Chapter 3
p.s. Itachi is in here and I've decided to make him uke! I like OOC nice Itachi better then IC evil Itachi! So he shall be uke to his seme! ^^ YAY!!! OH! and his seme is a young guy like 14 or 15 or 16 and he's shorter at the moment! It'll be cute! Trust me! ^^ Open for couple ideas! Please send me some! These people are already taken care of: Kiba, Kankuro, Kakashi, Naruto, Iruka, Sasuke and Itachi! I would prefer for gaara to be gay! Neji too! So i may put them together! Everyone is free game and you can even create a character for them to be with! just send me your character's info! ^^ And I'll pick one! XD
and be prepared for a long chapter! Sorry BTW! I just wanna get on with the story! ^^
"Wow..." Naruto said, awed as the car pulled into the semi-circular driveway of the Hatake residence. The house, no mansion, was huge! There were a bunch pretty trees and flowers in the big front yard. The house looked three stories tall and there was another, smaller building next to it where the blonde could see more cars and some motorbikes. The house was big and grand with columns. It was made of a light colored brick, almost white from a distance, and had a big blue front door... It was wonderful...
"Do you like it, Naruto?" Iruka asked with a smile in the passenger seat as the car stopped.
Naruto smiled brightly. "It's the most beautifullest house I ever saw!"
"I'm glad," the brunette man said, getting out of the car, then opening the blonde's door. He helped the tiny kid out of his booster seat and sat him down gently on his feet. "Ready to see the inside?"
Naruto nodded excitedly. He looked next door just as Sasuke was getting Kiba from their car. "Kiba!" the blonde yelled, getting his friend's attention. "You have to come to my house later, otay!?"
"Otay!" Kiba yelled, "I will!" He waved to the blonde, who waved back.
Kakashi laughed and walked around the car to stand next to his family. "Naruto is going to be one of those people who are always inviting people over," he said to Iruka.
Said man laughed in agreement. "Let's go inside," he said.
TLA
"Wow!" Naruto exclaimed, as they walked through the front room. It was filled with big, comfy looking couches, and it had a huge TV. Kakashi led the way to the kitchen. "Wow!" The kitchen was huge too! And it had a big refridgerator and a marble counter... it had a TV too! Naruto was wide-eyed as they continued through more rooms with big TVs and comfy furniture. It took a few minutes but they finally made it to the second floor, which is where Naruto's room was.
"This," Iruka smiled, stopping in front of a door, "Is your room, Naruto..." He opened the door to reveal what would be Naruto's favorite room.
Naruto stared... The walls were white, but his bed was HUGE! The blankets were a dark blue jean looking material and there were a bunch of pillows: yellow ones, orange ones, green ones, light blue ones... The colorful looking bed was also home to a bunch of stuffed animals, Naruto's favorite having to be a giant fox plushie. Above the bed, orange letters were nailed up, declaring this 'Naruto's Room'. He looked from the bed and noticed in the corner of the room opposite his bed, there was a giant toy box, spilling toys... There was a giant orange carpet in the middle of the room that looked incredibly soft and fluffy. And across from his bed, at what would be the perfect angle to watch, was a big TV... with a bunch of games around it... "Wow..." He looked up at Kakashi and Iruka who were both smiling at him.
"We hope you like it," Kakashi said, "Tsunade said you liked bright colors..."
Naruto practically tackled his new parents to the ground. "You are the BESTEST Mommy and Daddy I has ever HAD!!!" He released them quickly and began to run around the room exploring.
Kakashi laughed. "I think he likes it..." The phone rang. The grey-haired man left the room to get it because it seemed his dolphin wanted to stay and watch their son. "Hatake Residence."
"So he liked the room?" came Sasuke's deep voice over the phone.
Kakashi laughed. "How'd ya know, Sasuke?"
"I could hear him yell it over here. He's got a really strong voice."
The masked man laughed again. "You're right, he does. His marked one has it coming." He chuckled.
"Have you seen his mark yet?"
"No, I haven't... His isn't as easy to see as Kiba's. I believe Tsunade said it was on his stomach... We'll see..."
"If you recognize it, tell me who's it is okay? We can't lose anyone else..."
"I know," Kakashi said. He sighed, "I don't want to lose anyone else either..."
Sasuke changed the subject and Kakashi heard the smile in his voice. "Kiba is already asking to go over there..."
"I knew it wouldn't take long..." He looked towards the blonde's room; he could hear Iruka and Naruto laughing. "Why don't both of you come over for dinner? I'm sure Naruto would like that, and Iruka won't mind..."
"Thank you," the raven replied, "I was going to invite myself if you didn't. I've gotten too used to having someone else in the house; it'd be awkward by myself now."
"That's a good thing," Kakashi laughed. "Just come over whenever... I'll let it be a surprise!"
"Okay... Until then..."
"See ya!" And they both hung up the phone. Kakashi made his way back to Naruto's room. He walked in but didn't see Iruka or the blonde. He looked around confused, until he noticed the big lump under the covers... "Oh," he said, "I guess they're hiding from me..." He heard giggling, but it wasn't coming from the bed. He walked to the bed and pulled the covers back, it was just pillows and stuffed animals... He heard laughing now and a small voice, "He fell for it, Mommy..." He moved to the closet silently and pulled the door open. "Ha!" he exclaimed. Naruto yelled and Iruka laughed.
"You found us, Daddy!" the blonde exclaimed, jumping on the masked man.
"I did," the man replied with a laugh. He placed the blonde on his shoulders. "Want to help cook dinner?" he asked, walking out of the room. "We can show you the game room and pool afterwards..."
"A pool!?" the little blonde exclaimed. "Can we go swimming!?"
Iruka followed the two. "Do you know how to swim, Naruto?"
"Nope!" the blonde replied happily. "Can you teach me, Mommy?"
"Of course I can!" the man replied. "But I don't think we can swim today... It looked like it was going to rain."
"Awe man..." the blonde pouted.
Kakashi replied quickly; he didn't want Naruto to be sad. "What do you wanna cook for dinner?" he asked.
Naruto brightened considerably. "Ramen!"
TLA
Sasuke walked to Kiba's room. It was a few doors down from his, both were on the second floor of the two story mansion-like house. Sasuke didn't really need such a big house, neither did Kakashi and Iruka, but they all had chosen such big houses because they had tons of people that were always dropping by and needed a place to stay. Sasuke reached the boy's room and smiled at the tiny red handprints on the closed door before opening it and walking inside.
"Kiba?" he questioned, looking around the only halfway finished red-painted room. It had been white when Kiba first arrived, then Sasuke had asked what color the boy wanted it and he chose red. They had begun painting it the next day, which was where the red handprints on the boy's door had come from. Sasuke knew Kiba wouldn't be small forever, so he had let the handprints stay. He saw the boy on his paw print covered bed; Kiba had chosen a lot of dog decorations for his room, like the giant carpet in the middle of his room with a smiling puppy on it. "What are you doing?" The boy looked kind of scared. "What's wrong?" Sasuke asked worried, walking to the bed.
"There's a alien on the window," Kiba said. He jumped up and wrapped his arms around Sasuke's neck. "I think it wants to eat me..." He ducked his head underneath the raven's chin.
Sasuke smiled and bit off a laugh. "An alien?"
"Yeah, a alien..." The boy raised his head and pointed a finger towards a window across the room. "It's green and has those pointy things on its head! And it has claws and giant eyeballs!"
Sasuke turned to the window and walked towards it. "Really?" he asked. He reached the window and Kiba tucked his head back underneath the raven's chin while covering his face with his tiny hands. The boy nodded. "Then we should make it leave, right?" Sasuke studied the window... There was a Praying Mantis on the glass. He reached his hand up.
"No!" Kiba exclaimed, grabbing his dad's hand. "It'll eat you!"
Sasuke laughed. "Don't worry, Kiba, it's outside the glass. It can't come in."
The boy looked doubtful, "Are you sure? What if it calls its alien friends and they all come to eat us?"
Sasuke smiled. "It can't do that."
"How do you know?" Kiba asked.
"It's not an alien," the raven replied. "It's just a bug, it's called a Praying Mantis."
"A bug?" the boy questioned. He leaned towards the glass and stared at the weird looking thing. He tapped on the glass. "Are you sure? It looks like a alien to me..."
"It's a bug," the raven said with a laugh. "I know someone who collects bugs, he has a bunch of Praying Mantis'."
"Cool..." the boy said. He smiled brightly. "Can we go to Naruto's house now?"
Sasuke smiled and walked away from the window. "We will," he said, "We're going to have dinner with them."
"Yay!" the boy exclaimed.
"But..." Sasuke said, walking out of the room and towards the kitchen, "I thought that you and I could bake a cake for Naruto's birthday... What do you think?"
"That's the bestest idea ever! We never got cakes at the orphanage, just cookies with sprinkles!" The boy stuck his tongue out. "And they tasted kinda funny! Can we make it orange!? That's Naruto's favorite color!"
Sasuke laughed. "I think we could do that... We need to start right now though so it'll be ready when we go over there. Are you ready?"
"Yes!"
TLA
"This is going to be the most deliciousest ramen ever!" a tiny blonde exclaimed happily. He stood on a bar stool in front of the stove as he stirred around the noodle soup.
"How's it coming, little chef?" Kakashi asked as he stood next to the boy.
"It's coming great! I can't wait to eat it!" He smiled brightly at his father. He looked around. "Where's Mommy?"
Kakashi smiled. "Your mommy just went to open the front door..."
"Why?" Naruto asked, confused.
"Naruto!" came a small voice from the front of the house.
Naruto gasped and smiled brightly. "Kiba!" he yelled. He gave Kakashi the spoon he held and jumped off the stool. He almost tripped over the large apron he wore (he had insisted that he couldn't work without it) but he caught himself and ran to meet his friend.
"Naruto! Naruto, look!" the brunette boy yelled as soon as he came into view. He pointed to a box his father held. "It's a cake! For your birthday! Me and Daddy made it for you!"
"Wow!" Naruto exclaimed. He tackled his friend to the ground. They laughed and rolled around.
Sasuke shook his head, but he was smiling. So much for the cake being a surprise... That was why he put it in a box. Oh well... The blonde seemed happy anyways, as did Kiba. "Good evening, Iruka," he greeted the brunette who opened the door for them.
Iruka smiled. "Good evening." He said. "You can take the cake to the kitchen. Kakashi is still in there for it seems that our chef has abandoned his station." He laughed. "Naruto?" he called; the blonde and Kiba both stopped rolling around and looked at the man, "Why don't you show Kiba your room while we get ready for dinner?"
"Yeah!" the blonde exclaimed. He bolted up quickly and ran off, Kiba right on his heels. "My new room is so AWESOME..."
Iruka walked to the kitchen, Sasuke was already there. Sasuke and Kakashi could still hear the boys as if they were in the room with them.
"They are both quite loud," Sasuke said.
"Yeah," Kakashi agreed, stirring the noodles. "I'm glad they're not girls... I'd hate to have to hear them complain and gossip twenty-four/seven..." He shuddered.
"I agree fully," the raven replied. "It makes me feel bad for Shikamaru... Since Asuma died, he's been living with Ino, Sakura, and Choji... Choji is perfectly fine, Sakura and Ino on the other hand..."
"I've met Sakura and Ino," Iruka said, "They're not that bad... You just don't like them because they make you their topic of discussion all the time... It's like their world revolves around you." He laughed.
"Do not remind me," Sasuke replied, rolling his black eyes. "Ino has found her marked one, so she can talk about me all she wants it doesn't mean anything... Sakura... She's one of the very few of us that has found their marked one but is hoping that it will be someone different..."
"She won't be able to be in denial much longer," Kakashi said, turning the heat on the stove down. "I give her a few months, a year tops, until she's crawling to her marked one..."
Iruka nodded in agreement. "I'd even venture to say that she'll be with her marked one when everyone is gathered here for Christmas." He looked at Sasuke. "Speaking of marked ones and Christmas... Have you told Shino about Kiba yet?"
Sasuke sighed. "No, I have not. I was just going to let him see at Christmas. If Kiba's marked one were anyone else, I wouldn't even let them talk until he was eighteen... But Shino is a good man, I trust him... Plus, he's been searching almost as long as I have..." He looked at the brunette man. "Have you seen Naruto's mark yet?"
"No," the man replied, shaking his head. "I'm kind of anxious about seeing it actually..."
Sasuke raised an eyebrow. "Oh? Why is that?"
"I'm not sure really..." the man replied, "I guess it's just that I don't know everyone out there. I only know a few other immortals and that's because of you Sasuke, but a lot of them have found their marked... I guess I just don't like the idea of Naruto getting someone that I don't know and trust..."
"Don't worry about that Dolphin," Kakashi said, kissing the man's cheek and opening a cabinet to get bowls, "I don't care who he gets, if they hurt him I will maim them..." He placed the bowls he chose on the counter. "They will die a slow and painfully bloody death... How does that sound?" He turned to the brunette and smiled, his eyes the only evidence because his mask was still in place.
Iruka laughed; if Kakashi said they would suffer then they certainly would. There were three things in the world that Kakashi loved to do, his most favorite being Iruka. Then, he loved reading dirty romance novels and then hurting anyone who hurt his loved ones. Kakashi had a darker, bloodthirsty side that he would only let out to protect someone he cared for, Naruto being a new one he would gladly get his hands dirty for.
"That sounds wonderful," Iruka said, kissing the man on the cheek.
"Is it ready?" Sasuke questioned with a smile.
Kakashi chuckled. "Yeah, will you get the boys? Ruka and I will set the table."
Sasuke nodded and stood to walk upstairs. He followed the boys excited words and found the room quite easily. He pushed the door open and his eyes were assualted by all the bright colors he saw. He resisted the urge to sheild his eyes. "Boys," he called, "Dinner's ready."
"Yay!" the loud voice of Naruto exclaimed, "Ramen!" Both the blonde and Kiba stood from their spots at the toy box to run towards Sasuke. He moved aside to allow them to run by him. They were certainly going to be a handful...
TLA
It was two months later: Christmas time. Naruto and Kiba were bouncing off of the walls. It would be their first Christmas away from the orphanage; they would be getting their own presents and they could not wait to have Christmas dinner, especially because Iruka was cooking and he made the best food ever (according to them).
"Daddy, Daddy, Daddy!" Sasuke jumped up from his giant leather chair that came from Heaven. His son certainly sounded terrified.
"Kiba, what is it?" he asked worriedly. He grunted when a tiny blur crashed into him at full speed; it didn't hurt, it merely caught him off guard.
"It's a monster!" the boy yelled, squeezing himself against the man's muscular chest. His daddy was big and strong and could beat the monster up.
"A monster?" Sasuke questioned, "Where?" He rubbed the boy's back soothingly.
"O-outside... I heard it g-growl... Like this: raaaaaawwwwr. It's gonna eat me!"
Sasuke faught off the urge to smile. Kiba thought everything strange was out to eat him. "Let's go make it leave then, huh?"
"Yeah, yeah!" Kiba agreed.
Sasuke held on to his son as he walked from his study/office. "Where did you hear it growl?"
"Outside my window! It went like this: grrrrrrrr!"
"It did?" Sasuke questioned as he walked to Kiba's room. "Sounds scary."
"It was!" Kiba exclaimed.
"But you sure were brave to tattle-tell on the monster..."
"I know!" the boy yelled proudly. "But you can beat some old monster up, Daddy. It's because monsters aren't cold like you."
"You mean 'cool'?" Sasuke laughed.
Kiba laughed. "Yeah! That's what I said!"
Sasuke smiled. They reached the window. "It was right out here?" he questioned, setting his son down on the ground; the boy nodded his head. Sasuke opened the window and leaned over it, looking around.
"No! No! Don't do that!" the tiny boy exclaimed. "Don't let the monster eated you!"
"I don't see the monster," Sasuke replied, he looked down and smirked. "Hold on... I see something."
Kiba watched as the tall man leaned even farther over the window and seemed to pick something up. His mouth dropped open when his father came back in with a small ball of fluff in his arms. "I think this is your monster," the man said. He held out the small fluff ball which wasn't a ball of fluff at all. It was-
"A puppy!" the boy exclaimed. He grabbed the tiny thing in his arms and hugged it. The tiny dog bit and nibbled at his hands, then licked all over them. "Can we keep it? Can we keep it?" the boy questioned.
It seemed to Sasuke that both his son and the dog looked up at him with huge watery eyes. Now he new how Iruka could always get Kakashi to do anything for him. And now he knew who to get mad at! Kiba and Naruto would both pout their way through anything now... sigh...
"I don't see why we couldn't," the man answered. "He has no tag or anything. You can have him."
Kiba yelled excitedly, not even a word, just a yell. "I'm gonna name him Akumaru! He's gonna be my new best friend! Cept Naruto!" He gasped. "I need to go show Naruto!" And with that, the young boy became a blur as he sped off.
Sasuke shook his head. Kiba had tons of energy, and Naruto... Damn did that tiny blonde have an endless supply? Both boys were always on the move, contantly. They couldn't sit still if the world depended on it...
Later that evening, guests are beginning to arrive...
Naruto and Kiba stood against the wall, looking around the corner every so often, watching as more and more people came to Kiba's daddy's big house. They had seen some really weird people. This one kid with red hair had a peanut on his back! And this other guy had caterpillars for eyebrows, then a smaller guy came in with the same ones on his face: big fuzzy black ones!!! And this one lady, who was really really really pretty, had hair that looked like bubbulegum!!! This one guy had purple lipstick all over his face, and this one lady had a gigantor fan! It was giant! It was a monster fan! Kiba and Naruto were even surprised to see two people with white eyeballs! Well, once they stared at the whiteness, they saw that the eyeballs were actually really light purple! They were awesome!
The two young boys stayed hidden as the guests filed into the large living room and sat around the various couches and chairs around the room. A huge Christmas tree was in the far corner of the room, and as the guests sat down they placed presents around the huge plant. Naruto and Kiba had really enjoyed decorating the tree; it had been especially fun making some of the ornaments! And the popcorn string stuff... yum!
Sasuke stood before everyone that was seated; it seemed to Naruto and Kiba that everyone was here now. "Kiba, Naruto, please come in here," he said in his deep voice. Everyone was quiet as the two small boys stepped forward, holding hands. Their daddies and Iruka had told them that they would be meeting the rest of their "family" tonight. They had to be extra special-good!
"I proudly introduce," Sasuke said, his normally dark and emotionless eyes shining brightly, "My son, Kiba Uchiha," ruffling his hair affectionately, "And Iruka's son, Naruto Hatake." He rubbed Naruto's head as well.
"Hey!" Kakashi exclaimed, "He's mine too!"
Iruka chuckled and kissed the man's cheek. "Children can't have children, Love," he said; everyone laughed at Kakashi's pout.
"Everyone picks on poor ol' Kakashi," the masked man pouted some more. He crossed his arms over his chest childishly.
Naruto released Kiba's hand and pounced in his father's lap. "I don't pick on you, Daddy!" he exclaimed. Kiba follwed and jumped in his lap too. "I don't either Naruto's daddy!"
And that was all the Uchiha Clan needed to accept Naruto and Kiba into the family...
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Sasuke looked around. His brother and Shino Aburame were not here yet. He would have been worried, but he knew that either man was fully capable of taking care of himself. They were traveling together because they had become friends over their many years of knowing each other. And neither of them knew that Sasuke, the good friend and brother that he was, had found their marked ones. The lucky bastards were going to have the best Christmas ever because of him.
"Well everyone," Sasuke said, "We are waiting on two more guests, but they should have been on time. Please, go to the dining room and eat the meal Iruka has so wonderfully prepared for us. We shall introduce ourselves formally when the last two people arrive." Some of the clan was new and had not been properly introduced to everyone.
About an hour later, everyone was happily eating their food and listening to Naruto and Kiba loudly tell of their adventures in the treehouse that their daddies built for them in the tree between their houses. They hadn't been surprised at all by how quickly the treehouse was built because, well, their daddies could do anything in their opinion. In middle of one of their jungle adventure stories, the front door opened loudly and the wind that had been building up outside wooshed inside, bringing with it small fluries of snow. The people at the dining room table who had been in the clan longest rolled their eyes at the antics; Sasuke's older brother just had to make an entrance...
Sasuke stood from his place at the head of the table and disappeared around a corner to get to the living door. "Do you like bringing the weather into my house?" his deep voice questioned with only a slight trace of amusement; you had to be listening to hear it, or know the real Sasuke. The Uchiha's were family oriented, meaning that even if Itachi had brought a cyclone into the house, Sasuke's joy at having the rest of his family with him overrode his anger at his destroyed house. Family was the most important thing in their lives, not just the brothers for themselves, but for their entire clan. They were the last two Uchiha and it had taken many long years to rebuild their family, and the people gathered in the house didn't need the name Uchiha to be part of the Uchiha family, they just were.
"You know me Little Brother," a slightly lighter voice replied, "If I can't mess up your house, then what is the pointing of coming? And I brought the bug with me as well."
Sasuke came back around the corner, but his head was turned toward the two men following behind him. One of the men looked like Sasuke but he had longer raven hair pulled into a low pony-tail with dark tresses framing his pale face. He had odd lines beneath his equally odd colored eyes, with them he looked exotic and mysterious. He had a wonderful smile on his face and a large overcoat on that seemed to swallow him whole. Naruto and Kiba thought he was really pretty.
Now for the other guest...
"Aaahhhh!" Kiba and Naruto yelled. "It's a alien!" they both yelled while pointing at one Shino Aburame...
Kakashi and Iruka would have sweatdropped if this were an anime, but it's not. ;D
Shino stood next to Itachi, whom he was taller then (Sasuke was too by the way. The younger Uchiha had gotten the taller family genes from their father while Itachi had gotten the shorter genes from their mother.), wearing a raincoat. At least, it looked like a raincoat. It had a giant hood that shadowed the man's face but didn't hide his incredibly dark sunglasses. It was an odd greenish grey color and looked like some weird plasticky-cottony material (according to Naruto and Kiba). His arms were hidden but seemed to be hanging by his sides, and he wasn't smiling like his long-haired friend. He certainly did look otherworldly.
Itachi and Shino both looked at the young children in surprise. Shino's mouth fell open; his mark...
"Why, Little Brother... Who ever might these adorable children belong to? What are their names? Who are they?"
Sasuke smirked. He left his brother and gaping Shino to stand behind Kiba and Naruto's chairs. He placed a hand on Naruto's bright blonde head. "This is Kakashi and Iruka's new son, Naruto," he said, "And this," he continued, placing his hand atop Kiba's head, "Is your nephew... Kiba." He gave Shino a smile (and yes, it was a real smile. Shino deserved to have finally found his marked one. Sasuke was just really happy that he'd been able to help. However... He and Shino may have been good friends, and he would trust Shino with his life any day of the week, but Kiba was a different matter. Since Kiba was so young, Shino wouldn't feel anything but a simple protectiveness for the tiny brunette. He would love him, yes, but not in any way more than simply wanting Kiba to be happy and healthy. It wouldn't be until the small boy was no longer a boy that Shino may feel the full effects of a marked one's presence. This was when Shino would need to watch himself because Sasuke didn't want to have to kill a member of his family for hurting his son. And he would, too. If he ever found out that anyone hurt his son, they would die- no questions asked. He highly doubted that Shino would ever hurt Kiba anyways. For their kind, a marked one was the other half of their soul; it was their missing link. A marked one was their way of feeling complete and whole; it was their only reason for living. Hurting the one that bore your mark meant death, pure and simple. Should someone ever hurt your marked one, they would heal, but for you to do it... There is no way of healing a wound when the other half of your soul is the one who inflicted it; death would be a mercy to the great pain of harming your own soul.). "I believe I know who shares these markings," he directed at Shino knowingly.
Sasuke motioned for Shino to come closer; the hooded man did so wobbly. Shino had never seen anything in his life more wonderful or beautiful then the small child he got closer and closer to. He imagined the day he would find his marked multiple times. He'd seen a lovely woman in his head... Or a handsome man... He'd seen royalty and poverty; dark-skinned and pale-skinned... He'd always imagined the most beautiful people to share his mark... Kiba exceeded all of them. Was this really happening? Was he really seeing his marked one? Were they really so close? He couldn't be dreaming or else he would die; this was too real...
Kiba looked up at the alien curiously. He'd never met an alien before. "Where are your ant tennays? Aliens have ant tennays!"
"Kiba," Sasuke said, "This isn't an alien. This is my good friend Shino. He wants to show you something." He gave the man a look that said, 'Show him.'
Not needing to be told what to do, Shino pulled his hood down and removed his sunglasses to reveal an incredbily handsome face with deep brown eyes (almost black). Then he shrugged off his thick jacket and surprised everyone because he was wearing a thin black T-shirt despite the snow outside. He then held up his arms, and on each one about halfway between his wrist and his elbow, on the bottom side, were two triangular markings that were identical to the ones that Kiba bore on his face.
The tiny brunette boy made an odd exclamation between a yell of joy and a gasp. "Daddy look!" he exclaimed, smiling brightly up and Sasuke, "He has red things like me!" He then reached up his tiny hands up and placed one on each of Shino's marks.
Shino was instantly warmed to his core. He felt like he would never frown or feel pain again. His chest was suddenly heavy with an immense feeling of happiness that he was sure would cause his heart to burst... He did something he couldn't remember doing in quite a while... He smiled, brightly.
Everyone burst into applause.
Kiba giggled. "That tickles," he said, removing one of his hands to touch one of his own marks. Shino laughed; no one had ever heard him laugh before. It was a nice, deep sound.
Iruka teared up. It was so cute... He remembered when he first met Kakashi. He recalled finding the tall man handsome and mysterious. He had never met an immortal before and had only heard horror stories from his parents, but he couldn't think of any of those aweful stories when he saw the grey-haired man. This stranger with mismatched eyes and a scar going down his face... With pale skin and spiky hair..
He had been seventeen when he first saw Kakashi; the man didn't wear a mask then, which is how Iruka knew what he was. He had a mark on on his face, right next to his lips. It would have been ugly on anyone else, but Iruka found it incredibly attractive... especially since he had one identical to it except his was on his hip, where his leg met his waist. It was a dark blue color and shaped like lightning. He hadn't even said one word to the man before he approached him and lightly touched the mark. The look that had gone through those mis-matched eyes was one of pure bliss, just like Shino. The man had crushed Iruka against his chest and kissed him.
*sorry! you don't need to read this! it's just me thinking... K= 287; I= 90something; S=300something... 287-70= 217 and then 217-8=209, so Kakashi was about 211 when he and Iruka met... and i'm typing it so i wont forget... ^^* and now back to the story:
There are some things that must be known about immortals. They age slowly; it's actually rather complicated and varies amongst them. Kakashi appeared no older then thirty when he was actually about 210 years old. When an immortal finds their marked one, then they stop aging; they become fully immortal. It is only after their marked one accepts them that they are both immortal, and then they both stop aging. An immortal can only ever love one person, and that person is their marked one. However, it doesn't go both ways. A marked one can chose to love whomever they want; choosing someone else over their immortal would mean living an average lifespan for them while it meant an excruciating death for the immortal. There are ways to take a marked one's acceptance, but they are painful; this is normally done by immortals who are desperate for their immortality.
Iruka would have gladly accepted Kakashi with that one kiss, but the man had refused to allow that. He wanted Iruka, who was still young, to remain human a while longer, to grow older and smarter. He told Iruka over and over again that he wanted to make sure Iruka wouldn't find anyone else; although it would kill Kakashi, he wanted to give Iruka the choice and he believed that if Iruka accepted him so easily then he was rushing into it because he was young and hormonal. When Iruka turned twenty-five, eight years after their first meeting, and he had still not chosen any other person to be with, Kakashi deemed him okay to decide. The usually shy and timid young man had pounced on Kakashi with a vigor. They married (immortal style) and disappeared for year, before Kakashi introduced Iruka to Sasuke and Itachi and then the brunette was officially part of the Uchiha Clan. Would anyone like a one-shot of Kakashi and Iruka's meeting and acceptance? Cuz I'd be willing to write one if you'd be willing to read it... ??? Just let me know! :D
And now back to the present. Kakashi put an arm around Iruka's shoulders and kissed his cheek.
"Brother," Sasuke said, walking back to Itachi. "There's one more person I'd like to introduce you to." He put an arm around his brother's shoulders and walked him to another person at the table; it was the kid with purple lipstick on his face! But it wasn't lipstick at all, it was his mark... One that Itachi bore as well... "Itachi, this is Kankuro."
Kankuro wasn't that much of a kid; he was fifteen, going on sixteen. His family was an odd one... His brother Gaara, he, and his sister Temari were all marked. It was rare that all the children in a family would be marked. They were abandoned by their mother after Gaara was born, and then their father died shortly after. They had been taken in by Gai, who introduced them to Sasuke alone because Itachi traveled a lot and wasn't anywhere near them at the time. It had been shortly after last Christmas, so Itachi hadn't had the privilege of meeting the siblings. And his little brother hadn't found it important enough to tell him that one of them was his! How mean!
Itachi stared at Kankuro; he couldn't help it! He was older then his brother and had been searching far longer then he had... Far longer than any of them... To finally see his mark on someone else... He turned towards Sasuke and popped him on the arm. "You ass!" he exclaimed. "If I learn that you have known where he was for anything longer then a week..." he practically growled.
Kiba and Naruto gasped. "You said a no-no word!" they both exclaimed; everyone laughed, and dinner continued.
After dinner... Around the Christmas tree...
Naruto and Kiba were having fun wrapping Shino like a present, covering him with bows from the presents too, when the peanut kid was pushed towards them by the girl with the giant fan.
The two boys stopped their wrapping and looked at the peanut kid curiously; he was holding a stuffed panda he'd just gotten tightly in his arms, and he looked back at the school as if he was scared of them. She smiled at him and nodded her head at Kiba and Naruto.
Naruto looked at the girl too, his head cocked to the side. He then smiled brightly and grabbed the boy's hand. The red head looked at him, surprised. "I'm Naruto!" the blonde exclaimed. "You're going to be my friend!"
The little red head looked confused for a second before he smiled to, but it was tiny, like he wasn't used to doing it. "I'm Gaara," he said in a soft voice.
"Hi! This is Kiba!" And then the three of them proceeded to cover Shino in paper and bows.
Sasuke, Iruka, and Kakashi were all incredibly proud of Naruto and Kiba. Gaara had been quiet and lonely everytime they had ever seen him. It was heart-warming that Naruto and Kiba would accept him so easily, but then they were used to not being accepted so they wouldn't want to treat someone else like that.
Gai was happy that Gaara was making friends, as was his pupil Lee whom had been helping him take care of the young red head and his family.
Sakura Haruno and Ino Yamanaka, along with Choji Akimichi and Shikamaru Nara, were all laughing at Shino and his tiny captors. Sakura and Ino even helped with some of the bows.
Neji Hyuuga simply sat on a couch with his arms crossed, listening to everything that was going on. He sat with his eyes closed lightly, next to his cousin Hinata who was giggling at the children.
Temari was sitting next to Iruka who was sitting next to Kakashi who was trying to put a bow on Sasuke's head.
Kankuro watched Itachi stand from his seat next to Shino and walk towards the bathroom. He waited a bit before heading in the same direction. When he found the older man he was washing his hands.
"Hello, Kankuro," Itachi said, drying his hands and turning towards the teenager. "Do you need something?"
"You have my mark? I want to see it," the teen replied, leaning against the door frame.
Itachi laughed. "No, silly boy, you have my mark," he said. "And I don't have to show you, you're just a kid."
"Oh," Kankuro smirked, "So it's in one of those places huh?"
"Excuse me?"
"Your mark... It's in a special place? Show me."
"Are you bossing me around? You little punk..."
Kankuro got closer. "Come on," he said, "It's not fair that you can see mine but I can't see yours." He grabbed one Itachi's hands and placed it against his marked cheek. "Please show me? Please?"
Itachi shook his head in a lame attempt to gain control of the situation. He would not let a teenager, a boy, get fresh with him or boss him around. He was so adorable... No! He was what, twelve? "How old are you?" he asked as a distraction.
Kankuro rolled his dark eyes. "Fifteen, sixteen in a few weeks. And, I'll probably grow taller than you... You're incredibly feminine."
Itachi glared at him and pulled his hand away from the warm face. "I believe I'm insulted," he declared.
Kankuro chuckled. "Don't be," he replied, "I think you're beautiful... Now, show me your mark," he ordered. "No, show me our mark..."
Itachi felt something shoot through him. 'Our mark'? Okay, was Kankuro really only fifteen? He talked like a wise old man. What he said was deep. It was their mark, and if anyone had a right to see it on Itachi it was definitely Kankuro... But still, he was just a teenager and a young one at that! He couldn't even drive a car... One glimpse wouldn't hurt right?
After a little battle in his head, Itachi finally caved. "Fine, but no touching. You're not a kid, especially if you're so serious about this, and I refuse to let a fifteen year old carry me away. Understand?"
Kankuro nodded eagerly. "No touching. Got it."
Itachi sighed. He felt like one of Kakashi's perverted book characters, like when a student hits on the teacher and takes control of them... Well, Itachi felt like the helpless teacher and Kankuro was the hormonal teenager. Sasuke could be the principal who could fire the teacher for being with the student, except Sasuke wouldn't fire him, he would be disappointed in his older brother, and that would be worse then getting fired. But, Itachi and Kankuro weren't going to do anything! Itachi was just showing Kankuro what he deserved to see! Yeah, so he wasn't at fault!
Feeling a little better, Itachi removed his shirt and turned so his back was facing Kankuro (who was practically swimming in his own drool because of the porcelain pale back that looked satiny smooth. Damn his teenage hormones); there was no mark. Then, Kankuro's attention was drawn to the bottom of Itachi's back where, rising just a little above the hem of his black pants, some purple could be seen.
"Can you see it?" Itachi questioned.
Kankuro swallowed the drool in his mouth. "See what?" he dishonestly replied. Maybe if he 'couldn't' see it, then Itachi would show some more.
And he was right; Itachi hooked a finger on each side of his pants and pulled them down ever so slighty. If he pulled them down too much, his entire ass would be showing and he didn't want that to happen; not at all! It was weird enough showing Kankuro this much of his backside; he wasn't one to blush, but his face was flaming as he actually felt Kankuro's gaze. No one besides his mother and Sasuke had ever seen his mark, and Sasuke had only seen it whenever they went to a hotspring (which was a tradition). He wasn't very comfortable with the fact that he was doing something so intimate with a teenager, but they shared the mark so he would have felt worse if he'd kept denying to show it.
"What about now?"
Kankuro kept his hands to himself, but he was estatic! He liked what little of the purple markings he could see on Itachi's pale skin. He couldn't wait till Itachi deemed him old enough to actually be with. "Wow..." was his only reply. "Thank you," he said as Itachi fixed his pants and turned back around. "One day, when my age doesn't bother you, I'll show you how I really feel about it..." He smiled and handed Itachi his shirt. "Merry Christmas," he added with a smile as he turned and left.
Thus, a few minutes later, Iruka announced that it was bed time so everyone needed to go to their rooms. In the morning, they would eat a wonderful breakfast and then head back to their respective homes until the next family meeting.
Iruka followed behind Kakashi as he carried a sleepy Naruto to his room. When they reached the bright place, Kakashi laid the boy down on his bed and went to get his pajamas from the dresser.
"Did you have fun, Naruto?" Iruka questioned, removing the tiny shoes from the blonde's feet.
"It was awesome!" was the excited yet sleepy reply.
Iruka laughed and laid Naruto's pajamas (that Kakashi had handed him) next to the boy on the bed. He then began to help the boy undress... Which he normally didn't do, but A: the boy was exhausted, and B: he and Kakashi had decided that they would see Naruto's mark and hopefully recognize it.
With a little anxiety, Iruka pulled the blonde's sweater over his head and then removed his under shirt. He then gasped at the mark he saw around the blonde's belly buttton; he knew that mark!
"Kakashi!" he exclaimed, looking at the grey-haired man.
"I know," the man replied, looking just as surprised. "I need to tell him..."
Iruka nodded and watched as Kakashi walked out of the room, most likely to the nearest phone.
Kakashi dialed the familiar number of his next door neighbor, who picked up after the first ring.
"Yes, Kakashi, what is it? We just parted ways a few moments ago..."
"It's Naruto's mark," the masked man replied, "We've seen it."
"And? Whose is it?"
"Yours..."
SasunaruTLA: and there you go! Its really long! And by the way! the next chapter will be a few years later! Because Naruto and Kiba will be seventeen i believe... this is where the good juicy stuff begins! And be on the lookout for a blank immortal... And lemons... Or at least oranges! Some keylime pie! LOL! And should I throw in some mpreg somewhere? Just wondering! Tell me what you think! XD
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