Fox's Den

By: ImmortalRain7

Summary: I stood as the rain fell all around me, watching as Naruto's form grew slowly smaller and smaller….what had I done? SasuNaru...

Warnings: yaoi…language…

Disclaimer: no, I don't own naruto…but that would be kick-ass if I did!


Sasuke woke up at 2 pm, still tired from the last night's work. He decided that he would get Naruto up early and the two of them could get some food or something. He walked over to Naruto's apartment and rang the doorbell three times while pounding on the door and calling out to Naruto.

"Naruto…wake up…..dobe"

Sasuke stumbled forward a few steps when the door was thrust open showing a very pissed Gaara. Sasuke instantly narrowed his eyes. Before he could say anything, Naruto appeared behind Gaara.

"hey, Sasuke….what are you doing here so early?"

"well…I thought we could get some lunch but….apparently you have some…other things to do."

"oh….Gaara just crashed at my place last night since his house was so far away. we were actually in the middle of making breakfast….you want to join us?"

Sasuke scowled at Gaara but nodded. Naruto smiled.

"there…see, Gaara. Sasuke doesn't hate you." Naruto smiled, "and if he did I would have to burn his-…..OMG THE PANCAKES"

Naruto disappeared to the kitchen screaming about burning them. Gaara and Sasuke glared at each other for a few more seconds before Gaara turned and started heading towards the kitchen. Sasuke grabbed his shoulder and pushed him against the hallway wall before Gaara made it to the kitchen.

"if you do anything to hurt the dobe…I will personally cremate you" Sasuke said in a small voice growling slightly and leaning in closely.

Gaara smirked and easily pushed Sasuke away before dusting himself off and then walking into the kitchen to find Naruto with the fire extinguisher in his hand.

"Naruto…I think you better let me cook the next batch." Gaara said gently taking the fire extinguisher away from Naruto's vice grip. Gaara then turned and threw out all the pancakes which were caked in white foam from the extinguisher.

When Sasuke entered the room, Naruto was leaning against the counter next to Gaara, talking to him. Gaara was flipping the new batch of pancakes and laughing slightly as Naruto entertained him. Sasuke stood at the doorway watching the scene between the two boys. He hated the new feelings he got whenever he was around Naruto and Gaara. He felt like he didn't belong….or that he wasn't wanted.

Naruto glanced up at Sasuke while Gaara placed the delicious pancakes on a plate and then on the small table. Naruto grabbed some plates, cups, drinks, and utensils and then all three of them sat down to enjoy the pancakes, which were a light brown that crunched when you ate them but were still soft and gooey on the inside with melted chocolate chips in them.

Naruto easily downed 8 pancakes while Sasuke ate 3 and Gaara ate 2. When they were finished, Gaara and Naruto washed and put away the dishes while Sasuke explored Naruto's house. When he came back into the kitchen, Naruto was putting away the final dish in the cabinet.

"well….i guess it's time to get to work" Naruto said washing off his hands.

Gaara and Sasuke nodded silently and Naruto and Gaara went to get changed. When they came out, the three of them walked to the club, Naruto and Gaara joking back and forth the whole way. Sasuke's mood steadily decreased until he was glaring at every person and everything.

Sakura instantly grabbed onto Sasuke's arm and held as tight as she could. He ignored her and grabbed a washing cloth and proceeded to wash the dishes. Naruto walked over a few minutes later with a dish towel and dried all the dishes while Gaara put them away. After about 30 minutes of Sakura talking Sasuke's arm off (A/N: literally ;D), she was interrupted by Ino.

"hey, billboard head….get to work…and leave Sasuke alone."

"how dare you, pig….just cause Sasuke likes me more than you, doesn't mean you can be jealous."

"what! Sasuke doesn't like you….If he had a choice, he would most definitely chose me over you."

"you little."

Sakura lunged at Ino but stopped when an arm came between them. Everyone but Sasuke looked up surprised at Kakashi.

"now now, girls….no fighting…besides we don't need any more messes to clean up. Ino would you go sweep the front door and Sakura would you grab a dust pan and pick up the dirt collected by Ino."

The two girls exited the room glaring at each other. Kakashi chuckled and then left muttering about finding a dolphin. Sasuke silently turned back to the dishes as Naruto laughed and finished drying the last of the dishes before leaving the kitchen.

Around 5:15 Naruto was called to the kitchen by Sakura.

"naruto….you have to make dinner for the employees tonight…AND NO RAMEN. I'll be back in 15 minutes to check on you."

Naruto stood gaping at the door where Sakura had left. It wasn't that he couldn't cook, he just wasn't sure if he wanted to show his cooking skills to his friends. He had lived by himself for his whole life so he had lots of experience. After a few minutes of contemplating, Naruto decided to cook his famous onigiri with rice and vegetables. (A/N: sorry but I'm not Japanese so I have no idea what they eat other than rice, teriyaki chicken, and sesame chicken.)

He set to work grilling up the chicken and rice (A/N: once again….no idea what is in them so I am making this all up). 15 minutes later, Sakura came back in sniffing the air.

"oh, Naruto…it smells so good. Since when can you cook?" Sakura walked up behind Naruto and leaned over his shoulder looking at the food.

"I just sort of…do it." Naruto said shrugging his shoulders slightly making sure not to bump Sakura as her head was still resting on his shoulder, smelling the onigiri.

Unbeknownst to the pair, Sasuke stood watching from the doorway. He scowled as hard as he could. He growled slightly. Naruto, with his enhanced hearing, heard the noise and turned sharply, Sakura stumbling slightly from the sharp turn. Naruto blushed slightly from realizing what position he was caught in with Sakura; Sakura's body pressed tightly against Naruto's back, talking quietly with each other.

"uh…Sasuke…we, uh, didn't see you" Naruto said sounding more guilty by the second.

"hn" Sasuke narrowed his eyes in response. Sakura finally got out of her stupor and realized what Sasuke had thought he saw.

"oh no, Sasuke….i wasn't doing anything with Naruto…how could i? he's such a weirdo and childish and loud…nothing like you…I only have feelings for you."

Sasuke turned his glare to Sakura before turning and leaving.

Sakura turned back to Naruto. "you damn stupid mutt….why didn't you tell me he was here? You don't deserve to be around him….hmph."

Naruto sighed and turned back to the onigiri which had almost burnt. After 40 more minutes of cooking, the employees were called to the kitchen area for dinner. Everyone sniffed the air as they entered the kitchen, enjoying the delicious smell of whatever was cooking.

Once they were all seated, Naruto walked out with a huge plate of onigiri and a plate of vegetables. He set them down in the middle of the table and everyone's mouth watered at the sight of the delectable food. Naruto returned a few minutes later with a huge tub of steaming rice.

A chorus of "itadakimas" sounded through the club as the employees grabbed and fought each other for all the pieces of onigiri. Naruto sweatdropped as he sat down in between Gaara and Sakura. On Sakura's other side, Sasuke sat watching Naruto silently. Sakura ignored Naruto and chatted aimlessly to Sasuke. Naruto smiled and started to chat with Gaara.

"hey Gaara…don't you have tomorrow off?"

"yep…do you?"

"sigh…no…whatcha gonna do on your day off?"

"well…maybe you could play hooky and come hang out with me"

"hehe…I wo-"

"Naruto, I love you"

Naruto paused as he was interrupted by Ino. She was all wide eyed and looking at him hungrily.

"Please….marry me and then make me these onigiri ALL DAY LONG!!"

Naruto laughed and put his arm behind his head, embarrassed. "uh…no thanks, Ino"

Everyone at the table laughed and murmured their agreement about the great tasting onigiri. Even Sasuke grunted his approval. He reached for another piece but stopped when he felt another warm hand on the plate of onigiri. He looked up and followed the hand to Naruto's surprised face. Naruto blushed and pulled back his arm, cradling the hand in front of his chest and blushed.

No one had noticed the interaction between the two nin except for Gaara who watched silently contemplating things. Luckily the awkward moment between Sasuke and Naruto was interrupted when Kakashi stood up, having stuffed himself full.

"alright listen up…since this week is our 15th anniversary of the club we're going to have special events throughout the week. For instance, tonight is slow dancing night. Throughout the night we will be playing slow songs to get the mood sexy and romantic. We encourage you to also take part in the slow dances so if anyone asks you to dance, I am ordering you as your boss to accept the invitation. By the end of the night you must dance with at least one person."

All the boys simultaneously groaned while all the girls squeled with delight and starred at Sasuke as if he were a piece of onigiri.

"also each night, the employees outfits will have a theme. For example, tonight all employees will be dressing nicely. We have outfits for all of you that are very nice and elegant. But there is also a catch…we are also having a gender switch. Some of the employees will be randomly picked to switch genders for the night. We are gonna pick names from this hat right now to find out who those lucky 8 people are."

Iruka walked up the Kakashi with a black top hat and blushed when Kakashi grinned suggestively to Iruka. Kakashi reached his arm into the hat and pulled out a small strip of white paper.

"oh…Sakura…you are going to be a boy for the night….here is your suit."

Sakura pouted and glumly took the offered tux. Kakashi read off the names of the 7 other people:

"Temari, Shikamaru, Lee, Naruto, Hinata, Iruka, and Ino"

"WHAT!!" Naruto screamed with huge eyes. "no way no way no way….i'm not gonna dress up as some chick for your entertainment."

Kakashi smiled before grabbing Iruka's hand and headed towards the door. "c'mon, 'ruka. I'll help you get on your dress….oh, here are your clothes, my special gender switchers….have fun."

Everyone watched as the door swung shut after Kakashi. Everyone that didn't have to change genders shrugged and put their dishes in the sink and started leaving.

"sorry, Naruto" Gaara said sympathetically.

"wahhh, Gaara….save me…I don't wanna be a girl"

Gaara patted his back before leaving to finish cleaning. Naruto turned and looked at the others that were gathered around the clothes rack where all the 'special' clothes were.

Sakura, Ino, Hinata, and Temari were off on the side holding their tux's in one arm and whispering urgently to each other. They smiled and turned to look at the boys, their eyes glinting with something evil.

The boys cowered and before they could run away, the girls had pounced and grabbed the boys.

"alright boys…time for a make over….we might as well make you the prettiest girls possible."

One hour and 30 minutes later, it was 8:30, the club had already opened, and the employees were getting worried about the boys that had to be switched to girls. Kakashi finally decided to intercept them.

Before he could start yelling at the people in the back room, Sakura, Ino, Hinata, and Temari walked out, wearing their tux, and smiled evily.

"we now present you with the new and improved boys."

Ino and Temari walked back into the room and walked out escorting Shikamaru. The employees all gaped at the new Shikamaru. He…or rather she was wearing a green dress that went down to his feet, he was wearing a wig of brunette hair that swirled and curled down to his shoulder. With Ino and Temari on each side, he looked like a true girl. Ino and Temari had both wrapped their hair under a hat and folded it so that the tips fell out of the hat, making it look like they had short, boy, hair.

Next Sakura walked back and brought out Lee. Everyone gasped out loud at the sight of the bushy eyebrowed boy. His eyebrows were plucked to thin lines. He was wearing a light yellow skirt that flowed lightly and a darker yellow shirt with white designs on the left side. He was wearing a brunette wig that ended at the lower half of his back.

Finally Hinata shyly walked back to retrieve that last employee. Naruto walked out wearing a red kimono with orange fireballs decorating it and an orange obi. He had on a blond wig that was twisted and pulled into a bun with one of those decorative chopsticks in the middle of the bun. His blue eyes were magnified by the eyeliner and mascara.

Sasuke couldn't tear his eyes from the blond beauty. Every time he tried his eyes would find something else perfect about the dobe. Naruto laughed and put his arm behind his head in embarrassment as everyone kept on staring at him, not saying a word.

"uh…guys? Do I look that bad?" Naruto asked innocently. He was immediately mauled by the girl employees.

"nooooo…Naruto you are so beautiful"

"how come you never told us you would look good as a girl"

"we're never letting you turn into a boy again."

"MARRY ME" Ino cried out for the second time that night.

All the boys sweat dropped and pulled the girls off Naruto. Naruto thanked them and walked over to Gaara.

"jeez…who knew girls could be so scary."

"hehe…you do look nice though"

"thanks….it just feels awkward, y'know?"

"actually…no, I don't know" Gaara said with a complete straight face. Naruto paused and then started cracking up. He doubled over in laughter and couldn't control himself. His foot tripped on something and he started falling towards the ground…only to be caught by strong, pale arms. Naruto stopped laughing at looked up at Sasuke's ivory colored face.

Naruto stuttered, "uh…I jus….i didn't thi…s-sorry" He hung his head in defeat.

Sasuke was about to reply but was blinded by a bright light off to their right. Naruto and Sasuke looked over at a smiling Kakashi, who held out his camara.

"hello…I just thought that I'd get a picture of the beautiful moment you two were sharing."

Naruto blushed uncontrollable when he realized what position they were in; Sasuke's arms wrapped around Naruto and Naruto's hands holding on to Sasuke's tux.

Naruto pulled out of Sasuke's arms almost immediately and muttered an apology before walking off. Sasuke watched as Naruto walked over to a table of men who were calling for a waiter.

Naruto ran around filling orders of food and drink. He sighed as another person grabbed onto his kimono. He started walking towards another table but stopped when a warm body wrapped his arms around Naruto's small frame from behind. Naruto gasped and tried to turn his head to see who was holding him but stopped when a sultry voice whispered in his ear.

"hello, na-ru-to"

Naruto sighed in relief, "gaara…what do you think you're doing?"

"well…actually…I was wondering if you would dance with me?"

Naruto's eyes widened but he smiled and nodded his head. Gaara finally let go of Naruto. Naruto turned around and grabbed Gaara's hand and pulled him onto the dance floor.

Soft music poured out of the speakers, and the dance floor occupants paired off. Couples were holding each other tightly and swaying to the soft, slow music. Gaara bowed politely and Naruto giggled before curtseying. Gaara wrapped his arms around Naruto's thin waist and pulled him close. Naruto wrapped his arms up, around Gaara's neck. They swayed back and forth staring into each others eyes silently.

Sasuke watched from his position a few feet away. He had been asked to dance by hordes of women and men. Since he was forced to say yes to them because of Kakashi, the fan girls came storming in. He was currently dancing with some blond bimbo. He chose only the girls that would not maim him while he danced. The only reason he agreed to this girl's request was because she had blond hair. Blond hair that reminded Sasuke of another person not too far away. The blond pouted at being ignored and pressed harder against him but he continued staring at Naruto.

Sasuke scowled as Gaara leaned down and whispered something into Naruto's ear that made the blond freeze and gasp. Gaara chuckled and continued dancing, Naruto still in his stupor. Naruto stood on tip toes and whispered back into Gaara's ear. After a few seconds Naruto sunk back to his original height and watched as Gaara nodded. Naruto smiled. It wasn't one of his famous obnoxious smiles; this one was sweet and true. Sasuke realized two things at that moment; first he wanted to know what Gaara had told Naruto and second he wanted Naruto to smile like that to Sasuke.

Sasuke shook his head to get rid of the second thought and focused on the first thought. He watched as they danced for a while more. The song finally ended and Gaara pulled back but still kept his arms on Naruto's waist. Gaara leaned down and gently pressed his lips to Naruto's forehead. The blond blushed. He said something to Gaara and Gaara whispered something into Naruto's ear and Naruto blushed even more. Sasuke scowled and walked away from the blond that he was dancing with. He walked into the kitchen and grabbed a cup of vodka and orange juice. He downed it in mere seconds. He refilled the shot glass again and was getting ready to drink the mixture but stopped when the kitchen door opened and Naruto and Gaara walked in laughing. Gaara had an arm on Naruto's shoulder.

"haha…we sure showed that guy….thanks, Gaara" Naruto said completely oblivious to Sasuke.

Gaara glanced up and was the first to notice that they weren't alone. Naruto soon followed his vision and his eyes fell on.

"oh….hey Sasuke."

"hn" Sasuke replied before turning and downing the shot glass in seconds again.

Naruto looked at Gaara quizzically. "uh, Sasuke….you sure you want to drink all that? You might want to take it easy."

"i. am. Fine." Sasuke said.

Naruto shrugged and sat down at the table with Gaara and started chatting.

"argh" sasuke's outburst caused both Naruto and Gaara to jump. Sasuke walked over to the table and looked down at Naruto "you're coming with me"

Sasuke grabbed Naruto's arm and pulled him out of the seat. He ignored Naruto's protests and dragged him out of the kitchen and to the side of the dance floor.

"what did he say?" Sasuke said turning to glare at Naruto.

"huh?"

"what did Gaara-"

"oh, Sasuke….please will you dance with me…..PLEASE" Sasuke was interrupted by a brunette with a really bad nose job.

"No…I'm busy" Sasuke said turning back to Naruto but couldn't continue because Kakashi popped out of nowhere and was standing behind Naruto.

"now now, Sasuke…what did I tell you about refusing people's dance offers."

"I'm busy, Kakashi…I don't care about your stupid command."

"well…fine then….Naruto, will you dance with me?"

"WHAT?" Naruto yelled jumping away from Kakashi. "what in the world are you talking about?"

"well since Sasuke won't follow my rule and he says he's busy talking with you, my only choice is to make you follow my rule"

"but…but…but I don't wanna" Naruto said lamely.

"yes but you still have to" Kakashi grabbed Naruto's arm and started walking towards the dance floor pulling Naruto behind him.

Sasuke grabbed Naruto's other arm and pulled Naruto out of Kakashi's hand. He pulled Naruto into his arms, holding Naruto's back to his chest, and growled at Kakashi.

"no" Sasuke growled out.

"why not, Sasuke?"

"he's dancing with me"

"oh…well ok…go ahead…dance" Kakashi challenged.

Sasuke growled but pulled a very confused Naruto onto the dance floor. Naruto finally snapped out of his stupor and dug his feet into the floor and yanked out of Sasuke's hand.

"what are you doing?" Naruto said rubbing his hand that was slightly red because of Sasuke's vice grip.

"what do you mean?"

"I mean…why are you dragging me here?"

"to dance, dobe. I need to talk to you and this seems to be the only way."

"yea bu-"

Naruto was cut off when some drunk guy crashed into Naruto's back. Naruto stumbled forward and tripped over his kimono landing straight in Sasuke's chest. Sasuke's arms instinctually wrapped around the blond. Naruto looked up at Sasuke's face and Sasuke looked down at Naruto's. A new song played over the speakers that was soft and slow. Sasuke moved his arms around Naruto's waist. Naruto straightened up and tentatively wrapped his arms around Sasuke's neck.

Down to the earth I fell
With dripping wings
Heavy things won't fly
And the sky might catch on fire
And burn the axis of the world
That's why I prefer a sunless sky
To the glittering and stinging in my eyes

Sasuke wrapped tighter around Naruto's waist and pulled him closer. Naruto closed his eyes and rested his head in the crook of Sasuke's shoulder.

I feel so light
This is all I want to feel tonight
I feel so light
Tonight and the rest of my life

Sasuke pulled back slightly to look at Naruto's face again.

"Naruto. What did Gaara say?" Sasuke said whispering into Naruto's ear.

"when?" Naruto whispered.

"when you two were dancing"

"uhm…he just….said some things." Naruto whispered blushing.

"tell me" Sasuke said boldly, resisting the urge to growl.

"well he just….he thought that….some person…had a crush on me"

Sasuke smirked lightly, "who?"

"uhm…"

Gleaming in the dark sea
I'm as light as air
Floating there breathlessly
When the dream dissolves
I open up my eyes
I realize that
Everything is shoreless sea
A weightlessness is passing over me

Sasuke craned his neck to get closer to Naruto. "what? I didn't hear you over the music"

Naruto blushed at having to repeat himself. "uhm…nothing."

Sasuke rolled his eyes but pulled Naruto closer.

Everything is waves and stars
The universe is resting in my arms

As the song ended Sasuke and Naruto pulled away from each other, one blushing madly and the other only slightly tinted cheeks.

The rest of the night followed with no other major events. People kept on asking Naruto and the other employees to dance. Around 1am, Sasuke hid in a closet, sick and tired of being asked to dance and not being able to say no.

Gaara and Naruto left the club around 3:30am. Sasuke followed in the shadows watching them. Half way to their houses, Gaara grabbed Naruto's cheek and pulled him close by wrapping one arm around Naruto's waist.

They stood like that for a few moments just staring at each other. Then Gaara leaned down and gently pressed his lips against Naruto's. Naruto stayed still for a few seconds before returning the kiss. He wrapped his arms around Gaara's neck and buried themselves into his hair.

Sasuke's eyes widened and then narrowed into tight slits. He growled and stalked off to his home. He walked to his back yard and beat up trees to get rid of his anger and….betrayal. He trained until he was so exhausted; he couldn't stand up and then went to bed.

After a few minutes of kissing, Naruto pulled back slightly smirkly. Gaara also pulled back smirking.

"see I told you he was watching" Gaara said

"hehe…yea but who knew he growled so much" Naruto said laughing

"see, Naruto…he likes you."

"I don't know…I mean…I just never pictured the all famous Uchiha to be gay and not to mention falling for me, the village idiot."

"hey…you just saw him get insane with jealousy and you are not an idiot."

Naruto laughed and waved goodbye to Gaara as he stepped into his apartment.

Flashback to when Gaara and Naruto were dancing

Gaara leaned his head close to Naruto's and whispered in his ear.

"you know…the Uchiha has been staring at you like a piece of meat. He seems to have developed a huge crush on you."

Naruto gasped and froze. Gaara chuckled and kept dancing. Naruto stood on tip toes and whispered back to Gaara. "do you really think that he…likes me that way?"

Gaara nodded and Naruto smiled softly.

end of flashback

Naruto smiled at the memory. If what Gaara said was true than maybe Naruto had a chance with the Uchiha. He fell asleep to the thought that maybe Naruto and Sasuke could have a happily ever after with each other.


Sighhhhhhhhhhhhh...jeez this chapter took FOREVER...i kept on writing things...reading them over and then deleting it...but it's finally over and their is finally some plot conflict...yay plot conflict!!

oh yea and the song i used in the dance scene was called "tonight and the rest of my life" by "nina gordon"...i don't know why but i think it goes pretty good with the scene!

anyways...since no one reviewed (sob sob) i can't say anything about that but i can say thanks to all the people who put my story on their alert...i was so happy i nearly cried when i saw my email list...am i the only one that gets that bubbly feeling when you see that someone reviewed or put your story on their alert list??

thanks anyways...i'll try to upload soon