Once a Wizard, Always a Shinobi Ch 35-37
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Shurachi grumbled quietly to himself as light slid into his eyes. It had been a few months since he’d gone to get Haku and already he was used to having something warm in bed with him again. So when he realized that is what was missing he sat up and glared around himself. Haku was sitting at his desk, all the way on the other side of the room.
A slick tongue licked his foot and he jerked it back with a small yelp, ignoring the quiet giggle of his lover across the room. Green eyes focused on the large black dog, whose tail was wagging happily. “Sabishíi…” He growled and the canine yipped at him then scurried over to Haku to lick his hands.
Shurachi fell back on his futon with a little laugh at the startled look on Haku’s face. “Don’t tell me you’ve never been licked before!” Shurachi crowed, a wide grin splitting his face.
The smaller male huffed and crossed his arms, a pout pushing his pink lips out. Shurachi’s grin softened into a quirky smile and he rolled out of the warmth of ?his futon. “Never been licked then, my little lover? Well, this is certainly something I should remedy isn’t it?” He purred. Haku shifted a little, his attention caught, and kept a wary eye on his advancing lover.
“What do you mean by remedy Shurachi? No, you stay back! Hey!” Haku was swept up, into Shurachi’s arms and quickly deposited on the futon. The older male settled himself over the smaller and leaned forward to run his tongue from collarbone to ear.
Giggles filled the room as Shurachi proceeded to lick, nibble, and suck on various pieces of exposed flesh. He’d gotten Haku into the habit of only wearing a thin pair of pants to bed and so had his choice of torso to explore.
The giggles were turning to moans and the pants were doing very little by way of modesty when the door burst open and a heavy body crashed into Shurachi with an excited yell. The Inuzuka wasted no time in pulling out a kunai and stabbing it down into the cuff of his attackers pants. The fabric ripped as the other rolled away and bounced up grinning, ignoring the tear in his pants.
“Kaa-san! Guess what, guess what, guess what!!” Kiba said enthusiastically, bouncing up and down on the spot. Shurachi blinked at him, carefully sniffed the air, and then groaned into his palm.
“Kiba, next time please knock, or use your nose.” The genin paused in his bouncing to sniff the air and then turned a brilliant shade of red. “Yes, we were a little busy. But now that you’re here, what is this great news you just had to tell me?” Shurachi gave his pup a reassuring smile and Kiba grinned widely at him.
The genin straightened up, puffed out his chest, and announced in a proud voice, “You are looking at one of the participants of the chûnin exams that are happening in our village soon!”
A strange expression crossed quickly over Shura’s face, neither Haku nor Kiba noticing it. Then he was smiling and enfolding the younger shinobi in his arms. He felt the genin’s own arms wrap around him and he pressed a kiss to the boys head. “Congratulations Kiba-pup. I’ll have to teach you and Akamaru a new jutsu for this occasion. It can be your secret weapon.”
He pulled back to wink at his younger brother and scratched behind Akamaru’s ears. “We’ll have to invite Shino and his father over for a celebratory dinner. Do you think your other teammate, Hyuuga Hinata, would like to come over as well? I know our clans don’t really get along, but she seemed like a nice enough girl when you introduced us.”
Kiba’s face lit up and he launched himself at Shura for a tighter hug before darting across the room to catch Haku in a squeezing hug as well. The ice user shot Shura a surprised look, having never been hugged by anyone but Shura and his mother. He reacted fast enough to hug the pup back though and laughed a little as the boy pulled away with a shit eating grin.
“I’m going to go tell Shino and he can come with me to get Hinata! Bye Kaasan, bye Haku-chan, come on Akamaru!” The dog barked in excitement, his tail wagging as the charged energy of the room infected him with more cheerfulness.
The door slammed behind the dog and Shura turned a soft smile on his lover. “It looks like my pup likes you well enough Haku. Now let me show you just how much I like you.” He made his way to his sitting lover and pressed him back into the futon.
Haku smiled a sultry smile up at the Inuzuka and slid his hands over slim shoulders. “I think you should show me just how much you like me. You should-” he cut himself off with a gasp as Shura slipped a hand down his pants and tugged teasingly on the dark curls hidden there.
“Never fear little ice flake, I don’t disappoint.” He was lowering his mouth to Haku’s at an achingly slow pace when his door slammed open again. He had just enough time to glimpse something orange before he was slammed into bodily for the second time that day.
There was an intake of air before a loud voice practically shouted in his ear. “I made it into the chûnin exams Shurachi-kun! Kakashi-sensei says we can enter!” The Inuzuka winced and flinched away from the ear splitting cry and carefully lifted the squirming body off of himself.
“That’s wonderful Naruto, but try not to yell next time. My hearing is very sensitive you know.” The blond was already flushed from excitement and couldn’t do anything but grin. “Now, I’m making dinner to celebrate Kiba getting into the exams as well. I’d be happy if you’d come so I can congratulate all of my pups together.”
Naruto’s face lit up even more and he squeezed Shurachi in a tight hug. “Thank you Shurachi-kun! Can I invite Sakura? You’ve met her, she’s one of my teammates.”
The Inuzuka made an amused face as the boy went off about how wonderful he thought Sakura was, only frowning slightly when Naruto called Sasuke a bastard. “I know I taught you better than that Naruto, watch your words. You’ll also invite Sasuke to dinner because I doubt he’ll have anyone but his team to celebrate with.”
The jinchuriki couldn’t argue against the stern look his almost-father was giving him and instead grumbled a small agreement. Then he moved over to hug Sabishíi and then Haku before hugging Shura one last time. “When do you want us here?” He asked as he was moving toward the door.
Shura thought for a moment before deciding. “Right after training. I’m sure you’ll all be very hungry by then.” He laughed as Naruto flashed him a grin and tumbled out of the room, closing the door quietly behind himself. Haku laughed a little breathlessly and pushed himself up onto his feet.
“Well Shurachi, it looks like we have a feast to make. You’ve invited two teams of genin and Hajime, who eats enough to be a shinobi team all his own.” Shurachi laughed and snagged one last kiss before pulling on some clothes, securing his hitae-ate, and slipping downstairs to see what he would need to buy.
Meanwhile, Naruto was trying to figure out how he was going to get Sasuke to come so Sakura would as well. He couldn’t really threaten him, because Sasuke would just fight with him until they were both to tired to continue. He didn’t think he had any good blackmail either, not since he’d used the picture of Sasuke being taken down by his fan girls.
Maybe if he begged enough the jerk would agree? And if the jerk agreed then Sakura would want to go as well. But if the jerk went then Sakura would only pay attention to him and Naruto would be ignored. He didn’t get why she liked him anyway, he was always mean to her.
His time for planning was over though, because he could see the sulky wonder coming toward him with his fluttering pink flower trailing after. The Uchiha stopped right before him and grunted a greeting. Naruto scowled, debated the pros and cons of not inviting Sasuke like Shurachi asked, then finally swallowed his tongue.
“Shurachi-kun wants you to come to dinner with us to celebrate getting into the exams. I only wanted to invite Sakura, but he said you should come as well because we were part of a team and teams should celebrate together.” Naruto grimaced, as if the very words were painful to him. “Anyway, if you don’t come Shurachi might think I didn’t invite you, so at least tell him I did.”
“I’ll come.” Sasuke said, but Naruto kept speaking until the words registered in his brain.
“You will?” He squeaked weakly. Sasuke merely nodded and Sakura brightened at the chance to go somewhere with Sasuke that he wasn’t required to go.
She cleared her throat “I’ll come too Naruto. When did this Shurachi person want us to come by?” Naruto turned a blinding smile on the girl and told her what Shurachi had said.
All three of them jumped in surprise, Sasuke not so much, when Kakashi’s voice called out from a tree. “Should I feel hurt that I’m not invited?”
Naruto’s face pinked and he frowned a little at his teacher. “You can come too, I’m sure Shurachi-kun won’t mind.” Kakashi clapped his hands together, as if in glee.
Then he dropped from the tree and pulled out his little orange book. “Wonderful, I’ll finally get to find out why Aburame-san always has a lunch made by Shurachi rather than making his own.” Naruto pulled a small grin as he thought about what would happen if Hajime ever tried to make his own lunch.
Kiba howled outside of Shino’s window, grinning when Akamaru started to call out as well. He only stopped when his friends head poked out it’s window and the boy tossed a rolled up sock at him. He let it hit, knowing that his friend expected him too, and made wide waving motions.
Shino rolled his eyes, or Kiba thought he rolled his eyes anyway. It was kind of hard to tell behind those glasses. “What do you want Inuzuka?” The bug user called down.
The younger genin waited for his friend to gather his tings and jump out his window before explaining. “Kaasan said we should eat at my house tonight to celebrate us getting into the exam. He said our whole team should. So, I came to get you to keep me from beating up those smug Hyuuga bastards.” Shino pushed his glasses up and appeared to be thinking.
“You realize that Hinata is a Hyuuga? And that Shurachi-oba would kill you if he heard you saying bastard?” Kiba waved his hand in the air, being careful not to hit any of the flying bugs.
Snorting a little, Shino lead the way outside of the Aburame compound and into the streets. Kiba caught up to walk beside him and Akamaru whimpered for attention in his arms. Another snort escaped the Aburame, but this one was softer and Akamaru waved his tail. The quiet genin snaked out a hand to pet the dogs ears then tucked itself back into his sleeve.
They arrived at the imposing gates to the Hyuuga compound and informed the guard that they needed to see Hyuuga Hinata, she was part of their genin team, yes they were allowed to see her, yes this kunai was real. When Hinata was outside of the gates Kiba threw an arm around her shoulders and led her back into the village, explaining why they were there.
She stuttered out an agreement then began to press her fingers together. “Ano, don’t you th-think we should invite sensei? Inuzuka-sama said that the whole team should celebrate didn’t he?” Kiba frowned a little, not having thought of their sensei. The boys looked at each other before Kiba pulled Akamaru out of his coat.
Curious eyes stared up at him from the dogs face and he cleared his throat. “Find Kurenai-sensei Akamaru. You remember her scent?” The dog barked out an affirmative and sniffed at the ground. He began to lead them on a winding path through the city, demanding to be put on a roof every now and then.
When he finally stopped, they were at a small apartment complex. He sniffed at the air and found their sensei’s scent to be the most concentrated in a room at the end of the little walkway. “She lives here guys, but her scent is so thick I can’t tell if she’s home or not.”
Shino shrugged and moved to knock on the door. They wait a few seconds before it opened and their teacher appeared. “Kiba, Shino, Hinata? What are you doing here?” Kiba explained and Kurenai grabbed her coat before following the three into the village.
Back at the Inuzuka compound, Haku found himself chopping carrots while Shurachi put the desert they were going to have in the fridge to cool. The carrots were dropped into the pan and fried up with several other vegetables. Strips of beef were included and Shurachi stirred a large pot of ramen. It was a celebration, so he would make all his pups their favorite food, even if he didn’t agree on the food in question.
Both of their attention was drawn to the window when someone tapped on it. Hajime waved at them and pulled Iruka into their view. Shura took in the school teachers exhausted form before nodding. The pair came into the kitchen and Hajime pushed Iruka into a seat.
The teacher attempted to protest, but Shurachi pushed a spoon full of sweet sauce into his mouth. “No complaining. I heard from Naruto that you have his protégé in your class, you need a bit of pampering. Plus, I haven’t seen you in a while. You’re always so busy with grading papers and figuring out lesson plans.”
Shurachi pulled out a new spoon and began to stir the sauce. “Mitsuo is always doing things with Hasunuma-sensei as well, so I never see him. I don’t even know where Renji went. He accepted that mission a while back and I haven’t seen him since! How does the sauce taste.”
“Fine.” Iruka choked out.
A frown pulled at the corners of Shura’s lips and he used a small spoon to taste it. “Are you sure it doesn’t need more apple? It tastes a bit bland to me.”
Iruka nodded and took a sip from the glass of water Haku handed him. “It’s fine Shura-chan, I promise. Who’s this though?” He gestured to Haku, who was wiping down the chopping board with a moist rag.
When he mentioned he looked up and then directed his gaze to Shurachi, who was looking sheepish. “Sorry Iruka. This is Haku, my lover. Haku, this is Iruka. He was on my genin team.” Haku bowed a little and Iruka repeated the gesture. Then the smooth motion of the pair working in the kitchen started again.
Hajime settled in a chair across from Iruka and carefully checked his weapons. He didn’t want one to vanish as they were prone to do when Kiba was feeling vengeful. “So who all is coming? He asked as Haku set a glass of water in front of him. He smiled at the pretty male and took a sip.
“I invited both Kiba and Naruto’s genin teams. Their sensei’s will probably be coming as well since my pups wouldn’t want to make anyone feel left out. Everyone will, of course, be civil to each other because I will be very unhappy if you aren’t.” He gave Hajime a look and the man rolled his eyes. Was it his fault Kurenai couldn’t take a joke? Or let a grudge go after twenty years?
A small ding announced the finishing of the rolls and Shurachi smiled then began loading up the table. There were several dishes, all the favorites of his pups. Speaking of pups, he could hear the rowdy sounds of six teenagers and what smelled like their sensei’s wandering toward his kitchen.
This was going to certainly be a very interesting dinner.
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He’d had to bring out an end leaf(1) for the table to make enough room, but everyone was seated and enjoying some good food. He greeted Kakashi and Kurenai and congratulated all of the children on making it into the exams. There had been quiet murmurs of conversation while everyone got their favored foods and Shurachi couldn’t remember how many times he’d been thanked for the effort he must have put into the whole thing.
The Inuzuka was just starting to think that nothing to boisterous would happen when Naruto suddenly jumped up.
“Sasuke you bas-jerk!” Blue eyes flickered hurriedly to a frowning Shurachi then burned back on the calm Uchiha. “You did that on purpose!” The blond motioned to his soaked pants furiously, noodles falling to the floor.
Accused of dumping food on his teammate, Sasuke reacted remarkably calmly. That is, if call his scowl and gathering chakra calm. Everyone stopped eating to watch the pair of genin.
“It’s hardly my fault if you’re to stupid to keep your food in a bowl dobe.” Sasuke took a delicate sip of his tea, just as he’d been taught, and set the cup down to have a bite of rice.
Neither noticed the slowly darkening look on Shurachi’s face as Naruto flushed bright red. “Teme! How dare you call me stupid?! How many times have I saved your ass on missions? Who was it that beat you into the ground last time we trained as a team!”
Sasuke shot to his feet, his face turning red. “I’ve beaten you just as many times and saved you during missions way more than you’ve saved me! If anything, you should be thanking me for keeping you alive all this time! I could have just let those bandits take you off to whatever nefarious place they wanted!”
A dark cloud was gathering over the table and it wasn’t entirely the imaginations of those at the table. Kikai were emerging from Shurachi in response to his ever souring mood.
“You ass! I’ll have you know that I could have taken those bandits out if you’d just given me five seconds! I could have-” He was cut off by the sound of Shurachi slamming his hands down on the table. It cracked ominously and the Aburame sitting on either side quickly grabbed a side of the table to keep the food from falling.
Silence rang in the room as green eyes glared steely threats at the genin. “Sit. Down.” Naruto gulped and both of them hastily took their seats. “Good. Now, this is a dinner celebrating the genin cells ability to work together well enough to be nominated to take the chûnin exams. This is not a dinner that I made for the pair of you to argue at.”
The steel in his eyes turned glacial as he saw Naruto’s mouth open. “And Uzumaki Inuzuka Naruto, how dare you say such things in my house! I know you weren’t raised to have such a crass vocabulary! The same goes for you Uchiha Sasuke! I certainly didn’t teach you to spout profanities and insults when you were invited a clan heads home for dinner!”
Both boys pinked in the cheeks and looked down in shame. The buzzing of the kikai above their heads quieted and the insects retuned to their host. “Now, I want you to head upstairs Naruto-kun. I’ll get you something clean to wear.” As the orange clad genin moved to the stairs, Shurachi pulled out his wand and tapped it on the table. Instantly, the crack was repaired.
“Please excuse their behavior everyone. Enjoy the rest of the meal.” He beckoned for Sasuke to follow him out of the room.
Once in the small hall the led the stairs, Shurachi frowned in a very disappointed manner at the Uchiha heir. “Do you usually ignore all the training I gave you Sasuke-kun?” The brunet squirmed a little under the hurt gaze and shook his head. “Then why would you do something like this? What could it have possibly helped to dump Naruto’s ramen on him?”
Fidgeting with a loose thread on his arm warmers, Sasuke refused to meet Shurachi’s eyes as he answered. “Nothing.” He mumbled and Shurachi rubbed the bridge of his nose under his glasses.
“Sit in the living room Sasuke-kun. I have to get Naruto some clean clothes. Sabishíi will keep you company.” Sasuke wandered into the living, the large black dog following him, and Shurachi went up the stairs.
He knocked lightly on the bathroom door and pushed it open when he got a vague sound that could have been permission to enter. His heart constricted at the sight that met him and the anger he’d felt simmered away.
Large, salty tears were rolling down Naruto’s face as he sat on the closed toilet. His blue eyes were staring down at the floor, blurred by the saline drops. A pathetic sniffle pulled Shurachi into the bathroom and a quiet, hitching sob closed the door.
The Inuzuka knelt before the jinchuriki and carefully enfolded him in his arms, not caring when ramen broth soaked into his front and wet tears stained the shoulder of his nice yukata. He petted unruly blond locks in a comforting manner and shushed him soothingly.
“Calm down Naruto, I’m not angry with you. A little hurt that you would do something like this and definitely unhappy about your language, but I’m not angry. It’s alright, your fine my pup. Shhh.” He rocked a little and smiled when orange clad arms moved to wrap around him.
After a little while the hitching sobs turned into muffled sniffles and the tears slowed. “There now, just breath.” Shurachi pulled away enough that he could see the tear and snot stained face. “I want you to take these-” here he tugged at the stained jacket, “off and get in the shower. Clean yourself up some and I’ll get you something clean to wear. When you’re done come down to the living room, okay?”
Naruto sniffled and nodded. Shurachi stood up and moved to open the door. “I’m really sorry….Shurachi-tousama.” Warmth flooded through Shurachi at his whispered name. Naruto had never referred to him as father before.
“It’s alright pup, take a quick shower and we’ll get this sorted out.” The bathroom door was closed and Shurachi heard the shower turn on as he pulled a pair of pajamas out of Kiba’s dresser. He exchanged them for Naruto’s dirty clothes with all the stealth of a high level shinobi and then changed his own yukata. He put the dirty clothes in his hamper and went back down the stairs.
Hajime was telling an embarrassing story about his son when Shurachi entered the kitchen again. He sat back down and smiled serenely at his guests when they turned to look at him. “I hope you’re still enjoying your meals.” They all agreed rather loudly, the jyônin afraid of what Shurachi was hiding under that serene smile and the genin wondering what had happened to Naruto and Sasuke.
They didn’t question him about his change of clothes or anything else though and instead finished the last of their desert. Apparently Haku had gotten it out sometime while Shurachi was upstairs. The rest of the dinner was fairly subdued and Shurachi escorted all of his guests to the door with an invitation to visit him again whenever they liked.
It was obvious that Sakura was worried for her teammates, but Kiba and Shino were able to calm whatever fears she’d had. Hinata also looked worried, and even managed to come out of her shell long enough to ask Shurachi to not be to hard on them. He reassured her that he wasn’t even mad anymore and told her that she was welcome to come by anytime she liked.
Then the house was empty save his pups and Hajime.
“I told you the brat was trouble.” Hajime murmured quietly once Kiba and Shino had gone up to Kiba’s room. Shurachi frowned warningly at him and moved to the kitchen to help Haku put away leftovers and dishes. “I’m serious Shura-chan, he’s only causing you problems.”
Pale lips pursed and Haku touched Shurachi’s shoulder in a calming gesture. “Hajime-san, perhaps you should take Shino home now. It’s getting late and the boys have training in the morning with Kurenai-san.” Haku said quietly, letting Shurachi take over the cleaning of the dishes for him.
Red eyes narrowed behind their sunglasses, but the Aburame nodded. “Perhaps you’re right Haku-san. I’ll see you later Shura-chan.” Shino entered the room as if on cue and followed his father out with a quiet goodbye to Shurachi and Haku.
Green eyes closed and a frustrated sound escaped the Inuzuka clan alpha. Haku, seemingly understanding what his lover needed, slipped in front of him and placed a soft kiss on his chapped lips. “Calm down Shurachi, he’s only worried. If I hadn’t gotten to know Naruto before I…found out about his tenant I would be too.”
Thin arms slid around Shurachi lithe form and squeezed gently. “I know, I just wish he hadn’t brought it up when he did.” The green eyes opened and stared down into Haku’s worried brown. “Do you mind going up to make sure Kiba’s alright?” Haku smiled and shook his head.
Kissing one last time, the pair parted and Shurachi dried his hands on a towel. He still had a pair of genin to talk to in his living room.
When he walked in, it was to a rather amusing scene. Naruto was sitting on one end of the room staring morosely at the carpet; Sasuke was on the other end of the room stealing little glances at Naruto and frowning unhappily out the window. Both of them looked up when Shurachi walked in however.
“I hope you both know why I’ve made you sit in here rather than rejoining the table.” They nodded and Shurachi sat down in a chair in front of the couch. He motioned for them to sit in front of him and waited until they’d settled before speaking again.
“I am incredibly disappointed in the both of you. I expected you both to act with a little more respect for myself and those dining in my home. I have half a mind to recommend that your team be taken out of the exams since neither of you seem mature enough to be chûnin.” He held up his hand as Sasuke moved to protest. “I won’t though. Now, explain to me why you thought you should dump ramen in Naruto’s lap.”
Sasuke frowned, but began to speak. “He was being annoying.” He grumbled and Shurachi raised an eyebrow.
“I wasn’t even doing anything to you! All I did all night was talk to Sakura and Shurachi-tousama!” Naruto protested. He quieted at Shurachi’s look and went back to meekly looking at the floor.
The Uchiha was scowling now. “You threw a bun at Kiba and asked Shino if he’d made the onigiri.”
Shurachi crossed his arms. “So Naruto was ignoring you and you got annoyed by this?” Sasuke flushed and refused to answer. A sigh made him look at the Inuzuka. “I want you apologize to Naruto, Sasuke-kun.” The apology was mumbled and came out in a round about way, but it was an apology. “Now I want you to apologize to Sasuke-kun for cussing at him Naruto.” The blond did so grudgingly.
“Alright. I’m still not happy with either of you, but it isn’t fair that you didn’t get to finish dinner. I’ll bring in some of the desert and then it’s time for Sasuke to go home and for Naruto to go to bed. I don’t want anything like this to ever happen again, do you here me? If it does then you’ll be getting more than a scolding. I shouldn’t even let you have any of the chocolate ice cream pudding pie I made.”
Both genin nodded and ate their pie in silence. Once they were done both Naruto and Shurachi saw Sasuke out the door and Shura had Sabishíi escort him home. Once the door was closed, Shurachi turned to Naruto. “I’m very disappointed Naruto. I know I taught you better than to react that way.”
Tears were starting to gather in Naruto’s eyes again, so Shurachi quickly scooped him into his arms and carried him back into the living room. He settled the blond on his lap and sighed quietly. “I understand that what he did was uncalled for and probably very shocking, but you’re a shinobi. You shouldn’t react so violently to something so childish.”
He hugged the genin to his chest to sighed again. “I love you, you’re one of my pups and I could never be angry at you. You don’t have to cry.” Naruto sniffled and cuddled closer.
“S-so it’s okay for m-me to call you tousama?” Naruto asked in a meek voice. Shurachi smiled brilliantly down at the boy.
“I would love it if you called me tousama, pup. I think it’s time for bed now though, you’ve certainly had a tiring few days.” Naruto nodded and let Shurachi carry him upstairs to Kiba’s bedroom. The extra futon was already laid out and Haku was helping to spread a blanket over it.
The two looked up when Kiba’s door opened and Haku smiled at his lover while Kiba grinned. “I thought he’d be staying! Hey, he’s wearing my pajamas!” Naruto stuck his tongue out at the Inuzuka and Shurachi let him wiggle out of his arms.
“You’re just jealous because they’re better looking on me!” The blue pajamas were rather large on Naruto.
The pair of older shinobi left the two genin to argue and made their way to Shurachi’s bedroom. As soon as the door was closed Haku pressed back against Shurachi’s chest. The Aburame automatically brought his hands to the ice shinobi’s hips.
“Let me help you relax Shura-koi.” Haku murmured huskily and Shurachi growled low in his chest.
It took little effort to slide Shurachi’s yukata and pants off then push down his underwear. It was even easier for Shurachi to slip Haku’s own yukata off. He was pleasantly surprised to see that Haku hadn’t worn anything under his own pair of pants.
“Were you planning this all along little Haku?” Shurachi murmured, his hands dragging slowly over the chill skin. Haku giggled lightly and slipped from his lovers grip.
He sauntered across the room and smirked kittenishly over his shoulder. “Planning? I wasn’t planning, I’m simply finishing what was interrupted this morning.”
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A dark gleam in green eyes made Haku shiver in excitement. The larger shinobi stalked forward, trapping his lover against the far wall. “Finishing it are you?” He purred and Sabishíi, who’d followed them in, quickly slipped out the slightly open door and closed it firmly behind himself. He certainly didn’t want to see them mating.
Neither shinobi noticed. Haku was to distracted by Shurachi’s mouth on his neck and Shurachi was a little caught up in the hand on his cock. A pale leg wrapped around his slightly darker hip and the Inuzuka supported it as the second leg came up. He adjusted his hold on the smaller shinobi and lifted his mouth to catch panting lips with his own.
They undulated against one another, letting off little moans and dragging furrows in Shurachi’s back with sharp nails. Then something stiff nudged Haku’s opening and they froze. Shurachi was visibly restraining himself, not wanting to hurt his sweet lover.
A whimper in Haku’s throat pricked a small crack in his resolve. “Shura, fuck me. I want you so bad.” He whined and tried to press his ass down on the stiff flesh. Shurachi wouldn’t allow him to though, and the ice user panted against his neck. He bit down hard when he was stopped again and yipped quietly into Shurachi’s ear. He’d quickly learned that canine sounds were more likely to get him what he wanted than pleading words.
It didn’t work this time though, and Shurachi pulled back from the wall. He kept Haku firmly wrapped around his waist however, and walked effortlessly to the futon. Lube was snatched out from under a pillow and employed in slicking his cock. He made a motion to cover his fingers, but Haku grabbed the tube and tossed it across the room.
“Now, please.” He whined and pressed up against Shurachi. “Don’t need that, just you.” He huffed and then gasp as Shura quickly pressed the head of his cock in. They didn’t still this time. Shurachi continued to steadily push in until his balls touched smooth skin.
Haku keened loudly, his back arching when the first stroke hit that spot inside of him that made him see stars. He writhed and clenched and scratched and bit. Shurachi couldn’t stop the growling in his chest or the little flashes of light in the corner of his eyes that seemed to grow with every push.
He could feel his magic rising, swirling around with his chakra and the strange chakra of his lover. He could feel the heightened pleasure his magic could give them. He had to finish soon, if they got any louder his pup would be traumatized. Plus, he wasn’t sure what his magic was trying to accomplish and he didn’t think he wanted to find out just yet.
Haku pushed back harshly and Shurachi felt his breath leave him in a gasp. His body tensed up and the walls surrounding him clenched tight. Haku cried out, but all he could manage was a vicious snarl as his orgasm was pulled form him. His magic retreated, feeling sulky if that made any sense at all.
Obviously it hadn’t had time to do as it liked. He could deal with that though, especially when Haku’s soft body cuddled into him with a satisfied mumble. They’d clean up in the morning, but for now he needed to sleep.
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Shurachi grinned as Haku’s quiet laughter filled the air. His lover was dressed in a pink kimono with his hair down, a basket of vegetables clasped in his hands. Shura, in stark contrast, had his hair up in it’s usual braided tail with black hakama and an open dark blue haori. The only thing covering his chest was some crisp white bandages, meant to hide his kikai holes.
He had several heavy looking bags slung over his shoulder, obviously taking them so his lover wouldn’t have to. Walking beside the pair, Sabishíi wagged his tail and barked out his happiness. It was a beautiful day, they could hear the village bustling beyond the high wooden fences, and they were done with the weeks shopping.
“He really did that? Dressed up like a member of a different clan every day?” Haku asked, a disbelieving smile on his face.
Nodding, Shurachi tilted his head to grin lopsidedly at Haku. “Yep. He’d even go so far as to borrow clothes from someone n the clan so he smelled like them. He was always trying to sneak up on us too!”
More laughter rang out. “That makes me almost glad I didn’t become a shinobi the normal way. I don’t know if I could have taken such an odd sensei!” Haku said, bumping his hips against Shurachi’s. The older man swayed a little to the side and brought his free hand up to tug on a lock of long black hair.
A scream filled the air and both shinobi stopped walking to listen to it, tense with anticipation. “I recognize that scream.” Shurachi murmured, then chuckled as another scream rang out, this one enraged. “Naruto has done something to piss off his kunoichi team mate again.” The Inuzuka shook his head.
Haku shot him a slightly worried look. “We should go make sure he’s okay Shurachi, Sakura-chan can hit pretty hard.” He didn’t wait for his lover to agree, going on ahead without him.
One blink, two; and Shurachi was hurrying after Haku, shouting for him to wait. He caught up as Haku was rounding a corner. His bandage wrapped arm shot out to grab the back of the smaller’s kimono. “He’s fine Haku, Sakura-chan won’t kill him if she manages to catch him.”
But Haku didn’t answer him. In fact, the ice user had gone very tense. Shurachi looked up to find what was causing him such distress and frowned when he saw two vaguely familiar people. The largest, and obviously male, of the two was holding the Hokage’s grandson up by the front of his shirt while Naruto, Sakura, and several other kids were trying to get him to put the child down.
Carefully letting the bags draped over his back swing around to his front, Shurachi set them down. “Haku, stay here. I’m going to be throwing the children to you if something happens, you can protect them more fully with your ice than I could with my kikai.” Haku bit his bottom lip, but nodded in agreement.
Shurachi took a deliberately noisy step forward and carefully remained relaxed when everyone’s attention turned to him. He put on a confused, slightly disapproving face before speaking. “Hey, what’s going on here?”
“Shurachi-tousama!” Naruto squeaked in reply, looking very much like he’d been caught doing something he shouldn’t have. “Me and Sakura-chan were playing with Konohamaru, Udon, and Moegi-chan when we ran into these guys.” He motioned toward the two unknown people.
Shurachi turned his eyes to them and noted, with a bit of relief, that they were from Suna. They were probably genin that had arrived early. “Your version of events please.” Shurachi said, stopping in between Naruto’s group and the sand genin.
The boy opened his mouth to answer, but the girl stepped on his foot. “This kid ran into Kankuro, we were just explaining to him that he should be more careful.”
Green eyes gazed skeptically at the pair. “I’m sure he gets the message. Why don’t you put Konohamaru-kun down so he can go play with his friends?”
It looked as though Kankuro was going to ignore his suggestion when a rock darted out of the trees and hit his hand dead on. Kankuro dropped Konohamaru, shaking his hand in pain. The Hokage’s grandson scrambled to his feet and rushed passed Shurachi to Naruto.
None of the shinobi noticed though, as their eyes were all fixed on Sasuke. “You should listen to Inuzuka-sama.” Sasuke said coolly, tossing another rock into the air and catching it. “He is one of our villages jyônin after all.”
Kankuro curled his lip “Oh look, another brat.”
“Kankuro!” The pair of genin from sand jerk to attention, an expression of fear taking over their features.
“G-Gaara! I was just…”
“You were just disgracing our village.” The red head said, dropping from his tree branch to the ground smoothly. He made his way slowly to the pair of genin, taking his place between them. “Shurachi-nii, I’m sorry for anything Kankuro might have done.”
Shurachi blinked, then a wide smile bloomed over his face. “Gaara-kun! You’re going into the exams as well?” The red head nodded and Shurachi grinned a little mischievously. “Well then, how about I get a proper greeting?” He moved forward to fast for any of them to see and enfolded Gaara in his arms.
The genin on either side of him seemed to be having heart attacks, but the sand merely rustled uneasily. “You’re looking much better than last time I saw you. Have you been taking care of yourself?” Gaara nodded again, a faint pink color dusted over his cheeks. “Who are your friends Gaara-kun?”
Shurachi stepped back so he could see the other two genin from sand. “These are my…siblings, Kankuro and Temari. We’re entering the exam as a team.” He motioned to each person as he said their names then crossed his arms. Murky green eyes scanned the people behind Shurachi, taking in their curious, if wary, faces.
“It’s nice to meet Gaara-kun’s siblings.” Shurachi said with a small, warm smile. “This is my pup, Naruto, and his team mate Sakura-chan. His other team mate, Sasuke, is the one who threw the rock.” He motioned toward the tree that Sasuke was still watching them from. “Why don’t you come have dinner with us tonight Gaara-kun?”
The red head didn’t even bother checking with his siblings, he simply nodded his agreement. “We have to go check in with our sensei Inuzuka-san, can we meet you by the gates so you can show us to your home?” Temari asked politely, taking a step forward. Gaara frowned at her, but didn’t protest so Shurachi nodded.
The trio from sand left. “I’ll you later Naruto, be good.” He pecked the boy on the forehead and moved to pick his sacks up before Haku could.
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Kankuro made a strangled noise as they entered their hotel room for the final time that night. “Did we just have dinner with one of Konohagakure’s infamous clan leaders?” He asked in a dazed sort of voice. His sister nodded, searching through her bag for pajamas. “Was his partner really a guy?” Another nod.
“And did Gaara really call him…nii-san?” This time Temari pause din her search and looked up with a slightly pained expression. Kankuro shook his head, ignoring the slight pain he felt himself. “That guy though, do you really think that he meant what he said? About us being his family because we were Gaara’s family?” Temari shrugged and left the room to change.
Kankuro looked at the empty bed that his brother would usually occupy, if only to meditate. Gaara had chosen to stay at Inuzuka house for a while longer than his two siblings had. “It would be nice….” Kankuro whispered, finally slipping into his own pajamas and starting to remove the thick paint on his face. “It would be nice if he still felt that way after our mission.” He sighed and slipped under his covers, putting our the lights in the room.
Temari would later stumble in with suspiciously bright eyes and raw red cheeks, grateful that her brother was already asleep.
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Shurachi grumbled quietly to himself as light slid into his eyes. It had been a few months since he’d gone to get Haku and already he was used to having something warm in bed with him again. So when he realized that is what was missing he sat up and glared around himself. Haku was sitting at his desk, all the way on the other side of the room.
A slick tongue licked his foot and he jerked it back with a small yelp, ignoring the quiet giggle of his lover across the room. Green eyes focused on the large black dog, whose tail was wagging happily. “Sabishíi…” He growled and the canine yipped at him then scurried over to Haku to lick his hands.
Shurachi fell back on his futon with a little laugh at the startled look on Haku’s face. “Don’t tell me you’ve never been licked before!” Shurachi crowed, a wide grin splitting his face.
The smaller male huffed and crossed his arms, a pout pushing his pink lips out. Shurachi’s grin softened into a quirky smile and he rolled out of the warmth of ?his futon. “Never been licked then, my little lover? Well, this is certainly something I should remedy isn’t it?” He purred. Haku shifted a little, his attention caught, and kept a wary eye on his advancing lover.
“What do you mean by remedy Shurachi? No, you stay back! Hey!” Haku was swept up, into Shurachi’s arms and quickly deposited on the futon. The older male settled himself over the smaller and leaned forward to run his tongue from collarbone to ear.
Giggles filled the room as Shurachi proceeded to lick, nibble, and suck on various pieces of exposed flesh. He’d gotten Haku into the habit of only wearing a thin pair of pants to bed and so had his choice of torso to explore.
The giggles were turning to moans and the pants were doing very little by way of modesty when the door burst open and a heavy body crashed into Shurachi with an excited yell. The Inuzuka wasted no time in pulling out a kunai and stabbing it down into the cuff of his attackers pants. The fabric ripped as the other rolled away and bounced up grinning, ignoring the tear in his pants.
“Kaa-san! Guess what, guess what, guess what!!” Kiba said enthusiastically, bouncing up and down on the spot. Shurachi blinked at him, carefully sniffed the air, and then groaned into his palm.
“Kiba, next time please knock, or use your nose.” The genin paused in his bouncing to sniff the air and then turned a brilliant shade of red. “Yes, we were a little busy. But now that you’re here, what is this great news you just had to tell me?” Shurachi gave his pup a reassuring smile and Kiba grinned widely at him.
The genin straightened up, puffed out his chest, and announced in a proud voice, “You are looking at one of the participants of the chûnin exams that are happening in our village soon!”
A strange expression crossed quickly over Shura’s face, neither Haku nor Kiba noticing it. Then he was smiling and enfolding the younger shinobi in his arms. He felt the genin’s own arms wrap around him and he pressed a kiss to the boys head. “Congratulations Kiba-pup. I’ll have to teach you and Akamaru a new jutsu for this occasion. It can be your secret weapon.”
He pulled back to wink at his younger brother and scratched behind Akamaru’s ears. “We’ll have to invite Shino and his father over for a celebratory dinner. Do you think your other teammate, Hyuuga Hinata, would like to come over as well? I know our clans don’t really get along, but she seemed like a nice enough girl when you introduced us.”
Kiba’s face lit up and he launched himself at Shura for a tighter hug before darting across the room to catch Haku in a squeezing hug as well. The ice user shot Shura a surprised look, having never been hugged by anyone but Shura and his mother. He reacted fast enough to hug the pup back though and laughed a little as the boy pulled away with a shit eating grin.
“I’m going to go tell Shino and he can come with me to get Hinata! Bye Kaasan, bye Haku-chan, come on Akamaru!” The dog barked in excitement, his tail wagging as the charged energy of the room infected him with more cheerfulness.
The door slammed behind the dog and Shura turned a soft smile on his lover. “It looks like my pup likes you well enough Haku. Now let me show you just how much I like you.” He made his way to his sitting lover and pressed him back into the futon.
Haku smiled a sultry smile up at the Inuzuka and slid his hands over slim shoulders. “I think you should show me just how much you like me. You should-” he cut himself off with a gasp as Shura slipped a hand down his pants and tugged teasingly on the dark curls hidden there.
“Never fear little ice flake, I don’t disappoint.” He was lowering his mouth to Haku’s at an achingly slow pace when his door slammed open again. He had just enough time to glimpse something orange before he was slammed into bodily for the second time that day.
There was an intake of air before a loud voice practically shouted in his ear. “I made it into the chûnin exams Shurachi-kun! Kakashi-sensei says we can enter!” The Inuzuka winced and flinched away from the ear splitting cry and carefully lifted the squirming body off of himself.
“That’s wonderful Naruto, but try not to yell next time. My hearing is very sensitive you know.” The blond was already flushed from excitement and couldn’t do anything but grin. “Now, I’m making dinner to celebrate Kiba getting into the exams as well. I’d be happy if you’d come so I can congratulate all of my pups together.”
Naruto’s face lit up even more and he squeezed Shurachi in a tight hug. “Thank you Shurachi-kun! Can I invite Sakura? You’ve met her, she’s one of my teammates.”
The Inuzuka made an amused face as the boy went off about how wonderful he thought Sakura was, only frowning slightly when Naruto called Sasuke a bastard. “I know I taught you better than that Naruto, watch your words. You’ll also invite Sasuke to dinner because I doubt he’ll have anyone but his team to celebrate with.”
The jinchuriki couldn’t argue against the stern look his almost-father was giving him and instead grumbled a small agreement. Then he moved over to hug Sabishíi and then Haku before hugging Shura one last time. “When do you want us here?” He asked as he was moving toward the door.
Shura thought for a moment before deciding. “Right after training. I’m sure you’ll all be very hungry by then.” He laughed as Naruto flashed him a grin and tumbled out of the room, closing the door quietly behind himself. Haku laughed a little breathlessly and pushed himself up onto his feet.
“Well Shurachi, it looks like we have a feast to make. You’ve invited two teams of genin and Hajime, who eats enough to be a shinobi team all his own.” Shurachi laughed and snagged one last kiss before pulling on some clothes, securing his hitae-ate, and slipping downstairs to see what he would need to buy.
Meanwhile, Naruto was trying to figure out how he was going to get Sasuke to come so Sakura would as well. He couldn’t really threaten him, because Sasuke would just fight with him until they were both to tired to continue. He didn’t think he had any good blackmail either, not since he’d used the picture of Sasuke being taken down by his fan girls.
Maybe if he begged enough the jerk would agree? And if the jerk agreed then Sakura would want to go as well. But if the jerk went then Sakura would only pay attention to him and Naruto would be ignored. He didn’t get why she liked him anyway, he was always mean to her.
His time for planning was over though, because he could see the sulky wonder coming toward him with his fluttering pink flower trailing after. The Uchiha stopped right before him and grunted a greeting. Naruto scowled, debated the pros and cons of not inviting Sasuke like Shurachi asked, then finally swallowed his tongue.
“Shurachi-kun wants you to come to dinner with us to celebrate getting into the exams. I only wanted to invite Sakura, but he said you should come as well because we were part of a team and teams should celebrate together.” Naruto grimaced, as if the very words were painful to him. “Anyway, if you don’t come Shurachi might think I didn’t invite you, so at least tell him I did.”
“I’ll come.” Sasuke said, but Naruto kept speaking until the words registered in his brain.
“You will?” He squeaked weakly. Sasuke merely nodded and Sakura brightened at the chance to go somewhere with Sasuke that he wasn’t required to go.
She cleared her throat “I’ll come too Naruto. When did this Shurachi person want us to come by?” Naruto turned a blinding smile on the girl and told her what Shurachi had said.
All three of them jumped in surprise, Sasuke not so much, when Kakashi’s voice called out from a tree. “Should I feel hurt that I’m not invited?”
Naruto’s face pinked and he frowned a little at his teacher. “You can come too, I’m sure Shurachi-kun won’t mind.” Kakashi clapped his hands together, as if in glee.
Then he dropped from the tree and pulled out his little orange book. “Wonderful, I’ll finally get to find out why Aburame-san always has a lunch made by Shurachi rather than making his own.” Naruto pulled a small grin as he thought about what would happen if Hajime ever tried to make his own lunch.
Kiba howled outside of Shino’s window, grinning when Akamaru started to call out as well. He only stopped when his friends head poked out it’s window and the boy tossed a rolled up sock at him. He let it hit, knowing that his friend expected him too, and made wide waving motions.
Shino rolled his eyes, or Kiba thought he rolled his eyes anyway. It was kind of hard to tell behind those glasses. “What do you want Inuzuka?” The bug user called down.
The younger genin waited for his friend to gather his tings and jump out his window before explaining. “Kaasan said we should eat at my house tonight to celebrate us getting into the exam. He said our whole team should. So, I came to get you to keep me from beating up those smug Hyuuga bastards.” Shino pushed his glasses up and appeared to be thinking.
“You realize that Hinata is a Hyuuga? And that Shurachi-oba would kill you if he heard you saying bastard?” Kiba waved his hand in the air, being careful not to hit any of the flying bugs.
Snorting a little, Shino lead the way outside of the Aburame compound and into the streets. Kiba caught up to walk beside him and Akamaru whimpered for attention in his arms. Another snort escaped the Aburame, but this one was softer and Akamaru waved his tail. The quiet genin snaked out a hand to pet the dogs ears then tucked itself back into his sleeve.
They arrived at the imposing gates to the Hyuuga compound and informed the guard that they needed to see Hyuuga Hinata, she was part of their genin team, yes they were allowed to see her, yes this kunai was real. When Hinata was outside of the gates Kiba threw an arm around her shoulders and led her back into the village, explaining why they were there.
She stuttered out an agreement then began to press her fingers together. “Ano, don’t you th-think we should invite sensei? Inuzuka-sama said that the whole team should celebrate didn’t he?” Kiba frowned a little, not having thought of their sensei. The boys looked at each other before Kiba pulled Akamaru out of his coat.
Curious eyes stared up at him from the dogs face and he cleared his throat. “Find Kurenai-sensei Akamaru. You remember her scent?” The dog barked out an affirmative and sniffed at the ground. He began to lead them on a winding path through the city, demanding to be put on a roof every now and then.
When he finally stopped, they were at a small apartment complex. He sniffed at the air and found their sensei’s scent to be the most concentrated in a room at the end of the little walkway. “She lives here guys, but her scent is so thick I can’t tell if she’s home or not.”
Shino shrugged and moved to knock on the door. They wait a few seconds before it opened and their teacher appeared. “Kiba, Shino, Hinata? What are you doing here?” Kiba explained and Kurenai grabbed her coat before following the three into the village.
Back at the Inuzuka compound, Haku found himself chopping carrots while Shurachi put the desert they were going to have in the fridge to cool. The carrots were dropped into the pan and fried up with several other vegetables. Strips of beef were included and Shurachi stirred a large pot of ramen. It was a celebration, so he would make all his pups their favorite food, even if he didn’t agree on the food in question.
Both of their attention was drawn to the window when someone tapped on it. Hajime waved at them and pulled Iruka into their view. Shura took in the school teachers exhausted form before nodding. The pair came into the kitchen and Hajime pushed Iruka into a seat.
The teacher attempted to protest, but Shurachi pushed a spoon full of sweet sauce into his mouth. “No complaining. I heard from Naruto that you have his protégé in your class, you need a bit of pampering. Plus, I haven’t seen you in a while. You’re always so busy with grading papers and figuring out lesson plans.”
Shurachi pulled out a new spoon and began to stir the sauce. “Mitsuo is always doing things with Hasunuma-sensei as well, so I never see him. I don’t even know where Renji went. He accepted that mission a while back and I haven’t seen him since! How does the sauce taste.”
“Fine.” Iruka choked out.
A frown pulled at the corners of Shura’s lips and he used a small spoon to taste it. “Are you sure it doesn’t need more apple? It tastes a bit bland to me.”
Iruka nodded and took a sip from the glass of water Haku handed him. “It’s fine Shura-chan, I promise. Who’s this though?” He gestured to Haku, who was wiping down the chopping board with a moist rag.
When he mentioned he looked up and then directed his gaze to Shurachi, who was looking sheepish. “Sorry Iruka. This is Haku, my lover. Haku, this is Iruka. He was on my genin team.” Haku bowed a little and Iruka repeated the gesture. Then the smooth motion of the pair working in the kitchen started again.
Hajime settled in a chair across from Iruka and carefully checked his weapons. He didn’t want one to vanish as they were prone to do when Kiba was feeling vengeful. “So who all is coming? He asked as Haku set a glass of water in front of him. He smiled at the pretty male and took a sip.
“I invited both Kiba and Naruto’s genin teams. Their sensei’s will probably be coming as well since my pups wouldn’t want to make anyone feel left out. Everyone will, of course, be civil to each other because I will be very unhappy if you aren’t.” He gave Hajime a look and the man rolled his eyes. Was it his fault Kurenai couldn’t take a joke? Or let a grudge go after twenty years?
A small ding announced the finishing of the rolls and Shurachi smiled then began loading up the table. There were several dishes, all the favorites of his pups. Speaking of pups, he could hear the rowdy sounds of six teenagers and what smelled like their sensei’s wandering toward his kitchen.
This was going to certainly be a very interesting dinner.
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He’d had to bring out an end leaf(1) for the table to make enough room, but everyone was seated and enjoying some good food. He greeted Kakashi and Kurenai and congratulated all of the children on making it into the exams. There had been quiet murmurs of conversation while everyone got their favored foods and Shurachi couldn’t remember how many times he’d been thanked for the effort he must have put into the whole thing.
The Inuzuka was just starting to think that nothing to boisterous would happen when Naruto suddenly jumped up.
“Sasuke you bas-jerk!” Blue eyes flickered hurriedly to a frowning Shurachi then burned back on the calm Uchiha. “You did that on purpose!” The blond motioned to his soaked pants furiously, noodles falling to the floor.
Accused of dumping food on his teammate, Sasuke reacted remarkably calmly. That is, if call his scowl and gathering chakra calm. Everyone stopped eating to watch the pair of genin.
“It’s hardly my fault if you’re to stupid to keep your food in a bowl dobe.” Sasuke took a delicate sip of his tea, just as he’d been taught, and set the cup down to have a bite of rice.
Neither noticed the slowly darkening look on Shurachi’s face as Naruto flushed bright red. “Teme! How dare you call me stupid?! How many times have I saved your ass on missions? Who was it that beat you into the ground last time we trained as a team!”
Sasuke shot to his feet, his face turning red. “I’ve beaten you just as many times and saved you during missions way more than you’ve saved me! If anything, you should be thanking me for keeping you alive all this time! I could have just let those bandits take you off to whatever nefarious place they wanted!”
A dark cloud was gathering over the table and it wasn’t entirely the imaginations of those at the table. Kikai were emerging from Shurachi in response to his ever souring mood.
“You ass! I’ll have you know that I could have taken those bandits out if you’d just given me five seconds! I could have-” He was cut off by the sound of Shurachi slamming his hands down on the table. It cracked ominously and the Aburame sitting on either side quickly grabbed a side of the table to keep the food from falling.
Silence rang in the room as green eyes glared steely threats at the genin. “Sit. Down.” Naruto gulped and both of them hastily took their seats. “Good. Now, this is a dinner celebrating the genin cells ability to work together well enough to be nominated to take the chûnin exams. This is not a dinner that I made for the pair of you to argue at.”
The steel in his eyes turned glacial as he saw Naruto’s mouth open. “And Uzumaki Inuzuka Naruto, how dare you say such things in my house! I know you weren’t raised to have such a crass vocabulary! The same goes for you Uchiha Sasuke! I certainly didn’t teach you to spout profanities and insults when you were invited a clan heads home for dinner!”
Both boys pinked in the cheeks and looked down in shame. The buzzing of the kikai above their heads quieted and the insects retuned to their host. “Now, I want you to head upstairs Naruto-kun. I’ll get you something clean to wear.” As the orange clad genin moved to the stairs, Shurachi pulled out his wand and tapped it on the table. Instantly, the crack was repaired.
“Please excuse their behavior everyone. Enjoy the rest of the meal.” He beckoned for Sasuke to follow him out of the room.
Once in the small hall the led the stairs, Shurachi frowned in a very disappointed manner at the Uchiha heir. “Do you usually ignore all the training I gave you Sasuke-kun?” The brunet squirmed a little under the hurt gaze and shook his head. “Then why would you do something like this? What could it have possibly helped to dump Naruto’s ramen on him?”
Fidgeting with a loose thread on his arm warmers, Sasuke refused to meet Shurachi’s eyes as he answered. “Nothing.” He mumbled and Shurachi rubbed the bridge of his nose under his glasses.
“Sit in the living room Sasuke-kun. I have to get Naruto some clean clothes. Sabishíi will keep you company.” Sasuke wandered into the living, the large black dog following him, and Shurachi went up the stairs.
He knocked lightly on the bathroom door and pushed it open when he got a vague sound that could have been permission to enter. His heart constricted at the sight that met him and the anger he’d felt simmered away.
Large, salty tears were rolling down Naruto’s face as he sat on the closed toilet. His blue eyes were staring down at the floor, blurred by the saline drops. A pathetic sniffle pulled Shurachi into the bathroom and a quiet, hitching sob closed the door.
The Inuzuka knelt before the jinchuriki and carefully enfolded him in his arms, not caring when ramen broth soaked into his front and wet tears stained the shoulder of his nice yukata. He petted unruly blond locks in a comforting manner and shushed him soothingly.
“Calm down Naruto, I’m not angry with you. A little hurt that you would do something like this and definitely unhappy about your language, but I’m not angry. It’s alright, your fine my pup. Shhh.” He rocked a little and smiled when orange clad arms moved to wrap around him.
After a little while the hitching sobs turned into muffled sniffles and the tears slowed. “There now, just breath.” Shurachi pulled away enough that he could see the tear and snot stained face. “I want you to take these-” here he tugged at the stained jacket, “off and get in the shower. Clean yourself up some and I’ll get you something clean to wear. When you’re done come down to the living room, okay?”
Naruto sniffled and nodded. Shurachi stood up and moved to open the door. “I’m really sorry….Shurachi-tousama.” Warmth flooded through Shurachi at his whispered name. Naruto had never referred to him as father before.
“It’s alright pup, take a quick shower and we’ll get this sorted out.” The bathroom door was closed and Shurachi heard the shower turn on as he pulled a pair of pajamas out of Kiba’s dresser. He exchanged them for Naruto’s dirty clothes with all the stealth of a high level shinobi and then changed his own yukata. He put the dirty clothes in his hamper and went back down the stairs.
Hajime was telling an embarrassing story about his son when Shurachi entered the kitchen again. He sat back down and smiled serenely at his guests when they turned to look at him. “I hope you’re still enjoying your meals.” They all agreed rather loudly, the jyônin afraid of what Shurachi was hiding under that serene smile and the genin wondering what had happened to Naruto and Sasuke.
They didn’t question him about his change of clothes or anything else though and instead finished the last of their desert. Apparently Haku had gotten it out sometime while Shurachi was upstairs. The rest of the dinner was fairly subdued and Shurachi escorted all of his guests to the door with an invitation to visit him again whenever they liked.
It was obvious that Sakura was worried for her teammates, but Kiba and Shino were able to calm whatever fears she’d had. Hinata also looked worried, and even managed to come out of her shell long enough to ask Shurachi to not be to hard on them. He reassured her that he wasn’t even mad anymore and told her that she was welcome to come by anytime she liked.
Then the house was empty save his pups and Hajime.
“I told you the brat was trouble.” Hajime murmured quietly once Kiba and Shino had gone up to Kiba’s room. Shurachi frowned warningly at him and moved to the kitchen to help Haku put away leftovers and dishes. “I’m serious Shura-chan, he’s only causing you problems.”
Pale lips pursed and Haku touched Shurachi’s shoulder in a calming gesture. “Hajime-san, perhaps you should take Shino home now. It’s getting late and the boys have training in the morning with Kurenai-san.” Haku said quietly, letting Shurachi take over the cleaning of the dishes for him.
Red eyes narrowed behind their sunglasses, but the Aburame nodded. “Perhaps you’re right Haku-san. I’ll see you later Shura-chan.” Shino entered the room as if on cue and followed his father out with a quiet goodbye to Shurachi and Haku.
Green eyes closed and a frustrated sound escaped the Inuzuka clan alpha. Haku, seemingly understanding what his lover needed, slipped in front of him and placed a soft kiss on his chapped lips. “Calm down Shurachi, he’s only worried. If I hadn’t gotten to know Naruto before I…found out about his tenant I would be too.”
Thin arms slid around Shurachi lithe form and squeezed gently. “I know, I just wish he hadn’t brought it up when he did.” The green eyes opened and stared down into Haku’s worried brown. “Do you mind going up to make sure Kiba’s alright?” Haku smiled and shook his head.
Kissing one last time, the pair parted and Shurachi dried his hands on a towel. He still had a pair of genin to talk to in his living room.
When he walked in, it was to a rather amusing scene. Naruto was sitting on one end of the room staring morosely at the carpet; Sasuke was on the other end of the room stealing little glances at Naruto and frowning unhappily out the window. Both of them looked up when Shurachi walked in however.
“I hope you both know why I’ve made you sit in here rather than rejoining the table.” They nodded and Shurachi sat down in a chair in front of the couch. He motioned for them to sit in front of him and waited until they’d settled before speaking again.
“I am incredibly disappointed in the both of you. I expected you both to act with a little more respect for myself and those dining in my home. I have half a mind to recommend that your team be taken out of the exams since neither of you seem mature enough to be chûnin.” He held up his hand as Sasuke moved to protest. “I won’t though. Now, explain to me why you thought you should dump ramen in Naruto’s lap.”
Sasuke frowned, but began to speak. “He was being annoying.” He grumbled and Shurachi raised an eyebrow.
“I wasn’t even doing anything to you! All I did all night was talk to Sakura and Shurachi-tousama!” Naruto protested. He quieted at Shurachi’s look and went back to meekly looking at the floor.
The Uchiha was scowling now. “You threw a bun at Kiba and asked Shino if he’d made the onigiri.”
Shurachi crossed his arms. “So Naruto was ignoring you and you got annoyed by this?” Sasuke flushed and refused to answer. A sigh made him look at the Inuzuka. “I want you apologize to Naruto, Sasuke-kun.” The apology was mumbled and came out in a round about way, but it was an apology. “Now I want you to apologize to Sasuke-kun for cussing at him Naruto.” The blond did so grudgingly.
“Alright. I’m still not happy with either of you, but it isn’t fair that you didn’t get to finish dinner. I’ll bring in some of the desert and then it’s time for Sasuke to go home and for Naruto to go to bed. I don’t want anything like this to ever happen again, do you here me? If it does then you’ll be getting more than a scolding. I shouldn’t even let you have any of the chocolate ice cream pudding pie I made.”
Both genin nodded and ate their pie in silence. Once they were done both Naruto and Shurachi saw Sasuke out the door and Shura had Sabishíi escort him home. Once the door was closed, Shurachi turned to Naruto. “I’m very disappointed Naruto. I know I taught you better than to react that way.”
Tears were starting to gather in Naruto’s eyes again, so Shurachi quickly scooped him into his arms and carried him back into the living room. He settled the blond on his lap and sighed quietly. “I understand that what he did was uncalled for and probably very shocking, but you’re a shinobi. You shouldn’t react so violently to something so childish.”
He hugged the genin to his chest to sighed again. “I love you, you’re one of my pups and I could never be angry at you. You don’t have to cry.” Naruto sniffled and cuddled closer.
“S-so it’s okay for m-me to call you tousama?” Naruto asked in a meek voice. Shurachi smiled brilliantly down at the boy.
“I would love it if you called me tousama, pup. I think it’s time for bed now though, you’ve certainly had a tiring few days.” Naruto nodded and let Shurachi carry him upstairs to Kiba’s bedroom. The extra futon was already laid out and Haku was helping to spread a blanket over it.
The two looked up when Kiba’s door opened and Haku smiled at his lover while Kiba grinned. “I thought he’d be staying! Hey, he’s wearing my pajamas!” Naruto stuck his tongue out at the Inuzuka and Shurachi let him wiggle out of his arms.
“You’re just jealous because they’re better looking on me!” The blue pajamas were rather large on Naruto.
The pair of older shinobi left the two genin to argue and made their way to Shurachi’s bedroom. As soon as the door was closed Haku pressed back against Shurachi’s chest. The Aburame automatically brought his hands to the ice shinobi’s hips.
“Let me help you relax Shura-koi.” Haku murmured huskily and Shurachi growled low in his chest.
It took little effort to slide Shurachi’s yukata and pants off then push down his underwear. It was even easier for Shurachi to slip Haku’s own yukata off. He was pleasantly surprised to see that Haku hadn’t worn anything under his own pair of pants.
“Were you planning this all along little Haku?” Shurachi murmured, his hands dragging slowly over the chill skin. Haku giggled lightly and slipped from his lovers grip.
He sauntered across the room and smirked kittenishly over his shoulder. “Planning? I wasn’t planning, I’m simply finishing what was interrupted this morning.”
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A dark gleam in green eyes made Haku shiver in excitement. The larger shinobi stalked forward, trapping his lover against the far wall. “Finishing it are you?” He purred and Sabishíi, who’d followed them in, quickly slipped out the slightly open door and closed it firmly behind himself. He certainly didn’t want to see them mating.
Neither shinobi noticed. Haku was to distracted by Shurachi’s mouth on his neck and Shurachi was a little caught up in the hand on his cock. A pale leg wrapped around his slightly darker hip and the Inuzuka supported it as the second leg came up. He adjusted his hold on the smaller shinobi and lifted his mouth to catch panting lips with his own.
They undulated against one another, letting off little moans and dragging furrows in Shurachi’s back with sharp nails. Then something stiff nudged Haku’s opening and they froze. Shurachi was visibly restraining himself, not wanting to hurt his sweet lover.
A whimper in Haku’s throat pricked a small crack in his resolve. “Shura, fuck me. I want you so bad.” He whined and tried to press his ass down on the stiff flesh. Shurachi wouldn’t allow him to though, and the ice user panted against his neck. He bit down hard when he was stopped again and yipped quietly into Shurachi’s ear. He’d quickly learned that canine sounds were more likely to get him what he wanted than pleading words.
It didn’t work this time though, and Shurachi pulled back from the wall. He kept Haku firmly wrapped around his waist however, and walked effortlessly to the futon. Lube was snatched out from under a pillow and employed in slicking his cock. He made a motion to cover his fingers, but Haku grabbed the tube and tossed it across the room.
“Now, please.” He whined and pressed up against Shurachi. “Don’t need that, just you.” He huffed and then gasp as Shura quickly pressed the head of his cock in. They didn’t still this time. Shurachi continued to steadily push in until his balls touched smooth skin.
Haku keened loudly, his back arching when the first stroke hit that spot inside of him that made him see stars. He writhed and clenched and scratched and bit. Shurachi couldn’t stop the growling in his chest or the little flashes of light in the corner of his eyes that seemed to grow with every push.
He could feel his magic rising, swirling around with his chakra and the strange chakra of his lover. He could feel the heightened pleasure his magic could give them. He had to finish soon, if they got any louder his pup would be traumatized. Plus, he wasn’t sure what his magic was trying to accomplish and he didn’t think he wanted to find out just yet.
Haku pushed back harshly and Shurachi felt his breath leave him in a gasp. His body tensed up and the walls surrounding him clenched tight. Haku cried out, but all he could manage was a vicious snarl as his orgasm was pulled form him. His magic retreated, feeling sulky if that made any sense at all.
Obviously it hadn’t had time to do as it liked. He could deal with that though, especially when Haku’s soft body cuddled into him with a satisfied mumble. They’d clean up in the morning, but for now he needed to sleep.
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Shurachi grinned as Haku’s quiet laughter filled the air. His lover was dressed in a pink kimono with his hair down, a basket of vegetables clasped in his hands. Shura, in stark contrast, had his hair up in it’s usual braided tail with black hakama and an open dark blue haori. The only thing covering his chest was some crisp white bandages, meant to hide his kikai holes.
He had several heavy looking bags slung over his shoulder, obviously taking them so his lover wouldn’t have to. Walking beside the pair, Sabishíi wagged his tail and barked out his happiness. It was a beautiful day, they could hear the village bustling beyond the high wooden fences, and they were done with the weeks shopping.
“He really did that? Dressed up like a member of a different clan every day?” Haku asked, a disbelieving smile on his face.
Nodding, Shurachi tilted his head to grin lopsidedly at Haku. “Yep. He’d even go so far as to borrow clothes from someone n the clan so he smelled like them. He was always trying to sneak up on us too!”
More laughter rang out. “That makes me almost glad I didn’t become a shinobi the normal way. I don’t know if I could have taken such an odd sensei!” Haku said, bumping his hips against Shurachi’s. The older man swayed a little to the side and brought his free hand up to tug on a lock of long black hair.
A scream filled the air and both shinobi stopped walking to listen to it, tense with anticipation. “I recognize that scream.” Shurachi murmured, then chuckled as another scream rang out, this one enraged. “Naruto has done something to piss off his kunoichi team mate again.” The Inuzuka shook his head.
Haku shot him a slightly worried look. “We should go make sure he’s okay Shurachi, Sakura-chan can hit pretty hard.” He didn’t wait for his lover to agree, going on ahead without him.
One blink, two; and Shurachi was hurrying after Haku, shouting for him to wait. He caught up as Haku was rounding a corner. His bandage wrapped arm shot out to grab the back of the smaller’s kimono. “He’s fine Haku, Sakura-chan won’t kill him if she manages to catch him.”
But Haku didn’t answer him. In fact, the ice user had gone very tense. Shurachi looked up to find what was causing him such distress and frowned when he saw two vaguely familiar people. The largest, and obviously male, of the two was holding the Hokage’s grandson up by the front of his shirt while Naruto, Sakura, and several other kids were trying to get him to put the child down.
Carefully letting the bags draped over his back swing around to his front, Shurachi set them down. “Haku, stay here. I’m going to be throwing the children to you if something happens, you can protect them more fully with your ice than I could with my kikai.” Haku bit his bottom lip, but nodded in agreement.
Shurachi took a deliberately noisy step forward and carefully remained relaxed when everyone’s attention turned to him. He put on a confused, slightly disapproving face before speaking. “Hey, what’s going on here?”
“Shurachi-tousama!” Naruto squeaked in reply, looking very much like he’d been caught doing something he shouldn’t have. “Me and Sakura-chan were playing with Konohamaru, Udon, and Moegi-chan when we ran into these guys.” He motioned toward the two unknown people.
Shurachi turned his eyes to them and noted, with a bit of relief, that they were from Suna. They were probably genin that had arrived early. “Your version of events please.” Shurachi said, stopping in between Naruto’s group and the sand genin.
The boy opened his mouth to answer, but the girl stepped on his foot. “This kid ran into Kankuro, we were just explaining to him that he should be more careful.”
Green eyes gazed skeptically at the pair. “I’m sure he gets the message. Why don’t you put Konohamaru-kun down so he can go play with his friends?”
It looked as though Kankuro was going to ignore his suggestion when a rock darted out of the trees and hit his hand dead on. Kankuro dropped Konohamaru, shaking his hand in pain. The Hokage’s grandson scrambled to his feet and rushed passed Shurachi to Naruto.
None of the shinobi noticed though, as their eyes were all fixed on Sasuke. “You should listen to Inuzuka-sama.” Sasuke said coolly, tossing another rock into the air and catching it. “He is one of our villages jyônin after all.”
Kankuro curled his lip “Oh look, another brat.”
“Kankuro!” The pair of genin from sand jerk to attention, an expression of fear taking over their features.
“G-Gaara! I was just…”
“You were just disgracing our village.” The red head said, dropping from his tree branch to the ground smoothly. He made his way slowly to the pair of genin, taking his place between them. “Shurachi-nii, I’m sorry for anything Kankuro might have done.”
Shurachi blinked, then a wide smile bloomed over his face. “Gaara-kun! You’re going into the exams as well?” The red head nodded and Shurachi grinned a little mischievously. “Well then, how about I get a proper greeting?” He moved forward to fast for any of them to see and enfolded Gaara in his arms.
The genin on either side of him seemed to be having heart attacks, but the sand merely rustled uneasily. “You’re looking much better than last time I saw you. Have you been taking care of yourself?” Gaara nodded again, a faint pink color dusted over his cheeks. “Who are your friends Gaara-kun?”
Shurachi stepped back so he could see the other two genin from sand. “These are my…siblings, Kankuro and Temari. We’re entering the exam as a team.” He motioned to each person as he said their names then crossed his arms. Murky green eyes scanned the people behind Shurachi, taking in their curious, if wary, faces.
“It’s nice to meet Gaara-kun’s siblings.” Shurachi said with a small, warm smile. “This is my pup, Naruto, and his team mate Sakura-chan. His other team mate, Sasuke, is the one who threw the rock.” He motioned toward the tree that Sasuke was still watching them from. “Why don’t you come have dinner with us tonight Gaara-kun?”
The red head didn’t even bother checking with his siblings, he simply nodded his agreement. “We have to go check in with our sensei Inuzuka-san, can we meet you by the gates so you can show us to your home?” Temari asked politely, taking a step forward. Gaara frowned at her, but didn’t protest so Shurachi nodded.
The trio from sand left. “I’ll you later Naruto, be good.” He pecked the boy on the forehead and moved to pick his sacks up before Haku could.
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Kankuro made a strangled noise as they entered their hotel room for the final time that night. “Did we just have dinner with one of Konohagakure’s infamous clan leaders?” He asked in a dazed sort of voice. His sister nodded, searching through her bag for pajamas. “Was his partner really a guy?” Another nod.
“And did Gaara really call him…nii-san?” This time Temari pause din her search and looked up with a slightly pained expression. Kankuro shook his head, ignoring the slight pain he felt himself. “That guy though, do you really think that he meant what he said? About us being his family because we were Gaara’s family?” Temari shrugged and left the room to change.
Kankuro looked at the empty bed that his brother would usually occupy, if only to meditate. Gaara had chosen to stay at Inuzuka house for a while longer than his two siblings had. “It would be nice….” Kankuro whispered, finally slipping into his own pajamas and starting to remove the thick paint on his face. “It would be nice if he still felt that way after our mission.” He sighed and slipped under his covers, putting our the lights in the room.
Temari would later stumble in with suspiciously bright eyes and raw red cheeks, grateful that her brother was already asleep.