So, I made this weird mistake of calling Oro's mother "Ayame" instead of "Ayane". I fixed it, but how did I not notice that? lol. I've been extremely lazy with writing. (And in general.) So I was thinking I might write a one-shot collection with some of m favourite pairings. Not sure what I'm going to do et, but it might be something fun to do. I definitely want to post something for Orochimaru's birthday (I should have for Naru. :( )

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Naruto Shippuden. This is just for fun, no profit will be made from this (and I don't want to either). This is purely for my and the entertainment of Naruto fans.

Dedication: To my beautiful, amazing, intelligent, girlfriend Phillipa (Shadow Spirit Dragon-wolf) for being there for me through not only my writing (both fanfiction and my original story) but real life in general. You have been my inspiration and my support through everything.

Warnings: Violence, explicit sexual conduct (no rape!) homosexual relationship, relationship with a large age gap, struggles with belonging, self-hatred, obsession, self-harm, self-experimentation, human experimentation, mental disorders, a dark view of the "afterlife", (bonding of) pain and isolation, self-worthlessness, and male pregnancy.

Pairings: OroNaru, canon pairings (except, obviously, NaruHina).

Summary: Sometimes, the deepest scars are the ones no one can see, but in a world moving into the light even the oldest inner wounds can be seen

Enjoy! :)

Chapter Twenty-one: Caressed

Orochimaru

Naruto sits cross-legged in front of me on our bed as he wraps my wrist up with medical bandaging. For not being a medical ninja, he's excellent at executing Kurama's healing abilities and his own powers given to him by the Sage of Six Paths without wasting too much chakra and dressing wounds in a neat, gentle, yet secure protection. Sakura must have taught him how to tend to minor flesh wounds without having to rely on Kurama's chakra or the power of the Sage of Six Paths.

He laces our fingers together and squeezes my hand, careful not to upset the arm he just tended to. He studies my arm for a bit then gazes up into my eyes. His eyes are full of pain and an overwhelming need to protect.

"Oreo," he begins then stops when he senses Kurama give him a look. "Why did you do it?" he whispers. His voice shakes, on the verge of cracking with his soul and heart.

I close my eyes, gripping his hand tighter. The delicate flesh I tore into screams in protest and the veins beneath the skin hiss and demand I loosen my hold. I ignore it.

"What are you so worried about, Kit? It's just a minor flesh wound. I've had much worse than this."

"Be as that may, the fact that you inflicted it upon yourself with the intend to bleed out alarmed me quite a bit," Nagi says from her perch up top the large pillow to the left of Naruto and beside of a mini Kurama on the same pillow. Both curled up, and the fox with his eyes closed as if asleep.

"Exactly, Oreo," Naruto says. "Now, out with it. What were you trying to do?"

I pull my arm away, and look down, rubbing the bandage in the spot of the wound. "Do you believe this is the first time I've done this, Naruto?" I whisper.

"Well, no… I just… you've been happy lately."

"Happier. Not happy."

"So, you're not happy with me?" he asks hoarsely.

I look up at my lover. Tears sting those beautiful bright blue eyes. I gently lick then away and stroke his face with it before pulling it back in my mouth. "I am happy with you."

"Then why?! I don't understand! If you're happy with me then… then why would you hurt yourself?! I can't imagine how far you would have gone if you didn't have Nagi! And what if I hadn't gotten there when I did?! You could have bleed out! I know you've had worse, but you cut a major vein!"

"I barely scraped it, Kit."

"That's not the point!"

"Naruto, getting all bent out of shape isn't going to solve the issue. Calm yourself," Kurama says.

Naruto looks down, lip trembling. He punches the mattress. "I know! I know! I just… dammit! I thought… I just… I thought… I thought I finally found the one thing missing in my life. That I finally found the person I'm supposed to marry and adopt kids with and have fun with and laugh with and act stupid with and go out with and cuddle with and train with and make love with and hold, but… you just..."

Tears stream down Naruto's face in waves. He sobs, clenching his fists so hard his nails dig into the flesh and small trickles of blood fall.

"Naruto."

I gently take his wrists and open his fists. I lick the blood and stare into his eyes as I do so. Naruto watches me, shaking slightly. Sniffing and gasping as he tries to calm down.

"It's because I'm happy with you that I did what I did, Kit."

He swallows. "I don't… I don't understand. If you're happy with me then why hurt yourself?"

I close my eyes for a moment. "I don't deserve you."

"The hell you don't! I say you do! Who the hell cares if someone "deserves" someone or something! I didn't lose friends, comrades, my master, and family in the fight for peace so we could go back to that "deserving" bullshit! I love you, Orochimaru! Do you know what that means?"

"Of course-"

"No, I don't think you do. You still have it in your mind that you're a freak. Some evil monster that everyone will hate. You think that if you go with me to the village you will be hurt and hated even without me announcing that I love you. And, for the record, I never intend to go back home and announce to the whole village I love you. I know there are people who still have issues with you and me, but those people just have to get to know you. They have to-"

"Those people are your friends!" I hiss. "How can you expect me to live in the same place as they when they want to torture me for what I've done to you? Not to mention people in and out of the village who would love nothing more than to strap me to a table and cut into my organs and let me bleed out and watch me regenerate myself over and over until I run out of chakra and die!"

"It's not like that anymore, Oreo," Naruto says, placing his hand on my knee gently. "You don't have to be afraid to be happy anymore."

"He's right, Snake-man," Kurama says, flicking the three tails away from his nose. "Naruto didn't fight just to have his mate pout and give up because he's too afraid to slither back to his nest. If a snake doesn't feel safe in its own home and in its own skin, then it's just a wandering worm drying up in the sun and left out for the birds to eat."

"You're not alone. You were never alone. You're more special than you realize. You're not evil. You have a good heart and a beautiful mind. Lord Ryuko and Lady Ayane would be so proud of you," Nagi says, stretching out and booping me. "Boop."

I smile weakly, booping her back. "Boop."

Mother… Father…

How can you be proud of me if you're suffering? Aren't you angry with me? Angry that I wasn't strong enough to save you?

"Of course you weren't strong enough. Just like you're not strong enough to save Jiraiya either. They'll suffer for eternity until you wake up and focus on the task at hand instead of-

"If you keep hiding, you'll only prove the doubts people have about you right," Naruto says, breaking me out of my thoughts.

"I'm not trying to be a coward," I whisper, looking down at my hands. "It's just…" I clench my fists, fighting back the weakness overwhelming me.

"Let it out, Orochimaru," Naruto whispers. He moves up on his knees, and strokes my face gently. "It's okay," he repeats. "Just let it out. You don't have to be strong for me. You don't have to hold in your emotions. You're not a demon. You're not a monster. You're not a freak. You're a ninja. And I know ninja aren't "supposed to show emotions" but," he places his other hand on my face and presses his forehead against mine, "you're human, and I've seen everything else. I've held and explored everything else. So, let me into your heart and break down. Show me everything."

I reach up shakily, and place my hand on the side of his face. "Naruto," I whisper.

"Do it," he whispers encouragingly.

"I can't… I can't be…"

Naruto kisses my nose. "I love you," he whispers breathlessly.

"I know," I say just as softly.

He moves to the left side of my face and kisses my cheek then jawline then ear. Between each kiss, announcing his feelings for me. He moves down my neck, shoulder, chest, down each of my ribs, waist, hip, thigh, leg. All the while slipping my kimono (when had he untied it?) as he makes his way down my body, and kissing the flesh as it's exposed to him.

He kisses my toes and moves to the inner parts of my left leg, and moves up slowly, continuing to announce his love for me as he does so.

He kisses my pelvis, testicles, and penis. Making it swell and length slightly. He moves up to my abdomen, my navel, and moving up as he kisses each muscle. He kisses my nipples and my chest. He kisses his way up to my throat and makes his way to the right side of my face.

He repeats, moving down my body slowly, then up again. He motions for me to turn around and lie on my stomach. He moves my hair out of the way and proceeds to kiss the back of my neck. He moves down just as slowly as he had when I had been facing him.

He kisses down my back, kissing the backs of my shoulders, shoulder blades, between them. He starts with the right side this time, moving down as he kisses the back of my arm and kisses each finger. He moves down my back, kissing the flesh on the right side he just couldn't get to until now.

He kisses the down my butt and the backs of my thighs and legs. He kisses my heel and the bottom of my foot and toes before moving to the left side and moving up just as slowly.

He kisses down the center of my back, sliding his hands gently down my sides as he makes his way down. Kissing small of my back and butt again.

Naruto gets between my legs, lying on his stomach. He nudges my legs apart.

"What are you…?" I ask, twisting and looking over my shoulder at him.

"Shh, just relax. It's going to be okay, Oreo. I promise. Everything's going to be okay."

I gasp when Naruto spreads me open gently and licks.

"Naruto…"

"Relax, Oreo."

"But you're-"

"I don't care. I love you. Now then, just relax and enjoy," he says, spreading me open more and licking my entrance more firmly, yet still gently.

I hiss, heart racing. This is… I've never felt something so…

Naruto continues, running his tongue over it and coating it with saliva. I shiver and moan loudly. My arousal leaks and twitches against the bed. Naruto runs his tongue over my balls and sucks on them.

"N-Naruto…" I gasp, clutching the blanket hard.

He sucks for a bit longer. "Sit up a bit."

I comply, and move to my knees.

Naruto moves my cock back just enough so he can suck it. I hiss. He moves back to my balls, sucking on them then to my cock again. Then he moves to my entrance again, holding my hips as the tip of his tongue gently licks the delicate and over-sensitized flesh.

I tremble, pushing my hips back. He complies by licking more forcefully and applying more saliva in the licks. My tongue slips down and wraps around my now full erection and strokes it.

Naruto takes a hand away from my hip and gently caresses my balls, squeezing them and running his finger along the end of the shaft. Pre-seminal fluid and saliva run across his fingers. He rubs my balls with it and continues to lick my entrance.

I moan, stroking myself faster, and pushing my hips into Naruto's face even more forcefully. Naruto complies. He reaches under me and wraps the hand that was fondling my testicles around my shaft and strokes it for a bit before returning to their original tasks.

And just as I'm about to jump off the edge and spill my bliss, it stops. It all stops!

"W-why did you…?" I gasp shakily, body trembling.

Naruto picks me up gently, turns me around, and kisses me deeply. I respond with equal passion. During the breaks we need for breathing, he rips his clothes off and tosses them on the floor. Normally, I would protest (or, as Kit would say: pout) about such things, but I'm still high right now.

Naruto presses his naked body against my equally stripped one as he kisses me. Our leaking arousals rub against each other. The liquid creating a nice, pleasurable friction between us. We moan into our kiss and bite on each other's bottom lips just enough to break the delicate skin and lap up the small traces of blood.

"Will you…" he hisses as the heads of our cocks slide against each other. "Oh fuck…"

"Will I what?" I hiss, wrapping my tongue around both of them and keeping them together as Naruto moves to bite on my neck. I run my nails down his back, spread my legs more, and buck my hips up against him. I use my tongue to stroke them as well.

"Damn, I'm not going to last like this," he groans.

"Then don't," I pant, tightening the grip.

"Maybe next time, but," he pants as he pulls away. He moves to my right side. Sitting on his knees, he presses the head of his cock against my lips gently. "Will you?"

"Do you want to orgasm like this then?"

Naruto shakes his head. "No, just enough to get me decently wet."

"You're already wet enough as it is. You're dripping all over the covers," I say, flicking my tongue out and lapping up the salty liquid oozing out of his swollen cock.

Naruto shivers. "Yeah, I know. But… not enough be inside of you…"

I begin to sit up and reach for the lubrication, but Naruto stops me.

"I want it all natural. I know it'll hurt a bit more, but…" he pauses, "but that's why I want to be slicked up and as wet as possible so I can minimize that pain."

I gaze at him for a bit then nod. I take a hand, wrapping it around the base of his shaft. I open my mouth and suck on his cock, swirling my tongue around and over the head and wrapping it around the shaft. I let saliva run down it and stroke up and down with my hand and mouth.

Naruto tangles his fingers within my hair, and bucks his hips. He tilts his head back and groans. When I feel he's on the brink, I pull away.

Naruto takes a few seconds to catch his breath before he moves over me and between my legs. He kisses me, and pushes my legs apart and bends my knees. He breaks the kiss, sitting up. He keeps a hand on the back of a thigh and guides his cock with the other. The tip just barely breaching.

I hiss. He spits into his hand and strokes the shaft, coating it with saliva. He pushes against my thigh harder. He slowly moves forwards, removing his hand from his cock, and pushing against my other thigh.

He slowly penetrates me, sitting up as he slides into me. He steadies himself on the backs of my thighs, pushing them against my chest and abdomen. He waits for a bit, balls pressed against my ass. His cock twitches and leaks deep within me. My own twitches against my abdomen.

Naruto slides out then slides back in. I gasp.

He moans, picking up speed. His grip on my thighs increases. He pushes them up more and sits up as he thrusts into me deeper. He places a hand on my hip and pulls me closer then grabs a leg and puts it over his shoulder, sitting up more and pulling me even closer.

I twist on my side, supporting my weight with my right arm. Naruto uses his free hand to hold onto my shoulder and push my body against his cock and he thrusts in and out of me.

"Damn," he moans. "How is this…?"

I moan and hiss. He leans down between my legs and kisses me deeply as he makes love to me. He kisses my jawline then moves to the left side of my neck, kissing, biting, and sucking it.

I wrap my arms around his neck, and toss my legs over his shoulders. He sits up slightly, gripping my hair with one hand and holding one of my legs with the other, rubbing it as he thrusts into me hard and deep.

He wraps his arms around my waist, pulling me onto his thighs, and steadying me as he lifts me on and off of his cock. I steady myself wrapping my arms around his neck. Naruto cups my ass, spreading it as he thrusts in and out of me harder and deeper than before.

"Fuck, this is nice," he moans. "So… nice."

"It is," I gasp, rocking back and forth on his cock.

Naruto pulls me against him and lies us both down, facing each other. He moves my leg over his side and lines his cock up once more after some twisting and great flexibility.

He holds me close as he slowly and deeply thrusts in and out of me. He kisses me deeply, tongue licking every inch of my mouth, and mine doing the same. His fingers run through my hair and his hands roam my body.

I moan, bucking my hips.

"That's it, Oreo," he whispers as my tongue slithers across my chest and my eyes roll in the back of my head slightly. "Let go. Just feel good, my love."

A calloused hand wraps around my cock and strokes it as my tongue snakes its way down and strokes the leaking, pulsing organ as well.

Naruto pulls me closer, kissing me, stroking me, and caressing me. He pulls his upper body back slightly, and watches my tongue and his hand stroke and rub and caress my cock.

"That's it, Oreo," he whispers, the tip of his cock rubbing against my prostate. "Let it all out."

One more stroke, rub, and lick send me over the edge. I moan loudly, slithering my tongue and shaking in Naruto's arms as I spill, spluttering large sticky webs of semen all over his hand, abdomen, chest, and my tongue.

Naruto's powers dance around him in waves as he shakes and shifts me so he can get in as deep as possible. He thrusts into me hard, fast, and deep.

"Oh fuck," He groans loudly, biting down on my shoulder as he releases deep within me. He, too, orgasming in large, sticky webs that seem to never end.

He collapses on top of me. Both of us panting heavily. After a bit, he sits up some and strokes my face. "No matter what, I will always love you. You're not alone, Oreo. I'm here. Whatever you need. I'll never leave you. I'll give up everything for you. I'd do anything for you. I will protect you, and support you. I will be the shoulder you can cry on or the body you receive your pleasure from. I'll be the man who will hold you when you're afraid and the man who will fight you. I'll be the one who will listen to you and never judge you. I'll never leave you. I'll always love you."

"Do you know what this means?" the Divine White Snake whispers.

"Yes."

"Naruto," I whisper, tears streaming down my face. "You…"

He's going to be immortal! He's actually, truly wants to be immortal with me! Tears continue to fall as happiness swells within me.

And I couldn't be any happier.

Preview

Naruto

"I would think with a more stable body and the chakra boosts you give me every so often will let me master this jutsu."

"I'd think so," I smile.

(And your lack of trying to control everything and just letting it flow. Or… well, most things.)

Oreo smiles then focuses once again. I watch as air swirls into his palm into a tiny blue ball. He's doing it! I knew he could! He just has to keep focusing and building his chakra up!

And just when Oreo is getting somewhere, he faints.

Next update date: November 4th

I hope y'all enjoyed! Until next time :).