Chapter 6: Headquarters
"2 million! Not back for a day's work eh." Naruto happily summed up the profits as the last red and orange rays of the sun set over the dead forest. He sat in they're usual meeting spot with an orange clip board and a pin nestled comfortably behind his ear. "And I get to decide how we spend it!"
"Why in the hell did he put you in charge of the money." Sasuke snorted, filling out a report on today's mission with as much detail as he could. It was much easier since he'd experienced it first hand instead of relying on other's testaments "Just don't waste it dobe."
"Shut up jerk! I know what I'm doing!" Naruto shouted back, Gaara shook his head and sighed exasperatedly
"I don't think so, seeing as you never had any money." Sasuke kept that same icy tone, not rising above normal levels. Naruto on the other hand was exact opposite.
"I know what I'm doing, I'll show you." Naruto looked back down and the clipboard, scribbling something down quickly "I'm giving 75 of the money to Konoha then I'm going to leave the rest to us. See, I know what I'm doing!"
Sasuke only shook his head and returned back to work, catching Naruto stick out his tongue though the other boy didn't think he was paying attention.
"Hey guys!" Konohamaru called from behind Sasuke, moving through the weave of fallen and still standing trees to get to the clearing. "You guys finished?" Sasuke nodded, ripping off the sheet of paper and giving it to Konohamaru, Naruto did the same. Taking the two Konohamaru glanced over the papers, not really reading any of it though. "Thanks."
With the papers clinched tightly under his arm, Konohamaru turned and walked back in the direction he came. He did take a small glance back before he left completely, and the only person who really seemed to know what it meant was Sasuke. The boy gave a light shrug and jumped after him in a blur of blue and white, re-appearing clearly some distance off next to Konohamaru.
Now completely alone with Gaara, Naruto could do nothing more then stare upward and play with his fingers. Any normal person would have recognized that he had something on his mind, Naruto was never this quiet. Gaara on the other hand was always this silent so he didn't think anything of it.
"Hey Gaara." Naruto moved over enough so that he could lay his head in Gaara's lap, letting his hands come to rest behind his neck as he looked up at the taller boy.
"Yes?" Gaara glanced down at him, a normal expression on his face. For Gaara that was a big change from the usual.
"Earlier...what were you dreaming about? You don't have to answer if you don't want too." Naruto glanced away from him awkwardly, another action that made Gaara a little confused 'Why would he be embarrassed over such a simple question?' Gaara had no problem being completely direct with what ever he had to say, Naruto, though often blunt wasn't always that direct with what was in his head
"You." Gaara said plainly.
"Really?" Naruto half suspected it, he just didn't quite believe it the first time.
"Your the one that let me have a dream in the first place." Any other words Gaara wanted to say were cut off by the slight surprise of Naruto pulling him down into a sudden kiss. Naruto's hand planted on the ground in-between Gaara's leg allowed him to push himself up with support, his other arm wrapped around Gaara's neck and drove his other hand into Gaara's hair.
Gaara gave a soft grunt of enjoyment and wrapped his arms around Naruto, pulling him up a little higher and allowing him to go farther in to the kiss. The blond was still so much better this then him, Gaara was always willing to learn.
A sudden shift in Naruto's weight caused Gaara to fall backwards off the fallen tree they were sitting on unexpectedly. "Whoa!" Naruto barley felt anything but a small thump, Gaara had broken his fall while the sand materialized around his back and took any impact he could have felt.
Naruto rubbed the back of his head, laughing as he did so. "Gaara, you should have seen the look on your face." Gaara looked at him for a moment, wondering what kind of expression he had. It did catch him off guard.
Gaara shook his head in slight amusement, with one unnoticeable look in his eyes he allowed his sand to surround Naruto' s waist and pull him down to the ground unexpectedly. "No fair." Naruto said, watching the sand flow away from him once he was flat on his back. Gaara smirked at him, dropping to his knees and crawling over Naruto.
Once again their lips pressed together and their tongues mingled between open mouths. Gaara began to follow Naruto's movements, changing and shifting every so often as he became better and more confident in what he was doing. He wasn't good at causing pleasure, the experience was still new to him so he was always as careful as he could be. It was always so easy for him to cause pain, it was in every movement he made and he could easily cause it with out trying or unwillingly.
Naruto could easily see his apprehension especially after he nearly broke down following the first time. He slid his hands down Gaara's side, his fingers gripping the edge of his shirt giving him a silent reassurance to keep going as he slowly started to remove it. But Gaara didn't, in fact he did the opposite and pulled away from the kiss halfheartedly "Naruto...I can't do this."
"Gaara"Naruto looked up at him with a serous face and a concerned expression. "If your worried about hurting me"
"That's not what I'm worried about." Gaara's tone may have sounded mildly annoyed but his eyes showed that he was actually reluctant...afraid maybe.
"Then what is it?"
"Last time...my mind"
"Don't worry about that." Naruto's usual smirk spread across his lips as he leant upward towards Gaara "Even if you do start losing it again, I'm here for you."
Gaara allowed himself to continue, he may not have trusted himself completely but he did trust Naruto and that was all he needed. More willingly this time Gaara allowed Naruto to pull his shirt off of him then pulled his body closer too the smaller frame. "No matter what happens remember I'm going to here for you. Your just like me remember, we'd never abandon each other." Naruto's voice barely over a whisper as he softly nibble on his ear.
The soft sound of distant thunder rumbled in the darkened twilight between dusk and night fall followed by a few small drops of barely noticeable but increasing rain. It would have felt good along Gaara's bare back if small drops of sand hadn't formed above his skin to block the water. With out that distraction Gaara was able to concentrate on Naruto completely, starting by unbuttoning his orange pants.
Naruto lifted his legs to help Gaara remove his pants, glancing past him for a second or to at the surreal sight. The small droplets had grown into a mild drizzle, yet before it could get past Gaara the sand lashed out and stopped it. 'I wonder why it doesn't happen to me?' The thought made him feel special in away, Naruto was the only person or thing that Gaara let his defenses down too.
Gaara leant forward, pushing Naruto's shirt up with a tentive lick along his chest, imitating what Naruto had done to him before and hoping that he was half as good. Naruto gave him a few moans to encourage him to keep going, he found it strange that Gaara could be so shy in some things. He showed that he did have strong inner feeling for him though his outward persona was cold enough to rival Sasuke.
Gaara moved downward, breaking into soft warm kisses past his hips while he pulled his own pants down just far enough to let his erection free. He crawled upward bringing himself face to face with Naruto and pressing his lips against the soft ones below him , becoming bolder with his actions. Gaara licked the outside of Naruto's lips, silently asking permission for entry. He was much different this time, he was almost protective and defensive.
Drawing back from Naruto, Gaara silently crawled upward still until his cock was sitting in front of the smaller boy's face just above his chest. Naruto wrapped his arms around Gaara's waist, slipping his hands down his pants and pressing two fingers against his entrance. Naruto took Gaara's member into his mouth, running his tongue over and around the head while he pushed his fingers in Gaara with a swift motion. "Uuahhhh..." Gaara moaned from the sudden jolt of pleasure, his body fell forward from the overwhelming sensation, he planted his hands on the ground above Naruto's shoulders and caught himself. He still couldn't get used to feelings like this, they were so foreign to him and they always caught him off guard no matter how much he braced himself for it.
"Ahhh!" He could hardly keep himself from screaming loudly, he never had to use self-control in this manner before. "Na-Naru!" Gaara clinched the last strands of remaining grass completely soaked by the rain between his fingers. He hadn't even noticed it was raining since the sand was acting as an umbrella for the both of them. Gaara pulled his cock from Naruto's mouth, letting out a deep breath he never realized he was holding until Naruto pulled his hands back and ended the pleasurable sensation.
Gaara moved down in-between Naruto's legs, lifting them slightly as he pressed his slick member against his entrance. Though he seemed apprehensive to continue.
Naruto could sense what was wrong, He could read Gaara like he could read himself though they were still completely different people no matter how much alike. "Gaara, you don't have to worry about hurting me."
"I...don't know." Gaara shook his head lightly, a small bit of confusion slipping into his strait tone.
"Why? What do you mean?" Naruto could tell immediately, Gaara was off, more so then his usual offness.
"When you asked me about what I was dreaming about, I didn't tell you everything because it was..." Gaara's words trailed off, trying to gather his thoughts. That's why he didn't go in detail with Naruto, his mind was in disarray though he had no problem remembering his dream, that was apart of the problem "It started the exact same way everything happened from fifteen minutes ago up until now...and this is where things become...go wrong."
"Like how?" Naruto could describe the distant look on Gaara's face at the moment, it just told him that he was distressed about it
"You end up dead."
Naruto tensed slightly, that was truly unexpected though he knew to expect anything from Gaara. "...Gaara, it wasn't real so don't worry."
"That's the strange part about it, I felt everything, I actually felt everything. I couldn't tell if that was the dream or if this is. I could still actually kill you" Gaara sounded a worried about that.
Naruto looked up at him for a moment, This was Gaara having his first dream. "Gaara, I trust you and I know you wouldn't do that to me." He knew the best way to show him that was to let him, urge him to continue. Naruto bucked his hips forward and his entrance on to Gaara's cock, drawing a startled gasp in return.
Gaara timidly wrapped his hands around Naruto's waist and thrust in to the smaller frame at a dawdling pace. It was pleasurable torture, his body urged, pleaded with him to go faster but he held back.
"Gaara...Faster." Naruto moaned behind closed eye-lids, it wasn't easy for Gaara took keep the same speed though he felt he had to. This is exactly what caused his so real dream to end so badly...
Naruto let out a ragged, heavy breath as his hand moved down his torso and around his own erection, quickly pumping the length with nibble fingers. His heart was racing, he could hear it pounding in his ears and pulsing in other parts of his body, He couldn't stop himself from bucking his hips upward into his hand. Warm, creamy white fluid flowed out of his cock in sharp spurts as Naruto bit his lips to keep from being too loud. Most of it covered his hands, the rest spilled on to his chest stopping just short of his pulled up shirt.
Gaara moved with him, adjusting to every turn and shift in a careful manner, moving slowly and easily. He felt extremely worried and guilty because of what happened...it seemed so real that he wasn't sure if it had or hadn't actually happened. He lost control of himself to the point that he was worse then he was before, it was horrible what he did to the unsuspecting Naruto. And the scary thing was that the change was so natural that he didn't realize it had happened until it was to late.
He slowed in his pace even farther, but it didn't make a difference at that point. A wave of pleasure erupted through Gaara's body causing him to tighten his grip "Na-Naru!" he still couldn't stop himself from moaning loudly as cum shot from his softening member in the boy below him. Leaving Gaara panting and glistening from sweat, not a drop of made it past the sand to either of them.
"See, nothing happened." Naruto said, catching his breath more and more with each word.
"It seemed so..." Gaara was still fixated on how real it was, it got to him.
"Gaara...If your worried, don't be." Naruto wiped the cum off of himself and pulled his shirt down, watching Gaara, waiting for that expression to change back into it's normal one. But it didn't.
"Alright..." Gaara looked away from him, down at the increasingly wet ground around them.
Naruto sat up abruptly, wrapping his arms around Gaara's neck who was still on his hands and knees over him. "Hey Gaara."
"What?"
"You know that name you called me."
"Yes..."
"I like it."
"Really?" He never meant to say Naru, it just came out that way.
"Yeah."
"Great, rain." Kiba moaned, sitting under the Hokage monument with Neji. There was a set of small rooms used for emergencies along the mountain, all of them were surprisingly empty now. "Just what we need."
"Hn." Neji silently gave an indifferent reply as he sorted through the books he'd taken from his family's archive. He practically had to steal all 10 volumes of the book he needed, because he of course had to go through his uncle to get to them. It wasn't a joyous homecoming, the man drilled him because he hadn't and still wasn't there to protect the main house at a time like this. he should be doing everything he can to protect them at any cost.
Neji of course was looking at a bigger picture for once and not focusing on the Hyuuga family, and he of course was denied any materials because he apparently had his priorities wrong and should be focusing only on his responsibility to this family. Who knew, and all this time he thought his responsibility as a shinobi entitled him to focus on Konoha and all of the Leaf, which included the Hyuuga family.
Finally he just left, it wasn't worth spending another minute in his imprisonmenttraditionto his family. He's spent so much time striving to pass the main house who didn't give him a second glance and now he had his opportunity, his loop hole in his ties to the Hyuuga family, to leave it all.
He managed to escape without being tortured by the mark branded on his head then being forced to follow through with his obligation to solely protect the main house with his life if need be. There was a convenient distraction that was a little to convenient, allowing him to just walk way with out anyone noticing. He wasn't disappointed at all, Kiba had somehow managed to obtain exactly what Neji was looking for with little more then an appearance behind him and the word "Surprise."
Neji smiled softly at the remembrance as he flipped randomly through the pages of a book with nothing better to do.
Kiba did the same, with Akamaru sitting on his head and less knowledge or interest. "Nightmare demons..." He flips a few pages "The artifact Konoha leaf holds powers" He flipped through a few more pages. "Poltergeist, sprits and ghost" he was nearly at the end of the book this time "Sprit swarm demons" After this shift of pages there were only 3 left " The reaper demon... The Tolong-Niko a.k.a Chaos demon, That sounds strange... I'll come back to that." Kiba closed the book and set it aside to pick up another.
"Glad to see your involved in your reading." Neji didn't look up from his book, his voice filled with the usual cynical sarcasm but with a friendly edge.
Kiba grinned "I'm glad this isn't my job." He rested his hands behind his back and Akamaru jumped down into his lap.
Neji gave a silent indifference and turned the page. He wrote something down on a clip board, going through the tedious task of making reference points for the 10 volumes. It cut down on his searching time in the future so it meant a lot of work now.
"Hey Neji." Kiba called out, his eyes closed and his mind already drifting off for the day "You think we have a shot at helping Konoha?"
"Yes." Neji said, glancing over at Kiba. "If we do well enough."
"..." Kiba sifted a little and peaked one eye open glancing at the pale, rain distorted moon light shining through the window.
"Kiba...How did you get these books anyway?" Neji asked.
"Heh, my secret." Kiba cooed teasingly.
"Right." Neji rolled his eyes and shook his head, "I wonder if I can get it out of you."
"Is that a challenge?"
"Hn, maybe later." Neji knew he was tired so he didn't want to do anything...yet, later tonight though...
Kiba laid his head back against the wooden walls and let himself drift towards sleep while Neji continued annotating the volumes of books. He just couldn't help but smile at the fact that he was free from the darkness of hated and bitter vindictiveness that consumed him. It was all because of Kiba, and that's why he was his precious person...
"Iruka-sensei."
Iruka was sitting lazily in one of the few trees they were still standing, one leg drawn up on the branch and the other hanging down comfortably. The still intact canopy was shielding him from the rain and most of the wind while looked over a small stack of papers with a highlighter. He couldn't help but glance down at the call of his name. "Huh?"
Konohamaru jumped up on to the branch, landing just in front of the edge. He was standing on an area that was thin, shaky and very unstable, it could and most likely would cave under his weight at any second. But despite of that Konohamaru was still balancing on it with one foot in front of the other and some ease.
"Konohamaru, that's amazing. Before you couldn't come close to this kind of balance." Iruka complemented, he could detect Chakra being used.
"Yeah, pretty cool eh?" Konohamaru lent forward on one foot, more in a manner to show off though it wasn't easy, and handed him the papers. "What are you doing?"
"Deciding what clients we should take next." Iruka replied plainly.
"Iruka-sensei, we should build a base." This suggestion was a little unexpected but Konohamaru had been thinking about it for a while and it had to come up eventually, Iruka just didn't think so soon.
"Hmmm?"
"Yeah. We don't have any other place to work, we should use some of the money to build a headquarters." Konohamaru slowly pulled his body back so that he was standing on both feet. But as soon as he moved the edge of the branch snapped and he was sent plummeting to the damp ground in a loud crash.
Iruka looked down "Are you ok?"
A
second later Konohamaru leapt back to the branch, this time landing
on a more stable area,
"Oooowwwwww! My head." the boy
clinched his head tightly, waiting for the pain to fade.
"That's a good idea Konohamaru, I'll get right on it. I'm sure the construction workers in Konoha will be happy for the business." Iruka folded the papers neatly and placed them in his back pocket. He had no place else to put these files, another reason they needed to establish some type of base.
