I do not own Naruto.

Kakashi had just begun to explore how Naruto responded to the slight buzz of lightning chakra against skin when Seal opened the window.

Unfortunately, Naruto's traps were geared more toward aggressive civilians than nosey ANBU.

"You're not meant to report for another forty minutes," Naruto snapped.

Seal's body said, 'I'm only innocently curious.'

"He wanted to catch us screwing," Kakashi grumbled, continuing to kiss his prince's spine despite the audience.

"I'll confirm it for you. We don't do that. It's old news. Now shoo, we're busy."

Seal left.

Kakashi rocked against Naruto, trapping the boy's legs between his own. "We could, you know. If you want to."

Naruto groaned. "I don't. You don't. I wish it'd never come up. Please get back to what you were doing."

Kakashi chuckled and obeyed.

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Their next mission was only two days after the last.

Sakura seemed to have adjusted her mindset, and was now staring at Kakashi and Naruto as if waiting for a show.

Sai, naturally, questioned this.

"She's hoping for some yaoi," Naruto explained.

Upon receiving a full explanation of just what that was, Sai also began to watch them with interest.

"We're on a mission," Yamato said, resigned. Then he turned thoughtful. "You haven't done it on a mission before, have you?"

Naruto smirked.

Kakashi feigned innocence.

Yamato pretended to gag.

-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-

Sakura, almost as subtle as she thought she was, arranged to speak with Kakashi alone.

"I feel blind," she said. "I'd never noticed before, how you look at him. Like he's got all the answers to the universe in his head, and he decided to share them with you."

Kakashi didn't comment.

"You really love him, huh?"

Kakashi continued to pretend he was oblivious to her presence.

Sakura just nodded as if he'd confirmed it. "I'm glad for you both, then. I'd like to take the big sister role and tell you not to break his heart, but I can see that you won't. So just. Don't get your heart broken, okay? Naruto won't always remember to be careful with it."

Much as he wanted to leap to his prince's defense, Kakashi nodded, unable to deny her words. Naruto was too busy looking ahead to notice the present, sometimes. But Kakashi had learned how to bring his attention back.

Sakura touched his shoulder, and left.

-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-

Naruto had gift for working with his hands.

Kakashi would tell him so, if his brain was still communicating correctly with his mouth.

It was not.

Naruto's fingernails dragged down the back of Kakashi's thigh, making him shudder.

Every part of his body was hypersensitive.

"Ah. There. Oh, right there. Mm."

His body jerked.

"Oh! Yes, Naru."

Kakashi was spread out on Naruto's bed, not moving except in response to his prince's ministrations.

He decided to make another bid at his compliment. "Y-you. Ah. You're."

His breath caught as Naruto's tongue flicked out and caught just the right spot.

Kakashi gave up on speaking again, and moaned.

-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-

It was Raven who reported in next.

Kakashi instantly recognized the young man's hair, and he was sure Naruto did as well.

"The Fifth will call you in tomorrow. Sakura's spoken to her."

Naruto nodded. "How far has this spread?"

"Bat heard it first and told Cheetah. Most know by this point."

"Thank you."

Raven bobbed, but Kakashi held up a hand.

"Have you gotten stronger as you'd hoped?"

Raven hesitated before taking off his mask.

"Not yet," Sasuke admitted. "But I've seen too much to be disappointed. I've come far."

"We should spar sometime."

"Yeah, and with me, after!"

"You could have told me you were some sort of Hokage-apprentice, dork."

Naruto flushed. "I told you I was going to be Hokage! It's not my fault you didn't take me seriously!"

Kakashi wrapped an arm around Naruto's neck and dropped his read to rest it in blonde spikes.

Naruto took a deep breath. "Most of the newbies will come around from working with me, but you I'd like to ask personally, Sasuke. Will you follow me?"

Sasuke locked eyes with Naruto, uncannily still.

Naruto grinned, and Sasuke disappeared.

Kakashi was still somewhat mystified by the bond the two of them had.

"I take it that was a yes?"

"Yeah. But he's closer to how you are than how Lynx and Rabbit are."

Kakashi's grip tightened. He should have been over being jealous by now.

"He's not just a tool, you know? Not that the others are, but that's how they see themselves. But Sasuke has a claim on me too, and he knows it."

"But not a claim like mine," Kakashi said, rumbling in Naruto's ear and clutching at him, probably painfully.

Naruto arched as if Kakashi had stroked him. "No one gets a claim like yours, Kashi." He tilted his head to offer Kakashi his neck.

Kakashi happily pulled down his mask and bit over the scars, sucking Naruto's skin.

"Ah. You're the only one who gets me like this, Kashi. Nobody else. I'm yours."

Naturally, Kakashi tipped them into the bed.

He caged Naruto with his body. "And you, my prince, don't have anybody else like you have me."

"Nobody like you, Kashi. I command them, but I own you. They're mine but only you belong to me."

His prince was quite willing to flip Kakashi onto his back and exercise his claim.

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Naruto rested against a tree meditating, Kakashi using his lap as a pillow. Their fingers were tangled together.

His prince didn't really have the time for this, what with his responsibilities in the Tower.

Kakashi couldn't really bring himself to care.