Sakura woke up the next morning tired still. 'I must have been tossing and turning all night…' She thought as she sat up. She rubbed her shoulder and looked around. The only other person in the room was Emi and she was already up and cleaning the room. "Emi?" She asked, making the blonde look over. "Did I…you know…roll around a lot last night?" She asked while pointing at the bed she slept in.

"Yeah…." Emi told her after shutting the small closet's door. "I think you were nervous about something…" She then said as she helped her up. "You kept rolling around and muttering stuff….I have no idea what it was though…."

Sakura sighed and stretched. Maybe it was the feeling. All the bad things that were 'maybe' going to happen to her. She had no idea what though. Maybe the feeling was Karin. She 'was' dangerous and she had almost chocked her to death the other day. Naruto was right, Karin was very creepy. She was 'very' protective over Sasuke and even the slightest things Sakura did around him set her off.

"Come on….We have to get to work…" Emi muttered as she started to walk downstairs. Today was the day. They were going to serve in the eating rooms on the floor right below the sleeping rooms. Karin isn't allowed to leave her room and go to the baths so she was going to be there most likely. Thinking about Karin and her attack made the pinkette stop at the beginning of the steps. She….was scared.

"E-Emi…" Sakura muttered to get the blonde's attention. Emi; at the foot of the stairs looked up and smiled; telling her that she was ready to listen. "I'm gonna stay up here a little longer, just to get myself….ready." The pinkette then said with a smile. Emi nodded and was soon out of sight leaving Sakura at the top of the stairs.

The pinkette took a breath and walked back over to the room. She leaned on the wooden bar and stared out onto the ocean waters. They were so calming…the sound of the waves crashing against the bathhouse and the seagulls singing as they danced above the water. "Karin isn't 'that' scary…" She muttered to herself. "Right…."

Sakura shut her eyes and let out a deep breath. Today was going to be a long day…she knew it. Just like all the other days so far. They've been quite long…well except for the other day when Karin nearly killed her. That one….was quick. She opened her eyes and sat up. "Alright Sakura you can do this!" She yelled to herself. "Karin wont touch you as long as you stay away from her!"

The pinkette turned to run down the stairs on the other side of the room and did so. When she got to the bottom she watched people run over to the tubs and smirked. She didn't have to touch not even 1 tub today. She was lucky. Sakura made her way into an elevator and went down ready; ready for whatever will be thrown at her.

When the doors opened, it revealed the hall with the eating rooms on the sides. Sakura had been here 3 other times so far. Counting the time she and the radish spirit were going up and stopped here 6 years ago. She stepped out and smiled to one of the workers with a tray of food. Then she made her way to the end where the see through doors started. When she arrived there she glanced out to the ocean and smiled.

"There you are Mei."

Sakura glanced over to her left and saw Emi holding a tray. "Today's a busy day in the eating hall so you have to be on your toes." The blonde muttered as she walked over. She handed Sakura the tray she held and pointed to a small paper on the side. "Take this tray to the door with the same number, that's where the spirits that ordered this are." She told her. "Then go back to the kitchen and pick another tray up and do exactly the same."

Sakura nodded with a smile. "Got it!" She then said. Emi smiled back and made her way back to the kitchen. This was going to be just like the café she and Hinata worked at. This was going to be a synch. The pinkette looked at the number and read it over.

23

'Room 23' Sakura thought as she looked up. She glanced at the closest door and saw that it said '29' so she glanced down the hall leading to the elevator. Room 23 must have been down there. She started walking down and looked at the top of each door. As she went on, the number's got smaller. 28, 27, 26, 25, 24, 23. There….that was her door. Sakura turned to her right and slid the door open while balancing the tray on her left arm. She handed the tray to one of the spirits and told him to enjoy before shutting the door again.

Quite an odd spirit. It looked like a toad, but it was much bigger. He even had a shirt on and his 'brother' or 'cousin' she didn't exactly know who the yellow toad was to the red one but; he was eating….a lot. Sakura smiled as she made her way to the kitchen. It was on the way back to where she met Emi with that tray. It must have been a short cut and she knew it was the kitchen since people were coming out of the clothed door with food trays.

Sakura entered and looked around to see where the trays were. When her eyes finally found them, she strolled over and grabbed it. Then she read the small note. It said '20' so she walked out and made her way back down the hall. Then she turned right and passed the room with the two toads. 23, 22, 21, 20. She stopped and slid the door open.

Sakura made a disgusted face. It was….a slug. It looked like the slug that Tsunade put inside Naruto to control him. But it was soon gone when he spit it out 6 years ago. "Here…." She muttered as she set the tray of the odd looking food down. "Enjoy…" The pinkette shut the door and turned around with wide eyes. She'd never seen such a big slug. It was disgusting.

With a sigh, the pinkette made her way back to the kitchen. This time, when she went in, she didn't see Sasuke. Last time he was behind the stove cooking up some meals and now he and a few other chefs were gone. With a raised brow, Sakura took the next tray and looked at the note. What it said froze her. Her green eyes widened and her mouth opened to speak.

Guest Karin's room

Karin wasn't in an eating room?! Sakura's wide eyes looked around franticly for someone else. No one was around. It was the only time she actually needed them and they were all outside of the kitchen. She needed someone else to deliver the food. She 'needed' someone to take it to Karin for her. When she stepped out of the kitchen she held the tray out to someone. "P-Please take this for me…." She begged. The person only shook their heads sadly and told her that they needed to do their job before walking into the kitchen.

The pinkette gulped and started down the hallway. She passed the hall that led to the elevator and kept walking. She walked up the steps that led to the upper level and started walking down the hall that was hugged by rooms. She passed Naruto and Sasuke's room and stopped a few more doors down. Karin's door was wide open and she was sitting on her futon talking to 3 cooks.

One was Sasuke.

Sakura gulped as she stood in the door way. She might have had something else that tasted strange so she called the 3 of them to talk. But surly she wasn't going to punish her dear 'Sasuke-kun'…right? Karin noticed her standing in the doorway and shooed the 3 off. But that wasn't the only thing Sakura noticed.

After Sasuke noticed her he had whispered something to the other cook. The cook that he had whispered to was in front as the 3 followed each other out. He was planning something again, and she knew it….but what? As the cook walked by, he gently knocked the tray out of her hands. She hadn't been paying much attention to him, so as she blushed in complete embarrassment, she was thinking that it had slipped from her own actions.

As Sasuke began to walk out, he knelt down and started to help her pick the things up. Sakura was still blushing with embarrassment as they both stood up. "Be careful Sakura." Sasuke muttered before walking away. Sakura nodded; still blushing. She didn't care that he called her by her name anymore….as long as it wasn't around anyone else.

Karin had her eyes glued to her nails the whole time, but when she finally looked over to the door. She saw Sasuke mutter something to Sakura after helping and the pinkette was…blushing. Her red eyes widened and she stood up, just as Sakura went to go get another tray for her. She held up her right hand and narrowed her eyes. Her fingers turned transparent and shot out towards the girl. They wrapped around her neck; causing her to drop the tray again, and pulled her into the room.

"I knew it!" Karin yelped as Sakura was presented in front of her. The pinkette was gasping for air and her feet were desperately reaching for the ground that was 2 feet down. "I knew you had the hots for Sasuke-kun! I will kill you pinky!"

"Karin!" Sakura gasped. "I don't love Sasuke!" She grabbed the fingers around her neck and started to pull. But nothing she did was working. This was what had happened last time. People outside the door were watching in horror. They couldn't do a thing.

"Tch!" Karin slammed Sakura into the wall and moved a bit closer. "Well then! If you don't love Sasuke-kun! Then who could you possibly love?!" Her red eyes narrowed and her glare became more deadly. As did her grip.

Sakura opened her eyes and showed that she was in much pain. Then they widened. "I…I don't know…" She answered. Karin made the same pissed sound and slammed her into the wall again. "I don't love anyone!" Sakura yelped as her own saliva started to drip down her chin. She still could barley breathe. And her mouth couldn't shut. If it did, then she wouldn't be able to breathe. Even if it was small short breaths.

The red-head was even angrier at this and her eyes widened. "LIES!!" She screamed. "I KNOW THERE'S SOMEONE! YOUR JUST SAYING THAT SO I DON'T KNOW YOU REALLY LOVE SASUKE-KUN!!" She squeezed harder around Sakura's neck and the pinkette let out a painful gasp.

"I Don't!" Sakura gasped. She wasn't lying. The past few years, she thought she was in love with Naruto. But after what's been happening the past few days….she just didn't know anymore. "I don't love….anyone!" Karin grinded her teeth and narrowed her eyes once again. Then she brought Sakura away from the wall. The pinkette shut her eyes and smiled in relief; thinking that it was over, but she was then thrown out of the room and smashed through the see through doors while Karin screamed…

"LIAR!!!!!!!"

Sakura was now being suspended in mid air by Karin's finger's as she stood inside the bathhouse. The pinkette knew what was underneath her. 50 feet below her, the ocean crashed. But Karin wasn't stupid; she had held her right above the train tracks, so that when she dropped her; she'd defiantly die. "Karin! Please!" Sakura pleaded as she started to move around. Karin grinned evilly and squeezed harder on Sakura's neck. This made the pinkette gasp in pain again. Then she heard yells of surprise from the left and looked. Her red eyes widened.

A fox; the size of Akamaru, with nine tails charged down the hall with pure red eyes. Karin gasped as she was tackled down and dragged into a room down the hall. But as this happened, the finger's let go of Sakura and she started to descend down to the ocean. Her eyes shut; with the sight of Naruto tackling Karin down etched into her memory. It would be the last thing she saw, she knew it. She had 20 more feet to go.

A see through door to her right flung open and made her eyes open again. She looked over and gasped as Naruto jumped out and grabbed her. The momentum of him going more to the left; pushed Sakura and him well…more to the left; barley missing the train tracks and landing in the water. When they both surfaced she noticed Naruto looking up; then he looked down with a smile. "You ok Sakura-Chan?"

Sakura nodded. 'How did he do that?!' She thought. She looked over to the door he jumped out of and then the opening where she hung. 'How in the hell…did he charge Karin into another room as a fox and then jump out of a door and save me as a human 3 floors down…all in one second?!' She was giving the blonde a confused face and he raised a brow; ready to ask why but a yell from above got his attention.

"NOON!"

Naruto and Sakura both glanced up and saw Emi. She was looking at him as she pointed down the hall. Most likely pointing to the room Karin was in. "You better get your ass back up here and deal with this!" Emi yelled. Naruto sighed and nodded. Then he looked at Sakura and smiled.

"Alright…come on Sakura-Chan…" He grabbed her hand and they both swam over to the train tracks. He helped her up onto them and she slowly made her way onto his back. She was still thinking about how he had saved her like that. It was almost like he was in two places at once. Or…he had just learned how to teleport or move really fast.

He jumped to the nearest balcony and set her down there. "Get some rest Sakura-Chan…" He muttered with a smile. "I'm sorry Karin keeps doing this to you, but I'll make sure she doesn't do it again. I promise." Sakura nodded and he winked before disappearing. She blinked. So that must have been how he did it. Sakura looked up to the destroyed area and he appeared on the rail before jumping inside.

Sakura sighed and looked at the wooden rail in her grip. Then her green eyes glanced over to her hands. She was shaking. Closing her eyes and walking away; she mentally cursed at herself. She was so weak. She knew she was a human, but for a human, she didn't do much. Then it hit her.

Sakura remembered that she had smacked Naruto the other day. He had hit the side of the wall really hard and didn't expect it to hurt so much. She glanced at her hands as she walked. Were her healing hands…more then just healing hands? They started to glow green and she glanced at the nearest see through door. She punched it, but nothing much happened. Then when the green faded she sighed and kept walking.

'I can't believe how useless I am.' She thought. 'I keep getting in trouble while Naruto always has to save me.' She smacked her forehead and rubbed it in frustrating. The place was getting very dangerous. She had nearly died back there; but the thing is….that dark cloud that was making everyone feel weird…well it was starting to get to her. She had almost died…and it wasn't gone. Why? Was something worse going to happen? She was paranoid now.

Every step Sakura took, she glanced in all directions. Her emerald eyes as wide as day. Nothing was going to happen. Nothing! She wouldn't let it. She strolled passed the girls dorms and looked in there. No one was in there. The only things in there were futons that girls forgot to put away. She kept walking.

What was going to happen to her? She couldn't stop asking herself as she strolled down the stairs, her eyes still wide. She heard someone behind her and looked over. It was nothing. She kept walking down; she didn't know exactly where she was going but she was getting somewhere. There was another sound and this time it startled her; enough to make her foot slip.

Iruka sighed after taking a drink of tea. He used to have water, but Emi started bringing down tea for him. He pulled on a few levers as the soot balls carried the coal over and into the boiler. Then when there were no tokens, he'd sit back and take another drink of his tea. After a moment of relaxing the small door to his right opened up and a pink haired girl entered.

"Sakura?" He asked in concern. She was limping and holding her right arm as she came over, "Sakura, what happened? Are you alright?" Iruka asked as he jumped off his chair. Sakura leaned on the far wall and sat down, and then she nodded.

"I…Fell down the stairs." She told him as he handed her his tea. She took a drink of it and handed it back. "I've been suffering a little paranoia…" The pinkette then said as she glanced over to the soot balls. "I…I thought someone was following me when I was going down the stairs, and I slipped."

Iruka sighed and pointed to her arm. "Is it broken?" He asked. She looked at him and shook her head. "Just sore?" She nodded at that question. "And your leg…" He trailed off and pointed to her left leg; the one she was limping on. "What about that…"

"Sore too…" Sakura answered with a sigh. "Iruka? Have…have you been having a strange feeling lately?" She then asked. Iruka didn't understand the question at first but when she explained that everyone else had a strange feeling, he started to understand.

"Ooo…That weird feeling." Iruka muttered as he sat down in front of her. "Well ever since the night of the dance, it's been coming and going. I didn't think much of it but now that you mention it…I have felt it. And it gets a little stronger when you're around."

"That's what everyone's been saying." Sakura said after this. She was right. Everyone that had said that they felt a strange feeling had also said it got a little stronger when she was around. That's why everyone believes something bad was going to happen to her. "Bad things have been happening to me lately….I almost died today and that feeling hasn't left. I even feel it now…that's why I'm paranoid. That's why I feel down the stairs!"

"Sakura…calm down please." Iruka muttered as he handed her the tea again. She took a drink of it immediately and he sighed. 'What am I gonna do…..' He thought. 'She's clearly paranoid even if she didn't tell me….I know! I should give her a talk; by the time she gets out of here she won't be paranoid any longer!'

Naruto slouched in a chair with his eyes glued to the chair before him. Karin sat in the other. She was tied up and didn't look very happy. Tsunade had asked him to keep an eye on her as she was speaking with Shizune in the other room. He could have said no but he promised Sakura that Karin wouldn't hurt her again. They were glaring at each other. Seeing who would snap first. He couldn't believe that she did that to Sakura. Tsunade wasn't even going to kick her out and make her go home…he knew it. He saw Karin grin.

"I thought you were going to kill me?"

This made him snap. He stood up and stormed over before reaching down to grab the rope. Then he pulled her up and stared into her eyes ready to give her a piece of his mind. His mouth snapped open but so did Shizune's door. They both glanced over as Tsunade stared at them both. "Noon….you already hurt her enough." She muttered as she sat down.

Naruto snorted and threw Karin back into the seat, before sitting down in his. Karin had been shooting mean comments at him the whole time they were sitting there. But that one did it. Of course he would have killed her but Tsunade prevented it. He hated Karin, he hated everything about her and now just because of what he did to Sakura; he hated her even more.

"Karin…." Tsunade muttered as Shizune walked out of her office. "Because of your actions and because your stay here won't end in a month, I'm giving you room suspension." Tsunade then said.

"SAY WHAT?!"

Karin was as mad as ever. Naruto could see that she was trying to kill the bathhouse owner with her 'magic' fingers. But the rope was tied around them; resulting in a squirming red-head. Naruto sighed and rested his cheek on his fist as he watched Karin wiggle like a worm in her chair. He giggled at times but when she finally stopped he did as well. "You are not to leave your room unless I say so." Tsunade said. Then she looked up and gave Karin a glare. "Understood?"

The red-head nodded and looked away with a huff. "That's what you get…." Naruto muttered as he shut his eyes. Karin's eyes glared in his direction; asking him in a cold manner, 'what did you just say?!' Naruto opened his eyes and nodded. "You heard me Karin, I told you I'd kill you if you touched Sakura again, but since Baa-Chan isn't letting me do so, then I guess this is the worst possible thing you deserve."

Karin tried to stand and attack him but the rope was preventing her from doing so. Oh how she hated that blonde. She loathed him; despised him. Any word that meant hate; then that would describe how she felt about him. "Baka Yourou…" She muttered gaining his attention.

"AH! Baa-Chan!" Naruto yelped as he stood up and pointed to the red-head. "She just called me a Stupid Bastard!" He pointed to Karin and seemed to be pouting as she stuck her tongue at him. "She's only doing this 'cause she knows I can't hit her!" He started hoping from one foot to the other as he pointed; like he was a child wanting to pee.

Tsunade looked up and shook her head. "Get out Noon…" She then muttered. Naruto sighed and made his way over to the door. But on his way he pushed the chair over and made Karin fall.

"Geez Karin…" Naruto muttered as he opened the door. "You should be careful when you're fidgeting around like that." He gave a slight evil chuckle as Karin rolled around the floor squealing in anger before he disappeared behind the now closed door.

Sakura smiled as she waited for the elevator. Iruka had given her a long talk and now she was ready to do anything. No matter what happened she was going to use her fists. The doors to the elevator opened and she went to step through but someone was inside. "Oh…Hello Naruto." She greeted with a smile.

Naruto was just about to step out, but stopped. "Oh….Hey Sakura-Chan…." He muttered as she stepped inside. He stepped out and faced her. "What were you doing all the way down here?" He then asked.

"That's what I should be asking you."

The blonde opened his mouth and narrowed his eyes before pointing a finger. "Actually I was just going to say hi to Iruka." He told her as she reached for the lever. She raised a brow and grinned.

"Well ok then, I was doing the same thing." Sakura stated while raising both eyebrows. Then when he was just about to ask about the bruise on her knee she pulled the trigger and went up. He huffed and turned around.

When he arrived at the small door, Naruto opened it and slid inside quietly. The day was now over so it was getting close to bedtime. "Yo Iruka…I'm back for another night…" He greeted as Iruka was setting up his futon. The older man sighed and walked over to a drawer to take out another futon.

"Did Sasuke kick you out again?" Iruka asked as Naruto lied his bed down. The blonde nodded and Iruka sat down with a sigh. "Geez…When is Tsunade gonna give you two separate rooms?" He asked.

Naruto only shrugged and lied down. "I don't know…" He muttered as he shut his eyes. "She only put us in the same room because 'we need more rooms for the guests'" He said the last bit in an impression of an old woman's voice. He rolled his eyes and rolled over to look at the small door. As soon as he started to shut his eyes again; the small door flew open. "AH!" He shot up in surprise.

"IRUKA WE NEED TO TALK!"

Tsunade was charging straight for them until she realized Naruto was there. "Naruto…what are you…." She trailed off as her eyes narrowed. "BACK TO YOUR ROOM!" She then yelped after a moment. Naruto stood up as she pointed to the small door.

"But Baa-Chan, Sasuke kicked me ou—"

"I don't care! Just get out!" Tsunade yelled. Naruto immediately nodded and grabbed the futon and the blankets. He was soon out the door with all of Iruka's extra sleeping supplies making the man sigh. It wasn't even anything important. She just wanted him gone so they could talk about Karin and something about her escaping, but then when she did start to get a little serious he realized 'why' kicked him out.

"Sakura is in danger…"

"So you fell down the stairs?" Emi asked as the girls set up their futons. Sakura nodded with a smile and the blonde shook her head. "Geez Mei…you gotta be more careful" When Sakura had arrived the first thing Emi had noticed was the bruise on her knee. She kept asking about it but Sakura wouldn't tell her, but after awhile, the pinkette finally gave in and told her.

"I'm fine really." Sakura laughed as she rubbed the back of his head. "Just a bruise here and there but I'll be able to work tomorrow don't worry." She smiled even more as Emi decided to shake her head even more.

"Mei! You were nearly choked to death one day and then today you get dropped outside the bathhouse and fall to your death. 'Then' you fall down the stairs and get bruises all over! Mei you're a walking bad luck charm!" Emi was telling all the truth but Sakura only laughed.

"Yeah" She said. "But I can handle it don't worry!" She set her hands on her hips. Then she made a fist and closed one eye. "I have another ability along with the healing, once I figure it out I'll be using it." She then said. Emi rolled her eyes and lied down in her bed.

"Whatever Mei…" Emi said as she shut her eyes. Sakura smiled and went to lie down on her futon but something caught her eye. Naruto….he was looking around the corner and seemed to be giving her puppy dog eyes.

Sakura sat back up and walked over. She walked around the corner and raised a brow. "What do you want – and what's with the futon and blankets?" She pointed to the pile of sleeping supplies that where behind him and he chuckled nervously.

"Well you see Sakura-Chan…" Naruto began. "The real reason why I went to Iruka was because I got kicked out of the room by Sasuke. Then, Tsunade came in to talk with Iruka so she kicked me out of there" He set his hand down and his head hung in sadness. "Now I have nowhere to sleep, there was no room in the boys' dorm…."

"You want to stay in here?" Sakura asked. His head sprung up and he nodded with a big smile. "Alright…let me ask." She turned around and got all the girls attention. "Can Noon stay in here tonight? I'll have him sleep against the far wall by me so none of 'you' have to. He doesn't have any other place and he even brought his own futon." Naruto held his futon out with a smile to show the girls that Sakura wasn't lying.

"Fine…"

Sakura and Naruto both smiled after each girl answered. Then Sakura helped him take his things over to the far wall to set up. They both lied his futon down, and then his pillow and blanket. "Thanks Mei…" He said as they both sat on the beds. As soon as he was sitting, he was surrounded by girls. "AH!"

Sakura sighed and lied down on her bed as the girls kept talking to the blonde. They were talking about Sasuke and what it was like to live in the same room as him. And then after while, they all started to flirt with him slightly. Her green eyes shot open and she grabbed the closest girl. "Stop! Go to bed!" She looked at them all. "All of you now!"

Each girl nodded and quickly scampered to their beds. Then the pinkette glanced over to Naruto and lightly gasped. She hadn't realized what they were doing to him. He was giving her an emotionless stare as some of his hair was in small ponytails "Thank…You…" He muttered. She nodded and started taking the hair ties out. He might have thought she stopped them because of what they were doing, but she had only done it because the flirting was getting to her.

"Good night Noon." Sakura then said as they both lied down. Naruto said it back and they both rolled over to their backs were to each other. Then when the lights shut off, sleep took them both victim and they were soon drifted away in their dreams; until Sakura heard something an hour or so later.

The pinkette sat up and looked around. Everyone was still asleep. Then she looked at Naruto. He was slightly drooling and oddly she found it….cute. Shaking the feeling of blood in her cheek, she stood up and walked out of the room. She needed to find out what that sound was. Walking around the corner, she spotted the stairs. If she went down, she'd find herself going to the kitchen, dining hall and tub room. But if she went up, she'd find guest rooms.

Maybe it was a guest. What if they couldn't sleep? She could probably help. She started going up stairs and glanced down the hall before completely entering it. After a moment, she started walking and looking. Then a shadowed person appeared. Her eyes widened. "Karin?!"

The red-head herself was standing in the middle of the hallway and was smiling evilly. "Hello pinky…" She growled as the moonlight lit half her face. "I've been looking for you…"

Sakura raised a brow. She wasn't afraid anymore. She gripped her fists and smiled back. "Oh yeah…" She started. Karin slowly nodded. "What for….." She then said as her own smile became more evil like.

"To kill you."

Sakura wasn't fazed. She only smiled more. Then after a moment, Karin started running towards her. "I may be a human Karin." Sakura muttered as her fists started glowing green. "But I do have tricks up my sleeve." As soon as Karin threw a fist, the pinkette stepped to the left and brought her fist back. "I'm not scared of you anymore." She threw the punch and Karin went flying through the side doors and outside.

Grinning, Sakura jumped onto the rails and watched Karin stand up on the train tracks. Then she jumped making the red-head gasp. "You're only going to kill yourself!" She yelled as Sakura brought back her fist.

"Not if I do this!" Sakura yelled as she punched the train tracks. Karin gasped as rubble and rocks went flying. The ground below her crumbled beneath her feet and she fell over. Her eyes were wide as Sakura looked up with an evil grin of her own. "Karin….You aren't the one killing tonight."

Naruto rolled over and threw his arm on Sakura's futon mumbling her name. Then when he realized it was empty he had his hand make sure there was nothing in it before opening his eyes. He slightly sat up and looked around. Sakura wasn't anywhere to be found. Then he looked at her futon. He reached over and lifted her tiny pillow. She wasn't there.

Then his blue eyes looked over to the door. It was opened wide and the moonlight was peeking inside the room. "Did Sakura-Chan leave?" Naruto muttered as he stood up. Then he walked out of the room and started searching the halls. He walked up the steps as he followed her scent. He knew it so well and to him it was very strong. He felt like a tracking dog.

He walked down the hall Sakura had traveled down and then noticed spirits all looking outside the see through doors in shock. Or at least what used to be see through doors. Naruto ran over and planted both hands on the rail to see what they were all looking at; then he gasped.

Below the train track was completely destroyed in one part and a little ahead of it, Sakura was swinging punches at Karin; who was barely dodging each one. Then Sakura hit the train tracks again; destroying it….once again. "WHAT THE HELL?!" Naruto yelped as the pinkette went back to swinging punches at the red-head. "No wonder why that slap hurt so much…." He then muttered as he rubbed his cheek.

Then after a moment of remembering her slapping him, he shook his head and jumped over the rail. Then he soon landed on the train tracks and started running towards the two girls. He jumped over the destroyed gaps in the ground and narrowed his eyes. They both swung punches at the same time and he disappeared

"What?"

They both asked this at the same time as Naruto suddenly appeared in between them; grabbing both of their fists with his own hands. He opened his eyes and glared at Karin with not blue eyes; but red. She yelped at the demonic eyes and tried to back away but he held her fist with no mercy of letting go. Sakura was slightly confused of why the red-head was so scared all of a sudden and then he looked at her with his blue eyes.

"Sakura-Chan…" Naruto muttered as Karin struggled to get away. "What are you doing? You should be in bed." He then said with a smile. In bed? Why wasn't 'he' in bed? And how did he stop her fist? Naruto was full of surprises lately. He let go of her fist and pulled Karin over to hold her. "Now..I'm gonna take her back to Baa-Chan, can you find your way back?" The blonde asked. Sakura nodded and he nodded back as he threw Karin over his shoulder. Then he and the red-head disappeared.

Naruto appeared on the hand rails on Tsunade's balcony. Karin was squirming a lot and he was happy to get rid of her. When he walked inside he saw the blonde woman pacing. "Hey Baa-Chan…" He muttered; getting the woman's attention. "I brought Karin back for ya." He gestured his head over to the red-head's butt, since it was the only thing she could see while she was over his shoulder.

"Where was she?!" Tsunade yelped as Naruto set Karin down in a chair. Tsunade waved her hand and the red eyed girl was tied in a rope again. "Is Sakura alright?" She then asked. Karin looked at her with a confused face saying 'Who the hell is Sakura?' Naruto nodded and looked at the ground.

"She actually has another ability." Naruto told her. "It's just like your strength Baa-Chan. Exactly like it. She destroyed the train tracks and another part of the bathhouse." He told her. Tsunade's eyes were wide. Sakura had super strength 'and' healing hands?! Then after a moment of thought, Tsunade nodded and walked over to the balcony. She looked at the destroyed train tracks to the far left and sighed before waving her hand.

The train tracks were as good as new when she walked back in. "That's two floors destroyed. Karin. I'll be sending you home as soon as I can!" She yelled. Then she looked at Naruto. "You're dismissed."

Naruto nodded and walked out of the office. He was finally happy that Sakura was safe from Karin. Even the feeling….the dark cloud….it kinda went away. He was happy as he went down the elevator. Then when the door opened he stepped put and looked at the ocean. "Maybe after Karin's gone, Sakura-Chan will finally be safe enough to stay…" He muttered as he walked back the girls' dorm.

When he arrived no one had woken up. Sakura was lying down in her blankets and had her eyes shut. He didn't know if she was awake or asleep. Then with a slight smile, he walked over and lied down in his futon next to hers. He stared at the ceiling half the night. He started to feel slightly sick but that could have been from using so much power lately. Especially today.

A lot happened and he was tired. Sakura was probably worse though. He rolled over to face Sakura and smiled. She was smiling as she now faced him. Her knuckles were slightly bleeding but it didn't seem to do anything to her. Staring at her sleeping face made him think about their goodbye 6 years ago. She had kissed him ever so gently on the lips before running off and from that day forward he's been saving his lips to re-experience that kiss one more time….if he was lucky…maybe even more then that.

He shut his eyes and took a deep breath. Without Karin around, tomorrow was going to be a smooth day. Unlike the rest of them, they were actually going to be safe for his precious pinkette. She wasn't going to get attacked by Karin for anything….nothing will.