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Warnings: slash, cursing, some blood, violence, OOCness, and we will have AUness coming up shortly. *pops in* and nudity, this one has nudity *giggles*

"Speaking"

Thinking

Jutsu

Hot Springs – chapter 10

Duo huffed at Naruto, knowing the boy would tease them regardless. "Ah, Naruto I got a question for you." Duo, still holding Sasuke's hand, grabbed the tail of his dress thing and flapped it at the blonde. "Is this really something boys wear? Tou-san said it suited me and insisted on buying it, but it looks a lot like a dress to me."

Naruto's eyes widened and he opened and closed his mouth like a fish before bursting out in laughter rolling around on the ground the blonde laughed. Sasuke looked down at Duo at his side and said "Duo-kun…you do realize your father is a pervert?"

"IIE!" the sanin exclaimed at this before a lecherous grin spread on his face and he did an odd little hop saying "I'm a super-pervert!"

Naruto sat up suddenly and pointed at Sasuke saying "Ne, weren't you with them when they went shopping? You could have told him that you've only ever seen kunoichi wear those, ne?" bending his leg he propped his elbow on his knee and his head on his palm, studying the blushing raven haired boy for a bit. Sasuke fidgeted and purposely looked anywhere but at Duo.

Duo blinked in confusion. He may have been best friends with Heero but he had no idea what Naruto was talking about. "What's a kunoichi? Is that a specific type of ninja?" he asked, cocking his head, looking from his father, to Sasuke, and then settling on Naruto, the blonde seemed to be the only one being straight with him around here. "This is a dress isn't it?" he finally deadpanned, shoulders dropping.

"A konoichi is a female ninja….and uh…kinda?" the blonde decided not to sugar coat it before jumping to his feet and saying "But hell, who am I to judge what someone wears, I mean look at me?" waving down at his bright orange self.

"I've been told I have the fashion sense of a two year old," the blonde continued "And honestly who gives a fuck what other people think as long as you like it they can shove it…at least that's the way I feel about it."

Walking over Naruto placed his hand on his chin and studied Duo before saying "And honestly you are kinda hot in that." This last part had Sasuke's head snapping around and glaring at Naruto.

Duo giggled and fluttered his eyelashes. "Why thank you," thinking for a second Duo finally nodded. "Well, I guess if I do get mistaken for a girl the enemy will underestimate me ne? I'll have the element of surprise." Duo said, swishing his skirt a bit. "'Sides, it feels weird saying it but it is comfortable and easy to move, that's important in ninja garb right?"

Naruto nodded and said "Yep gotta be able to jump from tree to tree and all that." Grinning the blonde stuck his tongue out at the still glaring Sasuke.

"Ahhhh is Sasuke jealous he didn't get to tell Duo-kun he looks hot in that firsttt?" he added as he skipped around the pair, the blonde paused and spun around suddenly saying "Oi ojiji you never did tell us where we're going?"

Jiraiya smirked and said "Tea country gaki, tea country."

"Why am I not surprised they travel by jumping from tree to tree?" Wufei wondered aloud, Heero snorted. After their escape form the hospital it sounded as sane as everything else that had happened. Duo contemplated a nearby tree, trying to see if he could actually jump from one to the other.

Naruto blinked and said "You guys don't do tree jumping where you come from?"

Sasuke sighed and said "Baka if they don't have shinobi then how, pray tell do you expect them to have tree jumping?"

Naruto rolled his eyes and said "Gee it's not like chakra is ninja exclusive you know teme? So why would its uses?"

Duo ignored the now normal bickering and released Sasuke's hand, approaching a tree. Jumping, he caught a low branch and managed to pull himself onto the branch. "Now what?" Duo called down, swinging his legs as he sat on the branch.

Naruto blinked and said "Ah tree climbing is like, second level….or something…chakra exercises…but you guys have training right sos you should be able to catch on…maybe…hell I had a hard time with it myself soooooo just channel your chakra to your feet and use it to hold onto the tree…that simple really!" the blonde finished walking up the tree to show them.

Sasuke simply stared up at Duo from below unable to really comprehend anything other than the view…which he was busy appreciating.

Jiraiya scowled and said "Yes um, Naruto while your…descriptive skills are…interesting…how about letting me teach them?...after all…I know what I'm talking about…"

Naruto crossed his arms and said "Hey I know what I'm talking about! See I'm even giving them an example!"

Duo hmmed, trying to remember what chakra was. Hinita had told them it was like an energy they all had, right? "So… chakra is sticky?" Duo asked, poking the tree as if he could make the tree sticky. "How do I use it? Do I gotta' do some kinda' weird hand thingy?" Heero smirked, noticing Sasuke staring at the very short, tight shorts Jiraiya had insisted on buying Duo.

Jiraiya took a deep breath before saying "Alright brats let's start from the beginning get down here Naruto, Oi Sasuke quit peeping at my kid right in front of me and come here."

Naruto jumped down, pouting and walked over to Jiraiya, grabbing and pulling a reluctant Sasuke with him. "Oi now what old man?" the blonde asked.

Jiraiya motioned for Heero and Wufei to stand in front of them before he put one hand on Naruto's head and said "Okay Naruto here is your physical energy, everyone has a certain amount that we are born with."

Then the old man put his other hand on Sasuke's head and said "Sasuke here is your spiritual energy, to get him you have to train long and hard."

"Now to get chakra you need to channel these two things together, like so." He continued banging the head of the two boys together.

"Gahhhhhhh mah headddd." Naruto said clutching his head as Jiraiya let go.

Sasuke winced and shook his head trying to clear it, the baka had a relatively hard head.

Duo giggled and leaned back, doing a flip as he fell out the tree so he landed on his feet. "So, just concentrate like this?" Duo asked, closing his eyes and doing one of the breathing exercises Wufei had taught him to meditate with. Heero and Wufei were both surprised to see that odd energy around Duo again.

"Oh that's good that's good Duo, now…you have to channel it. So for example if you wanted to use it to walk up the tree you would need to channel it to the bottom of your feet and cling with it to the tree, all the while not loosing focus or you'll fall down" Jiriya said clapping his hands encouragingly.

"Yeah falling sucks…but we did a looot learning tree climbing…you know now that I think about it I feel kinda bad for the trees we used..just how many slashes did we make do you think Sasuke?" Naruto said, finishing by giving the other boy a sly grin.

Sasuke shook his head and said "They probably died…we did go overboard."

Naruto laughed and said "Yeah we did didn't we?"

Duo nodded and concentrated on his feet and then opened his eyes. The violets were definitely glowing as he approached the tree. Lifting a foot he attempted to set it against the trunk of the tree, attempted because he definitely put too much chakra as he was blown rather violently backwards.

Sasuke shot forward and put himself behind Duo catching the other boy mid flight and slamming his own feet into the tree he had been flying towards stopping them. He blinked down at Duo from where he was standing sideways on the tree and quickly made his way to the ground and set the other boy down blushing he looked away and said "Careful too much chakra and you…rocket off like that instead of falling…best to get a running start."

Naruto let out a whistle as he walked over to the tree Duo had attempted to climb and after a bit of examination said "That's a bigger hole then the one's teme left back in Wave!"

Duo flushed. "So I failed epically?"

…a few days latter at an inn…

The group breathed a collective sigh of relief as they spotted the inn, they had been roughing it since they had left Konoha and all of them were looking forward to a soft bed. All of the boys were worn looking, Jiriya was a rough and tumble teacher which meant someone got hit when they did something wrong…which was more often than not.

Naruto groaned and said "Sanctuary, SANCTUARYYY!" happily, his hands wrapped in bandages from attempting to master the Rasengun that the old man had offered to teach him…fun times all around really.

Sasuke for his part looked the least haggard of the lot…having been forced to focus on meditation by the old man…as if he didn't have enough cool already….well he had tried to kill Kakashi…a few times…

Duo was tired, dragging along. Although he wasn't too banged up, his healing had fixed up the injuries tree climbing had caused though there was a slight limp from the last fall he'd taken. "All I want is a bath and a bed," he muttered, stumbling a bit to keep up.

Heero and Wufei were no better, they were also haggard with more bruises than Duo. Though they weren't suffering from chakra exhaustion like Duo, both having better control than the budding shinigami.

Jiriya couldn't help but laugh and said "Hai hai, we'll stay here for a day and rest how about it boys?"

Naruto couldn't help but grin as they walked into the inn and said "Oh I know you just want to spend some time peeping at the hot springs here but I don't careeeeee I say yesssssss."

Sasuke shook his head and sighed as they walked passed a sign at the door that did indeed proclaim the inn to have an open air hot spring bath. Sighing he said "Whatever…."

"Oh," Duo perked up seeing the sign. "I finally get to go to a hot spring? Bath time!" he cried, bouncing. He grabbed Sasuke's arm and tugged. "Let's goooo!"

Sasuke blushed as the other boy led him inside….bath time?...with…Duo?...was he even allowed to think that? Shaking his now crimson face Sasuke said "Ah we have to check in first…"

"Oh Jiriya-sama welcome back! And you brought guests this time how lovely!" the lady at the front desk greeted them.

Jiraiya winked at Duo then said "Hello there Trixy, mind if the boys go ahead into the hot springs while I handle the paper work?" giving the woman a grin.

The women smiled brightly and said "Of course! They can go right ahead!"

Jiraiya nodded and, looking over his shoulder at Duo gave the brunette a wink, saying "Don't do anything I wouldn't now."

Duo stuck his tongue out at Jiraiya. "That list is very short Tou-san," he said, happily running down the hall toward the baths.

Wufei and Heero both rolled their eyes. "Sorry, its Duo's first time to a hot spring, he's like a kid with new things," Wufei apologized, following after him. Duo might flirt but he had a pretty good idea that Duo had no idea what thoughts he was inspiring in the blushing Sasuke.

Naruto laughed and said "I'm with Duo on this oneeee, hot springggss."

Sasuke stood where he'd been left frozen his face still red, Naruto looked over at him and said "You're not gonna run away are you teme? Afraid of a little hot springs?"

Sasuke growled at this and marched towards the bath, like a man on death row marches to his doom. Each step more sluggish then the last till he stood outside the door marked men's changing room.

Naruto reached around Sasuke and opened the door "Coming innnnnn" the blonde called out as he shoved the frozen Sasuke inside.

"Naru where do I put my clothes?" Duo asked, half turning toward the door. He'd already droppe his clothes and was holding a towel he had just snatched off of a shelf.

"Over here in these baskets" the blonde said walking over to a row of baskets on the other side of the wall, smirking as he had to walk around the frozen Sasuke.

Sasuke for his part just stood there…he would have passed out…if all of his blood hadn't rushed south…so instead he just stood there, in his now very uncomfortable shorts.

Seeing the baskets Duo meandering over, snagging a towel and wrapping it around his waist. He had a little blush, not having expected them to walk in before he could grab a towel. Wufei rolled his eyes. "Decency Maxwell, I think you broke Sasuke again."

Heero smirked, moving around the frozen Sasuke to undress and grab a towel.

Naruto chuckled as he pulled off his own cloths. He paused as he went to pull up his shirt glancing down at his own stomach just in case and let out a soft sigh and seeing nothing but his normal stomach making a note not to use any chakra…last thing he wanted was for his seal to pop up.

Sasuke's eye twitched and he spun around to face the wall taking several deep breaths he walked stiffly over to the baskets making a point not to look at anyone, especially Duo. Starring down at the baskets for cloths he glanced at Naruto and glowered.

Naruto blinked, catching the glower. Ahhhhhh that explained it he thought having noticed the other boy's predicament. Well he could make it worse…but the teme had been rather…nice…for the teme anyway, these past couple of days. So thinking the blonde finished shedding his cloths and wrapping a towel around his own waist spun around and said "This way Duo-kun, to the hot springs!" wrapping an arm around the brunette and leading him towards the door for the bath.

"Yay," Duo cheered, one hand pumping in the air and the other holding tightly to his towel. Having noticed the same… problem… that Sasuke was having, Heero and Wufei both made quick work of changing and following them out to the bath, figuring the poor boy had already fainted enough today and he needed a bit of privacy.

Sasuke let out a sigh as the other boys went into the hot springs leaving him alone to deal with his problem. How did it end up like this anyway? He was Uchiha Sasuke not some hormonal teenager….okay so…maybe he was both. Letting out another sigh he scowled down at himself…

Naruto let out a whoop as they left the changing room and walked out to the hot springs. And with a run jumped into the deeper end of the bath causing the warm waters to splash the other boys. Lifting his head out of the water the blonde shook his now wet head and gave the group a goofy grin saying "Gah this is niiceeeeee."

Duo happily followed the blonde's lead and dived in, though when he surfaced his hair was plastered to his face. "This is niiiiice, do you guys always bathe like this?" he asked, relaxing into the hot water.

The last two boys entered at a much slower pace, relaxing on the shallower end and watching Duo swim around. "Sometimes, it's great for muscle aches," Wufei said, sighing aas the hot water did its job on his sore muscles. JIraiya was a very tough teacher and he didn't envy Naruto all that Rasengan training.

Naruto sighed happily and relaxed against the edge of the bath before saying "Nah, we have normal showers and stuff too, I don't get to go to the hot springs back at Konoha so this is a treat for me too." A goofy grin on his face.

Sasuke opened the door and closing it behind him stepped into the bath his towel firmly in place he sat down near Wufei and Heero. Closing his eyes the avenger leaned back and made it a point not to look at the others.

"This is a lot bigger than I imagined," Duo said happily, lazily swimming in the deeper water. "It's practically a heated pool."

Naruto laughed and said "I know right? Owwwwww damn bugs," the blonde interrupted himself slamming his hand onto his own neck and rubbing it.

Sasuke opened his eyes and slowly sat up his eyes searching just for an instant he could have sworn he felt malice, but from where?

Duo blinked and glanced over at him. "But Naru there aren't any-shit what is that?!" he practically yelled, getting up and rushing over to the blonde.

"Nani? Whats what?" the blonde said looking left then right trying to figure out what had Duo so panicked after all it was just a bu….ohhhhhh right bugs didn't like hot springs….the blonde stared at Duo as his world began to get fussy on the edges…that wasn't good…

Duo managed to grab onto him before he collapsed, grabbing and gently removing the dart he'd spotted. "Sasuke get your ass over here, what is this shit?" he yelled, holding out the dart to said boy while keeping Naruto afloat with the other.

The other two pilots immediately scrambled, Heero heading to Duo and Wufei climbing out to get their weapons.

Sasuke's eyes widened at the sight of the dart and bolted to get to the blonde's side only to have all of them shoved back by a wave of water. Out of the water rose a group of shinobi, their head plates all with scratches through the symbols identifying them as rogue ninjas.

Naruto's now unconscious form was gripped by one of them. The rogue nin didn't wait for the other boy's to have a chance to respond and vaulted over the wall of the hot spring, their captive taken with them.

Surfacing Duo coughed, eyes searching for the blonde he had moments ago. "Shit, what just happened?"

"Sasuke, you should follow them, we'd slow you down. We'll follow once we alert Jiraiya of the situation," Heero called as he climbed out of the bath, the wave had pushed both him and Wufei almost into the changing room. "Get over here Duo."

Wufei snatched up Sasuke's clothes and threw them to him, knowing time there was no time to waste.

Sasuke grabbed up his cloths and huridly pulled them on before saying "Hurry…." And running over the water and up and over the wall heading in the direction of the now out of sight enemy shinobi. He frowned as he tracked the enemy… this would be easier with one of Kakashi's tracking dogs…

…with Naruto…

The blonde slowly regained consciousness…whatever they had given him was not cool…he could feel it literally ripping him up inside…that hurttt, he let out a gasp as the one holding him tightened his grip...oh joy…he was still naked…when he got the strength he was so gonna give these guys a peace of his mind.

…back with Duo and the gang…

Wasting no time the others quickly dressed, Duo snatched up Naruto's clothes and stuffed them in his pack, he'd want those when they got him back. They all ran out towards the reception area, hoping Jiraiya was still there flirting with the hostess.

"Tou-san help, some crazy guys have grabbed Naruto!" Duo yelled as they caught sight of the man, all of them skidding to a halt in front of him. "Sasuke went after them, we gotta' hurry and help them!"

Jiriaya's face changed from a happy flirting mask to one of rage. "That gaki, I can't let him out of my sight for a minute. Come on we have to hurry, if they are who I think they are the brat will be in very real trouble…" rushing off he led the boys out of the inn, spinning on his heel he led the group towards the forest his senses reaching out to find Naruto and Sasuke.

He led the group at a pace that pushed the still learning boys hard to catch up to the Uchiha brat. They quickly caught up to the raven haired boy who was having trouble tracking the blonde and his captors. The raven haired boy nodded in relief as the others caught up to him…he really had to get some more tracking training…this was just ridicules.

"Any sign of them?" Duo asked, landing on a branch near Sasuke and preparing to jump again. He was panting but determined to keep up and help his new friends. "Could you track them?"

Sasuke shook his head and said "Iie, I can only vaguely feel the baka."

Jiraiya frowned and said "We aren't that far behind, leave the tracking to me." And shot forward to lead the group.

…with Naruto and his abductors…

The blonde boy let out a groan of pain as his arm was forced back at an angle that was far from natural by the enemy shinobi. His breath left him in painful gasps with each move, a trickle of blood escaping the corner of his mouth.

Gulping, he lifted his cerulean eyes up. They had dragged him out of the hot springs and now they were traveling through a thick forest. The blonde boy, however, had no clue which direction they had taken from the hot springs…

He winced as the shinobi behind him pushed him father forward causing the weakened container to fall to his knees. Coughing up blood, the blonde shook his head. He felt odd, almost drugged. Had they done something to him…?

Before he could ponder the thought further, a dark figure slipped out of the shadows in front of the group. At the posture of the others the blonde could only assume this was another enemy shinobi.

The newcomer glared down at the blonde before reaching down and grabbing him by his neck, hoisting the smaller male up into the air. "So you're the Kyubi no Kitsune…" a gruff voice came from the man.

Naruto frowned up at the man and didn't say anything, in too much pain for a smart comeback… and wow was the world spinning… the hell had they done to him…? Usually it would have countered anything by now… so what had they done that had cause his normal healing to be delayed… man healing slow sucked, how did normal people put up with it?

The man scowled and, throwing the blonde to the ground, looked at the man who had originally been griping the boy and said "How much did you give him?"

The addressed man blinked and shaking his head said "Only a small dose of it, it shouldn't be affecting him to this extent."

"Oiiii wha…y…gi…me? I feelllllllll oooddddddd." The blonde slurred, trying to slow the rapid beating of his heart.

The newcomer scowled down at the blonde before crouching down and smirking at him. "Oh nothing in particular, just a little something to disrupt your chakra. It will just stop your chakra for a while."

Naruto frowned at the three new guys his mind slowly began to fade…almost as if he was…going somewhere. Opening eyes he wasn't aware he had closed the blonde's eyes widened as he found himself in a familiar sewer.

"The hell…" he said looking left then right before freezing his cerulean eyes locked on the seal on the large iron bars….it normally pulsed with his chakra…but it wasn't?...A blood red eye slowly opened on the other side of the gate, a chilling laugh echoing through his head as angry red chakra began to spill out of the cage, the blonde screamed as it swallowed him up.

"Oi brat, who said you could sleep?" the newcomer said, reaching down to grab the blonde by the neck again only to pause as the boy's body pulsed with red chakra. All of the enemy nin took a step back as an eerie laugh began to echo around the clearing. The blonde threw his head back roaring with the laughter blood red tears running down his face, his features sharp and animalistic.

"The hell are you doing?" one of the men said reaching for the boy.

"DON'T!" the newcomer yelled, a second to late as the blonde boy slammed a clawed hand right through the nin.

Standing up he continued to laugh, shaking the now very dead nin off his claws. He opened his eyes, a feral grin on his face. His once cerulean eyes had gone blood red, with no pupils to be seen, and the whites had turned pitch black.

The boy continued his mad laughter, bloody tears still streaming down his feral face as he suddenly seemed to disappear. Only to reappear behind the ninja that had brought him here, ripping his clawed hand down the man's back causing the other to scream.

As the man stumbled forward with the rest of the group the boy lifted bloody claws to his mouth and almost delicately licked the blood off of them, causing shivers to run down the enemy shinobi's spines.

"You…you're a monster!" the one who had arrived last, and seemed to be in charge, exclaimed motioning his men to begin retreating.

The blonde said nothing just finished his cleaning before disappearing again to reappear inside the huddled ninja whirling about shredding them to pieces. They died with their screams echoing through the forest.

…back with the other guys…

Duo froze, eyes widening at the sudden sound of screaming, almost losing his footing. Whipping his head in the direction he shoved off the tree hard, infusing his feet with chakra to help propel him faster. "Naruto!"

Sasuke's eyes spun with his Sharingun as he trailed behind Duo. Those screams…did not sound like they had come from the baka…

Jiraiya's eyes widened, this feeling what the hell was happening to the gaki?

Duo amped up his run, leaving some of the branches he pushed off in splinters in his haste. Finally, landing in a small clearing where the screams had come from he froze, the smell of blood overwhelming. Spotting the blonde, Duo rushed towards him, ignoring the boy's state of undress. "Naruto! Are you okay?!" he panted, skidding to a halt and examining the blonde for injuries. He couldn't see much with all the blood covering him.

The blonde's head turned blood red eyes on Duo, his face splitting into a manic grin a. Licking at the blood running down from his eyes the blonde let out an animalistic growl at the lavender eyed boy before cracking his neck and surging with angry red chakra. Even as a cut opened up on his own cheek from the red chakra the blond began to laugh insanely.

"Ah!" Duo yelled, managing to dodge enough that the blonde only sliced his upper arm, the cut immediately hissing and healing. "Fuck dude, calm down!" Duo yelled, his own chakra surging around him in reaction to the burning chakra. Duo wasn't sure what to do, the blonde was obviously not himself, like he was trapped in some kind of crazy bloodlust.

The blonde laughed some more at the chakra Duo put off and threw himself forward, his still blood covered hands aiming to rake down the front of the other boy.

Sasuke froze as he entered the clearing his eyes locked on the pulsing blonde…what was going on?

Duo spun, still too slow to dodge the entire blow but he did manage to grab one of the blonde's arms as it raked his side, adding more blood to the already splattered grass. "Ow, what the fuck is this shit?" he yelped, tightening his grip even as the red chakra burned his hand. He jerked hand on the captured arm, hoping to off balance the blonde.

Grinning maniacally Naruto let himself be jerked forward placing his animalistic face inches from Duo's growled out in a voice that seemed to echo with malice said "Come now Shinigami, entertain mee some moreeee."

Duo smirked, he'd done exactly what he'd wanted. "Now, now, you know I don't kiss on the first date, that's Sassy," he taunted, quickly snaking his leg around Naruto's two and falling back, taking the blonde with him. Once they hit the ground he tried to hold onto the boy all the while being burned. "Dude you are literally on fire, you realize?" he gasped, losing more blood from the wounds and burns.

Naruto laughed and opening his fanged mouth sunk his elongated canines into Duo's shoulder. Shaking his head he ripped his fangs out letting Duo's blood run down his face, laughing as he placed his hands on the other boys chest and pushed himself off the other boy part way so that he was straddling the other boy, his tongue snaked out and wiped the blood off his lips as if savoring the taste.

"Fuck!" Duo screamed, his good hand going to his should and applying pressure to stem the flow of blood. He put the other in front of him, trying to ward off the crazed boy,"Tou-san!" he gasped, knowing he wasn't going to last much longer, the world already spinning as he lost even more blood.

"DUO!" Jiraiya yelled out, his eyes ablaze with anger as he rushed forward slamming a hand into Naruto's chest sending the boy flying back into a tree.

"Shit," he added as he examined Duo before turning his gaze back to the still pulsing Naruto.

Sasuke had been frozen in shock, something was definitely wrong with the blonde. Shaking his head he rushed forward to Duo's side and ripping off his shirt applied pressure to Duo's shoulder, his gaze spinning as Naruto climbed to his feet. Duo gasped, clinging to consciousness and grimacing at the pain resulting from Sasuke's ministrations.

The blonde threw his head back and laughed some more and began to rush forward again angry red chakra pulsing along his skin. Throwing his clawed hand out the blonde aimed for the white haired man who had put himself in front of his intended target.

Half way to the group bright blue chakra shot out of the now visible seal on the boy's stomach and wrapped itself like shakes around the blonde's neck. Naruto howled in furry clawing at the chakra with his clawed hands even as more of the blue chakra erupted from him to shackle his arms and legs. Slowly the blue chakra pulled the angry red chakra with it back inside the blonde's stomach. As the red chakra left the blonde collapsed to his knees and then fell forward, his hands fisting in the grass under him.

Panting, Wufei and Heero both finally landed in the clearing, both shocked at the blood and chaos.

"Duo!" Heero cried, spotting the bloodied boy and rushing over. "What the hell happened?" he asked, grabbing Duo's discarded pack and pulling out bandages Duo had packed.

Wufei, meanwhile, rushed to Jiraiya. "What's going on? Did you find Naruto?"

Jiraiya turned his gaze from Duo back to Naruto and said "I'd like to know what happened myself."

From where he sat Naruto began to shake before violently throwing up. Gulping the blonde wiped off some of the blood he'd thrown up off of his mouth and stood up on shaky legs. Lifting his head he revealed his now normal cerulean eyes, his bloody tears having turned back into normal ones still running down his face as he looked at the chaos he had created. Closing his eyes the blonde whispered "Is he gonna be okay?" his hands clutched into fists at his side.

Jiraiya turned his attention back to Duo and winced as he pulled the shirt Sasuke had applied away so he could examine the wound. Letting out a shaky sigh the white haired man said "Yeah he'll be fine, he's already healing."

Nodding Naruto just stood there trembling and looked at the ground. He had done this…he had hurt his friend…maybe he was the monster everyone labeled him.

Sasuke frowned and looking at the blonde demanded "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?"

Naruto lifted his eyes and smiling ruefully said "That was the Kyubi no Kitsune….he's one sick son of a bitch…and I'm his….container…they gave me something…it…messed up my chakras and let…it out…." Finishing he gulped and looked away…how would they react?...would they hate him?...after this…he wouldn't blame them.

Hearing Naruto's normal tone of voice, Duo smiled dazedly. He was too gone to tell what was being said. "Ah… he's back… that's… good…" Duo trailed off, finally passing out from the blood loss.

Heero silently pulled Naruto's clothes out of Duo's pack and approached him, offering them and an hand up to him silently. Wufei blinked. "Okay, we don't know what that means but we should really get the both of you back and cleaned up so we can make sure you'll be ok." The last was mostly directed at the now unconscious Duo.

Naruto blinked as Heero handed him his cloths and offered to help him stand…"Ah that's right you guys don't know about…him…" the blonde said almost reluctantly accepting the hand up and slowly pulled on his cloths. He avoided looking at the carnage the Kyubi had caused and slowly began to walk towards Duo, pausing a few steps from the unconscious boy.

Sasuke met the blonde's blue gaze with his own guarded black one. This was the normal baka he was no threat…but…"How long have you been a…container?" the raven haired boy asked the blonde.

Naruto looked away from Sasuke and said "Since the day I was born…"

Sasuke hunned and gently picked Duo up saying "Well then let's go." Before turning and beginning to slowly walk back to the inn.

Naruto shifted and tugged his shirt a bit, the blood on him made it stick and cling uncomfortable…not that he would have been comfortable having this conversation regardless. Blinking he said suddenly "Wait, you trust me?" his words thrown at the Uchiha's back.

Sasuke looked over his shoulder and said "Hunnn why not? You've never gone crazy like that before, so it stands to reason that as long as nothing screws with your chakra you'll be your normal baka self."

Naruto quickly rubbed his eyes with the back of his sleeve, he didn't' think Sasuke had any idea how important those words were to him. Feeling a hand land on his shoulder, the blonde looked up at Jiraiya.

"It's okay gaki, let's just go back for now you seal's just fine so no worries." The older man said patting the blonde.

Wufei and Heero quickly followed after Sasuke, worried still for Duo.

…back at the hot spring…

"Unh," Duo moaned, the first thing he was aware of was pain from his shoulder and side. Cracking open an eye he glanced around, noting he wasn't in the clearing anymore. "Where…?"

Jiraiya glanced up from where he sat on a chair against the wall from his note book and said "Ahh, welcome back to the realm of the awake. Gave us a scare there for a bit."

Standing and putting his book away Jiraiya motioned around the room and said "We're back at the inn, this is the room I got for you boys." The room consisted of three double beds, sitting on said beds were the other youths.

Naruto glanced at Duo and sighed saying "Gomen Duo-kun…I…" he trailed off unable to find the words to continue.

Duo waved him off, wincing at the still healing burns. "Ah I'm fine, you hit like a girl Naru," he said, winking. He glanced back to Jiraiya, "so what's the damage doc? Can I still play ball?"

Jiraiya chuckled and said "You'll be fine kid, maybe a little sore there for a while but since the Kyuubi didn't inject any of its chakra into your system it shouldn't be for long. Hell it's already closed up, that not having to get stitches and wait thing must be nice."

Naruto snorted and muttered "Yeah I'd take stitches any day of the week if it'd mean no fuzz ball." Looking out the window and not at anyone else in the room.

"Oi baka, I'm the only one on team seven allowed to be broody…get over it." Sasuke said from where he sat on the same bed Duo was laying on.

"Eh, not getting stitches is new for me. Though that weird burny chakra is a bitch," Duo said, examining his poor hands.

"So we got a history lesson while you were out," Wufei called. "Apparently Naruto is host to some crazy nine-tailed fox who apparently likes to chew on people and just cause general mayhem."

"I knew about the chewing thing and I greatly dislike it," turning his head to see Naruto he continued. "Tell him he's not allowed to chew on me ok?"

Naruto snorted and said "I'll tell him…not that it will do much good…stupid thing is all about the chewing…and hasn't shut up with the roaring since he was put back behind bars…and I'll be broody if I want to teme!" he ended sending a very unbroody raspberry at Sasuke.

Sasuke smirked and said "You're not very good at it…so just give it up baka."

"So what, you think you have the market on it or something he teme? You ever have your house burned down around you 'cause the villager decided to try and kill the Kyuubi brat? No, I got as much right as anyone thank you very much." The blonde said turning and facing Sasuke crossing his arms over his chest and doing his best to glower at the other boy.

"I can beat that, they burned down Maxwell church, I'm the only survivor. It's where I got my last name," Duo said, watching with morbid fascination as his hand healed.

Turning and rising up a little Duo pointed at Wufei. "He wins though, they blew up his whole colony, and it'd be like if someone blew up Konoha."

Wufei rolled his eyes and chucked a pillow at Duo. "I love how freely you give out other people's personal information Maxwell." Duo just blew a raspberry at him in response.

Sasuke fidgeted in his seat…debating before muttering under his breath "And my older brother slaughter my entire clan except for me…."

Naruto blinked and laughed without humor before saying "Well aren't we just a bundle of fun, hey maybe we should start a club or something."

Jiraiya snorted and said "Gakis for brooding, I can just see it in neon signs."

"Nah," Duo said, using Sasuke to pull himself up into a sitting position. "I've always been known as the smiling shinigami and I don't intend to change." He said, flashing a feral grin.

Heero snorted. "I don't have a terrible story since I don't even know where I can from, I might not be able to be in your little group."

Duo rolled his eyes. "Please Hee-chan, you have brooding down to an art."

Naruto smirked and said "Hey if you have it down to an art maybe you could give me some pointers, since according to Sasuke I need practice."

Sasuke hunned under his breath and ignored Naruto and made sure Duo was comfortable before leaning forward staring at Duo's covered shoulder as if he could examine the wound through the bandages.

Realizing what he was after Duo tenderly poked the wound and winced. "If you wanna 'check on it, have at it," he said, pulling his hair aside. He'd never had time to re-braid it after their interrupted bath.

Heero hmed. "According to Duo you just sit and look bored," he responded, "though you strike me as more like Duo, he never shuts up."

Wufei chuckle. "You've been rather talkative too lately."

Naruto blinked and said "Yeah you got a point there…sitting still isn't exactly a strong point of mine either." A small genuine smile creeping up the corner of his lips.

Sasuke nodded at Duo and choosing to ignore the baka. He unwrapped Duo's shoulder. His eyes narrowed at what he reveal what looked like a hicky where the wound had been. His eye twitched at the sight of the completely healed bite mark happy the other boy was well…but not happy at all at the same time he glared at the shoulder like it was its fault his arms crossing over his chest.

Duo reached up, confused at Sasuke's stare. "What? Ohh," he said, noticing what it looked like. "Naru your pet fox gave me a permanent hickey," he called, laughing.

At this Naruto fell over "Wha?..." his eyes widened as he looked at the shoulder in question even as Sasuke turned his glare on Naruto...or rather his stomach where the seal was. "Gomen again Duo-kun ah…I….um…Sasuke that's kinda creeping me out could you not uh…stare so much." The blonde ended blushing and covering his stomach with his hands.

"Don't mind him, he's just mad foxy beat him to it," Duo said, winking at the squirming blonde and swatting Sasuke. "Quit it, I have two shoulders you can have the other one as long as you don't copy foxy and try to tear off my shoulder.".

Sasuke swung his head back to Duo's other shoulder and got a contemplative look on his face as he leaned forward a bit only to find himself slammed into the floor. Jiraiya scowled down at the raven haired boy under his foot and said "Oi, if you're gonna make a move on my son, do me a favor and do it when I'm not in the same room?"

Duo burst out laughing. "Sorry Sassy, my dad seems a bit protective."

Naruto thought it best not to point out that Kyuubi had been planning to eat Duo all together and chose instead to say "So would it be okay then if Duo made a move on Sasuke?" tilting his head to the side.

Which caused Duo to then choke on his laughter and blush scarlet. "Hey now…" he said nervously, eyeing Jiraiya.

Jiraiya didn't hesitate to give Duo a thumbs up and said "Hai of course that would be fine, after all he is my son." Nodding.

Naruto laughed and said "Thought so, so Sasuke just make it so Duo can't resist putting a move on you. That simple really."

Sasuke glared up at Naruto…which wasn't very effective as he was cherry red.

Duo blushed harder. "You guys are not very subtle with your matchmaking," he commented, raising an eyebrow.

Wufei laughed. "He may talk big but Duo is pretty shy," he said, which earned him a very specific finger from Duo.

Naruto laughed and said "Ah just trying to help a couple of friends out is all." Giving Duo a sausy wink.

Sasuke sat cross legged on the floor having finally been freed from Jiraiya his face red he looked up at Duo meeting the other boys eyes for a moment before looking away at the wall…the oh so interesting wall his arms crossed over his stomach a small pout tugging at the edges of his lips.

"Oh for fucks…" Huffing, Duo crawled to the edge of the bed and grabbed Sasuke's collar, forcing him to turn to Duo. "Perverts, the lot of you," he grumbled before smashing his lips to Sasuke's.

Sasuke's lips tugged up into a smirk as he pulled the other boy off the bed and onto his lap. The old man couldn't get mad cause Duo had made the first move. Wrapping his arms around the other boy Sasuke tilted Duo's head back and ran his tongue along Duo's bottom lip.

"Well hell….that…" Naruto trailed off turning scarlet as he did his best not to look at the scene unfolding in front of him…he had created a monster hadn't he?...

Duo blushed deeper, almost annoyed he'd been tricked. "Ah… no… Sasuke we… have an audience…" he mumbled, already breathless.

Heero rolled his eyes and stood up, dragging Wufei with him. "Going to go finish that bath now," he said, promptly dragged the blushing china man out the door.

The End:
Tora: see seee the slash is with me now! OO….and I am sooooo blushing right now 'hides face'

Hai: yes.

Iie: no.

Gomen: sorry.

Arigato: thanks.

Ojii-san: old man

Shinigami: God of Death, anyone who's familiar with Gundam knows this one.

…and I think those were all of our terms this time around? :Dannnnd if we say they mean this… then please trust us in some language they do! We've looked this stuff up people and remember there are multiple dialects involved.

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