Naruto murmured something slightly and squirmed a little not moving away from the warmth pressed to his back. Feeling a sudden shift beside him Itachi slowly opened his eyes to find that Naruto was pressed against him, their legs were intertwined and that they were both completely naked. He gulped and suppressed a blush as he attempt to slip away from the sleeping Kitsune boy. He slid his arm away from Naruto's stomach and had his wrist grabbed as he was pulled back to the boy. Carefully he peeled the younger boy's sleeping fingers of his wrist and pulled his wrist away only to have the boy roll over and fling a leg over Itachi's hip; allowing him to fell everything. Itachi's eyes went wide with surprise and he froze afraid to move incase he accidentally brushed against anything that he didn't want to touch. He scooted his hips away but couldn't wrestle away from Naruto's firm grasp around his torso. He felt slightly comfortable as Naruto's chest rose and fell against his side in a steady pattern. A smile tugged at the corners of his face only to disappear quickly as the boy shifted and once again pressed his parts to Itachi's thigh. Itachi gulped uncomfortably and poked Naruto's shoulder while trying to scoot away. The boy pulled him back and Itachi pushed the boy's shoulder only to get a slight sniff in return as the boy continued to sleep. "Naruto," Itachi whispered. Naruto groaned slightly and began to open his eyes.

Blue gaze met red gaze and Naruto's face turned bright red as he realized that they were both naked. "Could you please get off of me?" Itachi asked with a slightly tight throat. Naruto smirked slightly as his blush receded.

"Are you sure you want me to? It's still pretty dark outside, Kisame won't be up for a while," Naruto teased running a finger across Itachi's chest gently.

"As much as I would love to stay in this position with you, I really think that we should be thinking of getting moving soon," Itachi said as an eye twitched. He didn't admit it, but he really wouldn't mind staying in the tent a while longer, he just didn't think it was very proper… However the way Naruto was purring against his shoulder was threatening to overcome his sense of what was proper. Naruto smiled slightly as he saw the slight hesitation in Itachi's normally blank face as he began to kiss the base of the Uchiha's neck. Itachi forced down a moan but couldn't force down the rising fog that was starting to cloud his judgment. "Naru, really, I don't think that we should- mmmm," he was cut off as Naruto hit a sensitive spot on his neck.

Itachi could feel Naruto's grin of victory as lips were pressed against the soft skin beneath his ear. "That's just not playing fair," he murmured tilting his head to the side in pleasure.

"We're ninjas baby, we don't have to play fair," Naruto whispered his lips brushing against his lovers skin gently with each word. Itachi couldn't handle it anymore. He breathed hard through his nose and flipped over so that he was straddling Naruto's smaller body. Naruto smiled wickedly as Itachi pinned his arms down. Itachi brought his face down so he was inches away from Naruto's face.

"I really hate how seductive you are, damn it," he said with mock anger before bringing his face down to meet Naruto's lips aggressively. Their tongues battled with each other as Naruto pulled his head up from their makeshift pillow to deepen the kiss. He pressed his hips up to meet Itachi's hips and wrenched his arms free to pull Itachi down closer to him. Itachi pulled his lips away and reapplied them to the base of Naruto's neck as his hands began to explore Naruto's muscular chest. He licked here and there and began to nibble at Naruto's earlobe before moving on to working his way down to the chest. He was enjoying the sounds that his little Naruto was making and preceded to try and make him make more as he ran his tongue around one of his nipples before sucking at it playfully. Naruto gasped in pleasure as Itachi ran his nails across his skin causing his back to arch and press their bodies together. Moaning as Itachi moved lower on his body he closed his wide eyes only to have them spring open again as Itachi found a new place to lick and kiss at. He let out a long stream of air as he felt Itachi playing with him. A sharp intake of breath and Naruto squeezed his eyes shut as Itachi started to run his fingers up and down Naruto's sensitive thighs as his tongue danced around his manhood.

Itachi smiled broadly at Naruto's reactions before pulling away breathing hard. He ran his hands across Naruto's stomach his hands moving lower with each touch before he scooted up slightly and began to lick at Naruto's nipples again. Naruto's eyes fluttered in pleasure and he turned slightly to press himself closer to Itachi. Itachi smiled and began to rub Naruto's ass before flipping him over and lying on top of him, his legs off to either side. He licked the base of Naruto's neck and began to suck at a tender spot surprising more pleasured moans from the blonde. He continued to increase Naruto's arousal before he started to press against Naruto's back. He got the wanted reaction of Naruto groaning and pushing his hips up as an invitation to him.

oOo

Itachi ran his hand through his loose hair and walked off in the direction of the river that they had found when making camp the previous night. He sighed as set the cloak he had been carrying on a rock dropping his clean clothes and towel on top of it. He looked around suspiciously to make sure that no one was around, mainly Naruto, before he started to slip out of his clothing. His body was sweat streaked and sticky (with what, I'll leave to your imagination). All he wanted to do was take a nice long bath, but seeing as it was a river he doubted he could do so without some part of his body cramping from the cold. He kicked his clothes to the side and practically dove into the ice cold water so that the initial shock of the water hitting him would temporarily cover the ache of it nipping at his body. He scrubbed with a bar of cheap unscented soap and rinsed off quickly before he scrubbed at his scalp with his fingernails. All the time he was thinking. Damn it! Why does that Kitsune get to me so much? Argh! I can't wrap my head around why I can't stop thinking about him! I'm letting my guard drop around him and I shouldn't, I shouldn't ever let my guard drop! 'A ninja never reveals his emotions for they can be turned against him for the worst.' He sighed and walked up onto the beach scrubbing himself dry with a towel. He pulled his clothes on and slipped his cloak over himself glad for the warmth of it.

"Welcome back Itachi," Kisame said with a toothy grin. "Well you were gone I cooked up some fish, did the laundry, mapped out the entire Land of Fire and taught Naruto how to chew with his mouth shut."

Itachi glared at him which only got a laugh from Kisame. "I'm going to go take a quick bath, and then Sharky can go," Naruto said hugging his only pair of extra clothing to his chest. Itachi handed him a bar of soap and a towel from a random travel bag. Naruto smiled his thanks and walked off to the river.

"You sure he isn't going to run away?" Kisame asked with a slight frown.

"I think he's serious about staying. Who knows, maybe we won't have to kill him…" They turned their head to the river as a yowl came from that direction. Kisame narrowed his eyes then started laughing when the voice started to scream about how cold it was. Naruto returned soon after his face pink from the cold and scrubbing.

"How could you stay in that river for as long as you did?" Naruto asked Itachi incredulously. Itachi just shrugged slightly and threw another log into the fire. Naruto frowned slightly and got up. "I see that you're going to act anti-social around other people. I think that's quite alright, as long as you don't think that you can ignore me when we are alone. That happens, and I think you might just regret my retaliation to it," Naruto said with a smile just loud enough for Itachi to hear it. His beamed falsely then walked into the tent they had shared the night before. Itachi blinked and narrowed his eyes, He's different then he was before… what has caused this sudden change in his personality? Did something happen at the village that changed who he is?

Kisame frowned as he looked at Itachi before looking at the tent behind him. "Something happen between you two? Naruto didn't seem as sincerely happy as he normally does." Itachi turned his gaze away from the fire and onto Kisame's face.

He stood abruptly and walked into the tent where Naruto was, "Naruto?" he asked uncertainly. Naruto raised his hand to his face before turning and looking at Itachi, it was obvious that he had been crying.

Naruto took a deep breath, "Go away," he whispered with a pout. Itachi turned to leave. "You idiot, I don't want you to leave…" was the quiet comment that stopped the raven-haired man. "You don't always have to take things so seriously," Naruto tugged Itachi down. Itachi sat awkwardly and looked the blonde in the face, waiting. "I don't really want to talk about it right now… Maybe I'll tell you later." Itachi placed and arm around Naruto's shoulder in a silent attempt to comfort him. Naruto sniffed and snuggled closer to him, laying his head in Itachi's lap and stretching his legs out to the side. "Thank you for caring…" Itachi blinked.

"Sasuke please try to think rationally!" Kakashi said sternly looking at the younger shinobi, "I know you want to get Naruto back, we do too, but we can't just go charging off unprepared! You saw what happened when we were prepared, it's going to be harder getting him then it was getting you, even more so if they met up with the other Akatsuki members!" Sasuke glared at his masked superior but gave up his fight, going to sulk at the edge of the clearing. Sakura and Kakashi sighed in unison and smiled at each other weakly.

"He giving you trouble again?" asked Iruka walking up to stand next to Kakashi.

"Of course, why wouldn't he?" Kakashi sighed, "Friggen emo…"

"How you holding up?" she asked. Sasuke gave her a weak smile and she automatically recognized how alike he and Naruto were. She kissed the top of Sasuke's head in a very motherly manner, "Well, don't stress over it too much. We'll get him back no matter what it takes, OK?"

"Very well, mother," he said with a slight smirk. Sakura laughed and ruffled his hair before walking to a tent to join in with the paperwork crew. She's matured a lot… I never noticed how different she is from before. I'm glad she's not hanging all over me though…

A/N: Well there you have it, the chapter that changed my story's rating! That somewhat risky lemon had me blushing while writing it! Is that normal to do? Well, oh well! R&R please, I would really like to here you're views on my story! If any one wants to give some ideas for a future happening I'll gladly consider them too, I starting to wonder how I'm going to bring the two groups together again!