The Power of Glue --SasuNaru--

Flashback

Kakashi enters Tsunade’s office holding a bottle. She grins at him.

“Got the glue?” He nods and holds up the bottle, which says ‘Super Strength Wood Glue’ on it.

“Yeah.”

End Flashback

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In retrospect, he supposed that it probably wasn’t really the best idea to do a jigsaw with Naruto.

Really, the only reason he had suggested it is because the idiot wouldn’t leave him alone. All he had wanted was a day’s peace! He had been out walking when the loud-mouthed brat had popped up out of nowhere and started yelling a mile a minute. Sasuke had tried to get him to leave and had even pointedly told him to get lost, but the idiot wouldn’t take the hint. He had finally suggested doing a jigsaw puzzle just to shut Naruto up. To his extreme exasperation, Naruto had agreed. Sasuke had therefore led him to his fifth of town a.k.a. his house and invited him in. They had agreed to do a puzzle with a picture of a serene waterfall.

The puzzle itself wasn’t that hard, though the picture had irritated Sasuke. No, the problem wasn’t the puzzle. It wasn’t really the picture, either. In fact, it had gone fine until they had completed the puzzle. But then Naruto had insisted that they glue the picture with special jigsaw glue to a special jigsaw mat, which was when the little red flag should’ve appeared in Sasuke’s mind. Naruto was clumsy. Sasuke had gotten a piece stuck to his hand by accident and Naruto had tried to get it off, and therein lay the problem.

It was the glue.

Seriously, though, who came up with that stuff!? It was, like, invincible! You couldn’t get it off! It wouldn’t yield to cold or hot water, milk, juice, ramen, soap and water, saliva, two boys’ strength, pulling on either end, or stomping on it. (All of this Sasuke had learned through experience). The fact was, when the two hands had connected, they stuck and wouldn’t budge!

And now, the famous Uchiha Sasuke was walking through the streets of Konohagakure in the direction of the Hokage Mansion, blushing, and looking for the entire world as if he was holding hands with Uzumaki Naruto. Tightly. The people they passed were giving them weird looks, but they looked away quickly when nailed with the Uchiha Death Glare. The pair passed many of the open-mouthed rookies, Sasuke’s chin high and Naruto’s face amused. When they reached the Hokage Mansion, they were up in Tsunade’s office before you could say “glue”.

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The Gondaime could barely contain her laughter as Sasuke explained the situation to her. She didn’t even bother to hide her smirk.

“Nice one, Sasuke. I never knew you felt this way about Naruto,” she teased, to which his only reply was glowering. Naruto’s face upped a shade on the red scale. She continued smirking. “This problem needs help from your sensei,” she added, and Sasuke’s face paled a little. The perverted man would make it hell for them. Tsunade snapped her fingers and called, “Shizune! Bring Hatake Kakashi to me at once!” Shizune scurried off and returned within five minutes with jounin in tow. Kakashi shared a smirk with Tsunade before setting off.

“Well, well, well. Sasuke! I never knew you felt this way about Naruto. You should’ve told me sooner! I have a few techniques I could teach you,” he confided, and Sasuke’s face reached a very pretty shade of maroon. Tsunade let him banter at them for a couple minutes before telling him to just get on with it. Kakashi complied. He performed a series of seals and placed his hands on the two hands stuck together. “Release no Jutsu!” he instructed, and a bright light surrounded the hands before they disengaged.

“Thanks, Hokage-sama, Sensei,” Sasuke muttered before high-tailing it out of there. Naruto waited until Tsunade and Kakashi had engaged in deep conversation on the dangers of glue before he, too, beat a hasty retreat. As soon as he was gone, Tsunade whipped out a little crystal ball and activated it. Their faces lit up as they watched the scene unfold before them.

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Naruto stepped out of the Hokage Mansion and immediately saw Sasuke leaning against a tree. He approached Sasuke and offered his hand to shake, a peace offering. Sasuke, after a brief moment, took the hand. Naruto’s eyes widened as Sasuke didn’t let go. A small smile graced Sasuke’s aristocratic features and a tiny grin tugged at the corners of Naruto’s mouth. They turned to go back up the street they had come from. Suddenly, Sasuke stopped Naruto and whispered in his ear,

“We should do jigsaws more often.” Naruto grinned and nodded before pulling Sasuke towards a shady alley.

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Tsunade and Kakashi’s eyes were as big as saucers as they watched the two boys.

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Sasuke pushed Naruto back against a wall and whispered five words before planting butterfly kisses along his neck.

“I love jigsaw puzzle glue.”

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Kakashi grinned triumphantly at Tsunade. “I told you they’d fall for it! Hand over the money,” he crowed gleefully and Tsunade grumbled before she handed Kakashi 30 yen.

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Flash Forward Several Hours

Sasuke lifts the bottle of glue. He scans the label contents, wanting to find out how it was so strong. His eyes widened as he smelled the glue.

“This isn’t jigsaw puzzle glue!” he blurted out.

And now you know how Kakashi wound up in the hospital.