SasuNaru: 1 (Sasuke's p.o.v.)
I walked into my sensei's house and sighed. He was going to be gone for a couple of months, and I was the one who got stuck with watching his house. Sometimes Iruka- sensei bothered me. Kaskashi, too, he's the one who picked me for this job.
I went to the kitchen and found the note explaining what I had to do.
1. Water the plants
2. Keep fridge stocked
3. Dust once a week
4. Vacuum every two weeks
5. Set the mail on counter
6. No guests
7. Keep back door unlocked at night
The last chore made no sense at all. I flipped the paper over to look for an explanation and what I found confused me even more:
Sasuke, be nice to the fox.
'What fox?' I thought.
I walked into the living room and placed the note on the table. Then I went on a little tour of the house, just to become familiar with my surroundings. A clock sounded in the hall and I knew it was six o' clock. 'Well,' I thought, 'time to settle in.'
All of my bags were in the hall, not that I had many bags, and I went to get them. The house was really quiet and I tried to forget that this was my sensei's house. The same house he shared with my perverted sensei Kakashi.
All of my stuff was put away in the guest bedroom I was staying in and I decided to sit in the den and think. When I sat down, my thoughts drifted to the love of my life, who had golden hair and the most beautiful blues eyes in the world. I wish I could tell him how I feel… but I can't. He thinks I hate him but I don't. And he still likes our annoying pink haired teammate, I think. Sakura is so mean to him and I wish she would stop breathing down my throat. She never leaves me alone. The worst thing is that she isn't the only one. I have too many fan-girls. They are all mean to Naruto, the love of my life.
When the clock went off and it was eight o' clock, I was surprised. I looked out the window and saw that the sun was setting. I picked up Iruka's chore list and reread it. Everything except number seven could wait until tomorrow. When I got to the back door it was already unlocked. I smiled for some reason and went upstairs to my room.
The room was pretty small, but it suits the small house just fine. Iruka's house was so much smaller than the lonely Uchiha Mansion I called home. After my clan's death, the mansion became harder and harder to live in with each passing year. I was now eighteen.
The only person who made me feel happy was Naruto. I never felt alone with Naruto even though he thinks I hate him. I decided to stop thinking of Naruto and how he wasn't here and how I wanted him to be here… and how he doesn't know I love him. Such sad thoughts were going through my head, like loosing Naruto before he knew how I felt. 'I need to stop,' I thought while trying to stop thinking of how lonely I was.
I took off my shirt and kept on my shorts. I was climbing into the bed when I heard a scratching sound from downstairs. "What is that?" I asked aloud. I heard the sound again and decided to investigate. I walked down the stairs and heard the sound coming from the back door area. The next sound I heard was a door closing softly. I slowed my pace and listened intently. Next, I heard a little clicking noise. It reminded me of tapping a pencil on a table. It also sounded like little footprints. The sound didn't sound threatening so I walked into the kitchen where the back door was.
When I reached the kitchen, the fridge was open. I walked over to it silently but the culprit heard me because the door closed quickly. I heard the light clicking again and it was getting closer to me. I looked down when the clicking stopped in front of me and something poked my leg. What I saw was unexpected and I finally understood Iruka's weird note. There was a little red fox at my feet. It was really cute and he had a bit of dirt on its nose. It smelled my foot and I reached down to pet it. It slightly jumped when my hand reached its warm fur. I smiled and picked it up.
"You must be the fox Iruka-sensei was talking about." It looked at me and tilted its head in a way that made me think of Naruto. I had no idea why. I took it in my arms to turn the lights on so I could get a better look at it. It blinked when the bright light came on and I laughed, "Sorry."
The little fox wasn't very heavy and it had a very beautiful coat. I set it down on the table so I could see its whole body. The fox's tail was wagging and it stuck its butt up in the air and his front half was low to the ground, like he was about to pounce. "Hold on little one," I said laughing. The fox wiggled its butt and pounced on me. "Whoa!" I grabbed the fox and started laughing. The fox was strong for its size and I stumbled back when it pounced.
I held the fox at arms length to study it. I didn't want to set it down again. I was worried that it'd pounce. The fox wriggled in my grasp but stopped after it looked at me. What I saw was unusual but beautiful. The fox's eyes were a very bight shade of blue. 'I've never seen an animal with this color eyes,' I thought while still entranced by the fox's eyes. 'It reminds me of… No that's silly. But it is cute. Does it have a name?' I searched the fox for a nametag of some kind but didn't find one. Iruka didn't tell me a name so I'll have to guess.
"You have pretty eyes, little one." The fox licked my nose like it knew I was complementing it. "Were you trying to find some food?" The little fox's tail started wagging. "Alright, let's get you some food." I walked over to the fridge and set the fox down so I could open the door. I looked down at the fox and saw the dirt that was still on its nose. I bent down to wipe it off. "So what do you want?" The fox stepped up onto the bottom shelf and sniffed around. I couldn't help but to laugh. The fox stopped and looked up at me with a questioning glance. "Go on." The fox continued its searching until it found a little container with what looked like meat inside. He placed his paw on top of it. "Okay, I'll get it out for you." I reached down to get the food.
The meat stuff looked like mush and smelled like dog food. I put some of the mush into a little bowl and looked at the fox. "Do you want it cold?" The fox walked over to me. I think I saw it shake its head no. "I'll warm it up for you." I placed the food in the microwave for 30 seconds. When the timer beeped, I took out the food and placed it on the table. The fox whimpered and I laughed. "Come here." The fox walked over to me, its feet making the little clicking noise on the tile floor. I picked up the little fox and set it on the table. "There you go, little one." I smiled and sat down as the fox started to dig in.
The fox finished the food in no time. "Was it good?" I asked the fox. The fox walked happily over to me and licked my nose. "I'll take that as a yes. Are you sleeping here?" The fox jumped off the table and turned back to look at me, it looked like it was saying follow me. I did. The fox started sniffing around and walked up the stairs. When we got to the top of the stairs the fox started to run. Surprisingly, the fox ran in to my room.
"Where are you going?" The fox disappeared under my bed. "Alright, little one, come out." I walked over to the bed and got down on my knees to get the fox. I looked under the bed and saw what looked like a little bed. The fox was in it. "Is that your bed?" I asked with a smile on my face. 'Why is it in my room?'
I grabbed the fox and its bed. "Why don't you sleep out here?" When the bed was fully in sight, I saw three little toys lying with the fox. The sight made me smile. The toys were almost as big as the fox and one toy caught my eye. It was a little homemade toy that I recognized immediately. Sakura made it when we were in elementary school. It was a little plush toy that resembled me. Iruka took it away from her when she wouldn't put it up.
Next to the miniature me was a little toy that looked like a cup of ramen. It had a bunch of bite marks. I smiled when the fox started to chew on it. It was so cute and I found myself picturing Naruto. I turned my attention back to the fox and saw that it had moved on to the other toy. It was a little stuffed dolphin. The dolphin had a hole in its nose that had been sewed back together. It made the dolphin look like Iruka because of the horizontal scar across his nose. Iruka's name means dolphin; he must have picked out the toy. The fox seemed to like it.
"Alright, little one, I'll be right back," I said as I remembered that the light was still on downstairs. The fox was indifferent. I laughed when the fox yawned. I walked downstairs to turn the light off and when I got back to my room, the fox was asleep in its bed. It was cuddled up next to the little me toy while the other toys were discarded on the floor. I laughed silently and got in my bed as quietly as I could.
I was seconds away from falling asleep to dream of Naruto when I felt something jump on the bed. Then I felt something furry touch my leg. Then I felt something climb onto my side to walk on my chest. I looked at the blanket and there was a little lump moving closer to my face. The fox's claws tickled my bare chest and came to a halt when I started laughing. The fox laid down so it wouldn't fall off. I stopped laughing and the fox started moving again. Then the fox's head came out from under the blanket and its face was level with mine.
"What are you doing, little one?" As an answer I got a lick on the face. The fox curled into a ball on my chest, its tail was wagging and rubbing my chest. I tried not to laugh at the feeling. "Well, good night then." I closed my eyes and finally got to go to sleep.