Naruto walked closer to Sasuke, Kakashi readied himself to stop the blonde if he snapped but he saw the blonde slowly take out a pendent from around his neck and show Sasuke the pendent of a spiral - faint little gasps could be heard in the background.

"I've had this pendent with me for as long as I can remember but I don't know when or how I got it", he smiled bitterly at Sasuke, Sasuke listened seriously, not interrupting,  he continued, "You know, until I was about 8 or something, or at least looked like I was 8, I was living in the slums where I almost straved to death, and beat someone up fighting over a piece of bread. Well, In gist, it was a shit life, but I didn't wanna die, so I thought if I had to kill someone to live, I'd do it..", he looked at him right in the eyes, with blue eyes that looked colder than ice, "Before I actually ended up killing someone, I was picked up and raised by an old man. Enoki-san was the only one I could call a family for a long time, until I lost him too and ended up alone again.. I even took this huge private loan to try and keep him alive for as long as possible, even hoping he'd miraculously get cured, but he still passed away.. And I ended up with nothing but a loan, a sketchy one at that.. I couldn't bring myself to regret taking it though.. You know, that day when I saw you kill that man, the first thought I had was 'Oh F*ck' thinking I was gonna die for sure but I still couldn't take my eyes off of you.. You were so mesmerizing.. I think I would've stayed there, even if you'd pointed you're gun at me to kill me!", he laughed at his own stupidity, "After you bought me here, and after meeting old man Jiraiya, Kiba, Ino, Kakashi, Sakura, Shino, and everyone here, I was so freaking happy! Ever since I met you, I can only remember being happy", he smiled warmly at Sasuke, "Well, even when I felt sad enough to want to disappear, it's because you were right there with me that now can I bare it with a smile.. Sasuke.. I want to be with you.. Please, let me stay here.. Don't tell me to live alone again..", he felt his eyes sting with the tears that he thought had dried. And before he knew it, Sasuke had gotten up from his seat, and took him into his arms, gently embracing him.

Half the people already in tears, with Lee and Guy crying dramatically.

Sasuke didn't even notice that distracting background, he only looked at Naruto, and said in a gentle voice, making people come to a halt and suddenly go quiet, "I still can't let you kill anyone, so pick something else to do, luckily there are more background workers in Cleaners than frontline ones, so I'm sure you won't be left alone", he smiled warmly, most of them looking at him like he's an imposter.

"That's how he acts around Naruto", Kiba's proud declaration could be heard in the background, with Sakura and Ino joining in to agree.

Naruto pouted, and said very cutely, "But I wanna kill people with you~ I thought we were partners!"

The background erupted in laughter, Kakashi who still stood behind the blonde gave him a chop on the head, "Just saying it cutely won't make it any less terrifying, don't say scary stuff so casually"

Naruto stuck his tongue out and apologized, but persisted, "But I want to be partners with Sasuke from now on too~"

"Life partners?", Sakura said giggling, Making them laugh again with a few squealing.

"I was being serious!", Naruto exclaimed blushing. Sasuke chuckling too, feeling genuinely happy that Naruto wanted to stay with him this badly. Naruto misunderstood his actions and yelled at him, "You don't laugh with them! This involves you too!"

Sasuke laughed out loud, most of them getting shocked again, but some already used to the changes in Sasuke.

Naruto pouted, being the only one that's seen him like this the most, he doesn't think it's out of place to see him laugh so heartily.

"Sorry, You're just so cute, what am I gonna do with you?", he ruffled the soft blonde locks lovingly. Silently resolving to never let go of this precious young man for as long as he lives.

Kiba coughed, answering Sasuke teasingly but eyeing Naruto as he says, "You can always "mesmerise" him and take him to bed, you know what I mean?", he grinned like a wolf.

"What the heck?!", Naruto blushed more and yelled, desperately trying to explain, "I didn't mean it like that when I said mes- THAT!! I mean- I mean-!! .....I give up..", he facepalmed at his own stupidity - cause it's true that he found Sasuke to be mesmerising that night, But he meant it in a general way, I mean look at the man, he's beautiful! But he'd be digging himself a deeper grave he if says this out loud.. Why did he have to go and say something he couldn't deny?

Everyone was full of laughters.. Causing utter chaos.

Amidst all of this chaos, Shino walked over to where Naruto and Sasuke were, suggesting how he could try being Sasuke's personal clean-up. Since Sasuke is usually very careful and never leaves too much work for the clean-ups, he explained that it won't be as difficult as it usually is, but it's still complicated so him and the others were willing to help out -The blonde gave said others a questioning look, Sai and Kankuro nodded in the background, smiling in a friendly way at him - Jiraiya too agreed that it definitely suits him better than assassination, But the blonde was still hesitent, he already had the resolution to kill if need be and he'd choosen to be an assassin like Sasuke, was it really okay to just switch over? When Sasuke couldn't...

"I think it's a good idea too", Kakashi gave his input, "Shino may be too silent but he teaches well", he smiled patting Shino roughly on the back.

Naruto smiled worriededly. Looking at Sasuke, he said, "Is it really okay? I already had the resolution to kill someone when I decided join you guys, and I want to be there for you, Sasuke", Naruto looked down, even more hesitant when he thought that he won't be able to truly be there for Sasuke, if he can't even understand what it feels like to do the same things as him. Killing, that is.

Sasuke smiled, ruffling his hair, making Naruto look up at him, "You can still be there for me, just by staying beside me, that's more than enough to make me the happiest", he grinned happily - everyone had already come to terms with his changes, so they all had gentle smiles on their faces as they silently decided to cheer for them or ship them.

Naruto smiled warmly, before turning to Shino and bowing politely, "I'll be in your care from now on! Please teach me well, Shino-san!", he declared loudly.

Shino awkwardly raised his hands,  motioning him to stop, and pleaded, "Please stop, you're making me feel awkward, and please address me casually"

Naruto grinned and nodded, "Got it"

Deciding to go into more details about it later, everyone went back to chatting away happily.

Jiraiya and Iruka got out a contract and explained to the blonde what he'll need to follow being a part of Cleaners and what percentage of commission he'd receive as a clean-up and various other important details, they told him to sign it if he's really sure about staying and he did it without a second thought.

Without even reading it..

Iruka blasted him, saying he's too careless and gave him an earful.

When Naruto finally felt relieved to have officially become a member of Cleaners, Jiraiya casually said, "Oh, the head of Cleaners is called Senju Tsunade, she's my ex-wife", making an annoyed face.

Naruto made an 'O' face thinking offhandedly that the old man was a divorcé, who would've thought?

.... Hm? Senju Tsunade? Where has he heard this name before?

"THE PRIME MINISTER!!!!!?", Naruto shouted, eyes bulged out comically.

People laughed again, saying stuff like 'finally', 'took him long enough' and such.

But Naruto's dilemma was another, "Are you sure that hot lady is your ex-wife? Your's? Really??"

Jiraiya annoyed dropped a punch on his head, "I'm the one that's too good for that brutal old lady!"

Everyone laughed again saying how Tsunade would've killed him on the spot if she'd heard that and some jokingly threatening to snitch on him to her.

It was absolutely utter chaos.

But it was still the most comfortable place in the world for Naruto. This chaos was soothing to him, he laughed to himself thinking this.

Sasuke pulled on his arm to bring him close enough to whisper, "Thanks for deciding to stay and sorry that I hurt you"

Naruto smiled, glad that Sasuke really was happy to have him here,  "Just promise me that you'll never tell me to leave again and I'll forgive you", he grinned.

"I promise, I'll never let you go for as long as I live", Sasuke smiled and sneakily pecked him on the cheek.

"KYAAAAAAAA!!!! HE KISSED HIM!!", Ino screamed excitedly, making everyone face them with 'Really's and 'Seriously's - guess he was not that sneaky after all.

"I have nothing to do with this! He did it!", Naruto quickly retaliated, blushing red, and childishly pointing a finger at Sasuke - making Iruka slap that finger and tell him 'no pointing fingers', at this point Naruto just pouted.

And all throughout this, Sasuke just sat there with a proud smirk, not even trying to deny it. I mean, why should he? He kissed his blonde, he doesn't need to explain himself after kissing what's his.

Yes, this raven had completely put his claim on the blonde, now that he's decided to hold onto him.

Utter chaos sandwiched between utter chaos and topped with more chaos, would still not be enough to explain the situation at the small cozy bar at the moment.

After a long long day filled with such chaos, everyone slowly left, after having a serious meeting regarding work for just 1 hour.

These people, what do they meet up every month for? To create more chaos? Seriously.. Naruto couldn't help but wonder.

After everyone left, leaving only the medical team, Sasuke and himself. The one with red hair, Uzumaki Karin, he guessed, walked over to Naruto with a smile and politly requested to see his pendent again. Naruto who saw no problems with it happily obliged but Sasuke could be seen giving a jealous glare from behind him, not that the blonde knew of this.

Karin stared at it long and hard and looked back at, who Naruto guessed was her brother or cousin, Uzumaki Nagato, who had a puzzled look on his face.

The two hyuga's that waited near the door decided to step out.

Karin took a deep breath and calmly stated, "Naruto.. I might know a bit about your parents.."

Sasuke and Naruto looked equally shocked.

TBC..