Disclaimer: I don't own nor have I contributed to Naruto in any way! Nope! None!
2nd Disclaimer: The songs and lyrics mention in this fic do not belong to me! Nu-uh! The songs in this chapter are: "Miss Murder" by AFI
Sky-eyed Kitsune: Erg….exams at school over now…..—passes out—
Gomi-kun: --blinks— Wow, it's really quiet now. –stares at audience-- Er…go read now. No updates.
Reviewer Replies:
To akume: Un! I luv AU's!
To shirilyle: Yerp, I am!
To Teng-A-Ling: O.o How did you know that he is Kyuubi!!? --shifty eyes-- Er...you didn't hear that! O.O Un, I luv to have people not understand Naruto, lol! If anyone needs a translation, just ask, or you can look it up.
To Chibi Lucifer: Yay! I updated soon! I so proud! T.T
To EndlessKnight: Ooooooo I lurve your review! XD I never really liked a super bouncy Naruto...so why not make him a little bit of an anti-social jerk!? That'll show Sasuke! XD
To xNetsUx: --bows-- Arigatou!
To PirateCaptainBo: To Bo- Yesssss, me like a Naruto with angst, hence the split personality! X3
To Ski: Un! I will! Oooo, I have a question! You and Bo share an account together, right? Well, why is your penname PirateCaptainBo and there's no Ski in there!? O.O Wa! Wow Ski, you must be a nice sis to be ok with that! I have a sis, and I would be sooooo ticked off if she made the penname with only her name in it! (Oh ya, people really do call me Kitsune by the way, so it's my real nickname. Lol.) Just wonderin! You don't need to answer:b
To Kumikoryu-chan: X3
To BeneathSecrets: Make up is smexy on some dudes! Lol! XD Like Gaara! O.o Yes, the ray of sunshine has some angst to get through...--cue dramatic music-- Lol. As for the translation, basically when Iruka introduced Naruto to the class he told him that he was glad that he came. Naruto told Iruka not to worry. Then Iruka told Naruto to come inside the classroom cause he wouldn't. XD With the chat with Sasuke and Iruka, Naruto said that he didn't want to talk to Sasuke. Iruka asked Naruto if there was anything wrong, and Naruto said he didn't know. Iruka asked what it was, then Naruto changed his mind and said that it was nothing. Then he said goodbye, and Iruka was about to ask him where he was going, and he said that he was heading to work. Phew!
To frizzy197: I'm not a huge fan of Relient K, but that song of theirs is good! Thank you for the lovely review!
Chapter Dedication: This is for Teng-a-Ling, EndlessKnight, and Beneath Secrets! Arigatou!!!
Chapter Two: Encased in Ice
"Why the hell are you dragging me along? I told you to do this! This is so troublesome…"
Sasuke and Shikamaru walked side by side down the sidewalk on the campus of Sungakure High School. Known to have had many gang fights inside and outside of school, you'd expect the area to be pretty dismal and in a bad neighborhood.
But it was quite the contrary.
It looked even better than Konoha All Boys Academy campus, the grass neatly shaved and bushes of ivy and wildflowers enclosing the school. The neighborhood was one of the richest, filled with mansions and high class houses that even smelled expensive when you passed by.
"You'd think they'd turn out better growing up like this," Sasuke said, and Shikamaru sighed in agreement.
They continued to walk until they were to the back of the school on the soccer field, rolling on past the designated campus until it stopped at the road. It was utterly green and beautiful.
"This is so troublesome," Shikamaru whined. "Where is he?"
Sasuke looked around, when he spotted a small group of teenagers, presumably seniors, near the benches on the field.
"Let's ask," Sasuke said, and Shikamaru followed them as they made their way over to the group.
They all stopped chatting when the duo approached. The group wore the uniforms of Sungakure High, varying in appearances. There was a girl with four spiked pigtails standing up from her dark blonde hair, a whitish blonde-haired girl with a high pony-tail, and a girl with two black buns. They all wore a red skirt, white blouse, and a black jacket with the hourglass symbol of Sungakure. Next to them were three boys. One had chesnut spiked hair with red triangle tattoos under his eyes, and one with dark brown hair also spiked and longer with purple markings around his eyes and face, wearing a strange black hat with what looked like ears poking up from it. Besides the teen with the triangles was a large, almost wolf-like white dog with brown tipped ears and a black collar. Next to the dog was a boy with straight black hair framing his face and coal black eyes. They all wore black pants, a red shirt, and black button up jacket, the triangle teen's jacket flung onto the bench. They all looked to be the same age as Sasuke and Shikamaru- eighteen.
"What the hell do you bastards want?" the triangle teen asked gruffly as the duo approached and stopped in front of them, and the dog growled.
"Nice manners tattoo boy," Sasuke said, and the teen snarled.
"What the hell did you say punk!?"
"Kiba, calm yourself," the young black-haired man on the bench said, and Kiba's temper fizzled a bit.
"Whatever," he said.
"What do you want?" the more level headed teen asked.
"We're looking for Kyuubi," Shikamaru said bluntly, and suddenly a punch was whipped across his face by the tall teen with purple markings and the funny hat.
"What the hell do you want with him?" the boy hissed dangerously as Shikamaru sat on the ground.
Sasuke leaned down to his friend.
"Are you ok?" he asked, and Shikamaru nodded, rubbing his cheek where a bruise was forming.
"You drag me along and I'm the one who gets hit. Troublesome…"
Sasuke rolled his eyes as he helped Shikamaru up.
"We'd like to ask him if he'd be willing to take a job," Sasuke said a bit hesitantly, not looking forward to having his face punched in.
"What kind of job?" the black-haired girl asked in a more positive tone. Sasuke noted that she was the only one who wasn't glaring at him.
"We want a bodyguard, and we're willing to pay good money if he'll take the job."
"Pfft," scoffed the teen, patting his dog. "Kyuu already has a job."
"He does?" Sasuke asked, and then smirked. "Kyuu huh?"
"I'd like to hear that from him if it's ok."
"First off, who are you?" the blonde with the ponytail asked.
"We'll tell you if you tell us who you are," Sasuke said.
"Fine," the blonde replied. "I'm Ino Yamanaka."
"Kiba Inuzuka," the triangle teen replied, grinning and showing off sharp canines like a dog. "And this is Akamaru."
The dog barked.
"Tenten," the nice black-haired girl said, holding up a peace sign and grinning. Sasuke made a mental note to introduce her to Lee if he ever got the chance.
"Kankuro Sabaku," the tallest face-decorated teen said, as if introductions were painful. Even though he had just nailed him in the face, Sasuke felt like he and Shikamaru would be a perfect pair.
"Temari Sabaku," the four spiked pigtails girl said, crossing her arms. Siblings, eh?
"Sai," said the cool black-eyed boy. "Now you two."
"Sasuke Uchiha," Sasuke said.
"Shikamaru Nara," Shikamaru yawned, stuffing his hands into his pockets.
"You want Kyuu to be your bodyguard, eh?" Temari asked, and the duo nodded. "Well, Kyuu could always use a scrap of cash…"
Temari whipped out a violet cell phone and dialed.
"What the hell are you doing!?" Kiba shouted, flailing his arms like a maniac.
"Calling Kyuu," Temari said, and Sasuke's hope sparked.
"WHAT!? Why the hell do we wanna help these egotistical sons of-"
"Kyuu."
Kiba stopped as Temari started speaking, holding the phone away as she put it on speaker.
"Kyuu!"
"Hey Kyuubi!"
"What's up dude?"
"Kyuubi-kuun!"
They all said loudly at once. Sasuke expected that Kyuubi must have gotten an earful.
"Itai! Take down the volume guys!"
Roger that.
Suddenly something snapped inside Sasuke. He was here with Kurochi, listening to them talk to Kyuubi…the Kyuubi…
Sasuke wanted to smack himself then and there to see if he was having a nightmare.
"There are two guys here who have some business with you," Temari said. Sasuke assumed that she was the leader of the pack when Kyuubi was away.
"Business?"
"Yea."
"Kankuro punched someone out, didn't he?"
"N-no!" Kankuro sputtered.
"Copy that."
Sasuke laughed a little. He wished that the speakerphone wasn't so crackly so that he could hear the Kyuubi's voice better, but he sounded like a sarcastic person.
"Anyways," Temari continued, rolling her eyes. "Do you know these guys? One has a spiky brown ponytail with a bored look on his face and the other has black eyes with duck butt hair."
Sasuke fumed a bit on the inside, but his exterior stayed utterly calm.
"Spiky brown hair? Duck butt?"
The group giggled.
"They say their names are Sasuke Uchiha and Shikamaru Nara."
"Sasuke?" Sasuke's eyes flickered as he noted the change in Kyuubi's tone, that of sudden recognition.
"Oh yea, Sasuke. I forgot to mention, sorry guys. Naruto said that he wanted to meet me for something."
"Naruto?" Sasuke blurted, and the group glared at him. There was laughing on the other line.
"Yea, Naruto. You know, blonde hair, blue eyes, attends Konoha Academy?"
"I know that," Sasuke said. "I mean…you two are really related?"
There was a long pause over the line.
"What does it matter?" Kyuubi finally asked.
"I don't know," Sasuke said.
"So, what do you say Kyuu?" Temari asked.
"I'll be there in fiv-hah!"
"Kyuu?" Temari asked, her tone a bit anxious now.
"Neh….I…" there was a long groan over the line and some labored breathing.
"Kyuubi! Are you ok?" Temari asked, and the group looked at the cell phone worriedly. "Are you hurt? What's wrong?"
"I-I'm fine…" Kyuubi said. "I'll be there in five m-minutes."
With that the phone clicked off.
Temari sighed and placed the cell phone on the bench.
"What now?" Shikamaru asked.
"We wait," Temari replied.
"So troublesome."
Well kept orange tennis shoes walked down a ruby red carpet floor, passing by lockers as soft footsteps went unheard down the hall, smothered by the terrazzo.
Scarlet red hair flowed out with the steps, brushing against shoulders covered by orange.
Sun-kissed skin stretched over a lithe form, slightly muscular, as three whisker-like scars hugged to cheeks lovingly.
Crimson eyes scanned the hall contentedly, not particularly looking for something.
Kyuubi made a left in Sungakure High, walking leisurely, when suddenly her was pressed up against the wall, his back meeting the cement.
"Naruto." Kyuubi opened his eyes, having been shut by surprise, to see a redhead pinning his wrists to the wall, his face level with Kyuubi's as he leaned down a bit. His light emerald eyes shone in the hallway lights, and the black eyeliner around them accented his fiery red hair. His skin was pale and smooth, and one his forehead was a tattoo in kanji, meaning love.
"Gaara…" Kyuubi replied. "You're not supposed to call me by that name around here."
Gaara smirked as he brought up a hand and caressed the shorter young man's scarred but oh so silky cheek gently.
"But it's your name. Your real name," he said.
Naruto turned his head away from Gaara's hand.
"Gaara," he said quietly. "I-"
Kyuubi was suddenly cut off as Gaara pressed his lips onto the other's, hovering his body closer to the shorter teen.
Kyuubi shut his eyes tight and tried to push Gaara off of him, but he suddenly felt like all the strength had been sapped from him upon meeting those light jade eyes.
Gaara moved his lips rhythmically in a slow and gentle pattern against Kyuubi's, pushing his body up against him.
Kyuubi gasped as Gaara thrust his hips forward a bit, and Gaara took that opportunity to slip his tongue into the handsome teen's mouth.
Gaara explored every cavern and crevice, slowly releasing Naruto's wrists. He placed one hand on the back of Kyuubi's neck, tilting his head forward, and the other on his waist.
A shiver ran up Kyuubi's spine as heat flashed through him, Gaara's tongue like liquid fire. He reached up his hands and gripped the front of Gaara's shirt to keep from slipping down the wall.
Kyuubi couldn't help but groan when Gaara massaged his tongue against his own.
Gaara smirked and pulled away, letting Kyuubi catch his breath.
"Gaara…" Kyuubi said, closing his eyes and turning his head away.
"Naruto, you know how I feel," Gaara said. "I like you a lot. I want you, Naruto. I love you."
Kyuubi opened his eyes, suddenly frightened a sky blue, and looked at Gaara hard.
"I can't, Gaara," he said.
"It's because of Haku, isn't it?"
Kyuubi didn't say anything, and Gaara knew he was right.
"Naruto, do you love me?"
"You're my best friend Gaara. It's hard to think of you as something else. But…"
"But?"
"I…I don't know. It would be wrong to date you."
Kyuubi gasped as Gaara leaned his head down and licked at his tan neck.
"Does this feel wrong?" Gaara said softly, kissing Kyuubi's skin.
Kyuubi let out an involuntary groan as Gaara sucked on his neck lightly, steadily applying more pressure.
Kyuubi sunk to the ground as he legs became numb, and Gaara went down with him, never abandoning his neck.
"Naruto, I won't hurt you," Gaara whispered into Kyuubi's skin. "I would never want to hurt you. You're also my best friend…but I want to be more."
Gaara cupped Kyuubi's face in his hands as he rested his forehead against the blue-eyed boy's.
"I love you Naruto. You're afraid to get close to anyone outside of Kurochi, and afraid to be more than friends with anyone at all because you don't want to hurt again. I won't hurt you Naruto. And I'll be fine. Please…"
Gaara trailed kisses down Kyuubi's neck, Kyuubi in turn throwing his head back instinctively to expose more of the skin there.
"One night Naruto…just one…" Gaara said, lapping at the newly revealed skin and making Kyuubi gasp.
Kyuubi closed his eyes as a wave of emotion spread over him.
-----------Flashback------
"Haku, you're too slow!" a thirteen year-old Naruto cried as he ran ahead through the field, doing cartwheels in the snow.
"Calm down, I'm coming," another fourteen year-old said. His hair was a long, dark blue tied back into a ponytail, and his amber eyes shone in the snowflakes.
"Naruto, you have to be careful. Just because Otogakure costs a lot of money to get into, it doesn't mean that it's a nice place."
"Aw, you worry too much Haku!" Naruto said, twirling around as he watched the snowflakes fall around him like crystal tears.
"Besides, Otogakure has the biggest field! That's means more snow to play in!"
Haku smiled as he watch Naruto become dizzy with his spinning, and the boy giggled as he fell to the ground.
"Naruto! Are you ok?" Haku asked, kneeling down beside the teen.
Naruto laughed and pulled Haku down next to him in the snow. He spread out his arms and legs, moving them up and down and plowing the snow.
"C'mon Haku! Make a snow angel!" he said.
Haku smiled as he moved his arms and legs.
The two then stood up, brushing off snow as they looked over their work.
Two angels were imprinted on the ground side by side, and snow gently falling over them.
"Hm, they need something…" Naruto said. He leaned down and drew halos over them with his finger, then went down and used his sleeve to stretch out the angel's hands until they were linked together.
"There!" Naruto cried, springing up happily. "See Haku!"
Haku smiled and nodded.
"Hey Haku, we'll always be friends, right?"
Haku ruffeled Naruto's hair and grinned.
"Hey!" Naruto said.
"Yes, we'll always be best friends."
-------End Flashback----
Gaara stopped as he lifted his head and saw Kyuubi's distant eyes, and knew that he was thinking of his old best friend Haku.
"Naruto…" Gaara said, capturing Naruto's lips in a delicate kiss. "Haku wouldn't want you to withdraw like this, to cut off your heart and let it turn to ice. I knew him too."
Naruto slowly nodded, then turned his gaze to the ground.
"I don't feel like I can let someone in…"
"You don't remember how to Naruto," Gaara said. "Let go of that barrier."
Gaara opened Kyuubi's jacket and undid the top button of his shirt, nuzzling his skin and kissing his collar bone gently.
Kyuubi let out a groan and tangled his fingers in Gaara's hair, arching into Gaara's touch.
Gaara smiled and nibbled Kyuubi's neck, slowly unbuttoning his shirt more now.
"One night Naruto…" Gaara said, running his hands over Kyuubi's firm sun-kissed chest, feeling the small rifts that his muscles made in his skin.
Kyuubi blushed hard until his face was as red as his hair.
"I…"
"With just a look they shook, and heavens bowed before him. Simply a look could break your heart…"
Gaara and Kyuubi blinked as Miss Murder by AFI came on.
"The stars that pierced the sky; he left them all behind. We're left to wonder why he left us all behind."
Kyuubi fished into his pocket as Gaara recovered and went back to lapping at his neck.
"Hey Miss Murder can I, hey miss murder can I make beauty stay if I take my life. Whoa oh oh…"
Kyuubi pulled out his orange and black cell phone and flipped it open.
"Yea?" he said, putting it to his ear, then immediately pulled it away.
"Kyuu!"
"Hey Kyuubi!"
"What's up dude?"
"Kyuubi-kuun!"
Kyuubi held a hand to his ear as he heard his friends shout through the phone.
"Itai! Take down the volume guys!" he said as he placed the phone to his ear again.
Gaara smirked and licked Kyuubi's neck, and Kyuubi bit back a groan.
"There are two guys here who have some business with you," Temari said over the phone.
"Business?" Kyuubi said, struggling to maintain his clarity with Gaara devouring his neck.
"Yea."
"Kankuro punched someone out, didn't he?" Kyuubi sighed
"N-no!" Kankuro sputtered from the background.
"Copy that."
Gaara chuckled. He nuzzled his way down Kyuubi's collar bone, his chest, until he stopped at the lower half of his torso.
Kyuubi held the phone a bit away and hissed, "Gaara! Not now!"
"Does that mean later?" Gaara asked hopefully, and Kyuubi rolled his eyes.
"Anyways," Temari continued. "Do you know these guys? One has a spiky brown ponytail with a bored look on his face and the other has black eyes with duck butt hair."
"Spiky brown hair? Duck butt?"
Gaara flashed Kyuubi an incredulous look.
"They say their names are Sasuke Uchiha and Shikamaru Nara."
"Sasuke?" The name hit Kyuubi like a ton of bricks, and he closed his eyes as he saw an image of black eyes and…soft lips on his own.
"Oh yea, Sasuke. I forgot to mention, sorry guys. Naruto said that he wanted to meet me for something," Kyuubi said calmly.
"Naruto?" Kyuubi heard another voice say. A very familiar male one. Sasuke.
Kyuubi laughed a little.
"Yea, Naruto. You know, blonde hair, blue eyes, attends Konoha Academy?"
"I know that," Sasuke said. "I mean…you two are really related?"
Kyuubi paused as he thought for a bit, and then finally said, "What does it matter?"
"I don't know," Sasuke replied
"So, what do you say Kyuu?" Temari asked.
"I'll be there in fiv-hah!" Kyuubi gasped and practically dropped his phone when Gaara crashed his lips against his own in a passionate kiss.
"Kyuu?" Temari asked, her tone a bit anxious now.
"Neh…I…" Kyuubi gasped as the kiss broke for air before a fire engulfed Kyuubi's mouth again. Kyuubi couldn't stifle a loud groan that escaped him when Gaara rubbed his tongue against the underside of his own, and his breaths came in short pants in between.
"Kyuubi! Are you ok?" Temari asked. "Are you hurt? What's wrong?"
"I-I'm fine…" Kyuubi said, mustering the strength to speak as Gaara moved down to let his tongue play with the tattoo around Kyuubi's belly button. "I'll be there in five m-minutes."
Kyuubi shut the phone and whacked Gaara over the head with it.
"Ouch! What was-"
"Do you even need to ask!?" Kyuubi cried, and Gaara grinned.
"So, you said 'not now'. Did that maybe mean later?" he asked.
Kyuubi sighed.
"I don't know," he said.
"Let me help you decide," Gaara said, and pressed his lips up against Kyuubi's, running his hands over the teen's exposed chest.
Kyuubi groaned and tilted his head back, giving Gaara more entrance to his mouth.
Gaara took it gladly, and let out a moan himself as Kyuubi reached up and ran his fingers through Gaara's ruby hair soothingly.
Kyuubi kissed Gaara back, moving his lips against the taller red-heads rhythmically as his hands continued to work their magic.
Gaara felt his self control slip as his ground his hips against Kyuubi's, letting Kyuubi break the kiss to let out a moan before latching back onto them again. A sweet and addictive sensation erupted on Gaara's tongue, engulfing him as Kyuubi kissed him.
Damn, Naruto was a good kisser!
Kyuubi separated from Gaara's lips, panting, and Gaara let out a noise of disappointment.
"We need to…to go meet Temari-ah!" Kyuubi gasped as Gaara bit on a tender spot under his neck, and he purred with pleasure.
"You said five minutes," Gaara replied.
Sky-eyed Kitsune: Just so all of you know…this is SASUNARU! There will be one-sided nejinaru and some gaanaru, but it's SASUNARU LUUUUV!
Sky-eyed Kitsune & Gomi-kun