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It didn't take long for the pair to reach Narutos apartment. The blond carefully shifted the dog in his arms and pulled out his key. He unlocked the door and placed the dog on the floor. As he shut the door behind him, Naruto shook his head. He could have sworn the dog scowled at him. Naruto dropped his bag to the floor and made his way to the kitchen.

Sasuke sat scowling on the floor, still wrapped in the blanket. He poked his head out of the material and looked around. The room was smaller than his own. To Sasuke his house was just somewhere he lived, but to Naruto this was a home. There was a single bed in the corner, next to a window. The kitchen was off to the left, a small cooking area with a table. There was a door to the right of were Sasuke sat, which he guessed was the bathroom. There were posters on the walls of various things including, Sasuke shook his head, Narutos favourite brand of ramen.

Books and scrolls were thrown all over the floor. Sasuke shook himself out of the blanket and tottered over to the bed, carefully avoiding tripping over the books. Looking up he saw two frame photographs place on a desk next to the bed. The first was a picture of Iruka and a much younger Naruto. He was sat upon the young teachers shoulders laughing and pulling faces. Iruka-sensei was frowning but you could see the amusement in his eyes and a slight smile on his face. Next to it was one of team 7. Naruto stood in the middle, Sakura to his left and Kakashi behind him.

Sasuke looked at himself in the picture, standing to the right of Naruto. While everyone else was smiling he was frowning. While the others were stood close together he seemed separate from the group. Sasuke sighed, he hadn't done it intentionally. It was just what he always did. He looked again at the photos and then around the room. No family photos. Then again that wasn't a surprise, Naruto didn't have any family. Just like him.

Banging from the kitchen attracted his attention and Sasuke walked over and poked his head around the corner. Sasuke's eyes widened as he saw Naruto wearing a pale pink apron as he pottered around the kitchen. He smothered a smile that threatened to appear and snorted a laugh. Naruto turned at the sound and noticed the dog staring at him. He looked down at the apron and laughed, a slight blush on his cheeks,

"A present from Iruka-sensei." He explained, "I think he was hinting that I should cook more than instant ramen." Naruto walked over to the dog and knelt down,

"Just don't tell Sasuke ok?" he whispered, "I don't think I'd live it down."

He smiled at the dog, and before it had chance to move away again, Naruto reached out and stroked the dogs head. Sasuke tensed as Naruto patted his head but relaxed when his hand didn't linger. Naruto smiled down at his new friend before turning back to the kitchen. A moment later he turned around smiling widely, proudly displaying a cup of instant ramen held in one hand and something that resembled meat on a dish in the other. Carefully he placed the cup down on the table and then knelt down to place the small dish of meat on the floor,

"Itadakimasu!" Naruto cried before sitting down to his food. Sasuke walked over to the meat on the floor and hesitantly sniffed it. His muzzle wrinkled as an unpleasant smell hit his nose. He turned his head and glared at Naruto who had already begun devouring his food. Sasuke growled at him and Naruto stopped eating to look at the dog,

"What?" he asked confused. "Dogs eat meat right?"

Sasuke frowned at him and turned his face away from the plate on the floor. Naruto seemed to take the hint and moved out of his chair. He bent down and picked up the plate from the floor, tossing the contents into the trash. Naruto sighed and looked around for something else. His gaze fell on his cup of ramen.

Sasuke watched as Narutos eyes shifted to from the ramen to the plate in his hand and back again. Then totally unexpectedly, Naruto did something very unlike him. He picked up his chopsticks and began pulling noodles from his cup and putting them on the plate. Then he carefully poured some of the hot broth from the cup onto the dish. Sasuke just stared in amazement. Naruto never shared his food, ever, especially ramen. Sasuke watched as Naruto gently placed the dish into of him on the floor and stood back. Sasuke edged towards the bowl and sniffed. A wonderful aroma of hot noodles and soup filled his nose and his stomach gurgled with anticipation. Sasuke tipped his head down and managed a sloppy mouthful of noodles. He swallowed quickly before taking another mouthful.

Naruto watched happily as the dog tucked into his food. He smiled down at the animal happy to have company for once, most of the time he ate alone. On the odd occasion he might eat with Iruka-sensei but since Naruto graduated he had seen his teacher less and less and he missed his company. In the beginning Iruka was one of the very few people who actually talked to him like a human being instead of some demon child. But now there were people he cared about and who cared about him. Kakashi-sensei, Sakura-chan and even Sasuke.

Naruto chuckled as he imagined Sasukes' face if he told him he cared about him. The dog stopped eating and looked up at him, cocking his head to the side in a questioning manner. Naruto smiled down at the dog. There was some comforting familiarity bout the animal, something that he couldn't place. He stared at the dog, wondering what this niggling feeling was. The dog stared up at him, his dark eyes looking a lot like…

"Sasuke"

Sasuke stood up suddenly. Had he figured it out? He barked out encouragement, praying that Naruto had the sense to realise what had happened and get help,

"That's who you remind me of!" Naruto said, smiling happily.

But then again, Sasuke remembered, this was Naruto he was taking about. Sasuke sighed and went back to his food.

Naruto looked over the dog, wondering why he thought of Sasuke. Perhaps it was the way the dogs stare looked scarily similar to his team mates. Naruto shrugged. He couldn't wait to see everybody's face tomorrow when he showed them his new dog. Except, Naruto suddenly reminded himself, he wasn't his. With a small sigh, Naruto realised that, not matter how much he wanted to keep him, the dog obviously belonged to someone. The protector around its neck said as much.

Sasuke had an itch. Not just a normal itch, but one of those really bad itches you just can't ignore. He tried to reach with his front feet but his paw wouldn't bend the right way. He looked up briefly to check Naruto wasn't watching and unsteadily raised his back paw. Not that it would have been unusual for a dog to be doing this, it's just that, well, he wasn't a dog. He was Sasuke Uchiha!

Naruto sat quietly eating his ramen and thinking over what he should do. Perhaps he should try and find his owner? Surely someone would be worried about him? Naruto picked up his now empty cup and threw it in the trash. Then he picked up the empty plate on the floor, placed it in the sink and turned to look at his companion. Naruto chuckled as he watched the dog trying it's best to scratch its ear and stay upright.

Sasuke sighed happily as the burning itch receded then stopped suddenly when he heard Naruto laughing. He looked up to find the blond looking down at him, a wide smile plastered on his face. Sasuke hoped that dogs couldn't blush as he was sure was about to. Sasuke slowly lowered his leg, trying to make it look as normal as possible. Normal? What the hell was normal about this? Naruto knelt down by the dog and paused. He sniffed the air looking confused. He lent a little closer to the dog and sniffed again. Suddenly Naruto reeled back from the animal his nose wrinkled in disgust,

"You stink!" he exclaimed, "I forgot you fell in the stream!"

Naruto stood up and placed his hands on his hip, "We're gonna take a bath."

A/N: Hehehehe thought I'd leave it on a little cliff hanger! Poor Sasuke, looks like he's stuck this way for a while longer, which is good! Next chapter, Bath time and a new name!

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