Chapter 3

A/N: I'm glad you have returned. Is Naruto's fate that interesting? Let me ask you this, Do you trust Usagi? Again I own nothing other than the Idea and Usagi. Naruto is owned by Masashi Kishimoto, please support his finished work.

Naruto's head snapped up, his eyes wide with disbelief at Sasuke's words. "What did you just say?" his voice was small and weak. Sasuke almost seemed to snarl as he shook his head.

"You heard me, I will not repeat myself." Sasuke shook the blond gently. He couldn't help but smirk at the confused look on his friend's face, gently he pushes Naruto away from him as he begins to toss away the razors.

Naruto watched as his teammate wet through all of his things, throwing out any and all razors he found. His large blue eyes followed every move Sasuke made, he couldn't help but smile. It was rare to see the Uchiha act kindly towards others.

After about twenty or so minutes Sasuke was satisfied thinking he got them all, He then moved into the kitchen area. Opening the fridge he frowned. "Wow Naruto. How the hell do you live?"

Naruto chuckled but before he could answer their was a knock at the door, both boys stopped and looked at each other. Naruto shrugs and mouths "I am not expecting anyone." Sasuke carefully approaches the door and calls out "What do you need?" The person on the other side is quiet for a moment before a familiar voice is heard.

"Sasuke? What are you doing at Naruto's?" the female voice asked. Sasuke blinks at the comment but before he could say anything more Naruto flings open the door with a big grin on his face.

"A-Ya-ME!" Naruto's voice was sickeningly sweet as he seemed to hop up and down in place at the sight of this woman. She was pretty, about a few years their senior with light brown hair covered in a white cooks bandana. She wore a simple white dress with a blue apron sporting the Ichiraku Ramen characters on them.

Without hesitation Ayame, the waitress from Naruto's beloved ramen shop throws her arms around the blond in a tight hug. "Oh Naruto, my father and I heard about you disappearing! We started to worry about you!" her voice was soft and sweet, not a trace of a lie in her words.

Naruto laughed lightly "I'm sorry Ayame, I didn't mean to worry you. How's your father?"

Their idle conversation of stupidity continues until a slightly irritated Sasuke cuts in. "I'm sorry, But Naruto needs to get some rest before he faces Ibiki and Inoichi tomorrow."

Naruto sighs and looks back at Sasuke. Ayame's eyes widen a bit at the two names. "Why would Naruto have to meet with those two?" He voice sounded worried. Sasuke shook his head as he replied "Well Naruto went missing, and then returns seemingly unharmed. Lady Tsunade want's to be safe and check to make sure that this IS Naruto and that everything he says tomorrow is true."

Ayame frowns but understands where Sasuke is coming from, smiling she hands Naruto a carry out case. "For you. Your favorite" She pats Naruto on the head as he thanks her for the ramen, she then bounds happily away. Sasuke sighs and closes the door locking it.

Naruto laughs lightly at Sasuke's behavior and smiles. "You didn't have to tell her about tomorrow did you?" Sasuke Looks back at Naruto, obviously tired and irritated "I wanted her gone. Her overly sweet behavior towards you was making me sick." he says bitterly and walks away.

Sighing Naruto put his raman away into the fridge, quietly Naruto vanishes into his room and takes the sheets off his bed and replaces them with new one, the pillow cases too. Grabbing an extra pillow and blanket pulls out a tatami mat and a futon, placing it in the corner he sets up a second place to sleep.

After words he goes through all his sleepwear looking for something that would fit Sasuke, after a few minutes he found comfy shorts and a navy blue shirt with the words 'Bit Me' in the back, laughing Naruto lays them out for Sasuke. Grabbing his usually PJs he goes to the bathroom to prepare for bed.

Once done he gently tossed the close he pulled out for Sasuke on top of him. "Here, you can borrow these, there's an unopened tooth brush in the bathroom. I also left some new shower items out for you and a clean towel." Naruto said softly as he glanced down at Sasuke who was sitting by the window overlooking the backyard of the apartment complex.

Sasuke makes a small indifferent noise as to thank Naruto, He vanishes into the washroom for a while. Upon leaving the washroom Sasuke inquires about the garden in the yard.

Naruto smiles and explains that he has always loved working with nature and that the garden was a small escape from the village. The other attendants seem to like the garden as well, at one end it's a beautiful flower garden with an arrangement of different flowers complementing each other with colour style and fragrance. On the other end is a fruits and vegetable garden that everyone is allowed to use.

To Sasuke's understanding, Naruto tends to the garden while his neighbors happily take from it. A slightly upset look passes through Sasuke's features and Naruto laughs.

"Don't worry Sasuke. I don't mind. I sell some of the fruits and veggies to the local stores and eateries around our village, and the flowers go to Yamanaka flower shop. I don't personally go and sell them because of how people view me so my landlord sells them for me, in return I give him the best from the garden." Naruto smiles as he goes on about his garden.

Sasuke watches as Naruto talks, the way his eyes light up and how he smiled made Sasuke feel odd inside. In response to all this the raven haired boy found himself smiling too. He quickly replaced that smile with a frown before naruto could see.

"Lets just go to sleep, you have to face hell tomorrow" sasuke said a bit amusingly before going into Naruto's room. Naruto followed after quickly and pushes past his teammate smiling slightly. "You're in the bed, I'll take the futon"

Sasuke is slightly taken aback and shakes his head, "uh-uh, no way." But Naruto wouldn't let Sasuke pass and wouldn't take no for an answer. Begrudgingly Sasuke laid in Naruto's bed while Naruto curled up on the floor with the futon. After a while Sasuke could hear the soft breathing of a sleeping Naruto, rolling over he stares in the direction of the breathing.

Sasuke silently slips out of the bed and sneaks over to Naruto. Kneeling down he takes Naruto into his arms and carefully carried his friend to the bed, he began to place Naruto down when suddenly Naruto reaches up and yanks Sasuke down onto the bed with him.

Wide eyed and panicking Sasuke struggled to get free, but the more he struggled the tighter Naruto held on. Eventually Sasuke stopped struggling and laid there quietly until sleep took him.

The next morning Sasuke woke to the sound of Someone banging profoundly on the front door, slipping out of Naruto's bed he stumbled to the door, opening it with a growl he snapped "What do you want so fucking early in the morning?!"

Before him stood two Anbu black ops whom actually lift their masks in surprise to stare at Sasuke. It takes a moment for Sasuke to realize what they are staring at, his face flushes a deep red as he lowers his gaze. Well…. Shit he thought.

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It was about eight am when Tomoko and his twin sister Jun were asked by lady Hokage to retrieve Uzumaki Naruto. They immediately went to his residence, Jun knocks politely on the door. There is no answer, after she tries ths four more times Tomoko slams his fist repeatedly against the door. After about a minute it swings open to reveal a dark haired boy who was NOT Naruto. His coal black eyes barely open, his blue tee was hanging off one shoulder; his shorts weren't on right and his hair, Oh it was a field day.

The Boy snapped as he opened the door, Tomoko and his sister both lifted their Anbu mask and stared at Sasuke with wide eyes. Tomoko didn't know what to make of this sight but his darling sister Jun began to giggle.

It was then Sasuke realized that the sight before them looked out of place. Here they are looking for Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke answers the door, to make matters worse, Sasuke's sleep attire was in shambles suggesting that he was being naughty. Groaning the smaller boy protested against Jun's fit of laughter. Tomoko shook his head and took a step back.

"Where is…. Uzumaki Naruto?" He asked of Sasuke.

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Naruto was sleeping peacefully in bed when he was grabbed and shook roughly by the arm, a voice hissed in his ear "Get Up Moron!" Naruto tried to shrug the had away, Opening his eyes slowly Naruto saw a blurry Sasuke before him. "Wha? What do you want Sasuke" Naruto asked in a cute sleepy voice.

Jun let an awe escape her as she melted at the sight of the sun kissed blond sitting upright in his bed, like his raven haired friend his eyes were still heavy with sleep as he yawned. His normally spiky blond hair was flat and covering his face. He was like a kitten and Jun had to fight the urge to pet him. Tomoko on the other hand let out an uneasy gasps at the sight, looking between Naruto and Sasuke.

Sasuke took a step at Tomoko and hissed with such venom and hate Naruto was wide awake at the sound. "We're so sorry to wake you Naruto" Jun started. "But lady Tsunade is waiting for you" Tomoko chimed in. "If you could please dress for the day." Jun continued. "We'll wait outside to escort you to meet with Ibiki and Inoichi" Tomoko finished their sentence.

Naruto nodded and Sasuke forced them out, both boys hurriedly prepared for the day and joined the twin Anbu outside. Sasuke walked with them half the way there before leaving, waving by he said "I'll come for you after I do these quick errands."

Naruto nodded and followed the Anbu to the hokage mansion, upon arrival Shizune welcomed them, in her arms was TonTon, an adorable pig that Tsunade kept as a beloved pet. She smiles warmly at Naruto happy to see him home.

He hesitated at Tsunade's door, He knew Inoichi, that was Ino's father, Naruto believes he's a nice man. And He met Ibiki once, he didn't seem so bad either, then why was Naruto so nervous? Was he afraid of them finding the Kyuubi or was it about Usagi… he didn't really know. But he was indeed afraid of something. Taking a deep breath Naruto pushes open Tsunade's door and steps in coming face to face with Ibiki and Inoichi.

Both men smile at Naruto, Ibiki's smile was somewhat cold but Yamanaka Inoichi had a big grin on his face as he said good morning. Naruto tried to smile back, sheepishly saying good morning.

This is a Nightmare….