Kyoko: I don't own Naruto

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Gentle lights streaming through the black sky, shining down with such radiance I felt unworthy of it. Hesitantly, I took a step forward, but the Darkness, who is very greedy, lashed and screamed; preventing me from taking another step. I tried to squirm out of Their grip, but it was useless. Once they kept you prisoner, they'll never let you go again.

"No…" I choked out, straining to be free. Suddenly, the Light began to shrink, running away from me. My whole body was paralyzed with fear, fear of never seeing the light again. I thrashed and kicked with desperate violence and I screamed for the Light to come back, to wait, to be here.

The only answer I got was a long black haired girl with strange, but wonderful lavender eyes appeared in the ray of light. She had a strapless white gown that was flowing gracefully and white angelic wings reached up to the sky. She looked down on me, and when our eyes met I felt a jolt up my spine. This caused a reaction and the darkness slightly loosened its grip. Using this to my advantage, I ran for my life. For once, I was free. I wasn't chained down by the Darkness or held prisoner. My heart dared to hope, and I picked up more speed.

I was getting closer to the Light, no doubt that I'd be truly free and back to Heaven and escape from this Hell. The woman reached out her hands, and I mirrored her move. The Light was still moving away, but I was inches, no, millimeters from reaching her soft fingers. Suddenly, the Darkness snaked itself around my ankle and I tripped. I made one last attempt to grab her hands. I stretched my arms as far as I could, and for a second I thought I touched her. We were so close, just the distance of a string separated us. But then the Light pulled away, and I ended grabbing the black air.

The woman had a disappointed look on her face and pulled her arm away.

"No wait!" I cried, trying to push myself forward with my elbows. "WAIT!"

The Angel looked sad as she flew away.

"No!" I yelled again. I could feel the Darkness creeping up my body. The Light slowly disappeared as the Darkness covered my eyes.

"NO!!"

"NO!" I cried, sitting straight up from the couch. Cold sweat dripped down my face, and I was gasping for air. I quickly looked around and saw daylight streaming through the curtains. "It was… It was just a dream?"

Suddenly Hinata came from the kitchen, the smell of fried eggs and bacon attacking my nose. My stomach grumbled, and food immediately came into his mind.

"Naruto kun! You-"Hinata had a weird look on her face, almost correcting herself, before continuing, "Y-You screamed! What happened?"

"I… I had a nightmare." I answered.

"What was it about?" She asked again, looking me into the eyes. She looked SO familiar….

"It… I- Well… I… Um…" I tried to remember my dream, but my mind seemed to be blank. I looked back up at Hinata with a guilty smile on my face. "I forgot"

Hinata looked really worried, before shaking her head giggling. "Naruto kun, you can be such a dope…"

Normally I would take this as an insult, but the way she was smiling and the way she used the tone of her voice was more than enough to prove that she was just joking around. Suddenly, my stomach growled again, but this time it was louder. I blushed a bit and wrapped my hands around my stomach.

"Er… I guess I'm hungry"

Hinata giggled and grabbed my hand. "I sort of figured that out. Come on, I prepared breakfast!"

But when I came into the kitchen, I didn't see any breakfast. I saw a FEAST. There were two large plates filled with bacon and eggs, a plateful of French toast and cinnamon buns, 2 bowls of cut up fruits, mountains of pancakes, toasts with butter, and 2 mugs of piping hot black coffee. There was also a little vase with a white daisy coming out.

"God… Is today some sort of special day or something?" I asked, my mouth drooling from the aroma it was sending.

"No, I just like to cook that's all~!" Hinata explained, sitting down on a chair. "Come on, we better eat before it gets cold." I didn't need to be told twice. I immediately sat down and grabbed one plate that was full of eggs and bacon and scarfed it down.

"Naruto kun! You're going to choke yourself. Slow down a bit, it won't disappear." Hinata scolded, biting some cut up apples.

"Sorry…" I mumbled, gulping down the egg. But I couldn't help it. The taste was so savoring, and how it spread its taste around my tongue was so good… But I obliged to her command and slowed down my eating pace.

"So…" I said after a while, "I see that you really like cinnamon buns"

Hinata was nibbling on her 3rd piece when she answered, "Yes I do… It's one of my favorite foods"

"What's your other favorite food?" I asked, reaching for a piece of toast.

"Red bean buns"

"Yuck…" I said, sticking out my tongue. "How could you… LIKE those?"

"They're really sweet and I lovesweets" She answered. "What's your favorite food?"

"Ramen" I stated matter of factly. "It's like the best food they ever made in the world"

"Really?" She giggled, "But isn't ramen bad for you?"

"Eh, it's taste make up for it." I said, slurping down the black coffee. Then for a while we ate in silence. When we were almost done, I couldn't take the silence anymore.

"So… where do you live? Isn't your family worried that you were gone for the night?"

Her face fell and looked away. "I… I really don't live anywhere. I mean, sometimes I live in a motel for a night or two, but I don't really have a stable place to live in. My family… my family died."

She must've read my facial expressions, because she quickly added,

"Oh, it's ok! I mean, it wasn't recent and it's only natural that you'd asked me that especially since you offered me your home for the night. I really appreciate you generosity." I knew she was trying to cheer me up, but we both knew that it wasn't working.

"Well… why don't we go out today?" Hinata asked running up to me, "We might find something fun! Please?" She gently tugged on my shirt and smiled pleadingly. My eyes darted to her lips, which seemed so soft and plump. It was almost impossible to not kiss her.

"I-I guess…" I mumbled, my eyes still gazing at her tempting lips.

"Great!" She squealed, "It's a date! I better go and get dressed!" She ran out of the kitchen, but slowly walked backed in with embarrassed smile. "Um… Can we go shopping for some clothes today? The clothes I wore yesterday are in the laundry…"

"Huh? Oh sure! Yeah, we could visit some stores. Um… You might want to use some of my clothes, although they'll be too big on you," I said, getting up from my seat. She followed me to my room and I pulled out my smallest pair of jean and shirt.

"Here, I know this is big, but it's the smallest ones I have." I handed her the clothing.

"Arigatou, Naruto kun. I really appreciate this"

"You're welcome, Hinata" With that I left the room for her to change.

(Hinata's Pov.)

I bought his clothes to my nose and took a nice long whiff. It smelled so like him.

Sighing, I changed again into his clothes. "What am I going to do…? If I keep this up, I'm going to be banned from Heaven… "

I pulled the shirt over my head.

"But wait. The rule only said that, 'An Angel cannot fall in love with a mortal'. "I argued back (to myself), "They never said I can't have a crush on them… I'm sure tons of immortals had a crush on humans. Like Zeus, Aphrodite, and all those other Greek gods and goddesses!" I exclaimed, while shoving my leg through the jean.

"I just have a crush on him… nothing more" I assured myself. "I just have a crush on him, I just have crush on him, I just have a crush on--" Suddenly, I my heart rapidly banged against my chest, and my face felt hot. "W-what's going on?" At the exact moment, the door slammed open.

"Hinata, which stores do you want to go?" Naruto asked. "Hm? Hinata, are you ok? What's wrong?"

My body slammed itself against the wall, and my hands shot up to my heart, as if they were trying to prevent it from popping out. My face must've been red, because he came toward me with a worried look on his face.

'No… I… need to calm down!'

"Oy… Are-are you alright?" He asked, touching my forehead. "You're all red and your face is hot! Do you want some Advil or something?"

I clutched my chest even harder, trying to control my heartbeats. If this keeps up, then 'its' going to pop out…

"S-sorry, but, excuse me!" I yelled, running into his bathroom. I slammed the door and locked it. Rushing to the sink, I splashed my face with cold water, but my heart wouldn't calm down! My breath got ragged, and I felt myself glow.

"Shit! Not now…" I gasped, I could feel the wings trying to flap its way out. Shakily, I snapped my fingers and a container with pills appeared. I quickly grabbed a pill and gulped it down. A cool sensation tingled down my spine, and forced my heart to find its steady beat. The aching pain in my back finally settled down and my glow dimmed. I slowly breathed in and out, until I has one hundred percent sure that my feelings and my mind were under control. I wobbled to the sink to wash my face.

'What the crap? Why couldn't I control my feelings? I can usually keep my feelings bottled up, but something made me snap. We Angels were trained to control our feelings. Because if we don't, our 'Angel forms' force themselves to come out and we are forbidden to show it to humans. It goes against several rules in the Angel's Guidebook. But even if I let loose my heart, I can keep it under control immediately! Why, why couldn't I do that this -?'

I looked up at the mirror, but I didn't see my reflection. My raven black hair was replaced with bubblegum pink hair, my lavender eyes were replaced with jade green eyes, and my scowling face was replaced by with a satisfied smirk.

"Sakura…" I growled. Before I had the chance to snap my fingers, she was gone. The only thing left was a single black feather floating.

Kyoko: Eh heh heh, sorry it took me so long to post this chapter guys. But hey, this chapter is really long isn't it? I sort of like this chapter, so I hope ya'll do too. Don't forget to review, kay? HAPPY LATE THANKSGIVING!