Naruto: Love of a Fox

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Naruto and its characters are not owned by me. All yaoi,interpretations are based on my own creation, as well as slight plot details that differ from the course of the actual anime. Certain chapters may contain vulgar/sexual graphic amterial not emant to be read by those 16 or younger. You have be warned so read further on your own free will. Thank you.

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Chapter 1

The night air beat down on Naruto's neck, as he laid belly down on his mattress. Sweat soaking his pajamas, Naruto laid eyes open unable to sleep due to the incredible heat wave. Turning around, now laying on his back, Naruto slightly shivered feeling the cold sweat from his clothing touch his skin in the darkness. Naruto closed his eyes, trying to fall to sleep when the same images appeared in his thoughts.

A boy about his age of 13, wearing a blue collar type shirt, with matching armbands, and white shorts. The boy seem to be staring blankly at him, until a small smile appeared. Naruto felt a great warmth taking over his body. The warmth was not from the heat of the night air, but seem to be coming from within his heart. The feeling seem to draw him closer to the boy as Naruto felt himself reaching out. Suddenly the ground around him shook as the fell to the ground, fear stricken. Naruto trying to shout his name opened his mouth to a soundless scream. A darkness seem to cover the area as a fiery red emerged around them. A deep sounding laugh echoed the plain as both boys now looked into the sky as saw two giant burning eyes staring down on them. A bellow of dark clouds seem to come towards the boy across from naruto as a giant claw emerged from its pits. Naruto jumping to push the boy out of the way fell to the floor, his feet disappearing into the ground as if he was caught in quicksand. Naruto let out another soundless scream as the claw descended on the other boy, his blood, falling like raindrops on Naruto's face.

Naruto's scream suddenly became audible as he found himself safely in his bed sweating uncontrollably, as the sound of birds chirping accompanied by the mornings light shone down through the window of his room. A nightmare. Naruto brought his hand to his forehead, wiping away the sweat as he recalled the images from the dream. Naruto pulled his legs from under the covers and now sat at his bed side, hands brought to his cheeks as he rested on his elbows. It was the same dream he had been having for the past two weeks. This was the third week since the third has died in the battle against Orochimaru, as he had tried to cope with the lost. The entire town was slowly rebuilding itself but it would be a wound forever open. Ever since the day of the funeral the same dream had been replaying in his thoughts every day or night, whenever he closed his eyes. Naruto was not sure what to be more afraid off; the dream, or who he was dreaming off.

"Sakura-chan...Sakura-chan..", Naruto muttered to himself, and yet he felt an tremendous pain within him, as if all the truth was building up inside and waiting to be unleashed. Naruto got up and made his way to his bathroom as he prepared for the days business.

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"Sasuke-kun!Be Careful!", Sakura shouted as she looked up at the tall building as Sasuke was standing on a unsteady scaffolding nailing several pieces of wood to the damage side of the building. She had gotten up extra early today to follow Sasuke to help him attend to the job's Kakashi had given him around town. Sakura steadily held the base of the scaffolding, weather or not that would help, the structure was still quite old and unsteady. She winced every time Sasuke took a step as the creaking of the wood sounded apparent danger.

"Sasuke!Shouldn't you get down by now!", Sakura blasted up at him from the top of her lungs.

"Almost done", the mono tone reply came. "Does she ever shut up", Sasuke thought as he hammered one of the last few boards in. At that moment Sasuke looked down and could see an orange and blue object running towards them. "About time he showed up", Sasuke grunted as he continued finishing his job.

"BAKA!", Sakura shouted as a hand slammed hard on Naruto's head as Sakura scolded him.

"Wha, Sakura-chan", naruto screamed back rubbing the soon to be bruise on his head.

"Sasuke has been up there all morning working hard to help fix this village and you,..." Sakura poking Naruto in the chest, "...Decide to sleep in while the rest of us are working hard. What if Sasuke gets hurt hmm? YOU SHOULD BE THERE HELPING HIM!", Sakura screamed her head becoming ten times larger than normal.

Naruto looked back at her, his face confused slightly, "Oi Sakura-chan..if Sasuke needed help why are you down here?"

Sakura quickly turned around, arms folded and said in a snobbish yet elegant way, "Naruto, a lady should never meddle where she does not belong", while inside her head Sakura was screaming, "STUPID NARUTO!".

Sasuke looked down the high scaffolding and saw Naruto arguing with Sakura again. Sakura always looked cute when she argued Sasuke thought, even if she had a big forehead. She was always concerned about him, and even though she was more a pest than anything else, he did enjoy her company, at times. Sasuke than looked at Naruto. Stupid Naruto. Well...he's not that stupid, Sasuke thought. He had always been there for him, even more so than Sakura in the past. He smiled at the thought of the times they had pushed each other in their training and how he enjoyed seeing Naruto work just as hard as him, even though Naruto was still a bit clumsy at times, and even though he wasn't the brightest guy, he was still cute.

Sasuke eyes shot wide open as he realized he thought for a moment that Naruto was cute. He accidentally stepped backwards as his foot stepped over the scaffolding's board as his body fell backwards into a free fall. A second latter Sakura's scream could be heard throughout the entire town as both she and Naruto watched Sasuke plummeting towards the ground from above.