cookiiex: OKay so from all your reveiws I guess everyone loves the fluff. I'm not one for fluff endings so.. we'll just have to adjust it - cookiiex style. Lol. So you'll have to wait for it cause it sure as hell ain't in this chapter xD So I have to think about the ending though. So none of you kill me. TWO MORE CHAPTERS PEOPLE! Enjoy!

A Kiss That Kills
Authoress: cookiiex
Chapter SEVEN: Wait For It

Naruto knows something is up. Oh yea, so everyone thought he was slow.

"You dobe."

And maybe annoying.

"Will you SHUT UP?!"

And maybe some don't even know who he was.

"I'm Naruto Uzumaki, BITCH!"

But even though people thought those things, Naruto is far from being blind. Come on people! He had 20/20 vision. Nothing can hide from the eyes of Naruto Uzumaki. Which is why he knew something was up with his beloved Sakura-chan and that bastard Sasuke. Sure the poor bastard landed himself in the hospital but he still Sakura in his evil clutches.

Naruto was walking in the more quiet part of the village. Why? He had no idea, but he felt something important was going to happen there. So he's been walking about 20 minutes now. Still nothing.

Was it him or was someone following him?

Turning around he could see none but that old guy sound asleep on the stool he sat on. Reluctlently, Naruto walked down the street, with his guard up. Way up.

He turned.

There it was again!

He continued his path. A little faster this time.

Stop. Turn. Run.

Stop. Turn. Run.

"Okay what the hell is going on?" He screamed as he turned for the fourth time. This time something stepped out from behind the bushes. Well more like somebody stepped out.

".. Hinata?"

". . . ."

"What are you doing following me?"

". . . . blushes."

Naruto looked at her skeptically. That girl scared him. 'What a freak.' he thought, continuing his way. And she followed.

Naruto faced the girl. White eyes clashed with blue. Hinata felt her cheeks heat up.

"What do you want, Hinata?" She fidgeted with her fingers and said nothing. Even Naruto expected that there will be no answer.

So with out a word he continued and she followed. That was until Hinata's stomach made a fierce growl in hunger. She could've died on the spot. She peaked a look at her longtime crush, only to find him chuckling. Oh yea, she could've died on the spot...

"Come on, there's a bakery over there."

.. and went to heaven.

He grabbed her hand and led her to the bakery a few feet away.

Blushing, she let a smile crawl on her face. if only this could be forever. Forever... that sounds nice.

After ordering something they sat and ate. The atompshere would've been perfect if it wasn't for that old, abandoned shop across the street.

"Oi, oi. What's the deal with that over there?" Naruto asked pointing at the shop. It gave Hinata the creeps. Looks like Halloween all over again. Seriously she could probably see the cob webs on it's windows.

"Ah, that store.." the manager's eyes narrowd a bit." .. It was abandoned for some time now. Maybe even years. Nobody goes in there." A customer in the table got up and shook his head. "People go in, just the other day I saw a girl go in. She even came out."

The manager looked at him and shook his head. "I've heard rumors about that place. Only little girls about her.. "He points at Hinata. " age go in. And after they do they usually go missing after that."

A lady with red hair pipped in. "Oh you mean that rumor with the Takanako girl a few years back. She's been missing ever since." The manager nodded.

An old lady spoke. "Oh and that famous Yasu girl man hunt 20 years ago. They still haven't found her, so her little brother became the heir to the clan. What a shame, she was a beauty."

Hinata started to shake. She couldn't take ghost stories and she absolutely can't take the real thing. 'I'm so scared..' she covered her ears and tears, she felt, were about to leak out.

She could bearly remember what happened when she felt she was being pulled out of the store by a certain someone.

She started into the back of her crush. 'Naruto-kun...'. She wiped her eyes with the edge of her sleeve before she followed his steps once again. he let go of her hand and looked over with a smile.

"Hinata," She heard him call, " don't go anywhere near that place okay?".

Was that concern?

She nodded and smiled. "Hai!" Naruto smiled. "Now get home, it's getting late." A genuine smile.

Feeling the heat reach her cheeks she dissappeared from Naruto's sight.

Letting a small chuckle escape, he smiled at the direction she dissappeared. "Weirdo." he felt his eyes soften this time though, as he walked home in the sunset.

Kyoto looked at Sakura from her position on the tree outside her window. Poor child, she was working really hard. Hard for her, Yumi and .. what was that kid's name again? Oh yeah and that Sasuke kid.

Kyoto felt a feeling hit home as she saw the bags under Sakura's eyes. She haven't even bother to sleep. That idiot.

Crystal tears felt from Kyoto's eyes.

'It's almost time, Sakura. Ganbette.' With these words she vanished, leaving three crystals on the branch she once sat on.

Sakura felt her brain die. Kaput. Zip. Nada.

In front of her a list. A long list. That reached the ground.

She was almost done. Just one more page. One. More.

Five minutes later Sakura was done. 'Now,' she thought. 'to match the words.'. A groan was heard.

Another hour passed before Sakura felt a smile for a long time.

"I got it."

TBC...

cookiiex: My writing is getting rusty. Really rusty. Well I hope you enjoyed it. TWO MORE CHAPTERS!