So sorry for the very long wait! It's been over TWO MONTHS! I feel so bad... (goes off to a corner to cry) Many people asked me if I was going to finish this story and "Naruto's Pet" and YES! I am going to finish them! Even if it kills me I will finish these stories! I'm thinking of only writing one-shots after they're over though... updating kills me... (BakaNekoSan's spirit suddenly flies out of her body)

Warning: OOC-ness of course. Nothing else really.

WINNER OF THE CONTEST: Oh, so many people guessed him, but there was only ONE person who did it using only ONE guess! (So please don't get mad at me if you did guess him and you're not on here. I'm not against you. This person just did it in one guess.) So I give the gold to Crystal Promise! Congrats! This chapy is dedicated to you! I only hope that it is worthy of being a prize. (I bow down)

Hopefully everyone is happy with it, but if they are not then I cry and try harder on the next chapy.

Here's the chapy:

Head Over Heels

Uchiha Sasuke lay with his face buried into the arm of his couch. The desire for sleep was almost unbearable and his eyelids fell over his onyx orbs many times, but as soon as he thought he was off to a peaceful sleep-

"Uhn… Sasuke…"

-the drunken dobe would toss and turn and make so many… sounds that Sasuke couldn't help but stay awake! It was an arousing event for the Uchiha, especially whenever Naruto decided to groan his name. Who would be able to sleep when they were fighting the strong and evil forces of a hard-on?! Well, whoever could had a stronger sense of self-control than Sasuke, that's for certain.

The two of them just shared their first real – very awkward and caused by the consumption of alcohol, but real all the same – kiss and Sasuke was itching for more, but restrained himself from making a move while Naruto was drunk, thus the reason he was sleeping on his uncomfortable couch.

A discouraged sigh was exhaled into the arm of the furniture and Sasuke tried clearing his mind of immoral thoughts, but something that he rather not think about took the place of his fantasies.

"I'm going on a hunt to find that ninja that hurt Naruto and started all of this damn drama."

Sasuke bolted up onto his knees and dug his nails into the furniture below him, wishing with all his being that the couch was Sai in its place. That damn bastard needed to die for this! Why did he have to be picked to go on the mission?! Did that stupid woman, Tsunade, possibly think that Sai could do a much better job to help Naruto?! If she did she was clearly out of her mind!

That's it. Tomorrow I'm going straight to the Hokage to demand that Sai be replaced with me!

The Uchiha mused over this for a moment then as soon as he thought his plan was completely flawless Naruto groaned from beneath the blankets on his bed. There was no way Sasuke was going to take the dobe with him to talk to Tsunade. It would feel awkward saying he wanted to do something for Naruto while she was there, plus – knowing Naruto – she would most likely want to go on the mission too when finding out what it was for… but Naruto wasn't capable of going out and doing such things, right?

"Uzumaki Naruto will need to see Dr. Sato for an exam once again before she is offered missions for Konoha."

The memory of the note the doctor sent to Naruto conveniently crossed the Uchiha's mind at that instant and he smirked.

Naruto did need to get a checkup… and what better time to get one than tomorrow?

-

"Teme… what was the reason for waking me up so early again…?" grumbled a very tired Uzumaki Naruto as she and the Uchiha walked down the streets of Konoha. She could feel the blood pulsing through the veins in her head, which didn't help her raging headache feel much better at all.

"I woke you up at twelve, Naruto, and it's so you can go and get checked out by your doctor like you're supposed to."

The blonde winced when a couple of kids nearby squealed. Oh, how she would have loved to kill them at that moment, but felt powerless to do so and to make things worse the damn fox within her wasn't even going to bother helping her pain go away! It said that she was fine without its help and could rid herself of the hangover since she caused it.

Baka Kyuubi… why the hell would you do something so cruel…?

"I wasn't the one who decided to drink, kit," spoke the fox in a tone that dripped with amusement.

But this may make the difference of being able to go out on missions or not and I really want to go.

"Whine, whine, whine. I swear you can't do anything by yourself."

Within a few short seconds the throbbing headache was gone as was the soreness her body felt.

"Don't expect me to be able to work my magic on every little problem you have. You have your own little cycle of things that will eventually come about and I can't do a thing to prevent it."

Yeah, yeah, I get it. I'll be fine.

What was the big deal for girls when they had their periods anyways? All they do is bleed, so why did they act so cranky about it? Naruto would show that she could master the period without breaking a sweat. They probably bitched about everything just to have an excuse to be mean to the guys and make them feel bad since they were "in so much pain!"

The hospital came in sight and Naruto felt her stomach do back flips. The memory of those ice-cold gloves was not going to fade away anytime soon and she was fearful of the doctor bringing them back out to touch her like the pervert he was!

There it was. The door of evil doom that held that manic doctor behind them… and she and Sasuke were about to go straight in! Naruto blinked. She turned her head to look over her shoulder to find that Sasuke wasn't following her and was standing off to the side watching her instead.

"What's wrong, Sasuke? You are coming in with me, right?"

There was a faint tremor that shook her voice and she watched the Uchiha attentively, hoping for a "duh" response, but-

"No, I have errands to do. This is where I leave."

His tone was so cold, and the response shocked Naruto. It wasn't like she was asking for much! She only wanted someone to be there so she wouldn't feel lonely.

"Hey, what about me, kit? I've always been there."

But you don't count! You can't… Naruto trailed off and flinched when Kyuubi laughed at the mental picture she envisioned.

"You want Uchiha to hold your hand?! Aw… you couldn't get any girlier than that!"

The blonde's cheeks stung from the embarrassment, but she was grateful that she was the only one that could hear what Kyuubi was saying. Was something like that so bad?! She always thought – even when she was a guy – that holding hands was kind of sweet, but this was something entirely different! She was scared out of her wits about those gloves! Why was she not allowed to hold someone's hand?!

Fear reflected in Naruto's eyes as they locked onto the impassive raven that was beginning to walk away from her.

"S-Sasuke!"

The Uchiha was caught off guard when a force pulled against him, demanding that he pause for a moment. The bend of his arm grew warmer than it originally was and sent a chill down his spine. Sasuke felt his body move almost mechanically to the motion and jerked his arm away from the warmth.

"Sasuke… I… I don't like seeing that doctor…"

A wounded expression crossed over the whiskered face at having her hand shoved away, but it was never acknowledged by the male. He only stood there with his back facing her.

"I've got things that need to be done, Naruto. My life doesn't revolve around watching you twenty-four-seven, so stop clinging to me. It's annoying."

Sasuke knew he was being unfair and harsh about this, but the risk of attempting to be nice about it would cause emotions to alter into actions like the past night.

Naruto was frozen in a state of shock and could do nothing but stare blankly at the Uchiha's back. His words stung and brought about an uncomfortable beat of her heart she had not experienced many times before, but she was familiar with it. How many times had she been left out of things when she was little, and how many times did she have to put up with people telling her how annoying she was? Every time these occurrences would take place she had a similar feeling to the one she suffered now, but this time it hit a little deeper and hurt a little more. So much for the so-called "it may not seem like it at times, but I really do care for you" speech that Sasuke had given Naruto only last night! She really admired him for it too! That vision just broke into a million pieces.

"Oh, is that so?" retorted the blonde in a rage that was slowly surfacing. "Well, I think you should get something straight with that damn comment."

She detected the raven's head turn in her direction just slightly and she bit her lip before going on to keep herself in check.

"You're wrong. I'm not 'clinging' to you at all. I would never 'cling' to you even if you were the last person standing here with me. I'd rather 'cling' to anyone else like Lee, or Kiba, or Neji, or… or Sai; anyone but you!"

Sasuke visibly flinched at the response. The urge to round on Naruto and yell back at her ran through his mind so fast that he whipped around right when she was about to take her leave to enter the hospital. He snatched at her arm and pulled her back towards him.

The blonde gasped in surprise to the action and tried fighting from being turned around to face him; her eyes had swelled with tears and they were close to falling. She didn't want the insensitive jerk to see her cry.

"Let go of me, teme!"

"Not before I get it through your thick skull that you're an idiot for getting so worked up over nothing, d-"

Stunning azure eyes glistening with tears ready to fall and soft, whiskered cheeks tinted slightly with a pink shade and tearstains trailing them already met with the onyx eyes when he came out the victor in spinning Naruto around. His heart was jumpstarted at the sight and he felt his mood calm down almost instantly.

"Baka…" he whispered with a hint of comfort in his voice. He loosened the grip on her arms and ever so slowly let them drift up to her shoulders, "why are you…" he trailed off when her eyes slowly directed their attention to his and a lump formed in his throat when peering down at her soft lips. It hadn't even been a full day since his lips met with hers very passionately.

"Mm… N-Naruto…"

A lustful heat engulfed Sasuke's body that was similar to the one he experienced the previous night. His hands felt moist and he panicked – Uchiha Sasuke never suffered from sweaty palms! Never! He removed his hands from the perplexed female's shoulders and grabbed her face roughly, but to his amazement he refrained from locking lips and instead wiped her cheeks of the remaining tears.

"Don't look so vulnerable around me… it… it drives me crazy."

The two were aware of the extreme change in atmosphere and slowly parted away from each other after Sasuke had finished with rubbing her cheeks gently.

"It's not like I did it on purpose…" Naruto spoke softly while gazing at the ground. The awkwardness of the moment forced her to take the initiative and bring the conversation in another direction, "I thought you had something really important to go and see about. What happened to the rush you were in?"

"Oh…"

Sasuke was a little reluctant to going now, but Naruto didn't appear frustrated with him about it any longer as she wiped her eyes with her sleeve.

"Right."

He placed his hand atop of Naruto's head and ruffled her hair gently, receiving a crude remark from the blonde in doing so and he smiled. His heart still fluttered around in his chest and he couldn't help his action of forcing his palm down in front of her eyes.

"Teme, what the hell are you trying to do?" grumbled Naruto moodily.

Sasuke removed his hand and shifted it to grasp the back of Naruto's blonde head, traced the other around her waist, and placed his forehead against hers, looking her straight in the eyes.

"You'll be fine with the doctor. I promise."

A tingling sensation spread through Naruto's cheeks at the face-to-face, nose-to-nose contact they had going on.

"Um… Sasuke…?"

"Yeah?"

Naruto made a glance at either side of her then met Sasuke's eyes again. "You do know that everyone in the vicinity is staring, right?"

The Uchiha's hands flew off Naruto in a matter of seconds and his face failed in masking away his embarrassment. The scene Sasuke provided humored Naruto and she laughed while making her way into the hospital alone.

Damn… thought the raven, turning an even darker shade when Naruto found his embarrassment to be something to ridicule, I keep forgetting about the people surrounding us sometimes when I do things like that… It's no wonder there's rumors going around about me too…

With a sore pride Sasuke marched to the Hokage's office, throwing death glares at anyone who dared to give him a funny look as he went.

-

"Miss Uzumaki Naruto! Looking just as cute as ever!" chorused Dr. Sato in a sing-song voice once he spotted the irritated blonde standing outside his office.

"Call me 'miss' or 'cute' ever again and people will start giving you the same titles," said the blonde in a seething hiss upon entering the office of doom where she was sure to endure the humiliation of spreading her legs for this guy yet again.

I guess it's a good thing Sasuke isn't here then… that would only further the embarrassment I'd have to suffer.

She plopped herself on the examining table that the doctor gestured to and waited patiently for the inevitable outcome of this checkup.

"Well, it appears that Naru-chan has been developing rather nicely," the doctor said when he gave her entire body a glance, "how exactly did-"

"Kyuubi," muttered the blonde angrily.

"Oh, come now. You're not still sore at me for that are you? If you're going to be a woman then go all out, I say. You're going to need all the looks you can get to find yourself a strong mate to knock you up!"

Keep on and I'll come in there and knock you out!

The fox scrunched its nose up and fell silent as Naruto watched the doctor scribbling down a few things on his clipboard.

"Tell me, Naru-chan, did you enjoy having ramen at a discount the other day?"

"Yeah," started the blonde suspiciously, "why?"

The doctor tapped her head with the clipboard and smiled, "Oh, I thought you would like a treat when departing from the hospital, so I made a call and pulled a few strings all for you."

That was a little surprising for Naruto. Here she had thought it was Sasuke that had done it just so he could save a little money when in all actuality it was Dr. Sato. She felt a little guilty now for all the nasty thoughts about Sasuke she envisioned at the time.

Though… it kind of depressed her that it wasn't Sasuke that thought about her like that.

"Oh, thanks. I didn't realize you knew that much about me."

Naruto smiled. Maybe Sasuke was right. The doctor wasn't all that bad once you get pass the fact that he went and flipped her gender around completely… Ok, so maybe she wasn't willing to forgive him yet, but still… she was trying.

"Oh, but you don't understand, Naru-chan, I don't know the first thing about you. It was that… uh… the Uchiha boy, right; he was the one who tipped me off that you loved ramen and suggested that I should make a call or two for you. When he found out the ramen bar agreed he said he would take you by there to buy you as much ramen as you wanted. I think it's great that you have such a dedicated friend, Naruto, he's really very swe-"

When the doctor glanced up from his clipboard he took to a defensive position behind the scrap of wood and paper. Her face looked too serious for his liking. "I'm sorry for whatever I said! I'll take it back! Just don't throw the scalpel at me again! I'm still recovering from the last one you hit me with!"

"What's wrong now, kit? I can't tell what you're thinking anymore."

Naruto glanced away from the cowering doctor and sighed.

I don't even know what I'm thinking anymore, Kyuubi… I'm not mad… and I'm not happy… I just… bit by bit... fall…

Kyuubi waited for a moment for Naruto to continue, but when she didn't it added on for her, "head over heels."

-

It took nearly an hour for Sasuke to get the chance to talk to the Hokage alone. He was finally able to enter the room once everyone she had assigned missions left, but the response to the demand he made for overtaking Sai's mission was pretty much what he had expected from Tsunade.

"So, you want me to call back Sai from his mission, and redo all of the paperwork based off said mission just because you suddenly felt like taking it?"

"Yes."

Tsunade felt her temples throb in anger to the arrogance thrown in her face at that one word being spoken.

"Absolutely not."

Sasuke narrowed his eyes and grit his teeth in annoyance. He wasn't one that liked hearing 'no' from anybody – even though he had expected it; it still irritated him to no end.

Just as he was about to speak the Hokage interrupted him, "Why do you have this sudden urge to take the task? You're not trying to get out of range from Konoha to make a means of escape, are you?"

Missions that took place outside of Konoha were not trusted to Sasuke as of yet. Very few people relied on the Uchiha at this point, so if he were to go outside of the village boundaries he would always be accompanied by a teammate in case he got the "sudden urge" to betray the village again.

"If I wanted to escape I wouldn't wait for you to assign me to do something outside the village."

"That may be so, Sasuke, but it doesn't tell me why you are trying to override this mission that doesn't even belong to you."

Here it goes. It was going to break every ounce of pride he held within him, but Sasuke had to admit it to the Hokage in hopes that she would at least consider having him go and join Sai.

"It's because I-"

"AH-HA!"

Both the Hokage and Sasuke visibly jumped to the sound of the door slamming against the wall and the piercing voice that belonged to none other than – Sasuke mentally groaned – Uzumaki Naruto.

"This was the important thing that you just had to rush off to while I'm stuck with that damn doctor?! Stealing away a mission from someone else just so you can get the spotlight?" Naruto crossed her arms disgustedly. "Well, I'm sorry, but I won't allow for that to happen because-" She darted to the edge of the Hokage's desk and gave the female an adorably cute pleading look, "Tsunade-sama is going to let me go instead, right?!"

The blonde slapped down a piece of paper in front of Tsunade that clearly stated that Uzumaki Naruto was now allowed to be assigned missions. Naruto jumped up and down excitedly; she hadn't been assigned anything since that incident and she was itching to go on the best mission that Tsunade had ready.

And Sasuke always gets the best missions! Not this time!

A sudden jerk of Naruto's elbow sent the blonde to fall back against a very disgruntled raven. He glared down at her with the intent to kill.

"Eh? What's your problem?"

Sasuke growled. Was the answer not obvious?!

"You can't go on this mission because I am!"

"Teme, the only reason I want it so badly is because you do too. I mean, come on, you're fighting Tsunade to get!"

"You don't even know what this mission is about, do you?!"

Naruto grinned.

"Nope, but it must be a pretty damn good one!"

That was it. Sasuke was about to kill Naruto. She came in and ruined everything!

The Hokage made a rather load 'ahem' to grab both of the youths' attention.

"Sasuke, you never explained your desire to take the mission."

This excited Naruto and she loved to help rub it in. "Yeah, Sasuke, why did you want the mission so badly that you would leave me all alone with the doctor after I asked you nicely to stay?"

Tsunade half smiled when the Uchiha fidgeted uncomfortably under the pressure of having to provide an answer to the question.

"I…" Sasuke clenched his fists and turned away from the Hokage, "Since you won't give it to me anyways it really doesn't matter why I wanted it. Come on, Naruto. She won't give it to you either so we might as well go back to my house…"

So I can strangle you when we get there!

"Hold that thought, Sasuke," Tsunade stopped both the raven and the blonde with this. "Now that Naruto is well enough to be assigned missions it's obvious that she can take care of herself. She will be returning to her own home now." She turned her gaze over to Naruto. "You can go by his house to pick up anything you left over there."

Onyx and azure eyes met almost immediately at this news. They had forgotten about the time limit for her stay was only two days anyways, but they nearly choked at the reality in hearing this.

"That's good."

The comment surprised Naruto and she whipped her head around to Sasuke, who appeared to be relieved by the news.

"Maybe I can relax now since there won't be anyone there to annoy the hell out of me for every second of the day."

"What?! What do you mean by that?! I didn't think that I was-"

Sasuke eyed Naruto skeptically. "You didn't think you were annoying? Of course you wouldn't. You have to live with yourself everyday."

"Th-that's not the point, teme! I thought… maybe…" Naruto met his gaze and gave him a mournful look that obviously said it all because the Uchiha's eyes widened a fraction and his cheeks flushed slightly. That was when Naruto came to realize what she was doing and she felt her face heat up in humiliation. "N-Never mind. It was nothing… Just a… passing thought I guess…" She turned quickly to the Hokage and said a quick farewell before dismissing herself.

Once Naruto was out of the room Tsunade kept her focus on Sasuke. The male looked to still be in a flustered state over the look Naruto gave him. The Hokage wasn't stupid or slow; she understood everything very clearly. Before that little act had taken off she knew Sasuke's reason for taking over the mission. It was obvious the moment Naruto walked through the door.

"Why are men so stupid?" she asked herself loud enough for Sasuke to hear and got a rise out him for it, but went on before he had the chance to snap at her, "If you wanted her to stay at your house a little longer then you should have said so in the first place instead of rubbing in how "elated" you are with her finally leaving."

Sasuke felt a little nauseous. The only reason he said that was to keep his feeling from emerging. He really should have said something like, "she's not capable of taking care of herself yet" because it wouldn't expose him and it was true! She still had no clue as to how dangerous it was for her to be around guys when she had such an innocent mind going up against foul and immoral ones that would mentally undress her and rape her, and he didn't want to think about what their bodies would do to her.

But more than anything… he wanted to tell Naruto of his feelings for her, but he was – Sasuke exhaled heavily – afraid of the response she would give him.

Without even glancing at the Hokage he left the office in silence. That was something he would have to get used to after having Naruto around for a couple days: complete silence.

-

Naruto bounded into her home with an exuberance of finally being in her own house where she could do anything she wanted without someone yelling at her! She rapidly tackled her bed and was thankful to be resting on it when feeling the soft mattress sink in a little. She was more accustomed to her own bed compared to Sasuke's.

…

"Head over heels, kit."

Shut up, Kyuubi, I'm tired of hearing you say that…

"Is that not what it is, though?"

Maybe…

"Well, I think this is better for you. Sure, Uchiha would be a strong mate for you, but there is more to the male population and I'm sure you can find many that are even stronger than Uchiha. Take his brother for example."

But Itachi is dead, Kyuubi, and I hated his guts, remember?

"I was only saying that there are others out there that are worthy of being your mate is all, and the stronger, the better. Remember what I told you before? That it can't be just any guy to-"

I got it the first time you told me, Kyuubi. If I screw up with picking a mate then this will happen and that will happen… blah, blah, blah… I could care less, you know? And I'm really tired, so can you leave me alone…?

"You may not believe me, kit, but I do worry about you. That's the only reason I told you all the truths to your future pregnancy. That so-called doctor couldn't tell you the things I could."

I'm not getting… pregnant… Kyuubi…

The pillow felt so comfortable under Naruto's head that she didn't even realize that she had drifted off to sleep while talking to the fox.

"Hm… Naruto doesn't take me seriously with this pregnancy business… Not only would the baby suffer if she picks the wrong mate… Naruto would be in danger too… I think I should take over for a while and go see Uchiha about this. He'll take me seriously…"

Knock Knock

Naruto blinked her eyes open and yawned.

"Damn… I should have done this last night when I had the chance."

Naruto sat up and felt a little dizzy in doing so, but removed herself from the bed regardless.

Why does this happen when I'm trying to sleep?

A fleeting thought caused her to perk up a bit.

Could it be Sasuke?

Who else would visit Naruto – other than the hundreds of other citizens that resided in Konoha? All Naruto knew was that she wanted it to be Sasuke, so it had to be Sasuke.

"Yes?" questioned the blonde upon opening the door only to be disappointed when seeing that it… wasn't Sasuke. "Oh, hey…"

"Damn, Naruto, calm down or you might run me over with that enthusiasm you have!" spoke the visitor's sarcastic voice.

Naruto rolled her eyes and thought of shutting the door in the male's face. "Sorry, Kiba… I was just expecting someone else is all… what do you want?"

Kiba automatically invited himself into Naruto's house while Naruto closed the door. She felt a little moody that he marched right in, but she was too tired to argue.

"Oh… I just wanted to talk was all… um… Naruto?"

"Yes?"

"What are you hiding under your shirt? A couple of melons or-!" he stopped himself when Naruto gave him the "you're-an-idiot" and "go-die" looks. "Oh... shit… you've come a long way in just two days!"

"Shut up, Kiba. I don't want to talk about my body. It sickens me."

"Hey, I think you should be grateful! What woman wouldn't want this body?!"

I'M NOT A WOMAN, KYUUBI!

The blonde jumped when Kiba made a high-pitched whistle.

"It sickens me too. No woman should have a body like this! It's too dangerous!"

"There, see. Someone appreciates my fine work."

"What do you want, Kiba?!" Naruto now blocked out anything Kyuubi said and was tempted to show Kiba just how "dangerous" she was; the two of them were really getting on her last nerve! "I was in the middle of a nap and I would like to get back to it."

The male took a long pause.

For a while Naruto thought she would have to ask the question again, but he finally came out with, "Naruto, I always thought you were a really great guy when you were a guy, but now that you're a girl… I'm kinda thinking that well, maybe we could go past our good friendship and start an even better relationship together."

Naruto's eyes widened at what Kiba was hinting at, but she didn't want to believe it. No. She wouldn't believe it!

Kiba's face reddened at what he was saying, but he continued on with, "So, what I'm asking is… will you go out with me?"

Gasp, the cliff hangers! A joy for the writer, a horror for the reader... I just hope that this chapter was worth it. I was iffy with it and I spent only one day on it. (I wrote the beginning last night, but something screwy happened to it and it was deleted from my file when I got on the compy this morning! I nearly cried when I couldn't find it and I almost decided to NOT write it! But as you can tell, I did...

Can anyone believe that all of this only took up about two sentences in my outline? This chapter isn't LONG, but it was longer than I wanted it to be...

To preview or not to preview? That is the question... I'll leave the next chapter up to your imagination! Yay!

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