Ai

“Ai”
Challenge-Table 1 #8 “You’re worth it.”
Written for the 20Loves challenge on Livejournal. http://community.livejournal.com/20loves/ I am using table one of the challenges, and eventually, I will use the second table for either a SasuNaruSasu, or a threesome series. This is my second fanfic, as well as my first GaaNaru fic. This is the first of 20 fics (hopefully) and while this happens to be short, I will have both longer and shorter chapters. Oh, and for anyone waiting for a sequel to my first fic, its in progress. BTW, I love this pairing!!! Ps… I need a BETA!!! Please review.

Title-Ai
Pairings-GaaNaru
Length-500 words
Warnings-none really. PG for now, but rating will go up for later chapters.

AI

"Naruto, this is going to hurt..."

"I know, but i want you to do it... please Gaara. I want this. You‘re worth it. I want this to always remind you of my love for you, my absolute and complete devotion to *us*."

Naruto stared into Gaara’s pale aqua eyes, his own cerulean begging the red head to do as he asked. Gaara finally nodded in acquiescence, he couldn‘t say no to those pleading eyes, especially when the *idea* of what he was going to do caused something *primal* within him to stir. Taking Naruto’s face in one hand, he gently used it to tilt the blonde's head to the side, baring the left side of his neck in one long, elegant line. A gently smile touched Naruto's lips as he turned quickly to kiss the palm of that hand, then placed his cheek in it again before closing his eyes. "Ready, Naruto?" Came the whispered question.

"Yes. Do it."

Gaara grimaced for his lover as he called up the sand that had given him his name, steadying himself for the task ahead of him. The red head bared his elongated canines in a snarl as he quickly drove his sand into his lover's neck harshly, the only movement from Naruto being a slight twitch and a cut-off whimper.

In less than a few minutes, Gaara was finally able to call his sand off. Instantly he gathered his kitsune mate into his arms, his pale skin providing a stark contrast to the gold of the other. "Naruto?" He called quietly, wanting him to look up and meet his eyes. Finally, the blond rolled his head back and gave a warm smile to the redhead before leaning forward to kiss him gently, then leaned his forehead against Gaara's. "Does it look good?" The kitsune asked, staring into the depths of aqua colored orbs. The raccoon-container nodded slightly before releasing his lover and reaching over to the table to pick up a small hand mirror, holding it up so that Naruto could see
his own reflection.

Craning his head sideways, the blond took a good look at his still painful neck. There, at the junction of neck and shoulder, surrounded by puffy, irritated skin, lay a blood red mark that exactly matched the one on his lover's own forehead, surrounded by odd markings reminiscent of those found on Shukaku‘s body. He smile then nearly blinded Gaara before he launched himself into the Sand wielder's arms. "I love it. And I love you..." He whispered into the crook of Gaara's neck, gently nuzzling him slightly. He was proud to be marked in such a way, marked by his lovers own hand like the way that mated creatures marked each other, a possession and a symbol of their love. Deep within him, Kyuubi rumbled its approval, just as he was sure that inside Gaara, Shukaku was doing the same. It was a good match for the demons as well as their containers.

Gaara could only smile at his smaller lover, clutching him tighter to his chest as one of his pale hands came up to trace the nape and junction of Naruto's neck in a gently caress. His lover, his sunshine, his mate who bored his mark for all eternity