"I packed it up and had it sent to my new place." Naruto signaled in the opposite direction. "If we go that way though, we'll walk right past the market area."
"That's fine." He turned to the boy who was still staring at him with fear. "Not a word out of you as we make our way to Naruto's place."
The boy gulped.
"Pick a name for him idiot." Sasuke said, keeping his intense stare on the kid.
"Why should I?" Naruto was picking at his ear.
"Pick my name?" The boy was smiling. "Da-Naruto will pick my name?"
"Yeah. He will." Sasuke had let go of the boy's arm. "Or you can pick something. It doesn't matter just think of a name."
"I'm terrible at names." Naruto didn't want to play along.
"I don't… I don't know any names." The boy was looking at Sasuke with big sad eyes.
It made Sasuke uncomfortable. "Name. Now."
"I… I can't." The boy looked over at Naruto. "Please...Da-Naruto think of something for me."
"There's no way I can do that." Naruto was panicking. "Once you name them you get attached!"
"It's a kid, not a dog." Sasuke snapped back.
"Which is far worse!"
"It's a temporary name, idiot."
"Then you pick something."
"Fine." He turned down to the kid with a scowl. "Well, if he's Naruto, I guess you could be…" Sasuke was blushing now. "Tomato?"
"Tomato?" Naruto and the boy said in unison, their voice filled with confusion.
"What a crappy name!" Naruto screamed "Tomato? Might as well call him Salad."
"Well, what's your great idea you idiot! I told you to do it yourself!" Sasuke screamed back at them, his face red.
"Yeah I will you bastard!" Naruto screamed at Sasuke and then turned to look at the small boy in front of him. "In the pervy sage's book the hero was called Menma." Naruto had a wistful tone in his voice. He patted the kid's head. "Let's just call you Menma."
"Another food?" Sasuke was annoyed.
"It's better than tomato." Naruto was now in Sasuke's face.
"Not really." Sasuke rolled his eyes.
"I like that." The boy was smiling at Naruto. "I don't really know what a tomato or a menma are, but I like da-Naruto's name."
"Okay then kid if we meet anyone your name is Menma and you're here visiting from the Sand."
"Why the Sand?" Naruto asked following both Sasuke and the boy as they started walking at a fast pace towards the market.
"The Kazekage is the only one that would lie and say he knows him for your sake." Sasuke said indifferently as he continued to quicken his pace. Naruto was able to keep up, but the kid was rapidly falling behind.
Naruto slowed his pace. "You're a bastard Sasuke."
Sasuke stopped and turned back at him with confusion.
Naruto groaned and stopped walking. "Come here Menma. I'll carry you." The boy smiled and started running towards them.
"Why am I a bastard you idiot?" Sasuke sounded genuinely confused.
"Because I told you," he had a sad look in his eyes as he crouched on the ground to wait for the boy, "Once you name them… you get attached."