My Everything
Author's Note: Thanks for the reviews. I hope you guys enjoy this chapter and feel free to weigh in on how much romantic experience (or lack of romantic experience), you would like Sasuke and/or Naruko to have with other people. Anyway, I hope you all enjoy this chapter.
Chapter Notation: Not sure the dream actually counts as a lime, but I'll put the warning up anyway. For those of you that don't know, a lime is a semi suggestive intimate scene between two or more characters.
Kyubbi talking to Naruko.
Naruko talking to Kyubbi, dreams, or flashbacks.
Chapter Two
Feeling a bit awkward, he picks her up Bridal Style. He flits off with the sleeping blonde nestled between his arms. The last Uchiha figured things would be much less awkward if she didn't wake up with his head on her chest or laying on the hard forest floor.
He and Naruko had slept on far worse things than the forest floor. But that didn't mean that he had to let her wake up with a sore neck or back for no reason. Sasuke sets her gently on his bed. He then goes and looks at the mirror.
"She got me good." He mutters and blinks at the rather dark bruise on his neck.
Thankfully, it had stopped bleeding. Sasuke had always been a rather fast healer for a "normal person." He didn't have a Nine Tailed Fox inside him to accelerate his healing process, but he was fairly lucky as far as most people went. Even so, he estimated that the mark was probably going to last for at least two or three days.
"Looks like the medic training rubbed off on me. Trying to diagnosis myself and everything." He mutters.
Sasuke had realized it wasn't entirely fair to use Karin as a human chew toy. If his injuries weren't too serious, he should be able to tend to them. So during his travels, he would occasionally ask a medic to give him lessons.
Most agreed because they knew who he was. They would rather teach Sasuke how to heal, than risk getting killed. Even if he was no longer an S Class Criminal Ninja, his former reputation was a shadow that he couldn't shake. People were always either in awe of him or terrified of him. (Sometimes they were in awe and terrified of him, simultaneously.)
His chaka control had always been good. Nothing like Sakura's though. But his Sharingan had made learning much easier, than it would have been otherwise. If he had enjoyed the work, he probably could have passed an official exam at this point. He'd never reach Tsunade or even Kabuto's level of skill in this field, but he figured he was competent.
"Could probably get rid of it." He mutters.
Sasuke dismisses the idea. It was such a minor thing. Hardly worth the effort. That and after everything that he'd done to Naruko, he more than deserved it.
He would never understand her. It seemed like the blonde had an almost infinite capacity to forgive people, even if they couldn't forgive themselves. Sasuke sighs, it was going to get her killed one day. Good thing he was back now. He wouldn't let that happen.
"Wonder how long, she'll be out. She's a surprisingly heavy sleeper for a ninja." He observes and pulls some blankets over the sleeping blonde.
Naruko snuggles into the blankets. Sasuke wasn't sure what she was dreaming about. But whatever it was, she was enjoying it She was smiling and wiggling around a lot.
Warning Lime
Naruko was dreaming. She wasn't aware of this though. For the moment, she was simply content to enjoy feel feeling and taste of his kiss. The way his hands felt against her skin as he caressed her was nothing short of blissful.
"Feels good." She whispers into the kiss and runs her fingers through her lover's dark locks.
He didn't say a word. He didn't have to. She could feel his smirk into the kiss, apparently the man felt rather smug at her response.
Every time she tries to get a good look at his face, she found she couldn't focus. His kiss or touch would distract her.
She knew that he was a Leaf Villager. He wore a Jonin uniform. His sleek, muscular build filled that out very nicely. She could feel him spin her around. Her back was towards him now and she was facing the tree.
Quickly he disrobes her. She could hear that his clothes were falling to the ground. Her lover places tender kisses along her neck, shoulders, and back. His hands wander over her breasts. One trails down her stomach until it reaches between her thighs and rubs her womanhood teasingly, particularly against her clit. She felt herself moan. Just as they were about to join together…the dream ended.
End Lime
She felt something wet on her nose. Confused, her blue eyes open. It was water? The roof was leaking? She was inside? Where was she?
"Where am I?" Naruko asks.
"You're in my room. Figured better to take you here, than to have you sleep in the training fields." She hears Sasuke velvety voice reply.
She shivers. Sasuke had always had as a her twelve year old self had once thought, a really cool voice. That was before puberty hit. Now that he was a man, that thing was positively lethal. This was especially so after having an erotic dream.
"Oh thanks. You're roof is leaking, by the way." She mumbles and tries to hide her blush.
The blonde couldn't believe she had had a dream like that, with Sasuke watching. What if she had moaned or something? It didn't seem like she had thought. Sasuke would have said something, if she had…right?
"Not surprising. I haven't lived here in years. It's likely the entire District needs some repairs. I'll look at the roof later." He says nonchalantly.
"You can fix a roof?" She asks in surprise.
"I can hold lightning in my hands and yet, somehow it's fixing a roof that surprises you?" Sasuke asks.
To anyone else, his tone and face would have looked neutral. Naruko knew Sasuke though. He was trying to hide it, but his eyes were dancing with amusement. He was laughing. Well Sasuke was laughing Sasuke style, anyway.
"Well yeah. I mean it just seems so domestic and normal." Naruko says.
"Naruko, which construction worker do you think is going to enter the Uchiha District and be willing to do the job? Most of them think this place is haunted and the ones that don't, are too terrified of me to accept the job. I can manage." He says with a shrug.
"Eep! This place is haunted?!" She asks and looks around, as if she expected a ghost to jump out at her.
Sasuke shakes his head. Naruko Uzumaki, the woman who had saved the world, was afraid of ghosts. Honestly. He didn't even know how to respond to that.
"My District is NOT haunted. Do you think they would have let me stay here, if it was?" He asks her.
"I don't know. I love our village, but they haven't been the best at looking after orphans." She mumbles.
"I'm sure you'll change that." He offers and Naruko beams at him.
He didn't know why she was smiling like that. You would have thought that Sasuke had just given her the world. He'd never understand his blonde as long as he lived. Wait, his blonde? Damn it.
"Thanks, bastard! That means a lot to hear you say that." She bounds over to him and hugs him tightly and Sasuke lets her,
He wasn't the type of person who liked hugging. But he figured he owed it to her. Sasuke sighs and wraps his arms around his former teammate.
"I don't get what you are so happy about. But you're welcome." He whispers and lays his head on top of hers, inhaling her sweet scent.
"Because in your own bastardly way, you just said you believed in me." She says as if it was obvious and continues grinning like a fox in the henhouse.
"Only you, Naruko. Only you." He mutters.
"Anyway, you hungry? The canned food should still be good." He offers.
"Yeah!" She says and looks around curiously, causing Sasuke to raise an eyebrow.
Naruko had never been to the Uchiha District before. She definitely hadn't been to Sasuke's house. And she most certainly had never been inside his room before. At least she thought this was his room, it was so…bare though.
"What is it?" He asks.
"Is this your room?" The blonde asks.
"Yeah. Why?" Sasuke replies, not at all sure what was going on in the hyper ninja's mind this time.
"It's so bare. Most people's rooms say something about their personality. But yours is so empty. I know your personality isn't empty!" She says.
"I haven't stayed here since I was 13. Before that, I had other things on my mind, besides decorating." He states in amusement and leads her to the kitchen.
He warms them up some chicken noodle soup. Deciding that was possibly the only thing she'd eat in the house, if she wasn't starving. She could be such a little kid at times.
"Thanks, bastard." She says, sitting down and eating with him.
"So what were you dreaming about?" He asks as he begins eating.
"Huh? Oh um I don't remember. I don't remember most of my dreams." The blonde woman lies.
He shakes his head. Naruko was a horrible liar. Whatever. If she didn't want to tell him, he wasn't going to press the issue. There were more important things to deal with.
"Whatever. I hate to admit this, but I'm going to need your help to deal with the Council." Sasuke mutters.
Naruko blinks. Hell had just frozen over. Sasuke had admitted he needed help again. It reminded her of the time they were Genin.
"Naruko?" Sasuke said as they tried to climb up those damn trees using only chakra for the thousandth time that day.
"Yeah?" She asked.
"Can you ask Sakura how she does it?" Her only male teammate, other than her Sensei inquired.
Naruko grinned from ear to ear. The mighty, bastard was asking for help. This was unbelievable! Oh she was never going to let him live this down, as long as they lived.
"Yeah! Hey, Sakura! How do you do it?" The blonde asked, as she jumps down from the tree she had climbed manually to speak with her friend.
Sasuke sighed in relief. Better for Naruko did it. If Sasuke asked for Sakura's help, she'd probably take it as a marriage proposal.
At least this way, he'd only have to hear the blonde run her mouth about it. It'd be annoying, but it was kinder than giving Sakura false hope.
"Okay, bastard! She told me! It's surprisingly easy." Naruko said, once she climbed the tree using only chakra.
"How did you do that?" He demanded.
Naruko explained. Sasuke blinked. That was it? Really? It was that easy? Damn, it was so simple that it had become complicated.
"Thanks." He said and followed the blonde's instructions, to do exactly as she had done.
"Wow. You haven't asked for help since we were Genin. Yeah, sure. What do you need?" She asks.
This was embarrassing. If it was up to him, he'd rather not talk about it at all. He hated asking for help, especially about something this personal. But really, he didn't have much of a choice.
"I'm the last of my Clan. Despite what happened in the past and how they feel about me, they want the Sharingan bloodline. It's very useful to this village from both a military and prestige perspective. They are going to want me to have kids." He says.
"But you always wanted to restore your Clan anyway. So what's the problem?" Naruko replies in confusion.
It was hard to picture Sasuke as a father. Him holding a baby in his arms, wasn't an imagine that she could easily imagine. Sasuke was anything but gentle and you had to be really gentle with babies.
"I haven't decided who I want to restore it with yet. They might try to marry me off to someone for the sake of continuing the bloodline. I might not get any say in who." Sasuke explains bitterly.
Naruko gasps. Did he really think they'd do something that evil? Damn it. No wonder he hadn't wanted to stay.
"You don't think they'd actually do something like that?" The blonde demands in absolute horror.
"I don't think. I know that it's a possibility that has likely already entered their heads. It'd be easier for them, if I cooperated. Obviously, they'd rather have me marry someone that I found desirable. It'd make it a lot easier on them, if I was willing. But I doubt that me being unwilling would actually stop them from forcing a match." Sasuke replies.
"Danzo is dead though. You killed him. That kind of twistedness is gone now." She says.
"There will always be Danzos in this world. You can kill one and ten more will pop up somewhere else. I hate asking you this. But they are far more likely to listen to you, than me." He says with a shrug.
"Yeah um I'll talk to them. Don't worry. That wouldn't be right to force someone to get married and have kids, just because of a bloodline." She says.
Sasuke nods. That was awkward. What did you say after that? At the moment, he wished he had Naruko's gift for random babbling. It wasn't something he could ever do though.
"So I'll head back to my place, go change, and talk to them." She says, once she was done with her meal.
Sasuke nods. Naruko does exactly as she said she would do. About an hour later, she was in the council room.
"Right. So this is going to be awkward. But you aren't allowed make Sasuke marry some woman he doesn't love, just to keep the Sharingan bloodline going." She says.
"How did you know about that?" They demand.
"Wait, you're saying that you actually were planning on it?" Naruko asks and blinks in shock.
The Council members rub the back of their heads sheepishly. They soon regret asking that question. Naruko tears into them for a good solid hour, cursing them out. She slammed them with every reason why this was wrong ethically and compared them to Orochimaru and Kabuto. (Which in her mind, was the ultimate insult.)
"Lady Hokage. You are overreacting. We were simply going to suggest to him that he should start looking for a suitable wife and do what he wants to do anyway." One made the mistake of saying.
"OH YEAH?! WELL IF THAT WAS IT, YOU WOULDN'T LOOK SO GUILTY. I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?!" She thunders at them.
By this point, a small crowd had gathered outside the building. Everyone could hear Naruko screaming her lungs out. Something had distressed their Lady Hokage, big time.
"Don't worry about it. I'll go check on her." Kakashi says as he leisurely strides into the building, carrying his ever trusty orange book in hand.
"Naruko, what's wrong? Are you aware that you are shouting so loudly, that I can not dismiss the possibility Gaara will appear because he thinks you are in danger?" He asks in a chuckle, only half joking about the Gaara crack.
"These perverts want to force breed Sasuke, like he's some sort of animal or something! It's sick!" She cries out in outrage.
Oh boy. This wasn't going to be pretty. Kakashi knew what Naruko was like when it came to Sasuke and knew her strong sense of right and wrong. To Naruko, the world was very much a black and white place. Even Kakashi felt uneasy when the topic of preserving bloodlines through questionable means came up. Naruko would never tolerate such a notion.
"Well I'm certain they learned their lesson. Haven't you?" Kakashi asks in a friendly fashion and they nod
"I damn well hope so." She mutters and heads off with Kakashi.
Meanwhile Sasuke heads to the market. He wasn't going to live off of canned goods for the rest of his life. The last Uchiha admirably avoids paying much attention to the stares and whispers. It happened everywhere he went at this point. It was just a fact of life, like the Sun rising and setting.
"Sasuke!" Sakura calls out as she makes her way over to him.
"Sakura." He greets her and turns his attention back to some tomatoes.
Tomatoes were his favorite food. He really should try to get Naruko to eat something more than ramen and chicken noodle soup. Seriously, it wasn't healthy. He had no idea how she was so fit with such a poor diet.
"When did you get back?" She asks.
"Yesterday." He replies simply.
"Why didn't you come to see me, Kakashi, and Naruko?" She asks in a hurt tone of voice.
Sasuke being Sasuke, didn't bother to lie. Perhaps, if he had been a more sensitive person, he would have realized he was setting himself up for disaster. But he wasn't and he did.
"I saw Naruko. We went training and out to get some food. It was too late by the time we finished, to go find you and Kakashi." He says.
"Oh. Well I'm really happy you are back." The pink haired woman says, trying to cover up her hurt.
Damn it. It didn't matter what she did. It would always come back to Naruko for him. She didn't think Sasuke loved her. He just respected her strength. But Sakura had gotten a lot stronger now.
She had trained under Lady Tsunade herself! The young woman was a very skilled medic. Her punch could cause craters! She could summon giant slugs. And all that still apparently wasn't good enough to be more than an afterthought to him. That hurt.
"Thanks. So I heard you are going to end up being the head medic?" He asks, trying to make conversation.
"Yeah! Lady Tsunade says I'm making really good progress!" Sakura replies cheerfully.
Finally! Finally, he was recognizing her as an equal in a way. This was amazing. Maybe she had overreacted when he said he went to see Naruko first. She was Hokage now. It was only natural he'd check in with the Hokage first.
"That's good. I learned a little medical jutsu while I was traveling. Nothing fancy. But enough stabilize someone, until the real medics showed up." He explains.
"Really? You learned medical jutsus? Wow, I never thought you'd be interested in that." Sakura says, positively beaming to finally be able to share something with him.
"I'm interested in surviving. It helps to be able to patch yourself up. I can't say that I have a natural talent for it. I probably never would have managed it, if it wasn't for my Sharingan." He admits.
It wasn't easy for Sasuke to admit that. He hated that he had essentially "cheated" to learn the new skill. But it was the truth. He believed in assessing himself honestly.
Naruko was the optimist. He was the pessimist. Perhaps Sakura was the realist on their team? It had just always been that way, ever since they were assigned onto Team Seven together.
"Oh well still. It's really useful to know a little bit of it. I've tried to get Naruko to take it up. But her chakra is just too wild for it." Sakura says with a heavy sigh.
"You tried to get Naruko to do something that requires control and precision? Have you met her?" Sasuke asks with a smirk.
"Yeah. I guess that's a good point. Why don't we go get lunch together?" She asks.
Normally, Sasuke would have said no. He hated socializing. But he was hungry. He'd only had soup for breakfast. He shrugs and nods, letting her choose the location. Food was food to him right now. Sasuke didn't care what place she chose fro them to at.
Meanwhile Naruko headed away from the Council. They made her so angry! What right did they have to try to force someone into a presumably loveless marriage, just to preserve a bloodline? That was wrong. That was sick. It made her want to punch something.
That's when she saw Sakura and Sasuke head towards a romantic café. It was a place frequented by couples in the Leaf. She didn't know why, but she felt a sharp pain in her chest at the sight.
"I told you that you should have Marked him. You should have staked your Claim earlier. Best go see what she's up to." Kurama tells her.
"He's my friend! That's all. I don't care if they are dating. I'm happy for them! My two best friends together, that's…nice." She lies.
"You have always been a horrible liar. Go see what the pink haired one is plotting. I have always scented her desire for your Mate. If you don't act quickly, you could lose him. Though thankfully, he's never found her desirable." The Nine Tails muses.
Naruko wished that she could resist the impulse to spy on them. But she couldn't. She follows them and cloaks her chakra.
She saw that Sasuke ordered a tomato salad and some chicken. She didn't pay attention to what Sakura ordered because the pink haired woman had placed her hand on his knee. Sasuke manages to politely scoot back, as if he didn't notice the gesture. (Which Naruko was sure he did.)
"So where did you go while you were away?" Sakura asks.
"Almost everywhere that I could. I visited the Five Great Nations and few island ones." Sasuke replies and bites into his salad once the order arrives.
"Did you meet anyone interesting while you were away?" Sakura asks.
Naruko had to resist the impulse to snort. She knew EXACTLY what her female teammate meant by THAT. She was asking if Sasuke had a lover or was interested in anyone that he met while he was out on the road. She probably thought she was being subtle to!
"I met a lot of interesting people. Obviously, no one worth staying away from home indefinitely for though." He says and answers the underlying question.
"Oh well you never know. She might just be right under your nose." Sakura says with a shy smile.
"Maybe. Well thanks for lunch, but I have to repair the roof of my house." He says.
It wasn't a lie. He did have to repair the roof of his house. But mostly, he just wanted out of there. While he had grown to tolerate Sakura more than he used to, he didn't want to eat sitting across from her pretty green eyes. He preferred a pair of beautiful blue eyes to be sitting across from him, babbling about…well everything.
He sighs as he heads off. Sasuke knew that his whim, was going to get him in trouble one of these days. He couldn't be in love with her. Sasuke tried to rationalize it.
Naruko had been the one constant in his life. No matter what he did, she'd always forgive him. The blonde would always come chasing after him, as if he was truly the center of her world. Even after he tried to kill her.
"Everything, I touch…turns to ash. One day, she'll see that." He mutters as he heads back to the Uchiha District.
Her forgiveness and loyalty, was dangerous. He felt like if he allowed himself to indulge in it too much, he'd end up corrupting her. Sasuke didn't want that to happen. It was just one of the many reasons why he had stayed away for so long. He didn't want to hurt her again. But try as hard as he did, Sasuke couldn't resist. He always ended up coming back to her.