Gah! I am so terrible! I had gotten grounded and therefore you can blame my parent's misjudgment of putting me in the Jail cell I know as my 'Home' or 'Family Unit Dwelling for a month. You know, I would like for people to review, because how can someone get better if they are only told the good things about their creations? While I love the nice things said, I need some constructive criticism!

As Sai came back into consciousness, he concluded two things.

1.) His friend owned a talking fox.

2.) This floor was very comfortable.

He rubbed his eyes while sitting up and noticed his friend and the (for some reason) smaller fox. Sai could have sworn the fox was larger than that. It looked like he could fit in his hands easily. While being silent, he watched as the two bickered.

"And you even snapped at him!" Sasuke had moved to the couch as Naruto sat on the back of it, both of their faces being leveled.

"He called me cute! What if he called you cute, huh? You would like it too! I know you would, you little prissy princess." Naruto growled.

"Princess? Did you just call me a princess? I happen to know many garbage cans that are dying to meet you. Go jump into one and stay there for a while."

"uh-uh! I am not going to be a little orange Hobo! I am a dignified creature made to be beloved and adored by all who see me! Now go fetch me something to eat peasant."

Sasuke scoffed at his words. "I thought I was a princess!"

The two noticed that the third party was snickering silently to their argument.

"Hah, Sasuke, the Ice Princess. That was an old nickname I had given him in grade school. Glad to know he finally accepts it." Sai fell back from the outburst of laughter. He was giggling so much it hurt his sides.

Sasuke blushed and Naruto sent him an evil grin. The trio heard the door open and close, followed by rushed shuffling. Sasuke would have thought it was Itachi dropping off something for dinner, but the noises of walking around gave it away. As the raven predicted, Itachis secretary, Deidara, came into the living room where they were.

"Ah, Sasuke-chan. Your brother wanted me to drop this off," he set down a paper bag full of takeout. "He told me to get extra in case you had someone over. I guess he was right like always, yeah?" Deidara chuckled to himself silently. He looked at the watch on his wrist and saw he had a few minutes to spare. "I have some free time; can I stay with you guys, un?" The blonde took the silence as a yes and sat on the coffee table in front of Sasuke.

"How was school, brat?" Deidara laughed as he messed Sasuke's hair. The raven was used to this and only swatted the hand away.

"It was okay. We had this huge presentation today and my group, suspiciously, was all absent." (A/n: This seriously happened to me. I still got an A though 'cause I did all the work :3 ) A hint of a smile played on his lips as he said this.

"Those little retatrds. Just can't handle the pressure of standing next to you, yeah?" Deidara's words helped take the weight of that project off his shoulders. It was nice to talk to someone who doesn't constantly check their (his) watch while asking someone (their brother) how school was. But that is just how Itachi has always been. Busy busy busy busy. Not enough time to even say hello in the mornings.

"Of course not," Sai popped in. "No one can out-show the princess." he laughed again and Sasuke blushed.

"Ha, well, it's about time for me to head back. Tell those little brats they better watch out for Deidara nii-san." He held his fists close to his face, pretended he was ready to fight. When they all laughed, he left with a loud 'be good, brats'.

"Who the hell was that guy?" Naruto's voice made Sasuke jump a little. He had forgotten about the little orange creature.

"My brother's secretary. He comes by every now and then and hangs out." Sasuke got up from the couch and Naruto jumped onto his head. He motioned Sai to follow him and started to his room where his school bag was.

"oh, I thought he was like your brother the way he acted so familiar with you." Naruto rested his head down onto his paws while Sasuke walked.

"He is more of a brother than Itachi is, sometimes." Sai chimed in the words for Sasuke. "I have been with the princess since kindergarten. During all of our graduations or parent/teacher conferences, Deidara would come instead of Itachi. Apparently he is too busy for the only family he has left." Sai left the last sentence with a sour note.

"Sai is a foster child. He has been an orphan ever since he could remember. Danzo, his foster dad right now, well he isn't the nicest guy out there. He pushes Sai to do everything perfect, and if he doesn't, he acts like he is going to give him back to foster care. Really messed up if you ask me." By now, the three made it to Sasuke's room and seated themselves on his bed. Naruto hopped off of Sasuke's head and onto Sai's lap where he curled up and began to purr. Sai smiled, and not the fake one Sasuke was used to, a real, genuine smile. This made Sasuke very happy and grateful to the loud fluff ball. He watched the fox, and then blinked, and he was back to the large size he was when he woke from his nap earlier.

"That's odd." He scratched behind Naruto's ears and set out on doing the homework (like Sai would do anything to move the lap warmer.)

Well, that is the end of this chapter. Please review…I don't know if it is good enough yet to keep on continuing…

Naruto: of course it is, Uchiha-sama.

Me: *sniffles*really?

Sasuke: it should be, I am in it

Me: *smiles* Thanks guys.

*gives everyone a chocolate chip cookie*