Kitsune Blues

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruot, the characters, nor am I ripping anyone off. You know the drill.

Author's Note: STILL, Naruto's POV. 3rd chapter, it's not going to be.

Naruto's POV

The end of the day was soon approaching and we had no missions. Instead we spent the time training and Kakashi-sensei sent us home early. But instead, I've been in the same place, same spot under the tree and thinking. Maybe I was growing. Its just happening in very harsh ways. Oh well, hopefully, it was nothing. The sun was quickly setting and I was getting pretty hungry. "I think I deserve a miso ramen." I chuckled and stood, happily making my way back to the village.

"One bowl, miso please!" I shouted excitedly. I sat on the round stool, kicking my feet while waiting for my order. I was smiling and had my hands on my chin casually. It was summer nights like these that I wish I had someone to eat with instead of sitting by myself. I sighed.

"Oh well maybe not tonight." I muttered, lightly smiling.

"What about tonight?"

"Ah!" I looked up, slightly startled. "Sasuke."

He smirked, "surprised to see me dobe?" My cheeks puffed and I hummed in annoyment. "Yes I am."

Sasuke only smirked at me and took a seat next to mine. "A large miso ramen please."

I glanced at him in the corner of my eye suspiciously. Wondering why Sasuke is here. As if Sasuke read Naruto's thought, Sasuke huffed. "What? I can't eat ramen anymore?"

I shrugged. "You didnt have anyone to eat with you too?" I peeked at him and he seemed to of still. Then he lightly chuckled.
"Yeah, something like that."

My face brightened slightly. "Oi! Then we can eat together!" I grinned and slapped in on the back in a friendly gesture. Sasuke glared.

"Yeah, whatever." He leaned over the counter and sighed, placing a hand on his pale cheek.

"Whats wrong Sasuke?" I asked as I began playing with my wooden chopsticks.

"It s none of your business." He said. But his face told me he was thinking about something. Must be important. So I didn t bother him about it anymore. Besides, no matter how much I pried, it wouldn't work.

For the rest of the time, we sat in silence and ate our ramen. Although it was silent, it was nice having someone sit with you to eat. Even if it was Sasuke. He could be ok company sometimes. I smiled over the soup.

After the meal, Sasuke decided to pay and I was very grateful. I promised to take him out for another dinner sometime. He said he would keep me up with that promise. We stood and began to walk, but by the next block, we would have to part our separate ways home.

"So why were you so happy that I came to eat with you?" Sasuke broke the silence.

"Huh? Oh.." I blushed and rubbed the back of my head but grinned widely anyways. How could I not?

"Well, it wasnt really you that I was happy to eat with. Just that I had somebody to eat with me. I mean, I live alone and even though I do eat outside I rarely have someone to eat with me. So it feels kinda lonely, ya know?" I said chuckling lightly and kicking the dirt on the ground. I didnt want to show Sasuke my frown so I fimly kept the grin on.

Sasuke only watched me with those dark eyes.

Of course, as expected, Sasuke said nothing and we continued walking until the inevitable separation began.

"Well, goodnight Sasuke!"

He only waved once without turning to look at me.

"And thanks again!" I said to the retreating back.

I happily walked home to catch some sleep.

That night, I was twisting and turning again.

And I had another dream. The whole place was dark, I saw nothing and I was standing on nothing. But as I was about to panic, I saw red eyes. Red eyes that were so familiar and they were looking right at me. I growled. It was the demon inside me.

It was mocking me again, wasnt it? It was mocking me with those horrible eyes. Those eyes were smiling at me. And I could feel my body turn weak. I fell to my knees and I heard it laugh.

"SHUT UP!" I screamed as I held my ears, trying to ignore the laughter that was ringing through my ears.

"I said Shut up!"

And there was the tug on my body. It felt like I was being ripped in two from my legs to my chest, along with my arms. I screamed in agony. This had to be one of the worst physical pains in my life yet.

It was the stupid fox's doing's! That damned fox!

I shuddered, it was too painful to scream anymore and I could do nothing but cry. Cry like a little child in front of the fox. And it was laughing harder and harder every time I sobbed. It liked me in submission. Liked to see me cry like a helpless child. It repeated the words weak over and over again.

Like I didnt fucking know that.

I fell to the ground and I was paralyzed. Maybe this really was it. Maybe I really was going to die. Maybe the demon was going to kill me. Eat me up or rip me into pieces. I almost didnt care.

I woke with a thud as I rolled off the bed. I flinched when my body hit the warm floor, my bones were aching and I was sore all over. I stood up shaking, almost hard to stand and my lips felt parched. I ran my tongue over my chapped lips and I took a deep breathe. It was ok. I wasnt dead yet.

I stood and tried to stretch, but my body was aching in protest. I sighed. I gave up, I'd just have to go to practice with the pains. I'll just have to hide it.

Strange, when has the room gotten slightly smaller?

I walked into the bathroom and stood over the sink and looked at myself in the mirror. "What the..."

I ran to my room and grabbed a pencil that lay on the floor and ran to the wall where I measured my height, everyday hoping to of grown atleast a centimeter.

I stood against the wall where different strokes of horizontal lines were drawn and I pushed the pencil down on my mop of hair and traced a line over my skull carefully not to slouch and moved back.

"Woah!" I shouted in excitement.

"Iruka- sensei was right!" I jumped up and down. "I grew! I grew!" And not just an inch. A whooping three inches over night. Now I was in exact height of Sakura and Sasuke.

I forgot about my body pains and hurriedly got dressed.

"Oh hohoho!" My pants were slightly shorter than their normal height. I tugged on a white tank top and shrugged on the orange jacket without zipping it up. The jackets arms were shorter too. I sighed dreamily, finally, Im not going to be short anymore!

I ran my hands over my messy hair and ran out.

"Good morning everyone!" I shouted to my teammates who were lazily sitting on the floor. Sakura got up to greet me, but when her eyes were in exact place with mine. She gasped.

"Oh my goodness Naruto you grew!"

She placed a hovering hand over our heads and began measuring. Her eyes widened. "Its not an illusion is it Naruto?"

I grinned, "nope!"

She examined my body, turning me around and gasping. "What did you do?! Take some energy drink? Or did you take some hormone pills?... Naruto, are you doing drugs?!" She asked me, jumping to conclusions and hastily at that.

"No, no! Goodness no!" I scratched my head and laughed. "I grew over night!" I said proudly.

"Well, thats strange. Growing so much in one night."

Sasuke finally joined in the conversation and was now standing next to Naruto.

AI know! I didnt believe it myself! I said jumping up and down. I was so happy. "Now were all the same height!" Sasuke shook his head at the childish actions. "Whatever."
"Well, I guess Im happy for you Naruto. Sakura said, smiling. "Whatever it is..."

"Whatever what is?"

Kakashi- sensei appeared out of nowhere. As usual. And Sakura and I began telling him about the news. Kakashi listened in amusement.

"Oh is that so? Well, good for you Naruto. Iruka- sensei would be proud yes?"

All we did was some D- ranked missions for the whole day. It was ok, but of course I would of rather preferred more. But oh well, at least we were kept busy. It was the end of the day and we all were to go home. But someone stopped me.

"Arent you forgetting something?" I heard that someone say behind me.

"Huh? I turn around to see Sasuke standing there. "Forgetting what?" He smirked and chuckled. "I knew you would forget. Dinner you owe me."

"Oh!" I laughed. "Oops, I almost forgot!"

Boy was I lucky, eating ramen two nights in a row with someone else.

"Ramen again dobe?"

"Why not? I like ramen."

Sasuke rolled his eyes. "Yeah but youre supposed to treat your guest to whatever they like."

I stuck my tongue out. "Oh just be grateful. Besides, Im not rich you know!" Sasuke sighed and began stirring the soup and noodles together.

"What'cha thinking about again Sasuke?" I leaned over to him, munching on noodles.

Sasukelightly nudged me back to my seat. "Nothing."

I humphed and finished my meal with ease and waited for Sasuke to finish. I sat with my legs swinging around. Staring at someone while they were eating was rude, so I tried my best not to stare. Though I had to admit, when Sasuke was eating he looked calm and he was so neat.

I thought about how I ate and snickered. We were nothing alike. He was neat and I'm a total mess. I sighed and forgot about not staring and found myself with my palm against my cheek, watching Sasuke eat. I stared into his eyes and remembered red eyes.

My stomach hurt as I just remembered the dream. The dream with the fox. Why? Lately the fox had been bothering me more than usual.

"What is it?" He said in his usual monotonous voice.

I blushed and looked away as Ive been caught staring. "N-nothing." I laughed nervously.

"So.. y-youre done eating right?"

Sasuke nodded and pushed his bowl aside with his chop sticks neatly over the bowl. "Lets go." Geesh, when had the stomach ache gotten worse? Its starting to get harder to breathe now.

I stood up but quickly regretted it. I fell on my knees, grunting in pain. Was it the ramen? No, it couldnt be.

"Naruto!" Sasuke came to my side and helped me stand. "What the hell is wrong with you?"

"N-nothing." I was panting and I leaned on Sasuke heavily. It was embarrassing to show how weak I was to Sasuke. AIts nothing.

"Cut the crap Naruto, theres something wrong with you." He said frustratedly.

Before I could say anything, Sasuke lifted me, piggy back style and I was blushing madly. "What are you doing?!"

"Taking you home idiot."

"Wait, I can walk!" Which was a lie. But I didnt want to make Sasuke do all this work and i'd was a blow on my pride.

"Shut up and stay still, youre heavy."

That did shut me up and I pouted. Im not that heavy. I blushed and leaned my chin against Sasukes shoulder. He carried me like that in silence through the dark streets.

"Thanks Sasuke."

Did I just see him blush..?

"Forget about it."

I smiled and relaxed my body when my home was in view. "Ah, there it is." I pointed.

I expected Sasuke to let me go when I handed him the keys to open the front door for me, but instead, he kicked his sandals off and kicked the door shut and headed for my room.

"Its ok Sasuke, Im ok!"

He set me down on my bed and sighed. "No youre not. Whats wrong with you lately?"

I sat up and took my shoes off slowly, avoiding his face. I couldnt say, so I tried avoiding it.

"Well thanks for taking me home Sasuke! Would you like something to drink while youre here?" I stood, smiling and headed for the kitchen but stopped when he grabbed my wrist.

"Youre such an idiot."

"I know." I said cheerfully.

Sasuke scowled and let my wrist go. "Dont fucking hide from me Naruto. I know you!"

My lips twitched. Know me? Know me?! "You think you fucking know me?!" I spat. "Dont be so fucking ridiculous you fucking spoilt brat!"

Sasuke growled and stood. "Dont fucking think youre superior than me. Dont ever talk to me like that." Because we were now same height, it seemed more dramatic and I wasnt as intimidated anymore.

"I could say the same to you."

Sasukes fist clenched.

"Dont ever say you know me Sasuke. Because you dont. Dont know what the fuck Ive been through."

I swallowed the lump in my throat. I could feel the tears threatening to spill and my voice was cracking.

"Oh but I do Naruto. I know that you run away whenever you feel. Youre scared..."

I slapped him hard on his cheek, leaving a red mark over his pale skin."...Fuck you." I muttered.

"You know..." Sasukes face was as stoic as ever. "You say you're not. But I can see it in your eyes."

I stopped breathing for a moment. Can see it in my eyes?

Sasuke roughly pushed pass me and headed for the door but I grabbed his wrist.

"Wait!--"

I grunted in pain and let his wrist go. I pushed the heel of my palms and applied pressure to my eyes as a sharp pain hit them. I felt as if my eyes would explode.

"Naruto!"

Shit, it hurts real bad. I said nervously, my lips twisted in pain.

I felt Sasuke by my side and clutching at my arms.

"Naruto, whats happening?!" Sasuke shouted.

But all I heard was the familiar sick laughter. And all I could feel was the demon inside me stir.

Author's Note: Hmm, I had to do alot of thinking for this story and I'm just guessing Sasuke and Sakura's height... Anyways, remember, everyone loves reviews! (Especially moi. Heh.)