Fox eat Dog

Readers thanks for reading this story but extra love to reviewers who make me think this is still worth reading by...erh...reviewing. Chapter dedication to Kotone for being uber cool. I added the fangirl cute scene for you!!

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"Naruto, I'm not eating that."

"But Kakashi-sensei! Gai-sensei says its delicious and nutritious and will heal you at your wishes!"

"Don't repeat him. Why are you in my room again? Get the hell out." Kakashi glared at Naruto who held before him some green glop that was made from who knows what. He wondered if lab tested if you'd even distinguished half the ingredients.

That afternoon it was deja vu for the jounin because as soon as he woke up the blond mess was there. This time though Naruto was reading through one of the novels the jounin left out. Hentai of course. The faces Naruto made as he read it was priceless. At one point he turned the book upside down as if he was reading the page wrong. That happened to be one of the more 'creative' novels the older man owned. Yet the the amusement was short lived because once the teen realized he was awake the onslaught of mothering ensued.

"Naruto seriously get that away from me. Dammit Naruto!" In a fit the hound summoner gave up the arguing and slapped the dish out of the boy's hands letting the concoction tumble onto his carpet. There were worse stains than food on his floor, no big deal. Crossing his arms over his chest he sighed and relaxed against the headboard semi-cradling his arm in the cast. He gave the other ninja a scowl that told him how pleased he was the blond was here. Naruto looked in shocked at his teacher as though the man had gone mad. At least for a moment before he broke out into laughter.

"Kakashi you're a nut. Like a little baby who doesn't want to eat his meal. Fine, see if I care." The teen smiled a mirthful grin as big as his face. Looking at it made the other male all the more cranky. He wanted to slap that look off the boy's face. What the fuck was the kid so happy about anyway? Kakashi was in alot of pain where he laid. His head hurt worse than yesterday and the medic's hadn't used any jutsu to heal his wound on his foot opting to use modern medicine in conjunction with his bodys natural ability to regenerate from the cut. Broken bones couldn't be mended, they had to get better in their own time. The pain killer's effects had worn off yesterday so today he was all on his own. Staring up at his company did little to help his spirits in that as well.

"If I didn't know any better I'd say you didn't like me. Yeah I know, you can take care of yourself and all that junk. Suit yourself. But you still owe me for your promise and now is just well as anytime to hang out together. So! What do you wanna do?" Kakashi stared, just completely flabbergasted. Was the teen so insane and self-centered?! "Don't look at me like that. If your lazy ass doesn't want to leave the bed we can play a game but we are spending time together. How about go fish?" Naruto pulled a deck of cards from out of nowhere. Kakashi's cards. The special edition cards with women in various state of dress and background.

"You were looking through my things while I was sleeping!" The jounin sat up, ignoring the pain and got as far as his feet on the ground before leaning forward and cradling his head. He knew he had a migraine and his foot hurt something feirce.

"Not really you left them out by the book. Here I smuggled something out for you while Sakura was washing my blood from her hands." Kakashi lifted his head with great effort but as his eyes zoned in on the pill bottle in the blond's hand his entire demeanor changed. His hand was fast it trying to snatch them from Naruto but the blond was quicker with back up, as the boy had already suspected what was to happen.

"Heh, alot of people would sell their souls to get this so I'm not giving it to you for free."

'Dammit!' Of course not. How in the world did he get the pain killers anyway? They were usually locked into a safe where no one knew where the key was. You had to know someone who knew someone, who works for someone ,who's grandma's brother's, best friend's, cousin that was familiar with a drug smuggler. Kakashi wasn't one to make friends. Jaraiya on the other hand might have. None the less the teen was three feet away with a pill bottle that would make at least half his problems at the moment disappear. Only he'd have to sell his soul to the devil to get it.

"What are your terms?" Of course he'd do it! It just really sucked ass!

"Hee hee, just what I'd like to hear. For one we are hanging out today whether you like it or not. And you're going to be nice!" He pointed a chastising finger before he continued. "And ummm I dunno, wasn't really thinking that much about it..." The jounin's face faulted as the blond fingered his lip. Utterly foolish and clueless. The kid was sitting on a goldmine and couldn't think of one thing to ask for? Money? Women? His first born? He never truly believed Naruto was retarded until now.

The boy was just sickeningly stupid.

Then Naruto smiled. Well and truly something entirely mischievous. The sharingan user was intrigued as he was worried.

"I want you to buy me ramen." Kakashi repressed smacking his forehead.

"Everyday with you for the next month."

"What?!" He roared unheeded how much emotion he was showing now.

"And I want those boxer shorts I grabbed the other day. They were soft and comfy."

Kakashi's eye twitched. Now he was just being cocky, and weird. The imp was smirking at him as he dangled the bottle, the little pills hitting the side with a whimsical sound that had Kakashi drawn too. What the hell was it with this boy black mailing him for ramen? The jounin's eyes lusted after the bottle but his brain knew it would be even worse to accept such a deal.

"Alright." He hung his head, settling back into the pillows slowly, defeated and weary. Kakashi rubbed his face bemoaning his fate as Naruto let out a victorious whoop and jumped in the air. He snorted.

It was all he could do to stop from laughing.

"Give me the damn pills." The jounin was proud of his skill at exerting and hiding his emotions at his whim. Too often though he had been finding himself without such skill when the teen was around. Naruto's damn trickery got the better of him. It would seem the student surpassed the master.

Naruto uncapped the bottle and took out a pill that Kakashi's eyes instantly zoned in on. He hoped he wasn't drooling. This was torture! Recovering from injuries was a much worse pain than receiving them to have something as marvelous as a analgesic to ease the worse of it was a god send. To have such a thing so close yet so far was like the ninth level of hell. It was when a thumb and forefinger held out the tiny white bead that the bed ridden man swiftly snatched it and turned his back with inhuman speed. Especially since he was still nursing broken ribs. Blue eyes blinked with amazement. Looking at the pill bottle Naruto wondered if the other man was actually an addict. He hoped not. When the jounin settled back against the bed wounds aching from the stress he let out a deep sigh waiting for the drug to take effect. Turning to Naruto he reached out a beckoning with his fingers to hand over the rest.

"I think I'll keep these with me so I'm sure you won't back out."

"Naruto, my leg is broke, where am I going to run?"

"You never know." He turned his head away as Kakashi slumped. That would mean if the boy wasn't around he'd have to find him some way to get a fix. Little did he know Naruto was just worried he was a user.

"Well if that's how it's going to be then get something to eat, I'm hungry." Stratching his hair and shifting into the soft sheets he bluntly demanded some breakfast, or lunch whichever time it was.

"Hey! I'm not your damn nursemaid, besides you knocked your damn meal on the floor in a huff."

"I wasn't about to eat that garbage, it's worse than hospital food. Hell, I'd rather be in the hospital and feasting from their trash cans than eat one of Gai's dishes. Go make yourself useful and bring me something to eat. Besidesramen." At this point they were in a glaring match with neither looking very amused.

"What if I don't want too?"

"Then I'll probably have to get up and go get it myself."

"..."

It was as the jounin watched the boy's retreating form grumbling about crusty old ninja's that he let out a chuckle that hurt his stomach a bit. It wasn't so bad though since the pill was kicking in. What a softy the boy was and a little slow. It was at times like this he had one of his dogs fetch his meals. Still, making the teen be his servant was fun revenge. He wondered if he couldn't talk the boy into bringing him a television later.

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As it turned out not only was Naruto dead set on coming to see Kakashi everyday he also spent every minute of every hour from the time he woke up until the time he went to bed with him. At some points he had the order the boy away so he could take a piss alone. Other times he got so fed up with the constant company that he just threw a "Kakashi fit" and demanded Naruto leave. It was at those times the heathen used that damn bottle as a rattle as a means to pacify the angry jounin. Unfortunately it worked, everytime.

After the first few hellish days of the new routine it became easier to deal with the blond when he was 'doped up'. He relished the time once the drug kicked in and he could care less why the blond was hovering around him. Naruto was concerned about giving the man drugs and having second thoughts about it constantly to the point he once tried to switch the pill with an aspirin like he didn't think the sliver hair man would notice the difference. In all honesty the jounin was far from dependent on drugs to start with but the teen was inadvertently making him want to be one with his constant presence. Kakashi needed to be high just to endure the kid. The boy seemed to be overlooking that part though. Selective visual he supposed.

In time though he also learned the boy could be alot of fun. They started playing a little game, which Naruto was completely oblivious too, so that everytime Kakashi wanted something or to get his way he'd let his injuries be seen by twisting a certain way or having a 'sudden spasm' of pain in the middle of their arguments. He did end up getting the blond to get him a t.v. though he never once turned it on. Also as a means of getting a little peace in the second week of the Naruto-thon he sent the blue eye boy on a trip into a town several hours away to get something that would 'help ease the suffering'. After the first couple of hours the novelty of quiet boredom wore off and he stuck to sending the teen down to the store instead.

He also learned dispite the moments of complete and utter agony of Naruto running his mouth off almost without needing to take any sort of breath, there were times the child could be quiet and it was surprisingly most frequent. Part of the reason he could stand to have the younger man there constantly was because the teen did or said nothing. His face was in scrolls or his manga books, once and a while he felt a little adventurous and picked up Kakashi's porn books. It never lasted long. The boy either got bored or horrified. That was how Kakashi learned the teen didn't find costume play interesting but also shied away from tentacle rape. Stuff the hound summoner shouldn't bother to think about.

After the fights, the gripes and all out abusement of the boy's kindness by week three when he was able to walk more than a few feet he didn't mind so much the teen was following him like a stray dog.

Much.

"Naruto, I don't care if I break my other leg right now I'm not having you carry me again." Kakashi hobbled down, on one crutch, the dirt street of the market place after the mornings fight. It seems Naruto thought that he could ditate Kakashi's life and forbade the jounin to leave the bed under any circumstances. There was a small scuffle in which the silver hair ended up tearing part of the scab off his foot wound which he ignored and Naruto realized Kakashi would hurt himself to get his way. As it was the boy relented but had been closely hovering over his shoulder the whole way. He must have picked up the mother hen trait from his surogate father.

"Just don't over do it. Gah you're so difficult to deal Kaka-sensei, just like a woman." The comment earn him a glare from his teacher as well as two passing women who heard him by chance.

"Is that why you're attracted to me?" Naruto eyes shot up at his teachers inquistive look. He paused and stuttered over his words while Kakashi ignored him and continued on to his destination.

Eventually the boy realized the joke and caught up to his strude giving the other a dirty look but otherwise quiet. Score a win for the old school.

"Honestly Kaka-sensei at the first sign of you getting better you chose to come here?"

"If you don't like it you could always go home."

"Hmph, you'd like that wouldn't you..."

He said no more as Kakashi walked into his favorite book shop feeling like he was coming home for the first time in years. As he wobbled about like a new born kitten walking for the first time the teen cautiously waundered in getting an oddly uncomfortable tingly feeling in his gut.

It wasn't as though he was new to adult book stores, the fact was he was surprised this one didn't have additional 'accesories' like some of the other risque ones he encountered on his travels. No what settled uneasily in his stomach like a rotten sandwich wasn't the scenery. It was the atmosphere. Something in the room at that moment disturbed him and he couldn't put his finger on it. He quickly scampered over to where the jounin was leafing through books already holding several in the few seconds the blond was not near him. As it was the masked ninja was holding them in his good arm holding them while he shouldered his crutch. His other injured arm that was no longer in a cast, Kakashi removed it by the fourth day himself much to Sakura's dismay, but still far completely healed held a book he was was reading through.

"Kakashi why don't you let me hold the books." The younger man went to grab from them but was stopped by a paperback smacking his hand.

"The last time I let you near my novels I never got them back."

"What? What are talking abo-? Oh yeah, well you haven't asked for them back!" He defended, poorly. Kakashi rolled an eye.

"After being in your hands this long I wouldn't want them back, who knows what you've done to them." The older man replied, voice almost bitter.

"Ewww, like I'd do that. I haven't even touched them. I think they are in a corner under a pile of my dirty clothes..."

"All the more reason to burn them instead." Kakashi returned his attention back to the novels and Naruto shrugged him off. The jounin was probably just forgot about them and made up some excuse as to why he never asked. It was amazing just how good a liar he could be. Growing up Naruto thought the silver hair man couldn't lie his way out of a cookie jar, now the boy was sure you could find the crumbs on his chin and Kakashi could convince you they were dirt patches.

It was coming to the teen more easier to decipher at least part of the man's thought pattern. Maybe through experience or he was maturing at least for the most part. Less of an enigma Naruto learned the man was actually human and imperfect. Now if he could only catch a glimpse of his former teacher's face. The teen already thought of the possibility of black mailing the man's mask off but relented. Instead of watching Kakashi eat like a hawk at prey or following him into the shower the blond now wanted to try and seduce the mask off the man. It wouldn't mean as much to force Kakashi to show him his face but if he could get the older male to willingly remove it well, that would mean something. It would make all these efforts at befriending Kakashi worth it.

"Do I have something on my face for you to stare so long?" Blue eyes blinked as the jounin casually stated his question. The teen turned his head not intending to focus so much on the man as he was just staring off into space with his thoughts about him. That didn't sound like a viable excuse either.

Looking around the stores contents he sighed deeply. Everything in here was trash novels and porn. Even at his age now none of it appealed to him. Though for as long as his teacher was in here he was stuck too, he refuse to leave Kakashi in the event he collapsed from over exertion who would help him? Naruto conveniently factored out passing pedestrians just because he didn't add that in account. Randomly searching through the isles and glancing through books to pass the time Kakashi was left a short blissful moment for just him and his goodies.

It had been a long time since he had come in the store, they had a few new novels to look through and purchase. The silver hair nin was of no small sense of pride to say he had a whole room in his apartment that housed his books alone. The day Naruto found it was the day they spent in complete and utter silence. From time to time the blond would give him a look that seem to scream 'freak!', or something like it, it had amused the jounin greatly. So completely immersed in his books Kakashi didn't feel the presence lurking behind him, or rather ignored it.

"You jerk! You broke my sister's heart! How dare you come to me now as though I'd consider you a friend?" Behind him the blond had a manga and was reading out loud the words on the pages to his teacher. He even used a more effeminate voice for the part. Kakashi's eye twitched but ignored Naruto's antics to tease and annoy, he really was just a littl boy in a man's body looking for attention.

"I'm sorry if it hurt you in turn but I'll not apologize for something I feel I'm not at fault. I never ask for your sister to love me." The boy's voice became a deep baritone and the blond inched in closer to Kakashi, his breath now hitting the hairs at the base of the masked ninja's exposed neck. The jounin tensed as the words on the pages of his book became illegible, instead continuing to listen to the boy behind him.

"Just as I didn't ask to fall in love with you." Kakashi's natural eye widen at the words. Naruto was practically speaking into his ear and his voice oozed desire and lust. The older man's heart began to pound as the room seem to grow too small, too enclosed. The teenager was way too close to him with the added body heat making the jounin feel feverish. So he shoved his away with the use of his shoulder.

"Stupid child, don't crowd me."

"Wha-what? Love me? How can you-?" Naruto didn't stop reading of the comic and after being pushed he leaned against the shelf in clear view of the other man. For his lines of the unknown 'uke' he switched back to a soft voice stuttering over his words much like that young female Hyuuga would. Though the older man kept his keen eye towards his book the words might as well been in another language for all he was paying attention to it.

"Who did I give my attentions too? Who did I focus all my time on? How much more clearly do I need to say I'm utterly and hopelessly in love with you? Maybe words and subtle actions aren't enough, let me prove it to you... And then they embrace in a super dramatic kiss." Naruto finished with holding up the page that the hound summoner couldn't stop his head from turning to see. Sure enough it was a gay manga with two men locked in a passionate embrace.

"I swear how can girls read this stuff? Ugh... I guess this answers my question." The blond was leafing through the pages and held up to show Kakashi a scene with the two males in more intimate position. Which Kakashi was also helpless to turn his head from.

"Jeez what perverts they are. Bizarre perverts at that. Do they really want to go home and see their boyfriend being fucked from behind by a devilishly handsome man? Not that I'm mind if saw two chicks in bed together, heh heh. Though I don't think I'd like the idea of some dude with his ding-dong in my whoo-ha. How about you Kakashi? Have you've ever been with a man?" Innocent blue eyes met his and once again Kakashi was left speechless without a thought.

How was he suppose to answer that? Because he sure wasn't going to answer with the truth, but he also couldn't think of a lie either. Was this some kind of test? Was Naruto trying to draw some reaction out of him? Was he maybe giving away something right now by keeping up the silence.

"Do you honestly want me to answer that?" He said out loud the only thought that came to mind.

"Well... yeah. Not like I wanted details though and judging by your answer I really shouldn't ask for them..." There was a pregnant pause where the teen wouldn't meet his eyes and the silver hair man couldn't bring himself to say anything or even go back to reading his novel.

"Can I ask you a question?"

"You can always ask questions, they just might not be answered." Especially since what topic they were on at the moment. Why was the younger man bothering him with this subject? Didn't he have friends to experiment with to find these answers like the jounin did as a child?

"You were the top right?" Naruto dared to lift his eyes to Kakashi's with a seriousness in there that had the other man unsettled. Like the blond couldn't accept that his former mentor could be 'the lesser'. It was in that awkward moment that he lost it and started laughing again. Only Naruto was silly enough to make him break out like this. He closed is book and collected himself as he decided he was finished with their outing today and hobbled to pay for his things.

"Now Naruto who is the pervert here?" At the counter Kakashi reached into one of his hidden pockets almost looking as if he was feeling his person up as he took out is money. Tokashi's eyebrows raised only to stared at Naruto and vise versa. In their stare off Kakashi handed the store owner his money and said man took it, gave him change then bagged all the novels without looking away from the blond's face. It was so weird to Naruto. It wasn't as if he was staring at him with hate or curiosity. He was just staring like one would do when reading a book.

Kakashi left without word slowly as the teen crowded him looking over his shoulder the whole time to the weird cashier. As they left the teen saw a tiny smile bloom over his wrinkled face.

"He's creepy." The boy said though the comment fell on deaf ears as the silver hair man tuned him out completely. Or at least he wanted too. He learned it was a terrible strategy since ignoring the boy meant not noticing when the boy thought of a good idea to get his attention. Like in the book store.

Ignoring Naruto was very bad.

"You shouldn't sum things up you don't understand as, weird or strange. If you took the time out to study them you could learn something."

"Wow, that was actually something nice you said."

"Hmmm?"

"You defended someone. It was sort of surprising. You do care!" The tan teen spread his arms as though to encourage Kakashi's progress into humanity.

"Maybe you're a little more dense than I surmised." The jounin paused then. His foot was really beginning to hurt and his arms were sore from holding himself up. His hand ached from clutching the crutch and holding the books both. Just like he thought the second he showed discomfort the blond was at his heels with his face in Kakashi's.

"And you're more stubborn than an Uchiha. Come on. Upsy dasiy!" Kneeling with his back turned to the older man the blond tried to tempt the man to climbing onto his back. Glaring at the kid he slowly obeyed with the wicked thoughts of maybe catching Naruto in a choke hold. It was awkward holding his crutches and books both while clinging to the teen but he managed. It's the least he could so to hitch a ride.

For Naruto he was actually grinning like an idiot for not having to coax or 'threaten' the other man onto his back. The jounin was bundled up close with the crutches hanging off his arm while he wrapped his sturdy legs from the back around the blond's waist. One muscle arm hugged the teen's upper body. It was about that time he notice Kakashi's other hand was propped up reading a book where he was peeking over Naruto's shoulder to see it. The blond leered at it with hatred.

Now that Kakashi can't walk without aid he can't read his book while walking. He didn't fight getting on Naruto's back not because he was getting more comfortable with being around said teen. It would mean that he had a free hand to read with.

'Tricky bastard.'

He hid his pout while the jounin read his novel relishing in the quiet peace between them.

It was a short while later only after Naruto reached home that he spoke disturbing Kakashi from his fantasy world.

"We're here Kaka-sensei."

"Naruto... why are we at your house?"

"I thought you could use a change of scenery. Don't worry I'll bring you home in time for your curfew." The blond gave him a flirty wink and patted the other's legs as a sign to make the man get down. Kakashi was displeased to say the least since escaping wasn't possible on a bum leg. Then again he wasn't able to evade the teen all this time so it really made little difference. Dropping his good leg first he balanced himself using Naruto's shoulders before tenderly letting his injure foot unravel from around the other male. While getting his crutches off his shoulder he was like a flamingo standing with one leg in the air. Though he did it with the added support of the boy's sturdy stature. A small pang of jealously hit him as not only was the teen bigger he had the use of both legs.

'If this was Naruto in my position he'd be better by now.' That thought also made him depressed. He tried to hide his irritation as the boy held the door open for him too. Kakashi would never admit he stuck his crutch into the teens foot on purpose.

"ow" Naruto glared at the jounin's back before going inside and closing the door behind him.

It had been ages since the older man had been at the teens house. Not since carrying him home several months ago. It was still rather bare and clean but it looked like there were a few new declarations added to the room.

"I don't feel like making tea, want some soda?" Even as the boy asked he was leaving the living room to the kitchen before the man could answer. Oh well, wasn't like he was going to drink it anyway. At least with the boy out of the room he didn't have to slap him away as Kakashi slowly sat down careful in his movements as not to cause any needless pain or discomfort. Naruto was seriously too suffocating with his care. If the teen had his way he'd probably would make the jounin his pet and do everything for him. Feed him, cloth him, bath him. The boy had tried in the first few nights and Kakashi put his foot down. Well his fist, over Naruto's skull and threw him out of the room, or tried too. He tore his stitches that night and the teen never bothered to follow him into the bathroom again.

Sitting at the low table he immediately pulled out his book intending to read the rest of this visit before something in front of him caught his eye. It was a recently developed photo packet and the jounin recalled Naruto's extensive photo collection. He wasn't going to bother with it but curiosity had him reaching out and opening the envelope. There was a good chance some of those pictures could be of HIM.

Leafing through the first few pictures had his heart sped up and his breath became heavy.

The first were of what seem to be a night out of the bar and Kakashi wasn't sure who was taking them but Naruto wasn't in any of them. Though he came across the first one with The blond sleeping leading Kakashi to believe someone else took all the pictures but had given them to the boy. In that picture that teen was sleeping in the chair with it alot closer to the bed and his head was on Kakashi's pillow. Kakashi himself was right next to him comatose. The taker took several pictures of them even walking closer to the bed to get a better shot. The last one of that nature had Naruto's eyelids partly open looking toward the silver hair man. The next pictures were more of Naruto's friends as one had Sasuke as the main focus but Rock Lee was standing behind him with his arms raised and face in disbelief like the Uchiha said something to shock him. The next picture revealed to him Sakura and what looked like she was holding the camera toward her and Sasuke trying to get a picture with him but all you could see was the back of his head.

At least he found the culprit.

He placed the pictures down back where he found them and put his hands on his closed book staring blankly at the table. Naruto found him like tha when he came in a moment later with the soda.

"Hey I brought you a drink. You alright?" Again the other was at his side taking large strides to reach him and placed the dirnk in front of him before kneeling next to the quiet man.

"Naruto I'm curious."

"Huh?" The jounin sounded even tone and almost bored when he asked that catching the boy off guard. What was Kakahsi thinking of to make revert back to indifference?

"Why do you keep so many pictures on your bedroom wall?"

Naruto sat up and turned away. The jounin wasn't looking at him but the teen didn't want him to see his embarassed blush.

"Heh, I guess you saw that huh? Most people don't know about it. It must seem sort of silly of you..."

Kakashi turned to look at the boy and waited patiently even though he wanted to pull out the boy's fingernails to get his question answered. Either the boy sensed his hostility or having the man look him in the eye embarrassed him but his blush became a deeper rose hue.

"When I was young I use to see in people's houses pictures on the walls and stuff of family portraits... I never had that so... I like to keep pictures of all my friends who care about me. It reminds me I'm loved." The boy was practically trembling with the confession and Kakashi's face was so stony he looked like a lifeless doll staring at him.

"I see." Was all the answer Naruto got before the jounin picked up his book and went back to reading.

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I'm done and go like five minutes til work. I had to end it like this instead of the other way I wnated to because well... this way was less dramatic. Just say no to drama!

That's for reading this crap. Yaoi next chapter I swear!