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Author's Note: This was our very first one-shot. It's been revised and fully edited. Please, if you find any errors (grammer, spelling, etc.) let us know. Thank you. ~/Cecilia Tsukineko and Kirei Kitsue/



Summer in the Fire Country was always unbearably hot, even in the evening and at night. It was a period of time where even the animals tried to move as little as possible. Thus it was a little unusual to see a deeper shadow blurring through the shadows of the trees beneath the setting sun. The blur stopped on one of the massive tree-limbs, solidifying into the form of a young man who was quite astonishing to look at with his jet black hair and coal black eyes. Leaning against the trunk of the tree he had paused upon - one of the many trees that were part of the Legacy of the Shodaime Hokage of Konohagakure - the young man wiped sweat from his face and looked to the horizon. As an Anbu Shinobi of the Leaf he spent a lot of days, weeks, even months away from his village, but he had vowed that these next few days would not be days like those.

"It's still early," he muttered and straightened from the tree trunk. It might still have been early, but he still had a lot of ground to cover before he was home and then there was security to think about. With the inauguration of the Rokudaime Hokage scheduled for mid-afternoon the following day even someone as prestigious as the sole survivor of the great Uchiha Clan would have to be thoroughly checked and examined for fallacy before he was permitted to pass the village's gates. He was hard to mistake and harder to Henge but the Anbu who were guarding the village weren't going to be taking any chances, especially since he was coming back early from his mission. That was something that seldom happened when dealing with high level Shinobi that could practically predict how long a mission would take them and at that they were seldom wrong. But Sasuke, with a little extra effort, had gotten lucky and was back two weeks early and just in time for the inauguration. He swung down to the ground from the last limb in his journey and approached the giant gates, well aware of every ninja there to greet him.

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The Rokudaime Hokage's Living Quarters

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Haruno Sakura sat quietly on a chair in one of her former teammates' new apartment watching the only other figure in the room pace back and forth. Naruto hadn't been in the place long enough for it to have accumulated anything much in the way of personals and everything from his old place was swallowed easily into the many storage spaces here. She glanced around her, trying to enjoy the new place and its fineness, but Naruto's pacing brought her attention back to him almost instantly. Sakura had come to try and calm him down after he'd been too upset to actually eat... Perhaps upset wasn't the right word. Perhaps nervous was. In any case, her plan to comfort him wasn't working. It seemed her presence alone wasn't enough to relax him. "Naruto, relax... It's just like passing any of the exams from before," the young female Jounin said softly, still willing to try to get him to ease up.

"No, it's not!" Naruto argued, a hint of hysteria in his voice. "This is completely different! I mean, this is it! This is really it!! I'm finally gonna be Hokage!! ...That is as long as nothing goes wrong tomorrow..." Turn and pace. "Oh god, what if a bunch of Jounin just up and walk out, refusing to recognize me... Or the /Anbu/?! I'd set a new record for the shortest term ever held by a Kage - two hours! The Nobles would never let me stay if the Anbu won't listen to me!!" Turn and pace. He was steadily wearing a groove into the floor. "There are still villagers that hate me... What if they convince the Nobles to throw me out?! I can only do a good job if they give me the chance!! And I want to do a good job!! I want to protect them!!" He took a deep breath, more than ready to keep rambling nonsense for hours.

Raising a hand to gesticulate her answer Sakura began with, "Now, Naruto that's ridiculous -..." but Naruto's tirade ran right overtop of her seemingly pathetic attempts to get through to him. Finally, after several aborted attempts, Sakura stood up and got right in his path, saying loudly and firmly in his face, "STOP IT!" and when she had his complete attention she added, "Now... what can I do to make you feel better, Naruto? You need to relax... or you won't sleep and then you really will screw up the inauguration." Inner Sakura's "Shannaro[1]!!" of annoyance echoed how she felt all the way around. This was crazy! Naruto never acted like this. Granted this was a monumentous occasion but this was Naruto, the confident, undeterable, determined dreamer.

Sighing, Naruto dropped into the closest chair. There was only one thing that could make him feel better and there was no chance of getting it... After all, his best friend was currently out on a mission and wasn't due back for a couple weeks. Naruto had barely seen Sasuke at all in the past few years, ever since they became Anbu. Sasuke was always out on long, involved missions and Naruto had almost immediately been taken under Tsunade-baa-chan's wing for Hokage training. He knew all his worries were absolutely ridiculous since there had been plenty of time for the village to express their disapproval of his taking over, but his nervousness was bringing all his insecurities to the surface where they were very hard to ignore.

"If you could get Sasuke to come home early..." he said wistfully, knowing it was impossible.

That got a small chuckle out of Sakura. It was mostly his expression, but she would have read everything from his words had she not been able to see his face anyway. "And why would I want to do that? All you two do when you're together is bicker." She knew, of course, that the boys' bickering was all a game to them now, something reserved for the two of them that was a form of bonding and communication in itself. Still, the fact that Naruto wanted Sasuke there was a little surprising. Sometimes she forgot how close their friendship had become.

"Yeah, but the bickering always takes my mind off everything else," Naruto pointed out, slumping in his chair. He missed Sasuke. He missed their arguments, their silly rivalry, the way Sasuke could never let him win a fight no matter the cost... Sasuke's infuriating smirk, the way the back of his hair stood on end when he was agitated, the smug look in his eyes when he won one of their competitions... his support when Naruto really needed it, his quiet smile when he was happy, the sound of his laughter... Naruto stared off into space, reminiscing and almost forgetting Sakura was even there.

The pink-haired girl took Naruto's sudden vacant expression as her cue to go. She'd done all she could anyway. Naruto would have to get through this all on his own. She laid a hand on his shoulder and silently kissed one of his whiskered cheeks before murmuring, "I'll leave you to your thoughts then, stubborn. You know how to get a hold of me if you need me." She tightly hugged his shoulders from the side and then straightened, letting go.

"Okay. Ja[2], Sakura-chan," he said absentmindedly, still staring off into space.

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Several Hours Later

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Sasuke was surprised the guards around Naruto's apartment were as few as they were. He wasn't even challenged as he slipped into the apartment's office window. Booted feet landed silently on the hardwood floor and with the stealth of Death he approached the medium-backed chair that Naruto had seemingly fallen asleep in. Snoring softly, Naruto was completely unaware of his presence in any way, which gave Sasuke a moment to study him. It wasn't often that the loud and brazen young man before him was so still, or so quiet for that matter, despite the soft snoring. Even with Naruto sitting as awkwardly as he was, Sasuke could read the tenseness in every line of his body and for some reason Sasuke couldn't explain he found himself moving around behind Naruto to reach forward. His hands came to rest on Naruto's shoulders squeezing the knots he felt there gently and immediately kneading at them. Sasuke didn't know why he was doing it, but it seemed right. Naruto would have an ulcer soon if he kept things up as they were.

A soft moan slipped past Naruto's lips as he sat up a little straighter and leaned into Sasuke's hands, grunting in pleasure as some of the tenseness melted away. Slowly coming awake, Naruto registered that there was another person in the room and jumped out of his chair, whirling around to face the possible danger. It took him a moment for it to sink in that /yes/, Sasuke was standing right in front of him. A moment later he was crushing Sasuke in a bear hug. "Ohmigod, Sasuke!!! You're BACK!!!"

There was an audible crack as Naruto's arms enfolded Sasuke's lean but muscled body, and though nothing broke, Sasuke grunted as Naruto squeezed the life out of him. "Let /go/, ahou[3]!!" he managed to push out of his lungs.

For the insult Naruto squeezed even tighter for a moment before letting go. "When did you get back?! Why are you back so early?! Did you finish your mission already?! Are you really Sasuke?!" Naruto pinched Sasuke's cheeks and tugged to make sure it was really him and not somebody else using Henge.

Irritated, Sasuke swatted Naruto's hands away from his face and snapped, "Yes! I'm Sasuke!" then composed himself a little. At least, enough to say, "I finished my mission two days ago. I took one day to rest and one to travel back."

In response he got glomped again. "You're back you're back you're back!!!"

Sasuke tolerated this one without a complaint. He'd never been one to hug someone back, but he didn't chew Naruto out or hit him over the head this time. As Naruto held him, he softly asked, "How are you feeling? With tomorrow and everything..."

Naruto promptly dropped him and started to pace again, adding to the groove in the floor. "What if it goes all wrong?" he asked of no one in particular, just voicing one of his worries. He was ready to go into another all-out rant now that he was reminded of the big event coming up.

"Idiot," Sasuke said bluntly. "The village has been doing this for years... I doubt there's much that can go wrong. You've got the support of the previous Hokage and, on top of that, you have Sakura, Kakashi-sensei, Iruka-sensei, and me." Sasuke folded his arms and leaned most of his weight to one foot as he watched Naruto a smug look on his face as if to say, 'I can't believe you couldn't reason that out on your own'.

"I am not an idiot!" Naruto protested, actually stopping to glare at Sasuke, more than glad for the distraction. His glare intensified at Sasuke's smug look.

"I'll believe you aren't an idiot... If you can prove it to me," Sasuke challenged, judging the distance between himself and the window now. He could make it easily and Naruto would have plenty of opportunity to stay right on his heels until they reached the training grounds. From the feel of Naruto's shoulders, the other young man needed a workout.

"Okay, that's it, you are so dead," Naruto promised, vanishing only to reappear behind Sauske, aiming a punch at his lower back. He'd already forgotten about the inauguration ceremony the next day. All he wanted now was to wipe that damn smirk off Sasuke's face.

Sasuke stayed where he was until the very last millisecond and then he dodged, twisting around and catching Naruto's arm in a tight grip before attempting to sweep the blond's legs out from beneath him. He remained silent.

Naruto leapt and wrapped his legs around Sasuke's middle, pinning one of his arms and almost sending them to the floor in a heap. Sasuke's other arm he gripped just below the elbow and twisted, trying to free his own arm.

Caught completely off-guard by that sudden invasion of all personal boundaries when he had merely been trying to rile Naruto up enough to get his mind off the inauguration, Sasuke felt his balance starting to go as he fought to both support himself and Naruto - who was clinging awkwardly to his waist - and to keep his hold on the other ninja. It was a losing battle. His grip on Naruto's arm was lost completely as he began to tip backwards, his body already trying to find the fastest way to his feet, much like a cat.

Somehow Naruto managed to steer them so that they fell onto the nearby couch instead of the hardwood floor. The wind was knocked out of him momentarily but it wasn't long before he was smirking triumphantly down at Sasuke. "Looks like I win this time, jackass," Naruto taunted, not letting go of Sasuke's arm or making any moves to get off.

He squirmed but Naruto outweighed him a little bit these days, mostly due to the fact that his build was a little stockier than Sasuke's. Naruto's weight resting on his stomach wasn't uncomfortable but it certainly wasn't something he could dislodge easily from the position he had fallen in on the deeply cushioned couch. Actually... Naruto's weight wasn't uncomfortable at all. "Usurutonkachi[4]..." he muttered and glared though it didn't have his heart behind it.

"Sa~~~~y it!" Naruto sing-songed with a fox-grin. He wasn't getting off until Sasuke admitted that Naruto had won.

Seeing an opportunity that he had never come across in the past, Sasuke glanced off to the side and muttered, "Fine... you win...." far too low for Naruto to hear more than just a murmur. If he could just get Naruto to lean in towards him enough... Sasuke banished the wicked thoughts that one brought with it. It was best not to reveal one was a wolf until after the sheep were... grazing, as it were. Being away from Naruto had been torture. Naruto was, without a doubt, his closest and best friend and the only one that seemed to capture his attention. Not even the mass amounts of voluptuous female flesh strutted his way had ever caught his attention as well as Naruto's tanned and muscled back just before the blond pulled a shirt on. Sasuke derailed that train of thought too and glanced at the blond through the stray wisps of one bang that had remained on his cheek half-covering his eye when he'd landed on the couch.

"I'm sorry, didn't quite catch that," Naruto said with mock-innocence, his fox-grin growing as he leaned forward a bit to better hear Sasuke. "Could you please say that again?" He had absolutely no idea what was going through the Anbu's head - actually he thought Sasuke was running through ways to get back at him for this later. Pranks and the like. Not... well, you can fill in the blank.

Murmuring again, Sasuke narrowed his open eye and waited for Naruto to lean in just that little bit more. There! Naruto had leaned just that couple of inches more and now Sasuke's free arm shot up to shove hard at Naruto's chest and send them both tumbling to the floor in a heap with Sasuke on top now. However, the Uchiha stood and took a step back, offering Naruto a challenging smirk. "Is that all you've got?" he asked.

"I hate you," Naruto deadpanned, glaring up at Sasuke from his position on the floor. He'd get up when the back of his head stopped throbbing - then he'd get Sasuke back. "That was cheap."

"And you jumping on me wasn't?" he inquired raising a brow. Then he offered Naruto a hand up.

"You were trying to kick my feet out from under me!" Naruto argued, getting up without Sasuke's help. "I had a reas-..."

He was reaching forward before Naruto had completely gotten to his feet. Strong, lithe arms caught Naruto and tugged him forward against Sasuke's slightly taller frame. The Anbu's eyes never left the brilliance of deep prussian as Naruto stumbled against him and then he closed his eyes, holding the memory in his mind as warm lips met with warm lips. Everything around him vanished, leaving only he and Naruto - Naruto's warmth, his touch, his scent, the feel of Naruto's solid body against his own...

Definitely not expecting that, Naruto reacted automatically as he would to an attack - he shoved Sasuke away and stumbled backwards, tripping over the low coffee table in the process. "Itai[5]..." he grit out as he clutched his re-injured head. "Teme[6]!!" he yelled at Sasuke, feeling very confused. His brain was stumbling over the fact that Sauske had kissed him and it had yet to register. "Nani sundaiyo dattebayo[7]?!"

That was rejection... if ever Sasuke had heard it before. He'd dished enough of it out in his relatively short lifetime to recognize it. He just hadn't ever realized it could hurt so much. He couldn't think of anything to say. There wasn't an apology in the world he could give Naruto to make up for that... and he didn't want to apologize anyway. He didn't regret it. Taking several steps back, Sasuke stared for a few moments more before turning to leave. It had been an impulsive and miscalculated move that had cost him, probably dearly.

"Huh? Sasuke?" Naruto blinked, confused as to why his friend was leaving. Forgetting about his sore head, he leapt to his feet and dashed to stand in front of Sasuke. "Wait, what's wrong? What'd I do?" Finally it clicked and his eyes widened in surprise as his cheeks burned red from embarrassment. "Wait a second... You kissed me!!"

Sasuke couldn't help but lower his head and pinch the bridge of his nose in sheer exasperation. "Usurutonkachi...." he grumbled, not feeling like staying. "Is there a short between your brain and your mouth?" There had to be, seeing how Naruto never thought before he spoke... and now this.

"Love you, too," Naruto grumbled sarcastically, taking offense as he always did when Sasuke called him the moron of morons. It didn't bother him as much as it used to but it was still annoying. "Waitwait!!" he protested as Sauske walked around him to leave, grabbing the Anbu's arm and asking softly, almost afraid of the answer, "...Why did you kiss me?"

"Why?" Sasuke repeated without looking to Naruto. "Because," he began while staring at the window he had intended to escape through. "You... are the only person who stands at my level now. Because you are my first and very best friend. Because... I..." He stopped, unable to say anything else. The hand on his arm was warm and calloused like his own palm. It sent waves of electricity through his body, but he stubbornly ignored it. It seemed as though the skin where Naruto's hand lay was absorbing the other boy's heat right into it.

"What?" Naruto asked softly, encouragingly, his eyes suspiciously bright. "Because what?" He stepped closer as his hand tightened, not wanting Sasuke to leave until he got an answer. Well... he didn't want Sauske to leave at all, really. Naruto had missed him so much while he was gone doing missions... he wanted his best friend to himself for a long while.

"Because I missed you," Sasuke finally finished, his voice even and low. Honestly, he'd wanted to say so much more, but he was conflicted. Unsure of exactly how he felt, or what to say or how to say it.

Naruto smiled and rested his forehead on Sasuke's shoulder, feeling his heart lift at Sasuke's words. "I missed you too..." he murmured. "More than I ever thought I would. I was so lonely without you... without my best friend..."

He was about to shrug Naruto off when he stopped suddenly struck by Naruto's words. Instead, Sasuke turned slowly, breaking Naruto's hold on his arm, and caught Naruto's arms between the elbow and the shoulder, holding him in place as he looked into Naruto's face. His expression didn't change at all. It remained as stoical as ever, however his eyes looked straight into Naruto's as though trying to read something there.

"Stay here for a while?" Naruto asked quietly, his voice and eyes hopeful. He didn't even notice as his breath caught in anticipation, or that his gaze slid down to Sasuke's lips as he replayed the kiss in the back of his mind, or that his tongue darted out to wet his own lips nervously.

Sasuke's gaze fell, his attention caught by the dart of a moist pink tongue over pale lips. "For how long, Naruto?" he asked softly. His voice had noticeably dropped a few octaves and was turning a little to the huskier side. His tone made it clear that he was talking about more than just tonight even though his eyes remained fixed on Naruto's mouth for several seconds after the alluring sight of Naruto licking his lips had vanished. He finally brought his gaze upwards then, at the end of his question, and waited for an answer.

"For as long as you want. For as long as you can," Naruto answered immediately, his own eyes lifting and cerulean met abyss straight on. He could hear his blood pounding rapidly in his ears as he waited for what Sasuke would do next. His hands found their way to the front of Sasuke's shirt and clutched there tightly.

Something flared deep in the black depths of Sasuke's eyes and the Uchiha stepped forward across the small remaining space between them. This close again he could feel Naruto's body heat and smell the faint scent that was Naruto and Naruto alone. The nearness made his skin tingle all over. "Even.... forever?" he breathed, his mouth inches away from Naruto's own, his warm exhalation caressing Naruto's lips and whiskered cheeks. Sasuke's hands tightened slightly on Naruto's biceps.

His answer was a hungry kiss as Naruto pulled him closer, pressing their bodies together, as the word "forever" released all the pent-up emotions he'd been hiding even from himself. Sasuke wanted to be with him forever... and Naruto wanted the exact same thing. He had wanted it for years - he'd just been too afraid, too unsure, to admit it. But that fear was gone now. He finally had the thing he wanted more than anything else... someone to love and be with forever.

His hands immediately released Naruto's arms so he could press Naruto closer with one hand behind the blond's head, his fingers tangling in shaggy blond spikes, while the other hand pressed into the small of Naruto's back. The kiss was all the answer Sasuke needed. Naruto was his now and nothing would ever change that. A low moan vibrated at the back of his throat as his tongue slipped out to brush against Naruto's lips hopefully.

Naruto eagerly opened his mouth in response, his tongue flicking against Sasuke's teasingly. Deft fingers unzipped the Anbu's vest to slip underneath and caress firm muscles through Sasuke's shirt, kneading them into mush. He very much liked the moan Sasuke had made and wanted to hear it again.

Talented fingers digging into sore, abused muscles made Sasuke practically purr as his tongue swept into Naruto's willing mouth. He swiftly shrugged out of the vest, glad to be rid of the extra material. His arms slid to wrap around Naruto's waist then and he pulled the other young man more tightly against him.

Smiling slyly as he deepened the kiss, Naruto trailed his hands down Sasuke's sides to his hips, thumbs digging into any knots he found there. His own hips rocked forward just a bit, teasingly giving then taking pressure. He was more than ready to turn this into another one of their competitions... and would probably be the only one where he didn't care who won. The only outcomes in this "battle" were good ones.

Sasuke's body was on fire in an instant as Naruto rolled his hips into and then away from Sasuke's own. Those thumbs taking away all of his tense muscles were making his legs feel hot and weak. There was an indefinable tingle low in his abdomen and one particular part of his anatomy was waking up rather swiftly. The kiss just kept getting deeper, but he was running out of air with the added distraction of Naruto's hips taking his breath away faster. He finally had to break the kiss, gasping, and looking with hooded eyes into the face of the person he cared about more than anything else in the world. He felt so good he was near to heady.

"Don't tell me I'm already winning?" Naruto purred in taunting as he licked his lips and tasted Sasuke there. His own eyes were hooded and passion-darkened and most definitely teasing. "Am I actually winning against the great Uchiha heir?" he asked playfully, leaning over to nip lightly at Sasuke's racing pulse. The hot hardness pressing against his crotch did not go unnoticed and he felt his own manhood stirring, but he did his best to not let it distract him from his teasing torment of Sasuke.

He'd almost been about to tip his head so that Naruto would have better access to his throat, but Sasuke stopped at those words and
growled a little. That was a challenge... and he wasn't about to decline or be beaten. The growl was accompanied by a bunching of Sasuke's muscles and Naruto found himself whipped around and forced backwards until he tripped over the arm of the couch, the two of them landing in a heap on the deep cushions. Sasuke's mouth was instantly wandering over Naruto's throat. His attitude was clear. It said loudly, 'We'll see who wins... come morning.'

::Note to self... Use that tactic again!:: was Naruto's last coherent thought as pleasant sensations washed over body, turning him into human jelly. His head dug into the cushions to reveal as much of his neck as possible. Not to be outdone, his hands found Sasuke's rear and /squeezed/, lifting his hips at the same time to grind their erections together.

A low groan interrupted Sasuke's feast of Naruto's neck and Sasuke buried his face in Naruto's shoulder, pressing back with his own hips. When he had control of himself again, he bit Naruto's shoulder where it began to join with his neck in retaliation. Despite the distraction, Sasuke was not deterred and let his hands begin to wander up Naruto's shirt, stroking smooth skin and rubbing at places that seemed a little more sensitive than the rest. He was exploring every inch of skin, wanting to memorize it and cherish it until his very last breath. So many that he'd cared about had died, but Naruto, no matter what happened, seemed nearly invincible. A safe wager for his heart and one he'd willingly lose to in the end anyway. But for now... it wasn't the end. It was only the beginning.

Purring loudly, Naruto arched into Sasuke's touch and tugged at the Anbu's shirt, silently demanding that the cloth come off. Somehow he managed enough dexterity to throw off his own jacket and shirt when Sasuke paused just long enough to send the garment to the floor as Naruto had demanded. Determined to turn the tables again, he rolled them over and began to attack Sasuke's chest with lips and tongue, sucking and nibbling at his nipples. One of his hands cupped Sasuke's groin, squeezing and stroking him to full arousal through his pants. The other hand resumed its place on Sasuke's rump, only this time it slipped into his pants before teasing a firm globe of muscle.

Sasuke didn't put up much fight when Naruto turned the tables on him again. Of course, what reason did he have to fight when Naruto was doing things that made him squirm with pleasure? The hot mouth on his chest made his nipples bud and tingle, sending shockwaves of desire curling down his body to his already throbbing erection. Naruto's hand on his groin made him arch up pressing his head into the deep cushions beneath him. "Naruto..." Sasuke breathed, his voice husky. His hands came up, one to grip Naruto's shoulder and the other to tangle in his hair. Everything was hazy and warm at the moment, and Sasuke was certain he'd never felt so good in his entire life.

Naruto paused in his torture just long enough to smirk up at Sasuke before quickly divesting him of his pants, kissing down Sasuke's torso in the process. Slowly, he traced the muscles of the Anbu's stomach with his tongue - deciding that he could most definitely get addicted to Sasuke's taste - as his hand found Sasuke's sacs and began to lightly massage them, every once in a while pausing to run a nail feather-lightly along Sasuke's throbbing length. The hand that had been on Sasuke's rump now firmly held his hip so that he couldn't squirm too much. The quiet moans his soon-to-be lover was making sent shivers through Naruto, collecting in his groin and driving him into welcome madness.

The overload of sensation was more than Sasuke had ever experienced in his entire life. Naruto's restraining hand was a frustration while his other hand brought only the prelude to bliss. He could feel his erection jump at every caress from that careful fingernail and his sacs were beginning to tighten, preparing for release. His other hand found its way into Naruto's messy hair with its mate and he shuddered. The wet caress of Naruto's tongue on his stomach made his abdomen quiver and his trembling legs spread to cradle Naruto's body between his knees as he tried to lift his hips into Naruto's teasing touch. The small moans escaping from his throat were near pleading, with his eyes closed and lips parted so he could pant, the only form of breathing available to him at the moment.

Determined to make Sasuke scream his name at least once, Naruto gathered up the precum leaking from Sasuke erection onto one finger and traced Sasuke's entrance with it, gently pushing the finger in and searching for his sweet spot. At the same time, Naruto turned his mouth's attention to Sasuke's length, slowly pulling it into his mouth with a low hum. He smirked when he felt Sasuke jump - found it.

The slight discomfort of having a finger put where it normally didn't belong was nothing compared to some of the injuries Sasuke had sustained in battles. Besides, this was Naruto, the one person he trusted implicitly. Then that warm playful mouth engulfed his throbbing, needy erection and on top of that Naruto's finger found something inside of him that made his fingers clench, his legs strain and his back arch off the couch as a startled "Naruto!" gasped loudly from his mouth. That had felt too good for words, as though every pleasure sensor in his body had been caressed at once by Naruto's talented tongue. Sasuke was so close to cumming he thought he might explode and that was the only thought there was room for in his pleasure-wracked brain.

Not quite the scream Naruto was looking for, but it would certainly do. For the moment. Between long, hard sucks of Sasuke's length, he ran his tongue along the swollen vein on the underside and carefully nibbled at the leaking tip, teasing the slit with his tongue. His free hand stroked the sensitive inside of one firm, pale thigh. All the while he prodded that special spot inside of Sasuke, making sure he didn't regain any semblance of coherency anytime soon. Naruto's own arousal throbbed almost painfully, demanding attention and release, but he continued to ignore it as best he could until at the very least Sasuke screamed.

Every sensation was starting to blur together, building one on top of the other to create a whole mass of extreme ecstasy. The wet slide of Naruto's tongue over the firmness of his straining length, cupping the sensitive vein on the underside made Sasuke's eyes squeeze shut tightly and every muscle in his body shudder with rapture, the finger rubbing that special spot creating sparks of light behind his closed eyelids. He was so close... Naruto's tongue darted into the slit again and Sasuke couldn't hold back his voice any longer. A loud, long moan erupted from his throat and his hips bucked against Naruto's restraining hand, desperate for more.

A low chuckle vibrated in Naruto's throat as he deep-throated Sasuke's arousal, burrowing his nose in the musky nest of midnight hair at its base. His hand moved from Sasuke's thigh to his sacs, stroking them gently, as his finger continued to tease from inside. Navy eyes lifted to watch the play of muscles in Sasuke's stomach and the emotions that showed on his face. Naruto had to pause for just a second as a groan rumbled out of him in response to the pure ecstasy on his lover's face.

The vibration of Naruto's groan was the end of his control. Sasuke arched and screamed Naruto's name, throwing his head back into the couch cushions hard. His mouth hung open in rapture and his fingers tightened in Naruto's hair. He came without any warning at all. He hadn't expected to lose control this easily and as his body stiffened in release he murmured Naruto's name again, barely able to speak from the bliss.

Naruto almost gagged as his mouth was suddenly filled with salty-bitter liquid, but it passed quickly and he greedily swallowed every drop of Sasuke's essence. After taking a moment to thoroughly lick Sasuke clean, he crawled up on his hands and knees until he could look straight down into Sasuke's face. Smirking at what he saw, Naruto leaned down to give him a quick, deep kiss, letting Sasuke taste himself in Naruto's mouth. "Be right back," Naruto purred before climbing off the couch and disappearing into another room.

Sasuke lay there dazed, his mind a hazy jumble of pleasant feelings and fuzzy emotions, his own taste still mingling with the taste of Naruto's mouth on his lips. His vacant gaze belatedly registered Naruto's absence, in fact his body was starting to chill a little now that Naruto was no longer his own personal heating blanket and then his mind registered Naruto's words. Forcing himself up onto one elbow he turned his head, which felt almost too heavy for his neck, and looked in the direction he believed he'd heard Naruto disappear in. He wasn't sure though... everything in his mind was clouded with euphoria.

It didn't take long for Naruto return, sans the rest of his clothing and holding a bottle of something. Setting the bottle on the floor within easy reach, he lay back down on top of Sasuke, kissing him passionately as his hand snaked between their bodies to stroke Sasuke's member back to life, his own hot and throbbing length against Sasuke's leg. "Front or back?" he breathed against wet lips.

The drowsy Uchiha eased back on the couch as he accepted Naruto's weight once more, returning the kiss with equal passion. When Naruto's hand began to pump him, he moaned beseechingly and rhythmically rolled his hips up into Naruto's hand despite the hindrance of Naruto's body. At the same time his leg shifted, rubbing against Naruto's arousal, Sasuke loving the feel of velvet-sheathed firmness against the sensitive inside of his thigh. Naruto's words took a moment to sink in before Sasuke opened his eyes and black met deep navy blue. "Just... like this..." he murmured and arched into Naruto.

"As you wish," Naruto purred, his voice dripping with playful wickedness, after gasping at the feel of Sasuke arching under him. Reaching down, he grabbed the bottle and poured some of the contents onto his hand. Again he captured Sasuke's lips in a fiery kiss, distracting him from the strange sensation of Naruto gently pushing two well-oiled fingers into his body. Carefully, he began to stretch him, making sure to brush over that special spot frequently. His own erection twitched impatiently, begging for release, but Naruto was determined to do this properly.

The kiss was more than enough to distract Sasuke from the discomfort of being stretched until that spot inside was brushed again and then he moaned, breaking the kiss in favor of pressing his head back into the couch cushions again. "Naruto...." he groaned. His newly returned erection dripped eagerly in anticipation of more pleasure to come.

His impatience finally getting the better of him, Naruto pulled his fingers from Sasuke's body and coated his arousal thickly in oil, then grabbed Sasuke's hips firmly. "Tell me to stop if it hurts," he murmured against the base of Sasuke's jaw before slowly pushing his way into Sasuke's entrance. He groaned and gasped loudly as pleasure shot through him, fighting the urge to just plunge in. "God... Sasuke..." he grit out between clenched teeth when he finally was buried to the hilt in Sasuke's tight heat. He forced himself to wait until he got the okay to move, waiting for his lover to adjust to the invasion.

Sasuke gasped as Naruto began to enter him. Naruto was a lot larger than two fingers, but Sasuke merely clenched his teeth and stuck it out, unaware that he even held his breath. Naruto's pleased noises were reward enough for his diligence and then Naruto was seated deeply within him and he was panting but adjusting quickly. It took what seemed only a minute for his body to decide that Naruto needed to be doing something more than simply sitting there and his hips flexed upward demandingly.

A loud moan tore through Naruto's body and he attacked Sasuke's neck with his mouth. At the same time he pulled out a bit before rocking back in, biting down as the vice-like tightness and intense heat sent white-hot electricity racing along every single nerve in his body. It took an immense amount of shakily-grasped control to not cum right then. A second/eternity later he rocked again, his thrusts gradually becoming longer and faster. His breathing soon lost any sort of rhythm as his entire being focused on drawing from and delivering to Sasuke as much pleasure as possible.

Strong legs wrapped tightly around Naruto's waist, aiding and encouraging him even as Sasuke began to meet every thrust. The burning pain of the beginning was fading into a rubbing pleasure that was certainly escalating towards that euphoria again. Flexing his hips Sasuke's body clenched around Naruto wringing a moan out of both of them. Sasuke's nails actually raked down Naruto's back as his hands scrabbled a little for a solid hold on sweat-slicked muscles. Again the haziness of sexual bliss clouded his mind and he purred thoughtlessly into Naruto's ear, conveniently by his mouth as Naruto's teeth held his neck, demanding, "Motto[8]..." Gasp. "Fukaku[9]..." Gasp.

Naruto granted Sasuke's demand by pulling almost all the way out before slamming back in, hitting Sasuke's sweet spot dead on. He could feel his climax building as he slammed again and again and again into Sasuke, the couch cushions around them drenched with sweat and the smell of sex. Panting harshly as he felt his control slip and the rhythm of his thrusts falter as pleasure besieged every atom in his body, Naruto ended his feasting of Sasuke's neck to capture his lips in a soul-searing kiss, swallowing his moans and it seemed his breath. One hand slid in between them to roughly pump Sasuke's erection, his other hand still holding Sasuke's hip in a bruising grip.

Sasuke's body seized as orgasm jolted through him. Naruto's hand on his swollen member was the final sensation that sent him over the edge. His legs clamped tightly around the fox-holder's waist and his back arched, looking as though the contortion was painful though in reality, as his body began to unwind and relax, it was beyond euphoric. Both of their chests and stomachs, and Naruto's hand, were coated in the thick, creamy liquid of Sasuke's release, but the Uchiha stared at the ceiling, still relishing the feel of Naruto within him and seemingly all around him.

Hot cum coated Sasuke's insides as the spasming of his body sent Naruto flying over the edge, his cry of ecstasy muffled against Sasuke's lips. A myriad of colors exploded on the inside of his eyelids as pleasure tore through him, setting everything ablaze. He limply collapsed on top of Sasuke a short moment later, his breathing harsh as he attempted to get oxygen back to his brain. Lazily, he nuzzled at the base of Sasuke's jaw, content to bask in the afterglow for as long as he could. "Looks like I won," he teasingly murmured once he had gathered enough energy to speak.

Sasuke's eyes slid open slowly but his lashes seemed too heavy as the lids halted at half-mast. His lips twitched into barely a smile and then he shifted resettling Naruto's weight on his body as he mumbled, "I would say we came out evenly matched on this one..." A rare statement for him to admit something other than a victory.

Naruto chuckled and lazily nuzzled Sasuke's cheek, lapping up the beads of sweat. "Sure, whatever," he murmured, feeling much too sated and content to argue much. He had just experienced heaven and had no desire to ruin the moment. "So... are we going to make this a regular event?" the blond purred suggestively.

Pale, slender arms slid up to cradle Naruto's shoulders, hugging him loosely. "Didn't I say forever, Naruto?" he muttered around a sigh and turned his face a little so that Naruto had all the room in the world to lick whatever he wanted: cheek, neck, whatever. The intense euphoria was fading to a simple contentment that had Sasuke wanting nothing more than a real bed and a Naruto body-pillow. If they stayed in Naruto's office for too long, it was very probable that someone would barge in. Not something Sasuke wanted to deal with. Something like that would certainly kill the mood. And yet... he was still too boneless to move.

"Never hurts to double-check, ne?" Naruto murmured as he kissed his way to Sasuke's ear and nibbled on the lobe. He wasn't even thinking about moving any time soon... preferably not until he'd gotten a bit of sleep. Besides, the door was locked and no one would just walk in without knocking, so he wasn't worried about anyone finding them. He chuckled as a thought hit him. "Man, you got quite the welcome home, didn't you?"

"The best one I think I've ever had... my whole life..." Sasuke purred and turned his head to lick Naruto's cheek with a small swipe of his tongue. "Let's find your bed," he suggested softly. He didn't want to admit it out loud but he'd been sore upon his return... he didn't even want to know what he'd feel like in the morning, especially if he slept beneath Naruto on the couch all night. It then occurred to him that Naruto might not be willing to let him stay the whole night... and he opened his mouth to say something along the lines of 'That is if...'

"You're asking me to /move/? Jackass..." Naruto muttered with a smirk as he pushed himself onto his hands and knees, his limbs still very wobbly but able to support him. He raised an eyebrow when he saw the mess smeared all over their abdomens and gave Sasuke an amused look. "I think we'll wanna clean up before we crash. Unless you don't mind waking up cemented to me." It didn't even cross his mind to send Sasuke to his own home for the night. He wanted Sasuke to be with him as often as possible, and that included while he slept.

As long as Naruto was there when he woke up, Sasuke didn't really care, but rather than voicing that particular preference he forced himself to move and slid out from beneath Naruto so that he could stand - a little unsteadily but he remained upright - and stretch sore and stiffening muscles. He'd really pushed himself to make it back in time for the inauguration, perhaps a little too hard and then on top of that... he'd just lost his virginity. Turning - he hid the wince caused by a sudden zing of pain from his bottom and the feeling of Naruto's cum beginning to slowly run down the insides of his thighs - he faced Naruto. "Fine. Who goes first?" he asked, his tone brisk and normal-Sasuke once more, no longer the passionate and breathy timbre it had been during their love making.

Naruto just fox-grinned and stood up to pull Sasuke close for a deep kiss. "How about together?" he purred. Not giving Sasuke a chance to even say yes or no, he dragged him towards the bathroom and was soon soaping him under a spray of hot water, using it as an excuse to explore Sasuke's body thoroughly.

Unwilling to put up much of a fight, Sasuke allowed himself to be dragged to the shower and stood for a thorough cleaning. Then when Naruto was done with him, he turned everything around and washed Naruto from head to foot. Once they were both clean, Sasuke reached over and turned off the faucet then stepped out and grabbed a towel turning back to Naruto. "Come here," he demanded, holding the towel in both hands.

"You'd better not be planning to whip me with that," Naruto joked with a smirk as he stepped closer to Sasuke, remembering the horseplay he used to participate in with Kiba.

"Not even close, dobe[10]..." Sasuke muttered, moving around behind Naruto and wrapping the giant fluffy towel and his arms around his lover. He held Naruto for a moment before retreating to get his own towel to dry off.

As soon as they were both dry, Naruto hugged Sasuke from behind and dropped a kiss to the nape of his neck. "Bedtime? Or more playtime?" he murmured against sweet-smelling ivory skin.

Sasuke reached up and over his shoulder to caress Naruto's whiskered cheek with elegant fingertips. "Bedtime. Unlike you, stamina-freak, I've been on missions constantly for the last few years and made short work of this last one so that I could be here... for this..." Sasuke murmured, his tone affectionate despite his seemingly harsh words, and then he stepped forward, turning around to face Naruto. His expression was serious, determined. Then he was securing his towel about his waist as he dropped to one knee and bowed his head, raising his right fist to close it tightly over his heart while his other arm hung loosely with a closed fist at his side.

Understanding what Sasuke was doing, Naruto stood a bit straighter and his look changed from playful to solemn. He felt his heartbeat pick up a bit at the significance of what Sasuke was about to do.

"To this village," Sasuke began, his voice austere. "I pledge my life and my service, my protection and my power. To my fellows, I pledge my companionship, my aid and my last ounce of strength. To my Hokage, I pledge my skill, my loyalty, my everything, so that he may wield the sword of my being in the cause of right," Sasuke closed his eyes and his voice dropped to somber. "To you, Uzumaki Naruto, Rokudaime Hokage, I pledge my life."

"In the name of this village, in the name of your fellows, and in the name of all the previous Hokages I thank you, Uchiha Sasuke," Naruto said with heartfelt solemnity. "I, Uzumaki Naruto, Sixth Hokage of the Hidden Village of the Leaf, swear to use your power only for the good of our people, the good of our nation, and the good of our world." He smiled at him. "Rise, my warrior... 'cause I'm tired and we both have to get up early tomorrow. Let's go to bed."

The last True Sharingan User stood slowly and straightened, shaking his hair out of his eyes with a slight toss of his head as both of his hands fell to loose fists at his sides. He met Naruto's gaze directly. "Un," he breathed tiredly and waited for Naruto to lead the way. Sasuke had no idea where anything was in this apartment. He'd only followed Naruto's aura to get to him earlier that night.

Naruto took Sasuke's hand and led him to the bedroom, promptly dropping his towel over a chair before climbing into the large bed, taking the far side so that Sasuke didn't have to climb over him. This bed had a feather mattress and was pure heaven compared to the one he used to have in his old apartment. Being the Hokage (...well, he wasn't Hokage yet but he would be come morning) certainly had its perks.

Following suit, Sasuke tossed his own towel over the back of that same chair and then slid into bed beside Naruto. Never in his life had Uchiha Sasuke shared sleeping space this personally before, but for some reason he didn't feel the least bit awkward as he rolled over to face Naruto. The mattress was so soft and fitted to his tired, worn body instantly, cradling him gently.

Scooting closer, Naruto curled up next to Sasuke. He gave him a short, lazy kiss before settling down for sleep and closing his eyes. "Oyasumi, Sasuke-koi," he murmured, taking up one of Sasuke's hands in his own and tangling their fingers together. Words couldn't begin to describe how wonderful it felt to have someone more than willing to share their life with him.

"Oyasumi, Naruto," he whispered softly and tenderly kissed the whiskered man's brow. He hadn't felt this kind of union with any other living being since the murder of his Clan. He hadn't realized how much he'd longed for it... until tonight.

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The Next Morning

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Without bothering to knock, Kakashi just walked into Naruto's bedroom. He sighed when he saw that the blonde was still dead asleep in a pile of pillows and under a very lumpy cover. "Naruto, you're an hour late for your inauguration. The Nobles are already talking about going back on their decision to instate you. This is absolutely no way to start your career as the Rokudaime," he lectured as he grabbed the cover and yanked it off. And then froze at the sight of Naruto naked... with an equally naked Sasuke curled up against his middle, arm across Naruto's stomach and head on Naruto's chest.

Starting a bit at the sudden loss of warmth, Naruto cracked one eye open to glare at his teacher. ...But then Kakashi's words sank in and he looked at the clock on his nightstand. There was a moment of silence before... "DAMMIT!!!!!!" An explosion of sheets was left in Naruto's wake as he flew into the closet and half a second later dashed back out, fully dressed. "Dammitdammitdammit!!!!" He sped out of the apartment at mach three, his destination the Hokage Tower.

Kakashi just stood there, looking as if someone had pressed his brain's restart button.

The lack of a pillow that breathed was what really pulled Sasuke from the deepest depths of sleep. He twisted at the middle, half rolling over and glared out of slitted eyes at the only remaining person in the room. "What the hell are you doing here?" he grumbled and sat up, completely unashamed of his nudity as he braced his hands behind him on the mattress.

"That explains why you're both an hour late for the inauguration," Kakashi said calmly, managing to regain his lazy look. "So... who got top?"

"Tch," was Sasuke's only response as he stood and headed for the office to retrieve his clothes. He needed to go home and change before heading over to the ceremony.

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Hokage Tower, Hours Later

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Naruto would have sighed with relief if there hadn't been a flock of Nobles standing in front of him. The inauguration ceremony was almost over. All that was left was Jiraiya and Tsunade to formally accept him as Hokage and then all the ninja swearing fealty to him.

Jiraiya stepped forward as the last Noble stood down from his long-winded congratulations speech a bundle of something in his hands. "Naruto!" Jiraiya acknowledged and greeted him and then reached forward and ruffled his hair. "Take that shitty robe off." As usual the Frog Hermit could care ten shits less about what anyone else thought. He was one of the Legendary Shinobi of Konoha. The Nobles could kiss it.

"I happen to like this robe, thank you very much," Naruto muttered, making a face at Jiraiya as he did as told.

The Sennin bonked him on the head just for good measure and growled, "You might be about to officially become Hokage, but I'm still your senior and your Sensei! Now shut your eyes, gaki!"

There was a softening look about Tsunade-Godaime-Hokage-sama's face as she watched Jiraiya. She knew exactly what her best friend and rival held in his hands, knew what it meant to him, to her and what it would mean to the village. Jiraiya wasn't good with official sounding words, but what he was about to do would certainly say it all for him nicely.

Naruto rubbed his abused head and scrunched his face at Jiraiya, but there was a smirk tugging at the corner of his mouth as he closed his eyes. He would never tire of arguing with Jiraiya.

Taking the official Hokage's robes and hat from Naruto and handing them to Tsunade, Jiraiya flipped a fold of the bundle in his hands open and pulled out Naruto's hitai-ate, which had been taken from him while he was dressing for the ceremony. Tucking the bundle under one arm, he went to stand behind Naruto so that he could tie it securely and properly to Naruto's forehead. Then he took the bundle from under his arm and looked at it for a moment, rubbing the soft material with his thumb, lost in memory for a just a moment. Coming back to himself at a cough from Tsunade, he looked to her and grinned, then shook out the long white coat licked with flames at the bottom and emblazoned with the kanji for "Fighting Spirit" on the back in bold red characters. There was a uniform gasp from the Nobles and then Jiraiya was guiding Naruto into the jacket, settling it comfortably about the boy's shoulders before walking around to the front of him and embracing him tightly. "Your father would be very proud, Naruto..." He leaned away and tugged at the lapels of the coat, settling it on Naruto's shoulders and waiting for the boy - young man really but he'd always be a boy to Jiraiya and a bratty one at that - to open his eyes.

Tsunade held the ugly hat and folded robes in her folded arms and silently watched pride and gentle memories in her eyes and a small smile on her lips.

"Yondaime's coat..." Naruto murmured in awe when he opened his eyes and took a good look at what his mentor had put on him. How could he not know what it was after looking at pictures and hearing stories about Konoha's greatest hero, The Yellow Flash, for his entire life. Then Jiraiya's words sank in and he looked up at him with bright eyes. "My... father...?" he whispered, his voice thick.

"Mm." Jiraiya nodded, his voice a little rough, but regardless he raised it so that everyone could hear him. And he made sure it was /everyone/. "He sacrificed everything he held dear for this village, including his newborn son. He wanted you to be known as a hero." Jiraiya's hand landed on Naruto's head and he let it rest there. "You've lived up to his expectations and beyond." And then Jiraiya was backing away, taking the robes and hat from Tsunade as she came forward.

Tsunade stared at Naruto for several long moments allowing Jiraiya's words to settle in his mind for a bit before she leaned forward and reached around his head, untying the knot of his hitai-ate and slipping it off. She had to stand on tip-toe to do it now, but she did so without a second thought, planting a kiss on his forehead, an image of Dan flashing briefly in her mind. Then she was flat-footed again and she smiled at him as she had once smiled at her little brother. "Because you've achieved your dream... Rokudaime," she murmured and then replaced his hitai-ate quickly before turning to the crowd. "It is done. Rokudaime Hokage... Uzumaki Naruto," she announced and then went to stand beside Jiraiya, knowing the Ninja could take it from here on their own without guidance. It was time she and Jiraiya disappeared again... so that they weren't there for the village to turn to. They had all they needed in their new Leader.

"Arigatou gozaimasu[11], Jiraiya-sensei, Tsunade-sama," Naruto said quietly with a heartfelt grin, thanking them for both their blessings and the knowledge of who his father was. He didn't even notice when a lot of brows went up at his use of Jiraiya's name - the first time ever in his entire life. And then he'd called him sensei! And then he'd actually used a title of respect with Tsunade! This truly was an event!

Naruto turned to the Anbu and nodded to them. They stepped forward one by one, each declaring their loyalty to him. At some point between individuals Naruto turned his head to look back at his mentors, only to see that they had already left. His face fell a bit but he didn't pause in the ceremony. He knew they had their reasons and respected that.

Sasuke approached the new Hokage last of all, met Naruto's eyes for one lengthy second and then lowered himself to one knee, his right hand fisting over his heart and his left fisting at his side where his arm hung limp at his side. He bowed his head and opened his mouth -

"Can we just move ahead to the next part?" Naruto interrupted him, turning his head to face the Nobles with a mischievous grin. About time he was able to really shake up this dull ceremony. "He already swore fealty to me last night after our shower, so... yeah, let's move this ahead a bit." His grin grew as the shocked looks on the Nobles' faces.

There was a long pause before Kiba spoke up from the group of Jounin. Well, yelled really. "About time you two laid each other! Shikamaru, you owe me fifty bucks!"

"Hey, I was the one who got some. Sasuke was the one getting laid," Naruto shot back, not caring that the whole village could probably hear them.

"Hah! I knew it! Shikamaru, you owe me another fifty bucks!" Kiba crowed, looking forward to spending his winnings.

Amidst the girlish screams of "Liar" and other such accusatory obscenities, Sasuke rose to his feet and lunged at Naruto, his fist ready to meet with Naruto's face.

::Crap, I'm dead,:: Naruto thought as he caught Sasuke's fist and got ready to defend himself. ::Well, there goes having a regular bedmate.::

When Naruto's hand caught his, Sasuke lunged in under Naruto's initial guard with his free arm, caught Naruto about the waist and dipped him backwards, swinging the blond to the side as his hungry mouth claimed Naruto's.

From high atop the observation platform before the Hokage Monument, Jiraiya and Tsunade stared down at the chaos that had ensued not long after their departure. The Frog Hermit looked to Tsunade and put his spyglass away, tucking it into his vest, and muttered, "It's about damn time."

Tsunade, the Legendary Sucker once again, shrugged and mumbled, "I would have never bet on that relationship..." She turned to go, deactivating the extra Chakra supply to her eyes. Together she and the Sennin left, heading back to their old lives, before Naruto, but not without a little bit of him going with him.

Naruto blinked in surprise before eagerly kissing Sasuke back. He would have laughed at the sudden stop in the feminine screams and the audible face faults if his mouth hadn't been so wonderfully busy. When they broke the kiss he murmured teasingly, "Never knew you were an exhibitionist."

The Uchiha - undeniably no longer the most eligible bachelor in Konoha - simply shrugged one shoulder and murmured, "So... when do I move my stuff in?"

Naruto fox-grinned. "Tonight."

~FIN~

Translation notes:

[1] - Damn right! / Damn straight!

[2] - Later.

[3] - Jackass!

[4] - Moron of morons...

[5] - Ow...

[6] - Bastard!

[7] - What the hell was that for?!

[8] - More...

[9] - Harder...

[10] - Dead last...

[11] - Thank you very much.