Little did Sasuke know, that Naruto was actually still on his mission. Kabuto was the one to poison Orochimaru, but he also saved him from dying without anyone noticing. No one saw him put a purifier in the snakes hands.

Sasuke felt relieved that Naruto was back in their home, sleeping peacefully. "I love you so much, Naruto," he whispered in the imposter's ear. "I'm so glad you didn't have the disease... and I'm so sorry that I called you a demon... I'll live with that for the rest of my life..."

Naruto chuckled and turned over. "You sure talk a lot when you feel bad, Sasuke," he smiled gently. "I kinda like it..."

Sasuke smirked. "Yeah...I really am sorry, though..." Inwardly, Kabuto smirked. 'He truly believes that I'm the worthless brat he's so in love with. I wonder if Orochimaru-sama found the real Naruto or not... If so, I can finally quit this stupid fucking acting and help him gain immortality.'

"...Uto? Naruto!" he heard Sasuke yell.

"Huh?" he said, smartly.

"Are you alright? You had a far off look, dobe..." Sasuke smirked. "Still the same old Naruto. How did you ever become a shinobi with how you think?"

Kabuto inwardly laughed. 'Good question, Uchiha,' but on the outside he merely pouted. "I'm a ninja because I have skills...teme?"

Sasuke's smirk fell instantly at the questioned nickname. Naruto always called him teme without hesitation, but this time he hesitated. He'd changed, and Sasuke didn't like it. 'This can't be Naruto...he wouldn't even say he has the skills. He'd bout about how he'd be Hokage one day.' He decided not to say anything. Yet.

(Naruto)

Naruto was happy to finally be able to go home again and try to find a place to sleep for the night. He'd been gone a month(Meaning three weeks after Sasuke's part) and was only just going home. Turns out that the deadly disease was a curse put on some people and the it got so bad that it wiped out the whole village.

"Naruto..." he heard whispered behind him.

He turned around and saw a tall, dark figure watching him from a tree nearby.

"Who are you? Show yourself!" he demanded. He then heard chuckling and turned again, to see the same figure just inches away from him. He knew this shape of a body. Orochimaru.

"What do you want." He felt anger and fear built up in the pit of his stomach.

"I want you, Naruto-kun. Why else would I be here?" Orochimaru replied.

"What for?" Naruto yelled.

"I want the Kyuubi, obviously. He's much stronger than the Sharingan. I can take Sasuke-kun afterwards to control him! Or I could have you both...such a prize!"

Naruto felt panic take over and he jumped into a tree and darted for Konoha. 'I have to get home. Sasuke can't be in danger, now, not while I can't do anything!'

Orochimaru's voice came up again, this time in his ear. "Dearest Sasuke-kun already thinks you've returned! Kabuto-koi is in your very form with him as we speak. He's playing as you, so that Sasuke has no reason to feel lonely."

Naruto growled. "Leave him alone, bastard! He already wants nothing to do with me! He's probably screaming at Kabuto to leave right now!" His hands shook, itching to hit something. 'He probably hates me by now. Sasuke... I'm so sorry...' "I'll go with you, if you leave him alone."

Orochimaru made a cheerful sound. "Good! I think a celebration is in order!" He pulled something out from under his shirt and spoke into it. "Kabuto, come back and meet me at the hide-out. We're leaving Uchiha alone now that we have Uzumaki in our hands.

The reply he got, however, was not Kabuto's voice.

(Sasuke)

Sasuke picked something up that "Naruto" dropped on his way to see Tsunade.

He was surprised when it went off an hour later, and what he heard from it, made his blood boil with rage.

"Kabuto, come back and meet me at the hide-out. We're leaving Uchiha alone now that we have Uzumaki in our hands."

Orochimaru. That sick bastard.

'I should have known...but he's supposed to be dead! It comes as no surprise, actually. What do I do...? He has Naruto!' He decided to reply himself.

"Give Naruto back, you son of a bitch! You leave him alone! He has nothing you could possibly want!" He shouted into the device. He waited a few minutes for a reply, but when he didn't get anything, he left the house to get to the Hokage tower. Tsunade would probably see that the Naruto in the village was a fake, and when he told her what happened, she'd send a search team after the real Naruto Uzumaki. There was only one question, now.

Was Orochimaru telling the truth, that Naruto really is with him, or was it another fake? How could Naruto possibly have agreed to go with Orochimaru? He wouldn't ever do that to anyone in the village! Would he?

No, Sasuke decided. Naruto would never betray his village, no matter how much pain the villagers put him through day after day. He loves the village, and would protect everyone in it even when the people within Konoha didn't want him to. It's the way he was. A hero at heart, and with the Kyuubi within him, he was a hero from the start. No one viewed him that way, only seeing the boy as the demon itself.

How cruel could the village become, if they found out that Naruto was kidnapped by Orochimaru? The elders would want him back for his power, wouldn't they? Or would they make Tsunade charge Naruto with abandonment?

Sasuke didn't know what to do...

Just then, Kabuto came through the door, still looking like Naruto. "Man! No more missions for a while!" he exclaimed, putting up the perfect Naruto act. If Sasuke hadn't heard the truth, he would throw away the possibility that Kabuto was really Naruto. Who knows what would have happened then?

"That's because of how long you've had to be on the last one. You deserve a break, dobe. I have to go see Sakura for something. She said she needed my help with something." He said, picking up the device and putting it in the weapon holster on his ass. "I'll be back tonight, though," he said as he walked toward the door.

"But, teme! I wanted to spend time with my koi for a while! I just got back, Sasuke!"

"Sorry, dobe. Sakura really needs my help and everyone else capable is on a mission right now. Get some sleep, and when I come back, we'll spend as much time as you want together. Okay?"

"Okay, teme. Hurry home!" Naruto's grin was flashed in Sasuke's face, looking so wrong to him, knowing it was a fake.

"I will, dobe." With that, he left. He had to talk to Sakura and Tsunade about the fake Naruto. If Tsunade didn't know already, he would have to explain the device and the information he just got. Naruto had to be okay. At least until Sasuke got his hands on the stupid dobe for giving up on him!

Sorry it took this long to update, people, but I was thinking of just making this a one-shot and making a sequal, but I got a couple reviews saying to update it, so I decided to just make it a short multi-chapter. That's why it hadn't been updated. I saw that I hadn't set it as Complete, either, so I decided, why not? I got influenced. And to everyone who's been reading Forgotten Memories, it's been discontinued. It's not going anywhere really, I might just re-write the whole thing. The original plot definitely got changed around. Sorry for that. Until next time!

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