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Sky-eyed Kitsune and Gomi-kun blab & Updates
Sky-eyed Kitsune: I all better! X3
Gomi-kun: --rolls eyes—
Sky-eyed Kitsune: Alrighie then! Updates, let's get to it! –looks at update sheet— Hmmmm…no updates? Ok then! –flings pocky to reviewers— Oh! For those people freaking out about my other fic S.T.R.A.Y cause I haven't submitted the next chappie, it's comin! I promise! XD
Oh, and there's more ALMOST LEMONS in this chappie again! I DO NOT WRITE LEMONS, so don't expect anything super graphic.
Reviewer Replies:
To Chibi Tsuki Hikari: Zomg! I absolutely luuuuv your review!!! It made me sad that I didn't write more for you! T.T
To Black-Dranzer-1119: Arigatou! I will update soon!
To Joan Mistress of Magic: Wa! Poor Sai! T.T But I totally feel your pain. I luv Sasunaru, but I made Sai so nice in this! Oh the drama!!!
To Pink Irish Clover: I'm glad you liked it:D There might not be a lot of comedy in this fic, but I will try to insert it where I can! If you want some laughs, check out my other fanfic, S.T.R.A.Y! Thank you for the review!
To xxcriticxx: I promise, there are no major character deaths in this fic! Oooo, one-sided gaanaru? Hmm, interesting…. –gets evil glint in eye—
To Darkspider: Kya! Loverly review! XD Hmm, I dunno if foxes are scared of dogs. O.o Lol! Yes, Sasuke is so emo. Bleh. But I still love timeskip sasunaru! Yes, I always thought different colored eyes were so cool! I actually have a pair of purple contacts, and I think it's fun to just put one in cause my other eye is green and freak people out! XD
To mmm.kai.mmm: Please, if you have any suggestions, WRITE 'EM! Ahem…I love input, so feel free to take up my whole reviewing page if you're burning for me to put in a scene! Lol! Thaaaaannkk yooouuu!
To shadowphoenix143: Yes, I hate fics where Naruto isn't very good looking and weak…so I made him the strongest and hottest village heartthrob! Lol! As for who Naru ends up with, I was pretty set on sasunaru, by I made Sai so fuzzy and nice, I don't know if I'll let myself do it! T.T
To Autumn Lawliet: A sasunaru fan! Lol! Hmm, you really think Naruto is still in love with Sasuke? No seriously, is he? Cause I don't even know! O.o
To xXkawaii-chanXx: Keep it kibanaru eh? Hm. Lol! Everyone love Naruto! HILARIOUS!
To Jonitsh316: Kiba does have the major hots for Naru, that's for sure, but so does practically everyone his age. -- And Kiba's appearance will give to the story- that scene will have a comical effect later.
To Teh.Ra1n: ZOMG! YOUR REVIEW MADE ME SO PROUD! T.T
ONE-SIDED POLL RESULTS!
Sainaru: 3
Gaanaru: 2
Sasunaru: 1
Itanaru: 1
Only Kibanaru: 1
Hm..pretty spread out, with gaanaru and sainaru at the top. I started this off as sasunaru, but I made Sai so sweet! . Oh, the drama! –dramatic swoon— Hmmm…what will I do? Poll is still open, AND THERE IS A NEW ONE AT THE END!
Chapter Dedication: This one is for The.Ra1n and Chibi Tsuki Hikari for their wonderful reviews and encouragement! LUV YOU!!!!
Chapter 4: Control
Naruto secured his ANBU fox mask in place as he nodded to Tsunade and headed out with his team.
They jumped through the trees swiftly and gracefully, all the while attaching radio collars to their necks.
"Test check! Can you all hear me?" Naruto said into his microphone as he pressed the button on his neck, even though his team was right behind him.
"H-ai!"
"Hai boss!"
"Hai!"
"Hai Rikka-kun!"
"Hai!
"HAI!"
"Troublesome…"
Naruto nodded and picked up the pace. Behind him was his six man cell:
Wearing the rabbit mask was Hinata Hyuuga. It came as a surprise to everyone when Hinata experienced her break through with the Byakugan and exceeded all expectations. On recommendation from Kurenai, Hinata passed the ANBU exam and accompanied the team as an experienced fighter and emergency medical ninja. She no longer pined for Naruto like almost every girl in Konoha, but helped him whenever she could.
In the coyote mask was Konohamaru, now at the age of eighteen. After three years of training with Naruto as his sensei, Konohamaru had surpassed his classmates (despite his pranks and foolishness) and had been recommended by Naruto himself to move up to the rank of an ANBU, completely skipping over being a jonin. The decision had scared Tsunade a little, afraid of loosing the young man, but Konohamaru had proven his worth and capability.
Neji Hyuuga wore the falcon mask. It wasn't hard to see why he was an ANBU, being the prodigy the Hyuuga clan never had but always wanted.
In the delicate cat mask was Ino. Once Sasuke had left, Ino was outraged that he had betrayed the village, but still continued shamelessly flirting with other Konoha shinobi in her age group. It was only after her father was killed in a raid from Otogakure that she finally opened her eyes and discovered what it truly meant to be a ninja. Since then she had dedicated her life to training, only flirting every once and a while. She had long gotten over Sasuke and was currently engaged to a certain Choji Akamichi. Naruto considered her a dear friend to him, and saw her as one he could always ask advice from.
Next was Kiba in the wolf mask. He had constantly trained and progressed with Akamaru over the years, and his family was proud to have him as an ANBU. At the age of eighteen Kiba had fallen for Naruto, even though he had always had a small crush on him since they were sixteen. But these were the years that he had finally started making advances. It was just a bonus that Naruto happened to become his ANBU captain, even if he was with Sai.
Lee wore the monkey mask beside Kiba. Despite the fact that Tsunade doubted that his legs work well enough to get him past the jonin level, Lee had trained day and night and gone past his limit. Gai had cried "Manly tears of YOUTH!!!" when he became an ANBU, and Lee was more than happy to be under Naruto's command.
Wearing the white and black deer mask was Shikamaru. The lazy ninja had been talked into being an ANBU after Asuma's death and with some prodding from Tsunade. Naruto was currently trying to get him to quit smoking.
Naruto's ears perked up and his crimson eyes flashed as he hung onto a strong chakra signature and an irrefutably familiar scent.
"That smell….the smell of the wind, the snow…I know that smell," Naruto thought as he changed his direction quickly, his team following.
"Rikka-kun! Have you found the scent?" Lee asked, using Naruto's code name.
"Hai," Naruto replied. "It's stronger than I thought. If we all come in at this ninja at once, even with our chakra concealed, I have a feeling that he will have means to detect us, by training or a kekei genkai."
The team nodded.
"Konohamaru! Kiba! Hinata-chan! Flag to the left and disperse! Shikamaru! Ino-chan! Lee! Neji! The right, and stay together by means of two pairs!"
Naruto ordered, and his team took off quickly.
Naruto followed the scent loyally, jumping through the trees quickly as his red eyes scanned the area for other shinobi. He was particularly skilled at night, his new fox-melded self being more nocturnal than anything.
Naruto stopped as the scent became unbearably strong. He held down the button on his radio collar as he spoke into the microphone.
"I'm closing in on him. There seems to be only one."
"Hai!" his team replied, and with a particularly forceful push on the next branch, he propelled himself forward.
Sasuke took in a deep breath, relishing the scent of the trees that he had been deprived of for so long, and he listened to the peaceful chirping of the crickets around him. Above the sky was crystal clear, the stars winking against the long stretch of black curtain.
Suddenly something sliced the air, and before he could even sense a chakra presence, there was one right behind him. An insanely powerful one.
A thin slice of metal was placed at his neck, and a kunai pressed into the flesh there threateningly.
"Uchiha Sasuke," a voice said, in the middle of low and high. "State your business here. Move and you will die."
Sasuke would have normally told the guy to buzz off and that it was none of his business, but more hostility was not what he needed on his record right now.
"I have returned to Konona to make a new life again…and mostly to see someone very important."
Sasuke winced a bit as the metal sliced over his skin a bit, drawing blood.
"Who?" the man behind him demanded.
"Uzumaki Naruto," Sasuke answered, cradling the name with his tongue.
The ANBU's stance shifted from shock, and Sasuke raised an eyebrow.
"You know him, don't you?" he said, and the knife was immediately brought back to his neck harder this time, spilling more blood.
"That's none of your business Uchiha," the man snarled. "As regulation for all missing nins that return, you will be taken to the current Hokage, Tsunade-sama, and appear immediately before the council to plead your case. You have a seventy percent chance of being exiled or killed, and a thirty percent of being able to live back in Konoha again under temporary restrictions. I could kill you here on the spot Uchiha. So cooperate, do not speak, listen to my orders, and I'll take you to Tsunade."
Sasuke nodded to everything the man said, but he didn't release him. He heard a small click and crackle as the man said aloud,
"I need Shikamaru, Neji, and Ino here stat, N, NE three hundred meters from the front gate. The rest of you are dismissed."
"Hai!"
"H-hai."
"Hai Rikka-kun!"
"Troublesome."
"HAI!"
"Hai boss!"
"Hai."
There was a crackle as the other voices were shut off.
"So, Rikka-kun?" Sasuke asked.
"Shut it," the man called Rikka replied.
Judging by his commanding voice and intense chakra flow as well as the loyalty from his subordinates, Sasuke guess that this was the ANBU captain; someone not to mess with, but he probably would anyways.
Suddenly three more masked ANBU appeared, Ino, Shikamaru, and Neji, and they gasped.
"Sasuke-kun?" Ino breathed, stunned, and Sasuke nodded.
"Long time no see," Shikamaru said in a bored tone.
"Uchiha," Neji said.
"Hyuuga," Sasuke replied.
"That's enough," Rikka barked, and his team shut up immediately.
Sasuke was released, encircled by the ANBU, and he turned to look at the man that had so easily snuck up on him without warning.
He wore the traditional ANBU clothing, and it fit and lithe and slender form nicely. He was a bit shorter than average, but not by much, and untamed gold spikes fell around his fox mask.
"Let's move," Naruto said, walking up to the front and leading his group and their captive back to the village at a reasonable pace.
"Naruto…" Sasuke thought as he watched the familiar trees slowly pass him by.
"I'm coming."
"OUTRAGEOUS!" an old man boomed as he stood up abruptly from his seat and slammed his hands on the long stretching table before him, nostrils flaring.
Sasuke stood silent in front of the council.
There was a circular table around him, himself in the middle to be able to face all of them, and the members sat around it, shouting and arguing with each other as they burst forth from their seats in outbursts.
The Hokage, Tsunade, who sat in the largest chair, sat there silent, her hands rubbing her temples soothingly as her face contorted in response to the rising volume in the room. Beside her stood and ANBU, Rikka, as Sasuke recognized by the mask. He had his hands behind his back, and Sasuke could feel the patient aura radiating off of him. Why was he so calm when everyone else was in such a panic?
"QUIET!" Tsunade finally boomed, and the room became hushed.
"Sasuke," she addressed him. "You have betrayed Konoha and left us for Orochimaru…why should we let you come back? What are your reasons?"
"I want to start over here," Sasuke said. "But mostly…I came for Naruto."
There was a bubble of whispers in the room.
"But then again, you wouldn't care for that, would you?" Sasuke said, speaking to the whole council. "Naruto is worthless to all of you. Just a monster with no self control."
"INSOLENT BOY!" a withering man cried as he sprung up with gusto rarely seen among those his age.
"Uzumaki Naruto is a most beloved ANBU in this village, and soon to be the Rokudaime! It is true that we have made mistakes in the past, but that was before Naruto showed us his love for the village, and far he would go to protect it!"
Sasuke was stunned.
Naruto was loved? Naruto was approved of by the council? Naruto…was to be the next Hokage?
Naruto could help but smile at that piece of news.
"Well Sasuke," Tsunade said. "Over all of the shouting and ramblings I've heard for the past twenty minutes, it seems the council is at a standstill, half in and again your favor. So I will reconcile this: Uchiha Sasuke, you are granted permission to live in Konoha once more, but you will adhere to these guidelines for the next two months: you will be accompanied by an ANBU or elite ninja day and night, you will not leave the borders of Konoha unless permitted by me and only with an ANBU, you will be given the rank of jounin and trained a group of genin……and if you betray us again and try to leave, you will be killed. For now, you will be sentenced to 24 hours of solitary confinement. Are we agreed?"
The council murmured and nodded their heads.
"Alright then. Meeting dismissed."
There were many poofs of white as most of the council disappeared, Tsunade, Sasuke and Rikka staying behind.
"Uchiha Sasuke," Tsunade said, standing up. "Say hello to your guardian Shiobi:"
With a poof a white-hair man reading a book appeared beside Sasuke.
"Yo," he said, not looking away from his novel.
"Kakashi will be your guide and guardian during the day. I'm sure that introductions are not necessary."
Sasuke nodded to Kakashi, who flipped a page in his book as a response.
"Now meet Rikka. Rikka-kun, please come here," Tsunade said, motioning the ANBU over, and he did as he was told.
He and Sasuke faced off, and Sasuke wished he could see the man's expression under his fox mask.
"Rikka is our ANBU captain," Tsunade said. "Kakashi has sentry duty at night, and Rikka is taking a break from three consecutive missions at the moment, so he'll be your nighttime guard. Rikka is also partially nocturnal, so he won't nod off on the job. He doesn't fool around though, so I'd keep the sarcasm down if I were you Uchiha. I'm not responsible if he kills you."
"Hn, like he could," Sasuke said, crossing his arms. He waited for Rikka to outburst or yell at him, but he didn't. He stood there impassively with his hands in his pockets and treated Sasuke's remark as white noise.
"I'm confident that he can," Tsunade said seriously. "But now you have solitary confinement for the next 24 hours, so please follow me."
"Tsunade-sama…I want to see Naruto," Sasuke said, looking into the woman's eyes.
Tsunade shook her head.
"Not now Sasuke," she said.
"Please…I just want to know how he is rig-"
"He's fine."
Sasuke looked at Rikka, and he repeated himself.
"Naruto…he's fine."
"Ah, yes, Rikka is very close friends with Naruto," Tsunade said. "He knows Naruto better than he knows himself."
Sasuke growled a bit at the man. What was he doing with Naruto? How did he know him so well? Sasuke did not remember seeing him last time he had invaded Konoha with Otogakure. Wait…were he and Naruto together!?
Sasuke mulled over these things as he followed Tsunade, leaving his two guardian ninja behind.
Kakashi looked at Naruto as the young man moved his ANBU fox mask to the left side. His face was utterly unreadable.
"Naruto," Kakashi said. Naruto turned his eyes to look at his former sensei.
Kakashi was stunned to find them so empty.
"Daijobu desu ka?" Kakashi asked, but Naruto didn't respond. He seemed to be looked right through the white-haired man.
"Naruto!" Kakashi said, and Naruto blinked a few times.
"Nani?" he said, looking at Kakashi.
"Doushita?" Kakashi asked, concerned now.
"Nothing. I'm fine," Naruto said quietly.
"You were always bad at lying, Naruto," Kakashi said.
"Really, I'm ok…or I will be."
"If you're sure…"
"Hai."
Naruto closed the door to his bedroom and sighed.
He took off his shirt, mask and armor, leaving on his pants, and slipped back in bed next to Sai.
He looked at the man next to him, his face peaceful with his eyes shut softly and his breathing slow and steady.
Naruto wrapped his arms around Sai's middle and snuggled up to him, feeling the warmth from his body wash over his skin.
"Don't tell me you're asleep?" Naruto said, and Sai opened one eye to look down at the golden mat of hair. He smiled and ran a hand through Naruto's shimmering locks.
"I was," he said.
"I thought you weren't tired?" Naruto asked.
"I'm not. But I didn't really have anything else to do while I waited for you to return. Speaking of which, who was the missing nin?"
Naruto paused a moment, then he latched onto Sai's neck and nibbled the pale flesh there. Sai shivered and drew in a quick breath.
"No one important," Naruto said as he kissed the ashen skin, but as soon as the words came out of his mouth, Naruto felt a sharp pang in his heart.
"Naru, let's sleep. I'm sure you're tired," Sai said a bit reluctantly, when the room suddenly flipped upside-down and he saw a brief flash of gold as his lips were captured and tan hands ran up his bare chest.
It was true; Naruto was tired, but he would never leave Sai hanging like he had when he left, even if it was for a mission. And besides…Naruto wanted to forget.
He didn't want to remember Sasuke's face. It was just his imagination. He didn't want to remember his new mission to watch over the Uchiha at night. It all had to be another nightmare, and Sasuke was just biding his time before he killed him. And he especially didn't want to remember the feeling that ached in his heart when he met the handsome Uchiha's eyes…Sasuke was more breath taking than ever.
Naruto whined through the kiss when Sai didn't respond. He ran his tongue along the crease of Sai's lips, and was relieved when the man parted his lips to let Naruto's tongue swim in.
Sai placed his hands on Naruto's shoulders and pushed him back, their mouths making a smacking noise as they parted.
"Naruto," Sai said, locking eyes with him. "Something's wrong. What is it?"
"I'm fine," Naruto insisted, though his eyes told him otherwise.
"Naruto, you're eyes are both still red. Something is wrong."
Naruto abruptly put a hand over the Kyuubi seal as it pulsed red.
"Naruto! We need to take you to Tsunade!"
"I'm fine!" Naruto growled, an edge to his voice, and he crashed his lips against Sai's again.
Sai shut his eyes as Naruto kissed him harshly, digging his fingernails that had elongated to claws into his skin a bit as his whisker marks became more predominant. Sai tried to push Naruto away, feeling his enraged chakra start to seep out of his skin. Something was definitely up, and Sai had a feeling that it had to do with the Kyuubi seal.
"Kit, stop!" Kyuubi shouted to Naruto. "Stop it! What're you doing!?"
Naruto ignored Kyuubi as he moved his lips down to latch onto Sai's neck.
Sai grit his teeth and gripped the sheets below him with his fingers as Naruto's sharp canines dug into the vulnerable and thin flesh at his neck roughly, drawing blood.
"STOP! YOU'RE HURTING YOUR MATE!!!" Kyuubi cried in a last ditch effort as he reached out to Naruto's subconscious.
Sai opened his eyes, previously closed from pain, as Naruto suddenly stopped his biting and pulled away from Sai to look at him through a crimson gaze.
Naruto's right eye faded back to sparkling sky blue, and his left became less sinister though it stayed red. His claws drew back in and his whiskers became less black.
"Naruto?" Sai asked carefully, the blonde still straddling him as he looked down at him. Naruto dropped his head so that his hair covered his eyes, and suddenly something wet hit Sai's chest.
Sai reached out and cupped Naruto's face with his hands, leaning it back up to look at him. Sai's eyes widened a bit as he saw crystal tears fall down Naruto's tanned cheeks, his eyes filled with so much sorrow.
"Sai…" Naruto choked. "I-I'm so sorry…I don't know what happened."
Sai released Naruto's face as Naruto held up his hands to look at them.
"I just suddenly felt such a strong surge of enraged chakra…I couldn't control myself…" Naruto said as his tears continued.
Sai pulled Naruto down to the bed beside him and pulled him close.
"It's alright," he said softly, one hand wrapped protectively around Naruto's waist and the other stroking his hair soothingly.
Naruto put both of his hands on Sai's chest and cried silently.
"I can't believe I would-"
"You didn't," Sai cut him off. "It's not your fault. Something is going on with the Kyuubi's seal."
"I still can't-"
"Shhhh," Sai said, leaning his head down to nuzzle Naruto's neck in a fox-like manner.
"We'll go see Tsunade tomorrow for your physical and have her check things out, ne?"
Naruto nodded as his breath slowed with Sai's comforting motions. Then he remembered the harsh marks he had left on his lover's neck, and he pushed Sai back. Naruto reached up and licked at the blood on Sai's neck, clearing it away. He kissed the skin gently when he had finished.
"You might have that mark for a few days…" he said sadly, and Sai smiled.
"Let's just think of it as your mating mark for me," Sai said. He leaned down to the swollen hickey on Naruto's neck.
"I already gave you one after all," he breathed against it, and he attached his lips there.
Naruto gasped a bit and then groaned as Sai kissed and sucked at the mark, making it all the more red.
"S-Sai…" Naruto said pleadingly, and Sai went back up to capture Naruto's lips.
Sai asked Naruto for entrance to his mouth, finding it granted quickly, and he wasted no time in mapping out Naruto's mouth for the thousandth time.
Naruto ran his hands up and down Sai's chest, feeling the muscles chiseled in the ashen skin, and Sai arched into the sensational touch.
Sai rubbed his left bare leg against Naruto's, and Naruto wished that he had gotten into bed in only his boxers.
Sai moved dragged his body up Naruto's, their hards brushing briefly, and the duo moaned.
Sai kissed Naruto passionately as he slowly removed the blonde's black ANBU pants, taking the time to rub up the man's tan thigh when the article clothing had been discarded.
Naruto groaned and purred as Sai kept up the rubbing motion and kissed down Naruto's jaw line to suck lovingly at his collar bone. He gripped Sai's midnight hair, combing his fingers through the locks.
He suddenly yelped as Sai flipped him over so that his back was facing up, and Sai straddled him.
He kissed the back of Naruto's neck tenderly as he ran his hands up and down the utterly smooth and sun-kissed back and defined shoulder blades.
"Mmm..mm! Sai…" Naruto hummed, purring loudly.
Sai hooked his thumbs onto the back of Naruto's boxers, nibbling and nuzzling his golden neck.
"Neh…Sai, we can't- mmmm…I can't show up walking weird to Tsunade tomo- Nnmmm!" Naruto groaned as Sai's hot tongue darted out to lap at the skin on his neck affectionately, and Sai made a noise low in his throat that Naruto had taught him foxes made when with their mates.
Naruto buried his face in his pillow as he quieted a loud whine of pleasure, but Sai took the pillow and lifted it a bit so that Naruto couldn't cover his mouth with it.
"It's alright koi," Sai purred into Naruto's neck. "I don't mid if you make noise."
Sai returned to his kissing, and he slipped his hands down Naruto's boxers, kneading his bare hips with the heels of his palms. He made the low rippling noise in his throat again, and Naruto could feel it reverberate through his body.
"Nnnnn…hah….Sai," Naruto gasped.
Sai moved his hand from Naruto's hips back up to his waist and down again, nibbling the flesh on the back of Naruto's neck.
Naruto blushed hard (though it went unnoticed by his already flushed face) as he let out a loud groan and panted Sai's name a few times.
Sai turned Naruto over again, crashing their lips together with passion before it slowed down to become tender, and then feather light.
Sai moved off of his straddling position on the blonde and slipped under the covers next to him, pulling him close and wrapping his arms around his waist.
"Goodnight Naruto," Sai said, placing a kiss on his flushed partner's forehead. "Aishiteru."
Naruto smiled as he rested his head in the crook of Sai's neck and snuggled up to him.
"Aishiteru."
I have the most excellent poll in the world now…mwahahaha!
Who should Naruto's "first time" be with? Sai or Sasuke? VOTE PEOPLE! –lightning in background—
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