"Hold on to her!" Naruto yelled at Shikamaru as his best friend held his wife in a headlock.

"AHHHH!" the dark haired man yelled as he went sailing through the air before hitting the ground with a painful thud. He had unceremoniously been flipped over her head and thrown like an unwanted toy.

"I said hold onto her," the blonde repeated trying not to laugh as Lazy Ninja groaned with discomfort while lying on the ground without moving.

"Who's next?!" she screamed like a banshee glaring at each man in turn who had been standing around watching the sparring match.

Every man who had been gathered in the circle surrounding the fighters moved back after visibly wincing from her glower. Even Kakashi blanched when her molten gold eyes landed on him. He was not up to the challenge of dealing with a pissed off mama. Naruto had told him about the interesting visit from his parents and the unwelcome prophecy declared over their daughter. He had to offer some explanation why his wife was at the training grounds accepting a match with anyone who dared to take her on. She had a bit of 'nervous energy' and stress to work off. It was a good thing she did not get stressed too often to this degree or they would all be dead.

Konohamaru stepped up to her bravely or stupidly; everyone watching was hard pressed just to say exactly which drove the kid to walk into the ring with the mad mama. He wore the smirk of bravado that only a twelve year old dolt like him would have. Wearing stupidity like a banner, he flung his scarf over his shoulder and began making a hand sign with confidence that this battle was his. In a puff of smoke, a clone of Naruto and Shikamaru appeared locked in each other's embrace while their lips moved forward to merge in a kiss. He had invoked the use of his Sexy Boy on Boy Technique all to no avail. It only made her furious.

However, it did excite a few of the onlookers. A trio of fangirl squeals erupted from the back of the crowd and everyone turned to see the source. Sakura covered her mouth with her hands while her huge green eyes took in the enticing sight of the forbidden bromance happening in front of them. Hinata covered her eyes but unfortunately things that have been seen cannot be unseen. Ino held her hands over her ears while her eyes greedily watched the salacious scene occurring at the center of attention. Unfortunately, speak no evil, see no evil, and hear no evil had become the new center of attention as they all blushed and fainted in rapid succession from their yaoi fangirl wet dream being played out in public.

"Konohamaru! You filthy little pervert!" Reiki shouted, jumping toward him with her fist raised. She proceeded to punch him in the face, throwing him backwards off his feet.

The crowd parted as not to stop his reverse flight which was soon hampered by a wayward tree that managed to get into the way. He hit the tree and landed on the ground in a lifeless lump. And with that, he was literally down for the count. He lost.

"Naruto!" she screamed, searching for her husband. She was sure he was the one responsible for the boy knowing how to do that disturbing technique.

"Oh, shit! I'm out of here," Naruto muttered, sneaking off into the forest before she could find him.

"You have to go home sometime!" she shrieked, scaring birds out of the trees and unknowingly making her husband flinch in horror.

"Damn," he muttered to himself. She was right. He would just have to be prepared with a great distraction for her when he returned home.

~...~

"There is no way in hell I'm letting that little pervert get near my daughter," Reiki grumbled to herself, stomping into the house. She was hot, dirty, and in desperate need of a shower.

After turning on the shower, she peeled off her sweaty clothes before stepping under the hot spray. She sighed loudly with relief enjoying the sensation of the steaming water beating against her sore muscles. In her anger, she had pushed herself too hard today. Now that the fury had dissipated she was left aching and exhausted. Her mind began to speculate where her husband could be but she did not have to wonder long when a strong arm went around her waist and pulled her against a tall, well muscled body.

"You're right. I had to come home so I wouldn't miss this," Naruto whispered in her ear, covering one of her large breasts with his hand.

"You should be happy I'm so tired. Otherwise I'd beat the crap out of you," she warned, biting her lip to hold in the moan when his other hand slid between her legs. She jumped and groaned deep in her throat when his fingers slipped between her lips to graze the most sensitive and intimate part of her.

"Oh, I don't think you would fight me at this moment," he murmured, kissing her neck as he pushed his finger inside of her. "Would you?"

"Naruto," Reiki gasped, her knees weakening with pleasure as he worked his hand against her.

She wanted to be cross with him but he was making it impossible as he sent shivers of pleasure up her spine from his gentle movements with his hand. She felt herself being pushed forward, and she extended her hands to brace herself against the shower wall. A sigh of carnal bliss escaped her lips as he slowly pushed into her from behind, holding her hips with both of his hands. If he had not caught her by surprise and started things with an adrenaline rush, she would have thwarted his romantic intentions by citing her sore and aching body as her reason. Moaning his name loudly she dreaded to think about what she would have been missing as he unhurriedly made love to her.

"So that didn't excite you at all? Seeing me with Shikamaru in Konahamaru's technique?" he inquired, leaning forward to kiss her across the shoulders while he took long strokes from tip to base inside of her.

"No. Don't be so disgusting. Damn, Naruto would you shut up before you ruin the moment?" she growled, inhaling sharply with excitement when he shoved forward with a quick movement of his hips to immerse himself completely inside of her.

"Oh, sweetheart, I don't think I could ruin this pleasurable moment for you," he said, nipping her shoulder gently that still bore the scar from his bite.

"Aren't you a bit conceited?" she joked, stifling another moan that tried to burst forth from her lips.

"No. Just convinced," he shot back, straightening up to move faster inside of her.

The playful banter stopped immediately as the pleasure grew and Naruto became determined to make her scream with ecstasy. He liked to hear the variety of odd noises he could elicit from her during lovemaking. Sometimes he made it a goal to bring an unusual sound from her lips. Tonight he was determined to hear her cry out his name as she trembled beneath him with a mind-blowing orgasm.

"Naruto, please," Reiki begged, pushing against the wall to force her body back into his.

"Please what?" he asked, moving his hand around her hip to slide it between her legs.

"YES! That's it!" she cried out as he massaged the oversensitive and engorged nub deep within her folds. She relied on her husband to hold her up as she gave into the ecstasy spiraling through her body that culminated into an orgasm that left her breathless. She leaned against him weakly after he pulled her back to his chest to work toward his own climax.

"Reiki," he breathed in her ear, reaching out to support himself with his hand against the wall.

Reiki held onto his arm around her waist, biting her lip as he lifted her off the tiled shower floor with each powerful thrust. Her moans were muffled by his loud, primal grunts as he pushed into her willing body until he felt himself ejecting into her moments before the pleasure overtook him and devastated him. She jumped up, wrapping her legs around his thighs to hold on as he fell to his knees. It had been incredibly awkward hanging on to him like a backwards monkey. She released him, stretching her legs out in front of her while she sat on his thighs. The water from the shower poured down on them like a heavy rain.

"Well, that was different," she mumbled, giggling lightly. "Are you okay?"

"Mm-hm. I'm quite all right," he replied, kissing her shoulder as the water flowed over her skin. "You do know the demon won't be transferred to Nariko until I'm about to die. Which I hope will be many years from now."

"Yeah. Me too," Reiki returned, barely above a whisper. She did not want to think about being without him even if it was old age after a long happy life that took him away. What if she died first, for whatever reason, to leave him alone? Shivering from the thought, her husband misunderstood and thought she was cold from sitting under the water. She was pushed to her feet then he stood up behind her.

"She will have the choice, Reiki. She can either refuse to take it or follow the fate that has been given to her. In the end, the only reason I married you was because I already loved you," he said, kissing her cheek before giving her a peck on the lips.

"It's not like you've ever been one to follow the rules have you? Well, I'm glad you loved me," she rejoined with a small smile. "What would you do if she refused to accept the nine tails?"

"I don't know. We'll figure it out then," he said, turning off the water. "Right now, I know what lies in your near future."

"Oh, yeah, what's that?" she asked, sliding her arms around his neck as he wrapped a towel around her body.

"I am going to take you to our bedroom and make love to you," he answered, punctuating it with a kiss.

"I like the sound of that." She took the towel out of his hand and began to dry him off.

"Until you can't walk straight," he added, kissing her forehead before she dropped to her knees to dry off his legs.

"Oh? Is that a promise?" she inquired, avoiding a certain area that was growing exponentially as she rubbed him with the towel.

"Oh yes, without a doubt. Honey, while you're down there – " Moving his hips forward to poke her in the shoulder with his extra appendage that had sprung to life.

"Nope. You made a promise," she reminded him, wrapping her arms around his neck.

"I intend to keep it."

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"What's wrong with you? Why are you walking so funny?" Shizune inquired when Reiki walked into the office the next morning. She kept a wary eye on her friend as she crossed the room to her desk.

"Uh…I must have pulled something during one of the sparring matches I had yesterday," Reiki croaked, her throat raw from last night as well. She eased herself down into her chair carefully. Her husband had made more than good on his threat making her scream until her throat was sore while leaving her tender and aching on the inside as well.

"Oh yeah, it must be from a fight," she giggled, covering her mouth with her hand. "Speaking of that, I heard about Konohamaru's little stunt."

"Disgusting little pervert," Reiki growled, her face showing the revulsion she had felt yesterday.

"I heard that some people liked it," she added with a mischievous chuckle thinking about the reaction of the perverted trio. She only wished she could have been there to see it personally instead of hearing about it from Kakashi.

Reiki grunted with disapproval from the memory and a little pain as she bent down to pick up Tonton who was snuffling at her feet for attention. She picked her up, petting the little pig that was always happy to see her.

"You think you're a dog don't you?" she asked the diminutive pink pig whose curly tail was wiggling like crazy.

"If that pig answers you, I'm walking right back out of here," Tsunade grumbled as she swept into the office. "Where's your husband?"

Reiki was stunned for a moment. Her mother always referred to him by his name, and she seemed really grumpy for some reason this morning. Had he done something wrong? What was going on?

"At home," she answered abruptly, irritated that he got to stay home and sleep in after keeping her awake nearly all night. "Why?"

"I need him to go on a mission. To save Sakura," her mother muttered the annoyance evident in her voice.

"Does she have to be saved?" Reiki inquired, her white eyebrows drawing together in aggravation. After receiving a death glare from her mother, she asked, "Why him? Can't someone else go save her? What the hell did she do anyway? Wasn't she supposed to be at the hospital?"

"She had gone along on a mission with Lee and Kiba as the medical-nin, dear, if you must know. She got separated from them and was abducted by an enemy. Everyone else is busy so that is why I'm sending Naruto," she explained to her daughter who was showing outward signs of her misgivings and exasperation.

Reiki refused to open her mouth because if she did horrible, unpleasant things would come out. Of course that idiot got herself caught by a rival ninja. She couldn't blame her teammates for abandoning her; where the hell were they anyway? Naturally only Naruto could save her. It was like a cruel cosmic joke really.

"I'll go with him," she said, standing up slowly from her chair.

"What's wrong with you?" her mother asked. "You don't look like you're in any shape to go anywhere."

"I'm fine," she insisted, gritting her teeth against the pain.

"You're not going. You have to trust him, Reiki. He will do the right thing. He loves you," Tsunade told her, finally understanding her daughter's reservations.

"It's not him I mistrust. It's her. I don't put it past her to try something," she clarified, nervously toying with the belt of her kimono.

"You have no choice but to have faith in him," her mother stated with impatience in her voice. "One day he will have to have the same faith in you."

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Sakura cuddled next to her hero while he slept. She laid her head on his chest to listen to the steady beating of his heart. Closing her eyes, she recalled what a fantastic sight it had been to see his gorgeous whisker marked face when he showed up to save her from her captors. They had kept her tied up and made threats of physical violence including rape but thankfully none of them had touched her. Naruto had been amazing as he fought for her, taking out each of the men one by one. Never before had she wanted him so badly as she observed him in action, taking each painful injury just for her, to save her. Opening her eyes, she looked at the face of her handsome champion while he slept. A surge of guilt washed over her, stinging her with regret. How could she have ever treated him so cruelly? Why did she reject him time and time again? Apparently she had been the idiot all along and not him.

Sakura had healed his injuries, and he was sleeping peacefully. Not wanting to wake him but unable to stop herself from satisfying her curiosity, she pressed her lips to his to steal a kiss. She had wondered for so long what it would be like to kiss him. When he responded by kissing her back instead of pushing her away, she felt a flood of arousal through her body. Her hand moved down his chest, sliding downwards slowly. She gasped, tearing her lips from his, when he grabbed her hand to stop its descent. Her surprise widened eyes stared at his face, stunned when his big blue eyes fluttered open to glare at her.

"What do you think you're doing?" he growled, pushing her away.

"I was just…I wanted to…" she wavered, unable to come up with a plausible explanation for her actions. "I want you."

"It's too late for that. You had your chance," Naruto reminded her. He stood up, snatching his jacket from the tree branch where she had hung it. Putting it on, he shuddered from the thought of what would have had happened had he not woken up in time.

Sakura sat on the ground staring at his back. She did not know what to say at this time. Standing up, she ran to him to put her arms around him. Pressing her face into his back, she began to cry as she held him tightly around his waist.

"But I love you! I want you!" she cried, feeling as pathetic as she sounded. "You shouldn't be with her!"

"Who should I be with? You?" he snorted derisively, unable to keep the demeaning sneer from his face. "Really? You're the girl who never missed a chance to verbally or physically abuse me. Nothing says love like a good ass beating or a hateful insult, huh Sakura? I had a crush on you for years and you knew it but you treated me like crap anyway."

"I know. I'm sorry," she sobbed, holding onto him tighter as he tried to pry her off of him.

"I'm not," he snarled, peeling her arms off of his waist and pushing her away gently. "I got to see the real you. You showed me what you're really like and I don't want any part of that."

"But I, but I…" she stammered, unable to come with a good excuse for her past deeds.

There was none. Sakura had enjoyed treating him that way, but she would not admit that to him. She did not even want him until he belonged to another woman. Nothing stirs up desire quite like competition or inaccessibility. At first Reiki was a rival for Naruto's attention. Once that bitch arrived, she could not even get him to glance in her direction anymore. Then they were married which took him straight into the category of being unobtainable which only increased her longing to have him. She had thought for sure she could seduce him, get him to have sex with her, then that wonderful wife of his would no longer want him and he would finally be hers. However, as he glowered at her, she knew he would be a bigger challenge than she had initially thought. Maybe she was going about this the wrong way. Perhaps her target should be his wife. She could find someone to lure Reiki into an affair then she would be there to comfort him when his wife breaks his heart.

"I'm sorry," she apologized, hoping it sounded sincere. "I won't try anything else."

Naruto stared at her guardedly. It had been a long time since he had given up his position as the village idiot and he knew better than to think she would give up that easily. He had watched her run after Sasuke Uchiha for years with relentless determination that was undeterred by even the most humiliating and obvious rejections. The woman had unyielding resolve when she set her mind to something which in his case was a very bad thing since he had inadvertently become the object of her desire. He could only speculate as to what she would try next. He could not get her back to the village and away from him soon enough.