Restauratore della mia anima

Disclaimer: Still do not own

Warning: Yaoi!! And the characters might be OOC, but that’s ok, it’s a fan fiction, right? ^ ^ and slight AU since Sasuke never went with Orochimaru…and introducing some OCs, give it a chance

Pairing: Gaara/Naruto…possible???/Naruto, Kakashi/Iruka, other pairings vote for

As always thank you for your reviews

Lemo- I’m sorry it took so long to answer your question, but yes Ano sa is a way to say hey, but just like English there are different ways to say the same thing, I will be using Ano sa, but probably only when their hyper, Omaesan I will use in either a formal setting or when the characters are calm…and besides…it’s good to be different ^ ^ I hope that answers your question in a satisfying matter

Kawaiicrimsonkitsune- as always you’re the best!! Hehe, sorry it took so long you’re probably frustrated with me…^ ^;
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Gaara unlocked the door with Naruto’s key and held it open, indicting that Naruto should enter first, slightly wary, and with the thought that Gaara wouldn’t let anything happen to him, he walked in,

“SURPRISE!” everyone jumped out from there hiding spots as he entered, Naruto blinked rapidly, slowly getting up from the defensive position he subconsciously went into, Gaara’s hand on his lower back pushing him forward gently.

“Naruto? Are you ok?” questioned TenTen, seeing he had what looked like tears in his eyes.

“Yeah…I’m fine…I’ve never had a party before” he tried to blink away the tears, hoping no one saw, but that hope was crushed as Hinata hugged him.

“It’s ok Naruto-kun, no one thinks any less of you…we’re just happy that you like it.” Kiba jumped on Naruto hugging him,

“Hey, this is a party isn’t it? So let’s party already!” he exclaimed.

With that everyone went on to do there own thing, Chouji headed to the buffet of food, Ino and Sakura arguing over who knows what, Shikamaru brought out his shoji board and set it up, Asuma waiting for him to finish. Kiba seemed to be torn between loyalty to his boyfriend and spending time with Kankurou who was telling him to come over to him with his eyes. Gai was going on and on about the ‘power of youth’ only to get knocked out by Anko who finally got fed up with him, Lee was crying over his senseis’ body, at least until TenTen dragged him away. Hinata, Sakura, Neji, and Gaara were all by Naruto talking…at least, Hinata, Sakura, and Naruto were talking, Gaara’s arm wrapped possessively around his waist, as he glared at Sasuke who was returning it full force.

“Let’s do the cake” came Chouji’s voice, who was staring at it,

“Only if Naruto’s ready, it is his party” Sakura answered, before looking at Naruto questioningly, Naruto shrugged and nodded his head, moving over to where Chouji was standing, as everyone crowded around, Naruto looked up…as Iruka lit the candles on the cake “So…where’s the knife?” he questioned.

“You’re supposed to blow the candles out first, Naruto” Iruka told him gently, his eyes showing sympathy, “what’s the point in that?” he asked, making everyone sweat drop, “Hn, dobe, there’s no point…the belief is that what you wish for will come true” Sasuke told him. “Oh…I guess” Naruto shrugged, thinking up a wish, he begin to suck in a breath to blow them out.

“Wait!” this was surprisingly from Kakashi, “we’re supposed to sing happy birthday to you first”

“Oh” Naruto had no idea what to say, that seemed to be the cue for everyone begin to sing happy birthday and when finished, Sakura told him that now was the time to blow out the candles, which he did quickly.

“So what did you…” Kankurou was interrupted by Gai, who finally regained consciousness,

“Naruto, what did you ask for…perhaps more youthfulness like my Lee!” Gai shouted out,

“Gai-sensei”

“Lee”

“Gai-sensei” this time it was Tsunade that had had enough as she delivered a chakra filled punch

“That should shut them up for a long time” she grinned evilly making the ones around her slowly back away, “Listen up brat…don’t tell anyone what your wish is, or it won’t come true, got it, good”

Soon everybody had a piece of cake and were once again talking among themselves and playing games, Kankurou was by Kiba, Shino finally disappearing off somewhere,

“So what’s that all about?” Kankurou started,

“What’s what all about?” Kiba asked, Kankurou gave a little sigh,

“With what’s his name…bug boy, why is he always around you?”

“Oh” Kiba blushed a bit, “his name’s Shino, and he’s my boyfriend” Kiba looked away from Kankurou as he said this, so he didn’t notice Kankurou tensing, “I see” was all he said, Kiba looked back at him having sensed the tension in his voice, “is anything wrong?” Kankurou shook himself out of it and gave a smirk, “nope” with that he walked off leaving Kiba to wonder what the hell that was all about.

As Kankurou walked away his thoughts were in turmoil, though you couldn’t tell, ‘so Kiba and Shino…hmph’ lost in his thoughts he bumped into someone, without apologizing he just kept moving, until his eyes came to rest on Shino, ‘if it wasn’t for him…Kiba would be mine’ he glared at Shino, who looked at him impassively, except for his eyes that seemed to know what Kankurou was thinking, cursing he stalked off, ‘maybe…maybe…’Kankurou smirked as he remembered Kiba blushing at the site of him, ‘maybe there’s still a chance’.

“Naruto!” Tsunade called him, Naruto looked up and pulled himself away from Gaara’s arms offering him a smile and a quick I’ll be right back.

“You called baa-san?” Tsunade glared at him, “you’re only getting away with this because it’s your birthday brat, anyway, do you want to open your presents now?” she asked with a wave of her hand showing the presents neatly stacked on the table. In a whisper he asked her, “Those are really for me? They all got me something?” he was shocked, Tsunade looked at the boy who she called her brother, “yeah brat, their for you” she said softly, before calling for everyone’s attention, “Naruto’s going to open presents”

Everyone gathered around the table, even Sasuke and Gaara who didn’t want Sasuke anywhere near his blonde. Everyone looked on in disbelief as Naruto opened each present carefully; ‘Naruto’s probably never had a wrapped present before, so I’ll give him a break’ was the thought of many as they continued to watch.

Naruto thought he was through and was more than happy with the gifts until Anko threw a large box at him, he looked at her questioningly, and she winked at him,

“It’s from me and Ibiki” he nodded setting the box down, before opening it slowly as if it was something that would harm him…it was Anko and Ibiki after all. Looking in he gave a little gasp and begin to pull out clothes, though when he reached the leather he blushed. Nodding to her in a way of thanks he begin to put the clothing back in, until another gift was given to him by Jiraiya, it was a scroll, Jiraiya told him to put his blood on it later, so Naruto put the scroll aside for now.

Next Tsunade and Shizune who quickly put there gifts in front of him, Lee put his box down next, followed by Ino. He looked up questioningly, ‘why didn’t they just put their gifts with everyone else’ shrugging mentally he reached for Tsunade’s but she quickly stopped him,

“Last” was all she said, shrugging he opened Ino, she begin to explain what it was but he beat her to it, “this are seeds from some rare plants” she nodded her head with a smile, opening Shizune’s next he discovered a type of metal plate, or so he thought, Shizune smiled brightly,

“hold it with your hand in the middle the creases there are for your three of your fingers” he did has she said, “perfect, this part will hurt a bit, but don’t let go, squeeze your hand” he discovered she was right as his face had a pained grimace, it quickly faded and she nodded her head,

“Ok then, now it will only work for you, squeeze it again, I promise it won’t hurt this time” he did so and two blades popped out, one on each side, he smiled, “this is cool, thanks a lot Shizune-neesan” (is that right?)

Naruto grabbed Lee’s present next, ‘please don’t let it be a green spandex suit’ everyone thought, Naruto begin to open the present and everyone held their breathe, as soon as Naruto saw what was in it, he smiled, “thanks Lee”, he held up the gift showing everyone that it was weights, they all let their breath go. Lee nodded, “the last time you took yours off I realized that you were used to them, so I upgraded them” ‘I was wondering what happened to my weights’ Naruto thought.

Temari went up to him and bowed slightly, “sorry we didn’t bring you a present” Naruto waved it off, “I’m just glad you came” he said with a smile, she looked surprised, before giving him a smile of her own and moving back to her place.

“Here otouto” Tsunade slid the scroll over to him, he grabbed it and pulled it opened, his eyes moving quickly as he scanned it, only to stop, look at her and then read it slower, “is this for real?” he asked when he finished, she nodded her head, a big smile on her face,

“Well? Aren’t you going to tell the rest of us?” Kurenai asked, Tsunade looked at her, basically it says that Gaara and his siblings may remain here and become Konoha shinobi, everyone looked surprised except for Gaara who had narrowed his eyes, ‘Baki took over being Kazekage after father died…but he doesn’t do anything without reason and letting us become shinobi of Konoha…what is he planning’ he looked at Temari and Kankurou who both looked a bit suspicious as well, ‘Shukaku?’ ‘I don’t know what he could be planning, there’s nothing we can do now…just don’t let your guard down’

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“Thanks for coming and thanks for helping me clean up” Naruto waved to Iruka before shutting the door. “That was fun…but I’m glad that it’s only once a year” Naruto said more to himself then Gaara, who heard it anyway and smirked. Naruto begin putting his gifts away, chatting happily at Gaara, who took something out of his pocket and begin fingering it before closing his fist around it.

Stopping Naruto in mid stride he wrapped his arms around him, Naruto looked up and gave him a small smile and Gaara loved it, though Naruto was smiling half the night he could tell it was slightly forced to make it look like his old self…but seeing this smile…he knew that it was completely sincere.

“Are you mad?” he asked Naruto, who frowned in confusion, Gaara elaborated, “I overheard some of your friends saying that I should have got you something and that I was a horrible boyfriend to you” Naruto looked shocked, “who said that?” he questioned angrily, Gaara shook his head, “are you?”

Naruto tilted his head up and gave him a chaste kiss, “you’re here with me and that’s all that matters” Gaara held him a bit longer before letting him go, “I did get you a present though, I wanted to give it to you alone” Naruto was slightly shocked, though he didn’t show it…and…was Gaara blushing? Gaara opened his hand and dangles a necklace in front of him, the first thing that Naruto noticed was it was pure silver, when saw what charm was hung from it he gasped. Lightly fingering it he looked at Gaara awe in his eyes,

“Gaara…” he murmured, he looked back at the charm, it was the word Ai like Gaara’s tattoo, Gaara smiled happy that he liked it and put it on him, Gaara let his fingers brush the charm one last time as he spoke, “that way…even if I’m not with you, I’m still with you” Naruto’s eyes watered and he threw his arms around Gaara, “I love you” he whispered, Gaara said nothing, but his tightened hold told Naruto everything.

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A/N: sorry it took so long to update, I’ll try to get another chapter out soon…please review!! ^ ^