Evening: Memories…

OV: A quiet evening, just friends talking together.

AN: The engagement flashback, finally! LOL x.Jamie-Chan.x is still the bestest… (yep I'm gonna keep praising her because she gives me feedback! ;p)

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They settled in for a quiet evening, the afternoon being mostly wasted away. Naruto, who had mostly missed his lunch even though Sasuke had brought his and shared it, ordered in from the sushi parlor. They sat around discussing Juugo's reunion while they waited for their food.

Sasuke was interested to hear what effects Anko had experienced after her seal had faded. Unfortunately Juugo only had basic information. She had told him that she had been knocked unconscious, but had woken up after a few hours. She had been weakened, and had felt different. Her team was concerned because her mood was different, and she was noticeably easier to get along with. That night, and for the next few days, she had slept soundly and had been tired in the day and had slept longer than usual at night. She had eventually adjusted and gone back to a normal sleeping pattern. That was about all Juugo knew.

Sasuke pondered why he had been knocked out so hard, and why he was still having some moments of memory loss. Also some of his memories had never returned. He knew that he and Anko both had the same seal, and he was concerned that he'd reacted differently than she had after it had gone.

Naruto tried to cheer his Cimmerian mate up. He tried his usual antics, being cute and funny, but it wasn't working. He tried everything he could think of. He tried being passionate and nibbled Sasuke's neck, when even that didn't work he knew something was wrong.

Now Naruto was in a dour mood. Sasuke noticed the lull in the noise level, and looked up from where he had been lost in his thoughts. He saw his blonde sitting next to him, a frown creasing his brow and turning his mouth down. Sasuke leaned over and put his arm around the sullen man.

Juugo, who had answered the door, received the food, and served it for the three of them, walked back into the room. He didn't like the oppressive atmosphere. "Man, I haven't been in a room this tense since your engagement proposal!"

Sasuke looked up at him through a haze of blonde from his position where he was resting his head on top of Naruto's. He had an expression of 'what do you mean?'

Naruto grinned; Juugo had effectively lightened the mood without even trying. Naruto could recall their engagement dinner quite well.

"Do I look alright, Dobe?" Sasuke queried worriedly.

"You look fine!" was the 'exasperated from hearing it so many times' reply.

Sasuke smoothed his kimono for the hundredth time. It was his favorite kimono; Naruto had ordered it from the specialist shop. It was a deep royal blue, and had the Uchiha fan emblem on the back in a respectable size and a small one on the front shoulder. The only other design was in the fabric itself; it had a tapestry feel with a leaf pattern woven into it. He looked over at Naruto. He, of course, looked phenomenal in his kimono which was deep reddish orange and had a simple pagoda design printed over it. He was wearing a broad obi that contrasted with the orange as it was almost solid black, but with red Uzumaki swirls embroidered over it.

Naruto slipped up to him and kissed him chastely. "Stop fidgeting; it's time to greet our guests." In a twist on the traditional engagement ceremony, Kakashi, Iruka, Jiraya, and Tsunade were coming to the Hokage's chambers. It was just easier this way, as Naruto considered them his 'parents'. They all lived in different places, so why not have them come to his house. Also, as Sasuke had no family, Kakashi would serve as his representative.

Naruto threw the door open, and greeted the group with a wide grin. Kakashi had brought his girlfriend Ayame. Tsunade and Jiraya were positioned behind them, with Iruka front and center. "Welcome, please come in," Naruto requested warmly.

The group filed in and took seats on the comfortable low couches, placing the various objects they were carrying on the floor. Sasuke served tea. Kakashi smiled at him reassuringly, his one available eye crinkled and shining with warmth. Sasuke's hands, which had been shaking slightly, stilled and he finished his round without incident.

Naruto sat down in his place and Sasuke joined him after he placed the teapot on the small table next to him. A loud thump from beside him caused Naruto to jump. He grinned and bit the inside of his cheek to keep from laughing as he saw a very red faced Sasuke picking himself unceremoniously off the floor.

No one commented on the incident, and after they had sipped their tea, they settled in for the process to begin. Kakashi stood up and pulled a package from his pile. He walked over and handed it to Naruto as the first gift exchange. Inside was a beautiful burnt orange hakama with a dark grey obi that had the Uchiha fan printed over it, much in the same way the one he had on now had Uzumaki swirls. He grinned and showed them to Iruka who was sitting immediately to his left. Then to Tsunade and Jiraya who were seated together on the next couch beside Iruka.

Next Iruka rose and offered his gift to Sasuke. It was a velvety black hakama and a simple silver grey obi. The hakama were traditional to represent fidelity for the man, and the obi virtue in a woman, so each 'family' had chosen to present both to each man.

Next Tsunade presented a small package to Sasuke, as Ayame offered a package to Naruto. They were Katsuo-bushi, dried bonito flakes, and Surume, dried cuttlefish. Both were meant to wish the couple a lasting marriage; as well as being good for soup stock. The exchange continued with Tsunade bringing Suehiro, a special fan symbolizing happiness and a bigger and better future. Next Jiraya offered Shiraga, he couldn't resist mentioning that it symbolized not only strength for family ties, but also white hair. He twirled his impossibly bushy white mane, and added this meant many years of life. The last gifts were given by Jiraya, Tsunade, and Kakashi. They offered a small bag filled with money from Kakashi so they would always have wealth enough, a special sake cask called Yui-no given by Tsunade with a grin, and a Yanagi-daru, special cask of wine, from Jiraya. This last gift was offered with a knowing wink to be served with dinner and enjoyed after the guests left.

Juugo had entered and announced that dinner was served, and the group had retired to the kitchen to eat. Juugo had gone out of his way to provide a special feast, and everyone commented on the wonderful aromas and how delicious the meal looked.

"Itadakimas!" chorused around the table, and everyone served themselves from the family style meal. This was pretty uneventful until Naruto had laughed at Jiraya when he'd made a lewd comment and Tsunade had smacked him knocking his plate to the floor and had splattered its contents over his lap. Everyone else had the panache to keep silent.

A look of knowing passed between Kakashi and Sasuke. A sort of 'you know what you're getting yourself into', with a 'yeah, I'm well aware' reply. They smiled and finished their meal.

Jiraya cleaned his robes off with the damp cloth Juugo offered him and Naruto finally gained control over his laughter. They left the table with cries of "gochisousama!" which caused Juugo to blush.

As they left the table, Kakashi commented to Sasuke that he smiled a lot now. Sasuke didn't answer, he just blushed. This caused Kakashi to laugh and tease him as to what exactly he was so happy about. Being the pervert that he is, Kakashi couldn't resist an opportunity to probe into the men's sex life.

Sasuke's face got redder and redder, eventually it looked as if his face were covered in blood he was so red at the intimate questions Kakashi posed. Naruto had walked up behind them and heard some of these, his innocent eyes were wide open, but he was taking mental notes for future reference. Sasuke noticed him standing there with a devious look on his face and he nearly passed out from the flow of blood to his head as his embarrassment increased even more.

Jiraya chose that moment to saunter over, and caught the last lewd inquiry Kakashi offered. He took his moment to shine offering explicit advice to the couple and shamelessly referencing several of his books. This in turn lead to Kakashi and him having a heated discussion about the books, and caused Naruto to grab Sasuke and tow him out of there!

The stunned look on their faces caused temporary worry to Iruka and Tsunade, as well as the typically quiet Ayame. Naruto explained what the two other men had been saying, and Tsunade and Ayame strode over to correct them. Iruka blanched and worried over the two younger men. When he was certain they were really alright, he too went over to give the two perverts a piece of his mind.

It was with tails tucked between their legs and cowed expressions that the two noticeably bruised men came to apologize. Naruto and Sasuke both assured them that it was passed. After all this entertainment was over the entire group once again retreated into the front room. They all retook their original seats; Ayame seemed to have forgiven Kakashi and was gently wiping a lock of silver hair from in front of his visible eye. Tsunade was giving Jiraya a cautious look, but she was definitely calmed down now.

Now was the serious part of the evening. It perhaps, should have technically come before the gift exchange, but why would Naruto ever do things the proper way? Sasuke now had to face the assembled guests and ask for Naruto's hand in marriage. Naruto had decided that to make things even he too would ask for Sasuke's hand. He had neglected to inform Sasuke of his decision. So when Sasuke stood up and bowed deeply in his o-zarei, with his head on the tatami mat, he didn't notice that he had a shadow copying his movements.

He rose partly; hands on the mat, legs still folded beneath him, head bowed. No one had said anything about the oddity of Naruto mimicking his actions, and Sasuke was so nervous about performing this ritual that he hadn't yet noticed his blonde beside him.

He looked up and it was as if they had choreographed their movements, they were in complete synch. When he spoke, Naruto did also, "Please allow me to marry Naruto/Sasuke," they said in unison. Sasuke's eyes snapped open and he looked at Naruto in surprise, Naruto took one look at the expression on Sasuke's face and couldn't contain his laughter. He fell over onto his back and rolled on the floor emitting peals of laughter.

Sasuke looked over at their assembled guests, they were all laughing with Naruto. Poor Sasuke didn't know what to do. Naruto crawled to his knees and draped himself over Sasuke's shoulders still laughing. "You should have seen your face!" he crowed.

Sasuke grinned and shook his head, "Of all the things I love about you, your unpredictability is one of the most. I never know what is coming from you, or what you will do next."

He turned his dark eyes toward Tsunade and Iruka. He was nonverbally asking for their consent. They had regained their composure and looked at each other and nodded assent. Iruka began, "You must promise to always take good care of him." Tsunade finished, "You must always be there for him, and always strive to make him smile."

Sasuke bowed gratefully, he could officially call Naruto his fiancé. Naruto had stopped his laughter to watch the exchange. Waiting anxiously for Sasuke to finish his bow Naruto grabbed the man and knocked him to the ground in a bone crushing embrace that involved his entire body. Sasuke accepted a deep kiss, but forced them to stop, "at least until the guests are gone," he teased.

Naruto sprang up and concluded that it was his bedtime, as he had a meeting first thing the next morning. Kakashi and Jiraya exchanged an almost unnoticed glance between then with sly smiles on their faces. Well a sly smile on Jiraya's and a crinkled eye from Kakashi.

Everyone bade their goodnights, and departed in two groups discussing the evening's events and laughing amongst themselves over the highlights.

Juugo had stated he intended to clean up, but had been shooed by the newly engaged couple. Instead he had been free to go for a walk, which he did grinning widely.

Naruto and Sasuke began to clean the dishes. They were accomplishing the task, and had almost finished when a large bubble rose from the soapy water and Naruto couldn't resist blowing it toward Sasuke where it popped in his face. Sasuke with a cry of outrage had taken a cup and filled it before flinging it at his annoying blonde. This had lead to a considerable water fight that had lasted for quite a while, until Sasuke had wrapped his dripping arms around his soaked companion and nuzzled the collection of droplets on his neck.

The distraction caused the task at hand to be forgotten as Naruto twisted around in Sasuke's arms spraying a fine mist of water from his drenched hair. He commented in a husky voice that it wasn't wise to stay in wet clothing for too long. Sasuke countered that he could fix that, and began to undo Naruto's obi.

He bent down and captured Naruto's waiting lips as he slipped the kimono off. Naruto, not to be the only one undressed, quickly had Sasuke's kimono piled on the floor at his feet. They stood there, bodies meshed together, kissing deeply. Sasuke slid one arm behind Naruto and bent down quickly sweeping the unsuspecting man off his feet. He crushed the cry of surprise with his lips and carried his prize off to their room.

Neither had noticed Juugo when he had slipped in and headed straight for his room. It was a good thing he wasn't Kakashi or Jiraya; he'd have been completely preoccupied with the show. As it was, he just smiled and retreated into his soundproof chamber, flopped onto his bed, and picked up the most recent book he'd been reading. He'd catch the rest of the work in the morning.

Naruto and Sasuke on the other hand were going to do everything they could to try to make Naruto late for that meeting. Unintentionally, of course.

Naruto sat there with Sasuke still wrapped around him, he had narrated the whole account, and all three men had enjoyed reliving the evening. Naruto and Sasuke had unspokenly agreed to recreate the last part of the memory. After all they had been ordered to 'get it out of their systems' by Tsunade.

Juugo, noticing the change in atmosphere, shook his head. He couldn't understand how those two could be that amorous all the time. He would bet there weren't many other people who had sex as often as his two roommates did. He wasn't complaining he was merely making an observation.

He gathered their now empty dishes and headed for the kitchen. They had eaten while they recounted the engagement dinner, and he could tell the other two were preoccupied. Besides out of the three of them he was the most neat and desiring of everything to be in its place. Sasuke was second, and typically was very rigid about it, but Naruto really couldn't care.

Juugo washed up and wiped the kitchen down, then noticing the couple was conspicuously gone, he decided to go out for a walk. He hadn't gotten very far when a familiar voice rang out in the dark, "Nee, Where are you headed?"

He turned flashing a very happy grin and greeted Anko, "Just walking." He glanced back toward the Hokage building, and Anko followed his eyes. "Wanna go get a drink?" she offered. He nodded and allowed her to lead him to her favorite spot.

Back in their room the two love birds had already succeeded in wallowing the sheets off the bed. Their intense kissing and nibbling, which amounted to quite a bit of thrashing around, were to blame. Both men were naked and already beginning to glisten with sweat. Naruto traced a trail on Sasuke's taughtly muscled stomach with his finger. He was just barely making contact, and it was driving Sasuke mad. "Ne, Teme?" he pondered.

Sasuke opened his eyes and looked into those deep pools of blue. "Nanda? What's bothering you?" he asked.

"Do you think Juugo minds…us…this?" he began, "I mean I guess he is alone a lot, and we spend a lot of time off together. Do you think he's okay with it?"

Sasuke thought for a few seconds before answering, "I don't think he minds really. I think he might say something, or make some comment that would let us know."

"Oh, okay," relieved. Sasuke reached up to kiss Naruto's throat.

"Sasuke?"

"Nanda?" exasperated with the interruption.

"What do you think our children will look like? Do you think they'll look like you or me? I mean blonde or dark and their eyes and noses. We look very different; I wonder what they will look like."

"They'll look like what they look like," sensible answer as his attention was now captured by Naruto's words and not his body.

"Oh." Dejected, "But don't you wonder?"

"Maybe"

Slap, "Teme!"

"Ow, what was that for?"

"You're being mean." Pause…in which Sasuke continues nibbling at Naruto's shoulders and neck, he'd flipped their position to be on top now, "So do you?"

"Yeah… I hope they have your eyes. You have the deepest eyes, I could stare into them forever," he said stopping to peer into those cobalt depths.

"You're weird."

"Nande?"

"You just are." Runs a finger gently down Sasuke's chest again, "How do you propose we 'get this out of our systems'?" purred.

Sasuke reached down and dragged Naruto up to his lips, their bodies melting into each other, becoming one. "I can think of ways," breathy whisper into that sensitive ear.

Naruto was immediately turned on, and instantaneously hard as a rock. Sasuke felt him stiffen and his body responded in kind. Naruto bit Sasuke's neck and left a trail of marks down to his chest. He took the erect nipple between his teeth causing a delicious chill to shoot through Sasuke's body. Naruto shuddered as if the chill had passed from Sasuke to him.

Their bodies twined together in such a way that if it weren't for their skin tones being so contrasting they wouldn't be distinguishable from each other. It was as if they were trying desperately to fuse into one being. In reality they were in a way, they were trying to convey through their bodies the connection that had been made in their hearts and souls. To show the other how entwined they had become and inseparable they were.

The men moved together in a flurry of flying limbs and writhing bodies. They were everywhere kissing, biting, sucking, touching, clawing, grabbing. It was like a wrestling match, and each was determined to win.

Finally Naruto pinned Sasuke to the bed and declared himself in control. He attacked Sasuke with ferocity, he was emitting small bursts of orange chakra mixed with the blue of normal as his animal instincts were taking over. Sasuke knew he was in for it tonight. He wanted the pleasure of taming that beast, and decided that Naruto was not, in fact, in control.

He roused an inner strength and overpowered the blonde, flipping him onto the bed releasing a growl of indignation from the blonde. Sasuke's eyes flashed red as he activated his Sharingan, "Let me," he commanded.

Naruto snarled and looked into the red eyes, the sheer lust he saw there allowed him to relax enough to allow the dark haired commander to gain control. "I'm not done yet, next it's my turn," he stated in a voice that was rough and feral.

Sasuke agreed with a slight nod of his head, "I want to experience this in this way, to see more, feel more, know more."

He began administrating rough, hot kisses along the length of Naruto's body. Naruto moaned. Sasuke ran his tongue from his inner thigh all the way up to his neck. He nibbled the sensitive earlobe and his breath came out in harsh pants. Every time one of these puffs of air flowed past his ear Naruto would arch his back and shiver. He was being tortured to the point of breaking.

Finally Sasuke returned to attacking his body with kisses. He trailed back down to the standing tall and begging for attention penis of his mate. He ran his tongue up from the base, where the course pubic hair scratched gently at his chin and cheeks, to the erogenous head which was already drizzling precum. He licked the trailing drop off with one swift movement and plunged the glans into his mouth. Naruto cried out in pleasure. Sasuke began slowly and deliberately to move up and down on the shaft, his hands splayed on either of the tan hips. Naruto growled with delight. Sasuke moved faster, he was watching with his Sharingan eyes and was enjoying the mixture of chakra that would ebb and flow with each movement he made.

When he noticed a collection of chakra building in Naruto's groin and stomach he slowed his ministrations. Naruto whined. Sasuke smirked at his hopeless dobe, and moved over him. Then leaning down to capture those soft lips he placed himself to strike. He never broke contact with Naruto's lips as he pulled his blonde's legs open and draped them over his shoulders. Naruto opened his eyes with a slight look of apprehension, but they told Sasuke to go ahead. It wasn't often that his body was used in this way, and so he wasn't as used to it as Sasuke.

Sasuke, realizing Naruto's hesitation, slipped his hand beneath the tan thighs and found the hot center he was longing to plunge into. He gently inserted one finger and began to massage the muscles. When he was up to three he moved his hand and positioned his hips for entry. This time Naruto was looking at him with pleading eyes, eyes that said 'oh please just get in there already!' Sasuke watched with his heightened senses and plunged all the way into Naruto with one swift movement. Naruto screamed, a sound that began in pain and ended in pleasure. Sasuke began to move, the effect of his Sharingan giving him an erotic thrill like he never expected.

He could see the sweat droplets on his lovers body, could anticipate where his head would move, when his back would arch. He used this advantage to find a rhythm that would drive Naruto crazy. The swirling chakra was like a love dance of its own. It wove around them, over their bodies, and through them. Sasuke had never felt Naruto so perfectly before. He could feel the hot tightness of his center, could feel the cool moistness of their mingled sweat, the soft movement of the breath as it flowed past his face.

He was driven to the pinnacle of ecstasy rapidly by these extremely intensified sensations. He drove into Naruto over and over in a rapid rhythm, Naruto responded by alternatively moaning, gasping, or crying out. Sasuke could feel his orgasm building and could see Naruto's as well as the ball of chakra that formed in his own lower abdomen. He watched and felt as they rose together, building and growing. They reached fever pitch and Sasuke knew that release was imminent. He watched noting that it was curious to watch what he was feeling so intensely, and that it made him feel it even stronger.

The masses of chakra were spinning and twisting, Sasuke could feel as well as see they were going to explode at any moment. He thrust harder and faster watching the velocity pick up speed. Then, it was a gigantic explosion of chakra. He thrust into Naruto deeper, deeper, harder. He held this last stroke driven as deeply into that insane heat as he could. "Ah, God Naruto!" he moaned.

Naruto looked at him; whisker marks still very prominent, eyes now tinged orange. "My turn!" he growled. Sasuke knew he was in for an attack, and he steeled himself for it. He deactivated his Sharingan to conserve chakra and relaxed in submission.

Naruto didn't just nibble, he devoured the pale skin in front of him. He bit, kneaded, clawed. The intense heat of his desire was evident in his orange clouded eyes. He flipped Sasuke over and ran lengthened fingernails gently down his back. Then he grasped both hips roughly, situated his glans at the entrance of his need, and plunged in not bothering to stretch the skin first.

Sasuke screeched in pain, but Naruto began to move slowly in and out. He was gently holding those thin hips, looking down at the smooth taught butt. Naruto watched as his shaft disappeared in Sasuke's sleek ass. He kept his eyes on the scene transfixed, watching as he pulled out again and plunged back in. The animal desire within him was building at the sight of him plundering that hotness.

He grabbed Sasuke's hips tightly, digging his fingers into the pale flesh, using it as leverage to increase his thrusting power. He was ramming into Sasuke with abandon, he glorified in Sasuke's screams. He pulled the defenseless body up towards him, and bit into the shoulder. He drew a small trickle of blood. He licked the spot sucking at the small flow of crimson that bloomed on the field of pale luminescence. He wrapped one muscular arm around Sasuke's chest and molded his body to the masculine back of Sasuke. He bent them slightly forward and resumed his attack. He was shoving himself so hard and deep into Sasuke and Sasuke would moan with the extreme feeling he was experiencing. They rocked like that for a while, eventually their rhythm speeding into a frenzied pace.

"Ahh, here we go…"

"Ye…ah, …OH yea…ah!!!"

Then a guttural scream echoing within a sound you would expect to hear issuing forth from the mouth of a great beast sounded. Their bodies jerked in unison as the vestiges of their passion were released from them.

Finally spent they collapsed as one onto the bed. Naruto snuggled his arms around Sasuke and didn't even bother to free himself from the warm cavern of Sasuke's sweetness. He was asleep in no time. Sasuke smiled cuddled closer into the warmth that was his lover and followed Naruto to their dreams.

Sasuke awoke once in the night when he felt himself being pulled up into a kneeling position. "Naruto?"

"MMmmm, need more, if I gotta go all day with nothing I want more now!"

Sasuke chuckled, a sound which was cut short as Naruto began thrusting his erection in hard and deep. Sasuke wondered if he'd ever withdrawn it at all or if he'd slept with Naruto inside him. His thoughts were abruptly shattered as Naruto found that spot that drove him insane. "Ahh, yes, there, right there….harder…harder….ahhh…yeah!!!" he screamed. Naruto was happy to oblige. He kept up the pace riding his Sasuke until he couldn't take it anymore. Then he lead them to the pinnacle of ecstasy again.

This time when they floated back to earth to rejoin their bodies Sasuke pulled off, and caused Naruto to slip out of him with a soft pop sound. He twisted around and pulled the blonde close. "Sleep now, you have to review the preparations for the Chunin exams tomorrow." He kissed Naruto deeply then slipped his head into the crook of his shoulder.

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You know you could write a total story about NaruSasu SasuNaru and never have them leave the bedroom… hehheh…

So how was the flashback? Not as funny as I wanted, but I could so see it happen just how I wrote.

Next chapter is Juugo's scene… see ya there!?

-Kneise