Don't kill me! :hides behind desk: I know I haven't updated in forever and I'm very very very sorry! I hope all of you will appreciate this chapter because it took quite a lot out of me.
I had it all planned out the moment I started it and then... Well nothing really. There it stayed in my documents until earlier this week when I was browsing through them and came across this! Now just to clarfiy things... Yes, this fic's timeline is going by pretty quickly but that's the main idea.
I'm going to stop my rambling now so you can finally read this chapter!
-TDaL

Disclaimer: I've been locked up these last few days because I claimed Naruto was mine and no ones elses... Then Kishimoto sued me for stealing his Naruto. (Although he really belongs to Sasuke)
Warnings: Major Fluff; otherwise see previous chapters, although more will come

True to the Kyuubi's words Naruto's body started showing signs that he was going to wake up soon. Since then Sasuke nor Haku hadn't left the blonds' side. Naruto groaned softly and his fingers started to twitch.

"This… Transformation. Will it harm Naruto-kun?" Haku asked with a worried expression.

"From what I've learned not, only that he's supposedly going to become extremely strong and things like that. There aren't many records on Jinchuuriki merging."

Naruto groaned again and his eyelids started to flutter. Sasuke and Haku held their breath as they watched over him. The blonds' eyelids stopped moving and both ravens sighed.

Someone knocked on the door and Tsunami entered carrying a tray with something to drink and food. She silently set it door near Naruto's feet and made her way back out of the room. Sasuke reached out and grabbed a tea cup for both him and Haku. They sat sipping their tea as they watched the small blond before them.

Hours more passed and Haku had already fallen asleep. Sasuke had to fight not to join him but eventually sleep took him as well.

Sasuke groaned as someone started shaking him. His arms came up to cover his face and he rolled over and bumped his forehead onto something hard. The shaking wouldn't stop and Sasuke forced himself to open his eyes.

"Sasu- It's about time you woke up."

Yawning Sasuke rubbed his eyes before sitting up and focusing at the figure before him. Mismatched eyes looked at him filled with concern and Sasuke frowned for a moment. Was he dreaming?

"Naruto?"

"It's about time teme! Man I've been waiting for you and Haku to wake up for like an hour already! I tried waking him up but he wouldn't so I decided to wake you and you did!"

Sasuke couldn't believe his eyes as he stared at Naruto's grin. Without thinking he leaned forward and pulled the blond into a tight embrace.

"Te-?! Sasuke! What the hell?"

"You're awake, you're finally awake... I was...so worried... Damn it Naruto don't ever scare me again!"

Confused Naruto looked up at Sasuke and gasped as he saw tears fill his eyes. From the other side of the room Haku rolled over as he slowly woke up.

"Haku! Naruto's awake!"

Haku immediately sat up and glanced over at the other two boys. He shouted out with glee and moved over to embrace both of them.

Naruto was very confused. He had no idea why the two were acting so weird. All he could remember was that Haku had tried to kill Sasuke and that he had jumped before Kakashi's Raikiri.

The door swung open and more people came into the room. Naruto gasped as Sasuke and Haku were pushed aside and he was staring down at pink hair. More arms attached to him and he looked and saw Inari crying. He blinked as he saw Tsunami and Tazuna with tears in their eyes and looked at Kakashi and two unknown women behind Zabuza. He scowled.

"Can someone tell me what is going on here?!" He shouted.

Sakura and Inari moved away from him as he growled and the blonde haired woman came to kneel in front of him. She held her hand against his forehead and checked him over.

"You've been in a coma for a little over two weeks and your friends are concerned brat."

"Who are you calling brat, grandma?!"

He watched as the woman's eye twitched and the raven haired girl moved over to calm her down. He looked to his left as Sasuke sat down next to him again and explained what had happened. As he listened he couldn't help but cover his mouth when he gasped.

"You mean... That you all know about Kyuubi now?" Naruto asked as he trembled.

"We do, but that doesn't change anything usuratonkachi."

"You... You mean that?"

"Of course Naruto! You and the fox are two completely different beings. He's just locked in your stomach." Sakura said and she shrugged as he looked at her in disbelief.

"Really? I'm so happy you all think that." He said and tears ran down his cheeks as he smiled.

Haku and Sakura ran over to him and embraced him and the three of them cried together. Tsunami came in with something to eat as soon as everyone had calmed down a bit. They all sat together and Inari told Naruto with excitement how Tsunade and Shizune had joined them and they all laughed.

Tsunade asked him how he was feeling as she checked him over again and he shrugged and explained that he felt fine. She sighed with relief until he frowned.

"Although the top of my head itches terribly and I have no idea why." Naruto said as he scratched it with emphasis.

Tsunade and Shizune looked at each other with concern and moved to check him. Naruto protested as they tugged on his hair and Tsunade told him to shut up. Both of the medic-nin gasped as they both made a discovery on each side of his head.

"Uhm gaki... Are you aware that you're growing fox ears?"

"Fox ears?! Yeah right baa-chan! I know I'm supposed to be going through this transformation type of thingy, but I'd seriously doubt that I'd really be growing fox ears."

"Well sorry to burst your bubble Naruto-kun. But what Tsunade-shishou is telling you is true." Shizune tugged on the small fluff of hair to make her point.

Sasuke immediately ran over to them and they showed him. He frowned slightly and gulped when he looked at Naruto's pleading expression.

"Sasuke-teme please tell me that they're joking." Naruto asked in a squeaky voice.

"I'd be lying if I did."

Naruto shrieked and brought his hands up to his head to search for them himself. Shizune lead his hands towards them and he tugged at them. Inari sat up and blew in one of them.

With a growl Naruto pushed the boy away and told him it hurt. Embarrassed Naruto pulled his blanket over himself and told them all to get out off his room. Everyone except Haku and Sasuke left quietly. Naruto stayed under the blanket for a few more minutes before he pushed it off again and huffed.

He, Haku and Sasuke talked quietly for another few hours until Tsunami called them down for dinner.

Naruto was wobbly on his feet at first but Sasuke helped him down the stairs. Dinner was a great success. Everyone was happier now that Naruto had awakened again.

"Well Naruto, it probably couldn't get any worse than it already is." Kakashi said.

But oh, how wrong he was.

The next morning everyone was woken roughly to someone shouting.

Sasuke shot up from his futon and glared in the direction of where the sound was coming from. His eyes widened though when he saw Naruto.

The blond was staring into a mirror on the other side of the room and gripping his head where orange ears protruded. Behind him two identically orange fox tails were flicking side to side. He took a deep breath as he tried to calm himself down. Naruto looked to the side and caught Sasuke's eyes. He gasped loudly and tried to cover his body with his arms. He shut his eyes and the two tails wrapped around his waist.

"Don't look at me! I'm a monster! How am I supposed to live like this?!"

Bewildered Sasuke looked over to where Haku was sitting. The other brunet was staring with a blank look in his eyes and Sasuke fought the urge to sigh. He pushed himself up from off the ground and made his way towards Naruto and wrapped his arms around the smaller boy. Naruto broke down and started sobbing against Sasuke's shoulder.

The other inhabitants came rushing into the room and some gasped at the sight in front of them. Haku finally snapped out of his thoughts and looked at Sasuke who looked at him with pleading eyes.

Haku stood up and promptly motioned the others to leave the room. Once they were all gone he nodded once and smiled at Sasuke wishing him good luck before he left the room himself and shut the door.

Sasuke sat down on Naruto's futon and placed the smaller boy on his lap. He wiped his tears away with the sleeve of his shirt and ran a hand through Naruto's hair. The blond sniffed a few more times before he looked up and met Sasuke's eyes. For the second time that morning Sasuke was bewildered as he looked into Naruto's eyes.

Sapphire blue eyes were staring into his searching for no signs of anger or disaprovement. What awed Sasuke the most was that his no longer had round pupil, but slitted ones.

"Naruto..." Sasuke began.

"I don't know why you're pretending to be so nice to me Sasuke... I've done nothing to deserve this and I certainly don't want you to pity me or something! So just get on with insulting me like you usually do so we can get through the day ok?"

"Tch Naruto you really are a usuratonkachi did you know that?"

"You done yet-?"

"You didn't let me finish." Sasuke interrupted and looked at Naruto with a stern look on his face.

"It doesn't matter to me what you look like ok? What's important to me is that you stay the same Naruto that I've come to know these last few months. I know we don't always agree on everything and we argue a lot but... If I have to be honest I have to say that I really enjoy that. It only occurred to me when you were in a coma. We all know that saying though right? 'You don't know what you've got till it's gone.' So I decided to lessen the bastardness for now. That ok with you?"

Naruto stared at the other boy for a moment or two before he laughed in joy and wrapped his arms around Sasuke's shoulders sending the both of them to the ground. Naruto chuckled as he looked down at Sasuke's frowning face and his tails happily swayed side to side behind him again.

Sasuke's frown turned into a small smile and he was about to say something again when the door swung open.

"Naruto! Are you ok?! Haku sent us downstairs but I was able to sneak away anyways and-!"

Sakura stopped in her tracks when she saw the suggestive position the two boys were in. Naruto stared at her for a second and his ears twitched once before he shouted in protest and rolled off of Sasuke.

"S..Sakura-chan! That wa...wasn't what it looked like! See the bastard was just kind of trying to comfort me and-"

Naruto didn't get any further as Sakura launched herself towards him and wrapped his arms around him. She laughed and smiled at him and told him it didn't matter to her as long as he was ok. Naruto grinned widely.

"Did you know you look rather cute Naruto? Like a big plushie!" Sakura tightened her arms around him in emphasis and giggled as Naruto started to struggle.

"Let's go downstairs now! The others are worried and I'm sure they're all wondering what you look like now!"

Sakura grabbed his hand and started pulling him towards the door. Naruto's and Sasuke's eyes met just before the blond was pulled outside of the door.

Sasuke smirked.

"You're welcome dobe."

Wow, I'm glad that's over. Now off to try to finish the next chapter of 'Demons and Vampires!'

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