A/N: Sorry for the wait.

Sakura sighed in annoyance once again, it had been a week since she had been discharged from the hospital and she had been happy to leave the stuffy room. But unfortunately for her Ino, her best friend, had decided to move in with her and now she was rambling on about some insignificant thing. The blonde's high-pitched girly voice was grating on the pinkette's eardrums making her want to scream. There was only one person who could save her, the one and only cloud watching ANBU who happened to be the blonde's boyfriend, Shikamaru. She only hoped he would tear his eyes away from the grey sky.

A lazy knock sounded on her front door and it took all of Sakura's will power not to jump for joy at the distinctive knock. Ino's azure eyes widen slightly before bouncing off her seat and dancing happily to the door. The blonde medic joyfully grabbed the lackadaisical Shikamaru, whose arms automatically wrapped around the cheerful girl. The couple left quickly and Sakura smiled gently before throwing herself on the worn jade couch.

Sakura suddenly awoke for her cat nap after hearing a strange noise. Slowly creeping to her feet she took a kunai out of its hiding place holding the sharp object close to her chest defensively. Sneaking to her kitchen she looked around the small dim unoccupied room before continuing down the hall. She gently pushed her bedroom door open and looked in through the crack, she saw nothing.

Sakura pushed her door fully open and walked into her room she released her breath when she realized it was just her imagination. In the corner of her well-trained eyes she saw a black flicker of movement. Turning around she lethally aimed her kunai to see no enemy. Shaking her head in disbelief as she groaned, her chakra couldn't sense any evil presence and yet she not only heard a noise but saw something. 'I think I'll go train.' She thought.

Sakura stripped off her white tank top and red jersey in place of a pink sports bra. She replaced her dark jeans with black shorts before traveling down the aged steps to her dark basement. Switching on the dim lights as well as turning on her stereo letting Marilyn Manson sooth her slight paranoia. She began stretching her tight muscles. With her blood no longer sluggishly pumping, she began a simple kata of taijutsu later on adding kunai knives which hit the targets with practiced ease.

Sakura's adrenaline charged through her body, her leg swung out to deliver a nasty side kick only to falter at the malicious hissing sound. Her head snapped left to right but she saw nothing, she couldn't help but feel annoyed ever since her discharge from the hospital she had been jumpy, a nervous ball of unease. It was starting to wear on her sanity. Lucky for her at the beginning of next week she could go back to her safe haven, the hospital, but not as a patient but rather a doctor. She thought it would help sooth her nerves if she was busy.

A tight feeling in her chest broke her out of her thoughts, her small hand went to cover her the area where her heart was pumping erratically. Sakura felt something warm and sticky on her hand and pulled it away to reveal her blood slowly caressing her skin downwards and dropping to the unfeeling concrete floor. Her green eyes moved to the strange bite mark where her blood was seeping out onto her pale flesh.

A sharp pain penetrated her heart and she fell to her knees balling her fingers into fists as the pain became intolerable. " Your mine." The thing spitefully hissed. Sakura felt as if all the oxygen in her body had abandoned her and she struggled to regain her breath. She pushed her self up even though the gravity was forcing her body towards the concrete. Once she was on her feet she bolted up the stairs and slammed the heavy door shut.

Leaning against the cold wood she inhaled slowly before exhaling, thankful for the ability to breathe normally. Sakura made it to her bathroom and looked in the large mirror to see the wound still discharging bright red blood. Her hand shone green as she pumped healing chakra forcing the bite mark to stop bleeding and scab over.

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Ino growled in annoyance as Shikamaru sat down on their couch, his head leaning backwards to face the ceiling. His beautiful deep brown eyes shut as he continued to ignore her. The blonde had started to pace, her loud foot steps annoying the lazy man. She stopped her pacing and loomed over him. "Why did you drag me away from Sakura, she's my best friend and she's weak right now, she needs my help." She whined.

"You were annoying her so much she begged me to take you away." Shikamaru stated pulling a carton of cigarette out of his jounin vest. Putting the thin cylinder in his mouth he grabbed a lighter and lit the end before dragging smoke pleasantly into his lungs.

"That's a disgusting habit." Ino huffed before walking to the kitchen.

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Sakura curled into her familiar jade couch, Naruto's ramen scent, Kakashi's sandalwood scent and Sai's metallic blood scent molded together and clung to the faded material. The recognizable smells soothed her frayed nerves and her frantic heart became serene. A warm hand brushed the hair out of her eye, she saw the masked face of her former teacher. His lone eye was creased a sign that he was smiling.

"I found nothing, no stray animals or rats and definitely not anything that should scare a kunoichi." He spoke gently.

"I know it's just, I want this whole war over and done with, the tension and the waiting is killing my sanity." Sakura replied.

"How about i take you out for tea." Kakashi suggested.

"I'll go change, then we can leave." Sakura said. Kakashi's covered smile stayed until the medical ninja vanished from his sight, a large frown taking it's place.

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In a time-worn temple with snow coloured marble walls that held grey wrinkle impurities only visible if one examined the wall for hours, looking for the small impurities. The walls held ancient knowledge in a long forgotten script carved into them. Dark granite that resembled the starry night sky reached heavenwards. The temple surrounded by twisted gold and silver thread creating cage that held the ten tailed cat demon.

The enormous onyx cat lazed on his back in his cage staring at a marble wall intently. A low growl escaped his muzzle because of the dullness of his life. He only had two ways of escaping his colourless jail, the first way was to annoy the human he happened to be sealed away in and the second was hard to accomplish requiring strict concentration, that he didn't really posses.

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Sakura pulled on a casual red dress that floated around her curves and landed just above her knees. It's looses material making it easy for her to move she. She grabbed a pair of comfortable black high heels before slipping a silver headband through her pale pink hair keeping her fringe from annoying her vision. Putting small silver studs in her pierced ears, she rushed out to meet Kakashi.