Author's Notes:

Thank you so much to all who fav'd and reviewed the prologue! I am thrilled with all of the positive responses! 3

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Since the idiot was easily manipulated by the card game, he forced his closest friend to go to his home. There, the idiot began to write his will.

Naruto eyed Sasuke with amusement. Having Sasuke over to his place was always a treat.

Living alone since he was a small child had a strong toll on Sasuke. Most people would state that it was noticeable from his anti-social nature and his tendency to hate everyone. Only after years of bonding would Sasuke even acknowledge an individual as a friend. There were other factors, however, that made his lonely childhood alter his behavior. For one, he was an extremely clean individual.

After the death of his entire family, Sasuke was left alone to care for his home. Out of love and respect towards what did remain from the clan, Sasuke took upkeep to be extremely important.

His entire home was organized. Perfectly. Every single item he owned had a place, and that place was kept spotless. All of his hangers in his closet were matching wooden hangers. All of his boxers were perfectly folded, able to fit faultlessly into their allotted drawers. Most importantly, the food in his refrigerator was color coordinated based upon food group. His teammates would often debate on how the busy Uchiha was able to maintain his complicated system. The entire Uchiha compound looked flawless, despite there only being one Uchiha to care for the property. His habits were entirely a mystery. Sasuke's real secret to property upkeep was his family's ninja cats, but team seven remained completely unaware of the animals' existence. Perhaps if they did know, Sasuke's seemingly boundless energy would become more realistic.

Regardless, his extreme tidiness spilled over into other people's lives. Whenever he was inside Sakura or Naruto's apartment, he was known to pick up. This shamed Sakura endlessly to the point that she almost didn't allow Sasuke into her home for quite some time. Her place was always kept fairly neat, but there were always a few odds and ends Sasuke would find to fix. Naruto, on the other hand, loved to hear that Sasuke would be heading over to his place.

While Sasuke worked in the kitchen, throwing away old food and organizing new food, Naruto sprawled out across the living room floor. Naruto's apartment wasn't necessarily huge, but it did suit him well. The kitchen and living room were an open area with an opening arc that led to a short hallway. At the end of the hallway, there were two doors. The one on the left led to Naruto's bedroom while the one on the right led to the bathroom.

Not ready to face the inevitable mess in the bathroom, Sasuke started on Naruto's kitchen. He really didn't want to be cleaning the entire place, but his obsessive compulsive nature couldn't stand to sit back while chaos ensued around him. As Sasuke busied himself in the kitchen, Naruto ran the pen along the paper.

"So, how do these things start out again?"

Sasuke poured out some old orange juice down Naruto's kitchen sink.

"I, Uzumaki Naruto, being of sound mind and body have written this will," Sasuke recited slowly while moving to the next juice container in the refrigerator. Naruto grinned at the scene. Sasuke, arguably one of the most dangerous and powerful ninjas of the village, was acting as a domestic. Naruto giggled to himself a little as he wondered what Sasuke would look like wearing an apron. As if sensing Naruto's thoughts, Sasuke gave Naruto a death glare.

"I refuse to be surrounded by filth," Sasuke hissed slowly.

"You're insane," Naruto retorted.

The blonde shrugged and stared into the notebook he had found under a pile of stuff in his room. He was hoping to drag out this will writing process as long as possible. If he did, maybe Sasuke would be able to sweep through the entire apartment.

Naruto doodled onto the paper, drawing dogs and cats fighting each other. Time slowly passed with little progression. Sensing the lack of work going on, Sasuke called to him from the kitchen.

"Are you finished? It shouldn't take you this long."

"What do you mean am I finished?" Naruto cried, sitting up dramatically. "I have to come to terms with my mortality and stuff… then tell people my wishes for them…and crap like that!"

"The purpose of a will is to divide your assets. You do not have that many assets to divide."

Naruto fell backwards to lie down.

"Well, I think that's boring and stupid. I'm going to just do my own thing!"

"You usually do," Sasuke grumbled sarcastically.

As Naruto lay on his back, he wondered if Sasuke had ever bothered to write a will. Naruto knew that Sasuke had inherited quite a bit of property and cash from the clan. Well, he didn't really know that, but it was the only logical outcome. From what Naruto understood, the Uchiha clan was wealthy to begin with. To take that wealth and distribute it to one person had to result in Sasuke being loaded. No wonder Sasuke could be easily persuaded into paying for Sakura and Naruto's meals at the ramen stand.

Sakura, however, told Naruto that she believed Sasuke did that out of guilt for his deeds against them in the past. Sasuke wasn't one for apologizing, so Sakura alleged he would find subtle ways of saying he had regrets. That is, if the arrogant bastard was capable of having regrets.

"Hey, Sasuke?" Naruto asked, watching as the Uchiha cast a glance his way. "Do you have a will?"

"Aa."

Naruto assumed that was Sasuke speak for yes.

"Am I in it?" Naruo asked with a grin.

"No."

Naruto let out a long sigh of disappointment.

"You're no fun, teme."

"Hn."

Naruto then went into a mode of thought he had never explored before. He wondered how his loved ones would function without him. Who would carry on his daily tasks? Despite what many believe, Naruto had an intricate system of people he cared for. He was responsible for several people's emotional health and well being. Many people relied on him, especially Sasuke and Sakura. If he were gone from the world, who would keep Sasuke from rampaging around and depression? Who would keep Sakura in light spirits?

Naruto watched Sasuke work, a plan slowly forming inside of his mind. Coming to what he believed to be a sound conclusion, Naruto rose to approach Sasuke. Once he was standing beside him, Naruto's hand grabbed Sasuke's shoulder and rested it there for a moment. Sasuke gave Naruto an expression that could only be read as, 'what-the-fuck?'.

"Take it off or I'll break it off," Sasuke warned.

"Hey, hey. Just listen," Naruto asked. Sapphire eyes met obsidian.

"Sasuke… if I die in a week," Naruto began slowly. He swallowed a lump in his throat. "I want you to take care of Sakura."

Sasuke raised a single brow.

"You want me to kill her?" Sasuke asked.

"What? NO!" Naruto screamed with eyes wide in horror, throwing his hands into the air. "This isn't some cheap gangster movie! I want you to look after her!"

"Why?" Sasuke said, looking confused. Being asked to kill Sakura hadn't confused him, but being asked to play caretaker had.

"Because someone will have to! She's going to be really upset and need a good friend."

"Make Kakashi do it."

"What? No! I asked you to! You need to do it, okay?"

"Why me?" Sasuke complained while crossing his arms.

"Because I had to put up with her crying when you left! Like all the time! Pay back is a bitch, Uchiha!" Naruto said while poking at Sasuke's cheek. "And for the record, would you kill Sakura?"

Sasuke paused and thought it over. In the past, he had attempted to end her life two or three times, but now he was a different man. Well, a slightly different man.

"Probably not."

"Probably?" Naruto screamed. "What the hell kind of an asshole are you?"

Sasuke shrugged, turning back to his compulsive organizing.

"Hey! I'm talking to you asshole! You need to do it okay?"

"No."

"Come on!"

"She is not my problem."

As if knowing she was being discussed, Sakura arrived at Naruto's apartment. His ears perked up at the sound of her special knock on his door. Happy to hear the sound of more company, Naruto bound to the door to let her in.

Naruto had his own effects of growing up alone. He was always trying to fill a lonely void within himself. The sentiment was hard to describe, but he felt the most safe when he was surrounded by friends. The feeling of safety increased tenfold whenever Sasuke and Sakura were with him. He knew that the three of them shared a relationship that no one really understood, but explaining the sentiment wasn't necessary to Naruto. All that mattered was that the three of them were together as much as possible.

Letting Sakura inside, Naruto chattered to her questions about her day. She politely answered him before directing the conversation to the topic of her visit.

"Look Naruto," she began in a softer tone. "I'm sorry about how things went in my office today. I know you're scared, but there's really nothing to worry about. I promise."

"Aww, it's okay Sakura-chan. I wasn't mad at you at all!" Naruto beamed, unable to contain the excitement he felt that the trio was hanging out. If he played his cards right, he could maybe convince them to get dinner together. Then, maybe after that they could do something fun.

"So you decided to put this Death card silliness behind you?" Sakura asked with a hint of hope in her eyes.

"No, not really. Sasuke is helping me write my will right now," Naruto declared, the smile still evident on his face.

Sakura's face instantly fell. Ignoring Naruto, she suddenly noticed Sasuke working on cleaning the kitchen. Her famous temper instantly flared up. Fuming, Sakura stomped her way over to Sasuke. In fear, Naruto quickly stepped out of her way.

Noticing the storming woman tapping her foot in annoyance, Sasuke turned around from piling up dirty dishes.

His eyes met with an extremely unhappy Sakura. Her green eyes had been reduced to angry slants while her hands rested on her hips. She stared him down, as if trying to prod information from him with her eyes. Well, more like stared him up. Sasuke had grown quite a bit taller than her over the years, and she was fairly short for a women.

Sasuke raised an eyebrow at her.

Naruto watched intently, hoping that their fight would be brief, but entertaining. Secretly, he loved it whenever Sakura and Sasuke had little fights and for many reasons too.

The first reason was that Sakura had to feel comfortable around Sasuke to lose her temper so rapidly. Whenever she wasn't comfortable with a person, she would repress her more fiery side. When Sasuke had initially returned two years ago, Sakura was always hesitant around him. She admitted to Naruto once that she believed things always would be awkward. Her ability to ream Sasuke out whenever she deemed it necessary proved that things weren't as awkward as they had been. In fact, it was a sign of progression.

The second reason was that their fights were absolutely hilarious. It always started with some kind of eye contact stare down thing. Then, Sasuke would snap at her. She would start yelling. He would yell back. And both members were storm off in the opposite direction, muttering how impossible the other one was.

Additionally, their makeup talks were even more hilarious. It would start with Sakura mumbling something like 'let's agree to disagree'. Sasuke would ignore her, but then act like nothing happened. It was completely bizarre.

But Naruto's favorite reason to see the pair fight was selfishly based. Sasuke would always be his eternal rival, no matter how much of a brotherly love Naruto felt towards him. When Sakura was yelling at Sasuke, that meant she wasn't yelling at Naruto. Most importantly, that meant Naruto was her favorite.

"What the hell are you doing?" Sakura snapped. Her arms moved, becoming crossed.

Sasuke glared in warning. He hated when her unpredictable temper was aimed at him. Sometimes, he felt like she was looking for reasons to overreact to situations.

"Are you trying to encourage this stupidity?" She continued, gesturing to Naruto. "You are enabling him!"

"I am not," Sasuke scoffed.

"You are too!" she screamed, throwing her hands into the air. "You're helping him write his will! What the hell were you thinking! You're cheering on this ridiculous behavior! I needed you to back me up on this Sasuke! Not help him write a damn will!"

Sasuke rolled his eyes. Turning away from her, he continued his previous work.

"Whatever."

Sakura huffed in frustration. Knowing Sasuke was a lost cause, she whipped around to Naruto.

"And you!" she said with a pointed finger.

Uh oh.

"You are letting him clean this place? Last time he got Botulism!"

Despite the fear Naruto felt from Sakura's wrath, he still snickered a little. Sasuke had the worst luck.

"This isn't a time to be laughing! Botulism is a serious disease! He could have died! Keep this place in order, or I'll pound you so far into the ground that your new neighbors will be moles! Got it?"

"Yeah, yeah!" Naruto said submissively. He waved his hands in the air to gesture his surrender. "But in my defense, he just kinda goes off and does it on his own. I didn't make him a control freak."

Sakura let out a long, hard sigh. Her day at the hospital had been long and rough. She had just finished working a long shift and desired nothing more than to relax. However, if she didn't watch Naruto and Sasuke they would go off and do stupid things.

Rubbing her forehead, Sakura continued her lecture to Naruto.

"You need to take better care of your surroundings okay? Messy places like this are really accident prone. There's so much crap piled up around here… it could really catch fire easily."

Naruto's eyes widened in horror. Sasuke's ears perked up, knowing what kind of thoughts Sakura's words would induce into Naruto.

"Not to mention all the food you have lying around here! I'd hate to even know what kind of bacteria is crawling around in your food supply. Some of that stuff doesn't even come off the dishes if you let it fester long enough, you know! You have to boil it off! Are you even doing the dishes regularly?"

Naruto shook his head with frightful eyes.

"Sakura.." Sasuke responded softly, trying to interrupt her. Not hearing him, she continued her rant.

"Are your laundry needs to be maintained too! There are dirty clothes all over the place! You're just attracting a ton of pests!"

"Sakura," Sasuke snapped firmly, distracting the overwhelmed nurse. Both Naruto and Sakura turned their gaze to him. "Stop."

There was an awkward silence as Sakura realized what she had just done. If Sasuke's help with the will had been a problem, her little rant had been a catastrophe. Naruto's face had a serious paranoid tick going off.

"Naruto, honey," Sakura began softly. Her tone was suddenly gentle.

"You know," Naruto interrupted. "I think you're right. Maybe I should avoid this place… just until the week is over?"

"What?" Sakura and Sasuke responded in unison.

"I promise I'll clean it once the week has passed! But it's too dangerous right now! It's just too risky!"

"But-" Sakura began, attempting to reason with him.

"I know, I know. You think I'm being irrational, but it's more like a precaution. Just like a good safety move? Just in case."

Sakura stared, almost not recognizing Naruto. He usually was such a risk taker. Suddenly, a wild and almost wicked grin spread across his face.

"I'll just move in with Sasuke for the week! His place is completely safe!"

"No," Sasuke answered flatly.

"Yes!" Naruto responded, still grinning in excitement. "It'll be so much fun! I bet the Uchiha compound is really fuckin' awesome! I've always wanted to check it out more in depth! I mean I've only seen your house… and not even the entire house too."

"No," Sasuke repeated.

"Aww, don't be such a sour puss, Sasuke!" Naruto exclaimed, quickly gathering up some of his necessities in the living room. "I mean, if it is my last week of life, what better way to spend it than with my best friend?"

"You aren't going to die." Sasuke groaned in frustration. "If you do, it'll be from me killing you."

"Eh, you already tried that a few times. I'll doubt you'll do it now," Naruto said with a shrug as he bound into his bedroom to gather more of his things.

"You are not moving in!" Sasuke yelled down the hallway. Naruto didn't respond.

Sasuke turned, glaring at Sakura.

"I'm sorry, Sasuke-kun," she murmured in a sweet, innocent tone. Her eyes were wide and expressed true apology. Occasionally, Sasuke felt a huge soft spot towards Sakura, especially when her eyes were so wide. This was not one of those times.

He gave her a final glare, and then walked off. As he shut the door behind him, Naruto bound down the hallway to catch up.

"Wait up, Roomie!" He called with a grin.

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Author's Notes:

I am so in love with the Uchiha cats. They seriously are too adorable.

As a fun fact note, the majority of this chapter was written at night. My boyfriend was snoring, but I never have the heart to wake him. Thus, this chapter was finished sooner.

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