In this installment, a new family Sunday begins, more confessions, Itachi learns Deidara is more than a pretty face, and Sasuke and Fugaku find unsettling discoveries. I hope you like it.
Chapter Twelve:
Naruto and Deidara grumbled irritably as they helped Gaara clean the house, mumbling together under their breaths how Iruka nii-chan was a traitor for inviting the 'teme' and 'devil' over for the weekend. They both knew they wanted the raven brothers in the most sinful of ways, but they were both too headstrong to admit it.
"When you damsels are finished pissing and moaning over there, the vacuum needs run," Gaara said as he dusted the furniture.
"You wouldn't understand. Neji doesn't bully you or boss you around," Naruto said testily as Deidara glared.
"No he doesn't, but then again I don't fight him for control. I let him have it," Gaara flicked his duster over the lamp he was standing in front of.
Deidara's eyes widened as he looked at his brother. "If you think for one second that I'm gonna turn over control to that asshole, you better think again."
"Your relationship is nothing like mine so I don't expect you to and neither does Itachi. Neither does Sasuke for that matter," Gaara said in a placating tone.
"What do you mean, Gar?" Naruto asked warily not really sure he wanted to know the answer.
"The answer is simple really. Okaa-san encouraged us to be strong minded and independent not to mention strong willed and you two are the perfect example of that. Then you meet Sasuke and Itachi; two independent, strong willed and strong minded people too who are inflexible and are used to getting their way. You feel threatened, not only because you are attracted to them, but because you feel like they will take away your freedom which they probably would if you were weak willed. This fear makes you fight them not really for dominance or control because you know how to bend, but because you know they will walk all over you if you don't.
"Itachi and Sasuke goad you two into fights because they are alpha males. They live for the thrill of the hunt and you two are their perfect prey. When you resist them, they are more determined to display their dominance. Since they have to fight for that dominance they are likely to reward their submissive by giving them what they want since you give them what they want. It's like ebb and flow. They push, you pull. Your resistance attracts them like moths to a flame and their dominance draws you to them in the same way," Gaara said. "In other words, they want you to fight and resist and you want them to dominate you. It makes them feel manly and whether you admit it or not you guys actually like it."
"You're a shitty psychologist," Deidara grumbled with a red face. Gaara had been right on the mark. When he had stopped fighting against Itachi for the zoo trip in traditional challenging ways and after Itachi had demonstrated his dominance in such a delicious way, he gave Deidara exactly what he had fought for.
"And you're a shitty dishwasher," Gaara said as he took the sponge from his brother. "Just be careful. It's a delicate balance and I would definitely go to prison for killing an Uchiha."
"We love you too, otouto," Naruto said before starting up the vacuum.
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By noon the house was sparkling clean and they went out to rent movies they were going to watch that night since they didn't have satellite programming for the big screen HDTV and home theater they bought and mostly used when Mikoto and the kids came over. They also went grocery shopping and stopped by the bakery to get desert.
After returning home, Gaara and Naruto put away the dishes and groceries while Deidara set up the ping pong table in the basement for the kids to play with. With everything finished, the boys sat down and rested until two when Temari came home and they started on the meal. They teased her about making up for the period weekend until she chased them out of the house with a knife.
"Shika and I aren't a bunch of horn-dogs like you lot. We're taking our time!" she screamed at her brothers. She slammed the door when she went back into the house. When the phone rang she yanked it up, "Yeah!" she said bitterly.
"I hope it was nothing I did," Shikamaru said on the other end.
Temari chuckled, "No baka! My brothers are wise asses. What's up?"
"Neji called and asked if I were coming to your house this weekend," he said. "Care to fill me in?"
"My family invited the Uchihas, Hatakes, Neji, and Ino over for the weekend. I know you don't really like chaos so I thought I could come spend a little time with you," Temari explained.
"And I know how important it is for you to spend time with your family."
"I really don't think I want to spend any time with them if they continue to be assholes," Temari grumbled.
"Do you just not want me there?" Shikamaru asked quietly.
"Why would you say that? I already explained it'll be chaos here."
"I don't mind a little chaos every once in a while."
"What about our romantic Fred and Ginger night?"
"We'll do that some other weekend. Besides you'll hate it if you don't get to be a part of this, even if your brothers are acting like assholes right now," Shikamaru joked.
"I love you, Shika," Temari said before she thought.
"What did you…?"
"I gotta go. I'll see you tonight after five," she said in a hurry before she hung up the phone and slapped her hand over her mouth. "Oh my God I cannot believe I just said that!"
Shikamaru stood with the phone at his ear listening to the dial tone with a shocked expression on his face. "Did she just say 'I love you'?" he dropped the phone and a silly grin split his face. "She just said 'I love you'!" he yelled as he punched his fist into the air and whooped. He walked to his room and packed an overnight bag. He strategized as he worked. "Temari probably didn't mean to blurt that out so she's going to be embarrassed. The best thing to do will be to not say anything until she brings it up."
When he stuffed a winter coat into the bag, he realized he hadn't been paying attention to what he had been packing and had to dump out his bag and start again. After packing, he went out to the jewelry store and bought Temari a beautiful thin chained gold necklace with a jade tear drop pendant he had been eyeing and teddy bear that had a tux jacket and top hat on. He took them home and put it with his bag before sitting down and watching TV looking forward to tonight.
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Neji told his staff that he would be gone for the weekend and to contact him on his cell phone only if the hotel had exploded. He left explicit instructions that if there was a fire, call the fire department; if there was a bomb, call the bomb squad; if there was a gas leak, call the gas company and the list went on and on with emergencies, agencies, their purpose and their numbers which he handed out to each employee while he lectured. He stressed that he would fire anyone who contacted him for any stupid reason before he left his most trusted employee in charge of the hotel.
He drove to a jewelry store where he had seen a silver necklace that had a blood red ruby pendant a little larger than the size of a quarter that hung from it. When the sales girl took it out of the case for him, he was able to see the ruby was flawless before handing it back to the sales girl to ring up. After purchasing the necklace, he went back to the hotel and packed his overnight bag tucking the necklace safely in with his clothes. He took a final walk through of the hotel stopping at the lobby to look at the beautiful painting. He imagined Cupid with longer chocolate hair and pale violet eyes and Psyche with short red hair, firm flat chest, and tattooed eyes and forehead. His body responded to the image and he smiled. He looked at his watch and saw it was time to go. He left the hotel with a smile on his face, not paying attention to the hot glare of hatred that was sent his way.
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"They should start coming soon," Iruka said nervously. "Oh Kami-sama, what was I thinking inviting them all over here?" he asked no one in particular. "They all have money and huge houses; Neji has a hotel for goodness sake. They'll never want anything to do with any of us anymore after this weekend. I'm sorry you guys, I didn't mean to mess up your love lives…" he babbled.
"And Iruka has checked out for now," Kankuro said as he stepped forward and supported his brother. "Okay you guys. Since we will be sleeping beside our lovers or potential lovers for all of you virgins, Deidara and Gaara," he winked at his blushing brothers. "We should be careful. We all know there will be kids in the house so for those of us having sex tonight and I do mean me, we should wait until the kids go to sleep and keep the noise down. I mean parents do it all the time so we can too. Anyway it's good practice since our lovers have children or are interested in having children. Deidara, since you share the basement with me, I'm sorry in advance, Ino gets a little loud, but…"
"Enough with your sex stories, Kankuro. You're my brother. I don't want to think about you having sex," Deidara said horrified putting his hands over his ears. "I'll just put on some classical music to fall asleep to, yuck!"
"Better make it Sounds of the Jungle," Kankuro said with a leer.
"Eeew! Really Kankuro," Temari said as she covered her face.
"We need to keep the kids up here away from their hot monkey love!" Naruto exclaimed. "I don't want Daisuke anywhere near that."
"The twins either," Deidara said with a glare. "Since there's a guest bedroom up here on the main floor, Koyuki and Tammy can sleep in there but where will the boys sleep?."
"Neji and I will keep the boys with us since we're not exactly sex crazed and my bed is king sized. Besides, I'll see if Neji really does want children or if he's just trying to get into my pants," Gaara said with a smirk.
"Poor Neji! You're evil otouto," Naruto said. "Haven't you tortured that poor man enough?"
"I already told Neji we'd be stuck with the kids so he's prepared." Gaara drank primly from his cup as his eyes danced.
"The spare bedroom downstairs is off limits then," Temari said and they all agreed praying Mikoto and Fugaku wouldn't want to stay.
When they heard the first car pull into the driveway Iruka whispered, "Oh my Kami, here we go."
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Kakashi got out of the car and popped his trunk to get the bags. Fuyuki had begged for his friend to come along for company his own age. They wanted to try and sleep in a tent for the first time ever. Kakashi brought him along knowing Iruka wouldn't mind and since Koyuki had Tammy. The kids ran to the new playground Kankuro had finished just in time for the weekend as Kakashi toted bags into the house.
Kakashi became alarmed when he saw Iruka's ashen face. "What's wrong?" he asked dropping his stuff.
"He's afraid you won't love him anymore after this weekend," Naruto said cheekily but it didn't even register with Iruka who was staring at Kakashi with horror in his eyes.
"Iruka, calm down," Kakashi said as he pulled the unresisting man into his arms in front of his family. "It'll be alright love just you wait and see. We're going to have so much fun."
"What will Tammy's parents think when they find out their daughter was in the house with gay men and their gay lovers?" Iruka whispered.
"There's no sense in thinking about that stuff now. And I wouldn't want our little girl hanging around with a bigot since we have no plans to change who we are," Kakashi said as he stroked Iruka's hair earning smiles of approval from the whole family. "Koyuki will always pick us. Fuyuki already told his little friend everything about his okaa-san."
"Our little girl and little boy," Iruka breathed.
"Feel better?" at Iruka's nod Kakashi smiled. "Good. Now take me to where I'll be molesting you tonight," he said as he groped the succulent fanny under his hands.
"It seems like you'll need a tour of the house," Naruto said as the family laughed. They were relieved to see the spark return to Iruka's eyes.
Iruka bent down and picked up some bags. "Yuu's here too?" he asked when he saw the boys pushing the girls on the swings.
"Yeah, he and Fuyuki want to sleep in a tent. They're pretty excited about it."
Naruto and Gaara went to get a tent out of the seasonal storage closet and took it outside and began to show the boys how to set it up while Iruka led Kakashi to the room the girls would be sleeping in. They dropped kid's bags off on the bed then Kakashi followed Iruka to his bedroom closing and locking the door behind him putting his bag in a chair in the corner.
Iruka nervously chewed his lip as Kakashi gazed around his room. Kakashi noted the different shades of blue and various photographs Iruka had taken lining the walls as he sat on the sled styled queen sized bed and bounced a couple of times. "No noise?" he asked.
Iruka shook his head, "It's a memory foam mattress."
Kakashi leered as he pulled Iruka onto the bed and rolled on top of him. "It'll get some really good memories tonight," he promised before he took Iruka's mouth in a swift kiss.
Iruka moaned and melted into Kakashi's touch. "Later… please later," he begged.
Kakashi kissed him one last time before rolling off him and standing, pulling Iruka along with him. He unlocked the door and they went back outside to take over the tent pitching.
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Neji pulled into the driveway next and saw Gaara out in the backyard bent over a tent pole. He closed his eyes and counted to twenty before he opened them again and saw Gaara standing next to his car. He smiled and opened the door.
"Playing hide and seek?" Gaara asked.
"If we were, you're a terrible hider," Neji said as he grabbed his bag and got out of the car.
"I prefer to hide in plain sight," Gaara replied as he turned and led Neji into the house.
"Are we sure the kids will be safe with those two?" Deidara asked as he walked up to Naruto. Naruto didn't say anything but watched his tattooed brother lead his guest into the house with a gentle smile he had never seen on his face before.
Gaara led Neji to his room and put his bag on a bench at the foot of his bed. Neji saw the room was done in cranberry red with splashes of hunter green thrown in. "Nice room," he said. "Bed seems a little big for you though."
"Thanks, I painted it myself. And as for the bed, I like my space," Gaara said. He sat down on the king sized canopy bed and patted the spot next to him. When Neji sat down he said, "The kids will be sleeping in here with us tonight. Is that okay with you?"
"You already told me they would be," Neji reminded him. He traced the gentle curve of Gaara's jaw with his fingertips. "I don't care as long as we're together. Besides I like kids, remember."
Gaara leaned in and kissed Neji causing his eyes to widen. "Thank you," he said.
"For what?"Neji asked.
"For being you," Gaara explained. He got up and held his hand out to Neji. They went out to join the others.
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Shikamaru and Ino arrived together since her car was in the shop. Ino ran to Kankuro who caught her as she jumped into his arms, wrapped her legs around his waist, and kissed him before Shikamaru even got out of the car. She latched on to Kankuro's hand and they walked back to the car to get her bag then she followed behind him to put her bag in the house.
"Disgusting display of affection," Shikamaru said as he gathered Temari into his arms and kissed her deeply.
"Good thing we're not like them," she said as she kissed him back nervous he would ask her about her slip up earlier. When Shikamaru said nothing, she relaxed. Shikamaru took her hand as she led him to her room.
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Itachi looked out the window of the limo at the tree lined driveway and property. "Precious," he scowled, "I wonder if they even have electricity out here."
"You know, Itachi, you can always go back home with your father and me after we drop Sasuke and the boys off," Mikoto said lightly causing her oldest to scowl deeper.
"Hn. It would be rude to not show up after I've already accepted," Itachi said. He was making comments to hide his enthusiasm at spending time with his hellion.
"Like you've never been rude before," Sasuke said. He refused to show his excitement at the prospect of spending time with his dobe either by saying he was going for Daisuke's sake. They pulled into the driveway of an impressive sized house that had several cars and motorcycles sitting in it.
"Impressive," Fugaku said.
"Wait till you see the inside. Gaara-chan has paintings on the walls in the TV room and they are to die for not to mention Iruka's photos, Naruto's sculptures, Kankuro's pottery, and Deidara's paintings lining the hallways," Mikoto said.
When the car stopped the boys burst out of the doors and headed for the playground screaming with delight at the slide, jungle gym, and teeter totter before running to their 'mothers'. Mikoto smiled and said, "When I started coming over here with the boys, they put up a swing set and sand box but now they built it into this. They refused to accept any money for it either. They said once they've settled for a year, they want to adopt children and give them the kind of home their mother gave them."
Itachi's eyes widened. He had no idea Deidara was adopted. He and his family seem closer at times than he and Sasuke did and they were brothers by blood.
"Fugaku-san, Mikoto-san, how are you tonight?" Naruto asked as he and Deidara approached with the children. He kissed her cheek before bending down and picking up Daisuke. "Teme," he greeted.
"Dobe, nice house. It's pretty big," he said as he looked around.
Naruto laughed, "It's nothing compared to your house I bet, but we like it."
"And before you ask, yes we do get electricity, central air, running water, indoor plumbing, and even wii-fi," Deidara said before sending the twins off to play missing the chuckle from Mikoto and the dark look from Itachi. Even Fugaku and Sasuke smirked at the hellion.
Kakashi and Iruka joined the group. "Come on in. Everybody else is already here," Iruka said.
"Fugaku was just admiring your house, Iruka-chan," Mikoto said causing Iruka to blush and scratch is scar.
"It's nothing compared to your home, I'm sure," he began, "but we like it. It's got five bedrooms and two and a half baths on the main floor and a full finished basement with a bathroom down there. We're preparing to add on shortly. We have ten acres of land surrounding us so we're pretty well situated nicely. Let me to show you around," he said as he began the tour. It was no mansion by any stretch of the imagination, but the L shaped house was very spacious and cozy. The hall ran on one side of the house decorated with exquisite pieces of art made by the boys and the large spacious rooms with sliding doors leading to the outside in each were on the other side of the house. A porch ran along both sides of the house with sliding glass doors placed strategically along the hallway side. "We want to make the house rectangle shaped with a courtyard in the middle and continue with the porches and basement too," Iruka explained as they went along the hallway. He slid the door to the TV room open and stepped aside to allow Fugaku inside. "This is Mikoto-san's favorite room."
There was a full scale painting of Daphne and Apollo on one wall and another of Hades and Persephone on the opposite wall. On the third wall there was a large TV and couches and chairs lined the room. "Who could ever watch TV in here?" Mikoto asked.
When grunting was heard from one of the three doors to the basement Iruka blushed. "What's down there?" Fugaku asked.
"A ping pong table," Iruka said quickly. "My brother and his girlfriend are playing ping pong."
"I played a little ping pong back in college," Fugaku said as he started down the stairs.
"WAIT!" Iruka shouted. He had seen the greeting between Kankuro and Ino and he was sure the noises were not of the ping pong variety. "Don't you want to eat first or watch a movie? I'll bet you're hungry."
"I'll be right back up," Fugaku said as Iruka paled. He started back down the stairs to see the match.
'Oh Kami-sama kill me now,' Iruka thought as Kakashi smirked. He wanted Fugaku to walk in on an embarrassing situation. He'd like to see if that façade would crack. Besides it was payback for the beach and payback was a bitch.
His smirk turned into a frown as he watched Kankuro bat the ball back to Ino. "You'll never beat me, woman."
"Oh yeah," Ino said as she overhand smashed the ball onto his side of the table with enough spin to put it out of his reach. She laughed as it flew off to the side and fell to the ground. "That's game!" she said triumphantly.
"You're lucky I love you," Kankuro said as he pulled her into a kiss. He looked at the people lining the stairs and frowned at Iruka's relieved face. "What's up?"
"Just giving a tour of the house," Iruka breathed a sigh of relief. "It's almost time to eat."
"Perhaps I can play the winner in a match or two," Fugaku said startling everyone within earshot.
"I'd be honored," Ino said before the group turned to leave except for Itachi and Deidara.
Deidara stopped in front of his room and glared at Itachi. "If you say anything you'll be sleeping in the backyard with Fuyuki and Yuu!"
Itachi raised a brow. He was surprised as hell when he found out he would be sleeping with Deidara in his room. He waited for Deidara to open the door so he could follow. The room was sky blue with puffy white clouds painted on the walls and ceiling. A large four poster canopy bed draped in white scarves sat in the middle of the room with a bench at the floor of it and a grey chair sat in the corner. Deidara watched Itachi look around the room but saw no mocking in his eyes. "Well, what do you think?" he asked.
"I can speak now?" Itachi asked and the nervous look in his golden hellion's eyes was replaced by that oh so satisfying spark. "I like it," he said quietly as he placed his bag on the bed.
"Un," Deidara grunted before turning to go back upstairs.
"Where are the boys sleeping?"
Deidara fought to keep the blush off of his cheeks but failed miserably. "With Neji and Gaara," he said causing Itachi's eyes to widen just for a second.
"Hn," he grunted. This was better than he thought it would be. All alone all night with the angel of his dreams, 'Delicious,' he thought. He followed said angel back up the stairs thinking about tonight. He saw Sasuke standing in the family room with a dazed look on his face. "What's wrong with you?"
"So much orange. I've never seen so much orange, ever. Not even at Halloween," Sasuke said in a horrified voice. He shivered at the memory before turning to his brother. "Where are the boys sleeping tonight?" Sasuke asked.
"With Gaara and Neji," Itachi said.
"So is Daisuke. Where are you sleeping?" he asked.
"With Deidara, and you?"
"With Naruto," Sasuke said. "In that awful orange room," he said in a tone that was as close to whining as he got.
"Hn," Itachi grunted and went toward voices leaving Sasuke to follow silently thanking the heavens above Deidara wasn't fixated on such a horrible color.
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Everyone was gathering to eat at the picnic table outside. Fugaku, Itachi, and Sasuke frowned dubiously but they had already eaten at a zoo, carnival, and the beach so how much worse can this be. By the end of dinner, the three raven men had gone back for thirds unable to believe it was so good while Naruto, Deidara, Gaara, and Temari blushed.
After dinner Gaara, Naruto, and Deidara cleaned up the kids while Iruka, Ino, and Temari cleared the table and put away leftovers and loading the dishwasher. Fugaku, Ino, Kankuro, Mikoto, Iruka, and Kakashi went into the basement to play ping pong, Shikamaru and Temari went to cloud watch, and everyone else went out to play on the playground while it was still daytime to allow the kids to play.
When it started getting dark, the grown-ups brought the kids in the house and bathed the little ones for the night and put on their pajamas leaving the older kids to fend for themselves. They settled them in to watch a movie before bedtime.
"It's okay, Fugaku-san. She's a really tough opponent. You'll get her tomorrow," they heard Kakashi's mocking tone come up the stairs.
"It's because I was restricted in my movements," Fugaku explained tightly.
"We'll be sure to put the table outside tomorrow and you be sure to wear some appropriate clothing, perhaps a skirt," Kakashi said causing Fugaku to growl.
"That's enough, Kakashi," Mikoto said trying to hold back laughter. "Come give us a hug, boys and girl. We're leaving for the night, but we'll be back tomorrow afternoon. We're going to the park to fly kites."
The kids gathered around and gave out goodnight hugs and kisses before the senior pair took their leave. In the car Mikoto snuggled against her husband. "That was fun," she said.
"Hn," Fugaku grunted as he kissed her head. He was plotting his revenge against that blond haired ping pong machine. Mikoto closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep letting her husband plot in peace.
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The kids watched the DreamWorks film Mega Mind before bedtime. They were yawning widely and begging for another movie at the end. Gaara picked up the already sleeping Daisuke and Neji picked up the twins and carried them to Gaara's room to lay them on the bed. After they fell asleep, they rejoined the other grown-ups and older kids.
Naruto had put in another movie and moved to sit on the ground between Sasuke's knees and rested his head on his thigh as Sasuke ran his hands through blond silky hair. Temari had been pulled into Shikamaru's lap and was resting her head in the crook of his neck with a blanket pulled over them. Kankuro and Ino lay in the floor on a beanbag chair spooning with a blanket thrown over them. Iruka and Kakashi sat on a couch close together holding hands with Iruka's legs in Kakashi's lap as the kids and their friends sat around them each wrapped up in their own blanket as Kakashi and Iruka shared one. Deidara sat on the other couch with Itachi's head in his lap which he stroked absently as they watched Jezebel starring Bette Davis and Henry Fonda. Gaara pulled Neji into an open chair and sat in his lap, pulling down the blanket draped behind it and covering them before settling into a comfortable position.
At the end of the classic movie, the boys put in a horror movie Gaara had picked out about six campers who went into the woods to camp and a forest demon that possessed each camper causing them to kill survivors in the most heinous ways.
"Otou-san, it's kind of cold and Yuu and I aren't used to sleeping outside. Do you think we can sleep in here on the couch?" Fuyuki asked after the gore fest of a movie.
"Scaredy cat," Koyuki and Tammy teased the boys.
"If you girls would rather sleep outside, I'm sure the boys won't mind it, since you're both so brave," Kakashi said.
"No way, it really is too cold out there," They said as they looked nervously around.
"Yes, you can sleep in here," Iruka said.
"You spoil him too much, okaa-san," Koyuki said.
"I spoil you just as much. Now come here so I can braid your hair for bed."
They watched a thriller movie next about a murdered college student that comes back from the grave to seek revenge on the man who killed her who was also her professor and lover. Naruto hid his face in Sasuke's thigh as he listened to Gaara's soft laughter. He hated ghost stories and Gaara knew that which was why his brother rented them.
"You guys can sleep in the room with me and Tammy on the floor in your sleeping bags if you want to. We don't mind," Koyuki offered. The girls were scared out of their minds. "You know, since it's cold outside."
"Good idea. Otou-san, okaa-san, can you get them for us please?" Fuyuki asked with terror in their eyes. "We want to go to sleep instead of watch another one of Gaara-chan's movies."
Iruka and Kakashi set the bags out in the girl's room and the children fled the TV room. Naruto put on the next movie before drawing Sasuke down into the other beanbag chair and spooned against him wrapping Sasuke's arms around him for protection from ghosts and threw a blanket over them. Kakashi lay on the other couch and pulled Iruka into his arms and yanked their blanket up, and Itachi slid behind Deidara and enveloped him in his arms. This movie was a love story set in WWII about a Jewish girl and German soldier. At the end of the movie everybody went off to bed.
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Iruka led Kakashi to the bathroom and they took a shower together before going to bed. They washed and dried each other between gentle kisses. He led Kakashi down the hall stopping to peek in at the boys and girls before going into his room and closing and locking the door. Iruka stood at the side of the bed as he and Kakashi stripped each other's robes off. Kakashi kissed Iruka on the nose before tenderly taking his lips in a gentle kiss.
Iruka broke the kiss and ran his palms down Kakashi's chest marveling at the way the muscles leapt at his touch. He gathered his courage and looked into Kakashi's eyes. "I love you 'Kashi. I love you and the kids so much," he whispered. "I want to stay by your side and love and support you. Will you let me?"
Kakashi looked into the chocolate brown eyes and saw the depth of feelings there. He brushed his thumbs against Iruka's cheeks and kissed him deeply. "I will never let you go now, Umino Iruka," he said as he plunged his hands into damp chocolate hair and dragged Iruka to his body and kissed the breath out of him. He gently laid Iruka on the bed and covered his body with his own.
"'Kashi's forever… my love forever. I love you so much," Iruka breathed.
"I love you too," Kakashi said as he proceeded to show Iruka how much.
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Gaara crawled over to the side of the bed against the wall and pulled the blankets over him and the kids as Neji climbed in. He laid an arm over the children and grabbed Neji's hand in his. "Goodnight Neji," he whispered so he didn't wake them.
"Goodnight, Gaara. Sweet dreams," Neji whispered back.
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Temari slid into Shikamaru's arms and wound her body around his. She yawned lightly and snuggled under his chin. "Goodnight, love," she whispered sleepily.
Shikamaru's heart began to race as she said the words. "Goodnight my love," he said as he kissed the top of her head.
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Naruto stepped into his room wearing pajama bottoms only and drying off his hair. Sasuke sat on the four poster queen sized bed fresh from his shower staring intently at the blond as he entered the room and his mouth went dry. The golden body was firm and slim with ropy muscles. He saw the swirling tattoo that covered the jagged scar. He reached out and traced the path with a finger. He leaned forward and pressed a kiss into the scarred flesh as Naruto plunged his hands into Sasuke's hair.
"Careful teme, I might think you're trying to comfort me again," Naruto said with a ragged breath.
"I'm not the comforting type, remember dobe," Sasuke said. He placed another kiss on Naruto's abdomen before pulling away. He got into bed and pulled the blond into his arms. "Go to sleep, dobe."
"Goodnight, teme," Naruto said as he turned his head and kissed Sasuke's mouth before snuggling deeper into his embrace.
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Ino stepped into Kankuro's room wearing his pajama top and a towel on her head as he lay in the bed wearing the bottoms rubbing water drops out of his hair. "Did I hear music coming from your brother's room?"
"Yeah, I told him you were loud so he said he was going to play music tonight," he said as he leaned against his headboard.
"Kankuro, how am I going to be able to face them in the morning?"
"The same way you've been facing them all day, sweetness. Now are you going to come over here and take the prize you won earlier?" he asked.
"I don't know if I want to now," Ino pouted.
"I guess I'll just go to sleep then," he said as he started to slide down in the bed.
Ino ran to the bed and threw herself into his arms and kissed his mouth fiercely. Kankuro leaned back against the headboard again and let Ino pillage his mouth. She ran her hands along his chiseled chest and moaned his name. "I see you are up for a little midnight riding," Kankuro said as he slid her panties off and moved her to straddle his hips.
"Don't forget, I'm in charge tonight," she said breathlessly as she pulled his pajamas off of his hips and palmed his growing erection.
"Yes ma'am," Kankuro said and let her have her way.
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Deidara turned on his stereo low and let the soft classical music fill the room as he pulled his shirt over his head. He heard Kankuro and Ino go into their room before he ventured out to take a shower. He pulled his hair band out of his hair and stepped into the shower spray for a quick shower before stepping out and pulling on his robe. He went to tell Itachi the shower was free.
In his room he pulled on a pair of pajama bottoms and sat on his chair combing his hair. He held his breath when Itachi came in wearing only a towel. "Do you need bottoms?" he asked.
"I sleep nude," Itachi said before he pulled off the towel and dried his hair leaving Deidara to gawk at his body.
Deidara blushed and looked away quickly. "Do you at least want a brush?" he asked as he shook his hair out.
Itachi looked at the beautiful face and held out his hand. He brushed his hair quickly and climbed into bed.
"I think I'll sleep in the chair. Can you hand me a pillow?"
Itachi held out a pillow and stared at Deidara with an unreadable expression in his eyes. When Deidara grabbed the other end of the pillow, Itachi pulled him into the bed. Deidara struggled with him until Itachi straddled his body effectively pinning him down.
"Get off of me, fucker!"
Itachi ran a hand over a scar on the left side of Deidara's chest causing him to catch his breath. The scar was deep and ragged and it sat right over his heart. "What happened here?" he asked his eyes penetrating Deidara's sky blue eyes.
"It's nothing, now get off of me," Deidara said trying to not meet his eyes.
Itachi refused to move and continued to trace the scar. He turned Deidara's face to his and caught his eyes in a gaze he couldn't escape from. Itachi's black eyes bore into sky blue in a silent demand to tell. Deidara's eyes became blurry and dull. His voice sounded as though he was talking from the far end of a tunnel.
"About a year after Naruto was born, our parents were killed in a car accident. We went to live with a cousin of our okaa-san and Iruka nii-san was adopted by him too. His wife was cheating on him and he tried to kill us all before he killed himself. He tied us all to chairs telling us that we would thank him later for saving us from women. He started with Naruto and cut up his face, and then he pulled me out of the chair and slashed me through the palms of my hands first when I tried to defend myself then through my chest there," he lifted his hands palms up and Itachi could see thin white scars across the palms before inclining his head to the scar on his chest.
"When he saw he didn't kill me with the blow to my heart, he tried again. By that time Iruka nii-chan got free and threw his body on top of mine and his nose was almost slashed off. I'll never forget Naruto screaming and nii-chan bleeding. I remember that more than the pain. Okaa-san's cousin tried to quiet Naruto by stabbing him but Iruka nii-chan turned and hugged Naruto and the knife got stuck in his vertebra.
"The neighbor heard us screaming, called the cops and he ran away. I passed out after that not knowing whether my siblings were alive or not. The next time I woke up, I was in a hospital bed with IV's and blood. We were sent to an orphanage when we were able to where we met Kankuro, Temari, and Gaara. That's where okaa-san found us and adopted us. She would call us her angels. She loved us, educated us, and took us on all kinds of adventures until she got sick. She was so special, I miss her so much." Deidara closed his eyes and a tear slipped down his cheek.
Rage flooded through Itachi like nothing he'd ever experienced before. He gently brushed the tear from Deidara's cheek. "Who is this man and where is he now?"
"I haven't said his name since I was seven years old and in therapy, I can't. He committed suicide after killing his wife," he said in a dull voice.
Itachi wanted to destroy the man's family, his wife's family, and his wife's lover's family. Ruin them financially for generations to come. He hated them all for what they had done to his golden angel. He bent his head and closed his eyes and traced the thin jagged line with his tongue before pressing a gentle kiss against it doing the same with the palms of Deidara's hands. Deidara let out a shattered breath that caught on a sob. Itachi got off of him and pulled him into his arms and let Deidara cry quietly as he held him.
Itachi continued to hold his angel even after he fell asleep refusing to let go. He knew one thing was for sure, no one would ever harm Deidara again.
There it is. As always, I'd like to take this time to welcome blaque lover, nikki515, class dummy 101 (I love the name!), dream elf, and shaggyscooby 93 to the following family I appreciate you guys taking the time to follow it. Also I want to thank akita ice for favoriting this story, and of course I want to thank boredomeisbliss and kyouyax cloud for reviewing. I totally missed you kyouyax cloud, welcome back! Also to deepsapphiresoul, you are so right YG family rules and I love the SM family too and not just because I'm a sado-masochist o.O! (Just kidding!) thanks for reading guys. You really make my day. I think I'll continue to update every three days because I hate waiting too long to update because I lose interest in the story. 'Til later, Jade ;)