Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
Warning: This is a Vampire/High School AU.
For Kayla,
Enjoy.
Hinata was scared. More worried, actually, but scared seemed to describe how she looked better than worried. Even Tenten and Ino could see it from the other end of the hallway. The way her eyes darted back and forth. The way she clung to her belongings with such a tight grip her knuckles were bone white. The way she jumped at the quietest of noises. All in all, Hinata did not look well, and that was putting it lightly.
Tenten and Ino walked over to where their poor friend stood watching everyone mistrustfully. Tenten put her hand on Hinata's shoulder while Ino gave her the brightest smile she could muster.
"Hi Hinata!" Ino grinned widely.
"Ino." She murmured still looking around.
Tenten closed her eyes and sighed inwardly. "Still no sign of him?" She asked, with saddened eyes.
Hinata shook her head. "I think something bad h-happened to h-him."
"Like what?" Ino furrowed her eyebrows. "Maybe he is just sick."
"He isn't a-answering my c-calls or texts. I e-even emailed him." Hinata muttered as she checked her phone, just in case, but still nothing.
Tenten rubbed Hinata's back. "He is kind of a dork, maybe it's dead and he is too lazy to charge it. I'm sure he is fine."
Hinata bit her lip unsure. She remembered the last time she saw him last week that he had mentioned one of his friends were hurt. Maybe whatever got his friend got him. Hinata was scared. It was Friday and she had gone the whole school week without a single word from him.
"Don't worry! Besides," Ino smirked. "Tonight is movie night at Tenten's so we can take your mind off it."
"And my parents are gone for the weekend so we have the place to ourselves." Tenten added, trying desperately to cheer up her best friend.
"O-Okay." Hinata nodded her head shakily. She could shake off the feeling that something was off with Naruto. It was so unlike him to just drop all contact.
Tenten, Hinata, and Ino made their way out of the school and hooked a right turn at the gate to start walking towards Tenten's apartment building. During their walk, Ino rattled on and on about silly and frivolous topics, trying to distract Hinata. It seemed to work for the most part, although there was a part of Hinata that still couldn't drop it.
It was when they got to Tenten's building Ino fell silent in the elevator. As it was about to close, a hand flew in, stopping the doors and the owner of the hand came in.
Genma nodded his head to the girls with a sly smile. "Girls night?" He asked curiously.
"Yup." Tenten nodded her head politely.
"I bet the boyfriend isn't too happy about that." He smirked and Tenten did her best not to blush. Ino, on the other hand, focused on that one word.
"You have a boyfriend?" She asked dubiously.
Tenten gave her friend an unamused, yet embarrassed, look. "No," She hissed lowly. "He means Neji."
"Oh." Ino fell silent.
Genma shook his head at the teenage girls' antics as their floor came. With a simple goodbye, both parties disappeared into their separate apartments.
The girls dropped their stuff off in the threshold of Tenten's apartment. Ino and Hinata made themselves at home on the couch as Tenten when to the kitchen for drinks.
As she was rummaging through the multitude of sodas, two high pitch screams came from behind her by the couch. Tenten turned around rapidly to see her two friends hiding behind a pillow, huddled on the couch.
Then she saw it. On her coffee table was a large slick black raven. It was looking at Hinata and Ino with a dull expression and barely moved a muscle. Tenten almost through it was stuffed until it stretched its wings and tucked them back in.
"Why the fuck is there a bird in your apartment?" Ino growled, staring at it confused.
"Um." Tenten slowly walked around the couch and toward the coffee table and bird. "I have no idea. It must have come through the window."
Tenten paused and whipped her head to the window and sure enough it was wide open. She could have sworn she left the locks on…
"I-It h-has a n-note." Hinata whispered as she gestured towards its leg.
"Get it." Ino demanded.
Tenten slowly approached the bird and kneeled in front of it. It held out its leg expectantly for Tenten to remove the note that was tied to it with black ribbon. Once the note was successfully removed, the bird gave out a high pitched call before flying up and out of the apartment, leaving behind three confused girls, a note, and one raven black feather.
"What the fuck was that?" Ino asked as Tenten sat on the coffee table with the note folded in her hands.
"I don't know." She replied equally confused as she inspected the outside of the note trying not to think about the open window.
"A-Are you g-going to read it?" Hinata asked quietly.
Tenten nodded her head and unfolded the note. On the note in jet black ink with very fine and neat handwriting was a small message addressed to Tenten, Ino, and Hinata. She read it out loud.
Miss Tenten, Ino, and Hinata,
My name is Uchiha Itachi, you may be familiar with my little brother Sasuke. Tonight, I would like to formally invite you to our home. I have been eager to meet you three for a very long time and I think now is the time to do so. Neji, Shikamaru, and Naruto will also be present and are very excited for you to join us tonight. Like I have stated, it is tonight at seven. I hope you decided to join us.
Uchiha Itachi
Tenten finished reading the note out loud and shared the same confused look with Ino and Hinata.
"What the fuck?" Ino snatched the note and reread it for herself. "Who uses messenger birds? Especially a raven?" Ino muttered aloud as she continued to search the note for anymore that Tenten might have missed.
"What does he mean he has wanted to meet us?" Tenten asked trying to think back to anything she might have done to grant his attention. All she could come up with was her kissing Neji and she highly doubted that he would tell his friend's older brother about that.
"M-Maybe Naruto mentioned us." Hinata explained.
"Are we going to go?" Tenten asked gaging her friends' faces.
"O-Of course." Hinata said without any hesitation. She had to see Naruto.
"I agree with Hinata." Ino nodded her head diplomatically. "This is probably going to be the best way to find out everything we need to know."
Tenten sighed. She knew they were right, but it didn't mean she wasn't freaked out by the bird and the prospect of seeing Neji again.
"What time is it?" Tenten sighed.
Ino checked her phone. "Three." She stood up. "Just barely enough time for us to get ready. We have to be prepared for the worst." She explained their confused looks.
Kisame leaned against the Uchiha house garage. In his hand was a bottle of beer he periodically took sips from as he looked up and down the street. He had been out there for about fifteen minutes, enjoying the nice quiet he was granted before the exciting and violent storm that was about to come. While he was exciting about the storm, he need time to gather his thoughts. Luckily for him, he had just finished his beer when Itachi's guests walked up the drive way. He eyed each one carefully.
On the far right was a tall blonde with electric blue eyes. Her hair was like gold and held in a high ponytail and had one eye covered. He silently chuckled as it was strikingly similar to Deidara's. She was wearing long pants and a flowy shirt but what really caught his attention were the sharp rings that adorned her fingers and the dangerously sharp heels she wore.
In the middle was a cute short girl with bluish black hair that swung past her shoulders and white pearl eyes, very similar to Neji's. He wondered if there was any relation for such strange eyes. She was wearing long jeans and a very familiar orange and black jacket.
On the left was a lovely brunette with her chestnut hair held in two little buns. Her eyes were a fiery amber color. She wore long jeans and a loose sweater but he could see poking out of the front pocket of her pants was a pocket knife tucked away nicely.
Kisame smirked to himself. These girls were not stupid. They knew they were walking into something dangerous and have brought some defense. He just pitied them from not being prepared enough. Those sharp rings and pocket knives would only get them so far in the end, if it came down to that.
"Hello." He waved as they walked slowly towards him. He could see their confused faces. They must be wondering who he was. "The name is Kisame. I'm a friend of Itachi's." He explained briefly. "Come this way." He pushed away from the garage door and let the three girls follow him.
He entered the house and held the door for the girls. He noticed their eyes travel around the room but they would find nothing of interest. The room had been bare for years, only holding a few seats but no personal affects. The rooms on the first floor hardly looked lived in, which actually held some truth.
He led them to the door to the basement and grinned. "This way."
The girls all shared a look as he opened the door for them and they slowly made their way down to the basement. This was going to be very interesting. Kisame grinned as he snapped the door shut behind him.
The four boys laid in Sasuke's room in silence. They had been in there for five days and were growing more and more still as the days went on. Shikamaru slept. Neji meditated. Sasuke looked out the window. Naruto…well, Naruto did anything and everything he could that would drive most people insane.
At this moment, Naruto decided that he needed to get a better understanding on the mechanics of Sasuke's bed side table and was currently sitting in a sea of wooden pieces and screws. He was slowly beginning to put everything back together when he stopped suddenly, dropping the wooden leg with a loud thump.
The other three boys watch curiously as Naruto stood up and went to the door. He pressed his ear against the wood of the door and listened for a moment. He could hear the shuffle of feet.
"There are people down there!" He whispered excitedly. "Let's go see who!"
"Isn't just more of Itachi's friends." Shikamaru yawned loudly.
"No." Naruto shook his head quickly. "I think it is new people."
"So?" Neji opened a glaring eye at Naruto. Neji was rather enjoying the lockdown. His darkness kept quiet and he didn't need to worry about attacking anymore.
"So, we need to see who!" Naruto grinned. "Come on, guys. You must be bored."
"Nope."
"Not really."
"Hn."
"Sasukeeeeee!" Naruto whined loudly making both Neji and Shikamaru cringe. The Uchiha was by now far used to the noise that he didn't move a muscle. "Pleaseeeee!"
"Why?" He hissed.
"So we have something to do instead of mope in silence." Naruto pointed out grumpily.
Neji and Shikamaru watched surprised as Sasuke stood up. "Fine." He walked past Naruto and out the door. "But you are going to fix my table when we get back."
Naruto grinned wickedly, "Okay! Okay!" He raced after Sasuke.
Neji and Shikamaru stared at each other. "You going?" Shikamaru asked.
Neji shrugged and got himself to his feet. "Why not."
"I guess." Shikamaru followed Neji downstairs to where the other boys were.
Once all were standing in the Uchiha living room they were met with a loud cry from Naruto. "What?! There is no one here!"
"They probably went downstairs." Sasuke sunk into the couch.
"Or Naruto is going crazy." Shikamaru muttered.
"No!" Naruto exclaimed. "I heard them."
"Crazy thought." Neji stated bored as he sat on the armchair. "Maybe we should check the basement." He stated rather sarcastically with his one hand waving in an arbitrary motion.
"No." Sasuke instantly denied. He didn't want to be near his brother anymore so then he had to be.
"I think Neji is on to something." Naruto grinned. "One peek can't hurt."
Before Sasuke could deny Naruto's request, the front door opened. Sakura walked in and looked at the four boys in the living room. She then silently checked her watch and then looked back at the four boys dully.
"There is a meeting today." She stated as she watched them. Each looking more confused than the last.
"There is?" Shikamaru asked. "We weren't told."
Sakura didn't look amused. "Okay." She swiftly walked towards the basement door.
"Wait! I want to go too, Sakura-chan!" Naruto quickly followed Sakura as she narrowed her eyes at the blonde.
"Why?" She hissed.
Naruto blinked and rubbed the back of his head. "I heard people down there."
Sakura stared blankly at Naruto for a really long time. "There are always people down there."
"New people." Naruto nodded his head rapidly. "Sasuke said we could look." He smiled proudly.
Sakura rolled her eyes in conclusion of the conversation. She continued toward the door, only slightly aware that all four boys were following her down. She didn't care as long as Itachi didn't mind and she didn't have to talk to them. The week without them had been bliss.
The three girls were surprised to see the basement nearly empty except for a few couches and armchairs. The only person in the basement was a man that each girl could easily identify as Sasuke's brother Itachi. He gave them all a small smile before gesturing them to sit on one of the couches in the circle. He gave Kisame the loose, silent, command to leave, which Kisame obeyed silently.
The three girls watched the mysterious man leave as they were left alone with another one.
"I'm sure you've all gathered that I'm Sasuke's brother, Itachi." He leaned back as he looked at each on individually. "Now which one is Hinata?"
Hinata froze upon hearing the calm man before her say her name. She slowly and shakily replied. "I-I am."
Itachi nodded his head. "I guessed so from the jacket. I just wanted to check." He spoke and Hinata immediately remembered she was wearing Naruto's jacket. "So you two are together?" He stated calmly and a very simple way.
Hinata blushed upon having to talk about her relationship with Naruto with Sasuke's older brother. "Y-Yes."
"He seems very fond of you." Itachi finalized before dragging his coal black eyes over to Ino. "And you are…"
"Ino." She waved a little.
"Ah, Shikamaru's stalker." He stated with a small smirk.
Ino was taken back by the title and quickly tried to change it. "I'm not necessarily his stalker, I'm just curious."
"Curiosity is a dangerous thing." Itachi remarked rather offhandedly. "It can get you into trouble. Just be glad Shikamaru isn't much trouble." Ino nodded her head but remained silent as Itachi turned to Tenten. "I suppose that means you're Tenten?" He asked, with a hint of confusion in his voice.
"Yes, sir." She nodded her head cautiously but respectfully.
Itachi was quite surprised. Neji was a monster, far worse than any he had met previous simply because he lacked control of his own life. Itachi had made the loose assumption Neji already started his attacks on this girl but she seemed fine…maybe it was still too soon. "You and Neji are in relations?" He stated loosely and watched her reactions.
Tenten stared half a second long than necessary before quickly nodding her head. "Sort of." She really wasn't sure what to call it. She kissed him and had been rejected…she wasn't sure if that counted as relations.
Itachi noticed her hesitation but continued regardless. "He has mentioned you a few times but not nearly as often as Naruto does about you." He looked pointedly at a blushing Hinata.
As if on cue, the basement doors open. The three girls before him looked up toward the door and each froze with a very similar expression, pure astonishment.
Sakura wasn't expecting anything out of the ordinary when she opened the door, but that's what she got when she opened the door to the basement and saw the entirety of it empty save for Itachi and three of the last people she would have ever placed in the basement.
To her credit, she didn't react at all as she continued down the steps, her eyes only on Itachi who was smirking at her in an all too familiar way.
"Sakura?" Ino exclaimed, shattering the silence.
Sakura didn't look at her as she made her way over to the love seat adjacent from them and sat down in it. Her eyes were glued to Itachi.
"Do you guys know each other?" Itachi smirked at Sakura who only narrowed her eyes. If taunting her to get a reaction, so be it, but he better know it was futile.
"Hinata?" Naruto bumbled down the stairs and made a beeline to his girlfriend. "What are you doing here?" He asked as he kneeled in front of her.
"I asked her and her two friends to be here so we can all have a little chat." Itachi explained. "Please have a seat, we have much to discuss."
Naruto nodded his head and moved to sit in the armchair next to the couch. Neji sat beside Sakura his eyes on Tenten who refused to look at anything but her knees. Shikamaru leaned against the wall and observed everyone while Sasuke leaned beside him, his eyes only on his scheming brother.
Once everyone was still and seat, Itachi continued. "We should probably start with the fact that you girls have some misconceptions about us. Now, feel free to talk at any time, I plan to be completely honest with you."
"How can we trust you?" Ino asked quickly, eyes narrowed.
"Faith." Itachi shrugged. "What do I have to gain from lying to you?"
Ino bit her tongue and stayed quiet on what she really wanted to say and instead nodded her head politely for him to continue. "Fair enough."
"Excellent." Itachi smiled. "Now, from what I gathered, you are under the assumption that we are a dangerous bunch, right?"
"Yup." Ino nodded her head, taking the position as group speaker. "And I assume you are going to tell me you aren't?"
"Not at all." Itachi shook his head. "We are quite dangerous."
Ino paled and shrank back instantly, not quite sure what to do. Tenten's eyes widened and quickly flashed over to Neji and Sakura and back to her knees. Hinata bit her lip knowing what was coming.
"You're just going to tell them?" Shikamaru interjected, clearly not seeing the logic in this.
Itachi shrugged. "Naruto already told Miss Hinata, I don't see why she should have to leave her other friends in the dark."
Tenten and Ino turned to Hinata and stared at her in surprise. "What is he talking about?"
Hinata shook her head, not speaking.
"Don't blame her." Itachi leaned forward. "She promise Naruto and she is quite brave not to rat us all out. Thank you." He nodded his head to the little Hyuga.
"So what are you going to tell us?" Ino asked cautiously, still worried about what he had told them thus far.
"You probably won't believe us, but we are vampires." He let his words hang in the air. He didn't even try being tactful, it was a waste of breath.
Sakura, Neji, Sasuke, and Shikamaru watched in pure disbelief as Itachi said it. Even to them it sounded stupid and unreal. He didn't even bother to sound convincing. There was no proof, no explanation, nothing.
Hinata looked over at Naruto, who gave her a very weak smile. She had heard this before but after hearing it again it still sounded unbelievable.
Tenten was utterly confused. She couldn't help but feel the need to chuckle. It was all ridiculous. Sure she could believe they were dangerous, but mythical monsters? Never.
"Are you fucking kidding me?" Ino growled. She wasn't even confused. She was just angry by the fact that his man was making up ridiculous excuses. She then turned to Sakura who looked like she actually believed this man. "Not you too." She cried at Sakura. Sakura looked over to see a very pissed off Ino. "Are you telling me you ditched me," Ino gestured between the three of them. "Us, because this guy says he is a vampire."
"She is one too." Itachi stated, not making the situation better. Sakura could only continue to glare at Itachi.
"You are fucking whack jobs." Ino then turned to Hinata. "Do you believe this shit?"
Hinata shrank in fear and slowly nodded her head. Tenten looked at Hinata confused. "Seriously?" Tenten asked.
"I can't believe this." Ino stood up. "I am getting out of here."
"You don't want to hear the rest?" Itachi asked as he watched Ino walked towards the stairs.
"Let me guess," Ino turned and pointed at Shikamaru. "He is a werewolf." She then pointed at Sasuke. "He is the boogey man." And finally she pointed at Neji. "And he is the motherfucking loch ness monster."
"No." Itachi shook his head. "They are vampires too."
Tenten, while not reacting as emotional and public as Ino was feeling the same upset feelings. She didn't like being lied to and she didn't like being taken on a ride by a crazy man but part of her was trying to make sense of it like the raven that was sent to her and the connections Gaara and Kankuro were trying to make. She quickly shook her head. Now she was being crazy. She looked over at Hinata who was watching Ino with tears collecting in her eyes.
"You are all insane." Ino snarled as she turned to leave. Shikamaru shot his hand out and grabbed Ino. "Get you're crazy hands off of me." She ripped her hand from his grip and stormed up the stairs. She slammed the basement door shut behind her.
Everyone stared over at Itachi who was looking at Tenten. "Do you have anything to add?"
Tenten looked over to Hinata who looked so fragile and as much as she wanted to stand by her, she had to follow Ino. She couldn't believe this no matter what.
"No." Tenten shook her hand and quickly stood up. "Sorry, Hinata." She gave her friend a pitied look.
She made her way through the room, keeping a careful distance from Neji who said nothing as she walked past him and out of the room. Once the door was closed, Itachi got up and kneeled in front of a shaking Hinata.
"I'm sorry." He explained quietly.
"What did you expect to happen?" Shikamaru sighed. "I'm surprised she even believes this crap."
Naruto moved to sit beside Hinata. "Don't worry, they will believe. I promise."
Hinata nodded her head, still not sure what had just happened or if she wanted them to believe. She quickly took her eyes off Naruto and over to Sakura. "Y-You're one too?"
Sakura knew she was being addressed but refused to respond and instead stood up and looked at Itachi with raised eyebrows to ask if they were done here.
Itachi first turned to Naruto. "Why don't you get her home? Be back by midnight. If you are late, I'll send Zetsu and Tobi for you."
Naruto nodded his head and grabbed Hinata. "Come on, let's go."
"What the fuck is wrong with you?" Sakura seethed as soon as Naruto and Hinata exited the room where Itachi just told Ino and Tenten their strange secret. All that was left in the room was Itachi, Sakura, Neji, Shikamaru, and Sasuke.
"It needed to be done." Itachi reasoned as he sat on his chair.
"Why?" Sakura hissed clearly not pleased by any of this. She had left them for a fucking reason. If she wanted them to know, she would have told them all three fucking years ago. Now those three years of silent suffering is for fucking nothing and she was pissed. All that emotion she had bottled up was spilling out in violent waves.
"You'll see." Was all he said. Sakura shook her head irritably and walked out. The only good news was now Ino and Tenten would stop watching her all the time, unfortunately now Hinata knew more than she should. "We aren't done." He reminded her before she reached the first stair and she stopped. She turned around and sat on the step, waiting impatiently.
"Now, Shikamaru, Neji," Itachi turned towards the two boys. "I need you two to keep an eye on the two girls. I will send Hidan and Kakuzu to check on you every now and then but I want you with them at all times. I want you to see where they go after school, who they talk to. When they retire for the night, you will come back here, understood?"
"Is that wise?" Shikamaru asked. "Neji can hardly handle himself and now you want him to watch them?"
Itachi's eyes flared. "I know what I am doing. You both have connections to each girl; I want you to keep an eye on them. Whether it is wanted," Itachi looked to Neji. "Or not." He glanced at Shikamaru.
"Fine." Shikamaru sighed. "We will go now."
Neji followed silently. I can do this. He tried to think optimistically but that darkness instantly denied it. No you can't.
When they were gone, Sakura and Sasuke watched Itachi as he spoke aloud to both of them. "You two need to work together. You don't have to be friends; you don't even have to speak to each other. I just need to know that you have each other's backs. Can you do that?" He looked at them both suspiciously.
Both nodded their heads silently.
"Good. Now you can go." Itachi waved them off.
Sakura was off in a second while Sasuke remained where he was. "What are you planning?" He growled.
Itachi smirked. "You'll see."
Hinata and Naruto sat on her bed in her room. She shook with nerves while Naruto rubbed her back gently, trying to calm her down.
"I-I just d-don't understand." Hinata looked up at him. "W-Why w-would he tell t-them?"
"I don't know." Naruto frowned. "Are they upset with you?"
"I-I don't even know a-anymore." She murmured. "Y-You have to leave soon though, r-right?"
Naruto nodded his head. "Yeah, but I'll see you on Monday, I promise."
Hinata smiled weakly. "I-I'll see you then."
"I'll try and come this weekend if I can, but don't count on it."
"I know."
Naruto leaned down and kissed her deeply. "I love you."
She kissed back weakly. "I-I love you too."
Karin quickly finished the dishes in the kitchen of her home. She had just finished dinner and her father had gone to bed for his early morning, like clockwork. She just had to finish up this last dish and then she would be heading next door.
The past five days were especially hard on her. She was still coping with that fact that she was supposed to be different even though she didn't feel it. The only thing that was abnormal was that every night after dinner she would sneak over to Suigetsu for what she really craved.
Tonight was no different. Once she finished her dishes, she quickly turned off all the lights and went next door where Suigetsu was waiting for her on the porch patiently. As usually, he helped her navigate the house so they would not run into his annoying brother and were quickly seated in his room where they waiting for Jugo who was still not reacting well with the change.
"How was dinner?" Suigetsu asked awkwardly.
"Fine." She murmured. "How is Jugo?" She got to the real topic.
"Not so great." Suigetsu sighed as he laid back on his bed. "He has never been like this before. I talked to Kabuto about it earlier though."
Every day Kabuto would stop by and drop off their supplies to Suigetsu along with some messages from Kabuto's boss, the snake.
"What did he say?" Karin asked cautiously. She didn't like Kabuto but he was the only one knowledgeable about what was happening to them.
"He said Jugo is experiencing repressed memories." Suigetsu frowned.
"Like what?" Karin asked.
"I don't know but it must be terrible if he is acting like that."
The door to his room opened and Jugo silently slid in. Ever since they managed to grab him Sunday night and knock him out, he has been acting odd. Odder than normal. There were no curious questions or annoying statements. He was just silent.
"Hi Jugo." Karin waved from beside Suigetsu.
Jugo said nothing as he sat on Suigetsu's desk chair looking out the window.
"Let's just get started." Suigetsu reached under his bed and grabbed the cooler that Kabuto had freshly restocked for them. "Drink up." Suigetsu took a long sip from the red liquid before grinning. "Now let's talk plans."
"Why does Kabuto even want him though?" Karin asked confused.
"Not Kabuto, his boss the snake." Suigetsu corrected. "And I don't know. It's not really my business."
"Well I don't think it makes any sense. What does Sasuke have to do with any of this?" Karin rolled her eyes.
"I don't know. But shouldn't you be pleased? You like him and all that shit." Suigetsu muttered pissed.
"I don't just like him." Karin retorted. "I love him."
"Right, and when is the last time you've talked to him?" Suigetsu pointed out snidely.
"You and Sasuke have talked?" Jugo asked quietly.
Karin was about to reply with a witty response but stopped at Jugo's voice. Suigetsu froze and stared at his best friend.
"Jugo!" Suigetsu jumped up and grinned widely. "Good to see you back to normal." Any sign of talking at this point, was good news in Suigetsu's book.
Karin rolled her eyes. She missed Jugo, but she really didn't need both of these idiots annoying her now. Still she couldn't help but smile as Suigetsu was animatedly talking to Jugo who was really just like he used to almost like nothing had happened.
"So that one is the big dipper?" Sakura closed one eye and pointed toward the sky. She was lying on her back, looking at the stars the spilled across the sky with her boyfriend who was glued to her side providing her warmth.
"I don't know." He shrugged.
"You should know." Sakura pouted and looked over at him. "Will you find out?"
"Probably not." He replied honestly.
She punched him lightly. "You are the worst."
He rolled his eyes and smirked. "Yeah, I'm fucking terrible."
Sakura rolled onto her side and met his lovely eyes. "So if you don't know shit about stars, we are we up here?"
"No reason." He muttered.
"You always have a reason." She poked his stomach jokingly.
"Not this time." He looked at the sky and away from her.
Sakura sat up at stared at him with her mouth agape. "You're actually lying about this?"
"Sakura…"
"No." She cut him off fiercely. "You always lie to me and hide things from me. Be fucking honest for once. Man the fuck up and tell the truth." She snarled.
Her boyfriend sat up with dark eyes and watched her carefully. He slowly reached for her hand and held it lightly in his hand. "Do you want me to really tell you the truth?"
Sakura rolled his eyes. "No shit."
"Fine, but you can't repeat this to anyone." He glared at her.
"Who am I going to tell?"
"Temari." He hissed her name lowly. "Or Naruto."
Sakura blinked and then grinned. "You just don't want your friends to know. Oh! It must be good, what is it?"
He sighed and looked away from her. "The reason I brought you here was…" He let out a length sigh and mumbled, "…to be romantic."
Sakura couldn't help but laugh aloud. "Are you serious?"
He stayed silent, burning holes into her head with his eyes.
"Aw, you are serious." Sakura crawled up to him and snuggled against him. "You are such a softy."
"No am not." He growled as he wrapped his arm around his girlfriend.
"Oh shush, big baby."
Hello! I hope you all enjoyed this chapter.
So a few secrets are out in the open now! The girls know what they are (whether they believe it or not) and we know what Orochimaru wants, but (un)fortunately, there are a lot more secrets that need to be spilled and a few more things that will come into light (eventually).
Anyways, thank you all for reading and keeping this story alive and thanks a ton for the reviews and such, they really mean so much to me as a writer.
So, again, thank you!
Until next time :)