Author's notes: Well another Sunday, another chapter. Enjoy. Wait! If you didn't realize it, the chapter I added a few Sundays back Sunday was the first chapter, so if you felt a feeling of de ja vu, then you did. If you felt so, then go back and read the first chapter, true beginnings. NOW READ THE STORY! (Jumps you)

By the way, my internet wasn't up for a while due to the many viruses I had, so posting a chap was impossible ;;

Chapter 4: Red haired sand-man

Once again Naruto couldn't go to sleep. It wasn't because he had left Iruka at his house with no way of contacting him except by cell phone, but because he was sleeping in a room about 5 feet away from a smoker in question. He didn't like the smell or the taste of cigarettes in his mouth, and he was sure there was more of that to come. He had to keep himself from completely sitting up from his guest-bed where he laid.

Well, it was good that he allowed himself to find a house so quickly. He had only been to school for a day and found someone who had no one to go to. Actually, Naruto did have the option of staying with Iruka, but his mind was made up not to pesterize him with his being. It was a track going downwards if he kept making the man worry about him, for Iruka had a life to look forward to after all. He was going off to seriously become a great chef, and just by growing up with him, Naruto had gotten his food stuck in his mind forever. He knew he couldn't hold him down from achieving his dream of the high life.

But to clear up his mind he had to see if Sasuke would really let him stay here… After all he really did budge into his home, and made him accept him into his home. He wouldn't want to stay with someone who didn't want him there but… He wanted to stay her- ARRG! This was too much to think about when he could solve the problem right there, right now!

He sat up from the bed so quickly that the sheets flung from his body onto the floor with the quickness of an unknown force. He sidestepped out of the bed, walking out the guest's bedroom door into the hall. While he walked down the darkened hallway, he looked for Sasuke's room as he went, and as soon as he saw a door with an audible amount of snoring, he opened the door and walked into the silent room.

He quickly pulled a seat for himself right next to Sasuke's bed, taking the silence of the wheels with him. In a few seconds he made enough noise to cause Sasuke to mumble, before he turned over to look at Naruto. He couldn't seem to get his mind straight until he turned back over to the opposite side of his bed where a new alarm clock lied. He blinked once, then twice, and then the realisazation sunk in. he slowly and shakily turned to face Naruto, bloodshot eyes radiating with bloodlust.

"Naruto...May I ask if you have any idea what time it is? At all?"

"Umm… I didn't get a chance to look at the time when I left the bed sooo-"

"Please, by all means take a look. I want to see that you see it."

Becoming worried that Sasuke had been angered. He calmly advanced closer to Sasuke, before he continued and went right over his body. He took a glance at the clock, which read a Bright red 3:21 AM. He chuckled to himself while he hovered over Sasuke's body, not realizing that the boy under him was beginning to raise his hands to around his throat. He grasped Naruto's neck in a chokehold, before he began to speak.

"WHY THE HELL ARE YOU IN HERE! IT IS TIME FOR BED! GO TO FREAKING SLEEP!"

Sasuke released his grasp on Naruto's neck, causing him to forcibly drop back down into his seat. He gasped for air when he was seated, looking at Sasuke with a mere glare. Sasuke laid there looking at Naruto, unashamed of what he had done. After a few moments in silence, not that silent, due to Naruto still catching his breath, Sasuke turned to have his back face Naruto, not caring at all for a second, but he quickly spoke up after he heard Naruto still going on about being choked.

"Are you all right? I'm not an early morning or a late night person."

"You choked me hard Sasuke… I thought I was going to die…"

"I'm…Sorry. What do you want?"

"I wanted to –cough- know if I could live with you. I know you might not want me to live here, so I don't want to be a burden to your life if you don't want me to be."

Sasuke took a short pause before he replied to his question. In his mind he was wanting a real friend who could live wit him to keep him from getting lonely, and in turn he was sure Naruto either A. Didn't have no where to go. B. Didn't want to go somewhere.

Well either way, it was his real choice to be there, so why should he object?

"Okay, I will only saw this once."

"Saw?"

"IM SLEEPY DARN IT! As long as you live here you must promise me that you will not do anything completely crazy under this house."

"What happened to the first rules?"

"Do you want them?"

"NO! But in the meantime…Sasuke…"

"Yes? I am going to sleep. Speak or forever hold your peace."

"Can I sleep with you?"

Sasuke's mind started to reel with wild ideas and vivid pictures of crazy scenes and positions. He had to keep himself from turning a complete shade of red before Naruto could see it; however that was completely unlikely to happen since it was total darkness that covered their faces. It is not that Sasuke was Gay or anything; it's just the idea of someone… Whoa! Bad images!

"Naruto… WH-What do...? You e-exactly mean?

Naruto shifted a bit closer, causing Sasuke to squirm a little in the comfort of his sheets.

"Well I never had the opportunity to sleep with my mother or father, so I think you should suffice." With that, Sasuke's mind shocked itself back to reality as he realized that he didn't have any sexual themes implanted in his mind at all when he said that. He scooted over, allowing Naruto to share a portion of the bed, allowing him the freedom to capture half of his bed space.

"Just don't touch me." A squeal was heard from Naruto that made Sasuke shudder in his minds eye as he saw Naruto jump into the bed to lie down facing the opposite direction of Sasuke. "I won't Sasuke! Thanks a bunch!"

The silence could only held the room for so long as Naruto sat there, looking the opposite way. He was hiding a face of sadness, however all but Sasuke could see it. After all, wasn't Sasuke's life could be considered perfect? But his mind thought of such things so quick that he didn't have the mind to realize that the eyelids which were usually under his complete control, had slipped into an effortless slumber.

"Morning! Wakey Wakey!"

Sasuke's face distorted to that of a squawk when he realized that the sun was shining oh so hard onto his face. He stabbered for a moment before he looked over at the clock, which had read a startling 6:00 AM, and then he proceeded to rise to a sitting position. School started at 8:30, and it was a seemingly short walk through the path to get to the school. Naruto was up and cooking as Sasuke could smell it, the fragrance of bacon and other breakfast meals in the air. He looked around, still not seeing the blond, even after he had made such a great shout.

"Where the hell are you Naruto?"

"Downstairs! Come on!"

Sasuke sighed as he gently rose from the bed, going to the bathroom located inside of his room. Thinking as fast as he could, he hurriedly washed himself and brushed his teeth, grooming himself to look as though he was never sleep in the first place. He calmly walked down the stair, putting his two hands in their respective pockets to his jacket. He wondered to himself as he neared the bottom of the steps.

Hmmm…I wonder what Naruto is doing..

He passed the stairway's start, looking around in the kitchen first, trying to find a hint of anything left over from Naruto's activities. To his surprise, all things was were they were supposed to be, but when he looked in the dishwasher, he saw that Naruto had hand-washed everything. Among the items washed were pans, dishes, forks, spoons, and just about all the things you could cook with.

He better Not be making a mes- Oh my…

Sasuke entered the adjoining kitchen with astounding eyes. He had never seen such a display of food in one area, simply for breakfast! Eggs, bacon, pancakes, waffles…Naruto truly outdid himself. Taking a single step back to look at the table which was filled with so much food he began to wonder just how he had learned to cook like that… and how early he stayed up to do it.

"About time you sleepy head, man I was starting to worry that you couldn't get up without me pulling you up."

"Naruto.. Where in the world did you get all of this…and how do you know how to cook like this as well?"

Naruto sat down in his chair, slamming on his plate many things which were greased, syruped, and buttered up for flavor. Sasuke smelled a hint of cinnamon, but it was overpowered by all the sweet scents.

"Oh calm down. You had all this stuff in your fridge, and I learned all this from Iruka-master. But anyway, I left ya last night like at 5 a clock to start the making of this…. Very odd you tried to pull me back down with you…"

Sasuke turned around to hide a blush which had crept up to his face. He turned around after it had left, going to sit down and eat a plate for himself.

"Thank you Naruto, really…"

This is probably the first time I ate something other than cereal for breakfast…

"You idiot!" –pant-

"We are going to make it! Just keep running!"

"How the hell did you NOT watch the time?"

"You were talking to ME if I remember correctly!"

"OH YA, that's what you WANT me to do!"

Naruto and Sasuke raced through the forest, time being 8:23 when they left. Luckily, on the way they realized that it was another class in which they had together, and it was taking place outside, which meant all they had to do was get there. However, if they were late, they would surely be punished. They ran like gazelles on fire before reaching their destination. Luckily they arrived at the building's exit just in time, which was actually the area which held the next class. Sadly, as they arrived on the scene with their back packs, everyone was dressed and ready to go, however with Naruto and his big sweater-jacket on, and Sasuke with his turtle-neck, this would make an interesting gym class. To their dismay, the teacher saw them out, a Mr.Gai on his nametag.

"ALL RIGHT ALL YOU YOUNG PEOPLE! Let's get a move on! Join with groups of three to start off, then we will start the Exercises of youth!"

"Man.. I wonder what in the world we are gong to do.. I CALL SASUKE!"

Sasuke glared at Naruto with a trademark glare of death. ™

"Whatever…. Now we still need one more person."

"-Ill think I'll take that up."

A red hared man stepped up to the 2 people, a glare in his eyes that matched the darkness around his eyes. He seemingly held an aura of dark energy which seemed to radiate a passion for bloodlust. Yet, he was determined to join them…

Who was this?