Cecily: Sorry for the delay.
Sakura: CHA! I'm am so pissed.
Cecily: Huh, why?
Sakura: Sasuke is dancing with everyone except me...
Sasuke (drugged): -dancing with Naruto now-
Sakura: Eeep! Yaoi moment!
Cecily: No, no, NO! Their will be no limes in my fanfics!!
Sakura: -faints-
Cecily: Oops, wrong choice of words.
Sasuke: -dancing with the fainted Sakura-
Cecily: Umm...ok...
Anko: Anyways guys, the chapter is up. Cecily-chan does not own Naruto.

Naruto looked at the yellow rose at his feet as he heard the doors close.

"Hinata..." he whispered, reaching down for the yellow rose. "You...you...hate...me?"

He touched the rose's sunny petals, as one delicate one fell down to the ground.

"Naruto-san," Reikan called.

Reikan was running back to Naruto, a worried look plastered on his face.

Naruto turned around, gripping the yellow rose. He didn't mean to hold a grudge against Reikan for dragging Hinata away, but he couldn't help but to feel some hate in him. "Yeah?" he called back irritated, to the prince.

"Where's Hinata-Chan?" he asked.

Naruto started to smother the yellow rose in his hand. It matched how he felt: angry and confused. "I don't know," Naruto lied to him, forcing a fake smile on his face. "Why?"

Reikan smiled as he caught up to where Naruto stood. "Is something wrong?"

"No," Naruto said, holding the grin in place. "I'm well."

"That's good." Reikan said, smiling. "Well, I needed to show Hinata something, but I also need you to see."

Naruto lightened his grip on the yellow rose. "See what?"

"Why, I wanted to show Hinata and you where the guest rooms are," he said, turning his back to Naruto and starting to walk back to the way he came. "Come now, I'll show you."

"I'm coming." Naruto dropped the crimpled rose to the ground. He started following Reikan.

Hello, my name is Naruto.

I'm nineteen years old.

My dream has been to be Hokage.

Not only because I'd show everyone how strong am I,

And put them to shame for shunning me when I was little.

But to also show the care and affection I give to my friends.

See, I was just an orphan with a demon living in me.

I wasn't dangerous, I was lonely.

Iruka-sensei was like my father for a while.

Then my two best friends came into my life.

Their names are Sasuke Uchida and Sakura Haruno.

They showed me that life isn't meant to be hated.

They showed me that life is a gift, and you had to use it.

Keep your dreams and work to them with all your might.

They changed me.

After being a Genin, I was starting to see the light.

I made so many friends.

I had so many adventures.

I was living life for once.

But that's when I was twelve.

Before all of this, these people hated me.

They feared me.

I'm happy that they got to know me, though.

Oh, so very happy.

But what I didn't realize,

Is that I had a friend in those painful years.

Her name is Hinata.

Though I never saw this,

She was my best friend.

She wiped away my tears as I cried,

And gave me support of my dreams,

She was the first friend, with open arms and an open heart...

And she gave me the greatest thing I lacked:

Another heart.

So when I feel that painful beating in my chest,

I hear double.

I hear her heart, beating next to mine, making the pain go away.

But now, I realize that my heart is alone again.

Because the one who cared about me, has gone.

She's with someone else, and now I envy him.

He has her heart in his grasp.

He can crush it or keep it, I cannot stop him.

Because she took her heart back, and gave it to him.

So now, I need her again.

I love her.

Hello, my name is Hinata.

I'm now just nineteen.

I had a life long passion for Naruto.

To this day, I don't know why,

But I love him with all my heart.

How long I've waited to gather my courage up.

To tell him that I love him for whom he is.

Until that day, I became his only friend.

I was proud to be so close to him.

But it bothered me that he never really noticed.

So I waited in the shadows, hoping he'd shine light on me,

And see me.

But then he got older, and made new friends.

That's when the nightmares came.

The nightmares of him growing up

Growing out of me, and into someone else.

Someone prettier, smarter, and possibly stronger.

That was Sakura Haruno, my greatest fear.

So I would train hard.

I would improve my studies.

But I knew I couldn't be pretty if I tried.

Yet I hoped, and let my hair grow out.

But everything I ever did,

From breathing to throwing a kunai,

It was for him.

But it only took nineteen years of being stuck in the shadows,

For him having a kiss with Sakura.

For falling for her.

But now it's clear.

I can live life without some silly crush.

Or some silly grudge.

I hate Naruto.

I hate Sakura.

I hate everyone in this dammed world.

But now, I'm being married to a prince.

The guilt has eaten me up.

I can't marry someone I don't love.

So now, I'm forcing my cursed emotion on someone new.

His name is Reikan.

But I don't love him.

Now it's clear:

I don't need Naruto in my life.

I hate him.

Hinata looked around in the old, dusty church.

It was old and made of wood, and the building still seemed elegant. Dust was visible as the light from the large and old windows shone on it. A large stage was in the way back of the church, or the 'front'. It was decorated with red velvet pinned to the back wall, and a table with candles and a white cloth covering the maple wood table. A picture of the latest death was in the center, framed and sad. Today, Suisei's picture was there.

But it didn't look like Suisei. She was younger, with her black hair in a bob up to her chin. She wore a light green kimono and had a small fan she had in her grip.

Hinata couldn't help but to pick up the framed photo and look at it closely.

Suisei looked about six or seven in this photo, she looked pretty innocent. But again, everyone looks innocent when they were young. It's the matter of the future acts when life starts to judge you.

A light poured through the church as the doors opened.

"Hey Hinata," TenTen sighed as she closed the church doors behind her. "Looks like everyone left, huh? So what are you still doing here?"

Hinata turned around and set the framed photo back in place. "I guess, thinking."

TenTen looked puzzled. "You mean about the wedding?"

"Yeah," Hinata sighed.

"I'll help you!" TenTen smiled, clasping her hands together.

"Huh?"

"I—will—help—you."

Hinata asked her blank eyes nice and big, "How so?" Sure, Hinata decided she couldn't give out her heart or trust to anyone every again, but it was okay to show emotion to her former friends. It was her rules after all.

"Well," TenTen giggled, "I'll train you for ten days and make you the perfect princess!"

Hinata couldn't help but to blink in confusion. "Huh?"

"I'll—train—you—to—become—a—perfect—princess."

"Fine," Hinata said, actually smiling. "I'm desperate."

"But you owe me!" TenTen said, wagging her index finger at Hinata.

Hinata laughed lightly. "Fine, fine. Teach me, oh great sensei."

TenTen smiled tenderly, and said "Great Senseis!"

Hinata's white eyes looked around. Only TenTen was really there. "What do you mean?"

The church doors opened wide, filling the dusty and dim church with light. A figure entered with nice, calm steps. The figure walked up behind TenTen, and stepped in front of her. It was the flute player, with long brown hair and a tall body. "I'm helping you too, Hinata-san."

Shikamaru sighed as Reikan escorted him, Kiba and Naruto around the castle.

"So this would be your room, Kiba," Reikan said, opening a door.

The room was pretty dull. Just wooden planked floor and light brown walls. And not so surprising, a bed against the window, a large closet, a desk, and a bookcase. The bookcase was probably obvious.

Reikan pointed at the three doors along the hallway's wall. The doors were the same color and size, looking like triplets. "Then, Shikamaru's room, then yours, Naruto!"

Naruto sighed as he Shikamaru quickly ran to his room. "I...am...tired," he would say. Probably true though.

Naruto just opened his door and closed it, only muttering out a thank you to Prince Reikan, while Kiba ad Shikamaru emerged from their rooms and bowed their heads.

Naruto locked his door three times, and then took a glance around.

Same thing. A bed with blue sheets near the big window with white curtains, two doors (one to the hallway, and one to the closet), a desk with a chair, next to a bookcase with old books and scrolls. Maybe Reikan should open up a hotel!

Naruto just sat on his bed at looked at the ceiling.

What was wrong with him, anyways?

He felt like his stomach was shrinking, and the smallest mention of food would make him throw up.

Also, his arms felt like swinging around. Swinging around and punching something. Leaving a nice hole in the wall, or maybe a nice hole in Reikan's gut.

His ears buzzed and his body ached.

He felt sick, yet sad and poor.

"So Hinata's getting married," he said out loud. "And she has to stay here, with her husband?" Naruto turned on his back and let out a deep sigh.

"Probably so," Naruto said to himself. "But I thought she liked Kohona... No, that's what I think. Maybe she hates it? Well, I know she hates me. No doubt about it."

Naruto laid on his bed all day, hugging his pillow and talking to himself.

"So, she hates me? Yeah. But why? Well, she did mention I was like 'in control' of her. But, I never was. When was I in control? And why does Hinata hate me? Oh yeah, kissing Sakura. Well, I'm sorry. She won't care though, she's marrying someone important. She's probably off getting her wedding all set. Probably kissing that dumb prince guy."

"Are you jealous?"

Naruto jumped up startled. He was only talking to himself, but who just said that? Not the Kyuubi again, he hopes. He made that thing shut up for a while. So, who's talking to him?

"May I come in?"

"No," Naruto said boldly.

"Too bad!" the voice chuckled a little.

"I locked the door; you can't come in unless I unlock it," Naruto snickered. "I'm in a bad mood anyways, so go away."

"You're going to unlock it, Naruto," the voice said.

Naruto stood up. "Who is it?"

"Kiba, you idiot."

"Oh," Naruto said, unlocking the door. Soon as Naruto unhooked the chain on the door, Kiba busted right through.

"What do you want?" Naruto asked irritated. "I said I was in a bad mood."

Kiba jumped up and laughed out loud. "You were talking to yourself!"

Naruto swallowed hard. "How much did you hear? And why were you outside my door?!"

"My room is right next to yours, Naruto-baka," Kiba chuckled. "I heard it all, even if I didn't want too."

"Well then," Naruto hissed. "Give me advice, will you, you eavesdropper?"

Kiba sat in the desk's chair. "Well, I can't."

"Why?"

"Because, I don't give advice to idiots."

Naruto picked up a book, and chucked it at Kiba's head.

"Hey!" Kiba yelled, after getting hit in the head with the book.

"Give me advice!" Naruto demanded.

"I can't!"

"Why not?"

"Because you're an idiot!" Kiba ducked this time. Good thing Naruto didn't have anything to throw at him nearby.

"Why are you calling me an idiot?" Naruto said, looking like he's ready to grind his teeth.

Kiba sighed. "Because you're blind."

"How so?"

"Where have you been for the past nineteen years?" Kiba shouted at Naruto. Naruto didn't flinch as Kiba stood up with a terrifying scowl. "Hinata has liked you with all her heart and you just throw it away? You're an idiot! A fool! A demon!"

"Liked me? Well of course she liked me, we're friends."

Kiba rolled his sharp eyes. "She loved you, OK? L-O-V-E-D, Y-O-U."

Naruto's eyes turned big and then softened as he looked down at his feet. It was silence for a moment, but that moment seemed to be forever to Naruto.

She, liked me?

She, loved me?

Now it makes since, she only stayed in Kohona...because of me.

The Academy Finals, The Chunin Exams, Missions and so on, she was always there for me.

Maybe I am blind.

And now, I think I just broke someone's heart.

I am an idiot.

I am a fool.

And yes, I am demon.

Not just a Kyuubi, I am a true demon.

I wish I saw that coming...

"Are you okay?" Kiba asked, a little calmer now. "Naruto...?"

Naruto didn't move at all. He just stared at his feet.

"Hey Naruto, we're going to miss dinner," Kiba reminded Naruto with a smile. "C'mon, this is a castle, they ought to have some good food!"

Naruto's eyes didn't move as he sat down on his bed. He folded his hands and sighed. "...I'm not hungry..."

Kiba's ears never had the experience of hearing those words from Naruto. "Are you sure?"

Naruto nodded.

"Okay then, I'll be in the dining area with everyone if you need me," Kiba said softly, closing the door behind him.

Naruto looked at the large window behind him.

The sun was about finished with setting, as they sky was a dark shade of purple. Though so romantic, Naruto wished it was gray and gloomy, with rain pouring down. That's how Naruto felt now, but he was unable to shed a tear.

"I am a demon," he whispered, putting his head against the cold window, and breathing his airy words, "A demon in love with an angel."

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