Winter's Embrace

Author's Note: Thanks for the reviews. I hope you guys enjoy the grand finale of Winter's Embrace.

Chapter Notation: Set ten years after the final battle, except for flashbacks. For clarification, Kaze is seven. Adoption and surrogacy are wonderful options for many people, but I think we all know that Naruto always does things the hard way, lol. Plus they're Greek Gods so we can bend the rules of biology a little bit. Anyway, with that in mind...happy reading.

Chapter 16

"Naruto, have you seen Kaze?" Sasuke looks at his husband in growing alarm, ten years after the final battle with Madara.

"I thought he was with you." Naruto blinks and Sasuke shakes his head, causing both Gods to panic slightly.

Kaze was Sasuke and Naruto's son. No, he was not adopted. He had not grown from a womb either. Seven years ago, the Sun Deity decided that he very much wanted a child with his lover. They had been together for three years at that point and their commitment to each other had never waned. There was only one problem. They were both men.

Naruto being Naruto was not one to let things like the laws of nature get in the way of whatever he desired. Sasuke had thought his lover was crazy at the time and had been more than willing to adopt or perhaps use a surrogate. But no, Naruto wanted a child with both of their blood running through their veins. So he had gone to speak with Aphrodite. Naruto remembered that day well.

"What troubles you, Naruto? You look rather sad on this day and that is unlike you." Mei watched him with concern.

"It's Sasuke." The blonde sighed.

Upon hearing that, the Goddess of Love looked rather confused. "I'm afraid I don't understand. You two have always been one of my favorite couples." What about the Winter God could have caused Naruto to react in such a melancholy manner? "Have you two had a quarrel?"

Mei frowned at this. Naruto and Sasuke were truly a delight to watch. It was rare to see a couple so very much in love and dedicated to each other, especially when it came to immortals. Kisame and Itachi were another example of a successful Deity Power Couple.

"No. We didn't have a quarrel. It's the opposite actually." Naruto shook his head." We want to have a child, but…" He trailed off because the implication was rather obvious.

"You are both men and neither of you has a womb to carry the babe. Yes, I understand the problem." Mei nodded sympathetically. "I can solve this easily enough. I will need some of your blood and his."

Naruto tilted his head. He didn't understand how a sample of his blood and Sasuke's was going to lead to a baby, hut he nodded and headed off to get the blood.

He smiles when he walked into their temple and saw Sasuke still asleep. He brushed the bangs away from his eyes tenderly and kissed his forehead. Even after all these years, Sasuke was still the most beautiful creature he had ever seen. That was just one of the many reasons why it would be such a shame if Sasuke was never allowed to father a child. The child would be magnificent, Naruto was sure.

"Sorry about this, my love." Naruto pricked Sasuke's finger with a needle and collected the few drops of blood in a small vial.

The results were rather predictable. "Owe!" Sasuke hissed and his eyes fluttered open, he looked around in confusion.

At that moment, the Sun Deity decided to put his acting skills to good use. "You alright?" Naruto feigned innocence.

"Yeah. I think something bit me. Probably a fucking mosquito or something." Sasuke grumbled and Naruto kissed him.

Sasuke kissed back and smiled. Well as long as he had Naruto, who cared about the damn mosquitoes? He loved the blonde with all his heart.

Naruto still had to go though. "I'll be back later. I gotta help dad with the chariot." It wasn't technically a lie. "You can go back to sleep. I'll probably be here when you wake up." Eventually, the blonde would have to help his father with the chariot.

Just not right now. "Alright." Sasuke didn't protest though.

The Winter Deity went back to sleep and Naruto quickly returned to the Goddess of love with the sample of Sasuke's blood and pricked his own finger. He let it flow into the vial, and mix with Sasuke's.

"Well done." She took the vial. She poured the vial of blood into a small cloud she had made.

"I don't understand." Magic could be a wonderful thing sometimes, but it could also be a confusing thing. "How is our blood going to make a baby?" Naruto really didn't understand how this was going to make a baby.

Mei just smiled reassuringly. It was as though she had expected that reaction. "It has your DNA in it. That's all that is necessary. From there, I can handle it. I am the Goddess of Beauty, after all." And to be fair, she probably had. "That involves the element of creation." She shot him a knowing smile and spun the cloud in her arms.

Naruto watched in awe as the cloud slowly begin to take form and turn a light shade of pink. Mei spun it faster and faster, until a newborn baby was in her arms. The blonde gasps when he sees a soul entering the body. A beautiful silvery blue color.

"It's a boy. I didn't choose the gender." She smiled sly as she handed him the newborn. "I left that to chance as you didn't ask for a boy or a girl specifically."

"He's perfect. I can't wait to show Sasuke!" Naruto rocked his son in his arms, marveling at him.

Naruto thanked Aphrodite and raced back to their temple. Sasuke was up and looked at Naruto curiously. Why was the blonde carrying a blanket in his arms?

"Sasuke, you remember how I told you that I wanted to have a baby with you?" Naruto beamed at him though. "But we couldn't because we were both men?"

He wasn't sure where this was going."Yeah…" Gods and Goddesses only knew what Naruto had done this time, Sasuke thought to himself.

"I found a way around it. Mei took a sample of our DNA and made us a son out of a cloud!" She what?! "A soul entered him and everything! He's a real boy!"

Sasuke blinked. Naruto had actually done it? Was this some kind of a joke? No, it couldn't be. The blonde wasn't that cruel. He walked over to see if the blue eyed God was actually holding an infant in his arms and gasped when he saw that Naruto was.

"Isn't he beautiful?" Naruto smiled.

"He's perfect in every way." Sasuke agreed with Naruto and looked down at their son.

He had Naruto's sapphire blue eyes. His hair was the color of raven feather's, like Sasuke's. He also had Sasuke's ivory cream colored skin. His chin and ears were definitely Naruto's though and Sasuke noted the boy had his nose and cheekbones.

"Don't worry Dad and Papa. I'm right here!" Kaze laughs. "I just discovered a new power!"

Kaze called Naruto dad and Sasuke Papa. It was less confusing that way. Why Naruto was Dad and Sasuke was Papa, no one really knew. Sasuke didn't think even Kaze knew how he had made this distinction.

"Our son has the gift of invisibility." Sasuke sighs heavily. "Why do I get the impression this is going to be abused?"

"Don't worry, Sasuke." Naruto laughs as he kisses Sasuke's cheek. He's a good kid."

That was true, but that didn't make Kaze any less mischievous. "I know." Sasuke smiles though and allows Kaze to crawl onto his back for a piggyback ride.

Naruto personally thought watching Sasuke with Kaze was the most adorable thing ever. They had named their son Kaze because the name meant Wind. Their son was a Wind God. (Naruto supposed this was the genetic compromise between his Sun powers and Sasuke's wintery powers since both were somewhat affiliated with the sky.)

"Wee! Faster, papa! Faster!" He laughs and Sasuke indulges his son.

An amused chuckle is heard. "That boy has the both of you wrapped around his finger." It didn't take long to figure out who it was though.

Itachi walks inside the temple with Kisame. "Yeah." Sasuke admits, not seeing the point in denying it.

"Uncle Itachi! Uncle Kisame!" Kaze cries out happily.

Kisame even laughs rather heartily. "Eh, who can blame them? He really is such a cute little brat. Makes me want to have one of our own." Kisame smiles slyly at his lover. "I wonder if they would have wings like you, Itachi?"

"…" Itachi is speechless.

"I'll take that as a you have to think about it a bit." Kisame chuckles and Itachi nods dumbly.

"So whatever became of Menma?" Itachi looks at Naruto and the blonde snickers.

To be fair, Naruto had good reason to snicker in this case. "We sent him to Naruto's mother. She unfroze him and forced him to make a vow by the River Styx." Sasuke begins.

He smirks. Oh that had been a glorious day. To know that if Menma tried to hurt them again, he would lose his voice for nine years and his seat on the council for awhile after that.

"What vow did he make?" Itachi glances at them curiously.

"He vowed never to try to harm me, Naruto, or anyone we care about again and that included asking others to do it for him." Sasuke says smugly.

Itachi had to admit, he was impressed. It seemed like they had closed off all the possible loopholes in that vow. His little brother never ceased to amaze him these days.

"It seems you truly outwitted the God of Chaos. There are not many who can say that." The God of Death chuckles.

"What can I say?" Sasuke smiles. "With Naruto, anything is possible…even two men having a baby."

Meanwhile in the Underworld, Hades and Persephone were getting ready to visit Mount Olympus. The Goddess of Spring wanted to see her first grandchild. And if that meant dragging Fugaku to the Mountain, well that was exactly what she was going to do.

"I don't see why you are so insistent on this." Fugaku was less than thrilled about going to Mount Olympus. "Sasuke and Naruto have brought Kaze here before."

Persephone merely rolls her eyes at her lover's stubbornness. "It is unnatural to make him leave his home so often and if you wish to sleep in the same bed, you will do as I say." She didn't mind taking drastic measures for the sake of her grandchild!

Hades shivers. The thought of not sharing his bed with his beautiful wife was always a terrifying one. He sighs and relents. Mikoto always knew how to get compliance out of him.

"Very well. We shall go and see them." And with that being said, he teleports them both to Olympus.

"Sasuke, Naruto, Kaze…we're here." Mikoto announces cheerfully and Kaze races over to one of his grandmothers.

"Grandma! Grandma!" The boy was eager to show off his new talent! "Look what I can do now!" So he immediately goes invisible.

Fugaku chuckles. He was such a gifted child. Well this was to be expected. Kaze was of his bloodline after all. (Yes, Hades was just as vain as the next God.)

"That's amazing." Persephone beams at her grandson.

He was such a happy child. He must take after Naruto in that respect. Sasuke had become more serious as he grew older. Well that was until he found Naruto.

The blonde was good for him, she thought. He helped him to have fun. Being dedicated to your job was one thing, doing nothing else was another.

"That will prove to be a most useful talent." Fugaku agrees.

Kaze looks up hopefully at Mikoto. "Grandma, can you make the rainbows again?" And well, how could she resist that adorable little face?

"Of course dear." Mikoto smiles and blows a kiss.

The action forms a rainbow with steps on one side. "He does love his rainbow slide." Sasuke chuckles and leans into Naruto's hold, once he felt the blue eyed God wrap his arms around him.

Naruto couldn't blame his son. What kid wouldn't love a rainbow slide? There were certain advantages to being an immortal child.

"My Pearl, that is not fair!" Gaara's voice and a giggle could be heard from nearby.

"I know." Hinata says and watches her lover from her seat on one of the larger than life golden statues on Olympus.

Gaara was stuck down below. His sand had been soaked in water and it was essentially a quick sand of sorts. Sasuke watches in amusement and wonders what Hinata wanted this time.

The daughter of Poseidon might look innocent, but in reality she was anything but. Gaara had learned this the hard way. She was not above playing dirty to get what she wanted. (It was always the quiet ones.)

"Alright! Alright! We'll go to the Masquerade Ball in Paris next month." Gaara sighs. "Now will you please release me?"

"Of course, my love. All you had to do was ask nicely." Hinata smiles in a deceptively sweet way as she banishes the water.

Gaara sighs in relief. "Thank you." He mutters and Hinata hops down, claiming a kiss.

"He is so whipped." Naruto laughs.

Itachi gives the blonde a look. It wasn't as if the Sun Deity was any better. Sasuke and Kaze had him wrapped around their fingers and everyone knew it.

"Awe. He's so precious." Demeter smiles as she watching Kaze slide down the rainbow.

Persephone blinks in surprise. "Mother, when did you get here?" Mikoto asks.

"Oh about two minutes ago." The Harvest Goddess smiles cheerfully at the sight of her great grandson, enjoying himself.

Things only got crazier from there. "Let's get this party started!" Kiba grins and suddenly the water fountains water overflowing with wine.

"He is such a party animal." Sasuke scoffs fondly.

"Amateurs." Minato joins the others along with Kushina, snapping his fingers, causing music to begin to play by itself.

Haku smiles and wraps his arms around Zabuza. The two had moved to Olympus shortly after the final battle with Madara. The Nymph was perhaps the only being on the planet who could get Zabuza to dance. Sasuke couldn't help but wonder how he managed it.

"Dance with me?" Naruto whispers hotly into Sasuke's ear.

"You just want an excuse to grope me." The Winter God snorts with amusement.

Well Naruto couldn't really deny that. But in his defense, had Sasuke looked in a mirror lately? Still, if Zabuza was dancing, then the Winter God could put aside his pride for the evening and indulge him.

"Hell yes, I do." He nibbles on Sasuke's ear.

"Naruto, Kaze is only a few feet away." The son of Hades rolls his eyes. "Keep it in your Toga for now!"

He enjoyed the fact that the blonde still desired him so strongly, but Sasuke didn't want to give their son an eyeful. "Sasuke, you realize that Kaze lives on Olympus, right?" Narut sways his lover in his arms.

Sasuke raises an eyebrow. It was clear that he was thinking, "Yeah, so what's your point?" Still, he was too polite to voice this out loud.

"Nudity and sexuality are kinda all over the place." The blue eyed God shrugs.

That was good point. "KISAME, CAN YOU NOT RAVISH MY BROTHER IN MY PRESENCE AND IN FRONT OF MY SON?!" For example, Kisame was currently trying to frisk Itachi!

"Pft. Brat, you don't need to act like you are some blushing virgin." Kisame smirks, clearly delighting in Sasuke's outrage."Come on, Itachi. Let's go back to my temple." Itachi nods and with that, the two of them proceed to fly off together.

Sasuke shudders. He definitely did not need to see that much of Kisame or his brother. Really, the Winter God was happy his brother was in love and he liked Kisame fine, but that didn't mean that he wanted to see them in compromising positions!

"You know we could leave Kaze with our parents and go the Underworld if you want for some privacy." Naruto suggests and Sasuke nods.

Sasuke walks over to Mikoto. Naruto watches as his husband speaks with his mother. After a moment she nods her head and waves to Naruto, heading over to Kaze. Sasuke makes his way back to him.

"She says they don't mind watching him for a few days." Sasuke smiles.

"Great!" Naruto smirks and with that, the blond teleports with Sasuke to their bedchambers in the Underworld.

Sasuke kept his room after they moved to Olympus for…emergencies. The other Deity didn't even notice didn't notice the cuffs that Naruto had formed out of clouds behind his back until it was too late. Naruto pins him to the bed and cuffs his gorgeous lover.

"Naruto!" He growls warningly.

Naruto feigns innocence at his lover's shock. "What? Kisame and Itachi shouldn't be the only ones who get to have fun tonight." Gods and Goddesses, he was adorable when he pretended to be so proper. "Besides, you look so hot when you are restrained like that and I'll make it worth it." He promises and sucks on Sasuke's neck to prove his point.

"Nhh! Y-You know what that does to me." Yep. He knew exactly what it did to the gorgeous God underneath him!" That's not fighting f-fair." The God of Winter groans and shuts his eyes in pleasure.

Naruto smirks. If there was one thing he knew about his lover, it was how sensitive his neck was. A few kisses, a little sucking, and throw in a couple love bites…and all his resistance would melt away. It was just like magic.

"I know. That's why I do it." Naruto laughs as he grabs a dagger.

The blonde slowly uses it to slice off Sasuke's shirt. He was careful not to cut the other man's beautiful ivory cream colored skin. He knew such marks would heal, but it seemed like almost a crime to mare such pretty skin. Naruto smirks when he realizes what Sasuke would have to say if the sapphire eyed God called his skin pretty.

The Sun Deity quickly yanks off Sasuke's pants and boxers. For a minute, he just admired the handsome form of his lover. Then he quickly starts stripping.

"You know I wanted you the first moment I saw you." Naruto whispers hotly in his ear as he glides his hands over the muscular planes of the other God's chest.

Sasuke sighs in pleasure. "Mmm I know. You weren't very subtle in your…admiration." How could he not respond to his lover's adoring touches?

It still amazed Sasuke. Naruto could soothe him, excite him, or drive him to near madness with just the touch of his hand. No matter how many times they made love, it was always a glorious madness.

"I guess not." Naruto agrees with a chuckle and nibbles on Sasuke's neck.

"I want to be able to touch you." Sasuke whines and arches against him.

Naruto couldn't help, but smirk at that admission. "Just relax and let me take care of you. I'm sure that I can make those images of Kisame and Itachi disappear from your mind." Naruto promises with a smile and Sasuke gives him a dirty look for reminding him of that.

Warning Lemon

Sasuke was about to let Naruto have it for bringing back those disturbing images, when Naruto took one of his nipples into his mouth and teased with his talented tongue and teeth. Fuck! He groans and his eyes bleed ruby red with desire.

Naruto smirks and one of his hands cups Sasuke's ass, squeezing hard. The other snakes down over his lover's chest and finds his erection. The blonde begins stroking him at a slow teasing peace.

"You're an evil tease!" Sasuke pants.

The blonde ignores this in favor of covering his lover's stomach with hot kisses and teasing nips. He slowly makes his way further south and then takes Sasuke into his mouth. ALL of Sasuke.

"N-NARUTO!" He hisses in pleasure and the blonde holds his hips down, to keep the God of Winter from fucking his throat raw.

Naruto smiles at the erotic sounds his lover was making. He enjoyed listening to every moan, every pant, every plea, and every curse. Sasuke had quite the impressive vocabulary and could speak thousands of languages. Sometimes during sex, this talent was displayed. Occasionally, the blonde had no idea what his lover was actually saying, but he loved the way he said it.

Sasuke groans and bucks into Naruto's mouth. Growling in frustration when he felt the blue eyed God's hands keeping him from moving as fast as he wanted. Shit! His mouth was so hot and his tongue was so wickedly talented. He felt like he was going to cum right then and there.

"I'm going to take off the cuffs. I want you to bend over the bed." Naruto releases Sasuke from the cuffs.

Sasuke considers protesting, but he was so close! He decides to indulge Naruto by following his request in the interest of achieving a faster release. So he bends over the bed.

"Beautiful." Naruto murmurs approvingly, placing a kiss to the back of Sasuke's neck, and smiling when the other man shivers in anticipation.

He gets out the glass of ambrosia and coats his fingers in the sweet nectar, sliding them into his husband. Naruto smiles as he remembers the first time that the God of Winter came up with this idea. It was something only they shared. Which just made it even more erotic than it already was.

"Naruto, I want you now." Sasuke groans and wiggles back against his lover's talented fingers.

"You sure?" Naruto asks and stretches Sasuke faster.

What a dumb question! "YES! I'M SURE!" Obviously, he was sure!

"You're when you get all pissed off like that. You must be really close." Naruto murmurs and slowly sheathes himself inside his husband's hot, tight heat.

"Nhh! F-Fuck!" Sasuke moans and sighs in relief when Naruto begins moving inside him and pumping his arousal in his hand.

Naruto moans and slams inside Sasuke with a reckless abandonment. He made sure to hit that spot that he knew would drive his beautiful lover wild. The blonde delighted in the moans that Sasuke would make, the way he'd writhe against him, and how tight he felt around his cock.

He could feel Sasuke's arousal throbbing violently in his hand. So the blonde strokes him faster as he slams into the other deity again and again. The bed began to shake with the force of their lovemaking.

Both were too lost in passion to notice when it broke because it was at that moment they both called out each other's names and came hard. Naruto pulls Sasuke over for a heated kiss and slides out of his lover. The blue eyed God moans when he felt Sasuke return it.

End Lemon

The two Gods spent the next several days in each other's arms. They claimed each other in every way that they could think of and on every hard surface in Sasuke's bedchambers, this even included the floor. Sometimes the bed was just too far away to make it.

"That was i-incredible." Naruto pants out, after their latest lovemaking session.

This time Sasuke had topped. Most of the time the Winter God seemed content to let the blonde take the reigns, but whenever he was in the mood to switch things up, well he became a conqueror really quickly. Naruto's style was all about wild, out of control passion. Sasuke was a slow and sensual lover fro the most part, but he also had a mouth on him that could make a sailor blush.

"Y-Yeah. It was." Sasuke agrees and wraps his arms around Naruto in a loving embrace.

Naruto smiles. He could hear Sasuke's heart race underneath his head. The Sun Deity had laid his head on the other man's chest as they basked in the afterglow of their coupling.

"I love you." Sasuke murmurs.

Naruto smiles at him. "I love you too. Do you think your mother has completely spoiled Kaze while we were going?" That was another dumb question.

The Sun Deity asked a lot of those, but Sasuke didn't mind. "Is water wet?" Not really because he loved Naruto.

Though they both knew the truth. Mikoto had definitely spoiled Kaze in their absence. (Not that they were any better.)

Naruto laughs and snuggles further into his lover's arms. Sasuke might be the God of Winter, but he was surprisingly warm. And perhaps most shockingly of all, a cuddler.

"Who knew that winter's embrace could be so comfortable?" The blonde laughs.

Sasuke rolls his eyes at that."You did. That must be why you chased me around like a lost puppy." Though it didn't take long for a smirk to form on his lips.

"I did not chase you around like a lost puppy." The blue eyed God protests.

Sasuke raises an eyebrow like, "Really?" Are you actually going to try to pretend that you didn't? We both know that is bullshit.

"I wasn't a lost puppy because I knew exactly who owned my heart from the first day I met you and your embrace was what I wanted." Naruto quickly clarifies.

Sasuke smiles. He leans over and captures the blonde's lips in a loving kiss. Naruto happily returns it and the two soon fall asleep in each other's arms. Drifting off into the Land of Dreams with their most precious person, knowing that the other one would always be there when they woke up. They would be together forever and always. After all, Winter's embrace would always come back as surely as the Sun would rise.