Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
It's been forever, I know, but for some reason, the last week of school is always the busiest. How is it that I get more work in the last four days than I do during the entire school year? But even though it's summer, I might not be able to update as much as you'd like me to. I basically have to babysit 24 hours a day. Yeah, pretty much sucks ass.
Not much happens in this chap except for the small scene between Itachi and Sasuke, and of course... the sex scene? Also, the photoshoot's pretty short, mainly because it was really late when I wrote this and I wanted to sleep.
"Itachi--"
"How come ya didn't invite me to the party?.!" Hidan cut Sai off with an enraged scowl. "Ya ask my brother to come, but not me?.!" he slammed his fist down on the arm of his wheelchair, causing the metal item of transportation to creak and groan. His frown turning into a very upset pout, he shook his hand to get rid of the ache. "Aren't I your buddy, Kinpatsu?.!"
Behind him, next to Itachi, Kakuzu rolled his teal eyes, grumbling under his breath.
Naruto rubbed the back of his head and laughed. "Sorry, but I thought that you wouldn't be able to come? You know, being stuck in the hospital and all--" he was shoved aside by a frowning Sasuke, the smaller raven clearly looking pissed off. His heated eyes met Itachi's and they stared for a few moments, the look being cut off by a blubbering Tobi.
The sweet and goofy man moved in front of Hidan, blocking Itachi from Sasuke's line of vision. "Sasuke-kun, I know you're mad at Itachi-san, but do not blame him!" he seemed frantic. "If you must blame someone, blame me!" he fell to his knees and gripped the young Uchiha's shirt with his tanned hands. "For I did not stop him!" he wailed.
Sasuke's anger disappeared and he settled for looking down at the man with perfectly raised eyebrows.
Deidara kicked his subordinate in the hip. "Get up, un! Akatsuki members don't gravel at the feet of someone inferior..." he stopped himself, glancing at Itachi's downturned lips. "Not that Sasuke-chan's inferior to us, un!"
Sasuke turned his attention to his brother. "There better be a good reason for what you did. Come inside we can talk about it."
"Hey! This is my house, you don't decide who comes in!" Naruto huffed, then grinned to all of the men at his door. "You can come in!" he raced off into the living room. "Just make yourselves at home! Silo, we have some more visitors, why don't you put on that new dress?"
Kisame (a man with fair skin, golden eyes, and black spikey hair) snorted and smiled a yakuza type of smile, creepy and powerful. "Silo's his son, right? What's the kid doing wearing dresses, eh?"
Sai frowned at him and decided to just go into the living and sit down with his friends. He didn't like these men, not at all. And he wanted to make sure they didn't do anything to Naruto, so he settled himself down beside Sakura, who looked up at the entering men with curious emerald eyes.
"Who're they?" she asked Sai, behind her hand.
"The Akatsuki, that's all I know."
Zetsu, the largest of all the men, stood against the far wall in the living room, his eyes closed. Deidara and the red-head, Sasori, stayed together by the sofa, intimidating Hinata a bit with their heavy stares. Kisame, Kakuzu, and Tobi placed themselves near the television; and Itachi wheeled Hidan over to the couch.
A happy Silo ran down the steps quickly in his pink dress, looking a lot like a girl with his cheery smile. Majik and Haruka followed behind him, Majik catching the sight of his older brother in the living room. His eyes got as big as saucers and he shovd Haruka to the side, making the older boy growl and curse.
"Niisan! Did they let ya outta the hospital?" he poked at Hidan's broken arm and the man winced, but kept on a huge, toothy grin.
"Yep! And you know what? Weasal-san and I were talkin' on the way here, and we think it'd be best if you stayed with us for a while. We'll buy a big home close to here so you can play with Silo and it'll keep you away from Dad. Well... he's goin' to jail anyway," he mumbled. He'd found out about his father's recent beating on Majik and that had been the last straw for him. He was going to be a better brother and get Majik away from there. Not that having him live with two drug dealers was any better.
"We're gonna be a family?" Majik made a strange face, his lips puckered. "Is Mr. Weasal gonna be your... bitch?"
Itachi narrowed his eyes while everyone else laughed. "Language, Majik. You're going to be living under my roof soon, so learn to talk proper."
Naruto came out of the kitchen seconds later, carrying a tray of party snacks and fruit juice pouches. He ignored the little glaring match between Majik and Itachi and dropped the tray onto the coffee table with a grin. "Ok, so what'd you guys want to talk to me about? You all looked so serious out there, so I hope it's nothing bad...?"
All members of the Akatsuki looked to Itachi, who lifted his gaze from the little Norwegian boy. "I'll speak with you once I clear the subject with my otouto. Tobi, give Silo my gift," he then nodded to everyone and beckoned for his brother to follow him. He wandered into the sunroom and as soon as Sasuke entered, he slid the thick wooden door shut, pressing down on the lock.
"Aniki, what's wrong? Why did you take Hidan out of the hospital? What do you need to speak to Naruto about?" Sasuke rushed Itachi with his questions, his more childish side showing up. He'd always had a problem with being left in the dark.
Itachi chuckled and laid his palm on Sasuke's head, the sensation of soft hair tickling his calloused fingers. "I took Hidan out of the hospital because of the threat of Orochimaru. You remember him, correct?"
Sasuke nodded, brows furrowed. He's his rival in the filming business, right?
"Forgive me for what I'm about to say, because I know how much you loathe me keeping secrets," his smile was small and delicate. "But Orochimaru is not only a fellow filmmaker and company owner, but also, and I'll put this bluntly, a drug dealer; the leader of a group called Oto(1)."
The younger of the two let his eyes widened in shock.
His mind was whirling, trying to absorb everything his brother was telling him. He was able to comprehend a few things; his brother and Hidan being in the drug business and the reason why, who Orochimaru was, and the very last thing.
"He's after Naruto?" his throat seemed dry.
Itachi nodded and zipped down his cloak a bit to get rid of the heat the sunroom built up. He knew the feelings his little brother had built up inside of him for the handsome blond, and he definitely knew the anger Sasuke would feel toward him for not telling him Naruto he was in danger.
"Why didn't you tell me any of this before?" Sasuke snarled. "You'd been in this business since I was eight, Aniki, why did you wait until now?"
"Because no one was in any danger before now. Naruto-kun will be killed if we don't watch our steps and keep a close eye on Orochimaru. I know how much he means to you, Otouto, and if there was one thing that I could not bear to see, it would be your tears. I couldn't stand it when you cried over that Sanji man, I'm not going to have you lose someone else."
Sasuke resisted the urge to blush and frowned. "I wouldn't cry if I lost that idiot."
Itachi smiled knowingly. "Denial is an Uchiha trait, I've realized lately. Otouto, you can either deny your feelings and have him die, or you can admit you're in love with him and protect him. Orochimaru is not one to take lightly. He will definitely go through with his plans to get rid of Naruto-kun. "
Nodding, Sasuke sighed and ran a hand through his raven locks. "It should be easy once you tell him, right?"
Itachi chuckled and shook his head. "Whether I tell him or not, he'll be in danger. Myself and the others will do our best to watch over Orochimaru's group and will tell you if anything suspicious is happening. I'm giving you the job of protecting him. Do you think you can do that? If Orochimaru kills Naruto-kun, then I'll be left vulnerable."
Sasuke let his lips twitch downward. "How so?"
Smiling faintly, the weasal went to the door and unlocked it, sliding it open. He turned toward his brother.
"If that point in time comes, you'll see for yourself."
xXxXx
Naruto was conversing with some of the Akatsuki members when Itachi and Sasuke emerged from the sunroom. Silo was giggling and commenting on the stories Majik and Hidan told of their childish adventures together in the past, while Haruka listened intently; and the others were enjoying the various conversations around the room. Even Sai admitted to somewhat liking a few of the Akatsuki members. He'd found out that even though Kakuzu looked like a cold-hearted person, he had a passion for sewing.
"Mind sewing me a red thong?" he joked.
Kakuzu stared at him, not blinking. "For 20,000 yen."
"Weasal-san, what took you so long?" Hidan chirped when Itachi and Sasuke approached the couch and sat down. Itachi looked content with himself, while Sasuke frowned at nothing in particular, probably contemplating the best way of how to go about protecting the stupid blond known as Uzumaki Naruto.
"I needed to explain things as clearly and bluntly as possible. It wouldn't be so wise to confuse him, yes?" he used his usual sophisticated tone. The only people he talked normally with were Hidan and his brother.
Tobi yelped when his cellphone went off at his side. Deidara groaned once he realized that the only person who would call them at this time would be their leader. Flipping open the device, Tobi answered with a delightful tone.
"Moshi Moshi? Tobi speaking!" he chirped. "Ah, Leader-sama! Yes, Itachi-san is here, would you like to speak with him? Hai!" he then passed the phone to the raven-haired vice-leader of their group with a smile underneath his thick, orange mask. "For you, Itachi-sama!"
Itachi placed the phone to his hear and began talking to the man on the other line with a voice of indifference, yet power.
"At a birthday party," he replied to an unheard question. "I suppose we could. I'll visit you this evening... Hai, Leader-sama," he then hung up, raising his brows. "It seems that we're needed in Harajuku. We have 'clients'."
Deidara snickered. "After we came all this way to talk to foxy? We didn't even get a chance to speak to him, un."
"We'll inform him another time," Itachi stood. "As long as my otouto knows, that's all that matters right now," gripping the handlebars of Hidan's wheelchair, he turned the silver-haired male around, away from his younger brother and the blinking Silo.
"Hey, I wanna finish talkin' with Majik!" Hidan complained loudly.
"We're going to Harajuku. You will see him once we set up our house," Itachi pushed his cursing friend toward the front door and everyone slowly waved, confused with the sudden leave.
"Bye, Uchiha-san! Thank you for the gift!" Silo waved as the Akatsuki members left, groaning about too much work and little rest. Tobi was the only one to turn and wave back to the little boy, happiness in every single one of his bouncy steps.
Sasuke sighed. He didn't get to talk to Naruto. But like he said, as long as I know, he'll be just fine. I'm sure I can protect the imbecile, he smiled to himself, only a tad bit worried.
"Th-they seemed like nice people," Hinata commented with a pretty smile. "S-strange, but nice."
"That Sasori guy was hot," Sakura exclaimed, then added, "but not as hot as you, Sasuke-kun!" add cartoonish floaty hearts here.
Naruto lifted up the box that held Itachi's present and shook it, not caring if it was glass or not. "You gonna open it, musuko?"
Silo nodded cheerfully and snatched the box away, tearing open the paper and blinking down at the cute little moogle hat. He squealed for the twentieth time that day and put the item on, the fluffy, red ball bouncing around. He giggled and played with it.
Both Naruto and Sasuke stared at the cute hat with strange expressions.
I mean, you'd probably make the same face if you had a mental picture of Uchiha Itachi (his usual dark self) in the mall buying a child's hat.
xXxXx
Two days had passed since the party and Naruto and Sasuke were now back to filming. It was the last scene and then the entire movie would be finished! All of the action was done with, the serious scenes, the humor... so there was only one thing left.
The sex scene.
"A-ah...! S-Sanji-sensei..." a husky voice gasped. There was a creak, then two heated groans.
The lights on the set were out except for the dim lamp by the bed Naruto and Sasuke were on. The only thing visible was their body outlines, fluid movements being caught on camera, breathes warming the chilly air. Sasuke flushed in the darkness, glad that even the camera wouldn't be able to see the blush on his cheeks.
Naruto inhaled deeply and made a thrusting movement, his hips grinding against Sasuke's tailbone. While the blond had no problem pretending to preform sexual acts with his good friend, Sasuke was completely embarrassed and scared that his feelings would be revealed. But he wouldn't stop the scene, all because of his damn pride.
"I love you," Naruto whispered heatedly into the raven's ear and Sasuke swore he felt the tip of a tongue against the shell of his ear. There was a particularly sharp thrust against his ass and he moaned throatily, not able to hold back his desire.
Screw the script!
Sasuke turned his head to the side and looked up at the handsome man with lustful eyes. He moved onto his side and Naruto followed his movement on instinct, lifting up the raven's leg and pretending to push himself into the other. Sasuke rested the hand that wasn't propping himself up on Naruto's cheek, pressing warm fingers into a perfect jaw.
Pulling the blond down, he pressed his lips against his and moaned at the warmth and softness. He'd dreamed of those lips ever since his nightly kiss, which seemed like such a long time ago. He thrust back against that hard erection and wished it was him who'd caused it. Unfortunately, he knew it was from looking at playboy magazines a few minutes before shooting.
Naruto didn't think too much on how Sasuke changed the script, just knew that the words written by his name said that he had to pretend to make love to his lover. And hell, when Uzumaki Naruto had sex, he blew his partner's mind, fake or not. So he went along with the raven and kissed back, his teeth nipping at a soft bottom lip and his tongue running along the top of the other actor's mouth.
Sasuke yanked away from the kiss and moaned, too absorbed in the feeling of those hips pressing against him and that erection grinding so close to where he wanted it to be. He focused on the sensation and his eyes shot open when his crush's hard-on pressed a spot that sent pleasure rippling through his body.
He felt guilty, but he knew he'd never get to feel it again, so he arched his back and whined almost every time Naruto hit that spot just below his entrance. He inwardly thanked his brother for making them wearing nothing but their boxers.
Before he knew what happened, there was a strong thrust, and the raven saw stars, cum staining the inside of his shorts. He let out a loud sound that was a mix between a whimper, whine, and scream as he rode out the intense orgasm.
As moments passed by and he laid there panting, the lights flickered on. Realizing what'd happened, he covered up his blush and thanked the lord his boxers were black. Many of the other actors clapped and whistled, commenting on the steamy scene, while Naruto sat up and bent over Sasuke, grinning down at him.
"For a guy, you sound fucking hot in bed. I might have to re-think having sex with you sometime."
Sasuke stared at him, surprised. "You... thought about having sex with me before?"
"Nah, I was just teasing you, Teme," the blond laughed heartily and climbed off of the bed, then whistled. "But damn was your acting good. It sounded like you were actually having an orgasm."
The raven hung his head, hiding his pink cheeks behind black bangs. At that moment, he could care less about how much of a girl he was being, but anyone would react the same way in his situation.
"That was lovely," Kakashi commented with an upturned eye. Like the pervert he was, he was probably going to keep a copy of the tape for himself. Poor Iruka had such a horrible lover. "You're so vocal, Sasuke."
"Shut up!" the Uchiha hissed, standing up and heading over to the snack table for a bottle of water. He completely missed the smirk on his brother's face and the grin on Hidan's. Sai, Sakura, Kiba, Lee, and Hinata went onto the set, praising the blond for his good acting. Though, they didn't have much to compare his work to, since they'd never seen a sex scene before (except for Sai, of course). Hinata just shyly said her congradulations on the completion of his film instead of the scene, for the fear of collapsing from major stuttering.
"Now for the photoshoot!" Hidan piped up, wincing afterwards when his healing ribs throbbed painfully in his chest.
"Don't strain yourself," Itachi told him and slid from his director's chair, grabbing onto the handles of the wheelchair.
Sakura blinked her brilliant green eyes, brushing a strand of pink hair behind her pierced ear. "There's a photoshoot?"
Getting up and stretching, Naruto glanced down at the problem in his pants, trying to think of something gross to get rid of it. Strangely, all he could see in his mind was Sasuke moaning and panting. Shaking his head to get rid of the odd images, he answered.
"Yeah, we're taking pictures to put in magazines and on the movie posters. You know, usual movie stuff."
"Ah, show the people your youth through photography, Naruto-san!" Lee pumped his fist in the air.
As they began their way to the other side of the huge building, through twisting corridors, Sai glanced down at Naruto's erection that had refused to go away. He frowned, hoping that it wasn't still there because of Sasuke (who was walking right in front of them, a cup of water in his grasp).
"Quit staring at it, Sai!" Naruto whined. "Hurry, tell me something really gross."
"I want you to fuck me?"
"... No! Something gross!"
Sai chuckled and said, "Jiraiya-san and--" he didn't need to even finish his sentence before Naruto shivered and cut him off, his problem already limp between his legs. "That was fast."
As they entered a huge room, they saw white everywhere; even the photographers wore white, their cameras the only bit of color. They spoke to each other in Mandarin and waved their hands to call both Naruto and Sasuke over. The two men were still only in their boxers, clothes being shoved in their bare arms.
Sasuke refused to meet Naruto's eyes, but was forced to when they were shoved behind the same changing screen together. Coughing into his hand, he tried to start a conversation, knowing that he was stupid and the only one of the two completely embarrassed.
"You didn't have to thrust so hard."
Fuck, I'm an idiot.
Naruto glanced up from buttoning up his pants to grin. "You weren't complaining when I was thrusting against your wanton ass and you were moaning, Teme," he laughed and slipped on the bright orange cargo jacket. He was glad that they had clothes that sort of defined who he was. A goof.
Sasuke almost choked on his spit.
"Ya done?.!" Hidan yelled. "We don't have all day, ya know! Weasal-san and I have a dream home to decorate!" he snickered.
"We're coming," Naruto ruffled his already messy hair and flashed Sasuke the smile he knew drove women and men crazy. "I bet I'll outshine you in the photos."
All embarrassment was gone from the raven, replaced by the desire to prove the foxy bastard wrong.
xXxXx
An hour went by and after various compromising positions and whispered threats of castration, the photos were finished with. The most suggestive one of them all was going to be put on the front cover of three different magazines, while the others were going to be put inside.
One picture, though, was the new poster for the movie. It was of Naruto in a teacher's suit and Sasuke in a student's uniform, the both of them embracing in the rain. It was a gorgeous picture that both of the actors actually loved.
"Commercials will be airing tomorrow at nine during the Nippon Music Awards. That should catch us even more attention than we aleady have," Itachi said as he shook the hands of each photographer, thanking them for a job well done.
"I can't wait to tell Silo. We'll watch it together tomorrow night," Naruto said with a huge grin.
"Hey! What about us!" Kiba growled.
"Of course, you guys can watch it with us, just stay in the background," the blond teased, earning him some sarcastic laughter and a right hook to the back of the head, courtesy of Sakura. "I-Itai..."
"Hidan, Otouto, and I are going to leave now. Remember to tell Kakashi to lock up once the rest of you are about to leave. Have a nice evening," the weasal nodded his head to them andpushed Hidan's wheelchair through the large door, the violet-eyed male humming a song that was definitely out of tune.
Following after his brother, Sasuke turned and gave one last glance at Naruto, watching as he laughed with his friends.
Despite the events that happened that day, the only thing he could think about at the moment was what Itachi had said two days earlier.
xXxXx flashback xXxXx
"Otouto, you can either deny your feelings and have him die, or you can admit you're in love with him and protect him."
xXxXx end flashback xXxXx
Sasuke exited the building and the warm air attacked his cool skin.
I already admitted to being in love with him, so I suppose the only thing I can do is protect him, right?
He smiled to himself.
(1)- In later chapters, Sasuke will have his own group within the Akatsuki; Hebi, just like in the manga. It'll consist of, of course, Suigetsu, Karin, and Juugo. I know they're in the flashback with Sanji-sensei, but they're gonna appear again.
Um, if you review, I'll update faster? XD