Animal Magnetism
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Chapter 2
Sasuke had to admit Naruto's family was a whirlwind. Before he even realized what hit him, he was at the beach. Naruto had lent the Uchiha a pair of his trunks. This was embarrassing because they were orange and had spirals on them.
This seemed to be something of a family symbol. So he might as well have had Naruto's name written on the backside. Oh fuck that shit. He was getting in the water where nobody was going to see them. Yes, that was a good plan.
"I'm gonna get in the water." Sasuke says as he makes a dash for it.
That's when a red head approaches Naruto. He looks amused. Gaara had been friends with Naruto since they were cubs. He was the Alpha of the Suna pack. Naruto was the Alpha of the Konoha pack. They often worked together and it wasn't unusual for Sunaese wolves to be invited to Konoha events.
"You did that on purpose." Gaara laughs.
"Did what on purpose?" Naruto asks with feigned innocence.
"Gave him those shorts. You realized he'd be embarrassed and run straight into the water. You just wanted to look at his ass as he ran." Gaara observes bluntly.
"I plead guilty. It was worth it." Naruto grins.
"Oldest trick in the book." Gaara states.
"Because it works!" Naruto beams.
"Well, I can't argue with that." The other werewolf chuckles, but he wasn't done. "Last I heard, the Uchiha who you've been panting after for the past year, was a human. That man is clearly a werewolf." Gaara muses.
"He was. Sasuke was attacked by some werewolves. Bold fuckers to attack right outside of Congress, even if it was late." The blonde answers.
"Attacked by werewolves? I thought your pet was well known for his advocacy on our behalf? Why would werewolves attack him." Gaara questions the other Alpha.
Naruto knew Gaara well enough not to take offense at the pet crack. He knew that Suna Alphas often referred to anyone that an Alpha desired as a pet. It wasn't intended to be offensive. But he hoped to God that Sasuke didn't hear himself referred to as a pet.
"Gaara, don't call him that to his face anyway. But yes, he is one of our strongest allies in Congress. That's why it makes no sense. But when I find out who did it, I'm going to rip them limb from limb." Naruto growls, wolfing out slightly as his eyes take on an orange tint.
"Naruto, calm yourself. You can't wolf out. There are laws against attacking people. You couldn't even claim self defense in your case. You aren't mated; so you can't ask for an exception due to the Mating Laws. We'll find out who did it. Besides, he seems to be adjusting well." He tries to calm his friend.
"Yeah. I think I'm going to go join him, before he gets swarmed." Naruto says and heads to the water.
Gaara nods and heads over to his sister and her mate, Shikamaru. How his very feisty sister fell for the laziest wolf on the planet, he didn't get it. Still he liked the Beta well enough. He was also damn useful.
"I want you to look into people who Sasuke Uchiha has a negative history with. Someone ordered a group of werewolves to attack him." The red head orders.
"That makes no sense. Look at the guy's record." Shikamaru blinks in surprise.
"Exactly my point. Someone wanted him dead or to be turned into a werewolf. I'm not sure which it is. Naruto showed up during the attack." Gaara explains.
"I'm on it. What a drag. I can't believe someone was dumb enough to attack a Congressman." The lazy werewolf looks utterly baffled.
"My thoughts exactly. These were probably just some thugs that wanted a big payday. It's who paid them that is my concern." Gaara replies.
"Well, we better find out before Naruto paints the town red, in a very bad way." Gaara's sister, Temari, chips in.
"Yeah. Naruto will go to Hell and back for a friend. I don't even want to know what he'd do for love." Gaara shakes his head.
Naruto swims over to Sasuke. The raven haired werewolf watches the blonde warily. Dammit. He knew that look in Naruto's eyes. He was going to want more details about the attack. Fuck!
"So what really happened? I know six thugs attacked you. But that type of attack isn't at random. You're too high profile as a werewolf supporter, to have many enemies amongst our kind." Naruto reasons.
"This won't end well. He'll try to kill Danzo for this. If he gets caught." Sasuke's inner wolf starts to say.
He didn't have to finish though. Sasuke knew what he meant. He really didn't want Naruto to end up in prison or worse on death row, for killing the bastard. He'd have to try to reason with the blonde.
"Naruto, don't ask me that. You'll rush off and do something stupid." Sasuke sighs.
If ripping the fucker's throat out who is responsible is something stupid, he's right." Kyuubi agrees.
"Sasuke, you can't expect me to see you getting attacked, turned into a werewolf, and not ask who did it." Naruto says.
"I knew you'd ask. I'm telling that I'm not going to tell you. I can handle myself, Naruto. Besides, I don't have any actual proof he did it." Sasuke shakes his head.
"But you KNOW who did it. Well, that narrows it down some. You did say he. So I know it's a guy." Naruto nods determinedly.
"I have a theory, yes. But like I said, no proof. It's not the type of accusation you wanna toss out there without hard evidence." Sasuke observes in a very matter of fact manner.
"That's bullshit. You have to tell me who you think it was. How am I supposed to protect you, if I don't know who I'm protecting you from." Naruto yells.
"I don't need protecting. I might have as a human from Supernatural, but I'm a werewolf now. You said it yourself, I'm a lot stronger than I was before." Sasuke tries to reassure Naruto.
"That was the wrong thing to say." Sasuke's wolf warns him.
Sasuke didn't even have time to ask his inner wolf why, before Naruto grabbed him. Sasuke was now pulled firmly against Naruto. His back was against the blonde's chest and blonde had a tight grip on him.
The new werewolf heard a growl that made him very nervous. Uh oh, he must have really pissed Naruto off. He risks a glance up at Naruto and notices he was wolfing out. His teeth were looking a lot sharper and his eyes had taken on an orange tint.
"He's so damn stubborn. We'll have to be firm with him. He has to understand his safety comes first and not to hide things from us." Kurama says.
Naruto was in complete agreement with Kyubbi on this one. He couldn't have Sasuke hide important shit like this from him. Maybe in the distant corner of his mind, he understood Sasuke's reasons. He probably didn't want Naruto on trial for murder. But the rational portion of his mind was definitely NOT in control. All he saw was Sasuke was in danger and rejecting his offers of protection.
"Naruto, calm down. You're wolfing out." Sasuke tries to wiggle out of Naruto's hold.
This just enraged the blonde even more. Not only was Sasuke hiding things from him, he was actually trying to get away from him. He growls. Naruto felt his teeth lengthen even more. If anyone looked now, they'd be forgiven if they mistook him for a vampire.
Naruto tilted Sasuke's head to the side. He exposed his neck. The blonde clamps his teeth around it. He didn't bite down, but the threat was there.
It wasn't intention to hurt him. He'd never hurt Sasuke. He was just showing dominance. He didn't like the thought of pulling rank on the Uchiha, especially since it was likely he was also an Alpha. But it was for his own safety.
He was actually fucking biting him?! Sasuke was torn between shock and rage. The Uchiha could sense his wolf was also conflicted.
"I don't like it. It's against our nature to submit, but you did provoke him. That and it's very difficult to get out of this hold without him tearing through an artery." He hears his inner wolf say.
"I'm so going to kick his ass for this later. But you have a point. How do you submit?" Sasuke grumbles.
"You could whimper or whine. That's usually the most effective. Baring your neck more is a display of trust and submission. That's another common choice. And of course there is just the verbal apology. He might be a little too far gone for the last one. His fangs are almost fully out. He needs to be calmed down before he changes into his animal form." Sasuke's inner wolf explains.
"This had better work. This is humiliating." Sasuke huffs.
"It will work. Trust me. I am you after all," Comes the automatic response.
Whimpering and whining was not a sound that Sasuke made often or at all, really. Though given how far gone Naruto was, he figured it was probably best to go all out. Sasuke lets out what he hopes passes for a decent whimper.
"Ah good. I think he's learned his lesson." Kyuubi tells Naruto.
Well whether it was a decent whimper or not, Naruto seemed to have accepted it. He retracts his fangs from Sasuke's neck. Then Sasuke felt Naruto's hot, rough tongue licking him on the neck?!
Did Naruto think he was a dog or something?! Well he was a werewolf. A wolf was a canine. So he supposed technically he kinda was, but still!
It was an instinct to lick any injuries on the man he loved. It'd help the puncture marks heal faster. Granted, they weren't deep. But still Naruto couldn't resist.
This was also the first time, that Naruto had gotten to touch Sasuke in a semi intimate fashion. His neck's skin was soft, like silk. That combined with his sexy as Hell whimper and the fact that Sasuke was shirtless, did it.
Naruto was a werewolf, not a fucking angel. There were certain reactions that couldn't be helped. The blonde ground his arousal against Sasuke's ass. He really wanted to tear those damn trunks off now. Which was weird because he distinctively remembered enjoying having Sasuke wear them in the first place.
Now it was Sasuke's turn to get pissed. His eyes changed from onyx in color to ruby red. He lets out a warning growl.
"You fucking bit me and now you are trying to dry hump me." Sasuke twitches in outrage.
Naruto's fangs by this point had returned to being normal human teeth. His eyes were still orange though. His rational mind had returned just enough to process something very important. Sasuke was pissed at him.
"Yeah I bit you! I had to. It was the only way to get you to see that you are being stupid. You aren't telling me who attacked you. As for the other part, well when you whimper like that…I can't help it. It was hot." Naruto defends himself.
"I'm not the one being stupid! You are. You don't get to bite me, whenever you are upset with a decision I make. Don't ever pull that bullshit again or YOU will be the one who whimpers." Sasuke snarls out.
"Well you don't get to hide stuff like this from me! I saved your life." Naruto counters.
I hate to say this. As much as he deserves the ass kicking for the biting, he's got a point on that second part." Sasuke's inner wolf chimes in.
Sasuke sighs. Yes, Naruto was acting stupidly, but he was only doing it because he was worried about him. He couldn't stay mad at him.
"Naruto, if I tell you who I THINK it is, promise me you won't do anything without running it by me first." Sasuke says.
"Fine. Just tell me." Naruto pleads.
"Danzo. There's always been bad blood between us. He and my brother have a history. That combined with the fact that he's a bigot against supernaturals, meant we were never going to see eye to eye on well…anything. He was harassing Karin. I stepped in. Later that same day, I get attacked by werewolves. Like I said, I don't have any proof. He's the Senate Majority Leader. I can't just go to the police and report it. I will deal with this my own way. Again that's assuming it was even him. We are politicians. Half the country automatically hates us based on our party alone. He's hardly the only person who hates my guts." Sasuke explains in a rush.
"Bastard you are babbling. You never babble. That creep's goon's must have really spooked you." Naruto looks concerned.
"I do not get spooked. I'm fine. It's you I'm worried about. You'll fly off the handle and up on death row or something." Sasuke grumbles.
"That's only if I get caught." Naruto answers.
"Loser that is not funny." Sasuke gives him a Death Glare.
"You really need to patent that Death Glare. You'll make a fortune. But alright. First, we get proof. Then we kick his ass." The blonde says as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"We? There is no we in this equation Naruto. I'm getting revenge MY way. I don't want you to get in the middle of this." Sasuke puts his foot down firmly. (Or so he thinks anyway).
"Sasuke, let's get one thing straight." Naruto tilts Sasuke's chin, so he was looking at him in the eyes.
"I l-like you. I really like you. There is no way that I'm going to let some specieist hire some lowlifes to attack you and not do something about it. It's just not going to happen. I'll wait for proof as I don't want to fuck up the wrong person, but I'm not going to sit on the sidelines." Naruto growls.
"Idiot. He already knows you like him. He could feel that much about five minutes ago. For a werewolf, you are such a scaredy cat. You should have manned up and said the L word." Kyuubi rolls his eyes.
"Kurama shut the Hell up. The bastard has been through a lot in the past 24 hours. I don't want to stress him out more by telling him I love him." Naruto snaps.
"You are really determined to push this whole Knight in Shining Armor thing." Sasuke scoffs.
"Yup! Well, Knight in Furry Armor is more accurate, but that's right." Naruto chirps merrily.
"You really are an idiot." Sasuke gives him a small smile.
"Maybe. But if so, I'm YOUR idiot." Naruto says.
For some reason, the moment struck Sasuke as cute. He didn't use that word often. Actually, it was one of the words that was almost banished from his vocabulary. But at the moment, Naruto reminded the dark haired man of a puppy. A puppy that followed home and was going to stay no matter what.
Without thinking about it, Sasuke brushes his lips against Naruto's cheeks. Around Naruto, Sasuke always operated on instincts. There wasn't really thinking involved. This could be rather frightening for someone who strove to be in control of himself at all times.
Naruto blinks. Then he touches his cheek. His expression said Did that really just happen? Once he processes that it DID just happen, he breaks out into a dazzling smile. Sasuke would never admit this, but his heart melted.
Sasuke and Naruto were so caught up in each other, they didn't notice they had an audience. The entire Konoha Pack and a few Suna wolves witnessed all that. Cue Gaara inserting his face in his palm. Oh boy. Werewolves were even bigger gossipers than humans. This shit was going to spread like wildfire.
"He's just turned. I don't want anyone talking about him and Naruto, before the two are OFFICIAL." Gaara warns them all with a menacing growl.
The red headed Alpha was not to be messed with. It was a dumb move. Naruto played the part of the hero. He was happy, reassuring leader. Gaara well let's just say he was intense.
He'd gotten his position because he was the strongest in the pack. His entire pack used to be scared as Hell of him. Slowly, over time he had proven that he was willing to die for them. (He even did die for them for a short time once. His heart had briefly stopped. Naruto had saved his ass). Now he was beloved. But it would never be with the same familiarity of Naruto.
Meanwhile on the other side of the city, Danzo was doing his version of pacing. Of course he was in a wheelchair, so it was technically more like spinning. Oh well the same principle applied.
He had meant for the flea bags to kill Sasuke. The Uchiha was a threat long term. He was too popular. As much as he'd like to believe it was mostly because roughly half of the voting population was female and he was a pretty boy, he knew that wasn't the entire reason. That didn't even factor into some of the gay or bisexual men, that likewise panted after him. No Sasuke was a skilled politician. He was ruthless. He was cunning. In different circumstances, Sasuke would have made a useful ally.
Danzo could feel himself growling in frustration. He had such marvelous potential. In that respect, he was much like his elder brother, Itachi. Damn Uchihas. Why did they always waste their talent on such futile pursuits?
Someday they would realize the true face of Supernaturals. Never allow the ones that LOOKED human to fool you. They were monsters. It was how Danzo ended up in this wheelchair. So Danzo became a monster. He'd never allow himself to be put in such a position of weakness again.
"You say that another werewolf showed up and saved him." Danzo asks one of mutts.
"Yeah. The guy was huge. Easily twice my size. Never seen a blonde werewolf before." He answers.
"Blonde? Let me guess he had blue eyes." Danzo twitches.
"Yeah. How'd you know?" The thug asks.
"That had to be Naruto. I doubt there are that many blonde, blue eyed werewolves in city." Danzo sighs.
This was going to be difficult. Oh Danzo was aware that the Junior Senator from Florida, followed the Uchiha around like a lovesick puppy. He had thought it just an infatuation. He loathed the word, but crush seemed accurate. (It was just such a juvenile word. They weren't in middle school anymore). But for Naruto to be willing to go up six other werewolves, that spoke of something deeper than just lust.
"Well I wasn't exactly subtle. The Uchiha is going to know it was my doing. Thankfully, he doesn't have proof. I shouldn't have allowed my rage to cloud my judgment. Clearly, you mutts can't do anything right." Danzo bellows and hurls his drink at the werewolf.
"You're such an asshole," The werewolf dodges, grabs his payment, and scrams.
The next day, Sasuke was quite proud of himself. It looked like Naruto was still on Cloud Nine from that little peck on the cheek. So Sasuke could pursue his plans easily enough.
It went against his fundamental nature to do this, but he wasn't above some light flirting with some of his colleagues if that's what it took to get things done. Well technically it wasn't really flirting. By Sasuke standards it counted as such. But by most people's standards, he was just being uncharacteristically friendly.
A few smiles here, a few compliments there, and that warmed most of his coworkers up quite nicely. Danzo was too smart to have left evidence. As much as his werewolf instincts were screaming to rip Danzo's throat out for the attack, his human side knew better.
Danzo was one of the most powerful men in Washington. Brute force was not the way to go. Instead, Sasuke had something better in mind. He'd take away what the older man held most dear, his power.
Sasuke smirks, as he remembered the conversation with Itachi. Every once in awhile, he'd fly out from Chicago to visit his "foolish little brother." Which was good because Sasuke didn't want to talk about this over the phone. He needed to see his brother face to face.
"Foolish little brother. I can't leave you alone at all, can I? You pissed off Danzo, he sicked some werewolves on you, now you're a werewolf, and you want me to help you get even. Is that about the size of it?" Itachi demands.
"Exactly." Sasuke nods without any sense of shame.
"I've never liked Danzo. He's always been a snake, waiting to strike. I'm impressed that you stood up to him really. I wish you hadn't paid such a heavy price for that. But it is about time someone told him off." Itachi muses.
"So you'll help me?" Sasuke inquires hopefully.
"Of course. The family that causes major political scandals together, stays together." Itachi clinks his glass with Sasuke.
The plan was simple. It'd be truly a David vs. Goliath situation. Sasuke was a Freshmen Senator. No matter how many bills he got passed or how high his approval rating was, Danzo was an institution in American politics.
The man had been around since the 70's. He'd ruled with an iron fist, whether he was Majority or Minority Leader. Forget the President, that was just a figurehead as long as Danzo was around. He played them all like a fiddle.
Many had tried to challenge Danzo in the passed. They had all failed. But Sasuke had one advantage over them. He had Itachi.
Itachi was the best fundraiser in their party. Itachi was also extremely charming (when he wasn't poking Sasuke on the fucking forehead. Seriously who does that)?!
So if Itachi let it be known that his younger brother was gunning for Danzo's slot, it'd be something they'd take seriously. No one wanted to get on Itachi Uchiha's bad side.
Sasuke did feel a little guilty. This would effectively be a Civil War in the Senate. The other Senators would be torn between the two titans of the day. But there was no way he was going to let Danzo's attack slide. If he could pull this off, it would be one of the greatest political upsets in modern history.
"Why is our mate batting his eyelashes all over the place? He never smiles that much. Is he trying to make us jealous? Maybe we need to bite him again." Kyuubi muses.
"I don't know. It's not like him. Something's up. But I don't like it." Naruto replies.
Naruto waits until the Senate breaks for lunch. Then he did what any self-respecting gay werewolf would do in this situation! He grabbed his man by his collar (thank God Sasuke favored high collars) and drags him into his office!
"Naruto! What the Hell?" Sasuke glares at the somewhat abrasive treatment.
"Alright bastard, I want to know what is going on. You are going around giving them all THAT look. You are smiling A LOT. That's not like you." Naruto growls.
"What look?" Sasuke pretends to be innocent.
"That thing you do." Naruto responds as if Sasuke should automatically know what he was talking about.
"What thing?" Sasuke responds.
"You know where you lower your eyelashes and give that sultry, mysterious look. THAT thing!" Naruto scoffs.
"I do not bat my eyelashes and I was not giving anyone a sultry look!" Sasuke laughs.
"Well it's not batting exactly. It's more subtle than that and yes, you were." Naruto counters.
"You are jealous because I was playing nicely with our colleagues." Sasuke raises an eyebrow.
"You don't do the whole playing nicely thing. For you that's flirting." Naruto says.
"Alright, maybe I was trying to see if you would get jealous." Sasuke says and figures, he might as well go with it.
It was kinda flattering how easy it was to make the blonde jealous. Sasuke didn't want to tell Naruto that he was planning steal Danzo's leadership. The blonde was many things, subtle was not one of them.
"Why do I get the feeling that you are hiding something from me?" Naruto looks at Sasuke, as if he could read into the raven's mind if only he looked hard enough.
"Don't worry about it." Sasuke says as he wraps his arms around Naruto's neck.
Yeah, he knew this probably cheating. But he needed to make Naruto less suspicious. Naruto was a VERY physical being. Besides, Sasuke was attracted to him in a extremely primal way.
He brushes his lips against Naruto's. Sasuke had intended for it to be a chaste kiss. A kiss just long enough to make Naruto less pushy.
Yeah he got more than he bargained for. The blonde werewolf never did anything halfway. That apparently also included kissing.
"He's still hiding something from us. But let him think he's being sneaky. We might as well enjoy his tactics." Kyuubi said.
"Yeah, we can find out later." Naruto answers his inner wolf.
The kiss was electric. Naruto wasted no time in plundering Sasuke's mouth. Every spot on his body, felt like it was on fire. The good kind of fire. Sasuke wraps his arms more tightly around Naruto's neck and runs his fingers through his golden hair.
Of course, Sasuke wasn't to be outdone. He uses his tongue, to try to yank back control of the kiss. Sasuke had always been competitive. He wasn't going to give up easily.
Naruto seemed to have similar ideas. Sasuke soon finds himself sitting on his desk. The kiss was getting even more intense, hands were starting to roam. That's when the door opened. It was Suigetsu.
Suigetsu was well Sasuke's friend…sorta. The two were from neighboring states. So it wasn't shocking that they ended up attending many of the same political events.
The white haired man often came into Sasuke's office without knocking. That usually didn't bother Sasuke. Suigetsu wouldn't do it if it wasn't important. But damn did he have awful timing today.
"Whoa. Guess I should have knocked. Didn't even know you were gay. Gotta say I'm impressed. Never would have thought you were the type to go for office sex." He laughs.
"Suigetsu, just shut up!" Sasuke twitches.
"Oh come on. This is a big deal. You are coming out of the closet and you even got a boyfriend. If anyone needs to get laid, it's you," Suigetsu teases.
"Suigetsu, be quiet!" The Uchiha snarls at his friend.
"It's seriously not a big deal. Lots of people like the same gender." Suigetsu tries to comfort him.
"No, it was stupid. So glad to know you approve of my sexual preferences." Sasuke says dryly.
"Well I know that I DO." Naruto grins cheekily.
"Anyway, what did you want?" Sasuke asks Suigetsu.
"Well I wanted to tell you that we are voting on the National Park Bill. Since it's one of your pet projects, I thought you ought to know. We are voting in like, five minutes." The violet eyed man shrugs.
"Dammit." Sasuke tries to compose himself and heads off to the Senate Floor.
"The boy can move." Suigetsu laughs.
"Oh yeah." Naruto smirks.
"Having a hate to see him go, but love to watch him leave moment," Suigetsu snorts.
"Definitely. Well we better get going too. The bastard would probably kill us if we weren't present at the vote." Naruto heads off with Suigetsu.
"I don't think he'd kill your ass. He seems to want to do other things to it." Suigetsu smirks.
"How many of these puns do you have?" Naruto asks.
"Oh I'm just getting started. But seriously, I'm happy for you. The guy is a classic Type A Personality. Who knows, you two going at it like rabbits, might save him from a heart attack one day." He says cheerfully.
"Well technically, going at it like wolves." The blonde smirks once again.
"Oh that's right. No wonder Sasuke was all for Supernatural Rights. He's dating a werewolf. Guess he's taking a walk on the wild side." The snowy haired man chuckles.
"You have NO idea!" Naruto laughs as they head off to the Senate floor to vote.
