Wow! 190 favs and 231 followers!? I really love your support.

Hello everyone, sorry for not uploading as soon as I wanted to. Thanks to all who have commented positively and NEGATIVELY towards the story. I just took a few days off which became a month since I needed to take some things out of my chest.

A few months ago, I read a review that really upset me and I put myself on hiatus until I could start writing again. I even started thinking that I should no longer continue this story, but now I'm fully focused and I will continue. It's not a depression thing, trust me. Schoolwork has been bugging me as well.

Sometimes I just get very salty with these kinds of people to the point when I say I will stop ranting, I do nothing but continue. That's how much I hate them. I sincerely apologise to my followers and newcomers to the story that I got on the wrong foot here.

So anyhow, this is not the best one chapter I made, but I hope you enjoy it nonetheless!

…

Chapter 6: Uzumaki Standoff

…

Gaara and Naruto drove down the highway at steady speed. Not fast, not slow. The looks of the both of them; shocked and weary, close to closing their eyes. The bondage room in Kushina's home scarred them, neither one of them attempted to bring up a discussion.

"You know what?" Gaara finally spoke, clearing his throat, "That situation could have been far worse."

"Oh yeah, definitely," Naruto complied, "Could you imagine if we brought Sasuke along? He'd be yelling out and shit. We'd probably all go to jail because of him."

Gaara went over the thought and shivered in the driving seat, "Yeah, totally. I can't go to jail. I mean, look at my eyes. Look at my ass. They'll be all over me."

"Yeah, me too."

After Naruto's remark, Gaara squinted, not feeling convinced by the statement, "Well…"

"What do you mean 'well'? I'd get raped just as much as you would."

"Do you really think you're more rape-able?" Gaara laughed.

"I'm not saying that," Naruto defended himself, "Let's just ask Sasuke when we get back."

"Alright," Gaara said as he yawned, "Hey, is it alright if I crash in your place for the night?"

Naruto looked at him puzzled, "But didn't you promise my mom that you would come back… alone? To do some more action?"

"No, I didn't," Gaara snorted.

"Yeah you did."

"No… I didn't," he shrugged it off making awkward chuckles until he finally gave up, "Okay, I did promise her but I DID NOT say that last bit."

"There you go," Naruto smiled brightly before murmuring, "You know? Something else has been bothering me."

"Really? What's that?"

"Okay, you remember when I told you my mom insulted me in front of the whole office?" Naruto asked and Gaara nodded, granting him to continue, "Now she's being overly nice to me. She even offered to do MY work."

"Wow," Gaara gathers the information and starts to think, "Is she also sniffing or something?"

Naruto shook his head, "No, I doubt it. Maybe she probably just regrets saying the things she said?"

"Hmm, I don't know, man. We'll see."

"Yeah… we'll see," Naruto sighed, looking out the car window, "Did I mention she bit and licked my ear as well?"

"You did," Gaara said chuckling, "What was that about?"

"Haven't the slightest clue," then after a few minutes of silence, Naruto murmured, "Still can't believe you made out with your mom…"

"SHE CAME ONTO ME!"

…

When they finally arrived at Naruto's apartment building, Gaara drove the car down to the underground parking and finds a slot near the elevators. They somberly got out of his car and walked towards the elevators and Naruto presses the '15' button.

As the elevator went up, the pair had time to speak some more.

"So what's gonna happen now?" Gaara said, "You said you were sick?"

"Yeah, I did." Naruto sighed, placing his head on the back wall of the elevator, "I'll just stay for the week then come back next Monday."

Gaara nods and chuckles, "Look on the bright side, your mom gets to do your 'homework'."

"Yeah," Naruto quietly laughs as well and yawns, "So it's official? Call this off?"

"Pretty much," the maroon head breathes, "And I wasted $300,000 as well."

Naruto puts his hand on Gaara's shoulder, "You'll be fine."

"God, I fucking hope so."

They heard the elevator ding and the doors open. Naruto exits first, followed closely by Gaara. He makes a left, then a right, and vice versa until they reach Naruto's apartment door. The blonde opened it using an electronic lock that had required a passcode.

"Hey guys!" Sasuke greeted. He was lying on the couch eating popcorn, watching TV. He looked sober so the guys were relieved, "So how did it go?"

Naruto and Gaara look at each other before the latter spoke, "We found a bondage room in his mom's house."

Sasuke stared at the TV but he immediately turned it off and jumped out of the sofa, "Say that again."

"I don't want to say it again," Gaara shook his head, "Image is still burned in our minds."

"Alright, fine," Sasuke went it with, "By the way, I've been doing some thinking."

"That you shouldn't pick up a box of cocaine?" Naruto replied sarcastically, taking a seat on the couch to make himself comfortable, "Because that would be great."

Sasuke sighed, "No, seriously… I don't think we should do this anymore."

Naruto and Gaara looked at each other, stunned to hear that Sasuke was on the same page, "Killing our moms?"

"Yeah," the Uchiha said.

The blonde sighed, "Good because we were thinking the same thing coming back here."

"Okay," the trio remained quiet, "So that's it, huh? We're just gonna continue with our lives and stay miserable forever?"

"Pretty much," Naruto said, "I mean… they're our moms. They brought us into this world, and here we were trying to take them away from it. Just doesn't sound right."

"And besides," Gaara added, "We can make it work."

Sasuke chuckled, "Well, you can. You and your mom were smooching up a storm a few hours ago."

"Oh my God," Gaara muttered, "She came onto me. How is that so hard to understand?"

"Argue all you want, but if you wanted to win, you should have stopped her anyway," Naruto pointed out. Sasuke nodded and headed toward the kitchen; he was thirsty.

Then Gaara, wanting to change the subject, remembered a conversation he had with Naruto in the car, and asked, "Sasuke, can I ask you a question?" Naruto immediately knew what he was going to say.

"What?" He popped his head out of the kitchen.

"If Naruto and I were in prison, who do you think would get raped more?"

Sasuke clicked his tongue five times and says bluntly, "Naruto."

"Boom!" Naruto laughed at Gaara then he stopped, looking at Sasuke with a puzzled face, "Why?"

"It's about weakness and vulnerability," he explained, "It's not really based on a looks thing, y'know what I mean?"

…

After a few angry slaps and punches from Naruto with Gaara watching by the sidelines, laughing, the trio decided to call it a night. Gaara went back home; only God would know what he was going to be doing back there. Sasuke went back to watching TV, and Naruto stayed in his room.

He pictured his mom, mainly about the events at work concerning her behaviour.

"This is the worst report I have ever read in my goddamn life, you idiot. You're such a fucking dumbass. Do you have a parking space? Because I'm gonna take it away from you… …How you got this fucking job in the first place, I don't even understand."

"Oh my God, Naruto! Are you okay?"

"No, no, no. Naruto, go home and rest. You're sick."

"…I'll do your work for you. Now you go home and get some rest."

It was definitely erratic, he thought, but it was hard to explain. He was skeptical, but he didn't want to overthink it, so he went to bed instead.

Next week, he was going to get some answers.

…

(Naruto's P.O.V)

It's been a week since we called it off, and here I am, still in my cubicle, wishing I had my own office.

"So how was your weekend?" Shikamaru taps my shoulder, jokingly, "Feeling better?"

"Never been better," I chuckle and joke, "Anything from last week that I should know about?"

Shikamaru immediately frowned, and gestured for me to lean in, "Your mom's been kinda… off."

"Off?"

"She barely shows up to work," he explained, "And when she does, all she's doing is complain and firing people because of a few mistakes."

Jesus… "Where is she now?" I asked since I didn't see her in her office that morning. Well… her 'office'.

"Late as usual," Shikamaru said bluntly before turning back to his desk, "She probably might not even show up."

"Hmm," I mutter, "By the way, where's the guy she was ranting at last week?"

Shikamaru sighed. Ino and Choji happened to be near and the former explained, "Your mom had him fired."

I squinted, "What was the reason?"

"Something about screwing up a report and being a reckless employee," Choji said, "The first statements true, but the second isn't.

That's it! I had enough of this woman ruining people's careers. And so I ranted, "What is wrong with her!? Does she have any sense at all!? Does she even have any idea about the impact she has on people who she fires!? Firstly, gives a new girl a promotion while most of us who have been here for more than three years that are more deserved of one! And second, she willingly fires people by creating lies!"

It was at that moment I hadn't noticed that Ino and Choji left in a hurry, they looked scared.

"Uh, Naruto?" Shikamaru's eyes widened as he tried to stop me from continuing. Did I wonder why? No.

"And here I am, thinking to myself, "There's no possible way she can top that." But what does she do? She finds a fucking way, Goddamnit, to top it! She is a professional idiot!"

A woman cleared her throat. And I closed my mouth immediately.

"Mr Uzumaki," it was my mom, her voice full of authority, "My office. NOW."

…

We were in her office. She sat on her desk, her legs crossed in her business skirt. Not sure if this was a type of power play or something. Whatever it was, it wasn't going to work on me anyway.

She finally spoke, sounding broken, "I just don't understand why you would say those things about me."

I rolled my eyes, "Oh, Jesus. It's so obvious."

"Yeah? Well, it's not to me, okay?" she retorts, "Naruto, please just help me understand why."

"Fine. Here it is. You are a boss that I have no respect for. The things you say to me and to others, your actions, methods and style. Everything you would do, I would do it completely differently."

"Well, Naruto, maybe you are feeling that you don't respect me because you don't know me very well anymore?" She suggested to me. Not even close.

"Mom, I've known you all my life. And the more I've realized what kind of a boss you were, the less I've come to respect you in that area. Any other theories?"

She sighed, "Alright, you don't respect me. I accept that. But listen to me. You can't talk to me that way in this office, you just can't. And not because I'm your mother. But as your boss. So I can't allow it."

"Fair enough."

We shook hands and as I was about to leave her office, she speaks again, "Also, I'd like for you to stay later tonight."

"What for? I ask.

"I need to have a private talk with you."

"Can't we talk now since I'm here?"

She gave me a sly smile, "It would be best if everyone besides us two weren't present."

I looked at her puzzled, and I was reluctant. Then I thought, maybe I was finally gonna have my answer? So I agreed, "Alright."

…

Later that day…

Now with work over, Naruto shut off his computer and packed up his briefcase and brought it to his car before heading back up to the main office.

"Alright," Kushina closed her accounts and presented Naruto to the chair, "Now that you're here, please take a seat."

He sits down and there is a moment of silence. Almost as if they were both deaf. Naruto fiddled with his fingers, waiting for his mother to speak.

"In the last year, I've gone through a horrendous breakup, and now, I have a son who barely even calls me 'mom'," she starts out, "Are you following me, Naruto?"

"Yeah."

"I think I owe it to myself to find some kind of happiness and closure, y'know?" She says, "And I'm glad that I now understand the way you feel about me in the office. Now it's my turn to explain my view. You ready?"

He only nods.

"Alright, here it goes," she breathes, "I have been meeting up with a psychiatrist who thinks that I have this tendency - a 'desire' if you will - to feel a certain way towards people, including you."

Naruto was lost, "Okay, yeah, but what are you…?"

"Look, Naruto. This is what I'm trying to say," she breathed, "I am attracted… to you."

Her son's eyes flickered like crazy. What. The. Fuck? Attracted to me?

"I don't… I don't know why, but I am, and I need to follow my instincts. At least, that's what my psychiatrist thinks."

Naruto felt very uncomfortable with this, "Are you sure you're meeting up with the right psychiatrist…?"

"This is the point, okay? You're wrong for me. Like in every way."

NO SHIT!

"But I still… well, I find myself wanting to be with you."

"Are you certain you're not on drugs or anything?"

"Naruto, please! You're the only thing I have as a family," she began to tear up. Naruto could hear her sniff, "That's why I don't want to see you working someplace else. I know I sound selfish, but it's natural, right?"

"Uh… sure?" Naruto didn't know how to answer, "But mom…"

"You know what? Forget that I said anything," Kushina wiped her tears away, composing herself, "Let's just pretend that this never happened, okay?"

Naruto was about to say something else, but he stopped his words, "Okay."

"Okay," his mom sighed and stood up and walking to the door, "Thank you for giving me time to explain myself."

He stood up and followed, "Yeah… no problem. Don't worry about it."

She opened the door for him so he could exit, "Thanks for stopping by."

"Yeah, I'll see you tom… emph!"

From out of nowhere, Kushina grabbed Naruto, her one and only son, and pushed him against the door. She grabbed his hair as she kissed him passionately. She moaned and Naruto made a grunting noise as her tongue demanded entrance to his mouth. And to Naruto's surprise, his mouth gave in as if it had a mind of its own. Their tongues battled for supremacy and Kushina ran her hands all over Naruto; cupping and caressing his face. This went on for 20 seconds until Kushina broke off the kiss; a string of saliva stretched as the distance of their lips increased. Kushina looked at him dreamy eyes while Naruto gazed back in shock.

"Wow… You're a good kisser," Kushina flirted.

"...Thanks?" Naruto replied, "By the way, my work that you said you would do..."

"Don't worry, it's done. Now get the hell out of here before a janitor sees us." She licked his neck as a goodbye.

Gladly, Naruto said in his head as he hurriedly picked up his satchel bag from his desk and headed to the elevators.

He just tongued his own mother… and yet he actually enjoyed it.

…

In case some of you may think the final bit is too derivative of The Office, well… that's what I was going for (I love that show btw). Also, since a lot of you were looking for answers concerning Kushina's behaviour towards Naruto, someone in the reviews section figured it out.

Lawrence HB: "It is kinda obvious Kushina feels something for Naruto and I think I've figured out how that happened...

Pretty much it's the standard situation where after her husband passes away she goes from one unsuccessful relationship to another for what seems like YEARS... as a result of this, she's gotten bitter towards men... except for Naruto... Naruto is the only guy... 'ell it sounds like the only PERSON to stand by her all these years...

Now in most cases when something like this happens all the mother does is baby them in an attempt to make sure they don't leave them... In this case, though it sounds like her desire for a romantic relationship has twisted her feelings towards Naruto... her reaction to him trying to quit is her reflexive reaction to the fact that she believes that her last precious person and possible future romantic partner is trying to leave her…"

Thank you Lawrence HB once again for the review/analysis. I really appreciate it! Also, let me know any grammar mistakes.

And thanks to all those who still follow this story. :)