Double, Double Naruto Trouble!
By: Shozetsku
Disclaimer/Warnings/Authoress Notes:
-Not mine, just an unhealthy obsession. And even then, I think it comes from one of my many mental voices. So, it's still not mine.
-Yaoi coming soon, cursing, OOC-ness here, some use of romaji, and an over use of the meanings of people's names. (SOME-one has trouble with names)
-This will be a slightly drawn out threesome. The rating is high right off the bat because of this.

This chapter is dedicated to Illicit Memory for guessing the answer to my lame joke!

Chapter 2: Blood Black Cherries

The next day neither Uzumaki woke up for the entire day. Short of throwing the two sleeping boys out the third story window, the nurses, doctors, cleaning crew, and even some of the patients had tried everything they could think of. Including but not limited to: smelling salts, shouting, pinching, etc. There was now a pretty hefty pot of cash for the person who could wake up these sleepy two. Alas, no one would be winning this money today. A report was handed to Tsunade stating the boys' reluctance to return to consciousness when there was a sharp official knock on her door.

After Tsunade gave her leave for whoever it was to enter her office she looked down at the folder and began to read. If the report were about anyone else it wouldn't have even reached her desk. But it was about Naruto, and the nine tailed fox, so it interested her greatly. There was more then one person that had entered her office, six ANBU escorted a bound Sasuke. Sasuke himself looked irritated but not surprised, he had after all, left the village to seek tutelage from someone who had killed the previous hokage.

"Thank you." Tsunade said, by way of dismissing the escort, but the ANBU didn't move. Tsunade raised a brow, "What's this? You think I can't handle my former teammate's protégé? Give me a bit more credit then that." the ANBU backed off to stand against the wall, they made it plain that they weren't leaving her alone with him without ever speaking a word.

"I want your testimony as an eye witness. What happened to Naruto?" Tsunade said folding her hands over the file as she spoke, not bothering to address the subject of the ANBU anymore.

Sasuke smirked, "You trust me? That's not particularly smart."

"You don't know what I'm looking for, what I know, or why I'm asking you. And besides, telling the truth can only help you. And for the record I don't trust you, at all." Tsunade said standing up from her desk, she gave him a stern look that would have sent braver ninja cowering; Sasuke merely stood still and stoic, Tsunade studied him.

Sasuke's face had paled, his complexion left much to be desired, however he was nowhere near as bad off as Sai, who was the very definition of rice paper. He was taller then she remembered, as he should have been for a boy of 15, nearly 16. His eyes, already hard from the trauma of his past and the hate of his brother, were even colder, like coal in the frigid tundra. Still in that ridiculous outfit he'd worn in Sound, Sasuke was yet another fashion victim of Orochimaru. If there was one thing that was always off about that man, Tsunade thought, it was his taste in clothes. We'll need to get Sasuke into something that won't attract so much attention, or incite so much hate.

"When we arrived there were the obvious signs of a high level battle having recently taken place." Sasuke said coolly, obviously deciding that it was in his best interest to cooperate. "Naruto's eyes were red with the Kyuubi's power, but he seemed unable to move. His head kept darting between Kisame, who was holding the rest of his team captive in water prisons, Sakura had already passed out from lack of oxygen; and Itachi whom he was obviously battling. But when he saw us his eyes went almost black and there was a sort of explosion of chakra.

"I don't know what happened, the burst of energy kicked up a lot of dust. But suddenly there was a red Naruto with his clawed hand sticking out of Orochimaru's back, his heart in his hand. I saw with my sharingan that he nodded his head at Itachi, as though telling me to have at it. I needed no further encouragement. Itachi was looking between the red Naruto and the blonde Naruto who was finishing off Kisame, when his head was turned towards the second Naruto I made my move, I drew my blade and thrusted it into Itachi's stomach. I broke his hands and waited for him to die."

"Your clan is avenged then?" Tsunade asked, but Sasuke shook his head. "For my clan to be truly avenged my brother would have had to suffer a lot more. But he is dead, and that is what I set out to accomplish, and that's enough for now."

Tsunade raised an eyebrow. "for now?"

"I'm going to find him in the after life and make him pay properly for all the things he's done. He won't get off so easily." Sasuke said calmly, though he was already annoyed with the whole conversation.

Tsunade paled, even though she knew that Sasuke never was all that stable to begin with, and that his instability was mostly directed towards his brother. He would need constant surveillance, a list of names for the job was already running through her head. Most of the names she discarded as soon as she thought of them. Sasuke was powerful and clever. But he wasn't really like Orochimaru, from what she heard he didn't kill when he could help it. His old friends might be her best bet. Naruto most of all, Tsunade rolled her eyes, what a perfect time for him to be unconscious and split in two!

And the warning signs of her "Naruto migraine" began to manifest themselves. Perfect. Exactly what she needed. "Thank you. Oh, and someone pick up some clothes for Sasuke, his seem to be a little dirty." She said, dismissing Sasuke; the last part she directed at the ANBU standing watch. In fact Sasuke's clothes were filthy, dirt and dust that had been kicked up by Naruto's 'explosion', his brother's blood, and Orochimaru's blood covered most of his ridiculous looking outfit.

Sasuke stopped in the doorway, "How is Naruto? I assume something's happened to him that you would have to ask about him."

"He's sleeping." was all Tsunade said in reply. Sasuke let the subject drop and allowed himself to be escorted back to his cell.

"I cannot believe those incompetent fools!" A raging Tsunade burst back into her office, one of the doors hanging off of it's hinges as a result of her frustration.

Shizune jumped and stammered, "T-Tsu-Tsunade-s-sama! What's wrong?" Tsunade threw a furious glare at Shizune, who recoiled. "Those utter fools! They want Sasuke reinstated as a ninja! They went over my head! Do they not get that Sasuke is highly dangerous? All they care about is more ninja with sharingan in the future! Well, I'm not letting Sasuke out of Konoha! Technically he's still a gennin. So he's going to stick to D and maybe C rank missions! If that! Sasuke the dog walker!"

Tsunade was just getting warmed up, but Shizune had something important to tell the Hokage and so she slammed the files in her hands onto the nearest desk. The resulting noise wrong footed Tsunade, who turned to look at her assistant. "Neither Uzumaki or the other one has woken up yet, Tsunade-sama. They're both completely healthy, but they just won't wake up."

"What?! It's been three days! Is there any brain activity?" Tsunade asked, her fury all but forgotten. But Shizune shook her head to dispel Tsunade's worries, "There's plenty of that, Naruto sometimes even mumbles in his sleep. They roll over, snore, you name it; they just won't wake up. There's actually a nice sum of money for the person who can do it."

Tsunade paced her office, occasionally asking for more specifics from Shizune. She went through theory after theory. Then, a thought struck her, "Maybe they just haven't found something worth waking up for."

Shizune looked at Tsunade expectantly, but she didn't elaborate. She did however turn on her heel and head out the doorway, sending the broken door to the ground with a crash. Tsunade knew exactly where she wanted to go, she climbed down several flights of stairs, past several guards and seals until she came to the room she wanted. Disregarding the protests of the guards she opened the door, gazing distastefully at the occupant sitting near the far wall, she stated quite clearly, "Follow me."

The occupant did so. Tsunade noted that he was wearing a simple yukata of a deep blue color and a black obi. Probably one of his own that they brought him. She escorted him to the hospital, ignoring the ANBU that were following them from a distance so to not alert the regular citizens.

She brought him to the hospital and escorted him to Naruto's room. If she was right... She backed away and gestured for him to open the door himself. Sasuke raised an eyebrow, "What's this all about?"

She smirked and said, "I'm just, testing a theory. If I'm right there could be... lucrative results."

"Whatever." Sasuke opened the door to Naruto and the Kitsuke's hospital room.

For a split second he saw Naruto lying in the bed farther away from the door and closer to the window and the Kitsuke lying in the bed closer to him. Naruto was curled in on himself, he was facing the door and using his left arm as a pillow. The Kyuubi was laying on his back, one leg hanging off the bed, and an arm thrown over his head onto the pillow. However, the next instant Kitsuke screamed, sat up bolt upright and started breathing heavily.

Almost immediately after Kitsuke, Naruto awoke with a similar reaction. Though he only gave a short shout of surprise, and rolled out of bed. Naruto rolled on the floor hissing and clutching his head.

"Itai-i! What the hell was that for Kitsuke?" Naruto gritted through his teeth, still laying on the floor.

Kitsuke gave no answer, he just sat there and breathed heavily, staring at Sasuke. Naruto sat up and heaved himself back into bed. Tsunade grinned and turned to the several nurses that had crowded around.

"I believe I won the pot for best method of waking them up." she said with a grin. The nurses scatter and run to tell the doctor who had the cash that the boys had been awoken.

"What -gasp- is that smell?" Naruto looked at Kitsuke, who looked quite shaken even as he spoke. Naruto sniffed the air and recognized the scent instantly.

"Sasuke."

Sasuke said nothing, but his mouth ever so slightly curved downwards, to the two boys it showed that he took offence to the implication that he smelled. Tsunade pushed Sasuke into the room so she herself could get in. She studied Naruto and the Kyuubi, they seemed fine, refreshed even, probably not even aware that they had done nothing but sleep for three days.

"What is that?" Kitsuke continued, sniffing the air, "I can't name it for the life of me." He sniffed harder, then let out a frustrated growl, not a demon growl, but a very human sounding "Arggh!"

"Blood Black Cherries." Naruto supplied tonelessly, staring down at his hands in his lap as he sat on his own bed.

Kitsuke whipped his head around to look at Naruto. All in all it was a strange thing to do, to look upon the boy who had been his unwanted vessel for, up until recently, the boy's whole life. The idea of a jinchuriki becoming separate from it's demon and living through it was thought to be impossible. But, the old demon reminded itself, they weren't really separate, there was still some Naruto in the Kyuubi and some of the Kyuubi was left in Naruto.

"Yes, that's it exactly. Blood Black Cherries. I don't know how on earth that makes sense but," Kitsuke sniffed the air again, "There are no better words for it. How did you know that?"

Naruto looked at Sasuke, he studied the other boy's face openly, scrutinizing every inch of it. Sasuke made no move nor appeared to be uncomfortable under the blonde's gaze, Naruto closed his eyes and breathed in, very slowly and said, "Because Sasuke has always smelled like that."

Tsunade spoke up, "Naruto, do you mean, blood red cherries, or black cherries covered in blood?" Tsunade assumed that the two boys on the beds meant the latter, which seemed the more appropriate choice.

Kitsuke answered, "Neither. He doesn't smell like red cherries, nor are the cherries covered in blood. That would be disgusting. It's hard to explain, it's black, but it's also red." He turned to Naruto, "ARE there even words to describe this?"

Naruto shrugged, "Nope, it took me forever and a day to figure out a good way of describing Sasuke's scent in the first place, I don't think I could describe it any better."

There was silence for a long while no one really had anything more to say and yet there were still things to be said. Then finally Sasuke spoke, "Naruto. Why are there two of you?"

Naruto looked at Kitsuke, who looked back at him, they shrugged at each other; Finally Naruto turned and said to Sasuke, "I think I wanted to do two things at once."

"And, I'm the result." Kitsuke finished, then he turned to Tsunade, "Hey Slug-Princess, we figured that since I'm not going anywhere for a while I needed a name. So for now until we can fix this it's Kitsuke Uzumaki. If you need a fake background or what not just say I'm the brother that was taken out of the village so I wouldn't suffer the same hatred Naruto does in the village. Humans should buy that."

Sasuke quirked an eyebrow at Kitsuke's use of the word 'humans' instead of 'people'. He had already noted Naruto's missing set of whisker markings. Naruto got up and slapped Kitsuke hard on the head, "You want to make it painstakingly obvious or are you just oblivious to the way you talk?"

Kitsuke rolled his eyes, "I can't believe you used a five syllable word on the right context. You have no right to talk to me about obliviousness to me. Besides, Sasuke is sharp, he'd of figured it out anyways."

"So, you're the fox demon." Sasuke said with only vague interest. "And Kitsuke is just Kitsune made into a boys name with a common ending." Kitsuke nodded, "Told you that he was sharp. Then again it doesn't take a genius to figure out you." He said throwing a pompous look at Naruto. Naruto glared.

"Well you certainly fight like you're twins." Tsunade remarked. "Are you two feeling fine? You slept for three days and I have a mission for you."

"THREE DAYS?" Naruto fell off the bed again and Kitsuke's eyes bugged out. Naruto clambered onto his hospital bed yet again moaning, "Itaiiii." Kitsuke rubbed the back of his head, "Mission? I assume it's only for Naruto then. I mean, I'm a threat to your village am I not? And furthermore I'm not a ninja, or human for that matter." Kitsuke hoped that this legendary healer would not correctly identify the strained look in his face for actual pain. He cursed loudly in his head.

'Kuso! It's one thing for you to share my reaction to Sasuke's scent while we're asleep, but it's another thing entirely for me to feel it when you hit your head, kitling!' He growled.

'Shut up!' Naruto snapped back, 'If either of them pick up on the fact that your rubbing your head because it actually hurts you we're going to have to go through ANOTHER insanely long and annoying interrogation.'

'Like I don't already know that. And remember to not let your thoughts show on your face they might figure it out.' Kitsuke thought, irritated.

Tsunade shook her head. "I need both of you." She said firmly. "The High Council members have saw fit to reinstate Sasuke Uchiha as a ninja." All three teenage boys stared at her, Naruto open mouthed and wide-eyed. "But I'm against this. In fact if it were my choice Sasuke would be put on trial to be executed. We don't need another Orochimaru, and Sasuke has already betrayed Konoha once."

They all stared at her, Sasuke's eyes hardening at the mention of his possible execution, as if he would stand idly by and let himself be killed. But at least he knew Tsunade's opinion of him now. "But they've gone over my head on the matter, my hands are tied." She continued, "But that does not mean that I'm willing to release you into Konoha without an escort. I will not take any chances with the lives of my village's people. Naruto, Kitsuke, I want you two to be part of Sasuke's guard. For purposes of appearance we'll call it a four man team but I want you two to be ever vigilant, Sasuke didn't spend nearly three years with Orochimaru and come back unchanged and unscathed." She eyed the spot in Sasuke's neck that bore the curse seal. "Well not much more unscathed then when he left." She amended.

"And the last member of our so called 'team'?" Kitsuke said, more bitingly then the tone Naruto had thought it in. He wanted little part of this after his reaction to Sasuke's scent but he knew the train of thought in the woman's head; the Kyuubi will protect Naruto to preserve it's own life. This was true enough but it was always more complicated then that. Especially if it involved Naruto Uzumaki.

It was true enough that he shared in Naruto's memories and had a copy of Naruto's body, there was a certain amount of automated reflexes like dodging and retaliating that he wouldn't even have to think about if it came to a fight. And he had his Kyuubi's chakra, well most of it. And he knew more or less how to fight from watching Naruto. But he and Naruto had just become to entities, something that had never happened before without the Jinchuuriki dying. Naruto would protect Kitsuke or he would die. And Kitsuke would do the same. 'How human I've become. Protecting something that is not my young.' Naruto threw a small glance at Kitsuke before turning his gaze back to Tsunade, there had been something that he was sure the Kyuubi was hiding from him, but he wasn't certain what it was.

"That's the small detail. I would prefer it to be an old face, in case Sasuke has some humanity left in him after being holed up with Orochimaru for so long. I'll let you choose that." She said looking at Naruto, Naruto's eyes widened and he blinked. He and Sasuke locked eyes and at Sasuke's glare told him novels about how he didn't like the situation.

End chapter 2

Pick who you want to be the last member of the team! I can't choose either.

Shino and Kiba are strong to be sure but they're mainly trackers, and while if Sasuke escapes they'll be able to track him down IF Sasuke rebels I have my doubts if they'll hold up. Same with Hinata.

Ino isn't strong enough and I don't like her character too much. She seems superfluous to me mostly. Chouji isn't a good match for Sasuke because he's just not fast enough. Shikamaru would be useful...

Lee... is Lee. There are no other words to describe Lee accurately. Lee might be fun... Neji is fast strong and also good at tracking. Another possibility. Tenten... is also a superfluous character I my opinion. But unlike Ino I don't dislike her.

Sakura might also be a good choice... if she's over her Sasuke obsession. But then again if not that would add to the drama... this isn't just going to be a nice succinct three shot is it? Kakashi would also be very useful but he's a highly skilled jounin and former ANBU. He's too strong to be tied down to Sasuke all the time... or he could be a good choice...

That leaves Sai. While Sai is clever and fast his greatest weapon is a paintbrush. He's the type that hides out and needs at least a few seconds of prep time. Not a good thing when fighting a person like Sasuke.

I've been thinking about this too much. Can you tell? If you read all of this please take it into account when voting for the final member for the team. It should make sense, another one of the sensei's might be an option too...

VOTE PLEASE! The one with the most votes at the next chapter post will be the winner. ... Obviously.