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Warnings: Shounen ai, yaoi, ooc-ness, bad writing style, bad grammar (even after been edited by both of us), and other stuff like language and future mpreg. So like, if you can't stand one of them, then please save yourself the embarrassment and go back right away. Because if you flame us, you'd just be making this story popular by adding more reviews.

"Speech."

Thoughts.

NOTE TO READERS: We have noticed that many of you are wondering about how this fic will contain an mpreg if Naruto is a fox… well the answer is pretty obvious. Naruto will transform human of course! We didn't want to spoil the surprise but most of you have already guessed anyways. Enjoy!

Kakashi Hatake has probably been through more surprising and thrilling experiences than anyone alive in Konoha. The tally of the many heart-stopping moments in his life most likely rivaled those of the Hokage's (1). It was only thanks to the Shinobi code that his sanity had been saved more than once, a real ninja never allowed his emotions to control his mind. That rule was imprinted on him harshly as a child. Those encounters were almost sort of carved into his skin, leaving long, deep scars as mementos. Eventually, everything began to feel numb to him. Hardly any mission left a hint of surprise in him now. However, no amounts of training or missions could've prepared him for this situation.

His current student, always ambitiously serious and impassive, walked into the training grounds at the same leisured pace he was always accustomed of using. Sasuke, his first and only student, was the only one to pass his test to become his pupil, he was a fast learner with the same silent grace that of a feline but the power and ferocity of a wolf. The youngest Uchiha was an orphan like himself with a possibly matching broken childhood.

It didn't surprise Kakashi to see his trainee wearing a bag over his shoulder, as he strode over then stopped when he was right in front of him. No, what nearly blew the jounin's hair away was the object inside the pouch.

A golden-furred fox with nine tails and a cast on its front leg sprouted out of the bag as soon as the raven-haired placed it on the ground. The said fox, limped happily around the vicinity, enjoying the fresh outdoors with delight. He first enjoyed the feel of dirt under the pads of his feet, before sniffing the unique scent of wild cherry trees combined with foliage of mint and wildflower blossoms.

It was then that he took sight of the two persons, who were staring with puzzled expressions. Naruto let of a loud bark and limped around them, sniffing and yapping excitedly.

By now Kakashi was horribly confused, he never saw it coming from his indifferent and lord-of-the-emoness student be compassionate to animals. But then again, anyone that met the silver-haired man would never expect him to read the infamous porn novels by Jiraiya-sensei and giggle at the most obscene parts, so he guessed he shouldn't judge his student too severely.

The scarecrow decided to ignore the furry animal. "Ahem… yes, well I'm glad you could make it Sasuke. Today we're going to work on ninjutsu and close combat." He blinked when the fox kit nudged his ankle with his wet nose and nipped at the dark blue fabric of his uniform pants.

"Now first, it's important to reme-"

"Yap! Yap! Yap!" The jounin was interrupted abruptly by the excited fox limping around his legs without taking his bright blue eyes off of him similarly as a predator stalking his prey.

Sasuke frowned and reached down for him, cursing when the over-energetic vulpine slipped from his fingers and panted in laughter. "Shut up, usuratonkachi!" The Uchiha grabbed the kit by the scruff of the neck and shoved him inside the forgotten bag. "If you want to keep living, you better shut up!" Naruto yelped when his vision became dark and growled, squirming and using his claws to rip his way out of the pouch. Getting out proved to be a bad idea, since the pale hand kept pushing his head down inside, almost suffocating him in there.

Naruto growled, the skin over his muzzle wrinkled as he bared his teeth and snapped at Sasuke's hand. The human cussed softly and switched methods, patting the unruly golden fur until the animal breathed softly through his nose and sat still.

An awestruck Kakashi watched as the powerful, fur-covered shoulder muscles relaxed visibly as his student's hand caressed the fox's head in short strokes. The jounin never expected a shinobi like Sasuke be soft towards any kind of animal, much less a wild animal.

Wild or not, Kakashi thought, this is not a regular fox.

It was well covered, not to mention a tad strange and unusual, but it was still there. The fox projected small amounts of chakra during his struggle with his human caretaker. It would explain why the animal was so domesticated compared to other wild foxes; it probably belonged to a shinobi, working similarly like nin-hound.

Kakashi hummed at his musings and saw how the fox practically melted like butter under Sasuke's hand, the low growling noises he heard earlier sounded a lot like purring ones now.

Sasuke shook his head at how easy the annoying fox had changed attitudes with just a few touches. This time more gently, the human pushed Naruto's head under the pouch; there was neither struggle nor resistance. Naruto just allowed the human to keep him inside, his blue eyes still half-lidded from the petting.

Taking advantage of the fox's quiet behavior, Sasuke motioned to Kakashi to start. The two nins begun their spar while the little fox watched with serious interest at the occasional cloud of dust that would appear at missed hits or one of the men was thrown on the ground. But it wasn't until Sasuke's hands moved in strange motions and electric-blue sparks emerged from his left hand that Naruto's mouth opened in shock.

This is pretty cool! Sasuke-bastard can use jutsu too! I wonder if the other guy can do it too. As if on cue, the silver-haired human made those hands movements and slammed his right hand on the ground, the earth beneath Sasuke rumbled and caved in. Sasuke barely had time to jump away before he was almost buried alive. Naruto wagged the tips of his tails in excitement, ocean-blue eyes never straying too much from the fight. Man! I can't wait until I tell dad 'bout this! The old fox is going to flip!

The thrilled fox was too caught up in the fight, he never once thought about the nostalgic sadness from the night before. Instead, he kept track of the whole fight, staring with a new type of awe at his talented babysitter.

Until, he decided to join the fight too.

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The sparring with the silver-haired man was going as usual as always, Sasuke was fighting with all his might, using every chance and energy to finally defeat his teacher. Kakashi had told him that this would be the last day they would be going over everything his pupil has learned, and if Sasuke defeated him in a spar, the perverted jounin would recommend him to the Hokage and allow him to take the Jounin Exam.

Sasuke narrowed his eyes. The earth technique Kakashi had used was a trademark of his, but it wasn't meant to be an offensive attack. It had been more like a test to see how much he could poke and jab at his student before he attacked. But Sasuke had learnt none other but from his brother that the first man to attack always had the disadvantage. And the chuunin wasn't about to leave an easy opening for the silver-haired nin.

He launched forward and lashed out a swift kick at the other's most vital point, his neck. Kakashi brought up an arm to block the stunning force of the hit. In spite of a successful defense, the fierceness of the attack left his arm throbbing with white searing pain.

Kakashi reached into his vest pocket and retrieved a kunai. The weapon was then projected straight into the younger nin's heart, only for it to disappear in a huge explosion of white smoke.

The ex-Anbu blinked quickly, trying to see through the heavy mist of the bushin's detonation. He tensed, a shadow moved slyly somewhere from his left. Kakashi used his right hand to twirl another kunai, momentarily shinning from the reflected sunlight, ready to counterattack.

But the shadow, as it sped closer, became smaller and smaller before taking shape in something Kakashi had not predicted. It wasn't the slim yet strong frame that attacked him, nor did the shadow's eyes turn a glowing blood-red color as he was expecting. Sasuke's movements were like his personality, cool and languid, almost serenely-dangerous. However, the shadow ran at full speed in distracting zigzags, changing directions spontaneously.

And before he knew it, the smoke disappeared completely, revealing the shadow's sky eyes, narrowed in slits. Kakashi could barely move his body out of the way before the feral animal's jaws closed on his arm.

"You moron! Get out of here you're putting off the fight!"

The little vulpine wasn't too saddened by the failure of his attack. Instead the fox panted in laughter and gave Sasuke what had looked like a grin as a warning before running around the angrily approaching Uchiha. Naruto effortlessly jumped on his back then on his head, his soft bushy tail wrapped around his head making some sort of furry hat.

There! You look like a grumpy old lady, Sasuke-bastard! Naruto chuckled, sounding a lot like coughed up grunts and howls.

It was complete chaos after that. Kakashi had to risk his own safety to try and stop Sasuke from drilling a hole into the fox with the Chidori, the training grounds definitely had seen better days.

--

It was a few hours later when Sasuke and Naruto returned home. The brunet avoided the temptation of throwing the small fox outside of his house before entering. He took a deep breath to suppress the rage from erupting. Shame and frustration shook him with little bolts of electricity. Never has he ever been embarrassed like this. His own teacher was probably giggling uncharacteristically right now. Taking the injured fox with him was one of his worst ideas (not counting the time he set his neighbor's property on fire when he was practicing the katon jutsu as a child). And he refused to calm down until the brainless vermin looked at least one percent guilty, but the fox just made those 'dook dook' sounds he did when he was mischievous and content and limped away before Sasuke could throttle him.

Sighing loudly, the brunet made his way towards his bathroom hoping for a nice, relaxing bath. Naruto's ears perked up at the soft padding sounds of his feet and followed him upstairs, yawning widely. Halting, Sasuke whirled around and scowled.

"Stay outside, you have already passed the line today, you damn waste of space," he nearly growled. If he could, Naruto would have winced. He guessed Sasuke-bastard didn't appreciate what happened this morning. If it was somebody else, Naruto would probably feel guilty and try to fix it by playing cute. But since it was the ice-prick they were talking about, Naruto just twitched his ears and followed the human to the hallway. The Uchiha attempted to keep the fox outside the bathroom by slamming the door, but Naruto had cunningly squeezed inside before it was shut. "Tch."

Maybe I can drown him in the bathtub. Sasuke growled mentally and gripped the hem of his blue shirt to pull it over his head, throwing it into the hamper in the corner to wash later.

Naruto's eyes widened as alarms mysteriously started going off in his head

Wait! Bastard! Don't do that in front of me! Damn it, so much for annoying you. Something was off. He shouldn't be feeling this awkward and uncomfortable just by seeing more and more alabaster skin, unmarred and glowing as the light of the moon during a cloudless night. Okay, now that was weird, just look away Naruto, the fox thought to himself frantically.

Alas, Naruto couldn't look away from the revealed soft skin of the human's chest nor he couldn't look away when Sasuke hooked his thumbs inside his pants and pulled them downwards.

I'm turning into a pervert! His eyes followed Sasuke's form half-naked form messed with the bathtub's faucet until the water's temperature seemed to please him. Once the bathtub was half full, the last piece of clothing joined the rest of Sasuke's clothes in the hamper.

Naruto whimpered, and laid his confused head on the hard surface of the floor, enjoying the brief icy feeling that cooled him before the spot warmed. He didn't know why he was so disturbed, he guessed it was because he never seen a human without the customary clothes on. It was uncomfortable to see not to mention embarrassing for some reason or another.

With glazed eyes he watched as Sasuke shivered and quickly got inside the tub, sighing in relief as the lukewarm water relaxed his muscles. He felt as if the water washed all of the effects of the morning's incident.

Sasuke turned his head to stare at the usually energetic animal that was now curled up in a quiet ball of fur; even his twitching tails were limp to match his mood. The brunet frowned. Was the idiot sick? Maybe this morning's breakfast unsettled his stomach, but if that was the case, it would of have gotten him sick just a few minutes after eating. Maybe he got hurt in the fight?

Well, whatever it was, it was eerie. Sasuke didn't know whether to enjoy the newly found silence or be worried that there was something wrong with the annoying pest he was slowly, very slowly, was starting to become part of his life.

Perhaps using the usual tactic would make the vermin spring up like normal. Sasuke smirked and flicked some water over the laying fox, onyx-colored pools filled with playful mirth. "Are you just going to stay there, dobe?" He cupped his palms together to gather as much water as he could before flinging it at Naruto who looked up with a flash of irritation at the sound of his voice.

The water hit dead on. "Yap! Yap! Yap! Yap!" Naruto shook his head from side to side; small beads of water flew everywhere. Turning the tables, Naruto climbed on top of the bathtub with difficulty. Once he was balanced on the edge of the tub, Naruto saw a curious expression on Sasuke as he dipped all his nine tails in the water. The gold-orange fur quickly soaked up enough water for Naruto to use as wet whips, sending large amounts of water at a surprised Sasuke.

Naruto's jaws opened in a demonic grin. Take that you prick! I hope you enjoy chocking on your own dirt and grime! He laughed as the human's face flushed as he tried to cough up the water that he inhaled accidentally. Unfortunately, Sasuke had leaned forward instantly at the beginning of his chocking, allowing Naruto to see his lower body clearly through the water. Now it was Naruto's time to choke.

Never once bringing his gaze further than well toned, pale legs, Naruto never saw the frightening, blood-chilling glare Sasuke sent him.

"Don't drop your guard, dobe!" came as a warning, before a huge (in Naruto's opinion) wave of water enveloped him, nearly throwing him off of the bathtub's edge.

"Arrg! Damn it you prick! Now I'm wet and covered in your jerk germs. I better not catch that pole-in-the-ass disease of yours!" Naruto barked out, shaking his body to get as dry as possible.

Sasuke chuckled at the sight of the wet, angry fox. "You have no idea how much you resemble a drowned rat right now, usuratonkachi."

That bastard is not going to compare Uzumaki Naruto son of the Hokage to a rodent!

The brunet jumped when the golden fox leaned over the tub and bit the pale skin of his knee that was available, everything else was under water. It wasn't hard enough to draw blood, only enough to turn the skin into a crimson color and aggravating the owner.

"If that's how you're going to play idiot then who am I to stop you? But I think you should know…" Sasuke's charcoal eyes tinted red, the three tomoe in each eye begun to spin rapidly, "I tend to hold grudges quickly."

Naruto bared his canines at the Uchiha and growled as if to say 'bring it on, duck-ass!' no longer remembering that he was supposed to keep his eyes lowered.

And that was how the praiseworthy water war begun.

---

A very clean fox kit was asleep in a fluffy, warm pillow under the kitchen table were Sasuke was working on his assignments for his tutor Umino Iruka. Since the fox's cast on his leg had gotten wet, Sasuke had no choice but to take him to Tsunade for another. This time, she warned him that he should wrap up the cast with a plastic bag if he was going to give him a bath.

Still, even after the reprimanding, the small smile on his face was impossible to take off no matter how much he wanted it off. It was years before he had time to 'waste time' as his brother sometimes put it. And though, the playful banter in the bathtub- the words made him wince, that sounded wrong - put him behind on his assignments, it was definitely worth it.

Ever since he became a Chuunin, Itachi had hired him a personal trainer and a private tutor. Now thanks to that, he was close to becoming a jounin at the age of sixteen. Or at least he would have if he had passed Kakashi's test and defeated him. Sasuke grunted, sneaking a look at the sleeping fox with the corner of his eyes. Somehow, he just couldn't stay mad with the vulpine anymore.

Knocks on the door not only interrupted his thoughts, they also woke the slumbering fox kit. The latter just buried his head further in the pillow, fully intending to ignore the pestering noises. Sasuke sighed wistfully, hoping that the kit would stay asleep. But he knew better, he wasn't that lucky.

Great, just when it was so quiet. The Uchiha grumbled mentally and headed toward the entrance to open the door, a dark cloud looming over him.

"Hi Sasuke-kun!" Ino and Sakura greeted him gleefully and invited themselves in. Sasuke, with an annoyed grimace, watched as the two girls glared at each other heatedly as soon as they both stepped inside the cozy home.

Behind the two girls came Hinata, a sweet but shy girl and probably the only one that Sasuke could stand. After her, Neji, her cousin and close friend, came in. He followed Hinata everywhere she went, since he had self-appointed himself as her bodyguard of some sorts. Shino came in after, he was a quiet boy in his class, or at least Sasuke thought he was in his class. Shino sometimes was so quiet you could forget he was there, watching you behind those dark glasses of his. And finally, with eye-catching green clothes, Rock Lee followed in. With a bizarre way of speech and bowl-cut hair cut, it was hard to forget about him.

Sasuke bit his tongue to stop it from forming obscenities that he was sure were coming. "What are you people doing here?" Sasuke asked softly but with a hint of impatience. His uninvited guests' chattering and the sudden joyous laughter of the girls as they tried to coax him for dates woke Naruto from his sleep in the kitchen.

"Oh Sasuke-kun your looking very nice tonight!" A dark crimson color flooded the blonde girl's cheeks as she batted her eyelashes at him.

The raven-haired rolled his eyes at both the gesture and the comment. He thought, but as much as he wanted these people out, he motioned for everybody to have a seat in the living room.

Taking this as a sign of encouragement, the girls squealed loudly at his polite and courteous manners, while mumbling something about 'Sasuke being a gentleman' or something.

However the squealing and chattering coming from all people, managed to startle the poor fox. And just as he realized they were not alone, his eyes scrambled around the room for the black-haired shinobi.

Where did Sasuke-bastard go? He couldn't help thinking that something happened to his caretaker.

Startled at the noise, he limped to hide under the sofa where he could see that two humans were seating. He couldn't see their faces, since the back of the sofa was towards him, but he could tell that by their small these two were kin or leaving together in the same den. Curious, he couldn't help but to peak his head out to see.

Were did all these humans come from?

"So, how you've been Sasuke-kun?" Sakura tried her best not to blush when her crush fixed his eyes on her, she bravely held his gaze before adverting her stare lower to his hands which were calmly gripping the arm chairs of the sofa. He really had nice hands; she thought how it would feel like as those hands stroked her hair soothingly. She blushed again and shook those thoughts out of her head.

"Fine," he replied indifferently. All he wanted was for them to leave so he could finish his work. But he knew that if his brother found he had been disrespectful to his guests, he would most likely make sure Sasuke wouldn't be able to participate from any missions. His brother could be quite persuasive and a terribly good liar, who knows what kind of lies he would spew out to the Hokage.

Ino smiled widely. "Well Sasuke-kun, we came to ask you if you were busy so we could invite you to come with us to the movies." She squealed as if he had already accepted the invitation.

Sasuke cringed. He knew that if he accepted the invitation, he would be forced to sit between those two girls at the movie theater and watch a chick-flick while they made gooey eyes at him whenever the protagonist male and main girl kiss each other. For some reason, to girls it was some sort of cue to start making out; or they might even try to hold his hand if they watched a horror film. So of course, his answer was definite.

He answered smoothly, his voice polished of any emotion just like his brother used on infuriating women, "I was thinking of going to bed now." A chorus of disappointed sighs from both Sakura and Ino nearly caused Naruto to growl; Sasuke was behaving like an asshole again. Naruto knew he was lying about going to sleep now; he would probably stay all night finishing his assignments.

Not wanting for his crush to be disappointed even if it meant letting her be with his rival, Lee quickly checked his watch. "It's only 9:43, Sasuke-san! There's still plenty of time to sleep after a nice movie," Lee said joyfully.

"Come on Sasuke-kun! It'll be fun!" Ino pressed on. Everybody was looking at him tentatively, except for Neji who was instead looking around the decors over the chimney while Shino's gaze was caught on the sofa Neji and Hinata were sitting on, sensing something quite small, yet oddly powerful.

Before Sasuke repeated his refusal, Naruto slowly came out from his hiding spot and accosted the crowd, or more specifically Sasuke.

He wasn't noticed until he reached the brunet's legs clamped his jaws on the other's black cotton pants. Sasuke looked down, the corner of his lips pulling upwards into a ghost of a smile and reached down to pick up the fox from the scruff of his neck.

"Oh!" Sakura said, making everybody turn to look at her. "I didn't know you had a cat Sasuke-kun."

Ino scoffed. "It's not a cat, it's a dog!" she argued before she clapped her hands at Naruto. "Your pet is very cute, Sasuke-kun! Here boy!"

Naruto's eye twitched from where he was hanging. I am not a dog! Much less Sasuke-bastard's pet!

Taking the fox by surprise, Sasuke shifted him until he was somewhat unconventionally seated on his lap, something he's never done before.

"He's a fox," he corrected them both, "A nine-tailed fox."

Lee gasped in surprise, standing so fast everyone turned to stare quizzically. "I've heard of them before. Gai-sensei told me once that these small creatures were not very common. They are almost similar to nin-dogs and other summoning creatures. Apparently they can use chakra too!" he said in one breath.

"Don't be silly Lee! Wild animals can't use chakra!" Ino giggled.

A soft cough interrupted the girl before she could say anymore. "Well actually, he is right. I heard about animals that have never been in contact with humans and still manage to use chakra," Shino spoke for the first time during his visit.

Sasuke frowned. That sounds like a load of bull. Even if there are such animals, I hardly doubt this dobe can do anything than bother people.

"Where did you get him Sasuke-san?" Hinata smiled at the fox kit, obviously taking an immediate liking to him, causing her cousin to scowl at Naruto as if he had a nasty disease.

Very lightly, the brunet pressed long fingers behind golden, black-tipped ears. "I found this guy near the forests of the training grounds. He was caught in a trap, but I took him away before the hunters could come back and skin him." His voice remained gentle despite the harshness of the words.

Don't flatter your self so much, Teme! I almost ripped your hand off that day. Naruto thought arrogantly, however he could still feel the icy fear that gripped him that day when he frightfully counted down the dreading seconds until he was taken by the hunters, just like his mother. He felt a tremor buzz down his spine at the memory. The touches on his sensitive ears though, immediately relaxed him.

"Oh, look at that! He's purring," Ino and Sakura said in unison. When the blonde girl reached over to pet the kit, Naruto ceased his contented purr and snarled at the approaching hand. Apparently he was still resentful to the blonde girl after comparing him to a dog and called him a pet, since he narrowed his eyes at her.

Hurriedly, Ino pulled her hand away before the fox could bite.

"Quit it dobe, or else I'll take you outside in the rain." Sasuke threatened, although he wasn't feeling very remorseful.

"Y-You know, Sasuke-kun. I could take care of him if you like. I live very close to Tsunade's clinic," Hinata shyly said without looking into his eyes fidgeting with the hem of her coat.

What! Hell no, no, no! I'm staying with the bastard! I haven't had my complete revenge! Naruto thought in dismay, even his ears started to twitched nervously.

"As much as I want to get rid of him, I think he would be too much trouble for you. He eats when he wants, sleeps when he wants, and has a horrible habit of breaking things, including that leg of his," Sasuke replied amusedly, pulling harshly at one of the twitching ears.

Naruto crouched to get away from those pale fingers. Yeah, well right back at 'cha. You're just as hard to live with, you jerk! You never stop cleaning stuff! And you're always behaving like a grumpy man. He opened his jaws to lightly catch and chew on those fingers that kept abusing his ears. Ha! Gotcha now, asshole!

Hinata disappointedly wilted. "W-well, if you sure, but don't hesitate to ask if you need some help," she responded, unknowingly next to her, Neji breathed a sigh of relief.

Ino blushed; Sasuke looked so… open and breathtaking playing teasingly with the fox in his lap. He looked so much more appealing now that he showed more of his human side and allowed himself to relax. Maybe a pet was exactly what he needed. "Well, are we going to the movies or not?"

Sakura's cheeks too were a little rosy, probably thinking the same thing as the blonde girl. "Are you coming then, Sasuke-kun?"

Oh no, he's not! Naruto growled and was about to pounce to bite but yelped instead when Sasuke pulled at one of his tails to stop him from getting any closer.

"I don't think so; I'm just going to do dinner and head to bed." The fox chirped in agreement and attacked viciously at the rough hand that moved from his tail to the base of it.

"I have an idea! How about we all go get something to eat instead?" Lee suggested cheerfully. Everybody seemed to agree except of course Neji and Shino, who didn't even care.

Damn! Time for plan two. Sasuke thought.

"I can't really leave the usuratonkachi alone; he'll either hurt himself or destroy my house." The chunnin winced when Naruto bit his hand, he used the other one to grab him from the scruff and shook him until he let go.

"Ah, then you can take him with you Sasuke-kun!" Ino and along with everyone else stood up from their seats, letting Sasuke know that it has all been decided whether he liked it or not.

Sasuke inwardly groaned. I guess there's no getting out of this one.

--

Never in his life has Naruto seen so many lights during the night. The stars and moon were the only sources of light in the prairie, but here they were everywhere, coming from inside windows, in the walls, on the floor to light up the paths, in some cases on the roofs of buildings, and even on the top of dark, tall poles. Hell, with so many lights around, Naruto could scarcely see the stars in the darkened sky.

Naruto shifted inside the little pouch-bag so he was more comfy. He wasn't able to see where they were going since Sasuke had the shoulder bag over his shoulder so Naruto's tiny torso was pressed against Sasuke's back.

The spring weather was surprisingly warm compared to some colder and snowy days from the past years. However, there was a slight humid air tonight, much to Naruto's chagrin since it made the fox pant. He was well used to the blizzard and snow storms back home. His golden fur was still thick and abundant since he hasn't shed his winter coat yet, and he won't be doing it until early summer.

Blinking quickly, he tried to keep up with all the people he saw passing by. Naruto never noticed how many varieties of humans existed; there were ugly ones, cute children being carried by grown ups, tall ones, and some really weird ones. He was soon distracted by the smells. So many scents flowed around him including those of food. The most recognizable were those smells of meat, such as pork which he tasted only once when he was younger, cooked chicken which smelled just as good as raw, fish, crayfish, and shrimp, there was even a small hint of venison.

That smells good! His stomach growled, he began to make short, loud howls knowing that Sasuke knew that that was his hint that he needed to eat.

Though, he did get odd looks from other people passing by.

Sakura giggled as Naruto began to salivate from all the smells. "What do you guys feel like eating?"

"How about some sea food?" Lee suggested, smiling brightly over to the stands of seafood. There was a particular stand with a huge aquarium tank full of marine creatures for people to see and pick to eat inside their restaurant. There small little things like crabs, sea urchins, squids in small transparent bags, there were puffer fish, and even eels. Some things were hard to recognize and hardly looked edible, not to mention they were expensive as well.

Shyly, Hinata stated simply, her voice no louder than when they were indoors, "Anything would be fine."

"What would you like to eat, Sasuke-kun?" Ino asked a pensive Sasuke who really wasn't paying attention.

Sasuke lazily turned to look at her then over his shoulder to a howling Naruto.

"Something fast and light," he said. The sooner he got this done the better.

"How about some ramen?" Lee suggested when they passed Ichiraku's ramen stand.

"Sounds good," Sasuke agreed immediately, ramen was quick and was sure that the store owner would have some grilled fish for the hungry fox kit behind him.

Everybody made their way to the stools and got comfortable while Ayame, the store owner's daughter, took their orders.

Ramen? What is it? It smells good! Sasuke-bastard, give me some! The kit, who was still inside the pouch on the stool next to Sasuke, tried to pull himself over the counter. Of course, it was hard work. One of his legs was broken and he was trapped inside the bag until Sasuke unzipped it and let him out. He yelped, then whined softly when he slipped and hit his head with the hard surface of the counter.

Sasuke noticed his discomfort. Acting out of whim (and perhaps out of a little sympathy), he reached out for the fox, who instinctively nosed the hand looking for comfort, and pulled him out the bag, putting him on his lap as a more comfortable alternative.

"What is it, dobe?" he asked softly, secretly worried that the idiot fox hurt himself badly.

"Dook! Dook! Dook!" Sasuke raised an eyebrow, the fox changed personalities quicker than a pms-ing girl. Naruto ignored the other boy, and pulled himself with his hind legs closer to the raven-haired's ramen bowl.

"Tch, that's mine, you dumbass," Sasuke said coolly and tried to pull the kit away from his food. That's what he got for worrying over the stupid pest. Unfortunately for him, the said pest had already dug his claws on the wooden counter and dipped his muzzle into the bowl.

Wow! This tastes great!

He was starting to lose his patience; not to mention he wasn't going to be ignored by a brainless animal. "Stop it you moron!"

By now, most people eating there were looking at the two with amused stares, making the brunet blush in embarrassment.

"That's enough!" He grabbed the golden kit by the scruff and pulled him away, noodles and chopped pieces of pork stuck to the fur of his muzzle.

Sakura, Hinata, and Ino giggled at the two of them, while Lee laughed out loud. Even Shino and Neji looked amused at the sight of them struggling with each other. It was rather humorous to see Uchiha Sasuke clutching a small-sized fox by his hind legs and scruff to pull him away from his own ramen bowl. It was even more hilarious to find this strong shinobi not being able to fight against a mere fox's strength of only his left paw. However, nobody was as happy as Naruto though. He was blissfully licking his jaws, wishing for more of the piece of heaven humans called ramen.

"Would you like another bowl, Uchiha-sama?" Ayame said as she handed him a rag.

"I better not, this idiot would probably attempt to eat it as well," he grumbled but accepted the rag, and ignored the angry yowls from his golden-furred companion. With a strong grip, he cleaned himself by rubbing and absorbing most of the liquid around his lap and his hands. He groaned softly as he picked of some small-cut vegetables and noodles of his clothes, considering the fact that he just took a shower this morning.

"C'mon you jerk, let me have some more! I'll eat your clothes if you don't!" Naruto growled miserably, whishing for the first time since he met Sasuke that he could speak the human language.

As he finished, he moved on to clean the kit as well. The beautiful golden fur was matted with pork, seaweed, and with an occasional onion slice. He was dripping chicken-stock all the way from his forehead down to his chest.

"Stupid Naruto," he said to the kit as he picked off a fishcake from the fox's forehead.

Eh? Did you just say my name? The fox demon's blue eyes widened in heart probably even stopped for a second. Sasuke's words echoed around him in slow motion over and over. He never really thought much of his name, but the way Sasuke pronounced sounded a lot huskier. It just sounded different... in a good way.

He chirped, twitching his tails in delight as the human continued to clean him more thoroughly with the rag. Considering the fact that now they were in more friendly terms after that, he felt more content and appreciative towards the way Sasuke took care of him. The kit just couldn't stop wagging his tails almost knocking stuff off the counter, and he even gave a couple of small licks on his hands to return the affection.

The raven-haired was so surprised at his reaction that he had to put the hectic kit down before he spilled the almost empty ramen bowl. Once on the ground, the fox excitedly spun around, stood in his hind legs to look at the brunet closer, and jumped and pounced lightheartedly at his shadow.

Sakura gasped. "Maybe he liked it, Sasuke-kun." She reached down to coax him forward a little so she could pat the wet soft fur on Naruto's head, who let out a dreamy sort of sigh from all the attention he was receiving.

"The ramen? He obviously did forehead-girl."

"I meant the name," Sakura growled out, ignoring the childish insult.

Lee looked curiously at Sasuke and a still jovial vulpine. "What name, Sakura-chan?"

"Naruto!" she impatiently shouted, grimacing in embarrassment when everyone turned to stare at her. Some by standers were even wondering if this pink-haired girl was even sane.

At that, the fox commenced the happy 'dook dook' sounds and limped back and forth from Sasuke to Sakura and back again to Sasuke.

Yeah! Yeah! That's my name!

"Maybe you should name him like that," Shino proposed. He shifted his glasses back up to his eyes when they begin to fall forward.

Neji crossed his arms. "It's a dumb name. Who in the right mind names an animal after food?" That earned him a low growl from the small fox.

"I think it's adorable," Hinata countered, not noticing her cousin glowering down at Naruto.

"Hn, dobe suits him better," Sasuke sneered down at the demon, who glared right back.

Bastard! I swear if you don't stop with the nicknames I'll… I'll do what exactly? The fox thought for a minute. Oh, I know! I'll shred all of your clothes with my awesome techni-

Naruto's thoughts were interrupted by Ino yawning. "I think I'm gonna go now, it's nearly 11:30. I'll see you guys tomorrow."

"We got to go as well." Neji stood quickly. "Let's go Hinata."

"H-Hai, goodnight everybody. Goodnight Naruto-kun," the girl softly wished everyone goodnight.

Right after that embarrassing ordeal, everybody else started dispersing and leaving back to their homes.

"Come on dobe, we gotta go. I have class tomorrow with Iruka-sensei," the Uchiha said. However the kit did the exact opposite. He ignored him and sat on the ground. His blue eyes narrowed in distaste, with his muzzle creased into a snarl.

"Let's go," Sasuke sighed in defeat, "…Naruto." He was already exhausted from the day's events, but upon seeing the fox's reaction to a simple sentence had warmed his heart up skeptically.

The fox trotted to him excitedly, a wave of contentment surfed inside his chest by hearing the raven-haired call on his name. It made his heart speed and his breath to come in short, fast pants.

"Let's go bastard," he answered on his own way.

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"Minato, calm down for a second!" Jiraiya, the old white wolf, ordered his favorite ex-student.

"What if the demons from the north like the eagles ambushed him and flew away with him! Or maybe a snake demon from the south seized him! Or even worse, what if some humans hunted him?!" Minato rambled on. His one and only son had been gone for nearly three days, and not a single demon knew where in the world he could be.

Jiraiya nudged the demon lord with his nose, who was curled into a small ball.

"I highly doubt humans would come this far into demon territory. They know very well to stay away from these areas," the wolf assured the golden fox. "Let's just continue searching around other clans and ask their leaders for their help. Maybe the kit will come back on his own, Minato. After all, you disappeared for nearly three years as well at one time, remember?"

Minato flushed in embarrassment. "That was because I was trying to court Kushina! And I managed to come back did I not?"

Jiraiya grinned, showing long rows of sharp teeth. "You see? Maybe the kit has finally found someone as well! He'll probably come back as soon as he manages to successfully court his partner. This is going to be his first heat isn't it?"

The smaller animal thought for a minute. "Actually yes, as soon as autumn comes, his body will fill with extra chakra to be used as a reservoir to be able to change into a desired form. That way, he can court someone," Minato said, but quickly he frowned. "However, I never had the chance to teach him the jutsu to transform! He probably doesn't even know any of this stuff!"

"Y-you mean you never gave your son the 'talk'?" Jiraiya hesitated, not sure he wanted to know.

Once again, the fox flushed. "Well no, I didn't think I had to teach him these things until late summer."

"I guess this means the kit is screwed."

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Kakashi inspected the large gash on his right hand intently. The wound refused to clog no matter how much pressure he added. It wasn't too much of a threat to go to a hospital but it still gave the jounin a lot to think about. The wound was surrounded by element-based chakra. The chakra had been so fine, albeit powerful to cut through his glove and damage the skin cells of the back of his hand. He knew then, that it was wind-based chakra that had hit him. And since his student, Sasuke, could only control fire and lighting that only left one solution.

It would be best though, that he kept his assumptions a secret, at least for now.

(1) A long time ago, humans imitated the demons' politics and developed the system of hokage, most humans don't remember this however.

In case any readers did not read the disclaimer and the warnings above, we will repeat them again. This fic does not contain zoophilia! Sasuke and Naruto will not engage in sexual acts when he is in his fox form! As you guys have probably already guessed, Naruto will turn into a human in order to be with Sasuke.

We really didn't want to spoil it and tell the readers how this story was going to go, but we have noticed a lot of people concerned about their relationship since Naruto is a fox. We assure you that we would not dare write something as explicit as that!

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