Hey guys! Look! I'm on time! It's a Christmas Miracle!!! (No I do not care that it is April. It is ALWAYS a Christmas Miracle. End Of Discussion).

Anyways....I can not guarentee your next update for this story will be in two weeks, or three. I'll try. You should know by know that I will always attempt updates on time. But, my next update Sunday, is on the week from Hell. I have two AP exams, and Inspection and A competition. I may kill something by the end of the week. I plan on going on a week long nap afterward. I've informed my teachers I'll be unresponsive and I may sleep in their class. Because it is truly the week from hell.

On another note, I'm working on a documentary thing for a book with a bunch of really awesome people. They're hysterical, and amazing. i know documentaries are normally boring, but making them is pretty awesome....

Oh....and fair warning, a twilight plot bunny bit me last night. Mom rented Twilight, and New Moon. And then I got obsessed with details. And then little things just kind of...clicked. And now I've got a oneshot in the making. So if you like Twilight...I suppose you may as well pop in one of these days and check it out. Or spread the word. Your choice.

The crappy thing with the above is that two days ago I was completely disillusioned because I write and saw enough plot holes to kill me....and now it's back. With a vengeance. Damn vampires.

Anyways, onto people far more amazing than myself.....

Thank you my AMAZING reviewers: TrenchcoatMan, , mangamaniacgurl, killing u with umbrellas, Deviously Ruined Rose , XxAlysxX and kittycat5261

And kittycat....so totally got a kick out of your name after that last chapter. I was tired, so it amused me.

And I am STILL not JKR or Kishimoto. I own nothing.

And that, was a long A/N

Confusion and conflict warred in Sasuke's eyes. "Naruto...what?"

Naruto shook his head, trying to clear it. "You're mine, Sasuke. I've given to much for you, I've given everything. And I can't fight anymore. I won't, I can't, let anyone hurt you, or even touch you." He confessed, quietly, running a hand through his hair.

"What do you-"

"Mean?" Naruto finished, "You've been everything since the day you left. Everything I did, it was all for. To find you, to help you. At first, I thought it really was what I told you-you know, back then- that we were brothers. I never told anyone, but, for me, it wasn't. I've ignored it, I've fought it, you weren't yourself, and then you were so happy, like this. I couldn't ruin it. But I give up. I can't any more."

"So you're..."

"Gay and had a...crush." It was obvious he didn't like that word, "On you. Yep." He turned, unwilling to face the Uchiha.

"But what about Sakura?''

"It didn't work for a reason," Naruto muttered, "There was, dammit there was nothing. Not compared to what I felt when i thought of you. I love her-as a sister. I'll keep her safe, protect her, threaten the first guy to touch her, and kill the ones who hurt her." He explained, "But it's not, well it's not the same. And nothing has been." He turned towards Sasuke once more, eyes swimming with emotion, "Now please tell me what the hell you feel about this."

Sasuke pressed a gentle hand to Naruto's shoulder, "I'm shocked. But you know that. But it isn't bad, it's..." he sighed, "Unbelievable for one. Unexpected, but it's almost... no...it is. It's right." The grin that split Naruto's face would have been comical if the situation wasn't what it was. "I never really let you go, you know. Even here, when I didn't know it was you, you were always in my mind. It put me through hell when I saw you."

"Really?" Hope and joy swirled in Naruto's eyes.

"No, I'm lying to you." The Uchiha commented sarcastically. "Since day one, there was a blond moron in the back of my mind. It was mostly the fight...but there were good things, I almost knew we were friends, that there was something and-"

He was cut off by Naruto hugging him, picking him up, and swinging him around. "So you....and me...and...we're.." Sasuke nodded, laughing, before the blond cut him off with another kiss, as the room morphed around them once more. "Talk later." Naruto growled "We've got better things to do."

Shino sighed as they entered one of the rooms in a western tower of the castle: the Kikai had informed him of the secluded room as a good safe place, and this would need it. Lexi was still obviously shell shocked, she didn't move from his side, she hadn't said a word, and he couldn't blame her. When Naruto had been set off, it had been bad, he could sense the other's chakra from the halls, where he and Sasuke had met up, and it was pure luck that he had listened to reason, and the drain of the Kikai. He could have easily killed her.

But for now, there were more pressing manners. He gently pushed Lexi into a chair and survyed the information the Kikai were receiving. There was no current danger in the castle, for now all was well, even with Naruto; but he had a feeling he didn't want information on that situation.

"Lexi, look at me." He urged quietly, gently. She obeyed slowly, still shocked. "Can you tell me what happened?" He asked.

She seemed to gain some focus at that, "We were talking, he wanted help in training Sasuke. He insulted my...demon. And then he said we were stupid because we could have poisoned you. But it's reversible and I told him that, because I know it from experience. And he asked what it was from." She trailed off, nervous, expecting him to snap as well, probably.

"It was Sasuke." It wasn't a question, because Shino knew it was the one thing that would set Naruto off, like that. She nodded mutely. "Then don't worry, he does that to everyone who threatens him." He informed her, sitting in the chair next to her. "It's nothing personal, and he'll forgive you."

She seemed to contemplate that for a moment, "Why was he like that?"

"Like what?" Feign innocence, maybe it's something else.

"Like me. He had the-what was it? Chakra. But it was like hers, it was dark and sinister and, well, it was like he wanted to kill me." She shook her head, trying to clear it of that thought.

It looked like it was time to explain just why Naruto had a minor aversion to Lexi. "He is like you....you posses a cat-demon, the Nibi. He hosts the Kyuubi, the nine-tailed fox demon. He is probably-if not the- strongest bijuu."

"He's like me." She was shocked, "And his Kyuubi...attacked me? Because I could have hurt Sasuke?''

"Yes."

"But he's stronger than me, right? So how did you stop him? Why didn't you tell me?"

"I didn't tell you because he should have. He obviously didn't do that to well. And yes, he is stronger than you, drastically so. As for how I stopped him, you have demons that give you power. I have something else." Or rather some things. Several hundred thousand of them actually. Who inhabited his body in a more literal version of the sense. And he wasn't looking forward to the reaction she'd have.

"What do you have?"

"Kikachū, we call them Kikai. In english they'd be parasitic insects, or destruction bugs." Her eyes widened at the word insects. A single Kikai slipped from beneath his sleeve, onto his finger, and he showed it to the witch.

"How?"

"Clan secret. All of it. All I can tell you is that my family is bonded with them as infants, and that we work with them."

"But they're..."

"Bugs? Yes."

"Inside you? Or your clothes? I haven't seen them, how are they even alive?" Her voice was bordering on slightly panicked fear.

He chuckled darkly, "Inside of me. They feed off of my energy....my chakra. You'll only see them when I need them for something. As spies or for fighting."

"Fighting? They're bugs!"

Well, at least she was thoroughly distracted, it was better than her hyperventilating, or panicking or something equally as worrisome. "Yes.'' He spoke slowly, careful not to shock to badly, "Several hundred thousand of them. That feed off of chakra. Or magic. They prefer magic actually, it's sweeter. But it's what they did to Naruto. They can consume more of it than you would expect. It's how I subdued Naruto."

"You subdued Naruto....with energy draining insects....that live inside of you?" She clarified, "And they communicate with you..."

"Yes."

"Is there anything else you aren't telling me?"

Shino hummed to himself, she knew about chakra, kikai and the Kyuubi. She knew Sasuke was one of them, and that they were training him to become stronger. She knew they weren't from anywhere around Hogwarts. Oh wait, there was something. "Not quite, but you may want to know that Naruto will probably be interested in proving to you he's head of this little operation. The Kyuubi doesn't like competition."

Lexi just went pale.

Naruto and Sasuke weren't at dinner, but there hadn't been an ounce of violent activity from the Room. Not that Shino would step foot into that room, one report from the Kikai was enough to keep him far away from his comrade, for a while. Of course, the little wizard friends didn't know anything about that, and there was no way Shino was going to use an ounce of information the Kikai had brought him to satisfy their need to know where they were. But from the looks they'd shot him all dinner long, they appeared to think he would.

The meal was over far to soon, and it was with a sigh, and a quiet warning to Lexi about the others, that he stood, and headed for the exit. His pace was calm, he wouldn't look like he was trying to avoid anyone, because really they were a nuisance more than anything else. Of course, nuisance that they were, Harry, Ginny and Draco were waiting for him, and fought the urge to just vanish. But it would be impolite to leave Lexi to deal with them, no matter how much he disliked social situations.

"How can we help you?" He inquired quietly, still walking and motioning for them to do the same.

"Where's Sasuke and Naruto? Last we knew they were with you."

"They were, but we split up about half an hour, maybe and hour after lunch. We haven't seen them since."

"So you have no clue where they are?"

"Not at all." That was a lie, they were in the Room, doing who knew what. "Knowing Naruto he probably dragged Sasuke into the forest for something. Find a something-or-other to harass for entertainment." It would be sadly like Naruto to go after an Acromantula, just to see if he could beat it. And of course, he would.

Harry seemed a little shocked by that, did he really think that Shino kept that close of an eye on the blond. Sure he might have needed that amount of supervision at one point, but he'd never really gotten it. "Well do you know why they weren't at dinner?"

"Well if they're in the woods, they're probably distracted." Lexi replied, "Or on their way back." Of course, Shino was sure that in the room, they were plenty distracted.

Shino fought back a sigh, seeing a look in Harry's eyes he recognized far to well, "You don't need to worry, I'm sure Sasuke's at least trying to keep Naruto under control. And Naruto can take care of himself."

Harry exchanged a glance with Ginny, and looked around the corridor they were in. With a sigh he pulled out a piece of parchment, tapped it and muttered something. In a moment, a map of the school unfolded, and Shino found himself intrigued by just what he could do with it. And with the questions it could answer. It did after all, have their names written on it.

Harry was studying it intensely, but Shino had already seen that Naruto's name was no where near the Room. "That has everyone's name?" Harry nodded, "Then why doesn't it have Sasuke's last name?" It was really just innocent curiosity, it would have saved them plenty of time after all.

"It was just Sasuke." Harry muttered, "No one knows why, even it's creators. But we think, it's because he doesn't have one. It added Pagano when he took it on."

So because Sasuke remembered no last name, he'd been saved then. Taking on Pagano made it Pagano. He knew he was an Uchiha, so the map would say it. It was a hazard now. Great.

Harry folded the map after muttering another phrase. "He must've snuck off the grounds or something. He's not in here, probably buying alcohol in Hogsmead. I told him that it'd be a bad idea...We'd better go try and see if we can find them."

Two civilians were planning on sneaking off of the semi-safe school grounds to find Naruto and Sasuke where they were definitely not at? Oh how Naruto would owe him for this.

"May we come with you?" He inquired. He could nearly feel their shock as he invited himself into a social situation, but Lexi masked it the best, and she was nodding in agreement.

"Come on, five is better than three, we can help." She urged. Thank the Gods she had a brain.

Harry nodded after a minute, "Yeah. Get disguised and meet us at the witch in ten." He said, and then he, with the others was off.

Shino just shook his head, and started walking in the opposite direction. "Come. I've got a lot of work to do." He muttered.

Four clones and a transformation jutsu later, Shino was with Lexi at the statue as requested. Two were disguised as Naruto and Sasuke had been the last time they'd snuck into Hogsmead, and were already waiting in the village, under his command and waiting for him to order them to 'run into' the group. With firewhisky, as would be expected of Naruto. The third clone was to warn the other shinobi of what was going on, if they ever surfaced, that is, as well as to keep his cover. A fourth was made purely to try and keep Lexi out of trouble. The rest of the group could be caught for all he cared.

Someone was already there, using a spell of sorts. The kikai could feel them, but not see them. It was disorienting.

Harry's voice was a quiet mutter, and soon the witch's hump opened, to reveal a small, dark tunnel, with two people, who Draco and Ginny had disguised themselves as, already waiting. "You weren't seen?" That was Draco, disguised as a brunette with close cut hair, and dark brown eyes. Ginny had short blond hair, and sharp emerald eyes, while Harry now had sandy brown hair and blue eyes. They'd all kept their build mostly the same though, unlike Shino, who'd opted to make himself a little shorter, but more muscular, and give himself short brown hair and black eyes for the occasion. Lexi had opted to shorten her hair and make it dirty blond, though her eyes were acid green.

"Of course we weren't seen." Shino replied, "Invisibility spells." Or rather a genjutsu, it was far more convenient. "Now shall we?"

The procession to Hogsmead was quiet, but it wasn't tense. Despite the rarity of the Ravenclaws' presences, the others seemed fairly at ease, and Shino took this opportunity to study Draco. He'd heard things about his House. And while he was one who didn't judge on rumors, he also hadn't seen the other enough to fully trust him, and most of his trust came from Sasuke. Harry and Ginny were the same way, but slightly different. He was waiting for Harry to have a reaction from his apparent fame, to go crazy, shun the world, or do something. Even Naruto had been unable to resist at first. He trusted Ginny a bit more than the other two, purely because he'd heard of more proof, she'd been their last year, after all. At least for part of it.

His thoughts were cut off by their arrival into the Hogsmead basement, and the quick ascent to the shop. Once more he was irritated at how crowded it was, and the rather disturbing bug candies. Thankfully, today wasn't a day of shopping, and after a quick skim of the shop revealed no red-headed Naruto, or brunette Sasuke, they continued. Shino knew his clones were loitering outside of Hogsmead, a little more than ten minutes away, but he couldn't hint onto that without risking giving himself away, and so he waited.

The joke shop was just as intriguing as the last time, and once more the defense section intrigued him, but Shino pushed that back in favor of leaving on the 'search'. The post office and pet shop returned the same results, as did the bakery, cafe, clothing store potions shop and finally, they were at the pub.

Harry grinned at the sight of his two 'friends'. "Hey guys! There you are!."

'Naruto' looked sheepish, and quickly gave the bag he was holding to 'Sasuke' who hid it behind his back. "Oh....H-hey Harry...guys. What're you all doing here?" The clone did a good job at being nervous.

Ginny smiled, "You weren't on the map, and Harry remembered that conversation about firewhisky, so we came to look for you."

'Naruto' just grinned, "Well you're a little late. I've got the goods."

Draco just shook his head, "Now why are you here?" he asked Sasuke.

The Naruto-clone grinned, "Well I kidnapped him. Why else? He's got money after all. And I spent all mine on candy."

Shino just shook his head, and the others laughed, the sad thing was, it was probably true.

"Great, so now we're smuggling in booze....again." Harry chuckled, "You better not make a habit of this. You're not supposed to become an alcoholic from one game."

'Sasuke' shrugged, "He's an idiot. So he'll do it again."

'Naruto' aimed a playful blow at 'Sasuke' as they headed slowly back to Honeydukes. The conversation carried on for a while, and Shino was content to be an observer. Instead of contributing focusing on realistic clones was far more important. He was grateful when, fifteen minutes later, it was done and over with. He'd spent nearly an hour with them to keep them out of trouble, and figuring out anything. Shino waited for the other's to leave before dropping the genjutsu, and informing Lexi that he wouldn't be talking much. She seemed to understand that the clones he'd made earlier would relate to it, though he hadn't explained it. They were nearly to the common room before Shino became aware of a pricking sensation from his clones. In a move so fast it barely existed, that the wizards who walked in front of them wouldn't catch, the real Naruto and Sasuke replaced the clones, both looking incredibly satisfied. The transition was smooth, and Shino let the Kikai from the clones wander.

The Common room was empty when they arrived, people were still out, enjoying the last of their weekend. As usual, Lexi made herself comfortable on the couch. Her bag was shoved under the couch, the pillows on the couch were altered with a subtle charm to make them softer for the girl who preferred the couch to her own dorm.

Shino left her there, planning to do some research before he slept, however, he stopped before he reached the stairs to the boys dormitories, and turned to the girl. "Lexi." She looked to him "Tomorrows my day to ask the questions."

And we're done. And the laptops dying so I'm gunna make this short.

Yay....happiness for our boys. I may or may not write details to the end of that little scene in a oneshot. Because I've got at least one person willing to read some "Hot, graphic NaruxSasu yaoi", so I'm tempted. When I get time, who knows.

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