"Date night part two." Sakura said as soon as Naruto opened the door. Naruto stood aside to let her in and closed the door behind her.
"Don't rub it in." Naruto said. They made their way upstairs to Naruto's room.
"What did you tell your parents you were doing tonight?" Sakura asked as she took a seat on Naruto's bed.
"I told them that I was going to hang out with my friends and I was going to be back late. Didn't specify who I was going to be with or how late I was going to be home."
"Wow since when were you such a bad boy?"
Naruto chuckled. "They won't get off work until like twelve anyway. Can you help me pick out something to wear?" Naruto asked aimlessly digging through his closet.
"Well that depends. What kind of look are you going for?" Sakura asked still sitting on his bed. "Do you want a casual look, an, I'm on a date with a hot guy look, a seductive look, or an I'm not wearing any underwear look?" She said jokingly.
"Uh, okay I really hope you were just kidding with the last one and I think I'll just go with the casual look." Naruto said. "I don't want to give him any more ideas that I like him. And I definitely don't want to give him an excuse to kiss me again."
"Oh really, I thought you said you liked it the first time." Naruto shot her a look. "Okay casual it is." Sakura said realizing she went too far. She got up off the bed and started rummaging through Naruto's closet. It wasn't long until she just settled on handing him a plain orange polo and plain blue jeans.
"Really, I could have done that." Naruto said taking the clothes from her.
"Right." Sakura said sarcastically. She sat back down on his bed. "Now hurry up and get dressed, isn't Juugo supposed to be picking you up soon?"
"Yeah, but I can't change while you're in here."
"Why not, we both know you're gay and that I like Lee. And how long have we been friends and we can't change in front of each other?"
Naruto blushed. "I can barely change in the school's locker room for gym and that's even before I started having to change with Kiba."
"Sakura sighed getting up off the bed. "Fine." She said leaving the room. She walked down stairs and made herself comfortable on Naruto's living room couch.
Almost two minutes had passed with Sakura still sitting board out of her mind on Naruto's couch. I though people said girls take forever to get ready. Sakura thought to herself. The doorbell rang bringing her out of her thoughts and Naruto finally come out of his room.
"Who could that be?" Naruto asked mostly to himself as he came down the stairs. He stopped at the door and looked through the peep hole.
"Who is it?" Sakura asked from the couch.
"It's Juugo." Naruto said looking back to her. With that said Sakura was up from the couch and by his side at the door in an instant. She went behind the door in order to hear their conversation without Juugo seeing her.
"You're early." Naruto said with a smile as he opened the door. "I thought you said you'd pick me up at seven."
"Uh, yeah," Juugo said scratching the back of his head. "Well the thing is something came up so I can't really take you out on the date tonight." He sounded apologetic. "I just thought I should let you know in person especially since your house was on the way I was going."
Naruto actually felt slightly disappointed from him canceling the date. Not that he cared about it or anything or at least he was telling himself that he didn't. "Oh that's no problem." Naruto tried to sound like he really didn't care about him canceling on him, but was failing miserably.
"Yeah, I'm sorry about that. Maybe we can go some other time."
"Sure that sounds fun."
Juugo smiled. "Great, oh and before I go I brought you something." He said digging in his pocket. Naruto watched him attentively to see what he had brought him. Juugo ended up pulling out a brown and beige beaded bracelet. "I stopped on the way here to buy you something. I was hoping it would make up for canceling the date and this is what I ended up getting. I hope you like it." Juugo said holding up the bracelet.
"You didn't have to." Naruto said taking the bracelet from him.
Juugo smiled. "I know, but I wanted to. I just felt bad for canceling at the last minute." Naruto looked up at him feeling grateful for the gift. "Hey look I have to go now, see you later?"
"Yeah, sure." With that Juugo turned and made his way back to his car. Naruto closed the door behind him and marveled the bracelet.
"Aww that was nice of him to give you that." Sakura said coming from behind the door. They sat down on the couch and Naruto put the bracelet on. "Well since Juugo canceled the date and I'm pretty sure you don't have any back up plans, how about me and you hang out?" Sakura suggested.
"I guess so. I do have like six hours to kill before my parents get home." Naruto said. "What did you have in mind?"
"Wow you don't sound too happy about that, but anyway," Sakura said turning her whole body towards him. "I was going to go shopping at the mall so I guess if you want you can be my shopping buddy."
"I was thinking you were going to say something like throw a party." Naruto said getting up from the couch and walking up the stairs to his room.
"Well a party works to." Sakura said following him.
"How about not?" Naruto sat on his bed and Sakura sat right next to him.
"Okay then how about the shopping idea?"
"Yeah I don't feel much like holding your stuff as you go to like every single store." Just then Naruto's doorbell rang again. "Now who is it?" Naruto said as he and Sakura got up from the bed and made their way downstairs once again. At the door Naruto looked through the peep hole to see who it was. "It's Edward." Naruto said to Sakura.
Sakura got behind the door just like she did when Juugo came.
Naruto reluctantly opened the door and was face to face with Edward. His eyes shifted up from the ground to look at Naruto but quickly fell again. His right hand rose up to rub his left arm in nervousness. "Uh, hi." He said his voice sounding shaky.
"What do you want?" Naruto asked sternly. He was still nowhere near close to forgiving him.
Edward was taken aback by Naruto's attitude. He stopped rubbing his arm and placed his hands deep in his pants pocket. "Uh I was thinking about what you said the other day, you know about how I didn't treat you how I should have when we were, uh, together. And I realized that you were right, I didn't treat you how I should have and I came here to apologize." Right now he was looking Naruto right in the eyes.
Unfortunately for him Naruto kept a straight face. "For some reason I get the feeling that you didn't just come here to apologize for being a bad boyfriend." Edward seemed to wince at the word 'boyfriend' which didn't go unnoticed by Naruto. He still can't even admit that we dated each other.
"I was hoping…." Edward started off. "I was hoping that maybe you can give me a second chance." His eyes looked pleadingly at Naruto.
"Answer this one question for me." Naruto said. "Are you okay with actually being seen with me in front of your friends, we don't even have to be acting like we're together just as friends?"
Edward looked down. "No I'm not, but I can change if you just give me time. This is all confusing; I have no idea what I'm doing."
Naruto couldn't help but feel slightly bad for him, but he knew Edward and he knew that he was never going to change. "I'm sorry Edward, but no." He looked utterly disappointed and let down.
Then all of a sudden Edward snapped. "This is because of Kiba isn't it?" He said narrowing his eyes. Naruto was surprised by this. "I told you, you better hope that I don't find out who he is."
"Edward stop you're overreacting. The reason why I don't want to go out with you is because of you!" Edward clenched his hands into fists and Naruto thought that he was going to hit him. Instead he turned and angrily walked off back to his car. The screech of his tires being the last thing Naruto heard.
Naruto slammed the door shut and immediately went up to his room. Sakura followed right behind him. "Naruto are you okay?" Sakura asked walking in his room.
"Why can't he just get it through that thick skull of his that I want nothing to do with him?" Naruto complained.
"Well maybe you should take It easy on him. I mean he, he did say that he was confused and everything." Sakura said, surprisingly in Edward's defense.
"I know, but why does he always have to bother me with that?"
"Well maybe because you're the only person he knows that's gay and he feels like he can talk to."
"Yeah, but I thought he had other friends." Naruto said. He sighed and lay back on his bed. "I'm not really in the mood to go shopping right now. I think I'd rather be alone."
"If you say so, but remember you can always call me if you need to talk."
"Thanks." Naruto said. Sakura left his room and he could hear the downstairs door close as she left. He turned so that he was facing his orange painted wall and the next thing he knew he fell asleep
(Naruto's Dream)
It was night and Naruto was walking the streets of his neighborhood. The street lights flickered as he walked past them. A cold gust of wind made him shiver and rub his hands together for warmth. He continued on walking down the empty streets the only sounds were that being the ones of his own footsteps and breathing. To Naruto this could be the perfect start to a horror movie.
Up ahead he saw someone leaning on one of the street lights. As Naruto approached them they turned to look at him. He had dark red eyes, the same ones he saw from the person standing outside the biology room window the day it was raining. The street light shone on him enough for Naruto to tell that they had pale skin and spiky dark raven colored hair.
Naruto locked eyes with him until he passed him. Out of the corner of his eye he could see them get off the street light. Naruto looked back and see that they were following him. He turned back around and started walking faster. Behind him he could hear the other person's footsteps speed up as well.
Naruto looked back again, but didn't see anyone. The sound of the other person's footsteps had faded. He slowed to a stop feeling confused on what just happened. He could have sworn that the guy was following him. Naruto came out of his awe and turned around. When he did he was shocked when he was face to face with the person who was following him. They pushed Naruto up against one of the houses disabling him from moving.
"Let me go!" Naruto shouted struggling against him. Naruto tried to push him off, but he wouldn't budge.
The guy gripped Naruto's wrists and pined them on either side of Naruto's head against the house. Naruto finally looked up at him to see that he had a huge grin plastered on his face.
"You are quite the fighter." He said in a deep raspy voice.
"Get the fuck off me!" Naruto demanded still struggling against his grip.
"I can see what the attraction he has to you. He always had a thing for the innocent ones." He said cupping Naruto's cheek in one of his hands. Naruto blushed at the comment and shook his hand off his face.
"What do you want and who the hell is 'he'?" Naruto asked demandingly still blushing slightly.
He smirked. "Let's just say that I'm your guardian angel."
Naruto scuffed at the statement. "If you're my guardian angel then where are your wings?"
His smirk grew even wider. Just then two wings shot out of his back at the blink of an eye. They were black as coal and extended out on either side of him. They completely ripped through the back of his shirt when they appeared.
Naruto's eyes widened in shock. His wings were huge and he figured that they could easily engulf him. Fear struck through him just by looking at them and he found it nearly impossible to look away from them. Naruto certainly hadn't expected this when he said that he was his guardian angel.
"Or more like guardian demon, whichever one you prefer." The guy said. His smirk grew even more as he noticed how mesmerized Naruto was by his wings.
"I'm definitely dreaming right now." Naruto murmured under his breath.
"That is correct." He assured him. "But that doesn't mean that this isn't real. This is the only way that I could get to you alone."
"Well you've got me alone, now what do you want?" Naruto tried his best not to show that he was scared, but it didn't take a genius to know that he was obviously failing at it. His knees were obviously shaking and when he talked his voice came out shaky and uneven. This didn't go unnoticed by him as Naruto saw his grin only grew.
"Just a warning, I'd watch my back if I were you. Not everyone is who they say they are."
"Oh like you say you're my guardian angel when I clearly know that you aren't real." This time it was Naruto's turn to smirk.
All of a sudden he became serious. "Don't get smart you little punk." He said, his grip getting tighter by the second. It wasn't long until Naruto's face expressed the pain he was in. He saw this and immediately loosened his grip. "Look whether you believe me or not take my advice on watching your back. You'll thank me later." That's the last thing he said before he disappeared.
(Back to Reality)
Naruto woke up with a jump and quickly sat up in his bed, sweat running down his forehead, his heart beating rapidly, and him trying to catch his breath. He was still in his clothes he was wearing for the date with Juugo.
A loud clap of thunder startled him and he averted his attention to his window. It was raining hard. For a place known for its continuous beautiful and sunny weather, Konoha has been getting a lot of rain lately.
Naruto let out a sigh and lay back down in his bed. He stared up at the ceiling as he thought back on his dream. "It was so weird." He thought to himself. "I know that there's no way that it could actually be real." Thunder echoed from outside again and Naruto sighed realizing that he was thinking about it too much. It was only a dream and nothing else.
He got out of bed and closed the curtains on his window and stripped out of his clothes until he was completely naked. He threw the clothes in the corner of his room where he'll pick them up later. Naruto turned the lights off and went back to bed. He tried not to think of his dream from earlier, but he couldn't get the image of him out of his head. He definitely struck fear in Naruto. His words still ringing in his ears 'I'd watch my back if I were you. Not everyone is who they say they are.' What could he have meant by that?
Naruto let out another heavy sigh. He turned so his face was in the pillow and pulled the sheets over his head. Pretty soon he was back asleep.
(Monday: 4th Period Biology)
Naruto walked into class, Sakura right behind him. He was still thinking about his dream. No matter what he did he couldn't get it out of his head. Surprisingly Naruto hadn't even told Sakura about it. He just figured that he was just over thinking it.
He made it to his seat and was greeted by Kiba as always. "Hey." Naruto said back with a shy smile. It's been around two months already and Naruto still manages to get nervous whenever he's around Kiba.
"Where did you get that bracelet from?" Kiba asked eyeing the piece of jewelry around Naruto's wrist.
"Oh, uh, my friend gave it to me." He said leaving out the part that it was Juugo who had gave it to him.
Naruto couldn't help but notice the skeptical look on Kiba's face as he eyed the bracelet. Before Naruto got the chance to question it the bell rang and Asuma had started the class.
(Thursday: Gym)
Naruto walked into the boy's locker room. As always it smelt of sweat and well, just boy. He made his way to his locker and when he got there he almost bumped into Kiba who was just about to leave the locker room.
"Oh hey." Kiba said with a grin.
"Hey." Naruto replied, he tried his best to look away from him.
"See you out there." Kiba said giving Naruto a wide smile before walking off.
"Alright today we're going to play some old fashioned soccer." Guy said with his usual enthusiasm. "But before we get started we're going to need two captains who aren't afraid to show off their power of youth!"
"Yeah!" Lee shouted practically being the only one inspired by Guy's speech. He volunteered to be the first captain.
"Alright Lee, get up here. Who's better off to be captain than the captain of the soccer team. Now come on, we can't have a game with only one captain." Kiba raised his hand to volunteer.
"I'll be captain." He said.
"Alright, get up here and pick your teams."
When they started picking their teams the first person Kiba had picked was Naruto, which didn't go as a surprise to him.
Guy blew the whistle starting the game. Kiba had managed to kick the ball away from Lee and was now dribbling it to the goal doing his best to keep it away from the other players as they chased after him.
Unlike baseball, Naruto actually liked soccer. He wasn't good, but he wasn't bad at it either. It also helped that his friend was the captain of the soccer team so he could ask for help whenever he wanted.
Kiba had attempted to pass the ball to Naruto, but was intercepted by Chris who was on the opposing team. Naruto charged after him determined to show him up. With his luck he managed to steel the ball from him. He was only inches away from the goal and all he had to do was take the shot. Naruto winded up his foot, ready to take the shot when something out of the corner of his eye caught his attention.
He looked over and just outside the school gate was the same guy from his dream. His dark raven hair was practically covering up his face, but Naruto could still see his eyes. He was leaning up against the gate and his red eyes practically froze Naruto where he was standing.
While Naruto was practically under a spell, he hadn't noticed that the other team had stolen the ball and had managed to score. "Come on Uzumaki." Shouted practically everyone on his team bringing him out of his daze.
"My bad." Naruto said mostly under his breath. He turned back to where the guy from his dream was and he was gone, vanished like he wasn't even there. Now Naruto was confused. Either something was up or he was just going insane.
(End of 4th Period: Biology)
After class instead of heading to lunch as normal, Naruto made his way upstairs to the school's library. "I have to work on my History project. I haven't even started and I have to do major research." Was his excuse to Sakura for not going to lunch.
The school library was always open and the teacher there kept a record of all the students and their schedules so it was almost impossible for you to try and skip class by hiding out there.
Naruto walked into the library. It was definitely the biggest room in the school with a rug floor. Naruto walked up to the librarian and told him his name. If you wanted to be in there during school hours you had to either have a free period or have a pass. She looked him up and saw that he had lunch now. She gave him a nod and he made his way into the row after row of seemingly endless book shelves.
There weren't that many people in there only about five that including Naruto and the teacher.
He found the history section and began the search. Later down the aisle he came across a book called 'Famous People of the 1800's' He picked that off the shelf and instead of going to sit at one of the tables he decided on sitting on the floor at the end of the aisle. He leaned up against the wall behind him and began the search for the person he would be doing for his project.
20 minutes pass.
Naruto had barely even made it pass the first page of the book and he had already fallen asleep. He was completely oblivious to it, but his snores echoed all throughout the quiet library.
He was abruptly awakened by a loud ringing bell. At first he thought it was his alarm clock, but figured that it was too loud. He slowly opened his eyes feeling groggy from his nap. It took him a while, but he finally registered that sound with the fire bell.
He got up slowly both because of his grogginess and that he felt like it was only a fire drill and nothing serious. There was never any real fire so he figured that he had nothing to worry about.
He walked out of the deserted library and was proven to be wrong as the smell of smoke filled his nose. Flames rose up from the floor and fell from the ceiling. Naruto's face was being illuminated by the glow of the fire. He stood in the doorway of the library in shock, his already big blue eyes becoming bigger as his eyes widened. Naruto came out of his shock and made a run for the stairway across the hall. His heart was pounding in his chest from fear and sweat he started to sweat from the intensity of the flames. He started breathing heavily and he covered his nose using the sleeve of his shirt to avoid inhaling the smoke.
He was about to reach the staircase when a huge chunk of the ceiling fell, knocking him down. He screamed realizing that it had fell on his leg. That scream of course caused him to inhale a lung full of smoke, but at the moment that was the least of his problems. He struggled trying to lift the chunk of the ceiling off of him. Despite his struggle it wouldn't move.
He started coughing violently after having inhaled too much smoke. He lay on his back breathing heavily and feeling utterly exhausted. The flames started closing in on him and for a moment Naruto thought that this was it. That he was going to die.
Naruto felt his eyelids start to get heavy and pretty soon he blacked out.
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Naruto had gotten a feeling as if he were flying. He didn't pay much attention to it as he blacked out again.
A/N: I'm wondering who you guys think is the guy from Naruto's dream. I think I made it pretty obvious. ;) And what do you think happened to Naruto? Hoped you enjoyed the clifhanger :P