'Tis the Season

+++++Chap. 15+++++


A/N: There is actually going to be one more chapter after this. It was getting too long for just one. Enjoy! (BTW, Masashi Kishimoto is officially my idol! Yaoi, yuri,and bi, oh my! Read the manga chapters 347 & 348 if you don't understand. And Sasuke proves once again he doesn't like girls.)

Naruto woke refreshed, sunlight shining through his window. 'What to do, what to do?'
he mused. He had the whole day to himself. Maybe he should go see the Hokage. Yes,
that was a good idea. He hadn't seen her for a long time. He got out of bed,
dressed, ate a cup ramen, then headed to the Hokage tower.

"Oi! Tsunade-baa-chan! How's everything?" he called, entering without knocking, as
usual. The next thing he knew, he was being smothered in a boob pillow. Pushing away
from the large-breasted woman, he gasped for air. "Baa-chan! What gives?! I get
rescued just so you can kill me!?"

Tsunade pulled him close again for a much gentler hug. "Gaki, you don't know how
worried I was. If anything had happened to you..." Then, she sent him flying across
the room. "How could you have been so stupid!?!?! Letting Akatsuki catch you! Gaki,
if you ever do that again..." She shook her fist at him, then started to cry.

Naruto cautiously made his way back to the blond Hokage. He put his arms around her
and let her bury her face on his shoulder. He wasn't very good at this comforting
thing, but it seemed to work. Soon, Tsunade raised her head and gave him a smile.

"Tell me how you have been since I last saw you. I know about the kidnapping; I read
Ibiki's report this morning. Have you been eating? Training? You look like you've
lost weight. Is the kyuubi bothering you much?"

The younger blond scratched the back of his head. How much does she know? What
should he tell her? *sigh* "It's been hell, to tell the truth. I'm constantly
horny," he said, blushing. "I get near anyone and I get a boner. Thank Kami-sama
it's almost over. This has been the worst year yet."

Tsunade hid the smirk, though her eyes were dancing in amusement. "Anyone in
particular that brings it on?"

Another shy blush graced the boy's face. "Um...Well...um, Sasuke looks...um. I kinda
like him, you see. And...and he...he's pretty hot, you know." Crimson-faced, the boy
looked anywhere except at the Godaime.

Choking back the laughter that threatened to spill out, Tsunade cleared her throat
before speaking. "I think that's great. He would be an ideal mate for you. You
could loosen him up a little, no pun intended," she said with a perverted giggle.
"And maybe he could teach you to be less impulsive, quieter."

Naruto thought about it. She might have a point there. The Uchiha DID seem to be a
good match when thought about in those terms. He would just have to see if Sasuke
felt the same. He bid Tsunade good-bye and went to find his teammate.

"Oi, Teme!" He had found the Uchiha relatively easy. He was at their old training
grounds, practicing his jutsus.

"Dobe."

"Don't call me that!" the blond yelled. More quietly, "I wanted to talk to you.
It's important."

"Hn." Nevertheless, Sasuke walked over to his friend and sat down, looking up at him
expectantly. "Well?"

"Um...I don't really know how to say this. Here goes. Teme, will you be my
boyfriend?" Naruto asked.

Sasuke blinked in shock. He was stunned! His dobe wanted them to date?! Friends,
and occasional fuck-buddies he could see. But this! Looking at the blushing chuunin
who was biting his lip in nervousness, the raven had to smirk. If they did this, all
they would ever do was fight and have sex. It sounded good on the surface, but there
had to be more for a relationship to work. He told the blond this.

"Oh. Okay then. Forget I said anything. I just thought..." Naruto turned away to
go back to the village.

Sasuke hated the way his friend's eyes had dulled. They should be bright and shining
with mirth. "Naruto." The blond turned back to him. "Thank you for thinking of me.
It's not that I don't care for you; I do. I just don't see it working out. I'm
sorry. Friends?"

Eyes lighting up, Naruto nodded. "Friends, Teme."

"Come on. I'll treat you to ramen."

"RAMEN! Ramen, ramen, ramen, ramen," chanted a hyperactive blond kitsune.

Sasuke had to smile; his dobe was still a baka.


******

Jiraiya was vastly disappointed with this encounter.

******


"Who else might you be interested in, Dobe?" Sasuke had finished his own meal, and
was waiting for Naruto to get done.

Naruto paused to think about it. "Well, Kiba is out. He's too hyper, and gets mad
too easily. Shika's too lazy. Yamato and Kakashi are too old. Neji. I don't know.
He's a bit too...formal. He wouldn't be any fun. He's also got a stick up his ass.
Kind of reminds me of you. *snicker* No one else really interests me. Why? Do you
have any suggestions?"

Sasuke frowned at the stick comment. "What about Shino? Do you have anything against
dating him? His bugs don't seem to bother you."

"No, they don't. Hmm. He's quiet. He's also pretty good looking. He's smart, too.
But I don't know if he likes me like that. Sure, we've done it; it was fantastic! I
just am not sure if there is anything more there."

"Why don't you ask? Give it a try. It might surprise the both of you." Sasuke hated
to think of his dobe with anyone else, but he wanted the blond happy. He knew that
wouldn't happen with the two of them. "Think about it. I'll see you later." He
tossed down enough money to cover for both of them and left, leaving Naruto to
consider his suggestion.

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Finding Shino would have to wait; it was almost time for classes at the Academy to get
out for the day. He went to the school to await Iruka's arrival.

The kids were long gone and still no Iruka. Naruto entered the building in search of
his former sensei. Soon he heard the teacher's voice raised in anger. "When will you
get it through your thick head? I don't like you that way! Leave me alone!!!"

Naruto arrived at the classroom door and stared. Iruka was sitting at his desk.
Sitting on his desk, feet resting on the chuunin's hips, was none other than Hatake
Kakashi! He had his fingers laced together behind the younger man's neck, and was
leaning towards him.

"Kakashi-sensei! What are you doing to Iruka-sensei!? Hentai! Why don't you go read
your dirty book?" Naruto had shaken off his astonishment, and now was getting angry.
Iruka-sensei was his precious person and he didn't like to see him upset. Especially
by a perverted jounin.

The two at the desk whipped their heads towards the door. Iruka flushed in
embarrassment, while Kakashi narrowed his exposed eye. Neither liked the interruption
but for completely different reasons: Iruka, because he hated getting caught in such
a compromising position; Kakashi, because he'd been hoping to steal a kiss from the
delectable chuunin. With a burst of chakra behind it, Iruka shoved the jounin back so
that he toppled off the far side of the desk. He quickly stood and walked to the blond's side.

"Ready to go, Naruto-kun?" he asked, lips twitching from the expression on Kakashi's
face.

"Hai! Where are we going to eat?"

Iruka let a full smile cross his face. "My place," he said, with a backwards glance
at the jounin. "I thought you'd like a home-cooked meal for a change."

"Yatta! What are we standing around here for? Let's go!" Naruto grabbed the
teacher's hand and tugged, urging the man to hurry.

The first place they went was the market. Iruka picked out some fresh vegetables
while Naruto went to get some seafood. Unfortunately for the blond, all he was
offered was spoiled and priced extra high. Iruka came to his rescue; he had bought
what he needed and joined the boy. "What's taking so long, Naruto? I just wanted a
dozen scallops, two fillets, and a half-pound of shrimp."

"Gomen, Iruka-sensei, but none of this is any good," Naruto said with a pout,
indicating the selection before him.

The fishmonger, as if realizing his mistake, swiftly replaced the rotten goods with
fresh merchandise.

Seeing this, Iruka changed his mind. "Naruto-kun, how does chicken stir-fry sound
instead?" he questioned, giving the merchant a baleful glare. The two shinobi moved
on to the poultry stand, where they bought choice cuts at a fraction of the price the
fishmonger had asked.

Iruka and Naruto spent a pleasant evening chatting, while first cooking then eating
the food. As the time neared 11pm, Iruka called it a night. He walked the blond to
the door where he pulled the younger nin in for a hug. "It's been so nice to spend
time with you like we used to, Naruto. We need to do this again, soon."

"I'd like that, Iruka-sensei. Well, good night!" With that, he was out the door and
on his way home.

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Naruto awoke, senses alert. It was pitch dark, but he could sense a presence in the
room with him. He quietly inched to the edge of the bed, where he reached for his
kunai holster. A hand shot from the dark, and grabbed his wrist. The weight of a
body straddling his hips pushed him into the mattress. He stretched his free hand up
to shove the person away and met body armor. Fingers travelled upwards until they
reached a mask. ANBU. Why would one of them attack him? He figured it out as
fingers ghosted down his chest, pausing to tease sensitive nubs. A moan escaped the
blond as his cock roared to life.

Releasing the captured wrist, the ANBU removed his mask. It was too dark for the boy
to see his face, so his identity was safe. He leaned down and pressed his lips to the
other's, nipping lightly. As another moan was teased out, he thrust his tongue into
the moist cavern. Tongues wrestled and teased. He let his hands slide up and down
the blond's sides, making the boy shiver. Moving away from plump lips, he trailed wet
kisses across a whiskered cheek to nip and suckle an earlobe. Flicking it with his
tongue, he then moved down the tan neck, leaving a trail of saliva and red bite-marks
in his wake.

Naruto was in heaven; this guy was practically caressing him with his mouth. It felt
wonderful! Not for the first time, he wondered who this was. Only the older ninjas
had taken the time to really get into foreplay. Everyone else was too eager to just
fuck him and be done with it. His mental capacities dissolved when teeth bit sharply
at a pert nipple, his back arching off of the bed. He was so hard now it hurt, and
neither of them were undressed yet. How long would this torture last?!

After licking, sucking and biting each nipple equally, the ANBU sat back. He removed
his armor and tight black tank beneath, carefully laying them at the foot of the bed.
He then undid his pants and took them off, placing them just as neatly with his other
clothes. Turning back to the blond, he could just make out a yearning expression and
semi-open blue eyes that seemed to glow slightly. The ANBU bent down and placed
butterfly kisses across the boy's abdomen, dipping his tongue into the navel once in a
while. The body under him moaned and wiggled. He had yet to take the blond's pants
off, or touch what was inside them. He couldn't stop the grin as the boy panted and
mewled needily. This kind of whining he could handle; this sound he loved. He moved
back up to those luscious lips and devoured them hungrily. Hands never idle, the ANBU
began to inch the blond's sleep pants off of him.

A breath of cool air woke the young man to his naked state. Then the ANBU was
grinding against him, the friction causing both to moan. After a few minutes, the
ANBU eased off Naruto, but was soon back. Naruto heard a soft 'pop', then slick
fingers were teasing his backside. Spreading his legs wider, he wiggled, trying to
get those fingers to go where they'd do some good. He was rewarded as the man
inserted two fingers and pumped them slowly, scissoring them as they moved.

The blond shifted his hips to meet each gentle thrust, wishing the man would hurry up.
He hadn't even hit his sweet spot yet. What was this guy doin..."AAAAAH!!!" he
screamed as white heat flooded his system. Arching his back, the blond came.

Smirking, the ANBU decided to tease the teen some more. Fingers still pumping, though
much quicker now, he finally sought out the boy's erection. He licked the cum off the
teen's belly and chest, then off his cock. He made a production out of it; he swirled
the tip of his tongue around the ridged edge of the head, then swiped the flat of it
over the top of the head. 'Just like eating an ice cream cone,' the ANBU thought,
smiling to himself. He dipped his tongue into the slit, earning another loud moan
from the blond. With a last lick from base to tip, he took the organ deep into his
mouth.

Naruto gasped in pleasure, eyes going wide. 'Damn, this guy is great!' he thought.
He yelled out again as a third finger entered his passage. Hands gripping the sheets,
the teen bit down on his bottom lip. The combination of mouth and fingers was driving
him to his peak again.

As the blond tensed for another orgasm, the ANBU pulled back and positioned himself to
enter the youth. One swift thrust and he was fully seated. When the boy pushed back,
he pulled most of the way out and slammed back in. Over and over this continued.

Legs wrapped tightly around the other's waist, Naruto raised his hips to meet each
thrust. He shifted a little and soon his prostate was being hammered with each
thrust. The blond was screaming and moaning constantly now. He was having orgasm
after orgasm, neverending.

With a final hard thrust, the ANBU came, screaming Naruto's name. As he came down off
his high, he leaned in and gave the boy one last kiss before pulling out and rolling
away. He got up and went to the bathroom to clean off. When he returned with a wet
towel for the boy, he found the youth asleep, breathing even and a soft smile on his
face.

******
Jiraiya tucked his notes and infrared binoculars away. That was just so HAWT! He
wiped the blood from his nose and went home. He had to get up early so he could
follow the blond tomorrow.
******

The ANBU cleaned the boy and slipped a pair of boxers on him. Tucking him in, he gave
the teen a chaste kiss on the cheek, then left, closing the door quietly behind him.

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A/N: There now is really only one chapter left, promise. Read and review, please!
To all those who reviewed: Sorry this didn't answer your questions. But I hope you like the ending. And Firesong, Mercedes Lackey is one of my favorite authors; I've read all her stories.