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Madara paced back and forth within the confines of his office located deep inside the Akatsuki hideout. He needed a plan, but how could he possibly get the Kyuubi from within the walls of Suna? Their previous attack to gain Shukaku had failed! Now they would be up against two demons.

Madara sat at his desk, and interlaced his fingers. "How shall I go about this?" he contemplated.

Suddenly, an idea struck him. He smiled under his mask as he teleported himself to Itachi and Kisame's location.

Naruto set off on his way to Gaara's office to see if he was free for lunch. He knocked on the door lightly. "Come in." came the tired response.

Naruto walked into the office, and took in Gaara's appearance. "Hey, do you still want to do lunch?" he asked.

Gaara ran a hand through his hair as he looked up at the blonde angel. "Naruto, I would love to...but…" Gaara's voice trailed off as he looked down at his paperwork. There had been some kind of mini crisis at the greenhouse, and he was expected to fix it. All that really meant was switching budgets around to allow for repairs; but that meant taking money from another budget! All this math was starting to make him go insane!

Naruto walked over to the desk, reading a couple of the notices. "Yeah, I see. You're busy." Naruto's voice was cold.

Teal eyes snapped up, searching for blue ones. "Naruto, can we postpone until tomorrow? I really am swamped!" he pleaded. Gaara really wanted this alone time with the blonde.

Naruto sighed. "Yeah, I guess so. I'll let you finish." he said, turning to exit the office. He stopped at the door. "You'd better not cancel on me tomorrow!" he warned over his shoulder. Naruto slammed the large door and stalked back to the mansion.

Making his way through the large home, he went upstairs to his bedroom and collapsed on the bed. "Man, why did Gaara have to cancel? Now what am I going to do all day?"

Itachi and Kisame ran through Earth Country.

"Itachi, I've got this sinking feeling that we're going the wrong way!" the sword user shouted at his partner.

"Oh, I'm sorry Kisame, I forgot that you were the one with the chakra reading eyes!" Itachi snarled.

Kisame visibly withdrew. "I'll be quiet."

Before either could react, a man came into their field of vision. They stopped right before the visage of Madara Uchiha.

"Why hello you two!" Madara nearly cackled. "Itachi, I'm surprised you missed the Kyuubi's chakra over in Wind Country."

Kisame shot Itachi a look that clearly said, 'I told you so~!'

"Oh, really? How interesting. I sensed him in this direction." Itachi lied. "It must be your superior eyes that let you see him back there." Itachi hoped that stroking the older man's ego would do the trick.

Madara scratched his chin. "It is true that your eyes are extremely inferior to mine." Itachi's idea seemed to have worked. "It's no matter though, you've been reassigned."

Both Itachi and Kisame's head shot up. "What do you mean?" the blue man asked.

"I'm taking you off Kyuubi and sending you to Shukaku." Madara stated.

Relief flooded Itachi, not that he let it show, he didn't have to pursue Minato's son any longer. "Alright." he stated, showing his understanding. "Let's go Kisame." Itachi turned around to head back to Suna.

Kisame followed, curious as to why they had been reassigned.

Naruto got up off the bed. 'Just because Gaara cancelled on me, doesn't mean I can't go out!'

He walked down the stairs and out of the mansion into the fresh air. He took a deep breath. "Ahh!" he sighed. "Now, what shall I do?"

"Are you asking me?" replied some random guy on the street.

Naruto turned his head and blushed. "Ah, no, actually I was asking myself." he said, scratching the back of his head in embarrassment.

"Oh." said the man, resuming his trek down the street.

"Well that was strange." Naruto whispered. The blonde tapped his chin, resuming his thought process. His mind immediately went to a certain brunette. 'I wonder what Kiba is doing!'

"Hey, Itachi?" Kisame prompted, running alongside his partner.

"What is it Kisame?" Itachi responded, thoroughly annoyed.

"Why do you think we got reassigned?" Kisame wondered. "I mean, does he not think we're strong enough?"

"Kisame, don't ask retarded questions." was all Itachi answered, picking up some speed to get away from the aggravating man.

Kiba sat in his hotel, grooming his large companion, who barked appreciatively.

Kiba laughed as Akamaru's eye rolled back and his tail wagged uncontrollably. His ministrations were interrupted by a knock on the door.

Akamaru sniffed. "Naruto." he barked.

Kiba got off the bed excitedly. 'Naruto is here to see me?' As he reached the door, he ran his hands through his hair, and smoothed out his clothes. The brunette grabbed the handle and swung the door open. "Hey Naruto." Kiba smiled.

"Hey Kiba! Whatcha up to?" he asked, inviting himself into the small room. "Hi Akamaru!" he called, spotting the large dog.

Kiba picked up the abandoned brush. "Oh, I'm just grooming Akamaru."

"Yes, which you so rudely interrupted." the dog snapped, sticking his nose up at Naruto.

The blonde laughed. "Whoops, sorry Aka!"

The large dog eyed the man suspiciously. 'Did he understand me?'

"Hey, I thought you and Gaara were supposed to go for lunch." Kiba stated, confused at the blonde's presence; not that he was complaining.

"Yeah, we were, but he bailed on me." Naruto said, taking the brush from Kiba and stroking the dog's fur.

"Oh." Kiba replied, a smirk on his face. Yes, he was glad that Gaara had given up on the alone time.

"Hooray! Gaara cancelled!" Akamaru barked.

"Hey! Don't be so happy! Gaara's my friend, and I really wanted to go out for lunch!" Naruto replied, smacking the dog playfully on the back with the brush.

"Hey, but if you went to lunch, you wouldn't be here to brush me!"

Naruto just laughed.

Now Akamaru was sure Naruto could understand him! 'This is an interesting development.'

"So, Naruto." Kiba started, getting the man's attention. "Do you still want to go for lunch? You could always go with me!" he suggested.

Naruto's face lit up. "Really? That would be awesome!" he exclaimed, pumping a fist into the air.

Kiba laughed as he went to grab his jacket. "Yeah, let's go."

Madara sighed as he walked to his next location, he hated doing this. "SENPAI!" he screamed, running up to a blonde, as if he had too much caffeine in his system. "Senpai! I just got a message from leader!" he yelled.

The blonde sighed. "What is it?"

"We were reassigned to Kyuubi!" he yelled. "Is Tobi a good boy?" Madara jabbed his finger into his chest to emphasize his point.

Deidara sighed. "Yes, for once Tobi, you are a good boy."

Madara got up and started to dance around, his arms flailing in all directions. "Senapi thinks Tobi is a good boy!" he screamed, making Deidara wince.

"So, did you get any indication of where Kyuubi was?" Deidara asked, sighing at his hyperactive partner.

"Yes! Leader telled Tobi that Naruto is in Suna!" Madara cried, forcing himself to speak like an idiot.

"Alright, we'd better get going then." Deidara said, lifting himself from the chair. "We've got about a day's run ahead of us."

Kiba, Naruto, and Akamaru made their way down to the entertainment district to find a restraint. "So, Naruto, what do you want for lunch?" the brunette asked.

"Hmmm." Naruto said, tapping his chin in thought. "I'm not sure, I didn't really think about it!"

Kiba looked around and spotted a little café. "How about there?" he said, point to said location.

Naruto looked over. "Hey, that looks great! And it's outside, so they'll allow Akamaru to join us!"

The trio walked over and sat at one of the tables and ordered their food from a waiter. They talked and laughed, and reminisced. As Naruto watched his friend speak, he couldn't help noticing a strange feeling in his gut. It didn't feel like he was sick, in fact it was almost a pleasant sensation, but he just couldn't place it.

Their food came, and they lapsed into a comfortable silence as they ate. Naruto found himself unable to take his eyes off the other man, and he felt his lungs seize every time those chocolate eyes would make contact with his own blue ones. 'What the hell is wrong with me?' he wondered.

Once they had all finished their lunches, they began to walk around the village, trying to see how much they could remember from their tour, when suddenly Shikamaru popped up.

"Come on Kiba! You're the one that had your name added to my mission, the least you could do is help me with it!" the genius yelled.

Kiba sighed. "Well, I guess you're right." He turned to Naruto. "I'll see you later, ok?"

Naruto sighed as well, nodding his head, and waved as Kiba ran off with Shikamaru. The blonde felt a tightness around his heart as he watched the brunette leave. 'What the hell?'

Deidara had decided that they should walk, and Madara was getting bored. He began running through the trees, making zig-zags through them. "Oooo, Senpai!" He shouted, spotting a dango stand. "Tobi is so exhausted! Can we stop for some dango? Tobi needs food to keep his energy up~!" Madara swung his arms around and jumped up and down. "Senpai, we go get dango now!" he shouted, running up to the small shop and ordering two plates of the treat.

Deidara simply stood, rooted in his spot. "Like hell you're exhausted!" But he begrudgingly followed, not minding the distraction one bit.

Naruto made his way back into the large mansion, having nothing else to do, and walked into the library. He scanned the books, and found one on human psychology. 'Maybe I can figure out why my body was reacting the way it was today!'

He searched through the table of contents. "Ok, let's see…" he scanned, running his finger across the words, searching for what he wanted. "Ah, here we go! Psychosomatic responses!"

Naruto flipped to the correct page and read. "Psychosomatic response is the reaction of the mind that creates a physical condition change just from the belief that something has actually happened."

He thought back to his reactions. He then flipped to the section in the chapter on emotional psychosomatic responses. Scanning the list of symptoms, he matched up what had happened. He moved his finger to find what emotion it was. "Attraction or love?" he asked the book.

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