A/N: Hehe thank you everyone. I hope this chapter makes you guys even happier.

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Kyuubi had joined Naruto and Sasuke for dinner for the following days. Naruto was fine that he didn't join them for the rest of the meals. He was just happy that Kyuubi ate with them at all. It was refreshing, even for Kyuubi.

It was the rare case that Kyuubi joined them for lunch.

"When are you going to bring the maids back." Kyuubi demanded. The house was becoming dirty and he would much rather live in a clean one.

"I'll tell them to come back this week." Naruto answered.

"Good." Kyuubi mumbled.

They continued to eat their food, but Kyuubi spoke up again and pointed at Sasuke.

"He should come hear me play at the bar today. I think he would like it..and you too." He mumbled again. Kyuubi had already retracted his ears and tails, so they weren't visible.

"Are you actually inviting us?" Naruto asked, shocked.

"Forget it." Kyuubi continued to mumble.

"No, we'll go." Naruto quickly said. "What time should we come?"

"Nine."

"Then'll we'll be there by nine." Naruto smiled.

Naruto barely heard an 'okay' from Kyuubi, but he knew Kyuubi was happy. He never heard Kyuubi perform, only practice.

It was only noon now, so they had time. Kyuubi left the table and went downstairs to get ready. Even though he told Naruto to come around nine, he still had to perform earlier.

When Naruto and Sasuke finished their food as well, Naruto told Sasuke to take a shower. Sasuke pouted, not wanting to.

"Come on."

Sasuke folded his arms and looked away.

Naruto simply grabbed him and picked him up. He heard a startled noise come out from Sasuke, but he continued to carry him all the way upstairs. Naruto put him down when they reached his bathroom.

"Now go. We'll go to town before we listen to Kyuubi, so I'll buy you something you like."

Sasuke sulked, but the bribe was enough for him to comply. He started to think about something he would want, nothing really coming to mind. He stripped himself from his clothing and stepped into the shower stall.

Naruto waited for Sasuke to finish. After twenty minutes, Sasuke came out sopping wet. Naruto handed Sasuke a towel to dry his body. He grabbed another towel to help dry Sasuke's hair.

Sasuke liked the feeling of Naruto drying his hair for him. He felt fingers running through his hair, making him lightly purr. Then he felt soft warm air blowing on him, making his ears perk.

"It's just a blow dryer to dry your hair. Do you like it?"

He saw Sasuke nod and he continued to blow dry him. Naruto liked pampering Sasuke. He saw Sasuke's hair going back up to its spiky self.

When Sasuke was dry, Naruto gave him clean briefs and his yukata. He carefully guided his tail through the hole of his underwear and then slipped it on all the way. He put his arms through the sleeves and Naruto tied the yukata on. Sasuke didn't like how his tail was confined under the clothing, but he just dealt with it.

Naruto hugged Sasuke for just looking cute. He touched Sasuke's ears which caused him to lean towards the touch. Naruto kissed him on the lips, making Sasuke blush. He licked Sasuke's lips, reaching his teeth. Sasuke lightly gasped, allowing Naruto entrance. Naruto brought Sasuke into a locked, heated kiss by lightly grabbing the back of Sasuke's head.

Sasuke had no idea what to do. He could feel saliva dribble down his mouth and Naruto's tongue touch his own. He experimentally touched his master's tongue, but it made him blush even more instead.

Naruto pulled away to see Sasuke's flushed face. His tongue was still sticking out from his daze, but Sasuke quickly closed his mouth in embarrassment. He wiped the drool that was on the sides of his mouth.

Naruto kissed Sasuke's cheek and whispered an 'I love you'. He saw Sasuke give a tiny smile in return.

"It's okay to call you my lover right?"

Sasuke tilted his head in question. A lover?

"It just means you're my special person. The one I love and no one else. But don't get it confused with family love." Naruto lightly touched Sasuke's chest. "You feel differently here right? Your love from me compared to your brother?"

Sasuke looked at Naruto's hand touching his chest. He could feel his own heartbeat, something different from what he felt when he was with his brother. Sasuke nodded. It was indeed different.

Naruto let out a relieved sigh.

"Thank god. I'll be honest, I was scared you might be confused." He mumbled. "But I'm really happy, even though I can't hear you say it, at least I know you love me." He smiled.

Sasuke hugged his master and buried his head into Naruto's chest. He felt a little guilty not being able to express his love through words.

Naruto kissed the side of Sasuke's face as if reassuring him it was okay.

"Naruto! I'm leaving, don't forget to come tonight..!" Kyuubi was at the front door. He never told Naruto he was leaving, never. But just something..he wanted Naruto to know he was leaving.

Naruto heard Kyuubi and went out of his room to the stairs.

"We'll see you tonight Kyuubi." Naruto said from the top of the stairs.

Sasuke followed behind Naruto and saw Kyuubi leaving.

"I'll see you then." Kyuubi turned to leave, but he saw Sasuke wave goodbye with a smile. He stared at Sasuke, but then he saw that smile drop. He quickly waved back, not wanting to upset Sasuke. He felt some sort of satisfaction when he saw Sasuke's smile return. He once again turned away and left.

"He's changed so much." Naruto commented. "Do you like him now?"

Sasuke smiled and nodded.

"That's good." Naruto messed Sasuke's hair. "We still have about seven hours until we will listen to Kyuubi. Do you want to leave now or later?"

Sasuke scampered back to the room and grabbed his board. He wrote 'Now' and showed it to Naruto.

"Then we'll leave now." Naruto laughed. "Let's go."

They reached there by carriage. Naruto made the decision to put the leash on Sasuke. As much as he hated doing that, he couldn't risk losing him. Sasuke's curiosity was a huge problem. Already, Sasuke was wandering around the area. Before, Sasuke wouldn't leave Naruto's side out of fear, but ever since they've become closer, Sasuke became more adventurous.

Sasuke didn't mind the leash, only because he was used to it. Even though he's been here many times, he was always finding new things to look upon. He tugged on Naruto's shirt when he saw fish, pointing to it.

"Don't you ever get sick of that?"

Sasuke shook his head. How could he? It was the most delicious thing he had eaten in years.

"I'll buy you it for dinner, plus, you just ate."

Sasuke nodded and smiled.

"We'll come back here later to eat. Let's go to the other side so you can pick something out like I promised."

Sasuke excitedly nodded again, and grabbed his master's hand unconsciously. He silently gasped to himself when he noticed what he did and saw others staring. He quickly let go, feeling a little too self conscious.

"What's wrong?" Naruto grabbed Sasuke's hand back into his own.

Sasuke shook his head and faintly blushed. He squeezed his master's hand, feeling almost giddy.

Sasuke stayed close to Naruto when they passed the hybrid shops. It seemed busier than usual. There were many people crowding around outside, but both Naruto and Sasuke didn't pay any mind to it. Naruto quickly lead Sasuke through the area, knowing it made him uncomfortable.

Sasuke took a breath of relief when they finally left the area. Something immediately caught his eye and he dragged Naruto to the window of a store. He pointed to the window and showed Naruto.

Naruto looked to see what Sasuke was pointing at and saw that it was a stuffed golden fox.

"You really like stuffed animals don't you."

Sasuke pointed to Naruto.

"Me? What about me?" Naruto questioned.

Sasuke lightly touched the whisker like scars Naruto had, and then pointed at the fox's whiskers.

"Are you saying it looks like me?" Naruto laughed.

Sasuke nodded.

"Do you want it?"

Sasuke shyly looked at Naruto and nodded.

Naruto smiled and gently pulled Sasuke through the doors. He let Sasuke pick out the fox, but he felt Sasuke pulling him. He saw him excitedly pointing at another stuffed animal.

"I can't believe they actually have that." Naruto was referring to the nine tailed fox Sasuke was pointing at.

"Ah, the nine tail fox, it was rumored to be a demon created by humans. Of course, it's just a rumor, but you know us humans love this kind of gossip."

Naruto turned around to see the store clerk behind them.

"Haha, sorry I didn't mean to scare you two." He laughed. "Are you guys ready to check out?"

"I think we are." He turned to Sasuke. "You want that too? You can give it to..Kurama." Naruto wanted to be careful in saying Kyuubi's name. People only knew Kyuubi as the nine tailed fox, not Kurama. If he had said Kyuubi, it might stir something up since the store clerk knew about the rumors.

Sasuke nodded and picked out a stuffed nine tailed fox. He handed both of the foxes to Naruto so he could pay for it.

Naruto brought them to the cashier and paid for them. The clerk put them in a bag and handed it to Naruto, who gave it to Sasuke.

"Thank you." Both Naruto and the clerk said before they left.

Naruto lead Sasuke to a bench under a tree.

"Are you happy now?"

Sasuke nodded and smiled at Naruto.

"You're welcome Sasuke." He messed Sasuke's hair.

Sasuke took out the stuffed foxes and admired them. He put them back in the bag, not wanting to dirty them.

"We still have a lot of time to kill. What do you want to do? Just tell me when you're hungry and we'll go back to eat."

Sasuke nodded, and they sat there for a couple minutes before Sasuke wanted to go elsewhere again.

Naruto loosely had Sasuke's leash around his wrist with his hands in his pockets. He followed Sasuke around, watching him look at almost everything. It was so tempting to buy Sasuke everything he laid his eyes on, but he didn't want to spoil Sasuke too much.

Sasuke managed to spend couple hours just browsing through the stores. He looked at everything that he came across.

Naruto bought him more sweaters to wear. He also thought t-shirts would be nice since it was hot, so he bought several for Sasuke. He tried to convince him to wear pants, but when Sasuke tried them on, he didn't like them. He didn't like how the material stuck to his legs, making him like his yukata better.

When they were done shopping for Sasuke's clothes, Sasuke became hungry. He held all his bags in one hand and tugged on Naruto's shirt.

"Yes Sasuke?" He looked at Sasuke with the many bags. "Let me help you with that."

Naruto reached for Sasuke's bags, but Sasuke refused to give it to Naruto. He always had to carry things for his masters, but it was the fact that it was his, that it made him happy to carry his own things.

Naruto gave up trying to help Sasuke.

"Are you hungry?" He continued when Sasuke nodded. "It's probably from all that walking you did. I think you looked at almost everything in the stores we went to." He laughed.

Sasuke put the bags back evenly in both hands.

"Hm?" Naruto touched Sasuke's hand. "How am I going to hold your hand if both of them are full?"

Sasuke looked down and looked back up with a troubled face.

Naruto laughed and quickly took the bags out of one hand and replaced it with his own hand before Sasuke could even react.

"There." He smiled.

They started to head back to get fish for Sasuke. They passed through the 'pet' shops again, but this time it was even more crowded. Naruto never saw it so busy before, and he could tell Sasuke was uncomfortable.

Sasuke was easily distracted with someone selling food on the side. He pointed to it, wondering what it was.

"That?" Naruto pointed to make sure he was getting it right. "That's takoyaki. Do you want to try some? You can snack on some before you eat dinner."

Sasuke nodded, it smelled so good.

Naruto went to the stand to pay for them. When he had them in his hand, he felt a huge jerk from Sasuke's leash, making him drop the takoyaki.

"Sasuke, what's wrong with you!"

Sasuke was pulling furiously against the leash as if looking for something.

And Sasuke indeed saw something that made his heart both drop and lift up in hope. His eyes were wide and he started to panic. He heard his master yelling at him and he dropped to his knees. He grabbed the Naruto's shirt in desperation, tears rolling off his cheeks.

And for the first time, after years of silence. That trembling mouth opened. A hoarse voice croaked its way through Sasuke's throat, just barely above a whisper, only to utter a single word—

"I..Itachi."