hey guys sorry I ment to upload this last night but I passed out early!


I paced my room back n fourth, waiting for the optimal time to leave. I would still have to find the hunters again. There is no way they'd still be at that motel.

I grabbed the old photo of sakura that I for some reason couldn't part with, I couldn't help but stare at it for a minute. I frowned.

Those loving eyes are gone replaced with those of despair.

I mentally smacked my self for caring. I hadn't cared in the last 300 hundred years I had been in hell, why did I care now. It may have only been four years top side but time runs differently down here.

I looked back to the picture, focusing my energy into find her. I could see her short pink hair, she was leaning against a car, in North Carolina, with a smile on her face, cigarette in hand.

Found you. Its time for my plan to start taking place.

I knew I had make Karin believe she was going to get her way, but the only way was vile I wanted to barf just imagining it. I summoned her back to my room dreading the moment.

She walked in wearing a skimpy red skirt and a black tube top. She looked awful I'll assume she was going for sexy. I couldn't be more unprepared for this.

Gross...ugh I can't believe I'm about to do this.

"My Lord" she bowed trying to push her flat chest together. And straightened out slowly.

Yup washing myself with bleach tonight

I patted my lap ushering her to come sit, she widend her eyes, jumped on my lap, and put her arms around my neck. I brought my lips up to her ear nipping at them, I knew she was turned on from her small shutters

I'm gonna barf she tastes like she's never heard of a shower unlike her...

"Karin I'll be leaving for earth, I need you to be a good little girl and cover my tracks for me. Could you do that? I'll reward you my queen of sin"

She nodded her head, gasping as my hands slid up her thighs grazing her vagina.

Just cut my hands off now, this to to vile even for me
"Y-yes m-master" she whined as I stopped.

" you'll get your reward when I return now if you excuse me i need to shower" I pointed at the door instructing her to leave. She let out a sigh of disappointment, she didn't get what she wanted from me, and she never really was.

I need a shower yo get her nasty stench off of me.

After Karin left my room I went to grab a pair of black shorts with a white shirt. Shuddering to myself, I felt like I need to bath in bleach and light myself on fire.

I never ever want to do that again. King of the cross roads or not I have fucking standards

I hopped in the shower, turned the water as hot as it could go and shocking myself even got pretty excited to see sakura again.

I hope you're ready for me little cherry blossom


We had made it to north Carolina before kakashi and kurenai could. Pulling into the drive way of kurenais home. Kiba, Naruto and I stepped outta the car, smiles all the way around. It was a little after 130 in the after noon, we were tired but excited. I leaned up against the car and lot my victory cigarette.

Fuck yeah I don't have to do that pricks laundry now and I get a new blade.

"Man I'm super excited about food now!" I chuckled at Naruto, it's always about food.

"Forget the food, dude we get new blades!" Kiba pumped his fist into the air.

"I know r..."
BOOM
We were interrupted by the sound of a double barrel shotgun blowing into the tree next to us.

"I suggest you get the fuck of my property before I blow us all to hell" I turned my gaze to a tall man with brown spiky hair that was tied up. He was wear dark green cargo short and a black t-shirt.

Holy fuck that was close

"Last chance...4...3...2" my eyes widend he was going to end us all.

"WAITTTTTT dude we know Neji and Kurenai! We just finished a mission with them and we raced them here! We're hunters I swear it!"

Oh thank God for Narutos loud ass mouth

The brown haired man slightly lowered his gun, still having it pointed at us. He was skeptical of us, but started to walk closer, He pulled a bottle of holy water and splashed each of us with it, cut our arms with a blade of silver, he made us open our mouths to make sure we werent blood suckers, and then he sighed.

"Sorry...the Last group that came here little over an hour ago was a group of demons coming to kill me. I don't know how they figured out where this place was since its warded against being found but I wasn't going to go with out blowing them all back to hell" he had a uncaring lazy tone in his voice but it made him all the more interesting.

Alot of werid stuff has been happening lately, the demons have more power than normal...

"I'm Sakura" I extended my hand for him to shake, he had a very tight grip but not to tight to hurt.

"Shikamaru and you two are..?" he looked over at Naruto and kiba

"The blonde idiot is Naruto and I'm Kiba, Neji mentioned to us your one of the most brilliant minds out there," he said trying to reassure him.

He doesn't trust us but I can't blame him

"Oh yeah, I mean I'm good but I wouldn't say the best...so uh what mission did you guys do with him..?" Shikamaru took a flask outta his pocket and quickly gave himself a shot.

He seems upset, I wonder of kurenai told him we got hinata yet.

"We saved hinata-chan from those nasty wolves man, gunned them suckers down like the dogs that they are"

Way to break the good news Naruto.

I watched shikamarus eyes widend, he looked so happy like he wanted to scream.

"Oh thank fucking Jesus, I had thought the worst its been months, I couldn't find anything on the damn amulet, how did you guys get it? Do you still have it?"

I smiled at him "an old acquaintance had it in a compound pound not to far from Kentucky so i..."

Acquaintance? Now here I was thinking we were best friends

I froze and turned away from shikamaru looking around for where that voice was coming from...I know that voice anywhere, the scenery around me somehow had changed to the meadow that was in my dream.

Sasuke..?

Who else would it be

My eyes went wide with fear, he was standing in front of me, with black shorts and a white t-shirt on. He had a small smirk on his face.

"Sakura are you okay?" I could hear Narutos voice but He wasn't there anymore all's I could see is sasuke

They can't hear or see me

You're not here, this isn't real

I may only be a projection but this is real...I want to talk...alone...think about it...I'll return for your answer.

W-what...

"Sakura-chan?"

I felt Narutos hand wrap around my wrist, and I could finally see him. My chest was heavy and I could feel something inside me wanting to explode out of my chest. I placed my hand over my heart taking a few deep breathes until that feeling was gone.

"I..I'm okay...I just... got a little light headed" I was lying, i didn't want them to think I could no longer do my job. If I was seeing hallucinations and they found out, they would never allow me to go on anymore missions.

But it wasn't a hallucination was it...should I talk to him...or is it a trap...

Naruto didn't look convinced, but sighed.

"Alright sakura-chan.." Kiba was staring at me to. He had been awful quiet since sasuke has come back and I didn't understand why.

"Why don't we go inside get some tea and food, you guys look beat anyways, we can talk more when Kurenai, Neji, and hinata come"

"Yeah we gotta wait for our sensei to, he owes is a dinner and blades for winning the race" kiba was still excited over those new blades.


I smirked, even though I couldnt use my genjutsu on her, I could still at least make her see me if only for a couple of minutes. I sat alone on a park bench. Not to far from where she was.

I need her to come talk to me... convince her I'm on her "side"

"Sasuke uchiha?" I looked up in surprise to see a red haired man with the symbol of love above his eye. The power he held through him was unlike anything I ever felt. I instinctively stood up ready to fight what everything this thing was

What in the fuck is this thing.

"What are you and how do you know my name?" I couldn't take my eyes off of him, he took a step towards me

"Hard headed and straight to the point I see"

"Answer my damn question" I snapped my fingers and my hell hounds were suddenly by my side, growling at the man that stood before me.

"Now, now no need for that, I am gaara an angel of the Lord, we have alot to talk about, your partner sakura to be more specific"
an angel? I didn't know they even existed. And sakura? What could he want with her

"I don't have time for this, I am the cross roads king and I don't plan on making any deals with the likes of you, I have no partner anymore" I seethed at him. He frowned at me.

What did you think I was going to do? Bow to you? Tch not gonna happen

"But sasuke... you're not supposed to be a demon" the tone in his voice was soft, he wanted me to listen but I just had no patience for beating around the bush

"Than tell me, why am I? Oh right my soul was dragged to hell when i died. Get out of here" the angel took another step closer to me.

"...haven't you ever wondered why you have conflicting thoughts, human and demon thoughts?" I stared at him, there was no way he could have been in my head...I would know it

"I don't know what you talking about, this conversation is over" I disappeared to a nearby dinner and starting rubbing my temples.

Angels huh, this has gotten more interesting that I thought it would be.


I watched as the raven haired demon disappeared in the wind. Baffled, I couldn't understand what I had done to anger him. Emotions and feelings were not something I clearly understood.

He's going to be more difficult than I thought to talk to.

I sat quietly on the park bench, watching the children play.

Such innocence these ones have.

The hunters did not want to speak with me nor the demon. I thought I may be going about this wrong. They all seemed angry at me but I had done nothing wrong.

But my mission is to help save the world...who wouldn't want to help.

I sat alone in my thoughts for what seemed like hours, staring off in to the heavens. It had become dark now. The innocent children were no longer playing, everyone had left.

God if you can hear me i need help. No one wants to listen to me and I don't know what to do..

"Gaara" I looked over to see another angel. She was in a vessel with black hair and deep blue eyes.

"Audrey, you're on earth? Are you here to help me succeed in my mission?" She gave me a twisted smile and took a step towards me taking out her angel blade.

"Well you see gaara I'm here on behalf of others who do not want to see you succeed. I am here to kill you" my eyes went wide

Kill me..?
Taking out my own blade I stood up. Not understanding why the other angels would want me to fail. I felt anger in my stomach for the very frist time in my life.

"Kill me? I am on a mission from the Lord! If I do not succeed this world will fall into chaos, the apocalypse! Why would you want to stop me" she laughed at me and shook her head.

"Gaara have you ever met god?"

I stood still, no one had seen or heard from him in a very long time, I had never met him...just knew this was my mission that lady tsunade entrusted me with. She told me it was from the mouth of the Lord, I had always wondered why it was entrusted to me, but now I understood the other angels could not be trusted.

They want to take over this world...

"I thought not, he's dead don't you see? This is our time, this apocalypse needs to happen and then we will rule! You're in the way!"

She lunged at me and I side stepped her not turning my back at her I held my blade out prepared for another attack.

"I do not want to hurt you Audrey"

"Well that's fine cause I want to hurt you!" She lunged at me again I dodged the attack once more and slammed my blade into her chest, a blinding light shot out of her as she screamed.

You made me do this...

I never wanted to murder an other angel but I couldn't fail my mission. I disappeared knowing more could show up at anytime.

No one else needs to die today...


It was a little after 6pm when Kakashi and Kurenai pulled up to see that everyone else had already made it there. Kakashi was hesitant at frist, he didn't know how shikamaru was going to take him still being alive. He slowly got out of the car and went to Kurenais.

Neji and kurenai both stepped and and looked over to a sleeping hinata. The blue haired girl had been through hell no wonder she had been out like a rock.
Kakashi chuckled and picked hinata up like a small child.

"Alright well here goes nothing...I owe everyone dinner now" he scratched his head with his free hand.

"Great cause I'm starving" neji said with a smile.

Walking up the stone pathway peering through the window kakashi could see Naruto, and kiba playfully arguing, sakura and shikamaru were deep on conversation, a small smile creeped over his face. Everything looked like a normal life for once.

Kurenai had opened the door, and shikamarus head whipped over to her. He watched as kurenai and neji walked in. Kakashi stood away from the door way not to be seen just yet.

"Where's hinata? Sakura said you guys saved her" he was starting to get paranoid, fear coming out in his voice, had something else happend on the way home.

"She's right here" a voice only belonging to the sliver haired sensei known as kakashi broke through the silence. He carried in hinata and shikamarus mouth dropped.

"Ka...kakashi!?" He yelled startling hinata who looked up in surprise to see the once thought dead kakashi.

"You're alive" Hinata softly whispered as kakashi but her down.

"Yup back from the dead!" He smiled in their direction, shikamaru and hinata both hugged him.

"You asshole I thought you were dead...I watched then rip you to shreds...I would have never left had I known..."

"Its okay shikamaru, it was never vamps that night just a trick...a very vivid trick"

"It doesn't even matter now we have you back" shikamaru let go of his old sensei and hugged hinata. "I'm glad your back to neji are you..staying?"

"I am. I think Ill have more fun being here anyways" hinatas eyes went wide when neji said he was staying. Never in a million years did she expect that.

"R-really? What about your f-father" she timidly asked

"He doesn't care about me anyways hinata so it's okay, the more of us the better off we are, there's strength in numbers"

"Yes we should stick to together neji" kakashi piped up. Everyone smiled at him

"You mean it Kakashi? You know we can't stay here with those dogs starting to tail us, you're okay with all of us traveling with you" Kurenai was so sure it would take more to convince him to let them come with but he was different than he used to be.

"Yeah well I can't stay long here either if that witch catches me back here well I don't feel like dying for one of her sacrifices."
Sakura eyes kakashi dangerously, there was only one witch she knew around here. It was actually someone who she was sorta friends with.

"Witch? Kakashi you've never mentioned having a problem witch to us"

"Yeahh...thats Why everyone thought I was dead, i had a deal with her"

"So why don't we just kill her before she comes for you?" Kiba thinking it would be easier, witches kept track of people, whoever it was would find us soon.

"Its not that simple kiba, she's a very powerful witch, I'd rather not be on her bad side"

"Kakashi...the witch wouldn't happen to be ino...is it?"

Kakashi sighed at sakura, most hunters knew about ino but very few knew her wareabouts. If she was asking she knew well where ino resided.

"It is but how could you have guessed that, there are plenty of other witches out there?" She shook her head at kakashi

"Well.."

Flashback

April 30 2001

It was raining heavily that night in the northernmost part of north carolina. The street was lit brightly by all the street lights. Sasuke was smirking at me as I jumped around in the puddles. It was nice to feel like a little kid for once.

"Sakura you're going to get a cold, let's go home already"

"Come on sasuke-kun just one more puddle please?" I begged batting my eyes and letting my lip quiver as if I was going to cry.

He sighed and shook his head disapproving
"Alright...just one m..."
We were cut off by a scream of distress. We sat silent for second hoping to her it again to find where it was coming from..

"LEAVE ME ALONE YOU DICK!" we heard her once more.

With a quick nod to each other we booked it down towards thed left side street. One by one we saw the streets lights brake.

What the fuck...

I could tell by the look on sasukes face he was thinking the same thing, we pulled out our blades as we neared the screaming girl.

She's in so much pain I should have moved faster..

"Hey! Fuck face!" Sasuke yelled throwing his blade directly towards the mans chest. I couldn't see the girl yet all's I could hear us her crying

The 5ft10 man had pale white skin, with black hair and his eyes looked dead. He wore a black shirt an dark dress pants. He lips were in a tight line, disgusted by us interrupting. I could here him mutter something in Latin and the blade melted in the air.

"Damn...witch" sasuke went to run towards him, he tackled the witch to the ground and started punching him repeatedly. Sasuke though left an opening and suddenly was pinned to a neat by house.

"Sakura! Move now!"
i shockingly for once was prepared for something. I whipped my gun out.

Witch killing bullets!

I loaded my gun and turned it on the black haired witch who had moved to be two feet in front of me.

"A gun? Now that's not going to kill little old me...ugly"

Oh no the fuck he didnt

"Witch killing bullets" I seethed at him as I cocked the gun. He turned his head to the blonde woman on the street.

"Seems like my funs interrupted, I'll return my dear ino" I pulled the trigger but he had vanished into thin air.

We ran towards the girl who was a gorgeous long haired blonde, she had crystal blue eyes that were red from crying, blood was pouring down her purple dress she was weak and needed a doctor.

She looked up at us as we bent down to pick her up.

"Thank you both...I am in your debt, the names ino, and you just tryed to kill my husband." She smiled at us at the shocked look on our faces...


thanks for reading!

Moonlight whisperer