Hey everyone, I'm sorry its been so long. I was trying to finish New Beginnings so I could focus on this but then Translation Issues came along so I'll be splitting time between TI and OW. Sorry.

I hope you all enjoy it anyway!

Sasuke woke the next day with a groan, he had not been that sore from basic training in years, his whole body hurt in weird places. He groaned and rolled out of bed and walked straight into the shower, it wasn't until he was dry and dressed and halfway down the stairs before he realised that he had not yet been visited by the self proclaimed genie of the half empty shampoo bottle.

Sasuke shrugged, maybe he was still asleep, or just giving the girl some privacy for her shower.

He opened the fridge and grabbed the milk from beside the disembodied hand and closed the door. He had poured a bowl of cereal and sat down to eat before it even registered.

"What the fuck?!" he exclaimed rushing over to the fridge and flinging the door open. There, beside the milk sat a tanned hand waving at him.

A familiar voice giggled, "I wondered how long it would take you to notice," it said from somewhere towards the back of the fridge.

Sasuke pulled out the lettuce and beetroot containers to find Frank's head in the back of his fridge.

"Peek a boo!" the genie grinned, "I figured you mightn't want me in your bathroom all that much."

"I don't particularly like finding dismembered body parts around my fridge either," he said bluntly.

Frank sighed, "I suppose I could shrink then, if I absolutely have to."

"It would be preferable," the raven said walking back to his breakfast.

"Oh all right," the genie pouted, he pulled himself together and sat down on a tomato, "You know, you really shouldn't leave the fridge door open like this," he said conversationally.

"Well I didn't think it would be very polite to close the door in your face," Sasuke shrugged, "Plus can't you close it yourself anyway?"

"Yeah I guess," he said munching on a raspberry, "By the way you're almost out of butter, you might want to pick some up on the way home after training, and milk too but I guess you knew about that one."

"Yeah sure," the brunette said glumly.

"What's the matter? Training that bad?"

"Yeah, I can't do anything right! Everything is different and nothing works properly, all my landings are off, my balance is shot and I haven't even attempted to use chakra yet," Sasuke put his hand in his hands, "I really don't want to go."

"Now you know how blondie felt," Frank told her unsympathetically.

"Naruto?" His head jerked up, "What do you mean?"

"This is how his training has always felt, not everyone always found things so easy you know. This is what it feels like to have to work hard at something that doesn't come easily to you," Frank told him bluntly, "At least you don't have to deal with teasing and sabotage at the same time. Perhaps you might come to understand your little blonde a bit better now."

Sasuke was speechless, was this really how the dobe had felt all that time? Struggling and pushing through the pain like that? It seemed he was learning a great deal of respect for everyone lately.

"Hey princess, you're going to be late," Frank told him lying down on a block of soft cheese.

The Uchiha glanced up at the clock and swore he quickly shovelled down the last of his cereal and ran out the door and all the way to the practice fields.

"Hey Sas," Naruto greeted him with a peck on the cheek, "You're lucky, Kakashi isn't here yet."

"Morning Sasuke," Sakura greeted him cheerfully.

"Morning ladies," Kakashi greeted them.

"Who're you callin' ladies?" Naruto argued hotly.

"Eh close enough, anyway we're going to continue with balance training and adjusting to the physical changes before we worry about anything more complex," Kakashi told them cutting off any brewing arguments.

They worked on Sasuke's balance, trying to wipe his entire body memory and start again fresh. Slowly he began adjusting, no longer overreaching or underestimating; he grew accustomed to his new reach, with all limbs. Thankfully he hadn't had to deal with any weakening of his muscles, so his weapons skills needed only slight adjustments which could fit in with the rest of the body training. Needless to say, by the end of the day Sasuke was exhausted.

"Right well I have to go report to the Hokage on your progress, go home and get some rest, we'll have another long day tomorrow when we begin using chakra. No wearing her out Naruto," Kakashi gave a lazy wave and disappeared in his usual puff of smoke.

"Perverted bastard!" Naruto yelled after him.

Sakura giggled and grinned at them, "Well I'd better head home, have fun you guys."

Her words dripped innuendo and both of them blushed as she wandered off humming to herself.

"So…. Uh…" Naruto rubbed the back of his head slightly awkwardly, Sasuke started to walk away.

"Hey Sasuke where are you going?" he asked in slight confusion.

She turned and looked casually over her shoulder, "I have to get milk and butter, would you like to come?"

"Sure," he grinned and fell into step beside her, "So how are you feeling about the training?"

Sasuke sighed and gave him a sad little smile, "Alright I suppose, it's a lot to get used to. I'm sick of feeling so helpless, I don't remember things being this difficult first time around."

Naruto laughed and grabbed his hand, squeezing it lightly, "It probably wasn't, you've had to break years of habit and body memory in just two days, give yourself a bit of a break Sas. It should go against every single instinct you possess but you're gonna have to do it if you want to get anywhere."

"Naruto what the hell?!" Ino yelled out, "What's going on here?"

The blonde boy looked away from Sasuke to see Ino, Chouji and Shikamaru walking up.

Shikamaru looked at Sasuke, giving her a quick once over before he summed it all up, "Che, troublesome."

"You have absolutely no idea," Sasuke said raising an eyebrow, purposely pushing his voice up into the higher register making it sound very musical and unmistakeably feminine.

Ino's eyes which had previously focused only on their joined hands now widened as they took in Sasuke's new appearance.

"What the hell?"

Naruto tried to gently disengage their hands but the Uchiha held firm.

"Sorry Ino, he's all mine," Sasuke gave her a slightly smirk, he lifted the tanned hand to his mouth and gave it a gentle kiss, "You'll have to find your own. Nice seeing you guys."

With a slight nod they continued down the road past a gaping Ino, Chouji tried to hold back a laugh and Shikamaru just walked off abandoning his troublesome teammates.

When he was sure they were out of earshot Sasuke almost doubled over in laughter, "Oh man that was perfect! I've wanted to do that for years…"

"Have you now?" Naruto raised an eyebrow slightly and the raven blushed slightly.

"Well maybe," she pulled him along, "Now come on I need milk."

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The shopping had taken much longer than expected for the two items with Naruto trying to convince him that every household needed certain products, like ramen. Sasuke now knew far more about ramen than he had ever realised it was even possible to know.

The blonde had taken the threats seriously and left Sasuke at the doorstep with a light kiss and a promise to see him at the training grounds in the morning.

With a slight yawn he put the butter and milk in the fridge, keeping an eye out for any extra body parts.

"Don't you have anything sweet to eat around here?" Frank whined, sitting up on his beanbag of shredded cheese.

"I don't like sweet stuff," Sasuke told him grabbing a container of leftovers to reheat.

"Well what am I supposed to do then?" the mini genie pouted.

The raven turned and raised an eyebrow as the microwave started its work.

"I don't know, you're the genie around here."

"True but I'm not really supposed to help you, it's like the genie code," he pouted.

"How would getting sweet stuff possibly help me? I don't eat it idiot," the microwave beeped and Sasuke grabbed his meal shaking his head as he sat at the counter.

"Yeah but it works a lot better for sex than savoury stuff," Frank explained.

The raven choked, spraying rice everywhere, when he finally got himself under control he just glared.

"What?" the genie asked innocently as Sasuke grabbed a cloth, "Well it does…"

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