Chapter 13: Ryu the fox demon

Sakura and her children then reached the park and once they did the one year olds hollered in excitement and rushed towards the sand box. Sakura laughed at the sight and strolled towards a bench to observe her kids.

"Sakura-san, may I join you?" A familiar dark velvet voice asked from behind her. She turned around and found that same teen for the Hokage tower. His blue-green eyes were shinning radiantly with the sun as he looked down on her. She was in state of shock; she really didn't expect him to be here. All she could do was nod as the daringly handsome teen sat next to her. They didn't speak for a while and she hated to admit it, but she enjoyed the silence and his company all together, it soothed her. She continues to look at her loving babies rolling a ball to each other.

"We haven't really introduced ourselves Haruno-san," he stated softly as she turned around with her eyes focused on the mysterious guy in front of him. "My name is Ryu and I am a full fledge fox demon." Sakura smiled lightly at his introduction of himself and replied, "Well you already know who I am so there is no need to introduce myself." He chuckled a bit and nodded in agreement. They both knew that he knew who she was by the knuckle headed ninja. Soon the air was filled with the twin's giddy laughter and both teens looked at them. Once Ryu looked at the twins he gasped at how they looked alike. He really didn't expect them to look like their father, he actually expected that the little girl was going to have pink hair, but she didn't.

"I know they look like their father huh?" Sakura asked as she continued to look at heaven's gift to her. Ryu then turned to her and said, "Looking at your children made me remember why I was here. I wanted to apologize for the way Naruto yelled at you." With that one statement Sakura's face turned mournful. She didn't want to think about those hurtful words that Naruto had spat on her.

"He wouldn't let me explain to him. All he did was call me a cold hearted bitch and leave me with a broken heart. He told me that he hated me. I never thought that Naruto Uzumaki would ever say that, but what can I say? He is unpredictable," she said as the corners of her mouth began to quiver and a tear rolled down her face.

She then felt Ryu's hand on her shoulder and said, "He will come around I promise." With that he got up from the bench and left, leaving Sakura a bit hopeful. She smiled and thought to herself, Thank you Ryu for your support. Sakura then got up and walked towards her babies and played with them, rolling the ball to them as they giggled in pure joy. For the rest of the day Sakura enjoyed singing, dancing and playing with her precious children. Feeding them their favorite sandwich and constantly telling them they she loved them and they reply back with an, I wove you too mommy. As the happy family enjoyed their day, Naruto, Ryu and Kiara were in hell right now.

"How can you side with her Ryu?" Naruto shouted at his demon friend while throwing his hands in the air. Ryu was enraged at the way Naruto was acting, he was the one who told Sakura and Sasuke to love each other.

"I am siding with her, because you were the one who created this! I bet you that this wouldn't be happening if you just would have stayed," he yelled back while Kiara was pulling him back before he would do anything he would regret later. This had been going on for over three hours and neither of the boys was going to back down from their side. Kiara sighed at her fiancé and best friend and decided to end their argument with just one statement, "Let's forget about this entire thing ok?" Both guys looked at her weirdly and Kiara continued, "If you two continue to fight tomorrow's mission will be worse than it will be, so I suggest you guys to stop." With that Kiara left the room and before she left she turned around at stared into Naruto's azure eyes and said, "Oh and by the way Naruto I told you so." Naruto hated the fact that she was right, but now his anger diminished into heartbreaking agony. His head fell to his rough hands and began to sob.

Ryu did feel bad for his best friend, but he also felt worse for Sakura. He knew that it wasn't fair for Naruto to take her side, but it was for Naruto's own good. He needs to let her in and explain, but how can anyone really get him to let go of his pride? As for Kiara she stayed behind the door hearing her fiancé cry in pain. It pained her to know that he was sad. She had never seen him cry before, but she remembered so well that broken face of his when they first met. He told her that Sakura confessed to him then the next day went immediately to the traitor. This is why she told herself that if she ever saw Sakura she would hurt her as much as she hurt Naruto. Ryu then left the room and found Kiara sitting on the ground behind the door. He crouched down and whispered in her ear softly and quietly so Naruto wouldn't be able to hear, "Trust me Kiara. Sakura is innocent in this." The two demons looked at each other and with his eyes Kiara actually believed him. She then whispered back and breathy ok as she and him began to get up from the ground.

Ryu took her tan skinned hand and walked her into her room where he wiped off a tear that was forming in her eye.