Authors' Note Hey everyone, I'm baaaack:) New chappie up, hope you'll like it. And as requested, Gaara somehow got into the story... Yay! Love Gaara! 'hugs a Gaara chibi plushie' And also, this has nothing to do with reincarnation, ok?

I haven't decided if you'll gonna see Kyuubi in human form, maybe or maybe not...

Anyways, thanks and lots of love to my dear reviewers. You make me write faster, good huh:p

Warnings: Bad language, violence, yaoi (boyxboy)

Disclaimer Don't own Naruto, but I do own this fearsome weapon: A Gaara chibi! 'hugs the plushie again' Cuuuute! Soooo cute!

On with the story!

Naruto awoke with a start. He stared wildly around the unfamiliar house until he remembered where he was.

'I'm at Sasukes' house, my friend!' he thought, smiling happily. He sank back on the couch, scratching his itchy shoulder.

Outside the sun had just risen, telling him that it must be around eight o' clock. His stomach confirmed this with a loud rumble. Should he make some breakfast, or should he wait until Sasuke got up? Deep in thoughts he scratched his belly, which also started itch. Suddenly he realized what he was doing and screamed loudly.

'Aaargh, I'm scratching my wound! What if it tears open, and start to bleed, then I'll bleed to death!'

But then he noticed the obvious lack of pain. He lifted his shirt and revealed smooth skin, without even a scar.

'W-what the fuck!' he thought, feeling scared. 'How could it heal already?'

'hey kit, take it easy. I told you I'd give you a present. Be nice, and you'll maybe have some more'

'Why are you in my head?' he yelled mentally.

His thoughts were interrupted by a sleepy voice.

"Why are you yelling?" Sasuke said between yawns. His big black eyes were clouded with sleep, but he was fully dressed in black jeans and a black t-shirt.

"Oh, hehe, it's nothing really." Naruto said embarrassed, scratching his head. "But now that you're up, let's eat breakfast!"

Sasuke yawned again but nodded slightly. Then he opened the fridge, which was fearfully empty, except for some vegetables and a package of milk.

He sighed.

He'd have to go grocery shopping soon. Luckily he had almost all of the monthly orphanage funds left; he was good at saving. But since they were two who ate, he quickly ran out of both food and money.

He shrugged; that wasn't something he could do anything about now. So he took the milk and a packet of cereals from the shelf and put them both on the table. Naruto groaned at the sight of the cereals.

Sasuke ignored him and placed out two bowls and two spoons on the table. Then he sat down, poured some milk and cereals in the bowl and started to munch on them. Naruto did the same, though it didn't seem like he enjoyed it. The blonde was unusually quiet, obviously deep in thought, so Sasuke kept quiet. The silence wasn't disturbing; in fact, it was really nice, in a homey sort of way.

When they finished and put their empty bowls in the sink, Sasuke noticed that he had to do something about the dishes. Dirty plates, bowls and other kitchen material filled the sink and around it. With a deep sigh, he resigned to the horrors the Dish God had in line for him and started filling the sink with water.

Naruto was meanwhile standing looking out through the window, still deep in thought. Sasuke interrupted his thoughts with a small cough.

"You know, while I wash up the dishes, you can go to my room and borrow some of my clothes." He said, while pouring some washing-up liquid in the hot water.

Naruto nodded, turning away from the window and walking past Sasuke, into the house. After about ten minutes he returned, looking slightly embarrassed.

"Uhm, Sasuke, where's your room?"

"The second room to the left from here, the one with the blue door." Sasuke responded, without taking his eyes from the sink.

Naruto smiled and disappeared once again. Sasuke continued washing the dish. After about half an hour he was done. The blonde still hadn't returned, so he decided to go check that everything was alright.

He walked to his room, pushing up the blue door. On the floor sat the blonde boy. Around him lay piles with clothes, obviously coming from Sasukes' closet.

The raven haired boy could barely stop himself from gasping as he saw that the other boy was naked from waist and up. He sat with his tanned back turned against Sasuke, holding two different shirts in his hands.

Sasuke swallowed hard, but couldn't force himself to look away. 'He is so magnificent, almost beautiful… NO! Bad Sasuke, bad bad bad! '

He forced his eyes to look away and cleared his throat. Naruto flinched and turned around hastily, grinning broadly towards the other boy.

"Oh hi Sasuke didn't hear ya. I can't decide which shirt I should wear, can you…"

The rest of his sentence was lost for the other boy, who was just staring at Naruto.

Except for the fact that his body was simply beautiful, something was wrong. No ugly wound crossed his shoulder or belly. Now there was only smooth skin, flawless and without scars.

"Sasuke? Are you alright?" Naruto asked, sounding a bit worried. His friend snapped back to reality and stared at him again.

"Y-your w-wounds!" he stuttered.

Naruto scratched his head and smiled.

"Yeah, it's really strange, but I guess I am a very quick healer. Now, which shirt? Black or white?"

He held up the both shirts in front of Sasuke, who still looked rather stunned. The raven haired boy pointed on one of the shirts, still staring like a madman.

"Then black it is!" Naruto exclamated happily, pulling on the shirt and forcing Sasuke to look away again.

The blonde looked really cute in black shirt and black jeans, with his unruly blonde hair hanging in stripes in front of his blue shiny eyes.

Sasuke forced himself to look away again when odd thoughts flew through his head.

'I wonder how he looks like without those jeans on? NO! Stop it Sasuke, you're no hentai! But he sure looked damn good without anything … STOP! Gaaah, I'm not only a hentai, now I'm also gay! No no no, I'm no hentai, and certainly not gay! Even though he is really cute...'

He blushed a little and turned away, so Naruto wouldn't see his burning cheeks. It didn't matter, since the blonde was happily running around in the room, picking up clothes and throwing them into the closet without bothering folding them.

Sasuke regained his control and slowly his blush faded away. He turned back, only to be greeted by the sight of Naruto standing inches away from his face. He yelled and jumped backwards, watching Naruto doing the same.

"Hey, stop doing that, you scared the shit out of me!" Naruto yelled angrily.

"Dobe, it was you who stood do fucking close." Sasuke replied coolly.

Naruto shrugged and smiled towards his friend.

"What should we do today?" he asked his friend.

"Well, I have to go grocery shopping. And you should perhaps go home, school starts again tomorrow."

Narutos' smile faded away, but he forced it back.

"Yeah, I'll go home later. But first I'll help you go shopping!"

Sasuke sighed.

"Come on then dobe, let's go."

The boys left the house, both wearing Sasukes' black coats.

'Damn, is black the only colour he wears!' Naruto thought, sweat dropping anime style.

And so he asked Sasuke that.

The other boy merely shrugged, putting his hands in his pockets and staring at the sky.

This was another cold day, but today clouds covered the sky; it was a long time since the sun had been sighted. You could almost smell in the air that rain was coming. So the streets was almost empty, the people staying inside in fear of getting wet.

They walked quickly in silence towards the centre of the town.

Suddenly Sasuke cleared his throat.

"Naruto," he began slowly," do you remember what happened the day before yesterday?"

The smaller boy tensed and looked away.

"Some of it." He answered quietly. "I remember that man, his eyes, his knife stabbing me… A red light and something that felt like, I don't know, like a huge surge of power. Then nothing. I don't remember what happened, or how I got away from him and to your house."

He looked at Sasuke with fear in his eyes.

"Do you know what happened?" he asked quietly, so unlike his usual loud self.

Sasuke merely nodded, then shrugged and shook his head.

"I know some of what happened, but I didn't see it all and I certainly didn't understand it." He said slowly.
"I saw that man stab you twice, but the third time you kind of flashed with some light, and you killed him." He said calmly.

Naruto stopped, and stared at Sasuke with eyes wide open. It looked almost like he was in deep shock.

"I-I killed h-him?" he stuttered, beginning to shake.

Sasuke nodded, putting a hand on Narutos' shoulder and patting it reassuringly.

"Yeah, you did, but it was self defence, that man tried to kill you after all."

Naruto flinched and turned away from his friend.

"How can you be so calm about this, I fucking killed someone! I really am the monster they say I am…"'

Sasuke slapped him hard on the back of his head.

"Don't ever say that! You are no monster, no more than I am. That man tried to kill you, and you defended yourself! You have nothing to be ashamed of, get it!" His voice was filled with barely concealed anger.

Naruto smiled weakly, and suddenly threw himself towards his friend, capturing him in a fierce embrace. Sasuke blushed and released himself from the other boys' arms.

Naruto coughed embarrassedly.

"Ok, let's get going!" he yelled and they continued on their way to the grocery store.

Neither of them noticed the boy standing behind a tree, eyes first wide open but then narrowing, as he smiled evilly and ran away.

Meanwhile the two boys got almost to the store, when Naruto remembered something.

"Kuso! Sasuke, I also have to buy food, my house is empty. Can we just go to my place so I can pick up my money first?" he pleaded, with puppy dog eyes.

Sasuke sighed but nodded. Naruto smiled broadly and began to pull his friend in the direction of his home.

Soon they stopped outside a ruff set of apartments. Naruto fished out a small key from his pocket and unlocked the front door, then stepped inside, motioning for his friend to follow.

Sasuke found himself standing in a dark hallway. The air smelled damp, and it was almost as cold as outside.

He quickly followed his friend to a dirty little door on the side of the hallway.

Naruto unlocked it and pushed it open. They stepped inside, Naruto quickly going into a room on the side. Sasuke looked around. He stood in another small hallway, dark and a bit dirty, but not as messy as expected. He could make out the shape of two doors and a small room in the other end of the hallway. All he really could see was that it was black, not only because of the non existing lights, but since everything seemed to be painted with dark colours, black and something that looked like blood red.

But before he could look further, Naruto came out from the room, holding a wallet in the shape of a chibi fox. He shoved Sasuke out, looked the door and they left the apartment.

They walked to the store in silence, both deep in thought.

'I can't believe that Naruto, the loud and smiling boy, lives in such a depressing place!' Sasuke thought angrily.

He was so busy thinking that he didn't notice the person in front of him.

"Hey you, watch out were you're going!" A deep voice forced him back to reality.

Sasuke quickly looked up and noticed the three people standing in front of him. The one who'd spoken was a strange guy with purple make up, wearing black clothes. Next to him, face towards Naruto, was a short kid with red hair and black marking around his eyes, wearing a long brown tunic and brown jeans. On the other side was a pretty blonde girl, holding a fan in her left hand, wearing blue jeans and a blue velvet coat.

"Sorry" he muttered.

The girl smiled at him, revealing bright white teeth.

"It's ok. I'm Sabaku no Temari." She said, waving her fan in front of her face.

The red head only stared at Naruto, ignoring the rest of them. His large green eyes narrowed as the other boy fidgeted uncomfortable.

"Now Gaara, don't be rude. This is my brothers, Gaara," she pointed at the red head, "and this is Kankuro." She pushed the taller boy forward.

"I'm Uchiha Sasuke." The raven haired boy replied coolly.

Naruto just stared at the boy in front of him. His eyes, they looked so different from anything he'd ever seen.

"W-who are you?" he whispered slowly.

"I am Gaara. " The boy answered in a cold, almost lifeless voice. "Who are you?"

"Uzumaki N-naruto."

"Why do your eyes look like that?" Gaara asked, cocking his head to the side like a bird and staring intently at the other boy.

"W-what?" Naruto stuttered.

"Loneliness, and hmm, something more. Ah, I see. You've killed someone, and it tears you apart."

The blonde stared at the other boy in terror.

"How…" Was all he got out, before he was interrupted by the girls' shrill voice.

"Well then, it was nice meeting ya, but we must go now. Bye!"

And with these words, she grabbed her brothers and pulled them in the opposite direction.

The boys started walking again, but this time their thoughts were on something else.

'How,' Naruto thought frantically,' how did he know? How could he know? Who the fuck was that boy?'

They got into the store and bought everything they thought they needed. After they'd paid, Naruto grabbed his food bags and got outside. Sasuke quickly grabbed his own bags, following his friend and feeling worried over the boys' shaken expression.

"Hey, you alright?" he asked his friend.

The boy nodded slowly, staring with unseeing eyes at the sky. He hugged the bags close to his body, and forced himself out of the painful thoughts, flashing a weak smile at Sasuke.

"I have to go home now." He said, doing his best to smile.

"Yeah, me too. See ya tomorrow, 'kay? Oh, and you can keep the clothes if you want to; I'll bring your own to school."

Sasuke smiled, patted his friend reassuringly on the shoulder and went home.

Naruto yelled a good bye to his friend, holding his smile in place until he no longer could see the other boy. Then the smile floated of his face like water, his eyes brimming with tears he did his best to hide. He shut his eyes, clutching them tight together to stop the tears.

But it didn't help. Instead he started to walk quickly, almost running until he got home, unlocking the door with shaking hands and jumping inside. The tears now flooded down his cheeks, like small silvery blue rivers. He dropped the bags in the kitchen, finally allowing the tears to flood freely. His body shook with the sobs as he fell down on one knee, crying like he hadn't done in many years.

Last time he'd really cried was when his parents died. He remembered the sorrow like a dagger in his heart. It was still there, and it pained him every day.

But this time it was different. This time it wasn't tears of sorrow that wet his face, but rather tears of sheer happiness. He had a friend, a real friend who cared about him.

And that happiness was even worse than the sorrow, 'cause it filled his heart with joy and made it ache.

"Thank you Sasuke," he whispered between sobs," thank you."

'sobs' I'm so mean to poor Naruto!

Not so much Kyuubi in this one, but he'll be back in the next chapter, which I promise will be very exciting!
And I know that some of them are OOC, but it's my fanfic, right:)

Please review and tell me if you like it, or if you didn't, but no flamers please...

See ya all!