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The Blessed Realm	By : susanna Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male > Naruto/Sasuke Views: 1746 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 3
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Chapter
Forty-Two: What about you, Naruto?

Naruto
did not kill children, but he wanted to hold responsible someone for
all these new, troubling developments. The two lesbian mothers had
explained to him that no one became gay from looking at pictures of
naked men, which had made sense to him as he had not turned gay from
it either; still he wanted to direct his anger at someone, and he
decided for the shop that had sold the offensive item to Juugo.

“What
kind of shop is allowed to sell pornographic material to kids?”
he asked. “In Konoha, people still know what's appropriate.”

“Yeah,
they've tightened the rules for censorship now”, one of the
women replied, showing him an article from Saturday's newspaper. “And
not for those with erotic content.”

Naruto
was silent. Praising Konoha was difficult with Danzou in power.

“What
did the photos show?” the other woman asked. “Just naked
men or were they making out?”

“Just
naked men. Only one man per picture.”

“You
can get that kind of stuff at every bookshop. Gay men and straight
women will buy it.”

“But
not twelve-year-old boys.”

“Weren't
you interested in it when you were twelve?”

“I
preferred pictures of naked women”, he said. “But I was
not allowed to buy anything.” He had to do research for his
Erotic no Jutsu, he remembered. Teasing the grown-up men had been
fun, even though he had difficulties to understand their reaction.

“It's
not restricted material”, the first woman said. “Anyone
is allowed to buy it. You don't think that Juugo will take any
serious damage from seeing pictures of naked men?”

Naruto
had to admit that he did not. Still he was not content, and he
managed to make Juugo tell him where he had bought the calendar: At a
shop quite near to his own place, a shop that had specialized on
stuff needed by gay men.

Naruto
decided to seek it out. He'd ask them what they had been thinking,
allowing an underage boy to enter their shop. He had no idea what
else they sold but he was sure that it was worse than some bookmark
calendars. He would not tell Sasuke, of course.

There
was also another matter he could not put off any longer: Talking to
the prospective author of Jiraiya's biography. On Sunday when they
had lunch with Juugo's new family Karin had been present too, and he
had asked her to join him on that visit as he suspected that she was
more skilled at talking and negotiating with a professional author.
(Jiraiya did not count as a professional author, even though he had
probably made more money with his novels than the woman they were
going to meet: In Naruto's eyes, he was still mainly a ninja.) He had
also finally decided to buy clothes that would allow him to better
blend in with the locals than his orange fight suit, and asked Karin
to join him for this too.

Sasuke,
whom he had only told about the interview, also reminded him that he
should suggest a new edition of the Gutsy Ninja. He had been worried
about Naruto these last weeks, worried about his aimlessness and the
fact that apparently he did not spend any time planning their
revenge. (He, Sasuke was not without aim. He wanted to learn to
dance, so that they might win that tournament, he wanted to learn
about the customs of Music Town, and he wanted to seduce Naruto,
though he was rather pessimistic about it with Naruto not showing any
signs that he might reconsider being straight.)

Naruto
thanked Sasuke for the suggestion and left, telling him they'd see
each other for dancing. He had two hours before he would meet with
Karin and Jiraiya's prospective biographer: He'd use the time to
visit the store where Juugo had bought the calendar. It was located
on the margins of the center of town, not where the shiny shops were
but in a side street in an old, not very well preserved building. It
was part of a community center too, but not a municipal one like the
one where the dance classes took place: This one was a community
center particularly for gay people, run by a private initiative. It
housed the shop that sold pictures of naked men, an AIDS initiative,
a counselling group for teenagers who needed support with their
coming out, a group of parents of homosexual sons or daughters, and a
cafe that looked as if it was led by amateurs: Much shabbier than the
one he and Sasuke worked in, but it contained a large red sofa.
Naruto could well imagine the guys sitting on it and making out.

The
cafe was still closed, but the shop was not. It also had an
amateurish appearance, and judging from the number of flyers and
leaflets on the walls, it was more a place to exchange information
than to actually sell things. It looked empty: People seemed very
trusting.

Naruto
looked around: There was indeed a large section of calendars of naked
men. They came in all sizes, from tiny ones that fitted into a purse
to large wall calendars. There were also posters and postcards, and
also notebooks with two men kissing each other on the cover. The
pictures came in varying degrees of obscenity, and the calendar Juugo
had bought was actually among the more decent ones. Naruto went
through a couple of calendars: sometimes his eyes caught a picture he
liked – always one of the less explicit, more aesthetic ones,
and always the guy looked a bit like Sasuke. Others confused or
simply disturbed him.

He
put them away and had a look at the rest of the shop. There was an
area where they sold condoms as they had on Gay Pride Day. There were
coloured and flavoured ones and some had weird shapes. There was also
a second room, separated with a rope from the rest of the shop:
Leather section, no entry for persons under eighteen. Naruto tried to
take a look inside, but it was a backroom with no windows and the
lights were switched off.

He
looked further around: There was a large section of books and
magazines. Some of the magazines seemed to contain mostly pictures of
naked men but there were also others, printed on plain paper, with
articles on questions that particularly concerned gay people, often
with announcements of cultural events. Naruto found a special issue
about queer movements in the ninja countries and took it from the
rack to have a look inside: It contained pictures of good looking
guys too (though all of them were fully dressed), but mostly it
consisted of text: Articles about each of the five major Ninja
Countries, another article about the first Gay Pride Parade in
Amegakure, a rather small one that had ended in violence, and an
article about the situation in the ninja villages themselves. Naruto
searched for the last one:

In
the Ninja Countries, with their sole appreciation of strength and
power and with their demand on shinobi to consider themselves rather
as members of their village and their clan than individuals,
including the duty to father or mother children to pass on the
family's techniques, the pressure on homosexuals to conceal their
sexual orientation is high. Nonetheless there is no reason to assume
that among ninjas the percentage of homosexuals is lower than among
the general population.

Naruto
considered buying the item. He kept it in his hands while he further
explored the book section. Mostly it contained erotic romances like
Icha-Icha, only for gay men, but there was also some serious
literature. There were also advice books: Some on coming out and
getting along with one's more or less homophobic family, friends and
colleagues, and books on gay sex. Naruto had a look into some of the
latter: Now these contained truly pornographic images, but also
anatomical drawings and advice about how to have anal sex. Naruto
found it weird and fascinating at the same time.

He
returned the book into the shelf and turned to the DVD rental
section. The first items that met his eye were recordings of the
European Song Contest (whatever that was), but on a closer look he
discovered the same spectrum from soft porn to high drama as in the
book section. He found a movie about a couple who refused to give up
their love and in consequence died for it – finally something
Naruto could relate to. He did not own a DVD-player, but he could
borrow one from the restaurant, so he decided to rent the movie.

A
voice made him startle and look up:

“Naruto?
What are you doing here?”

It
was the guy from Earth Country.

“I
am allowed here, aren't I?” Naruto replied.

“Well,
yes, sure you are. Can I be of any help to you?”

Naruto
hesitated for a moment, then he remembered his original purpose. He
kept the magazine and the DVD and went to the entrance area where the
man was sitting on the counter.

“I
wanted to ask you what you are thinking that you sell bookmark
calendars of naked men to twelve-year-old boys.”

“Anyone
is allowed to come here and buy stuff, even twelve-year-old boys,
just as well as you are.”

“Even
if it's calendars with naked men?”

“Sure,
if this is what they're interested in. It's rather rare however: In
most cases they just want to show off to their friends, entering in
order to seem cool and daring. It's just like buying condoms at that
age: Not for sex, but because they find them strange and try to prove
their courage. Normally they fill them with water to test their
capacity. If it helps demystify them I am glad.”

“You
sell condoms to twelve-year-old boys?”

“If
they want to buy them, sure. As I said, they use them as high quality
balloons, not for sex. Though if they use them for sex it's still
better than sex without condoms.”

Naruto
stood in shock.

“Now
do you need anything else? Can I help you?”

Naruto
was not sure. He had confronted the man on selling that calendar to
Juugo and it had not worked out, so he should probably leave. Still
was not ready to give in that easily: He could hold the man
accountable for turning Sasuke gay.

“Yes,
you can help me”, he said. “I want you to leave Sasuke
alone. He's not gay, you know.”

The
man's surprise was written in his face. “What makes you think
he isn't?”

“He's
my friend. I don't want any of you to lay hands on him.”

“He
might enjoy it. Most people enjoy having sex.”

“Sasuke
doesn't.”

Again
the man looked surprised, and also doubtful, though Naruto was not
sure what he was doubtful of.

“How
do you know? Have you ever tried? Maybe you just need to improve your
technique.”

It
took Naruto some seconds to figure out what the man's words implied.

“Sasuke
has never tried sex. He just doesn't like it.”

“How
old is he? Nineteen? Twenty?”

“Seventeen”,
Naruto answered.

“He
looks older. And you?”

“I'll
be seventeen in a few months.”

“It's
okay to be a virgin at seventeen. Particularly if you are gay and
need some time to figure it out.”

This
left Naruto thinking. “People need to figure out that they are
gay?”

“Most
people do. It's easier here as homosexuality is better accepted here,
still being straight is everyone's default assumption. My own partner
only realized it when he met me.”

“So
you turned him gay”, Naruto said.

“No,
I made him realize he's gay. That's not the same. He remembered then
that I was actually not the first man he ever had a crush on. It's
not possible to turn a person straight or gay. Well, what I wanted to
say, even if Sasuke's still a virgin it does not mean he wants to
remain one for the rest of his life.”

Naruto
thought about it. “No, he doesn't. He's in love with a girl in
Konoha.”

“Is
he? He never speaks about her.”

“He's
not a talkative guy. Still he's in love with her and will marry her
when we return.”

“When
Danzou's no longer Hokage and you have replaced him, you mean.”

“Yes.”

Naruto
knew that Sasuke had told the man from Earth Country and his partner
of their plan.

“It
may take a while. Are you sure he's going to wait for so long?”

“Sure
he is. He's a faithful guy.” He did not have to tell him that
three years ago Sasuke had deserted Sakura and him to gain power from
Orochimaru. Besides, Sasuke had not had sex with Orochimaru, had he?

“He
won't even talk to any other girl”, he said. (Well, he talked
to Karin, but he wasn't interested in her, was he?) “This is
how faithful he is to our friend in Konoha.”

Again
the man looked doubtful, and this time Naruto understood that what
the man was doubting was his, Naruto's intelligence.

“So
she was both your friend?” the man said cautiously, making
Naruto nervous.

“Yes.
Our third team mate when we were still in Konoha.”

“I
see”, the man said, and then he changed subject again.

“You
know what I was wondering: Why do you dance with Sasuke? Would it not
be more attractive to you to dance with a girl?”

“Sasuke
needs me to dance with him”, Naruto answered. “It's
normal to help your friend when he is in need, isn't it?”

“No,
actually not. Not when he's in need of a dance partner. What are you
going to do if he decides that he's in need of some sex? Just in case
he doesn't want to wait until Danzou is out of office.”

It
took Naruto some time to understand him. “He won't have to wait
that long”, he said. “We are going to turn Danzou out of
office ourselves.”

The
man did not react for some minutes, having to digest the
announcement. “Just be careful, will you?” he said. “I'd
really love to see him go, but you're just seventeen, and he's still
the Hokage of Konoha. Remember that he's old: even if no one stands
up against him he's bound to die soon.”

We
don't have much time, Naruto thought to himself. If he dies before we
are able to get at him, he'll never pay for his crimes.

“Anyway,
why is it important to you that Sasuke is not gay?” the man
returned to their original subject.

“He's
my friend”, Naruto repeated.

“So
you should wish him happiness, even if this includes having sex with
a man.”

Naruto
still had difficulties imagining that Sasuke might enjoy it.

“I
don't want to lose him”, he said. “We've been separated
for years. I want him to stay with me.”

“You'd
also lose him if he marries a woman.”

“Not
in the same way. There are things he can't do with a woman. He could
still do them with me.”

“Having
gay sex, for example”, the man suggested.

Naruto
pretended not to have heard him. “And also, it would not be any
woman but our former teammate. We'd still be a team.”

“You
mean, they might let you join them sometimes?”

This
time Naruto was faster figuring out what the man was suggesting.

“You're
disgusting”, he said.

The
man shrugged and smiled.

“So
what are your plans for yourself? Are you going to look after their
children so that they can have sex without being interrupted?”

“Maybe.”

Again
the man looked at him as if he was doubting his intelligence.

“You're
not going to find a woman for yourself? I mean, most people want to
have sex at some point of their life.”

“I
don't.”

The
man looked as if he didn't believe his ears.

“Seeing
that my friends are happy with each other will make me happy. I don't
need a woman for myself.”

“So
whom do you expect to share? Sasuke or the girl?”

“You're
still disgusting”, Naruto said. “I'll be happy for their
sake. Knowing that they're happy with each other will be my
happiness. You don't understand this. You don't know about true love
here. For you, having sex is all to love. In Konoha we still know
that love means to fight for each other and be ready to sacrifice
yourself.”

“Of
course I don't know about love”, the man said, sounding
seriously annoyed now. “That's why I have been married to my
partner for three years, and been together with him before this for
another three years.”

Naruto
was silent, and the man calmed down.

“If
you want your friends to be happy, then why do you insist that they
marry even though Sasuke's gay?” he asked. “Neither he
nor the girl will profit from it in the long run.”

“He's
not gay”, Naruto said.

“He
is. Go and ask himself and stop accusing other people of turning him
gay.”

Naruto
did not answer. He knew he had gone too far.

“And
go and find yourself a girl, or offer Sasuke to become his lover. It
would solve a lot of your problems.”

The
man had susgested this a few times during their conversation but only
now that he did it explicitely Naruto actually considered it, though
only for some moments.

“No
way”, he said.

The
man shrugged. “It's your choice. Just let Sasuke choose for
himself too.”

There
was nothing left to say. The man got down from the counter, and
Naruto showed him the two items he had found in the store, the
magazine and the DVD.

“How
much are they?” he asked.

The
man looked surprised. “You're certain you want this?”

“Sasuke
will like it. He keeps track of what is going on in Konoha.”

“Well,
then.” He took Naruto's money and gave him the change. “See
you tonight for dancing, hopefully.”

“Sure!”
Naruto's mood lightened. He was looking forward to dancing.
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