Disclaimer: Naruto belongs to Masashi Kishimoto.

A/N: I decided to give Sasunaru month a try in English this year, so here you have it. This is a collection of individual and mostly unrelated drabbles. Both Sasunaru and Narusasu tropes will be included and each chapter will have its own warnings, as well as a tag to specify if it's SN or NS.

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Prompt #5: Sunset / sunrise (-)

Warnings: Fantasy tropes.

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Sasuke had been following that stupid fox around. The creature was ridiculously sneaky, so it always managed to escape from his grasp every time they came across each other, which wasn't really very often.

It wasn't fair!

Sasuke was an Uchiha, and Uchihas were the finest of all hunters. His father's hall was decorated with all sorts of trophies. From deer heads to dissected wolves. Sasuke hadn't ever seen a wolf around here, but his father had managed to hunt one. And he, as the youngest son of the main family, still hadn't been able to catch that one idiotic fox.

The animal was beautiful. Red fur, but it almost seemed to glow golden under the sunlight. It was bigger than a regular fox, too. It would make the perfect gift, dissected in all his glory for everyone to gawk upon. Foxes were rare, and one of the few animals his older brother still hadn't caught. So he had to get his hands on one first, he had to make his father proud.

He took his bow and, with practiced precision, positioned an arrow in the direction the fox was running. Then he shot.

There was a yeek, a grunt, and then the fox kept going.

Shit, he'd missed. Again.

Hurrying forwards, he started noticing it was slowly getting darker and darker. That would make it difficult to find his prey, but he couldn't just let him go! If he gave up now, who knows when he'd encounter the fox again, if he ever did.

So he kept going.

He didn't let anything deter him from achieving his goal. He would get that fox, it'd be his.

The sky turned a variety of pinks and oranges, signaling the sun was finally setting. And it was just then Sasuke noticed this was a part of the forest he'd never been to before. Wherever he looked, there were only unfamiliar trees, a strange aura clinging to them.

He started feeling uneasy.

And then he saw it, the fox, looking straight into his eyes from around some bushes.

"So there you are…"

He took out another arrow, and for a second, he wondered why the fox wasn't running away anymore. And it was in that moment, the exact instant the last ray of sunshine disappeared from the sky, when he dropped his assets. Because in front of him, there was no fox, but a boy around his age, watching him with wary eyes.

"What are you?" the boy said, and the moonlight reflecting over him let Sasuke identify the color of his hair, which appeared to be blond, and his bright blue eyes. He was dressed in a simple yukata, but he couldn't quite see its color.

"Wha- What am I? I think that's my line," Sasuke frowned, but the blond didn't back down.

"Don't mess with me!" the blond warned him. "I thought you were human, but you had no trouble getting past the barrier. So spill! What are you?"

"Barrier? What barrier? And what the hell are you? You were just a fox a few seconds ago!"

Suddenly, he had the other boy's face just right in front of his, and that made him take a step backwards instinctively. Blue eyes searched into his, and they almost seemed red for a second, until the blond stepped away.

"You're not lying," he uttered to himself, in wonder.

Sasuke arched an eyebrow in question, starting to lose his patience.

"You got into the barrier without even realizing."

"What barrier? What are you talking about?"

"The magic barrier. You're in the enchanted part of the forest. No human is supposed to be here. Ever."

Rolling his eyes, Sasuke scoffed.

"Magic isn't real."

The boy didn't say anything, just sighed and started walking away.

"Hey, where're you going?" Sasuke went after him, but not before picking up his stuff from the ground.

"I don't befriend those who try to kill me, thank you very much."

"I don't want to be your friend."

The boy turned around to lock eyes with him for a couple of seconds, and then resumed his steps.

"Perfect, then. Bye."

"Oi! Tell me how to get out of here," Sasuke demanded.

Then, the blond turned around again with a mischievous grin.

"You can't. The portal closed at sunset. You're trapped here, so enjoy your stay!"

Sasuke padded closer to grab him by the arm.

"What the fuck does that mean? Show me the way back!"

"Are you deaf? The portal is closed, it won't open again until next spring, on the first sunrise. So get comfortable and try to not die, I guess. I don't care."

That couldn't be true. He couldn't be trapped in the middle of nowhere with a… a… what was this guy again? A fox shifter or something? Was that a thing?

And not only that. The uneasiness hadn't faded. It was like there were thousands of eyes watching them, but the boy didn't seem to be affected by it.

This was… This was something he wasn't prepared for. An enchanted forest? What kind of bullshit was that? And this didn't feel like the friendly kind of enchanted forest, with cute fairies and talking animals, like children's tales. No, this place was dangerous. He couldn't stay here.

"There must be a way out," he insisted, and tensed when the blond looked at him with pitiful eyes.

"If you stay close to me, they won't harm you," was all the fox said before resuming his trip to wherever he was going.

"Who?" Sasuke started following him again.

"The spirits," was the only answer he got. "Stay close and you'll be fine."

Sasuke eyed him carefully.

"So you're helping me now?"

The blond shrugged. "You'll die otherwise. I don't want to live with that guilt."

The hunter clenched his teeth, but decided against replying.

"The name's Naruto, by the way," the blond spoke after a while.

"... Sasuke."

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A/N: So here Naruto's something like a fox demon or fox spirit, however you wanna call him. And Sasuke's a regular human who somehow got into the enchanted forest. A very random idea, I know. Haha.

Maybe I'll get something more out of this prompt later, but I'm not really planning on continuing it.