I know it's been awhile, but here's the new chapter, and it's gonna lead into some good ole' sexy time. Promise!~

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Sasuke looked through the darkness into the dimly lit area where a body lay. It was covered in matted fur, blood, and leaves of all sorts of shapes and sizes. He took a step forward, he wasn't sure if the body was still breathing. As he approached, he saw the soft rise and fall of the shoulders and sighed, it was alive. But...would it attack him as it had those other hybrids? Even in the dimly lit space, Sasuke was able to see the undeniable features of a hybrid. All the creatures that had fought tonight had been hybrids, but...why would they fight against one another? Sasuke wondered as he knelt down.

He gently placed a hand on each shoulder and rolled the body over, only to fall backwards in shock. It was the blonde fox he had seen, the one who sent a fire through him that made him lose all sense of self. Naruto's unconscious face turned to the side as Sasuke crawled back to the body. He...had to get treatment for him, if he didn't...he would lose such a wonderous creature. Sasuke placed one of Naruto's arms around his shoulder and he picked him up under his legs.

The moment he stood, he heard the shriek of something on the move, several something's on the move. Sasuke turned from the sound and began to run. He held tight to Naruto as his legs pumped as fast as they would go. He popped Naruto back into his arms as several more shrieks took up around him. How many could there be? He wondered, how many hybrids could overtake him? He wondered. He had left his gun at his home, he sucked in a deep breath and continued to run.

Naruto seemed to get heavier as he continued to run, he would have to stop if he wasn't faster. He saw something out of the corner of his eye dart to his left, through the brush. Then to his right, he would have to stop, they were surrounding him! Sasuke came to a sudden halt, almost losing Naruto with the jolt. He listened and looked as the leaves rustled violently around him.

"Leave it..." he heard come from above. He looked up, but saw nothing.

"Leave the fox..." cried something from his right. He whipped around and took a s tep back, taking a defensive stance.

"No," he said, raising his fists. He wasn't used to fighting hand-to-hand, but he figured he would be ok.

It leapt at him with no sound, Sauske almost fell backwards on top of Naruto, but managed to dig in his heels. He grabbed hold of the grey fur of the thing that had attacked him and sent upwards and back, over his head. A second attack came almost immediately after the first, and Sasuke brought his fist around, plunging it deep into the gut of the hybrid that lunged. Once his fist connected, he threw his weight into his arm, sending the thing into a nearby tree. It squealed in pain and landed hard on the ground.

Sasuke wobbled back into place as the first hybrid came for a second round. Sasuke ducked down as it rushed him, a thrust his left leg upwards, into the jaw of the, as he finally saw it, rat hybrid. He heard the crush of bone as he continued his round house kick, sending the face into the dirt. He jammed his foot down, hearing more bones crush under his foot as the rat squirmed under him. He raised his foot and jammed down one more time before the rat lay still, its skull crushed into fragments.

Sasuke took a deep breath and looked up, two pairs of eyes looked back at him from between the trees.

"If we see the fox again...in our territory...we'll eat him alive..." said a voice. The eyes then disappeared and a rustle was heard as something darted through the trees.

"You killed some of ours...we won't forget...you should watch yourself..." said the second pair, which quickly followed the first. After a few minutes, satisfied that there was no one left, Sasuke sank to the ground, exhausted. He took some slow, deep breaths, everything finally returning to the quiet still he loved so well. He looked at Naruto, who lay soundly sleeping, but still bleeding. He had to get him back to his home, and treat him. Sasuke stood and winced as he looked down at the leg he had kicked with. The boot was torn and blood was seeping from the back. He wasn't sure how damaged he was, but he thought he could get home. It wasn't that far from where he was. He bent down and placed Naruto's arm around his shoulder once more. This time, he put his other hand around his waist and began to drag him back to his home.

Sasuke finally returned to his home just as the sun was beginning to rise on a new day. He shoulder the door open and almost fell through the door he was so tired. He dragged Naruto the rest of the way through the door and to his small bed area. He dropped Naruto onto his bed and turned to sit down as well. He dropped into a chair and gently slipped off his boot. He smiled, his foot wasn't nearly as bad as it felt. Only a few deep cuts, nothing too bad, all though he wouldn't be hunting for a few days.

He limped over to where he tub rested and began to run the water. He turned to Naruto and looked at him on his bed, still covered in muk. He limped over once more and picked him up, dragging him to the tub. As the water ran, he set Naruto in and let the water soak into him. Sasuke pushed his hair back out of his face and went to work cleaning Naruto up. He couldn't believe he was doing this…for prey and a MALE no less. He sighed again and looked at Naruto's sleeping face, it once more sent something through him, almost like a shiver up his spine, but leaving pleasure in its path. Sasuke put the dirty thoughts away and began to clean away all the mess on Naruto. He started with his sun-shine face and rubbed it until it shinned. The he moved to his hair, which he freed from all dirt and blood, it too shinned like liquid sunlight that stream-lined through the trees on summer days. Then he slowly worked the injured shoulder, cleaned away debris and blood, until only tissue and muscle showed.

Sasuke continued to work his way down the surprisingly fit body of the fox, taking care and open places than at others. He tried not to linger on the toned chest and strong arms as he continued to work. Only looking at them when he had to, for he felt a longing to touch them the more he looked at them.

He worked quickly, and noticed the shoulder was already almost healed when he finished. How could that be? Sasuke took a closer look, and the torn skin had repaired itself to show not even a line when it had been torn, as if it had never been. Sasuke wondered if all hybrids were like Naruto, and could heal this quickly, he quickly jerked back when he realized he had been stroking Naruto's shoulder. He pushed his hair back once more and let out a hard sigh of frustration with himself. He had to finish quickly, or he might not be able to resist the temptation to…to… Sasuke sucked in a breath this time as he knew what he wanted to do to the fox.

Once cleaned, he pulled Naruto from the semi-cold water and placed him back onto his bed, once he had stripped it of the messy top sheet. He toweled Naruto dry, then wrapped his other sheets around him and left him to clean his tub and soak himself.

It didn't take him long to clean himself up in his tub and to bandage his foot. He was so tired, all energy spent on this night had taken its toll, and he figured, bed would…wait…bed…he couldn't sleep in his bed, Naruto was there. He didn't want to scare him if he woke up, so Sasuke pouted to himself as he spread his softest blanket then laid down. He groaned when he realized he forgot to lock the door. He crawled to the door and engaged the lock, the crawled back to his make-shift bed, in only his underwear, and before he even landed on the blanket, he was asleep.

Daw, I liked that, proud of myself!~

R&R

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