While he had been looking for Naruto, Kiba ran into Sasuke. Sasuke barely acknowledged his presence, but noticed something wrong.

"Kiba?"

"Yes?" Kiba mumbled. His head was still throbbing.

"What happened to you?" There was no concern in his voice.

"I…I ran into…Hinata," he said, afraid of what the reply to that would be.

"And?"

"Nothing," he lied.

"I am more powerful than you think. I can feel your emotions. Do not lie to me."

Kiba mentally sighed. If he had outwardly, it was a one way ticket to pain. Sasuke was starting to sound a lot like Orochimaru. Look like him too. Not only were both deathly pale with raven hair, but they acted the same, somewhat; Sasuke had a lust for blood in a different way than his old sensei.

"Well?" Sasuke asked again. It was not good to make him impatient.

"Being with…her…made me feel….like my head was splitting." That summed it up.

"I see." That was all he said, lost in his contemplating.

Kiba glanced at Sasuke worriedly. What could he be thinking about? "Do you know where Naruto is, sir?" he added to loosen the tension.

"Of course. Where else could he be? It looks like it is about lunch time. In the mood for a little ramen?"


As predicted, Naruto was at the ramen shop. He was loudly slurping down the last bits.

Sasuke, Kiba, and Akamaru waited outside. They heard Naruto put down the money and cheerily say goodbye. The smile on his face faded on seeing the three of them.

"What do you want, Uchiha?" He noticed Kiba and Akamaru. "And what are you two here for?"

"Naruto," said Sasuke smiling, adding even more to the Orochimaru effect, "this is not the place to be talking. Perhaps if you could follow me?"

Naruto agreed, hesitantly, but he was not about to endanger villagers' lives. He walked behind Sasuke with Kiba and Akamaru behind him. He tapped Kiba on the shoulder.

"What happened to you?" he whispered.

Kiba turned around, giving Naruto an almost evil grin. "Sasuke bit me. Now I have amazing power," he said, still smiling. But Naruto noticed his eyes didn't have the same total evil glint that Sasuke's had.

Hoping to get back his friend, Naruto stepped closer to Kiba and said, "You know that Sasuke smells, right? It must be pretty bad for you; I can smell him from way back here. I wonder if he knows his own stench…"

Kiba smiled, showing his pointed canines. "I doubt it. He's on this power hunt. Doesn't think about too much else. It is bad though." Kiba slowed down a little more. "Maybe we should tell him."

Naruto knew this was dangerous, but Kiba was becoming his normal self. "We? He wants to kill me. Saying that he stinks isn't going to help me much. It's all you."

The vampire's eyes returned to normal and he smiled sarcastically. "Thanks."


Sasuke didn't hear any of this. He was planning. What—he didn't even know that entirely. He looked behind him and frowned. Kiba was actually smiling and laughing with Naruto. He was going back. Kiba's encounter with Hinata didn't help him any either. Without her, he would have been just like Sasuke. She'll have to go, he thought with mock remorse.


Now that they were in the forest and— Kiba noticed—near a stream, Sasuke stopped. "Naruto," he said, "fight me."

That was random, commented Naruto. "What?"

"Come on. You beat me last time, think you can again?" Sasuke spun around, a kunai in hand. Naruto didn't move. "Scared you'll lose?"

Now Naruto took out a kunai, but only in defense. Sasuke had run at him, and was aiming for his throat. Kiba and Akamaru had retreated out of the way.

"Why do you keep doing this?" asked Naruto.

Sasuke ignored him. "You can do better than this."

Naruto stayed calm, and intended to keep doing so.

Sasuke all of a sudden dropped his kunai and froze, closing his eyes. Naruto stopped too. When they opened, they were the blackest eyes could get with streaks of red. He smiled. "Let's see what happens to you and the kyuubi after this." Sasuke jumped onto Naruto faster than light. He didn't appear to move. He bit down onto Naruto's neck. The orange ninja managed to land a good punch before slowly fading into unconsciousness. Sasuke stood up. His smile was still there. He looked at Kiba.

"Using…that much…power…took a lot…out of…me." His eyes fluttered a little before he too fell to the ground unconscious.

Kiba looked from Naruto to Sasuke, then back. He decided it would be better for his sake if he didn't go to the stream and dump Sasuke in.

Now what?


Sorry about this short fight, and others for not being the best they could be. I'm not too good at describing those...

This chapter was short, but it was lighter than the others. Hope you liked it!

R&R!

p.s. Happy November!

(felt bad for not updating on Halloween and saying that so...

Sorry lucky!)

-wolf