Heyyalll!!!!! I'm so sorry for the horrible delay... I don't know what's wrong with me, only my muse seems to be rather.....................anorexic? I dunno... -.-

Oh and, the small section at the start is a small flashback. When Sasuke says "You," it brings forth plenty of horrible memories for our poor little blonde, and so this is one of them. Therefore the rather interesting reaction.

I'm almost completely sure the quote below is Lord Voldemort's, when he was slightly saner. If not, please tell me!

Chapter 10

"There is no such thing as good or bad. There is only power, and those too weak to see it."

"You."

A 7-year-old Naruto walked down the tables, nimbly avoiding huge legs and arms that tried to either land a hit or touch him. He grimaced as he finally reached his table and placed down the man's order. The blonde quickly turned to leave, but the man, reflexes faster in his slightly drunken stage, pulled him back. Trying to hide his growing panic as the man didn't let go, Naruto turned and eyed him with his best emotionless mask.

"Would you like anything else, sir?" his voice shook slightly, but he was proud of himself. Three months ago he'd have started screaming and hitting the man as soon as the huge lump of fat had grabbed him. The man leered at him, showing rotting yellow teeth as he pulled the boy closer and leaned in. Naruto couldn't help a shiver of utter disgust as he felt the man's breath on his shoulder.

"You."

Naruto took a rushed step backwards, his eyes wide and his mind reeling. His hands tightened around his arms, a shield more than the comfort they'd held before. The Prince in front of him eyed him strangely, apparently not finding anything rather...weird with what he'd just said.

'Calm down, Aiko. I'm sure the idiot doesn't even realize what he's saying. And even if he does, I'm still relatively sure that he doesn't mean it...like that.'

Fudo's calm, if slightly annoyed, voice immediately snapped Naruto out of his daze, and he narrowed his eyes at Sasuke. He couldn't stop the slight shiver that passed his frame as the piercing black eyes bore into his, as if searching for something...

As soon as the realization settled in, Naruto immediately pushed Fudo back into his mind and retained him under several layers of his magic. As if proving his hypothesis, the Prince seemed to deflate for a moment, before new anger entered his eyes. Naruto gazed coolly at him.

"Me. Would you mind elaborating on that?"

Sasuke seemed slightly confused for a moment before he turned to Hyuuga who, through the entire performance, had barely moved from where he stood a few meters off. Raising his hand, he signaled the other magician to leave. Reluctant but obedient, the darker brunette bowed slightly to Sasuke; then, to everyone's surprise, he took a step towards Naruto and then bowed even lower to the startled faux-brunette. Raising his pupil-less eyes to Naruto's blue ones, he softly prodded Naruto's magic with his own, barely enough for a few words to pass through the connection.

-I know.-

Then he retreated swiftly and within a few seconds was gone. Naruto stared after Hyuuga, his mind running through all the possible meanings his words could have. All of them where frightening. In his panic he brought the tamashii to the front of his mind again.

He knows, Fudo! What does he know? That you're there, that I'm really Naruto, that I-

'We'll have plenty of time to think of that later. For now, I think you should pay attention to the rather irritated monarch to your left.'

Naruto spun as he felt a hand land on his shoulder, his eyes narrowing and his eyes flashing crimson. He didn't even realize what was happening until it was already too late to stop the change.

"Don't touch me."

The change in tone caught Sasuke's attention quickly, his eyes widening in surprise and then returning to their accustomed glare; his hand, however, stayed where it was, even tightening slightly.

"No."

Naruto, for all of his much prided patience and self-control, could not have stopped himself even if he'd wanted to as he lashed out savagely. Sasuke barely had time to utter a surprised yelp before he found himself on the ground with a bleeding hand and a knife to his throat. He looked up and the boy behind him, who was holding the blade harshly, surprise evident in his features.

"Speak now, or not at all. What. Do. You. Want."

For a moment, he was too stunned to do anything, then, his mouth opened unbidden and the words came out without particular permission from his brain.

"I want you and your magic. I know there's something rather strange about it. I'm not sure what, exactly, but sometimes when you use magic or when you get angry, your eyes turn red. At those moments, your whole magical aura changes."

Kyuubi couldn't help himself; he laughed loudly before allowing his eyes to change hue into crimson. The surprise in the fool's eyes at the action was worth the breach in sanity it had meant. He licked his lips slightly, grinning as the action cause the raven-haired boy's eyes to travel to his lips.

"It does, does it? And how does it change, Sasu-kay?" Kyuubi asked, almost purring Sasuke's name at the end. He watched with unbridled amusement as his eyes seemed to glow black for a moment, not moving from his lips. Teasingly, he pushed his tongue out slightly, drawing it past his sharp canines slowly, watching with growing glee as the trapped boy's eyes followed its movement. He leaned in closer, until Sasuke's eyes were forced to go back to his own. He lowered his eyelids to half mast, his hand holding the knife brushing Sasuke's neck slightly, and causing a slight shiver down his back. Kyuubi chuckled.

"Answer me, Sasuke."

Sasuke had never felt like this in his life.

At first, the want to know about the elusive brunette had been plain curiosity; now, however, it had grown past that, into a strange fascination with every little movement, every little flicker of red inside those blue eyes. However, he couldn't do anything with Neji here. He motioned him to leave.

What had surprised him had not been the mock salute in his direction. The Hyuuga hated bowing to Sasuke, feeling that they were both on equal ground and therefore had no need for such things between them.

His actions towards Kyuubi, however, stunned him. That he'd bowed even lower that to Sasuke was surprising enough, but the tiny interchange of magic had been very secretive and disconcerting. And judging by the brunette's stunned and rather frightened face, he thought so too. So, following his instincts for the second time that day, Sasuke clamped his hand on Kyuubi's shoulder. The reaction was instantaneous.

"Don't touch me."

Sasuke couldn't help it when his eyes widened. The tone was much different from how the boy usually sounded, even when he'd been pissed off before. And somehow, it was much more startling. He tightened his grip, just to make sure he hadn't let go accidentally.

"No."

The following moment was what truly startled Sasuke. In the next second, he'd suddenly found himself laying the ground, dazed as he took in the sight of the brunette above him. He didn't register the knife under his chin for a few seconds, but even once he did, he barely reacted.

Something's not right, he thought.

As soon as Kyuubi spoke, he was absolutely sure that something was most definitely not right.

"Speak now, or not at all. What. Do. You. Want."

The voice was so different from the brunette's normal tone. Before it'd been cold and indifferent towards him - except for that brief moment in the Princess' room- but now it was down-right aggressive. However, there was a hypnotic undertone that caused Sasuke's eyes to glaze over slightly. His eyes widened as his mouth opened unwillingly and the answer to the passive question came out. He felt a strange sense of sullenness creep over him as the words came out passive, while inside he could feel himself trying to panic, but unable to. He didn't even notice that he'd stopped speaking until he realized Kyuubi was laughing; suddenly, his eyes changed color to crimson.

It was unlike before, however. Before, he'd barely see a small flash of red before it was replaced once again with the blue of Kyuubi's eyes, (and he hadn't even noticed it during their slight tiff in the Princess' room, what with his anger spurting all over the place) but now the color stayed there, making the brunette's irises seem drenched in blood. The comparison sent a strange sense of foreboding through him.

A small movement coming from Kyuubi's mouth drew his eyes there, widening once again as he realized the boy had just licked his lips. Then, a strange wave of annoyance swept through him as he berated himself for feeling that that was so much more sensual than it actually was. However much he tried to convince himself, however, the boy's next words shook him visibly.

"It does, does it? And how does it change, Sasu-kay?"

He couldn't answer, even if he'd wanted to or even known the answer to the question; so far, he wasn't even too sure what it was that changed, as Kyuubi put it.

The only thing his brain managed to register was how his name sounded as it was purred from between the boy's lips, and how, after a few seconds, his pink tongue peeked through as he licked his incisors in a way that, no matter how the monarch would try to convince himself later, was most definitely seductive.

Almost in response, the boy leaned in closer to Sasuke, his eyes half-way closed and a strangely victorious glint in his pupils. Sasuke raised his gaze and found himself trapped under Kyuubi's crimson gaze.

"Answer me, Sasuke."

Naruto was completely unprepared for when he was suddenly brought out from the blind-side and pushed towards the front. He groaned slightly, feeling a wave of dizziness take over him for a few seconds. Then, as his vision and thoughts returned, he froze.

The Prince was laying beneath him, trapped by his sheer closeness and the blade pressed against his throat. His eyes seemed glazed and his whole demeanor was subdued. Almost reflexively, Naruto tumbled backwards with a yelp. His startled sound seemed to bring Sasuke back from wherever he'd been, and the boy was suddenly on his feet, glaring at Naruto. The glazed expression however, wasn't gone completely.

"What was that?" the Prince asked, a harsh undertone in his voice.

Naruto took a few seconds to concentrate; sometimes, it took just a little more effort to remember what had happened during the time he'd been in the blind-side. As soon as the memories returned however, he couldn't stifle the blush that swept over his cheeks.

"I'm bipolar," he said, knowing that since he couldn't hide the blush or his initial reaction he might as well use them to prove his lie. "Sometimes I just...change...and become like that. I didn't really mean any harm and well...you don't have to answer the question."

For a second Sasuke seemed confused, although it was not very apparent, but then his eyes narrowed and the chill that had up until now been missing from around him suddenly sprung up again. Naruto shivered, but was soon enveloped in a small cocoon of his own magic, keeping his warmth.

"Obviously I don't have to answer the question," the monarch spat, although somewhere in the back of his mind he was slightly apprehensive that the brunette would simply take the answer, like he had before. "And if you are bipolar then you should be taking medicaments. Or going to a hospital." He wasn't completely sure on the bipolar theory; frankly, he had no reason to trust the boy, but it made sense. His magic, when the person was enraged or simply not in his right mind, could easily have made his eyes change color into their crimson state. After all, his own magic sometimes made his eyes flash blue --or at least that was what he was told--.

Naruto growled lowly at the inference that Fudo was a sort of disease. At the matching snarl from the tamashii, Naruto took a step backwards, meaning to go back to the castle. His eyes widened as he realized that the Princess' potion time was already slightly overdue.

"You shall excuse me Prince," he said hurriedly, ignoring the monarch's sputtered response that he'd do no such thing. "But my duty to the Princess calls." With that, he turned and ran back into the castle.

Behind him was left a confused and rather annoyed Prince.

"Kyuubi," he whispered. "I'll uncover your secrets yet." With a glance upwards, and then towards where the brunette had disappeared up the castle, he sighed and started walking back to the secret entrance into the castle. He was so deeply immersed in his thoughts that he remained completely oblivious to the pair or glowing eyes that had been watching all through the encounter, or the reeking of bloodlust that emanated from their magic. A low, victorious laughter rang through the trees.

"I found you."

Woo another chapter finished. And some interesting interaction, neh? Just to clear up any confusions, I'm gonna put a little note here. However, it might be a little bit of a SPOILER so you don't have to read it.

Kyuubi (Naruto's body--Fudo's mind) : this is not how Fudo actually is. Kyuubi is the personalization of Naruto's and Fudo's darker side's combined; therefore the bloodlust, the sensuality, the teasing, and the words are simply Kyuubi 'playing with his food' so to speak. He is Naruto's strongest side, so the clever blonde knows he must keep Kyuubi appeased, or else...well, you'll find out later. ^^

Hope you liked the chapter! Please review!!^^

-G