Dealing with Love (Complete)

A/N: polls are closed. And I have a reached a conclusion as to whether it will be NaruSasu or SasuNaru. I propose a compromise. I hope this will be ok with you guys…if not then gomen nasai.

NaruSasu: 29

SasuNaru:18

Their first time will be a NaruSasu for the following reasons, but after that there will be SasuNaru as well. So in effect it will be NaruSasuNaru:

Naruto has issues about touch and will not take it if Sasuke touches him.

Makes a lot more sense if Naruto gives himself to Sasuke after the first few times since it shows how much he is willing to trust Sasuke.

Sasuke was trained to be seme as well as uke, but uke is what he is essentially supposed to be. Though that will change after their first time.

Chapter 5:

The sunlight danced across, filtered by the leaves, stretching its fingers out to caress the tanned cheek of the sleeping man. The man frowned a little and turned cuddling closer to the brunet next to him. The brunet chuckled and slid his fingers into the bright blond hair, lightly massaging the other’s scalp.

“Oi, wake up. Arashi…wake up.”

The blond mumbled something about five minutes and tightened his arm around the brunet. The man lost his patience and sat up suddenly, grabbing the blond’s collar and pulling him into an upright position. “Either you wake up, or I’ll throw you into the lake.”

Arashi sat up irritated. “Fine, all right. What do you want to do now, Ryou?”

Ryou just smiled evilly. “I can think of many things I want to do to you…but we have to get going, or your father will come out to find that we’re really not best friends anymore…since best friends don’t usually fuck each other within an inch of their lives.”

“Oh…yeah. Tsunade promised she’d keep him away for two hours. I didn’t think they’d be up this fast. If I did, then I wouldn’t have gone to sleep…I need to clean up though…” Arashi bit his lip at the uncomfortable feeling of dried cum in his pants.

Ryou just grinned at him. “You should have used water from the lake…that’s what I told you to do, but you insisted on going to sleep. I have to go now, ebi (shrimp)…”

Arashi pouted. “Am not. Oh well, I’ll see you tomorrow ne?”

“Yeah I’ll come by. Maybe we should meet up for lunch?” Ryou pushed away the strands of brown hair covering his eyes. “We’ll go to Chung’s Chinese Corner…I know how you like the dumplings there.”

Arashi nodded and walked his lover to the gate, giving him a quick kiss. “So I’ll be waiting tomorrow. Did you forget it’s our second anniversary?”

Ryou shook his head. “I didn’t forget koi. That’s why I suggested the date. I’ll see you then.”

Arashi watched until Ryou disappeared before walking back to the house. He headed for the shower first thing. He leaned back enjoying the hot spray and thinking about how many things he and Ryou could do the next day. Stepping out he donned a t-shirt and sweat pants meaning to take a short nap, when he heard a knock on his door.

Tsunade came in looking a little worried. “Otouto? Otou-san wants to see you. I think you had better hurry.”

Arashi raised an eyebrow wondering what his father could have to tell him. He made his way to his father’s study, where the old man spent all his time. His father made a small noise of distaste when he saw his son’s attire, but didn’t deign to say anything about it.

“Arashi…I have something important to inform you of. Since you are all ready twenty four, I have come to the decision that you are to be married. Watanabe-san’s daughter, Taniko seems like the perfect match for you. The invitations are being sent out, since Watanabe-san has agreed and so has Taniko. I have fixed the marriage to be next week and preparations are under way.” Said his father coolly, leaning to pick up a cigar after he was done. He looked up and frowned when he saw his son’s stricken face.

Arashi felt like the bottom of his stomach had dropped out. “B…but Otou-san, I can’t. I…I’m in love with some else…”

“You’ll have to stop meeting Ryou. I’ve let it go too far. You are an Uzumaki and you will have to continue the family line. Ryou cannot bear your children, and I will not have my son be a homosexual. You will stop seeing that boy and marry Taniko. You will also present me with an heir before the year is out. If you do not, I will have the boy arrested…I know he commits those petty thefts…low born idiot, but a word from me…and those police men can concoct a whole lot of things to convict him for. Do I make myself clear?”

Arashi swallowed. “Yes, otou-san. I will do as you say, but please leave Ryou out of it.” He cursed inwardly…Taniko was one of his fan girls, though she was fine to spend time with, she was not in his opinion marriage material.

Tsunade watched as her little brother exited the study looking like a ghost. She ran to him and put an arm around his shoulder. “Arashi…what happened?”

“I’m to be married to Watanabe Taniko next week. Now if you don’t mind, I want some alone time.” Arashi replied in a dead voice, before shrugging her arm off and heading to his room.

Tsunade watched him go, her head hanging in defeat. There wasn’t anything she could do to stop her father or help him…it would only make things difficult for his boyfriend.

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Arashi looked at himself in the mirror and adjusted his tie. The wedding was about to begin. Needless to say his meeting with Ryou the next day hadn’t gone well. The brunet had been so angry; he’d thrown his drink in Arashi’s face and stalked out. Though the blond had followed him and tried to explain, Ryou had shoved him away, saying he wanted nothing to do with him after he was married…he’d better just remain faithful to his wife. He’d used a lot more coarse language and then left Arashi sitting on the pavement in the spot where he’d been shoved.

His chauffer, a masked young boy of eighteen named Kakashi, had helped him back to the car and driven him out of there. Tsunade’s head popped in through the door. “It’s time, Arashi.”

Arashi watched as his wife to be walked up the aisle looking so petite and beautiful…but she wasn’t Ryou. He forced a smile on his face. He held back the urge to shake her, ask her if she saw how against this he was…that he was in love with someone else! But then his father would really get Ryou into trouble if he tried that. He watched Watanabe-san let her go, so she could walk those few steps towards him. Even before he knew it, he was repeating his vows.

Arashi shut his eyes for a moment, before taking a tiny glance at the audience…and stopped short. Ryou was sitting there, right at the back, watching him with eyes filled with pain and hurt. Arashi realised he’d stopped talking and looked back at Taniko before anyone noticed why. He cleared his throat lightly and mumbled something about being nervous, which made the audience laugh a bit about the ‘shy groom’ and finished them. He didn’t pay any attention to Taniko as she said hers, just making sure to keep his eyes on her. Finally the priest asked the dreaded question and Arashi took a deep breath before saying “I do.” When he turned back to look at the audience Ryou was gone, leaving a solid ache in his chest.

Everything went by in a blur, the reception, his father’s speech about how proud he was…Tsunade’s speech…just everything. That night Taniko with her lovely brown hair, creamy skin and deep green eyes taught him how to love her. He let himself go, let all the frustration about Ryou go, promising to love this woman as much as he could. Promising to keep her happy and forget Ryou.

After that, life was a little more bearable. He never saw Ryou again…he didn’t even know if the man had left town. He confessed to Taniko letting her comfort him and promising faithfulness to her. His business blossomed, he moved to Suna and establishing his head quarters there and life went on.

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It was a pleasant spring since they were in Suna…a nice April evening. He had just gotten home from work and was enjoying a cup of tea, sitting in his favourite chair with Taniko who was sitting with her head in his lap.

“Arashi…” she said in her melodious voice.

He looked down at her, letting his fingers thread through her long hair. “Hn? What is it?” she sat up then, giving him a small smile, before leaning forwards to kiss him.

“Someone’s coming to stay… he’s really handsome and he’s going to love me very much.”

He raised an eyebrow, feeling a pang of jealousy. “What do you mean? Who is coming and when?”

She laughed lightly. “Well, I don’t know his name yet, but he should be here in approximately six months, if everything goes well.”

Arashi wondered what she was talking about until he saw her hands lightly pat her stomach. He looked at her shock, reaching out to touch her tummy, which was protruding very slightly…he’d thought she was putting on weight and had been going to advice her to diet real soon. But… “You’re pregnant?”

She nodded. “I only found out today, though…I’d missed my period for two months…but since that usually happens I didn’t think anything of it. But I started to feel a little out of it and went to my doctor. She gave me the news today.”

“How do you know it’s a boy?”

“Ultrasound. I don’t like surprises and I wanted to decorate the nursery.” She informed him. Arashi sighed; a surprise would have been nice. He’d forgotten how Taniko liked to be in control of her life. It took some time to hit him fully…he was going to be a father! He found he couldn’t express his joy in words. Taniko hugged him tightly. “I know dear…I don’t know what to say either.”

They sat there like that for a while, neither moving each envisioning how life was going to be with a son in their midst. For Arashi it was someone he could teach, cuddle and love…someone who would make him and Taniko the perfect family, who could take over the business and send Taniko and him on a cruise for their fortieth anniversary or something. He felt this wave of love spread through him as he looked at his wife, he was completely confident about what a happy family they’d be.

But Taniko wanted the baby for another reason. Firstly, she would be honoured by everyone else, for producing and heir and a son to the Uzumaki family. Secondly, it would be her insurance against Arashi, if things ever went wrong. Though she never told him, the threat of Ryou was enough to make her very insecure. Arashi was hers and that’s how it would stay.

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It was a chilly October afternoon, when Arashi and Taniko had gone on a trip to visit the city of Naruto, in Konoha. The city housed many whirlpools (uzumakis) in their bay. Taniko had always wanted to see these whirlpools; they had gotten so popular that fish cakes shaped like whirlpools were being called Naruto after the city.

She leaned over the rail, enjoying the swirls of water, moving powerfully, watching the pebbles and flowers being thrown but other tourists get sucked in. it appealed to her because she knew if she fell in she would be dead…she could feel it’s power. In the middle of her musings, she realised the contractions had started to come faster and a wet feeling between her legs told her that her water had broken.

“Arashi…I need a hospital right now.”

Once again like his wedding night, Arashi had no idea what had happened. He’d worked mechanically, trying not to let panic eat him up inside. When he saw he pain he his wife was going through he almost fainted, but kept a tight grip on himself. So it wasn’t weird that the only thing he vividly remembered about that day was the time they’d put his son into arms. The son they’d named after the village. And the moment Arashi looked into those large blue eyes, he swore to protect his son forever…never actually realising the time may come when he’d have to protect his son from himself.

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Five years later, Arashi wearily made his way home, it was the first time in the last few weeks he’d been able to make home early. So much had happened. His father had passed on, Tsunade had finally married Jiraiya, Naruto had celebrated his fifth birthday not so long ago and he and Taniko had made a wreck of their marriage all ready. He didn’t want to go home in a way…he knew Taniko would have spent an excruciating amount of money on something again, they have a big argument when Naruto went to bed again, Taniko would rage and cry about the fact that he was raking in the money…so why couldn’t she spend it.

Arashi sighed…he couldn’t for the life of him understand why his wife refused to understand the kinds of financial problems they were going through. The company wasn’t doing too well since some complications had come up. He was loosing money like mad and Taniko was all ready spending most of his trust fund. He needed that money until he could stabilize his business, then she could do whatever she wanted with it.

Arashi stepped it and dumped his coat on the coat rack. His financial adviser Sarutobi had called to tell him that the market had fallen again. So that just meant more money down the drain…he finally made into the private living room and sank down into his favourite armchair. He and Taniko had had a fight about that as well…she’d said it didn’t go with the furniture in their actual living room and had put here in their private one, which she liked to call a den.

Suddenly the door opened and something small bounded onto his lap. “Daddy!!” Arashi looked at the small replica of himself who was currently trying to squeeze his life out.

“Naru, stop squeezing me like that. Come on; let me give you a proper hug.” Arashi lifted the child onto his lap and hugged him firmly but gently. “So Naru-chan, what have you been up to?”

“I drew picture of mommy in her new dress daddy…then Genma taught me how to do my homework. Mommy came back late….she promised she’d play with me but…” Naruto's face dropped and he clung to his daddy, who always played with him, even when he was late.

“It’s ok; I’ll play with you, Naru. Why don’t you bring Mr. Toby? And maybe you could call some of your friends, home?” Arashi asked him. Naruto’s face lit up and he nodded before running to bring Arashi the phone so he could call his friend’s parents.

A few calls later, Naruto’s best friend Kiba and his classmates, Sakura, Ino and Gaara were there. Arashi played with them for an hour, before his strength gave out and he was forced to enter their room where his wife who still hadn’t come to see him was. The moment he entered and saw the packages strewn around, he knew she’d been shopping again.

Taniko looked up at Arashi and smiled. “Now darling, tell me how I look…and don’t go on about the price. If I look beautiful, just tell me all right?”

“You look beautiful. Now how much did you spend?” Arashi let a hands rub his temples. “Taniko…we have to talk. I’m sorry but you must stop buying so many clothes! We’re not millionaires anymore…we will be if you can leave off spending for another month or two. I don’t want to say this, but I’m very close to loosing everything I have, which is why I’ve been working so late….please Taniko.”

Taniko’s eyes narrowed. “You really expect me to believe that? Oh I know why you’re staying late, Arashi. You’ve found another person haven’t you? I’m not enough, so you’ve gotten yourself someone else right?” her voice rose to a shout.

Arashi stared at her in shock. Was that really what she thought? “Taniko, don’t be stupid. It isn’t anyone else ok? I’m trying to work my ass off so you can keep buying what you want to. I’m only asking you to keep it at a limit because we’re going to be on the streets soon if you don’t. Please don’t use my trust fund ok?”

Taniko turned away. “You don’t understand! All my friends have new things all the time, so why can’t I?”

“Your friend’s husbands are not in financial difficulties. Please Taniko, just this once ok? I’ll get you anything you want, but please don’t buy anything more.” Arashi collapsed onto the bed, the crazy working hours taking their toll.

Taniko stared at him, rage coursing through her body. She knew Arashi would be cheating on her. Maybe he’d met someone else…maybe he didn’t find her pretty anymore. Everyone knew Arashi had loads of cash…there was no way they were in a financial crisis. Taniko didn’t even want to check the accounts, which were Arashi’s work, though now he was lying. He just wanted to spend all that money on his new toy. Well she’d hurt him, as much as he was hurting her. She smiled a sad smile. “Oh, all right, Arashi-dear. Don’t worry about anything. I’ll lay off the spending…it’s all right, honey.” She stroked his hair, the nasty smile never leaving her face.

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Arashi frowned as he got an anonymous call. Someone had told him to go to the Season Wind hotel in up town Suna. It was a very expensive hotel and Arashi had no idea he was supposed to get there urgently on his day off. He was spending sometime with his son. He decided to take Naruto along and picked the seven year old up.

“Naru-chan, I have to go somewhere. Would you like to come for the drive?” Arashi asked him.

The blond head nodded. “Yeah I’ll come, daddy.” Naruto pulled on his shoes, before turning to glare at the man. “Don’t say Naru-chan…I’m not a baby anymore. Call me Kiken!” That was from his new fixation with being a super hero/villain.

Arashi smirked. “Now why would I call you, Kiken (danger)? You’re still such a chibi, you can’t be considered dangerous to anyone!”

Naruto threw himself on his father with a yowl. They grappled for a while before leaving. Naruto called out a greeting to Kakashi as they got into the car. They sang all the song’s they knew on their way. Arashi felt warm and happy. Things would work out fine, since Taniko had stopped spending and she seemed happier. And if this last venture went well, he would find out in three days if it could, then they go back to the way they used be financially.

The phone rang again and he picked it up. A voice told him to go to room number 445, the key would be behind the pot at the reception. Arashi wondered if this was one of those paparazzi dudes who wouldn’t leave him alone, but for some reason he felt he must go and check it out. When they reached, he asked Kakashi to come in with him, in case it was indeed paparazzi and they had to get away quickly, Kakashi had gotten increasingly good at that. The three males made their way to the pot and Arashi picked up the keys and then they went to the room. It was one of the hotels sound proof rooms, so as much as he strained Arashi couldn’t hear a thing.

He slid the key into the lock and opened the door, walking the five paces down the small corridor that led to the room and stopped short. Kakashi, who followed with Naruto, suddenly clapped his hand over the boy’s eyes and ran out of the room. Arashi didn’t budge an inch watching the bed, where his wife and the one man he loved in his life…Ryou were tangled up and naked. He felt the blood drain out of his face. Kakashi after depositing Naruto with the receptionists came up behind him.

“I think we’d better go, Arashi-sama…”

And then they heard a click….

The four in the room turned in horror to find two men clicking pictures, slowly being joined by others. Taniko grabbed a sheet and pushed Ryou off her. Arashi just watched the whole thing calmly…the only thought in his head was that it had been the paparazzi giving him the tip offs. He turned away and let Kakashi shove the reporters away and get him into the car from the kitchen elevators. Then the chauffer went and got Naruto, whom no one had spotted or wanted to include.

Through out the drive home, Arashi was silent. He was still in shock for half the way and the other half, pain gripped him squeezing painfully. He didn’t even respond to Naruto’s calls, not even when the boy had tried to shake him alive concern written all over his small face. The moment they got home, Kakashi ushered him in, assuring him that Arashi would be in soon. He left the kid with Genma and then hurried back to his master who was still sitting all by himself in the car. The only difference was that tears were coursing down his face.

Kakashi felt his own heart giving a squeeze as he saw the happy and kind man he’d come to love crying silently, sitting all by himself. He moved before he could help himself and gathered Arashi into his arms. The blond had broken down then, sobbing. Kakashi comforted him the best he could, before getting his master into his room and letting the exhausted man sleep.

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“Arashi! LET ME IN!!”

Arashi sighed and curled up a little more into his pillows. He didn’t want to face her right now. But the banging didn’t stop, he finally had to get up and let her in just to shut her up. The moment he opened the door, she tried to cling to him. “Arashi, honey, we need to talk…”

He pushed her off of him and moved to the corridor, meaning to go down to the kitchens or something, as long as he was away from her. But she caught hold of him again. “Arashi…don’t be like this. Come on; let me explain…please…”

He turned to her his face devoid of all emotions. “Explain.”

“Well, Ryou and I met a while back and well….I was so lonely because I thought you were cheating on me….and Ryou was lonely too. We were just two people who loved you, and who couldn’t have you fully. I’m sorry, I really am…” Taniko began. She knew she sounded fake, but she had no idea how to handle an Arashi who was like this.

“HOW CAN YOU ACCUSE ME OF CHEATING ON YOU, WHEN YOU’VE BEEN CHEATING ON ME? HOW LONG, TANIKO? HOW LONG WERE YOU GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THIS?” Arashi yelled finally loosing it.

“It’s your fault! If you’d spent more time with me, I wouldn’t have had to go to your lover and make him mine. Did you know he begged for me, Arashi…I was better than you. We’ve been doing this for the past two years and he keeps coming back. He doesn’t want you anymore…this was his revenge…” Taniko laughed. “Serves you right, for ignoring me…lying about your work…”

Arashi stared at her, breaking inside at every word she said, wanting to rip her throat out for hurting him after the amount he’d tried to love her…had loved her. “Move your things to another room. I’m letting you stay here only for the next few days and then we’ll file for a divorce. And Naruto will be staying with me.”

Taniko’s laugh stopped half-way out of her throat. She stared at him. “You’ve got to be kidding. You can’t throw me out! You’re reputation is at stake! You bastard!” she threw herself onto him, trying to beat him, striking wherever she could. She was screaming and raving, while Arashi stood there, just taking it, shoving his feelings into a void. It was only when her punch struck him on his jaw, jerking his face to the right that he saw his son watching the whole scene, eyes wide with fear.

Arashi caught her wrists. “Stop, Taniko. You’ll leave.” Then he walked to pick Naruto up and take him back to his room.

Naruto looked at his sober, tired looking father. He didn’t know what had actually been happening, but he could vividly remember his mom with that other guy on the bed, before Kakashi had carried him off. Maybe that had something to do with it. When it came down to it, Naruto didn’t like his mom very much. But Arashi soothingly patting his back lulled him into sleep.

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The next few weeks were tiresome. Since the pictures and everything else were in the papers all over. Arashi had to make sure his son was kept out of the whole thing and that turned out to be a very hard task. The chauffer Kakashi was always around, offering to help while Arashi took care of things like getting Taniko out, talking to the lawyers and his business partners. The business was not going to well, because of this and Arashi was scared that he might just loose everything he’d worked for in the past two years.

The divorce was quick…mostly because of his influence. Taniko’s claim that Arashi had cheated was proved false when there were witnesses to testify that he had indeed been working in those hours. Then she’d abruptly changed track, and tried to win him back by saying the whole thing was a misunderstanding but to no avail. After the financial status of both were assessed, Taniko threw a fit because she was told that she wasn’t going to be getting any alimony, because she had more in her trust fund than Arashi’s business and funds. But finally it was over, and it helped Arashi when he came home to his little bundle of light, which the court had given him custody over. Naruto was the only thing that kept him going.

He tried to relax and not let these things get to him, when the phone rang. It was Sarutobi. “Hello? Yeah how’s the deal going?”

Sarutobi’s voice was grave. “Arashi, I’m sorry…they don’t want to work with you anymore…and well…coming down to it you’ve just gone bankrupt, except for what’s in your trust fund…”

Arashi’s numb hands dropped the receiver as he sank into the armchair…he didn’t know when he’d stood up. And the receiver dangled on its cord with Sarutobi’s worried voice crackling through.

“Arashi? Arashi, pick up the phone……….”

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A/N: hey all, I know there is nothing about Naru or Sasu, but there will be in the next chapter. These are important interludes in order to make it easier for you to understand. There might just be one more, about Arashi and how his feelings for Naruto developed and the shit that happened with Kyuubi. So hope you liked this peek into poor Arashi darling’s life.

Next chapter: Back to the present.

http // en .wikipedia . org / wiki / Naruto 2 C Tokushima

This link will take you to the information about Naruto village and their whirlpools. don't forget to remove the spaces!!

Present day ages:

Naruto:22

Sasuke:23

Arashi:47

Kakashi:41

Iruka:39