Naruto sighed contentedly and curled up closer to Sasuke. He knew there wouldn't be much standing in the way of their relationship anymore; Itachi was gone for good, and now Sasuke would be able to concentrate on other things in his life, not having to look over his shoulder constantly. The blonde smiled when he felt Sasuke's arms wrap around him tighter. He checked the raven was still asleep and watched Sasuke's sleeping face. He looked completely relaxed for a change. Naruto was about to try and fall back asleep when he felt a strange noise coming from, it seemed, his own throat. It sounded like a low and angry growl. "Huh?" the noise stopped when Naruto spoke.
When the blonde curled back against Sasuke, the growling began again. Naruto sat back up again, this time determined to locate the noise. 'Kyuubi?' Naruto asked the fox, wondering if she would know about the sound. A louder growl was his reply and Naruto noticed that it was Kyuubi. 'Whats wrong?' the growling died down and Kyuubi spoke. 'Sorry, I just can't believe where you're sleeping!' Naruto was puzzled; he didn't see anything wrong with the room. 'I'm sleeping…in a bed. Like I always do!' he told the fox. 'Its not the bed!' Kyuubi snapped. 'It's the person in it! You better have a good reason for this.' Naruto was still confused. The fox grumbled, and elaborated. 'Its Sasuke! Your sleeping with him!' Naruto laughed.
'Yeah, and I have been for a while. What's your point?'
Naruto gasped when a clone of himself appeared. It wasn't a perfect cloned however, the red eyes and dark red hair was not Naruto's usual colour. "My point?" Kyuubi snarled. Naruto shot a glance at Sasuke and was glad to find the raven still asleep. The blonde grabbed his clone and pushed it into another room, one where Sasuke wouldn't be able to hear them talking. "Shhh!" Naruto hissed, closing the door. Kyuubi stared back at him.
"Since when can you do this?" Naruto asked, gesturing to the clone form Kyuubi was in. the fox shrugged. Naruto felt sort of strange having an argument with what looked like himself. "Look, what's the matter?" he asked, wondering why the fox had been so mad to find him in bed with Sasuke.
Kyuubi shot him a glare. "After everything he said to you. Everything he said and five minutes later you're in his bed again! You letting him drop you and pick you up again whenever he likes!" Kyuubi said angrily. Naruto crossed his arms over his chest. "Sasuke reacted to me killing his brother; he was bound to lash out. He didn't mean it, and, apologized genuinely afterwards. I don't see the problem!" Naruto replied. Kyuubi eyed his suspiciously.
"Your…serious." She said slowly. Naruto sighed. Finally she understood he had forgiven Sasuke. The fox's reaction was not quite what Naruto had thought it would be. "Then your even more stupid than I first thought!" she hollered angrily. The blonde jumped back. The door opened quickly. "What the hell is going- what?" it was Sasuke, his hair still rumpled and in an odd shape from the way he slept. The raven didn't expect to find two Naruto's.
"An explanation would be nice." Sasuke said, pointing to the clone with red hair and a nasty looking smirk. "Hello again, Uchiha." Kyuubi said, her voice dripping with fake sweetness. Naruto picked up on this at once, and shot the fox a disapproving look. "Erm, Sasuke…this is Kyuubi. She's, erm, somehow managed to take this…" he gestured wildly at his clone. "…Um, form." The fox snarled at Sasuke. "I heard everything you said, Uchiha! How dare you even think you deserve to be with Naruto after that!"
"I know I said some terrible things, but I do love Naruto." he said. Naruto blushed slightly. He turned to Kyuubi.
"There. Satisfied?" he asked the fox. Kyuubi just looked even angrier. "No I bloody well am not!" Kyuubi launched herself at Sasuke, knocking the surprised raven to the floor. "You are not going to be with Naruto! You don't deserve him! You don't deserve anyone!" Kyuubi snarled. Naruto grabbed Kyuubi and yanked her off Sasuke. The fox tried to get at Sasuke again, but Naruto held her back. "Leave Sasuke alone!" Naruto shouted angrily. Naruto stood between them, blocking Sasuke from harm. "I don't care if you have a problem with him. Its my life, not yours!" he told the fox. Kyuubi seemed to have calmed down slightly.
"Right, now apologize to Sasuke." The fox slowly walked over to Sasuke.
"Sorry…" She said loudly. The fox leaned in closer to Sasuke, dropping her voice to a whisper that only Sasuke could hear. "…But you've crossed Naruto for the last time." The clone disappeared. Naruto sighed with relief. "Yeah, kyuubi's back in." he said, patting his seal gently. The blonde walked to Sasuke. "I'm sorry about that. Kyuubi can be a little overprotective sometimes." He said sheepishly. Sasuke pulled the blonde close. "Its fine…" he muttered. Sasuke just wondered how exactly the Kyuubi was going to react.