Naruto pushed the door open revealing to Sasuke his spotless apartment. The dark haired boy immediately got suspicious. Naruto had said his apartment was messy but it was cleaner that his house. So there had to be something that he was trying to hide. He watched Naruto carefully waiting for the blonde to give away what he was trying to hide. Naruto hesitated before heading to his bedroom. 'So it's in here.' Sasuke thought as the blonde rested his hand on the doorknob. His dark eyes landed on the light orange box on his bed.
Naruto ignored it and quickly retrieved his clothes. He was hoping that Sasuke would respect his privacy and leave the box undisturbed. No such luck. Sasuke burst into fits of laughter. Naruto looked behind him so find the Uchiha on the bed the box opened and the maid uniform in his hand. "Give me that!" Naruto shrieked grabbing the uniform from him. "Jiraiya gave it to me for my birthday. Wait not like that I didn't ask him for it, it was a gag gift." Naruto tried to explain.
"Have you tried it on yet?" Sasuke smirked.
Naruto's eyes widened. "Are you nuts?!?" He shouted. It seemed that his voice was getting higher with every word.
"Come on I'm sure Jiraiya bought it for a reason." Sasuke said.
"Yeah so I could become fodder for his perverted books!" Naruto said his voice becoming higher still. "And maybe so he could jack off to me!"
Sasuke burst into laughter again. "Yeah that seems like the old pervert."
Naruto blushed a little. Then he looked at Sasuke. "when we were younger you never laughed like that. I would think after all that training that you did with Orochimaru, you wouldn't laugh at all but…" He let his voice trail off.
"Well you're the second person that was ever able to make me laugh." He said sitting up. "The other was my brother. Sorry to compare you to him but before he murdered our clan, he was a really good guy. When I was really young I'd asked him to marry me. You tell anyone I said that and I'll make your life a living nightmare."
Naruto smirked. "Only if you wear the uniform."
"Try to put that on me and I'll tell everyone that you begged Jiraiya for it. I', sure he'd back me up if it meant it'd embarrass you."
Naruto knew the Uchiha was right so he just walked over to the closet and continued packing tossing the maid's outfit on his bed. Sasuke swiftly sealed it into a scroll and slipped it into his backpack he was going to get Naruto to wear it somehow. They talked a bit more as Naruto finished packing and then they went out to eat. Sasuke burned some woman's hair off for throwing a rock at Naruto and broke some guy's hand for bringing Naruto a dog bowl full of scraps at the restaurant. Naruto was a little angry but was more hurt that the villagers he had spent so much time trying to win over were treating him so badly.
"I gotta go say bye to Ichiraku before we leave." Naruto said getting up from the tale and stepping over the man who was now on the floor sobbing. Sasuke shouldered his bag and contemplated setting the entire building ablaze as he followed his blonde out.
"Hey Naruto how you been? Hope you're hungry." The man said cheerfully.
"Um hey, no I'm not hungry I just came to say goodbye." The blonde said looking away from the man.
"Last time you had to come say goodbye to me I didn't see you for years." He complained. "If you're going away for that long again you better write every once and a while."
Naruto smiled glad that he still had one villager on his side. "Don't worry I will." he smiled looking dead at the man. "And thanks again for saving my life all those years ago."
"Don't mention it."
"And you better come back to the village we'll be waiting for you." His daughter said(1).
Naruto smiled and hugged them both before heading to the Hokage tower. "You'll be going around the fire country checking on the status of the other villages that the leaf over sees. You'll be sending me weekly reports of the population and the economic state of the villages you visit. The entire mission will take about 5 years and all expenses will be paid. Will that do?" she asked handing a document over to Sasuke.
"Sure that will suffice and the village will be in enough trouble without 2 of their best Nin so maybe they'll learn to appreciate Naruto better. " He said sliding the document into his bag. He grabbed Naruto's hand and dragged him out of the office.
A/N: okay chapter 10 is up. Please read my other story Alley Cats And Stray Dogs (The contest winner's request) and check my profile to vote for who should be paired with Konohamaru. Until next time reviews are appreciated.