Chapter 10: Hokage

Sasuke silently watched Naruto get into his Jounin gear. When he was done he turned back to Sasuke and came and sat down next to him. Naruto smiled softly at the pouting face that was directed at him.

"If it bothers you that much why don't you just come along?" Naruto asked.

"No, I know you can handle it." Sasuke sighed. "That doesn't mean I have to like it though."

"I know. I'll be as quick as I can, promise." Naruto said kissing his cheek.

Sasuke sighed but nodded all the same. He hugged Naruto briefly before shooing him away. Naruto smiled and waved at him before departing. Sasuke looked around the room as he wondered what he was going to do now. The realization that he was going to have to deal with this a lot irked him. They would both be sent on missions now and he was going to have to deal with the fact that he wouldn't always have Naruto around.

The thought saddened him but there really wasn't much he could do about it. He hoped Naruto took care of the problem quickly. He missed him already.

Naruto met up with Kakashi and a few other Anbu where the two rogues were being watched. He was eager to get this over with and return to Sasuke. He waved to Kakashi and nodded to the Anbu. Kakashi smiled and gave a little two fingered salute in greeting. The Anbu merely nodded their heads back at him.

"So, what's the situation?" Naruto asked Kakashi.

"They're camped out here." Kakashi said. "They don't seem to have noticed us yet."

"…I don't know, they were Anbu." Naruto said. "What are the odds that two alert Anbu wouldn't have noticed us by now?"

"They are very slim." One of the Anbu said.

Naruto nodded in acknowledgement as he started to think. He looked at the campsite where they both were. Then he looked at the three of them.

"I think it's safe to assume they have a trap set up for us." Naruto said. "The real question is 'what is it?'."

They all nodded in agreement. Naruto asked if they had any idea what it could be. The Anbu responded by saying it could be any of the basic trapping techniques and even a few advanced ones that the Anbu were taught. Kakashi and Naruto, having both once been Anbu, were familiar with these and therefore knew what to expect.

"I could send a clone in." Naruto said. "We could see what happens. It's our best bet of figuring out any traps they've set up. You would have figured them out already otherwise."

Everyone nodded their heads so Naruto produced a Shadow Clone of himself and sent it after them. It was a little surprising but not completely unexpected when no traps were set off and the clone was taken out by one of the rogues. They had known that there was a possibility that the trap or traps was manually activated. It appeared that they were.

They all looked at each other and with a general nod they moved in themselves. Bombs immediately went off. They all jumped back and away from the danger zone. Naruto formed mini Rasenshuriken on the tips of his fingers and sent them all into the ground to set of any bombs they could. It took a number of them out.

An Anbu moved in on them and a bomb was activated. Naruto got the Anbu out of there in time but not without getting hit but the bomb's blast. His right sleeve is partially burned away leaving second-degree burns on the skin underneath. Naruto then snatches six shuriken and imbues them with his wind element. He throws them all around the rogues and as they hit the ground they blow it up. It creates a smokescreen which Naruto's group uses to its advantage to get through the traps and attack their targets.

Without too much trouble they subdue the rogues and bring them back to Tsunade bound tightly and watched carefully. Kakashi has a scratch mark on his shoulder where a kunai grazed his skin. The Anbu left the fight unharmed. Naruto gained no further injuries after the burn. Tsunade instantly tended to him upon their arrival.

The four of them gave their report and left. The Anbu were put under high security jailing. The threat had been resolved. Naruto hurried home to Sasuke.

"Sasuke, I'm back!" Naruto called.

"Hey." Sasuke said entering the room, his smile falling when he noticed Naruto's arm. "What happened?"

"Oh, it's nothing really." Naruto said. "I got some second-degree burns saving an Anbu. It'll be healed in no time."

Sasuke nodded but the frown remained on his face. He delicately took Naruto's injured arm into his own. He leaned into Naruto and felt him wrap an arm around him. Sasuke sighed as he ran his fingers carefully along Naruto's arm.

"What's wrong?" Naruto asked.

"It's just… I can't help but think that this could be worse." Sasuke murmured.

"It's not though." Naruto said. "I'm fine."

"And next time, will it be fine then?" Sasuke sighed.

"Yes, it will be. I won't die Sasuke." Naruto assured him. "The battlefield will not become my graveyard. I'll not allow it."

"How can you be so sure?" Sasuke asked.

"Because luck likes to choose me." Naruto said. "Besides, how could I lose when I know it'd mean I wouldn't be able to come home to you?"

Sasuke snorted but smiled. He wrapped his arms around the blonde in a hug. Naruto tightened his arm's grip around him and rested his head atop Sasuke's. Naruto ran his hand up and down Sasuke's back lightly and in a soothing manner. Then Sasuke pulled out of the hug and kissed him softly on the lips. Afterwards, he took his hand before leading him away.

When Naruto asked where they were going Sasuke would only shake his head in reply. They left the house and made their way down the streets. Naruto stared longingly at Ichiraku as they passed.

"Hey, hey, can we stop at Ichiraku on the way back?" Naruto asked hopefully.

"Sure, I don't see why not." Sasuke replied.

Naruto grinned and whooped as he was promised ramen. Sasuke chuckled at his blonde dobe. He continued to lead his ever happy Naruto to his destination. Even though Sasuke was refusing to tell him where they were going he still tried to figure out where. He eventually came up with an idea.

"Sasuke, are we going to your district?" Naruto asked.

"Um, yeah, I was thinking of giving you that history lesson you wanted." Sasuke said nervously.

"That sounds great. I want to hear all about it!" Naruto smiled softly.

Sasuke smiled and squeezed Naruto's hand gratefully. Naruto squeezed back in response. He watched his raven contently as Sasuke led the way. They stopped in front of the gate of the Uchiha District and looked on the dead and barren land.

"This is where it began." Sasuke said. "This was my childhood and the death of it…"

"…I'm sorry Sasuke." Naruto whispered.

Sasuke smiled sadly as bittersweet memories came. He closed his eyes and sighed. He felt Naruto wrap his arms around him from behind and press him against him. He kissed the top of his head before nuzzling there. Sasuke placed his hands atop Naruto's and smiled. He looked up and kissed him. Then he pulled away and took his hand again as he entered the district.

As he walked through the district he told Naruto about the people who had lived here, pointing out the houses of people he was particularly close to. He told him stories of good memories he had, some sad ones and a number of embarrassing ones. Sometimes they had to stop as the memories started to overwhelm him. During this time Naruto would hold Sasuke to him and murmur reassuringly in his ear.

When Sasuke would gather himself together again they would continue on. He told Naruto mostly about Itachi. He told him of how he always felt second best to Itachi in the eyes of his father and most of the village. Sasuke told Naruto about his fondness of his mother and brother. He told him about how badly he wanted his father's approval and acknowledgement. He told him about how he was always trying to get Itachi to teach him something or spend time with him.

Sasuke told Naruto what his families personalities were like. He told him what it was like to live with them. He talked about what life was like without them. Sasuke told Naruto how much Itachi's betrayal had hurt him and how he had stayed in his house to remind himself of all that.

Then he went on to tell him that he had almost lost sight of his revenge as a part of Team 7. Other aspects and people became important to him and he didn't just have his vengeance to worry about anymore. He told him that Itachi showing up along with Orochimaru's minions showing up made him lose sight of what he had.

He had felt too weak and that he would only become stronger with Orochimaru. Sasuke admitted that seeing Naruto growing stronger had only fueled that belief. He'd been scared that he would never become strong enough here in Konoha. Sasuke thought that if he stayed he would forget about his revenge as he put more value in the life he now had.

"…And I would have done that but," Sasuke said, "that wasn't the problem. I believed that if I stopped seeking revenge on Itachi I was saying that my clan's death wasn't important. I get that I was wrong now but at the time I believed that and it scared me because I knew I might. I knew that if I stayed with time my revenge would become less and less important to me. I didn't want that to happen and that coupled with my feeling of inferiority made me run away."

"Huh… well, so long as you don't feel that way anymore." Naruto said.

"I don't." Sasuke smiled.

"Good… Thanks for telling me." Naruto said. "I'm glad that you feel comfortable enough to tell me all this."

Sasuke stared at Naruto a moment, at that happy and content face, and then hugged him. He felt Naruto immediately hug back. Sasuke pressed his face into Naruto's chest and took a deep breath, inhaling Naruto's scent, before sighing softly. Naruto rested his cheek against Sasuke's head with a smile.

After lingering in the hug for a few minutes Sasuke pulled away with a smile and took Naruto's hand and started to lead him away.

"Come on. Let's go get that ramen now." Sasuke said.

"Okay, works for me." Naruto said eagerly.

Sasuke smirked at the expected reaction. Naruto practically skipped the whole way to Ichiraku's.

Naruto groaned as he woke up to light slipping into the room. At first he thought it was Sasuke but then he heard him moan against his chest and pull the blanket over his head to block off the light. Naruto gently ran his fingers up and down Sasuke's naked back. He couldn't help but smile as he recounted the activities of the previous night. He had just gotten home from a month long mission.

Sasuke had been happy to see him. Naruto had been hugged and kissed and given a heartwarming smile. Despite his desire to just laze around with Sasuke he had desired a shower a speck more so with Sasuke's permission they waited just a bit longer to be together. When he was done he had come out dripping wet and in nothing but slacks because he knew after a week without him and sex it was bound to affect Sasuke.

Indeed it had. Sasuke had stared at Naruto in appreciation and desire. Sasuke had sauntered up to him and he had smirked because he recognised that seductive walk of his. Naruto's lips were claimed hungrily and they'd had both wild and tender sex all night long. Suffice to say, it had been a very eventful night for the two.

"Ahem, Naruto?" Kakashi said to get his attention.

"Hm?" Naruto said reluctantly bringing himself back to reality and looking at him perched on his windowsill.

"Tsunade wants to see you." Kakashi informed him with a knowing and sympathetic twinkle in his eye.

Naruto felt Sasuke shuffle underneath him and his arms tighten around his waist possessively. Sasuke was in no mood to have his dobe taken from him again, especially after he'd just gotten him back. He swore he was going to kill Tsunade if she sent him on another mission. Naruto's hand started to massage his tensed up back and he sighed and relaxed while snuggling closer to Naruto.

"Eh, what for?" Naruto asked. "She promised me at least a week off."

"I don't know. All she'd tell me is that she has news for you." Kakashi said. "It doesn't sound like it's a mission."

Naruto could feel Sasuke's sigh of relief. He couldn't resist the smile that spread across his face. He nodded to Kakashi and said he'd head over there when he could, a quick glance at his raven under the sheets as explanation. Kakashi nodded back in understanding and waved bye before disappearing in a cloud of smoke.

When he felt Sasuke nip at his nipple he knew he wasn't leaving any time soon. He smiled and ran his hands along Sasuke's back. He threw the blanket off them so he could see what he was doing. As Sasuke continued to tease his nipples Naruto got his hands between them and started doing the same to Sasuke.

Sasuke moved up Naruto's chest, trailing butterfly kisses up to his neck where he started to nibble and suck, leaving hickeys behind. Then he kissed along Naruto's jaw until he finally reached his lips. Naruto kissed him tenderly, taking the lead as soon as their lips met. Sasuke didn't really mind, he enjoyed having Naruto as the dominant, he had always been a uke so it worked for him.

Naruto flipped them over and licked his tongue across Sasuke's lips. He opened his mouth obediently and Naruto plunged in. Sasuke groaned as the sensations sank in. Their tongues moved in an intimate dance together. Sasuke ran his hands over Naruto's chest.

His ear was attacked next. Naruto was rather fond of the area, probably because of its sensitivity. He nibbled lightly on the edge before moving in behind it and nibbling there, a little more roughly now. Sasuke groaned as Naruto nibbled and sucked on the sensitive skin there. Naruto then moved down his neck, leaving a few hickeys in his wake. Then he moved down his chest until he reached a nipple.

He gently took it in his mouth and suckled on it. He nipped at it and then swirled his tongue around it. As Naruto gave a particularly rough suck Sasuke's back arched off the bed with a gasp leaving his lips. Naruto's hand was teasing his other nipple. His free hand was trailing slowly down Sasuke's torso. He teasingly moved his hand past his waist line and trailed close to Sasuke's cock but staying a hair's breadth out of reach.

When Sasuke gave signs he was going to buck or wiggle to try and get his hand in contact he moved his hand away and would caress Sasuke's thigh, still teasingly close to his cock. When Naruto heard him start to whine in desperation Naruto smirked and instead of giving Sasuke the hand he wanted he gave him his mouth instead. Sasuke gasped and bucked upward when Naruto's mouth suddenly engulfed his cock.

Sasuke heard the sound of Naruto making a shadow clone and managed to pry his eyes open long enough to see another fully naked Naruto leaning over him and continue where Naruto left off on his nipples. This continued until Sasuke came in Naruto's mouth. When Naruto pulled away Sasuke watched as he licked his lips with half lidded eyes.

He sat up, the clone no longer over him, and crawled over to Naruto, the real one. Sasuke saw those eyes soften through their haze of lust in Naruto's eyes. Naruto reached a hand out and cupped Sasuke's cheek as he pulled him in for a passionate kiss. Sasuke's hands moved down Naruto's chest and to his cock which he started pumping. Naruto moaned into the kiss and took Sasuke's cock into his own hand.

The pop of a lid was heard as the clone opened a bottle of lube and spread it over his fingers. He immediately inserted two fingers into Sasuke's semi-prepped hole. Those fingers started scissoring a bit before inserting another one and started finger fucking him. He made sure to hit Sasuke's prostate every time. Sasuke had pressed his forehead against Naruto's shoulder and let out moan after moan. He would have resisted it but he knew how much the sounds affected Naruto so he let every moan he felt out without any resistance whatsoever.

Not long after he felt a tongue at his entrance and shivered in anticipation. He squeezed Naruto's thigh in his desire, his hand still stroking Naruto subconsciously speeding up. Naruto was forced to remove the hand as it risked him losing the concentration he needed to keep the clone in tack. Sasuke didn't seem to care.

He got Sasuke to bend over on hands and knees and crawled under him, attaching his mouth to his newly erect cock. Sasuke's moans only got louder the longer they progressed. Naruto used his free hand to knead his balls. The clone continued fucking him with his fingers, his tongue doing the same. This only stopped when he sucked on the entrance. Sasuke was hard and begging in a very short period of time.

"Oh, god, Naruto please!" Sasuke begged. "I need you! Fill me, fuck me long and hard! Now! Ple-e-ease!"

The shadow clone moved and laid down under Sasuke, face to cock and Naruto positioned himself at Sasuke's entrance. Sasuke and the clone took the cocks in their mouths and Naruto pushed himself in. Sasuke, still prepared enough from last night only felt a little discomfort and therefore Naruto was able to start up a powerful pounding action from the beginning. Sasuke ended up moaning more on the clones cock than actually sucking.

"Ah… I-I'm not go-ah… going to ugh last much… longer." Sasuke struggled out.

"Me either." Naruto groaned.

Sasuke soon came in the clones mouth and then Naruto's seed erupted into Sasuke's hole. Sasuke had his eyes closed and they rode out their orgasm. When his cum had filled Sasuke he pulled himself out and the clone removed his mouth from Sasuke's cock but stayed where he was. Sasuke shifted, turning around so he was facing Naruto and his clone and eyes locked on Naruto pushed himself down.

He started to ride him and Naruto crawled over and leaned his upper body sideways over his clone. Sasuke immediately moved his hands from the clones stomach and wrapped his arms around Naruto and pressed his face into his neck. Naruto's free hand went around him and held him close. The clone pumped Sasuke as he inhaled Naruto's scent deeply and closed his eyes in a pleasure filled bliss.

When the clone came inside him he continued to ride him ruthlessly until Sasuke came a second time. Then the clone dispersed and Sasuke collapsed in Naruto's arms. He knew he really should go see the Hokage now but he just couldn't bring himself to care. He knew Tsunade would kill him later but he would never just up and leave after having sex with his Sasuke. Besides, how could he give up an extremely cuddly Sasuke?

Naruto half laid down half leaned against the headboard. Sasuke was laying on Naruto's stomach. He had his head so that he was looking up at him and had an arm over Naruto's waist. Naruto smiled at him and ran his fingers through his hair. Sasuke blinked up at him before resettling his head and closing his eyes. He slid his other arm around Naruto's waist and possessively squeezed him a little. Naruto's eyes crinkled as his smile widened at the action.

When he thought Sasuke had fallen back asleep he retracted his hand but then Sasuke growled. Naruto smiled indulgently if only a little exasperatedly and started combing his hair again. This was the add-on to an extremely cuddly Sasuke, either you gave him exactly what he wanted or you pissed him the fuck off and he refused to talk to you for the rest of the day and banned you to the couch.

When Sasuke's mood had settled into contentment for a good while he shifted a bit to tell Sasuke he wanted to get up. Sasuke didn't immediately get up, he looked up at him instead, his eyes inquisitive. Naruto gave Sasuke an exasperated look, he knew full well why he wanted to get up. Sasuke gave him a slight pout, obviously wanting him to stay.

"Ah, c'mon Sasu I've been cuddling with you for hours." Naruto said. "You know I have to go see Granny. She's going to be pissed off enough at me as it is."

"…Is that the only reason you stayed?" Sasuke asked with a frown.

"…Eh? What?" Naruto asked confused.

"After sex, so I wouldn't be upset with you." Sasuke clarified.

"Of course not, Sasuke." I said softly. "I enjoy cuddling with you, especially after we have sex and I would love to stay and cuddle more but I have to talk to Granny Tsunade before she comes and breaks down the door."

Sasuke sighed but got off him and into a sitting position. Naruto sat up and leaned over to give him a chaste kiss on the cheek. He ran the backs of his fingers up and down his arm lightly. Sasuke let out a soft sigh and relaxed. He resisted the urge to cuddle with Naruto, knowing he had to go, just as Naruto resisted the same urge for the same reason. He allowed his fingers to trail down his arm and to his hand. He kept their hands connected by their fingers as he got up.

"You could come with me if you want." Naruto offered.

"No, it's all right." Sasuke said.

"If you're sure." Naruto said.

He closed his hand over Sasuke's fingers lightly and braced himself on his free hand as he leaned over and gave Sasuke another chaste kiss, this time on his temple. Sasuke smiled a little, a soft look about him as Naruto pressed their foreheads together. He reached a hand up and traced the angles of Naruto's face, watching as he did so.

"No, it's fine, really." Sasuke murmured. "Besides, if we take a shower together we're bound to have another round of sex and then you'd only be in more trouble."

"That's true but," Naruto chuckled, "I certainly wouldn't make any protests."

Sasuke smiled amusedly at that and gave Naruto a quick kiss on the lips before pulling away and pulling his hand free. He pushed him gently in the direction of the door. Naruto smiled but refused to leave. When Sasuke raised a brow in question Naruto's response was to spread his arms open in invitation. Sasuke rolled his eyes but Naruto refused to leave until Sasuke gave him a hug.

Shaking his head in exasperation and laughing a little he got up and went up to Naruto and slid his arms up his back. He placed his head on Naruto chest and sighed happily, snuggling into him. He felt strong arms wrap around him and hold him tightly to him and a face bury itself in his hair. After lingering in the embrace a minute Sasuke pulled away.

"There, now go!" Sasuke said. "I'm gonna take a nap. Feel free to join me when you get back."

"Should I undress when I do?" Naruto asked with a little smirk.

"Mm, I'd like that." Sasuke admitted as he turned around and crawled into bed.

"Then I'll do that." Naruto said with a smile.

He heard Sasuke make an appreciative hum as he walked to their washroom and started up a shower. He glanced back at him with an amused smile but all he saw was the top of his head, the rest of him curled up and hidden under the blankets. Naruto took a quick shower and then got dressed. Before he left he shut the curtains. He heard a muffled 'thank you' come from the sheets. Naruto leaned down and kissed the top of his head, murmuring a 'you're welcome' and 'I'll be back as soon as I can'. Sasuke only made an 'mm' noise and Naruto was off.

He barged into Tsunade's office which his usual 'hey Granny Tsunade!' and then proceeded to avoid the expected thrown object that followed with her 'stop calling me that!' That done Tsunade sat back down into her chair calmly and said it was about time he showed up. Naruto rubbed the back of his head sheepishly with an apology that didn't sound like he really regretted taking so long.

"Well, you're lucky it wasn't anything urgent." Tsunade sighed. "I can't believe you made me wait this long!"

"Eheheh, it wasn't intentional." Naruto said.

"I'm sure it wasn't." Tsunade said dryly. "Now, for why I called you here. I have some very good news for you…"

"Sasuke, you won't believe the news I just got!" Naruto yelled excitedly as he ran into their room.

Sasuke groaned as he was woken up from his nap. He gave him a glowering look for waking him up. Naruto turned sheepish immediately, apologising for waking him up. It seemed to be a partially true apology, as though he was sorry he had been woken up but also would have done it again anyway because he really wanted to share the news. Noticing how he was practically bouncing up and down he sighed and decided to let it go since this was obviously really important to Naruto.

"What is it?" Sasuke asked grumpily.

Naruto grinned and his eyes brightened when Sasuke indicated he would listen, which only made Sasuke's heart swim and give him a warm feeling inside. Naruto jumped over to the bed and glomped Sasuke, giggling and rocking back and forth. Sasuke sighed a little but smiled anyway, enjoying Naruto's affection either way.

"Oh, guess what, guess what, guess what?!" Naruto went on excitedly.

"What?" Sasuke asked.

"Eheheh, Tsunade's naming me the next Hokage!" Naruto said gleefully.

At first Sasuke's eyes widened in surprise, then they softened into a small smile. He turned into Naruto and snuggled closer, no longer caring he had been woken up whatsoever. Sasuke nuzzled his neck and pressed Naruto onto his back snuggling in on top of him. The rocking would have driven him crazy.

"That's great, Naruto! When do you get to start?" Sasuke asked.

"Next week! I'm so excited!" Naruto said. "I can't wait to start! We won't have to go on missions anymore either! Ah, unless you want to?"

"Are you nuts? There's nowhere I'd rather be." Sasuke said. "I can't stand not having you with me."

"Neither can I." Naruto said, his expression softening.

Sasuke smiled and cuddled. After about fifteen minutes Sasuke said the sex from earlier would have to be taken as his gift because he was too tired for another round. Naruto laughed heartily and squeezed him gently before saying he was a gift in himself. Sasuke snorted but smiled happily despite that and napped with his Hokage and nobody else's.