Naruto felt a hot blush spread over his whiskered cheeks , his sapphire eyes widening and his jaw hanging open for a moment. Basically forcing his mouth closed he choked out a greeting "H-Hey there, Gaara" He basically stuttered.

The red head didnt reply, but spared the blonde only a curt nod before turning his gaze back to the ramen he, his brother and sister had been enjoying previous to the blonde's forced entry.

Stifly avoiding any eye contact with any of the siblings the blonde sauntered down to the furtherst end of the shop before flopping down into a stool with a half hearted sigh, things look up and then they drop all the way back down to bottom of the god damned ocean low.

Naruto had been so torn in his thoughts that he hadn't even noticed a girl approach him from behind the counter asking him what he'd like to order, his thin lips instantly pressed into a frown as he looked her up at down querking a brow.

She didn't work here... or atleast she didn't work here any-other time he'd came to get some decent food, anyone who had Iruka for a cook would want to piss-bolt out of the kitchen and run all the way to get some take-out.

And Naruto was proudly one of these people.

Tapping his fingers in an almost adjitated manner against the polished hardwood of the counter, only shifting his hand back when a large steaming bowl of ramen was put infront of him.

Now this was the shit!

Much better then anything Iruka could cook up, good-bye shitty assed burnt pancakes and hello paradise!

Reaching out he curled his fingers around the chop sticks snapping them into two parts before digging into his ramen, for a teen Naruto could sure eat!

He'd one most of the eating contests at school, Not that he was bragging or anything. Although he and Kiba seemed to have a pretty good contest going on in that department.

And with a bowl that would have taken anyone who ate normally at least tweleve minutes to eat was gone in almost three. Leaning back the kitsune let out a satisfied groan, willing his eyes to slip closed for a moment.

Only noticing Gaara when he got up to leave, his brow twitched and a lump formed in his throat. Words choked down on that he wanted to say... but just couldnt find.

"t-ttebayo Gaara!" He said, his voice laced with an almost desperation. He had something to tell the red-head. But why was it so hard.. why was his voice caught like a mouse in a mouse-trap somewhere inside his throat.

Gaara's dark rimmed eyes swung to glance back at the blonde which sent shudders up the blonde's back "Yes, You said My name" He stated his voice cold, emotionless. Not as cocky as he'd remembered it being at school.

" See you.. at school" Naruto covered up his choking with a fox like grin and a wave of his slender digits through the air. Gaara simply smirked slightly before turning away "Or sooner" He almost sneered as he disappeared out into the night air his crimson locks lashing back and forth against his face.

Well that was... weird..

The blonde thought as he sunk down further into his stool elbows propped up onto the bench counter and his chin resting in the palms of his hands. Well atleast.. he'd seen them again.. and hey he got to see that guys brother without all his retarded looking face-paint on!

He'd have yet another thing to hold against Kiba.

Hells Yes!

Upper hand to uzumaki once again.

This plastered a wider, more genuine smile over his lips as he slapped a few bills onto the counter and hurried out into the night. Nothing...

Nothing Could ruin his feeling .

Other then that...

Laying on the ground slumped up against the wall was a bloodied form, a female form.. Fuck! Naruto panicked in his mind as he rushed over.

Only to see in a flash of moonlight. Pink hair..

This girl was..

Sakura Haruno.

And she was looking... well.. really... really.. fucked up.

Naruto crouched beside the female, glancing her up and down and inspecting the blood that splattered her expensive bright red dress and her pink tendrals that cascaded in almost straight lines down her face, to rest just above her exposed shoulders.

"Sakura!" He called waving his hand into her face, closed eyes not even moving at his touch . God damn it! What was she fucking sleeping!

Oh yeah whilst covered in blood! Damn it why did he have to be such an idiot sometimes!

Wrapping his strongly-built arms around her the blonde hoisted the female to an almost standing positon only to have her limp against him. Wounds.. Wounds all over her.

Slices on her legs..Face... Arms.. even on the crook between her neck and collar bone. Who ever had done this wasn't joking around.

This pissed Naruto off... on his one night he was enjoying he had to take the girl -he was head over heels for- to the hospital to treat something that looked like a brutal attack.

Something Caught his eyes, a message sliced into the pinkette's ankle "See you soon..."

This sent shivers up his spine, what kind of sick mother fucker would do something like that? Well the blonde.. was soon to find out.