A/N: Hi there :D Tsuki here with my very first Naruto fic! Hope you enjoy!
Disclaimer: Don't own it, but I will when I take over the universe.
Warning: Yaoi and swearing. There's probably going to be no lemon, since I never intend to write one. We'll just sees how it goes :P Anywhos, you've been warned.
"..." normal speech
'...' thoughts
Dobe = dead last
Baka = idiot
Bolded text - setting
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Chapter 1 - The Sky is Falling
Konoha – Ramen Stand
"Sasuke! Over here!"
Sasuke looked up to see a familiar vulpine face smiling at him. It still amazed Konoha that the two rivals had actually managed to confess their feelings to one another. But, as one would say, when two people fight, they really care about each other.
"Hurry up! My ramen's getting cold!"
Taking steps at a leisurely pace, Sasuke made his way over to the ramen stand and took a seat beside Naruto. He also noticed that there were 7 empty ramen bowls next to the kitsune. Once Sasuke had taken a seat, Naruto resumed wolfing down his eighth ramen bowl that morning.
"Sho, wemere ah we gomna chane to'ay?" Naruto tried said with a mouth overflowing with ramen. But all he got in response was a raised eyebrow from Sasuke. Quickly finishing the ramen in his mouth with one huge gulp, Naruto repeated himself again.
"Where are we gonna go train today!?"
"Where else but the forest dobe? And hurry up with your ramen, I don't have all day."
"Yea, yea, I'm comin'."
Paying for his ramen from an almost-flat froggy pouch, Naruto quickly got up and started speeding towards the forest.
"Wait up dobe!" Sasuke growled after him. "Well, hurry up then so I can kick your ass sooner!"
Smirking, Sasuke set off towards the forest at top speed after Naruto. It did occur to him that Naruto didn't know they were going to pummel each other at training area 21, since Naruto had forgotten to ask in his haste to eat his ramen. But he'll eventually figure it out. He wasn't going to let Naruto beat him at a race just yet.
Konoha - Apartment
"Gaara! Where are you going?" Temari called after him. Gaara ignored her calls and continued walking away.
Sighing worriedly, Temari debated within herself whether to remind Gaara of the fragile trust between their village and the Leaf. After Orochimaru's attack and Sasuke return from his crazed search for power, the Leaf and Sand have come to equal terms and now are in a peace treaty. But trust is wavering between the two villages, and the villagers' cold attitude towards the sand-nins showed that clearly.
Footsteps sounded behind Temari and told her that Kankuro had appeared.
"Let him go."
Turning around, Temari gazed at her other sibling. "Where could he possibly be going? He shouldn't be going out in the streets so often, especially here. He's been unstable lately, and the last thing we need is Shukaku ripping apart the village again."
"Leave him alone and we won't die. Simple as that." Kankuro replied nonchalantly. Silence engulfed both of them. "Come to think of it, he said something like 'I have to see him,' before he left..." Kankuro said quietly.
"There's only one person he would want to see," Temari said. "Just leave him be. Come on, it's almost dinner time." Kankuro answered as he exited the room.
Taking one more glance at the retreating figure of Gaara, Temari sighed and made a silent prayer that no blood would be spilled that day.
Konoha – Forest, Training Area 21
"You bastard! You didn't tell me where we were going exactly!" a flustered Naruto screamed as he jumped into the clearing of Training Area 21.
"It's not my fault you're a baka," Sasuke replied, with a smirk Naruto was all too familiar with.
"That's it! Now you're gonna get it!" was the reply as a fist was lunged at Sasuke. Easily dodging it, Sasuke grabbed Naruto's arm and proceeded to throw Naruto into a tree behind him.
The fight between them steadily grew more intense and what started out to be a friendly battle became a brawl. Trees began to fall and mild explosions erupted loud enough to be heard at other nearby training areas.
Eliminating the last clone of Naruto, Sasuke faced the real Naruto. Both were covered in dirt and sweat, along with a fair amount of blood.
"Didn't...get...me just yet...dobe..." Sasuke panted between laboured breaths. Even though he was clearly tired and almost at his limit, he still managed to conjure enough energy to give him that annoying smirk of his.
"You...just...wait!" Naruto screamed as he once again began to charge towards the raven-haired boy.
They continued to evade each other's blows, with the occasional punch or kick meeting its target. Sasuke managed to knee Naruto in the stomach, and when Naruto doubled over in pain, Sasuke seized this chance to kick him into a tree. Smirking widely, Sasuke knew this was his chance.
Blearily opening his eyes, Naruto forced himself to concentrate once again. A high-pitched whistling was happening not too far away. Naruto looked up slightly to his right to spot the form of Sasuke. Naruto's vibrant blue eyes widened. In Sasuke's hand was a fair amount of chakra, emitting the high-pitched whistling sound that most enemy ninja hear before they met their doom.
In a flash, Sasuke was in front of him, Chidori in hand.
"What the hell!!" Naruto yelled angrily as he clumsily dodged Sasuke's arm at a short notice. Skidding a few feet away from Sasuke, Naruto angrily got back up his feet.
"What the hell do you think you're doing you bastard!" Naruto yelled as he pointed an accusing finger at Sasuke.
"I'm not gonna treat this like some normal training session you dobe! You weren't exactly going easy on your punches either!" Sasuke angrily growled back.
"Shut up! Sometimes I wonder if you just said you liked me just to get Sakura-chan off of you! You don't even treat me like your boyfriend!" Naruto retaliated as he prepared his own orb of chakra in his hand.
"I already do enough dobe! And if I'm not good enough for you, then you can just go ahead and call it all off!" Sasuke growled and began to charge swiftly towards the furious kitsune, 3 kunais in hand. Sasuke had run out of chakra after his last chidori, and he was sure that Naruto's rasengan wouldn't be as powerful because he was almost at his limit too.
A large explosion sounded and it could be heard clearly in the other training areas. In the charred clearing of Area 21, two figures fought desperately for dominance. Their brawl had changed into a serious battle where both opponents were starting to aim at lethal points. It was to be expected, as each boy had struck a personal chord in each other.
Sasuke had slowly begun cornering Naruto. When Naruto aimed for a punch at Sasuke's face, Sasuke quickly moved his head aside and summoned all of his remaining strength for a strong punch in Naruto's stomach.
"Gaah!"
Several feeble trees collapsed at the speeding bullet of orange and yellow blur hit them. Back at the clearing, Sasuke looked at his calloused and grimy hand, horrified.
'What have I done?'
Konoha - Forest
A boy with blood red hair carrying a heavy gourd on his back made his way through the large, lush trees of Konoha forest silently. Gaara silently jumped from tree to tree towards the direction he had heard the consecutive eruptions sound. He didn't know why he was going there, but something told him to go. Because someone he wanted to see for a very long time was there.
Gaara stopped abruptly at a shady tree overlooking a battered body wearing a bright orange jumpsuit with a mop of blond spikes to top it off. Gaara looked upon the unconscious figure and noticed that blood was spilling from the boy's head, staining the yellow locks crimson.
A desire tweaked in Gaara's mind.
'Blood...'
Quickly shutting the voice away, Gaara continued to look upon the boy in deep thought. But they were disturbed when a voice carried itself clearly not too far away.
"Naruto! Naruto!"
Gaara glared at the direction of the voice momentarily. He knew others would be coming. But that particular voice annoyed him the most. Uchiha Sasuke. The boy who had tried to kill not long ago. The boy who took his light in the darkness. Uchiha took the one thing that taught him how to erase his pain with something they call love. Jumping down swiftly, Gaara took the limp form of Naruto in his arms and stealthily made his way back to his apartment.
Something told him this was wrong.
'How can it be wrong? I'm just taking back what's rightfully mine.'
Satisfied with this answer, Gaara continued moving away from the scene of the crime, where Sasuke had just stumbled in just in time to see Naruto's blood still warm splattered on the floor.
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A/N: Dun dun dun! And the plot thickens? Anywhos, yes I made up Training Area 21 blah blah blah and I'm also aware that I am completely hopeless when it comes to fighting scenes...that's why I skipped most of it :P did I write any of the characters too OOC? Hope not =] til' next time?
Tsuki