When Sasuke explained his situation, Kakashi had to stop himself from laughing. "The fox is…taking Naruto away from you? Did I hear that right?" he asked. Sasuke glared. "You don't know what its like!" he snapped.

"How can I get rid of it, without letting Naruto it was me?" Sasuke asked. Kakashi shrugged.

"The fox seems attached to Naruto. You should be glad. That animal will protect Naruto with its life." He said, eyeing the various bite marks on Sasuke's hands.

"Those could have been a lot worse if the fox really wanted to hurt you. Just show it you're not a threat to Naruto." he suggested.

"How?" he asked. Sasuke had never acted threatening.

"The next time it gets in the way, just pick it up and move it." Kakashi said simply. "Make sure the fox knows what parts of the house are yours, and that parts he is allowed in. Treat it like a child. You need to set boundaries." He added. Sasuke frowned. He had got Naruto a fox, not a child. Sasuke shuddered.

He hated children.

With Kakashi advice in mind, Sasuke went straight home and kissed Naruto. As predicted, the 'evil-fur ball' as Sasuke had dubbed him, appeared, almost materializing from the air itself.

It squeezed itself between them, its furry tail stuck up in Sasuke's face. Sasuke picked up the animal and placed it on the floor. As Sasuke kissed Naruto again, the fox jumped back onto the sofa and curled up on Naruto's lap. Naruto immediately moved away from Sasuke. "Hey, teme, don't. Your squashing Kyu." He said. One point for the fox Sasuke thought angrily.

"Damn right I'll squash him." Sasuke muttered under his breath. He had one last way to get Naruto away from the fox.

Kakashi had suggested it with a very big smirk on his face. Well, Sasuke supposed there was a smirk. He couldn't exactly tell with the mask. "I give up." Sasuke said. "I won't keep forcibly removing Kyu." He said. Naruto smiled. "Finally."

"But you know what that means, don't you?" Sasuke said, suppressing a smile. Naruto looked up. "What?" he asked innocently.

"No sex. Ever." Sasuke replied. "I mean, we couldn't possibly do it with Kyu watching. His poor, innocent eyes." Sasuke said, feigning worry. Naruto picked up the fox and placed it on the floor. Sasuke swore the fox looked shocked. "Sorry, Kyu," Naruto said before allowing Sasuke to pounce on him again.

The fox was just like a child as Kakashi had warned. Whenever Naruto told him 'no', the animal would leave the room, obviously sulking. Eventually, though, Kyu realised he couldn't be with Naruto all the time.

He even stopped biting Sasuke. In return, Sasuke allowed the fox to sleep on the bed some nights. One of those nights, Sasuke was drifting off to sleep when he felt an unfamiliar weight on his chest.

Looking down, he found Kyu curled up on top of him, just like the fox did to Naruto. He reached down and scratched one of the fox's ears, like he had seen Naruto do countless times. If you asked Sasuke, he would deny all recollection of smiling when the fox pressed its head into Sasuke's palm, demanding more attention.

"I'll see you later." Sasuke said, pressing a kiss against Naruto's temple. Naruto nodded. Sasuke's first mission. He was finally trusted a little more again in Konoha. Tsunade decided he could finally begin making up for his treachery.

He was bombarded by D-rank missions. All the missions the other ninja didn't want. Sasuke had accepted his punishment without an argument. Being made to live with Naruto was no longer a bad thing; they had decided to move in together anyway.

It turned out that Sasuke would be weeding a garden for an elderly lady who was no longer active enough to do it herself. Sasuke growled when he had seen the garden. It was all weeds. There wasn't a damn flower in the lot. He viciously ripped the head off one of the abnormally large dandelions. Needless to say, by the end of the day Sasuke hated the colour yellow.

The raven practically crawled home, his hands stinging from all the nettles he had pulled up. He knew he would have to return tomorrow. When he had done half of the garden, he realised it would take forever to do the rest. Sasuke then decided to use a fire jutsu, and burn all the weeds away.

Quick, and effective. He forgot about the grass underneath, and had burned that to a crisp as well. The old woman had not been impressed. Sasuke had promised to come back the next day and bring Yamato, who could easily replace all the grass with a jutsu.

He opened the door; surprised that Kyu hadn't bounded up to greet him. "Naruto?" he called. When he heard a crash from upstairs, Sasuke ran to find the blonde. He wrenched the door open. Sai was stood in front of Naruto. The blonde was cowering in the corner.

Kyu took a running leap at Sai feeling the bad intent the man had towards his master, burying his sharp teeth in Sai's neck, drawing a considerable amount of blood. With a shout of pain, Sai wrenched the small animal away and threw it against the wall angrily.

Kyu made a small squeak of pain before slumping against the floor. Sasuke launched himself at Sai, intent on causing him pain, even though Sai had already collapsed, clutching his bleeding wound.

Naruto ran to Kyu and picked up the limp animal, cradling him gently. "Sasuke!" Naruto called in anguish. When Sai was rendered unconscious, he made his way over to Naruto. "You have to heal him," he said. Sasuke swallowed.

"I don't think my healing jutsu works on animals, Naruto." he said worriedly.

"Please, you have to try!" Naruto choked out. Sasuke gently took Kyu from Naruto and worked the chakra through his hands. It didn't appear to be working.

The Kyuubi reared up from inside Naruto, taking over the blonde's body. Red chakra engulfed the small animal, and the chakra almost tripled the speed of healing. Naruto returned to his body and nearly cried with relief when Kyu yipped weakly, opening his eyes. He cradled the fox close.

"I can't believe the Kyuubi would do that." He said. "I guess no one can help but fall in love with this little fellow." Naruto said. Sasuke bit the inside of his lip and turned away. "Sasuke?" Naruto said softly.

Sasuke scooped the fox from Naruto's arms. "L-let me hold him for a minute." he mumbled. If Naruto ever told anyone he cried, he would deny all knowledge. Naruto smiled. He felt Sasuke's relief too.

It turned out, that with all the training Sai had received, breaking out of a cell had proved simple. Tsunade wouldn't let it happen again. Naruto only had one request; that Sai was thrown against a wall.

As hard as possible. Happy with his revenge, Naruto returned home. They had taken Kyu to Kiba soon after the attack. He was good with animals. Naruto thought a fox wasn't far off a dog, so he thought Kiba would be able to help. He had given them some tablets, which they could crush into the fox's food to relieve him of the pain. For that, Naruto swore never to call him dog-breath again.

"I love you, Sasuke." Naruto said. Sasuke smiled. He picked up Kyu, and placed the animal between them.

"We love you too, dobe." He said, scratching the fox between its ears, enjoying the happy purring noises he was rewarded with.

"T-Tsunade-sama…is this really necessary?" Shizune asked weakly. Tsunade picked up a dangerous-look instrument, wielding it with a glint in her eye, advancing on Sai. "Is this even legal?" Shizune wailed.

"I am the Hokage! I can make it legal." She turned to Sai. Danzou hadn't warned him about this.

Sai never went anywhere near Naruto again. He never explained why, but was reduced to a shaking ball whenever the Hokage was mentioned.

A/n: And that's the end! Hope you enjoyed. Review, and let me know what you thought! Thanks for reading.

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