Naruto stared at the music box. It wasn't giving him an answer. He looked at all the burnt rice in his house. Nothing. Just a sick smell. He took a shower and nothing came to him.

He figured he'd talk to Lee, he was the expert on relationships. Naruto made his way over to Lee's house. He rang the doorbell. Sakura answered.

"...What do you want?"

"I need to ask Lee about something."

"He doesn't want to talk to you, Kitsune."

Naruto pleaded. "Please it's really important! I need his advise!"

"No! Get off my porch."

"Let us in." Naruto spun around. Gaara was behind him.

"...Come on in..."

Naruto let Gaara go in first. He tunred to go in and Sakura slammed the door in his face. He frantically banged on the door. "PLEASE SAKURA! I NEED HIS HELP!"

Naruto heard the door lock. He hung his head and walked away. She really did hate him. Maybe it would be best if he shrivelled up and died somewhere. Nobody would miss him, and everybody would be happier. He could save the village again. Once from the demon fox and once from himself. He decided to ask Iruka about his 'love' problem.

He got to Iruka's door. He rang the bell. "Iruka! Are you there?"

Iruka opened the door. His hair was down and all messed up and he looked tired. "Hello Naruto. Would you like to come in?"

"...No, nevermind. Sorry for disturbing you... It's nothing."

"You can come in, I wasn't busy, just a little tired." Iruka yawned. "Tell me what's troubling you." Iruka held the door open. Kakashi was asleep and snoring on Iruka's couch.

"No, get some sleep Iruka-sensei. It's nothing big really. I just... it's a stupid question..." Naruto turned to leave.

"Now you have to tell me, I'm interested. Actually I think KAKASHI SHOULD WAKE UP AND LISTEN TO OUR FORMER STUDENT TOO!" Iruka smiled and Kakashi sat up.

"Yo Naruto. Come on in." Kakashi rubbed his shraigan eye.

Naruto sighed. Now he had annoyed his friends too. Great. Iruka sat on the couch next to Kakashi and Naruto walked in, shutting the door behind him.

"What's on your mind, Naruto?"

"...How did you guys know you were in love?"

Iruka's eyes widened and Kakashi giggled. "Well... Um... You just kinda think about that person all the time and when you do something you always wish the other person was there to do it with you, and when they go away you always worry if they will come back... or at least thats what happened to me."

Kakashi hugged Iruka. "Aww... Iru-chan that is sooooo cute! But I found out when Iruka pounced on me and... hee hee..." Iruka shot him a glare. "Anyway. I don't think you need to know the details... Lets just say that I was pretty lucky Iruka was brave enough to...erm... tell me."

Naruto gagged and said his goodbye's. He had just imagined Sasuke and him being all huggy and it grossed him out.

Naruto came upon a buddhist temple when he was trying to find an answer to Sasuke's... confession. He went inside. It was a sunday and that was the day anybody who gave thanks to Buddha would be in there. He slipped off his shoes, as was customary for entering a temple, and went inside. The monks in front of the room were moaning and Naruto felt odd being the only one standing. He knelt down and closed his eyes, like everyone else, not wanting to stick out.

In about 40 minuets the monks stopped chanting and everybody up and left. He happened to see Kiba and Hinata on his way out.

"Yo Naruto... I didn't think you were religious..."

"I'm not. I've just got something on my mind that I need an answer to."

"Did this work for you?" Hinata finally spoke up. It was still hard for her to talk to the blonde. Unlike most of the men in the village, he still looked like a little kid, and his voice never did get deeper. She wondered once if he ever even hit puberty.

"...Not really. I'm starting to think there is no answer." Naruto sighed and shrugged his shoulders. "Anyway... I don't want to take up you and Kiba's time together, so I better go."

"Naruto. Good luck finding your answers." Kiba waved to the blonde as he and Hinata walked off.

Naruto kept walking. What was stopping him from going with it? It's not like anybody would notice or care, and everybody already hated him. But, it was just... Naruto's eyes widened. It was the fact that he didn't want people to hate Sasuke because of him. He was worried about how people would treat Sasuke if he went with it.

Didn't Iruka say that you worried about the person you cared about? No way, this was just some stupid coninsedence.

He kept walking and eventually looked up at the sky. He was at the overgrown park. It was already sunset. He sighed as he looked at the beautiful scene in front of him.

The sky was orange and red, mixing together to make a purpleish color, and a lone bird flew across the colors. The wind picked up and it began getting cold. There was a faint light on the tree tops of the park. Naruto became enticed by the sky and he only wished that Sasuke could be there seeing it with him.

Naruto fell over. Did he just wish that Sasuke could be watching this with him. He was going crazy, he let Iruka get to him. He held his head andgot off the ground. 'It was just a conicedence. I'm no lovesick puppy like Kakashi and Iruka. I'm my own man... and I'm just lonely is all...' Naruto tried to reassure himself but it didn't work. He thought of Sasuke and how he wanted to curl up in his arms and stay there, protected by him. Naruto shook his head and ran home, afraid of his own mind.

TBC...

Sorry it took so long to update, hopefully i will update quicker:sorry! sorry: