Hello my dear readers! I have upped the rating due to some lime content. R&R please!
*Lemon/Lime: Skip if you don't wanna read!*
"Hinata?" Sasuke asked worriedly as he laid the hyperventilating woman on the bed. He knew it was time, he'd been putting it off too long and now it's hurting her more than before.
"'Suke please?" she begged curling up in pain as heat raced through her veins. "It hurts too much..." she whispered.
"I can't," Sasuke began to back away but another scream of pain had him running back to her. He couldn't understand why he was so scared to do this. It was for her own good so why couldn't he just...
"'Suke," tears began to fall as the lavender eyed woman called to her fiancé, her mate. "I need you." Lavender met black and the raven's resolve melted. He kissed her gently, his hands beginning to massage her body to relax her.
"Okay," he whispered his assent against her lips. "I'll make the pain go away," he sealed his promise with another kiss.
The sunlight streamed through the blinds casting a beautiful glow upon the sleeping forms. One was a male with raven hair and pale skin, the other a woman with blue-black hair. They lay on the bed sleeping peacefully, both bare bar the blanket that protected them from the cold drafts sneaking in through the window. They faced each other, the man had his arms wrapped around her, and she in turn had a hand to his face, their legs entangled in a mass of limbs.
Onyx fluttered open to gaze at an ethereal sight. His mate was still asleep, her hair splayed out behind her, her breathing even, her hand on his face still as she rested. The light peeking through the blinds gave the sleeping woman a certain glow that made her even more beautiful. He kissed her forehead, pulling her closer to him feeling life stir in his southern regions as it grazed against her core. He sighed wistfully, wondering what had been pulling him back from servicing his mate. He certainly wouldn't abstain again after what had happened only the night before.
Hinata slowly relaxed in his arms as they kissed, his hands caressing her soft skin, tracing the smooth contours of her body. He kissed her neck, biting her pulse point, marking her as his. He could hear every groan, every mewl, every moan of desire that escaped her plump lips.
"'Suke," another whisper of pleasure as he massaged her breasts. He captured a rose bud in his mouth, pinching the other as he teased his mate. Squeezing her mounds earned him a louder moan. Slender fingers entangled in his dark locks, urging him to go further, to do what she needed him to do. His kisses trailed lower, his tongue teasing her toned stomach, dipping into her navel as his hands roamed south.
"Hime," he said as he kissed her thighs, his fingers grazing at her nether lips.
"Ohayou Sasu-kun," Hinata's soft voice broke him from his heated thoughts. "I can only imagine what you were thinking about," she flashed him a seductive smile as she reached in between them to grasp at his erection. Onyx orbs closed as her fingers tightened around him, her thumb teasing his slit. Growling, he pushed her onto her back and captured her lips as he slid inside her. Moaning gutturally he set the pace, one that she matched and ensured that both would reach their completion together.
*End Lemon/Lime: You can read now!*
"I'm telling you Kashi-kun," Natsu said loudly as they walked towards training ground three. "They haven't done anything before I came home." She tried to convince her mate. "Hinata-nee wouldn't be in pain if he had actually mated with her beforehand."
"Then how do you explain why Hinata wasn't always in pain?"
"You and I both know there are so many ways to satisfy the urge without actually doing it."
"You mean to tell me that Sasuke has only been... servicing her until they could satisfy the heat?"
"I think so," the blonde nodded as she stared ahead of them. They had dropped the twins off at the academy and were on their way to meet Neji's team so that Kankuro could practice with them. The fourteen-year old boy was walking ahead of them, his pace swift with excitement. "It would only work in the first few months. What happened three days ago to Hinata-nee is the result if the female isn't marked as soon as the heat started, and we can only be marked during the mating."
"Come to think of it, it's been six months since Hinata turned eleven," Kakashi said thoughtfully. "Kyuubi did say that you two would get your heat when you turn eleven."
"She also said that she wasn't exactly sure when," Natsu responded. "Even though our actual age is eleven, well I'm only ten but still, our bodies are now in our twenties. Like Kyuu-chan said, our heat comes when we reach our prime age which would be twenty-one physically."
"I'm still confused," Kakashi said.
"I know but all you have to remember is that I'm this person that you see before you," Natsu said as she backed him into an alley. She pulled his mask down and kissed him hungrily, the silver haired ninja responding quickly to her advances. She pulled away with another peck; pulled his mask up then left the dazed copy nin behind.
Kakashi could only stare at her as she left. Her blonde hair tied up into two ponytails trailing after her as she jogged to catch up to their eldest. Shaking his head at her aggressiveness he started to walk after her, his pace lazy. He watched as she took Kankuro's hand in hers as they walked.
"She does look like she's twenty," the twenty-five year old jounin mused. He watched the way her hips swayed as she walked gracefully. The dark blue tank top she wore was tight-fitting, accentuating her natural curves, the slightly loose shinobi pants she wore did nothing to hide the gentle swell of her hips, the lean legs that could wrap around his waist when he- "Damn!"he cursed angrily as he felt his ever-growing problem. His pants were too tight, almost painfully so and he knew he couldn't do anything about it.
"Hello Ten-chan," Kankuro greeted the weapons girl as he and his mother entered the training ground.
"Kuro-kun," the bun-haired twelve year old had a slight blush on her cheeks as she spoke.
"How are you on this youthful day Kankuro-kun?" Lee's booming voice came from across the clearing.
"Hey Lee!" he waved at the spandex wearing ninja. "So where's Gai-sensei?"
"He's at the Hyuuga compound, Neji's out of commission from chakra exhaustion and Hiashi-sama wanted to know what happened," Tenten relaxed as they continued to talk, apparently forgetting about the other woman who was there.
"Oh right," Kankuro said nervously after his mother coughed to get their attention. "Ten-chan, this is Natsu-kaa-chan, kaa-chan this is Ten-chan," his next words were lost to his mother as he looked down and mumbled.
"She's your what?" the blue eyed woman asked even though she didn't need to. She was fairly sure this girl was her son's girlfriend.
"She'smygirlfriend," he said too quickly for anyone to understand.
"What?"
"We're together Natsu-sama," Tenten answered for her flustered boyfriend. A blonde brow rose as a silent order to elaborate. "We've been together for almost four months."
"Kashi-kun, did you know your son has a girlfriend?" the blonde woman turned to her mate.
"I was waiting for him to tell me though I had my suspicions," the infamous copy nin replied as he ambled into the clearing. There was a green blur and then Lee stopped in front of the jounin.
"Kakashi-sama, you are my youthful sensei's youthful eternal rival," the bowl cut haired boy bowed respectfully. "Could you please train me so that I could surpass my youthful sensei?" Kakashi stared in shock at the boy.
"Sorry but I have my own team and I really think you should stick with Gai," he slowly inched away from Lee, closer to Natsu who was trying and failing to hide her snickers.
"Gai-sensei has never mentioned that you had a team," Lee said contemplatively. "Is it anyone I know? Are they strong? Can I be their eternal rival? Do their flames of youth shine brightly?"
"Kakashi!" another voice boomed from across them. "How are you on this youthful day?" an older clone of the boy in front of Kakashi walked towards them.
"Good morning Gai-sensei," Kankuro said.
"Huh? You say something, Gai?" Kakashi said as usual, turning to his "rival" with a look of confusion.
"Curse you and your hip attitude!" Natsu's snickers turned to full-blown laughter at her fiancé's reaction. "And who might you be beautiful flower?" her laughter stuttered to as stop as Gai took her hands in his and knelt in front of her. Kakashi growled angrily as he wrapped a possessive arm around his mate's waist.
"She's my fiancée Gai."
"I would expect nothing less from my rival!" Gai exclaimed, noting the protective glint in the lone onyx eye. There was flurry of lavender petals and then Sasuke and Hinata appeared in front of them. "Your flames of youth must burn brightly for you to have such a beautiful woman as your fiancée."
"Ohayou!" Hinata greeted cheerfully. She was positively glowing, her long dark hair pulled up into an intricate braid atop her head. She wore a long sleeved top that accentuated her ample bosom, tight-fitting pants that clung to her hips almost like a second skin. Sasuke wore standard shinobi pants and a dark blue shirt with the Uchiha crest on the back. Standing up to his full 6'3 height, he was a head taller than his mate.
"Hina-nee, can I see your mark?" Natsu ran excitedly towards the lavender eyed woman.
"Why not?"
"Let's go over there!" the blonde pulled her older sister away from the group. "Sasu-nii looks more handsome." She said.
"He does, doesn't he?" Hinata replied as she pulled down the shoulder of her shirt. There on the junction of her neck and shoulders was a dark blue Kyuubi and a lavender Gobi. Their tails were wrapped around the other's as they ran.
"It's beautiful!" Natsu ran a thumb against it, noting the way Hinata shivered lightly at the touch and her brother whip his head in their direction. "I'm guessing the connection has been established?" blue eyes turned inquisitive.
"Yeah, sometime after we mated we realized we could... communicate through the mark," Hinata replied.
"Do you even know how many days it's been?"
"I've lost track of time actually," the Hyuuga clan heiress replied.
"It's been three days." The deadpan expression on Natsu's face was so out of place. "Come to think of it, how did you know we were here?"
"Sasuke-kun homed in on your chakra signature."
"Hmm, well did you know that Kankuro had a girlfriend?" the blonde asked as they began to walk back to the others.
"Neji-nii told me that Tenten was seeing someone who used puppets."
"And there is only one puppet master in the village," Natsu said. There was a sudden blast of chakra from the academy.
"Gaara, Temari!" without waiting for anyone, Natsu disappeared in a yellow flash. The group followed her, and they shunshined to the training ground at the academy. Gai and Lee were left standing in the clearing, shrugging to each other they disappeared in a display of pure speed.
"Demon spawn shouldn't be allowed to live!" a white haired chunin had Temari hostage. He wore a chunin vest and his forehead protector was worn like a bandana. The slight blue hint of his hair glinted slightly against the flairs of chakra that signalled the arrival of an ANBU squad. The other academy students cowered in fear at the situation.
"Mizuki!" Iruka shouted. "Unhand Temari now, she hasn't done any harm."
"The hell she didn't," green eyes narrowed angrily at the brown-haired chunin. "Her mere existence harms everyone in this village. That other one next to you will suffer the same fate as she does after I'm done with her." he pulled the blonde hair back, his kunai reflecting the sun's rays.
"Teme!" crystal blue eyes glared angrily at him. "Let go of my daughter!"
"And so the mother arrives," Mizuki mocked. "You're the reason why he's gone! You did it!"
"What are you talking about?" lavender eyes fluttered close in confusion.
"Tsubasa-kun was sent to prison because of you!" jade eyes flashed angrily at the newcomers. Sasuke, Hinata and Natsu were taken aback by the accusation.
"I don't know~" Natsu's denial was cut short as the white-haired man traced his kunai against the blonde girl's neck. Growls answered his daring move.
"Kaa-chan," Gaara's voice was dark and dangerous as he stood with Shikamaru next to Iruka. His chakra floated freely in the air, the particles of sand vibrating with his emotions.
"Temari!" Kankuro shouted as he and Tenten emerged from a puppet's stomach.
"Kankuro, it's about time you got here," the pineapple haired genin's usual lazy demeanor was gone. His stance was solid as he prepared for an attack.
"Shino?" Kankuro asked.
"I'm ready," the usually silent boy was buzzing. Mizuki turned in shock behind him at the sound of the bug ninja's voice, losing his firm grip on Temari as he did.
"Let's go Tenten!" all the genin moved at Kankuro's order.
Tenten flung multiple kunai at the shocked chunin as Shino raised his arms to attack the distracted man with his hive. Shikamaru's shadow ran swiftly across the ground as Gaara's sand safely got his sister from her captor's arms. Kankuro ran to Mizuki's right side, Shikamaru in front with Shino behind and Tenten on his left. Crow was already out of his wrappings, Tenten ready with more kunai, Shino's hive already surrounding the man as Shikamaru's shadow connected with Mizuki's. Gaara was busy trying to calm his weeping blonde twin.
"Shadow possession: success!" Shikamaru announced as he crouched in front of their captive.
"You will pay for taking him away from me!" Mizuki shouted as he flared his chakra successfully breaking free from Shikamaru's hold and killing most of Shino's bugs. Within a minute, the genin were down. "Did you think you could defeat me? I'm a chunin and you are mere genin!" he gloated, forgetting about the other ninja in the field as he focused on the fallen children. "Earth style: Earth dragon bullet!"
"Raikiri!" Kakashi's lightning encased hand easily broke through the earth based attack.
"Water style: water dragon!" Hinata shouted as she made the handsigns.
"Chidori blade!" a stream of lightning hit the water dragon as it made its way towards the chunin. Mizuki, totally unprepared for the adults' assault, took the full brunt of the tandem attack.
"Hebi!" Natsu called to the ANBU hidden in the shadows. "You may have your way with him."
"Hai Natsu-sama!"
"You might have to wait for him to stop shaking before you touch him," Natsu said. "On the other hand I could just... wind gale palm!" Natsu aimed at the fallen chunin. He flew across the village at the amount of chakra focused on the attack. "I think Ibiki-kun will get to him first if you don't hurry Hebi-chan," Natsu said.
"Of course he will," a cat-masked ANBU snorted. "You just delivered the moron to the T&I building."
"Well it's better than getting electrocuted yourselves isn't it?" their cheeky banter was broken by Kakashi's worried voice.
"Temari-chan are you alright?" the copy nin walked towards Gaara who had Temari in his embrace. Shikamaru, Tenten, Shino and Kankuro were already there.
"Tou-chan!" the sobbing girl launched herself at the silver-haired ninja. "H-h-h-e s-s-s-said t-t-that h-h-h-e," she hiccupped.
"Don't worry about him," Kakashi assured the girl. "I promise he won't hurt you again." He looked straight into teal eyes.
"Promise?"
"Of course," Kakashi said. "Besides I'm sure I'm not the only one who'll protect you if you need it."
"Okay."
"Now go to sleep," the copy nin was surprisingly gentle with the way he handled the blonde. "We'll take care of everything here." He kissed her forehead, watching as her eyes fluttered close in exhaustion. Looking back at the genin, he saw Hinata already tending to their injuries while Natsu spoke to Gaara.
"Gaara-kun, what happened?"
"Kaa-chan, I'm sorry," the redhead bowed his head. "I was careless. I knew something was up with Mizuki-teme but I didn't say anything because I thought we could handle it."
"What's done is done, now tell me what happened. How did he get to Temari?"
"It was recess and Temari and I were with Shikamaru and Shino," Gaara relayed. "We were quietly eating under that tree," he said as he pointed at said object. "When Mizuki-teme called Temari. He said he needed to talk to her about something. I was curious but Temari told me to stay where I was so I did..." the ten year old broke down in a fit of sobs much like his female counterpart mere minutes ago. "It was my fault that Temari was hurt. I didn't accompany her when I should have. I'm an awful brother!"
"Gaara-kun," Natsu pulled the teal eyed boy into her arms. "It's not your fault. At least Temari is safe now and that's because you worked together with the other students to save her."
"But if I had only~"
"Gaara, this is something you have to remember," crystal blue looked sternly at teal, effectively stopping all protest. "In our line of work we cannot have regrets. We need to push past them. I'm not saying you wouldn't make decisions that you will regret later on but I'm telling you to move on. Learn from your mistakes and do not let them rule your life. It could lead to your downfall. Some decisions will be difficult to make but you have to understand that you can only do the best you can given a certain situation. Look back on the fight, think on how you could've been better and learn from it but never regret a decision if you can."
"Hai kaa-chan," determination was clear in the teal pools as he answered his mother.
"Good, now take your sister home," Natsu ordered. "Your father and I have to speak to Iruka-sensei."
"Tou-chan?"
"Gaara-kun," Kakashi knelt down to Gaara's height, looking him straight in the eye as he spoke. "You did well today. Listen to what your mother told you. It could help you in the future."
"Hai, tou-chan," Gaara said as his father gave him his sister.
"Take care of your sister while we take care of the things here," Gaara nodded and disappeared in a flurry of sand.
"How have you and Anko-nee been Iruka-nii?" Natsu asked the scarred chunin as they walked to Ichiraku's ramen stand.
"We're alright," Iruka said. "She finally moved in with me after a lot of arguments."
"That's great so you are living together in your apartment then?"
"Uh-huh," Iruka nodded. "What about you Natsu?"
"The kids and I live with Kakashi," the blonde fox girl glanced discreetly behind them to look at Kakashi who was walking with Sasuke and Hinata. "We just came back but it feels like nothing has changed except we've grown stronger."
"I think so too," the brown haired man replied. "Before you left a year ago, you've already stayed with Kakashi haven't you?"
"Actually, after the council meeting I brought the kids to his apartment."
"And that raises another question," Iruka turned to face the blue eyed girl.
"If you're going to ask whether we have done it yet, then no we haven't."
"That's good to know," Iruka smiled at the younger girl he considers to be his sister. "But I wanted to know how come the Sand trio call you their mother."
"Oh," Natsu blushed after realizing that she had just revealed something that wasn't even being asked. "They call me kaa-chan because they see me as their mother. When I first met them on a mission with Itachi-niisan, Gaara and Temari had been facing assassins daily. Kankuro told us the story and I could relate to them so I became the parental figure they badly needed. Back then, the transformations that Kyuu-chan made was only starting but I couldn't help but feel maternal over them."
"I understand," Iruka said as they took seats around a table. "It's like how I got together with Anko."
"The ramen stand has gotten larger," Natsu commented as Kakashi slid in next to her. Sasuke and Hinata sat across them next to Iruka.
"We've been hanging out here every day since you left." Sasuke admitted.
"So Iruka-nii, tell me about your students," Natsu once again turned her attention to the chunin academy instructor.
"Well, this year I have the heirs and heiresses of the major clans. I suspect I would've had you three in my class as well if you hadn't already been 'promoted'," he said looking at the Reapers. "Shikamaru is like any other Nara, lazy but extremely intelligent. I've noticed that he keeps his scores high enough so that he could team up with Chouji. Chouji is just like his father, his attention can be so easily swayed with food but he's a good student nonetheless. Ino is the Yamanaka clan heiress. She is incredibly vain and cares more about her looks than her ninja training. She has a friend/rival in Sakura Haruno, yes she's Yakiko Haruno's daughter. They both swore that they would become the most beautiful kunoichi so that they can help Sasuke revive his clan." Iruka laughed softly as Sasuke paled at the idea while his mate growled possessively. "Personally I think Ino only does it to boost Sakura's confidence. In my opinion, she's much better off leaving Sakura alone. Besides, I think Chouji likes her."
"Sakura Haruno," Natsu said. "She has pink hair, green eyes and a large forehead?"
"That's her," Iruka nodded in affirmation.
"I think I saw her lurking around after you dismissed the class. She was tailing us and was drooling over Sasu-nii," Natsu laughed as a waitress came to take their order.
"I'm sorry about the delay but we're a bit full today," the brown haired woman wearing a dress with a white apron and a bandana apologized.
"No problem Ayame-chan!" Natsu said as she leaned her head on Kakashi's shoulder. "We have time anyway."
"Natsu, you're back?" Ayame asked. "Since when?"
"A few days ago. I haven't really had the time to visit anyone," Natsu admitted. "I've been getting used to being back in the village."
"Well, you need to come more often," Ayame said as she listed everyone's orders. "So much has changed."
"Don't worry Ayame-chan, I'll come by from time to time," Natsu said and the girl nodded.
"Iruka-nii, how old is Shikamaru?" Hinata asked, speaking for the first time since they arrived at the stand.
"He recently turned twelve, why?"
"I think he likes Temari," Hinata replied.
"I know Temari likes him," the blonde said. "I'm still not sure how they met but he was all she could talk about when we were away."
"Are you sure?" Sasuke asked.
"Yes and anyway, I like Shikamaru."
"No." Kakashi's voice was stern. "They're too young."
"We're not saying it's gonna happen now," Natsu was quick to run damage control while the trio across them smirked at the protectiveness the silver haired man showed. "It's just a possibility."
"Still, I won't allow it!"
"Kakashi, calm down." This time Natsu's voice dropped the temperature several degrees. "If I let you have your way, Temari will grow too old before you let her have a boyfriend."
"She's only ten!" Kakashi protested.
"I don't care!" Natsu replied. "I'm not so different from her."
"You're a special case."
"We'll talk about this later," Kakashi was about to protest but Ayame arrived with their food effectively cutting off their argument. Sasuke, Hinata and Iruka snickered at the way the petite blonde handled the twenty-five year old man. "You two," Natsu pointed her chopsticks at her brother and sister. "We're not done talking. I need to know what happened with Hinata-nee's heat." The new lovers blushed beet red as Iruka laughed heartily.
Things would be more interesting from here on out.
AN: Waaaah! I'm sorry it took so long! School has just started and I really don't have time to write anymore. I'm so sorry but please leave me comments.
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