Chapter 4:

Unknown Challenges

Naruto remained stiff and shocked as he was still processing the event that happened just a few minutes ago. The young blond was hauling the Uchiha's luggage into his car and had a profuse blush that adorned his face.

[Ten minutes ago…..]

Naruto was livid at this stranger's behavior; one would think that when you help someone it does not give them the right to insult the person in question with such words. The young blond simply stared in to the onyx eyes of the stranger while attempting to give him a scorching gaze.

"Hn… are you seriously going to get up or do I have to come down there?" Sasuke attempted to get some sort of reaction from the blond, aside from the one he got earlier, who was still on his fours looking up with a 'mad' but an incredibly adorable face.

What the young raven did next surprised Naruto; the handsome stranger bent down to the blond's level looked him in the eye for a split second and held up the coin that Naruto had dropped earlier. But before Naruto could say anything he was pushed by a toddler, who happened to be standing behind him.

Well from a third person's perspective, the scene that beheld before hundreds of people in the airport was two hot guys making out on the floor. Apparently, when the young child behind Naruto had pushed him, the blond had completely fallen forward on to the bent raven right on to his pink, soft, and utterly sweet lips.

After several seconds of the accidental kiss, the two split apart quickly, and Naruto attempted to choke out the saliva that he had gotten during their accidental union, while trying to show disgust. However, the young blond couldn't help but feel those tingly feelings in his abdomen. While the young Uchiha just stood up straight and tried to hide the apparent reddening that appeared on his pale face.

"AH…let's go…the car's double parked.." surprisingly it was the blond who had broken the few seconds of silence after their accidental kiss. Sasuke in return simply nodded and headed back to the bench a few yards away where he had left his luggage. Naruto instantly got up and followed the raven.

Naruto looked at the luggage, there were only two small suitcases and a single carry-on bag, which the young blond guessed was his laptop. "Wait…how did you know you were looking for me?" asked a curious raven, because if he remembered correctly he hadn't told the blond his name.

" I kind a guessed that you were that prick's brother cause you acted like a real bastard," Naruto simply stated 'facts' without thinking and as soon as he realized he regretted hoping the Uchiha wouldn't start berating or rather punch him in the face. "hehe...ahh…what I meant to say was …I kind a guessed," came a quick but flustered 'explanation' from the blond.

Sasuke simply stared at the man in front of him, a bit surprised at his blunt statement, but let it go and smirked at the blonde's spunk " I was right to guess you are a dobe…huh dobe."

Naruto simply took the insult and grumbled under breath, "grr…anyway…let's go…like I said my car is double parked." The grumbling young man then advanced to help the stoic young raven with his suitcases.

[Now…]

Here we find our young blond with that adoring reddening on his face, and the young raven, who is standing to the side watching Naruto with a smirk realizing that there is an apparent blush on the young man's face probably from thinking about that kiss earlier.

Naruto quickly placed the luggage in the back of his mother's minivan and started muttering realizing that Neji was missing. He hadn't realized this fact earlier because of certain distractions, such as the accidental kiss with the hot dark-haired man. Oh no Naruto just did not think that this teme was hot. More grumbling and muttering could be heard from the irritated blond but was gladly interrupted. Naruto looked up and saw a long haired brunette waving at him from one of the airport's entrance, "Hey Naruto, there you are, sorry I had to leave the car here I had to go to the bathroom real quick," said the haughty brunette. But before Naruto could respond with an overzealous statement, Neji turned toward the stranger standing next to the blond; whom he guessed to be 'that prick's brother,' or better known as Uchiha Sasuke.

Neji held out his hand to the stoic raven and came a surprising introduction, "Hello, Sasuke, how are you? It's been a while, hasn't it?"

"Fine, didn't expect to find you here, last I heard… you were in England," came another surprising reply from Sasuke.

Naruto looked dumbfounded at the scene before him and decided to interrupt the pleasant conversation, "Waiiiitt..you guys know each other!?!" said the oblivious blond while pointing a finger at the two acquaintances.

" Naruto, Sasuke is my cousin…to be more accurate, he is my second cousin," replied the pale eyed brunette. "What!?! you didn't tell me that this prick is your cousin…but now that I see it, you both have the same qualities…like you Neji, when I first met you" moving the accusing finger at his friend "….you had a stick shoved up your ass….and now that I met him" moving the pointed finger from Neji to Sasuke " you have an even bigger stick shoved up your ass," came a virtuoso observation from the young blond but before he could continue comparing the personalities of the two cousins and the length of the 'stick shoved up their ass' Sasuke decided to cut in.

"Dobe..I wouldn't be so quick to judge people only after knowing them for fifteen minutes," a sober reply from the Uchiha. Naruto snapped after hearing this and started trembling with anger but the two men remained calm because that's what they expected from the young blond. "You..you..You're the one who called me a dobe first…are you sure you should be asking that question?" came a surprisingly apathetic reply rather than an expected loud one.

"I know you enough to conclude that you open that big mouth of yours without thinking, which makes you a dobe…dobe," said the young Uchiha with a smug smirk on his face.

Naruto growled like a fox with tight shaking fists to his sides trying to look intimidating but his persona only appeared terribly cute to the two men, "J.U.S.T G.E.T.I.N and Let's go!!!" said the grumbling blond, and headed to the driver's side and sat down in the car.

Naruto looked to the passenger side of the seat and was surprised to see Sasuke putting on a seat belt, "what are you doing?" the blond questioned with an irritated voice. "Ah..buckling up," came an obvious response from the amused young raven.

Naruto clenched his jaw at the obvious answer, but what he wanted to know was why this prick is sitting here in the front next to Naruto; unfortunately the young blond gave up and sighed "argh…whatever." He had had enough fatigue from driving all day; Naruto didn't care, and just drove towards their next destination.

Throughout the drive the trio had stayed quite but some muttering could be heard from the frustrated blond sitting next to the stoic Uchiha, from what he could hear, Naruto was spouting nonsense about how 'some people shouldn't be allowed to drive' or something along those lines with a few curse words thrown in there.

When they had reached their destination, in the heart of Tokyo city, near the university, and into the housing areas, where some apartment complexes could be spotted, Uchiha had guessed that they were probably heading towards to their apartment before they drive down to the beach house. The young raven was still curious as to why his cousin, Hyuuga Neji was accompanying them on this trip. This is where he decided to break the silence and asked, "Tell me Hyuuga, are you coming with us?"

"Hm.. no I will be with you halfway down to your own destination, Naruto was kind enough to give me a ride back to my uncle's manor," Neji answered with the same indifference as the young Uchiha.

After another few minutes of silence, they had finally reached at the intended site. Naruto parked his car, "We're going to drop your stuff off here, then we can go and look at the apartment to see whether it's to your liking or not, after that we'll head to the beach…it's a pretty long drive" said the blond with utmost respect that he could conjure but sneaked in a 'teme' at the end in a whisper.

"What do you mean 'then' aren't we dropping my belongings at the apartment that we'll be occupying?" Sasuke said bemusedly. "uh..no the apartment is being renovated but it is in this same area…actually it's the building next to this one" Naruto pointing his finger to the adjacent building; "this is where I originally live," pointing back to the building in the front, "but it only has a single room and bathroom."

Sasuke moved closer to Naruto's ear and slightly blew hot breath which sent shivers down the blonde's spine and felt the blood rush into his groin area, however, what the young raven Sasuke said next had Naruto completely befuddled "Why…we can always share a bedroom …if not… surely a bathroom…dobe," said the Uchiha in a seductive tone.

Naruto's face lit up bright red as a ripped tomato from understanding the hidden innuendo from that statement, " Whaa..t..ar..e..yo..u say…ing..yo…u…Tem..e" trying to sound angry, but clearly stunned at the sudden closeness.

Sasuke decided to end Naruto's misery "I was just joking idiot," and unlocked his seat buckle and stepped out of the car. Naruto remained still for a little bit before Neji's call for his name snapped him out of his little stupor.

Naruto quickly exited the car and opened the back door to let Sasuke's luggage out and rather quickly grabbed one of the heavy pieces of the luggage and ran toward the building, trying to avoid any contact with the raven.

"What's did you say to him?" Neji with his stoic impression asked the amused Uchiha. "Nothing you need to worry about," came a response from an obviously amused Sasuke. However, Neji narrowed his eyes briefly and stared directly into his cousin's obsidian eyes "you hurt him; you'll not only have to answer to me but rather some overprotective best friends."

"Best friends? He has more than one?" came a reply from an unaffected Uchiha. The long haired brunette smirked "you will probably meet them at some point, maybe sooner, but don't say I didn't warn you."

"hn.." was all what Neji heard from his somewhat perplexed cousin before helping with the remaining luggage and going inside the building.

"so you are going to the beach house too?" asked a beautiful yet tedious woman to an impassive character standing across the living room.

The expression remained cold and indifferent and he simply stared at the petite woman in front of him but he could see the challenge behind the question from her daring eyes.

After a few moments of silence, "so that means yes. I won't lose to you. Kushina-obachan exclusively invited me as well."

The stoic man's expression soured a bit but returned to its expressionless state and responded "It will be his decision to make."

"You're right, we both may be his best friends but he will have to choose. I've waited years for him I can wait a few more days. But like I said I won't lose to you" replied the overbearing woman.

"mh" was all the stoic man sounded before smirking and nodding to the young woman, understanding the challenge. Both loved a certain blond, both wanted him, and now that a certain 'contraption' had been removed both can make their move, and this summer gave them the opportunity.

Author's notes:

Updated after a long period. I apologize for the late update but I hope you enjoyed it, and I apologize for any grammatical errors.

I simply do not have the time to write nor edit the chapters. That's why I tend to update every few months.