Hey, y'all! I'm starting on another story that has been on my mind for awhile. It's short and sweet, only going to be four chapters long. I hope y'all enjoy this first chapter of mine! ^^

Disclaimer: Naruto is absolutely not mine! And I make no profit whatsoever. :3

Summary: Zabuza doesn't love Naruto anymore. He's young, free-spirited, and doesn't want to be tied down by a family. Sasuke has loved Naruto for quite some time now and so he steps in Zabuza's place as Naruto's lover. What does Zabuza make of this?

Warnings: YAOI-boyxboy, Language, rape, major OCC-ness

My Growing Family

Naruto's POV

"If you want me, then my kids are a packaged deal. Either take us all or get the hell out of my face. What's your pick?"

The taller man stared at me like I was crazy. "What the hell?" He asked before he scoffed. "You're an arrogant freak. Too naïve for my taste." Then he turned away and walked off like the son of a bitch he was.

"Che." I scoffed back, but I couldn't help the longing I felt as I watched his retreating back. We'd been going out for six months now and our relationship had been steady. Intimately so. But then I brought my two kids into the mix so that they could all meet each other.

Boy, that was a huge mistake to make.

It wasn't that he didn't like them. No, Zabuza loved kids. He was great with them, in fact.

The problem was that my kids didn't like him. They hated him. Even before they met him (in which case they didn't) they hated his guts. I found that the reason behind their hate was that they didn't like how I spent time with him… And the bruises they found on me. Zabuza was a great guy, but he was a bit aggressive during those… Passionate times we met up at night. Except my kids didn't understand that—I mean, how could you explain the ways of sex to a five and seven year old kid?

Anyways, the two kids weren't really mine. Not biological. Off topic, yes, but I was currently in heart ache, so to take my mind off of my ex-lover, I started to think about my two kids.

I adopted the two boys on the same day three years ago. In a way, I felt obligated to take them in. I had been an orphan when I was younger after both of my parents died in a fatal car accident. Luckily, I had been asleep at my father's friend's place, the friend being the exact man who adopted me; Iruka Umino. If it hadn't been for him, I probably would have had the worst childhood possible with the death of my parents on my mind all the time.

Now, Kiba Uzumaki is my youngest and he lost his parents in the same way, so I instantly felt connected to him and Gaara, the older of the two, was involved in a murder case. There were specific details that I could actually find on the internet or in the papers, but his parents were killed and he, at the age of three, was made to watch his parents die. A horrible way to go through with life knowing what had happened and I felt the need to protect him, so I took him in the day I adopted Kiba as well.

'Speaking of those two squirts…' I thought, blankly looking up at the beautiful summer sky. 'I should probably go pick them up from dad's place… I'm sure they're frustrating him by now…'

With that in mind, I started to walk my way towards my dad's home, feeling lonelier now that I knew Zabuza wasn't coming back.

By the way, my name's Naruto Uzumaki. Despite the depression rolling off of me in waves, I'm normally a vibrant, cheerful beyond doubt kind of person. I've got wild, untamable golden hair, a dark. Natural tan, and very, very blue eyes. I'm 5'7'' feet tall-ish and I've got a lean, fit body. Today, I'm wearing an orange cuffed, button-up shirt with the sleeves rolled up to my elbows, black skinny jeans, and black tennis shoes along with a necklace around my neck that my God-Mother gave me for my sixteenth birthday, which, by the way, was eight years ago. That puts me about twenty-four years on me now.

My oldest son, Gaara Uzumaki, is seven with shaggy red hair, teal-colored eyes, and paler than the pale skin. He's insomniac and has been like that (or has had it?) since… well, since that night with his parents. It's been so long since then, so the countless nights where he couldn't sleep whatsoever gave him black rings around his eyes. A lot of people have mistaken the rings as eye liner and a very thiiiick amount, but he has a valid excuse as I've clearly pointed out. And the nightmares he has when he is able to fall asleep? Yeah, those plagued him for a long while, so I stopped trying to force him into bed after he told me. So if I woke up in the middle of the night and found him watching television at an ungodly hour, I wouldn't think anything of it. I'd probably just shrug it off and join him.

And my youngest boy, Kiba Uzumaki, is at age five. He's got long, shaggy brown hair with his bangs in the way of his eyes, very dark, nearly black brown eyes, and caramel skin. I'm still not sure how, but he's got these red, upside down tattooed triangles on both of his (face) cheeks. I asked him about them once, but he merely gave me this sly grin at me that could rival a fox's and continued on with what he'd been doing at the time. I couldn't find it in me to question him further. As young as he was, he had his secrets and I had mine, so I would respect him for his.

'Speaking of which…' My brows furrowed down and I glued my eyes to the ground as I continued to walk down the sidewalk. 'Didn't Sakura say something about wanting to become a tattoo artist the other day? Was she just kidding around or was she ser- -' BAM! I ran right into someone while I'd been so busy being distracted with my thoughts. We nearly fell down, but the other guy caught me around the waist and held me upright, keeping himself up just in time as well.

"Shit! I am so sorry about that!" I exclaimed as my face flushed in embarrassment and I looked up with huge eyes. "I was thinking- -I was so sidetracked- - I'm sorry 'bout that and- - OHMYGOSH! NO WAY! SASUKE?" As soon as I realized who it was I'd crashed into, I threw my arms around him for a big bear hug.

"Geez, Naruto. Never could walk and think at the same time without running into something, could you?" Came Sasuke Uchiha's response, AKA, my best friend.

I let him go with a beaming grin and stepped back so that I could take a look at him. I hadn't seen him for nearly over a year, though we did talk over the phone every now and then. Unsurprisingly, the damn bastard hadn't changed by much. He still had his hair styled as a duck's ass, but his raven bangs had grown out quite a bit. He was still as pale as ever and the aura around him still had an arrogant feeling to it. Sure looked like he had a pole stuck up his ass, too. That thought alone made me snicker. Today, like usual, he wore a black business suit and he held a briefcase in one hand, a newspaper under the same arm.

"Sasuke! I haven't seen you in forever! Where've you been?" I excitedly asked, grinning brightly up at him. He raised a brow as if to ask 'seriously? Must you ask me that?' It took me a moment, then I grinned sheepishly and scratched my nose. "Ohh… Work, huh? Damn, that was a stupid question."

"Hn. Dobe." Sasuke smirked, then he glanced off to my right.

Curious from the sudden distraction (Sasuke is never easily unfocused from anything)I followed his train of sight only to find no other but my English teacher from High school, Kakashi Hatake. Besides gaining a wrinkle or two, Kakashi still looked the same. Except today, there was no familiar pervy orange book in his hands and he wore a navy blue business suit.

"Yo!" Was his greeting as soon as I saw him and he waved, his eyes crinkling.

"Kakashi-Sensei?" I eyed him in confusion, then looked back at Sasuke, blinking. "Crap, were y'all headed somewhere?"

"We sure are, Naruto-kun!" Kakashi said as he walked over to join us. He slapped me against the back in a friendly way, smiling and looking over at Sasuke. "We've got a department meeting in less than an hour right, Sasuke-kun?"

"Hn. Unfortunately," Sasuke answered with a sigh, his gaze returning to mine.

"Oops! I'm sorry for slowing y'all down!"

"It's no problem. Where were you headed?" Kakashi politely asked.

Scratching the back of my neck nervously, I grinned at the two and said," going to my dad's to pick up my two little ones. I just got off work, you see…"

"You have kids?" Sasuke abruptly asked, for once looking uncharacteristically surprised. I merely nodded with another sheepish smile, so he coolly recollected his composure and he murmured," well, I suppose we have much to discuss, Dobe. We've been missing out on a lot of each other's lives…"

"You're absolutely right! We should get together sometime!" I exuberantly exclaimed, pumping the air with a fist as I blasted my best friend with a full-blown grin.

"Yes, yes we should. Hm… Kakashi?" Sasuke turned to the silver-haired man and held out his briefcase. I watched in bemused fascination as the oldest man of the group raised a brow while taking the case. Then my brows furrowed down when Kakashi gasped in a sort of mocking way.

"No way. You're handing me the important manuscripts for our meeting? Don't tell me- -The Almighty Sasuke Uchiha-whom has never, ever been late for ANYthing- is going to play hooky?" Kakashi teased the raven man as he dropped his hand to his side, still holding the briefcase.

My best friend smirked like the devil in disguise and said," I have faith that you know what topics I will agree to, the ones to avoid at all costs, and the ones that will need immediate termination. Just make sure not to mess up, Hatake. It may take some extra late-nighters for even one error."

While I was thinking along the lines of 'harsh' and 'evil teme', Kakashi was nodding to Sasuke's words. Then he bid us a farewell along with a "have fun, you two! Don't do anything I wouldn't!" He winked at me, then rushed away just as Sasuke made a move to hit the other man.

"Damn. What an idiot," Sasuke growled before he turned to me, raising a brow at the expression I was making. "What?"

I look at him confused, still trying to figure out what the silver-haired man had meant with his parting words. Don't do anything he wouldn't? What did that mean? Well, he was normally late for things, so was he telling us not to be late? Late to what? Or did he mean something else? I mean, the only thing that came to mind was Kakashi's orange book. But that was a… porn book, so what did he..?

His words clicked in my head and a gasped "oh!"came out from me unintentionally. Then, as if on cue, I immediately felt my cheeks heat up from embarrassment.

The brow that had already been raised at me went even higher than before and Sasuke looked at me in curiosity. "What is it?" He asked slowly.

I laughed nervously and shook my head, wishing I could will away the blush that stained my cheeks. "Oh, n-nothing. Just a little slow at the moment, is all. Heh heh…"

Another smirk made its' way onto Sasuke's face and he crossed his arms against his chest. "Hn. I see… So little Naru-Chan was having dirty thoughts just now?" He teasingly asked, causing me to sputter out.

"Wh-what? N-n-no! I was just-like-making sense to wh-what Kakashi-sensei said!" I told him loudly, stressing it and flailing my arm out as if that would help my predicament.

But Sasuke seemed to not have heard for he looked down the street, still smirking with a concentrated look to him.

"Hey, fool, you listening to me? I'm talking here!"

His gaze returned to mine filled with amusement. When he talked, however, it was completely off topic:" are you hungry, Dobe?"

For a moment, I gaped at him. Then my mind registered the fact that free food had been offered and my stomach growled out as my answer. I grinned beamingly at him and nodded. "Yeah! I'm starving!"

"Good. I know the perfect place," the raven responded before grabbing my hand and pulling me along down the sidewalk with him.

"Wha-?" I gaped at the back of his head, only one type of food on my mind at the moment. "No ramen? Because I know a great place that sells excellent ramen. But it's down the other way, so-."

"No. No ramen."

"No ramen?" I squeaked, jaw dropping down in shock.

"No," he confirmed, looking over his shoulder to make sure I saw him roll his eyes. "We're going to have a proper meal, Dobe. Not some fatty, greasy crap you're way too obsessed with as it is."

I made an insulted noise in the back of my throat as I glared at him, huffing. "Ramen is not 'crap', Sasuke-teme!"

"Che, only you, Dobe," Sasuke murmured before he continued to pull me along the sidewalk.

It wasn't 'til we were crossing the street that I noticed he was still holding my hand and in a rather tight grip, almost as if I'd fall behind or something. But Sasuke was a smart guy and he didn't do unnecessary things. 'It'd be a waste of my valuable time,' I once heard him say for one reason or another. So then why was he holding my hand? Unless… Unless this wasn't unnecessary? Did that mean Sasuke was holding my hand on purpose?

I stared at the two clasping hands for a moment in bewilderment, wondering what this might mean. Then I looked up to stare at the back of his Duck ass styled hair, my brows scrunching down. 'Okay. Either he's doing this for the sole reason that he's afraid I'll bolt on him, fall behind, or he just really wants to hold my hand… Hm…,' I glanced down at our entwined hands, the third option having my face break out in a crazy lobster red color. 'No… That couldn't be right… could it?'

"Uhm… Sasuke?" I called out as I looked up, wanting to test my third option theory.

"Hn?" He looked back at me, a brow raised in question.

"I wouldn't take you as someone who'd run anyhow." He replied, looking surprised. "Why are you bringing that up all of a sudden?"

I looked down and held my gaze on our hands, murmuring," Oh, no reason really…"

I watched and felt his hand squeeze mine, which caused me to look up in surprise, and I heard him say. While smirking at me," I hear no objections so far. All I see is acceptance. So I am going to assume you don't mind me…" He paused to hold my hand up and kiss the back of it, keeping his gaze locked on my eyes the entire time. "…Holding your hand." He then dropped our hands back down, keeping mine trapped within his.

I gaped at him openly, completely caught off guard by the sudden turn of events. Only twenty minutes ago I'd been dumped and already I was getting hit on- and by my best friend, no less! How much weirder could this day get?

"Dobe."

"Huh?" I blinked, returning to reality in a flash. "What?"

Sasuke chuckled, shaking his head. "Wow, Dobe. You may be the only person I know who could possible daydream while in the midst of a conversation."

"I wasn't daydreaming!" I quickly defended myself, scowling at the other man. I stopped walking which, in turn, made Sasuke stop as well. "You can't do stuff like that without shocking a guy! You could have warned me, ya know!"

"And ruin the surprise?" He raised a brow, then chuckled when I started sputtering and blushing. "Don't worry, Dobe. I'll warn you before I do it again next time."

"A-again? N-next time?" I stammered nervously, confused out of my mind.

The hand around mine squeezed reassuringly and, for some reason, I instantly calmed down. A mere gentle look appeared on Sasuke's face as he said," I've liked you since high school, Naruto." My mouth dropped open and my eyes grew huge, but Sasuke didn't allow me to say anything as he continued on, chuckling some as he did. "You were just too dense to realize my flirting."

"Waaait-wait, wait, wait," I bit my bottom lip, my brows scrunching down. "All those times I called you a perverted teme…"

"…Were the times I was trying to flirt, yes." Sasuke finished, nodding to confirm my realization, a real, uncharacteristic smile flitting across his lips.

"Seriously?" Now meek, my voice grew whispery-quiet and my body was hot from the whole body blush I was supporting.

"Yes, Naruto. I'm serious. And because I'm serious, I decided that the risk of telling you was and will be worth it." He brought our hands up to his lips again to kiss the back of mine. "But," his lips brushed against my skin as he spoke and Sasuke looked down at me with half-lidded eyes," if I'm going too fast already, I'll slow down… I'll let you think about it before I get into it any further… Your choice, Naruto."

"Wh-what? B-but I…" I glanced around frantically, at a complete loss for words.

"Don't panic, Dobe." Sasuke said, smirking and returning to his normal character. The one I was more accustomed to. "It's not like I'm the type to force you into anything you didn't want."

And, like him, I returned to more normal grounds, sighing in relief although my mind was still going berserk to his offer. "LIAR!" I shouted at him, scowling childishly at him as my bottom lip puckered out some. "Back in High school you made me join the track team, the soccer team, and the debate team! Forced me, I tell you! You even forced me into getting into the student council with you, you bastard!"

A brow quirked up and he looked back at me in amusement. "And..? I don't remember you complaining about it, Dobe. If I remember correctly, you seemed to enjoy every one of those extra activities."

I gaped like a goldfish while trying to come up with a good enough response. Yet nothing came to mind. So, instead, I scowled at him as, again, I felt my face heat up. This reaction seemed to amuse the damn Uchiha further and he even had the nerve to chuckle at me.

"See what I mean? No complaints," he said, smirking smugly.

"Sh-shut up! You forced me into them and that's all that counts!" I exclaimed, huffing in indignation.

If anything, the smirk deepened and I gulped, suddenly nervous. That look of his told me that my response was going to help him in his chance of… Well, whatever it was he expected from this whole exchange.

"You're right, Naruto, that is all that matters." Sasuke said, nodding in agreement. "Which happens to mean that-because I forced you into all of those teams and such-you had fun all during High school. Isn't that also right?"

I gave him a hesitant look, unsure if telling him the truth would be unhealthy for me here or not.

Yet he took my silence as a yes and he continued on, still with that sexy smirk of his. "Then doesn't that also mean that if I happen to compel you into a relationship with me, then you'll, oh, I dunno, like what happens dating me?"

My mouth opened to… Hell, I didn't know. How could I respond to that? I knew and understand what he was insinuating, but didn't that mean I'd be dating my best friend? What if it didn't work out? Would our relationship as friends change, too? My shoulders sagged as my gaze moved down to rest upon our hands. I didn't want to lose my childhood friend. He meant the world to me.

"I… don't know, Sasuke…" I murmured, squeezing his hand for a brief moment before pulling away from him.

"Why not?" Was his quick response, causing me to look up and meet his onyx gaze.

I bit my lower lip, shrugging my shoulders as if to try to be indifferent. "You're my best friend…"

"And?" He raised a brow questioningly. "That can't be your only reason."

"…What if it doesn't work out?" I whispered, brows furrowing down at the negative thoughts that came with that question.

"You won't know till you give it a chance, Naruto." When I didn't give him a response, my eyes looking off to the side in avoidance, Sasuke decided to grab both of my hands and he gripped them tightly in his slightly larger ones. Startled, I looked back up at him in time to see him raise them up to his mouth and press his pink lips against my knuckles. The action, for some weird reason, sent shivers down my body in which Sasuke caught and smirked at. "See?" He murmured against my hands, eyes gazing deeply into mine. "Your body is already attuned to my touches. You can't tell me you don't like this."

I pouted at him, huffing in slight annoyance. "That's not fair," I whined.

He raised a brow," what isn't fair, Naruto?"

"This!" I exclaimed, shaking our combined hands. "You can't touch me and do weird things without expecting some sort of reaction out of me, Teme! Of course my body would react to something like that-anyone's would!"

"Then you disapprove?" His brows went up.

"No! Of course I don't, I-."

"Then it's set."

"I- huh? What's set?" I asked, blinking.

"We're going out on a date tonight." Sasuke remarked, smirking in ease again as if he had officially won.

"Excuse me?" I flushed in embarrassment, my eyes as huge as they could go. "We're doing what tonight?"

"Date," he repeated, scoffing. "We're going out to eat for dinner. You and I. Tonight. Why? Do you object?" His eyes narrowed some.

"No, but," my eyes widened and I gasped, quickly tearing my hand away from his and taking a look down at my wrist watch. "My boys! Crap! I'm late picking them up!"

"They can wait a few more minutes." Sasuke hastily told me, recapturing my hand. "Why can't we go out tonight?"

"Because my boys-," I tried to say, but Sasuke shook his head.

"Iruka can't just babysit them for a night?"

"No, he can't." I glared at him, daring him to interrupt me again. "I promised them I'd take them out to Ihop for their holiday special for this night and when an Uzumaki promises something-."

"An Uzumaki pulls through," Sasuke finished for me, sighing before smiling softly at me. "Alright, I understand. At least let me accompany you?"

I eyed him suspiciously, wondering why he was so out of character. I was used to a cold bastard that this kind, smiling man before me puzzled me. "What are you planning, Teme?" I warily asked, tilting my head some.

A smirk formed and he mischievously said," nothing, Dobe. I just want to meet your kids."

My eyes narrowed further. "But you hate kids, Teme."

He shrugged, his face scrunching up just a tad. "So?"

"Soooo," I drawled out, rolling my eyes," why do you want to meet them?"

"Why not? I want to meet your family. Is that so wrong to let your kids meet your boyfriend?"

"No, it's not wr- Whooaa there!" My eyes grew huge once again as I stepped back, taking my hands along with me so that I could hold them before me. "'Boyfriend'? Did you just say the 'B' word?"

"I sure did." His look turned smug," you said you'd give us a chance, correct? Then my chance brings up that title. At least temporarily until you're completely mine."

"Yours?" I questioned, raising a brow.

"Yes, Dobe. Mine."

"Damn possessive bastard," I grumbled under my breath, looking down and scoffing. After a few seconds passed, I glanced towards his hands, looked back at mine, then reached out and grabbed his. "Possessive…" I murmured again, meekly looking up as a smile played on my lips. "…But I think I'm okay with that… After all, I'm used to the Ice Princess—how hard can it be to handle a possessive bastard?" I grinned at him as he looked surprised then he smirked in return, turning his hands in mine to squeeze them.

"Shouldn't be too hard," he answered. "You are you, after all. You're too stubborn to back down from a challenge, right?"

"Better believe it!" Was my response along with a beaming smile. I watched Sasuke chuckle, enjoying the happy smile that appeared on his face. Before today, if someone had tried to mention Sasuke's attraction to me, I would have laughed in their face and told them to stop joking around. I mean, I knew that he was gay, had known since I first met him, but Sasuke liking me more than in a friend way? Yeah, that was totally unexpected. I would never have known if he hadn't of told me. It made me wonder how many times I broke his heart throughout the years, going out with so many people while he stood to the side, watching with a frown.

At that thought, I inwardly frowned as well, thinking,' well, shit. This had better work out—I have a lot to make up for.'

"Naruto?"

"Hm?" Sasuke's voice brought me out of my thoughts and I looked up at him with a thoughtful expression, curious.

"Your boys?" He reminded me, raising a brow.

"Oh yeah!" I face-palmed, groaning. "This is gonna be tough…"

"What is?"

At his questioning tone, I reopened my eyes and grinned at him. "Introducing you, of course. What else?"

"Ah." He looked pleased, not looking nervous whatsoever at the prospect of meeting my two boys. And he probably wasn't, the pompous asshole.

"You ready?"

"Must you ask?"

I laughed, then nodded, saying," then let's go; it's time to introduce you to Gaara and Kiba."

TBC

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