Tragic Canine Lovers

by Living Paradox

KibaNaru/NaruKiba Don't like, don't read. Rest of the summary is inside. I love my reviewers.

11. The Lights in the Dark

Author Notes: Welcome back people after reading my longest chapter and series of lemons ever. Where are all of my reviews from after I put on the end content? I did say chapter ten was incomplete. If you missed that, go back and read the last ten added pages.

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Naruto, Kiba, and Kyuubi: "YEAAAAAH!" the blond screamed as his final orgasm overtook him. With Kyuubi ramming him and his mate Kiba sucking him off, he was thrown way past the cliff. The brunette was very happy to be doing this for his elated lover, and his cum tasted great as it flew into his mouth with each thrust. "Ah..ah-a, oh fuck that's good," Naruto spoke as his body internally spasmed from the absolute ecstasy he was encountering. He heard Kyuubi's deep, growling moan as his hot seed began filling the blond's insides for the X time that night, and Kiba hummed on his shaft as he climaxed from jerking himself off. Naruto's legs fell out from under him due to his mind-blowing pleasure, but Kyuubi kept the boy up as he stood and held his blond container on his cock. Naruto was dripping semen on the floor as the excess slipped from his ass.

"Ah GOD you guys are awesome," the fox said. He whined in pleasure as he lifted Naruto off his slippery demonhood. The blond shivered in pleasure, but he managed to stay upright as his feet touched the stone floor. "It's about seven in the morning, so we're done, but thanks a lot. I enjoyed both of your asses very much. That makes up for thirteen years without getting laid. Feel free to come back when you need too. I kept count: one-hundred-seventeen rounds. That's impressive."

"Thanks for letting us use your room Kyuubi," Kiba spoke before claiming Naruto's lips and sharing the blond's seed with him. They broke apart with a pop.

"Ya, and thanks for teaching us all of that," Naruto spoke up. "It pays to have a sex-crazy demon in you sometimes, doesn't it?" he asked toward Kiba with a smile, receiving a kiss in return. "Time to go," the blond ended, and the second they stepped from Kyuubi's cage, they were gone. The fox flooded his cage with water to clean out the cum stains, and then he dried his sheets before falling asleep in the nude under his silk covers.

Tsume was the first one to wake up stiff in her chair. "Hana, get up," she yawned. Her daughter awoke with a neck ache, and she moved her head side to side. The Inuzuka mistress thought she smelled lovemaking from her sons, but it was faint. She walked over and saw the two sleeping on the couch facing each other. Tsume sniffed the air. "Hmm, wet dreams, both of them too?" she asked with a small smile. "Up you two," the woman said more loudly. Naruto and Kiba stepped from the cage, and their eyes opened to see themselves facing each other. The blond gave his mate a good morning kiss, and both boys noticed that they did indeed feel completely rested despite getting pounded by the Kyuubi for nearly eleven hours. The fox had severely underestimated their time limit, and he was happy to discover that they had actually gotten to bed early. "You two have some interesting dreams?" their mother asked. Naruto felt wetness in his pants, and Kiba blushed. "That's cute; you couldn't actually do it because Hana's cooking knocked you right out, but you both dreamed it. Well, Naruto, I heard your sensei has a mission for you, but we can do your training later. Get changed, shower, eat breakfast, and get going. I'll slice up your apples and the cheeses and stuff." Kiba got up and pulled Naruto with him.

"Ah, jelly legs," Naruto declared as they reached the stairs. He haphazardly made it up, but his legs tingled. His brunette kissed him lovingly before they entered their room. "Well, that's one downside to doing it in Kyuubi's room," the blond spoke as he undid his pants. Kiba grabbed them both new sets of clothes before undoing his jacket and taking his shirt off. When Naruto got to his stained boxers though, he found them painful to remove. "MMMMMMFFFFF," he yelled inside his own mouth. "They're stuck to me," he said with tears forming in his eyes. Kiba looked inside his boxers and was surprised to see a congealed white mass holding Naruto's manhood and a bunch of his pubic hairs to the fabric.

"Take it slow Naruto," Kiba told his mate. Even when the blond went slowly, it felt like his skin was being burned off. His brunette thought about it, and he came up with a clever plan. "Hey, I can lick it off," Kiba suggested. Naruto nodded, but he told Kiba to try and take his own off first. His brother had the same problem. "Ow-ow-ow-ow-ow…ouch," he hissed.

"This sucks," Naruto told him. Kiba nodded with his eyes closed as he bit his lip. His fox got a great idea though. "Hey, sucks…you remember what we did when we were in Kyuubi's room right?" he asked.

"What didn't we do in Kyuubi's room?" Kiba asked in reply, signaling that his mate would have to be much more specific. They had probably gone through every position and style ever made, so he made a legitimate point.

"You remember when you were kinda kneeling over me and we sucked each other while Kyuubi fucked you right?" Naruto asked. Kiba thought back, and he seemed to remember it quite well.

"You mean we lick each other off?" he asked, receiving a nod from Naruto. "Alright, sounds like a plan." His blond was already laying flat on the bed with his legs spread partially so as to give Kiba access without tearing his midnight blue underwear. The brunette smiled and climbed over his mate before turning so that their crotches were within each other's range. Naruto used his hands to steady Kiba, and he began licking at the white substance gluing his manhood to his black boxers. The brunette did him the same favor, but the two had forgotten to shut the door.

"Whoa!" Tsume exclaimed quickly before shielding her eyes as she stood in the hallway. "Hey, get in the shower you two. You can rut later."

"No Mom, that's not what we're doing," her first son began. "We're kinda yeooow! Naruto!" he cried.

"Our pants are kinda glued to us if you know what I mean," the blond explained. "Sorry Kiba, but your mom usually needs proof going by my experience. I won't pull them again."

"You better not," the brunette rebuked him a bit angrily.

"Oh," Tsume said embarrassingly now knowing the situation. "That is a dilemma. Well, there is another way, but it would kinda ruin your boxers."

"We'll be done as soon as we can," Kiba explained before skillfully running his tongue over his lover's head. It became apparent to their mother that the boys would rather keep their pants. No matter. Tsume continued to her room to change, but she remembered to shut her door unlike her sons. At least they were being open, but that was a bit sudden. The two boys moaned as they felt each other's tongues work on their dicks. The undersides needed to be set free before they could switch boxers, but a small problem was arising, or two slightly big ones if you know what I mean. "Ouch, mine's pulling," the brunette spoke before he took hold of his erecting member and stopped the process of his skin being torn off.

Naruto grabbed his own as he felt the sting of pulling skin. "Just get the undersides," he told his mate before getting back to his task.

"Let's remember to at least remove our pants before we do that again," Kiba spoke receiving a nod he could feel from his blond. They licked for another two minutes, and the cloth fell away from their cocks, giving them both relief that the danger had passed, but now they were horny and wanted true relief. "Make it quick," Kiba told his mate before swallowing all nine inches. Naruto dropped his hips, and Kiba's eight-inch beast pounded into and filled his throat as he moaned from the pleasure, making Kiba moan on his dick in response, a circle of pleasurable humming and sucking. He picked up the brunette's hips, but Kiba decided to just support himself with his knees. They bobbed their heads up and down while lightly thrusting into each other. Forty seconds later, they came hard into each other's mouths as they moaned and shook from the feeling. Both boys were very experienced with blowjobs now after taking Kyuubi's member into their mouths numerous times during the night, and they knew exactly how to extract every ounce of good feeling and seed from each other before swallowing the delicious nectar.

"That was good," Naruto told his brunette before Kiba got off him and slid his soiled boxers all the way off and then put them in his laundry basket. Naruto did the same before they picked up their new clothing and walked to their mother's door. They knocked, and Tsume let them pass to her bathroom. Kurumaru gave Naruto a single glance before the two boys were safely in his mistress's bathroom.

"You've got five days to make him a man Tsume," the black wolf spoke. "Once my teeth are nice and strong again, he's mine."

"Just don't expect it to be easy," his master replied before stepping out of the room. "He won't be as weak as you think," she said in almost a whisper.

"We're just washing Kiba," Naruto told his brunette after getting a deep kiss and an accepting seal rub. He caressed the brunette's mark as he said this. "Sakura will get mad if she thinks I'm wasting her time by having mind-blowing sex with you." His mate frowned, but he then gave the blond an understanding smile and a light kiss. "Thanks," he spoke more quietly with a smile. They quickly scrubbed each other down and lathered their hair before rinsing off and sharing one long, deep kiss. Naruto now wore a slightly dark orange pair of boxers with little fox pictures on them. Kiba had picked those for the blond not out of spite, but out of thinking it was cute for his fox to be wearing foxes. "You like what you see?" Naruto asked as he seductively bent over and showed the roundness of his tight ass and lightly stretched the fox pictures.

"Don't tempt me Uzumaki," Kiba replied before giving his mate a single rough spank. Naruto growled like the horny fox he was, signaling his enjoyment, but he stopped and gave his dog-mate a kiss before fully dressing, going back to their room, getting his boots on, and sitting at the table to eat.

"Fruit salad for breakfast," Hana declared. "Cantaloupe, pineapple, apples, strawberries, blueberries, cranberries, grapes, honeydew, cherries, and an orange juice dressing to toss it all together. Enjoy," she told her little blond brother as she placed a big bowl of it in front of him. Hana also poured him a tall glass of cold milk.

"I'm really glad you guys are doing this for me," Naruto told his sister and mother who was also munching on some apple slices. Kiba came down and greeted them, and his sister gave him a smaller bowl of her fruit salad. Naruto had one more along with two glasses of milk before he felt full and full of energy. "I'll see you guys later," he said as he got up. When he took a step, he realized bending his left heel hurt a little bit. "Lovely, growth pains," the blond stated before going out the door.

"Oh, we have to up the anti on his dairy," Tsume said as she slapped her forehead. "We covered his red meats, but I should have left him with some of the extra cheese. And the tomato sauce you made has its part covered. Well, it can be ice cream night I suppose."

"Awesome," Kiba spoke up. "We making it?" Tsume nodded to him. "Nice, Naruto'll enjoy cranking for forty minutes straight. Thanks for the food Sis; I'm gonna go meet up with Hinata and Shino and Kurenai-Sensei. I'll see you guys later," he called as he ran off with Akamaru in tow.

"And that leaves me to cleaning Yuki and working out at the dojo," Tsume spoke. "A full day ahead of us, have fun when you can Hana. Shen's bored, so maybe you can play with him and Raija later."

"Will do, but I've got vaccinations today," her daughter replied as Tsume was about to walk out the door.

"Ug, I pity you Hana," she said before walking off. "You couldn't pay me enough to vaccinate all the dogs; that's for sure. I've gotta get Naruto ready. Kurumaru said I have five days," she sighed. "I hope he knows how to roll a seven on a six-sided die."

"Hey Sakura, hey Kakashi-Sensei!" the boy called as he leapt from a rooftop down to the sidewalk.

"Naruto, what happened to your old clothes?" his sensei asked curiously. Naruto finally remembered that Kakashi had no knowledge of what had happened between him and Kiba's family, and now it was apparent that he, the blond, didn't want to talk about it.

"Well, they got torn up pretty bad in a fight, and Kiba helped me get a new ninja suit," he explained. "They were getting small on me anyway, so it's no big deal," Naruto said with a smile. Sakura breathed a sigh of relief. Nice save Naruto, she thought to herself.

"Well, if that's all, then let's head on up," their sensei told them as he gestured toward the red Hokage Mansion. He was reading one of Jiraiya's Itcha-Itcha books as usual, but he knew the way up instinctively. Kakashi knocked on the door.

"Come in," Tsunade spoke from her desk. As Team 7 walked in, Naruto with his arms relaxed above his head as usual, she panicked, because she held the boy's approved adoption papers in her hands. "Give me a second," the woman told Kakashi as she got a manila folder and stuffed the papers in. Kakashi raised his eyebrows, one hidden by his headband. "Oh, you're here for a mission right?" Naruto nodded and smiled at her. Kakashi was now even more suspicious, although Sakura knew every detail concerning why her teammate was acting differently, respectfully. "I actually have a B-Rank for you guys. Naruto, I know you will hate this, but Tora the cat got out again."

"We're finding that fur ball again as a B-Rank mission?" the blond asked in surprise.

"Not exactly," the Hokage replied. "You know the woman who owns that cat is rather wealthy and cat-obsessed. Well, someone got smart and actually put up a ransom for Tora."

"That's…weird," Kakashi spoke up. "Let me guess," he began as he put his porn book away. "We have to find the guys who catnapped Tora and get her back?"

"I'm afraid so," Tsunade replied. "This map gives the location of the exchange. Since we have no idea who would have stolen the cat, we have no idea what we're up against, thus the rank. Our thieves want a thousand Ryou for the cat's life, but the woman doesn't have the money to back it up at current point surprisingly. Just get that cat back by the end of the day."

"Alright, one band of busted cat-nappers coming up with a side of tortured cat," Naruto spoke before walking out of the room.

What's his deal?" Kakashi asked. "Normally he'd be super pissed and willing to fight you for a better mission. Now, he's barely acting like himself. I almost miss his annoying banter, almost."

"Maybe our young blond's growing up," the Hokage replied, pretending not to know and not care.

"Nah, my bet's that he got a girlfriend," the white-haired perv stated. Sakura grimaced, and Tsunade's terror-struck face was luckily hidden by a document. "Jealous Sakura? He finally dumped you for someone better."

"I could care less who Naruto goes out with; my eyes rest on Sasuke alone," the pink-haired girl replied in defiance and a perfect masking of her knowledge. She smiled inwardly though. "Can we just get this mission over with?"

"Ya, I suppose I can just tail Naruto later if I have time," Kakashi replied.

"Leave him the heck alone you overly depraved perv," Tsunade said humorously. "Seriously though, don't go digging into his personal life. That's just rude." Kakashi and Sakura walked downstairs to find their blond teammate impatiently waiting by the door.

"I do have stuff to do later if you don't mind," Naruto spoke up. Kakashi was perplexed by this. Since when did Naruto actually have a life outside training?

"Fine, fine," Kakashi told him as they walked out. "Hmm, it's the training grounds on the west side of the lake." The team moved out in all haste, Naruto of course seeming to be rushing. "If you go running straight in, you'll get us hurt or jeopardize the mission Naruto. Calm down."

"Carry a Shadow Clone of me as a suitcase full of money, and Kakashi-Sensei, you'll go in alone as the main focus," Naruto began without even looking at his teacher. "Sakura and I'll stay out of sight until you give us a sign, a word or movement, whichever you want. We can probably beat these guys easily."

"That's…not actually a bad plan," the white-haired man replied. "All of this is quite strange coming from you Naruto. Got someone to look forward to seeing?" The question put the blond out of focus, and his face hit a branch, making him stop to regain composure. "I thought so," his teacher spoke slyly. "Sorry, but I needed to test my theory. We're close, so just give me the Shadow Clone now."

"Fine," the blond said as though this was a mere chore. He handed a bound briefcase to Kakashi, and the bills inside looked very genuine. "Sakura, take the north side; I'll be in the southern bushes by the water." Before either of them could respond, Naruto was gliding over the trees away and out of range.

"Hey," the white-haired man spoke just slightly louder than conversation. "I've got your money. Just hand Tora back so we can resolve this peacefully." Two forms rose from the water at the edge of the lake. "Well, this is a change of scenery for you two. Didn't think I'd ever see the Mist Demon Brothers again after we took out Zabuza and Gato."

"Well, if it isn't you from that day you handed our asses to us along with that one black-haired kid," Meizu spoke. He held Tora in a metal cage which hung from his hand. "Gozu, make the exchange." His brother walked up and took the briefcase from Kakashi. "Hey, these are fakes!" Meizu exclaimed when he saw the bills. A puff of smoke surrounded what was once the briefcase, and Gozu's lights were knocked out by one solid punch to the side of his head. "What the Hell?" Meizu exclaimed.

"Rasengan!" the blond exclaimed as he was hit in the back with the spiraling sphere. Naruto's clone caught Tora's cage as Meizu was sent spinning into a tree. In an instant, the mission was done. "Wasted effort," was all the blond said as his clone disappeared. "I guess we gotta drag 'em back and hand 'em to Lady Tsunade."

"Naruto," Kakashi began in surprise. "That timing was perfect, and you got them both on your own. I'm impressed. Unfortunately, ya, we gotta bring 'em back, but we can collect the bounty for their live capture."

"Then hurry up Sensei!" Sakura yelled. She and Naruto were already carrying the two unconscious demon brothers back the way they came. Now Kakashi was confounded. Why on Earth were they acting this way? Super speedy mission completion time, working together well, and Naruto's complete will to move on were all making his head spin.

"Thanks Sakura," her teammate told her quietly. The pink-haired girl nodded in reply. They heard Kakashi now approaching, and so they went on in silence. Naruto had been smart enough to declaw the two of their poisonous grapplers, and they walked into Tsunade's office in triumph.

"These are our culprits?" she asked. Kakashi nodded, and Naruto placed the metal claws on her desk. "The Demon Mist Brothers, quite a catch. The bounty on them is two-thousand Ryou for getting them alive. Their village wants them to rot in jail for conspiring with Zabuza against the Mizukage." She handed Kakashi the bundle, but he refused to accept it.

"All mission credit goes to Naruto really," the white-haired man told the Hokage. "I was only the distraction, and an unnecessary one at that."

"Kakashi-Sensei, Sakura, you each take two-hundred; you're still my team," Naruto insisted. Along with another hundred for completing the mission, the blond walked off with seventeen-hundred Ryou total in his pockets. Sakura was happy to get her share of three-hundred, and Kakashi simply contemplated Naruto's current behavior as he walked off. He winced as he grabbed the rail going down, growth pains truly starting to get in his way. Naruto felt a little drained and sore all over.

"Yup, now you're in growth mode. Your body has plenty of nutrients stored up for today and part of tomorrow, but eat some of the stuff that woman gave you for energy," Kyuubi told his container. Naruto pulled the baggie filled with assorted fruits and cheeses out of his left jacket pocket and chewed on the apple slices first. The blond then started heading off to the Inuzuka estate, and his teacher decided to follow the eager teen. About five minutes out, Naruto caught his scent and stopped; Kakashi was surprised out of his wits. He hid himself, but Naruto used his scent to find him while hiding the fact that it was his nose doing the work.

"Why are you following me around Sensei?" he asked from behind the crouching Jounin, managing to scare him.

"Whoa, Naruto-I, uh…just wanted to know why you were acting so weird," Kakashi admitted. "The biggest tipoff that something is different is you being respectful to Tsunade. Is something wrong?"

"Sorta, but I really can't talk to you about it," Naruto told him before starting to walk off. In an instant, his hands were pinned to a wall, and the blond looked surprisingly into his teacher's eyes.

"You'd be surprised what you can talk to me about," his teacher said definitively. Naruto obviously wasn't going to be able to leave until his sensei got an answer. "Despite what you think, I can give you girl advice, romance and stuff."

"As I told you Kakashi-Sensei," Naruto began as he pulled his hands off the wall and pushed his sensei back with intense strength, "it isn't something I can really tell you." His teacher was stunned by the fact that he had been overpowered, and he was completely at a loss for words. "I do have some stuff I need to take care of, but I'll see ya tomorrow or whenever Kakashi-Sensei," the blond told him as he leapt over the rooftops toward the Inuzuka estate. The white-haired man looked into the palm of his gloved hand almost fearfully.

"Either I lost my touch, or Naruto got a whole ton stronger," he spoke. "It's definitely not the first one, but why are you in such a hurry, Naruto?" Kakashi asked into the air before following him. "The Inuzuka estate? Why's he coming here?" Naruto's teacher disguised himself as a tattooed man with hazelnut-colored hair and followed in his student's general direction.

"Hey Mom," he called as he went in the door to his house.

"Alright, training time," she answered before dragging her adopted son right back out the door. Naruto got on his feet and followed her willingly. Kakashi stayed out of sight and range, but he kept trailing the two, all the way to the dojo in fact.

"What in the world?" he whispered. Tsume turned her head, but Kakashi ducked his head out of sight before she spotted him. She and Naruto continued walking into the building undisturbed. "That was close," Naruto's sensei stated before following them in.

"Kiba with Hinata and Shino?" Naruto asked, receiving a nod in return. "That's fine; it gives us more training time."

"Kurumaru said we have five days, so we have to make this count Naruto," his mother replied. "After your regiment, come to the open sparring fields behind the dojo. Hello gentlemen," she said loudly as they entered the weight room. Biran and Han waved to the blond in greeting, and Naruto smiled back. "Four-ten, one-hundred repetitions," she spoke concisely as she put the plates on the ends of the bar. Kakashi walked in and grabbed a large dumbbell to do curls and blend in.

Is she insane? Kakashi thought in his mind. She'll kill him. Naruto positioned himself and grabbed hold of the bar before beginning his routine. Each raise came with a grunt. "Good, keep that form and that speed." No freaking way, the Jounin told himself. No wonder he managed to lift me off of him; Naruto's insanely strong, maybe even as strong as Gai. Tsume sniffed out the unfamiliar Kakashi, but she recognized his scent and walked up to him. When the hazel-haired man looked up at her, she gestured for them to go out into the hallway as they left the blond to his work. "What the Hell are you doing here Kakashi?" she asked calmly.

"Guess I can't beat your nose can I, Tsume-San?" the man replied before reverting to his true form. "Naruto's been acting differently all day, and he didn't complain at all when he got a mission repeat. I thought I should try and figure out why he was acting differently, but he refused to tell me anything. I thought he might have gotten a girlfriend when he kept saying he had stuff to take care of, but now my question is this: why is he with you?" The Inuzuka woman was in a terrible position. Kakashi was nosy as Hell, but could he keep such a dark secret?

"Look, there is a lot of stuff you don't know, and some of it you really don't want to," she began, hooking the man's intrigue. "Long story short, I adopted Naruto into our family upon the recommendation of Tsunade and Kiba's request. They're great friends, and Naruto never had a family anyway, so I went with it. We have a problem though, Kurumaru."

"The big, black one?" Kakashi asked, receiving a nod in reply.

"Ya, him, he's decided he wants to fight Naruto for some dominance thing that's all in his head," Tsume told Kakashi. The man was petrified with fear for his student's life. "He isn't allowed to kill Naruto, but we'd rather he just win instead of us having to pressure Kurumaru into leaving him alone, because that takes time. Hence, I've been training him like mad which includes a new diet. When he said he had stuff to do, he meant it, and now our time limit's been set: five days."

"He's all yours," Kakashi said surely. "If he's gonna beat a beast like Kurumaru, he needs every second he can get. I'll just leave then, but thanks for explaining things…and…for adopting him. Naruto needed that," he ended before forming hand signs and disappearing.

"I'm done," the blond spoke before coming around the corner and into the hallway. Tsume was glad for his progress and set his pushups up at one-hundred-thirty pounds. Naruto began forcing himself through it, and Tsume bought him a water bottle and filled it with ice-cold water which he drank part of when he finished with them. "Now the one I really hate," he groaned after the one-fifty-pound sit-ups. Naruto did the muscle balance endurance on three separate heights, and his arms felt like they had been crushed before he walked it off with ten laps over the ceiling with one-hundred pound weights attached to each of his legs.

"Good, now eat the rest of your fruit and cheese before we get down to the real stuff," Tsume told him. Naruto dried his forehead, drank his water, and ate some before following his mom outside. "Due to our newly-made time constraints, I'm gonna have to really push you hard Naruto. We're gonna fight, and then I'll decide where I need to take your training."

"It's not like I can beat you," the blond told her as though she was mad.

"We have to train you to fight using your other instincts as your main sources of information," his mother replied quickly. "Hearing gives you a much better picture than you think, and scent gives a lot of information about your opponent: anger level, exhaustion, fear, and so many other important components. After this first one, I'll train you to have proper form, quicker reflexes, and fighting without your eyes."

"Seriously?" Naruto asked.

"Ya, but you'll have to really focus Naruto," Tsume replied as they stepped out into a sparring circle. "Focus on dodging my attacks; they'll be at about Kurumaru's speed. We'll work on your attacks and counters later." Naruto nodded and took a fighting stance. "Alright, I won't hurt you badly, but be ready for a heavy hit." Her son nodded once more, and she charged him at a speed which rivaled Lee after removing his weights. Naruto panicked when he saw a fist heading for his face, and he bent backward to dodge the blow. A leg came sweeping at him too, and so Naruto bent back further, losing his balance and falling on his back. "That was the instinctive way to dodge, but you'll need to be more precise if you want to stay standing and have a shot at actually getting at Kurumaru," Tsume told him as she helped Naruto up.

"I could barely even see you," he said hopelessly.

"That's exactly why I'm going to blindfold you," his mother replied before tightly wrapping the black cloth over his eyes. "Listen to your ears; they're stronger than you think." Naruto tried feeling for something, but he couldn't tell where anything was. Before long, he heard the step of Tsume charging him, and he ducked long before the threat was close. The woman's body seemed to exist in his mind, and he could see her leg moving for the kick without him even looking at her. The experience was amazing, and he took a strong hit to the chest, making him fly outside the circle panting to regain his lost breath.

"Holy shit," he breathed. Tsume helped him up again.

"Did you lose focus, or could you just not hear my leg?" she asked. Naruto shook his head.

"I could see you, but I couldn't," he managed to get out. "I was just…fascinated I guess." A quick punch came for him, and the blond's head sprang to the side and out of the way.

"Hm, you're doing really well for the first time, but you need to take in your surroundings. That's what sight can do for you, and smell too," Tsume told her son. "If you walk out of the ring when you're fighting Kurumaru, you are saying you forfeit. Getting thrown out doesn't mean a thing, just who can outlast the other. He'll probably try intimidating you to get you to submit, but you won't fall for that will you?"

"Of course not," the blond told her confidently.

"Then let's continue," she told him. After six solid hours of harsh training, Naruto's body felt stiff as a rock. He had taken iron-hard punches, learned how to absorb blows, remove some of the bite from them, turning the force of the punch against the opponent (which resulted in a broken nose for Tsume), and finding many ways to dodge, evade, block, and counter attack. "Let's go back home; you've done really well Naruto," the woman told her son as she panted. While her abdominal muscles were way stronger than his, Naruto's punches and the one good heel kick did a number on her.

"Ya," the blond panted as he wiped the blood from his chin. Tsume had sliced his lip with a well-placed clawing, but it had sealed up from Kyuubi's chakra. She was impressed with his development, but the next four days would be grueling. Naruto finished the water in his bottle and downed the last few strawberries he had remaining as they walked back to the house.

"Haaah," the Inuzuka mistress sighed. "We're back Hana. Hey Kiba," Tsume announced as she and Naruto came in the door. The cooking woman looked up to see them both beat up.

"What the Heck happened?" Kiba asked first. "I thought only Kurumaru could pull that off."

"We've been sparring for six hours, so yes, we are both beaten, bruised, and tired," Naruto told him as he slumped in his chair. Hana placed some hot curry shrimp and rice in front of him, and the family ate slowly. "Well, I guess things are going alright with my training, but Kurumaru will be a ton more vicious won't he?" Naruto asked.

"As I said, he fights dirty, crazily, and quickly," his mother replied. "I gave you the speed, but you'll have to account for unpredictability. If you get a shot at him, don't hesitate for a second. You'll be lucky if you can hit him hard early, but make every shot count. His muscles have been hardened over a lot of years, and he has a bunch more fighting experience. If you manage to break one of his bones though, your chances will be greatly increased towards beating him. Just watch out for his teeth and you should be fine Naruto."

"Ya, try your best, but we have a backup plan just in case," Hana told him. "You won't be away from Kiba long even if you lose; we'll see that Kurumaru breaks down and just lets you be. How did your day go Kiba?"

"Eh, just a bunch of deliveries across town, so I was pretty bored," he stated before turning his eyes to Naruto, smiling, and then kissing his mate lightly. Tsume and Hana smiled as a bowl of homemade cookies and caramel cream ice-cream was put in front of each of the two boys. . "We can have some fun tonight though, right Naruto?" he asked suggestively as he took in a spoonful of the delicious treat Hana and he had made. His blond appeared to be enjoying it too.

"I've still gotta do my pre-sleep regiment, and I'm damn tired Kiba," Naruto told him. His signs of exhaustion were showing greatly too. "I won't promise you anything, but maybe."

"That worn out?" his brunette asked. "Mom!"

"Don't blame her," Naruto reprimanded him. "If you want us to actually be able to be together, then I need to train; I need to be able to beat Kurumaru. What's the point of just enjoying four nights together if we'd be separated for the rest of our lives?" Kiba looked down at his bowl sorrowfully and swished his spoon around, realizing that he was wrong. Naruto ate the remainder of his ice-cream and put the bowl in the sink before walking upstairs. The three could hear him walk onto the ceiling and begin doing squats.

"He's just really stressed Kiba," his mother told him reassuringly as the brunette drank the melted remains of his desert. "Not to mention, he'll be ready by morning if he isn't tonight. Don't be expecting sex for the next few nights; Naruto will be way too tired. Just comfort him and encourage him. Now, up to bed. You can keep going with your team for the next couple of days while I train Naruto."

"Ya," he son replied very quietly before walking up the steps with a solemn Akamaru in tow. "Naruto?" Kiba asked as he stepped in; the blond was already laying in the bed facing away from the door.

"Aaa-aa-ah, ya Kiba?" he yawned. "Listen, I'm really just too tired tonight, and I'm just not in the mood. Is that alright?" His brunette was getting out of his clothing, but he left his boxers on like his kitsune. Kiba got under the covers and crawled closely to his mate and hugged him from behind.

"I understand Naruto," the brunette told him. There was a pause as the brunette felt his lover's breathing, but he worked up the courage to say "you'll beat Kurumaru…I know it." Those words whispered in Naruto's ear made him feel much better, and he smiled before turning and gracing his love with a passionate kiss. Kiba felt over the golden spikes on his head, and he lowered his second hand down to the seal, but all he put into the touch was comfort and confidence, the two things he knew his mate needed. Naruto smiled wholeheartedly and licked his mate's neck lovingly. The action pulled forth no hormones, no lusty thoughts, just the profound happiness which comes from being with one's true love. "I love you Naruto," Kiba spoke quietly as he looked into the drowsy eyes of his happy partner and held his head lovingly in both hands.

"I love you too…Kiba," Naruto replied quietly before planting a final light kiss on his love and a loving touch to his fang mark. The brunette caringly caressed his scalp as the troubled fox fell asleep. When he was sure Naruto was asleep, Kiba huddled them closely together and kissed his forehead softly before he himself fell asleep.

"He has more than just a chance of beating Kurumaru doesn't he?" Hana asked her mother as they sat across from each other at the dinner table..

"His instincts are sharpening like a finely made knife, and his movements can keep up, but his strength just doesn't seem like enough. Kurumaru hits way harder than he does, and I endured Naruto for six hours. I can only hope he gets in a lucky shot to either Kurumaru's chest or manages to break a bone on that dog."

"Not gonna happen," said black wolf told them as he came down the stairs. "You've been training him well, but it's all for nothing Tsume-Sama. Naruto will never be able to beat me; he's too weak, too inexperienced. He's about to be cut off at puppy. You'll thank me for this when he truly transforms into the fox and has to obey my will, and you'll be especially happy that he can't get at your son."

"You're a bastard Kurumaru," Tsume replied dryly. "All you can think about is position. If Naruto really felt like taking over the family, he'd have fought Hana for dominance by now, and instead of marking his partner like you do, he simply trusts Kiba to remain faithful. How can you be so blind?"

"I could ask the same thing, but it matters not," the black beast replied as he swished his tail triumphantly. "Come Thursday, I'm going to turn his life into a Hell, and he will have to beg me to let up. He'll never enjoy procreation again, not until I'm dead, and that's a long way off considering the genetic makeup of Inuzuka dogs."

"One more word and I'll crate you," his mistress warned. "Go up to my room and stay in there Kurumaru for the rest of the night. Go on," she commanded as she got up. Tsume was right behind Kurumaru as he walked up, and she went to bed hoping to meet the next day better than she left off on this one. Hana checked in on the two sleeping beauties before going to bed herself.

The Next Day: It was of course Kiba who woke up first with his mate having worked himself to oblivion. His arms were still wrapped lovingly around the blond's head, and he smiled as he massaged his mate's scalp. Naruto arched into the touch, making his head softly bury itself in Kiba's chest. "You're so cute when you're like this," Kiba told the sleeping boy softly with a humorous smile. He rubbed the blond's back, but eventually last night came back and bit him; Kiba was getting horny, and his fingers trailed down to the blond's clothed ass. The brunette lightly felt over the back of Naruto's orange, foxed boxers before giving the blond and light squeeze, making him wiggle lightly and moan. The sound turned Kiba on way too much, and he began lightly massaging his mate's rear. It was foolish however, because Naruto finally woke up awkwardly feeling himself being treated to a butt squeezing.

"What the? Kiba?" he asked drowsily. "Hey, what are you doing?" he asked a bit more demandingly as he picked his head up and looked at his brunette.

"Are you feeling better?" Kiba asked before giving his mate a tight squeeze and tearing a moan from him. "Well?"

"Kiba," the blond breathed. "Wait," he spoke before roughly taking hold of the dog-boy's arms. "You could have just asked instead of making me wake up to it. What's your deal?"

"We missed last night," the brunette began. "And when I woke up, you were cutely wrapped in my arms. I couldn't resist," he said before stealing a kiss from his beloved. Naruto was highly surprised that his mate was acting this way, and it was strikingly similar to when Kyuubi was spiking Kiba with pheromones. "Up Kyuubi," he commanded the demon. The red fox woke up swiftly and a bit annoyed.

"What is it brat?" he asked rudely, wanting more sleep.

"I've got one extra horny Kiba here, and he's not acting like himself at all," Naruto told him. "Did you pump him with pheromones?"

"No," Kyuubi yawned. "Wait, how many days have you guys been together?"

"Maybe eight; I can't remember."

"Ah, about every week there will be one day when you just feel like you'll explode if you don't get to fucking. It's a heat thing, so just ram the Hell out of him and he'll be normal again," Kyuubi told his container. "May I go back to bed?" Naruto gave him the okay, and Kyuubi went back to peacefully sleeping.

"Kiba, are you alright?" Naruto asked.

"Why do you keep asking stupid questions?" his mate replied with a weird smile. Naruto had released his arms when he was talking to Kyuubi, and now he paid the price as he mate smacked his ass from behind.

"Ah, what the HELL?!" Naruto yelled. "Kiba, this isn't like you at all."

"Quit complaining and let me screw you," the brunette told him rather meanly. Naruto just stared at him with his mouth partially open. As Kiba began advancing, Naruto felt increasingly more uncomfortable. The brunette was on top of him now and leaning down to lustily kiss his now frightened fox.

"Kiba, please stop," Naruto told him with tears now forming in his eyes. His lips were claimed, but the blond resisted. Naruto pushed Kiba back and tried to hold him off, but his body wouldn't deny the pleasure being inflicted upon it.

"Aw, but what are you gonna do about this?" Kiba asked as he ground their clothed erections together. Naruto stifled a moan, but he was truly frightened of his partner. This wasn't supposed to be happening, not like this. The blond would be more than willing to open himself up to Kiba, but this just wasn't the guy he knew.

"Get off me Kiba, please," he begged. Said brunette began pushing away his arms which were frozen in fear. "No, think about what you're doing Kiba," Naruto said more softly.

"I'm going to do you," the brunette replied huskily as he licked Naruto's neck. His partner couldn't take it, and he was crying from both humiliation and fear. The boys' door slammed open, and Tsume pulled Kiba right off of Naruto before punching him in the gut and making him double over. Kiba curled into a ball on the floor and fell still.

"You alright Naruto?" she asked the boy as she came over to him. The blond fox was shaking as he held himself.

"Why?" was all he could whisper. Tsume stroked his hair and wiped away his tears like the loving mother she was and sat down next to Naruto.

"You happened to have your luck stepped on," she spoke. "At the end of every week to nine days until Mating Season is over, both of you will have a day when you really need sex, much more than usual. Since you and Kiba couldn't get to it last night, the effects doubled, and his body is controlling him more than his mind is. Hana has an injection formula which will cut his cravings, but I'm sorry I didn't see this coming. He isn't acting like himself at all I'm guessing?" Naruto shook his head.

"He promised he'd just ask if he wanted to," the blond cried quietly. "But that…"

"Shhh," Tsume said as she kept rubbing his head. "I know. Don't blame Kiba, alright? It's more my fault and Hana's than his." Naruto nodded, but his tears wouldn't stop flowing. "We've got breakfast going, but you two need to shower, and I'll deal with our little problem," Tsume spoke before drawing out a syringe filled with a bronze-tinted liquid. "His sex drive will all but disappear for several hours normally, but in this case, it will just be cut back to the point where he finally knows what he's doing," she told Naruto before sticking Kiba rather harshly on the upper arm. The liquid was forced into the brunette's body, and Tsume wiped the tiny amount of blood away. "I'd also suggest getting in a round tonight, because tomorrow would make nine days. In other words, you'll be in Kiba's position tomorrow morning if you neglect to relieve yourself." Naruto nodded. "You can head on to my shower; I'll explain things to Kiba and then let him off to you."

"Okay," he said quietly before getting a change of clothes and going out into the hall. Tsume picked her son up and shook him awake on his bed.

"Mom?" he asked half dazed. "What's going on? Where's Naruto?" Kiba asked when he realized the blond was nowhere to be found.

"Taking a shower while I deal with you for nearly raping him," his mother replied in an even tone. Kiba couldn't process that information in the slightest, and his eyes widened in terror. "Ya, you two did not get off to a good start this morning. You woke up and started feeling him up in his sleep, and when he woke up, he would have been willing to go at it if you had just calmed down. Unfortunately, you just went straight for it instead of asking or even giving Naruto a moment to think. I had to pull you off of him and knock you unconscious, and I gave you an injection to keep you from repeating that mishap when you do see Naruto again."

"I…tried to rape him?" her son asked in disbelief with tears in his eyes. Tsume nodded with a look of apology that said he was still at fault. "Is he alright? God, now what'll he think of me?"

"You didn't actually get to do anything, so he's fine, but he was a bit frazzled that you turned into something like that," his mother told him. "Go freaking apologize and set things straight. Breakfast's in twenty, so go take a shower with him." Kiba didn't need to be told twice as he gathered up a new set of clothing from the dresser.

Naruto tried to clear his head under the cold water, but even that shock was nothing compared to what he had seen out of Kiba. He just stood there with his head drooping under the icy stream. There was a knock at the door to the bathroom, but he didn't answer it. Kiba walked in slowly and hesitantly, but he wasn't acknowledged, and it hurt.

"Naruto?" he asked quietly as he set his clothing on the counter next to the blond's. "Naruto I'm so sorry," Kiba told him quietly. The blond's eyes rose and met his, and they were completely dull. His brunette pulled off his boxers and entered the shower to find it icy cold. Kiba turned the water to warm, but Naruto still hadn't budged an inch. "Mom…told me what happened, and I'm so sorry Naruto," he cried. "That wasn't fair, and it wasn't me. Please forgive me Naruto; I'd never do that to you." The blond picked his head up and stared at him the same way Kiba had when he checked the blond for lies back in the forest over a week ago. The brunette could feel the steely orbs observing him, looking through him and into him, and it hurt to have such a void of distrust sitting between him and Naruto. "I feel just terrible Naruto. Please believe me," Kiba spoke as he clenched his eyes shut and cried. "You didn't deserve to see me like that, and I won't let it happen again…I promise you…I love you." Even though he hadn't heard or felt the blond move, Kiba felt his lips lightly taken by his mate, but he was afraid to open his eyes, to see that the feeling was merely a dream, a delusion. Naruto's lips separated from his, and the Inuzuka finally opened his teary eyes to see a smiling blond boy staring back at him.

"What kind of person would I be if I couldn't forgive my best friend?" Naruto asked. Kiba just looked at him, still holding the fear of rejection and losing one he really cared about. "As long as you promise me, I can forgive you. Who else do I have who really understands me like you?"

"Naruto," his love spoke quietly. Kiba was at a loss for words, and so Naruto's lips did the talking as they kissed him lightly once more. The brunette was now the one crying over being forgiven and being accepted despite the wrongs he had committed, and Naruto comforted him as Kiba had done for him before.

"It's fine Kiba; we're still together," the blond told him. "Now come on, I still think you could use some help."

"What?" Kiba asked dumbfounded before his lips were claimed and his back was held possessively. Naruto's tongue asked for entrance, and it was granted as a calming warmth spread throughout the Inuzuka's body. It was a passionate and deep kiss, and Naruto smiled when he broke from it. "Mmm, thanks Naruto," his mate spoke. The blond felt he should indulge himself just slightly, and he roughly spanked Kiba once just like his brother had done to him earlier when he was out of it. "Yeeouch!" he exclaimed.

"There, that can be your punishment Kiba," Naruto told him. "Now, you said you wished to do me?" The devious smile on the fox's face brought back some of his puppy's fire, and Kiba claimed his lips before pinning Naruto onto the tile wall. Such a cold feeling made Naruto try to wiggle off, but Kiba reclaimed his lips and lowered his right hand to Naruto's seal. A single quick rush with just his index finger made Naruto arch forward, nearly knocking them over. "You jerk," the blond said humorously with a smile. Even as he gave that sarcastic comment, Naruto's body began responding to the sensual pleasure, and both boys were very quickly erect and ready to go.

"Hmmm," Kiba hummed as he eyed his prize happily. "Would you like some help with that Naruto?" he asked deviously. The dog-boy received a nod. "Would you like it soft or rough?"

"I need to be able to walk, but you don't have to go easy on me," Naruto told him before intertwining their tongues in a lustful dance. Kiba grabbed his ass and began massaging it strongly as he ground their erections together. His blond could barely keep up now that he was being so eagerly loved. "Ya, you really do want this," he managed to say.

"Your first clue?" his mate asked. "Now, show me that lovely tight butt of yours eh Naru-Kun?" he asked in that sweet and yet sinful way that just made Naruto go nuts. The boy stole one more kiss from Kiba before turning away and bending over. Naruto looked back at a blushing and obviously desirous Kiba, and he growled invitingly. The brunette began preparing Naruto with his fingers, and while it was easier than the first time, the blond was still pretty tight. His blond groaned from the pleasure, and Kiba hooked the two fingers he had inserted downwards, brushing Naruto's prostate and making the blond sigh in satisfaction. The fox-boy received another spanking from Kiba, but it was lighter; it wasn't painful, but boy was it lusty and a total turn on. "You like?" the Inuzuka asked deviously.

"You know it, AH! Mmm that's good," Naruto told his mate after receiving a similar strike to his left cheek. The blond began thrusting back onto Kiba's fingers as he was stretched, and the brunette added his third finger to Naruto's enjoyment. Kiba used the hand that had previously spanked Naruto to give his alpha a few pumps to his wanting manhood, and the blond smiled as he closed his eyes and continued thrusting back onto his mate's fingers. He groaned as they were pulled out completely, but he felt Kiba's tip rest against his anal ring. Said dog-boy leaned over Naruto and hugged his chest.

"I love you," Kiba told the blond before instantly burying himself to the hilt and groaning from the tightness and pleasure. Naruto cried out both in pleasure and pain, and his insides clenched down over the sudden guest. "I'll wait," the brunette told him before picking Naruto's chin up and kissing him from the side. When the inner walls released their grip, Naruto nodded for his lover to continue, and the movement began with slow, steady, shallow thrusts as Kiba made sure he didn't harm his partner.

"You can be rougher than that," Naruto eventually protested. Kiba drew almost all the way out and slammed back in, and Naruto groaned and pushed back on him, trying to fit more of his delicious manhood in him. Kiba kissed him again and caressed his seal as he quickened his pace. He still refused to hurt his mate, and he did want to abide by Naruto's wishes of being able to walk. "Just a bit rougher, and aim lower Kiba," Naruto spoke before their lips met again. He instantly moaned into the kiss when his prostate was hit, and then Kiba knew he was doing well. A hand grasped Naruto's manhood and began pumping in time with the delicious thrusts, each met by Naruto's effort to get Kiba deeper inside him.

"You're so tight Naruto," Kiba told him as he thrusted into the delectable warmth that was his blond's body. He completely leaned on the fox and used his other hand to sing over the seal, and Naruto began withering from the pleasure. His insides locked down not long after.

"Ah, Kiiiiiibaaaaa," Naruto moaned loudly as his orgasm overtook him. His seed fired onto the bottom of the tile wall, and Kiba kissed him and moaned before the blond felt hot semen strike his insides. The movement slowed and stopped, and they both had to regain their breath before the brunette pulled out from his mate. "I love you."

"I love you too Naruto," Kiba told him before pulling his mate back upright and sharing a passionate kiss with him. They then proceeded to wash Naruto's seed down the drain by splashing the water over it, and they washed each other off and dried each other before going downstairs to find a healthy breakfast waiting.

"You two work things out?" Tsume asked without even turning to her two boys.

"Ya," Naruto replied. "It wouldn't be fair if I didn't forgive Kiba, because I'll be in that same situation tomorrow, sorta."

"WHAT?!" the brunette yelled out. "You didn't tell me that. I apologized for nothing?"

"Kiba," Tsume began, "quit being an idiot. You apologized because you love Naruto and don't want to lose him, and yes, he will be in a similar if not the exact same situation tomorrow morning. You guys will each have one every seven to nine days, so on the sixth, seventh, and eighth nights, please get in at least one round; that's the reason that Kiba was drunk on hormones this morning. You guys skipped last night."

"Yup, now eat up you guys," Hana spoke up before placing down their breakfast. "Kiba, your team wants you for a mission later, and Naruto's got his training, so hurry a bit." The two boys swallowed three pancakes a piece along with five sausage links and homemade hash browns. Kiba gave his blond mate a kiss before shooting out the door. Tsume handed him a green apple, and the day of training began again.

Four Hours Later: Boom. "Nice Naruto," Tsume told her son as he got through her defense perfectly. Now that he depended on his hearing to sense out the enemy, all Naruto's eyes had to concentrate on was where he went to dodge. His use of terrain was impressive, and his movements were becoming more fluid. "Now just hit harder!" the woman yelled before giving a leg thrust to his stomach. Naruto started jumping backward before it made contact, and the blow was softened greatly because of it. Tsume charged a still flying Naruto, but the blond delivered a punishing kick to her chin as she came over him for a punch. "Crap!" Tsume yelled as she was thrown back. Her son felt the hit though, and he held his leg as it emanated soreness from the jarring. "When you fight Kurumaru, if you can hit the crest of his chest hard enough, he'll be winded long enough for you to maybe get in a head shot or something. The only other thing you can really do is damage his legs and mobility."

"Mmmf," Naruto yelled in a closed mouth. "You're really sure the only way is if I somehow magically get stronger in four more days? There's nothing you can really teach me?"

"Well, the Fang Over Fang technique requires a partner unless you seriously want to go for a forward spinning attack on your own," his mother replied. "The chances of it overpowering Kurumaru are very slim, but I could teach it to you as a means of dodging or a feint attack." The blond nodded to her. "Well, you've seen Kiba and me use it before. The key is controlling your body and keeping muscles tight. You stretch your body in a twist to your absolute limit and then use the spring from the release to begin the spin. Getting dizzy is a risk, and you aren't used to this technique at all, so be careful if you attempt it." Naruto thought back to the time he fought Kiba and mimicked his stance. "Good, legs are proper distance apart, now use those abdominal muscles of yours." The blond closed his eyes, twisted, put his arms out, and shot forward with surprising force. Tsume just missed getting smacked in the face, but she managed to grab the back of Naruto's jacket and stop him.

"Whoa, spinning," he spoke dazedly. His eyes soon refocused, and he regained balance as his mother set him down. "I'm guessing that was pretty bad."

"Not at all really," Tsume stated. "You just need to be able to aim, but changing direction would be the hard part." Naruto nodded. "Here, like this…"

An Hour Later: "Okay, it is definitely time for a lunch break," the Inuzuka mistress decided after dislocating a finger from half-catching one of Naruto's punches. She closed her eyes and bit her lip as she pulled the finger away and popped it back into place. Naruto thought he'd hurl, and he paled from the sight. "That wasn't as bad as I thought it would be," his mother stated. "One time I had broken this knuckle here too, so popping it back in was doubly painful."

"Please, no more," her son begged. Tsume smiled before handing him a bag of fruit and cheese.

"Okay, we are gonna go to the local grill and have ourselves some steak, chicken, whatever you're in the mood for." Naruto smiled and walked with her over the Inuzuka grounds. His ears picked up sounds like moaning, and he could swear… "Mido and Gino sound like they're having fun," Tsume stated, confirming Naruto's theory. When they got to the restaurant, the one waiter that absolutely detested Naruto greeted them. His look toward the boy received a death glare from Tsume, and he simply went about his job. "I'm guessing he doesn't like you very much."

"Ya, he purposely dumped salt all over my chicken a month ago," Naruto replied. "I'll be courteous."

"That's my boy," Tsume praised him. "Hmm, I'm thinking the spicy wings and maybe some teriyaki?" Naruto nodded. "Alright. Ah, may we have two Sprites, three orders of the hot wings, and two of the teriyaki beef strips?"

"Yes ma'am," the waiter spoke as though he didn't really care. A couple minutes later, he came back with the drinks, and Naruto did his best to give him a warm smile, but the guy blew him off.

"Mmmmmgh, oh well," the blond stated a bit down heartened. He stared into the fiery coals trying to think about how he could beat Kurumaru. Naruto drank a bit from his glass before talking. "What do I do if I get stuck in his claws?"

"Hope he doesn't rake you with them, and do your best to shove him straight off so he doesn't get the chance," Tsume replied. "Like I said though, watch out for his teeth. That was how he got my finger; those teeth are fast, and they're kept very sharp. Oh, thank you sir," she said kindly to the waiter. Naruto smiled at him, but he was once more ignored. "It's hopeless; that much I can tell you. He's too stuck up to be proven wrong, so just ignore him in return." Steam sizzled from the grill as some of the juices were cooked out of the meat. Tsume gave a generous helping of spicy glaze to each of the chicken wings currently on the grid, and she placed the steak strips over the heat before turning her chicken. Then she glazed the steak in teriyaki, and she put five wings on Naruto's plate along with five on her own. "Alright, these aren't very hot, but the flavor is nice." Her son agreed as he ripped some chicken off the bone in his teeth. They both chowed down for a bit, and Tsume flipped the steak strips before adding a few more wings to the grill and taking the more toasty ones off.

"Thanks," Naruto spoke with a bit of chicken in his mouth before going back to eating. Ten minutes later, they both finished with a sigh. "Thanks a bunch Mom. It's better when you're eating with someone." Tsume looked around briefly before giving her stepson's ear a nibble. He covered his mouth and started laughing. "St-s-stop-it-mo-mom," Naruto managed to say. "You oughta do that to Kiba once in a while."

"You know, you're right," the woman stated. "Ah, the bill. There you go sir."

"What? No tip?" he asked her.

"Do you really deserve one?" the Inuzuka mistress asked him in reply with a steely gaze that gave him his answer. "Come on Naruto." The blond got up and followed her, but the waiter tripped him on the way out of his booth. Naruto caught himself on his arms, but not only had Tsume caught him, the waiter's boss did as well.

"You son of a bitch!" the Inuzuka woman spoke furiously before giving him one hard blow to his nose. The man crumpled and held the now profusely bleeding part of his face. "You leave my stepson alone or I'll give you a day you never forget."

"I apologize ma'am," the manager said as he came over. "Naoto, you're fired." The man looked up in shock, and a few drops of blood hit the floor. "Clean up and then leave. I always say to leave personal issues at the door to my restaurant, so don't expect sympathy from me." Naoto angrily got up and went to the restroom to stop his bleeding problem. "Would you like a refund Miss Inuzuka?"

"No, the food was good; watching him get fired is satisfying enough," Tsume replied. Naruto had gotten up and dusted himself up, and now he was ready to resume his training. "In fact, here's your tip," the Inuzuka mistress stated before putting a ten in his hands. "Alright, back to the dojo." She and Naruto left, and the manager called for them to come back any time.

Six Hours Later: Naruto had twisted his ankle upon landing from his final Fang Over Fang, and Kyuubi was quickly dealing with it as Tsume helped him limp home. "You did very well Naruto," his mother told him. "I'm proud to call you my stepson. You make this entire clan proud. Your punches have been refined, but your kicks need some work. Otherwise, it's just working on maybe building your speed up along with your muscles. I've also noticed that your chakra reserves are much larger than when we first invited you into our house."

"I just hope that's enough," the blond stated with a smile. Tsume gave him a whole wheat biscuit Hana had baked to chew on to stop his growling stomach. They made it back to the house just as things started to get dark. "I've always thought sunsets were cool to look at."

"Ya," Tsume replied. "Hey everyone, we're back."

"You're more beat up than yesterday," Hana commented. "Anyway, it's grilled cheese and tomato soup night. Just have to grill the sandwiches."

"Oh, you mean the spaghetti sauce that's supposed to be extremely nutritious?" Naruto asked, receiving a nod. "Sounds awesome." The blond sat down roughly in the chair next to Kiba, and he gave the brunette a hello kiss. "How was your day?"

"Well, my mission today was helping out with a construction job, but I got to deal with this one thief," the dog-boy stated.

"How hard did you kick his butt?" Naruto asked.

"Very."

"Nice. Mmm, that smells really good Hana-Neechan," the blond stated before two sandwiches and a bowl of steaming soup was put in front of him.

"Glad you think so," the woman stated. "Go on. Eat up so you can grow nice and strong little bro." Naruto patiently waited for everyone to get his or her plate before starting. He noticed that the other three dipped their sandwiches in their soup.

"I didn't know you could do that," he stated. All three of his family members froze, and Kiba's sandwich stretched until the cheese showed, and then it snapped into his lap.

"Go ahead and try it Naruto," his brunette love told him after gulping down the sandwich chunk in his mouth. The blond decided he liked this new way to eat grilled cheese, and he blushed when Tsume and Hana laughed at him for not knowing. "Come on guys. Give him a break," Kiba asked his relatives nicely.

"A-haha-alrigh-alright Kiba," his mother told him. "Hooooo, I haven't had a laugh like that in a while. Thanks Naruto." Her boy smiled past his blush. "Okay, you've met your food pyramid for today Naruto, but here's another glass of milk for the growth spurt." Her son chugged it down, and he had a cute milk mustache remaining.

"Let me get that," Kiba insisted before taking the blond's lips softly and licking away the white fluid. He eventually licked Naruto's lower lip for entrance, and it was happily granted.

"The only step left is for you guys to tell your friends," Tsume interrupted, and that comment wrecked the moment indefinitely. "Ah, still shy about that? I guess it comes with the age. Sakura already knows, but I'm sure you could tell Ino or Ten-Ten without getting yelled at. Start with those two, and Shino doesn't even know you guys sealed the deal yet. He thinks we stopped you two."

"I guess we probably should tell them before any of them gets a crush on either of us," Naruto told his brunette hesitantly. "But I'm not really sure about it."

"We'll tell 'em together," Kiba told him reassuringly before rubbing Naruto's cheek and sharing another soft kiss with him. "Whenever you're ready, we can tell them then." Naruto nuzzled him lightly in response, and Hana couldn't help but do that girly "aaaaawwwww!" "You don't seem to be so tired tonight."

"Nope," Naruto replied with his usual energy. "My foot's feeling better too. I twisted it during training."

"Still trying I see," Kurumaru said from the stair landing as he looked down to the four. It was just spoken flatly, no sarcasm even. "I applaud the effort, but give it up already. Despite the fact that I enjoy the thrill of open combat, I'd rather not have to deal with you moaning and healing for days. You don't give up easily, and you'd be near death before you finally gave up. If you submit now, I'll let you enjoy your time with Kiba until after Thursday morning. Past that you're subject to my will."

"I'd rather die than lose my ability to remain with Kiba," Naruto replied quietly in defiance. His cerulean eyes met the fierce and yet calm eyes of his adversary, and he wasn't afraid. "Why is it that you think I'm trying to gain dominance of the family?"

"I have no idea why considering that you could be doing so many other destructive things, but being stuck in a human must bore the heck out of the Kyuubi," Kurumaru replied. "The way in which your actions have spoken to me also reflects that you wish to claim power over something."

"Other than being with Kiba and the various actions that entails, what have I really done?" the blond asked.

"The way in which you first took him as your mate suggests that you will find various ways of getting what you desire," the black wolf began. "Pheromones in such high quantities are foul play, and while you haven't used them since you two paired up, I'm pretty sure the reason is that you don't have to. Face it, I have you figured out fox-boy. You'll force yourself to become stronger and stronger; you'll seek power and destroy the harmony in this clan, and when you have obtained the power to beat Tsume-Sama, you'll throw Kiba away like a piece of garbage, the mere pawn you used to further your scheme." Naruto turned back to his empty plate, but his expression remained calm.

"What can I do to prove otherwise?"

"Nothing will sway my opinion," Kurumaru told him decisively. "I gave you a rather pleasant option compared to our fight, and you turned it down. That in itself was evidence against you, and I will not hold back. Your powers with the fox may have not yet developed, but I will mark you long before they do, and you'll be forever condemned to sit at my side without a lover." A tear slid down Naruto's face, but he wasn't heavily crying. Perhaps it was his regret in not taking Kurumaru's offer before, or maybe it was that he knew he couldn't defeat this alpha dog. Either way, it was some heavy feeling on the blond's heart. "Hmph, and now a fake tear to garner sympathy. My how I pity you, pathetic. Oh well, you can still submit now, but your chance for staying with Kiba a while longer has already passed."

"I guess that's my luck," Naruto replied. Kurumaru walked back up to Tsume's room, and the woman was impressed that Naruto had handled her dog so well.

"I told you psychological torture was a strong weapon he used," the Inuzuka mistress stated. "You did very well for not blowing up on us."

"He still beat me though," Naruto spoke quietly and angrily as his face contorted in sorrow. Tsume sat next to him in an extra chair and hugged the boy. Naruto's tears flowed into her sleeve, and Kurumaru was still silently listening and watching. "I'm gonna be alone again," he said hopelessly as his mother held him.

"Kurumaru, you have one second to get in your crate before I castrate you," Tsume spoke warningly. It was that low and still quiet warning that instilled the most fear in the dog, and he scraped to get into her room fast enough. "No matter what happens Naruto, you're not alone. I'll still love you like my own son, and Kiba will still love you even though Kurumaru will keep you two from being intimate. We're with you every step of the way, and you'll still have the last laugh after we torture Kuru long enough."

"This is what a real family is like isn't it?" Naruto asked quietly with a smile. "Love, trust, and the will to help each other, I just wish I had known this sooner."

"If it's any consolation Naruto," Kiba began. "You'll probably make him pretty sore. And I'll promise you this," he said as he hugged his blond fox. "I won't cheat on you even if we're apart for a long time. He can't keep us separated forever. Heck, you could probably beat him if you had another week of intense training afterward."

"You always know what to say," Naruto told him as he reached an arm back and held the side of Kiba's face. "Never look back, only forward." Tsume released him, and she gave him a very reassuring smile. Kiba also gave his mate encouragement through the seal as he held his hand over it. "I guess I should get to bed."

"Ya, you need to do your regiment, two-ten of each, and don't forget to have some fun," Tsume told the boy. Kiba and his fox smirked at each other, and they all knew the meaning of Tsume's words. They kissed deeply before Naruto started up the stairs. Tsume and Hana happened to be watching, and Kiba gave his mate a lusty spank, causing him to stop and put both his hands over the smacked area as he turned looked down in that slightly annoyed yet still happy look at Kiba. "That's just going overboard Kiba," his mother stated. "You guys can do everything from kissing and holding hands to laying on the couch in a full make out session with touching included, but save the lusty spankings and the sex for your room please."

"Yes, please," Naruto asked to further reinforce the point. The door to their room was closed, and the blond went to harshly working out as he hung from the ceiling.

"You know it just makes you look hotter when you work out Naruto," Kiba said as he laid back on the bed. About ten minutes later, the blond walked down and tossed his boots next to Kiba's and placed his socks in the now empty basket. "Hana also does the laundry with Shen's help. He's a dog who can fold human clothes, who'd have guessed?"

"That's kinda cool though," Naruto panted. "Shall we?" Kiba bared his neck and threw his arms and legs out in the way that just screamed "TAKE ME ALREADY!" "Hmm, is that a yes?" Kiba picked his head up and looked at his mate in disdain.

"If I really have to answer that because you don't know, I'm gonna be pissed," he stated.

"Oh come on, let me have a little fun," Naruto replied with a smile. He hopped on the bed and began crawling over to the sitting dog-boy. Akamaru was already asleep, but it wasn't like he complained about seeing the two any of the nights he was awake. In fact, he enjoyed it much like Kyuubi did, and Hana found the evidence in his old blanket. What perverts everyone could be. "I'd be an idiot not to realize we both kinda need this," the blond spoke before kneeling over Kiba and taking his lips in a loving kiss which blew away the agitation caused by their heats. The brunette calmed down completely, and Naruto's sorrow and worries drifted away. Even though heats mainly were just to call bed partners together, they could be useful for something else. If two paid close enough attention, they'd realize heats bred love in addition to the lust. The two boys' feelings from back in the forest were reversed now; Naruto felt safe as he lay kissing his mate beneath him, and Kiba felt treasured like Naruto had before. The blond hadn't even begun grinding their hips together. Tonight was a slow night, one to savor and hold dear.

"I'm really glad that I'll be the only one to ever enjoy you like this Naruto," Kiba told his mate with his hands wrapped behind the blond's neck. "Knowing that I'm the only one you trust like this is really special to me, more than you know. It also makes me kinda sad though, because you should be able to receive love from people besides me. It doesn't have to be the intimate love like this, but more than just camaraderie. Naruto, I'll take your pain away as long as I can, but don't lose hope, for the both of us."

"I don't think I could stop loving you if I tried," his fox replied. "You're my best friend Kiba, much more than Sasuke. I chased after him because he was so much like me, except he couldn't acknowledge me. I grew up without my parents, and he lost his, so I thought we could be friends, but I wish I had realized the similarities between us. It would have saved me a lot of heartache. I'm a fox, and you're a dog, and I'm so thankful you can see past Kyuubi. Heck, you even met him and you stuck by me. I've ended up regretting a lot of stuff Kiba, but I'll never regret loving you."

"Naruto," the brunette whispered before taking his lips in his own. They had shared some pretty meaningful kisses, but most of them paled in significance when compared to this one. Perhaps the kiss proceeding their first time in the forest was just as significant, but what mattered was now. "Will you promise to never give up even if you lose?" Kiba asked after they broke apart.

"Would it be love if I did?" the blond asked in reply. "I never give up; you know that." Kiba claimed his lips again lightly and smiled up at his alpha. Then he brought his hands up to the blond's jacket zipper and undid the blasted thing. Naruto's muscles lightly showed through his t-shirt, and his brunette felt over every little bump in his abdominals as Naruto moved his tongue around inside Kiba's wet cavern. His lover had such a wonderful taste, and he only wished he could drink more of it in. Naruto felt finger nails scraping under the bottom of his shirt, and he giggled from the feeling before the red shirt was pulled up and over his head. Kiba looked over his stepbrother's impossibly beautiful body in awe, but he felt his own zipper being worked on not very long after he had removed Naruto's top. Kiba's jacket was tossed aside, and Naruto quickly removed his shirt so that he could also view his mate.

"You're beautiful Kiba," the fox said genuinely. "No woman compares in figure, and I don't think even Sasuke has such strong abs." He leaned back over Kiba and looked passionately into the brunette's eyes. "You're a diamond in the rough; that's for sure…my mate." Kiba smiled at hearing that word. What an honor he was held in. Instincts made Naruto say that word, and instincts made Kiba accept and acknowledge it. Lips were brought together softly, and Kiba tried to pull Naruto's head closer with his hands. He felt a warm and strong hand begin working on his eight pack, and some profound feeling of true acceptance washed over him. In his mind, Kiba truly wished for his partner to win against Kurumaru. While he had promised his absolute faith to Naruto, he wanted to keep his blond close. You'll be the only one to ever see my like this…Naruto, Kiba said in his mind as he held Naruto's head against his chest. A tear built from worry, sadness, passion, love, and joy flowed down his left cheek, and his mate drank the salty bead like it was honey. Only Naruto's loving hands would be allowed to grace his body so. Only he deserved Kiba's love. And truly, only Kiba deserved Naruto's. The dog-boy embraced his fox powerfully with his arms.

"Will it sadden you if I'm the only one who ever gets to see you like this Naruto?" he asked. "Mom said that males in my clan train each other so that they will truly be able to love and find love in women, but she said some pairs stay together. I think it would be truly awesome if a girl came along who could see you for you, but would it sadden you if you could only ever find comfort in me?" Naruto found this to be a very complicated question, and he didn't even know quite how to answer it.

"I'm happy with just you Kiba," the blond began as he nuzzled the Inuzuka, "but I still wish there were more people who could accept me if they knew me. You loved me even when I told you I had the Kyuubi, the demon who attacked our village, sealed in me, and you loved me even after being so frightened by him the first time when he almost killed Hana and your mom. I can't ask it of you, because I don't truly think I deserve it, but I still desire acceptance; I strive for it. All I truly deserve is a chance; anything beyond that should be willingly given to me, not things that I ask for. I've learned to live with the pain of hatred, loneliness, and sorrow, but now that I found love, I don't think I could go on if I had to go back. Kiba, you are what I hold on to, but you are my only rope, my only way out and away from the dark hole of my past. I will be happy, I'll be fine as long as I have you, but I don't feel safe."

"What do you mean Naruto?" Kiba asked. "Do you think I'd hurt you? Please don't think that just because of this morning. I know it was wrong and you must've been scared, but I can't fix the past."

"It isn't that I fear you hurting me Kiba," the blond said softly. "I fear losing you, losing your love, losing my light. I wouldn't want to live anymore if you completely left me or if you died. I fear falling back down there Kiba. You don't know loneliness like that, and I could never ask you to experience it for me, but I can't imagine living that way again. Do you understand Kiba? I don't feel safe because there's only one rope. Sakura still has feelings for Sasuke, and she's still partially afraid of me. As per the others, they don't even know about the fox. And Grandma Tsunade? She'll be dead in another thirty to forty years. If I can just find another rope, I can feel safe again, maybe for the first time."

"Naruto, just hold onto me," his mate told him. "You have Mom and Hana now too. There are only a couple of people in this clan who don't like you, and many of them would comfort you and even scorn me if I left you so foolishly. The Inuzuka clan is acceptance. So what if you're a fox and I'm a dog? We're both canines, both brothers. This clan is your happiness Naruto. Your light lives all around you. Many ropes hang down for you. It just takes a leap of faith to reach one."

"You're like a knife," Naruto said as he smiled and cried above Kiba's chest. It was a profound and awkward comment to say the least. "You can cut back everything and see me for myself, and you cut the shadows from my eyes so that I can see. Kiba, you cut away my sorrows and leave them to die, and you graft love and hope onto me in their places. You've given me life, and no amount of thanks will ever be enough."

"Naruto," his brunette began with a smile as he lightly pushed some of the blond's stray locks back from his sight. "It is because you believe it isn't enough that makes it enough. Return love for love, and you won't ever fall away from me." Naruto kissed him passionately, and they remained like this for a long while until they realized that it was getting late.

"We still should finish what we started, but now I'm to tired to fuck," Naruto stated.

"Hmm, I can deal with that," his mate claimed as he pulled Naruto's zipper down. The blond's pants fell away, but both boys realized that they weren't aroused. "I love those boxers, the night sky, definitely a good choice." Kiba pulled Naruto's brown pants off completely, and then the blond undid his mate's and pulled them off. The brunette was only just starting to stiffen, and it wasn't yet noticeable. The two canines pulled each other's boxers off and laid them on the nightstand. Kiba's shaft was coming to attention, and a few soft rubs on Naruto's dick began causing the same effect. "You've had a long day, so just let me do the work," he said as he pulled their bodies very close together. Kiba claimed Naruto's lips as they lay on their sides, and he kissed his loving fox passionately as one hand moved toward the seal and the other to his stiffening cock. They both moaned into the kiss as the Inuzuka wrapped his hand around both erections. The two lovers slowly rocked into the rhythmic pumping, and the kisses remained passionate. As the rhythm increased, Naruto felt more and more secure, as he felt the one person he trusted slowly bring him to the Cliffside, ready to jump with Naruto over the blissful edge.

"Nnnn, Kiba I love you," Naruto spoke softly as he thrusted into his mate's hand.

"I will never stop loving you Naruto, and I am eternally grateful…to be your mate," Kiba replied before softly taking the blond's lips. "Mate…" was the exact word that sent them both over the edge. It held some deep magic which no other word could hold. Even though Naruto and Kiba moaned and felt the extreme pleasure of them releasing onto each other as the brunette pumped, they didn't shake or kiss lustily like usual. It seemed as though this was something deeper than sex, than even lovemaking. Yes, it was consummation. Devotion and acceptance inexplicable to the human mind, a feeling which made them both lose all sense of the conscious world. Kiba felt into Naruto's being, and the blond somehow felt as though he was touching Kiba, spiritually, more profoundly than being buried in him or even being in his mind. This feeling was their hearts merging, souls screaming to join together forever, and nearly succeeding were it not for the bonds of flesh. Both boys were left breathless and staring wondrously into each others eyes as they understood that they both felt that intense moment. When people said stuff about people being made for each other, had they experienced this? If souls existed, and they could merge, Kiba and Naruto had come closer than anyone else. "Sleep well Naruto," the brunette barely whispered before his eyes shut. The blond somehow managed to kiss him lightly before he too fell asleep, Kiba's body keeping him warm even as they lay above the sheets, exposed to anyone nosy enough to enter. It was lucky for them that the entire Leaf Village didn't give a damn about Naruto in this case.

Author Notes: I love you all. I will have even less time to write now with switching semesters and my performances coming up, but stick with me. I think I'll go up to fifteen chapters, but I'm not sure yet. Review please.