Disclaimer: See first chapter.
30 Kisses --- QianYun
20.
Summary: (SasuNaruSasu; spoiler-ish) Naruto doesn't like lying, but he hates not having Sasuke even more.
Warnings: Makes sense only to those who have read the manga, most particularly, those who know what goes on with Sasuke beginning around chapter 352. For those who are unsure, but think they should know, think "Hebi"; despite the long warning, this is only slightly longer than a drabble
Analogy
"Anything yet?"
The voice came out of nowhere and Naruto jumped at the sound in alarm. With a pause that everyone saw, Naruto shook his head and said firmly, "I haven't seen anything."
On some level, he knew, just as they knew he knew, that they were aware of his lies. But they were too close a group, held too strong bonds not to understand why he lied. So they let it go.
It was wrong, traitorous even, but those who saw the roughly tender kiss between the two – one their unofficial, yet acknowledged leader, the other a bizarrely familiar stranger – could not think of a reason to call him on his lie.
Those who did not see still understood, and that was enough.
Sasuke did, after all, save them from much worse fates than following a strong and peculiar traitor-who-wasn't-quite-one.
Owari
QY- The title, Analogy, comes into play when I shifted the point of view, and the subject, of this piece from Naruto and Sasuke. They may be odd and hard to understand at times, but their base personalities are quite similar and, I think, would inspire the same sort of feelings from their comrades.
The "traitor-who-wasn't-quite-one" was inspired by my sister's confusion of: "So is Sasuke a good guy or a bad guy or what?!?" after the last page of ch 342, the first page of ch 343, and the events that occur before and around the creation of Hebi. Heh. I love when my notes are longer than the actual writing. –sarcasm-
As always, thanks for reading!
Written: 9/28/07 1-1:30am