Everybody Does It

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Chapter 11

Sasuke watches in shock and awe as Kushina continues to fuss over Naruto. He had thought his mother was bad, but she had nothing on the red head. At least Mikoto Uchiha never tried to suffocate him with a bear hug before.

"Are you sure that you're alright?" She demands as she looks at Naruto up and down as if unsure if he was going to suddenly disappear.

He'd known the red headed woman in passing since he was a child. Though the youngest Uchiha didn't think that anyone was ever truly prepared for the tornado that was known as Kushiha Uzumaki. (She had decided to keep her maiden name after marriage).

Naruto looked rather embarrassed and the International Business Major couldn't exactly blame him. If his mother had done that in front of Gaara and the blonde, Sasuke probably would have tried to find the nearest hole to crawl up inside and not have come out for like a week.

"Yeah. I'm fine." He smiles at his mom reassuringly.

Minato shakes his head. The man had always been a more practical person than his wife in Sasuke's mind. So it wasn't entirely surprising that he was being the reasonable one about this.

Obviously though, he knew that they had been in real danger. You could see it in those gorgeous blue eyes. The same eyes that Naruto had inherited and still took Sasuke's breath away to this day.

Minato's approach to expressing his concern for his son was far different than his wife's though. "We're glad that you're okay, but what on Earth where the three of you doing there?" Instead of suffocating him with hugs, his eyes never left the younger blonde. It was touching in an unnerving sort of way.

Gaara suddenly look rather uncomfortable and so did a certain Fraternity Boy. This might not end well. Minato had certainly seemed sympathetic during the interview, but that could have just been an example of professionalism and honestly, Sasuke had no idea what Kushina's opinion on the matter would be.

"Well we wanted to support the Pro Side." Naruto's voice sounded painfully anxious.

This was the moment of truth. Sasuke's parents had taken the news fairly well and Gaara's siblings were on their side, even if Rasa was at best skeptical. Now, it was time to see how Kushina and Minato would react to the news.

It did comfort Sasuke at least to know that he and Gaara could be there for the blonde at this moment. This wasn't something that anyone should have to face alone and Sasuke was still upset that the red head had done exactly that with his own family, but he digressed.

Kushina nods, ever so slowly releasing her death grip on Naruto. "Well that's good. It's good that you're so accepting of unusual lifestyles!" She smiles at him.

Unusual lifestyles? Whatever. It looked like she was at least in theory supportive(ish) of Triads. Though Sasuke wasn't entirely sure that would be the case when she found out her own son was involved in one.

"I'm glad that you feel that way." Gaara takes a deep breath as he glances over at Naruto. "Because there's something that we have to say about the matter." Obviously, he was seeking Naruto's permission before telling them the truth.

Naruto just nods. It was probably for the best, Sasuke muses. Out of the three of them, Gaara was obviously the best public speaker.

That had always struck him as a bit odd. The red head was also the quietest member of their Triad, but he had gone into Political Science. Apparently, there was a reason. His ass was going to look very sexy in the Oval Office one day, Sasuke was sure of it.

Wait. He was getting distracted here. Really, it was Gaara's fault for being ridiculously attractive though. Naruto as well.

Though Sasuke needed to focus now. This was an important moment and he couldn't allow himself to be distracted by their hotness. He could do that later!

"You don't have to say it." Minato smiles at them. "I know exactly what you're going to say." The blonde shakes his head in amusement. "While I suspected that Naruto would eventually end up with Sasuke, I didn't expect him to become involved in a Triad." He chuckles at the thought. "Though Naruto has always been unconventional. So perhaps, I should have."

THUD! Four people suddenly fell on the ground in shock. Kushina, Naruto, Gaara, and Sasuke. All at once and all of them were suddenly gaping up at Minato.

The eldest blonde blinks in surprise. "Well I do own a news station." The blue eyed Namikaze smiles. "It's only natural that I can tell when a big "story" is going on."

Oh. Well that was a good point. Maybe, they should have expected that Minato would get the inside scoop first. Though how he had ever found out was a mystery.

Nevermind. They could ask the news owner that later. Right now, they had to focus on Naruto's mom.

While Minato had found out easily enough and seemed to take the news in stride, that might not be the case for the red head. Well the female red head anyway. Obviously, Gaara knew about their relationship. Nevermind. He really, really needed to focus!

At that same moment, Daichi sighs as he nurses his black eye in his office. That hadn't gone the way that he planned at all. It was unfortunate that one violent attendee had ruined everything.

"I'm going to have to do damage control." There was other choice.

The Anti Triad's first public impression had gone horribly. Now, people were going to associate them with violence and that just wasn't good. It would hurt their cause.

He'd fix it though. Oh Daichi would fix it. It wasn't as if he hadn't faced long odds before. The Senator could do this. He knew that he could.

That's when someone just barges into his room. "Dad, we need to talk!" A feat that would have normally irritated him beyond belief, but he recognized that voice.

"Kiba?" He blinks in disbelief.

Kiba nods as he strides over to him. He looked every inch like a furious wolf who was deciding whether or not, he was going to have to defend his territory.

What could have possibly elicited such a reaction from his youngest child? Daichi didn't understand, but he was going to find out. Had Tsume somehow turned the boy against him even more?

The college student shakes his head. "I saw everything on tv." Oh boy. "The rallies and the riots."

Well it only made sense, Daichi supposed. Of course, Kiba would be concerned about that. It had happened on his campus, after all and his mother was indirectly involved.

His son surely must have known about his own Triad from years ago by now. He had mentioned it an interview and that was assuming that his mother hadn't already told him something to begin with. So the odds that Kiba didn't know were extremely low to put it charitably.

"Yes, I know." He sighs heavily. "I'm already working on it."

He was going to have to go on a Public Relations Blitz the likes of which had never been seen. This was going to take him months to clean up most likely.

Kiba shakes his head as he gives him a dirty look. "You need to back off of this. You're hurting mom and a lot of people." He crosses his arms in a show of defiance. "And there was already a riot at a protest!"

Well that last part he certainly couldn't argue with. Though in his view, Daichi thought he was helping far more people than hurting them. In the long run, the people who were currently in triads would be much better off…if those relationships were to end now.

"Doing what is right, isn't always easy." He sighs.

How could he possibly make the other man understand? Kiba was no longer a child, but a grown man. That made discussions like these difficult. His son was more than willing to stand his ground and he was just as stubborn as his mother in some ways.

As if to prove his point, the boy gets in his face. "Is this to get back at mom?" Right in his face. "Because that's not cool! I know that you and her had a bad divorce, but you shouldn't let that impact your politics!"

This was really the first time that he had seen his son express any interest in politics. The boy was just very energetic and the thought of worrying about bills and public opinion polls just didn't sit well with him.

That was fine of course. Not everyone was cut out for this life and Daichi wanted his son to be happy. If he was happier working as a vet, well that was more than acceptable to him. Though that didn't mean that he would be bossed around when it came to his profession!

"No!" He glares at his son. "It isn't to punish your mother!"

Kiba glares right back though. "Then why are you doing this?!" Why?! The reason should be obvious, but Daichi would tell him anyway!

"It's to save a lot of people, a lot of pain." He shakes his head. It wasn't really Kiba's fault. He couldn't possibly be expected to understand any of this! "I don't want anyone to end up like I did!"

Kiba sighs as he watches his father with wary eyes. "That's not for you to decide! Just because it didn't work out for you and mom, doesn't mean it wouldn't work out for someone else!" Now, he was making it seem like Daichi was the illogical one! Which wasn't the case!

"That woman has turned you against me!" He slams his fist on the table in frustration. "Both of them!"

Kiba shakes his head as he turns away from him, heading towards the door. "Mom and Mei didn't do that." He glances back at him warily. "You did that by yourself. It sucks that you got left out, but you don't have to take it out on random people." And with that, his son walks out of the room.

Daichi thought about chasing after him, but he thought better of it. Obviously, Kiba couldn't be reasoned with now. He hoped that eventually the boy would come around. One day, his son would see that this was all for the best. It was just going to take him awhile to process why. At least, that's what he was hoping.

"You knew?!" Sasuke, Gaara, and Naruto all stare at Minato in shock.

Naruto couldn't believe this. Here he had thought they were all keeping it a secret pretty well and now, it turned out that his dad had known all along!

Kushina puts her hands on her hips and glares at Minato. "You had best explain yourself now!" Obviously, the red headed woman didn't care for being the "odd man out." (Even if she wasn't a man, Naruto knew that it was the principle of the thing)!

"I didn't know about it until the rallies." Minato places his hands up in a gesture of surrender. "The way they went to the Pro Rallies and how nervous they were about it, told me everything that I needed to know." His dad was smart to surrender now, Naruto muses. "It's not like I was keeping a secret from you."

Keeping a secret from a woman like Kushina Uzumaki was a very bad idea for your health and they all knew it. That woman was like a bloodhound, really.

She stares Minato down for a moment or two, before deciding he was telling the truth. "Good." Kushina shakes her head. "Because keeping a secret from me that is that important would banish you to the couch, automatically!"

All four men shiver at that threat. It didn't matter what sexual orientation you had, everyone knew exactly what that threat meant and Naruto doubted that his father really wanted to sleep alone!

"Right." Sasuke looks around warily. "So we're all together in a Triad. It's all consensual."

Yeah. That about summed it up. Now, the blonde just had to wait to see how his mother would react to this little gem. It looked like his dad was going to take it okay.

Kushina shakes her head and hugs Naruto. "All I ever wanted was for you to be happy and while this is a little strange, that doesn't matter. Though I do hope that eventually you use surrogates or adopt." She messes up his hair playfully. "I do want grandchildren eventually, after all!"

Naruto, Sasuke, and Gaara all rub the back of her heads sheepishly. "We'll think about it. It's just our relationship is kinda new to be thinking about that stuff." Really, what were they supposed to say to that?

Yeah. They all loved each other and they were having a lot of Sexy Fun Times, but Naruto figured they should at least graduate first before any of them seriously started thinking about babies!

"Alright." Kushina laughs. "And I don't mean right now, I mean in the future."

Right. The future. Maybe, in the future they could have a couple kids. They'd probably want three. One of each of their own. Though then again, maybe that sort of thing wouldn't matter to his lovers. He imagined it would to Sasuke. Gaara might not make a big distinction though. It was hard to tell.

Wait. This was suddenly getting way too complicated. Awe man. Why did his mother have to go and bring the kid thing up?!

Elsewhere Itachi looks at Kurenai with concern. "Are you quite alright?" To say the least, he was rather worried about the ruby eyed beauty.

It hadn't been that long since the rallies had ended. The rallies had turned into a brawl and honestly, everyone was lucky to have escaped with their life.

Kurenai smiles at him. "Yes, I'm fine." They were now at a café which was across the street from the University.

She really did have such a beautiful smile. Other than her eyes, it was the first thing that had caught Itachi's attention about her. Well that and her rather womanly figure.

"That's good." He sighs and shakes his head. "I hate to say this, but I expect things will get a lot worse before they get better."

His brother was in a Triad. Triads were now going to be targeted, it seemed and there was almost nothing that Itachi could do to protect his foolish little brother from their brunt of all that was coming towards him.

Kurenai sighs as she nods and caresses his cheek. "Well it was kind of you to check on me, after all that." Though at least it had given him a chance to speak with Kurenai.

He hadn't really thought he had a chance with her. The woman was a bit older than him and already a widow with a daughter. Though luckily, there was apparently something to be said for chivalry and that had at least gotten him a coffee date. It was a start.

"I couldn't not check on you in good conscience." He smiles at her and leans into the soft touch, kissing her hand lightly. "In situations like that, everyone should do a headcount and I can't lie, I've watched you on the news before. Minato's new station can hardly afford to lose its most talented reporter, can it?"

Kurenai laughs and smiles at him. "Has anyone ever told you that you are can be rather flirtatious?" Itachi chuckles.

"Only a very few select people and the only one of consequence is you." He places his hand on hers, making the reporter blush.

A few hours later, Gaara sighs in relief when they finally got back to their dorm. It had taken forever to free themselves from Naruto's parents.

"Naruto, your mother is a very nice woman, but she's far too energetic." He shakes his head.

The blonde had the decency to look sheepish. Sasuke was another matter though. Sasuke was laughing at him. Probably because had long ago gotten quite used to the woman's fiery personality.

"Yeah." Naruto laughs nervously. "Sorry about that guys." He shrugs though. Probably because again, the blonde was likely used to his mother's behavior. "It's just she gets really excited about stuff like that."

Sasuke shakes his head as he pours them each a glass of wine. The man really was a genius. After all that, Gaara definitely needed a drink.

He smiles and kisses Naruto's cheek. "Don't worry about it." The Political Science Major sighs. "My father would have been a lot worse than your mother and it probably wouldn't have been bad, if we weren't all exhausted from the rallies."

That had been a clusterfuck. He honestly didn't know what was going to happen now. Daichi didn't seem like the type of man who would give up that easily and Gaara highly doubted he would be the last politician to pick a fight with Triads.

Unfortunately, it seemed history was repeating itself. There was certainly a pattern to things when different groups of people fought ofr their rights, he notes.

"Yeah." Naruto grins. "Probably. Well I'm just glad that we all made it through that in one piece."

"You can say that again." Sasuke sighs in relief as he sips his wine.

Though they would find a way to deal with that. Public opinion was already beginning to change. The fact that there had been a rally of supporters was proof of that.

Gaara finds himself smiling at that thought. "Anyway, all of our families know." He shakes his head. "So the worst of this should be over."

He might be lying, but it felt good to say. Maybe, it didn't matter anyway. He was simply too far in to go back now. Gaara loved Naruto and Sasuke and couldn't imagine his life without them in it.

The rest of the world, could go to Hell…if they had a problem with that. "Yeah." Of course, it would be Naruto who agreed with him first.

He had always been the most optimistic of the three of them. Gaara tended to tilt towards pessimism and Sasuke liked to claim he was a realist. (He wasn't, but the red head was perfectly fine with allowing the Uchiha to harbor that delusion)!

"You're such a bad liar." Sasuke shakes his head. "We know that definitely isn't going to be the last that we've heard of Daichi and he's likely stirred up the hornet's nest."

Naruto raises an eyebrow. "What hornet's nest?" At this Sasuke just smacks his forehead.

Gaara gives his dark haired lover a dirty look. He would have preferred not to dwell further on this aspect of their relationship, but sooner or later it was bound to come up. Maybe, it was just smarter to address it now.

"The hornet's nest of sexually repressed people who are going to have an issue with relationships like ours." Sasuke shakes his head as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. "Those people at the Anti Rally, there are more of them out there."

That was sadly true, but the red head didn't know what they were going to do about it. In time, he supposed public opinion would change, but that could take awhile. What were they supposed to do in the meantime?

"Yeah." Naruto sighs. His beautiful eyes suddenly darkened as Naruto became more somber than the Political Science Major could ever remember seeing his normally bubbly boyfriend. "Doesn't matter though." It was disturbing. "They'll come around in time and even if they don't, we've still got each other." He grins.

Sasuke raises an eyebrow. "If you even think about ending that sentence in believe it, I will kick your ass." And Gaara just laughs because he knew that the Uchiha was very serious about that.

For some reason, the blonde's catchphrase seemed to highly annoy the other man in question. Perhaps, he had just heard it one too many times. That or their lover's sunny personality clashed sometimes with Sasuke's more contemplative one. Whatever the reason, Gaara knew that it drove Sasuke nuts.

It was fun to watch. "What's wrong with believe it?!" Though that was far from the only thing that was fun to watch.

Gaara give it about two minutes before his boyfriends were wrestling again. They did that a lot. Much to his enjoyment, of course.

There was something incredibly hot about watching the Sun and Moon wrestle with each other. It was like a Sexy Eclipse or something. Not that he would ever voice that thought out loud of course.

Gaara knew better than to do that. That would spoil the show and that was one thing that he was most certainly not do. After all, the show must go on as the old saying goes and who was he to argue with such solid logic?

"It's stupid!" Sasuke rolls his eyes. "That's what's wrong with Believe It?!"

Uh oh. The red head just noticed that look in Naruto's eyes. He was going Kyuubi! They were in for a very long, but enjoyable night.

Naruto growls at Sasuke as he pins him to the bed. "Gaara, do we have any handcuffs? I'm going to teach Sasuke that Believe It is cool!" He smirks at Sasuke. "Believe it!"

The red head gulps and nods. "Sorry, Sasuke. But you know what he's like when he gets in these sorts of mood. That and you just look hot in cuffs." Gaara ignores the fact that the Uchiha was now glaring daggers at his back as he quickly scurries off and comes back with the cuffs.

Yep. It was going to be a long night, but a fun one. Their relationship might seem strange to the outside world, but that didn't particularly matter to Gaara. He loved the two of them and he wouldn't have things any other way.

Everything else, he could deal with another day. Right now, it was time for some sexy times with Naruto and Sasuke!"