STOP: SHORTCUT TO YOUR HEART!

Sasuke walked down the alley he knew so well, he turned right then left, stepped aside a little to avoid the thrown flowerpot that was sure to come at 4.33 h.

'Yes, they are arguing again.' Sasuke raised his head only to see the silhouette of two figures fighting violently. He looked at the path in front of him again, not thinking twice about the strangers' fight. They used to fight like that weekly. It was their ritual just like this was his.

He knew everything here, everything what was yet to come, and yet he grimaced at the thought of what would happen next. Once he would turn around that corner he would be faced with a crowd of fangirls; his rabid fangirls.

But he turned around the corner anyway, just to be face to face with a mass of female bodies, some carrying signs that would read such things as 'I love you, Sasuke!', 'Marry me, Sasuke!', 'Give me the Uchiha!' and, of course, '§$/§&§%§/$ SASUKE!!!'. Sasuke looked at the horde disgustedly. He would never ever *beep* them. He braced himself for what was to come next, preparing himself for the onslaught, and took a last deep breath.

They knew everything here, everything what was yet to come, and yet they came here every week, hoping that today he would acknowledge their love and would love them back.

It would never happen.

The screaming girls ran towards the raven haired young man who had his eyes closed currently. He concentrated on the sound of their footsteps to make out from where they would attack this time, which was hard because of the noise they were producing but not impossible for an Uchiha.

He dodged the first girl who tried to pounce on him, leaving her to fly straight to the ground instead. He slipped through a small gap as another two girls ran towards him, running over some other girls who now weren't a threat to the raven anymore. Ten other girls cornered him. Sure of their victory, a huge girl pressed him against her breast while four tried to attack him from the right, three tried to do the same from the left and two tried to do so from behind him.

Sasuke, who held his breath until now, exhaled, succeeding in making him a bit thinner to allow his escape of the deathly hug. Skilfully, the raven haired man jumped up high, using the shoulders of the girl in front of him as catapult, and flew above the girl's head. The other girls ran into the huge girl where, just a few seconds ago, Sasuke was being held in a death grip. Just as he landed on the ground elegantly, another girl ran towards him. Sasuke simply extended his hand, keeping her on distant and - quite possibly - breaking her nose as she ran against the palm of the pale man. Then suddenly he felt hands grabbing his leg tightly. The young man stared down, shocked at the sudden touch.

"Finally… You're mine, Sasuke-kun!" The red haired girl gripping his leg exclaimed. Blood drip down her face, showing that she was one of the girls that had been run over from the stampede of fangirls.

"Never." Sasuke threw his hands to the ground with full force, flipping over and sending the girl that was still attached to his leg on a free flight to Alaska or to the next wall - which was more likely - but Sasuke didn't care. Either way was fine with him.

There were only four girls left who circled around him like a predator would his prey.

"You're…" The first girl yelled while trying to jump on the Uchiha.

"…mine…" The second girl cried, also trying to pounce on her prey.

"…Sasuke…" The third girl exclaimed, attacking the young man.

"…kun…!" The last girl joined the chorus while trying to get a piece of the Uchiha for herself.

Though not being Chuck Norris, Sasuke roundhouse kicked them all like Chuck Norris would a ninja troop (Chuck Norris Note: HE ISN'T CHUCK NORRIS!).

Coming to a halt when the last girl slid down to the ground from her uncomfortable spot at - or better yet: in - the wall, Sasuke exhaled a sigh of relief.

He looked back briefly, taking in the picture of female bodies covering the ground. This wasn't what Chuck Norris was supposed to do.

Glad that he wasn't Chuck Norris, Sasuke continued his merry walk to his appointment.

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Naruto was tapping his chin with his pencil, still in the same room where Sasuke and he kissed.

'This is no good', Naruto thought to himself 'he's my patient. I mustn't do that. He… I… we… we can't be together like that. This wasn't supposed to happen and never shall happen again.'

'But… I liked it…' Naruto thought sadly, feeling guilty that he actually liked being kissed by a man, by his patient, by him... by Uchiha Sasuke. Naruto snarled.

"It's his fault! It was all his fault! He kissed me in the first place!" Naruto stood up, exclaiming loudly in his rage. "I'll make him pay for this!"

Naruto stomped out of the office, past a seemingly nonchalant Hatake Kakashi, and out of the house and down the street. He didn't know where the raven haired man went to but he was determined to find him and make him pay.

Kakashi looked up from his little orange novel to the clock on the wall in front of him.

"4.35 h…" Kakashi mumbled "He left too early again."

He flipped over the page he was reading.

"Well, I'll make him pay for that." He said calmly as he focused on the next page.

Outside the fuming blond was making his way through the crowd, looking for any signs of the raven haired man.

"I'll kill him when I find him!" Naruto muttered to no one in particular.

"Then I'll clone him and kill his clone!" Naruto walked faster, clenching fists tightly. "That bastard!"

"Yo, shortie? Ya got some time? Wanna go with ma friends and me?" Some stranger, who was oblivious to the danger of talking to the enraged blond, asked.

Naruto came to a sudden halt, glaring at the stranger. "Look, either you get your ugly face out of my private space or I'll kick your ass out of the city!" Naruto shouted. He was in no mood to deal with that guy and surely wouldn't be able to cool down before he found the raven haired man he was looking for.

"Aww… Ya hurt me, shortie. I just wanted to spend some time with ya 'cuz ya look cool, man. But if ya dun wanna, that's fine with ma, too. I'll tell ya friend ya won't join us." The stranger faked a hurt look, turning around, his hands buried in his pockets.

"Wait! You know Sasuke? Where's the bastard?" Naruto grabbed the stranger's arm, preventing him from leaving.

The stranger's smirk was hidden from the blond man. When he turned around to face Naruto his face was blank.

"Sure I do. Shall I bring ya to him?" The stranger's voice was sweetly sick.

Naruto nodded, his rage clouded his mind so that he didn't see the trap he was walking into as he followed the stranger.

He was leading him down the street into a narrow back alley, further and further away from public view, unknowingly choosing the same way Sasuke did a few minutes ago.

In a small backyard, the stranger came to a sudden halt, making Naruto bump into him.

"So? Where's Sasuke?" Naruto asked irritated. He had walked miles to find the raven and was determined to beat the shit out of him for everything he had to go through now.

"Who's Sasuke?" the stranger turned around, grinning widely.

It was just then that Naruto realized the trap he walked into unknowingly.

"Crap!" Naruto cursed. "You don't know Sasuke!"

The stranger laughed menacingly, "Ya truly slow, ain't ya?"

Naruto backed off as the stranger approached him.

"What do you want with me?" Naruto asked, willing to fight if he had to.

"Some fun, Uzumaki Naruto." The stranger's grin grew wider. "Or should I call ya 'Kyuubi'?"

Naruto froze when he heard that name from the stranger's mouth.

"Who told you…?!" Naruto started, shocked, but was interrupted all of a sudden.

"Naruto!" a familiar voice shouted.

Naruto's head flew towards the source of the shouting voice. "Sasuke!"

The stranger also looked his direction, his grin fading. "So sad, we won't have any fun now it seems."

He turned to take his leave as Sasuke approached the two but before he left, he whispered something into Naruto's ear. Then, without any other word, he left.

"Naruto!" Sasuke said as he finally stood in front of the younger blond man. "Are you o…" Sasuke never got to finish his question as a fist collided with his cheek. The raven haired man rubbed his red cheek soothingly, eyes wide with shock.

"What was that for?" the Uchiha heir inquired angrily.

"Where were you?" Naruto asked back. "I… no… I mean you… I… We…" Naruto stuttered confused as he tried to form a sentence that would express his feelings, thoughts, concern and to top it all: be nice.

"Speak properly, dobe." Sasuke hissed. He was pissed. After all he was concerned about the blonde's safety when he saw the blond talking to that suspicious guy he didn't look comfortable around and Naruto hit him without any reason.

"We mustn't see again." Naruto said sternly. He hoped there were other words he could say. Not harsh words that would hurt them both but he figured that sometimes it's best to hurt each other than to fake harmony.

"What?" Sasuke asked, utterly confused. "Why?"

"… You kissed me." Naruto locked gazes with obsidian eyes that held a pool of various emotions: confusion, curiosity, anger, fear and concern and Naruto knew that he was the reason for all these emotions but he also knew what he was supposed to do next, what he had to say.

"I'm your psychologist and you're my patient. That's why we can't be together like that." While saying this, Naruto tried to convince himself of his words.

'It's the truth… It's the best for both of us…' Naruto thought sadly. 'We aren't meant to be.'

"Do you honestly just think of me as your patient?" Sasuke asked, taking a step forward closer to the blond.

"… Yes." Naruto said, forcing himself to believe this lie and hoping that Sasuke would believe it too.

"Really?" the raven took another step forward, causing the two bodies to actually touch.

"Yes!" Naruto exclaimed louder. "You're just my patient!"

"Then tell me, dear doctor, why can't we see each other again?" Sasuke asked, angry at the obvious lie of the blond who was so dear to him.

"I just told you! You obviously want something else from me than just my help. Whether you want a one-night-stand or a relationship, I don't know and I don't care. Even if you kissed me as a joke, let me tell you this: It wasn't funny!" Naruto yelled, telling another lie. He did care what the reason was. He wanted to know. More than that, he needed to know why the raven kissed him.

"'A joke'?! You think I could kiss you as a joke?!" Sasuke yelled back. The mere thought of him kissing someone as a joke was ridiculous. He wasn't the type of guy who could kiss someone as easily as that.

Seeing the fear in the blonde's azure eyes at his angry voice, he forced himself to calm down a bit.

"Do you really think that low of me?" he asked disappointedly.

"Sasuke, I…" Naruto started, contemplating his answer "always hated you."

With that Naruto turned and left the raven alone in the backyard. Sasuke didn't follow him. Instead he turned his eyes to the ground, not daring to look up, not wanting to see the person he loved most leave him.

'He… hates me…' the Uchiha heir thought sadly as the world shattered around him.

'It's the best for both of us.' Naruto thought sadly, his footsteps were echoing loudly from the stony walls in the almost empty backyard as he remembered the words of the stranger.

"What would Sasuke say if he knew your little secret?"

Error log file (also known as Author's note):

Finally an update…

Please don't hate me.

I know I suck at updating my stories fast.

First of all, I'd like to thank everyone who reads the story and writes review.

It always helps me and encourages me to write (though I'm as slow as a turtle when it comes to actually update the stories).

So what about the chapter?

Did you like it?

It was pretty sad at the end, no?

I tried to describe a fight scene which I failed greatly.

Strangely enough it reminded me a lot of Sasuke's and Naruto's fight at the Valley of Death. When I first watched it on TV it used to remind me of Chuck Norris (MAYOR MIGHTY MOUSE ROUNDHOUSE KICK!!! lol).

I should be careful not to get roundhouse kicked myself.

I imagined the stranger to be Mizuki (though the way of his talking doesn't match Mizuki).

What about you?

Did you have any special character on mind?

Since it wasn't that important who the stranger actually was I didn't describe him.

What do you think Sasuke did?

What was so important that he had to leave early?

What's Naruto's secret?

Will they meet again?

You see, there are many questions and I'll try to answer them all but currently I'm really busy (jeez, I need a laptop to write in school).

Hah! That would be interesting!

Writing fanfictions while I'm supposed to write a test…

Besides, Utopia will soon celebrate its 100th release and I'm still worrying about how to celebrate it. ^ ^"

I bought many doujinshi to make sure we can celebrate the 100th release as soon as possible but I still don't know a way how to celebrate it.

I must be an idiot.

Ja, mata ne.