A/N: Well, what do you know? This story lives! Sorry about the delay, this summer has not been a good one for me. But, I'm back! Double-update for the win! Let's go!

Disclaimer- Meep.

"Mm..!" Miyu struggled to crawl across the library floor, the babe looking simply adorable in her pink and blue onesie. And, always in eye-shot, Itachi sat in the middle of the main room. He lit up a candle, dimming the lights in the empty building before he smiled,

"No distractions."

Miyu giggled, holding her arms up for a hug. Itachi couldn't resist the urge so he used his magic and picked the child up, Miyu landing in his arms before he whispered, "Today is too important." The blue-haired infant watched with wide eyes as Itachi's body began glowing: all of the books in the library being plucked from their shelves and placed onto the floor. "It's re-shelving day!" Itachi sang to Miyu as the books began floating in single-file around them.

The weasel-demon carefully examined each tome as it floated past, "Let's see... 'Understanding Terram's Feudal Era' goes in History," He sent the book floating to its new home, "'Modern Jutsus and You', that's a Classic." Books were sent flying into new shelves as Itachi worked in a precise, calm manner. "'The Art of the To-Do List', well..." He beckoned for the book to come back, "I might want to take another look at that one."

Abruptly, a low giggle caught him off-guard: causing all of the books to fall to the floor. "Sasuke..." The weasel-demon gritted out, removing a book that had fallen on his head, "What are you so giggly about?" The young dragon walked down the stairs, all smiles as he looked at the box he held in his hands.

"This little beauty," He began, "Is mom's birthday present to me." He reached in and pulled out a splendid ruby that was so crimson it looked like it had recently been showered in blood, "A Heartstone Ruby! Aged in the belly of Terram's highest-quality jewel-harvesting volcano!" The young male allowed his tail to tap the treasure, a pleasant hum echoing forth. "This is going to be so good!" He placed his treasure back inside of the box before looking around.

"Hey..!" He smiled, walking over to ruffle his niece's hair, "Your mommy finally decided to take my advice and just have everyone look for whatever book they want themselves!"

"Don't you corrupt her Sasuke..." Itachi frowned, despite Miyu squirming to be held by her Uncle.

Later that morning, Itachi was still trying to organize the books while Miyu played with a stuffed animal beside him. And by play we mean gum and drool over.

Yet, a few moments later there was a call of, "Hello~!" That was Deidara who was followed into the library by Sasori who added,

"Is anyone here? Itachi? Sasuke – OH MY!" His copper eyes went wide as he saw Sasuke shining his gem. The scorpion-demon rushed over, gasping, "IS THAT A HEARTSTONE RUBY? Oh my, oh my! That must be at least twenty carats!" Sasori reached into his pocket for his inspecting lens, looking over the gem before he gulped, "28! No inclusions! Pristine facets! Dear gods, I think I just had an orgasm!"

"Ugh..." Sasuke looked over to see the object of his affections Naruto, the Kitsune carrying Deidara's day-bag, "A little too much information maybe?"

"Naruto..." Sasuke sighed, placing the gem back in its box, "I'll see you later delicious." Deidara shook his head, helping Itachi pick up a few books,

"Since danna's too busy eye-humping that gem, un, he needed to borrow a book on ancient-fashion-"

"Excuse me!" Sasori shook himself out of his trance, gulping, "Sasuke, did you just say 'delicious'?"

Sasuke gave a quick nod, "Hell yes! Next week's my birthday and this is my birthday dinner!" While Sasori's face portrayed a look of sheer horror, Itachi sent over an old book,

"Try this one."

"Thanks," The scorpion-demon flipped through the pages, "Sakome told me that capes are making a comeback in Adamant Sea City, so I wanted... to be..." His eyes kept going back to the gem, "On my... game..."

"Wow..." Naruto noted, folding his arms, "Sasori really likes that gem, huh?"

Sasuke, who was just about to lock the rare beauty up, blinked, "What was that?" However, Sasori gave another wistful sigh as he closed the book up,

"I hope its as delicious as it is gorgeous for you Sasuke."

It was then that what Naruto said finally clicked in Sasuke's mind. "Oh... You really like it, huh?"

"'Like' it?" Sasori shook his head, "It's magnificent!"

"Poor Sasori... He's going to be sighing about this all day." Naruto muttered under his breath. But seeing how many emotions Naruto had invested in this convinced Sasuke of what needed to be done. So, with a heavy sigh of his own, the navy-bluenette stated,

"Sasori."

"Hm?"

"Catch." Sasuke took the Heartstone Ruby from its case and tossed it over to the scorpion-demon's hands. Sasori's copper eyes widened again as the younger Uchiha explained, "You'd probably get more use out of it than me having it as a snack."

Sasori was still in shell-shock. "I... I don't know what to say... I – THANK YOU! OH MY GODS, I never thought I'd see the day!"

A smoke-filled sigh left Sasuke's nostrils as he watched Sasori fawn over his new gem. But Naruto was extremely impressed by Sasuke's charity. "Wow..." The blonde Kitsune stood in front of the dragon, a warm smile on his face, "That's one of the most generous things I've ever seen." Sasuke shook it off,

"Well, I-!" But he was cut off when Naruto stole the moment and placed a simple kiss on his cheek, promising,

"Don't worry! I'm going to go to Konoha tomorrow night and I'll find something to make it up to you, you'll see!"

"Come on, un!" Deidara called out to his fiance and his assistant, "We have to go get back to work! Thanks for your help Itachi!"

"And thank you so much Sasuke!" Sasori laughed in joy as he carried the Ruby out. When they were gone, Itachi gave a low whistle,

"Wow otouto... That's one of the kindest things you've ever done!"

Sasuke, on the other hand, was petrified from the shock of Naruto kissing him. After a moment, he whispered in an awestruck voice, "I will never wash this cheek again. Or at least until the day I get laid."

True to his word, the following evening found Naruto rushing from store to store in Konoha with what little earnings he had. He just had to get something for Sasuke to try and make up for him sacrificing his original gift.

But so far, none of the stores he had gone to had anything that he thought the dragon would like. "I can't go home empty handed..."

"Young man..." An old voice called from a dark alley. Naruto blinked and carefully walked forward, seeing an old demoness sitting behind a small table covered in odd, aged trinkets. "Perhaps you'll find what you're looking for amongst my simple wares?"

"Hm..." Naruto looked through what the old demoness had to offer, nothing really catching his eye... Until, a blue flash caught his attention... "What is that?"

The day of Sasuke's birthday finally arrived and Itachi was more than busy trying to finish setting up the library to celebrate. The decorations had been set, the food delivered, and Itachi had just carried in the punch bowl.

After he made sure that the serving spoon was at just the right angle, he nodded and asked, "Everything looks perfect, doesn't it Miyu?" Miyu's eyes were trained in on the large cake that Itachi had ordered, wanting to taste the beautiful tower of allure. "Sasuke!" He called out, wondering just what his brother could still be doing in his room, "Your guests will be here any moment!"

"Hold your horses aniki..." Sasuke shook his head, slowly walking down the staircase. He whistled as he took a look around, "Wow, everything looks great! Thanks Itachi!"

Itachi grabbed a wash-cloth with his magic, sighing, "Sasuke, I'm getting sick of saying this..."

"Saying what?" The dragon raised an eyebrow. However, after a few moments of Itachi glaring at him, he adamantly refused, "No Itachi! I already said I'm not cleaning that spot!"

"For gods' sake!" Itachi gritted out, "You still have pizza-sauce from last week there! It's time to clean it!"

"No!" Sasuke tried rushing off to avoid the wash-cloth of doom, Itachi running after him with determination dead-set in his eyes. Miyu couldn't help but clap her hands and giggle at the sight of her mommy and uncle playing together, but Itachi soon tired of running around and snapped his fingers.

Sasuke disappeared in a cloud of red smoke and reappeared closer to the other. "Back off!" Sasuke gritted his teeth, running away just for Itachi to drag him back again...

And again...

And again...

Around the sixth time, however, instead if Sasuke appearing, Tobi fell out of the smoke with a party-whistle in his mouth. It was enough to stop Sasuke, who was about to jump out of the window, long enough for Itachi to bum rush him and forcibly wipe the smudges from the dragon's face: smirking at a job well done.

"Freaking..." Sasuke rolled his eyes, jumping back five feet when Tobi jumped over and shouted,

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!", with a resounding shrill of his party-whistle. Once his ears stopped ringing, Sasuke looked towards the doorway and saw a familiar group of demons standing with gifts in hand. Though his eyes originally looked over all of the gifts, something else soon caught his eye.

Naruto was looking especially luscious today dressed in a tight, sleeveless orange shirt and red skinny jeans: five fox-tails swishing behind him.

"Was this all for me?" He whispered, mostly in his mind and referring to the blonde Kitsune in front of him. But it was heard loud enough for the rest of the gang to start walking over, dropping off their presents as they went.

"Sure is." Kakuzu stated, dropping his and Hidan's present into the dragon's hands.

"Happy birthday Sasuke." Zetsu smiled, giving Sasuke his and Tobi's gift. Then Kisame dropped off a gift, followed by Ivan and Alfred, and ending off with Sasori and Deidara's gift – all wrapped up in garish ribbons and sparklers. The weight soon got to the point where Sasuke lost his balance, all of his presents falling to the floor.

However, rather than getting upset, the navy-bluenette merely looked around in a bewildered sense.

"Hey..." Hidan scratched behind his head, "Don't you know you get presents on your special day?" Sasuke gave a slow nod,

"Yeah, well this is my first birthday away from my parents. My father doesn't really believe in birthday presents and my mother just gets me gems..." He sneaked an angered glance towards Sasori, "And usually I only get one other present. From Itachi." He sighed, "A book."

Itachi, as if conjuring the incredible power of bad timing, Itachi had come from downstairs with Sasuke's present: a ribbon-bound book on growing up. With a sheepish cough, he hid the book behind himself and went to take a seat.

With an extravagant flourish, Sasori reached into his bag and pulled out two items as he began, "Speaking of presents, this..." The first item was a vermillion and blue cape, "Is from my new line of Tabitha St. Germain ( 1 ) capes, I'm going to make one for each of us!" He used his magic to tie the cape around Naruto's shoulders: the Kitsune being used as an impromptu mannequin while the scorpion rested a brand new top-hat, decorated in brass gears and the Heartstone Ruby, on his own head. "I was inspired by the monumental act of generosity our birthday boy here showed when giving me this amazing Heartstone Ruby!"

Sasuke couldn't stop his heart from grumbling at the sight of the gem. But it was soon forgotten when Naruto walked over to help him pick up his presents: a sudden surge of warmth rushing through the younger Uchiha when their hands brushed against each other briefly.

A couple of hours later found the small celebration in full swing: food being shared, drinks poured, music rolling. Sasuke, finishing off an emerald-infused wine-cooler, smiled as he reopened the box that Kakuzu and Hidan's gift came in: a string of amber pieces for him to eat. "Thanks again for this amber guys, it's been ages since I've had any."

"Okay Sasuke," Kakuzu shook his head, "You've already thanked us five times."

"Yeah, well..." Sasuke gave a simple shrug, "I know I keep thanking you guys: Kisame with the Aquamarine, Ivan and Alfred with that jar of Opal and Turquoise, Sasori and Deidara giving me that dining set made of Garnet..." 'Not that it can ever replace my Heartstone Ruby' He mentally quipped before adding, "With all this, I just can't thank you all enough."

Abruptly, Naruto walked over to Sasuke and gently stated, "Sorry, I almost forgot. This is for you!" Sasuke looked into the blonde's hands and saw a good-sized box which, upon Naruto opening, made his eyes go wide,

"What is that?"

That was a large sapphire, as big as one's head. It was a rich, deep shade of blue with streaks and swirls of white whipping through it. "I don't know," Naruto admitted, "I saw it when I was in Konoha and thought that you would like it."

The precious stone changed hands, Sasuke nodding, "I love it. Thanks. Gods, with how awesome this day has been, I wish this party could last forever." That had nothing to do with the close proximity between himself and his crush. However, Tobi gasped and rushed over,

"But this party can't last forever! You have to go to Swirl so Mr. and Mrs. Cake can give you the birthday surprise that Tobi and them have been working on! Duh!"

"Another gift? I'll be back!" Sasuke whistled, grabbing a sweater before walking out, Tobi whining,

"Hey~! Tobi said that party can't last forever but he didn't mean that it should end now!"

Sasuke strolled right into the brightly colored bakery, leaning over the counter while he waited for the two old demons to walk over.

"Congratulations on another year of life young man!" Sasuke nodded a silent thanks before Mrs. Cake waddled to the counter, smiling,

"When we heard about your special day, we couldn't resist trying out a new flavor..." She picked up a small paper box and undid its white strings, revealing a shining white cupcake sprinkled with small crystals, "Diamond!" Wiping the small bit of drool that had dripped down his jaw, couldn't help but think,

'I have the weirdest boner right now...'

"Thanks again!" Sasuke called back to the Cakes as he walked onto the road, cupcake-box in hand. As he walked, he shook his head, not believing his luck, "First I get one of the best parties ever, then some awesome presents, and some premium hand on hand action with Naruto?" Isn't denial wonderful? Turning a second of hand-brushing to intimate contact. "And the Cakes give me this amazing cupcake! How can this day get any better?" At that moment, while he was too busy talking to himself, Sasuke accidentally bumped into someone.

"Shit..." The dragon gritted out before looking over and seeing the wolf-demon Kakashi trying to regain his bearings. "Crap, Kakashi-sensei. Sorry about that." However, the wolf-demon only gave a simple chuckle: picking up a bushel of grapes and placing them into what could be salvaged of his shopping bag.

"Maa... That's alright. What's got you so excited? Finally got a date?" Sasuke rolled his eyes, quickly trying to make sure that his cupcake was okay. At the end of it, though, he just decided to scarf down the whole thing (box included) so it wouldn't get in of the way. Then he walked over, picking up produce as he went,

"No, Tobi said the Cakes had made something special for me since today's my birthday." As he handed over what he had gathered in his hands, the silver-haired demon whistled,

"Well happy birthday. Huh, I wish that I had a gift for – Hey, wait a minute." He reached into the bag and pulled out a red and blue fedora hat with a feather on its side. "There you go."

"Pimpin'!" They both shared a fist bump, Kakashi walking off, calling back, "Have a good birthday kid!"

When the other was gone, Sasuke couldn't help but laugh, "I wish everyday was my birthday!", and readjust his new hat.

"Let's see..." Sasuke mused to himself as he walked around town. He didn't want to go back to his party just yet and he needed to think, "Tobi told the Cakes it was my birthday and I got a free diamond cupcake... Then I mention it to Kakashi and I get this great hat."

While he was walking, he saw a small child happily licking an ice cream cone as they skipped down the road.

A devious little smirk grew across his lips.

Itachi shook his head as he walked down the streets, trying to find his brother. The party was well past over and he still hadn't come back. However, imagine his surprise when he saw the navy-haired youth apparently trying to bully a child out of their cotton candy.

"Sasuke!" He called out, snapping his fingers: a film of red energy surrounding Sasuke and pulling him away. "What are you doing?"

"Huh?" Sasuke shook his head, groaning, "Mrm, don't know what got into me. Thanks for snapping me out of... whatever that was."

"That's what I'm here for otouto..." Itachi sighed, "Now, hurry up and come home. I have to go on ahead to help with the clean-up and then," He yawned, "I'll need to get Miyu to bed."

Sasuke nodded, watching his brother walk away. However, Itachi couldn't have noticed how Sasuke's eyes gained a strange glow.

Nonetheless, Sasuke did make it home just in time for a quick shower before heading off to bed. He lay on top of his sheets: his presents all around him (along with his prized collection of souvenir gems throughout the years in his closet).

The young dragon tried to get to sleep, but his mind was just too active for his body to slow down. So, he decided a midnight snack would help. Reaching over to his nightstand, he picked up the box with Naruto's gift in it.

That strange, magnificent sapphire seemed to beckon to him: its milky streaks swirling in an arcane design. "A lick wouldn't hurt." Sasuke shrugged, taking a small lick at the gem.

The effect was immediate: his eyes dilated into reptilian-slits and his breath quickened. He abruptly tore into the strange gem, chomping it down with teeth that seemed to get sharper with every swallow. However, after the brief expanse of time in which he devoured the gem, it wasn't enough to sate his new, avaricious hunger.

He immediately seized his other birthday presents, shoving as many of them down his gullet as possible. Those were soon finished, the youth growling as he realized that his gifts were all gone. Not to be deterred, he stormed over to his closet and nearly yanked off the door to get to his souvenir-gems. The sounds of feverish crunches and growls echoed through the night.

The following morning Itachi woke up from a nightmarish sleep, wiping his sweaty forehead. "Gods, I had the worst dream." The weasel-demon first went to get Miyu from her crib, the infant nodding back to sleep shortly after Itachi picked her up.

Then he walked towards Sasuke's room. When he got there, he gave a swift knock, calling out, "Sasuke, wake up! Oh, you won't believe the dream I had."

His only response was a low rumble.

"Sleepyhead..." Itachi shook his head before opening the door and going inside, immediately gulping at how much of a mess the small room was: the closet door torn off its hinges, a broken window, and claw-marks all over the walls.

The most glaring detail, however, was the large pile of discarded jewelry and other random items in the center of the floor. "Sasuke!" Itachi shouted, using his magic to move the items to the side, "Why in the world is your room like this? Better yet, where did you get all this..." His voice trailed off, his spell fading and dropping everything to the floor, as he saw Sasuke.

However, the youth didn't look like himself. He had grown twice his size in bulk, his body now covered in navy-blue scales. This wouldn't have been unusual IF the dragon had transformed, which he hadn't. He looked very much as if his two forms were merging into one: his nails growing into large, gangly claws.

The dragon opened tired, slitted eyes at the source of the noise and let out a hiss: his forked tongue lashing out to taste the air. "Itachi, what isss it?" He hissed out, his voice having changed. However, upon hearing his new voice, Sasuke looked down at his hand and asked in horror, "What the hell happened?" He then tried to pull off the hat he had gotten the previous day, his new mass making it too tight.

"I don't know, I don't know!" Itachi shook his head, quickly trying to find any books that would have an inkling of a means to help. "What happened yesterday while you were out?" Sasuke finally managed to yank the hat off, gulping as he got a better look at himself. Yet, at the same time his eyes roamed over the room's contents: everything causing his stomach to growl and his mouth to drool. "Sasuke!" The dragon was snapped out of his trance as Itachi walked over and asked, "What did you do after I talked to you?"

"Um... I went and talked... to..." Sasuke hummed, quickly distracted by the shining globe in the main room of the library.

"Sasuke!" Itachi rushed after him, his magic snatching the globe away just as Sasuke was about to grab it, "Who did you talk to?"

Sasuke quickly shook his head, "I don't remember – Hey, can I have that globe? You're not going to eat it, right?"

"Wait, what?" Itachi shook his head, confused, as Sasuke snatched the globe away and chomped away: finishing the instrument in three bites. He then reached up towards a shelf and came down with a book,

"How about thisss?"

Placing Miyu down, Itachi rushed over and pulled the book away, sighing, "Sasuke, I'm worried. You're not usually this... gluttonous." Sasuke merely rolled his eyes, snatching the book back with a clawed hand, growling,

"Everything usually doesssn't smell ssso delectable either..." However, that statement seemed to scare the younger Uchiha: Sasuke looking to his brother with frightened eyes, "Aniki, what's wrong with me?" Itachi could only think of one thing to do.

That's what found him, Sasuke, and Miyu inside the office of the local pediatrician. Itachi sat on the extra chair in the medical-office, Miyu looking around the sterile-smelling room, while Sasuke kept eying the dish full of complementary lollipops.

Just as Itachi was about to smack his brother's hand away, the doctor came in, chuckling, "Well now, Itachi, is it time for another check-up for our little Miyu? This will be the third one this month!"

"No sensei," Itachi shook his head, "My brother needs some help though. His name is Sasuke -" He cut himself off to smack a clawed hand away from the candy-bowl, "And something's terribly wrong with him -" Smack! "He's normally half this size-" Smack! "And he keeps trying to eat everything in sight!"

"Alright then, let's have a look." The older demon walked in front of Sasuke before kneeling down and crooning out in the sweetest baby-talk, "Wittle guy not feewing to good?"

"The fuck isss thisss?" Sasuke hissed as the doctor continued,

"Who's a brave little impy?" He then decided to poke the dragon's stomach, resulting in a rush of blue flame that nearly scorched his hair off of his head.

"Well?" Itachi pleaded, "Do you have a diagnosis?"

The doctor hummed, cleaning his glasses, "I think I have an idea." The room went silent. "He's a dragon!"

Itachi couldn't help but scoff, "I already knew that! He's always been a dragon!"

"Huh, that explains it." The doctor hummed, wiping his face, "I don't know a single thing about dragons! I study baby demons! Maybe you should try my wife, the vet." Itachi let out a heavy sigh, noticing how Sasuke devoured all of the candy in the bowl,

"Thanks Doctor Way."

Inside the happily-decorated office of the veterinarian, a demoness fussed and flitted over every inch of Sasuke's body before she finally scratched her head, "Yeesh, I'm flummoxed! Bring me a dog, I've got it diagnosed in seconds! A snake even faster," She looked towards Itachi with a remorseful sigh, "But I've never been this close to an actual dragon before!"

"Should be out eating inssstead of thisss shit..." Sasuke gritted out, forked tongue flicking over his teeth. However, when the vet began patting his head between his horns, he couldn't help but give a content growl.

"Who wants a treat~?" The vet whistled as she held out a dog-biscuit. Sasuke happily snapped up the treat, begging for more as he sat on heels: mouth drooling as Itachi desperately tried to think of who else he could call on for help.

"Thanks Annie Way, we'll be on our way..."