The sun was silently creeping behind the trees, telling the world its brother would soon flock the sky. The streets of Konaha were near empty, the last minute deeds and shoppers were making haste to their destination. The shops lights brightly illuminated the walkway, with the help of the violet orange sky. But along with the villagers, one boy had one final mission. He stood alone in front of dark house that was covered in white slush. It was cold outside but nothing compared to the vibe that lay inside the dark house.

Naruto bit his lip, he knew what was to come, and chances of him coming back out alive were damn near next to none. He hung his head low, his nose was ticked by the fur of his collar, and bangs covered scared eyes.

He started walking.

Each step was heavier then the last. This wasn't about knowing you where the holder of the Demon Fox that destroyed your very own village that you lived in. This wasn't fighting a Demon of the mist. It wasn't even about knocking down clan members with brute strength, or single handedly taking down a fellow tailed best. Nor was it going against a sannin and his lackey.

This was love, not war.

With war you could squeeze your mit's and smash everything in sight, carless and spoiled. It was rough dirty and could end up a sad bloody mess. But love was new to our nine tailed prisoner. He now knew it was fragile, like glass. He had to hold it gently, and make sure to never drop it. There where rules and unspoken codes that were never to be broke. His heart hurt, almost not wanting to see the state Jiraiya left snake charmer in.

He didn't know when, but he was inside the house. His eyes widened in horror at the dark sight that greeted his electric blue eyes.

Sweet kami…

The house was destroyed and furniture was shattered like a tornado raged through it, nothing was spared. Glass littered the floor, a sickening crunch every time he took a step to his lover's room. He finally made it to the door, 'THE' door. He had no plans, no quick comeback; he was bear naked in vocabulary. He truly didn't know what to say, no plan was ever made, all soon to be sketched. The once fire in his eyes died as he gripped the cold metallic nob, all the butterfly that once flocked his tummy now cold rotten and dead.

With a turn that took all of his guts, his eyes landed on his princess's chamber. The room was littered with holes, and cut marks, miscellaneous items and other trinkets were slammed all around. The curtains were down, the shadows layering everything in sight. But his real target was on the colossus bed. The figure was wrapped and covered in her blankets. Naruto only could have imagined what would have happened if he was in the storm, and not in the aftermath of the woman's now faded rage.

The boy clad in orange slowly glided his way through the tiny battle field of broken trinkets. He gripped the sheets, his small body climbing his way onto the bed to get to his lover. There she was, so close and hidden. Doing the only thing he could, he stretched out his arms as wide as he could and hugged the woman. His heart aced as he could feel her shaking, laying his head down on her back he silently hummed, to ease her grief. After about five minutes, his hand was being held by another, her creamy bruised and battered fingers pulled, silently telling him to come in front.

He stumbled and crawled on all fours to face his lover, the one woman who showed him the meaning of the four lettered word. He frowned at the sight, even if only it was her face. Her dark purple locks stuck to her face, hiding her puffy red eyes. Multiple streak marks from crying could be seen going down from her eyes to her jaw line, she was all out of tears. His eyes too closed when nimble fingers laced around his face, pulling him in. The kiss was not sloppy or hot, or full of hungering lust. They were slow, everlasting, they were sensual and full, a language that says 'never leave my side'.

Naruto broke the slow kiss streak, and wiped away the tear streaks with the sleeve of his jacket. While Naruto cleaned her up, her lips parted, being the first to speak, her voice was low but in the silent room it was perfect. It was broken and horse from crying. "D-do yo-you really ha-ha-have to go…." Anko found it hard to speak, hiccupping and quivering in her speech was hard to do, like any minute a waterfall of tears would spill from her eyes once more. "Yeah…Anko, I know I'll be gone for a while…but I'm doing this for you. I want to be so strong nothing can harm you…" He tenderly bombarded her whole face with kisses, never missing a beat in the rhythm.

He moved away her messy hair and gazed into her lost ones. She had finally found what she had been looking for, and it was going away for a little over two years. How else was she supposed to act? She destroyed everything on her way home, rampaging through the streets like a mad boar. When she got inside her house, only the intense flashes of pain and woe was all she could remember. Her young taboo lover's embrace was the only thing that brought her back to earth.

Naruto, when he was done with his handy work, held her left hand and brought it low, all the way down to his knees. His voice reaching her ears as he came in close, their lips barely brushing against one another. "Ms Mitarashi…" Her eyes slowly got wider at the formal greeting, and even more when her finger felt cold. "I know this is sudden for both of us…" Her eyes bloomed, but her sight fogged up, a sea of tears where forming down her eyes, she bit her quivering lip. "But…will you marry me…" he let go of her hand, letting her hand slowly raised, Anko's foggy eyes stared at the glistening jewelry wrapped snug between her pinky and middle finger.

It was beautiful, the way it shined even in the dark, the diamond that proudly stood out from all the rest was so clear and cut. The ring itself was a healthy shade of gold, there were words care. 'Naruto & Anko forever'.

Naruto didn't have a chance, he was tackled back, his back landing on the soft comfort and was suffocated in kisses, the words yes coming out of his lovers lips every time she went up for air. His face was getting wet from her tears that never stopped falling.

Anko's gut fluttered with live activity, the butterflies swimming all around. She felt like the most important girl in the world, like a piece of her own puzzle had just been filled up. "I will be back as soon as possible…do…can you wait for me, my love." His blue eyes were pleading, but once more his lips met hers, his eyes lingered up and his vision was getting darker. The blanket that covered Anko's body opened up, and covered the two from the world's eyes, and when he felt the kisses all around he knew that was a yes too.

Naruto let out a foxy smile 'Here we go again '

Jiraiya was silently waiting for his student, soon to venture off into the world. While Naruto went to patch up loose ends with his new lover, he went around getting the supplies he needed for a good start. Jiraiya couldn't believe his eyes and ears when his apprentice DEMANDED him to use a small portion of the money to buy a ring for a girl he just met. Back at the ramen shop he didn't think he would take it to heart!

When the pervert tried to negotiate him into backing out he was met by a fierce glare, and seeing celestial blue turn to maroon blood for just a second he knew there was no hope for winning the argument. He smirked. "You're an hour late gaki!" Opening his eyes he smiled at the boy, but raised his eyebrow at what nested on his head, a toy ANBU mask? Oh well.

"That's a little harsh...only saying goodbye to your lover, but none of your friends?" Naruto only smirked, his thumb pointing to the far off distance. "I'll like to see how long it'll take them to figure out I'm gone, besides, Konaha could use a break from me! Besides we got to get this long journey on the road!" Jiraiya only shook his head, both taking their first true steps out of the village.

The two walked into the sunset, side by side, a smile on both of their faces.

"You know you reek of sex right?"

The poor boy just slowly slipped the toy ANBU mask on, covering his crimson face.

Oh yes, it was going to be a loooooooooong journey…

FIN