Chap 1 - Kakashi's surprise

"Sakura-chaaan... I want to go now!" An eighteen year old Naruto whined for the thirteenth time that day.

"Naruto, I finally agreed to go on a date with you, be happy. Now shut up and take me to the next store!" She threw a bag of clothes at him and they walked quickly to the make-up and accessories store. Naruto was surprised to see Hinata Hyuuga working behind the counter. Naruto sat the bags by the counter while he laughed and talked to Hinata. Sakura went through the aisles was there for a moment before she squealed. She came running out and showed a brightly coloured shade of green and pink eye shadow to Naruto.

"Isn't this the cutest colour?!" She said. After a bit of prodding, she convinced Naruto to buy it for her. Later that night he walked her home and reached for a kiss, but she quickly reminded him that they weren't going out, they had only been on one date. He threw her bags into her house and stomped off, leaving a bewildered pink-haired Chunin in his anger's wake.

When he got home he slammed the door. Seeing how messy his house was made him melt into hysterics. He sat on his couch and stared up at the ceiling. There was a knock at the door just then, but he ignored it. The person knocked three more times before rapping louder on the door.

"I'm coming!" He walked over to the door to see a surprised Kakashi-sensei looking down at him. Naruto sweatdropped and let in his teacher. They both walked to the couch and sat down on the clothes-covered sofa.

"This place really is a mess, Naruto."

"Yeah, I haven't really had a chance to clean it up yet. Maybe..." He trailed off, forgetting what he was talking about or what he was going to say. Kakashi stood up, stretched, and then grinned wickedly. The silver-haired jonin walked out to the kitchen and grabbed the broom.

"Let's Clean!" Naruto looked in disbelief at his teacher, but he stood up to help him nonetheless. They had been cleaning for about five minutes when Kakashi asked Naruto a question.

"If you're not busy, would you mind taking my place as a chaperone tomorrow? Something's come up."

"Okay...Where and when?"

"At two o' clock. I need you to be in full ninja dress at Konoha Village Hall. You'll meet someone you know there."

"But how will I know who it is?"

"When you see them, you'll know." That was all that Kakashi would say to Naruto. After Naruto's place was scrubbed down, Kakashi left. Naruto sat in his living room, almost feeling like he was in a stranger's house. He sighed, and then went to the bathroom to get ready for bed. As he was brushing his teeth, he looked at the mirror. He would need to take a shower before going tomorrow. Should he treat this like a date? He tried to think of all the girls he knew, Hinata, Anko, Tsunade, Ino, and he didn't even want to think about Sakura now. That pink-haired idiot could run herself off a bridge and he wouldn't care. Naruto took a quick shower and made sure to get clean so that he wouldn't appear sloppy for tomorrow. Should he eat before he left? He didn't want to think about anything now, he was too tired.

Morning rolled in around twelve o' clock the next afternoon. He sat up sleepily, then fumbled around in his belongings for clothes to wear. He found his chunin outfit in the closet where it was supposed to be. Luckily, it was cleaned last night when Kakashi came over. He put it on then brushed his hair to its natural spikiness. As he was wrapping his headband around his golden tresses, the alarm clock went off. He tried to remember why he'd set it, then he remembered it was in case he didn't wake up in time. He shut it off, smiling, then walked to the Village Hall. He was there for only five minutes before the person showed up.

"Where is Kakashi, Dobe?"

"Sasuke-teme?! Wh- Kakashi's sent me in his stead, What's going on?" Naruto asked, bewildered.

"Ugh...ne, well I'm stuck with you. Come on." Sasuke started walking into the Village Hall, and Naruto followed toot suit.

"What is this?" Naruto said when they entered the building. It was brightly decorated, with several ribbons hung everywhere. On a sign by the entrance it said 'Welcome Back Sasuke; Official Konoha Citizen Re-estaslishment.'

"You needed a chaperone to be re-instated as a citizen?" Naruto looked weirdly at Sasuke.

"Actually, I needed someone to co-sign and to be a witness. I asked for Kakashi-sensei, but obviously he is busy."

The ceremony lasted a total of three hours, but it seemed like forever in Naruto's world. After the ceremony, Naruto and Sasuke went to Ichiraku Ramen Shop, Naruto's choice, obviously. Since Naruto was broke from yesterday, Sasuke offered to pay for dinner.

"So, uh, thanks Sasuke." Naruto spoke softly. "Does this mean you're an actual citizen, again?"

"Yep," Sasuke replied.

"And now you can do citizen things again?"

"I could before, just not legally."

"Oh. Like what?"

"I dunno, mostly like working and getting married. Plus, I need it to wear my Konoha headband."

"Oh. Well, that's kind of cool."

"Yep." Sasuke looked down to the headband he was presented at the ceremony. It was the first new thing he'd had in a while.

"So who do you think you'd like to be married to?"

"I don't know. I have to pick, don't I?"

"Haha, yeah."

"I really like Ino. She has such pretty blonde hair."

"Yeah. I don't think I want to pick Sakura anymore."

"Why is that? You had such a crush on her before I left. What happened?"

"She's a... To put it nicely, she mistreats me. I'm not going to be all whiney about it, but she only wants my money. I don't need that."

"Want to go to the bar? we're finally old enough-," Sasuke chuckled. It was true. Both of the boys had turned eighteen the previous year."-and I'm dying to try out my new ID card."

"You're bad."

The boys left for the Konoha Bar after they'd finished their ramen bowls. Both Sasuke and Naruto started with a shot each, and were now sitting there after three hours of drinking, slurring words and laughing at nothing. They were obviously drunk.

"It's llllike you have to be a citizen to take a dump in this village..." The words just barely slid over his wet, drunken lips. "I dome even wanna marry Inu, I... Ino."

"No?" Naruto slid back, his vision slightly blurry. "I thought you liked her blonde hair."

"Naw... I really like summone else."

"Who...?"

"Sshhh-" Sasuke leaned close to Naruto and by close ispection you could see he was slightly drooling around the corners of his lips, "I like Naruto."

"That's me...-" Before Naruto could finish, Sasuke pressed his cold lips to Naruto's.

"Mmmnn-" Naruto felt a similar sensation to warm lava rushing in his stomach. It was so overwhelming, it made him throw up a little bit, but since he swallowed before it could come up, it didn't make any difference. Sasuke put his hand on Naruto's leg softly. Every touch sent searing flames up Naruto's nerves. Why was this happening? What was happening?