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Itachi peeked open one eye, and watched as the body in front of him collapsed. "No…" he whispered, dropping to his knees. He caught the body, and pulled the blonde's head in his lap. "Dei, why?"
Deidara coughed, his featured slightly burned. "Itachi." he groaned out, pain leaking into his voice.
"Deidara!" Tears streamed down Itachi's face as he held the blonde close to him.
"Itachi…I've come to a realization in the last couple days." Deidara reached a shaky hand up to wipe a tear from Itachi's eye. "I-I love you Itachi. I always have, and I always will."
Onyx eyes widened. "Wh-what? What are you saying?"
"I love you, but I'm not long for this world. I'll die knowing that I protected the only person I truly loved." Deidara whispered, his voice hoarse from pain.
"No! You can't die!" Itachi cried. "Not now! Not after I know…." He was silenced by a single finger on his lips.
"Ssh. Take him down. Take Madara and his whole world domination plan out." Deidara said. "You must avenge me."
"I love you Deidara." Itachi said.
A sweet smile lit Deidara's face. He reached his hand up and cupped Itachi's cheek, pulling the man down. Their lips met in a chaste kiss that spoke more passion than anyone could comprehend.
As Itachi pulled away, he watched Deidara's blue eyes close….and not reopen.
"I'm sorry to interrupt this touching moment," Madara started, sauntering up to Itachi, "but it looks like he's dead!"
Itachi's gaze slowly rose to meet Madara's, and he was quick enough to see the fear that flashed through the elder man's eyes. "You. Will. PAY!"
Madara's eyes were quick enough to catch's Itachi's movement, but even his body was not quick enough to stop it.
Itachi plunged a kunai directly into Madara's jugular vein, slicing it in half, and allowed the body to slump to the floor. "You killed him. Now we will sit for the two full minutes it will take to let all the blood from your body."
Madara's eyes widened as he groped the wound, trying to hold the edges of the vein together, but to no avail. Two minutes later, Madara was dead.
Itachi stood still, bathed in the arterial blood spatter. His eyes glowing red as he watched the evil man at his feet die.
"I-Itachi?" came a voice from behind him.
The raven whirled around to see Naruto standing behind him, tan hand outstretched, fear laced into blue eyes. Itachi dropped to his knees, sitting in the pool of Madara's blood, and began to bawl. "H-he's dead!"
Naruto ran to his savior, and wrapped his arms around him. "It's ok Itachi. You killed him as homage to Deidara!"
Itachi's head snapped up. Naruto was obviously confused. "No! I don't give a fuck about Madara! B-but…Deidara…."
Itachi looked behind Naruto to see several medic-nins working around Deidara. "What's going on?" he asked.
Naruto looked back. "Well, while you sat there, watching Madara bleed to death, Gaara got here with a team of medics! They said Deidara is badly hurt, but's he's alive. He's just unconscious." the blonde explained.
Itachi looked back into Naruto's blue eyes, and stood up, making his way to the still body. "I-is he going to be ok?"
One of the medics looked up into the blood-red sharingan of Itachi Uchiha, and immediately flinched. "I believe we got here just in time. It may take awhile, but he should be fine."
A large grin appeared on Itachi's face as more tears, this time of joy, spilled down his cheeks. "He's going to be ok!"
Kiba and Naruto decided not to go back to Suna with the others. "I'm so sick of sand!" Naruto had said. "I just want to go home!"
Kiba was also not too keen on them going back to Suna. There was a certain redhead he wanted to keep away from his blonde.
So, the pair ended up just going back to Konoha.
"NARUTO!" called several people waiting at the front gates.
Sakura ran forward. "Naruto! I was so worried!" she squealed as she hugged the blonde.
"Oh, there was no reason to be worried Sakrua-chan!" Naruto said, patting the pinkette on the back.
"What do you mean there was no reason to worry?" she yelled back, completely forgetting her compassion from the previous moment.
Kiba stood behind the blonde, just watching. 'Wow, bipolar much?'
"You've been gone for well over a month Uzumaki!" Sakura yelled. "No one knew where you were! The only reason we're all here now is that the Hokage got a note from the Kazekage saying you were on you were way back home!"
"S-sakrua-chan..." Naruto started, fearing violence, "I was on a secret mission in Suna! I couldn't exactly tell you! Besides Kakashi-sensei knew!"
The kunoichi rounded on their former sensei. "Is that true?"
Kakashi simply nodded.
"Then why didn't you tell us while we were all running around looking for him?" Sakura said, her voice oddly calm.
"It was a secret mission, as in, you can't know!" Kakashi reminded her with a flick of his wrist.
A look came over Sakura's face as if she'd just been slapped. "Oh." she muttered.
Neji walked up to Naruto, glaring at Kiba all the way. "So, Naruto. Have you given any thought to what we discussed before you left?"
Kiba smirked and walked up closer to Naruto. "You sound confident."
Neji smirked at the brunette. "I'm sorry, was I talking to you?"
"I have thought about it Neji!" said Naruto, not wanting the men to argue.
Neji's face became increasingly smug.
"Kiba and I are a couple!" the blonde announced happily, grasping the brunette's hand.
The smug look on Neji's face immediately disappeared, much to Kiba's pleasure. But, Kiba was the jealous type, so just to make sure that everyone understood that Naruto was his, he pulled on the tan hand in his own until Naruto's body was flush against his own. He bent down and captured the delicious lips of his lover, diving his tongue into the man's mouth.
Eyes throughout the group went wide, there were even some nosebleeds from the homoerotic display.
"Well." Kakashi started, trying to break the awkward moment. "I'll just leave you to that and catch up with you later." He turned and walked away, feeling a distinct need to see his own lover.
Several murmurs were heard through the welcome group, and most of them were gone by the time Kiba pulled away.
A heavy blush covered Naruto's face. "Kiba!" he hissed. "What was that for?"
"So that Hyuuga knows that he can't have you." Kiba growled.
"What are you talking abou-" Naruto was pulled away from Kiba and someone was kissing him!
"HEY!" Kiba yelled, pulling Sai off Naruto. "What the hell do you think you're doing?"
"Is that not how friends greet each other?" Sai asked innocently.
"No Sai! Kiba only did that because he's my boyfriend." Naruto explained.
"Yes, he's your boy friend. Am I not also one of your male friends?" Sai asked.
"Yes you're my friend, but Kiba is more than a friend. He's – argh! How do I explain this?"
"Sai, Naruto and I are a couple." Kiba tried.
"Yes, you're a couple of people, but I don't see how that's relevant." Sai stated, eyes wide.
Kiba wanted to smash his head into a wall…
"Um, we…we're….um, well…"Naruto was stumbling over his words, searching for just the right ones.
"We're fucking each other Sai." Kiba blurted. Naruto elbowed the man next to him, and shot a glare.
"Oh." Sai said. "Why didn't you just say so?"
Naruto face palmed. "It's what we were trying to say, but with more eloquent words."
"Well, I suppose you're tired, I'll let you two go." Sai said, turning to leave.
"Sai?" Naruto said. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing." Sai said, fixing Naruto with one of his patented fake smiles.
The blonde pulled from Kiba's grasp and moved to Sai's side. "You know you can't fool me with that smile." he whispered. Sai's emotionless eyes somehow looked sad to Naruto. "So, why don't you tell me what's wrong?"
"Nothing is wrong. My good friend is happy. But there is an underlying feeling I don't understand." Sai said, his brows knitting.
"And what's that? Maybe I can explain it." Naruto said, placing a hand on Sai's shoulder.
"I'm happy for you, but for some reason, I seem to dislike Kiba. I never have in the past, but I do now."
"Sai, d-do you have a crush on me?" Naruto asked.
"Huh?"
"Do you like me as more than a friend?"
"You mean the way Kiba likes you?"
"Yeah."
Sai turned to look at Naruto. "I guess I've never really thought about it before."
"Well?" Naruto asked.
"I don't think so." Sai said. "I mean, I don't feel the need to have sex with you."
"Really? Because it sounds like you're jealous of Kiba." Naruto said. "Maybe you're jealous of our relationship – maybe you want one of your very own."
"What are you talking about?" the raven asked.
"You know what? I think you should go and request a mission to Suna and talk to Gaara!" Naruto said, the gears turning in his head. 'Hell yes!' inner Naruto shouted.
"Do you think that will help?"
"Yes, I think it will help a lot!" Naruto exclaimed, patting Sai on the back. "So, now, I'm off. You were right before, Kiba and I are tired. I think I'm going to go and take a nap. I'll see you later Sai!" Naruto turned around and made his way back to Kiba.
"What was that all about?" the brunette asked.
"Just doing a favor for a friend."
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