Chapter 36

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A/N: I could say I'm sorry that this chapter is late. Late as in late. But I won't because it's just still the same bullshit every damn author tells in their sordid little author notes. Alas, my computer actually crashed, and I had a family situation and a holiday all crammed onto these few weeks in which I should have updated.

I found this lemon I've written the absolute low-point of everything I've ever written, and I got no excuse for that.

So… sorry.

And now that I'm done angsting over this stupid stuff because dammit I'm tired, enjoy.

Oh, and Sufinkusu, honey, if you wouldn't mind doing a beta check on this, I'd be happy. Like, seriously grateful.

----Dark

Ps. and yes, I put the author note deliberately before the chapter, 'cause otherwise nobody will bother reading it sniff

It was like a click in her head, really. Like when one sits in the dark, and suddenly someone puts the lights on. One second she was confused and angry and hurt and so damn confused she just wanted to scream out and get somebody to tell her what was wrong for once. She was the weak one, the useless one, the one always left behind, and nobody ever told her anything. The only secret she had ever been on was the fact that Sasuke had the curse seal in the middle of the chuunin exam. But even then, she found out just because she was there, no because somebody bothered to tell her anything.

And it angered her so much, because she was smart, and she deserved to know some of these things that had to do with her team, but she was still left out.

It was always just Sasuke and Naruto, or Sasuke and Kakashi, and even though she had gotten trained by the Godaime, she still sometimes had to clench her teeth and bite her lip and hide her fists when she was reminded that she was there simply because she was the left-overs of team seven.

And she'd wanted for once to let inner Sakura out, to yell at Naruto and screech at him and take a good hold on his shoulders and just to demand what was going on because he had red eyes and there had to have been some explanation to that, and he had hurt Sasuke, and it had just seemed so inhuman...

But Sakura did what she always did. She took a deep breath and calmed herself, at least on the outside if not on the inside. Because maybe Naruto wouldn't understand why she was so angry because he had told her about the wicked chakra or the red eyes. And maybe that would scare Naruto away, just like all her playmates when she was small because they thought it strange she had a large forehead, and,

Sakura sat down, on the balcony where she had been left alone after Naruto and that strange rude guy had disappeared.

The strange, dangerous guy, because Sakura could tell he was dangerous, that had known about Naruto.

Had known that Naruto was the person of which Konoha law 189 was dictated about.

Once Sakura had started studying under the Hokage she had gotten so much more assignments than just medicine and healing. Sakura was smart, she read fast and worked hard, and the Godaime or Shizune only had so much time to give her daily or make up assignments for her. So sometimes she took simple missions, D and C class until she passed the chuunin exam and could even participate in some harder B class missions.

And thought Konoha was short on staff, she wasn't always needed, and once, in a fit, Shizune had ordered her to read 'Word of Hokage' the huge tome in which Konoha law was scribbled on.

She had fallen asleep on that faithfully boring musty old tome many times, and she had probably read each of the lines of the book at least seven times, because reading something and understanding something were completely different things. But then she had stumbled on something that she didn't understand.

The rules concerning Konoha's 'Jinchuuriki'.

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"Iruka, please, stop fretting around like that." Kakashi sighed, wrapping his arms around the pacing brunette. Iruka just shrugged the arms off and glared at Kakashi before resuming his pacing. Kakashi sighed before wrapping his arms around the Iruka, this time a bit more forcefully.

"'Ruka..." Kakashi whined. "What's wrong?" he said into Iruka's ear, after which he proceeded to lick a nib at said appendage. Iruka grumbled before giving into the caress.

"You brushed me off earlier. Like... Like I didn't have anything to do with figuring out why Naruto panicked, like..." Iruka grasped at the right words, and Kakashi's tongue retreated. There was calmness in the copy-nins voice as he answered.

"I did no such thing. Now what is it that's really bothering you?"

Iruka gritted his teeth. "You're right," he said at Kakashi, "you didn't brush me off. You pushed me off." Iruka turned to gaze into the one eyes locked onto his face, the normally bright eye looking strangely green today. "Kakashi. You pulled rank on me." Iruka whispered, and he couldn't help that tiny slip of hurt that blended into the words. Kakashi's eye widened.

Kakashi looked down, but only briefly. He was a jounin after all, and he had never been one to dance around things like Iruka was prone to do. Always too caring about what other people thought instead of doing or saying right-out what he felt was best.

Kakashi ran his finger along Iruka's jaw, before looking straight into the chocolate brown eyes before him.

"I am sorry. I did not realize." Kakashi stiffly apologized; he had never been too good at that. He tended to try to change the subject or make it up to the one he had wronged otherwise, but Iruka was different. The chuunin really knew how to carry a grudge, how to let that slight sliver of hurt manifest in the back of his brain, where from it would later pop out. Kakashi didn't like it when his earlier mistakes were thrown right into his face.

Iruka slumped into the hug. "It's all right." Iruka answered his voice low and exhausted.

"That's not really what's been bothering, is it?"

Iruka looked slightly upwards at the slightly taller ninja. "It's Naruto. He's keeping secrets from me. From... everyone, it feel's like. It seems as if everyone had this piece of a puzzle, that nobody knows what it's supposed to be."

"He's a ninja, Iruka. Ninja keep secrets." Kakashi simply answered before closing his eyes. Iruka's voice cracked.

"Not all. Just Naruto," a sidelong glance at the jounin that had his arms around him "and you."

"Mm."

"And that punch. Naruto just took it, lying down like a dog."

Kakashi looked at Iruka in puzzlement.

"It reminds me of... before. Before people stopped beating and..." there was a small break in Iruka's voice.

"Touching him with harm" was deemed good enough description. Kakashi nodded.

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There was just something simply mindstilling in the way he was pulled into a deep kiss by Naruto, of all people. Though had it been anyone but Naruto, his first instinct would probably have been to hit that person into oblivion.

"Shut up." The blonde hissed out, his voice hoarse as he pushed Sasuke against his own outer door. Sasuke looked at the blonde in front of him, hair tousled and sweet pink lips swollen by the kiss, eyes shining with need. Sasuke was aware more than aware of his cock twitching at the sight, but he was more determined to find out what the fuck was going on than to molest the beauty before him.

"Naruto, what the--?" Sasuke began, but then he already had his hands full of the blonde again, his slender fingers automatically seeking out the blonde hair as he deepened the kiss that Naruto had suddenly inflicted on him. Naruto moaned into the kiss, running his fingers along the Uchiha's slightly wet and muscular torso. Sasuke came a bit back to himself when Naruto brushed by one of his nipples. Using the leverage he had on the Uzumaki's hair, Sasuke pulled Naruto off him, and the blonde let out the most adoring whine at the loss, which made Sasuke regret pulling away midway. He pushed Naruto against the wall before starting to kiss him senseless. There was only so much teasing this Uchiha could take after all, and if Naruto had suddenly decided to jump him out of nowhere, well, he was nobody to turn down free sex.

Naruto hissed from behind clenched teeth when Sasuke simultaneously both sucked on his pulse point and lifted him by his hips so that their crotches made contact. Slightly dazed, Naruto succeeded in half-wrapping his legs around Sasuke's hips before Sasuke slid his hand along his outer thigh and gripped the appendage, pulling it higher. Naruto let out a deep groan as Sasuke rolled their hips against each other harshly. The small towel, in which Sasuke had been wrapped in fell away in their skirmish, so Naruto had one completely naked Uchiha between his legs.

The short pink skirt that Naruto had still been wearing (courtesy to Yuki) rode up his hips, leaving only the thin fabric of his tight boxers to separate them. Naruto's eyes opened wide comically, unseen by the Uchiha that was lavishing his attention on Naruto's throat.

Oh my god. Naruto yelled inside his mind, almost shaking in both excitement and a sliver of fear. He's huge… Naruto groaned out loud at the huge cock between his legs hit the soft skin just under his own dick.

Wonder if it's an Uchiha thing? Naruto dazedly mused when he heard Sasuke growl at the fabric separating them, and then suddenly there was a loud ripping sound as his boxers were ripped in half. Naruto was about to protest, not because he really cared about the cloth, but more about the fact that Sasuke was so… intense. The way he was pushed against the door harshly and the way Sasuke thrusted against him...

Huh... Hadn't really got the slightest idea of what kind of a monster I awakened when I jumped him, Naruto thought, but then he was slightly more occupied by the feel of Sasuke's moist fingers caressing the soft flesh around his anal.

When the hell did he have time to...-- The thought was abruptly caught off when Sasuke pulled him into another soul searing kiss just as he pushed one slippery finger inside Naruto. Naruto barely registered it though, not that he wasn't aware that somebody had stuck an finger up his ass, but more because he was actually quite accustomed to penetration when having sex and he didn't quite find the experience as weird and painful as he used to.

And then, suddenly the tip of Sasuke's fingers brushed that sweet spot inside Naruto, and unprepared for it, the blonde tossed his head back, hitting it harshly against the door and groaned from both the pleasure and the pain of hitting his head. Sasuke, surprised by the movement was looking at Naruto intrigued. Sasuke ran his finger across the prostate again and slipped another finger inside when Naruto was too busy with the pleasure.

"Sneaky..." Naruto whispered before leaning over to kiss and nibble at Sasuke's throat. It had ever since they'd been young been one of the things about Sasuke that irritated him the most: the unblemished and simply gracefully beautiful throat. Naruto was determined to spoil the beauty of it and nicked the underside of Sasuke's jaw a bit harsher, making the Uchiha hiss in pain. In retaliation Sasuke slipped another finger inside and Naruto gritted his teeth.

However used to having his ass violated Naruto was, it really didn't make the feel of three fingers inside him easier.

Sasuke waited patiently for him to gather himself a bit, before suddenly pulling Naruto's right leg and lifting it over his shoulder.

"Haaah!" Naruto half shrieked, surprised by the sudden movement that robbed him for whatever sense of balance he'd had from the beginning. Breathing rapidly, Naruto turned his face towards Sasuke, trying to read some emotion from his face, but the black eyes were strangely unreadable, and it pushed Naruto off guard. How cool and silent Sasuke may have seemed to other people, the Uchiha was only human. Of course he laughed and smirked and whined just as other people did, and saying that Sasuke was a man of few words would have been an exateration. He sure as hell always had the time to open his mouth to insult Naruto.

Sasuke leaned closer to the blonde, pushing him flat against the door, a position that was extremely uncomfortable for Naruto, seeing as he had his other leg around the Uchiha's waist, his other over his shoulder, and his hands running across Sasuke's chest and stomach, places of outmost beauty, completely devoid of hair except for the thin trail of dark hair that led to his crotch.

"I don't like not having your complete attention." Sasuke hissed into Naruto's ear, making Naruto shiver in pleasure. Who knew that Sasuke could be so… in control of the situation. Hadn't it been Naruto whom had jumped Sasuke in the first place?

The fingers inside Naruto moved again, and Naruto had never before hated a shirt as much as he did know, with Sasuke's fingers up his ass and his breathing extremely laboured and raspy.

Didn't Sasuke even have the courtesy to let him undress?

"Wait…" Naruto hissed, and a bit confused, Sasuke's backed off a bit, allowing Naruto to pull the white leather top over his head, one of the buckles on it sticking to his ear, making him hiss in pain. And then Sasuke was all over again, his sleek tongue forcing Naruto's mouth into submission, each and every one of his movements requiring Naruto's complete attention. Naruto pulled their hips closer. As nice as the fingers moving inside him were, they were beginning to feel a bit too good, and gods even though he liked being dominated in bed, he sure as hell wasn't ready to come because of Sasuke's fingers.

Sasuke detached his tongue from Naruto's mouth and kissed his ear gently and sucked on the earlobe. Naruto whined.

"Saa….fuck mee…." Naruto whined, and Sasuke looked up to Naruto dazedly. Naruto looked at Sasuke as if to ask 'what?'

"You really have no idea how sexy you look like when you say that, do you?" Sasuke said, breathless, before attacking Naruto with brutality that made their groping and nearness earlier seem like caressing. Naruto's face which had been coated with a slight flush ever since Sasuke had started finger-fucking him, now flared completely red.

Uchiha Sasuke just called me sexy. That's hell of a compliment; I believe one could say…

"AAAAAAAAAAAAH! Naruto shrieked when suddenly Sasuke pushed into him, and all Naruto could see for several moments was blinding whiteness. Tears gathered in the corner of his eyes at the tearing pain. That had to have broken something.

When Naruto came slightly back to it, Sasuke was whispering his apologies into his ear.

"Gods, I'm so not a virgin and that hurt like hell…kami, what are you? Is it like the Uchiha clan's secret weapon or something? If everything else fails your beat them to submission with your penises?" Naruto half-laughed, his eyes still full of tears. Sasuke snorted, the action taking a lot of concentration to perform. Sasuke felt breathless and out of control by the tight heat around him.

"I can't believe you just said that…" The dark haired chuunin half snickered half moaned. Naruto was looking over Sasuke's shoulder, his eyes locked on something only he could see, hazed by pleasure, seemingly unable to talk nor ever think straight.

Sasuke shifted slightly and Naruto's breath hitched in a highly adorable way. Sasuke decided he quite liked it.

Sasuke took that as his queue to stop holding back and pulled out of Naruto carefully, hissing and using all his willpower to not to just slam with all his strength back into the tight warmth that was Naruto. Naruto was gasping and breathing so fast that for a moment the Uchiha was sure Naruto was having a panic attack of some sort.

Once Sasuke was deep inside Naruto, all the way up to the hilt, Naruto seemed to come alive; there was really no other way to describe it. The way the hands on Sasuke tightened their hold and the blondes powerful leg muscles clenched his waist almost painfully.

"Gaaah…" Naruto let out a guttural moan as Sasuke pulled out once more, taken by surprise by the simple suction effect that made all the nerves in his ass and surprising, his nipples flare with pleasure. Sasuke let his fingertips run along Naruto's sides before taking a firm hold on the chuunins hips and pushing into him with new vigour.

Yessss… Naruto hissed inside his head with pleasure. This was what he had been after. Sex was the perfect way to break tension. He could already feel his muscles and nerves tingle under the onslaught of sensations the brunette was inflicting on him.

Sasuke was breathing heavily, his chest and face covered with sweat, his eyes completely focused on Naruto and the fastest was to make the blonde to scream his name. Everything was about control, and he was damned if he wasn't going to win this round also.

Their pace increased and suddenly the tension was so much more. There was no longer black hair or glimmering blue eyes or any emotions whatsoever tied to the act. All that mattered was the burning inside their bodies and their minds screaming for release.

With a long last thrust Sasuke came, his breath catching and his eyes closing in the incredible pleasure, feeling Naruto clench around him as well, as a sign of the blondes own orgasm.

Exhausted, Sasuke's' legs gave under their weight and the two chuunins fell onto the floor painfully. Neither of them had the energy to groan so they just hissed and Sasuke pulled out of Naruto before lying on his back on the floor. Naruto slid a leg over the warm body under him and immediately gave to the temptation of sleep.

Sasuke cast a slightly disappointed look at the blonde half on top of him. The blonde must have been extremely exhausted to fall asleep so soon after such a fast pout of sex.

I was kind of hoping I'd make him scream out my name.

Oh well, there's always next time.

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They were lying on the hard wooden floor of the entrance hall enjoying the after-glow, wrapped around each other, when Naruto came to a realization.

Sakura knows now that I am the host of Kyuubi. That means everybody else is going to know as well. Maybe not by her mouth, but what with the Akatsuki and the Gate and the Coven… Things are starting to move now, and they are going to hear about it sooner or later.

Naruto shifted slightly so that he was lying more on his back so that he could gaze on the Uchiha behind him more comfortably. Naruto wasn't surprised to see Sasuke's eyes open; looking at him, not glaring or staring, but just, looking, as if not quite sure if what he was looking at was real.

Naruto couldn't really blame him. It wasn't something he had really seen coming. He had acknowledged always that Sasuke was attractive but he had never really seen Sasuke as a sexual being. Well, not until he came back from training with Jiriya.

Sasuke hummed slightly in the back of his throat, a slightly contented sound that made Naruto feel really fuzzy inside. To think that he would be able to evoke this relaxation in the Uchiha…

"What is it?" Sasuke asked finally, his deep voice slightly breathless, caressing Naruto's skin when the warm air made contact with it. Naruto resisted he urge to shiver.

"Hmm?" Naruto asked, a bit confused, finding that tilting his head while lying on the floor didn't have quite the same effect. Sasuke pulled him closer and on top of him so that everything from their chest to toes was wrapped closely together. The contact distracted Naruto a moment and he leaned in to nuzzle Sasuke's throat with his nose.

"You looked like you were about to say something." Sasuke ran his slender fingers along Naruto's spine, making the blonde on top of him shiver.

The floor was really beginning to get cold.

"I—"Naruto began, and then started to choke. Why hadn't he thought of it before? What if Sasuke would get angry? Would feel… betrayed because he didn't tell him before they had sex?

"Hey..." Sasuke whispered, leaning over to pull Naruto's chin up so he could see his face. "What is it?" Naruto smiled slightly, a sad smile that made Sasuke frown.

"I… I am… inside me is… Kyuubi is sealed inside me." Naruto forced out. Sasuke didn't even blink, and Naruto looked down at their feet.

"I mean, now that Sakura knows you should too…" Naruto trailed off, pulled off guard by the sudden silence. Sasuke wasn't supposed to stay silent. He was supposed to tense under him and he was supposed to throw him off and yell all upset, 'What!'

Instead, Sasuke hugged him closer.

"Baka! I already knew that!" Sasuke laughed. Naruto tensed up and turned to look at Sasuke, his eyes impossibly wide and so full of emotions that Sasuke's laugh was cut off in the middle.

"You---" Naruto began, his voice cracking and he had to raise a hand to cover his mouth so that he wouldn't let any embarrassing sound from his mouth. His eyes watered to the point that tears started to fall down his cheeks and onto his hand, some even slipping past them to fall on Sasuke's sweaty chest. "Wha—"Naruto tried to speak, but there was no way to explain this… sudden rush of emotions that overwhelmed him.

Naruto burst to tears, hugging Sasuke closer and letting himself cry harder than he had since that time Itachi had--.

Naruto cut off that trail of thought subconsciously and sobbed into Sasuke's neck. Sasuke tightened his hold on the naked blonde, his dark eyes shining with confusion.

What the hell? Why the hell is he crying?