I...dont really have anything to say. Except that I own Plant-Naru! But sadly, not the real Naruto...

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A card was held up.

"...Boat."

And another.

"K...Kitty..."

Sasuke was a great teacher. So far, the plant knew the alphabet and most basic words. And a few harder words thanks to the dictionary. It seemed like he had been reading after all. Even more so, he could speak in sentences. They were a bit broken and short, but it was slowly getting better.

As Sasuke ate a fishcake and held up another card. The plant tilted his head, inspecting it for a second before grinning. "It is Naruto!"

"...Huh?" Flipping the card to see what it was, a plain picture of a flower greeted him. He sighed, smiling a bit as he spoke, "No, Naruto. It's a flower."

"So...Naruto is a flower?"

"Yes, that's right."

"Sasuke is...not a flower."

Naruto never ceased to amaze him. "You're right, again. I'm human. You're a plant."

"But...Naruto is a flower. Naruto not plant..."

"Plant is...well, its another word for flower." The Uchiha didn't want to push his luck and try to teach him anything too confusing yet. He could wait. Patience was part of the job. He held up another card. "And what's this?" This time, he held up the side that had the word on it.

"..." Naruto tilted his head. "D...O...G...Do...Dog?"

"Very good." He passed the hungry plant a fishcake, watching it nibble away at it. They actually spent a lot of time together, whenever they could. Though, even while Sasuke was working, Naruto would 'attempt' to have conversations with his owner. Though they didn't last long and were usually the subjects a two year old could come up with, they both enjoyed them nontheless.

As the plant ate, he held up the treat again. "What word is this?"

"Well, they call it a Naruto, but its a fishcake. That's why I named you Naruto."

"Because Naruto eats them?"

The raven nodded, amused by the confused and questioning tone of the plant. It was strange, even though the voice told Sasuke 'male', he couldn't be entirely sure on the plant's gender. It's not like the plant had human...sexual appendages to check, and Sasuke didn't see a stamen anywhere.

"Hey, Naruto..are you a boy?"

"Boy?" Naruto tilted his head. "Naruto is a flower."

A grumble. "No, you dobe. I mean, what's your sex...or, gender?"

"Sex??...oh! Naruto has a penis! "

I hope he learned that from the damn dictionary, Sasuke thought, blushing and hiding his face in his hands. Though he didn't know why he was blushing, he coughed and straightened up, willing himself to relax...

"...Does Sasuke have a penis?"

Sasuke nearly choked at that question. "Well...yes, I do. And if you have a..." he had to force it out, "penis, it means you're a boy, or you are male."

"Okay. Naruto and Sasuke is male. But what if you have a vagi-"

"IT MEANS...You're female, or a girl."

"Oh." The plant looked away, already bored it seemed like. Thank god, Sasuke was worried the plant would want to dive further into the world of females and males...and the differences between them. Sasuke glanced up and saw the large head was tilted towards the rays coming down from the skylight. It opened to speak,"What is...out the window?"

Sasuke blinked. "You mean outside?...Well...there's different buildings...like the one we are in. And there's a whole lot more humans like me, and different animals, and even plants." He never really thought about it, but considering Naruto was cooped up inside all day, he didn't really know about anything outside the lab. He didn't really know how he could explain the entire world, either. It wasn't an easy subject to describe.

The plant lowered his head, pondering over the words. The vines twisted, anxiously, and Sasuke imagined hands wringing together in nervousness. "It sounds...big...and...nice. Naruto wishes he could see it." The creature glanced up at the skylight again, apparently lost in thought.

Frowning at the disappointment his tone, the Uchiha stared up as well, wondering about the subject, and what he could do about it. It's not like he could exactly take Naruto on a grand tour outside, it would be too risky and dangerous. And with the way the plant was growing, there was hardly any way to lift him up anyways. He outgrew his old pot, and was now about as tall as the human himself, and just as heavy, if not more.

Glancing sideways at the clock, he frowned, wondering what to do... Glancing over at his desk, he caught a glimpse of the flashcards they were using earlier. And suddenly got an idea. Smiling, he walked over to his desk to fetch his car keys, catching a certain someone's attention.

"What is Sasuke doing?"

"I'll be back in a little bit, Naruto." With that, the botanist left, leaving the vegetation to dwell with his own thoughts.

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Naruto was bored.

No, scratch that, extremely bored.

As a plant, he was limited to where he could reach or what he could look at. The books were fun, and he liked the look on his owner's face when there was a mess on the floor, but it certainly didn't keep him entertained for long. The television was great though, because there so many varieties of 'shows', as Sasuke put it.

Now, he was enthralled in a soap opera on the TV.

"Oh my darling...I love you more than life itself. Please, do not leave me. I can change!"

Love...It seemed like a courtship between humans who cared a lot about each other. He wondered if plants could court, or even feel love. Could he ever love someone like the man on the TV?

"You can never change! You've hurt me too much in the past."

Naruto growled in irritation. The girl was leaking too much from her eyes. Her words sounded silly because of whatever she was feeling.

"I'll change, but only for you...because of my love for you."

Though it was a random thought, he wondered if all humans loved someone. Did his owner love someone? He mumbled to himself, "Who does Sasuke love...?"

"Naruto."

The Uchiha's voice made the plant jump a bit, and he turned his head towards the human, who was holding what looked like a bag. "S..Sasuke?"

The dark haired man just stared at him for a second, and briefly the plant wondered what the tingly feeling he had was. It was gone though, once the gaze shifted to the TV behind him. The raven's nose wrinkled slightly. "What...are you watching?"

"A...humans and love show?" The vegetation tried to explain, tilting his head away. Why did he feel so...hot? Maybe if he were human, he would have realized that...he was blushing. He sat quietly as the human inspected the TV show to get a better understanding.

"Oh. A soap opera..." Sasuke rolled his eyes, shutting the program off. "Anyways, I've got something for you."

Naruto looked back over. "Something...for Naruto?"

A nod was his answer, and suddenly a handful of small, white papers were handed over. Curious, he let his vine pick them up, another one lifting a single one from the pile. He stared, then turned it around, startled to see a picture on the other side. But it wasn't like his flashcards, they were more elaborate and complex.

"I went outside and took pictures with my camera...you can basically use a camera to make a picture of anything you can see with it," Sasuke explained, moving over and pointing to the tall building in the picture. "That's the building we are in right now."

"We are in here?" Naruto asked with bewilderment. "Its...pretty, and big outside. Why is it small inside..?"

"Well, we are in a room, Naru. There are lots of rooms in the building, with other humans working..." Sasuke took one of the folders and held it up. "This is a picture of downtown. There are other buildings there with different businesses." He let the plant inspect it for a few seconds, then pulled up another picture. "And this is the park..."

Naruto's large, gaping mouth opened a bit, in what looked like awe. "So many plants..."

A chuckle. "There's still a whole lot more everywhere. Here, you can keep those pictures. I don't need them."

The plant looked over the stack, pulling out pictures and studying them carefully, occasionally making noises. Then, he tilted his head up at the human. "You...got these pictures for Naruto?"

"Yeah...since you can't exactly go outside and look, I brought the outside to you." The Uchiha rubbed the back of his head.

Naruto was silent, for a second. He stared at the pictures, then back at the raven. Suddenly his muzzle broke out into a wide grin of teeth, and his vines wrapped around Sasuke's waist and pulled him closer.

"Uh! Naruto, wha-" He didn't finish his sentence as the vines held him tightly to the plants snakelike body, the voice above him filled with happiness, "Thank you Sasuke! Sasuke is so nice to Naruto!!" The grip on him tightend a bit, and he realized he was being hugged.

Hugged by a plant nontheless.

Shaking his head in disbelief, he wrapped his arms around the creature's midsection, smiling to himself.

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R/R!