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Of Sacrifices and Love - COMPLETE!!!	By : Tsukineko9 Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 1562 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Title: Of Sacrifices and Love

Author: Cecilia Tsukineko and Kirei Kitsue

Rating: NC-17

Genre and Pairing: yaoi, SasuNaru

Notes: For further reference here is a key to help you follow the story:

::this:: is a character's own personal thoughts

*this* is mindspeech

DISCLAIMER: We don't gain anything but amusement from these writings, so please give credit to Kishimoto Masashi-sama for the characters and all things canon!

Chapter Twenty-Four

----------Back at the Hospital Room----------
Naruto returned with an armful of bloodbags that he'd managed to bully out of a nurse and set them on the bed next to Sasuke. �Here. ...Hello? Heeeelllloooooo...� He waved a hand in front of Sasuke's face, snickering a bit at the dazed expression the Uchiha sported. ::He's kinda cute like that.::
Sasuke slowly lifted vacant black eyes to Naruto's bright blue ones and blinked a little, but - as he gazed into Naruto's brilliant blue eyes - the scent of blood caught in his nostrils causing them to flare slightly and his pupils to swallow his irises nearly whole.

�Does your brain turn off during the day or something?� Naruto taunted as he shoved a blood bag into Sasuke's hand.
Sasuke blinked and looked down at the blood bag. It was amazing how fast he could go from completely lethargic to fast, as he ripped the end off the bag and treated it like a juice box.
Making a disgusted face at Sasuke, Naruto crawled up to the other end of the bed and began to take off his bandages to check on the status of his wounds. His ankles had completely healed and his wrists were still scabbed but not badly. His bruises were gone and his neck was fine. Now all that was left was to get his stomach used to regular solid foods again.
By the time he had finished the last bag of blood, Sasuke was almost completely awake. He licked a little of the blood from his lips and disposed of the bags in the needle box then finally turned to Naruto. �Thank you,� he said softly. It hadn't been as good as fresh, pulsing, warm blood, but it had been filling.
�Huh?� Naruto was busy searching the dresser for real clothes. He was still only wearing his pants and they really needed changing. And he wanted to go to the Ichiraku. �Oh. No prob,� he said without pausing his search.
�What are you doing?� he asked softly as he reclined back in the bed mostly against the headboard since Naruto was no longer using it. His eyes were riveted to Naruto's back and he enjoyed watching every flex of stringy muscles. Sure Naruto was thinner and lacking a little of his accustomed muscle but Sasuke still found him incredibly alluring. Incredibly alluring...
�Never mind.� Pouting - there were only hospital gowns in the dresser and no way in hell was he going to walk around town in one - Naruto flopped onto the end of the bed� only to bounce back up a second later and leave the room, looking for a nurse to bully into bringing him ramen. And then returned a half hour later scowling and flopped on the bed again, not having found anyone jelly-spined enough to listen to him. He wanted ramen!
Sasuke was asleep again by the time Naruto returned to the room curled up on his side with his nose mostly buried in Naruto's pillow. He looked incredibly peaceful... though there was no visible rise and fall of his sides or chest, which gave him the appearance of a sculpture or painting.
�That's my pillow...� Naruto grumbled, but a small smile soon crept over his mouth. And then it broke out into a huge fox-grin. He disappeared again, this time looking for a camera. He wasn't passing up a chance to gain blackmail!
He was still out when Naruto came back. His hair was slightly mussed and his expression was pure innocence. You'd never know he was a blood sucking fiend while he was awake... or was it while he was semi-alive?
Chuckling evilly Naruto began snapping pictures. Now all he had to do was threaten to show the pictures to Sasuke's fangirls whenever he wanted something out of him. And if pretty-boy didn't want to get positively swarmed with rabid females... Naruto's grin got even bigger.
Sakura entered the room with the rough sound of the door sliding open, but stopped only one step in upon seeing the shorter of her two teammates doing something rather unusual. �Naruto... what are you doing?� she asked looking a little perplexed.
�Blackmail!� Naruto chirped, taking one more picture for good measure before setting the camera down on the bedside table. �Hi, Sakura-chan.�
�Uhm.... Naruto...� she started, but then just shook her head and hugged him. �Nevermind� We were all worried that you wouldn't make it back...� she muttered into his shoulder squeezing him tightly but carefully.
Naruto hugged her back even tighter. �It's good to be back... I missed you,� he said softly, so happy to see his friend-sister again.
Sakura pulled away after several long moments and smiled at him. �How are you feeling?�
�A whole lot better than I did a couple days ago. Ne, Sakura-chan, can you do me a favor?� Naruto clasped his hands in front of his face and did his best "pity-me" look.
Looking at him suspiciously she asked, �What kind of favor Naruto?� When Naruto got like this it was scary what he could come up with. She was not going to participate in any of his ridiculous though now infrequent pranks.
�Can you go to my apartment and get me some clean clothes? I wanna go to the Ichiraku...� He tried to make himself look even more pathetic to get her to say yes.
�I...� she sighed. �I can if you give me the keys...� she said at last and then smiled a little. �You mean you're just going to leave Sasuke here all by himself? Ino and the others are on their way... they wanted to see you... but a few of them wanted to see Sasuke and are using you as an excuse.... ::I want to see how he reacts...::
Naruto blinked... and thought about that for a second... and then broke out into a huge grin. �Oh really...� he sing-songed, his eyes sparkling mischievously.
Sakura smiled, happy to see that evil grin again. �How about I bring you clothes and Ramen... my treat.�
�Sankyuu, Sakura-chan!� Naruto said happily and handed her the keys to his apartment, grinning even wider. Not only was he getting free ramen but he was going to see everyone's faces when they found out how Sasuke spent his days.
Nodding Sakura took the keys and cast one last look at Sasuke, shaking her head sadly for him as she left.
----------Half an Hour Later----------
Sakura returned with everything she had said she would bring and handed them all to Naruto. Politely she turned her back while he dressed and then she turned back handing him the ramen bowl and the chopsticks. �They'll be here in an hour or so... I ran into Shikamaru on the way back.�
�Then we have enough time to drop off the film,� Naruto grinned as he drank the broth. �Yeay, ramen!�
She shook her head. �You're incorrigible.� But when he was finished with the Ramen she went with him to get the film developed. They got back just in time to dash into the closet and settle down before the door slid open, exposing poor, vulnerable Sasuke - who was now laying flat on his back with his hands folded on his stomach a position which had actually been Sakura's idea - to the large group of varied levels of ninja that entered the room.
Naruto had to clap his hand tightly over his mouth to keep from laughing as he watched Ino approach the bed through the crack between the doors.
�Sasuke-kun?� Ino asked as she walked up to him. She put her hand over Sasuke's only to find him stone cold. A moment later she was screaming bloody murder.
Surprised by Ino's sudden outburst Hinata dove behind Kiba.
�What is it, Ino-san?! What's wrong?!� Lee declared as he too touched Sasuke. �Oh, my god! He's dead!!!� He started bawling. �Why didn't he come to me?!?!?!�
Naruto had been practically hyperventilating in attempt to not laugh out loud, but Lee's comment quickly put an end to that. ::The HELL?!?!::
Sakura was nearly suffocating herself to keep from laughing aloud. Lee's overdramatic response was more than enough to make her face turn blue as she persisted in remaining hidden.
Outside the closet chaos ensued. Shikamaru and Kiba both stood side by side face-faulted, staring with blank eyes and dropped jaws. What the hell was that supposed to mean?! Why didn�t Sasuke go to Lee for what?! Ino was shaking Sasuke's shoulder violently and screaming at him. Hinata cowered pathetically behind Kiba. Even Chouji had stopped eating and was staring. Could Sasuke really be dead? Was that a bad thing or a good thing? As far as Shikamaru was concerned he was as close to overjoyed as he'd ever come.
Kiba's nose twitched and he suddenly covered his mouth and nose with a palm. �He's dead alright. Death just has this particular smell, even if the body's just expired....�
Something had slowly begun to penetrate the blackness that enfolded Sasuke's mind. His consciousness registered it as unusual, but something else in him registered it as another source for a meal, something that was off-guard and incredibly close to him. His body moved all around him, he could feel it, but he knew it wasn't he that directed it. He sat bolt upright, his eyes springing open revealing the bloody gaze of the Sharingan. His hands caught Ino by the shoulders as he rose up to a kneeling position on the bed's edge and he hauled her up off her feet and to him in a minor display of strength. His lips parted revealing deadly long canines and he leaned in for the kill, ignoring any struggles from his prey. They would stop soon enough.
Shikamaru pulled a kunai... everything was happening so incredibly fast! He knew he wasn't going to make it to save Ino, though he threw himself into it as he rarely put himself into anything... When something exploded out of the closet that his instinct forcing him to leap back and out of the way. Sasuke's back was to the closet and whatever was coming out of there was heading right for them. Whether it was for Shikamaru - another vampire perhaps? - or Sasuke he wasn't sure.
Naruto landed on Sasuke with a snarl, biting down on his throat just like that morning, and sent the three of them crashing down onto the floor. A moment later Naruto was yelling, �What is it with you and attacking people when you wake up?! First the old hag and then Ino!! Dumb bastard!!�
Ino just stared at them from her seat on the floor, feeling horribly confused - not to mention scared out of her wits. But... Sasuke had been dead just a few minutes ago!! And then he'd come back to life only to attack her!! And THEN Naruto was... BITING Sasuke?!?! On the NECK?!?!?!
Hinata had gasped when Naruto landed on his teammate and was now clutching at her heart as it tried to regain a normal pace. While Lee had passed out the instant Sasuke woke up and was currently blowing snot bubbles.
�What the hell...� Shikamaru muttered and tucked his kunai away as casually as possible. He hoped that no one but he himself could hear his pounding heart.
Sakura spilled out of the closet and stood up stepping forward slowly. Curious and a little disturbed. It wasn't every day that she saw Naruto biting their teammate. �I don't understand,� she murmured her eyes wide.
Sasuke was limp now, his eyes black as the heavy velvet curtains that draped the room's windows. He blinked down at Ino from where his arms braced him above her unsteadily, elbows shaking. He didn't look like he recognized her yet. In fact he looked downright confused.
�Move Ino...� Chouji said suddenly, but before she could respond to him Shikamaru had grabbed her under her arms and hauled her out from under the Uchiha before Sasuke collapsed completely to the floor, Naruto's weight pinning him down. Chouji watched his best friend set their teammate on her feet before returning to munching on his chips.
Kiba was still staring his face-faulted. His mind was tripping over what he'd just seen...
�He-LLO!! Don't you dare play zombie on me now!!� Naruto continued to yell right in Sasuke's ear. He tugged on a lock of hair. �WAKE UP, JACKASS!!� Once on her feet Ino wobbled for a moment before regaining her balance. She was doing a very good imitation of a fish out of water as she tried to say something but nothing came out.
Sasuke looked over his shoulder and blinked at him then shook his head a little. �What... where.... how did I get... down here?� Came Sasuke�s soft, almost lost voice. He had no idea what was going on...
Shikamaru was about to make some rude comment about Sasuke pretending that he hadn't done that on purpose when Kiba's explosive laughter cut him off. Kiba had finally registered everything through his shocked hazed mind and now wrapped an arm around his gut as he nearly doubled over with laughter. He pointed one finger at Sasuke and wheezed, �Oh, my... god... You are so... whipped Sasuke!�
Sakura stared at Kiba even more confused now than she had been when she had come out into the room. �He's... what?� She understood the term but ... how did it apply to Sasuke? What had just happened?
That got Naruto's attention and he gave Kiba a slit-eyed look of confusion. �Huh?�
�He is NOT!!� Ino yelled, regaining her tongue to yell at the laughing dog-boy.
�Who's not what?� Lee asked as he woke up, looking around him in confusion. �What just happened? What did I miss?!�
Hinata quietly walked out of the room. She'd come back when things made sense again.
Sasuke stared at Kiba vacantly as his mind slowly processed the words the Inuzuka boy had uttered. And as they began to make sense me muttered, his eyes drooping, �So. Comfy... Naruto...� His eyes were just barely open and his breathing was slowing to a stop again rather quickly.
�Naruto bit him to keep him in line!! That's what dominant canines do to keep their mates and packmates to keep them in check!� he exclaimed though the thought of questioning why Naruto would do such a thing so out of the blue never came to him.
Shikamaru stared at him with this look of 'yeah... right...' while Chouji continued to munch on chips. Sakura blinked. Kiba was absolutely right! She smiled a little then. She wasn't exactly sure about when she had decided Naruto and Sasuke were better together than she and the Uchiha boy but it seemed very much that she enjoyed seeing the romance very slowly unfold... if it could be called romance... she wasn't sure about that either.
�What in the world are you talking about?� Naruto asked Kiba, deciding to pretend like he hadn't heard Sasuke.
Ino didn't. �Get OFF him!!!� she yelled at the fox-boy, grabbing his arm and yanking him off the Uchiha. No way was she going to lose the boy of her dreams!! Especially not to another boy!!
�I'm confused...� Lee lamented, looking put out.
�It's ok... Lee-san... I'm just as lost,� Sakura stated softly and blinked at Ino. �I told you all of this already you dumb girl!� Sakura didn't want them all to know that she was more than up to speed on everything going on now.
Sasuke reached out as Ino hauled at Naruto to pull him off and his fist knotted in the blond's shirt front holding him pretty much where he had been. He didn't really move other than that and he didn't really look fully conscious either.
Shikamaru only scowled and turned his attention to Chouji's chips. ::Stupid girl... even after he tried to kill her.... tch! takku...::
Naruto yanked free of Ino and then pried Sasuke's hand off his shirt, all the while glaring fiercely at the still dying-of-laughter Kiba. And ignoring Ino's yelling. Hinata poked her head in to see if it was safe yet and vanished again.
�So... they're both fine, ne?� Lee asked Sakura, the only one he could see that wasn't busy with something else at the moment. And she would answer him.
�From what I can tell, Lee-san, yes... they're both fine,� Sakura answered though she was looking at Naruto. He always seemed to be the center of the chaos.
Sasuke by now was out again, completely dead. He hadn't warmed up much yet for the small length of time that he'd been awake and he was losing the little bit of body heat he'd gained very quickly. He didn't look very comfortable there on the floor either.
Kiba finally got himself under control enough that he wasn't laughing any more though he still grinned like a mad thing. �Oh, this is the best... I never would have thought that Sasuke would end up being the underdog between you two... no offense Naruto...� he added insincerely with a snicker.
Shikamaru was getting tired of all of the horsing around. He decided he was ready to leave and as he walked out with Chouji right behind him, he cast one last look over his shoulder at Ino before he left.
Ino didn't even notice. She was still yelling her lungs out at Naruto, now for ignoring her as well as his "violation" of Sasuke.
Without a word Naruto got up, walked over to Kiba, picked him up by his collar, and dumped him outside the door. �Muzzle him,� he said to Hinata before going back in the room to haul Sasuke up onto a bed. He didn't want to get yelled at later for leaving him there. Especially when he was in a spot where everyone was sure to trip on him. Meanwhile, Hinata just blinked and stared at Kiba, very confused.
Kiba looked up at Hinata and grinned wolfishly all of a sudden. �Hey, baby... you free tonight?� he asked, his tone serious despite the grin.
�Kiba!� she giggled, blushing brightly. She had long ago stopped hoping that Naruto would want anything more than friendship, especially when Kiba began actively expressing his interest.
Kiba stood and offered her his hand. �I�ll take you to that restaurant you like... and then maybe we can go to the field and watch the sunset, ne?� he offered and smiled encouragingly at her. It was fun to tease her sometimes just because he thought she was cute when she blushed.
�Okay,� Hinata said with a shy smile as she took his hand. Together Kiba and Hinata headed for Hinata's favorite place to eat.
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Sakura laughed softly to herself a little bit at the silliness about her and moved to Sasuke's side. She rearranged his limbs until he looked comfortable and then looked up to Naruto. �I'm going to go now... I think that we need to start training together again soon. Ne, Naruto?� she asked cheerily. They were all ignoring Ino now.
�LISTEN TO ME!!!!� Ino roared at Naruto.
�Oh, shut up, unless you want Sasuke to wake up and attack you again,� Naruto growled at her. �And this time I won't stop him.� That shut her up very fast, her glare turning positively murderous. With a huff she turned on her heel and stomped out. Rolling his eyes Naruto turned back to Sakura. �Sure, I'd love to train with you. You need the practice,� he teased.
�I will train with you too, Sakura-san!!� Lee announced energetically.
Sakura smiled at Naruto and then bopped him on the head. �BAKA!� she yelled but she was laughing. She spun turning to Lee at his words. �How about you take me to dinner instead? Ichiraku?� she suggested walking towards him and the door. It was time to move on.
Lee blinked� and blinked again. Then happy tears began to stream down his face. ::At last!:: �I shall take you wherever you want to go, Sakura-san!!�
Naruto grinned at them, happy for Sakura and Lee. It was about time they started to get together.
Sakura blushed very faintly as they reached the doorway side by side and she reached out and took Lee's hand. She'd been bold with Sasuke so why not with any other guy? But as they were leaving Naruto could hear Sakura say strictly, �And no more crying! It's not that big of a deal.... mou!� but there was amusement in her voice.
Laughing at Sakura and Lee decided to go looking for Tsunade and be a pest. He'd be back before Sasuke woke up.
TBC...
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