A/N: I'm stoked with the quick response this fic got on the first chapter! So thank you! Here's my weekly update! Hope you enjoy!

Disclaimer:They wouldn't let me near the rights with a ten foot pole so I still don't own Naruto.

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Chapter 2: The Fix-Up

Sakura Haruno was a nineteen year old who interned at Konoha's Hospital as a medical apprentice. She had an average slim figure with an average face yet because of her creamy soft skin, sparkling green eyes and outstanding pink hair she looked everything but average.

In fact if you asked her on a date she would probably reject you because she was that much out of your league. Furthermore besides her looks she had brains and a great ability to memorize things. She didn't need anyone looking after her because she was her own independent woman even though she lived in a two-bedroom apartment with her best friend Ino Yamanaka. But that's a story for another day.

The point was that she liked to be in control. That's why she almost had a panic attack when she was greeted by a savage looking stranger pouncing on her the moment she opened the front door of Naruto's apartment.

You see, unlike her, Sakura knew that Naruto wasn't cut out to take care of himself. They were childhood friends and now lived in the same neighborhood. They were just a couple buildings away from each other so the pinkette took it upon herself to casually visit her friend every other day of the week.

She made sure that Naruto was eating right, that he cleaned the house, bought the groceries and did his laundry. She swore that without her his place would be a biohazard. That's why only she had a spare key to his apartment.

Last night she heard that Naruto returned from his little trip and so the morning after Sakura thought that she might as well go check up on him. That precise decision was what led her into this predicament. With her laying on the floor and a wild looking fellow who badly needed a bath, from what she could tell at first glance, on top of her sniffing her hair.

'What the hell? What the hell?? What the hell???' she screamed repeatedly in her head since her voice was caught up in her throat. Thankfully this didn't last long as Naruto finally came into the picture and removed the beast that laid on top of her.

"Sorry about that Sakura. I wasn't expecting you." said the blond apologetically while he kept trying to restrain Fang from trampling over the female again.

Naruto, who was standing behind the brunet, had his arms under Fang's armpits and his hands were locked together behind the brunet's scalp keeping Fang in an effective hold.

Sakura, who was still on the floor, propelled herself up with her forearms and gazed at the sight before her with an irked expression on her face. There were so many things wrong with this picture that she didn't know where to start so she settled for pointing at Fang and asking/demanding the ever casual "WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!"

After letting Sakura calm herself down and offering her a glass of water, Naruto started recollecting his tale to her. The pinkette went from agitated, to understanding yet ended up by looking at Naruto like if he was crazy.

"And you brought him here with you?! What idiotic reason made you think that it was a good idea? Tell me 'cause I sure as hell like to know what runs through that empty space where your brain's suppose to be!"

"But Sakura what else was I suppose to do?" complained the blonde pleadingly.

"You should have let the locals deal with it for one!"

Naruto was about to voice another petty excuse but Sakura raised her hand up and shook her head nonverbally telling him that she didn't want to hear it.

She then sighed in defeat because she knew that no matter how good of an argument she made it would not deter Naruto from his decision in the slightest. The blond was stubborn like that.

With that in mind her emerald eyes darted from Naruto's blue ones to fix themselves on the homeless refugee's dark ones. He had long brown hair that trailed all the way down to his midsection. It was noticeably dirty and greasy and Sakura thought that it looked more like a bird nest gone wrong than actual hair.

Surprisingly Sakura found that the messy brunet didn't have much facial hair as she couldn't stop staring at the tattoos on his face. 'Must a family trademark or something; it might help me find a clue of who he is.'

By studying the rest of his body and his terrible hygiene the pinkette deducted that she had no choice but to intervene. If Naruto was that hell-bent on keeping the beast man then she might as well help keep the damage at a minimum.

So with resignation she fell back into doing what she does best, which was ordering her blond idiot around.

"Alright Naruto I'm going to need scissors, nail-clippers, a whole bottle of body-wash, a bucket, a sponge, a hairbrush, a set of gloves because I don't want to touch anything, towels, spare clothing and a toothbrush!"

Naruto in return just stood there like an idiot scratching his head puzzled by Sakura's random demands. This only made an anger mark appear on the pinkette's um… well formed forehead.

"What? Is there something on my face? Get that stupid look off your face and do as I say already! Or do you want to bathe him yourself?!"

That last comment got a reaction from the blond as he retaliated with his eyes tightly closed from embarrassment and a profound blush on his whiskered cheeks.

"Of c-course not! I-I-I"

Sakura cut him off. "Then go already! I don't have all day you know."

As Naruto hurriedly rushed off to find the things she requested Sakura turned her attention to Fang who was growling at her because he didn't like how she treated Naruto.

"What? I've been in his life way longer than you have mister. You better not be giving me any attitude about it or I'll scrub you until your skin peels off."

Fang took her stance as a challenge and got on all fours leaning backwards ready to pounce on her but got distracted when Naruto hastily came in holding a bucket filled with everything Sakura asked for.

The girl took this as her cue to grab a fistful of Fang's hair and unceremoniously drag him to the bathroom. The brunet made growling and whining noises while he was being pulled by the hair but Sakura's grip was unrelenting. Naruto followed after them as he wondered if letting the female do this was a bad idea after all.

Once in the bathroom Sakura took the bucket from Naruto's hands, turned him around, pushed him out of the room and locked the door behind him telling the blond that he wasn't needed anymore.

Naruto shrugged and made his way to the couch to watch some television. Minutes passed and all he heard was Fang's constant growls and Sakura's incessant yelling and scolding.

The blond began to wonder if leaving the pinkette alone with the brunet was a good idea at all. Yeah he knew that Sakura was tough and could hold her own but she was still just a girl while Fang was an unpredictable stranger that acted like an animal and could wrestle packs of wolves by himself.

Becoming increasingly more worried as the seconds ticked by, Naruto leaned forward and glanced at the bathroom door. 'Maybe I should go in and check if everything is under control?'

But just as he was lifting himself up he heard the sound of something being smacked followed by Fang's pained whimpers. This made Naruto chuckle as he dropped his weight back on the couch reassured. 'Nah, Sakura can handle it.'

About an hour later Naruto stood up from his position when he heard a door being unlocked. Out of it came Fang looking scared as he hurriedly crawled behind Naruto's figure. Perplexed by this, the blond raised a questioning eyebrow at Sakura and asked her what she did.

"Nothing that didn't need to be done." replied the girl as she stood with one hand on her hip and moved her bangs out of her face with the other. Fang started growling at her from behind Naruto while sending her a glare.

Sakura returned the glare with equal fervor. "The little rascal tried to bite me so I gave him a knuckle sandwich to chew on." She emphasized it by bringing her fist up to his direction making Fang yelp as he hid even more of himself behind Naruto's body.

Satisfied with the reaction she got she fixed her eyes back on the blond again. "It took a lot of work but I think he's in pristine condition, or at least as good as he's going to get for now. Apparently he feels asphyxiated if he has too much on so try to keep his clothing as light and loose as possible or he'll take it off. And yes, sadly that means no underwear for the time being."

Naruto glance behind him as the pinkette continued her analysis and saw that Fang was indeed only wearing a loose white t-shirt and some basketball shorts. He also noticed the drastic change in hair length Sakura gave the brunet.

"Hey, you gave him a similar haircut to mine!" exclaimed the blond.

"Well of course I did you idiot! I'm not a hairstylist and you're the only one who ever asks me to cut their hair you cheapskate so of course it looks similar!" she retorted.

"Aww but Sakura you know I need to save money to pay rent." he responded with a happy grin on his face as he scratched the back of his head. "Besides, I like the way you cut my hair."

Sakura blushed at the comment but turned around to not let it show. "Anyways as I was saying before you interrupted me. I checked his mouth and amazingly he got pretty strong teeth and healthy gums. His fangs are no laughing matter either. His family must have had exceptionally good genes in the dental department. I took a blood and urine sample so I'll comeback later with the results."

'Blood?' The blond winced at the mention of that since he knew Sakura probably didn't use a needle to draw it out. He subconsciously started to pad Fang in the head and the brunet pressed his face closer against Naruto's legs for security. 'I don't even want to know what she did to you.'

"So" said Sakura as she twirled around to face Naruto again. "Anything else you like to share with me about your friend over there?"

"Um… not much really. From what little I've seen he is potty-trained so he must not have been any younger than 2 or 3 years old before he was left to fend for himself in the forest."

"Hmm, I'll take it into consideration when I search the databanks to see if I can find any information about any events that happened in the Forest of Death 15 to 20 years ago that might be related to him. Anyways I have to go now before I'm late for work. Take care until I'm back and whatever you do don't let him out of the house, understand?"

After Naruto nodded Sakura waved good bye and led herself out of the apartment. Sighing he turned around and asked the brunet what he wanted to do now. As if on cue both of their stomach roared in hunger. "Heheh, well buddy it sounds like it's time to eat!"

The blond went into the kitchen, with Fang following after him, to make his specialty. Ramen. Three minutes later he placed two bowls on the table and motioned for the brunet to sit up and eat. The tattooed male did as ordered but not knowing any better he tried to eat it with his hands and got immediately burned by the broth.

Naruto chuckled at Fang's expense as the brunet put part of his hand in his mouth to try to soothe the burn. The blond then took the chopsticks and tried to explain to Fang how to use them by setting an example but to no avail.

He tried not to laugh as the brunet kept helplessly trying to figure out how to hold the chopsticks in place enough for him to eat. The blue eyed male took this opportunity to take in the work Sakura did on the brunet.

He had to admit that she did a really decent job making Fang look more presentable. Naruto thought before that the brunet was a few years older but now that he'd been cleaned up the blond deduced that they actually seemed to be the same age.

Without all that hair, grease and mud in the way a red tint began to appear on Naruto's face as he finally took noticed of how attractive the other boy really was. He had tan skin, athletic built and a pair of very captivating feral looking eyes. 'I got to remember Sakura's advice and keep him wearing loose shirts and stretch-pants or he'll go naked on me.'

Naruto had to literally slap himself on the face to keep his mind from going further and picturing Fang in his birthday suit. 'What the heck's wrong with me?' The blond looked at the brunet and found him staring back with a confused look on his face. 'Great, now he probably thinks I'm crazy too.'

Noticing that the brunet still hadn't touched his food and that the chopsticks were broken into pieces Naruto stood up and fetched for something less challenging. He gave Fang a fork which apparently was something the brunet had seen before because he instantly stabbed the noodles without Naruto having to show him how.

He wasn't holding the fork right and was making quite a mess on the table but at least he was eating the meal Naruto prepared like it was the best thing in the world and that was enough to make the blond happy. Still Naruto couldn't help to wonder yet again how was it that the brunet managed to survive all this time on his own.

After finishing their dishes and spending the rest of the day with Naruto trying and failing to communicate with Fang, the blond felt like it was time for bed. So after turning his couch into a bed for Fang to sleep in, Naruto went to his own bed and immediately dozed off when his head hit the pillow.

Unknown to the blond, Fang got up from his makeshift bed and padded his way to Naruto's room dragging the bed sheets with him. After staring at the blond for a minute or two to make sure that he was snoozing, the brunet laid himself down in a comfortable position besides Naruto's bed. The brunet fell asleep almost instantly now that he could feel the other man's presence near him.

A/N: Well that's it for now. I finally got them settled in. Now let the magic begin! I hope Sakura's introduction as the supporting role came out strong enough. I like her because she has no qualms about beating the guys up. Don't worry, she has a softer side. She'll be the main supporting character even though we probably won't see much of her since this is of course all about the KibaNaru. And believe me, there's lot of development that needs to be done before I can pair them up ^^