Chapter 3

The next morning, Naruto was almost late for school. That was weird, considering that Iruka woke him up everyday. "Iruka?" He heard nothing. Leaving his room, Naruto called out again "Iruka?! Where are you?!" Still, he got no response. "Iruka, where are you?" Suddenly, he was surrounded in fire. The heat was blinding, suffocating. He couldn't take it, the heat, the confusion. Then Naruto heard him. "Naruto? Naruto, wake up."

"Y- yes? Iruka?" What was happening? Where did Iruka come from? What's going on? He looked around to find Iruka standing next to his bed with a concerned look. "What's wrong?"

Iruka didn't say anything for a while, making Naruto feel uncomfortable. "You were having another nightmare, Naruto. Wasn't Kyuubi supposed to be here?" He moved to sit down next to Naruto.

"Will you stay with me tonight?" Without hesitating, Iruka answered with a quick nod and climbed in next to Naruto. "Thank you."

The next morning found them curled around eachother.

Iruka eventually woke up and went to make breakfast. Once he finished the bacon and pancakes, he heard Naruto coming down the stairs. "Good morning, Naruto. Nice sleep?"

"Good morning-" Yawn. "Iruka." Naruto sat down to eat the pancakes Iruka made. "What time is it?"

Iruka looked at the clock and Naruto recognized the look on his face. "Oh shi-! Naruto! We need to go."

"What!? What time is it!?" 9:30. "Iruka!?" Crap, I'll be late! Where's Kyuubi when I need him?

"Dobe, you late."

"Ugh! I know that, teme." Iruka managed to get Naruto to school by 11. "I over-slept this morning. Had a nightmare last night."

"Where did Kyuubi go?" Sasuke was thoroughly confused and concerned.

Naruto sighed and shrugged it off. "Don't know. He just left."

'That's weird, he barely ever leaves.' Sasuke thought. "Hey, how about we go out again? So you can get your mind off of it."

In return, Sasuke got that beloved grin again. "Yeah! Okay!"

"So teme! Where to?" School had just ended and Naruto was ready to leave and have fun. "What about an arcade?"

Sasuke was fine with wherever, as long as he could see Naruto smile. 'Damn. I've got it bad."

Author's Note:

Sorry for being so late. Had some troubles. But I decided that I should write anyways, before I couldn't. Once again, I'm sorry for the hiatus and I hope you enjoyed this chapter although it's short!