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This is a sequel to Angel from the Dark.
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Light after Dark
Chapter 1
It was a cool spring night, the air was sweet with blooming flowers, the town was asleep, and the moon and stars were shinning bright above. Outside a young man with spiky blonde hair sat atop the roof of the kindergarten staring up at the sparkling night sky above him. It was a full moon and the sky was filled with bright, shinning stars and beautiful light clouds. The young man smiled a small smile as he gazed up, his long fingers playing with the edges of his cell phone. 'It's Thursday…' His tired eyes slid close as the early spring wind blew though his light black jacket and into his bones. 'We should do something fun…' He breathed deeply as his body began to feel the ache of the day's work . 'A mini vacation is just what we all need. Even Sasuke might enjoy it…'
An evil grin found its way onto his tanned face as he unlocked his touch screen phone and scrolled down the list of contacts. 'I'm sure Sasuke would love to help out.' He thought as he carefully stood up and fixed his jeans then walked to the edge to jump off and land safely on the ground. 'After all, it has been awhile since we all hung out together…'
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A young man with midnight blue hair laid slumbering in his bed as the cool moonlight filtered in through the drawn shades. His face was completely relaxed as he slept, his arms clutching a pillow with his pale face buried in the fluffy pillow. He was lost in his dreams, completely at ease; until his cell phone went off and jerked him awake.
Groggily he woke up, glaring into the darkness that shrouded his room as his arm crept out from under the blankets to grope blindly on his bedside table. 'This better be an emergency…' He sniffed as he clicked the answer key and held the phone up to his ear.
"Who are you and what do you want?" He mumbled sleepily as his eyes slid close.
"Heyyyy did I wake you?" A deep raspy voice responded.
"Naruto?"
"Hey Sasuke."
Sasuke sighed and slowly sat up on his elbows and glared at the glowing clock numbers by his beside. "You idiot, it's almost one in the morning. Why the hell are you calling me?" He mumbled around a yawn. 'Why do I even known this retard?'
"Nice to talk to you to-so listen I'm thinking of throwing a beach party later."
"Hn." The midnight blue haired male sat back in bed. 'Like I really give a shit."
"Thing is I have to work. So I was thinking that maybe you-"
Click.
Sasuke shook his head and tossed his phone to the ground. 'Stupid idiot. Woke me up for nothing…' He sighed as he reclined his tired body back down into the cool bed sheets.
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Inside a charming house slept a young woman with long pink hair splayed out on the many pillows surrounding her slight frame. Her vibrant green eyes were closed peacefully, her plump, pink lips was slightly opened as she drew in the night air, and her long, elegant fingers worked at the edge of the blanket dancing under her chin.
A young man with messy red head sat under a tree, his back facing her as his hands eagerly worked on something she couldn't see.
"Hello?" Her gentle voice was lost in the sudden wind that shook the tree, making its branches shake and its leaves scatter about.
"Sir?" She tried again. This time the young man sat up, back ridged but he did not turn around to face her. "Can you hear me? Sir?"
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In the living room sat a man with spiky silver hair wearing a baggy dark blue long sleeve paired with blue and white plaid bedroom pants. He sat on the loveseat nursing a mug of coffee as he watched mindless cartoons on the television. Beside him his cell phone began to ring, the sound traveling throughout the large house and rebounding off the walls.
He sighed a tired sigh and fumbled blindly on the side table until his calloused fingers brushed the edge of the little communication devise. "Hello?" He mumbled into the receiver.
"Hey Kaka-Sempai."
"What do you want Naruto?" His tired eyes slid close.
"Well how-dee-do to you too."
Kakashi mentally sighed and ran his fingers through his messy locks. "Hello Naruto, how are you doing? I'm fine, Sakura's sleeping-much like you should be doing as well-can I take a message?"
"Kaka-Sempai, I called on your phone to talk to you, not Saku. But I'm doing great! I did call however to invite you and Saku out tomorrow."
That caught the spiky silver hairs interest. "Saturday?"
"No Friday! Tomorrow's Friday."
"No, tomorrow's Saturday Naruto. Today's Friday." Kakashi raised a slender brow in confusion.
"Huh? Oh right, haha I called at one am didn't I?"
"Yeah. So where are you inviting us out to?"
"This amazing beach party I'm throwing."
"…You do realize you are a teacher right? And that there is school tomorrow?"
A low sigh was heard before he answered. "I know Sempai I know. Since Sasuke does nothing for a living He's going to do the preparations throughout the day and then I'll head over when I'm done. I'm cooking anyways."
Kakashi nodded and fiddled with his favorite Icha Icha Paradise book resting in his lap. "And this is why Sasuke loves you Naruto." He mumbled sarcastically.
"Hnnnn…so you'll come right? With Saku? Come on you have to its been forever since we all hung out and it'll be fun! A weekend at the beach-what more could you want?" He ignored the passing comment.
The silver haired male worked his jaw for a moment before shrugging. "Sure. Why not." 'What could possibly go wrong?'
Shuffling was heard on the other end of the line before he responded. "Great! You know the address to my beach house?"
"The one you bought? Or the rental?" Kakashi asked as he stood up and trudged to the kitchen, clicking on lights as he went.
"Mine."
"Alright. Send it to me. I've only been there once and I'll be with Sakura." He leaned his lean hips against the counter.
"Alright I'll text you the address later then."
"Later? Why not now?"
"Cause I'm currently walking home."
"…Are you okay? Do you want to-"
"I'm fine Sempai, I was just at the kindergarten is all."
"Oh."
"So see you two tonight at seven."
"Yup." Kakashi sighed then clicked off his phone and tossed it on the counter and opened the refrigerator. 'Now where's that left over Ramen?'
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The young, grouchy, midnight blue haired male awoke to the sounds of someone angrily pounding on his front door. 'Hnn…the hell?' He groaned as he rolled onto his back, slowly waking up. 'What the hell's that noise?'
"Sasuke wake up!" He heard a familiar voice echoed through his house and into his room.
Onyx eyes stared emotionlessly at his closed bedroom door. '…'
"Sasuke!"
The midnight blue haired male shrugged and closed his eyes and sunk back down in bed and pulled the blanket over his head. 'Maybe if I ignore him he'll go away.'
After a few moments of silence, a loud bang was heard followed by the crashing of a vase and a few choiced words.
"The fuck?" Sasuke bolted up and out of bed and ran out of his room and into the living room only to frown at the sight he saw.
There Naruto stood with the front door wide open in a mess of what use to be his front door. There was broken wood scattered everywhere along with a ripped bag of beer cans, snacks, bread and the glass from his now broken vase.
"Naruto?" He gritted. "How the hell did-"
The spiky blonde shrugged as he slowly stepped away from the mess, shaking his pants as he did to rid himself of the shattered glass. "You see, when you moved, I made a key of the front door, but then I lost it so I had to pick the lock which didn't go so well cause you had a deadbolt."
"…You broke through the deadbolt?" Sasuke sweat dropped at the blonde then craned his neck to see the gaping hold that was now his front doorway.
Baby blue eyes glanced down at the mess he created then awkwardly laughed. "Yeah…I'll uh..pay for that…"
"Hell yeah you will. Idiot." Sasuke closed his eyes and massaged his forehead with his thumb and forefinger. 'You broke into my house!'
Naruto grinned, shook the dust off his shoes then made his way over to the black leather couch in the living room. "So why not make some tea and come sit with me?" He called from the living room.
"Stop acting so happy go lucky Naruto-it's annoying." Sasuke mumbled as he racked his fingers through his messy locks and trudged into the living room, trying to ignore the urge to shove his best friends face into the mess that was now in his doorway. "So why the hell are you here?" He growled as he took a seat.
Naruto pouted. "No tea?"
"Naruto."
"Coffee?"
"…"
"Beer?"
Onex eyes closed in frustration. 'You have to work with kids in two hours and your asking for beer?'
"Water?"
"Naruto! Why are you here? You have work. Go to it." He snarled, annoyed. "And buy me a new door."
The spiky blonde grinned and crossed one leg over the other. "I will I will!" He held up his hands in surrender. "I'm just here to make sure you don't get lost on your way to the beach house and give you the keys."
Awkward silence.
Naruto glanced at his friend to see him staring back at him. "Sasuke?"
"Why would I need directions to your beach house?"
"Cause you don't know where it is."
"But why the hell would I need it?"
"Because your going there today."
"No I'm not."
"Yes Sasuke. You are. Your setting up for the party later."
"Like hell I am." The onyx eyed male scowled and stood up. "I'm going to take a shower. You and the mess better be gone by the time I'm done." He snarled then left the room.
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Baby blue eyes sparked mischievously as he leaned his ear against the bathroom door and waited until he heard the shower turn on. 'Alright! Time to find his keys…' He leaned away from the door and crept back down the corridor to the kitchen, his eyes immediately landing on the chaos he made. "Good thing I only brought out a few…" He mumbled then crouched down and began to pick up the scattered beer cans and snack bags.
After a few minutes he had gathered up all of the alcohol and snacks and had them neatly piled into two bags on the counter top. 'That was easy.' He then looked back down to see the broken glass and pieces of the door still askew. 'Damn…that's going to take awhile to fix…' Baby blue eyes glanced at the wall clock and groaned. 'Not enough time to do this and drive him! Shit!'
"Alright got to move fast." Naruto nodded to himself and grabbed the two bags off the counter and darted out the door. 'I'll just call Lee and have him clean it up and buy a replacement door…' He worked his jaw as he opened the trunk and tossed the bag in then pulled out his cell. 'Yeah, I'll do that then drive Sasuke to the beach house and be back in time to teach the little munchkins.'
Just then an anguished scream echoed out the front door and down to the spiky blonde's ears. "NARUTO YOU IDIOT! YOU LEFT THE BROKEN GLASS!"
"…Oops…"
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A young man with spiky midnight blue hair scowled down at the bags in his arms. 'Why me? What did I do to deserve this?' His dark eyes flashed at the orange Lamborghini Gallardo driving away from him; up the road and around the lush, green mountains. 'I hate you Naruto…making your plans then forcing me to do all the work…' He stared up at the bright, shinning sun above him. "Why does God hate me?" He mumbled then dropped the bags, letting them crash to the ground at his feet as he dug in his pant pocket for the keys.
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Kakashi smiled as he pulled up into the already crowed driveway and shut off the engine and parked his silver Spyker C8 Spyder beside's Neji's black Maserati GranTurismo and Naruto's bright orange Lamborghini Gallardo. Off to the side sat Sasuke's dark blue Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, completely boxed in.
"Looks like Naruto forced him here." He stated as he pulled the key out of the ignition and unbuckled the seatbelt.
"Huh?" Sakura glanced up as she opened the door, one foot already out of the car.
"Sasuke." Kakashi nodded in the direction of the car as he walked around to help her out. "Naruto must have brought his car down and parked it on the side."
Emerald eyes glanced at the parked cars, taking not of the bright orange Lamborghini glistening then shrugged. "Really? How'd he do that when he had to drive his own? Hm?" She inquired, tugging down the bottom of her sailor suit that had ridden up. She wore a simple blue and white sailor dress suite; complete with the necktie and hat.
The silver haired male leaned behind her and shut the car door then adjusted the color on his open white button down then shrugged. "Knowing him he probably forced someone else to come along." He stated and too her small hand and placed it on his forearm. "Now come on, let's go inside and see who's here."
Together they walked down the path until the came to the deck. There they saw a young man with long brown hair leaning against the railing drinking a bottle of Corona, his back facing them.
"Hey Neji." Kakashi's deep voice startled the young man as he escorted Sakura up the stairs.
"Hey Kaka-Sempai." Neji greeted and nodded at Sakura, his pale eyes traveling down the length of her attire.
Silver hair swayed as he pulled out a rot iron chair with orange and white stripes for him and Sakura to sit on. "I see you've finally traded in and got the Maserati GranTurismo huh?" He took the pinkett's arm and pulled her to the chair.
"Yeah, I had it customized too." Neji grinned coolly and turned to face them.
"Nice, so how's it run?" Kakashi smirked then sat beside Sakura.
"Like a beaut-want to take her for a test drive?"
"Haha Neji's ride may look nice but we all know mine's is the best." Naruto cut in, a big grin glued to his face as he leaned over Sakura and kissed her cheek. "I mean come on-I have the Lamborghini Gallardo! It goes from 0 to 60 in 4.1!" His sparking blue eyes darted mischievously as he placed his chin on the pinkett's shoulder.
Pale eyes turned to slits as he glared at the spiky blonde. "I have a 4.2 liter V8 engine and 405 horsepower."
"Heh, child's-play. I have a 5.2 liter 40-valve DOHC V10 and 560 horsepower."
"And I could care less about this conversation." Sakura stated then stood up and walked off, leaving them to argue whose car is better whist she wandered into the beach house. Inside she found a rather charming setting, contrary to what she was expecting.
The walls were painted an off white, creamy color, the furniture was scattered about the large living room giving it a bit of a country off feel. Joining onto the living room was the kitchen, separated by a counter. The kitchen was large as well, complete with granite countertops and creamy white cabinets. 'Naru Naru did good…' She let her fingers trail over the smooth fabric of the couch as she slowly made her way through the living room, pausing in front of the open door deck and glancing back. 'So the deck runs right around the house? That's not safe…' Emerald eyes darted around the room until her gaze landed on a hallway to her right. 'And there's glass surrounding this place…' She chewed her lower lip and she followed the hallway until she reached a door located at the end then glanced at her left. 'And doors are everywhere! Gee a thief sure doesn't have to have a brain to break into this place…'
Just then the door in front her opened up to reveal a young man with messy dark hair. "Sakura?" He mumbled, squinting at her.
"Sasuke?"
"Hey…" He nodded and rubbed the back of his knuckles into his eyes. "Just woke up…"
Pink hair flowed as she nodded, a small smile resting on her lips. "I can see that…so that's a bedroom back there?" She craned her neck to see around his larger frame.
Sasuke furred his eyebrows as he stared down at the curious pinkett, noting her choice of attire. 'Well she was one to dress the part…' He nodded to himself then followed her gaze. 'What does-oh! Right…Naruto bought this place when she was in Kyoto…or rather he had me buy it for him…jackass.' He sighed then stepped aside for her to see. "Yeah, this is a bedroom. It's your first time here right?" He asked as he adjusted the simple dark blue v-neck tee.
"Mhmm…" Sakura looked up at him.
"Care for a tour?" He raised an eyebrow at her, a small smile creeping onto his face.
"Defiantly." She smiled up at him as he held his arm out for her to take.
"Alright then." He placed his right hand atop her own resting on his forearm then led her back down the hall. "This is the living room and that right over there is the kitchen." He gestured to the large conjoining rooms. "Behind that closet door in the kitchen is another room where the idiot keeps his secret stash of food-you know like Ramen and pre-packaged shi-food." Onyx eyes darted down to Sakura by his side to see her staring out at the span of glass doors surrounding them. "Yeah…not the brightest move the designer of this place made right?" He knocked on one of the glass doors then pulled her further down the hallway until they reached the end that connected with the side of the patio.
"Yeah…not to smart…" She mumbled and turned to look left, down the hall.
Sasuke glanced down at her then reached behind to open a door. "Well don't worry too much, there's blinds to draw and its all tinted and tempered."
"That's a relief." She smiled then turned to see him click on a light switch that illuminated a set of staircases that led upstairs.
"Yeah. Upstairs are the bedrooms. Seven in total along with two baths."
"Sakura!" Naruto's loud, booming voice echoed throughout the house.
The midnight blue haired male sighed and closed his eyes "And that idiot is not calling for you." He shook his head and removed his arm from her grasp. "I suppose you should go to him." He reached into the stairwell and clicked off the lights. 'Before he blames me for your lack of appearances.'
"I
'm going to start the grill! Come on out!" He hollered from the kitchen.
Sakura sighed and played with the ends of her hair as she trudged back down the halls, Sasuke at her heels. 'And it has begun!' She peaked around the corner to see the spiky blonde fast at work in the kitchen, his back to them as he worked over the stove, his black apron tied at his waste covering his orange shorts. On his torso he wore a simple black wife beater. "Hey Naru Naru."
"Hey Saku!" He looked over his shoulder to wink at her. "I forgot to tell you how cute you look in that suit!" His baby blue eyes glistened at he looked over her frame then laughed. "So did you have a tour?"
"Yes she did." Sasuke's deep voce came from the hall as he passed Sakura and grabbed a cooler from a closet. "Did you chill the wine yet?"
Naruto scowled as he turned off the stove and removed the pot. "Yeah I did. Can you go out and add some more ice to the cooler outside?"
"Yeah yeah." Sasuke grumbled as he slid open the patio door and left.
Pink hair swayed as Sakura made her way over to Naruto and hugged him from behind. "I missed you." She mumbled into his back.
The spiky blonde stopped mixing the barbeque sauce and turned to face her. "I missed you too." He mumbled and kissed her forehead then held her close. "So what do you think of this place?"
Emerald eyes stared at the wall behind him as she nuzzled her nose into the side of his neck. "I like it…good investment…"
"Hey Naruto I fired up the grill when ar-oh…sorry to interrupt…" Neji's voice trailed off.
Sakura turned to face him and frowned. "It's not what you think."
Pale eyes darted between her and the blonde grinning. "I'm sure it isn't." He then looked at the baby blue eyed male. "Going to get some this weekend huh Na-ouch!" Pink hair crowded his vision as he doubled over in pain and laughter.
Sakura pouted as she pulled her foot back away from the now crumpled over brunette. "Idiot." She stared then flipped her locks over her shoulder and turned to her best friend and smiled. "You're the chief right?"
Naruto smiled a bright smile as he tore his gaze away from Neji who was still clutching his aching leg and nodded at Sakura. "Yeah. Open the door?"
"Mhmm." Sakura smiled and opened the door for him to walk through with a try filled with hotdogs, hamburgers, chicken and rib tips.
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"So Saku, how you've been? I haven't seen you in awhile." Naruto smiled at the pinkett as soon as she took a seat at the table beside the grill.
Sakura nodded absently and allowed a small smile to creep onto her lips. "I know, I've been busy trying to get a new job and all."
"Ah yes." The baby blue eyed male nodded as he flipped the burgers, allowing the flames to fire up then slowly simmer down. "How is that going? Anywhere particular you're looking at?"
Emerald eyes stared out at the glistening, beautiful blue ocean as she breathed out a dreamy sigh. "I'm thinking maybe somewhere Kyoto…you know they have that amazing insane asylum-one of the best-it would be a dream to work there…"
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