Ino yawed, she sat lazily on one of the aparment's couch. It was a Friday night and they had nothing to do. Tenten and Neji were also joining her in her bordom, Lee andShikamaru sat in the kitchen while Hinata made limonade. '' Why are we so bored again?'' Ino asked Neji and Tenten.

'' Beacause we have nothing o do.'' Tenten responded. Her eyes were closed and her hands rested on her belly as she layed on the couch opposite to Ino. Ino sighed and sat. She thought for a moment and look around. She smirked and opened the small box that was below the couch, took out a white small packet and opened it. Tenten saw her. '' What are you doing?''

Ino smirked again, almost laughing of her evil plan. Neji got the picture at the very moment he saw her walking to the kitchen with the plastic in hand, he alsmost barst laughing but held calm. Just of the thought of how his cousin would look when she see's it. Ino entered the kitchen casual, making sure that neither Lee norShikamaru saw her place the piece of plastic inside the counter case that held the spoons when Hinata wasen't looking.

Hinata put the ice cubed inside the glasses. Neji and Tenten went to the kitchen. After Ino closed the case Hinata held up the glass of limonade to Lee so he can get it while she opened the case to get him a spoon. When she did, Hinata gasp and accidentaly dropped the whole limonade on Lee's shirt when shesaw the condom inside the counter case, the spoon indise it.

Ino, Tenten, Neji and evenShikamaru barst out laughing when they saw Hinata blushing deep in emberesment, her hand on chest trying to calm herself, she grabed a rag and started cleaning her frined's shirt. '' That was not funny Ino,.'' She said still blushing. '' And get that... thing, outta of the kitchen.''

'' How do you know it was me? And besides it's your fault for being such an innocent person...and I was bored. '' Ino threw the condom away and and helped Hinata cleaned the mess. The door of the aparment opened and Sakura stepen in. She hang her coat and purse on a chair.

'' Hey, what all you guys doing here.? ''

'' We have nothing to do, and that sucks you know Why? because is a Friday night.'' Said Tenten, Sakura went to the refrigerator and got herslef a yogurt.

'' Well, why dont you go to the club or something?'' They all looked at her as if her idea had just fallen from the sky. '' Not a bad idea huh?''

'' How am I suppose to go out with my shirt ruined.'' Protested Lee who still was cleaning away the limonade. Hinata now sat on the table. '' I can't go anywhere, although I'm still a handsome man no matter how much limonade is droped on me.'' The room went silent and all of them eyed him. He was weird alright.

'' Who invited you.'' Spoke Shikamaru. Lee just glared and sighed. Ignoring his statement. Well after a few more discusions they decided to go to the club and from there to the beach, maybe somewhere else but they didn't knew where yet. Lee had asked Sakura to go with him, but she just invented the excuse that she wanted to feel free that night like a bird. He sighed and said, '' Fine.'' Neji had agreed to go with Tenten only because she was making fun of him for never being seen with girls.

The music was loud, lights of all colors danced along the pace of the rhytmic tunes. A bar at one of the sides, a man serving drinks, and two flirtting with the girls. At the moment they got there, eveyone found their spot in the place. Ino dancing, Hinata with her cousing and Tenten, Sakura at the bar, Lee and Shikamaru played cards in the uper floor. One of the man that was serving drinks started giving Sakura funny looks. Cute he was, making her blush everytime he looked at her.

After the guy was finish attending one of the many custemers, he approached her. Sakura slid her finger arounf the edge of her drink. '' What is a pretty young girl like you doing in a place like this?'' His brown eyes shown no bad intensions to her, it was just a little play game, hoping to earn a nice frinedship that night. Sakura smiled.

'' I'm supposed to be having fun.'' Their voices had to be a bit loud. The D.J turn the volume of the music up and it was louder than before when they had gotten there. The music stoped. Silence. Then the music started again,. The song seemed to get up alot of the ones that were sitted. The rythim made Sakura start moving her foot at the pace of the music.

'' Well. why dont you dance a little, it might help.'' Sakura thought about it. He wanted her to have fun, to enjoy herself. She always belived on that saying that said to live everyday of your life like if it would be the last. And it was true, why lay there drinking when she could be doing something else. The boy went back to his job, getting more drinks to the custumers. Most of the people there were young, most of Sakura''s generation. None of them were teens, most were already in their 20's.

Sakura saw Ino dancing and smiled. How come she's always so happy? She wondered. Ino was always happy. Ino was that kind of person that found fun doing anything she liked, and if not, she found the way to like it . Sakura sighed. '' Why so bored?'' That voice.

'' Naruto? i didn't expect to see you here.'' But I hoped, She told herself. He sat beside her and order a drink. Suddenly, the thought of Sasuke came to her mind. His bleeding body on the hospital bed made her sad. What he told her was true, but she could not dare to wonder about that fight they had. To them it seemed not to worry. But deep down they had horror for each one of the timed they had fought, There were not much, but when it happened, it would be killing for any human to watch. Sakura shook the thoughts from her mind, somehow she wasen't mad at neither of them, maybe it was just the way it had to be, but still, if she could she would of stoped it.

It hurted her to see someone she cared for kill each other till one bleeds to death or doesen't have the energy to continue. The music changed again. Therythim it made her foot tap on the leg of her chair. '' I had a feeling I was going to find you here.'' Naruto said.

'' You did? I mean you did, wow, that's great.'' She was confused at the moment, her thoughts were somewhere across the distance. She didn't knew how to act with them anymore, how? How would she treat Naruto right after her erotic encounter with Sasuke? How would she act with Sasuke after she was with Naruto? She certanly can't be kissing and spending time with both at the same time. It was not right. But what could she do? She was deeply unsure of her feelings for them, she didn't know what she felt because she didn't like one more than the other, they were equal to her. Confused?

'' Hey, the music's changing, i love this song come on.'' Naruto grabbed her arms and pulled her to the dance floor. Although she protested at first he wa able to get her there.

'' Naruto wait! I..I...wait.'' When they got the dance floor the crowd squished her and pushed her against his body, he was warm and welcoming any physical contact they had and only smiled down at her. Sakura blushed and started to move herself to the rhythim of the music. Theri bodies moved as one and she smiled to herself when she found a sexual meaning to the dance. About 12 seconds later that they started someone that was dancing too, bump into her, back to back. She turned around and saw Ino. Both smiled..'' Was that a challenge Ino?''

'' You tell me..'' Ino smirked. Hinata who sat on a chair with her cousin only placed a hand on her forhead, she knew what was going to happen next, Ino and Sakura has done that before and she only sighed...Here we go again..Hinata thought. Negi only looked at her and back at Ino and Sakura. Ino and Sakura looked directly at their eyes, some of the people had notice and had gather around them, but some still were dancing. '' Sensual style, first one with no more moves loses, winner takes the crown.''

Sakura smirked..'' What about the loser?''

'' Cuts her hair 3 inches.''

'' Okay then.'' Sakura turned to Naruto and told him just to wait and watch when he questioned her. The DJ stoped the music and started a new song, the best he played all night. Ino and Sakura circled each other, eyes keept in each other, smirking to themselves, now all the crowed was around them. Naruto was from the ones in the front. The circle was made around the colorful disco ball. Then the stoped circling and for a moment gaze at each other. Sakura could read all of Ino's emotions in her gaze, exitment, confidence and that emotion that made clear she was female.

Ino started, one quick move of hips and chest at the sound of the music was it for her to surprise the crowd and all went in ' Ouch', not in pain, but in amazement. Sakura smiles and sliding one hand through her hair and circling her curvy hips one time while her hands travel along the curve of her neck, the stopped at the hit of a drum in the song. Ino and Sakura had done this a number of times, each time they did it they always attracked the attention of all the people who were in the club. No one was left out that didn't saw them challenging each other. And God, did they were good...

They went like this for like 2 minutes, each movement one made, the other made one even better and more seductive than the last. Hips to one side then the other, in a thousand different rhytims and styles, each one more seductive by each second that passed between them in that dance floor. Naruto loved the sight, he had never seen Sakura moved like that before, he didn't even know that she knew how to dance.

Sakura's heart raised as well as Ino's. When Sakura's turn was again she had to thought for a while before doing anything, Ino made one hard and the song was almost ending, she shook her thoughts away and a quick swing of hips, a shake of hair, her hand sliding from her belly all the way in between her breast, and when her hands reached her neck, she closed her eyes, threw her neck back and arched her back all the way down till the pink ends of her hair touched the floor made it. The song ended and she was out of breath. She smiled and got up regaining her posture. She looked at her friend...'' Okay fine you got me, by tomorrow my hair will be 3 inches shorter.''

Sakura was pleased by her words and after she regain her breath and no one was watching them anymore, she saw Naruto in the bar. She went to him. '' You're amazing, I never thought you could dance like that Sakura.'' He handed her a drink. After she rested a bit, she and Naruto desided to go for a walk, for the sound was sensitive in Naruto's ears. Never knew that Werefox were sensitive to sound..Sakura thought.

The wet street was cool and helped her with the heat she gained during her dance debate she had with Ino an hour ago. '' The stars are amazing tonight.'' Sakura said looking up at them. '' They're like a hundred of little eyes looking down at us, don't u think?'' Naruto looked up.

'' You express yourself in such strange ways...''' He said.

Sakura laughed. '' True, maybe that's why Ino calls me weird all the time, I'm a weird person, very weird indeed. Sometimes not even I can unserstand myself'' Naruto sudenly looked at her with a serious face upon him.

'' No Sakura, you're not weird,'' he paused a moment and thought about her, for the time he has known her and been in her dreams, at last he said. '' You just have a wonderful gift for expression.'' A warm smile appeard her cherry lips. No one called me gifted before...She thought. They continued walking, Naruto saw that she still wore that bracelet he gave her, he smirked and placed his black jacket around her shoulders, Sakura looked at him. '' For the cold...'' he explained. '' Sakura, do you mind me asking?...How did your mother died?''

His words echoed her mind and she felt as a hard cold and sharp kunia had been slashed through her memeories, awakening them like an angry storm that had just hit the coast of the city. How did your mother died Sakura? Those words were the ones she never allowed herself to focus on. Sakura looked down and hesitated for a mometn. She remembered every last second of the tragical event. She remembered the look in her mother's eyes and and all the blood that she cryed in for like seem an eternety.

'' Sakura?''

How all that blood bathed her, how her eyes had rolled the the back of her neck and she cryed, she cryed in her arms till they found her, the men in white like she called the Doctors and ambulance people when she was young. That hidden memory was there, she kept her gaze low, finally Sakura looked up and gazed beyond the air and streets, remembering that night, she said..'' Is a memory I have kept hidden, until today...I will never forget that night, when we could see the moon bigger than ever, and the most beautiful sunset, back in Japan, where my papa still is... The night my mama give me her necklace...''

Cold wind from the north and warm from the south, the Sun was setting and little 5 year old Sakura sat on the roof of her house watching the Sun saying good bye. And the Moon coming out of the other side of the mountains. Her legs she huged tight to her chest. '' 3, 2,1.'' She counted in her soft calm voice and the Sun was out she, turned around and watched the moon. '' 3, 2, 1.'' And the whole Moon was up. She smiled and stood up. She liked the nights, but she hated having to sleep, nightmares always hunted her, where she saw snakes attacking and crawling around her neck, cuttung her breath, snakes that got inside her flesh, snakes and snakes everywhere of all size.

She shiever and shook her thoughts away, yes, there were also vampires and a werefox she dreamed off eveytime she slept during the day. But she hated the night only becasue she had to sleep and dream, ans she always dreamed snakes, those were the dreams responssible for her extremly high phobia for snakes. Just the word ' crawling' made her shiver.

5 year old Sakura heard her mother calling out her name from the window, so she sliped along the roof in her bare tip-toes and jumped to her window and went inside her room. Once in the room she sliped on her Pink Panther ballerina shoes and went down stairs, sliding her hand along the wall. Her mother came in view soon after she was there. '' Sakura honey, where were you? I've been calling you for 10 minutes already. '' She smiled and knelt infront of her daughter. '' I want you to have something, '' She unhooked the silver chain around her neck. She handed it to Sakura.

'' Your necklace.'' Sakura whispered. Her mother nodded and help her put it on.

'' I want you yo have it...and take good care of it, for it values more than an immortal life.'' Sakura smiled and gave her mother a hug. '' Now, we are about to live, go tell your father and Nanny good bye.'' Sakura ran to the living room where her father and grandmother were.

'' There you are young missy..'' Sakura giggle as she was lifted into his arms. She could smell his rich perfume on his shirt. ''Now, Sakura, I can't go with you and mommy to the doctor to get your unborn brother to check, but you're going to be a good girl and promise me that you'll protect mommy, okay?'' Her father's voice was spicy and with sent of fatherhood in it. She loved his voice, and the creativity he had to tell stories was amazing. Sakura only nodded while chewing on her index nail. He kissed her cheek and let her down.

'' Bye grany.'' The little girl said while she grabed her teady-bear that she called NaSu, she never knew, not even her parents why she called the bear that, NaSu. Her mother kissed Sakura's father and he told her to take care. Sakura smiled at the love her parents had for each other. Her mother and her got into the car, and while the car parted Sakura held Nasu, her teady-bear, tight in her hand while the other one waved at her father and grandmother. Her mother drove, the street was mostly alone, for they lived away from the city, it wasen't until after her mother's death that they moved to Tokyo. Their house ws all the way up the mountaind before...the street was quiet, fog started appearing as the house disapeared back. The trees stood so tall and still she shive and went back to her seat...

Naruto and Sakura now stood on the top of a roof of a building, she held his jacket close to her body, feeling cold of the memory, but she was touched and felt a warm inside when she saw that Naruto was putting all of his attention to her memory, the lost memory that she just found filled with dust in the corner of her mind. '' My mother was two months pregnate with a baby brother, we were going to see the doctor that night, I don't remember why did it had to be at night, but i wanted to go with her, since papa couldn't because nanny was sick, he had to take care of her. We drove down that eerie street, I remember it well, it was in a bleak December...''

The car drove along the street in between the forest and mountains, little Sakura embrassed her teady-bear NaSu tighter and looked out of the window again. The only thing she could see was darkness hiden within ther trees and thousands of leaves. The fog held some demonic sent, and the lights of the car weren't almost enough to luight the way, Sakura felt trapped in the forest. She wanted to get out of the car and ran back to the house, but she promised her father that she'll take care of her mom no matter what.

Her mother touched her hand and she turned from the window to her. '' When we get to the Doctor Sakura, I dont want you looking at his eyes okay?'' Sakura didn't questioned her mother, she just nodded and hugged NaSu.

'' My mother didn't wanted me to look at the Doctor's eyes because Doctors absorved pain and suffery from the patients, they've seen blood and the most horrendous cases than any othe person, and I would of freak when reading his eyes and memories.'' Sakura explained to Naruto who had been now embrassing her, her back to his chest and his hands around her, keeping her warm.'' That night, '' she continued, '' Was the last night my mom sang to me The Moon a song that was related to the story my father told me about the the Uzumaki and the Uchiha boy, Moon and sun...''

The fog in the forest grew and each time more mountains and cliffs surrounded them. Sakura glued her eyes to the window, as if searching for something that lay deep within. When she saw the trees pass, she, in a glimpse saw something move in between the trees, she gasped and sat back on the front chair with her mother. Her mom grabed her hand when seeing the fear in her eyes, ''What are you afraid Sakura?'' She asked. Sakura looked at her then out of the window again .'' Hmph?''

'' The snakes.'' She stated. Her mother smiled.

'' Honey, there are no snakes, they're a sleep right now, but hey, if you're that scared I'll sing you that song you like so much, what is it called...The moon..The one from the stories that your father tells you?'' Sakura nodded...Her mother started singing, not a flaw was heard in her voice, her voice was soft, calm and almost perfect.the tone of the song was depressing and full of emotion, but to Sakura was relaxing...

The Moon

The Moon is an incomplete halo..

if the Sun is not there..

The Moon dosen't cry..

when the Sun let's her go at dawn..

and in his golden sunset..

his golden dawn..

Mmm...Mmmm...Mmm

The silver Moon lives alone..

and has to understand..

that the Sun that illuminates her..

also hastoilluminates another Moon..

That wakes up with him..

every golden dawn..and every golden time...

Little six year old Sakura had relaxed in her mother's voice, when her mom looked back at the road, a snake, a huge inmense snake flashed infront of the glass and time seemed to slowed down again, the green snake opened it's mouth wide and her mother's heart almost burst out, the peace was broken when she lost control of the car and it spuned around, falled down the mountain and it crashed on a tree. Time returned to it's normal pace and Sakura only covered her head with her tiny hads. A few small rocks hit her accompanied by dirt. She didn't wanted to look up, she didn't wanted to know how many bones she had broken. Her hands shaking, fill with fears no mortal had ever feared before.

But then she smelled something...blood. Her eyes widen and she looked up to see her mother. All the indows of the car were broken, it was crashed from everywhere, all of it was a mess. But when she saw her mother, she froze. A sharp, long and thick piece of hard branch crossed her belly and came all the way out of her back. Her bloody body was warn. Sakura's eyes were full of tears, she went to her mother's side. Her eyes were crimson red, puppiless, her neck broken to the side and her hand sill held Sakura's. Sakura's breath was cut and she started trembling violently. '' Mommy..'' she whispered..'' Mommy'' a bit loud...''' Mommy!'' Silence. "MOMMY!''

Her yell echoed the mountains and the birds that hid one the trees flew away, startle. Sakura sobed and cryed on her mother's bloody chest and stomach, and the baby brother that had just been killed. The blood was everywhere, on Sakuras hands and face and cloths, and all over her mother's body. Sakura became to hate snakes, they were the ones who caused her mother's and brother's death. It seem an eternety of tears and crying, she never knew for how long she cryed, she wasen't aware of anything till the men in white like she called them, pulled her away from the death body.

NaSu wasen't in her hands anymore and she was taken back to her father, few months later her Nanny died in sadness of her one and only daughter died. Sakura;s father changed, he wasen't the same man who always gave you a warm smile no matter what. He spoke less and only talk when he really needed it. His only hope was to give Sakura a good future and get her out of that place that would always remember her when she cried in her mommy's blood.

Sakura trapped herself in fantasies and stories to keep away from her memories, till she hid them well in the corner of her mind, that with time was filled wiht dust. In her eighteen birthday, Kurenai, her father's step-sister, came to visit and offer Sakura a job at her company. Her father and her agreed, Sakura at first didn't want to live her father, but to conquer her dreams, she had to. Now 23 years old, she hasen't seen her father in five years...

'' And that is pretty much it'' Sakura finished with a sigh. Naruto's arms were warm against her, she could feel his warm breath on her neck. The night was cold, very cold, silence followed as Sakura thought about her past and Naruto about what he just had been told. It was sad, her past, just like his it held terrible memories that they didn't dare to remember from dawm to sunset, but still, the past can be a blank memory sometimes.

Sakura closed her eyes, as Naruto did. Peace. Quiet. Tranquility. Nothing more.

CRASH!

Startle, Sakura jumped out of Naruto's arms. Heart racing, she yelled in terror when she saw what caused the noise. Naruto turn around and pushed Sakura back. She trembeled violently, her eyes felt as if they were being burned. Naruto stared and the thing that had falled at the top of the building...

A twenty foot tall, about five foot wide green with black lines snake threated them. The roof had feel crashed but not collapsed, the snake eerie skaled were rough as rock, but smoth as silk. To sharp fangs were noticible when it opened her mouth and made a hungry loud noise. It's yellow eyes were demonic and it had to small wings coming out of her head made of thin green membrane. Her body curled around and its sharp look made Sakura gasp. '' What in Hell..'' She whispered. Hand on her chest.

'' Sakura! Stay back!'' Naruto yelled. The wind had suddenly became stronger and a the sky started filling with gray clouds as the thunder roared from the east towards west as well as north. The thing stared at Naruto's eyes, he returned her glare right back, he didn't seem worried for himself, but for Sakura. But Sakura was a different tale, she was trembeling and stating at the snake with fear and sencing all the panic that overwell her. She hated snakes. She cursed evey last one with rage within. And now seeing her worst nightmare 20 times bigger didn't help

The neck of the snake cocked and Naruto closed his eyes. A moment went by, Sakura watched him, wondering what was going to happen. If she had been alone she would of made a run for it, but in second thought, she knew that would of been stupid. Naruto opened his eyes, and his blue ocean orbs that Sakura loved so much were no more, now they were red. Red as blood and the mighty power of the transformation. His hands grew and now where claws, her eyes widen. Fire encirlce him, his body started to change, he started bending down, the fire covered him and he last thing she saw was that his fangs grew silver and sharp.

A bolt of fire so hot and big circle the place where Naruto once was that Sakura had to cover her face with her arms. The fire disapeared with one last twist. Sakura's eyes got watery, she gasp and covered her mouth with her hand when she saw him, he was not Naruto.

He was The Eight Tale Fox. The Eight tales, for a moment she had wondered why there were only eight, where was the nineth, but then she remember that the 9th tale was only unleashed during the NIght of the Nightless Moon.

A werefox. She had just witnessed the tranformation of a werefox. For some reason she knew why his nineth tale wasen't there, because that only happened in the Night of The Nighless Moon. This wasen't his full power, but her eyes already hurt of all that they had took in. His powe..She though feeling the wind wave her pink hair and the lights of the flames light her face. His fur brightned, it seem so soft that if it wasen't for her fear and amazement she would of pet him till her hands bleed.

The snake cocked her head towards them, Naruto or should we say the Eigth Tale fox jumped and in a flash he apeared behind the green snake. A green so dark it seem burned. It waged her tale and crashed on the roof as he jumped. Sakura could only stare. The snaked attacked again and it made Naruto had to jumped to the building next to the one they were in. 50 floor above the street, this was just great.

It followed him here and there, and eveytime the snake attacked, he made high jumps or block them with his tales. While he battle the snake, where Sakura stood, a green light on the ground made a flash and hundred of regulared sized snakes pop out of the whole like fluid. To her luck the ocean of snakes head her way. She wanted to puke at just seeing the way they crawled they made her shiver. She backed away when all the thousands of snakes moved her way.

''Naruto!'' She yelled not taking her eyes away from her predators. She continued to back away, her necklace started glowing again. Trembeling she got to the edge of the building and almost for a bit almost fell. ''Naruto!'' She shout again, pleeding for help. Naruto hit the snake hard on its chest and looked towards her. Her feel at the bery edge of the building, when she looked down at the street, the image broke in two and she was loosing her balance. He looked and jumped high so he could reach her, but just when he was about to touch the ground, the snake attacked him once more, knocking him to the roof, it weaked him.

Sakura felt the wind pushing her and gravity pulling her, as if everything wanted her to fall. One of the snakes made its way around her anckle. Startle she yelled and when she shook it off she lost her balance and felt her body being pressed against cold air that started warming with the speed. The street got closet and closer as she fall. Covering her face with her arms and tightening her fist she shut tight her eyes and waited. She had been sencing another powerful chackra near by. And he would probably warm his heart a bit and catch her before she hit the ground.

About 5 meters before hitting the ground with tremendous speed, a boy with pale soft skin jumped high in the air and catched her. Only a thump..was heard when her cloths hit his. What a fall...whoever he was she would thank him for the rest of her life. Heart racing, her hands were not trembling anymore that they were cold, cold as the dawn on the southern poles.

The boy placed her on the floor of the street, somehow it was empty. Slowly Sakura opened her eyes only to see none. Or almost unoticible. She jumped off his arms and tryed to regain her balance. She swuallow hard and looked at his siver eyes, breathless and without words of the supernatural jump he had made. '' N-Negi...?'' Staring at his eyes. He only looked at her. Motionless. '' How...how did you---''

CRASH!

Sakura gasped and looked up at the roof of the building. Due to the many floors it had she wasen't able to see at thing only an explotion far away and a tiny man battleling with a snake. '' Naruto!'' She yelled. Negi stared at her. She looked down at him again. '' I have to get up there..''' Her voice has full of worry and anciety. Her eyes were pleading. Whatever he did to catch her earlier, that amazing jump of his, could help right now and she knew it was not the time to question what he never told her before.

'' You are safe here, stay here. For what reason you want to go over there...thrust me, you don't want to get in the middle of a fight where a Werefox is involved.'' Neji said. Sakura turned towards him. She was speachless allright.

'' Y-you--" she said poiting a finger to him. " You know about him?''

'' Yes and I also know about Uchiha Sasuke and their story.'' He said getting annoyed at her sillyness. He knew. He had always known. But never dared told anyone knowing that there were consequences on telling eighter the Uzamaki and the Uchiaha secrets to any mortal. By now, to Sakura almost everything was clear, but not all. She knew it was true what his father said in the stories, it had to be true. But, where in the world did that snake came from? And what was what had been calling her the afternoon she was in the grave. This was so confusing.

'' Take me up there please.. I need to be there.'' She begged. A moment of silence and he slide one hand behind her knees and the other one on her lower back, picking her up he jumped up. Pushed himself on the wall of one ot the buildings then on the other one, till he got to the top. Letting go of her was only the beginig of his problems. What was wrong with him? Sakura wondered. Hyuga Negi never did what he was told or order. So, why would he listen to her and jump in the middle of a battle field?

Sakura was about to run towards Naruto, but Negi's arm sneaked around her waist and pulled, stopping her. He pointed at some boxes that were burned when they were touched by the snake's tail. '' You wanna end up like that?'' She only looked back at his silver eyes. '' Then stay here.''

At last, The Eight Tail Fox growl his anger to the heavens and glared back at his threat, the eerie eyes of the snake were fixed with only the desire to kill, Sakura had trouble avoiding that gaze. Then Naruto jumped at it again and this time attacked it's neck, causing a sticky and bad smelly liquid to stream out. It wasen't blood, Sakura knew that it wasen't blood, blood was sweeter and soft.

The snake fell to the ground, making a loud noise. It's body turned to a shade and it disapear into the nothing. It was gone as if nothing had happened. The Eight Tail fox breathed heavily, his white fangs glew in the night. Fire surrounded him, going around in a circle till it covered his whole body. Mother Night, did she just saw him tired and hurt?

Sakura pushed Neji back and ran towards him, the fire faded and he was back to normal, in his human form. Hid panted, the paml of his hands on the floor as well as his knees. He was not tired like in other battles, but the desire to save Sakura made him exausted. Sakura ran towards him, knelt infront if Naruto and tryed to catch his gaze. When he looked up Sakura was touched on the very core of her soul. Nothing more she saw but worry. That and a hint of love. Wait, was that was she saw? Her eyed got watery and she didn't hesitated to throw her arms around him.

Naruto smiled. Neji just watched from afar, but behind Sakura and Naruto he saw a shodow standing there embrassed by darkness and nothing more. His red eyes glew like fire, and was the only thing visible of his body, his arms seemed to be crossed and hie black vampiric wings were spread to the wind. When Neji glanced at Sakura again, he was gone. That shodow disapear in a flash.

Naruto pulled back and got up while helping Sakura do the same. '' Wow...that was awesome...'' He said reffering to the fight. '' Go home Sakura, and rest. ''

'' Huh? Hey wait! You're not going to disapear like you do always aren't you! '' She snaped. Naruto looked back at Neji.

'' I trust your friend here to take you home safe, now go.'' He gave her a light push on her back. When she turned around to protest...he was gone. Neji offer his hand, she sighed and took it.

'' You have alot of explaining to do .'' Sakura murmur while he picked her up. Good thing she was very light and it made it easier for him.

Well that's it for this chapter...I hope you guys enjoyed it and i will REALLY appreciate your reviews.

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Love you as always... Violetme