On his way home from training, he seen a big group of people walking up to him, so he decided to go another way home that pasted by Sasukes house. He was about half way to his house when the crowd found him and started to beat him up telling him go leave town or die. When Sasuke heard all this and came out to see what had happened but all he seen was the crowd of people leaving and a big spot of blood and I little fox like thing limping over to him
He knew the little fox from its 9 tails, but why had he come here? And why in that form? Last they met this fox had saved his life. Despite his desire to die this fox had saved him.
The only thing going through Naruto's head was that he needed to get to a safe place, or he didn't think he would make it this time. He didn't even know why he stayed in village still, but he did and when he got in front of Sasuke he pasted out.
Sasuke took him in. Washed the blood off him and dressed his wounds. Then he put him the bed. He sat 3 nights and 3 days by Naruto's bedside. As he sat he'd fall in and out of sleep. He dreamt of happier times and what he had lost. He kept wondering why Naruto had saved him. Why did he deserve this Friendship?
All of a sudden he changes back to himself and wakes up, looking around he finds Sasuke sitting beside him. So Naruto looks at him and says "thank you"
Sasuke Said nothing he looked out the window from his chair. He got up and walked to the window without looking back. "why did you come here Naruto?"
Still looking at Sasuke he sat up, then looked at his hands "because your my friend more like a brother to me and I trust you" he looked back at Sasuke to see what he would do or say
"how can you trust me? I ruin everything I touch. I destroyed the lives of our closets comrades. You're a fool to put such faith in me. I came here to be left alone. I came here to die."
All he could do was stare at Sasuke "your wrong! Anyone would have loved to kill me if they seen me like this but you, you helped me you stayed by my side the whole time. And one more thing I will not let you die your my friend, you were the only one to see me for me and not the monster everyone thinks I am. Just for that I trust you and your my friend no matter what you say."
"How can you say that? Why would they die... I am the monster. I saved you only because I owe you my life. Now please leave…."
Naruto looked back down then back at Sasuke with a bit of a sad face "I can't I have nowhere to go, the village burned down my house."
"Those bastards with all you have done for them. How could they?" Sasuke grimaced, wondering what to say….. "They don't deserve you either…. They deserve to be punished…"
Shocked at what Sasuke had Said, Naruto jumps up but still being week he stumbled over to Sasuke "your right they have no right to do this. But that doesn't give you the right to punish them either"
"why did they do this to you? At least tell me who is responsible?" Said Sasuke
Taking the seat by the window "ever since we got the new hokage, who told the villagers everything about me. They all forgot what I did for them and went back to hating me and every one like me. He even told them about you and they are starting to talk that if they ever seen you or found where you were that they would do the same thing they did to me to you."
"Who is this Hokage? Wait why did you give up being Hokage? You lead our people into the golden age of the hidden leaf." Sasuke inquired.
Clenching his fits in anger "I didn't give it up. The elders put in a new hokage without me knowing, and the new hokage told them everything, like I was not fit to be hokage that I could lose control and kill everyone. so the village kicked me out. The elders don't care that I brought them to the golden ages, or that I saved everyone. so they put Sai as hokage, but I think someone is controlling Sai again."
"Sai's being controlled, by who or what?" Sasuke remember an earlier time when Sai was sent to assassinate him. It was like he was two people. He watched as Naruto called him off, Sai complied, but then something took over Sai and Naruto was forced to battle him. At the time he thought nothing of it and made his escape but now he needed to know. Sasuke was once controlled by Tobi's forbidden Justsu, and there was no way it can be allowed to go on….
"I don't know yet, I was trying to find that out but then the village turn on me burned my house down, beat me up whenever they see me and try to kick me out of the village. So it's been hard to find out anything. But I did find out one thing Danzo was just his group leader, there is someone higher up controlling Sai. please Sasuke don't go looking for answers, I don't wait to see them hurt you like they hurt me." With that Said Naruto looked at Sasuke with fearful eyes.
Sasuke thought long and hard about what Naruto said… "Naruto you've given your life for the Hidden Leaf. My redemption will come when I help you put this right. I see that now. Let me help you, let me help our people." Sasuke began packing. "Naruto get your gear. I still have a bag of your clothes and stuff from when we were on team 7. The clothes probably don't fit, but see what else is there."
"there is no talking you out of this is there? Well let's see what you saved. By the way why did you save my stuff?" following sasuke to the other room to see what he saved. "well the clothes won't fit but the gear is still in great shape. Looks like I have to go into the village to get new clothes"
"To be honest it was an accident, our kit got mix up on one of our missions, and when I left for Orochimaru the bag remained in my home… I forgot it was here until recently…. Here are my brothers clothes, there's some pants and shirts, they're too big for me, but they'll fit you.
"Thank you. Looks like we will need more gear. one more thing, are these your brothers clothes too? What happened to mine I can't really remember?" naruto said while looking around the room for his clothes.
"You were in fox form when I found you, so who knows. Orochimaru left many sub-bases we can use and stay in until we find the answers we need" Sasuke left through the door with Naruto behind him. Outside the moon was high and full casting shadows on the ground. "The nearest base is about an hour's journey, but we'll need to get past Leaf patrols."
"There is more to worry about, the village are everywhere looking for us ready to kill us. Now we can transform and run past them or sneak past them, it would be easier to sneak past them for you. But then again no one knows what your forms are, and they only know about one of my forms. Please forgive me?" Naruto Suddenly punches Sasuke in the face. Immediately a fight breaks out between the two of them and through the energy of this fight they transform; Naruto into a little red fox, and sasuke into a spotted tabby cat.
As soon as they transformed the fight ended, except that the fox kept sniffing the poor cats butt. "Pull yourself together Naruto… Buddha's ghost do you have to do that every time you transform? Cat's hate having their butts sniffed."
"Sorry bad habit, I really am trying to break it…. SASUKE I am trying to talk to you, would you stop licking yourself. And you get mad at me for sniffing your butt." Naruto said while shaking his head.
"Hey it's the only time I'm ever satisfied." Said sasuke. "It'll only take a minute."
"I didn't need to hear that. Make it quick… um never mind." Naruto stood rather bothered at the the way if you decide to hack up a hair ball I am leaving you behind, you take way to long. I will be outside waiting for you."
"Ummmm, ohhhh, don't interrupt." Sasuke struggled to get his words out with his mouthful.
"whatever." Naruto said as he was walking out the door only to see the villagers walking up, know what they were here for he said to himself. "great now I get to deal with a pissed off cat" as he turned around and grabbed sasuke by the back of the neck with his mouth, and ran out the back door just in time to see the villagers set sasukes house on fire.
Sasuke enjoyed the free ride and periodically instructed naruto on where to go. When sasuke started snoring naruto became pissed and dropped in a nearby stream.
"Ok I don't mind you telling me where to go, when I get lost. But falling asleep on me is where I draw the line. If you're that tired we can stop for the night and change into our other forms, no one will bother us then. Plus no one in these parts know any of our forms." naruto said as he was walking around in a circle then finally sitting down and watching sasuke dry off.
"Alas an hour in human form is 3 in this I'm well rested, the entrance to the base is under the rock your sitting on." Smirked sasuke.
"Next time you can carry me and I can sleep. So any way how do you open the door, I am hungry after all that runny none stop." naruto complained as he was changing to him human form.
Sasuke chanted something inaudible and the rock moved under naruto. Sasuke then descended a staircase into the underground cavern. "Close the door…oh rock on your way in."