AN: hey everyone! Thanks for all the reviews from the last chapter. They come greatly and incredibly appreciated. You guys are the best! keeping that in mind, if any of you want to just help me out by reading some of my other stories for ff8 and fmp, i would really appreciate it. I still have this feeling that ive lost my touch and the lack of reviews kinda adds to that. Plust if i am, i could use the reviews to help me decide and learn where i need to improve upon.

So yeah, here comes the fated meeting of Aya and Sakura. Wonder whats going to happen. Should be fun right? I hope you guys enjoy it. Again, please ignore any inconsistencies. Im still kind of writing while in a rush. As always, your comments are appreciated.

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This wasn't how it was supposed to have happened. Romance novels never went this way.

A sobbing Sakura continued to look up at the intruder standing smugly on a tree branch. Damn her. She ruined the moment. This wasn't supposed how it was supposed to be.

They were sharing a moment with one another. In her life she had missed so many opportunities to open up to the boy so the pink kunoichi was determined to make as many opportunities as possible. It just wasn't fair

Why now? Why did this person have to come now?

The fresh tears were still freely flowing from her cheeks as her mind was still accepting the tragedies her Naruto had been forced to deal with at a child.

It didn't help that all she could think about where the times she called him a monster, a demon. A bother that seemed destined to ruin her love life. And now he became the only thing she wanted in her love life.

They were supposed to hold each other after going through such an emotional time. A kiss was meant to be shared that would have lit her passion and desire for him to a level she had not yet experienced with any man. They would have bonded on a level most couples could only hope to aspire to.

And then this wench had to show up once again and ruin everything for her.

This wasn't how stories were supposed to go. Just what crazy crackpot came up with these demented plotlines and endless continuations of teasers and temptations?

One thing was for certain however. Sakura would never let Naruto's ex see her crying during their first meeting. That was hardly the way to create a lasting impression for someone you were in every way, shape, and form better than. Well, that's what Sakura's inner self would keep telling her. It was hard to get depressed when you had your own personal cheerleader within.

Her hands fiercely grabbed onto Naruto's coat as she buried her face into the nook of his coat to dry her tears. 'SHANNARO! Who does this…this hussy think she is coming here and ruining our moment! This is all Naruto's fault!' Sorry, force of habit. 'This is all Aya's fault!'

Suddenly Sakura let go of her hold upon Naruto and looked back up at the tigress standing up in the trees, still holding a cocky smile upon her. "Hey! You! You…" Damnit, didn't think that one through. What is a condescending nickname for someone affiliated with tigers? She couldn't call her kitten or something. That might just turn Naruto on.

With a slightly snobbish laugh Aya responded to Sakura's half-baked attempt at causing insults. Toying with this girl would be fun. "Me sexy tigress Aya. You pinky. I'm surprised. I didn't expect Naruto to be the brains of your relationship."

That…..was...the…..last….straw…..

Sensing the need, Naruto quickly wrapped his arms around Sakura as she fought to break free and teach Aya a lesson or two in the ancient art of smack down. "Let me at her! I'll kill her! I'll rip her apart! SHANNARO!" That may have actually been the first time the 'outer' Sakura said that. Funny, it was kind of like Naruto's Dattebayo. Oh god…how alike were they?

First the alternate personality residing in them both and now they even spoke the same. Perhaps it was destiny. Yep, it was destiny…mocking them at every turn.

"Uh hey Sakura…calm down…I'm not as strong as you and…" His eyes kept shifting between Aya and Sakura. This was bad. Very very bad. All of his instincts and senses told him to run. Run and hide because there were some forces that just couldn't be beat.

"Let her go Naruto. I want to see just how strong Pinky here is!" The blond ninja didn't have much choice in the matter as Sakura broke free from his hold and darted for the opposing ninja. The two raced towards each other ignoring all other forms of possible ninjutsu. That only meant….

This was bad…very very bad. He hadn't had too many opportunities to spar against Sakura, but Naruto had a very good idea that she was most likely a taijutsu specialist. Maybe, just maybe Naruto should have warned her that Aya was very skilled in the tiger style arts. It was a series of fighting that fed upon aggression and dominance using forward thrusting attacks dripping with physical power.

People in the area could get hurt. Especially the two 'watchers' in the trees.

One moment Naruto was simply standing there stunned at the recent outbreak of events, another moment he was not. The whiskered ninja found himself standing just behind two of sensei's up on the tree curious as to why they were masking their location. Then it hit him.

"I'm surprised you didn't make it rain so their clothes get all wet." The thought had entered Naruto's mind more than a few times to tell the truth. It wasn't his fault. It's just the type of thing that was natural to be on a healthy male's mind….all the time.

Jiraiya and Kakashi seemed to acknowledge his presence before he had spoken by not saying a word to them as they both watched the onslaught go on.

The sight that lay before them was absolutely stunning as two perfectly molded female forms connected in a beautiful dance of flaring up emotions and drama. The whole event was laced with symbolism as the frog hermit rapidly took down notes to add to the sequel to the ever popular series that he wrote. Who said there was nothing sexy about grappling? Now all that was needed was for a little tear here and there, maybe a few clothes go flying about. It was good to be a man.

The bodies of the two girls had moistened themselves as both heavily sweated under the midday sun that beat down relentlessly upon them. It only further glistened their bodies to the three onlookers while it gave both that very appealing wet hair style look. This was definitely girls at their best.

Well, not quite. All three on looking males were reminded of that fact as both Sakura and Aya managed to land a solid blow on each other's chins that sent either hurtling back. It was amazing how two people who were so attractive could repel one another away like that.

Funnier still was that their repelling of one another attracted Naruto in the mix as he used his unperfected Jutsu to flash step his way to the two girls and catch them both before they smacked themselves against the various trees and rocks in the area. Normally one would have needed to use a clone in order to catch both. Naruto figured it was just easier to be faster. Why waste a good clone? Then again maybe he could have one stand in for the beat down he was sure to receive from Sakura for intervening.

As erotic as it may have been, enough was enough.

Naruto had collected both girls and laid them down next to one another. Both were still panting from exhaustion as the battle took place. Naruto knew for certain that Aya was well versed in some fire based techniques and had failed to use them at several points during her match.

More surprisingly, he also knew Sakura had several genjutsu that would have secured her a definite victory over Aya. There was an unspoken understanding that the fight they were to have would be resolved with fists and result in a physical beat down.

Hey, a girl had to get over a guy some way right? This was as good as any other option.

Naruto's sky blue eyes darted between both forms, careful not to linger to long on either's heaving chest that was still panting for air. Sakura may be his girlfriend now, but she was the type to make sure he respected good manners.

Being the more stunned of the two, Sakura was the first to interrupt her attempts to recapture air and spoke her shock. "Naruto……fast…..how…couldn't track….what?" The truth was all she could remember about that last moment was a yellow flash reaching out to her and then all she felt was nothingness. It was as if the air around her had been sucked away for a fraction of a second because a mass had pulled her out of place so quickly. His speed was…incredibly. The worst part about it all? It turned her on. Badly.

It was natural for Naruto to get stronger over the years and certainly natural for someone like him to get faster. But for Sakura to be unable to even follow his movements was astonishing considering she herself was anything but weak.

He astonished her, amazed her with his talent and skills as a ninja. Just like….just like Sasuke used to do so many years ago.

"I see you've perfected that technique." Not quite. It was anything but a completed technique for he didn't have absolute control over it. "I think I'll leave you two alone. I'm going to go find Jiraiya and see if I can toy with his mind a little more." One shouldn't be surprised if the lead in the next Icha Icha series resembled a dark haired ninja with orange streaks.

Aya lifted herself up and limped away from the battlefield, unashamed at showing off the injury she had obtained during the fight. She was after all only an apprentice, so it only made sense she should get injured fighting the Hokage's student.

While Aya was walking away she could sense Naruto lean down and cradle the injured Sakura in his arms. Pinky there was over-exaggerating her wounds in order to be pampered. Funny, Aya remembered doing the same thing with him sometime back. Life goes on she supposes. Some people just ended up luckier than others. Her momentary woes were quickly lifted when she spotted Jiraiya and the famed Kakashi sitting in a tree. Pure glee rose to her face as she hiked up her skirt ever so slightly to toy with the ecchi bastard. It would probably remain one of her favorite hobbies for some time to come. Someone had to teach him a lesson. Besides, it looked like Naruto and Pinky were about to have another one of those 'couples' moments. They wouldn't want onlookers recording every private moment, now would they?

Back down a touching scene was indeed occurring between the two ninjas. Sakura's voice was unusually meek and soft as she spoke, making it seem like her life was indeed in jeopardy, however both she and Naruto knew that she had begun healing herself before Naruto had caught her. That didn't mean they needed to diminish the romantic setting.

"You fought really well you know. I don't think I've ever been more proud of you." The girl had indeed decided to let the full fury of her physical prowess be released in an astonishing display of pain.

Naruto found a stray band of pink hair fluttering over her eyes and soothingly tucked it behind her ear as he continued to lovingly stare into her eyes. Those beautiful emerald green eyes that dared to swallow up the whole of his being. "You might hit me later for saying this, but you looked so….so sexy out there." Frankly his hormones were on a near overdrive. It took a lot of restraint to act decent right now.

Sakura feigned struggling to sit up slightly so she could lean against Naruto's chest, placing her ear over Naruto's heart. She didn't need to enhance that ability to hear the thumping quicken in pace as more of her body came in contact with his. It made her feel empowered to have this kind of control over a man. It was truly an effect she had been waiting all her life to have over someone.

But none of that meant she would be distracted from her current goal. He hadn't really explained that technique he used back then. "Naruto...that speed was unnatural. You moved so fast it was unreal. It was almost like an instant transmission that took you multiple places at once. What was that?"

Sakura was and always will be the intelligent one of their now broken apart team. Sasuke craved to abuse and master techniques, Naruto constantly sought to change and modify them, and Sakura wanted to understand them. Had they worked together they could have created a powerful training regiment and various techniques the world would have never seen otherwise.

"I guess you could call it a family specialty." That was more or less a new way to think about it. The truth about his father had been confirmed only a short while earlier. "Hiraishin no Jutsu. The Flying Thunder God Technique." Sakura gasped for a moment. There was no way…no way Naruto could have mastered a forgotten technique. The one that won the ninja wars and tipped the scales in Konoha's favor! It was impossible. Then again this was Naruto. The boy could do anything. He had after all, won her heart.

"Was a technique I just couldn't learn. Jiraiya did his best to teach me how to do it, but only the fourth really knew how it worked." Scratch that. Never mind. "So instead I learned some of the principles behind the technique and created my own move."

Leave it to Naruto to try and improve upon the Yondaime's unbeatable secret technique. He was indeed the number one ninja in surprising people. However attracted Sakura felt for the boy and his ingenuity was momentarily cast aside as her curiosity continued to gain the better of her. She had heard all the rumors in fire country claiming the fourth had returned. Maybe it was just his legacy that returned. A legacy that was currently holding her in a lose but warm embrace. "How...how does it work?"

Naruto quickly kissed Sakura's forehead. He loved her inquisitiveness and her insatiable appetite for learning. "The techniques major limitation was the special shuriken used. No shuriken or a low supply meant I would be at risk. That and the Yondaime's primary type was lightning. Mine is wind. So I changed things a bit. I guess you could say I constantly release trace amounts of chakra into the air. I then let my body ride that familiar signature of mine until I decide to jump onto another signature." Sakura had studied about that theory before. Apparently all things in nature released just slight trace amounts of the aura they called chakra. If what Naruto said was true, and all he needed was just a miniscule amount…theoretically the area he could use his technique was near limitless!

"However I haven't really learned it fully yet." Naruto pulled one arm to scratch the back of his head and put on that dopey smile he had since he was a child. It would be wrong to call such a powerful man…cute. But he was at that moment. "Sometimes my body almost tries to pull itself onto a chakra stream and I have to fight just to prevent from launching myself into it. Guess I got to learn how to have a bit more self-conto-"

His words were put to a halt as Sakura could no longer fight back the urges that had bubbled up inside her.

It was true. Her boyfriend was the one who was brining back the famed yellow flash. He was the one going around the countryside saving innocent people and fighting the injustice the shinobi of Konoha couldn't handle on their own. In a world of ninjas…Naruto was a hero.

Sakura eventually pulled back from the kiss she had started and leaned back against his chest, this time with a finger drawing imaginary circles against him. It wasn't like her to feel shy but suddenly she understood why all those women in comic books went boy crazy after the superhero.

The best part about all of this? Ino would be jealous as hell! Double Win!

Then again, add to the fact she got into a fist fight with Naruto's ex-girlfriend and it ended with Naruto cuddling her so. Grand slam baby!

"I kind of remember." Naruto looked down at Sakura, wondering what it was she was about to say. "When you were at the hospital and while I was at your house. Sometimes it looked as if your body moved rapidly and got pulled back for a second. All I saw was a blur of sorts so I thought it was just part of my imagination. I should have known it was just another feat from the number one ninja at surprising people." Sakura smiled once again and pulled Naruto down to join her for another kiss.

Naruto was very glad that he had unwillingly decided to come home again.

Aya was standing over a near blood stained Jiraiya as the temptress had managed to tease him to yet another level. Now if only Aya had brought her sister Maya along with her, then the old man may have finally found too much for him to handle.

Jiraiya sat up and wiped away the remaining blood from his face but with a more serious look upon him. No, the blood wasn't from a nosebleed caused by Aya's little games to play with his mind, but rather the result of a punch he received when she called him a pervert for his lecherous stares. Women could really…really be confusing at times.

Seeing Jiraiya's sudden change in tone, Aya stopped her antics and took a seat before the Sannin. While he might be a pervert and a lecher at times, he was still a powerful ninja who should not be taken lightly. There was a reason Akatsuki feared to come after Naruto while the frog hermit was close by.

"I take it you have news for me?" Jiraiya indeed have a vast and widespread network of intelligence gatherers located across every country. Not the least of which included the ninjas named after the various animals of the zodiac.

Aya did a quick bow before she divulged the reports she new Jiraiya would want. Her running into Naruto and meeting him once again was actually a perk and not the main reason she had come to Konoha. "I have news of the boy. Sasuke. It seems his desire to know without a doubt that he is stronger than Naruto is driving him back towards this village. He is looking for a fight. He is looking to kill."

Jiraiya brought a hand up to his chin as he contemplated the situation. He had a feeling it would come to this. Even with Itachi defeated, Jiraiya knew it wouldn't be enough for the boy who only wanted vengeance out of life. With one obstacle gone, the next choice was obvious. Sasuke wanted to rid himself of the one ninja who made him feel inferior. Revenge, once sampled…became addictive.

"Naruto won't fight to kill his friend, no matter what anyone says." Yes, even after so many years Naruto couldn't help but consider his long time rival a friend. Doing otherwise would be to diminish the impact Sasuke had on his life back at the academy. "Naruto will be at a disadvantage like that." Naruto had always done what was required of him as a ninja, but he had never developed a bloodlust like so many others. If there was even the slightest chance bloodshed could be avoided, he would.

"Nevertheless, the boy must leave Konoha. If Sasuke were to come back here, it would create problems." Many still awaited the Uchiha prodigy to return. Someone had started a rumor that he had gone away to train to become stronger to better protect the people of Konoha. That someone was one who didn't want a friend's name to be tarnished and was rumored to be the reincarnation of the Yellow Flash. If the village of Konoha found out its prodigal son was actually a traitor, many would be demoralized in the process and Konoha's ability to defend itself would weaken. No matter how much it was taught that ninja's were just tools, you could never rid yourself of human emotions.

"About that Jiraiya-sama, I have other news to report. It's about Konoha." That suddenly raised the hermit's attention. There wasn't much that happened in this town that he was unaware of. Whatever the news was, it certainly couldn't be good.

In a dark hall, hundreds of people gathered to share in a joint cause creating a near ecstasy of emotions. The people were chanting the name of a former ninja who was now battered and bandaged who walked off stage as he finished delivering his speech. A smirk came to his face as his work was being put into motion. The arrival of the boy tied in perfectly with his plans. It gave his supporters a reason to unite and overcome whatever reservations that had about joining this underground association of his.

The echoes of his speech still bounced off the walls as the people clamored and yelled their approval. "The demon child has returned to plague Konoha again! The nine-tails seeks to kill and take away your children and your futures while disguised as a human! We will not let him stain the purity of our village! We must cast out the one the Hokage has allowed to return! Let us join together and save our village! We are the defenders of all that is good in Konoha! JOIN ME!"

The crowd had erupted into a frenzy when the leader had finished his speech. He continued to walk off stage as he pulled out a knife from one of the inside pockets of his uniform. There was still some dried blood that forever clinged to it mixed with the chaotic chakra of a demon fox that was once sealed within an infant child. It was time to finish what he started all those years ago.

When the one who led this rally had finally completely exited the area, a lone figure shouted out, "Death to!" The entire audience replied instantaneously to the one who had earned their unbridled rage and hate.

"NARUTO!"

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