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It Should Be Obvious	By : bluegenjutsu Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 1510 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 2
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It Should Be Obvious

Summary: Naruto is captured by the Akatsuki and the only
way to survive is to agree to merge with Kyuubi. Now Naruto has to
deal with his new circumstances, as well as rescue his best friend.
Can Naruto still achieve all his goals? SasuNaruSasu Shounen-Ai, Yaoi

There will be other implied pairings in this story, but they will
not be focused on. Naruto is 15 and Sasuke is 16.

Warnings: You should have read up to chapter 309 of the
manga to understand certain events that are mentioned in this story
(or to know what is being talked about), especially events at the
beginning of this story. If you haven't read up to that chapter, then
be prepared for spoilers. This story starts not long after the events
of chapter 309 and because of that, this story will veer off from the
events that happened in the manga after that chapter. It is very
possible that there will be a M-Preg in this story. If you hate
M-Preg stories, then you have been warned before you start reading.
;)

“talk” normal talk

'talk' thoughts of the character

that man Sasuke's way of referring to Itachi

Chapter One: Oh, Shit!

Naruto couldn't believe that he had found himself in such a
horrifying predicament. There would be no one to save him, unlike
what had happened with Gaara. No one would know that something had
happened to him for at least a week. He was supposed to be on a
mission to find Jiraiya and get him to return to Konoha in order to
train him. Since Naruto knew all of the perverted hermit's favorite
places to do research and he could use his frog summons to try and
track down the other frog summoner, he had used that to persuade
Tsunade into letting him go off alone for a week to find the
perverted sannin. Actually, what he really did was encourage her to
get drunk on sake first and then tricked her into letting him go on
this mission, with the excuse that he needed the pervert to finish
training him so he could become stronger.

Rumors had been floating around that the Akatsuki were very close
to having captured all of the jinchuuriki and stolen their bijuu. It
wouldn't be long before they came to the Leaf village to get Naruto.
He knew that the elders didn't want him to leave the village. But
Naruto had to save Sasuke no matter what. That is why he came up with
the plan to trick the Hokage in order to be able to hunt for clues
about the whereabouts of Orochimaru instead. He knew that Sasuke
could give his body to the snake at any moment and Naruto just
couldn't allow that to happen. He also knew that he would probably be
in big trouble with Tsunade, and the elders, as soon as he got back.

But Naruto really didn't care about any of that, because for him,
saving Sasuke was the most important thing. He would die to save his
friend. But now here he was, captured by the Akatsuki after only
having left Konoha the day before. The jutsu for extracting a bijuu
from it's jinchuuriki had already been started, and Naruto, who was
trapped inside himself with only Kyuubi for company, could do nothing
to stop it. He had awakened to find himself outside the fox's cage.
Kyuubi had told him what was happening in a very pissed off voice.
Naruto was in severe pain and so was Kyuubi. Both felt as if they
were being torn apart, which literally, they were.

“Damn it!! I can't believe how stupid I was!” Naruto
was lying in front of the cage in a fetal position, trying to ease
the pain he was in by holding tightly onto himself. It wasn't working
too well.

The fox looked at his container and growled. “I really had
hoped you were getting smarter, Brat. You should have learned long
ago not to trust humans. Now we are both paying the price for your
stupidity!” Kyuubi glared hatefully at the little human in
front of him.

Naruto growled back but wouldn't look up at the fox because he was
too afraid to move, believing that it would make the pain feel worse.
“I'm not like you! I believe there are many good people in the
world. I just got unlucky this time. How was I supposed to know that
the Akatsuki had recruited a little girl as a member?” Naruto
then grumbled under his breath. “She was so cute and innocent
looking too, damn it.”

“Innocent, my ass! Why did I have to be sealed up inside of
an idiot? So, how are you going to get out of this one, Brat?”

'Damn. That's a good question. There's no way I can let these
assholes win.' Naruto forced himself to not think about the pain he
was in, and instead he tried to think of a way to escape from the
jutsu.

The fox looked at his host slyly and grinned. “I have an
idea! You do know that we've been slowly merging ever since you first
started using my power, right?”

Naruto forgot about his pain momentarily and jerked his head up to
look at the demon. But then he regretted the action right after, as
he hissed in pain. “What do you mean by merging?”

Kyuubi chuckled evilly and smirked. “Idiot. What do you
think has been happening whenever you take on my form and grow
tails?” Before Naruto could answer, the fox continued. “You
and I have been becoming one. When you get the nine-tails, you will
be completely demon. But now, we are going to have to speed up the
process because we've run out of time.”

Naruto became frightened at the thought of being merged with the
fox. He didn't want to become a demon. He had been called a demon and
even a monster by many of the villagers of Konoha for most of his
life, and had worked so hard to become a good shinobi so that people
would acknowledge him as that instead. Now Kyuubi was telling him
that he had been slowly becoming a demon for the past several years.
'Why didn't I ever realize that this was happening to me? Have I been
so blind? I've only been thinking about getting powerful enough to
save Sasuke, but I've never thought about the consequences. I've
become just like Sasuke.' Naruto bowed his head down to the top of
his knees and shuddered. His mental pain was now overpowering the
physical pain he had been feeling from the separation jutsu. He
whispered, “Wouldn't it be better for me to just die? You won't
die because they want to use your power. You'll survive this.”

Concern briefly flickered in the fox's eyes but then was replaced
with disgust. “What, are you giving up? After all the bragging
you have done, when you've come to me for power? Saying you won't
give up. Not only are you an idiot but you are a coward too!”

Naruto flinched at the insult but didn't lift his heard. “If
surviving means I have to become the monster that people think I am,
then I'd rather be dead. I won't become a monster!”

Kyuubi laughed and then smirked at the boy. “Idiot! You
won't become a monster unless you want to become one. When we merge,
you will still have your own mind. Unless you'd rather let me take
complete control. I wouldn't say no to that.”

Naruto looked up at the fox. His eyes filled with confusion and a
little hope. “You mean I have a choice? I can still be me?”
'What if he's trying to trick me though?'

Kyuubi scoffed at his host. “Of course, you fool! And you
better hurry up and decide to work with me on this. Otherwise it will
be too late. If you haven't noticed yet, almost half of my body is
missing.”

Naruto gasped and sat up. Again, he had to force himself to bear
with the pain running through his body. He looked over the fox's body
and saw that only the front half of it was fully visible. The rest of
his body was nearly transparent. “What do I have to do?”

“You have to break the seal and hold on to me immediately
after.”

“No! You're just trying to trick me so you can get free!”
Naruto glared at the fox.

Kyuubi glared right back and hissed. “You fool! Of course I
want to get free because if you and I don't merge soon, I'll be
sucked up into that statue they are trying to seal me in and you will
be dead. You are the only one that can keep that from happening. You
and I can become one and survive this. They can't take me out of you
once we are one. And...” The fox grinned evilly at the boy and
winked. “We will take them all out with a powerful surge of
chakra when that happens. While I'm sealed, my powers are limited.
Especially since a human can't handle all of my power. But once we
are one, your body will be able to handle all of my power because it
will be re-created.” He decided not to bring up again the fact
that Naruto's new body would be a demon one. He didn't want the boy
to change his mind again.

Naruto was afraid to believe the fox but what choice did he have?
Time was running out. 'I still have to save Sasuke, too. That idiot
is planning on giving his body over to the snake bastard. I'm not
even sure when that will happen either. Once I escape from here and
have the full power of Kyuubi, I can go find Sasuke and save him. I
will be able to kill Orochimaru, too.' Naruto narrowed his eyes at
the demon. “Hey! If I agree to this, I want to leave this place
and hunt down Orochimaru and kill him. You don't have a problem with
that, do you?”

Kyuubi knew he now had the boy. He smiled in as friendly a way as
a demon fox can smile. “I would love to help you kill that
snake. Just one more thing before we do this, Brat. You seem to have
no problem with killing the snake. Well, being a blood-thirsty demon,
I do get hungry sometimes.”

Naruto glared at Kyuubi. “I will not allow you to kill
innocent people! The deal is off if you are thinking I would.”

“Oh no, silly little boy. I can handle killing just the evil
ones. If you can.” He smirked at Naruto. “I promise to
behave as long as you let me have some fun once in a while.”

Naruto looked away. 'Evil people only. I can handle that, right?
Shinobi have to kill sometimes anyway. And if I become ANBU, then I
could give Kyuubi what he wants and still be helping my village. And
by merging, I will be able to save Sasuke. But... I'll have to keep
the merge a secret if I want to be able to stay in Konoha and if I
still want to become Hokage. That will be hard. Will I be able to
keep a secret like this?'

Kyuubi growled out angrily. “Hurry up and decide, idiot!
More of me is disappearing and I'm getting really sick of this pain.
Yes or no!”

Naruto grimaced and then looked at the fox. 'I have no choice
really.' “Yes, I'll do it. But just so you understand... I'm
the boss. Once we are merged, you will listen to me. Got it?”

'Ha ha. Stupid brat. As if.' Kyuubi made his expression look
serious and sincere. “I got it, Brat. Now break the damn seal!”

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Naruto shivered a bit as he felt a cool breeze on his body, then
he slowly opened his eyes. 'Huh? Where the hell am I?' He saw blue
sky and white, puffy clouds above him. 'What the hell?' Naruto tried
to think of the last thing he could remember. He sat up quickly in
shock, as he remembered everything that had happened, and then he
looked around. He saw that he was in a clearing near a lake, that was
surrounded by woods, and that he was alone. Everything seemed
peaceful and quiet.

All of a sudden, Naruto realized that he felt sticky all over. He
looked down at his body and gasped in shock. 'I'm covered in blood
and naked. Where are my clothes?' He looked around again, this time
looking for the clothes he should have been wearing. 'Wait. I'm
covered in blood.' He looked at his body again. 'Where did all this
blood come from?' Naruto felt very confused and scared. “Kyuubi!!
Why I am naked and covered in blood? What the hell did you do with my
body?” He heard a laugh and looked around until he realized who
it was.

“How are you feeling, Brat? Feel good?”

“Damn it, Kyuubi! Answer my questions! What did you do?”

“You're bloody and naked because you got a new body. Geez,
idiot, don't you remember me telling you that would happen? You're
clothes burned off and the blood is from the body being destroyed and
then re-made. There's a lake right over there. Go take a bath, Brat.”
'He doesn't need to know that not all of the blood is his, though.
Telling him would be too troublesome.'

Naruto glared even though he didn't have the fox in front of him
to see it. He got up from the ground and started walking to the
water. “How did I get out here in the middle of nowhere? Where
the hell am I?”

“I have no idea where we are, Brat. I just ran until I found
someplace comfortable to rest at. Now, let me get back to my nap.”

Naruto stepped into the lake and waded through it until it was
waist high. He started washing the blood off of him. He dunked his
head under the water and scrubbed at it until he felt like he had
gotten all the blood out of it. 'Weird. I can talk to the fox now
without having to go visit him at his cage.' “Hey, bastard! Are
you now in my head or something? Or are you still hanging around that
cage?”

Kyuubi growled in irritation. “I'm part of you now, Brat.
Stop asking me things that you should already know. We are one now,
get it? We share this body together. I'm still alive, you're still
alive. But I'm no longer caged and you now have complete access to
all of my power. Now, leave me alone! I had to do most of the work to
save us. So I deserve a nap.”

“Geez, grumpy old fox. You expect me to know everything? Go
to sleep then. I'll figure out where we are on my own.” 'First
thing I need to do though is find some damn clothes. I can't go
running around everywhere like this. Wait. New body.' Naruto looked
into the water and tried to see his reflection. He wasn't able to see
himself too clearly because of the wind causing ripples in the water,
but he could see enough to shock him. 'Fuck! The damn fox made me
look like a girl! I'm going to kill him!'

Naruto's face now looked like a face that could easily fit on a
man or a woman. His cheekbones were more prominent now because his
cheeks were thinner and his eyes looked more slanted. Granted, they
were still blue, but they didn't look entirely human anymore. The
pupils were slitted. His hair now had red streaks mixed in with the
blond. And while still thick, his hair now fell in layers down to the
top of his shoulders. His bangs were longer than they had been
before, coming down to frame his face on each side and reaching to
the middle of his cheeks, on which his whisker marks were now darker
and more pronounced.

He looked too...pretty. And he was pissed. Just about pissed
enough to wake the fox up again and rip into him. 'I really, really,
really hate Kyuubi. That asshole did this on purpose. Why the hell
would he want to make me look a girl? A big prank on the prankster?
Well, when he wakes up, I'll make him change me back. There's no way
in hell that I'm going to go around looking prettier than
Sakura-chan.'

At the thought of his female team-mate, Naruto frowned. 'If I tell
her what happened to me, what would she do? Could she keep it a
secret? She's become like a sister to me and I don't want to keep
something so important from her. She already knows about Kyuubi and
she accepted it and stayed my friend. But this is something totally
different. If what Kyuubi said was true, then when we merged, I
became a demon. Well, I still feel like myself. I don't feel the urge
to start maiming and killing people. So that is good news, I guess.
But if the villagers, or even the elders, find out about what
happened, they would either try to kill me or they would run me out
of the village. Or... They could try to seal me like they did to
Kyuubi!'

Naruto took a deep breath and forced himself to not think about
what might happen when he got back to Konoha. Instead, he finished
washing off all the blood from his body. Then he walked out of the
water and headed for a patch of grass where he then sat down to rest.
He tried his best not to think about all the things he had had to go
through recently. He was just too mentally drained to deal with it
all right now. He rested his elbows on his upraised knees and placed
his hands on the sides of his head. When he felt his ears, he blinked
and then started touching the tips. 'Why didn't I notice this
before?' He jumped up and ran back to the lake and looked at his
reflection, pushing his hair back so that he could get a good look at
his ears. 'Yep, they're furry and pointed alright. Shit! How the hell
does Kyuubi think I can pass myself off as a human when I've got
fucking fox ears?' Naruto started swearing under his breath but then
his voice became louder. “Kyuubi!! You damn fox!! I don't care
if you are sleeping! Wake up and fix this!!”

Kyuubi growled in anger. “What do you want now, Brat!!
Didn't I tell you to leave me alone so I could sleep? Ungrateful
idiot!”

“Asshole! Fix me right now, damn it! Not only do I look like
a fucking girl, but I have fox ears too! Do you think this is funny?
Are you having a good laugh?”

“You woke me up for this? Fix it yourself, Brat! You have
the same power as me. You can shape-shift with it, idiot. Geez,
you're such a crybaby. Now leave me alone or I'll punish you.”

“Like this wasn't punishment enough? Fine, I don't need your
help!” 'Shape-shift? Is that like a powerful type of henge?'
Naruto drew on some of his new chakra and concentrated on forming a
henge to make himself look like he used to look. He smirked when he
saw his old face again. But when he reached up to feel his ears, he
realized they still felt furry and pointed, even though they didn't
look it in his reflection. 'Well, that sucks. I thought that being a
demon now, I could create a more powerful henge. Guess I'll have to
make sure no one touches my ears. It's strange though that my hair
seems to feel like it used to. So why only the ears? Well, I don't
feel like begging the bastard to show me how to fix this now. He's
been acting like a bitch all morning.'

Inside, the fox smirked. 'That brat can be so amusing at times. To
keep things amusing, I won't even tell him that I can read his
thoughts. Let him think he has some privacy. And of course, I did
mess with his shape-shifting so that the ears weren't included with
it. He thinks he used a henge to change his looks, but the only henge
that was performed is one that I made on the ears.' The fox chuckled
to himself. 'So, he hates looking like a girl, huh? I think I'll wait
to tell him what fox demons really are, some other day. I really
don't feel like dealing with his hysterics right now, anyway.'

Naruto suddenly remembered that he could henge clothes on himself,
so he performed a simple henge to make it look like he was wearing
his old jumpsuit. Naruto sighed and felt a little depressed. 'I miss
my real jumpsuit.' He decided to go looking for a village where not
only could he find out where he was, but also be able to borrow some
real clothes. He had no money on him and he was really hungry, too.
So he needed to borrow some money in order to be able to eat. He did
plan on leaving IOU's though, so technically he wouldn't really be
stealing. He much preferred the word, borrowing. 'Hopefully, I'll be
able to find some clothes that have orange in them. Then I need to
find a ramen stand. After that, I'll go looking for Sasuke-bastard.
I'll take out the snake and then drag Sasuke's sorry ass back home.'

Naruto felt happy at the thought of seeing his friend again and
being able to save him this time. 'Once Sasuke is back in Konoha,
everything will be like it's supposed to be. Well, as long as people
don't know what I really am. I'll just live like I always have and
work on my goal to become the next Hokage. So what if I'm a little
different now. Okay, maybe a lot different... But that's not the
point! The point is... The point is that Sasuke will be home where he
belongs and I won't have to worry about him anymore.' Naruto smiled
happily and started whistling until he heard a loud growl. 'Okay,
this sucks. I can't even whistle? Well, whatever.' Naruto shrugged
and then smiled again and ran up the nearest tall tree. He looked
around to see if he could see anything other than trees. To the right
of where he was, he saw a trail and started traveling through the
trees, staying parallel to the trail and hoping he was heading in the
direction of a village.

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Sasuke grunted in annoyance and flipped over onto his back. 'I
can't fucking sleep! And it's all that idiot's fault. Why do I have
to think about him every night, anyway? Every time I try to force my
mind to become blank, his face pops right back up into my head. With
that moronic grin on it, too. I should have killed him the last time
we met. But no, just like before, I couldn't. And no matter how many
times I try to tell myself that I let him live because I don't want
to be like that man, I can't fool myself into believing it.
Gaining power to avenge my clan is the most important goal I have.
But I just can't kill Naruto. I left him alive at the Valley of the
End, because I can't kill him. I can't kill that bond.'

Sasuke put his hands behind his head and stared up at the ceiling.
'When Naruto, and the new Team Seven, showed up at our previous
location to get me, I was given yet another opportunity to kill him.
But instead, I deliberately took my time, hoping he would save
himself, even though I should have killed him, because he's my
weakness. Of course, the idiot just stood there and would have let me
kill him. Luckily for him, and for me, that guy they replaced me
with, jumped in to save him. That was a surprise. It really pissed me
off, too. Sure, he saved the dumbass and kept me from having to
actually kill him, but it still pissed me off. Not only did they
replace me with that guy on the team, but it looks like Naruto may
have replaced me with him, as a best friend. How could that moron do
that to me?' Sasuke then sighed in relief, as he remembered what his
replacement had said to him about Naruto. 'Oh right. Naruto told him
about our bond. So maybe he hasn't replaced me yet. Maybe, I still
have a chance. After I kill that man. If I survive. Then maybe
Naruto and I can rebuild our friendship. He seems to have forgiven me
for what happened at the Valley of the End. I don't believe that he
would still be trying to save me and talking to other people about
our bond, if he hadn't forgiven me. Anyone else would have ended our
friendship, but luckily for me, my best friend is a moron.'

Sasuke decided it was time to stop thinking and get some much
needed sleep. He rolled over to face the wall again. He only had a
few hours left before he would have to get up. If he didn't get
enough sleep, he would end up taking it out on Kabuto and Orochimaru.
And then he'd probably get punished for it later, by not being
allowed to train with the snake sannin. He didn't want that to
happen, because there still was a lot he needed to learn from him.

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Naruto slurped down the last of the broth from his last bowl of
ramen and then put the bowl down on the counter and grinned. He had
stuffed himself with ten bowls and was now very content. He paid for
his ramen with some of the money he had borrowed yesterday from a
man, who luckily for Naruto, hadn't been home when he was looking
around for a place to borrow clothes from. He got up from his stool
and left the food stand. He had found out the day before, that he was
still in Fire Country, which was a stroke of luck, since Naruto knew
his way around Fire Country pretty well. Since he had been able to
stay in a hotel room last night, and was able to get a good rest and
now had a full belly, he was feeling very good. 'It's time to hunt
for Sasuke'.

Orochimaru had been staying close enough to Konoha in the past, in
order to be ready to attack it once he took over Sasuke's body.
Naruto felt that Orochimaru was probably still hiding out somewhere
near the border. 'Still, I think I need the fox's help to find him. I
know foxes are supposed to have keen senses so surely he can help me
sniff out that snake bastard.'

Naruto headed out of town and once he was far enough away to not
be overheard by anyone, he decided that the fox had slept long
enough. After all, the fox had been sleeping since yesterday morning.
“Hey, Kyuubi! Wake up, you old bastard!” A loud growl was
his answer. “I need your help to find the snake. You can sniff
out a snake, can't you?”

“Damn it, can someone please tell me why I had to be stuck
in the body of an idiot? I wish that bastard that had sealed me
inside you was still alive right now so I could kill him!”

“Ha! He would just beat you again. Anyway, I need your help.
You owe me for that prank you pulled on me yesterday.”

“Listen. I'm only going to tell you this one more time. Get
it through that thick skull of yours! You are a demon now. You can do
what I can do. So use the powers we share to find that Orochimaru
bastard yourself. Stop asking me for help all the time. Start using
that little pea brain of yours instead.”

Naruto glared and growled. “Stop insulting me all the time,
asshole! I saved your fucking life! I let you merge with me and I put
up with you making me all girly!”

Kyuubi snorted. “Get used to it.”

“What?”

“Nevermind. Concentrate chakra into our eyes, ears and nose.
That will enhance those senses and allow you to hunt for your prey.
Also, while you are out hunting, search for the feel of that snake's
chakra. You've fought with him enough to know not only his smell but
also his chakra. Use all of that to find him.”

“Fine. I'll do this myself then.” 'I keep forgetting
what I am now and that I can use my senses like a real fox can. I
guess I've been afraid to fully embrace this new power. I wish I was
still a human. But... That wish will never come true. I need to stop
relying so much on Kyuubi and do things on my own. I don't know why I
let myself become so dependent on him, when before I always depended
on my own strength. I can do this.' Naruto nodded to himself and then
followed Kyuubi's instructions.

Naruto jumped up into the trees and started moving farther away
from the town. He concentrated chakra into his feet and found that he
could fly through the forest a lot faster than he had ever done
before. He did his best to keep concentrating on hunting for a
particular smell and chakra signature. He headed out northwest of the
town because that was a direction that he knew would take him where
there were lots of areas where Orochimaru could have hideouts at.
Places where not many civilians lived in.

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“It's almost time, Orochimaru-sama.” The medic-nin
pushed his glasses up higher on the bridge of his nose. He had a
slight smirk on his face.

The snake sannin smiled in anticipation. “Yes, Kabuto. In
two days, I will finally have the sharingan and will be even closer
to having my revenge. He still suspects nothing, correct?”

Kabuto's smirk turned into an evil grin. “He has no idea. I
can't wait until he gets what he deserves.” A frown then came
over Kabuto's face. “His arrogance has been extremely hard to
tolerate over the past few years.”

Orochimaru nodded in agreement, no longer smiling himself. “Yes,
you have shown great patience, Kabuto.”

“As have you, Orochimaru-sama.”

“Should I tell him the truth before he has completely
disappeared?”

Kabuto smirked. “Oh, yes. I think he deserves that, don't
you?”

Orochimaru laughed. “I do. I very much do.” 'Ah,
Sasuke-kun, you are even more of a fool than that fox container. To
think I would actually risk my own life to give you your revenge? How
foolish.' “Kabuto, I think I will train with Sasuke one last
time.”

“As you wish, Orochimaru-sama. I will go inform him.”
Kabuto bowed and then turned and walked away. 'Just two more days
until that bastard gets what he deserves. I don't think I have ever
hated anyone as much as I hate that Uchiha brat.'

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Naruto had traveled about five days, before he finally felt the
familiar and disgusting chakra of Orochimaru. He had tracked the
chakra to within five miles of the border, inside the Fire Country.
It was a heavily wooded area, but there was one section that looked
like it had been recently cleared. There were no buildings or
structures visible in which the snake could be hiding, but his chakra
was definitely concentrated in this one area. And the whole place
reeked of snakes.

'The bastard has to be under the ground. But where the hell is the
entrance? I can sense Sasuke's chakra, too. They have to be around
here somewhere. Naruto looked around again and then his gaze stopped
on a large tree. He grinned. 'Found it!'

Naruto leaped down to the ground and walked up to the tree. He
could now see the door better. He had missed it before because the
door was part of the tree, and no one would know it was there unless
they were right up on it and could see the irregular lines in the
tree. There was also a trap on it. Naruto chuckled and then disabled
the trap, which would have blown off the hand of anyone that tried to
open the door. He pushed at the door and that caused it to swing
outward. Looking around, and using all his senses, he found that
there were no more traps in the immediate vicinity, so he boldly
walked through the doorway and then down the steps, that were just
inside.

'Okay, this has been way too easy so far. That kind of makes me
nervous. But hey! Why should I be nervous? I'm more powerful than
Orochimaru now. I nearly killed him with four tails. Now I have nine
and all of Kyuubi's power. I couldn't use all of it before. This
should be a piece of cake!' Naruto forced himself to think positively
and continued down the long winding stairway. After five minutes of
still walking down, Naruto was starting to get annoyed. 'What the
hell is this? It's taking forever to get to the end! This is so
boring! And I'm hungry. I haven't had any ramen since I left that
village and I could really go for a few bowls right now. I wonder if
there is any ramen here? Okay, maybe I should run down these stairs
instead of walking?'

Naruto concentrated chakra to his feet and took off at a near
flying pace down the stairs. 'Hmm, this is fun!' It was fun until he
ran into a door. He did see the door before he got to it, but he was
flying down the stairs so fast that he couldn't stop in time to avoid
the collision. 'Fuck, that hurt! What is that door made of anyway?
Steel?' Naruto rubbed his forehead and used some of his chakra to
take the pain away. Then he checked the door for any traps and found
a couple that he was able to disable, before he turned the knob and
opened the door. He walked into a hallway that looked very long from
where he was standing. 'Shit. Well, need to see where the snake is
before I start running down this hall.' Naruto looked for where he
could feel Orochimaru's chakra the strongest. He could feel it all
over the place but he was finally able to pinpoint where he felt the
snake was actually at.

It seemed he wouldn't have to go all the way down to the end of
the hall, after all. To his right, Naruto looked for a door but
couldn't see one. Not wanting to take the long way when he felt a
short-cut would be better, Naruto felt now would be a good time to go
into nine-tails mode. He let himself think about what the snake
bastard wanted to do to Sasuke and let that anger fuel the chakra and
make it stronger. Then somehow, without him really knowing it would
be so easy to do, he shape-shifted into an almost human-sized,
nine-tailed fox form. The experience was nothing like what had
happened to him when he was still human and trying to use the power
of Kyuubi. There was no pain when he changed form and he felt in
complete control of himself now. With his demon chakra covering his
whole body, Naruto ran right into and through the wall in front of
him. He kept running and going through every wall and obstacle that
came before him. He didn't stop until he had reached Orochimaru.

Orochimaru had felt the presence of a demon before it had even
entered his underground lair. He had told Kabuto to go set up traps
in all the other rooms in order to confuse and delay the demon. That
would give Orochimaru time to get prepared for when he met with the
demon. He wanted to capture the demon, not destroy it. He figured he
could find some way to use it. But he hadn't planned on the demon
bulldozing it's way through all the walls, concrete walls at that. He
was caught by surprise when the demon burst through one of the walls
in his study and stopped right in front of him, grinning rather
smugly and even evilly at him.

Even though Orochimaru had known his hideout was being invaded by
a demon, he hadn't known which demon it was at the time. It hadn't
been close enough to him before, in order for him to know. But now he
did. And he felt surprise again, when he realized that it was Uzumaki
Naruto and that he had obviously merged with Kyuubi. He knew this
because of the nine tails that were waving back and forth behind the
fox. He also knew this, because why else would the fox demon be here?
Kyuubi wouldn't have tracked him down on his own. Not when there were
hundreds of humans he could be feasting on instead. No, only Naruto
would want to come here to save his friend. So a full merge was the
only explanation that fit with what he was seeing. He tried to smile
at Naruto. It wasn't easy, when he was faced with a really big fox.
Fighting a nine-tailed fox would be so much different than fighting a
four-tailed one. But since Orochimaru thought that he would only be
dealing with Naruto, and he considered the boy to be a weak person,
in spite of how he looked at the moment, Orochimaru didn't believe
that his life was really in any danger. He felt confident that he
knew how to handle the fox boy.

Orochimaru smiled and spoke in a condescending manner. “Hello,
Naruto-kun. My, what a surprise. I suppose you came to get
Sasuke-kun?”

“Brat, let me out! You said I could have him! Let me taste
his blood and then I'll let you find that Uchiha brat.”

“Fine, but if you try to do anything more on your own, I'm
taking control again.” Naruto let Kyuubi have control of his
body.

Orochimaru had gone cold inside after hearing Naruto's words. He
hadn't heard Kyuubi's voice because the fox had talked to Naruto
inside his head. But Naruto had spoken out loud. Orochimaru quickly
started forming the seals that would allow him to substitute his body
and transport his real body away. At the moment, getting away from
the demon was all he could think about.

Kyuubi growled with pleasure at having control of the body once
again. 'Now I get to feast again. I haven't had anything to eat since
I was sealed, except for a few of those Akatsuki bastards that didn't
get burned up during my merging with the brat. That wasn't nearly
enough to make up for all the years I had to starve. There's another
person hiding around here somewhere that I will get to next. The brat
can just wait until I'm done, before finding his little friend.'
Kyuubi knew that the man that reeked of snakes had used a jutsu to
get away, while Naruto was giving control over to him. So he quickly
ran right around the clone in front of him, slashing it with one of
his claws as he headed for where he smelled the disgusting scent of
snakes, that also had the delightful smell of fear mixed in with it.

Orochimaru had left the room and re-appeared where he expected
Kabuto to be. He decided that he would use Kabuto as a distraction
for Kyuubi, while he performed an immobilizing jutsu on the demon. It
wouldn't hold the demon for long, but hopefully it would last long
enough for Orochimaru to be able get to Sasuke and take over the
boy's body. When the fox found him again, he would be safe because
Naruto would never allow Kyuubi to destroy the body of his dear
friend. 'I could probably even trick Naruto into believing that his
precious Sasuke-kun is still alive, even after having his body taken
over. Maybe I could even talk him into working for me.' Orochimaru
looked around in annoyance. His fear had started to fade away as he
was going over his plan. But the plan wouldn't work if he couldn't
find his missing subordinate. 'Where the hell is Kabuto?' He had felt
the man's chakra in this room, which is why he had transported
himself here. But it seems like Kabuto was trying to avoid him.

“Got you!”

Orochimaru, who hadn't even felt the demon's chakra in the room,
was surprised for the very last time in his stolen life. He didn't
even have time to scream or to get away, as he felt his body being
ripped apart and then there was nothing.

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Sasuke awoke from a nightmare he'd been having about Naruto. In
it, Kyuubi had killed Naruto and stolen his body. As he was trying to
rid his mind of the horrible images from the nightmare, he felt the
powerful chakra of the demon itself. 'Am I still dreaming?' He shook
his head and got up from the bed. 'That's Kyuubi's chakra.' He armed
himself with his katana and then headed for the door. Sasuke knew
what the fox's chakra felt like, because he had been inside Naruto
and come face to face with it. He had already known about the fox,
even before that event. Orochimaru had told him about Naruto being
it's container, not long after Sasuke had come to him for power.
Sasuke had wanted to meet the demon not only because he wanted to see
the thing that had caused Naruto to be hated by so many, but also
because it had protected the idiot and kept him alive. For the second
reason, Sasuke was very grateful to the demon. But Kyuubi wasn't the
one that gave Naruto all of his power and strength. Sasuke knew that
Naruto was strong all on his own. But he would never tell the moron
that.

Sasuke left his room and headed towards where he could feel the
demon's chakra. He needed to see Naruto. Needed to make sure that the
idiot was still alive. His nightmare before and then waking up to
feel the presence of Kyuubi, had him afraid for his friend's life.
Sasuke nearly jumped in fright when he heard a scream. 'Was that
Kabuto? It almost sounded like him.' He started running then, heading
towards where the scream had come from, which also happened to be
where he felt the monstrous chakra of the fox. He stopped at the door
to the medical lab, which was Kabuto's domain. Sasuke took a deep
breath and forced himself to walk into the room. What he saw nearly
made him want to bend over and empty his stomach of all it's
contents. Forcing himself not to turn and run, Sasuke pointed his
katana at the fox that was still gnawing on one of Kabuto's leg
bones. “Where's Naruto?”

Naruto heard Sasuke's voice and took control over his body again,
he quickly shape-shifted back into human form but didn't realize he
had forgotten to make himself look like his old self, and that he
didn't have any clothes on.

Kyuubi hadn't bothered to put up a fight when Naruto took control.
He had had a good meal and now felt like having a long nap. “Thanks
for the fun and the meal, Brat!”

Naruto chose to ignore Kyuubi. Frankly, he felt sick and just
wanted to forget what had happened and get cleaned up. Naruto threw
away the bone that was still in his hand and then started coughing
and trying to spit out whatever was still left in his throat and
mouth. He looked at over at Sasuke when he was finished. “Give
me some time to clean up, Sasuke, before asking any questions. I
really need to get out of this room and wash out my mouth. The taste
and smell of blood is making me feel really sick.”

Sasuke had felt relief when he realized that Naruto was still
alive, but he had a lot of questions that he wanted answers for. He
especially wanted to know why Naruto hadn't changed back to his real
form. Even though he now looked more human, his eyes and ears were
definitely not human. And his face was a lot thinner than it had been
the last time he had seen him. And the hair. 'And why the hell is
Naruto naked? Well, I'll make him tell me everything later. Right
now, I want him to get cleaned up too, so I can stop feeling so
nauseous myself.'

“I'll take you to a room where you can clean up, but you're
going to have to answer all my questions when you're finished. You've
got a lot of explaining to do.” When he saw Naruto nod his head
in agreement, he backed out of the room, not turning his back to
Naruto. He wasn't sure if the fox would take control again and he
wasn't going to take any chances. As soon as Naruto came out of the
room, Sasuke nodded his head in the direction that he wanted the
other boy to go, then he followed along behind him. He kept a tight
grip on his katana in case he should have to use it. “Second
door on your right.” Sasuke followed Naruto into the large
bathroom. There was a shower and a very large sunken tub in the room.

Naruto went over to the shower and turned on the water. He
adjusted the temperature of it to suit him. He finally realized that
he had lost his clothes again. But he couldn't get up the energy to
really care about it. The fear of losing Sasuke to Orochimaru forever
had kept Naruto hunting for the last five days and nights. He had
barely gotten any rest during that time. But now that he didn't have
to fear that anymore, the lack of proper rest had finally caught up
to him. All he really wanted to do now was to find a bed and stay in
it for as long as possible. He stepped under the water and let it
rinse all the blood off of him. He spent several minutes doing that
and also rinsing out his mouth, before he picked up an unused bar of
soap and started washing his body and his hair. During all the time
that Naruto was cleaning himself, he could feel Sasuke's eyes on him,
watching him. 'That bastard won't even give me any privacy. Doesn't
he realize that if I wanted him dead, he would already be dead?'

Sasuke knew he should have given Naruto his privacy, but he just
couldn't bring himself to leave. He wasn't afraid anymore that Kyuubi
would all of a sudden appear and attack him. But if Naruto asked him
why he didn't leave, he would use that as an excuse. There was no way
he would tell him the truth. Sasuke found himself fascinated with
Naruto's new body. He had already realized it was really Naruto's
body, when he couldn't detect any type of jutsu being used to make
him look like that. His sharingan would have been able to see it. Not
only that, but the boy appeared very tired and had no reason to be
trying to look like something he was not. 'So, if this is what he
really looks like now, then Naruto and Kyuubi must have merged. That
would explain the ears and the eyes and also how Naruto was able to
let the Kyuubi out and then take back control again. Naruto had used
the fox's chakra and power before but he had never let the Kyuubi
take over his body completely. But back to his looks...' Sasuke
wondered why Naruto didn't have any tails now. 'Tails would have been
cute. Hell, the ears are cute.' He really liked the way that Naruto
looked now. He liked it too much though. He saw that Naruto was just
about finished with his shower, so he pulled a robe off of a rack,
that was near the door, and then when Naruto got out of the shower
and had dried off, he handed it to him. “Put this on and then
start explaining.”

TBC
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