You Before Me

Bonding

"Are you sure that is what you saw?" the Third Hokage asks the masked Ninja.

Kakashi nods. " I saw no hints of him knowing about the Kyuubi, but I fear the beast may be influencing him in some way."

The Third ponders for a moment, then looks at Kakashi.

"Watch him carefully and see if you can find out more information." he states.

Kakashi nods and dismisses himself, leaving the Third pondering alone.

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Naruto paces around his messy room.Forgotten scrolls and books layered the floor as he searched high and low for something.

Not here either, he muses to himself.

He stands up and stares at the mess around him, sighing and turns around to begin to clean up. Suddenly a rock crashes through his window and hits him hard on the back of his head. Naruto winces and holds his head as he stumbles slightly, turning around to pick up the rock. He sighs at he reads what is painted on the rock. 

Die!

Never seen that one before ,Naruto thinks sarcastically as he adds the rock to his collection from the village. He steps back and views the amount of rocks and objects the village throws at him with angry messages on them. He worries about the lack of space for the objects and ultimately ignores the dilemma to go check out the broken window. He peaks outside to see who threw it. The road was empty to his disappointment. Naruto sighs and grabs his broom, sweeping up the broken glass and dumping it before he cuts his feet.

Need to get groceries he thinks before grabbing his shoes and wallet and leaving his small, crappy apartment.

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Sasuke was out buying groceries for dinner when all of the sudden he hears a commotion in a nearby aisle. He sighs, he needs to go to that aisle and grab something. After a moment's hesitation, he decides he can't skip out on the item and walks to the next aisle.  The village people were all murmuring to each other in a hush yet clearly noticeable tone.

What got their panties in a knot?  Sasuke wonders. 

He soon finds out when he enters the next aisle only to see Naruto with blood oozing from his head and into his white shirt, soiling it. Sasuke growls under his breath, upset with the villagers for letting the dobe walk around with a wound on his head. He confronts the blond.

"Dobe why is your head bleeding." He asks angrily.

Naruto look over at Sasuke, surprised to see him.

"Is that what that is? I thought someone poured water on me." He jokes.

Sasuke bites his inner cheek in frustration and grabs Naruto's arm, dragging him to the medical supplies aisle. Naruto, confused, lets Sasuke drag him across the store. Once they get there, Sasuke grabs a first aide kit and then drags Naruto to the check out. He sets his items down and then takes Naruto's few items, adding them to his basket. The cashiers gives a dirty look to the blonde, scanning the items with haste. Sasuke pays for the items and then drags the blonde out of the store.

"Your house is closer so we are going there" Sasukes states to the silent blonde.

Naruto nods,  looking at Sasuke's hand on his arm. They get to Naruto's house where Naruto, now out of his stupor leads Sasuke into the apartment.