A/N: Okay, so this was originally part of the prologue, which was origonally chapter one, but I decided to break it into two parts because it would be easier to follow. I'm not going to spoil anything, but be particularly watchful of Sasuke. He's so cute! :giggles: Anyways, so I know I said I'd update quickly with the next chapter, but I was busy this weekend and couldn't type up Chapter One, so those of you who are die hard AnnMiuka fans will think I'm on time while the rest of you think I'm taking forever. I've written Chapter Two, I'll have you know! :shakes fist: Anyways, I'll let you read it now.

A/Oops: Okay, so I forgot to add one thing. :ducks flying objects: In the prologue I said that there were two Sasuke's, one was a magpie and the other a raven. Well, I've come to discover that I've written in Magpie Sasuke as more of a kitten...Hence the chapter name. NOW you can read the chapter.

My Naruto: FINALLY!!

A/Is just messing with you now: Oh! I forgot to mention. The names in here are going to be a little confusing. Sakura, Sasuke, and Naruto are from Japanese parentage, so their names are in the Japanese order with the surname coming first and the given name coming last. (To tFW:I just lost.) Almost everyone else have names in the Western way where the given name comes first and the surname comes last. It is because Sasuke was born in Japan, and Naruto and Sakura's parents (who aren't the same people, just so you know) were Japanese and held Japanese traditions before they died, hence their childrens' surnames are first. IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE WITH THIS, relax. It's not extremely important. To those die hard Naruto fans (like myself) who hate it when the names are reversed, I'm really sorry. But, since it's set in the Central Valley, California, it's going to have to be Westernized. My deepest apologies.

My Sasuke: :pulls out a kunai and points it at me: Get on with it or you're only going to be able to hear out of one ear.

Me: :clutches ears and moves on with a panicked look on my face:


Chapter 1: The Lost Kitten Named Magpie

His eyes drifted open, and the first thing he noticed was that someone was sprawled across his chest. The second thing he noticed was that they were both naked. The third thing he noticed was that Sasuke Uchiha, twenty-four year old college boy getting his masters in business, was lying stark naked in the middle of the living room he shared with Haruno Sakura and Kakashi Hatake with a naked (and slightly sticky) man across his chest.

"HOLY SNAPPLE!!(1)" he exclaimed and shoved the blonde unmercifully off and leaped to his feet. Spotting mismatched leather things in his frantic search for clothes, he refused to wear them, and instead opted to dashing to his room before his housemates could see him like that. Belatedly, he remembered that the other man was lying naked in the middle of his living room and, throwing on some boxers that were sitting on top of the dresser as if waiting, ran back out and dragged the blonde towards his room...which passed the entry hall...which Sakura and Kakashi were heading towards...snapple.

"Sasuke, what are you--OH MY GOSH!" A large hand quickly covered her eyes, and the gray haired man frown at Sasuke from behind a tall wooly scarf.

"Is he dead?" Blunt. He could handle blunt.

"Er, I don't think so," the magpie said uncertainly, a deep blush battling with his milky complexion.

"Then wake him up."

"And put some clothes on both of you!" Sakura demanded, clutching the large hand that was covering her virgin eyes. Kakashi led his fiance away, leaving Sasuke to deal with it himself. Said dark haired man looked down at the blonde, considering how to wake him up. It took all of his will power to focus on the golden hair on the boy's head instead of the tan, muscular body, and the...He jerked and dropped the blonde as cerulean eyes began to open.

"Um, hello?" the magpie asked nervously, looking down at the man from right next to him.

"Hey there, sexy. Nice view," the blonde said with a smirk, and it took a moment for Sasuke to realize that the man was looking up his boxers. Sasuke scrambled away hastily, bracing himself up against a wall. Slowly, the tan body pulled itself up to its full height...which Sasuke estimated at five-six. He himself was five-eleven, and looked down at the naked man who stood before him, looking around.

"Where are my clothes, anyway?"

"Er, what do they look like?"

"Orange leather and blue cotton."

Sasuke thought back to his scan of the room for clothes. He'd seen SOMETHING bright orange, but weren't those...His eyes went wide as he muttered "No" and hastily dragged the boy to his room, refusing to look at the delicious body. Sasuke nearly pulled up short at the thought, but just shook himself mentally and went into his room, a bright blush adorning his cheeks. The blonde stumbled in behind him, and looked around at the empty room. As Sasuke proceeded to throw random clothes at him, he took in the room's appearance. It was as though two entirely different people lived there, he thought distantly. Looking back at the pale man, he noticed something that made him frown, hurt.

"What, you screw me and now you won't even look at me? I shoulda listened to Shikamaru." Sasuke winced at the crude language as he pulled on clothes, shooting a glance at the blonde out the corner of his eye. Mistake. The blond still wasn't wearing a shirt, and his body looked enticing. "Enticing"? Since when did he think of people as "enticing"? Sasuke moved to his desk and pulled out a notepad and pen before sitting down and finally looking at the blond. He was handsome. Boy was he handsome. Of course, he couldn't be much older than eighteen, and Sasuke felt a pang of guilt. The too large clothes hung loosely on him, revealing more neck and should than was necessary, and his short blond hair stuck up at odd angles.

"Tell me in detail what exactly happened last night." And who you are, Sasuke added silently. There was a pleading note in his voice that made those glowing blue eyes lock onto him. A thoughtful look passed over his face, but it was quickly replaced by a frown.

"You were drunk," he accused, and flopped onto the wide, lush bed. Sasuke frowned as the boy got comfortable.

"Why did we end up tangled naked on my floor...OH MY GOSH! I had sex with you!" Sasuke exclaimed, finally catching on to what the other man had said earlier. The blonde rolled his eyes and decided to, what the heck, go into detail.

"You basically came over, started kissing me, dragged me out of the club and to--"

"What club?"

"Hikaru and Kaoru's, the gay bar on third street."

"Then what happened?" Sasuke asked, his grip on the pen making dents in his fingers. The tan man stared at him for a second, something dawning on him.

"We had a drink in your kitchen and you screwed me blind. Then you fell asleep and now you don't remember a thing, do you?" The magpie was scribbling notes meticulously on the notepad and didn't catch that last whisper.

"We never had drinks in your kitchen."

"What? But you just said..."

"I lied to see if my theory was true. You don't remember anything that happend from falling asleep back to going to the bar, do you?"

"Would you be so offended if he didn't?" a gray haired man asked from the doorway. Both men jumped, and Sasuke turned, giving him a pleading look. The older man sighed and moved to lean against the desk next to where the magpie sat, holding out a hand for the notepad. Sasuke relinquished it willingly.

"You're missing an important detail, Sasuke. You kind of need his name...and maybe his medical history."

"I don't have any STDs, if that's what your saying," the blonde told him defensively. Kakashi chuckled and held out a hand to the boy.

"Neither do I. I'm Kakashi Hatake, Sasuke's over-protective guardian." The boy took it.

"Uzumaki Naruto. I'm Japanese, though, so call me Naruto, not Uzumaki."

"I'm Uchiha Sasuke, and I'm Japanese too," the shy boy said, offering a hand. He almost jumped when the boy said, "I know," and sat up to kiss him on the cheek before laying back down and pretending nothing had happened. Sasuke stumbled back a little, but thought it may have been a trick of his mind. It did tend to do that. He looked at Kakashi, but the older man had his nose in an orange book and was leaning against the wall, dead to the world. Sasuke frowned.

"I thought she told you no more Icha Icha Paradise," he said, confused. Kakashi hurriedly glanced around as though his fiance would come out of the walls and get him. Then he gave his adoptive son a look.

"She doesn't know I have it, so don't talk about it. You know I can't live without the amazing Jeraiya's wonderful books."

"Another fan of my Uncle Jeraiya..." Naruto said with a sigh, his hand twirling lazily in the air above his head. In an instant, he was pinned to a wall and staring into two very different eyes. One was sickly looking and red, and there was a scar on the top and bottom that screamed old injury. The other was a normal black color.

"You're the nephew of the amazing Jeraiya?!" Naruto gulped and nodded. Never before had any of his adoptive uncle's fans attacked him in such away.

"Um, Kakashi...She heard you..." The gray haired man paled, dropped Naruto, and ran, disappearing just as a violently pink haired girl burst in.

"Sorry for intruding, but have you seen my...fiance..." Her voice trailed off as she looked down at the blonde who was rubbing his head from where it'd hit the wall discourteously. His ears finally registered the voice, and he looked up at the woman. Then, he nearly tackled her.

"SAKURA!!" "NARUTO!!"

The two were hugging and shouting like crazy, leaving Sasuke feeling left out and a little bit jealous. Jealous? Why was he jealous? Sakura was Kakashi's fiance, and he knew they were in love. Kakashi had given up sex for her. Nothing else could do such a thing to the perverted man except her. Feeling awkward just standing there, he looked down at his notes, but his mind didn't want to focus on the pages. They blurred a little, and Sasuke took a steadying breath.

"Sasuke, come here!"

"Actually, he came in the living r--OUCH! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" Naruto whined, covering his head for protection. The magpie moved to the door and was promptly hidden behind. Looking at Sakura, he winced.

"I take it you two know each other?" Sasuke asked nervously. Sakura took a calming breath then nodded in a happy, bubbly way.

"He's been my best friend since before preschool. We grew up together. Our parents knew each other, although Naruto calls his 'aunt and uncle'. Basically, we're almost siblings, right otoutou(2)?" Sakura asked, reaching past her housemate to ruffle Naruto's hair affectionately.

"Just cuz you're six years older than me and couldn't resist my cudly cute baby face. Ow!" he yelped as she pinched said baby face.

"And you've still got it, haven't you? How's Kyuubi?" The look on his face made her apologize.

"It's not so bad. We put him down before the pain got too bad. It coulda been worse. The vet said he'd go mad if the pain got to him...Being a fox and all, that coulda been really bad..." He leaned his head against Sasuke's shoulders, and a pale hand entangled with his, squeezed, then released the tan one without its owner realizing it.

"Sakura, darling, we're going to miss the meeting!" Kakashi called, and the woman's eyes narrowed. She'd forgotten why she'd come there to begin with. Wishing them a good bye, she stalked down the hall to the entry way, and both men winced at the sound of breaking things. The front door slammed, and they both relaxed again.

"Otoutou, eh? My older brother used to call me that," Sasuke said, leading the way into the entry hall to assess the damage. Naruto's stomach growled, the doorbell rang, and Sasuke discovered the broken lamp at the same time. Not sure what to do, he motioned for Naruto to go into the kitchen before answering the door. A middle-aged woman stood there holding a cardboard box and a wad of cash.

"Hello, sir. You left these in my cab...and on the walk...and on the doorstep. Er, here," she said, pressing the box into his hands. Then, looking dejectedly at the cash, she offered it as well. "I already took the fee out...and a tip for all this...Um, bye." She turned around quickly, and trotted back to her taxi. Belatedly, Sasuke yelled a quick thank you as she got in and drove off. Pondering the cash, he shut the door and opened the box. It was filled with bracelets and jewelry. Thinking of something, he moved into the living room, gathered all of the leather and "other" clothes, hastily stashing it all in the box. Stealthily, he hid the box in his bedroom and moved into the kitchen. Naruto wasn't there, although a box of cereal was.

"Naruto?" Sasuke inquired, unsure. Moving to look through a gap in the kitchen's wall that looked into another room, he saw the blonde oogling their movie collection in awe.

"We can watch one, if you want," the magpie said, moving into the family room and curling his legs up like a cat as he sat in the center of a huge, plush couch. Naruto nearly let out an excited yelp, choking on cereal before immediately grabbing a DVD and holding it up. Sasuke laughed at the title and put the DVD into the hidden dvd player, flicking a switch to turn the wall screen TV on. Naruto threw himself down next to the magpie and swallowed before he started singing. Sasuke smiled.

"'So long and thanks for all the fish.'(3)"

Sasuke laughed at Naruto's bad singing, and settled in for an hour and a half of comedy.


(1)Yes, I say that. :bows head dejectedly: For me, it's like saying "shit". No offense to the drink. I love Snapple drinks. Yummm...(2)Japanese for "little brother", although the spelling may be off. Itachi calls Sasuke that, and Raven Sasuke freaks out when he hears it. Magpie Sasuke doesn't remember anything bad from the name because Raven Sasuke took all of his memories of his brother being evil away to protect him.
(3)The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy opening theme. Awesome movie. Love it so much I put it in my fic!


A/Closing: I've talked enough. This is an extremely different version from the original which sits in my notebook. Cool, eh? So, um, there really wasn't much about Sasuke being a lost kitten, was there...Hmm...Oh well. Maybe next chapter. But as Kakashi and Sakura will come to reveal, Magpie Sasuke's nickname actually is Magpie. Never figured out why...