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Part 2 of the Intermission.

-The Auction :Part II-

Wind rushing in their faces, they made a break neck pace straight down. Laughing merrily in the air, he grinned in spite of Temari's consistent screaming. Her voice echoing all around the valley, which the lake was in. Dispelling the dragon, he felt her hands constricting his airflow as she gripped his waist and chest even harder. Free falling was one of the best parts of the experience, it was almost like they were flying.

Forming quick hand seals he sent a burst of chakra induced air to the ground, creating a sort of cushion as both of them soared into landing. Still a bit shaken from their experience, he had set her down next to a tree. Leaving his cape around her body for her to conserve her warmth. Using it as a blanket she wrapped herself tight within the cape. She had grown up in the sand, it was blaring hot almost all the time and the rapid change in the temperature had shocked her.

Strolling slowly to a tree at the edge of the lake, he found a scroll pinned onto it. Reaching out he grabbed it and walked to the very edge of the lake. Laying it onto the water it floated around, biting his thumb he smeared blood onto the scroll. The scroll ignited into a blinding light and surrounded the entire area, the lake instantly froze up going to -30 degrees F.

Walking over to Temari, he handed her a pair of skates that mysteriously appeared in a puff of ninja smoke. She looked at the leather shoes with a metal piece on the bottom, with questionable ideas. He then showed her an example, taking off his shoe he placed it on the ground. Putting his hand onto the skate, he put his foot into it and got up. Only to fall down with an 'oomph' and Temari giggled a very girlish laugh.

Hahaing a very sarcastic filled laugh. He got up again and kneeled down, taking her foot he placed it within the skate she had. Being very gentle, and her body eased up at the warmth of his touch. She actually blushed, as he finished tying the laces of her skates. Standing up, he reached out with his hands and offered her his help to get her up.

Smiling a soft smile, she accepted it gratefully. Using a bit of force he had gotten her off the ground, and the proceeded to get her to the frozen lake. The snow flakes gently drifting down in a haze. Never in her life had she seen such a spectacular spectacle. The sand never had these, their climate had been too hot or extreme for anything this soft and gentle.

Clumsily she tried to walk on the ice, only to fall over while she was practicing. Hearing a hardy laugh echoing through the forest, she glared daggers at his laugher. Instantly shutting up the blue eyed boy. Her smile returned when she started to get the hang of the movements. However she turned a bright red when the blonde boy just started to circle around her, taunting her a little. Forcing her to work even harder to match his movements.

When he smirked, that did 2 things that totally confused her. One, it made her so very angry that she wanted to strangle him, but the other was very strange. He made her blush, a deep cream pink blush that she never felt before. Within minutes of messing up and trials she had gotten the hang of his maneuvers, her quick thinking allowing her to improvise on the go. When he did a quadruple spinning flip in the air landing on one foot at a 34 degree bent leg. She tried, and obviously failed miserably.

Naruto noticing that the impact was going to be especially painful, soared across the ice and leaped to catch her within his arms. Causing the already blushing Temari of the Sand to blush a few hundred more shades of red. He grinned at her with his trademark foxy grin, of course she blushed another few hundreds shades. Setting her down on her feet, she unsteadily got back into the rhythm of moving across the ice.

He was right beside her, the look in her eye was that she was challenging him to a race. With a blink he raced off, she pushed herself to catch up. The wind rushed to their faces, and both let out bouts of laughs. Both were accelerating at high speeds, but Naruto was caught off guard when the blonde haired girl jumped right next to him. Catching him off guard for the first time, he swerved off.

Grabbing onto the sand girl's hand he sent both of them sprawling into the bank. Obviously this landed them in a very compromising position. Both of them were noticeably extremely vulnerable, but of course they were awkward teenagers with raging hormones. So what else could they do? Kiss that's what. Looking closer, she saw his eyes turn from a gentle sky blue, to a confused sapphire.

Taking control she flipped him over, pinning his wrist above his head with her own arms. But she didn't go into the kill instantly. She slowly inched down towards his face, her breathe brushing against his lips. His lips twitched a bit in anticipation. Their 'almost' kiss was short lived as a toad appeared out of no where.

Smiling a bit of a disappointed smile, he glanced towards Temari who too had the same look. Quickly hooking his arm with hers, he lead them to the toad. The toad was fairly large for a frog that is, but even human standards it was pretty big. About twice the size of a car, and probably 5 times the weight. Lifting her by the waist, he set up on the back of the frog. Leaping onto the frog himself, he pursed his lips and let our a wailing whistle.

The toad instantly looked alert, up top the blonde boy told it to go to "Dinner." Having already done this before, he knew exactly where to go. He arched himself and then got ready to leap, both blondes braced themselves as they vaulted straight into the air at an incredible height. Both of their clothes were getting a bit damp as they touched the clouds up in the sky. Taking the chance he instantly dispelled the frog.

They were free falling once again. He loved the feeling of flight, of being in the air. Temari on the other hand freaked out badly as she clutched him like an old teddy bear that she had so long ago. He smiled as they neared the restaurant. There was a field with a large target like mark on the field. North of it was a simple dining table, light with glowing water infused with chakra.

A soft descent had occurred, as they landed within the target he gently whispered in her ear. "I can stay like this all night if you want," he whispered mischievously into her ear. She had a yelp as she let go, almost as if her hands were set on fire. Cheeks burning red, she once again glared at him while holding her hand.

Chuckling he dragged her to the dining table, in which he told her to close her eyes. Forming chakra he formed over 50 hand seals in less then 5 seconds. She felt the air around her shift, the atoms moving and changing almost. "Open them," he murmured to her, lifting her eye lids she caught her own breathe. In front of her was the most elegant dinner she had ever seen.

That wasn't it thought, it was the scenery, the ground beneath them had turned into water. They were sitting on top of water without concentrating. Fish swam quietly beneath them, but when she looked up she saw the moon. The clouds above them disappeared showing the moon, the stars in the sky shone brightly against it's black background.

Looking towards him, she saw that he lit the candle in the center of the table. Slowly he served her the turkey, vegetables, fruits, and other lavish foods onto her plate. Not a single ramen item on the table, she was mildly surprised. But he probably knew that if he did make ramen she would pound his face into the ground. Why did she care?

Her face was burning again as she thought the most unperceivable thoughts. It had only been 4 hours since the auction, and now she was thinking thoughts about how sexy this golden god of a man stood before her? She had to get her mind out of the gutter, continuing to ravage her food she left all thoughts bothering her.

When they were done, she sat there in a while. Her thoughts drifted back onto the golden boy. His hair, his grin, his attitude, his soul saving abilities. She noticed the table rumble a tad, and looked up. He was standing now with his arms outstretched. "Do you trust me?" he deviously asked her. His grin telling her that if she said yes, she would be doing something most people would never get to do. Ever.

She sat there for a moment, weighing it. She trusted the boy, more then anybody she trusted before. She trusted him more than she trusted Gaara to complete a mission. Hesitantly she reached out her hand and he took it lifted her up from he seat. He leaned closer and encased her around in his arms, causing her to become beat red and him to chuckle a bit more.

Blowing into her ear she felt extremely confused, "is that part of the thing your going to do?" she asked him hesitantly. "No, I just want to see how you would react," he artfully told her in a hushed voice, her face turned a pink rose tint. She had a huge urge to smack him upside his head, but the other side want to hug him for being adorable. Adorable? When did she think he was adorable?

He let out a soft chuckle, then grabbing her hand he molded her hand into half of a dragon seal. Then using his other hand he created the other half of the dragon seal, clasping her hand to his she felt a warm sensation of chakra flow through her body. She felt the ground beneath them turn into a jelly of some sort, then she felt her legs going downwards.

Suddenly, they were submerging. Underwater! Their bodies went slowly under, the fish darted away. When they reached the bottom, there were a formations of rock set out in a way for two people to sit and relax lazily as things passed them by. She felt her body get cold, then she saw Naruto seal his hands into multiple rams seals with different variations of the rabbit and rooster seals. Then she felt her mind become lighter as her body instantly warmed up. She wasn't getting wet, and she could breathe as well as talk. When they landed to the formation, he set her down gently onto the rock.

It cushioned into her body as it was the feeling of solid air encasing her being. Her muscles relaxed and she looked up onto the surreal world. The water was distorting her vision, but it calmed her mind down. The fish swam lazily by, as the moon highlighted the deep lake. She had never been this relaxed in her entire life.

Her eyes looked ahead, her thoughts drifting onto thoughts she would never dream of thinking about. Boys, love, children, family, caring, babies, Naruto. Naruto, Naruto, Naruto. The boy's name sounded so right in her mind, on her tongue, it was like this was her other half. The half she had lost as child, the one where fantasy lived and her inner child was.

That side of her died while she grew up, her real father and mother died when she was barely a year old. She had been exposed to hundreds of death before she was 5. She had killed before she was 10, she had murdered by the time she was 13. Her hands were stained with bloods of hundreds if not thousands. Her mind trembled, her body shook.

She wept controllably. Her mind was numb, she just cried out her sorrow, her guilt, her hate, her sadness. It was the first time in a long time she had felt the long lost feeling of salty droplets upon her cheek. He looked worried, he was confused, and didn't know what to do. He was an expert in fighting and not girls, more so of crying girls.

He always hated when people cried, especially girls. He didn't know what to do, so he did what he could. He hugged her close, stroking her hair, soothing her down as she continued to weep into his shoulder. "I must seem so weak to you," she mumbled into his damp tux. "No, you're not weak. Crying is a sign that you care and you have emotion. Feelings are stronger then any fighting power anybody could teach you," he told her comfortingly.

She looked up, her emerald eyes clashing with his sapphire. Leaning closer she felt their lips brush against one another. After a split second they split apart, both of them blushing. Her cheeks were once again a beet red, as he smiled a soft smiled. Reaching out with his arm he grabbed her hand and held them tightly together, reassuring her that he would be here. Moving closer together he held her in a tight embrace. As they resumed watching the wondrous world he created, holding each other a little closer than before.

-End The Auction : Part II-

Next part of my side story.