Alright here is your next chap.

I don't own Naruto

" Oi, Neji?.......How long do we have before the new moon?" Neji looked over at Kiba as they walked.

" Well, Otou-san and Okaa-san said that the sun would rise and fall 14 times after the day we left and the 14th sun set would mark the coming of the new moon. We have been away from the pack for 10 sun sets and 11 sun rises so we have four to go before the new moon."

" Neji, where was it that your mate said she had to go? I think the word was date." Naruto asked

" If memory serves me right I do believe so but, I do not know what this ' Date ' is."

" It's a word used in human courtship where a male accompanies a female away from others to different locations. It's an attempt to woo her in order to mate, in most cases." Neji growled at Shikamaru then spoke.

" How can you be so sure that that's what this.....date is? I didn't sense that she was in heat."

" That's just the point. Human females don't go into heat. They can mate year round at any given time. From what I learned from the elders, human females and males often mate just for the thrill or pleasure of it. Although, there is a point in time in which the females can't mate. It happens once a month for anywhere between three to seven days."

" But......I thought the point in mating was only to con.....con..."

" Conceive?" Neji finished for Naruto

" Yeah! That."

" It is Naruto. Humans do mate to make pups also....well, babies, is what humans call them but, like I said, there is no particular season for them and to conceive is, most times, not the point of doing it."

" Alright! Now that's what I'm talking about. All females should be like humans. This is definitely my kind of species. I'm glad my mate is a human. We're gonna mate everyday!" Kiba yelled with excitement. Shikamaru just shook his head and Naruto laughed.

" So what you're saying is that my mate is going on a 'date' just to give another male the chance to mate with her?" Shikamaru looked over at Neji and sighed. This whole conversation was becoming very troublesome.

" It might not be the case every time. Most of the time the male and female have two very different out looks on the situation. While the male might be looking to mate the female might just be going to have fun. In the end she could just say no and there is no mating involved at all. Happy now?"

" Oi Shikamaru, how do you know so much about humans?" Of course, Naruto would have to ask him something else.

" Ughh......I spent the last two and a half months having to sit and listen to Okaa-san, Otou-san, and the elders tell me everything they knew about the human species. One of us had to know about humans if we were going to be on our own. It would be real stupid for all of us to have human mates and non of us knew a damn thing about them."

" Wait!....so you knew that they were going to kick us out of the pack." Shikamaru rolled his eyes at the blue eyed pup.

" You're as sharp as they come Naruto"

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

" Shino, Gaara did you two meet up with your female?" Said men nodded at the silver haired man.

" Did you Kakashi?" Sasuke asked

" Hai. We will be meeting up in front of the main gates of her village this coming Saturday."

" Hinata and I have plans to meet the day before that."

" And you Gaara?" Gaara looked at the three other males then closed his eyes.

"........There is no date. I'll see her whenever I please"

" What!! Why the hell not? Everyone else had to do it so you should have to suffer to" Gaara looked over at the raging Sasuke and smirked.

" Going on a date was never deemed mandatory. It was merely a suggestion made by Kakashi to gain the females trust. I'll mark my female my own way." With that said Gaara disappeared. Sasuke glared at the place where Gaara once stood.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - -- - - - - -

.The girls decided to get some lunch first then they were headed off to go shopping. They spent an entire five hours shopping for clothes. Some of the clothes they got were for training, some where everyday clothes for school and going out, and of course they got some nice clothes for their dates. After they were done they all went over to Ichigo's place to show off their new clothes to each other and just to kick it.

Hinata made them some plum onigiri as a snack and at around eight that night they all said their goodbyes. Ichigo started cleaning up and after that she got herself ready for a bath. Just as she was about to walk into the bathroom she heard a knock at the door.

' I wonder who it is. Probably one of the girls forgot something.' She thought as she walked towards the door. She looked out the peep hole but, no one was there. She frowned.

' Hmm.....either I took to long to answer or my mind is playing tricks on me. Oh well' Said Ichigo then turned around. Just as she took the first step someone knocked again. She turned around and opened the door still there was no one there. She held her robe closed and stepped outside.

" It's about time."

" AHHHH!!!!!.........Gaara!!?.....Shit, you scared the hell out of me." Ichigo rubbed her face as she glared at him.

"..........I didn't mean to scare you"

" Yeah.." She said sarcastically " Anyway, what are you doing here?"

" I told you the last time that you would be seeing me again, didn't I? What were you doing that made you take so long?"

" If you must know......I was just about to take a shower. You interrupted me."

" Hn" Was all he said. No apology. Ichigo rolled her eyes.

They stood there looking at each other for a while and because it was cool outside and she only had on a thin robe, she shivered.

" Cold?"

" Tch...yeah. You would be to if you were standing outside in only a robe." Gaara reached out and touched her hand with his fingers and Ichigo snatched away.

" Your hand......it's really cold."

" I know.......they're always that way. Get use to it."

" Why are they like that? It's not cold enough out here to make your skin that ice cold." He stared at her confused face for a moment.

"........Poor blood circulation, I guess" Ichigo frowned but, decided not to push it too much.

" Oh, are you going to be ok?"

" I'll be fine"

" How old are you Gaara?" He raised a non existent eyebrow at her and she blushed." Well, since it's evident that you aren't gonna stop these nightly visits I figured I should know at least the basics about you. You know, just in case I have to take you out one day, I'll be able to give the Hokage your information." Gaara smirked.

" ..........How old do I look?" Ichigo sweat dropped. Well, if she had any idea she wouldn't have asked him.

" Hmmm.......I'd say anywhere between 17 and 20?"

" Hn.......I'm 18." Well, at least that's how old he was 219 years ago when his vampire powers awakened. He hadn't aged a day ever since. Ichigo nodded.

" Cool. Well, I have to go back in now and take my shower. So I'll see you Gaara."

" I look forward to it" Ichigo shook her head and giggled as she went back into her house. It was kind of weird having this guy who she barely knew coming to her house at night but, for some reason, when she's around him, she feels safe. She feels like she is being pulled in and.....it felt good.

- - - - - - - - - - - - --- - - - - - - - - - -

The week went by fairly slow. Nothing new or exciting really happened. Gaara went to Ichigo's house every night and they talked. Every morning the girls would go and visit the wolves before separating to go and do whatever then during the evening they would train together. After what seemed like forever for Sakura, Saturday came. She would finally get to see Sasuke-kun again.

" Tonight is the night of the new moon guys. It seems to me that luck is on my side. I've been careful to notice any changes in my mate and not once since I've met her have I smelt even the faintest scent of mating on her."

" You've been worried all this time? " Shikamaru asked

" Hai, even if she is not yet completely mine I still feel very protective of her. I don't want another male to take what is mine. Don't you agree?" Both Naruto and Kiba nodded.

" I'm not gonna stress myself about it for now. That's not to say that I'm not protective of her but, I mean think about it, even if she had been mating what could you have done about it? There's no need for all the trouble of worrying, for now. Once we go through the change then I'll start worrying about who touches her." Neji looked up into the sky. Shikamaru had a point but, he just couldn't help himself.

Ever since he got the smell of Sakura's scent in his nose he just couldn't get her off his mind. He had to win her over no matter what or he would spend the rest of his life suffering.

" Neji, didn't she say that her date was on a Saturday or some shit?" Kiba asked

" Hai, but what help is that to me? I don't even know what a Saturday is. Shikamaru?"

" Beats me. Now, that's something I don't even know about. Maybe it's a particular day or time but, I still don't know when that is." There was a silence among the young wolves for a moment then Naruto spoke.

" What do you guys think it's gonna be like? The change I mean."

" I don't know" the others all said in unison.

" Do you think it will hurt?"

" Probably" Shikamaru answered

" Aww.....I hate pain"

" Oi, genius? What are we gonna do about those 'Clothes' or whatever the hell they're called, that you told us about?" Kiba asked

" I've been thinking about that for a minute now. I have a few things in mind, the most logical being for us to somehow sneak in the village before we turn."

" Why before we turn? Wouldn't it be easier to go in after we change? That way we wouldn't have to sneak and do it. We could just walk right through the front." Neji, Shikamaru, and Kiba all sweat dropped.

" You're such an idiot Naruto" Kiba said

" What!!?"

" How can we walk right in when we'll be naked. I'm sure four naked male humans won't go unnoticed for long. Have you been paying any attention? They have guards at the entrance at all times."

" Oh"

" What's your plan for sneaking in without being seen Shikamaru?" Neji asked

" I've been studying the layout of the wall and I found the perfect place for us to sneak in. We're gonna jump over the wall. Since I'm not sure of the abilities of a human I decided that we will have to do it before the moon rises. That way it should be pretty easy for us. We'll have to find somewhere to hide until the change is complete."

" There are some flaws in your plan Shikamaru but, we'll have to make it work. We'll just have to search for the clothes once the transformation is complete. So when should we jump the wall?" Shikamaru looked at the Konoha protection barrier.

" As soon as the sun starts to set we will infiltrate the village"

- - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Sakura found Sasuke leaning against the wall of the building they were suppose to meet up at as she walked towards him. He looked better and better to her every time she saw him. The closer she got to him the more her heart raced. It was as if this man had put a charm on her heart.

" Hey Sasuke-kun" She smiled as he pushed himself off the wall.

" Sup Sakura."

" So, where are we going?"

" You tell me. It's your village, right?"

" Oh yeah, you're not from around here are you?"

" Obviously"

" Lets see. Where could we go? I'd like to catch a movie, but then we wouldn't really have much time to talk...."

" A movie's fine. It'll be dark in there, right? I like dark places" Sakura blushed assuming that he wanted to be dark so that he could be closer to her.

" Okay Sasuke-kun! What do you want to see?"

" Doesn't really matter to me. You pick" Sakura rolled her eyes. Did this guy have an opinion at all? He better be glad that he was damn good looking.

" Ano, let me think. Oh, ok I know the perfect movie for us to see together. Come on lets go!" With that Sakura grabbed Sasuke's hand and pulled him down the street.

" Oi, Sakura. Don't pull on me. Let go......let go let go!" Sakura ignored Sasuke as she dragged him to the movie theater.

Once they were there Sasuke stopped and looked around. For Konoha to seem like a behind the times kind of place the movie theater was very up to date and modern. It was huge with three floors and many clothing stores, vendors, and restaurants on each floor. It also had a large water fountain in the center of the first floor. Sakura smiled when she saw him looking around then walked up to him and pulled him along.

" Oi, I said don't pull on me woman" He said this but, she noticed that he wasn't trying to pull away from her. Once they got up to the ticket booth she let him go.

" Two tickets for Twilight please" Sasuke raised an eyebrow at Sakura. A movie about vampires? How ironic. He was brought out of his thoughts when Sakura spoke again.

" Sasuke-kun.....it's gonna be 16 bucks." He shrugged his shoulders and looked at her for a moment.

" .........Oh yeah.....I"m paying" He walked up to her and she smiled as he gave the woman the money. After that they went up the steps to the second floor where the entrance of the movie theater and snack stand was. Sakura was so excited. She couldn't wait to watch the movie. She just loved vampires.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

At around four that afternoon Hiame started getting ready to meet Kakashi. Even thought she wasn't suppose to meet him until around seven she needed time to make herself look nice. This man made her want to be perfect in his presence for some reason. She felt like she couldn't breath when he was around but, she liked that feeling. Just what was he doing to her?

After she took a long hot shower and after washing her hair she fixed it ( which wasn't much since she only dried it, applied some moisturizer, brushed it out, and curled it at the end.) After that she got dressed. Her outfit consisted of a black mesh shirt that stopped just underneath her breasts with a 3/4 sleeved white button down shirt over it that buttoned down until just above her navel. She had on a pair of stone washed low rise skinny blue jeans and a pair of black boots that stopped just at her calf muscles.

She applied a little mosquera, some cherry lip gloss, and she was done. She sat on her couch and looked at the time. It was only six so she still had some time before she had to leave. She sat and thought about what Hinata said about her date with Shino the night before.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

( The night before)

" Hinata-chan! How was the date?" Sakura asked

" Shino-kun is a very nice person! He was such a gentlemen. He opened doors for me and pulled out chairs..it was nice."

" What's he like?" It was Ichigo who asked that question.

" He's very quiet but, from the few words that he did say I cold tell that he is very smart." It was Hiame who asked the next question.

" What did you guys do?"

" Well, since he's not from Konoha he asked me to choose a place that I would like to go. I wasn't sure where so we just walked around for a while. We ended up in the village square where we did a lot of eye shopping. He offered to buy me a lot of things but, I declined. After a while I got a little hungry so we stopped in the food market and he bought some fresh fruit. We found a nice spot to sit while I peeled the fruit but, for some reason he didn't eat any."

" Do you like him?"

" I-I'm not really sure....I...I guess so. There is a certain....appeal to him I guess you could say. I'm comfortable around him. I wouldn't mind going out with him again but,.....he's so quiet and still so very mysterious. I don't mind though.....well not that much anyway since he would answer any question I asked without hesitation."

" How old is he" Sakura asked

" 18"

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- -- -- -

" Well, it's time for me to go meet Kakashi." Hiame said out loud to herself as she got up.

Ichigo saw Hiame coming out of her house as she walked down the street so she waved her over. She didn't have on anything too fancy just a pink shirt with a purple leaf symbol on the front that stopped above her navel and a white cotton jacket with a pair of white cotton pants to match.

" Hey Ichigo-chan! Where you headed?"

" I'm on my way to the village square to check up on my computer."

" Oh yeah? What happened to your computer?"

" I have no idea. It crashed so I took it to the repair shop."

" Oh, I hear ya. Well, I hope they can fix it."

" Yeah, me to. You're about to go on your date, right?"

" Yep! I'll call you later, k?" Ichigo nodded and with that Hiame walked on towards the main gates.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- --

" Hey you guys?.....It's time. We have to be as quiet as possible so Naruto, Kiba....keep your mouths shut. We have to be able to get over the wall and into the village without anyone seeing."

" Sure Shikamaru! It'll be just like going on a hunt, right?" Shikamaru looked over at Naruto.

".......Sure, whatever you say. Lets just go."

Shikamaru lead the others to the back of the village that was near a mountain. They could see four faces at the top of the mountain as they stood there. Shikamaru was the first to jump on top of the wall then he motioned for the other three to fallow. Once they were up there they looked around. The area that they were in was run down. There were a lot of fallen trees, over grown grass, and abandoned houses. They all jumped down and ran until they made it to on of the abandoned houses and stopped.

" Why did we have to come to a place like this? It smells rank." Kiba asked

" This is the safest place within this village for us to stay for now. It may smell but, it doesn't seem like many humans come here often."

" How did you find this area Shikamaru?"

" I was looking at the trees and other things that were visible above the wall and noticed that they all looked bright and lively...things like that. When I came to this part of the wall and noticed that things looked a lot different and how most of the trees were either dying or already dead I figured that this place was probably uninhibited.

" In other words you were just guessing, right?" Shikamaru looked over at Naruto.

" Meh.....whatever" With that they began to walk around the unsightly area.

" How long do we have Neji" Naruto asked

" Not long now. The sun is setting as we speak." They found a house that was near the rest of the village but, not so close where someone could look over and see them if they were walking around.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - -

After the movie Sakura sat in front of Sasuke as she ate her french fries and ice cream in one of the many restaurants.

" So Sasuke-kun? How did you like the movie?"

" It was better than I expected" He said as he looked at the many potential candidates for his meal later that day.

" It was great! I love vampires!" Sasuke looked at Sakura and smirked

" Is that so?"

" Yeah! I mean didn't you find all the vampires sexy and desirable? I wish vampires were real"

" You never know....they might be. You could be looking at a vampire and not even know it."

" Tch....yeah right. If vampires were real I'd probably be one." Now the conversation was starting to get interesting. Sasuke sat up and rested his elbows on the table with his fingers laced together in front of his mouth.

" So....if vampires were real you would want to become one?"

" Yeah!" She said then dipped her french fries in her ice cream and ate them.

" Let just say that I'm a vampire.......would you let me bite you and become my vampire bride?"

I don't know....would you be able to love me and treat me right for all eternity? If not then I would choose another eternal partner." Sasuke frowned.

" .......I see"

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Hiame had to wait about half an hour before Kakashi showed.

" Yo!" She turned around to see Kakashi walking towards her. She glared at him.

" Yo?.....is that all you have to say after showing up a half an hour later? Yo? It's kind of cold out her damn it! What were you doing?"

" Huh? Oh, on my way to see you I kind of got lost.... on the road to life?" Hiame rolled her eyes as Kakashi gave her the famous eye smile while rubbing the back of his head.

" You are such a bad liar did you know that?" She sighed then continued " I don't even know why I'm here. I don't even know you and yet I still waited? What am I thinking?" She pouted and turned her back to him. Kakashi walked up behind her and whispered in her ear.

" Isn't the point of our meeting today to get to know each other?" She gasped when she thought she felt him press himself up against her back side. She turned around to look at him but, when she did no one was there. Hiame frowned and looked around for Kakashi then turned back around. When she did she let out a small eep as Kakashi stood there looking at her with a raised eyebrow.

" Wait, how did yo......when did......how are you so fast?" Kakashi shrugged his shoulders.

" Anyway, I'm honored that you waited for me in the end." Hiame blushed and turned her face away from his view.

" A-Anyway, lets take a walk, shall we Mr. I-Got-lost-on-the-road-to-life? Lets see if I can't find out more about you."

" Sound like a good plan to me"

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Neji, Shikamaru, Kiba, and Naruto sat in the abandoned house staring up at the moon in silence. It had been up for about an hour but, still no transformation. They didn't understand but, they didn't question it....well, all but one.

" Ughhhh......What the hell is going on!!? I thought we were suppose to change when the moon came up? What's the hold up? I want Hinata-chan to see the human me and be with me forever."

" Shut the hell up Naruto!"

" You shut up Kiba"

" Both of you quiet down. You're going to attract some unwanted attention and right now we can't afford any complications." Naruto rolled his eyes at Neji then stood up.

" I'm going to pee. I'll be back" With that Naruto walked out of the room and the others went back to watching the moon. Only moments later they heard a loud thud. They looked at each other then got up to find Naruto. Kiba slowed down and suddenly stopped at the doorway. Shikamaru and Neji looked at him with frowns.

" Kiba.....? " Neji called his brother

" You guys.......I.....I don't feel good" Neji walked closer to Kiba but, stopped suddenly when he heard Shikamaru begin to whine. He looked back just in time to see Shikamaru stagger. His vision was beginning to blur so he blinked. When his eyes opened he saw Shikamaru fall to the ground.

" Shikamaru....!?" he screamed for his brother.

" N.....Neji.....what's going....on?" Kiba managed to get out before his body went limp against the wall. Neji took one step and a sharp pain shot through out his entire body. He looked over at the fallen Kiba and could hardly make out what he was seeing. Neji did see something before everything completely faded to black and that's when it finally hit him. They were becoming human.

Alright, people the fun is finally starting. I hope you liked this chap. Please review and let me know, okay? Well,......BYE!!!