(a/n) I'm new here so please do be nice with your reviews. My friend recommended that I make an account so I did. Well do enjoy!

-yourlovelymaiden

[p.s. i will be of many to admit i do not own naruto *deep depressing envious sigh*]

Sasuke's P.O.V.

The day had come fast when I realized Naruto and I were standing side-by-side in front of the forest we had learned about since day one of school. The same forest that our food was in...the forest beings. I don't mean the animals, of course those can be good supplements...no I'm talking about the immortals with the power of nature. A civilization in the depths of this forest that stretched across two-thirds of the known world.

The very thought if eating true food made my body shudder with excitement. In class they told us that we were here to balance the population of the "enemy." My sensei said that they were mearly our "toys." The perverted dunce also told us that drinking their blood was like heaven, in the sense that it made the victim feel the fullest effects of ecstasy. Stupid man...he always enjoyed discussing that.

"They're regain blood fast, that's why we can hunt them and not kill without reason. Therefore not breaking the law the demon king made long ago. Feel free to kill them should they object...which there seems to be more cases of that nowadays...stupid things." The whole lecture he gave bore me to death, but I'm not one to slack off entirely. The only part I really took in was the part about not falling in love with a forest being. Such a thing resulted in death, yet the act of attacking them when under the effect of blood loss was perfectly fine.

Love was such a stupid emotion anyway so I had nothing to worry about...or so I thought.

"Hey teme, you paying attention?" Judging from the annoying ringing in my ear, Naruto was trying to get my attention.

"Hn." I replied smugly. I always did hate it when he had to distract me from my mental conversations. "Well then why not kill him? There's no law about that..." You always do make the funniest jokes...I thought back in the most sarcastic way possible. "And you have no sense of humor...stupid outer." Stupid inner...And as usual our daily confrontation ended.

Cue annoying voice now..."Well did you hear the part about finally getting some action?"

"Dobe, that's why were standing here being briefed...are you sure all of you is here?" I mocked his stupidity as I normally would.

"Well did you hear the last thing Kakashi said?" He had that same victorious grin on his face...the same one that made me want to slap it into next year...

"Like I care. All I need to hear is 'head out'. What more can they tell us other than: 'Eat until full. Play until tired. Fall in love and you die.'"? I finally realized how stupid briefing really was.

"I suppose you're right...teme..." and as usual, the grin vanished and he continued to glare at me with envious eyes.

"If you two are done arguing you can set off with all the others," I heard Kakashi mutter from my left. "They'll get all the game if you don't take off soon." I turned to face him and he had the same, stupid, orange book in his hand, hiding the smirk I knew was there.

"YES!" My ears were bleeding now...if Naruto's voice wasn't bad enough, his yell surely was. "Let's go Sasuke-teme! I'm starving!" I shrugged and closed my eyes, truly annoyed that my hunting partner for the rest of my eternal immortal life was Naruto.

"Hn." And we were off.

Deep within the belly of the forest...

Sakura's P.O.V. (A/N: I choose to switch between their P.O.V. because its fun lol. But when they're together I'll use third person cause it could get annoying...)

"Princess, everyone's hidden except the few who choose not to 'cower'," the deep blue-haired girl spoke softly to me from behind and immediately I knew it was my best-friend Hinata.

"Excellent job, Hina. My mother doesn't want the hunters to have a 100% successful hunt," I said hiding the disgust I had with the idea of being food for a demon.

Forest beings absolutely hated the demon king for such a decision, but my mother refused to declare war. She loved the earth and her people too much to throw away lives just to destroy a law you ask? Well we don't have to follow it, but the demons do. They have to hunt us. It's the demon king's idea of a sick game meant to pass time while also exterminating forest beings. Bastard.

"Well Hina, let's get to the gates and put up the barriers," I smiled to her receiving a slight one back. We jumped down from the platform and in one step glided to the main gate of the inner city.

"Princess and Lady Hyuuga, we've been awaiting orders as instructed," the man bowed before us, a normal act.

"Excellent work, and you're sure all who want to hide are within these walls?" I asked, like my mother also concerned for the people's safety.

"Well our last squad hasn't returned yet, but you know they would risk their lives to ensure your safety," he wasn't happy to inform me of this and all the same, I wasn't to thrilled to hear it.

"Very well, Hina and I will go and retrieve your squad Captain Nara. Put up the barriers and we'll return shortly," I used an assertive voice knowing that such a tone would not allow Shikamaru to refuse.

"Very well, I couldn't stop you if I wanted to..." we were gone by the end of his sentence.

At one of the outposts...

Sasuke's P.O.V.

Naruto always did take the longest to feed...never could fnd the right taste he wanted. "Naruto hurry up and drink the girl's blood already...you're not the only one starving here.

"I'm getting ready to! Geez calm down teme..." I stepped back a good distance, allowing Naruto some privacy. I didn't know what he would do, he was pointing in the direction of ending up like Kakashi after all...I shook my head in disgust, trying to get rid of the images that were making me mentally puke.

"LET ME GO YOU FILTHY DEMON!" The blond sure was putting up one hell of a fight.

"The sooner you quit squirming, the sooner it'll be over and you can go home," Naruto growled.

"Well, I don't want it to happen at all so let go of me you pig!" She spat in his face and I chuckled at her poor attempts to escape Naruto's strong grip. I was wondering when he would finally snap and just drain her completely.

"Here I come sweetie," yeah he'll definitely end up in Kakashi's shoes in that at this rate... but then I got the feeling something wasn't right when the forestress smiled a wry grin...and I was right. I ducked in time to avoid the huge boulder flinging towards me, however Naruto failed to do so.

His body crashed into the nearest home, him cursing the entire way. I thus turned my attention to the girl and I soon regretted it...

When I had said love was such a worthless emotion, I had wished I could have thrown it out of my mind entirely.

The girl before me now was one of the most angelic creatures I'd ever seen. I tried to stop the emotions building in my heart, but this girl surely did make it hard to prevent it. She was tall and slender with curves modelled after a prize winning sculpture. It was like my heart stopped entirely..."Well go get her boy..." said my inner with a slight hint of a sexual inuendo. I'm not drinking from her. I said sternly back. "You mean you won't because you don't want to or because you can't?" I always did hate it when my inner mocked me like that...just shut up inner. I don't need this right now. "What ever you say outer...have fun with the incoming flames to your face..."

As his laughter faded out I snapped back to reality just in time to dodge the flames erupting out of the fair maiden's hands. There was another girl beside her now, tending to the blonde girl.

"Ino are you okay?" The white-eyed girl said to her, helping her to her feet.

"Yeah, Hina, thanks. Sakura you didn't have to come get me," So that was her name? I used this distraction to rescue Naruto from the rubble.

"Ino, I couldn't leave you out here to be food, Shikamaru would end up killing me," then I heard her laugh. I froze, listening to the harmony rippling off of her pink, satin lips.

"Sasuke! Come on help me out here!" Naruto was squirming under the massive amount of rubble and I had to retrieve him...I suppose he was like a brother to me.

"Hold on okay?" I snapped at him. I kicked the boulder off him and he jumped to his feet glaring towards the forestresses...well he was glaring at first until he met the gaze of the white-eyed girl. I tried to snap him out of his trance, but he ended up like me. It was calming to know that he was in the same boat as me now, but I could only wonder where this river would lead us to...hopefully not death. It was weird too. One look and we both felt that we needed to be with them. It was as if there was this intense gravitational force between us and I wanted so much to be one with the pink-haired woman. For once in my life I felt somewhat empty. The feeling was new and it really irritated me that as corny as it was...I felt in love with her from one glance. It was so annoying feeling so incomplete. I imagined the burning sensation was similar to what Naruto would feel if ramen vanished from the world. Hollow. Incomplete.

"Be warned demons. Our kind will no longer allow the slaughter and tainting you have come to love," her voice ghosted along my ears, pulling me out of my deeper thoughts. Her green eyes made me speechless and at the same time earning for more. She turned to her friends and nodded...I blinked and they were gone. "Too bad for you two..." Oh shut up already...I'm already starving...

"Teme, this isn't good..." he knew my thoughts exactly.

"Just shut up dobe. I'm hungry so let's try to find something to eat..." slowly we made our way north where we heard plenty of screams.

Just when I thought I had payed attention to the lessons in class...

(a/n) Well so how was it? I thought I was pretty clever, but I could be wrong... I'l just wait and read your reviews.

Until next time! :)

-yourlovelymaiden