Chapter 9

Hehehe, I think this is one of my more… Favourite chapters. I do hope you enjoy it.

It was almost eleven o'clock when Naruto and Sakura got home from their exciting day. Sakura walked into the kitchen and put the left-over food from the restaurant in the fridge and Naruto was taking off his shoes and walking over to her.

"That sure was a long day, huh?" He said wrapping an arm around her neck and kissing her forehead, which made Sakura smile and blush a light shade of pink.

"Yeah, and now I'm super tired." She replied with a small yawn and looking up at Naruto beaming face. She knew he had a great time on their date. Her favourite part was the ferris wheel, because you could see the sunset and Naruto held her in his arms. She felt all warm inside when they kissed at the top. It was the best date she's ever been on.

"Well, I guess we should go to bed then." Naruto said and Sakura snapped back to reality.

"Yeah, let's go." Was all she said and they both walked to Naruto's room.

Naruto's room is normally a complete disaster, but since he knew Sakura was staying over he cleaned it up. He knew how much Sakura hated dirty stuff. So, now you could see his tan carpeted floor and his blue walls with all of his favourite band posters everywhere. Naruto's queen sized bed had sheets and a white comforter with a little stuffed fox on top.

Sakura walked over to the bed and flopped on top and laid there. Naruto grinned and walked over to his closet. He grabbed some PJs and put them on before Sakura looked up.

"I don't want to go put my pajamas on, I'm too tired." She said and sat up. She looked down and stared at her dress.

"I could just sleep in this… It's not a big deal… Okay, I'm sleeping in this." She thought and crawled under the blankets. Naruto laughed, Sakura ignored him. He got into bed with her and shut the lights off. It wasn't even five minutes before they both were asleep.

I can see myself running… I'm stuck in a big hallway, windows taller than pillars, the sky dark as midnight black. I can hear screaming, crashing, it's all echoing inside my head.

I see a double door. Beautifully hand crafted… My hand, it's small… Like a child's hand, reaching out to open it.

It opens… Two great big red eyes stare back at me.

I scream.

I'm falling, it's pitch black.

"Help me! Anyone, help me!" I scream. I feel something grabbing me, shaking me.

"Sakura-chan! Hey! Sakura-chan!"

"Sakura-chan! Wake up, you're having a nightmare!" Naruto yelled trying to wake up Sakura who was struggling to move, arms flaring.

"Huh? What… Naruto?" Sakura finally more awake replied, stopped struggling and looked up at him.

"What… What happened?" Naruto said pulling Sakura into a tight embrace. "Are you okay? You were yelling 'Help me' in your sleep, and I was worried."

Sakura turned, rather quickly, and looked at Naruto. "I did what?" She spat out with widen eyes.

"Y-you were yelling 'Help me…' I woke you, because I was worried, Sakura-chan, are you okay?" Naruto was very concerned at this point. Sakura wasn't acting normally; she has never had a nightmare before. Sakura got out of bed and walked to the door.

"Saku-" Naruto started but was cut off.

"I'm fine, don't worry, I just need to get some air. I'll be back later." Sakura said and shut the door behind her.

'What's gotten into me…? I haven't had that dream in a very long time… Something's definity not right, I have to figure out what.' Sakura thought, walking down the hallway to the kitchen. She stopped in front of the sink and looked out the window.

'What the hell is that?' She thought when she spotted something sitting on the roof of a house a few houses down. Sakura walked back to the guest room and put more appropriate clothes on and walked outside. The figure she saw earlier had moved, and it was now a couple more houses away.

Sakura wasn't sure what it was, so she brought her favourite knife with her. She stayed to the shadows, but still watched the figure on the roof very closely.

'It could be a demon... But, normally demons move in packs, so how could it possibly…' Sakura was now almost right under the thing she was stalking and looked up.

The figure was looking over at Naruto's house and watching it. She could see what it looked like now. The figure was a woman, no… A girl, possibly Sakura and Naruto's age, with black pigtails and she was wearing black pants with a long-sleeved black shirt. She was holding a camera and a cell phone. She seemed to be talking into it.

"I haven't seen anything out of the ordinary… I don't understand why you want us to do your dirty work… No, we switched shifts. I'm watching her now."

'Who's 'her?'" Sakura thought watching the girl's every move. 'And, what's a girl like her doing on a roof isn't that a bit dangerous.'

"Why is this girl so damned important?... Ah, I'm sorry, lord, it won't happen again. I just can't see why you'd want such a brat like her… Yes, I'm sorry, I understand perfectly… When do you want us to take her?... WHAT? What do you mean you don't want us to take her yet? Wouldn't they come to you then?... You don't want them to come to you, I thought that's what you wanted?... Oh, I see… Alright, we'll wait a couple more days, and then we'll take her. Oh, yes…I very much understand, my lord." The girl finished speaking and hung up the phone.

Sakura couldn't believe what she was hearing. 'Was someone planning a kidnapping? What do I do? I don't know who they want to kidnap, so I can't warn anyone… this is really bad.' Sakura thought making her way back to Naruto's house. 'Well, they were looking over by Naruto's house… Is one of his neighbors in trouble? Debt, maybe? I'll ask Naruto in the morning… And, who's this 'lord' she was talking about? Do we have anyone who goes by lord around here?'

Sakura made it to Naruto's house without making any noise. She was still confused and frustrated and forgot about leaving Naruto being worried about her.

"Sakura-chan! Are you okay now? Do you feel better?" Naruto asked still worried from her earlier outburst.

"Yes, I'm fine. Let's just get some sleep. I have some things I want to ask you about in the morning…" She replied, getting back into bed and looking her eyes to make it look like she was asleep. Naruto just sighed and went back to sleep.

''Oh, yes... I very much understand, my lord…'' She couldn't forget the way that girl said those words… It sounded like she was going to kill something… Or worse, someone.