Hidden Powers

Dawn slowly began to break the horizon and the light slowly began to surround the boys and fill the room. At around 6:30 in the morning, Naruto woke. The light was not at full blast just yet, but it was still enough to cause the bubble of energy to squint and shield his eyes. As his eyes adjusted, they did a quick check to answer the questions of first of all, where he was, and second, why he was there.

His wandering eyes soon fell on a slumbering Gaara resting cradled to his chest. As Gaara began to stir, his stretching this way and that, and his eyelashes fluttering ever so slightly led Naruto to believe that Gaara looked completely kissable.

Now Naruto wasn’t the type to completely think out his actions, and he usually did everything on impulse, so when he thought Gaara looked completely kissable, that’s what he did.

He kissed Gaara.

Gaara’s eyes shot full open went he felt the smooth heat pressed full against his lips. The soft kissed lingered for a moment before Naruto realized just exactly what he was doing. He had never blushed a deeper rouge in his entire life.

‘Gaara’s going to hit me! He’s going to beat me into a fucking bloody pulp for kissing him because he is a guy and I’m not a girl and he has every right to and-’ His thoughts were cut off as Gaara shifted to curl up against him even further.

“So last night wasn’t a dream,” Gaara said as he rested his head in the crook of Naruto’s neck.

“Thank you,” he whispered and inhaled Naruto’s musky scent while drifting back into sleep.

‘He didn’t hit me…'

Temari looked into the room right just then to catch the blond blinking and looking very confused.

“Have you seen Gaara? He wasn’t in his-” and right then she realized that the thing resting against Naruto’s chest was her little brother. She smiled.

“It looks like you will be doing us the honor of joining us for breakfast. What would you like?”

Naruto thought for a few moments and smiled. “How is the barbeque pork ramen around here?”
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Naruto was still confused. As much as he cared for Gaara, he had never expected Gaara to care back. Even more confusing was the fact that he kissed him! Naruto had never entertained the idea that perhaps he and Gaara could ever have a relationship. Heck, he probable never had the time to. Whenever he had time with Gaara before, it had been all about Gaara’s lunatic ravings or trying to save his life. He never had time to sit down with him in good company.

So now, here he was, still curled up in the window seat with a certain red head still asleep against his chest and trying to eat his ramen without getting on his favorite sand shinobi.

Shikamaru entered, took one look at Naruto and began to snicker.

“Shut up faggot!” Naruto shouted effectively rousing Gaara from his sleep.

“I don’t know, from this viewpoint, I’m not the one looking like a faggot,” Shikamaru said as he wrapped an arm around Temari’s waist.

“Do you have a problem with Naruto’s sexuality, whatever it might be?” Gaara asked menacingly, silencing the room.

“Uh, ah… Gaara, how about breakfast. It’s your favorite, dashimaki tomago!” Temari said, trying to bring the conversation in the room to normal.
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‘What in the world have I missed out on?” Kankuro thought as Gaara glanced out the window for the third time since the meeting began. Gaara never got distracted and everyone close to Gaara knew that and seemed to have noticed already. In other words, everyone from Konoha was left in the dark. Temari seemed to ignore it, so perhaps she knew what the matter was? As for Kankuro, it was too early to start trying to guessing. For fuck’s sake, it was only 10:30 in the morning! If this meeting didn’t end soon, he’d fall asleep on the person in front of him. Respectable shinobi be damned!

“Alright, so it’s settled. Kakashi, Gai, Iruka, Genma, and Yamato will be checking up on the Sand most talented genin for chuunin prospects. Sand will soon come to Konoha and return the favor,” Tsunade said, officially ending the meeting. “And Temari, a quick side note. I would really enjoy checking out your little prodigy team personally. I hear their medical jutsu is quite advanced for their age group.”

“Ha, I guess word does get around quick. I have put them under extensive chakra control training and they have proved to be extremely talented.” Temari said as she modestly scratched her head. “In fact, there is this one little girl that reminds me strongly of you.”

With that final note, Gaara walked off with Naruto in tow. Kankuro hadn’t really gotten a chance to speak to the blond yet and really wanted to catch up with him. Shit, he had a lot to thank him for.

Kankuro had nearly caught up to the two of them as they rounded the corner, but as soon as he did, he took a few steps back and retreated around the corner once more.

‘Was Naruto just hugging my little brother?’ He let his head poke out around the corner just enough to take a peak. Indeed, Naruto’s arms were loosely circled around Gaara’s waist and… GAARA’S ARMS WERE AROUND HIS NECK! If Naruto hadn’t opened his mouth to speak, Kankuro would have swooned right there.

“So what exactly does this mean?” Naruto asked. That was the question that had been bothering Gaara all day.

“I don’t really know.” Gaara looked down at the arms now tightening possessively around him. He was afraid to say what he really felt, having been rejected his whole life. Any second now and this would blow up in his face.

“I really care about you. I couldn’t stop thinking about you the entire meeting,” Naruto said, pulling Gaara just a little bit closer. Gaara was terrified of letting what he really wanted to say out, but the reassuring arms that warmed him and the way Naruto was nuzzling his hair softly with his nose made him feel almost completely secure.

“I really care about you too.” Naruto cocked his head to the side and quirked an eyebrow. “Have you heard enough yet?”

Kankuro’s heart leapt out of his chest. He had been caught peeping, and at his brother no less!

“Um, yeah. I’m just gonna go.”

“I think I just found the new plot for my next book!” If Kankuro’s heart leaped out of chest before, this time his bones jumped out of his skin. There standing behind he was Jiraiya, the legendary Sannin, leaning against the wall with a half-smirk on his face and he hadn’t even sensed him.

“Hey there, Ero-Sennin,” Naruto said, never taking his eyes off the red-head in his arms.

“I told you to stop calling me that.”

“And I told you to stop trying to put my life’s story in your dirty plot bunnies.” Gaara gave Naruto a quick questioning look.

“Just please, don’t ask,” Naruto stated simply as he opened to door to his bedroom. Kankuro was left to gawk at Jiraiya as Naruto and Gaara slipped behind said door.

“Don’t worry. I’m sure your sister can fill you in later,” The perverted hermit said before leaving Kankuro to collapse on the floor. Was everyone in the loop but him?

“DAMN IT! I have to start getting up earlier in the morning!” Kankuro screamed at himself.
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“Tired?” Naruto asked a yawning Gaara.

“Yeah,” Gaara said as he was still yawning. “Can I take a nap with you in here?” could Naruto’s eyes get any brighter?

“Yeah let me go get a change of clothes for you from your room real quick,” Naruto said while skipping out the door (Yes I said skipping, just like a real gay boy!!). The last thing Gaara wanted to do was return to that dreaded room.

Gaara sighed once again in appreciation as Naruto returned to the bed.

“That was fast. Where are my clothes?”

“Couldn’t figure out where they were so shadow clones are going to bring all of them over when they find them,” Naruto said while rewrapping Gaara with his arms.

“You seem to like holding me,” he said as he rested his head against Naruto’s heart.

“You seem to like being held.” They both chuckled lightly at this and became silent trying to get some sleep.

Now it’s not exactly easy to just fall asleep, especially when that’s something you have been avoiding since, oh say, SINCE YOU WERE BORN. For a while, Gaara allowed his mind to drift instead. A few minutes later, it focused on something that really disturbed him.

“So what about Sasuke?” Naruto let a breath pass loudly though his nose.

“What about him?” Naruto asked as he once again tightened his arms around his new interest.

Gaara gulped. “Well you love him, right? I don’t really want to be the one to interfere with that…”

Naruto looked a bit frustrated with himself. Not getting into trouble in situations like this required eloquence of speech, something the blonde definitely did not have. He knew if he blew it then, he’d blow it forever, so he took time to pick his words carefully.

“You’re right. I do love him.” Gaara’s eyes narrowed and he cast his eyes downward, away from Naruto’s. “ But as the brother I never had. I was still confused about my sexuality then, so I chose to ignore it. When Sasuke and I grew close, I wasn’t thinking about sex, I was thinking about the family I never had.”

“How do I know that you are telling me the truth.” Gaara’s eyes found Naruto’s again. Naruto closed the gap between them to capture Gaara’s lips in a soothing second kiss. It’s delicious warmth spread throughout the suspicious boy’s body.

“Just give me some time and I can prove it to you. I really do care about you a lot,” With that confirmation, Gaara’s mind finally let him slip into sleep.
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“So you saw them asleep together on the window seat?”

“No, I walked in after Naruto woke up. Gaara was still asleep and curled on top of him. I swear, he looked like a cat. Temari saw them kiss after Gaara woke up though. Then Gaara just curled up and went back to sleep.”

“Really?” a bright-eyed, pink-haired kunoichi asked.

“That is so cute!” Ino squealed.

“I think I’m going to be sick.” And to tell you the truth, Kankuro did look quite green. “Who would of thought my little brother was capable of compassionate thought.”
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Well that’s it. I’d like to thank the few people that did review. But I would really like more feed back. As for the people who have been wondering, I really am a girl. I wanted to see if anyone would guess me as a flamboyantly gay boy.

Remember to review so I can make love to you guys by making Gaara and Naruto make love with each other. Tee hee!