Wow....I got a lot of reviews for that chapter....*bows to reviewers* PLEASE excuse my HUGE mistake in the Sasuke's parents part. I realise my mistake now and duely regret ever writing that part. I DID fix that and back spaced almost that whole paragraph. I am sorry to have made such a huge mistake and it has bothered me ever since. I am really and totally sorry. I will try to make this chapter long as a repayment. However, I only have two days to work with it so bear with me.

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The Ninetails, better known to the remaining group of ninjas as Naruto, was sadly getting ready to give up trying to wake his pack mate. The navy-haired boy just didn't move. Naruto could have yowled right into Sasuke's ear and it wouldn't have brought him to life. Two tawny ears flattened themselves against his head sadly. Sasuke wouldn't wake up, he knew that now.

Movement from the body infront of him caught the fox's attention. Those same ears swiveled around carefully, as if unsure. Naruto moved his head closer in for inspection, nearly nose to nose with the blue-haired ninja that was currently groaning.

Sasuke slowly opened his eyes, blinking when he discovered his vision was blurry. A brownish shape made its way into focus....and a wet black nose. He wanted to yell in surprise as he recognized that it was the Ninetails that was closely inspecting him. Those two crimson eyes seemed to widen in surprise to see Sasuke getting up.

Rearing back on his hindlegs, Naruto yipped happily. All five of his tails splayed out behind him, waving estatically. He slammed his forepaws down on the ground, his haunches high in the air (have you ever played with your dog and he kinda stretches his forelegs out and his haunches sticking up? usually his tail will be wagging? Thats what Naruto's doing....) in a playful fashion. The fox leaped into action and began running circles around the bewildered boy.

Sakura wanted to cry in relief when seeing Sasuke struggling to get up. Her first instinct was to run over and hug the living daylights out of him. However, she was still very wary of Naruto, or what seemed to be Naruto. She cautiously watched the five-tailed fox do somewhat of a little dance around the Sharingan using ninja.

Kakashi finally moved from the spot in which he had been standing in since Zabuza had been slaughtered. Spotting Sakura, he made his way over. The jounin was unsure of what to do about the fox but he figured they were in no immediete danger. The Ninetails seemed to be busy being happy at the moment.

Sasuke didn't know what to do. He was supposedly supposed to keep the 'fox in line' and yet the baka voice never told him how. Sighing, he rubbed his eyes with his thumb and index finger. His body ached all over and he was just sitting up. Not to mention the fact he now had a happy five-tailed demon fox running circles around him at the delight of finding he was alive. He could feel a headache coming on.

Naruto wasn't quite finished with his galloping and continued after reversing direction. His pink tongue lolled out of his mouth as he halted infront of Sasuke. Five tails waved out behind him, bright red eyes shining with delight as he panted. Yipping, he sat down on his haunches and watched Sasuke try to stand up.

The navy-haired ninja was struggling to get up from his sitting position and refused to admit that he would need help. Noticing that Naruto had stopped, he stared up at the panting kitsune, almost glaring at it. However, Naruto was unfazed by this and watched intently. Sasuke growled in irritation and flopped back down. He suddenly felt tired. Everything was happening to fast. Learning Naruto had the Ninetails sealed inside him (that didn't kill his parents!) was bad enough but now he had to make sure he didn't go on a rampage and kill people. Sighing once more, the ninja ran a hand through his hair tiredly.

The demon fox seemed to notice this because he got up and walked over to Sasuke, intent on giving some help. He lowered himself to Sasuke's level and seemed to over his wide neck so Sasuke could grab on and heave himself to a standing position.

Sasuke only glared at the fox before reluctantly grabbing hold of a wad of tawny fur. He felt himself lifted onto his feet but didn't let go of all his hold, he didn't know if he could stand. The Genin wanted to smack himself for being so weak.

Kakashi and Sakura seemed to have summoned up enough courage to cautiously approach the two. Tazuna (I found his name!) wavered where he had been standing, untrusting of what was supposed to be that blonde haired punk. Sakura hovered somewhat behind Kakashi as they approached the almost pony-sized demon fox. Their sensei stopped a few feet from Naruto and studied him.

He isn't full size, so I am taking that as a good sign. Though he isn't any less dangerous than before, he doesn't look like he wants to destroy the world. I suppose that he took on the size that is most suited to the age he is at now.

Kakashi smiled, though no one could tell, and approached farther, ignoring Naruto's gaze. It seemed as if the fox recognized him because it almost sweat dropped when he simply did a casual wave at Sasuke.

"Glad you rejoined the living!" the tall ninja smiled again and patted Sasuke on the shoulder.

Sakura sighed at Kakashi and jumped at Sasuke, nearly knocking him over.

"You're alive!!!!!!" she squealed and hugged him so much he almost lost his grip on the fox.

Sasuke reluctantly patted her on the back, wincing as she hit a few sore spots.

"Ok, ok. I'm fine. Can you let go now?"

Naruto seemed to watch this little antics with amusement, only somewhat proving more that he knew who they were and were of no threat. Though, he did nudge Sakura when Sasuke winced. That particular movement seemed to scare her a bit because she squeaked and let go, moving away a few steps. Naruto was somewhat hurt at this but didn't have time to dwell on it as he noticed Kakashi staring at him.

The fox cocked his head to the side, giving a look of confusion. Kakashi only smiled and patted him on the head before swinging around and walking in the direction of the Mist Village, Tazuna following closely behind.

It took a few seconds for Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura to realise they were to follow. Sakura nervously scrambled after Kakashi, leaving Sasuke to deal with the fox. Naruto, however, had his own idea and somehow slipped out of Sasuke's grasp. Before the proud ninja could fall, he lightly grabbed the back of the boy's shirt in his jaws and flipped him onto his back.

Sasuke was for one, irritated that he had to ride on the back of the fox, no matter how much he hated to admit that it was the only way besides getting help from one of the others. Naruto seemed happy enough about it because he trotted off after the rest of the group. However, he jerked to a stop, nearly causing Sasuke to roll off.

Those tan ears swiveled forward in complete attention into the mist, his entire body going rigid. All five of his tails were stock still, his entire body going as still as a statue. Sasuke even noticed the hackles on his neck raised a bit. The fox stood like that for at least a minute before relaxing, obviously it was a false alarm. Sasuke idly wondered what it had been before grabbing hold of Naruto's ruff of fur as the fox bounded off after the rest of their team.

Unaware of the two reddish Sharingan eyes watching from the mist and slowly dissapearing as if it had never been there in the first place.

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HAHA! I little bit of the plot there. Sorry if it wasn't as long as you suspected but I only had one day to work on this. Yep! I went on vacation from the 19th-26th and I am very sorry for not having put up another chapter before then. Truthfully, I typed it that Friday and planned to post it but unfortunately ff.net was down and there was nothing I could do about it. Sorry! I would like to address one of my reviewers. Padfoot, I am not going to remove the last chapter, Chapter 5, because no one else requested this. I'm starting to get the hang of this html thing and hope to not stumble anymore. Thankyou to all my reviewers for politely telling me my mistake! Thankies!