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Chapter Thirteen: Wrathful

Release me from this curse
I've been trying to remain tame
But I'm struggling
You can't go, go, go
I think I'm going to oh, oh, oh

Sakura stood atop a radio tower, looking around at the city lights. "This city is so disgusting. If I don't step in I'll loose Sasuke-Kun to that stupid fox forever." She murmured bitterly. She turned around, looking up at the bright shining stars. She yanked one feather free of her wings and blew on it. A silver light swirled around it, causing it to glow gold. She watched it slowly transform into a creature similar to Tanny and Tonny. She smirked slightly. This little creature was female with pale grey wings. Her hair red and her eyes were a lighter shade of red. "Tayuya, go track down where Uzamaki Naruto's house is and send me a signal from there," Sakura then reached into her skirt pocket and pulled out handkerchief, "Sasuke-Kun is with him. Track them with his scent." Tayuya quickly nodded and fluttered away. Sakura watched her disappear as the lights of the city burned more intensely because of the closing curtain of darkness. She smirked again, thinking how beautiful this place would look on fire with her most accursed Halfling minion falling with it.

With The Boys

Sasuke pondered carefully over Sakura's words. She didn't normally over react or get emotional over anything without proper cause. Was it possible that Sasuke was being foolish, coming here to Naruto's family manor, while his best friend might be his worst nightmare? What if Naruto was supposed to be the cause of his death? Shouldn't Sakura be thankful that he was walking eagerly into Death's sweet embrace? "Ne, Teme, snap out of it! I need you to hold the ladder up for me!" Sasuke jumped and glanced up. Naruto was trying to hang up a piñata from a hook in the ceiling.

"No way this idiot's a demon-angel cross breed or whatever Sakura meant." He mumbled before heading over. He grabbed the bottom of the ladder while Naruto sat on the top, tying up the ropes. He glanced up and froze. Naruto had a bushy, orange tail dangling from his rear end! Sasuke jumped, accidently releasing his grip on the ladder. Naruto toppled off and landed, amazingly, on all four. Naruto looked over, all the strands of fur on his tail standing up on edge, and looked at him. "What the hell is that?" Sasuke whispered, staring wide-eyed at Naruto's tail. Naruto stopped, look back and chuckled.

"Of course you can see it now. In my own home I relax far too much for my own good." He chuckled, his eyes flashing red for a moment. They then settled back to their usually merry blue. "So what has Sakura told you about me?" He asked with a chuckle, leaning back on his hands.

"Well, she said you've tried to tear off her wings and make her miserable ever since you two met." Sasuke stated cautiously. Naruto laughed half heartedly and looked at Sasuke skeptically. He raised one brow and his eyes were rimmed with red.

"And you actually believed her? Look, Sakura and I were once engaged and I wasn't interested in her that way. So, in hopes of maybe salvaging our friendship, I asked my dad to break off the engagement. In the end Sakura resented me for it and she's never let me live it down. She has a few trust issues, you know?" He explained calmly, looking down. Sasuke blinked, thinking about it. What Naruto was saying made sense with everything he'd learn. Sakura's previous history with Minako was an obviously scarring thing to her. He nodded. This story seemed plausible. For all he knew Sakura was an astounding little actress.

Naruto smiled and looked toward the ladder. "Let's get this out of the way." Sasuke stated calmly. He helped Naruto move it back in its proper closet. Sasuke shifted his gaze out the window, seeing a peculiar winged creature hovering near it. It wasn't Tonny or Tanny, but had a strong resemblance to them. It was a little girl with grey wings, red eyes and matching hair. "What the hell is that?" He mumbled softly. Naruto glanced over it and growled.

"Damned rat with wings!" He screamed, rushing over and trying to snatch her up. She squeaked, bit him, and fluttered high above his head. It flew backwards and hid in some bushes far below. Naruto was growling furiously. He whipped around, eyes bright red, and slashed a curtain clean in half. "Damn it!" He snapped in a rag, tattered cloth fluttering in the air around them.

Sasuke blinked, stepping back a bit in fear. "What's wrong?" He asked softly. Naruto perked up and glanced at him. His teeth had gotten sharper, reminding Sasuke of the animal he was part of, and his eyes were bloody red. Naruto took a deep breath and returned to normal. He pinched between his eyes and groaned lightly.

"Sorry, Teme. That's Tayuya, a messenger creature of Sakura's. She's probably going to make up some story to get me in trouble with her old man. And then he'll tell my old man and he'll kick my ass for sure. Good God, this sucks." He mumbled bitterly, sitting down and groaning again. Sasuke knelt beside him.

"I'll talk to her for you. She'll probably come looking for me and I'll persuade her not to do anything stupid. She'll listen to me." He stated, smiling. Naruto glanced up and gave a faint smile.

"Thanks, Sasuke-Teme." He stated. Sasuke saw his best friend's smile but not the glint in his eyes. His eyes were all evil, pools of loathing darkness. 'This is turning out better than I ever imagined! What a gullible fool!' He thought with a laugh.

With Sakura

Sakura opened her eyes, hatred gleaming in them. Tayuya had sent her the directions. She stretched her wings, readying for flight. She hopped off the tip of the tower, nose-diving toward the pavement. She flapped hard and took off into the skies, high above the vision of the silly mortals below. She glared down at them. "If that fox does anything I'll personally see to it that this entire continent burns into a large floating pile of ash." She murmured before heading off to take back what rightfully belonged to her.

End

So far the answers are yes, yes, and no. My parents won't buy me any pudding! I wish I had pudding! Oh well, I'll make jello instead. The end is coming up people! Until then!