For the last time this year, I wanted to do this.

Disclaimer: Naruto characters don't belong to me.

Warning: Yaoi, m-preg, OOC, OCs and unbeta-read

Author's notes: Happy new year (of the Boar).

Chapter 79: Secrets

He wasn't called a master for nothing. Even when he fought, he kept an eye on the newbie because newbies had the tendency to break at the sight of killing too many people within a short span.

After he beheaded his enemy, he looked at the boy standing amidst the corpses. This was the sixth kill for Kisho but definitely his first to encounter a large group of missing-nin and bandits. But as usual, Kisho look as emotionless as their porcelain masks. What was the boy made of? He heard about him from Shougo but the boy exceeded the information his friend shared with him.

He watched impassively as the newbie burned all corpses and threw one flower.

"What's that for?" he asked.

Kisho answered, "Out of respect."

He sighed. "You're a kind person." He then remembered the way the boy kills. "Probably."

"That was an unnecessary addition."

The older man chuckled.

As Kisho expected, his evaluator recommended for him to work as a one-man team for reasons that were undisclosed. He was working alone but once in a while like now, he would meet comrades with whom he could exchange information and get acquainted with. This was one of the reasons why he was enjoying his job.

-SasuNaru is love-

Fear reflected in big blue eyes as one by one all his loved ones turned and walked away.

"Guys, where are going?" Naruto asked in a trembling voice but his inquiry was drowned out by the sounds of footsteps. "Wait!" he said as he chased after them. "Sasuke! Iruka-sensei!" But his voice didn't reach them. Desperation clawed within him as they drew farther and farther away, taking the light with them.

Naruto scrambled to his feet and chased after that ball of light representing his treasured persons. His shadow shifted as he ran faster and faster while the ball became smaller and smaller.

Don't leave me alone. Don't go.

Hope flared within him as he almost caught up with his target. He reached out and felt warmth at the tip of his cold fingers when they brushed against the light.

The yell of joy which was about to spill from his lips as he was close to enclosing it with his hand became a strangled cry as the ball completely vanished. Naruto fell on his knees, his world dark and cold.

"Why did you leave me?" he murmured as tears gently slipped from his eyes.

And he woke up crying quietly and feeling bad and cold. He turned to his side where Sasuke was peacefully sleeping. He clenched his aching chest. The dream, no, nightmare felt so real making the pain twice unbearable.

"Sasuke," he whispered urgently and desperately. The other man grunted. "Sasuke."

Another grunt before he was answered with a sleepy murmur of 'what?'.

"Hold me," he pleaded while entwining their hands together. He waited for a response by words or movement but it didn't come. He sucked in a deep breath. He told himself that it was okay. Sasuke was tired and that it was selfish of him to wake the latter up just so he had someone to share the pain with. He turned to his side of the bed feeling ridiculously bad at being rejected.　A second later, he felt Sasuke leaned over him, pulling him back against him while trailing soft lips on his tanned neck.

"You're not obliged. If you don't feel like doing it, then don't," he snapped but he let himself be pushed on his back.

Sasuke chuckled deeply making tanned skin crawl in anticipation. "Obliged? Definitely not. I breathe for this among other things." He let his fingertips lightly brushed against his spouse's right arm making him shiver.

"You were crying" he stated quietly. He kissed both eyes before licking the wet trail made by his tears. He didn't ask for a reason or for an explanation because he knew. Not because he was a genius or because Naruto was easy to read but because he was in perfect tune with the blonde's emotions.

Sasuke dipped his head to sweetly plunder the offered mouth and took his time in doing so. He moaned as Naruto pressed his tongue against his before mimicking each of his movement.

Naruto raised his arms and slowly wound it around the man hovering above him. He spread his legs wider to accommodate another pair of legs before he let his own draped over it. He closed his eyes as Sasuke grazed his chin with his teeth slowly... teasingly before he sucked it suggestively, making him remember those times when that sinful mouth engulfed another part of him. Naruto clutched his collar in frenzied heat.

"I won't leave you," Sasuke whispered to his ear between nibbling and tugging but he knew his wife needed more than words. He worked on his dobe's pajamas, displaying and tasting tanned skin inch by inch. He let his teasing tongue and skillful mouth to work its magic to ignite the flame and chase the coldness coiling around his wife's heart.

Naruto clenched his eyes shut as he felt wet and hot muscle familiarly tracing his seal then bucked as the muscle thrust in and out of his bellybutton. "More…" he ordered after a soft grunt. "Sasuke," he breathed wantonly and instinctively opened his legs as his bastard bit his inner thighs.

Sasuke rubbed his cheek against one inner thigh appreciating the smoothness of the skin. From the corner of his eyes, he witness Naruto's engorged manhood spurting precum. Hungry black eyes followed the liquid's descend to the place his manhood twitch to slip in. High with the blonde's musky scent, he leaned down and enclosed the tip with his lips.

Naruto cried out, his eyes wide-open, dazed and glazed. He gripped the headboard when he felt the suction as Sasuke started sipping. He wanted more of that mouth. He wanted to be sheath by it. He moaned as he testily moved his hips but unfortunately the other man wasn't in the mood for a blow job.

The dark-haired man rained light kisses on the straining shaft, letting his hot breath teased it some more before licking his way up where Naruto's mouth waited for his. While locked in what looked like to be an endless passionate kiss, Naruto squeezed Sasuke's butt before pulling his groin down. With a muffled sigh, he ground their hips together. With grunts and unpredictable movement, he coaxed Sasuke to rock with and against him.

"You're still in your clothes," the blonde murmured between flicks of his tongue.

"Unfortunately, yes," Sasuke replied with a shudder.

"You won't be within five seconds."

Sasuke grunted as Naruto marked him properly while attacking his clothes. Both of them moaned and shuddered as their erections rubbed against one another. They murmured each other's name at the same time while gazing into each other's eyes - hungry and intense obsidian eyes on lustful and smoldering blue ones.

"Sasuke," Naruto murmured again while a hand settled smoothly on pale nape. He folded his legs and slightly raised his hips. "Sasuke," he breathed in a needy manner.

Sasuke ran his hand on his wife's chest while reaching for a lube.

"I don't need it. Just you. That's all," Naruto told him while one tanned pointer finger traced his swollen lips.

Sasuke let out a deep breath as he slowly buried himself into the body beneath him. He let himself be hugged as discomfort and pain flooded his blonde's senses. He massaged Naruto's thighs and left long-lasting markings on his neck to block the pain away.

A moment later, Naruto shifted beneath him and he knew he could move. The blonde reached up and cupped his handsome face. "Slow. Let's do this slowly."

"I'll try to," was Sasuke's reply as he pulled out then slid inside again.

Naruto nodded too dazed to really comprehend and speak. He closed his eyes savoring the feeling of Sasuke's hard erection sliding in and out and crashing against his erogenous spot. He basked under his warmth letting his libido take control of his incoherent mumblings and wanton movements. He moved with his husband, riding the latter's rhythm loving how his own length rubbed between their bellies.

"Do you feel me, Naruto?" the dark-haired man asked between thrusts and grunts.

"Yeah," he answered dragging each word into a sigh. "I feel your heat… consuming and … and unwavering and… Oh God!" His blue eyes darkened seeing too many stars and colors all at once.

"And you'll never lose this heat… this flame. You'll have me."

The blonde could only nod as his mind had been turned into jelly and his whole vocabulary had been wiped clean by passion and desire.

Sasuke gripped the pillow at the sensation building within and gripping him. The speed of their movement was a torture. He could feel Naruto's velvety walls and his sinewy muscles making him heady with pleasure.

He groaned. Everything was too much but he wanted more. "Naruto," he murmured, his eyes seeking permission to ram himself into the writhing mass of desire that was Naruto's body.

Naruto gazed at him through half-lidded eyes and mouthed the word 'slowly'. The other grunted in displeasure but followed the blonde's wishes.

In and out, deeper. In and out, hotter. In and out, closer. In and out, he gave more. In and out, he took more. In and out, he lost himself in the maelstrom of passion. In and out, they sent each other to heaven.

Naruto automatically arched his body as he reached his orgasm that draped blinding brightness in everything, gone was the coldness and darkness. There was just Sasuke. He opened his eyes and Sasuke was still there, staring at him intensely. He gave him a sexy sedated smile and the Uchiha returned it tenfold.

"Let's be like this," he said when Sasuke was about to break their union. The latter nodded, gathered the former in his arms and lay on his back, his wife on top of him.

"Thanks."

Sasuke chuckled. "Only an idiot thanked his husband after a round of lovemaking, dobe."

"I'm just grateful, bastard."

"Really now." Sarcasm.

Naruto stuck out his tongue which Sasuke eagerly engulfed in his mouth.

"Pervert!" he murmured breathlessly after the kiss ended.

"As if I was the one who woke his spouse up for lovemaking," Sasuke retorted, making the blonde blushed.

-SasuNaru is love-

Iruka placed a hand against Kakashi's cheek as he apologized weakly.

The silver-haired jounin leaned into that touch before gripping the hand. "You should have rested when I said so in that way you wouldn't have ended up like this and you wouldn't have scared the hell out of me."

The sick man gave him a sheepish smile and was about to apologize again when Kakashi pressed a finger against dry and cracked lips. "Don't worry about it. Just rest and get well-"

"Iruka-senseiii," came that all too familiar shriek from hallway. The two men sighed. Naruto never changed.

They expectantly looked at the door and a second later a very worried Naruto burst in. He would have jump into the bed if not for Sasuke restraining him.

"The almighty Uchiha couple," Kakashi said and nodded. But Naruto ignored him and flew to his so-called father's side.

"Are you okay?" he asked worriedly and held the sick man's hands. Before the other man could answer, the blonde continued. "I'm sorry we only came now. Yuuzuki didn't tell us as soon as he and Yukina received news that you collapsed somewhere, was carried to the hospital and got confined. We were told you have a flu. Is that true? You have medicine, right? And you're taking them, hm? I want to see your doctor's diagnosis. Who's your doctor again? I'd like to speak with him."

Iruka massaged his temples, feeling an oncoming headache due to Naruto's rapid talking. Sasuke noticed this and clamped a hand over the blonde's mouth. Such gesture made him the receiving end of a glare.

"What the hell was that, bastard?" Naruto hissed.

"You're giving Iruka-sensei a headache, dobe. Give him a break."

But the dobe wasn't done yet. He felt like ranting. He was worried for Pete's sake!

"You're such a hypocrite, sensei," Naruto said quietly. "You keep on telling me..." He locked gazes with the brunette before he started imitating the latter perfectly. "'Take enough rest, Naruto.' 'Naruto, don't push yourself too hard. You have a limit.' 'Eat. Never forget to eat.'" He glared. "Look who's confined here?"

Kakashi never interrupted the blonde's rant because Iruka deserved it greatly. Let his former student say what he really wanted to say.

Go, Naruto! He mentally cheered.

"I can take care of myself perfectly," Iruka snapped defensively.

"Except that your 'perfectly' landed you here."

"How dare you!"

"See if I ever listen to your advices again."

"Ha! As if you ever did."

"We aren't going to stop them, are we?" Sasuke ask the man who was seated beside him. Like him, Kakashi watched the happening impartially.

"Leave them." It was best to let them vent everything out without interruption especially when their tempers were flaring.

Quietly, they continued watching the on-going verbal battle where neither of the two looked like giving up soon. The two geniuses rolled their eyes when the topic shifted to each other's faults and failures that happened a long time ago.

-SasuNaru is love-

An hour later, Sasuke, Kakashi and Naruto were at the hospital canteen taking their lunch while a worn out Iruka was sleeping. The oldest among the three smiled as the blonde continued muttering while slurping his noodles.

"He'll be okay, Naruto," he said. He seemed amused with the fact that it was him that was giving comfort and reassurance instead of receiving them. However, it couldn't be help because Naruto's worry was equivalent to that of four or five persons.

The blonde none-too-gently placed his ramen bowl on the table; took the offered tissue from Sasuke and wiped the sides of his mouth before saying, "I don't want to lose him."

"You're exaggerating," Sasuke commented. "You won't lose him anytime soon besides its just a flu."

The jounin nodded in agreement.

"We all know it's a flu but what if it isn't?" The two men looked at him in confusion. "It might be something worse and Iruka-sensei is just lying about it like I..." he trailed off as he realized his mistake.

"Lie?" Sasuke echoed, looking very interested.

"I'm referring about my research."

"You said you were hiding it. Hiding and lying are two different things."

The blonde crossed his arms over his chest and pout. "Don't mind such small things, bastard." But the damage had been done. Naruto's slip had alerted Sasuke. And the dynamics of their not-so-dormant rivalry threw them into a competition of hiding their own while trying to reveal the secret of the other. The game had started and both participants knew it. Sasuke and Naruto looked at each other. The former was smirking while the latter was smiling stupidly as they tried to lull each other into false security...

-SasuNaru is love-

The next day, Naruto came to visit Iruka again and this time, he brought a basket of fruits with him. He grinned when Sasuke gave the bedside seat to him.

"I got you apples," he melodiously told the older man before deftly peeling and slicing it.

Kakashi was about to reach for a slice when a whole apple was tossed to him.

"Peel it yourself because you're not sick," the blonde said.

"So cruel, Naruto," the jounin commented dramatically.

"Medicine time," Sakura announced as she stepped inside.

"Eh? You were demoted to a nurse?" Naruto asked. He didn't remember signing any demotion papers.

"Idiot," she murmured. "I'm having my break and on my way, there was a nurse on her way here bringing sensei's medicine."

The blonde nodded. "Let's finish this, Iruka-sensei so you can take your medicine. Say 'ahh'."

"I'm not a baby," the chuunin hissed; grabbed the fork and chomped the slice of apple.

The two were busy fighting over the fork that they didn't notice the silent interaction Sasuke and Sakura had. Kakashi saw the two nodded their heads in agreement before Sakura announced her departure.

A moment later, Sasuke excused himself and Kakashi did the same.

When both men turned to the left corner, Kakashi gripped Sasuke's right shoulder. "You're being foolish, Sasuke."

"It's none of your business," a scowling Sasuke retorted.

"You'll only hurt, Naruto."

"Stay out of this. I'm doing this for him because he couldn't…"

The jounin sighed and let the young man shrugged his hand. Even if he was their former teacher, he still couldn't understand them at all.

-SasuNaru is love-

Sasuke and Sakura met at the part of the rooftop that gave them the privacy they needed for their discussion.

"You can access Tsunade's files about Naruto, right?" Sasuke asked his eyes hard and unreadable.

The kunoichi nodded. Of course she had. She could have Naruto's files anytime she wanted. Tsunade wasn't an idiot. She knew she was running out of time and she needed someone to take over her position as Naruto's doctor when she dies. However, it wasn't just anyone. It had to be someone who knew the blonde a lot and had excellent medical skills and Sakura fit the description perfectly.

"All of them?"

"Yes. Why?"

"The dobe seemed to be hiding something. I want you to check his medical files. Can you do that for me?"

Sakura rolled her eyes. "Of course."

-SasuNaru is love-

No one raised their eyebrows or question when they saw Sakura walked into Tsunade's office even if the top brass of the Medic-nin association was having a day off. It was not unnatural to see the pink-haired medic-nin walking into her office with our without Tsunade.

Sakura opened the drawer exclusively reserved for Naruto. The drawer contained all of his files. Manicured figures skimmed the pages until she reached the recent files. Naruto's attendance in his check-up was consistent and she reasoned out that it was because the blonde was still afraid of Tsunade's monstrous strength. She let her eyes quickly scanned the reports. There was nothing wrong. Most of the observations were the same as the previous years.

Sasuke must have just been paranoid, she thought. That happened to a lot of people who kept secrets of their own. But telling Sasuke about what she found won't convince the former without any evidences. She made hand seals quickly and used a technique medic-nins found it to be useful always – a document copy technique.

She handed the copied documents to Sasuke at one of their rendezvous. She watched as black eyes moved to scan each document, judging their validity.

Sasuke frowned. Sakura was right nothing was wrong. The reports showed that Naruto was healthy so why… Could it be that Tsunade was not writing a lot of things in the blonde's records? But wouldn't that be stupid of her? What if she dies? Sakura would have a hard time looking after Naruto with all the missing information. No, Tsunade couldn't lie. Naruto was too precious for her. She would write everything about Naruto even the smallest details. Mentally sighing, he admitted that he was paranoid. But a small voice in his head told him that he was wrong, his wife was indeed keeping a secret and doing it very well.

-SasuNaru is love-

Naruto's right hand stopped midway to the basin when a faint sweet smell wafted to his nose. He looked at the unwashed shirt.

Sasuke's, his mind eagerly supplied.

Just to make sure that such scent came from his spouse black shirt, he brought it to his nose. There was no mistake. But why would Sasuke carry such scent. Could it be that his spouse went to a brothel? But why would he? He had him who had been turning his sexual fantasies into reality and if he- Sasuke wants a female body, he- Naruto won't hesitate to use his Oiroke no jutsu. No, Sasuke wasn't cheating on him. Definitely not, right.

Silence and stillness.

Right. He trusted Sasuke. So when he faced his husband right after he did the laundry, Naruto gave him a quick kiss before skipping to the kitchen to make breakfast.

-SasuNaru is love-

After the sniffing and smelling he did on his spouse's shirts, he finally determined that the sweet smell on Sasuke's shirts was old rose scent and it was so familiar. But no matter how hard he tried in recalling the name and the face of the woman who wears such perfume, lingered at the edges of his consciousness, dancing away from his seeking hands. He was certain their house had nothing that had a scent remotely close to that of old rose even when Miki was around.

In his opinion, Sasuke hadn't changed. He was still an obedient subordinate, a bastard of a partner, a responsible father, a passionate lover and a caring husband. And yet, doubt steadily grew within him and flowed through his veins like poison, eating his trust and blackening his heart.

At night, he would stare at the sleeping form of his spouse wondering where he went to; what he did; who he spent his time with and who he was seeing in his dreams. And no matter how much he wanted to, he couldn't bring himself to ask or to accuse because he was too much of a coward to face the consequences.

He lovingly caressed one pale cheek and whispered his name softly. And if Sasuke would open his eyes at that moment, he would see how bad Naruto was drowning.

"I'm off to train the whole day with my team," Sasuke told Naruto one day.

The blonde nodded and gave him a smile. "Don't push yourself too hard," he said knowing that the man trained as if there was no tomorrow. "Do you want anything special for dinner and dessert?"

Smirking, Sasuke replied before disappearing.

"You."

A blushing Naruto wondered if Sasuke was really flirting with him or just putting up an act. He scowled at himself not liking how he questioned the motives behind the other man's actions. All his life he was never cynical when it comes to Sasuke's acts even when he returned to Konoha after his defection. He never did that was until now and it left a bad taste in his mouth.

-SasuNaru is love-

That afternoon, Naruto walked into Ichiraku and found Sasuke's team sitting in one of the booths.

Hiko spotted him and smiled. Thinking that Sasuke was there too, he bounded to their seats only to find that the table was set for three. In fact, there were even no traces of Sasuke's presence.

"Captain not seeing you today?" Naruto asked casually.

"'We'll train tomorrow' was what he said. He wanted us to get some rest," Yanagi explained.

"Good advice," their hokage said. He smiled even though he felt sick knowing that Sasuke had lied to him.

When he returned home, it was already past midnight and Sasuke was asleep. Just in case that his spouse would have him for a late dinner and dessert, he took two fast-acting sleeping pills. Few minutes later, Naruto was dead to everything around him.

When Sasuke woke up, he arched an eyebrow when he saw his dobe at the farthest side of their bed, curled in a fetal position and hugging his own self. He thought it was strange. He could not recall a time when Naruto wouldn't snuggle against his 'walking heater' as the latter cheekily put it so why now? He leaned to the side, ready to wake his wife up when he remembered that the latter came home late. He decided to let him sleep. He righted the blanket around Naruto who shivered when their skin made contact. The dark-haired man wasn't bothered by this at the very least. He was so busy keeping his secret that he didn't saw the shiver for what it was- a warning of an incoming thunderstorm.

-SasuNaru is love-

The scent of old rose was mocking him, Naruto speculated. Wherever he went, he smelled it even when he was inhaling his ramen. It was both irritating and frustrating to be haunted by something that made his darkening heart clenched. He washed his nose almost every hour much to Konohamaru's confusion and even tried breathing through his mouth but it was still there, taunting him.

One night, when he was hovering over the blurry lines between dreams and reality, the answer was finally revealed to him like a whispered melody of a long forgotten song.

Sakura.

He bolted to a sitting position as if struck by a lightning. Suddenly, his stomach felt queasy. He was nauseous. He lunged to the toilet, oblivious that his actions jarred Sasuke from his slumber.

The dark-haired man stared at the darkness while listening to the retching sounds coming from the toilet. Was Naruto pregnant? He was about to follow his blonde when the latter stepped out and joined him. He rolled over and murmured his wife's name.

Naruto scowled but Sasuke didn't saw it. "Not now," the former whispered with a hint of irritation. "I'm not in the mood."

The Uchiha leader arched an eyebrow. Sign of mood swings? If it was then the chances of them having a fifth child were high. And he fell asleep and dreamt of him holding their fifth child, totally oblivious of Naruto's speculation.

TBC

I stumbled upon this site: http // www naruto-nippon net / programme . php?s(equals)oiroke

To make it short it's a compilation of some of Naruto characters in their Oiroke no jutsu after losing a challenge. Gaara's performance is very good especially his second appearance but that's expected from Ishida who voice acted on some yaoi anime. Next is Kakashi, the man is good. Definitely good. Chouji's is hilarious especially when he goes like "My waist… my waist… my waist is bigger than my bust." Shikamaru was still in character in his and I could hug him for that. Sasuke's…. Well his adlib was bad but Non-tan admitted it personally that he's bad at it. The only reason why I kinda like his performance was because he performed it with Naruto and I was like "A dash of SasuNaru. Yey!" Anyway, check them out but please be warned that your image of the characters would never be the same again.

The equal sign doesn't show up so just chance the (equals) into that sign.