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August 13/Believe me, moonlight is the stuff whereof/My lady's limbs are made. I offer proof.

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Naruto saw a goddess once. Or thought he saw one. His eyes might have been playing tricks on him. It was late. Or maybe he was only dreaming; if so, then it was a particularly real and life-like dream. A lovely dream at that. A dream which he wishes will visit upon him again.

Her skin was pale like the moonlight that shone from above. She was dancing on water, the surface hardly rippled beneath her feet and her movements had the lightness and grace of a faery. Naruto cannot remember her face, but in his recollection, he sees the expression of utmost rapture formed in her features.

He reached out for her but he stumbled, his fingers curled around a nearby plant for support. A passing cloud obscured the moon, casting all momentarily into darkness. When Naruto looked up again, she had gone. All she had left behind were the feelings wonderment and loss and longing.