Interlude - A meeting of the minds

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Boarding School Juliet or any other referenced work

Author's Note:

Names convention

People from Touwa and Naruto:-

Lastname Firstname

Example:- Inuzuka Romio

People from the West Duchy:-

Firstname Lastname

Example:- Juliet Persia

Author's note:-

It isn't really necessary for the story to know which dimension Sasuke has been dumped in.

But if you want to know more you can check out my oneshot 'Uchiha Sasuke: Hell Chronicles.'

He's basically in Highschool DxD.

Tailed beasts' shared mindscape

Naruto looked around the dark landscape. The ground a pale dark green, which rippled like water when he walked on it. He turned his head left and right, but found nothing in the vast expanse of darkness. He turned around and found Kurama behind him, lying on all fours and resting his head on his fore-paws.

Kurama rumbled, "do we really need him?" He glowered at the floor, "tch. To ask a favor of an Uchiha. Never thought we'd stoop so low."

Naruto shrugged, "hey, we need the whole team to do this. Gotta sell the act you know." Naruto chuckled. "What better actor than Sasuke to convince everyone."

Kurama barked a laugh. "Yes, his insanity is something else." He looked away into the distance, his eyes flitting left and right as if searching for something. "Father should've just given you all of his power. Don't know why he felt the need to share it with that prick."

Naruto looked panicked. "O-Oi! Don't go putting that kind of responsibility on me!" He stared at the beast with wide eyes. "I-I just convinced myself to follow through with this."

Kurama smirked at his container. "Ah, yes. The power of love. All it took was a pretty girl's kiss was it?" Naruto burst into a blush and weakly glared at the beast. Kurama chuckled. "Maybe I should've tempted you myself."

Naruto shivered. "No, thanks. I don't want to kiss you."

Kurama snickered. "Your loss," he said, his eyes still searching for something in the dark space. "Your daughter knows what a great lover I am!" His tails danced behind him as he laughed.

Naruto raised a brow. "Kurama, you pressed a freaking button on a game console." He shook his head. "That's not a real relationship-"

Kurama scoffed. "Y-You're just jealous of my nine tailed swagger." He tried to pretend that he didn't stammer.

Naruto rolled his eyes. "Aren't you divorced?"

Kurama barked. "That doesn't count! I just pressed a button!" Naruto grinned, Kurama's eyes widened. The beast growled. "Don't you dare confuse me!"

Naruto sighed. "Dude, stop chasing girls who aren't interested. That's creepy." He chuckled. "Wow, the nine tailed fox is an evil ex now."

The beast glared. "At least I'm watching over her! Do you see the way she flirts!" Naruto's eyes shot open in surprise. Kurama continued, "she's just like you! Flirting left and right! If I wasn't keeping tabs on her she'd have hooked up with someone already!" He scowled at Naruto. "Do you want me to keep an eye on her or not!"

Naruto rapidly nodded his head. "Y-Yeah! No dating till she's thirty!" He punched a fist into his palm and snarled. "I won't trust any guy with my princess!"

Kurama raised a brow. "…princess? Over protective much?"

Naruto pouted. "S-Shut up! I just got her, I won't let anyone steal her away!" He ran a hand down his face and groaned. "Just… just why can't she be more responsible? Four months of hard earned cash. She blew it in a single week." He gulped. "T-This company thing better work, o-or I won't be able to afford her spending habits."

Kurama hummed for a while. Relishing the sight of his container despairing. It reminded of his own father, the Sage, for some reason. How the Sage complained and bitched at him and his siblings during his younger days. Kurama grinned. The Sage may be all wise and powerful, but times like that showed how he was as mortal as everyone else.

Which was why their plan would give him a second chance with humanity.

…okay maybe not give but force a second chance on him.

But it was better than him looking down upon humanity with regret and disappointment for all of eternity.

Kurama idly commented, "why don't you get her a job? That'll keep her busy."

Naruto pursed his lips in thought, his eyes then brightened. "Hey, now that ain't a bad-"

Kurama interrupted him. "Stay sharp. Found the Uchiha."

The mindscape immediately boomed with a menacing snarl.

"Who the hell is this! Answer me!"

Naruto scratched his head. "Yo… sup, bastard?" He chuckled. "Long time no see."

"…Naruto."

Naruto smiled.

"Sasuke."

"Hah. Your voice is as annoying as ever."

Naruto grinned.

"And yours is as bastardy as ever."

The Uchiha let out a mocking laugh.

"Really. You have a gift for words. Your verbal prowess hasn't decreased I see."

Naruto scoffed. "You think you're so hot. Boy, that's rot. Bow down buddy. 'Cause I'm the hero of this plot."

"…what?"

Naruto grinned at the perplexed tone of the Uchiha. "What's wrong, Sasuke? Surprised? It's been more than a year. Did you expect me to be the same?"

"Just… just what do you want? How did you even reach me?"

"You okay coming here? Into the mindscape."

"…you'll keep annoying me until I do. Won't you?"

Naruto chuckled. "You know me so well, bastard."

Sasuke sighed.

"Fine. Wait for my okay."

Naruto shrugged and sat down, crossing his legs. He looked around in the vast expanse of darkness to occupy himself. He scratched his cheek, hoping he won't have to wait long. He was already getting bored.

Good thing the Uchiha provided the entertainment.

"No… No… That looks horrible on you."

Naruto's brow furrowed.

"Oi? What?" said the Uzumaki, confused.

"What do you mean I'm supposed to wear it! It's pink!"

Naruto turned to Kurama, "is he talking to someone else?" Naruto chuckled at the exasperation in the Uchiha's tone.

Kurama grinned. "Wanna hear the other side of the conversation?"

Naruto grinned back, "you can do that?"

Kurama just smirked and snapped his fingers.

A feminine voice complained.

"Come on, Kara-chan! You'd look so cute! And we'd be wearing matching clothes!" She giggled. "Not that your pouty face isn't cute but you'd be waay cuter! Cute-xplosion!"

Sasuke sounded offended.

"I'm not cute! I'm not supposed to be cute! And I will never be cute!"

The feminine voice commanded cheerily.

"As your leader I order you to wear this, Kara-chan!"

Sasuke scoffed.

"You can't order me. I'm not a devil."

The voice giggled happily.

"Then let me kill you and make you a devil!" She then sounded sad. "Humans are so frail." She brightened up again. "If you become a *devil then maybe you'd even put up a fight against me!" She started laughing, "get ready to die, Kara-chan~"

Sasuke sounded horrified.

"N-Not this again."

Sounds of explosions then followed. Then came loud cursing from Sasuke. The feminine voice laughed happily in the backdrop of the cracking of a million shards of ice.

The feminine voice tittered.

"Fight back, Uchiha 'magic hands' Sasuke. I wanna feel your caress all over me~ Last time was amazing!" She laughed. "Come on! Come on! Drain my magic!"

Sasuke sounded mortified.

"S-Shut up! Screw this!"

The feminine voice sounded alarmed.

"W-Wait, no! I'm just kidding! Don't run- don't run- don't ru-"

Her voice suddenly cut off. As if the source of the sound suddenly disappeared.

The voice of Sasuke panting echoed in the mindscape.

"Dammit… I'm still too weak…" He sighed. "Oi, Naruto. I'm ready."

Naruto and Kurama had bewildered expressions on their faces. Naruto turned to Kurama and nodded, his face totally confused.

Kurama frowned as if asking, 'are you sure? He sounds even more insane than before.'

Naruto reassuringly smiled back as if saying, 'don't worry. He may be an Uchiha but I don't think that's physically possible.'

Kurama sighed. "I'm heading out. You deal with him," said the beast.

He snapped his fingers again.

Pop!

Kurama disappeared.

And an Uchiha popped into existence. He stood in the mindscape before Naruto, squinting as his eyes adjusted to the lighting. He wore black sneakers with red laces. His black hair looking slightly wind-swept and disheveled. He wore a full sleeved, grey overcoat with a dark blue undershirt. The Uchiha clan symbol on the left breast of the undershirt. His pants were dark grey and made of cotton, with a belt around his waist holding miniature scrolls and small vials of luminous liquids. A scabbard hung off his waist, which housed a straight, single edged sword.

Once his eyes adjusted, Sasuke spotted Naruto and smirked at him, asserting his superiority via his dominating ego and his devastating self-delusional confidence in himself and his goals.

He raised a brow at the blond's Black Dogs uniform, "Naruto. I know you flunked at the academy." He chuckled, shaking his head sadly. "That doesn't mean you have to take up schooling again. It's too late to make amends now. The damage is most likely irreversible."

Naruto grinned sharply and replied in kind. "Uchiha 'magic hands' Sasuke." Sasuke's eyes widened. An uncharacteristic red blush sprouted on his face.

Sasuke growled, leaning forward threateningly. "You heard that."

Naruto snickered, getting to his feet. "Trouble in paradise, Sasuke?" He asked with a grin.

Sasuke's brow twitched with annoyance. "None of your business." He scowled at the ground. "And no. It's not paradise. It's hell."

Naruto frowned, scratching his head. "Uhh, come on. Your friend doesn't sound that bad-"

"No. I mean literally hell." Sasuke's Sharingan spun with fury as he glared at the ground. "That blasted Sage dumped me in the underworld." Sasuke snorted. "As if an Uchiha were destined for anything but the glories of heaven." He looked up and glared at Naruto. "I will not let the insult stand."

Naruto stared back with a flat face. "Vengeance?"

Sasuke nodded with a grin. "Vengeance."

Naruto sighed and muttered under his breath, "you never learn do you?" He shook his head and started walking in the darkness, waving at the Uchiha to join him. Sasuke pursed his lips with annoyance and sighed, before he got in step with the blond.

Naruto silently observed his ex-teammate from the corner of his eyes. Trying to get a feel for how much the Uchiha had changed. His fashion sense definitely did. He finally got rid of that damn purple rope around his waist. Naruto shivered. The less traces of the snake on his ex-teammate the better.

He then went for Sasuke's eyes. If the Uchiha's body was a closed book which tightly guarded his all his secrets, his eyes were a door into his true thoughts. And what Naruto saw there surprised him.

The last time they'd met, those eyes were dark chasms of hatred. Seeking justice and wishing to burn everything in their way. A hunger burned in them to consume the world, to rip it asunder, like it had done to his family. The only light in it had been his brother's sacrifice. It was the only thing which dulled the flames in his eyes.

But now?

Naruto saw amusement. Exasperation. Mortification. And if he looked deeply, a small hint of affection for someone. The Uchiha housed a small smirk on his face as he muttered something to himself. His cheeks flashed pink for a second before the boy stomped his embarrassment down.

With a grin, Naruto decided to find out more.

He said, "soo? Who's the lovely lady you were talking to?" Naruto grinned. If the way Sasuke regarded his brother was any indication, no doubt the Uchiha would start singing praises of her-

Sasuke scowled. "She's a devil."

…wow. Naruto winced. He could just feel the love in that.

Sasuke continued. "She's too damn strong." He sighed and crossed his hands. "Kaguya is nothing compared to her." He narrowed his eyes and clicked his teeth in anger. "Worst part is there are even stronger beings than both of them. We're chumps." Sasuke gave Naruto a frustrated scowl.

Naruto blinked. "Wait a minute. You mean devil as in actual devils?"

"What did you think I meant?"

"…you're actually in hell? The hell?" For some reason, the thought of the Sage dumping the Uchiha in the netherworld amused Naruto like nothing else. Naruto grinned. "I don't wanna sound like an asshole, but-"

Sasuke rolled his eyes. "Don't get too happy. I can freely travel between the netherworld and the human world." He smirked. "The Rinnegan has its perks."

"Uh huh? So even with the Rinnegan you're losing like a chump?"

Sasuke looked at Naruto with a serious look. "Can you wipe out the whole Land of Fire with a single attack?"

Naruto's eyes widened. "What? No! Why would I-"

"She can. So shut up."

Naruto stared at the Uchiha with shocked eyes as he took that in. "D-Dude, why the heck are you hanging out with such monsters."

Sasuke shrugged. "None of your business. I'm not here to chat," he stopped walking and faced Naruto fully. "State your purpose of calling me."

Naruto nodded and turned to him. "Okay. So you know we only got some time left-"

Sasuke cut him off. "Yeah, two months. Get to the point."

Naruto frowned but continued. "So about Konoha-"

Sasuke scowled, "no, I am not coming back to Konoha."

"…huh?" Naruto blinked.

Sasuke sneered, "this might be hard for you to understand, dumbass. But Konoha is not a wonderland. I like it where I am."

Naruto scratched his cheek, "uhhh, okay-"

Sasuke barked a harsh laugh and turned his head away, "oh? What? Gonna bust out a friendship speech? Gonna convince me to self destruct like Pein?" Sasuke spat on the ground. "That's what that village will do to me if I return."

Naruto sighed, "that's cool, bastard listen-"

Sasuke threw his hands to the side, sounding tortured with Naruto's supposed persistence. "What do you want from me! I'm happy where I am! Why can't you just leave me alone!"

Naruto smiled genuinely at the Uchiha, putting a friendly hand on his shoulder. "That's awesome, man. I'm happy for ya."

Sasuke slapped his hand off, dramatically shaking his head side to side , "this needs to end, Naruto. You can't keep following me." He sighed and faced Naruto with reproach. "Just because I was your first kiss doesn't mean I have to be your only kiss." He gave the blond a look of concern. "Is it because you think you are inadequate?"

Naruto's brow started twitching. His smile became strained. "I-I said I'm okay with-"

Sasuke roared, "I'm not interested, damn it! I already like someone!" He glared at Naruto, "What are my options if I return! It's either you or Sakura! Everyone else would be a spy or a plant by the village! Forget about me! I'm not coming back to Konoha- Gah!"

Naruto headbutted the Uchiha, "cool! Me too!"

The Uchiha held his forehead in pain, rubbing it while scowling. "Dumbass, I didn't say I love you."

Naruto kicked the Uchiha in the stomach, making his eyes go wide as he was flung to the ground. Naruto shouted in a pissed off tone. "Dude stop being creepy! Why the hell would I love you!"

Sasuke swapped places with Naruto, making the blond blink in surprise as he suddenly found himself lying on the ground. Sasuke then jumped on top of him, kicking the blond's stomach with his knee. Naruto's eyes popped out, the breath knocked out of him.

"Then what are you trying to say!" Sasuke said while pummeling the Uzumaki under him with punches.

His hands up in a guard to protect his face, Naruto yelled out. "I'm saying I'm not going back to Konoha! I'm staying where I am! I'm happy where I am! Screw Konoha! It can deal with its own problems!"

The punches suddenly stopped. Sasuke gaped at the Uzumaki under him, "w-what?"

Naruto continued, glowering at the Uchiha.

"The village treated me like shit. My only option was to be a ninja. I had to earn their love in life or death battles! That is freaking messed up!" Naruto vehemently shook his head, "I'm not going back!"

Sasuke stammered with wide eyes, looking at Naruto as if he had lost his mind, "b-but what about your goal of becoming Hokage?" Sasuke shook his head and glared at Naruto, "you gotta go back to Konoha! You can't leave like that!"

Naruto crossed his hands and looked away. "Screw you, Sasuke! I'm not going back to Konoha!"

Sasuke sneered, "oh? What about Sakura? Kakashi? Gonna abandon your team?"

Naruto looked stricken, "I-I'm not abandoning them. They have their own lives and I have mine."

Sasuke sputtered, his Sharingan spinning with confusion. "B-But who's going to right all the wrongs? What about your bonds? Are you just going to throw them away?" He glared at Naruto. "You are my friend. I won't let you discard what you fought so hard to earn, Naruto." A chidori sprang to life in his hand. Sasuke grimaced, pointing the chakra spear down at the Uzumaki. "Even if we have to fight."

Naruto's eyes became red and slitted and he grinned ferally. He held his hand out and formed a rasengan on it. "Then I will break those bonds! I will tear them apart!" He chuckled darkly, "you mean nothing to me, Sasuke. You're only a stepping stone who will make me stronger."

The two of them glared at each other, a hundred thoughts passing between them as they pressed their wills against one other.

They stayed like that for a few moments, their attacks swirling and crackling against the air.

The Uchiha scowled as he sought to save his friend.

The Uzumaki grinned with the lust for power.

.

.

.

"Urrrgh."

They both groaned with embarrassment. Looking away and letting their attacks die as they cut off the chakra.

Sasuke got off Naruto and sat beside him. His face in his hands. "Was I that melodramatic as a kid?" He sighed.

Naruto scratched his cheek with a sheepish grin. "I was pretty corny huh?" He chuckled. "Didn't know you remembered our battle so fondly." He grimaced. "I personally hold it close to my heart, ya know?" He said, rubbing his chest and wincing with phantom pain.

"…sorry." The Uchiha muttered, staring at the floor with a pained face. "I was foolish."

Naruto shook his head and sat up. "Nah. I was being too clingy." He sighed. "Should've tried to see things from your point of view."

They both sat silently for a while, wrestling with their thoughts. Sasuke with the revelation that Naruto didn't want to return to the village. And Naruto with the happiness that Sasuke cared enough to apologize.

Smiling hesitantly, Sasuke raised a fist to Naruto, "screw Konoha?"

Naruto chuckled and bumped his fist with the Uchiha, "screw Konoha… with some conditions though. We gotta leave on a good note."

Sasuke sighed and looked to the floor. "Why can't we just ignore-"

"Orochimaru and Kabuto might resurrect your clan-"

"On second thought I need to do some pest control there."

Naruto nodded. "Yeah. And I need to get Kurama's other half." He turned Sasuke, "by the way. That's how we got in touch with you. You had the bijuu sealed in your uhh... moon thingies. So that made you a fake jinchuuriki I guess." He shrugged. "Kurama was able to drag you into the bijuu's shared mindscape."

Sasuke frowned. "But they're in another dimension."

Naruto gave him a clueless smile. "Hey I don't know how the Sage's magic works."

Sasuke pursed his lips, "so, what's the plan?"

Naruto grinned. He told him the plan.

Sasuke raised a brow. "That's kind of a dick move." He let out a small chuckle. "Serves him right anyway." He smirked. "Anyway, we were only supposed to learn right? Let's see how well our student does with what we teach him."

"Now you're speaking my language!" said Naruto, enthusiastically putting his arm around the Uchiha's shoulder. Sasuke's brow twitched but he made no effort to push the blond away. Naruto continued with a smile, "now, you gotta go and find Sakura-chan and Kakashi-sensei. And let them in on it. Better to avoid surprising them at the last moment."

Sasuke furrowed his brow. "And how do you suppose I'm gonna do that?"

Naruto shrugged, "how should I know? You're the one with the freaky eyes." Naruto vaguely waved his hand in the air. "Just travel dimensions like you did when we fought Kaguya."

Sasuke sighed. "Do you know how many dimensions there are?" He pursed his lips. "But if I can see the signature of the portal the Sage made…" He turned to Naruto. "Let me see your memories. If I can analyze the portal's pattern, I can determine where they were sent."

Naruto let go of Sasuke's shoulder and turned so that they were face to face. The Uchiha's Sharingan spun as he peered into Naruto through his eyes.

Naruto grinned. "So, we're sitting here all alone, looking deeply into each other's eyes. Your lady friend won't be upset?"

Sasuke's brow twitched. "Shut up. Let me focus." His eyes flitted about as if searching and studying something which only they could see.

"So what's so magical about your hands anyway?" Naruto chuckled, watching a shiver run up the Uchiha. "You do a magic trick or something?"

Sasuke studiously ignored the blond. Muttering something to himself.

But Naruto wasn't one to give up. He started prodding Sasuke, poking his shoulder.

Prod. "Oi."

Prod. "Come on."

Prod-prod. "Tell me- tell me!"

He started mussing the Uchiha's hair.

Muss. "Yo?"

Ruffle. "Hey your hair smells like pineapples."

Tousle. "I bet she totally ran her hand through your hair like this right? You weren't a weirdo who stopped showering after that right?"

Naruto randomly started babbling about ramen facts.

"Did you know it actually takes only 2 and a half minutes to cook instant ramen?"

"Miso ramen is the beeeest!"

"Ramen tastes much better when you eat it with friends! In fact- Gah!"

Sasuke exploded, grabbing Naruto by the collar. "Would you shut the hell up and let me concentrate!" He panted with anger, looking at the Uzumaki with a pissed off glare.

Naruto wiggled his fingers in the air. "Soo, magic hands?"

Sasuke glared and maintained his silence.

Naruto grinned and continued with dispensing the truth of ramen.

"The world record for the most number of bowls eaten in fifteen minutes is-"

Sasuke shouted with spittle flying everywhere. "Alright fine! The Rinnegan lets me drain others' energy and use it for myself! But when I use it on devils t-they, they like it!" His face was a tomato. He covered it with his free hand to preserve at least a modicum of his dignity. "Apparently it's like full body massage!"

Naruto stared with wide eyes. He then got a massive grin on his face. He nodded sagely. "Ooh. So you were giving her a good time. I see. I see." He elbowed Sasuke with a snicker, "oi, you sly dog you. Got her asking for more eh- Ah!"

Sasuke punched Naruto in the face, letting him fly and fall on his back. He glared as devastatingly as he could, looking like the incarnation of death itself. His flushed face and nervous eyes ruined the effect however. "I told you. Now shut up and let me concentrate." He scowled. "I want to leave Konoha behind me as fast as possible."

Naruto sat up with a kilowatt grin and gave him a thumbs up.

Sasuke stared back into the blond's eyes, peeking at the memory. And after a few minutes he nodded. "Got it. I know where they are." He frowned. "I'll try to find them, but I make no promises."

He stood up. "Anything else?"

"…yeah." Naruto scratched his cheek with a frown. "Why are you being so helpful and cooperative?"

Sasuke smirked. "If I want to be god. I better start acting the part, don't I?"

Naruto stared. "What the hell?"

Sasuke grinned, shaking his head. "No, no. What the hell, heaven and earth." He smirked. "One day I shall rule them all, and set them right." He cast a wary glance at Naruto. "Is that against your principles?"

Naruto stood up with pursed lips. "Honestly, I don't care, Sasuke. You're in another dimension and we'll probably never meet again." Naruto put his fist out, "just promise me this, if you do achieve your goal… Do good in the world. And don't stand alone at the top."

Sasuke smiled and bumped the Uzumaki's fist. "It's a promise of a lifetime."

Naruto barked a laugh and nodded. "Hey when'd you hear me say that? You trying to copy me?"

Sasuke turned away and muttered. "Of course… If there's a god I'd respect, they'd be like you." Sasuke scowled. "You can't even leave Konoha without giving them a helping hand, can you?"

Naruto frowned, "eh? Speak up, bastard. Can't hear you."

Sasuke looked back and smirked. "Later, dumbass."

Pop!

Sasuke popped in a cloud of smoke and reappeared where he stood.

He frowned. "What the hell."

The mindscape boomed with laughter. And Kurama trod inside again, with a menacing grin.

"Uchiha." He said with his eyes closed and an razor sharp smile. "Grovel at my feet if you wish to return."

Sasuke's eyes narrowed.

Naruto looked at Kurama with wide eyes. "Oi, Kurama. What are you-"

Glaring at Naruto, Kurama roared. "Silence! This is between me and the clan that dared enslave me countless times!" Kurama simmered down a little. "You will not understand, partner. But I will have my apology." He turned to Sasuke, eyes still closed. "Grovel. Now."

Sasuke smirked. "You can't keep me here." He pointed at his eyes. "These eyes can travel dimensions."

Kurama grinned. "Yes. But it takes you time, doesn't it." His tails waved lazily in the air, "time you do not have." Kurama chuckled.

Sasuke frowned. "What do you-"

"Guess who found your unconscious body?" Kurama gleefully snapped his fingers.

The feminine voice from before started echoing in the mindscape again. Sounding terrified.

"Kara-chan! Kara-chan! Wake up! W-Why aren't you waking up?"

Sasuke's eyes widened. "S-She found me?" He turned to the smug Kyuubi. "Is this what my body can hear?" Kurama smirked.

The woman sounded panicked.

"Hey come on! Wake up! …I could kill you and reincarnate you but… I don't want to kill you without your okay!"

Sasuke rolled his eyes. "Wow. How considerate." He turned to Kyuubi with a superior smirk. "Excuse me, while I revel in the time I have to escape this-"

The woman let out a surprised 'oh!'

"Is that a fruit basket? …did you eat a poisoned apple!" She gasped in realization. "That explains everything! You're in a sleeping death! Only true love's kiss can save you!"

Sasuke paled. He then blushed bright red. The combination of paling and blushing maintained a healthy complexion on his skin. He said to Kurama, "hey, let me out! Now!"

Kurama cupped his palm behind his ear, "what was that? Was that you begging for mercy?"

Sasuke growled, "you really expect me to-"

The voice started tittering.

"I-I can fill the part, Kara-chan! Hehehe~ T-This is kinda embarrassing! A-Ahem, here goes nothing!" She giggled happily. "Kara-chan, I love you! I love you! I love you! Now here comes the kissy express~"

With how red he was right now, Sasuke would do his clan proud. The trademark red color of the Uchiha clan lay emblazoned all over Sasuke's face.

With panicking eyes, Sasuke immediately got on his knees before the Kyuubi, and begged, "okay! Okay! You win! I suck, you're awesome! Now let me go!"

Kurama grinned, looking down at the Uchiha with satisfaction, "there. Now was that so hard?" He put his fingers together, "never think of controlling the bijuu again." He snapped his fingers.

Pop!

The Uchiha disappeared. His voice immediately began echoing in the mindscape. Along with sounds of kissing.

"M-Mmmnph! H-Hey! I'm awake! I'm awake!"

His lady friend sound astounded.

"W-Wow! That really worked?" She laughed with joy. "D-Does that mean I'm your true love!"

Sasuke deflected. "L-Look, I was just talking to a friend. No poisoned apple."

She sounded disappointed. "O-Oh, so you don't love me-"

"I didn't say that." After a second, Sasuke stammered as he realized what he just said. "W-Wait, I-I mean-"

She squealed ecstatically. "I love you too! Let's make out!" She then gasped. "Hey I know! I'll kiss you to death and then reincarnate you! I promise it'll be killer~" She giggled.

Sasuke squeaked. "N-No wait- mnnph!"

The mindscape was then filled with the smacks of kissing, the woman's giggles and the Uchiha's weak protests pretending to not like it.

Naruto chuckled, scratching the back of his head. "Sounds like a keeper."

Kurama rolled his eyes. "Must have low standards to love an Uchiha." He then snapped his fingers again and the sound cut off.

Naruto then stretched, popping his back and his arms as he extended them. "Well, that was fun. What time is it anyway?" He said, turning to the beast.

Kurama counted his fingers, "uh, it's 8 o'clock I guess."

Naruto's eyes widened. "Oh shit, I better leave before her family pops in!" He waved at the beast. "Later, Kurama!"

Pop!

The Uzumaki disappeared.

Kurama finished counting. "Actually, I think it's 10 o'clock… Eh? You gone?"

He snickered.

"Oh well, guess you're in for a rude awakening."

Author's note:-

This is an interlude.

Last chapter comes after this one.

Hope you enjoyed it!

Would love to know your thoughts!

Stay safe.

Cheers!