Naruto stopped running so he could concentrate on the fox. "Well hurry up, as you can see I don't have time to waste!" the blonde said quickly. After all, the longer he spent standing, the further away Sasuke would be. "I-its about…Sasuke." She said quietly. This got Naruto's attention. "What? What about him?" he asked urgently. "You know what's wrong with him?" he said, his voice filling with hope.

"E-erm…no." she lied.

"Then what the fuck do you want?" Naruto sighed. "I'm sorry." He said quickly. "I didn't mean that, I just…I just need him back." He finished quietly.

"Then come on. We better hurry." Kyuubi decided Sasuke was right. He loved Naruto enough not to hurt him, and Naruto wouldn't look at anyone other than Sasuke. Images of Sasuke self-harming flickered in her memory. For once, she admitted this had probably been the worst decision she had ever made. Kyuubi gave Naruto a large amount of her chakra, enabling him to go almost twice the speed he was already. It didn't take long to find Sasuke then.

Naruto's heart leapt into his throat when he saw Sasuke. He grabbed the raven and pushed him to the floor. "What?" Naruto held him on the floor.

"I'm sorry, but I don't think I could handle it if you ran away from me again." He said quietly. Before Sasuke could protest, Naruto kissed him. It took everything he had to move his face to the side, breaking the kiss. "Naruto…" he mumbled. The blonde replied instantly, eager to hear what Sasuke had to say. "Yeah?"

"If…if I asked you to do something, something that would save both our lives, would you do it?" he asked quietly. Naruto wasn't bothered about the fact Sasuke had mentioned his life in danger. All he cared about was the raven. "Of course I would!" Naruto replied. Sasuke looked into Naruto's eyes. "Even if you didn't like it?" Naruto bit his lip. "Sasuke…what is all this? Your scaring me!" Naruto got no response, and gave the answer to the raven's question. "Y-yeah. You know I care about you more than anything, so of course I would!" Naruto said.

Sasuke decided he would let Naruto know that much. He would let the blonde know that if they didn't break up, both their lives were in danger. Sasuke couldn't see the Kyuubi getting angry over this; he would make sure to leave the fox out of everything so the blonde wouldn't catch on to the whole truth. "I want you to turn around and walk away. Forget you ever knew me." Sasuke said. Naruto was shocked. Whatever he had braced himself for, it wasn't this. "Sasuke? That makes no sense…wait, I knew it! Someone was forcing you to break up with me!" Naruto announced loudly.

"It doesn't matter. Would you do that? If my life was on the line?" Sasuke asked. Naruto tightened his hold on Sasuke.

"Sasuke. If someone was threatening you-"

"Just shut up!" Sasuke snarled. This wasn't going according to plan. Naruto kept on about the fact someone else was involved, and he didn't leave like Sasuke thought he would. Kyuubi could come at any moment. "Naruto, just listen." Sasuke said quickly, jumping out of the surprised blonde's grasp.

"If you don't leave, right now, something is going to happen to us!" he said worriedly. To Sasuke's exasperation, Naruto began looking around. "Whoever it is, whoever may be watching, I don't care. Like I would let them hurt you." Naruto smiled gently. "Besides, your not a pushover Sasuke. They probably wouldn't get close to you." Sasuke couldn't take it anymore. He closed his eyes, desperately trying to stop the rapidly forming tears from falling. It was no use. "Naruto, I'm begging you, please don't come near me again."

Naruto moved closer to Sasuke, but this made the raven more distressed. "Don't! Just don't, please. I don't want you getting hurt, this is the only way!" Red eyes met Sasuke response. Kyuubi had come out. The real blonde fell unconscious behind her. Sasuke immediately jumped in front of Naruto. "Look," he said shakily. "This isn't his fault. I don't care what you do to me…" he glanced at the blonde. "Just please don't hurt him." he pleaded. Kyuubi sighed.

"I wont." She said shortly. Sasuke looked up hopefully. "Don't look at me like that." She muttered, looking away. "I meant it, I wont hurt him. Or you." She added.

"But…but why would you change your mind?"

"I made a mistake." She admitted. "Your not exactly my first choice for Naruto, but whatever. I won't intervene again." Sasuke supposed this was Kyuubi's idea of an apology. She disappeared and Naruto began to regain consciousness. The blonde woke up with Sasuke kissing him.

Blue eyes opened in shock. When the kiss broke, Naruto looked up in surprise. "Please tell me I'm not dreaming." he asked. Sasuke shook his head. Naruto sat up. "You've changed your tune. Why?" Naruto asked suspiciously. "You…you were right."

"Right about what?"

"Someone was threatening me. They told me if I didn't break up with you, they would kill both of us. I was worried about you, so much, I did as they asked. I thought I could make you angry and you would leave me…but that didn't work." Naruto simply asked who the person was. Sasuke quickly made up a lie. "They said as long as I keep their identity from you, we can be together."

Naruto kept his face impassive. "Tell me." Sasuke looked at the blonde thoughtfully. It would kill the blonde to know who it really was. He knew Naruto regarded Kyuubi almost like a mother. "Naruto lets just be happy that they changed their mind and-"

"Sasuke, tell me. I have to know who nearly ruined my life! Don't you think I have a right to know?" Naruto hissed. Naruto's attitude was making the raven angry.

"Can't you just be happy we're back together?" he snapped. Sasuke sighed. "Look, I didn't mean it like that. Can't we just go home?" Sasuke asked. Naruto reluctantly agreed.

As soon as they got back and Sasuke sat down, he was questioned by the blonde again. "Who was it Sasuke?" he asked. The raven sighed.

"Naruto, do you trust me?" Sasuke asked. The blonde frowned at the change of subject, but decided to answer anyway. "Yes, of course, but I don't see what this has to do with-"

"Then would you trust me if I said it would hurt you more if I did tell you who it was?" Sasuke asked.

"Sasuke, its not going to hurt me, knowing who it was. I…" Naruto trailed off as something dawned on him.

"Sasuke, it wasn't someone I know… was it?" before the raven could speak, Naruto added something else. "And you better tell me the truth!" Sasuke closed his mouth and hesitated. "Dobe…"

"Sasuke! Please tell me I don't know this person!" he asked. Sasuke decided keeping as close to the truth as possible without telling the blonde it was Kyuubi. "Naruto, you do know them. That's why I can't tell you. It would kill you if you knew." The raven answered truthfully. Naruto gaped at him. "Are you serious?" Naruto grabbed Sasuke, almost knocking them both off the sofa. "Sasuke, I could be talking to this person everyday! Seeing them! For all I know it could be…Sakura! Or…Kiba!"

"Exactly. Think about it carefully.

Would you actually want to know?" Naruto hesitated. Sasuke had a point, but he had already made up his mind. "Sasuke, please, tell me. I understand you only want to protect me, I get that, but I really need to know." Sasuke shook his head. He couldn't possibly tell Naruto it was Kyuubi. The fox was probably the closest to Naruto. They had certainly been together for the longest. A look of horror passed across Naruto's face. "Please tell me…it wasn't Iruka sensei? Sasuke?" he asked fearfully. Sasuke shook his head.

"It wasn't him." he replied. Naruto nodded and relaxed, but seconds later the same look reappeared. "Oh god, not- not baa-chan?" he gasped. Sasuke sighed.

"It wasn't her either." Naruto bit his lip.

"Please Sasuke, just tell me." Naruto said, speaking in a tone that clearly meant it was his final decision. Sasuke sighed.

Naruto was not going to let this drop.

"Before I tell you, I need you to know that they were only doing this because they thought it was best for you, alright?" Sasuke asked. He didn't really want to stick up for the fox, but perhaps making Kyuubi seems less in the wrong would end up making it easier on the blonde. "Just tell me." Sasuke nodded.

"Just, don't freak out when I tell you this, but…it was…Kyuubi."