Namikaze Satellite: Like father like son?

OV: Accepting my inheritance.

AN: Well this isn't quite how I had planned my story to go. The last chapter was supposed to be about Naruto going and chasing after Sasuke, and this them reconciling. The story progressed a little bit differently, but it is still heading where I planned.

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Naruto sat back on his bed; he was sulking and looking at Sasuke with turbulent eyes. A storm was brewing within his head and he'd be damned if he was about to stop it when it came. It wasn't often that he followed anyone else's advice; he was, after all, known as the most unpredictable Ninja ever. Yet today he had reluctantly agreed to allow the care of the one person he loved more than life, to fall into Tsunade's and Juugo's untested hands.

He smirked; they did have Sasuke's best interests at mind. He was just going to have to allow them to help, as he'd said…the greatest Ninja knew when to ask for help, and when to trust another.

Sasuke leaned closer to his dobe, "I think it's time to learn more about each other," he began. "I told you a lot about me, but from what I just heard, I know very little about you."

Naruto pulled Sasuke into a tight embrace. "What do you want to know? I have nothing to hide from you; I will answer any question you have."

Sasuke looked up at his blonde. He thought for a minute, then began, "Tsunade said the Yondaime Hokage was your father. I never heard that before."

His face was dark and withdrawn; he was searching his broken memories for those from his past, from their childhood. Flashes of events would swim before his eyes than submerge again into his subconscious. He shuddered as a particularly graphic image of his parent's death rose to the surface, and he quickly tried to force it to go away. Then there it was, the memory he was looking for.

He saw Naruto sitting on a swing all alone as all the other academy students were picked up one by one. His brother was later today than usual, and he'd never noticed the blonde boy sitting forlornly with his feet kicking at the dirt beneath the swing. His eyes were cast to the ground, as if to avoid seeing the happy reunions of children and loved ones.

When Itachi finally came for him, Sasuke was filled with questions about the blonde boy. "Why does he sit by himself? Why doesn't anyone come for him? Where are his parents and family?"

Itachi was the last person to arrive to gather his younger family member and they watched as Naruto slowly walked away, stubbing his toes in the dirt and sending pebbles flying at odd intervals. Naruto glanced up at the two dark haired Uchiha boys briefly, his blue eyes full of sadness and longing to belong. Sasuke smiled at him and Naruto's eyes grew wide with surprise. Then he had passed and continued to walk on, a tiny lone boy heading home all by him self.

"Aniki, who does he live with? Who takes care of him?" Sasuke asked, turning his dark eyes up to look at his brother expectantly. Itachi knew everything, so Sasuke was sure he would know the answers to all of his questions.

Itachi looked at his little brother curiously, "Sasuke, he has no family. He lives in a simple apartment building in a tiny apartment all by himself. I don't know who takes care of him; all I know is that he is an orphan so he has an allowance provided for him to live on. His parents are dead, and he has no other family."

Sasuke's face was a mask of concern and sadness. His brow furrowed with concern, he wondered, "Aniki, why do all the other kids make fun of him, and hit him, and call him a monster?" he questioned in his small voice. "I don't think he's a monster," he suddenly added thoughtfully.

Itachi grinned at his brother, "I don't think he's a monster either. I don't know exactly why everyone feels that way; it's not just the kids though. A lot of the adults give him a wide berth when he walks by, and he has a hard time buying anything. Ichiraku's ramen is the only place I have ever seen him welcomed. I think he's just misunderstood, and lonely," he concluded sadly.

Sasuke looked at his brother thoughtfully, "I think I will try to talk to him."

Itachi mussed the smaller boy's hair, "I think that's a great idea, Otouto. Come on now, we better get home before we get into trouble."

Sasuke put his small hand up for his brother to take, which Itachi did. They walked home grinning. Sasuke was thinking about how he would approach the silent blonde. Itachi was thinking how his little brother was growing up.

Sasuke looked at Naruto, "When we were kids I was told your parents were dead, that you had no family."

Naruto smiled sadly at Sasuke, "My parents are dead. They were killed in the attack on Konoha by the Kyuubi no Kitsune. It wasn't until just recently that I even learned who my father was."

Naruto looked worn out, and Sasuke settled back onto his chest, the weight of his body pushing Naruto to lean back onto the wall at the head of the bed. "My father was Namikaze Minato; he sealed the Kyuubi inside of my stomach when I was had just been born. He had to use a Jutsu he created to call upon the Shinigami.

The Shinigami pulled the Kyuubi through my Father and through me. My mother died giving birth to me, she had been wounded in the battle. I was only a newborn, but my father knew that his Jutsu would seal the Kyuubi inside me, keeping Konoha safe. In return for calling the Shinigami, my father forfeited his own life. He is trapped forever in the belly of the Death God."

Naruto finished speaking and rested his chin on top of Sasuke's head. Sasuke didn't know what to say, so he didn't say anything. Naruto didn't like the uncomfortable silence that was stretching before them, "Sasuke, I never lied to you." He started.

Sasuke stopped him, "I know." That was all he said, but it was all that was needed.

They lay there for a while, just enjoying the other's presence. Eventually Sasuke voiced another question. "What did Tsunade mean when she was talking about some necklace, and what about the Rasengan bet you made with her?"

Naruto spoke slowly; Sasuke could hear how tired the other man was. He wondered if he was tired of the questions or if it was something more. "If you heard about the bet and the necklace, then you heard pretty much all there is to that story. When Jiraya and I went to look for Tsunade, to bring her back to be the Hokage, she didn't want to at first. I was angry, and I yelled at her that she was stupid not to want to be Hokage. I said I would be Hokage one day, and I would definitely take the position.

She made fun of me, and I challenged her to take come outside and fight me because of what she said. I had been trying to learn the Rasengan, and I tried to use it on her. She stopped my attack and then she made fun of me again. I yelled that I could learn the Rasengan in three days. She gave me a week. If I won she'd come back and be Hokage and give me the necklace she wore, if she won Jiraya and I had to do whatever she said, and then leave her alone.

We didn't know she had also been approached by Orochimaru, and he had offered to revive her brother and boyfriend in exchange for medical treatment. The Third had really hurt him in their fight. She had also been told to provide two sacrifices for Orochimaru's forbidden technique. When the time came, somehow she decided to fight Orochimaru.

That was the great Sannin battle you also heard about. I used Rasengan against Kabuto. The first time I failed, the second I didn't. Orochimaru and Kabuto eventually left, and Tsunade determined to become Hokage and protect Konoha against Oro's future attacks. I was hurt pretty bad in the battle, and she gave me the necklace; said I'd earned it."

Naruto pulled a green crystalline necklace out from under his shirt. It had two small round silver beads dangling on either side of it. "I didn't know it was the Firsts until today," he muttered, looking at the necklace seriously.

"So you were always destined to be Hokage, weren't you?" Sasuke asked softly, a hint of sadness in his voice.

Naruto pondered this for a minute, "Yeah, I guess so."

Sasuke seemed to shrink within himself. Naruto wrapped his arms around him and snuggled his face in the soft, silky, black hair that was just begging to be touched. He felt Sasuke relax a little.

"Naruto, who am I?" came a plaintive query.

Naruto didn't know what to say at first, then he grinned and physically turned Sasuke's body around to face him. "Sasuke, you are the most important person in my whole world. You are the only surviving Uchiha and you are my lover. You are a great fighter, a damned animal in bed, and the best kisser ever. You are a friend, comrade, and teammate. There are many people to whom you are important. You are Uchiha Sasuke." He then kissed his Uchiha deeply, showing him with the action what he couldn't put into words.

When they broke apart, Sasuke had tears flowing down his cheeks. "I don't deserve you," he admitted.

Naruto shook his head, "No you deserve better. You deserve someone who can help you revive the Uchiha clan." Naruto's voice cracked from the power of emotions he felt well up within him. Sasuke did deserve someone with whom he could have children and raise a family. Naruto's eyes fell, he couldn't look at Sasuke. He couldn't bear to see it if he had any doubt or reservation in his eyes. Naruto knew that more than anything in the world Sasuke wanted to have his own family. To be able to grow his clan from only himself, to many.

Sasuke placed his finger under Naruto's chin and gently raised his face so that they were eye to eye. "Naruto, I want you. If you are all the family I ever have, it will be enough."

Naruto cried. He sat there with Sasuke gazing lovingly at him, and wept openly.

Sasuke leaned forward and kissed Naruto's lips. He pulled his blond into his warm embrace and held him until the tears subsided. Then he pulled back and kissed away the tears that lingered on his face.

A gentle knock at the door caused them both to jump. They looked at each other and laughed, who would believe they were a couple of elite Ninja when they would jump at a simple knock on their bedroom door. "Oh no!" Sasuke cried out.

Naruto having the same epiphany smacked his forehead, "We forgot, Juugo's here too," he commented. Naruto called for Juugo to come in.

Juugo shyly stepped into the bedroom. He seemed reluctant to have disturbed the two men, and quickly stated his reason for the disruption, "Tsunade sent some medicine for Sasuke. She said it should help him be able to get his memories back. It's got Ginseng, and a bunch of other herbs and ingredients." He held out a small medicine bottle. "You're supposed to drink it when you wake up in the morning. I wanted to give it to you so I wouldn't forget."

Sasuke smiled at his friend. "Arigato," he said grinning.

Naruto jumped up and announced that they should go get dinner. Sasuke guessed, "Ichiraku ramen?" For which he got a bop on the head from Naruto.

Juugo offered to prepare them dinner, and they could eat in, where it was quieter. Sasuke looked at the big man and realized he was still leery to go around large crowds of people. He wondered how Juugo had survived with the enormous killing intent he had carried within him for so long. He was saddened to think that he had probably been Orochimaru's pawn since he was a child, like so many of his other test subjects.

"That sounds great, what did you have in mind?" Sasuke quizzed.

Juugo described what he intended to prepare. A quick jaunt to the kitchen later revealed that Naruto had yet to go shopping, and his supplies were woefully depleted. Sasuke declared that he and naruto would go shopping, and Juugo could set to the task of setting his room up however he liked as Sasuke had decided to move into Naruto's room and give the big guy some much deserved space. Juugo grinned at the idea, and went to work immediately.

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Naruto and Sasuke noticed that there weren't any noticeable guards any more. This could only mean that all the visitors from Naruto's inauguration had finally left Konoha. Naruto was glad that his village was back to normal; however he also knew he would miss the liveliness of the festival atmosphere.

They had no more than entered the store when they were ambushed by a purple blur that screamed "Sasuke!!!" The dejected raven haired man untangled himself from the blonde woman who had tackled him.

"Ino, you haven't changed at all, have you," he snarled.

She giggled and ignored his words, she was ecstatic that he had remembered her name, and had addressed her directly. Naruto held out his hand, and Ino started to raise hers to grasp it, but she was beaten by Sasuke who clasped it and pulled himself to his feet. Naruto pulled him close and straightened his jacket, "You okay?" he queried in a purr looking deeply into those fathomless dark eyes.

Ino stood up and screeched, "Hey I'm still here!!"

Naruto looked at her with an 'and your point is?' look on his face. She looked from Naruto to Sasuke who stood with his body pressed closely to the Hokage. It suddenly dawned on her that they were together. Not just shopping together, but together. Her face fell, and she turned to sulk away.

Choji appeared around the corner of a crisps stand at that moment. "Hey there, beautiful," he called out to the sulking blonde woman.

Her head snapped up, and a smile curved her lips, she called out warmly, "Choji, hi." Well, at least he knows how to compliment a woman. Besides he's not as big as he used to be, and for his Jutsu he needs his size. She resigned herself to her fate and accepted that she was going to wind up spending the rest of her life with Choji. She would probably soon become Akimichi Ino. That wasn't so bad, she realized.

Naruto greeted Choji warmly, and Choji returned the greeting. Choji looked evenly at Sasuke, "Uchiha Sasuke." He addressed the dark man without any hint of emotion in his voice.

Sasuke, determined to be considerate of Naruto's friends, greeted him coolly, "Hello, Choji."

Naruto rushed into conversation, asking Choji what he was shopping for, and just being himself. The mood instantly lightened, and Sasuke grinned at his dobe. Choji saw the expression and tucked it away for future consideration, the Uchiha had smiled. Soon small talk ran out, and they went their separate ways.

The excursion continued along that same line. They would run into an old member of their Genin group, or someone Naruto knew. Naruto would greet them warmly, and receive the same affectionate reply. Sasuke would be treated with indifference, suspicion, and once, from Kiba and Shino, outright hostility. Naruto would easily smooth things over with his outgoing and affable personality, Sasuke would smile at his antics, and the people would leave with a lighter perception of him.

They were just getting into the checkout line when Sasuke spotted that shock of pink hair that only one Kunoichi he had ever known had. "Sakura!!" he heard Naruto shout.

Sasuke realized he was actually excited to see their bubble-gum haired teammate. "Sakura," he greeted her with a small grin.

She was floored by him. Her mouth gaped open, and the expression of utter amazement was priceless. Sasuke actually laughed. This only caused her to become even more shocked and she had to sit down.

"Sasuke, you're human," she teased as Naruto helped her to her feet.

He just shrugged her words off, "Thank you for helping with Juugo," he said simply and bowed to show his deep appreciation.

"Y-you're w-welcome," she stammered. She looked from Sasuke to Naruto and back again. A sudden evil grin creased her face from ear to ear.

"So you two figured it out, did you?" she asked in a mischievous voice.

Naruto who didn't have a clue as to what she was talking about scratched his head and wondered out loud what she was going on about. Sasuke, who knew exactly what she meant slyly nodded with an adoring expression on his face directed towards his blond.

She grabbed them both and pulled them into a tight hug. "Sakura…air…can't…breathe!!' Naruto gasped.

She released them laughing, "So, do I get to help plan the wedding?" she inquired.

Naruto and Sasuke looked at each other. They hadn't discussed a wedding, and hadn't really thought about it. Naruto assumed his silly blonde pose, hand behind his head, goofy grin on his face. Sasuke looked at her with a smile, "If we plan one, you can help. I owe you that much."

She shrieked and rushed off spewing something about getting a head start, and won't be long and other things which trailed behind her as she left.

The two men finished their shopping, paid for their groceries, and hurried back to their home. They knew they had been gone for a long time.

Juugo was waiting for them when they finally rushed in the door. He had an expectant smile on his face. "About time," he quipped.

They sorted through their purchases and Juugo grabbed things he needed and began to prepare their dinner. He was finished at about the same time as the other two men. He smirked at them and chided them that it took as long for them to put groceries away as it did for him to cook the meal.

And so their life as a family began.

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Meh, not my best work. But, I love Sakura here…She's not going to let up until they make it official. She's been forever egging Shino and Kiba on about it. Sas-Uke is loved, and in my fic he's become human. He just needed to get that anger out of his system and realize his love! LOL

Next chapter is the last one in this fic…I already have a sequel planned! Yay for me!

-Kneise