A/N: Haha..dont kill me. I got..distracted [lazy]. Sorry..but I finally updated right? Haha. I actually created another NaruSasu hybrid fanfic called Colourless Rainbow if you guys want to check it out. That would be great, cept now there's more pressure on me [that I totally did to myself..oops] to continue both stories..so I will apologize in advance if it does take awhile. Once I get some ideas, I just can't not write it.

Anyways! Thank you for those who had reviewed and favourited/followed, much appreciated.

Also thank you SaikaMasaomi for your suggestion about the cat's peripheral vision. I'll see if I can somehow include that, it might give me an idea in the future, but I shall see.

Another thing I need to clear up. I noticed a misunderstanding in my writing about Itachi's skin being purple. Because the dream was in Sasuke POV of a seven year old, I tried to keep that there. I don't know much about kids in their young ages, but I will try my best to clear up any possible misunderstandings. But in the dream, Itachi's skin is "purple" because it's bruised up a lot, and to Sasuke it's weird to see that kind of colour..that's all I will go into.

If by any chance you see any mistakes or confusing parts, please tell me. I don't care how, but sometimes I can't catch things even if I reread.

Okay I'm done talking, enjoy.

Warnings: Master/Slave relationship, Kyuubi being weird

Disclaimer: I do not own anything.

Naruto waited for his pet to come back. He was slightly nervous yet excited owning a pet, but he kept his cool. He got himself ready for bed; he was tired. As he was in his bathroom, he heard the door open and soft footsteps make its way in. He noticed his pet had an uncomfortable look to his face, but chose to ignore it until he heard a small growl. Naruto looked at Sasuke who immediately started turning red. Sasuke covered his stomach and clenched onto his shirt.

"Shit."

Sasuke's ears twitch upon hearing that. Was he in trouble?

"I didn't tell them to feed you did I."

The raven didn't give any response.

"Did you eat?"

Sasuke shook his head.

"Are you hungry?"

Sasuke bit his lip. Was he being tricked? Would his keeper punish him for asking for food? He didn't feel like getting another punishment if that was the case, so he quickly shook his head. To his horror though, his stomach growled again.

Naruto knew he was hungry, but why was he refusing to admit he was hungry? He reached up to touch Sasuke, but the young man recoiled back. It was so fast that it took Naruto a moment to realize that Sasuke was on the ground covering his head trembling.

"Hey! What's wrong with you? I'm not going to do anything."

The frightened kit clutched his chest as he thought it was going to explode. Fear from the past overpowered him.

Naruto was shocked on how the raven reacted. He reached again to Sasuke, but the kit flinched and shut his eyes.

"Sasuke, I'm not going to do anything, calm down!" Naruto gently cupped Sasuke's cheek, forcing him to look up.

Sasuke still hadn't calm down, and his breathing became irregular. He felt the gentle hand from his keeper onto his face and looked up to his master. He quickly averted his eyes to avoid eye contact.

Naruto got up and grabbed Sasuke's wrist in the process, but was met with a struggling kit. Sasuke thrashed around pulling against his wrist, fear still tormenting his mind.

"Stop that!" Naruto snapped, quickly slapping Sasuke on his cheek.

Sasuke was stunned. He gingerly touched his cheek. He started trembling as emotions came rushing through him at one. He started to cry. Tears streamed down his face. He buried his face in his hands while he bent over.

Naruto didn't know what to do. He looked at his hand that stung a little and back at his sobbing pet.

Sasuke wasn't crying because he was hit. He would've cried a long time ago. No, he cried because it was happening again. Being sold to another master, expected to fulfill every desire they need. Even though he's been through this many times before, he just hated it. He hated that he had to adjust to a new 'home'. He hated that he was weak and starved. He hated how he was expected to know what his masters were thinking. He hated everything!

"Shit." Naruto swore and left Sasuke to cry on the floor in his room.

Naruto went downstairs to the kitchen to get the kit some food. He made himself a drink in the process and sat down on one of the chairs.

"Hard day at work?" A voice came out of the unlit hallway.

"Shut up Kyuubi."

A tall man with blood orange hair stalked out into the kitchen.

"How's your new pet?"

"Fuck off." Naruto rubbed the temples on his forehead.

Kyuubi gave a low chuckle. It was his idea for Naruto to get a pet, to distract him from the stress from work. Or rather, perhaps to take out the stress on someone else.

"I'm guessing good?" Kyuubi gave a small grin.

"Your advice is shit. He's sitting upstairs crying his damn eyes out."

"Oh?" An eager grin crawled onto his face. "What did you do?"

"I just asked him if he ate, and then after he started going crazy when I was going to take him here to eat something. He wouldn't calm down, so I hit him and then he started to cry." He paused. "I don't think me hitting him caused him to cry though."

Naruto glared at the taller man. "Your advice is shit."

"So I've been told."

"Shut up." He swirled the contents of his drink around. "I can see why people take in these hybrids though. It's exciting, but it's pitiful. I can't choose how to treat him." He sighed. "I could feel the that excitement rushing through me as I forced him to do things. Especially from watching him eat. There's just this sick pleasure I feel, but I pity him. You know me Kyuubi, I'm not like this."

"No, you're too stressed to even notice. That's why I told you you should get a pet of your own."

"So what, he's my punching bag now?" He sighed again. "I made it clear to him that I am in charge, like you said I should. But he already knows that from previous experiences. I punished him earlier, but when I saw those tears.." He trailed off.

Naruto turned to Kyuubi who was now sitting on the chair across from him. "It's stressing me out Kyuubi. I don't know how to treat him. I'm sure he's confused as hell."

"Just treat him how you want." Kyuubi shrugged. "There's no rule on how you should treat them. I only gave you advice from what I've seen."

"Which is shit."

Kyuubi gave a low growl. "You'll learn how to treat your pet soon enough." And with that he got up and left.

Naruto watched the taller man leave and sighed. He remembered why he was down here. Food. He got up, leaving his drink on the table for someone else to clean up later and prepared Sasuke's food; the same he had in the morning. Before he left, he grabbed a spoon then went back into his room.

Naruto made his way up the stairs and through the double doors into his room. He was greeted with Sasuke on the floor prostrated. Naruto walked up to Sasuke and placed a bowl in front of Sasuke. He looked up at his keeper.

"Eat." Naruto handed him the spoon.

Sasuke took the spoon carefully. Was he testing him somehow? To see if he'll use the spoon like a human, or a pet. But his master didn't give any direction except to eat. Sasuke shook his head from more oncoming thoughts. His stomach rumbled softly so he took the spoon and carefully placed it in the oatmeal. What he didn't notice was that his master wasn't even there anymore. His ears perked up at the sudden disappearance until he could pick up the sound of running water. He turned his head towards the direction of the water and saw a closed door which he assumed was the bathroom. He frowned that he couldn't even hear the door shutting during his musings.

Why was he so troubled by a spoon? All his life he was forced to eat without any utensils. This was the first time ever, he was offered a spoon from his master. He gingerly picked up the bowl with his hand, and with the other he picked up the spoon. He scooped some of the oatmeal placed it in his mouth.

He didn't know how to describe it. He's seen many people use spoons. He didn't think it would be a big deal. It felt different. Strange. Unusual. He was so used to eating with just his mouth that he even learned the 'etiquette' of it so that it wouldn't be messy on his face. It was like the spoon had taken all of that away. It was clean. He felt the cool metal surface against his tongue that was contrasted with the heat of the oatmeal in his mouth. To him, he thought it even tasted different compared to eating it on the ground with his face almost buried in it. Even though it was the same food he had eaten this morning, he savoured every bite.

Naruto stepped out of the bathroom after using the toilet. He saw the empty bowl and his pet kneeling patiently next to it.

"Ah can you quickly just put that in the kitchen?" Naruto walked up to Sasuke and messed his hair between his ears, causing Sasuke to slightly flinch.

Naruto stopped messing his hair and Sasuke took this opportunity to bend down and give a quick kiss on Naruto's foot; a silent thank you for the food and spoon. He then grabbed the bowl and padded downstairs to put the items back. Naruto was surprised at that sudden behaviour.

Naruto took his shirt and pants off leaving him in his boxers. The cool air hit him, and he went under his covers. He heard Sasuke's light footsteps make their way back upstairs along with the jingle on his collar and into his room.

"Shit I made you eat after you washed up." The random realization hit him and he sighed. "Whatever, you won't die and you look exhausted. Just make sure to do that tomorrow, I don't want you in bad health."

Sasuke nodded and walked to where he put his things. He kneeled to unfold the small blanket until he felt a small tug on his ear.

"Hey why don't you sleep up here?" Naruto questioned, drowsy.

Sasuke's eyes widened at the request and quickly shook his head no. He was never allowed to sleep on beds..!

"Come, it's okay." Naruto tiredly said.

Once and Sasuke shook his head and bit his lip. He started to feel uneasy.

"Are you disobeying?" He questioned.

Sasuke's heart stopped. He started to panic. He didn't know how to respond or act. He just kneeled there looking at the floor hoping to somehow avoid everything. He felt a pat on the head.

"I'm just kidding, do what you want. Don't leave the room at all though understand?"

Sasuke hastily nodded before burying himself under the blanket on the hard ground. Naruto turned the lights coming from the lamp off and let sleep take over him. Sasuke on the other hand couldn't sleep yet. He curled on the hard floor with his blanket and pillow. It was the first day. He honestly both hated and liked his new master. He hated how much he changes attitudes towards him. It made him unreadable. Sasuke was usually smart and caught on quickly, but Naruto always seemed to surprise him. He laid there thinking that this may be the only chance he can get at some type of freedom. Automatically, although very hard to tell, Sasuke figured he was the first hybrid pet the blonde ever owned. He was inexperienced and was almost kind in a way. Not that he should be complaining. He continued to muse through his thoughts before drifting off to sleep.

Sunlight poured into the room. Naruto drowsily got up, yawning in the process. He swung his legs over the side of the bed, forgetting what was beneath. He stepped down onto something soft and bony. This was when Sasuke woke up at the exploding pain on his tail. He bolted up, hissing in pain with tears threatening to fall.

"Oh god..! I'm so sorry Sasuke!" He quickly removed his foot that crushed Sasuke's tail.

Sasuke gingerly grabbed his tail, rubbing it to try and ease the pain. He silently whimpered, but was relieved that nothing was broken. It had only been barefoot instead of a boot, thank god. It wouldn't be the first time he would have to deal with a broken tail.

"Are you okay..?" Naruto looked down at the teary kit. Sasuke nodded, still holding his tail.

"Then I'm going to get ready. Fix my bed." And with a yawn, Naruto went off into the bathroom.

Sasuke got up, the pain in his tail still lingering. He grabbed the sheets and blankets and pulled them over pillows, tucking and folding them to make it look nice. He was still tired, but he didn't really have much of a choice. He finished making the bed and started to fold his own blanket.

When he was done, he tuck his blanket pillow under his master's bed. He sat there waiting for his master to come back out. To pass time, he picked at the strings of his fishnet stockings. The pain in his tail was now brought down to a dull pain, which he was grateful for.

His master emerged from the bathroom and Sasuke stood up to go his side. Naruto patted his head, "I'm going out today for work. Everyone has a day off and are with their families, so I'll have my cousin watch over you." Naruto walked out and Sasuke immediately followed.

They went to the front door. Naruto lifted Sasuke's chin, "Be good, and listen to Kyuubi." Sasuke nodded, assuming Kyuubi was the mentioned cousin.

"Good." Naruto was out the door, leaving Sasuke alone.

Sasuke wasn't sure where to go. He stood there awkwardly before deciding to wander around. He was able to look around for several minutes before hearing something. His ears twitch at the sound.

Music.

Sasuke was lured into the beautiful sound. He twitched his ears to find where the music was coming from. As the sound became louder, he noticed it was something he had heard before. A piano. Sasuke was always fascinated in instruments and music, but he was never able to get close to them or even hear them. He found himself in the stairwell that lead him downstairs to where he first woke up at. He quietly stepped down the stairs in search for the piano sound. He saw the tiny room he was in before, and as he moved further, he found another door. A door he didn't pay attention to last time. He peered through the dark crack between the door and wall.

Immediately he got chills. The room was dark and the person inside had a very strong aura. It made Sasuke retreat a little, but was stopped.

"Come." The music stopped. Sasuke obeyed and entered through the door.

"Ah so you're the cute pet Naruto has gotten." He got up and approached Sasuke. He traced a line down on the side of Sasuke's cheeks with his finger nails. He continued down to his neck and hit the little bell that rested on Sasuke's collar.

"Suits you." He hit the bell again.

Sasuke could barely make out the man in front of him. It was too dark in the room. Why was he playing in the dark? And as if on cue, the man in front of Sasuke turned the lights on. The first thing he had noticed was his hair. How bright it was, almost like how bright his master's hair was.

"Wow Naruto managed to pick up quite a looker." Kyuubi smirked and licked the side of Sasuke's face, causing the poor kit to freeze, wide-eyed.

"Aw, did the kitty not like that?" He asked in a low voice in Sasuke's ear. He lightly grabbed Sasuke's ear and tugged at it. Sasuke flinched and tried pulling away from his grasp. Kyuubi rubbed Sasuke's ear, knowing it will give the kit some pleasure. And to his expectations, Sasuke started to involuntarily purr.

Sasuke heard himself purring and tried pulling away, but Kyuubi had a strong hold of him and brought Sasuke into an awkward embrace. Sasuke was being smashed against Kyuubi's chest and arms. Kyuubi brought his hand down Sasuke's back.

Suddenly, Kyuubi grabbed Sasuke's tail. Sasuke jumped and gasped. A wild tingle shot straight up his back and he stiffened, gripping onto Kyuubi's clothes. Sasuke started shaking with anger. He looked up to the blood orange haired man and glared at him. He shoved the other man off of him as hard as his weak body could. Kyuubi let himself be pushed and smirked at the kit's behaviour.

Kyuubi grabbed onto Sasuke's hand, "Naruto left you in my care, so don't do anything that will get you in trouble." He taunted. "I'm sure he already told you who I am." Sasuke wanted so much to claw his fucking eyes out.

"Don't get so mad little kitten, come." He sat on the piano bench and patted the area next to him. "Sit here, you wanted to hear some music?"

As much as he already hated this man, he complied and sat on the farther edge of the bench. Needless to say, Kyuubi noticed this. "Don't be so shy little one." He grabbed Sasuke's waist and brought him closer. Kyuubi let go of his waist and went to turn some pages of the music book in front of them. His long slender fingers placed themselves on the keys and pressed down.

Sasuke was entranced.

Beautiful music was being emitted from the piano, music he had never been able to experience up close. He was almost hypnotized to it. Sasuke felt he could listen to it forever. When Kyuubi finished a piece, Sasuke was almost disappointed. He wanted to hear more. He looked up at Kyuubi as if to question him why he stopped.

"What, you want me to continue?" He gave a sly grin when Sasuke barely nodded. "Then tell me you want me to continue."

Sasuke looked down, his cheeks fairly tinted a light shade of pink. He knew he wouldn't say or ask for anything. He was slightly annoyed at Kyuubi, when he knew he won't speak.

"That's too bad, guess we better head upstairs." He got up and closed the piano cover. "You need to eat as well."

Before Kyuubi could leave, Sasuke quickly grabbed onto the bottom hem of his shirt, making the redhead stop. Sasuke now knowing what he did, he quickly let go and started to get up as well.

"What is it." Kyuubi stopped in front of Sasuke, causing him to look up at Kyuubi. Sasuke looked away not wanting to deal with him, but was met with a forceful grab on his face making him look back at the redhead. Sasuke didn't give any response, but the grip was starting to hurt. He brought his hand on top of Kyuubi's to try and take the forceful grip off.

"You really won't speak." He pushed Sasuke back with his grip and let go, causing Sasuke to stumble. He placed his hand on the piano for support, but very quickly he removed it, not wanting to anger the man somehow.

"I'm going to feed you. Follow me." Kyuubi left Sasuke, knowing he would follow.

Kyuubi fed Sasuke and enjoyed watching him eat from the floor as he ate his own meal. When they were done eating he made Sasuke remove the fishnet stockings as they were ruined from Sasuke's earlier picking, and mumbled how Naruto had no sense of style. He ushered Sasuke back downstairs so he could shower. He removed the leather cuffs that were still on him and collar. He left Sasuke to his own privacy while he undressed. Sasuke quickly showered, unconsciously using the cold water, as that was all he was allowed before. He stepped out shivering, he noticed a towel and some clothes folded on top of the closed toilet. He took the fluffy towel and dried himself with it.

After he was done drying himself, he picked up the clothes he was given. He couldn't explain how happy he had felt over getting some clothing to wear. He felt so grateful for it, but he knew he shouldn't keep his hopes up too high. He grabbed the clothes and noticed he was even given briefs. It didn't really occur to them that it could be used or not, but he didn't really care either. He slipped them on and put the shirt on. Sasuke had trouble putting on the shirt though. It was an oversized white dress shirt with the button undone. He was able to put the sleeves on easily, but buttoning it up was something he had never done. He fumbled with the buttons for quite a long time. He became very frustrated as he couldn't button them correctly. He opened the door to find Kyuubi. He found him on the couch reading something. Sasuke went around to appear in front of Kyuubi.

"You're done already?" Kyuubi noticed the mess of the dress shirt Sasuke was in. "Looks like you need some help." He grabbed Sasuke's wrist and pulled him closer so he didn't have to stand up. He unbuttoned everything, as they were in the wrong places anyways, and rebuttoned it. Sasuke glowered at Kyuubi's smirk as the redhead was buttoning his shirt. He felt embarrassed he couldn't put a shirt on, even though he had never even done so. Kyuubi rolled the sleeves up to Sasuke's elbow.

"There, you look much better." He got the collar and tightened it back around Sasuke's neck, hitting the bell in the process. He also got the leather cuffs and reattached them to Sasuke's wrists. Sasuke wondered why they even bothered to put the cuffs on without the chain.

"Well, Naruto didn't give anything for you to do, am I correct?"

Sasuke nodded.

"Lucky you, I need to practice on my piano, so you may listen." Kyuubi got up from the couch and went back to the piano room. He could tell by Sasuke's footsteps, that the kit was eager to hear him play.

Hours had passed by, Kyuubi made Sasuke sit in a different chair as he needed the whole space of the bench, not that it bothered Sasuke. Sasuke gladly listened to everything Kyuubi had played and almost fell asleep.

"Oh? So here's where you were." A different voice had entered and the playing had stopped. Sasuke bolted up from his chair as he recognized the voice. When did he get here?! He almost threw himself at Naruto's feet, hoping he won't get mad for not greeting him in the front. He started to tremble when Naruto didn't say or do anything.

"Hey? Get up. I swear, you get freaked out over the most weirdest things."

"That's cause he's a pet, it's normal." Kyuubi chimed in. He had turned to see the trembling Sasuke in delight.

"And I think you're a sadist Kyuubi." Naruto grabbed Sasuke's wrist and pulled him from the ground and upstairs.

Naruto had dragged Sasuke into his bedroom.

"Kyuubi didn't do anything to you right." He slightly glared at Sasuke which made him jump. He wasn't sure if he should try explaining that he had some contact with Kyuubi, although it was very minimal. But Sasuke quickly shook his head, he didn't want Naruto to become angry. He heard some curses come out of the blondes mouth, and started to avert his eyes to try and avoid him.

"I knew I shouldn't have left you alone with him." Naruto sighed and mumbled something about his stupid work. "Listen, he might seem nice to you, but trust me you don't know what he's capable of."

Sasuke had no idea what his master was saying. Sure Kyuubi may be weird, but he didn't seem too bad.

"Just forget it. I'm not going to leave you alone with him anymore. I even came home early dammit." Naruto left to change out of his work clothes and into his comfortable ones.

"At least he cleaned you up." He mumbled. Naruto stared at Sasuke before suddenly lifting the front of Sasuke's dress shirt up to his chest. This made Sasuke blush a deep red at the sudden movement. He had to try so hard to not bring his hands up in an attempt to cover himself.

"These are my clothes." Naruto became irritated. "That bastard's just giving my clothes out now? Che, whatever. Keep it, I don't care." He said as if he was almost talking to himself.

Sasuke was pushed back a little and immediately straightened his clothing. Why was he so mad? Sasuke too became a little irritated but didn't show it.

"I still have work to do so just wait." He pointed to the wall. Sasuke went over to the wall and sat down, knees to his chest. He didn't want to irritate his master more. He could hear the anger through the way Naruto went through papers. Sasuke breathed as lightly as he could to avoid any type of trouble.

Sasuke didn't know how long he had been sitting there, but his bottom was hurting. His tail started to flick around.

Naruto was making up work since he had left early, and it was very easy to tell how stressed he was. It was to a point he became irritated at every little thing.

"Stop moving your damn tail!" He slammed his hand on the desk he was working on. Sasuke jumped and quickly held on to his tail and didn't dare to move after.

Naruto couldn't handle his stress well. He continued to work through each paper mumbling to himself. He cursed to himself as he made little mistakes. He needed a break. He sighed and leaned back into his chair. He spotted Sasuke and decided he would put him to good use.

"Hey, come here." He stared at Sasuke who was a little startled. Sasuke didn't want to go near his master when it was so tense. "Do I have to repeat myself?"

Sasuke almost ran to his master. Naruto roughly grabbed Sasuke's shirt and pulled him down.

"Put yourself to good use and massage me." Naruto let go of Sasuke.

Sasuke did his best to satisfy his master. He massaged Naruto's shoulders, getting a few scoldings on how to do it and where, but managed to do it. It was soon enough that Naruto got irritated at Sasuke doing it wrong too many times. He made Sasuke go back to where he was before, against the wall. Sasuke feeling a little dejected, hugged his knees and tail hoping the time would pass quickly. He had tried his best, but in the end he couldn't do it correctly. At least he wasn't harshly punished, although sitting on the floor for over an hour was pretty harsh itself. Sasuke then felt frightened. He thought Naruto was somewhat nice, but he could be wrong. Just seeing how angry he gets over stress, it was so petty, but scary. Was he going to be treated roughly again..? Sasuke almost smiled to himself. Why did he even think he had a place in this world. He mentally slapped himself on how foolish he thought he was. Itachi's words now dawned on him.

Foolish otouto. There's no kind master out there, not for us.