A/N: Alright guys, here's an update that has been highly requested by so many of you, more so than BMTL. Kind of confuses me because I personally like the NarutoxAnko pairing just a bit more, but that's just me.

And again, I apologize for the huge delay. Real life can be a hassle as a young man settling into full adulthood. But in any case, I hope you all enjoy this chapter!


Kurenai could only stare at him with a face of overwhelming shock. She didn't know what to say, and any word that would try to come out of her mouth would just end up as a broken word or letter.

Asuma sighed as she saw her reaction. He closed his eyes and put his hands in his pockets, leaning against the building that served as a wall of the alleyway they were in, "I'm sorry, Kurenai."

"Lung c-cancer...?" Kurenai stuttered, "But... Did you go to the hospital? They can try to-"

"It's malignant, Kurenai." Asuma sadly interrupted, "Every nurse and doctor I've went to said that there's no way to cure it. I know I look fine, but apparently it's not something that gets worse over time. It just... finishes you one day, like a ticking time bomb. It's a very rare cancer to obtain, and I guess I'm one of the lucky bastards to get it." He huffed a sarcastic laugh at the end.

Kurenai's eyes began to tear up, "...I kept telling you to stop smoking those goddamn cigarettes!" she shouted with a sob, a mixture of anger and dreadfulness causing tears to fall down her face, "I told you! You knew they weren't good for you, and now look at what happened! Why wouldn't you listen to me?!"

Asuma's facial expression didn't change one bit as Kurenai shouted at him, as if he was expecting every word, "... I'm sorry, Kurenai."

Kurenai's fist clenched as a whole mix of emotions brewed in her very core, "Goddamn it!" She turned around and punched the brick wall behind her with all the strength she had, not caring for her knuckles the least bit. If she had super-charged strength like Tsunade, that building would have shattered into rubble. But instead, there was only a small crater in the brick wall, and Asuma had to admit he was a bit shocked to see Kurenai had even that much strength.

With blood now slowly leaking from her knuckles, she grit her teeth as more tears began to fall. Not even acknowledging the pain in her right hand, she broke down as the sadness overrode her anger. She folded her forearms flat against the building and rested her head onto them. Her back heaved with every sob, silently whimpering as drops of tears and blood slowly began to stain the ground below her.

Asuma sighed again and placed a hand on her shoulder. He expected her to shrug it off, but she did not. Whether she accepted his gesture or just didn't have the strength to deny it, Asuma did not know.

"I didn't want you to find out this way."

The next five minutes were spent by Asuma listening to Kurenai's small sobs and whimpers.

"How long..." Kurenai mumbled through a broken voice.

"What did you say?" Asuma asked.

"How long... did you know that you had it...?"

Asuma looked down at the ground, "...Three weeks."

Kurenai immediately turned and slapped his hand away from her. Her red eyes were practically glowing with anger, almost resembling that of a Sharingan, "Three weeks?!" She shouted, "You've known that long?! Why would you keep that from me this long?!"

Asuma sighed again, "I didn't want to hurt you."

"What?!" Kurenai almost screeched, "What kind of lame excuse is that, Asuma?! Is that why you broke up with me?! So you can live out the rest of your life without me tying you down?!"

Asuma frowned and looked her dead in the eyes, the same eyes that were currently burning holes in his skull, "I didn't tell you I had cancer because I didn't want to hurt you. I broke up with you because I didn't want to hurt you. I know that what I'm saying doesn't make much sense... but I'd rather die with you hating me than die with you loving me. That way, you wouldn't have to miss me when I'm gone." He then looked down at the ground, "But I didn't know you were pregnant... If I had known, I wouldn't have done what I have done. I... I'm so sorry."

Kurenai pushed him away, "Why couldn't you just at least live out your final days with me?! Instead of cutting me off like that?! Did I not make you happy anymore?! Was I not good to you?! Telling me you split things off with me just because you didn't want me to be hurt as bad when you die sounds like complete and total BULLSHIT!"

"It's not bullshit!" Asuma told her, a bit taken back that Kurenai was able to get so loud and turbulent with him. Never in the two decades that they've known each other has he seen her so furious.

He took a deep breath and tried to relax himself, "Look Kurenai, I love you, and I always have. I did what I did because I could only think about the pain you would feel when I die. You were talking about marriage, what our futures together would be like... and as badly as I wanted that with you, it killed me to know that those things weren't going to happen anymore, and that I was going to be taken away from you... so I walked away on my own because I didn't know how else to break it to you that those things weren't going to happen. You made my days, Kurenai, and it wasn't easy to build up the strength to do it. Didn't you notice me being more distant these past few weeks? The entire time I knew, I was struggling to go through with my decision. But I thought it was something I had to do, so you wouldn't be as devastated."

"Unbelievable." Kurenai growled. She couldn't remember the last time she was this angry, "You leaving me like that hurt me just as much as, if not, more than it would have if you died while we were together. You made me feel flawed, Asuma. I spent nights wondering what was wrong with me, what I did to make you leave. I even thought that you left because you found out I was pregnant, and you just didn't want to take on that responsibility with me. You say that you did it so I wouldn't be hurt as bad, but it still hurt on extreme levels regardless. Your actions killed our baby, Asuma. How do you expect me to just accept that what you have done was for my benefit?"

Asuma couldn't even look her in the eyes. He rose his hand to rub his eyes, trying not to let his tears fall, "...If I had known about the baby... I swear to you I wouldn't have even thought about breaking up with you." He choked out, "I would have been there for you. I would have helped you until the very end. I just thought that you didn't need me, and I was willing to sever our ties so you wouldn't be as hurt."

"You must not know how love works, Asuma." Kurenai sighed, "You can't possibly expect to break up with me, then die, and think that I'll just say 'Well, this hurts less than what it would have if we were together'. I was so emotionally scarred from what happened, I thought about finding a psychiatrist. It was only because of the help of Naruto that I was able to get back on my feet."

"I'm so sorry, Kurenai." He sighed, looking at her, "I didn't mean to hurt you or the baby. I just... I thought... I guess I really am a piece of shit."

Kurenai said nothing and crossed her arms. She then sighed. As much as she felt he was at fault, her heart made her feel some kind of sentiment for him, "I can somewhat understand your reasonings, I guess. But it wasn't the right thing to do. If you would have just stayed with me, we could have departed on good terms, even if it did hurt me. I just... You were wrong, Asuma. That's all it comes down to, regardless of whether or not I was pregnant."

"I see that now." He stated, wiping his eyes, "I only wish I could take everything back. Is there any possible way you can forgive me?"

"Forgive you?" She questioned, "After all the pain you caused me?"

Asuma looked down, "It wasn't intentional. I know I don't deserve your forgiveness, and I understand if you don't want to."

With her arms still folded, she looked away in the distance, deep in thought.

"I need time to think about it."

Asuma nodded slowly, "I understand." he then took a deep breath, "We'll talk more when I come back from this mission. Tsunade and my team needs me."

Kurenai nodded, with no eye contact, "Go."

Hesitantly, Asuma walked out of the alleyway, back on his path to the Hokage tower.

As soon as Asuma was out of sight, Kurenai dragged her hands up her face until they were clutching at the roots of her hair.

"I don't know how much more of this I can put up with." She whined quietly, to no one.


Kurenai returned to the training grounds with lunch for Kakashi, Yamato, Naruto, and herself. Everyone noticed how quiet Kurenai was as they ate, but no one chose to vocalize it. She saw Naruto's concerned eyes staring at her a few times, and she felt bad about not being able to talk with him about it.

It was then where she suddenly come across a good, but obvious idea.

"Naruto." Kurenai called out.

"Ah, yes, Kurenai-sensei?"

She gave a small smile, "It's okay, you can say '-chan' if you want. Kakashi and Yamato can't hear us."

"Can't hear us?" Naruto looked over at his two teachers and saw that they were immobile, both with chopsticks in their hands picking at the bowl on their laps, "Whoa, how did you-?"

"They're in a genjutsu." She smiled, "As far as they're concerned, we're still eating as we were."

He rubbed his chin, "Oh, why did you put them in a genjutsu?"

"Because I know you want to talk... and so do I." Kurenai sighed, "I ran into Asuma... he told me everything."

Naruto frowned, "I'm sorry I didn't tell you when you asked me before. It's just that I promised him that I-"

"No, it's okay Naruto-kun, I assure you." She politely interrupted.

The blond sighed, "I'm sorry things happened like this. I don't really agree with Asuma and his actions, but... I can kind of see where he was coming from now."

"I don't know." Kurenai huffed, "It's just... things could have went differently. But I'm trying not to linger on the past, and focus on the now. For example, we're together. And that makes me happy every time I think about it." She told him sweetly.

Naruto smiled, "Yeah, exactly. Let's not worry about the negative things too much and focus on the positive."

Kurenai got up and planted a small, but loving kiss onto her boyfriend's lips, "I couldn't agree more." She then sat back down and resumed eating, dispelling the genjutsu casted on Yamato and Kakashi. They resumed eating, as if nothing ever happened.

"I could've sworn I was almost finished with this bowl a minute ago..." Yamato mumbled. He then shrugged, "Ah, well. Can't say I'm complaining."

Kurenai smiled as she saw that Naruto was having a tough time trying not to snicker.


Naruto resumed back to his training, now equipped with better knowledge regarding how he should develop his new jutsu. Kurenai had been sitting there the whole time along side Kakashi, watching the hundreds of clones as they aided in the progress of this jutsu development.

"Maybe one day I should get him to use the clone technique in the bedroom..." Kurenai thought greedily in her head. "And it's taking me all that I have to put Kakashi and Yamato back into a genjutsu and take Naruto so we can..." She had to shake off such thoughts before she became too hot and flustered, "Easy, Kurenai... there's a time and a place. Don't let your libido get you in trouble."

The progress continued for another thirty minutes until, "I... I think I got it!" Said a Naruto from amongst the crowd. The rest of the clones dispelled, and the original Naruto ran over to Kakashi and Kurenai to show off his new creation, "Kakashi-sensei, look!"

The two Jounin both saw what appeared to be something similar to a regular Rasengan, only this one seemed a bit more white-colored, and had four small spinning blades of wind on the outside of it.

"Wow." Kakashi commented cooly, though very much impressed, "Well, from what it seems like, you just did something that not even the Fourth Hokage could do. You successfully added your own chakra nature to the Rasengan."

"Awesome!" Naruto cheered, "Ah man, I didn't think I'd be able to do it for a sec!"

Kurenai could only look at him in adoration, "Such a kind, sweet, loving, yet powerful man this is... If anyone had the potential to become Hokage, it'd be him."

"Okay, now that you've made some changes to the Rasengan, lets see how much stronger it is compared to that of a normal Rasengan." Kakashi stated. He looked at Kurenai, "You might want to stand back."

Kurenai wasn't entirely sure what he and Naruto were about to do, but did as she was advised. She stepped a good distance away from them, curious what Kakashi had in mind.

Kakashi stepped back a few feet and created a standard Rasengan, which was a bit smaller than the one in Naruto's hand, "Alright Naruto, I want you to come at me with your new Rasengan and I'll collide it with the regular one to see how much stronger it is. Got it?"

"Yeah! I'm ready!" Naruto stated, prepping his stance to get ready to run.

"Alright, here goes nothing." Kakashi declared before taking off, his Rasengan extended out towards Naruto. Naruto mimicked his actions, and not a second later, the wind Rasengan was clashing with the normal one.

The loud sound of raw spinning chakra colliding with each other echoed throughout the clearing before an explosion erupted between Naruto and Kakashi, kicking up dust and dirt within a thirty foot radius.

Kurenai shielded her eyes from the dust and dirt flown at her, "Naruto! Kakashi!"

She looked over at the area they were at, but saw no figures due to the cloud of dirt lingering around them. Soon the dust died down, and Naruto and Kakashi were within visible sight, to Kurenai's relief. Both of their arms were still extended out toward each other, however, Kakashi's arm had half of his sleeve destroyed, exposing the many scratches and wounds caused from the explosion. Naruto's arm, however, was just fine.

"Tch...!" Kakashi clenched his teeth in pain, finding it difficult and painful to bring his arm back down to his side, "That... wasn't very expected..."

"Kakashi, are you alright?" Kurenai called out, rushing over to him. She could now see the damage done to his right arm up close, and saw that it was not very pretty.

"Y-Yeah, I'm fine." He finally brought his arm to his side and sighed a sigh of relief, "Okay, I think that may have to conclude our training session for today..."

Naruto was wide-eyed, "Whoa... My jutsu did that?!" He grinned largely before clearing his throat, "Er, sorry about your arm though, Kakashi-sensei."

"It's fine, it was my idea. Just goes to show how much power your new jutsu has."

"Well, that was a stupid way of testing it." Kurenai crossed her arms, with what sounded like a scolding mother tone, "What if that jutsu was stronger, and you ended up getting that arm separated from your body, Kakashi? And what if the jutsu backfired on you, Naruto, and you ended up hurt, too?"

Kakashi scratched the back of his head, with his good arm, "Ah, well, we had to compare it somehow to see how much the jutsu evolved."

By this time, Yamato arrived alongside all of them, "All of these trees around you and you couldn't use those to test the power of it?" Kurenai asked.

"But it was much cooler to see them fight against each other!"

Kurenai just rolled her eyes, "Ugh. Men, I swear."

"Anyway, congrats on finishing your new jutsu, Naruto. Though it is a very effective and strong ninjutsu, I believe you can alter it even more to make it even stronger." Kakashi then sighed, "But that will have to be another day. I have to make a quick trip to the hospital now, so I think I'll catch you guys later... C'mon, Yamato."

"Right." Yamato nodded. Kurenai and Naruto said their goodbyes and soon they were left alone in the training grounds.

"Ah, I feel so accomplished! I'm getting stronger and stronger by the second!" Naruto cheered with a shit-eating grin. Kurenai smiled.

"I'm happy for you, Naruto-kun. You never cease to amaze me. To think you'd be able to do something that not even a Kage could do."

Naruto blushed sightly and scratched his head coyly, "Hehehe, well, that's how you know I was destined to be Hokage! And I can't wait until I have you right beside me when I do."

That response earned Naruto a nice peck on the lips, "Me neither." She had to admit, she loved strength in a man, and it took quite a bit of Kurenai's restraint to not jump his bones right here in the clearing... Not that anyone would know if she did.

Naruto then yawned and stretched, "Man, I'm beat."

"With all the chakra you used up today, I'm not surprised." She gave him a sultry look, "I just hope you still have enough energy for tonight..."

Naruto chuckled and grinned, "I'll always spare enough energy for you, Kure-chan."

"As will I." Kurenai said, "Now lets head home so you can get your rest."


Later that night, Kurenai was awakened by a loud shout next to her. She rose up immediately and saw Naruto beside her, with his face in his palms, sobbing.

"Naruto-kun, what's wrong...?!" She asked with a high level of concern in her voice. Naruto sniffled and tried to wipe his tears.

"I-It's nothing, don't worry... Sorry for waking you."

Kurenai frowned, "Naruto-kun, talk to me. I'm here."

Naruto glimpsed at her and sighed, "I just... I had a bad dream about Sakura."

Kurenai sighed and wrapped her arms around him, while he did the same to her in return, "Oh, I'm sorry, hun. I know you're still hurting from what happened, and that's okay." She whispered to him, "I can't promise that you'll be able to completely get over it, but just know that I'm here to help you in any way that I can. You're an amazing person, Naruto, don't ever forget that, okay?"

"I don't know, Kurenai-chan..." Naruto mumbled, "Things have been decent these past few days, and you've helped me take my mind off of it for a while, but... I still feel terrible."

Kurenai let go of him to look him in the eyes, "Naruto-kun... there's not much I can say that can make you feel better. But you just have to keep in mind that what happened is not your fault. You didn't ask to be the container of a powerful demon... But just remember that at least there's some good that came out of this." She smiled softly and caressed the whisker marks on his cheeks, "If I hadn't found you drinking in that bar that night, I probably wouldn't have gotten to be so close with such a gentle, loving, caring, yet strong young man such as yourself."

Naruto gave a small smile as Kurenai wiped away another one of his tears, "I'm glad that I have you, Kurenai."

"And I'm glad I have you. The recovery process we both are going to have to go through won't be easy for either of us. But as long as we have each other readily available to lend a helping hand, I think we'll both be okay."

"Thank you, Kure-chan..." Naruto sniffled. Kurenai knew Naruto might still want to mourn and recover from his dream a bit more, so she gestured for them to lay back down, her on her back while he rested on her side, laying his head on her chest. Kurenai held him and rubbed his back, while Naruto quietly continued to sob until he drifted back off to sleep. Kurenai stayed up a bit longer, just to make sure that she'd still be awake if Naruto woke up again. But soon enough, Kurenai's hands stopped moving to caress him, as she joined him in the world of slumber.


"Oh God, Naruto-kun..." Kurenai whispered in his ear, wrapping her arms around the back of his neck, "I missed it... I missed how good it feels..."

"Likewise..." Naruto groaned after burying himself inside fully. Kurenai held the back of his head and pulled him in for a deep sensual kiss, one with lots of tongue and lip smacking. Kurenai whimpered into his mouth once she felt him slowly stroking into her, causing her legs that were around his waist to stiffen up.

Naruto's lips then searched under her jaw, planting small kisses and licks around the whole area. The brunette started panting as he did this, falling victim to his passionate love making.

Her lover suddenly rose up and took both of her legs in his hands by the crooks of her knees. He spread her legs wide, allowing for deeper penetration.

"God, it feels so good...!" Kurenai moaned, arching her back as Naruto began thrusting his dick into her a bit harder. Naruto watched as Kurenai's drenched sex stretched and swallowed his dick whole, and became mesmerized by the sight of Kurenai's breasts that bounced and jiggled each time his hips collided with hers.

"It was torture not being able to do this for so long..." Naruto groaned.

"Likewise." Kurenai replied looking at him with a grin, "Get on your back. I want to ride it."

Naruto quickly pulled out of Kurenai and did as he was told, propping his torso up with his elbows. Kurenai rolled over to straddle him, placing her hands on his shoulders for support.

"Mmn..." Kurenai mewled, grinding her lips and clit along the base of his dick, "I don't know what it is that you do to me, but... I can never get enough of the sex we have..."

"I was about to say the same thing to you." Naruto said with a light chuckled. Kurenai giggled lustfully and raised her hips up, while grabbing the base of Naruto's pulsing cock. She lined it up to her entrance and slowly eased down onto it, closing her eyes and sighing as she took more and more inches.

Naruto hung his head backwards in ecstasy, feeling her walls constrict around his most sensitive area, "Ugh... So good..." He mumbled. Kurenai smiled and leaned forward to plant small, but wet kisses onto his face, rocking her hips slowly.

"Mmm... Do you like it when I ride your dick like this?" She whispered in his ear sinfully. The amount of lust and hotness in her voice sent chills throughout Naruto's body.

"Y-Yeah..." Naruto sighed, making sure to flex the muscle in his penis to keep him from climaxing prematurely.

"Good... Because I want to ride it until I cum all over it..." She nibbled on his earlobe before reclining back and placing her hands to push him down completely on his back. She kept her hands firmly on his chest to keep him pinned down and quickened her pace a bit. She'd slowly raise her hips up, only to quickly drop back down, making both of them groan each time.

As Kurenai's juices started to drip down Naruto's shaft, down to his balls, her pace steadily increased. Naruto placed his hands on Kurenai's jiggling ass cheeks, massaging and squeezing them for encouragement.

The ebony-haired goddess soon grabbed Naruto's wrists and pinned them down onto the mattress on each side of his head. No verbal communication was made when Kurenai grinned lustfully at Naruto's slightly surprised expression as she started bouncing on his dick like a cowgirl riding a bull.

"Oh yeeesss..." She panted, sexual euphoria clouding her mind more and more with each passing second, "I'm gonna cum... Uhhnnn, I'm gonna cum..." She whispered so low, Naruto almost didn't hear her. Naruto fought against Kurenai's grip on his hands a bit to gain some control and found that she's a lot stronger than he originally thought. He was pinned down tight, and could barely even get any thrusts in to match her's from his position.

Kurenai's grip on his wrists tighened as the countdown to Kurenai's orgasm commenced with each bounce on Naruto's lap. She was breathing heavily and began mumbling things to herself so lowly that Naruto could only make out every other word.

She then leaned forward and fervently crashed her lips into his, kissing him messily as she muffled her own moans with his mouth.

Pulling back a bit, she looked him in his eyes, her own clouded with pure lust, "I'm cumming, Naruto... It's s-so close..."

Naruto placed a subtle but passionate kiss on her lips before saying, "Cum for me, Kure-chan."

As if that were an activation code of sorts, Kurenai began to quiver as soon as those left his mouth. She whined loudly as she continued bouncing on his lap in the midst of her orgasm, which only prolonged it. She found it hard to breath properly, her own lust almost putting her into a submission hold.

After she came down from her high, she collapsed on his chest, her hips still twitching slightly from the aftermath of a powerful orgasm.

"Mmm, God, Naruto." She heaved, "I... I can still feel my pussy tingling..."

Naruto only smirked and planted yet another wet kiss onto Kurenai's lips. They embraced each other as their tongue battle continued, before Kurenai pulled away with a soft and tired chuckle.

"You probably want to cum now, right?"

"That would be nice, yes." Naruto said with a slight whimper, making Kurenai laugh again. She unsheathed his manhood with womanhood and moved back so her face was directly in front of long pole. It was still coated in her juices, and Kurenai quickly caught a droplet running down to the base with her tongue. Next, she gripped the bottom of his dick and planted delicate kisses on random parts of it, her lips becoming sticky due to her own juices.

"Geez..." Naruto sighed, "You just love to tease, don't you?"

"Mmm... I don't know. Maybe." A sinful Yuuhi mumbled childishly with a grin, planting kisses between each word. She gave him another lick, this one more slower and sensual than the last. Kurenai knew she was driving him crazy, and only did it so that her treat at the end would be more plentiful and rewarding.

Before Naruto ended up gripping at his hair for being built up so much, Kurenai's lips found themselves entrapping around a fourth of Naruto's cock, while her tongue slithered up and around the head. Moving her hair away from her face so Naruto could have a full view, Kurenai slowly bobbed her head up and down delicately, humming as she cleaned Naruto up from her juices.

Having to hold in his orgasm for an extended period of time, Naruto's endurance could only hold out for so long. Feeling Kurenai's hot wet mouth massaging and licking his most tender area was enough for his orgasm to creep up on him.

"G-Gonna cum, Kure-chan..." Naruto choked out, his toes starting to curl up. Kurenai gleefully redouble her efforts, using longer and faster repetitions of her head movements. Naruto was thrown into a wave of ecstasy as this happened, practically feeling the load of semen travel from his testicles to the tip of his shaft.

Seconds later, a feral growl was let out as the Jinchuuriki reached his high. Round after round of white fluid shot directly into Kurenai's waiting mouth. She loved the way his dick pulsed in her orifice, and loved how he always came so much every time. Her throat muscles were put to the test as she had to eventually swallow the cum that was in her mouth before more spewed out and overflowed to prevent a big mess.

As Naruto's well ran dry, Kurenai was proud of herself to see that she succeeded in not being forced to spit out any of her treat. Her lover collapsed dramatically onto the mattress, making Kurenai giggle while she wiped her lips.

"I think... I might have to take a nap." Naruto sighed.

"No, no. It just turned noon. We can't just sleep and have sex all day."

"Yes we can."

Kurenai laughed, "Well, yeah, we can. But we shouldn't."

"Fiiine." Naruto groaned, getting up off the bed, "Can you help me find my boxers?"