When Darkness Turns To Light

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, and I never will.

The hunter sighed as the continual smell of the fresh blood assailed his sensitive nose. As he

began to round the corner of the dark alleyway, his worst fears were realized. A pack of five

wolves were before him, devouring the bodies of two humans. As he watched, one of the

wolves lifted it's head and turned towards him with half crazed eyes, with blood and slobber

dripping from it's enormous fangs. "Leave here at once, and finish your master's task. This

killing spree is over." the hunter commanded the wolves. They glared at him for a few minutes,

and then turned and bounded out of the alley. He turned to walk out the alley the way that he

came in, when a little girl bounded out of nowhere. She tried to make a beeline to the dead

bodies, but was stopped by the hunter. The small child pouted up at him, and then burst into a

cascade of tears. "I want my mommy and daddy.", she wailed pitifully. The hunter sighed as he

picked up the small girl and cradled her in his arms. "What is your name little one.', he asked

her gently as he walked. The little girl unburied her tear streaked face from his shoulder, and

looked towards him, "S...Sak...Sakura, she finally managed tell him through her sobs. He

gently entered her mind with his own, and began to dull and lock away the horrendous memories

she had acquired that night. While at his task, however, he realized she had no family to be

taken to. She was now totally an orphan. The innocent, now sleeping child that he cradled in

his arms, had been wronged greatly, but he vowed that her life would not be the ill fate of an

orphan. His life mate deserved better than that, for when this small girl grew up, she would save

his soul. "Well Sakura, let's go see your new home, shall we?", he gently asked the sleeping

child. Sakura only sighed in her sleep, and buried her face deeper into his chest.