Hi everyone

I know it has been a long time since I have updated, but things have been a tough for me. I finished University and have been struggling ever since trying to get a job, keep drawing, and also have time to write. I try to my best to write and draw, but with no income on either it is very difficult for me to continue. So yes I am updating it is just very slow.

I do have a proposal to help with updates and also try and actually make a small amount of income. I would like to create a small manga, updated every 2 weeks. Something you could download and pay for, so that I can eat. I would update a 1 chapter (20pg) 1 week and the one of the fanfiction the 2nd week, and so on. But the only way I can do this if enough people are willing to go along with it. On June 11 2016, I will put up a link on my profile to the first chapter. You can decide from there if it is worth it, and PM me about any questions.

Edit: for some reason the link isn't showing up properly so I here it is, just take out the spaces: lilbakasaru. wordpress 2016 / 06 /12 /elysian-test-pages /

I will still update of course, but it will be slow, and will be based on when I have time. Hope you all enjoy this chapter.

Chapter 7: Three Little Gum Drops

Wrapped up in Sasuke's embrace was something Naruto missed, ask him a year ago if he would ever allow himself to cuddle, or be cuddled by another man he would have laughed in their face. Heck he had never even considered dating a man, especially not a guy like Sasuke. And yes they may have had the worst start in the history of dating, ever; but a lot had happened since, and they had gotten through a lot together.

Now Naruto couldn't really imagine being with someone else, even if it was a stubborn bastard like Sasuke.

The blonde sighed and traced the bullet hole scar, running the pad of his finger across the puckered flesh a few times slowly. He snuggled against the raven as he felt Sasuke's large hand run slowly up and down his back, before bringing his body closer to Sasuke larger ones.

"We still have to talk you know...," Sasuke murmured.

That instantly drained all the good feeling out of Naruto, he had hoped things would be left at the make-up sex rather than continue their argument. Sasuke was right though, they still had a few things to discuss. He sighed again wishing to be anywhere else but here right now... but they did have to do this or it would only fester between them once again and it would blow up into a huge fight again.

Yet there was only one question that Naruto needed answering desperately.

"Can you trust me?" he asked quietly.

Sasuke didn't answer at first, but Naruto felt how his grip tightened around his shoulder.

"I trust you, its other's I don't."

"I can understand that-"

"You were already taken away from me once, I won't let that happen again."

This time Naruto went quiet, slowly he reached across the other man's body so that he could envelope the other man in a tight hug. It was sometimes easy forget that even though Naruto was the one taken against his will, Sasuke was the one that fought his way to underworld, levelling a whole yakuza organisation just to save him. Naruto didn't think that anyone else would have done that for him.

"I'm not going anywhere..."

"Not by choice, but I have too many enemies, and to get to me they would hurt you," Sasuke warned.

"You shouldn't worry, I already accepted having Juugo as my bodyguard."

"I know, I just need you to be... careful," he added lastly as if he was uncertain of his own advice. This got Naruto interested, he extracted himself from Sasuke's grip and sat up slightly so that he could look into his lovers eyes.

Blue, met black, as Naruto tried to read Sasuke's face.

"Are you in some sort of trouble...?" he asked.

Sasuke reached up, a pale hand touched his cheek and traced the scared lines on his face, he didn't say anything. Which was answer enough.

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In a crowded dirty apartment 9 young men, all wearing rumpled clothing, 2 were playing Call of Duty on the Xbox one, while another watched from the ground, in his lap a nearly empty bowl of popcorn and a bottle of beer in his hand. Four others were playing a game of cards, under a un-shaded ceiling light. The last two sat on a rickety dining room table counting piles of money, and tying them into stacks to make small towers. Suddenly the door was thrown open, the occupants in the room grabbed at their guns and aimed it at the door and the two new people that had burst come in.

"Hey put those things down," one of the new men said with his hands raised, showing that he meant them no manner. He wore a threadbare shirt and some skinny stone washed jeans, his head was covered with a plain black beanie that covered his platinum blonde hair.

The other wore an ill fitting suit, one that was meant to simply look nice instead of being tailored for him. His wrist was adorned with a gaudy chains, and a fake rolex; his shoes were several years old but polished to a high shine. A half burned cigarette dangled from his lips. Everything about him was simply for show, but was cheap. He unlike his companion didn't look panicked at the amounts of guns pointed at them, instead he just took a leisurely drag of his cigarette.

"You idiots put those things away, stop making such a racket," he said, and both men stepped inside, slamming the door behind them.

The men put their guns away and one of the men who had been playing cards stood up to meet the newcomers. "Well what did you find out?"

"It was Mashiro, someone got to him."

One of the men counting the money gave a derisive snort, "Not someone, it was Uchiha."

The room went silent with shock, the two men playing games paused and set the controllers aside. One of them ran his fingers through his dark brown hair, his dark eyes gleaming with contempt. "So he finally noticed us?"

"Anyone would notice a couple of millions missing," snorted another, this one had a backwards baseball cap that covered his vivid red hair. "And Uchiha isn't known for being lenient."

Suddenly one of the men playing cards threw his cards down and stood up so fast that he toppled his chair. "How can you people be so calm about this, Mashiro is dead!" he shouted indignantly.

The one with the cigarette, took another drag of his stick, "Calm down Takana, Mashiro knew what he was getting into when he started selling. We all know the consequences, freaking out about it and trying to get some sort of revenge on Uchiha for his death is only going to backfire on us."

"What about the Russian, can't he back us up?!" Takana asked.

"Of course he can't do anything now, Uchiha is too powerful, we have to take him apart piece by piece. We start with the drugs, then we move onto his guns, and then whatever the Russian tells us to hit next," he finished with a another drag of his cigarette.

"But what about Mashiro?!"

"The Russian already gave us something that will hit the Uchiha hard," the blonde with the beanie said.

Tanaka stepped closer, "What is it and how much?"

"Its 3 crates of heroin, worth 640000000¥," he replied with a smirk.

"Are you shitting me Fumio, tell me the truth!" Takana asked.

"Nope," he said emphasising the 'p'. "The ship is going to dock at Tokyo Port, we got the shipping information and my contact will give us the access," Fumio said taking a seat on the couch. "You wanted to hurt Uchiha? That would do it."

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Morning came with a warm fuzzy feeling that Naruto missed waking up to. He curled himself deeper into Sasuke's embrace, trying to hide from the chasing sun that blinded him; the blonde just wanted to sleep some more. Sasuke murmured something unintelligible under his breath and pulled the blonde in closer, Naruto could tell that the raven was waking up, for a second he wondered if he should make his lover something special for breakfast. They were making up after all, so he should do something nice.

"Do you have work today?" he asked, pressing a kiss to Sasuke's chest.

Sasuke hummed in reply, and turned his body slightly so that he could face the blonde better. "No I actually took the day off today," he murmured into Naruto's hair.

Naruto couldn't help but smirk, "You knew your chances of getting me back home were that good?"

The raven huffed and tightened his grip around the other, "No, it's Father and Mother's anniversary today, so we have to go to that..." he finished already drifting off to sleep again.

"Ah I see...," Naruto planned to follow his lover to dreamland, when he finally registered what Sasuke had actually said. "Wait!" he shouted and sat up in bed, startling the other man out of his sleep. "Did you say it is your parents anniversary today?!"

"Yeah...," Sasuke answered back uncertainly, his sleep addled mind not picking up on the panic in his lovers voice.

"Fuck, Sasuke you really know how to ruin the my day!" the blonde muttered under his breath and started to get out of bed; but Sasuke grabbed his wrist and pulled him back down.

"What is going on, why are you angry now?" he asked gripping Naruto's face so that he would look at him.

But Naruto shook his hand off, "Baka teme don't you remember what happened at your last family party? That was humiliating and I won't be put through that awkward situation again!"

Sasuke simply blinked owlishly, his body and mind really not so good at processing things so early in the morning. He tired to think back to the last time there had been a family gathering. It had been as glamour's event as always, there had been a string quartet, fancy food, even an ice sculpture cut to look like a flock of birds. His mother had gone all out as always. Sasuke remembered the day being pretty fun actually, which was surprising since he never liked going to family parties.

"You don't remember what happened that day do you?" Naruto asked, there was anger in his eyes.

Sasuke shook his head dumbly.

"Well then let me enlighten you dumbass, your dad had set up an arranged marriage for you with the daughter of one of his business partners. You told your dad some bullshit story of already having me as a fiancé and then just left me there like an asshole! "

"Oh... hn," he finished with a smirk blooming on his face. Naruto saw that and got even more irritated, he punched Sasuke's chest lightly to snap him out of it.

"Wipe that smile off your face, it wasn't funny, your dad wanted to kill me!"

"Calm down dobe, I wouldn't have let him do that, "he said, planting a kiss on Naruto's forehead and then tried to get up.

"Teme is that all you got to say? Your parents hate me, and you want me to go to their anniversary. If they see me I might really kill your dad this time."

"Now that would be a party," Sasuke replied as he went to the adjoining bathroom.

"I'm not joking!" Naruto shouted after him.

Sasuke wasn't either.

"Fuck I got to get them a present!" Naruto felt like tearing out his hair in frustration.

Sasuke poked his head out of the bathroom. "Don't bother with a gift, Itachi already took care of it," he said and then went back inside. "So don't worry about it."

"But I have to, their first impression of me wasn't the best. I have to make a better one this time!" Naruto replied springing out of bed.

Sasuke sighed and rolled his eyes, "Really don't bother. My parents never like the gifts anyone gives them. The only ones they even come close to appreciating is Itachi's so I just leave all the gift giving to him, and pay my half. Makes it a lot easier."

Naruto grumbled and mumbled under his breath, he would show that bastard. Uzumaki Naruto had never been a quitter and he wasn't going to start being one now. He was determined to win Sasuke's parents over, and he would do it no matter what. So with new determination he stormed out of the bedroom, he had some planning to do.

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The drive to Sasuke's parents house was long, and with each mile that they drove Naruto felt the tension rise up in him. He kept thinking more and more that this was a bad idea, he should have faked stomach cramp, headache, death, or simply seduced Sasuke to stay in bed with him. Having a soar ass after all that would be worth it just he wouldn't have to go through this.

No! Naruto couldn't let himself think like that, he had to get Sasuke's parents to like him. Erase that first meeting from their minds and show them his new respectable self, and the gift he brought would do just that.

Iruka's super secret cookie recipes could make anyone fall in love with him. He clutched the decorated box on his lap carefully, making sure that the wrapping his correct and that the bow wasn't crooked. He didn't know much about Sasuke's parents but when he was dragged to their house last time he knew they had high standards. Naruto just hoped he could meet those. He would plaster his best smile on and butt kiss his way into their hearts.

"Don't smile like that you look demented."

Naruto's smile instantly morphed into a pout. "That's a mean thing to say, I'm trying to impress your parents here you know."

Sasuke always found that pout irresistible so he leaned down to kiss those plump lips which made his lover blush. "You've always been impressive..." he whispered planting another kiss Naruto's lips.

Naruto would have drowned himself against that talented tongue but there were more important things to think about today. So he pulled himself away reluctantly trying very hard not to be tempted again. "None of that," he said extracting himself of Sasuke's grip. "My suit will get wrinkled."

Sasuke just smirked, but let Naruto go. He enjoyed messing with the blonde but he also knew how important today was for the other man; maybe even more important than his parents anniversary. He didn't really care that much about the party but he did care about Naruto, and he knew that today he needed to feel a little bit more confident about himself. So he settled himself down and gazed out of the window, they had moved from the main road down a residential street and were now heading down a side road that led to a large gate guarded by two men in dark suites. Both of them Sasuke knew carried concealed weapons.

One of the men came towards the car and the driver opened his window and showed them his ID. Naruto couldn't make out who it was since the partition was closed, but the guard must have known him because he gave a friendly smile and waved towards the gate, and it opened to let them in. The car lurched forward and they drove the long winding road up to his parents estate.

It was as elegantly looking as always, every bush was decorated with a stream of fairy lights, the fountain was illuminated by stop lights; showing off a set of dancing cherubs holding streaming jugs. Further up the drive was the actual house in full glow, there were already a number other cars pulling up ahead of them, and from what Naruto could tell, being parked by valet.

"They have valet parking at your house?"

"It's a lot of people, and makes the whole day progress smoother," Sasuke replied.

Naruto guessed he understood, but he still thought it was a bit much.

"Whose gonna be here? Just family?"

Sasuke looked thoughful, "Family, friends, business partners, a few politicians, celebrities-"

"Wait even celebrities?"

"Of course, one of my Uncles manages an agency, and occasionally he'll bring some of the people he manages with him.

"Like who?"

"Well last time I met Yamada Takayuki and Fujiwara Tatsuya, they had both worked on some sort of film together that came out during that time."

"WAIT do you mean Monsterz?! I love that film! And you got to meet them both? That's amazing!"

Sasuke shrugged his shoulders, "I guess, I haven't seen it. I didn't really know who they were..."

Naruto could only gape at him, Sasuke met famous people almost daily and it did not faze him, if it were him he would be stuttering mess. Thinking about it Sasuke didn't really watch films or TV either, then again if your whole life was like a action film, would an action film really interest you then?

The car finally pulled in front of the house and the driver got out to open the door for them, Sasuke got out first. Naruto took a deep breath and then took his lovers outstretched his hand out and got out of the car. When he saw the house looming over him he was to escape back into the car, but Sasuke gave his hand a reassuring squeeze. They both went inside and butler greeted them by the archway, Naruto noticed instantly he wasn't acknowledged at all; but Sasuke quickly pulled him along.

"We have to greet my parents first," Sasuke said, nodding towards a mass of people.

Naruto felt his apprehension grow with every step he took, the throng of people seem to part. All glitz and glamour with wide fake smiles. Naruto had seen plenty of people like this before when he had been a waiter and they were not good tippers. Sasuke parents were in the middle of all this looking as intimidating as always, even with them happily chatting with other people. Itachi was also there, with Deidra at his side, both dressed to stun. Deidra noticed them both first, he gave a blinding genuine smile and went over to greet them.

"Naruto, Sasuke it's great to see you," he greeted enveloping the smaller blonde in a tight hug. "Finally a normal person to talk too."

Naruto gave a nervous smile, "Is its really that bad?" he whispered.

"Always the same," he replied with through his teeth before shaking Sasuke's hand. "Your parents are anxious to speak to you Sasuke."

Sasuke sighed heavily, "I'm sure they are, let's get this over with."

He walked towards his parents with a charming smile, towing the blonde with him. "Mother, Father, happy anniversary."

"Oh Sasuke my boy, its wonderful to see you," his mother Mikoto came, reached for his head and gave each cheek a kiss. "It's been so long, oh and Naruto it's wonderful that you made it too, Sasuke needs to bring you around more often," she said and hugged him.

Naruto was surprised at how friendly she was too him, he had expected a whole different reaction. "Come Naruto, have some food, we have some wonderful cake."

"Oh, er thank you, Uchiha-san, I er I-I b-brought you a gift," he replied holding the neatly wrapped box in shaking hands.

"Oh thank you Naruto, you're so sweet. Hold onto to it for now, I want you to meet some of my friends." He was firmly dislodged form Sasuke side before he could protest, and was taken away to a bunch of people.

Sasuke watched his mother take Naruto away with a frown, she was acting oddly, much too friendly. He was about to follow when his father came to stand in front of him blocking his path. He eyed the older man with an arched eyebrow, "Father?"

"It's is good to see you Sasuke, I hear your business with Itachi is going well."

"Yes Father, it is going well."

"Good, good, it is great to see my son's working together. We should celebrate!"

"Father this is your and mother's anniversary party, we can celebrate me and Itachi later-"

"Nonsense, I might not see you two in the same room together again, come lets go to my office. I have recently got my hands on a Macallan 55, perfect for this moment."

Before either brother could say anything, Fugaku excused himself from his guests and led them up a set of stairs upstairs were Sasuke knew his father 'private office' was. The older Uchiha conducted his more elusive business in this part of the office and Sasuke instantly had a bad feeling about this. He looked back and saw a nervous Naruto with his mother being chatted up by a bunch of women, Deidra nearby but out of their circle.

He hope the Naruto would be okay.

His father opened his office door and Sasuke was not at all surprised to see that there already people in there. Two men, and a young woman.

What was his father planning now?

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