My One and Only

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto…which really sucks!



Warning: YAOI, mpreg, cussing, bad humour, quiet fluffy this chapter.



I know I'm ever so slightly obsessed with Kyuubi, okay maybe that's an understatement, and I always have to remind myself that this story isn't about Kyuubi, and that he should just be background noise till needed. So I'm trying my hardest to move away from him and focus on Sasuke and Naruto, after all this is a SasuNaru fic and should remain so. So yes I will delve more into that from now on! (Hopefully I won't get side tracked again)



Thank you for reading and all the amazing review. Thanks also goes to my beta reader Lanie12777 for sorting out my crappy grammar!



Enjoy!





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Chapter 18: An Amber wish



As soon as dawn broke Sasuke had moved out; he ran all the way to the Hatake residence. No one would be awake now, but Sasuke couldn't wait any longer. He reached the place soon, and hesitated. He knew what he had to do; slowly he went round the back, where usually the bedrooms would be located, and tried scenting Naruto out. His sweet smell came strongest from the window on the right side of the house. Carefully he leaped up to the ledge and crouched so he could look inside.



His mate lay there on a rumpled futon; his face looked disturbed, with trails of dry tears. It made his heart clench even more. Naruto shouldn't carry such a face, and worst of all he had caused him to carry it. Gently he stepped off the ledge and into the room, and took off his kimono before slowly transforming into a giant wolf. Then carefully he curled his larger boy around the Kitsune, delighted when the blonde reached out to him and cuddled against his fur.



He didn't hear Kakashi walking up to the door, and then leaving with a smile.



"Took that boy long enough," the dog demon whispered.



The sun stung against his eyes; Naruto mewled and tried to hide his head deeper in the nice smelling material. He was warm, so wonderfully shrouded in the protective fur that he didn't want to wake up. Purring met his ear, and the vibrations further lulled him into a deeper slumber. The scent reminded him of someone; to be precise, it reminded him of Sasuke.



"Sasuke…" he mumbled sleepily.



"I'm here."



"Huh?" abruptly the blonde woke, staring wide-eyed at the large wolf in the room.



"Sasuke?" the Kitsune shouted out, bewildered.



Sensing his mate's confusion Sasuke slowly transformed himself back into his humanoid shape, and Naruto instantly scrambled back. Sasuke's throat tightened at the sight; quickly he reached for his kimono and put it on, before sitting down and regarding the blushing fox. They stared at each other in contemplative silence, and then finally Sasuke hung his head and sighed.



"I'm sorry," he said.



"What?" Naruto asked, looking up dumbly.



"I said I was sorry. I shouldn't have snapped like that, I had no right to control who your friends are… or to judge your brother."



Naruto stayed silent all the way through; he looked at the crumpled futon, his hands flaying with a piece of frayed string.



"I talked to Gaara," Naruto looked up in surprise.



But Sasuke continued on. "I understand things better now; the need to be with a family member is something I never felt because I've always been around someone. So I simply couldn't comprehend why you wanted to get closer to that raccoon…"



"You were jealous?"



This time it was Sasuke's turn to look away, which seemed to be enough of an answer for Naruto. A small smile filtered onto the blonde's tanned face; Sasuke looked practically adorable sitting there like that. So slowly he started to crawl towards the embarrassed wolf and climbed onto his mate's lap, winding his arms around Sasuke's shoulders to pull him into a hug.



"Naruto?"



"I would never choose between you and Gaara, you are my mate Sasuke, so you are more important to me," he murmured.



Sasuke's face was crimson; he smiled and returned the hug. They stayed like this for the rest of the day 'til Sasuke's stomach rumblings broke the moment. The wolf hadn't eaten anything since yesterday afternoon.



"Shall we go home?" he asked.



"Yes, just let me say goodbye to Kakashi and Iruka."



Reluctantly Sasuke let go of his mate and watched him leave the room before he straightened himself out. Then he followed behind, but stood at the doorway; he didn't feel right intruding upon a private moment.



"So you're fine now?" he heard Iruka say.



"I'm fine, don't worry about me, it was just a misunderstanding," Naruto replied.



"If you say so, come visit me more often will you?"



"I will," replied the blonde back sincerely.



They stopped when they saw Sasuke standing there; Iruka and the wolf bowed at each other. "Good to see you young Uchiha, I'm glad you two worked things worked out."



"Yes."



Iruka gave them a sweet smile and then accompanied them out, waving 'til they both had gone. He stood there still smiling, not looking behind him when he felt two strong arms wrap around his waist. Kakashi smelled his mate's hair, nuzzling against his scalp before releasing a heavy sigh.



"So everything is patched up?" he asked.



"Yeah, and they have done it admirably."



Kakashi chuckled and gently spun the brunette around so that they were facing each other, and planted a kiss on his supple lips.



"All part of growing up."



A few days had passed and things had changed. Sasuke was adjusting to the raccoon's presence. He didn't growl and/or flinch whenever Naruto hugged his older brother, because whenever Naruto did that he always came back and gave him a kiss to show that he was 'thankful'. Although now Sasuke did want to spend more time with his mate, he didn't exactly feel alone, but damn it he wanted more attention. He didn't care how childish that sounded, but he really wanted more of Naruto's attention!



Currently he was just watching Naruto play with one of the young pups in their family, Konohamaru. The small pup had taken an unusual liking to Naruto since it was his first time seeing another demon outside his own family. They had been playing a game of chase and hide-and-seek all day.



Great, now he also had to contend with a child.



It was good though that Naruto was connecting with more people; he knew how apprehensive some of the members of his family still were about his mating. So the more demons started accepting Naruto the better it would be for the Kitsune; sadly that's how pack mentality worked.



It shouldn't mean however that they should hog his mate away from him!



Naruto however could sense his mate's distress, so he told Konohamaru to go on and get cleaned up for lunch before he slowly sauntered his way to Sasuke. The wolf didn't really become aware of him; he was so absorbed in his own thoughts that he didn't notice how cutely the fox was smiling at him, or how his big blue eyes glowed with an unknown mischievous streak.



Naruto stepped closer, regarding his mate's pale face with curiosity. His eyes traced the creased frown between his eyebrows, or how his lips thinned into a line when he was concentrating. To others that face may have been intimidating, but for Naruto that face was adorable. He gave a foxy grin and leaned a bit closer, watching how the furry ears twitched in the light breeze. He probed his tongue out between his plump lips and blew against those velvet tuffs.



Sasuke jumped back in surprise, not expecting it to happen, and he was snapped out of his thoughts. He blinked dumbly a few times, just staring at the grinning fox standing so close to him.



"Naruto?"



"C'mon, we are going out," he said, taking Sasuke hand into his own and started tugging at his wrist.



"Out?" he asked, confused.



"Just for a walk."



"Okay…" Sasuke was surprised at the request; he thought that after the last time Naruto wouldn't want to venture anywhere near the village again. Then he realized that Naruto was moving out of his own comfort zone to spend more time with him.



A smile filtered onto his usually stoic face and he stood up, letting himself be dragged away by his mate. They were on their way out of the compound when that raccoon got in their way.



"Are you going out?" Gaara asked.



"Yes," Naruto answered.



The readhead nodded. "Good. I would like to accompany you, there are some things that I need from the village," Gaara didn't divulge any more information, but Naruto knew he was researching on the seal that kept their father trapped.



"Not to worry Uchiha, I won't disturb your day out," he said, noticing the sour face the wolf wore. "I even heard there is a faire today, it might be nice if you two go there."



Sasuke had to admit that it was a great idea; he didn't think Naruto had even been to one. Quickly he went back inside and picked up his money pouch, before meeting up with Naruto and Gaara again. They left the compound, and when they reached the village Gaara said he had to go visit the library of scrolls, and they said their goodbyes. There were posters everywhere proclaiming the faire, so it wasn't hard to find the location. Everyone in the village seemed to be flocking towards it.



Naruto had never been so excited; there was a Kabuki theatre, stalls with food and games. Loud and boisterous music filled the air; there were people dancing up and down the street, and acrobats performing tricks. So many things that Naruto had never seen before, and never thought he ever would. Sasuke watched all the expressions filtered through his mate's face and he couldn't help but smile himself. This faire was part of the harvest festival that happened every year just before the proper arrival of autumn.



"What would you like to do first?" he asked the excited fox.



"Can we go see the acrobats?" he said, jumping on the balls of his feet.



"Of course," he replied with a smile.



It was finally time to enjoy themselves.



They did everything: play a few games, win prizes, catch a goldfish, and Sasuke for the first time found out about Naruto's love for ramen. He didn't think he ever saw a demon eat so many bowls in one sitting. It was both disturbing and admirable.



Yet what he was most happy about was how young Naruto looked. It was almost like the fox had regained part of his lost childhood, and the more Sasuke watched his antics the more of a smile bloomed on his face. In his newfound happiness he didn't notice the few submissive demons watching them with curious eyes.



An Uchiha smiling, there was something wrong with this image. However the sight made their hearts flutter. So handsome; too bad the fox was in their way. But they knew better than to intervene. The rumour mill had run rampant; they all knew what happened to the Mayaku girl. From what they heard she was still recovering from the attack.



Who would want to mess with a demon that had the Kazekage backing them?



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The library of scrolls was exactly as the name entailed. Everything a person could need; all the information a researcher could ever need stored in this humongous place. The amount of history this place contained was staggering; centuries of youkai history was accumulated here.



Although Gaara knew, possibly better than anyone else, how much history is filled with lies. Events are always changed to meet up with the likings of their own needs, corrupted sometimes up to the point where it became believable. Who knew how many of the documents stored here had been destroyed or rewritten; now he would have to sort through them to find just a shred of truth.



But he knew he was being watched; the ANBU were close, their agitated chakra showing their fear. It was obvious that they were there when he declared his status, who he truly was. Gaara was sure that most of the older generation knew he knew who Kyuubi was, so now that they knew that Gaara was his son they feared him even more. He smirked knowing that the council must be in turmoil about this news, not knowing what to do about him. They couldn't stop his actions without proclaiming an act of war against Suna. Not that he was stepping out of his diplomatic bounds, this library was a public place so he wasn't doing anything wrong.



So with the full knowledge that he was being watched he started up his research. There was something that disturbed him about the seals placed over the prison. Demonic magic had a specific signature that was traceable. The magic covering those seals and that whole place was different; it wasn't only demonic magic that surrounded that cave, but it was a mixture of it and something else.



Hopefully the answer to that something else he would find here.



He started looking through the shelves, picking out a few necessary scrolls here and there, and anything else on seals. But he knew he had to look beyond youkai magic, and maybe even move into human territory.



This had him worried.



Knowledge about human archaic magic was forbidden in the demon world, so it was a question of where he was going to get that info. He grumbled slightly to himself, and opened another scroll up, scanning the scribbled kanji. While walking around without even looking, he managed to bump into someone.



"I'm sorry… (gasp) Kazegake-sama?"



Gaara's teal eyes widened when he met familiar pale eyes. "Hyuuga?"



No, it wasn't the older Hyuuga who worked in the council, this one was much younger, especially compared to himself. He had long flowing black hair, milky white eyes and creamy skin; he was taller than Gaara, then again, most dominants were. He had to wonder who this Hyuuga was; as far as he knew Hiashi only had two daughters.



"You know me?" the leopard youkai asked.



"Your father."



Neji looked confused, then a frown marred his face. "Hyuuga Hiashi isn't my father, I'm his nephew."



"Oh, my apologies then," he said and went back to his research.



Neji watched the Kazekage continue with his work; he watched the scrolls the redhead was looking through, they were all about seals and how to break them.



"Is there something I can help you with?" he asked.



Gaara paused. "Unless you have something on human magic, then no," he replied. For a second he had to wonder why he had so simply given that information away. Since he met Naruto he had been more trusting. Then again he didn't think that the Hyuuga would get much with information he divulged.



"What if I say I do have some?"



Now this piqued the redhead's interests; he raised a non-existing eyebrow and turned to look at the youkai. Hyuuga passed him an almost sly smirk, a look that he would have normally ripped off with a swipe of his claw. But something made him stop however. He passed the leopard his own smirk and gave a slight nod.



"Then lead the way, Hyuuga."



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The faire was drawing to an end now, and the sun was just setting over the horizon, painting the sky with hues of pink to deep purple. Stars were also starting to appear, dotting the sky like diamonds. The chilly night air bit against his skin. He should have brought a coat. Then again Sasuke was here to warm him; his strong arms were wound around his shoulders and pulled him close against his own hard body.



They were following the crowed out of the village now; it seemed they were all making their way to the bridge. The closer they got the more Naruto could make things out, and the sight amazed him.



Lanterns, hundreds of them, all on tiny coloured paper boats floating down the river. They reminded him of stars, little lights reflecting against the broken surface. His eyes grew wide and he turned to look up at Sasuke.



"What is going on?" the blonde asked.



"Well, you light a small candle and place a wish upon it, then you put it on a small boat and send it down the river so that your wish can come true."



"A wish?"



"Yeah, usually it's for prosperity, a nice winter, a prayer for the sick… anything like that."



"Oh…" he murmured and went back to looking at the other demons sending their wishes away.



"Do you want to send one as well?" he asked. Naruto nodded excitedly, and they both went down to the river bank.



There were a few priests lighting small candles, and a few desks set up with origami boats. Sasuke took two candles so they had one each and then led them to the table with the boats. Naruto picked one in his favourite colour orange, and Sasuke chose one in blue. They placed them together and then went down to the edge and crouched down.



"Have you made a wish?" Sasuke asked. Naruto nodded as a reply.



They set their little boats down and gave them a light nudge so they went down the river; it was quite a sight to see. Their small wish joining hundreds of other wishes, a small light of hope. He couldn't help but smile as he watched it happening, and he tightened his arms around Sasuke's. The two demons stayed there together like this for the rest of the night, just watching the amber glow fade off into the distance.





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