Naruto watched as Sasuke slept on his lap. They were safely in the tree now. Suki watched the two curiously as the blonde stroked the koneko's face lovingly. "He might catch a cold, we better find something to warm him with." She looked around the inside of the tree and found her pack sack. She rummaged through it until she found one of her blankets and handed it to the blonde. "Cover him up with this."

The blonde smiled greatfully at Sukiyomi, "Thanks!" he was about to cover him with it when Suki spoke up again.

"I kow this sounds akward, but, he should be dry before you cover him other wise he'll get sick anyways." her eyes watched as the blondes cheeks colored a nice shade of red she then turned away to give them privacy.

Naruto pulled off Sasukes shirt, careful of the ravenettes injuries. Azure eyes took in the damage, Sasuke had a forming bruise on his chest from being crushed under the tree. He didn't even want to look at his back. He looked up at Suki to make sure she wasn't looking when he took off Sasuke's shorts. Naruto blushed, when he realized he'd have to take off the older males boxers too. He covered the ravenette first then pulled them off as gently as possible. "I'm done.." Naruto crawled around Sasuke's body bringing the young Uchihas' clothes closer to the fire so they would dry quickly.

Blood colored the water, seeping into the sand. The tainted water and sand moist between her toes... The feeling of it was blissful. It was warm, like a fire.

Sukiyomi woke up with a start in the middle of the night a piercing feeling through her body. She shot up quietly, looking to make sure both boys were still occupying the tree. She could sense a danger coming closer to Konoha. She was glad her friend had sent for her. "HER" family lived in konoha.

The storm had died down over the night, Naruto was huddled close to himself near the fire. Obviously waiting for the koneko's clothes to dry. "Naruto." The red haired woman whispered quietly. "The clothes are dry." She shook him lightly, she already had a small soft spot for the blonde. That kind of thing didn't happen too often.

Cerulean eyes cracked open slightly, they blinked once and then they opened fully.

"Is Sasuke okay?"

Suki looked over at the ravenette. "His breathing is a little heavy, but other than that he's fine." Suki looked back at the blonde kitsune. "He might have a fever."

Naruto picked up the dry clothes and waited till Sukiyomi had turned away before he put them back on Sasuke. Narutos' koneko had indeed broken out in a fever. Azure eyes widened with worry. "I have to get him back home." he turned to Suki as he spoke.

The red head nodded and smirked, "Do you need help?" She looked at the blonde expectantly.

Blushing the whiskered boy nodded, "I- I don't know my way around..." he stumbled with his words, "And, well, I.... I need help finding my way out of the forest." Suki chuckled softly, nodding in understanding she got up picking up her few belongings, she shoved them in her pack sack and slung it over her shoulder with ease. Naruto, as Suki got ready somehow managed to get Sasuke onto his back and started to head out of the tree. Suki on his heels.

"WHAT THE HECK?" Naruto yelled, "WHY IS THIS TAKING SO LONG?" Suki shook her head and pointed just ahead of them. There was the entrance to the forest of death. They both continued forward then Naruto saw Sao.

The blonde female saw him and sprinted towards them. A great smile on her features. "SUKI! You didn't kill him, YAY!" the pretty blonde jumped and latched herself to the red head. A throbbing vein popped out on the side of the red heads forehead.

"If you don't get off now Sao, I Will kill you!" Suki growled loudly. Naruto watched the two in wonder as Sasuke started to stir slightly.

Naruto looked back at his teammate, "Sasuke, are you alright?" The older male nodded.

"Let me down Naruto." Sasuke spoke softly. Doing as he was told he set the ravenette down gently, He stayed close, just incase Sasuke couldn't hold himself up. Sasuke looked at Naruto before speaking again. "What were you thinking?" he peered at the blonde, grabbing hold of the blondes wrist gently, but firm so the tanned hand wouldn't be able to get away.

The hand stayed limp, the owner of the hand thinking away to answer the question, without the Ravenette getting upset with him. "I-" Naruto's bottom lip quivered, he decided to cover this up with anger. "Why would you care!?" The blonde glared at him, trying to jerk his hand out of the firm hold. Sasuke's grip stayed firm. He looked at the two girls, Sao nodded and pulled Suki away from the forest... Out of sight.

"For two reasons." The kitsunes' struggling lessened considerably. "One, you're my teammate." Naruto's eyes fell to the earth, so Sasuke wouldn't be able to see the tears gathered on his eyelashes. "And two... I like you." Sasuke blushed. He let go of the blondes wrist. Turning he started to hobble away, he couldn't take the rejection.

Azure eyes widened considerably, the tears had miraculously evaporated. He had never thought that Sasuke would like him. Tanned cheeks turned a pink hue, as the blonde tried to think of what to say back to his best friend. He couldn't think of anything to say to Sasuke. So he settled for body language, He knew that best anyways. He hurried ahead to catch up to Sasuke and noticed the ravenette was tense. He gently grabbed Sasukes hand and smiled foxily at him. Coal eyes softened, lips curved upwards in a small almost non existent smile. "Thank you Naruto."

The blonde walked at a casual pace at Sasukes side. "Well, I like you too!" The blonde blushed lightly, intertwining their fingers together. They continued on.

Sao and Suki were talking when the kitsune and the koneko appeared, Sao immediately stopped talking and glopped Naruto bringing them both to the ground. "I was worried!" Sao squealed, "Why'd you run, Naru-chan?" Naruto pouted at the nickname, he really didn't feel like answering. So he just shook his head in the negative. The blonde female wouldn't take that as an answer and started to shake Naruto comically forwards and back to obtain the answer she required for her to be the "gentle loving" friend that she usually was to Naruto.

"OKAY, OKay! Fine! Just stop shaking me!" Naruto pleaded. As soon as he was released he ran behind Suki who he knew was scarier than Sao, but he felt safe with her. "I don't why.." Naruto said looking at the ground.

Suki raised a brow, she had heard a different explanation from the blonde. "Didn't you say you were upset?" The red head looked down at the blonde who was hanging his head in shame.

Naruto looked up at Sukiyomi and nodded, barely. "yeah I was upset." he whispered too quiet for most of them to hear.

Suki had great hearing though and smirked, She tussled his hair a little, "Don't be ashamed."

The blonde nodded and smiled at her greatfully. "Hey, Sasuke?" Naruto chimed. Sasuke blinked and looked at the blonde. A tanned hand was open expectantly waiting for the pale hand to intermingle with it. Sasukes face started shading red, but he extended his arm and clasped Naruto's limb with his own anyway. "Let's go!" Naruto smiled and started pulling Sasuke gently towards the village.

Sao watched the boys, they were definitely in love. She pulled gently on Suki's sleeve, they started walking behind the two.

Naruto had refused to let Sasuke walk after he'd fallen twice on the way to his house. The blonde was worried about his friend. Coal eyes stared at him not blinking, he was not going to let the sapphire orbs win this starting contest.

"Sasuke, just let me carry you!" Naruto exclaimed. Sasuke being a stubborn fool, shook his head, even though he couldn't walk. "Do you think you can walk?" the blonde tilted his head to the right slightly, when Sasuke shook his head again.

"Naruto- It's getting hard... to breathe." the ravenette panted. Sao and Suki soon caught up with the two, Suki noticed the painful breaths Sasuke took.

The redhead sighed she then stalked up to her prey, that being Sasuke, She lifted him over her shoulder and started heading towards a building. "Let's go!"

"P-put me...down!" Sasuke panted. The redhead just continued her way towards the building. Naruto and Sao looked at eachother with questioning looks.

Sao spoke, "Where are we going?" The red head pointed towards the building, that was called hospital. Naruto started feeling uneasy with the way the wind played only with the small group and no one else.

"He'll be perfectly fine. All he needs is a few days rest. He'll just be sore for awhile, now that I've set his ribs." Tsunade stated.

Naruto smiled widely hearing this calmed his nerves down. He'd been worried about Sasuke since before they got here. "Can I see him?" Naruto asked innocently. Tsunade nodded and opened the door holding it for the fair haired male. The blonde walked quickly making his way to the bed holding his Sasuke. "How you doing koneko?" Naruto asked holding onto the ravenettes' hand gently.

"I'm fine Naruto, And quit calling me koneko!" Sasuke blushed hearing this new, frequent nickname the blonde seemed so fond of. A knock on the door made both males turn their heads, Suki and Sao were standing there one wearing a grin and the other scowling slightly.

"Hey we were worried about you!" Sao said skipping into the room, jumping and landing on Naruto's lap. Sasuke frowned. "Sooo, How's your rib, anyways?" The blonde female asked.

"Its fine." Coal eyes darkened. Sao tilted her head slightly to the right, shrugging she got up from Naruto and hopped to the window. Suki made her way into the room. She sat on a stool that was left by Tsunade, next to Sasuke's hospital bed.

Sukiyomi leaned in closer to the two males, she smirked. "I guess you'll be feeling better in a few weeks time, ne?" She patted his head lightly, "You won't be able to do much like that! I'd get house help if I were you." the red head frowned as the wind outside started to pick up, the windows were starting to rattle. She heard the door open, turning her head to look she noticed a rosette standing there staring at Sasuke.

"Oh, Sasuke! What happened?" The bubble gum haired girl questioned. "Are you alright?" She then also took noticed of Naruto's shuddering body. "Naruto, are you alright? You don't look too good either."

Sao raised a delicate eyebrow. This was odd, She could tell from her earlier encounter with the girl named Sakura, she usually didn't care about the kitsune.

"I-I'm fine, J-Just a little cold." Naruto turned around smiling that fake smile he always plastered on his face. Sao did NOT like it when Naruto wore that idiotic FAKE mask. She was about to say something about it, when the window broke open and rain started to pelt the creamy colored tile floor with icy water. The wind was picking up more than ever now. Tsunade looked around for something to temporarily cover the window, finding nothing she growled. "What the hell!?" Naruto cried out. He helped Sasuke get up and away from the bed he could tell that this storm was way worse than the storm the day before. Suki and Sao stayed calm just watching and waiting, while Sakura screeched when the lights exploded from an energy surge. Naruto jumped, hugging Sasuke lightly when thunder sounded throughout the building.

Sasuke scanned the room eyes landing on the female blonde and the redhead. "How can you two be so calm? This entire Hospital could be crushed by a tree or, or SOMETHING!" He clutched the trembling blonde from the sound that the night sky created, or so he thought created the noise. "It's okay Dobe, It's just a noise it can't hurt you. Okay?" The ravenette smoothed the blondes messy hair down as he tried to calm the Cerulean eyed kitsune.

"We can be calm, because we can be calm." Suki stated with a blank expression. "Sao, we have to go out and find that bastard Ren! we can't leave her with him. He might just convince her to marry him!" Sukiyomi growled lowly, she got up off the seat she had once chosen.

Sao looked out the window and shook her head in the negative, "She can take care of herself for now. She's just having a temper tantrum, that or she's trying to kill him while he's away." Sao grinned and let her own Chakra go wild. A few minutes after the wind started to settle and the rain became less.

Tsunade couldn't believe the Chakra the non-shinobi, Sao possessed. "H-How?" The Sannin asked, Shaking her head to clear her rattling thoughts.

Suki smirked, cocking her head to the right, "She's not from this village you know. She's not even completely human." The red heads smirk grew. "She's a sprite, one of earth and Nature."

Thank you all for reading, please reveiw!

What's going to happen next? Who's Ren?

Who is it that he's trying to get to marry him?

Why would Suki seems so concerned?

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