Naruto One-Shot (Yaoi)

miss me, kiss me

by Mint Pizza Queen

Swing.

Kick.

Duck.

Punch.

Miss.

Curse under breath.

Naruto fumbled with his headband, panting heavily as he leveled a fierce glare towards his sparring partner, who was panting. Just not as harshly as the blonde was, surprise-surprise.

"What's the matter, dobe?" The boy smirked at him, eyes leveled in his own glare. "Giving up already? Tch. Pathetic."

"Me? Give up? Never in a million years, teme!" The boy stood straighter despite his evident exhaustion. "I'll beat your ass into the ground! I will! Believe it!" To prove his point, he threw a fist forward in determination and deepened his scowl.

"Hn." Sasuke held up a hand and waved it in a mocking fashion that clearly stated 'let's see what you got, dobe. That is, if you're not afraid.' "Well stop standing there running your gums and do something. I'm getting bored."

"Rarg!" Naruto charged headlong into the Uchiha, kunai drawn out and extended. He raised his arm and made it appear that he was going to strike with it, but at the last second, withdrew his hand and swung out a leg instead.

This caught the Uchiha off-guard, but he retaliated by allowing the leg to hit him behind the knees and sent him falling down. He bent backwards and sprung his weight through his arms, pushing himself off the ground and bouncing back in a somersault. As he was pushing his weight down, he swung his legs out--kicking Naruto in the chest and sent him flying backwards.

Naruto was winded slightly, but now clearly even more agitated than he was at first. He felt the ground connect with his back as he tumbled from the sudden blow. He narrowed his eyes and saw the same smirk from the Uchiha beaming down at him.

"Almost, but not quite. Getting better."

"Shut up, teme!"

He charged again, kunai drawn. Next thing he knew, he found himself blinking in astonishment with his head in a firm lock and the kunai pointed at the base of his skull. He felt the cold metal brush against his skin slightly, almost in a tickling fashion.

"I take that back; you're getting worse." He felt the metal object run gently on the nape of his neck, and saw it drop to the ground. It landed with a soft thump in the grass, landing on its side.

Two hands grabbed his shoulders and heaved him upright. He found himself staring into two dark eyes that bore angrily into his own, agitation written across his face. "Focus, Naruto! How can you call yourself a ninja if you fall into someone's taunts so easy? You won't make it out of a mission alive at this rate!"

"Shut up, teme! I can handle myself!" Naruto swung an arm, knocking away Sasuke's two hands that were still planted on his shoulders. He stuck his tongue out childishly and began to shuffle away quickly. "Anyway, I'm off now to get some ramen. Toodles!"

Once again, back met ground after he felt something push him from behind, twisting him in mid-fall, which caused him to land in the position. He was face to face with Sasuke, who was glaring.

"No ramen! Training! Now!"

Naruto blinked. Then scowled. "Hell no, teme! I'm hungry and I'm done for the day! Let me go!"

"No."

All right, this was getting a little weird, even for Naruto's tastes. First off, since when did Sasuke attack him from behind? He never did. Second off, what does he mean no ramen? See, come on! Ramen was life! Ramen was good! Ramen was Naruto's life support!