Welcome to chapter SIX of A Foxes Den. Not chapter two. (Can you believe I kept missing that?)
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.
As an extra note, when the animals are talking to each other, their speech will be underlined. Okay?
A Foxes Den
Well, That explains some key questions… thought Sasuke, wondering when exactly the world had gone insane (and why it had failed to send him a memo).
"Come on!" hollered Naruto, dragging the cub down the street by the scruff of his neck. After Kakashi had blatantly refused to help the wolf and disappeared, Sasuke had wanted nothing more than to give chase. Kakashi had forfeited his leg when he chose to ignore Sasuke's pleas, and the wolf cub was looking for his payment. Of course, Naruto had not understood why his furry companion had suddenly darted off down the path. Even if he did know, he just wasn't being very understanding of Sasuke's need to tear the Jounin limb from limb.
Sasuke turned around to growl and snap at Naruto's hand, but stopped when a sharp swat was felt on the back of his head. He looked up blearily at Naruto, his face scrunched up in a look that said 'how could you?'
"Oh, shush up!" said Naruto, apparently unaffected by the wolf's piteous look. "Kakashi has a way of getting on everyone's bad side. You'll get over it. Whatever he said to you, ignore it. He really is a good guy deep down".
Pffft thought Sasuke Maybe really, REALLY, deep down. I personally think he's evil. Not just any old evil either; dark overlord kind of evil. Sasuke finally stopped tugging Naruto down the path, vowing to track down his teacher later, when he was unhindered by a tail and had all of his ninja skills back.
Looking relieved, Naruto plopped down in the middle of the path, unmindful of those who might walk down it. Like anyone wouldn't turn around when they saw a ninja and a wolf sitting in the middle of the path. They'd either be very brave or very stupid. Which are often the same thing.
Naruto raised his head and looked at the cub, who seemed to be smirking at it's own hidden thoughts. It almost reminded him of his best friend/rival. Shaking the troubling thoughts from his head, Narutonudged the cub out of its daze. It gave him an irritated look, reminding the blond yet again of his raven-haired companion.
"Yah, Yah. I'm so frightened of the big, bad wolf. Pick on someone your own size. …Like Akamaru! Sakura asked if we could come into the village to help search for her beloved. Well, technically she only asked me… but beggars can't be choosers. Maybe we'll run into the gang while we're looking for Sasuke-teme." Naruto finished his rambling, hismouth puckeringas if he had eaten something sour, instead of just saying Sasuke's name. Sasuke felt the same way, and promised to tell the dumb blond as soon as he was human again.
Sasuke had never thought Konoha a very hostile village. In fact, the village was rumored to coddle their ninja. Obviously the workers of the rumor mill had never decided to prance through the village with Naruto by their side.
Sasuke looked up at Naruto, expecting his face to be twisted in pain or anger. Instead Naruto took the glares with a practiced ease, occasionally smiling at the glowering villagers. Sasuke wondered briefly why he had never noticed the looks before. Until it hit him like a ton of bricks; they would never have dared to glare at the remaining Uchiha. They respected him andlooked forward to the day he rebuilt Konohagakure's most prized clan.
I should turn gay just to spite them thought Sasuke, imagining their shocked and ashamed faces. He couldn't help but laugh at the imagined anguish on their faces, but the laugh came out as an odd sort of hissing sound.
Naruto glanced down at his friend, arching one blond eyebrow.
"What, if you don't mind my asking, is so darn funny?"
The wolf tried glaring back at Naruto, but the look was lost. Sasuke eyes sparkled with amusement, leaving the glare looking (as Naruto would put it) 'half-assed'. Before the blond could make a remark though, a loud shout echoed down the deserted street they were currently walking down.
"Oiiii! Naruto!" Sasuke turned his head sharply in the direction of the voice, already knowing whom it was. Kiba was running down the street in their direction, a blushing Hinata in hand. Akamaru ran ahead of his master, barreling down the alley towards Sasuke and Naruto.
Before Naruto could shout back a response, the dog had him pinned and was busy licking his face. Naruto struggled, telling the dog to get off of him, but Sasuke could tell that his friend was enjoying the affection.
Kiba finally caught up to where Naruto lie sprawled on the ground. He let go of Hinata's hand and used both his hands to grab hold of the overgrown mutt and pull him off Naruto.
If anyone had said Akamaru was small, Sasuke would have laughed outrightin his or her face. That dog was huge. It seemed that Akamaru had hit a growth spurt a few years back, and had grown at an outstanding rate. His head now sat just above Sasuke's hips.
"Oh, get off, you big oaf" said Kiba, not really meaning the words and only restraining the dog half-heartedly.
Naruto got up, brushing the dirt off his pants.
"Jeez Kiba, can't you control that mutt?" asked Naruto, beaming at his two companions. Kiba grinned, sending a rude remark Naruto's way, while Hinata just stared at the ground and played with her fingers. Sasuke watched the exchange with detached interest, noting the similarities between the two loud-mouthed ninja's. Kiba finally looked over at Sasuke, realizing the wolf's presence for the first time.
"Whoa man," whispered Kiba, thinking the cub couldn't hear him (the cub could, and was quite pissed at the feral boy) "Why in hell do you have a wolf with you?"
Naruto rolled his eyes. "Do you really think he can't hear us dog-breath?"
Kiba made a face at Naruto, which Naruto gladly returned. After a few more rounds of face making, Kiba re-voiced his question, without the whispering.
"I found him," said Naruto, still making faces behind Kiba's back, "the thing fell asleep on my clothes while I was swimming. I took him with me when it started raining because I had no other choices. I know for a fact that there are no wolf tribes in the south forest; he must've been lost. I'm going to take him back today and help him find his clan."
Kiba raised an eyebrow. "And how exactly are you going to do that?"
Naruto shrugged his shoulder's, glancing down at his charge. "I'll ask around the forest, someone's bound to have seen him before."
Kiba stared at Naruto for a while, trying to make sense of what he had just said, until finally deciding that he probably didn't want to know any way.
It was then that Sasuke realized just how close the big dog hadgotten to himwhile he was distracted by the odd conversation. Sniffing the cub, Akamaru abruptly backed away when he placed the scent.
Uchiha Sasuke? Asked Akamaru, causing the wolf cub to jump. Sasuke had never heard the dog speak, and it had surprised him (though he'd never admit it out loud).
Yes… Tried Sasuke, wondering if this communication thing worked both ways. When he had talked to Kakashi's ninja dog, he had only been directing his words through the dog, and he still wasn't completely sure if he could communicate back.
What the hell? Screeched the dog, causing the humans to look surprised at his huge bark. Kiba rushed over to the dog, immediately demanding what was wrong. Akamaru looked sheepish and mumbled that nothing was wrong. Kiba then started fighting with the dog, throwing him insults for worrying him over nothing, which Akamaru gladly returned. Sasuke noted that neither the master nor the pet had any manners.
After Kiba stomped back to Hinata and Naruto, Akamaru turned back to Sasuke with a puzzled expression. So… Why exactly are you a wolf?
Sasuke huffed, looking the other way. Do you really think I like being stuck with the dobe? I made a mistake and I'm stuck like this until I can figure out how to reverse it.
Akamaru looked from Sasuke to Naruto then back to Sasuke again, before breaking out into a wide dog grin. I personally think you like being with him. In fact I think you kind of like, like him.
Sasuke stared up at the mutt in mute horror. Oh my God…thought Sasuke I can't believe anyone would think that, never mind two people in one day. Is that really the vibe I'm giving off?
The big dog looked down on the cub with a bemused sparkle in his eye. Well, more power to you, my friend. I don't care which lane you drive in as long as you're happy with your mate. The dog then trotted away from the wide-eyed wolf, towards his master, who was just wrapping up his conversation with Naruto.
"Alright man, we'll keep an eye out for the resident bastard" yelled Kiba, as he walked down the lane the way he came, Hinata following suit. Slipping her hand into Kiba's, she turned back to wave to Naruto, before disappearing with her boyfriend and his dog.
Naruto looked after them for a few moments before turning and walking over to the still stunned pup.
"My God, you look like someone just stole your ramen!" said Naruto, breaking the cub from his stupefied spell. Sasuke blushed and turned his head away, but Naruto couldn't see the tinged cheeks any ways. Thank the lord for fur…
Sasuke ran to keep up with the idiot blond, cursing his shortened leg span.
When Sasuke had reigned in his emotions, Naruto had promptly turned to the cub and said, "Well, I'm done looking for Sasuke-teme, how about you?" After that, Naruto had taken off in the direction of the forest, saying something about finding the cub's tribe. The thing was, Sasuke didn't have a tribe. A fact he was starting to worry about as they ran throught cet forest.
Oh no, what's going to happen when he figures out I'm not really a wolf? He'll think I played him for a fool. ...Wait a second…it's not like he can talk to the animals, and they wouldn't know me even if he could. Although who knows? Lord knows that boy's given me more surprises these last two days than I've had in my entire life.
Sasuke's ramblings were cut off when he ran head first into a pair of legs. He had been so caught up in his thoughts that he had failed to notice when the boy had stopped. Glaring up at the blond as if it we're his fault, Sasuke was surprised to see the boy creating seals. Sasuke looked closely at the seals, recognizing some of them; the snake, the rooster, the ox, but not knowing what the other ones were.
"Buyou doubutsu no kage" Shouted Naruto, as he made the last seal. There was a poof of smoke that burned Sasuke's eyes and nose. After the smoke had cleared, Sasuke looked up for his friend, but couldn't see him. Searching around frantically for Naruto, Sasuke was more than a little surprised when he heard a voice come from under him.
Ahem! I'm down here. Sasuke slowly lowered his gaze to that of a blue-eyed, red furred fox. Hi! Said the fox, unmindful of Sasuke's stares, my name's Kit, nice to meet you! Again.
Well, That explains some key questions… thought Sasuke, wondering when exactly the world had gone insane (and why it had failed to send him a memo).
Thank you for reading chapter six of A Foxes Den. Sorry it took so long to update --; My mid-term's are coming up, as well as Christmas, so I've been a bit short on time. So, Naruto's secret is out and I'm slowly driving Sasuke to insanity… what fun! The boy needs a little insanity any ways, he's way to uptight. I'd like to thank everyone for reviewing. I absolutely love feedback (there's nothing better then logging in to find that someone has left you a big fat review). Thank you all so much. I'll update as soon as possible, but that probably won't be until after the holiday's so please sit tight. Thank you again.
P.S. Buyou doubutsu no kage should translate roughly into 'dance of the animal shadow'. If this is a big glaring error, please tell me so I can fix it. Thank you.