A/N: Back into Sakura's point of view! And on with the chapter!

Yes, This Meeting Was Bound to Happen

I awoke in a cloud.

Well that's where I think I awoke anyway. As I float in a snow white fog, seeing no one around I couldn't help but wonder how I've gotten here. The last thing I remember is Naruto yelling about something…and Inner was feeding… It's all a blur.

"So it seems you finally have a need for me." Spoke a masculine disembodied voice.

I shrieked and twirl, losing control of my floating and spiraling out of control for a few moments before finally slowing down. Dizzily I hold my head as I try to pin point where the voice came from.

A grunt brings my attention downward towards an otter. Its black and white fur stood out against the fog, its tiny head is crowned with longer black fur that framed its adorable little white face and was even tied back into a little pony tail while it's glowing red eyes stared seriously at me. Its little arms were neatly folded against its sides and it wore a dark grey V-neck T-shirt and no pants. Its long tale dangles in the fog swaying every now and then.

I couldn't believe my eyes. I have seen spirit guides all my life but never one this…CUTE! I clentch my fists hoping I would be able to not attack the adorable spirit in front of me. It failed when he twitches his nose.

"KYA!," I scream as I force my way to the otter to snuggle it only to miss and find myself floating alone.

"Foolish little girl," tsks the otter in annoyance. I look towards him, his indifference is familiar but I don't know where from. I don't even try to focus on why its familiar because I'm currently fan-girling over the fact that not only do I finally have my own spirit guide but it's so freaking cute!

"I finally have my own spirit guide and it's the most adorable otter in the world!" I scream out. I can't wait to tell Inner. She will probably try to glomp him just as I had but that's okay. We can tag team the adorable little sea rodent!

"I'm not an otter" exclaims the guide. "Can't you tell I'm a weasel?"

Looking at him again I do notice some off putting things such as the thinner face and the softer fur but I don't care. To me he is an otter.

"Yes but I don't care Mr. Otter." I smile as he glares just bringing up his adorableness.

"My name is Itachi." States the weasel-otter. I jerk my head back, about to comment on his name when he stop's me.

"Yes, I know my name means weasel. No I do not have control over my animal form it was preordained when I awoke."

I shrug.

"So Itachi, why haven't you shown yourself to me before?" I have always wanted a spirit guide of my own and was always so jealous of others like Shizune who had one yet were ignorant to their existence.

He sighs before looking up at me with his sad red eyes. It's strange I thought I could see four pupils in his eyes. One in the center of three…

"Before your demon would handle the situation whenever I would be needed. This time however she is the situation, or at least the cause. She nearly fed from you to death. If I had not given you some of my energy you would have been in a coma for a few days before you regained enough energy to move."

I blink.

Inner nearly killed me? No way, nope not possible.

Itachi doesn't look away from me but I see the sadness leaves his eyes and be replaced by a seriousness that crushes my denials. "For what it's worth I do not believe your demon knew she had fed so much. From what I've observed she seems to truly care what happens to you and wishes you no harm."

I nod my mind a whirl pool of confusion. What could have happened to Inner to make her so hungry she nearly put me in a spirit induced coma?

"You should awaken in a few moments. And be I must warn you your companion saw your demon," he calmly states. My eyes widen as I recall what Naruto was yelling about before I blacked out.

"Oh god! W-what should I do!" I panic.

"Tell him the truth. It is not as if we purposely keep our existence a secret from humans. They have an infamous amount of myths and legends regarding the spiritual world that it amazes me there are not more humans who can see us."

Purposely? What is stopping the spirit world from being more active with the human world?

Just when I was about to ask my question the fog starts to darken.

"You are waking up now. Should you ever need my assistance again I will come to you." And with that Itachi the Weasel-Otter fades into the darkness.

Before I open my eyes I feel incredibly warm. Groaning I try to snuggle closer to the warm firm pillow my head is leaning on. Then I feel my lovely pillow stiffen. Frowning I raise my hand to try and grip the pillow closely when my fingers touch something smooth and hot.

My eyes snap open and I look up to blue and blond. My hand resting lightly against Naruto's neck as he looks down at me blushing profoundly.

"S-S-S-Sakura-chan! You're awake!" Naruto says, his voice full of relief. I feel a tightening around my shoulders and thighs and look down to see his tanned hand cradling my legs and another holding my shoulder. I blush, realizing that he is holding me bridal style.

"Finally, you had me worried for a minute there," a chuckling voice filled with nerves brings my attention to Inner, who stands a few feet to the right of me. She is no longer wearing her naughty school uniform but her usual matching red boots and belt along with her black jeans and a white tank top. Her hair however is still in its pigtails. Seeing her brings a smile too my face before Naruto starts walking again.

"Hey! Where are you taking me?" I demand.

He stops and blinks at me with his clear blue eyes and for a moment my heart pounds harder than it ever has before.

"Sakura-chan you fainted! I'm taking you to the nurse!"

Fear shocks me to the core. If I go to the nurse they might send me home and I may have to go back to the hospital. They might make me stay again…A simple inspection...A life long visit…

"No!" I stare at him, willing my panicking emotions to shine through for him to see. "If I go to the nurse I may never come back! Please can't we just go to class? I'll explain everything later Naruto I promise!"

Worry clouds his expression and Inner growls.

"Sakura! I fed way too much! It might be a good idea for you to go home and rest."

I whip my head towards Inner glaring at her with all my might. "Inner if I go to the nurse they might send me back there."

We stare each other down, Naruto demands about what's happening being our soundtrack. Then with a dramatic foot stomp Inner breaks eye contact and yells in frustration.

"Gah! There is just no reasoning with you when you get like this!"

I snicker. I had those very same thoughts about her this morning when I saw that damned uniform.

"Oi Sakura-chan what's going on? Who are you talking to?"

I return my attention to my blond friend, feeling a little guilty for starting a conversation with Inner while he was so out of the loop.

"Remember when I said I get 'visiters'? Well one of them is here right now. She's my best friend so I want to introduce you properly. Naruto, Inner, Inner Naruto." I said while gesturing to them both so Naruto knew which way to face her. Only then do I realize I told him her name, meaning the blonds haunter knows it now too. I glance towards her and she sighs then waves away my worries. "It's too late. I'm sure it already has a tie to me."

"Oh…Right! Believe it Inner! I'll take good care of Sakura-chan," he beams at his bold promise while Inner just rolls her eyes at him. "Idiot," I hear her mutter. "I can already tell that you will."

I return to Naruto and say in my overly sweet and innocent voice, "She knows. She can tell you're a good person. And because you're a good person you will put me down and take me to my first class." I grin with an eye smile.

Reluctantly Naruto lets me down and grumbles about not being a prince by saving a damsel in distress. I crack my knuckles as a tick started pounding my head. Before I could do anything he hands me my back pack that he had on one shoulder while his was on the other.

As I reach out to take the green bag my thoughts go to the sweetness of the act. I knew my bag was sort of heavy, but I could only imagine how much weight he was carrying when he had both backpacks and me.

I mean, I'm not over weight but I'm positive I'm not light…

"You promise to explain at lunch why you don't want to go to the nurses office at lunch?" Naruto suddenly questions. His eyes squinting at me in concentration.

I nod.

We walk a few steps before he stops, turns and whispers to me.

"Sakura-chan I swear right before you fainted I saw a girl with green hair sitting on you. But then she vanished!" His face is filled with fear and worry. "Is your schitzo-whatchamacallit contagious?"

I freeze. How can I explain what he saw? I don't even know how he saw Inner! No one other than other spirit guides or demons have ever seen Inner before. Yet this guy I met about a half hour ago did? That's just crazy!

Then again crazy is how most ignorant people describe me.

"Naruto schizophrenia is not contagious. I don't know what happened but when I do I'll tell you what you saw. Okay?" I look into his brilliant blue eyes and my breath catches.

I have never seen another humans eyes glow.

Inners pink gaze glows depending on how emotional she is. If she is absolutely furious or humiliated her whole body glows along with her eyes. But Naruto's eyes seem to constantly swirl with different shades of blue. Could I really have thought that his eyes were only cerulean? If so then I was so, so wrong! His eyes held all variations of blue and seem to constantly be changing like the sea. There is no solid color to name his shade. It simply is mysterious.

A chuckle. "That's two promises." His eyes close with his brilliant smile and the spell on me is broken. "Well Sakura-chan lets go to class!" And with that he grabs my hand and leads me back the way we came.

"Hey! Naruto let go I can walk on my own!" I say while a warmth spreads across my cheeks.

"Oh! Sorry!" he lets go of my hand then places his hands on his head and starts humming a strange tune.

As we walk back up the stairs I keep thinking about how worried Naruto was about me. How it felt to wake up in his arms and how beautiful his eyes were…

Before I knew it we were standing outside a door with the number 207 labeling it.

My excitement got the best of me, with a bright smile I eagerly reach out and slam the door open.

Silence is my only answer.

Suddenly uncomfortable my smile starts to fall as I realize, everybody is staring at me. Well everybody except my perverted teacher, who was reading that embarrassing book while he sat at his desk.

"You're late." Kakashi-sensei remarks in a monotone voice.

Suddenly the class breaks out into chuckles and laughs. Even Naruto behind me starts laughing.

I don't get it. What's so funny?

When the class calms down Kakashi-sensei motions me over to the front of the class and tells Naruto to go take his seat in the back behind Sasuke.

"Class I would like to introduce you to our new student, Sakura Haruno." I bow and give what I hope is a happy smile.

"Geez, you look like your preparing to commit suicide. Relax Sakura." Inner encourages me from sitting on the desk in front of me.

"Now Sakura, why don't you tell us a little bit about yourself? Your likes, dislikes, hopes and dreams."

I look out towards Naruto and Sasuke then meet Inners gaze. With a wave of her hand she encourages me to go on. Taking a deep breath I tell this class of strangers about myself.

"I'm Sakura, I like my friends," I say while glancing towards the two boys again. "Music, spaghetti, dongo, reading and helping others. I dislike confining places, arrogant people, and frogs. My hopes are to make lots of friends and have fun here. My dream is to live a fulfilling life." I once again beam, this time my fears just a thing of the past as Inner and Naruto start clapping.

"Good, good. Now Sakura why don't you take the seat over by-"

The door suddenly slams open, cutting off Kakashi.

"Kakashi-sensei! Asuma-sensei said you need your binder for the upcoming semester!" calls out a preppy feminine voice.

I look over to see a guy with his hair tied back into a high pony tail holding an old box while slouching. Another, this one chubby with swirls on his cheeks, is also holding a box while a pretty blond girl with her long hair tied back into a pony tail and her bangs covering half her face is holding a clipboard. It isn't until she looks up that I recognize her.

"Ino?"

A/N:

YES! Winter break baby!

Who else loved Itachi's little cameo? For all you wondering why he is a weasel well that will be explained in future chapters. And for all you Naru/Saku fans there you have it the first light romance scene of the story! But it's not official. I mean she hasn't even known him for an hour! A lot could happen in this story when it comes to love.

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