Fit To Be Tied

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Naruto's bright blue eyes widened to unimaginable proportions. Gaara was, Gaara was kissing him! On the lips! Holy crap, what the hell!?! This, this was so not a good thing!

Regaining some of his wits, Naruto pushed the red head away. Surprisingly, Gaara let him go without fuss. Stumbling back until he was flush against a tree, Naruto started wide-eyed and shocked at the boy before him. "Gaara! What, what was that?!"

Then a thought entered his brain. Oh, oh no was this the plan?! He knew he shouldn't have let them plan something without his knowledge! Sasuke was gonna…

Sasuke...

Almost tentatively, blue eyes shifted over to where his boyfriend was standing. Oh god they were all going to die.

Chapter Seven

In the End

In a clearing not far from Konoha a pale red head watched as a wide eyed blonde backed away from him, all flushed. Things had certainly turned out interesting indeed.

The other individuals in the clearing however, were far from amused. Neji was incensed. And Sasuke, well he wasn't exactly thinking at this particular moment in time. All that was going on in his head was white noise, and all he could see was red.

The silence that seemed to have settled over the clearing was abruptly broken. "Gaara! THAT WAS NOT PART OF THE PLAN!!!! You weren't supposed to kiss Naruto! WE SHOULD NEVER HAVE LET YOU IN ON THIS! You, you, Naruto asked for my help making Sasuke jealous, NOT YOU! And then you have the nerve to do this! YOU…" Whatever else Neji might have said in his angry rant was cut off a black blur ran past him.

Without warning, said blur launched itself at the Sand Ninja, who barely got up his sand in time to shield.

Neji barely caught a glimpse of said shield, now CRACKED, before something rammed into him so hard and fast he didn't even have a chance to blink.

Naruto watched as Neji went flying past him to land a few hundred feet away after passing though numerous trees. Disbelieving eyes stared at the limp form of the Hyuga.

"Oh…my…GOD." The words were an astonished whisper. "I think you killed Neji."

Sasuke, now seemingly able to think again, gave a snort. "No, believe me, unfortunately he's not dead. Lucky for him, most of my anger was in the blow aimed at the sand freak."

Black eyes darted over to where Gaara had stood to discover he was gone, seems he decided to use the better part of valor and fled. "I'll make him pay later," eyes, once again sharingan red, turned to the still blonde. "For now I think you and I should talk."

"Um…" Before he got a chance to say anything, Naruto felt himself get dragged away.

Damn Sasuke was strong when he was pissed.

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Sasuke dragged Naruto into another clearing; one with a sparkling water fall nearby, not that Naruto had a chance to admire it.

"So what exactly were you trying to do?" The words were calm, but that wasn't reassuring at all.

"Well, I was, I was trying to…I was just…making you jealous?" Naruto backed away from Sasuke a little, but Sasuke matched him step for step. It wasn't until he felt bark against his back that he realized a tree was behind him. Stupid trees.

"Why?"

"Because…?"

Sasuke made a frustrated noise.

Now Naruto was getting a bit fed up himself. "Stop making such a big deal out of this. Damn it, Sasuke it was just a prank!"

"A prank? You really think to them it was just a prank?"

"Well, duh." Naruto rolled his eyes. "See, no big deal. It's not like they really liked me or anything. You don't have to get all worked up."

"God Naruto, tell me you are not that oblivious."

"Huh?"

"Oh course they really liked you! Damn it Dobe!" Sasuke slammed his hands against the tree behind Naruto, effectively trapping the smaller boy. Naruto just froze, looking up at Sasuke wide eyed. Black obsidian bore into him in all seriousness. "To you it may have been a prank, an act. But to them it was very real. They want you Naruto. They've wanted you for a very long time."

Naruto opened and closed his mouth a couple time's, but no sound came out. Finally, he managed a weak, "They do?"

Sasuke sighed. Gently, he reached out a hand and cupped Naruto's cheek. "Yes, they do. Though it's easy to see why." He said the last almost as an after thought as he traced Naruto's features with gentle fingers.

Biting his lower lip, Naruto looked up at Sasuke in thought. "Ne, Sasuke."

"Hmm." Sasuke was now running his hand through silky golden spikes, his other hand still propped against the tree.

"Do they like me as much as well, as much as you do?"

Sasuke froze. "No."

"But then why...?" Naruto lowered his head in confusion. First Sasuke said they liked him, but now he said they didn't like him that much.

"You don't understand." Grabbing Naruto's chin, he lifted the boy's face so he could look straight into the bright blue gems that are Naruto's eyes. "I don't, I..." Sasuke shook his head, unable to continue.

"What, you don't what? Wait..."Naruto was struck with a horrible thought. "Do you, do you NOT like me as much as they do?! Is that it?! Is that what you can't tell me?!? Sasuke you, you complete bastard! How could you?!"

"What?! No!!" But Sasuke's venomous refusal went unheeded. Naruto was in rant mode now, and very little could stop him.

"That's it isn't it?! You, you, I don't even have words to describe you, you liar!"

"Naruto, that's not it!" Sasuke was really starting to get frustrated now.

"Then what, Sasuke? Just tell me!" Naruto demanded. "Because right now, I don't get it!"

Finally Sasuke had had enough. "Damn it Naruto, don't you understand. I don't just like you, I love you!!"

Naruto's eyes grew to unimagined proportions at that as his anger was stopped cold. His heart felt like it was going to beat right out of his chest. "You, you do?" It came out as barely above a whisper. As if he was afraid to break the dream he was in. A dream where Sasuke said what he had longed to hear for so long.

Sasuke let go of Naruto to run a hand through his hair. Heaving a deep sigh, he looked down at his boyfriend in all seriousness. "Yes, I really do. Why else would I get so jealous?"

"Um, because you're Sasuke, a possessive bastard who doesn't like to share?" (1)

Sasuke chuckled. "Well, there's that too." Suddenly black eyes locked on blue. "You honestly didn't know that I loved you?" His tone was low, questioning.

Naruto shook his head slowly, never removing his eyes from Sasuke's. "No I wouldn't have," Naruto made a motion with his hand, "if I had known."

Sasuke smirked. "Yeah, well I forgive you. But if they even think of you in that way again, I will kill them."

Naruto giggled, then looked slyly up at Sasuke. "You know, I love it when you're jealous."

"Oh really?" Sasuke asked as Naruto leaned up against him. His arms immediately wrapped around the little blonde to hold him tightly against his chest.

"Yup," Naruto chirped. Leaning up, gave Sasuke a chaste kiss; lingering to whisper against his lips. "I do, but I love Sasuke more."

The youngest Uchiha may have jealousy issues, but as he proceeded to kiss his love senseless, they were the furthest thing from his mind.

The End

1. My favorite line of this chapter. Hehe

End Notes:

:D I hope you all liked it! The second half of this was the first thing I wrote for this story. Needless to say, it took awhile to get to it.

I am so happy so many people liked this story. And for all that stuck through it till this point you have my gratitude. I promise to write more fics, but any I post from now on will be completed before doing so. Laughs

Hugs to all that reviewed!!!

And on an ironic side note, today's my birthday. So finishing this story was like a birthday present to myself:) (Reviews make good presents too :P)

Hope to see you all next story!

Love and inspiration,

Wing