Disclaimer: i dun own Naruto or any reference to Gintama...

For those of you who wanted Ita/Naru's relationship to be un-rushed....sorry, it is. They have a past together, and I hope that satifies you to some extent, but...yeah...sorry.

Enjoy

Niwasae Shiina

Naruto was lying on his back on top of the bed sheets with the Bingo Book held in front of his face. He hummed as he wrote another name down on the pad of paper next to him. He groaned and dropped the open book on his chest and covered his eyes with his left arm.

"I've been through half the book and only one person stuck out of all of them." he sighed and rolled on his stomach, dislodging the book. He propped the book up in front of him and stared at the picture.

"Kaguya Kimimaro, ka?" he traced the photo with his finger and tilted his head to the side.

"Hmmm, he reminds me of Panda-chan; especially those eyes, except his are a little darker than Panda-chan's."

Naruto flipped through the pages and wrote a few more names down until he came to the 'U' section of the book. He hesitated and frowned.

"Maybe I should just skip this section." he mumbled.

'Last time I saw Uchiha Itachi was when he saved me from being raped. I was 7 and he was 12. He should be 18 now, I'm pretty sure he grew more handsome as well,' Naruto sighed and stared at the page with unseeing eyes. 'Itachi…I wonder if you remember me. I miss you…'

--

Itachi sneezed silently and stuck another Pocky stick in his mouth. He was in disguise and staring after his otouto, who apparently was on a date with another guy.

'Hmm, they grow up fast.' He thought. He followed the couple silently as they reached the upper-class part of Konoha and stop in front of a building. He saw them climb up to the top floor and knock on the door. When the door opened, Itachi had to maneuver himself to see who they were visiting. His eyes widened when he saw who it was. The blond grew up to be beautiful and the whisker marks were gone, but he would never forget those eyes.

"Naruto-kun…" he whispered. He saw the blond stiffen and whip his head in Itachi's general area, but he was already gone.

--

Naruto frowned as he sat across from Haku and Sasuke.

'I'm pretty sure I heard someone call my name. There's no doubt about it. Someone was there and the scent I picked up is somewhat familiar.'

"Naruto?" Haku called. Naruto blinked and looked up.

"Did you say something?"

"Are you alright? You seem distracted." Haku said with a worried frown.

"I'm fine Haku-chan. That aside," Naruto said gently then turned to Sasuke with a flat look on his face. "What are you doing here? I don't remember inviting you so get out."

"I'm here because my koibito is here." Sasuke stated.

"Aww how sweet, now get out." Naruto said with a smile.

"I invited him Naruto." Haku said to stop the oncoming fight.

Naruto stared at Haku and smiled.

"That's fine then, now how can I help you?" Naruto asked sweetly, ignoring Sasuke.

Sasuke, on the other hand, was staring at him weirdly.

'Is he bipolar…no, he's just psycho. Yeah, just psycho…why does it sound like I'm trying to reassure myself? Wait, does this mean that I think that being psycho is better than being bipolar?' He thought about his pink haired bipolar teammate and shuddered. 'Yes, yes it is.'

--

"He looks constipated." Naruto said as he stared at Sasuke's frowning but pale face.

"He's just thinking hard."

"Thinking hard makes him constipated?"

"Please stop twisting my words, now have you looked through the Bingo Book yet?" Haku asked.

Naruto nodded and fingered the book next to him.

"I'm at the 'U' section right now, but the people I've considered so far are written down on the pad in front of you." Naruto said.

Haku looked through the list with a raised brow.

"There are only four names written down."

"I know, but none of the others appealed to me." Naruto said and dropped the book on the coffee table before him. The book landed on its spine and opened. It was as if the book had a will of its own and showed the one person that was constantly on Naruto's mind.

Uchiha Itachi.

--

Haku smiled at the look on Naruto's face as he stared at the recent picture of Sasuke's older brother. Naruto looked…soft. His eyes were half mast and there was a look of complete affection in them as he stared at the older Uchiha. There was a small smile on his face that spoke of joy and his cheeks gained a slight pink color to them. Haku frowned when he caught something else on Naruto's expression. There was a hint of sadness to his joy that made Haku wonder what kind of relationship the two had before the Uchiha became a nuke-nin.

Haku turned to look at Sasuke who looked at Naruto then at the picture of Itachi before coming to the same conclusion as Haku. Sasuke was pale and looked like he was going to pass out. He pulled Haku to his chest and sighed.

"Should I warn him?" he muttered.

"Warn who, Naruto?" Haku asked confused.

"As if," Sasuke snorted. "I was talking about Itachi."

"Why would you want to warn him? What are you going to warn him about?" Haku asked.

Sasuke just stared at his lover before pointedly looking at Naruto, who was still lost in thought. Haku giggled and snuggled into Sasuke's embrace.

"If you want to, but I personally wouldn't." Haku said.

Sasuke raised a brow.

"It would be more interesting to see how things turn out, don't you think?" Haku asked.

Sasuke smirked.

--

Itachi and Kisame were in a weapons shop to restock their supplies when Itachi saw Naruto walk by the shop window. Itachi walked towards the blond, only to walk into the window. He frowned but placed his hands and cheek against the window to follow the blond with his eyes.

Kisame was doing everything in his power to pretend that he didn't know Itachi as people started to stare and whisper about them.

"Mommy, mommy look! There's a funny nii-chan over there!" a young boy laughed.

"Don't stare Takahiro!"

"Okyaku-san(customer), your total comes to ¥144,300.00." the cashier said. Kisame blinked at the price and looked down at the items before frowning.

"I didn't pick that katana." He said. The katana was a new ANBU grade sword that had just come out on the market.

"Your friend left it here and told us that you would pay for everything." the cashier said.

"My friend…wait, masaka!" he whipped his head to the window and saw that Itachi had disappeared.

'I hate you, you Pocky freak!' Kisame cried inwardly as he paid the cashier.

--

Naruto was walking towards the bridge that was on training ground 7. He sighed and leaned against the bridge railing to look down at the water. He looked at his reflection and closed his eyes.

"Would you like to join me? Or are you just going to follow me around like a stalker?" Naruto asked out loud.

He heard the rustling of clothes and silent footsteps that joined him on the bridge.

"Are you going to open your eyes and look at me, Naruto-kun?" a large and warm hand touched his bangs then ran a calloused finger ran down his forehead, cheek, and to the tip of his chin. The warm hand cupped his chin and turned his head to face his companion.

"Are you afraid?" the deep soothing voice asked.

"Should I be?" Naruto asked in a shaky voice.

"Never, you are the only one person that should never be afraid of me. Intentionally or not, I would never hurt you." he felt the hand on his chin leave as two hands came up to cup his cheeks.

"…but you have. Do you know how many times I have dreamed of meeting you like this, only to wake up in agony when I realize that you aren't there?" Naruto asked quietly as he gripped his companion's left wrist in a tight hold.

Naruto felt his companion lean his forehead against his. He felt the warm puffs of breath against his lips, leaned up slightly, and felt his nose bump up with the others.

"Itachi…" he whispered and opened his eyes. Then just like that, he was trapped in pools of garnet. Those eyes pierced his soul and made him gasp. He breathed in shakily and traced Itachi's handsome features with his eyes.

Same ebony black hair, but longer and still tied back, pale face, and sharp features that matured with age. He let go of Itachi's wrist to trace the thin lines under his eyes, down the straight nose, and to the light pink cupid bow lips. He traced his fingers back up to smooth out the slight furrow between the thin brows. Itachi's fingers traced the ghost paths of whisker marks no longer there.

"Two years ago, almost three now, Kyuubi and I fused."

"The seal?" Itachi demanded.

"Yeah, the use of Kyuubi's chakra to heal my wounds and help me survive pushed the seal to convert his chakra into mine. It wasn't supposed happen until I was 18 but, it can't be helped. The life I lived…it still amazes me sometimes that I even survived." Naruto said with a tired kind of smile.

Naruto was brought into a tight hug, which he gladly returned. He inhaled Itachi's scent deeply and sighed in happiness.

'The scent of earth and Itachi mixed in with a hint of chocolate.'

Naruto giggled and basked in the embrace.

--

"Excuse me," Naruto bit out. "I'm sorry; I thought I just heard you say that I have to go train with this…this Ero-sannin for the rest of the month."

Sarutobi winced at the tone and looked from a jilted Jiraiya to Team 7 sans Sakura.

"Well, as you know, Kakashi is going to train Sasuke-kun to help with his Sharingan."

Naruto glared at Sasuke, who glared back.

"What would you need help with? Didn't you have your freaking Doujutsu since the Massacre, like 6 years ago? You're telling me, that for the past 6 years, you haven't done anything with it?!" Naruto demanded.

"I don't see you doing anything!"

"Does it look like I have a fucking Doujutsu or even a Kekkei Genkai you idiotic-retard?!"

"He got you there." Kakashi told Sasuke who glared at the scarecrow.

"Shut up Kakashi!" Sasuke growled.

Naruto rubbed the bridge of his nose with a groan and turned to the Sandaime Hokage and the Toad Sannin, Jiraiya.

"Duck-ass aside, I refuse to travel with a pervert. What if he rubs off on me?" Naruto wrinkled his nose. Everyone would've 'aww-ed' or cooed if it was anyone else other than Naruto.

'You're a pervert too! No, you're worse, you sexually molest people, consensual or not!' Sasuke thought.

"Look gaki, I can teach you some awesome moves! Be thankful that you'll actually be learning from me!" Jiraiya yelled.

"Learning what? How to make moves on women? Sorry to disappoint, but I bat for the home team." Naruto said as he examined his nails. Sarutobi chocked on his saliva, Kakashi sighed, and Sasuke face palmed himself.

"YOU'RE GAY?!" Jiraiya yelled.

"Ah, speaking of which, I chose my future hubby," Naruto said and turned to Sasuke with his fox-smile. "I look forward to living with you…nii-chan."

Sasuke's eyes widened as he started to hyperventilate.

"Sasuke? Sasuke!" Kakashi yelled as he helped the young Uchiha sit on the floor. He gave him a paper bag and told him to breathe.

'I that this would happen, but knowing is one thing! To actually hear it confirmed is another story! Oh Kami, he's going to be related to me!!!! Shit, he's gong to marry my brother!' Sasuke thought furiously as he clenched the paper bag in one hand. He did the one thing that anyone in his situation would do. He snapped.

"NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!"

"Calm down Sasuke!" Kakashi yelled while Naruto started chuckling.

In the end, Sasuke was sedated and taken to the hospital with Kakashi to watch over him. This left Jiraiya, Sarutobi, and Naruto left to carry on the previous conversation.

"Uchiha Itachi?" Sarutobi asked.

"Of course it's Itachi! There's no way, I'd ever consider dating, much less marry, that Duck-ass!" Naruto spat out.

"But he's a nuke-nin!" Jiraiya stated.

"No he's not, and even if he was, I'd still marry him," Naruto said as he stared at the Sandaime who stared back at him. "I saw the file Ero-jiji. I know that he's in Akatsuki under your orders as a spy. I also know that he's Ero-Sannin's informant so drop the act you freaking pervert!"

Jiraiya gave a sheepish smile and scratched his cheek.

"Anyways, we strayed from the topic. Come on kid, I'll teach you how to summon."

"I already have a summoning contract and even if I didn't there'd be no way in hell that I'd choose a Frog summon." Naruto deadpanned.

"They're Toads not Frogs." Jiraiya twitched.

"Tomato To-mah-to." Naruto waved a hand.

"Fine then! What summon do you have anyways? I bet it's crappy!"

"Aww, did I hurt your feelings?" Naruto asked like a bully to a younger child. Then his voice changed into a happy tone. "Good, I hope you drown in your depression and commit suicide; preferably, in the near future. The world will survive with one less pervert out there."

"Perhaps we should continue this conversation tomorrow." Sarutobi said when he saw his student's hand twitch towards his kunai pouch.

"Fine by me," Naruto yawned and walked towards the door but stopped. "You wanted to know what contract I have right? Well, here's a hint: the boss summon has nine-tails. See ya!" With that, he left, slamming the door shut behind him.

Naruto smirked when he herd the wail coming out of the room.

"Now, to tell my hubby that he's going to be my hubby…" Naruto mumbled.

--

5 miles out of Konoha, Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro were training to prepare for the final exam and the oncoming invasion. Temari and Kankuro stayed as far away from Gaara as possible. Ever since meeting that Uzumaki Naruto, Gaara's been hair-triggered and anything that came as a surprise was eliminated.

Gaara stretched and preformed his katas before coming to a stop when his teacher approached him.

"The Uchiha is in the hospital." Baki sighed.

"Really, why?" Kankuro asked.

"I was hoping that you would know." Baki said staring at his redheaded student.

"It wasn't me." Gaara stated and proceeded to ignore his teacher.

It will bet you everything that it was the blond devil.

Uzumaki Naruto…I'm scared kaa-san. Whenever I'm around him, I feel like hiding in my Suna kekkai.

…considering who we're talking about, what you are feeling is normal and to be expected. Shukaku sighed.

But there are times, when I want to stay in his embrace. It is…comforting.

That is natural for someone like you, who has never been touched without harmful intention. Shukaku nodded from within his vessel.

Kaa-san, what is my relationship with Uzumaki Naruto?

Shukaku frowned before tapping his chin with one clawed finger.

A family relationship, he sees you as his 'baby' like he does with that Haku boy.

Haku?

The one who had the Uchiha's sent all over him.

…so, he is my parent?

More like psycho Uncle…maybe you should talk to him about this instead. Shukaku suggested.

……………………………………………………………………………………………..you wish for me to speak with Uzumaki Naruto?

I guess you have a point. But if you want to know, it's better if you ask him. Besides, we know that he won't hurt you.

Hai, I will speak with Uzumaki Naruto.

Great. Shukaku stated.

Gaara didn't move.

Shukaku cleared his throat and tapped his arm with a clawed hand. His tail twitched with nervous energy.

Well? He demanded.

I will visit him later.

That's great too. Just take your time. There's no need to rush this.

…

--

Naruto was sitting by Itachi with Itachi's Pocky stick in his mouth as the raven haired male thought about what the smaller blond told him. They were in Naruto's flat, sitting on the bed inside his room. It was already 9 p.m. and the blinds were shut to give them some cover from the ANBU who patrolled at night.

"I think you should take advantage of Jiraiya-sama's training. He knows two of your father's techniques that will interest you." Itachi said as he stopped Naruto from stealing his Pocky box with one hand.

"And what techniques would that be?" Naruto asked absently as he tried to reach for the box again, only to fail.

"The Rasengan and the beginning part to the Hiraishin no jutsu." Itachi said and held the box over Naruto's head.

"Why only the beginning?" Naruto asked, as he placed his knees on either side of Itachi's hips and lifted himself with one hand on the raven's shoulder, the other reaching for the box.

"Yondaime-sama was the only one who could do the technique," Itachi grunted as he put his free arm around Naruto's waist to trap him to his front. "I believe you can do it as well. You are your father's son."

Naruto, who was still on his knees, stared down at the raven, who was currently eye-level with his chin, who still had a Pocky stick in his mouth. Naruto leaned down, bit the end of the biscuit and snapped it in half.

"I'll talk to Ero-sanin tomorrow." Naruto said and finished his half of the Pocky stick. He stared up at the box of Pocky only to blink when Itachi leaned his head against the blonde's shoulder. He brought his other arm down and around his Kitsune and held him tightly to himself.

Naruto stroked Itachi's hair and leaned his entire weight onto the raven. Itachi slowly laid them down and started a staring match with his Kitsune.

"Marry me." Naruto demanded.

Itachi blinked and raised a brow.