Here is the ninth chapter (since the first one doesn't count)!
Warnings: Do remember what I said a few chapters back about explicit sexual content between two males, just jump the scene with the '- Lemon Warning -'.
This aplies to all the story, but I've figured that if you came this far, you know what you are reading.
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It was late in the night, so Sasuke and Naruto decided to stop for camping.
The blond was still carrying the baby, because he wouldn't let Sasuke do it, even though he said they would take turns. It was not like he didn't trust Sasuke to care of a child, but Sasuke had been wounded and Naruto didn't want to burden him more.
They stopped on a secluded clearing. Sasuke set the tent and then the fire. After that, Naruto handed him the girl, who giggled and stretched her arms to pull Sasuke's hair. He dodged her attacks and it became a game between them. The blond left them and withdrawn a bit to the side to perform the simple protection seals.
He then got back to their camping site to see something that almost made him suspect he was trapped on an illusion. In fact he even made the signs to dispel the genjutsu. Sasuke had his sleeping bag fixed before him and the baby laid there, while Sasuke tickled her and…
"Who is a pretty girl? Who is a pretty girl?" – he was doing baby talk! While he played with her tiny feet and tiny hands, which latched onto his pale fingers.
Naruto stood there mesmerized. Of course he knew Sasuke was a very loving man and he would go to extremes to make the people he loved happy, but he was also positive that the raven would never let them know what he did. In that, he was a lot like his brother. Even with Naruto, he would not talk, unless he was very, very fragile; and sometimes, even in those times, he would just let Naruto see the emotions. That's why, seeing a so unguarded Sasuke, the blond was thinking what of Sasuke he was yet to see.
He walked to them, unintentionally stepping on a dry twig and making Sasuke notice his presence. The raven became a little flushed but gave no other sign that he had just done something out of the ordinary. Naruto smiled brightly and open his arms to the baby, while hovering above her. Predictably, she made a movement to get up to hold him, but she couldn't; she didn't give up though, and kept on moving around until she got herself in a sitting position.
"Oh, oh! We have a fighter! That's right baby, never give up!" – and as a reward the blond lifted her and made her fly. – "Woohoo! We are an eagle. Watch us fly trough the skies."
And he carefully moved around the clearing with the baby to emphasize his point of them being an eagle. She laughed and did some sounds that meant how much fun she was having. Sasuke got conscious all of a sudden that he had been giggling for quite some time and he abruptly stopped. When the crystalline sound came to an end, Naruto stopped as well and faced the raven. There was something in their locked gazes that it was too early to voice, but both of them knew it was there.
"Here, hold her, while I prepare her soup." – and he handed the baby to Sasuke. She was tired of playing, so she laid her head on Sasuke's chest, snuggling and looking very attentively to the world around her. The blond got back to this serene sight. – "God, not even the little ones resist your charm, huh?" – Sasuke just smiled. – "Now, stop falling in love with the only one you can't have. Give her to me and go make us some dinner 'cause I'm starving."
"Dobe." – it was the only agreement Naruto got.
When Sasuke got back with some noodles and veggies, the baby girl was already asleep. Naruto laid her on Sasuke's sleep bag between their bodies, while they started to eat.
"I wish I knew her name." – the blond said with his mouth full. Sasuke rolled his eyes.
"First, moron, eat first and with your mouth closed and then talk." – Naruto ignored him and kept going with his fake poor manners. – "Second, she probably doesn't have one, she is so little and Tomoyo was missing for so long, she probably was a newborn when she was taken." – the jinchiruuki shook his head disapprovingly.
"Poor girl. Their parents must be so worried." – Sasuke considered his options. Was this a good time to bring the subject? He had planned to talk about it when they got nearer the village, but he may not have such a good opportunity.
"Look, Naruto." – the raven called. – "Have you ever considered that she may not have any parents?" – the blond seemed shocked.
"If she doesn't, it would be terrible! She would have to go to an orphanage. Those places are horrible!"
"I know. That's why I ask you: what are you planning on doing?"
"What?" – Naruto was confused. What could he do?
"Please, dobe, focus." – Naruto only heard that tone twice in Sasuke's voice. One time when he apologised for leaving and again when he confessed his love. And then it hit him. What he would do…
"I will ask baa-chan to keep her." – he concluded, looking straight to Sasuke.
"That's what I thought." – the raven simply said. – "Have you ever consider that you are just seventeen? Going eighteen soon? You're too young."
"So what? I'm old enough to kill, but not to take care of a child?" – Naruto snapped.
"It's just… it's a lot of responsibility and you have no idea of what to do." – Sasuke's voice was controlled as if he had planned this discussion, which he had, but we shouldn't be aware of it yet.
"I'll learn." – with every question Sasuke made, the blond got more certain of his resolution.
"People are going to ostracize her because of you." – that was passing the line.
"What the hell, Sasuke! It's not your business! It's not you who will take the responsibility, so forget it, I'll do it on my own." – things were going better than planned. The avenger looked away. This was it.
"What if I wanted the same?"
"What?"
"What if I wanted to take care of her too?" – Naruto opened his mouth to speak, but no sound got out. – "I'm well aware that this is too sudden, but our relationship doesn't have to change. We can evolve at our own pace, as long as we agree to take care of her the best we can and independently of what our relationship is." – Naruto got mute. He didn't know what to say. The shook his head to put his thoughts into order.
"You want to raise her with me, S'suke?" – with just that, Sasuke knew the blond was in lover mode. The raven nodded. - "Wow!" – it was the blond very eloquent answer. – "We've come from best friends to lovers and now to parents in one month… My life is just that odd."
"Do you regret anything?" – Sasuke questioned immediately, panicking. Seeing the frown on his forehead, Naruto smothered it, chuckling lightly.
"No, nothing that happened between us I could ever regret." – he said. The raven breathed out. – "But I don't know about her."
"Yeah, me too. However, I'm well aware that I will not let her be abandoned."
"Yes, sir!" – they laughed. Naruto remembered something. – "Do you even know if she is an orphan?"
"One of Tomoyo's scrolls was her birth certificated and both parents were shinobi and are now deceased." – Naruto nodded, looking at the baby and feeling sorry for her luck, pretty similar to the both boys' fortune. – "She may have other family, but they never came forward searching for her, so I would say they don't care." – Naruto nodded again. He looked up.
"Come on, Teme, time to sleep." – Sasuke lifted the girl, while Naruto put the fire out and tidied up the clearing, packing up their things. He took Sasuke's sleeping bag to the tent and put the two together, so the child could lay between them.
They laid down, with the baby girl in the middle, covered with a fluffy blanket besides the bags' cover. Shortly after, the blond was sleeping with a hand protectively over the baby's body. Sasuke put his hand above Naruto's and closed his eyes.
Maybe he would revive his clan after all, just not in the way he had been expecting at the age of twelve.
-Time lapse –
It was almost dawn.
Two boys walked the path leading to Konoha's tough gates. With each step, both of them got more nervous. While Naruto would not stop moving and jumping and talking, Sasuke would simply not talk and not give sign he was actually alive. They had opted to arrive at the village at night, so they could avoid curious stares. In the arms of the blond, lay a small raven child.
"We should go to the Hokage Tower before anything else." – he said.
"Yes." – Sasuke agreed. – "We need to deliver our report and have the baby for a check-up. And I, the traitor, would rather not go to the hospital with the demon…" – he pointed at Naruto. – "… and the child the both of us, who are men, are planning on adopting." – Naruto laughed.
"Yeah, we would be news tomorrow."
They walked silently to the Tower.
They had planned on not telling their friends about them right away, because they didn't how they would accept. Both of them were blind to said friends' attempts to bring them together. But they would tell them about the girl since they would find out soon enough, anyway.
They entered the gates, and some of the shinobi on night duty looked oddly at them, walking side by side as always, but now the blond had a child wrapped protectively in his arms. Used to odd things coming from those two, they just dismissed it as one of Naruto and Sasuke things.
They reached the outside of Hokage's office to encounter Shizune napping in her desk. They smirked mischievously and let out a warm wave of chakra. It startled the secretary, who jumped awake only to fall from her chair. She got up and looked at them with red eyes from sleep deprivation. Her hair was a mess and she had a crazy look that made both boys took a step back, regretting having wake her up. She recognized them and returned to her composed persona.
"Thank God, you are back." – she said, brushing her hair with her fingers. – "Tsunade-sama has been worried crazy. Why it took you so long to get here? It's been two weeks since Gamabunta was here." – they said nothing, but Naruto uncovered the baby a bit, so Shizune could see her. – "Oh, I see. I will wake Tsunade-sama." – and she left for the last floor of the Tower.
Naruto entered the office unceremoniously. Sasuke followed, reasoning that Tsunade's wrath for such a disrespectful action will be directed at the blond. They sat and fifteen minutes later the blonde monster entered the room, looking displeased at them. She sat on her chair. Sasuke handed her a enrolled scroll with the mission report.
"Okay, so let's hear it." – she said.
"Hear what, baa-chan?" – the blond said sheepishly, rubbing the back of his head. As usual, Sasuke let Naruto deal with the Godaime.
"What do you think, brat?! First, why are you carrying a child? Second, why did you send me eight dead enemy bodies, eighteen prisoners, plus the Kage? And where is the final dispositive the scrolls mention?"
"Hokage-sama." – Sasuke called. She looked at him breathing angrily. – "This child is the final dispositive. She is a citizen from Konoha. Her birth certificate came with the jutsu scrolls."
"Is she the orphan?"
"Yes, baa-chan." – her blond brat was never this respectful. Something was yet to say. Seeing his protectively hold on the baby, she accurately guessed what was this about.
"You don't want to give her away, right, Naruto?" – she asked. The blond nodded. – "Don't even think about it! You're too young." – Neither of them got surprised at her sudden outburst. Naruto looked oddly at Sasuke, who smirked.
" 'So what? I'm old enough to kill, but not to take care of a child?' " – the blond said mechanically.
"You are not ready for such a responsibility, brat. How will you take care of her, do your duty and keep the lifestyle you have, huh?"
" 'I'll learn.' " – the blond answered.
"This will infuriate people."
"I can do it. I'm not alone anyway."
Tsunade the directed her gaze at the raven, slouched in the chair, lazily, as if he didn't care. Tsunade knew better and could perceive his tense shoulders and, although she couldn't see because of the desk in front of her, his hand was very close to where Naruto's knee should be.
"I'm guessing who are in this too, Uchiha?" – she asked, carefully.
"Yes, I am, Hokage-sama." – she supported her forehead in her intertwined fingers, so that they couldn't see her smile. How dense could those two be? They were remarkable that's for sure.
"You know that most of my migraines came from you two? Other reasons include civil and world wars. Oh, wait that may be caused by you two as well." – the Hokage said sarcastically. She looked up and walked to them. – I'll allow it. I hope you know where are you getting yourselves into. I'll have to take her for observation purposes, and I'll make Shizune filed a new adoption sheet." – the blonde took the baby from Naruto's arms.
"How long will you need her?" – surprisingly it was Sasuke who spoke. She looked at him smugly.
"Why Uchiha, missing your baby already?" – he got a little flushed and Tsunade burst out laughing. He glared but she was immune. – "Tonight you can stop by the hospital. I hope that gives you time to set a nursery." – both boys paled. – "Don't tell me you forgot." – she was smirking broadly at them now. She sighed. – "I shall ask Shizune to go shopping for you. Expect her this afternoon."
They got up and prepared to leave. When they were opening the door, Tsunade called.
"Where will you be living, by the way?"
"In my house." – they both said.
"I see you have issues to solve." - she grinned. – "I'll ask Shizune to take the things to the Uchiha compound." – it was Sasuke's time to smirk. – "Oh, and by the way, your paycheck will be used for it."
"What the hell, baa-chan?! Isn't this supposed to be a gift?"
"Of course not. First, because you didn't gave birth to her, am I wrong?" – Naruto mumbled incoherencies, while Sasuke sneered. – "Second, because taking care of the mess you brought back for the secret mission, secret being the key word here, took a lot of money from the village! And now… shoo!" – and she proceeded to wave at them like they were flies.
The teens left the Hokage Tower and walked home. It was very early, so there were not many people on the streets. They arrived at the place where they usually separated. They looked at each other. It was weird to leave each other after being use to be in the other's presence for so long. They already had their balance as lovers. Sasuke was the first to look away.
"Do you want to shower and rest in my place?" – he asked. – "We can clean the mansion afterwards." – Naruto didn't understand. – "You know, that way we can live together and each have his own room." – Naruto blushed. He would like to live with Sasuke.
"Okay." – and they turned and headed to the Uchiha compound. Naruto then spoke again. – "What will we call her?" – Sasuke shrugged. – "Come on, Teme, can't you think of anything?"
"I don't know, dobe, don't bother me." – that was a little rash. But Naruto had a feeling he knew what was going on.
"What about your mother's name?"
Sasuke looked at him surprised and stopped. Naruto noticed a few steps further and looked back to the raven. The sun was rising in the horizon. Sasuke's face softened and he approached the blond. Closer than normal friends should be. He brought a hand to the other's face and gently caressed his cheek.
"Since when are you a mind reader?" – Naruto smiled.
"I have always mastered reading Sasukes. It's a natural talent."
Sasuke smirked and leaned in to brush their lips together. He broke the contact quickly and they resumed their path, brushing their hands with each step this time. Both of them were blind to the brown eyes watching them and the canine grin adorning those features.
They finally reached Sasuke's small house.
"Go on, you can go first. You know where the towels are right? I think I have some of your clothes in my closet, so hurry up." – Sasuke said, while taking off his sandals. Only after that, he noticed Naruto's embarrassed expression. – "Oi, dobe!" – it was so easy to understand the blond.
"Don't call me that, Teme!" – but it didn't have the usual strength.
"If you want something, you just have to say it, 'cause I'm not a psychic."
"How come I'm always the one who asks?" – Sasuke turned his back on him, so Naruto couldn't see his flushed cheeks.
"'Cause I'm to embarrassed to do it." – he headed to the bathroom, when he noticed that the blond wasn't following him. He glanced back. – "Coming?"
Naruto was still frozen.
Sasuke approached him and, tilting his chin up, pressed his lips together again. This time, it was more intense. The blond pressed back, hinting at Sasuke to open his mouth. The raven did so, but didn't let Naruto dominate the kiss, instead he pushed his tongue into the blond's mouth, making their tongues swirl together. He walked backwards, never breaking the contact, with his hands on Naruto's waist, and the blond's on his neck.
They reached the bedroom door.
"Should I continue to the bathroom or here is fine?" – he asked.
- Lemon warning -
Naruto didn't answer, instead resumed their kiss, while his back was pressed against the door. Sasuke pushed their bodies together, both of them relishing at the friction. Sasuke managed to open the door and guided the blond to the bed. Once his knees hit the edge of the bed, Naruto sat and broke their kiss to undress Sasuke. The raven did the same and soon they were both naked and the bed was undone.
Sasuke kneed in front of the blond and kissed sweetly.
"It's my turn today, okay?" - the blond swallowed hard and nodded.
"Are you sure, S'suke?"
"Yes, love, of course."
And he got up to sit beside Naruto. He made the blond turn to him and clashed their tongues ardently. He laid back and made the other lay on top of him. Naruto moaned into the kiss, while Sasuke granted him the dominance.
He broke the kiss and brought his head to the pale neck, planting open mouth kisses along the muscled skin, until he reached the junction of the neck, where he sucked harder. Sasuke whimpered and moved his neck so that the blond could have better access. Naruto continued to let a trail of reddish marks of biting and sucking. He reached one nipple and bit the pink nub to lick it after and sucking gently. Sasuke lost it, it felt so good. He moaned and panted hard, still trying to control himself.
He moved on the bed, until he was laying on top of Sasuke, kissing passionately, although sweetly and caring. He could feel the other's apprehension, so this wouldn't be rough or intense, just gentle.
Sasuke cried out in need. Naruto let his hands feel everything of the other's body, rubbing the nipples, trailing the abs, until he reached the growing erection. He wrapped his fingers around the base and pumped it languidly. Sasuke moaned and thrust up. Naruto shifted until he was beside Sasuke. He kept moving his hand, but this time he kissed the raven and made his tongue move in time with his movements. Sasuke whimpered and brought his hand to the blond's neck to pull him closer as if it would increase the contact between them.
They hadn't been with each other for weeks now, and they both were craving for the other's body.
Naruto broke the kiss, sucked on his own three fingers and brought them to the raven's entrance. He bent slightly to take a pink nub into his mouth and suck on it. One of his arms was pillowing the raven's head in a half embrace, while the other hand kept pushing in shallowly and then pulled out. Sasuke hissed at the feeling. It wasn't pleasant at all. However, when Naruto didn't push further, just let his fingers linger, teasing him, Sasuke was feeling as if something was missing. Unconsciously, he rammed against the fingers. It was Naruto's cue, and with a violent thrust of his tongue on the other's mouth, the blond thrust one finger in. He looked at the raven.
"Are you ok?"
"Please… ah… if you can do it… ngnh… so can I… and better."
Naruto smiled at the words and pushed another finger in, parting them in a scissoring motion. Sasuke could feel the unshed tears in his eyes. He had endured so much more pain many times before, but this was worse. This was a different kind of pain, because it made you want to feel it, completely vulnerable. He was giving total control to someone else. Naruto kissed the tears away as soon as they fell.
"I think it's better if we stop." – he said. He didn't retreat his fingers, though and waited for the other's permission.
"No, I… ah… want you… please, don't stop. You're not hurting me." – it was true. His problem was not the pain, it was the exposure.
Naruto understood. He felt different, though. While Naruto prized feeling loved above everything else, and thus preferring bottoming, Sasuke needed to be in control and feel like the things he loved belonged to him. Their childhoods could explain those feelings. That's probably why Naruto would let Sasuke give his name to the baby.
As Naruto kept his movements, Sasuke was feeling more and more stimulated. He moaned with every thrust and his fingers were tightening around the blond's free hand. Naruto pulled out and push in again and-
"Oh, GOD!" – Sasuke's upper body lifted from the bed as his all body contracted with the pleasure, his sweet spot was hit dead-on. Naruto smiled. 'Found it.'
Taking his fingers away, Naruto shifted them until he was propped on his arms and legs above Sasuke. Their eyes locked and Naruto got the consent he needed. He brought his throbbing cock to Sasuke's entrance and teased it, until the raven pushed back, in his desire. Slicking the hole with pre-cum, Naruto pushed in superficially.
"Fast or slow, S'suke?"
"Slow." – it was all the answer he gave.
Naruto pushed in a bit more and gave the other time to adjust. Sasuke brought his arms to the tanned neck for leverage. Seeing Sasuke so lost, the blond felt powerful, but at the same time a little guilty and wanting to kiss the discomfort away. He thrust in more deeply, brushing the raven's prostate. Sasuke moaned and felt his way until the blond's ass. Deeming himself ready enough, Sasuke pulled Naruto against his body, making the blond thrust all the way in. Naruto gasped, and Sasuke moaned loudly.
"Needy, are we?"
"Shut it, dobe." - and the bastard was back.
"Ready?"
"Yes."
Naruto pulled out and pushed in again, setting a slow pace. He changed his angle so that he could please the other with each thrust. The blond kept lowering his head to plant soft butterfly kisses on the ravens' cheeks, mouth, neck. Sasuke was panting and moaning lowly, as if their gentle lovemaking was glorifying the room. Even the blond was less vocal than usual. They looked straight into each other's eyes, admiring each other, while Naruto kept his measured pace, and even as he brought his hand to Sasuke's erection and started to stroke. Sasuke left the blond's buttocks and brought one of his hands to touch himself, his hand covering Naruto's. The blond massaged the raven's balls as Sasuke kept stroking himself.
Naruto was feeling the ball of pressure increase in his lower abdomen, his orgasm building itself slowly. He thrust more deeply each time, panting hard and kissing Sasuke's neck to keep himself grounded and not to be lost in the ecstasy of taking his lover. He kept pleasuring the other as he felt his control reaching its breaking point. Sasuke moaned lowly as he brought his hands to the tan neck, pulling Naruto for a mind-blowing kiss.
And mind-blowing it was, because, just like that, without warning, both of them came, sobbing lightly into the kiss. Naruto thrust a couple of times more until they returned to reality from the blissful, ecstatic state induced by their respective lover.
- End of lemon -
They opened their eyes and looked at each other. They smiled.
"Are you okay?" – the blond asked again.
"Yeah." – Sasuke said with a wince as Naruto pulled out and laid beside him. – "I'm thoroughly satisfied in fact." – Naruto propped himself in an arm to look at him surprised.
"Are you?" – Sasuke nodded. Naruto smiled and laid his head on the pale chest, while snuggling closer. –"I agree. This was very satisfying."
Sasuke brought his arms to surround the other's waist, while pressing sweet kisses on the other's forehead. Naruto stood there, quietly enjoying the raven's presence. After a few moments, tough, he had already been quiet for too long.
"Sasuke." – he called. – "Are we going to name her after your mother?"
"If it's okay with you."
"Of course it is, bastard." – he thought about it for a while. – "Look, is it fine if we call her Uchiha Mikoto?" – Sasuke glanced down. He had thought Naruto was going to make a scene about naming the girl. Of course, Sasuke had planned doing exactly that. And he had expected a big fight over the girl's surname, with him winning of course. So he was surprised to hear Naruto say that.
"I would like that. But… it doesn't bother you? She is going to be yours as well."
"It'll be a little weird since I always expected that there would be little Uzumakis running around some day, but I'm with you and not with some girl and you need to revive your clan after all, so you might as well start now." – he grinned. Sasuke hugged him tighter.
"Have I ever told how much I love you?"
"Not today…"
"Dobe."
"Teme."
They got silent for a while, basking in the afterglow. Moments after, they were both deeply asleep.
So, we've seen a new side of Sasuke this chapter, huh?
If you are ploting ways to turtore me for delaying the explanation for what the heck is gong on with Naruto, and if I were you I would be, please just wait a little longer. It's coming...
