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Broken Kunai	By : MisatosPenPen Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male > Kakashi/Sasuke Views: 7784 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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After banging each other’s brains out over the first three days Sasuke was home for an extended leave, they had to find another way to pass the time. They resumed training together. They had begun training in taijutsu after Kakashi received his new leg, but they normally worked on ninjutsu. Today, however, Sasuke wanted to work on his weapon deflection skills.
They used the tenth training ground because of the dry river bed that created a shallow valley with dirt walls that would stop their weapons.
Sasuke wore a spare sword, one that didn’t mean anything to him and he was willing to let be nicked and chipped in training. They stood in a turn of the riverbed where they had some separation and Sasuke had some space to move, but they were surrounded by dirt on all sides.
Kakashi’s first barrage was a mere five shuriken which Sasuke batted down without effort. Ten then fifteen, Sasuke easily guarded against. Sasuke went around and impaled the shuriken through their finger holes, dislodging them and flinging them back to Kakashi who easily caught on his fingers.
“This isn’t sex, Kakashi. No more foreplay. Attack me as if you just saw an evil Uchiha following you.”
Kakashi laughed. “Me or a normal shinobi?”
“Good point. A normal shinobi.” No reason to jump in maelstrom without testing the winds.
Thirty shuriken, a cloud of deadly throwing stars, swarmed toward Sasuke like locus. Sasuke didn’t bother with the shuriken that wouldn’t hit him but batted and deflected the ones that wouldn’t miss. It was a perfect performance.
Sasuke flung the shuriken back to Kakashi leisurely.
“I want to see what Hatake Kakashi would do with thirty shuriken if he was pursued by an angry Uchiha.”
“Frankly, I’d just run—I know better. But I’ll show you what I used to do when I was in ANBU.”
Sasuke took a different stance this time. He held his sword so that he could move it into any position quickly. He also pulled his left side back and bending his knees to make his body a smaller target.
Kakashi smiled at the respect Sasuke was showing him. Then he pulled the black headband up to reveal his Sharingan. He unleashed all thirty shuriken.
Sasuke deflected them easily but realized what Kakashi had done a moment before three shuriken would have hit him from behind. Among the cloud of shuriken, some were aimed to hit their fellows and others were aimed to be hit by the ones Sasuke deflected. The latter were harder to predict, but Kakashi had very intimate knowledge of Sasuke’s habits and training. Sasuke wasn’t just defending attacks from the front, but all around him. Luckily, Sasuke was limber and quite skilled with a sword.
Once all the shuriken had imbedded themselves in the dirt walls or the ground, Sasuke stood up straight and wide-eyed at his lover. “I’ve never seen anything like that in my life.”
“Not easy to do in most engagements, but I found it affective when covering teammates’ escapes and I’m stationary. I couldn’t do it without a Sharingan.”
“Never teach that to anyone.”
Sasuke turned to start collecting the stray shuriken showing the bloody and ripped parts of his clothes where he was scratched. Kakashi could tell the injuries weren’t bad, but he wanted to get Sasuke home to tend to his wounds.
“Again,” Sasuke said as he took the same stance.
“Your wounds.”
“They’re nothing. Again.”
Kakashi shrugged and sent the same barrage again. Sasuke did better this time.
“That is insane.”
Kakashi didn’t mention that he came up with this technique after watching his young ANBU teammate go through his shuriken practice many years ago.
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Sasuke lost a little more blood and even a little bit of hair before they started walking back to their home.
“Are you sure you don’t want to go to the hospital?” Kakashi asked with self-confident humor.
Sasuke glared at him. But Sasuke’s glare didn’t have any effect on Kakashi; he sauntered with his habitual lazy ease.
They met Sasuke’s erstwhile students as they were coming to the training fields. “Sasuke-sensei!”
“Where’s your normal sensei?”
“He’s on a mission,” Ryouta said. “We’re just supposed to train today.”
It only now occurred to Sasuke that when he subbed for their sensei the first time he was injured. How could he be that injured when tending to genin. If any genin captain were to be that badly injured, it would have been poor Kakashi with firebrands like Naruto and Sasuke on his team. Their captain was being sent out on difficult missions. That concerned him.
“Were you training too?” Saki asked.
“Yep,” Kakashi said.
The dark grey of Sasuke’s clothes hid most of the blood, but the open tears were easier to see.
“You got hit?” Kazue exclaimed.
Sasuke looked annoyed. He pointed at Kakashi. “He’s about the only one who could hit me.”
“Wow.”
“What kind of training are you doing?” Kakashi asked the three genin.
“We were just going to practice taijutsu,” Saki said.
“You have practice shuriken?” Sasuke asked.
“Yeah.”
“We were practicing deflection techniques,” Kakashi said. “Learned that yet?”
“No.”
Sasuke smirked. “Throw a few of your shuriken at me. Really try to hit me.”
Kakashi went to lean against a tree while the genin backed away to get enough distance to throw their weapons.
Sasuke caught the smirk on Saki’s face. Someone was confidant in their shuriken skills. None of these three were swordsmen so he kept his sword sheathed and pulled out two kunai.
Saki sent out six shuriken. They were all sent on different arcs. Sasuke didn’t even bother with his Sharingan. All six shuriken would have found their marks, but Sasuke effortlessly blocked them all.
Saki’s mouth hung open. She’d never seen anyone block shuriken before and she thought her shuriken skills were perfect.
“You have to learn to deflect weapons. No matter how skilled you are with your weapons, you won’t last long if you can’t avoid attacks. I normally use my sword, but that is more difficult and none of you use swords. Use your kunai.”
Saki pulled out her kunai.
Sasuke gathered the dull shuriken. “I’ll toss them slowly and directly.”
True to his word, Sasuke didn’t do anything fancy and the shuriken was thrown just fast enough to fly, not a hint faster. Saki was able to see it coming and deflect the first one. Sasuke threw a second and third. Saki was able to deflect them. The forth hit her arm, but without injuring her or even cutting her clothes. The last two were deflected.
“Very good. Practice like that and increase the speed with every few rounds.”
“Until you can deflect full speed attacks,” Kakashi added. And then threw ten shuriken at Sasuke without any other warning. Sasuke instantly deflected them all. “See.” He was working the rainbow-eyed smile. “Now you three train, I have to take Sasuke-sensei home to tend those cuts I gave him earlier.”
“So even Sasuke-sensei can miss?” Ryouta asked.
“Only against someone like Kakashi,” Sasuke said. “You probably won’t find enemies who are as skilled and cunning as Kakashi, but you will always find someone better than you; that’s when you grow. When faced with someone with superior skills, deflect the ones aimed for your vitals. A few scrapes are nothing and don’t bother with weapons that won’t even hit you. However, in combat, remember that attacks won’t only come from the front; don’t let yourself be too distracted.”
Sasuke was about to leave, but he stopped. “How long is your sensei gone?”
“A day or two.”
“Surprise him with your skills when he gets back.”
As they walked home, Kakashi said, “You surprised your sensei plenty.”
“Hn.”
“You know, I think you owe it to your sensei to show him how you evolved his signature technique.”
“I guess I could show you. And someone never showed me how to make a Rasengan.”
“Don’t be silly; you know how to make it; you’ve seen it enough and you understand the principle.”
“But you never showed your favorite student.”
“I guess we can start with some remedial training.”
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“Sakura-chan!” Naruto exclaimed when he saw her on the street. “Want to get ramen?”
She sighed. “Sure. Don’t you eat anything else?”
“Hinata makes me eat other things.”
“Good. She’ll be a good influence on you.”
“But I don’t get as much ramen as I want anymore.”
“You probably sweat broth.”
Naruto laughed.
They sat down and ordered. Teuchi turned around to let them speak in relative privacy.
“Sasuke’s back,” Naruto said. “He’s been gone a lot.”
Sakura grew uncomfortable.
“He’s being sent on a lot of long, important missions.”
“I didn’t think he’d be given missions like that so soon after being released from house arrest.”
“He’s one of the top shinobi in the village. But what gets me is that our team, when he was on it, was incredibly powerful, but we weren’t getting missions like that. He’s gone for weeks and he’s actually been injured. Even Kakashi was worried about him; he was really happy to see him. Relieved even. I’ve never seen them hug before.”
“Don’t you think it’s kind of weird?” she asked. “Their relationship?”
“I guess, kinda. But I think Kakashi’s rubbed off on Sasuke; he’s really mellowed out. I think they’re good for each other. Like me and Hinata.” He smiled broadly. “Sasuke and I would joke sometimes, but hardly at all since he came home. He was joking with Genma and Kakashi like I’ve never seen him do before with anyone. He’s happy. I’m just glad my best friend is happy.”
Sakura had to smile. “Yeah. I wanted Sasuke to be happy too.”
“Kakashi’s a lot happier too, but he’s still pretending.”
“Hm?”
“Eh? Haven’t you noticed the fake way he smiles sometimes? He’s still doing it, just not as often. You can only see his eye, but you can see the sadness behind it. I’m an idiot but I could tell those smiles were fake. I wore those same smiles a lot too. Sasuke never tried to make people think he was okay.”
Sakura felt like a fool. She always took Kakashi at face value. She also thought Naruto rarely faked a smile either; she believed both of them were essential happy. And then Sasuke. He never tried to convince anyone he was happy, but none of them realized just how unhappy Sasuke really was as a kid; how close he was to his breaking point and running off in the pursuit of power. She blushed at remembering criticizing Naruto for not having parents and how angry it made Sasuke. She didn’t learn he was an orphan until after they returned from the Land of Waves.
They had pretty much recovered from their wounds by the time they left for home. When they arrived, Sakura was hesitant to go home, afraid to let her non-shinobi parents know how in danger she was on her first mission outside the village.
Sasuke was also hesitant to go home.
“Sasuke,” Kakashi said. “Get checked out by a medical-nin at the hospital before going home. Then I want you to rest for a few days.”
“I’m fully healed, Kakashi,” Sasuke argued.
“Go.”
“Won’t his parents be worried about him?” She thought she was arguing in Sasuke’s defense.
Even Naruto looked at her with shock.
“Tch.” Sasuke walked away, his whole demeanor screamed disgust. He was walking in the direction of the hospital.
Kakashi waited until Sasuke was out of earshot. “Sakura, Sasuke’s an orphan.”
“Huh?”
“He has no family.”
In retrospect, she was the only one who did. Even Kakashi was an orphan. Maybe she really didn’t understand Sasuke or Kakashi or Naruto. They all knew pain she couldn’t understand.
Teuchi delivered their bowls of ramen.
Naruto dug in and Sakura stirred her bowl with her chopsticks.
“Sasuke really makes him happy though.”
“Well, Sasuke is much younger than him,” Sakura said. “That’s what most men want, isn’t it? A younger lover?”
“Only men who are insecure about their own age,” Teuchi chimed in. “Kakashi-san is not at that stage yet. And love doesn’t play as much of a role in those types of relationships, but they’ve eaten here together; they certainly love each other.”
“They aren’t too obvious about it most of the time, but they really do,” Naruto said, rubbing the back of his head wearing a large, bright smile. “I’ve even seen Sasuke blush.”
Sakura couldn’t help but smile.
“Maybe when Sasuke leaves again, we can drag Kakashi out for a meal or something,” Naruto suggested.
Sakura spluttered. “No, no. I don’t think so. Uh . . . Sasuke probably wouldn’t like it.”
“Sasuke doesn’t even need to know. Kakashi knows how Sasuke feels about you and wouldn’t mention it.”
“I . . . still feel guilty. I don’t really want to be around Kakashi.”
Naruto stopped eating and looked at her. “I thought you were over it.”
Sakura laughed nervously. “Well, Kakashi told me his leg was bothering him. It made me feel guilty.”
“He doesn’t hold a grudge.”
“I know; I just don’t want to see him.”
The stress in her voice made Naruto leave it there. “Okay.” Then he could go see Kakashi and Sasuke together.
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The next day, Naruto felt intense chakra coming from Sasuke’s home as he approached. He ran and jumped up onto the fence to see what the situation was. He fell forward off the wall when he saw what the chakra was: Sasuke had a Rasengan in his hand.
“You can do the Rasengan too!” Naruto exclaimed.
“Uh, yeah, of course.” Sasuke let the Rasengan peter out. “I can’t add my lightning nature to it though. Been trying for a few days.”
“It took me a long time and hundreds of clones.”
“Clones?”
“Kakashi had the idea that if I used my clones during training, I could shorten the time I needed to train. He said it would only work for me because of all the chakra I had from Kurama.”
“True, you do have an ungodly amount of chakra. How many clones did you use?”
“Like two hundred.”
“Hm.” Sasuke created four clones. They all created the Rasengan without any help from each other. They all struggled to add their lightning to it. Exhausted, the four clones vanished and Sasuke fell to a knee.
“You alright?”
“That does take too much chakra. How do you do it?”
“Well,” Naruto hesitated, unsure if he wanted anyone else to be able to do what he could. “I use a clone to add the wind nature while me and another clone make the Rasengan.”
Sasuke absorbed that information in silence. That wasn’t how he did things, using a cheat like a clone to use a technique; not with trick kunai throws, not with jutsu. But it may give him insight into how to do it without cheating with a clone.
Sasuke made a clone. He made a Rasengan and he had his clone add his lightning nature. To Naruto’s astonishment, the Rasengan started to crackle and spark. The ball of chakra turned a deep blue with white streaks swimming through it. The lightning that came off it was pulled back in, not allowed to strike out. Naruto could feel all his hair rise, the air itself was charged.
As Sasuke fed more of his nature into it, the tendrils began to break free. Sasuke’s eyes flicked up to check on Naruto to make sure he wasn’t hurt but returned his full attention to the deadly ball of chakra in his hand. The color contracted to only the center of the ball, the outside becoming almost pure white. Lightning started to stream off much like the Chidori.
Naruto’s wind nature Rasengan had shuriken like blades coming from its equator. They were regular and only came out in the horizontal direction. Sasuke’s lightning nature was shooting out in all directions like his chidori. It was chaotic and decidedly deadly.
Sasuke let it go, his hand beginning to burn. It started to dissipate before it hit the ground; what made it to the ground created a good crater about a meter wide.
Naruto rubbed the back of his head. “Yeah, mine tends to cut me.”
“Hn. My lightning doesn’t usually burn me that much.”
“The amplification of the chakra by the Rasengan causes that,” Kakashi said as he joined them. “It’s one of the reasons I couldn’t add my nature to my Rasengan. I developed the Chidori instead. It’s shape manipulation, but not to the ultimate degree the Rasengan is, but it does have perfect nature change. For you, Sasuke, a special glove may be all you need to be able to wield it.”
“Humph.” Sasuke didn’t want to admit defeat, but he had a hard time seeing this jutsu’s worth. It would take too much of his chakra and too much time to create in the heat of battle. Also, if it was dangerous to himself, it wasn’t worth the risk; something that hadn’t deterred Naruto. “My Chidori and its variants are enough for me.”
Naruto gave a nervous laugh. “Yeah, they are pretty badass.” He had been a victim of a few in their fights and even their training together. He particularly hated Chidori Senbon and Chidori Nagashi.
“My techniques can be used at mid and long range, not just short.”
Naruto wasn’t surprised by the prissy dismissal of something Sasuke couldn’t do. Well, couldn’t do well. Naruto had to agree that if his wind nature was just as chaotic as Sasuke’s lightning, he wouldn’t have been able to finish the jutsu.
“At least I understand the basics of it, which means I can figure out a way to defeat it,” Sasuke said with challenging, but amused, eyes at Naruto. “Your nature is wind. My nature is lightning, but my secondary nature is fire.”
Sasuke created a clone and created another Rasengan. The clone added fire this time. It was an inferno swirling around in a sphere; the center white hot, ringed with blue, and wreathed in red and orange flames. Kakashi could see Sasuke was intent on keeping the flames controlled and not badly burning his hand. He did have almost equally powerful affinity for fire as for lightning and had started using Uchiha fire techniques before Sasuke even knew his true affinity was for lightning. Fire was a little less chaotic.
Once Sasuke had the handheld inferno under tight control, he looked at Naruto, prompting the blond to look up. Sasuke smirked. Naruto swallowed. Kakashi’s hand tingled at the memory of putting his Rasengan against Naruto’s wind natured Rasengan.
“May I suggest dialing both of them down,” Kakashi said. “Don’t want to lose any limbs.”
Naruto summoned two clones and made a small wind natured Rasengan. Sasuke fought to make his fire Rasengan smaller. When they were both the size of a large marble, they pressed them together. The fire Rasengan swelled and swallowed Naruto’s wind Rasengan rather than pushing it back. They both pulled their arms back before Naruto’s hand could be singed.
“Hm.” Sasuke was fighting a smirk. Sasuke let his fire Resengan fizzle.
“I hate you both,” Kakashi mumbled. Sasuke let the smirk grow to a smile at Kakashi’s mocking insult.
Sasuke didn’t preen. “I think you just lack our larger chakra reserves and stamina.”
Kakashi hurried to Sasuke’s side as he started to sway. He put his arm around his lover before he could fall. “Yeah, you don’t have much more stamina than I do. How many Rasengans did you make today?”
“Fuck off.” Sasuke didn’t try to shrug away from Kakashi, but he tried to stand up straight, hesitant to show any weakness in front of Naruto.
“You have more chakra than me, but you’re no Jinchūriki,” Kakashi continued.
“Hn. I get it.”
Despite the fact he was just proved more powerful than Sasuke in some respects, Naruto was dejected. Naruto needed two hundred clones and several days to develop his wind nature Rasengan. It was several days to master his wind nature and nearly two weeks to even learn the Rasengan in the first place and even then he needed a clone to make it. Sasuke seemed to have mastered it in a day.
“Hey,” Sasuke drew Naruto’s attention to him. “You showed me the shortcut. I would have taken much longer to add my nature to my Rasengan or maybe never. We’re equals. Brother.”
Naruto smiled; it was the first time Sasuke called him that.
Sasuke slumped a little.
“Come on, you need a soldier pill and some food,” Kakashi said. He knew Sasuke’s life wasn’t in danger; he’d died of chakra exhaustion, so he knew better than anyone when that line was crossed.
Naruto followed the pair into the house. Kakashi lowered Sasuke to the sofa and went into the kitchen to fetch food and pill. Naruto decided to help Kakashi.
“Hey, I was talking to Sakura,” he said to Kakashi, hoping Sasuke couldn’t hear them. “She’s feeling guilty about your leg again.”
The only sign that Kakashi was unhappy at the mention of his former student was a narrowing of his natural eye which Naruto could not see.
“She said that?” Kakashi asked as he pulled out some premade rice balls with okaka that Sasuke liked to snack on. He also poured a glass of barley tea and hunted out a soldier pill.
“Well, I suggested we could come visit you after Sasuke leaves on a mission again, but she said she was feeling too guilty to come see you.”
“Sakura needs some time to deal with it. I can’t help her anymore.”
In the living room, Sasuke’s eyes opened to slits. He could hear them. There was a finality to Kakashi’s voice that made Sasuke take notice. Kakashi sounded done with Sakura; he’d washed his hands of her. What happened when he was gone? What happened between Kakashi and Sakura? Kakashi never blamed her for his leg and usually defended her. Maybe Kakashi had finally come to the same conclusion Sasuke had years ago: she was annoying.
He shut his eyes again and continued to listen.
“It feels like our team just keeps falling apart. First Sasuke’s not part of it, then you retire, then Sasuke is added then leaves, Sasuke’s angry at Sakura, and now Sakura doesn’t want to see you anymore.”
Kakashi turned to look at him. “Well, Sasuke told me you and he consider each other brothers and you’re always welcome here. Also,” Kakashi lowered his voice, “you’re still the one I’m most proud of. Sasuke was exceptional from the beginning, but you became his equal. You grew the most. You still have relationships with all three of us. We might not be able to all four of us hang out or go out on missions or even dinner, but we’re all still your friends.”
“Yeah, I guess.”
“Don’t worry about Sakura and I or Sakura and Sasuke, you can’t repair some relationships, don’t even try.”
Sasuke’s eyes opened again. He sat up when Naruto and Kakashi approached. Naruto didn’t feel right sitting next to his friend, so he sat in a chair near Sasuke. Kakashi took the seat next to Sasuke, forcing him to take the soldier pill immediately. Sasuke nearly rolled his eyes, but he ate the pill and washed it down with the cold tea. Life already seemed to be spreading through him again.
“That one tasted better than the last one you gave me.”
Naruto assumed the last one was one of Sakura’s; hers had to be the most disgusting thing he ever ate, but it did fill one with energy and chakra.
Naruto was glad Kakashi and Sasuke didn’t touch or even sit too close to each other. He accepted them, but Sakura was right, it was still strange. He was a little uncomfortable being around the two of them, but they didn’t do anything to make him uncomfortable. In fact, Sasuke still looked like he could sleep. Naruto remembered how he felt when Kakashi grabbed him too when he collapsed; all he’d wanted was ramen.
“Why’d you come here, Naruto?” Sasuke asked.
“I just wanted to hang out.”
“How are things going with Hinata?” Kakashi asked. Sasuke smirked.
“Good, I guess.” He rubbed the back of his head.
“Well, if you need any help, I’ll be happy to lend you a few of my books.”
Naruto turned beat red.
“Don’t tease him, Kakashi.” Sasuke sounded near sleep, but he looked better than when Kakashi helped him to the sofa. His eyes suddenly became more alert. “Although, if those damn books are your instruction manuals, I think Hinata might appreciate it.”
Sasuke laughed when Naruto turned as red as Hinata normally did. Kakashi laughed too. And a bit of a blush crept up the visible part of his face.
Sasuke ate a rice ball, his vigor returning.
Despite the fact Kakashi and Sasuke didn’t have lives outside each other and Sasuke’s missions, they were able to make small talk with Naruto for over an hour. Most of it was Naruto talking of course, but Sasuke did tell him about running into his erstwhile students and giving them a little training.
“Who would have thought you’d have the patience to train genin?” Naruto said with wonder.
“I don’t even have patience like that anymore,” Kakashi said.
“You didn’t have it back then either,” Sasuke retorted. “They aren’t bad, and I don’t have to deal with them on a daily basis so I’m fine with training them every once in a while.”
That made Kakashi think about Sasuke as a father again. Sasuke might be a little stern, but he could be affectionate, as his time with Kakashi showed. He did have enough patience to deal with genin and he would have more for his own children. But going off on long missions would no doubt damage any relationship with his children. Many shinobi refocus into specialties that let them stay inside the village once they had children. Inoichi had become an interrogation expert, Shikaku was a strategist for the Hokage and ANBU, Sasuke’s father had settled in to be the head of the Konoha police department after the Third Great Shinobi War when Itachi was quite young. Mikoto had retired to raise her sons. What could Sasuke do?
And that lead him to think about his own lack of work. What could he do? He really needed to see if there was work here in the village he could do.
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Naruto left when the sun set; he was no doubt leaving to have ramen for dinner. Kakashi set about making something healthier for their own dinner.
“You and Sakura estranged?” Sasuke asked when he entered the kitchen.
“You were listening.”
“Of course. It sounded like your relationship with her has been damaged too. You never resented her.”
“No, but she’s been uncomfortable with our relationship—yours and mine. She was in love with you, after all. It makes things awkward, as does her guilt over my leg. I think it’s best we just not socialize anymore.”
“Hn.”
It was a thoughtful response but didn’t sound like Sasuke would dig any further. Kakashi didn’t want Sasuke ever to know how complicit Sakura was in their attempted murders. Kakashi was an experienced, formidable shinobi, but Sasuke could drag anything out of anyone with his Sharingan. With Kakashi, he wouldn’t need it. Enough pressure and Kakashi would crack. They couldn’t really lie to the other. Sasuke proved that when he nearly attacked Sakura and he couldn’t sleep a moment before he confessed what he’d done and he done a shit job hiding his injuries. If pressed, Kakashi would confess why he was done with Sakura.
For Sasuke’s part, he was content that Sakura was out of his life.
“Don’t make too much,” Sasuke said. “I’m not very hungry and I want to sleep right after.”
Kakashi made sure the meal was light and then he put Sasuke to bed immediately after. It was still early, so Kakashi let Sasuke fall asleep then returned to the kitchen to clean up.
He turned to the tear-away calendar and pulled the page away. He froze. Itachi’s birthday. Kakashi sighed.
Sasuke didn’t seem to be anticipating his brother’s birthday; hopefully he would forget about it this year. He decided to distract Sasuke from thinking about his past for as long as possible. He didn’t want Sasuke to forget his brother; he just didn’t want Sasuke to suffer.
-----
Going to bed early, Sasuke woke up first. He felt like shit, but he normally did in the morning. His sitting up woke Kakashi.
Kakashi sat up, wrapped his arms around his lover, and pulled him back down to the bed. He nosed and kissed his hair and just held him, silently telling him it was too early to get up. His hips molded to Sasuke’s, but there was no further invitation for sex. Sasuke bent back a little to press more deeply into Kakashi’s chest. They lay together until the sun rose.
“Let’s get breakfast out and then spend a few hours at the hot spring,” Kakashi suggested. “Relax for a while.”
“Yeah, okay.”
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Kakashi carried his metal leg in a duffle bag with them on their way to breakfast. They ate a light meal then continued to the onsen. Kakashi sat and changed to his rudimentary peg leg. Sasuke was able to strip faster and entered the shower stall ahead of him. Despite so much time having sex, Kakashi couldn’t help looking at Sasuke’s nude body. He went to his own showerhead, resisting the urge to come up behind Sasuke and run his hands over the muscles of his back.
Rinsed off, they went out to the outdoor hot spring. They were alone this early so Sasuke was more ready to put his hand under Kakashi’s arm to help him enter the water. Kakashi didn’t need help with his normal false leg, but this one wasn’t reticulated at all. Once he was sitting, he took off the leg and set it behind him, so the bare stump could soak in the heat and minerals. They lay back with wet washcloths on their foreheads. Kakashi kept a spare washcloth ready to cover his face in case someone else came in. They chatted on and off, but mostly just steeped in the therapeutic water.
Sasuke helped Kakashi up out of the water after about twenty minutes.
“How about a massage while we’re here?” Kakashi suggested.
Sasuke agreed and, dressed in onsen robes, they were taken to a room where they could be worked on in the same room by a pair of women. The water made their muscles supple and the massage more affective and less painful when they attacked the knots.
“They serve lunch; want to eat here?” Kakashi asked as they slipped their robes back on.
“Sure. A full spa experience.”
They were served a light vegetarian meal in a private room, still just wearing their robes. Finally, they went back to their lockers and redressed, Kakashi putting on his more advanced leg.
The water and massage made Kakashi’s stump sensitive, but he did his best to suppress a limp. Otherwise, he felt wonderful.
Kakashi wanted to keep Sasuke out and distracted and from seeing a calendar or anything that might remind him of Itachi. He sorely wished he could fit Sasuke with a falconer’s hood to keep him from seeing anything that would upset him.
“I think you could use more kunai,” Kakashi said. “Pick up some more since we’re out?”
“Why not?” he agreed.
Despite the pain in his leg, Kakashi was more active in Sasuke’s shopping this time; walking around the weapon shop. Kakashi used the duffle bag he had with him to bag the new shuriken and kunai.
Sasuke was almost more firmly wedded to his kusanagi than to Kakashi, but he still eyed the other swords on display. He had his “practice” sword, the real sword he used to train with and didn’t care if it got chipped, dulled, or snapped in half, but he loved his kusanagi.
Really, he was just admiring the craftmanship of the hilts and scabbards, not seriously thinking about buying them. They were just pretty. He didn’t touch or unsheathe the blades, just admired them as pieces of art.
The one that really caught his interest was an ornamental sword with a pearl white sheath with a silver and black serpentine dragon spiraling down it. The tsuba guard was elaborately etched, but from here, Kakashi couldn’t see what it depicted. It was a beautiful piece of work, but only for display, too ornate and bright for a ninja to take into battle. A samurai might though.
Sasuke moved on to pay for his new equipment.
When they came out onto the street, Sasuke took the bag—and all the extra weight—from his lover. “Let’s go home now.”
Kakashi couldn’t think of anything else to suggest and they couldn’t galivant around the village with a duffle bag full of weapons—more due to the weight than the fact they were weapons. But Sasuke was relaxed and untroubled, so the day, so far, was a success. Kakashi was dreading going home. He just didn’t want Sasuke to be depressed.
Sort of at a loss what else to do, Kakashi just sort of followed Sasuke home and even toward his weapons cabinet once they were in their own living room.
Sasuke was aware of Kakashi’s preoccupation; he turned and lightly pushed Kakashi down onto the sofa. He put his hand on Kakashi’s shoulder to indicate he should stay put. Sasuke put the bag down near where he kept his maintenance equipment—he liked to sharpen and prepare his weapons himself; he didn’t trust anyone with his weapons—except maybe Kakashi.
Kakashi tracked his movements by ear. He was frightened Sasuke would see the calendar. But he came around and straddled Kakashi’s lap. He gave Kakashi a fond look before he kissed him.
“Thank you,” Sasuke whispered.
“Hmm?”
“For trying to distract me.”
“Trying?” Kakashi despaired.
“I’m perfectly aware what day it is.” But he was smiling. “I think of Itachi every day. I’m okay this year. You did a fine job keeping my mind off him. I appreciate your attempt. I had a good day.”
“Good.”
“I may feel okay despite it being my brother’s birthday, but it just feels wrong to have sex today.”
“I understand. I’m just glad you’re not depressed.”
“I’m sorry you have to worry about me.”
Kakashi shrugged it off. “It gives me something to do.”
Sasuke’s smile became wry. “I love you.”
“I adore you.”
Sasuke manipulated them so Kakashi was laying in the crook of the sofa and he snuggled into his body.
“I’ll do anything for you, Sasuke.”
Sasuke hummed. “I may have something in mind come tomorrow.”
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A bird called shrilly over Sasuke’s home a little after dawn. Sasuke groaned. But as the bird called again, his eyes snapped open and he hefted himself up. “Tsunade’s calling me,” he muttered. Kakashi copied his lover’s groan.
Sasuke got up, dressed, and headed to the Tower. He was the first of his team to arrive, but they filtered in within minutes, all groggy. As soon as all four were assembled, they were shown into Tsunade’s office.
“The search?” Akihito asked.
“Foiled at every turn,” Tsunade said. “At least we’ve confirmed that the rebels are still active. They nearly killed one of our search teams. I want to know if you had any ideas on how to proceed.”
“We can distract them,” Sasuke said. “They know our team is the main team hunting them. If we go looking for them, they’ll focus on us. If we separate, we can pull more of them away for the search teams to continue the search. Hara can go north, Mori to the capital, Akihito to the border, and I can go to Suna. I can use the cover/excuse of taking Kakashi to get an upgrade on his leg. Send at least one ANBU with each of us. They should be trackers. Kakashi will be my tracker.”
“Shouldn’t you take someone else?” Mori asked. “Kakashi’s . . . lame.”
Sasuke narrowed his eyes. “He may be missing a leg and be my lover, but he was an elite jounin and a top Hokage candidate when he retired. He still stays in shape and trains with me. He’s actually drawn blood. As for his qualification as a tracker, he has a nose better than a ninja hound. I don’t know anything about his mother, but I swear she must have been a full-blooded wolf.”
“So, he really is a son of a bitch!” Hara exclaimed.
Sasuke gave a genuinely humor filled smirk.
“Any other ideas?” Tsunade asked. No one said anything. “I approve of this plan, including using Kakashi as your tracker. I will assign the remining three of you a tracker and all four of you an ANBU. I still can’t send you out for another week, so you are at liberty until then. Sasuke, you are authorized to give Kakashi any information you deem necessary.”
Sasuke nodded and the four of them left the room.
“That is so unfair,” Hara said. “How come you get to take your lover on a mission?”
“It’s good cover; Kakashi can use a checkup, and he has the skills for the mission. You don’t even have a lover.”
“I could . . .” Hara would never stop flirting with Sasuke.
“Enough,” Akihito said gently. “All of you, review maps of the areas you were assigned. While we’re in settlements, you should do some information gathering and really try to find them. Uchiha, this will be dangerous for you, having someone close in the line of fire; you up to it?”
“I trust Kakashi’s skills.”
“Just remember: protect yourself first, everyone else is a secondary concern.”
“Understood.” But Sasuke couldn’t help but think his captain would break that rule if it were his children or wife. But he had to take that advise. He knew his bloodline was too valuable and he had a responsibility to his clan to preserve his own life. But Kakashi was too precious to him; he didn’t know if he could choose saving his own skin over Kakashi.
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Sasuke found Kakashi reading on the sofa when he returned. The way he peered over at him when he returned betrayed that he was concerned about why Tsunade called him in.
Sasuke came over and leaned on the midpoint of the sofa’s back and looked at the cover. “No Icha Icha?”
“After sex with you, it’s lost its absolute appeal. Reality is far better nowadays. I still read them, but I’ve been expanding my library since my retirement.”
“Speaking of your retirement, would you like a role in my next mission?”
“Huh?”
“You’ve already deduced that I’ve been spending quite a lot of time in the Land of Wind. We’re trying to root out the rebels who object to Gaara being Kazakage. The rebels are being supported by Taki who just want chaos in the Land of Wind. However, the rebels have left the border with the Land of Rivers. The tracking teams sent into the Land of Wind to find the rebels and their new bases have failed. So, we’re going back in and look like we’re the ones looking for the rebels, but really we’ll be pulling their attention away from the real trackers. If we find them, so be it, but we’ll be pretty obvious. I want you to come with me as my tracker. The “cover” will be that you’ll be getting an upgrade for your leg.”
Kakashi smiled. “When do we leave?”
Sasuke smirked. “We have to finish our mandatory leave; nine days. Each member of my team will separate into our own teams with an ANBU and a tracker. We’ll be going to Suna while the others look in other obvious places.”
“I couldn’t be happier.”
“We’re going to Suna during the height of summer.”
“I concede the point. How long do you think the mission will take?”
“Two weeks, a month. However long it takes for the search teams to find where the rebels have gone.”
“We’ll be there during your birthday then.”
“Probably.”
“That will make celebrating harder.”
Sasuke smiled softly. “It can wait. Anyway, I’m sure you’ll find a way to celebrate. In fact, neither of us dying or being badly injured is good. I do have a hell of a bounty on my head. I’m pretty certain it’s gone up.”
Normally, it was Kakashi who initiated sex, but this time, it was Sasuke’s eyes that grew hot. He was the one who did the original seducing. Just like that first time, Kakashi’s eyes grew wide. Sasuke didn’t normally look that predatory.
It was the life that lit in Kakashi’s eyes at the prospect of a mission that turned Sasuke on.
He crawled over the back of the sofa onto Kakashi. Kakashi let his arm fall, letting go of the book. Sasuke growled once he was on top of him. He pressed his whole torso down and rubbed his clothed cock and nipples against Kakashi’s body. For a few moments, Sasuke just used Kakashi’s body as a masturbation tool. He even straightened up and fished in his own pants to readjust his junk so he was better able to pleasure himself against his lover. The way he moved looked like he was taking a cock up his ass and bouncing on it.
Sasuke seemed to get impatient with grinding on Kakashi and he climbed around to line them up for sixty-nine. Kakashi shimmied down the sofa for a better position. They both fished each other’s cocks out and started sucking. Kakashi’s false leg was against the back of the sofa, threatening to hit Sasuke in the head.
“Unstrap my leg,” Kakashi asked. Sasuke did so, dropping it on the floor. He immediately went back to sucking his cock. It was a unhurried blowjob, neither of them trying to get the other off quickly. Just a leisurely, morning fallacio.
Soon, Sasuke turned back around to make out with Kakashi again. It was almost like Sasuke really needed to do something with his mouth.
Kakashi didn’t really want to kiss though. He rolled them over onto the floor. He turned Sasuke, so they were back to front. Kakashi slid his hand over Sasuke’s throat and kissed his temple. His other hand groped Sasuke’s peck, feeling the erect nipple under his shirt. The broad chested, thicker young man seemed small and dominated in Kakashi’s grip. He not only looked subjugated by being wrapped in Kakashi’s body, but he felt that way too. He could never feel this way with any other person in the world.
Aggravated by the cloth between them, Kakashi pulled Sasuke’s shirt off, then his own; his bare chest now against Sasuke’s bare back. He went back to their previous position with Kakashi holding his throat, groping his body, and mouthing his neck, ear, and temple. They still had their pants on but with their dicks hanging out obscenely. Sasuke was the first to free his hips completely which Kakashi took advantage of and moved his hand down his naked hips, lower stomach, and his cock.
Kakashi loved him so much. He would do anything to keep him. To keep this body, this sex, to keep Sasuke’s love. He would do anything to be loved and valued by Sasuke. Anything to keep this.
His cock still wet from Sasuke’s mouth, Kakashi slid his cock between Sasuke’s thighs. He gently fucked Sasuke’s taint and back of his balls. Sasuke didn’t tighten his thighs, just let Kakashi use his body to stroke his cock. Kakashi dragged his hands down to Sasuke’s hips to hold him and pull him back just a little to help his thrusts. Sasuke tightened his ass making his glutes move against Kakashi causing him to growl. He leaned down on Sasuke’s body as he continued to dry hump him.
Sasuke smiled and looked behind him. “How the hell are we getting to the bedroom?”
“We need the bedroom?” Kakashi asked as he kissed his cheek.
“My knees are starting to hurt with you grinding on me like that, and I don’t want to end this too soon.”
Sasuke took matters into his own hands and eased back and hooked his hands under Kakashi’s thighs. Kakashi smirked and held onto his neck. Sasuke struggled a little to stand with Kakashi on his back. He was strong enough to walk to the bedroom with his lame lover on his back. He let Kakashi down on the bed.
Being carried like a lame old man was a little embarrassing, but Kakashi took it in good humor this time, as eager as Sasuke to continue. With his leg off, there was really no other way to get there except crawling.
Sitting on the bed, Kakashi finally completely stripped his pants. Sasuke laid down on his back and Kakashi crawled over his body. He grabbed the lube and applied it to his cock.
Sasuke spread his legs for him and the sight made Kakashi growl. Sasuke’s erect cock leaned over Sasuke’s stomach, his family jewels were taut and hanging well above his dark red hole. Over time, Kakashi noticed how Sasuke’s entrance had changed. His once small hole now had a ring of red, stretched skin. The large rose was now as alluring to him as the rosy lips of a woman. And this one was only his.
Kakashi used his hand to press against Sasuke’s closed tunnel which yielded to him. His flesh gave way to Kakashi’s hardness, caressing his glans with its resistance. Fuck. He could never give up this sensation.
Sasuke’s legs folded and closed around Kakashi sides. He was nearly rolled up into a ball as Kakashi moved slowly and shallowly inside him and kissed him at the same time. Kakashi couldn’t really reach Sasuke’s prostate this way, but he was wrapped in Sasuke’s flesh and Sasuke relished feeling his lover throb inside him. They were just savoring being so close and intimate with each other.
Kakashi freed himself from Sasuke’s grasp and kissed and tongued Sasuke’s chest and nipples. Sasuke mused his hair as Kakashi moved down and pleasured him. Kakashi wrapped his fingers around Sasuke’s cock and felt the wetness there. His own saliva had already dried; this was precum leaking down his length.
Kakashi licked his way down to Sasuke’s cock to taste that precum. This was a better position than before; he didn’t like taking a cock in mouth while on his back. He licked up the oozing clear fluid from Sasuke’s cock then took only the head in his mouth and sucked him hard, trying to bring more precum up and into his mouth. It was almost painful for Sasuke, but he only let out a moan.
That moan was replaced with a cry when Kakashi’s tongue started to lap at underside of the glans. Sasuke’s eyes rolled back.
Kakashi took several inches of Sasuke’s cock in his mouth and pulled up slowly with his lips tight around. A dozen slow sucks made Sasuke writhe, something he didn’t do often enough as far as Kakashi was concerned. He resumed trying to suck up more of Sasuke’s precum as if his dick was a narrow straw. He rubbed the underside of the base with his thumb, prompting another small spurt of precum to enter his mouth. Kakashi hummed with his own pleasure.
He let Sasuke’s cock out of his mouth and kissed his balls, lapping at them slowly and rubbing his nose against the side of his cock. He moved down to tongue his perineum and run his tongue over the perineal raphe. That made Sasuke whimper with pleasure and his cock to release more of the thin liquid which Kakashi was quick to lap up.
Satisfied that was all he was going to get, Kakashi started to lick up his thigh, enjoying the smoothness of his skin. He moved up Sasuke’s body once more, planting his hands just above Sasuke’s shoulders and ordered, “Touch me.”
Sasuke was unclear if he meant in general or his cock and his mind was too clouded with pleasure and lust to muddle it out. Sasuke went with his first instinct: he put his hands on Kakashi’s cheeks, still smooth from shaving just a little while ago. He moved his hands behind his ears and up his neck to caress his wild hair a bit. Then down his neck to his shoulders then down his chest, running over his nipples a few times before one hand finally made its way down to his cock. He stroked him slowly while his other hand continued to rub his chest. Kakashi had been leaking precum too, but with his position over Sasuke’s body, it was all falling away, most of it wasted on the sheets, but now a few drops fell onto Sasuke’s lower stomach.
“How should I fuck you?” Kakashi asked. “What’s the best way to fuck you hard and fast and get us both of quickly?”
Sasuke’s smiled up at him and said, “From behind.”
Kakashi backed up to let Sasuke get in position. Instead of just getting on all fours like normal, Sasuke leaned forward on the headboard, gripping the top edge and pressing his head against the wall.
Kakashi smeared a little more lubricant on his cock before pressing back into Sasuke’s heat.
Kakashi held him at first while he leisurely fucked him, opening him up and preparing him for the fucking Sasuke’s ass was about to receive. He backed off and held Sasuke’s waist then sped up, fucking him just as hard and fast as he’d promised. Sasuke groaned at the rough treatment, but he was loving it, being bombarded right in the spot that made him see stars.
Sasuke was the first to cum, having been well teased by his lover for the last ten minutes. “Kakashiii,” he gasped in a voice so weak, it almost didn’t sound like Sasuke’s. Kakashi grabbed him more tightly and fucked him even harder to bring himself to completion. He pressed in close as he shot several spurts of semen into his lover, his chest flush against Sasuke’s back and breathing right into Sasuke’s disheveled duck butt. “Sasuke,” Kakashi whispered.
They remained like that for a full minute, enjoying the afterglow. Sasuke rolled his head around, causing a tingle to run down his back. Kakashi tried to slow his breathing as endorphins ran through his blood. Kakashi finally gave Sasuke room to move back and start to turn to lay on his back again. Kakashi pulled his chin into position for a kiss before Sasuke’s hips finished turning or could make it back to the bed. Kakashi followed Sasuke down and lay his head on Sasuke’s chest, tucking his hand under Sasuke’s side and cuddled up there on top of his lover. Sasuke let his body fully sink into the mattress and brought up a hand to pet Kakashi’s hair as they lay together.
Kakashi hadn’t eaten and he was hungry. A growl from Sasuke’s stomach answered Kakashi’s thought. But they didn’t move; even as the hunger grew painful and their stomachs growled against each other; they were just too comfortable here together. Even the mingling of their body heat in the climbing summer temperature didn’t separated them.
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