Author's Note: Sorry for the change of writing techniques, but I intentionally made the first two chapters in a first person point-of-view. Sorry ahead of time for the mix-up.

Chapter 3: The First Night

Naruto was astounded to see how close to the walls that Reku's house was, or if you call his mansion a house. His family seemed to be as wealthy and powerful as the Uchiha and the Hyuga clans. Since the attack on the village months ago, he couldn't find a contractor that was competent enough to even try to repair the damage to the dividing barriers of Reku's property. He then opened the outer gate to his property. "Welcome to my empty mansion, Naruto," Reku said with a gesture to approve of the blond as a part of his family.

Naruto said nothing, for the fear that one of Reku's elders would come out of the mansion, and beat him for insulting the clan. Instead, he took off his sandals at the front of the door, bowing to honor the clan before entering the house with Reku, who didn't perform the same task as the shorter ninja (except for taking off his sandals). "You didn't really need to do that," Reku said as he opened the front door. "I lived alone since I became a true ninja."

"I know," the whiskered boy replied, in an egotistical voice. "It was better to respect the clan, in case someone would be insulted by me dishonoring the family."

Reku snorted. There was no other family living on the big property since his parents died in the Village of the Rain. He was pleased that Naruto didn't want to be a victim to his clan's wrath, but was concerned about how Naruto lives his life without knowing any grain of information about his own family.

"Since we will be in the same house," Reku said, "I only claim a small part of it. You can use a vacant wing of the house if you like, or -- what are these?" A couple bags of belongings was in the family room of Reku's wing.

"Masters Iruka and Kakashi must've sent my stuff here, so we wouldn't make the extra trips." Naruto shouted as he grabbed both suitcases as well as his Kakashi dummy.

"I have a spare room in my wing if you want to use it," The red-headed ninja said, slightly blushing at the thought of them living in the same wing. Though he enjoyed the thought, he still had his doubts. He turned and looked out the window that faced the rest of the village. "There's a storm brewing." growled Reku. He removed the weaponry and vest from his body, and threw them in a nearby closet. He looked at Naruto, who still had his gear on.

"Put your tools in here for the night." Reku suggested. "We'll move your stuff to another closet when the storm subsides. In the meantime, why don't you bunk in my room for the night. I still need to get the spare room fixed up, but the supplies we need are in the outside storage."

As soon as Naruto was in his pajamas, he and Reku brushed their teeth, and they both fell asleep with a dividing barrier of pillows between them. Naruto had no trouble falling asleep, which made Reku think about how amazing the shorter kid was. He looks so cute when he is sleeping, Reku thought. I wonder what he looks like wet.

The night has turned for the worse when lightning struck a mile near Konohagakure village. Naruto yelped, waking up Reku in the process. The whiskered boy removed the dividing barrier, and wrapped his tan arms around the red-head's body. Reku didn't struggle or say something to the scared ninja. You really are afraid of lightning, Naruto, Reku said to himself. He couldn't fall asleep after he felt Naruto was holding his behind. Both ninja calmed down, as they both fell into a good night's sleep.