Demon in the High School!

by KsNandS

Sakura Haruno, was an ordinary student. A crush on Sasuke, which failed. But, a NEW student has come! And Sakura's VERY attracted to him! But, something doesn't seem right about him. What's he & his brother hiding from them all? FIND OUT! OTKNaruxSaku.AU!

13. A New Life Chapter

Why hello again! Nothing much to say here other than I apologize for how late it's gotten since I last updated. However, I ask you all to be patient. No sending me messages saying I should hurry up please. It throws me out of the mood. Also, I would really like it if you guys reviewed more… I feel like I have no purpose here anymore. Who am I writing for? Well… anyway, hope you enjoy this chapter.

KsNandS: Been quite a while, huh?

Naruto: …jeez, hell yeah it has…

Sakura: So what's going on for this chapter?

KsNandS: Well, this chapter is supposed to be where all the drama starts. There's a timeskip, it's going onto the next year of schooling and, so far, you two are doing well.

Naruto: Uh… I still feel weird from that last chapter you put me through…

KsNandS: Ehehe… whoops, sorry, hahaha!

Sakura: Yeah, I was worried!

KsNandS: …anyway… hrm… well you'll just have to act according to the script. Honestly, I dunno why I'm writing… either people don't want to review or… they're too lazy… well, I don't wanna be selfish, but I would like a bit more recognition. I put massive amounts of time into writing…

Naruto: I feel ya there… although… you know some people just don't wanna review. S'okay though, right? You're gonna continue writing about Sakura and I, right dude? *Nudge*

Sakura: *Hugs his arm* Please?

KsNandS: …okay, sounds good to me. Thanks, and… have people figured out that I gave up my sanity to write fanfic?

Naruto and Sakura: *Shrug*

KsNandS: YUSH! I HAVE GIVEN UP MY SANITY TO WRITE FANFIC! 'TWAS ONE OF THE PRICES TO PAY IT WAS… oh yes… yes IT WAS! *Spazzes out*

Naruto: …Well, there you all go! Can we start now guys?

Sakura: Yeah! C'mon!

KsNandS: YYYYYEEEEESSSSSS!!! *Jumps* READY! ONE, TWO, THREE!

Naruto, Sakura, KsNandS: LET THE STORY CONTINUE!!!

KsNandS: …CHICKEN! …

Naruto: C'mon lil' dude… let's go get you some bed rest *Picks KsNandS up and takes him away*

Sakura: Oh boy… *Sighs and follows*

*2 Months later*

It hadn't been too long since the incident with Naruto's emotions. The blond was as lively as ever and Sakura stuck by him as always. His emotions still seemed a bit unbalanced, but he was doing well. They had been working on going forward in their relationship and so far… it seemed to be a bit difficult, especially with Sakura's whole "not too fast" idea.

Naruto assured her he wouldn't move that fast, he really couldn't care. It was an early morning, school was today and both were busy getting ready. Sakura was blow drying her hair while Naruto was brushing his teeth. She combed her bangs and fluffed her hair. She had put her parents' house up for sale, and there were a few takers on it. She hoped she'd be able to make a decent earning from the sale. She looked out the window, and it was as dark as ever outside, snow fell to the ground. She shivered at the sight and turned away. She didn't like the cold too much, especially since it had been getting quite wintry outside.

Glancing over at the blond, she warmed a bit. Her giant teddy bear, heating machine. Giggling at the thought she went back to brushing her hair. Cuddling sounded like one of the best things that piqued her interest at the moment.

"It's getting colder outside every day," she began, trying to start up conversation with him. She spat and washed his mouth with water.

"Yeah… oh well, expect some hot cocoa and cuddling by the fire tonight thar Sakky-chan," he said and winked at her with a flash of his pearly whites. She winked and set the brush down as Naruto gargled with rinse.

"Ready to go now?" Sakura asked.

"Yush!" he replied. He put on his trench coat and buttoned it up, then tossed his kit bag over his shoulder. Sakura put on her rolly-polly-looking pink jacket, scarf, mittens and red cap, "keke, rolly-po-GAH!" Naruto yelled before he could finish.

"Don't call me that!" Sakura scolded! She had smacked him upside the head! She opened the door and a chilling breeze swooped in, stinging their cheeks.

"Damn, it's cold! C'mon, let's hurry and get to school already," the blond said as he closed the apartment door and locked it. They walked down the icy steps, careful not to fall and out into the dark and snow-blanketed streets. Trekking down the road, the flakes of snow swept by the wind. It felt like being either slashed by a knife or stuck by a bee… over and over.

"I-I-I w-wonder h-h-how c-cold i-it i-i-i-is…" Sakura shuddered. Naruto's teeth were chattering. Why did they have to have school in weather like this anyway!?

"…this is bullshit… we shouldn't even have school today anyway!" the blond growled!

"Naruto, they could always cancel it today if it worsens," she said. He said nothing after that as both trekked up the steps and then into the school-yard. The gates were open and the school lit up. No students were outside in the nasty weather , and both couldn't blame them! They rushed inside and brushed off the snow that had collected upon their heads. Naruto shook his head a little, causing the flakes to fall gently to the tile floor like lice. Sakura brushed him off. He collected a lot of snow, probably because he was such a giant lug!

"Urgh…" Naruto groaned. Why'd they have to have school today he kept wondering. Looking about, the hallways were somewhat empty, and they knew they hadn't arrived late, in fact they were quite early. Walking through the, somewhat darkened hallways only few students were seen, all of them with friends. They neared to classroom door and found it locked.

"It's locked, Anko mustn't be here yet, she usually arrives… kinda late," Sakura said, "looks like we're going to have to wait here for a while until she gets here," the pinkette added.

"Urgh… dammit, I don't even wanna be here today. It's too cold and wet… and plus I could think of a million things better to do," he complained.

"And what are those million?" Sakura asked. He grinned.

"Simple! …snuggly with my Sakky-chan! Hehe," he replied.

"Well, that'll have to wait. Now… I'll be in the library, would you like to come?" Sakura asked.

"Me and books aren't the best combo babe. I'll… just walk around, see ya," he said and walked off. Shaking her head at him she headed towards the library. Konoha High had the largest library in the district, tons of novels and literature filled the shelves up to 15 feet high or so! She liked being in the library, it gave her a place to calm and collect herself, not to mention think. She walked into the archive section titled "D" for all the books with the titles that had the letter "D" as the starting letter of the title of the book.

She checked the rows of books, "let's see here… wow, they all look so… old and dusty. People sure don't use the library anymore," she said. It was then she came across a book titled, "Demonic Romance: A Fatal Attraction-An Emotional Bond,"

She took the book from it's shelf and looked at the black lather covering. The titled imprinted in red letters… very old-looking letters by the printing, "wow… this book must be ancient, the pages are yellowing and it's… really *cough* dusty," she blew the dust away and walked to a table. Gently she lifted the cover of the book, the black in still in tact, however, the author of the book had been smudged and appeared unreadable. She opened to a random page and looked.

Page, 286

Demonic romances are like giving black roses to the public. In their trails follow death in exchange for a passionate and lustful relationship between both mates. A demonic romance can also be entitled as a bloody romance, being that the supposed "Demon" being either male or female (Note: Males are more common that females) will tie together something known as an Emotional Bond, which then, in return, results in catastrophic and dire consequences to all those who taper or do harm to the demon's mate.

She thought about the page for a moment, and then shook her head. She warped to another page, flipping backwards.

Page, 123

There are but a few ways to tell if a supposed person is actually a demon. First, demon's have the ability to change forme and to blend in with their surroundings-- (I.E. A beautiful young woman or an attractive young man) A sign of this supposed demon would be that they act very abnormal from time to time, exhibiting behaviors suited to that of, animalistic. They go through many emotional rages and phases upon maturing and are certain to become violent at any moment if they are threatened. They boasted massive physical strength. To ascertain the truth about these creatures, it'd be simple to suggested practicing "Aura Reading" which is the ability to read and interpret one's own aura. Depending on the colour or intensity of aura may indicate a demon from a human if done correctly.

You will know a demon for it's aura will shine brightly in the colours; Red, Sky Blue, Black, Gold, Silver or Purple.

Human's have many different aura colours so it is very easy to interpret them for they do not possess the demonic aura colouration. To see this aura, all it takes for one to do is to calm themselves and keep their mind in a psychological state. Chakra control is best used for it allows better concentration without pre-meditation first. Focus the energy radiating from the coils and then inject a simple amount of chakra into the iris of the eye.

Sakura stared at the book and looked around. All she saw was the librarian categorizing the books. In intrigued her to see what the librarian had. Was she a demon or a human? She felt stupid doing this but, she couldn't resist any longer! She focused her chakra and released it into her eyes, a slow, steady stream into her iris'. Upon opening her eyes, she witness the library black, the area surrounding her pitch black as dark as it could be! She looked around and saw the librarian, however she only saw the energy radiating from the woman. Her aura was a fluorescent green. She stopped pumping and shook her head, "weird," she whispered. Sakura looked at the old book and found it interesting enough to check out.

As she walked out of the library with her new book, checked out for about 2 weeks, she wondered what Naruto would say when she told him about what she saw in the librarian. Would he believe it or not?

Turning the corner she saw the lug-nut sitting up against the lockers with a blank look on his face, obviously bored to death and wanting to go home. She walked over and sat near him, "look what I got," she said. He looked and cocked his eyebrow.

"Demonic Romance: A Fatal Attraction-An Emotional Bond" he read.

"Yeah, you won't believe what's inside. It says that you can see someone's aura and determine whether or not they're a demon or a human," she said.

"Uh… huh, so what about that demonic romance stuff?" he asked.

"It says demonic romances are like… handing out black roses. Death befalls almost anyone near the creature. I guess it's because… well, the whole mate and desire thing. There's even emotional attachments and other things. I still have to read more though," the pinkette said. The blond sighed and shrugged. She was weirder than he thought.

"Okay… well… I'm wondering if anyone's coming to school today or not. It looks like it's getting pretty bad out there," he said and nodded towards the window. Sakura glanced for a moment. He was right, it looked to be getting worse and no one was even arriving at the school!

"Hmm… do you really want to go back out there?" Sakura asked.

He shrugged at her, "no, but I also don' wanna be in this shit-hole either," replying to her he felt an emotional rush.

"It's okay Naruto," she said rubbing his shoulder, "well, if Anko doesn't show up in the next ten minutes we should go, fair?" she asked. Naruto groaned and cocked his head back.

"Yea yeah," he sighed.

"Also, spread your legs apart, I wanna sit between!" she giggled. She sat between his legs and leaned back into his chest as he wrapped his arms around her stomach. Sakura opened the book and began reading. Naruto snuck a few glimpses here and there of the ink on the page. Though he wasn't interested at all in what the book had to say, "did you know that a demon can be identified by it's movements and personality?" Sakura asked.

"Eh…"

She groaned, "yeah, a demon can be identified by how it moves and it's emotions. For instance, the movements. It usually acts like an animal, any kind of animal really," she said.

"Uh huh…"

"Oh c'mon, aren't you at least a bit interested in this?" she asked.

He though for a moment before replying, "not really Sakky-chan. In fact," he took the book from her hands and looked at it, "it just looks like a bunch'a crap in some dusty ol' book that's never seen the light of day in over a million years!"

She hardened her glance at him, "don't you have any imagination whatsoever!?" she said snatching the book!

"I do… I just… don' use it anymore, besides, that guy dun' know what he's talkin' 'bout anyway. What does he know about demon's?" Naruto asked.

"The author might've been a woman, but the ink is smudged, so they're unknown for the time being. However, just look how thick this book is, they had to of been flooding with knowledge about this subject for them to write such a long book. I couldn't even think about anything that might resemble a demon other than ugly and wicked," she said. Naruto sighed and looked outside. It was still dark outside and he could clearly see the flurry out there.

"Sakura… let's just get the hell out of here before we get blocked up in this shit hole… it's cold too, school shoulda been closed today," he complained.

She sighed in annoyance, "quite complaining already, besides the librarian's here, and so is the attendance office. So until then just sit tight," she said.

He sat there, however he was more ready to just about get up and walk out of there with or without her. After a few minutes of being bored to death, tired and pretty much ready to waltz out of the school, the lights in the school began shutting off.

"Hmm? Hey… I wonder what's going on…" Sakura blinked as the hallway went dark.

"Looks like school's closed babe. C'mon, let's go home now already, ehehe," he said with a grin.

"Something doesn't feel right Naruto," Sakura began, "the light's wouldn't just go out," she added and closed the book and placed it in her coat.

"It's perfectly fine Sakky-chan! Everyone obviously fucked up with the whole snow thing and now it's time to head home because the weather looks like shit outside and plus it's cold!" he said and grunted as he got up, "I'm goin' home whether you wanna or not. I'm cold and, I'm really tired right now and not sure if I got enough sleep last night," he said. Sakura stood up. It was still weird, there were students in the hallways still, surely they couldn't have cancelled.

"Or, maybe the power went out because of the snow," Sakura explained. She walked ahead, and he followed, "I wonder if the janitor is trying to fix it," she pondered, her voice echoing in the empty, darkened hallway.

"He probably left, we gotta hurry, if he locks us out then we won't be able to leave!" Naruto shuddered at the fact, "hell no!"

He grabbed her wrist and dragged her down the hallway until they reached the reception counter. Walking up to the attendance counter they saw no one sitting at the table.

"See? Everyone went home, now let's go," walking to the door and grabbing the handle, Naruto pulled the door open, the cold stinging his face, "c'mon, it's getting worse. The steps could freeze," he added. Sakura shivered and put her coat on.

"Fine, we'll go home, I still don't feel right," she said. As she walked she noticed something stapled to a bulletin board and plucked it.

"C'MON SAKURA!" Naruto whined! She ran to him as he slammed the door shut, "see… look, the whole school's shut down. S-Sometimes I w-wonder if the f-f-fuggin' d-district ev-even cons-s-s-s-s-siders the weat-t-t-ther…" his teeth chattered as he buttoned up his coat. He helped Sakura with hers, seeing as she was having a difficult time. They headed back home, and as soon as they entered, Naruto slammed the door and locked both bolts. They both were frozen, the weather had gotten worse and the clouds thicker than pea-soup.

"Why's it so dark outside? Wouldn't the sun have come up by now?" Naruto asked. Sakura shrugged as she hung her coat and then pulled out the flyer. Looking at it she sighed.

"Not again… sometimes I wish this never happened," she thought. Naruto glanced at her and noticed the paper.

"Hey, what'cha got thar Sakky-chan?" the blond asked.

She looked at him, "hey… Naruto?"

"Aye lass, that's meh name, dun't wearrrr it ouwt," he said in a funny accent.

"Do you think I'm beautiful?" she asked.

"Not this again," he mentally groaned.

She looked at the paper and sighed putting the flyer back. She walked into the bedroom. Curiously, the blond reached into the pink coat pocket and pulled out the baby.

"Hmm? …Prom Queen?" He thought as he read the lines.

Shine like a star!

Konoha's Queen contests. Five contestants, 5 contests all to see and to prove who's the best girl for Konoha High's;

KONOHA QUEEN!!!!

Contests being held this Winter, sign up today by meeting Anko in the English Office from 12:30 - 2:30,

Starts Monday November 12th, ends December 31st

HAVE FUN, DANCE, CHILL AND MUCH MORE!

The paper was decorated I sparkles and glitters. Naruto had heard about this whole thing. It was just Konoha's queen, a small school-thing that entitled one girl as being the "Queen of Konoha". A lot of girls entered but only 5 remained in order to take part in contests. One of which Naruto knew was… sort of low in Sakura's self-esteem.

Beauty

He didn't know why she looked down on herself so much, although it was partly because she wasn't popular, didn't have a ton of friends and… was a book worm mostly.

"Awww… Sakky-chan," the blond sighed and put the flyer on the table before shedding his shirt and walking into the room. He entered and saw her lying in bed.

"Hey you," he said softly. She turned around, her head resting on the pillow, "you make meh heart go boom boom boom," he said and flexed his left pec. She felt embarrassed to see that and shook her head. …charming. Naruto got into bed and snuggled down under the sheets, "some'fin chu wanna tell meh Sakky-chaaawn?" he asked chuckling. She looked at him and then at the ceiling.

"Every year Ino gets crowned Konoha's Queen… what's the point in entering I don't even have a chance of winning? I'm not… beautiful enough. They judge so harshly in that category it's like an all out fashion pageant," she answered.

"Heeeeeyy, you have just as much talent as them Sakky-chan. Just be yourself and try your hardest. Though the odds might be against ya you can still say that you tried your hardest and that you never gave up Y'know?" He asked. She sighed, "eehhhh, trust meh! I ish the foxy Sakky-chan. The foxy always knowz what dt do," he chuckled. Trying to cheer her up seemed to give off a little light to where she cuddled with him.

"…do you think I'm beautiful?" she asked.

"Pfft! You kiddin'? You're amazing, fantastic and you earned your edu-ma-cation! You have just as much of a chance of winning as piggy does," he said and snorted. She laughed, and he snorted a few more times.

"Behold, our second contestant, Misssss, Piggy!" he announced. She seemed to have cheered up a tiny bit, "feel better?" he asked, his face returning to it's natural form.

"Yeah," she said with a tiny tint in her cheeks, "I… feel tired though… maybe you were right. Let's… get some sleep… kind of glad we didn't go to school today you know," she said. He cocked his eyebrow.

"Oh! Isn't that what's called a… con-tra-di-ct-in-g term?" he asked, flicking his tongue. The word was too long. She sighed and nodded.

"Y-e-s," giggling at his victory grin, they both snuggled down and closed their eyes.

*Fast forward 2 days*

*Sakura's Dreamscape*

She stood there, staring into oblivion and at a mass of houses. Darkened windows of shattered glass and a sky full of darkness. The air felt neither hot, nor did it feel cold, however her skin felt like ice. Her heart paced rapidly in her rib cage and she felt a wicked presence nearby. She began walking as though drained of life and then reborn from the dead. Down the cobble-stone alley, the presence grew stronger, a burning sensation, her skin felt as though it were being heated by a fire as the feeling intensified. Soon, it felt as though her cheeks were being torched or cut with a heated blade. She passed a few dead bodies, most of them had been half eaten, their skulls still containing chunks of bloody flesh, maggots made the skulls home as they would travel down the optic nerves that hung from killed villagers skull sockets. More and more corpses appeared, half eaten, flesh chewed and beginning to rot. Splashy steps echoed through the alley as Sakura began collecting blood on the bottoms of her naked feet. The blood was warm, and the scent was strong like an alcoholic's breath.

She halted the instant she heard panting… a low, demonic sobbing. The sobbing could be heard from up within one of the houses. The sensation of burning was intense, the wicked aura making her shudder as she climbed the stone, bloodied steps. Walking through door, the portal bastardized with slashes and crimson on behind it. The place seemed so familiar to her. However, she could hardly feel that this was home… the walls were ripped and stained red, the glass table was shattered to pieces, the couch adjacent to her was completely destroyed and ripped wide open, the windows were shattered as well, shards scattered throughout the room, however nowhere near her location. Her foot prints left red stains in the carpet fibers as the pinkette sauntered down the hall. The burning feeling, grew stronger, her skin feeling hot, she began to sweat. A bright crimson-orange aura skimmed the carpet through the door at the end of the hallway.

Without a word, she slowly opened the door, the light instantly dying and the room going cold and dark! However the sobbing continued, louder and more distraught. She slowly walked into the room, and closed the door behind her, just because she felt like it. Upon turning around, she could see a large figure in a dark, very thin, crimson outlining. Ears… a tail to match. Claw marks lined the walls, broken glass shards glittered in the light, the carpet ripped to shreds, the bed, split in two, feathers everywhere as well as a blanked that was ripped and bloodied. The air was tense and discomforting as she shifted to the side a little at the figure sobbing silently on the carpet. She felt, a though she remembered this… thing or whoever it was. She recognized the body, masculine, tanned, toned, cut to perfection, the spiky hair. However, she could not… remember who it was that reminded her of this person. She hesitated for a moment, the thinly lining crimson aura of the figure unnerving her to no end, however she did feel she had to… help this person. Her bare feet, warming due to the heat created from the aura, slowly began moving her, as if they had minds of their own. Slowly they inched towards the person, evident that death may come upon her if she even bare an inch closer. Her voice, her power to speak was impaired for some reason, as she could not utter a word no matter how much she tried to.

She was… just barely touching the skin, the naked figure on the floor silently sobbed, the demonic, hallowing moans and groans made her shudder. Kneeling down to the figures side, it being at least a foot taller than her, the massive structure intimidating. She, hesitantly, laid her soft, gentle hand onto the shoulder of the person. The sobs… ceased, and the air grew tenser.

Silence…

Sakura, felt her heart nearly about to burst through her chest! This wicked feeling she had brewing in her gut… this feeling did not sit with her well. Drops of sweat began to drench her pale skin, the scent of her fear and her feeling of anxiety made the ears of the person perk, piquing it's interest. She noticed… a slight turn of the head from the person, the blackness of his face, it was difficult for her to see the features because of the harsh shading.

Her nervousness did not go unnoticed to the person, as the face turned just… a bit more. Sakura felt the intense blood-lust and desire of flesh radiating from the person. She could… not anticipate what was about to happen, however she had an unpleasant feeling that bubbled in her gut, the brew complete. It was then, she regained her former power to speak… and, as much as she could muster, she spoke;

"…are you… okay?" She asked in a soft tone.

"…grr…"

"AHHH!"

*Reality*

Sweat drenched her face as she lurched up in the bed! Her heart rapidly beating, her deep panting and how shaken she was. Naruto had jolted up out of his sleep after.

"Sakura…" he rubbed his eyes and looked at her, "you okay?"

It took her a moment to respond to him, "…I-It was just a nightmare…" she replied, "d-don't worry about it…"

Naruto put a hand on her shoulder, "how can I not worry? This is getting' a lil' too repetitive…" he said.

"You look that one up in the dictionary didn't you?" Sakura asked.

The blond scratched the back of his head, "at least I know what it means… unlike the other few thousand words… hehehe,"

"Oh you," she giggled, "it's early… and I don't feel… comfortable sleeping anymore, how about we get up and get ready…" Sakura got out and stretched, however, as soon as the bone-chilling air stung her half naked body, she jumped back into bed and cuddled up next to Naruto!

"Haha! Cold?" He said mockingly.

She popped a vein in her forehead, "shut up…"

"Whoa, don't gotta be so mean, just making a point, just stay in bed for a while longer, I'm pretty tired still… besides, it looks like we might have a delay today," Naruto said sleepily. Sakura turned and looked out the window, it was pretty inky and gloomy out. It would make sense, lately winter had gotten a lot worse, they had no delay's or closures yesterday like Monday, although Sakura could see his point either way.

"Looks like it… although… I'm still feeling uneasy about going back to sleep… what if I have another nightmare again?" Sakura asked.

Sighing, he slid back and covered them both up to the neck with the comforter, "well, don't worry, just try to go to sleep, if you're close to me, maybe ya won't have nightmares."

It didn't make much sense to her, however she saw a little bit of light in what he said. Maybe she'd sleep better if she was cuddled up to him, it was almost psychological, the touch of a loved one's heated body helping them dream peacefully without darkness. She liked the idea, even if it wasn't worded right.

"Okay…" was all she said, "now lemme cuddle into your pecs… I love those pillows," she said and cuddled into his muscles. Naruto rolled his eyes, sighing.

Sakura yawned and blinked. Maybe she was tired still. It was early, around 1:00 in the morning, and more-likely they were to have a 2-hour delay today. Closing her eyes, she drifted off again, Naruto's body heat taking it's full effect and calming her into asleep, while his heart beat sung quietly in her ear, a lullaby for her, from him. In a matter of seconds she was fast asleep, the blonde hugged her close and yawned. He also, began dozing off, and within minutes he was asleep too.

*Sakura's Dreamscape*

"Where… am I?" looking around, all she could see was… a dreamscape of many different shades of blue, violet, pink and green, blending together. Through the warping colours, she could see a faint, ghostly figure sitting below her. She was, quite a ways away.

"Who is that?" she leaned down to get a closer look. She had no idea who it was… nor exactly how far she was from them. She couldn't even tell if she was standing or floating! Slowly, she began descending, and despite how she flinched and wanted to yelp, she remained quiet. The figure came into her view. Her jade orbs widened as the gazed upon a familiar frame, "what…?"

She landed on… something apparently, for she felt solid ground. This was strange dimension. Slowly, as she walked nearer, the wavelengths of bright colours began fading, fading into black, gray and blood red, mixed with a tint of orange. The same demonic, yet warm aura, thinly lining the skin and in the shapes of a tail and ears and claws pinged memories from somewhere. She knew she had seen this person before! But, what was his significance!? The ominous wavelengths shuddered when she walked closer, closer until the pinkette was in that… room. The dreamscape had warped them back into the apartment room. She had no idea was what unfolding, however she could believe that this was no the place to be.

Mustering up her courage, over-powering the light sobs, she spoke gently, and calmly, however with valor, "excuse me, but who are you?" her question blandly came out. There wasn't much of a response, just a simple whimper, then a low growl, and then a purr. 'What do that mean!?' her questioned herself mentally!

"Are you lost?"

Her answer was a growl, and a rattle of the binding chains, which startled her!

"Are you, sad?"

Her answer was a little whimper and a lowering of the ears, and then a brightening aura pulse and a very ominous growl!

"You must be… angered and sad," her response, was a snarl, "why?" she asked. There was no response, only a dark snort from the person. Obviously they didn't know how to speak.

"If there's, something wrong maybe I can help you…?" the pinkette replied, questioning him.

A moment of silence, the person looked as though they were thinking deeply. A loud growl and a snort gave her the answer.

"What are you? Who are you?" her questions began coming out fluidly. She received a mumbled reply of growls and snorts. How could she understand what he was saying? She was blank! Both were silent, until Sakura noticed the quiet shuddering and sobbing.

"Don't worry, everything will be okay," she then placed her hand on his right shoulder. He flinched, the ears lowering as his neck twisted. Upon opening his eyes, a flare erupted!

"GRRR!"

"AHHH!"

*Reality*

She gasped and opened her eyes! Looking around a darkened room, she sighed. It, was only another nightmare. At least she didn't disturb Naruto by jolting up in bed, she felt hot, a little sweaty as well. Taking a few breathes Sakura calmed herself.

"Okay Sakura… just don't wake Naruto up, I was lucky he didn't jolt that time," she thought before resting her head again and closing her eyes. She fell asleep slowly, nodding off 20 minutes after.

*Earlier that Morning*

Later that morning, after sleeping in, both had gotten up that morning and gotten ready. A delay, as Naruto predicted, had come. At the moment both were eating a nice breakfast at the table. As they were eating, Sakura thought about something that… seemed all too random.

"What would you think… if we got a pet?" she asked. Naruto stopped chewing for a moment, and then resumed and swallowed.

"A pet? Uhh… eh, I dunno, why?" she sighed and looked at him with a shrug.

"Not sure either really, although, maybe it'd be nice to have a little pet. You know, nothing too big, but something cute and fuzzy!"

"I'm just about as cute and fuzzy as anything you're gonna see…" the blond grinned.

"You don't even fit the bill. You may be cute, but you sure aren't… uh, fuzzy, " she said and took a bite of her toast. He gave her a look, and then whimpered at her.

"Like I said Naruto," Sakura chuckled, "cute, but not fuzzy enough, haha!" laughing at him for his antics, she resumed eating. After eating, Sakura took a shower and after her Naruto then did as well.

They dressed in their uniforms and brushed their teeth. Naruto buttoned up his trench coat and helped Sakura with her pink coat, mittens and ear muffs. Recently Naruto had bought a pair of black gloves, after all, it was cold! They fit his hands nicely, after all the blond was tired of seeing his fingers go purple from the cold.

"Ready Naruto?" Sakura asked. The blond nodded and both were soon out the door and on the road to school yet again. It was then that Naruto seemed to remember something.

"Hey Sakura… you know that… whole group of guys that came up to you on… I think my birthday?"

"Yes, how could I forgot the bloody noses and black eyes you bestowed upon them?"

"I wonder what happened to 'em. They never fought me like they said they would… bunch'a cowards," he scoffed.

"Whatever you say… just… remember, don't fight Killdozer okay? I can't stress that enough," she said.

"Pfft, why must I be scared of him? So what if people think he's a little psycho and shit, the guy's just an ass-hole who needs to be put in his place," his words worried her a little bit.

"You promised if I recall Naruto… am I not right?" she asked. Honestly, he couldn't remember, had he? If he had then… well that was just his luck. He wouldn't be kicking Killdozer's ass anytime soon he guessed. Although, he would break that promise if ever the dude laid even one finger on Sakura.

Up the stairs they went and soon into the school yard. Upon walking into the building, that greeted them with warmth, Ino rushed in and bumped against Sakura's shoulder. She whipped around, "What where you're standing forehead!" she hissed and walked away.

"Jeez, what a bitch," Naruto sighed.

Sakura, however, began feeling… a little woozy. What was this feeling? She felt like her head was spinning on an axis!

"Oh boy… I feel… so… dizzy!" she murmured as a flash of light shot her vision!

*Sakura's Dimensional Scream*

"You can do it! Don't lose to that pig-bitch Sakky-CHAN! GIVE IT YOUR BEST!"

*Flash: Dimensional Scream Ends*

She gasped as a force somehow knocked her back, losing her balance she fell over and almost hit the ground, if not a strong pair of arms had caught her!

"Sakura!"

"W-W-what was that?" her curiosity was the only thing running through her mind, other than her head ache.

"Are you okay Sakura?" Naruto said in a more quieter tone. Why did these things always have to happen at the most inconvenient times in the most inconvenient places? People were staring at them, and what was worse was that Kakashi had been passing the halls at the time and noticed the act.

"What happened? Is she okay?" the man asked, his monotone voice taking on a more serious vibration.

"She just collapsed, and I don't know why either…" the blond explained truthfully. "Sakura, can you hear me?" his voice somehow aroused her out of her trance and she muffled a bit. "Thank you… c'mon now, stand up nice and slowly," he helped her onto her feet, her hand glued to her head as the head ache send pulses through her temples.

"I-I'm… f-fine… I just feel a little woozy… and a bit of a head ache as well, don't worry about me," she didn't want him to worry about her all the time. She knew he cared for her… a lot in fact, but sometimes she wished he wouldn't care so much.

"Okay… well, at least you can talk, what happened?" Naruto's impatience got a hold of him as the question blurted out. It took her a moment to stabilize, and soon she found balance once again.

"I… I don't know, I just… had a flash and I, heard something, a voice…" both blinked at her reply.

"A voice? What kind of voice?" Kakashi asked calmly.

"It was, like a… kinda of tone of voice. Like, a voice that gives encouragement. I saw nothing, but I heard someone," she said.

"An encouraging voice? Hmm, interesting. Do you want me to get you the school nurse? This might be something serious you know," he tried convincing her, however she decided to have none of it, but with Naruto being a worry-wart, it didn't go all-well into her favour.

"I'm fine," she would reply as Naruto carried her down to the nurses office, her sulking body in his burly arms as Kakashi shook his head at how difficult she was being.

"Stop whining Sakky-chan," Naruto sighed, "besides, I saw what happened to you and darn it I'm taking you down to the damn-er… I mean, darn," he looked at Kakashi, and even he knew foul language was an immediate 2 hour after school detention if caught by a teachers' dolphin-like ears, "nurses office,"

The masked man cocked an eyebrow at the blond, almost scaring the poor kid.

"Whatever… but I'm telling you, I'm fine! I don't have a head ache anymore and I feel like I can walk again, so would you mind,"

"Mind what?"

"SETTING ME DOWN!" her loud shriek echoed in the hallways. Naruto took the full brunt of it and sighed and dropped her. She landed on a couch and groaned.

"You said, " he stuck his pinky in his ringing ear, "set me down."

"Don't play smart with me lug nut. I'm fine!"

"We just want to make sure that you're what you say you are to be Sakura," Kakashi started, "that was an odd act of behavior on your part, you know. We just want you to be safe. Now, Naruto will let Anko know that you're excused from class. Once to nurse is done checking you - eh… never mind, you probably already know," the man sighed.

She crossed her arms and huffed.

"Hey, baby, it's okay. I'll see you in class. Just make sure you don't pass out in the hallway on your way back to class. Do that, and I'll never leave you be, haha!" he laughed as Sakura popped an anger vein, watching them walk out the door.

"Just you wait you fat-head!" she snarled! Sighing to herself, she waited for the nurse to show, the bell ringing a few moments after the nurse stepped inside. Sakura sighed again, this was going to be a long and very discomforting day… she could feel it.

*2 Minutes later*

"Oookay sweetie, well you don't seem to be running a temperature now, and you look just about good as a perfectly baked apple pie!" the nurse said.

"Uhm… thank you?"

"Don'tcha mention any word of it young missy! Now you march your lil' fanny to class. And give my regards to Anko now ya' hear?" she asked, putting her hands on her hips and watching Sakura walk out.

"Kids these days, just about as sour as out-dated milk, tsk tsk tsk,"

Sakura walked up the steps and down the hall. She looked outside, day light trying it's best to peep through the inky grey clouds blanketing the sky. She arrived at the class room and opened the door. Why did she feel like Naruto when he was a newbie?

Upon walking into the room, she, like anyone who entered late or un-expected, attracted the attention of the entire classroom. Anko, who was seated on her desk, legs crossed and back bent with her arms supporting her weight, glanced at her and looked at the clock.

"Go ahead and take a seat missy, you aren't late, a little birdie told me you wouldn't be, " she glanced at Naruto, "arriving on time," she chuckled.

"Hello to you to Anko, and the nurse sends… her regards for some reason," Sakura said and entered the stand and sat next to Naruto.

"Alrighty, now, can anyone tell me exactly what's coming up in a few weeks?" Anko asked leaning forward.

"Like, oh my gosh it's the Konoha Queen election! The 5 contests and the judging, the talent!" Ino's eyes shined. A few people sweat dropped.

"Aye, she really knows how to ruin the moment ya know," Bertha said.

"She's on my team, how many moments do you think she's ruined?" Chouji groaned and hid his head.

"Damn… now I know why you call her Ino-pig," Naruto murmured looking at Sakura, "she squeals to much," he finished.

Sakura giggled at the joke, it went unnoticed by a few people. Those who heard it cracked a little.

"And I know just the act that'll kill those judges too!"

"A major act that'd kill would be you rolling around in a pile'o turds," Kiba said, "or wallowing in mud HAHA!" he laughed, causing the room to fill with laughter!

"SHUT UP!" Ino snarled! "You're just all jealous that I win every year," she said waving them off.

"Oi, we'd show ya just how a real woman wins a competition if ya weren't such a lil' piggy wallowing in the mud of your self-pity thar lass," Helga said and shrugged.

"Did I ever tell you how much I love you?" Chouji asked.

"You can tell meh how much you lov' meh when ya buy me a steak tonight meh big boned rotisserie!" she said flattered.

"Don't wait up my lovely oven cooked goose, you can have more than steak,"

"Is this how they… talk all lovey dovey?" Naruto asked, creeped out.

"Don't worry, you get used to it, it's kinda cute though," Sakura explained.

"Uh huh…"

"Well maybe you'd win if you didn't eat so much and lost a lil' weight there!" Ino smirked. Shikamaru jolted and was just in time to grab Ino before Helga had a chance to bash her fat-headed skull!

"LET ME AT 'ERRR! I'M SKINNIER THAN YOU, YOU WEE COW!" The girl barked! Shikamaru began sweating.

"Just calm down Helga! Ino didn't mean it!"

"Dammit Ino! Why do you always shoot your fat mouth off!?"

Chouji grabbed Helga and calmed her.

"You better not hope I catch you alone wee pig! I'm gut you and put ya in meh famous seasoned pork STEW!" she held her fist up and popped her knuckles.

"I don't wanna get on her bad side," Naruto shuddered.

"Well, don't call them any words that… pretty much insult their size," she replied. Naruto would heed that advice definitely.

"But wait… Helga's… skinny, and Chouji's… fuck, he's huge,"

"Well… sometimes people… call them, you know that word as a sort of… joke. They don't take it the way you'd think though," Sakura whispered. Naruto had a pretty good idea what she was talking about, even he wasn't that dumb.

"Alright kiddies, you can have all the play time you want outside of class. But now, we focus on what we were discussing. Now, how many of you are actually thinking of entering the competition this year?" Anko asked. A few girls raised their hands, of course Ino did as well.

Naruto nudged Sakura

"C'mon Sakura… show this pig what you're made of, c'mon!" Naruto encouraged her.

"Naruto.. Stop," she whispered and swatted him away.

"Sakura, this may be the only chance you have to prove you aren't gonna just… be picked on by Miss. Piggy over there! Show her! Show her you have what it takes! I'll help you, I'll do everything in order to get you to win this thing! Just, trust me," Naruto insisted.

She shifted a bit and glanced at him, "…you will?"

He nodded, "yes… just trust me," he whispered. She thought, and wondered. Would he… really help her?

"Really?"

He said nothing, but gave her a look in which he cocked his eyebrow. It was a reassuring look that held dedication and hope for her. Though she was mildly skeptical, she sighed softly and then put her hand in the air. There were a few gasps from the other students, while Ino just gasped in shock, and then huffed as her morphed and formed an aggravated and displeased look.

Anko's eyebrows cocked up and she crossed her arms.

"Ahhh! Now this'll be interesting! It's about time someone stepped up against Ino," giving a nod of approval, Sakura felt slightly encouraged. Now wasn't going to be the time to lose to someone like that shit-wallowing pig! The blond seated next to her smiled and put his arms behind his head as that smiled molded into a cheeky grin. Ino, witnessing the moment, scowled at him.

"Alrighty then class, since, you're pretty much the first period of the day, I'm gonna go 'head and give you the first chance at signing up. Line up in a single filed line only!"

The girls' stood up and lined single file. Ino, who happened to be walking down the stairs, shot a glare at Naruto. The blond cocked his eyebrow and shook his head, giving a bit of an amused laugh.

"What's wrong lil' piggy? Someone forget to wallow around in their shit today?"

"Fuck you Uzumaki," she seethed, "that little fat-board isn't gonna steal my thunder in this school! I've been winner all three years in this school and dammit I'm not going to lose the fourth!" she was increasingly growing to dislike him even more, "wipe the stupid ass smirk off your face before I take it off myself!" Ino threatened shaking her fist!

"Is that a challenge?" the blond asked sitting up right in his seat, "you obviously don't know me, you shit wallowing bitch. I'm against hitting chicks, but bitches like you sure deserve a wallop once in the while," he growled. You'd think that with most of his animalistic threats and growls; his intimidation from his massive bulk and stature and sheer brute strength, she'd get the message by now that he wasn't one to be antagonized or threatened, "and last time I remember, in the gym you got the fuckin' snot beat out of you by a certain pink-haired girl who you looked down on," the blond remember how proud he was of Sakura teaching that blonde a lesson. But apparently it wasn't learned… completely.

She stared him down, a competition that made sparks tensed the room between them. It was then that their attention was diverted from one another, for Sakura was signing up. She wrote her name painfully slow and then set it down. An expression of doubt crawled across her face. Anko sure noticed;

"Hey pinky," the woman said, striking a pose, "you're gonna cream the competition. Just… use your natural abilities and be yourself, most important of all, got it?" her devious gaze gave Sakura chills. It wasn't really a new thing to Sakura or anyone in the school, all of Anko's crazy gazes and grins gave even the most stocky men chill to the point they piss their pants.

"Y-Yeah," she mumbled before walking away and back to her seat. She glanced at the blond seated next to her, meeting a foxy, yet devious grin, plastered across his face.

"Something funny Mr.?"

"Nuh uh! I'm just proud of chu fer givin' this a shot! Just be yourself Sakky-chan!" his voice seemed to flutter for a second before his ace molded back into a handsome smile. She had a small laugh as he flirted with her via his eyebrows. Quirking them with an amusing smile on his face.

"Oh you!"

Class had ended, and they had made their way to their next class. Kurenai eagerly awaited her students. She had news to tell them, news that made her just shiver in excitement! Her students were part of her life, especially Shino, Hinata and Kiba. She watched them enter the room and seat themselves.

"Why hello there! Alright now, I have to tell you all something before we begin our lesson today," she said. They all quieted down, obviously intrigued, "okay… how do I put this… well, it just so happens that I… am, going to be a parent," it was a dull explanation, she wasn't proud of it, but she got it out at least.

"Kurenai-sensei!" Hinata gasped! She got up and waddled over and hugged the woman, "that's so wonderful!"

"Awe, why thank you Hinata," she thanked.

"So, who's the dad?" Shikamaru asked.

"The person you play shogi with," she said with a wink. The pineapple haired young man blinked before looking at his team mates, they also quite in a shock.

"Well, looks like Asuma-sensei's… gonna be pretty busy!" Chouji chuckled.

"Oi, that he is there my lamb-chop!" Helga chuckled and pinched his cheek.

Angel look at Shino, "well, it seems as though your teacher is going to be a mother. Do you have anything to say to both of them, Shino?" the young man looked at her with a blank stare.

"Well, it's certainly a surprise of course," he fixed his glasses, "I'll have to… congratulate Asuma-sensei then," he said. Angel just sighed.

"Perhaps you could be a little more enthralled and show a bit more joy?"

Shino only stared at her. Since when did he even show the least bit of joy? He said nothing and stared at Kurenai. Angel said nothing else and joined him in his trance-like gaze.

"Naruto! Did you hear that!?" Sakura squeed!

"Yupyup, sure did Sakky-chan!"

"Oh! I wonder; is it a boy or a girl?" Sakura pondered.

"I dunno, could also be twins, or triplets too," the blond thought. It was… really exciting now that he thought a bit more about the situation. He felt a bit giddy! "Heh, I can't wait the see 'em! How long has it been Kurenai-sensei?"

"Oh? Well, about a month and a half Naruto," she replied she with a smile. Naruto thought for a moment.

"Hmm… a month'n'a half huh?"

She gave him a short nod.

"I wonder what it's like to be a parent…" he pondered. Kurenai cocked her eyebrow.

"Well… since you're curious… I'll let you know what I've been told," she said, grabbing their attention, "becoming a parent… though it is a large responsibility… oh Naruto, it's supposed to be the most, most precious, special thing in the world. It's the greatest gift, one could ever have," she replied. The gears in Naruto's brain began turning, and he then glanced at Sakura. Pink hair, emerald eyes, a beautiful pale glow. He; spiky blond hair, tanned skin and cerulean blue eyes, tall and handsome.

"Uh… huh…" sighed. Kurenai cocked her eyebrow, the pondering look on his face. How he glanced at Sakura. She wondered hat he was thinking, though she had a pretty good idea.

"However," she looked at them all, "I'm very sure you're aware of… how the process works when making a baby, yes? Of course you do. But, what I want to say is… make sure you know when you're ready. I have no control over you, as you are… basically adults. How you want to live your life is up to you, not me. Sure, there are many people out there, but trust me, sharing that love with someone you love… makes it even more amazing, and all worthwhile. Trust me on this," she said with a smile.

They all stared at her with soft faces. Kurenai's words always caught their attention the most. She was a remarkable woman, she was not ignorant either.

"Well class, shall we get started with today's lesson? We'll talk about this some other time," she said. They all stared at her as she began the lesson. The lesson was about Environmental science, something Kurenai actually knew very well, being that she loved using certain genjutsu, circling around plants and trees.

All while Kurenai's lesson was in session, Naruto began feeling a headache coming on. He rubbed his eyes and sighed. He was thinking too much about… babies. He chuckled to himself. Babies. Although, what he was thinking of right now, was it something he longed for? He glanced at Sakura.

"Hrm…"

"Something on your mind Naruto?" he was snapped out of his thoughts!

"Oh… urgh, no, I'm fine Sakura, I'm fine. Just," he thought deeply and shook his head, "thinking' deeply is all,"

"About what?"

He wanted to explain it to her, but he didn't want her to take offense about the fact that… he was most likely thinking about actually having sex with her to obtain a baby.

"Uhh, maybe it's best you not know, you know because," he searched hesitantly for an answer, "I… don't, want you… toooo worry!" he replied with a bright smile.

"Could you get any louder?" Ino growled from across the room.

"What was that, squealer?"

"Now now you two! I don't want to give you two detention slips! Do I make myself clear!?" Kurenai snapped! Both exchanged glares towards each other and huffed. Sakura shook her head, obviously tired of both of them disliking each other.

"So, Naruto," Kurenai began, glancing at him, "what were you denying telling Sakura?"

"Uhh?"

"You didn't want her to worry about something. Is it… something you'd feel comfortable telling the whole class about?"

Naruto felt a little embarrassed and shook his head.

"No, nah! I was just… thinking deeply was all. It's something I don't really wanna talk about is all,"

Kurenai gave him a second look, but nodded.

"Alright then," was all the woman said before returning to her work.

The bell signaled them all that it was time to move again, and Kurenai dismissed them all. However, she knew something was up. Naruto was hiding something from her.

"Oh Naruto," she called after him gently, "could I please speak to you for a moment hun?" her tender voice reassured he was not in any trouble.

"What is it Kurenai-sensei?" the blond asked in curiosity. Kurenai sat straight at her desk.

"Well, I would really like to know what you were thinking about. It struck me as odd that you were so… hesitant with your answer. You can tell me anything that's going through your head, you can tell any of your teachers. Does it have something to do with Sakura?"

The blond was hesitant, and thought hard for a while, "well," scratching the back of his head, "you know it was, about babies and all," he replied.

"And what exactly about babies?" She asked.

"Well, I felt a little jealous that Asuma-sensei was gonna be a dad. I mean, sure I'm really, really happy for you both, please believe me,"

"Oh, why thank you," she smiled, her cherry, glossy lipstick hinting a gleam.

"Heh, you're welcome. But, I was just thinkin' that, maybe a family is what I've been searching for all along. I know it, sounds kinda corny, but that's what I think," he replied with a cock of his head to the left, "I've been all alone for… so many years I guess I've grown to think that some things just aren't enough. Well, Sakura and Kishimaru are just about everything I have now. If I screw up with Sakura, I figure that'll end almost everything, and if I let Kishimaru down… I'll have failed as a figure to 'em,"

His words, Kurenai understood them, but she couldn't understand the pain he had gone through. She was left quite shocked.

"I… see… Naruto," she said quite slowly, "is this how you really, really feel?" the woman asked. He replied to her with a simple, yet understandable nod. This left her thinking.

"Well, as I said I have no say in your life, how old are you… eighteen?"

"Nineteen, just turned last month, one heck of a day too," he sighed shaking his head with a nod. Remembering his emotional swings that he still felt.

"Ah, and Sakura? She turned… seventeen that spring didn't she?"

She was responded with a nod. Kurenai smiled for him and put a hand on his own.

"You're a very special man Naruto. Sakura tells me a lot about you when you're not around. Since you've come to be with her, she's been… gosh, even more conscientious about her work. She says you give her a lot of reassurance and help with her… life. You do so many things for her, things you might not be conscious of," Kurenai said, "take care of her. For all of us, she's an amazing girl Naruto. She's grown so much, even though she was abandoned, she still finds herself living a full life. You, are one of those additions to her life. You make her world go 'round,"

Kurenai must be one hell of a negotiator. Naruto felt himself tearing up a tiny bit. His eyes were glazed over with tears threatening to cascade.

"Keep her safe and make her happy. Now, about a family… well," Kurenai thought and looked at him. Naruto swallowed and sighed, "when you decide to, make sure you think you're ready. It's a very large responsibility, Naruto. Though I have yet to conceive a child, and I can see many sleepless nights and exhausting days ahead. I'm not trying to keep you from having a baby, but I'm just trying to warn you of what will come. I'm not against you having a baby, in fact I'm for it. It's just…"

"Just… what-ohhhhh. It's about," he paused, and then looked at her, "Sakura isn't it?"

She nodded in reply, "you know, she may not be one who will conceive a child at her age. But, then again I'm not positive about that. I can see that, you have some kind of special power to give people the courage to do many things, and you promise that you'll always help -- you know what I'm talking about, right?"

He nodded, "I always promise people that I'll help them with anything. I know, and you know. Promising Sakura I'll take care of our baby," he paused for a while, "it'll be, the promise of a lifetime. Something just as big as the World… no, the Universe," his eye glittered a bit all the while he had a stupefied trance-like look on his face. He looked at Kurenai.

She began nodding, "you took the words right out of my mouth Naruto," she said, "well, I'm sure whatever decision you make, be it one that will take your relationship to the next level, it will benefit you both, but not just benefit," she said, "it'll bring you both closer, just beware that it might drive you apart as well. Okay?" Kurenai asked.

He understood her completely and nodded.

"Good, now, here's a pass. Say hello to my husband for me please. If he asks about me tell him I'm doing just fine," she said and tore the slip off and handed Naruto the pink paper. He took it and tossed his kit-sack over his should and walked out of the room.

He walked across campus to Woodshop. Upon walking in late to the classroom, he noticed Asuma giving them all instructions. The man stopped and looked at him.

"Oh, welcome! How's my wi-"

"She thought you'd ask Asuma-sensei. She said she's doing fine," Naruto chuckled. The man gaped slightly and sweat dropped.

"Oh… er… alright then…" he said and scratched his facial hair. Sakura watched as Naruto sat down. She noticed the slight glaze in his eyes.

"Are you alright Naruto? You look like you've been tearing up…" she said in a hushed voice. He looked at her and shook his head a little.

"Oh… uh, no. I was just talking about something important with Kurenai-sensei. I wasn't in trouble or anything. Don't worry," he reassured her. She furrowed her eyebrows as he gave her a million dollar smile. She smiled at him and nodded.

"Okay,"

Class began, the day started and went as usual. Asuma working on something extraordinary for his wife, and them working on something either for the ones they liked or loved or just something because they were bored. Naruto was currently working on a candle stick. He wasn't the most talented artist, but the design was good enough. He wondered if he should give it to Sakura.

"Tch, I can't give Sakura a damn candle stick…" he shook his head. He finished his candle stick and took it to the wood burner. It slowly went over the lines, shuddering a bit from the scent of burning oak. Much to his dismay, he was unable to finish his project. The bell rang and soon they were out the door to P.E. But before Naruto walked out, he turned to Asuma.

"Congrats Asuma-sensei, you know, on the baby," Naruto said with a nodding smile. Asuma chuckled.

"Thanks Naruto!" The man said with a nod. Naruto nodded back and walked out of the classroom. He caught up with Sakura as they entered the gymnasium. Lee was jogging around the gym and the others were engaging in activities before Gai showed them the actual activity for the day. Sakura was stretching in the floor, getting ready to bump a volleyball with Tenten. She stripped her layers of the many sweaters she wore and got into position.

"Alright Sakura, ready?" Tenten asked. The pinkette nodded and got up, folding her hands and crouching down. Tenten bumped the ball and Sakura bumped it back. Tenten hit the ball at an angle the sent Sakura lurching onto her knees to bounce it back! Naruto chuckled and shrugged.

"Hey!" he greeted, "mind if I join you… er, girls?" He asked. Tenten looked at Sakura and gave her a peculiar look.

"Alright. Hey Kiba!" Tenten called. The dog boy looked over and walked over, "wanna bump the volleyball with us? You and Naruto verses Sakura and I?"

"Alright," he shrugged and stood next to the blond. Both were the same height and Sakura giggled.

"You both look so cute standing their in crouched positions!"

They looked at each other and shook their heads with humorous looks. Sakura bumped the ball the Kiba, who bumped it back.

"Mine!" Tenten called as she set and Sakura bumped. Naruto bumped the ball back and Sakura set and Tenten bumped. Naruto fixed the angle of his bump and shot it in the air as Kiba jumped and spiked it! Sakura took a shot and bumped it up, causing it to soar! It soared to high and hit the light dangling above and caused it to shake!

"Whoops! Sorry!" Kiba apologized. Sakura and Tenten laughed.

"Hey guys!" Hinata greeted walking up to them with Neji. Kiba caught the ball.

"Hey baby! What's up?" he asked.

With a tiny tint of red crossing her face, "I was just wondering if Neji and I could play too. I'll team up with Sakura and Tenten if that's okay with you Kiba," she said. He shrugged and looked at Neji. The Hyuuga prodigy watched her like a keen eyed hawk! She jogged over to the other girls, them all giggling. Neji sighed and joined the group.

Kiba served the ball, and this time Hinata set it.

"Mine!" Sakura called and bumped the ball. Neji leaned to the far left and bumped it back, followed by Hinata bumping it to Naruto, who bumped it to Tenten, who shot it at an angle in which Kiba had to run to get it! The three girls giggled at him as he ran back, the girls sending hits every which way.

"EHHH!" He humorously yelled as he lunged for the ball. However, he missed and the ball bounced over into the far corner of the gym, "gash dammit!" he growled and got up. His keep sense of hearing over-heard Hinata's light giggling, "ehehe… I'll get it…" he chuckled with a sweat drop. As soon as he got the ball he bumped it over where it bounced twice before Sakura caught it.

"Thanks Kiba! Alright, ready!?"

They got into position, but as soon as they could get started, Gai entered and blew his whistle, sending a shrieking alarm that echoed through the gym!

"ALLLLLRIGHTY CLASS! Today we're gonna stay inside, since the courts are all piled with snow!" He cried as he took a pose! Neji and Tenten withered in embarrassment while the others snickered. Verde and Lee however, took his pose.

"YES SIR!" they saluted him!

"Those two are too perfect for each other…" Ino whispered. A bunch of "uh huh," 's and "definitely" 's echoed.

"Alrighty!" Naruto chuckled as he put his arms behind his head. Gai then set up a rack of Badminton rackets and birdies.

"Now, rules are simple!" he said and drew a replica of the courts, "The left is side A, the right is side B! Side A will serve to the other person on the other side of the court, to side A. If you fail, the other team receives one point! You can only score if your team serves first, and you will rotate when the other team gets the birdie. Lemme show you," Gai said and looked for an opponent, "Sakura! You'll be my partner, Shikamaru and Shino will be the opponents!" he said and handed them a racket. It's long neck and light weight made it feel absolutely fun to swing around, let alone bash someone as Sakura thought. She looked at Ino as a small slide show played in her head.

*Sakura's Devious Mind*

"OMG! LOOK AT ME! I'M SO POPULAR!" Ino squead with a kitty like face, "YOU'RE MY FRIEND AND YOU'RE MY FRIEND AND YOU'RE MY FRIEND! Wait… get out of here forehead! You suck!"

Sakura's eyes twitched as they were drawn into little white ovals. With her mouth curving into a "w" and a devious plot forming in her twisted mind she took a racket, seeing as a net was behind Ino.

"Ohhhh, Innnooo!"

"WHAT DO YOU-"

"CHAAAA!!!"

A loud Crash, Smack and then a oddly cartoon sounding bash echoed as Ino was sent screaming into the air by Sakura as she had swatted her fat head with the racket! Sakura then grew tiny little devious sharp teeth and chuckled.

"FLYING PIGGY!" she pointed!

*Reality*

Sakura couldn't help but chuckle a little bit as the image of Ino turning into a lard covered pig and then exploding entered her mind.

"Something funny?" Shikamaru asked. She looked at the lazy young man and waved him.

"Ohh, just thinking to myself!" she giggled and gripped the hand of her racket firmly. Once they were situated, and everyone watching, Gai began to explain a few key points.

"Okay, unlike Tennis and various other racket sports, badminton is the fastest racket sport in the world! A birdie can be sent hurdling into the air and you wouldn't even see it. Now, a key point in Badminton is to hold the racket softly, loosen the grip. Unlike Tennis which compiles kinetic energy and inertia using the arm, Badminton makes use of the wrist! Always hit with the wrist, you'll make a swishing sound doing this. Now, unlike the professional birdies, we'll be using these large much bigger ones. Don't want the birdies flying around everywhere at one-hundred and fifty miles per hour now do we?" Gai asked.

Sakura then got a small play of her swinging the racket and bashing a birdie as it flew towards Ino and caused her to explode. What was with her today?

"ALRIGHTY! You two ready over there!?" Gai called.

"Not so loud… we can hear you perfectly fine dude," Shikamaru sighed as he held his racket softly. Shino said nothing and stood there on the B side. Gai took the birdie and held it between his thumb and pointer finger.

"This is the best way to hold a birdie when serving. Usually many hold it by the feathers, BUT this is the proper way. Now when serving you cannot use over-head serves, always use underhand! Ready boys?" Gai asked. They nodded, "ready Sakura?"

"I'm more than ready!"

Ino sighed and rolled her eyes, "stupid idiot," she muttered. Naruto over-heard the comment and narrowed his eyes at her.

"Mud wallowing bitch…" he whispered.

Gai then bounced the birdie, causing it to soar over head. Shikamaru stepped back and bounced it back, thus Sakura hitting it back. Shino jumped and hit the birdie as Sakura lunged and hit it high over head. Shino backed up and hit the birdie, Gai following through with a clever baby tap, which the two boys could not foresee.

"Now, the thing about badminton is that you're always trying to maneuver to a certain location where you'll be able to get flyers and taps. When an opponent is far back, you want to tap it gently, when they're up far ahead you want to smash it. You can also spike the birdie to the ground as well. Try to foresee each other's moves and predict each other's movements. Alright, thank you! Now get into groups of four and play!" Gai chuckled.

Naruto immediately ran to Sakura and staked his claim.

"Mine!" He purred and hugged her.

"Oh you…" Everyone else got in groups. Shikamaru and Ino went up against Chouji and Helga. Shino, and naturally, Angel paired up with Lee and, of course, Gai. Neji and Verde formed a group and joined Sasuke and a girl by the name of Karin.

Karin was a red-headed female with black framed glasses. However she was independent of herself. She was a nice girl and took a disliking to Ino due to her constant blathering and popularity. She just recently arrived about a week ago.

Kiba and Hinata were left, thus pairing them in a match against Naruto and Sakura. They found court to the far right of the gym in the corner. Naruto and Sakura both stood on the top half of the court and Kiba and Hinata at the bottom half. Sakura, as Naruto wanted it, was in side A, Kiba going to return the serve.

"Ready guys?"

"Yup! C'mon now Sakura, a guy can't wait all day Y'know," Kiba said impatiently as he hopped around. Sakura shook her head and bumped the birdie. Kiba, of course returned it, thus sending it soaring into the air.

"Oops, Got it!" Naruto called as he bumped it back. Hinata received the birdie and bumped it back to Naruto. The blond then jumped and bashed the birdie onto the floor!

"Our point! Hey, how many points are there?"

"FIFTEEN POINTS EVERYONE!" Gai called as he dove for a birdie that sunk low to the ground!

"Okay," Sakura sweat-dropped as she received the birdie and held it. She served and Kiba returned it. Naruto bounced it back and Kiba stepped back and bumped it to Sakura, who gave it a light tap!

"EHHH!" Kiba cried and dove for it, popping it up again. Sakura and Hinata giggled as the birdie fell back down and popped the brown haired doggy on the noggin. He sighed and got up, tossing the birdie to Sakura. She served it and Kiba bounced it back. Sakura stepped back, but with Naruto stepping back both tripped over each other and fell over! Naruto's bulk landed on Sakura's tiny frame. The birdie hit the floor as the two groaned. Kiba laughed at them whilst Hinata smiled.

"Alright… uragh!" Naruto grunted as he got up and jumped about a bit to get himself pumped. Sakura shook her head as a smirk couldn't help but show itself. Naruto tossed the birdie by it's feathers to Kiba.

"Heh… ready?"

"Just serve the damn thing man!" Naruto called. Kiba popped an anger vein and smashed the birdie! Naruto's keen eyes accurately smashed the birdie back, Hinata receiving the long shot by lightly tapping it. Sakura dove for the birdie, bouncing it back to Hinata. She hit it to Naruto as Sakura ran back to her side of the square.

Meanwhile, outside of the school, 7 people were huddled by the harshly shaded trees behind the school, students obviously skipping class. They were dressed peculiarly. Long trench coats, hair done nicely and menacing grins plastered on their faces.

"Alright, we know the obvious plan, right?"

"Tch, hell yeah. That lil' punk jacked us last time, but now he's the one who's gonna get jacked instead, hehehe…"

The head of the ominous group stared blankly at the sky, "don' worry… the lil' shit won't know what hit 'em," he murmured as he held a steel bat in his hands, "I'm gonna bash his fuckin' brains out," with a grin, he chuckled.

"But boss… uhh… don't we wait until… eh… you know, the moment?"

"Well no duh ya stupid bastard… we wait until the kid's alone, and then we bash his fuckin' brains out, 'dat clear?"

They all nodded.

"But how are we gonna get 'em alone?"

The boss looked at the underling and glared menacingly, "Don't you worry, about one, single thing. I have… just the perfect idea, in mind… hehehe…" he chuckled and put his hands deep in his pockets, "an idea so peachy, it's too ironic to resist…"

"Uhh… what does ironic mean boss?"

The boss stare at him, "shut up… you stupid, fuckin' bastard,"

"Sorry boss…"

*Back in School*

Naruto panted as he flopped towards the sailing birdie. He hit bumped it back softly. Luckily, Kiba and Hinata had back up, thus causing the birdie to land without their rackets bashing it.

"Whas'a matter huh?" Kiba panted with a chuckle, "lil' ol' Naruto tired?" he chuckled as a bead a sweat dropped down his forehead. The sport sure did have them running around, a lot, plus it was difficult enough for him to say it had worth to it.

Hinata took a drink of water from the fountain, and then Sakura. Kiba and Naruto fought drank camel amounts of the liquid.

"Alright! I need your scores NOW! C'mon, c'mon!" Gai shouted and blew his whistle, signaling the ending of class for the day, "alright, who won!?"

"Karin and I won," Sasuke stated as the red-head chuckled with a grin. Gai chalked it down on his clip-board.

"We won Gai-sensei!" Ino chuckled. Shikamaru sat down and shook his head.

"Alright… and who else won?"

"Hehe, that'd be us," Naruto chuckled, flashing a smirk towards Kiba. Kiba crossed his arms.

"You just got lucky dammit… pfft, don't get cocky," he said and held his head up high. Hinata shook her head and held onto his arm.

"Yeah right… was pure skill, hehe," Naruto chuckled. Sakura shook her head an hit him on the arm.

"Ouch…"

"Alright… lesse, who won Shino?" Gai asked.

"…you… did…" the silent type young man said and turned around. Angel shook her head and joined him.

"Ahh, I remember now! Thank you Shino. That was a good game too!"

"…you destroyed five rackets… dented the floor partially, bruised both my thighs and hit me in the forehead, and then you broke one of the lenses of my glasses… what a game…"

"Sorry about that Shino! I'll buy you a knew pair and pay the medical bills alright?" Gai asked. Shino gave a nod in return.

"Alright, you guys are outta here!" Gai grinned.

…

They looked at the bell, thus causing their eyes to twitch. Gai looked at the clock and thought.

"Uh… is it daylight savings?" Gai scratched his head.

"The light are on but nobody's home it seems…" Ino sighed. Naruto glanced at Sakura as she juggled the birdie with her racket.

"Having fun?" Naruto chuckled. Sakura bumped it high and caught it and repeated. She bumped it too far, which then accidentally bonked Ino on the head. They all looked at her.

"Where's the explosion?" Sakura asked.

"Whut?" They all asked dumbly. Sakura realized what she said and sweat-dropped.

"Oh… nothing, ehehe…"

Ino glared at her and tossed the birdie at her. Sakura bumped it back up and juggled it again.

Naruto shook his head at the blond and spun his racket and then joined her in bumping the birdie. She giggled as she sent it hurdling past his head.

"Hey… that's not fair, haha!" he chuckled and picked it up and served it back towards her. Bumping it back to him, he tapped it and swatted it back towards each other for a bit. They played until the bell blared loudly in the gym, causing a, quite annoying echo.

"My favorite part of the day! Haha!" Naruto chuckled.

"You're always thinking about your stomach you know that?"

The blond nodded with a large grin.

"I hope I know that you know that Kishimaru might want some lunch as well, you know the routine we have now," she giggled.

"Yeah yeah, I know the routine," he replied, "he usually waits around here somewhere… ah! There'e is!" Naruto pointed. The boy was sitting underneath a tree with a flower in his hands. Leave it to Naruto to get him into the habit of potting plants and flowers, after all the blond was fond of planting as well.

"Hey you!" Naruto called, grabbing his attention, "c'mon! Let's go grab something' to eat!" he waved the boy over.

"YAY!" the boy screeched and hitched a ride on Naruto's shoulders. After a while of exploring, Sakura not wanting ramen since, living with the blond had had herself literally eating it almost every night, they tried a small restaurant that served quite a selection!

"Hmm, what'll I try?" the blond pondered.

"I dunno about you, but I'm going with a salad," Sakura smiled. Naruto cocked his eyebrow and gave the menu a second glance.

"Can I have some chicken?" Kishimaru asked.

"Get whatever you want!" the blond chuckled. Now what did he want?

"Gaaaahhh… I'll just… have a friggin' chicken salad then… he sighed with a twitch of his eye," Sakura and Kishimaru laughed at him for making many silly faces and twitches.

"You sure are a character Naruto… a character," she laughed.

"Hmm… you know what would be weird?" Naruto asked.

"No… you haven't told me yet,"

The blond sweat-dropped, "remind me to give ya a spankin' when we get home for back-talkin'," he winked, "wouldn't it be weird if we were cartoon characters?"

"Well of course we're not cartoon characters! To say if we were even the least bit fictitious is completely stupid! Imagine us, created by some artist who… oh I dunno, spends too much time with frivolous scenes in the cartoon while he should be developing his characters!" she scoffed.

"Yeah… well, I guess it's a good thing we aren't huh!?" Naruto chuckled, "right Squirt?"

"Yeah!"

They conversed for a while until their food arrived. They ate, and then left. Naruto found himself having a bit more money in his pocket than he thought and stuck a tooth pick in his mouth, "alright guys, let's get outta here…" Naruto sighed and buttoned up Kishimaru's coat and then his own and Sakura's, since she seemed to need help with all of her layers.

"Awright big brother! Kishimaru will see you later! Is very cold out here! Bye bye Sakura!" he waved and ran off.

"Stay warm!" Sakura called.

"Don't worry, where he lives it's like summer-time," Naruto smiled.

"Where does he live anyway?"

"Little alley cottage I found. Fixed it right up for him, plus it's safe, so I don't have to worry about break-ins'n other stuff. As his big bro I gotta look out for 'em Y'know?"

Sakura smiled sincerely at him, "and that you do well my Mr. Foxy," she gave his whiskers a tug. He replied with an animalistic growl and a grin of his canines. Wrapping his arm around hers like a gentleman he proceeded to lead her to the school-yard as the snow fell silently upon the ground. They arrived back at the school and walked inside and stomped their feet on the mats. Making their way towards their locker, they grabbed their things and headed off to class.

Students flooded the hallways, most of them pipsqueaks compared to Naruto's height, and some whom even border lined his height, maybe by a bit less. Through the crowded hallways they made it to class in one piece. Kakashi was at his desk and glanced at the two.

"Ahh! Hey you two!" He greeted with a friendly wave. They both sighed and smiled back at him.

"Hi!"

"Well don't you look warm," Kakashi nodded at Sakura.

"Well, it's gotten really cold out you know and, well I just wanna stay warm. I always freeze in the cold you know," she replied and took off her jacket and combed back her hair with her fingers.

"So I heard you're entering the High School Queen pageant Sakura. Good for you! Hope you do good and boot Ino out of the spot… I think it's time we got someone new anyway,"

"Oh… thank you Kakashi-sensei! I… well, I'm a little intimidated but… I can do my best right?"

"That's right!"

"Pfft, we're gonna shove that pig right into the mud where she belongs Sakura! We can do it!" he chuckled gripping his fist bravely.

He always filled her with hope… so like him to be so encouraging and supportive. She gave a nod, and least to say, Kakashi had a smile that formed under his mask.

Sakura saw it faintly, and sat down without anything else but a smile. As students flooded the room the lesson came underway. While Kakashi taught the lessons he had planned, Naruto glanced off and stared into oblivion. He didn't feel like paying attention today at all. Resting his chin on his clenched fist he began day-dreaming as Kakashi's words were blocked from entering his mind. However it was the worst time for him to be daydreaming as Kakashi's keen eye caught the blond staring at the board... bad mistake.

"What comes next Naruto?" Kakashi questioned.

"Huh? …uh… Oh… oh, umm…" the blond looked a the complex math scribbled all over the board, "uhhhhhhhhh," he stared at the board for a second.

"Surely you would know, you've been staring at the board for the past thirty minutes," the silver-haired man replied with an eye crinkle.

The blond sweat-dropped and glanced around the room. They were all staring at him. Sakura giggled at him and then just shook her head. Just like him to be completely lost, she loved it when he just sat there with a dumb-struck looked plastered on his face. Classic and cute.

"What Naruto was trying to say, Kakashi-sensei," Sakura began, "take the square root and then plug it in as the denominator," she said.

"Ahh, good, very good! That is what you were going to say, Naruto, right?" Kakashi asked.

"Yup! Hehe… heh… heh…" his eye twitched slightly. Kakashi chuckled silently under his mask.

"What a character…"

Class ended slowly for the blond. He kept staring at the clock the whole damn time. It just about drove him nuts! They finally got out of the room, although History being next Naruto wasn't exactly in the brightest of moods more-less even if he was still stuck in Math class.

"Alright, open your books to page two-hundred and seventy five," Ibiki began. He knew tons of history about the war and the past, many students wondered how old he was for real. All he would say, 'that's for me to know and for you to just shut up and study,'

What a guy

They were still studying on about the Great Ninja War, good lord it bored Naruto to death, not to mention just about half the class. Ino was toiling with her make-up, Shikamaru was half-asleep, Chouji was secretly eating chip with Helga, although Ibiki caught him, snatched the bag and threw it away. Shino and Angel stared into oblivion and Hinata was watching Kiba chew on a squeaky toy…

Wait… what?

"Put it away Inuzuka before I snatch it out!" Ibiki hollered and slammed his fist on the desk. Kiba's eyes widened and he squeaked it one last time before he put it away.

Sakura was reading over the book, skimming more like it. Leave it to Ibiki to be redundant and have them go over the chapters again and again and again and… yeah.

She sighed, her brain hurt, and all this redundancy was giving her a headache. She closed her book and sat quietly after sighing cutely to herself. Naruto stared at the clock… he didn't notice that he was drooling on his paper.

"Umm… Naruto…?" Sakura started, she looked and she pointed at his paper and book.

"Huh, wha… ahhh…" he mouthed the word "fuck" and whipped the saliva away using his sleeve, "dammit… urgh… I'm bored," he sighed and laid his head down on the desk.

"It's History class, it's supposed to be boring," Kiba groaned.

Ibiki's eye twitched, "Kids these days…" he said mentally in his mind.

Chouji sighed, "He didn't have to crunch up the bag… I only ate 5 out of them all…" he thought. Helga patted him on the back and gave him a reassuring wink. Leave it to her to always cheer him up.

Kiba flirted with Hinata a bit, sending a few growls and grins her way with a flex or two of his muscles. Shikamaru was already asleep by now, snoozing away. Shino an Angel stared even more into oblivion and Lee and Verde exchanged glances and shiny grins at each other, which got on Ibiki's nerves a bit. Neji sat in his chair silently, minding his own business while Tenten just laid her head conveniently on his shoulder waiting for class to end.

Sasuke sat in his chair with his arms crossed over his chest and Karin sat there bored to death.

There was a very long silence between them all. Ibiki did his best to think of something he could teach that didn't spring them too far ahead into what he wanted them to learn later. He hated projects… that's for sure.

"Hmm… alright then…" he got up and faced the board, grabbing a piece of white chalk. He thought for a moment, and then proceeded to write. He garnered their attention at least, "okay then, well I really wanted to save this for later, but for the hell of it let's just move on. Alright, today we're doing a mythology section, a section about legends and other types of events that correlate to legend, historically," he said. They turned to the appropriate page numbers. You could tell they were into it as they scanned the page. Naruto saw the image of the Kyuubi and various other demons.

"Well hey! Who's that good lookin' demon on that page thar?"

"Shut up…" the blond sighed and shook his head. The demon chuckled at him as he read the page.

"This should be interesting," Sakura whispered to Naruto. He looked at her and shrugged.

"I hope… although, I'm not sure why we're doing this, class is about to end soon…" Naruto said. Sakura looked at the clock and sweat-dropped.

"Oh…" she said and grabbed her belongings. Naruto popped his neck and cleared his throat. The bell rung, causing Ibiki to break the chalk he was using to write on the board.

"Bye Ibiki-sensei!" Sakura waved as they shuffled out the door.

"…bye," he groaned. Kids these days…

They shuffled back to Anko's class. She had something planned this period and sat on her desk, waiting for them to take their seats. As they did, she took out a small stack of papers.

"Here Shikamaru, pass these back to the people with the names on the papers please," Anko said. He did as told and passed the papers back. Sakura received a paper. Naruto leaned over and took a glance at it.

"Hello contest entrant, you have recently applied to be in the running for the School Konoha's Queen pageant. Your parental/guardian's signature will be needed on the line below. Thank you for participating," Naruto read.

"Hmph, I don't need a signature from my parents," Ino began, "I'm 18 years old, unlike someone who came from the whom too late," she said, "and plus being the bastard child you are, having no parents, that means you can't enter, which means you have no chance of even beating me. Oh well," she chuckled.

"Don't listen to her," Naruto said and shook his head, "what she don't know won't hurt her," he chuckled.

"But Naruto… I'm not old enough to sign the slip… if only I was older…" she said and frowned. Naruto gave her a look and shook his head and snatched the paper.

"Uh! Hello! I'm going to sign it! I'm nineteen!" she sighed and looked at her.

"But you aren't my parent,"

"No, I'm your guardian, duh! I took you into my place so I get to do this kinda stuff, hehe," he said and signed the slip, "and I, Naruto Namikaze, give you permission to enter the pageant, and a chance at wiping the floor with that mud-wallowing skank sitting adjacent, my position," he said with a amusing grin.

"Excuse me!?" Ino growled. Naruto held out the slip, and Sakura took it and looked at him.

"Oh, thank you Naruto!" She hugged him.

"Sure thing Sakky-chan! I mean, I think I should be considered your actual boyfriend now, right? C'mon, don't make foxy cry," he said with a whimper.

"O.M.G. what a retard, urgh!" Ino sighed in aggravation.

"O.M.G. what a retard, urgh," Naruto repeated, "that's what you sound like… it's annoying as hell! Jeez…" he sighed and shook his head.

Sakura looked at him and cocked her head to the side, "do you think we're-"

"…YES!" He blurted out, "Urgh, I swear! How many times do I gotta say it? Yes yes yes!" he shook his head and hugged her, "no wonder I got a weird impression on you at first," he said amusingly. Anko looked at Sakura and laughed at her expression.

"You!" she gasped, "you thought I was weird!?" she asked and hit him on the chest.

"Gah! Ouuuuch!" he laughed, "haha! damn, hahaha, don't have to hit me, jeez! Well you were usually staring at me for five minutes each class, I mean c'mon!" he laughed!

"Oh you! I never," she crossed her arms.

Anko just sighed and shook her head, amused by the couple. Class was short as the bell rang. They all ran out, and Anko waved them good-bye, however she pulled Sakura back for a moment.

"Alright you, spill it! Have you and blondy been up to anything?" she asked. Sakura knew how much a of a pervert Anko could be at times.

"No, nothing really, we're just dating… well, I guess we were since now I'm beginning to start becoming in-debt to him for doing so many things for me you know. He's a sweet guy, Anko, and I really like him too, but I really don't want to move fast, I want slow," she replied.

Anko gave her a boring expression, "BORING! Dammit you have that hunk right in your hands and dammit you should take advantage of that!" she pointed straight into Sakura's face, scaring her a bit, "I swear, it's all boring when you kids just sit around and make kissy goo-goo faces. Kiss for damn sake! You could love someone in two hours just by listening them talk for crying out loud kid! Besides, I'm sure he's got some surprises for ya," Anko winked.

"Anko!" Sakura blushed madly! "I'm not with him for that piece thanks! Oh my gosh!" That Anko… just when Sakura couldn't have heated up more. She saw Naruto naked before, many times and that part, but Anko seriously was a pervert.

"Oh your opinion'll change as soon as you bump ugly with 'em," she chuckled as a perverted tint of red ran across her face, "trust me pinky, with Kakashi and me, it's like… two hours in heaven. And usually he can't piss after those hours, BUT you get what I mean right?" she asked.

Sakura's right eye twitched uncontrollably as a mental image of Anko straddling Kakashi-sensei's lap burned into her brain.

"EW EW EW! GET IT OUT!" Sakura screamed in her mind. Anko nearly burst a gasket as Sakura's face seemed to long and droop down and her eye twitched faster.

"And do I need to mention that… things get really messy? OH GOSH! You see, I'm not trying to discourage you from sexing that tasty man of yours I'm trying to ENCOURAGE you in doing him," she said, "but oh, the mess! I mean, if there was ever a mess to clean, it certainly wouldn't be that one. I mean, you see all of it splatter everywhere and… Sakura?" Anko blinked and looked around. Sakura had ran out of the room, "HEY! I WAS GETTING TO THE BEST PART!" she laughed!

Sakura ran for her life! Anko was such a pervert, even if she was one of Sakura's close friends, she was STILL A PERVERT! Sakura ran around the corner and bashed right into someone, knocking them to the floor.

"Sakura?" she heard a familiar voice. She looked, and saw Naruto lying on the ground, "umm… heading somewhere?" he asked. She blushed a bit. What Anko implied at that moment about the straddling entered her mind, except… in place of Kakashi and Anko, were them!

"AIYEE!" Sakura screeched, and then passed out. Naruto gasped and sweat-dropped!

"Sakura!" He gasped! A small bit of blood was spurting out her nose. Naruto cocked his eyebrow and poked her.

"Sakura… Sakuraaaaaaa… helloooooo," he waved his hand in front of her face. Yup, she was out like a light. He wondered just exactly what made her do this. He'd ask her about it later. One thing was for sure… it had been a weird day. He picked her up and put her coat in his kit-sack and left. It was already dark by the time they got home, and Sakura had come back to life, though, for some reason she didn't talk to him. He worked out for a while, and Sakura just sat there staring at him as his body glistened with sweat.

She heard Naruto grunt with each lift. That image was still seared into her mind, only with them and not Kakashi and Anko. Although, Sakura did begin to think a little. Was she maybe taking things a little too slow? She felt she wasn't, but Anko was apparently seeing something else that made her curious. She watched Naruto do sit up and crunches, curls and all. He was really dedicated, she wondered why he worked out so much, even though she… well, simply loved his body… good lord, she was beginning to sound like Anko a bit. Naruto looked at her and wiped the sweat beading down his forehead.

"Hey you!" he said and sat down next to her, wrapping an arm around her, "what'cha thinkin' about?" he asked. She shrugged.

"Nothing… just… thinking. I'm hungry though, what do you want to eat?" She asked. He shrugged and puffed his cheeks out and blew.

"Uhh… I dunno. I can make some ramen if you want," he said. She cocked her head to the side and glanced at him, "what?"

"How can you not be burnt out on that stuff?" Sakura asked. He shrugged.

"I was raised on eating the stuff, I guess I'm just really used to it you know," he replied. She sighed and chuckled a bit.

"Well… maybe we have something we can cook up?" She asked. He thought and headed into the kitchen. She watched his long arms reach for things. She found herself hot faced for a some reason.

"Hey! I… well, it isn't much but I found some low fat soup in here… something healthy don't hurt. It's… chicken and rice. There are two cans in here. How about this tonight?"

"That's sounds good! Get the stove heated then, I'll be in there in a minute," she said. He shrugged. As he turned the stove on and put the soup in a pot and placed it on the burner. From her point of view, there was nothing sexier than a man cooking, that everybody should know, even men themselves. Well, she at least thought. She finally got up and walked in. She pulled two bowls out of the cabinet and then two spoons. She watched as Naruto grabbed a soda out of the fridge and popped the top and drank.

"Want some?" he asked.

"What flavour is it?"

He looked, "it's… just regular soda," he said. She took a sip of it. He poured her a glass and both waited for the soup to boil. Meanwhile, she decided to toy with him a little bit. Giggled, she played with his piercings. Kami… she was weird how she got a kick out of it. She knew it but… oh well.

He shook his head at her with an amused look on his face, "weirdo," he chuckled. She hit his chest, leaving a red hand mark on it, "ahh! Ouch! Damn, hit me like that and I won't have a tan any much longer," he said amusingly. She smiled at him. He sighed, but then watched as she playfully flicked his nipple piercing. He sighed and shook his head, but then she hit his chest again and giggled. He saw through her. He let her play with his body piercings, until that is, she checked on the soup. He took a few ice cubes out of the freezer and made it look like he was putting some in her drink, but he kept one. He then, slyly, put on down her back, causing her gasp!

"NARUTO!" She shrieked! He laughed at her and ran around the corner. She threw the cube at him, though he ducked and she came running after him. He ran down the hall,, followed by her. He was pretty fast. However somehow he got passed her and ran into the living room, "YOU!" she shouted and then tackled him onto the floor. He sure was glad this floor was sound proof and didn't send vibrations, he hit the floor pretty hard. He rolled her over and got up. She ran after him, but, he picked her up and fell on the couch.

"RAWR! CRASH!" he made sounds as he fell over and landed on the couch. She laughed as he tickled her to death.

"Lug nut,"

"Roly-poly," he chuckled. She hit his arm, however he tickled her again for it. After a few minutes of horsing around, he laid on his half-naked body, until the soup was done. They ate in silence for a while before heading off to bed. Naruto climbed in after her and she snuggled up to his chest. He yawned.

"Hey, Sakura?"

"Yes Naruto?"

"What was your answer?" he asked. She was blank, "when I asked you if I could be your boyfriend. You never said yes… or no… I think it was a yes. You… don't really have a problem climbing in bed with me, Y'know," he said. She thought for a moment.

"Well… we've been going out for a while, haven't we?" he nodded in return to her question. A part of her desperately wanted to say yes to him, but a teeny part called her brain said to say no. She looked at him, he stared at her. Blinking a few times, she decided, but for his sake, not hers. He wanted her and… well, she could say the same for him.

"Okay, Naruto," she replied. The way his face lit up, it was like staring at sun!

"And… that means I can…" he stopped and leaned down eye level to her, "kiss you anytime I want, right?" he asked. Oddly she remembered the many times they had kissed, and she then found she was being a hypocrite over it. She cupped his cheek and smiled.

"Yes," she whispered. That was the only answer he needed before he quickly caught her lips with his own. Oh… how he had waited so long for her to say that he could finally bring some romance into their life! He pried her mouth open with his tongue and got the taste he so desperately needed. He was turned on, though she wouldn't go for sex, he… also thought that was for later, an honest truth, "Naruto…" she breathed into the passionate kiss!

"Don't say a word Sakky-chan… just kiss me," he whispered. He rolled over, so she was on top. They kissed until they ran out of breath. Staring at one another, Naruto closed his eyes, and guessed he was her pillow for tonight.

"Finally… now I can really woo her, hehe," with that thought, they both drifted off. Once asleep however, Naruto's body was outlined in a soft red cloak of mystical energy in the shape of a fox. There was still one thing he needed to tell her, but… when was that exactly… would she go for it?

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Well! I FINALLY UPDATED! FUCK! DAMN! ABOUT TIME HUH!? R&R, flamers go fuck yourselves (Etc.) Hopefully I can start a multi-chapter chapter, you know? Well, see ya later!