Authors' Note Next chapter up! It sucks, but I promise I'll write longer and better on the next one... :) Thanks to all my reviewers, it's good to know that I'm appreciated! Hugs to the lot of u.

And as usual, warnings: This contains violence, bad language and soon yaoi(boyxboy). Oh well, let's just start this, ok?

Disclaimer Since I've written this for the last 4 chapters, you ought to know by now that I DON'T OWN NARUTO!

"Talks"

'thinks'

ninetails when Naruto's awake

Ninetails later on

Sasuke fumbled desperately with the key, trying to unlock the door without dropping the whining boys in his arms.

After a fem tries he succeeded and got inside. The house was pitch black, since he'd gotten outside when it still was bright.

He had to grope in the dark to find the switch to the lamp.

There!

As the room suddenly lit up, he had to squint with his eyes to stop them from filling with tears. The boy in his arms began to scream when the light struck his closed eyelids.

"D-don't hurt m-me,

please…" Tears gathered in his eyes and fell like a flood down his face.

Sasuke quickly walked out of the bright lounge and into his living room. There he carefully placed the crying and delirious boy on a small sofa. After finally getting the weight of his arms, it felt almost like they were hovering over the ground. Naruto started sobbing, almost choking on his tears.

Sasuke placed a cool hand on the blondes' forehead. But when the boy screamed and pulled back frantically, he let go and went looking for a blanket.

He found one deep inside the corners of an old guestroom. It was pink and fluffy, and normally he'd feel just like throwing it into the garbage can, but it raised memories inside of him. In his head pictures of a smiling woman drying a little boy ran around like mad. In a strange show of emotions he hugged the blanket tightly for a short time.

The blanket was soft and smelled just like home. He had to stop himself from falling into misery at the memory of coming home to a lit house.

Instead he went back to Naruto. The boy had stopped crying, and was now tossing from side to side, mumbling unintelligible words. He put the blanket on Naruto, tucking in the corners and trying to force the boy to be still.

He wasn't entirely sure what he should do with the boy; he knew almost nothing about hospital treatment.

Basically, he knew how to clean a small wound, how to bandage a sprained ankle, and how to cure a headache. But fuck, patching up a knife wound wasn't anything he could do! He decided that in the morning he'd go and find a person willing to treat Naruto, and if he didn't find any, then he'd force them to do it.

'Yes', he thought, 'that'd be a good thing to do tomorrow. But for now, I'll just clean his wounds and try to put on something to stop the bleeding.'

So he got his medical kit and carefully removed the blanket from Narutos' shoulder. The boy was lying oddly still, almost like he was paralyzed. Sasuke looked at him. The boys' blonde hair was messy and lank after all sweat. His forehead was wrinkled; it looked almost like he was worried over something.

Sasuke reassuringly patted the boys' wrinkled forehead, hoping that he wouldn't cause Naruto too much pain. Then he took hold of Narutos' darkened sweater, ripping it in pieces. Since it was so filled with dried blood, it was like ripping a paper.

Below was only a black t-shirt, which he also teared apart. Naruto whined and tried to pull away, his brow furrowing even more.

Sasuke lightly put a hand on Narutos' shoulder, as far away from the wound as he was able, and pushed it down to fully display the wound.

He gasped.

Across Narutos' shoulder was the deep wound, black dried blood all over it. He had expected it to be ugly, hell, he'd even expected it to be across Narutos' whole shoulder, but he hadn't expected it to look like this.

It was about ten centimetres long, and two centimetres broad. The edges of the wound were messy and bloody, and if that wasn't enough, they were also rust all over it.

Luckily enough, it didn't seem like it had pierced him through, but the wound was deep enough to be damned serious.

Sasuke felt a sudden flare of anger towards the person who'd done this. Not only had he stabbed a kid, he'd also used a rusty knife!

He put some wound cleaning alcohol on a tissue and started to clean the edges of the wound. Naruto winced as the alcohol bit in his flesh, but he didn't scream. Sasuke quickly cleaned off all blood and rust. The wound didn't look so bad once it was clear of all mess. He patched it with some clean bandages and then did the same thing with the other wound.

The floor below the sofa was dark with blood mixed with alcohol. Sasuke sighed when he noticed it.

That would be really difficult to clean off, and especially if he waited, but he didn't have time to do that now. He picked up all the things he'd gotten and went to the bathroom, were he simply dumped it all in the tub.

He looked at his face in the mirror. Blood streaked his cheeks; his hair was lank and lay in black sweaty strands all across his face. Black tired eyes stared back at him, taunting him with even more memories.

A sound from the living room tore him back to reality. He quickly ran there, feeling strangely worried and stared at the couch. Blue eyes met his own, staring in confusion.

"Sa-sasuke", the boy said weakly, "where am I?"

Narutos' POV

Black.

Everything's black.

I'm falling.

Something red pierces through my closed eyelids.

Wait, my eyes are closed?

I open them slowly, not sure if I want to see what's there.

It's dark.

Not only dark, I can glimpse red light somewhere in front of me.

I start to walk towards it, listening to my feet making splashing sounds.

Splashing?

I look down.

Just to be sure, I bend forward, touching the surface of it.

Yep, it's water.

Where am I?

It's really dark here, so I walk towards the red light.

It gets stronger, and suddenly everything's red.

The light hurt my eyes!

I scream loudly, but no sound comes out from my lips.

It's like a nightmare!

And as sudden as it started, the red light fades away into a nicer glow.

Finally!

Feeling almost happy I look around me. It looks like a long sewer, except for something big in the end.

I walk towards it, feeling a strange urge to either run away or stand boldly in front of it.

Yes kid, come closer

Huh? It's that voice again, only now it seems like it's coming from that…big…thingy over there.

I stop, wondering over how a voice in my head can come from a cage in a sewer.

What's the matter, are you scared little kid

Fuck no!

I get angry and walk up beside the cage.

The cage consists of broad metal bars and it doesn't look like it has a door.

Inside I can see something big pace around.

I move a little closer, trying to make out the shape of whatever that's inside.

Suddenly three enormous claws slash after me.

I quickly jump back, screaming in fear.

Hmm, you're quick little one, quick and scared like a rabbit

Two large eyes stare at me. They are red, and practically radiate evil.

"D-don't hu-hurt m-me,

please." I stutter.

So little one, you fear me. It's clear that you haven't inherited your ancestors' courage

"W-who are you?"

You don't recognize me. What a worthless host, brainless and a coward

Anger well up inside of me.

"I'm no coward! Now tell me who you are, and where we are!" I flinch back, mentally hitting myself for being rude against it.

At least you have some guts. Well then, since you obviously don't now me kid, I'll show you. Come closer

I'm scared, but it seems like my feet have a mind of their own. They take me close to the dark cage, and I look up at it.

Suddenly red fire erupts within the cage.

I stare in awe at the enormous creature inside of it.

It looks almost like a huge fox, except for the fact that it has nine tails. Its red eyes look at me with a hunger and blood thirst that makes me shudder in fear.

"Hey, I th-think I recognize you! You lo-look just like that demon fox the mig-mighty hero killed lots of years ago."

Do I look dead to you? I assure you, no mortal can kill me, no matter how strong they are. Not even your precious Sixth Hokage could kill me

"Hokage? Who's that? And what do you mean not kill you, the legend says that the hero killed the fox demon and…" My voice slowly trails of as I stare up at the creature.

As I told you, kit, I am not dead and cannot be killed

"Hey! I'm no kit!" I yell.

The demon only smirk down at me.

My body stiffen as I suddenly realise that this is for real, not some demented joke.

"But if he didn't kill you, then where did you go?"

The demon lie down with its head on its front paws, one of its eyes staring at me.

I can tell you what really happened, but I will not tell you everything.

I can only nod in response, as the fox begin to talk.

The Hokage, a man I admire but also hate with the depth of my soul, tore my being from his body and forced me to fight him. Even though he was a strong man, he couldn't kill me, which he soon realized. Instead, he used a terrible jutsu and forever forced me to remain locked inside the bodies of his descendants

"What's that juts-jut thingy you were talking about?"

The fox lifts its head and stare at me with both of its eyes, surprise glinting in them.

You don't know what a jutsu is? It seems like time has passed quicker than I thought if kits are not learned jutsus' anymore

"But what is it?" I ask anxiously, ignoring the fact that he once again called me kit.." And where are we?"

I cannot fully explain what a jutsu is to you. Satisfy with that it's a kind of attack, made by gathering chakra in your body and then releasing it through various hand seals. As for where we are, that is something you must remember on your own

"Ok, I didn't understand a fuck about those things you said, but I'm sure they're good. And how in hell am I supposed to know where we are? I don't even know how I got here in the first place!" I yell angrily at the fox.

Suddenly pain stabs me in my shoulder, and I wince.

"What the fuck was that?"

The fox growl at me, showing its long fangs.

It was nice talking to you kit, but now I think it's time for you to return. I will give you a little something since I could have my first real conversation in years. Goodbye kid

"Yo kitsune, we're not done yet! I…" My angry words are interrupted by a blinding light, and I have to close my eyes. When I open them I lie on a couch, staring at an unfamiliar ceiling.

My shoulder and my belly burn like fire.

Where the fuck am I now?

I try to sit up, but the pain forces me to lie down.

A little whine escapes me as my shoulder starts to throb painfully.

Suddenly there's a sound of running, and a person appears in front of me. I stare at him with confused eyes, and then I remember.

"Sa-sasuke" I say with a strange, week voice,"where am I?"

Third Persons' POV

Sasuke slowly sat down beside Naruto, who stared with wondering eyes at him.

"You are at my house." The black haired boy said quietly.

Naruto shifted uncomfortably, trying to get up on feet without showing pain.

Sasuke stopped him with a gentle hand.

"You are going nowhere until I've found someone to patch you up… Dobe." He said with a smirk.

The blonde glared angrily at him, but resigned to his fate and leaned back.

"By the way, how did I get here?" He asked, curiosity sparkling together with anger in his eyes.

"I carried you the whole fucking way." Sasuke said coolly.

"Oh… Thanku!" Naruto mumbled, looking rather embarrassed.

"What did you say dobe?"

"Stop calling me that baka! I said thankyou…"

"Didn't catch that, say it again, louder this time." Sasuke said, trying hard not to smile.

Naruto sat up in the couch and yelled at the top of his lungs.

"THANK YOU!"

Then he paled and fell back, clutching his belly.

Sasuke looked at him with concern in his eyes.

"Yo baka, try not to move and get some sleep; tomorrow I'll get you a doctor. Ok?"

Naruto nodded slightly.

"Now I'm going to sleep, if you need anything, just yell and I'll come." Sasuke said, getting up on his feet and walking towards his room. He stopped at the sound of a small voice.

"I-I'm scared…"

He turned around and smiled reassuringly, although he felt fear gripping his heart as well.

"You'll be ok dobe, believe me. Try and sleep some now." And with these words, Sasuke went into his room, falling down on the bed and immediately fell asleep.

In the living room Naruto hugged the pink blanket close to his body. He was scared, but he also felt secure, in some sick way. He turned around with his back towards the
room, almost fainting at the pain.

Sleep kit, I'll take care of the pain

He knew he should be scared at the sound of the demons' voice in his head, but somehow it didn't feel like it was necessary. He closed his eyes and drifted away into sleep, to the sound of the demon fox chanting.

Yeah, this chapter sucked, but I wanted it out. I'll post the next in a couple of days, promise! Oh, I know that the story is wrong, with the sixth hokage and all that, but wait till the end, then you'll understand.

Oh well, please review but don't yell at me... :)