Naruto:

Alternate

Youkai Of Hearts: Hi Everyone, I'm back and with the third chapter of Alternate, so far so good ne? After a long time thinking over how to continue it I have decided to just do what I usually do and be totally unpredictable okay? Is that okay ne? Not really a good answer is it? Pretty strange right?

Well then unto the next part of this story…

What Happened Last Time

"Well go on home and take a couple of days off, say about the whole week and if you see Sakura tell her that as well, alright?" Naruto nodded

"Okay, Sensei, see you later!!" and with that Naruto ran off

You really think of Sasuke as a brother don't you? You know what he's been going through and you feel sad when he tries to belittle others and even hurt them don't you Naruto?

Kakashi walked over to Sasuke's room, looking through the glass window that's on the door and watched Sasuke, who in turn was looking out the window, when Sasuke saw Naruto leaving the hospital he frowned angrily, Naruto looked up towards the window and caught Sasuke's eyes, they locked for a moment then Naruto turned and walked off home. The black haired Uchiha growled viciously while gripping unto his bed covers.

If Sasuke is Yang that would make Naruto Yin…

Time Skip: Five Days

Knock Knock

"Naruto? Are you in there?" Sakura called out, her voice filled with cheerfulness, it had only been five days and she has been well since over the incident that had appeared before them on that day, Naruto on the other hand wasn't that fortunate, he has been stuck in his apartment for those days, he didn't really want to go out, he did tell Sakura that on his way home after Kakashi told him too.

Naruto made a little shuffle under his bed clothes, sleep still wrapping him in it's grasp. Clutching the bed clothes close to him, he still wasn't a hundred percent on waking up.

"Naruto I know your in there!"

Knock, Knock, Knock

Naruto couldn't help but yawn, the pounding noise was enough to make the dead get out of their resting places, although Naruto would doubt that would really happen. The spiky haired blond slowly rose into a sitting position, his eyes still trying to register where he is.

"Naruto!!"

"Hang on, I'm coming, I'm coming" Naruto mumbled, searching around for something suitable to wear, all he found was a black shirt and some blue jeans, he left his orange clothing in the wash, they needed to get clean, as soon as Naruto slipped into his clothes, he stumbled his way to the door and unlocked it, seeing an over excited Sakura at his door, not wearing the usual red dress, but was wearing a yellow coat with a green dress.

"S-Sakura-chan" Naruto couldn't help but blush a bit, a tinge of pink colouring his cheeks. "Is there something wrong with my clothes?" asked Sakura, a bit worried about his wondering gaze, Naruto shock his head, he thought that the only reason that Sakura was dressing so nicely was because she was going to see Sasuke…

He didn't really mind though he was use to it…

"I'm going to see Ino and her team and I was wondering if you wanted to come too?" Naruto looked at Sakura, seeming a bit shocked, was she asking him out? No it was probably because they were friends nothing more.

"Yeah sure, I haven't seen Shikamaru or the others since I got back with Grandma Tsunade, hang on I'll go find a coat…" Sakura frowned for a moment, "What is it?"

Sakura walked in past Naruto, staring him in the face, green meeting ocean blue, like she was trying to read her friend's thoughts. "Your not going out dressed like that are you? You've got to have something better?" Naruto felt his cheek being pulled, like he did something wrong.

"Ow Sakura that hurt" He moaned childishly, Sakura frowned with a smirk on her lips, walking on in and was already tarring his wardrobes apart trying to find something suitable for him to wear, she even gave him a quick glare. "Go clean your teeth and wash your face at least while I find something even worth wearable!"

"Aww Sakura you sure you don't want me to…" Before Naruto knew it he was tossed into the bath room with the door suddenly shut, the slam was even hurtful for his ears. Naruto thinks he should probably comply with the pink haired girl's orders before he is tossed out the window.

But even though he was going out with a member in his team, there was another member that he couldn't stop thinking about.

"Shut it! Naruto this, Naruto that, it makes me sick"

Naruto glanced into the mirror, looking into his own reflection, those bright blue eyes, the bright blond hair, the three whiskers on each cheek, he couldn't help but run those words over his head, he felt like he shouldn't have listened in, his head resting unto the glass mirror.

"Because I'm afraid, I'm afraid if I do then I would consider myself inferior! I can't accept him; I can't accept him for being stronger than me!"

Just hearing those words, those words that stabbed into his soul most painfully, Naruto closed his eyes tightly, his body shivered, those words were filled with hate, back then Naruto knew that Sasuke was going to say something painful like that, but when he actually heard them he just froze completely, his heart just wrenched in pain and he couldn't tell anyone how he feels, Iruka had classes, Kakashi was off on a mission, he had too, when he visited he was only there for a short moment before he went off on another, Sakura probably had her own troubles, there was barely anyone for him to talk too.

Also he knew that since Sasuke was his rival, but he couldn't help but feel that Sasuke also felt like family too, he wouldn't deny it if someone asked him if Sasuke wasn't like someone that he would consider family, before everything they went through he probably would say no but now he's not so sure.

He just isn't…

Naruto just felt so confused right now, he didn't know if he cared about Sasuke like that or not, he was so confused he didn't know if he should cry or not, he didn't know if he should let his guard down, he could do it now, no one would notice, well Sakura probably would…

No matter what Naruto did, he couldn't forget the sound of hatred inside Sasuke's voice, the hatred, the rage, the cold, everything didn't go unnoticed, he had a knack for registering things that his other team mates didn't, Naruto wish he didn't have such a feel for things now…

"I'm so confused" Naruto whispered softly, rubbing his head into the glass, he pulled his head off the mirror as he saw tears dripping his whiskered cheeks. "What did I do to make Sasuke feel this way towards me Kyuubi?"

His eyes glanced into the mirror, where a figure was seen, a man, taller than him, with long red hair and a dark cloak, with bright red eyes was shown in the reflection, even though this might shock some Naruto wasn't a bit scared at the sudden appearance, he knew who it was…

"Just what did I do?"

"You didn't do anything…" replied the figure in the mirror

"Some people are just like that way…you shouldn't really let it bother you, especially from that guy" Naruto narrowed his eyes, everything in the room fell silent, long enough to even still listen to Sakura's constant curses at the wardrobe, still trying to find some clothes in there.

"But Kyuubi…" Kyuubi frowned turning his head to the left, a sickened expression on his face.

"Come on, what kind of face is that?! Besides you have more things to worry about kit" a clueless blond looked into the mirror, wondering what the demon in the mirror meant by that…

"Like what?"

"Naruto!! I found something for you to wear!! Are you done yet?"

"Like what your friend Sakura found you to wear, you don't think she found the good white clothes do you?"

"I hope not because it's a bit embarrassing…" Naruto muttered, his cheeks turning a bit red, he remembered the old forgotten white clothes that he had stashed away somewhere; he just hoped that Sakura didn't find them…

"You won't believe what I found?! I found these wonderful white clothes in here!!" Naruto couldn't help but jump at the sudden predicament that he was in. Kyuubi smirked while chuckling evilly "Why do you never wear these for training or missions?"

"By the sounds of it, looks like she found them…"

"What should we do?"

"Your going to handle this by yourself! I'm going to take a nap, se yeah kit…"

"Kyuubi!" Naruto cried, while there were pounding knocks unto his bathroom door, it felt like that the door would come off the hinges at any moment. He couldn't help but cringe at the infernal racket…

"Naruto!! Come on!!"

Konoha Hospital

Sasuke continued to sit in his bed, his fist tightly clenched unto the white bed covers, his eyes narrowed in a most terrifying manor it would immediately send shivers down your spine when your eyes connected with his, Sasuke did have a couple of visits from Sakura every now and then including a couple of others, however he only spoke a few words and that was all he wanted to say.

All that went through the Uchiha's head was his comrade and rival Uzumaki Naruto, that face just made him angry, it filled him full of rage and hate, he couldn't stand just sitting here any longer, he wanted to fight Naruto and fight him now, he couldn't sit here any longer.

Naruto…just how strong have you become?

Suddenly!!

To Be Continued

Youkai Of Hearts: I know, not much action in this chapter, clothes being changed a bit because I felt like something and of course Kyuubi's human form returns, after not using him for a while…

Kyuubi: How Could You!!!

Youkai Of Hearts: I hope this wasn't so boring, hopefully in the next chapter there will be some action, including a very strange Ino, later!!