As Long as it Feels OK

/*AN: Welcome back. Thanks for all the reviews people, it's really boosting my confidence about writing. Naruto apparently wanted to wank in this chapter so there's a bit of soloing ahead, but nothing terribly graphic. I also feel that it's necessary to explain what assumptions I'm working on. I've seen all the anime that's been translated so far, 133 being the last one at the moment. I'm working from the point where Naruto goes crazy and wants to kick Sasuke's ass and Kyuubi joins in. The story is basically how I'd like to see things go from there.*/

*DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the characters in Naruto. If you have a problem with male/male content then you probably shouldn't read this story as it will eventually be coming to that.*

**Another un-beta-ed chapter.

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Lexicon:

Kyuubi - “Nine Tails” in reference to the nine tailed fox demon.

Kit – This is what a young fox is called.

Ohayo – Just like, “hi” or “good morning.”

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Pale hands smoothed over his chest and stomach. The hands were warm and gentle, though callused from fighting. The nails were cut short, fine hair decorated between the knuckles and the back of the palms.

The fingers curled at his collar bone and nails dug into his flesh just hard enough to leave red trails in their wake as the moved down to his hips. The hands held his hips firmly and the dark head belonging to the pale hands dipped to kiss the bones there. A moan escaped Naruto's throat.

“Wake up, Kit, before you embarrass yourself.” Kyuubi's voice echoed through Naruto's head as his eyes opened. He was on his side, still wrapped in his sleeping bag, Sasuke was just getting his shirt on.

“Ohayo, dobe.” Sasuke looked down at Naruto and smiled. “Not time to get up yet, I'm just going for my watch. Go back to sleep.”

“M'name's not dobe...” Naruto blinked sleepily at the Uchiha before rolling onto his stomach. His eyes widened once he got there. Apparently the dream Kyuubi had woken him from had been having a bit more effect then he thought. As he shifted to get more comfortable, he had to bite back a moan. His arousal was pressed into the heated blankets he had been laying on a moment before. 'Fucking Sasuke' was the only thought in Naruto's head until the Uchiha ducked out of the tent to relieve Kakashi on watch.

Naruto rolled onto his side again, “Why am I letting this happen?” He cursed and let his fingers trail just above the waist band of his boxers. He barely stifled a low moan. “Damn Uchiha, why are you so hot?” His fingers slid into his boxers and wrapped around his hard length. His other hand came to his mouth, knuckles against his teeth to keep from moaning.

He pumped slowly at first, with simple memories of his night with Sasuke fueling him, but they quickly transformed into something much more desirable. Sasuke's fingers were running over the whiskers on his cheeks, eyes looking with lust into his own. Laying together naked chest to naked chest. Sasuke's hand moved and wrapped around Naruto.

Naruto's hand explored Sasuke's body but quickly settled between the Uchiha's own legs. Lips crushed against lips as palms moved over hardnesses.

Naruto muffled the noises that wanted to issue forth from his body by chewing on his knuckles. He was so close, that wonderful coiling in the pit of his stomach, his whole body tightening, toes curling, teeth tearing through skin, and suddenly it was over. He spilled over his own hand, sticking to the inside of his boxers.

His body relaxed, and he let out a breath he wasn't aware of holding. “Damn...” Naruto withdrew his hand and wiped it off on his already soiled boxers. He scrabbled for his water sac and took a drink before rinsing his hand. He removed his dirty shorts and they quickly received the same treatment. He crammed them into his pack just as he heard Sasuke getting Sakura and Kakashi up.

Naruto scrambled out of his bag and pulled on some clean shorts and his pants. “Ne, dobe,” Sasuke peeked his head into the tent, “Oh, you're already up. Breakfast is almost done. Kakashi caught some fish after his watch.” The truly happy smile crossed the Uchiha's features and Naruto couldn't help but blush.

“Ne, Sasuke?”

“Hn?” Sasuke had been about to leave but returned his eyes to the blond anyway.

Naruto hesitated for a moment, “You should smile more. It suits you.” He fox grinned and crammed his shirt over his head.

“Thanks, Naruto.” This time Sasuke did leave, but he was still smiling when he did.

“Maybe he is changing, he hasn't seemed to live for revenge since I brought him back” The blond smiled to himself before moving out into the early morning sun to eat his breakfast with the rest of the team.

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They traveled down the road single file. Kakashi in front, followed by Sakura, Sasuke and then Naruto. Needless to say, Naruto wasn't keeping up his duty of watching the road for ambushes, instead he was staring at the Uchiha and pondering his own feelings.

The team had been silent and on the move for about 4 hours now, so they were coming in on the rendezvous and Gai's team. Once they met up, they would stop for a quick break then continue moving to the site of the attacks on the caravans.

Sasuke had been attempting to get closer to the blond since he was rescued from Orochimaru, he would take Naruto out for ramen after any particularly hard training session. They would rent movies and go out to friend's houses. Naruto had been trying to shove all of this away in an attempt to have things go back to the way they were before the first Chuunin exam.

The blond missed arguments with Sasuke, even if most of the time he ended up hurt, Sasuke still seemed more like Sasuke. Since Orochimaru, the Uchiha seemed to be seeking Naruto's approval. While Naruto had always sought to be acknowledged by Sasuke, he never expected to become a sort of an idol.

Naruto had broken something in Sasuke at the waterfalls, something other the arms and legs he had promised. Sasuke had changed from the moment he woke up in the hospital back in Konoha. He endlessly apologized, but after that, he had asked Naruto for his help to defeat his brother.

Needless to say, Naruto was surprised. Sasuke had said, “Friends help each other out, don't they? I know I can't kill him on my own, I will continue to grow stronger, but no longer at whatever cost necessary. I have important people that I need to protect now, and I have friends that I am important to and who are willing to help me.”

Sasuke had smiled at the blond then, it was the first time Naruto had seen him smile a true smile,one that reached his dark eyes. He knew he'd help Sasuke if only he'd continue to smile like that. He agreed and ever since they'd spent every day training for at least three hours but normally more. Sasuke would return to his mansion after, and Naruto would seek out Kiba or someone else with whom to waste the last of the day.

They hadn't found Itachi as of yet, but there was a bit of information that the ambushes on this access road was set up by him to draw out Naruto so that Itachi could capture him for Akatsuki. Naruto wasn't afraid that this was the truth, he'd learned how to defeat the Sharingan when he brought Sasuke back, it only required a bit of preparation and they had prepared before they left. He was only afraid that Sasuke would remember that deep hatred and try to go and obtain some new evil power.

Nothing could change Sasuke back to how he had been, he knew that after the two years or so that had passed, but he still worried that sometime that hatred would return to the Uchiha and he'd attempt to betray Konoha again. If he did, Naruto couldn't save him a second time, Sasuke would be put to death. The blond was beginning to realize he couldn't live without the paler ninja.

Something flickered on the edge of his vision and he reached for a kunai in the least obvious way possible. He would wait until he was sure he'd seen something.

It was there again, and the kunai flew. There was a deep thunk as it sunk into the wood of a tree past the bushes on the side of the road. The team stopped and turned, all ready for battle, bristling with kunai and shuriken.

Just then a mop of black hair appeared from the trees, his green jump suit had provided the perfect camouflage in the deep green leaves on either side of the road, “Damn you Naruto! You almost took my head off with that thing!”

The four people on the road collectively relaxed, “What were you doing lurking in the trees anyway?” Kakashi addressed Rock Lee with a look that said he couldn't really care less.

“Gai-sensei said that if I could sneak up on you, then my stealth capabilities would be far better then his own.” Lee struck the 'Good guy pose' and winked at Sakura.

Naruto dead panned, “Where's the rest of the team?”

The bob headed boy pointed ahead, “About five minutes that way.” He grinned again, his teeth shining.

“Lets get going then.” Kakashi began trudging on again.

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When team seven arrived at camp they were surprised to see the sand ninja team already sitting with Gai, Tenten and Neji, “Ah, come sit, we need to share our information.” Gai's voice was far to loud for a mission and it rang across the clearing off the side of the road easily.

They slung their packs to the ground leaning them against each other to keep them from toppling before joining the rest of the group at the center of the clearing, “So what have you learned?” Kakashi sat across from Gai.

Naruto sat next to Sasuke and Sakura as Gai began to explain, “It's definite that Akatsuki is behind the ambushing, though how they knew that Naruto would be sent on the mission to stop them we aren't sure. We're worried now that there may be someone high in the ranks of Konoha delivering information and swaying the decisions of Tsunade-sama.

“We've decided that we'll send out strike teams from here in groups of two to track any unusual movement in the forest as well as to escort any travelers on this section of the road. Tenten and Temari are one group, Neji and Naruto, Sasuke and Rock Lee, Gaara and Kankuro, lastly myself and Sakura, that will leave Kakashi here to watch camp or arrive to any calls for help.” He laid ten tubes on the ground, “Each group will take two flares, one red and one blue. The red one will be a call for help and the blue one is to announce a capture. Make a loud bird call as well as the color so we will know to look when we hear it; that way we won't fall into an enemy trap if they get ahold of our flares. Everyone got that?”

The group nodded. “I figure we can afford to wait an hour or so before we set out so we can share and split supplies, as well as have a small lunch since team seven has been traveling since early this morning.” Kakashi appeared to have nodded off so Sakura poked him.

“What?”

“You were sleeping Sensei...” Sakura's voice was quiet, as though she was afraid to upset the Jounin.

“I think, the groups should be reassigned.” Gai deadpanned and everyone else turned to look at Kakashi. “Kankuro with Gaara and Neji with Naruto is fine. I think you, Gai, should stay here instead of me, I tend to get... ditracted... I'll go with Sakura. Temari with Rock Lee to combine their range and taijutsu. Which leaves Sasuke with Tenten.”

Naruto shrugged, “It doesn't make a difference with me, I just wanna get this mission over so I can go home. I'm well over due for a good bowl of ramen.” The fox grin was flashed to the rest of the group.

“So... Lunch time then.” Each shinobi turned to relax and enjoy in quiet conversation. Naruto was upset that he hadn't been paired with Sasuke, but he knew that he wasn't nearly as good at tracking as Neji was, Neji was also much better with close combat then himself, while Naruto had the sheer chakra to keep him covered with his Kage Bunshin no Jutsu.

Besides, with five groups it couldn't take long to bring down whoever it was conducting these ambushes, and with any luck, they'd get information on how to find Akatsuki and bring them down. Naruto wanted it almost as much as Sasuke did, they wanted him for the power of the Kyuubi, and he wanted nothing more then to show them the power he could dish out with the Kyuubi's help.

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/* AN: That's it for now, I'll be reposting all these chapters once they get beta-ed so I won't have to worry about terrible grammar. Let me know if there's anything blatantly terrible, I do want to get better after all. ^^ Thanks for reading and don't forget to review!*/