Disclaimer: I own nothing Naruto related. Period. Not even a DVD or plushie. Isn't this extremely sad? Yes, I thought so too :(

Summary: Gaara and Naruto have an understanding in the form of an occasional sexual relationship. It's during one of their more rougher sessions that it's taken the wrong way. Uchichas can be possessive like that.

Pairing List: Sasuke/Naruto with some Gaara/Naruto on the side.

Chapters: 1/2

Updates: The next part should be posted in two days unless outside interference prevents me from reaching the internet/computer to upload it.

Beta: The incredible Miss Lady Ivvy because, omg you guys, she's actually like, fast and on time and uses colours. Could this shit be real? I think it is. 'Cause oh man; she's just like, awesome.

A/N: This is the first of two parts and is quite Gaara/Naruto heavy. The main pairing is Sasuke/Naruto, but that will be focused on in the second chapter. Anyway, I hope you enjoy. Constructive criticism is love.

An Arrangement or Two

Part 1

Naruto couldn't tell you how it happened if he tried.

It seemed like one day he was just trying to get Sakura to give him a chance instead of fawning over Sasuke- Lord knew he'd never look at her. The next found him very much not-so-straight as he snuck off to meet up in random, forgotten places with Gaara.

The sand-ninja had been the one to start the whole thing. He had come up to Naruto and flat out told him they were going to have a relationship.

Naturally, Naruto had freaked the fuck out and got the hell away from him. Gaara hadn't followed, and it wasn't until days later that he found himself with sand around his wrists as he was held against a tree.

Calmly, Gaara had explained that this was going to happen, no doubt in his voice. He informed Naruto that since they understood each other and lived villages apart, no one would have to know. It was a convenience and no emotions would be involved.

Now for all Naruto wasn't, he still was a horny nineteen year old, and when Gaara came forward and kissed him like that, he kind of decided that he could give this whole gay thing a go. After all, it was just sex, right?

Gaara seemed to think so, because apart from that first kiss, they'd never been anything other then hands and mouths below the belt, or just plain and simple fucking. It didn't get to happen often though. Neither of them visited the other's village that frequently.

In fact, it had been two months since they'd seen each other, so when Naruto heard that Gaara was in town on business he couldn't keep the grin off his face as he made his way to the room Gaara always stayed in.

Gaara had nodded at him, and they'd done the usual pleasantries that came from the tentative friendship they shared.

Just before he left, Gaara's sand sprinkled a pattern on the ground, the words barely forming before the grains were separating and disappearing as if they'd never been there.

Naruto nodded, the place and time feeling burned in his mind, even if he never showed it, simply calling out a cheerful goodbye and walking away from Gaara's room. He even waved at the guards at their stations throughout the building.

Gaara made sure to keep everything secretive, and Naruto was fine with that. He preferred a little discretion rather than having the whole town know he was sleeping with the Kazekage of the Sand Village.

No, he was fine with all that. The only part he didn't like was lying to his friends about where he disappeared to on those nights he spent with Gaara - and on a few memorable occasions, days - that Gaara was in town.

He was feeling almost like Kakashi the way his lies had been coming out recently. He'd been believed about as much as him too, and people were starting to get curious. Not enough to pry, thankfully, but enough that he could read the concern on their faces.

Luckily though, he didn't have to worry about it this time. Gaara wanted them to meet up tonight, in one of the more… secluded areas of the forest. It worked well, since he had already told people he would be training by himself tonight.

A mischievous smile curved his lips, his eyes glinting with faint amusement. He would indeed be exercising, just a… different form of it. It would be the closest to the truth he'd told anyone in quite a while, that was for sure.

His grin turned softer then as he changed his direction to the training grounds. Gaara would be there in an hour, so there really wasn't any point in going home. He could always train for a little bit before hand anyway. It would help stretch out his muscles.

Starting up a bit of a jog, it didn't take him long to reach the grounds and jump into the trees, quietly and quickly making his way in the direction he knew the little glade they'd… used before was.

He was maybe halfway there when he felt someone's presence on a higher branch and a little to the right of where he was. Lifting his head he almost groaned as he found Sasuke Uchiha smirking at him. The bastard was probably here to train and judging by the glint in his eyes, Sasuke was probably going to try and angle a fight out of him. He really didn't need this.

"Tch. It took you this long to notice me?" Sasuke drawled.

Don't kill him, resist the urge. He mentally told himself before replying, "Shut up."

The smallest smirk twitched at Sasuke's lips. "You don't make a very good ninja, do you? Not even the slightest idea I was here."

"Fuck off Sasuke," Naruto snapped, glaring at Sasuke.

The Uchiha quickly frowned and dropped down to the same branch as Naruto.

"What's wrong with you?" He asked.

Naruto really didn't have it in him to lash out either verbally or physically at Sasuke. He just really couldn't summon up the will.

He hated to admit it, but he was tired. Plain fucking tired of every aspect of his life. Of his missions, friends, responsibilities, goals. Not to mention the villagers and Sasuke too. Hell, just, everything. He needed a break. Gaara was a break.

When they met up it was the only time he could just, forget everything that happened in his life, his village. The same thing, he was sure, could be said for Gaara.

They both needed a moment's fucking peace from the shit that was their life. So they did this. They used the emotional and physical release of connecting with someone else and it helped.

And it had been months. Months of no contact with Gaara which, if he was being honest, was getting a little worrying how dependent on this… thing that he'd become. But that wasn't his main problem right now.

No, what he was more concerned about was a contemplative Sasuke Uchiha. He'd learnt from a young age that a thinking Sasuke was never good thing unless he was on your side, fighting with you.

Since it was pretty damn rare that Sasuke ever sided with him other than to save their lives - which even then was still uncommon - he'd usually sidetrack Sasuke by picking a fight, anything to get his attention elsewhere.

He was running out of time though, and Sasuke wasn't one to look like he was interested. His whole persona was a derivative of the phrase 'I don't care'. For once it would work to his advantage.

So with a shrug off his shoulders, Naruto said, answering the question he'd thus far ignored. "I'm fine," he paused, moving around Sasuke before adding, "And I'm going now."

Not waiting for - or expecting a reply - he jumped onto another branch and started calmly making his way through the trees. And if he was a bit faster then he usually was? Well, no one would know.

-break-

He reached the clearing a few minutes before their set time, having detoured slightly to let his mind unwind. Gaara was already there when he arrived and was casually leaning against one of the trees, his left hand holding the top of his gourd lightly as it rested on the ground.

Naruto smiled a little. "We came here to fuck, not fight. Why bring it?"

The smallest smirk twitched at Gaara's lips, and Naruto felt fine tendrils of sand brushing his arms before collecting at his wrists.

Looking back up at Gaara with raised eyebrows, he questioned, "Bondage mood, huh?"

"You seemed more downtrodden then usual," He replied, his tone bearing no room for argument, simply stating facts. "So you want someone to break you."

A soft, fleeting smile appeared on Naruto's face before it turned blank and he nodded. The next thing he knew, sand was clenching tightly around his hands before he was smashed against a tree.

His mouth opened in a silent cry as he tensed against the trunk, his body already trying to twist out of the hold he'd been put under. He wasn't having any success, and then suddenly, Gaara was in front of him, smirking completely now.

He brought out a kunai and sliced open Naruto's shirt. The faint sting of the blade lightly slicing his skin and making Gaara's eyes flash in contentment. It let Naruto know that Gaara had deliberately aimed it deeper than needed to cut the material.

Gaara's eyes moved back to his then, and he felt the sand tighten around him as he struggled more, because this was a battle. It made it more fun that way. Gaara liked to torment and break someone, and Naruto liked the feeling just as much as trying to fight it.

"Stop it." He felt a hand around his throat, making it slightly harder to breath. He made his movements less violent, but didn't completely stop them. Gaara's eyes got dangerously dark. "I won't tolerate this."

Naruto glared and tried to break free, but Gaara yanked him forward using a mix of sand and his own strength.

"You will submit to me," he snarled, and for the second time in his life, Gaara kissed him.

His eyes widened slightly as Gaara's tongue pushed into his mouth and mapped the area. He was stunned for a few seconds; before he felt the sand shift on his wrists just enough that he knew this wasn't any kind of emotion. This was pure dominance Gaara was displaying. Gaara was increasing their game to something more emotionally brutal.

Naruto inwardly grinned before responding in turn and trying to bite his tongue and push away. Gaara just slammed him back against the tree and bit his own tongue in retaliation. It was hard enough that he started to bleed, their blood only mixing in their mouths to make the kiss that much more feral.

He could feel a whimper wanting to be let loose, but he held it in as he felt blood start to drip down his jaw. He was running out of air and was trying to pull away, but with the position Gaara had him in it was damn near impossible.

Naruto wasn't even sure what he was going to do, but the kiss, the contact, everything was broken as Gaara disappeared and the sand that was holding Naruto up went with him, making him topple to the ground and land on his hands and knees.

Eyes snapping open, he looked up and was relatively stunned to find Gaara picking himself up off the ground, fury in his eyes as Sasuke stood in the middle of the clearing, Sharingan spinning as he glared death on Gaara. Had… had Sasuke followed him?

"What the fuck are you doing?" Sasuke all but snarled.

Matching Sasuke's glare as sand started to spin around him, Garra growled out. "Something that does not concern you."

Of all the things Naruto expected, Sasuke flying at Gaara with so much anger was not it. Naruto never got a chance to blink, or move, hell do anything as suddenly a battle was going on, Sasuke and Gaara flying amongst the trees and doing their best to kill each other.

Naruto just kind of sat there in shock for a few moments before he hurriedly stood up. Pulling off the remainder of his ripped clothes, he was left in only his pants as he jumped into the trees and sprinted towards their heated and quite obviously deadly battle.

He knew that Garra wouldn't actually kill Sasuke, maybe break a few of Sasuke's bones if anything. He was probably just using the battle as another means of blowing off steam. He did it back in Sand after all. Granted he actually did kill the people he took on there - mostly thieves and murderers - but to him the whole thing was a relaxing exercise.

So, no, Gaara wasn't his concern, Sasuke was. He didn't doubt that if given the option, Sasuke would land a killing blow on Gaara happily. That was something he couldn't allow to happen.

Looking up, he managed to spot their battle raging on the branch of an already charred and somewhat mutilated tree. Propelling himself towards the branch, Naruto managed to snag Sasuke's wrist before positioning himself between the two of them. This way, any attacks by either of them would have to go through him. He heard more then saw Gaara's sand disappear.

"Sas-" He tried, but was cut off.

"Get out of the way, Naruto," He snarled, Sharingan still blazing as he glared at Gaara, yanking his hand free from Naruto.

He knew he didn't have a choice, or the time to do anything else so he blurted out, hands moving to press against Sasuke's chest and hold him back, "No! Sasuke! I'm dating Gaara."

Not only did Sasuke freeze against him, but he could practically hear Gaara's mental 'you're what?'. Which, okay, fair point, since they weren't doing anything but screwing. He just didn't think saying that would be doing the situation any favours. At least this way he could try and appeal to Sasuke's compassion… small as it was.

"What?" Sasuke finally murmured, his eyes fading back to their usual black.

Naruto gave a small smile and went to speak, only to wince at the pain in his tongue. More blood was now in his mouth after all the movement from talking, so he turned his head and spat it out.

"I didn't know I bit you that hard," Gaara commented casually.

Lifting his head up, he saw Sasuke glare at Gaara, something more than anger in his eyes, but Naruto had no idea what it was, and it was gone too quickly to decipher.

He never got a chance to study Sasuke further as he turned and went to drop off the branch. Naruto caught his sleeve before he could, not sure why he did it, but needing to know Sasuke wasn't rejecting him because of his sexuality.

They had grown rather close over the years, and he was willing to admit - even if only to himself - that he valued Sasuke's friendship more than anyone else's.

"Sasuke-" He shut his mouth when Sasuke yanked his arm free.

"Go back to your boyfriend," He practically snarled, not looking at Naruto.

Naruto went to reply, but Sasuke was quicker, using the hand symbols needed to teleport away.

Cursing, Naruto ran a hand through his hair. "Shit."

"Boyfriends, Naruto?" Gaara questioned, not annoyed but simply curious.

Turning around, Naruto gave him a sheepish smile, one that, if he was being honest, was a lot more forced then normal. "I thought he would be less likely to pummel us that way."

Gaara noticed the strain on his face before waving him off. "Go. Make sure the Uchiha will accept you."

"How-" Naruto started, but when Gaara give him a bland look he shut his mouth.

"You talk about him." Gaara stated, looking bored. "It's not hard."

Rubbing the back of his neck lightly, Naruto said, "Sorry about tonight."

Gaara gave the barest shrug. "Go."

He disappeared in a swirl of sand then, but Naruto knew things between them were still okay. The small smirk Gaara had sent before disappearing had been enough of an indication. So without a second thought, he started making his way through the trees.

He'd have to grab a spare change of clothes first, but after that he needed to talk to Sasuke, to explain that he wasn't Gaara's boyfriend and to find out if Sasuke was okay with his team-mate being bisexual.

After all, it wasn't like Naruto would hit on him. That would have to make Sasuke feel better and at least count for something, right?

A/N: As stated in the top note, the next part will be up in a few days. Here's hoping you're enjoying it :D