Chapter 7

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"Ahh!" Naruto shouted. He jumped out of bed as soon as he saw a pair of big red eyes. A matching snout and fur coat were previously pressed to his nose. When he took a double-take of his surroundings, he let out a sigh of relief.

"Oh, it's just you Kyuubi...Kyuubi!?" He yelled. Then he jumped on his bed and hugged the big animal like his life depended on it.

Kyuubi, a giant red fox, was pretty big. He was about three times the normal size of a regular fox. When he stood on all fours, he came up to Naruto's waist.

"Why're you here, boy?" Naruto asked. His voice was filled with excitement.

"Hn." The fox blowed out of his nose.

"Well, there's no reason to act all snap-" He began but was cut off.

"Naruto!? Are you okay I thought I heard a scre- Oh my God, is that a big fox?" Sakura yelled. She'd just bust open the door of his room.

"Um...yes. What are you doing here?" He asked.

"Minato-sensei said he was worried about you being sick or something. He sent me up here to check on you," She explained. "Since I'm your nurse and all. So, care to explain the fox?" She took a wary seat next to him on the bed.

"Actually, this is Kyuubi. He's fifteen years old and his birthday is October tenth. We were born on the same day," He said. "I don't know how he got here. He must have followed my dad."

"So you and that fox were born on the same day?"

"Yep. Weird, huh?"

"Duh."

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[Sakura's POV]

I stared at Naruto and his big fox until I remembered what I came in here for.

"Naruto, are you okay?" I asked him. I leaned forward to feel his temperature but he backed up and hit the headboard on the bed. Before I could catch myself, I fell ontop of him with out faces just inches apart. If I wanted to, I could kiss him.

"Sakura?" Naruto asked uneasily. His face was contorted in confusion that was just too cute to me. I leaned down closer to him so our lips were nearly touching.

Naruto seemed to be turning redder and redder by the second. He almost resembled a Tomato. "Sakura? Are you okay? You're a little red." He said. Okay, so apparently he wasn't the only one blushing.

"You're a little red too, Naruto-kun." I said. I moved my hands from where they were rested at his sides and placed them on his chest to hold myself up better. Naruto blushed even more at this, if that's possible.

"N-Naruto-kun?" He asked, wondering where the added suffix came from. He opened his eyes wide.

"You know, our last kiss was pretty much an accident..." I continued.

"So?"

"So, I don't really know if you really wanted to. Therefore....I want a real one." Damn, I sounded like a whore.

"W-What? Wait, Sakura, what do you mean? Are you saying tha-" Yep, interrupted him.

"Shh..." I whispered as I placed a finger to his lips. Then, slowly, I replaced it with my own. At first, he didn't respond at all but gradually he began to return it. My heart leaped when he did. It was even better than the surprise one this morning!

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[Regular POV]

Naruto was flabbergasted (A/N hehe funny word). Sakura was...kissing him? And it wasn't an accident? I mean, the breakfast kiss was enough to make him utterly happy but this one? Jeez, with this kiss, he could die happily. And with his heart beating so fast, that could happen any minute.

Unfortunately, soon the kiss ended and both participants were left panting. Sakura leaning over the blond and Naruto laying sort of limp and surprised. Both were staring at the other with wide eyes.

"W-What was that for, Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked, trying to reclaim his breath. His face hadn't exactly toned down yet.

Sakura swallowed. "I... really don't know. Momentary lapse of self control?" she answered. Her face was just as bad as Naruto's. He grinned wide and pulled her closer into another kiss.

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"We should be practicing right now. But instead, we're looking for the Dobe whose supposedly sick. I bet he's faking," Sasuke ranted. He, Kiba, Shikamaru, Ino, and Hinata were walking down the hallway.

"Shut up, Bastard. He's sick. Grow a heart," Kiba answered.

"You shut up, mutt."

"Duck-butt."

"Shut up already! Jeez, you're like two little kids. Grow up," Ino exclaimed. She flattened her hair out in front and turned on them. "If Naruto's sick, he doesn't wanna hear a bunch of arguing. It'll probably make him throw up or something." She put on a disgusted face.

"Real nice Ino. Care to be more subtle?" Shika asked lazily.

"Stop arguing with your girlfried Shika. People are starting to stare," Kiba said with a smirk. Shikamaru blushed slightly and turned away from the blond girl.

"You're one to talk, Kiba. How's your crush on Hinata going?" Sasuke asked.

"Shut the fuck up, Uchiha!" Kiba asked.

"Both of you shut up. We're at the door," Ino said. Her voice was firm and promised pain if the boys didn't obey. So, being the geniuses they were (A/N yeah right....) they shut their big mouths. Ino cleared her throat once and knocked on the door. No answer. Once again, she knocked. Still no answer. Feeling agrivated, she checked the door to see if it was locked. It wasn't. She pushed it open to reveal a making out Naruto and Sakura.

"Holy...shit..." The three boys said in chorus.

"Damn, forehead. Nice catch." Ino smirked.

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[In the akatsuki lounge]

"Itachi, what are we gonna do about this kid, man? It doesn't seem like he wants to join," Kisame asked.

"Nothing. We won't force him, Kisame. What's the point in that?" Itachi asked. "Anyway, I'm gonna go take a shower. Meet ya in the room." And with that, he left.

"Wow. We're just gonna sit here and do nothing? Un," Deidara asked with his annoying speech. Kisame swore that one day, he would send the cross-dresser to therapy to handle his choice of hairstyle and his speech.

"No, Deidara. We're going to force him," Sasori said. "Fuck what Itachi says."

"I never knew you wanted him in the group so badly, Sasori-sempai," Deidara smirked.

"He could be a great asset to us. Akatsuki could always use a Namikaze. Right, Kisame?" the calm boy asked.

"Uh...yeah." Kisame said uneasily. He hated the thought of ever disobeying Itachi. He was a kind guy most of the time and to his brother but when you pissed him off...

"I'll take that as a yes. Now, we start operation: capture Naruto Namikaze. Understood?"

"Hai," the other two in the room said. Sasori smirked slightly before standing up.

"Good. Plan starts tomorrow. Don't be late," He said before walking out of the room. Deidara soon followed and Kisame sat there.

"Damnit. What did I just get myself into?" he asked himself.

A/N

So...the Akatsuki are after Naruto. Big surprise. Naruto and Sakura are caught. Big surprise. No seriously, no sarcasm that time. I didn't even know I would do that. So yeah...big surprise.

Um, I still need some feedback ont he whole Sasuke pairing thing. I even made up a Occ just in case.