OK so this is LOOOOONG over do and I'm not that happy with the ending but I rarely am. Anyway I'm done writing stories for Naruto and forgot I didn't upload this so here's the last one from me. Maybe you'll see me all someday, now that I've started my serious writing.

Ps Ignore all the grammer and such I wrote this probably 2 years ago and I don't feel like redoing/checking it.

Anyway I hope you all enjoy.

I own this idea thats it

Sakura tried to break the shackles holding her and when that proved unsuccessful she glared at the man sitting on the throne.

Orochimaru grinned and rose from his throne. He walked towards his two captors slowly, enjoying the moment. He nodded to the sound 4 –signaling them to leave. They bowed and dismissed themselves, but not without grinning at Sasuke and Sakura.

"Sasuke." Orochimaru greeted, a smile forming on his face. "It's so nice to see you again." He raised a hand to stroke the nutcrackers cheek but Sasuke pulled his face away from the snake mans hand. Orochimaru frowned but continued. "Don't bother trying to break those." He motioned towards the shackles. "There's magic on them, you won't be able to." He then smirked as Sakura growled at him.

"Sasuke I have an ultimatum for you." He turned back towards the throne and sat on it. "Either you become mine or I kill you." Orochimaru took in the repulsed look on Sasuke's face with a smirk. "What'll it be?"

"The only one who is going to die is you." Sasuke replied with his head held high. Sakura smiled at Sasuke then threw a victorious look to Orochimaru.

Orochimaru frowned and then motioned for Kabuto to come to him. He whispered something into his assistant's ear then turned back towards the two.

"I invite you to a bonfire." He said then smiled at Sasuke. "Sasuke you must come and Sakura I would love for you to watch." He finished with a smile, he then ordered some snake guards to take them to their own cells.

Sakura struggled in her cage, shaking it back and forth. Her shackles were removed and she was thrown into a big, bird like cage, hanging in one of the prison sections. She heard a door opened and started yelling a string of curse words.

"-And you assholes slithering up the ass of that bastard can go-"

"Sakura!" Naruto whispered harshly.

Sakura stopped and blinked as she focused on the blonde haired boy. He was in the same pair of sweat pants but now had two swords tied around his waist

"N…Naruto." She gasped. She then scanned the area for guards while questioning the blonde. "How'd you get in here?" She whispered.

Naruto pulled out the needle he hid in his sweatpants and glared at it.

"I pricked myself on this like…five times." Naruto informed her as he stood in front of her cage.

Sakura gave him a deadpanned stare then shook her head and looked over him again.

"We thought you died. And how'd you get in here?" She asked again. Naruto shrugged as he started to pick the lock. "Do you really think that's going to work?" Sakura questioned as she watched him. "I mean this isn't a door, it's a lock on a prisoner! They wouldn't have a lock you can pick holding a prisoner." Suddenly, a click was heard and Sakura's door opened. She gapped at the blonde who smiled and helped her out.

"I'm a quick healer; I climbed down a rope with everyone else's help, and never doubt the power of a Californian." Naruto boasted as he guided her out of the castle and towards the wall surrounding the castle. "Now, Shikamaru is waiting on the other side. You go help them, while I go get Sasuke."

Sakura grabbed the rope and smiled at the blonde. Naruto smiled back then ran quietly back into the castle. Naruto snuck around, hid behind statues, peeked in every room, and looked behind every corner but couldn't find the nutcracker. Where is he? Naruto began to panic as he found another empty room.

"Piss off!"

Sasuke! Naruto cheered as the nutcrackers voice floated to him. He followed the voice till he found a door; he peeked inside and saw Orochimaru standing in front of the raven. Sasuke didn't have any shackles on and was glaring at the snake man.

"If you refuse me, you'll end up like that blonde boy." Orochimaru taunted. Sasuke glared harder at him.

Orochimaru smirked and raised his staff. Suddenly, Orochimaru was consumed in a black whirlwind. The whirlwind dissipated and Naruto almost fell onto the floor. Sasuke's eyes widened before he glared harder, gritting his teeth together and balling his fists. In front of Sasuke stood a replica of Naruto –the only difference was that instead of blue eyes the blondes eyes were yellow.

"See Sasuke," Orochimaru gestured towards himself. "I can turn into anything I want to be. I can do anything." He hissed out.

Naruto's jaw was wide open and no matter how hard he tried he couldn't close it. He blinked a few times then finally got his gapping mouth to close with a click. Orochimaru heard the click and turned his head towards the noise, his disguise disappearing.

"You!" Orochimaru yelled as he glared at Naruto.

Sasuke whipped his head towards the door and his eyes widened as he spotted Naruto.

"Dobe?"

"Shit!" Naruto cursed as Orochimaru tried to zap him with his staff.

Sasuke instantly broke out of his stupor and jumped at Orochimaru, knocking the man over. Naruto ran over to Sasuke as the nutcracker was flung off the snake man. Naruto helped Sasuke up then passed him his sword. Naruto pulled out the sword Neji gave him before climbing over the palace walls, and nodded at Sasuke. Sasuke nodded back and then they both turned towards Orochimaru who was scowling at both of them.

Both boys lunged at Orochimaru and started fighting him. Sasuke doing most the work since Naruto never handled a real sword before.

"Dobe, watch where you're swinging." Sasuke yelled as he tried to slash a jumping Orochimaru.

"Sorry teme!" Naruto shot back as he jumped out of the way. "I've never really done this before, give me a break!"

"Dobe." Sasuke smirked as he slashed at Orochimaru's arm.

Orochimaru frowned then charged at Sasuke but was tripped as Naruto slid underneath his feet.

"Kabuto!" Orochimaru yelled, but Naruto just 'tsk'ed at him.

"Kabuto's probably got his hands full." Naruto smiled.

"Take that you little bastard!" Sakura yelled as she punched Kabuto in the face. Causing the man flew across the courtyard and into a tree.

Sakura smiled then glanced behind her, watching as Neji kicked Kidomaru into Ten-ten's fist. Chouji and Lee were fighting Jirabo, Hinata and Ino were fighting Ukon, and Shikamaru was handling Tayuya. Sakura smiled at the scene.

Then a wall blew out and everyone paused to watch as Orochimaru jumped out of the hole, Naruto and Sasuke following him and swinging at him wildly. Naruto crossed swords with him and held the man there. Orochimaru smirked as he pushed against the inexperienced blonde. Naruto cringed as he felt himself being pushed.

"Dobe." Sasuke breathed and Naruto jumped back as a sword went through Orochimaru.

Sasuke pushed his sword in further, listening to the snake man gasp. Sasuke continued to push forward until his sword hilt pressed fully against Orochimaru's back.

"Bast…ard." Orochimaru gasped as blood came out of his mouth.

Sasuke released his sword and watched Orochimaru stumble forward. He then reached for his sword and pulled it out roughly, causing Orochimaru to fall to the ground. Neji, Shikamaru, Chouji, and Ino took the sound 4's surprised stupor to their advantage and killed them. Everything fell silent as everyone looked around at all the dead bodies.

"Yay!" Sakura yelled then jumped up and down. Everyone else followed her example and started whooping and celebrating.

The sound of several cracks, however, stopped everyone's merriment as they listened to the sound to stones breaking.

"It's gonna collapse!" Chouji yelled as he pointed at the castle.

"No." Neji replied, calming everyone. "That's not it."

Everything went quiet again but a long groan broke it. Out of the hole came a busty blonde and long haired man.

"Tsunade! Jiraiya!" Everyone –minus Naruto and Sasuke yelled.

Tsunade and Jiraiya looked at the dead body of Orochimaru and then let out an overjoyed sigh. Then more people started appearing. Everyone that was turned to stone broke free and joined in the giant celebration.

"Itachi." Sasuke breathed relieved.

Everyone silenced themselves and stared at the man coming out of the hole. Itachi strode out of the hole and then saw Sasuke. They both stared at each other and smiled a minuscule Uchiha smile; they then went and hugged each other. Everyone rushed to them and formed a group hug. Naruto stayed back and watched as Sasuke tried to squirm out of the hold Sakura and Ino had him in.

"Ma," A voice next to Naruto said. "It's good to see them together again."

Naruto turned to look at the man and checked him over. The man had half his face covered with a mask and an eye patch over his left eye, and his hair was silver and waved off to one side. Naruto continued to stare at him with squinted eyes, analyzing the man.

"Do I know you?" Naruto questioned while continuing to study the man.

"Hmm." The man looked at Naruto with his one eye.

For awhile they both just stared at each other, till Sasuke came.

"Dobe." Sasuke called while walking over towards Naruto. Sasuke glanced at the silver haired man and sighed. "Don't talk to him." The nutcracker gestured towards the silver haired man.

"Sasuke I'm hurt." The man said with a hand held over his heart.

"That's doubtful." Itachi stated as he strode towards the group. Itachi glanced at Naruto then looked back at the masked man. "Kakashi thank you for helping Sasuke escape."

The man named Kakashi bowed and his visible eye went in a U shape. I guess he's smiling. Naruto thought as he stared at the man.

"Who are you?" Naruto jumped as he stared directly at Sasuke's brother.

"O-oh! U-uh," Naruto fumbled and stuttered under the intense gaze.

"Get back here!" Sakura yelled, interrupting Naruto.

All four turned to her and saw her running back into the palace.

"What's going on?" Naruto asked out loud.

"Kabuto escaped." Lee informed him.

"He was hiding and we just saw him run into the palace. We're going after him." Neji finished as he, Lee, and Ten-ten ran into the palace as well.

"I suggest you two stay here." Kakashi said to the two royalties.

Sasuke glared at Kakashi, wanting to go kill the rat, but sighed in defeat when his brother glanced at him –signaling to him that he shouldn't move.

Naruto glanced at Sasuke and Itachi then grabbed his sword.

"I'm going to go." He said and then waved with is free hand and ran off before he could hear any protest.

"Who is that?" Itachi asked again as he watched Naruto run into the palace.

Kakashi chuckled and smiled, then turned to Sasuke.

"Naruto Uzumaki." Sasuke answered glaring at the blonde as he ran off.

"You check over there." Shikamaru advised to Naruto as he went off in another direction.

Naruto nodded, re-gripped his sword and took off down the designated path.

"Sakura get over here!" Ino yelled as she spotted the pink haired girl.

Sakura ran over to her and Ino guided her back towards the courtyard. There, she took the Sugar Plum Princess to Itachi, Sasuke, and Kakashi.

"Kiss him." Ino demanded pointing at Sasuke. "Kiss him and turn him back to normal."

Sakura glanced at Sasuke and Itachi then let out a sad sigh. Sasuke looked at Itachi who gave him a confused look and shook his head.

"My kiss didn't do anything." Sakura admitted, looking at the ground –feeling tears well up in her eyes.

"What?" Tsunade asked as she walked over to the group. "You're the Sugar Plum Princess, you're kiss should break the curse." Tsunade stood next to Sakura and put a hand on the pink haired girls shoulder.

"But it didn't work!" Sakura cried. "We kissed and…and nothing happened!" She continued as some tears escaped from her eyes. "I don't understand." She mumbled as she tightened her hands.

"Is there any other way?" Itachi asked as he glanced at Sasuke.

Tsunade looked thoughtful and tried to think of something. Minutes passed by and no one had thought of anything; finally, Jiraiya spoke.

"Isn't that how fairytales go?" Jiraiya mused with a laugh. Everyone looked at him confused and he glanced at everyone then smiled and continued. "Love conquers all. Sakura's kiss didn't work because –and this is just a theory- but…maybe the youngest Prince has fallen in love?" He suggested while waggling his eyebrows.

Everyone was silent, some confused and some trying to figure out who Sasuke might be in love with.

"Shouldn't you be finding Naruto?" Kakashi asked out loud as he pulled out an orange book from his back pocket.

Ino and Sakura turned to him confused. Sasuke raised his head and blinked owlishly at the masked man. Itachi looked at Kakashi then smirked.

"Oh!" Ino and Sakura yelled as they smiled. They nodded to each other then ran into the palace.

Itachi smirked at Sasuke's dumbfounded look, as Jiraiya and Tsunade smiled.

"I've got a question," Tsunade announced. Itachi looked at her and Kakashi glanced at her over his book. "Who's Naruto?"

"Naruto!" Sakura yelled as she ran down another hallway.

"Sakura?" Chouji called.

"Chouji!" Sakura greeted, and then stopped in front of him. "Have you seen Naruto?"

"Yeah." He answered as he stuffed another handful of food into his mouth. "Why?"

"Which way did he go? He has to kiss Sasuke so he'll turn back to normal!" She announced as she bounced on her feet anxious to find the blonde.

"What?" Chouji questioned. "I thought your kiss did that?"

"Never mind that!" Sakura snapped. "Which way did he go?"

Chouji pointed further down the hall and Sakura took off.

"Tell more people Chouji and if you see Naruto take him to Sasuke!" Sakura commanded as she ran out of sight.

Meanwhile, Kabuto –who has hiding in the shadows- heard Sakura and Chouji's conversation and cursed under his breath.

I can't let Sasuke win! Kabuto thought as he crawled away and then ran down another hallway, while trying to think of a plan. I can't let Sasuke and that blonde meet. Orochimaru's work will not be forgotten.

Kabuto hid inside a random room as Lee ran down the hall yelling Naruto's name.

I've got to think fast. He reprimanded himself as he tried to think of a plan.

"Lee?" Naruto called while walking down the hallway Kabuto was hidden in. "Hmm, I thought I heard him call me." Naruto mused as he scratched the top of his head.

This is my chance! Kabuto thought.

Kabuto ran out of the room and Naruto immediately noticed him.

"Hey!" Naruto yelled as he watched Kabuto run back into the room he just emerged from. "Hey! Get back here!" Naruto yelled as he ran after him.

Naruto ran into the room and then cringed as he was hit in the back of the head. Naruto's body fell to the floor with a flop as he lost consciousness. Kabuto's glasses gleamed as he smirked down at the fallen boy. He then bent down and pulled the blonde further into the dark room.

"Orochimaru said that he shrunk you, so then you should have it somewhere." Kabuto thought out loud as he loomed over the unmoving blonde and examined him.

Ugh Naruto mentally groaned as he tried to wake up. Ow, my head. His head throbbed, his mind was a hazy field, and his vision was nonexistent; though, that was because he didn't have the strength to open his eyelids.

"It's in here somewhere."

Who's that? Naruto mentally questioned as the haziness in Naruto's brain cleared. He could feel fingers rummaging through his hair, which only pushed him further into confusion. What?

"Once I get this, you'll go home and Sasuke will remain a nutcracker forever." Kabuto chuckled.

What? Naruto questioned again. Naruto's mind was slowly letting Naruto have control over his body again and he flexed his fingers.

"Got it!" Kabuto cheered as he pulled a black ball of ooze out of the Naruto's hair. "Now you won't be able to kiss Sasuke and he'll stay a nutcracker forever!" Kabuto cheered again.

Forever? Naruto thought as he opened his eyes and saw Kabuto standing next to him smiling as he crushed the black ball. Kabuto smiled and it infuriated Naruto. Naruto sweep kicked Kabuto, causing the man to fall to the floor.

"What're you talking about?" Naruto demanded as he stood –shakily- over Kabuto.

Kabuto looked at him and smirked.

"You could've broken the curse on Sasuke, but now." He gestured towards the blonde. "It's too late. You're going to disappear and he'll be stuck as a nutcracker forever!" He taunted, still smirking. Naruto went rigid as he balled his fists and glared.

"Huh?" Naruto gasped, instantly relaxing as he felt his body becoming lighter.

He looked down at himself and was shocked to see himself disappearing. His body was slowly losing color and fading away. Naruto's mouth opened and closed a couple times but Kabuto's laughter broke him out of his stupor. Naruto glared at him then turned on his heels and ran out of the room.

"Has anyone found him?" Tsunade questioned as she bounced from one foot to another, trying to resist the urge to pace (or go look for her hidden sake).

Jiraiya shook his head, biting back the smart ass remark that was itching to be released. Itachi taped his foot and kept his gaze locked on the hole in the wall. Kakashi continued to read his book, while Sasuke was glaring at the ground.

I do not like the dobe! Sasuke thought as he tried desperately to reason with himself. I've known him for two days! I have no feelings for him. Yes, he is attractive. And yes, he does have a nice smile. Sasuke admitted. He looked up at the hole and studied it for awhile. The nutcracker then sighed and looked down, defeated. Alright, some feelings, I may have some feelings for him. Sasuke admitted as he nodded to himself.

"Sasuke!"

Itachi took a step forward then back, his eyebrows rising in confusion. Kakashi looked up from his book then lowered it completely and gaped. Tsunade and Jiraiya turned towards the voice and a baffled look colored their faces.

"What the hell?" Jiraiya yelled, observing the scene before him.

Sakura, Ino, and Shikamaru were running behind Naruto with wide, confused eyes. Naruto was almost transparent his face being the only almost translucent thing. His eyes were set in determination as he ran past a gaping Tsunade and Jiraiya.

"Naruto?" Sasuke gasped.

Once, he got a better look at the almost transparent boy he glared in anger and ran forward. He opened his mouth to question the disappearing boy but was pushed back slightly, as Naruto jumped on him.

Naruto lunged at Sasuke as he felt himself disappearing more. Sasuke almost fell over from shock but caught himself.

"Naruto, what?" Sasuke began angrily as he tried to get his bearings.

"No time!" Naruto yelled.

Naruto grabbed both Sasuke's cheeks and quickly looked away from his disappearing hands. Sasuke opened his mouth to yell again but Naruto rammed his lips forward straight into wooden ones. Blue eyes -that were still set in determination- gazed at confused, onyx eyes. Slowly, the wooden lips became softer and the determination and confusion left both eyes as they slipped closed. Sasuke became less rigid as his eyes closed and then he pushed his head, forcing Naruto to tilt his. He pushed more into the kiss and Naruto responded pushing back but ended up not being able to.

Sasuke opened his eyes immediately as he felt the lips disappear. Naruto's eyes were the only thing left in his vision.

"Naruto!" Sasuke yelled as he lunged forward, trying to grab at the blonde, but met nothing but air.

Naruto shot out of bed, gasping.

"Huh? What?" Naruto gripped his bed sheets and his eyes dashed all around the room. "M-my room?"

He took a few deep breaths then scanned the room again. The room had orange walls and posters decorating them. A desk with a closed laptop on it was in the corner next to his dresser that had clothes falling out of it. Then there was a TV on top of the dresser with an Xbox360 connected to it and a videogame chair in front of it.

Naruto then grabbed his body and sighed happily when he felt his solid body. He then looked over and instantly threw the covers off himself and examined his sweat pants. They were fine, no holes, water marks, or sweat marks.

Naruto sighed then raked a hand through his hair. Then he gasped again and jumped out of bed. He ran down the stairs and flew into the living room.

"Naruto?" Iruka called, as he stopped putting presents under the tree so he could look up at his son, who was almost out of breath scanning the room.

"Naruto?" Iruka called again with concern. He put the present he was holding down and walked towards Naruto. "Are you ok?" He asked putting a hand on the boy's forehead.

Naruto blinked and looked at Iruka, then shook the hand off.

"N-no I'm fine." Naruto answered as he stepped around Iruka and examined the room.

The lamp was still on the table and in one piece, the coasters were in the same place, and the floor and table were clean. There were no signs of the fight or of him shrinking.

He raked his hand through his hair again and took in a deep breath. He tried to keep his head straight and his mind clear so he could evaluate what was happening.

"Naruto?" Iruka questioned again. He gave the blonde a concerned look and walked over to him. He then gently pushed Naruto towards the couch and sat him down.

"Naruto, are you alright? Did something happen?" He questioned calmly.

Naruto glanced at him then continued to look around the room. Searching for a sign of what happened last night.

"Iruka?" Naruto finally ripped his eyes away from the living room and looked at his dad. "This morning, was the lamp broken? Or did you see any dead snakes lying around?"

Iruka looked at Naruto confused and shook his head 'no' slowly. He then grabbed Naruto's hand and squeezed it.

"Naruto, did something happen?"

Naruto sighed then looked down to the floor and sighed again. Naruto's head was starting to feel fuzzy, he couldn't tell if what happened was real or if he dreamt all of it.

"But I got hurt and felt it." Naruto thought out loud.

Iruka's eyes widened when he heard this and he squeezed Naruto's hand again, bringing Naruto's gaze over to him.

"Naruto, tell me what happened." He demanded in a stern voice.

Naruto sighed then bit his bottom lip and told Iruka everything; from walking down the stairs, to the fight at the beach, and finally to the kiss.

"Naruto." Iruka began but Naruto interrupted him.

"I don't understand!" Naruto yelled frustrated. "Everything felt so real. I felt the punches I got. And everyone I met I liked, they were so nice and," Naruto sighed and looked at Iruka confused. "I just don't get it. What happened?"

Iruka smiled a sad smile then wrapped his arm around Naruto who huddled into him.

"Naruto, sometimes we have these dreams, and they seem so real that we fool ourselves into thinking that they are real." Iruka explained in a clam voice as he rubbed Naruto's arm soothingly.

"But I felt-"

"This dream may have been a night terror." Iruka further explained. Naruto broke out of his hold and looked at him confused.

"Night terror? What's that?"

"Well," Iruka began. "You see Naruto, most dreams occur during a cycle in your sleep called REM. But sometimes you have dreams that aren't during REM, those are called night terrors. See, during REM you're body is immobilized, that way you can't act out your dreams; but during night terrors you're body is not immobilized so you can act them out."

Naruto raked a hand through his hair and sighed trying to absorb all the new information. Iruka saw this and grabbed Naruto's hand again.

"You probably beat yourself up." Iruka laughed making Naruto laugh a bit as well.

Naruto smiled up at Iruka and laughed again. Then he glanced at the room again and sighed sadly. Iruka noticed this and gave Naruto another concerned look.

"It was a great dream." Naruto whispered as he smiled a bittersweet smile. He pictured everyone he met in his dream and smiled again; then his smiled disappeared as he thought of Sasuke.

"Naruto." Iruka said, breaking Naruto out of his thoughts. Naruto looked at him with a slight smile and Iruka smiled. "Dreams are nice, but you can't live in them." Naruto's smile dropped, and Iruka continued. "Promise me you won't dwell on this?"

Naruto sighed sadly as he thought of everything he went through and everyone he met. He closed his eyes, took in a deep breath and shook his head –banishing everything from his thoughts. It was just a dream

He opened his eyes and let out one more depressed sigh. Then he looked up at Iruka and smiled.

"I promise." Naruto said with a smile.

Iruka smiled back then slapped his knees.

"Well, now that you're up. Let's open presents!" Iruka announced.

Naruto's smile blew up as he jumped off the couch and then dove under the tree. Iruka laughed as he ran to get his camera.

"Naruto, don't go so fast!" Iruka yelled as he tried to take a snap shot.

Naruto stuck his tongue out at his dad and continued to rip apart his gifts. Iruka laughed and continued to snap pictures of the over energized blonde. After presents, Iruka made lunch and then they both went outside to go extended holiday greetings to their neighbors. After dinner, they both went into the living room and began cleaning up.

"Hey." Naruto called as he came back into the living room after taking out the trash. "Have you seen my nutcracker?" Iruka looked around the room then shook his head 'no'.

"You might've thrown it out last night." Iruka said then laughed. "Or this morning, you ripped through those presents so fast." Iruka sighed tiredly. "I don't even know why I wrap them anymore."

"You have to wrap them!" Naruto defended as he sat next to Iruka. "I love the surprise of not knowing what I got till it's opened."

"Even at 18 you still love that?" Iruka questioned as he chuckled.

"You're never too old for presents." Naruto defended with a nod.

Iruka smiled and nodded as well. Then Naruto yawned and waved to Iruka as he stood up.

"Alright I'm going to bed." Naruto smiled. "Night, Iruka." He waved then went up to his room and went off to bed.

"I said I don't want to hear it!" Iruka yelled as he viciously slammed the phone back on its receiver.

Iruka huffed as he gave the phone a death glare. Naruto and Kiba stopped moving and just stared at the pissed adult. Naruto slowly put his slice of pizza down and turned so that he was facing Iruka. Kiba watched his friend with weary eyes as he struggled not to move, his pizza slice still clenched between his teeth. Naruto cleared his throat and Iruka turned and glared at him.

"Iruka." Naruto started in a very cautious tone. "Wh…what's wrong?"

Iruka hunched his shoulders and sighed then threw his hands in the air and huffed again.

"I'm sorry." Iruka gritted out. He sighed again and waved his hand in the air. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't be taking this out on you two."

Kiba instantly relaxed and gobbled up his pizza slice. Naruto, however, raised his eyebrow at Iruka.

"What's wrong?" Naruto questioned as he grabbed his pizza slice and glared at Kiba who grabbed the last remaining slice.

Iruka heaved a heavy sigh and plopped himself in one of the other available chairs. He placed his head in his hands and gritted his teeth.

"I…" Iruka hesitated, not knowing if he should be talking about this with his son and friend.

"You?" Naruto questioned as he finished his slice.

Iruka sighed again and hid his face more, trying to fight his blush of embarrassment that was slowly coloring his face.

"My ex-boyfriend keeps calling me. Giving me lame excuses as to why he just dropped off the face of the Earth all those years ago." Iruka rushed out, still hiding his head, not daring to look at the two teens.

"What?" Kiba asked, confused.

Iruka sighed again and tried to put on a brave face and faced the two teens.

"I dated a guy a long time ago," Iruka blinked then pointed to Naruto. "You met him, I think. It was right when I first adopted you." Naruto glanced at Kiba then looked back at Iruka.

"I don't remember." Naruto mumbled out. Iruka waved his hand, dismissing Naruto's comment with a small smile.

"You were young and still in mourning, it's expected for you to not remember."

"Anyway?" Kiba interrupted, trying to get more of the story.

Iruka cleared his throat and began again. "Yes, well shortly after one of our dates I waited for him to call and he didn't. I looked for him but he disappeared. He just fell off the face of the Earth!" Iruka half yelled as he glared at the table top.

"He just left?" Naruto asked getting angry at this man for abandoning his dad. Iruka nodded his head and Kiba shook his back and forth in a disappointed fashion.

"Now, he calls me giving me some bull shit excuse!" Iruka fisted his hands and glared at the table top harder. "It's just like him to act like everything is fine if he just makes up an excuse!"

"What'd he say?" Naruto asked as he glanced at the phone and glared at it.

Iruka sighed again and took one hand and ran it down his face.

"That he was helping his family friend's country and was held prisoner there for all these years." Iruka scoffed as did Naruto and Kiba.

"Yeah Sure." Naruto spat out sarcastically.

"Sounds like an asshole." Kiba commented closing his eyes and nodding his head. Naruto looked at him and also nodded his head.

"Just forget him Iruka." Naruto said.

Iruka sighed and smiled at the two boys then stood and ruffled both of their hair. He grabbed the empty pizza box and moved to throw it out.

"I've been trying since he first left." Iruka's smile dropped and he sighed. Kiba and Naruto glanced at each other then gave Iruka a sympathetic look.

"You will." Kiba offered weakly as he tried to give Iruka a reassuring smile.

Iruka smiled gently at the gesture. "Thank you. But," He sighed again as he walked out of the room. "You don't know how hard it is to forget your first love."

Both boys heard Iruka's comment and Kiba hung his head in sadness and sympathy. Naruto -on the other hand- had a picture of a faceless raven haired man with his hair swished up in the back, pop into his head.

"Why did Jiraiya say we all had to come?"

"It's so cramped in here!"

"Are we there yet?"

"Ack! Who touched me?"

"Oh, me definitely!"

The girl with red hair and glasses slammed her fist into the short, silver haired boys face. Hoping that one of his overly sharp teeth would break.

"Suigetsu!" Ino screeched as he knocked into her, causing her to knock into Chouji. Chouji then fell onto Shikamaru, who fell on Ten-Ten, who fell on Neji, who then fell on Lee, who fell on Sasuke, who fell onto the window he was gazing out of.

"Don't yell at Suigetsu, it's was Karin's fault!" Sakura defended from her spot next to Juugo.

"I-it's tr-true." Hinata supplied, she sat on the other side of Sakura, closest to the car door.

Juugo regarded everyone silently then glance at Sakura who nodded at him with a smile on her lips. Karin, who was on the other side of Juugo, glared at Sakura and Hinata.

"How dare you!" She yelled as she pointed a finger at Sakura. "It was his fault for touching me!" Kakashi, who was watching all of them, chuckled under his breath from his seat in the front.

All of them were in a limo and it was very cramped -since there were so many people. The original crew and Sasuke's personal bodyguards -that had been turned to stone- were all ordered to go with Kakashi on his mystery trip.

"This better be important." Ino grumbled as she tried to get comfortable.

Shikamaru sighed as he flew his head back and stared at the clouds through the sun roof. Sasuke sighed and looked back out his window.

Why am I trapped here with all these idiots? Sasuke thought as he glanced at everyone.

Lee was glaring at Karin and trying to defend Sakura from across the car. Hinata was cowering, trying to distance herself from the bickering. Ten-Ten was twirling Neji's hair with her fingers as he smiled gently down at her. Sasuke sighed and turned his head away from them.

"Lonely?" Kakashi asked as he glanced back at Sasuke.

Sasuke grunted and continued to look out the window. Kakashi's eyes gleamed as he looked back at the road.

"It's normal for you to be feeling that." He continued. Sasuke growled under his breath as he tried to ignore the silver haired man as he babbled on and on. "And I can't imagine the sexual frustration you must be going through."

"Why am I here?" Sasuke snapped as he glared an Uchiha death glare at the man.

Kakashi smiled under his mask and shrugged his shoulders.

"Since it's your fault for me leaving, I'm bringing you to help my lover understand why I disappeared."

"Then why are we here?" Suigetsu yelled as he took a long slurp of his slurpee.

Everyone stopped talking and looked towards the driver who merely shrugged again.

"I thought you'd all want to come."

All the girls –minus Hinata- gritted their teeth and Sakura cracked her knuckles.

"There better be more to it than that." Sakura warned.

Kakashi chuckled nervously as he glanced in his rear view mirror at all the glares and angry faces. He then cleared his throat and smiled again.

"I thought you'd all appreciate coming to a place where it never snows."

"That does sound marvelous." Ino admitted. "But, that's not enough to make me want to squish myself in a car with all these people."

Kakashi shrugged again. "Well, I've always loved California." Kakashi sighed happily as he thought of the sun, beaches, bathing suits, and people wearing bathing suits.

Sasuke dropped his glare and stared in front of him not focusing on anything. The only thing running through his mind was the word California.

"Teme! I live in sunny California, where it doesn't snow!" Sasuke's eyes drifted back towards the window, his hearing tuning out everyone around him. "Take me back! I have to go to Iruka!" Sasuke whipped his head towards Kakashi so fast that everyone stared at him, wondering if his neck was ok.

"What's his name?" Sasuke demanded.

"Who?" Kakashi asked innocently, not even glancing at the pissed off Prince.

"You know who I'm talking about!" Sasuke continued as he glared at the driver. He leaned forward and tried to restrain his hands, which itched to punch Kakashi.

"Ma, could you be talking about my lover?" Kakashi asked playing dumb. Sasuke gritted his teeth and gripped the leather of the chair tightly as he continued glaring. Kakashi, feeling the fire burning from Sasuke, sighed and shook his head. "It's Iruka. Happy? Now the surprise is ruined." He mumbled disappointed.

"Iruka?" Ten-Ten echoed.

Sakura gave Sasuke a puzzled look but he didn't look at her. He was glaring out the window, determination and anxiety etched onto his features.

Sasuke resisted the urge to bite his lip as he thought of the dobe. Sasuke took a deep breath and released it slowly, trying to calm his nerves.

"Oh my God!" Sakura yelled.

"Never doubt the power of a Californian." Sakura recalled Naruto's words in her head and screamed in excitement.

"What's going on?" Suigetsu asked as he drank the last of his slurpee.

"Naruto!" Sakura yelled. "We're going to see Naruto!"

"He's alive?" Ino yelled shocked.

"What?" Hinata gasped.

Everyone had assumed that when Naruto disappeared he had died. They tracked Kabuto down, questioned him, but he didn't give any information. Sasuke was the one to slice the rat in half, ending his life.

"No way!"

"We must hurry to see him!" Lee exclaimed as he stuck his thumb up in the air and smiled a huge smile.

"Hello Iruka!" Sai smiled his fake smile as Iruka opened the door for him.

"Hello Sai." Iruka greeted, he gestured down the hallway. "Everyone's in the family room down the hall."

Sai nodded his head to Iruka then continued down the hallway, passing the living room and kitchen. He headed inside a large room that was across from one of the bathrooms. The room had a tall ceiling and a fan hanging from it. In the center of the room was a big screen TV and a stereo system surrounding it. A couch was planted in front of the TV, the loveseat sofa was at an angle to the TV, and a chair with a matching ottoman was on the other side of the couch.

On the loveseat laid a girl with blonde hair all tied up into four different ponytails. On the couch sat a brown haired man with warrior paint on his face, Naruto sat next to him, and on the other side of Naruto sat Kiba. The chair was occupied by a short, red head that concentrated all his attention on the TV.

"Oh. Great. Creepy man is here." The man with warrior paint on his face announced.

The red head glared at the brunette then turned back to the TV.

"Sai!" Naruto cheered "Come on in." Naruto waved his hand over and stopped when the red head glared at him. "Kankuro, move over and Temari make some room." Naruto whispered to them. The red head continued to glare at him but Naruto just rolled his eyes. "Calm down Gaara, it's on a commercial."

Temari sighed and sat up as Kankuro moved to sit next to her. Sai then claimed the seat next to Naruto and smiled at him.

"What're we watching?" Sai asked as he fake smiled at everyone.

"Some show," Kiba mumbled, then glanced at Gaara. "Don't try to change the channel, Gaara will murder you."

"Gaara's obsessed with this show." Temari supplied as she shook her blonde hair and tightened one of her ponytails.

Kankuro nodded in agreement as he settled himself next to his sister.

Immediately, everyone silenced themselves as the show started again. Gaara glared at the TV, giving it his undivided attention. Once the commercial break started Naruto let out a sneeze he was holding throughout the whole show. In the distance, a bell was heard along with Iruka announcing that he'll get it.

"Dickless, did you actually hold that in?" Sai asked as he smiled at Naruto.

Naruto bristled at Sai's insult and Kiba snorted a laugh.

"I have a dick, bastard!" Naruto yelled at him.

"Not this again." Kankuro sighed as he pulled up his hood.

"No you don't, only males have dicks." Sai continued to tease.

"I am a male!" Naruto yelled again, getting angrier.

"How can you be a male when you have no penis?"

Temari and Kiba started laughing and Kankuro sighed. Gaara glared at them then looked back at the TV.

"I do have a penis! And I can prove it!" Naruto stood up and reached for his fly but Temari yelled, stopping him.

"Don't you dare pull out your dick Naruto!" Temari yelled as she stood up and pointed at the blonde.

"But-" Naruto tried to defend himself.

"Dude, no one wants to see that." Kiba added as he moved away from Naruto.

"Why? It's not like you'll see anything?" Sai continued to tease.

Naruto glared at him and reached for his fly again but Temari grabbed his hand and yanked it up.

"Don't even think about it." She gritted out.

Kankuro sighed then noticed Gaara glaring death at all of them. He gulped then pushed himself further into the sofa.

"I have to!" Naruto yelled.

"No you don't!" Kiba yelled.

"I can't hear the TV." Gaara stated in his monotone voice as he glared at them, but no one listened to him. Gaara glared harder at them then grabbed the remote and turned the volume up.

"Just let it go!" Temari yelled.

"I can't." Naruto shot back.

Gaara glared at them and turned the volume up more.

"I can't hear the TV." He repeated as he formed a fist.

"Just admit that you have no penis, dickless."

"I do have a dick! You asshole!" Naruto yelled over the increasing volume of the TV.

"What's going on here?" Iruka yelled as he ran into the doorway.

Gaara's knuckles turned white as everyone started shouting explanations.

"I can't hear the TV." He repeated for the third time.

"One at a time!" Iruka yelled but no one heard him. He huffed as his face started to turn red from frustration. "That's it!" He yelled.

Iruka ran to the TV and unplugged it, shutting everyone up instantly. Temari, Kankuro, Kiba, Sai, and Naruto all turned to Gaara and slowly tried to shimmy away from the red head. Gaara was glaring at the TV; his nostrils were flaring a bit, and his eyes wider than usual as he tried to control his anger. No one uttered a syllable as they waited for the red head to calm down.

"Iruka where'd you go?" Kakashi asked loudly as he walked over towards the doorway.

Everyone gave Kakashi a deer in the head lights looks as Gaara shot up. A pissed off Gaara was a violent one. In a flash, Gaara was aiming a punch at Kakashi.

"Naruto! My youthful-"

Lee ran into the room and right in front of Gaara. Gaara's fist -that was meant for Kakashi- slammed into Lee. Lee flew back and Kakashi -quickly- caught him.

"Lee!"

Suddenly, Sakura and everyone rushed to the dazed Lee.

"Oh, shit!" Naruto gasped as he grabbed Gaara's arm and pulled him away from the scene.

"We're going to get sued." Kankuro sighed as he shook his head at the scene.

Kakashi propped Lee up and patted his shoulder. Lee grabbed his gut and kept his feet firmly placed on the floor. Sakura cupped his face and checked his vision. Then she turned towards Gaara and glared at him.

"Why would you do that?" She took a step towards the redhead and pointed an accusing finger at him. "He hasn't done anything to you!"

Gaara was staring at the floor next to Naruto, trying to ignore the girl. Naruto gripped his shoulder but Gaara still felt guilty.

"Hey don't yell at him." Kiba defended, weakly. Kiba stood in front of Sakura and began to explain what happened. "It's not Gaara's fault." He glanced behind Sakura at all the people slowly flooding into the room. "If that stupid guy hadn't co...come in and…" Kiba trailed off as his eyes settled on a raven, long haired girl standing next to Lee and looking over him worriedly.

Kiba's mouth hung open as he continued to stare at Hinata. Sakura raised an eyebrow at him then glanced back at Hinata. Sakura's gaze flicked between Kiba and Hinata before she smiled.

"Who are you guys?" Temari questioned her hands on her hips as she looked over the group.

"Oh!" Iruka exclaimed as he made his way between the two groups. "Naruto, Kiba, Sai, Gaara, Temari, Kankuro, this is my ex-boyfriend." Iruka pointed at Naruto and his friends for introductions as they each raised their hands-minus Gaara, who was still gazing at the floor.

Naruto glared at the masked man who smiled at him. Kakashi then made his way through his group and wrapped Iruka in a hug.

"Iruka, I'm not an ex." Kakashi whined as he hugged the blushing man tighter.

Naruto's head snapped back and he glared harder at the masked man.

"You're the one Iruka told me about?" Naruto yelled. Kakashi smiled and clung to Iruka more.

"You were talking about me?"

"N-not like that." Iruka stated trying to sound stern.

Kakashi just smiled more and nuzzled Iruka, who was trying to push the man's face away from his own. Naruto did not like that. Naruto stomped over towards them and began yelling at Kakashi to let go as he tried to pry Iruka out of his grasp.

"Sorry." Gaara stated in a monotone voice.

Lee and the gang looked over to him and Gaara merely glanced at Lee then folded his arms and took in a deep breath. Gaara didn't say anymore, nor did he look at Lee or anyone. Lee smiled at him and gave him thumbs up.

"It is ok; no mere punch could take me out!" Lee boasted as he gave Gaara a sparkling smile.

Gaara glanced over at him again and smiled a small -minuscule- smile (that lasted about .02 miliseconds).

"Wow!" Kankuro exclaimed, it was rare to see Gaara smile ever, he was stunned. He took his hood down and stared at Gaara then at Lee. "So, who are you?" He asked the group.

"Oh yes, introductions!" Kakashi said as he pushed Naruto off of him. He gestured towards to group with a wave. "All of you introduce yourselves." He commanded.

Ino smiled at Naruto and ran to him. She attached herself to him and squeezed his torso.

"Oh, Naruto, I'm so glad you're alive!" She exclaimed as she hugged him tighter.

"Yeah!" Ten-Ten agreed.

"M-me too!" Hinata said as she raised her hand.

Kiba glared at Naruto as Iruka and everyone else raised their eyebrows at him.

"What're they talking about dickless?" Sai asked while casting the other group a fake smile.

Naruto glared at him then tried to weasel out of Ino's hold.

"I have no idea!" Naruto replied looking at his friends over his shoulder.

"No idea?" Ino yelled offended as she jumped away from Naruto.

"What do you mean you have 'no idea'?" Neji asked as he took a step forward.

Naruto scratched the back of his head and gave them all a sheepish smile.

"Sorry…?" He offered. "But I don't think I've ever met you." He laughed a bit and tried to offer them another smile.

Everyone took on a dejected look and Sakura sighed sadly as she shook her head.

"Dobe." Someone scoffed.

Naruto dropped his smile and glared at the crowd, searching for the person who insulted him. Finally, his eyes landed on a man standing off to the side. He had pale skin and raven hair that was turned up in the back. Naruto looked him over and then focused on his hair.

Naruto screamed and took a few steps back then tripped over Sai, causing him to fall to the floor. His eyes were as wide as dinner plates as he tried to scoot back more. His chest was heaving up and down and his head felt dizzy and foggy. All Naruto could focus on,-see- was the raven haired guys head.

Naruto vaguely heard people try to talk to him, but his hearing started to fade. All of Naruto's senses started to fail on him. The raven haired guys face slowly melted away and all he saw was a faceless raven haired boy with his hair swished up in the back. Slowly, even that started to fade. Naruto tried to reach a hand up to grab the fading picture but his hand wouldn't move, and he slowly fell into blackness.

"Would you stop pacing you drama queen." Temari barked from her chair.

"I'm not pacing." Shikamaru shot back as he glared at her.

"Might as well be, you're tapping your foot like crazy and it's driving me nuts." Temari retorted.

Shikamaru glared at her and sighed. "Troublesome."

"You're such a drama queen." Temari replied as she crossed her legs.

Shikamaru scoffed at her and she just smiled at him.

"Damn I'm thirsty!" Suigetsu announced as he draped himself over his chair.

"Stop complaining!" Karin yelled at him from her chair next to him.

"I hope he's ok." Sakura admitted nervously.

Juugo –who was sitting next to her- glanced at her then put a hand on her shoulder. Sakura looked up at him and smiled. She grabbed his hand and squeezed it causing Juugo to smile.

Kakashi sighed at them and then looked over towards Iruka.

"What's wrong? Worried?" Kakashi asked.

Iruka shook his head and sighed. Naruto had gone unconscious and they had all taken him to the hospital. The doctors said they'd run some tests on him to see if anything was wrong, so everyone picked a chair and waited.

"No, just confused." Iruka answered. "I don't understand what Naruto was so freaked out about."

Sasuke, who was sitting across from Iruka -facing the door- sighed and placed his head on his palm. Damn dobe. Not remembering anything. Sasuke thought.

"Dobe." Sasuke whispered out as he thought of the blonde.

"Naruto's going to be fine." The doctor said as he walked into the room. Everyone stood and looked at him, giving him all their attention.

"What happened?" Iruka asked.

"He hyperventilated and slowly passed out. He'll be fine; he just needs to cool things down." The doctor explained then Iruka thanked him and he left.

Naruto blinked his eyes open and glanced at the plain white room.

"Where?" Naruto sat up and looked around the room again. He noted all the fancy equipment and red curtains and sighed. "The hospital. Awesome." He sighed then flopped back on his bed.

Naruto closed his eyes and recalled everything that had happened. The one thing he put all his focus on was the faceless raven haired man with his hair swished up in the back. He knew who that was; even though he promised Iruka he'd forget he couldn't, not all of it. He would dream about them meeting again, he didn't remember why it would be a big deal but he knew he wanted to see him. He never had a face for the raven, but now the eyes and lips came back -the nose was still a mystery- but Naruto knew who this once faceless person was.

It was a dream. It wasn't real. Naruto thought as he tried to reason with himself. He was a dream, he is a dream! Naruto opened his eyes, and broke away from his thinking when he heard the door open and sat up to greet his visitors.

"Naruto," Iruka greeted as he sat next to the blonde. "Are you ok?"

"Yeah." Naruto answered as he scratched behind his head. "I guess I look really stupid now don't I?"

"No!" Iruka exclaimed. "Naruto, you hyperventilated it's not your fault."

"I'm lame." Naruto laughed out as he scratched his head.

"More like a dobe."

Naruto flung his head towards the owner of the voice and stared at him. It was a dream!

"Naruto this is-"

"Sasuke." But it was a dream. He finished in his head.

Sasuke's eyes widened before he smirked.

"Naruto." He greeted with a smirk. You were a nutcracker.

"I'm insane." Naruto admitted while barking out a laugh. Sasuke's smirk lessened as he and Iruka gave Naruto a confused look.

"Naruto, what's wrong?" Iruka grabbed Naruto's hand but Naruto pulled away and grabbed the front of Sasuke's shirt.

Naruto yanked the raven down to his level, examined his lips, eyes, and noted the nose; then he glared at him.

"You've got a lot of explaining to do nutcracker."

"I don't think a dobe like you could handle it." Sasuke smirked back.

Naruto glared at him and pulled him forward more so that their lips met.

No big how it happened explanation b.c we never got that from the original so let it be labeled as magic or some shit.

Pairings in this:

sasunarusasu

Kakairu

kibahina

shikatem

suikaren

gaaleegaa

sakura/juugo (i think they'd be cute)

nejitenten

chouuji/ino

I think that's all of them.

Anyway Hoped you enjoyed it!