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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 6

Naruto

Naruto walked up to where his tree house used to stand on the outer realm of Konoha, only to find it replaced with a block of shops and restaurants.

"Heeeeh!?" he cried, staring at the buildings.

"Oh wow. Looks like you're homeless," Sakura commented in a tired voice.

"They can't do that!" Naruto shouted at the shops, making a few passersbys turn to stare.

"You have everything you own on your back, dobe. What's the problem?" Sasuke grumbled.

"The problem is I have no place to live, idiot!"

"I'm sure they've already assigned you a place," Sakura said, stepping between them with her hands up. But that didn't stop the shouting.

"But I wanted to pick myself..." Naruto whined loudly.

"Well... maybe they didn't," she back pedaled.

"Then where am I supposed to live!?"

Sakura sighed, "There's only one way to find out!"

The three tired, dirty, and generally irritable ninjas trudged to headquarters, looking very dingy in comparison to the shiny newness of Konoha.

"And if there's no place for you, you can always stay with one of us until you figure it out," Sakura added.

"Nyee-hee-hee. I wouldn't mind staying with you Sakura-chan."

"I'm sure Ino would love that," Sakura rolled her eyes.

"You'll stay with me. It's not like I don't have room,” Sasuke said, leveling an annoyed stare at him.

Naruto shrugged. But he couldn't help grinning at Sakura still. By the end of the trip home, Sasuke and Sakura had both reached their limit of patience. They had spent a few too many nights in sleeping bags and the lack of privacy directly affected both Naruto and Sasuke's level of bickering. Without Kakashi-sensei to quiet them down, it was up to Sakura to play mediator and she was starting to use fists more than words, even going as far as grabbing Sasuke by his collar and giving him a good shake.

To Sasuke's credit, he stood there and let her. If that wasn’t proof that he had calmed down then nothing was.

When the trio arrived at HQ, the secretary didn't bother to look up from her paperwork to answer him.

"We've completely done away with all temporary structures," she said without empathy, staring hard at a form she was filling out.

"But I was gone on a mission for over a month! Where am I supposed to live?" Naruto whined.

The secretary glanced up, saw his face, and was suddenly smiling and radiant.

"Oh, Naruto!" she gasped, raising half way out of her seat. Her hand was resting against her throat and she was more than a little starry eyed. Naruto couldn't quite hide his grin, even as he felt Sakura glaring at him.

"Well, we- we have plenty of empty real estate properties for you to choose from! I've got the different apartment buildings and floor plans here somewhere..."

Naruto felt his team mates shifting in place and, keeping in mind the last few days of their journey, he asked, "Can I come back tomorrow? We're just back from a mission and-"

"Of course! You need to rest! And probably a shower! Not that you smell bad- not that I'm smelling you! I mean, I would smell you," she babbled.

Only the feeling of Sakura's evil aura radiating out at him kept him from laughing out loud. It was hard to pretend not to notice that half of the people in the village got all embarrassed and flustered around him.

"We're leaving then?" Sasuke asked, shouldering his pack again.

"Ok! See you tomorrow then, or whenever you feel like coming back," the girl said, oblivious to the mood of his teammates.

"Do you think she liked him, Sakura?" Sasuke asked in a quiet monotone voice that seemed to grate at Naruto worse than being mocked outright. Worn down from being dirty and tired, Sakura was barely containing her annoyance, but apparently Sasuke had recovered enough energy to be sarcastic.

"I don't know, Sasuke-kun. If she did, she was too subtle for me to tell."

Naruto turned around and stuck his tongue out at them, "You're just jealous that I'm the popular one now and everyone's over your fake-broody crap."

"Hey," Sakura said, "In fairness, I don't think Sasuke-kun’s brooding was fake."

It wasn't like she was defending his looks or anything, but Sasuke smirked at him and it took a lot not to tell him that Sakura was over his brooding too. But then again, maybe she wasn't. Naruto wasn't really sure what she meant when she said she couldn't love him right because of Sasuke. But he meant what he said. The fact that she loved him as more than a friend was more than enough for now.

"What're you looking at, dummy?" Sakura scolded him. He was still walking backward, staring at her.

"Nothing, Sakura-chan," Naruto said innocently and waited for her to catch up so he could walk beside her, "So... about that shower that I apparently don't need," he said lowly, staring at her profile while they walked, "Do you want me to take it at your place?"

She blushed indignantly, but Sasuke saved her from answering.

"At my place, unfortunately."

"You sure you're ok with that?" he teased and caught the casual fist Sakura tossed in his direction.

"Don't you ever get tired of sexually harassing your teammate?" Sasuke sighed.

"Are you mad that I only focus on Sakura?" Naruto jeered.

Naruto actually felt kind of bad for Sasuke. When things got serious between him and Sakura, he would be the one most surprised by it. He had no idea how the most intense member of Team 7 was going to cope with a shift in their dynamics... Stoically, probably. It’s not like he ever had feelings for her, so there was nothing to worry about in that department, but Naruto would have to make sure to give him plenty of extra attention once the kissing part of his future relationship started. He smiled and missed whatever retort Sasuke said back to him.

At the intersection, Sakura was headed in a different direction to get home. The end of a mission always felt strange to Naruto. The strong connection he felt with his team seemed like it broke a little when they returned to the village. They stood in a circle.

"Naruto... Request more Team 7 missions, ok?" Sakura said.

He nodded, then impulsively threw his arms around her, squeezing her, rucksack and all. He could barely hear her whisper, "I think we did it,” in his ear. And he knew she wasn't talking about the mission, but the black haired boy behind him.

When he let go, they both looked over at Sasuke, who eyed them suspiciously, like he suspected they might jump him next. They both laughed.

Sakura clasped Sasuke’s arm briefly.

"Bye, then... I love you guys," she added impulsively before skipping away, hopping on to the closest building and disappearing from sight.

Every cell in Naruto's body wanted to chase her down and kiss her until they both passed out from lack of air. He was used to fighting that impulse, but now that he knew she had feelings for him, it was even harder to not say all the things he'd been thinking since he’d first met her. As he watched her leave, he felt a thrill of energy prickle from his toes, to his gut, to the back of his eyes, and even up to his hair. It was the wave he felt any time something really amazing was happening to him.

He felt Sasuke begin to walk and he trailed behind him absently, sensing everything. Thinking how intense the sun felt to him, and how everybody was doing a good job making the village look like the old one, but nicer. How the air smelled like fresh cut timber, despite very little timber actually being cut. Then the smell of roasted meat wafted over to him and reminded him that even though he was tired, he still had other needs.

"Is there any food at your house?" He asked Sasuke's back.

"We were just on a month-long mission. What do you think?"

"We'd better stop somewhere then."

"Take out?"

"Nnn, I don't wanna wait. Instant ramen?"

"Tch!" He heard, but then came a reluctant, "Fine."

They stopped at a small convenience store and bought their items in silence and then they were on their way home again.

"Have you gotten a bed yet?"

Sasuke turned and raised an eyebrow, "Even if I had, you wouldn't be sleeping in it."

"But you don't."

"No."

"And no mattress."

"No."

"Or tatami mats."

"...I like the wood bare."

"SO I’M BASICALLY STILL CAMPING THEN!?"

Sasuke said nothing.

Naruto grumbled, "Even grass is softer than those floors."

"So sleep outside."

Naruto frowned deeply and glared at the boy who was now beside him rather than in front of him.

"Why don't you take your paycheck tomorrow and buy some furniture. Sakura could come help. She probably needs some stuff too. Then we can go find me a place to live..."

"We don't have to do everything as a team."

"I was going to invite Sakura-chan over tomorrow anyway, so you can just go by yourself if you don't want company."

"You're going to invite someone over to my house," he stated in a deadpan.

"Don't be such a pain in the ass! You need furniture!"

"You just don't want to sleep on the floor."

"Damn straight!"

Sasuke was quiet for a moment, but as his house came into view he suddenly called out to him, "Naruto."

"What?" Naruto asked.

But Sasuke didn’t answer right away. Naruto realized he was holding his breath. He didn’t like the way Sasuke said his name rather than his usual insults. The same sense that had perked up and made him feel so alive when parted with Sakura was telling him that Sasuke was about to throw a serious mood destroyer his way.

"What?" Naruto repeated.

Sasuke continued to walk until they reached his gate, then turned to face him. Naruto saw some emotion flicker in his eyes, but then he reached into his pocket and pulled out a key.

"Never mind."

Naruto squinted at him, but said no more. He wasn’t sure he wanted to know.

Inside, they made their ramen while Naruto complained about the time it took to boil water to fill the silence. He mostly stared around at the big, open structure Sasuke had built with its rag tagged colored wooden beams in the ceiling. A little bit of prying led Sasuke to reveal that this was supposed to be several rooms, but he had messed up and made the ceiling too high and angled and could no longer divide it up.

"Maybe Yamato-sensei can fix it for you," Naruto suggested, but he was met with silence.

Seeing that Sasuke was descending into some kind of mood that might qualify as his own version of post mission blues, Naruto decided to let him be and make a claim on the bath.

"It's outside," Sasuke said, standing with his ramen in the kitchen and pointing toward a second door. Naruto opened it, only to be greeted by a small, fenced in square with a hose and some fire wood and a big rusty barrel propped up on two cinder blocks.

"What the hell is this?!" Naruto asked, staring gape mouthed at the barrel.

"You see how far you get trying to install your own bath tub," Sasuke said, leveling him with an evil glare.

"But you have a toilet!"

"A civilian installed it. Along with the sinks. The room for the tub wasn't done yet."

"It's not done now! Not until the tub is in it!" Naruto shouted, then sighed, "Fine. I assume you're using a fire jutsu to heat the water? Are you sure it won't burn through this hunk of tin?"

Sasuke nodded.

"Ok. Well, I guess I've got to fill it..." Naruto saw that the spigot was right beside the door and turned on the water. The hose lurched into life and he heard it begin to burble into the bottom of the barrel. He flung his shirt over his head and to the side when he saw Sasuke was standing at the door.

"I'm going to take a bath now," he said, his pants joining his shirt on the grass. He saw a few huge gaps in the fence with green fields behind it and was glad this side of town wasn't very developed yet.

Sasuke was still standing there, this time staring at Naruto pretty determinedly.

"Look, are you just going to stand there? The barrel’s too small to share, so you're just gonna hafta wait your turn," he said with his hands on his hips.

"Do you think Sakura is still in love with me?" Sasuke asked, seemingly without emotion.

Naruto felt his insides freeze. That was not an idle question. Nor was Sasuke pretending it was, standing there, staring at him in his underwear.

"Um..."

Why the hell would teme ask him now, when things were so close to being how he dreamed? With his best friend and the girl he loved both standing by his side. After he had fought so hard for it to be exactly like this...

Sasuke seemed to be ready to stand in the doorway forever. But Naruto was saved by a knock on the front door.

"Why are you asking me that, teme?" he replied impulsively and pushed past him to answer the door.

He felt Sasuke right behind him as he wrenched open the handle, praying for a lifeline out of this conversation. But to his surprise, there stood Sakura, still unshowered with her pack and dirty clothes.

"That idiot Ino-pig kicked me out!"
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