(a/n) I'm terribly sorry for the wait so I will continue by saying...er typing...yay for 4 lovely reviews! and i'll have to admit my favorite one was from you, C.A.M.E.O.1 and Only. It truly made me laugh...in a good way I swear! But thanks to those 3 people who reviewed my story. You all are much nicer than the ones who read and don't tell me what's on their mind :/... but i won't hold it against you all any longer.

Anyways here is ch4 *hopes that it is well loved.*

(oh and sorry C.A.M.E.O.1 and Only, you'll have to wait a little longer for that lemon. my deepest, sincerest apologies, but there's a bit more in my plot before that. and by a bit more I mean this lovely chapter. I just hope the end of this chap doesn't earn me an evil glare...)

DISCLAIMER: it remains the same, i don't own Naruto. Just my plot and it's a tad unique so no one steal okay ;)

Sakura's P.O.V.

There in the darkness was the shadow I'd hoped to escape, he was after all banished by my mother due to his attempt to be my husband. I growled as he stepped towards me, grinning with a malicious intent. "Long time it's been, eh Sakura darling." He reached for my cheek, but I jumped back, still growling. "Is that anyway to treat your future husband Sakura?" A snarl rippled up my throat as I bared my teeth at him. "You know it was getting difficult to come and see you every night after my banishment, but it's a lot easier now," he chuckled sardonically.

"Get out Satoshi..." I glared as my snarls were more frequent. "I hate you and you are not my future husband. Leave or I'll make sure my mother won't go so easy on you this time." He took another step toward me, mocking me. He acted as though I had no power against him. Finally, Hinata awoke and rushed to my side. Back-up was oh so sweet in a situation such as this. "I won't tell you again...Get out of my palace."

"Your palace? A little ahead of ourselves are we? You need a king first, princess." Another movement from his foot, as he inched ever so closer to me and Hinata. Hinata was growling too and I wondered how long it would take the guards and my mother to figure out the sudden midnight disturbance. Hinata and I kept are distance as we walked parallel to Satoshi. A circle was what that resulted in, and we paid closed attention to his movements. After all, he enjoyed using people like puppets...literally. "How long can this dance last dear Sakura?" He shifted forward as we shifted back.

"Long enough," I said in a growl. My eyes watched his hands closely as Hinata's watched his feet. Any movement he made, we would catch. Satoshi stood no chance against us, he very well knew that, leaving us to wonder what he had planned up his sleeve.

"You know that's the same thing you said last time we were alone. If I remember correctly you barely made off with your precious virginity," he continued to eye me hungrily as we circled. I hated this man so much and Hinata did as well. Any man who tries to rape the princess is hated by everyone. He took a large lunge forward and we side-stepped to the right then away from him. "You know you can't last forever," he smirked.

"GET OUT!" I sreamed at him in a roar clenched through my teeth. Thankfully, he took two steps toward the window as the guards and my mother rushed in, my door barely on it's hinges.

"Returning after one has been exiled is a crime, especially to try and take my daughter." My mother had an eerie aura surrounding her now. I had never seen her so angry, but I was glad she came when she did. I don't know how long I could hold back the fear I had when it came to that man. "Arrest him," she spoke sternly and the guards reacted without hesitation.

"Well, I guess I have over stayed my welcome dear princess. Until next time," He laughed, jumping out the window and evading the pursuing guards. I shook with anger and my legs gave out below me due to the withheld fear. I was in my mother's arms faster than I could realize and she was hugging me tightly.

"Are you alright, Sakura? And you Hinata?" My mother was on the verge of tears, so for her sake, I summoned up all my courage to hide the fear.

"We're fine mother, thanks to you," her grip tightened around me. She'd never forgive herself for being so late. "Mother, don't blame yourself. Nothing happened and he was doing an exceptionally well job of masking his life energy. I didn't even know he was there until I saw him. But we're fine and he's gone. That's all that matters." She pulled back and smiled into my eyes.

"Thank goodness." She pulled both Hinata and me into a hug. "You two still seem frightened, but I assure you, Satoshi will never set foot in this kingdom ever again." No matter how much I tried to hide my fear, my mother could read like an open book. The only thing I was able to hide were the thoughts of Sasuke and my feelings toward him. She didn't need to know though, it would only trouble her. I could imagine that she would feel betrayed...her own daughter in love with a demon, the same species that killed my father, her husband. I cringed at the thought, but hopefully she would never have to know. I'll run off and make my own kingdom, a place for the banished and death row members, just like ourselves. "I don't think that'll go over well." "You're probably right, but feeling this way about a demon has opened my eyes. If the demons had a new king, we all could live together in harmony and the crime would be sucking blood of a forest being without permission, or killing a demon just to kill them. It'll take time and effort, but in the end wouldn't it be worth it. I know my mother and she hates killing things, even shunning people is out of her nature. It's a rare occasion. "Well, I can't avoid this because we're connected so I guess...Let's do this."

"You girls try and go back to sleep. Guards are posted everywhere so you're completely safe," she stood and smiled to me. "Sleep tight, my daughter." I nodded to my mother and she left. Yes we would be safe from Satoshi, but safe from our thoughts of two particular demons?...no, not safe at all. Hinata gave me a hug before she climbed back into bed and I did the same. We had to get some sleep, the demons would be hunting early this mornng. She was asleep before me, but I couldn't sleep. All I saw was a certain bird inching ever closer to my neck. My dream of him felt all to real which made me desire him so much more. I'd try my hardest not to admit it, but who was I kidding...I did not have the ability to not desire him. And before I knew my dream began where it had been stopped, and his fangs sunk in to my neck, taking my blood from the pulsing vein at the side of my neck...

Sasuke's P.O.V.

And for the second time that early morning, I had taken a cold shower. I fell asleep yesterday imagining her taste on my tongue and that resulted in me dreaming of my fangs at her neck and my hands on her. My body now ached for her and my throat screamed to her. This early morning hunting trip would either result in my thirst quenched or another cold shower and hunger. I would either finally have Sakura or I'd have to wait another day. I was hoping for the first, but she was stubborn. I shut of the water, finally calmed, and tried to remain that way. Naruto was still asleep in the next room over, but from the sounds of him...he was having a better dream than I had. I escaped his stupid mumbles about Hinata and went downstairs to get a glass of water. To my disgust the one of the only girls in our house was downstairs furious with Kiba. I tried to escape to the kitchen, but even the yells could be heard from there.

"Kiba! What do you think you were doing giving Akamaru a bath in my room!!!!???" A furious TenTen yelled.

"Well ours was already dirty, we didn't think you'd mind," I could here the chuckle under his breath.

"Didn't think I'd mind huh?! How would you like a katana up your ass?!" Two yelps were heard and then a crash. She was most likely chasing Kiba and Akamaru out of the house by now, a katana in hand. I laughed at the thought in my head only to be disturbed.

"What's so funny Uchiha?!" TenTen was in the doorway, with Kiba in a headlock. He was cursing loudly while she tightened her grip. I smirked to her and then looked to Kiba, trying to free himself, and then I glanced back to TenTen with an eyebrow raised.

"Oh I don't know," I rolled my eyes and took a drink of the water I had poured so shortly before they came into the kitchen.

"Smart ass..." she mumbled to me before tossing Kiba out the back door and locking it. Kiba pounded on it and I smirked at his stupidity. He could just run upstairs...

"What's all the noise about TenTen?" The other girl in our house graced us with her presence.

"Well Temari, if you really must know, that damn mutt used my bath to wash Akamaru..." she growled so Kiba could hear.

"Oh is that all? I thought he played fetch with one of your weapons and broke it again... Morning Uchiha." I closed my eyes in annoyance.

"Hn, Fanny." She hated when I called her that so, with ease, I vanished from the kitchen, Temari's scream of annoyance trailing after me. "UCHIHA!!!!!" The house shook for a minute, but the settled and I was in the clear. I shut the door to my room and turned to the window...only to find another annoyance.

"Good morning teme!" Naruto crashed through the window trying to tackle me as I side stepped out of the path of his impact. He ended up crashing into the wall parallel to my window. "Ow..." He stood brushing off his pants and rubbing his head. "So teme? What's the plan for tonight?" I punched him in the arm silencing him from anything he was about to add.

"Dobe...we don't talk about it here. So keep your mouth shut... We're going to go to our 'spot' to hunt," his eyes lit up and I knew imediately he was thinking of Hinata. "Take your fantasies elsewhere...I already had to put up with them all night..." the fox before turned red and vanished from my room. Next door I could here the shower running and I laughed. He needs to control himself better. "Oh like you're any better? Hah! You had to take two and change three times. But who could blame you? Sucking her blood in your dreams is so..." Shut up! I closed my eyes shut, but to no avail...I saw her, in my arms and my mouth hovering slightly over her neck, breathing down slowly making her body shudder in response.

I flew into the bathroom so fast, the back wind gusts made my dresser fall flat to the floor. And for the third time, the water ran cold down my face as I tried to ignore Naruto's laughter from the other room.

Hours passed and finally I shut off the water and exited the bathroom. Naruto lay, stretched across my bed snoring the worries away. I punched him on the head and flung him across my room by his foot. He quickly shot up and snarled at me. "Teme! What the hell was that for?!" I ignored him and fixed bed and picked the dresser up that I had knocked down earlier. Naruto was fuming and barred his teeth at me. "TEME!" He threw a punch at me and I ducked out of the way. "What the hell did you throw me across the room for?"

"Hn," was my only reply. He gripped my shirt and growled. His breath was far from pleasant. "Put me down dobe."

"Tell me why you flung me off your bed," he demanded.

"You smell," I smirked and closed my eyes as I took his wrists in my hands. "Now put me down." I threw his hands off me and he growled again.

"You guys are late, again." Kakashi said from my window. He shook his head at us and continued to read his book. "The hunting parties are about to take off, you better hurry. Research or not, they could beat you again." Naruto looked to me and I nodded. We had to get to that spot before anyone else. We were off in a blink and at the forests edge as the others began to go in. I dragged Naruto behind me and pulled him at my greatest speed. We arrived to our spot and I noticed someone else was there. It was Kiba.

"Hey mutt! This is our spot!" Naruto yelled, tensing his muscles. "Go find your own!" While they argued I tried to figure another spot we could go. I glanced around the small meadow and sighed. There was no other open spot nearby. As I turned to face Kiba again, preparing to fight, a blur of pink caught my attention. From behind Kiba, there were pink petals swirling in the wind. Sakura...I took Naruto by the collar and drug him past Kiba. "Teme! What are you doing?! We can take him!"

"Oh is the Uchiha giving up so easily?" Kiba snickered at me and his dog laughed through barks.

"No, this is our old spot, you can have it," before Naruto could protest I covered his mouth and drug him in the direction of the dancing petals. Sure enough, once we were far from Kiba, there were more and Naruto finally got the hint. We followed them for well over an hour, now running, as the speed picked up.

"Teme, where's your girl leading us?" Naruto complained from behind me. I growled in annoyance and turned to glare at him over my shoulder. "Whatever." I couldn't answer him because even I didn't know. This wasn't charted on our maps from the school. It was part of the forest that no one went into because there were not many residents living in it. I smirked, realizing just how clever my dear Sakura was. She was leading us away from other demons and forest beings. "Hinata-chan!" I turned my head back ahead and sure enough, there was Hinata, but no Sakura. Naruto sped past me and picked up Hinata, twirling her around.

"Good morning, Naruto-kun," she smiled shyly until he set her firmly on the ground. My eyes surveyed the surrounding area millions of times and I still found no Sakura. Where the hell is she?! Does she think this is funny? I'm starving here. "HAHA. Maybe she's enjoying tormenting you." Of course you'd think that was hilarious...My attention was brought back to reality as Hinata cleared her throat. She tilted her head in the direction to my west. I felt my body jolt as I sprinted off in that direction, leaving Naruto and Hinata alone. Pink petals brushed against my cheeks and I froze in the center of a ring of trees. In the center was Sakura, a smirk plastered on her face. I growled and closed the gap between us.

"That wasn't funny," I growled. She stayed silent, still smirking with triumph. "Laughing at people's displeasure is hardly nice..." She grinned and held back a laugh. She truly is annoying...

Third Person

They stood silently lost in one another's eyes for what had seemed like forever. Sakura was the first to break the gaze by shaking her head. "I was hoping you'd catch on to my petals eventually, but it did take you quite a while. What was on your mind?" She sounded annoyed as he smirked at her. He always did enjoy her anger.

"To be honest, I was debating on whether or not I'd make you angry at me today...but I can see that I have some how managed to make you mad without trying," he chuckled lowly, making jade orbs narrow with a glare. "The fact youguided us here has me thinking that you can't possibly hate me anymore," he raised a brow with anticipation. Sakura's glare vanished and she had indeed lost all hate for him. Any glare she had now was merely forced. She finally accepted the love of the demon and in return cared for him as well. "I take the vanished glare as a yes?" He said still continuing to aggravate her.

"Just shut up," she growled at him closing her eyes. I hate his arrogance..."I think it makes him appeal all the better," Would you quit thinking about that right now?! I'm having a hard time concentrating as it is...your remembrance of my dreams isn't helping the situation."You know you want him to have it so give it to him." I will when I want to dammit! "Quite defensive we are..."

"Oh sorry, did I interrupt something?" His breath was now on her lips. While she had been arguing with her inner, he had taken the opportunity to close the gap between them further and tilt her head up so that only millimeters were left between their lips. Her eyes shot open, shocked with how tempting the lips before her were. They were calling to her and she didnt know how long she could last against a pair that looked so alluring. "Have you finally realized the bond between us?" His arms wrapped possessively around her waist and she gasped. Sasuke took the opening of her mouth to his advantage and slid his hungry tongue inside her mouth. He felt her boy tense as he explored her mouth. She was light headed, it all had happened so fast. He was kissing her and slowly she was growing to like it. Her tongue tingled with want to battle his, and she couldn't ignore the demon before her any longer. Her hands tangled in his hair and she closed her eyes, her tongue fighting back for dominance. She felt him smirk and he pulled out of the kiss, and she let out a groan filled with annoyance. His breath was quickly on her neck and his tongue circled the flesh there.

"Sasuke-kun..." she gasped as she felt two cold, hard fangs resting softly against her neck, not penetrating the skin so they would have access to the racing blood in her vein. She knew he was smirking and indeed he was.

"You know Sakura, I need you now. You and only you can quench the burn in my throat," she shuddered at his lips moving against her skin as he talked to her with caring words. Images of her dreams made their way into her mind and she felt a knot in her stomach begin to tighten itself. "Sakura, I'm hungry for you in more ways than one..." his breath trailed down her neck sending electrical impulses down her spine. His fangs slowly brushed againgst her neck, never breaking the skin. He was waiting for her choice and the pleasure of finally tasting her in his mouth. Sakura's eyes closed once more as she made her decision. She tilted her head, tightend her grip on his hair and pulled him closer, making the fangs prick slightly before he took over. Slowly his fangs sank in and she moaned in pleasure. He tightened his grip and held her closer as the sweet liquid trickled down his throat, and he smirked in satisfaction as he felt her nipples harden. His first hunger was almost satisfied, the other starving as the seconds passed...

And now our boat crashed to a shore to pick up two more travelers, both holding their own flower.

(a/n) Sooo.... What did you guys think? Good, bad? I'm dying to know and I almost feel bad for torturing you all because I didn't continue into a lemon like some of you wanted, but I do enjoy humorous torture like so. I hope you don't hate me for it ;).

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