Chapter 3: Loud and vicious is her name

I do enjoy leaving readers hanging, what can I say I'm sadistic. ^__^

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     The dark haired boy peered up at Naruto, and found himself trying to ignore the almost guilty feeling that rose in him, his would be captor appeared ridiculously unthreatening considering every thing. He had swung his legs over the edge of the sofa, and seemed completely at ease in nothing but a pair of boxers and an undershirt. And regarded his guest with a sleepy smile, as he offered to help him up.  His cheeks burned with embarrassment over his wounded pride, and found it necessary to avert his eyes. Glaring at the floor he ignored the friendly hand, up righting himself without assistance. His host was considerate enough to at least try and not laugh, all though a few chuckles did slip out. "I'm not escaping, I'm leaving." Was his snippy answer as he continued his quest to reach the door. Only to he halted by a rather tempting offer. "Well you could do that, or if you stick around a little longer I'll make breakfast."  His pale grimy hand hovered just above the doorknob as he debated with him self. Sweet freedom was one turn away, but he was starving. 

  With a great sigh of defeat he found himself turning around, and was greeted by a very triumphant smile. "As I told you last night I'm Naruto, so good of you to join me!" The dark haired boy chose to glare rather then respond to the cheerful re-introduction. Which didn't seem to faze Naruto as he started to make inquires about his guest's health. "How's your head today?" "Throbbing beautifully."  He growled darkly,  "I imagine it would after with the lovely lump you received last night." Chuckling the blond gave him another critical look, observing the cuts and bruises caked with dried blood. He felt bad for not taking care of them the night before.

  Padding barefooted across the floor, he retrieved the first aid kit from the bathroom. And proceeded to fish out an extra pair of boxers from the clean clothes hamper. Wasting no time in depositing them into his visitor's arms. "Get into the bathroom, take care of your cuts. Oh and while your at it, do take a shower." The young man bristled instantly at the orders, feeling a bit insulted. He was about to tell his host what he could do with his "suggestions". But the other cut him off before he could even respond. "Do you want to eat or not?" There was no further discussion needed, Naruto went to start breakfast and his sulky guest retreated to the bathroom.

  Once he was certain the door was securely locked, he turned his attention to his pouting reflection. It was almost painful to see how pitiful he looked, be draggled hair kept falling in his face, and his alabaster skin was coated with dirt and old blood. Touching his split lip with hesitant fingers, and a small cut just above his eyebrow. Grimacing at the fact almost the whole right side of his very feminine face was bruised.  A bath would be a welcomed change of pace, but he was still unsure of what to do in his current situation. Did his savior have some sort of ulterior motive? It was rare to find someone who was truly kind hearted. He couldn't help but be paranoid. Although if this Naruto guy had really wanted to he could have taken advantage of him last night.  Stripping down he stepped into the shower and turned on the warm water. Easing away some of the pain, leaning his head against the cool tiles he continued to contemplate his somewhat confusing state of mind.

   He had just about finished frying the eggs, when he heard the water turn off. And was soon graced by his still damp and still nameless guest. Although he was now only wearing a pair of Naruto's drawstring briefs, and how very shocked his host was. However it wasn't the lack of clothing that shocked him, it was more the rather painful condition of his guest that bothered him. The dark haired youth raised a fine eyebrow as he glared at his blatantly staring acquaintance. "What?"  Naruto's blue eyes couldn't seem to get and wider. "I can count all of your ribs…"  With increased horror he took in the others pale gaunt form, so painfully thin it hurt to look. A colorful arrangement of bruises decorating a lean chest, he looked much to breakable for comfort. This prompted him to shove a plate of food under his guests nose. "Eat this now!" There was no complaint this time.

  They ate in silence until Naruto finally looked up from his meal, and finally asked the million-dollar question. "Hey are you ever going to tell me your name?" All he received was another glare and another bout of silence. "You don't want help, you wont tell me your name but you will eat my food…You are such a brat." He chuckled slightly as the young man flushed with embarrassment and with a great amount of disdain replied. "I'm Sasuke." Naruto grinned at him with renewed force. "Now see? That wasn't so hard!" His only response was a growl.

 Once eating was out of the way, meaning after Sasuke had practically had two extra servings shoved down his throat. Naruto had given him some clean clothes and had gone to go shower. The silent boy had taken a seat at the counter and was nursing a cup of coffee. The blond's clothes were ridiculously loose and long on him, a belt was the only thing keeping the worn in jeans from falling down. The momentary serenity of the apartment was ruined when the door was thrown open with a yell. "Naruto!!! Do you have any milk?????" A pink haired girl strode noisily into the room, but halted once her eyes fell onto the guest. "WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?! And where is Naruto!!?" Sasuke just stared at her in a rather shocked silence, which only seemed to anger the surprise visitor.  And in a flash she was across the room hauling him out of his chair by his shirt. "Your wearing his clothes too?! Speak up now or so HELP ME I'LL KICK YOUR SKINNY ASS!" Sasuke merely eeped in response.

 -------To be continued.

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I love AU stories but this is my first real attempt writing one. I'm enjoying the process so far. Too bad my story summery sucks royally. @_@

There is some if not a lot OOC'ness

One being Naruto and Sasuke are older, Naruto being about 19 or 20, I haven't decided Sasuke's age. He also has more "hen" like qualities and seems more mature. My reason for this change being he grew up in foster care for the most part, so he would be better at taking care of himself. I don't think the changes are too off base, I feel they fit him as well as the story. Sasuke is pretty much an ungrateful brat, and has trust issues. But that isn't too much of a stretch either, not spoiling his story for you.  I wanted to give Sakura a loud angry scene because it amuses me.

On a completely unrelated note, I now am the proud owner of a Naruto forehead protector! X3