shout out to: ram of the forest thanks for noticing my new idea, i really pride my stories on being something that someone hasnt come up with before ^^

i dont own naruto cuz if i did there would be more yaoi and not just hints of it... and haku and zabuza would still be alive and together

CHAPTER 5 – Things Change

Groaning, the young Uchiha stirred. 'What the hell was that!' it was blinding even through his closed eyelids and it was pissing him off. But of course, since he was still most of the way asleep, he reverted to his usual way of making things stop annoying him. He opened his eyes and glared at it, only to find that to be a monumentally idiotic move. Because that blinding light from before sure as hell was a lot brighter without even his eyelids to block it out.

Quickly pulling the sheets over his head with a hiss of displeasure, he noticed something next to him, or rather the lack thereof. Forgetting once again about the light, in his haste, he ripped the sheets from over his head only to reenact his former plan of retreat. Then a chuckle could be heard from across the room, carefully peeling back the covers he directed his glare at the one who'd laughed at him, making sure not to look at the light.

"Ne, what's the matter Sasuke? You forget what sunlight looks like?" one eye arched up to resemble a U the other hidden behind the standard leaf headband.

"Kakashi." It was more of a hissed rasp then a statement; he really wasn't a morning person.

"What no -sensei? Well I suppose not since you tried to run away and all." Casually the jounin walked over to the curtains the Uchiha's eyes still watching him, before they snapped shut once he walked into the light. Another chuckle and a loud 'Whoosh!' were heard as one gloved hand slide the heavy blinds shut.

"Better?" was the only thing said before the sound of footsteps approaching his bed. Glaring up at his former teacher once again, he didn't bother to answer.

A sigh "Now is that how you treat the KIND sensei who brought you something to eat?" the hand that wasn't used to shut the curtains was placed in front of his face, slowly he looked down at the offered plate and sneered, it was about five onigiri.

"That's it?" was his snide remark as he sat up.

"You of all people shouldn't complain. It's practically all you eat. And if any of the others had had it their way you'd be eating instant ramen instead."

At that the raven haired genin's nose wrinkled slightly. 'He hated that stuff, yes stuff, it wasn't even suitable to call it a food source, and he could never, for the life of him, understand how Naruto could love it so much… wait Naruto. Where was that idiot?' taking the plate, he voiced his question.

"Naruto? Hummm…" looking up at the ceiling and scratching the back of his head as if he was trying to remember something his ex-teacher 'hummed' again before bringing one hand down to land in the other with a soft 'plop' sound, as if reaching a realization. Sasuke's eyebrow twitched in annoyance, man Kakashi sure knew how to get on his nerves; he was almost as bad as the dobe himself.

"Ah! Naruto that's right! He was moved out of the room earlier this morning."

Sasuke stopped, onigiri half way into his waiting mouth, for all of 2.5 seconds before he continued eating. This of course didn't escape the jounin's attention. After thoroughly chewing then swallowing his first bite he decided to question the silver haired man further.

"What for?" taking another bite he looked on expectantly.

"Welllll, it seems he's finally starting to revert back to normal-" a snort cut him off.

"Normal? Since when has Naruto ever been normal?" Kakashi nearly sweat-dropped at that.

"Fine then, it seems he's reverting back to being as normal as he gets." The genin nodded before silence reigned supreme between the two.

"You should have noticed that already though right?" the raven's head whipped around to settle a glare on the man.

"What's that supposed to mean." Came the hissed response. Holding up his hands in defense he answered the boy's question anyway.

"I meant that, seeing as how you two were found all tangled up together, you should have been able to actually 'feel' the difference." A light, almost unnoticeable, pink crossed over the Uchiha's nose & cheeks, key word being almost.

"After all if we could sense the decline in chakra throughout the village I'm sure you could feel the difference in his temperature." Shoving the rest of the of the riceball into his mouth he mumbled a "whatever" as he quickly turned his face away from his ex-sensei, his blush deepening into a pale red. Eyes arching into U's again he couldn't help but tease the boy.

"No need to worry. He'll be fine, Tsunade-sama is looking after him." another snort from the younger male but this time louder.

"Worry? Why would I worry about that dobe! I left him for dead didn't I! Like I give a damn." Holding back a bark of laughter, Kakashi decided to speak up again.

"No need to be defensive either. I just thought it'd be nice to know why Naruto's not here and that he won't be back for quite a while." the notorious Uchiha glare was pinned on him and he raised his hands as if they could shield him from the nearly 'killer' force. Turning serious all of a sudden he prepared to tell Sasuke the rest of the news.

"Look Sasuke, after Naruto's back to 'normal' he probably won't remember anything. So-"

"The hell does that have to do with me now."

A sigh. "It's best you don't share any specific details with him about what happened. He probably won't be able to take it and-"

"You won't have to worry about that. Like I'd tell anyone what actually happened."

"Still, for the benefit of the both of you its best that you never even approach the subject lest anything slip. He'll probably still hang around you a lot even after this so expect it ahead of time."

"Like I would have expected anything else from that deadlast. Hell I doubt I'll ever get my life back."

"Of course you won't!" that had sounded far to joyful for Sasuke's taste and that upturned eye only added to his annoyance.

"And of course you'll also have an armed ANBU guard at all times, either 'till its decided that your worth trusting again or there's no more sound village."

Turning for the door the silver haired sensei gave one last upturn of the eyes and a wave before walking right out of the swiftly opened and closed door. 'That damn old man smiled too much.'

Turning his eyes down to the remaining onigiri his mind blanked out to white for a moment before one word came to mind. Alone. He was alone, no one else here, in this room, with him.

'Wait alone? This was his best chance then! Naruto wasn't here and it wouldn't be too hard to get past the two ANBU…' trailing off, his brows frowned as he thought more on the subject.

'Leaving now might be a mistake though, it is daytime after all. And it would probably work better for me in the long run if they thought I wasn't trying to escape. Plus Naruto's not completely back to himself yet and he'll probably just revert back to being feral if I try and run now…I'll have to wait awhile for him.. I can't believe that I'm reduced to waiting on this dumbass!'

Now glaring down at his food he almost imagined melting it with his glare but instead just picked another up and ate it while trying to massage the coming headache away.

'This was probably going to take time and a lot of patience' and when it came to that dobe he really didn't have that much of patience to begin with. 'This was going to be hell.'

sorry this took so long turns out i finished this chap a while ago and never noticed, thinking i still needed to add more, turns out i dont really need to and its ok. soooo i tried to post it but then there was some problem that told me to try again later, and that is how come it is posted now^^