A Dog's Life

Sorry wasn’t able to update yesterday, I ended up busy at my mom’s house hanging out with my sisters and niece and unfortunately lost track of time so I wasn’t able to enter a new chapter till now but I hope the info in this chapter makes up for it. There is some hinting at a couple in this chapter but it is not a permanent one or it could be… you never know *smirks* but I will see what you people think. In addition, more is hinted at Itachi’s plan as well as other info you may not have expected. I hope you like it all since I look forward to hearing your responses; despite the lack of editing I hope you still like it. Without further ado, here is chapter 4.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto that honor is held by Masashi Kishimoto I am just a fan writer doing this for fun.


Chapter Four-A Dog’s Life by KitsuneFun

Naruto sat at the kitchen table and eyed his newest companion thoughtfully, the raven had taken to staring at him while he ate and it was starting to make him feel uncomfortable. The dark eyes of the dog reminded him eerily of the stranger he had dreamed about last night.

The blond still could not understand why he had the dream; Naruto had never seen anyone that even remotely looked like the other male had with his dark as midnight hair, matching dark eyes and pale as moonlight skin. The taller man’s eyes had been intense as they stared into his own making Naruto feel nervous and hot as the blonde-haired person’s heart thumped wildly in his chest. Everything about the taller man had screamed to Naruto’s soul of the night and how badly the blond had wanted to be conquered by the other man even though Naruto did not even know his name.

The blond remembered then that the man had called himself Sasuke before he’d kissed Naruto… the kiss , ‘Damn…’ the blond flushed thinking about how hot it had been, when the other kissed him it was almost possessive yet soft and desirable at the same time. The blond found himself lost within the sensation Sasuke had given him. It would not do if Naruto’s boyfriend found out he had dreamed about some hot guy other than him and had made out with him in dreamland no less.

As though in response to the blond’s fears about his boyfriend finding out, the phone decided to ring. Naruto glared at the offensive object, noticing the dialer immediately and debating whether or not he should answer the phone, when it continued to ring he decided to take a chance and he picked it up, “Hello…”

Only to regret the decision later when he heard “Koi…” on the other line, ‘Shit…‘ he thought, ‘It is Gaara.’ Naruto had hoped up until that moment, it had been one of his boyfriend’s siblings not him. The blond’s heart started to thump madly in fear wondering if the redhead knew what he had just thought a moment ago since sometimes his boyfriend could be amazingly intuitive. Eyeing his dog that had chosen that moment to sit up, as though he understood what was happening, when the call came in, he suddenly felt very self-conscious.

‘Stupid dog…’ he thought, ‘Gaara better not ask’, Naruto took a deep breath trying to calm down since he was letting his imagination run away with him again, “Ah Good morning Gaara…” ‘Please don’t ask…. Please don’t ask…’ the mental chanting however did not work.

Their was a slight pause on the other end of the line from Gaara, “Ok what’s wrong?” his boyfriend sounded worried and a bit suspicious.

Naruto threaded his hands thru his hair awkwardly trying to think of something… anything, “Ah nothing… Haha… why would you think that” he tried to bluff his way thru it, “Just got up you know…” He didn’t know why, but he felt like somehow the dog was challenging him to say what he was really thinking with that intense stare of his, he turned away so he could concentrate more on speaking with Gaara, “I got a new roommate…” he thought, ‘maybe bringing it up would redirect the redhead’s concern elsewhere‘.

Another pause longer this time, “Stop trying to change the subject…” for some reason the tone sounded slightly angry, Naruto flinched at the tone, ’Damn’ he thought the ploy hadn’t worked, “Wait… did you say something about a new roommate?“ he sounded a little too calm to Naruto‘s ears, the blond bit his lip nervous now.

‘Shit‘ Naruto wondered what possessed him to call his dog a roommate instead of just a dog, now the redhead would defiantly wonder what he was trying to hide, ‘not that having dreams about half naked and sexy men making out with you wasn’t anything weird… was it? Hmm…’ he thought, ’Maybe no definitely don’t mention the dream,’ “Ah its not what your thinking,” the other end of the phone was surprisingly silent as Gaara waited patently for Naruto‘s answer.

“Jiraya thought I needed a dog because he thinks I shouldn’t be living by myself… you know how my grandpa is just another stupid perverted writer” He laughed good-naturedly turning his head to eye the raven who had decided, at that moment, to move closer till he was sitting right next to Naruto‘s leg. The raven had started growling as though he did not like who Naruto was speaking too which was odd since, to his way of thinking, dogs shouldn’t be that smart or defensive of their masters. His grandmother would probably say the dog was noticing his emotions and responding to them ‘but that was too odd‘, Naruto thought again since he barely had the dog for long, “Ah stop that you Bastard…” he mumbled putting a hand over the receiver. Was it him or did the dog look offended.

“What did you call me?” the other seemed to stiffen on the other end of the line.

Naruto faked a laugh, ‘God it wasn’t his day and it had just started,’ Out loud he said, “Ah I meant the dog, not you, it just started to growl and…”

The redhead smirked enjoying the others sudden discomfort, “Oh really then tell me…”

The blond looked at the phone oddly, was he really getting away with it, “Tell you what?” he asked hesitantly.

Gaara’s smirk widened into a smile on the other end, “Don’t act stupid… you know what I want…”

It was Naruto’s turn to smile this time, realizing again why he liked Gaara so much, his boyfriend could be really nice when he wanted to be, “Oh did you want me to call you the love of my life, my sexy panda-man.” he chuckled trying to ignore his dog as its growl deepen at his words.

Their was a snort on the other line (Gaara‘s attempt at a laugh), “Not that I don’t love hearing that Koi but you know what I meant, I was going to ask if you had told Jiraya yet?”

“What… you know I can’t do that,” the blond squeaked out, “He still thinks I’m strait… even Ba-chan yesterday hinted again at expecting many great grandchildren from me… it would break their hearts if I told them I was in a hot and heavy relationship with a sexy hot redheaded Goth who just happened to be a guy.”

The redhead rolled his eyes, “Don’t you think it would break their heart more not knowing about your chosen lover Naruto… you shouldn’t lie to them”

He knew Gaara was right but something always seemed to get in the way when he tried to tell either grandparent about his love life and in the end, he ended up never mentioning it. Feeling a sudden tugging on his sleeve Naruto looked down noticing that the black dog had started pulling on his shirtsleeve impatiently. It seemed to have a pained look in his eye, ‘What the Hell,’ he wondered why the dog was acting like that. Naruto was feeling slightly over stressed by the conversation and with the sudden odd actions of his dog he blurted out the first thing that came to his mind without even realizing why he had thought it, “God damn it Sasuke leave me the hell alone.” The blond paused at his own words, ‘Oh shit’ he thought, ‘why did I just call him that?’

The raven’s eyes widened when the blond called him by his given name, ‘Naruto does remember me…’ up until that point he had thought the blond had completely forgotten all about him and the dream. Sasuke did not know why but it suddenly lightened his heart and he almost forgot about the conversation Naruto was having with his boyfriend, ‘Oh now I remember…’ Sasuke glared at the offensive phone line wishing said boyfriend was here so he could tear the others throat out. He did not need to know this Gaara to know he was attempting to take away what he had already labeled as his.

Their was silence on the other end of the phone line, Naruto wondered what his boyfriend was thinking at that moment since he couldn’t quite understand himself why he had yelled at the dog calling him Sasuke, it was the dream man’s name for Christ‘s sake, “Ah Gaara…”

“I’m coming home,” his boyfriend cut him off with the clipped reply, Gaara had made his decision.

“What! I mean… not that I want you here but isn’t the conference still going on for two more days?” He suddenly did not want Gaara to come home, he had a bad feeling something would happen if the redhead came home while Sasuke was here.

Gaara paused again, he had been doing that a lot, “Stop acting stupid you know you’re more important than any conference besides I want this mess about us settled once and for all…”

The blond licked at his suddenly dry lips, “What do you mean settled… Gaara don’t.”

His boyfriend interrupted him, “I will be home tonight… so no more excuses” their was a sudden click then the line was dead.

‘Fuck’, Naruto thought looking at the receiver, ‘Gaara has not been this pissed in a while…what am I going to do?’ He looked at Sasuke who looked extremely pleased with his part in the affair, or as pleased as a dog could be. Naruto did not know why but the action on the dog’s part pissed him off, “I wouldn’t be smiling you ass… you know this is your entire fault.”

Sasuke knew and he was enjoying the reactions coming from his mate, ‘Wait… did he just call Naruto his mate.’

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Gaara was beyond pissed, he wasn’t one to deny his nature that was demanding he find the blond that instant and make him his and soon despite the fact that his boyfriend wanted to wait for the right time. The redhead knew that if he tried however that, ‘Naruto would hate him and turn away from him‘, the thought sobered his otherwise dominant animal tendencies, he wished though that it was already nighttime but he had to bide his time since their were other more important things he had to take care of first.

“Ah Subaku-san… is everything ok?” the redhead turned to eye the speaker, who interrupted him, on the other side of the round table. The older man had wondered why the redhead had felt the sudden need to call his boyfriend while they were still conferencing with Orochimaru. The longhaired dictator, despite resembling a snake, was the leader of the Eastern Dark Sect of the magical realm and his part in destroying the gates was very important to Itachi.

“My apologies Uchiha-san… Orochimaru-sama,” Gaara bowed his head towards the two men, “The magical signal I had placed at the Key’s House had suddenly gone off… I was concerned that something had happened and wished to allay any concerns that may delay our plans“.

Itachi’s nodded accepting the excuse for the moment, “I‘m glad to hear everything is well but” at this point, the Uchiha’s eye retinas flashed red, a sure sign that the older man was still angry at the redhead’s interruption, “Don’t let it happen again…”

Orochimaru cleared his throat trying to gain attention since he was curious about the key, “Shouldn’t we be concerned about what set it off?”

The Uchiha turned to look at the snake like man and sighed if it had been anyone else but Orochimaru he wouldn’t have given it another thought but since he was still in dealings with the other he decided he would allay the other man‘s curiosity, “So Subaku-san, do tell… what set off the alarm?” He eyed the redheaded man thoughtfully trying to read his thoughts but as always, Itachi couldn’t tell what Gaara was thinking.Itachi reason in choosing the redhead for this job specifically was that Gaara had an emotionless and bloodthirsty approach to getting the job done.

Gaara tried to control his emotions since he didn’t want the Uchiha to notice how important the Key… no Naruto, was to him, “I am not sure what had set it off, but Apparently there is a new presence in the household that we weren’t aware of before that could have caused it and I think its important that I check it out.”

“I see… since it involves the key I will let you go” Itachi nodded his assent before turning back to Orochimaru while waving the redhead off, ‘You may go now instead of later… I will make sure Kisame informs you later though.”

Despite his outward stone-faced appearance, Gaara was happy with the development, “I will look into it right away Uchiha-san…” he bowed before exciting the room. It looked like things were looking up for him, Just wait for me Naruto…’

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Naruto had finally left his apartment having had a hard time getting Sasuke to stay put while he left; it seemed the dog was determined to follow him. The blond had managed to finally lock Sasuke inside but he worried that something would happen to his apartment, shrugging Naruto decided he would leave it be. I will deal with that later’ as his other employee Shikamaru would say, “It was way too troublesome…”

The blond had finally made it to his store only to notice a rather off couple perched outside, one was dressed normally with a scarf around his face with white spiky hair the other man who was dressed in a short plaid skirt and pink… fuzzy… top. Actually, the last made him laugh but he knew better not to upset customers especially if they paid good money.

“Ah just a moment,” Naruto smiled at the two as he took out his keys to unlock the door, “I’m sorry I am late had a bit of trouble with a new dog my grandpa gave me,” he laughed slightly, “Thinks he rules the roost” he turned to face the two men once he had opened the door and held it out for them only to wonder why they suddenly looked shocked as if they had seen a ghost.

Kakashi was the first to speak, “Are you Arashi‘s son?” he couldn’t believe his eyes the young blond resembled the leader of the High Court of Fae when he was younger, having seen pictures of the man hanging up in the castle gallery.

Naruto looked at him as though he thought the white haired man was a nut, “I’m sorry but my name is Naruto I don’t know any Arashi… my parents dies long ago in a car crash”

Obito having gotten over his shock hit Kakashi at his tactlessness, “Idiot… of course that not Arashi’s son otherwise he wouldn’t be here would he?” he gave the other a glare that promised death but turning back towards the blond he smiled sweetly not noticing Kakashi’s pout, “I’m sorry my partner is an idiot and has really bad eyesight…”

“But Snuggle Bunny,” Kakashi pouted cutely.

Obito’s glared at the taller man, “Stop calling me that… I am not your anything… got it!”

Naruto watched in amusement, having forgotten his sadness over remembering his parents again, as the taller man with the white hair proceeded to lean over the shorter one with short black hair and started to nuzzle him while hugging him close despite the smaller man’s attempts to throw him off, “Don’t say that Honey-hole… you know I love you…”

“God dammit… stop putting your hands there… stupid pervert” Obito yelled trying to break free, only to stop when he realized the blond was laughing, he blushed, “Ah its not what your thinking…”

Kakashi winked at Naruto, “Yes it is…”

Obito growled finally managing to push the taller man of himself, “No it isn’t… idiot…” he stomped past Naruto to go inside the store.

Kakashi leaned down to whisper in the blond’s ear, “Yes it is,” he followed Obito.

“NO IT ISNT!” apparently the shorter man had heard. Naruto laughed, ’It looks like the day is looking up’. The blond did not notice however as he entered the shop that a pair of eyes were watching him.

Well that is it for chapter four I hope you liked it. I know I left a cliffhanger you will have to see for yourself what happens next in chapter 5. In addition, I know I have said this before but I am still looking for an Editor so if anyone is interested please email me KitsuneFun@aol.com, thanks. Ja Ne XD