Naruto kept his gaze on Temari's retreating form, even lingering on her former footsteps just to avoid looking at the man before him. Or spirit, but for the sake of his own sanity he tried to think of things simply. He had to look up eventually, though, and made sure to try and keep his head in place and slowly slide Sasuke into his sight.

The red eyes were definitely offputting but other than that he couldn't help but look him up and down while Sasuke's eyes were busy following the same path his superior took but with utter distain in his eyes. A small blush tried to creep onto his cheeks but he made sure to compose himself before clearing his throat slightly, " So... Um, I'm Uzumaki Naruto," He gave Sasuke an awkward grin as he turnned to face him with a hand out. He got an eye roll back instead as he turned back toward the building; Naruto's face slid into a grimace.

Sasuke looked to be Naruto's age but something behind his eyes told a far different story. Usually the human could read people fairly well but trying to see or feel even the slightest emotions from the man before him was like trying to push a steel door that said pull on the handle.

"Hurry up," His new boss commanded, barely sparing a glare back. Naruto unconsously straightened and followed. His eyes slid over Sasuke from the back as he followed without thinking. His eyes lingered on the best part of the view when he was met with a poisinous look, stoping him in his tracks, one foot hovering over the doorway.

Naruto felt like he had been caught red handed; or rather red faced but barely had time to look surprised as time seemed to slow. In a matter of what felt like miliseconds what could only have been a speed train hit him in the sternum and he was flying backwards faster than physically possible. Not a train, but Sasuke's foot had kicked him in the chest. A large crack sounded and Sasuke made his way to the puff of earth from the cracked in half boulder that held the young man who was aparently supposed to be making his life easier.

With a single wave of his arm the dust fell away and showed Naruto holding his midsection and trying to get a breath of air to his lungs, only managing to gasp, eyes tight shut. His eyes stung a bit but a full breath got into him as he was about to apologize for checking out Sasuke's ass.

The words never left him as Sasuke pointed a dangerous finger at him; annoyed sparks chirping around him, Naruto's eyes widened until the end of the sentence that followed.

" Never. And I mean NEVER. Enter the onsen with your shoes on," It was as though he had nearly taken a sledge hammer into the side of the building, except instead, he nearly stepped foot onto the floor in his sneakers. Naruto's eyebrows lifted as Sasuke opened his mouth to continue.

Breath be damned, "THATS IT?" The blond yelled. It was Sasuke's turn to show surprise, if only for a moment. The teen rushed with adrenaline as he quickly lifted himself from being wedged between two halves of a solid boulder, "THAT WAS IT?" He looked sasuke straight in the eye and began to advanse on him. He sensed a curious danger in the background of the blond but he brushed it off, it seemed the culture shock was gone and all Mary to could do was yell " I HAVE BEEN BEATEN THE HELL OUT OF, " he took a step with each finger he counted on, "FALLEN DOWN A CLIFF." His voice rasped as his former fighting personality came back to him, "HIT A SHRINE THAT ZAPPED ME INTO ANOTHER DIMENSION," Sasuke backed up as Naruto got closer and put two fingers up in a seal; trying to keep the surprise off his faces it wasn't working. Naruto didn't notice the muffling bubble around the two of them, "I'VE BEEN KICKED BY GIANT FROGS. PUT IN A BAG. SOLD LIKE A PET." He looked at his fingers and gave up counting, throwing his hands in the air, "I KEEP GETTING HIT ON THE HEAD. NOW SOME GUY KILLS THE LAWS OF SCIENCE BY KICKING ME INTO A GIANT ROCK- WHAT IS THAT LOOK FOR?"

Sasuke smirked at the "kicked into a rock" bit and shook his head, " Are you done?" He put his unused hand into his pocket with a, now, bored expression though the mild humor in his voice betrayed him.

Naruto gaped like a fish and suddenly seemed to have a beakdown. He grabbed fistfulls of his hair and just yelled at the ground; then began to pace back and forth, eyes wide, mumbling nonsense. At this point, Sasuke's smirk fell. He was actually becoming conserned, though he would never admit it. In the corner of his eye he saw bright pink hair and the white and blue medic's kimono. Sakura. She held a basket on her hip and watched him carefully. She had sensed something was wrong and came to investigate when she stumbled upon the mess of a situation.

He took the other hand out of his pocket and discretely made some small gestures with waves of color to her from his hip, still facing the blond, who was now crying and bleeding as well as pacing and holding his head.

Sakura's eye's widened. A human. That was all she needed to know before connecting the dots. She shut her eyes tight with pity but opened her eyes and nodded, shifting both hands onto her kit and ready to move

"Naruto." Sasuke's voice seemed to echo gently in Naruto's mind, cutting through the whirlwind. He felt himself calm, shoulders falling, arms hanging by his sides. He looked towards the red eyed man and turnned to face him, lips parted, still feeling the impossibility of it all. He could only blink before an apologetic glance hit him.

As quickly as he could, Sasuke dropped the bubble, Naruto looked around; slow and confused. Even quicker, the man glared straight into the middle of the tag on Naruto's forehead and clasped his hands into a tight fist in front of his chest. Naruto's eyes widened then closed, face warped with extreme pain his whole body shook with tension but before his hands could reach his head, before he could scream, his body gave up.

Sasuke caught him before he hit the ground and Sakura was there immediately, checking vitals, eyes, wounds; all while naruto's unconsous head rested on Sasuke's lap. Naruto's body shook as though he were freezing. His face wasn't peaceful, just flat and shut down. His natural tan seemed like it was being overridden. He wasn't sent to sleep, he was forced into breakdown and for once Sasuke felt deep guilt for someone else's pain; despite just meeting him. As Sakura held a cloth to one of Naruto's head wounds, she looked up, intent on lecturing Sasuke for being so ruthless on a human but she never met his eye. She looked at his face and for once, she knew he was feeling.

She looked between the two as she healed the human and felt something odd. Then she turnned back to her work, a bit of hope in the back of her mind for her untrusting friend and the sensation of coming change drifted through her mind at the thought of the new human.