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It Should Be Obvious	By : bluegenjutsu Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 1510 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 2
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Summary: See first chapter!

Warnings:
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It Should Be Obvious

“talk” normal talk

'talk' thoughts of the character

bold for emphasis

Chapter Four: More than a friend?

Naruto walked
through the Sound Village, seeing all the signs of rebuilding and the
amazing sight of children playing in the streets. 'This seems like
any ordinary village. The people look happy, too. Maybe it was a good
idea for Sasuke to take over as Otokage.' Naruto stopped as two small
boys nearly barreled into him. He put his hands out to catch them.
“You better watch where you're going or you might get hurt.”
He let go and grinned down at them.

The two boys
looked up at him and frowned. One of them spoke to the ninja. “You're
a Leaf ninja, aren't you? You're not here to fight, are you?”

The other boy
clenched his small fists and glared at Naruto.

Naruto laughed at
how fiercely the two small boys were looking at him, and re-adjusted
his hitai-ate. He was glad that Tsunade had given him a new one to
use, since his other one had been destroyed at the Akatsuki hideout.
She had also been generous enough to give him money to buy a couple
of new jumpsuits. “Don't worry, guys. I'm a friend of your
Otokage. Do you know where he is?”

Both boys looked
at him suspiciously, but they figured the Otokage could easily handle
this brightly-colored Leaf ninja. The one that had spoken before,
pointed behind him. “At the end of this street. His office is
in the Kyangi Weapons Shop. The sign is still hanging above the
door.”

The other young
boy spoke up. “Why would our Otokage be friends with you? You
look weak.”

Naruto frowned but
then forced a smile on his face. “Thanks for the directions!
See ya!” He left the boys standing there and grumbled under his
breath about rude little brats.

“You're one
to talk, Brat.”

“Shut your
trap, Kyuubi! I do not look weak! I'm the most powerful ninja of the
Hidden Leaf village!”

People, on the
street, stopped what they were during and stared at the strange blond
ninja, who was shouting out loud as he was walked down the street.

“You're so
modest, too.”

Naruto decided to
ignore Kyuubi and continued walking until he had reached the weapons'
store. There were two Sound chunin guarding the door. “Hey, I'm
Uzumaki Naruto. Can you tell your Otokage that I'm here to see him?
He's expecting me.”

The men looked at
the Leaf ninja who didn't appear to be dangerous. One of them nodded
to the other and that one opened the door and went inside the shop.
The one that stayed behind kept his eye on Naruto the entire time
that his partner was gone.

Naruto just
ignored the man and passed the time by looking around at the village.
He turned back to look at the door when the chunin that had left,
came back and gestured for Naruto to enter the shop.

“He's in the
office behind the counter. Just go right in.”

Naruto nodded at
the man and walked in. The shop was practically barren because of
looters, but it looked clean. He walked over to the door that was
behind the counter and opened it, then stepped into the room. After
he had closed the door behind him, he looked around for his friend.

“Over here,
Naruto.”

Naruto turned to
his left and saw Sasuke sitting behind a large desk, that had lots of
scrolls on it. The dark-haired teen was currently writing on one of
the scrolls and not looking at him. Naruto walked over to him and sat
down in a chair that was facing the desk. “Looks like you're
hard at work, Sasuke.”

“Hn.”

“Oh,
Sakura-chan and Kakashi-sensei say hi and both would love to come
here and help you with getting this village back in shape.
Iruka-sensei, too.”

Sasuke looked up
at the blond. “They would just get in the way, dobe. There are
plenty of people here to get things in order.”

“Sakura-chan
is a great medical ninja now and she could help out with the hospital
here. Iruka-sensei could help with the school.” Naruto paused,
trying to think of what Kakashi could do. “Oh, Kakashi-sensei
could help with the training of the genin.”

“Naruto, I'm
not ready for any of them to come here yet. As I said, there are
plenty of people here that can do the work. As for you, I need you to
attend all the meetings that I will have with the representatives
from the other villages. I'm almost finished with the final drafts of
the treaties I'm going to have sent to the other Kages.” Sasuke
finally noticed what Naruto was wearing. “Dobe, take off that
hitai-ate. You are working for me now.” Sasuke opened up one of
the drawers in his desk and pulled out a Sound hitai-ate and placed
it on the desk before the blond. “Wear this one instead.”

Naruto glared at
Sasuke. “I'm not going to wear a Sound hitai-ate, bastard. I'm
a Leaf ninja. I said I would help you and I will, but there are
certain things I won't do. I still plan on becoming the next Hokage,
you know.”

Sasuke did his
best to keep his temper in check. He wasn't in the mood to fight with
Naruto over this. “It's only temporary, Naruto. There's no need
to get upset about this. I want you to represent Sound, for now.”

Naruto shook his
head. “No, Sasuke. I'm not going to back down on this. Besides,
don't you think it would look better for the other villages to see
that you had a Konoha representative backing you? Tsunade baa-chan
told me that I could act as her representative. Well, I still have to
report to her and get her permission on anything big. But she made
this a mission for me, so that the elders couldn't say I had defected
from the village.”

Sasuke sighed and
put away the Sound hitai-ate. “Fine, dobe. We'll do it your way
for now. But when we have the meetings, you will let me do all the
talking.”

Naruto frowned but
nodded his head in agreement. “Alright, but stop calling me a
dobe, bastard. It's getting old.”

“When you
stop calling me a bastard, then I'll stop calling you a dobe.”

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Two weeks
later...

Naruto got out of
the shower and then grabbed a towel and dried himself off. He wrapped
another towel around his waist and threw the wet one on the floor. He
walked over to the mirror and stared at himself in it. He had
shape-shifted back to his new human-demon hybrid form, before he had
showered. Recently, Naruto had started to find his new look,
fascinating. So now whenever he was alone, he would shift into it. He
had also started adding nine tails to the form. “I wonder why
the tails don't show up naturally?”

Kyuubi chuckled.
“Well, they will when you go into your second demon shape.
There are actually three natural shapes for us fox demons. One is the
form you had right after our merge. It is mostly human-looking. The
only things different are the ears and eyes and longer canines. Then
there is the second one that is similar to what you look like now
with the tails, but also you would have much longer canines and
claws, and your hair would be fully red. The third form for us, is
the shape of a fox. In that one, you can be any size you want, from
small like the non-demon foxes, to larger than the largest building
here.”

“Wow! I
think I will go out in the forest today and try out the different
sizes for a fox.”

“Good idea,
Brat. Especially if you let me do some hunting.”

Naruto gulped.
“Well, not for humans, Kyuubi.”

Kyuubi sighed.
“You're no fun! But if you insist, then I'll stick to something
you can stomach.”

Naruto took off
his towel and then shape-shifted back into his old Naruto form. He
put on his boxers and jumpsuit and then left the bathroom and headed
into his bedroom. Sasuke had given Naruto a really nice suite in the
newly rebuilt Otokage tower. Naruto had, at first, been sleeping on a
futon in Sasuke's old office. Sasuke had wanted to keep Naruto close
for some strange reason that the blond couldn't figure out. Now
Naruto was staying in a suite that was right next door to Sasuke's.
Naruto stopped, just inside his bedroom, and stared at the
dark-haired man, who was sitting in a chair next to his bed. “What
are you doing here?”

“So, you are
planning to play in the forest? Well, you can forget that. We have a
meeting this morning with the representative of the Sand village. He
arrived last night.”

Naruto sighed in
disappointment. 'Sorry, Kyuubi. Maybe we'll have some free time later
today or tomorrow.'

Kyuubi growled in
annoyance. “I'll just take a nap then. Wake me up when I can
play.”

'I will.' “Is
the representative someone I know?”

“I have no
idea, Naruto. Go eat the breakfast that was left in your kitchen and
then meet me in my office. The meeting starts in an hour.”
Sasuke got up from his chair and headed to the door. “And
remember, I do all the talking.”

“Fine,
bas...um, Sasuke. I'll be there.”

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Sasuke sat behind
his desk, watching and listening, as Naruto stood talking with the
Sand representative, Kankurou. The meeting had been over for almost
an hour and he should have made them leave his office. But instead he
had become interested in their conversation and especially interested
in watching Naruto. Over the past couple of weeks, Sasuke had found
himself thinking about his friend a lot and wanting to spend his free
time with him. He knew he had missed the idiot, but he hadn't
realized just how much, until he had the blond close by again. Naruto
reminded him of happier times and his presence lifted the burden, of
thinking constantly about revenge, off of his shoulders. Sasuke felt
more calm and relaxed now. He had at first attributed this to the
loss of the influence of the curse seal. But he realized that after
Naruto showed up in the Sound village, he had been feeling even
better than he had felt when he was alone here. It had been a long
time since Sasuke had felt so at peace with himself.

Naruto stopped
talking to Kankurou and looked over at Sasuke. 'Why has he been
staring at me? Sasuke sure has been acting very weird lately.' “What
do you want, Sasuke?”

Sasuke blinked in
confusion for a moment. 'Now is not the time to be daydreaming. It's
all Naruto's fault that I can't keep my mind on my work.' He glared
at the blond. “Can the two of you go somewhere else to chat? I
have work to do and I'd like some peace and quiet.”

Naruto glared
right back. “Fine. Me and the puppet man are going to the ramen
stand.” He then looked at Kankurou. “They have a great
ramen stand here, but it's not as good as Ichiraku's in Konoha. Come
on, it'll be my treat!”

Kankurou looked
over at Sasuke and nodded to him. “I'll be heading back to Sand
after lunch.”

Sasuke nodded in
return. “Good. I appreciate that you won't be wasting anymore
time here than necessary.”

Kankurou glared at
Sasuke and mumbled under his breath. “Still a brat.” He
looked at Naruto. “Thanks for the offer, Uzumaki.”

“Sure,
puppet man! See ya later, Sasuke-bas...um, Sasuke.” 'Damn, it's
hard to keep from calling him a bastard!' Naruto opened the door and
lead the way out of the office.

Sasuke glared at
the door after it had been slammed shut by the blond. 'I am not
jealous. So what if he seems to like spending time with that strange
Sand nin, more than with me. It's not like I care. I'm not that fond
of ramen anyway.' Sasuke opened a blank scroll and set to work on
writing a message to the Hokage. He had decided to allow Sakura,
Kakashi and Iruka to come help out. Naruto had kept nagging him about
it everyday until he finally broke and agreed to let them come.

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Later that
day...

Naruto was in the
woods and currently in his fox form, the size being the same as a
normal, non-demon fox. He was running around and chasing butterflies,
just enjoying the freedom and the beautiful day. He had decided to
wait awhile before waking Kyuubi up from his nap. He didn't want the
old demon to take up all the time with hunting. Naruto came across a
small stream and decided to get a drink, then he sat back on his
haunches and relaxed. 'That bastard has been messing with my head too
much. Why do I keep finding him looking at me all the time and why
has he been hanging around me so much? I admit that I do like it when
he spends time with me, but it's just so strange. He never acted like
he wanted to hang out with me before, unless it was for sparring. He
doesn't say much either, he just listens to me and stares. It makes
me feel weird. I asked Kankurou if he noticed Sasuke staring at me
and that asshole had the nerve to say that Sasuke must have a crush
on me. Yeah, right! There's no way that bastard likes me like that. I
mean, we're both guys. Guys don't like other guys that way.'

Kyuubi laughed.
“How naïve, Brat. You really have no clue about
relationships, do you?”

“Kyuubi!
What are you doing awake? Wait, what? What do you mean I'm naïve?
I know some things about relationships.”

“Not
everything, obviously. There are men that like men in a romantic way,
Brat. It's not all that rare. Those two teachers of yours seem to
like each other that way.”

“What are
you talking about, bastard? Which teachers?” Naruto didn't know
any men that were like that. 'Wait a second!' “Kyuubi, can you
read my private thoughts? I wasn't talking to you at the beginning.”

“You finally
figured it out. I've been wondering when that pea-sized brain of
yours would notice. Anyway, I was talking about Kakashi and Iruka.”

'What the fuck?
Kakashi-sensei and Iruka-sensei?' “Okay, one thing at a time
here! First, why can't I read your private thoughts, if you can read
mine?”

“Simple. I'm
an intelligent and very ancient demon. I know how to do things that
you don't. You are an idiot, so it takes you a lot longer to figure
things out. Like about your two teachers.”

“You
bastard! And what makes you think that Kakashi-sensei and
Iruka-sensei like each other that way?”

“Because,
stupid, even you noticed that Iruka was blushing over Kakashi the
whole time they were around each other. And Kakashi was hitting on
Iruka.”

“No way!
Iruka-sensei's too good for that pervert! I'll kill Kakashi-sensei if
he hurts him!” 'Okay, Iruka-sensei was acting weird...but that
doesn't mean he likes Kakashi-sensei!'

“Of course
it means he likes him. You used to blush around that pink-haired girl
and she would do the same around that Uchiha brat. It's obvious that
your teachers like each other. Get a clue, Brat.”

“Well, I'll
just ask them when they get here. We'll see if you're right or not.”

“Of course,
I'm right. I'm always right, Brat. Just like I'm right about that
Uchiha liking you. And you like him.”

“No fucking
way! I do not like him like that! He's just my friend. And he's too
full of himself to like anyone else anyway!”

“Sure, live
in denial. I don't care. It's time for me to take over the body now,
Brat.”

“I do not
like Sasuke that way! Hmmph! Fine, you can have control for an hour
or two, but don't get into any mischief or hurt any humans, okay?”

“I already
said that I wouldn't harm your humans, Brat.” Kyuubi then took
control of the body and shifted to a larger size so that he could
take down larger prey.

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That evening...

Naruto stared
across the table at the other boy. Sasuke looked away when their eyes
met and focused on his meal instead.

“Um,
Sasuke... I've been wanting to ask you something.”

“What is it,
dobe?”

“Hey! I've
been avoiding calling you a bastard, you could at least stop with the
insult!”

Sasuke looked up
at the blond and smirked. “What did you want to ask, Naruto?”

“Why do you
keep staring at me all the time?”

Sasuke's smirk
turned into a frown and he glared. “I do not.”

Naruto glared
back. “Yes, you do! It's been freaking me out!”

Sasuke continued
to glare for a moment and then looked back at his meal. “I
don't know.”

“Huh? You
don't know?”

“I haven't
been around many people since I left the village. Mostly only
Orochimaru and Kabuto, and I avoided them unless I needed something
from them.” Sasuke looked back up at the blond. “It's
strange being around you again. Especially now that you've changed so
much. A lot of things have happened to you in the past few years, and
I didn't really think about it before. I used to be jealous of you,
you know?”

“I was
jealous of you too, Sasuke. You were always so strong...and cool. But
then you went and did something stupid!”

“You know
why I did it, Naruto! I needed to get stronger.” He kept
talking before Naruto could interrupt. “But, a lot of how I
acted before, was because of the curse seal. I know that now. I
hadn't realized before that it had been feeding my hate and fear,
making those emotions stronger within me. Even the jealousy that I
felt towards you was being amplified by it. But now I can think more
clearly. I do still want to avenge my clan. But now I can plan for it
better, and one day soon, I hope, I will be strong enough to achieve
it.”

Naruto was happy
that Sasuke had opened up to him and also that he had freed Sasuke
from the effects of the curse seal, but... “I'm glad you're no
longer being influenced by that snake's curse seal, Sasuke.
But...what does that have to do with you staring at me all the time?”

“I do not!”

“Yes, you
do!”

“Hn. ...I
guess I'm just more interested in you now. I want to learn more about
you. I want our friendship to become stronger.”

“I feel the
same way, Sasuke.” 'Ha, Kyuubi! You were wrong. He just wants
us to be better friends.'

“Dream on,
Brat. Do friends stare at each other all the time? I think not.”

'Well, that's
true.' Naruto looked at Sasuke in puzzlement. “Sasuke, that
still doesn't explain the staring.”

Sasuke got up from
the table. “I have some more work to do, Naruto. I'll see you
in the morning for the meeting with the Mist representative.”

“Huh? You're
just going to leave like that? We weren't finished talking!”
Naruto growled in frustration as Sasuke left his suite.

“See, Brat?
He likes you. He's either too afraid to tell you or he doesn't want
to admit it to himself.”

“No, Kyuubi.
There is no way that Sasuke would ever like me like that. I'm
just lucky he still wants to be my friend.”

“Oh ho! So
you admit you would like something more with him!”

“What? I
didn't say that!”

“In a round
about way you did, Brat.”

“You are
such a bastard, Kyuubi!”

“And you are
such an idiot.” Kyuubi laughed. “Fine. Stay in denial.
Just like that Uchiha brat.”

“Just. Shut.
Up. And go to sleep!”

“Fine by
me.”

Naruto got up from
the table and left the dishes for the maid to clean up in the
morning. A couple of nice benefits, that Naruto enjoyed by living in
the Otokage's tower, was that he didn't have to clean up after
himself and he didn't have to cook. He would still try not to make
too much of a mess, but he had always been a bit of a slob. He went
to his room and laid down on his bed, fully clothed. 'Damn, Kyuubi.
He's got me thinking that Sasuke may like me. That's stupid! There's
no way that bastard could like me except as a friend.' Naruto
couldn't stop himself from wondering what it would be like, to have
someone that cared about him as more than a friend.

TBC
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