This is Not a Game [Complete]

We need brotherly love, we need couply love, we need love in general, so here it is!

Make sure to read the note at the bottom.

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Brothers In Arms

The bright sunlight streaming through the small crack in the drapes woke Sasuke from his deep sleep Saturday morning. His hand crept out searching for the warm body that was usually holding him when he woke. Finding the bed empty, he sat up, bleary onyx eyes blinking sleepily as he searched the room.

For the first time in over two and a half months, the Uchiha had woken up alone. Naruto had always been in the bed, either gently waking him, or softly snuffling in his ear as he slept in what Sasuke considered a cute manner – not annoying. Though if anyone ever asked, the raven would deny it; Uchiha's didn't go soft.

"Naru?" the raven called, rolling out of the bed and groggily making his way to the door in his boxers. Having four men in a house, none of them seemed to care all that much about attire, and boxers were often the uniform of breakfast. With a quick glance around the living room and kitchen, he quickly ascertained that his blond wasn't there. He poked his head through the open door of their brothers shared room to find a sleeping Itachi minus his redheaded boyfriend.

Loud laughter erupted from further down the hall, followed by panting, grunting and the occasional curse word. Curious, Sasuke followed the suspicious sounds.

In the makeshift dojo, Kyuubi and Naruto stood facing each other, sweat dripping from their naked torsos. The blond charged, fists flying in a several quick and powerful punches before dropping down and attempting to sweep his brother. Kyuubi dodged and blocked the fists aimed at his head, and jumped the foot. He countered with his own spinning back kick, which Naruto easily blocked, and performed a back hand spring to put some distance between them.

The spar continued as they challenged each other. Neither had really had the time to spar lately, but when Naruto woke up with the urge to do so, he'd woken Kyuubi with a grin on his face while he issued the challenge. Though initially annoyed to be woken at such an early hour, he had soon found himself eagerly following his brother down the hall at the promise of a good fight.

Sasuke watched from the doorway, slack jawed, and eyes wide as the two brothers fought. He couldn't take his eyes off the caramel skin, and the muscles rippling beneath it as the blond moved fluidly, attacking and defending. Naruto's voice was low and gruff as he taunted the elder, sending shivers down Sasuke spine.

It shouldn't have come as a shock to the Uchiha that the brothers were good naturally trying to beat the crap out of the other, but it was still surprising to witness. The first day in the Uzumaki apartment, Itachi and Sasuke were told they had a dojo, hence the reason for them sharing rooms.

Noticing the movement in the doorway, Kyuubi decided to alert his younger brother to their audience. Rushing forward, he performed a series of quick attacks before securing the blond in a head lock.

"What the hell Kyuu!" Naruto yelled, trying to sweep a leg and free himself. It wasn't until the redhead pulled his hair forcing his head back that he saw his boyfriend in the doorway. "Oh."

Releasing his brother, the elder collapsed to the floor, sprawling on the cool wood. "Morning Itachi-chibi," he greeted warmly, panting lightly. "Did we wake you?" He chuckled when he was ignored, watching the younger boys eyes wandering over his brothers' sweat slicken chest.

Naruto unconsciously stood straighter when Kyuubi let him go. He could see the lust in Sasuke's dark eyes, and he found himself being drawn in. "Hey," he called, the onyx eyes snapping up from studying the tattoo around his navel to meet his own gaze. "Sorry I wasn't there when you got up. I had the urge to get some exercise and dragged Kyuubi out of bed."

"It's okay. I just wish you would have woken me up too," Sasuke purred, sauntering over to the panting blond. "I would have loved to watch you," he added slyly, bringing a hand up, a single finger tracing down the tan bicep.

Naruto shivered at the cool touch on this overheated skin. It wasn't typical Sasuke behaviour, but it was becoming more and more common for the young Uchiha to try and seduce him into bed. Unable to resist the inexplicable pull to the undeniably sexy teen in front of him, a hand tangled in the spiky raven locks, pulling the younger boy into a lusty kiss.

There was a gasp of surprise as Sasuke found himself pressed against the hard sweaty body, but he soon eagerly kissed back; his mouth opening willingly to the tongue fervently swiping across his lower lip. A strong arm wrapped around his waist, pulling him closer; the hand in his hair forcing his head back, allowing Naruto to deepen the kiss.

Kyuubi watched in amusement from his place on the floor until things starting getting disturbing. As soon as Sasuke started slowly rubbing himself against his brothers body, he knew it was time to remind them he was there. Clearing his throat loudly, Kyuubi laughed when two pairs of angry eyes glared down at him.

"Kyuu," Naruto growled.

Chuckling merrily, the redhead got to his feet. "Go cool off in the shower Nar," he suggested, but Naruto could tell it was an order by the hard tone. "I'll start breakfast."

Giving his boyfriend a quick peck on the cheek, Naruto reluctantly made his way out of the room and headed to the shower. He knew that a cold one would do him some good. It was getting harder and harder to resist Sasuke's advances, and he wasn't even sure he could have held off today if Kyuubi hadn't have intervened.

Ignoring the dark scowl directed towards him, Kyuubi smiled brightly at the younger teen. "Why don't you go wake up your brother," he suggested before his smile turned evil. "You might want to get rid of that first though," he said, cruelly teasing the boy and nodding towards the rather obvious tent in the black boxers.

Swearing, Sasuke turned and sprinted out of the room, only vaguely hearing Kyuubi's warning to use the hall bathroom not the ensuite. Laughter echoed through the apartment, as the bathroom door slammed shut. A pale back hit the cool door, and Sasuke slid down the wood until his butt hit the floor.

Closing his eyes, the raven breathed deeply, willing his erection away. He wouldn't give the redhead the satisfaction of knowing he had to relieve himself so desperately after only kissing his boyfriend.

After picturing his math teacher in a thong, he splashed cold water on his face, and walked out of the bathroom, his head held high.

Hearing the bathroom door open, Kyuubi looked up from buttering the freshly popped toast. He hadn't heard the toilet flush, so he figured that the boy didn't jerk himself off, but it was still fun to tease. "Have fun?" he taunted, and laughed when Sasuke refused to look at him, only taking a moment to flip him off as he went to wake Itachi. "Gasp! What would your brother say!" he called after the retreating back.

Walking into the still darkened bedroom, Sasuke found his brother still fast asleep on his side, a hand outstretched to where Kyuubi was missing. The younger raven shook his head in disbelief that his brother had managed to sleep through all the commotion.

"Aniki," he called, shaking the comatose form. "Time to ugh…"

The pale arm resting on the bed came up and latched onto Sasuke, hauling him down onto the bed. Before the captured teen could yell or pull away, he was tucked into the body beside him and hugged close.

"Shh…" mumbled Itachi, nuzzling his little brother. "I'm trying to sleep otouto." He tightened his hold on the struggling body, murmuring all the while for the teen to shut up and relax.

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Kyuubi was just finishing setting the breakfast he had just made for the household out on the table when he realized that Sasuke had not returned from fetching his brother, nor had Itachi gotten up. "That little brat better not have snuck into the shower with Naruto," he grumbled to himself, heading for his bedroom. He froze in the doorway, a mischievous smile slowly spreading over his features at the sight he never thought he would ever see.

Toweling off his hair as he came out of his bedroom, Naruto stopped short, catching sight of the impish smirk on his brothers' face. "What are you doing?" he asked, tossing the damp towel back into the bedroom. There was a disturbing gleam in the azure eyes that the blond didn't like as Kyuubi turned to him and held a finger up to his lips to silence Naruto. A blond eyebrow shot up at the strange behaviour.

Waving his brother over, Kyuubi pointed into the bedroom and snickered.

"What did you do?" sighed the blond, making his way to his brothers' side. His mouth fell open as soon as he caught sight of the rather strange, but heart warming display that lay within.

It looked as though Itachi had pulled his brother onto the bed with him, and was now hugging him like a teddy bear. What the two Uzumaki's found entertaining was the fact that Sasuke seemed to have fallen asleep cuddled up to his older brother, and was now resting his head on Itachi's arm, his face buried in the bare chest.

"That is just too precious," Naruto choked out, holding back the laughter trying to bubble up, and stay silent enough so as not to wake the slumbering brothers.

"Quick," exclaimed the redhead. "Where's the camera," he asked, his arms flailing with his excitement. In the time he had been dating the older Uchiha, Kyuubi had never seen Itachi look so human – so peaceful, fragile and innocent.

At such a young age, Itachi had a life he never wanted thrust upon him; bred to be the heir to a legacy of a dying clan – to run an empire. He'd spent his life doing everything in his power to insure his younger brother never had to choose to give up his dreams, and that he could live his life free to be who he was, not who their parents had wanted him to be. As long as Itachi was the perfect son, Sasuke was left to be the younger spoiled child, just as Itachi wanted him to be.

When Kyuubi had heard Itachi's story of what he had given up for his little brother, he had been blown away. It wasn't that the LEAF agent wouldn't give anything for his own brother, but Itachi was actually living a life he didn't want, and hated. Maybe now was the time to convince his to sell the company and live for himself now that there was no pressure.

Phones were pulled out, and several pictures snapped in a hurry by the giddy Uzumaki's. Naruto even set it as his new background so he could tease his boyfriend and get a rise out of him, one of the few times the old Sasuke shined through. The raven was still a little distant, but getting better as the days progressed.

Stealing into the room, Kyuubi climbed onto the bed behind his lover, and wrapped his arms around the warm body. Itachi instantly relaxed into the hold, turning in his sleep and cuddling into the bare chest of Kyuubi.

Smirking, Naruto lay down beside his own boyfriend and pulled the small form, cuddling Sasuke close. When Sasuke mumbled his name in his sleep and pressed closer, the blond couldn't contain the grin that spread over his features when he caught Kyuubi's gaze.

It didn't take too long for the agents to join their lovers, and drift off in warm bliss.

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By the time late Sunday afternoon rolled around, both Sasuke and Itachi were ignoring their boyfriends due to their relentless teasing over the weekend. Eventually Kyuubi grew tired of the lack of attention, especially when Itachi insisted on walking around the apartment shirtless, so the redhead decided to surprise his lover in the shower. The result was the older man pounding his raven senseless into the tiled wall of the stall.

At first Naruto had wanted to laugh at how impossibly wide the onyx eyes went when the first moans had started emanating from the hall bathroom. As soon he realized that Sasuke was shaking, and pale, he immediately jumped into action.

Listening to his brothers' moans echoing from the bathroom drove a very mentally scarred Sasuke running into the arms of his concerned, but happy boyfriend.

Naruto wasted no time using that fact that the raven was no longer ignoring him and ushered Sasuke into their bedroom, successfully blocking out the sounds of passion, and allowing the raven to use him as a much needed distraction. It proved to be a great challenge for the blond when it came to keeping their clothes on as the Uchiha constantly tried to divulge them of their layers.

When Monday morning finally came, Naruto was fuming. Calming Sasuke down had been no easy task, and the blond was exhausted from trying to keep the younger teens virginity intact.

"God dammit Kyuubi!" Naruto yelled when his brother finally emerged from his room for breakfast. Sasuke and Itachi were still getting ready for the day, having finally gone back to school just a week and a half ago. "You two traumatized Sasuke last night. Think before you act would you!" He stalked across the room, and threw a punch at the proud redhead who narrowly dodged the fist.

Itachi had the decency to blush as he came out of the room just in time to hear the blond, but Kyuubi on the other hand just grinned.

"The whole reason we sound proofed the rooms was for this very situation!" the teenager continued, shoving his brother hard. "If you ever do that again, I will not hesitate to kick you out of the fucking apartment. I will not have Sasuke exposed to that just because you can't keep your dick in your fucking pants, and I'm sure Itachi will back me up on this." He turned to the older raven trying to sneak past the fighting pair.

With a sigh, the Uchiha nodded in agreement, and brushed past the feuding siblings. Kyuubi had caught him so off guard and overloaded his senses the night before that he couldn't even begin to think of his poor brother listening to them.

"Good, now if you'll excuse me," the blond huffed, snatching the tomato omelette he had made for Sasuke, and stalked into his bedroom.

Seeing Itachi was upset, Kyuubi sidled up behind him and slid his arms around the trim waist, resting his chin on the shorter mans' shoulder. "I'm sorry 'Tachi," he murmured, nuzzling the raven lovingly. "I didn't even think about Sasuke hearing us. How about the two of us go out for breakfast before class, hm?"

Allowing himself to be dragged from the apartment, they couple headed for a cafe close to their university. The redhead knew he had much to make up for, and had a feeling he would be sore the next day.

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Since Naruto and Sasuke had come out about their relationship, the girls of the school had taken it upon themselves to hate the Uzumaki despite the fact that Sasuke had gone after the blond, not the other way around. Most of the girls would attack the blond when he wasn't at the Uchiha's side, and when they did so they risked a verbal onslaught from him in return, not that it happened so often since he rarely left the raven's side, and they were afraid to insult him in front of their idol.

Today, Sasuke strode with purpose down the hallway, the crowd parting as Naruto struggled to keep pace with his boyfriend. The usual cold mask was still in place, but the blond could see determination behind those dark eyes.

"S'uke, slow down would you," Naruto begged, annoyed at having to use the full length of his stride to match the Uchiha's hurried pace. "Where's the fire, seriously."

Ignoring the older teen, Sasuke continued at his current pace, making his way to the cafeteria to meet up with their friends. There was something he wanted to discuss with Neji, and the trick would be slipping away from Naruto to do so.

It had been almost three months since the death of Mikoto and Fugaku. Sasuke was getting impatient with his boyfriend, and the amount of times he was rejected. There was no doubt in his mind that Naruto loved him, but he thought the blond was being a little too overprotective when it came to his virginity.

At first, Sasuke had been respectful of Naruto's wishes to further explore their relationship before getting more involved in each other, and when he had thought about it later, he had agreed. But now it seemed that the Uzumaki still had it set in his mind that Sasuke was too fragile, and couldn't be trusted to know what he wanted. Things were going to change – Sasuke was one to get what he wanted.

"Hey guys," Naruto greeted, dropping into an empty seat at their usual table. Gaara and Neji were already seated. "S'uke's just grabbing food, I think. I don't know what's up with him, but he's acting even broodier than usual today."

The other two only shrugged.

"Neji, we're needed in the chem lab," the raven said, coming up to the table and placing a tray with three bowls of ramen in front of his boyfriend. He kept a sandwich for himself, but didn't take his usual seat next to the blond.

The Hyuuga raised a questioning eyebrow, but stood nonetheless, taking the hint that Sasuke wanted to talk.

I'll be back in a bit Naru," the Uchiha said, and smirked when the blond nodded absentmindedly, too busy slurping down his ramen at impossible speeds. "Make sure he doesn't choke would you Gaara," he directed the redhead before heading for the door, Neji close behind him.

Instead of heading to the science wing, Sasuke pulled his long time friend into the first empty classroom he found. "Take a seat," he said, pacing back and forth at the front of the class like their history teacher did when lecturing.

Neji did as instructed, hesitantly.

"How long have you and Tenten been dating?" the Uchiha asked, not stopping.

Neji's eyes widened in surprise. "Sasuke," he started, somewhat panicked. It's not that he didn't want to tell his friend, it was just that the right time never came up. "Look, I'm sorry I didn't tell you, but..."

"I don't care about that right now," the raven said, interrupting the unneeded explanation. "Just answer the question."

"Since the end of February."

The pacing stopped, but Sasuke refused to turn and look at his friend. "I can see why you didn't tell me," he said slowly, letting the information sink in. He nodded in understanding. It had been just after his parents were killed, the Hyuuga was just trying to be a good friend. Neji opened his mouth to respond, but Sasuke cut him off with a wave of his hand. "Don't worry about it," he said dismissively. "I get it, but that's not what I need to talk to you about. Have the two of you had sex?" he asked bluntly.

The blushing brunette made a funny noise in the back of his throat. Whatever Neji had been expecting, that had not been it. "I... well, we... erm..." The whole situation was too awkward.

Sasuke raised an eyebrow. "Well?"

Taking a deep breath, Neji faced his childhood friend with a blank face. "Yes," the brunette finally answered flatly.

"I see," the raven mused, resuming his pacing. "And how long after you started dating did that happen?"

"About a month and a half," Neji answered honestly, confused by the raven's odd and sudden questions. "Why? Sasuke, what are you getting at here?"

Sasuke stopped suddenly and turned to his friend, his onyx eyes strangely wild. "Naruto refuses to have sex with me," he stated bluntly.

"Oh." The Hyuuga had no other response.

"I don't understand it," the pale teen ranted. "He always tells me he loves me, he makes me breakfast, takes me to school, even holds my hand walking down the hallways despite what the other students are saying." He paused when Neji coughed in surprise. "Yes, I know what they are saying about him," the Uchiha said, his eyes darkening in anger. "That he is blackmailing, brainwashed me or has me under some sort of vodoo spell, but that's not the point." He started his pacing again. "The point is, no matter how many mornings I wake up feeling safe wrapped in his arms, with my back against his chest as he holds me close, protecting me, I can't get over the fact that he's holding back, and I don't know why." He stopped in front of the teachers' desk, resting his palms on the cool surface as he leaned forward, his bangs falling into his face. "I want to be with him," he whispered, bearing his soul for the first time to an extremely perplexed Hyuuga. This was the first time the other teen had ever heard what the Uchiha was truly feeling, or even thinking. Vulnerability was not something a Uchiha showed, even to a friend. "I want to be a part of him," he continued, his voice still low and husky. "I want him to claim me – body, mind and soul, but he won't, and it's eating me alive." His hands curled into fists, and his eyes clenched shut as if in pain.

"I think that is the most I have ever heard you say," Neji deadpanned, trying to break the heavy atmosphere.

"Neji!"

"Right," the brunette drawled, trying to cover his shock at the random babbling out of the most tight lipped person he had ever met. "Have you ever thought that he's just trying to be respectful?" he supplied, trying to easy his friends mind. "Sasuke, you've been through so much lately. It doesn't surprise me in the least that he's taking it slow. He just wants to take care of you."

"I understand that," Sasuke said with a roll of his eyes. "But I also know what I want. I need your help." He chuckled when the other boys jaw dropped open at the words that had probably never been spoken to anyone outside his family before. "I want to seduce my blond idiot of a boyfriend into bed, and show him that Uchiha Sasuke doesn't need anyone to coddle him."

The brunette smirked. "Alright then," he said glancing at the clock on the wall. "We have twenty minutes to scheme, and come up with a plan to having you screaming Naruto's name by tonight."

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Back in the cafeteria, Naruto polished off the last of his ramen. "Thanks for the ramen..." he trailed off, looking around the table in confusion. "Uh, Sasuke? Hey Gaara, where did Sasuke go?"

The redhead shook his head and sighed. "You're an idiot, you know that?"

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Well, there you have it. I wanted a somewhat cute and fluffy chapter to show that Sasuke was improving, Naruto and Sasuke are hormonal teenagers, and that Kyuubi and Itachi are moving along in their relationship, and some of Itachi's past, and why he cares so much for his little brother.

Now I need to ask you to do something. I couldn't come up with a title for this chapter, I tried, but failed. So, I leave it to you! The best one gets put in as the title of this chapter, and has the next chapter dedicated to them, which contains the much waited for deflowering of Sasuke Uchiha!

With that said, please don't forget to review. I know my chapters haven't been all that great lately, but please tell me what I can improve upon! REVIEW!