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Betrayal – Kyuubi or summon/demon talking

'Rage'- Jutsu

"Hate"- Speech

That's all I know –Thinking

Well guy here's another chapter of the story. I have to really thank all of you for your reviews and ideas. Shout outs to DarkAngelLida, for the idea and Warrioroftheseventhstar, for encouragement and helping me like the good friend she is, among others for ideas and helping get my ass back into writing the story, as well as being my lovely beta. Also like I said the narusaku really start, making the chapter romance heavy, there's a bit of denial at the beginning but that's it, so just bear with it. As well as this chapter doesn't have as much action in comparison to the rest of the story. I'll address other matter at the end of the chapter. I also apologize for any spelling and grammar mistakes in advance. I only gave my beta a few days.

Me: Naruto what… what's the word count?

Naruto: Impossible it's a word count of 31,000!

That was my attempt at being funny. Epic fail. Dragon ball Z reference for the win and don't expect any more jokes.

A small ray of sunlight shone through the gap in the drawn curtains. The rays of light landed on Naruto's eyes causing him to stir. Blinking a few times to get rid the grogginess and letting out a yawn while still in bed, he ran his hand through his streaked blond hair. "Wow that's the first night in a long time where I've slept without nightmares," Naruto said to himself.

Turning to his right he looked at his alarm clock. When he saw what time it was, his eyes shot open, the cloak red 8:30. That's impossible! We came in at 11:30, how long was I sleeping?

Trying to prop himself up on his elbows he noticed he couldn't because of a weight on his chest. When he moved slightly he heard a familiar voice whisper, "No, don't go Naruto-kun." Now Naruto was completely wide awake. Turning back to his left he saw his pink haired teammate lying on her stomach, face turned towards him over his heart, still asleep trying to snuggle deeper into his chest.

Naruto could feel one of Sakura's bare legs move up his own bare leg slightly. It was at this point the situation truly hit Naruto, grabbing the blanket with the hand, that wasn't currently wrapped around the pinkette's waist, and lifted it up. Peering underneath, he dropped the blanket and let his head fall back onto the pillow, as the previous night's events came rushing back to him. Letting out a long groan he dragged his free hand down his face. "I am so fucked," the blond mumbled to himself.

No Kit, you already have been, said the Kyuubi trying to contain his laughter.

This is not funny, Naruto deadpanned.

Your right it's fucking hilarious, the voice was followed by a deep rumbling laughter. You know Kit I knew you had stamina but I never knew you had that much.

What are you talking about? Naruto remarked.

Three days! You were at it for three days; I'd be surprised if the vixen could even walk after that. You two were as bad as two newly mated Kitsune in heat.

Kyuubi what the fuck happened last night? Naruto asked.

Well do you mean last night or the night before that or the night before that?

Just answer the damn question!

Now you see when a mommy and a daddy love each other very much, they do this special thing, the demon lord started to mock.

I know what happened; I mean how did it happen?

That's simple kit: You…Love…Her, the Kyuubi said repeating the words he had said to him before.

I don't love her, Naruto thought trying to sound strong but it only came out doubtful.

Again with the denial. WAKE UP KIT, YOU LOVE HER AND THERE'S NO DENIYING IT, YOU CAN LIE TO FRIENDS AND YOU CAN LIE TO YOURSELF BUT YOU CAN'T LIE TO ME! Roared the Kyuubi at his container, angry because of the boy's foolish denial of love and his happiness.

Naruto scrunched his eyes shut, I don't love her. What was meant to come out as shout only became a whisper. The Jinchuriki knew that his defences had crumbled; all that was left was a small piece of stubbornness.

Tell me kit, how many people will stop a massacre by being asked by someone if they did not love them? How many people would take THREE ANBU LEVEL EXPLOSIVE TAGS IF THEY DIDN'T LOVE THEM! HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD COME BACK FROM THE DEAD BY THEM MERELY CALLING THEIR NAME IF THEY DID NOT LOVE THEM! Roared the Kyuubi, gradually getting louder with each word, letting out all his rage at his containers stupidity and stubbornness.

Naruto could feel the demons red eyes glaring at him, his piercing stare burning through him. The reason why the Kyuubi was pressing the subject was because he saw Naruto as his own. Because Naruto had accepted him for who he was when nobody else did and now he wanted to repay the favour.

By now the Kyuubi had calmed down. Kit can you look at her and honestly tell yourself that you don't love her.

The blond looked back to his left. His eyes drifted over the object of his affection. Her pink hair was splayed out over her face making her look cute, and her mouth hung open slightly open as she let out breaths, continuing to sleep. Naruto's eyes slowly looked over the rest of her body; her left arm was lying across his right pec, while the other arm was under his left one. Naruto's eyes started to move lower, down her back, her shapely curves, porcelain skin lay covered in a thin layer of sweat. The blanket only covered the lower half of her back to her thighs. Naruto's eyes scanned over her sexy legs intertwined with one of his.

Moving back to her face, he lifted his right arm and moved it to her face. He stopped it a few inches short of her face and curled his finger slightly while looking down, unsure. Looking back to her he slowly uncurled his fingers he moved the hair that was covering her face, which he noticed now had black streaks running through it, tucking it behind her ear; his hand came to rest tenderly on her cheek. He saw a small smile make its way across her face, a small part of his brain was telling him to not believe the Kyuubis words, but every other fibre in his being made it feel so right, it made him feel completed. "I…I love her," he whispered to himself, the words so fragile that it seemed the wind would break them.

After he had moved her hair away Naruto noticed something on Sakura's neck. Moving his hand away he saw that it was the head of a fox, following it down he was shocked that he hadn't noticed when he was looking over Sakura's body earlier. What looked liked a tattooed fox on her body; the head was on her left side on the collar bone, it then extended back over her shoulder to her back where the majority of the foxes body and legs were. Going further down he saw that nine tails, a small gap between each of them, twisted around her right leg the tips ending just below her ankle, he imagined that the tails started at her tail bone. The fox had a reddish fur making it actually seem alive, around the foxes neck was the name Naruto Namikaze similar to a collar.

Kyuubi, when did Sakura get that, I don't remember her having a fox tattoo, or black streaks for that matter.

That kit is a mark; the hair is probably a side effect.

Mark? As in a demonic mark.

Yes kit that vixen is now your mate.

My mate, Naruto mulled over, he couldn't deny it when the Kyuubi had said that Sakura was his mate his heart leapt with joy, and a funny pulsing feeling began in his stomach. Wait if she's my mate what does the mark do? Questioned Naruto.

I've already explained this to you, the Kyuubi said flatly.

I was tired on the day you explained it refresh my memory, in reality Naruto hadn't bothered listening when the Kyuubi explained as he never thought that a women would or could truly accept what he had become.

I think it would be best if we talked face-to-face kit. Understanding what he meant the blond closed his eyes and willed himself into his mindscape.

-Narutos mindscape

Opening his eyes once more, the demon container found himself in a sewer, while the water was clearly a lot deeper Naruto only stood ankle deep. It was the area that made up his mindscape. He was currently standing in front of a large cage, the doors wide open. He was dressed in his normal attire consisting of shinobi sandals, black baggy pants and a black tank top with red trims beneath a black hooded cloak. So you have come to terms with your feelings for the vixen then? Said the giant fox as he emerged from his cage nine tails resting behind him.

"Yes," was his simple reply, "So are you going to tell me what this 'mark' does to Sakura?"

As there have only been a few cases where a mark has been placed on a human, the effects are likely to be slightly different as the last known case of a mark being placed on a human was when your mother marked your father. Naruto started to listen more intently at something that had happened to his parents as well as himself. Your mate is likely to experience a number of changes to do with her physical and mental characteristics, as well as processes to do with her chakra capacity. Each one of these changes are there to make your mate be even more compatible with you. While her physical characteristics shouldn't change much there should be some noticeable differences such as heightened senses with a wide variety of other things, as I have said before the slight change in the vixens hair colour is probably due to the mark. The marks' affect on her thought processes are more directed towards you. She will become possessive and protective towards you from other females, as the same will happen to you.

"Are you sure about that?" The blond questioned.

Tell me kit, if I where to say that your vixen is currently being advanced upon by another male in a way in which neither you nor your mate would approve of, what would you feel? For some unexplained reason Naruto could feel his rage boiling to the surface ready to explode, when the image of some drunk trying to put the moves on Sakura flashed within his mind. "I feel… I feel like I just want to rip him apart with my bare hands," answered Naruto, the anger clear present in his voice.

Point proven. Another change to her personality will be her view towards killing, at first she may merely be unaffected by the sight of death, however over time she would have become like you, where it would seem second nature to her. One final point on her personality, that is due to me. At this comment the blond raised his eyebrows slightly, though not that anyone could see. As our souls have bonded there is a high chance that she could receive a few additions from my nature as a fox, such as being mischievous, more playful, or seductive dare I say. A large smile spread across that would have put the blonde's old smiles to shame; the demon lord knew Naruto would enjoy that aspect of Sakura in the future, even if he wasn't showing it. The final effect is to do with her capabilities as a ninja, her chakra capacity will certainly double if not triple, however it shouldn't sacrifice much of her control if any, she will also possess increased stamina and resistance to damage, while it wouldn't be at your level it would greatly increase her prowess in battle. She will also possess demon chakra like you.

"Demon chakra?" questioned Naruto.

Yes, when you initially marked her, you injected a large amount of your own chakra mixed with my own. This would be the initial cause of her rapid chakra coil expansion. As my chakra was given to her through the marking process it means that instead of my chakra rejecting her, it was accepted, enabling her to use it and demonic Justus. With enough training with demon chakra she should be able to advance to a single tailed state if she is lucky, but no further as her body simple wouldn't be able to handle the amount of chakra. By possessing demonic chakra she also inherits your healing capabilities yet once again it will not be at your level, as well as being immune to the negative effects of my chakra. One final thing that you will need to be aware of is that by the time all of the changes have taken place you will literally be able to 'feel' each other even when you're miles apart. Naruto. The smile disappeared from the demon lords' face, the Jinchuriki knew he needed to listen now; the Kyuubi only ever used his name when he was deadly serious. This vixen will be your greatest strength, but she will also be your greatest weakness. Love is a very powerful emotion.

"How so?" the inquisitive blond inquired once again.

As you have proven your love for the vixen is powerful, she will be able to spur you on to feats that you would have thought not even capable of yourself. The sight of her injured form will send you into a wild rage, lashing around at everything. While this could be a good thing in some situations, it would not be controlled like I have taught you and as you know, a smart enemy can turn that against you. You are too passionate for it not to cloud your judgment.

"I understand," Naruto assured confidently, "is that all?"

Good. Well there is one more really small side effect, the mark will be releasing large amounts of hormones into her blood stream to allow all these changes to take place, some of the hormones will effect her sex drive, what has happened for the past three days will probably become a regular occurrence.

"How affected are we talking here?"

Imagine a vixen deprived of mating for a year… and is in constant heat…in spring.

Naruto kept straight face on the outside, but he knew what the Kyuubi meant. Sakura was going to be really horny, "How long will it last for?"

Well if it was anything like your parents I would say roughly a year, give or take a few months.

"That is ridiculous," Naruto deadpanned.

Come on kit don't be like that you know you're going to enjoy it, judging from how you were acting a few nights ago. Plus your mate will constantly been giving off pheromones, though even with your enhanced senses you won't be able to actively pick them up, however your subconscious will be able to. You're going to be just as affected as her. What would start out as a small kiss could end up with you two mating, actually her mere presence should be able enough for you to start, the Kyuubi joked mockingly ending his small tease with a thunderous laugh. Naruto soon found the laugh to be infectious and had to laugh with him.

Naruto soon noticed that a third child-like snickering joined in on their joke. Naruto turned around to find the source of the laughter, only to find a door. That door hasn't been there before; I would have noticed it before, thought the blond. Naruto took a closer look at the door; it was all pitch black, a stark comparison to the golden sewer walls. Bolts lined the edge of the doors while razor edged spikes occupied the middle area. Three large metal blocks slid across the door horizontally, along with chains binding it shut. Upon closer inspection Naruto could make out a number of small hair line cracks and chips in the metal work of the door some straight through to the other side.

"Kyuubi, that door has never been there before," stated the blond without looking away from the door.

Actually kit that door has always been there, you've just never been able to 'see' it.

"What's inside?" he asked turning back to the giant fox,

What you have forsaken. Your emotions. When I taught you to 'turn off' your emotions, you took it a step further. By 'turning off' your emotions for three consecutive years, you willingly sealed off your emotions permanently, other than your negative ones, which you embraced. However, emotions are too powerful a part of someone's personality. The crack in the door represent where some of your positive emotions have slipped out, such as compassion or generosity, which would then result in some of your more 'morale' moments but you were always quick to stamp them out. The reason why you weren't able to see the door is because you didn't want to, your subconscious made them 'disappear' from your sight. However it seems that your interaction with the pink vixen has caused them to resurface allowing you to see them again.

"What was that laughter just a few moments ago?" Naruto questioned.

That is something you must find out yourself. Purposefully walking towards the giant metal door, Naruto stood in front as it towered above him, contemplating on how to open it. It is MY mindscape; it bends to MY will, he thought. Naruto slowly waved his arm at the door. Firstly the large metal blocks screeched off their hinges, the top and bottom one moved to the right while the middle one moved to the left before falling into the water eerily silent, without even a splash, they then sunk into the black depths beneath Naruto's feet. Next, the black steel chains snapping as if they were made out of brittle wood, before falling limp against the wall. And finally the doors swung out open noiselessly.

Peering into the open door way the streaked blond saw a long dark corridor, it was so narrow that only one person could transverse it. Golden griddles stood above the murky water, dark golden panels moved up at a slanted angle outwards, fading to black into the nonexistent ceiling. The Jinchuriki took a step forward into the corridor, looking over his shoulder he calmly asked, "Are you coming Kyuubi?"

This is something you must do on your own; Naruto looked forward again and took one step, I must warn you kit, you may not come out the same as you went in, it could even lead you to destroying your own mind, without looking back Naruto started his journey further into the shadows. Only the sound of the blonde's footsteps could be heard through the narrow corridor, looking back he noticed that he wasn't able to see Kyuubi's cage, it was also at this time that he realized that he only had a visual range of roughly three metres, he was only able to see due to the dark gold illumination coming from the water. Closing his eyes he tried to focus and use his senses to find out what lay ahead. Nothingness. The area around him was dead and cold. He couldn't detect the scent of anything around him. The water beneath his feet was silent as it rippled. Touching the metal panels, he did not feel its cold bite or a burning heat. The corridor was a void, nothing was in the place. Despite that fact, the demon container held no fear of the place.

Vanquishing the thought from his mind, Naruto pressed on. After going on for what seemed like an eternity the sound of heavy breathing could be heard, it was so heavy it almost sounded like a growl.

Pain is a natural part of life, came a small child like voice. Naruto looked to his left, searching for its origin.

Naruto turned his head to the right when the deep breathing appeared again followed by to booming yell, FOOLISHLY YOU HOLD TO HOPE FOR PART OF THE LIFE YOU ONCE HAD. However the streaked blond didn't stop walking, a small piece of the wall behind him shuddered and broke off before floating in the air behind him.

You must let go of everything you fear to lose, small sparks started to shower behind him, small streams of compressed gas shot through the gaps forming in the corridors panels.

YOU THINK YOU HAVE A PURPOSE. A DESTINY. The wall panels started bending and come undone, before floating in the air.

You are uncertain and fearful, the two voices started to speak faster and louder, as did the responses. The two different entities, obviously, completely different from one other, conveyed completely different messages yet seemed to speak about the same thing.

YOU ARE BUT A SHADOW OF YOUR FORMER SELF…

You have become confused…

WEAK AND MISGUIDED…

You must not hide from yourself…

ACCEPT THE CERTANTY…

Confront your fears…

THAT ALL HOPE IS LOST.

Naruto continued to journey further deeper into the shadows as the beings assaulted him with their words. His head jerked more and more violently as they taunted him and advised him. The griddles beneath his feet started to bend and twist out of shape below his feet, the water started to ripple ferociously. The wall plates buckled and snapped before throwing themselves at the adjacent walls or crumbling, threatening to crush the blond. Electricity discharged and arced all round him, the corridor itself started to shudder, all of this happened without him noticing. Unbeknownst to the Jinchuriki, this symbolized his mind tearing itself apart. However as his environment became more chaotic and dangerous a single angelic voice tore through to him, "Naruto-kun, I love you." His head shot, all the pieces of debris that were flying around a few moments ago stopped and lay suspended in mid-air before suddenly dropping to the ground.

The narrow corridor soon fell away, sinking down into the water below, leaving the blond standing on the yellowish water. Four torches were floating in the air, spreading light around in a roughly five metre diameter. "You must find yourself again," said a child like voice, Narutos head turned to the left. "You! You're the voice I've been hearing your the reason this all happened," seethed Naruto, addressing a younger orange clad version of himself. "Oh no that was all you, everything you did, everything you said was your doing. I am simply the embodiment of it."

"How is it even possible that you can do that I sealed you away."

That kit is something I should explain, Naruto watched as the proud demon lord strode next to the smaller version of himself, towering above him.

"I thought you said I had to do this on my own," said the blond.

Actually I said that what you have just done was something you needed on your own, this is completely different, said the Kyuubi, twisting his words. Naruto gave a single dignified, "Hn,"

When you decided to seal of your emotions three years ago, I decided that I needed to step in to preserve what little you had left of your humanity before you threw it away, for I knew that there would be a day where you would need it. All of positive emotions- joy, happiness, selflessness and…love- collected and merged together to form you. Well a part of you. However, it was only a hollow shell so I breathed life into it, I gave it sentience.

"Foxy-Chan saved me," spurted out emotion.

Yes little one. I hid him kept him safe from his greatest enemy.

"Who?" asked the older version.

Yourself. I knew that in your rage you would have destroyed him without a second thought.

"So you went behind my back, you my most trusted friend, went behind my back to protect the very thing that made me miserable for so many years, the thing that was truly the cause of all this," said Naruto coming out more angry than intended, while stretching his arms out. "You aren't the embodiment of my positive emotions; you're the embodiment of all my weakness, everything that made me the pathetic little ningen I was. You are simply a mistake. And now I shall rid myself of that mistake," said Naruto directing the last part of his speech at his emotions, sticking his right arm out, his blade rose from the surface of the water into his hand. The younger version of Naruto looked down with a forced smile spread across his face, as he was incapable of feeling sadness. It seems that HE is affecting him as well, pondered the Kyuubi.

Jumping forward Naruto was intent on striking down his preserved weakness, however he was stopped by the Kyuubi who let out a might roar, the air pressure was so great that it sent Naruto flying backwards. The blond rolled back onto the waters surface ungracefully before standing back up and looking at the Kyuubi. Do not be so hasty to strike him down kit. Reasoned the lord of Bijuu, moving his body in front of the young Naruto, I know why you are about to do this kit, right now you are as much a demon as I am, striking him down will not make you any more of one. Kit I am a mass of hate and malice yet even I have compassion. All that would happen by you ridding yourself of him is to turn yourself into a mindless weapon, killing and murdering without sense or reason.

"I do that anyway," Naruto replied coldly.

Seeing that he was going no where with the blond Kyuubi resorted to a different method. Moving away from the orange clad youth the Kyuubi spoke once more, kit it is your choice what to do with your mind, so I will let you do as you please. But know this instead of thinking that you are striking down your emotions, think that you are striking down your 'kaa-san' or the pink haired vixen. For that is what will happen after this, no matter how much you want, you will be incapable of feeling love, can you really strike them down Naruto?

The words played on Naruto's mind twist around his rage and making their way into his logic. The Jinchuriki lookeddown, he knew what the fox was doing, melding his words, temping him to see things his way. No matter how much smatter he had gotten, he knew that he was a few millennia short on knowledge compared to the Kyuubi. He knew that he would never be able to win against his logic. Not even his stubbornness could stand up to the demon lord's mind. By using the two women who he loved above all others, he had forced him so see his way, forced him through his own will to do what he wanted.

Looking back up to the small boy images flashed in his stead. Tsunade appeared arms crossed beneath her chest a proud smile on her face. It then changed to his vixen, standing arms in front with a loving look plaster on, and a mischievous glint in her eyes. "I... I can't," Naruto said defeated, the sword dropped from his hand and stayed flat on the surface of the water before the liquid slowly crawled over the black blade, dragging it into the depths. His heart clenched, "I love them too much."

NO YOU FOOL! DON'T FALL FOR HIS LIES, STRIKE HIM DOWN, RID YOURSELF OF ALL WEAKNESS, a growly voice boomed. Naruto turned to his right, but all he could see was darkness. Peering closer he could make out the shape of what looked like a man, his body twice as tall as Naruto's own, arms crossed over his huge chest, clearly very powerful and muscular probably along with the rest of his body. Even though he was standing next to a torch his body was shrouded in darkness, until he opened his eyes. Dark red slits. Like when Naruto drew upon the Kyuubi's chakra but filled with far more malice than Naruto would have thought possible, more so that probably even the Kyuubi's own.

"Who are you?" questioned the blond.

ME? WHO AM I? I AM YOU! WELL, THE YOU THAT YOU STRIVE TO BECOME. I AM THE ACCUMALATION OF ALL YOUR NEGATIVE EMOTIONS- HATE, PAIN, SORROW, RAGE. I AM THE ONE WHO YOU DRAW POWER FROM THE ONE WHO HAS BEEN WITH YOU FROM THE BEGINNING. I AM YOUR TRUE INNER DEMON. THE ONE YOU GIVE IN TO IN THE MOMENTS THAT YOU SHOW YOUR TRUE POTENTIAL.

"Give in to? You're the other voice in my head, how are you able to communicate with me outside of my mind, how are you able to communicate with me at all if all that you are is a collection of emotions," exclaimed Naruto.

Because kit through all the times you let rage take hold in your mind, it started to root itself there and bit by bit, it slowly took the intelligence that you gifted it with. I will not lie to you kit. It does represent your true potential, all the power you could imagine would be yours. But by completely embracing him you would be condemned to a life of war and bloodshed, never again will you feel the warmth of another person's company.

THE DEMON SPEAKS THE TRUTH COME TO ME MY MASTER, JOIN ME AND WE WILL BECOME WHOLE. YOUR VENGANCE WILL FINALLY BE COMPLETELY, YOU WILL CRUSH KONOHA WITH A WAVE OF YOUR HAND, ANYTHING YOU COULD EVER WANT WILL BE YOURS.

Naruto was seriously tempted by his offer; his vengeance would be finally completed, but would he really get everything he wanted? His mind wandered back to his pink haired lover, would he get her as well? The Kyuubi said that by embracing it would mean that he would lose the ability to love. And after some of the love that he had allowed Sakura to show him, he didn't want to stop feeling it.

AH! YOUR THOUGHTS ARE BECOMING CLOUDED BY YOUR FEELINGS ON THE PINK HAIRED ONE. YOU BELIEVE YOU LOVE HER. THAT IS A LIE, YOU HAVE BECOME CONFUSED. IT IS NOT LOVE YOU FEEL FOR HER, IT IS LUST.

Is that what I feel for her? Is it only lust? It can't be I felt so sure, pondered the blond.

It is funny that you call me a liar when you so readily try to ensnare the kit in a web of them. I can see that the mark has also take an effect on you too. There is no point in denying it you love her to, a huge smile spread across the Kyuubi's face, knowing he was right.

HOLD YOUR TONG- started the dark Naruto.

SILENCE! Roared the Kyuubi, KNOW YOUR PLACE! EVEN IN HERE I AM STONGER THAN YOU. YOU ARE BUT A FLEE IN COMPARISON TO MY POWER! The room shook at the killing intent he was giving out. The emotion visibly recoiled slightly deeper into the darkness while letting out a low growl.

Seeing the darker Naruto back off, the Kyuubi walked in front of Naruto, standing on the edge of the shadows he started to talk. Kit you stand at the crossroad, for every good deed that you have done, you have matched it by one of evil , you are in a state of neutrality and it is now time to choose which path you will follow. If you choose your younger self you will be happy, loved by those close to you and admired by all around you.

I see you and your vixen spending the rest of your lives together; almost all of those years will be filled with love and happiness. You will make a great name for yourself, as well go on to raise a great family and your offspring will be powerful. And when you pass on with your mate, you will be mourned, but as with every great name it will wither and die. Where you were once a legend you will become a myth and from a myth you will be but a name lost to time. However in time there will be people who betray and strike against those you love, there will be moments where you will believe all is lost.

On the other hand of you chose to fully embrace your hate, you will be more powerful than any other being this world has seen. Never again will you know pain, but never again will you truly know love. You will slaughter all those who stand beside you and all who stand against you. Eventually those who you cherish the most will turn against the monster you will become, your brother, your mother, your friends and family. Then there will be a time when your lust for power will become great enough that you will come for me and I have no doubt in my mind that you will win.

Through all this your mate shall stand beside you loving you and what you become, she will be loyal and unwavering, forsaking all else to be with you. Then you will decide that she is too weak to stand beside you, and you shall strike her down. It is then that for the first time you will truly be alone. In your rage the world will burn before you. History will never forget you for you shall be eternal, cursed to forever walk this earth alone. Nature itself will cower when your name is spoken.

The Kyuubi finished his grand speech, each choice held incentives and downfalls. The demon fox looked directly into Naruto's eyes and said, choose kit.

Embrace the love Sakura-Chan has given you. Think about kaa-san, we can finally have the mother that we always wanted, one we can tell out troubles to. Sasuke is the brother we needed someone who we can get into trouble with. It's the family we wanted, the respected and attention we craved. Naruto almost felt like crying, the images of a perfect family appeared in his head, it wasn't helped by the smiling child version of himself.

OR YOU CAN JOIN ME. THE SPOILS OF THE THOUSAND VICTORIES WILL BE YOURS. HUMANITY WILL BE AN INSECT WHICH WE WILL CRUSH BEHEATH OUR FEET. NOTHING WILL STAND IN OUR WAY; WE SHALL SPILL ENOUGH BLOOD THAT THE LAND AND SKY WILL TURN RED. THE VERY GODS WILL BE ENVIOUS OF OUR POWER. A huge muscled arm extended itself towards Naruto; the skin was tinted red as if it was stain by blood. A smile become visible through the darkness, his mouth was filled with shinny white razor sharp teeth.

Come...

AND…

Join….

US…

Let…

US…

Become you.

BECOME YOU.

But as they spoke something clicked in his mind, they didn't want to help him. They just wanted control of his body, his mind. The thought angered him; they both wanted him to become them. "Enough! I shall choose my own path. Now be gone!" roared Naruto. The younger Naruto turned around and walked away, while the evil version of himself phased out through the darkness.

"Well done sochi," a strong voice resounded through his mindscape, Narutos eyes widened and his head slowly turned to the direction of the voice. His eyes came to rest on a smiling blond adult a few inches taller him, his eyes a slight shade lighter than his own. He wore a pair of blue shinobi sandals, pants, fatigues and a Jonin jacket over which was a white jacket, orange flames licking the bottom. His left arm was wrapped around the waist of a beautiful smiling red-head woman wearing and orange shirt and blue overalls, roughly the same height as Sakura.

"T-tou-Chan… K-kaa-Chan," the blond stuttered out. His right leg moved forward each step feeling increasing heavy as he moved closer. He carried on moving till he was right in front of them, his arm moved up and touched his mothers face, as if he was checking that they were really there. "Is it… is it really you," he asked, voice trembling.

Kushina took hold of her sons' hand and brought it of her cheek, then placed her other hand in his palm, "Hai, Naruto-kun it really is us," she said softly. Naruto could now feel tears welling up in his eyes threatening to spill out, he wasn't able to hold them for long.

The sight of his parents was too much for him, like a great flood breaking a damn his tears washed down his cheeks. Hugging his parents, he took every detail of the moment, one that he had been waiting for years. The feeling of his parents' clothes softly rubbing against his skin, the faint smell of his mothers perfume and the way his father pated his back. The Kyuubi seeing that the moment where Naruto finally got to meet his parents, decided that it should be one held in private, so he faded deeper into Narutos mind.

"Hey, hey. Come on kiddo that isn't any way for a boy your age to be acting. Now dry those tears and let's see that smile," comforted his son, as he lightly pushed him away.

"Hai Tou-Chan," replied the blond wiping away his tears and giving crooked smile. "How can you be here? Kyuubi told me that you both died."

The Yodaime Hokage gave a small smile, "You see when sealing the Kyuubi, one of his tails had pierced our bodies, so when he was sealed, so was part of our souls. Also for what it's worth were sorry. I never imagined that the village I regarded so highly and gave my life for would abuse my son like they did, I am ashamed of them. Because of them you were condemned you to a life that no one should have to live the life that you did."

"It's okay Tou-Chan, I got through and it let me met lots of people like Jiraiya-sensei, Iruka-s-" started the streaked blond.

"We know Naruto-kun," his mother stated softly, "we have silently been watching you live your life. We watched you learn and grow to be the man we knew you'd be."

"Good looking too. I guess he gets that from my side of the family," joked Minato, his wife soon joining in, however Naruto laughed uneasily, like he had forgotten how to since it had been so long since he truly had.

His parents realised almost straight away that something was wrong. "Naruto-kun, you truly have become a handsome man. We've seen you grow and what you've done. You've become so full of hate, so full of rage, that you are too confused to truly feel anything else." Kushina said solemnly.

"Hate is a very powerful emotion, souchi, along with rage and I would be a hypocrite if I denied you that souchi, I have killed many people in anger before" continued the Yodaime, "like you on the battle I was able to kill in cold blood, I followed orders to the letter, but not once did I forget the people who stood beside me, those who helped me. Let yourself be consumed by rage if that gives you power, let it influence you, but never let it dictate your actions, never let it control you."

Thinking over his fathers words Naruto looked back up to him, then down to his mother, "Kaa-Chan, Tou-Chan, are you ashamed of what I've become?" Both of his parents looked shocked at what he had said, looking at each other before back to their son.

Kushina went to hug Naruto again, then spoke, "Oh Kami my baby, we could never be ashamed of you, we may not agree with some of the things you've done, but we're not ashamed of you, never ashamed of you. You have done things neither me nor your father could ever have done. You have defied the odds, stood against countless foes outnumbered, yet still you triumphed, you have become stronger than both of us, you have befriended the Kyuubi a feat which even I thought to be impossible. You have made us proud."

Kushina took a moment to let her words sink in before changing the subject, to the girl sleeping on Naruto outside of his mindscape. "You know love is also a very powerful emotion too Naruto-kun," Naruto looked down to his mother a confused look on his face, "An emotion which you haven't truly experienced yet."

"Um... well…um," Naruto stuttered unsure of how to answer.

"Naruto-kun, you are only afraid of loving that young women back because you're afraid that she doesn't truly love you, from a mistake when you were all young and naïve. Look there, Naruto-kun is that the look of someone not in love with the person they're with," pointing towards the water beneath their feet, an image rippled into a clear image. It was Sakura. Her head lying on his chest, arms wrapped around his body, a smile across her face.

Her lips started to move in her sleep, the words reverberated around his mindscape, "Naruto-kun, I love you."

"Souchi, the girl talking about you in her sleep, about how much she loves you, isn't that proof enough that she loves you. Naruto-kun after the life you have lived, you deserve to be happy more so than anyone, take your chance, you won't regret it," finished the red head.

"Naruto-kun, we can only guide you, we can't make the decisions for you. Don't make a decision your going to regret," started Minato, his voice becoming deadly serious, "there is also one final thing we need to discuss. Madara Uchiha." Naruto's head perked up, that name started to ring alarm bells in his head.

"He was the cause of the Kyuubi attacking on the day you were born, Madara Uchiha is the reason behind our deaths," explained the dead Hokage.

After hearing that the man had caused the death of his parents, the name of the man was permanently burned into his brain. Madara Uchiha, I shall have my vengeance on you, by the time I'm done with you all that your going to be but a blood stain on my fathers face. I'm going to break every bone in his body; I'm going make him blee… the blonds thoughts were cut off by his father placing his hands on his shoulder.

"Naruto-kun, there is no doubt in my mind that Madara is still alive and that he will come for the Kyuubi again and he will destroy everything in his way to get it. I don't expect you to protect the village after what they've done to you, but I do expect that you protect those who are precious to you, just as you always have done," finished Minato.

"It's almost time," added Kushina.

"Hai, hai," replied her husband.

"Almost time for what?" asked Naruto.

"I'm sorry Souchi but I can't go into anymore detail."

"You haven't answered my question, your time is almost up for what?" said Naruto, losing composure at the prospect of losing his parents.

"Naruto-kun our souls and chakra can only sustain us for a short period of time in our physical form," explained the red head kunoichi.

"But I'll get to see you again, right?" The Jinchuriki asked hopefully.

"I'm sorry Souchi, this will be only time we'll get to see each other," she finished sadly. The blonds' heart wrenched this fate was crueller than any, he had just met his parents and now they were being taken away from him, a hollowness was forming inside his chest.

The older blond looked his son in the eyes and spoke, "Naruto-kun, remember you have defied Gods and Demons, you have thrown away the shackles of destiny, I believe you will make your own path and you will become a legend in your own right. Protect those precious to you, and burn those who try harm them. You will make your mark on history souchi. We will meet again when you have lived your life to the fullest and when you are at peace. Live the life that I never could. And remember while we may not be out there, we're always in here," he finished pointing at his heart, before embracing his son for the last time, "Be strong my son and the world will be yours." Then he back of to make way for his wife.

"Kushina is there any last things you want to say?" he asked.

She nodded and walked in front of her son, "The first thing I want to say is that… why did you choose Tsunade to be your ka-san she's, she's… she's such a baa-cha," she said ;loudly, before starting to laugh.

Naruto laughed nervously as well before attempting a reply, "Um… well, I can't really explain it kaa-Chan,"

"It's okay I understand, no child should have to live without knowing what a mother should be like," she said hugging her son. "Souchi just remember, don't let you hate rule you, follow our heart." Pulling back to look at him, she started again mockingly, "Now remember to brush your teeth and go to bed early. Eat your vegetables and don't eat too much junk food. Always say please and thank you and to hold doors open for other people."

A smile made it's way across Naruto's face "Hai, kaa-Chan," Kushina leaned up and kissed his forehead before hugged her son once more tears started to fall from her eyes, her son held her tight and leaned against her and closed his eyes, enjoying the last few moments with his parents. "Let Sakura-Chan in Naruto-kun, she loves and she will make you happy, just don't make ME a Baa-cha too early," she finished emphasizing the, me lightly. "Oh and Naruto-kun?"

"Hm,"

"Wake up," both his parents' spoke at the same time.

- Outside Narutos mindscape

Naruto's eyes shot open as he was thrown out of his mind. Looking around quickly he surveyed his environment to see which realm he was in. He looked down fondly at the pink and black haired vixen lying asleep on his chest. Moving slowly into a sitting position as not to wake the sleeping women, he started to ponder on what to do when she woke up. What should I do? Should I listen to my head or to my heart?

The blond wasn't able to think any deeper into the matter as he felt the figure starting to stir. Looking down at Sakura, he watched as she shuffled around a bit on his chest before letting out, what even he had to admit was, a cute yawn. Rubbing the sleep out of her eyes she looked at the blond haired teen, still slightly sleepy and said, "Morning Naruto-kun."

Naruto opened his mouth to say something was stopped by a voice in his head. SHE'S JUST USING YOU, the growly voice whispered. The voice in his once mind started to spread doubt in his mind, unsure of what to do the blond turned his head away and looked down. Sakura's heart lurched at the sight of Naruto turning away from her, for the past few days it seemed like they had been completely in love with each other. They would both wake up around about the same time at each other; they would tell each other good morning before they leaned in to kiss.

From there the fire in their heart would cause them both to intensify the kiss, putting their heart and soul into it. Soon afterwards the passion wouldn't be able to be contained in a kiss, which was when they would end up making love again. However there was always a voice in the back of her head telling her that they wouldn't be able to do it forever and that they would eventually have to talk about their feelings. And Sakura was dreading it, she feared the thought of even after everything they had done Naruto would still reject her. As a way at getting back at her for all the times she had hurt him when they were younger. She knew she wouldn't be able to survive if he did.

Pushing off him and getting into a kneeling position, the pinkette pulled the soft blanket up to her chest. Steeling herself she took in a single deep breathe and spoke sincerely, "Naruto-kun, is something wrong?" One of her hands moved slowly and lightly placed it on his shoulder. He swung his feet out from under the covers and placed them on the floor before hunching over and leaning on his knees. A moments silence hung heavily in the air.

"I was wondering if loving you again will be another mistake," he said quietly, then looking back to Sakura. The emerald eyed woman looked in his cerulean eyes, the colour in them had returned, emotions tossing and crashing beneath their sparkling exterior. She could see love, confusion and…fear?

The blond spotted a pair of black boxer shorts on the floor, a pair of red fox eyes on the back. Standing up, he walked over to them and pulled them up, "Sakura-" he started.

"Sakura-Chan," she interrupted, pulling the blanket closer to her chest, while looking away slightly embarrassed, blush present on her face.

"Excuse me?" he asked confused, Sakura looked back to her lover.

"Please, call me Sakura-Chan again," she said her quiet voice sounded like it was pleading, a longing look in her eyes.

"Sakura-Chan, I'll be honest with you, I love you. I don't think I ever stopped," he said quietly, turning back towards her, the woman's heart leapt at his declaration of love but she sensed something else. "It's just that… that I'm afraid of loving you again. I'm afraid that you're going to end up using me again." (If you want this next scene to really tug at your heart strings then listen to a song called morning remembrance from Bleach)

It was then that Sakura realised how deeply she had hurt Naruto when they were younger and it only made her more determined to right those wrongs, if Naruto gave her the chance. Dropping the blanket she crawled over to the edge of the bed, it was a bit painful as her lower region was still sore from the previous night's activities. Slowly putting her right foot onto the laminate the floor, the cold creeping into her soles, she stood up out of the bed and took a step over to him.

Encircling his chest with her arms she brought him closer, placing her head in the crook of his neck, she pressed her stark naked form against his body, embracing him. "Naruto-kun, I'm sorry how I treated you when we were younger, I wasn't just young and naïve. I was a bitch to you." Sakura started to apologize. "I've given you my innocence, my heart and soul; just tell me what else you want," she looked up at Naruto, love clearly shining in her eyes, waiting for a response. Naruto thought over what she said, it's true, she gave me her first kiss, she let me mark her as mine, she has even given me her virginity, something that women will only give to those who are special to them.

Naruto listened as Sakura talked, every word, every syllable, filled with so much truth so much love that his own heart hurt, but he needed to make sure, if only to put his own demons to rest. Gently placing his hands on her cheeks, Naruto gazed back at the pinkette. "Sakura-Chan, I need to know that you love me, the person that I am now, the monster, the murderer, the demon. I need to know, would you still hold me if you knew my shame. I just need to know that you do not only love me for the memories of who I used to be, because that's all they will ever be, memories. That person is never going coming back," finished the blond.

"Naruto-kun, I love the person that you're now, the person who I watched on the bridge kill all those who opposed him, the one who came back to me because I called him. You asked me if I would watch the world burn beside you and I stand by what I said. I love you, Naruto-kun, nothing will change that" said the pinkette, telling the blond how much she loved him.

"Then promise me one thing. Promise me that this isn't some kind of dream or Genjustu. Promise me that what I'm hearing, what I'm seeing is the truth. Promise me that you won't destroy my heart again because if that happens then I will completely surrender myself to the darkness and I promise you no one will be spared from my vengeance," asked Naruto.

"I love you Naruto-kun and that's a promise of a lifetime," replied Sakura, using Narutos own most meaningful expression, "If you want to be a man, then let me be your woman. If you want to be a Kitsune, then let me be your vixen. If you want to be a demon, then let me be your demoness. Just, please don't leave out of your heart any longer; I'm not sure if I could live on without your love."

"Then Sakura-Chan, I promise to you that I will be there when ever you need me. I promise to be there when you fall down to pick you up. I promise to love you for the rest of my life," completely convince that the pinkette's love for him was genuine; he gave his heart to her. Pulling her closer he embraced her, slightly shocked at what he had done Sakura quickly overcame it and hugged Naruto tightly back, a small tear fell from her eye as buried her head in his chest.

LIES, whispered his inner voice.

Shut up! He said back.

WEB OF LIES, whispered the darker Naruto once more before becoming silent.

Naruto pulled away from Sakura and looked down at her, "Sakura-Chan, I really do love you," said the blond, "but could you please just give me a few minutes alone." Looking back up to him she knew that he would probably need to think over their relationship, after all the conversation they had was a lot to take in. "Sure thing Naruto-kun. Umm, could I use your shower?" she asked, realising that she was covered in sweat among, other fluids.

"Sure, it's just through that door," he answered pointing at an oak door.

Nodding in, she tip toed, saying, "And I love you too," leaving a slow lingering kiss upon his lips as her hand trailed slowly down his chest. Turning away she headed for the bath room.

Naruto watched her figure as she closed the door; he started a conversation with the Kyuubi as he heard the water turn on, as if Sakura could hear what he was thinking.

What do you think old friend; do you think I've done the right thing?

Kit you have followed your heart, you can never go wrong if you do that. Naruto let out a small smile at the fox's word, kit I shall let you in on a little secret about the mark. It can only be given to one you love and it can only ever be accepted if they love you in return and I have never seen other humans in all my years that have the same amount of love for each other as you and the vixen, finished the Kyuubi before becoming silent. As silence fell in the blonds mind, for the first time in three years he truly followed his heart.

- With Sakura, in the shower

Steam filled the room as water cascaded down onto Sakuras form. The pinkette had just finished using a healing Jutsu to relieve the soreness before turning the water up to scorching hot in a futile attempt to reach the same warmth that she felt when Naruto was holding her. It felt like she was going to freeze without his heat, did I do the right thing? Thought Sakura, she knew that she had gained his love, but she was wondering if the way she had done it was right.

He wasn't complaining last night, was he, voiced inner Sakura.

Is sex all you fucking think about, Sakura snapped back, silencing her inner voice.

What she was worried about the most was that she had gained his body, but not his heart. Her doubts were soon washed away, like the water washing down her back, when she felt two arms slide under her arms and wrap around her waist. Rough hands glided lightly over her stomach, bring her backwards. Her back lent against a solid chest. A head nestled itself in her neck on the left, unknown to her at the time it was the area where the mark started. Wet hair tickled her ear as he laid a small kiss on her skin.

Sakura turned around in Narutos arms so that she was facing him, her forehead resting on his chest. Wrapping her arms around his, they both stood there as the water crashed against their skins, washing away the hurt and pain between the two, ready for them to start anew. The pinkette lifted her head off the Jinchuriki's chest and looked at a particularly nasty scar on his right chest; it was the place where Sasuke had struck him with the chidori. Sakura's right had moved from behind Naruto's back and ghosted their way up his abs onto his chest, before faintly tracing the scar. "You got this for me," she whispered while sadly looking up at the tall blond. The sides of Narutos lips twitched into a momentary smile, before disappearing, he nodded his head in response, the small droplets of water that clung to his streaked blond hair fell off.

Sakura brought both of her hands up to the area where the scar was, light green chakra sprouting forth from her hands and started to illuminate the scar. But before she could reduce the scar at all a firm pair of hands grasped hers and gently pulled them away. Looking up in confusion she received her answer. "Leave it," he said softly, "we can call it a 'love wound'," a small laugh escaped his lips.

Looking lightly to the left Sakura's other hand moved to another scar over his heart, no, note a scar, a mark. The kanji for 'demon' was inscribed over his heart. Fingering the scared flesh, she had seen it when she had woken up before Naruto had; she then listened to what Naruto had to say about it, "A present from the villagers, on my tenth birthday."

Anger welled up inside of her, it was unexplainable. They don't deserve our protection; if they hurt my loved ones then they shouldn't be protected by them. Seeing the scar over his heart made Sakura question being a ninja, originally it had been to gain Sasukes affection, but when she realised that the emotion she though of love was fake, she changed it to protecting the village. Know though she wasn't sure she wanted to be a ninja for the village that hurt her Naruto. No I shall be ninja, but not for the village, for my precious people and my most precious of them. She thought while looking up at the blond, leaning towards him she pressed her lips against his, her arms made their way up around his neck. Meanwhile Naruto's own arms tightened around the woman in front of him bringing her closer to him.

The pink haired medic could feel a funny feeling move from the top of her stomach descending down into her core. The feeling started to turn into a fire, which started to pump through her body. Through all the romance novels she had read, ever time a girl kissed their perfect guy, they would feel wobbly in the knees. What a lie. Her whole body felt like it was jelly, while her insides were on fire. She couldn't help rub her thighs together at the silent pleasure she was receiving from a simple kiss, she didn't now why it was happening, was it…lust? Maybe. However she disengaged from the kiss. She wanted to prove to Naruto that she loved him for who he was and not his body.

Closing her eyes, she snuggled her head into the crook of Naruto's neck, in a very fox-like manner. "You know I don't know what's worse. You not being here with me or you being with me but ignoring me," Sakura said timidly, "It was like you were there, but I could never touch you. It felt like I was slowly dying inside."

"I'm here now," he reassured, gently squeezing her. She stood there against his body letting the water wash all the sweat of her body taking in Naruto's scent which seemed to be stronger, what was once an addictive sent was now intoxicating. However she soon felt something soap wash over her back, for some reason she shuddered at its touch. Opening her eyes she found that Naruto was washing her. The sponge glided over her body, down her back, over her rear, around her thighs, up her leg past her stomach and back to her chest. As his hands moved over her porcelain skin, the sponge left trails of soap which were soon washed of by the water falling down onto them. She let out small moans as they passed over her 'sensitive' areas.

Once Naruto was finished washing Sakura, he found that her fingers had curled around the sponge and gently pried it away from his grasp. Starting on his chest the pinkette started to make small circular motions with the sponge, electing small sighs of pleasure from the blond. She moved down to his abs, leaving her little finger off the sponge she could feel every dip and curve along with all the raised scars, with an even more acute awareness that she had before.

She could even feel the small wet hairs that were invisible to the eye, on his skin. Moving round to his back she moved it up and down, cleaning the hard to reach areas. Soon she was done, the sponge returning back to his chest which was when she slowly let the sponge slide from her grasp onto the shower floor. Her hands remained over the 'love wound'. Leaning forward. She placed a small kiss on it.

As much as he was enjoying the time in the shower, he knew that they would both have to go as they had other things to do. Leaning down into her ear he whisper, "We need to get going," nodding her head in response, she turned the dial to shut of the flow of the water before stepping out of the shower with her lover. Finding some towels in the steamy room wasn't even a challenge, for the pair due to their enhanced vision. Drying themselves quickly they walked out of the tiled bath room, Sakura's hair still slightly damp as she didn't have a head towel.

Once they had stepped out into Naruto's room, the blond looked at the red fox mark on Sakura's back and right leg. Letting out a small sigh Naruto decided that she needed to know, "Sakura-Chan," he called.

Turning round she let out a, "Hmm," noise.

"There's something that I need to tell you," he started, "that night, three days ago, when we first made love, do you remember when I bit you."

A small blush appeared on her cheeks at the memory, "Yes," she replied slightly embarrassed.

"That day I marked you as my own, that day onwards you belonged to me and no other man, you are now my mate, I'm sorry," he explained.

Sakura looked at Naruto, a small smile on her face. Walking up to him she pecked his lips and said, "Silly, I always belonged to you, this mark only let everyone else know," she replied happily. Walking over to a mirror she examined the mark, she looked over how the fox started on her collar bone, before making its way down her back and the tails wrapped around her right leg, she took particular interest in the name, Naruto Namikaze, that acted as a collar on the fox. Seeing a chance to lighten the mood she said sly, "Actually, I think it looks kind of sexy," a smirk on her face. She was rewarded when Naruto shot back with an even sexier smile. It wasn't just the mark that she thought was sexy but the way he said that she was his mate, there was something about it that turned her on, something primal and animalistic. It was then that Naruto thought that considering that they were 'together' he should take Sakura out on a date.

Slightly unsure, he walked up to the pinkette and said, "Umm Sakura-Chan, I'm not really sure how this works, but would you like to go out on a date with me?"

Turning around to her 'mate' she replied, "Of course I would love to go on a date with you Naruto-kun." Moving closer to him she pushed her lips onto his, Narutos arms wrapped around her body as she place her hands on his chest. Her tongue flickered out of her mouth and lashed against his wet lips, but before Naruto could battle her tongue with his own she pulled away and pushed on his chest with her hands. Opening her eyes agonizingly slowly she said, "But first, you've got to help me find my clothes."

Taking a step away from her lover, her pale hand grasped the note and tore it away letting the towel fall to the floor putting her naked body on show for Naruto. Raising an eyebrow in response to Sakuras audacity, her response, "What? It's nothing you haven't seen before," shaking her hips as she walked, while a seductive smile was on her face. Naruto shook his head and his mate's new flirtatious nature; he guessed the Kyuubi was right. Meanwhile Sakura's head quickly turned around to hide a huge red blush on her face, oh Kami, did I really just do that?

Shannaro! Now that's what I'm taking about girl, that'll keep him interested.

Not giving her inner any more ammunition to burn she carried on the search for her clothes. Naruto had just put on a fresh pair of boxer shorts, while Sakura had also found her undergarments and biker shorts. She found that her breast didn't seem to fit in the bra as well as they used too, like they had grown. While not being painful it was slightly uncomfortable, the same with her panties they were tighter than she liked around her rear.

Looking round for a set of pants, the blond came upon a pair of shredded trousers. Picking them up he cleared his throat to gain the attention of the other person. Turning around she turned to see Naruto looking at a pair of destroyed trousers before looking at her, the expression on his face looked as if he was waiting for an explanation. "The zipper got stuck," she said sheepishly.

"Umm hmm," was his reply.

Turning away from his mock glare she began to look for her white spaghetti strapped top. Meanwhile the blond had dived into his cupboard to fish out a new pair of black pants.

At roughly the same time Sakura had just happened to have come upon her spaghetti top or what remained if it, it was currently in three separate pieces. "Oh Naruto-kun," she called in a sweet voice. After pulling on his pants, he closed the door of the cupboard to look what his mate wanted.

He found her giving the same look that he had just given her, in her hands were two piece of white material, the remnants of her top. As he opened his mouth Sakura had expected that he was going to repeat her own words or something to that effect, instead she received a, "It was in the way," accompanied with an unbothered look. Letting out a small laugh, she threw the pieces of material into the bin in the corner of the room.

Sakura walked into another room followed by Naruto. The pinkette needed her red jacket to cover herself up. Looking around the room she noticed how messy it actually was. Ornaments lay strewn around on the floor, drawers were slightly out of place and her finger marks on the glass cabinets still remained.

Wow, must have been a really wild night, Sakura thought nonchalantly.

Wild doesn't even begin to describe it, voiced inner Sakura.

Peering over to the far side of the room Sakura grabbed her red jean jacket, pulled it on and zipped all the way up, with enough time to see Naruto seal up his cloak through chakra strips that enabled him to close up his cloak while making it look seamless. The pair looked round for the final pieces of clothing needed to finish, shoes. Naruto found his sandals by the door, while Sakura's boots were lying around near the opposite wall. After pulling on their sandals Sakura piped "Ready?"

"Yeah, let's go," he replied, as they walked to the door Naruto stopped next to his sword and stared at it. His left hand twitched slightly, he stood wondering if he should take it. Looking, back to the pinkette beside him, he smiled and instead walked on with her by his side.

The blond suddenly stopped, halting Sakura in the process, and said worriedly, "Shit, Sakura-Chan, we had sex! Doesn't that mean you can get pregnant?"

The pinkette smiled at Narutos worried expression, "Don't worry Naruto-kun, I used a Jutsu to prevent pregnancy," she gave him a hug and carried on, "thanks for worrying though."

Letting out a sigh of relief, as he didn't think would be able to take on the responsibilities of being a father yet. "We should definitely get going if we want to go on that date," said Naruto to get them going. Opening the door they left his apartment,

- Konoha streets, outside the apartment complex

The couple emerged from the apartment complex, into a beautiful sunny day. The blue skies were illuminated by the suns blazing rays, trees were blowing lightly in the breeze as people moved about their daily business. The pink haired woman found it slightly funny how she was able to pick up the scent of the leaves in the wind, for a moment she was enthralled in the wonderful smell, something she wouldn't normally be able to smell. Opening her eyes, she turned back to the streaked blond to see him starting to pull up his hood. She couldn't explain it but she could feel it as a force of habit.

Gently holding onto Naruto's wrist she pulled his hands away, before pulling down his hood. "Let the world see your face," she said kindly, "And let them know the face of the man I'm in love with."

Smiling, Naruto nodded and replied, "Anything for you, my cherry blossom," said cherry blossom smiled in return at the pet name. The Jinchurikis hand moved down to the pinkettes hand and grasped it before letting go. As he didn't know what Sakura was like towards public displays of affection. However his confusion was abolished, when she curled her fingers around his and gave a gentle squeeze, he gave a squeeze in response before flashing a smile reserved for her, one which he hadn't used in a long time. Giving him small kiss on the cheek Sakura said, "Come on we're not going anywhere if we keep doing this," before pulling him along.

"Where are we going, he asked," as he was pulled along.

"Well first I need a change of clothes, and then we can go out," she laughed. Naruto sped up slightly so that he could walk beside her.

- Konoha streets, outsides Sakuras house

The pair had been walking for roughly fifteen minutes. They had both made small talk about each other's lives to find out more about each other and in truth Naruto had enjoyed every moment of it, more so then almost every other moment in his life, bar meeting his parents and spending the nights with his beloved. Along the way they had received a variety of different looks ranging from adoration, at how cute they looked as a couple and jealousy because two of the desirable people in the village were taken. Strolling closer to a house painted white, a small garden lay perfect in front of the house, a paved pathway leading to a wooden door. "So that was really you who made that comment about my forehead?"

"Yeah, it was one of my less thought out plans," he replied a smile on his face; Sakura laughed at Naruto's joke about his younger self.

The pink haired woman stood in front of Naruto and said, "And what do you think now?" she questioned.

"I stand by what I said back then," he said, leaning down he closed his eyes and place a kiss on her forehead.

"But you know that's not the only place you can kiss. I prefer it some where else," she flirted, leaning in.

"And where would that be my vixen," he asked, leaning closer.

"Here," she whispered while closing what little gap was between them. Their lips met in the middle, Sakura's arms moved around Naruto's neck, while his arms wrapped around her waist.

Naruto's tongue slid out of his mouth and licked at the pinkette's lips, she was only too ready to comply opening her mouth her own tongue came to meet his. As their tongues danced together, his hands slipped lower until they were firmly on her ass. She smirked slightly but continued to kiss him; they didn't really care if anyone saw them, because all that mattered to both of them was each other. Naruto's hands squeezed and cupped her rear, causing her to let out a low moan, oh Kami! I love it when he does that, she thought. Naruto started to push his mates tongue back into her mouth taking control of the kiss; his tongue explored her mouth, running over her enlarged canines similar to his own.

However Naruto remembered what the Kyuubi had told him, he could tell that things were starting to get dangerous. Sakura's right leg was very subtly rubbing against his own, while her hands were now tangled in his hair, he even could feel the effect that she was starting to have on him. Disengaging the kiss, he place his forehead against hers, they were both slightly out of breath. Sakura rubbed her nose against his, then quickly looked to her left, giving a loving smile she whispered, "Look we're here."

"Where's here?" he questioned.

"My house," was her reply.

"Don't you mean home," he corrected.

"No," she answered, turning to him, "my home is with you," leading him along to the side of her house.

Making sure not be seen by anyone through the windows of the house, the pair made their way to a medium sized oak tree. One of the limbs of the trees grew so that it was right outside of one of the windows. Using chakra to stick to the tree, the pair walked up it and to the rooms' window. Naruto could feel the presence of one other person in the house; he guessed that it was Sakura's mother. Turning back to his beloved he found her tapping around the top of the window lip. An expression of victory appeared on her face as she found a senbon, she then quickly went to work on the lock of her window, "I keep the senbon there so that I don't have to wake my parents if I come home late from a mission," answered Sakura, to the Jinchuriki's unasked question, without looking away from the lock.

Naruto shook his head and instead teleported inside of the room. Hearing the low boom, the pinkette turned behind her to find Naruto not there, looking forward again, she found him lying on her bed, waving. Going back to work on the lock she muttered, "Show off." A few seconds later a satisfying click sounded from the lock. Sakura replaced the senbon and stepped through the window. "Just give me a few minutes OK," said the medic as she started to strip of her clothes.

Sakura's room was a cream colour, with white utilities and a wooden floor. A mirror hung on the wall that was next to the window. Next to the light beige bed was a desk and chair, a few beauty products stood on them. While her bedside cabinets were cluttered with medical text books. Lying down on the bed Naruto watched as Sakura went about changing, he was enraptured in the way Sakura's slender hands moved along her body removing each item of clothing, every move she made seemed to entice him, making him want to go to her, hold her kiss her, among other things. Shaking his head, ah fucking pheromones, it's going to be harder to resist that I originally thought.

His eyes came to rest on the mark on the kunoichis' back. "Sakura-Chan," he called.

"Yes," she replied walking out of her cupboard, not even bothered by the fact that she was only wearing a pair of panties.

Using all of his will power not to go and just take her where she stood, from her blatant teasing, he carried on talking, "I think it may be best that you use a Genjustu to cover up the mark, even if it is only from civilians," stated the demon.

"Why? Are you embarrassed?" she asked slightly saddened.

Seeing the effect that it had on his love Naruto quickly got up off the bed and corrected his mistake. "No, no, it's not that, it's just that I'd rather not explain to every other person what a demonic mark is and why it's there." Sakura was visibly happier by his response. "Plus, I could never be embarrassed about you," he said smoothly, wrapping his arms around her bare waist.

"Really?" she asked meaningfully.

"Really," he replied, capturing her lips.

Sakura's fingers grasped and entangled themselves in Naruto's cloak, her tongue seeking the chocolaty taste of Naruto's mouth. Opening his mouth the blond decided to let he pinkette take control for once. Taking the opportunity Sakura shot her tongue forwards to meet Naruto's; the chocolate flavour flooded her taste bud. Naruto's right hands started to draw innocent circles on her back occasionally passing over the mark. He didn't know that such an innocent gesture could lead to Sakura giving such a lustful moan. The pinkette's need for Naruto was starting to grow. Her hands started to wonder lower but before they could migrate further than the waist they were both stopped by a knock at the door, causing them to break away suddenly.

"Sakura-Chan," a motherly voice said, "Is that you?"

Quickly disengaging their tangled limbs Sakura quickly replied, "Hai Kaa-Chan."

"Are you decent?" she questioned.

"One minute," Sakura voiced trying to by time, turning to Naruto she mouthed hide.

In response he ran through a number of hand seals before whispering, "Demon Art: Vanishing Fox," Narutos form faded out of sight.

Digging into one of her draws, she was looking for a bra that would fit, as the others seemed to be too small. Pulling out an unopened packet, she tore it open and tried a plain black sports bra on, it fit perfectly. She had accidently gotten a pair that was slightly larger, but had never gotten round to taking them back. Running over to her cupboard again she grabbed a pair of pink and black stripped leggings and hurriedly pulled them on. Looking back up stared and thought for a moment, why do I have so much pink? I barely have any black. Tossing the thought aside, she grabbed a red t-shirt with a white phoenix on the back, which would leave just a bit of skin showing, enough to tease her blond lover. "Okay Kaa-san you can come in," Sakura called but suddenly thought of something, shit the mark, Kaa-Chan will go crazy, thinking it's a tattoo.

As she didn't know any Genjutsu's to complete cover it from sight she used one she was taught, a sight filter. All medics had to know how to use them; it enabled them to be less conspicuous on the battlefield yet still allowed allies to know where they were, it also didn't require constant chakra consumption like a Genjustu once applied. It only let you see if you really wanted to see. After quickly applying it to the mark, she combed her hair with her hands and tried to look natural. Pretending that you didn't just have a mini-make-out session with your eternally bonded partner who was currently invisible in the room was easier said than done.

The door opened revealing a woman in her early 30's, the same signature pink hair that Sakura had, while having roughly the same body shape, the older woman was slightly taller than the younger one, Sakuya Haruno, mother of Sakura Haruno. "Ah Sakura-Chan, when did you get in? I didn't hear you come in last night."

"Oh I came in just now, I stayed over at my mate's house last night because we came back late," replied Sakura, emphasizing the word mate. Sakura hated lying to her mother, so what she said was technically the truth.

Although confused slightly on her daughters' terminology on what she thought was her friends she passed it off and continued with the conversation, "You ninjas, always coming and going," it was at this time that Sakuya notice something different with her daughter, "Sakura-Chan, when did you dye your hair?"

"Huh?" she questioned at first, looking into her full length mirror she stared at her hair. Subconsciously running a hand through it, she caught sight of the black streaks; they were heavier at the top before thinning out towards the bottom. Turning back to her mother she answered the question, "I got the black in so I could blend in better."

"Ah," she replied, "By the way how did the mission go?"

"It wa-"she stopped mid-word as she felt Naruto's hot calloused hand on the base of her spine.

He slowly started to drag it up, his hand beneath her top. As his skin came into contact with the mark Naruto noticed her shudder slightly, enough so that only he could pick it up. Wanting to test out his theory a bit he pushed the hand up further and further, apply a small amount of pressure. Sakura reacted in the exact way Naruto wanted her to, her whole body shivered in pleasure, while she released a barely audible moan. It seems the skin along the mark it more sensitive to my touch; this could be interesting, he plotted.

Naruto had a funny feeling in the back of his mind, like he knew that his mate was slightly annoyed at what he was doing to her, in the presence of her mother, but she liked it more than she was complaining. The primal part of her didn't want it to stop. But what he did next drove her crazy. Withdrawing his hand from her back, he started to plant small kisses on the left side of her neck, where the head of the fox rested. As his lips travelled further down her neck he started to add in small bites and suckling on her skin.

Biting down on her lip Sakura, forced down, what she knew would have been a loud moan. It was taking all of her will power to restrain herself; she wanted Naruto to go further instead of just teasing her. She wanted a way to relieve some of the pressure building up inside of her; she could feel her own hand starting to crawl up her thigh, edging towards her core.

"Sakura-Chan are you alright," asked the medic's mother concerned for her daughters well being.

As her mother started to talk, Naruto stopped his ministration giving Sakura a moment of respite. "Hai Kaa-Chan, it's just a bit cold in here that's all," she said, this time completely lying, "Could you just pass me that pair of short in my cupboard." As Sakuya started to root through her daughters' cupboard to find the shorts, Sakura kicked the invisible Naruto in the shin with her heel lightly. "Stop it," she ordered strongly in a whisper so that only Naruto could hear.

However Naruto took no heed, instead he started to suck on the pinkette's ear occasionally adding a small nibble. Meanwhile his fingers lightly traced lines around her stomach, leaning into her ear he said huskily, "Do you really want me stop?"

"P-please," she pleaded. Sakura was glad that Naruto complied with her wish as she didn't think that she could resist him much longer. She could feel his hands retract from her waist and then he was moving away.

Letting out a small sigh of relief from a possibly very embarrassing situation, she looked back to her mother. Waiting for a few more seconds, she saw he mother pop out from the cupboard and say, "These shorts?" The older woman was holding up a pair of denim hit pants.

"Hai, arigatou," replied Sakura, walking over to her mother she took the pair of hot pants and slipped them on over her leggings.

As Sakuya walked out of the door she asked, "Sakura-Chan, would you like some breakfast?"

"No thank you Kaa-san," she replied.

"Are you sure?" she asked again.

"Positive," she said reaffirming her previous statement.

Shutting the door she peered back into the room, trying to locate her invisible mate. Sakura was about to give up until she saw a very small distortion in her sight near the window. Staring closer she found that it was roughly the shape of a sixteen year old. Walking up to the area she placed her hand on the anomaly, it met something smooth and clothed. The area of Naruto around her hand started to fade back into view until the whole of the blond was revealed. He was leaning against the frame of the open window, a smirk on his face. Sakura returned it with a scowl; her arms were crossed under her chest. "Do you know how embarrassing that was?" the pinkette questioned.

"Vaguely," Naruto responded nonchalantly.

Leaning in closer Sakura looked at Naruto, a sly smile on his face, "You've got to be punished for that little stunt," she threatened idly.

"And how do you propose that you 'punish' me," asked Naruto leaning in closer, so that only a centimetre separated them.

"Like this," she said, pushing him out of the window.

She laughed at her own antics, watching him gracefully back flip onto his feet, "I'll meet you out front," she said, before turning on her heels. Grabbing some money lying on her dresser, Sakura walked out of her room not even bothering to close the door, already missing her mates face. Skipping ever other step on the way down, Sakura rushed through her hallway. Quickly looking for the keys, she spotted them in bowl. Grabbing them and unlocking the door, she quickly said, "I'm going out Kaa-Chan, love you, bye."

Shutting the door behind her, she felt a pair of arms wrap around her waist and a hot breath passed over her ear. "You know that wasn't very nice," the person said sexily.

Wriggling out of his grip Sakura turned to face her mate and said, "Well than you shouldn't have tried and embarrassed me in front of my own mother, in my room," she shot back.

"But you enjoyed it didn't you?" he said smiling.

"That's beside the point," replied Sakura, a blush clearly evident on her face. Naruto pushed a stray stand of pink hair of her face, before placing his hand on her cheek.

Placing her hands on his she lent into his touch, hearing him say, "You know you really are beautiful when you blush," said Naruto out of the blue.

A passing smile moved over the medics face before she decided to speak, "Come on Naruto-kun, let's go on our date," a more permanent smile fixed in place, leading him away by his hand.

- Konoha streets, Ichikarus' Ramen Bar

Naruto was following the pinkette down the streets to where she wanted her first date to be, he was surprised when she stopped in front of Ichikaru's Ramen Bar. "Sakura-Chan, are you sure you want out first date here," Naruto asked slightly unsure.

"I wouldn't want out first date to be anywhere else," Sakura replied smiling, pulling him into the ramen bar. Pushing past the flaps, into the empty bar, the pair sat down on the stools a waiting to be served. The blond felt the need to be closer to his mate, moving his stool closer to hers, it meant that their arms brushed against each other.

Holding onto Naruto's arm the pinkette closed her eyes and lent her head on his left shoulder, enjoying the closeness between them.

"Hello and welcome to Ichikaru's Rame-," Ayame interrupted herself seeing who the two people where, "-Oh, Naruto-kun, Sakura-Chan, I didn't expect you to here."

"We're on a date," explained Naruto.

Ayame's smile only became wider, but she decided not to delve into the couple's moment. "So what can I get you?" the waitress asked.

"I'll have a large bowl of beef Ramen. Sakura-Chan, what do you want?" he said turning towards the pinkette.

"I'll just share with you," has her reply, lifting her head of Naruto's shoulder.

"Well then I go get your orders, you two enjoy yourself," said Ayame walking off into the back. Leaning her head back onto Naruto's shoulder she felt him give a small.

"What's so funny?" she questioned, gazing into the blondes eyes.

"It's just that a med-nin is having ramen for breakfast, I wonder what everyone would think if they hear this," he answered.

At that statement Sakura looked down and unhappy. Slightly confused the blond put his finger under her chin and lifted it so that she looked him in the eye. "Hey what's the matter?" he asked kindly, Sakura straightened herself up and took hold of Naruto's hands.

"Naruto-kun, I want you to do something for me," she said needful.

"Anything for you my vixen," he replied sweetly.

"I want you to forgive," she stated seriously.

"You know I can't do that," he said back slowly, looking away.

"Please, Naruto-kun, just hear me out," pleaded Sakura, Naruto gave her his undivided attention, "After what the villagers have done, I don't expect, or want you for the matter, to forgive them. I believe that they deserve whatever punishment you give them. And to be honest I'm not sure if I can ever look at them the same way again, knowing what they've done to you. But I want you to forgive our friends, Sasuke and Kakashi-sensei; they love you almost as much as I do. You're part of the only family they have left, if no one else then just them."

Naruto looked deep into Sakura's emerald eyes, "I'll try Sakura-Chan, but no promises," replied Naruto.

Giving him a hug she said, "That's all I'm asking for." Well that's a start. It'd be selfish if I was the only who was happy.

After a few more minutes of waiting and idle talking, the flaps to the bar were open to reveal and silver haired man, Kakashi. The Jonin looked into the bar; he smiled on the sight of Naruto and Sakura together. Taking a seat one away from Naruto, he waited to be served. Almost immediately, Ayame came and took his order before scurrying back into the kitchen. A silence enveloped the ramen bar, Kakashi watched out of the corner at his eye at Naruto who was leaning on the bar table.

As Naruto mulled over what Sakura said he was brought out of his thoughts by Sakura nudging him with her shoulder. Turning to her he mouth, what, Sakura nudged him again and nodded her head towards her sensei, silently conveying a message, go on. Looking towards him, Naruto turned back and shook his head; Sakura retaliated with the biggest pair of puppy dog eyes known to man, we've been going out for a total of four hours and she's already using the puppy dog pout on me. Falling prey to Sakura's cuteness, Naruto let out a sigh of defeat.

Turning back to the Jonin Naruto received a kiss on his cheek from his mate before he started, "Hata- I mean Kakashi." The Cyclopes raised his visible eyebrow at his first name being used. "I think it's time to put the past behind us. I won't lie to you Kakashi our old team was nothing like we all thought it was, all that happened was that you trained only Sasuke, while Sakura fawned over him while I was left alone, it wasn't the family that I disillusioned myself to believe." At this state meant both Sakura and Kakashi looked down, saddened. Seeing the effect of his words Naruto gave the pinkette's hand a squeeze, she looked back up to his smiling face, the one reserved solely for her. "But I am willing to try and make that illusion a reality. What do you say Kakashi…-sensei."

A sincere smile spread across Kakashi's face, "I would like that Naruto, I would like that a lot," giving out his hand.

The blond looked at the Jonin's hand then back to him, the right side of his lips twitched into a smile. Letting go of Sakura, he slammed his open palm into Kakashi's and shook it strongly. Letting go Kakashi said, "I was also wondering if you would like to learn privacy seal," giving his infamous eye smile.

"Sure, but why?" he replied confused by his senseis actions.

"Because," he explained, "Sakura is a real screamer. Don't forget training in an hour," the moment Kakashi finished his sentence he disappeared via the "Leaf Body Flicker," as realisation instantly hit Naruto's face.

He had spied on them, Sakura's mouth hung wide open while face became the same colour as her hair, "KAKASHI," Naruto roared out at the pervert where ever he was.

Sitting down after letting out his anger Naruto thought, note to self: kill Kakashi. Then Ayame came out with a large bowl of ramen, "Where's Kakashi-kun?" the waitress questioned.

"He was called away," Sakura mumbled still embarrassed from her sensei.

"Oh, I better cancel his order then," she said to herself as she walked away.

Naruto dragged the bowl closer then placed in between himself and Sakura, picking up a pair of chopsticks he was about to break them apart but was stopped by the pinkette. Taking hold of the chopsticks she said, "Here, let me." Moving her stool closer she broke the chopsticks apart; she dipped them into the food and picked some up before moving it towards Naruto's face. Naruto stared at the food slightly unsure, he never had anyone feed him before, he was always used to being independent.

Smiling he opened his mouth and enjoyed himself. Clamping down on the food he made and exaggerated sound of, "Omgh," Sakura giggled at her mates' action. She tried to pull the chopsticks out of his mouth but couldn't, he had bitten down on them hard. Pulling once again she said, "Come on Naruto-kun let go," he shook his head, putting on her puppy dog pout once again she said really cutely, "Pwease." Smiling he let go. Naruto ate the food in his mouth; it tasted better when Sakura fed him. The process continued on the pinkette took a mouthful for every to of his, occasionally wiping away a bit of sauce that ran down Naruto's lip, until the bowl was finished for the exception of one last piece of beef.

Naruto watched as his mate picked up the meat with the chopsticks and moved it towards his mouth. Closing his eyes, he opened his mouth expecting the meat to be place on his tongue. When he didn't taste the delectable morsel of food on his tongue he opened his eyes to see Sakura, placing the food between her teeth. She held it there for a moment before her tongue curled around it and dragged it into her mouth, silently giving him a message, you want it? Come get it.

Smiling, Naruto took the challenge and pressed his lips against hers. His tongue slid of his mouth and licked at Sakura's lips asking for entrance. However Sakura did not allow him passage in, he lips were clammed shut, like a vault guarding a treasure. Ever being the aggressor the blond forced his tongue past her lips his wet appendage entered her mouth. Curling around the pinkette's tongue, trying to find the piece of beef, unbeknownst to him she had already eaten it. As the Jinchuriki's tongue passed over her canines Sakura deepened the kiss, her own tongue lashed out at Naruto's curling around it.

Unknown to the pair they were being watched. "Tou-san, come here," called Ayame.

"Hai, Ayame-Chan," the bar owner called.

"Look," the brunette said, pointing towards the kissing couple, her father smiled and said, "That right there, is a thing of beauty. Naruto deserves happiness after all he's been through."

"Yeah," signed the waitress at how romantic it was.

"So when are you going to bring a boy home," Teuchi asked jokingly.

"Tou-san!" she shouted, hitting him with the towel.

"Ahh, my beautiful Sakura-Chan, would you like to go on a date with me on this youthful day," shouted a green spandex wearing ninja, on sight of the pink haired woman. The couple broke apart from there kiss and turned towards Lee, you would have thought that when you see someone kissing another person, it would send a clear message that they're taken, thought Sakura.

Apparently not, replied her inner self.

A deep growl erupted from Naruto's throat, jealousy rolled off of him like a great wave. The pinkette could fell the blonde's possessiveness through their bond, and she liked up, it made her feel desired, cherished, loved. However the pinkette could see that the situation was starting to worsen, Naruto was baring his teeth at Lee, his canines were growing larger and his eyes had turned red, telling her that he was drawing upon the Kyuubi's chakra, he probably would have attacked Lee if she wasn't standing in the way. Trying to diffuse the situation with minimal bloodshed, she turned to Lee and said, "Sorry Lee-san, but I'm already on a date," adding the –san to emphasize that she felt nothing for him.

"Which unyouthful person had taken my Sakura-Chan away from me, I shall fight him for your love!" shouted the bowl haired man. Sakura was slightly peeved at Lee calling her his, because as far as she was concerned she belonged only to Naruto.

Holding her anger in she heard Naruto stand up and say, "That's its caterpillar-face is dead."

Starting back to panic, the medic hugged Naruto's arm and quickly said, "See Lee-san, I'm on a date with Naruto-kun," as well as holding Naruto back from potentially killing, if not then defiantly maiming Lee.

At Sakura's statement the green wearing Chuunin's eyes bulged said, "Yosh, Naruto-kun my eternal rival has beaten me in this youthful contest. I must train hard to fight for Sakura's heart. I will run round the village one thousand times with a boulder on my back, if I can't do that then I do five hundred push ups on my hands, I can't do that…" Lee carried on as he ran off down the street.

Sakura could still feel her mates' rage building up, placing her hand on Naruto's whiskered cheek, "Hey calm down he's gone, OK."

"I don't like him seeing you as a trophy, or saying that you belong to him," the blond said angrily.

"I am not a trophy. And I belong to you. This shows it," she soothed, tapping the mark.

"Next time he does that, I'm ripping his throat out," Naruto said deeply calm, Sakura nodded her head at Naruto's condition. She was then pulled into a tight hug, "Mine," he growled, against the skin on her neck, possessiveness abundant in his voice.

Wrapping her arms around him and closing her eyes, she replied, "And only yours."

Pushing Naruto away from herself, Sakura eyes caught the clock that was hanging in the ramen bar; they were over an hour late. "Shit, we're over an hour late," she cried.

"Don't worry, it Kakashi-sensei, he's bound to be late," Naruto reassured.

"Yeah but I still need to get ready! I can't go dressed like this," she exclaimed pointing to her attire. The blond only let out a small laugh and said, "Fine, I'll meet you at the training grounds."

Demon chakra, the Kyuubi reminded.

"Also bring your swimming costume along," he added.

"Why?" Sakura questioned.

"Just, bring it along," Naruto said brining his hands ups.

"OK, love you," she replied quickly, pecking him on the lips she sped off. You were Kyuubi, she does make me happy.

Told you kit. Just don't get soft on me.

Pfff, me, soft. Not going to happen. Being evil is too much fun.

Good to know, finished the Kyuubi going back to sleep.

-15 minutes later, Training ground 6-7

Sakura was currently, speeding across the grassy field of training ground 6. It had taken her a long time to get to the training field because she had to run back to her house, then to the field, which was on the other side of the village from her house. Spotting the chain fence that separated the training field she was currently on from her team's training field, she added extra chakra to her legs and leapt over the tall fence, into a tree. Jumping from branch to branch, she soon arrived at an open area with three stumps in the ground. Stopping a couple of metres away from them, she took in a large gulp of air, but to her surprise she wasn't that tired. She suddenly had had the urge to look at a random tree, she spotted her mate. Hood up, head down, probably asleep. Using all of her considerable stealth skills she snuck up to the tree to try and scare Naruto.

Nearing the base of the tree she was stopped when Naruto said, "I know your there Sakura-Chan," without lifting his head.

Not bothering with stealth anymore she asked, "How did you know it was me," feeling inadequate.

Feeling his mates plight Naruto reassured her, "You're my mate, I could feel you. Like how you knew I was in this tree, do you really think some else would find me?" He questioned, it would have sounded arrogant had Naruto not had the skill to back it up. Sakura felt better after the explanation.

She jumped up onto the branch in front of Naruto and kneeled down, "So tell me my mate, what should we do considering Kakashi-sensei isn't here," the pinkette asked, she liked how they addressed each other as mates, it stirred something animalistic deep within her. The feeling was impossible to describe, it was powerful, driven, aggressive.

Naruto lifted his head his head up so that Sakura was able to see one of his eyes and a smirk. "I have a couple of ideas," in a flash Naruto had Sakura pinned against the rough bark of the tree branch. He leaned in closer towards her lips, but just they were about to meet she pulled her head away, saying "I don't think so," a sly smirk on her porcelain face, clearly teasing him. "Oh my dear Sakura-Chan I don't remember saying that you had a choice in the matter," he replied seductively, roughly crushing his lips against her. Sakura wasn't really able to decide which side of Naruto she liked better, the deep, caring Naruto. Or the rough passionate one. One thing that was in common was that they both loved the pinkette. Deciding that she liked each of them equally, closing her eyes, she kissed back. Breaking her hands out of Narutos grip, she snaked one around his neck, while the other pulled his hood down, Narutos own hands were supporting his body over Sakuras.

Breaking the kiss for a moment Sakura said sexily, "You need to take away my freedom more often." The blond only smile and pushed his lips against hers once more. Deciding be dominate Sakura opened her mouth and slid her tongue slowly over his lips; however he didn't allow her entrance. Swapping to a different tactic, she pushed her tongue through his lips but still to no avail.

The bastard was teasing her! She knew that he knew what made her ticks and how to make her putty in his hands. Sakura wasn't going to lose this battle though, starting to play dirty, she moved her hands lower. Made him open his lips a little, but not enough to capitalize on. Dragging her hands further down, they moved under the flaps of his cloak and beneath Naruto's tank top, feeling his well defined abs. The blond groaned as he felt her cooling touch against his skin, he lost control when her finger nails scrapped down his stomach. When Naruto let out another groan in pleasure, he opened his mouth allowing Sakura's tongue. The blond loved Sakura's strong willed nature, the need to be dominating that she possessed.

Once again the minty chocolate taste that was Naruto flooded her senses. But her victory was going to last long, Narutos' own tongue started to push back Sakura own. The desire for Sakura's strawberry taste spurred Naruto on to win the battle between their tongues. The pinkette knew she was losing the blonds 'skills' were simply to good, but when she felt one of Naruto's elongate claws travel up her thigh she let out long moan.

Brining the leg up that Naruto had his hand on she hooked it around him, knowing she had lost, the medic let Naruto take control. His hand ran up and down her the underneath of her thigh, while his tongue invaded her mouth. Sakura let out another loud moan as Naruto started to grip himself against her, she could only respond by doing the same. The bubble gum haired woman started to feel hot all over, the need for her hot blond was mounting, the need for him to be all over her. Grabbing hold of Naruto's free hand she pulled it up her body towards her breasts, completely forgetting that they were in a tree, in the middle of the training grounds.

However before Naruto come completely lose himself to his lust, he felt the presence of someone nearing; pulling away the blond was completely breathless. He looked at Sakura, her face was flush, and hair a mess, her breathing was just as laboured as his own. Naruto could see the lust in Sakura's emerald eyes; her hand was still slowly pulling his up towards her chest. "Sasuke's close," he whispered.

"It doesn't matter," she said, grabbing a fistful of blond hair, she leaned up and smashed her lips against Naruto's, the mating mark driving her actions, for a moment the blond swore he saw green slit eyes. "We (kiss) really (kiss) should (kiss) stop," said Naruto between Sakura's assault. Finally pulling away completely away from the pinkette, "Fine, but I'll get you later," she said, faking anger, then turning back to him a mischievous glint in her eye, hints of need still in her voice.

Moving slightly so that they sat on the branch, their legs hanging of the edge they waited for Sasuke's arrival. The raven haired man soon arrived to where two members of team 7. Sasuke smiled when he saw Naruto's and Sakura's hands onto of each other. "Hello Sakura, Naruto," said Sasuke, fragments of happiness in voice.

"Morning Sasuke," replied Sakura, but Naruto kept quiet. At least their happy, thought the Uchiha soon turned away as he was unsure of how the Jinchuriki viewed him. Watching Sasuke turn away Naruto thought to himself, it's time I put this broken family back together. Breathing out through his nose, the blond pushed of the branch and landed in on the ground gracefully.

"Sasuke," he called out, the raven haired mans eyes widened at his first name being used, and turning around slowly his eyes came upon Naruto, a brotherly smile on his face. The blond walked up and place his hand on Sasuke's shoulder, "I think…," the Namikaze said, "I think it's time I start being the brother I should be. I think it's time we start being the team, the family we all need it to be."

Sasuke place his own hand on Naruto's shoulder, before dragging him in for a brotherly hug (no it's not Yaoi), "It's good to have you back brother," said Sasuke, he would have cried was it not for what little he had left of his Uchiha pride.

Pulling back from the hung Naruto said, "I was wondering if you wanted a spar. I remember someone saying that when two people try to kill each other, they can fell each other's emotions or something like that," explained Naruto.

Sasuke laughed at Naruto's twisted logic, "Sounds like a plan," Sasuke said, "Hey Sakura-Chan, you want to spar," shouted Naruto.

"Definitely, I feel like a good fight," she replied jumping down to meet the two other men.

However before they could get started, their silver haired sensei appeared in a puff of smoke. "Oh sorry I'm late I was-" started Kakashi.

"Drop is sensei, we get it," interrupted Naruto.

"OK then, well let's get down to some team work exercise," said the lazy Jonin.

"Actually sensei I need to take Sakura for a special training session," asked the blond, as they both turned away.

"You're just going to have sex aren't you," dead panned Kakashi, followed by a perverted giggle.

"How would you like it if I burned your precious book collection in front of your eyes," Naruto asked coldly, a dark look in his eyes. Kakashi started to sweat bullets at the thought of his book collection being burnt, "Umm enjoy yourself, come on Sasuke," he said quickly before grabbing hold of Sasuke and pulling him away.

"Come on Sakura-Chan, we've got some training to do," he said, wrapping his arms around Sakura, black flames engulfed the pair. The pinkette found herself floating in pitch black, she held on to Naruto for a dear life before feeling a pull on her being. As the pair appeared from the flames Sakura tumbled out of Naruto's grip out the floor, her head spinning. They had appeared in a small opening surrounded by trees a waterfall, which had a river leading off of it into the trees. Naruto bent down and put his hand on her back, "Don't worry you get used to it eventually."

"Don't worry I'm OK," she replied standing up. Still slightly wobbly, she asked, "So what training are we going to do."

"Well the mark does more than just make you my mate; it allows you to use demonic chakra like me," explained the Jinchuriki.

"Does the mark do anything else that I should know about," asked the medic.

"I think it would be better if you found that out by yourself," Naruto answered smiling.

The blond pull of his cloak than went to work on his tank top, "Is there a reason why you're stripping, not that I'm complaining," said Sakura adding a lecherous grin.

"Well we're going to start with some meditation, under the waterfall so I don't want my clothes to get wet," explained the Naruto.

Looking towards the water fall, she watched as the water thundered down into the plunge pool bellow, "But I'll never be able meditate under that," shouted Sakura.

"Yes you will, I have faith in you," reassured Naruto. Smiling at Narutos' faith in her she started to take her clothes off, until she was only wearing her pink two piece bikini, I really need to get a black one of these, she thought to herself.

Looking over to the waterfall, she saw Naruto was already sitting beneath the water. He was sitting deathly still, Sakura was entranced by the way the water cascaded off his body, he looks so peaceful. "Come here Sakura-Chan," Naruto called out.

Stepping onto the water she walked across to the blond. As she paced under the water she shouted, "Its freezing."

"Sit," he ordered. Trying not to think about the freezing water, she sat between Narutos' legs. She instantly felt warmer when a pair of strong arms wrapped around her frame. "Close your eyes Sakura-Chan," he whispered, yet his voice was loud enough to be heard above the noise of the crashing water. Doing as he commanded she shut her eye lids and awaited her next instructions, "Now focus, find your chakra."

Trying to block out the freezing cold water hitting her, she searched deep within herself, until she found it. Sakura could feel her hand pass through it like a smokeless fire that didn't burn. The green cooling substance moved and through her, encasing her, the energy was part of her, however there seemed to me more of it than she remembered, much more. "I want you to find my chakra, look inside of me, grasp it," the words echoed inside of the blackness that she was in. She no longer felt the harsh water smashing against her skin.

The experience was weird, passing into another person's chakra network felt like putting your hand through putty. She swam deeper until the black and red mass descended up her, completely swamping her being. It felt dense, hot and heavy, but where other people would find it suffocating she thought it was comforting, like a giant blanket. She could tell that it held great sadness, such sorrow and rage, it made her heart ache, she wanted to help when something washed over her, happiness and love.

"Now I want you to go deeper. Deeper than you thought possible," Naruto's voice echoed. Pushing past the comforting energy, she found it was slightly difficult like it was holding onto her, wanting to keep her there. However it soon let her go allowing her to venture deeper. As she dug deeper and deeper she still wasn't able to find anything until she came upon a huge mass of chakra. If Naruto's reserves where as large as the sea, then the Kyuubi's chakra was like all the oceans in the world combined. Moving closer towards it, she moved her hand towards it and touched the tiding mass. At the moment her finger made contact, the ocean flooded her, drowned her in its powerful feeling. If Narutos' chakra was dense, then this could only be described as super dense. It was evil and malevolent, the power radiating from it almost made it difficult to breath. But deep within it should have been foreign to the chakra, protectiveness, of her. Deciding that she had spent enough time in where ever she was, she pulled out and opened her eyes.

The feel of the water hitting the pinkette's body was refreshing, accented by the sound of the rustling leaves. Gazing up at the sky Sakura noticed that the sun had moved, she guessed that it was probably half passed two; she had been meditating for quite a while. Naruto stood up bringing the medic with him; stretching to work out the creaks in his body he took Sakura by the hand back to dry land. The mates stood in silence for a minute as they wiped off the excess water on their body. "Now that you have felt what demon chakra is like, I want you to find it within yourself, without meditating. Then moment you feel it I want you to let go of it no matter how much you don't want to," Naruto taught.

"How do I do that," questioned Sakura wanting to get as much insight as possible.

"Demon chakra feeds of negative emotions, focus all your hatred, all your anger inside yourself, and then let it out," the blond explained.

"Hai."

Focusing herself completely on the task ahead of her, the Jinchuriki's mate thought of all the things that made her anger and all the things she hated. Being bullied as a kid. Her younger self constantly fawning over Sasuke. Never telling Naruto the truth straight away. Being weak and useless.

A hot feeling started to burn inside of her stomach, it felt similar to the Kyuubi's chakra, but had some familiarity of her own and Naruto's' chakra mixed in. Naruto watched as her eyes shot open, revealing silted green orbs. The new hot chakra source started to spread through her network, she wanted to experience what it would like to fill every part of her body, but she listened to her mates word and cut of its burning advance and forced it back.

"Good you are able to channel demon chakra, without the need to meditate that means things should be a little easier," Naruto said proudly, "Now I'm going to teach you a Jutsu that will be effective for you on the battlefield." Performing each hand seal slowly, so that Sakura was able to see, he started to explain the concept of the Demon Art: Vanishing Fox. "As there are now small parts of demon chakra mixed with your own it allows you to use demonic Jutsus without actively drawing on the chakra. So once you have completed the sequence of hand seal, form a layer of chakra over your skin and imagine it bending light around you."

"Wait Naruto-kun, what was that the first hand seal you used, I've never seen anyone other than you use it," asked the pinkette inquisitively.

"That seal is 'demon' it allows anyone who posses demon chakra to used demonic Justus'," the blond explained. Nodding her head in understanding Sakura then started to work on the task ahead of her. Being the smartest kunoichi meant that she was able to understand the concept of the Jutsu easily

Performing the hand seals at medium speed to get used to the new seal, the pinkette her chakra, warmer than normal spread out from her Tenketsu points over her skin, once this was done she said, "Demon Art: Vanishing Fox,". Sharpening the slightly with her immaculate control, she started to bend the light round her body. She was brought out of her concentrated attempt of using the Jutsu, when Naruto said, "Well done Sakura-Chan, you did better than me when I first used the Jutsu."

The medic looked to her hand to see, nothing. It wasn't there. Looking to the rest of her body she found that she was completely invisible. Releasing the chakra from her body, the pink haired woman faded back into view. "That was amazing," she whispered, thinking about all the possibilities the Jutsu could behold for a med-nin.

"See the power that you can achieve from your hate," asked Naruto.

"Yes," replied Sakura, still amazed at what she had done, it surpassed every other camouflage Jutsu she had ever studied.

"Now there is only one last thing that I want you to do," started Naruto, "I want you to use demon chakra in a combat situation, there is no point in you having the power if you can't use it to fight." Forming a familiar cross symbol, another Naruto appeared in a puff of smoke, "I want you to fight a Kyuubi clone," told Naruto, "I will allow you start accumulating demon chakra from now as you are still new to it, however soon enough it will be second nature to you." Taking the opportunity, Sakura started to pull the demon chakra from the mark and let it flow through her system. The pink haired woman's eyes became silts while the black streak in her hair became darker, if possible.

As the clone got into a fighting stance, Naruto said, "Just because you are my mate doesn't mean I'm going to go easy on you Sakura-Chan. I will always love you but that stops when on the battlefield. When we are facing each other I will not hold back, I will attack you like anyone else, it is the only way to grow stronger."

"I don't expect it to be any other way Naruto-kun," answered Sakura, falling into her own stance, glad that he wasn't going to treat her like a porcelain doll; instead he was going to treat her like a true kunoichi.

Without warning the clone attacked. Throwing a fist forward, it was surprised that it was caught in an open palm. To Sakura the attack seemed to be slower than normal, opening her palm she caught the clones punch. Gripping hold of his arm, the pinkette flung the blond clone towards the forest. Gracefully back flipping onto his feet, he heard Sakura say, "You're going easy Naruto-kun, that punch was slower than normal."

"Actually Sakura-Chan, it's your reflexes that have quickened," explained the real blond, knowing that the clone wasn't pulling punches. Facing the clone once more, she saw it run through a series of hand seals then shouting out, "Demon Style: Fox Fire Jutsu," a torrent of red flames erupted from the clones mouth and headed towards Sakura.

Slamming her heel into the ground, a large boulder flew up which she grabbed and used as a shield from the flames. Throwing it forward in an effort to quench the flames, the clone jumped to the left to avoid. However Sakura had ran forward towards the clone. The pinkette tried to punch the clone in the face, but missed as it had rolled underneath the attack.

Rolling into a stand he delivered a powerful back kick to the medics back. Flying forward she smashed through two trees then rolled on into the dirt until she stopped. Standing back up she expected to be in pain, but was pleasantly surprised that she felt fine, that didn't hurt at all.

Becoming angrier at not being able to hit the clone, Sakura inadvertently started to channel more of the Kyuubi's chakra through her body. Crouching down low, the pinkette's nails started to grow into claws. Wondering what it would be like to use demon chakra in a chakra infused punch she stared to channel chakra into her fist. Rearing back and punching the ground, a massive shock wave blasted the area before the ground in front of her broke apart and crumbled. Catching the clone completely off guard, it lost its balance. Meanwhile the real Naruto steadied himself and rode the earth wave. Now that's strength, the blond contemplated on his mates' physical power.

Pushing demon chakra into her legs, Sakura sped towards the clone faster than she ever had before. Jumping the last few metres, the copy blonds' eyes widened before she raked her chakra infused claws across its face, bringing it down. As it fell down the demon mate grabbed the clone by its throat and slammed it down into the earth, creating a crater and kicking up the dust, the pinkette let out a scream of anger as she did so. Seeing that it had not dispelled, the medic slammed her foot down, curb stomping its face, adding extra demonic chakra for good measure. As the foot punched through the clones' skull, dispelling it, her foot carried on through making the crater even larger.

Sensing that the clone had been dispersed in a fairly horrific manner, Naruto smiled; ah she's becoming more like a demon now. Surveying the destruction the blond walked over to his mate and asked huskily, "So tell me Sakura-Chan, how it feels. The power. The ability to extinguish a life on whim?" Sakura hadn't cut the flow of Kyuubi's chakra so it was now building up, inside of her, the hot substance making her feel alive. Her body was tingling with power and energy, raging fire within her burned begging for more.

The pinkette closed her eyes, slipping two fingers into her mouth, while her other hand scratched along her skin, what she felt was unexplainable, "Kami, it's intoxicating, all the power. It's almost as good as sex. I want. I want more," she said hungrily, not realising completely what she was saying.

The blond smiled at his mates actions; he knew the reason why she was acting like this. The Kyuubi's chakra removed all inhibitions in the brain, making the person say what they were really thinking; their primal side came out in this state. It was the reason why he became more emotional when using the fox's chakra. It also refined emotions into a pure state, disliking someone could lead you to hating them. Being angry at someone while using the Kyuubi's chakra would make you want to kill them.

Sakura slowly opened her eyes and stared at her mate from beneath her wet hair. Enhanced vision zoomed in on Naruto. His wild hair weighed down by the water, small streams of the clear liquid running down his face. Over his body, small Goosebumps caught the droplets making them cling to his body. The overall effect of a wet Naruto was very attractive in the pink haired woman's eyes.

The Jinchuriki caught sight of Sakura licking her lips sensually, as she looked up to him, he could see the lustful hunger in her green fox like eyes. Walking over to him incredibly sexily letting the blond watch her soaked bikini clad form, she placed her soft hands on his wet, chiselled chest. Slowly sliding her hands down to his abs she planted a small kiss on his chest slowly making her way up to his neck. "Sakura-Chan, you need to stop using the Kyuubi's chakra," he groaned out as the pinkette started to nibble on his neck.

He knew that it would be really embarrassing if his Kaa-san came to check on his training again to see him doing this. "But I don't want to," she whispered seductively, "I want you," moving up to his lips she softly pressed them against his.

The blond could help but start to kiss back, wrapping his arms around her waist bringing her closer. "We should stop," replied Naruto using what remained of his logic, but his word were belayed by his actions as he continued to kiss Sakura back more passionately.

The medic pulled back for a moment quoted, "Oh but Naruto-kun I don't remember saying that you had a choice in the matter." Moving back to his cheek Sakura trailed her tongue trailed along his cheek, achieving a purr from the fox-like blond. Moving to his ears she whispered, "Make me yours again Naruto-kun," the words that she said when they first made love.

Drawing back to look him in the eyes, she found that she was staring into red slits, hungry red slits, she knew she had him. However before she could blink she found that she was pressed against the trunk of a tree, she let out a gasp as the rough surface ran against her bikini clad body. She held her arms above her head and looked down at Naruto to see his hair covering his eyes. She let out a lustful moan when he attacked the mark on her neck roughly with his lips. "Told you that I'd get you latter," she just about managed to get out through her moans of pleasure.

His clawed hand touched her cheek softly turning her head towards him. He pressed his lips against hers, both their tongues shot out of their mouths to meet each other desperately massaging each other. The pinkette's own clawed hands thrust themselves into Naruto's wet streaked hair. The blonde pressed his body against hers, fitting to each other like two pieces of a puzzle. His hands left her waist and moved to her thighs, Sakura let out a moan as his hands moved up the tails of the mark. As the blond cupped her ass the pink haired woman let out another moan.

Wrapping one leg around Naruto's waist Sakura intertwined her other with one of Naruto's legs, then she pushed up so that she had a better angle to kiss down onto Naruto. One of the pinkette's hands moved from its place in Naruto's hair and clawed down his back earning her a groan from him, in response the Jinchuriki slipped his hands beneath the thin material that was separating him, his rough hands moved over her rear.

The pair could tell that they were both becoming increasingly aroused, however before they took it any further they were stopped when a voice said, "You know exhibitionism is against the law." Pulling away from each other the turned to see Sasuke leaning coolly against a tree, unaffected by the destruction around him or that his two best friends where having a make out session. Naruto let out a growl of displeasure at being interrupted, while Sakura simply gave him a glare that could kill.

As Naruto let Sakura down from his grip he said, "You know, brother I didn't take you as one for voyeurism," a smirk on his face.

"Actually I thought that I'd give you a heads up on Kakashi-sensei, who's in the tree over there," he said pointing with his thumb, "I guess he's probably been watching you for the past fifteen minutes, cause that was round about the time that I figured out that I was fighting a lightning clone." The demon and his partner used their enhanced hearing to listen in on stifled giggles originating from the tree the raven haired man had pointed at.

Rage filled Sakura she shouted out, "Kakashi-sensei you better get down here right now or I'm going to deliver a chakra infused kick to your crotch!" the silver haired Jonin dropped out of the tree, his sharingan still active, probably to spy on the pair better.

"I'm so burning your book collection, before I burn you," Naruto threatened in monotone.

Kakashi started to wave his hands in front of his face and defended, "There's no need to do that Naruto, I simply came to observe my student that's all," seeing that no of them were believing him he decided to switch to another tactic, "Hey Sakura is that a tattoo on you back?" diverting the attention away from him, and his precious books.

"It is-" Sakura started ready to cover up the truth but was interrupted when he said.

"It's a demonic seal. It marks Sakura-Chan as mine, and mine alone," testing to see if he was right to put his trust in Kakashi and Sasuke. Naruto looked at them non-threateningly, judging to see how they would react; they didn't look affected at all. Sakura looked at Naruto, happy that he would express that she, as well as telling about the mark so openly. "Your not bothered about it?" questioned the Jinchuriki, the pinkette hugging his arm.

"I know that it wasn't forced onto Sakura, it's not in your nature Naruto, no matter how much you have change. I can see that you're both happy so it doesn't bother me," explained Sasuke.

The blond turned towards his sensei, "I'm a bit surprised because I didn't think it was possible, but you're still my students and nothing will change that."

Both Naruto and Sakura smiled at their team's, no, their family's response, "Come on. Get your clothes on and we'll see if Tsunade-sama needs us," ordered Kakashi, giving his eye smile at finally having the team he always wanted. He has happy as everything in his life was perfect, well that and he had saved his book collection.

Naruto dried himself and Sakura off with a quick wind just, before they both pulled on their clothes and went to catch up with their family.

- Hokage tower,

"Well I have a few D-ranked missions that I need a team to do," said Tsunade. From the moment the team had walked in she noticed the different in the teams' dynamics, while Kakashi still stood at the back he noticed that he stood closer to Naruto as well as the others. Sasuke had a smirk on his face, unusual to say the least. Sakura was holding Naruto's hand, while the blond himself had actually come into the room smiling, not the face breaking one, just a simple smile.

It seemed her plan with Sakura did more than just get the two together, it had jump started the process in healing the bonds between the team. There was one thing that worried her, she saw something in Sakura's eyes and it was dangerous, a hunger for something, what exactly? The blonde buxom couldn't tell. But something inside of her told her that this was just the beginning of a change in team 7; a feeling ran through her bones, something told her that the team was going to take a darker turn in the near future.

"Kaa-san even though I will do every task you assign me," said Naruto, "Don't you think that this is a bit… below us. I mean D-rank, don't you have maybe a C-ranked mission."

"Sorry Naruto, even though yours, along with your teams skill level are far above your rank, you only came back from an S-rank mission and as you are only Chuunin, you are required to have at least five days rest before leaving for a mission above that of a D-ranked," explained Tsunade.

"Can't you bend the rules shishou," asked Sakura, although Tsunade didn't show it she was surprised, something had defiantly changed, as Sakura would always stick to the what the Hokage said, almost as much as Naruto, no matter what, it seemed strange that she was asking to bend the rules. It looked like she wanted her to bend the rules to make the blond happy.

"I'm sorry Sakura but I just gave the last C-ranked mission away to a squad of Genin," the Hokage apologized.

"Fine we'll take it," sighed Naruto, the whole team was shocked; they all thought that they had left their days of chores behind, but Naruto gave Sakura wink from beneath his hood trust me, it meant. As Tsunade pulled a scroll out of a pile Narutos hand shot up and said coldly, "But if it is catching that cat again, I promise you that I will return it in a match box."

Tsunade slowly put the scroll back into place and pulled another one out, looking at it Tsunade said, "Ah here is one I'd think you'd enjoy-."

"I don't possibly think that there's a D-ranked mission that we'd enjoy," deadpanned Sasuke.

Naruto just looked as Sasuke, who shrugged in response. "As I was saying before I was interrupted, Iruka has requested a squad of ninjas at the Academy for the students, to learn what life is like in the field." Throwing the scroll to Naruto, who caught it, he opened it up and nodded in understanding then turned around and walked off the team following him.

Tsunade smiled as they left the room as she was finally able to see her surrogate son truly happy. She saw much of her own team in them, but they had succeeded where she and Jiraiya had failed. They had found love and managed to keep their team together despite all the odds.

- Outside the Hokages office

"Seriously Naruto? a D–ranked mission," questioned Sasuke.

"Well I was hoping that it would be a chore where I could send clones to do it; I guess the plan backfired slightly," replied Naruto, in a tone that suggested that he wasn't really bothered.

"Well as long as I'm with you I'll be fine," voiced the pinkette, squeezing Narutos hand lightly.

"Plus I haven't seen Iruka-sensei for a while." Proceeding down the stairs Naruto saw that Kakashi was reading in his book, but his eyes were far off somewhere else. He guessed that he had something important to do like visiting the memorial stone. Seeing as Kakashi hadn't judged him or Sakura, he wanted to re-pay the trust that he had given them; a bond cuts both ways.

"Hey Kakashi-sensei, why don't you do what you've got to do," said Naruto.

Kakashi knew what his student was doing, so he replied, "It's fine Naruto, it's not that important," not wanting to abandon his team.

"It's OK we understand, it's only a D-ranked mission, we can take care of it," closing his book Kakashi looked directly at Naruto.

"Thanks Naruto, I haven't visited Obito, Rin or Sensei today," explained Kakashi.

"That's fine Sensei, just don't live in the past because you'll miss the present," said the blond, patting the silver Jonin's arm before walking off. Kakashi looked to his team slightly sad, thinking over Narutos words before disappearing in a puff of smoke.

"That was really sweet;" said Sakura teasingly, "see you're still a big softy at heart."

Naruto slammed a hand onto the wall next to Sakura head, stopping her from walking before turning her and pressing her against the wall with his body. He leaned in so that he was a centimetre away from Sakura, "Soft at heart? I think you should know better than anyone how rough I can be Sakura-Chan," each one of his words seducing her to his charm, his fingers playing with the edge of her battle dress. The pinkette slid her arms around his neck and leaned in ever so slightly closer, "Well then you better remind me of how rough you can be," answering his flirts with her own. They were both stopped by their forgotten team mate.

Sasuke tapped them both on the shoulder and said plainly, "Hey, as happy as I am that you to are together, that doesn't mean you can start sticking your tongues down each others throats in front of me and if you forgot we still do have a mission," the raven haired teen glare slightly when he said 'mission' he glared at Naruto.

Letting out a sigh the blond said, "Sasuke's right, we better get going before Iruka-sensei gives us tardy slips." The raven haired man disappeared in a leaf body flicker, while Naruto teleported him and Sakura through the hellfire teleportation Justus.

- Shinobi Academy

A brown haired man was running through the corridors, trying to find the ninjas that he had requested, he had run to the Academy entrance, then back to his classroom in hopes of them being there. As he neared the room he heard someone say, "You're not supposed to run in the corridors," stopping suddenly he saw three people by the door way.

Iruka could tell at a glance what the pinkette and the raven haired teens were two of his old students, Sakura and Sasuke. But he didn't know who the person Sakura was leaning on he was wearing a hooded cloak. Iruka could tell that he had a strong build by the way the clothes formed over his body. Looking back to his two other ex-students he said, "Ah Sasuke, Sakura, it's good to see you again, but who is your friend?"

Sakura moved her head off the man's shoulder and said, "You know Naruto-kun nobody's going to know who you are if you keep wearing that hood," pulling it down to reveal Naruto.

The Chuunin was shocked to see that the blond haired knuckle head turned out to be the ninja that stood before him. He was even more amazed when he saw the black head band that was proudly displaced on his forehead, signifying him as the strongest shinobi in the village. "N-Naruto is that you," Iruka stuttered.

"The one and only," the blond responded.

"I haven't seen you since you were a Genin," was all Iruka managed to say; Team 7 looked down, the memories of the ordeal still fresh in their minds.

"I went on a training trip," Naruto said telling a half-truth.

"You've grown," said Iruka.

"Puberty does that to you," the Jinchuriki said simply. The teacher looked over Naruto and Sakura; it didn't take a genius to figure out that they were together. Deciding that they had reminisced enough the scarred Chuunin said, "Well, ready to tell the class what's really like out in the field?" the whole team nodded.

As Iruka was about to open the door Sasuke said, "Impressive entrance?"

"Definitely," replied Naruto.

Sakura smiled and ran through some hand seals, "Demon Art: Vanishing Fox," once the words had left her lips she faded off the visible plain.

The teacher walked through the door with Sakura following behind him, though she was invisible. Sakura walked into a fairly average class, the teacher had left so the students started to talk among themselves. Scanning over the class, she found the different groups, there were the quiet ones, the average people, the usual stuck up bastards and the fan girls, uh I can't believe I used to be like that, thought Sakura disgusted with what she used to be like.

The room became silent as Iruka sat down, "Right class today I have a surprise for you," the gleam in the children's eyes was blinding, "I have brought in some real ninjas to talk about their experiences in the field. I give you none other than the legendary Team 7, next of the Sannin," finishing with the team little nick name. It was then that Sakura took as a cue to appear.

The whole class gasped as Sakura suddenly appeared in front of them, then Sasuke appeared next to the pinkette. However the whole classes' eyes bulged out of their sockets when they saw Naruto appear in a column of black flames, in between Sakura and Sasuke. Reeling back from their shock the class had a multitude of different reactions. Some were amazed by the ninjas before them, some looked excited, a few didn't look bothered and the majority of the girls had hearts in their eyes at the sight of Naruto and Sasuke, while some boys wolf whistled at Sakura's appearance, to which she rolled her eyes.

"All right class settle down, and listen to what life is like in the field, team 7 if you will," shouted Iruka at his rambunctious students.

The whole of team 7 looked at each other expected another member to say something; they were saved from embarrassment by Naruto who started, "Life in the field is not what it is made out to be." Pausing to let the words sink in he looked at the students to see they were all listening intently, "It is not all about winning against the bad guys, saving the damsel and coming home to a villages worth of praise. It is a hard life, one with little reward. You will be sent to fight against hordes of innumerable enemies, in missions where you are not expected to come back, for the sake of the village. I will not lie to you some of you will die in the line of duty, for it is the life we choose to live. To protect those who cannot protect themselves. You will be asked to sacrifice your humanity for the will of the Hokage" the students in the room were shocked at how brutality honest the Jinchuriki was being.

"The people who sit beside you are the ones who you will live this life with," they look to each other, "They will be your family, you will cry together, you will kill together, you will bleed, sweat, live and die together. It will be those very people who will have your back when you most need it and through the fires of battle you will forge bonds that can never be broken," Naruto paused and looked to his own team. "To succeed through your time as shinobi and kunoichi you will need the drive to better yourself, tell me what your reasons for become a ninja." Naruto got the reasons he expected from the naive children.

"To look cool."

"To be a hero."

"To impress Saito-kun."

"To be the best."

"To be the best ninja in the village." The blond was surprised by the last response, not the goal but the way he said it, with such hope and fire in his eyes.

"Shut up Kira-no-baka, you're never going to be the best you can barely create a proper Bushin," shouted one of the fan girls, "Saito-kun is going to be the best." (Cliché I know so kill me over it) The body looked crestfallen at the girl's statement, now isn't that nostalgic, thought the blond.

"And tell me why do you believe that he can't achieve his dream," asked Naruto, eyes boring into the girl's.

"Umm…umm...well…ah," the girl stuttered, Naruto teleported in front of her a low boom echoing through the room. Leaning closer his eyes narrowed, piercing into the young teenager own orbs. Sakura smiled at what Naruto was doing, she wished someone had done that to her when she was younger.

"Because, he's an idiot and bottom of the class. How can he expect to be the best," another member of the class said arrogantly. The whole of team 7 turned the boy; he was wearing a black t-shirt and white trousers, while leaning back on his chair, the collective stare of the legendary team almost made him fall over.

Laughter ripped through the air originating from the last Uchiha. "Let me guess, you must be first up for Rookie of the year," laughed Sasuke in his dark tone, "Let me tell you, out of our team, Naruto is the strongest and that I have no doubt of. He can do things we can only dream of. But who do you think was the dobe of our squad?"

"I don't know Sakura-sama I guess," replied Saito coolly, Sakura not bothered by his comment.

"Wrong, try again," corrected Sasuke.

"You," Saito said again.

"Wrong," replied the raven haired man.

"It was me," intervened Naruto, "I was the dead last; I was the one who always screamed about how strong I was, but could never back it up. I know that he will be the strongest because he has a goal that will always drive him to be better, to fight that much harder." After giving the class a good dose of reality he decided to finish.

However Sakura had one thing to say, "I want to ask you one last question, as shinobi of Konoha what do we protect?"

"The village," someone voice.

"But what is the village but a collection of houses and earth?"

"The villagers," someone else said.

"Who are the villagers, people who won't even remember your name once you give your life for them?" The class remained quiet unsure of what the answer should be, "We should protect those who are precious to you," finished Sakura quoting Naruto.

"Now that is a goal worth fighting for. Something worth dying for," added Naruto quietly.

The bell rung for the end of the day, the class rushed out of their seats and through the door no doubt to go and tell their parents that the legendary team 7 had come to school. Following out after the children the squad of Chuunin made their way outside. Once outside the building, the pinkette turned to her mate and said, "I'll be back in a second Naruto-Kun."

"Hai," he replied. Staring at the parents he couldn't help but grind his teeth, the very people that were smiling at him used to give him looks of distain. What a bunch of two face idiots, thought the blond, if it wasn't for Kaa-san, you would all be dead in a smoking hole. Subconsciously he turned to the swing that he used to sit on when he was younger and alone.

Sakura walked over to where some of the parents where and looked for the girl who reminded her so much of herself when she was younger. Scanning the crowd she spotted the young girl talking to her mother. As she approached the two, the elder woman, probably in her mid thirties, head looked to her. "Hello," the pinkette greeted.

"Hello Sakura-sama," replied the older woman respectfully.

"Can I borrow your daughter for a moment?" Sakura asked.

"Uh Hai," replied the elder woman slightly unsure, pushing her daughter forward.

Taking the small girl off a bit so that no-one could listen into their conversation, the medic bent down so that she was level with the girl. "I just wanted to ask you a quick question, OK."

"Hai," said the girl.

"I just want to know why you don't like Kira-san," asked Sakura.

"He's just so annoying," answered the small girl, her fist clenched, "he's always messing around in class, he's always asking me out and doesn't get it that I'm not interested." Sakura only laughed at how ironic the situation was.

"Here let me tell you a little story," the girl started to listen in intently, "when I was younger I would always run after Sasuke ignoring Naruto-Kun completely, thinking him the same as Kira-san. But slowly he started to prove that he wasn't the person I thought he was, I finally realized how caring he was when I begged him to bring Sasuke back to me, even though he knew that doing so would cripple his chances of ever getting together with me. That was also the time when I realised that I loved him, but when he came back I didn't tell him and something… something bad happened and he went away for a very long time. When he came back he was almost a completely different person and it's only recently that we let go of the past and started to move on and show each other how much we love each other," finished Sakura.

"I don't really understand what you're trying to say Sakura-sama," questioned the girl.

"What I'm trying to say is that maybe you should give Kira-san a chance, he may just make you the happiest girl in the world," explained Sakura.

"I don't know," the girl said slowly.

"Look I'm not telling you to make a decision straight away, just don't leave it too late, like I almost did. The older generations can give you advice, but it's up to you if you want to use it," said Sakura in a friendly tone.

"Hai," replied the girl before running off to her mother. The pinkette turned to her blond lover and looked at him on the swing. She could feel his rage building up inside of him steadily, looking along his line of vision she for some reason she couldn't help but narrow her eyes, the sides of her lips twitched as if she wanted to snarl.

Meanwhile Naruto was sitting on the old swing, holding the rope in front of his face like he used to do when he was a child. The feel of the wood and rope were like the touch of an old friend. He watched from beneath his hood as the parents of the children acted as if they hadn't done any wrong in their lives. Many of them had come up to him and tried to thank him for his services to the village, but not a single one had apologized for the way they had treated him when he was younger, the blonds fists tightened around the rope. While he had nothing against their children, he hated them because when he closed his eyes, he could see the other side to them.

Flash back

"I'm glad he didn't pass."

"Could you imagine that thing being a ninja? A disgrace!"

"What is the Sandaime thinking?"

"Shuush he's looking over here."

Flash back end

Sasuke was leaning against the tree behind Naruto, he could see that he was angry and deduced it was because of the parents. He could relate to Naruto's situation, the whole of the village sucked up to him when they he was younger they called him a hero, they would always give him everything on a silver plate, but not once had someone come up and asked to be his friend or how he felt, the raven haired teen had never felt a connection to the villagers.

The blond could fell pieces of the Kyuubi's chakra seeping into his system. The two face-ness of the village made him tremble with anger, he felt as he was going to blow at any second. However he immediately calmed down when he felt a cooling touch on his hand, fighting the heat of his rage. "Come on Naruto-kun lets go," she said soothingly.

Closing his eyes, he let out a long sigh, "Let's go Sasuke, I don't want to be here any longer than I need to," pushing of the tree Sasuke, jumped off with his team towards the Hokage tower.

- Hokage tower

Striding down the corridor, Sakura looked at the Secretary and received a "Go in," responding to her unanswered question. Naruto knocked in the door, he opened it once he heard the usual, "Come in," from his surrogate mother.

"Report," snapped the Godaime Hokage, stress running through her voice.

"We've completed out mission, informing the graduating class of what life is like out in the field," reported Naruto.

"That's good, now dismissed," said Tsunade. Naruto and Sakura looked to each other, the Hokage was never like this not to team 7, and especially not to Naruto and Sakura, the two teens could tell that something was wrong. I'll find out, the kunoichi red from her mates eyes. Nodding in response, she tapped Sasukes shoulder and signalled him to leave. Once the two had left the busty blonde looked up for a moment and said, "Yes, Naruto," carrying on scribbling on her paper work.

"What's wrong Kaa-san?" questioned the blond, crossing his arms over his chest.

"Nothings wrong Naruto, I'm just busy," not wanting to worry the Jinchuriki with her problems.

"Don't lie to me Kaa-sam," he said sternly, walking forward, the blond leaned on the desk, looking into her eyes hard.

Signing in defeat, she revealed the root of her stress "I've got a message from one of the loan sharks that I borrowed money off of after Dan died. He sends me messages every month telling me to pay ridiculous sums of money, or else he would release a set of pictures that would be very poor for my image, and which will not reflect on Konoha well."

"Where is he," asked Naruto, his cerulean eyes, quickly turning steel blue. (Kill mode activates).

"Why?" asked Tsunade.

"Where does he live and what is his name," the blond asked again, not answering his mothers' question.

"His name is Tobio, he lives a few miles south east of Konoha, probably two hours travel," answered the Hokage in defeat.

"Don't worry Kaa-san, by the end of the day you'll never have to worry about him ever again," said Naruto, a malicious look on his face. Tsunade was too tired and stressed to even ask what he was going to do and before she even knew it, the blond had left the room, his cloak swirling around him.

Sakura was leaning against an open window outside the Hokage's office; she had sent Sasuke on his way as she wanted to speak to Naruto about what was wrong with Tsunade. She turned too looked when she heard the door shut. "So," she asked.

"It's nothing I've sorted it out," Naruto replied, Sakura narrowed her eyes slightly to see if he was telling the truth, she knew he had a habit of taking on other peoples burdens and if he had she wanted to help him.

However as she saw no deceit in his eyes, she left the subject. "Well considering that's sorted, could we head to the training field, I don't really think I've got the hang of demon chakra completely," the medic asked, not wanting to be left trailing behind her team mates.

"Actually, Sakura-Chan, kaa-san has given me an errand to run, it's probably going to take a couple of hours," replied Naruto apologetically.

"Oh," the pinkette said sadly, on the thought of missing out on spending time with Naruto, even if they were training.

Seeing the sudden change in his mate's mood the blond wrapped his arms around her, "Hey don't be sad, I'll be back in time to tuck you in bed," the Jinchuriki joked slight.

The pinkette looked up with a horribly cute expression on her face and asked, "Promise?"

The blond smiled and repeated, "Promise."

The blond was glad that Sakura understood, most other girls would want to stay with their boyfriends for a lot longer on the day that they were officially and item. The pinkette knew that he had other commitments as well and she didn't want to be clingy, plus she had been waiting for Naruto for three years a few hours couldn't hurt. Pushing away from him, the medic said, "Go on you better get going if you want to be back quick," reminded the green eyed teen.

"Hai," he replied.

"Have a nice time," she said as she jumped out of a window.

"Don't worry I will," thinking of the many ways in which he could kill the man who was giving his kaa-san so much grief.

Stepping along the corridor, the blond was deep in thought about how he was going to find this Tobio, until he knocked into someone. He was going to shout at the person who had bumped into him, to tell them to watch where they were going, until he saw who it was. It was his raven haired surrogate sister, it was at this time that he noticed a number of files currently in the air, reaching out he caught all of them before any lose papers could fall out. Securing them under his arm he extended his hand towards Shizune. Pulling her up the blond said, "Sorry about that nee-Chan."

"It's OK Naruto-kun, I should have watched where I was going," apologized the Hokages assistant.

"Where are you going with all these files," Naruto asked inquisitively, handing back the files.

"They're reports for Tsunade-sama, well I better be on my way," Shizune said, happily, Naruto gave a nod and let her be on her way.

Until something struck him, yes, that will do.

"Hey Nee-Chan," Naruto called out, "could I borrow a senbon?"

Turning round to him, she asked, "Sure, but why?"

"I want to see if I can apply the shadow shuriken technique to a senbon," he lied.

"Oh," as she fished out a senbon and threw it to him. Picking it out of the air, he placed it in his hidden kunai mechanism.

"Arigatou," he said, before disappearing in a column of black flames.

- Konoha streets, south gate

A fully armed Naruto walked down the street towards the south gate. As he came upon the large doors, he peered into the guard post. The two non-descript ninjas inside looked at curiously, one started to stand up. However he lifted up his hood slowly and flashed his black head band. The shinobi guard stood down and gave him a small nod. The head band which branded him as the strongest ninja in the village gave him certain privileges as well as a lot of respect, so much so that he basically had Sannin rights.

Once the Jinchuriki had passed the gates, he turned to the south west.

- Time skip: 1 hour, medium settlement a few miles outside Konoha

The Jinchuriki had been running for roughly an hour, he assumed it would have taken a normal shinobi roughly two hours to reach the place, but he wasn't normal. Judging by the sun it was roughly half seven. He was in two ideas of how to kill this Tobio, he wanted to make him suffer for making his Kaa-san stressed, but he wanted to get back to his Sakura-Chan as well. Guess I'll burn that bridge when I come to it, he thought.

He looked at the settlement; he knew that the lone shark was here, as he had sent out demon foxes out to scout for any other places, the closest one was another seventeen miles away. Walking through shoddily built gate he thought of how little protection it gave, in conjunction to the wooden palisade walls. The guards that were supposed to be watching didn't even stop him; they didn't even spare him a glance.

Taking advantage of their tardiness he walked into the centre of the town. Blending into the crowds that roamed the street, the blond started to make his way to the shadiest parts of the town, he started to push past people as they bustled through the streets. Noticing the sign to a bar, that led down to a door. Staring down the set of stair he though, if someone doesn't know where the Tobio guy is in there, then nobody will. Moving down the dirty steps, he opened the door and walked into the bar silently.

The noise in the room was seriously elevated in comparison to the outside, large burly men sat hunched over drinks, talking away. Sitting on a stool in front of the bar, a average looking woman, wearing a dressed that was probably three sizes too small, forcing her breast up and made her look like a whore, instead of appealing, sat next to him. The perfume on her was so strong, that it made the blond want to vomit, it smelled revolting. The air vibrated signalling the red head woman turning to him, as he heard her lips part, Naruto shot her down by saying, "Not interested." The woman was shocked that she was turned down so quickly, but it didn't deter her.

"Come on you didn't even hear what I had to say," she said sounding seductive, but to his ears it sounded like nails on a chalk board, nothing in comparison to his mate.

"I'm a one woman kind of guy," he replied, trying to send her a message.

But she was apparently deaf or too dumb to know when someone wasn't interested, "She doesn't have to know, it can be our little secret," she said, breathing into his ear.

Closing his eyes he tried to calm himself, he knew that if he killed her that he probably wouldn't get any info out of anyone.

- Konoha, training ground 7

Sakura was currently trying to get a better hold over her demon chakra, as whenever she started using it she felt incredibly angry and was unable to control herself from smashing something. It was slightly strange because when Naruto was with her she felt incredibly lustful towards him; she assumed that it was the Kyuubi's chakra enhancing her feelings and primal desires towards him.

The pinkette tried to calm herself even more, until she felt something in the back of her mind. She felt Naruto. He seems Annoyed? Angry? At what? A revolting smell appeared in front of her nose, a woman, she seethed. Her fist clenched so much that her knuckle turned white, she could feel her eyes changing and Kyuubi's chakra pumping through her system. The thought of another woman trying to seduce her Naruto enraged her; the mark only furthered her instincts towards the blond.

Screaming out in anger she pounded the ground, pushing all the demon chakra in her body to her fist. The resulting shockwave was massive to say the least; small piece of dirt fell back to the earth. The repair teams were going to have a hell of a time getting the training field back up to scratch after what she had just done. She still didn't feel any better though as there was something in the back of her mind nagging her about the woman that she felt was beside him. However it soon disappeared and a smile made its way across her face, as she felt Naruto turn her down permanently; she thought it was a shame that he didn't kill her.

- Medium sized settlement, shady bar,

As the woman hadn't gotten the message Naruto thought it would be best that he added some emphasise, turning towards her menacingly he said harshly, "Not interested, get it?" his eyes flashing red hammering home the point. The woman's eyes widened in fear and soon scurried away from the blond demon.

A scruffy looking bartender came up to the Jinchuriki and said gruffly, "Wad ya want kid?"

"A bottle of sake," Naruto replied in monotone.

"You old enough to be drinking that kid," he asked.

"Do you really care," he shot back monotonously. The bartender let out a growl before pushing a bottle of sake in front of him. Grabbing the bottle by the neck the blond drank half its contents in one go. The bartender stood there as if he was waiting for something to happen to Naruto, he let out a huff as Naruto stared at him and walked off.

Out of the corner of his eye the blond noticed a slightly drunk man, stubble on his chin, leaning over a bottle of alcohol looking hopeless. Guess he was a good a place as any Naruto asked, "Hey do you know where a guy named Tobio can be found?"

The man looked up groggily at him and said, "The loan shark?" his voice reminding him of a pirate.

"Yeah," answered the steely eyed teen.

"Yeah I know where he is," responded the man unhelpfully.

"Can you tell me where he is," inquired Naruto, getting annoyed at the man.

"What's in it for me?" slurred the man. The blond started to wonder if it would just be easier to kill everyone in the settlement, but he soon realised that it would mean a lot of paper work for his kaa-san and he would be back late, cause he'd probably get carried away in his fun.

"Another bottle of sake," added Naruto, assuming it was probably the only thing the person wanted at the time. The despotic man nodded his head, signalling for the bartender Naruto ordered, "Another one." Reaching under the table the bartender pulled out another bottle and slid it over to the man. However just before it reached him he grabbed it and said coldly, "Where?"

"Straight out of the bar, take the third right, it's the second house on the left. You can't miss it two bouncers are outside," the man said quickly trying to get his alcohol. Pushing it towards him,

Naruto finished of his bottle and stood up to leave but was stopped by a, "Hey,"

Turning around, the bartender said, "You going to pay for those." The bartender's eyes narrowed at Naruto.

Walking forward the blond said, "Your payments on the table," answered Naruto.

Looking closer to find the money on the table in the dark environment, he asked, "Where?"

"Here," the shinobi replied dangerously before slamming his face down onto some glasses that were littered in the table.

The bartender screamed out in pain, clutching his face, shouting out, "My eye, my eye!" Naruto guessed that he had a couple of shards of glass in his eye. Suddenly the whole room went quiet, every set of eyes fixated on Naruto.

Staring back at them just as intensely, he said coldly, "Anyone wants to see what really happens to heroes?" One large man stood up next to Naruto, cracking his knuckle, there always has to be a hero, good, thought the blond. Before the large man could do anything Naruto took a kunai from his belt, spun it round on, his finger by the ring on the end and stabbed in through the underside of his jaw into his brain. Then swiftly pulling it out spinning it one more and sheathing it in his belt, all competed in one fluid motion, without a drop of blood on the blade.

The room was completely shocked, they had blinked and a man had ended up dead. The man who Naruto had gotten information out of sobered up instantly. "Anyone else," asked Naruto sadistically, the crowd parted, creating a path to the door. Walking slowly through the channel, the Jinchuriki stopped at the door.

Well at least you're not getting soft, voiced the Kyuubi, the blond smiled and walked out.

- Outside of the bar, settlement streets

Taking the directions that the man had told him, the demon container noticed that he was moving into a slightly better part of the city. As he came upon a medium sized house, he spotted the two bouncers in front of the door, one was dark skinned the other pale, he assumed it was the place. Walking to the door, as he tried to open it, two hands were placed on his shoulder, "Do you have business with Tobio-san," asked the bouncer, his voice slightly gravelly.

"It's about Tsunade-samas' payment," responded Naruto. Nodding his head one of the bouncers opened the door and led him in, not even bothering to relieve him of his weapons, not that he'd be able to.

Passing through two rooms decorated with expensive furniture, the blond entered the third room. It had five men in it, four bodyguards and one person sitting down at the end of a long table. Once Naruto was in the room, the bouncer left. Sitting down on the table, the blond crossed his legs over, placing his ankle on his knee. "I'm here to discuss Tsunade-samas' account on her behalf," started Naruto, not giving the man a chance to talk.

"Ah yes," the man sounded educated, "now if Tsunade-hime pays the agreed sum, those pictures won't be released, saving her from anything unpleasant," the man finished clasping his hands together.

"Could I see these pictures, just to make sure," asked Naruto calmly.

"Certainly," replied Tobio arrogantly, signalling one man to get the pictures Naruto noticed he was heading for a mahogany cabinet.

Creating a black fireball in his hand and carelessly flung it at the expensive piece of furniture, setting it alight. "Now that's out of the way," said Naruto, in a tone that commanded respect, "I'll give you two options. Option one I kill you quickly and painlessly, no one has to die, well other than you. Option two I kill everyone in the room very painfully, saving you for last." His voice was covered in ice as he glanced at the room's occupants.

Tobios face went red with rage and shouted, "Guards! Attack!"

"Not even worthy for my sword," muttered Naruto, quickly standing up he kicked his chair into the man to his right, it shattered on impact knocking the man down. Back flipping over the man on his left, Naruto pulled out two thin, black kunai and slammed them down into the soft flesh between the collar bone and shoulder blades. Pushing down on the blades, sending them into the bodyguard's lungs, the Jinchuriki vaulted over the dead man as he collapsed onto the floor gasping.

Running over to the man who he kicked the chair into the blond saw that he was just getting up, splinters covering his body. Throwing a sluggish punch Naruto caught the blow in an open palm, manoeuvring under the bodyguards arm, he twisted it behind the persons back. Palm striking the persons arm joint, dislocating it. Spinning back under the beefy mans arm once more he twisted it once more before ripping the arm clean from the man's body, blood gushing from the wound. Spinning around anticlockwise, the Jinchuriki smashed the man's skull with his own dismembered arm. The bodyguard flipped onto the floor dead, as Naruto dropped his arm.

The two other bodyguards were shocked at what just happened, however before Naruto was able to play on their mistake, the door behind him was slid open revealing the two bouncers from outside. As the dark skinned one made for the blond, Naruto met him half way. The bouncer through a poor punch, the blond took advantage of the bouncers' poor fighting capabilities. Ducking beneath the punch the demon, grabbed the bouncers throat. Extending his claws into his throat, Naruto pulled back violently, ripping his throat out. The bouncer reached for his neck only for blood to flow between his fingers and drench his clothes.

Rushing through a set of hand seals Naruto shouted, "Demon Style: Grand Maelstrom," what looked like a ball of compressed air formed in the blonds right palm. Aiming at the pale bouncer, his arm shot back as the attack fired forward and fragmentized. The pale bouncer was suspended in the air for a moment, looking as if he had been pushed back. The skin on his body shredded off of him and lay still a few centimetres above the muscle. Suddenly the person shot back every fleshy part of his body was liquidized, the bloody remains and splinttered bones splattered against the wall behind him.

Quickly turning around on his heel, he saw the final two bodyguards were charging him, one wielding a zanbatou. Deciding to go after the one branding a weapon, the blond jumped over the table. As the man swung the sword at him, Naruto grabbed hold of the man's hand, stopping his swing.

Using his free hand he hit the swordsman's' elbow joint then nose, before kicking the man in the side, while ripping the zanbotou from his grasp. Spinning round he sliced downwards, cutting through his shoulder down to his stomach and getting the large sword stuck in the overly muscled man, he pushed the sword sending the dead body guard back.

The final man hand ran around the table, throwing a fairly good punch the blond, blocked, but he then had to block again as the final bodyguard had thrown another punch. Currently locked in a statement, the blond followed his code of no honour in warfare, and delivered a swift kick to the man's groin. Falling onto his knees he gripped his jewel in agony. Naruto then did a round house kick, his heel impacted with the bodyguards' cheek with enough power to break his neck, signalled by a loud snap. Shifting wait onto his over foot the blond pivoted and slammed his foot into the dead man's chest, sending him through three walls, into the street.

Slowly facing towards Tobio, who was currently rooted to his chair in fear, Naruto allowed an evil smile to spread across his face. Extending a claw on his finger nail, he placed it down onto the table and dragged it up as he walked. A small line was carved into the wood, as shavings curled out of the shallow trench.

As Naruto approached, the loan shark, either in a moment of foolish bravery or complete stupidity, attacked the blond. Shooting up he tried to smash the Jinchuriki in the face. However the attack seemed to be in slow motion for Naruto, who side stepping the attack, a senbon shot out of the blonds' sleeve where he caught it. Twisting it round, he stabbed it into the base of Tobios' neck. Letting go of the needle, he left it in place.

Feeling a small pin prick Tobio tried to move unsuccessfully. Trying once more only to fail again he shouted, "What have you done to me!" Naruto moved round so that he was able to see the loan shark face to face. "A forbidden technique," answered the blue eyed teen, eerily calmly, "called the Demon Kiss. It paralyzes your body from the neck down, while sending all the blood to your head. The pressure builds up in you skull causing you to bleed from your ears, nose, mouth even your eyes until it kills you. Very painful." Fear stuck in the man's eyes, knowing that his end was coming.

"Please don't kill me. I have a wife and a daughter. They won't survive without me, look there's a picture over there," finished the man pointing with his eyes. However blood had started to drip out of his orifices'. Walking over to another cabinet with a multitude of decorations he picked up a photo.

In the picture a young raven haired girl stood being hugged by an older woman who had some resemblance to her. The girl took her hair from Tobio defiantly, but her eyes belonged to her mother, a deep brown. But he felt nothing for them. Sitting down once more at the end of the table, he slid the picture so that it stopped in front of Tobio, "Not my problem," Naruto said coldly. By now blood was running out of his orifices' furiously. The coagulated substance was coughed out of his mouth onto the table, letting out a small gurgle, Tobio fell forward hitting his head on the table as he went down.

Standing up the blond decided to leave the house, his job was done, and it was now time to return home. Who ever had to come here tomorrow would be welcomed by a large mess. The Jinchuriki had one last look at the house, no one who made his precious people unhappy would live, all their lives were forfeit.

Closing the door behind him, the blond made his way to the village exit, as if he hadn't just killed seven men. He mulled over the thoughts as he walked towards the settlements exit. Killing hadn't ever bothered him since the day he ran away, the Kyuubi had been right in that respect, it was second nature to him, just like breathing. The seven people were just more empty faces to add to the cemetery long list.

Once he had passed the settlement gates and was far enough into the forest, he formed a sting of hand seals. "Demon Art: Hellfire Teleportation Jutsu," the black flames swirled around and engulfed him, transporting him home.

- Sakura's house

She was floating in the air above a vast expanse of shinning blue water; a few clouds dotted the clear sky. Opening her eyes, she looked at Naruto completely peaceful beneath the surface of the waves; he looked as if he was asleep. Out of nowhere the scenery started to take a darker turn. The sky became an angry grey, while a huge whirlpool started to form around the blond, except for the small area he was in, which was deathly still. The water around him started to turn black. Sakura's loves eyes shot open, revealing their evil red counter parts, the stark contrast between the two colours made the Jinchurikis' eyes become even more vibrant. As the whirlpool grew in size, Naruto started to descend into the dark depths. Shooting her hand out she grasped at the blond, trying to pull him out, it was all in vain. Instead the blond pulled her in to the dark water. Sakura found it strange that she was able to breathe under the wave, but didn't take much heed of it as she was pulled into a hug by Konoha's demon. Not caring anymore she returned the hug and sank into the depths with him.

The pinkette's eyes shot open after her weird dream, she had fallen asleep as her solo training session had taken a lot out of her, learning to control her demon chakra had taken everything out of her. She was suddenly aware that someone was in her room, by the click of her window, however her mind was put to rest when she felt the presence of her mate.

Turning over to face him, she felt a smile spread across her face, which he was able to pick up in the dark. Naruto silently walked over to her bed and knelt down, "Hey," he whispered.

"Hey yourself," she whispered back, still slightly groggy, leaning forward he place a soft kiss on her lips.

"I promised I'd be back to tuck you in," he said lovingly.

"Go on then," she said urging him to so.

Smiling to himself, the blond started to tuck the entire blanket around her tired body, before bringing it up to her neck finally, "Good night Sakura-Chan," he whispered.

As he started to walk away, Sakura's hand shot out and grabbed his arm, using her super strength she pulled him in and whispered, "No don't leave. Stay."

"Sakura-Chan, you know I can't do that, your parents could find us in the morning," explained Naruto.

"I can't sleep without you," she pleaded, "Stay," ending with a cute pout. Letting out a sign he gave in to his mate's needs.

"Fine," he whispered. Dropping his weapons onto the floor followed by his cloak, then tank top, he sat on the edge of her bed and removed his shinobi sandals. Finally removing his black pants, he climbed into bed next to his vixen in only his boxers.

Under the blankets he could feel that she was only wearing a vest and some panties, from feeling her bare leg hook over his. As she snuggled in closer Sakura placed her head on his chest and wrapped her arms around him. She felt herself being pulled in closer by Naruto's strong arms. Taking in a deep breath, the aroma of a forest entered her nose, the smell of Naruto. But she could smell something underneath as well, hints of something. Blood. As strange as it sounded it only added to the uniqueness. That she was in bed with something that was so dangerous yet so loving was so amazing to her. The pinkette soon fell asleep to the fast, soft rhythmic beating of Naruto's heart beat. A heart beat that sounded like the rain.

The blond could feel Sakura fall asleep, he craned his neck over and placed a small kiss on her hair, strawberries smothered his senses. Leaning back onto her pillow, as she was using his chest as one, he smiled at a thought before he himself entered a peaceful slumber; she really does make me happy.

Right a few notes.

I really have to thank you for all the ideas I will use most of them. I already have a plan for Madara, so that's good. Now some people are asking for me to lighten Naruto up and some are asking me to make him even darker.

Let's start with lightening him up; this is a dark Naruto Fic so he's kind of meant to be evil. For the people who want me to make him darker, it was only in the last chapter that I made him kill three kids. I mean that's dark as it is. The only way that I see that can make him darker is either killing a baby or killing a pregnant woman. Now I will go the distance but I think the story will become pretty fucked up then, along with myself.

I mean my Psychology teacher already thinks I'm suffering from large amounts of suppressed rage as well as Schizophrenia and if she ever finds this, then I'll probably be put up for theory.

What I propose to do is find a mid point. Naruto will act more open and friendly with his friends (this does not count the villagers) but when it comes to his enemies same old evil Naruto, happy.

Notes on the ideas, Naruto will not become a father in the fic, because I personally don't think he really has the stability yet to be a father and if he did then it would mean I would have to soften up his character, a mass murder doesn't make a good father figure.

Naruto will not destroy Konoha in the fic, but as a kind of make up for that he will destroy another village. However if enough people ask for it I'll make an alternate ending where Naruto does destroy Konoha.

Also no world domination, I'd like to keep the fic realistic and it just wouldn't go. Naruto wouldn't want to; all that he's concerned with is his vengeance and the happiness of his precious people.

Final note sorry if you thought Naruto forgave Team 7 too quickly, but I really want to make them start acting like a family. And I think they've done enough to earn his forgiveness. When I also said that Team 7 will be dark this chapter is also Tsunades decent into darkness, she'll become almost like a mafia boss, see if you can spot where her decent starts in the chapter.

Well that's all so,

Read and Review I enjoy reading them all.