Okaaay here's chappie two zero. Yatta!! Comments on this one? Hmmm...yah Sasuke-kun rules the universe. He's THAT AWESOME.

And...yah i dunno how Anbu procedures work... so i made things up. Yah yah i know its a fanfic i can write what I want without explainin but I like to accurately portray things!!

Just read it... :)

-Kitsune

P.S.: Hey and if u haven't yet, check out my other stories and lemme' know what you think of them, flames and all if u want. They're smaller, all basically one shots, so they don't get as many hits. Thnx! I'll love my reviewers forever...(hands out cookies and Ramen...and Naruto plushies)

"Naruto.." Sasuke started, looking down at the comforter. Naruto leaned toward him more and Sasuke looked back up.

"We should tell everybody." He concluded finally.

Chapter XX

Excite Me

Naruto's eyes widened.

"Sasuke are you sure.." he asked, easing himself into Sasuke's lap. Sasuke thought for a few more seconds as he rubbed his hands up and down Naruto's shoulders.

"Yeah… I.. I'm tired of hiding it. I want us to be open lovers." Sasuke said, studying Naruto's excited blue eyes. Naruto glowed.

"Whoa.. really?" he asked. Sasuke nodded.

"Of course. I'm going to take you on a date tomorrow." Sasuke said, taking both Naruto's hands. Naruto twined his fingers with Sasuke's and laid his head on Sasuke's shoulder. "Yeah..?"

"Yeah."

"Where are we going to go?" Naruto asked. Sasuke looked down at Naruto and affectionately pressed his lips to Naruto's forehead.

"We're going to some people's houses." Sasuke said. Naruto turned his face inward to nuzzle in Sasuke's clothing.

"Everyone? Are we telling everyone?" he asked to make sure, tracing his fingers along Sasuke's chest as he cuddled. Sasuke nodded, wrapping his arms around Naruto. "Even Sakura?" Naruto asked then, sitting up to watch Sasuke's face. Sasuke looked rather determined.

"She has to know eventually." Sasuke reasoned. Naruto looked unsure.

"Why?" he murmured. Sasuke softly caressed Naruto's face with his hands.

"Because if I'm going to be with you then.. there's no hiding it." Sasuke whispered in Naruto's ear. He hugged Naruto and kissed him. They separated and smiled at each other in the dark.

"Can I touch you in public?" Naruto asked with a smirk. Sasuke nodded.

"Go right ahead. Just don't blush too hard when I touch you back." Sasuke retorted, laying back down to go to sleep, and opening his arms for Naruto to sleep on top of him.

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The next morning, after Naruto cooked Sasuke breakfast and then obnoxiously fed it to him in front of Kakashi, the two stumbled out the doorway glued to each other, pausing briefly by a tree to tongue-kiss, then running off down the pathway, Naruto pulling Sasuke by the hand.

"Broad daylight.. Broad daylight holding hands!!" Naruto exclaimed excitedly, skipping along in front of Sasuke while dragging him. Sasuke smiled just a little, watching Naruto's happiness.

"Hey this won't be easy." Sasuke reminded him. Naruto slowed and hugged to Sasuke's arm.

"I don't care." He said plainly. Sasuke sighed, leaning to press his mouth to Naruto's cheek.

"Well good. Because today is going to be rough." Sasuke emphasized once again.

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They stood together in front of Kiba's doorstep. Sasuke looked over at Naruto, who was looking slightly sick.

"Told you." He said calmly, and looked back at the door before reaching to knock. Naruto reached out and grabbed his wrist, getting a last spasm of nervousness.

"No! No.." Naruto objected, blocking Sasuke from the door and pulling him into a kiss. "Mm.. stop we have to do this. No distractions...and it's just Kiba, what will you do when we get to the major ones...like other senseis, and Hinata...and then finally Sakura..." Sasuke murmured. Naruto only began to slightly panic. He made Naruto stand still and stop fidgeting. "Hey.. I love you." He concluded quietly. Naruto smiled, calming a little bit.

"I love you Sasuke.." Just then, Kiba swung open the door and stared at them. Naruto turned around to face him, his hand still in Sasuke's.

"Hey.. Kiba. How—how are you doing?" Naruto asked nervously. Sasuke stood coolly and waited for a reaction. Kiba started to answer normally but then noticed their hands joined between them. As Kiba pointed and opened his mouth to speak but nothing came out, Sasuke sighed and put his free hand in his pocket.

"Did you guys know you're holding hands?" Kiba then managed to get out. Akamaru randomly started barking from his spot atop Kiba's head. Sasuke immediately rolled his eyes.

"Of course we know it.. is anyone else here?" Sasuke asked, peering around inside the doorway. Kiba shook his head, his eyes still wide.

"No.. but what.. what's going on?" He finally managed. Naruto sighed and leaned against the doorpost, swinging his and Sasuke's hands between them.

"I'm in love with Sasuke.." He said with a slight smile, eagerly awaiting a good reaction like Ino's had been. Sasuke waited silently, nearly holding his breath. Kiba's jaw hit the floor first, and he stared even harder at the two of them.

"Hold.. hold on." Kiba stood up straight and put his hand to his head, then began pacing and staring up at the ceiling.

"You two? As in you guys, Uzumaki Naruto, Uchiha Sasuke. Bitter rivals, hate each other, fight all the time, and ALL of a freakin' SUDDEN..

y-you're like.. in LOVE? As in.. in love. What kind of—AHA!" Kiba halted and turned to point at Naruto, who rose both eyebrows in amusement.

"You! You love sick jokes!" He exclaimed. Sasuke rose an eyebrow and waited out Kiba's outburst.

"This is all one huuuge classic Uzamaki prank! How you got HIM to participate I have no clue!" He exclaimed rather loudly, pointing at Sasuke. Sasuke's eyes merely narrowed in mild irritation. Meanwhile, Naruto slowly stood up off the doorpost and neared Sasuke. Without warning, Naruto turned his back to Kiba and pressed his mouth to Sasuke's. They both heard Kiba silence to a level of quietness that neither of them had heard from anyone in awhile. They busied themselves with kissing soaking in the fact that someone besides Kakashi or Ino was watching them. Kiba waited in dead silence, his eyes wider than ever, and he even walked to one side to stare from a different angle, then nearly jumped as Sasuke's arms slipped around Naruto's waist.

"Whoa!" Kiba shouted, pointing. Sasuke broke the kiss first, and looked up.

"Alright, so now you know." He said plainly. Kiba suddenly began talking again.

"How long has this been going on?? How did this happen? Why are you telling me? Am I the last one to know? Am I first??" Kiba rambled. Sasuke held up a hand and he silenced, and Naruto spoke up.

"Um.. its been going on awhile, it happened I don't know how,…what did you ask next? Oh yeah…we're telling you because we're sick of hiding it and no you're not the first to know." Naruto took a breath. "Yes! I answered everything in order!" He exclaimed. Sasuke rolled his eyes but couldn't help smirking at Naruto's cuteness, then continued.

"Kiba look. Tell anyone and I'll personally silence you for good. No one finds out before WE decide to tell them. Could be later today, could be never. Got it?" Sasuke threatened.

"Got it! I'll keep quiet!" Kiba agreed quickly. Naruto, still smiling, fiddling with Sasuke's shirt hem.

"Right now, only you, Ino, and our sensei know." He said. Kiba's eyebrows flew up again.

"What? Kakashi knows?? And he's—"

"Completely fine." Sasuke finished. Kiba stood and stared for a long while.

"Sorry. I'm just having a reaaally hard time wrapping my mind around this." Kiba said, shaking his head at himself and staring at the floor.

"Take your time, we have to go." Naruto said, turning toward the doorway. They didn't get another response. Kiba kept staring, appearing to be thinking hard. Sasuke leaned forward to stare him in the face, and Kiba still didn't look up.

"I think we've lost him. Let's go." Naruto said, taking Sasuke's hand and pulling him out the door. Once they got outside, Sasuke sighed and Naruto put his face in Sasuke's shoulder.

"Man.. that was kinda weird.. Are we sure we want to tell everyone today?" Naruto asked, his voice muffled. Sasuke patted Naruto on the back while he peered at their surroundings.

"Not sure." He answered simply.

"Are we telling Sakura?" Naruto slowly asked next. Sasuke remained silent until Naruto looked up to see what was wrong. Sasuke stared at the ground.

"I'm not sure. It's pretty much going to end how we live for good. We might not live in the same house anymore as a unit, we might even get a replacement teammate. It'll be impossible for her to work with us and for us to work with her if she finds out." Sasuke said. Naruto looked a little sadder.

"I didn't think about all that." He said, scratching his head. Sasuke watched him for a few more seconds, then sighed again and pulled Naruto closer by the hand.

"We won't tell anyone else today."

"Hm?" Naruto questioned. Sasuke began walking, and Naruto followed, his hand in Sasuke's.

"Hey, where are we going?" he asked. Sasuke turned and gave him a smile.

"To the movies. Then to ramen for lunch. Then I'll buy you something and we'll go anywhere you want." Sasuke explained.

"A date!" Naruto cheered, hopping beside Sasuke.

"And how about this, Naru-chan? We won't care who might see us." Sasuke added. Naruto nodded.

"Sounds good to me."

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They didn't get back home until 11pm. After running around town to a movie, a Ramen shop for lunch, a lake for a walk, and even going to some shops and buying each other things, all while hand in hand, they consequently hadn't run into anyone they knew at all.

"I can't believe that! The very day we don't mind being noticed, no one notices us." Naruto exclaimed, dropping his bags on a couch and plopping down next to them.

"I know.. frustrating coincidence." Sasuke murmured, sitting down next to Naruto and sighing. Naruto leaned against Sasuke as Sasuke's arm came around his shoulders. He felt Sasuke kiss him right beside his ear, so he turned around they began kissing heatedly on the couch until they were horizontal. Kakashi suddenly walked past the couch at a good clip.

"Incoming." He was then gone. Naruto started to sit up, but Sasuke's arms squeezed around him.

"Stay." He said simply.

"But she's—"

"Sh! Go to sleep." Just as Sakura came in, Naruto caught on and closed his eyes. Before he knew it, he wasn't even worried about Sakura's presence; he was obsessed with the security of laying with his head on Sasuke's chest. As Sakura came in, Sasuke calmly relaxed and flipped on the TV, at the same time rubbing Naruto's back. Sakura stared for awhile as she sat down on the empty end of the couch before she said anything.

"Hey.. Sasuke-kun.. what's going on?" she asked. Sasuke appeared to be wondering for a moment what she was talking about.

"Oh, you mean—well he's tired.. and you know him, too much energy for his own good. Basically collapsed when we got in." Sasuke explained coolly. Sasuke turned his attention back to the TV and tried to ignore the extremely envious vibes coming from Sakura.

"So.. he decides to sleep on you?" she asked next.

"We're like family now.. why not.." Sasuke said dryly. Sakura sighed.

"Because.. well why are you and Naruto so…like closer than ever?!? It's like you're inseparable." Sakura asked. Sasuke looked down at Naruto.

"That's because we are." He answered. Sakura's eyes widened.

"But.. why??? You hated each other to the point where you'd fight every day! And then suddenly, the fights get harder because for some reason more emotion is involved, and lately the only way you fight is if it's like some little pointless bicker, and in five minutes you're disappearing together again!" Sakura vented. Meanwhile, Naruto was feeling extremely comfortable pretending to sleep on Sasuke's chest, and felt a little bit of satisfaction that Sakura was so jealous of him. He found himself looking for ways to make her even angrier. He stirred slowly, his arms slipping around Sasuke's body in comfort as he shifted himself on top of Sasuke. He then continued feigning deep sleep. He felt Sasuke holding him more snugly.

"I like it when he sleeps.." Sasuke said quietly, and Naruto felt soft strokes through his hair. He began to get slightly nervous.

"Sakura's sitting right there.. wow.. this is the closest we've ever been to giving it away what our relationship has become…" Naruto found himself thinking. Sakura was silently for a long time, and Naruto wanted badly to see what was happening.

"I.. really feel protective of him lately.." Sasuke said soon. Sakura stared at them both pensively.

"Sasuke-kun.. really, what's going on?" she finally asked. Naruto nearly held his breath. He almost wished he weren't faking sleep, but he was confident that Sasuke knew what was best to say for both of them. Sasuke paused not saying a word at first, and Naruto began to get nervous.

"Is this.. it? Is he going to tell her?...I don't.. I can't.. I'm not ready!" he suddenly realized. Sasuke, feeling Naruto tense, found himself at a loss for words. He had been about to just tell her, at least that they liked each other a little bit.

"Nothing… nothing's going on.. why? What, I have to take care of him at least some, and vice-versa—we're more similar than we'd like to think.. why, do you need to say something?" Sasuke asked back. Sakura shook her head.

"No.. no, just forget it…" She stood and left quickly. After a few minutes, just to be certain she had gone, Naruto raised his head.

"You were going to tell her." He said first. Sasuke smirked a little and shrugged. "Why didn't you?" Naruto questioned next. Sasuke's hands affectionately rubbed up and down his back.

"Because I could feel you…" Sasuke's fingers lightly traced the center of Naruto's back. "I felt that you didn't want me to." He answered bluntly. Naruto smiled.

"Oh…" Sasuke smiled back at him.

"Hn. You're so cute Naruto.."

"Yeah?"

"Yeah…"

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The next morning was totally quiet. In the living room, Sasuke lay still in the same exact spot, sound asleep with his hands folded lightly on his chest. From the other side of the house, footsteps could be heard approaching. Quickly.

"Sasuke!! Sasuke-san!!! Sasa!!" Naruto came tearing through the room and breached the couch, landing right on top of him and bouncing repeatedly. Needless to say, Sasuke bolted awake, eyes wide, and quite unnerved.

"What—hey WHAT??" Sasuke yelled, suddenly fully alert, his arms automatically steadying Naruto's reckless movements on top of him.

"Sasa-kun—you… You!...you…" Naruto gasped, panting for breath. Sasuke stared in confusion, rubbing his eye with one hand, his face still flushed from deep sleep.

"Calm down.. breathe.. then tell me what you need to tell me.." Sasuke instructed slowly, growing a small smirk. Kakashi suddenly came in calmly, looking particularly cheerful. "Sasuke, town officials are making you an Anbu member. Your informative classes are all day today, your ceremony is tomorrow, your procedural training is all this week." He spilled before Naruto could finish catching his breath. He turned and glared at Kakashi. "Hey!! I wanted to say it!" He complained, before dismissing it and going back to hugging Sasuke, who had a look of priceless shock on his face. After a few seconds, as Sakura came in and she and Kakashi gathered around the couch and offered him congratulations, Sasuke finally blinked.

"Wait—what?" he questioned, still in surprise. Kakashi laughed at him.

"Yes, Sasuke. You're being promoted straight to Anbu status." Sasuke finally got over the initial shock and hugged Naruto back, suddenly realizing Sakura was there, and that the hug was pretty intimate, with Naruto being on top of him and all.

"Am—am I good enough?" Sasuke asked Kakashi as he sat up fully on the couch, and Naruto scooted beside him and sat cross-legged, still bouncing excitedly.

"Of course you're good enough. You're far better than you give yourself credit for right now, which is usually a shock for you.. but think about it this way. I know these aren't good memories for you, but you went off by yourself for weeks, stalking Orochimaru and in the process killing over 300 enemies." Kakashi reminded. Sasuke looked at the floor. "But that was with the power of—"

"Then it's one of your assets, is it not?" Kakashi interjected. Sasuke looked up and was silent.

"I.. I would guess so. But—"

"No more excuses Sasuke, you made Anbu because you're good and they know it!" Naruto interrupted. Sasuke folded his hands and leaned with his elbows on his knees. "Anbu, huh.. alright then." He agreed, much to further excitement from Naruto.

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The three gathered outside to see Sasuke off to his informative classes. Naruto was spouting tears.

"Man…I'm so proud…you're a member of Anbu!!" Naruto exclaimed as Sasuke rolled his eyes with a smile.

"Give it a rest.." Kakashi piped up, and approached Sasuke, taking his arm and staring for awhile. They all simultaneously noticed and remembered the mysterious cross shaped scar mark that went the length of Sasuke's forearm. Naruto stared for a long time.

"I can't believe I forgot to ask him where that came from…" Naruto wondered.

"They're going to have to cover this up. It's a clue to your exact identity. I'm not going to ask right now how you got it, but be sure, they will." Kakashi informed. Sasuke nodded. "That's fine.." He turned to leave. "I'll be back around 10 tonight.." he murmured. Naruto went after him a few steps, and Sakura watched them carefully.

"Hey.. wait up." Naruto said. Sasuke turned around, already knowing what he wanted, and Sakura intently watched them hug. Naruto hugged Sasuke tightly.

"Hey.. do awesome okay?" he whispered in Sasuke's ear.

"I will. It's fine." Sasuke whispered back. Naruto snickered.

"Hee-hee…I'm dating an ANBU.." He whispered. Sasuke grinned and closed his eyes as he hugely resisted the urge to kiss Naruto. They separated and Naruto smilingly waved as he walked away. When Naruto turned back around, Kakashi was shaking his head, and Sakura was giving him a 'look'.

"What—"

"That was a pretty long hug.." Kakashi commented before Sakura could say anything. "You know what Naruto?? If I didn't know any better I'd think you and Sasuke were flirting or something!" She exclaimed before turning and walking away. Naruto sighed and looked to Kakashi for advice.

"Don't look at me. She is really going to have to know sometime." Kakashi said. Naruto and Kakashi walked slowly back toward the house.

"We were going to tell her last night.. well, Sasuke was. But he didn't because he could tell I didn't really want him to just yet. We told Kiba." Naruto said, looking up.

"Hm. Well that's something. Of course. But what we didn't discuss with Sasuke just then, was that there will definitely be some changes around here since Sasuke is being made Anbu. Like our team." Kakashi said. Naruto stopped before they got inside, and Kakashi stopped and waited for any questions. Naruto stared at the ground.

"What.. what do you mean? What about our team?" Naruto asked. Kakashi closed his eyes and pocketed his hands.

"Well.. I'm not exactly sure right at this minute, but think about it. Sasuke is actually an official assassin for this nation right now. He'll be called off at random times. And because he's no longer on rank with you and Sakura…well at first, he already didn't need much training. The only training he needs is in connection with his curse seal problem. I'm thinking Anbu training officers already have a plan for what to do with that." Kakashi said.

"Like what?" Naruto asked. Kakashi continued.

"Well, I'm sort of supposing that Sasuke's—um—special issues will be treated like more of a trump card than anything else. His chakra training with us will be amplified beyond what we ever could have gotten him to do, and it'll be like a time-bomb. When they need him to unleash, he'll be able to." Kakashi explained. Naruto didn't look very happy about it.

"Isn't that just using him? It seems like.. it seems like that's really cruel!" Naruto protested, leaning back against the doorway and waiting for Kakashi's answer. Before Kakashi could, Naruto spoke again.
"That's going to hurt him! They're going to wear him out, they'll.. they'll kill him! I'm going down there right now—" Naruto started, and Kakashi had him by the back of the collar before he could get even a yard away.

"Nope. You're not going anywhere." He stilled Naruto with both hands on Naruto's shoulders.

"Listen up. They know what they're doing. They'll take care of his problem far more efficiently than we can, and he'll be able to use his natural strength with it in order to be an almost unbeatable weapon for them and us. Alright Naruto?" Kakashi explained carefully. Naruto still looked agitated.

"Fine.. but I'll know if he's stressed. Believe me." Naruto threatened. Kakashi smiled.

"I know you will."

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Sakura and Kakashi walked into the kitchen and stood there in the doorway staring for quite awhile. Naruto was busying himself with cooking everything in sight. They snickered as he suddenly gave a high pitched exclamation, and began fanning frantically at something smoking.

"Um.. Something going on?" Kakashi spoke up. Naruto glanced back at them.

"Oh! Uh.. well yeah, Sasuke's gonna be here any minute.. He'll be hungry and.."

"..and dead tired.."

"And dead tired." Naruto repeated. He then halted and turned around. "Hey!" he shouted. Sakura jumped, and Kakashi stared in mild surprise. Sasuke stood on the opposite wall, his arms crossed, wearing a royal blue sleeveless top and black pants and boots. An Anbu mask hung around his neck, and an Anbu marking was on his upper arm in jet black. Kakashi rolled his eyes as he could practically see the hearts floating around Naruto's head.

"You're back? Wait.. how'd you get in here…" Naruto asked breathlessly. Sasuke smirked.

"They said to begin using Anbu tactics on a daily basis. So that's what I'm doing." Sasuke excused. Naruto watched intensely as Sasuke stood up from leaning on the wall, and crossed the room to stand by the stove, looking at all the food. Naruto's eyes remained glued to Sasuke while Sasuke tasted stuff. A small sigh escaped Naruto's lips as he stared nearly endlessly. He then turned around and proceeded to trip all the way to the refrigerator before laughingly opening it while he scratched his head in embarrassment.

"Can you say 'sprung'?" Kakashi thought to himself, closing his eyes and shaking his head. He then turned to look at Sakura who was having the exact same 'hearts for eyes' look on her face.

"Great…" he muttered. "Well that's sad.. because Naruto's the one that's going to be sleeping with him tonight, not Sakura..." Sasuke obliviously picked at food while Naruto stood drooling by the fridge along with Sakura.

"I can't focus.." Naruto said aloud, and all eyes turned to him, Sasuke holding back a smirk, and Sakura just staring at him weird, while Kakashi wanted to laugh. Naruto then blinked and stopped leaning on the fridge, suddenly coming back to his senses.

"Sasuke stop eating the food.." He said, smiling and coming over, giving Sasuke a rather flirty shove away from the counter top. Sasuke only came back up behind Naruto—right behind him—and looked over his shoulder at the food as an excuse. Naruto nearly dropped the spoon he was holding.

"Ah.." He let a small moan escape. Sasuke smirked and kept right on doing what he was doing. Naruto was just about ready to collapse on the floor from getting so aroused, when Sasuke suddenly turned and walked to his room. Naruto wanted to drop all his cooking, let everything burn and make Sasuke pound him into the nearest mattress until they both passed out, but he couldn't just leave suddenly.

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Once Naruto's dinner was ready, they all ate together, but in an awkward atmosphere. Sakura was staring at Sasuke, Naruto was beside Sasuke, and could barely focus on anything, and Kakashi was simply ignoring both of them and watching everyone eat. He only talked to Sasuke about the next day's ceremony.

"So, we've got 11AM tomorrow morning, in front of the town elders and Hokage Tsunade." Kakashi confirmed.

"Yay! Granny Tsunade!!" Naruto piped up. Sasuke nodded coolly, then gave Naruto a smile. Naruto smiled back, and Sakura sighed loudly. Suddenly Sasuke slammed his glass down on the table and glared at his plate.

"That's it.. I'm tired of this. So tired of it. I have something to say." Sasuke announced spontaneously. Naruto stared warily.

"What.. what are you doing.." He asked quietly. Sasuke glanced at him, but then went back to staring at his plate.

"I—I…" Sasuke began, but then paused, his mouth still open in hesitation.

"Sasuke what?" Naruto asked a little louder. Kakashi stared intently, waiting.

"This should be interesting. Won't it Sasuke?" Kakashi said. Sasuke glanced at Kakashi too, but then, again, went back to staring at his plate. He shut his eyes, his fist clenching on the table.

"I like someone. I'm in love."

DUN DUN DUNNN!!!!

-Kitsune