CHAPTER 3

sasuke was pissed. No pissed did not even cover it. shino was with his blonde. Naruto was his damit. sasuke stormed out of the baths and resisted the urge to break the receptionist in half. when he got outside he stormed off to the manor district, were he lived. Naruto was his and not shino's. sasuke stopped and smirked. naruto would be his, and then he would laugh at shino for losing him." yes just you wait naruto I'm coming for you."

BATH HOUSE (WITH THE OTHERS)

shock. that was the only words to describe what they had seen. Kiba spoke first "o-okay that was... disturbing." shikamaru only nodded and muttered 'troublesome." neji and lee remained quite. slowly with all thoughts of a bath gone from their heads they got dressed and left the bath house. they did not speak a word to each other as they parted ways going back to their houses. of course they were all thinking the same thing. they were all thinking that sasuke was going to be trouble for naruto and shino. the whole school knew about sasuke's obsession with naruto and they knew that if any of them made a move on him they were as good as dead.

BATH HOUSE (SHINO/ NARUTO)

shino just laughed with naruto at what had just happened. shino started to talk in a semi-teacher like voice. "you know naru-kun by this time tomorrow, everybody will know that your gay." naruto smiled. "as long as they know that I'm yours I dont care. now what say we go home I'm exhausted." slowly they got out of the water and got dressed. shino could not help but glance at his new lover. he was truly a good catch. muscular, blonde, and truly beautiful. sighing happily shino and naruto left the baths, and headed back to shino's apartment. still very tired shino and naruto both crawled into bed and quickly fell asleep. naruto let out a small purr of content. he was loved, for the first time in his life he was loved. snuggling closer to shino he was hit with the scent of shino. musty with a hint of lemon.

THE NEXT DAY

when shino woke he could tell something about today would be different. he could not tell what but his bugs were frantic. shrugging his shoulders he got out of bed and began to make breakfast. he had just finished making the eggs (over hard for those of you who care.) when a knock came to the door. smiling to himself he walked over and answered it. it was Asuma. "lord Hokage wishes to see you right away. he wishes to talk to you about the rumors of you and naruto. personally I congratulate you and him. but orders are orders." shino nodded. hastily he wrote a quick note to naruto explaining were he had gone and when he expected to be back. after he finished the note he quickly put on his sandals and left the apartment locking the door behind him. "maybe I'll pick up some ramen for him to enjoy."

NARUTO POV

naruto let out a small yawn and opened one of his eyes. he was alone in shino's apartment. smiling to himself he got up and got dressed. he had just started to make himself some breakfast when he saw the note that shino had left him. after reading threw it he smiled. 'wow I really am lucky that shino is nice. I wonder... if I had not lost would I have been able to admit that I liked him?" in truth naruto had always like the silent bug user. he just knew how to hide it well. shino had always been so quick so much like a good mystery book that naruto could not stop thinking about him. once or twice had had even followed shino around. his thoughts were interrupted when a knock at the door woke him. grinning to himself he walked over and opened the door. "hello s..."

SHINO'S POV 2 HOURS LATER

smiling to himself shino walked back to his and naruto's apartment. when the Hokage had seen him he had immediately asked him if the rumors were true. when shino had said they were, the Hokage had smiled. he had told shino everything. who naruto's parents were naruto childhood, and even about the 9 tailed fox. shino had been stunned but not turned away from this fact. if anything it made him want naruto even more. he wanted to give naruto the love and companionship he had not gotten as a child. shino got to the apartment and made to open the door, but found that it was not locked. shrugging he went inside. when he saw the blood, he began to worry. "naruto?" he called out hoping that naruto had just cut himself making breakfast.

when he got no answer he slowly walked into the living room. he dropped the ramen he was holding. the room was completely trashed. the sofa was hanging half inside the wall. the TV was shattered and dozens of kunai and senbone were in the walls. blood completely covered the doorway to the bedroom. with his heart full of panic and dread, he slowly almost half heartedly walked to the bedroom. the room was a mess. the bed had been thrown against the wall and had been torn to pieces. the dresser was burned to ashes and the walls had foot deep gouges in it. blood covered one of the walls. shino had just turned around to go look for naruto when he heard it. a small moan almost a whimper. shino whipped around and franticly scanned the room again.

then he spotted it. a small patch of orange cloth caught on one of the mattresse's springs. running over to it, a scene more horrific then he could have ever imagined came into view.