A loud yawn came from the bundle of blankets on the creaky bed. There was a rustle of bed sheets, and Naruto sat up in bed. Naruto blinked the sleepiness from his eyes, and stretched his arms, his joints popped in response. The little fox kit that laid on a pillow next to him, yawned and stretched out.
"Good morning Koryu." Naruto chirped, patting the sleepy Koryu on this fluffy head. Naruto glanced at his bedside clock, "I guess I should say good afternoon." Naruto laughed. Sure enough the clock read 12:45 p.m..
Naruto jumped out of bed, and walked to his dresser. He took out a pair of white boxers, faded blue jeans, and a plain white T-shirt. Naruto pranced to the bathroom to take a shower. When he came out he was fully dressed and refreshed.
Naruto and Koryu walked downstairs, and into the kitchen. Naruto pulled out some milk for Koryu and himself. He made himself some toast, and ate quietly. However, Naruto was puzzled by something. Where was Iruka? Usually Iruka was down here by now, but only Naruto and Koryu occupied the kitchen.
Naruto washed his used dishes, and went back to the bathroom to brush his teeth. He then decided to looked for Iruka. He guessed the best place to look was Iruka's bedroom. He and Koryu walked upstairs, and down the hall to Iruka's room.
Naruto knocked softly on the door and entered. Sunlight peeked through the curtains of the window, so it wasn't completely dark in the room. Naruto looked over to the bed, and saw a big lump on it. He walked over to the lump, he shook it gently.
"Iruka." He whispered. The lump groaned, and rolled over.
Iruka blinked tiredly at Naruto, "Morning." He yawned out. "What time is it?" He asked in a hushed tone, moving over some to give Naruto room to lay down.
"Twelve fifty-eight." Whispered Naruto. "What happened last night?" Asked Naruto, he now laid on his side facing Iruka.
Iruka ran his tanned finger through his brown hair. It was rare to see Iruka with his hair down. "I had to pull an all night shift. After I finished that I find out that I'm being laid off." He sighed.
"What? I thought Tsunade liked you, you're one of her best workers." Naruto said angrily, but his voice was still hushed.
"Tsunade just owns the diner. She's not my boss, Mizuki is." Iruka informed. He rolled onto his back, and Naruto snuggled up to him.
Iruka patted Naruto on the head. Koryu came up and snuggled the other side of Iruka's face. "I just don't know what I'm going to do for money." Iruka said, closing his tired eyes.
"I'll make you breakfast Iruka, you stay in bed." Naruto said, and he got up. Iruka just nodded and whispered 'thank you', and ran his hand down Koryu's back.
Down in the kitchen, Naruto started making French toast for Iruka. He placed the toast on a tray along with some syrup, and coffee. He was about to pick the tray up when someone knocked on the backdoor. He went to open it, and found himself greeted by the sight of Kakashi.
"Good afternoon Naruto." He greeted happily. Naruto let him in, "Isn't it a little late for breakfast?" Kakashi asked looking at the French toast.
"It's for Iruka." Naruto said. "He had to work all night." He informed.
Naruto was about to pick up the tray, when Kakashi grabbed it from him. "I'll take it to Iruka." He said smiling. "Besides, Sasuke was about to come get you anyway." He added.
Naruto nodded, and Kakashi smiled and went upstairs with the tray. Naruto sighed, and walked outside. He was going to go see Sasuke. He walked to the woods, passed over the bridge, and walked up Sasuke's driveway.
Naruto knocked on the door, and was greeted by Itachi. "H-hello" Naruto stuttered. "Is Sasuke home?" He asked, he was just a little unnerved by Itachi. Itachi was a scary man, his face was always serious.
A hand was placed on Itachi's shoulder. "Try not to look so frightening Itachi, you'll scare the little dear." Shiori said, smiling like always. "He's in the backyard Naruto." She said.
"Thank you!" He yelled as he ran around the house to the backyard.
As Naruto turned to corner and entered the yard, his eyes widened. He never saw a backyard this big. Around the whole yard was a wooden fence, in one corner of the yard was a big barn, and all around the yard were the horizontal poles horses jumped over.
Naruto's gaze swept the whole fenced in area, until it rested on a big moving figure. It was Sasuke, and he was currently jumping over some of the hurdles. Naruto was in shock, Sasuke looked so graceful.
Sasuke spotted Naruto and trotted up to the fence Naruto was leaning on. Sasuke dismounted his horse, and walked towards Naruto. Sasuke was wearing riding pants, boots, a helmet, and a plain black shirt. "Hey." He greeted in a bored tone.
"Hi!" Naruto chirped. "You're really good!" Naruto added, smiling at Sasuke.
"Thanks." He said simply. "This is Kaza." He said, gesturing to his horse. Kaza was a beautiful Quarter horse. His coat was all black, so was his tail and mane. Naruto knew that this horse fitted Sasuke so well.
"He's beautiful." Naruto sighed. "When did he get here?" He asked.
"Around five o'clock in the morning. I have been up since then, setting all this up." Sasuke gestured to the yard. "You want to ride him?" He asked Naruto.
Naruto, for the first moment in a long time, was scared. He never rode a horse before, and he's read about the accidents people have been in involving horses. "Um…I really don't know…"
Sasuke grabbed his hand and placed on Kaza's snout. "You have to let the horse trust you, and know you before you can ride him." Sasuke said, letting go of Naruto's hand. "I'll be right back." Sasuke said. "Make sure to stay on one of his sides. Horses can't see straight ahead of them." He added, and started walking towards the barn.
Naruto climb over the fence, trying not to scare the horse. He stood on Kaza's left side, and started petting his neck. "You're so pretty." Naruto whispered to the horse. Kaza whinnied in response.
Sasuke came back a few minutes later, carrying a helmet and some boots. "Put these on." He ordered. "You can ride wearing shoes, and you need a helmet." He said taking hold of Kaza's reigns.
Naruto did as he was told, though he was reluctant to put on the boots because he thought he would look ridiculous. After that was done, it was now the hard part, getting on the horse.
"Put your left foot in the stirrup, and swing your right leg over." Sasuke explained. Naruto tried about four times, and failed. He got onto the horse on his fifth try. "I walk you around for a little than you can try riding by yourself." Sasuke said.
"Sasuke what am I supposed to hold onto?" Naruto asked. He was quite proud of himself for getting on the horse, but now that he was on it he got scared again.
"Try to stay calm and balance." Sasuke told him. He clicked his tongue and he started walking the horse.
Naruto 'eeped' and tried to hold onto something. However, Naruto was sitting on an English saddle, therefore, it didn't have the horn in the front like a western saddle did. Naruto took deep breath and tried to relax.
Sasuke walked them around most of the perimeter of the yard. He brought them back into the middle, and draped the reigns over Kaza's head handing them to Naruto. "You want to steer with your legs, not the reigns." Sasuke said. "If you want to go left press against him with your right leg, and press with your left leg if you want to go right." He explained.
Naruto gulped and took the reigns in his sweaty hands. "Now lean forward a bit, and he should start walking." Sasuke said.
Leaning forward just a bit, Naruto gasped when Kaza started to walk forward. "Sasuke I'm doing it!" He said, he was so proud of himself. Sasuke leaned back against the fence, and watched Naruto and Kaza.
After a few minutes, Naruto guessed that Kaza got board just walking around because he started picking up his pace. Terrified, Naruto leaned forward to grab onto Kaza's neck so he wouldn't fall off. This action, however, caused Kaza to think that Naruto wanted to go faster. Naruto let out a whimper when Kaza started trotting.
"Sasuke! How do you stop!" He shouted, his eyes were shut tight as he grasped Kaza's neck tightly. "I want to get off now! Make him stop!" Naruto cried out.
Naruto's eyes were still closed tightly when he heard a low whistle. Naruto felt Kaza turn, trot, and then finally stop. Naruto opened one eye, and peered out. "Sasuke?" He asked, sure enough Sasuke was standing there rubbing Kaza's snout.
Sasuke sighed, "He got restless. Kaza doesn't usually like walking around for a long time." He explained. "Here." Sasuke said, taking the reigns from Naruto's shaking hands. "Take your feet out of the stirrups." Naruto carefully removed his feet from the stirrups. Sasuke placed his foot in the left stirrup, and swung his leg over, now sitting on the saddle with Naruto.
"Huh?" Naruto looked over his shoulder at Sasuke. "What're you doing?" He asked. Sasuke didn't say anything, he just click his tongue a couple of times and Kaza began to move.
Sasuke made Kaza increase his speed a bit, Naruto just gasped and tried to grab on to something. Sasuke wound his arm around Naruto's waist to steady him. At that moment, is exactly when Naruto felt something stir inside him.
He didn't know what it was though. Naruto's heart started racing, more than it was before. He got nervous, and he could've sworn his cheeks were on fire. Naruto was confused, he never felt this before. Sure he felt nervous before, but somehow this was different. He felt like he wanted to faint.
Naruto was jerked out of nervousness, when Kaza went into a gallop. "Sasuke slow down! Please!" Naruto shouted. He noticed that Kaza was headed for one of the hurdles, "Oh no! No! No! No! Sasuke don't you even dare!" Naruto yelled.
His ranting was cut off when Sasuke leaned forward, making Naruto lean forward too. Naruto closed his eyes tightly, and clenched his teeth. He felt the horse leave the ground, and as soon as Kaza left the ground, they were back on it.
Naruto was shaking uncontrollably, "Why'd you do that?" He asked. Sasuke had now stopped the horse, and was helping Naruto off. Once he was off, Naruto's legs felt like jelly. He fell onto the ground on his butt, "My legs feel weird." He said.
"The first few times you ride, your legs will feel like that." Sasuke informed him. " Give me your helmet and boots." Sasuke said. Naruto took off his helmet and boots, handed them to Sasuke, and slipped on his regular shoes. "I have to take off Kaza's riding gear, I'll be right back." He said, as he took up Kaza's reigns and walked towards the barn.
Naruto was still seated on the grass, when Sasuke came out of the barn. He was followed by three horses, one was Kaza, but the other two Naruto didn't know. One was a brown and white Pinto, and the other was a golden Palomino. Sasuke gave each of the horses a pat on their rumps. The horses walked out into the yard, and Sasuke walked over to Naruto.
"Who're they?" Naruto asked, pointing to the other two horses.
Sasuke looked out at his horses, that were chewing on the grass. "The Palomino is Hisui, and the Pinto is Tobi." Sasuke said.
"Sasuke!" A voice called, Sasuke looked towards the backdoor. "Some of your friends are here!" Shiori said.
Sasuke raised an eyebrow, Hinata, Gaara, Neji, and Tenten came to the door. "Hi guys!" Tenten shouted. "Hurry up and get changed we're going swimming!" She yelled.
Naruto laughed, he tried to get up but his legs were still rubbery. Sasuke helped Naruto up, and let Naruto lean on his shoulder. "Hey guys!" Naruto waved to them. "I got my first horseback riding lesson today." He told them as they walked into the house, and he told them the whole story.
Later on, all of them were at the lake. Naruto was wearing orange swimming trunks, Gaara had black ones, Neji wore crimson trunks, and Sasuke, because he didn't have any trunks, wore khaki knee-length shorts. Hinata wore a white T-shirt over her light purple one-piece bathing suit. Tenten, who was not as shy as Hinata, wore a pale pink bikini.
They were in the part of the lake that was deep enough for them to swim in. Naruto swam under the water looking at the little fishes swim about. Hinata and Tenten were splashing Gaara and Neji, trying to get them to have more fun. Sasuke just sat on the ground leaning up against a tree.
"Sasuke get in the water!" Naruto yelled. "The water feels great!" He added. When Sasuke didn't move, Naruto decided to bring the water to Sasuke. Getting out of the water, Naruto walked up to Sasuke. He stood in between Sasuke's legs, and started wringing his wet trunks over Sasuke. The water from the trunks dropped onto Sasuke's legs, and shorts.
"What're you doing?" Sasuke asked calmly, unfazed by the water droplets.
Naruto let out a frustrated sigh, "I'm trying to get you wet, so you'll come into the water." Naruto said. He grabbed Sasuke's hand, and pulled him up. When Sasuke was yanked up, he and Naruto collided. Naruto stumbled a few steps back, and Sasuke stumble a few steps forward.
Both of them fell into the water, creating a giant splash. Naruto and Sasuke broke the water's surface, gasping for air. They glared at each other, and then they started trying to dunk each other into the water. The others just stood there watching the two trying to dunk each other.
Sasuke finally got a hold on Naruto. He lifted him up, and threw him into another part of the river. He crossed his arms over his chest, and smirked at the spot where Naruto landed. However, Naruto never came up for air. Sasuke started to walk to where he threw Naruto, but he was suddenly jerked underwater. Naruto came out of the water and laughed.
Sasuke resurfaced, and glared at Naruto, "You're going down." He said. Thus, Sasuke and Naruto started another round of water wrestling.
Hinata and Tenten became involved in the war when Naruto accidentally splashed both of them. Hinata and Tenten got Gaara involved, who got Neji involved. So now it was a full blown out water war.
The mini war lasted until sundown, then Hinata, Gaara, Tenten, and Neji left for home. Naruto and Sasuke walked to Naruto's house, because Nauto suggested they should watch a movie. They entered the house through the backdoor, and into the kitchen. Naruto made some popcorn, and then he and Sasuke entered the living room.
Naruto popped on a movie he and Sasuke both agreed upon, and laid on his stomach on the floor. Sasuke sat Indian style next to Naruto, the bowl of popcorn laid in between them. Have way through the movie, Sasuke got bored. So, he decided to started flicking popcorn kernels at Naruto.
Naruto was watching the movie intently, until something hit him on the side of his head. Naruto looked down to see a piece of popcorn laying on the floor. He looked at Sasuke, only to find him watching the T.V. screen, his face showing no emotion. Naruto pouted, and continued watching the movie.
A few minutes later, he was hit again with popcorn. He looked at Sasuke again, and found that he was still watching the movie. Naruto pouted again, he picked up the popcorn on the floor and threw it at Sasuke. Sasuke turned and glared at Naruto. Another war started again, this time with popcorn.
The war ended, as Naruto was too tired to continued. In the end, Sasuke and Naruto ended up on the couch. Sasuke was sitting at one end, his eyes nearly closing in sleepiness. Naruto was laying down on his side, his head on a cushion at the other end of the couch and his feet on Sasuke's lap, he was fully asleep.
Iruka came downstairs, with Kakashi and Koryu in tow. Iruka smiled at the scene before him, and went to fetch a camera. Sasuke had now fallen into a light slumber, his head rest on his shoulder and his hand held onto Naruto's ankle. Iruka came back with a camera, and took a few pictures of the cute scene.
Kakashi chuckled softly, "I want copies of that." He said.
Iruka looked slyly at Kakashi, "It's going to cost you." He said, a small smirk on his face.
Kakashi laughed softly again, placed an arm around Iruka's waist and pulled him closer. "What do you want?" He asked, nuzzling Iruka's neck.
"You shouldn't be doing that in front of children." A voice said from the kitchen door. Iruka and Kakashi looked up at the owner of the voice, to see that it was Itachi. "Sorry I intruded. I was wondering where Sasuke was." He added.
"It's quite alright." Iruka said, blushing as he pulled away from Kakashi. "They look so cute like that." He said.
"I should bring him home." Itachi sighed, he walked over to the sleeping boys. However, when he tried to lift Sasuke up, Sasuke's grip tightened around Naruto's ankle. "Looks like he doesn't want to go." Itachi muttered. "Iruka, would it be okay if Sasuke stay here for the night?" He asked, turning to face Iruka.
Iruka smiled, "Sure. No problem." Iruka finished.
"I think I'll be staying the night too." Kakashi leered at Iruka. Iruka blushed and smacked away Kakashi's advancing hand.
"Well, goodnight then." Itachi simply said, he excused himself and walked out the front door.
Kakashi looked at the boys, and yawned, "Well, I think we should head to bed too Iruka." He said.
Iruka smiled, grabbed two blankets off the back of the couch and wrapped one around Sasuke. The other one he draped over Naruto. "C'mon Kakashi." Iruka was walking upstairs, and Kakashi followed quietly behind. Koryu stayed behind, he leaped up on the couch and curled up on Naruto's stomach.
During the night, Sasuke leaned over to one side, he fell over and he laid between the back of the couch and Naruto's side. Sasuke's head now laid on Naruto's shoulder, and Naruto's head rested on Sasuke's.
When the morning sunlight leaked through the living room windows, Naruto began to slowly open his eyes. He took in his surroundings, only to realize he was in is living room. Naruto yawned, feeling very comfortable, he snuggled back into the couch and the warmth at his side. When Naruto turned his head to the side, he unconsciously brushed his lips against Sasuke.
Naruto's breath tickled Sasuke's face, causing him to open his sleep-heavy eyes. Sasuke blinked a couple of times, taking in Naruto's closeness. Sasuke didn't really mind, but he knew Naruto would freak if he woke up in this position. Sasuke was just about to shake Naruto awake, when Naruto slowly opened his tired eyes.
Naruto's eyes widen at the closeness, he yelped and fell off the couch. Sasuke just raised an eyebrow at him, totally unfazed and Naruto wondered how he did it. Sasuke just turned his back to Naruto and laid back down on the couch. Naruto glared and pouted at Sasuke's back.
"Move over you bum." Naruto ordered. "I was there first." He declared. Naruto tried to get back on the couch, but Sasuke's body wouldn't let him. "Sasuke you loser! Move over!" He shouted, trying to lay back down.
"I'm too tired to move." Came Sasuke's mumbled response. Sasuke turned onto his back and smirked up at Naruto.
Naruto sighed in frustration, and sat on Sasuke's lap. "There. Now I'm going to use you as a personal cushion." He informed, now laying down on Sasuke curling up on his stomach.
"You're heavy, get off." Sasuke groaned. He heard a stifled laugh come from Naruto and glared at the blond head. "I can't breathe." He huffed out.
Naruto pouted, and because he didn't want Sasuke to die he got off. "Fine, but scoot over. I'm tired too." He said.
Sasuke sighed, and scooted over a bit. Naruto laid down beside Sasuke, and snuggled into the couch once more. "Sasuke what do you want to do today?" Naruto asked.
Sasuke turned his head over to Naruto, and shrugged his shoulders. "Whatever you want to do I guess." He said.
"Well maybe I'll show you one of my favorite things to do." Naruto said. "I'll take you to my favorite place." He added.
"Where's that?" Sasuke asked.
"You'll see." Naruto said in a sing-song voice. Naruto yawned, "But, I would like to get more sleep." With saying that, Naruto turned his back to Sasuke and fell asleep again.
Sasuke continued to gaze at Naruto, wondering where Naruto was going to take him.
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End of Chapter Three. Whoo! Finally it's done! This chapter took forever, because I didn't know how I wanted to go about it. Sorry for making you wait.
I would like to thank you, my reviewers, for all your great responses. You truly put a smile on my face. I always look forward to reading my reviews. Since everyone seems smitten with Koryu, I give you all multiple Koryu plushies. I sincerely hope you all enjoyed this chapter, and I hope for more great reviews.
I would like to encourage any KakaIru fans out there, to write KakaIru stories that aren't angst-y. I see too many that are full of angst, I want some funny KakaIru stories. Also, if you add some SasuNaru in there it would make my day!
I would also like to know if I have any male reviewers, you don't have say if you are, I just want to know out of curiosity. We rapid yaoi fan girls are plentiful, I want to know some rapid yaoi fan boys. Yaoi is just so much fun!
Well, sorry for ranting. I'll start working on chapter four!
