Wolfie Foxie

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

A/N: This story was created by two people. My lovely, Bailey, and myself, Vampy. Just thought I would clear you up on that. I couldn't have done all this on my own.

Warnings: They have ears and tails. That's all I'm going to say.

Pairings: SasuNaru, and random ones that pop up around the corner.


"Wookie!" - Speech

Wookie! - Thoughts


Wolfie Foxie

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"So, otou-san, why exactly am I dressed like this?"

"It's traditional, Naruto! You know that!"

"Yeah...but this is traditional for betrothal. So why the hell am I wearing it?!"

"...Oh, look, your mother is calling you! I'll ah, just go talk adult-talk with the wolves!"

"What the--'tou-san, you--!"

"Naruto, come out here, please."

His mother's soft, seemingly harmless voice called to him from the other side of the thin, sliding door. But Naruto knew better. He knew that voice to promise pain, torture, and many other unspeakable acts if it was not obeyed. The blond gulped, and opened the door, stepped over to his mother and sitting submissively next to her.

Her crimson eyes shined at her son, and a smile came to her face. "Naruto...You're father has been meeting with the wolves from the south recently." She gently put one of her hands over Naruto's holding it softly.

"Aa..." The blond murmured hesitantly, cautiously encouraging his mother to continue, curious as to what she was getting at.

She took in a breath and then let it out slowly before looking at Naruto seriously and holding his hand more tightly. "You are going to marry the Great Uchiha Wolf from the South's son..." She paused waiting for him to take this in.

Wait for it. Waaait for it. Waaaaait for it...

...

...Where the fuck was the 'just kidding'?!

"What?!" Naruto hissed, surprised by the softness of his own voice. "I--What--When--Why--WHAT THE HELL?! Why?! Why me?! And why him?! I don't want to! You can't make me! I'll bite through my own tongue and drown myself in my blood before I marry one of those listless Uchiha pricks!"

Kyuubi's hands tightened even more around Naruto's as if to calm him down. "Naruto please listen! It's for the good of the village. Your father and the Wolf King have talked about this for many months, it's to keep peace between the villages. You under stand don't you?" She kept pledging eyes locked on Naruto's. She was sort of regretting saying that she would tell Naruto the news instead of Yondaime.

"B-But--!" The blond attempted, wilting underneath those pleading yet hard eyes. His mother was different than most women--strong willed and unsubmissive. These were two of the reasons his father had chosen to marry her instead of a male. "...I..." His shoulders slumped, eyes lowering in despair. "I don't..."

Kyuubi pulled Naruto to her chest and hugged him tightly. "I love you Naruto. I know you don't want to do this...but please understand, it's for the good of the village. And I'm sure the one you will marry also doesn't want to marry you. I'm sure you two will eventually get along, Naruto." She put one of her hands behind his head and began petting his hair lovingly.

And there was the third reason. Kyuubi was and incredibly loving woman. The blond sighed, leaning into his mother's embrace and briefly lapsing into a state of contentment at the warmth he felt. After a moment silence, during which he did little and hug Kyuubi back, Naruto said in a soft, defeated voice, "...okay."

Kyuubi pulled away gently from the embrace to lean down and kiss his cheek. "Go out there with your father. He is talking with the Wolf King and...your fiancée...right now. They are waiting for you.."

Naruto nodded and pulled away, his hand passing suspiciously over his eyes. He stood and smooth out the fait wrinkles in his ceremonial kimono, walking across the room and to the door on the other side. He spared a glance back at Kyuubi, and then entered the room.

Sasuke sat next to his father, the 'Great Wolf King of the South', as they called him who was talking about things that didn't interest him much. Sasuke's ears twitched when he heard the sliding of a door, looking up he saw a girl who looked very similar to the Fox talking with his father. She was very beautiful, but he would never admit that out loud.

Yondaime turned at the sound and a smile came to his face. "Ah, there you are! Took you long enough. Uchiha Taisuke, this is my son that we have been talking about." he said as he waved one of his hands for Naruto to sit next to him.

Sasuke nearly choked on the air he was breathing. That was a boy!?

Naruto sat down next to his father, his hands on his knees as he curiously took in the two, detached looking wolves opposite of him. The younger looking of the two, Naruto assumed to be his--dare he say it--fiancée. At least I'm not marrying an ugly listless Uchiha bastard. The blond thought in tribulation.

"So, you are Uzumaki Naruto, eh?" Taisuke said in a low, growly tone. Naruto nodded to the intimidating wolf, and Taisuke let out a grunt of approval. "Ah, Yondaime, he is just as you described. He will make a good wife for my Sasuke." The wolf laughed throatily, baring his fangs in an open-mouthed grin.

Sasuke was tempted to scream outrageous things to his father in front of strangers, but he knew better. So he just seethed on the inside. He looked over at The ...boy...in front of him. Refusing to believe what he just heard Sasuke turned to his father. "Father. May you please explain what you are talking about?"

"Eh? Did I not tell you, Sasuke?" The older Uchiha mused aloud, then said calmly, "Uzumaki Naruto, son of Uzumaki Yondaime, is to be your wife." Naruto stared openly at the younger wolf, his mind wandered back to the words his mother had spoken.

...I'm sure the one you will marry also doesn't want to marry you...

The only sign that Sasuke disliked this idea, or the lack of not knowing about this whole thing, was the slight twitching of his left ear. He looked back at the young Uzumaki across from him. Foxes were strange yet beautiful. So different from wolves with their bright colored eyes and hair. He didn't mind marring such a beautiful creature....but did it have to be a boy?

Yondaime put one of his hands over his mouth to hide a smile. "I'm glad you find him perfect for your son, Taisuke. Maybe we should celebrate this alliance over tea. What do you say?" Bright blue eyes looked at the older Uchiha hopefully. Sharing tea after such a thing was important in fox culture, but he wasn’t so sure in wolf culture.

"Aa, sounds nice, Yondaime." The wolf turned to his son, nodding to him. "Sasuke, take Uzumaki-san into the other room and...get to know each other," He said, waving a hand vaguely. Naruto flinched. He did not want to be alone with that...wolf. Sasuke's left ear twitched again. He didn't want to be alone with that fox either. He knew better than to disobey his father. "Of course father." He then stood up.

"Good idea Taisuke-san. Naruto, please show Uchiha-san into the next room. Have tea served as well." Yondaime turned back to look at Taisuke and waved one of his hands in the air, signaling one of the slaves to bring tea.

"Hai, otou-san," Naruto responded in a barely restrained voice, standing and walking to a nearby door. A slave bearing a tea tray slid the door open for the pair, and the blond vaguely registered to let Sasuke go first.

Nodding to Naruto, Sasuke passed threw the door first and waited to be told where to sit once on the other side. Looking around the room he saw a small table on the floor with pillows all around it. Many painting decorated the dark colored walls, and slaves (who he just registered happen to be all female) sat off in corners so they wouldn't be seen very well.

Naruto's feet padded softly against the floor as he sat down on one of the plush cushions surrounding the table. He found it difficult to keep his polite front up as he stared expectantly at Sasuke, the tea sitting in the center of the table.

Looking around once more Sasuke took a seat across from the blond boy. He stared into his big blue eyes with out blinking, like it was a contest or something. Naruto mentally snarled, but outwardly averted his gaze to pour some tea for the Uchiha in a submissive manner. Acting this way disgusted him, but he had to do it for the greater good.

Sasuke watched as Naruto poured his tea, he could tell the fox boy would rather be throwing the teapot in his face than pour anything for him.

As Naruto reached for the second cup so as to pour for himself, his arm bumped roughly against the cup he had just filled. The brown liquid spilled all over the flat surface, rolling to the edge and dripping onto the expensive carpet. "Ah--" Naruto started to say, and finished in thought, shit!

Sasuke smirked, forgetting his good manners this was just to funny to him he couldn’t help but speak what was on his mind. "Heh. Dobe."

Naruto's eyes narrowed, his ears twitching at the insult. He growled faintly in the back of his throat and shot back, "Shut up, you bastard!"

Sasuke's smirk widened. So he wasn't a good mannered little fox. "Hn. No, Dobe." This might actually prove to be good entertainment.

One again the blond growled, slightly louder this time. "I said shut up!" Manners my ass! The angry fox thought, glaring at Sasuke from across the table.

Sasuke, with smirk still in place, closed his eyes and turned his head away from the blonde. Putting his elbow on the table he leaned into his raised hand and scratched behind his ear. Giving the appearance that he was ignoring the fox.

"Rrgh," the blonde’s temper boiled, and he leaned forward, slamming his hands down onto the table. "Don't ignore me!" he snarled, bearing his smaller, less fearsome looking fangs.

Sasuke opened his right eye and looked over at the fuming blonde. "I wasn't ignoring you...Dobe." Sasuke must have been enjoying himself a little too much, because suddenly he was tempted to laugh at the small fox's face expression.

Dammit, that is the last fucking straw! With an enraged yell, he leapt clear over the table at Sasuke, prepared to strangle the cocky bastard with his own hands. Next-door, Taisuke looked up abruptly as the fox's war cry filtered through the door.

"What on earth is going on in there?!" He demanded, leering suspiciously at the door.

Yondaime's ears flattened against the side of his head. He knew that cry all to well... "It's nothing to worry about. My son must be showing Sasuke-san a...ancient tradition of ours.." He took a sip of his tea and prayed to every fox deity that could come to mind to smack some kind of sense into Naruto and make him stop attacking his fiancée.

Sasuke's eyes widened as he grabbed hold of the other's wrists before they reached his neck. Bearing his more sharper and longer teeth at the fox, he swung Naruto onto the floor and pinned him there. Sasuke's tail stood on end; his fur bristled out as he growled in Naruto's face.

Naruto refused to back down. Lips curled back in a snarl, he didn't even flinch at Sasuke's fearsome growl. The blond fox attempted to knock Sasuke off, but the wolf had an advantage over him with his size and strength. Foxes were known for their sly, rapid, attacks; wolves for their powerful, vicious ones. Yet, even though the blond was pinned, overpowered, and at the mercy of a pissed off wolf, he refused to show any fear.

"If you wanted to fight, fox, you should have just asked." He growled out pressing Naruto further into the floor and putting more of his weight onto his trapped hands. He was surprised that Naruto would even attack him, he was a fox after all, foxes are weak and can't fight a battle on their own....or so he was taught.

"Shut up," Naruto barked shortly, forcing his voice to remain as steady as he could manage while pain laced through his wrists. "You asked for it, you stupid wolf! I'm already hated by everyone in this fucking village, I don't need any shit from some mutt who doesn't even know who I am!" Stupid wolves. They had such tiny brains and they thought they could solve everything through fighting. Or, at least, that was what he had heard.

Yondaime slowly opened the door and peeked in. He then smiled and threw the sliding door open. "Ah, Look here Taisuke-san! They are getting to know each other very well!" He said happily gesturing toward Sasuke and Naruto's current position.

Sasuke quickly looked up, his ears raised in attention when he heard his father's name.

Taisuke's booming laughter could be heard throughout the room. "Aah, that's my son, for you! Impatient as ever!" Still chuckling, the Wolf King shook his head. "But, Yondaime-san, we have imposed long enough. Sasuke and I shall return tomorrow evening for dinner."

Naruto's teeth clenched angrily as he growled quietly, so as his father would not hear, "Now would be a good time to get off me, bastard."

Yondaime laughed with Taisuke over what he said about his son, even though the Wolf King's laughter blocked his out. "Of course Taisuke-san! Dinner tomorrow is a great idea!" He then gestured out of the room to show him out of his home.

Sasuke glared down at Naruto, once his father left the room he growled and roughly got off him, then followed his father and Yondaime out of the room.

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If looks could kill, Sasuke would be dead. Rather, he would be stabbed, burned, whipped, bitten, scratched, then drowned, while his remains would be put into a box and blown to pieces. All the whole Naruto would be grinning.

As the director of the previously mentioned killer look rather viscously tore off a hunk of meat and chewed, he remained perfectly silent. The only noises were his cousin, Chouji's lippy...smacky noises and the mild conversation going on between his father and Taisuke. Through his irritation, Naruto only managed to catch bits and pieces of their dialogue.

Sasuke never took his eyes from Naruto's. He saw all the hate in his eyes and was willing to return it tenfold...that is if his cousins would stay out of his personal space. Shikamaru, one of his favorite cousins because he wasn’t such an idiot, had his head leaned on the back of the chair, asleep. Tenten, which he didn't know very well, was putting her elbow as far in front of his plate as she could. Whether it was on purpose or not he didn't know. Hinata and Neji, brother and sister, were bickering...well Neji was. Hinata just sat there and listened to her brother rant about 'how fate brought him to a foxes dinner' and whatnot. It was very quickly getting on his nerves. The last thing he heard was Shika's snore...and his head hitting his shoulder.

Sasuke's eyebrow and ears twitched in annoyance, he had to contain himself so he wouldn’t stand up and start barking at his cousins. Instead he settled for muttering under his breath. "Stupid relatives. Always making me look like a fool..." He was even tempted to start forming some evil plot like all the bad guys did in the plays, but he could save that for later.

It happened before he could stop it. A small giggle bubbled up out of Naruto's throat, the sound soft and pleasant, while his eyes sparkled in amusement at the sight of the annoyed wolf. Sasuke was almost pouting--almost, because wolves just don't pout--and a thin line ran between the fine arched of his eyebrows, two irately twitching ears tying the whole image off. And, though it was reluctantly admitted, Naruto thought Sasuke looked quite cute annoyed.

Sasuke stopped his 'evil plotting' when a soft sound reached his ears. Looking up at Naruto he saw that his bright blue eyes were even brighter, and the small smile on his face made him look... beautiful. Sasuke's face went blank immediately as he stared at Naruto. He didn't even hear as his cousin's head roll off his shoulder and fell onto the table.

Naruto's laughter only increased, the soft giggles turning into more of a snicker as the sleeping wolf next to Sasuke did a faceplant into his food. The blond watched with rapt fascination as Shikamaru sat abruptly upright, half of his plat smeared across one side of his face. The wolf looked highly confused for a moment, the expression only doubling Naruto's amusement. The blonde's hands went around his stomach at the slow motions Shikamaru made at whipping the food off his face, the brunette's face contorted in annoyance and faint disgust.

Sasuke was feeling the sides of his mouth twitch, but then he forced them to stop. He wouldn't laugh because of this fool in front of him. His cousins, minus Neji, seemed to find Shika's face covered in food hilarious though. Even his father and Yondaime cracked smiles. Sasuke continued to look at the only person's voice he heard in the room. It was almost like it brought sunshine into the room, he was the reason Sasuke felt like smiling and he refused to do so.

Naruto calmed slightly when Shikamaru muttered something about how troublesome formal dinners were, sighing softly. He glanced back at Sasuke, surprised to find the wolf staring right back at him. And, once again, his body seemed to betray himself as the faintest hint of a smile pulled his pouty lips upward, before his cheeks colored almost invisibly and he was suddenly infatuated with his fork.

Sasuke, to his own surprise, quickly looked away from Naruto and down at his plate. He was glad his bangs covered his face, because he was sure he had a small tint of pink where it burned on his face.

"Aa, Yondaime-san," Taisuke spoke up, clearing his throat. "I'd like to propose a toast, if that is alright...?" Without bothering to let Yondaime answer, the Wolf King said in his booming, chesty voice, "To Sasuke and Naruto! May their wedding be long, happy and fruitful!" He grinned toothily.

Fruitful...? FRUITFUL?! Naruto thought, feeling the heat grow in his face. Just what were they expecting out of this relationship?!

Sasuke looked up and glared at his father from under his bangs. The small heat on his cheeks not leaving. What does he mean fruitful? Naruto is male... Sasuke sighed quietly out loud thinking his father had finally gone crazy.

Naruto fidgeted slightly, then stood. "'M going to see 'kaa-san," The blond announced, forgetting to put on his polite facade. A thought had been growing in his mind, from a faint worry to an almost panic.

Kyuubi sat with her nieces and sister-in-law in one of the small waiting rooms, or where they sat to eat while the men celebrated so they would be out of site. Ino and Sakura talked excitedly about Naruto getting married while Tsunade and herself just listened and smiled. The sound of the sliding door opening caught Kyuubi's attention, only to see and panic stricken Naruto standing there. Kyuubi looked at Tsunade, who in turn grabbed both of Ino and Sakura's hands and led them out the door nodding to Naruto on her way out.

Naruto sat down next to Kyuubi, the worry evident on his face. "'Kaa-san, I--" The blond started, but stopped for the sake of rephrasing his question. "Mm...Uchiha-san said something about...my marriage being 'fruitful'," He started hesitantly.

Her brows went up in worry; she put her arms around the boy's shoulders and brought him close. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you Naruto..but the wolves want Sasuke to have heirs. They wouldn't have agreed to this marriage if not so..." She ran her fingers threw his hair soothingly. "Don't be frightened Naruto...I was terrified when I was pregnant with you. But in the end I’m happy as I can be." She pulled back and smiled at him.

Naruto worried his lower lip, his hands fidgeting in his lap. "Did it..." He ventured quietly, blushing nervously, "Did it...hurt?"

"Hell yes!" She said still smiling brightly at Naruto. "You don't have to worry Naruto. I asked your father if your aunt could deliver the baby...whenever that time comes." She leaned forward and kissed Naruto's forehead. The door sliding open again made her pull away from Naruto.

Sasuke stood in the doorway. Is...that true? He never heard that male foxes could give birth. All he knew about fox culture was that women were shunned and usually kept out of site unless performing a task asked of them.

Kyuubi looked surprised at seeing such dark hair and eyes, having never been aloud to see a wolf this was her first time. She wanted to ask who he was but to speak to a male, much less a wolf, out right was against rules. So instead she just looked on at Sasuke and squished Naruto's hands to let her know she was curious on who this was.

Naruto cleared his throat softly, then said in as polite a tone he could muster, "'Kaa-san, this is Uchiha Sasuke. He's my..." He tensed slightly, the word sounding foreign on the blonde's tongue, "...fiancée."

Kyuubi's eyes brightened. He's very handsome! I can't wait to see my grandchildren~! Kyuubi bowed politely to Sasuke.

Sasuke was caught off guard. This was Naruto's mother? She looked nothing like any of the other foxes he saw when he was on his way to this palace. Red hair and eyes with black tips on her ears and tail. He also noted that Naruto looked nothing like her. He nodded in her direction. "It is an honor to meet you ....Naruto's mother." He said not knowing her name.

Kyuubi only smiled back.

"Is there something I can help you with, Sasuke?" Naruto asked, slightly stiff, but in a less spiteful tone than previously, as he stood and blinked his rather large blue eyes at the wolf expectantly. His tail swayed behind him slowly, an evident display of a lessened hostility.

Sasuke took his eyes off of deep red ones to look into bright blue instead. "I wanted to talk to you....about something."

"Uh...okay," The blond said hesitantly. Glancing with a hidden, almost-tribulated look towards his mother, he stepped towards the door at the other end of the room. "We can talk in my room."

Kyuubi looked Naruto in the eyes to give him her courage and support.

Sasuke nodded and followed Naruto. He was a little terrified about what he was about to discuss with Naruto, but he wouldn't let the other know that.

The blond led Sasuke in an uncharacteristically quiet way to his room down the hall. When they reached their destination, he opened the door and stepped in, leaving the door open for Sasuke to follow. The fox plopped down onto one of the fluffy beanbag-like chairs in the room, looking up at Sasuke as he asked, "What was it you wanted to talk about?"

The Uchiha wolf closed the door behind him as he stepped in. In an attempt to make it take longer before asking his question, he looked around the room. They always said your room told who you are. Looking back at the blond fox, who he noted looked even smaller sitting on the beanbag. "I over heard what your mother said. I thought my father was going crazy when he said for our marriage to be...'fruitful'. I just wanted to make sure that I wasn't misreading all of this and that you can g-give birth..." Sasuke was ready to hit himself for stuttering over his words.

Naruto blinked, blushing against his will. He quickly looked away, instead staring at the edge of his kimono while his tail swished nervously behind him. "U-uh, yeah. Male foxes can give birth, but only once. But, um, they can have more than one baby at a time, j-just like females..."

"Aa...I see." He looked away from Naruto, suddenly finding one of the corners of Naruto's room interesting. Does this mean...they expect us to...? He couldn't even finish the thought in his head. He knew he would have to have an heir some day. He just never thought it would be a male fox that he would be forced into marriage with. The sound of the door sliding open caught his attention.

Yondaime looked between Sasuke and Naruto wondering if they were getting along even more than he thought. He was about to ask when he remembered his reason for coming here. "Sasuke-san your father is looking for you. It's time for your departure back to your lands."

Sasuke nodded in understanding. He turned to look at Naruto, nodding his head once more as a good bye. Then he left.

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Naruto's feet made scant any noise as he stepped down the pitch-black labyrinth of corridors that made up his home. As he passed by his parents room, he hesitated, face softening slightly at the sounds of his mother's gentle breathing and his father's faint snores. Don't back out. I gotta get out of here. I absolutely CAN'T get married! He kept walking...straight into a vase. Shrieking silently, he fumbled to catch it as noiselessly as possible, and surprised himself by succeeding. He let out a sigh of relief, when a loud snorting sound startled him into dropping the fragile item. It shattered loudly on the floor, and the blond heard his parents stir.

"...Shit," The fox mumbled, knowing he was caught.

Kyuubi sat up right when she heard something crash, twitching her ears a little she heard the faint cursing of her own son. She looking to the side and noticed Yondaime stir. She leaned over and whispered softly in his ear while petting his hair to make him go back to sleep. Getting out of bed Kyuubi slid open the door as quietly as possible looking curiously at Naruto. "Naruto? What's the matter?"

"A-ah! Okaa-san!" Naruto cried softly, laughing nervously. "Ah, I-I was just, uh, getting a late-night snack, you see! And, uh, th-this face, it--ATTACKED ME! Yes, it attacked me! And I was forced to fight it off and..." The blond trailed off. He was an oblivious airhead sometimes, but he knew that was one crappy lie. Sighing, he meekly toed one of the larger shards of vase on the floor. "I'm gonna run away."

"....run away?" Kyuubi said it so weakly she thought that maybe he didn't hear her. Stepping closer to the blonde fox she said a little louder but nothing above a whisper. "You're..running away?"

"Yes!" Naruto said determinedly, and then wilted slightly. "Not because of you, 'kaa-san. Or 'tou-san. I just...I gotta go." He said firmly.

"I love you Naruto. I don't want you to go..." Kyuubi stepped closer and pulled Naruto into a hug, making sure they didn't step on the broken vase on the floor. "Just...if you really want to...but...tell me why, Naruto. I respect your wish to go...I just want to know why. And how long? How long?"

"I...I don't know...how long I'll be gone..." Naruto confessed softly, resting his head against his mother's shoulder. "I'm just not sure..." He closed his eyes and sighed softly. "But I'm leaving because...because I don't...want to do this. I'm not...ready. There's so much, so much I haven't...done, and I don't want to miss out on life because...because I'm m-married."

Kyuubi said nothing and only held her son tighter. They stood that way for a long time before she reluctantly let go of him. "Come back soon...I love you very much, Naruto."

"I love you too, okaa-san," Naruto said, and grinned. "See you soon."

And he was gone.

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Sasuke moved a small limb out of his face as he searched the ground for tracks. His cousin, Shikamaru, followed him holding his own bow and arrows looking bored with life as usual. They were hunting for boars and moose, but have only been able to find small rabbits. Shikamaru wasn't the only one with him Kiba and Neji also came on the hunt.

"HEY SASUKE! I THINK I SEE A MOOSE!.......OH WAIT..NEVERMIND IT'S JUST A TREE!"

Sasuke's ear twitched in annoyance, and that would be Kiba. "He wonders why we can't find anything..." Sasuke said under his breath. Turning to look at Shikamaru, Sasuke came up with a plan to get away from the loud wolf. "Shikamaru, I'm going to go hunt by the lake. You....distract Kiba away from there. I might be able to get something with him gone."

Naruto sighed as he waded in the cool water that flowed from the mouth of the tiny tributary--the current pushed lightly at him, before teasingly sliding around the blockade of his hips and rushing out to meet the fish and other water life that lived within the large lake's confines. Suppressing a shiver, the blond sucked in a breath and slid underwater, away from the prying eyes of the surrounding wildlife.

Sasuke stepped onto the shore of the lake and looked around for any game. He saw nothing so instead settled for looking for any signs that a moose or boar had been around recently.

Naruto remained underwater until his lungs screamed for air, then shot up out of the barely cold liquid. His hair shimmered with the water droplets that briefly defied gravity, sparkling an even brighter gold in the sun, his plush lips parted in a gasp for air. The only thing missing from this angelic image were his amazingly blue eyes, currently hidden by closed eyelids and eyelashes darkened with pearls of water.

Hearing a splash, Sasuke had his bow and arrow aimed at whatever was in the water in record time. He was about to let go of the arrow when he realized just who he had his aim on. Lowering the bow slowly, Sasuke's eyes trailed up and down what he could see of the body before him. Watching the droplets of water cling before rolling down smooth sun kissed skin. Realizing he was staring, Sasuke quickly stood up and did his best to hide his shock. "Naruto? What the hell are you doing way out here?"

Naruto let out a squeak, looking around quickly to see from where that strikingly familiar voice had come. He spun around a good three times before he finally spotted the wolf, and let out another squeaking sound, face visibly reddening. The fox sunk slightly into the water, until the concealing liquid was up to his shoulders.

"Sasuke?!" He inquired, then glared suspiciously. Perhaps his father had sent Sasuke to look for him?! "None of your business!"

"Dobe..." Sasuke said to himself, sighing in annoyance. "Do you know how far away you are from your land you idiot?" Sasuke walked over to a near by tree, leaning his bow and arrows against it. He wasn't going anywhere till he got answers out of the stupid fox. “Course I do," The blond answered snootily. It was a lie. He had no idea where in the seven hells he was. "And don't call me an idiot! I know exactly where I am and why I'm here."

Sasuke's ear twitched. "You know your a bad liar right?"

Naruto flinched. "Gnn...wh-whatever! How long are you gonna keep ogling me, anyway?! Turn around so I can get dressed!" The fox jumped slightly as an inquisitive fish nipped at his thighs.

Sasuke growled. "You don't tell me what to do dobe. Who said I was ogling you anyway, you have nothing I haven’t seen before." He wasn't staring, at least he kept telling himself that.

Naruto paused, and blinked. "Eh? Eh?! You mean y-you spy on people?! Aah, pervert! Perveeert!" Naruto all but shrieked, having a small hissy fit in the water. The previously curious fish scattered at his sudden movements.

Sasuke put his face into his palm in exasperation, before looking back at Naruto. "DOBE! I'm no pervert! And I DON'T spy on people! Whatever I'm not going to waste my time with you, stay lost out here dobe." Sasuke turned around and picked up his bow and arrows ready to go look for his cousins and head back to the palace.

Naruto blinked, watching his only key to getting out of this damn forest walking away. He scrambled out of the water and quickly shook himself to rid the excess water that clung stubbornly to his skin, before jerking on his clothes at an amazing speed.

"W-Wait!" Naruto said, voice coming across as a bit more desperate than he would have wanted. "Uh, I-I...can I come with you?"

Sasuke paused and looked over his shoulder at the now dressed boy. "Why would I want you to come with me? Besides you seem to know your way around." Sasuke turned back around and kept walking, smirking to himself. He just wanted the blonde fox to admit he was lost.

"You--!" Naruto started, his tail swooshing in annoyance, when he was cut off with a loud, demanding growl. The blond blinked, and chuckled weakly as he placed a hand over his very noisy and very empty stomach. "Uh...heh..."

Sasuke almost pulled his bow out when he heard the loud growl, and only realized seconds later it was Naruto's stomach. "Dobe...if you go to get lost you're suppose to bring food with you, or at least hunt."

"Uh...well," Naruto murmured, blushing faintly and allowing his gaze to float to a nearby fern. "I...I've never hunted before." His voice faltered in bashfulness on the word 'hunted'. He really should have thought ahead and at least brought some food. He was famished.

"Then learn how." Sasuke said it like it was the simplest thing in the world.

"B-But--!" Naruto protested, tagging along after the obviously irritated wolf. "I can't! I mean, I probably could because, y'know, I'm awesome, but I've never even seen anyone hunt before! Well, I tried once, but then those guys tied up my legs and almost threw me into the river...but, anyway..." The blond babbled, following after the wolf and either not noticing or ignoring the way the Uchiha's tail jerked stiffly from side to side.

Sasuke did his best to ignore the loud fox. Up ahead he saw his cousins sitting around where they set up camp. Shikamaru, Neji, and Kiba saw the fox with him and had a look of surprise, well to him what looked like surprise, to see that he was all the way out here. Kiba not knowing what a fox looked like was only surprised to see such golden hair and blue eyes on any living creature.

Kiba got up and walked over to Sasuke and Naruto. "Yo, Sasuke! Who is this beautiful woman with you?" Kiba's eyes traveled all over Naruto's body. He got a little closer to 'her', his tail wagging excitedly behind him.

Sasuke wasn't going to bother correcting Kiba's mistake. It would be nice if they were both humiliated. Sasuke smirked and went to cook some of the rabbits for the obviously hungry fox.

Naruto blinked, blushed faintly, and almost slapped Kiba. He stopped himself, though--that was far too feminine a move for his manly self.

"I'm not a girl, you stupid idiot!" He snapped, and stepped rather harshly on Kiba's foot.

Kiba's eyes went wide with pain. He started yelling and screaming as he hopped around on one foot, while holding his hurt foot. "God damn it! It's not my fault you look like a chick! You girly boy!" Kiba growled at Naruto showing off his fangs.

Neji tuned out all the noise, and Shikamaru just smirked before lying down to look at the clouds. Sasuke just shook his head watching the conflict between two idiots, and the cooking rabbits every now and then.

"Who're you calling girly, you thick-headed moron?!" Naruto yelled back. His ears twitched as he heard a mumbled 'pot calling the kettle black'. Flailing his arms hopelessly, the blond cried out, "Stupid wolf!" He immediately regretted it, clapping a hand over his mouth as four pairs of ears stiffened. He had failed to realize before that he was sorely outnumbered by the very creatures he had learned to be brainless brutes. They could rip him to shreds, or--

Oh my God, what if they r-rape me?! Naruto thought frantically. Nooo! I'm too young and smart and noble to be deflowered! Maaaamaaaa!

Shikamaru rolled over onto his back mumbling about troublesome idiots, and Neji went back to ignoring everything around him. Kiba on the other hand didn't like the comment. "Stupid wolf!? I'm not stupid you stupid...whatever you are!" Kiba was actually getting ready to hit Naruto when Sasuke interrupted. "Kiba you are stupid..and Naruto I wouldn't say things like that around here. You're not at home anymore if you remember. Now eat this before it gets cold." He said pointing at the nicely cooked rabbit.

The blond giggled at Kiba's aghast expression, then all but pounced at the food. It hardly touched his tongue as he devoured the roasted meat, and if he had paused to think, he would have realized that he was eating alongside the very thing he had been running from in the first place.

"Aaah! I thought my stomach was gonna stay stuck to my spine forever!" The blond sighed contentedly as he rubbed his full belly. He grew quiet, then smiled shyly at Sasuke. "Thank you."

Sasuke was at first mortified at how the blonde ate when hungry. Realizing he was being spoken to Sasuke just snorted and looked away from Naruto. "Hn. You're father might kill me if I let you die out here."

Kiba looked confusedly between Sasuke and Naruto. How did this...gold thing..know Sasuke? Shikamaru noticed Kiba's confusion about the whole thing. Though it would be a pain to tell him, he was also giving Shikamaru a headache with his constant questions. "Naruto is Sasuke's fiancée, Kiba. And Naruto is a fox, not a thing." He then rolled back over hoping that it would be nice and quiet.

Kiba jumped up in surprise and pointed at Naruto. "OH MY GOD! You are not serious! YOU'RE marring Sasuke!?" Kiba then burst into laughter at the whole thing.

Naruto blushed, and silently fumed, staring down at his hands. Neji cut off Kiba's bellowing laughter in an annoyed tone. "Cut it out, Kiba. We need to head back, and we can't do that if you bust a gut."

Sasuke silently thanked Neji, he would deal with Kiba later. "Neji's right. Let's get thing packed up and move out of here."

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They were close to the village now and on the whole walk there he kept wondering how the village would react to a fox being there. All the people in the village, save a collect few who go out traveling with the King's permission, have never seen someone with hair the color of the sun and eyes that rivaled the sky. And I did not just compare Naruto to the sun and the sky... He felt a headache coming on.

Why exactly am I following these guys again?

Because, Naruto's conscience spoke up, you have no idea where you are and because if you went home after such a short time, you'd be admitting that you can't last five minutes without your mommy.

That's not true! Naruto thought back angrily, I can so live without 'kaa-san!

Then why were you crying for your 'mama' earlier, hm?

...Shut up, you. Naruto pouted as the entrance to the Wolf Village came into view.

Once they entered the village thousands of dark eyes all turned to look at the fox behind Sasuke. He knew people would stare at Naruto. What he didn't expect was some of them to start calling out to the small fox, asking what 'she' was, if 'she' was free, if 'she' wanted to go have a good time. Some even called out how nice Naruto's legs and body was.

"...Is everybody in this village a pervert?!" Naruto hissed at Sasuke, unthinkingly clutching at the Uchiha's sleeve in discomfort. "And why does everybody think I'm a girl?!"

Sasuke didn't say anything and kept walking, unconsciously pulling his arm forward to bring the fox clutching it closer to him. He glared at the villagers as they walked by. Their loud voices were making his headache worse was all.

Kiba on the other hand was happy to answer Naruto. "Dude, have you ever looked in a mirror? You have a girls face and the body to match! I mean...Look at your legs!" He gestured to Naruto's legs with both hands. "Those are not the legs of a man. I am ashamed to say that they are very hot legs. Now your ass that’s a very h-" Neji did not want to hear whatever it was Kiba was going to say, so he hit him in the back of the head to shut him up. He didn't want any bad mental images and Kiba wasn't helping.

"Eeh?! Why are you looking at my legs, anyway?!" Naruto shrieked. "And what about my ass?!" The blonde's tail curled into a giant fluffball self-conscienceless, hiding his backside. "First the peeping one, and now the openly perverted one--oof!" Naruto grunted as he walked straight into Sasuke's back, unaware of the wolf's sudden stop.

Sasuke was growling quietly in the back of his throat. "Kiba, shut up. Besides were here." He then started walking into the gates of the palace, tail twitching in annoyance behind him.

Naruto plodded after Sasuke, openly admiring the enormous palace, seemingly equal in size and valor to his own. The sudden explosion of a voice from nearby caused Naruto to nearly jump out of his skin and look around in panic.

"Uzumaki-kun!" Taisuke's ever-loud voice assaulted the fox's ears. "You've come to pay us a visit! I must say, we are honored to have you in our humble home!" This was followed by loud, almost-taunting laughter.

Sasuke groaned. I was hoping he wouldn’t find us... Sasuke stood there just watching his father humiliate Naruto, and also watched his cousins move away quickly from his father to their own rooms.

"Hn?" Taisuke grunted, taking in the blonde's disheveled appearance--his clothes were dirty and ripped in some places, and his hair in a state of unkemptness. The blond looked faintly flushed from his long journey, but, being the observant, smart wolf he was, he interpreted something else.

"Sasuke! You have...already?!" The Wolf King asked incredulously, then beamed toothily. "I always knew you were impatient, son, but you could have at least waited until your wedding night!"

Sasuke could only stare at his father. .....what? He blinked a few times before actually stating his thoughts. "What?"

Naruto cocked his head, brows furrowing. What on earth was Taisuke talking about?

"No need to be meek, Sasuke!" Taisuke jeered. "Though, what were your cousins doing during this, eh, Sasuke? Unless...by gods, Sasuke, you didn't let them watch did you?!"

"Eh? Watch what?" Naruto piped up, utterly confused.

Oh. My. God. Sasuke was tempted to just grab his own hair and pull as much out as he could. "F-father...NOTHING happened between Naruto and me, and if anything did I wouldn't let people watch...." Sasuke let his sentence trail off realizing what he just said.

Naruto was still completely lost. What were these crazy wolves talking about?!

"Eh? Sasuke, what are you two talking about? What happened?" The blond glanced back and forth between the grinning Wolf King and the younger, flustered wolf.

"Nothing." Sasuke then reached out and grabbed Naruto by his upper arm and dragged him away. He did not want to be around his father while he was happily saying sick things about Naruto and him.

Naruto stumbled after Sasuke, frowning. "Why won't you tell me, huh? That's not fair!" He pouted up at the taller boy. "And where are you taking me?!"

Sasuke frowned ignoring the first question. "You smell. I'm taking you to get a proper bath, Dobe." Sasuke walk a little faster in the direction of the onsen.

"Wha--! I do not smell! If anyone smells, it's you!" The blond accused offended.

Sasuke sniffed the air lightly so Naruto couldn't hear him. His ear twitched, ok so he did smell. Stopping in front of a door, Sasuke slid it open and pushed Naruto inside following in after him.

"What the--woooooow!" The blond exclaimed in awe as he surveyed the large, intricate pool of steamy water. The water was cloudy with herbs and could have easily matched the lake he had bathed in earlier in size. "It's huge!" Like a child in a candy store, the blond ran around to the side of the pool and squatted down, dipping his finger in. He let out a cry of delight at the prickly warm feeling of the liquid.

Sasuke shook his head at Naruto's childish antics before reaching up to undo his shirt. "Stop looking at it, and just get in." He folded up the shirt nicely and set it down, beginning to remove the tight black shirt he wore underneath.

Naruto blinked, looking up at Sasuke, then blushed. "Wh-what are you doing?!"

Sasuke looked at Naruto after taking off the black shirt. "Undressing. What does it look like?"

"Bu-but why?!" Naruto cried, his blush intensifying. He gulped slightly as his gaze lowered to briefly take in Sasuke's physique. The Uchiha was muscled, but only slightly so. More than Naruto, but not enough to be considered 'buff'. Well, it's better that way. Lithe is way sexier that some musclebox bulging out of their ski--heeey, wait, DON'T THINK THOSE THOUGHTS, NARUTO! His face is UP THERE, dammit! LOOK UP.

"This is why you're a dobe." He set his shirt down then looked back at Naruto. "We're taking a bath together. We both could use one." It sounded perfectly natural to Sasuke. They were both boys, according to what he had seen so far, so there was nothing wrong with it.

"I'm not a dobe, bastard! And how do I know you won't try to molest me or something?!" The blond glared suspiciously at Sasuke. "Because it seems like EVERYBODY in this village is a pervert."

"If I wanted to molest you, I would have a long time ago. While we are on the subject, I doubt anyone would want to molest you. Once they find out your male anyway." Sasuke said as he toed off his boots.

Naruto glared. "Jerk." Then, huffily, he began to undress. What a jerk. Stupid jerk. He should consider himself blessed that he gets to be in my unclothed presence!

Yeah right, Piped up the previously silent conscience. Naruto told it to shut up.

There was awkward silence as Sasuke took off his pants and headed into the steaming water.

Naruto left his clothes in a pile as he too walked in the water, being careful not to show 'anything' to Sasuke. He let out a startled gasp at how incredible the hot, herbal water felt against his skin.

Sasuke actually found himself sneaking peeks at Naruto every now and then as he soaked in the water. Not enjoying that he couldn't stop looking at Naruto, he reached for a sponge and soap to take his mind off Naruto by cleaning himself.

The blond could barely restrain the urge to swim laps in the massive pool. Instead, he lathered up a washcloth and began roughly scrubbing the dirt and grime from his body. He faced a problem, though.

...How would he do his back?

Sasuke noticed the blonde’s problem and had a quick debate with himself on should he help him or not. Before the debate could finish though, his sponge was already scrubbing the little fox's back.

Naruto squeaked, jumping slightly from the contact. "Uwah! Wh-what are you doing--?" The fox blushed, having never been in such close proximity with another creature unclothed in his life.

"Washing your back, Dobe. You obviously can't do it yourself, with your short arms." Sasuke winced on the inside. Why couldn't he stop picking on the little fox?

"I-I'm not...!" He started to say, 'I'm not short' but it wasn't true. The blond was short, and he knew it. Instead, he trailed off into a huff, slouching under Sasuke's ministrations as he scrubbed the fox's back clean. He couldn't get the fresh, pink flush to leave his face, though.

Sasuke smirked, his hand going a little lower to clean just above the blonde’s tail.

Naruto's blush deepened, and he started to say something, but Sasuke's wandering fingers brushed against the base of his tail. Only one person knew about how extremely sensitive Naruto was at the base of his tail, and even that person never spoke of it. Before he could stop himself, a moan bubbled out of his throat and his tail stiffened considerably. Sasuke froze when he heard the arousing moan come from Naruto. There was a few seconds pause and he felt something wet and warm trickle down his nose. Not bothering to see what it was Sasuke fingers pressed purposely around the base of Naruto's tail. He wanted to hear that wonderful noise again.

Once again, Naruto couldn't stop the moan that poured, dribbling, from his mouth like honey with added sugar. "S-stop that...!" He tried to sound demanding and angry, but his tone of voice came out breathy and unsteady. Sasuke was about to do it again his hand traveling lower below the tail, but before it got there he stopped and realized what he was doing. Quickly Sasuke pushed Naruto away, making him tumble in the water, and turn around to get rid of the blood pouring from his nose.

"Kya--!" Naruto cried, his head plunging underwater, the rest of his cry becoming sloshed by mouthfuls of bitter, hot water. He sat up and trailed off into a violent coughing fit, his eyes watering from the sting of herbs. "Y-you--cough--jerk! What did you do that for?! ...And why is the water turning red?"

By the time the fox was above water Sasuke had already turned around and had no trace of blood on his face. "I had to get the soap off your back somehow." He kept his face straight ignoring the last question.

Naruto blinked slowly. "...Oh. 'Kay then." The blond quieted, tapping his finger against his lower lip in thought. Then, shyly, he peered up at the stoic Uchiha, and uttered softly, "D'you...want me to wash your back...too?"

Sasuke tensed and stared at Naruto before nodding slowly, turning to show his back to the other. Naruto crawled closer, sitting on his knees and lathering a gracious amount of soap onto the sponge. The sudsy object was but and inch from the Uchiha's skin, when the door burst open and Taisuke's booming voice bounced off the walls and startled Naruto into dropping the sponge.

"If I had known you were to bath, son, I'd have joined you!"

Sasuke was so focused on what Naruto was doing that he actually jumped a little when his father barged in unexpectedly. Sasuke glared at his father and growled quietly under his breath. That's why I didn't ask you... "Sorry, Father. I wasn't sure if you had work to be done or not." He said with a low voice.

Taisuke splashed into the water, sitting dangerously close to the young fox. "Oi, Uzumaki-kun, how about I wash your back for you?" He arched a brow deviously, showing off his large canines. Naruto paled considerably. "Ur..."

Sasuke wasn't sure what came over him, but next thing he knew his fist was in his father's face. Quickly wasting no time Sasuke grabbed Naruto's arm hoisting him out of the water and toward the door. "We need to show you where you will be staying, Dobe." Before going out the door he grabbed the robes by the door and draped one on Naruto and then himself.

Struggling to keep the flabbing robe on as the blond was once again dragged by Sasuke; he managed to stare incredulously at him. "You...you just...that..." He broke into an enormous grin. "That was awesome! You totally broke something, Sasuke!"

"Quiet, Dobe." Sasuke growled. Opening a door he shoved Naruto inside and closed it behind himself, leaving them in a pitch-black room.

"Sasuke...?" The blond asked quietly, squinting in the dark. He could still see the wolf, but not very well.

Sasuke didn't bother answering Naruto. Instead he walked over to his closet looking around for some of his clothes when he was smaller.

Naruto pouted then shook his head, flinging water droplet everywhere. "Sasuke, what will I wear? I only had that one outfit, and it's all ripped up..."

Finding an old shirt and pants Sasuke handed them to Naruto. "Wear these." He then walked over to a lamp putting little light in the room and looked back at Naruto, waiting for him to dress.

Naruto blinked, holding up the articles of clothing at an odd angle. He turned away from Sasuke and blushed, lowering his robe and letting his tail curl around his bare backside. After a few more moments of inspecting the fabric in his hands, he said softly, "...how do you put this on?"

Walking up behind the blond he reached out grabbing the shirt. Quickly he turned Naruto around so he wouldn't have time to protest, and began slipping the shirt over his head making sure his arms went through the sleeves. While his hands were leaving the back of the shirt his fingers 'accidentally' brushed the base of Naruto's tail.

"A-ah...!" Naruto gasped, a visible shiver traveling down his body. "Don't *do* that!" The blond hissed weakly, his face flushing.

Sasuke smirked. "Why are you so sensitive here, Dobe?" Following his question, his hand brushed the spot again.

"O-oh...I-I don't know, i-it's, it's just..." His muscles turned into something akin to warm mush and the blond was forced to lean back, his breath becoming labored in the beginnings of a pant. "J-Just...sensitive."

"Really...." It came out slow and quiet. His fingers enjoying the soft peach fuzz and skin around the base of Naruto's tail. His free hand came up to hold Naruto around his waist so he wouldn't fall backwards when he leaned back.

"Stop...st-aah-op...!" Naruto panted, forcing his gooey muscles into a somewhat solid state, pushing weakly away from the entertained Uchiha. "Aahn..."

Sasuke's grip tightened and his hand moved to massage the skin under the base of Naruto's tail. "But you look like you're enjoying it."

"Per...vert...!" Naruto accused languidly, his toes curling against the floor. He squirmed feebly, still trying to escape Sasuke's naughty hand. "Let go-oooh..."

Sasuke's smirk widened. He pressed Naruto against a wall, one hand staying around the base of Naruto's tail and the other trailing around front to the sign of Naruto's obvious pleasure. Naruto's interesting noises increased considerably in volume, his coherency lost in the sudden jolt of pleasure. His hands clawed frantically at the wall, not knowing whether to lean forward or backwards against the two torturing hands.

Sasuke's eyes never left Naruto's face. He didn't understand why he was enjoying doing these things to Naruto. He should be disgusted, he should be...something other than excited. He felt the a pleasurable heat travel to the join between his legs as he watched Naruto. Naruto's moaning grew more frantic, each sound rising in pitch slightly. His face contorted in ecstasy as he let out a final, keening moan, the dual sensations overwhelming him and pushing him to release.


Sasuke raised his hand to look at the white substance on his hand before turning to smirk at Naruto.

Naruto blinked rapidly, trying to erase the dots from his vision as he gasped for air. "Perverted...bastard," was all the blond cold say while the remains of his brain sloshed around in a soupy state inside his skull.

"Hn. Your fault." Sasuke pushed away from Naruto and headed for the closet to get his own clothes.

"My fault?!" The blond cried, regaining a bit of composure. "How is it my fault?!"

Sasuke picked up a tissue and cleaned off his hand. "You tempted me with your moaning. Next time don't do that and this wont happen."

Naruto blushed incredibly. "T-tempted...I didn't tempt you! I-If you hadn't touched," if possible, the blond became an even darker red, "me like that and stopped like I said, then I wouldn't have m-made those n...noises!" How humiliating!

"I guess I couldn't stop myself then." Throwing the tissue away Sasuke reached into the closet pulling out a pair of pants. Taking off his robe he slipped the pants on before turning to look at Naruto. "You should clean yourself off if you want to get dressed."

Naruto's lower lip quivered threateningly. Sasuke had just...taken away his innocence, and he was acting like it was nothing?! How could anyone be so mean, even if it was just--Naruto blushed again--touching. Before he knew it, his vision was blurring and a whimper rose out of his throat. "I...I...I hate you!" He cried, and burst into loud sobs.

Sasuke turned around quickly his eyes widening. He isn’t... The tears running down Naruto's face told him enough. He made Naruto cry. Feeling a stab in his chest from being the cause of this, Sasuke walked over to Naruto and did the unthinkable. He wrapped his arms around the fox’s small waist and brought him to his chest in a warm embrace. "...I...um..." He wanted to say it but he didn't know if he could. "S...I'm..sorry...."

Naruto halted in his crying, blinked his watery blue eyes and sniffled. He stayed silent, listening to Sasuke's nervous heartbeat. He hiccuped, before letting out a small-sounding, "...okay."

Sasuke frowned and the small fox in his arms before reaching over to grab a tissue from the table next to them, and cleaned the blond off himself. He then maneuvered them over to his bed where he forced Naruto to sit, and grabbed the pants he gave the blond to wear slipping them over Naruto's legs for him.

The door opened to reveal Sasuke's female cousin, Hinata. "Sasuke-kun, Taisuke-san sent me to..." She blinked and blushed at the position and state that Sasuke and Naruto were in. "Uh, d-dinner is, um r-r-ready..." She stuttered and shut the door, the sounds of her running feet audible even in Sasuke's room.

Sasuke stood up after zipping Naruto pants. Looking at the door he raised an eyebrow. Wonder what was wrong with her... "Here, dry your hair." He walked over to a sitting chair and picked a towel off of it and threw it to Naruto, and smirk when it hit the fox right in the face. Sasuke turned back to the closet and continued getting dressed.

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"That was quiet a punch, Sasuke!" Taisuke laughed, indicating to the large patch on his cheek. "Why, the last person to hit me that hard was your mother!"

Naruto was uncharacteristically silent as he ate, glancing occasionally at Sasuke--or more like Sasuke's hands. Everytime he saw those pale hands, he was hit with a strong memory of what those hands have just done to him. Then would make the blond blush and he'd stare at his plate again, until he eventually caught sight of Sasuke's hands again.

Sasuke mother, Akari, was sitting across from him; she shook her head at her husband. "And you deserved every punch I ever hit you with. Sasuke don't follow in your father's foot steps and become some...pervert." She glared at Taisuke but you could see the love in her eyes.

Sasuke ignored his mother and father and continued eating unaware of Naruto's glances.

Naruto mentally scoffed. Too late for that, he already IS pervert. He frowned, looking up at the Uchiha in question. Once again he caught sight of those devious hands and he felt his face go warm.

Kiba was sitting next no Naruto ginning the whole time. "What's the blush for Naruto-CHAN? Have any fun in the bathtub?" Kiba started snickering.

Naruto almost choked on the food in his mouth. "Wh-wha--?! Fun?!" The blond shrieked. "What's your problem!?" He smacked the snide wolf in the back of his head angrily.

Kiba's face landed in his food. He lay there for a minute as if just taking in what was going on. Slowly he sat up growling as he glared at Naruto. "That's it fox boy..." He picked up whatever he could of his food in one hand and threw it in Naruto's face.

Sasuke watched slightly amused as Kiba's face took a dive into his food, but when he threw some into Naruto's face Sasuke took it as a personal insult. Picking up some meat he threw it as hard he could into Kiba's face. Naruto let out a startled noise, and roughly wiped the food from his face. There was so much force behind it that it splattered from his fingers to smack Neji in the side of his face. Neji calmly put his fork down and reached up to wipe the food off his face. Looking up he saw Shikamaru smirking at nothing in peticular. Getting a hand full of mashed potatoes; Neji lunged it at Shika's face. Shikamaru was startled but didn't want to trouble himself with throwing anything back, so he just wiped it off his face and glared lazily at Neji. Deciding that he would do something just this once he threw some food in Kiba's general direction. Kiba felt the food hit the back of his head he turned around glaring at Neji throwing some food at him.

Naruto grinned. He couldn't help it. He shoveled two handfuls into his palms and smuched one in Kiba's face, and one in Sasuke's. Just for fun.

"Boys, boys! Calm down! Is this anyway to behave at a formal dinn-eep!" He ducked as peas flew over his head, barely missing a collision.

Sasuke was shocked, but then he smirked. Grabbing some of his mashed potatoes and smeared it all over Naruto's face. Kiba had just thrown something at Tenten when Naruto's hand went in his face. Turning around to get his revenge he saw Sasuke already doing it for him, then some food splattered off the back of his head he went back to attacking Tenten and Neji.

Akari watched the food fight amused until a piece of bread came dangerously close to landing on her new dress. She quickly got up and exited the dinner room.

Something hit Naruto so hard in the face it sent him tumbling backwards. He laughed as he hit the floor, and rolled onto his side, giggles frothing from his mouth. Sasuke looked down at the giggling fox and felt himself smile. He quickly wiped it away and reached down to help Naruto back up.

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The food fight had resulted in having to take another bath, but this time everyone had bathed together. Naruto found himself liking these wolves; they were quick to jump to conclusions, but they all had a wonderful sense of humor. Except Kiba and Sasuke--the first had a perverted sense of humor, and the second's sense of humor was nonexistent. And yet...there was something about Sasuke...he pissed Naruto off severely sometimes, but he felt so...secure around the Uchiha. Like he had absolutely nothing to worry about (except for getting molested). It was almost...serene.

Don't think like that, Naruto told himself. You might...fall in love with him or something icky like that. He rolled over in the large, uncomfortably empty bed. He was used to sleeping with his cousins at home, and the sudden change made the bed he was lying on seem too big, too empty, and far too cold.

Sasuke laid in his bed staring up at the ceiling. Things were so much different with Naruto around. Kiba never acted like a fool at the dinner table, his father never loosens up like that so many times in one day, Neji never smiled before...HE never smiled before. It was just something about Naruto that made everything...better. Sasuke had a passing thought that he was glad he was to marry Naruto and not anyone else. Banishing that thought Sasuke glared at the ceiling. Don't think about Naruto. Don't think about Naruto... Suddenly an image of Naruto walking in his room with nothing but an oversized shirt came to his mind. The Naruto in his mind blushed nervously and asked to sleep in his bed. Sasuke smirked at the image in his head. Hn..That would never happen. Just stop thinking about him already.

There was a soft tapping at Sasuke's door. "Uh...Sasuke? Are you awake?" A voice--Naruto's voice-- filtered through the door quietly so as not to wake the slumbering occupants nearby.

Sasuke blinked thinking he was hearing things. He heard the soft knocking again before getting up to open the door finding Naruto there. "What is it?" He asked quietly.

Wearing nothing but an oversized shirt that revealed a gracious amount of his collar to Sasuke, the blond blushed faintly in the dark room and asked softly, "Um...can I...can I sleep with you?"

Sasuke stared, and stared some more. He wondered shortly if he was dreaming. "Okay..." He stepped aside to let Naruto enter his room.

Naruto stepped into the room, staring at his toes nervously. He plucked at the edge of the shirt and tried not to look at Sasuke, who was only wearing a pair of pajama pants. Sasuke eyes glanced down to Naruto's legs as he walked by before quickly turning around and closing his door. He turned back around to find Naruto standing there. "What are you waiting for? Get in bed." He felt his cheeks warm up a little at his own words.

Naruto don't respond as he felt his cheeks mimic Sasuke's. He shuffled over to the bed and crawled in. Immediately a sense of tranquility washed over him as he was surrounded by warmth. He nuzzled his cheek into the pillow and was immediately aware of Sasuke's smell. He decided that it was rather nice. Sasuke watched Naruto curl up on his bed and the smile the crossed the fox's face made Sasuke feel strange. He walked over to the bed and slid in next to Naruto.

The blond sighed, fatigue jerking the insomnia right from under his nose. Unconsciously, he snuggled closer to Sasuke, his fluffy tail brushing against the Uchiha's leg. Sasuke felt something brush his leg, he turned his head to see what Naruto was doing only to come face to face with a content smile. Sasuke stared at Naruto sleeping face, a hand reaching up to trace the fox's jaw line before he to felt sleep over come him and drifted off.


End Part One