Thanks for reading. I appreciate BlackBee for giving me a shout out on the original. It makes me feel all warm and fuzzing inside. I'm glad that people are liking the same story, just different POV and such. Please Review for my sake. Thanks :D
The day brightened up the two males talked about random pieces of information, anything between Kuyubi's life before being stuck in Naruto and what they were thinking at that second.
Naruto really wanted to be closer to the other male. He hadn't felt anything like this before, not even with Sasuke. Everything Kuyubi said made him want to jump the male. The voice was velvety and husky all at the same time and when Kuyubi would stare at Naruto in the eyes he would blush and look away.
The night came and went and they were going to reach Konoha today and the thought made his stomach churn. He wasn't sure if he could do it all correctly. He wasn't sure whether they would believe the story he told them.
"Lets stop Kuyubi so we can eat." Naruto said and set his pack down and started pulling out some items to make a quick lunch.
"Okay, remember the plan?" Kuyubi said and sat down on a boulder near where Naruto was making food.
"Yeah." Naruto murmured.
"Hey!" Kuyubi yelled and it shocked Naruto. "You'll be fine baka, I'll be there to help." Naruto nodded and looked at the other male and got up and handed him the food. The both of them stared at each other and Naruto started to blush and Kuyubi got up and started walking away with the food.
"Hey fox!" Naruto called out as he was trying to shove everything back in the bag and catch up. It took Naruto fifteen minutes to catch up to the fox and he had run.
"What the hell Kuyubi!" Naruto yelled and twitched when the red head shrugged his shoulders and kept walking toward Konoha.
"That's not an answer you know?" Naruto said matter of fact and wilted when the fox just shrugged his shoulders again.
"Fine." Naruto said, more to himself than anything. "Whatever"
They made it to the outskirts of Konoha in a few hours and they stopped at the gates. Two shinobi came and greeted Naruto and stopped when they saw Kuyubi
"Oi, Naruto, who's your friend?" The first shinobi asked.
"Wasn't this your first solo S rank mission?" The second shinobi asked.
"Yeah, he's a friend from the River Country. He wants to become a leaf ninja like me." Naruto said and beamed at the two shinobi. He heard Kuyubi scoff behind him and he gave the fox a look.
"We'll escort you to the Hokage then" The first shinobi said and darted off. Naruto nodded and looked at Kuyubi who nodded back and they both were off towards where Hokage tower was.
The shinobi the pair were following stopped in front on the Hokage's office and pushed the doors open. Tsunade was sitting with her back to the door looking out of the window and Shizune was talking beside her and when the door was pushed all the way open and Naruto stepped forward the chair turned and the blond woman's eyes went straight past Naruto and stared at Kuyubi.
"Who are you!" Tsunade yelled "And why is there a stranger in this office!" She darted her eyes towards the shinobi that were behind Kuyubi and Naruto.
"My name is Kuyubi Sunadori" Kuyubi said stepping in front of Naruto. "I have come from the River Country. Naruto and I have been friends for years since we both were in the academy, obviously different ones but still taking it at the same time."
Naruto watched the Kuyubi as he talked. He talked about how the both of them became pen pal's first and then they met on a mission when his team went through the River Country and of how he wanted to leave the River Country because of the more possibilities he had as a shinobi in the Leaf Village.
Kuyubi never waivered and stared directly at Tsunade and it made Naruto a little jealous. Why couldn't Kuyubi stare at him all the time? Naruto quit paying attention to Kuyubi talking and gazed at the other male's posture and his physical appearance. He wasn't aware that Kuyubi had stopped talking and Tsunade and Kuyubi were both staring at him. He shook his head and looked at Tsunade.
"I'm sorry?" Naruto muttered out, a blush creeping on his face.
"Pay attention next time baka." Kuyubi said and rolled his eyes.
"I was asking where you planned on having him stay while he was in Konoha." Tsunade said.
"He, uh, can live with me." Naruto said and looked away to the other side of the room.
"In a one bedroom apartment?" Tsunade asked with a hint of suspicion in her voice. Damn, Naruto thought, he was dumb enough not to think about that.
"Naruto was telling me that he has a couch that isn't being occupied, so I was thinking of using that until we find better arrangements, if that's okay with Naruto?" Kuyubi said, saving Naruto from having to create an excuse.
"That's… That's fine with me." Naruto muttered and looked at Kuyubi and then Tsunade. Tsunade was nodding her head and tapping her chin with her finger as though she was thinking.
"You have training tomorrow with Naruto and his team." Tsunade said. "Welcome to team 7 Kuyubi Sunadori. Now off the both of you, and Naruto, don't forget to turn in your report to me by tomorrow at sundown!"
Kuyubi and Naruto looked at each other and Naruto nodded at the Hokage and then the both of them walked out and headed towards Naruto's apartment.
The pair walked in silence and when they neared Naruto's apartment Naruto stopped at sighed. He looked at Kuyubi and when Kuyubi realized that Naruto wasn't following he stopped and turned back.
"Kuyubi I…" Naruto started
"NARUTO!" someone yelled and Naruto noticed that Kuyubi tensed and clenched his hands. "Dobe! Your back!" Sasuke yelled and walked up to the two males. Naruto smiled and waved at the other male.
"Yep! It was easy!" Naruto said, his head was reeling, he wanted so bad to apologize to Kuyubi and tell him Naruto could pay for him to stay somewhere else if it would make it awkward but then Sasuke had to come and ruin it for him. He could feel the tension in the air when Sasuke sized up Kuyubi.
"Who is he?" Sasuke asked flicking his thumb towards Kuyubi. Kuyubi twitched and Naruto could feel the anger rolling off the other male.
"Oh him?!" Naruto laughed. "This is my friend Kuyubi. He's from the River Country. Sasuke, meet Kuyubi, our new team member." Naruto said trying to break the tension even though he knew it wasn't going to be easy. Kuyubi begrudgingly held out his hand for Sasuke to grab it and when the other male took his hand they shook and Kuyubi shoved his hand into his pocket and turned around and started walking away.
"Kuyubi!" Naruto called after. His heart sank. He really wanted to talk to Kuyubi but now he was left alone with Sasuke and he didn't want that.
"Who needs him" Sasuke scoffed. "Tell me more about your mission."
Naruto nodded and started walking towards his apartment while telling Sasuke about the mission. He didn't really feel like he was happy but he knew that he had to at least pretend that he was for Sasuke's sake. Naruto was always the one who was always happy no matter what, and he had an image to keep. Before they knew it they were standing outside of Naruto's apartment.
"Well. I'll be going now. You should be too, we got a lot of training to do tomorrow especially if we're going to bring Kuyubi up to speed." Naruto said and smiled at the dark haired male.
"Oh. Okay." Sasuke said and rubbed the back of his head. Naruto felt awkward so he walked into the building leaving Sasuke outside.
Naruto rolled his eyes because Sasuke had made him lose precious time with Kuyubi and had made him walk off. Naruto sighed and walked toward his apartment and stopped when he reached his. He pulled out his keys and opened the door, closing it behind him but not locking it just in case Kuyubi decided to show up. He looked up and saw Kuyubi standing in the small kitchen next to the stove heating up some water. Kuyubi glanced at Naruto and then back at the water.
"Oi! Kuyubi, you could've waited!" Naruto said and set his pack on the floor near the door and took off his shoes.
"That Uchiha give's me a weird vibe." Kuyubi said and shuddered. "The way he looks at you gives me the image of a wolf attacking a rabbit. I would advise you of not being with him alone."
"Are you serious?" Naruto said. He was slightly aggravated. "Are you jealous?!" Kuyubi rolled his eyes and pulled the pot off of the stove and poured the water into two cups of ramen.
"Of course not baka. I was just making an observation and giving you my input. If you don't want it just let me know." Kuyubi said and turned towards the blond and handed him one of the cups and a pair of chopsticks.
"You know I'll listen to everything that you tell me, Kyuu." Naruto muttered and started eating the ramen.
"So where do you want me to sleep?" Kuyubi asked before digging into the ramen.
"With me of course." Naruto said and watched the redness creep up Kuyubi's neck and cover his face.