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 5

Naruto blinked as he opened his eyes; 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 yelling, "Naruto! Kakashi-sensei told me you were home! Now get up and answer the damn DOOR!"

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Naruto opened one eye, then the other eye and rubbed at them...they were full of disgusting crap...his throat hurt and his head throbbed painfully. He groggily threw his legs over the side of the bed and got to his feet. He had no idea what was going on, nor did he care... He wobbled to the door and pulled it open.

"There you are!" Sakura yelled at him and he winced, the shrillness of her voice felt like it was stabbing right into his brain.

"What do you want...?" He asked, his voice hoarse.

Sakura humphed and rested her hands on her hips, "Because you were missing, we had to cancel all our missions and everything." she told him with a glare, which did nothing to Naruto since he was still half asleep and sick. "Now that you're back, I'm not going to miss my chance to see Sasuke-kun today, so get some clothing on before I drag you out there in your pj's."

"But Sakura-chan..." Naruto complained, but she glared dangerously at him. Naruto sighed. "Fine..." He closed the door in her face and went to his room to change. He almost tripped on a few things on the floor and had put his shirt on backwards at first, but at last he appeared back at the door wearing his clothing and looking like the walking dead. He didn't protest as Sakura grabbed his arm and dragged him out the door and down the street...although he would have much preferred to stay home today...

At least it wasn't raining anymore, but it was still cloudy and fit the way Naruto felt at that very moment as Sakura dragged him to the meeting place. Only vaguely aware of what was going on, Naruto looked up when Sakura let go of his arm and made a squealing noise which could only translate into "Good morning, Sasuke-kun!" Hearing the other boy's name, Naruto's face went red and not just from the fever.

Sasuke looked up from where he'd been leaning on the railing. He noticed Sakura for a split second before Naruto filled his field of vision...he was back? But he didn't look too good. Remaining silent, he pushed away from the bridge railing and approached the two of them.

Sakura's eyes sparkled as Sasuke approached her. This was it, he was going to admit that she was the only one for him and, and…and he walked right past her.

Sasuke stopped in front of Naruto. He looked sick...his face was really flushed. Without even saying 'hello' or 'welcome back, dobe', Sasuke reached out and placed his hand on Naruto's brow. Eyes widening at the touch, Naruto tried to back away, but his feet wouldn't obey him. The only thing he managed was to sway a little and reach out for something to hold himself upright.

His hand closed around Sasuke's arm and his head pitched forward slightly against Sasuke's other hand. Sasuke blushed slightly, but kept hold of his calm composure.

"What do you think you're doing, coming out here with a fever, dobe?" He asked. Naruto only grunted in response. He couldn't think through his fogged head and the overwhelming smell of Sasuke that permeated his air supply.

Sasuke was unprepared when Naruto practically passed out in his arms. Grabbing hold of Naruto around the waist with one of his arms still holding onto the blonde's wrist, Sasuke was very aware of the scene they must have made. Behind him, Sakura gasped but sighed in relief, for some reason, as he lowered Naruto to the ground. Naruto shivered where he laid and was burning to the touch.

"Geeze..." He muttered to himself and pulled a handkerchief from his pocket and running to the stream to dip it into the cold water. He ran back to Naruto and put the damp cloth on his forehead. "Damn it, Sakura, why did you drag him out here like this?" He demanded. He knew he shouldn't be angry with her...but he was so frustrated and worried and the only emotion he knew how to display in public was anger.

"G-gomen Sasuke-kun..." Sakura apologized, not knowing what else do to when Sasuke yelled at her. She stood by and watched Sasuke bathe Naruto's burning head. Why did Naruto have to steal all of Sasuke's attention, he stole the dark haired teen's attention when they were training together, Sasuke was always there to save Naruto when he was about to die, or at least fall on his ass... It just wasn't fair.

Sasuke cursed, he had to get Naruto out of this weather before it started to rain again. Throwing his nervousness away for worry for the other boy, he reached down and scooped the unconscious Naruto up into his arms and stood up. Naruto was surprisingly light...

He looked around, and decided that his home was closer than Naruto's. He had to get some medicine or something in him quick before he burst into flames or something, he was radiating too much heat. Without a word to Sakura he dashed off with the blonde in his arms.

Sakura was about to run after him, but Kakashi appeared in front of her, "K-Kakashi-sensei!" she squeaked in surprise. "S-Sasuke-kun. H-he..." she stuttered, trying to tell her teacher what Sasuke had done, which was run away with Naruto in his arms, bridal style...that thought disturbed Sakura to no end.

Kakashi, however, just nodded his head, "Yes, I know, Sakura. Don't worry about it."

"But..." Sakura stuttered.

"It's alright, just go home, they'll be fine." Kakashi told her, then his eye hardened slightly, knowing that she would try to meddle if given the chance. "That's an order." He disappeared and Sakura was left to stalk home and mutter to herself.

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Naruto opened his eyes...his head still hurt and he squinted at the light hanging above him. Blinking, he forced himself to sit up and look around...where was he?

Looking around, Naruto felt he should know where he was...everything looked so familiar, it was scary... As his gaze drifted over objects in the room, Naruto heard a cough from behind him. Whipping his head around to see who was there, Naruto immediately regretted it as he was hit with a dizzy spell. Before he could fall over, though, he felt a hand on his shoulder, holding him in place.

Naruto blinked and tried to clear his vision as the hand made sure he didn't fall again. Once his head cleared, he turned it much more slowly to see who was there... Sasuke was standing beside him holding a small tray in his free hand, which had a little bottle, a spoon, and a glass of water on it.

"Sasuke?" He asked groggily, as it slowly clicked in his mind. He was in Sasuke's room! What the hell was he doing there?!

Sasuke didn't say anything for a moment, then sat down on the bed beside Naruto and poured some of the red liquid from the bottle in the spoon and held it out for Naruto. "Here take this, it should make you feel better..."

Naruto blinked at the red liquid. What? Was Sasuke trying to poison him now?

Sasuke saw the doubt in Naruto's face…heck, the guy was sick, it was like reading a book.

"It's not poison." Sasuke said and was mildly amused at the look of disbelief on Naruto's face, but when it wouldn't go away, he started to get a little annoyed. "Look, do you want me to force feed you, or what?" He asked, wincing inwardly at how mean that must have sounded.

Naruto looked at him for a moment, eyes slightly widened before he ducked his head slightly and took the spoon from him. He examined the red liquid dejectedly before putting the spoon in his mouth. He immediately turned red and swallowed, then made choking sounds. "Ugh...that stuff's nasty!" He cried, reaching desperately for the water. Sasuke placed it in his hands and Naruto downed the whole thing in half a second.

Still choking on the nasty taste, Naruto glared up at Sasuke, "W-What is that… t-that disgusting stuff?" he asked, sucking on his tongue to get rid of the taste.

Sasuke sighed, "It's supposed to help you get better." He told him in a way that suggested Naruto couldn't figure that out on his own. Naruto stopped sucking on his tongue and glared at Sasuke, but he dropped his eyes a moment later when he remembered the night before when he found out Sasuke… liked him.

Sasuke blinked when Naruto didn't yell at him, or call him bastard, or anything like that and just stared at his hands, face growing slightly red. This was unusual even if Naruto did have a fever. He sighed, he'd probably hurt his feelings again...he wanted to say he was sorry...he wanted to say a lot of things, but whenever he opened his mouth something rude came out.

So instead, Sasuke sighed and picked up the tray, "Are you hungry at all?" he asked. Naruto shook his head, still staring at his hands as Sasuke nodded his head and carried the tray away. Before he left though, he turned and asked, "N-Naruto...did y- did a fox come to visit you last night?"

If anything, Naruto's face turned redder, but he shook his head.

"Oh....never mind then..." Sasuke left the room and closed the door quietly after him. Naruto stared at the closed door and fell backwards onto the pillow, closing his eyes, and cursing himself. Now Sasuke missed the fox...and he couldn't string two words together without getting red faced and tongue tied and...

And it kind of scared him that the whole time Sasuke had been there all he had wanted to do was curl up in his lap where he knew it was warm and comforting...but he wasn't a fox anymore so he couldn't…

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Sasuke cursed to himself as he kicked at the door of his kitchen, he was such an ass. He had Naruto lying sick in his bed and he couldn't say one damned apology to him! Plus that little fox was missing...was it actually Naruto's fox? Sasuke didn't think so now…even if Naruto was sick, shouldn't he remember his pet? As Sasuke brooded to himself, he did not realize that Kakashi was now standing behind him, until the older man cleared his throat.

Sasuke whirled around and glared at Kakashi. If looks could kill, the man would have been lying in a smoldering heap right now...

"Hi there." Kakashi grinned underneath the mask. "I just thought I should tell you that you shouldn't worry about that little fox of yours, he's in good hands right now."

Sasuke blinked. How did he know about that? "Um...ok..." He answered, confused.

Kakashi grinned at him again before waving good bye and disappearing in a puff of smoke, leaving Sasuke blinking in confusion. After a moment of just staring at the place where Kakashi had been standing, Sasuke sighed and went to the fridge. Even if Naruto was not hungry, he was...and it wouldn't hurt to have something prepared for when Naruto was hungry.

He pulled stuff out of his fridge to make something for lunch that would be good for Naruto to try and get rid of his cold. He brooded some more as he chopped vegetables and dropped them into the boiling water for soup, and made a conviction...the next time he saw Naruto he was going to apologize for years of horrible manners and backstabbing remarks...he clutched his hand into a fist. He would do this even if it killed him...

"Sasuke?" Naruto's sleepy voice said from behind him and Sasuke jumped, almost dropping his spoon in the soup pot. He clutched it to him and whirled around, red faced.

"Wh-what?" He demanded.

Naruto flinched at the angry tone. "Um...I was gonna ask if I could use your bathroom, but never mind..." He turned to leave, he didn't want to make Sasuke any more angry at him than he already was.

Sasuke visibly winced when Naruto turned his back and was about to drag himself back upstairs, 'Damn it, stop him! There's no cat attached to your tongue, is there?'

"N-Naruto, wait..." Sasuke managed to get out of his mouth, and although it was barely a whisper, Naruto had actually heard him. Turning back to look at Sasuke, Naruto's eyes widened when he saw the blush on the other boys cheeks. "N-Naruto...I..." Sasuke started to say but bit his lip again.

Naruto blushed himself and backed away a little. Sasuke wasn't going to… to tell him how he felt, was he? Damn it, he wasn't ready to actually hear the words come out of the other boy's mouth, he hadn't sorted out what he himself was feeling, how was he supposed to give any kind of an answer?

So he took the only course of action available to him...he turned tail and ran out of there before Sasuke could say a word.

Sasuke blinked as Naruto ran out of the room…he had run away... Sasuke didn't even have a chance to apologize to the blonde at all. Dejectedly, Sasuke sank to the kitchen floor, the fact that Naruto had run away was proof enough…the blonde hated him, that's all there was to it.

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Naruto wasn't watching where he was going as he ran away from Sasuke, although Naruto did not run out of the house, he did find himself standing in Sasuke's room looking around very confused...how had he gotten there?

He stumbled inside and fell onto the bed, tears stinging his eyes. He shouldn't have run...he should have stayed there and let Sasuke tell him...maybe he wasn't even going to say what he thought he was going to, but how was he to know now? He groaned and turned his head... and a small book lying beside him caught his eye. He blinked, tears forgotten as he reached for it and got into a sitting position on the bed...it was Sasuke's diary, but what was it doing there? Hadn't he stolen it the night before?

Naruto looked around the room suspiciously…no, there was no one there...and he knew he had not imagined stealing the book last night...the book that had decided to attack him was still lying on the floor beside the book shelf. A light breeze gusted across Naruto's still fevered skin, and, turning his head to look at the open window, Naruto nearly had a heart attack when he saw Kakashi sitting there. But the older man was gone in a puff of smoke before Naruto could blink.

Kakashi? What was he...Naruto blinked. 'He must have left the diary here!' He thought. 'Then...then he probably wants me to read it....so it's ok if I read it right? Right?' For once his mind agreed with him and he pulled the book open to a random page to see what was written in Sasuke's secret diary... Somewhere, deep down inside, he wanted to know what Sasuke really felt about him...

TBC…