Naruto One-Shot (Yaoi)

Fox and Tanuki

By Figgyfan14

Round One
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Naruto thinks about his first day with his owner sometimes. It's usually when he's left at home while Shikamaru is away. He thinks about his first day in the huge home, the way the lawyer had given him a bath and dried him off, even giving him his own bed. Naruto was only twelve at the time, and he hadn't even known humans could ever be so nice. He was shunned from the time he could remember, and he didn't even know why until he'd overheard Shikamaru on the phone that day.

"Yes, Temari, a fox... No, nine! Yeah, can you believe it? Shhhh, don't draw attention... Yeah... Bring Gaara, he's skittish around people. Maybe he'll calm down around another pet." Shikamaru, though at the time Naruto didn't know it, had been taking a very big risk to bring him home.

Genetically enhanced pets like Naruto were extremely rare and often dangerous.

The fox looked back at his tails and tried to count them, but he didn't really know how to do that. He thought there were nine, though. It seemed like a number he'd heard before. The boy waved them and smiled at the fluffy tails, not even noticing that Shikamaru was watching him from the doorway. The blonde lay on his stomach on the bed Shikamaru had given him, red ears perked and tails swishing in the air in a way he had no idea was considered cute until a soft chuckle snapped his attention back to the human.

A small whimper escaped him, even though he trusted this human more than any he'd ever met before. A soft hushing noise quieted him, and Shikamaru had stepped into the room, kneeling next to Naruto's bed.

"I'm not going to hurt you, my name is Shikamaru. I have a friend coming to meet you, named Temari. She's bringing her tanuki, Gaara. Do you have a name, kit?" Shikamaru had spoken so calmly and softly that Naruto relaxed, and he slowly nodded. "Good... Would you mind telling me?"

He had never told someone his name before. It was a name he only called himself up until that point, and his heart pounded in his chest as he stuttered it out. "N-Naruto." He whispered, throat scratchy from disuse.

He never did a lot of talking back then.

Naruto stares at Gaara, asleep on the bed next to him, as he thinks about it now. He'd been so fragile back then, so weak. Shikamaru taking him in had undoubtedly saved his life. At sixteen, Naruto is no longer fragile. He's grown into a strong and energetic pet, and Shikamaru teases him and plays with him like he isn't a freak of nature. Naruto knows he is every time Shikamaru clips the black leash to his bright orange collar and people stare at them on their walks, but his owner has never treated him differently for his abnormality.

Naruto is tired of waiting for Gaara to wake up, poking the other pet's ribs and grinning at the grumble and glare this gets him. "Gaara. Hey. Ra. Come on, come play with me!" He whispers, not enough of an asshole to wake him up with full volume.

Gaara grumbles curses and rolls onto his stomach, hugging his pillow. Naruto sighs and stares at him for a moment before starting to play with the sensitive black ears that stick up out of red hair. He gets no reaction, so he moves on to rubbing at Gaara's neck and shoulders. A soft groan from the tanuki makes him smirk, and his hands play over Gaara's back, hitting every sweet spot he knows and working their way down with a sureness that speaks of experience.

Nothing could have kept Gaara asleep for long with Naruto's hands on him. He gives the ginger's ass a squeeze and a moan escapes him, the tanuki turning his head to look at Naruto through slitted, lust-filled eyes. "Sleep is overrated." He mumbles, and Naruto laughs shortly, running his hands down the backs of Gaara's thighs.

"Mmm, you're so pale and perfect, Ra." He murmurs, shifting down the bed so he can kiss and nip and suck at the perfect globes of his mate's ass. This gets another moan from Gaara, and he wiggles his hips to push up onto his knees, spreading his legs for Naruto's fingers to dip down and press inside him. The tanuki's tail shifts to one side, and he snatches the lube off the bedside table, handing it to Naruto, who starts to prep him.