"So, back to normal then, are you?" Kakashi asked Naruto, a relieved grin dawning his masked features. It was now morning and Team 7 were gathered outside in the Inn's courtyard, the bright sun shining through the cloudless sky.

Sasuke glimpsed at the boy beside him. He was glad for the both of them that their clothes were equipped with such high collars, remembering all the neck-abusing that had gone on between them. That would have been highly embarssing to explain… of course, he knew that his sensei and female teammate were just bursting to let them know that their sleep had been punctuated by many disturbing sounds. Sasuke didn't even want to think about the other guests of the Inn…

Naruto's face turned red and he nervously swung an arm around to the back of his neck. "Haha, yeah, I guess so!"

Kakashi gave a nod. "So, I take it, from what I could hear last night, that means that Sasuke must have satisfied the Kyuubi."

Sakura gasped at Kakashi's bluntness and all three of them turned red in the face. Sasuke remained indifferent but didn't even bother trying to deny the accusation. He simply chose to look off into space, ignoring them all and avoiding any eye contact. Also, he remained standing still to avoid any discomfort, though he tried to keep his relaxed and blasé appearance so as to not gain any suspicions. It had been a rude awakening when he had woken up in the morning and stood up from his bed. He wouldn't be doing THAT again with ANYBODY if he wanted to be able to walk again.

Naruto, on the other hand, started spluttering in embarrassment. "W-what? I don't know what you're t-talking about!"

Kakashi smiled. "Of course you don't. The past few days never even happened. It was all our imaginations."

"Moron, save your breath," Sasuke said, rolling his eyes.

"And I never heard all of those noises last night, or anything either," Kakashi went on. "You might want to stop blushing Naruto, or else your face will stay permanently red," offered Kakashi.

"Aah! Stop it, all of you!" Naruto yelled, his hands covering his flushed ears. "Let's just get out of here!"

He made a big show of walking away from the group, his arms out far from his sides, moving in large swings. He didn't make it very far.

Kakashi's hand on the collar of his jacket was once again restraining him, stopping him in his tracks.

"Naruto!" Sakura yelled, annoyed (and slightly flustered). "We still have our mission to complete! Just because you were insane for two days doesn't mean you can just ignore our responsibilities!"

"She's right, Naruto. Sorry! We'll head back as soon as we've obtained that missing tea list."

Naruto fixed him with a disbelieving look that communicated the height of his displeasure at the idiocy of said mission. He slumped and sighed.

"Good. Now I shall explain what we will do," Kakashi said, addressing his students.

The squad was split into teams of two; Sakura with their sensei and Naruto with Sasuke.

"It would be foolish to separate Sasuke from Naruto so early after the Kyuubi's episode. Doing so would no doubt cause high emotional stress on both Naruto and the Nine-Tailed fox, therefore potentially provoking another episode," Kakashi explained.

Of course, this take-pity-on-Naruto speech caused him to spazz. "Hey! What's this about emotional crap? I'm fine!"

"That may be what you think right now, because Sasuke is standing about a foot away from you. Now stop complaining. The sooner we get this done, the sooner we will be in Konoha where we will have the authority to deal with this properly."

Naruto pouted and folded his arms, admitting defeat.

"Whatever," Sasuke added, bored already.

They were all equipped with radio communicators, objectives, and the permission from the Inn owner to search anywhere inside the building and the boundaries of the property. They were looking for a wide scroll with approximately 223 recipes for different types of tea. Sasuke didn't even know how much stupidity it required to lose something that significant. But he didn't say anything about it. Barely.

The two ninja were currently searching in the basement of the Inn, one of the locations the Inn's son, the last holder of the scroll, had recently visited. Their sensei and their female teammate were conducting their search in the outside gardens.

"Ah, geez, it's so friggin' dark down here! I can't see a thing!" Naruto complained.

Sasuke lifted up a large box. Nothing. God this was so pointless. He dropped it back in place. "It's not that dark in here. Your night vision is just inadequate."

Naruto huffed. "Oh, I dunno Sasuke, I think my night vision just fully adequate. Last night gave me a full test-run." He laughed at the reference he had made to their activities the previous night.

Sasuke's face burned. "Idiot…" he mumbled, his stomach flipping.

That phrase, however, had proven to cause a flood of vivid images to wreak havoc in Sasuke's mind. Naruto, his naked body on his, hot and moving against him. What they had done last night. Looking at the boy now, almost standing next to him, Sasuke realized he was having trouble breathing. God I'm so weak, he thought, berating himself. He swallowed thickly and tried to force down any feelings, suppress any desires that were swirling around in his body and mind. He had a mission to focus on. His self-control to not think of last night worked as Naruto remained silent for a while, searching the room and its contents. But when the boy spoke, all the desire came rushing back.

"Naruto, will you shut up?!" Sasuke whispered through gritted teeth, slamming down the box he was checking, its contents spilling on the floor around him.

Naruto glared and stepped up towards him. "What the hell's your problem, anyways?"

Sasuke was amazed at this boy in front of him. How the hell was he acting so damned innocent? How much did he even remember from the previous night? Did he even know what he had done with him? To him? Sasuke didn't want to admit to himself how dismayed he was. Nor did he believe that Naruto had actually forgotten.

"Dobe, stop acting so innocent," he spat out, frustration making his body tense.

"What? What do you mean?" Naruto looked confused.

"How much do you remember from last night?"

A flush bloomed on Naruto's cheeks. In truth, he could only recall blurred images tinged with red, less blurred from earlier on in the evening and increasingly unclear as the night had progressed. He could definitely remember every feeling he had experienced at Sasuke's touch though, and how amazing it had been for the Kyuubi to leave him, clearing up his mind for his own conscious thought. His body started to tingle as he thought about how it had felt to be so intimate with Sasuke.

"Uh… I," he stuttered and cleared his throat, suddenly uncomfortable being so close in proximity with the other boy.

"Well?"

"Hey, we're supposed to be looking for something important! Stop distracting me –"

"No, you stop distracting me," Sasuke said. He grabbed Naruto's shoulders and slammed him up against the nearest wall. Upon the impact dust glistened down and fell on them. Sasuke pressed his body flush against Naruto's, touching him as much as possible through their thick clothing. He was already hard.

Naruto struggled against him. "S-Sasuke, get off me!"

Sasuke smirked at the irony of this situation. "Hm, how does it feel Naruto? To be unwillingly restrained by someone? I guess this is payback time."

He saw Naruto's eyes widen. He could only imagine how Sasuke must have felt under him as the Kyuubi raged on inside him, doubling his strength.

"H-hey, I gave you fair warning! It's not my fault you didn't move, teme!"

Sasuke wasn't even listening any more. He had Naruto where he wanted him, excitement and arousal juggling with his senses. Memories of the previous night washed through him, making him want nothing more but to repeat the experience. He was addicted and now he needed his fix.

In a quick series of moves he had Naruto's black and orange jacket open and his hands up his shirt, cold against the warm skin underneath.

"Aaah, c-cold," Naruto breathed out, wincing. "Bastard…" Contrary to his words and realizing that resistance was a waste of time and meaningless, he brought his arms up around Sasuke, closing the distance between them and stealing his lips. Sasuke moved his hands around to Naruto's back and dipped them into his boxers, his fingers sliding against his entrance. Naruto moaned through their kiss, opening his mouth wider, tongue moving harshly against Sasuke's. He angled his head to the side, biting and tugging on Sasuke's bottom lip.

Sasuke found himself almost wanting to awake the sleeping demon inside of Naruto, so raw from its assault less than twenty-four hours previous. The aggressive, rough and unforgiving side of Naruto made Sasuke's heart race and his cock twitch.

The heat rose as they moved against each other, grinding themselves with harsh strength into one another. Somewhere beside them a box fell.

Naruto threw his head back, opening his mouth to gasp. Sasuke glimpsed at his mouth and saw long, shining canines. He gave a breathy chuckle. So easy. So satisfying.

Sasuke wrapped an arm around Naruto's neck, pulled his head down towards him and kissed him harshly. He shivered as the boy's sharp fangs grazed his gums and tongue. The kiss was hot and fast, almost desperately needy. He brought his other hand up and pulled at the blond spiky hair, twisting and tugging the locks. Naruto bucked his hips against him in response.

"Haaah.. Sasuke… t-touch me," Naruto moaned against his swollen mouth.

Fully inclined to obey to the request, Sasuke dug his hand into the front of Naruto's pants, the silky cloth of his boxers acting as the only boundary between his hand and hard flesh. Sasuke would tease Naruto; have him almost begging him to go that extra step. Through the cloth he rubbed his palm up and down on the hard, hot shaft, eliciting deep moans from Naruto. His cheeks were red, his swollen and wet lips parted in a moan. Sasuke swallowed the moan with his lips, his hand squeezing the moist head of Naruto's erection through the wet cloth and earning a loud moan from the boy.

Naruto thrust his hand down Sasuke's boxers, skipping the pants, and began returning the favour. He broke away from the kiss and snapped his teeth in a growl, nipping at Sasuke's jaw line and moving down towards his neck.

Sasuke buried his face into Naruto's neck, kissing the skin and the faint red marks from the night before that he had left there. He inhaled deeply, the boy's musky scent filling his senses as they moved together. Sasuke found he couldn't breathe normally, panting in short and shallow breaths as pleasure clouded his sight. His breath hitched as he felt Naruto's fingers pinch the head of his own erection as he had done before to the boy. Naruto growled and gripped the wrist Sasuke was using to stroke him and forced the hand past the silk of his boxers, bucking his hips into Sasuke's hand as moved it.

"Sakura, would you be kind enough to go and tell Naruto and Sasuke that we've completed the mission and bring them back up here?" Kakashi asked the pink-haired kunoichi. He held in his hand the object of their efforts, a large off white scroll that was quite frankly hard to miss in most places.

Sakura straightened herself up and nodded. "Yes sir!" She turned away and made her way to the Inn. Sighing, she wiped her brow. She and her sensei had spent about an hour searching in the hot sun searching the rich gardens for the scroll, and had finally encountered it hidden under a large bush. The task of searching for something had been slightly mundane and uneventful, so she had reaped the benefits of the time she had with her sensei to strengthen their friendship. It had been nice, she concluded. Kakashi had proven a pleasant and needed distraction from the thoughts buzzing around in her head. She had become quite troubled when she found out that morning what had happened between Sasuke and her friend. The fact that they are both males was immediately dismissed. She wasn't one to be concerned about that type of thing in social society. What really nagged at her was, well, Sasuke. She still had strong feelings for him, and she figured maybe someday that he would return them to her. Contrary to Ino's advice to just forget about the stubborn Uchiha, she had always kept a small place in her heart for him to come to if ever he needed to. She frowned at her loss. She had never truly believed that the boy could ever return an emotion such as love, but she had always been there for him as a friend. She admitted she could see before some kind of a future. If not with her then another deserving girl from the village. But Naruto? Now where had something like this even come from? Still, she didn't quite believe that any type of relationship would come out of this. She saw it as a one –time thing. The Kyuubi was acting up and Naruto was there. She convinced herself that, the two boys were comrades, nothing more, and perhaps there still was a chance for her and Sasuke.

The girl sighed. She decided she would contemplate this further upon arrival at the village. Perhaps she would speak with the Hokage about it. Kakashi told her, when they were searching, that when they arrived, they would be scheduling a meeting with Tsunade to update her on Naruto's condition.

She entered the Inn and turned left down the main hall, walking towards the staircase to enter the basement. She assumed the boys would still be there, knowing that Naruto was the lazy type on these kinds of missions and that Sasuke would be stubborn and meticulous in his search. She gave a little grin at how well she knew the Uchiha.

Slowly, still in her thoughts, she took the staircase down into the basement, being swallowed by the darkness. About to open the door to the room, she stopped. Frowning, she listened for a minute. Rustling and thumping sounds were coming from the other side of the door. She decided to label it as the boys still searching for the scroll. Grinning, she thought about leaving them there for another hour, looking for something she had already found, but then she realized that would be unkind.

She opened the door. And froze.

Sasuke and Naruto broke apart and turned their attention to the door in which Sakura was standing in, five feet away from them both. They were panting, lips swollen, and all the appearance of the most intimate activities. She tried not to focus on the fact that their hands were down each other's pants.

Her hand fell away from the doorknob and went up to cover her mouth, her eyes wide and glossy.

"O-Oh, um, we… found the s-scroll," she whispered faintly from behind her hand. Sasuke was looking directly at her, his gaze piercing a hole through her heart. Naruto couldn't meet her eyes and instead looked down at the floor in embarrassment and slight guilt. She stood in place for a few seconds and then bolted, slamming the door shut. She left to return outside when she calmed herself down enough to be in public. Immediately after having convinced herself that something like this would never happen again, her heart was in turmoil. She felt sick.

Naruto cleared his throat and slipped out from under Sasuke, pushing himself away from the wall and removing his hands from the boy's boxers. He brushed a hand through his hair, frowning at the door.

"Well that was… y'know, unexpected," he mumbled.

"Hn," Sasuke said, straightening himself up.

Naruto gave him a look. He sighed and started straightening his clothing. He encountered a problem in his pants. "Uh… crap."

Sasuke quirked an eyebrow. "Seems we have a bit of a problem. Well, we could continue as we were before we were so randomly interrupted." He, now more than ever, hated being interrupted. Damnit, he had been so close.

Naruto blushed. "We, y'know, really should go to Kakashi and Sakura. Then we can finally get outta this dump and get back to Konoha."

"Well then what –"

"Just give me a minute," he snapped.

Sasuke rolled his eyes. He quickly meditated on the spot to restore his normal appearance. It didn't take much effort because he had just good chakra control. Naruto on the other hand was apparently having some difficulties. "Stop wasting time, dobe. We have to leave."

"Shut up! You're not helping you know. You go on ahead without me," he said, his voice rough sounding and his face flushed from their activities. He was fidgeting with his pants, trying to make it look like he didn't have an erection. Sasuke sighed and stepped closer to Naruto. "Obviously this is getting us nowhere. Here."

Naruto yelped as Sasuke shoved his hand down his pants again, directly meeting the problem. "Aaah, d-don't…" His breath hitched as Sasuke moved his hand around Naruto's rock hard arousal.

Sasuke ignored him and, in less than a minute Naruto's "problem" was fixed. He smirked.

"Oh whatever. C'mon, let's go." Naruto turned away from him and opened the door. Sasuke followed with a smirk still on his face.

The walk home to Konoha was pretty much the most awkward experience any of them had ever, well, experienced. When they first started out, much to Kakashi's surprise, he noticed that Sakura would not let herself look at Sasuke. Or Naruto. Which was certainly more normal. Sakura was usually always quietly gushing to herself about something to do with the dark-haired boy, but now, she had a forlorn look on her countenance. She walked directly behind Kakashi to avoid looking at the boys. Kakashi was not stupid as to what was the reason for this avoided eye contact. Sasuke and Naruto walked beside each other, keeping a somewhat tense verbal silence, though the messages they were relaying in their eyes were louder than anything. Kakashi made futile attempts at simple conversation throughout the three hour walk back home, being cut short almost every time. After a while he just gave up. He sighed, thinking about how long a trip the walk home would prove to be.