EDITED AS OF SEPT 10, 2007

PLEASE SEE POLL ADDED AS “YOU BELONG TO ME. FOR ETERNITY. POLL!! Leave review with your choice!!! THANK YOU!!!

Author’s Note: Sorry about the strange upload with chapter 7, have absolutely no idea why it was doing that… x_x Very frustrating. Here we go with chapter 8. This isn’t so much AU as AR, it takes place in Konoha. Enjoy and REVIEW!

I’ve always loved the pairing of Naruto and Itachi but there isn’t enough fanfics out on them! So here is an attempted contribution. Please don’t flame. Constructive criticism welcome, though I know already that this pointless smut. Don’t bother telling me that! XD

One more thing… THIS IS YAOI!!!! MAN ON MAN! DON’T LIKE?! WELL THEN DON’T READ! Ahem… Thank you. *Bows*

Thinking – thoughts of respective characters
“talking” – what characters are verbally saying
~flashback~/~timeskip~ - indicates a flashback in time or a time timeskip

You Belong to Me. Always.
Chapter 8: Bitter Masks in Moonlight

“Inu, go around,” the shadow nodded and slid silently away. “Hyoo, you take point. Hebi follow him.” The tall man wearing a karasu ANBU mask – a crow mask – crouched gracefully in a tree, his lithe body poised as he stared down at the fortress where Orochimaru was possibly hiding. He watched as his three immediate subordinates took their positions and he felt others moving into place. One more step in killing that damn snake, he though with bitter satisfaction. Orochimaru had murdered the 3rd Hokage and their blood all ran high with his memory.

Turning to his second-in-command, wearing a beautiful wolf mask, the captain nodded his head. With the brutality that ANBU were known for, they came down like the scythe of death itself on the fortress. Three teams of 4, 12 ANBU had been assigned to deal with Orochimaru and yet another of his fortresses. As they rained down jutsu, their blades slashing and destroying any stupid sound-nin it quickly became apparent that Orochimaru had once again pulled a fast one on them… he wasn’t there.

Standing in the burned out ruins, surveying the damage, their prisoners and the scrolls and other random paraphernalia that they had captured, Itachi felt a small satisfied jolt of pleasure run through him. Yes, they had done well – maybe they hadn’t seen Orochimaru, but they had destroyed another one of his facilities and with any luck the information they would get out of the captives would give them another location.

Turning to survey the other two teams and his own, all of which he commanded, he noted small and some not-so-small injuries that would need to be addressed before signaling them to move out. It wouldn’t do to stay in this place for much longer, just in case Orochimaru did send reinforcements to follow up on their attack.

They arrived in Konoha, towing their prisoners who were promptly handed over to a ferocious Ibiki and sadistically delighted Anko, who made a few of the sound-nin piss in their pants at her smile, and debriefed in front of Tsunade, the Godaime Hokage. After that, they were dismissed. All twelve ninja went to the ANBU HQ where they quietly shed their armor and masks, putting them into bags that they could discretely carry home. Sasuke, put his hyoo (panther) mask in his bag as his brother shouldered his and turned to the last occupant in the room. Sasuke smirked at Naruto who was Itachi’s second-in-command.

“Well, dobe, looks like you didn’t screw up this time, ne?”

“Shut up, TEME! Like I would!” Naruto jeered back with an easy grin. Itachi sighed at their antics. He nodded at Naruto, who looked at him with respect.

“Well done both of you. Eventually, Orochimaru will run out of holes to hide in and then… we finish him.” Both men nodded to Itachi with their agreement. They stepped out of the room, leaping to a rooftop, separating there. Itachi and Sasuke shared a pad of their own, while Naruto had his in one of the new buildings that had been recently built, all but forced to get a new one by his friends and particularly Sasuke and Itachi who felt that his old apartment wasn’t safe or hygienic. (Which was probably true, not that Naruto would have ever admitted it.) Sasuke was all but his blood brother, he had even tried to get Naruto to move in with them, though Naruto was too independent to agree to such a thing. And Itachi watched over them both.

It was odd how things had happened for the 3 of them really. Itachi was the first-born of the powerful Uchiha clan, something both a tremendous advantage but more so a burden. He had almost cracked under the cruelty of the expectations that he could fulfill, but only if he shattered himself completely. Sasuke had been oblivious to his older idol’s anguish and exhaustion, only seeing his father’s approval of Itachi and desperately wanting the same.

That admiration, yet another person’s expectations that Itachi was forced to live up to, only added to Itachi’s strain. At 13 years of age, no matter how much a prodigy, there was only so much one could take. There was no telling how the situation would have ended up, though probably very badly all things considered, if Itachi hadn’t taken a detour on his way home and heard sobbing in an alleyway.

The ANBU captain, even while being only 13, was immediately alert and wary. He had covered himself with a slight genjutsu and slid into the shadows and been furious at what he saw. Three men, three grown adult men, were beating a small curled up bundle on the floor, obviously a child.

“Die you freak!”

“Monster!”

“You shouldn’t exist!” The words of three men snapped Itachi’s initial shock and he rushed in, slamming the three away from the child, beating them before turning them into the Hokage. It was then he became associated with the 7 year old, kyuubi-container, Naruto. The Hokage had explained the situation to Itachi who was immediately disgusted at the adults’ foolishness. The Hokage had seen his anger and asked him to take care of Naruto for a little while, since Naruto was still recovering. Itachi of course, said yes.

Itachi had cradled the small blond that night, the age of his little brother, in his arms and watched Naruto sleep – innocent – far too innocent for the cruelty that was bestowed upon him. After that Itachi made a point of going to visit him everyday, and to try and get him to eat things other than ramen, ramen, and… ramen. His father had noticed both his continued absences and more importantly, a strange change in his attitude. Itachi was still cold and distant to the Uchiha families in general, but he smiled more when he was alone and the malice was draining out of his aura.

At first curious, Fugaku did not like it that Itachi was “wasting” his time with Naruto. The head of the Uchiha clan was too intelligent to see Naruto as merely the kyuubi, but he didn’t want Itachi becoming soft. It led to many confrontations and bitter arguments.

Mikoto Uchiha did her best to remedy things but the situation came to an end when foolishly, one more impulsive, weak member of a lesser family had exclaimed in the middle of a clan argument that he would rid the village of the demon. He was too stupid to believe anything but the general prejudices of the masses. Itachi decapitated him without mercy.

Afterwards, he had left the clan, both being disowned and disowning himself. He bought an apartment in the same building as Naruto and began to care and train Naruto personally. It was a turning point that neither would forget. For Itachi, having someone who asked nothing of him except affection and a little attention now and then was a refreshing change. Naruto didn’t judge him, didn’t measure him by how powerful he was or by how many missions he accomplished or how quickly he rose in the shinobi ranks.

For Naruto, Itachi was a savior who rescued him from those who would drown him in darkness. The protection of Itachi, disowned Uchiha or not, went a long way in protecting Naruto from the villagers’ abuse, and while some did continue to hate him, most of the smarter ones looked at him wondering why Itachi recognized him, and began to see an abused child rather than a fox.

Sasuke however, was another matter all together. From the very beginning, he hated Naruto. He couldn’t bear to be anywhere near him. Naruto had taken his precious aniki away from, he had taken the recognition that should have belonged to Sasuke and most of all he was the cause of Itachi being disowned. Sasuke still didn’t understand what the underlying reasons were for Itachi’s leaving and was too young to realize Itachi’s pain and hatred at his own clan for turning him into a weapon.

It had taken a near-fatal mission in Wave Country and a few brutal confrontations with Itachi for Sasuke, then older at 12, to understand how painful life had been for his brother. It had helped that the Uchiha clan hadn’t learned its lesson and had piled expectations on Sasuke instead. When Sasuke turned 13, he too left his family, much to their embarrassment and anger, to live with his brother. He and Naruto had become, oddly, good friends and brothers. Sasuke understood that Naruto looked up to Itachi, just like he did, but that unlike him, Naruto had saved Itachi from himself.

And if Sasuke cared to admit it, he’d saved Sasuke from his own destructive anger as well. If Fugaku or any other member of the Uchiha clan crossed their paths, they walked right by, without saying a word. Naruto was often anxious about this, wondering if there was a way to reconcile them – to which Sasuke responded by smacking him and calling him a dobe and Itachi just firmly shaking his head. They rarely spoke about it anymore. Otherwise, the small family of three brothers shared everything, laughter, crying and secrets.

Except one.

Sasuke and Naruto shared only one real secret that Itachi did not know and that was that Naruto was in love with Itachi, and not as a brother. Sasuke hadn’t known what to say to that when a 16 year old Naruto had confessed that to him. His brother, 21, had not shown signs of being sexually oriented one way or another, in fact most people assumed he was asexual (something his fangirls never stopped sighing over).

And the secret remained a secret because Naruto didn’t want to ruin their relationship and Sasuke honestly didn’t feel confident enough in his knowledge of his brother to tell him without Naruto getting hurt. So they stayed quiet and Naruto’s “laughing fool” mask as Sasuke called it remained his shield to hide his feelings. If Itachi even suspected, he said nothing.

~Between Cloud and Fire Countries~
Naruto leapt gracefully from tree to tree as he hurried home from a mission in the land of lightning. It was routine assassination of a strong rouge ninja who had defected from the land of grass and had raised havoc. Naruto had easily dispatched the annoying fool with only a few minor injuries. Right now Naruto was eager to get back and see Itachi, oh, and Sasuke and everyone else. It was only a whisper of air, but Naruto felt it. He hurled himself upwards just as three kunai embedded themselves where he had just stood. Naruto unsheathed his katana, whipping out 3 shuriken at the same time. Naruto’s blue eyes scanned the surroundings.

Shimmata! The expletive was not ill placed. He was surrounded by no less than fifty sound ninja. Naruto crouched as he glanced around under his mask. This is not good. I can’t take this many by myself! He shifted carefully in the ANBU gear, searching frantically for a way out. He could tell from their easy stances and the swift way they had closed in on him that they were at least mid-ranked jonins, another problem for him.

“What do you want?” Naruto growled out, upping his chakra levels a few times to try and scare them off. Maybe this was some sort of mistake. As if Konoha ANBU haven’t been slaughtering Sound nins for the past few months… The sound nin didn’t move, but Naruto felt someone else do so. From behind one of the massive trees stepped a familiar face.

“Sakon!” The first brother of the creepy Sound-Four stared down at him with amusement. This just got so much worse Naruto howled to himself. Here we go with another of those curse jutsu freaks. He slid deeper into his defensive stance.

“Oh come now Naruto… You don’t think that you, exhausted and partially wounded, can escape do you?” Sakon’s mocking drawl made Naruto’s teeth grate. There were no more words exchanged as Naruto leapt up his sword flashing.

~Back in Konoha, The Next Day~
Itachi and Sasuke didn’t talk as they leaped towards the Hokage building. They had been called out on an emergency and hurried to answer the summons. Itachi frowned seeing movement out of the corner of his eye. Turning slightly to the side he was greeted with the sight of Sakura, Neji, Shikamaru, Kiba and a few others jumping towards the tower as well. Why are so many of us… Unless… Itachi’s sharingan widened. He picked up his pace, flying towards the tower. Sasuke stared at his brother startled.

“Itachi! Aniki!” Itachi ignored him, slamming through a open window, his eyes immediately focusing on Tsunade who had her chin propped up on her hands. As soon as he looked her in the eye, his fears were immediately confirmed. Itachi felt a slight ringing sensation, wholly un-familiar to him in his ears. He was only barely aware as the others landed all around him, Sasuke staring at him in confusion.

“How long?” Tsunade wasn’t at all surprised that Itachi had figured it out so quickly, if anything she had expected him to be the first to realize what was going on.

“We’re not totally sure; we put it at a time frame of about 24 hours ago.”

“Sound nin?” The others looked back and forth, totally lost. Except for Kakashi, whose one eye darted back and forth following the conversation intently. It didn’t take long for Shikamaru to catch on either. He stiffened when he realized the only reason that Itachi and Sasuke who were ANBU, Neji, Lee, and himself who were jonin, and the rest of them who were chunin would be called for all at once.

“Yes, we confirmed that… The sight of the fight held clear marks of sound attacks and the presence of at least 1 curse-seal user, maybe two.”

“Do we know where he was taken?” Itachi demanded. When Sasuke heard the word “he”, he immediately understood.

”Naruto! Wait- where-” Sasuke found his question cut off when his brother’s hand appeared in front of his face.

“We don’t know where Naruto was taken. We assume he was taken alive from the look of things and therefore rescuing him before Orochimaru manages to… extract… any information from him is imperative,” Tsunade whispered shutting her eyes. Her precious little brother had been taken by that damn snake! As the room broke into noisy cries and questions, Itachi walked over to a window and stared silently out it.

“Naruto…” the whisper left on the wind as Sasuke stared at the floor unseeing, still trying to process that Naruto was in the hands of Orochimaru and at his mercy.

~In A Sound Lair~
Cold water hit Naruto’s sore, bloody body and he came to awareness with a pained moan. He was firmly strapped down to a X-shaped table, drugged and with his chakra sealed. He forced his heavy eyelids open to stare at Orochimaru who was sneering at him and Kabuto who stood at his shoulder. Ew… What a way to wake up, he thought snidely.

“Naruto-kun. You’ve held up well through the night. Shall we continue?” Orochimaru smiled at the beautiful blond, gesturing to a few rough sound nin who wheeled a table forward. “I really must know what you know about the ANBU and the elites who you can identify.” One of the sound nin picked up a senbon and gripping one of his hands, smirked at him as he placed it against the skin between his nail. Naruto gritted his teeth.

“Fuck you!” Orochimaru nodded.

“GAHHHHHHH!!!”

~In Konoha 24 More Hours Later~
“Two fucking days! We must find him, there’s no telling what Orochimaru is doing to him! We don’t have any more time!” Kiba shouted at Neji who was exhausted. Neji glared at him weakly. They had been running around non stop since they’d gotten the news, desperately trying to find hide or hair of Naruto. They had wiped out two more bases in their fury and now the strain was telling. Neji was exhausted from using his juuken so much and he was wounded, though not badly.

“Don’t you think I’m aware of that?” Neji snapped, his patience at an end.

“Silence.” The command was issued from several tree branches above them. Itachi stood, pristine and without a single wound on him, surveying the ruins of yet another of fortress. Sasuke leaned against a tree, panting, looked up at his brother.

“Aniki?”

“Head back.” Sasuke glared at Itachi.

“No, Itachi! That’s not fair! Naruto is-” Itachi’s blood red eyes glared at his little brother so fast that he started in slight fear. The other shinobi stared at Itachi.

“Enough, everyone is exhausted. Kakashi will keep his dogs searching, Jairya will continue to look for information. Right now you will return to Konoha to rest and get healed, it’s pointless to run around without any information.”

“Wait, us? What about you?” Sai stared at Itachi from his crouched position as Sakura tried to heal the nasty slash on his shoulder as best she could.

“I’m the best off alone and I’ll be faster on my own. I will search Sound myself. With only me to watch out for, I will be able to travel without being discovered. If I find Naruto, I’ll send word. Now, that’s an order.” Itachi glared at Sasuke who glared back. Sasuke finally dropped his eyes, resigned. He knew what Itachi was saying was right, but still! Naruto was his brother too, damn it!

As Sasuke and the rest turned to leave, Itachi grasped his brother’s shoulder. Sasuke turned to stare at him as they lagged behind the others.

“I will find him, Sasuke.” Itachi’s voice was quiet but Sasuke understood and nodded. Itachi watched the group leap slowly away before turning with narrowed eyes at the path in front of him. Then he blurred out of sight.

~Back in Orochimaru’s Lair~
Naruto trembled in agony on the steel bed that he lay on. Kabuto gave him a smile.

“Now, now Naruto-kun. Why don’t you just tell us what we want to know, so you don’t have to endure this any more? Really, no one would blame you.” Naruto glared at him as best he could then coughed, a little blood spattering his chin.

“S-cr-e-w y-ou,” he choked out. Kabuto sighed, raising his hands with a shake of his head. Putting a hand on Naruto’s broken arm, he twisted the appendence. Naruto open his mouth with a strangled gurgling cry before the welcome darkness took him again.
Itachi…

The man that Naruto’s thoughts were of was currently standing on a tree branch outside another small compound of Orochimaru’s. He stared hard at it. This was where that foolish cursed seal child had told him, after an hour or so of genjutsu mind torture, that Naruto was taken. He narrowed his eyes and sent a message via summoned sparrow hawk to Konoha and darted off to infiltrate.

Speeding down the long twisting hallways, he scanned every room for even the smallest hint of Naruto’s chakra, listening intently for his voice. He dodged a few foolish sound nin as he turned down the corridors. Finally he heard a hoarse scream that he recognized. Naruto! Every instinct in him screamed to rush in and rescue his precious person, but he clamped down on those feelings.

He could not afford to make any mistakes now! Slipping carefully into the room, he leapt into the room’s support beams and crouched hidden in a shadow. He shook in fury at what he saw. He was no stranger to torture, he had inflicted it many times and seen it inflicted by Ibiki and the interrogation squadron as well. But to see his Naruto, the man who had saved him from breaking made him sick. Naruto was currently suspended from his wrists from the ceiling, a painful position for his dislocated shoulders and broken arms.

Kabuto stood idly behind him, slowly driving senbon into particularly sensitive points in his back. Naruto’s body was wracked with pain and Itachi could see dozens of bruises and other punctures. The part of his mind that was always cool and controlled also noted that the flesh underneath Naruto’s nails was bruised. Itachi had not lost his temper since he was 13 in dealing with his father, but now he was precariously close. Suddenly an explosion rocked the building. Kabuto was pitched forward.

“What?” Reinforcements had arrived. Having received Itachi’s message, Tsunade immediately ordered all ANBU forces in the area including Jairya to engage. Itachi watched like a hawk his katana drawn and waiting. There was no way Kabuto knew that he had entered, he wasn’t the captain of the entire ANBU force for nothing and Itachi also knew that the sound ninja probably thought that he returned to Konoha with the rest.

“Well, Naruto. It seems your friends have found us. I can’t have them rescuing you can I?” Kabuto unsheathed a long tanto from his leg sheath. Naruto stared at him through pain-hazed eyes.

“Go t-o h-ell.” Kabuto smiled,

“Defiant to the end,” the silver haired man sighed shrugging his shoulders. Raising his arm, Kabuto prepared to decapitate Naruto but was stopped when his arm was cut off just under his elbow. He didn’t have time to scream at the pain as the same blade erupted through his throat. He choked on his own blood as he looked at the corner of his eyes seeing cold mocking red eyes. Itachi dropped the corpse heedlessly to the cold ground.

“I-t-a-c-hh-i” Naruto’s voice was a broken whisper before unconsciousness took him again.

“Naruto? Naruto!” Itachi carefully checked Naruto’s pulse which was weaker than he was comfortable with. He scanned Naruto’s body with his sharingan and found some discrepancies due to various drugs and seals. He cursed Orochimaru under his breath, still aware that the ground was shaking most likely as Yamato and Sakura assaulted the fortress.

Carefully he eased each senbon out, mindful to pull them out at the angle that they had entered to minimize the damage. He found bandages in the various cabinets and bound Naruto’s cuts and punctures, while also setting him limbs. He did all of this with a tender hand, never doing anything too quickly or roughly though aware that he did have to hurry.

After Naruto’s body was more or less bound in linen, Itachi snatched up a blanket and swathed him in it to insure he didn’t get cold. Carrying him bridal style, Itachi let a soft kiss brush his forehead before making a quiet escape in the turmoil of the battle. I’m sorry I didn’t get to you sooner, Naruto. But, you’re safe now.

~Later in Konoha’s Hospital~
“It’s alright now, he’s out of danger. Those drugs were the real problem it took the longest to neutralize them.” Sasuke and the others heaved a sigh of relief. Tsunade swayed and Shizune rushed to her side.

“Tsunade-sama!”

“I’m fine too, but it was a hard push.” Tsunade smiled at everyone. “Well done, lets let him rest now.” Everyone nodded, casting a last fond glance at the blond except Itachi.

“I will remain and keep and eye on him.” Tsunade frowned.

“Itachi, you’re just as tired if not more tired than everyone else. Get some rest, ANBU will be assigned to keep and eye on him.” Itachi stared at her until she sighed, waving her hand dismissively. The stubborn Ice prince would do as he wished. Sasuke watched as everyone else filed out as Itachi gently stroked away several pieces of hair from his pale face. It was strange and painful to see Naruto’s normally tan face, wan and tired. As Sasuke watched his brother’s face, he smirked. Oh, ho! Stepping out the door he rushed after Tsunade.

“Hokage-sama.” The beautiful busty woman turned at his call.

“Eh, what you want Uchiha-gaki?” Sasuke’s eyebrow twitched at being called a brat but he let it pass.

“I need a favor of you once Naruto heals up.” Tsunade raised an eyebrow.

~Three Months Later~
“Tsunade-baa-chhhhaaan!!! I want my mission!” Naruto clung to the edge of the desk giving the blond woman his best puppy-eyed look. Tsunade rolled her eyes blowing her hair out of his eyes.

“Hai, hai, gaki. Here it is. A simple B-class escort mission into sand.” Naruto jumped up and down with glee.

“YAY!” Naruto snatched to sheet, bubbling happily. It was the first mission he had been allowed since being tortured by Orochimaru. Though he would never admit it, he had initially woken up in cold sweats, feeling senbon, fire and fists raining down on him. But they had faded when Itachi had forcibly dragged him from his apartment and made him stay in their condo for a few weeks.

Naruto had never said anything but Itachi had known anyway – even if it was only silently. Naruto would never forget waking up for that brief moment in Orochimaru’s lair to beautiful ruby red eyes that made him feel safe and loved. For a brief moment before he fell unconscious the words ‘I love you’ were on the tip of his tongue. Naruto’s eyelids drooped, staring sightlessly at the paper, no… he could never said that. Tsunade watched him for a few moments with a small smile. Seems like Sasuke was right.

“Oi, gaki! Get moving, he’s waiting for you!” Naruto’s head bobbed up,

“Huh? Who’s waiting?”

“Itachi, you baka. He’s going with you. I want someone with you and Itachi needs a mission too.” Naruto stared at her in surprise,

“Ehhhhhhhhhh????”

~4 Days Later~
“That was easier than expected,” Naruto grinned, stretching out. They were standing under a large rock in the middle of sand, having completed their mission successfully. They had expected more interference but it hadn’t showed up, thankfully. Now the 1 to 1½ week mission that they had been expecting was over. Itachi nodded, re-strapping his sandals watching Naruto out of the corner of his eye.

Naruto looked glorious under the sun, his tan skin glowing with health, blue eyes wide and happy. Itachi, though it didn’t show on his face, could feel some of his breath escape his lungs at the sight. As they continued a leisurely journey back home, just as they had reached the border of fire country they found themselves in the middle of a storm.

“Shit, Itachi! We’ve got to find cover.” Naruto had to scream over the sound of the wind. Itachi nodded to him and began to scan the surrounding area with his sharingan. Finally spotting a cave, he grabbed Naruto’s arm and led him, jumping desperately through the rain until they arrived inside, the cool but blessedly dry cave.

Both took a few moments to breathe before they began to try and make the area habitable. Naruto gathered up dry branches and roots to build a fire and Itachi pulled out dry rations from their packs. After they had eaten, the two sat close to conserve body heat. Itachi watched Naruto silently his dark head tilted downward watching the man who meant so much to him.

“Nar-” Itachi’s voice broke Naruto reverie and made him tilt his head up suddenly. Their lips joined without warning. Naruto’s blue eyes widened in shock as Itachi’s thin lips were pressed to his plump ones. For only an instant he wanted to lean into the kiss and indulge in its feeling but too many of his emotions screamed at him and he made to pull away.

Fortunately Itachi was too quick for him. He snaked a hard arm around Naruto’s lean, muscular mid-section and pulled the younger man to his chest, deepening the kiss. Naruto let out a shocked moan. If this is a genjutsu, let it never end! It ended too soon as the two pulled away panting.

“Itachi?” Naruto whispered.

“When I saw you there, on that table in that room, I thought I would shatter. I knew how important you were to me, or at least I thought I knew. You saved me from my family and kept me from doing something that would have left me in darkness, and yet when I saw you!” Itachi pushed Naruto back into the slightly damp blankets. “I realized, Naruto, that I love you.” It was a soft smooth confession, one that left Naruto gasping.

“It-ita-chi?” No this wasn’t happening. This was a very cruel dream which he would be forced to wake up from. But dreams didn’t normally unbutton white armor and strip it off, throwing it to one side. The storm raged on but neither was aware as Itachi dipped his pale head to lick a heated trail over Naruto’s slender neck to his collarbone. Naruto arched in surprise at the sensation. “Itachi!” Itachi nipped and sucked alternately, his hands roving over Naruto’s hard lean body.

“Naruto…” Naruto let his hands caress Itachi’s silky black hair, pulling the tie out and letting the locks flow free. He unsnapped Itachi’s armor and shucked it off before drawing Itachi up for another kiss. There were no more words needed between the two souls that were so much alike. Itachi slid his fingers under the fishnet shirt Naruto wore and helping him sit up pulled it over his head before letting his follow.

The shock of their bare flesh touching left both gasping, as they kissed each other as if their lives depended on remaining connected. Naruto moaned again and Itachi snarled at the soft sound. Dear Kami, he was going to fuck this blond hard! With that though, he slammed Naruto back down before yanking his pants off. When Itachi had lost his pants, neither was sure nor cared. Thunder boomed but neither shinobi paid it any attention at all.

The moment their bare arousals touched, Itachi let out a gritted cry and Naruto whimpered. Their bodies moved, grinding, stroking each other, Naruto’s nimble fingers exploring Itachi’s back while Itachi’s fingers were stroking Naruto’s nipples torturously.

“Kami, Itachi!” Itachi smirked before letting his tongue stroke one of the buds, teasing Naruto mercilessly. Naruto arched with a hoarse cry, bucking into Itachi making their arousals stroke one another again. Itachi nipped him in retaliation. Both were panting and covered in sweat as they stared into the other’s eyes, the firelight dancing over their skin in a sensuous caress.

“Naruto, turn over.” Naruto nodded weakly as he flipped himself over. Itachi carefully slid two fingers into his mouth, covering them with saliva before rubbing the digits over Naruto’s puckered asshole.

“Nggghhhh, Itachi…” Naruto writhed at the sensation. Itachi let one hand continue the gentle probing as he slid the two fingers in, his other hand not idle as it grasped Naruto’s throbbing red erection. Naruto’s head shot up as he screamed with pleasure as Itachi gave him a firm even stroke. Itachi smiled as he distracted Naruto from the pain of being stretched by stroking and rubbing his cock. Naruto thrust backwards with small grunts of frustration.

Finally Itachi felt his ministrations abruptly halted by a tan hand gripping his wrist. He looked into Naruto’s eyes who looked back at him with lust filled eyes.

“Stop teasing Itachi. I want you inside me.” It was all the encouragement he needed. Naruto found himself being flipped in mid air again as he landed on his back, breathe taken from his lungs as Itachi kissed him hard which Naruto returned with equal fever.

“This will hurt a little but I promise, the pain will fa-” Itachi was cut off as Naruto rammed his body upwards stroking his hips against his captains.

“Taichou-sama…” Naruto’s voice was husky. Itachi sighed with pleasure, giving him an evil smile. He slid his arms beneath Naruto’s knees and lifted them, setting his hands on either side of Naruto’s waist keeping Naruto’s hips raised as he positioned himself at Naruto’s hole.

“Oh Naruto you’ve been a very bad subordinate. I’m going to… punish you!” Itachi slid home, his cock filling Naruto to the brim as Naruto’s asshole stretched to accommodate his captain and the man he loved. He screamed in pleasure, the pain only a slight edge that made him buck his hips up even more as he tried to get more of Itachi inside of him. Itachi let his head fall back in pleasure. Itachi bucked his hips to Naruto’s howls. Without mercy, Itachi rammed his hips back and forth as Naruto writhed.

“Yes! Itachi! Harder! More! Itachiiiiii!!!! Fuck me!!” Naruto’s words made Itachi’s sharingen activate and they spun wildly. “Such beautiful red eyes… Itachi-san.” He stroked Itachi’s face as they continued to fuck one another. Before long the coil of pleasure within them both tightened, Itachi kissed Naruto’s lips hungrily before arching his own head back with an animalistic cry as the came. As Itachi’s cum coated his insides, Naruto cried out the words that had been inside him for two years,

“Itachi! I love you!” Itachi held Naruto tightly to him as he savored those words, that beautiful confession. They lay there for quite a while, two bodies so tightly joined that it was impossible to tell where one began and another ended. For that moment, their souls were not separate at all their hearts beat as one finally.

“You know I have a few more days left until we are expected back,” Itachi’s murmur made Naruto flush. He grinned and nodded.

“Guess they don’t call you a genius for nothing, ne, Itachi?”

A few days later they finally wandered into Konoha, Sasuke watched them from a rooftop as they entered their sides pressed together. He grinned, knew it.

~End Chapter 8~

Author’s Note: Wow! A bit slow I know… So sorry. But I hope you enjoyed this! Please REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!!!