When Naruto woke up, he found that Orochimaru wasn't in the room. He tried to get up but cried out in pain and flopped back down again. Naruto felt sticky, still covered in Orochimaru's cum and his own blood. Ignoring the pain, he forced himself to get off the bed. Tears streaked down his face and he limped across the room. He climbed in the shower, the hot water running down his skin. Naruto tried to wash away all the evidence of what he had done with Orochimaru. He let his head rest against the cold tiles of the wall and he sighed. He knew he couldn't be much longer; his ass was stinging and he knew it would be much comfier if he could lie back on the bed. Naruto climbed out of the shower and turned the water off.

He reached for a towel, wincing as another wave of pain shot through him. He rubbed as his hair with the towel and dropped it on the floor, pulling his boxers on a slowly crawling onto the bed. Naruto tried to sleep, but he heard a faint whispering. Finally getting fed up, he opened his eyes and listened intently trying to find where the noise was coming from. When he realised what it was, he huffed angrily. "Kyuubi! You're not supposed to be able to contact me anymore!" he hissed out loud. The whispering carried on and Naruto unblocked the wall of chakra he had against the Kyuubi. 'Finally! How dare you use my own power against me!'

'If the only thing you want to do is lecture me, then I'm going to use some chakra again to shut you up.' He thought back angrily.

'Look…at least use some chakra to heal yourself.' Kyuubi asked calmly. Naruto frowned. 'I don't need healing!'

'Hell you don't I can see you gritting your teeth through the pain.'

'I'm gritting my teeth because you are pissing me off!'

'I suppose you were wincing at me while you showering then?' Kyuubi retorted. Naruto ignored this comment and pulled the covers over himself. 'If you don't heal yourself, I'll do it myself!'

'You can't. Kabuto gave me that thing and now I control your power, completely.' Kyuubi growled; no matter how much he wanted to deny it, Naruto was right. He now had no control over his power. 'Just heal yourself because it's doing my head in!' Kyuubi practically screamed. Naruto gave a snort. 'Your almost acting like you care…'

'I do care! Believe it or not, you're like a son to me. If I didn't care, why do you think I saved your sorry ass countless times?' Naruto stopped for a moment.

'You care about me?' Kyuubi didn't reply. It was hurting his pride of being a demon admitting he cared about anything and he wasn't readily going to admit it again. "Thanks…" he whispered. After that, Naruto did take kyuubi's advice and he used some chakra to heal himself. The pain slowly ebbed away and he managed to walk without limping.

Orochimaru walked in and smirked when he saw Naruto. "I'm surprised you can walk properly after last night." Naruto swallowed a lump that was growing in his throat; he would rather not be reminded of what happened the previous night. "Kyuubi…can heal me…used some chakra…" he mumbled vaguely. Orochimaru nodded. "Kabuto said something about wanting to speak with you." Orochimaru added. Naruto nodded.

"I better get dressed then." He muttered. The sannin left the room as Naruto picked up a pile of clothes. He sighed as he pulled out the clothing that had the Uchiha symbol on. Naruto sighed and chose something else from the pile. As long as it wasn't orange, he didn't care. Naruto looked at his sound headband and tied it around his neck instead, trying to look as different as possible from what he used to in Kohona. His blonde hair no longer seemed to stand up of its own accord like when he was younger, now it simply flopped down which Sakura had deemed 'hot'. He put the rest of his clothes on and went to talk to kabuto, wondering what he could possibly be wanted for now.

Shikamaru looked left suddenly. Sasuke sensed his sudden movement and turned to him. "Is it Naruto?" he blurted out. Shikamaru sighed; he was letting panic and frustration get the best of him. "Its…" Shikamaru frowned as he recognised the chakra pattern. "Its Kakashi."

"What is here doing here?" Sasuke asked. The other boy shrugged his shoulders.

"Don't have a clue, but he's heading this way and he'll probably be here in about-"

"Sasuke, Shikamaru. We have a problem in Kohona and we need you to come back immediately." He said. Sasuke was outraged.

"I'm not coming back until I have my Naruto with me!" he yelled. 'There he goes again…' Sasuke didn't even notice how possessive he was becoming. Kakashi cleared his throat. "We all want to get 'your' Naruto back, but an allied country has been completely obliterated by an unknown enemy. We need Shikamaru back because he is a jounin after all and his analytical skill surpass even mine by far, this way we can plan a strategy to defend Kohona."

"Then only Shikamaru has to go back and I can carry on looking." Sasuke said. Kakashi shook his head. "Tsuande-sama wants all shinobi on missions back and she expressively said she will not have you chasing Orochimaru on your own." Sasuke stepped away from the others. "I'm not coming back! You can't make me! After the dobe tried so hard to get me back, I won't give up on him." Sasuke said.

"Sorry Sasuke but you have no choice. After you betrayed Kohona once, going against an order from the hokage is not something you can afford."

"I don't give a-"

"Sasuke! Think, if Naruto came back how would he feel to know you had been thrown out of Kohona? You're going to need all the support from Kohona is you even want to think about going up against Orochimaru." Kakashi interrupted loudly. Sasuke sighed and nodded. 'I'm coming dobe, its just going to take longer than I thought…'

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