"You unbelievable bastard-" Naruto panted from the floor where he had collapsed just a second ago after eating the ramen that Kakashi had given to him. Hedid it. The fucking retard had actually had the gall to carry out his earlier threat and poison me! He thought angrily as he felt the burning sensation of the poison slowly running through his blood. Numbing him slightly to any actual sensation of feeling in his limbs as Kakashi walked over to him and squatted down in front of him and gave him an eye smile before reaching for his face and patting Naruto's cheek- hard with his gloved hand.

"I'm sorry Naruto, did you say something about using me for target practice earlier?" Kakashi asked in a jovial tone. Apparently thinking that whatever he had given him had completely neutralized him so that he could play his little sadistic games with the teen without fear or worry of retaliation.

He might have been right if not for the fact that Naruto had been secretly building a tolerance to poisons for the past year or so under the close supervision of Sakura and Tsunade. So letting himself slump back against the wall a bit, he noted how pleased Kakashi seemed with himself for the moment and wondered if Tsunade would hate him if he got to his feet, grabbed the older man by the head and slowly started to crush his skull for pulling such a stunt? But then again he supposed that he would miss him if he crushed his skull.

After all aside from Sakura and Sai (sometimes) Kakashi was the only person on team Kakashi that presented a real challenge of wits.

So maybe he'd just throw him out the window and claim that Kakashi had decided to try flying? Yeah that could work, but first- first he wanted to do something about the fact that he'd been poisoned by his team leader. Something fast yet painful to teach him not to cross him again would work.

"Oh believe me sensei- We've moved well past the point where I'll use you for target practice." Naruto growled as he thought about how to retaliate. His movements were limited. Which meant that his strength was too for the moment. So getting into a knock down drag out fist fight was out. Especially with Sakura in the room and helpless.

The last thing they would need is to accidentally hit her bed and jostle her or accidentally rip out her IV or something. So maybe a small semi childish retaliation would work... Maybe.

And what was a little retaliation without the Kyubbi's help?

Kyuubi, mind lending me some of your power?

How much?

Not much. My life isn't in danger. I just want to teach sensei a little lesson.

Very well kit. Have fun.

Oh, I will. Naruto thought wickedly as he felt the seal on his stomach heat up slightly as the demon let some of it's power leak through to him. Causing his azure blue eyes to bleed to scarlet and he felt his gums ache a little bit as his canine's lengthened into small fangs as Kakashi moved back to stand in front of him. Obviously not finished gloating just yet.

"Is that so?" The Jounin asked in a menacing tone as he bent down at the waist so that he and Naruto would have been eye to eye if not for the fact that Naruto was getting ready to make his move and wasn't about to give away the fact that he was about to pull something on Kakashi by letting the man see his eyes or fangs.

"Yeah. Way past. I think we're now in the general area where you shouldn't walk down any dark alley's at night." He felt rather than saw Kakashi's eye narrow at him and could practically hear the gears in the mans head working. He might figure Naruto out. But he probably won't do it in time to spare himself some pain- Naruto thought with a feral grin as he more or less launched himself at the startled Jounin, bringing his arms up and wrapping them about the man's middle as he stumbled back and then fell when Naruto hooked one arm around his legs and jerked them out from under him.

Causing them both to fall. Kakashi hit the floor on his back, his head slamming into the tile painfully as Naruto quickly straddled his waist facing away from him and in a quick move that had Kakashi moving to cover his mouth to keep from yelping (or swearing) he then bit into the tender skin of the Jounin's calf. "Son of a-" Kakashi all but shouted as he pushed at Naruto's back with one hand while he felt Naruto's fangs sink deep into his flesh before the teen released him only to repeat the action closer to his ankle.

Actually biting through his shoe a bit.

"Ah!" Kakashi yelped as he made a fist and partially pushed himself upright and made an attempt to punch the blond who instead of releasing him like before was just sitting there- gnawing on his frigging leg! "Let go you little ass!" He snarled at the teen from behind his mask and got a very rude gesture from Naruto involving his middle finger while he continued to chew on his leg.

Oh he was going to murder the brat if he ever managed to extract himself from Naruto's hands and- er, teeth as he reared back his fist and gave Naruto a nice painful punch to one of his kidney's causing the blond to let him go for a second. Just long enough to yelp and then return to gnawing on his elder who was now spitting oaths and curses at the teen in between punches.

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Everyone in the hospital knew that shinobi had peculiar ways of dealing with pain, guilt, and grief. Team Kakashi was no different in this with the exception that whenever one of their team was wounded and in the hospital healing- they tended to get a little...well, odd. Although Shizune- poor, unfortunate Shizune had had the misfortune of getting caught red handed trying to steal Tsunade's secret stash of alcohol and thus had been assigned to work a triple shift.

Plus put up with any weirdness from Team Kakashi.

So naturally when she walked into Sakura's hospital room to check her vitals and her meds and see how she was doing and walked in on Naruto loudly state, "You son of a bitch if you punch me there one more time- I'm going to bite off your dick!" Causing Shizune to make a funny little sound in the back of her throat, drawing the wide eyed gaze of the two floundering and now mortified shinobi that had paused their fighting as she stepped out of the room and threw her hands (and files) in the air and walked off muttering about how she needed a new job.

One preferably away from Team Kakashi and all it's weirdness.