The Shadows Overhead

Sorry it took so long, everyone. At first, I lost interest. I just wanted to post the two 'sequels', which aren't really sequels. One was a very short one-shot, and the other was its sequel. Then I was busy as hell. I had a huge project that decided if I was going to pass, barely pass, or totally fail ( which I didn't get to do at all! ) and 4 essays due the day after x-mas break! Finally, for a few months, I totally forgot it existed. I wrote it before Spring Break in March, but then it disappeared. Made a second version – nowhere near as good as the original – and then found it again. Then I decided to be smart and put ALL the ideas for fics I had in one giant binder, and then I lost the binder for several months. At the beginning of my summer break, I went to Florida for a chorus trip and got second degree burns there, blisters and all. It hurt too much to even move, so I spent all my time listening to Korn's greatest hits and the Inuyasha soundtrack. Then, I had no time to even go on the computer because of my brother's obsession with Ultima Online. But now I'm updating! Let's get this fic restarted! Sorry for boring you, if you read this! I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO sorry for not updating sooner! Thank my beta, Sakura Kuroyo, for nagging at me to update! She's to thank for inspiring me! (Sakura- Praise me. )

"blah" – someone saying something

'blah' – someone thinking something

- scene change

((blah)) – me adding something

Naruto grinned at Kakashi apologetically.

"Sorry I never told you about them." Sasuke glared.

"Why didn't you say anything about them?" The newest trio groaned, knowing his customary answer.

"Because you never asked." Naruto said, with the three chorused him in unison him. Said blond twitched and shot them a small glare, which they all presently ignored.

"Naruto-kun, you are becoming much too predictable!" Andra whined, she noticed NaruNaru staring, and turned to face him, all the while her eyebrow twitching at the events unfolding. "What're you staring at, punk?"

"How do you know him so well? You've never met!" Andra kicked his left thigh. "OW!" NaruNaru cried out and proceeded to hop around, cradling his thigh as if it meant the world.

"Actually, we have met, numb nuts. You were out playing, so you wouldn't know. Plus his letters gave away what type of person he is." Naruto stared at her.

"Well, am I a good person?" Behind him, Gaara was sharpening his shuriken.

"Depends. Are you always noisy?" Sasuke smirked and Naruto pouted.

"Yes he is."

"Can it." Laughing, he didn't register Kiharu's glare until Josef pushed him out of the way of a poison-tipped kunai. "Why're you so pissy today, Ki-chan?" Nanashi rolled her eyes.

"Idiot. You didn't meet up with her a few years ago. Ring a bell, somewhere in that hollow head of yours?" After a solid slap to his face, and Kiharu stomping off, the remaining group looked down at Naruto. Nanashi sat down and poked the twitching form once called Naruto with a stick. "Are you alive down there?"

"Uhhh… yeah, I am. What's up with her? It's not the first time I went back on a promise." Andra patted him on the back.

"This is the first time she's worried: ever. She doesn't know how to react." Kakashi looked up skeptically.

"That's impossible. None of her plans could go 100 perfectly." Andra smiled sadly.

"The curse of the Uzamaki family; good lucks, crappy sense of direction, and impulsiveness."

"AAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Sasuke ran into the kitchen of Andra's house.

"Naruto! What's--?" Sasuke glared at Naruto's limp form. ((Hehehe…)) NaruNaru lay next to him. ((Sakura- Can I count on over-dramatics coming up?))

"Sasuke! I'm dieing…" Kakashi fell from the ceiling, and Gaara threw his book – How to Properly Skin a Fox Alive – at him. Nanashi walked into the room from the front door and once again stared at them. ((Of course... Dieing... Really... Let Gaara at him, THEN he will die. Snicker))

"Andra, Kiharu, the boys are dead!" She yelled. Cheers could be heard from the room two floors above them. Nanashi looked at the boys on the floor and smirked. "I thing they're sad."

"We're not dead! We're hungry!" The boys glared at each other. "Stop doing that!" Upstairs, screams erupted with a very large 'BOOM!'. ((Sakura- Hungry constitutes as dead now? ... KIHARU I AM DEAD!))

"RA DAMN ZOMBIES!" Andra screamed.

"DIE, ASSHOLES!" Kiharu laughed maniacally. Moans and gunshots echoed in the house. A few minutes ((half hour)) later, the girls walked down the stairs. Andra's hair was standing on end and her eyes were dilated. Kiharu's hair looked like she jumped into a pool plugged into a socket. It was electrified, but she didn't notice. She was too busy carrying a GameCube controller like it was a bazooka. Everyone stared, wondering the same thing. 'What's the fastest way outta here?' Nanashi was the first to speak.

"What in the…?" Kiharu looked up, grinning insanely.

"I beat Resident Evil 4…" ((Sakura- Lucky her. TT ... Of course it owns to the fact I have a PS2... Not a GC...))

((Just having a little fun!))

Later that night

Naruto looked in all of Andra's cabinet's but couldn't find any ramen. Or anything else for that matter, except for an empty ramen packet from fifteen years ago.

"Andra! You don't have anything to eat!"

"I know." Naruto jumped.

"When'd you get there?"

"Been here for a while. The reason we don't have anything to eat is because we usually stay here maybe a week every six months."

"What the hell do you eat around here!" As if on cue, Nanashi walked in with two bags of groceries in her arms; NaruNaru following her. Andra glared daggers.

"You got ramen again, didn't you?" NaruNaru grinned sheepishly.

"I. uh. Also gave Kiharu… um …. Ten boxes of chocolate pocky." (Yummm…) Naruto blinked.

"What does that do?" Gaara chose that moment to walk down the stairs, reading a novel he had found in the library. ((Sakura- Gaara... Reads? Aw, how cute))

"She stores up a lot of energy, then BANG! She releases it all into a giant blast. Josef raised an eyebrow.

"Like a fart?" Andra punched him.

"No," she ground out, " Like a blast with enough destructive force to roast us. It's a result of her training regimen. Kick-ass strength and agility, crappy chakra control." Kakashi sighed.

"Poor Uzamaki brats." He suddenly felt as though his head was on fire.

"We're all in here, you stupid perverted monkey face." Kakashi slowly backed away from the evil glares.

"Whoops! Slipped my mind. What's for dinner?" Nanashi grimaced.

"Only about 20 pounds of ramen and pocky for the next week. Nightly." Gaara slowly turned around and marched into the bathroom, slamming the door shut.

MIDNIGHT

Naruto looked around the house for Sasuke, but his lover was nowhere to be seen.

"Sasuke! Where are you, dumbass!" A few knocks outside the house alerted him to the general whereabouts of the missing shinobi. Opening the door, all Naruto saw was rocks scattered around. Walking to the edge of the property, Naruto turned and looked at the house they were currently staying at.

Rising to five stories tall, the house was one of the oldest in the village. The pale blue outside gave the building a glow that hid the dark walls of the inside. Naruto had only seen a few rooms, but the main theme was the color: black. When one thought of a living room, they thought of paintings of the family and comfortable couches. Instead, this living room had pappazon chairs with black cushions. Replacing the paintings were katanas, kunai, shuriken, and limitless other weapons.

Looking around the house, Naruto could see the faint outline of Sasuke on the roof, holding an arm in the air. Jumping up to join him, Naruto observed the differences in his lover.

The years hadn't done much to Sasuke. The only major difference was the length of his hair, which reached the small of his back. He was sure it was to keep his curse seal hidden from view.

"Why were you looking for me? Naruto?" Said blond snapped out of his daze to see Sasuke standing close to him.

"Sorry, just thinking…" He trailed off.

"Don't think too hard. You might hurt yourself." Sasuke teased. Naruto wrapped his arms around Sasuke, and molded his body to Sasuke, hugging him tightly.

"Shut up," Naruto pouted. Sasuke nuzzled his hair and his hands slowly crept up Naruto's shirt. "Sasuke?"

"Hm?"

"When was the last time we slept together?"

"Just last night, why?"

"No, I mean really slept together."

"Oh…. The last time was the morning you left, more than ten years ago." Naruto backed up and looked into Sasukes' eyes. They stared into each others eyes for several minutes before one of the men spoke.

"Can we tonight?" Naruto whispered. Sasuke gently kissed him.

"Of course…"

There's a lemon first thing next chapter, so you can't say I didn't warn you! I know SOOOOOOOOOOO many people want to flame me to hell for not updating, so go ahead. If I actually get a review, I'll throw a party for them. Seriously. I'm also glad my beta didn't abandon me, after all these months! (Sakura- You are lucky my internet got working again,)

(Sakura, if you want to, add a beta's note from now on somewhere in the chappies! I insist! You can bitch and complain about me, and I won't delete it! It'll be fun to see the responses if people read them!) (Sakura- Sweetness This will be so much fin. XD )