Disclaimer: I don't own anything, but I really, really want a Mustang.

Warning: spandex!!!!

Note of Thanks: Please thank my wonderful beta, kawaiicrimsonkitsune; she makes it possible for me to get this up at all.

The afternoon sun is warm on my back as I sit on a flat rock. Kuro is standing stripped down in the waste deep water. Modesty is a foreign word to him, not that I mind watching his wet skin shine in the slanting sunlight. I shake my head to clear such thoughts. I am too busy with worrying to spend time considering how appealing Kuro manages to make fishing. The first those worries in my village. My relationship with Kuro is hardly traditional. I snort, my "relationship" is another thought spinning around in my head. What I am to Kuro? What is he to me?

My thoughts shy away from those questions and run head long into Kakashi, Tsunade, and Sakura. Did they know what Kuro really was? It made no sense for them not to. They were frustrating people even when I didn't suspect them of keeping information about a deadly demon I would be spending the week with from me.

I sigh and rub my eyes. Kuro's alluring body catches my attention again and I quickly decide that watching him fish is much more enjoyable then my current trains of thought.

Out of the corner of his eye Kuro watched Naruto. The young ninja's forehead was wrinkled with concern. Kuro shook his head and lunged at a fish, Naruto had been doing this all day. Surfacing, fish in hand, Kuro heard Naruto sigh again and promptly through the fish at his head.

"Stop that!" He snapped and Naruto gave him a puzzled look and snatched the fish before it escaped back into the river.

"Stop what?" The fish was slippery and a bit of thrashing managed to earn it temporary freedom that ended back in Kuro's hands.

"The sighing and forehead wrinkling! What's wrong?" In response Naruto sighed and wrinkled his forehead, Kuro grip tightened on the poor fish in frustration.

"Nothing's…" Naruto began but changed his mind when he saw Kuro's face, "Lot's of things."

"Like what?" Kuro climb up on the rock next to Naruto.

"Like you, me, us. It's very confusing!" Naruto said throwing his hands in the air and Kuro gave him an odd look.

"What do you mean?" Kuro managed to look adorably confused.

"What do you mean, what do I mean? What am I to you Kyu?!" Naruto snapped, but the moment the words left his mouth Naruto wanted them back.

"To me… I-I don't know. I-I think I love you." Naruto blinked and the redhead in front of him. The man was stuttering worse then Hinata, but the message had been clear.

"Come again? I'm not sure I heard you right." Disbelief was sweeping into Naruto jumbled mind. He firmly told himself not to get excited, that this was probably just a dream; a wonderful, beautiful dream.

"I think I've decided that I think that I'm in love with you, maybe." For the first time in his life Naruto was at a loss for words. Nobody had even told him that they loved him, and he a sort of been expecting the words to come from a human, a female human. He was very glad that he was already sitting.

"Love me?" The words felt odd on his lips and Naruto was unsure as to how to respond to them. He rubbed his eyes; this week was anything but good for his mental health. Kuro sat stone still his senses trained on Naruto.

"Yes, I think. I've never been in love before, but I'd imagine this is how it would feel." Naruto study the man in front of him. For such a little word love could mean so many things.

"Love is it? Are you sure it's not lust?" Naruto refused to believe that the demon Kyuubi had fallen in love with a mortal, but lust most certainly didn't seem beyond him.

"Lust I've felt before. In fact I'm very familiar with it and I don't deny that it is very prevalent in my feelings for you. But there is something more, a worry that something will happen to you, a fear that I'll hurt you. It's odd, and I think that's what it means to love, to care about what happens to a person." Naruto continued to stare at the redhead in front of him.

"I don't know if I love you, but I wouldn't want to live without you. You've been here my whole life and I think I can't imagine life without you. That horrid emptiness that you keep at bay would consume me." Naruto shuddered.

"You'll never have to worry about that emptiness Naruto, because I won't leave you." Kuro pulled Naruto against his still damp chest, but the moment was ruined by the fish's last desperate bolt for freedom.

Kuro leaned against a tree with Naruto enfolded in his arms. Dusk was failing and the dying embers were glowing in the fading light.

"We should move soon." Kuro stated, and Naruto murmured something in response. Kuro smiled down at his little blond and gently pressed his lips against Naruto's hair. A sudden pop caused Kuro's hold on Naruto to tighten. The pop had been accompanied by a poof of smoke that quickly faded to reveal two men in bright green spandex.

"Such youthful passion!" The older of the two men cried.

"I agree Gai-sensei!" The younger shouted in response. Naruto, had been dozing off, sat up and blinked.

"Lee? Gai? What are you doing here?" Naruto was still hoping this was a bad dream and he would wake up at any minute.

"Maybe it's part of the test." Kuro suggested staring in horror at the two men in front of them.

"That would be just like the old hag. Maybe if we hold very still they'll forget we're here." Naruto muttered before snuggling back into Kuro.

"Naruto, Kuro, the Hokage sent us to tell you to return to Konoha, she also said that this letter would explain." Gai said handing Kuro an envelope with the Hokage's seal on it. Kuro eyed Gai before ripping the envelope and reading the letter; his eyes grew wide and flickered down to Naruto.

"Akatsuki." He breathed.

"What?" Naruto sat bolt upright and grabbed the letter from Kuro. His eyes flew down the page, "Bastards!" He snapped leaping up, grabbing his bag, and dashing off into the forest. "Hurry!"

Kuro sighed, collected his bag and followed after Naruto. Gai stood watching after them with tears in his eyes.

"They are so youthful!"

AN: There it is. I'm so sorry about it being late, I got sick and I had all my final stuff due for school. But I really should be able to be better about timing now that its summer semester and I'll only have three classes. I hope you liked it! The next chapter should be up next weekend.