AN: I apologize for this chapter being a bit...choppy? It's two different chapters combined into one. I didn't want to separate them because they'd be way too short. I also would have also gotten it out sooner, but I was (still am) so unhappy with it.

"A team eh?" Kakashi asked.

"Yes, a team…"

"Okay then, you PASS!" Kakashi said, smiling.

"We…pass? How?" Sakura asked, amazed. They hadn't even done anything, so why would Kakashi suddenly pass them? They didn't get the bells, and they seemed to have annoyed him before they started to eat lunch. Not only that, both Sakura and Sasuke were sharing their food with Naruto even though Kakashi had specifically told them not to share. In all three of their opinions, they shouldn't be passing.

"You three finally learned to act as a team, and learning to work as a team is the most important thing ever." Kakashi began. "In the world of the ninja, those who violate the rules and laws are called trash. However... those who don't take care of their comrades are worse than trash. Your teammates are important to you, and you three will learn that even more as time goes on." Kakashi added in. He remembered when Obito had said that to him. He never knew it would become such an important part of his life.

"Okay, let's go home. You all had a busy, hectic day." Kakashi said as he, Sasuke, and Sakura began walking.

"OI! I'm still tied up here!" Naruto yelled when he noticed his teammates and sensei were walking away, without even thinking about him. Was he really that easy to forget?

"Sasuke-kun, Naruto! We passed, isn't that great? He actually passed us! We get to stay on the same team!" Sakura shouted in happiness as the trio began walking home. She attempted to hug Sasuke, but decided not to when she realized he didn't look too happy. Kakashi had explained to them that they did, in fact, act like a team, and because of that, they had become the first team that Kakashi had ever passed. That was quite an accomplishment, because Kakashi was actually an amazing jounin. And he would make an excellent teacher for these three young genin.

"Hn." Sasuke responded, and kept walking, not caring what Sakura had to say.

"Yeah, I think its great Sakura-chan!" Naruto happily agreed. He was relieved that he wouldn't have to go to the academy. He didn't want to make Sasuke angry.

"Hey, Naruto. There's something I wanted to ask you." Sakura began, stopping short, her tone of voice becoming more serious.

"Eh? What is it Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked curiously. Maybe she wanted to be his friend? Wouldn't that be great! Sakura was finally warming up to him!

"What happened to your stomach?" She asked innocently, at this, both Sasuke and Naruto froze. She had seen the bruise on Naruto's stomach when the blond was dangling from the rope. Kakashi had seen it too, Sakura was able to tell by the way he was looking at Naruto. Sakura made it less obvious that she had seen it though,

'It really is getting bad. If Sasuke keeps hurting him like that, it's going to affect his training, which will make Sasuke even more furious in the long run.' Kakashi thought as he made his way to meet Iruka for a late lunch. When he saw the bruise on Naruto's stomach, he knew that it was Sasuke's doing. Kakashi knew Naruto trained, but there was no way he could do that during training, the spot it was in was too awkward. So it had to be Sasuke.

"Kakashi!" Iruka called out, quickly walking up to him.

"Hello Iruka-sensei." Kakashi greeted happily. Well, as happily as he could. He could never really hide anything from Iruka. For some strange reason, the chuunin was able to read him like a book, despite Kakashi being an expert at hiding his feelings.

"I spoke with the Hokage today…About Naruto." Iruka began. He tried to stay as serious as possible.

"Oh?" Kakashi asked trying to take his mind off of Naruto's bruised stomach.

"Yes and…I'm sorry, but you were right. We won't be able to get him to leave Sasuke. But why didn't you tell me that you offered to take him in twice? Or that you were going to take him in?" Iruka asked as they began to walk to his house, which was where they were going to eat lunch. Iruka was an excellent cook, Kakashi had learned first hand.

"Forgive me. It must have slipped my mind. I'm glad you agree and understand now, though. As for me taking him in, well he ismy sensei's son after all." Kakashi responded. He wanted to get Iruka to understand, and now he did. So if he mentioned anything about Naruto being hurt today, Iruka would completely change his mind. And Kakashi didn't want that. And Naruto certainly didn't need it.

"Now, shall we go eat?" Iruka asked.

'Maybe I should…talk to Sasuke.' Kakashi thought.

"What? What are you talking about Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked in fear, stopping in his tracks. He didn't even notice the bruise, but he assumed he must have gotten it last night.

"The bruise, you know," She paused for a moment. "…the one on your stomach. What happened?" Sakura asked again, concerned for her fellow teammate.

"I…" He looked over to Sasuke, who wore an expression on his face that said 'You better not tell her the truth.'

"Well, I was nervous last night and I walked into an open drawer in my room. No big deal Sakura-chan! I'm just really clumsy. I hurt myself sometimes." He smiled at her, and laughed gently, covering up all the lies and the pain he felt.

"Naruto! You're so clumsy; you have to be more careful! What if you hurt yourself so much that you can't train? That wouldn't be good for Sasuke-kun and I! You'd mess up our training because of your clumsiness." Sakura said as the three began walking again. When they met at the turn by the forest, Sakura went one way, while Naruto and Sasuke went the other.

'I wonder where Naruto lives, must be close to Sasuke-kun if they walk the same way.' Sakura thought as she walked home alone, watching her teammates as they walked together in silence.

'And Naruto? I highly doubt you're thatclumsy…' Sakura added in as an afterthought. Something else must have happened to Naruto, and being his teammate(and friend?) she'd find out what it was.

"What was that for Sasuke-san?" Naruto whined as Sasuke shoved him into their house.

"You're lucky that girl is so stupid Naruto, or else she would have thought you were hurt in some other way. You better not tell anyone Naruto, or I'll throw you out." Sasuke threatened, leaving the terrified boy standing there, shaking slightly, as Sasuke went up to his room.

'NO! Sasuke can't throw me out! He needs me! I have to learn how to lie better, and how to cover myself up better!' Naruto thought to himself as he climbed up the stairs to his room. He couldn't let anyone else know about the bruise.

"Kakashi, what did you want to speak to me about?" Sasuke asked as he approached his sensei. However, any passerby wouldn't know they were teacher and student, because of the way Sasuke talked to him.

"It's about Naruto." Kakashi stated. Sasuke stopped in front of him. Kakashi had shown up at Sasuke's (and Naruto's) house and asked if he could meet him somewhere to talk.

"Oh? What did he do now?" Sasuke asked, slightly angered at the blond now.

Kakashi sighed, wondering why Sasuke always thought badly of Naruto whenever his name was mentioned

"He didn't do anything wrong Sasuke-kun, that's the point." The gray-haired Jounin responded.

"Oh?" Sasuke raised an eyebrow at this, wondering where this conversation was heading.

"Yes. You blame him for Itachi's deeds. It's not Naruto's fault what happened. You shouldn't be hurting him, mentally or physically. I don't know if your parents told you this or not, but beating up on your little brother is wrong. Beating on anyone for no reason is wrong." Kakashi said.

Sasuke didn't know what to say to this. He didn't think it was wrong to hurt Naruto. Sasuke believed that Naruto diddeserve it. If Naruto hadn't come into his life, Itachi wouldn't have killed his clan.

"He's not my little brother. He was never a brother to me." Sasuke stated.

"Sasuke, I don't-" Kakashi began.

"Shut up Kakashi. Did Naruto speak to you?" Sasuke asked. 'I'll have to give him a piece of my mind when I get home. I never said he could speak with Kakashi alone.' He added in as an after thought.

"Sasuke you're selfish. Why can't you see what's right in front of you?" Kakashi said as he shook his head and walked away. He wasn't going to get through to the boy, but for Naruto's safety, he'd have to find a way.

"Hi Sasuke-san! Where'd you go?" Naruto asked as he greeted the older boy at the door. When Naruto had woken up this morning, Sasuke was gone, Naruto figured he went to go train, or something along the lines of that. Sasuke did tend to do it a lot, so Naruto was used to it.

"None of your business Usuratonkachi!" Sasuke shouted pushing Naruto to the floor.

"What did I do this time Sasuke-san?" Naruto asked. Sasuke snapped. Naruto spoke in his normal tone of voice. But when he said 'this time' it made Sasuke mad.

"Shut the hell up! Don't talk when I tell you to shut your mouth." Sasuke yelled, kneeling down to Naruto's level and pulled his face up close to his.

"Wha…?" Naruto began; he didn't understand why Sasuke suddenly jumped him.

"If I catch you sneaking off to talk to someone without me, I will not hesitate to throw you out." Sasuke warned the younger boy. "Do you understand?"

"But Sasuke-san!" Naruto whined, wanting to defend himself. He wanted Sasuke to know that he didn't talk to anyone, but Sasuke wouldn't let him finish.

"Do you understand?" Sasuke asked again.

"Yes, yes!" Naruto answered. Sasuke slapped him across the cheek. Naruto tried to turn away, but Sasuke grabbed his chin and pulled him closer.

"Don't move!" Sasuke yelled and placed his lips upon Naruto's. Naruto was stunned. He didn't know what urged Sasuke to want to kiss him again. He felt something come up against his lips, but he kept them firmly closed. Annoyed, Sasuke pulled back.

"Naruto, open your mouth." Sasuke ordered. He leaned in again before Naruto could respond. Once again, Naruto felt Sasuke tongue against his lips, but this time Naruto opened his mouth, letting Sasuke's tongue enter.

It was hard for Naruto to describe what it felt like. Sasuke's tongue was moving around in his mouth, occasionally moving it along his own tongue. Naruto whimpered softly, placing his hands against Sasuke's chest and pushed very, very gently, so gently normal people wouldn't take notice of it.

But Sasuke did, and he pulled away.

"Don't you dare push me away Naruto! You're mine. Do you understand that? I can do whatever the hell I want to with you! If I want to kiss you I can, if I want to hurt you, I can. You have no say in anything? Do you understand me Naruto?"

"Yes Sasuke-san…I understand…"

Time jump

Naruto sighed as he twirled his pen in his hand, unsure of what to write. It troubled him, because he was always able to write something. He always wrote what was in his heart, but for some reason…he was at a loss for words today.

It's been four months since we've become Genin, and we've been on a a good amount of missions, but they were all boring, and they were all only D-class missions! One of them included getting an old lady's cat back. I want to actually go on a higher mission. Maybe a B-class, and if not B, then at least a C-class! Just something that's better than picking up garbage and rescuing stupid cats ! I think Sasuke-san thinks the same way as well. He seems to be getting frustrated lately. I wonder why. I asked him if I could go train alone today, and he said yes! So, that's where I'm going now! I wonder if I'll find anything interesting on the way.

~Naruto

Naruto had been training for about five or so hours, and had decided that he was going to take a break and go to Ichiraku ramen to eat in order to settle his grumbling stomach.. On his way there however, he encountered a box lying in the middle of the sidewalk. Yes a box.

"Eh?" Naruto gasped as he looked at the box, it wasn't every day that you saw a box in the middle of the sidewalk, but seeing as though it wasn't a threat he decided to ignore it, and began walking again. After a few steps, he stopped and turned around. Was the box following him? So after a few minutes of stopping, he confronted the box.

"OI! I know you're following me! Show yourself!" Naruto pointed an accusing finger at the box. Suddenly, a young boy jumped out of the box, high into the air.

"NARUTO! I challenge you!" He yelled as he flew through the air. He was wearing gray shorts, and a yellow shirt with the Konoha symbol on it in red. He wore the traditional ninja sandals. Around his neck he wore a long blue scarf, and on his forehead, he wore the same goggles Naruto used to wear before he was a genin.

As the young boy neared the ground, one would expect him to land on his feet gracefully. But instead, the boy got tangled up in his scarf, and fell flat on his face; Naruto couldn't help but laugh.

"Uhh, are you okay?" Naruto asked after he stopped laughing. He slowly he approached the young boy.

"I'm fine! I came to challenge you though! I heard you wanted to become Hokage! So that makes you my rival, because I want that title too!" The boy said as he stood up. As he finally got a close look at the goggles that the brat was wearing, Naruto came to a realization.

"OI! Those are my goggles! Where did you get them?" Naruto asked as he pointed at the said goggles.

"I, uh…" The boy mumbled.

"You shouldn't be stealing from your superiors!" Naruto scolded.

"But you're so cool! I've been watching you!" The boy stated.

"Eh? Watching me?" Naruto asked. He hadn't noticed anyone watching him. Except maybe Sasuke.

"Yeah! Oh, my name is Konohamaru by the way!" He said, introducing himself.

"Okay, but that still doesn't mean you can go stealing other people's things!" Naruto said.

"Alright boss, I won't do it again. But can you teach me one thing at least?" Konohamaru asked.

"What's that?" Naruto asked, curious.

"Oiroke no jutsu!" Konohamaru exclaimed.

"Oiroke no jutsu?" Naruto repeated. It was a 'secret' of Naruto's, and he had no idea how Konohamaru knew about it. 'I guess he really has been watching me.' Naruto thought, looking at the younger boy.

"Yeah! Ebisu-sensei is annoying, and I want to use it one him so he'll leave me alone. He annoys me!" Konohamaru complained as he sat down on a rock.

"Oiroke no jutsu!" Konohamaru yelled out and Naruto was amazed. Konohamaru had been practicing for only an hour, and he already got it! The first few times he did it however, he transformed into a very…plump and unattractive woman.

"You got that fast! Not bad! We should both go trick your sensei with this!" Naruto said happily.

"Let's go!" Konohamaru said as he ran off towards the spot where he and Ebisu normally trained. Naruto followed close behind.

"Ebisu-sensei!" Konohamaru cried out as he saw his sensei at their usual waiting spot.

"Konohamaru, what are you doing with him?" Ebisu asked as he glared daggers at Naruto. He knew what and who Naruto was, and he didn't like him.

"I have something for you Ebisu-sensei!" Konohamaru said as he looked at Naruto, who looked back at him.

"Oh? And what's that?" Ebisu asked, unsure of what emotion to portray.

"Oiroke no jutsu!" The two chanted together, and once the puff of smoke was gone, it reveled two very sexy, very naked girls. At this, Ebisu's eyes widened.

"Why would you teach him something so low and filthy? He's still a child! And what makes you think I'd fall for it?" Ebisu shouted as he grabbed Konohamaru's (who was back in his normal body) arm and began dragging him away.

"Naruto-niichan! Help! Don't leave me with him!" Konohamaru yelled as he was pulled farther away.

"OI! Bastard!" Naruto yelled out and Ebisu turned to him.

"Haremu no jutsu!" Naruto yelled out, and Ebisu was surrounded by about one hundred versions of Naruto in his Oiroke form. At this, his eyes widened once more, and he got a nosebleed, causing him to go flying far into the distance.

"Thank you Naruto!" Konohamaru said as he took a seat next to said boy.

"You're welcome Konohamaru!"

There was something Konohamaru wanted to ask Naruto. So, as they sat there in silence, Konohamaru finally got up the courage to ask him.

"Naruto-niichan?"

"Ah?"

"Why…why do you live in the Uchiha mansion? You're not an Uchiha…"

"I am by adoption!" Naruto said proudly. "They adopted me when I was three, and after they all…passed away, I stayed there with Sasuke. I love him, so I wouldn't want him to leave him alone! That's why I stay with him." Naruto finished. Within the small speech, there was no sadness aside from the part when he mentioned that The Uchiha's were dead. He was so happy when he spoke of Sasuke. From his words alone one could tell how much the blond cared for the raven.

"You love him? You mean as a brother or-" Konohamaru was cut off as Ebisu appeared.

"Let's go Konohamaru…" He said, pulling the boy by the wrist.

"Wait! I want him to answer me. Ebisu-sensei, wait!" Konohamaru groaned as he was dragged away from Naruto, who was waving goodbye at him.

"It's not nice to ask such personal questions like that Konohamaru."

Not much else will happen between Sasuke and Naruto right now aside from maybe more kissing. Naruto is only eleven and Sasuke is only thirteen, so eh, they're a bit too young. Although Sasuke will get a bit frustrated. Puberty. Go figure! Anyway, please review! Like I said, sorry about the choppiness of this chapter! Hope you enjoyed it though.

The Zabuza/Haku arc is up next!