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Illusion and Dream
By : djserani
Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male
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Showered and dressed, they both needed food. Kotetsu locked the door on their way out and they turned to head down to the dining room. Izumo reached out, taking his hand as they started down the stairs and Kotetsu glanced over at his friend. They hadn't held hands in the inn before, usually only when they got to the street. Izumo didn't look at him nor did he look upset so Kotetsu just let it go.

They still hadn't spoken out loud since Izumo went for his shower. Their silent communication served to decide on food before anything else and that the dining room would be quite sufficient for their meal. Outside of that, they hadn't said a thing.

Izumo had come out of the shower, towel around his neck, not his waist, and Kotetsu had had to fight hard to keep from staring. He was pretty sure he failed miserably. As casually as if they were always naked around each other -- and once upon a time they were, but certainly not recently -- Izumo grabbed the clean clothes that had just been delivered and started to get dressed. It was the questioning look that Izumo shot him that got him moving.

When he came out of his own shower -- having spent most of it in complete confusion, his own towel was in his hand, being rubbed over his hair. His clothes had been laid on the bed, the room tidied and Izumo was sitting at the little table, going over their notes. His friend had looked up at him when he came out and the heavy-lidded gaze had passed over Kotetsu's body again. Tetsu's cock had twitched at it and Izumo's lips curled slightly at the sight. He'd felt the heat coil at that look and dressed quickly, lest he end up seriously aroused by the whole damned thing. It'd taken forever to calm down in the first place.

They headed down the stairs and Kotetsu couldn't help but notice that Izumo seemed to be walking closer to him than he had before. It could have been his imagination, but he didn't think so. Whether he was or it was in his head, he certainly wasn't about to fight it. He liked having Izumo that close way too much.

They took the same small square table in the corner they'd been at the day before, letting go of each other's hands just long enough to sit next to each other. Unlike the day before, as soon as they were settled, without a word, Izumo took his hand again and turned to the menu. Kotetsu started at him a moment, then turned to consider his own choices.

They spent most of the meal in silence, both lost in their own thoughts. It wasn't an uncomfortable silence, thankfully. In fact, it felt a lot like it had back before things had started to get to Kotetsu, back when they were still just friends having lunch at Ichiraku's or something.

As the meal wound down, Izumo sighed. "We need to try to find another way into that lower level."

Kotetsu nodded. "Yeah. It's got to be in the one section we haven't thoroughly checked out yet."

"Near the guard house." Izumo said, frowning. "Only other thing over there that I know of is the Daimyou's personal house, which surprised me with how small it is, and..." he paused and snickered, "And the marriage office."

Kotetsu chuckled. "Yeah. Which is the only reasonable excuse I can come up with for being on that side of the grounds."

Izumo shrugged. "Well, if it has to be, then we'll say that's where we were going."

Kotetsu glanced up at him. "What if the guards or whoever wait for us to go in there? If that woman sees us come back in, she's going to assume we're ready to get married."

Izumo smirked. "Are you afraid to marry me or something?"

Kotetsu chuckled, recognizing the effort to keep it light, but he couldn't resist baiting the other man. "I can handle you, babe. I'm not sure you could stand being married to me."

Izumo laughed and leaned over the table to him. "Oh, I can handle you. In fact, I have been for..." he paused to think, "almost thirty years?" He phrased it like a question, eyebrow raised and Kotetsu couldn't resist laughing.

"Handle me, indeed," Kotetsu agreed with a smirk because he had to agree that the one who seemed to get them out of trouble more than in was Izumo. The one who'd always kept them on track was Izumo. Yeah, his friend had been 'handling' him for years.

Izumo chuckled. "I think you're just afraid you won't be able to handle me in bed."

Kotetsu's eyebrows shot up. "Who had who begging this morning?" He asked, his grin turning wicked. "Oh, right, that was you begging me, wasn't it... baby?" He lowered his voice on the last word, assuming that same liquid sex tone and Izumo shivered.

The brown eye heated then and Kotetsu had a brief moment to be very afraid. Then Izumo's lips were on him, one hand was fisted in his spikes and his friend was kissing him. Kissing him with more heat, more emotion, more everything than he ever had before.

And Kotetsu nearly went insane. His brain completely deserted him in that moment. His arms went around the other man, he nearly pulled his friend across the table and he kissed back with all he was worth. Tongues battled, teeth bit and lips nipped. There was a quiet groan and then Izumo pulled back, sat back and casually picked up his chopsticks, returning to his meal.

Kotetsu started dumbly at his friend for a full minute. He shook his head hard to clear it. "How the hell did you do that?"

Izumo grinned. "Just don't ever forget, my dear Kotetsu, that while you may know how to drive me crazy. I can do the same to you."

"Duly noted," he said, staring at the remnants of his food. "What were we talking about?"

Izumo laughed. "Getting married."

Kotetsu blinked at him until memory finally returned. "Oh. Right. Marriage office. Investigation. Well, um..." he paused and shook his head again. "We'll just hope that we don't find ourselves having to go into the office."

"Um hm." Izumo said, somewhat non-commitally, taking another bite of his fish. Kotetsu raised an eyebrow, but his friend didn't say anything more.

When they'd finished their food a short time later and taken care of the check, they wandered out to the street. They still had plenty of time to check out the daimyou's grounds before the offices would close for the day. So, they turned down the street toward the large main thoroughfare that led to the headquarters.

"Ugh, it's hot today. I need some tea or something," Izumo grumbled, making a face. He pointed to one of the vendor booths along the street. "There, let's get something to drink."

Kotetsu nodded and they stopped to purchase a bottle for each other. Kotetsu handed Izumo's bottle to him, but his friend wasn't paying attention at first. His eyes were moving over the crowd, taking in the details as he was so prone to do. Then his lips spread into a smile. "Stay here, I'll be right back," he said, dropping a kiss on Kotetsu's cheek and disappearing into the crowd.

Kotetsu blinked after him, then looked at the merchant and shrugged his shoulders. He glanced around at the nearby booths and his eye caught something in the next one over. He stepped up to the counter and peered through the glass on the top of the case.

He argued with himself over it for a few minutes and would probably never be able to explain exactly why he did what he did just then. If he were put on the spot, he'd claim temporary insanity.

He was, after all, a candidate for the psych ward over this mission, anyway.

He was just finishing up paying for them when a stick of dango was pushed in front of his face. He grinned, snatched the stick out of his friend's hand and spun around, planting a firm kiss on the other man's lips. "Oh my god, I love you," he said without thinking and popped one small sweet ball into his mouth with a moan.

Izumo laughed. "All this time, all I had to do was buy you dango?" He asked, shaking his head.

"I didn't need dango to fall in love with you, babe," Kotetsu returned when he finished chewing and dropped a kiss on Izumo's lips. Izumo snorted.

The merchant behind the counter laughed and Kotetsu held up a finger to his lips. The jeweler nodded and grinned, then waved as they turned away. Kotetsu returned the wave and grinned over at his friend.

"What was that about?" Izumo asked, taking another bite.

"Nothing." Kotetsu said between bites of his dumplings. "Shall we head to the headquarters?"

Izumo raised an eyebrow at him, but let it go. They turned together and started walking, trying to stay close through the crowd. They'd figured out that Kouyou sat at a crossroads of sorts in River Country. There were two main roads that intersected right there, one that ran north and south and one that ran east and west. So, not only was the city a major port on the largest river in the country, it was the main stop for travel. All in all, it was no wonder it was so crowded.

Izumo gave up, popped the last piece of dango into his mouth and threw the stick away so he could hold onto Kotetsu. Tetsu glanced over at him and simply wrapped an arm around his shoulders, having just finished his own treat. "You okay?" Tetsu asked in his ear and he nodded.

"Yeah, just busy. Don't want to lose you." Izumo said, glancing over at his friend.

Kotetsu chuckled. "With these spikes? I may be short, but you can still pick me out of a crowd."

Izumo laughed. "True. Another reason undercover is so not you. And really, there's nothing wrong with being short."

"Easy for you to say," Kotetsu countered, "you're a full two centimeters taller than me."

"Yes, but you look taller because of your hair."

"Well, if you didn't wear yours so flat..." Kotetsu teased and Izumo reached down and smacked his friend's butt. "Oooo!"

Izumo laughed. "It would figure you'd be kinky like that."

"Only if it's you, babe, only if it's you," Kotetsu said in his ear and nipped at the lobe.

Izumo laughed again and shook his head, elbowing the other man. "We're here now, keep your lips to yourself," he said, pointing across the street to the gates.

"All the more reason to do it. We have to make it believable." Kotetsu effected a pout.

Izumo sighed. "Mission, Tetsu, concentrate on the mission."

"I am." Kotetsu grinned leeringly. "They'll have to believe we're really lovers if I won't keep my hands off of you."

"And you'll drive me crazy." Izumo growled. "And I promise you, you'll regret it."

"Oh? How's that?" Kotetsu challenged as they crossed the street.

Izumo grinned, considering him a moment then pushed him against the wall just inside the gates and leaned into his friend's ear. "I'll tie you to a chair and get you so hard, so worked up, that you can't think straight. You'll be so aroused that you can't speak. I'll lick and suck on every bit of you until you're begging wordlessly -- crying, even, to come." Kotetsu whimpered, but Izumo wasn't done. "And if that's not bad enough, I'll finger myself and jack myself off, right in front of you. And I'll make it vocal. I'll be loud when I call your name during my orgasm. And then I'll leave you sit."

Kotetsu blinked at his friend. "You're cruel."

"Mission, Tetsu. Concentrate." Izumo turned from his friend, downed a bit of his tea and looked around. "Gardens in the back," he said and started around the building.

Kotetsu stared briefly at his friend's back, then surreptitiously adjusted himself before following.

He caught up to Izumo just as they rounded the building. They'd been through some of the gardens before, but this time, they made sure to follow the paths to the end. Unfortunately, most of them simply stopped at the stream. A few did cross over only to curve back in on themselves.

They paused under a Sakura tree on the other end of the garden to consider the rest of the grounds. The last set of paths led over to the daimyou's personal house, which was gated off from the rest of the compound. They could see the entrance from their spot under the tree. There were guards every few meters, and large metal gates in the fence that were locked. As far as they could see, there were no other entrances except for that one.

"There's a guard over there that's taken interest in us." Kotetsu murmured in Izumo's ear.

"Hrm. Dammit, we can't leave yet, we need to try to get over to that side."

"I don't think we'll be able to, not during the day, at least," Kotetsu said, glancing around. He slid his arms around Izumo and leaned into his ear. "Put your arms around me, the guard is watching us even closer."

"Okay," Izumo did as he was bid and fought the urge to glance around. "Should we just go?"

"Not yet, he might get bored if he thinks we're just here to enjoy the garden."

"Mmm." Izumo answered, then turned his face in to Tetsu's neck. He didn't know what made him do it, except that it was right there. He took a deep breath, as Tetsu's scent filtered in and he found himself dropping kisses along the skin. "You smell good," he whispered then blinked. He hadn't meant to say that out loud, it just slipped out. He was convinced he was going crazy. That this mission was driving him crazy. He'd been saying things all day that he hadn't meant to let escape.

Ever since he'd awakened with Tetsu's lips and hands on him.

"Not as good as you do," Kotetsu answered and pulled back to look at his friend. He cupped one of Izumo's cheeks then leaned in, brushing his lips across the other man's. The brown eye slid closed and he returned the kiss, lost to the feel of his best friend.

When they broke apart, their eyes met, questions in both gazes. Kotetsu glanced over to the guard and back. "He's still watching us." He looked around and backed up until he was leaning against the tree.

"We might just have to go." Izumo frowned. "We do have to come back tonight, anyway."

"Yeah, but it's a lot easier to see during the day."

"True." Izumo sighed. "But what do we do?"

Kotetsu smirked. "You know, I think it's because he's checking you out, Zumo."

Izumo snorted. "You're kidding."

Kotetsu shook his head. "Nope, he's not that far away and I'm quite sure his eyes are right on your ass." So saying, Kotetsu's hand slid down over Izumo's back to cup that very body part. "I know. I'll just have to pretend to propose. That'll get him to look away. At least, that is, if you pretend to agree."

"Propose?" Izumo asked, eyebrows going up.

"Yeah. I mean, the look he's giving you says he thinks that you're just going to push me away." Kotetsu snickered. "Or, at least, that you might finish with me and go over to him."

Izumo shook his head. "How do you pretend to propose?"

"Oh, I look at you," he said, his eyes meeting Zumo's again. "And, you know, I'd say something like," assumed a thoughtful expression. "What is it you're supposed to say?"

" 'Will you marry me?' " Izumo suggested.

"Hey, I'm the one asking here, not you. Hush," Kotetsu protested.

Izumo laughed. "There's a flaw in your plan."

"Oh? And what's that?" Kotetsu asked, eyebrow raising.

"Well, you could be asking me anything. He doesn't know your proposing." He shrugged.

"Ohhh. That's a good point." Kotetsu said, nodding. "How can I fix that?" He asked, to no one in particular.

Izumo raised his eyebrows and waited, trying very hard to keep a straight face.

Then Kotetsu let go of his ass to reach into his pocket. "I could pull these out and offer you one," he said, his voice dropping. He held up a white gold wedding band.

Izumo stared at him in shock. His eyes dropped to the ring Tetsu was holding out then up to his face again. "Tetsu?"

"You have to accept or he's going to think he's got a chance with you," Kotetsu said. He was a nervous wreck, which was ridiculous. He wasn't really proposing. It was just for cover. Just for the mission.

Izumo blinked at him, then down at the ring again before clearing his throat. "I thought you were the one that was supposed to put it on my finger," he whispered.

Kotetsu grinned. "Not until you say yes."

Izumo managed a chuckle. "Oh, I see. I have to say 'yes' then you put it on my finger."

"Yes, that's how it works," Kotetsu said, nodding.

"Hmm. But what if I think he's cuter than you?" Izumo asked, desperate to put it back on a lighter, more sane note.

"Oh, well, then, I'll just have to toss you over my shoulder and carry you into the office over there and not give you a choice," Kotetsu answered, grinning.

"How neanderthal." Izumo snorted. "Well," he sighed, "I suppose I've kept the poor man in suspense long enough." He held his right hand up. "Yes."

Kotetsu's grin widened. "Yes!" He shouted and pushed the ring onto Izumo's finger.

Izumo rolled his eyes. "You'd think it was real," he said, shaking his head.

"Hey, as far as he's concerned it is. I have to play my part," Kotetsu reminded him.

"Well, then, you better give me yours, so we do it right." Izumo held out his hand and Kotetsu dropped the matching band into his palm.

Izumo stared at it briefly, his nerves getting the better of him. He cleared his throat as Tetsu held up his hand, though and forced them down. It was just their cover, just for the mission. He repeated those two lines in his head over and over.

Why didn't he really believe them?

"So, now I get a kiss, right?" Kotetsu asked.

Izumo rolled his eyes again. "Playing this up a bit, aren't you?"

Kotetsu smirked. "Of course not! It's what any couple would do."

Izumo sighed. "Right, you're right." He laughed, then, at the grin on his friends face and leaned in.

But the kiss didn't feel pretend. It didn't feel like something either of them was doing for their cover. Didn't feel like just part of the mission. As their tongues danced and lips nibbled, it felt a lot more like they really were sealing some kind of promise and when they broke apart, they stared at each other for long moments, not speaking.

Izumo's eyes caught the glint of metal and he stared at it for a moment. It felt foreign and a little heavy, a reminder that it very much wasn't real. Tetsu hadn't actually proposed, he hadn't really agreed to marry the man and he wasn't keeping the ring.

He wondered why that thought bothered him so much.

They looked at each other again, neither saying anything for another long moment. There was something there, in both the brown and dark gazes. Something unsaid that was screaming to get out, but that neither would release.

Instead, Tetsu leaned forward and kissed him again, this one soft and gentle. His eyes closed as he returned it and when it ended, Kotetsu wrapped him more tightly in those strong arms. When he could reasonably speak without his voice shaking, he whispered, "is he still watching?"

He felt the deep breath, felt Tetsu look around. "No, he's turned back to the house. We can probably take a stroll through the gardens -- try to get a little closer to the house without drawing too much attention."

Izumo nodded and stepped back. They turned together and Kotetsu wrapped an arm around Izumo's shoulders. Izumo put his around Tetsu's back and they started walking along the paths.

They didn't get very far -- just close enough to see the huge spikes on the top of the fence -- without the guards who normally wore bored expressions to suddenly look much sharper. They turned around again and were heading back around, having communicated in their silent way that they'd just come back that night when one of the guards called out to them. "Excuse me."

They turned to him, glancing at each other. "Yes?" Kotetsu asked.

"Are you looking for something in particular?" The guard asked them. He wore the headquarters uniform, like those over at the main building. Kotetsu played with the ring on Izumo's finger and Zumo figured out that it was the guard that had been watching earlier.

"Uh, well," he glanced at Izumo who blushed but nodded. "We were just enjoying the gardens before we went over to the office over there," he said, pointing to the door to the marriage office.

"Oh," the guard said and Izumo could have sworn he looked disappointed. He leaned a little closer to Kotetsu when the guard's eyes moved over his body. Under normal circumstances, he'd have hauled off and punched someone for a look like that, but they didn't need to let the guards know just what Izumo was capable of, so he held onto his patience carefully. "Well, have a nice day, then," he said, glancing from Izumo to Kotetsu and back again. The look in the guard's eyes was enough to make Izumo grind his teeth. They very clearly said if you want to lose the clown, I'd be interested.

His hand gripped Tetsu's harder and he fought to keep from telling the guy to bug the hell off. He wanted to tell the guard just how hot and sexy Kotetsu was. He wanted to flaunt just how good Tetsu was with his hands and lips. He had the insane urge to tell the guy that he was in love with his best friend and wouldn't possibly think of leaving Tetsu.

And as soon as that last thought popped into his mind, his eyes flew up to Kotetsu as if his friend could actually hear it. He shook himself mentally, shoving the thought to the back of his mind to worry about later. Then he squeezed Tetsu's hand again in a not quite subtle reminder that they needed to go.

"Thank you," Kotetsu managed and Izumo heard the anger in Tetsu's voice. The two of them turned away and when they got about half way across the garden, Tetsu leaned in to Zumo's ear. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing, I'm fine," Izumo insisted. "Just pissed at that guy."

"Yeah, I saw it. I wanted to punch him for looking at you like that." Izumo glanced over to see Tetsu's jaw clenched and the muscles in it jumping.

He fought the grin. "Worry not dear, I won't leave you for him."

Kotetsu chuckled, though it was still a little forced. "Good to know." He stopped walking for a moment and glanced over to where the guard was, still watching them. He turned back and without preamble, pulled Izumo back up against him and crushed his lips to the other man's.

Izumo's eyes slid shut and he couldn't have stopped the moan. The kiss was hard and possessive and for reasons he would never be able to explain, that felt really good. He returned the kiss, opening his mouth to Tetsu's invading tongue, and his arms came around his friend, gripping the back of the other man's shirt in his fists.

When they broke apart, Izumo's lips looked and felt a little bruised and he felt... branded. Almost like Kotetsu had just claimed him. He stared at his friend, more than a little stunned at the kiss, but he couldn't find himself angry at that. Instead, his lips spread in a shaky smile.

Tetsu looked over and the guard had turned away to talk to someone else. Kotetsu smirked and pivoted on his heel to walk back down the sidewalk. He glanced once more over his shoulder and the guard who'd stopped them and two others were still keeping an eye on them.

Kotetsu sighed and continued their walk. One more look as they approached the building again told him that they were still being scrutinized. Well, there was nothing for it. He tightened his hand on Izumo's and turned the knob.

"Oh you're back! I'm so excited! Do I get to marry you now?" Karai clapped her hands and bounced on the balls of her feet.

Izumo and Kotetsu glanced at each other and swallowed. Oh boy...
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