Hamster Boy
By Amphoterus

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
Warning: This story will contain swearing and maybe some lemon if you guys want.
Revised 11/22/07

Creak... creak... creak...

Naruto shuffled in bed, pulling the covers over his head trying to ignore the sound. He cracked an eye open and checked the clock.

5:07 p.m.

'Right on time!' Naruto bolted out of bed, his lips forming a smile, and rushed over to the desk in the corner of his room. He peered over the clear, plastic bin and grinned down at his beloved friend... his new pet hamster that Iruka had gotten him for his birthday a few weeks ago. The hamster stopped running on his wheel and stood up on his hind legs, ears perked up listening for any unusual sounds.

"Wow, Princess, you sure as hell have grown!" Naruto picked up his hamster and cuddled it on the side of his face, gently letting the hamster walk onto his shoulders. Naruto had named his beloved "Princess" but it wasn't until he went shopping for supplies that the pet store owner had told him that his hamster was actually a male. Naruto couldn't think of anything else to call his hamster because it just wouldn't be the same and gender didn't matter to him, anyway.

Naruto walked into the kitchen and set Princess on the counter making sure all the knives and kitchen utensils were as far away as possible. Keeping a close eye on his friend, he began cutting an apple into tiny squares, pealing off the red skin. "You must be hungry... here's a treat!" Naruto placed a small plate with bits and pieces of the apple on the counter so Princess could eat it.

A loud knock on the door rustled the boy out of his thoughts as he rushed to his door. Opening it, he saw Sasuke. "What are you doing here...?"

Sasuke quirked a brow, "We're supposed to train today?"

Naruto gasped slightly, he had completely forgotten about training with Sasuke today. "Hold on, I have to do some things first!" Naruto moved to the side, letting Sasuke walk in. He followed the blond to the kitchen, his eyes widening.

"Your house must be filthy because there's a rat on your counter top!"

Naruto turned around, startled.'Rat...?' Finally realizing what Sasuke was talking about, his mouth broke into a wide grin. "That's Princess! He's my new hamster that Iruka got for me! He looked like a girl to me but he was actually a boy!"

Sasuke rolled his eyes. "Hurry up so we can go already."

"Do you want to see him climb the stairs?"

Sasuke looked bewildered but shook out of his thoughts, "... No?" Naruto grabbed his arm anyway, carrying Princess with the other and brought him to the stairs of his apartment which only consisted of five steps anyway. He set down Princess on the first step, kneeling down while pulling Sasuke down with him.

"Alright Princess! Climb the stairs, I know you can do it!" But Princess didn't move from his spot. Instead, he just started grooming himself taking his time. Either way, Naruto smiled. He had all the patience in the world for Princess. Sasuke eyed Naruto from the corner of his eyes and silently sighed. Naruto was very... weird when he was "motherly"... er, fatherly.

About two minutes later and Princess finally started climbing the stairs using his front two paws to latch onto the next step and pull himself up. Naruto cheered and got up to get Princess but Sasuke roughly grabbed Naruto by the arm and ground out, "It's time to leave."

Naruto narrowed his eyes almost looking dangerous, "Sasuke, stop being such a bastard!"

The ebony haired boy was taken back by Naruto's minor outburst. Silence loomed the air when Naruto turned back around and frowned, "Sasuke..."

"What?"

"Where is Princess?"

"How should I know?" Sasuke asked, quirking a brow. Naruto was frantically searching the top of the stairs, talking to himself about where Princess could have gone. "You know, you could help me!"

Sasuke smirked. Things were getting amusing... until Naruto stalked back down the steps and yanked Sasuke down on his knees. "Look for him!" Now things were just getting weird. Is this what friends did together? He furrowed his brows together, dismissing his plan of training that day.