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Thinking (+ flashbacks, "Naruto speaking to Kurama in her mindscape," etc.)

Emphasis

Bijuu, etc. speaking

Bijuu, etc. thinking

A/N: Smut/lemon/etc. warning - although I normally don't warn y'all anymore - in the first section. Skip it if you wish.

"Kakashi! Are you serious?" Naru asked, feeling herself tear up. He had sunshinned her back to their house.

Kakashi pulled her inside of the sealed border before falling back on his knees and looking up at her.

She wasn't sure what he was doing, but that look he was giving her made her feel weak. "But this is… the Yondaime's manor," she whispered.

"He wants you here," Kakashi said quietly. Minato-sensei had ordered him to move back there with his daughter, although there wasn't much moving to do. His sensei thought it easier to keep to the residential section of the Hokage Tower when he needed to sleep. "I need something from you: right here, right now."

"What is it?" Naruto asked quietly, intrigued.

"Pussy," he admitted in a low growl as he grabbed the back of her thighs and pushed his nose into her. Moving his hands up to clutch her ass, he looked up and couldn't help but grin as he took a soft bite of her mound while Naruto was blushing and freaking out. He didn't let go of her even when she tried to urgently step away.

Naruto was strong, though; she could've gotten away from him easily enough if she really wanted to, Kakashi thought.

"We'll get caught! There are people who can get in the border: who are keyed in!" She gasped for more than one reason when he tried to snake his fingers into her shorts. So that's why kunoichis wore ANBU short shorts? Okay, but "Y- you WANT to get caught!"

"I want everyone to know you're mine," he said in a soft voice before snarling when she jerked away from his fingers. "Let me in."

"Not here!"

"I want it NOW."

"Gah! Kakashi!" Giving up: Kakashi was too strong, hot, and heavy; she grabbed his shoulder and sunshinned them to their training area. He was already pulling her shorts off. "Oh my gods: you are such a maniac! OH," she squealed when he dove into her like a man starved. He had her legs over his shoulders and her back arched in the grass in a heartbeat. "Oh my God!"

He ate her out so hard and thoroughly, making her repeatedly scream and cry, begging him to stop and then begging him to continue. When he pulled his cock out, unable to hold back any more, she stopped him. He ripped her shirt open and grabbed one breast almost harshly, sucking the other nipple and using just a little teeth. Kakashi knew that always made her practically force him inside of her. Sure enough, her legs desperately crawled up his hips and she pulled him down.

Kakashi breathed raggedly as he was finally inside of her. "This is mine. My - my fucking place, Naruto. Nobody touches you but me."

Naruto nodded, losing control again. She rolled her hips, pulling him down with her heels and trying to grab his ass. Kakashi grabbed her hands and held them over her head.

"I'm going to fuck you through the ground," he warned.

"WAIT! Condom condom condom," she whimpered, trying to scoot back. He began to pull out but then rocked back into her hard, continuing to drive into her, pulling almost all the way out before forcing his way in again, fully sheathing himself. Only as his mind started to slip did he force himself to pull all the way out, grabbing her by the waist and reluctantly (and quickly) carrying her into their house. He began fucking her again even as he carried her upstairs to their room before he threw her on the bed.

Quickly divesting himself of his clothes, he jumped on top of her, then snarled as he had to go put on a fucking condom. "Goddammit!"

"I'm sorry! …Hurry?" As soon as it was on him, Naruto grabbed his shoulder and pushed him on the bed, and climbed on top of him.

Kakashi was so gorgeous underneath her, gripping her hand while his other hand was on her hip or fondling her breasts. He was so quiet this time, but looked so good and serious, and STRONG, and fierce, and… "Mine," she echoed back to him while working her hips in a slow circle, wanting to feel him everywhere. She came again and as her vision blurred, little white stars clouding her vision, she soon found herself on her knees.

He plunged into her from behind, pushing her shoulders down as he pumped into her. "Is… your leg okay?" he got out in soft grunts. Naruto nodded, groaning out the word "Yes" again. He laid his body over hers, getting affirmation that she could hold his weight before grabbing the breasts that were bouncing underneath them. It made Naru mewl and spread her legs even further as she pushed back to gain more friction.

"You are so fucking beautiful like this," he said in a low, rumbling voice. "All mine… I want to lock you up and do this every second of the day."

"Me too - oh Kami, Kash: FEEL that," she begged, pushing one of his hands away from a nipple and down to her stomach, where he could feel the bulge in it as he fucked her. "You're so big," she cried, making him readjust and really show her just how big he was. She cried out as he reached down further, spreading his hand out on her lower abdomen so that he could feel it and also play with her clit.

A half an hour later, he felt much better and smiled at his little wife who was pouting furiously at him.

"You wanted to do that outside, right by the barrier."

Kakashi raised an eyebrow at her. "I want what I want, Naruto: that's how it is." Naruto blushed even brighter, covering up most of her pretty face. "I told you I was demanding."

"I love you like that," she admitted with a sigh before nearly getting her mouth mauled off by an open-mouthed kiss that was all teeth and tongue. She laughed as she held her half-wolf husband (she was beginning to think that maybe Kurama had a valid point) while he pressed sweet kisses into her neck. "I invited Tou-san over for dinner after he's re-inaugurated or whatever," she tried to say lightly.

Kakashi's head popped up. "Really?"

"You're not mad?"

"Maa, you should check with me first in the future. You know I'm an introvert."

"And possessive, and want all of my time" she added - as if she had to - and got bit for it. Kakashi was crazy possessive, she thought, as the man sucked at her chakra.

He came up to give her a look she didn't recognize. "This… system has taken everything from me. Forgive me if I've... been left as little more than an animal, especially with you: the one - the most important one - that remains."

Naruto's eyes widened in shock and she had to bite back tears. "You are the most human person I know. ...And I adore that animalistic side of yours."

Kakashi hummed and stared at her before collapsing back between her breasts.

"And you have more than just me, ya know."

"I guess so." They were silent for a while. Kakashi enjoyed the way she raked her nails through his hair. "I'm pleased you said what you did: just now, and to your father before."

"I was harsh to him," Naruto said after a beat. "I always wanted a big family, but what do I do when my own father comes back from the dead? …Sometimes I don't know what the fuck's wrong with me."

Kakashi snuggled his head into her even more and laid there, with his arms wrapped around her waist and hips, thinking about nothing and everything. "How big of a family do you want?"

Naruto took a deep breath and thought about that. "I mainly want you." He squeezed her and made a rumbling sound that reminded her of a purr, making her grin. "And well, we have to meet those requirements. Right?"

Kakashi popped his head up, wiggling his eyebrows at his little wife.

"You're a pervert: you know that?!"

Kakashi began chewing on her and finally latched on to her chakra again.

"Fuck, Kash," she moaned pathetically. "If you keep doing that… You're not going to be able to walk," she nearly sang in warning - just like he always warned her (and pushed her to that extreme.) Could that happen? Could she wear his hips out so much that he found it hard to move? She'd definitely seen him stiff after their activities before when he tried to walk away, although usually he just stumbled around like he was boneless. She reached down between her legs and began to stroke him, feeling him harden again as he kept sucking at her chakra: it was a euphoric feeling. "I love you," she whimpered just as he pushed back into her.

He came up off the junction between her neck and shoulder with a loud pop. "I love you, too. I want you to do this with me. Together," he demanded as he slowly began to rock into her again.

"I… don't want to hurt you." Kakashi didn't have her Uzumaki healing factor, nor did he have the fox. "GOD you feel so good."

"We've done it before. One three, baby. I need it: please."

Naruto nodded and mewled as he continued to slowly push in and pull out of her. Her hair was pulled back tightly in his fist. Shit: she'd do anything for him, wouldn't she? Especially when he asked and used the word "please."

"One," he said, pushing into her harder and rolling his hips. "You're so fucking wet for me."

"Two," she gasped as he rocked the entire bed repeatedly into the wall.

"I'm gonna put you back into the hospital," he grunted. "Three!" He bit back into her shoulder just as she did the same to him. Their chakra exploded as she came but that didn't mean they stopped. Naru was limp in his arms when he finally came again, this time with thick white ropes on her stomach.

She looked around the half-destroyed room and groaned. She was going to have to glue together her awesome and weirdly bent, skinny toad sculptures! What a drag.

"Oh, my sweet baby," he said as he grudgingly pulled out. Naruto whined and flinched, and he felt a lot of sympathy for her. "I'm sorry, love. I… lost control."

"Me, too," Naru admitted, then bit her lip. At least her jaw worked. "I can't move."

"I'm tired," Kakashi said. He struggled to get up to clean her off, chuckling when he realized that she really seemed defenseless. "I'll have to protect you, won't I?" he said, finding that saying those words out loud caused his heart to swell - and wasn't that interesting? Tossing the washcloth he used to clean her into the bathroom, he curled up on his little wife's chest, giving each of her not little in any way breasts a kiss. He moved so that he could pull her arms around him, both of them happy and sated as they immediately fell asleep.

A day and a half later, Naru stood in a new bright orange kimono her father had bought for her (it had the tailed beasts embroidered into it and she loved it!) on top of the Hokage Tower not knowing what to do. Just like in Tsunade's inauguration as the Godaime Hokage a lifetime ago, it seemed that every citizen in Konoha was out in the streets and crowded around the Tower.

"Are you ready?" Minato asked her. Naruto shook her head.

She truly wasn't.

"You don't have to say anything," he assured her. "Just let me do the talking."

Kakashi grasped her hand and rubbed his thumb over the top of hers soothingly. "I'll be right beside you."

"We all will," Jiraiya said as he patted her head. Shizune and Tsunade were up here, too, as was Dragon - the man who was apparently her great uncle! Naruto nodded and walked a few steps behind her father as he came into view of those on the other side of the Tower. The crowd went wild.

People are losing their shit!

Naruto noticed many people that normally hated her, smiling up at her as if she was someone else or in her henge. It made her feel sickly.

"It's alright, Naru-chan," Kakashi said, beside her just as he promised he would be. "You're strong."

She looked up at him, almost expecting him to have his book in his face or be joking, but he wasn't. "Thank you, Kakashi. I love you, ya know?"

Kakashi looked like he would combust from embarrassment which didn't faze her this time. It was just cute and funny. Maybe that was because he didn't try to escape. Had he at this moment, she would've hunted his fine ass down and kicked it relentlessly.

Sandaime-sama finished what he was saying (Naruto was pretty sure he was a clone, AND that he was still afraid of her which was just bizarre at this point) and took off his hat, handing it to her father. Sure enough, he dispelled shortly after the Yondaime began speaking.

"Nearly 20 years ago, I was in this exact spot, promising a peaceful future," Minato began. Naruto wasn't sure what to do when a couple of bras (and oh gods: the fangirl screeching!) were thrown up toward him. Somehow, she had moved protectively toward her father without being aware that she did so until a pair of panties were thrown.

Disgusting! Geez: why did her father have to be a handsome young man? Gross.

"...but we must work for peace." Naruto nodded along and took a deep breath as her father grabbed her hand, pulling her closer to the step he was standing on. His hand was warm. She looked up at him, the sun glinting off his hair making her squint as he continued to speak. Aside from a few "We love you, Yondaime," shrieks every now and then, only the sounds of nature could be heard around them aside from his booming voice.

"...I have only asked one thing of this village: for my daughter to be seen as the hero she is. You denied me that."

No! No, no, no! What is he doing?!

Naruto's hands began sweating and she felt even more nauseous. Oh Kami: she was going to throw up in front of or on the villagers!

Kakashi's words filtered through her hazed mind. "It's alright, Naruto. You're strong."

She sunshinned out of there and straight back to the house, though, as soon as his speech was over and people began congratulating her father again, having digested almost nothing else of what he had said. She wasn't strong enough, apparently.

"Where are we at?" she asked one of her clones who was setting the table. She had put a seal on it that made it bigger for everyone they were expecting.

"You said you wanted to make the saury, and the charcoal's nearly ready." Naruto nodded and went out to the back engawa after putting on an apron and grabbing a beer. A cooler outside had the fish inside of it, resting in a bath of sake and making it puff up - as well as being far less stinky. She took a deep drink of beer before beginning to dry and cut each of them, as well as salting them before wrapping them in foil. She made another clone to go get her another drink.

Kakashi stepped out and joined her. "You've got quite an assembly line going in there," he said, wondering what she was thinking, but delighted that his favorites were on today's menu along with everything else. "Tenzo wasn't sure that the party was still on."

Some of Naruto's hair began to fly around, her chakra crackling dangerously. "We're cooking for all these people and they might not show up?"

"Maa, maa! I sent my clone back to let everyone know that you were cooking, so they could start coming over. Although YOU'RE the hostess, not me."

"I've gotta watch the fish."

Kakashi sipped his beer as he watched his little wife. "What's wrong?"

Naruto sighed and shook her head. "Why did he have to say that about me?! I mean: so what? So they… gave in to their fear and hatred and stuff," she said, biting the inside of her lip.

"He thinks it's unforgivable," he explained his sensei's reasoning.

"The peace he talked about will require a lot of forgiveness," she remarked before checking on the fish. "Or at least understanding. – And I don't want anyone being fake around me. Pity-love or some kind of… princessy bullshit."

"Take love where you can get it, ne?" he asked. "Someone told me that once."

She growled at him, not wanting to ever think about him taking love where he could get it. And as far as her doing that, herself, "I have you. And you have me," she expounded before muttering, "no taking weird love for you."

"Indeed we do," he agreed, ignoring her cute little jealous ramblings and stepping behind her so that he could wrap his arms around her. He put his masked chin on her head. "That was the right answer, by the way." Naruto only huffed out a bark of laughter. Looking in through the window, he saw Naruto's clone greet Tenzo and Shizune. "Maa, you're up."

"You're helping! You're his student and… whoa," she said, jerking Kakashi out of sight. They both peeked in through the side of the window. "Is Tenzo going to make a move on her?!"

Kakashi wiped away an imaginary tear and pretended to sniffle. "They grow up so fast!"

Thirty minutes later, they were hosting a whole mess of people. The Naras were there and Shikamaru brought Temari again which was great; Tsunade, Shizune, Tenzo, and Jiraiya were naturally present, plus her masked great uncle Nawaki? (Naruto still couldn't get over that: it had been a hell of a surprise when Tsunade showed up, introducing the deceased boy-that-was-really-an-alive-man she'd heard so much about in her last life; especially when he immediately began putting the beat down on her husband,) as was Gai who brought Lee with him rather than a "certain lady friend" who had to work today. Naruto assured him that she was glad to have them there: she had invited Gai, hoping that he would "entertain" Kakashi.

She hoped that the "lady friend" was Ayame and promised herself that she'd learn how their date went before Gai left today! Her father's Guard Platoon was there along with their dates - and that included Anko, (although she only seemed friendly as she was constantly ribbing Genma and ignoring her "date," Iwashi: poor Iwashi,) as were Kurenai and Asuma who'd recently gotten hitched. Sai brought Ino, which was cute, too.

"Where's the Bastard?"

"He's on a mission," Sai said before tilting his head. Naruto held her breath, and it seemed that Ino did, too. "You are talking about Sasuke?"

"Yes," Naruto exclaimed, relieved that Sai hadn't said anything horribly inappropriate in front of Ino.

"Is Tenzo-sensei screwing medic-san?" he asked out of nowhere.

Never mind.

Ino pulled him outside, probably to scold him, and Naru looked around for her husband. Kakashi's book was in his face next to Gai, and he was ignoring everyone even as he sat in the middle of them. So was Dragon, er- Nawaki, who was also still wearing a (different) mask and playing shogi with Shikaku. She couldn't blame Kakashi for hiding too much: her family and most of the rest of these people could get a little loud.

Of course, Kakashi's ninken were also there, and for a minute, Naruto wondered if she should invite her toad friends - or at least Ma and Pa since they were small, but they didn't seem to like human food at all… (And her awful fox summons ATE people, so they were out.) The toads seemed to cause chaos and mayhem wherever they were. Deciding that was a good reason to invite them to their outing - or "inning(?)" since I'm home - she went into the backyard and began summoning all the toads she could fit on the property.

A "little loud" soon turned VERY loud, even more so when her father arrived. He was delighted that the area was filled with sake-drinking toads, and although it was extremely weird to be able to sit and watch her father relax and eat: he obviously really liked her cooking. And it was nice to see Kakashi chill out with him and Jiraiya as they picked on Shikamaru and Tenzo - and make openly inappropriate comments to the newlyweds at the table.

This life was pretty good, wasn't it?

Exceptionally good!

"You alright there, Naruto?" Shikaku asked as he sat up in his chair to reach for some pork ribs. "You're allowing other people to have some of the food!"

"Man, that's so uncool."

Much later that evening, Jiraiya sat on the engawa with Kakashi and Minato's clone as they watched Tsunade and Naruto spar. The toads had gone back to the mountain, leaving sake behind, thus leaving everyone that had been at what turned out to be a party at least a little drunk. "This is nice. I could get used to this," the old shinobi said. "I can't wait to retire," he said before laughing at himself almost hysterically.

Like I'd be allowed to ever retire, the First Toad Sage lamented.

"I almost can't believe it," Minato's clone said with a happy sigh. His original was at a more formal reception that his family really should've been attending, too. Honestly, he wondered how his original was doing and was surprised he hadn't popped because Minato was more than tipsy when he left. "I have always wanted a family… A big family." He looked over at Kakashi, who immediately shielded his masked face with his book.

"You should stay," Jiraiya said, daring Minato to say that he didn't want to keep living. –Even if he was Minato's clone

"I don't know if that's an option," he admitted. "And you should be at the reception the elders are throwing for my original!"

"My clone's there," both men replied at once. Kakashi, in particular, sent his clones to do all kinds of things he didn't want to.

"Naruto wouldn't go, so I decided to keep an eye on her."

Minato and Jiraiya looked at each other, finding that highly doubtful unless Kakashi was being a pervert - something that they didn't care to think about. Tsunade had knocked a gleeful or tipsy Naruto out a few times as the evening's spar progressed, and Kakashi hadn't moved a centimeter to help her.

"She's being sent to Suna tomorrow. It should be a brief mission," the Yondaime's clone said. Kakashi made rumbling noises of dissent but didn't say anything. "She's close to Gaara and Konoha doesn't need you causing trouble," he told his student.

"Maa, maa. What if I need her chakra?"

"Then you can get sick and die, you damn vampire," Jiraiya growled.

"Sensei! Leave the boy alone."

"Maa, you are the same age I am," Kakashi reminded his father-in-law/sensei from behind his book.

"I'm a clone, so I'm literally two hours old," the Yondaime's clone countered.

Even later that night, a very tipsy but wistful Tsunade sat her granddaughter down for a little talk, putting down a silencing seal even though there was no one else around. They were on the far edge of Naru and Kakashi's property "So. You remember The Pervert dying on a mission I sent him on."

Naruto felt the sake's effects take a drastic turn to what instead felt like ice in her veins. "He - he TOLD YOU? That- that fucking Ero-sennin," the younger blonde said, beginning to cry - for what reason, she didn't know. It was just a… secret! And a fucking horrible one, especially as far as Jiraiya's death went, at that!

"Minato told me."

Naru felt all of the air leave her lungs, and it was only when Tsunade-baa-chan, her actual REAL LIFE grandmother began rubbing soothing circles into her back that Naruto came back to herself. "Of course, he's back, too," she said in just above a whisper. "I'm so stupid: I hadn't considered it cuz, you know: he was," she began but let out a hysterical, desperate laugh. "...Dead before." She looked into her grandmother's eyes and shook her head, wondering why she of all the dumb people in the world had this experience. Someone smart like her husband, Shikamaru (who also deserved to be alive again,) or Tsunade should've come back in order to fix the future instead of her.

Or tou-san, she admitted sadly because putting that responsibility on anyone else was unfair to them. "What are you asking me about this for?"

"Because losing him would hurt so much. – Ha! Maybe I've had too much to drink," Tsunade admitted.

"You're not drunk," Naruto said firmly. "And you were lost when he died." I was lost - and I blamed you. "I'm not talking about this."

Naru found that the trip to Suna was entirely uneventful, the tunnels were creepy and claustrophobia-inspiring, and Gaara's sandstorms crazily impressive.

She had been prepared to fight the Akatsuki again but ended up simply being a wingman to Shikamaru, whom she was still a little mad at. Shikamaru, however, was going to be spending a month in Suna, which meant that anything could and probably would happen, so she had to forgive him.

Naru bought a couple of new differently sized tessens while she was there, and was thrilled to be able to spar with Temari a couple of times. Sadly, now it was time to leave.

"Take care of yourself, and don't be a dick," Naruto said before giving her brother a hug. She pouted at Temari. "I still wanna see Gaara!"

"What am I, chopped liver?" Kankuro asked.

"Yes," Naruto drawled, making him sputter. Then she hugged him out of nowhere, and Kankuro had to refrain from stabbing her.

"Where do you get that makeup? I mean, it doesn't want to come off for anything!" There wasn't a trace of it on her cheek!

"Shut up, Naruto. –Hime," he added moments later, wondering why he was tolerating this kunoichi's laid-back attitude and bullshit. Pranking in a foreign country, Kankuro was sure, would be outlawed by the Elemental Nations Charter one day soon because of her. Pakura-sama had literally wanted to mummify the Konoha jinchuuriki; she was so put out with her.

And all because Gaara was on what would be a long extended mission, and Fu was still under observation.

"Let's go," Tenzo said, captaining the escort mission. Naruto, however, had frozen before two clones appeared next to her, each sitting down cross-legged and taking in nature's energy. All of the shinobis present were immediately on alert. "What is it, Naruto?" After a minute or so, Naruto looked around at them with those odd yellow eyes highlighted in orange.

"I thought I felt someone - or… something?" She looked inward, to Kurama, but he was sleeping, apparently not having sensed anyone threatening.

"It's probably not a good idea to enter Sage Mode in a foreign village," Shikamaru warned. He was still put out with his sister (and it had to be her although there was no proof and she didn't claim it) for defacing the outside of their hotel with the words "COME SEE ME, RA-KUN" along with horribly childish renderings of a fox, tanuki, and a beetle that were all holding hands.

"It's fine," Temari said, waving his concerns off. "Naruto's harmless." She had to hide her smirk behind her hand at the brighter blonde whose mouth had fallen open: her weird toad eyes darting back and forth like she wanted to both argue that she was in no way harmless, but also appreciated that she wasn't in trouble, (and perhaps kick Shikamaru's ass - she was glaring at him - which would be a bonus for her.) "Close your mouth before it's filled with flies."

Naruto scoffed but did, and Shikamaru was shaken as he felt nearly overwhelmed with deja vu. Temari had said the same thing to Naruto - with that same snarky, gorgeous look on her face when they were secretly dating a lifetime ago. Maybe he'd ask Temari's brothers and the Kazekage for permission to officially date her at the end of this trip? The whole thing's so troublesome.

"See you guys in a month," Naruto waved, skipping off to join Tenzo who was already moving through one of those scary tunnels. They hadn't gone far when Tenzo stopped her.

"What happened back there? What did you sense?"

"I'm not sure," Naruto admitted. "Something… familiar but," she stopped, trying to put her finger on it. "It was like I knew who it was, but I really don't," she added, not paying attention to the way Tenzo's eyes widened. She did catch that he'd suddenly become even tenser, though. "I don't know: I'm pretty sure foxy-kun woulda woken up had there been ill-intent there." Tenzo groaned but turned around to lead the way that would eventually take them back to Fire Country.

A day and a half later, they emerged from the hidden tunnel. Naruto found it eerie as hell, the way the end of the tunnel seemed to collapse on them before they were suddenly clearly in Hi no Kuni. She looked around, once again, not seeing where they came from. Tenzo had said some rudimentary sealing was involved - thus why they had been carrying badges that allowed them entrance (which they burned as soon as they were out) - and she guessed there was some kind of broad-range genjutsu going on because the area felt and looked drier than dry, then suddenly they were in a forest. "I'm… tense. Are you good to keep going?" she asked her captain. "I don't like what I'm feeling."

Tenzo agreed to continue without more rest, and it turned out to be a mistake. They anticipated that they'd run into their escorts (although it wasn't like she and Tenzo under normal circumstances couldn't handle themselves) but Kakashi and Sai were apparently running late. They had only been tree-hopping for another half hour or so when the masked man appeared out of thin air in front of her, bringing his Samehada-wielding comrade along for the ride.

Kisame took off past her, not even looking at her once: he was immediately all over Tenzo.

Obito sneered from behind his mask, grabbing Minato-sensei's daughter's slender neck and slamming her into the tree. "I have some questions for you, Ninetails."