Sasuke walked cautiously along the streets. He was glad he didn't stand out with his dark clothing. The only problem he had to worry about was if someone he knew happened to bump into him. Luckily for him he didn't know much adults aside from his teachers from the academy.

Walking at a moderate pace Sasuke made his way through the groups of people that crowded around the restaurants. He made sure he didn't turn back to check if anyone was following him. It would be too obvious. If he was suddenly stopped by the person that was trailing him, he would need have some sort of an excuse to make his whole story believable. But how could he explain why was in a district of Konoha that was no where near where he lived and only included restaurants and bars? His mind was shuffling through the possible excuses he could say, but none made any real sense.

Continuing along the street, Sasuke walked in an almost bored manner, in hopes of making his demeanor look natural. He glanced down towards the ground as he walked, pushing his hands in his pocket and slumping his shoulders forward.

After a few long minutes of walking Sasuke realized he was getting closer to a less populated area of the village. He noted there were less restaurants and more apartments now, and knew if he kept going he would eventually be in the area he had once lived in. His former apartment had been located in the middle of the village, near all the major districts and Sasuke scowled as he realized he was getting backed into a corner. He was no where near his apartment and although it was late it made no sense for him to suddenly head back, especially when he wasn't sure if he had been able to lose the person trailing him. By this point he could tell the person was either an ANBU or a ninja that was at least a Jonin. He couldn't sense their chakra signature, but he still had that feeling he was being followed.

Sasuke glanced up towards the sky and noticed the moon was full. From the looks of things he could tell it was around 10 o'clock. Around this time he would probably be in bed and he could imagine his clone making it's way to bed, not that it matter anymore though. Whoever was following would no doubt report their findings to some higher up of the village which ultimately made his little plan useless. Though, for the small chance the person hadn't already identified him the clone would prove to be useful.

"Dobe?" He suddenly heard and looked up to see a familiar blond holding a few bags in his hands. He froze for a second before he realized that he was staring. Why was Naruto here? He questioned before he responded to the annoyingly familiar nickname.

"Naruto, why are you here?" Sasuke asked, voicing his earlier question.

"I should be asking you that question." The blonde said glaring at him before he turned to the apartment building behind him. "I live here, not that you would know that."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Sasuke said as he glared at the boy. He was starting to miss the oddly clingy loudmouthed Naruto he had grown up with, this one was too arrogant and honestly someone he didn't want to deal with right now.

"Don't you live on the other side of the village?" Naruto asked, although it was more like stating a fact. How did the dobe even know that?

"Why do y-" Sasuke began to ask before he heard a loud grumble and blinked. It took him a few seconds before he realized that it was coming from his empty stomach. After he had come to the conclusion he could feel the blood rush to his pale cheeks and tried his best to suppress the impending blush.

"Hn, what they don't feed you enough?" The boy in front of him said and Sasuke could imagine the smirk on his face before he saw it.

"Does it matter? It's not like you care." Sasuke spat back bitterly.

"You're right I don't." Naruto said coldly before he turned to head towards the apartment. Before he could however, he was stopped by a hand on his wrist.

"Wait." Sasuke said suddenly and the blonde turned to shoot the other a glare before he pulled his hand from the others grip.

"What?" Naruto demanded in an annoyed tone.

"I was wondering..." Sasuke began as he realized there was no turning back now. "if you wanted to hang out or something..."

"Excuse me?"

"Since, we're teammates now we'd probably need to work together, so..." the raven trailed off again looking to the side in an almost embarrassed manner and he hoped the boy in front of him was buying the act. "We should hang out and get to know each other."

Sasuke finished as he looked down towards the ground below. He didn't care if Naruto rejected his offer, he was just glad he had finally been able to come up with an excuse that would make sense.

He would say he had gone to visit his new teammate in hopes of becoming friends. It was a weak reason, but Sasuke noted that it didn't really matter. Naruto always had stupid ideas and reasoning's when he was younger, and he only hoped that would pass for this times Sasuke.

"Sure." He heard suddenly and shot up to meet Naruto's eyes. Although the boys face looked indifferent Sasuke could see the small lines around his eyes that looked like he was smiling.

"Let's go." Naruto continued as he turned once again to walked towards the entrance. The raven stood there for a few seconds before he noticed the blonde turn his head slightly to look over his shoulder. He was suspicious about why exactly Naruto was willing to invite him over so easily but pushed it aside as he listened him speak. "You coming, Uchiha? Or are you going to just stand there staring like and idiot."

"Ah... Yeah, I'm coming." Sasuke said, letting the insult slide as he got over his shock. He hated that he was acting less and less like himself lately, usually he would be indifferent about something as simple as that. Even if he was shocked he wouldn't freeze up or let it show on his outward appearance. Regardless, he followed quietly behind his new/old teammate as they made their way into the apartment building and up the five flights of stairs in silence.

Once they finally arrived in front of the door to Naruto's apartment, Sasuke watched the blonde unlock the door before he made his way inside. They both took off their shoes at the front door before heading into the the apartment. The raven soon realized the situation he was in and began to feel uncomfortable.

What was he going to say? He was nothing like Naruto when he was younger. The blonde had been loud and outgoing, even if everyone acted like he was a nuisance, Naruto didn't care.

"Hungry?" Naruto suddenly asked and before Sasuke could say anything, his stomach answered for him with another loud grumble. He cursed that his metabolism was faster as a child.

"Tch, I'll take that as a yes." Naruto scoffed as he set down the bags he had been carrying on his kitchen counter top. The place was nice, spacious and had much more room than Sasuke's small apartment, but the raven could tell it was barely lived in.

"So... why did you agree?" Sasuke suddenly asked as he made himself comfortable at the table that was few meters away from the kitchen.

"You mean why did I agree to you're lame offer?" Naruto said as he started to take out the various vegetables from the paper bags. "I don't know. You tell me, why were you being followed?"

Sasuke paused for a second before he continued. "Followed? What do you mean?"

"Don't play dumb with me dead last. Someone was obviously trailing you." The blonde said as he began to chop up an onion.

"I-I don't know what you mean..." Sasuke said almost in confusion. " There was someone following me? Why?"

"Tch, fine don't answer me." Naruto said suddenly and walked over one of the cupboards. He pulled out a container that held rice and started to scoop the cups into an empty pot. "So you're saying that you wanted to know more about me?"

"Yes, we should be best friends." Sasuke said with a smile. He was determined to play this stupid role, even if Naruto found him annoying. There was nothing more he wanted to do than act the way he usually would, but Sasuke wasn't about to blow his cover because he was too lazy to play the part. Itachi had played the role as villain for years, so why couldn't he act like a naive child that wanted nothing more than to be acknowledged by others? It wasn't only for the sake of the village but for all of the five nations. He wasn't planning on letting Tobi declare war on the five great nations this time around.

"Not a chance dead last." Naruto shot back as he started to fill the pot. "I don't need friends, much less a best friend."

"Fine, whatever." He said as he shifted in his seat as he snapped out of his earlier thoughts. Why did Naruto have to be such a prick?

"So what's you're favorite food?"

"Cut the small talk Sasuke, why is it you really wanted to talk to me?" Naruto snapped once again.

"I wanted to know more about you, is that so hard to believe?" He said. Why was he so damn mad anyway? From the look of things Naruto was well respected by his classmates and teachers. He was acknowledged in this timeline, accepted as a part of the village. So why did he act like his life was so hard?

"Yes it is. Everyone knows everything about me." Naruto said before he stopped what he was doing and turned towards the Uchiha. "And more importantly what about you Uchiha? Let's talk about you for a bit, since you want to be friends and all."

Sasuke suddenly paused. He didn't know what to say. Why was Naruto willing to let him in his apartment so easily, did he suspect something?

"I..." He started before stopping. "I'm finally a Genin..." He begun. "I wanna become the strongest, most coolest ninja ever where everyone thinks I'm super cool."

Naruto rolled his eyes. "That it?"

"Oh, and Sakura-chan wants to be my girlfriend and everyone wants to hangout with me and I have so many friends that I don't have enough time to hang out with all of them." Sasuke finished. He scowled inwardly after his little speech. He had thrown away his pride to fit Naruto's personality. He reminded himself that it was a mere role. Once he got used to everything, his personality could slowly begin to chance into something he was more comfortable with.

"Hn." Naruto said before he turned back to cooking. Not long after Naruto was almost done dinner before Sasuke spoke up again.

"Did you need any help?"

"No, you'd probably screw something up."

Sasuke didn't say anything until he watched Naruto start set the table. "Thanks."

"Hn."

Was that all the boy could say?

Before long they were sitting across from each other eating silently. When they were finally finished the blonde spoke.

"If you wanna know about me, too bad." He said before he got up from his seat. "You're not going to find out anything. And if you we're wondering why I let you in, it was to get rid of that pesky ANBU outside."

"Wait..." Sasuke said wondering why the blonde knew it was an ANBU. "How do you know it was an ANBU?"

"Hmm, from the looks of things you knew as well." Naruto said dismissively.

"I-It's always been like that. People follow me around all the time." Sasuke said his eyes down casted. "They keep their eyes on me. Because I'm the last Uchiha."

"Hn, you're not."

"What?"

"Nothing. Get out. We have to meet Kakashi tomorrow." He said and gestured towards the door. Sasuke didn't bother to say anything as he got up to head to the entrance.

"Oh, and don't say anything about this to Kakashi or Sakura." Naruto warned.

"Why?"

"Because, I don't view you as a friend. And don't tell me you don't think the same way."

"Teme, shut up. No wonder you have no friends, you're so damn mean." He said getting angry as he pointed an accusing finger towards Naruto.

"What's your excuse?" The blonde shot back.

"I have friends." Sasuke said defensively.

"Imaginary ones don't count."

"Shut up."

"Whatever." Naruto said as he closed the door on Sasuke. The raven yelled once before he left.

"Fine, just you wait for tomorrow! I'll show you just how strong I am."

With that Sasuke made his way back down towards the entrance. He was still surprised by the encounter but he had gotten a few answers he had been asking himself.

It was obvious the blonde was hiding something and from the way he acted towards him it was clear it had something to do with him. The dobe wanted to find out some information about him, by asking questions.

They had been both using each other for something when Sasuke had extended the offer to hangout.

"What are you up to dobe?" Sasuke asked out loud before he exited the building.

"Tch, nothing." Naruto scoffed as he leaned on the counter top.

He didn't get any information whatsoever from the raven idiot and realized he should've expected it. But what he did find interesting was the fact the boy seemed to be forcing some of his answers when Naruto had asked him questions.

"What are you hiding dobe?" Naruto asked out loud and wondered if the boy had always been like this. He had never paid much attention to him in there academy day, assuming he was only a child and knew nothing, even so he always did want to ask him questions.

About his family, and more importantly about a specific Uchiha.

Clutching his fist Naruto pushed the though aside as he started to clear the dishes.