"Hmm…it's been about 14 minutes…Kyuubi should be getting in trouble right about now."
Naruto was still waiting in the same clearing he had been in when Kyuubi left. He was wary of leaving the clearing because karma would be ready to get back at him since he 'forgot' to tell Kyuubi a few details about his new body.
Naruto started standing up…
"I guess I better start looking for him."
…And sat back down.
"Or I could just wait and follow the explosions."
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"Oh Sasuke, how you have fallen! But it seems you still have your respect for your old home! I shall turn you back to the road of the good and the YOUTHFUL!"
Maito Gai was lying in wait for Sasuke at the Uchiha compound. It was obvious why he got the job. He volunteered… and he was the only Jounin not on a mission.
And despite being so loud, Kyuubi did not notice as he ran by under him, because he had hidden in a tree.
Luckily for him, Gai was so busy with his monologue that he didn't see which way
Kyuubi turned down the street.
"Oh what joy you shall have once you turn back to…Sasuke? Where did you go?"
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"Heh… those Leaf ninja are so easy to dodge, it's no wonder I decimated their village…wait what's his feeling of foreboding?"
"Oh my gosh…S- Sasuke-kun!"
"Speak of the devil," Kyuubi turned to his follower, "with pink hair…"" OhmygoshIcantbeliveyourhereyoumusthavecometoyoursenses–"Sakura was growing red in the face from lack of breath when Kyuubi cut in.
"Girl…first of all, BE QUIET! And secondly, can't you tell that I'm not that Uchiha boy? I mean I do have his clothes…his weapons…his headband…Ok even I admit this is very incriminating, but I do NOT look anything like him!"
"But Sasuke –"
"I already told you I'm not–"
"How can you say that?" Sakura handed him am mirror, "Look."
Kyuubi grabbed the mirror, "Darn annoyance, don't even no how the boy can stand you…see look, you can see that I look…I look…oh crap."
"See?"
"…"
"Well what are you going to do now?"
"Stay here."
"Why?"
"There's someone I need to find… and kill."(1)
"See? You even talk like Sasuke!"
Kyuubi thought over his predicament. He didn't know anyway to keep the girl from talking and he couldn't kill her since…in his current form he was weaker than her. Suddenly he remembered something Naruto had murmured while sleeping. He said his team had a love triangle…Naruto hated Sasuke, and liked Sakura, Sasuke hated them both, Sakura hated Naruto, which meant she liked…
"Perhaps I can use her…" (2)
"What did you say Sasuke?"
Kyuubi knew that to talk to Sakura civilly he'd probably have to swallow a small piece of his pride.
He looked back at Sakura's expectant, smiling face.
Scratch that, he'd have to chug it all down.
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Rock Lee was listening in on Kyuubi and Sakura's conversation, because he had been the one initially trailing 'Sasuke.'
"Oh no," Lee thought, "Sasuke has come back for Sakura! I cannot let this happen to Sakura, the flower of my youthfulness!"
Lee leapt down near Kyuubi and Sakura. They were both leapt back in shock.
"Uchiha Sasuke! I challenge you to a battle of youthful manliness for the heart of Sakura- Chan!"
"YOU DARE INSINUATE THAT I WOULD EVER WANT THE HEART OF–"
Kyuubi stopped before he did serious damage to the act of Sasuke he was trying to put on. He took a deep breath and swallowed most of his pride. Being a very prideful beast, Kyuubi should have known that doing this would do something to his brain, but he wasn't thinking of the consequences at the time.
"Boy…I mean, Lee…now is not the time or place for such a battle of youthfulness. And treating the heart of Sakura-chan as a trophy? For shame. Doing so would douse her youthful flames of…um…youth. Do you really want that?"
"No!"
"Then you must cleanse yourself of this unyouthfulness. You must go train for…3 hours and make sure that no one knows where Sakura-chan or I are. Okay?"
"Yes! Thank you Sasuke! Lee turned to Sakura, tears streaming, "O, I am sorry for this act of unyouthfulness Sakura-chan! When we meet again I shall be a better man! Farewell!"
Lee leaped into the trees and soon disappeared.
Kyuubi sighed. Keeping up that act had disgusted him so much it had nearly killed him. In fact it made him sick to his stomach. Saying the word 'youthful' so much, calling the girl 'chan', forcing back his anger and pride…it put so much strain on his brain it was a wonder he didn't collapse…
THUD
Kyuubi fainted.
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Inside Kyuubi's mind
"Hey, are you all right?"
Kyuubi sat up shakily. He was inside a huge cave lit by floating fires all around, making it look like day inside. But the weirdest thing was in front of him.
Naruto.
And he was wearing a white robe.
"AUGH!"
"What?"
"You can't wear white! It…it just isn't right!"
"What do you mean you? You've never even seen me before…oh, I get it. I look like Naruto to you."
"Who are you?"
"Well you probably not going to like this but…"
"But what?"
"I'm your conscience."
"HAHAHA! I don't have one."
"You didn't until a few minutes ago. The whole swallowing your pride thing? Something had to be created to hold it back."
"Consciences can't just be created!"
"Actually I was Sasuke's old conscience. I have the record for fastest retired conscience. He left me at the Valley of the End."
"And why do you look like Naruto?"
" That's the image your mind made for me. And the world likes irony. Anyway, I'm here to tell you that I've been observing what's happening on the outside right now, and I can tell you that your about to be in deep, deep sh–"
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"Sasuke? Are you okay?"
"You idiotic conscience, tell me what you mean by…"
"Sasuke, you're mumbling…"
"Huh?"
Kyuubi looked at his surroundings. He was lying on a bed in a smallish room covered in sheets. The sheets and the walls of the room were pink. Cold fear crept into Kyuubi's mind. He was already binging up reasons to deny where he thought he was but as he looked to the person beside him he could deny it no longer.
He was in Sakura's room.
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Herooftimes: just in case you didn't understand it…
(1) Kyuubi thinks that Naruto made him look like Sasuke on purpose, to get him in trouble.
(2) Kyuubi knew he was probably going to be mistaken as the real Sasuke and trailed again
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