Disclaimer: I own nothing of Naruto. The original characters, techniques, and plotline belong to me.
Bold: Jutsus
Italic: Thoughts
Underlined: Kyuubi
Chapter 1: The Heart
Night had fallen as Itachi looked into the eyes of the brutish thug who had leveled Kaikouri from behind with his club. His dexterous fingers formed seven hand seals.
"Forbidden Technique: Blood Shrapnel Explosion" he whispered.
Kaikouri watched as a small ball of red chakra left Itachi's mouth and entered the chest of the man. His eyes closed as the blood splattered across his face, leaving crimson lines criss-crossing his features.
"We have to leave immediately," he told Kaikouri as she pushed herself up off the ground. "It will only be moments before the Anbu arrive and I have no desire to end that many lives today."
Kaikouri stood and wiped the blood from Itachi's lips before smiling and pulling his head down to her level. "Do not ever perform a technique of the blood in front of me without proper authorization," She said as her nails dug into the back of his neck. "It is far too exciting."
She kissed his throat and raked her teeth against the deceptively soft flesh. "I will not take your words as commands, Twilighter. I am your master while the moon wanes," said a smiling Itachi as he swung her feather-light form over himself and onto the cart.
The cart, drawn by two deep roan horses, pulled away from the scene of the murder just as several Anbu arrived to witness both the mangled corpse and the cart's fading dust trail.
"We will have to alert the Tsuchikage about this," said the lion masked Anbu. "It looks like the work of a dangerous sadist." The other subordinate nins nodded in agreement without making a sound. Soon after, all four of them left the area with a speed that made them seem to disappear in a small explosion of underbrush.
Ancient eyes watched with little mirth.
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"BAAAAKAAAA!"
"What the hell do you want Sakura?", said a very sleepy Naruto.
Wait! Sakura? In my room!
Naruto was a blur as he pulled on his pants, but Sakura blushed as her trained eyes slowed the motion in her mind and she caught sight of his naked form.
Ewwww! Naruto naked! She thought reflexively, but Inner Sakura had other ideas: Oh, but I guess I didn't mind that much...
Sakura's mind did backflips as she realized what she had just thought. Her blush increased as he looked at her caught between her confusion and reality.
"Are you alright Sakura-chan?" asked Naruto
"Of course I am you baka!" she retorted. "Why wouldn't I be?"
"Because you look like you accidentally read a page out of Jiraiya's pervert books!" he shouted.
Sakura slapped him across the face and threw him out of bed with the immense medic-nin strength that Tsunade had been cultivating in her. Naruto got up looking slightly hurt. But recovered to his usual grinning self.
"Why are you here so early anyway?"
"Because it isn't early. It happens to be late. Do you even remember what day it is baka?" she said through gritted teeth.
"OH!" shouted Naruto. "Today is the Chuunin Exam! I totally forgot. Are you ok Sakura-chan?"
Sakura was looking at him with flames in her eyes and steam coming out of her ears.
"NO NARUTO! I AM NOT OK! DO NOT BE SUCH A FORGETFUL MORON! ALSO, STOP CALLING ME SAKURA-CHAN!"
Naruto let her blow of steam by chasing him around his room. When she finally stopped, he apologized for whatever he had done and they both left for the exam.
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AN: First... This is my first story… not just on but ever. I just felt it was time to write one after enjoying all the posted ones so much. I apologize for the extremely short chapter, but I intend to update every two days or so. Chapters will get longer as the story develops. I intend to have a large amount of original Jutsus, because I think there aren't enough of them. Please give me input on what you want to see happen.
(ie: pairings/plot/even Jutsus) I am a fan of NaruHina, but I'm open to anything.
