AN: I apologize for making this chapter so short. I'm currently in the middle of some real life things that are keeping me working on it as much as I'd like. Without further delay, here is your next chapter.

Your Mistress.

"Lets see," Shade glanced about lighting her way with her magic trying to get a better idea of where she was. "I know he was around here somewhere."

Finding her way back was a lot easier than trying to find the boys in the middle of the woods outside of the Inn. Of course, all she had to do to get back was follow the bright cluster of lights, but without thick shoes or boots, traversing through broken clods, rocks, and other questionable semi-solid substances in slippers proved another hindrance.

"Note to self," she muttered. "Next time I volunteer to be a delivery boy remember to dress the part."

Grumbling at another stack of twigs being crushed under foot, she had been ready to circumvent the whole Inn and it's well made wall that separated the hot springs from prying eyes when she noticed a silhouette lit up by a window paused. For a second she thought she might have spotted an intruder. The teen sorceress stooped low and silently peered more closely.

A spiky head of hair and high collar with a jumpsuit were noticeably doing a double take at a partial obstructed window.

Why is he peeking in that window? Biting her lip in mischievous delight, she didn't have one guilty thought when she tried her hand at stealth. Her eyesight and her sense of direction let her down as did her catlike reflexes. She kicked over some unseen pebbles and was instantly discovered. Obviously she was no ninja, and it came to even a lesser surprise when she saw Naruto's clone's head snap around and spot her before she was even halfway over to him. The sorceress was still rewarded for her efforts, though. The young shinobi clone looked down right guilty, as if he'd been caught with his hand not only in the cookie jar, but with no cookies to be had and crumbs all over his face.

But why?

"Ahh," the clone flailed verbally as it nervously tried to step away from what he was spectating at. "I swear I just passed by! I didn't see anything!"

Now she was intrigued. What could make him so nervous?

"Of course you didn't," Shade chided as she approached him, arms crossed over her chest and a disapproving frown on her face. She had no idea what she was disapproving of but it seemed appropriate. She stepped past him to see just what had his nervous nervous attention.

The sight before her made her cover her mouth before she gasped. The delighted succubus had a clear view of Haku and Lyseria going at it as though these were their last few moments on earth. Watching for a bit she couldn't help but feel a sense of pride as a teacher. Good to know you were paying attention Haku.

"I can see that you saw nothing...nothing at all," She purred, glancing at the fidgeting Naruto with admonishing eyes. "Well, what do you have to say for yourself?"

Shoulder's hunched and clearly regretful, he said, "I didn't mean to look. I heard a noise and...well..." His eyes glanced back meaningfully towards the very noticeable panting and grunting between two people beyond the wall they were standing next to.

"You were interested in what you saw, weren't you?" A dark eyebrow weighed him knowingly.

One look from him and she had her answer.

"You really should be ashamed of yourself."

His face dropped and he began kicking at the ground with his toe. "I'm sorry," he said in a small voice.

"I mean, you should be ashamed that you not only feel guilty for what you saw, but that you had to find this out by sneaking around to see it." She strolled back to the window, watching it with no subtlety or attempt of being embarrassed.

"Eh?" He flushed himself against the wall, trying to keep away from being noticed.

Shade was taking no such precautions.

"If you were interested in this sort of thing you could have just come to me. I would have been happy to show you anything you liked." She raised her eyebrow at him, lowering her voice meaningfully. "Anything."

"Huh?" His head snapped up and the sinful half lidded gaze she presented him only made him even more nervous. "Wha… what do you mean?"

She put her hands behind her back and took slow, leisurely steps towards him. "Why just what I said. You are interested in this sort of thing, aren't you?"

"No," he said with a guilty look on his face, but his eyes kept straying between the ground, her, and the noisy window.

"Again, you feel guilty. Why? So you didn't enjoy watching them, listening to them as they make love?" She took another step closer to his cringing form. His timidness was making her bolder.

"Ah, well, I don't think I hated it or anything. Not that I saw much!" He corrected when he saw she had made a point out with his response. What point, he wasn't sure, but it did seem to stir her to follow up with...

"It's all right, Naruto darling," she purred and prowled closer, like a stalking cat approaching its prey. "There's nothing wrong with a boy your age being curious. It's only normal, it's healthy in fact. Still, you think spying on them was wrong?"

"I know it was," he admitted. "I didn't do it on purpose."

"You see, that's where you're incorrect, Naruto darling. It's not wrong to want to know how to please a woman or what to expect when you feel the time is right to explore...that." She lectured knowingly, gesturing her fingers towards the young couple reaching an athletic pace that was not properly muffled through the single pane of glass.

"Ah...but, that's private. It's a moment they meant to share without anyone knowing." he felt his answer strong enough to not need convincing, but he was wrong.

"Says who?" She quipped.

"They wouldn't appreciate us watching them." he pointed out.

"Probably," She agreed, "but, at the same time, do you think you've ever felt guilty by watching someone train with weapons? Perhaps watch someone do shinobi magic-"

"Jutsus?"

"Yes, that," She flicked her fingers at the word. "What I believe," she lowered her voice and whispered conspiratorially, "as a demon, a succubus," she winked knowingly at him, but held a silenced finger over her lips as if she said something she shouldn't. Naruto was already shaking his head, "We don't see the intimacies of making love or sex as something to be shied from, but gloriously explored. Showing love and expressing love through sex is as privileged a moment as your human weddings or momentousness celebrations. Did you know that?"

"It's just not right." He repeated, noticing that she was shaking her head to match his, but then started nodding as if to contradict him mockingly.

"Very well," She hooked her arm with his and murmured, "Don't say a word or you might get caught."

"But-" A soft female hand covered his mouth as she purposely moved him to lean against the window, "How do you feel when you see what you see, Naruto darling?"

His mildly panicked blue eyes had not turned towards the couple, but to her. With a shift of her eyes from him to the window then back, he eventually did as he was instructed.

The glass was starting to condensate from the two bodies heat rising and the deep panting of their jubilant union. The warmth of his cheeks touched her hand as he continued to watch without struggling. His heart, his breathing picked up and she was all too aware of how his body was responding to his voyeuristic moment. Naruto licked his lips, unable to say anything but just watch.

Shade nuzzled her nose against his ear and whispered. "It's beautiful, isn't it? You can tell me that much, can't you? Please?"

A long trail of sweat trailed down his cheek as he swallowed, but eventually nodded just the tiniest bit.

"This is life, Naruto darling." Shade gripped his shoulders and voiced passionately against his neck, "This is the result of trust, of companionship, intimacy, and love. Do you think those feelings could be created without becoming vulnerable from one to the other? This is the union of man and woman in which a child is created."

Naruto listened to the increasing volume of Lyseria's cry, calling Haku's name in a growing crescendo. Distracted with the incredible witnessing of two people so tightly embraced with the other, the delightful punishment of Haku thrusting inside of Lyseria so painfully willing, Shade gradually traced her hand over the front of his pants and over an engorged erection.

His breath shuttered, his body reacted sensitively to her touch with unimagined pleasure. Seeing him react so quickly, so unexpectedly aroused, she turned his cheek to her and kissed him.

Without ceremony, Uzumaki Naruto shoved her off of him so hard she tumbled ass over heels through the dirt and mud.

He didn't have to say anything to show his complete and utter distaste at what she did.

Trying to regain her dignity and her composure, she glared up at him from where she sat with furious mix matched eyes. "What do you care? You're a clone. This won't matter and Hinata won't know once you're gone. Either will you for that matter."

Stomping past her, he stopped long enough to look over his shoulder at her. "That's where you're wrong. When I am gone, the real Naruto will know. My memories will become his once I'm dispelled. If he knows, then Hinata will know because he's going to tell her."

Shade swallowed when she realized what the upcoming implications could be.

"Yes, making love and expressing it to one another through sex is beautiful and wonderful, but sharing it with the person you love and ONLY the person you love is enjoying a trust in knowing it's a memory for only the two of you. The key word there, Shade, is trust."

She was still dusting her robes and trying to collect herself back on her feet, answering him in an astonished whisper, "I don't know why you're so upset-"

The control he had over his voice scared her. This wasn't the noisy, boisterous, cheerful young boy who she had promised herself to gain his seed, but someone, something else completely different. There was a hidden nobility, a regal presence about him that she doubted anyone has ever seen before. "Because Hinata-chan trusts me and I can't, won't betray her. Not for you or for anyone. I love her-"

Naruto and Shade blinked at the same time, realizing that is the first time they heard him voice his feelings for her. A slow, endearing smile creased his lips as he reveled in this reality.

"I love her." he said again, this time to himself, savoring the meaning and heartfelt release of such a simple fact. When he turned his strong, confident blue eyes towards her, there was a finality in them she knew she could not talk herself out of.

"It's my fault, Shade, because I didn't tell you before. Hyuuga Hinata is my girlfriend and I don't think there was ever a time I gave you the impression that you and I were ever going to be more then just friends. I have no idea what will happen after I am gone, but know this: Don't touch me again without my permission. Who knows what the future holds for either of us, but know that I don't expect you to stay much longer with our Team. I advise you to consider going back to where you came from, because I doubt you'll be welcomed back at Tazuna's."

He made a sign to dispel himself, but Shade called out angrily, "You're just scared!"

Naruto pulled his hands apart, ready to listen to her. "Of what?"

"Of the feelings of what's inside you! You want what you saw in there," She pointed at the window, "I know you did! You're afraid to just enjoy it. There is a hunger inside you, a need like mine. You have it inside you like I do! You. Are. A. Monster!" She emphasized her poking herself in the chest.

Uzumaki chuckled with a carefree raise of his hands. "You know, I don't think I've ever felt better about myself then I do right now, Shade."

She was very aware he was no longer calling her 'Nee-Chan.'

"What do you mean?"

"Because, I know what the difference between you and I is. You want to revel in being this 'monster'. I choose to 'not' be one. It is the human side that is greater then my beast. Good bye, Shade."

"Before you go," Shade finally had herself poised enough to recover some of her lost pride. "I have a question for you."

"Make it quick." His hands were already folded in a proper dispel sign.

"Have you told Hinata about your demon side?" She didn't have to say anything more to know the answer to that.

"Not yet." He admitted.

Shade nodded, a small triumph in her own right. "Know this, Naruto, when the time comes and she actually 'sees' you for that part of you that you try to hide so well, remember that if you had red slit eyes, fangs, and claws, I think you'd look beautiful. How will she look at you as?"

"I don't know, but there is something else that needs to be said."

"What's that?"

"I think I'm going to kick Haku's ass when I see him. I just realized he spent this night looking at my Hinata-chan nude."

The blond genin said nothing more when he finally disappeared in a puff of smoke.

Folding her arms across her breasts, Shade tried to think of what to do next when she heard two cries from the window she was just monitoring. One of the names called just happened to be her own. She jerked her head back to it, surprised beyond words for the second time in moments at what she was witnessing. Lyseria pushed Haku away and stormed into the bathroom.

"Shit," she hissed under her breath.

Everything was falling apart fast and she wasn't sure how she was going to recover from this epic failure.