Naruto 1. Default Chapter

Tittle: Love will conquer pain

Author: Coriander

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, and I'm not making any money from this whatsoever. Don't try to sue me, I have nothing to give. My bank account is in the negatives lol. I'm not posting this in every freaking chapter.

Note: I only recently got into Naruto but I've seen all the episodes that did come out. I hope you like it. I've always thought that Naruto and Gaara would make the cutest couple, and since not many people seem to agree with me, I decided to write my own. I hope you like it.

Warning: I don't know how graphic this fic will get which is why I've rated PG-13 for now, but the rating might go up. This is a shonen-ai fic, meaning boys in love with boys. If you don't like it, don't waste my time with flames, just move the fuck on. Thank you.

PS: Thanks to Dawn for beta reading this for me.

Naruto begun to drift off as Gaara talked on and on about the most idle of things. Over the two years that they've known each other, Gaara's chatty side never failed to surprise him. When he'd first met the boy, he'd been eerily quiet and sullen; even more so than Sasuke, and that was saying something. The only times he had ever heard him talk at length was when he told him about his childhood, and when they'd fought at the end of the chuunin exam.  
  
After the fight between the sand and the leaf, the Hidden Valley of Sand had found out that it had been Orochimaru posing as their Kazekage who had ordered the attack on Kohona (sp). They had surrendered to the leaf village, and as a show of good faith, offered their most 'treasured' asset: Gaara. Technically, he had been their trump card, being the strongest ninja that they had. But the truth was that this had been their chance to get rid of the feared monster. He had been impossible to control, and impossible to kill.  
  
But no matter; it was Kohona's problem now.  
  
The new hokage had learned of Gaara's situation from Naruto, but decided to accept Gaara into their midst anyway. She understood that Gaara's erratic behavior was not from his inability to control the monster, but from the pain and anger that had resulted from his village's treatment of him. She saw in him the same person that Naruto could have become if it hadn't been for a select few.

So she made Naruto an offer. She would grant him a bigger apartment and an allowance in exchange for being Gaara's roommate. It hadn't been much of a surprise when Naruto accepted without hesitation.   
  
Naruto did understand the Hokage's reasons. He saw what he could have been in Gaara. So he made it his goal to be to Gaara what Iruka-sensei and all the others had become to him. He would be Gaara's friend, and whatever else Gaara might need so that he wouldn't feel so lonely anymore.  
  
Naruto smiled and nodded at one of Gaara's comments. After about a year and a half of living together, Gaara had shown him a side of him that he doubted anyone had ever seen. Probably because they hadn't wanted to see it. Gaara was really such a sweet person at heart. Gaara had told him of the incident with his uncle, which had actually made Naruto shed tears of anger and sorrow. How could they treat a child in such a way? But his uncle had been right about one thing, and Naruto had told him as much: the pain in his heart could be healed by having friends and loved ones. Naruto had promised to become his friend, and to never let him down.  
  
Gaara had had his doubts, but after a few months of observation, Gaara had realized that Naruto was a man of his word. After all, that was his way of the ninja. So Gaara began telling him things. Some were personal things, and others were just trivial things that he'd noticed. Naruto thought that Gaara must have been storing all of these thoughts in his head, and dying to have someone to tell them to, but never bothered because he figured no one would care. Naruto knew how he felt; after all, he'd gone through the same thing.  
  
Naruto suddenly felt weight in his lap. He must have spaced out, because he didn't notice when Gaara had gotten up, walked over, and plopped himself into his lap.Another thing that had surprised him about Gaara was the amount of affection he requested. The first time Gaara had launched himself at him and hugged him tightly, Naruto hadn't known what to do. His first instinct had been to push him away, but then he understood that Gaara was not only testing him, but also needed physical attention that he'd never received. So he had returned the hug. From then on, Gaara had taken to randomly seeking him out to hug or cuddle, and Naruto let him. He had promised after all.  
  
"Hey, Naruto. Are you paying attention?" Gaara pouted. He could be so childish sometime. But it was cute, so it was ok.  
  
"Yeah, I'm listening. Children are annoying. I don't know why you keep going over there to watch them." Naruto rolled his eyes, but put his arms around him and pulled him closer.  
  
Gaara settled against him, and looked down. He didn't answer, but Naruto could probably guess. He sighed and didn't press the matter.  
  
"Gaara." He called out.  
  
"Hm?"  
  
"How's the pain in your chest?" he rested a hand against Gaara's heart.  
  
"It's different when I'm with you." He answers quietly.  
  
Gaara didn't understand. There used to be this constant pain in his chest. And whenever it flared, it would call out to the monster inside him, making him thirst for blood. But recently, it had gone dull. It wasn't completely gone, and would flare whenever he was alone in a crowd, and even more so when he watched the children being so happy and carefree... But lately, a different kind of pain would flare up when he was in Naruto's arms. He wasn't sure if pain was the right word for it. He remembered his uncle telling him that pain was something distressing that clouded up your thoughts and made you feel weak.  
  
This feeling was clouding up his thoughts, and made him feel weak in some way, but it was definitely not distressing. It actually made him feel alive. Which is why he'd taken to being in Naruto's arms whenever the opportunity arose. He'd even stated crawling into bed with Naruto, to watch him sleep. He couldn't sleep himself, but just resting his head on Naruto's chest and listening to him breath was enough make him feel, safe and well rested; make him feel normal.  
  
"Hm? Different you say? What do you mean?" Naruto asked. He had that confused look on his face that made the feeling in Gaara's chest intensify. He didn't know what to do about it. It did hurt, but he wanted the feeling to stay. He squeezed Naruto tighter.  
  
"It's this weird feeling in my chest that kinda hurts, but in a good way. I don't want the feeling to go away like before. But it only happens when I'm in your arms. Do you know what it is? Somehow it feels; wrong, to call it pain. Naruto?" Gaara looked up at him.  
  
Naruto had frozen up, and was looking at him weird. It was, wonderment? Like he couldn't believe what he was hearing.  
  
"Really? Um, well, hehe! Gaara, you really feel that way?" he looked really nervous.  
  
"Yeah. Is that bad? You know what it is don't you? Tell me please?"  
  
Naruto didn't know what to say. He looked so open and vulnerable, Naruto wanted to hold him tightly and never let go. Naruto couldn't believe how naïve Gaara sounded. It was hard to believe that this same guy had killed countless others in cold blood. The feeling that he was describing sounded a lot like what love would feel like. It was what he used to feel for Sakura on a smaller scale, and a lot like what he himself now felt for Gaara. Could it be that he'd finally found someone to love, who would actually love him back?  
  
This couldn't be a trick. It just would be too cruel. But... Gaara looked so innocent. He really didn't know anything about how love would feel like did he? He's never had anyone love him, or show him affection. At least Naruto had had the hokage, and Iruka-sensei. So he sort of knew, sort of.  
  
He smiled softly, and trailed his fingers along Gaara's cheek. He felt his heart give a little flip when Gaara closed his eyes and leaned into the touch. Gaara may not know about love, but his body seemed to know exactly how to respond to a loving touch.  
  
"It sounds like love Gaara. It's the same way I feel when I hold you in my arms, and I love you." He said quietly.  
  
Gaara opened his eyes wide, and his lips formed an 'oh' of wonder.  
  
"Love? Oh. I guess that makes sense. Love. I never thought I'd ever experience it." He sounded so surprise and confused. Naruto gently lifted his chin until he could look into his eyes.  
  
"I want to kiss you Gaara. Is that ok?" he asked seriously.  
  
Gaara's eyes got even wider, and his face turned red. 


	2. mission

AN: Well here's the second chapter. I'm still not sure where I'm going with this, so I'll just let my muse take over my body and write whatever. I hope you like it!

And to those who reviewed, thank you so much! I hope that I'll continue to entertain you

"Kiss?" he uttered softly. He looked away. He always wondered what it would feel like to be kissed. He looked back into Naruto's eyes and felt is heart do that thing, where it hurts but in a good way. He nodded softly.

"Close your eyes" Naruto instructed softly. Gaara followed his instruction and waited nervously for the kiss to come.

He felt Naruto's soft breath on his face before something soft and warm brushed his lips. He gasped in surprise. He'd been expecting the brush, but not the feel of electricity that came with it, that seemed to run from his lips to the rest of his body.

Naruto continued to softly press his lips against Gaara's. Feeling a little bold. He snuck his tongue out, and licked at Gaara's lips. He heard Gaara whimper, and did it again. Then he pulled Gaara's lower lip in between his own and sucked. They were both breathing heavily, and Gaara was pressing closer to him. He'd put his fingers through Naruto's hair, and pulled his face closer. At first he hadn't known how to respond to a kiss, so he'd let Naruto do all the work. But after a while, he begun to imitate Naruto's actions, wanting him to feel as good as he felt. Soon enough they were both sucking and licking each other's lips, their arms holding on tightly to each other, not wanting this moment to stop.

Slowly, Naruto pulled out of the kiss and rested his face against the crook of Gaara's shoulder. They stayed like this for a while, not saying anything.

After what felt like forever, Naruto opened his eyes. He hadn't even realized that they were closed. He looked at the clock on his wall.

"Hey, Gaara." He said as he pulled away so he could look into his eyes.

"hm?"

"We have to go, we're going to be late meeting up with the others."

"Ok." Gaara stood up, and held out his hand to Naruto. He took it as he stood up, and pulled Gaara into a soft kiss before heading towards the door.

As soon as the door opened, Gaara let go of his hand and crossed his arms across his chest. The gourde had already started to take form on his back. Naruto wasn't sure as to why, but whenever they were in the apartment together, the gourde would dissolve into sand onto the floor. It still followed them around though, much to his distressed. The apartment looked like a small desert with sand all over the place.

They left the apartment building and walked towards the meeting place. After all these years, Kakashi-sensei still insisted on meeting in the same place. When they got there, Sasuke was the only one there, which was no surprise. Kakashi-sensei also refused to get there on time.

"Hey Sasuke!" greeted Naruto with his usual cheerfulness.

"Yo." Sasuke replied. Not even looking up.

Naruto shrugged and talking about anything and everything. Gaara just stood there and listened, his expression blank once again.

Sakura had decided to become a medical ninja like Tsunade, and had gone to back to school to learn. Since then, Gaara had taken her place in their group.

Neither one of them had passed the Chunnin exams and with the reconstruction of Konoha, the wars, and trying to keep up with all of their missions, there just wasn't time to have another exam. But with all of their training, they were at chunnin level in terms of power, and had been given a few B class missions.

With a puff of smoke, Kakashi appeared, still reading his smutty book.

"Sorry I'm late, there was a little boy stuck in a well and I had to rescue him."

"Lies!!" cried Naruto. It was at times like this that Naruto sort of missed Sakura. No one else berated Kakashi with him anymore.

"Anyway, today's mission will be fun! We're going to collect medical supplies that are located in the forbidden forest. Seeing as there's no exam there, the place will be rigged with traps, so it will be a good training exercise for you guys. My challenge for you guys is this: You can use anything but your jutsus to get through. If you lose, well I have a very unpleasant D-ranked mission for the losers. If you win, I'll treat you to your favorite restaurant."

"Awesome! Cried Naruto. I'm going to win, and we'll eat tons and tons of ramen together! Yes! Let's go!" He was grinning, bouncing from excitement. The mission didn't sound too dangerous, but if there was ramen being offered he was all up for it.

AN: Again, I hope that you liked it. Please review!


	3. Peeping Sasuke

Title: Love will conquer pain

Author: Coriander

Rating: PG-13

AN: Here's the new chapter. Hope you guys like it!

Sasuke kept stealing glances at Naruto. Had anyone noticed it, they would have been surprise, but in fact, it wasn't an unusual thing. Sasuke was always watching Naruto.

At first, he'd watched him because he had been curious as to why everyone seemed to hate him so much. After all, people didn't hate children for no reason. For the most part, Naruto was a quiet child, always seemed to be looking for someone to take care of him, but no one ever did. He's seen him fall and scrap his knee, cry, and still everyone just ignored him, or worst, sneered at him. Sasuke had stayed away like everyone else, but still wondered. Then one day, Naruto changed. He no longer cried or stayed quiet.

He became loud and annoying, played tricks on people and didn't apologize for it. Sasuke didn't understand it, for he was still very young, but he decided that maybe the adult had foreseen that Naruto would become a trouble maker, and put it out of his mind. He stopped paying attention for a while, except for when Naruto was being annoying, and then just sneered and called him names, before going back to ignoring him again.

And then the time came when they were put into groups together. At first he was greatly annoyed. He felt that being put in a group with the biggest loser in ninja history could do nothing but hinder his training and potentially put his life in danger. But then Naruto begun showing a side of him that Sasuke would have never expected. Naruto was loyal to a fault, and would do anything to protect  
those in need.

So Sasuke began watching him again. He'd always thought that Naruto was an idiot, and in a way he was. Naruto was not very smart when it came to book learning. But that wasn't necessarily his fault. After all, his professors never put much of an effort in teaching him anything. Now that he thought about it, he was surprise that Naruto made it as far as he did, considering how little guidance he received as a child. Sasuke thought back to when Naruto was a child and realized something. Naruto's change of behavior had been his way of attracting some kind of attention from others. He couldn't get their attention and recognition with his tears and his outreached hand, so he would get it by being annoying. It may be negative attention, but he wasn't going to be picky.

From then on, Sasuke became obsessed with getting to know the real Naruto. For whatever reason, he couldn't bring himself to just befriend the boy and just ask him about it. Part of him knew that Naruto was starving for affection and would accept friendship wherever he could get it, but something was holding him back. So he relied on his ninja's skills and Naruto's obliviousness to spy on him. After quite a few years, he could tell the difference between true happiness and the fake cheer that Naruto was so fond of. The true happiness was very rare in Naruto and only occurred when someone was unexpectedly nice to him (which wasn't very often) and when he achieved something that he was really proud of. When he passed his genin exams, and when he'd master his trademark jutsu where the happiest he's ever seen him.

In his spying sessions he's found out a lot. Such as, Naruto wasn't half as energetic when he was alone. He's seen him struggle to keep the tears at bay, and scold himself when he failed. He also found out about the kyuubi. Naruto talked to it a lot. He wasn't sure but he thought that the kyuubi and Naruto actually communicated in his head. And from Naruto's side of the conversations, their relationship has gone from tolerance to friendship over the years.  
Sasuke realized that the Kyuubi was responsible for Naruto's ostracized state, but couldn't understand it. Shouldn't the people of the village be nice to Naruto? Thank him for keeping the Kyuubi away, and keep Naruto happy so that he continues to do so? Sasuke wasn't sure that he would still be fighting so hard to keep this village safe if he had been put through all of this. This went to further in  
proving the fact that Naruto was a better man than most. He would make a great hokage if the village ever gave him a chance.

During the past year or so, Sasuke noticed an interesting development. Ever since Gaara moved in with Naruto, he seemed to be more, content. Calmer somehow. Sasuke hadn't been sure that putting Gaara and Naruto together would be such a good either, but it seemed as though the Hokage knew what she was doing after all. It was as though Naruto no longer felt the need to fight for everyone else's acknowledgment. Gaara accepted him for who he was, and that's all that mattered. He was actually happy for once, not just faking cheer. And although he was still pretty oblivious, Sasuke could no longer spy on him as much as he used to, because he and Gaara were attached at the hip, and Gaara was not the least bit oblivious.

He couldn't understand it. He had admitted to himself long ago that Naruto was pretty much his best friend, and thought that he would be happy when Naruto finally found what he was looking for, and became truly happy. He hadn't expected it to come in this particular form, but it didn't explain the tightness he felt around his heart whenever he saw him and Gaara together. Gaara seemed to really dislike him for some reason though. Whenever he was caught staring at Naruto, Gaara would glare at him, and pull Naruto closer to him. Naruto didn't know this, but there seemed to be some kind of cold war between Gaara and Sasuke. Well to be fair, he was aware of it, but he thought it was just general dislike, and nothing more.

Right now, they were picking the herbs close to each other, and Naruto would still kisses from him whenever he thought no one was looking. Gaara knew perfectly well that Sasuke was watching them, but he let it happen. At one point Gaara caught his eye, and threw him a smug look, before deepening the light kiss Naruto had just been giving him. When he finally let him go, Naruto was  
panting and looked a bit dazed, with a goofy grin on his face. Naruto said something, and Gaara blushed. He looked at Sasuke again to see if he'd seen him blushing, blushed harder and turned away frowning. Naruto was laughing and gave him a quick hug before going back to picking herbs. The whole thing would have been terribly cute to anyone else but Sasuke.

Sasuke kept telling himself that he was happy for Naruto, but he couldn't stop himself from glaring at Gaara, and couldn't explain why he felt like crying over a lost.

AN: Sorry about the delay, but I kept having to rewrite this chapter. I'm not sure I love it, it's more descriptive than anything, but I think it was necessary. I hope everyone is enjoying the story, and I'll try to update faster next time. I love reviews, so please do so? thankies! Ja.


	4. Kakashi\'s amused

New Chapter! yay! I'd just like to thank Dawn for being a great Beta reader. You did great, thanks!

Seeing as all three of them had made it through the forest with ease and without using any jutsus, Kakashi was forced to treat all three of them to a meal. Naturally, Naruto insisted that they go to the Ramen soup bar. Kakashi had expected Sasuke to protest, but he just grunted and begun walking in the bar's direction. Of course Gaara went along, as he went along with anything that Naruto wanted.

Kakashi thought it was so cute that they were together. They might think that their relationship was secret, but the fact of the matter was that it was painfully obvious. It was also very amusing to him to see Sasuke acting jealous, Gaara acting possessive, and Naruto being completely oblivious to what was going on. Kakashi had spotted Sasuke stalking Naruto on more than one occasion, even prior to Gaara's arrival.

This drama was almost as good as his Icha Icha Paradise novels; almost. Too bad it would be morally wrong of him to spy on his students getting it on, although, he would be willing to trade of his books to see that.

He looked up to see Sasuke shooting kicked puppy looks at Naruto, while Gaara was glaring at Sasuke while trying to walk as closely to Naruto as possible. Meanwhile, Naruto was blabbing on about Hokage knows what, not the least bit bothered by his companion's lack of response to him. This was Gaara and Sasuke we were talking about after all, and it would be foolish of him to expect any.

Naruto plopped down on the couch and sighed. This had been a long day. Fun, but he thought that it'd never end. He wasn't sure why, but Gaara had been really clingy today. And Sasuke had been even moodier than usual if that was possible.

He looked over at Gaara who was sitting next to him, being unusually quiet. He was used to Gaara being quiet when there were people around, but the man was a regular chatter box when they were alone.

"Ne, Gaara? What's wrong?" He asked, raising a hand to stroke the side of Gaara's face.

"Uchiha" he muttered angrily. Still he moved over to Naruto and nestled himself in the crock of his arm.

"What about Sasuke? I was with the both of you all day and I didn't see him do anything suspicious." Naruto looked confused.

"I don't like the way he looks at you. He looks at you the way I used to look at you. At first I didn't know what it meant, but after all the stuff we talked about, I figured it out. He wants to be with you." Gaara was getting agitated, so Naruto started running a soothing hand through his hair.

"Gaara… that doesn't make any sense. Sasuke barely knows that I'm alive, and when he does, it's either because he wants to compete, train, or yell at me for doing something stupid. He doesn't like me like that. It's impossible!"

Naruto spoke in a calming voice, while trying to convince Gaara. That was the most ridiculous thing he'd ever heard, and if Gaara didn't look so upset he'd be laughing his ass off.

"No! I'm right about this. Besides, why else would he be watching you sleep at night? He stopped doing it a bit after I moved in, but the first couple of weeks that I lived here, every once in a while he'd stand the roof acrosom yom you bedroom window and watched you sleep. I thought it was kind of weird, but since you didn't seem bothered by it, and he's never meant you any harm, I didn't say anything, but now I think it's because he's been in love with you all this time!" Gaara had moved so that he was facing Naruto. Naruto had a shocked look on his face. Sasuke spied on him? But, why?

"Gaara…" He started. Gaara interrupted him.

"Naruto I don't think I want to share you with him! We just started this, thing between us, and I'm not ready to share you with anyone just yet, please!" Gaara looked close to crying, so Naruto gathered him in his arms.

"Shh, Gaara it's ok. I'm sure there's some logical explanation for this. And no one is going to take me away from you, I promise. Don't worry." Naruto said quietly, while rubbing his palm against Gaara's back. He placed a kiss on the side of his head.

Naruto stood up, grabbed Gaara's hand and lead him into the bedroom. They quietly stripped down to their boxers before climbing into bed together. They cuddled up close, sharing a few kisses before finally drifting off to sleep.

Naruto refused to believe that Sasuke liked him like that. There had to be some kind of mistake.

'I'll figure it out in the morning,' was his last thought before he fell asleep.

Well there's the new chapter! I hope you guys enjoy it. If you do, please let me know?  
And thank you to all of you that have reviewed. I really appriciate it. Luv yall! Coriander 


	5. kakashi gets laid

Love will conquer pain

Coriander

Chapter 5

Author's Note: Alright, here's the next chapter. I don't really like it, but I feel bad for not having posted for so long. Tell me what you think, If you guys really hate it, I'll take it down and rewrite it. I have a bunch of different versions of this chapter but this is the one I liked the most. Review and let me know what you think! Ja.

Now that Gaara had brought it to his attention, Naruto became very aware of the silent war going on between Gaara and Sasuke and frankly, he didn't know how to react to it. Now that he was looking for it, he noticed that Sasuke actually did spend an unhealthy amount of time staring at him, and trailing him. Coincidently, Gaara's sudden shows of affection seemed to suspiciously coincide with the times when Sasuke was paying a little too much attention to him.

Naruto was more used to people ignoring him and spiting in his general direction.

Even his so called friends weren't as close to him as they were with each other. But now he had a jealous boyfriend, and a best friend who was - for lack of a better term - 'pining' for him! He really wished that Gaara hadn't brought it to his attention, because now he didn't know what to do. Every time he caught Sasuke looking at him, he'd blush and turn away. Meanwhile, Gaara's sudden shows of affection were making him uncomfortable now that he was aware of the fact that Sasuke was looking at them with a kicked puppy look on his face.

'Gah! I need to talk to Iruka Sensei about this! I can't take it anymore!' he thought frantically to himself.

Sasuke and Gaara were once again trying to stare each other down over his head. At first he had been amused, but now that he knew the reason, it wasn't as amusing as before.

He suddenly stopped walking. So intense was their staring contest that it took a while before they noticed that Naruto was no longer walking in between them.

They both stopped at the same time and looked back at him with an inquisitive stare.

"I just remembered that I wanted to talk to Iruka sensei about something. I'm going to head back. Gaara, I'll meet up with you at home, and Sasuke… well I'll talk to you later I guess. Ja!"

They both seemed as though they wanted to protest, but before they could utter a word, Naruto disappeared in a puff of smoke.

Naruto decided to let out some steam the best way he knew how. By sneaking up on his favorite teacher, and scaring the shit out of him. The expression on Iruka sensei's face when Naruto sneaks up on him never failed to make him laugh.

When he couldn't find Iruka at the school, he headed towards the teacher's flat. Naruto considered showing some respect and knocking on the front door for all of a second, before rejecting the idea. Where was the fun in that? So he snuck in through a window, and quietly begun searching for Iruka.

As he entered the kitchen, he witnessed the most erotic make out session of his life. Iruka was sitting on the kitchen table, with Kakashi in between his legs holding on tightly to his hair as he devoured his lover's mouth. They both had no shirts on, and Iruka was running his hands on every part of Kakashi's body that he could reach.

Naruto stood there for what felt like an eternity, staring with both disbelief and arousal, before Kakashi noticed him standing there. Without interrupting the kiss, he reached down, grabbed a kunai, and threw it in Naruto's general direction. Naruto got the message and left quietly.

Naruto knew of kakashi's numerous attempts at seducing Iruka in the past, only because he'd walked in on a number of the failed ones. Part of him had wanted to go on with the plan and startle Iruka, and tease him about finally giving in, but then, he'd have to deal with a murderous and sexually frustrated Kakashi. He shuddered at the thought.

Naruto was a bit disappointed that he didn't get a chance to talk to Iruka about his problems, but on the other hand, was glad for his teachers. He felt a twinge of arousal when he remembered the hot make out session he had walked in on. Then he felt it grow stronger when he thought about his hot boyfriend waiting for him at home. He smiled wickedly. Maybe he'd teach Gaara something new today…

Alright, here's the next chapter. I don't really like it, but I feel bad for not having posted for so long. Tell me what you think, If you guys really hate it, I'll take it down and rewrite it. I have a bunch of different versions of this chapter but this is the one I liked the most. Review and let me know what you think! Ja.

Coriander


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Naruto, Romance