Well, I'm back with another chapter! (finally!) Hooray! hehe! Anyway, in this chapter, we have a surprise encounter. Can you guess by who? And thanxs to aly247, Duralsilver, Rainbow Ramen, xxXEvil MunchkinXxx, spazzgirl, Butterontoast, ANONYMOUS, gof22, Kenpachi Zaraki (or, my buddy Nathan!), & xX-Arianna-hime-Xx for the reviews!

Disclaimer:How I wished I owned Naruto. But like your wildest dream- it probably won't come true. -sniff sniff…-

Chapter 6

"Naruto?" Sakura said, her voice barely a whisper. She hated being out this late, especially since she was almost caught by that vampire named Sasuke. And even being with Naruto didn't make the fears disappear like she hoped.

"Shh," Naruto commanded gently, tugging her along quickly. 'Damn! This isn't the time nor the place for us to get caught at, especially since Sakura doesn't my true form!'

'I told you you should have just taken her like I said. Then we wouldn't be in this mess,' his devil grumbled, causing a harsh growl to come from Naruto.

'Shut the fuck up! You don't know anything!' Naruto practically yelled at him.

"Naruto?" Sakura asked again, worried now. "Did I do something wrong?"

Knowing she was talking about the growl, Naruto pulled her under a streetlight, close to him. It was difficult, however, as she still had Naru in her grasp. "I told you we have to be quiet," he told her, softer as he stared at her. "We can't attract attention."

'Vampires!' she thought, nodding her head instead of a verbal response.

"Now, which way is your house?" Naruto asked quickly, his eyes darting around as he asked the question.

She leaned up, enough to reach his ear. "Down the street and to the left. It's an apartment building," she whispered in his ear, hoping it would help from wandering ears. She saw his ear twitch slightly as he pulled her back, gritting his teeth.

"Don't do that," he warned, seeing her confused face. "I might not be able to control myself next time you do."

She gasped, his lips at her ear now as he said that. 'He… he moved so fast… I didn't even see him…' she thought, feeling his lips curl into a smile against her cheek.

"Now's not the time or place for it love… Let's wait until we get inside, hmm?" He pulled back, smiling at her. All Sakura could do was blush.

'Did he really just… insinuate what I think he did?' she thought embarrassingly. Before she could think any more on the subject, Naruto had started walking again, pulling her along with him towards her apartment. Sakura looked around slightly, not helping but to be paranoid. 'As much as I hate to admit it, Naruto's just a human, and humans are no match for a vampire,' Sakura thought sadly before feeling a fierce jerk on her hand.

"Shit…" she heard Naruto curse, as she looked up at him. He was frowning and his lips were twisted up into a snarl. He looked at her, his face immediately relaxing as he did. "Get behind me," he ordered softly as Sakura did, hugging Naru closer to her for comfort.

She soon found out the reason why, as a dark shadow appeared in front of them, his black wings outstretched behind. "My my," it said, his voice eerily familiar to Sakura's ears. "What are you two doing out after dark?"

"Just taking a midnight stroll," Naruto replied calmly, scooting Sakura more out of his sight.

Their visitor frowned. "But… its not midnight. Its not even past nine!"

Naruto shrugged. "So we decided to start early. Now, if you'll excuse us, I have to be getting her home." Naruto hesitantly took a step forward, but stopped when he saw their visitor grin.

"Not so fast. You think I'm just going to let you go by, when you have such a fine specimen of slut right behind you?" He seemed to grin even more when he heard the growl past through Naruto's lips, his fangs shining brightly through the nighttime sky.

Sakura gasped, her body shaking, as she now recognized the voice. 'Sasuke!' she thought, as she began to grow more scared. 'Last time I was saved by a miracle. I doubt I'll be as lucky this time.' "Naruto!" she whispered quickly, leaning up to reach his ear. "We can't stand up to a vampire. Let's just try and run for it."

She saw his ear twitch again as he growled, almost scaring her as much as the vampire did. "Quiet Sakura," he told her, not once breaking eye contact with Sasuke. "I need you to do something for me. I need you to close your eyes and keep them shut until I say so. No matter what. Can you promise me that Sakura-chan?"

Sakura didn't know what to say, feeling as if her body was frozen with fright, her mouth dry with the fear of death looming over her head. Sasuke started to advance and Naruto grew more nervous by the second. "I need an answer Sakura…" he said warily, allowing his gaze to flicker to her for moment. "Now."

"Yes! Yes, I promise!" Sakura said, closing her eyes as she did. She clutched Naru even tighter; feeling his head might get separated from the rest of his body by the end of tonight. Naruto looked behind him fully this time, making sure she wasn't lying to him. A grin spread across his face as he turned back around, tackling Sasuke to the wall he was coming from.

Sasuke let out a groan, feeling his back slam against the wall. 'Damn! I hadn't anticipated him to be that fast!' he thought before it was interrupted by a deafening growl.

"Leave now or face the consequences," Naruto said to him, his eyes blood red with anger.

Sasuke was about to retaliate with anger of his own before he stopped, grinning once again. "Wipe that damn smirk off your face before I tear it off!" Naruto threatened but it didn't faze him.

"She doesn't know," he said quietly, only loud enough for Naruto to hear. "She doesn't know that you're an-"

"Shut up!" Naruto roared, punching him in the stomach while pushing him farther into the wall. Sasuke coughed, spitting out blood, but the grin stayed, which just infuriated Naruto more.

'I'd calm down if I were you Kit,' his devil offered. 'if you don't want the girl to find out you're not human.'

That brought Naruto back to his senses, as he jumped away, leaving a good amount of distance between him and Sasuke. He panted, the feeling of beating him to a pulp almost over-whelming. Sasuke held one hand over his stomach, the other helping push him out of the wall as he popped his back. "Only because I don't want to ruin the surprise," Sasuke said, flapping his wings some. "will I leave her unharmed. For now." A gust of wind and Sasuke's figure had disappeared into the darkened sky.

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Sakura felt totally helpless. Standing there, alone, with her eyes closed, she didn't know what was going on! Once she no longer felt Naruto beside her, she began to freak out, clutching Naru for somewhat of the comfort a stuffed animal could give. 'I have to open my eyes, I just have to!' she thought frantically, almost opening them. Then she heard him.

He sounded like a demon from hell, his voice so gruff and menacing, that made her keep her eyes shut, if only in fear. 'Could he really be saying that to Naruto? And why would he be smirking throughout all this? What is Naruto doing?! He's gonna die!' she thought, terrified by the voice. And then… there was nothing.

"You can open your eyes now Sakura-chan," she heard whisper in her ear, and she screamed at the sudden sound. Naruto slapped his hand over her mouth, muffling her voice. "Shh… its okay. It's just me. We're gonna be safe now."

Sakura opened her eyes to find Naruto, completely unharmed and smiling at her! "Wha… What?" was all she was able to say. 'What happened to Sasuke… and that other voice I heard? Naruto couldn't have possibly scared them off… could he?…' Sakura thought, staring up at him.

Naruto gently touched her arm, Sakura realizing that she was still holding Naru in a vice-grip. Relaxing some, she allowed Naruto to hold her hand, the two's fingers inter-twirling as they quickly walked down the street again. 'I can't help but wonder how Naruto is so calm and… okay!' Sakura thought, squeezing his hand more. Naruto noticed the slight change but didn't say anything, knowing Sakura would say whatever's on her mind soon enough.

"Naruto…" she started, remembering to keep her voice low. "How… how did you survive?"

Naruto sighed, pausing for a few brief moments. "I got… lucky, I guess."

"Lucky?!" Sakura couldn't control the volume of her voice. "You were up against a vampire and some demonic voice and you got lucky?!"

Naruto cringed inwardly when she started talking about the "demonic voice", glad that she knew it wasn't him but sad at what she thought of it. He sighed again, tugging on her arm softly. "Not now Sakura-chan. If you haven't noticed, this isn't the best place for this talk right now. Later, when we're safe and inside your apartment… kay?"

Sakura nodded her head, giving up the fight… for the moment. That being said, Naruto continued their brisk walk down the sidewalk towards her house.

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'She's gonna wonder what's up if you keep acting so paranoid Kit,' his devil told him as Naruto looked around them to make sure they were safe. Again.

'I know, I know, but its just… I can't shake that feeling,' Naruto replied, watching Sakura bring her keys out from her pocket.

'That what? A demonic voice is standing right beside her?'he chuckled, getting a growl inwardly from Naruto. He heard a slight click, seeing as Sakura had gotten the door unlocked.

"Well… now that you're safe, I suppose I should be heading out now…" Naruto said, still standing outside in the hallway.

"What, are you crazy?!" she hissed out in a low whisper. "It's too late for you to be walking the streets alone. You're staying here!"

"No no," Naruto said, waving his hands in front of his face. "I don't want to impose. Besides, what about your parents?"

"They're sound asleep. Plus, they'd understand. And you still need to explain to me how we're still alive!" Sakura whispered, gripping the doorframe. Naru was sitting on the floor behind her.

'That's exactly why I don't want to stay,' Naruto thought to himself. 'Any other time would be perfect- except now!' A tugging on his hand brought him out of his thoughts, as he saw Sakura pulling on it, trying to bring him into the room. Naruto laughed slightly under his breath, knowing he wasn't going to budge unless he wanted to.

He walked closer, his free hand reaching up to grab her chin. "Sakura," he said, his face mere inches from hers as she dropped his wrist. "I'll be fine." With that, he pulled his lips towards hers, into a kiss. He moved his hand away from her chin, wrapping them around her waist as he pulled her closer. She wrapped her arms around her neck, parting her lips slightly. Naruto flicked his tongue across her lips, tasting her sweet lip-gloss again before pulling away, disappearing in a flash.

Sakura stood there, stunned for a few moments, until the cold of the night started to get to her. 'How does he disappear so fast?…' She wrapped her arms around herself once again, looking side-to-side before finally closing the door to the apartment, feeling cold and what she hated the most. Alone.

Well, hooray! Another chapter done! We had a nice little battle-like scene between Sasuke & Naruto. I'm sure more are to come. We also have some difficulties between what Naruto is & what Sakura thinks he is. That'll come more into play later. Will she find out? Stay tuned!

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