A.N~ OMG OMG OMG I'M HERE LOL.. Thats all I have to say for the moment.. Oh! So like, Naruto's extremely smarter then usual in this chapter!

And there's something you guys need to be looking for. When Kyubi talks, his sentences may look like thoughts. Look closer..

'Thoughts'

"Kyubi speaking"

You see the difference right? Just be looking for that so you don't get confused!

Thanks Silent-Himitsu!

Itachi opened his eyes, trees and bushes filling his vision. Kisame sat against a tree across from him. He was still asleep. The man sighed, slipping his akatsuki cloak back over his shoulders. Itachi stood up and stretched slightly, hearing his joints crack quietly in response to his movements. Kisame snorted and opened his eyes, awakened by one particularly loud pop coming from his partner.

"Awake before me... No surprise there," he murmured, smirking a bit. He stood up as well, following Itachi into the trees. The Uchiha looked at something in front of them, but Kisame couldn't tell what exactly it was. He waited patiently for him to speak.

"The container should still be at his apartment. I don't believe he has anywhere to go today either, so don't mess around. This is supposed to be quick and unnoticeable."

"What about his teammates. Will they be stopping by this morning for anything?"

Itachi was quiet, turning slightly to look at him. Kisame snickered, "Even the greatest ninja makes mistakes."

"Yes. That's why I checked.." The Uchiha mumbled back, starting off towards the village.

Naruto rubbed his eyes, opening his microwave and getting out his soup. He shuffled over to his table and sat down.

'I hate the morning..' He groaned inwardly and pulled the covering off his instant ramen. The boy ate for a minute or two, getting halfway through the noodles and stopping. He sighed in an anxious manner, running his fingers through his messy, tangled hair. He couldn't get Sasuke out of his head. He knew something was wrong, something other then the curse mark. Something, or maybe someone. Naruto leaned over the table and scratched the wood quietly, watching it turn lighter and leave dust under his finger nail. He wondered how his sensei was doing and if he was alright too.

The last time he'd seen the man was in the forest, right after Orochimaru had finished pulverizing him. Naruto cursed the sannin and slammed his fist onto the table. He glared at the mark he had made while scratching the wood. He couldn't even begin the list of things he had in store for that snake. Most-.. All of his team was suffering because of that one man! He was making Sasuke's life hell along with Sakura's and his own.

Of course....

Before Orochimaru even showed up, Sasuke was acting strange... Lady Tsunade had tried to figure out what was wrong, but even with Kakashi's help she couldn't get Sasuke to tell them the truth. That time in the training field, where he and the others had first thought something was wrong... Sasuke had seemed almost blood thirsty. Naruto blinked and sat up a little, eyes widening as he continued to stare at the mark on the wood.

'Kakashi-sensei had told us about some kids that had been found the night before.. They had been bitten by something,' his memory fogged a little. Had it been scratched by something or bitten by something? Either way, almost all the events leading up to this point didn't seem like curse mark characteristics. Naruto scooted his chair back from the table and walked over to his window, crossing his arms and staring out in thought.

Sakura had known something.. She knew what was going on partially...

'After Sasuke had escaped the hospital.. And me and Sakura were looking for him.... She... She didn't seem like she was looking very hard. If she hadn't known where Sasuke was or where he was going to, she would have been looking around nonstop... Yet when I found her she was sitting on that bench almost right next to the spot we had split up to search...' Naruto's thoughts were swarming around in his head, slowly trying to piece something together. He tried to remember which direction she had ran off... It hadn't been towards the shops where she was supposed to be looking, it had been towards the apartments.. Where he had said he would search..

That would mean she was heading towards her apartment, maybe to check something?.. Naruto lifted one hand to his window and traced the frame slowly. How had he missed all of this? It was all so obvious!.. Hadn't his sensei noticed? Even for someone as oblivious as him couldn't have missed all of this so easily. Though he might have known some things too. The boy's nails slipped off the window frame and hit the glass, causing a loud thud. He didn't flinch, anger boiling at the thought of being left in the dark through all of this.

He shook his head, trying to calm down. Kakashi-sensei would tell him if he knew something... And so would Sakura.. Then again, he hadn't been told anything when Sasuke had gotten his curse mark.

'I already talked to Sakura about that... She just wanted to keep me from worrying.. Anyways, Sasuke had asked her not to tell anyone and since Sakura is Sakura she couldn't tell him no...' Naruto's finger started tracing the window again. If she had done it once, she could do it again. Sasuke might have told her not to say anything.. Maybe he even threatened her. He just couldn't imagine Sakura doing something like that.

The genin flinched a bit, something in the pit of his stomach moving.

"Never knew you'd be so clever, Naruto.. Hehehehe.."

'Shut up... Why are you even talking to me?'

"Your amusing when your thinking, especially when your actually getting somewhere," Kyubi snickered darkly, voice rumbling around in Naruto's gut. The boy was about to shut out the fox, but stopped.

'Do you know what's going on? If you do, tell me.'

"Why ruin it for you? Your doing so well on your own..."

'Until you showed up and destroyed my train of thought. Now tell me,' Naruto ordered, ignoring the demon's sarcastic remarks. The fox let out a low rumble, sending vibrations through his container's body.

"It's not like I see the future, you insignificant runt."

'I thought the Kyubi was powerful. Your a disappointment just as much as I am.'

"You don't act this way unless your determined. I'm almost surprised. I might tell you a little, but in return you have to give me something.." The fox made another low rumble, probably a growl. Naruto's eyes narrowed.

'If your idea of something is me breaking the seal a little, your demands are to high... Like you said, I'm clever. No matter if you do or don't tell me, I'll figure it out.'

"So sure of yourself, aren't you?... I wasn't actually planning on getting out, I gave up on that a while ago... Maybe.. Come to think of it, isn't Sasuke mad at you right now...?" This question made the boy get quiet, knowing exactly where this conversation was going. "Your silence is pointless. I know what you know, and you know he is. He is furious with you. If what I was going to tell you was something you could only figure out by Sasuke telling you, how do you plan to get him to talk...?"

Naruto continued his silence. He didn't want to hear anything the fox was saying about this topic. Much to his disappointment, the Kyubi was not finished.

"Maybe he'll ever talk to you..? Maybe... He's already talking to Sakura-"

'Would you be quiet, I'm trying to think... For something that can keep quiet for years, you sure do talk a lot..,' Naruto snapped angrily. The fox laughed, retreating back into its domain. The boy was seething now. His nails scraped down the window and accidentally hit his night stand. The genin flinched, ignoring the throb in his fingers as he saw his picture fall to the floor. He was to shocked to move, watching it flip and land on the floor. Naruto sighed, carefully picking up the frame without touching the small pieces of glass hanging off. He looked at which photo it was, tensing up. It was his photo of team seven, cracked and scraped a bit. He looked at it and sighed again, sitting down on his bed and beginning to wiggle the picture out from behind the glass. He placed it on his night stand after he got it out, then put the broken frame on the kitchen table and got out his broom.

'I almost forgot I had one of these..' He thought as he swept the glass into a dust pan. The boy stood up, blue eyes wandering around the room for his trash can. He dumped the glass, then walked back to the broken picture frame and started knocking the rest of it out onto the table. Naruto threw away the last pieces of glass and looked over the frame itself. It wasn't to bad, maybe scratched slightly but no one would notice unless you were deliberately looking for it. He groaned, realizing he'd have to go to the store and buy another glass covering for it. He had planned to rest today and relax a little more before he had to get dressed. The blond haired boy got up and slipped the photo back in, leaving it that way until he bought the glass.

Naruto walked over to his bathroom, turning on the shower and waiting for it to warm up. He picked out some clothes, though there wasn't much to choose from, and walked back into the bathroom. He undressed and stepped in, creeping under the spray slowly so he could get used to it. The genin waited a minute, still feeling as if the water was way too hot. He mumbled something, turning the knob slightly. He continued to, finally slamming the hot water off and leaving the cold water on.

"What in the world..," he snarled, stepping out of the boiling water. His shower did this sometimes, but usually this only happened when it rained or the people next door were shaking the floor. He wiped the steam from his mirror, scowling at his skin. Part of it was red and the rest was tan.

"Stupid shower." He told himself, drying off and getting his clothes on. He'd go without showering this morning.. Naruto breathed through his nose, noticing how steamy it was getting. He rolled his eyes and cursed a bit, grabbing the door knob and trying to turn it.

"What the heck... Come on..," he growled, trying to open it. The boy gave up with a loud, irritated roar, hitting it once out of annoyance. He coughed slightly, mist making it hard to breath. Naruto covered his nose and mouth, trying to block out the steam. He turned and realized it was so thick he couldn't see the shower. The boy tried the knob again, starting to think he'd have to break the door down. He headed for the bathtub, trying to turn it off. The lights went out, making this task more complicated. Naruto snarled angrily, trying to find where he was.

'What a way to die. I suffocated in my bathroom because of the steam.. This is a load of crap. Someone's messing with my apartment.' Naruto told himself, turning to where he thought was the door. He froze hearing someone. Before he could turn, he was knocked out.

A.N~ OMG!! Was it good? Was it terrible? Lol. Yea probably terrible.. Actually, I started panicking in my bathroom cause the knob was to slippery to turn and I was like, on the floor spassing out but then the door opened cause my arm hit it and i was like... a failure. But anyways!

PLEASE R&R I'M IN SUCH A GOOD MOOD AND I ACTUALLY

WROTE THIS CHAPTER IN 2 HOURS :) KEEP MY WRITING FLUIDS FLOWING GUYS!

~Tokashi