Multiple hands gripped his arms as they tried to keep the Uchiha at bay. The ANBU were on him as soon as the reality stuck the village of the attack, and who exactly was attacking them.

"Let me go! Naruto!! It's Naruto!! Let! Go!!" Sharingan blazing with furry as Sasuke struggled against the masked men, but more just seemed to appear. Naruto… something was wrong! And these damn ANBU wouldn't let him fix it!

"Captain!" One of the masked men called as a white cloaked ninja appeared off to the right. In his hand's he held a needle, sedative ready. Normally a simply justu would be used, but such things didn't work on the Uchiha clan.

Sasuke was barely aware of the prick on his neck, nor the gentle numbness that slowly took over his body. All he saw was the nine tails whipping violently in the air, the ANBU and jounin gathering around to protect their home… then unwanted blackness.

''

"…nade-sama!... Sasu-… give him back!"

"Imposs-… no garren-… -emon at bay."

Voices started to play in his head as he came too, the feeling of various people around him quickly bringing him around. Sakura… and the Hokage…

"Sasuke?" Tsunade's voice wasn't in the least bit caring and concerned, infact… she sounded rather angry. What… what happened?

"Sasuke! Neji took Seiichi!"

The rosette's voice cut through any haziness of the sedative. Seiichi… Naruto… He attacked the village…! The drug vanished as the sharingan snapped to light. Forget ranks, forget laws, forget positions… his son was kidnapped, and now his lover was bent on destroying his home till he was found. Sasuke faced down the four ANBU that occupied the room, as well as the Hokage and Sakura, who herself was being restrained by two other ANBU.

"Where is he!?" He threatened, removing himself from the hospital bed. Legs still a little shaky from the drugs, he ignored it as the wheels of his sharingan spun.

Instantly, three of the ANBU were on him, trying once again to surpress the dangerous Uchiha. A newly filled needle came into his view, as the last ANBU stood before him, scroll in hand.
"Haruno Sakura and Uchiha Sasuke! You under arrest for the withholding of vital information and assistance of the felon Uzumaki Naruto."

Sasuke could see from the corners of his sharingan as Sakura stilled, shocked at this announcement. Tsunade standing just to the rosette's right didn't seem to fully confident with throwing such charges on her pupil and ANBU captain… but even they were not above the laws of Konoha.

The ANBU continued to speak, reading from their damning scroll, but Sasuke's attention was stolen away as the nurse with the needle began to approach him again. He couldn't fall back into that unconscience again, he needed to save Seiichi! He needed to recover Naruto! He needed to… needed to… to… blackness…

''

This time when Sasuke woke, it wasn't to angry voices, it wasn't in the warm bed of Konoha hospital, it wasn't under the over bright lights that lit the stark white rooms. Instead… he found himself laying on a hard wooden slate, shivering slightly from the damp coldness, and squinting at the darkness of the dungeon.

He was in a cell within Konoha Prison.

But he wasn't alone… and much to his surprise and displeasure, he was sharing his tiny cell with none other than the Junior Green Beast.
"Sasuke! I'm happy to see you've finally awaken! It's not good for such a youthful spirit to sleep for such lengths."

Sitting up slowly, he shook the dizziness of the drug off, gripping his spinning head. The mold from the cracks in the damp walls making his stomach weeze until he was able to get his body back under control. Dropping his hand as a sense of stability came back, he glanced around the tiny cell.

Lee was just on the other side of his 'bed', which really wasn't more than a large piece of moldy, moss incased ply wood, doing some kind of one handed upside push up, legs flairing in the air as he continued to count, "326… 327… 328…"

Outside the bars he could see a few of what the other holdings detained. They were in C-block… one of the higher security wards, for the stronger of their captives. Jounin gaurds stood every other door, keeping a constant eye on their cells in case of trouble. From across the way, Sasuke was only able to see into a few of those cells. One was empty, another held a sleeping man: his clothes tattered and ripped from long years of the jail. The third, however, had Sasuke off his piece of rotting wood and gripping the bars of his prison.

"Naruto…"

The whiskered blond hung in the cell directly across from him, two ANBUs guarding either side. His eyes were closed as he swung unconscious, but his face was contracted in pain, either from the multiple wounds that have yet to be treated on the man, or by some nightmare that seems to be plaguing his mind.

"Sasuke." A head of pink appeared beside his, Sakura appearing out of her own cell, right next to his.

The raven eyed her, questioning in his eyes before turning his worry back to his lover.

"It was just after we were arrested. Lee had found Seiichi, and ran him to Naruto. It calmed the Kyubbi down… but they were all taken back into custody as well. We don't know were Seiichi is."

Of course they wouldn't know… they couldn't risk having the child kidnapped again. The quiet number's being chanted made him think of the Taijustu-specialist again. Lee knew everything… Lee knew everything from the beginning and had never even whispered a hint to anyone. He was probably there for Toshi's birth, and maybe even his son's birth.

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The wedding was beautiful. Performed under the setting sun that cast all of Suna into an array of colors, the bride and groom exchanged vows, a kiss, and turned themselves into one.

The reception was a party that would be talked about for years to come. Under hundreds of lights and music swimming in the desert head, the newly-weds showered with gifts and best wishes, the rest drinking and dancing and celebrating like tomorrow wouldn't come.

But that was all hours ago. The streets were silent, the lights turned off, and husband and wife departed to consummate their marriage. Two were left awake, sitting high on a sandy ledge, eyes looking between the stunning scene of a clear star filled sky, and the rather humorous disaster zone that the Village hidden in Sand had become.

"Stupid Kyuubi…"

Sasuke broke his glance down from the dazzling twinkling view to the curled up brooding blond at his side.

"Everyone was having so much fun tonight," his wide blue eyes were tracing the streets below them, stopping momentarily whenever they came across someone that had fallen asleep during the excitement. "Heck, even Hinata let loose," He relaxed his body a bit, pulling out of the gloomy fetal position he was just in, letting his head rest on his palm. "Who would of thought she and Kiba would have hooked up. But noo. God forbid the damn fox let me get drunk one night…"

The raven smirked to himself, his own eyes going down the mess on the streets.

"How come you're not drunk?"

"I don't drink."

"Why not? Even Neji let himself go…" Naruto bit his bottom lip to keep himself from laughing at that thought. Who would of thought that the branded Hyuuga could sing!

"I don't need alcohol to have fun."

"I wasn't even aware you knew how to have fun." Naruto replied, "but I know you don't need alcohol to have fun, being drunk is just another way to have fun."

"I don't see how anything that causes someone to wake up with a headache and upset stomach could be fun."

Naruto huffed, unfolding from his position and leaning back on his palms, legs sprauled out infront of him. "Ha! I bet you've never even been drunk before."

Sasuke glanced over to the blond, lips curling up lightly in a challenge, "would you like to wager that?"

Naruto's head snapped over, not expecting that for an answer, "Oh my god, you have. Where? When? How come you never told me? Didn't invite me!?"

"I did, you were there."

"What!? When!? I was not! I'd remember something something like that!"

"You were preoccupied with Kiba…" Sasuke's smirk flattened, his eyes going back to watch the silence village.

"Kiba? We broke up months ago… how long ago was this?"

"About a year ago, on July 23rd."

Naruto was silent for a moment as he thought, brow furrowed as he tried to think back… July 23rd… July 23rd… Why does that date sound important?

Wait a minute…

"You're birthday party…"

Sasuke stayed silent, gaze not wavering from the dark town. Naruto had fallen silent too, apparently lost in his own thoughts. Normally, Sasuke loved silence, calm… relaxing silence. But this… this was tense and thick. Something needed to be said, something to break this quiet. Why? Why was it so uncomfortable? It's not like the subject matter was tender… He didn't care if Naruto spent more of the raven's birthday with the dog-boy than he did with him. He didn't care that Naruto missed such a momentous date in his life. It was just Naruto…

Said blond suddenly began to fidgit, sitting up straight and staring blankly. His twitching eyes and brows drawn together showed he was thinking hard on something. Don't hurt yourself, Dobe, Sasuke smirked to himself but turned to continue watching his partner. It was amazing the emotions that seemed to fly across the whiskered face: confusion, sadness, anger, surprise, denial… and even more that passed too quickly to identify. The raven found himself to entranced by the expressions on his Dobe's face, the twinkles sparkeling in those blue eyes as each thought flittered through. It wasn't until those pools to the soul finally seemed to still, a single thought finally settled on, turned and met his dark obsidian.

"Fine then, Teme! I'll tell you what! I'll make your next birthday extra ausome, make it a day you'll never forget, and give you a present you'll… love."

Sasuke raised an eyebrow, he wasn't sure what his Dobe was thinking… but—wait… when did it become 'his Dobe'!?

"In fact… just to make it better… I'll give you something to look forward too."

The Uchiha was too involved in his own inner bashing of himself that he barely noticed the other man's movements. It wasn't until he felt soft puffs of warmth whispering against his did he realize it was Naruto's lips.

He was not in denial! He was not trying to fool himself! No! No! NO! He did not love the Dobe! He was not enjoying himself! He did not want the Dobe to kiss him again!

Oh who was he kidding…

Naruto was nothing like he was during the 'accident'. This time… the accidental peck on the lips was much more of a long awaited meeting, both enjoying it and relishing in it, rather than ripping away and gagging. The chapped and cracked lips of a twelve-year old were now smooth and soft, the ransid overpowering ramen taste now calmed severly, drowned out by wine, chocolate, and what was purely Naruto.

Naruto tasted delicious… almost…

Intoxicating…

TBC

AN: Sorry for the long wait! Please don't beat me too hard!

As for what happened in that last part… Naruto made a lot of connections suddenly, between Sasuke ignoring him, Kiba, blah blah blah… JEALOUSY!! Let's just blame it all on jealousy…