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"Talking"
'Thinking'
"'Kyuubi'"

A/N: Hi, this is the –cough- much better –cough- rewritten vision of Why Him?. And reposted because I can't seem to remember my password for the other account... look at my bio for more details. Looking back I am very unhappy about the way this started out. And though it may be too late to change what the first few (10,000) readers saw it will change what the future readers will come to. It was so popular without a decent start, imagine how well it will go over with an improved one! Well, here you go, new and improved chapter one (and a few more to come).

Why Him?

It was a hot, sticky, summer afternoon when Naruto was found sleeping under a tree about a ten-minute hike away from Konohagakure. He would often come here with Sasuke for their special training bouts. The kind of serious training that would get them in trouble if someone were to really see it. The simple matter of why that was was simple; they used each other to work out anger and other unresolved and unspoken issues. No one ever bothered them. They knew their matches were no secret, but people still tended to shy away from the immense chakra both boys seemed to use.

As Sasuke walked through the clearing, he nearly tripped over the blonde, waking him up. And what a fine mood he turned out to be in.

"OW! What was that for you ass," his growling voice came from within a bush. He sat up and glared at his best friend.

"Don't yell at me! You were the one sleeping under a figgin' bush!" Sasuke matched his friend's glare with one of his own.

"Shut up! My apartment is hot as hell. It doesn't have cooling so it's like an oven." Then, Sasuke remembered Naruto saying something about coming out here after they had parted ways with their old sensei. Come to think of it, that's why he had wandered out here, because on some level of subconscious he knew Naruto would be here.

And the reason he had sought the Jounin out was because he had something to talk to him about. Not to mention, it wasn't exactly the most pleasant thing in the world either.

Sasuke sighed and sat next to Naruto in the shade of the surrounding trees. He glanced at the blonde only to see him lay back down onto the lush springy grass, dismissing the whole conversation they'd just had. It happened so often, them fighting, that it hardly even registered with them any more. The Uchiha just hoped that if this turned into a fight they'd forget it just as easily.

"Hey, Naruto," he started. He stopped, unable to think of exactly what to say.

His voice must have been a bit harsh as well because Naruto retorted with, "What? I'm in no mood for an insult match."

"No, that's not it," he said, try to calm his voice to something more casual. "I need to talk to you about something, or more like someone."

Naruto sat bolt up full attention towards the man sitting next to him. Eyes fixed on him, as if he was going to explode and Naruto wanted to see it more than anything.

He gave the older boy a scrutinizing stare before shock came over his face. "Oh my Gods! You like Sakura, don't you! You've finally given in!" A grin showed through his fake panic attack. "Oh no, you've been brainwashed! I'll save you!" He the picked up and stick and chucked it at the other boy's head, who dodged it without so much as a blink.

"No, you're so stupid. How many times have I explained that one to you? It's about someone else." Sasuke's head turned the other way quickly, his cheeks turning a little pink. It reminded him of the time in Wave Country, when he had asked for help on the Tree-Climbing training. "I think I love them."

The blonde gasped, all sings of joking gone for a moment. Then they were back full force as he let the words soak in. "Wow, lucky fan girl. So what's the problem? They would probably love you right back." The blonde pondered the possibilities of what could cause a complication. "Oh, I get it; you don't want to embarrass yourself by liking one of them!"

"No, they aren't a fangirl." The raven-haired man decided to keep the guessing game going. Maybe the shock would be less when he finally figured it out. "They don't even notice I like them. I keep sending signs, but they never catch on," he clued. But like all the other times he'd sent the blonde clues they flew right over his head.

"Boy, they sound stupid, or you're just too subtle for them. Just go and tell them how you feel! I never would have thought you were shy!"

Sasuke looked at his teammate. It was good advice, very good advice coming from someone as relationship challenged at Naruto. And he was not shy, just overly cautious.

"Well, I can't just go up to them," he explained. "I don't even know if they like me back.. I will not make a fool of myself just to be shot down."

"Heh, okay, just chill. Take them out to somewhere privet, like here, and ask them. If they say no ask them to never speak of it again."

"Wow you're oddly helpful today." Sasuke gave Naruto an odd look, as if trying to see what was going on in his head. Truth be told, he hadn't expected this kind of reaction from his overly hyped teammate. Why wasn't he laughing at him? Why wasn't he making fun of Sasuke, the hard ass Uchiha, for being in love with someone?

"Well, I guess I'm happy for you." There was a slight trace of sadness in his voice as he gazed up at the passing clouds. It was faint, most people wouldn't have noticed, but he wasn't most people.

"Are you okay?" Sasuke was getting worried. There had to be a reason his friend was getting upset. Perhaps he had been and Sasuke was just noticing.

"Yeah of course I am! What, I can't be happy for my best friend," his face turned back towards him, sporting a huge fake grin. It didn't reach his eye, which swam with sorrow of an unknown source.

He wasn't happy with this, so he decided to get himself back on track. "So, I'm only a friend to you?" The attempt to hint that he might feel different towards the blonde failed completely.

He just blinked at him and spoke again, determined to find out who the Uchiha was talking about. "So who is the lucky lady?"

Sasuke had to stop himself from smacking his own head. The seventeen year old was proving the blonde-idiot stereotype with excellence. He looked at him with apparent irritation. How could he fall in love with this idiot? Why of all people did he have to feel this way about Naruto? Naruto the baka, Naruto the idiot, Naruto the loser, Naruto the one who had beaten everyone. The fangirls, the hatred of the village, his inner demons, any enemy they had come to face in the last few years.

How did it turn out like this? He was dead last. A loser when they first met, hell he was still kind of a loser. Nevertheless, he had grown. He was a great Shinobi now, one worthy of respect and admiration. Of Sasuke's respect and admiration.

Finally, he said something; he had to make it perfectly clear to the boy, "What makes you think it's a girl who's won my affections?" Naruto almost passed-out.

"WHAT! You're kidding right? You do know you need a girlfriend to have kids and revive your clan, don't you? Or did you miss the Family Education assembly at the academy?" Naruto was now staring with his mouth open and eyes wide at the Uchiha boy.

Sasuke stood up and brushed off his pants. He gave up, he wasn't just going to come out and say it to him. If Naruto could figure it out then he'd wait until the boy gained himself some common sense and intelligence. "I knew they wouldn't understand!"

As he walked off it finally clicked in Naruto's head.

Sasuke liked him!

Naruto felt bad he had hurt his best friend's feelings by mistaking them for something they weren't. They weren't anything close to the platonic relationship they'd shared for the past years, it was love.

Now he knew why Sasuke called him an idiot, he was a huge one sometimes! He felt like kicking his own ass, but there were more important things to do than reprimand himself, he had to find Sasuke! He had to set things right. If he didn't this could lead to all sorts of trouble. Their teamwork could be affected negatively if this was left up in the air, and if Naruto went off shouting about it to him it'd get both of them in trouble with Sakura, and the other fan girls come to think about it.

Naruto got up and ran after Sasuke in hopes of catching up to him be fore he reached town, to no luck. He was now feeling like a piece of shit for being so clueless. But how was he supposed to guess his emotionless teammate was gay! It never occurred to him. He was a guy, he needed a girl to bring back his clan. What a set back.

"Maybe he doesn't care anymore," he wondered aloud. "What's he thinking… What am I thinking, Sasuke, giving up. Yeah, right, maybe hell will freeze or while we're at it."

Then a thought came to mind. "Hey Sasuke's seen the sexy jutsu maybe he has a plan?" But there was no way he could hold that out for nine months. Shaking his head he decided it best to talk it out with his friend. Naruto kicked it up to top speed as he headed to Sasuke's house, the Uchiha district.

Naruto had been there a few times before and never liked it. The place reeked of emptiness. It was so lonely and forlorn. It was sad. Moreover, Sasuke had to live there! Poor guy, no wonder he acted like he had something shoved up into the wee crevasse of his ass! He lived in a place like this all alone. Naruto couldn't help but feel bad for him. How could he help? Well for one thing, he could let Sasuke know he had the same feelings for him, which were slowly coming to light the more he thought about it, and maybe help liven the place up a little. He thought he should stick with the returning the feelings. That seemed like the best way to go. Next stop, Sasuke's house.

Naruto must have stood in front of Sasuke's door for ten minutes, trying to collect his thoughts, before knocking. As soon as he did that he felt like a fangirl. He was nervous, how pathetic. Honestly, what was Sasuke going to do, bite his head off? In addition, his conscience was laughing hysterically at him. Wait, it wasn't his inner voice, it was Kyuubi, the nine-tailed fox.

'Shut the hell up, fox!' Naruto screamed in is head. Communicating with the demon had become unsettlingly easy the past few years.

"'But it's so funny! You're acting like a love-struck school girl! It so funny, shameful but funny. At least he doesn't know I exist.'"

'I plan to tell him as soon as things are settled.' Naruto was sure the fox had sputtered a string of profanity at him in shock and protest, but he wasn't paying it much mind, he was listening closely for Sasuke's footsteps.

"'You're kidding!'"

'You should know I'm not kidding, you're in my head after all,' he said spitefully.

Suddenly, the door opened to reveal a shocked Uchiha at the door. He stood there looking at his the object of his affections. Then, after a moment, he spoke.

"What do you want?" The raven-haired boy was pissed. He spat the words at the blonde, who shrunk back slightly out of guilt. He cursed himself for hurting his friend, for being such and idiot, and for blushing like a little girl.

"I came to talk to you. I'm sorry I'm a major idiot sometimes but I didn't want to leave things up in the air. Can I come in, we need to talk." He blinked up at the Uchiha.

The other just blinked then turned and said, "Come on then." Naruto was relived to say the least. Maybe this would be easy. But nothing was ever easy, especially for him.

"Tea," he heard his friend offer. He nodded and took a seat at the kitchen table.

Naruto was nervous, how did he say that he loved the boy and had loved him for quite some time now. This was a very delicate situation. Something Naruto was not good at handling. He felt as though he was in some poorly written story made by an obsessive yaoi fan girl.

"Sasuke I'm not good at this, so I'm going to come and blurt it out. So, please, don't be offended. I-I- I think I love you, too!" He felt instantly better, as if a weight had been lifted, one that had been pressing down on him ever since Sasuke had walked away

"What?" the young Uchiha looked utterly lost. He felt like he had fallen into some kind of alternate dream world. Did his rival, the boy he loved, just admit to having feelings for him as well? Could things really take such an abrupt turn?

TBC…

A/N: Yeah I know corny. But there you have it folks, new and revised! Dance now! More chapter revisions and reposts to come! Like I said before, the plot will be left alone, just adding pretty words and phrases to make it sound better.