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July 2nd, still the eighth week
Shifting for the umpteenth time in the last hour, Sasuke smacked his pillow and growled. He was frustrated.
After a decent work out, Sasuke went home. He showered and dressed, ate a light lunch of some rice and vegetables and immediately went out to buy cardboard boxes and tape. He had spent the rest of his day packing. It was mostly clothes and books, some kitchen appliances. Before he knew it, he had packed half of the apartment. Deciding to stop, Sasuke had made himself dinner and started to work on Kyoko's seal.
Since he had seen the seal with his Sharingan and thus, remembered every detail of it. He already had Naruto's seal down in memory and could easily spot the differences between them. Sasuke took a blank scroll and brush, drawing out both seals onto it in perfect detail. Once he finished drawing, them he took to spotting each difference in the seals, writing down what they were. When he was working on the seal, for the baby, Sasuke had memorized a great deal of symbols on Naruto's seal and saw many of the same components on Kyoko's. He could tell which ones were weak and for some, Sasuke could barely make out what they actually were. It looked like the seal tattooed on her skin had just cracked apart and flaked off.
Sasuke had asked Naruto to get scrolls with ways of how to fix a weak seal and he was pretty sure a way to repaint the seals together would be in there. Once he figured out most of what he needed to do to stabilize the base of it he rolled the scroll up and set it in a box that was filled with others. He would know what needed to be fixed and repaired but he didn't know how it all worked in the end, the seal as a whole was too complex for the small amount of time he had spent studying it. As of now he needed to know what needed to be fixed, everything else could wait. After that, he got into bed and lay there, waiting for sleep to come but it never did. Two hours later, well past midnight, Sasuke was lying there, punching his pillow because sleep would not come.
Realizing that he wasn't going to fall asleep any time soon, Sasuke got up and went to bathroom. Just lying in bed not being asleep made him need to relieve himself. Walking into the bathroom, he didn't bother turning on the light, his eyes already adjusted to the dark.
As he was doing his business, he heard the door unlock and open. Sasuke could feel Naruto's presence and continued doing his business. He heard the blonde shuffle around outside of the bathroom then silence followed by more shuffling. From the corner of his eye, Sasuke saw a dark figure in the doorway of the bathroom, coming closer. Glancing at Naruto, Sasuke immediately looked away again, finishing his business. Warm arms wrapped around him, a body pressing up against his backside. Breath tickled the hair on the back of Sasuke's neck and hands slide down the Uchiha's arms.
"I'm home." Naruto's voice whispered into the Uchiha's ear. A tingling sensation travelled down Sasuke's spine as he finished his business and readjusted himself, Naruto's arms moving with him. It was only when he moved to flush the toilet that Naruto let go, standing behind the shorter man and waiting for him to finish washing his hands. Once said Uchiha was done, he walked out of the bathroom, Naruto following close behind.
"Why so quiet?" Sasuke asked. He slid back into bed, leaving the covers open for Naruto but no second person made the bed dip. Slightly irritated by the lack of his human pillow, Sasuke turned around and looked up at Naruto's figure.
"I had to kill someone today." Naruto muttered. The reason he hadn't immediately gotten in bed with his lover was that he was taking off his shirt. Tossing it to the floor, the blonde dropped his pants and stepped out of them before finally getting into the bed.
"You alright?" At this point, Sasuke could see Naruto's eyes and was glad to see that there was no ring of red anywhere to be seen. The blonde scooted close to Sasuke until Sasuke was forced to move his head off the pillow and onto Naruto's chest.
"I'll be okay…if you tell me you love me." Naruto gave a small hopeful smile in the dark and Sasuke lifted his head almost immediately to kiss the blonde's slightly chapped lips.
"I love you." Sasuke gave Naruto a chaste kiss.
"Tell me again." The blonde leaned forward for another kiss. Sasuke let himself be kissed again, their lips brushing against each other.
"I love you," He whispered again through the kiss. "I missed you." Sasuke moved his head and pressed his lips against the blonde's and felt Naruto's tongue reach out, trying to deepen the kiss. Almost immediately, Sasuke broke the kiss and pressed his face into the slightly sweaty crook of the blonde's neck.
The blonde didn't pursue Sasuke's lips, he quietly sighed and held the Uchiha tighter. Naruto could be patient and this was better than being ignored. "I see you got some packing done, did you get everything else figured out?" Naruto asked. Sasuke inhaled quietly and stretched out, his eyelids beginning to feel very heavy.
"Mhm," Sasuke sighed. "The Hokage took care of the electricity and the landlord though." He looked up at Sasuke, resting his head on Naruto's chest. Sasuke watched as Naruto's facial expression went from confused to incredulous.
"That old hag did that?" Naruto asked. "She must have pissed you off, right?" He looked down and smiled. Sasuke made a disgruntled face and looked down, rubbing his cheek on Naruto's warm skin.
"Let's just say I wasn't happy walking in or out of her office this morning." Sasuke muttered. He felt Naruto's chest fall and rise in quick succession, silently laughing. "Not funny." Sasuke grumbled. He closed his eyes and yawned.
"Of course, not funny." Naruto iterated. The grin was in his voice and Sasuke squeezed his eyes shut. "When do you want to move all our stuff into the compound?"
Naruto's arm wrapped Sasuke's shoulder tighter. "I asked them to turn on the electricity in a week. We can move most of our stuff a little each day and be completely moved in by the end of the week." Sasuke muttered. "Now go to sleep Dobe, we can finish talking tomorrow."
"Thank you, Teme." Naruto shifted one last time as Sasuke grunted softly in acknowledgment. Both males drifted off to sleep easily, lying contentedly in each other's arms.
July 9th, the ninth week
Seven days passed by quickly, Naruto left for day long missions, sometimes getting back early in the afternoon to help Sasuke pack things up or run them over to the compound.
On the seventh day, Naruto had left Sasuke to clean up after another bout of morning sickness to see if he could get anyone to help him and Sasuke move the rest of their furniture. As soon as Sasuke had dressed and brushed his teeth, Naruto was opening the door with someone in tow. Walking out of the bathroom, Sasuke was immediately attacked by a person with bright pink hair. Sakura made an excited squealing sound and then let go, realizing she had reverted back to her old ways.
"Sasuke! It's been so long since I've seen you! Why do you never come visit me?" She smiled teasingly and backed off, looking up at the Uchiha.
"You see me now don't you?" Sasuke motioned to the apartment. "I've been busy cleaning out this apartment while Naruto goes out with you." Giving the blonde a look, Sakura turned her head to see the blonde shrug his shoulders sheepishly.
"What can I say? I gotta get out of the house, can't stand to be around you all the time." Naruto walked right up to the Uchiha, wrapped an arm around said males waste and planted a deep kiss on his lips.
Sasuke let himself be kissed and when Naruto pulled back, Sasuke stepped out of the blonde's embrace and walked over to Sakura. "I don't know Usuratonkachi, I might just leave you if you keep talking like that. See if I can get Sakura to take me back." Naruto watched with a smile on his face and raised eyebrows. Sasuke turned to give Naruto a smirk, Sakura looked up and Sasuke leaned down to kiss her cheek gently. Straightening back up, Sasuke saw Sakura blushing lightly, Naruto frowning childishly.
"Jealous?" The Uchiha asked. Naruto looked over to Sakura who had put a hand over her cheek and was looking between her two friends. Walking back over to Naruto, he wrapped his arms around the blonde's shoulder.
"No," Naruto couldn't hold back a lopsided grin as he looked into Sasuke's eyes. "You can't leave me, you love me." Sasuke raised his eyebrows mockingly, cocking his head to the side by just a fraction.
"Hn." Sasuke muttered quietly. Just as he was about to lean up to kiss the blonde again, Sakura coughed. Sasuke and Naruto stood still for a moment, remembering that she had been there the whole time. Finally, Naruto allowed Sasuke to pull away, both of them glancing to the pink haired chuunin.
"You guys have really come a long way since," She hesitated, knowing that saying the wrong thing could easily put both of them in a tense mood. "Since we were younger." She smiled softly. Naruto grinned back happily but Sasuke looked away, staring off into space. Sakura saw this and hoped she hadn't brought unwanted memories back.
"Well, lets get to moving the rest of this furniture out of here!" Naruto turned and gave Sasuke a small peck on the cheek, bringing the Uchiha out of his thoughts abruptly. "Sakura, can you take the coffee table while Sasuke and I grab the couch?" Sakura nodded, demurely looking at Sasuke to see his reactions. The Uchiha kept a stony face and moved the far end of the couch. Using some of her chakra enhanced strength, Sakura picked up the coffee table and held it under her arm and moved out of the way of Sasuke and Naruto.
"On three," Naruto grinned and leaned down, Sasuke doing the same. "One, two, three!" Naruto called out. On three, both of them lifted the couch with ease. "Got it, Sasuke?" The blonde asked.
"Yeah," Sasuke responded with a light grunt. Working together, they followed Sakura outside of their apartment and started going down the steps. "Be careful, Dobe." Sasuke told the blonde as they started descending the stairs.
"I got it, I got it." Naruto called out. Sakura watched at the bottom of the staircase as they carefully came down. As soon as both of them were on the ground floor, the three started walking towards the Uchiha compound. "So Sakura," Naruto started, he looked over at the pink haired chuunin but Sasuke pushed the couch into the blondes' back. "Ow, Teme!"
"Huh?" Sakura asked.
"Nothing." Sasuke answered before Naruto could answer. Sakura rolled her eyes and gave Naruto an expectant look.
"We want you to move into the compound when we clean it out." Naruto burst out with excitement. Sasuke rolled his eyes as Sakura blinked, surprised.
"Seriously?" She looked over to Sasuke to see if Naruto was telling the truth.
"We talked about it, yeah!" Naruto went on, smiling. Sasuke looked up at Naruto and then nodded to Sakura.
"Nothing more than one conversation. The idiot is getting ahead of himself." Sasuke muttered. Sakura looked back to Naruto who shrugged and smiled sheepishly.
"If you guys do decide to open the compound up I'd be more than willing to pay rent. You'd guys get lonely in there all by yourselves right?" Sakura winked at Naruto before smiling at Sasuke.
"See Sasuke, she'd even pay rent." Naruto released a childish giggle only to be stopped by the armrest of the couch digging into his back. "Oh, come on Sasuke!" Naruto looked back still grinning.
"You'd have to do all the cleaning." Sasuke raised his eyebrow, challenging the blonde. Naruto looked up to the sky, thinking about it for a minute. Dozens of people were walking down the street, half of them moving out of the way to avoid the idiot who wasn't looking where he was going.
"You won't help?" Naruto asked. Sasuke shook his head and hefted the couch in his arms again. Not even a second went by before Naruto responded, still grinning. "Then I don't mind, I'd get to search for pictures of you when you were younger." The couches armrest rammed into Naruto's back for a third time.
"Geez, abusive much, Sasuke?" Sakura joked.
"He's a big boy, he can handle it." Sasuke smirked as they turned a corner, the Uchiha compound coming into view.
"I know exactly how to handle it." Naruto winked at Sakura as they approached the compound's closed doors. As soon as they stood in front of the locked doors Sasuke dropped the couch on his side. This caught Naruto off guard and he jumped away from the couch, letting it collapse on the ground with a loud thud.
Sakura gently set the coffee table she was holding up right and leaned on it. "So how does this work?" She asked, looking at the blurry looking wall. Sasuke followed her gaze.
"Not yet, we still have to get the kitchen table and chairs. Can you stay here while Naruto and I get them?" Sasuke asked. Sakura stepped around the table and collapsed onto the old sagging couch.
"Fine, I'll just lay here and take a nap." Sakura waved at Naruto and Sasuke. "Go on, get back here quick so I can see where you guys are going to be living!" Naruto grabbed Sasuke's hand and pulled the Uchiha back down the street.
"Bye Sakura! We'll be back in like ten minutes!" Naruto called out. Sasuke didn't bother looking back as he was pulled down a busy street.
"We have to leave the keys under the welcome mat for the landlord." Sasuke walked fast enough to catch up to the blonde, then walked side by side, with their hands intertwined.
"Yeah, yeah." Naruto smiled and hummed some random tune off key. The walk back was quick; Naruto made several clones and picked up the chairs and table. Sasuke rolled his eyes and flicked the real Naruto's forehead.
"Usuratonkachi, what was the point of asking Sakura to help us if you just makes clones?" The Uchiha asked. All of the clones grinned, one of them holding chairs walked up to Sasuke and kissed him on the cheek.
"Because I like being able to spend time with you and my friends. Besides, I made a deal that I would do the moving if you did the unpacking." Naruto replied. Sasuke rolled his eyes and picked a key up from the table as it was being carried past him.
"Tch, Dobe." Sasuke followed the clones out, shutting the apartment door behind him and locking it. Slipping the key under the mat, Sasuke followed the clones down the stairs and back into the street. The Uchiha wasn't sending waves of moodiness or grouchiness but he was set in a funky silence that Naruto couldn't leave alone.
"I was being serious about letting Sakura move in." The real Naruto walked side by side with Sasuke, glancing over at him. "It's too quiet in there." Sasuke sighed.
"I want to clean the compound out first," Sasuke started. "If we undo the barrier the whole place would be open to anyone. Besides, we still haven't fixed that little problem I found."
Naruto furrowed his eyebrows in confusion. "What problem?" Sasuke rolled his eyes.
"The problem I found out about during the chuunin exam, idiot." Punching the blonde gently in the shoulder. "The problem that needs you to keep your temper under control." Suddenly Naruto's expression brightened.
"Oh, that problem!" The blonde exclaimed. "Yeah, I felt her on my way to get Sakura." Sasuke gave him a quick, serious look. "Don't worry, as soon as I felt her she must have felt me. She bolted and before I could figure out why she was running, I couldn't feel her anymore."
"She moved out of range for you to sense her. Good, she knows how to stop from you two inadvertently letting all hell break loose." Sasuke muttered. "We can't take down the barrier until we've fixed that problem."
"Okay, but after that, we can let Sakura move into the compound?" Naruto asked. They were getting closer to the compound.
"Yes." Sasuke muttered.
"And can we tell her about the you-know-what?" Sasuke looked over to the clone that had proposed the question. Instead of saying what he was talking about, the clone pointedly looked down to Sasuke's stomach and then back up, down to Sasuke's stomach and back up again.
"Yes." The Uchiha grudgingly responded.
"Kakashi and Iruka can move in too, right?" A clone asked. Sasuke turned to look at the clone.
"Even Rock Lee can move in if it would make you happy." Sasuke nodded and turned back to the real Naruto. All of the clones wore the same, happy expression as they turned the corner. Even Sasuke's moodiness seemed to dissipate along with the goofy smiles he was getting. From where Sasuke and Naruto were, they could see someone with long, shaggy brown hair sitting next to Sakura on the couch. It took a few more steps before the clones all called out excitedly.
"Kiba!" Multiple Naruto voices called out. Kiba and Sakura both turned their heads at the sound of Naruto's collective voices. As they came closer, Kiba and Sakura stood up, both smiling.
"Naruto, Sasuke!" Kiba called out. "I haven't seen you guys in ages." As they got closer, the real Naruto set the chairs down and gave Kiba a hug.
"You know how it is, that old hag keeps everyone busy." Naruto chuckled. The rest of the clones set the chairs down and Sasuke went over to the doors of the compound, set on opening it. "And when I get a free day off, this Teme over here is going to have me me cleaning in there!" Naruto pointed to the door.
"Oi! Sasuke!" Kiba grinned devilishly. "You can't keep my buddy in there all the time, he's not your slave!" Sasuke looked back and smirked. He opened the door and walked back to the others.
"Dobe, you want to keep having sex?" Sasuke asked. All the clones looked up, eyes wide in shock.
"Yes!" All the clones exclaimed at once.
"Then stop complaining to others and get the furniture into the compound." Sasuke moved to pick up the couch only to have a clone set down the chairs and nudge the Uchiha away from the couch.
"Damn," Kiba muttered as the clones started moving the furniture into the compound. "You really do have him wrapped around your finger." Both Sakura and Sasuke grinned.
"Yeah, but Naruto can get his way if he really wanted to." Sakura picked up the table again and watched as Kiba and Naruto's clone picked up the couch while Sasuke picked up a stack of chairs.
They walked into the compound, the clones starting to run ahead. Not thinking about it, Sasuke walked close to Kiba, leading the group in the right direction. "So where's Akamaru? And Hinata and Shino?" One of Naruto's clones asked.
"Akamaru is with my older sister for a checkup, Shino and Hinata are on a mission together with Kurenai-sensei. They didn't need a tracker so I got the day off." Kiba answered, grinning. "I saw Sakura sitting out there on the couch so I decided to see what she was up to." The clones all nodded. Suddenly, Kiba frowned, wrinkling his nose before looking over to Sasuke. The Uchiha immediately felt nervous, shifting the chairs in his grip.
"Hey Sasuke," Kiba called out. Sasuke glanced over, glaring ever so slightly at the dog lover as he felt Naruto's eyes jerk over to the two. Sakura turned her head as well, curious as to what Kiba was going to say. "I know you've been cleaning up the compound, which is why you smell like dust but there's this other smell, it's going to sound weird but, you smell like, a little like a pregnant woman." Kiba sheepishly looked at Sasuke, watching the Uchiha's expressionless face.
"Uh," Naruto started softly. He looked at his lover with wide, worried eyes.
"Oh, that's probably my fault, Kiba," Sakura spoke up. "I've been working in the maternity ward for a while. Tsunade wants me to learn about it, anyway, I sort of jumped Sasuke when I saw him. The smell must have worn off on him a little bit." Sakura smiled sheepishly and shrugged her shoulders.
Naruto watched with hesitancy as Kiba looked over to Sakura and then back at Sasuke. "Yeah, it's a weird kind of smell so I guess it did." Kiba relented. Naruto smiled in relief and hoisted the couch higher. "Hey! Be careful Naruto, you're going to make me drop this couch."
"Sorry, Kiba." Naruto called out and looked over to the Uchiha, winking at him when the Uchiha looked back. Sasuke rolled his eyes and turned down the street, the clones all outside his grandparents' house, his new home.
"You guys are going to live there?" Sakura asked in awe. "It's so big compared to your guys' apartment." As they got closer the clones ran up, took the table from Sakura, the chairs from Sasuke and the other half of the couch from Kiba.
"Yeah, this was Sasuke's grandparents house. I'm hoping he missed some pictures in there." Naruto jumped forward and wrapped his arm around the Uchiha's shoulder.
"That would be nice, to see Sasuke when he was younger." Sakura tapped her pointer finger to her cheek and looked over at her friends with a smile. "Let's search the house!"
Naruto lit up in excitement and Kiba let out a bark of laughter. Sasuke rolled his eyes and watched as the clones move the table and couch into the house. "Let's do it!" Naruto yelled.
"I don't think I'll be any help, this whole place smells like dust and I'll be sneezing all over the place." Kiba rubbed his nose and watched Sasuke and Naruto in curiosity.
Sasuke reached over to Naruto's side and pinched it harshly. Naruto immediately cried out and jumped away from the Uchiha, holding his side. "Teme!" Naruto whined. He gave Sasuke a scared, slightly freaked out look and rubbed his side.
"That's for if you find anything." Sasuke smirked and motioned towards the house. Naruto immediately brightened up again and looked over to Sakura and Kiba.
"Come on guys! Sasuke, my clones will help you unpack!" Naruto started running up to the front porch, Kiba and Sakura quickly following behind. Sasuke came pulling up the rear, hoping that he had been thorough enough in his lack of finding anything. Walking into the house, followed by several clones, Sasuke looked around and saw the trio was nowhere to be found. Moving into the living room, Sasuke found the couch and coffee table set in the middle of the room, a few boxes stacked in a far corner.
"What are you going to do if they find anything?" One of the clones asked. Sasuke glanced over at the clone, sitting down in front of the boxes and felt the clone's crowd around him.
"I'll take care of it." Sasuke ominously muttered. He took a kunai and slid it across the top of the box, tearing the tape in two. Opening the box and taking the items out, Sasuke waited for the clones to help out but they sat and kneeled beside him, watching. After half the box was empty, Sasuke looked over to the closest clone and handed him a bubble wrapped alarm clock. "Help out." The Uchiha commanded. He turned back to the box, expecting tan hands to reach in the box as well but none ever did. Instead of unwrapping the alarm clock, the clone set it down and leaned close to the Uchiha. Hot breath ghosted across pale skin and Sasuke stopped mid reach inside the box, mouth opening slightly.
"What if we kept you busy with, things?" Another clone came up behind the dark haired male and leaned over him, chest pressed up against Sasuke's back. Hands pressed against Sasuke's sides, the first clone leaning over to kiss Sasuke's neck softly.
"What kind of things?" Sasuke whispered. He took his hands out of the box, pushing it away slowly. The clones didn't answer; another clone's lips found their way to Sasuke's neck and started placing butterfly kisses wherever he could find skin.
Hands slipped up Sasuke's shirt and tickled his sensitive spots. Inhaling loud enough to be a gasp, Sasuke closed his eyes and leaned back into the touch. "Oh, you know," A clone whispered into Sasuke's ear. "Some fun, breaking in the rest of the rooms in the house."
"Mh, wouldn't that be fun." Sasuke sighed. The clones started to grow more certain, kisses traveling across Sasuke's neck faster and Sasuke released another quiet sigh. Suddenly, Sasuke opened his eyes wide and pushed the clones away, standing up quickly. Before the clones could say or do anything, Kiba casually walked into the room, looking around. Once he saw the Uchiha, he grinned and motioned behind him.
"They found some things in the attic, Naruto is ecstatic." Kiba rolled his eyes as Sasuke tensed and rushed past the dog boy. Said dog boy looked over to the clones and raised an eyebrow.
"You really can't keep your hands to yourselves can you?" Kiba asked. The clones all grinned, a few even had the gall to raise their hands and scratch the back of their heads. Sasuke, on the other hand, was rushing down the hallway. Seeing the stairs pulled out of the ceiling, he climbed up them and immediately spotted Naruto and Sakura sitting on a dusty bench at the far end of the attic. The two were pouring their attention over an old album sitting in the blonde's lap.
"Aw, look at him, so cute!" Sakura was practically squealing over the photo album and Naruto was grinning like a madman. Quickly making his way towards them, Sasuke took note of the pictures they were looking at and immediately tried to pull the album out of the blonde's grasp. Naruto tightened his grip and leaned backwards, lifting his feet to push Sasuke away.
"No, Sasuke! Go away! We found it fair and square so let us look at it!" Naruto grinned and made Sasuke lean forward, bending at the waist as he tried to snatch the album away.
"Give me that, Dobe!" Sasuke tried to step around the blonde's legs and get closer but Naruto was too quick, he moved his legs accordingly and leaned so far back he was nearly parallel to the ground.
"Look, look!" Naruto cried out excitedly as he turned a page in the album. "He's naked in this one!" Sakura leaned back to look at the picture, smiling at it before looking up at Sasuke.
"Don't be embarrassed Sasuke, you were adorable when you were younger." Sakura smiled brightly as Sasuke's expression grew more agitated. The Uchiha's attempts to retrieve the album grew more intense, causing Naruto to lose his balance and fall backwards onto the floor. Sasuke followed closely behind.
"Whoa!" Naruto yelled in surprise as he fell, watching Sasuke topple onto him as they both reached their hands over their heads. The blonde landed on his back with a loud sound but Sasuke was much more graceful in his fall, catching himself with one hand and his knees as he reached for the album.
"Dobe!" Sasuke yelled. They scuffled on the floor, Naruto trying to keep the album out of reach and Sasuke attempting to grab it. Naruto was careful to avoid Sasuke's stomach and made sure he was still. Suddenly, the book was pulled out of Naruto's grip and lifted into the air.
Both men stopped fighting to look up, staring at their pink haired friend and teammate. Sakura opened the book and started to walk away, grinning happily. "You know," the pink haired ninja started. "I think I should show this to Ino, she would get a big kick out of it."
"You won't be able to get out of the compound with it!" Naruto yelled. He immediately wrapped his arms around the man on top of him and held him down, their foreheads touching. Sasuke let Naruto hold him close, he couldn't see Sakura but he heard her walk down the ladder. "I'm going to show Kiba this, there was too much dust for him to come up here." She called out.
"Fine!" Naruto called out. The blonde was grinning from ear to ear as he leaned upwards and gave Sasuke a quick peck on the lips. "Forgive me?" He asked. Sasuke blinked and set his head down on Naruto's shoulder.
"Yeah, just don't go putting them up around the house. I'll kill you then." Sasuke threatened lightly. Naruto kissed Sasuke on the top of his head and lowered his arms, comfortingly holding the Uchiha.
"There were pictures of you and Itachi, I didn't want you to get sad." Naruto told his lover softly. Sasuke's reaction was predictable, tensing up followed by silence.
"I'll look at them later." Sasuke finally muttered. Before silence could fall upon them for an indefinite period of time, Naruto jerked underneath Sasuke. His bright blue eyes widened and he looked down at Sasuke surprised.
"Why did Kiba have to ruin my moment?" The blonde cried out. Rolling the two over, Naruto leaned over the Uchiha and ground his hips into Sasuke's. "We were getting to the good part." Sasuke watched the devilish grin spread over Naruto's features.
"What are you talking about Dobe?" Sasuke asked too innocently. He knew exactly what Naruto was talking about.
"Downstairs, Sakura just dispelled my clones for making a mess of things. I sort of started unpacking everything." Naruto leaned down and placed a soft kiss on Sasuke's lips. When Naruto pulled away, Sasuke followed. Catching the blonde into another soft kiss, moving his lips to suck on the other's lower lip.
"You? Unpacking? That certainly wasn't happening when I was down there." Sasuke full out grinned when Naruto chuckled as he rolled off the Uchiha.
"Which is why it started happening once you left," Naruto stood up and leaned over, holding out a hand for Sasuke to take. He took it gratefully, hoisting himself up. "Now let's go get that album back before Sakura has a chance to get away with it." The two stepped out of attic, Naruto folding the ladder up so the entrance to the attic was hidden in the ceiling. Sasuke was already walking down the hallway, looking for Sakura and Kiba.
"Hey guys!" Naruto called out as he ran down the hallway to catch up with Sasuke, then slid past him as he looked for their friends. "I know my clones made a mess but you don't have to clean it up, Sasuke and I have all day-" Naruto stopped short as he went into the living room, mouth gaping at something Sasuke couldn't see. "Wait, wait! Don't open that!"
Naruto ran into the room and Sasuke picked up his pace to see what they were getting into that Naruto didn't want them to see. "What's inside of it Naruto?" Sasuke could hear Sakura ask. Before Sasuke could get to the living room, Naruto was running back down the hallway with a large cardboard box in his arms.
The lid of the box was flapping in the air as Naruto ran, winking at Sasuke as he passed him. Getting into the living room, Sasuke saw Sakura looking at Kiba with wide eyes and starting to blush. When Sakura looked up to see Sasuke watching her, her blush deepened and she looked away as Kiba turned to see the Uchiha walk into the room. Instead of being embarrassed the dog lover waggled his eyebrows and kept grinning.
It wasn't hard to see the connection between the cardboard box and their expressions. Kiba could smell it and Sasuke wanted to roll his eyes in exasperation but inwardly he was sweating in relief. Maybe it was a good thing Naruto had wanted to put all the prenatal pills and books about pregnancy in with the condoms and lube they had. "Well this has been fun but I have to go," Kiba scratched his nose and stood up, stretching. "My sis' and Akamaru are probably wondering where I am."
"Yeah I have to go to, house chores aren't going to do themselves." Sakura stood up to just as Naruto came bounding back into the room.
"What? You guys are leaving already?" The blonde whined. Sasuke gave him a light punch on the shoulder, lips twitching upwards in a smirk.
"You can't expect them to spend a whole day with you Dobe, you aren't genin anymore." Sasuke motioned for Sakura and Kiba to follow him out, Naruto naturally following the Uchiha out of the house.
"Yeah, yeah, Teme, whatever you say." Naruto said once they were out of the house, Sakura came out last and Naruto crowded around her, towering over her shorter frame with his hands on his hips. "Gimme the album, Sakura." Sasuke and Kiba turned around to watch the interaction.
Sakura smiled sweetly and tilted her head in mock confusion. "I don't know what you're talking about." Naruto moved his hands and reached behind Sakura's back. Immediately Sakura shifted and Naruto was practically trying to get around the pink haired woman to grab what she was holding behind her back.
"Come on Sakura! Give it to me!" Naruto called out. Sakura turned around moved off the porch with Naruto following her, the door to the house still open. As soon as Sakura was close enough, Sasuke reached out and plucked the album from the pinkette's hands, holding it up for the blonde to see.
"Hey! That isn't fair!" Sakura yelled. She turned around and gave Sasuke a pout. Naruto, on the other hand, gave an exclamation of victory. Holding the album over Sakura's head, Sasuke passed it off to Naruto who returned the porch and set it down inside the house before shutting the door.
"Life isn't fair Sakura, especially when you have these two working against you." Kiba grinned and Sakura just crossed her arms over her chest, pouting.
"Yep, me and Sasuke are unstoppable!" Naruto called out happily. Jumping back down from the porch, the blonde wrapped his arm around Sasuke's shoulder and the four headed back to the entrance to the compound.
"Against a girl." Kiba snickered as they walked down the street. Naruto gave the dog lover a pointed look and didn't respond to the comment.
"Sakura isn't an ordinary girl." Sasuke was the first to reply to Kiba. This earned a sideway glance from the pink haired ninja. Knowing that Sasuke was teetering on the edge of Sakura's good side, Naruto intervened.
"Right, Sakura is an amazing girl." Naruto looked over at Sakura with a bright smile. Sakura rolled her eyes but smiled all the same. They turned the corner, the gate coming into view.
"Thanks guys, I feel so special." Sakura sarcastically responded. When they got to the gate, Sasuke unlocked it and opened it as Kiba and Sakura said goodbye.
"On our next day off, we should do a little training with Kakashi or something. But tonight we should go to Ichiraku's. You shouldn't spend all your free time unpacking, it can't be healthy for you." Sakura smiled and Kiba gave Naruto a high five.
"For sure!" Naruto smiled. Sasuke nodded his head in approval.
"Yeah man, you two totally need to get out and see the world every once in a while." Kiba nodded to Sasuke and walked away, waving at Naruto and Sasuke.
"I'll try to convince the bastard but you know how stubborn he can be." Naruto winked at Sakura and waved goodbye, Sasuke nodded to the pink haired ninja who was walking backwards, smiling at them.
When Sakura turned around, Sasuke resealed the gate and Naruto closed it. "We going back to unpack or are we gonna…?" The blonde trailed off. He wiggled his eyebrows suggestively only to have Sasuke roll his eyes and turn away from him.
"Hey, Sasuke! Wait up!" Naruto called out. He jogged a little until he was right next to the Uchiha and slipped his hand into Sasuke's, "So what are we going to do?" The blonde asked.
"We're going to introduce you to the Uchiha bloodline." Sasuke answered.
"Wait, what?" Naruto asked. Sasuke looked over with a smirk.
"You'll see." Sasuke ominously replied. He turned around and grabbed Naruto's hand, walking towards the door. Sasuke in led the blonde deeper into the Uchiha compound.
"I don't think I like the sound of that Sasuke, what are you going to do to me?" Naruto asked. Gently squeezing Sasuke's hand, Naruto looked over for any kind of information Sasuke would give.
"You obviously have seen the barrier right?" Sasuke asked. "It can only be opened by someone from the Uchiha clan."
"Yeah, I remember." Naruto nodded and swung their connected hands up in the air. "So what does that have to do with where you're taking me?" The blonde asked.
"I'm taking you to the place where the seal of the barrier is located, we're going to add your blood to it so you can open and seal the compound just like I can." Sasuke glanced over at Naruto.
Said blonde was looking into the distance, staring at nothing with his mouth open as he tried to understand what Sasuke had just said. "Okay." Naruto slowly replied. He swung his hand high and held it to his lips, kissing the back of Sasuke's hand gently. "Whatever you want, Teme."
"Mhm," Sasuke sighed and pulled Naruto around another corner. "When we're done we can do what you wanted to do." Naruto lit up immediately at this and grinned.
"Then let's get this show on the road!" Naruto grinned and let Sasuke pull him into a courtyard that was connected to a house. Sasuke led Naruto to the middle of the courtyard and stopped where the free space opened into a circle of evenly spaced benches.
Stepping into the circle, Sasuke pulled Naruto into the middle of it and held out the blonde's hand as he pulled a kunai out and handed it to the blonde. "We only need a drop or two, just give me a minute." Sasuke stooped down, scraped away gravel and pebbles, revealing a glass circle. Below the glass circle was the earth, a seal underneath it. The glass circle fit perfectly into the ground and without the gravel Naruto would never have noticed it. Sasuke carefully picked up the glass and set it aside before standing back up.
"There, just let a drop of it fall on top of the seal." Sasuke stepped back and sighed. Naruto was looking at the kunai, the seal and then finally at Sasuke. Something seemed off to the blonde but it wasn't just the seal.
"It's so small, how does it do so much?" The blonde asked. Sasuke gave a lopsided grin and stepped closer to Naruto again.
"This is just the part of the seal where the changes dictate what the shield does. The rest of the seal covers every inch of the compound, underneath the ground." Sasuke gently took one of Naruto's hands by the wrist and slipped his fingers into the blonde's free hand.
"No kidding? Your family went a long way to protect this place." Naruto murmured. Swinging their free hands a little, Naruto smiled and brought their hands closer to the kunai, the tan skin coming to rest against it gently.
"They wanted to be sure that," Sasuke hesitated. "Their future, their children were safe." Naruto nodded, finally feeling the situation's intensity.
"I see." Naruto leaned forward and kissed Sasuke on the lips. Pressing the kunai against his skin, breaking it. Naruto could feel the blood slide down his skin, dripping to the ground as the wound resealed with a tingling sensation. Sasuke broke away from the kiss and looked down, he could see the drop of blood that had fallen onto the seal. He kneeled down and replaced the glass case, pushing gravel back over it.
"So what does that do?" Naruto asked curiously. Sasuke stood up again and grabbed the blonde's hand, checking the already healed wound.
"This barrier reacts to anyone whose blood it has, now that it has yours, you'll be able to open and close the seal like me. You won't need me to do it anymore." Sasuke gave a small smile and sighed in relief. Naruto chuckled and wrapped his arms around the Uchiha's waist, pulling him close. Slipping the kunai into Sasuke's pouch simultaneously.
"It's like getting keys to your house," Naruto grinned and felt the mood lighten up considerably. "You think I can bring my toothbrush and a change of clothes with me?" This made Sasuke roll his eyes and chuckle as the blonde pulled him into another kiss. Letting Naruto sweep him off his feet, Sasuke was tilted backwards, the blonde's arms holding him up as he was given a sweet kiss. Naruto's lips were quirked in a grin.
"If you didn't then I'd guess you'd have to borrow some of mine." Sasuke was trying to keep a grin off his face as Naruto leaned down for another, deeper kiss. When Naruto pulled Sasuke up and broke the kiss, he took hold of Sasuke's hand and gently pressed his hand against Sasuke's abdomen.
"Your clothes will be a little to big for me don't you think?" Naruto asked.
"Are you calling me fat?" Sasuke asked. He pulled away from the blonde, frowning up at him as his mood did a complete 180. Immediately, Naruto went into recovery mode, attempting to save the quickly dying atmosphere.
"N-no!" Naruto raised his eyebrows and contorted his face into an apologetic expression. "I'm just saying that you're going to need looser clothes cause the baby is getting bigger!" Sasuke had continued to frown at the blonde, making Naruto drop his hand as Sasuke narrowed his eyes angrily.
"Dobe, you just called me fat." Sasuke angrily bit out. Turning around, Sasuke stormed out of the courtyard, leaving Naruto to follow behind him.
"Teme, come back! You aren't fat!" Naruto called out. Sasuke didn't stop, didn't even turn around to look at Naruto. Put out, the blonde slowed down and huffed angrily. "Damn bastard and stupid pregnancy hormones."
"I heard that, Usuratonkachi!" Sasuke called out. He didn't bother looking back. "You can forget about having sex." The Uchiha turned around this time, watching Naruto's expression go from sour to downright horror.
"No! Anything but that!" Naruto cried out. He started running to catch up to the Uchiha.