A/N: Okay so I had a hectic Holiday, Family Emergency so I was in Florida for a long time with no way to type. So please fogive me! I hope you guys like reading this chapter...I couldn't find the hand written copy so this is pretty much off the top of my head with a bunch of new twists. I decided to completely change the chapters around...So Chapter 7 might be delayed.

Disclaimer: Trust me, I don't own Naruto, otherwise my fanfiction could very well be the present timeline...Instead of this leading us by the nose crap...

The Story So Far: After returning home from the mission that brought Sasuke to the gates of Konoha, to stay, after so many years, and after being harrassed by the ANBU guards, Tsunade tells the Former Team 7 to stay in Hokage Tower for the night. What could she have planned for them? And what's up with Sasuke? He's too nice to be the Sasuke they knew from their genin days...

Warnings: Okay so we get into some Shonen-Ai yet again but I won't tell you who it is between b/c I might spoil it! As always there is swearing...But there's frustration and Drama Queens in this chapter! Plus I like it when my ninjas swear so deal with it!

Chapter 6

The room Shizune led Team 7 to was obviously not meant to be a guest room. There were papers that were scattered on the floor, even though poor Shizune spent nearly an entire day trying to gather them all up, the rest were stacked in piles against the walls with rebellious pieces sticking out every which way. Against the longest wall the four beds for Team 7 were lined up and looking cold and hard in there plaintive way. The shades for the room were drawn but still moonlight slipped through and illuminated patches of cold concrete.

Sasuke looked around the room; it was more like a prison or military camp. If some one had told him this was in the Hokage Tower he would have given them the same condescending look he gave anyone when people were acting with an I.Q. equivalent to their age. He felt the need to gather up all the papers and file them away nicely. Perhaps it was because in order for him to find anything he needed everything to be in perfect order. For Sasuke as long as the shelves and walls were perfect he could live with clothes on his floor.

Naruto looked at the beds, they were so incredibly small. It was as if some one had taken a sheet and stretched it across the metal frame of a baby's crib. Now, don't misunderstand, there were mattresses but they were so small. Naruto was used to a small bed and impromptu beds but the mattress looked harder than the ground ever could even in the dry season. How could he sleep soundly on something like that?

Sakura looked at the filing cabinets and window sills. Every area was covered in dust, sleeping would be a joy in this dust cloth of a room. She let out a small sneeze, how fun. Her allergies were going to go crazy in this place. A small shrug said that she was willing to just sleep in here so that she could get to tomorrow, get through whatever her sensei had to say and get home and collapse on her very soft bed.

Kakashi saw the pillows in Shizune's small arms and thought no further.

"I'm sorry that it's not very clean or welcoming but Tsunade's been extremely busy with…" the jounin paused for a second to think of how to properly phrase the rest of that statement. "Preparations," She finished handing a soft white pillow to Kakashi.

Shizune moved to give each member of the former Team 7 a pillow but not before Kakashi raised a suspicious eyebrow at her. She only offered a motherly smile and kept her mouth closed on the going ons of Hokage Tower. Kakashi claimed the bed closest to the windowless wall and threw the only soft thing in the room on the bed and joined it to attempt to get some sleep.

"I will come and wake you guys up in the morning when Tsunade wakes up. There are a lot of details to go over and you all need to rest up," Shizune informed the worn out team.

She gave one last smile and allowed the teens to situate themselves in their temporary room after receiving a wave of acknowledgment from Kakashi. Shizune closed the door behind herself and walked back to the office where Tsunade was undoubtedly spending another night in.

Sasuke took the bed closest to the window, Naruto the one next to that and Sakura was sandwiched between Kakashi-sensei and Naruto. As each person laid down on their sort-of bed they didn't bother to wonder about what Tsunade wanted or about why they were in Hokage Tower in the first place. The priority here was getting some sleep after restless nights in the hospital and traveling to Konoha from Rain without any stops. Sleep was very attractive at the moment and everyone allowed themselves to fall prey to her spell.

It wasn't even two hours after Sasuke's head hit the pillow that he felt some one shaking him. He pretended to be asleep, hopefully they'd go away. The shaking stopped for a moment and Sasuke relaxed.

"I know you're awake…" Naruto whispered as he shook him again.

Sasuke grunted barely and pulled his arm away from Naruto. The blond bit on his lip to keep from yelling, it wouldn't be wise to wake Kakashi and Sakura up. He liked being alive thank you.

"Sasuke…" Naruto put his hand on Sasuke's arm and shook slightly again.

Something in Naruto's voice made Sasuke turn around. He'd never heard him sound so fragile in all his life. Sasuke opened his eyes a slit to see the boy, and added to the previous statement that he'd never seen him look so fragile in all his life. He wanted to reach out and touch his cheek but he felt as if one trembling finger would break the boy completely so he kept it to himself.

"What is it Naruto?" When Naruto caught Sasuke's eyes he seemed startled. Why would he be startled if he was the one trying to get Sasuke's attention?

To Sasuke Naruto appeared to be nervous. His hands were occupying themselves with the hem of Sasuke's blanket, the blond hair on his head or twisting themselves into intricate knots. This wasn't like Naruto. Normally you couldn't get him to shut up about what he wanted.

"Umm could I," Naruto began not looking Sasuke in the eye. "Could I sleep with you tonight?"

Sasuke stared for a moment but didn't dare furrow his brows in confusion. It already took enough out of Naruto to ask that and if he were do make the slightest move Naruto might scamper back to his bed. Then Sasuke told himself that he'd been spending too much time watching rodents and made a mental note to get a new hobby.

"Okay…" Sasuke agreed scooting over as much as possible.

"Whoa really?" Naruto asked in disbelief.

Sasuke nodded is head slowly so that Naruto understood, "Would you like that in writing?"

Naruto raised his pillow to hit Sasuke for being sarcastic so late at night but Sasuke only took the pillow from him, knowing that if Naruto hit him their little disagreement (over such remedial topics) would end up as a full out brawl on the floor. In some ways Sasuke was relieved to know that no matter how old they get some things would never change.

"That's mine!" Naruto exclaimed in a voice quieted by the hushed tones of his throat.

"If you want it back then get in bed or go back to yours," Sasuke offered rubbing his forehead with the hand unoccupied by Naruto's pillow. For some reason it still amazed Naruto that Sasuke could speak so quietly but still seem so powerful in his nearly non-existent voice.

Naruto snatched his pillow from Sasuke's relaxed hand and hoisted himself up dramatically onto the male's bed. In the darkness Naruto missed Sasuke's condescending roll of his eyes at his need to over dramatize everything. As the blond situated his puffy pillow and his aching body Sasuke allowed his eyes the pleasure of roving over Naruto's movements as they happened. After a moment of squirming in a futile attempt to make himself comfortable on such a small bed, Naruto turned to face Sasuke. Sasuke could feel his heart speed up, but only slightly mind you, as those honest eyes searched him over.

"Sasuke…Why did you come back?" Naruto asked with a determined look on his face. It was the same look he wore when he wasn't about to back down from a fight, no matter the odds of him coming out alive. He always had a funny way of beating whatever odds were placed in front of him.

Sasuke wanted to curl into a ball and cower inside of himself. He knew that coming back to Konoha was a risk since most everyone hated his living guts for abandoning the Village Hidden in the Leaf, but the second Itachi's heart stopped Sasuke felt like a lonesome little child again. Back then it had only been him inside of his little world but piece by piece Naruto seemed to wiggle his way into a world only Sasuke had occupied previously. For some reason Sasuke didn't want to go back to being utterly alone, that was much too difficult for him even if it meant being imprisoned in his home village.

"…Sasuke…Are you going to answer me or not?" Naruto pushed on as he moved his body closer to Sasuke in an attempt to intimidate him.

"No," Sasuke answered flatly as his eyes narrowed in response to Naruto's pushiness.

"Just answer the damn question. It's not like it's gonna kill you," Naruto continued rolling his eyes at Sasuke's tight-lipped prissy response.

"Oh but it might Naruto," Sasuke began sarcastically. "And why would I want to take that risk?"

"Great, you were talking to Shikamaru weren't you?" the blond asked shaking his head against the stark white pillow.

Sasuke stared at him curiously but didn't let his sleepy expression slip for a second.

"Well…?" Naruto asked moving his right hand in a circle to tell Sasuke to get on with it.

Sasuke tilted his head slightly but not a significant amount as to warrant any comments from his bedmate.

Naruto grunted in frustration, "I swear you wouldn't talk if you had the choice."

"And I swear you wouldn't shut up if duct tape wasn't invented," Sasuke returned glaring at Naruto. Perhaps hearing the truth made him irritable.

"Ha! You spoke!" Naruto shouted triumphantly. Sasuke's hand flew over Naruto's mouth with an audible smack.

"Do you want to be killed before dawn?!" the Uchiha asked using his other hand to hold the back of Naruto's head, lest he try to fight back.

Naruto glared at Sasuke, his skin heating up from the frustration that only Sasuke could bring out of him. Sasuke kept a firm hold on his ex-teammate as he waited for a response to his rhetorical question.

"Well…?" Sasuke reinforced in a tone that made his voice sarcastic and smug with being able to use Naruto's own cockiness against him.

Naruto thought about biting Sasuke for a second but worked hard to suppress the burning urge to do so. He nodded slowly but averted his eyes from Sasuke's to avoid the undeniable look of superiority in his eyes. With much reluctance Sasuke removed his hand from its air tight clamp over Naruto's black-hole of a mouth.

"I hate you…" Naruto said squinting his eyes tightly to get his point across.

Sasuke just raised one eyebrow to show his disbelief. Nothing else was needed to say that Sasuke did not, in fact, believe a word that Naruto said. If he hated him so much then why did he try so desperately to save him from "his darkness"? Even if it was their signature banter for everything they talked about, Sasuke always thought it was a load of bull.

"No I mean it this time," Naruto growled understanding the symbolism of Sasuke's sky bound eyebrow.

"Oh I have no doubt," Sasuke fakly agreed nodding his head to emphasize his mock concurrence.

"Shut up Bastard…" Naruto ordered turning his lips downward as he furrowed his eyebrows into a look of annoyance.

Sasuke enjoyed making Naruto mad, that was no secret, but even more than just making him mad he loved watching his face so unashamedly go from one emotion to the next. No matter how much training you put into Naruto he just could never hide how he felt at one moment in time. This fascinated Sasuke to no end, and would never cease to amaze him until the day he died.

"Are you scared?" Naruto asked so vaguely.

"Of what?" Sasuke wasn't sure of what Naruto meant. Only after he knew what was asked of him could he avoid the question all together.

"That they're gonna throw you into some jail cell and poke and prod you until you give up all of Orochimaru's secrets?" He elaborated resting his hand between his thighs to soak up the warmth.

"No, I knew that that was going to happen if I came back," Sasuke hadn't meant to say it out loud but Naruto's openness was seemingly contagious. It was too late, he couldn't take back his words, and Naruto heard them already.

"Then why come back at all if you're not going to be free?" Naruto inquired in pure curiosity. He had not thought to ask these questions as he laid in Sasuke's arms at the hospital in Rain. But now that the lid had been popped open it seemed like a million things were plaguing his mind.

Sasuke knew the answer all too well, knew it like he knew the feel of revenge or the sound of his sword slicing the air. But he would be damned before he fessed up to anyone why he came home. He was Sasuke Uchiha, sole survivor of the Uchiha Clan, last bearer of the Sharingan (not including Kakashi), and the only person to never actually ask for help, from anyone, at anytime…

"I'm here aren't I?" Sasuke answered.

"Yes, but-" Naruto began.

"Then don't worry about it," Sasuke interjected putting one finger to Naruto's lips.

For once in his life Naruto didn't want to argue with what Sasuke had to say. He wanted to enjoy the limited amount of time he had with the Uchiha before the inevitable lock up occurred. His heart sprang from his chest to his throat and closed off all his vocal commands. It was like some one was trying to burst his windpipe from the inside, and he couldn't understand why. He held back a painful breath and closed his eyes.

"Don't worry," Sasuke cooed running one hand over Naruto's soft hair. It was still matted with twigs and leaves but neither seemed to care at all in this moment.

Naruto shook his head as if to say that that wasn't the issue. But Naruto couldn't see himself and Sasuke could. Sasuke was nearly positive that Naruto was about to cry. In all honesty Sasuke couldn't blame him. He'd worked nearly all of his teen years away to rescue some one as stubborn and bull headed as Sasuke. He missed all the normal things that kids his age did. Naruto spent his time traveling around with an over-aged pervert learning anything he could to bring back his best friend. Then there it was, all that hard work to bring him back only to have the very coveted prize snatched away from him the second they came home.

Naruto reached out with the hand that was trapped between his thighs and gripped onto Sasuke's shirt. He was really there, but not for too much longer. The feeling scared the living daylights out of him, so he did the only thing he knew how to. He wrapped his arms around Sasuke and kissed him…

The sun came at Sasuke's eyes in torrents, the rapids abusing all sleep deprivation in his brain even further. The attempted to drive his face into his pillow but was only met with the soft and earthy fragrance of Naruto's blond hair. He tightened his arms around Naruto and felt him stir ever so slightly. Sasuke tried to close his eyes to feign sleep until Shizune came in to the room to tell them to meet with Tsunade.

Just as he softly sighed into what could be considered a nap when the door to the room squeaked open. Shizune began with Kakashi, Sasuke heard the Jounin mumble something and turn over to sit upright. Then Sakura, who made a small girly sigh of annoyance but sat up to greet what was going to be an undoubtedly long day. When the assistant moved to wake up Naruto Sasuke heard her let out a small gasp of surprise. She looked over at Sasuke's bed and saw Naruto's face buried into Sasuke's chest and she had a hard time keeping her awww's to herself.

Sasuke opened up one eye to give her a look with murderous intent. But she merely thought of him as a newly de-clawed kitten and continued to walk closer to Sasuke and Naruto. Sasuke wanted to rewind time and go back to when Naruto had boldly pressed his lips to Sasuke's, he didn't want to have to face his crimes and lose Naruto. But that could have been the reason that he had pressed back on Naruto's lips without abandon. He wasn't going to see him again so what was the harm done?

Shizune tapped on Sasuke and he got up to rest his weight on his elbow. She smiled at him like she knew what happened, but Sasuke was confident that she had no idea about what happened.

"Wake up Naruto, Tsunade is ready to see you guys," Shizune informed them as she turned around and walked away with a smile that made Naruto's look tame.

Sasuke watched her leave, careful not to utter a sound until he was positive that she was gone. He scanned the room once only to see that Sakura and Kakashi had already headed to the office where his fate would be sealed. His eyes traveled back to Naruto, who was still soundly sleeping in the only arm that Sasuke still had on him. It was a shame that they couldn't put this meeting off until next week, or next month, but Sasuke knew it was coming and delaying the fact would only put him further up on Tsunade's list of people she intended to kill.

"Wake up Naruto," Sasuke whispered pushing Naruto's limp shoulder around. "It's time to see Tsunade."

Apparently Naruto didn't want to hear this. Sasuke's hand was slapped away and Naruto turned over with his back to the boy he was just snuggling up into. Sasuke took a deep breath and brought his foot up to rest on Naruto's spine. In one forceful push he sent Naruto toppling onto the concrete floor below.

"WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR ISSUE SASUKE?!" Naruto screamed after the loud thump that followed his trip to the floor.

"You needed to wake up," Sasuke answered in an even tone that gave nothing away.

Naruto made a lunge for Sasuke's face with his fist but his sleep drugged limbs only lagged enough to give Sasuke time to dodge them. His face stayed calm as Naruto worked out his morning aggressions. When it looked like Naruto was tired out again Sasuke stood up.

"Are you ready to go yet?" he asked in a condescending tone.

Naruto turned his head to the side and stood up, no help required. Sasuke just looked at him and walked out of the door that would lead to his imprisonment. Not too far behind him was a silently fuming Naruto. The one in the front reached for the doorknob, swallowing a large rock in his throat before he even thought about turning the knob.

"Just open the damn door," Naruto ordered still in a bad mood to match his bruises. "It's not like it'll kill you…Oh wait…" He shut his mouth firmly after saying this. It had just been a snide remark to comment on Sasuke's unusual reluctance. Sasuke gave him a glare for good measure but Naruto seemed to sober up from his own words.

He took a hold of the knob and turned it to finally come face to face with his crimes.

"So good of you to finally join us, Uchiha," Tsunade greeted in a tone that said, 'challenge me and you'll be picking you teeth up from the floor'. She must have had a pleasant night's sleep.

Naruto glanced over at Sasuke, "He says good morning."

Sasuke stared at him and his audacity to speak for him, even though he knew he wouldn't say a word during this meeting. They both sat in the two chairs left open by their former teammates to wait for the word that they were going to send Sasuke to prison.

Tsunade fumbled with a lose strand of hair on the back of her neck, "We are here to discuss Uchiha, Sasuke's fate in the walls of Konoha," she began after releasing he hair from her fingertips.

Sasuke wanted to scratch at his arms to prevent the tension from getting inside of his skin. It was enough to tease him with a taste of freedom, but prolonging the sentencing was inhumane.

The Hokage rested her chin on her palm before continuing, "I was researching this topic while your team, Kakashi, was out carrying out the mission. I found that Iruka's reports from the academy say that Sasuke made perfect scores in every area but was extremely withdrawn and made no progress in the areas of social behavior."

She pretended to be interested in the dust particles that floated on the rays of morning light, "But when I cross-referenced them with Kakashi's reports on Sasuke it said that he made a significant improvement in his social skills while he was a part of Team 7. In one report I recall Kakashi mentioning how Sasuke began to show more facial expressions than just bored and annoyed."

What did this have to do with anything?! Sasuke asked his mind as his hand flinched slightly at his sides. Who gave a damn about the progress he made years ago?! He just wanted to hear the words that locked him in a rank jail cell just to escape the horrible feeling of being cornered.

"According to the elders, you are to be locked up and then await trial to decide if you should be put to death, and if they had it there way that would be exactly what would happen today," Tsunade added the last part with a depressed sigh.

Sasuke turned his head up at the older woman, what did she mean? Wasn't that the planned course of action here? Wasn't he going to go to jail for his wrongs done on Konoha?

"But I spent the better half of your mission convincing them otherwise," Tsunade finally said. "I proposed Rehabilitation."

This knocked Sasuke windless. He could barely get one breath up after hearing this. He wasn't going to be locked away!!

"I was responsible for all of the preparations, so I arranged for all of Team 7 to live together," she finished letting what could be a smile slide across her lips.

"What?!" Kakashi asked in a tone that challenged Tsunade's position as well as intelligence.

"You will not speak to me that Hatake," She threw back at him. "I know what you are concerned about and you don't need to be. I have already taken care of Umino. He will be there as well." Her tone had dwindled considerably by the time she reached the end of her sentence.

Sakura stared wide eyed at her sensei, what could she be possibly thinking? Surly Sakura's parents hadn't been informed of this otherwise Tsunade wouldn't have felt the need to keep her here. She stood up to address the Hokage with as much respect as she could muster this early in the morning.

"Tsunade-sama," she began in a strong yet shaky tone. "Have you cleared this with my parents?"

"Of course," Tsunade answered as if Sakura took her for a fool. Who would be so reckless as to make all the necessary arrangements and not ask the most influential people in a girl's life if she would be able to help her former teammate get better?

Sakura bowed, "Thank you sensei."

Naruto sat in silent contemplation, what was he going to do now? He would have to face the fact that he had kissed Sasuke last night. Not that he hadn't meant it, but he thought that was goodbye. It was meant to be a goodbye kiss not a we're-in-a-relationship kiss. Things were far to messed up for him to understand what was up and what was down.

"One more measure I took to ensure that Uchiha doesn't try to run off again," Tsunade broke the atmosphere with her commanding voice. She motioned for Shizune to do something. Apparently the assistant knew what the flick of the Hokage's wrist meant because she disappeared behind the door to a big gray cabinet in the back of the room.

She remerged with a small rectangular velvet box, holding it as if she would lose it if she didn't maintain contact with it at all times.

"Naruto, Sasuke, come here," Tsunade ordered crooking her finger at the pair who sat obediently in their squeaking chairs.

They both stood and walked to the intimidating woman slowly, so as not to alarm her with any sudden movements. Sasuke made another mental note to stop talking to his snakes about hunting. Before Sasuke could think any further the both of them were standing before a woman who sat and still managed to tower over them.

"These," Tsunade began by running her hand over the supple velvet of the box before flipping the lid to reveal two stunning silver rings. "Are rings that have special jutsus and seals engraved on them to warn us if they are ever more than three feet apart."

Sasuke looked at the rings. From a distance they looked average with small slits engraved along the outer edges of their silver but upon closer inspection he saw the kanji and various symbols that decorated them. The engravings were so small that it would take Naruto years to even notice them.

"I have chosen to put the rings on you, Uchiha, and Naruto," she said as she picked one up so delicately it stunned Sasuke that she was capable of killing people with those same hands. "Because Naruto seems to be the only one who can keep you in line," Tsunade finished as she forced one ring onto Sasuke's left ring finger.

Naruto hid his hands behind his back, "If you think I'm going to wear jewelry you're mistaken." He closed his eyes to make his arrogance more apparent.

"You're wearing my necklace you brat," she pointed out. While Naruto thought of a good retort she grabbed his hand and shoved the ring onto his left ring finger as well.

Naruto held his ring up to the bright morning sunlight, admiring the shimmer of the silver against the brightness. He cocked his head and then turned to Tsunade.

"Oi, you just married us," he pointed out pouting slightly. In his opinion he was far too young to settle down.

"It was the only finger that the jutsus would settle on," Tsunade lied shrugging before she began to explain the rings in greater detail. "These rings will go off if you two get more than three feet away from each other. It will alert the ANBU guards and release a jutsu that will knock you out to prevent escape while they react to the call."

Shizune smiled sweetly at the two boys, the scene she saw earlier that morning was flooding back to the front of her mind with the mention of 'marriage', real or fake.

"They will go off if you try to get out of the county as well, so don't think that you can just flee with Naruto to get out of this rehabilitation. Do not take them off otherwise the same will happen, they'll go off, blah blah," she didn't really feel like repeating herself so she hoped to heaven that Naruto and Sasuke were smart enough to get it.

"I want you to understand one thing Uchiha," Tsunade was using a voice that could make anyone bend under the pressure of her tone alone. Sasuke didn't have the guts to look away from her eyes, emanate death awaited him if he made a fool's bet like that. "If the ANBU are called, even once, because of your rings, I will not hesitate to execute you."

Naruto shifted nervously on one foot, then to the other. She was using the same weighty voice she used to tell Naruto about the mission. He grew rather uncomfortable given the situation.

"Now, we will go to your new apartment," Tsunade informed them as she stood in all her empowering glory to take them to the place where there was sure to be enough drama to keep all of Konoha occupied for the duration of their controversial rehabilitation.

The key to the apartment turned noisily in the key hole, apparently the handsome brick exterior with climbing vines, which could only reach the 5th floor because of age, didn't lie about its age. Tsunade pushed down on the door handle and showed the team into their new dwellings.

"This is where you will be staying," she said tossing the keys onto the closest coffee table. "Kakashi, yours and Iruka's room is the first to the right. Sakura, yours is across the hall from them, and Naruto, yours and Sasuke's is the one furthest away from the living room," Tsunade guided them all through the fairly basic floor plan.

Sakura went to check out her new room but caught sight of Kakashi's and Iruka's room in her peripheral vision. Only one bed…She was confused at first but not a second after her momentary lapse did she 'Oooh' and smirk of her discovery.

Kakashi was greeted with the vision of Iruka curled up on the side of the bed closest to the wall. Clearly he was exhausted if hadn't even sensed Kakashi come in. Or that could be the very reason he didn't stir at all. Kakashi leaned over and blew a soft puff of air into Iruka's ear. The chunin opened his chocolate brown eyes slowly and gave Kakashi the most amazing smile in the world.

While their teachers were admiring each other in the steadily rising sun Sasuke and Naruto were making their way to their room, all the way at the back of the small apartment. Sasuke briefly wondered how in the hell five people were supposed to live in this small place! Naruto only wondered how they were supposed to talk out all that had happened last night. While it appeared to be a simple, quiet kiss it had been something so much more and Sasuke had stood right at the edge of his mental measurement of three feet. Don't think that Sasuke was so short sighted that he wasn't thinking about the kiss but he preferred to think of it as locking it away.

Like the emotions he held in Sound Sasuke just acted like the Ice Queen he was known to be. Nothing new in that right? They reached their room after what felt like miles of hallway runners. Naruto wanted to shout and scream, Sasuke wanted to drop to his knees and curse out every fate, god, goddess, and power of every religion when they pushed open the door to their room.

"WHAT IN!" Naruto began before he stomped on the ground a few times. "WHAT THE--!" He couldn't seem to finish a sentence because he was so furious.

Sasuke kept his eyes low, keeping his sharingan from rising at that very moment. But his nails bit into the skin of his unclothed palms and blood began to drip down his hands and onto the exposed area of wooden flooring. Iruka rushed out to see what had Naruto so worked up.

He grabbed Naruto's angry fists and faced him with a stern face that told him to control his temper but he still had his same understanding, fatherly eyes, "Naruto, tell me what is wrong…"

Naruto babbled out a few incoherent words that would make no sense to anyone unless you had the world's finest translators by your side, even then your chances of deciphering the words he couldn't say when pissed beyond reason were slim to none. Eventually Naruto began to motion at the bedroom. Iruka looked behind him and saw the room he had to fill, decorate, and rearrange. It was standard, nothing special, but if it was just standard why was Naruto so enraged?

Iruka moved his hands to Naruto's broad shoulders, "Naruto, you have to tell me what is wrong. I can't help you if you don't tell me."

Sasuke rolled his eyes at the juvenile display that Naruto and Iruka were indulging in. It was ridiculous, the boy was sixteen already. He didn't need some one to talk to him like he was in the fucking academy. Or so Sasuke thought.

"There's only one fucking bed!" Naruto yelled putting enough emphasis on fucking to make a rock nin blush at his profanity.

Iruka glared at him, "Naruto, don't use such vile language."

"Iruka I'm sure that's hardly the problem here," Kakashi interjected as he casually walked up to the scene.

Sasuke regarded Kakashi, only offering a hard stare in response to his wave and half-hidden smile. Soon the coal eyes averted their attention to the blond who was fuming over the bed issue.

"What's wrong with it?" Iruka asked. "Tsunade told me about your rings and the distance you had so I thought two beds would be impractical."

Naruto nearly saw red at the rush of new information. Iruka had picked out the bed?! That was insanity at its best! Iruka had put Sasuke and Naruto on one bed knowing full well that they would fight over stupid things such as who rolled over onto whose side.

"Naruto, relax. It is not the end of the world," Iruka advised as he ran his hands down Naruto's arms to help him unwind.

"Good! Because I sure as hell don't want to spend the end of the world sleeping next to Sasuke!" Naruto yelled tensing all his muscles for a moment before Iruka gave him another glare for his foul language.

He released the tension and then forced a long rush of air from his lungs. Sasuke folded his arms over his chest and glared around the hall. He was just as pissed as Naruto, and it showed in the way the muscles of his jaw slowly rolled beneath his skin, but he wasn't stupid enough to make a huge scene out of it. Then again Naruto had always been a drama queen. Compared to Naruto, Sasuke was about as dramatic as the color brown.

Kakashi took one look at Sasuke, smiled, turned on his heel and headed out to the living room. His former student knew he was up to something but he couldn't jump to any conclusions until he saw the Jounin later that day.

"Naruto, do not freak out over this small of a deal," Iruka warned eye level with his favorite student. "Otherwise when the big things come around you're going to be a mess."

"Big things?! What big things?!" Naruto inquired his eyes widening at the horrible possibilities.

"Naruto! Relax, you will cross those bridges when you get to them!" Iruka told him as he broke away from his student to join Kakashi in the living room. By that time Kakashi had already been calling Iruka's name a couple of times, demanding his presence in the front room.

Naruto turned an unashamedly furious look on Sasuke, who merely looked around the hallway for a second before speaking. "You're looking at me as if it's my fault we're sharing a bed."

The blond only ruffled the small twigs out of his hair and clenched his teeth, "So what if I am?"

Sasuke waved his hand as if to wave off Naruto like a small annoying bug in his vision. Naruto hit his hand and turned to go into the living room. As procedure, Sasuke followed him.

"Excuse me! I would like some space!" Naruto demanded.

Sasuke stuck his ring finger in the air and Naruto looked deeply offended. When Naruto's face contorted into anger Sasuke pointed at the ring as if it were obvious. Naruto growled low at being proven wrong but continued to the living room to sit on the couch. Even though the couch could only be about two feet across Sasuke found a way to maximize the three feet they were given by sitting on the arm of the couch.

Tsunade, Shizune and Sakura came out a few minutes later to witness this hectic atmosphere. It was time for Tsunade and Shizune to draw up the payments for all the ninjas involved in the Sasuke mission and they had to say goodbye. Naruto gave Tsunade a guarded hug and grunted a goodbye to the two women. Sasuke didn't even bother to move from his perch until Naruto pushed him backwards into the cushions of the couch.

Before the rice cooker was even opened by Iruka Kakashi called for his students attention, and told Naruto to stop hitting Sasuke underneath the table. Once he had their attention he clapped his hands together to make sure.

"Team Kakashi," He addressed them as. "Tomorrow we will be performing the bell exercise again, now that we are the original team again. But this time I will also have help, from Iruka-sensei."

Sasuke could feel the blood rushing from his face, how in the hell did he expect them to do an exercise like that right after a run from Rain to Leaf?! It was absurd, but it was Kakashi saying it after all. Iruka began to dish up the rice and no more was said on the subject.

One thing was for sure though, this would be the most interesting run of the exercise that Kakashi had ever had in all his years of failing (and only passing Team 7) the graduates of the academy…

End of Go Right, Go Left

A/N: Okay so I hope that their kiss wasn't rushed...But if you write the way I do you'll understand when I say that THEY MADE ME DO IT! I usually let my characters write for me...-.-

Preview of Next Time: "I hope you know this time your little trick from last time won't work Naruto," Kakashi warned as he switched slowly from his casual, careless stance to one of deadly perfection.