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Disclaimers: I don't own Naruto or Character

Pairs: Sasuke x Naruto and other,

Naruto put his foot into the strirrup grabbed the saddle horn and climbed aboard his pony horse, Oliver he reached down for the lead rope attached to the colt and Sasuke put it in his hand. He stepped back catching his eye from under the brim of well-worm hat he'd found in the tack room.

His gaze was elctric it intensity arcing through his body with a conductivity that left him breathless.

"It's only forty-four degrees this morning Naruto warm him up good." he nodded. "I'll jog him out a half-mile and back, then meet you at the gate." Reining for the opening onto the race track he hoped like crazy he hadn't seen the blush he could feel stinging his cheeks even as the morning mist cooled his shin. He was feeling shy, he'd had a lover or two, but there was something magnetic about Sasuke Uchiha, somthing primal untamed, sexy and haunting about the way he looked at him.

Tugging on Kurama's lead rope he threaded them through the opening and out onto the track.

Layers of fog obscured the mile-and-a -half oblong but he could see it with his eyes closed he'd ridden it a thousand times. Even in the dark.

Nudging Oliver into a gentle lope, he focused on the rail at the first turn and relaxed into the saddle.

Sasuke watched horses and rider fade into the flat gray mist and put his senses on alert. Turning his head slightly to the right, he picked up the whisperof hoofbeats churning soft soil.

He closed his eyes, lettling the sight deprivation intensify his auditory ability. He didn't know why it worked, but it did closing off one always heightened the other up until he'd been shot in the line of duty, he'd never really appreciated his razor-sharp senses or the capabilities they afforded him.

The hearing in his left ear would never_

Sasuke jerked around at the pressure of hand on bis shoulder.

Caught in an instinctive reaction, he leveled the man with his forearm and shoved him back into the fence rail.

"Easy," the kid's eyes went wide he raised his glove hands in surrender.

The adrenaline in Sasuke's system diluted as he sized the young man clad in a coat, breeches, boots, and a riding helmet it loose strap swing back and forth from the force he'd exerted against him.

"Oh hell, I'm sorry I didn't hear you coming you were on me." he lowered his arm and took a step back. "I over-reacted, I'm Naruto's new groom Sasuke, are you Kurama's gallop boy?"

"Yeah, Konohamaru Sarutobi." he smothed the front of his jacket.

"I'm early my 5:30 a.m ride over at McCluskies" canceled I came straight here."

"Is Utakata McCluskies still running Rambling Farm?"

"Yeah, he has a heck of a Derby prospect himself had a prosped, I should say, until this morning. His filly Ophelia Mine went AWOL sometime last night, and went down in her stall. Hurt herself pretty bad they've got the vet there now,"

Caution sluiced in Sasuke's reins was it possible Kurama hadn't been the only target of the disguised thug last night? He'd have to get the syringe they found turned over to the police for analysis.

"Naruto ponied the colt to the half-mile post he should be back anytime."

He turned his attention once again to the track, picking up the rhythmic clop of horse hooves in the dirt.

"So what do you think? Deos Kurama's have what it take to win Derby?"

"He's a powerhouse with heart. I've barely tapped his speed potential under the right jockey he could take the Trple Crown."

Great another true believer, Sasuke gripped the top rail of the fence while he watched Naruto, Oliver and Kurama materialize out of the mist like an apparition for the first time he found himself analyzing the bay colt's stride. Looking for that it factor the look of eagles in his eyes knowing confident fierce. An old saying in the Bluegrass reserved for winners.

His heart hammered in his chest there it was a rush of hope that sent men and woman over the edge. Compelling them to move heaven and earth for a chance to bet on a winner. He should turn ariound and get the hell out while he had the chance. He had nothing at stake in this gamble but Nasruto Uzumaki did.

Judging by the run-down condition of Rasengan Farm in the light of day, he had everything to lose if the colt didn't come through.

Concern embeded to ensure disappointment didn't destroy him.

NAruto reined in his horse next to the gate and dismouted.

"He's good and warm, Konohamaru took hold the halter he'd used to pony him to and slipped it off.

"Break on the outside rail and move him inside, just like last time. If we get a bad gate pick, he'll be ready to overcome it,"

Sasuke stepped out onto the track and approached Konohamaru.

"Rider up," he called he caught Konohamaru's foot and hoisted him on Kurama back.

Konohamaru put his feet into the irons on the flat saddle and gathered the reins in is hands.

"I wish this blasted fog burn off," Naruto said leading his pony horse, he headed for the opening in the rail.

Sasuke followed watching his tie the leggy blck gleding up before moving over to stand next to him.

"want to dothe honors?" he opened his hand to expose a silver stopwatch. Every horse racers instrument of delusion.

It should have been a simple decision but he wrestled with it any way. The track time wasn't going to lie, it was finite a rock-solid indicator of what the horse was capable of.

"Hn sure," he plucked the watch from his palm and saw a slight smile bow his lips.

If I didn't know better I'd say you'd spent a considerable amount of time arond race horses."

Caution glided throughhim would he have been old enough st the time to remembewr the fued that tore thier father's friendship apart?

"It's was a long time ago I was a kid but you don't forget something ingrained in your DNA."

"Hatake-san was right then, you're the man for this job I'm glad you're here,"

Sasuke stared over at thim at the surly in his azure eyes as he seached his face with his gaze. His throat tigtened he could easily fall under his spell if he didn't pull back.

He turned abruptly waiting for the sound of the horse breaking from the left end of the track.

The fog dampened the swish of the mock starting, but there it was hoofbeats pounding kentucy soil. He raised the stopwatch in front of him feeling his heart rate shoot up. Closre...closer the colt flshed in front of them.

Sasuke started the clock, listening to the horse thunder down the front strech and first turn.

Naruto put his hand on his forearm and shook him. "I told you he's fast I know he can win."

his excitement leached into him and he let a degree of the sensation movethrough his body. Fucosing he turned his head to the right and picked up the hammering of hoves as Kurama thundered his way down the backstretch.

He didn't dare look at the time intinctively he knew it would be to wait until the colt passed in front of him. Seeing would usher in believing and then some.

There was trouble Sasuke felt it first telegraph through the top rail pipe that ran the entire length of the racetrack. Seconds later Konohamaru's yelp of pain reached out through the fog.

"Something wrong." Naruto squeezed his arm.

Kurama galloped from the mist minus his rider and shot past them on the inside rail.

Sasuke pressed the stopwatch and shoved it into his pocket.

"Take Oliver and go find Konohamaru, I'll go after the colt!" Naruto said he ran through the opening in the gate.

Sasuke turned for the pony horse at the same time he heard his shrill whistle for the riderless colt.

He jerked the reins loose from the rail untied the pony horse jammed his foot the stirrup and climbed aboard. He hadn't ridden in years, but riding a horse was like riding a bike you never forgot?

Spuring him forward, Sasuke trotted through the gate and out onto the track Konohamaru was somewhhere on the back turn. That's when he'dfelt the vibration of KUrama's impact wit the outside rail. He reined the gelding inside and eased him into a lope.

A hundred yards around the track the fog vanished, giving him a clear view of the back turn.

Konohamaru lay in a crumpled heap next to the outside rail at the one-mile post.

Worry ground over Sasuke's nerves.

The kid wasn't moving.

He nudge the into a gallop and reined him in just short of the spot where he lay.

"Konohamaru, can you me, buddy?"

Sasuke bailed off of Oliver and dropped the reins.

Going to his knees, he put his hand on the kids shoulder.

Konohamaru moaned rolled to the left and tried to sit up, but Sasuke held him down with gentle pressure. "No way, stay put,"

Sasuke gritted his teeth at the dazed expression on the young man's dirt-smudged face but it was the deformity in his right forearm and the protruding bone, that told him Konohamaru shouldn't be moved. He was going to need a trip to the hospital ASAP.

"I gotta catch the horse." KOnohamaru tried to sit up again.

Sasuke pressed his palm into his chest. "Relax Naruto is taking care of it. He'll catch him you broke your arm stay still."

Konohamaru glanced down at his rigth forearm and went pale.

"WHat happened?" Sasuke asked, praying he could get the kid's attention before he passed cold.

"I couldn't see when I hgit the midpoint ont the back stretch."

"The mist?"

"A flash of red light hit me in the eyes_"

"A laser?"

"Could have been but it must have target Kurama too, because he went wide and slapped the rail. I couldn't hang on I hope he's oaky."

Sasuke looked up and saw Naruto and Kurama materialize out of the mist and into the sunlight.

"Is Konohamaru all right," he hollered the instant he was within earshot.

He waited until he stopped ten feet out holding KUrama b the reins and tring to calm him down.

"Broken arm he needs an ambulance and we need th sheriff. Yhis was no accident they targeted with a laser blinded probably from somewhere in the woods."

Sasuke swept the grove of dense folige with hi gaze and considered looking for the perptrator or perpetrators, but thre shroud of fog would make it almost impossible to find them and he had no intention of leaving Naruto, Konohamaru or Kurama alone right now.

Naruto couldn't prevent his hand from shaking when he pulled his cellphone out of his coat pocket and dialed 911. This was a tun he hadn't anticipated whoever was behind the threats against his horse apparently wasn't afraid to hurt his human handlers as well.

He'd need Sasuke Uchiha now more than ever.

to be continue...

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