CHAPTER 2

AT NARUTO'S HOUSE

The night sky was darker than usual, with only a solitary star twinkling in the sky."Is that you Sasuke? Dont tell me that you are watching over me and all those shitty stuff. I am kind of hating you now",Naruto spoke to himself as he looked at the only star in the heavens," If only, if only had Kakashi sensei reached the Valley of the End a bit earlier, if only ero-sennin had defeated Itachi when he had a chance, if only Tsunade-o-Bachan had dispatched a better team to retrieve Sasuke, if only ... No! They are all to blame. All of them . All of those people who now rest in peace just because Sasuke is out of their way. I will take my revenge. Sasuke, you did not give a shit about me till the very end. Yet I feel I gotta do something to avenge you, starting with..." ."NARUTO! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT BAKA? ARE YOU BLIND TO OUR FEELINGS?" The peace of naruto's balcony as well his murderous intents were disrupted by a scared voice. Naruto turned back , "Kuso! I could not sense her." "You were thinking too loud ",said the brown haired kunoichi from Team Gai , still scared of the Naruto's dark side. Naruto had those red eyes, those murderous eyes which frightened Tenten to the core. "GET AWAY FROM ME! DON'T INTERFERE" Naruto exclaimed as he attacked Tenten, probably not able to recognise her due to his rage. He shot a concentrated beam of chakra ,aiming at Tenten's heart. The weapon expert quickly summoned a iron barrier to protect herself. However the chakra beam was too strong, it melted away the barrier. Tenten managed to jump and escape with just a few scratches. Just then Kyuubi-Naruto went to a mad frenzy.

"OI GAKI! CALM DOWN! YOU ARE FREE TO TAKE ALL OF MY CHAKRA ,BUT YOU ARE TAKING MY WILL AS WELL! IT WILL DESTROY YOU ! STOP RIGHT NOW!" It was kyuubi shouting at Naruto. Naruto had somehow forced him to give his will as well. "YOUR HATRED! IT IS GREATER THAN MINE!" STOP IT NARUTO."

As Tenten jumped to avoid yet another attack , she managed to fire an emergency flare to the sky. However it misfired. When Tenten checked it out, she found a chakra arm crushing the flare. As she turned back she saw naruto in the Demon fox cloak. Naruto prepared to fire another another chakra beam on Tenten ,this time it was more powerful. Tenten was still airborne and her biggest defense had been already nullified. She closed her eyes as she prepared for her fate.

"BAKA!BAKA!BAKA! STOP IT ALREADY!",Kyuubi shrieked,"I WILL HAVE TO INTERFERE NOW." He, from the inside of naruto's body ,summoned the failsafe sealing jutsu which had been provided to him by The Sage Of Six Paths ,for he was the most powerful bijuu. He shouted," FUUINJUTSU: TEMPORARY SELF-SEAL". Chains from all around the Nine tails bound him, supressing his chakra and hatred as well.

However it was too late ; the chakra beam which Kyuubi-Naruto shot at Tenten hit her directly, piercing her heart. As she fell to the ground , she thought to herself," Did my crush kill me right now ? I guess I am still not fit for him, I deserve to die afterall." As she was counting her final moments in the world, Naruto lost the demon fox cloak due to kyuubi sealing all of his hatred away.

"Huh...What happened...Tenten...Kyuubi...NO! TENTEN!" cried Naruto as he regained his senses,"Did I kill her? Oh no! Tenten, Hang on!" .The Jinchuuriki scanned the surroundings and saw a near dead Tenten. "NO!TENTEN! NOT LIKE THIS ! DONT GO AWAY!"

"YOU KILLED HER KID." Naruto heard kyuubi's voice from his subconsciousness,"YOU ARE PAYING FOR YOUR DEEDS. PEACE!MY ASS! YOU SENT AN INNOCENT TO ETERNAL SLEEP." "Help me Kyuubi ,it should not be this way, I need to save her. Please...please..."Naruto request faded to sobs as he felt true helplessness. "ALRIGHT TAKE SOME OF MY YANG CHAKRA , MIX IT WITH YOUR YIN CHAKRA AND PICTURISE THE GIRL ALIVE." Naruto did not hesitate and quickly did as ordered. He imagined Tenten to be alive with the yin element and breathe life into it by using the Yang element. As his imagination merged with reality, Tenten's wound healed and she was alive ,well breathing at least. Naruto rushed the girl to the Konoha hospital.

After nearly twenty minutes, Ino came out of the Intensive Care Unit. She had a relieved expression on her rushed to her and waited for her response. Ino told him that it was just a case of chakra exhaustion , nothing to worry about. Huh thats what every medic-nin would say the same thing. It was no exhaustion dammit! Tenten was dead temporarily! After getting the permission for a visit , he entered the intensive care unit. Tenten was asleep . For a second Naruto thought for a moment that she was dead again and checked her pulse. Thank God she was okay, just asleep. As Naruto let free her hand, Tenten grabbed it."Naruto-kun, don't give in to your hatred!",she managed to say before passing out again. This proved to be the last strand for Naruto as he broke down. Tightening his grip on Tenten's hand, he let out all of his emotions run girl still believed in him, even after he killed her just an hour ago. "I promise, Ten-chan. I promise."

AT THE VILLAGE MARKETPLACE

As usual , the marketplace was filled with the horrid cacaphony of shopkeepers arguing with the customer, a street brawl. "It is really so troublesome", thought Shikamaru as he recalled yesterday's events. Sakura , hugging him as if there would be no tomorrow, her pleading for help, that warm fuzzy feeling when they both were hugging each other... Oh man it was just so complicated. What came over them? The Nara kid had no idea about his situation before he heard Ino's voice. " Ohaiyo, Shikamaru-kun . Well, well I did not know that you were interested in flowers, you never visited my shop before." "Ehh..Flower shop, what the hell!". Shikamaru scanned the surrounding. He had walked into the Yamanaka Florists."Ohaiyo,Ino! Sorry to disturb you but could you help me?" "Well whats the problem?" Ino enquired. She was a bit curious. Hey! It was Konoha's best brain asking her for help! "What do I do when a girl hugs me and asks me to help her, in an emotional matter out of bounds for me?" "And may I know who is this girl?" Ino wondered. After Temari , just who is this new girl?"Nothing of your concern ",came the cold reply. "Then I won't help you",replied a pissed off Ino. Shikamaru shrugged and turned back to leave the shop. Ino would be of no knew he had to do it , whatever he was supposed to do! He thought of starting with flowers , the evergreen way of the romantic. But no way was he going to buy flowers from Ino. She would trouble him even more.