Chapter 20

'Okay … Something was definitely wrong here.' Gaara opened his eyes to see that it was very dark. He tried to sit up but realized that he couldn't move his hands. He was tied up! And he was in, what looked like the inside of the trunk of a car. It also felt like the car was moving, so he was guessing that he was being kidnapped… The tying up part gave that away though. He looked around and saw a mop of blond hair next to him and immediately recognized it as Naruto's head. He let his eyes adjust to the dark before tilting his head up and when he did, he saw that Naruto was also tied up and there was a blindfold around his eyes. Gaara lied back down and tried to recall what happened to get him into this mess.

'Alright… I was semi-happily dreaming and cuddling up to my Naruto when all of a sudden I hear a war cry from outside the window. Next thing I know I'm being attacked by pink gooey stuff. Then I end up in the trunk of a car. I don't know how or why, but I believe Sasuke and Shan had something do with this. I don't care if that raven-haired creep was dead. He had SOMETHING to do with this. And Shan….Why must she ruin everything?' Gaara cried on the inside. He wanted to have more time to molest his kitsune. He would've done it now too, if it wasn't for the darn ropes holding him down.

Gaara sighed and watched Naruto sleep peacefully, though he didn't know how the boy could still be sleeping especially since the car seemed to run over something and make Gaara bump his head on the roof of the trunk every once in a while.

The red head groaned as the metal surface collided with his skull again. In his lifetime he'd never been in a car, they were from different lands; but it was the time of the year for cultural festivals, and that included ALL festivals.

Suddenly a mewl came from Naruto's soft lips. Gaara raised his aquamarine eyes and winced through the murky darkness to see Naruto fidget around for a second, sigh, and start humming. He then raised a hairless brow and his lips parted in silent disbelief.

Well, that is, Gaara was quiet for an estimated four seconds. He had been living with the loud mouth dead last after all.

"Naruto! Why are you not freaking out?" Gaara snapped, finding his mouth dry and his voice raspy he cleared his throat. For kamis sakes! They'd been kidnapped!

"Ne? Gee-Kun? You're here? YAY! I always get kidnapped, it's great to have you with me! Kyahhh I've been kidnapped by Itachi and Kiba and Neji and…"

As Naruto went through a list in the air of who'd kidnapped him and Gaara made his own list—a hit list. The car pulled with screeching breaks to a halt, causing them to skid backwards and hit their backs and Gaara hit his bum. Gaara groaned in pain and he felt a throbbing feeling coming from his backside. It probably hurt because of their 'activities' last night. Gaara almost threw a hissy-fit when another thought came to mind.

Why wasn't his sand saving him!

His sand has been acting strange lately. He has gotten into a lot of trouble lately and yet his sand wasn't coming to the rescue. It could've also been helpful for last night, so he wouldn't have been Uke and his ass wouldn't be hurting right now! Damn you all! Gaara started fuming.

Naruto, feeling the angry aura emitting from the redhead, smiled and rolled around until he was lying next to Gaara. He tilted his head so it was resting on Gaara's chest, making the redhead fully relaxed and stopped his fuming to look down at the smiling blond. He sighed and bent his head forward and kissed Naruto's forehead, which made the blond giggle. It never ceased to amaze him how calm Naruto COULD be in situations like this. For all they knew, it could be an S-ranked nin ready to kill them. Yet… Gaara didn't care all that much, because Naruto seemed happy right now.

They were just getting comfortable in their almost-cuddling, considering their hands were tied up, when the door to the truck flung open, engulfing Gaara and Naruto into the bright light of the sun. Gaara started hissing at the sun and then he went to glare at the person who ruined the moment, once his eyes got used to the bright light. Naruto only giggled again and smiled. Gaara looked up to see Shan glowering at Naruto.

"Shan…" Gaara hissed angrily.

"Shan? Oh! Ohayo, Shan-san! What'chya doin'?" Naruto twittered. Shan didn't answer but just hardened her glare. Naruto couldn't see but he could feel her glare, as if it was turning him on fire and killing his insides. He gulped and cuddled closer to Gaara, trying to escape the intense look Shan was giving him. Gaara looked at Naruto's shaken form and then gave Shan the ultimate Gaara's glare o' death, which made her stop and swoon and giggle. She thought she was so lucky that she was the one that got Gaara's famous glare. Naruto relaxed when he no longer felt Shan's glare that was starting to kill him on the inside. He let out a sigh, but then he tensed up again when he heard someone else's voice, and sounded so familiar, but he just couldn't put his finger on who it was…

"Schaun! Woot ish takin' yo so loong?!" The person said as she stood next to the violet haired leader.

"Shuddup Kigen! I was just getting them out! And don't back-sas me missy! Ah! Don't make me go ninja on yo ass!" Shan yelled and got all defensive. Kigen just tucked some red hair behind her ear and put her hands on her hips, swaying them a little. Shan glared at the red-head girl and Kigen just glared back.

"Boot Nahroo chin ish MAHHHHHN!" she called suddenly before tompling forward; the earth shook and suddenly Naruto's blindfold was dampened; salty tears soaking through the cloth and down Naruto's cheeks.

Gaara's eye twitched; his skin trembling with the burning anger inside of him he noticed Kigen stop suddenly and look bewildered; her head snapped downward in an awkward way. Suddenly her head was shoved to the right, then left; and then she was getting beaten up.

Gaara scrunched his nose in curiosity and leaned closer to Naruto; breathing into the sun stricken hair and placing a kiss on the golden locks Gaara squinted his eyes at the red headed, Gaara-poser, girl and noticed tiny particles around her that resembled minerals.

Oh, So there was his sand.

Moving in closer still to Naruto Gaara smirked triumphantly and took note of how Shan tensed obviously; her fists balling and her teeth clenching.

"Operation Yaoi! Commence!" She shrieked suddenly and batted her hand in the air.

Naruto glowered warily under his blindfold; loving the feel of Gaara's skin against his. He struggled forward with his Kage and found himself behind prodded and poked, all along dragged somewhere—Kamis know where, and then he felt someone pinch his butt. He jumped and let out a whimper. He turned around to try and see who it was that pinched his buttocks, but he forgot that he was blindfolded.

He yelped when he felt another slap to the ass and then he was being dragged backwards by his shirt. Naruto heard arguing in front of him and he heard Gaara's voice. He sounded really angry. Naruto winced at the thought of who was going to be his next victim, because when Gaara's really pissed, someone ends up really injured or most times… dead.

Gaara glared at the fat girl that was dragging Naruto in front of him. She looked like a cross between a mammoth and a hippo. What was her name again….? Booko? Ducko? Dooko? Doku? Tank? Oh well… it didn't matter all that much right now… because she was going to die for touching his Naruto's ass. Oh yes, he saw the whole thing, and he was less than happy about it.

Gaara was just about to send his sand on the she-man when he was suddenly pushed forward. He looked away from the woman and stared at the place in front of them. It was a huge fair…? What? Gaara sent a glare towards Shan, but she just giggled and started untying him.

"Kigen, Doku, and I have brought you here so that you and Naruto-baka could hang out." Shan said. She looked up at the redhead she admired and frowned when she noticed that he wasn't paying attention to her.

Once the ropes were off, Gaara wasted no time in getting to Naruto. He punched the he-she, who was starting to cuddle and hug the oblivious blond. She fell backwards and Gaara picked up Naruto in his arms, holding him bridal style.

Naruto giggled, because he knew all too well who it was that picked him up. He could recognize that possessive, protective, and loving embrace anywhere.

"Hello Gaa-kun! Hey, hey, do you know where we are?" Naruto asked as he moved his head around trying, but failing, to get the blindfold off.

Gaara realizing Naruto's point, leaned his head down and took the cloth covering Naruto's eyes between his teeth and brought it up so that the boy could finally see.

Naruto looked around and saw Doku lying on the ground, with Kigen pointing and laughing at her. He looked away, thinking nothing much of it, and caught sight of Shan, who was glaring at him again. If looks could kill… Naruto then peered over Gaara's shoulder and saw a huge carnival like place. His eyes widened and he started to struggle in Gaara's iron-like hold on him.

Gaara reluctantly let the struggling kitsune go and untied his hands. After Naruto's hands were free he started dancing around. He had never gone to a fair or carnival, because no body had ever asked him if he wanted to go, or they never really thought to invite him. So to sum it up… he was ecstatic.

"Gaa-kun!! Come on, come on!! Can we go? Huh, huh? I wanna go on the big roller coasters! OH! We should go on the merry-go-round! And can we get cotton candy!? Oh-my-god! Cotton candy! We HAVE to get cotton candy!" Naruto started rambling on and on. Gaara kind of wanted to just go back to the house, but seeing Naruto so happy to be here, he couldn't bear to say no to him.

"Okay, okay Naruto. Just calm down and we'll go…" Gaara said while moving his hands to gesture the boy to relax a little. Naruto stopped jumping around and talking, but you could see his whole body shaking with excitement. Gaara sighed and took a look around. He noticed that Shan and Kigen was gone. He also noticed that Doku was still unconscious on the floor. Gaara sighed again.

Those two were up to something…

Naruto couldn't take it anymore. He grabbed hold of Gaara's hands and started dragging him towards the fair.

A crowded place, with lots of sugar and junk food stands, and annoying noises and girls… everywhere!

'GREAAAAATTTTT' Gaara thought sarcastically.

Naruto bounced around happily, skipping from place to place. The boy just wouldn't stop moving. He was just too happy to be here. He would recognize a couple of people and shout 'hi' to them.

Gaara carefully watched him as he skipped about. He was happy to see the boy so energetic and bouncy, though he didn't show it. Naruto suddenly stopped and stared wide-eyed at a tall Ferris wheel.

"Whoooaaaahhhh!!! Sugoi!" Naruto murmured in amazement. It was so big!!! He wanted to go on but he didn't know if Gaara would go on. He turned pleading-puppy-dog eyes to Gaara, and the redhead couldn't resist those cute watery aquamarine eyes.

"Fine…" Gaara groaned as he was dragged towards the ride. He never went on rides before and he didn't think he was gonna really enjoy it but he would do it… but only for his kitsune.

Naruto waited impatiently for their turn, and when it was finally their turn he exclaimed loudly and hopped in. Gaara slowly followed the blond and crawled in. The seat was uncomfortable but at least he was sitting next to Naruto. He buckled himself and Naruto in and waited for the ride to start.

Naruto fidgeted in his seat, anxious for the ride to start. He let out a tiny yelp when the ride suddenly started. It was slow but they gradually made their way higher ad higher, going in a circle. The ride stopped when their seat got to the very top and Naruto gasped at the sight before him. It was amazing! He could see so far away and they were up so high! Naruto lightly tugged on Gaara sleeve excitedly as he pointed out rides they should go on next.

"Look, look Gaa-kun! All the people look like little ants down there! Haha! They look so tiny!" Naruto giggled happily as he continued looking at the view. Gaara eyed the boy and smirked. He raised his hand until it rested at the back of the boy's neck. Naruto turned and looked towards Gaara's hungry green eyes curiously. It took a while before he finally knew what the other boy wanted.

Gaara tugged the smaller boy forward so their lips met. Naruto smiled and reached up to lace his fingers into blood-red hair while he kissed back just as hungrily. Gaara raised his other hand to caress the other's cheek as he worked his lips against those soft pink ones. Naruto scooted closer to redhead and he beckoned the boy's mouth open. Gaara growled and forced his tongue into Naruto's inviting mouth. Naruto moaned into the kiss and began rubbing his tongue against Gaara's. Said redhead could feel himself loosing control as the seconds past, the blond was just so intoxicating.

All too soon, the ride started up again and they pulled away from their kiss, breathing heavily from lack of air. Naruto had a slight blush on his cheeks, while Gaara had a satisfied smirk on his lips.

Naruto got out of the ride on wobbly legs. He just melted into that kiss, and he was definitely getting some more of THAT later, but right now… cotton candy!! Naruto looked around excitedly. It took him a couple of seconds but he finally spotted and snack stand. He bolted towards it, completely forgetting about Gaara, who was just getting out of the ride. The redhead needed a couple of seconds to recover from that captivating kiss. Sure he's kissed the boy before, but for some reason this one had more feeling in it. Gaara was still a little new to this so he was confused but brushed it off. He took a couple of steps forward and looked around. He suddenly turned red in anger.

God damn it Naruto!!

The idiot just HAD to go and wander off!

Gaara raised his head into the air and took even breaths; calming himself for seconds before his anger flared again.

He was probably going to get raped by Doku!

The thought made Gaara shudder, and he placed two fingers over his eye to have it hover over the entire fair grounds; sand droplets coming off of it and onto irritated and confused people.

He scanned the 'ants' and eventually found Naruto skipping towards a mansion with wide eyes and cotton candy all over his face. Immediately Gaara licked his lips and a new urge came up; he wanted to lick the candy off his kitsune's face. A smirk formed on his lips and interesting ideas went through his head; Gaara typically wasn't one for mass amounts of sugar…but with Naruto covered in it the possibilities were endless if not delicious.

Gaara skidded to a halt from where he had been running at top speed; he'd missed the house gateway by a meter or so with dust pooling around him; rounding on the heel of his foot he charged down the pathway though a distinct amount of sweat trailed down his temple to his jaw at the humungous sign that read 'HAUNTED HOUSE BEWARE' that no doubt, Naruto had missed; being the narrow minded, idiotic, cute, oblivious, sexy but not too mature in the way that just made Gaara—All right, let's blame our Kazekage for one moment here saying he was the one who initiated that kiss, it didn't HAVE to be that good…it just ended up that way.

The mansion came up closer to view as Gaara thrust his limbs forward without effort; gaining speed at the obvious scream from inside it's dark, looming quarters.

At top speed at this point with the scream ringing in his ears the Kage's only thoughts revolved around only one word—or name, if you will.

'Naruto'

Naruto clutched his fist tightly around his cotton candy in surprise at the hanging corpse in front of him; it's eyes dangled needlessly from it's sockets and it's flesh rotted…though no smell came from it but plastic.

Shuddering anyway at the distraction the blonde reeled full circle and clutched his cotton weapon steadily; noticing the place was very unclean. Spider webs dangled from the ceilings and the furniture was all trash—as for the paintings they weren't exactly modern and—HOLY SHIT that 's eyes just MOVED!

Naruto's lips curved into an oval and a loud shriek came from his lips before he could stop it. He shuddered at the own uke sound and turned to run from it. Shadows curved on the walls around him and his breathing got heavier and heavier; his eyes watering from fear until finally he crashed into a monster.

Naruto let out yet another shriek, but it was stopped when hands clamped over his mouth and onto his shoulder. He struggled against the hands, still trying to scream, but he froze when a voice whispered into his ear.

"Naruto It's me, calm down you baka!" Naruto relaxed immediately when he recognized the voice.

"Gaa-kun!" He yelled happily with tears streaming down his face. He clamped his arms around the redhead and sobbed into his chest.

"There were horrible ghosties! And people were watching me from the paintings! I think they might have been pedophiles! Gaa-kun save me!" Naruto choked out and rubbed his forehead against Gaara's neck. Then he felt a hard smack in the top of his head. Naruto yelped and looked up to see Gaara, his face a mixture of worry, anger and happiness.

Gaara was angry for the fact that Naruto was in fact, an idiot, and as cute as the idiot was it got irritating sometimes—well, no it didn't, but typically Gaara wasn't around idiots, and the idiots around them would find themselves in coffins of sand and blood. Speaking of coffins—that cage like one on the ceiling looks farmiliar.

Especially that blue spandex-y rubber looking shirt.

And that fan and—

Oh kamis, it was Sasuke!

Naruto suddenly found himself lifted into the air and smothered in kisses, he didn't really understand the outburst of affection but went along with it anyway.

In the meantime Gaara who had one eye shut and the other still in sand and leading him around tried to maneuver out of the building while still seeing when suddenly cage gateways dropped on all exits and the cage Sasuke was in unlatched itself.

The kage could've sworn he heard the cackling of fangirls through the wonderful technology that is a walkie talkie and he pursed his lips angrily at the thought. Naruto immediately felt the loss of contact with Gaara's cherry red lips and pulled away; only to be met with the stark red of the Uchiha clan symbol.

The kitsune drew back immediately; both him and Gaara crashing to the floor with thuds as Sasuke lay before them; a scowl on his paler-than-usual lips and him being unconscious.

"Oh." Naruto stated simply with Gaara coughing.

"Sorry Naruto; I forgot to tell you Sasuke was dead." The red head turned away from Naruto, thinking to be yelled at or something of the sort when his eye from above suddenly showed him something he didn't expect at all;

Naruto lifted the peg of a broken chair off the ground and flipped it in his hand before prodding Sasuke's body with it, when no movement came a half frown formed on the blonde's face.

"Meh…good riddance to emo boys anyway, right?" he asked, lifting his gaze to Gaara which was once again blocked as Sasuke sat up straight and the color returned from his cheeks. Almost robotically he sounded the words;

"Sasuke Uchiha is not emo." Before turning to glare at Naruto.

Naruto clenched his teeth and clutched the peg; slapping Sasuke over the head.

"Teme! If you're going to be dead then die!" He shouted before bashing Sasuke several times more. Blood trickled down the Uchiha's forehead and both the boy's tempers flared which Gaara sat back in bliss; watching his lover attack his enemy with tacky furniture.

Sasuke was blocking the many chairs thrown at him with ease, but when Naruto started throwing couches and plastic monsters, that's when Sasuke started having trouble. It didn't take long until the blond had Sasuke bloodied and beaten on the ground. Sasuke was officially dead now. Or at least they hoped.

Gaara walked over casually and placed two fingers on the Uchiha's bloodied neck. No pulse… yep he's gone…

Gaara was practically skipping with joy in his head. Finally, his rival was gone. Nothing could get between Naruto and him now. The redhead went over to Naruto and wrapped his arms around the boy. They stood in their embrace comfortably, loving each other's touch. Gaara was so into their embrace that he didn't notice the dark figure that came crawling in through the nearby window and walk behind them.

Gaara froze when he heard a low chuckle come from behind him. He quickly turned, only to see a dark shadow looming over the dead corpse of Sasuke Uchiha. Gaara squinted his eyes in the darkness to try and figure out who it was. He saw long gray hair tied loosely behind a pale face with crimson eyes. And the person was wearing a long cloak with red and white clouds imprinted on it.

"Itachi…" Gaara hissed menacingly. What the hell was he doing here? And if Gaara remembered correctly, Itachi was on his mental hit-list of people who dared to kidnap his Naru-chan.

Naruto peered over Gaara's shoulder to see why the redhead suddenly became so angry. His blue eyes widened in disbelief as he saw Itachi standing across from them, looking amusedly at Sasuke.

They both stiffened when Itachi lifted his hand, but then something strange happened. He pointed towards Sasuke's body and started laughing. Yes, laughing.

Gaara and Naruto stared at him for the longest time as Itachi laughed at the dead corpse on the floor. Then Itachi suddenly stopped his laughing and started walking towards them.

"You don't know how long I've been wanting that emo-wanna-be out of my life. He was always like 'I am Sasuke Uchiha and I will kill you!' or 'You stupid weasel! How could you?!' You know sometimes his words hurt! I kept him alive 'cause I thought he would keep me company but Noooo!! He had to go all goth and crazy." Itachi sighed and then all of a sudden he was behind Naruto. He wrapped his arms around the small blond turning him around, so they facing each other, then he put one hand on the boy's waist and he grabbed Naruto's hand in his. Itachi then started waltzing with him. He twirled and danced with the confused boy and then he leaned his head forward so his lips were barely touching the Naruto's ear.

"Thank you for helping me Naru-koi. Is there anything I can do to repay you?" Itachi asked in a husky and seductive voice, as he placed his hands on Naruto's hips making the blond stutter and blush. Itachi smirked and started moving his hands lower so that he was touching the smaller boy's thighs and then back up so that he was groping his butt. Naruto's face flushed a bright red and he was at a loss for words. He was still trying to let the events that just took place sink into his slow brain.

Gaara was about to walk over to that smug Itachi and beat the shit outta him but stopped when he saw something move in the corner of his eye. Itachi saw the movement too, for he stopped in his molesting Naruto to see what was happening. Sasuke was getting up?!

"Itachi… senses… tingling…" Sasuke mumbled and stood up to face Itachi.

"I have no time for this." Itachi stated simply before pulling out what seemed to be a piece of gum and throwing it to the floor. The gum exploded and wrapped long grey strands around his neck before pulling him into the ground. And just like that, Itachi Uchiha was gone.

Sasuke groaned and squinted his eyes angrily at his failure—as always—to kill his brother. He slowly dragged himself to his feet and cracked his neck.

"He'll be back." He muttered darkly to the however gone; impending flamboyant and absolutely gay doom that was Itachi. Naruto rubbed his arms in an attempt to comfort himself while looking at the ground and Gaara several times over. Gaara, in the meantime, was going over ways in which he could have transsexual fan girls slowly rip the Akasuki limb from limb.

The red head then noticed Naruto standing awkwardly and he shuffled over the mess in the house and gently picked up Naruto bridal style and allowed the blonde to nuzzle his chin into his chest; gripping at the Kage's black casual shirt.

Sasuke watched the scene before him with distain; he could still smell the vanilla fragrance of his brother and it was irritating him; his red haired attraction in the arms of another didn't help either. His eye twitched slightly when suddenly he could hear shouts in the background. Sasuke only had to look momentarily at the disaster around him before his eyes shot back to the unusual couple.

"We should leave." Was all he stated. Despite Gaara's sheer hatred for Sasuke he nodded in agreement and all three ninjas fled the premises in defying speed.

[Time elapse

It had been about four hours. Much to Gaara's dislike and Naruto's obliviousness Sasuke tagged along. People screamed at the sight of him; however it was explained quickly that he was a monstrosity from the fair itself. All questions were then stopped.

Naruto stumbled over the ledge of the Tilt A Whirl exit and clutched his stomach. Sasuke then followed with wide eyes and the Kazekage trailed after the two in a mellow way. The strength of three ninjas on a power-prooving ride was deft defying. It proved to all that Naruto's stomach wasn't as strong as he thought, and moments after the incident Naruto scampered off to refill his stomach with gooey cotton candy before they all left.

Gaara crossed his arms and shuffled his feet in the gum-splattered ground while Sasuke stood limply next to him. The avenger threw an occasional glance at Gaara's unhappy features but otherwise simply blushed and stood there. Of course Sasuke was always the masochist and still wanted to stay with someone who'd killed him several times; and Gaara was about to scoff at the sheer idiocy of the moment when his own idiot walked back to him; grinning with cotton candy covering his soft features.

Gaara smirked and leaned forward; filling his fantasies up by licking a pink puff of sugar off of Naruto's cheek. Naruto squealed and giggled; rubbing his face with his sleeve before latching himself onto Gaara who, despite the hatred of touch, didn't mind in the slightest.

Sasuke rolled his eyes and stuffed his hands into his pockets; looking away from the two he muttered something that made Gaara smirk.

"That's disgusting." Was his simple remark.

Naruto scowled deeply and placed a chaste kiss on Gaara's collar bone before staring down Sasuke. The group huddled their way out of the fair together with hundreds of people squashing them together.

"Oh yeah," Naruto broadcasted sarcastically. "As if Orochimaru didn't give you tons of "cotton candy" daily." The blonde rolled his eyes and shifted his weight closer to Gaara who bit his lip to keep from laughing.

"Shuddup!" Sasuke burst, his temper pulsing through the veins around his temple. Naruto snorted in laughter and pretended Gaara was some ominous figure quickly; cowering for just a moment before moaning for him to 'take him'.

Gaara didn't spare a moment and hoisted Naruto quickly onto his waist before placing his cherry red lips onto Naruto's sun kissed neck. Naruto moaned softly as the multitasking geniuses still found there way out of the crowd. Sasuke as well as many others promoting the ever obvious nose bleed.

Little did their innocence know that surrounding them were many stealthy figures; all adorned in random trench coats, detective hats and sun glasses; though there i was /i one very large and plump person in a trench coat. All of the labeled by the people 'flashers' and in a slightly literal sense; took pictures of the pair. Blood trickling from their nostrils. The people covered their children's eyes but couldn't stop the smiles on their lips. Unfolding before them was adorable shounen-ai.

And if the camera men had anything to do with it, it would become yaoi later.

Author's Note:

Kat: Sorry meh babies we had to make one Sasuke-getting-raped-by-snake-wacko crack.

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