A Dog's Life

Welcome to chapter 5 of ‘A Dog’s life’ I know a lot of things have been happening with this story … so I appreciate you waiting as I get this out to you since the plot is slightly complicated but I hope you still like it *nods* I want to thank all the people who have commented so far on the story I appreciate all the support for this new story and so there is no confusion it will be eventual SasuNaru but I am planning to cause a lot of mischief before then *smirks* Cause Kakashi’s sudden appearance to Sasuke means the end of the raven‘s torture… its only gets worse before it gets good *winks* so I hope you enjoy it.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto that honor is held by Masashi Kishimoto I am just a fan writer doing this for fun.


Chapter Five-A Dog’s Life by KitsuneFun

Sasuke thanked every god that was listening that Naruto had not spotted the raven as he managed to reopen the door from the inside of the blond‘s apartment just as the other was leaving. Naruto probably didn’t realize in his anger that he had failed to check that both the bottom and top locks were closed securely when he had left, probably in too much a hurry to care that leaving the top lock open gave the raven the opening he needed to maneuver his body up so when he twisted the knob with his paws he managed to eventually unlock the door from the inside out.

The Uchiha was upset that he had been left behind by Naruto, especially when Sasuke had a premonition that something was going to happen to the blond, this sudden urgency in his blood came out of nowhere but the raven knew better than to ignore the feeling since it had never steered him wrong before. He whined in annoyance noticing Naruto was no where in site, ’if only the blond had taken him in the first place…’ Sasuke thought since he worried that he would not be able to arrive in time when he needed to save the other. Moving off in the direction he remembered Naruto’s store was at, he took off running.

Kakashi if he had been present to see Sasuke’s actions would no doubt find it extremely funny that the raven had not only fallen for someone at last, but out of all the possible partners he could have chosen, the raven found himself falling hard for an idiotic yet passionate blond human. It was rather humiliating especially since Sasuke couldn’t manage to control the one he‘d decided on as his mate, especially when said mate constantly fought him for dominance, ‘Yes’ the raven thought, remembering the reason he was in this predicament in the first place was due to Itachi‘s trap, for the umpteenth time that day, ‘my life definitely sucks‘.

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Sakura eyed the card she had received from Jiraya before looking up at the sign that said, “Sunshine Books and Eatery”, she smiled looking at the well constructed and expensive looking building in awe, ‘this is the place’ she thought licking her lips to moisten them in her nervousness. She had noticed a male that she assumed was Naruto opening the door to two rather strangely dressed gentlemen and thought he was rather plain looking with his brown hair and eyes even his skin tone was rather normal. Sakura shrugged thinking, ‘Doesn’t matter’, she decided, ‘if he owns his own shop he’s rich‘, which was all that mattered to the pink haired girl, ’Besides…if he’s anything like his grandfather’ remembering how the other had practically been eating out of her hands at the pound… she suppressed a shiver of revulsion remembering the older man, “Then she defiantly had a relationship with the grandson in the bag.”

She opened the door, walked in and looked upon the store in surprise at how great the store looked, ‘It’s so homey looking,’ she thought, with all the wooden paneling and dark rich colors. Naruto had even placed comfortable couches throughout the store so that people could read in their favorite subject sections before deciding on their purchase. The store was also small enough and situated in a way that allowed her to smell items coming from strait from the oven. Her mouth watered and she wondered if she could talk the grandson into having lunch with her here.

Taking out her compact, Sakura looked over her expertly applied makeup and hair to make sure that everything was as she had placed it earlier. The pink haired girl pursed her lips and kissed the air, “Go get im’ Minx,” she chuckled at the nickname she had earned in college due to her flirtatious nature. Sakura decided that she would prove yet again, why she was called a Minx when she snagged not only a first a date from Naruto, but also eventually a marriage proposal from the brunette.

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Dark eyes glared at the offending pink haired witch that Sasuke remembered from the pound, ‘What the hell is she doing here…’ Sasuke thought annoyed, then remembered that Naruto’s grandfather had handed that evil slut a card and had practically offered his grandson to her on a silver platter before he had left. The raven couldn’t contain the growl of anger that emitted from his throat, ‘She better not think of messing with his relationship or he would definitely kill the bitch,’ at this point Sasuke didn’t even care when he had started calling the blond his mate, all he cared about was making sure no one touched what he claimed as his. He quickly ran from his hiding place at the side of the building across the street and slipped in the doorway just as it was closing after the pink haired girl.

He was silently stalking after the other girl as she headed towards the back where Sasuke knew the Bakery was located not realizing when he was followed by a familiar presence until the person chuckled gaining the raven’s attention away from Sakura. The raven turned to look behind him in shock when he say Kakashi’s leering face as it leaned over to look at him mockingly, “Well Hello there Doggie-Chan” he chuckled louder when he saw Sasuke start to glare at him, “Ah I’m sorry Sasu-chan…” he grinned, “Would you have preferred, “He-Bitch…”

Sasuke’s wished it was possible to glare his older cousin to death since of all the people he wished not to meet while in this form, Kakashi was at the top of the list, since the other man would never let him live it down. “Fuck you,“ He barked angrily at the older man not realizing till after he did so the other couldn’t understand him

“Ma ma… Sasu-chan…“ Kakashi leaned against a bookcase, “Is that anyway to treat your dear loving cousin”.

‘Loving my ass’, Sasuke thought snorting in annoyance.

Kakashi sighed, “You know this isn’t as fun if I don’t understand what your saying… let me try something”, the older man pressed his hands together and chanted till a steady red glow emanated from his hands and spread out enveloping Sasuke in a slight glow before dissipating, “That should do it.” Kakashi nodded happy with the result of his magic.

Sasuke eyed him like the idiot he sometimes was, “And just how is turning me into a temporary night light helping…” he froze thinking, ‘That Bastard.’ Kakashi chuckled at the completely pissed look on the boy-dog‘s face.

“See no problems now…” Kakashi laughed avoiding his cousin who jumped to bite him.

“Turn me back now you idiot… I don’t want to just talk like a human,” ‘This was the icing to an already fucked up day‘, Sasuke thought deciding that the first thing he did when he got turned back into his regular form was to get the older man back, “You do realize I will get you back for this?”

Kakashi smirked, “I look forward to it… now,” he looked around, “Where did my mate run off too…”

Sasuke paled at the words, “Obito‘s here too…”

Kakashi nodded, “Yep… Naru-chan said he would help my love bunny find some new clothes since he didn’t like the outfit I got him,” he pouted, “And I tried so hard to find something so cute for him.

Sasuke snorted knowing where Kakashi tastes lie, “I am sure you did and Obito was probably ecstatic too.” he rolled his eyes.

The older man faked a sniffle purposely misunderstanding Sasuke‘s sarcasm, “No he thought I was a stupid and an evil pervert bent on the destruction of his maleness,” he sighed dramatically, “I guess that means no cuddling till later“

Sasuke shook his head at the older man‘s obliviousness, “You don’t think?” It seemed to be a common thing between the two men, Kakashi would try too hard and Obito wouldn’t take any of his shit… a worse pairing the raven had never seen until he remembered the situation between himself and Naruto, the realization that their relationship was almost as bad for entirely different reasons depressed the Uchiha.

Kakashi despite the unusual circumstances was happy that his hunch about investigating the unusual black spot of magic in downtown San Jose brought him in contact with Sasuke, but never in his wildest dreams would he have thought his youngest cousin would have been turned into a dog of all things but in some way this explained why he couldn’t locate the raven magical signature earlier, it had been blocked by the magic spell that had trapped him in this form.

“God dammit…. Sasuke! How the hell did you get here?” both Kakashi and the raven turned for different reasons to eye an enraged Naruto as he came running to investigate the source of the loud barking.

Kakashi eyed the blond oddly, “You know him?” he asked Sasuke who tried to refrain from yelling back at his mate since the other wouldn’t be able to grasp why his dog was suddenly talking. Despite his happiness at seeing his mate unharmed he still had a nagging suspicious that their was something wrong he couldn’t place and it had nothing to do with the blond glaring at him, ‘though,’ he thought, ‘He looks awfully cute when he is put out.’

Naruto had been busy glaring at Sasuke but turned to his customer at the question, “Yes the Bastard is my dog…” If Sasuke had hands he would have smacked his forehead at the blonds’ lack of finesse, he turned to look at Kakashi hoping he wouldn’t comment on the fact that Naruto was his owner.

The older man’s one visible eye under the spiky white hair had widened comically before narrowing in obvious enjoyment at Sasuke’s expense, “He is… well isn’t this interesting?” a snicker was heard coming from behind Kakashi’s scarf since he was enjoying his younger cousin’s new predicament immensely.

“Kakashi what’ going on…“ Sasuke looked at the brunette approaching them from behind Naruto it was Obito, Kakashi’ partner in crime and Sasuke‘s other older cousin, who wasn’t as discrete as the white haired man had been because he yelled in shock once when he recognized his smaller cousin, “AH SASUKE!” he yelled pointing at finger at the raven, “Your a dog.”

It seemed Kakashi decided to be nice for once and appeared quickly behind Obito, covered his mouth while pulling him back almost forcefully from Naruto and Sasuke presence, “Ah yes Honey Hole it is a dog… and a nice one too,” the white haired man nodded, “If you will excuse me Naruto-kun I need to speak to my Spank Monkey a moment.” Obito turned to glare at Kakashi from behind the taller man’s hand wondering what he was up to as the taller man pulled him in the direction of the bathroom.

Naruto shook his head in confusion at the odd actions of the pair as they headed off to the store’s bathroom together. He remembered the odd conversation he had with them earlier in the Bakery over why Kakashi and Obito had been so confused over Naruto’s appearance. Though Naruto still didn’t understand how he could have been mistaken for this Arashi they kept talking about, since according to the picture Obito showed him of the older man, he did not look anywhere near as good-looking as this Arashi and he definitely did not have the older man’s blond hair and blue eyes.

Naruto had been quite content with the fact that he would never been considered good looking due to his rather plain coloring and looks but where he lacked in appearance his friends and family said he made up for in attitude since he was always considered by others to be a great person. It was a surprise to him when Gaara had first asked him on a date since he had never met a more attractive person that had liked him despite his looks.

Turning away from his thoughts he eyed Sasuke wondering briefly how Obito had known his dog’s name, he shrugged it off thinking it was just another of the two men’s quirks. He noticed Sasuke sitting primly next to him and his eye twitched, ’Great,’ he thought what am I going to do with you?’ He didn’t know how the dog had managed to get out but the problem was keeping him out of the way of others in the store. For the moment it looked like Sasuke was behaving himself, he smiled before leaning down to scratch at the dog’s ear, “Man I wonder how I can never stay mad at you.”

Sasuke as always was floored by the smile and he felt his tail start to wag again happily from receiving more of the affection he craved from his chosen mate, he couldn’t wait till their were both sleeping so he could enter the blond’s dreams again.

“Excuse me but are you Uzumaki-san?” Naruto turned to look at the voice to see a cute pink haired girl was smiling cutely up at him trying to gain his .

The blond turned to glare at Sasuke briefly when the raven started to growl at the girl, “Stop it Sasuke,” he whispered to the dog who only rolled his eyes at him since Sasuke was more than ready to jump the girl for getting too close to his mate. “Sorry about that…” He addressed the girl who continued to smile as though nothing had happened “I am Naruto Uzumaki, how can I help you?” he smiled putting a hand behind his head to scratch at the hair there nervously.

The girl blushed before winking at him, “Your grandfather was right… you are cute.”

Naruto’s stared at her oddly, “You spoke to Jiraya?”

The pink haired girl nodded, “He rescued the dog next to you from out Dog Sanctuary… my name‘s Sakura by the way” she held out her hand.

The blond smiled shaking her hand briefly though he thought the girl his hand a little too long for his comfort, he suddenly realized that since Sasuke had entered his life a lot of unusual things had happened that he couldn’t explain that centered around the dog,, ‘Frankly it was starting to confuse him’.

He had talked with Shikamaru in the back over this as they unpacked the new shipment of books that month. For once, his employee seemed to stay awake long enough to question him about the new addition to his home and in fact had gotten the blond to agree to keeping him a bit longer since it would help take the pressure off of Jiraya thinking his grandson needed to find himself a girlfriend. Shikamaru’s reasoning was that if Tsundae and Jiraya, both whom had chosen to raise him when his parents died, saw him getting along with the dog and not appearing so lonely to them might back off enough for the blond to finally confess he actually had a boyfriend.

Naruto couldn’t fault the others reasoning since he could see the benefits of having both grandparents off his back for the moment, maybe even long enough for him to invite Gaara to spend the night, it would definitely make his boyfriend happy that he was at least trying to deepen the relationship.. Since the redhead hated having to leave Naruto instead of spending the night and hinted many times at moving in with the blond, only to be rebuked when Naruto said he wasn’t ready yet for that type of commitment.

Looking at the pink haired girl, Sakura, trying so hard to gain his interest after being talked about by Jiraya, Naruto suddenly realized that maybe the redhead was right and that it was doing more harm than good keeping the relationship quiet.

He interrupted Sakura with a smile, just as she started to get around to the topic of asking him out, to the pink haired girl‘s annoyance, “I’m sorry that you had to go through all this trouble in finding me Sakura-san but I really am not interested in a relationship right now since I…” he blushed, rubbing the at the tip of his nose in embarrassment, “I already have a boyfriend…” Sasuke rolled his eyes at the confession, he’d be damned if this Gaara took Naruto away from him once he’s found him but at least the pink haired slut was getting some of her just deserts.

Sakura’s eyes widened in shock at the confession, “You’re gay?” she seemed unable to understand, “But your grandfather said…” She took a deep breath to calm her nerves wondering if maybe the brunette was just joking with her, “Are you sure…you know I could try to change your mind?” her smile turned seductive as she moved to press her body against Naruto only to have the blond push her off.

“Really Sakura-san… I am not interested,“ Naruto tried to correct the aggressive girl while Sasuke decided he no longer wanted to play nice and started to growl, it was the girls only warning before he jumped to attack her.

The blond laughed managing to grab Sasuke in time before he could reach the other girl, “I’m sorry but as you can probably tell I already have my hands full with this bastard…. Believe me when I say he’s tame compared to how my boyfriend would feel if he saw you hitting on me.”

“Who’s hitting on you?” three heads turned to look in surprise at the redhead’s entrance; fear on the part of Sakura when she noticed the redhead heated looked like he wanted nothing more than to disembowel her, Naruto for his part was happy to see his boyfriend though concerned for Sakura’s safety when he saw Gaara crack his knuckles. Sasuke however couldn’t disguise his loathing for his rival especially when he recognized the other for who he was.

“You ah…” Sakura pretended to look at her watch, “Wow… would you look at the time,” she smacked at her forehead, “ I think I left the crock-pot on… silly me, bye” and with that she ran off.

Sasuke wasn’t so easily intimidated as he matched the redhead stare for stare when the other eyed him, “Naruto… that dog…”

The blond smiled seemingly oblivious to what was happening, “Ah yes… Jiraya got him for me,” he kneeled down to hug Sasuke close, it seemed to have the desired effect because the dog calmed down a bit, “I’m surprised you’re here Smexy, I thought you said you weren’t getting home till late tonight?”

“Hn… yes“ he gave a small smile, “Their was a change in plans,” Gaara was still eyeing Sasuke as Naruto talked, ‘What is the Uchiha’s brother doing here…’ he thought.

Sasuke could not believe that of all the people to be involved with Naruto, it was none other than Itachi’s most trusted changeling assassin, Gaara Subaku who also happened to be General Subaku’s of Changeling Army’s son. Somehow, he doubted that Gaara was only here to be Naruto’s boyfriend; the raven had a bad feeling that something bad was going to happen to his mate that involved not only Gaara, but also Itachi. “So what exactly was going on…?’ Sasuke found he was upset at the sudden turn of events.

Well that’s it for chapter 5. Your probably wondering why Naruto appears one way to Sakura and himself and different to both Sasuke, Kakashia and Obito well it isn’t a typo and will be explained in the next chapter. Also Naruto’s introduction to the real Sasuke will be happening within the next few chapters so I hope you look forward to it… but that’s not the end of his troubles with Naruto since he will have to deal with Gaara who is just as possessive… what’s a cute blond to do *laughs* you’ll have to see for yourselves. Anyway I hope you liked this chapter despite my lack of editing skills… I am still looking for offers to edit the story so please email me if your interested. Ja Ne XD