Choice

Gaara did his best to remain busy during the time that Naruto was gone, but found it difficult due to the only form of entertainment in Konoha being watching duals. Currently he was doing exactly that, watching Rock Lee and Neji duke it out after a long day of training young ones. The program he was overseeing while in Konoha on his visits as a joint venture between the Hidden Sand and Hidden Leaf in order to facilitate a healthy rivalry between the two villages during Chuunin exams and otherwise. Gaara was the senior Sensai between the villages, rarely having to return to the Sand village since he could always get his brother to take care of his duties there for sake of staying in Konoha with Naruto.



The day was over, however, and Rock Lee along with Neji had come to pay Gaara a little visit. After they became bored, Gaara agreed to oversee a bout between them and so, it began. Neji’s ability to attack chakra centers were vicious to defend from by Rock Lee, however he was able to keep Neji on the ropes with constant quick footing and powerful blows which were also difficult to physically block. Both of the boys were sweating within minutes, and Gaara found himself growing bored of watching them already. He hopped down from the bleachers on which he sat, pulling the tail of his crimson smock behind him which split at the backs of each of his thighs to reveal some skin and form a tail with the back. Neji and Lee noticed Gaara was leaving and turned to face him.



“Hey, don’t go yet Gaara-kun! We’re not done yet and we were gunna treat you to an icecream after,” Lee shouted after the pale redhead.



“I’m not hungry for icecream,” Gaara stated blandly before walking out of the training room. Neji sighed and patted Lee on the right shoulder.



“Some things never change Lee, get used to it,” he said before walking past Lee to start out himself.



“Lets go have that icecream and then go find out what the others are doing hm,” he offered, gaining an encouraged smile from Rock Lee before he followed the other out into the sun.



Gaara huffed as he walked through the street back to Naruto’s apartment, having already moved the rest of his belongings there to establish a second home in Konoha. As he passed the Ramen Shop, the owner flagged him down and gave him a to-go cup of soup, handing it to him and notioning him onward.



“No charge for Naruto-kun’s closest friend,” the owner said, smiling and then pulling down the shutters to his shop, closing for the day.



Gaara gave a light smile and then looked down at the hot styrofoam cup, thinking of Naruto. It had been three days since Naruto left and he was finding each passing hour without him more and more anxious than the last. Vicious words from Shukaku would often trouble him but he would push the voice of his inner demon out of his mind to think only of Naruto’s face. Gaara did the same now to console himself before moving on to Naruto’s apartment. He opened the door with his set of keys and slipped off his sandals, turning inward and gasping, dropping his cup of soup all over the floor.



“Uchiha…,” he muttered, looking down at the couch at an injured Sasuke Uchiha, who looked up at him with a confused and painfilled look on his face.



“Where is Naruto, and why are you here,” the dark haired nin asked, before he passed out from exhaustion.







Naruto and Kumo were coming upon the front gate now, Naruto having to give signs with his hands to the patrolling ANBU so they wouldn’t attack Kumo. Kumo noticed them but trusted Naruto to keep him safe. They entered the gate and were stopped by the two Jounin on Gate Watch duty, Kakashi and Guy. Kakashi looked to Kumo and then to Naruto, realizing his was in willful custody and that things were most likely under control.



“Naruto-kun, you marvel me once again with your ability to not only bring a Bingo target back alive, but without having to carry him,” Kakashi said, smirking as Guy smacked Naruto on the shoulder and then moved back to Kakashi’s side.



“The situation is different than first interpreted Kakashi-sensai. Kumo Hyou was coming to the village not only to escape from Orochimaru but to help me and Gaara-kun with our… unique conditions,” he said, patting his stomach to indicate the seal etched upon it.



“I didn’t mean to attack the ANBU who came after me while I was on my way here, however I did not harm any of them that I know of. They were slowing me from completing my mission, and I won’t mind answering questions regarding Orochimaru, my powers, or Sasuke Uchiha,” Kumo stated bravely, looking to the two Jounin without fear.



“He sounds genuine to me. What do you think Guy-kun,” Kakashi asked before Guy stepped forward. He was getting very close to Kumo’s face, leaning in and inspecting his features obnoxiously. Naruto was all the while looking to the ground and away trying not to laugh. Kakashi was doing much the same, but to a less extent since he valued Guy’s imput still where others didn’t. Guy finally leaned up, his hands on his hips before extending out his thumb, his traditional sparking teeth shining as he gave Kumo, cudos.



“Looks like the real McCoy to me Kakashi-kun, and he’s even got a winning smile,” He practically shouted, Kumo trying desperately not to laugh at this fool infront of him while showing his own teeth in a humor touched smile.



“All right, we’ll escort you both to Tsunade and see what she makes of him,” Kakashi said, turning around to lead the two boys flanked by Guy toward the Hokage’s building.



Standing in front of Tsunade, while listening to Kumo relay information and apologizes to the Fifth, Naruto was watching her expression very closely. Something else was going on, clearly, because all the while she kept glancing at Naruto as if making sure he was all right. Naruto stopped Kumo in the middle of the final sentence of his report, cutting him off as he was telling Tsunade the events of yesterday minus the interlude between himself and Naruto.



“Fifth,” Naruto inquired, wanting her attention.



“Here we go,” Tsunade said to herself, turning to Naruto with a cautious look on her face.



“Yes Naruto-kun?”



“Why are you watching me like you’re afraid to tell me what’s been going on since I left? Is Gaara-kun hurt?”



“No, Gaara is fine Naruto… Its…”



“Spit it out Granny! Whats up with you can’t you just-“



“Sasuke Uchiha has returned to the village, Gaara found him yesterday evening in your apartment. He’s been taken into custody and been interrogated. Kumo,” Tsunade said, turning her attention back to Kumo for a moment,” I find your report sincere and since Naruto has found it within himself to trust you I will offer you a bit of my trust as well. The charges against you will be dropped and for now you will remain on probationary status within the village for one month, can you please hold any objections to the former so that me and Naruto-kun can speak in private?”



“Certainly,” Kumo bowed, having an objection to the month-long prolonging of his mission but keeping it to himself for now and stepping outside to wait with Kakashi.



Naruto’s expression was daunting. He was most certainly in shock and for the first time he took a seat in front of Tsunade’s desk. He looked down at the ground, pressing his palms to his face, before starting to cry frustratedly. Tsunade couldn’t bare to watch, standing up and moving around to him, pressing her bosom to his back and holding him there like a mother comforting her child.



“I had almost lost hope… I thought he would never come back… I thought I would end up being killed looking for him… How dare that bastard just show up here out of the blue like that! AND AT MY HOUSE NO LESS,” Naruto cried, Tsunade sighing and then pulling his hands from his face to look down into his tear filled blue hues.



“Naruto… Even though I have absolutely no reason to defend him right now… He’s a traitor and a failure of a friend in my eyes for what he did to you and this village, but… He admitted, under the interrogation, to many things Naruto… His resentment toward you was an act, his actions and his cold nature… All of it was an act to make sure he wouldn’t fail to learn all he could from Orochimaru. He planned on killing my old team mate within another week when he was done in by his brother, and beaten to a pulp by him as well before being left for dead. Naruto, Sasuke came back directly to you to make a mends and I believe you need to hold on to your faith in him that you’ve so desperately defended for so long,” she said finally, patting his cheek.



Naruto was taken aback by all of this information and sniffled, returning to himself and then composing himself, wiping off his face. He looked back up to her and then hugged her tightly, wanting her so much to be his mother in reality right then.



“Thank you Granny,” he said, Tsunade smiling and patting him on the back before pulling off him and moving back around to her seat.



“Now, I have a proposition for you, which Gaara has, reluctantly agreed to. Sasuke Uchiha will be placed on house arrest in the apartment next door to your own, a small two bedroom bungalow which actually interconnected with your apartment at one time and we have taken the liberty of merging the two buildings once more by securing a door between the living area of his and yours. He is to remain there under close watch by ANBU and yourself; you will be his warden along with Gaara-kun. Are these conditions acceptable for the foreseeable future, Naruto,” she asked him.



Naruto could not believe that Gaara actually agreed to this but nodded all the same.



“All right, but for how long?”



“Indefinately, or at least until Sasuke proves himself trustworthy enough to be given back his status as a Genin of our village,” she said, not surprised that Naruto looked crestfallen by the answer but all the same nodded and stood.



“May I ask one more question Fifth,” Naruto asked, getting a quick nod from her before continuing, “Where will you have Kumo Hyou stay?”



“Well I was hoping you would also accommodate him, but that would be asking far too much at this point. He will stay with Sai-kun, who has already been asked to perform the guard duty once you retrieved him, but since he came willingly Sai will most likely take him in without objection,” Tsunade answered, gaining a curt nod from Naruto before she waved him off in dismissal. She sighed and turned around, looking out the window to overlook her precious village.



“Its all coming together… Now we just have to wait, and see.”







Kumo and Naruto waved goodbye to one another when they reached Sai’s house, Naruto continuing on to his apartment as Sai waved to him and welcomed Kumo into his home. Sai was wearing a simple t-shirt and sweatpants at the moment, having been doing laundry when the two of them came upon his door. He looked through the peephole and his eyes widened, blushing slightly when he realized how cute the nin was and opened the door with a big smile which came off as clearly slutfilled to both Naruto and Kumo, who merely smirked at it.



“Welcome to my humble aboad,” he said, and then Naruto and him exchanged information before he nodded understandingly and agreed to the terms of Kumo’s stay. He then let Kumo walk in, offering him a seat and something to drink. Kumo took the seat and also nodded to a drink.



“Thank you, you’re too kind, “ Kumo said, relaxing back with his arms along the back of the couch while clearly looking Sai up and down. Sai smirked and walked into the kitchen, rustling up two cups and some green tea for them. Kumo took his glass when it was offered to him and offered Sai a seat next to himself on the couch by patting the cushion on his left.



“You’re working so hard, take a seat and relax,” he said, Sai nodding nervously and taking the offered seat. Sai smiled over at Kumo and Kumo smirked back at him while taking a large gulp from his glass.





Meanwhile, Naruto entered his home to find both Gaara and Sasuke sitting at his counter. Sasuke wheeled around to look back at Naruto, the two of them locked in a gaze while Gaara merely looked up and smiled at Naruto.



“Welcome home, Naruto-kun,” Gaara said, standing up and walking over to the blonde nin to give him a light kiss on the cheek. Naruto looked to him and smiled hugging his waist before looking to Sasuke who had turned to look at something on the wall rather than watch the two of them getting intimate with one another.



“Naruto, can we talk,” Sasuke asked, looking to Gaara and then back to him.



Naruto nodded and then looked to Gaara.



“Gaara-kun, can you give me and Sasuke about five minutes to catch up,” he asked, more for himself than for Sasuke’s benefit.



Gaara nodded and understood, taking a possessive stance on the situation instead of a jealous one. “Whatever you need Naruto-kun,” he said, catching his lips and forcing him into a passionate kiss. Naruto kissed back but only halfway and then licked his lips before Gaara walked out and shut the door behind him.



“I see some things never change, Gaara still think’s he’s the center of the universe and you’re the only planet within his solar-system…,” Sasuke said, quickly being scolded for his quip.



“Don’t speak about him that way. You don’t have the right,” Naruto growled, clenching his fists and moving closer to Sasuke.



“This entire time, you were acting… You were ‘acting’ like you didn’t care about me or Sakura-chan! You were ‘acting’ like our friendship didn’t matter! You were ‘acting’ LIKE A GOD DAMNED SELFCENTERED LITTLE BRAT!” Naruto flew forward and punched Sasuke as hard as he could in the mouth, sending him flying back into the refrigerator and denting it before he landed on the floor. Sasuke grunted and reached up to his lip to touch blood before standing up and glaring at Naruto.



“I did what I did to keep you alive every time I encountered you and Sakura. If I had wanted either of you dead, you would have been dead. I did care and I still do,” he said moving forward and grabbing Naruto, before kissing him deeply on the lips. Naruto’s eyes widened and he wiggled loose, breaking free before slapping Sasuke’s left cheek, hard.



“Things have changed since you left Sasuke. I’m no longer the backdoor for your self-pitied feelings. I’m with Gaara-kun now and if you know whats good for you, you’ll stay out of our relationship and just do your time here before moving on to your own place. I promised Sakura and then others that I would bring you back, and in more ways than one I’ve failed. I didn’t not promise anything further than that,” He said, panting as he looked down at the ground and began to cry again out of frustration, leaning forward against the other’s chest to pound upon it weakly.



“You didn’t have to go so far… We could have helped you just as well… I could have helped you…,” Naruto said, blubbering at the mouth between tears as Sasuke held him there against his chest, closing his eyes and feeling like his heart was being ripped out for making Naruto cry.



“I know that I didn’t make the right decisions, but those are the challenges of choice Naruto… We can’t always do the right thing to get where we’re going or get what needs to be done out of the way. I’ve done things I’m not proud of, least of all this to you… Naruto, I know you held on for me for a long time and I’m not going to just walk away from this and act like it didn’t mean anything to me… I love you, Naruto and I probably always have.”



Naruto’s cries softened and he leaned up, pressing off Sasuke and looking into his eyes. He leaned forward and kissed him again, pressing their bodies together in a lover’s embrace. Sasuke was holding him by his sides and Naruto was holding him by his shoulders, their lips locked and their tongues petting one another’s affectionately. But as passionate as the kiss was, and as much as Naruto wanted to just forgive Sasuke and let him take him right there to make up for those years of pain and torment he pulled away from him again, opened the door and walked out. Sasuke reached after him and then looked down at the ground, slamming his fist down onto the counter next to him angrily for what he’d done to his best friend.





Gaara found Naruto walking out by himself in the abandoned district for the Uchiha’s. He was standing infront of Sasuke’s house and moved forward, stopping Naruto and snaking his arms around his waist. He looked up into his tear abused eyes and wanted so much to go find Sasuke and kill him. Naruto felt his murderous intent through his eyes and leaned forward, kissing his lover’s lips and sighing as the other did. When they pulled apart Naruto was pushing Gaara off into an alley next to Sasuke’s house, rubbing his hands all over him and reaching down to his black sash to pull it loose.



Gaara sighed and held onto his head, wearing nothing under the crimson smock but a pair of black short silk boxers. Naruto moved his hand over Gaara’s bulge, rubbing his package over the soft fabric while kissing his chest and licking his nipples back and forth. Gaara was in heat now, holding his hands up above his head with his arms and wrists crossed over one another while Naruto moved slowly down to his knees infront of the redhead. He pulled down Gaara’s boxers and quickly took him into his mouth, sucking him off in a heat of quick passion and desperation to prove his desire for the other against the current challenge of Sasuke’s toward himself. Gaara moaned and bucked his hips, biting his lip as Naruto bobbed his head up and down on his cock.



Naruto moaned over his erection and reached into Gaara’s travel pouch, retieving his lube and unzipping his own pants. He pulled his member out from the split opening of his boxers and began stroking lube over it, slicking it well before stopping to continue giving Gaara more of the superfluous head he was receiving. Naruto kissed his tip before standing up, picking Gaara up by his hips, the smock dropping off his shoulders to slink around his backside as he was plunged onto Naruto’s pole. Gaara had never been taken so forcefully by the blonde, and he opened his eyes ot see Naruto’s features were changed again into his semi demonic form. Naruto was already pistoning into Gaara like a race horse, pushing as much of himself in to his body as hard as he could while grunting and growling like an alpha male.



Gaara couldn’t take so much pleasure all at once, and moaned out as he came slowly out onto Naruto’s pelvis, adding lube to Naruto’s cock as he pulled out, catching some of the cream as it flowed down. Naruto didn’t stop, he wasn’t anywhere near done with the redhead yet. Naruto focused some chakra into his hand and began stroking Gaara with it, gaining a heartfilled moan from the boy, making him writh and buck under his touch. Under Naruto’s menstrations and the constant pounding into his sweet spot, Gaara was hard within a minute again and quickly heading toward the edge. Naruto was catching up with him now, holding the pale uke by his ass cheeks now as he pounded into his tight hole.



Naruto yelled out and came first, filling Gaara with his sticky cream and gushing back out onto the ground below. Gaara moaned and yelped, cumming again but harder onto Naruto’s stomach and his own. The two boys panted, Naruto’s features slowly returning to normal before he pulled Gaara down off the wall to hold him close against him, his legs wrapping around behind his lower back to lock at the ankles. Gaara kissed him softly, catching his breath and placing his hand on Naruto’s face.



“I know you love me, but I also know you love him too. That is all right with me, so long as you’re able to stay with me,” Gaara said, meaning more than what he was actually saying.



“Gaara, what are you… saying, “ Naruto asked, catching his breath while trying to understand what Gaara was suggesting.



“ You’re mine and nothing can change that. But I heard about what Sasuke did for you and its changed my opinion of him. If you love him, be with him, and I will stand behind you,” Gaara said, kissing Naruto’s lips once more.



“ Are you sure,” Naruto asked, looking confused as he didn’t know how that would work out.



“ This is the one choice Naruto, without a challenge from anyone else, but you,” he said, smiling before laying against the Jinchuriki’s chest, and closing his eyes to relax.





All right, so far we’re at the beginning point and getting set up for the relationship. I’m taking a concept idea that I’ve read about in several stories, where Naruto, Gaara and Sasuke all three have a relationship together after Sasuke’s return. But to add to the flavor with my own hint of spices, I’m adding relationships with different people, Sai and Kumo for example xD. Please feel free to leave a review, because this is just beginning.