GASP! We are BACK!
Bet you thought we were dead, huh? Well…not quite, but close! What with computers dying left and right, and Eimaj getting no sleep at all for days at a time…it's a wonder it even got done at all….
Eimaj: One more thing...I did finish this chapter like....a while ago, and I sent it to our beta reader but for some reason didn't get a reply...I don't know if hotmail was just being a pain and didn't send it or if she's on vacation or what, and I didn't want to bug her about it, so I'll just post it now...sorry if there are typos and other assorted errors in here, I tried, I really did...when I do get it edited I'll just fix it, but it shouldn't be a big deal'
Anyway, on with the story.
Foxed! Summary: Due to a freakish accident while spying on Sasuke, Naruto is now sporting a fluffy orange tail with matching ears! Warnings: OOC syndrome…although we were going for that so…yeah… This story should be tame compared to our other ones…but we're not making any promises! Also it is Yaoi! You have been warned! Pairings: SasuNaru!!! So there!!! Rating: PG13…for now…if we don't lose our minds in the process of writing…again… Chapter 4: Run, run as fast as you can.
Sasuke sighed and shook his head, "I-I don't know what's wrong with me..." he muttered, catching Naruto's attention again, "I don't mean to piss him off...but he's so..." Naruto waited, and waited, and waited....'Come on, Sasuke, what the hell am I that makes you want to piss me off?' Naruto demanded in his head. He could feel Sasuke's face heat up behind him, curious, Naruto turned and looked only to see something he thought he would never see, SASUKE WAS BLUSHING!
His eyes widened and all he could do was stare. Yes he was blushing...but it wasn't one of those little faint reddening of the cheeks he got whenever Naruto yelled at him or challenged him or did something particularely annoying that made him mad...this redness had spread across his entire face, and was even creeping up into his ears. What the hell could have made him blush like that? And he'd been talking about Naruto at the time, what the hell?
Naruto found himself blushing too underneath his fur…no Sasuke was NOT BLUSHING OVER HIM! Wasnotwasnotwasnot! He turned his head away and looked back at the picture. Damn, Sasuke had more layers then a frigging damn Onion!...meh he hated onions...
Sasuke sighed and put the picture back in to the box and closed the lid, Naruto could tell his face was sill red and he didn't even have to look at his rival to know...the heat radiated off of him like a lit candle or hot ramen.
"Come on, Naruto it's time for bed..." Sasuke muttered, as he put the lid back on the box and slid it under the bed again. Apparantly the subject of why he made Naruto angry was over...although right now the blonde turned fox really was afraid to know...what if he had been blushing over him? Naruto pushed that thought out of his mind...he didn't want to think about it, and refused to admit that it could be true. Sasuke reached over and shut off the light.
Not wanting to be too close to Sasuke at the time though, Naruto sniffed around the bed for a place to sleep. He wasn't sure why Sasuke had blushed... but he did not want to get too close to him. Unfortunately, every place he tried to lay down had a lump....probably Sasuke's feet under the blanket and Naruto was getting kind of annoyed about it so finally he plunked himself down as far away from Sasuke's feet as he could...unfortunately he was now sleeping right up near the bastard's head...
Naruto sighed and curled up in a ball, placing his head on his paws as he tried to fall asleep. He'd almost succeeded too, when Sasuke started to squirm in his sleep. Naruto lifted his head and blinked sleepily at Sasuke, wondering what the hell was wrong with him. He was whimpering and squirming...how was a guy supposed to sleep through that?
"Mo...mother...father..." Sasuke muttered. Naruto watched as tears leaked from Sasuke's eyes to soak into the pillows...so that's where that smell had come from...Sasuke had nightmares and cried in his sleep...
Gee, who would have thought the great Uchiha Sasuke was a crybaby. Naruto would have snickered if the situation had been funny. But as it was, knowing that Sasuke cried over his parents seemed to reinforce the fact that Sasuke was human after all.
Naruto inched closer to Sasuke as he muttered again in his sleep. "D-don't go....don't l-leave..."
Naruto touched Sasuke's cheek with his nose, and the Uchiha's face twitched a little. "...D-don't leave me..." Sasuke continued to mutter. "
If Naruto had thought he'd been shocked by the events of that day, he was totally unprepared for that He sat there, still as a statue as Sasuke groaned and turned over on his side, reaching for the other side of the bed in his sleep.
Naruto could only stare in shock as Sasuke tried to reach for someone who was not there. 'Sasuke said my name right? It was my NAME! NO! It couldn't be…maybe a name that sounded like Naruto right? Right? Come on Stupid mind agree with me!'
But Naruto could not agree with his own lie, he had heard it, and now he knew! He knew who Sasuke was into! Who Sasuke DREAMED about!...well, other then his mom and dad, but still! Sasuke...Uchiha SASUKE dreamed about HIM!
Naruto looked around frantically, then turned to stare in horror at Sasuke's face again. The other boy groped in the dark one more time before giving up...more tears leaked from his eyes...
'This is not happening....this is so not happening...' Naruto tried to convince himself and realized that he couldn't face it. He couldn't stay here and face Sasuke in the morning when he knew...He was afraid of what would happen...he had to get out of there!
Naruto tried to creep quietly away from Sasuke, he did not want to wake him up...nooo there would be no escaping then. Finally making it to the edge of the bed, he jumped down…it wasn't a long drop but he still landed hard on his backside. But as soon as the fox had righted himself he made a mad dash for the door...thank god Sasuke had left it open.
He dashed out the bedroom door, and through the house, trying desperately to find some way to escape the house and get away...get away and hide...
At last he found an open window and dashed through that, and out into the world outside. It was cold...he paid it no heed.
The sky was overcast...a low rumbling told him that a storm was on it's way, but all he could think of was Sasuke's blushing face...the sound of his voice saying his name as he slept...Naruto had no idea what was going on, the world had just toppled over on him and he felt about ready to fall off. He didn't even feel the first drops of rain that fell on him and soaked into his fur as he ran blindly through the streets.
It was raining hard, whoever said that the weather man can read the weather? This was definitely not in his forecast! Naruto's fur was soaked now, and he was cold and tired...how long had he been running? And were the hell was he anyway? He stopped running and flopped down where he was in a mud puddle...this was not the brightest idea he'd ever had… 'yeah let's go run out into a storm just cuz Sasuke cries your name in his sleep and...stuff...
He shivered and tried to curl up into a ball to keep warm...unfortunately his fur was soaked right through so nothing could give him comfort. He longed for the warmth of his home...or Sasuke's home...or Sasuke himself... Yeah he knew he wasn't thinking straight but he didn't care...
"Well would you look at that?" A familiar voice asked, and hands reached down to pull him out of the mud.
Naruto blinked and stared into the ...eye of his teacher, he was too tired and cold to care what the man was doing out in the middle of the night anyway.
"I thought Sasuke was supposed to be taking care of you... Right, Naruto?" Kakashi asked, and Naruto's eyes widened in horror, Kakashi KNEW! HE KNEW! He knew that he was a fox! Then why the hell didn't he tell Iruka-sensei or Sasuke?
Naruto could tell his teacher was smirking behind the mask. "Ah I see, something must have happened." He nodded his head knowingly. "I can see we're going to have to have a little talk..." He tucked Naruto the fox under his arm and walked into a building.
Naruto just hung there as Kakashi stepped under a roof and the rain stopped pelting on him. This was the worst day of his life and...he sniffed the air. And...how was he going to go on knowing that....that....was that ramen he smelled?
It was the noodle Bar! What the hell was Kakashi doing taking him to the noodle bar? Of course, Naruto couldn't ask Kakashi because he was still a little fox...a soaked little fox with lots of problems. Kakashi sat down on one of the stools and placed Naruto on the counter before ordering two bowls of hot ramen for him and the fox. The ramen guy behind the counter looked at him oddly but didn't complain.
"So what happened?" Kakashi asked at length, while they waited for their ramen to come. Naruto shook his fur and narrowed his eyes at Kakashi. He knew Kakashi knew very well that he couldn't talk in this state, so why the hell was he bothering to ask?
"Ah, cat got your tongue?" Kakashi asked evilly and Naruto glared. "Alright alright we'll play 20 questions...Did Sasuke kick you out?"
Naruto sighed and shook his head... at lest he could answer that way...although it was going to be kind hard to explain why he had run away in the first place when all he could do was nod or shake his head.
"Hummm... okay so did you run out on your own?" was Kakashi's next question and this time Naruto nodded his head, he was feeling too cold and shocked to lie anyway.
"Ok...why...?" Kakashi thought about it for a minute. "Did Sasuke hurt you or something?" He asked. Naruto shook his head. "Did he say something mean?" Again a no. Kakashi was silent for a moment as the ramen was brought over and placed in front of them. He waited until the ramen guy left, and watched Naruto's reaction...he dipped his head into the bowl and licked at the broth, but didn't seem like he was truly enjoying it...this was big, he realized, and leaned forward. "Did he tell you how he felt?" He whispered.
So shocked by the question, Naruto turned to look at Kakashi, eyes wide...unfortunately, his wet fur had dripped water onto the countertop, and he nearly fell off, his feet trying to stay upright form the sudden motion. Kakashi caught hold of him before his student turned animal could fall off and hurt himself some more.
He lifted the wet fox up to eye level and looked at him. "So that's it..." He said thoughtfully. "It's nothing to run away from you know."
'Yeah, your not the one that has to deal with it...' Naruto mumbled miserably to himself. He didn't know what he was supposed to think...how he was supposed to react.
"Don't think too badly of Sasuke, Naruto." Kakashi told him, scratching him behind the ear. Naruto melted again but pulled himself together angrily. 'Why the hell shouldn't I think too badly of Sasuke, anyway?' He thought, 'The guy's a crybaby! And he...well he apparently has feelings... for me...' Naruto blushed and turned away to slurp at his food again... Ramen was the answer to everything!
"You know, anger is a sign of self denial." Kakashi pointed out and Naruto redoubled his efforts to devour the ramen. "Yeah you just don't want to admit that maybe you feel the same way." He shook his head sadly as if he were talking to a hopeless case.
'Yeah right.' Naruto thought to himself. 'No way in hell could I possibly be in love with that....' He stopped.
Naruto shook his head, he was not! Wasnot! Wasnot! Wasnot! H-he like Sakura right? He really did! He wanted her to be with him, right? Beside him, Kakashi sighed, "Think of it this way, Naruto…who do you think about when you first get up in the morning? Who do you think about when you go to bed at night?" Kakashi looked over at the small fox, "Who would you give you life to see happy?"
Naruto wanted to answer Sakura...but...he knew it wasn't true... The dark haired boy, he realized, was always on his mind...he'd fume over things that he said...gloat to himself over how he'd beaten him but...
What if he could make Sasuke happy? Bring back that smile from so long ago?
Would Naruto die to make that happen?
Sasuke died for him...once...
Beside him, Kakashi slurped up the last of his ramen and placed the bowl down. Naruto looked up at the older man, but Kakashi already had his mask up again....gee he was going to choke one of these days...all because he didn't want anyone to see his face.
Reaching over, Kakashi scratched Naruto behind the ears again, "You shouldn't keep everything bottled up inside, Naruto." he told the fox before turning to go, but stopped and looked back over his shoulder. "Oh, and watch out for the moon..."
Naruto blinked. 'Huh? What the hell is he talking about, watch out for the moon?' He thought, then shrugged his furry shoulders and devoured the last of his ramen. He hopped off the table and went out the door, ignoring the looks that the ramen bar patrons were giving him. He needed to find somewhere to go to...think this out, he was very confused.
Sasuke groaned in his sleep and sat up... why couldn't he sleep tonight? He had been constantly plagued with nightmares and dreams...it was probably because he had looked at his pictures with the little fox. Turning his head, he looked to see where the little guy was sleeping, but he wasn't there. He reached over and turned on the light as he looked around the room...no the fox was nowhere in his room...but his door was open... Getting up out of bed, Sasuke went to go look for him, hoping he was just trying to eat his shoes or something.
He searched every room of the big house, but there was no sign of the fox...and he'd left that window open again, he must have gone out that way...He winced as thunder shook the skies and the rain already pouring outside increased in intensity...the fox was probably lost out there in this awful weather...
He pulled on a rain coat and grabbed his black umbrella and went out into the storm...it wasn't bad enough he was becoming so worried over Naruto that he couldn't sleep but he'd let a small animal go out into this downpour...
Sasuke was not at all feeling that good, he was constantly worried about Naruto...and now the fox, he really wished he had the courage just to say what he wanted to say to the dobe…yes, dobe...Sasuke wasn't really sure why he kept calling Naruto dobe...it was almost like a pet name or something. Couldn't Naruto figure that out at least? Who else did he give pet names to? definitely not Sakura. 'Damn, this is not helping me find either him or the fox...' Sasuke sighed and tried to think of where a little animal might want to go in a storm.
He jogged through the rain filled streets...he checked the alleyways, trees, and any place where there was an overhanging roof which might provide shelter from the rain. After an hour of searching, however, he was starting to lose hope...the little thing probably had a place to go at night and here he was running around in the rain like a chump...well there was one place he hadn't looked yet...but he didn't really want to go there...if he went to Naruto's apartment and neither of them were there...man his stomach hurt...
Trying to stop himself form agonizing over it, Sasuke set off towards Naruto's apartment. He really hoped the dobe was home...and the fox.. How would he tell Naruto that he had gone and lost his fox? Was the fox even Naruto's? Sighing, Sasuke tried to shut his brain off and just ran through the downpour.
He reached the little apartment building and ran up the stairs to the front door of Naruto's home...how many times had he come up here intending to knock on the door and talk to the dobe before chickening out and running away? Maybe if he had the courage he needed, he could have stopped him from dissapearing...
He shook his head to clear it and knocked loudly on the front door, then waited, heart pounding in his chest. No one answered, however, and he moved to peer through the window on the side...Naruto's apartment was just as Sasuke had left it the day before...and it was dark as a tomb inside...
Dejectedly, Sasuke sunk down onto the stairs that lead up to Naruto's apartment. Why wasn't anyone looking for Naruto? Kakashi said he was going to see the Hokage about this but still no one had seen the dobe... Wasn't anyone looking other then him? And now the fox. Sasuke groaned and rested his head in his hands, he really needed to talk to someone...
He sighed deeply and looked up...and spotted someone that just might help. Iruka was walking slowly through the rain, looking around him. Of course Iruka would look for Naruto, he cared for him like he was the boy's father or older brother or something.
Without really caring what he was doing, Sasuke stood up and ran over to his former teacher. "Iruka-sensei!" He called, and the brunette blinked and turned to see Sasuke running towards him.
"Sasuke-kun?" Iruka said in surprise, "What are you doing out this late?" he immediately demanded and looked at his watch, "It's 1 in the morning..."
Sasuke sighed "I-I know...but I lost the little fox..." he said feeling very guilty that he wasn't saying what he had intended to...he wanted to ask about Naruto...but again he chickened out.
Iruka was silent for a moment as he stared at Sasuke's bowed head. He was troubled by more than a missing fox and he knew it... "I'll help you look." He spoke out, and Sasuke looked up.
"Th-thank you Iruka-sensei..." He stuttered. He wasn't used to people taking an interest in things that bothered him... He fell into step beside Iruka and stared at the ground, brooding things over in his mind.
As they walked in the rain looking for the small fox...and the fox grinning boy, Iruka sighed and turned to look at Sasuke, "I had a chase to read Naruto's diary..." he said and Sasuke's head shot up, but he tried to keep his hopes from going up as well. "I think he's a bit angry at you, Sasuke..." Iruka told the boy beside him, "He kept calling you a bastard and stuff like that..."
Sasuke groaned inwardly. "Of course he did, he hates me..." He muttered miserably.
"I don't think..." Iruka started, then stopped, as if trying to think of how he wanted to say this. "I don't think he...hates you so much as..." He paused again. "I got the impression that it really hurts him when you say things to him..."
Sasuke blinked...he had not meant for his words to hurt. But he shouldn't have been surprised, he treated Naruto like dirt most of the time and the rest...well he ignored him. Sasuke bit his lip and looked at the muddy ground, he didn't know what to say…he couldn't say he was sorry because he had nothing to be sorry to Iruka for, and with Naurto missing…
"Sasuke..." Iruka stopped walking. Sasuke took a few more steps and stopped as well, and looked back questioningly. "I think...when Naruto comes back you should try to be nice to him, I think he wants to be your friend..." He bit his lip as he carefully chose the next words. "He...cares about you a great deal..."
Sasuke sighed, not looking at Iruka, "I ...I'm sorry," was all he said before running away. Iruka stared after him and sighed, Sasuke and Naruto were both running from each other, he knew that...if only the two boys could figure it out…
Sasuke cursed under his breath as he ran, he was a jerk! Just a jerk and a cowared, that's all he was…all this time, as he tried to deny his feelings from himself, or hide it from Naruto in order to save face...he'd been hurting him! He never wanted to hurt him...ever...
He should have just told him...told him right away and let whatever would have happened happen...all his little charade had accomplished was to hurt both of them.
He stopped running, and looked around him...he was in the graveyard...how had he gotten there?
Panting heavily, Sasuke slowed to a walk and wandered through the grave stones…yeah this was the perfect scene to fit his mood. As Sasuke walked, a faint whining caught his ears. Hoping for anything to distract himself, he followed the sound, and his eyes widened when he saw the small fox curled up into a little ball underneath one of the graves, shivering form the wet and cold. Heedless of the mud, Sasuke knelt beside the small fox and stroked it's fur.
The fox opened his eyes and looked up at him. It stared up at him for a while with wide blue eyes before it crawled into his lap, still shivering and trying to get as close to him as it could get. Sasuke gathered the little thing into his arms, tucked it into his jacket and ran back to his home. The rain was starting to let up a little and the clouds weren't as thick, but the stars and the moon still could not be seen as Sasuke threw open his front door and sprinted to his room to dry the little fox...he hoped it hadn't gotten sick or something.
Sasuke pulled off his own wet coat and tossed it to the floor as he grabbed a towel form the hamper to dry the small animal. He tried to push the thoughts of Naruto out of his head as he dried the fox, but his eyes kept burning…he wasn't going to cry, he wasn't!
Naruto opened his eyes and look up at Sasuke, who's face was very pale and worried. The beginnings of tears shone in Sasuke's eyes as he blinked them back...the sight of them pierced Naruto's heart...
"You're just as bad as the real Naruto..." Sasuke was muttering as he rubbed the towel all over Naruto's furry body. "...Making me worry..." The tears started to flow again and he wiped them away angrily with his sleeve. "Damn it why won't he just come home?" He choked, as the weight of the whole situation finally fell down around him.
"Damn, damn, damn!" Sasuke cursed behind his hands, trying to control the emotions that were flooding into him.
Naruto blinked and sat up, staring at Sasuke…was the guy really this torn up about him being missing? Well why the hell had he never shown anything close to friendship beforehand? Was Sasuke emotionally handicapped or something? Naruto whined at the other boy, hoping to distract him from the fact that he was ...well missing.
He nuzzled at the other boy's hand and forced Sasuke to look at him. Sasuke blinked his dark eyes at the little fox, who looked up at him in concern. After a moment he took a deep, shaking breath and reached out to touch the fox's soft fur. Breaking down in hysterics was not going to help Naruto get home any faster...in fact nothing probably would, he probably wouldn't come back until he was ready to...
Although that thought did not reassure him all that much, he had to accept it. Sighing, he pulled the still damp fox to him and held him close as he crawled back into bed. There was nothing he could do...except apologize to the blonde when he came home.
This time Naruto did not try to escape Sasuke's clutches as he held on to him, it wasn't all that bad... plus it was really warm next to the other boy. He snuggled in and got comfortable, as Sasuke's breathing gradually became slow and even as he fell asleep.
Naruto turned his head a little to look out the window. He was glad to be out of the storm, but it seemed to be lessening now...the clouds were even starting to move away from the moon, revealing first a sliver, then most of the round glowing orb. 'Pfft, I don't know what's wrong with Kakashi, the moon isn't scary...' He thought to himself as the last of the clouds moved away to reveal a perfectly round, bright moon.
Naruto nearly squeaked in surprise as he felt the strangest sensation coming over him…wriggling out of Sasuke's grasp, he peered out the window towards the moon that hung quietly in the sky. He could not place the feeling he had, his heart was pounding and his head felt funny. Also his limbs hurt...why did he hurt so much? Gasping for breath, Naruto dropped his eyes from the moon and flopped down on the bed…everything was spinning...
He squeezed his eyes shut as pain washed over his body and he felt sick...he couldn't cry out or he would wake Sasuke...He groaned and slipped off the side of the bed...but it wasn't as far of a fall as it should have been. He waited until the feeling passed and opened his eyes. He was staring at Sasuke's floor...and there was a human hand directly in his field of vision. He backed up to get away from it only to realize...it was his hand...
Naruto blinked and stared down at his hands, HIS HANDS! Not paws or some thing else, but his own human hands! Before he jumped for joy though, he had to make sure...using his human hands, Naruto touched his feet, arms, legs, head, ears, nose, and mouth. He was just about to start jumping for joy when he realized something...where the hell were his clothes?
He looked around...his clothing wasn't anywhere to be found...what the hell had happened to it? He crawled around on the floor for a minute looking for his clothes but they just were not there. He got to his feet then realized....he was standing naked in Sasuke's bedroom...He found himself blush and he looked around for ANYTHING he could use to hide his shame. Spotting the towel Sasuke had dried him off with, he grabbed that and pulled it around his waist.
Behind him, Sasuke stirred in his sleep and turned over, Naruto froze like a rabbit. 'Sasuke's going to wake up! He's going to wake up and see me standing here in his towel!' But no shocked gasp reached Naruto's ears…the sound of Sasuke's even breathing still filled the room. Naruto chanced a look over his shoulder, and sighed with relief…Sasuke was sill sleeping.
He clutched at his chest, his heart was beating quickly...he knew he should just run out and hope that Sasuke never ever found out that he was the fox he'd been taking care of for the past two days...but Naruto was never one to just do what should be done. He glanced up at the bookshelf where Sasuke's diary was sitting...he could reach it now...
As he pulled the diary form the shelf, another book decided to leap out at him! Naruto's eyes widened with horror as he watched the book fall to the floor, and to his ears as it hit the ground the noise that it made could have woken the dead. With his heart hammering in his throat, Naruto looked over at Sasuke who...thank god, was still sound asleep...well, maybe not sound asleep, the guy was muttering stuff in his sleep again.
That was too close, he thought as he tried to ignore what Sasuke was saying...not that he could understand any of it, but he didn't want to know what would happen if he heard him saying his name again...He had to get out of here, now. He tip toed slowly to the door and turned the handle...it creaked loudly to his ears and he winced and looked backwards again. "Na....to...." Sasuke mumbled and turned back over so he was staring at the other wall. Naruto took a deep breath and turned the knob all the way...he had one chance and one chance only to make a break for it...he held his breath and opened the door, dashing out into the hallway, down the stairs and out the front door trying to make as little noise as possible.
Naruto counted himself lucky it was like 2 or 3 in the morning...he would have died if he ran into anyone with only a towel on. It had stopped raining, but the ground was still muddy and there was a chill in the air. Trying to keep his teeth from chattering, he ran on, hoping that the exercise would keep him warm until he got home.
He rushed up the stairs to his door and turned the knob...or tried to, it wouldn't budge. 'What the hell?' He asked himself angrily then remembered...Sasuke had locked the door when he'd left the apartment! Naruto was locked out of his home, and the only clothing he had was a towel...and it was starting to rain again...He tried desperately to get in through the window but there was no way in, and the manager would be dead asleep by now...what the hell was he supposed to do?
As Naruto began he process of pulling out his hair in frustration, a certain silver haired ninja with one visible eye appeared in front of him in a poof of smoke.
"Ack!" Naruto cried unintelligently as Kakashi appeared before him.
"Tsk, tsk, Naruto…" The older man shook his head, "Didn't I say not to look at the moon?"
Naruto twitched. "You said no such thing!" He cried, pointing at him. "You told me to 'beware the moon' ....how the HELL was I supposed to know what that meant?!"
"It's not my fault your an idiot." Kakashi commented, wagging a finger in Naruto's face. He raised an eyebrow at Naruto's apparel...or lack thereof. "Hmmm is this some kind of new fashion statement I don't know about? I wonder if I could get Iruka to...."
"NO! Nononononnononononnonono! NO!" Naruto yelled, panicking. What was Iruka going to think if the older man knew he was running around the village with nothing but a towel on? He cringed to think of it…"You will NOT tell anyone...please…?" he said meekly and sneezed.
Kakashi raised his eyebrow at that. "Catching a cold are you?" He asked, not even sounding interested, "That's what you get for running around more then half naked."
"Whatever will you just let me into my house?" Naruto demanded and sneezed again, sniffling loudly. He really didn't feel well all of a sudden...
"Here." Kakashi pulled something out of his pocket and tossed it to Naruto, who awkwardly caught it with one hand while holding the towel up with the other. He stared at the keys in his hand...it was the exact pair Sasuke had taken from his home.
"Where did you get these?" Naruto demanded.
"Iruka wasn't looking so I took them, figured someone was going to have to water your plants..." Kakashi commented, sounding bored.
Naruto glared at him and stalked past him, opening the door and slamming it shut in his teacher's face.
With the door firmly closed in his teacher's face, Naruto leaned against the door and sighed, he was home...and he was back to normal! He wanted to jump for joy again but his head was feeling dizzy, probably because he'd changed back to himself... dumb moon, dumb Kakashi, dumb Sas...dumb hormones...
Naruto sighed and went to go crawl into his PJ's and go to bed…he was very tired...hmm, bed....should have shower first....
He walked around in a daze as he showered and changed, ate something that was still ok in the fridge, and finally crawled into his nice comfy bed. He felt more tired than he had in a long time...his face felt hot and his head swam. Hoping that it would pass by the morning, he closed his eyes and fell asleep immediately.
Naruto blinked as he opened his eyes...which had decided to glue themselves shut during the night…and what was that pounding in his head? It sounded like someone was trying to break into his skull. After a few more minutes of pounding, he could hear the shrill voice of Sakura, "Naruto! Kakashi-sensei told me you were home! Now get up and answer the damn DOOR!"
TBC… Fear Evil Sakura! She's coming to break down Naruto's door! SOOOO Sorry for talking sooooo long to update. Oy, what a long and painful few weeks it has been….
Anyway The story's a little bit longer then usual, hope you like.
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