Chapter 6: Day of Surprises

The next day, Naruto woke up in his bed at Iruka's house. After his study session with Sasuke the night before, he really felt like he understood algebra a lot better. 'This is great!' he thought. 'I may actually pass!' He stretched his arms over his head then sat up. He could smell the scent of bacon, eggs, and coffee from downstairs and knew that Iruka had made breakfast. "Yeah!" he exclaimed, jumping out of bed. As he jumped out of bed, he landed in a crouching position and a sharp pain ran up his arms as his hands hit the floor. "Ow. What the…" Naruto lifted his arms and examined his wrists. There he saw dark marks around his wrists, like bruises. "How did…? Oh…" Realization hit him as he remembered what happened at Sasuke's house before the brunette got home. Then, flustered, he shook his head to rid his mind then ran downstairs.

Iruka sat at the table, a cup of coffee in his hand, as he looked at the newspaper. He raised an eyebrow thoughtfully as his eyes rested on an advertisement for a hot spring resort up in the mountains. 'This would be fun. Better call Kakashi,' As soon as he set down the newspaper, he heard bumping on the stairs and Naruto ran into the room. "Good morning, Iruka!" the blond called energetically.

"Good morning, Naru-kun," Iruka said smiling. "You're up early. And full of energy, too."

"I just feel good this morning," Naruto told him, getting a carton of orange juice from the refrigerator.

"That's good," Iruka laughed. "Hey, Naruto…"

"Hm?" Naruto looked at Iruka from behind the glass that was against his lips.

"How would you like to go to a hot spring resort?"

"Hot spring…resort?" Naruto repeated. "Why?"

"Well," Iruka explained. "It's about time to plan the class trip so I thought I would suggest Mizura Mountain Resort to the council."

"Yeah?!" Naruto was starting to get excited. He had never been to a hot spring resort and if it was a class trip then that meant Sasuke would be coming, too! "Let's go!"

***

Sasuke walked to school, carrying Kohana. It was his turn to watch the kid and, surprisingly, she didn't cry all that much. After Naruto had left, all Sasuke had to do was feed her then she went straight to sleep.

He got to the school about three minutes later and saw Naruto walking with Iruka. The blond seemed ultra cheery this morning so that was a good sign. Mostly because that meant that Itachi hadn't bothered him too much. "Hey, Naruto," Sasuke called.

Naruto looked over and waved at Sasuke. "Hi, Sasuke! Was Kohana good?"

"Like an angel," Sasuke said as he caught up to Naruto.

"Good, oh, hey, Sasuke, guess what?"

"What?" Sasuke asked.

"Nuh-uh, Naruto," Iruka said, waving a finger. "It's our secret till later."

Naruto nodded and looked back at Sasuke. "Sorry, Sasuke!"

Sasuke watched the blond follow Iruka inside with curiosity. Whatever Naruto had wanted to tell him was evidently very surprising. Sasuke could tell that much just by looking at the way the blond's eyes danced with secrecy and excitement. He finally just shrugged it off and walked in to the classroom then took the seat next to Naruto. A little while later, Kakashi knocked on the door, peeked in, and motioned to Iruka. Iruka smiled and walked out of the room to the silver-haired teacher.

Naruto looked at the door with an eyebrow raised suspiciously. "What are they…?"

A moment later, Iruka came back in the room and held a thumbs-up to Naruto. "All right!" the blond yelled, jerking his arm backwards in a thrusting motion.

Sasuke looked at him curiously, then back at Iruka as the brunette got the attention of the class.

"Settle down!" Once he got the class more or less quieted down, Iruka passed out a folded pieced of paper. "Keep them face down until I say so," Iruka told them. After he passed out all the papers, he walked back to the front of the classroom and stood behind his desk. "As you all know, the time is almost here for us to take our class trip. An idea hit me earlier this morning and I talked it over with the school council. Flip your papers over now."

The sounds of rustling paper filled the room, but was suddenly replaced by excited squeals and yells. "That's right!" Iruka said. "We're going to Mizura Mountain Resort!"

"No way!" Sakura and Ino squealed at the same time. It was clear that the trip wasn't the main thing on their mind since they were looking at Sasuke and drooling.

Sasuke shuttered inwardly as he diverted his gaze back to Iruka.

"Now there are some things that need to happen," Iruka said, quieting the class down again. "First, we're going to need some extra chaperones…about two I think. All the teachers can't leave at once on the same trip. There's not enough substitutes to fill in."

"So then which teachers are going?" Hinata spoke up.

"Kakashi-sensei and I will be the only teachers accompanying you guys to the resort. So if you will, please take out a piece of paper and write down the name of anyone you know that would be available for the trip."

Sasuke took out a piece of paper and split it with Naruto. Then he held the pen up to his lips and tapped his mouth in thought. He couldn't put down Itachi, or rather, he wouldn't. That'd just be asking for disaster. 'I'll put down Konan,' he thought. Konan was a good friend of Sasuke's and she could tolerate kids…after all, she put up with the Akatsuki all day.

"All right," Iruka said at last. "One more thing. The trip is in three weeks. Now, pass your papers forward and we'll start our lesson for today."

***

Sasuke stood outside the bathroom as he waited for Naruto. It was the lunch hour and Sasuke had planned to take Naruto to the barbeque place near the park for lunch. A moment later, Naruto came out with a grin on his face.

"What?" Sasuke asked him.

"Oh nothing," Naruto said cunningly. "Except for the fact that this is the second time this week, you've taken me out to lunch."

Sasuke blushed slightly and looked away. "That's what friends are for," he said.

"Yeah," Naruto said doubtfully, still grinning. "If you say so."

A little while later, Sasuke and Naruto sat on a bench in the park as they munched on their barbeque. They had gotten it to go so they could talk in a peaceful area.

"So…" Naruto started.

"So what?" Sasuke asked.

"So what do you think about the trip?"

"Oh that," replied Sasuke as he chomped on a piece of meat. "I think it'd be fun."

"Did you put Itachi down for a chaperone?" Naruto asked suddenly.

Sasuke practically choked on his food. Why was Naruto asking if he had put Itachi down? Surely the blond knew that Sasuke hated his brother with an undying passion. "Hell no," the brunette finally replied. "Why would I do that? I picked Konan."

"Oh," Naruto said, looking to the side.

Sasuke was not liking where this was going. "Who did you pick?" he asked the blond.

"Oh, I picked Jiraiya. He's like my second dad. A little on the perverted side, but he's okay."

"I think we'll be fine," Sasuke said. 'As long as no surprises come up.'

The lunch break ended quickly and soon it was time for Science. Sasuke walked into the room and saw a female teacher with wavy black hair and red eyes talking to Asuma.

"That's Kurenai-sensei," Naruto whispered from next to him. "The one that's married to Asuma-sensei."

"I can see that," Sasuke responded.

The two teens sat down as the bell rang. Asuma sighed, kissed Kurenai on the cheek, then left. Kurenai watched him leave, then turned to her class. "All right guys! You're gonna love Science today! We're dissecting!"

***

Sasuke walked to the hospital by himself after school. Naruto had said that there was something he had to do right after school, so the two had gone their separate ways. The brunette had honestly had about all he could stand of seeing the insides squeezed out of bodies considering that was all Kiba and Naruto did during the dissection in Science, but he forced himself to go to work anyway. Sasuke sighed as he walked in to the hospital and knocked on a door. "I'm here, Dr. Hikata."

Meanwhile, Naruto stood in the park alone. He had run home and changed into a sleeveless black shirt and tight brown jeans before telling Iruka that he was meeting Sasuke here and was going to work on his History report, but in reality that was far from the truth. Naruto sighed and sat down on the bench. 'What am I doing here?' he wondered for the second time that night. Just as he was about to get up, he heard a familiar voice behind him. "So you came after all."

The blond turned around and saw Itachi standing behind him. A blush immediately formed across his face as the older man lifted up his chin and kissed him gently on the lips. "Seems you're used to it now," Itachi said with a smirk. Naruto just nodded hesitantly.

"Well, come on," Itachi told the blond. "Movies don't just teleport themselves, you know."

The Uchiha led Naruto to a nearby movie theatre and paid for the tickets. "Two, please," he told the dealer.

After getting popcorn and drinks, the two found seats inside one of the theatres and settled down. Itachi casually placed an arm around Naruto and pulled him closer to him. This only made Naruto blush and he suddenly recalled the night before.

Flashback

After Naruto had tried on the fox costume to make sure it fit, Itachi told him to go get the outfit that Sasuke had given him the day before and to put it on. Later, after pictures had been taken of the blond in the casual clothes, Itachi told him to put the costume back on.

"You're gonna send pictures of me in a fox costume to a photography studio?" Naruto asked him.

Itachi chuckled. "No, silly. This is for me."

Naruto looked at Itachi cluelessly but put the costume back on nonetheless.

"Good," Itachi said softly, before backing Naruto into the wall.

The blond looked up at Itachi nervously with a blush on his face and unintentionally let out a whimper.

Itachi smirked. "Sh…I'm not going to hurt you, Naru-kun," he said soothingly into the blond's ear. "We're just going to play around a bit."

"What?" Naruto asked. Itachi pressing his body against his was already starting to make him uncomfortable, but now the Uchiha's lips brushed against his ear and that added to Naruto's anxiety.

Itachi smirked and attached a collar around the blond's neck.

"What're you—" Naruto started, but he was cut off by Itachi pressing his mouth against his own. The blond squeaked in surprise, but could do nothing more since Itachi had both of Naruto's wrists in the grasp of one hand. "I told you I won't hurt you," Itachi said gently. Then he attached a leash to the collar as he kissed the blond again. When he pulled away again, he smiled at the still shocked blond. "Now…" Itachi started, putting a hand on the back of Naruto's neck. "Sit." And he pushed the blond down onto his hands and knees in front of him.

Naruto squeaked as he hit the ground and looked up at Itachi. "I-Itachi?"

"All right, then," Itachi said, wrapping the leash around his hand. "If you be a good little kitsune, and do everything I say, we won't have any trouble."

Naruto looked up at Itachi with worried, blue eyes. He had no clue what was going on, but he had a feeling that it would not be good.

Itachi grabbed his camera and, taking advantage of Naruto's puzzled state, snapped a picture.

The flash quickly brought Naruto back to his senses and he looked at the camera in Itachi's hands. "You're really taking pictures?"

Itachi smiled. "Of course. You look too cute to just let this occasion pass by."

"I hope that's a compliment," Naruto said, stretching his arms forward like a cat. Another flash. "Hey."

"What?" Itachi asked smirking. "Come here," and to emphasize his order, he gave the leash a rough tug.

Naruto jerked forward and crouched in front of the Uchiha. "That hurt," he whined.

"Aw," Itachi said, kneeling down and giving Naruto a quick peck on the lips. "I'm sorry."

Naruto, at this point, had slightly gotten used to the sudden kisses that came up, but the fact that he was still on his hands and knees in front of a twenty-three year old brunette still made him nervous.

Itachi stood back up and motioned for Naruto to do the same. Then he wrapped the leash loosely around the blond's wrists and pushed him down on his knees. 'A couple bondage pictures couldn't hurt,' Itachi thought seductively. He snapped a quick picture then led Naruto over to the bed where he tied the leash to the edge of the bed frame so that Naruto was sitting against the bed with his arms above his head. 'Perfect,' he thought. Then he walked over and unbuttoned the costume slowly, making Naruto whimper. Finally, he undid the last button and slid it off the blond's naturally tanned shoulders (though he had to untie him from the bed to do it) then slowly slid the rest of the costume off of Naruto's lower half.

Naruto shivered as the cold air hit his skin and looked back at Itachi. Naruto thought that if Itachi tried anything like this, he would be able to stop him, but for some reason he couldn't or, rather he didn't want to. He began to panic though, when Itachi took the edge of his boxers and pulled them off as well.

Itachi noticed an increase in the blond's breathing patterns and ran his hands against Naruto's sides. "It's okay, Naruto. I won't do that yet." But what he did do didn't help the situation at all. Itachi sat down on the blond's lap and brushed his lips against his neck. Naruto let out a shaky breath as Itachi gently nipped his neck then flicked his tongue over the fresh bite marks. It wasn't until now that Naruto realized that Itachi had been taking his own clothes off as he pleasured the blond. The Uchiha leaned back and took a picture of the captivated blond before moving forward and continuing where he left off on Naruto's neck.

Naruto tried his best not to show any signs of enjoyment, but it wasn't working and he let out a small moan causing Itachi to smile. The brunette then moved away from Naruto's neck and to his collarbone and repeated the treatment. Just when Naruto was starting to give in, Itachi stopped. Naruto turned his head to look at the smiling brunette. "Look at you," Itachi chuckled. "You're enjoying this more than I intended."

Naruto blushed and looked away. "Why'd you stop?" he asked softly.

"Sasuke will be home soon," Itachi said. "I'd be in deep shit if he caught me. Go get your clothes back on and I'll clean up here."

Naruto hesitated. "Itachi?"

"Yeah?" Itachi asked, throwing the costume back into the closet.

"Should I tell Sasuke?"

Itachi smiled and walked over to Naruto to undo the collar. "I would prefer he not know at all, but you can tell him if you want." Noticing the blond's still distracted look, he lifted up his chin and kissed him. "Tell you what, I'll take you out somewhere after school tomorrow and we'll just hang out, okay?"

"What about the band?" Naruto asked.

"I can cancel practice tomorrow. Not a big deal. I'll meet you at the park after school. Now go rest up."

"Okay," Naruto said and he crawled onto Itachi's bed and fell asleep.

Reality

Itachi had noticed Naruto's distracted look and ruffled his hair. "What's wrong?"

"Oh, uh, nothing!" Naruto said, blushing.

"You didn't tell Sasuke, did you?"

"No!" Naruto told him quickly. "I thought it would cause trouble if I did."

Itachi smiled and kissed the blond on the cheek. "Let's just enjoy the movie," he said.

***

Naruto and Itachi walked out of the movie around 7:00. Itachi had his arm around Naruto's shoulders and Naruto was pressed against his side casually. Itachi looked down at the blond and laughed. "You still look scared out of your mind, Kitsune-chan."

Naruto pouted and looked back up at Itachi. "I do not!" he protested. "That movie wasn't scary."

"Then would you mind explaining why you had your face pressed against my chest for more than half the movie?"

Naruto opened his mouth to respond, but closed it when he realized that he couldn't defend himself. "So?" was all he managed to say.

Itachi chuckled. "Are you hungry?" he asked the blond.

"A little," Naruto replied. "Are you taking me to dinner?"

"That I am," Itachi told him. "What do you want to eat?"

"Can we go somewhere quiet?" Naruto asked.

"What did you have in mind?"

"Well…" Naruto started. "I heard about this new pasta place in center Konoha. I've never had pasta before…except ramen of course."

"You've never had spaghetti?" Itachi asked in amazement. Naruto shook his head. "Well then that's where we'll go."

The two walked through town until they got to the Italian restaurant that Naruto mentioned. Naruto lifted up his head and sniffed deeply. "Mmm…smells good."

"Come on, kitsune. It's already 7:30. I can't have you out that much longer, you know."

"Coming!" Naruto ran after Itachi and followed him into the restaurant. Inside was fancy with dark red wallpaper, chandeliers, and candle stand in the middle of each table. Soft music played overhead, and Naruto closed his eyes to listen to it. He opened his eyes again when he felt a hand on his shoulder and saw Itachi looking down at him. "Is this what you had in mind?" the brunette asked.

Naruto nodded. "It's perfect!"

"Excuse me, monsieur," a suited host asked with a French accent. "How many?"

"Two, please," Itachi said.

"Very good. This way, please."

As they followed the host, Naruto tugged on Itachi's shirt. "I thought this was an Italian restaurant," Naruto whispered. "That guy's French."

"International?" Itachi guessed.

Naruto nodded but said nothing else as they arrived at their table. "Would you care for a lighted candle?" the host asked politely as he laid two menus on the table.

Itachi glanced over at Naruto then nodded to the host. "Oui, please," he answered.

As the host walked away, Naruto looked at Itachi in amazement. "I didn't know you spoke French."

"Very little," Itachi told him, opening the menu. "Now…what should we get? I'm treating you so don't worry about the price."

"I already chose!" Naruto said proudly.

"Really, now? What did you pick?"

"I'm gonna get the spaghetti and breadsticks."

"That sounds good," Itachi told him. "I think I'll get the seafood and chicken alfredo."

A waiter soon arrived with a match and lit the candle in the middle of the table, then pulled out a notepad and turned to the two. "Are you ready to order?"

"Yes," Itachi said. "I'll have the seafood and chicken alfredo and a strawberry margarita."

Naruto glanced at Itachi before ordering his food. "And I want the spaghetti and breadsticks and a Coke please."

"Very good, monsieurs. I will be out momentarily with your food."

As the waiter walked away, Itachi leaned his head on his hands and looked at the blond across from him. "So, I hear there's a class trip coming up."

Naruto looked up at him. "Oh, yeah. We're going to Mizura Mountain Resort."

"Oh, a hot spring, huh?"

"Yeah, Iruka saw an ad in the paper this morning and thought it would be a good place to go."

"I see," Itachi said thoughtfully.

"The only thing is, we don't have enough adults to supervise the trip. Only Iruka and Kakashi are coming so far."

"Is that so?" This conversation had just gotten interesting.

A few minutes later, the waiter returned with the two meals.

"This looks good!" Naruto said, taking in the smell of his spaghetti. "I hope it tastes as good as it smells!" Then, looking at Itachi he added, "Are you sure you should be drinking that? Alcohol's bad for you, you know."

Itachi chuckled and took the glass from his lips. "Don't worry, kitsune, I can hold my liquor quite well."

"If you say so," Naruto said, twisting his fork in his spaghetti. Then he lifted it up and stuffed a whole clump of noodles in his mouth. "This is good," he said in a muffled voice.

Itachi smirked as he noticed part of a noodle hanging out of the blond's mouth. He leaned forward and kissed Naruto while at the same time biting off the edge of pasta that was sticking out, making Naruto blush and almost choke.

"Don't die," Itachi said, sticking a piece of shrimp in his mouth.

Naruto swallowed and glared at Itachi. "I wouldn't if you stopped pulling moves like that," he said.

Itachi smiled. "I'm sorry," he told him. The two were quiet for a little while longer until Itachi broke the silence. "Naruto, do you like me?"

Naruto looked up from his food. "Of course I like you," he said. "Why wouldn't I?"

"No, I mean like me, like me."

"Huh?" The blond blushed and looked down at his plate. "Oh. Y-yeah…well, I think so…uh…"

"Then would you consider being my boyfriend?"

Naruto stared at Itachi, stunned. "W-what about Kisame? Or…or Sasuke?"

"Kisame's my best friend. He's like a brother to me and Sasuke, well…he is my brother. Why, do you like Sasuke?"

"Well," Naruto started. "I do but lately he's been so…I dunno…cold I guess. Like he doesn't really care about my grades or anything. And then sometimes he goes on a rant about how bad a person you are and—"

"Do you think I'm a bad person, Naruto?"

Naruto paused and looked down at his lap. "I…" He squeezed his jeans before looking back up at Itachi. "No, I don't."

Itachi smiled. "Then it's settled?"

Naruto hesitated again for a second then nodded. "Yeah."

***

Sasuke sighed as he walked down the street. It was almost 9:30, but he was on his way to see Naruto anyway. He couldn't shake the feeling that Naruto had been looking a little neglected lately. As he turned the corner onto Naruto's street, he saw two figures walking down the street hand in hand. Sasuke didn't pay any attention until he realized that the two figures had stopped in front of Naruto's house. 'What the--?' he thought before hiding behind a nearby tree in the blond's yard. He nearly yelled when he saw that it was his brother with Naruto, but stopped himself and listened.

"I have band practice tomorrow," Itachi was telling the blond. "Are you going to be there?"

"Yeah," Naruto said. "School gets out early tomorrow so I'll get lunch then come over."

"Good," replied Itachi. Sasuke practically gagged when he saw Itachi kiss Naruto on the lips, but to his surprise, Naruto did nothing but return it. Then Itachi hugged him and sent the blond away.

Sasuke stayed hidden as Itachi watched the blond enter the house then turned and walked away. The younger Uchiha glared after his brother then punched the tree…hard. 'That bastard,' he thought. 'He's gonna regret the day he was ever born into the Uchiha family.' And with that, he turned around and headed the long way home.