I DO NOT OWN NARUTO!

Naruto POV:

It's been a week since I was taken to the castle. My stay here has been fun. I pranked Sasuke a bunch of times and was punished for it later. I say again, tickle torture is the worst! Other that I have been treated like a guest. I was served foods that I didn't even know existed. For example, they served me something called a hamburger. Apparently it was ground up meat cooked over a fire. It was weird, but it tasted good. (Remember we are in medieval times, so they didn't have a lot of the foods we do) Sasuke and I have gotten used to sharing a bed, although the first night was a little awkward.

Flashback:

Sasuke had finally untied me. I had been sitting there for 2 hours. He said I wouldn't learn my lesson any other way. I take back what I said. He's an ass! He sat at his desk writing letters or homework or something, but I knew. Oh, I knew. I knew he was laughing at me. The bastard! I glared at him trying to send him bad luck. He must've felt it with his evil psychic overlord powers, because he turned around to look at me. Once I saw his dark eyes I couldn't help but shiver. He must've noticed because he smirked.

"C'mon. Let's go to bed."

I snorted. "And how do you suppose we do that? There's one bed and I am not going to sleep on the floor!"

He looked at me as if I was crazy. "We'll share the bed."

It took me a few seconds to process what he said, then… "OH HELL to the NO!" I shouted.

He took a step back in surprise from my shouting. I crossed my arms. Then Sasuke smirked again. "Why? Still wet the bed dobe?"

I gaped. "No! I just don't want to catch your bastard germ or disease or whatever it is."

"Hn. Too bad. Either we share or you get the floor."

He climbed on the bed and went under the covers, and left me standing there gaping like a fish. Eventually I snapped out of, and grumbling I made my way over to the bed too. I sipped under the blankets as far away from the teme as possible. I tried to ignore his presence next to me, but found it hard to do so when our hands were touching. I blushed and scooted further away. From there I fell into a deep sleep. Unconsciously I made my way over to Sasuke. I grabbed his arm and snuggled up to him. A sigh escaped my lips. Sasuke looked at me in shock, but seeing my peaceful sleeping face, didn't wake me. Instead he laid still and allowed me to move even closer to him. Sometime in the night I had started using his chest as a pillow and his arm wrapped itself around me. When we woke up, we both blushed and tried to hide it. Neither of us said anything after we jumped away from each other.

Flashback End:

Since then we had both woken up in the same position. What was worrying me though, was that I was beginning to like it. That couldn't bode well .The more time I spent with Sasuke, the more I've come to like him. Even though Sasuke seems arrogant or rude, don't get me wrong he is, he does to hide his more gentle side. I've only seen it once but it's there. Besides, his arrogant personality makes it fun to mess with him. Like when I corrected him in demon lore, his face was priceless! Remembering made me giggle. Sasuke looked up at me from his book. We were in the library reading, and now I was trying and failing to hide my laughter.

Sasuke POV:

I heard a giggle and looked up to see its source. I was graced by a beautiful sight. Naruto was smiling in the most heavenly way possible. His eyes sparkled in delight, his smile stretched cross his entire face, the whisker marks were making him look like an adorable fox. He brought his hands up to try, and fail, to hide his laughter. It was utterly childish and adorable. It surprised me that I had to actually stop myself from smiling.

"What are you laughing about?"

"Hee-Hee. Nothing~"

My eyes narrowed. "Obviously it's something. Now tell me."

Naruto raised his eyebrows then he grinned evilly. "Only if you ask nicely."

I grit my teeth. I really wanted to know what he was laughing at, but to lower myself to ask for it? "Please-" I practically dragged out of my throat. "tell me what you were laughing about."

The dobe moved into a thinking position, tapping his chin in thought. "Hmmm. What was it now?" I growled in warning and glared. He waved his hands in front of him in surrender before speaking. "Alright, alright! I was laughing because I remembered that time I corrected you on demon lore."

I blushed and bowed my head in shame. To be corrected by some nobody peasant (oh how wrong he is) was shameful. Wait… "That reminds me, how did you know about demon lore? Only those of noble family have access to that information."

Naruto suddenly looked nervous. Shifting his eyes around the room from the ceiling to the floor, but never at me. That made me curious and, somehow, nervous. What could Naruto be hiding?

Naruto POV:

Oh no. This is not good. What do I say? I don't think 'I'm the great 9 tailed fox that lives in Konoha's forest' is going to work…I know! I looked back at Sasuke's curious eyes and spoke.

"I'm awesome. That's why." The only sound was the wind blowing. Sasuke got a tick mark and he gained an evil aura.

"You expect me to believe that?"

Naruto started sweating. "Ummm. Yes?"

Sasuke's evil aura seemed to get even bigger before dissipating. "Very well." Naruto face became hopeful. "I will have to pry the answer out of you."

Sasuke stood up and took a step towards Naruto, who took a step back in response. "H-hey Sasuke. Does it really matter that I corrected you?"

He paused before smirking. "Yes."

My screams were heard throughout the castle, but I never did spill how I knew.

1week later somewhere dark:

"Can I trust you with this?" A dark voice asked.

"Of course, Orochimaru-sama." A man with glasses smiled at a figure with golden eyes.

"Hm. Good. Then make it happen!"

The man with glasses left and that could be heard was a low hiss.

Elsewhere Naruto POV:

Ok….Almost there. In case you're wondering, I'm escaping the castle right now. I've been here for weeks and want to go back home. I'm climbing out of a window and using chakra to stick to the walls. I looked back and the heavily sedated Sasuke before glancing around the courtyard. I grinned triumphantly, no one was there. I jumped to a tree branch before jumping down to the ground. I landed on all fours and smiled again. This was too easy. Suddenly I heard a shout. Jinxed it…. There was a rush of steps before a lantern was shining in my face. The man holding it gasped before dropping it and pulling out a kunai from his weapons pouch.

"Who are you? Why are you here?"

I stood up and smiled. The man tensed. "Hiya. I'm Naruto and I'm leaving this place."

Before the man could blink, I took off. I ran straight to the woods after hopping the fence, and stopped once I reached them. I hesitated only for a moment before heading inside. It felt good to be surrounded by my home again. I entered my 'lair.' I laid down and curled into a ball before drifting off into a deep sleep. The next morning came way too early, and I felt a little….lonely. I missed waking up in Sasuke's arms. No! You are a demon. Don't get caught in human emotions. Still, try as I might, I couldn't shake the feeling.

Sasuke's POV:

I woke up to the sunlight streaming through my window. I sat up groggily and reached over to wake the dobe, but felt nothing. I quickly looked over and saw only empty sheets. Where had Naruto gone? Usually I had to wake him up. Could he have been kidnapped, murdered or something? I stopped myself from thinking those thoughts and focused on rational ones. He could've woken up before me…Nah, he's too lazy. I decided to shrug it off for now and focus on getting ready for the day. My maids rushed in and out of my room, so I caught one of them by the arm. She squeaked and blushed.

"Hey. Have you see Naruto?"

"N-no, master Sasuke."

I let her go with a quick 'hn' and started to search for him. Unfortunately the castle grounds were huge and he could've been anywhere. I searched for what seemed like days before going back inside. I was walking through one of our living rooms when I noticed Kakashi. He was sitting on one of our sofas reading his smut. I gave him a passing glance before going to leave the room. His voice stopped me.

"If you're looking for Naruto, you won't find him."

I glared at him. "What do you mean?"

"I 'mean' he left last night. Escaped a guard and everything."

I stared at him in shock. "Left? How?"

"The front gate obviously." He turned a page and giggled perversely.

I glared again. "How do you know this?"

"A guard on watch reported the incident to me."

"And you're just telling me now!? Where'd he go?"

HE stared at me with his one visible eye. "You seem very emotional about this boy Sasuke. Could it be that you have feelings for him?"

I recoiled in shock. "Look, just tell me where he went."

"I can't. He didn't tell anything to revealing about himself. I must admit, he was very impressive when he wanted to hide things."

"Hn."

Just then a kunai flew towards my head, which I swiftly dodged from. Glaring I whipped around to kill the intruder. Kakashi was at my side in an instant. A strange screeching sound rang through the air and a ninja with a sound headband walked out of the shadows while Kakashi and I covered our ears. It felt like our ear drums were going to explode! I activated my sharingan and quickly leapt at the ninja. I threw a kick at his face, but he brought up his arm to guard. When he did the sound stopped, so I kept attacking him and forcing him to guard himself. While I did Kakashi appeared behind him and pierced his heart with a kunai. We looked down at the fallen ninja, and didn't notice a man with glasses disappear.

With Orochimaru:

"What do you mean you failed Kabuto!?" Orochimaru hissed.

Kabuto bowed and apologized. "I am sorry Orochimaru-sama, but Kakashi of the sharingan was there and I couldn't defeat him in a fight. Before I could tell out ninja to stand down, he attacked. Of course he was defeated."

Orochimaru looked contemplative. "Very well. Your previous years have redeemed you. This may actually work in our favor…"

"How?"

"With all-out war we can crush the spirit of the people, and ensure our rule."

Kabuto smiled. "A brilliant plan Orochimaru-sama. I'll send out our ninja."

Naruto POV:

I decided to wait a few days before heading back into the village. I didn't want to risk being discovered. Today I walked into the village and saw everyone running around in chaos. It was like a whirlwind of people. Litter was all over the streets and everyone seemed paniced. I went to the closest person near me and stopped them by grabbing their arm.

"What's going on?"

He looked at me shocked. "You don't know? Sound declared war on us and an assassin attempted to kill prince Sasuke."

I let him go in shock and gaped. Sasuke? Is-is he ok? I rushed to the castle and climbed the fence. When I looked into the courtyard I was relieved. Sasuke was there instructing ninja in battle plans. Apparently sound had attacked some of their territory. I slid back down the wall and sighed in relief. Then I felt a twinge of pain in my head. I expanded my senses and felt 2 humans in my forest. I growled and disappeared form pure speed. I appeared in front of them and turned into my Kyuubi form. My golden fur stood out and I released a large roar. I saw their headbands. They had music notes on them. They were from sound. The people who tried to kill Sasuke. Enraged I used my claws to rip their chests open and kill them. They were to shocked to do anything. I watched in satisfaction as the light left their eyes. Afterwards I grabbed their bodies in my mouth and stomped to the edge of the forest. I made sure that someone was around and deposited their bodies roughly on the ground. I then turned around and stalked back into the forest. The man I had given the bodies to stood their slack-jawed and wide-eyed. He quickly snapped out of it and ran to report what had happened to the king, even though he was sure everyone had heard the monstrous roar.