/It seems a lot of people like the story so far. 0.0' I didn't know I'd have that many people's support. Thank you guys! Bad news, I have tennis from 8-10 and 3:30 to 5:30 from now on Mon-Frid. I plan on continuing though if the chapters are a bit late; please don't yell at me ' Well here's chapter 6 for you. Please continue to read and review./

Naruto dashed down the dirt path with new found speed after finding his footing again with a little help from Sakura. The image of butterflies had led him past a few more houses; smaller and very badly wrecked, unlike the four huge one's. The butterflies led them east, to a small back way. A old wooden fence rounded off the area where a few houses stood to the north and the huge house that had been opposite to Osaka, the Tsuchihara, stood to the southeast with a small well crammed in between it and an old store house, though it's weakened wood had made it collapse long ago. The insects led the ninja towards the store house, and over to the small side of it. After breaking a few bushes down, Naruto pushed on the paper covered wall that was behind the brush, opening a crouching sized door. The crimson butterflies went in as the Naruto grasped Sakura's hand in his own, getting ready for anything that could be awaiting them. Pulling his comrade's shaken figure behind him, he walked along a narrow path, the side of the store house and the fence lining it. When they reached the back, they were in a large, bare area. "There isn't any-"

"Whose there?" A young boy sounding voice came from the barred window on the back of the store house; interrupting the blonde.

The two ran over as a very sickly pale boy with silver-white hair looked at them with suddenly bright pupils. "You! It's you! Yae; the vision was true!"

Sakura looked at the boy with confusion, the same expression on her team mates face as they waited his explanation. "W-who are you? Why are you in a store house?…"

The boy's expression suddenly fell, looking like a saddened angel. "My brother's crimson sacrifice failed…and Yae and Sae were forced to do the ritual instead….it's because I have sinned…My name is Itsuki."

Naruto suddenly spoke up, startling both Sakura and the boy. "You know how to open the gate right? The gate to the Kurosawa?" Covering his mouth as he finished.

"How do you know it's name without even-" Itsuki started but stopped, smiling lightly suddenly at the boy whom still had no answer.

"That isn't important right now…" He suddenly declared, walking away from the window for a moment before reappearing with a pair of key's in hand, "These. Take these and hurry to save Sae and Yae's spirit's. Please, hurry."

"B-but why was I ab-"

"There is no time! Go now!" Itsuki snapped at Naruto, causing him to step back, "Now hurry to your duty!"

Pouting a bit inside, the boy nodded before he grabbed Sakura's hand, whom had been to stunned to say anything at this point and yanked at it. However, she wouldn't follow. Her feet were planted to the ground as she looked at the boy with sadness.

"Naruto…go on ahead…" She finally spoke up, a tear running down her cheek as she walked towards the window.

"No, Sakura-chan not you to!" Naruto screamed, holding his head in agony as he noticed that the girl had turned see-through.

"Naruto, I died the moment I saw this boy….it was to much for me. To much for my soul to take…now go."

"Sakura, no!" He screamed grabbing her hand that was still solid, tears of anger streaming down his cheeks as he suddenly pulled her into an embrace, causing the girls features to widen, "Don't leave me too. You and Sasuke….I love you both too much."

"Naruto…." Sakura whispered as warmth suddenly returned to her body, surprising her and Itsuki as well.

'Could this boy…could he have that power as well?…Yes, with a cursed soul; with the loneliness he knows…the spirits around here feel drawn to him…he must have drawn Sakura's back into her body at the last minute…Naruto…' The ghost smiled as the pair collapsed on the ground, Naruto's arms around the girl's waste as he cried into her shoulder; Sakura calming him by rubbing his back and neck. "I won't let you go ever again…I promise…I'll never leave you again Naruto…hush now…"

Caught up in the moment, Naruto never noticed the dark shadow that had witnessed the whole scene with tear filled eyes. Sasuke had been sitting under the brush, his ear pressed to the wooden door as he listened. Sae appeared next to him, holding him tightly. "She breaks everything she touches…allow me to kill her? Allow me to save your love…" She cooed in his ear.

Sasuke's cold eyes gazed back at the bloody kimono woman before him and nodded. "Erase her from his existence. Kill her and make him mine…please…"

Sae nodded, snapping her fingers and allowing the two to return to the mansion behind the wooden gates. "I won't let you suffer like I have…I promise Sasuke-kun." Sae whispered with malice in her eyes.

Sasuke nodded, holding his knee's up to his chest to think of the blonde's lips and smile. How he longed to press his own pale creamy lips against the boy's sun kissed rosy one's. How he wished to tell the boy how he felt and hold him in his arms until he fell to a silent sleep. And how SHE was ruining it all. "Kill her…kill her…kill her…" He mumbled to himself as Sae stood and looked over his form with heart-felt eyes.

"Yes, I shall Sasuke-kun…" Sae whispered down at him, a hand brushing over his cheek, "Don't worry; Naruto is just confused with crazy thoughts like my sister was so long ago, thinking about escaping our fate. Let us save Naruto in this stage before he becomes sinful like my sister."

Naruto and Sakura had reached the gates in record time, though they both were already used to their hearts pounding in their chests to the point they thought it would burst so they pressed on; even with the lack of breath. Shoving the gate key's into either end of the metal slot, a small click was heard and the bar snapped in the middle, the two hanging metal pieces now out of the way. Placing themselves on either side of the huge door's, the blonde counted. "One….Two….Three!"

Both ninja's shoved with all their strength to open the massive doors that blocked the way to Sasuke. Success! The door slowly groaned and opened.

Naruto suddenly kneeled down, nearly shutting the door he had been holding as the weight on his neck suddenly pressed him down. "Pass through a large gate, over a bridge….inside a big house…there are many, many dead. Upstairs…..there are dolls…the head…"

Naruto looked down at his necklace as the sentence was cut off. 'What are you trying to tell me, Sasuke?' He asked himself in his mind before shoving the door open again and slipping inside the gate beside Sakura. The doors shut with a loud bam, but since the boy heard no click sound, he knew it had stayed unlocked. More importantly; he looked at the bridge that stretched ahead over a huge pond of water. The dilapidated bridge looked as though it could fall over at any minute with anyone's weight. Naruto forced his feet to move as he looked down at the water, which flashed red on and off in his mind. Nailing his vision towards the boards, he took little baby steps as he made his way across the bridge. The wood shook and moaned as if warning the boy that the planks wouldn't hold him and the girl both. "Sakura, hang back a bit. It will relieve the stress on the boards…" Naruto warned before pressing forward.

Sakura did as told, waiting for Naruto to take a few more paces ahead before following after the orange coat that stuck out in the dense fog that had suddenly appeared. She blinked as what looked like a hand floated inches away from her face, though she saw no ghost. 'Probably just a figment of my imagination…' She told herself, hurrying after the blonde anyways. However, the breath on her neck felt real and after telling herself over and over again it was the wind, she finally cried out when she felt hands grasp around her neck and threatened to throw her off the bridge.

Naruto heard the girl scream before he spun around. "Sakura-chan!"

A ghostly figure held the girl by the throat and was pulling her over the edge of the bridge. Choked or frozen in bloody water. Her choice of fate. Or it would have been if Naruto hadn't ripped the woman's arms away and threw her to the opposite side of the bridge. Sakura struggled to get up and run as Naruto took a stance. "It hurts…" The woman hissed standing again.

"Your face is killing me." Naruto taunted.

Sakura ran on, knowing that Naruto could take care of himself, and she could no longer see him through the fog. She cried out again when her foot sunk in the wood, a part of a rotten plank giving away. After yanking her foot out of the plank, she inspected her leg. A few pieces of wood had dug into her fragile skin, causing her leg to bleed. Taking what she could out; the girl wrapped the wound with a small bandage she had in her bag. 'I was lucky this time…' She thought standing and failing to noticed the bloody kimono woman behind her. Sae smirked as she read the girl's thoughts and grabbed her throat. "Seems like luck is twisted eh?"

Naruto shoved the woman whom now grabbed his neck; off of him for the third time. "Bitch!" He screamed as she cackled and sunk beneath the water.

Naruto held his arms up, which were now bleeding from the scratches he had been given by the cruel demonic woman. He felt a spring of chills run up his spin as the woman grabbed his foot from under the boards and tried to bring him and the bridge down. Lifting his foot, the boy brought the spirit up enough to see her cold features. Punching her face by lifting his leg up more, the woman screamed and fell back into the depths of the water. It was only after this did he hear Sakura scream his name. 'Shit! I was careless!' Naruto realized, running towards the voice, his widening at the sight before him. Sakura's pale hands held the bridge firmly as Sae tried to drag her down into the water from the hole the girl had been forced down. "No fucking way!" Naruto cursed, snatching Sakura's hands just before they let go of the wood.

"Naruto!" Sakura screamed in agony as the power of Sae started to take away her own spirit.

Growling and officially pissed off now, Naruto pulled the pink haired ninja up and kicked Sae's arms as they appeared around the girls ankles. Hissing in pain, the vengeful spirit let go and disappeared, causing Naruto to fall back and Sakura to land on top of him. The bridge moaned and started to break from underneath the blonde. Throwing Sakura off of him and onto a more solid part before the blonde felt himself plunge into the red liquid.