Why Orange?

Finally!! The writer’s block ends! And all I had to do was contemplate Kyuubi.

Itachi: You need mental help.

T.W.: So says the nut who slaughtered his entire clan?

Itachi: At least I put them out of their misery not prolonged it as your very existence does to your family.

T.W.: Hey! My family loves me!

Itachi: Keep telling yourself that.

T.W.: Didn’t you just molest Sai and isn’t sex supposed to cheer people up?

Itachi: He is currently at the store, therefore I haven’t had my quota of sex filled for today.

T.W.: Well damn go play with yourself in the bathroom, just don’t crap-o-flame no jutsu my toilet.

Itachi:….O.o What?

T.W.: You heard me.

Itachi: You’ve finally lost what was left of your mind haven’t you?

T.W.: No I haven’t, just because I don’t want you destroying my toilet with a jutsu doesn’t mean that I’m completely insane.

Itachi:…I think perhaps that you should get on with the fic before the men in white coats come to take you away.

T.W.: Not going to happen cause I’m still mostly sane, though I do need to get on with the fic, so here we go! One little note, Hinata, Sakura, TenTen, and Ino are all married now to Kiba, Choji, Kankuro, and Shino respectively.

WARNING: Two men are about to have sex so if you don't like don't read. And NO flames on the pairing.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto at all.

‘thoughts’

Kyuubi speech

Chapter 47 Blow-up, Make-up

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Naruto watched as Kana and Hinata sparred with each other while he rested after having sparred against the two himself. In a month of watching Kana and analyzing her actions, he saw no malice or mal intent, all he saw was a girl with a really hideous genetic heritage who was determined to become recognized for herself. She’d proven to have a sense of humor that enjoyed the ridiculous, a soft heart for animals and the defenseless, fierce loyalty, and a tenacity that was nearly unmatched. ‘She’s kinda like a shyer me.’

‘Smarter too.’

‘Oi!’

‘You KNOW you had the intellegience of a hamster before you figured out how to talk to me.’

‘I wasn’t that bad Kyu.’

‘No? And you’d call stepping in dog shit after being warned it was there smart?’

‘…’

‘I rest my case.’

‘Can we get back on subject?’

‘What subject? All you were thinking about was that girl’s similarity to you.’

‘Just shut up.’

‘Why would I do that when it’s so entertaining to make fun of you?’

‘If you’re going to talk then why not help me figure out why Sasuke’s still so suspicious of Kana?’

‘He’s an idiot?’

‘Kyuubi!’

‘Okay okay, I’ll rephrase. He’s an Uchiha.’

‘Are you implying that Uchiha is interchangeable with the term idiot?’

‘Why nooooo, where would you ever get that idea?’

‘Possibly from your soliloquies on Sasuke and his brother that I’ve interrupted in the past.’

‘…oh. Well aside from the idiocy, the name Uchiha seems to be synomous a stubborn refusal to change an opinion unless faced with an overwhelming contradiction to that opinion.’

‘In other words he’ll never warm up to Kana.’

‘Pretty much.’

Naruto rubbed his temple in exasperation.

“Uzumaki-san? Are you alright?”

He looked up to see a pair of worried golden eyes and he smiled at Kana, “I’m fine Kana-kun. I was just thinking about something that’s been bugging me.”

“Is there anything I can do?”

He shook his head and ruffled her hair, “Nah but thanks for the offer. Why don’t you go on ahead while Hinata-chan and I clean up the training ground.”

“You sure?”

She grinned and dashed off when he nodded. He chuckled and started helping Hinata gather the pieces of ninja wire, scattered shuriken and kunai, and ashes from the letter bombs. Hinata smiled at him, “You know Naruto-kun, I think Kana would jump off a bridge if you asked her to.”

Naruto blinked, “Huh? What do you mean?”

“I mean that she’s utterly loyal to you even though she’s only known you for a month.”

He shrugged, “It’s because I treat her like I treat Hanabi or Moegi and not like she’s Orochimaru.”

“But she doesn’t trust anyone but Obito the way she does you.”

“Because she knows that she could still be refused a position as a Konoha ninja and be forced to leave any friends she’s made. I’m an exception to that rule because she knows that I have many friends outside of Konoha that I visit. She can also tell that some of the people who treat her well are still holding themselves apart from her and that makes her wary of getting close.”

Hinata made a considering noise as they finished cleaning the training ground and both went home to their spouses.

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Kana rushed through the village to get to Ichiraku, waving at the people that Naruto had introduced her to that she saw. She’d met the entire Rookie 9, Team Guy, each team’s sensei, Anko, Genma, Raido, Ibiki, and Yamato and after they’d gotten over their wariness, they’d treated her like any other girl trying to become a genin. She smiled and slowed down a bit as the ramen stand came into view and smoothed her hair out a bit; she didn’t want to look like she’d just rolled out of bed. She entered the stand, sat down a few seats away from the group that always ate lunch at the ramen shop, and ordered a bowl of chicken ramen while glancing at one of the boys out of the corner of her eye. She’d met him when Naruto had introduced her to Team Ebisu and the brunette boy had immediately caught her attention with the sharp intelligence in his dark eyes and his solmn expression.

Right now he was arguing animatedly with his teammate.

“If you hadn’t turned in midair you’d have landed fine but you decided to show off and ended up landing on your butt!”

“Shut up Udon! That move you can up with was just garbage!”

“No it wasn’t! If you execute it properly it’ll blind your opponent long enough for you to get away or kill them. It’s a hell of a better distraction than that ridiculous Jutsu of the chief’s that you tweaked!”

“You take that back four-eyes!”

“No way you moron!”

“Noodle-boy!”

“Pineapple hair!”

“Snot-nose!”

“Grandpa’s Boy!”

Kana jumped as Konohamaru punched Udon hard enough to knock him to the ground and stalked off with Moegi following him. Kana slid off her stool and crouched next to Udon, “A-are you okay?”

He wiped a trickle of blood from the corner of his lip, “Yeah I’m fine,” he glanced at her and blinked in recognition, “Kana-chan?”

She blushed hearing him call her Kana-chan, “Yes?”

“What are you doing here?”

She flinched imperceptibly, “I always eat lunch here.”

He levered himself up off the floor, “Really? I never noticed you here before.”

Kana stood with a frown and snapped, “Well maybe you should clean your glasses more often!”

He jerked in surprise and she bit her lip, embarrassed by her outburst but really how else was a girl supposed to react when her crush admits that he’d never noticed her. Udon scratched the back of his head, “Sorry, I guess I should pay more attention to my surroundings.”

“No I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have yelled at you like that.”

He shrugged, “It’s not like I’m unused to being yelled at.”

“Huh?”

“My team’s kunoichi, Moegi may seem all sweetness and light but if you get her mad, whew is that girl scary!”

Kana laughed and he smiled as the cook brought her chicken ramen, “Tell you what, why don’t I treat you to lunch as an apology for overlooking such a pretty girl?”

Kana blushed but smiled, “I’d like that.”

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Naruto came home and saw Kakashi sitting in the living room brooding. Iruka had been getting more and more irritable and the last few nights he’d made Kakashi sleep on the couch. The poor copy ninja was completely baffled and terrified by the distance that was growing between him and Iruka and he didn’t know what to do about it. Just as Naruto was about to sit down and see if he could cheer the man up, a pink blur latched onto him.

“There you are, we’ve been waiting for you to get here!”

“Sakura-chan?”

The pinkette tugged him to the kitchen and motioned for Kakashi to follow them. Around the kitchen table, Iruka, Sasuke, Obito and surprisingly Sai were already sitting down. Sakura nudged Naruto to the chair next to Sasuke and sat as Kakashi went to the chair next to Iruka, who glared at the silver haired jonin, much to Sakura’s surprise. ‘I wonder what that’s about?’ She shook it off and addressed the group, “I’m here to share some wonderful news with you all before it spreads all over Konoha.”

Naruto tilted his head to the side, “What is it?”

“You remember what we were talking about a few months ago right before you went into labor?”

“Yeah you said you thought…oh. Really?”

Sakura nodded, “Really, I’m going to be a mommy in about five months.”

Sasuke’s brows rose, Naruto jumped up to give Sakura a congratulatory hug, Sai smiled happily for his former teammate, Iruka uttered a soft congratulations, while Kakashi blinked in surprise and they all gathered around the glowing kunoichi. Obito just held himself apart from the others since Sakura didn’t really have a connection to him. Sai looked over at his seme and quirked an eyebrow at him, “Why’re you all the way over there?”

Sasuke broke in, “Why is he even here for this? No offense meant but Sakura doesn’t really know you Obito.”

Sakura answered him, “Obito-san is here because he’s Sai’s lover of course.”

Naruto choked on air and Sasuke’s jaw dropped as Iruka’s brows shot up and Kakashi squawked, “What?”

“Oh you guys didn’t know?”

Naruto shook his head, “No.”

“Huh, well I caught them making out last week at the mission’s office so I figured that one of you would have walked in on them or something.”

Naruto shuddered, “Definitely not, thank Kami-sama.”

Kakashi eyed Sai suspiciously, “So you two are…”

The artist smiled, “Yes.”

“And who initated this relationship?”

Iruka stood up swiftly, “For Kami-sama’s sake that’s none of your or our business Kakashi!”

“Obito is my friend ‘Ruka and I don’t want someone using him.”

“Is that all he is to you?”

“What?”

“Is that all he is to you?! Just a friend?! Or do you-,” Iruka broke off, “Forget it, forget I said anything,” and slammed out of the house.

Sakura turned to face the flabbergasted Kakashi, “What are you waiting for, go after him!”

“I don’t know what’s wrong, he won’t tell me.”

“So make him tell you for heaven’s sake! Now go after your man Kakashi before you lose him!”

Kakashi jolted and nodded before chasing after Iruka.

Sakura sat back down, “I can’t believe Kakashi is that dense.”

Naruto shrugged, “Love makes the most intelligent people into idiots and stupid people into brainless monkeys.”

Sai smirked, “So speaks the dickless voice of experience?”

“Oi! Stop calling me that! I am not dickless!”

“Really? The fact that you had three children speaks to the contrary. After all only the truly dickless give birth.”

“I’m going to kill you!”

Sasuke grabbed Naruto around the waist and pulled him into his lap, “Sai I can guaranttee you, that while Naruto is uke, he is far from dickless. Something that I think you’d know about considering the way my cousin is looking at you.”

Naruto and Sakura goggled as Sai actually blushed.

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Kakashi caught up with Iruka in a nearby forest and spun the brunette around to face him, “Iruka what is going on?! Ever since Obito returned you’ve been moody and distant, why?”

Iruka tried to shove Kakashi away, “It’s nothing.”

The copy ninja gripped Iruka’s shoulders, “No it’s not! You’re pushing me away and I want to know why!”

“Let me go!”

“Not until you tell me what’s wrong!”

Iruka pulled his fist back and clocked Kakashi, who reeled with the blow but didn’t let the scarred brunette go. Iruka hooked a foot behind Kakashi’s knee and knocked the jonin off balance, throwing him to the leaf littered ground. The masked man went down but took Iruka with him so that when he landed on his back, the brunette was lying on top of him. Iruka tried to push himself up and run but Kakashi rolled the brunette underneath him. The teacher tried to knee Kakashi and switched their positions when the jonin moved to block but Kakashi wrapped his arms around Iruka’s waist to keep him in place. Iruka yanked at Kakashi’s hair and the copy ninja grabbed his wrists. They grappled in the fallen leaves, fighting for the upper hand, Iruka using the dirty chick fight tactics of pulling hair, scratching, and biting and Kakashi just trying to subdue his hellcat of a lover with gentle holds. Eventually Kakashi managed to flip Iruka onto his back with his legs on either side of the silver haired man’s own and his tanned wrists held firmly in the scarecrow’s pale fingers.

Kakashi’s mask had slipped off during the fight, Iruka’s hair tie had come loose, and both their hitai-ate had come off. They panted from the exertion as Kakashi’s mismatched eyes looked into the tormented chocolate brown of his lover’s eyes. Iruka snarled, “Let me go Kakashi.”

The pale man snapped, “The hell I will! You’re not going anywhere until you tell me why you’re pushing me away!”

Iruka’s snapped back, “Because I didn’t want to wait for you to push me away!”

Kakashi blinked in shock, “What?”

Iruka’s temper drained away, his body let go of its tension, and he closed his eyes, “I didn’t want to be pushed away by you so I did the pushing.”

“Why would you think I’d push you away?”

“The man you gave your heart to returned from the dead. Obito’s back so you don’t need me anymore.”

Kakashi was silent for a moment then, “Where in the hell did you get the idea that Obito has my heart?”

Iruka opened his eyes and looked at Kakashi, “You spent every morning at the memorial stone mourning for him. I always knew that he had your heart but he was just a ghost and I was able to share you with a ghost but he’s not a ghost anymore.”

“Iruka don’t you know who you are to me?”

Silence greeted Kakashi’s question as Iruka frowned in confusion and the silver haired jonin realized that he’d never told Iruka just how much he meant to him. Kakashi locked his gaze with Iruka’s, “Listen to me and listen well Iruka. Obito was my first love and losing him changed me, left a hole I thought would never heal. I visited the memorial stone, apologized to my teammates, and drowned myself in guilt and misery for years until one day I was face to furious face with a mother-henning overprotective chunin who was worried about his foster son and was ready to rip me a new one for nominating said foster son for the chunin exams while he was still a rookie. You caught my attention and I couldn’t stay away from you. I found myself at the memorial stone telling Obito about the most amazing chunin I had met and before I knew it that hole started healing. When you finally accepted a date with me I almost began acting like Guy I was so happy. Soon my visits to the memorial were nothing but telling Obito how happy you made me and how much I loved you. Yes Obito had my heart at one time, a time when I knew nothing about trusting another person with all of my heart. I changed, in part because of losing Obito, and I became the man I am now, the man whose heart is totally, completely, unequivocally yours. Losing Obito all those years ago hurt me deeply but if I were to lose you now, it would utterly destroy me. All of my heart belongs to you, along with the rest of me and being pushed away has been killing me,” Kakashi released Iruka’s wrists to cup the brunette’s face in his hands, “Please don’t push me away anymore.”

Iruka raised a trembling hand to Kakashi’s face and traced the delicate features that bordered on feminine yet had such a masculine edge to them that you’d never mistake Kakashi as a woman. The brunette curled his fingers around the back of Kakashi’s head whispering, “Kashi,” and pulled his lover down for a gentle kiss.

Iruka’s tongue slid along Kakashi’s bottom lip and the jonin opened his mouth allowing Iruka to slip his tongue into the silver haired man’s mouth. Their tongues tangled and slid against each other until the need for air became overwhelming and they pulled apart, a string of saliva stretching between their mouths. Kakashi lowered his head and nuzzled the spot just under Iruka’s ear, flicking his tongue out to lick before applying himself to giving the teacher a hicky. The brunette made a soft sound of approval and threaded the fingers of one hand through the silver mop of Kakashi’s hair and trailing the other down to unzip the jonin vest and slide beneath the pale man’s shirt. Iruka’s fingers played over the toned muscles of Kakashi’s stomach and trailed upwards to the jonin’s chest to rake his nails in a semi-circle just above the nipple. Kakashi growled softly and lifted his head to meet Iruka’s eyes, “You’re playing with fire ‘Ruka.”

The brunette smirked and flicked a nail over Kakashi’s nipple, delighting in the gasp that came from his lover’s lips, “Good because it’s been far too long since I’ve been burned.”

Iruka leaned up and nibbled along Kakashi’s jaw, down his throat, biting sharply at the adam’s apple, and laving the abused skin with his tongue. Kakashi cursed softly and put his hands to work stripping the brunette beneath him out of the vest and shirt. Rather than slip the uniform shirt over the tan man’s head, the jonin sliced it down the front with a kunai and slid it off Iruka’s shoulders and arms. The silver haired man stroked his hands up his dolphin’s arms, over tanned shoulders, and down the toned chest. He flicked the brunette’s nipples with his thumbs and smirked as the teacher made a small grunt and arched up a bit. Iruka bit Kakashi’s collarbone and mimicked the jonin’s action, earning another growl as the pale man grabbed Iruka’s hands, wrapped one of his own hands around the brunette’s wrists, and pinned them over the tanned man’s head so Iruka couldn’t touch him and make him lose control.

The copy ninja met the challenging and anticipatory chocolate gaze of his lover for a moment before lowering his mouth to the pulse point in the hollow of Iruka’s throat. His tongue laved the little dip then, licked a path down the center line of the brunette’s chest and nibbled his way over to a flat brown nipple. The pale jonin flicked the tip of his tongue over the little nub and blew on it softly, reveling in the soft hiss of pleasure from the brunette beneath him. He licked around the areolae’s edge and raked his teeth over the nipple gently and smirked at Iruka’s growl before taking the nipple in his mouth and sucking softly. Iruka moaned and rubbed his hips up into Kakashi’s making the pale man release the nipple to gasp at the friction. The copy ninja trailed his free hand down to unfasten Iruka’s pants and shoved them, as well as the teacher’s underwear, down to the tanned man’s knees.

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T.W.: I'm evil, truly truly evil for ending it there. Okay ya'll can kill me for stopping in the middle of the lemon if you want but it's been too long since I've updated and I'm still fighting with the fic.

Sai: Then why didn't you stop before the lemon?

T.W.: Oh you're back?

Sai: Mmhmm, why is Itachi looking at you oddly?

T.W.: No clue, might have something to do with the first autor's note.

Sai: *reads top author's note*

Itachi: She's insane, it's that simple.

T.W.: Oh shut up and play with Crispy.

Itachi: Who the hell are you talking about?

T.W.: Crispy, your seeing eye bunny.

Sai: finishes reading T.W. you've been playing on YouTube again haven't you?

T.W.: Mmhmm you know it! Gotta love OmniStrife's Fun With Akatsuki series.

Itachi: vein pops Why you little!

T.W.: Ooop Itachi's got that bloodthirsty look in his eye so I gotta go now! For the things I spoke of to irritate Itachi watch episode 03 of Fun with Akatsuki, Looking Around, and episode 1 of Fun with Akatsuki X, Never Too Late, both were done by the wonderful OmniStrife. I also won't be updating anything besides a SuiNaru I'm working on and a Christmas fic I'm about to start until after December *dodges flying objects* Til then take care all, Happy Thanksgiving, and Merry Christmas (or whatever holiday you celebrate) and Ja ne!