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- Love Me Deadly -

Chapter 8 – Kisses From Keiko

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Occasionally stopping to admire the view, Naruto walked up and down the brightly-lit halls of the large residence. It wasn't until he caught a scent of mouth-watering waffles that he began walking down the countless stairs. His stomach growled causing Naruto to remember exactly how hungry he was. He broke into a run and when he finally reached the dinner table, he grabbed a hold of Sasuke's dark blue shirt to slow himself down.

"Ahh!" groaned Sasuke, "What was that for?"

"FOOD! FOOD! FOOD!" Naruto shouted as he jumped up and down just like he did ten years ago, before seating himself in one of the fancy chairs and dumped several of the homemade waffles onto his plate.

"Naruto, you're supposed to wait for everyone to be seated and served before eating," Neiji scolded as Naruto wolfed the waffles down.

"But - I'm - HUNGRY!" Naruto gasped in between bites. "More syrup!" Sasuke sighed and handed a bottle shaped in a maple leaf to him and watched him drain the small bottle onto the remaining waffles until it was more than half empty. Naruto looked up and noticed Sasuke staring at him. "Oh, I'm sorry. Did you want some syrup?"

"I don't like sweet things," Sasuke replied as he solemnly shook his head.

"Sit down, Sasuke. Relax a little. No one's going to jump you here," Neiji chuckled as he neatly cut up his own waffles into small, even pieces before carefully stabbing a piece with his fork and lifted it carefully into his mouth before chewing it carefully, "Aren't you hungry?"

"No, not really," Sasuke replied, touching his forehead softly. This small, almost unnoticeable act caused Naruto to remember that...

"You were drunk this morning, weren't you?"

Neiji looked up from his plate and raised his eyebrows, "Really. Sasuke, you don't usually drink, unless..."

Sasuke didn't say anything.

"Oh, that reminds me. Where did you sleep this morning?"

Sasuke frowned, obviously wondering how this could possibly affect his life, "In my room, of course. Where else? You don't expect me to sleep on the ground, do you?"

Neiji didn't say anything for a moment, but Naruto had an idea what he was up to and was about to speak, but Neiji continued interrogating Sasuke, "On the bed, right? You slept on the bed?"

"Yes..."

Naruto felt himself sliding down the chair, falling into a pit of never-ending embarrassment that seemed to increase with every second that passed between them.

"Because if I remember correctly, Naruto - you were sleeping on Sasuke's bed, too."

The Naruto-puddle's eyes widened, "Eh? That was only because you told me it was a guest room!"

Neiji turned back to Sasuke who was now clearly frowning. "You slept on the bed," he confirmed Sasuke didn't say anything. "And you slept in the bed." This time Naruto didn't say anything either. "Yet neither of you noticed the other."

"Well, I noticed him when I woke up," Naruto squeaked, "Doesn't that count?"

Neiji sighed, "You're so clueless."

Naruto jumped up and pointed at himself, "Me?"

"Yes, both of you. Bakas," Neiji spat out.

Naruto stood up. "I'm not a baka, you teme!" he whined.

"If you don't do something soon, then you are a baka in my eyes," Neiji lowered, "And Sasuke? You are a baka, too, if you don't realize that…"

"Neiji," Sasuke interrupted calmly, "I do not care if you think I am a baka or not. Your opinion of me does not change the fact that I am no baka. I see no point in doing something, or in this case, realizing something, so I won't. You can not hold me as a baka for that."

"You don't know how much you're missing out on," Neiji replied softly.

"But I do know how much I am not hurting because of my subdued actions," Sasuke replied, his voice just as icy, just as dangerous as Neiji's. They were all standing up by now. Naruto looked back and forth from one to the other, trying to figure out the hidden message that the two obviously both knew.

"Then I hope I will be able to persuade you otherwise."

"Why do you care so much?" Sasuke's eyes narrowed, "Haven't you already done enough harm?"

"What harm have done? It is as much my affairs as it is yours." It seemed to Naruto as if a battle was raging on between them, one where more clashing and clanging than any other; one where more than blood was lost. Yet neither of them raised their voices louder than Naruto's quietest voice (which is very quiet, I can assure you of that). Their voices had a sharp, dangerous edge to it. Their eyes that seemed gentle at first glance, carried weapons that bore into one's face, their faces that seemed expressionless when first studied upon contained hidden bombs that could be easily set in a matter of seconds by just a twitch of the eyebrow.

"Ehh…" Naruto scratched his head, "Any one up for more waffles? I'm sure Neiji can cook some more if anyone's hungry."

"No," they replied unanimously.

"More milk? Orange Juice? Anything?' Naruto asked in another feeble attempt to stray his partners from their disagreement

"No…."

"Do you – "

"No…"

"Hey! I haven't even asked the question yet!"

The doorbell rang.

Neiji flinched, "I think it's Tenten. I asked her to go to Rumiez with me last night."

Sasuke and Naruto stared blankly at him.

"Like on a date. Didn't I tell you before?"

Naruto shook his head. Sasuke made no movement that he was listening to any of this conversation and just adjusted his head so that he was staring out of the window before he replied, "You better go, it's not nice to keep your date waiting."

"Sasuke, consider it."

"Consider what?" Naruto questioned, having again no clue whatsoever that was happening.

"I already have and I don't… I don't think that it… I'm not that type of person," Sasuke looked away from the window to Neiji and repeated, "You should go answer the door. I am sure Tenten would not be very content with you for having waited so long. It's already a known fact that she has been continuously rejecting you for five years. I'm surprised she even accepted this time."

"It's a long story," Neiji began.

"Just go!" Sasuke growled. Neiji rolled his eyes, but left the dining room as was expected of him.

Naruto watched Neiji leave the room and motioned for Sasuke to follow him. Sasuke let out an inevitable sigh, but unmistakably followed him to the large, marble hall where Naruto had first entered the house. The two of them watched Neiji quickly cross over to the front door with much more animation and joy that the two of them were used to seeing and carefully opened the door with about as much posture as the most etiquette butler had.

Unfortunately for all three of the men, it was not Tenten would stood behind the door, but another lady who had been currently admiring the house with much pleasure and much evil intent. Naruto's mouth fell open with shock.

"My guest," Sasuke muttered and strode over to greet the guest. Naruto followed after with much resentment, but he managed to keep his mouth closed and into a firm line that did not betray any sign of a grimace even though that was what Naruto really wanted to do.

"Sasuke-baby!" Keiko squealed when she saw Sasuke appear from behind Neiji. Neiji's mouth, like Naruto, was also pressed into a thin line, but he held out a arm anyway, and offered to escort Keiko to the living room. Keiko scoffed and took Sasuke's arm, which had not been offered, and when they passed the Naruto-puddle, she gave him a look of such absurdity that it caused him to melt even more.

It wasn't until Neiji came back for him and told him that unless he go immediately to the living room, something terrible was going to happen, (meaning that Keiko and Sasuke would get together) Naruto solidified.

"Wha-What?" he choked.

"Just come. Keiko's up to something, and I don't think it's good."

"Keiko's never up to something good," Naruto snorted.

"Yeah, well–" Neiji began, but for the second time that day, the doorbell rang. "It has to be Tenten this time," and he was right. A smiling, radiant Tenten greeted him at the door and it didn't take much for Neiji to produce a bouquet of roses and handed it to her as he bowed down low. A pink tinge rose across her face, but she accepted them with the same soft smile and Neiji took her by the arm and escorted her outside.

"I'll leave you to deal with it, Naruto," Neiji spoke.

Naruto watched them go sorrowfully and it took a lot of the little self-control he had to keep himself from yelling, "Don't go Neiji! Don't leave me alone with her!" But as said before, he didn't, and unwillingly closed the door. He let out an inaudible sigh, before venturing to the living room where Sasuke and Keiko sat, quietly sipping their drinks that the maid had brought them earlier.

Keiko looked up when Naruto entered the room with one eyebrow raised an inch above the other, but Sasuke averted his glance when Naruto's eyes met his.

"So you finally came," Keiko said, her face contorted into a fake but composed smile.

"Yea, I guess I did," Naruto shrugged as if it didn't matter much to him. He invited himself into the company and sat down across from Sasuke and Keiko, who were, 'lo and behold, sitting on the same couch, a little too close for Naruto's comfort.

Their was an awkward silence, but Keiko, who was known for talking and talking and never stopping, was quick to start a conversation, a not very pleasant conversation, but a conversation nonetheless. "So how has work been, Sasuke," she purred, closing in the already small gap between them.

Sasuke's face twitched but he replied, "Nothing out of the ordinary."

Naruto frowned, he felt his temper rising, "You call what happened 'nothing out of the ordinary?' Does this happen often? Are you always –"

"Calm down, Naruto," Keiko made a face. "Are you always this ah-nnoying?"

"Calm down yourself, Keiko! Are you always this annoying?" Smoke was rising from the top of his head like a volcano about to blow. "What's your problem? You just.. You're just a damn bloody whore if there was every one!"

Keiko just smiled her fake smile which just pissed Naruto off even more and returned back to her high, whiney voice, "Gawd, Sasuke-kun, how can you stand him?"

"I don't –"

"Yeah," Naruto was now completely fed up, "He doesn't stand me. He sleeps with me."

Sasuke jerked forward, "Wha-What?"

"Yeah, that's right. This morning, you were moaning my name over and over and over again. It kept me awake all morning."

It was Sasuke's turn to blow up, "What are you talking about, Naruto! If you didn't like it, then why didn't you wake me up and tell me to leave?"

"Oh, Sasuke, after all we did last night…"

Sasuke's face was scrunched up with confusion and distress, not to mention a hint of anger.

Keiko took this as a cue to start ranting again, "Wow, Naruto. Who's the whore now? Uh- let me guess… YOU! You know what really kills me about you? It's how –"

"Uh.. I'm going to take a drink of water. I'll be back later," Sasuke's face, now redder than even the time they met in his room, quickly left and Naruto was not sure whether to be thankful or ungrateful.

After a few seconds, Naruto challenged Keiko again, "It hasn't even been two months since Gaara died yet you're already strutting your slut around."

"Is there a rule that says your boyfriend has to have died for 2 months until you can start dating again? If I remember correctly, Gaara didn't even wait for a full day after he broke up with you before he started going out with me," she waved her hand in the air and snapped it in Naruto's face.

Naruto gritted his teeth and his fists shook with anger, "Gaara… That was only because you tricked him!"

"Can't accept the fact that he never loved you as much as he loved me, can you?" Keiko snorted, all the pretense of trying to be the perfect angel for Sasuke disappeared from her face. "But you," her chest was heaving, in, out, in, out, her anger was seeping through her body, "YOU! You are one of those people I hate. Worthless homosexuals that spoil the community and everything in it. Selfish brats, consumed with greed and are only happy with beings like themselves, of the same sex."

"I've never asked your opinion of me! I didn't ask you to analyze me!" Naruto's voice thundered, to be insulted like that!

"Well, it's time you learned your lesson. No one wants you around here. You're… a monster," she breathed angrily.

Naruto's thrust his fist against her petty little face and easily hit her with a force that could crush a child's head within minutes, but Keiko was not a weak girl. She was much more.

"You want to fight, do you? Sasuke would never accept you for you are. A monster, inside and out, that's what you are. A gay monster that seeks to help no one, but himself."

Another strangled scream came out of Naruto's lips as he ran forward to hit her again, but Keiko was prepared. She pulled out a gun from under her coat and started firing at him. Naruto, being the fast man he was, managed to dodge most of them except for this one that cut off an inch of his blonde hair. Bullets were soon wedged throughout the room and it was near impossible not to notice them.

Sasuke, hearing all this commotion (which mainly consisted of Naruto's cussing) quickly came and was appalled by what he found going in his what used to be beautiful living room.

"Keiko! Drop that gun this instant!" Sasuke growled angrily.

Keiko, who now sported a large bruise under her right cheekbone, and several long tears in her clothing, stopped shooting, but her long, slender fingers were still wrapped tightly around her gun.

Naruto started chortling, and soon it grew into a full-length laugh. He was soon choking with tears and had to bite his lip to quiet down, but even this tactic wasn't strong enough to stop him.

Keiko's eyes narrowed and raised her gun again. It let out a soft click, "SHUT YOUR TRAP, YOU FUCKING MORON! OR U'LL GO TO HELL BEFORE THE SUN DIES OUT!"

"Put that gun down, Keiko," Sasuke ordered, his voice full of authority.

Keiko didn't. Instead another shot rang out, but Naruto was prepared, he ducked and rolled off to the side, towards Sasuke and was up again in a flash.

"You betrayed him. You… You…" Tears were now officially pouring down her face, her breath became heavier as she tried to maintain her stance, "Every night, he… died a little more.. BECAUSE OF YOU!" Keiko screamed, her gun posed and bullets flew out in such a wild manner that came streaking through the air in every direction that Naruto could only dream of dodging them. He was confused. Who had Keiko been talking about? It couldn't have been Sasuke, but Gaara?

It was Sasuke who had ran in front of him and turned to the side, taking every bullet coming their way, and grabbed Keiko firmly by the hands and took the gun. Every couple of inches from his left shoulder down to his ankle was a bullet lodged carefully into the flesh of his body causing blood to run down from his body. Keiko was now shaking so much that she fell down the floor and fainted. Naruto managed to run to the phone, which had luckily escaped this hell in one piece, and quickly dialed in the emergency number to the Ha Corp.

"Naruto, you bastard," Sasuke groaned, "Fuck.. Help me get up." Sasuke who had fallen to the floor besides Keiko was now wincing with pain.

Naruto ran to him and quickly supported him to the nearby couch where they had been all sitting just a while ago.

And in the next hour or so, the ambulance arrived and quickly shipped him off to the hospital where he had been just the day before and managed to take out most of the bullets and transmit him some more blood so he wouldn't die of blood loss…

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A/N: And that's how the chapter ends. Sorry for the long wait! Really sorry, but you'll have to expect the next chapter in 2 – 5 weeks. So much to do this month and I'm lacking a bunch of community service hours. Well, I hoped you enjoyed it.

The title of this chapter – Kisses from Keiko, was because I was originally going to have Keiko and Sasuke kiss, but it just didn't work. But I like the title and so it stayed that way and well, the bullets will just be the kisses for now.

Please review!