A/N– Had to do some research on my own story to get back on track with the other plot lines I has started.

Summary- Facing your past isn't easy. Looking your shame in the eye and accepting it as your own takes a lot of strength. Naruto opens the Door. Second Story in RWB Trilogy.

Parings- SasuNaru, some KakaIru, KyuubiKarasu

Rating- very much an R rated fic

Warning- sexual situations, foul language, self-mutilation, attempted suicide.

Spoilers- Nah

Disclaimer– I'm at work… again…

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White Lies

Chapter Two

Moving Forward

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Tsunade stood quietly in front of her new desk. She didn't like this desk. It was bigger than her old one, she didn't like that. For the last month she had been rearranging her office, no matter where she put the new desk she hated it. Tsunade didn't think getting another desk would help, the desk itself wasn't the problem. Every time she looked at the desk she remember the flames of the fire she started. Deep down she regretted burning the old letter she kept. But it was too late now.

The Boy who had stood behind her, followed her everywhere, had given up his post. This outcome was always a possibility, Tsunade had accepted that Jiraiya might someday find someone to love who was willing to let him in, or that he might accidently knock up some poor girl and put his child first. Any reason was better than this, Politics. Her white hair boy left his vigil at her back because of politics.

Tsunade slowly moved around the desk and slid into her chair with the grace of a woman her true age. A burning began to rise in the back of her throat, and her eyes itched. Like a child Tsunade pulled her feet up onto her chair and crossed her arms over her desk. She rested her head in the pillow her arms made and closed her eyes.

There was still two months until she had to go to the Cloud and talk to the Raikage about the new innovation he was developing in his village… those vile things. Before the date of her visit the Hokage had some choices to make. Her original plan was to not even consider making a deal with the Raikage, but Jiraiya took that option away by force. Her second plan was to explain the situation to her successor, she was going to take the blond boy with her and introduce him to the Cloud. She was hoping that Naruto would also disagree with the treaty and together they could come up with a solution. But that plan wasn't going to happen.

Tsunade uncurled from her seat and spun her chair to look out the tall windows behind her. Down on the street of her village she spotted the wild blond hair of her successor. He was walking down the street with the truest smile she had ever seen on his face, by his side was the Uchiha boy. No, she couldn't burden the kid with this, he was finally happy.

Tsunade stood, she needed to go speak with the Elders again… it had been brought to her attention that the other Kages were invited to meet with the cloud as well. The odd part was that they all had different arrival dates. This didn't sit well with the Hokage, something more was going on than she was being told.

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This was the best Naruto could ever remember feeling in his entire life. Sasuke and he were finally on the same page, the village had been shocked when the two of them started going around together and holding hands. A month has passed since then and people were finally starting to accept it, or maybe just ignore it. Naruto wasn't sure but he really didn't care.

Both boys were keeping the relationship slow, partly because they both had no idea what they were doing but also because of some interesting facts that their two Demons had explained to them about the bond they all seemed to share. Because of the the seal that both He and Sasuke have it was possible for them to close the bond and form a circle between all four of them. There was a lot of preparation that needed to be done before this could happen, if they didn't control the bonds they had now than they would be overwhelmed. The last month was a whole new type of mental training they had never done before.

During their free time Sasuke and Naruto were slowly sharing their life experiences, when the bond was formed between them that closed the circle the first thing that might happen is a comprehensive knowledge of the others in the bond. The Demons suggested that they share as much as they could verbally to cut down on shocking surprises.

Naruto explained everything about his Souls splitting to Sasuke and in return the Unchiha explained about his Blood Line Limit turning white, and his brothers doing the same temporarily. Naruto agreed to help figure out what was happening.

To say that Sasuke was upset about what Naruto had done to himself was an understatement, but he didn't blame the blond for any of it. Naruto had been young and his life hadn't been very good up to that point. If Sasuke had been the one with Kyuubi in him after his family was killed be might have done the same. It sounded like Naruto didn't know it was even possible, but through Kyuubi and force of will made it happen. It also made Sasuke feel better about the last few months when Naruto explained how it affected his emotions and why was had been acting to weird.

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Kyuubi was sitting in Naruto's apartment alone. He lost his chance to tell his bond mate what he knew about the Village in the Leaf. About his own Father… The fox was sitting in front of the low table in the living room, staring at a blank scroll. Saying the words out loud to Naruto didn't seem possible, writing was turning out to be equally impossible. The words never seemed right.

Kyuubi knew that the problem was his own feelings for the boy. He wanted a way to tell him without hurting him, but that was the impossible part. Every word he wrote down felt like a blade in his hand pointing at Naruto's heart. There was no amount of armor that would stop this blade.

Kyuubi closed his eyes and felt both boys starting to return to the apartment. Karasu was taking a nap in the bedroom. After a month he and Sasuke could separate as far as the length of the village, both were taking advantage of the separation time.

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The sun was setting and the air was calm. The small apartment was quiet. All the furniture had been moved to the sides of the main room. The rugs had been rolled up and all the curtains were open. The deep orange light of the liquid sun on the horizon was spilling into the little room. The dust that hung in the air was glowing like gold sparkles in the light. Four men were sitting cross legged on the unfinished wood floor covered in black paint.

Each one was resting their hands on their knees loosely, their eyes were close and their faces relaxed. If you had been in this room a month ago at this time it would have been a very different sight. The meditation exercises that the four were using to control their bonds were difficult and took a lot of Patience. When they first started Naruto couldn't sit still and Sasuke had trouble being open, Both Demons would just end up with a headache. After a month of practice they were much better, Sasuke and Naruto were able to open up more easily.

Currently they were practicing opening the bond to one person but not another. Kyuubi would open his bond with Karasu, he would at the same time keep his bond with Naruto open but he would block Karasu from Naruto all at the same time. They would do this for two hour every day at sunset. Each would take turns preforming the bond acrobatics.

When Sasuke and Naruto were ready to form their own bond then all four of them would be able to control the possibly overwhelming connection. The Demons had informed the boys that having a Demon as strong as themselves sealed in them changed their fundamental make up as humans. The hosts would be able to form a bond similar to Kyuubi and Karasu's love bond. Quite honestly none of them knew what was really going to happen since a situation like this has never occurred in history. The one thing they could predict was that they were going to close a Circle bond between them that would allow them all to share Chakra and thoughts.

The Bond mates were breathing at the same time in the same rhythm, slow and deep. Kyuubi was telling Karasu about his morning and Naruto was making sure he could hear Kyuubi but not the Ravens responses. Sasuke was able to hear all three of them. They would move on to Sasuke being in Naruto's place for the second hour.

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The sky was still lit by a bloom of light that came over the horizon from the recently set sun. The light faded into starts above the dock where Naruto sat, to his right was Sasuke. Both watched the starts break through the suns oppressive light. The blond was reclining back on his hands, feet swinging over the edge of the wood. Sasuke sat up straighter and cross legged. He reached back with his left hand and covered Naruto's, the blond blushed lightly and smiled

Both of them felt a sense of peace that they had never felt before. Naruto Leaned to the side and let his head rest on Sasuke's shoulder.

"When do you think is safe to go back to the apartment?" Naruto muttered, his face becoming bright red.

They had been resting on the couch after training when their Demon bond mates had swept in after showering and announced that they needed some alone tine and that the boys should go elsewhere. Naruto had sputtered something about it being his apartment, but that didn't seem to make a difference. After a short scuffle they were standing side by side with the apartment door slamming in their face.

Sasuke shrugged causing the blonds head to shift, "Who knows, maybe we should go back to my place."

Naruto became even redder at that suggestion. He lifted his head and looked into Sasuke's eyes. What he saw made him blush so hard he thought he might pass out.

"Don't freak out, we don't have to spend the night at my place." Sasuke assured.

Naruto responded by leaning forward the last couple of inches to catch the others lips. It was a brief kiss, but it was soft and full of meaning. "No" the blond whispered against Sasuke's mouth. He pulled back a bit more to look into the dark eyes. "I want to."

Sasuke Smiled. "We don't have to do anything you don't want to, we can just sleep."

Naruto smiled back, his boyfriend was the best.

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Tsunade stood atop her own head on the Hokage monument. She looked out over the village that had raised her. She had come to a decision, when the time came she would go to the cloud, she would go alone. Normally Shizune would come as her companion and guard, but not this time. Tsunade wasn't going to just bow down and sign whatever papers were put in front of her, she was going to make her case.

The wind blew and a few strands of light blond hair whipped across her face. Tsunade reached up to brush them away while surveying the village. She spotted a mop of blond hair next to a darker haired person by the dock. A light smile flickered across her face. She watched as the blond leaned closer to the other boy.

Yes, going alone was the right choice. Now she has two months to prepare her arguments.

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Kyuubi was stretched out on the floor, naked but covered with a throw blanket from the couch. Curled up with his head on the fox's chest was Karasu. Both Demons has a silly smile on their faces.

"So do you think they are going to do it tonight?" the Raven asked, pulling his head back to look up at his lovers chin. Kyuubi tipped his head down, "probably not, but they might spend the night together just sleeping if we stretch this out."

Karasu Gave a sly grin, "what ever can we do to fill the time?"

Kyuubi grinned back, "maybe next time we should commandeer the Uchiha's place and force the boys to this apartment. It is much cozier."

Karasu Climbed up his fox's body and straddle his hips. "I can't believe I am going along with this idea of yours." Kyuubi smirked and put his hands behind his head, "if we didn't force those two to spend time alone their relationship would move at a glacial pace! Plus we get our own alone time as a side benefit."

Kyuubi knew he might be doing a bad thing by forcing the boys to move faster than they might naturally… but he couldn't find a way to talk to Naruto about what he knew would hurt his Kit. So he thought completing the bond would allow him to seamlessly transfer the memories. The fox looked up past his lover at the stained ceiling. He noted that one of the water blotches looked kind of like a bird. He looked at his own real bird right in front of him.

Karasu gazed back into Kyuubi's eyes and saw the veiled pain. He knew what the fox was thinking about. He knew they couldn't stay in this village forever, that the same people would start closing in on them. Kyuubi had told his Raven all about how he ended up inside Naruto, he agreed that no matter how they told the blond he would be wounded deep. The Kid had always loved Konoha, even when Konoha didn't love him back. To find out the truth… it would be devastating.

Karasu reached out and cupped Kyuubi's cheek, he rubbed his thumb up and down the smooth skin, "don't think about it love." He whispered before dipping his head to steal a kiss.

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Sasuke opened his front door and held it open for Naruto to enter. This was the first time anyone had been in his home since his family was alive. He was glad that it was his Blond that he was sharing it with. Sasuke didn't have any attachment to this place. All it brought were sad memories and betrayal. In the back of his mind the young Uchiha hoped that after he figured out what was happening to his blood limit and finished the situation with his brother, that he could leave this place behind.

Finding someplace new to call his home, making that home with someone he loved, that's what he wanted. It was a rather new desire. Ever since Karasu cleared out whatever was keeping residence in his body, Sasuke found he had many desires and hopes that were being clouded by artificially amplified anger and hate. When everything was over, he thought he might just burn this compound to the ground, wouldn't that ruffle the elders of the villages.

Together the boys reclined on the couch, each one had a comic. Sasuke was leaning back on the arm of the couch and Naruto was against his chest. This is how they spent the rest of the evening. Sasuke was one book behind Naruto, and they read about the same speed. So Naruto would finish his comic and hand it back to Sasuke.

"What is with this series? What kinda world is this?" Sasuke snorted uncharacteristically.

Naruto tilted his head back, "What do you mean?"

Sasuke shook the book as he spoke, "So there are no Shinobi, people have a lot more technology and they are under attack from Parasite aliens and no one knows but some kid who was attacked and the alien failed and controls his arm now?"

"Yeah?" the blond said weakly.

"Well how come there are no Shinobi, the people in this series are easier to kill then cattle! None of them know how to fight?" Sasuke had sat up during his rant causing Naruto to sit up too. "And on top of that the main Kid has this alien that can turn his arm into anything and he's a wimp, he's not even trying to train to fight for his race!"

Naruto started to laugh, something about Sasuke getting so worked up over a comic seemed terribly funny. "Just….haha… just wait… it gets better haha."

Sasuke crossed his arms, "I don't know why you find this so funny."

"No reason" Naruto was calming down, "let's go to sleep, you can finish the series tomorrow."

"yeah alright…" Sasuke stood up and offered the blond his hand. Together they walked to the bedroom, Naruto was turning red again. He knew Sasuke wouldn't start anything he wasn't ready for, but just the thought of sleeping next to him was embarrassing… in a good way.

"Do you think Kyuubi and Karasu will ever figure out we know what their up too?"

Sasuke shrugged, "Probably not, they think they're so clever and underestimate us."

Both boys climbed on the bed. Sasuke immediately curled around Naruto from behind and pulled the smaller boy to his chest. Naruto felt a sense of contentment settle in his chest as the heat from body behind him seeped into his back.

Everything was perfect.

A/N- So Sasuke was reacting the way I think a Ninja from this series would react to reading about a story from our world. Anyone know what series he was ranting about?

…to perfect bwahahaha!

Next Chapter is a 2 month time skip.