I'm sorry if this chapter disturbs you.Truly sorry. It was all my friends idea…Sai is a creep. Seriously.

Bold- Dream Still

"You what?" I shook my head back and forth. I had heard it, but I wasn't sure why I had asked. It was either because I didn't understand or because I didn't believe it.

"I said, I like you." Sai repeated. He wasn't grinning at the moment.

"Yeah, I got that. But I hate you. If you like me, be nicer." I answered, glaring.

He grinned again. "I guess you don't get it."

"Get what?"

"I don't know what feelings are, but you're really cute. I like you." He said again, with added information.

I sat on the hardwood floor for a few more seconds, stared dumbly at him, blinked twice, then it clicked.

I jumped up to my feet, nearly stumbling over. I screamed, "Y-you what!?"

"Are you deaf?" Sai asked, looking up at me.

"N-No! But you said-" I began, my temper flaring by the second.

"I said your cute. Maybe even hot. So, can I see it?" He started to stand up.

I flew back about 5 feet, only a short ways from the wall of the room. I didn't have to ask what 'it' was. I mean, it was Sai. "Freak! NO! Get the hell out!"

Is it a strike now, Kit?

Of course it is!

"You aren't scared, are you?" Sai asked, coming steps closer. Every step he took forward, I took back. I knew it was all too cliché. I would eventually hit the wall.

"Get away!" I snarled, feeling Kyubbi try to help me.

Not now, Kyubbi.


Why not?

You'll burn the house down. It's wood.

Fine, but if he comes any closer…

"Why?" Sai asked, still moving towards me.

I did hit the wall. I was about ready to screw the wood house and kill this guy. He got about a foot away, and I didn't realize what had happened until it was over.

In a blur of red, black and pink, Sakura rushed behind him and punched him on the top of the head. This sent him to the ground. She must have been coming down, and had seen what was going on.

"You unconscious yet, freak?" Sakura growled, staring down at him.

"No…" He muttered, rubbing his head and crawling to his feet.

I had moved in front of Sakura the moment he hit the ground. I glared down at him, and heard Yamato behind us.

"What did you do?" He sounded annoyed, like he didn't know who to blame.

"Yamato…" Sakura muttered. She walked beside him and whispered something. Even when she was finished, it took him a few moments to answer. Like he was thinking of what to say. He over looked what I knew she had told him.

"All of you, pay attention." Yamato ordered. We turned our heads, and Sai shakily got back to standing.

"I'll transform into Sasori, and meet whoever is at the rendezvous. You three will be in hiding. You are only to come out if I signal you to. We must be very careful, it could be anyone." He mentioned that a lot. He said anyone like he knew exactly who it was already.

We all nodded, and I looked over at Sai. He was already watching me when I turned. I immediately looked away.

"You're mistaken if you think I'm done." Sai said so only I could hear.

I didn't answer.

Yamato ordered us all to sleep after that. I found it hard to fall asleep. When I finally did, it was one of those horrible sleeps where I half woke up every few minutes to toss or turn.

I had grown use to seeing Sasuke in my dreams, yet seeing him tonight made me have a bad feeling. The dream started like they usually did. I could just see Sasuke, the way I knew him from two and a half years ago. The good Sasuke. The true Sasuke behind all of the revenge, hate, and darkness.

At first it was just pitch black, and all I could see was him. Then the shadowy background changed. I was suddenly in his room.

But I didn't see just Sasuke this time. I saw us sitting across from each other on his bed. I saw the younger version of myself. We were arguing about something, I couldn't catch it. Then he smirked and we both laughed.

Something was wrong. I was over here, and yet he was still talking to me over there. There was only one me.


"I'm over here." I said loudly, trying to make them hear. They didn't even flinch.

I moved forward, and they looked. They seemed to look right through me.


"Sasuke! That's not me! I'm Naruto, he's not!" I said more frantically.

Sasuke turned back to the fake me, but he didn't seem confident anymore. He stared at the copy, and then slowly backed away.

Who was pretending to be me?

"Sa-" I tried to say something, but suddenly that scene was gone. It was pitch dark again, but there was nothing for me to see.

It felt like I was falling. My head hurt and my ears rushed. I could have been sinking in water, only slowly and harshly. Like I was too far under and the water pressure was pounding me down.

When the sensation went away, I could see Sasuke again. It was only a partially lit silhouette, but the hair was spiky and the eyes were sharingan. That was all I could see.

Then I saw the last thing I had expected.

I felt warm liquid hit my face in medium sized droplets, and the pitch became light so I could see where it had come from.

It was blood. Sakura's blood.

I must have been squirming or making some kind of noise, because when I shot up awake, Sakura was sitting in front of me.

She stared at me wide eyed for a moment, then calmly said my name.

"Sakura…You're okay. You're okay." I said weakly.

"Of course I am," She said quietly, trying not to wake anyone. "What-" She tried to make me explain, but I started talking.

"You aren't dead." I whispered. "You died." I must have been partially asleep. My hands were shaking even as I gripped the sleeping bag underneath me. Yamato had given us all sleeping bags.

"Nothing's wrong with me, Naruto. It's okay…" I must have been worse than I thought, because she reached up slightly to grip my shoulders and rub them. "Tell me what happened."

I shivered and then said, "Sasuke was there. There were two of me. Then you…he…blood…Sakura." The last part came out choked. "I just need to sleep." I tried to say as firmly as I could.

She reached up further and placed her hand on my forehead. She wasn't approving of my temperature, I could tell by her face.

"I don't think you can. You're burning up. Let me give you something." She answered, standing up.

I nodded, and tried hard to hold myself up. When she came back, she had a water bottle and something wrapped in cloth. She sat down next to me again.

"You could get really sick, but I think you'll be fine if you take this. Tip your head back." She held up the cloth.

"I can do it." I muttered weakly.

She nodded hesitantly and gave me the cloth pouch. I tipped my head back like she said, and poured the contents down. It wasn't as fine as powder, but not as solid as pills. It was almost leafy, but if it was, the leaves were fine. They also had no taste.

Next she handed me the water bottle, and told me to drink a lot. She said something about helping the drug get all the way through my system, but I didn't pay much attention.

I handed her back the pouch and bottle when I was done. It had no taste, but it had an after sensation. It kind of burned.

"If you sleep, by morning you should be back to normal." Sakura told me, setting the materials aside.

"Thanks Sakura." I felt my eye lids drooping. My whole body wanted to go back to sleep, so I knew it wouldn't be to hard.

"Nothing bad is going to happen to me, and even if something goes wrong, don't think to much about it. Everything works out in the end."

I nodded, then laid back down attempting to sleep. She sighed, and that was the last thing I remembered.