Chapter Two

Land of Fire- Seven Years later

Dediera sighed, he loved coming to this place. Though he was warned about how dangerous it could be. Today he would explore, and hope he didn't get caught. He had yet to come across the beings that lived in Konah.

Dediera looked left, then right as he was about to take a step he heard a voice behind him.

"And what do you think you are doing?" Kakashi asked. He had to hide his chuckle. Dediera froze, one foot in the air, then slowly turned and looked at Kakashi with a gulp.

"Well, I, Uh, you know, how are you Kakashi?" Dediera said trying to change the subject.

"Nice try, now back away from Konah." Kakashi walked over to Dediera and grabbed his ear, dragging him away from the portal.

"Ow!" Dediera shouted as he rubbed his ear. "You are mean, Uncle."

"No, I am stopping you from doing something stupid. The beings that live in Konah, are the kind that kill first, then ask questions." Kakashi shook his head. They had the same conversation every day, it just didn't stick. He knew that one day he would be too late. Kakashi wished that, that day would never come. "Come on, we have work to do." Kakashi lead Dediera away, not noticing the other person watching the whole thing.

"Well, well. It would seem that we have finally found a way into Konah, Kabuto." Orochumaru hissed as he watched the other two men walk away.

"Yes, my lord, we did."

Wolf Clan

Sasuke was over excited. Today was one of the days that he and his older brother Itachi visited Naruto in their hideaway. He always got butterflies at the thought of seeing the fox. They had been meeting with Naruto for the past seven years, twice a week. They couldn't do any more than that due to the scent.

"Come on Itachi! We are going to be late!" Sasuke grabbed his brother and rushed out the door. It didn't take them long to get there, neither shocked that Naruto was already there. Itachi noticed right away that something was not quite right with the little fox. Sniffing the air, he made sure they were alone.

"Hi, Naruto. What are we going to do today?" Sasuke asked not even noticing the somber mood of Naruto, who just shrugged. Naruto slowly lifted his face. There was a bruise formed on his tear streaked face. He had been here all night, not knowing what to do with himself.

Naruto was mad at himself the most though. He hadn't cried since the day of his parent's death, though now it was more anger than sadness.

"What is wrong, little fox?" Itachi asked as he walked towards Naruto. He had to walk calmly, he had heard of foxes lashing out when emotional.

"I am betrothed." Naruto answered monotone, while suppressing a shudder.

"What!" Sasuke asked confused. He couldn't be getting married, not when, not when I love him. Sasuke thought to himself. He didn't know if he could survive not being near Naruto anymore.

"Ibuza has been my guardian since Jirya went looking for any sign of my mom and dad's bodies. He informed me last night that in two weeks I will be wed." Naruto spoke as if he no longer had the strength to carry on.

"But why, little fox, are you betrothed? Why not simply just wed you off?" Itachi asked confused. "And how can Ibuza do that, when he is not your real guardian?"

"We got into a fight last night. I told him I am not attracted to females, but to males. He called me an unnatural freak, then when I told him I was leaving he hit me. Then he said that the arrangements for me to marry had already been made, and there was nothing I could do to stop them." Naruto sniffed. He missed Jirya, he would have never done something so cruel. Ibuza was trying to change something that would never change, no matter what.

"There is nothing unnatural about being attracted to males, I am." Itachi hugged Naruto. He knew by how much Naruto spoke of this Jirya, that he would never have allowed this.

"I don't know what to do. In two weeks I will officially be married to her, weather I like it or not." Naruto spat. He hated the female Ibuza set him up with. If it had been someone he actually got along with.

"Who is this female?" Itachi asked. He had never seen hatred in Naruto's eyes before, this intrigued him.

"Her name is Sakura, she is only after the title she gets from marrying me, she will rule by my side, if we marry." Naruto answered with hatred in his eyes and voice.

"Let's runaway." Sasuke said, startling both Itachi and Naruto.

"What!?" Itachi and Naruto asked at the same time.

"I said let's runaway. Go somewhere no one will even think of following, the land beyond Konah." Sasuke said again, this time more to Naruto. He saw no future worth living if Naruto was not in it. It surprised him to find out that Naruto was attracted to males, now it was only a matter of time.

"You want to go where?" Itachi asked raising an eyebrow.

"Where the humans live." Sasuke said like it was nothing he was suggesting.

"Oh, and what makes you think they won't kill us on site, we kind of standout you know." Itachi answered matter of fact like. It wasn't like he thought it was an awful plan, he actually thought it was perfect, beside human's being their sworn enemy. Then again, so was Naruto at one time, Itachi thought to himself.

"Because I have seen a blonde human looking in here. He looks lonely, like he wants to cross over, but he is scared. I don't think they will hurt us; I think they are scared of what lives in here." Sasuke replied. "So I think we should go out there instead."

Naruto stood and walked over to Sasuke. Both of his ears were perked up, grabbing Sasuke's face he kissed him on the lips. He was slightly shocked when Sasuke kissed him back.

"You are a genius!" Naruto said when they stopped. "We will leave tonight, meet back here when the sun goes down. I have to go now, but meet here, tonight we leave Konah." Naruto ran off towards his home. When he was far enough not to be seen he touched his fingers to his lips. That had been quite a surprise. Not in a bad way either, Sasuke's lips were liquid fire, and Naruto wanted more.

Later That Night

Naruto paced back and forth, a little on edge. He always got to their hiding spot before the others. His ears twitched when a twig snapped nearby. Sniffing the air, he relaxed only a little. Sasuke and Itachi came into the clearing, both carrying necessities. Naruto had brought some as well. They didn't wear clothing, besides a robe, and sandals. Nothing else was needed, for it never snowed here, and only rained when needed.

Naruto was happy they were doing this. He knew he would miss his home, but he needed to be free for a while. Looking at the other two he nodded, then headed towards the portal by the waterfall. It didn't take them too long to get there. It was the staying out of sight that was a pain in the ass.

When they stood in front of the portal they all took in a deep breath. It was amazing, you could see the land on the other side. There was this weird colored stuff falling from the clouds. But that didn't bother Naruto one bit. Grabbing Sasuke and Itachi's hand he jumped through. None of them were ready for the snow that greeted their bare bottoms.

Naruto jumped around laughing. Then he spotted some trees to hide from the cold falling white stuff. Grabbing Sasuke and Itachi, he ran towards the trees. Sasuke and Itachi shivered, Naruto wrapped his tails around all three of them, as they huddled together. After eating they ventured further into the woods not wanting to be seen yet.

Naruto found a nice hiding spot. Making the grass and snow as flat as possible all three laid down. Naruto wrapped his tails around them again, being as he always was hot. His tails made a nice blanket for them, one of his tails wrapped around Sasuke's as they fell asleep.

AN~ Yay next chapter done! Well I hope you like it! As always leave comments and reviews!