stuck in the middle again, that is. But he just had the feeling that this time was really, well, entirely different from his previous breakdowns beforehand, which worried him. His brows creased as he watched Sasuke’s back.
“Oe!” he called out as he caught up with the other boy.
They found themselves at the mouth of the old dock at the river, their feet dangling above the water. Naruto can’t remember how long the silence stretched between them, but he could tell that it was of considerable length, judging from the position of the sun. He could call it a miracle, he inwardly mused. He had had enough patience to actually wait for Sasuke to say something. He looked down at his toes and his reflection on the water and then he looked back up to peer at Sasuke’s face.
“This has to end Naruto.” Sasuke rubbed his temples woefully.
“Why don’t you end it yourself?” challenged Naruto, his passionate eyes twinkling with meaning.
Sasuke was at loss as to what he should reply. What was he going to say? That he’s losing more and more control over his other personality as time passes? He closed his eyes and shook his head. He just couldn't.
Because that would be weak.
Naruto let out a frustrated groan. He flopped backward on the wooden dock and glared upward at the bright cloudless sky.
Sasuke glanced down at the boy beside him with a frown.
Naruto looked up at him, meeting his gaze. “What?” He growled, sitting back up to stare down Sasuke in a faceoff. “Do you think this is my fault?
Sasuke’s glare darkened. “Isn’t it?”
Whaaat? Naruto sat up straighter. “What the fuck are you taking about? So now are you blaming me? What’s next? You’re going to ask me to do something about something when I don’t even know what you’re talking about? Fuck!”
“I. Am. Not. Asking. Your. Opinion,” Sasuke gritted out.
“Then why the hell are we here, you idiot prick!?” Naruto screamed.
Sasuke huffed and directed his glare at the river. His head was hurting, and he and Naruto were quarreling again. Why couldn't they have a more normal conversation? If I was Saki right now... He thought bitterly. Then his irritation flared again upon the remembrance of the name. He ignored Naruto’s expectant stare and continued to stare at the river.
Naruto growled once more. He seriously wanted to pick a fight with Sasuke right now, with the way he was acting. The self-righteous asshole... He hissed internally while he glared at the back of Sasuke’s head.
And Sakura-chan was not here. He can’t help but argue with Sasuke. At least if Sakura was here, she could keep the conversation… and them levelheaded. And even if the Uchiha idiot had some personality issues, his genius should be enough to know the right way to talk to human beings, right?
Naruto let out long-held breath forcefully and eased his knotted brows. He knew his temper was short and that Sasuke's sarcasm was nasty and piercing--it was never a good combination for diplomatic discussions.
“Sasuke,” he began in a calmer tone. “Why don't you make Saki appear and talk to me instead? I think it's eas-“
“NO!” Sasuke suddenly roared. The idiot. The insufferable usaratonkachi. How dare he... How dare he mention that name in front of him? Wisps of red flickered to and fro unto the black irises. He stood up.
“Then why the fuck no?” Naruto screamed back.
“It’s… Saki… she’s….AH! Fuck this,” Sasuke growled and stomped away from the dock.
“Bastard! I just wanna help!” Naruto called out, attempting to stand up. He narrowed his eyes when he noticed that Sasuke put more speed on his walk. Kuso, kuso, kuso, he repeatedly swore in his head as he tried to grab the remaining reasoning in his fury-blinded mind. He gritted his teeth and chased after Sasuke again.
Feeling Naruto’s chakra getting closer, Sasuke picked up his pace and soon, he found himself jumping onto an almost empty street. He pivoted in a narrow street in an attempt to take a shortcut and confuse the blond shinobi.
However, he was not prepared to be slammed in the wall with his arms locked above his head by rough hands with elongated nails. Chi. He stared passively at the Naruto blocking his path, only to scowl when he saw it fade away into a puff of smoke. The "person" who had been chasing him had been nothing but a kage bunshin. Shit. He glared at the tanned boy who had trapped him and blamed his mistake on his current unstable emotion. I should be able to put more control on them if I want to... Naruto’s breath caressed his lips and his line of thought vanished. His heartbeat if possible doubled and he started to struggle against the warm body that hovered over him violently.
“I’m more experienced in street chasings like this than you Sasuke. You should know that.” The former prankster's face inched closer.
He can feel Naruto’s body and the heat of that body emulating ever so fiercely; the heat was even warmer than usual because of the pursuit earlier... No! He was not affected by Naruto’s closeness. “No! Go away!” He forced himself to look away and shut his eyes tight.
“What are you afraid of? Eh, Sasuke?” Naruto growled roughly, his fangs jutting from his mouth. He testily ran his palms along Sasuke’s shoulders to his chest.
Sasuke’s breath deepened and he twisted himself out of those hands. “I… I don’t want this!”
“WHY?” The blond roared, feeling his nails elongating more, the hair on his cheeks mutating and thickening and the heat crawling into his body like crazy as his temper climbed up to another notch. “Aren’t you tired of this, Sasuke?” His hands crawled up to the white neck to grip it tight.
Sasuke gritted his teeth. “I don’t know what you are talking about.” He still scowled, refusing to look into Naruto's eyes.
Naruto let out an unearthly growl and dove in to kiss Sasuke. Sasuke’s eyes widened. As Naruto closed in the distance between their lips, smoke burned his eyes. With a hiss, he backed away and once the tears in his eyes cleared, he realized that all he held was a white wiggling rabbit and no Sasuke.
“Chikushooooo!” Naruto cursed the setting sun and let go of the animal. He took in big gulps of air and dug his fingers into his palms.
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Sakura was certain that the awful noise she had just heard was Naruto’s voice. She stared down at the medical document her Shishou had ordered her to deliver to the hospital. Then she looked back at the direction of the voice. She frowned and a determined look later, she began to track Naruto’s chakra.
She found him, palms bleeding and staring at the wall, red eyes brilliant and glowing against the warm hues of the afternoon, whiskers thick, thin strands of red chakra flying along its current, tips of the fangs peeking from his opened mouth as he breathed deeply. In summary, he looked like a demon. The pink-haired girl swallowed a heavy lump in the back of her throat.
He looked over in her direction. Sakura blinked away the blur in her eyes and run to the distraught boy and hugged him tight. She rubbed her palms along his back and squeezed her eyes shut, the rebellious tears finally running down from her eyes. Naruto slowly laid his head against her shoulder as his heavy breathing slowly relaxed to a much slower and shallow pace.
“Naruto… Do you want me to get either Kakashi-sensei or Tsunade-shishou?”
Naruto forced himself to calm his breathing even more. “No, it's fine, Sakura-chan. I think I can handle it now. Thank you.”
When Sakura looked at Naruto, he looked more normal now, his whiskers eased back and his eyes blue. She still look worried; she had noticed that his pupils were still narrow and long.
“I’m fine now, Sakura-chan. Don’t worry. You can go now.”
Sakura sighed and held his hands. Then a soothing warmth crawled into his wounded palms and when he looked down on their joined hands, they were surrounded by a green chakra.
“I’m going to tell them, Naruto,” Sakura said without looking up, healing the marks from her friend’s hands.
“No. I’m going to solve this.”
Sakura looked up but was met with determined blue eyes. Her knees weakened at the sight, but she steeled herself. “I’m still going to tell them.”
“Sakura,” he said seriously. Naruto took a hold of her shoulders and shook his head. His eyes still strong, still determined. Then those eyes looked at the sky and he jumped away from their spot.
Sakura bowed her head and her lips narrowed. Then she rebelliously flicked her hair off her face and stepped outside the alley. “I’m sorry,” she said to nobody and ran in the direction of the hospital to rush the document so she could run and find their instructor.
Several steps away later, she halted because a chakra signature had grabbed her attention.
“You want to tell me something?” came the placid voice from behind.
Sakura turned around to see their silver-haired masked overseer.
<< Part 3 || >> Part 5
Beta: argent_aurora
Genre: Drama/Romance/Suspense/Psychological Thriller
Rating: R for this chapter.
Author's Notes: Sasuke is creeping me out in this eppy. And its not because of Saki's increasing creepiness, no. Look at what he wore! *rants on*
Words to remember:
dattebayo-naruto gibberish that does not actually has a literal meaning. some sort of exclamation point for him, perhaps. could be used as a suffix on words too, omitting the 'da' and sometimes 'yo' from the word.
kuso-shit
shishou-master
usaratonkachi-blockhead, moron of morons, and similar words.
Past Chapters:
Prologue | Part 1 | Part 2 | << Part 3
>> Part 5
Part Four
Sasuke glowered at the sleeping person in front of him. If he had lasers for eyes, Naruto’s skull would have been consumed a long time ago. He stayed like that, glaring long and hard, for several minutes, mentally cursing the blond to wake up and meet his maker.
Of course it was not because he was enjoying being held. What are you talking about?
“Unh,” Naruto grunted, unconcerned even when he had recognized that it was Sasuke’s dark eyes staring back at him. “You could borrow my clothes if you want. There’s a paper bag under the table if you want to pack those uh… clothes with you,” he said before turning his wide, tanned back to the silent boy beside him. He did not dare to reach out to the boy even though he knew that Saki loved that. Because the bastard did not, however, he kept his hands to himself. He was still drowsy damnit. He would not deal with Sasuke’s stupid issues right now, especially when he had come home in the middle of the night and had little sleep.
Sasuke snorted in annoyance when he felt that Naruto was not planning to leave the comforts of his bed. What kind of person left his guest on his own? The nerve. Something inside him wanted to snap at the tanned boy in the bed for being lazy or for (the very) least not helping his guest while he always had the energy otherwise to have sex any time of the day. He huffed and finished folding ‘the’ clothes.
He stood by the edge of the bed to say good-bye and to his horror, his body automatically bent down to... to…
Kuso...
Naruto vaguely heard shuffles in his room but decided not to pay attention to him as he floated in and out of consciousness. Then he felt Sasuke approaching him. Still with his eyes closed, he scrunched his face when he didn’t hear any sound anymore. He cracked an eye open and see Sasuke standing at the foot of his bed (and rather close to his face) like he was torn or in the middle of doing something. When his eyes meet those deep, black ones, everything that had happened last night came back to him and in an instant, he was wide awake. Chikusho, I think he’s going to clobber me. And just as he was going to open his mouth to speak, the other boy quickly averted his black eyes, stood up, turned around and walked to the door.
“I’ll be going now,” the raven-haired boy said without turning around and left.
Naruto let his body fall back onto the futon in relief (and confusion) and groaned aloud. He rumpled his hair in frustration and stopped in the middle of pulling his hair out to frown.
Sasuke... what’s happening to you’ttebayooo?
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Sasuke continued to grit his teeth while valiantly jumping along the rooftops. His jaws hurt from grinding his teeth so much, but he would rather feel the pain than mind the one he was feeling in his lower back, which he didn’t really want to think about right now. Or ever.
The event last night at his house had strained him and he was feeling tired. Ah, yeah. That little argument at his house had wasted time for his precious sleep. Usaratonkatchi, he spat in his head with disdain. And his back and arms ached. Must be because I slept in the wrong position, Sasuke told (or more like convinced) himself.
Spotting a small and deserted alley, he jumped and slid down one of the walls. In times like this, he really, really hated himself. He scowled and slowly crumpled onto the ground.He gritted his teeth again. If I really had not wanted this situation, why didn't I prevent this from getting more serious when things just started? Why was that moron making this even harder? Why wouldn't that said moron just stop? And how can I stop it when I’m not the one in control anymore? When the fuck did this thing started?
He dwelled in his self-pity for a while until his attention snapped on a certain stirring he felt inside. Somebody is waking up. He forced his body to stand up and to resume his jumping onto roofs to get home as fast as he could.
Thankfully, he arrived without anything happening. He did not even think of making a quick breakfast but ignored all the mess and went straight to his room to collapse in his bed.
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-10:32am-
The alarm sounded. Sasuke woke up with a groan and a heavy feeling. Stupid alarm clock. He punched the digital clock's snooze button, but the alarm did not stop. Annoyed, he threw the alarm clock to the floor and it shattered. Silence. Then he saw a gloved hand pick it up. His heart started pounding.
As he looked up into the eyes of Saki, all he see was hate.
The alarm went off again.
-10:32am-
He slowly opened his eyes when the obnoxious ringing of his alarm filled the whole room. He wanted to slam it to the floor just he had in that stupid dream he had had earlier until something stopped him
He couldn’t move. He tried lifting his arms. He tried opening his mouth. Sasuke cursed.
The alarm stopped.
-10:32am-
Silence. He dared not to open his eyes, but this time Sasuke was successful in waking up from his dream. Suddenly, he noticed that something was off. He couldn’t even feel the wind or the chirping of birds that was usually present in a normal morning. He squinted his eyes shut when he noticed that his face was shadowed with something. His breathing deepened when a very cold air blew into his face with the same rhythm of his own heart.
Sasuke suddenly opened his eyes to see the face of the body that floated above him. Its eyes--He immediately took hold of the panic that run through him when he discovered that he couldn’t move. He tried moving his jaw to awaken himself and closed his eyes to that he could not see the face that was his hovering in his vision.
Sasuke opened his eyes to an empty and silent room. He glanced at the clock.
-10:32am-
He suddenly sat up in the bed, feeling around the mattress for the sake of it. His heavy breathing had not stopped yet as he checked every corner and wall of the room to see if any traces of a nightmare lingered. Sasuke wiped the cold sweat from his face using the back of his hands.
He glanced at his own cabinet and then glanced over at her table full of trinkets. Then back at his cabinet again. He couldn’t make out the mess that was his mind right now. And he vaguely heard his own heart beating erratically.
Sasuke--that's who he was right now…right?--stumbled to the bathroom and groggily prepared his bath.
-I wanna see Naruto-kun-
-Fuck mornings I hate morning-
-What am I going to wear?
-And I have to face everybody again...
The glossed black eyes were startled when he felt warm water puddling at his feet. He blinked. Ah, the water overflowed. He closed the faucet as he absentmindedly step inside the tub; he still couldn't stop shaking even if the water was warm.
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Naruto saw the black-haired... err person walking toward him. He hurriedly took in and studied what was in front of him. A buttoned-down shirt, not a skimpy blouse. But it was too small and fitted for a boy to wear. Not to mention it was light in color. Sasuke never wore light-colored clothes except for plain white. And this one’s fucking baby blue. He looked down. Flared jeans. He took a glance at the hair and noticed in confusion that it was brushed down. He gave a neutral smile as he approached the person.
He/She gave a tiny smirk and gave Naruto a kiss on the cheek. The whiskered blond boy almost toppled over where he was standing.
Oooookay… so...?
“Are you fine now’tatteba?” The blond asked.
“Fine.” Little smile. Little cute smile. Not the arrogant Sasuke smile. Naruto crossed his arms and squinted at the brunette in front of him, still not contented with the answer and still suspicious.
“Hey, hey… are you really sure that you’re ok?” Naruto pushed his face towards his teammate… girlfriend… He shrugged helplessly.
Feeling Naruto’s hot breath on his skin, Sasuke snapped and pushed Naruto away. “I told you I’m fine! What the hell are you getting concerned at?”
Sasuke snorted, annoyed and walked ahead. Naruto blinked, another confused look crossing his face, before chasing after the other boy. So alright. That’s Sasuke right now, isn’t it? And he said he’s ok? I’m so not buying it. Whenever Sasuke was being like this, there was absolutely a problem. He knew. This sort of shit had happened before. Sasuke was stuck in the middle again, that is. But he just had the feeling that this time was really, well, entirely different from his previous breakdowns beforehand, which worried him. His brows creased as he watched Sasuke’s back.
“Oe!” he called out as he caught up with the other boy.
They found themselves at the mouth of the old dock at the river, their feet dangling above the water. Naruto can’t remember how long the silence stretched between them, but he could tell that it was of considerable length, judging from the position of the sun. He could call it a miracle, he inwardly mused. He had had enough patience to actually wait for Sasuke to say something. He looked down at his toes and his reflection on the water and then he looked back up to peer at Sasuke’s face.
“This has to end Naruto.” Sasuke rubbed his temples woefully.
“Why don’t you end it yourself?” challenged Naruto, his passionate eyes twinkling with meaning.
Sasuke was at loss as to what he should reply. What was he going to say? That he’s losing more and more control over his other personality as time passes? He closed his eyes and shook his head. He just couldn't.
Because that would be weak.
Naruto let out a frustrated groan. He flopped backward on the wooden dock and glared upward at the bright cloudless sky.
Sasuke glanced down at the boy beside him with a frown.
Naruto looked up at him, meeting his gaze. “What?” He growled, sitting back up to stare down Sasuke in a faceoff. “Do you think this is my fault?
Sasuke’s glare darkened. “Isn’t it?”
Whaaat? Naruto sat up straighter. “What the fuck are you taking about? So now are you blaming me? What’s next? You’re going to ask me to do something about something when I don’t even know what you’re talking about? Fuck!”
“I. Am. Not. Asking. Your. Opinion,” Sasuke gritted out.
“Then why the hell are we here, you idiot prick!?” Naruto screamed.
Sasuke huffed and directed his glare at the river. His head was hurting, and he and Naruto were quarreling again. Why couldn't they have a more normal conversation? If I was Saki right now... He thought bitterly. Then his irritation flared again upon the remembrance of the name. He ignored Naruto’s expectant stare and continued to stare at the river.
Naruto growled once more. He seriously wanted to pick a fight with Sasuke right now, with the way he was acting. The self-righteous asshole... He hissed internally while he glared at the back of Sasuke’s head.
And Sakura-chan was not here. He can’t help but argue with Sasuke. At least if Sakura was here, she could keep the conversation… and them levelheaded. And even if the Uchiha idiot had some personality issues, his genius should be enough to know the right way to talk to human beings, right?
Naruto let out long-held breath forcefully and eased his knotted brows. He knew his temper was short and that Sasuke's sarcasm was nasty and piercing--it was never a good combination for diplomatic discussions.
“Sasuke,” he began in a calmer tone. “Why don't you make Saki appear and talk to me instead? I think it's eas-“
“NO!” Sasuke suddenly roared. The idiot. The insufferable usaratonkachi. How dare he... How dare he mention that name in front of him? Wisps of red flickered to and fro unto the black irises. He stood up.
“Then why the fuck no?” Naruto screamed back.
“It’s… Saki… she’s….AH! Fuck this,” Sasuke growled and stomped away from the dock.
“Bastard! I just wanna help!” Naruto called out, attempting to stand up. He narrowed his eyes when he noticed that Sasuke put more speed on his walk. Kuso, kuso, kuso, he repeatedly swore in his head as he tried to grab the remaining reasoning in his fury-blinded mind. He gritted his teeth and chased after Sasuke again.
Feeling Naruto’s chakra getting closer, Sasuke picked up his pace and soon, he found himself jumping onto an almost empty street. He pivoted in a narrow street in an attempt to take a shortcut and confuse the blond shinobi.
However, he was not prepared to be slammed in the wall with his arms locked above his head by rough hands with elongated nails. Chi. He stared passively at the Naruto blocking his path, only to scowl when he saw it fade away into a puff of smoke. The "person" who had been chasing him had been nothing but a kage bunshin. Shit. He glared at the tanned boy who had trapped him and blamed his mistake on his current unstable emotion. I should be able to put more control on them if I want to... Naruto’s breath caressed his lips and his line of thought vanished. His heartbeat if possible doubled and he started to struggle against the warm body that hovered over him violently.
“I’m more experienced in street chasings like this than you Sasuke. You should know that.” The former prankster's face inched closer.
He can feel Naruto’s body and the heat of that body emulating ever so fiercely; the heat was even warmer than usual because of the pursuit earlier... No! He was not affected by Naruto’s closeness. “No! Go away!” He forced himself to look away and shut his eyes tight.
“What are you afraid of? Eh, Sasuke?” Naruto growled roughly, his fangs jutting from his mouth. He testily ran his palms along Sasuke’s shoulders to his chest.
Sasuke’s breath deepened and he twisted himself out of those hands. “I… I don’t want this!”
“WHY?” The blond roared, feeling his nails elongating more, the hair on his cheeks mutating and thickening and the heat crawling into his body like crazy as his temper climbed up to another notch. “Aren’t you tired of this, Sasuke?” His hands crawled up to the white neck to grip it tight.
Sasuke gritted his teeth. “I don’t know what you are talking about.” He still scowled, refusing to look into Naruto's eyes.
Naruto let out an unearthly growl and dove in to kiss Sasuke. Sasuke’s eyes widened. As Naruto closed in the distance between their lips, smoke burned his eyes. With a hiss, he backed away and once the tears in his eyes cleared, he realized that all he held was a white wiggling rabbit and no Sasuke.
“Chikushooooo!” Naruto cursed the setting sun and let go of the animal. He took in big gulps of air and dug his fingers into his palms.
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Sakura was certain that the awful noise she had just heard was Naruto’s voice. She stared down at the medical document her Shishou had ordered her to deliver to the hospital. Then she looked back at the direction of the voice. She frowned and a determined look later, she began to track Naruto’s chakra.
She found him, palms bleeding and staring at the wall, red eyes brilliant and glowing against the warm hues of the afternoon, whiskers thick, thin strands of red chakra flying along its current, tips of the fangs peeking from his opened mouth as he breathed deeply. In summary, he looked like a demon. The pink-haired girl swallowed a heavy lump in the back of her throat.
He looked over in her direction. Sakura blinked away the blur in her eyes and run to the distraught boy and hugged him tight. She rubbed her palms along his back and squeezed her eyes shut, the rebellious tears finally running down from her eyes. Naruto slowly laid his head against her shoulder as his heavy breathing slowly relaxed to a much slower and shallow pace.
“Naruto… Do you want me to get either Kakashi-sensei or Tsunade-shishou?”
Naruto forced himself to calm his breathing even more. “No, it's fine, Sakura-chan. I think I can handle it now. Thank you.”
When Sakura looked at Naruto, he looked more normal now, his whiskers eased back and his eyes blue. She still look worried; she had noticed that his pupils were still narrow and long.
“I’m fine now, Sakura-chan. Don’t worry. You can go now.”
Sakura sighed and held his hands. Then a soothing warmth crawled into his wounded palms and when he looked down on their joined hands, they were surrounded by a green chakra.
“I’m going to tell them, Naruto,” Sakura said without looking up, healing the marks from her friend’s hands.
“No. I’m going to solve this.”
Sakura looked up but was met with determined blue eyes. Her knees weakened at the sight, but she steeled herself. “I’m still going to tell them.”
“Sakura,” he said seriously. Naruto took a hold of her shoulders and shook his head. His eyes still strong, still determined. Then those eyes looked at the sky and he jumped away from their spot.
Sakura bowed her head and her lips narrowed. Then she rebelliously flicked her hair off her face and stepped outside the alley. “I’m sorry,” she said to nobody and ran in the direction of the hospital to rush the document so she could run and find their instructor.
Several steps away later, she halted because a chakra signature had grabbed her attention.
“You want to tell me something?” came the placid voice from behind.
Sakura turned around to see their silver-haired masked overseer.
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