Okay, this is going to be a chaptered story, so don't panic at how short it is. This is chapter two of A Foxes Den
Disclaimer: I don't own any of Naruto's characters, not even Akamaru.
Summery: To escape Valentine's day and all that comes with it, Sasuke uses an untested jutsu and lands himself in the foxes den.
Warning: This story will contain language and sasunaru. Buyers beware.
A Foxes DenI am going to murder that scarecrow with extreme malice! Just you wait until I get my body back! Then you'll be sorry you ever messed with Uchiha Sasuke! Thought Sasuke, growling menacingly at his teacher's back. Kakashi just turned and waved cheerfully at the wolf cub and his blond student, before turning the corner and walking out of sight.
Eleven hours earlier…
Sasuke had not gotten much sleep that night. Once Naruto had fallen into a deep sleep, the cub had jumped off the bed and ran out the open bedroom door. Coming to a skidding stop in Naruto's living room, Sasuke sat down to try and think out his problem logically.
I must've aged three years today. Mused Sasuke, glad to be out of Naruto's bedroom to think. No matter how much he had tried, he had not been able to think properly in the same bed as a sleeping Naruto. What the hell is wrong with me? I've never had this reaction before. It's just Naruto, god dammit!
But even as Sasuke tried to convince himself that his friend was nothing, he knew he was lying. He may not of known what Naruto was to him, but he did know that it must be something important. Why else would he be feeling so strange in the company of his friend?
Shaking his head of such trivial thoughts, Sasuke concentrated on the problem at hand. He could always solve the Naruto issue later. I can't do seals (no fingers…), the chakra hold won't release, and the doors and windows are all locked. Why does he lock up in the first place? I'm going to have so many questions for that blond idiot when I'm human again. When did he start cooking? What does he mean when he says his name is Kit? Why does he talk to animals? Gak! Why does he have pink bubble bath? Thought Sasuke, well aware that he was off topic and rambling. He had been through too much the last 15 hours to care much about anything anymore.
Hearing a sound outside, Sasuke cut his rambling short to listen. Step, Step, Step, mumble, mumble, laugh, quick steps, and SMASH! Sasuke watched as the glass from the window rained down, settling into the carpet. A brick rested on the floor, a piece of paper tied to it with some twine. Sasuke was vaguely aware that the people were getting away, but he was more interested in the note. He crept forward, careful to avoid the glass that littered the floor.
A sudden noise behind him caused Sasuke to assume defensive position. The wolf stood stalk still, as the noise got closer, silently running over his options. As a ninja, the solution would've been easy, but as a wolf cub, his choices were somewhat limited. Deciding to simply bite the intruder, Sasuke turned quickly towards the steady thumping. And then he froze. Ahead of him stood someone he recognized, but did not know. The man looked like Naruto, but the eyes… the eyes were not those of his best friend. The eyes were those of someone who had been through too much. The eyes of someone who had lost all hope for the future and who had never really forgiven the past.
The young man walked past the cub, not bothering to avoid stepping on the sharp shards of glass. He bent over to untie the note, before straightening up to read it. His eyes skimmed quickly across the page he held in his shaking hands. Naruto then dropped the letter and walked over to the window, looking out and down at the street below. He stood there silently for a moment or two, before walking in the direction of his bedroom. Pausing in front of the door Naruto whispered so quietly that Sasuke was sure he would not have been able to hear had he been human.
"Don't stay up too late. We leave early tomorrow," said the man that might as well of been a shadow, before entering the dark room. Sasuke stood silent within the scattered glass for a long time, his mind trying to piece together the new information. At least I know why he locks his doors and seals the windows. Suddenly remembering the letter Naruto had left on the ground, Sasuke picked his way through the glass. Flipping over the note with his snout, the cub read the letter. His heart stopped.
A freak like you should never have been born. You murderer! How dare you show your face in this town after your crimes! Obviously, last weeks lesson taught you nothing. You want us to rape you again freak? It would be better you were dead. Everyone would be happier. You think you have friends, but everyone hates you! You're lower than dirt. Just die and get over with.
Sasuke stood shakily. His legs felt weak and he was sick to his stomach. Stumbling away from the hate mail, he collapsed against the wall and threw up. Rape? Oh God Naruto, I had no idea. I'm so sorry. I'm so very sorry.
The cub wept that night, whining and howling into the wind that whistled through the smashed window.
"Rise and shine!" Screeched a cheery voice in Sasuke's ear. Jerking out of his fitful sleep, Sasuke looked around for the owner of the offending voice. There stood Naruto, the Naruto that Sasuke knew, with a lopsided grin on his face.
"Up and at'im! You slept forever! I'm going to be late if you don't get off your lazy ass!" Sasuke shot up off the bed and… bed? Sure enough Naruto had moved him to the bed during the night. Naruto looked quizzically at the cub as said wolf ran from the bedroom and into the living room. Naruto shrugged his shoulders and walked after Sasuke.
How the hell… The glass had been picked up, the brick thrown out, and the window boarded up. Naruto walked in, looking as if nothing had ever had happened. But he was raped! Why does he look like nothing happened?
Naruto looked sideways at the boards nailed to the window, his face drooping slightly.
"It's nothing, I'm used to it now" said Naruto quietly, as if knowing what Sasuke was thinking. " The beatings stopped hurting a long time ago."
How come he can always tell what I'm thinking about, even if I'm not human?
Sasuke watched as Naruto fidgeted with the necklace around his neck, not understanding when his friend had changed. Maybe he was always this way, and you never noticed, Sasuke no baka.
Perking up, Naruto kneeled down by the wolf, ruffling his coat. "Don't worry about it. What you should be worrying about is how we're twenty minutes late to meet team seven. Sasuke's going to be rubbing it in my face all day" groaned Naruto, scooping up the cub and ducking out the front door. After fiddling with the locks for a moment, Naruto darted down the stairs, running towards the bridge that was team seven's meeting place.
Sakura had flipped out when Naruto showed up with a wolf at his heels. She spent the next hour keeping her distance from Naruto and the cub, while enquiring about Sasuke's location. If only she knew he was the wolf. Sasuke's thoughts were not focused on Sakura though, but rather on changing back into a human and helping Naruto.
Where is that good-for-nothing teacher? Why does he always have to be late? He does it on purpose, and he knows we know. So why does he still do it?
A sudden poof of smoke interrupted any further thoughts.
"You're late!" Shouted his companions in their normal response to Kakashi's tardiness.
"Well, There was a stampede of meerkats heading for the village and I had to…"
Kakashi was cut off by the predictable: "liar!" It was here that Kakashi noticed one of his students was missing.
"Where is Sasuke?" inquired Kakashi.
"We don't know. I hope he's not hurt…" and " Bah! Who care's about that bastard!" were his answers. Kakashi rolled his visible eye at the foreseen responses.
Noticing the wolf, Kakashi asked Naruto who his friend was.
"He stayed over last night. I brought him to the bridge to eat Sasuke-teme, but the jerk never showed up…" Pouted Naruto, ignoring the look Sakura gave him.
"I see…" mumbled Kakashi, bending over to study the wolf.
"Yip!" screeched the pup, trying to get Kakashi to realize who he was. "Yip Bark Bark Whiiiiine!"
Kakashi's eye widened for a second before retuning to its normal crescent moon shape. One could only assume he was smiling.
"Naruto" called Kakashi, drawing Naruto's attention away from the brewing fight between the boy and Sakura (most likely over Sasuke).
"Yes, Kakashi-sensei?" Said Naruto ignoring Sakura's angry glares.
"Can I borrow your wolf-friend for a second?" Sakura cast a surprised look at her teacher, wondering 'what he was on', while Naruto acted like it was the most natural thing in the world.
"Sure" stated Naruto, before turning back to Sakura to continue their argument.
After walking away from the bridge, and their teammates, Kakashi sat cross-legged on the dirt path next to the wolf.
"Alright Sasuke," sighed Kakashi "Why, exactly are you a wolf?"
Sasuke would have jumped for joy, if that had been something an Uchiha did. It wasn't, but he was very happy nonetheless.
"Yip! Bark Yip Bark!" said Sasuke, before bowing his head in both humiliation and defeat. He had finally found Kakashi and he couldn't even tell him what he wanted.
Sighing, Kakashi summoned one of his dog ninja to translate. Sasuke tried again, this time directing his barks at the dog.
"He says" translated the dog " That he used an untested jutsu to escape his fan club and got stuck. He asks how he can turn back."
Kakashi thought over the request before gesturing Sasuke closer. Sasuke leaned in closer, excited to be turning back into a human soon.
"You must…" whispered Kakashi, "kiss your one true love!" Sasuke reeled backwards, his eyes wide. "I think Naruto's still free" Said Kakashi watching as Naruto waved goodbye to Sakura and headed in their direction. "He's a good choice."
Sasuke gawked at Kakashi, his mouth hanging open. Kakashi let out a strange giggle before leaning forward again.
"All right, I lied. The real way to release the technique is to…" he whispered in Sasuke's sensitive wolf ear "I'm not telling!" he finished, shouting and scaring the shit out of poor Sasuke.
Just as Sasuke was about to take a chunk out of Kakashi's arm, Naruto showed up.
"Sakura say's she's leaving to go look for Sasuke. What are you two talking about?" asked Naruto, cocking his head to the side.
"Ah ha ha ha" giggled Kakashi nervously, backing away from the bared fangs of the wolf. "I was actually just leaving," said Kakashi quickly, pulling himself off the ground and walking off down the street before Sasuke could gnaw his leg off.
I am going to murder that scarecrow with extreme malice! Just you wait until I get my body back! Then you'll be sorry you ever messed with Uchiha Sasuke! Thought Sasuke, growling menacingly at his teacher's back. Kakashi just turned and waved cheerfully at the wolf cub and his blond student, before turning the corner and walking out of sight.
Thank you for reading chapter 5 of A foxes Den. I hope you enjoyed it, even if it was a tad confusing to read. Oh, and thank you for all the reviews. I still can't believe 30 people bothered reviewing. Thank you all so much! Reviews make the day pass a little bit faster. It was hard to write the part about the letter, but the Naruto in this story has been to hell and back, and I needed a way to give Sasuke a glimpse into that side of Naruto. It still made me sad though. Thank you again for all the reviews, and for taking the time to read this story.