Hey everyone and welcome to another chapter of Demonic Love. I'm really sorry for the late update. Real life things been happening, and there was also Christmas and New Years. And the worst, writers block. I was having trouble writing this chapter and so it might not be as good as the others but I hope you enjoy reading it regardless.

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-ncread (Favouriting Story)
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-CaptainJack.S - First off, sorry for making your name slightly longer and missing out the full stop. This site doesn't like me using your shortened version of your name and always ends up as .S (T_T;) Secondly, for the first part of the review, I'm glad that I was able to surprise you (if I did anyway) and for the second part, I'm very sorry to hear that, but, you never know, things could happen.

-KitsuneGirl1994 - I'm glad that you found the last chapter awesome and intense. All I can say to you is you'll have to wait and see. I will say this, not everything is what it seems.

Anyway, enough from me. I hope you enjoy!

I apologise in advance for any grammar mistakes, repetitiveness and poor writing. And I also don't own Naruto or it's characters. I'm just using them for the story. And any OCs that you see in this story are mine.

"And that's what happened."

Was what Sakura said, finishing her recollection of the events from her fight against the mysterious blonde haired demon hunter. The pinkette reached over for her green tea, once she was done talking, and took a sip, the warmth of the liquid going down her throat and spreading out her entire body. It had been an hour since she fought the blonde haired girl and now she was in Rāmen Ichiraku's, sitting down in one of the booths with Hinata, who was sitting on her right, and Tenten, who was sitting on the opposite side of the two.

"That's incredible," Tenten said in awe. The brunette had seen first hand at what the pink haired girl was like during at fight, how strong she was. To find out that someone else was capable of pushing the younger girl back, Tenten couldn't help but be amazed.

"Were you hurt, Sakura-chan?" Hinata asked in a concerned voice, a worried look to match. The pinkette noticed it and placed her cup back down, smiling.

"I'm fine," she reassured. But that was a lie. Even after an hour, the pinkette could still feel the pain coming from were she had been kicked by the mysterious girl. So, not wanting to give it away, the pinkette decided to look back at the cup that was in her hand, her face becoming serious once more. "But she was really strong," she continued. "I didn't see it, but there had been an extremely large demonic presence from where I had found that girl and the family. And when I was half way there... it suddenly vanished."

After those words, there was only silence between the three girls. The only sound was the background noise of other people that were in the restaurant and the sizzling sound coming from the kitchen in the back.

"Hey Sakura," Tenten called out to the pinkette, breaking the silence. The demon girl looked up, her emerald eye meeting grey. "You said that this girl mistook you for a 'demon hunter'. Do you know anything about them?"

Sakura just crossed her arms above her chest, closed her eye and shook her head. "I've never heard of them before," she said. "Not until today."

"I see," Tenten said, letting out a sigh afterward. She crossed her arms and sunk lower into her seat. "There's also the fact that the girl had our school uniform on," she continued, "which means that she's most likely in our school. But from what Sakura said, it sounds like someone you would easily notice in Konoha High, and as far as I know, there isn't anyone like that." Then suddenly, Tenten's eyes began to fire up and raised a clenched fist. "If I knew there was, I'd have recruited them in the kendo club right away!"

"But you're in the naginata club, Tenten," Hinata whispered, a nervous smile playing on her lips and her sweat dropped.

The conversation was then put on hold as a slender girl with long, brown hair, large black eyes and fair skin, walked up towards the trio with three bowls on trays. Two on one tray and the other bowl on a slightly smaller one.

"Sorry to keep you waiting!" the young woman said in a cheerful voice. "Here is your three bowls of ramen!" The brown haired woman placed the ceramic bowls in front of each individual girl and the flames in Tenten's eyes were put out by the sight and smell of the food in front of her. Her eyes now lit up in a very different way.

"Ah! Thank you Ayame!" Tenten cried in delight.

The waitress named Ayame, smiled happily at the girl's gratitude. "You're very welcome!" said the girl. She then gave the trio a bow. "Please enjoy the food!" And with that, the young woman left the table, heading back to the counter to wait for further orders from customers to be made.

"Okay!" the brunette shouted, clapping her hands together. "Since we're not getting anywhere with the mystery girl, we might as well start eating, right? Plus, I don't know about you guys but... I'm really hungry after three long days of exams."

Both Sakura and Hinata looked at one another and smiled from their friend's honesty, then, with an "Thank you for the meal!" from the trio, they all grabbed their disposable chopsticks, broke them apart and dug into their food. Like Tenten had said, since they didn't have enough information on the mysterious demon hunter, they all decided to talk about other things. From talking about the exams (which Tenten hated), wondering how each girl did, to talking about the upcoming summer festival the school, and it's students, would be holding further into the week. To the long awaited summer vacation that everyone was looking forward too.

Time passed by quickly this way and before they knew it, it had started to get late. Once the girls had finished off their meals and drinks, the trio exited Rāmen Ichiraku, with satisfied stomachs, and saying goodbye to one another, they all parted ways, going back to their respective homes.

There was only silence as the two girl's walked home, side by side. As they did, Sakura turned her gaze to the girl next to her. The ravenette's attention was fully on the path in front of her, and once the demon girl noticed that, she stealthily touched her abdomen. Sakura winced slightly from her fingers grazing the spot where the girl had kicked her and she wondered if the pale-blonde girl had left a mark.

"Are you alright Sakura-chan?"

The sound of Hinata's concerned voice made the pinkette's one eye widen a fraction and she placed her hand back to her side. She turned her gaze to the ravenette, who also had the same concerned look that matched her voice. "I'm fine," she said, smiling at the older girl. "Nothing's wrong."

Unfortunately for the pinkette, it looked like Hinata wasn't buying it one bit. She narrowed her eyes slightly, in suspicion, and then suddenly got in front of the demon girl. Before Sakura could ask what was going on, the ravenette grasped, with both hands, the younger girl's school shirt and vest. That was when the pink haired girl got the idea.

"W-Wait! Hina-!"

But the ravenette ignored Sakura's protest and in one fluent movement, Hinata lifted both pieces of clothing. The girl's white eyes widened and a gasp escaped her lips when she saw the younger girl's abdomen. There was a massive bruise on the girl's stomach and from the looks of the colour, which was red mixed with a slight bluish purple, it was still mostly fresh.

"Why...?" the ravenette asked in a low voice. Sakura turned her gaze from the ravenette to look at the floor instead. It wasn't out of embarrassment because Hinata had lifted her shirt and vest up, revealing her stomach to the city. No, it was something else completely. Something much worse. "Why did you lie to me, Sakura-chan?"

It was guilt. She was overwhelmed with it. It was the fact that she had lied to the girl, who had always been honest and open with the pinkette, and knowing that, her chest had started to grow painful. Like she was being stabbed by a bunch of needles, over and over again. "I just didn't want to worry you," Sakura said for an excuse. "Besides, I'm a demon remember? This injury will be gone by tomorrow." When those words escaped her lips, the pinkette suddenly felt the other girl's head rest on her chest.

"But I do worry." Hinata spoke, causing the pinkette's eye to widen and return her gaze back to the girl on her chest. The ravenette's grip on Sakura's uniform tightened. "I worry that when you go off and fight demons, that you will either come back terribly injured or... you won't come back at all."

Hinata closed her eyes tightly and scrunched up the younger girl's uniform even more. She knew that she shouldn't be saying these things, after all it had only been a week or two since they've known each other. But the girl couldn't help it. She remembered the conversation she had with Tenten. How she realized that the girl had been in a lot of sticky situations but always come out on top. When she told the brunette that she believed in Sakura, it wasn't a lie. But even though she said that, which was still true, she still had those wavering doubts.

I really am in love with her Hinata thought honestly, her heart tightening when she did. Even though she proclaimed, there was no way that her feelings for the demon girl were a simple crush, or admiration. A pair of hands grasping her shoulders brought Hinata out of her thoughts and she looked up. Her pools of white met gentle emerald. Why was she looking at her so kindly?

"I'm sorry Hinata," Sakura apologised, a smile to go with those words. "I shouldn't have lied to you in the first place."

"I-It's okay," the ravenette said, turning her gaze away. Really, there was no need for Sakura to apologise in the first place. Even if she did lie, Hinata knew that it was for her benefit. It was so that she wouldn't worry, like she was doing now.

The pinkette shook her head. "It's not," she told her, Hinata looking back up to meet the emerald gaze once more. "I'm your friend, and friends don't lie to one another." She then gave the ravenette a serious look. "That's why, from now on, I'll never lie to you. I'll always tell you everything.

"I can't promise that I won't die when I'm fighting a demon, nor will I come back without any serious injuries," she continued. Her expression then changed from serious to gentle. "But I can only promise one thing." She then smiled, in the ravenette's eyes, an affectionate smile. A smile that only Hinata got to see. "That I'll try my best not to get hurt. And to think more before I act. This that okay?"

Hearing those words, and seeing the honesty in the girl's eyes, Hinata could feel her eyes beginning to water. She gave a nod as a reply and then released the younger girl's uniform, opting to instead wrap her arms around her waist instead, placing her head back on the girl's chest.

"Hinata?"

"Please," the ravenette whispered. "Can we stay like this, for a little while?"

"...Sure," was the reply Sakura gave, before she, too, wrapped her own arms around the ravnette's back.

I really am selfish Hinata thought, as she listened to the sound of the pinkette's heartbeat. They both stood there, in the quietness of the streets, as a street lamp shone above the pair of them. Hinata wished, from the bottom of her heart, that this moment, being wrapped in the arms of the girl she loved, and feeling the warmth of her body, would last forever.

"Uuuuggghhh..."

"A-Are you alright, Tenten?" asked Hinata as she and Sakura were walking along the concrete path that lead to the school, with the brunette. The pair had met the girl half way through their walk and when they started walking together, both girl's noticed that the brunette was walking a bit sluggishly and was holding her stomach.

"My stomach feels sooooo heavy," Tenten replied, turning slightly pale when she did.

"You have no one to blame but yourself," Sakura stated matter-of-factly. "It's your fault that you had those three ramen bowls and had them one after another."

"But they were so good that I couldn't help it!"

"They're full of grease and fat, and by the looks of things, it's heavy on the stomach," the pinkette continued. "And if it wasn't for the fact that you do naginata club everyday after school, I'd say you'd become fat quickly." The pinkette had to admit that she was surprised last night. She had never seen anyone eat that much before. Sakura could only eat one bowl of it and she was full after. The girl wondered then if the Tenten had the rumoured bottomless pit of a stomach, but looking at her now, it was the serious case of 'your eyes are bigger than you stomach' instead.

"That was mean Sakura. Bringing my weight into this!"

But I didn't say anything about your weight Sakura, thought cocking an eyebrow at the ramen loving girl.

Hinata couldn't help but laugh at the comedic scene before her. This sort of thing had been happening ever since the two girls had become more friendly with one another and she wouldn't have had it any other way. And thanks to it, the girl's had gotten to their school a lot faster. They made their way towards the shoe lockers, saying to hello to the other girls along the way, and once there, exchanged their outdoor shoes for their school slippers.

"Uggghhh, my stomach," Tenten moaned loudly as Sakura and Hinata finished putting on their footwear. Sakura let out an audible sigh when she heard her friend. This must have been about the tenth, or so, time that she had heard the girl say something about her stomach problem.

"Hey Tenten," Hinata spoke up, "why don't you go to the nurse's office and see if Kurenai-sensei has some medicine for you to take? We've still got plenty of time before homeroom starts."

"Y-Yeah, that's a good idea," she agreed with a sheepish smile. "I'll see you both in class. Later!" And with that, the brunette turned on her heel and made her way towards the nurse's office, her hands still holding onto her stomach as she did. When she saw her friend move further and further away, Hinata turned to face the pinkette.

"Well then. Shall we go too?" she asked with a smile. The demon girl gazed at the older girl and returned the smile, which the ravenette secretly loved, and both girls made their way to the staircase that lead to the second floor.

"Hey Sakura," Hinata called out. "What do you want to do for the school festival?"

"What do I want?" Sakura repeated, earning a nod in response. Now that she thought about it, this would be the first time that she would have been to a school festival, so she didn't really have a clue at what to do. When it always came to any sort of special event, Sakura would always choose to fight the demons instead of socializing with anyone. But now that she's got the opportunity...

Both girls had now gotten to the stairs and where about to make their way up. "Honestly I don't-"

"My, my, so we meet again."

Both girls stopped on the steps and looked up. Standing there on the top of the staircase was a fair skinned girl with long pale-blonde hair, which was tied into a high ponytail. Her blue eyes were looking down at the two girls in amusement, a smile playing on her lips. Hinata looked at the girl with confusion, wondering who the girl was, while Sakura was doing the exact opposite. She was glaring at the girl, hard, her hands balling up into fists and her nails digging into her palm.

"I take it by that glare your sending my way, you remember who I am?" the girl asked, placing a hand on her hip.

At that moment, realization came to Hinata's mind. "Sakura-chan," she called to her friend. "Is this girl..."

The pinkette gave a nod to Hinata's unfinished question. The girl in front of them was the 'demon hunter' that she had fought with last night. She was someone that she couldn't forget. Just looking at her made her remember the injury she had taken on her abdomen. The bruise was gone, but to her, it felt like it was still there, engraved into her body.

"Who are you...?" the pink haired demon asked, venom lacing her voice.

"Don't you have any manners?" the blue eyed girl asked, frowning. "Isn't it proper to introduce yourself first before asking for mine?"

Those words, coming out of her lips, made Sakura grit her teeth. Sensing that danger was soon approaching, Hinata decided to step up, hoping to stop whatever was going to happen in the next moment. The last thing she wanted was to have a bloodbath in the middle of the school.

"My name is Hyūga Hinata," the ravenette introduced herself. "And this is my friend, Haruno Sakura." The corner of the mysterious girl's lips pulled up, making herself smirk. That sight alone only pissed off Sakura more.

"Thank you, Hyūga-san," the girl said, then, her gaze turned to the pinkette. "Now was that so hard, Haruno-san?" If looks could kill, the girl would have died a thousand times over from Sakura's emerald eyed glare. Trying her best not to summon out her scythe, and not strike down the girl there and then, Sakura calmly, as much as she could, decided to speak up.

"So," she began. "Now that you know our names, what's yours?"

The blonde haired girl looked at the one-eyed pinkette for a second longer before she closed her eyes, that held her pools of blue, and smiled even more. For a moment, Hinata wondered if she was ever going to say her name, and was only doing this to rile Sakura up. Because by the looks of it, it was working extremely well. She could practically see the vein that was popping out of the younger girl's head.

"Ino..." the girl finally spoke up. Both girls looked at the girl quizzically and when the girl opened her eyes she saw both girl's expressions. "That's my name, Ino. Yamanaka, Ino."

Yamanaka... Ino... Sakura thought, narrowing her eyes slightly. For some reason, hearing the girl's name made something nag in the back of the pinkette's head, trying to tell her something important. But for the life of her she couldn't think why.

DING DONG DING DONG...

The school's bell, signalling that homeroom was soon going to start, had rung, breaking Sakura out of her thoughts. The girl named Yamanaka Ino, finally started to descend the steps of the staircase, walked in between both Sakura and Hinata and her feet touched the first floor. She had then started to walk away, and when the pinkette saw that, she yelled out to her.

"Hey!" she cried. "Where the hell are you going?!" The blonde haired girl stopped in her tracks and turned her head so that she could see Sakura from the corner of her eyes.

"I'm going to the faculty office of course," she told her like it was the most obvious thing in the world. "From this day on, I'll be coming to this school." The blue eyed girl then closed her eyes and smirked once more. "Who knows, I might be transferring into your class." Ino then laughed a little. "My, wouldn't that be fun?" And with that, the girl walked off again, making her way towards the faculty office.

Both girls could only watch as the new girl made her way towards the teacher's room and knocked on the door, before opening it, entering and finally closing the door behind her. At that moment, Sakura thought that things couldn't possibly get any more worse.

But somewhere in the back of her mind, she knew that wasn't true. Far from it.

And there we go for that chapter and mysterious girl was none other than Ino!(though already probably had guessed it.) Like I said, this isn't my best chapter, but I promise that the future ones will be much better. I might give myself a little rest, otherwise, my writing will get crappier and crappier. Or worse, more writers block. Plus, for the next chapter, I'm going to bring back someone, that you guys have not seen (or read) for a while. Wonder who it is? Have to wait till next time.

Anyway, thanks for reading as always and please leave a review and tell me anything that can help improve the story or my writing. Also constructive criticism is also very appreciated.

Thanks again, and see ya next chapter!