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Stranger than the Wild	By : kiddattwell Category: Naruto > Threesomes/Moresomes Views: 30155 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Chapter 3

Naruto

Naruto yawned wide and loud as Tsunade-baba explained the parameters of his “mission”. If she had a problem with it, well, it wasn’t exactly his fault. She was the one who had forced him to drag himself across town at eight in the morning, only to keep him waiting for an hour before she even saw him.

Not that he didn’t feel bad for the baa-chan. She was swamped trying to get everything in the village organized before it got colder. He’d been living in his tree house for a month and while he had no complaints, he knew it was grating on a lot of his fellow ninjas. But it’s not like most of them could afford to live anywhere else.

At the moment, most of the missions were chuunin and genin work; protecting small villages and civilian suppliers against the bandits and low-level rogue ninja who were taking advantage of everyone’s diverted attention as Konoha tried to rebuild. This mission, the one Tsunade-baba had summoned him so early for, didn’t even rank! A diplomatic mission to the sand, a.k.a. hanging out with Gaara while he did paper work… also eating a bunch of weird desert food that almost always tasted like coconuts with a hint of that fancy ramen seasoning flavor... Naruto didn’t particularly like coconut taste in his ramen, but maybe if they toned it down with-

"Naruto! Did you hear me?!"

"Huh? What?"

He dodged the book that the Hokage threw at him, but not the slap to the back of the head from the ANBU soldier who was standing guard at the door. He was about to retaliate when Tsunade shouted again.

"Naruto!"

"What!?"

"Choose. Your. Fellow. Envoys."

"Oo, I want Sakura-chan and Sasuke and Kakashi-sensei!"

"Sasuke is fine, but Kakashi is busy and Sakura has too many responsibilities at the hospital right now."

"Aw, come on. They love Sakura-chan over there! And you could earn some bonus points, saying you sent your best medic to check in with them!"

"And you just want a paid vacation with your friends."

"No, think about it! We really haven't been able to fortify our position in the inter-village cooperation thing since we've been rebuilding, but if Sakura goes and teaches the medics over in sand a few things... Knowledge and strong ninjas are the only things we really have to offer right now, right?"

Tsunade glared at him, "I might actually commend your idea if you didn't have that ridiculous grin on your face."

Naruto smiled even wider, knowing he had won.

"Fine! Team 7 minus Kakashi. This will be your first grown up mission now that you’re back together again. Try to remember that this is a diplomatic situation, not an excuse to regress into goofy little kids."

"You got it, obaaa-chan!"

He turned and burst out the door, then the nearest window, happy to deliver the news to Sakura. She had been acting weird lately, so maybe some time in close proximity on the road would help him get to the bottom of it.

"Naruto!" someone shouted. He turned and saw the ANBU who smacked him was chasing him. He held up a scroll.

"Oh yeah," Naruto said sheepishly as the ANBU threw it long, making him chase after it before it fell. The ANBU had disappeared by the time he caught it.

He opened the scroll and studied it while he ran. Sakura’d want to know when they were leaving and how long she'd be gone.

She had moved from the trees into a new shinobi apartment building a week ago. She lived in a one bedroom that she shared with Ino. They rotated bed privileges, but Sakura said that it was worth it just to have a private shower and something softer than a sleeping bag to sleep on.

He’d missed always having her around, but as he perched against her living room window and saw her reading on the couch, he realized it wasn’t all that different just because she was in an apartment now.

He threw the window open, shouting her name, and laughed when she jumped.

"Damn it, Naruto! I have a door now!"

"I like this way better!" He said, hopping into the room as she tsked at him and pretended to go back to reading. He ambled over to her, taking in the room. The apartment was still pretty empty. A tiny sofa and a low table was the only furniture in sight. He flung himself down next to her, making her writhe to get comfortable again.

"Urg! Hey!" she complained.

He held the scroll out to her and she stopped squirming to take it from his hand. He relaxed beside her and leaned over her shoulder to get a glimpse of it himself.

"This says... Oh, so you want me to come play diplomat while you hang out with Gaara?"

"Yeah. I told Tsunade-baba it might be nice to let the sand pick your brain about some medical jutsu."

"That's a pretty good idea. They don't have anyone really great over there right now."

She set the scroll down and looked over at him. He half expected a punch or something; even he was a little flustered at how close they were sitting when she looked right in his eyes. Their faces were only inches apart really…

"Who else is on the team?" Sakura asked. If it had been anyone else, he would have said she was giving him a sexy look, but this was Sakura, so...

"Sasuke! Just the three of us," he said. He swallowed half in relief, half in remorse, when she leaned back into the corner, no longer face to face with him. She looked a little annoyed and again, for the who knows how manyth time that month, he didn't know what to make of her mysterious mood change.

"What's up, Sakura-chan? I thought you'd like to go. And it'll be like old times, too, traveling on foot and staying at inns. And everyone in Suna worships you.”

"It's not that. I'm glad we're going..." She looked down at her lap and suddenly, he felt her touch his hand.

"It's just..." She ran her fingers across his knuckles, "Sometimes it's weird with Sasuke..." Her face was close enough to kiss, "And us..."

Naruto was processing things rapidly, for him. Sakura was practically in his lap, talking about them as an "us". He might’ve been slow to pick up some things, but the signals she was sending were pretty clear.

He didn’t dare speak; he barely breathed. He didn’t want anything to break the mood of this once in a life-time moment that he had stumbled in to. Tentatively, he raised his hand to her face. He wanted to run his thumb across her lower lip, an action he’d been fantasizing about since he was eleven. But just in case he was reading the situation wrong, he limited himself to touching her cheek. His fingers were tingling, about to make contact, when the front door opened with a bang.

Naruto leapt to one side of the couch, while Sakura uncurled her legs and sat up straight.

Ino appeared around the corner, her voice seeming louder than usual.

"Here's your damn groceries, forehead! If you don't make dinner this time, I-" she stopped short when she saw them on the couch.

For a half second, she looked surprised. Then she grinned.

"Oh, uh, I didn't know you were coming around, Naruto. And without your usual shadow, too."

Shadow? Who... Did she mean Sasuke? He wondered.

"Just what did I interrupt?" Ino asked, barely containing her laughter as she swung her grocery bags back and forth.

Naruto jumped up, "I just let Sakura-chan know we're going on a mission! I gotta go tell Sasuke! Later, Sakura-chan!" The window was still open and he leap out of it, fleeing from one of the most surreal moments of his life.

Before he knew it, his feet had taken him to Sasuke's house. Even with Konoha’s altered layout, he could probably get to the Uchiha’s place with his eyes closed. He had been trying to stick close to the guy, helping him adjust to being back and forcing him to get out and be seen. Some days Naruto thought he might not have to worry so much about him. Sasuke seemed stable, even happy sometimes… in his own Sasuke-like way. But there was still something about him that seemed to be holding Naruto at a distance. Until he could figure out why that was, he was resolved to stay close to him.

Sasuke had installed all the doors and windows to his house, but all it took was a quick press of a thin nail into the window latch to fix that problem. Naruto took his usual nail from its hiding place above the eaves and let himself in. He hopped inside and laid down directly on the hard wood floor of the living room, not even bothering to call for Sasuke. He had to think.

Sakura was sending him signals, real signals. He thought she had been touching him a lot lately... And a few days ago, she had walked in on him getting dressed and, after she threw a few weak punches at him, she tied his hitai-ate around his head for him, which led her to playing with his hair for so long that they were late to the academy. And when he teased her lately, she usually retaliated by tackling him, sometimes to the ground. The other morning at the training ground, she had lingered on top of him for a good half a minute, gazing down at him playfully… at least, he thought it was supposed to be playful. Could it have been something else?

"What the hell are you doing, dead last?"

"Quiet. I'm thinking."

He heard Sasuke’s footsteps approaching across the wooden floor.

"Why here?"

Naruto threw the scroll at him and that managed to shut him up for a while.

But it didn't make sense. She had confessed to Sasuke barely two months ago, right in front of him. He had respected her for it. He could always count on her to be honest about her feelings.

Of course, she had confessed to him before too, and although he had sensed some truth in it, he knew in his heart that her love for him was different than it was for Sasuke.

But now Sasuke was back and was acting... if not normal, then close to normal. She could finally have a real go that him, but instead, she was putting the moves on Naruto.

"Arrrrrggg, what the hell is going on!?" he cried, flailing around on the ground.

"The scroll says we're going to Suna. Sorry, I forgot you can't read,” Sasuke dead-panned.

"Not in the scroll, bastard! This is all your fault, somehow. I know it!"

He hopped to his feet as Sasuke turned to face him, tensed for a fight.

"What is?"

"Everything!" He shouted and with a leap, he launched himself at Sasuke, who grappled with him for a moment before slamming him on the floor. Unfortunately, Naruto got a hold of his arm, and twisted to fling Sasuke onto the floor beside him.
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