Run Away

By: Naruto's Mask

NM-chan: -ahem- Welcome, one and all, to the world of Writer-Block-Induced Fillers. This doesn't have much to do with the actual plot, but there is some revelation of the council's attitude, and Kyo acting more seme-ish since it was popular vote for him to be seme. Plus, I also had to put in the reason why Sasuke couldn't speak to Naruto. I knew why he couldn't! I honestly did!

-bodiless being-: Hey there! I'm NM-chan's imaginary friend, and I'm just here to tell you that she actually had no clue why Sasuke didn't say anything to Naruto, she just didn't feel like making a mushy moment at the time and made an excuse! So, forgive her if she's just rambling at Sasuke's part.

NM-chan: That's enough, Bob! Jeeze, I thought I got rid of you in therepy!

Bob: YOU WILL NEVER GET RID OF ME! I mean, after all, I live in your mind, and do you have any idea how dirty it is in there? I swear, it's like the thing's in a gutter or something!

NM-chan: The result of nose-bleed causing pictures and fanfics. Anyways, let's just get on with the story! I don't own anyone but Kyo and all my other OCs. Enjoy!

"Tsunade-san, you have to understand. We cannot allow those children to participate."

"That are the students of that…that demon! If they are allowed to participate in the exams, they will surely kill everyone there!"

"And the Yamikage actually trusts that beast. The demon should be put to death before he corrupts the minds of anyone else. Before he turns every village against us!"

Tsunade sighed as she stood in the middle of the village council. These old farts were as closed-minded as ever. And she was this close to smacking all of them across the head for calling her little brother those things. Well, at least she as the satisfaction of knowing that she can shove it in their faces that they could not touch the blond male.

"Are you looking to go to war with another village? If we so much as touch Naruto the wrong way, the Yamikage is going to send his entire force after us. We're still weak from the war with Otogakure. If we get another village pissed off, one that has enough skills and power to make up for their lack of numbers, we won't stand a chance. These exams were supposed to serve as an anchor to possible ally with Yami, not start a war with them." She explained, inwardly smirking at the infuriated looks on their wrinkled faces. They knew she was right, they just didn't want to admit it.

"Why would we want to ally with a village that trusts monsters?" One of the old men snarled. Tsunade couldn't help but sigh heavily.

Maybe because they're smart enough to know the difference between a demon and a demon vessel. She thought shaking her head.

"Besides, the Uchiha already took care of Orochimaru. If he can take care of a sannin, then a village full of demon-lovers won't be a problem." One of the women smirked. Tsunade couldn't help but roll her eyes. It was not Sasuke who killed Orochimaru, but Naruto who weakened the snake before Tsunade and Jiraiya came to help him. Once again, everyone refused to accept Naruto would be smart and strong enough to be a formidable opponent for a sannin.

Not being able to take anymore of the council's hardheadedness and complete refusal to accept when they're wrong, Tsunade turned to leave without another word.

"What do you think you're doing? We're not done here." The blond woman snarled and turned to glare at them.

"Yes we are. I'm not going to stand here and listen to your closed-minded ideals. You might not accept this, but Naruto is not, was not, and will never be a demon. If you opened your eyes, you would see how much he's saved this village, this village that never deserved his protection. You thank me for saving the lives of ninjas in the hospital every day? Guess what, if it weren't for Naruto, I would have never come back. You're grateful that Uchiha Sasuke returned, it was Naruto who brought him back in the first place."

"After nearly killing him!" Whoever said that was brave, but their bravery faltered because of Tsunade's worse-than-Uchiha-and-Hyuuga-combined glare.

"Oh yes, that is a problem. Sasuke wasn't supposed to be brought back to the village half-dead, he was supposed to be killed on sight! He was an S-class missing-nin, but what happened? He got off with house arrest for a year and Naruto, the one who nearly died trying to bring him back, was almost executed. Well, I agree, Naruto should have been punished. However, not for hurting the Uchiha brat, but for not killing him. I had already ordered ANBU to kill Sasuke, the brat was just lucky that Naruto found him first." She was pissed off by now at these people. For years, she's put up with their prejudice against Naruto. Sure, she's complained about it a lot, but she never did too much about it. Now, she was just fed up.

"Naruto is not part of the village anymore. The daimyo has excused him of the little crimes he's committed. He is a proud ninja of Yamigakure. Many villages already hate us because of our strength, but that strength has weakened and we're only just getting stronger. They will not hesitate to join Yami's side should they decided to go to war with us. If you're too busy trying to convince yourself that a child, a child that saved your asses merely by being alive, is nothing more than a monster, then at least open your eyes to this. Konoha is weak, and any conflict, even with a new village, may destroy us completely, and it will be your fault." With these final words, Tsunade left. Shutting the door angrily behind her.

"You sure showed them." The woman was leaning against the door, breathing heavily as she tried to calm herself from her outburst, when a familiar voice cut through the silence of the hall.

"I see word's gotten around to you?" She smiled, glad for the company of someone who won't piss her off in the same way the council just did.

"Yup. I was just passing by to see what you were going to do about the council forcing the S-class title on Naruto, but was pleasantly surprised to hear the brat has gotten himself in and out of trouble again." The toad sannin grinned as he walked alongside his old teammate.

"Yeah, that's Naruto all right." She said with a fond smile. Then she shook her head with a sigh. "I swear, the moment I see that twerp, I will punch him through the wall! Three years of headache, only to figure out that the people giving me the headache were wasting their time!"

Jiraiya laughed loudly at that. It's been a while since Tsunade has threatened to punch someone through a wall. A nostalgic feeling swept over them as a feeling of normalcy that the two old friends haven't felt in years settled in the atmosphere.

"Hey, I heard that the brat's got himself a team participating in the exams." He mused, earning a smirk from the blond woman.

"That is true, and I, for one, am looking forward to seeing their progress. With Naruto as a sensei, I think this exam is going to be pretty interesting." They laughed and walked down the halls, not noticing the slight chill in the air after Tsunade finished her sentence.

Sasuke growled at himself as he walked to his house. He had a dark aura surrounding him, making anyone who wanted to talk to him think twice. He was pissed off because, after three years, three years of breaking his back, going after every clue available, and having dreams of their reunion and what they would say to each other, what happens when they finally meet up? The Uchiha says absolutely NOTHING!!! He just stood there, watching everyone else either happily embrace him, or give him other forms of welcome. Then Naruto gives a few words to his team, and leaves to take care of errands. And all through that, Uchiha Sasuke says absolutely nothing.

He didn't know why, but he just couldn't say anything. When he saw Naruto turn to them, he just froze up but…why? That, he couldn't even explain to himself. Luckily for him, he could have a second chance. Sakura knew where Naruto was staying, so she offered for the Uchiha to accompany her while she went to pick him up. This time, he wouldn't freeze up when he saw Naruto. He needed to thank the blond, and he needed to tell him how much…

How much he means to me…Sasuke thought, his angry aura turning into a calmer one as he thought about the one who had been on his mind for years, even before the disappearance. It took the Uchiha a while before he realized what the thoughts meant, but he soon realized his feeling for Naruto.

Of course, when he realized said feelings, Sasuke nearly had a heart attack, but he recovered. After that, he made a promise to himself that he wasn't going to let anything get in the way of being with the blond. After all, and Uchiha always gets what he wants.

It was too bad he didn't realize that not everything was going to be served to an Uchiha on a silver platter, especially not the heart of someone who has already given it away.

ACHOO!!!!

Naruto sniffed as he tried to recover from the dizziness caused by the loud, and kind of painful, sneeze. He sniffed and sighed in both annoyance, and exhaustion.

I better not be getting a cold! I can't afford to get a cold now! He thought as he looked through papers and documents. Most of the work should have been distributed to organized groups formed exactly for this purpose, but there were not a lot of people in Yami qualified, and it would be a while before the training for the new workers was completed. So, for the time, Tatsuya had no choice but to distribute it to those most qualified, and Naruto, taking some training from Tsunade and Iruka, qualified for most of the document-based jobs, and he's taken as much work as he could to take off stress from those who were still getting used to their lives in Yami. Of course, all that did was put more stress on himself.

"Naruto, you're not starting to get sick, are you?" The blond turned and smiled at Kyo, who was looking at him worriedly from his own work, which was a lot less than what he had.

"No! No, I'm fine." He said with a grin, but the yawn that broke through it made the claim seem completely false. Kyo smiled halfheartedly and walked over to his blond boyfriend. Without saying a word, he took Naruto by the hand and took him off the chair.

"Come on." He said laying the blond on the bed.

"What are you doing? I still –yawn- have a lot more to do before the week is over." He complained, but the redhead wouldn't hear of it. He pushed Naruto to the bed and when he tried to escape, Kyo just straddled his hips and pinned his arms onto the mattress.

"Look, you've been working yourself to the bone for weeks. And you got up so early this morning, I doubt you got more that three hours of sleep last night. So, I'm going to make you lay down in bed, even if I have to tie you up." He said with a stubborn, but concerned look in his eyes. Even so, Naruto knew he still had too much work to do to rest.

"But-"

"Sorry, Naru-chan, no 'buts'." Kyo put on a stern face, but then he smiled and kissed the blond gently on the lips. "Rest. You still have that welcome back party with your friends, and I think the last thing you want is to fall asleep in the middle of it." He tried to reason with him.

"You're not letting me up no matter how much I complain are you?" Naruto asked.

"Nope." The longhaired male grinned and kissed him again. Naruto finally sighed and surrendered, allowing his already heavy eyelids to drift close. Kyo got off and put the blankets on the slumbering man. His green eyes then turned to the clock.

Eleven o'clock, that's good. He can get a few more hours of sleep before they come over to pick him up. He smiled and looked over at the pile where Naruto's work was spread across and the man sighed.

"You amaze me more and more everyday, Naru-chan, I don't know anybody who can volunteer for all this work at once and stay sane." He said sweatdropping and putting them all into a pile, a pretty big pile. "My Naru-chan, the masochist. That would be a pretty good conversation starter." He smiled to himself, and shut off the lights, allowing the blond male to sleep peacefully.

NM-chan: All right, filler is over, you can all come out of your rooms now. This was an excuse for KyoNaru fluff and to make the guy a little more seme-ish. As for Sasuke's part, that was an excuse to reveal his feelings, and to get it out of the way! Please listen to Bob and forgive the ramble!!!

Bob: Oh boy, here comes the waterworks. Hey, guys, can you do her a favor and drop a review? You know, tell her that this didn't suck as much as she thought it did. At least it didn't take as long as usual, you've got to give her some credit for that. And, if you do drop a word or two, I'll try to get her to start rolling along with the actual plot, and give Team Naruto a chance to shine.

NM-chan: Aw, Bob still loves me! I knew I shouldn't have tried to get rid of you in therepy!

Oh, before I let you go, I still need votes on the addition of OCs. A lot think that there shouldn't be anymore, but I'm leaving the polls open. So, R&R...please?