A/N: Sorry for making you wait, guys. Enjoy!


For the young Uchiha heir the day has started not quite nicely. He was still in his bed, feeling all warm and comfy, though the Sun, which shone brightly through the window, most likely, being the cause of his waking up, was making Sasuke squint his eyes. It didn't bother him much though. As sparing a glance at his alarm clock provided Sasuke with a bigger source of irritation – he has slept in. Aside that Uchihas don't oversleep, which is a given, Sasuke was troubled, because no one had come to pick him up, even though their team was supposed to start training today something like two hours ago. He groaned in irritation and threw back the blanket, sitting up. 'A member of their team is missing. Doesn't it bother them at all?' Sasuke thought in disbelief.

Sasuke put on his clothes and, after taking a quick detour to the bathroom, headed for the front door. Even if his team seemed just well without him, he still needed training. Thus, getting sore on the world and confining himself in the Uchiha mansion wasn't an option.

'Should I make a scene? Nah, it's pointless, anyway' Sasuke sighed opening the door to be promptly swept off his feet by an equally surprised Blond who was about to knock on Sasuke's door or more like just rush in.

"Sasuke!" Naruto cried, still sprawled across Sasuke's body as they both fell on the floor.

"Sasuke, you have to save me" the boy begged, raising himself on his elbows and inching closer to the Raven's face.

"There's that weird guy I met in the morning," Naruto kept on talking, hovering over Sasuke.

'The hell…' Sasuke glared. Naruto became silent for a moment not sure why Sasuke was angry, but not getting any explanation continued.

"Well, maybe not really weird. Actually, at first I thought, he was a nice guy, but…"

"Tch, get off me already, moron" Sasuke kicked the straddling him Blond, making the latter fall from on top of him gracefully.

"Ouch! That hurt, Teme" Naruto whined.

"Hn"

"That's not how people apologize, bastard" Naruto flared up.

"Say properly what it is you want or get out" Sasuke evenly replied, eyeing his teammate indifferently.

"I… Um, you see…" Naruto stuttered. He needed help to deal with his 'problem', but he wasn't sure why he ended up requesting it from Sasuke. He didn't even think about what exactly he wanted to ask of the Uchiha.

Sasuke gave him an I-pity-morons look, while getting up from the floor. He then went on to dust down his clothes irritably. Naruto just snorted, not bothering to pick up the invitation to a glaring match.

"Look, can I just hide here for a while?" he asked.

"No" Sasuke replied after actually considering the request.

"Why?"

"Just because"

"Teme!"

"Hn"

Sasuke didn't really mind Naruto's presence, but not in his house that is. Besides teasing the Blond a bit seemed like a good idea.

"Why do you want to hide anyway? Could it be that great Uzumaki Naruto is scared of something?" Sasuke smirked.

"Of course not, Teme" Naruto put out his tongue to Sasuke childishly. "I just don't want to run into that weird guy and listen to his nonsense again."

"What did he told you, dobe?"

Naruto glanced at him suspiciously, as if not sure whether Sasuke could be trusted, but told him anyway.

"He said that I can't become Hokage" Naruto replied sourly.

"So?" Sasuke asked. "Isn't it what most villagers tell you ever so often?"

"This time was different" Naruto sighed. "Actually …"

Naruto fell silent as a soft knocking on the door could be heard. The boys glanced at each other. 'Open the door' Sasuke motioned. 'Like hell, I will' Naruto narrowed his eyes.

"You're opening it and we deal with that guy of yours together or I'm just kicking you out" Sasuke stated, not expecting to see some stranger at his door. 'It's probably just Sakura or Kakashi anyway'

"Alright" Naruto said meekly.

"Whose there?" he asked before opening the door to assure his safety.

"It's Sakura. I was worried about you, Sasuke-kun. You didn't show up for the training"

The door flew open, stunning the girl. And even more to her surprise she didn't see Sasuke at the door way, but her other teammate.

"What? Did we have to go training today, Sakura-chan?" the said teammate asked, looking confused.

"Yes" Sakura replied, still wondering why Naruto was there instead of Sasuke. She couldn't mistake the house, could she?

"Sorry, Sakura-chan. I've completely forgotten about this" Naruto tried to make an excuse, greening sheepishly.

"You what?" Sakura came out of her thoughts.

Deciding that it was indeed Sasuke's house, Sakura got angry with Naruto, who apparently wasn't only slacking off, but also bothered her precious Sasuke-kun.

"What are you doing here and where is Sasuke-kun?" she inquired, clenching her fists and moving closer to the Blond. "It's because of you that Sasuke-kun missed training, right?"

"No, Sakura-chan, you got it wrong" Naruto yelped, evading the blow and running towards Sasuke, who stood near the wall so that he couldn't be seen from the outside, but was able to enjoy the scene.

"That's enough, Sakura" he said, taking mercy on Naruto. "We can still go and train, right?"

"Ah, Sasuke-kun" Sakura finally noticed him. "Yeah, I guess. Actually when I left our meeting point Kakashi-sensei still wasn't there"

'Did that pervert got lost on the road of life again' the boys sweat dropped.

"Ok, let's go find him" Sasuke sighed, leading his teammates out of the house. 'Why am I surrounded by irresponsible idiots?'

Meanwhile, Kakashi stood on the bridge alone, musing on the ways of how to punish his arrogant students.


TBC

Mizuki hikari, sure. Thanks for reading!

Crystalzap, Naruto will make his move in the next chapter, I promise))

tray125, thanks, I'll do my best.

witchdoctr, thank you! Yeah, I also wish that despite everything Sasuke and Naruto won't end up killing each other.