Oh God, sorry it's late guys :T And short... It is kinda short... BUT HEY! I posted it so... flame me later? (^^;)

Also, since we are nearing the end (I know! It's terrible TTnTT), I will be gearing the story towards the ending you guys are choosing :) ENJOY! (^o^)/

The three made it back to the apartment before they could register they were back in the village. Guy watching as the two boys talked about their next day at the academy. He smiled at the two, heart-warming from the way they seem to have gotten closer after all of this. It almost brought youthful tears to his eyes!

The three stopped when they reached the apartment, all three staring in mild fear as the door swung back and forth on its hinges. Naruto, having recovered first, took a step forward, only to recoil at the prominent smell of paint and decay protruding the open space. With a frown on his lips, Guy pulled Naruto to stand next to Sasuke, and took several steps towards the door himself.

"Boys, go get Kakashi."

Both boys looked at him in shock, Sasuke looking a little more rattled than Naruto. Guy couldn't help some anger entering his system when he thought of why.

"But Guy-Sensei-"

"I'll look in here, you two go get Kakashi."

He looked back to see Naruto about to argue again. His gaze flicked to Sasuke, and the raven was able to read his expression clearly. He didn't want either of them seeing this.

"Come on Naruto, let's get Ero-Sensei."

Naruto stared at Guy a little longer, conveying a message of caution before nodding and following his brother. Guy couldn't help but sweat drop at the new name Sasuke had given Kakashi. Though, he had to admit that it fit the man. Still, now was no time to think about how Sasuke knew Kakashi was a pervert. Now, he had a mission. A mission to find out just what Naruto has been putting up with.

Gently, as to not break the thing from its hinges, Guy pushed the front door open. Again, the smell of decay and paint flooded his senses, almost making the man gag. Raising his hand to his face, he covered his nose so the smell wasn't as bad.

Immediately in the door way, sat a bear trap. Guy clenched his teeth, thanking every deity that he stopped Naruto from entering when he did. A small sliver of thought wondered what the villagers would have done if Sasuke had entered first. But, again, that lead to him thanking every deity he knew of.

A little further into the apartment, the smell got worse. He frowned as he looked around, noticing the scratches marring the walls and the broken glass scattered around the floor. No piece of furniture had been left untouched, either being smashed to pieces or dinted to the point of breaking with the tiniest amount of added weight. When he glanced at the bed, he felt his gag reflex stop vile from passing his lips.

The sheets were heavily stained with blood, the covers not faring too much better. Even the floor around the bed had gotten splash damage. But that wasn't the worst part. Lying motionless on the bed, were nine, face less foxes. One the side of each, held a word carved into the fur, probably even the skin. When the words were put together, they made a sentence.

"ONE FOR EACH OF YOUR TAILS YOU FILTHY DEMON!"

Tearing his gaze from the horrific sight, Guy turned to go to the bathroom. That's when he saw the messages quickly scribbled on the walls in paint. Various degrading messages and death threats left in vivid red paint. The messages continued down the hall, not a blank space as a trail of blood lead Guy from the foxes to the bathroom.

When he opened the door, the smell of decay tripled and he had to take a step back to compose himself. He stepped into the room and analysed his surroundings. The mirror had a very crude drawing of Naruto, with stereotypical demon features. If anything, it was a little comical at how childish the picture looked. However, the fact still remains that it would still hurt Naruto. He forced back an almost feral growl as he thought about Naruto coming back to this and having to clean it up. Heck, even leaving the house was probably a task within itself and Naruto still did it with a smile! He held so much respect for the blonde.

He turned away from the mirror and his eyes widened. The bath was filled with blood, the tiles all smashed and unsalvageable. Inside of the bath tub, laying almost peacefully in the crimson liquid, was a slightly larger fox than the ones occupying the bed. In its teeth, was a small doll of Naruto. Carefully, as to not cover himself in the blood and startle the two when he went to go comfort them, Guy took the doll from the fox. He looked at it with an apologetic smile as he combed the hair with his hand. His gut clenching painfully.

Footsteps quickly made their way to Guy's location, but he didn't move. He simply stared at the dead fox and the bath filled of, what he hoped, was the creature's blood. White hair entered his peripheral, and Guy felt a small tinge of relief wash over him. He could ask Kakashi to do clean up. Right now, Guy needed to be with his new sons.

"Guy, what happened?"

Guy looked down at the doll again before turning and walking past Kakashi. He passed the white haired Jonin the doll as he passed, heading for the main room, where the bag of stuff was left in their haste earlier.

"The villagers happened Kakashi. Can you do clean up, please?"

Kakashi looked at his friend with varied expression being hidden behind his mask. Anger, sadness, confusion. But mostly, he felt. Naruto was treat so poorly, and no one did anything about it? Worse yet, Naruto did his best to hide it all, not letting anyone know just how bad it had gotten. In a horribly twisted way, Itachi may have actually saved the blonde with his betrayal. Now he had people to help him, to protect him.

With a nod, Kakashi made a silent promise.

"Yeah, I'll help any way I can Guy."

Guy smiled as he picked up the bag, hefting the thing over his shoulder as he headed for the front door. He stepped outside as two Anbu appeared to help. He nodded to one of them, and they nodded back.

In that instant, Guy froze. The Anbu entered the house and began noting everything down before the majour clean out. He turned to look at one of them, the weasel Anbu pausing to look back at him. For a moment, Guy felt like he knew that ninja, but chalked it up to working with him on a mission and turned to leave again. However, he could not shake the feeling that he should have spoken to the Anbu.

When he made it to Kakashi's apartment, his thoughts vanished from his mind as Naruto and Sasuke ran up to him in the door way.

"Guy-Sensei, what happened?!"

"Did you avoid the bear trap?"

Guy's head snapped to Naruto, the blonde looking concerned for Guy's life, rather than his own. Sasuke stood gaping at Naruto before he spun his brother to get answers out of him.

"Bear trap?! What do you mean bear trap?!"

Naruto looked like he was about to either throw up or pass out again, so Guy pulled Sasuke from him. When Naruto felt his dizziness fade, he turned to the two ravens with a frown.

"It's happened before, so I was going to check. But that smell was so bad I had to step back."

He turned to Guy, his gaze hardening as they locked onto his.

"I didn't want Sasuke stepping on it."

There was a flash of knowing through his eyes, and Guy couldn't help but wince. There must have been a time when Naruto hadn't been expecting it, probably the very first time, and got himself caught. The question was, how did he get out?

"Naruto! Why didn't you say anything?!"

"I didn't want to scare you! Besides, no one got hurt so all's good."

He crossed his arms, Naruto's sign that he was done discussing the broken and vandalised house. Guy nodded, feeling that a change in topic was needed. It didn't matter how Naruto used to deal with stuff. What matters now, is that they all help each other move forward. An image of that Anbu flashed through his head once more before the whining of Naruto dragged him back to reality.

"Let's just eat something and leave! Kakashi-Sensei has way too many dirty books!"

Guy frowned. Had Kakashi left those books out?! It was probably due to haste… but still! Guy would be having serious words on how uncool and unyouthful he was.

"Yeah, he does…"

Sasuke cringed like he had picked one up to read. Guy was going to have very serious words with his rival.

"Then let's eat our fill and go enjoy our youthful life together!"

Naruto giggled, shadows in his eyes fading a little, as he pumped his fist into the air. Sasuke joining in too, if a little stiffly.

"Yeah!"

"I hate youth…"

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