A/N: Wow! I thought I posted this last night, only to open my FF account today and find out, uh... I'd forgotten. :sweatdrop: Sorry. Here it is :P

Disclaimer: They're mine, K. Masashi just doesn't know it, yet. Muahahahahahaha.

Sasuke walked slowly up behind Naruto, the blond standing under the shower spray with both hands resting on the wall in front of him. Sasuke's eyes roved over the tanned, soaking wet body, watching as water droplets rolled off the other man's skin. It was a sight to be appreciated. Naruto was like a Greek God, what with his hair and eyes, as well as his build and tanned skin.

The raven walked up behind him and wrapped his arms around the blond's waist. Naruto tensed slightly beneath his touch, and Sasuke frowned.

"What's wrong?" the Uchiha asked, concerned.

"What are we?" Naruto whispered. "I mean—are you just..." he trailed off, watching the water flow past his feet and down the drain. "What are we?" he whispered again.

"I was under the impression we were dating." Sasuke said with a frown.

"Are we?" Naruto whispered again, his eyes still on the water at his feet. "You're not just using me for sex, like everyone else?"

Sasuke had to admit, hearing that really hurt. Had it been anyone else, he would've gotten angry and just forgotten about it, but Naruto—he was different. Sasuke didn't want to forget about him, and having all these feelings waging a war inside his head was starting to annoy him. He didn't understand what he felt for Naruto because he'd never felt like this before. It sounded stupid and cliche in his head, but it was true. All his other experiences had been one-night stands, but Naruto wasn't like that.

So, sighing, Sasuke tightened his hold on Naruto's waist, resting his chin on the blond's shoulder. "Naruto, I never realized how paranoid you really were until now. If you want, our relationship can be devoid of sex until you're sure I'm not using you." Sasuke's anatomy screamed in protest. He ignored it. "How does that sound?"

"Are you serious?" Naruto asked, stunned, as he turned to look at Sasuke over his shoulder. The raven nodded.

"If it'll make you feel better, then yes. I don't want you just for the sex—although you're really good in the sack." He gave Naruto a smirk, causing the blond to blush cutely and look away.

"Okay."

"Okay what?" Sasuke asked.

"Okay, I believe you." He let his hands fall from the wall and leaned back against Sasuke with a sigh. "So, we're dating?"

"If you want to be." Sasuke smiled.

"Yeah." Naruto grinned before looking over his shoulder again. "You're not half bad in the sack, yourself."

"Excuse me?" Sasuke cocked an eyebrow. "I am perfection. Nobody is better than me when it comes to sex."

"I beg to differ." Naruto barked out a laugh.

"Shall we have Genma rate it?" Sasuke asked with a smirk. Naruto's grin faded and he paled. Seconds later, the door slammed open.

"What? Me? Rate?.! What?.!"

"Go away, Genma!" Sasuke hollered angrily, the other man jumping with fright before slamming back out of the bathroom. "That guy has radar."

"That, or he's Superman." Naruto grinned. "Super-hearing, you know?"

"Yeah, I got the reference." Sasuke smirked as he nuzzled into the back of Naruto's neck, one of his hands travelling down from Naruto's waist to a place considerably lower.

The blond let out a squeak as soon as he felt Sasuke's hand wrap around him, and he blushed again. "Wh-what are you doing?"

"You're hard." Sasuke smirked. "I just thought I'd be a nice boyfriend."

"B-bastard! Not here! They'll fucking hear!"

"So?" Sasuke smirked.

They both jumped, startled, as there was a loud bang on the bathroom door.

"Guys, shift-change in five minutes, and the temporary firefighter from Nineteen should be here soon." Raidou called through the door. "Please don't do anything dirty. Genma alone will probably scare him off."

"Hey!"

"Shut up, Genma."

Naruto looked over his shoulder at Sasuke, panting slightly. "Cold shower. I need a cold shower."

"What you need, is to stop worrying." Sasuke insisted. "Relax. Even if they hear, almost everyone is gay. Nobody will care."

"Oh my God!" Kiba covered his ears. "Have they no dignity?.!"

Nobody said anything, not that Kiba was surprised. After all, everyone currently in the room was gay—except for Gaara. Kiba was confused as to why he wasn't reacting weirdly until he noticed the paper towel stuck in the other firefighter's ears. Apparently, he wasn't the only one who didn't want to listen to Sasuke jack Naruto off.

The door to the Rig Bay suddenly opened, but since everyone was already there, and the other shift wasn't due back for another five minutes, they could only assume it was the temporary replacement.

A black-haired man with a goatee walked in, surveying the area and nodding to all the firefighters in the room. He opened his mouth to speak when Naruto let out another cry of pleasure, Sasuke's name jumbled up somewhere in between. The man froze.

Genma, himself, vaulted over the couch and bolted for the bunk-room door, pressing his ear against it. "I hear flesh on flesh! I think they're having sex! Can I watch, Raidou? Please?.!" he begged his lover.

"No." Raidou snapped before turning to the new man who'd walked in. "Sorry, he's a little crazy. And sorry about the—" Raidou coughed. "Yeah, I've asked them to hurry it up."

"N-not a problem." The new firefighter laughed nervously.

Kiba just grinned at his nervousness, wondering how he was going to react when he saw it was two guys exiting the bathroom. Gaara still seemed somewhat oblivious to the new arrival, his back being to the door and the makeshift earplugs still in his ears.

"You must be the temp from Nineteen." Kotetsu said from the kitchen, nursing his third cup of coffee.

"Actually, I'm from Station Three." The man informed. "Nineteen couldn't spare anyone, so they called the other stations. How long am I going to be here, do you think?"

"Could be anywhere from a few weeks to a few months." Raidou said with a shrug. "Our Captain was injured pretty badly."

"Right. You're acting-Captain, right?"

"Yes. Raidou Namiashi." He held his hand out. "And you are?"

"Oh, right." He chuckled. "Tenzou. Tenzou Yamato." (1)

"Tenzou?" Kiba asked with a cocked eyebrow.

"Sounds like 'Tensor' or something." Genma grinned from the bunk-room door. "What's your last name, again?"

"Uh, Yamato." The man cocked an eyebrow.

"All right!" Genma jumped to his feet, both fists raised in the air. "You're Yo motto from now on."

"It's-it's Yamato. Ya. Ma. To." Yamato enunciated.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever, tomato." Genma waved his hand at him. Kotetsu snorted into his coffee.

The door to the bunk-room suddenly opened, Genma shrieking as he jerked away from it. Sasuke glared at him, in the middle of tucking in his shirt. Genma just laughed before skipping across the room. Yamato stared at him, a little concerned for his sanity.

"What's going on?" Naruto appeared behind Sasuke, his eyes brightening as he saw Yamato. "Hey, temp guy."

Yamato sputtered as he pointed at them. "It was the two of you in there?.!"

"Thank you!" Kiba exclaimed. "I'm not the only one who overreacts!"

Yamato gave him a weird look and Raidou just groaned. "Look, can we please just all calm down so we're ready to go when the next shift comes?"

Sasuke barely had the door open before he stumbled inside with Naruto, the two attached at the lips as if with SuperGlue. Whenever they weren't on a call, they were making out, or going much, much further than that in the bunk-room. Genma had pouted and asked why Raidou wasn't like that, for which he received a sharp blow to the head by the acting-Captain.

But as much fun as it was, the two had agreed that once their shift was over and they were back at Sasuke's place—the raven had insisted—they should stop with the making out and talk a bit. They knew a fair bit about one another, but there were still some gaps they needed filled in. Naruto, for one, wanted to know about Sasuke's brother. He knew it was a delicate topic, but if he was going to be dating him, he needed to know what kind of danger he was in.

So, deciding it was time to call it quits for now, Naruto pulled away from Sasuke, the other whimpering. Naruto pushed against his chest slightly.

"You said we'd talk, so we have to talk." He pushed past the other man, headed for the kitchen—or, where he assumed the kitchen was, since this house was different than the one he'd entered a few days before. How many houses does he have? Naruto wondered idly.

Naruto was thankful he'd headed in the right direction, sitting down at the kitchen table and waiting patiently for Sasuke to join him. The Uchiha entered the kitchen with a sigh, rubbing the back of his head so that his hair stuck out even more than usual. Naruto just stared at him, so with another sigh, the raven walked around the table and sat opposite his new blond lover.

"All right." Sasuke sighed. "You wanted to talk. So let's talk."

"Okay." Naruto nodded. "Okay. Don't make it sound like it was all my idea; you wanted to talk, too."

"Well, yeah, but—" Sasuke cut himself off. If he said anything about sex, Naruto would get all paranoid again. The raven sighed. The blond was almost like a girl, sometimes. "All right. So, first off, tell me about your nightmares. I've been wanting to know about them for a while." Sasuke admitted.

Naruto shifted uneasily in his chair, clearing his throat. "Well, basically, they're memories." Naruto rubbed the inside of his wrist self-consciously. "Um, I always remember this one guy who was about sixteen who used to come around my house all the time. He-he wanted me, but—I'm not sure why." Naruto clenched his jaw at his next words. "And he's the one who killed my parents."

Sasuke winced at Naruto's words, knowing the kind of anger and hate that manifested because of something like that. After all, Itachi had killed his parents. Naruto's parents had also been killed, although who by, Sasuke didn't know. Naruto didn't, either, if his lack of saying so was any indication.

"I'm sorry." Sasuke whispered.

"Kiba told me something similar happened to you." The raven clenched his jaw at those words. Damn Kiba, never minding his own fucking business, he thought, annoyed.

"Yeah." He clenched his fists. "My parents were killed, too."

"How?" Naruto asked in a small, kind voice. Sasuke clenched his fists harder.

"My brother killed them. He burned down the house, with them inside."

"Why?"

"Cause he went crazy, that's why!" Sasuke hollered. He then cursed inwardly at the stunned look on Naruto's face. "I'm sorry." he bit out. "Talking about my brother makes me a little—violent."

"Well, he is trying to kill you." Naruto offered with a small smile.

"Yeah." Sasuke ran his hand through his hair.

The two sat in silence once more, neither sure what to say. After a few minutes, Naruto asked another question, and the two of them continued to talk for another two hours.

Kiba grumbled under his breath as he stalked into Station Seven, practically kicking the door off its hinges with the force of his entry. Genma, who'd been snoozing on the couch, jumped a mile high before falling off, turning to the irate dog-lover.

"Jesus, Wolfgang, what's got your panties in a knot? Girlfriend's dick bigger than yours?" Genma paused in his action of standing as he thought about it, suddenly finding Hinata incredibly appealing.

"Don't even think about it, Shiranui." Kiba growled, able to determine the other man's thoughts based on the expression on his face.

"Hey, Kiba." Kotetsu came out of the bunk-room. "Where's Sasuke?"

"Hence the reason for my annoyance and anger." Kiba grumbled. "The bastard never told me to stop coming to pick him up, so every day, I drive to all four of his houses to find him, only to find out he's getting a ride from Naruto."

"Four?" Kotetsu asked with a frown. "Didn't that one get blown up by Itachi?"

"Bought a new one." Kiba grunted.

"Oh." Kotetsu walked towards the couch, sitting down in a spot vacated by Genma when he jerked off the couch.

"The new guy here, yet?" Kiba inquired as he nodded to Izumo, who'd just exited the bunk room, straightening his shirt. Kiba could only guess what they'd been doing in there, and they were lucky Genma hadn't caught on.

"Nope. Probably won't show up until the shift-change. Sasuke and Naruto scared him yesterday." Genma smirked.

"Dude, you're the one who tried to rape him in the shower." Kotetsu reminded as he motioned the corner of his mouth in Izumo's direction. The other man hastily wiped his mouth with the back of his hand.

"Raidou in the office?" Kiba let out a shout and spun around as Gaara spoke.

"Stop sneaking up on me!" the brunette shouted. "Jesus!"

"Yeah, he is." Izumo offered, all of them ignoring Kiba.

The redhead pushed past the angry dog-lover, headed for Kakashi's office, which was currently occupied by Raidou. Kiba himself just grumbled, annoyed, as he went to grab a cup of coffee. Kakashi wasn't around to tell him not to.

The brunette poured himself a cup, wincing as he realized it was the bottom of the pot, and therefore, would be the most bitter. But whatever. Coffee was coffee. The brunette put the empty pot back in the machine and brought the coffee to his lips. He took a large sip before spitting it back out, half of it threatening to go down his throat until he hacked it back up.

Genma, Kotetsu and Izumo howled with laughter, all of them high-fiving as they stared at the stunned Kiba.

"What the fuck?.!" he hollered angrily, throwing the coffee down the drain and filling his cup with water after rinsing it, downing the whole thing in one go. "What did you do?.!"

"We gave it a little extra flavour." Genma laughed, slapping his knee.

"Yeah," Kotetsu gasped, trying to catch his breath again, "we knew you were gonna finish that, so we decided to experiment."

"What the hell did you put in it?.!" Kiba demanded, his mouth on fire.

"Um, hot sauce, pepper, Xytol—" Izumo began, Genma interrupting him.

"Stuff used to chemically neuter dogs."

"I'm allergic to that stuff!" Kiba hollered at Genma.

"You are?" Kotetsu asked, utterly confused.

"No, I've just always wanted to say that." The brunette sighed, rubbing the back of his head as he dropped his cup into the sink. All three firefighters stared at him, confused.

"Does this—happen often?" Kotetsu inquired.

"What?"

"Being told you've just taken stuff that chemically neuters dogs."

"No."

There was a long pause.

"You're weird!" Genma hollered, pointing one finger at Kiba.

"I don't need this coming from you, you freaking psycho!" Kiba hollered back.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" All of them turned to the door, Naruto walking in with a cocked eyebrow. "What the hell is going on?"

"He called me weird!" Kiba exclaimed, jabbing his finger in Genma's direction.

"Genma, you have no right to say that." Sasuke said, narrowing his eyes.

"Thank you!"

"Kiba is clearly insane. Weird just insults all the weird people out there."

Kiba sputtered. "Sasuke!"

"Slow day." Naruto sighed, leaning his head back. "Why is it such a slow day?"

"People aren't setting fires?" Kiba offered.

"Don't jinx us, you two." Raidou muttered from the table, a spoon in his mouth, but both hands holding a newspaper. "We've had enough action over the last couple of days."

The firefighters sighed as they all lounged about in the firehouse. Yamato and Kiba had started playing hangman in the corner, Raidou was reading the paper, and everyone else was watching television. So far, during their three hours working, they'd only gotten one call. Either everyone had given up on fire for the day, or God had decided to cut them a break.

Sasuke, though, was bored. When he wasn't fighting fires, he was eating, screwing Naruto, sleeping, screwing Naruto, showering, and—oh yeah, screwing Naruto. Watching television wasn't his thing, and that was why he'd spent the last five minutes trying to catch Naruto's attention without anyone else noticing.

The blond finally looked in his direction after what felt like forever and Sasuke motioned the bunk-room with a jerk of his head before wiggling his eyebrows. Naruto stared at him, and then frowned, not understanding. Sasuke motioned the room with his head again and wiggled his hips slightly in his seat. Naruto shook his head, still confused. He didn't get what the raven was asking him.

With a sigh, Sasuke stood up and walked casually towards Naruto, plopping down on the armrest of his chair and leaning close to him. "Wanna go in the bunk-room for a while?"

"And do what?" Naruto whispered.

"What do you think?" Sasuke lowered his voice more, not wanting anyone around them to hear. "You know, do a little dance, make a little love."

Naruto stared. "You wanna sing?"

Sasuke almost slapped his forehead. He's cute. Dumb as nails, but cute. "No!"

"I was kidding." Naruto rolled his eyes. "I'm not a complete idiot."

"Could've fooled me." Sasuke smirked.

"What are you two whispering about?" Genma appeared right in between the two of them.

"Gyah!" Naruto and Sasuke both jerked away from the perverted firefighter, both effectively falling off the chair to land on their asses.

"You guys were talking about having sex, weren't you?" Genma bent down beside Naruto, poking his cheek a few times. "Weren't you?"

"Radar!" Naruto hollered, pulling himself away from Genma. "You have fucking radar!"

"Well, duh!" Genma rolled his eyes. "I wouldn't be much of a pervert if I didn't have radar, now would I?"

"Can I shoot him?.!" Naruto asked Raidou, motioning Genma. "Please! Please!"

"Hello my trusty firefighters!"

"I take it back, can I shoot him?.!" Naruto motioned the Rig Bay door.

"Please do." Raidou said as he put the newspaper down with a sigh. "How many times are we going to have to tell him he can't be here?"

Gai suddenly barged into the main room, his arms full of fruits and nutrition bars. "Hello! How are you all?.! Are you enjoying the vigour and energy that comes with being youthful?.! Are you taking care of yourselves, you fighters of fire and savers of life?.!" He walked around the room, thrusting nutrition bars and fruits at the firefighters. Yamato almost jumped out of his skin when an apple fell onto his lap, followed by a nutrition bar and a hearty pat on his back that almost sent him flying out of his chair.

"And where is Kakashi, the greatest of all firefighters?.!"

"He's in the hospital." Raidou said before covering his ears.

"What?.!" Gai exploded. "How could such an amazing, talented man, who is also my most esteemed rival, be in the hospital?.! Has he given up on youth?.! Is he no longer full of energy?.! Has he lost his ability to love?.!"

"No." Raidou sighed. "We call it being injured on the job."

"I must rectify this!" Gai hollered, throwing his fist in the air. "What hospital? I must visit him and bring him youthful energy and love!" He clasped his hands together as tears streamed down his face. "Do not worry, Kakashi. I am coming for you!"

"He's at the general. Third floor." Raidou offered.

Gai was gone a second later, and all of them sighed, relieved. Then, Naruto frowned, turning to look at Raidou, confused.

"Hey, you told him the truth."

"Of course I did." The scarred firefighter rolled his eyes. "If I had lied, he'd be back here bothering us, wouldn't he? If he finds Kakashi, he'll just stay there and pester him."

Naruto stared at him. "Kakashi's going to kill you when he gets back."

"And I will deserve it." Raidou grinned. "But for now, I will relish the silence."

"And I'm gonna get laid." Sasuke grabbed Naruto's arm, yanking him towards the bunk-room.

"Wha—Sasuke! What about Genma?.!" Naruto demanded as he was pulled into the room.

"What?.! You mean I can join?.!" Genma ran to the door and tried to open it, only to find it locked. "Sasuke, please! I'll be gentle!" He scratched at the door. "Sasuke? Death? Please?" He scratched some more. "Meow?" (2)

Itachi entered his large loft, switching on the light in the entrance as he threw his keys onto the glass table beside the door, closing it behind himself. He took off his black coat as he walked towards the living room, putting it across the back of a chair as he passed the dining room.

Under the alias of Kazuo Mitamuchi, Itachi had been able to live quite easily, and peacefully, right under the police's nose. And to make things even funnier, he lived only two blocks away from one of his brother's houses. He lived quite far from Naruto's, since he was in a residential area and Itachi himself was in an industrial area, but it wasn't a problem going to see him.

Itachi walked into his living room and sank into his couch, pulling out his pack of cigarettes as he placed his booted feet up on the coffee table. He grabbed a cigarette and put it between his lips, lighting it a second later and inhaling the heavenly death. He held it in his lungs for thirty seconds before finally exhaling through his nose, the smoke stinging slightly as it came out of his nostrils.

He took a few more drags of his cigarette, flicking the ashes onto the carpeted floor without caring. A cleaning lady came in every day, so he could be as messy as he wanted. What was the point of having her if he kept the place absolutely spotless?

Itachi's thoughts drifted back to his gorgeous blond as he inhaled on his cigarette again, thinking about Naruto's transfer. He'd never followed Naruto at the station when he worked for Station Twelve because it was impossible for him, as a civilian, to follow a fire-truck. Since he didn't know where the fires would happen unless he set them, it wasn't like he could just sit back and wait for him to appear. That was why he went to WalMart. He had a source who worked there, and he gave Itachi the blond's schedule for every week, even going so far as calling him if he suddenly changed a shift.

Itachi hadn't known of Naruto's transfer due to the fact that he hadn't stuck around for any of his fires for Station Seven for a long time. The previous fire had been the first one in a long time he'd stayed to witness, and he'd almost been tempted to stop the bomb he'd put under Engine Seven so that Naruto wouldn't get hurt. But, he hadn't, because he knew Naruto had Lady Luck on his side. He always seemed to be able to get himself out of anything and everything. It was—strange.

He won't get away from me, Itachi thought with a smirk as he stood to get himself a glass of wine, the cigarette still dangling between his lips. Even if he's with Sasuke, I'll just take him. I always get what I want so this won't be any different.

The elder Uchiha smirked as he formulated his next arson, opening a bottle of red wine and pouring himself a glass. How many more people can I kill from Station Seven? he wondered, an evil smirk marring his otherwise handsome features. How many more people until I'm finally rid of you, little brother? Until I finally have my golden angel all to myself?

(1) SPOILER FOR THE MANGA: Since we don't know Yamato's real name, as Tsunade just calls him this, and Kakashi calls him Tenzou later on, I decided to mix the two together, hence, Tenzou Yamato. Just thought I'd clear it up.

(2) Yes, people do this. :cough FUZZY-HIME cough: lol