A/N: Hey guys, just thought I'd like to thank all my reviewers and readers as you've helped kept me motivated! My last chapter was sooo big as It was just an amalgamation of work for quiet a while, so I promise I'll split them into more manageable chunks from now on! But I digress, so go read and hopefully enjoy the chapter! ^_^

3 Days Prior.

Loud footsteps echoed though the long corridor, along with sounds of water hitting the floor and an eerie draft accompanying it. The footsteps became almost rhythmic as the person walked at an even pace, somehow knowing the end of the corridor was still at a considerable distance. The wind picked up every so often, unusual as this long corridor was well obscured from the outside world.

On and on the person walked, surprised how extensive it was, not understanding why there was such a need for its gargantuan size as there was no doors on either side of it but just the straight walk through it.

She saw a large double-door towards the end of the huge corridor, thankful that it was finally within sight as anxiety took hold of her. Being mere meters away from the door, her thoughts had become sporadic and chaotic, largely owing to the latent and dark energy within the chamber doors. She felt a twinge of uneasiness and almost regret for coming this far, feeling no good would be done by it for her sake.

However, she came here for retribution against the evil that supposedly resided here. Such a demon that she sought couldn't be allowed to live anymore, especially after all they done, and how much of a threat they still posed to the village.

She stood before the finely detailed brass doors, which had images of dark deities and other occult symbols depicted on it. She prepared herself for what she thought to be a battle she couldn't afford to lose. Her hands pushed upon the door, opening it slowly from the middle while making a loud creaking sound, showing how strong and resistant the doors were.

Her light brown eyes looked forward and saw only darkness covering the chamber, especially towards the other end of it. She walked cautiously forwards, trying to figure out if he was hiding in the shadows, ready to attack while veiled in the darkness.

"Halt."

A voice boomed through the vault, bringing the woman's attention to where it was heard, towards the back of the room as she first expected.

"You are entering my domain, state your reason behind this trespassing." The voice was clearly male, and sounded relatively young, but the woman had no way of telling who it really was.

"I've come... to avenge myself and your other pupils. How dare you think you could get away with toying with and destroying our lives, yet continue to do so with so many others?!" The woman's chakra skyrocketed and her fists clenched; knuckles audibly cracking as it pierced through the dead silence of the chamber.

"Hmpf." The male hiding in the shadows scoffed, clearly not intimidated by the vengeful woman.

"You'll pay for what you've done." The woman had enough of talking and entered a battle stance, ready to deliver her own judgement on her cruel mentor.

"FIRE STYLE: DRAGON FIRE TECHNIQUE!"

A huge roar of flames burst from her mouth and blanketed the chamber with the tempestuous flames, engulfing the entirety of the room with no mercy. The flames continued to rage from her mouth until she deemed it adequate to stop the technique, not wanting to use any more chakra the necessary. The flames eventually died down and she saw nothing, thinking that she could of actually incinerated the man with the storm of fire.

She looked around some more and saw no trace of anyone being there, but she looked up to the ceiling and saw a person staring down at her, piercing green and rippled eyes scanning the woman who nearly burnt them.

"Is that it? I think that's enough from you, mortal." The man disappeared from his very spot, causing the Kunoichi to panic while desperately looking around for him, hoping he wouldn't strike her down from the shadows. Her fears were however accurate, as he was about to strike her from the darkness, but she managed to dodge his Kunai which was dripping with a foul essence.

"Don't underestimate me!" The woman fired multiple shuriken towards the dark-enveloped man and set them alight with her fire chakra, making sure that if they hit it would end the fight. They flew at high speed towards him but they were deflected by a blast of energy, something which the Women thought not possible.

"Heh, still nipping at my heels are you? I would expect better from-"

"HYUHHHH!" The woman gave a battle cry and charged towards the man she so desperately wanted to kill, covering her fists with scorching flames, needing to fight him up close as he so easily dodged all her ranged attacks beforehand.

The man scoffed again, but let forth a blast of ferocious wind and a torrent of water simultaneously that completely blew away her flaming fists, while also sending her flying towards the wall, almost knocking her unconscious. She weren't expecting him to have so many chakra elements at his disposal, as he never had such power in the past.

Her vision blurred substantially after the impact, struggling to regain full clarity so she could fight him again. She heard footsteps become increasingly louder, almost too loud as she wouldn't accept defeat, she couldn't.

"There's no point resisting me, I won from the moment you trespassed this place."

"N-No, y-you can't be allowed to live!" She jumped up from the ground as her second wind kicked in, intent on winning the fight and avenging all those who have been subjected to pain by this man. Her fist was mere center-meters away from connecting to his darkened face, but she froze as her muscles were locked down, not able to move at all.

"You're pretty stupid, aren't you? There's no point resisting me." He repeated, arrogance lacing every word spoken. She looked up to his face and saw only the rippled green eyes, indiscriminate and cold malice emanating from them. All she saw was darkness from then on, engulfing her very conscience.

Green eyes yet again pierced through her very being, as she began to awaken while bound to chains in a different room, which looked almost like a torture cell. The green eyes were looking at her from meters away, no blinking evident as they thoroughly scanned her.

Words were spoken by the man which were first indiscernible, but turned as clear as day with her eyes opening in shock as a result.

"W-Why him?! He's done nothing to you!"

"Oh yes he has. He deserves punishment by feeling the truest agony, which you will carry out."

"N-No! I won't let you!" The woman desperately tried to unbound herself from the shackles but they were secured with no weakness, even being impervious to fire so she couldn't melt them off.

The man walked slowly towards her, becoming less obscured by the veil of darkness, slowly showing more of his features.

"Y-Your not-?!"

"Now fall under my control, mortal."

The man held out his right hand and a faint green glow emerged from it, slowly moving towards the bound woman. The green energy made contact with her and she screamed in agony, the very energy consuming her body with such negativity it caused the greatest of pain.

Her head was lifted almost supernaturally and her eyes were fixed upon the mans green ones, seeing the rippled pattern that was so hypnotic and other-worldly.

"Comply." The man simply spoke one word, and her eyes slowly turned from light brown to an emerald green, insidiously filling her psyche with his thoughts and feelings, while completely overriding hers.

He removed the chains that bound her and she fell to her knees, but this time was silent. He walked closer to her and stood above her, waiting for her reaction.

Her face lifted up and she looked into the mans eyes, not fighting him or trying to resist like before. She stared into his face with a solemn face, not showing any emotions of her own accord breaking through.

"What do you require, your eminence?" The woman bowed down as one would do to a Lord, and awaited to hear instructions from her new master.

"Hunteth the enemy, the supposed "hero" of your village."

"...W-Why?"

The man was surprised by his new servant's questioning, showing that her own psyche was still trying to fight for it's sovereignty. He slapped the woman hard around the face, sending her to the cold floor.

"Don't question my ideals mortal." The man barked. She got back up and nodded to him respectfully, walking towards the exit to carry out her master's plan.

"Before you go." He caught her attention.

"Dissimulare" He spoke in an unusual tongue as he waved what looked like a catalyst of sorts in a peculiar motion, which changed the appearance of the woman slightly. She also had new tools and attire, which the man must of formed to help her on the task.

"Now go. Attack any who are close to him, as he must feel such agony upon him." The man sadistically smiled at his commands, anxious for his new slave to carry them out. The woman nodded again, her green eyes clashing with his, as she walked towards the exit, ready to exact her master's cruel orders.

Even though she was following out the mans twisted orders, a small part of her mentality remained, still struggling to wrestle back control but ultimately failing. She hoped only for one thing, and one thing only.

'Please stop me, Naruto.'

Present Day

A messy shag of brown hair covered the puppy-themed pillow, its milk chocolate color being illuminated by the rays of sunlight entering the bedroom. The brunettes brown eyes flickered open, already trying to adjust to the sun.

The boy yawned, still tired but knowing that he needed to do some early-morning training at 7 am to keep his superior form up, not needing it to wither with such a threat still out there. He lifted his body up from the bed and pulled his duvet off of him, getting up and walking to the bathroom.

He looked in the mirror and saw his hair badly needed controlling, but knew he could do that after his workout and shower. He brushed his teeth making sure all his teeth were brilliantly white, wanting to impress a certain Uzumaki that was due to move in later that day.

Kiba smiled to himself of thinking about Naruto, and felt that same buzzing feeling when he remembered the kiss they shared the night before. His thoughts returned back to the workout however, as he needed to get that done then shower ASAP, so he could prepare for the new arrival in his home later that day.

The Inuzuka went into his garden and began doing weights, cardio and also target practice with Shuriken to improve his aim, trying to be at his best for both the threat at hand, but also to make Naruto drool when he eventually sees his new boyfriend.

He'll be begging to get some of this!

Kiba grinned to himself as he inflated his ego, almost done with his intense morning workout. He finished up with the 100 laps around his garden, sweat visible on his every curvature.

"Better get showering!" He cooled down and went back in his house to his en suite bathroom and showered, also shaving and grooming himself generally to look acceptable for the public eye, especially for his new boyfriend. He picked out his usual leather attire and put it on his newly cleaned body, finishing up with brushing his hair for a bit then letting it turn wild as always.

Akamaru awakened from his sleep in his dog-bed and groggily looked up at his master.

'When will Naruto be here?' the dog yawned, wanting to get back to sleep as he was awoken by a noisy Kiba.

"A few hours, but I'm mostly done getting dressed so I'll get some stuff ready for lunch when he comes over, and make sure to say hi when he gets here!" Kiba pointed a finger at the dog on his bed, showing he was serious about Akamaru and Naruto getting off to a good start as room mates.

'Heh, we'll see, just keep it down.' The dog laid back down on his bed and fell back to sleep.

"What a lazy dog." Kiba muttered, leaving his room and making his way to the Kitchen to prepare something special for lunch.

2 hours later

Kiba wiped the sweat from his brow and grinned at his culinary success, knowing that Naruto would love it for lunch. He put the broth on a slight simmer to keep it hot and reduce it slightly, and was now just waiting for Naruto to turn up, which should be pretty soon he thought.

"Meh, might as well watch some TV." He jumped on the three seater and stretched his body, earning some satisfying sounds as he got comfortable. He flicked through the channels with the remote and found the local news channel, reporting a massacre in another country leaving thousands dead.

"Wow, It amazes me how such terrible thing happen, yet it's so easy not to notice." He was fast getting depressed looking at all the images, but knew right now wasn't the time to be sadly reflecting, especially when his boyfriend could be over any time now. He changed the channel to an entertainment one, with a TV show about 4 friends living together, which he always loved watching. Especially as he was reminded of Naruto again.

Kami I'm so excited! I'll be with him 24/7, my boyfriend!

The brunette's goofy grin came through as he was so fond of calling Naruto his "boyfriend", finding the term quiet alien but brilliant to say at the same time. He watched the show and laughed loudly throughout a lot of it, as one of the roommates began to sing "Smelly Dog", however barking from upstairs translated to "Shut the hell up!" by a very moody Akamaru.

"You get rude to me and you can stay around Tsume's!"

The dog could be heard whimpering and Kiba laughed evilly, knowing that was his ultimate trump card against Akamaru in an argument. He heard knocking at the door however and jumped from the seat and tried composing himself, checking his breath first to see if it was fresh enough. He went to the door and took a last deep breath and opened the door, showing a beaming Naruto on the other end.

"Hey Kiba!"

"H-Hi Naruto, got all your stuff?"

"Yep, but first."

Naruto smiled at the confused dog-nin and moved in towards him, putting his luggage on the floor as he went in for a much-wanted kiss. Kiba went in too and both boys closed their eyes as their soft lips connected, that same wonderful spark coursing through their bodies.

'Hmmm... how tasty!'

"Kyuubi, stop ruining the mood!"

both boys melted even further into the kiss, until Kiba broke for air.

'You won the battle for dominance! Well done Kit!'

"Oh shut it Kyu."

Naruto backed away from Kiba slowly and opened his eyes, seeing Kiba do the same as both teens smiled at eachother while taking a well-needed breath.

"That... that was great." Kiba grinned as he still loved the feelings of kissing the blonde, hoping that such an amazing feeling would never lessen.

"Yeah... It was." Naruto smirked back, glad that Kiba was petty much a natural at them.

"Wait, is that all the luggage you have?!" Kiba noticed something on the ground and pointed down to the tiny bag Naruto had held, hoping that the blonde wouldn't try to live off of that.

"Nope, I had my slaves bring most of it!" Naruto grinned like a fox as row after row of shadow clones huffed their way into Kiba's house, marching up the stairs with great difficulty to Naruto's new bedroom with all his luggage.

"That's slave labor... good thinking!" Kiba grinned back, finding it funny that they both thought alike.

Naruto pulled off his cheeky pout/wink, like the one before entering the archives, but this time he knew he could get away with it.

"Oh and I cooked us some lunch, and you're gonna like it." Kiba saw Naruto begin to salivate in anticipation, still remembering how delicious Kiba's food was the night before. Kiba grabbed Naruto's bag for him and pulled him in with his other free hand, making him blush.

"He's more of a gentleman then I thought."

'He only wants you for something else, he's might even be using you Kit!'

'Oh shut it Kyu.'

Their inward conversation was cut short as Kiba practically dragged Naruto to the dining table, then walked off into the kitchen to get the mystery meal. Naruto sat down and smelt a wonderful aroma, could it be...?

"Ramen!" Kiba beamed like a housewife as he walked to the dining table holding a big bowl of the divine-food, making Naruto almost drool all over the table.

"Y-You made this yourself?"

"Yep, now let's get eating! I have some plans for today."

Naruto grinned madly as he ladled the delicious homemade Ramen into his bowl, filling it up as he was ready to devour it. Kiba took almost as much, and began to eat with along with Naruto.

"So *slurp*, what plans do ya have for today?" Naruto grinned with a noodle hanging out of his mouth.

"Well I was figuring we could do some training after, then we could-"

*KNOCK KNOCK*

"For Kami's sake, *sigh* I'll be one sec Nar." Kiba reluctantly left the table and walked to the door, opening it while snapping at the visitor.

"What do ya want?"

"You better watch your tone, pup, or I'll want you punished!"

Kiba's face turned pale as he saw his mother, Tsume, standing at his door with little patience.

"S-Sorry..." Kiba submissively apologized to her, not wanting to anger the woman anymore then he already done.

"Hmm your manners have gone to crap! You and Naruto have been summoned to Lady Tsunade's office in half an hour, so get your ass moving."

"Y-Yes."

Tsume turned on her heel and went back into the Inuzuka hall, letting Kiba somberly walk back into his house to tell Naruto. He returned to the table and started eating again, knowing they still had time to finish their meal thankfully.

"*slurp* who was it?"

"My mom, we gotta be by Tsunade's office in half an hour, so we gotta eat quick."

Naruto grinned and slurped his meal down even quicker, savoring the delicious tastes as it cascaded into his belly. He finished and belched like the night before, his etiquette obviously not improving. Kiba finished shortly after but Naruto beat him too it, taking his bowl while trying to act like a gentleman in return. Kiba blushed and smiled, then went into the living room. Naruto cleaned the bowls in the Kitchen and went back into the living room where Kiba was now sitting.

"What's up Kib?" Naruto saw the brunette's face looked... depressed, somehow. He sat down next to him on the two-seater.

"It's just... I wan't all this with the manipulator to end already, I mean..."

"You don't have to explain, I know what you mean." Kiba turned to Naruto and sadly smiled at him, then unexpectedly rested his head on Naruto's shoulder. The blonde liked how Kiba wanted to be that close to him, so he wrapped his arm around Kiba's waist and pulled him closer.

"Think of it like an obstacle." Naruto spouted.

"Huh?"

"It's something that, if we overcome, will present only rewards for us. Think of it as a challenge, a mission!"

Kiba looked up to see if Naruto was serious and was surprised when he saw only determination radiating from his face.

"What kind of rewards?" The dog-non countered, not seeing how Naruto could find a positive in this whole situation.

"No more opposition."

"For who? For what?" Kiba still didn't quiet catch on, yet Naruto was clearly on to something.

"For... me and you." Naruto's azure eyes stared into Kiba's hazel ones, showing the utmost seriousness. Kiba knew they had to get moving so he got up from the sofa and walked to the hallway, looking back to Naruto who just got up too.

"There's other obstacles, for sure... but I guess you're right. Let's take each of 'em down one at a time!" Kiba's toothy grin shone through and infected Naruto, who walked over to him and caught him in a chaste yet almost passionate kiss.

"That's the spirit, my boyfriend." Naruto winked, knowing that Kiba loved being referred to as his boyfriend, which was evident on his again-goofy grin.

"Let's go already!"

Both teens ran out of the door, treating this as their exercise that was planned, towards the Hokage tower in the center of the Village, which would take about 10 minutes on foot. They dodged everything from dogs, people and market stalls as they decided to race it out to the tower, with their old competitiveness as best-friends coming through.

Both teens sprinted when they reached the stone steps leading to the tower, and they were running at now lightning speed.

"I'll beat you dog-breath!"

"No you won't foxy!"

Both boys reached the top of the steps while still sprinting and looked over to eachother and were unexpectedly caught in each others eyes, both mentally cursing that this was the time they become "all connected again" as Kyuubi said, which was bad considering they were sprinting and could crash into something pretty hard.

*BOING*

Both teens were sent flying back to the top of the stairs again, as they both hit an extremely buoyant and bouncy object.

"W-What the hell was that?!" Kiba said while climbing off of the ground.

"There's only ONE thing that bouncy... I-It's-!"

"WATCH WHERE YOU'RE BOTH DAMN WELL GOING!"

Tsunade stood over the two of them with an anger vein almost popping out of her temple, looking ready to pummel the boys like she almost did in the archives.

"S-Sorry Lady Tsunade! We were just-"

"Oh cut the crap, I know it must of been an accident as that little baka" -she said while pointing to Naruto- "wouldn't of touched my tits purposely for a second time! We both know what happened then, right little dobe?"

Naruto turned pale and slowly nodded, remembering the first terrible mistake he ever made in his life: messing with or touching Tsunade's mountainous boobs.

"Anyway, get your ass' up and follow me to the office, I have a mission for you both." She definitely caught both the boys attention now, as they got up from the ground and scurried after Tsunade who was now near the entrance of the tower.

"A mission?! What for?" Naruto asked.

"It's probably regarding The Manipulator if we're lucky, we could take the jerk down today!" Kiba clenched his fists and grinned with determination, getting excited at the aspect of facing the cowardly enemy.

"I doubt that, she said she'd call everyone in for another meeting when we get enough evidence to make a move. So this is probably just a standard mission."

"Hmpf, I guess..."

They reached the tower and climbed the staircase inside, entering Tsunade's office and seeing only her within it sitting down by her desk.

"Hey baa-chan, where's Shizune?"

"Still gathering data on the location of Team 10 and Ino, which is taking forever as the papers and logistics were somehow scrambled, which is a problem we don't need right now."

"How sure are you it's Ino, Lady Tsunade?" Kiba felt his curiosity get the better of him.

"Not very sure at all, like with every other piece of evidence we have, but we have to start somewhere. Now besides that, I called you both here for a mission concerning the nearby town of Amatores."

Amatores? That's where I wanted the date to be! Kiba felt something was wrong, so he listened even more intently.

"It's currently under siege by a band of criminals that attacked last night, which I think could be linked to The Manipulator."

Both teens eyes opened wide as they looked at each other, realizing that they could of been captured last night if Tsunade didn't intervene.

"Did you know this was gonna happen Lady Tsunade?"

"No, but I thought it would safer for you boys to spend time with each other in the village, which it seems was the right move. As I said, they could be linked to this manipulator, or they could just be brigands. But your mission is to eradicate them with anyhow, as the town needs liberating ASAP."

"Is there a reason why you chose only us two baa-chan? I mean this is an A-Rank mission I guess, so wouldn't more people be better?" Naruto asked as he weren't sure why Tsunade chose them two alone.

"I chose you two for the reason that you both are evidently going to be spending more time with each other, not only in personal time, but also on the battlefield. So this mission is also training to help you two better collaborate with each other in combat, as I have a feeling you'll both be confronting many enemies in the future together."

"Hmm that's weird... what's that supposed to mean Kyu?"

'Kami knows, this old bat could be Psychic for all we know'

"I'll be sending ANBU operatives as backup, but I ordered them to stay out of the fighting unless necessary so that you both could collaborate more effectively."

"Isn't it a bit weird your treating an A-Rank mission as "training" for us? And that you're only sending us into active combat, granny?" Naruto squinted his eyes at the Hokage, almost as if he was suspecting her to be the enemy in disguise.

"Don't look at me like that you little Dobe!" Her anger vein popped up again.

"OK that's definitely her!"

"You're both Jonin level shinobi and you especially, Naruto, could probably handle them by yourself. This is a good opportunity for training and bonding together as better Shinobi. So is there any more stupid questions you wanna ask?"

"Yeah I'll-"

"We have no more questions, Lady Tsunade." Kiba held his hand over Naruto's mouth to stop him talking, which worked to great effect.

"Heh, well you both better get moving then, good luck!" She handed the gold-hemmed mission scroll to Kiba and dismissed them to fulfill the mission. The teens walked out of the office and Kiba let go of Naruto, making the blonde breath heavily as he was almost suffocated.

"You... You baka, I couldn't breath!"

"Aw, I'm soweee." Kiba replaced the "R" with "W" and emphasized the "e" to sound incredibly innocent, whilst giving his beloved and destructively cute puppy dog eyes, which almost melted Naruto's very soul.

"AWWW HE'S SO CUTE!"

'Oh kami, how sickening...'

"OK, I forgive you... my puppy!" Naruto saw Kiba pout at the name and took advantage to go in for another kiss, probably being the last one until tonight, which was a sad thought for both boys. Their lips melted into each others and they felt just as magical as they did from the first one, hoping that feeling would never end.

Little did they know someone else was enjoying the spectacle...

"I think I should carry on Jiraiya's legacy, I'd make millions from this kind of material!" Tsunade's perving eye was looking through her office door key-hole, scanning the kissing teens while she wrote down notes for a possible novel she was planning, with her top-fans being Yaoi fan-girls like Sakura and Shizune.

"You better watch out boys, there's someone else coming after you both now!" she laughed sadistically to herself, already planning the best perving spots outside of Kiba's house for when they get back tonight.

A/N: That's all for this chapter, I hope you enjoyed reading it! ^_^ This was much quicker then my previous update as this was shorter and easier to edit, so I think it's better if i kept it that way as it's also probably easier for you to read. Leave your views and opinions of the chapter in a review and I'll be sure to read it! thanks and til next time! (cute Naru emoticon time, sorry!) =^.^=