I gotta say, an anonymous reviewer amused me a lot the last time, and I decided not to delete it. They called themselves Random reader and here's the review: Naruto and Saskue aren't gay. They like girls.

I mean yeah, for sure. Cause they're real people that actually exist. And this isn't fanfiction. I mean, what are people like that doing checking out Naruto & Sasuke stories in the category "romance" anyway? Oh well.

Chapter 28 – New vampires in town

Itachi's wedding was held in a modest rented room. They really hadn't invited many people but it didn't matter. At least their friends were all there. Kakashi and Anko were sitting next to Sasuke and Naruto. And beside the blond vampire were Nagato, Kiba and Hinata. Behind them sat Suigetsu, Neji, Deidara, Tsumi, and finally Shikamaru and Ino.

Itachi wore a simple, elegant black suit and Konan was pretty in a short, strapless pale blue dress. When it was time for them to exchange rings and kiss, Sasuke's heart somehow squeezed in his chest and he felt extremely silly because he almost felt like crying – almost. His older brother simply looked so in love and happy that it made him emotional for some reason. Maybe because he loved Itachi so much and he knew he deserved this.

Naruto leaned closer. "You look so touched it's cute…" he took his hand and squeezed gently. For once Sasuke didn't deny it.

Kakashi was the first one to congratulate and hug Itachi. Kakashi looked extremely happy and Sasuke felt guilty about still not telling him the truth on his condition. But he couldn't possibly ruin the good mood for this party.

When Itachi pulled apart from Kakashi he made his way to his little brother. The latter couldn't help but smile as he stood and hugged him.

"I'm really happy for you," he said in a voice full of contained emotion.

"Thanks," Itachi smiled fondly as he moved back and sleeked Sasuke's jacket briefly. "I'm happy for you too, you know?" he said in a low voice and with a sideways glance at Naruto. "I don't think I ever told you."

"Heh, but today is all about you and Konan so you don't have to," the smaller guy said half teasing.

"I want to," Itachi insisted. Sasuke nodded slightly.

After that Itachi and Konan moved along and thanked the rest for showing up. They still had the room for an hour so they put on some dance music while Anko and Konan set up a buffet table – which most of the guests didn't touch.

As usual Deidara was attracted by the alcoholic punch like a magnet. Instead of wearing a nice suit like all the other guys he stubbornly wore a long gothic jacket. Sasuke looked up at his boyfriend.

"Why is he always so depressed anyway?"

"It's just a phase," Naruto answered, "he'll snap out of it soon enough."

Well that didn't reveal much but Sasuke didn't push it. Naruto was respectful enough not to ramble on his friend's private life and that was a good thing after all.

The room divided in small groups. Itachi and Konan were with Kakashi and his girlfriend and then Neji and Suigetsu with Kiba and Hinata as usual. Ino and Shikamaru were standing next to the buffet table and Ino seemed to be planning their own wedding already.

So Tsumi, Nagato, Naruto and Sasuke ended up talking together in a corner.

"I wanted to thank you for your great idea, Naruto," the red-head was saying, "Itachi and I and my sister of course really want to make it happen."

"That's great," Naruto grinned.

Tsumi said, "I met a friend who's also a werewolf at school and he said he wanted to help if possible."

"And I posted an add online," Nagato added, "of course I received so much scam but I looked through it all and there were some serious replies from real werewolves out there. They all said they'd be thrilled if such a place really existed. So I think it's really gonna work."

Sasuke looked down, "It sucks that I'll never get to hang out with you guys…"

He couldn't hang out with vampires. He couldn't hang out with werewolves. He was starting to understand how lonely it felt to be something in between.

Tsumi broke the silence. "Well maybe not at first," she said softly, "but we can familiarize people with the idea and maybe then they'll accept you, right?"

Sasuke shrugged and said, "Maybe," just to make her happy more than anything. He truly doubted it.

As minutes passed eventually some people started dancing. Actually Suigetsu was the first and he dragged Kiba with him.

"These two," Sasuke whispered so that only his boyfriend could hear him, "will totally end up being gay for each other eventually."

Naruto burst out laughing, "Yeah. Even Neji sees it coming. The other day he told me that Suigetsu wouldn't shut up about Kiba…"

"And Kiba won't shut up about Suigetsu," Sasuke shook his head in disbelief. "So much for loving Hinata forever."

"Well I've noticed over the years…" Naruto started slowly, "that becoming a vampire can change someone's sexual preferences. But it's not like Kiba could've known that."

He took Sasuke's hands and brought him even more apart from all the others to kiss him softly. Sasuke smiled, amused, as they locked eyes.

"Don't worry about me though. I don't think I'm gonna randomly start liking chicks."

Naruto chuckled, "That's a good thing."

"Yeah…" He breathed against his lips.

Before they could kiss again they were interrupted by Konan.

"I'm so sorry," she laughed, "I just wanted to say something real quick. Itachi just surprised me… he's taking me to Paris for a week…"

"That's so great!" Naruto exclaimed.

"Yeah! But I wanted to say that we're gonna be back for your show, for sure! I wouldn't miss it for the world."

"Even if you did," Sasuke made a little smile, "it wouldn't be a big deal ne-chan."

She squealed at his use of that honorific – although it had been teasing – and she hugged him.

"We won't miss it, I promise," she insisted as she pulled away.

"We'll get you tickets," Naruto smiled.

After that she returned to dance with Itachi. Her husband, Sasuke thought with a little smile. It would need some getting used to. So many things were changing in their lives recently. It was insane how many changes meeting one single person – or vampire – could bring. Sasuke even felt a little dizzy if he gave it too much thought.

"Are you okay?" Naruto asked softly, holding his arm.

"Yeah… I just…"

"You seem really emotional right now," the blond laughed lightly.

"I don't know why," Sasuke shook his head to clear his thoughts.

"Is it because you're a little jealous?" Naruto teased him, "You want me to propose too?"

"It's not even legal you idiot."

"In some places of the world it is," the other argued. Sasuke chuckled.

"You're such an idiot sometimes Naruto."

"No I'm serious," he insisted, "we could go to Canada."

Sasuke glanced at the other couples who were having fun dancing. He looked back at Naruto and raised a brow.

"Why there?"

"I don't know," Naruto shrugged, "We should go everywhere. I want to travel with you. Oh and gay marriage is legal there."

"What the hell?" he laughed, "I never said I wanted to marry you. We're fucking vampires what's the point?"

"You say that but, if I asked you'd totally say yes," the blond smirked as he leaned closer. As always Sasuke was drawn to him and couldn't resist his kiss.

But when they pulled away he teased, "Try me."

"Mm not now," Naruto caressed his slightly open collar and the chain necklace, "you'll say no just to prove me wrong."

"Probably."

Sasori had chosen a hotel not too far from Tokyo's infamous vampire hangout. Their leader – rich, old vampire that he was – had a room all too himself whereas Gaara and Temari had to share with their two other friends. Well, Gaara didn't really consider them as friends. More like acquaintances, really. They believed in the same cause but he found them annoying.

Their names were Micha and Hyo. Gaara wasn't even sure if they were lovers or not. They seemed to be on and off. But they were both rather young – less than a century, anyway – and extremely paranoid. They feared that humans would find out about vampires more than anything.

Currently they were sitting on their bed and watching Lust at first sight's music video for what seemed like the thousandth time. The song wasn't bad yet Gaara was sick and tired of hearing it now. And sure the guitarist was cute but there was a limit to the number of times he could watch a video without getting annoyed by it. So at this point, Micha and Hyo's obsessive behavior was getting on his nerves.

He was about to make that fact known when actually Temari beat him to it. She looked up from her book.

"Can't you at least wear head phones or something?" she asked.

Micha stared at her with angry hazel eyes. "This is important. We're investigating here."

"What could you possibly find out by watching it so often?" Temari asked calmly.

The other girl replied, "I don't know, clues, anything. We're doing our best. We still don't know if there are two or three vampires in the band."

Gaara stood next to the bed where his sister sat and crossed his arms. "Well let me repeat her first question then, can't you guys at least fucking turn it off?"

Micha was sulking. Next to her Hyo finally nodded.

"Fine…" he took out his ear buds and plugged the wire to his laptop. With Micha they listened while sitting really close, each with one ear bud.

Temari let out a sigh of relief as she returned to her reading. It was an adult manga she had bought earlier, some kind of suspense, police intrigue thing. Gaara looked over her shoulder but got disinterested quickly enough.

Sasori's arrival a few minutes later cured him from his boredom. The vampire had traded the refined clothes he had worn in the first class section of the plane earlier that day for a simple lounge black outfit.

He closed the door and leaned on it casually, crossing his feet. Frowning, he looked past the siblings and at the obsessed couple.

"What are they doing?"

Gaara sighed. "Take a guess."

Sasori leaned his head back and ran tan fingers through his dark red bangs to brush them aside. Temari put her book away and sat up straight, looking up at him.

"What did you want to tell us?"

Gaara was also ready to listen to whatever he had to say. Sasori never came to see them just to hang out. It wasn't his style.

The two idiots finally realized what was going on and they stopped listening to that stupid Japanese rock music.

"I suggest we go to the vampire hangout on Friday night. I heard that's when there's the most people. So we could investigate. What do you guys think?" He asked in his deep, calm voice.

Gaara shrugged slightly, crossing his arms. "Fine by me." Next to him, on the bed, his sister nodded thoughtfully.

"I'm pretty sure they won't be there. But we could probably find at least a few vampires who know them personally."

On the other bed Micha pushed the laptop away and swung her legs, jumping to her feet.

"The guys from the band definitely won't be there. They wouldn't risk it."

Temari glared up at her, "You know, you don't have to repeat what I just said."

The brunette seemed ready to attack Temari – it tended to happen sometimes – but Gaara grabbed her arm to stop her movements.

"Would you calm the fuck down?" he hissed, annoyed.

Hyo also stood up and glared at Gaara, "Don't touch her."

Everyone was glaring at each other now.

Suddenly Sasori spoke and with his calm authority everyone went still and listened to him.

"Gaara, Temari… you can share my room if you prefer."

They didn't need to be told twice. They picked up their suitcase and Temari grabbed her book, and then they went after him. Micha and Hyo were staring in disbelief as Gaara closed the door without a word.

"To what do we owe this honor?" Temari asked somewhat teasingly as the red-head opened the door to his room.

He glanced behind his shoulders at the siblings, "I'm not completely heartless…"

Gaara laughed and slapped the other male's shoulder briefly. With his sister they dropped their things next to their assigned bed and sat.

"These two are getting more obsessive every time," Sasori said worriedly. He sat in the sofa in front of them, crossing his legs.

"That's an understatement," Gaara let himself fall back on the bed. "They're fucking paranoid…"

"And Hyo…" Temari frowned, biting her lip briefly, "he keeps talking about killing… He's different than us, and I don't think he understands. We don't have to kill anyone. We shouldn't have to."

"Precisely," Sasori stared at them both, one after the other, with his intense hazel eyes. "Listen," he went on, "I didn't tell them because honestly, I don't trust them, but there's something you should know. There's a reason why I immediately knew the rumors were true. I've met that blond singer guy before."

Gaara sat up, intrigued. "Really? How long ago?"

With Temari they had lived for almost a century and a half now. But Sasori was much older. In fact he was the oldest vampire Gaara had ever come across; therefore he was always very curious to hear more about his stories.

"I'd say about two hundred years ago," the male answered. "An old friend of mine turned him and I used to visit all the time…"

They waited but it didn't look like Sasori had any intention to reveal more.

Temari observed, "So he's rather old. Why would he do such a thing?"

Gaara frowned; it was strange indeed. Usually only young vampires tried to get famous. They suddenly had the chance to live the dreams they couldn't as simple humans so they gave it a shot. People like them were there to stop them before it was too late and their secret was discovered.

"I don't know," Sasori finally said. "That's why I want to investigate. But let's keep a close eye on Micha and Hyo, shall we? I don't want anything bad to happen."

"Got it," Gaara gave a brief nod.

"So Friday night at the vampire hangout, huh?" Temari chuckled, "I have to admit I'm a little bit excited to check it out."

"We should meet some interesting people," Sasori replied with the slightest hint of a smile.

The evening was nice and warm as Naruto made his way to the outdoor baths. He was really happy about his onsen choice. The place was small and somewhat private – there weren't too many people. Sasuke and Kiba were following right behind the blond vampire. Unfortunately Hinata had to be separated from them and go to the girls' bath. But she had claimed that she didn't care, and teasingly she had told Kiba that it gave her more time to miss him.

There were two other men in the bath. But it was large so the three vampires could sit far enough and talk without being overheard.

"This feels so good," Kiba moaned contentedly as he slid in the hot water. Sasuke and Naruto sat next to him. But Kiba grabbed Sasuke's arm and pulled him to his other side.

"What the fuck?" the raven chuckled but he didn't really struggle.

Kiba clearly wanted them to sit on either side of him instead of close together – which was probably a good idea, actually.

"I don't want you two to start fucking in here," he said firmly.

"Oh we will later, when you're gone," Naruto grinned, which made Kiba face palm.

He sent a glance at Sasuke. He was so cute, eyes closed, looking all relaxed with the water up to his shoulders and wetting just the tip of his raven hair. Also he was naked, which made Naruto very excited…

"Can I sit next to him now?" he asked but Kiba shook his head.

"No."

"But…"

"No. This is supposed to be my birthday present damn it! Behave."

"But he's so far," Naruto pouted. When Sasuke opened his eyes and returned his gaze he laughed.

"You wouldn't think he's two hundred and fifty…"

Kiba's crimson brown eyes widened in shock, "Two hundred and… holy shit! I didn't know that."

"Well now you know," Naruto shrugged. He stole another glance at his sexy boyfriend sitting way too far…

Sasuke chuckled quietly but then he ignored him, instead looking at Kiba.

"Do you even know Hinata's age?"

"One hundred and eight," he said proudly, "gives a whole new meaning to dating an older chick."

"Yeah… she's younger than you in human age though right?"

Naruto was still sort of pouting as he sat and stared at Sasuke. The latter was doing it on purpose. He was ignoring him. Naruto didn't like being ignored.

"Yeah," Kiba answered, "she was eighteen when she got changed. Just like Suigetsu."

"Why are you always randomly mentioning Suigetsu?" Sasuke asked with a teasing smile.

"I'm not," Kiba said defensively.

"You so are."

There was a moment of silence. Sasuke's dark eyes drifted to Naruto and he smirked when he saw that the blond vampire was still staring intensely. Of course the little bastard would be amused by that.

Apparently, despite all the sexual tension going on around here, Kiba was having a very pensive moment.

"I think it's cause I really feel like… we understand each other, you know?" he glanced at Naruto, then back at Sasuke. "You guys gotta promise me this stays between us."

"Yeah sure promise," Sasuke nodded. Naruto shrugged but apparently it was good enough for Kiba.

"Well sometimes I feel like he understands me even better than Hinata, you know?" he admitted. "I've never felt like… so close to another guy… before. It's kinda freaking me out," he chuckled nervously.

Naruto had actually stopped staring at Sasuke at this point. He supposed he could at least try to be a good friend to Kiba.

So calmly he advised, "Take your time in interpreting those feelings. When the time is right you'll figure it out. If you're meant to be together then it'll just happen."

Kiba shifted uncomfortably, "Ugh, no, I don't wanna be like, with him, like that. Ew. You gays… stop trying to convert everyone."

The raven snorted, "As if we need to…"

"Shut up," Kiba exclaimed, "you guys are pissing me off…"

"Because you know we're right," Sasuke taunted.

Growling, Kiba turned and grabbed Sasuke's thin shoulders, pushing him in the water roughly and keeping him under there – until Naruto intervened, that is. He grabbed Kiba's arm and yanked him away harshly. Sasuke got out of the water, coughing and brushing aside the wet hair sticking to his face.

"What the…" he said in between two coughs. Naruto pulled him to his chest comfortingly.

"I'll only say this once Kiba, don't ever touch him again. Especially not when he's naked. I ain't sharing."

"You guys are fucking stupid," Kiba said angrily getting out of the water. "I hate you both."

"Love you too," Naruto shouted so that he could hear him even though he was walking away.

Sasuke was still pressed close in his arms and it was extremely arousing actually. The two humans on the other side of the bath were staring wide-eyed.

"Maybe I should compel them," Naruto suggested and his boyfriend followed his gaze.

"Stop compelling everyone just cause they're staring at us," Sasuke chuckled. He tried to pull away but Naruto held him close. "They have a reason to stare you know?"

"Oh but I don't want them to just stop staring," Naruto smiled as he whispered in his ear. He licked his piercings and said huskily, "I want them to go away and leave us alone…" he slid his hand under the water, down the smooth tattooed back, all the way to his sexy little ass…

"Alone sounds good…" Sasuke whispered in his ear and Naruto bit his lip. Closing his eyes he buried his face in the wet raven locks. He could feel Sasuke's heart racing. Also their erections were touching…

When he opened his eyes again he saw that the two guys were leaving. They seemed a bit freaked out. Sasuke chuckled as if reading his mind.

"Guess you don't have to compel them after all…"

"We're insane," Naruto whispered against his neck, "we should've gone back to the room…"

"But we're here so…" Sasuke jolted his hips to tease him and Naruto inhaled sharply.

"Ah… good point you got there…"

The raven pulled away to look into his eyes, and then at his lips. "But still… if someone comes…"

"I'll just compel them," Naruto said, "you could too, by the way."

"Yeah? Cool. I'll compel them to think that what they saw was completely innocent."

Naruto smirked, leaning closer, "Two guys fucking in a public place? You're right, completely innocent."

He kissed those full lips hungrily but Sasuke broke it almost right away, earning a moan of protest from Naruto.

"We're not fucking," the raven teased with a glint in his dark eyes.

"Yet," Naruto breathed and suddenly he picked him up. Sasuke looped his legs around his hips.

"What are you doing?" he chuckled.

Naruto didn't bother answering. His focus was elsewhere. With his strong arms he was able to position Sasuke's hips and slid inside him without warning.

"Fuck… ah…" The raven arched his back which almost caused him to fall from Naruto's hold.

The latter grabbed his hips more tightly as he moved him up and down. Sasuke placed his arms on Naruto's shoulders for support. He was blushing…

"Why are you so shy?" the blond asked, smiling. He loved those now too rare moments when his lover was all flustered.

"This is kinda embarrassing," he admitted, "I'm not even… doing anything…" he finished, panting as Naruto increased the pace.

"Don't worry babe, it's not exactly a work out. You know how strong I am."

"Show off..."

Sasuke's cock was rubbing against Naruto's abs with every movement and the latter could tell he loved it. Well they were both enjoying every second of it of course and thankfully they weren't interrupted by anyone. It was getting rather late now. The sky was completely dark. But even without the soft outdoor lights the two vampires would have been able to see properly.

The smaller guy clung to him fiercely as his breathing and moans got even louder with each passionate thrust. Naruto smirked and tilted his head back slightly. He was getting close now, and for Sasuke it was clearly the same.

When they came they held each other fiercely. Naruto let out a contented sigh as he lowered his lover's body a little and rested his face in the crook of his neck.

"I love you…"

Sasuke chuckled in his ear, "What did I tell you about randomly saying stuff like that?"

Naruto smiled, pulling away to lock eyes with him, "I don't care what you say. Your heart's beating faster when I say it."

The raven glanced away, blushing. Naruto finally put him down and in a silent agreement they walked to the edge and got out, wrapping white towels around their waists.

"Don't get me wrong," Naruto said teasingly as they walked side by side on the small path, "I think it's so damn cute that you're still shy to say it… Kinda makes it all the more precious when you actually do."

Sasuke rolled his eyes, "You're so silly sometimes."

"You like it."