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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 Thirty

------------Just Before Dawn----------
Naruto flopped onto his bedroll, so tired he knew he was going to fall asleep the instant his eyes closed. Sleepily he watched Sasuke move around the cave, waiting for his friend to join him before losing consciousness.
Sasuke settled to the ground on his bedroll beside Naruto and stretched out so that he was comfortable and then turned his head to look at Naruto. The quiet of the cave was serene.
Naruto smiled at him before a yawn threatened to tear his face in half. He rolled onto his side and settled against Sasuke's side, instantly and deeply asleep.
Dawn was coming on fast, as it usually did, but Sasuke was able to relish the last few moments of his consciousness holding Naruto close. It might become an infrequent or even non-existent thing after tonight so Sasuke was opting to cherish while he could. His plan could always backfire and drive Naruto away instead after all. Finally the darkness of Rest took him and he sank willingly into the oblivion.
-----------The Next Evening-----------
Slowly Naruto woke up, feeling strangely... alone. When he opened his eyes Sasuke was not laying down next to him. �Sasuke?� he called out, his voice thick with sleep as he rolled onto his back, looking for his friend.
�Here.� Came the soft, but chilled reply. Obviously Sasuke's attention was on something else. He crouched and watched the world beyond the cave's entrance with eyes like an owl. He missed nothing.
�What is it? Is something wrong?� Naruto asked quietly, immediately awake as he noticed the way Sasuke was watching the forest. Silently he crawled over to kneel next to him and look himself.
�There's something out there... that wasn't there before...� he muttered softly and glanced at Naruto. �I'm not sure what it is, but my senses won't drop it and my instincts are telling me to be very cautious...� He felt a little poorly saying something untrue to Naruto, but the means was definitely worth one of the possible endings.
�Do you have any idea of what it might be?� Naruto whispered, narrowing his eyes and looking into the shadows under the tress. He tapped into Kyuubi a bit, heightening his senses to see if he could tell what the threat was. �Do you think we're gonna have to stay in here all night?�
�It's a good distance out there yet... not close enough to the cave that we need to stay inside. I need to feed....� he murmured and then started out of the cave. �Let's get your sparring in after I get my meal, then we can come back and stay in here where we're relatively safe. It's defendable.�
�Okay. Be careful,� Naruto murmured as he moved over to the fire, stoking it so he could make his breakfast. Once he was done eating he began to stretch, waiting for Sasuke to come back so they could spar. Often his eyes would flick towards the entrance, watching for Sasuke and the supposed danger. Naruto couldn't help but be a little suspicious. He couldn't sense anything dangerous himself and Kyuubi wasn't doing anything. And if the demon wasn't even waking up... ::But why would he lie about something like that?::
Sasuke returned not too long after Naruto finished his 'breakfast'. He entered the cave and straightened out of his crawl his eyes immediately resting on Naruto. �Ready?� he asked.
�Yeah. Did you figure out what it is?� Naruto asked as they crawled out of the cave and got into fighting stances. He still didn't sense anything dangerous and Kyuubi continued to sleep like a log.
Sasuke shook his head both answering and effectively tossing his bangs more comfortably out of his eyes. �No,� he answered vocally and then lunged at Naruto. He allowed himself to seem a little preoccupied during their battles, as though half of his attention was far away.
A few hours later Naruto had to take a break and stopped the spar, looking around them to see if their noise had attracted anything. The most menacing thing he'd sensed anywhere close by was an angry squirrel chattering at its neighbor. He gave Sasuke a wary look. �Are you sure there's something dangerous out there? I don't sense anything.�
�There is,� he stated firmly and cast a wary eye all about them. He would play this to the end and maybe someday he'd tell Naruto it was all just a scheme to have the soon-to-be-newest Hokage as his own... to have Naruto as his own.

�If you say so...� Naruto muttered, giving Sasuke a funny look as he sat down on a small boulder to rest and rub at his tired muscles. He'd visit the demon right before bed and see what Kyuubi had to say about this. Even if he and the fox didn't get along very well they both managed to set aside their differences when there was a possible threat long enough to deal with it.
Sasuke nodded coming back himself and Naruto completely. It wasn't even the middle of the night yet, but Sasuke was figuring he should be wanting in the cave by now if there really was a threat so he turned, having never sat down, and started for the cave. He expected Naruto would follow.
Swallowing a sore groan Naruto followed Sasuke into the cave and flopped onto his bedroll, grabbing a ration bar to munch on as he rested.
The rest of the night was spent thus, sparring and resting, sparring and resting. Near to dawn Sasuke eyed the cave entrance feigning unease and then looked at their bedrolls. �Naruto... I'd like you to sleep by the entrance tonight... maybe longer. I need you to throw something at me to wake me up if anything comes through the cavemouth....� he said at last trying to moderate the words between a request and a tactical direction.
�Can't I just shake you awake?� Naruto asked, pausing in getting ready for bed. ::Throw something at him...? Does that mean he doesn't want to sleep next to me...?:: For some strange reason Naruto's chest tightened uncomfortably at that thought.
�I need more time to wake up, remember...� he stated. �While you're busy shaking me enough to wake me up whatever it is out there will be coming right for us. I have faith that you will be able to hold whatever it is off until I'm conscious enough to evade any mortal injuries, and I believe you would be able to hold it off long enough for you to wake me up by throwing things,� he explained seeming like his mind was more outside the cave than on Naruto. It was all pretense, of course, but he was going to play this hand to its fullest.
Naruto thought hard for something to argue that with and came up empty-handed. Sighing he moved his bedroll to the front of the cave right by the entrance, watching out of the corner of his eye to see if Sasuke would move too. He didn't. �So... you're gonna stay over there?� he asked, his dislike of the idea clear in his tone.
�It's the most advantageous position for me in my Resting state,� came his reply as he laid out on his bedroll and stretched before seriously settling in for his 'sleep'.
It felt like the bottom of Naruto's stomach had fallen out as he watched Sasuke settle for the night. There was nothing dangerous outside. Sasuke was pushing him away again... again!! And after he'd finally let Naruto get close enough to understand him!! ::What the hell is wrong with him?!:: Naruto thought angrily, laying down with a huff and turning his back to the one he'd thought was his friend. ::He pushes me away, then wants to be friends, then pushes me away again... Make up your mind, bastard!!:: Fuming he eventually managed to will himself to sleep just as the sun finished coming over the horizon.
----------Two Weeks Later----------
Sasuke readied himself for another sparring session with Naruto. The past few weeks had been rough on both of them. They'd moved from one location to the next relatively quickly searching for Itachi more adamantly the better Naruto got. The blond ninja was regaining his old self back easier and easier with every face-off and he was actually starting to keep Sasuke on his toes again. Tonight Sasuke would yet again try and tease Naruto with subtle and not so subtle touches, the brush of fingertips or lips grazing a sensitive neck or ear while they grappled for a moment and then leapt back only to attack again. Sasuke was no longer able to catch Naruto completely off-guard any more. At first it had put the blond into shock, having never experienced such a thing during training before. Now Naruto just got more and more frustrated with every touch. Sasuke knew he had to be reaching his limits soon.
The small abandoned house they had claimed as their own in the very outskirts of the land of a small close built village was behind him as he stretched and waited for Naruto to finish his dinner and come out to 'play'. Of course, Naruto didn't know whether it was 'play time' or just all out practicing time. He never knew and that was to Sasuke's advantage.
The slam of the door closing was the only warning Sasuke got before Naruto's fist was in his face. The blond was furious, and it certainly didn't help that he hadn't had a truly restful night's sleep since Sasuke had started this damned "game" of his. Naruto's anger and frustration increased no matter what Sasuke did during their training sessions, though he wasn't sure which pissed him off more - when Sasuke teased him or when Sasuke didn't tease him. One thing he was sure about - he was sick of being treated like some plaything. He'd been giving Sasuke the silent treatment for a few days now, refusing to acknowledge him outside of their battles.
With an impressive display of bending Sasuke managed to dodge the blow aimed for his face and came back under Naruto's guard catching him in the stomach and sending him back a good twenty or thirty feet until his back hit the building. and Sasuke was in front of him in the same instant, pinning him to the cracking side of the squat, tiny stone farmhouse. �Getting angry only makes you lose your focus, dobe...� Sasuke taunted the corners of his mouth twitching slightly as if they wanted to either smile or smirk smugly.
Naruto just glared at him murderously and vanished, reappearing behind Sasuke along with a pack of clones. His anger may make him lose his focus but it added to his determination and stubbornness. and right now he was determined to take Sauske down a couple notches.
Whirling Sasuke prepared for an attack already anticipating the blond's moves as best he could. Sometimes, however, when Naruto was mad enough, he was entirely unpredictable. Completely so. That was fine though. Sasuke could work with that and still get his teasing in. He just needed to pin Naruto with a better hold next time so he could get in a kiss or something. Anything worked to get a rise out of Naruto these days.
But Naruto didn't give him the chance to pin him. In fact the instant Naruto felt those teasing fingers brush his neck he saw red and slammed Sasuke against a tree, holding him there by his collar. �Will you make up your friggin' mind already?!� Naruto yelled, so mad his eyes had gone cat-pupiled. He was sick of this... he was sick of being treated like some tool of amusement. It felt like he was being betrayed all over again, but this hurt more... much more.
Naruto had reached his breaking point. Exactly as Sasuke had wanted him to. Using the brute strength granted him by his Vampiric body, Sasuke caught both of Naruto's arms up and pulled him close, hard. �Ok...� he said simply, though his voice purred the word like it was some erotic sin and then pressed his mouth to Naruto's hungrily. This was what he had wanted all this time. Now it was solely up to Naruto to take the offer, having experienced the good and the bad with Sasuke, or leave it and maybe even their friendship.
Not ready to give up his anger Naruto bit down on Sasuke's lip sharply, drawing blood, before pulling away. �STOP TREATING ME LIKE A TOY!!� he roared, his eyes flashing a warning crimson. �I thought we were friends, you bastard!! But if you're just going to keep using me to play your sick games, then to hell with you!!!�
Sasuke's arms cradled Naruto to him suddenly as he remained leaning back against the tree, ignoring any struggles that might come out of the body in his embrace. �Naruto... tell me what you want from me....� he said calmly, despite facing Naruto's wrath. �You weren't sure before and I could tell that. Easily... So, now maybe it's clear...� he kept his voice low and soft, patient. The game was up and it was time for the winner to step forward. Would it be Sasuke's heart or Naruto's fear?
Naruto visibly deflated as it all clicked and his eyes returned to normal. �You mean that was all...� Sighing he let his forehead fall onto Sasuke's shoulder. �You really are a bastard,� he mumbled, now not sure what to do.
His arms tightened and he nuzzled the side of Naruto's head. �Tell me right now to let you go... and I'll never touch you again,� he murmured.
Naruto shook his head but said nothing. He was too busy trying to stop his mind from spinning. He was hurt by what Sasuke had done, but he could see why he'd done it... though Naruto wished wistfully he had used some other method to make him choose. Once he got his mind settled he forced himself to think it over carefully - stay with Sasuke or leave him forever? Many long moments later... �If you ever do that to me again I'm stripping you down to your boxers while you're asleep and charge your stalkers admission to see you,� he threatened, but he was hugging Sasuke tightly and there was mirth in his voice.
�I'm hoping that after this... I won't have to,� he murmured and nuzzled the side of Naruto's head again. Finally! After so long Naruto was coming around. Sasuke didn't believe that this was the end of the struggle in their relationship but at least for now Naruto was returning his affections. The threat didn't go unnoticed but Sasuke opted not to say anything in favor of simply enjoying his triumph.
�Good. But don't think this means I'm gonna go easy on you!� Naruto disappeared with a fox-grin, more than ready to start their practice session again.
Sasuke growled at the loss of warm body in his arms. �Naruto!� he snapped and turned around his eyes and other senses scanning for a hint of the young man.
�Rar!� Naruto fell out of the tree to land on top of Sasuke, sending them both to the forest floor. But after a quick nip to Sasuke's ear he was gone again. He was going to tease Sasuke just as badly as Sasuke had teased him, if not worse.
Sasuke spun again his gaze searching for the blond again. �You little...� he grumbled, and turned again, the skin of his ear still tingling at the sensation of having Naruto's teeth graze it. The tables were turned but Sasuke wasn't sure whether he liked that idea or not. Granted Naruto's method was payback and Sasuke was certainly not going to be as resistant as Naruto had been, but the torment was the same. Sasuke scented the slight breeze, his enlarged pupils pulling in all the available light to help him see.
�Boo,� Naruto said as he reappeared right in front of Sasuke, staying there just long enough to bite the tip of his nose before teleporting back to his hiding spot at the very top of the tree he'd shoved Sasuke into. This was fun!
Sasuke started back at the nip to his nose, but this time he followed Naruto to the top of the tree. �Just what do you think you're doing, dobe?� he asked his tone serious but his eyes were mirthful.
�Payback's a pain in the ass, ain't it?� Naruto fox-grinned... and disappeared again, this time to the inside of the abandoned house they were using. It was snack time!
Following him Sasuke teleported to stand right behind him and leaned over his shoulder. �What are you doing?� he asked knowing the answer already but wanting to talk with Naruto for a change, something that - in the past - would never have crossed his mind.
�Hungry,� Naruto mumbled around a mouthful of ration bar. He leaned back into Sasuke, deciding to forgive him for the moment. Now that he knew the reason why Sasuke had been torturing him he wasn't angry at him anymore... just annoyed. But he could get Sasuke right back with the exact same form of torture so... not as annoyed as he could be.
Sasuke smirked a little and wrapped his arms around Naruto again. "You're always hungry," he stated and kissed Naruto's temple. �So ... are you going to sleep next to me again tonight, or do I have to go another night without you?� His teeth lightly grazed the side of Naruto's neck, his intention only playful.
�Hey, you forced that on yourself so don't complain about it to me,� Naruto scolded teasingly, leaning into Sasuke's nip. It felt so wonderful to be affectionate with him again - and about time too! �Though it would be nice to actually get some rest... Looks like you're reduced to being a teddy bear again.�
�Better a teddy bear than ever cold and alone again,� he murmured. �Although I don't know how you can stand to cuddle with a corpse.� Sasuke teased. He wasn't going to beat around the bush about anything involving his current state of existence.
�Well, you're not a corpse yet when I fall asleep,� Naruto said with a shrug, folding his legs to sit down Indian-style and pulling Sasuke down with him so he could still use him as a backrest. �Or when I wake up usually so... not a problem.� He shrugged again and turned his head to look at Sasuke.
Sasuke nodded once then reached forward and cupped Naruto's chin in his hand pulling him to turn as he leaned forward to brush his lips over Naruto's mouth. �I'm glad you don't have a problem....� he murmured his breath hot on Naruto's lips as he was still only centimeters from Naruto's mouth. His thumb idly caressed Naruto's cheek from the moist corner of his mouth to his jaw.
�I'm still annoyed with you,� Naruto reminded him, biting Sasuke's bottom lip lightly, but his eyes were sparkling with mirth. �You'd better make it up to me for driving me out of my mind these past two weeks.�
Sasuke's eyebrows lifted slightly and he asked after nipping Naruto's lip in return. �Oh? And how do I make it up to you?�
�I'll think of something...� Naruto smirked mischievously and tucked his head under Sasuke's chin to kiss the hollow of his throat before nuzzling him.
He tilted his head back and let Naruto have free rein over his throat. �Better make it something good...� Sasuke warned. �Because like I said before... no refunds.� His arms both encircled Naruto then, holding the blond snugly against him while looking at the crumbling ceiling and enjoying the soft nuzzles.
�Yeah. Yeah,� Naruto chuckled, giving Sasuke a quick nip right under his Adam's apple before disappearing in a poof of Jutsu smoke. He was going to make Sasuke work for every bit of attention he got tonight.
Sasuke growled a little in frustration. Granted he deserved returned torment, but he'd missed the snuggling so much that it was getting more than frustrating having to work for what he'd just achieved. he too was about to vanish in a puff of smoke, when he suddenly decided, that perhaps if he didn't play along Naruto would give up and just settle down for some long delayed cuddle-time. Of course, Sasuke had long since stopped being surprised at the changes in his personality. He was a vampire now and that meant anything physical was good, anything emotional was intense either way - good or bad - and anything sexual was beyond heaven. He was beginning to hope for that again already.
Naruto didn't come back for an hour, at which point his patience gave out. He reappeared standing in front of Sasuke with his arms crossed and looking rather miffed. Games weren't any fun when the other participant didn't... well, participate.
Sasuke, who was lounging his bedroll, looked up and tucked one arm under his head. His other arm rested on his stomach limply. �Okaeri,� he said softly his expression relaxed and a little drowsy. He'd fed while Naruto had been off and wandering. Gorged was actually the better word.
Naruto's eyebrow twitched and he grabbed his pillow... and promptly began to whack Sasuke's head with it.
Surprised Sasuke grabbed the pillow and pulled effectively yanking the young man attached to the other end down with it. �What the hell was that for?!�
He just got a loud razz and a pout in response before Naruto shifted, making himself comfortable where he'd fallen - across Sasuke's stomach. His head came to rest just below Sasuke's ribcage, his eyes looking up every once in a while to give Sasuke an annoyed look.
Tucking the pillow beneath his head for safe keeping Sasuke reached down to push the hitai-ate that covered Naruto's brow down over his eyes. �What was all that about?� he asked his voice even, like nothing was unusual. His eyes met Naruto's and didn't look away.
�Two-faced jackass...� Naruto muttered, razzing him again and pulling his hitai-ate off so Sasuke couldn't do that again. But the annoyed look in his eyes was slowly melting away, replaced by humor and mischievousness. Now that they were on good terms again (sort of...) Naruto wasn't able to stay really mad at him for very long. He was just glad that Sasuke was being friends with him again.
�Two-faced?� he asked his tone unchanging and ran his fingers through Naruto's hair from his bangs to the back of his head until his hand rested against the back of Naruto's neck lightly.
Naruto rolled his eyes, his expression clearly saying "And you're supposed to be the smart one", before his eyes shut and he burrowed his face into Sasuke's stomach with a sigh. Sasuke's hand on his neck felt really good.
Flexing his hand and fingers Sasuke began to massage the back of Naruto's neck firmly. One corner of his mouth turned up at the sight of Naruto burying his face in Sasuke's stomach, even as his stomach did a flip as the sight made him think of less innocent acts of a similar nature.
�We should move again soon,� Naruto murmured, his fingers playing with the folds in Sasuke's shirt. He was almost back to the level he'd been at when Itachi nabbed him and didn't need to spend as much time training. and the sooner Itachi was out of the picture the sooner he and Sasuke could focus entirely on completely repairing their relationship.
Sasuke nodded and stopped massaging to tangle his fingers loosely in Naruto's hair. �Ha~...� he murmured and watched the blond play with his shirt. he wasn't in any hurry to move right that minute.
Naruto's eyes lifted and he smirked at the lazy look on Sasuke's face. �Don't feel like moving, huh?�
Sasuke shook his head a little and then stopped halfway through it. �Not unless... it's for something like this...� and he sat up slowly dumping Naruto's head onto his thighs and leaned down while grabbing and supporting Naruto's body to lift Naruto's mouth to meet his.
Naruto eagerly kissed him back as he wrapped an arm around Sasuke's neck - he'd missed Sasuke's kisses... �Perv,� he teased against Sasuke's mouth, nibbling on his lower lip.
�That makes you one too...� he murmured back and nipped at Naruto's lips lightly in return and then kissed him again, his tongue entreating entrance with a gentle stroke at Naruto's lower lip.
�How am I a perv?� Naruto asked "innocently" as his own tongue came out to play with Sasuke's, curling around it and pulling it into his mouth.
Sasuke waited for a break in their kiss before replying, �Because you like this every bit as much as I do...� and then he licked Naruto's mouth with a quick lap along the seam of his lips before pulling Naruto's lower lip into his mouth to nibble teasingly again.
�You want perv, read ero-sennin's books... I swear I was about to die from nosebleeds...� Naruto joked before capturing Sasuke's lips in another deep kiss.
After a moment, Sasuke broke the kiss and stared into pleasantly-near blue eyes. �You read one of those things?� he paused and then asked with a wicked gleam in his eyes. �Did you learn anything?�
�Ecchi!� Naruto laughed, tweaking Sasuke's nose playfully and blushing. �As if I'd tell you!�
Sasuke smirked. �Maybe you wouldn't tell me ...but what about showing me?� he purred and brushed a kiss over Naruto's lips.
�You just graduated to hentai, congratulations,� Naruto teased, turning an even deeper shade of red. Show him?! ...Well, maybe someday. He wasn't quite ready to go to the next step.
Well, as long as it was with or about Naruto he didn't care what level of perversion he reached and his mouth made that very plain as he captured Naruto's lips again hungry for more of Naruto's delectable kisses.
TBC...
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