All thoughts end the same
Naruto kneeled stunned. She had never kissed anyone besides Kakashi- Sasuke didn’t count- and she didn’t know how to react. Deciding against sitting like a statue or pushing him away she hesitantly placed her hand that was on his face in his hair.
Seeing it as permission he raised her onto his lap, never allowing their lips to leave each other. However Shisui was no Kakashi and had very little kissing experience, if any, and had to stop their kiss.
He opened his eyes and Naruto was sure he was seeing a bright red face with dishevelled hair from his running his hands through it. He looked no better, his spiky hair messier than it usually was and his cheeks were a bright pink.
“I’ve been dying to do that for a while now.” He confessed as he smoothed her hair with his fingers.
She however seemed to be tongue tied and unable to say a word. The most she could do was able to say was a bunch of sounds that varied from “Ba” to “Te”. She wasn’t even sure what it was she was trying to say.
Kurama was also making very interesting sounds varying from growls, laughs and comments all in one.
It reminded her of the first time she had been kissed by Kakashi but decided against thinking of that lest Shisui get very, very upset. Understandably so.
Once Shisui was happy with his work of her hair he stopped and left his hand to play with the small hairs on the back of her neck, “I suggest we get up… I doubt Kakashi would be too happy to see us like this in his home.”
Oh she was 98% sure he would be anything but happy. She imagined Kakashi as a storm. Calm at first but them all hell descends.
She got off his lap and stood, face pink as she moved to drink her tea. It had gotten cold due to having left it there but she needed something to go down her throat or she would never be able to talk.
She prayed Shikamaru never saw her like that or she would never be able to look her advisor in the eye ever again.
As she turned around to say something she felt a sudden spike of very familiar chakra. “Sorry Shisui. Somethings wrong, I’ve gotta go.” She leaned down and gave him a short peck before teleporting over to where he was.
The field was full of blood and loud voices, some yelling for help and others yelling for him to stop.
Deciding she would face the consequences later, she elongated one of her tils and wrapped it around the male in front of her and bought him over to her.
“You know… when you enter someone else’s village it’s highly impolite to try killing people.” She ignored the gasps, the wide eyes and the yelling of monsters.
She focused solely on Gaara. He was glaring, but at no one in particular. He was also breathing heavily and seemed to be in pain but she knew that wasn’t so, no one could penetrate his ultimate defence minus people at kage level power. Or, you know, people who drain all his chakra and threaten his people but they’re not his people, not yet at least.
“What’s wrong Gaara? It can’t be Shukaku, I’ve blocked him from bothering you…” she loosened her tail slightly to show she meant no harm.
Gaara’s sudden attack in the village was… unexpected. The seal should have prevented Shukaku from whispering in his head. But then again it might make sense if people started calling him a monster.
When she received no reply from him Temari came over, “Your village people called him a monster. It seems his reputation is known here and-”
Before she could finish her statement Naruto’s eyes began to turn red and the released Gaara, turning to the people she looked at them, “Would you like me to let the nine tails loose? I think everyone here had forgotten what a monster really behaves like. If I were in nine tails form you wouldn’t be calling me a monster, you’d be running. Don’t make me or Gaara angry. The wrath of a bijuu is not one Konoha would like to see again now is it?” she saw the fear in her people’s eyes as they all took steps back.
No doubt the old man would hear about this and then she would hear about this but didn’t care what he said. He wasn’t the one that had to watch his brother in arms fall into insanity by his own people. He didn’t have to listen to his people whisper in front of him and throw things at him. Naruto was the one who had to face that and she would be damned before the allowed Konoha to treat Gaara in a similar fashion.
“I will also point out that by accosting Gaara and his siblings, you could be causing another war. He is the son of the yondaime Kazekage and it would do you all good to apologise before I let him kill you.” She quirked a brow and whilst a few people looked around first, others bowed and apologised immediately.
To her shock the ANBU in the area did nothing and simply let things carry on. The ANBU were aware of the hardships she had gone through as a child since Kakashi, Itachi and Yugao had at some point protected her, however Yugao was her longest operative.
Everyone carried on what they had been doing before accosting Gaara so she turned to them, gave a wave and said she would meet them later for the announcement of the next round before using the hiraishin back to Kakashi’s apartment.
The sight she entered in on was… intriguing yet not completely unexpected. Kakashi and Shisui were glaring at each other after having finished having an argument which they both ceased as soon as she entered.
Cocking a brow she regarded them both, “I think the two of you should just… fight out your pent up frustrations. I’ll help. I’m going to send you both to the valley of end and there you can fight to your hearts content. I’ll return in the evening with dinner and see if you’re done. I doubt you’ll be able to get along civilly till then.”
Both males blinked at her and gave unsure nods. “What makes you think that’d sort anything out?” asked Shisui. He had never been one to favour violence similar to Itachi, however unlike Itachi he had played a part during the third war and knew when violence was necessary.
Kakashi on the other hand played a major role in the war, violence had costed him his friend who later turned into a psychopath, and his other friend, who he killed. Thinking that both of these two had fought during the war and what roles they played set a cold stone of dread and guilt.
Guilt. Her birth had come with the price of her father, their yondaime hokage.
She cleared her throat and forced herself to continue, “You’re both frustrated. In my experience there’s only two ways to get rid of frustrations.” She raised a finger as she continued, “One is to have sex till you’re frustrations are mostly gone and then start blabbing about all your problems. The other is fighting. I prefer both but have been publically known to do the second a lot more. Take Sasuke and me, we fight like cat and dog.” She explained hoping her explanation was good enough for them to understand.
She had never been good at explaining, even to Konohamaru who she had made her apprentice. In fact, when it came to talking to the genin and other shinobi, she left the explanations to Shikamaru who would explain her explanation.
She assumed her explanation was good enough as both males nodded their heads before taking seats on either side of the sofa, a clear indication she was supposed to sit in the middle yet she instead chose to go into the kitchen and prepare them some food.
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Sasuke wasn’t aware where he was going, only knowing he had to get away from where he could see them.
Away from Naruto.
Away from Kakashi.
And away from Sakura.
All of them… were confusing him. He wasn’t sure what he was supposed to do. Naruto was with both his cousin and their sensei. He couldn’t make two sense out of it. He had no idea how long it had been going on for, she had always been able to tell him things she kept from other people yet this… she kept to herself like she kept being a jinchuriki from him.
Now that he thought about it, it made sense. Kakashi and Naruto always got along a lot better than Kakashi did with others. Sasuke had seen him interact with others with indifference yet he noticed Naruto.
The way the two of them interacted with each other made more sense, like when Kakashi stayed behind with Naruto whilst Sakura and himself had gone for some training with Shisui back in Suna.
Naruto also. She spent a lot of time outside her apartment and now that he thought about it, he thought she was at Kakashi’s place. The thought made his blood boil. Kakashi was thirteen years her senior, he should have known better than to sleep with the girl his cousin was supposed to marry.
Then there was Shisui, he couldn’t even fathom what Shisui’s reaction would be. Shisui had been in love with Naruto, as far as Sasuke knew, and he had been headstrong with his declarations that Naruto would be his bride. Seeing Kakashi with Naruto would most likely break his heart.
It was then that Kakashi words came to mind, Kaksahi had stated Naruto would not choose between them, that she loved both of them. He couls perhaps see that, however Kakashi and Shisui both don’t seem like the type of person’s to share their lover. Kakashi may read hentai all day, but he had once preached to Sakura and himself about how you shouldn’t sleep around and be in a relationship with the person you at least like.
They had been more heartfelt than Sasuke had been prepared for which once again led to another person.
Sakura.
Ever since Naruto had ranted off to the pink haired girl she had acted a lot more tolerable and he didn’t mind her presence, but that didn’t mean he liked her being around him for so long. He accepted the fact they were teammates and had to work together and in his book that was improvement.
Sakura had been acting more and more like a kunoichi and whilst he admitted she was acting like a proper candidate for him, he wasn’t able to accept her like that. To Sasuke she was like that one cousin he had come over to his house that he liked but irritated him to no ends.
The past few months she had shown less and less interest in him and he had assumed it was because her crush on him had ended however he had overheard her conversation with Ino before the second exam, she still liked him.
That left him with one job he could actually do, tell Sakura he couldn’t be with her… gently.
That would be the hard part, and he had to make sure it was gently since she hadn’t been a nuisance as of late and she was actually being considerate of Naruto.
He was jolted out of his musing when he bumped into something.
A tree. He hoped no one was looking or he would never hear the end of it.
A citizen of the village hidden in the leaves had bumped into a tree. The irony.
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Sakura was at home with her family eating whatever it was her mother had made absent-mindedly.
The news Kakashi-sensei had given them earlier still fresh in her mind however she doubted she was having the same turmoil as Sasuke.
Where he was most likely focusing on Naruto choosing sensei over his cousin she was focused solely on what Kakashi sensei had said, and the way Naruto had been acting.
If she looked back hard enough, the actions of their sensei and Naruto became a lot more understandable. Naruto liked to spend a lot of time doing her own thing and sensei never berated her, although it wasn’t as if Naruto wasn’t making progress because she was.
Naruto also knew a lot about sensei that both Sasuke and her combined knew. She acted more… familiar with sensei as well, more so than she did with Sasuke.
She was trying to pinpoint a time when Naruto and Kakashi sensei’s relationship went past student and teacher to lovers. Her best bet was when they had gone to Suna and Shisui had appeared. Kakashi sensei had been apprehensive of the Uchiha but now that she looked back it was most likely jealousy that made him act that way.
There was also the way he would react whenever Shisui was mentioned by either Naruto or Sasuke, he would scowl and Sakura was sure he would burn a page in his Icha Icha with his eyes if it was possible. His posture would also stiffen and he acted on edge whilst glancing often at Naruto, as if Shisui would appear magically and take the blonde away.
She debated on what she should do and decided on the best course of action. She would watch them all. It was like her own personal soap opera and she was a member than wasn’t shown often that would have a few episodes of screen-time.
That thought made her humour go away. The main characters friend usually had drama that would always end badly. She had sorted out her problems with her work, and dedicated herself to the kunoichi arts, specifically focusing on inryo ninjutsu. The only thing drama could hit her on was her none existent love life, however she was adamant that that wouldn’t ruin her. If anything went wrong there then she would only allow it to make herself stronger.
Or at least she hoped.
Once lunch was over she went into her bedroom when another thought came to mind. Kakashi sensei had stated that Naruto had chosen both males to be her partners but that left the question on who she would marry. Shisui was proclaimed dead and Kakashi was 13 years her senior and no doubt they would be looked at with scorn.
Then again Shisu Uchiha was proclaimed DEAD so there was also that to deal with. She couldn’t wait to see what Naruto and the others would do to Danzo for everything he had done. However, she still didn’t know what he had done minus what Shisui had told them. Naruto, Shisui and sensei liked to call him a war hawk and other names yet the other two members of team 7 were left in the dark in regards to what bad things he had actually done.
Another matter that had been causing her head to spin was the sandaime. He had clearly been to Kakashi sensei’s apartment earlier in regards to what had happened at the tower so he had to know what was going on between Naruto and Kakashi sensei yet as far as she knew, he hadn’t done anything about it, which led her to wonder why.
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Sarutobi sat behind his desk, his face contorted between a pout and a scowl. He had received a scroll from the children of the yondaime kazekage which had been passed on from the man himself stating Team 7 had asked for a new treaty to be made between the two nations in a way that would benefit both parties equally. The way to maintaining this treaty was in the children of the yondaime, both hokage and kazekage.
Gaara no Subaku and Naruto Uzumaki seemed to get along very well, in fact their holiday to Suna seemed to be based solely on fixing the seal of Shukaku’s jinchuriki.
He was unsure whether or not to berate them and if he did, unsure who to berate. The idea had most likely been Naruto’s however Kakashi should have known better than to go along with something like this without first meeting with his hokage, even if he was involved with Naruto.
The terms of the agreement were simple enough that Hiruzen should have no problem having the counsel agree with them but he was certain members would still be against it due to the two jinchruiki.
The other mater that needed to be attended to was Kakashi and his liaison with each other. He would have to inform the counsel and he was sure it would blow up in his face. He was also certain Konharu would demand to see them both and the talk with them, especially due to the age gap.
The thought of Naruto being with anyone after having lost Shisui was lost on his however the thought of Kakashi being with anyone period was not even in his capacity on understanding.
He had been engrossed in his career and Icha Icha with a fictional girlfriend for so long he was certain Kakashi would never settle down as did several men and women. In fact Might Gai often came and discussed Kakashi’s lack of a sexual life to him and Hiruzen had to admit it was quite odd.
However it was not his place to judge, no matter how much he would rather strangle Kakashi than allow him to be with his little ball of sunshine. The sooner he accepted it, the sooner the rest of the counsel and thereby the rest of Konoha would also accept it.