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/I wonder if life gets better.

…I wonder if this is the end./

Naruto's thoughts feebly surfaced in his mind as he laid dying in the Valley of the End, while his weak and trembling hand grabbed at where his heart was supposed to be and shakily traced the hole with his index finger. He dug one of his nails into the weeping side and groaned from the flash of agony.

/If this is really the end…/

"NO!" A voice yelled in the back of his mind. The Kyuubi's voice was deep, menacing and… angry. It was far angrier than usual, but he couldn't figure out why.

/Then I guess...I deserved it.../

He looked up between dirtied strands of bloody hair as his blue eyes searched for the boy who did this to him. As weak as he was, and as much as he knew that he should hate him, he still loved him.

/I'm glad it was you, Sasu-koi.../

Naruto's head dropped back down as it was unable to hold its own weight anymore… but rest continued to elude him

"No!" Kyuubi growled again, as he tore his way to the front of his host's mind," It won't end like this!"

/I'm sorry for not understanding you enough. I tried, I really did./

The Kyuubi snorted at his host's thoughts and shoved as much chakra as he could through the seal, and he furiously roared when it bounced back and almost incinerated him in the process. He pushed more chakra against the gate, while the bars of his cage turned red as they burned, and he howled in joy when some of the energy began to seep out of the gaps.

Naruto screeched in pain, and his back arched up so hard that it almost snapped in two. As it was, though, several vertebrae cracked under the pressure and a red column of excess chakra shot from his stomach and rocketed towards the sky, while the skin around his seal bubbled and sizzled from the immense overload of energy. The heat surrounding it burnt away at his clothes and left him nude, and it made the blood caking his skin boil and evaporate with a loud hiss. His blue eyes rolled to the back of his head from the overload of agony and he was almost grateful that he was spared the sight of seeing his own skin peel off.

The Kyuubi's face split into a grin and he pushed harder when he saw that his efforts were working somehow. They wouldn't end like this, and he would make sure of it.

Naruto's mouth opened and a column of chakra shot from it into the sky. When his eyeballs popped a few seconds later, two more columns flew from the empty sockets and combined with the other two to mingle in the sky and cast it a bloody shade of red.

…And then it all went black.

"What did you do?" Naruto gasped from his kneeling position in front of Kyuubi's cage. His whole body burned agonizingly, and he had to grasp at his body frequently to make sure he was real.

"I gave you a second chance, so be grateful to me…" The Kyuubi growled, but before Naruto could voice any of his questions, the demon disappeared in a burst of red smoke, only to appear again as a man. His imposing height of 6'5", topped with a red mane that went to his waist where nine tails swayed, was covered in seals that writhed over his skin and disappeared into his only article of clothing, which were his pants. However, what worried Naruto the most about the transformed fox was his hateful golden-slitted eyes and the next words he hissed through his shifted maw." I gave you another chance to avoid falling for some angst ridden avenger, to not be some fawning idiot and someone else's pawn, and to not end up the way we did back there. Since you can't take care of yourself, I think I have to help you out a little bit here…"

A red collar appeared on Naruto's neck, on which an arrangement of seals flickered on its surface.

"I weakened the seal just enough to be able to make some adjustments," he snarled, before a small and cruel smile twisted his facial features. "This time around, I'm the one in control… so if you don't want to obey me, then you'll suffer the consequences." At this, one of his tails whipped around to hit the bars and Naruto shrieked from the ensuing pain as he clawed at the wet concrete beneath him.

"Don't pretend that you're not getting hard off it, kit," The demon laughed and snapped his fingers.

In an instant, Naruto awoke and let out a sob as he curled into a ball around himself. He stumbled out of bed and fell into the bathroom, only to run into the mirror affixed in it. His eyes widened at the sight of himself, and his strangely youthful features. His longer blonde locks brushed his shoulder gently, his once-bright eyes were red and rimmed with tears, and his peach-coloured lips were cracked and trembling with the passion of his emotion. He raised a small hand to his neck where the red collar was and unsteadily traced the black ink engraved in it, which sent waves of pain through his lithe body and reminded him of his untended erection. He traced his hand down past his hard pink nipples, his narrowed waist and his slightly wider hips towards his cock, and a harsh shock ran through his body. He threw himself to the ground in agony with his ass thrown high into the air, and the only sound for the next 10 seconds was his loud moan of mixed pain and pleasure.

"Don't you dare, Naruto." Kyuubi's voice hissed in his mind." You're not giving into your libido this time around, so get your smarmy a** up, take a shower and get ready for the Academy already!"

"H-Hai," Naruto whispered as he crawled towards the shower, while pain and pleasure still wracked his body in shaky shudders.

The Gennin slid into his old orange jumpsuit and took great care to hide the collar underneath it. He turned to his nightstand and grabbed his hitai-ate to affix it onto his head, and was immediately relieved by the familiar feeling of safety it brought to him.

He quickly left his apartment and headed towards the Academy, but he stuck to the roofs so that he could avoid the hateful glares of the villagers below.

As he stopped just before the unopened door, he took a deep breath, as he was scared to face the love of his previous life. At the thought, though, he covered his mouth in order to not scream, for pain coursed through his body in reaction to his mind's musings.

"He betrayed you," The fox-demon hissed, as he clawed his hands down the bar. The screeching sounds soon brought him back to earth, along with the pain coursing through his slender frame.

"I'm sorry," Naruto muttered, only to freeze when a hand grabbed his shoulder. He whirled around with his blue eyes widening rapidly, and found his gaze resting on his sensei.

"Naruto, why are you sorry?" Iruka gave him a worried look as the question passed his lips.

"Oh, it's nothing! I just was... thinking of someone that I bumped into this morning! Yeah, that's what happened." Iruka stared at him for a few more seconds and, by the look on his face, it was obvious that he didn't believe him one single bit.
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"...Well, okay then," Iruka opened the door and sighed almost fondly at the sight of his loud classroom, before he sought to silence it once more. "HEY!"

Naruto scurried past him and made a beeline towards a seat in the now-silent. As he took a seat beside Shikamaru, he immediately began to tune out Iruka's last lecture.

"Hi there, Shikamaru and Choji!" Naruto hollered loudly, and though he was pleased by the wave he got from Choji, he shrunk back when Shikamaru glared darkly at him.

"Do you have to be this loud in the morning? Troublesome blonde," Shikamaru muttered, but a smirk on his face caused Naruto to smile, as he knew that the pineapple haired boy wasn't serious.

"Of course I do. You won't be saying that when I'm the Hokage, though." The blonde whispered, only to pout when Shikamaru snorted in derision.

"Uh huh… I think I still will. However, even then we both know that…" Shikamaru wrapped his hand around Naruto's thigh and dug his nails into the soft flesh. "We'll still be /best/ friends, won't we?"

Naruto put his hand over his mouth to hide his gasp. He and Shikamaru had always felt each other up in school, and since they both liked their pain with their pleasure and they were good friends to begin with, it didn't really matter to them that their relationship was ever so slightly dysfunctional.

"We're going to use him," The Kyuubi muttered in the midst of his gasp. "It'll be easy, since he already trusts you. All you have to do is reel him in to your mind-scape and I'll do the rest for you."

"Hai," Naruto whispered in his mind. He knew he was acting in a horribly weak manner but, honestly speaking, he'd fucked up before. Besides, what the Kyuubi was saying made sense to him.

Naruto put his hand on Shikamaru's and pushed the boy's nails deeper into his thigh, before he slid his own hand into the other boy's lap and rubbed the obvious bulge that lay underneath his scratching nails. During their whole exchange, he made sure to keep his blue eyes locked on Shikamaru's brown ones.

"…Team 7's team members are Haruno Sakura, Uchiha Sasuke an-" Iruka was cut off by Sakura jumping out of her seat. The banshee turned to Ino and shouted something about the "Power of Love", but Iruka simply glared at her and barked out," Sakura, SIT DOWN! And the last person is Uzumaki Naruto."

Sakura groaned and slammed her forehead on the table, while Sasuke looked over at Naruto with arrogant and ignorant eyes. However, instead of a show of enthusiasm or anger, Naruto simply looked forward calmly, with his hands back in his own lap. Iruka frowned at his lack of a reaction and promising himself that he'd talk to Naruto later, before he moved on with his announcement.

"Team 8 will have Inuzaki Kiba, Aburame Shino, and Hyuga Hinata, and Team 10 will be made up of Yamanaka Ino, Akamichi Choji and Nara Shikamaru," Iruka said in a hurry, before he added one final comment. "After lunch, come back here so you can meet your senseis… and that is all, everyone."

Naruto was the first one out of the classroom but, instead of going out to enjoy his lunch, he headed straight towards the room he knew Sasuke would come to which, incidentally enough, was also the place where he and Sasuke first had sex. The raven had promised him love, as well as a lavish marriage and a life spent together forever, when the time came, in this exact room, and a familiar pain surged through him at the thought. He grabbed a desk to steady himself and left deep grooves in its abused surface when he was done.

"Naruto?" Sasuke asked surprisedly. He hadn't expected to see his new teammate in the room, though his confusion did not allow itself to show on his face.

"Don't let him touch you, brat." Kyuubi growled menacingly.

Naruto stared at Sasuke with mixed feelings and, since he was unsure of what he should say to the other, he sidestepped around him and attempted to walk away, only for him to be pulled back and kissed roughly on his lips.

Sasuke put his hand on the back of Naruto's neck and slid his tongue into his uke's mouth as he closed his eyes, but the blonde refrained from doing so. Instead, he simply stared forward with broken and unseeing eyes.

"Use him, Naruto…" The Kyuubi whispered in the back of his mind, since he was all too aware of Naruto's conflicted emotions during the rough kiss. "Use him like he used you."

Naruto didn't answer the demon. Instead, he broke the kiss and looked at Sasuke lovingly, before he moaned in pleasure when his partner latched onto his neck and began to suck on the tender skin.

"You got a collar, dobe. So… who's your master?" Sasuke muttered against his neck.

"You are, teme," Naruto muttered seductively, and studiously ignored Kyuubi's growl of disapproval.

"That's right," Sasuke growled possessively, as he sucked harshly on his collar bone and groped Naruto's plush ass with his slender fingers.

"Oh, Sasuke," Naruto whimpered, and reach up to hold onto Sasuke's shoulder." I love you."

He could feel Sasuke's arrogant smirk against his neck as he dug his nails into the other boy's shoulders, and he couldn't help allowing his tears to spring forth at the painful pleasure it elicited.

"I love you too... dobe," Sasuke began to cup his burgeoning erection through his pants and took delight in forcing more moans out of Naruto, but reluctantly cut short his fun with the next comment he voiced. "However our sensei should be here in a few minutes."

The young avenger pulled away from the blonde and smirked at his flustered possession. Naruto was attempting to pull himself back together and hopefully make his erection go away, and his efforts only made the black-haired boy smirk even wider.

Unaware of the other's amusement, Naruto gave Sasuke one last peck on the cheek before he raced from the room and sprinted back to Iruka's classroom.

"I shouldn't have done that," Naruto agonized internally." I'll be worse than him if I use him. I can't do this to Sasuke."

"You can't do this to Sasuke or you can't do this to Sasu-koi?" Kyuubi snarled back in his mind," You're blinded by his words, you insecure piece of... Look, brat, this is what's best for us. Th-"

"What's best for us… or what's best for you?" Naruto whispered softly back," Would you even care if this didn-"

"Of course I would, kit! Stop being so dramatic already!" The demon practically roared in reply.

"Kit?" Naruto wondered confusedly, before he stopped in the hallway and fell to his knees as a pain much worse than before attacked him. A tear fell from his ever-widening eyes and he had to slap a hand over his mouth to keep from screaming his agony aloud.

"ENOUGH!" The word echoed through Naruto's mind and caused him to shriek into his palm.

"Naruto!" Shikamaru shouted as he came running towards him. He knelt by the blonde-haired boy and patted his shoulders comforting, but he narrowed his eyes when the boy didn't respond. He wrapped his arms around Naruto and rocked him slowly in his arms when a sudden fear regarding his health wormed its way into his mind.

"Naruto… can you hear me?" He asked, while his voice cracked a bit from his acute worrying.

"Sh-Shika, it hurts," Naruto whined piteously, while he buried his face into Shikamaru's chest and tightly gripped his shirt.

"What hurts?" When Naruto didn't answer his question, he sighed and rubbed the boy's back in an attempt to soothe him," You have to tell me where it hurts for me to help, you know."

Naruto sniffled and wobbled to his feet, but he quickly found his balance without the other's help. He stretched and began to walk away as if nothing had happened, only to stop abruptly in his tracks when Shikamaru grabbed his arm.

"You're injured," Shikamaru flatly stated, and even though they both knew he'd heal easily, he was still obviously irritated by the blonde's disturbing episode a few seconds ago.

"It doesn't matter to you… but thank you, Shika-chan." He gently pulled his arm away and began to head towards Iruka's room again," You might want to go get Choji before Iruka has a conniption."

"He's already there, Naruto. Besides, Iruka sent me to find you," Shikamaru quickly retorted, as he jogged a little faster to catch up with him.

"Oh, w-"

"What were you doing with Sasuke?" Shikamaru suddenly interrupted him with his harsh question. His eyes were worried and a bit hurt and Naruto thought that he saw a little jealousy as well.

"It's none of your business," Naruto shot back, and attempted to rapidly walk away. However, he was thwarted once more when he was stopped by Shikamaru's hand on his arm.

"I think it is. You're my... friend… and though it's true that you can be with whoever you want to be with, I don't think he's any good for you," Shikamaru warned him as he let Naruto go, but he stepped in front of him and advanced with steady steps until the blonde was pushed up against the wall. He put his hand on the collar of Naruto's jacket and unzipped it slowly.

"Shikamaru, stop!" Naruto hissed and, though he tried to move away, he found himself being slammed against the wall with a harsh flick of the other's wrist.

Shikamaru gently slid Naruto's jacket down and stared at the hickey he'd spotted earlier. He brought one of his smooth olive-skinned hands up to softly trace the bruise, before he put his hand on the collar. He noted the way Naruto stiffened and filed the thought in his mind as he admired the color and the texture, and brought his soft lips to it so that he could kiss it, the hickey and Naruto tenderly.

"So you're his property now. You love him and he loves you, I suppose…" He whispered quietly, and his emotions stayed hidden as he tried to speak in a deadpan tone.

"No, I'm not and... no, I don't." Naruto confidently declared, and despite the fact that it hurt him to do so, he put his jacket back on and covered his neck once more. Once he was done, he cupped Shikamaru's face and pecked him gently on the cheeks, before he sighed and wearily added," I'm just using him the way he's using me, that's all."

"…Are you using me too, then?" Shikamaru muttered under his breath. However, instead of replying to his query, Naruto just pushed past him and finally walked away from the other boy.