So ya know those markings on Naruto's face? Some people refer to them as just scars that are suppose to remind you of the nine-tail, but I always thought of them as whiskers!! Aren't they whiskers? Well in my story they're whiskers. Heheee cute little Kyuubi vessel Naruto...

glomps Naruto

is immediately smacked upside the head by Sasuke

rubs head in pain Itai...Read on!

-Kitsune

Previously:

"Sasuke and…Sakura in Naruto's bed?" Kakashi thought, but continued staring in disbelief.

"What in the heck.. why are they in Naruto's.." Kakashi paused and dropped his jaw as he listened to the talking, having not quite believed the other person was Sakura anyway. There were absolutely zero sparks between the two.

"Ahhh.. Sasuke..." the voice panted. Kakashi nearly shouted out loud. "NARUTO? And Sasuke???"

Chapter V

Test Me

From the covers' shape it looked like Sasuke was on top of Naruto, and kissing him like no one's business.

"I'm sorry about earlier.." Sasuke murmured.

"It's fine.. you're almost being too gentle, now!" Naruto answered. Sasuke smirked a little and kept going. Kakashi backed away from the door, both eyebrows sky high, his eyes wider than they'd ever been as Naruto began gasping. As if that wasn't weird enough, Naruto began murmuring Sasuke's name. Kakashi walked away immediately, thinking about it endlessly.

"Naruto and Sasuke. Naruto and Sasuke? Sasuke…and Naruto in bed. What??" Kakashi sat and pondered it in his own room.

"It just doesn't make sense.." Kakashi rose an eyebrow, hearing giggling and laughter from Naruto's room next door.

"I'll bet I'm the only one in the entire village that's figured them out…In fact I know so. If not, I definitely would've heard loads about it…"

The next morning, Kakashi went to Naruto's room first to wake him up for training. And when he opened the door cautiously, Naruto was the only one in bed. "Ohayo, Sensei." Sasuke murmured as he walked by the door. Kakashi stared at him as he walked away.

"Ohayo, Sasuke-kun. Naruto! Get up!" he called in the doorway. Naruto sat up grouchily. "Mornings.. I hate morning.." He grumbled, tossing back his covers and getting up anyway. Kakashi stared at Naruto's reaction to waking up, then stared at Sasuke's opposite reaction. He was outside, and so was Sakura, buzzing around him as always, while Sasuke tied his head protector. Kakashi was staring at Sakura and Sasuke when suddenly Naruto came barging past him.

"S'cuse me Sensei!" Naruto called back as he rushed outside. Kakashi calmly walked outside, observing Sasuke and Naruto more closely than ever.

"Hurry up and eat, we're going to focus on chakra some more today." Kakashi said while he watched them. Sasuke sat on the very edge of the bench to eat, and Naruto sat right next to him, the both of them cooperatively forcing Sakura to sit somewhere other than beside Sasuke.

"Naruto no goofing today, you're going to control your chakra correctly and I won't have to get frustrated with you." Sasuke demanded.

"Yeah, yeah fine Sasuke I'll do it! I will." Kakashi stared at them until Sasuke began to notice him staring. Then he had to stop observing them so closely, or the perceptive Uchiha would get suspicious. But it was easy to tell the difference in Naruto; Kakashi found that he now noticed things that should've been obvious to him before. Naruto was very clearly extremely possessive of Sasuke. And it came out even more clearly whenever Sakura got in Sasuke's space, which was a lot. Sasuke and Naruto finished eating first and jumped up.

"Race me?"

"No contest!" They both took off. Sakura put down her bowl.

"Wait up!" she hollered, running after them. Kakashi sighed, feeling the day was going to be a long one, now that he'd found out this shocking information about two members of his squad.

Up ahead, Sasuke ducked behind a tree, jerking Naruto with him, and they lip-locked for awhile, tongue-kissing breathlessly until Naruto heard Sakura and Kakashi catching up.

"Okay.."

"Yep time's up.." they calmly emerged back on the trail, feeling especially proud of their own sneakiness, just as Sakura and Kakashi got over the hill. They walked calmly, simply talking, until Kakashi and Sakura caught up.

"Sasuke." Kakashi called, and Sasuke looked up as Kakashi fell in step next to him.

"This is serious chakra training. You'll be able to do it even with your seal getting stronger, but I want you to be careful and don't push overly hard." He instructed.

"Alright sensei.. but why? I'm fine." Sasuke insisted.

"Sure Sasuke. I don't think so. It's fine, I'm just telling you to be careful." He said. Kakashi pulled ahead of them as they walked.

"Naruto. Watch him." He ordered. Sasuke's eyes widened.

"What?!" Naruto was suddenly right on top of him with an excited, "Hah!" Sakura stared, slightly irked by Naruto's behavior, then looked at Kakashi.

"Sensei shouldn't I watch him? No offense to Naruto but I have more concentration." She said. Naruto growled, slinging an arm casually around Sasuke's neck.

"I can do it sensei, don't change your mind!" he argued. Kakashi briefly glanced back at them.

"I know. And I won't." he agreed. Sasuke crossed his arms.

"You guys are acting like I'm not even able to take care of myself." Sasuke said. Kakashi sighed as they reached the training site and began to set up.

"I know you're strong Sasuke. That's why you're dangerous to yourself with Orochimaru's seal on you." Kakashi said bluntly. Sasuke grunted and walked off to stretch, and Naruto with him.

"I don't have to worry about it." Sasuke said to Naruto when he got within earshot.

"I know, but that's only if I'm watching you. Because then I'll know you need me to help you out." Naruto answered. Sasuke sighed but nodded discreetly.

"Come on you three, let's get started. Naruto, fight Sakura. Sasuke you fight me." Sasuke left quietly, while Naruto got a little uneasy since he had to take his focus off of Sasuke.

Two hours later, Naruto was still distracted, and Sakura had put up a good fight, but was beaten. Sakura sat in the grass, and Naruto was still standing up, while they both watched Sasuke and Kakashi's training match.

"Sasuke, control that!" Kakashi yelled at him while they charged at each other. Sasuke's eye color had gone red, which showed that he was using Sharingan.

"Sasuke you're doing great!" Sakura called. Naruto stared pensively and didn't speak. Kakashi stopped the fight before Sasuke got too into it.

"Alright. That's good." He said. Sasuke stopped to catch his breath, calmly doing so while he rubbed his left shoulder.

"You alright?" Kakashi asked as they walked over to where Naruto and Sakura were watching. Sasuke kept rubbing his shoulder.

"You look a little pale Sasuke, talk to me." Kakashi pushed. Sasuke swallowed.

"I'm fine.." he finally answered.

"You're on thin ice, Sasuke." Kakashi warned as they reached Naruto and Sakura. Sasuke sat down in the grass between Naruto and Sakura, and Kakashi stood in front of them.

"Alright, half hour break, then we channel chakra until 5:30 tonight." Kakashi told them. "Sasuke.. don't move this whole break." He ordered additionally. Sasuke was unhappy about it naturally, immediately copping an attitude. While Kakashi left, Sakura scooted closer to Sasuke.

"Are you ok?" she asked, and Naruto made Sasuke stop rubbing his shoulder.

"You look a little sick." He said plainly. Sasuke closed his eyes and leaned forward, his elbows on his knees.

"It's fine.. just let me rest." He excused.

Fifteen minutes later, Sasuke's hand was to his head.

"Sasuke?" Kakashi called. Sasuke looked up.

"Fine. It's fine." He murmured. Naruto scratched his head, then knew what do to.

"Come on Uchiha let's go. Come 'ere." Naruto said, kneeling behind Sasuke and first running his hands along Sasuke's back, then near expertly massaging. Sakura stared blankly, while Sasuke gave a terse sigh of relief. Naruto kept working, while Kakashi smilingly watched Sasuke regain some color to his face. Naruto began to snicker.

"Wow Sasuke, you look like you're about to puke! Don't blow too many chunks!" Naruto laughed obnoxiously. Sasuke grumbled a little but nothing more; he knew Naruto was throwing in annoying comments to make the massage seem less out of character for them both. Besides, he secretly loved how loud and irritating Naruto could be, Sasuke found himself thinking. Sasuke stretched a little and reached over his shoulder, positioning Naruto's hand to rub the curse seal.

"Are you good now Sasuke?" Kakashi questioned with a smirk.

"I'm good, sensei." Sasuke said, standing up after Naruto gave a few more good squeezes.

"Can I fight Naruto?" Sasuke asked next.

"No it's my turn to fight you remember?" Sakura interjected. Sasuke made a weird face. "No.. it's Naruto's turn actually." Sasuke said back.

"No it's usually me and Naruto, then me and you, THEN you and Naruto." Sakura said. Sasuke opened his mouth to retort, but Kakashi spoke up instead.

"Sakura just let them go at it they're practically itching to pound on each other." Kakashi noticed. Sasuke walked toward the clearing with Naruto trailing him excitedly.

"Yesss! Get ready Sasuke, no mercy!" Naruto was yelling. "Sakura, you're going to use chakra to hang on trees or whatever you deem challenging enough until one of them loses." Kakashi said.

"Yes Sensei.." Sakura agreed reluctantly. She turned to stare at Naruto and Sasuke's session, and Naruto had Sasuke on the ground and was indeed pounding on him. Until Sasuke practically blew him 20 feet away. Kakashi turned to call to them.

"And I want every move you make enhanced with chakra! No easy outs!" he ordered. The next move Sasuke made floored Naruto, K.O. style, with a hard left hook to the face, and Sasuke turned around to bow to sensei in agreement to the order. Naruto hopped up hopping mad, so the two went on fighting while Kakashi instructed Sakura in her solitary training, occasionally having to turn around and yell at Sasuke and Naruto for wrestling instead of using well executed moves.

Kakashi stopped Sasuke and Naruto's fight before they knocked each other out, and called it a draw.

"Whew! What a workout!" Naruto panted, still wearing a grin. Sasuke wiped a smudge of dirt from his mouth and cracked his knuckles as he silently walked away toward an apple tree. Sakura was already in the tree from her training, and threw Sasuke an apple, then tossed one at Naruto, and it hit him right in the head. Naruto caught it after it bounced off and shook his fist up in the tree.

"Sakura!!" he shouted from next to Sasuke. Kakashi found himself now observing every move among his three students for interesting little tidbits. Sasuke chewed on his apple while he reached with one hand and plucked at one of Naruto's whiskers.

"I think it's funny you've got a fox demon spirit all holed up in you." Sasuke said with a yawn. Naruto shook his head rapidly to shake Sasuke off. "That tickles Sasuke, quit it!" Naruto shoved Sasuke hard, but didn't phase him a bit. Sasuke didn't even have to stabilize himself, he merely absorbed the shove and kept chewing his apple with his eyes closed. And then snickered a little. Kakashi scratched his head. He knew Sasuke well. And now that he thought about it, Sasuke's customary 'dobe' comments and 'idiot' rebuttals toward the blonde hadn't been seen in quite a while; sure he still called him dobe, but it was never without a hidden affection. Now, all Kakashi observed as of late was a light snicker, sometimes even a smile out of Sasuke when Naruto was being just as obnoxious as ever. Kakashi was still mildly shocked at his new discovery, and he couldn't stop thinking about what he'd heard and saw the previous night. He found himself wanting to definitely catch the two again just to make sure of how serious it was.

"Naruto, go down to the river and bring back some fish. Your chakra sometimes becomes visible, and is still uncontrollable and I want to see if you can cook anything with it." Kakashi rattled off, not paying much attention to the practicality of what he was saying. He just wanted Naruto at the river. Naruto rose an eyebrow and turned to walk off.

"Oh. Okay that's weird.. I guess maybe I can do it.. ok.." Naruto walked off toward the river. Once Naruto was out of sight and Sakura was looking brighter because she was alone with Sasuke, Kakashi cleared his throat.

"Ok Sakura, run back to the house and find some dinner. Sasuke, go help Naruto."

"WHAT?" Sakura yelled.

"Go on.." Kakashi shooed her along. By the time he got Sakura going, Sasuke was utterly gone, without a single complaint. A clue in and of itself. Once everyone had gone, Kakashi went to sneak up on Sasuke and Naruto at the river, certain he was going to catch another view of their shocking secret.

Kakashi positioned himself perfectly in a leafy, full tree. He could see right down to the water, where Naruto was picking around in the water without his shoes and socks, and his pants rolled up to his knees. Sasuke was standing on the bank, just watching. "Sasuke, Sensei told you to help!" Naruto complained from the water. Sasuke shook his head.

"I'm not going in there." He said bluntly.

"That little punk." Kakashi thought to himself. Kakashi paid closer attention as the interaction got more interesting fast.

"Sasuke you don't have to, go ahead and sit down. Hey did sensei say when we had to get back?" Naruto asked. Sasuke shook his head, and Naruto then got out of the water, and leaned against Sasuke when he sat down.

"How's your little curse, Uchiha.." Naruto said softly. Sasuke smiled a little and Kakashi stared hard as the two joined hands between them.

"Your massage was right on time Nara.. I was feeling sick." Sasuke admitted.

"I knew it!" Naruto exclaimed a little loudly. "You're getting a full body massage later." Naruto added with a chuckle.

"Oh yeah?" Sasuke smirked.

"I love your smirk…" Naruto said out of nowhere. Kakashi leaned so far out of the tree he almost fell, but stared in disbelief while the two leaned closer, and finally Naruto closed the distance rather quickly, and Sasuke laid back and pulled Naruto on top of him while they continued tongue-kissing.

"Oh…my God." Kakashi whispered to himself. He stared for minutes on end at his two best students lying in the grass making out. Naruto, the complete opposite of Sasuke in every way—and the two of them were being so agreeable to the extent that they'd actually developed crushes on each other. It was probably a dangerous attraction, Kakashi found himself thinking. The two still fought. Only now the fights were probably going to be a lot nastier since there was definitely more emotion involved. Sasuke was pretty much manhandling Naruto by now, and had pinned him to the ground. Kakashi sighed and rose an eyebrow as he leaned back in the tree and stared at the sky, waiting. He couldn't watch anymore. It was just too shocking. He could hear Sasuke chuckling softly behind him.

"You're a little subdued Uchiha. Something's wrong with you." Naruto was saying. "Shut up dobe." Sasuke replied.

"Yeah there it is! You hadn't told me to shut it yet!" Naruto exclaimed joyously.

"Quiet you obnoxious little—" Sasuke ordered again, his voice sounding muffled. Kakashi shook his head.

"Still with the names.. even while making out.." Kakashi said to himself. Kakashi had been about to fall asleep while the two goofed off, until he heard some things of actual concern. He opened his eyes and turned around in the tree, staring at Naruto and Sasuke. Sasuke was laying in the grass with his eyes shut, and Naruto was over him again. "Sasuke?" he called.

"Hey you basically just stopped the energy.." he added. Sasuke sighed a little.

"I'm kinda tired Naruto." He said dully. Naruto shook him by the shoulders.

"Ok seriously there's something the matter with you Sasuke. After that little episode you had the other night.. I think something's changed." Naruto said very seriously.

"What 'episode'?" Kakashi asked himself in his mind. Sasuke sat up, his hand on his shoulder suddenly, and Naruto knelt beside him attentively.

"Sasa..?" Naruto asked. Sasuke flinched, stifling an outward cry of discomfort.

"Why—why isn't what we were just doing balancing me out? There.. there shouldn't be any chemical imbalance.. I studied it.. you should've been able to.. stop it.." Sasuke gasped, hand still on his shoulder. Naruto was looking clueless, just like Kakashi felt. "I—I don't know!" Naruto finally admitted. Kakashi was on edge. He somehow felt that exposing that he'd been spying on them would make things that much worse, but at the same time, Sasuke's was about to self destruct. His power had grown uncontrollable with the curse implemented, and now, Kakashi could see that both Sasuke and Naruto knew something about the curse that he didn't. He stared in horror as Naruto pulled Sasuke's shirt off, and the curse seals strange black markings had spread all over his left side, inflaming threateningly. "No.. no…" Naruto was murmuring while Sasuke silently suffered, trying to contain himself until Naruto figured out what to do.

"Naruto—" Sasuke gasped breathlessly. Naruto jumped to his feet.

"Okay, okay! Sasuke stay right here, I'm going to get Kakashi.." Naruto said, making for the woods. Kakashi bolted upright, and had to suddenly use massive chakra just to beat Naruto's speed back to their clearing through the trees, without landing on the ground. He hated to leave Sasuke there, but he had no choice—Naruto had to find him back at the training grounds. From about 50 yards away, he heard Sasuke beginning to outwardly express pain, then up ahead at camp, Sakura had heard him, and shouted his name.

Dun dun DUNNNN dramatic music Oh noooo what the hell is going to happen to Sasuke-kuuun...!!!

-Kitsune ('.')