Not too thrilled about this chapter, I could have done better but it's not that bad either. Ugh I have so many stories right now and then work's getting hectic for me so I'm a bit overwhelmed. And I'm lucking if I can get some writing or drawing done. But that's life so oh well. Not much else to say, hope you enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own the characters of Naruto or Supernatural. They belong to Kishimoto and Kripke, may the gods bless them for their brilliance.

Warnings: Slash/yaoi (male/male pairing), AU, violence, language, angst, dark themes, sexual situations, and anything else I'll add on later

Pairing: Castiel/Naruto

Chapter IV

Craving You From the Bottom of My Soul

"Cupid?" Sam questioned in disbelief. Naruto had to agree with him on that one. It was hard to imagine a cupid was behind these bizarre deaths despite the fact that said dead couple had pretty much been screwing while eating each other. The blond shuddered at the thought, making a face at the mental image he didn't need.

"Yes although what your kind has mistaken for cupid is actually a lower class of angel, cherubs to be more precise," Castiel explained as he stood in the morgue with the trio of hunters. Dean gaped before shaking his head and speaking up, "Woah what a minute? You mean the little flying fat kid in diapers?"

"Seriously Dean?" Naruto choked smacking the eldest Winchester upside the head. Sighing at the inevitable argument between his brother and friend, Sam turned his attention back to Castiel asking, "So what you're saying is that…?"

The angel interrupted him, "What I'm saying is that a cupid has gone rogue and we have to stop him before he kills again."

"Right, course we do," Dean muttered as he rubbed his arm where the blond demon punched him, wondering when their jobs had gotten both crappy and weird… at least more than usual.

x-x-x-x-x

After cleaning up and repacking the organs, they headed out quickly finding a restaurant where a lot of couples seemed to frequent. Receiving a table in a corner booth, they offered their waitress only enough attention to place their orders before focusing on the people around them trying to pick up any signs of their rogue cupid. Naruto snuggled against Castiel, resting his head on the angel's shoulder while the brothers sat across from them too busy with the hunt to notice much about the pair of mates.

The blond tried to focus, but was finding difficulty with Castiel sitting next to him. It was strange that he was suddenly feeling the need to be close to the angel, to cuddle and press up against him as if to seek comfort. Although it didn't alarm Naruto too much as he often had similar urges in the past; the bond of mates often compelled the couple to seek affection and reassurance from each other. So he placed it in the back of his mind forcing himself to be attentive to his surroundings. When the waitress returned with their orders, the two humans and one demon began to dig in while their resident angel continued to glance around. As Dean removed the bun from his burger to place ketchup on it, he questioned, "What makes you so sure he'll be here?"

"This place is a nexus of human reproduction. It's exactly the kind of garden the cupid will come to pollinate," Castiel explained slowly trailing off as his eyes suddenly locked with Dean's burger. The eldest Winchester was oblivious while Naruto and Sam raised inquisitive eyebrows having never seen Castiel react to food before. But it was brushed off as they once more began to eat although another curiosity gained their attention. Dean had begun to lift the burger in a move to take a bite before pausing and setting it back down pushing the plate away.

Sam stopped chewing while Naruto held in the urge to gape questioning, "You're… not going to eat?"

Dean blinked before shrugging, "Guess I'm not hungry."

Naruto and Sam gave him both a hard, disbelieving stare which set Dean on the defensive as he frowned, "What I'm not hungry!"

"Then you're not going to finish that?" Castiel quickly cut in and the world suddenly seemed to turn upside down as the angel grabbed the dish pulling it to himself. Without hesitance Naruto pinched his arm flinching at the real pain, concluding that he wasn't dreaming. Since from the moment they met, Castiel had never eaten before, had no reason to really. Oh sure he would sit with Naruto at the kitchen table in their apartment and watch the blond eat, making conversation with him. But never did he ask for food and now all of a sudden he wanted to eat which concerned Naruto greatly. Was it a side effect of his banishment from Heaven and his diminishing grace?

As he moved to take a bite, Castiel paused and looked up his eyes once more intense and focused. He whispered, "He's here."

"Where? I don't see anything," Sam questioned. Naruto's ears twitched under his illusion trying to sense out the cupid, only hearing the faint sigh of an unnatural wind as it passed over a couple nearby. Not even a moment later they were touching and kissing which proved Castiel's comment, the cupid was there.

"Meet me in the back," Castiel ordered and he was gone a second later causing Naruto to squeak as he nearly fell over since he had still been leaning against his mate. Dean questioned gruffly, "What the hell man?"

"I think we should just do what Cas says," Sam advised.

After paying for their meal, they managed to sneak to the back of the restaurant without drawing attention to themselves. Of course that might have to do with the fact that Naruto wove an illusion upon them, but the brothers didn't need to know that little tidbit quite yet. Walking into a room where he sensed his mate, Naruto and the Winchesters paused when they came across Castiel holding his hand out while he concentrated, as if he was holding something captive.

"Where is he?" Sam questioned looking around.

"I have him tethered," Castiel explained before he began to chant in Enochian leaving them to wait anxiously. When the chant ended and Castiel lowered his arm, Naruto walked over to stand next to the angel while Sam and Dean glanced around waiting. After a moment, they frowned in confusion before Dean questioned, "So where is he?"

"Here I am!" a voice announced and they whirled around in time to see Dean being plucked up from behind by a naked man. Castiel seemed uncomfortable while Sam and Naruto watched in horror as Cupid seemed to be both hugging and perhaps humping Dean. The eldest Winchester did not look thrilled, his features twisted in shock and disbelief. Despite his mortification, Naruto was definitely going to tease Dean about this encounter for weeks to come.

"Hello you!" Cupid greeted when he set his sights on Castiel. Releasing Dean he walked over to the stiff angel, taking him into his arms and the process was repeated. Naruto twitched resisting the urge to growl at this unknown person touching what was his, but he felt bad for Castiel who was obviously not enjoying himself. He never looked more embarrassed than he did in that moment. Taking pity on his love, Naruto shifted to step into Cupid's sight. As predicted, he released Castiel and hugged the blond lifting him off the ground. Grunting at the power behind the grip, Naruto just grit his teeth and bore it. He heard Dean question in the background, "This is Cupid?"

"Yes," Castiel replied feeling the human emotion of sympathy for his soul mate.

Releasing Naruto, Cupid turned to Sam smiling, "And you!"

"Oh no! No!" Sam protested turning to walk away only to find himself running into the object of his fleeing. Cupid immediately latched onto him as he had done with his other unfortunate victims. Brushing himself off, Naruto tried not to laugh at the look on Sam's face for his humor was warring with his empathy for the unfortunate man. Dean watched on in confusion asking, "Is this a fight? Are we in a fight?"

"This is… their handshake," Castiel explained.

"I don't like it!"

"No one does."

"Well duh! Who would like being hugged by a naked, fat man… unless you're a chubby chaser," Naruto pointed out. Dean made a face as he glanced at the blond, "Dude! How do you even know that?"

"I've lived a long time Dean, I get bored really easily and travel quite a bit. You pick up the weirdest shit when you travel."

Cupid interrupted their conversation as he released Sam, focusing on them, "What can I do for you?"

"Why are you doing this?" Ah Castiel, always blunt and straight to the point. Cupid smiled obviously confused, "Doing what?"

"You're targets, the ones you've marked… they're slaughtering each other," the angel said. Cupid's smile immediately fell, a small frown taking his features, "What? They are?"

"Listen birthday suit," Dean cut in, "We know okay? We know you've been flittering around poppin' people with your poison arrow making them murder each other."

"What we don't know is why," Castiel finished.

Naruto frowned at the honest look of bewilderment and distress on Cupid's face. He knew it was truthful because as a shinobi one had to be trained to seek out lies and look underneath the underneath. But this man, his eyes told Naruto everything. He wasn't the one causing the murders, had no clue that it had been occurring at all. He didn't think Cupid even knew what being malicious meant, let alone was capable of it.

"You think that I'd…" Cupid trailed off his eyes tearing a little, "I don't know what to say." He turned away from them his head bowed and a hand covering his face. Castiel and the Winchesters looked uncomfortable while Naruto felt pity. He could tell that Cupid was gentle, much how Castiel could be when they were alone. He wouldn't hurt a fly, it wasn't in his nature obviously. Frowning when his companions continued to linger unsure of what to do, Naruto bit the bullet.

Stepping forward carefully, he placed a gentle hand on Cupid's shoulder speaking soothingly, "Hey, it's okay. Don't cry. It's not your fault, I'm sure that you didn't mean for this to happen. You were just doing your job right? Bringing people together so they can be happy. Don't listen to them, they didn't mean to hurt your feelings."

Cupid sniffled before hugging Naruto petting his hair as he explained, "Love is more than a word to me you know. I love, love and if that's wrong then I don't want to be right."

Sighing as he realized he was kinda starting to like this cupid, Naruto patted his back, "I understand. This world needs more love sometimes."

"I was just following orders, doing my rounds. Whatever happens to my targets after that has nothing to do with me! Please brother, read my mind!" Cupid pleaded to Castiel as he released Naruto. The angel frowned but stepped closer gazing into the other's eyes. After a moment Castiel looked away, "He's telling the truth."

"Then what the hell is going on?" Dean questioned frustrated.

"Something else must be causing this so we have to keep looking," Naruto commented before turning to Cupid, "You can go now, sorry we wasted your time. Thanks for your help."

"Of course! I hope you catch whoever is doing this," Cupid nodded before winking at Naruto, "By the way, you and my brother! Very nice match! You're both very lucky."

Castiel coughed while Naruto smiled gently, "Yeah, thanks. I feel rather lucky."

"Cheesy!" Dean snorted rolling his eyes. The blond demon glared and flipped him off while Sam exhaled loudly, Cupid disappearing as if he was never there. Running a hand through his hair Sam shook his head, "Looks like we're back to square one."

"Looks like it," Naruto yawned moving closer to Castiel seeking his warmth and attention. The angel didn't seem to mind allowing his mate to wrap his tail around his waist.

"So what do we do now?" Dean questioned eyeing the couple strangely.

"Keep looking," Naruto replied.

x-x-x-x-x

Glancing up from Sam's laptop, Naruto blinked when said hunter stormed into the motel room appearing agitated as he carried a brief case in his hand. It was strange since Sam had said he was heading over to medical clinic after getting a call from the coroner there about another bizarre death. Raising an eyebrow he questioned, "Are you alright?"

"Yeah… yeah I'm fine," Sam muttered taking a few deep breaths.

"Right… well then what's with the brief case?" Naruto inquired sensing something coming from it, although he couldn't pinpoint what exactly. But it was a high concentration of pure energy which made him all the more wary and suspicious of what exactly was inside the container. Setting the case down, Sam replied, "Let's wait till Dean gets back."

Naruto shrugged and went back to work on the laptop while Sam changed out of his suit. Dean stepped through the door five minutes later raising an eyebrow at the brief case before glancing at Naruto. The blond held up his hands, "Sam brought it. He's in the bathroom."

"Oi Sammy, you done primping?" Dean called knocking on the door while Naruto shut down the laptop figuring he was done with his work at the moment. He watched as the Winchesters bantered playfully for a few moments before coughing to draw their attention. He nodded to the brief case reminding them of why they were there.

"Oh yeah right," Sam smiled sheepishly. Snorting Dean walked over glancing at the case as he questioned, "So what the hell does a brief case have to do with us?"

"You've got me," Sam sighed, "Saw a demon carrying it around, the same demon I saw before at the clinic when we were there for the half eaten lovers. I fought with him but he got away, left this behind."

"Must be important cause it sure feels like it," Naruto grumbled drawing attention to him. Sensing their curiosity he elaborated, "I can feel energy in there, a concentrated source of pure energy. It's actually setting me on edge a little."

"Is it dangerous?" Dean asked tense.

"No, it's pure. But I've just never sensed such a great amount concentrated like that before so I don't know what to make of it."

"Well only one way to find out," Sam stated. Naruto watched as the brothers carefully reached for the case and unlocked it, the lid flying open emitting a bright light. They hissed and looked away the light quickly fading along with the pure energy. Blinking the spots out of his eyes, Naruto glanced around wondering where the strobe of light went and why it was in the brief case to begin with.

"What the hell was that?" Dean hissed.

"It was a human soul."

Naruto perked and quickly bounced over to his mate who appeared holding a bag of white castle burgers. Raising an eyebrow, the blond shrugged it off and latched onto Castiel nuzzling his shoulder happily ignoring the incredulous looks he was getting from the Winchesters. Castiel continued unbothered by how clingy his soul mate was being, "It's starting to make sense."

"Now what about that makes sense?" Sam inquired. Dean followed up, "And when did you start eating?"

"Exactly my hunger is a clue."

"For what?"

"This town isn't suffering from some love gone wrong effect. It's suffering from hunger, starvation, more specifically famine," Castiel explained. Naruto blinked before growling as he clung tighter to Castiel, not liking the idea of one of the horsemen so close by, especially with his mate around. Both Dean and Sam were shocked by this news, the eldest muttering and turning away clearly not pleased by their new revelation.

"Famine as in the horseman? I thought famine meant hunger as in you know… food," Sam asked indicating to Castiel's burgers. Castiel nodded, "Yes absolutely, but not just food. Everyone seems to be starving for something; sex, attention, drugs, love."

"Well that explains the puppy lovers that Cupid shot up," Dean commented.

"Right, the cherub made them crave love then famine came and made them ravenous for it," Castiel took another bite of his hamburger while Naruto frowned eyeing the bag in distaste. He suddenly had the urge to throw the bag out the window since it was keeping Castiel's attention away from him. The blond blinked as he realized what was happened and groaned mentally, "Crap!"

"Okay well what about you? Since when do angels secretly crave for White Castle?" Dean asked, "Not to mention that Naruto's imitation of a leech is starting to get on my nerves."

Naruto flipped him off while Castiel sighed, "It's my vessel Jimmy. His appetite for red meat has been touched by Famine's effect. As for Naruto…"

Naruto tensed clinging tighter to the angel when the Winchesters glanced at him. Castiel glanced down at his mate his features softening slightly understanding why the blond was sticking close to him. He knew of Naruto's past, knew how little kindness he had received as a child so he wasn't surprised that Famine's touch was bringing forth Naruto's need for attention and acknowledgement. But he wasn't going to reveal that to the brothers, it wasn't his story to tell. Perhaps sensing that it was a sensitive subject, Sam diverted the attention from the blond demon questioning, "Alright so what do we do? How do we find Famine?"

"Lucifer's sent his demons to care for Famine. They're gathering souls to feed Famine, making sure that he's ready," Castiel explained. Dean shook his head, "Ready for what exactly?"

"To march the lands."

"Oh great, that's just great," Dean muttered. Sam began to pace in distress which didn't escape any of their notice, "So what this town is just going to eat, drink and screw itself to death?"

"That's what it's looking like," Naruto sighed snatching Castiel's empty bag away and tossing it aside immediately curling into his chest. Sam tried not to stare while Dean couldn't stop so he tried to distract himself, "So how exactly do we stop Famine?"

"How did you stop the last horseman?" Castiel questioned.

"We took his ring. After we cut it off, he scampered away and everyone who was involved in the chaos woke up like it was a bad dream," Dean replied while Sam stepped into the bathroom. Naruto's gaze followed him sensing something was wrong, but he didn't want to leave Castiel. He nudged the angel to pet him, his ears pressing back as he pouted speaking up, "I'm gonna guess that all the horsemen have rings which give them their power. And when you take them, they're powerless which means we can stop them."

"Yes," Castiel confirmed fidgeting a bit glancing at the discarded White Castle bag. Naruto growled giving him a look. Becoming irritated Dean snapped, "Focus people!"

Castiel blinked as he glanced at his charge while Naruto just glared. Rolling his eyes Dean sighed rubbing his forehead feeling a headache coming on. In an exasperated tone, he ordered, "Sam, lets go. We need to get Famine's ring before this gets any worse."

"Dean um… I uh… I can't. I can't go," Sam huffed walking out of the bathroom looking pale and disoriented, his breathing harder than usual. They stood at attention noticing that whatever was wrong with Sam was getting worse which made them worry. Frowning Dean asked, "What do you mean?"

"I think it got to me Dean. I'm hungry for it," Sam explained finding his eyes straying to Naruto as the blond demon tensed. Glancing between them Dean felt dread curl in him, "No… don't tell me. Demon blood?" When Sam nodded Dean cursed, "You gotta be kidding me!"

Turning to Castiel he hissed, "You gotta get him out of here before he decides to start chomping on Naruto!"

Castiel held his mate closer eyes narrowing a bit, "It won't work, the hunger has already infected him. It's just going to travel with him."

"Then what the hell are we suppose to do?" Dean growled his anger rising.

"You go cut that bastard's ringer off," Sam interrupted appearing strained as he tried not to look at Naruto, "But Dean, you better lock me down first and take Naruto with you. I don't want to chance anything."

Frowning deeply, Dean slowly nodded obviously stressed over the situation and worried for his brother. But this was the best they could do for now. So with no choice they locked Sam up in the bathroom handcuffing him to the sink and placing the wardrobe in front of the door. Then they set out to locate Famine which was easy apparently. The coroner who had been helping their case had drunk himself to death which left Naruto and Dean to stake out the medical clinic in order to follow the man's soul once it was collected by a demon.

Fidgeting in his seat, Naruto frowned, "My skin is crawling. I can feel the famine all around us and it's freaking me out."

"Yeah well I'm sure you're not the only one who feels that way," Dean sighed. Naruto watched the eldest Winchester closely, commenting in a low voice, "You know… it seems like you're the only one who's not going crazy Dean. I mean Sam's got his blood kick, I'm acting more needy than a desperate housewife and Cas is devouring burgers like there's no tomorrow. So why are you the only one who's being level headed, which is actually scary in itself when you think about it."

"Hell if I know," Dean gruffed, "And even if I did why is it any of your business? Better than you latching onto Cas every few seconds and humping his leg like a dog. What? You didn't get laid enough when you were growing up or something?"

Naruto frowned deeply his lips thinning as he gazed down at his lap. After a moment of silence, he mumbled, "My childhood… it sucked. I didn't have parents so I was an orphan growing up and well… I wasn't well liked. People hated me because the demon that attacked their village the day I was born was sealed inside of me. I became a human sacrifice, a vessel to contain the demon and protect the village. So people hated me cause they thought that made me evil and I think seeking attention from Castiel is just my hunger to be acknowledged. To be seen in a positive way, not negative."

"Wait, you were human once?" Dean gaped obviously shocked by the story. Naruto nodded, "Yeah, I was born human. But when I was eighteen war consumed my homeland and my village was destroyed. I was the only one who survived because the demon inside of me fused with my soul and turned me into a demon… that was the day I met Castiel. It sounds cheesy, but he saved me."

Dean shifted in discomfort opening his mouth to say something but there was a flap of wings. Glancing back the elder Winchester groaned when he saw Castiel holding yet another bag of burgers already working on unwrapping one. Naruto moved swiftly climbing over the seats despite Dean's loud protesting and crawled into Castiel's lap shoving the burgers away.

"I swear to god if you two start doing the nasty back there I'm going to shoot you both!" Dean exclaimed. Naruto didn't answer as he nuzzled along Castiel's neck, placing light kisses on the skin while the angel tried to reach for the discarded burgers focused on his task. Cursing his luck, Dean turned to glance back at the medical clinic, sitting up at attention when a man suddenly walked out of the building suit case in hand.

After climbing in his vehicle, the demon drove off with Dean following at an appropriate distance. It wasn't long before their destination was within reach, a small diner of some kind. Placing the Impala in park Dean hesitated before looking back feeling relieved that no one was naked although he could tell that Naruto was working on marking Castiel's neck with hickies.

"Alright you two focus," he growled catching their attention, "Lets go over the plan again."

"I take the knife, I go in and I cut the ring off of Famine. Then I meet you back here," Castiel replied moving Naruto off his lap despite the blonde's protesting. Dean sighed shaking his head, "Oh yeah that sounds fool proof."

Naruto let out a soft keening noise when Castiel disappeared, appearing dejected and put out, his ears drooping under their illusion. Wondering if he would get out of the situation with his sanity in tact, Dean turned back to the diner waiting in tense anticipation. Several moments passed before he said, "This is taking too long. Come on Naruto."

Pouting but obeying, Naruto climbed out of the Impala with Dean and they quietly made their way toward the dinner, weapons drawn and ready. Finding the back entrance they slipped in finding themselves in the kitchen. Dean paled while Naruto wrinkled his nose when they discovered one of the cooks dead in a deep fryer. The blond grumbled, "I'm never eating fried foods again."

"Same here," Dean muttered back glancing around warily. Poking his head through the order window, Dean gritted his teeth when he saw Castiel crouched over a container of raw ground beef stuffing his face as if he didn't have a care in the world. Glancing back at Naruto who was nudging another dead employee with his foot, he decided not to call for the angel. He didn't need the blond distracted as well.

From the corner of his eye he noted movement and whirling around Dean brought up the butt of his gun to slam into one of the demons while another tried to get him from behind. But Naruto quickly drove a kunai into its throat before snapping its neck. But more came and surrounded them, swiftly grabbing them and dragging them out to the dining area.

Seeing Castiel Naruto immediately began to whine and struggled to get to the angel. When they refused to release him the blond hissed and lashed out opening his mouth wide as he dug his canines into one of the demon's shoulders. When it cried out in pain he slammed his elbow into the other sending him flying across the room.

"Shit!" Dean cursed. Uncaring of the blood on his lips and tongue Naruto quickly moved to crouch next to Castiel trying to drag him away from his food. He whined and shook, begging for the angel to see him, his voice choking up with tears.

"What the hell did you do to them?" Dean asked glancing at the pitiful sight. Famine chuckled in a raspy voice, "I merely gave them what they wanted, what they craved."

"So that's it huh? The whole big plan, make everyone go coco for Coco Puffs?" Dean snipped.

"Doesn't take much, hardly a push," Famine replied, "You're all starving because hunger doesn't just come from the body, it comes from the soul."

"Yeah well, not mine," Dean bragged putting on a cocky face while glancing once more at his friends. Castiel was still eating while Naruto was beginning to shake the angel, his moods swinging from sadness to anger. It was apparent that the blond fox wasn't enjoying that his mate was favoring food over him. Famine spoke up, "Yes I noticed that. Have you wondered why that is? How could you even walk in my presence?"

"Well," Dean smirked, "I like to think it's because of my strength of character."

"I disagree," Famine sighed as he wheeled himself closer to Dean. Reaching out with a frail, wrinkled hand he placed it on the hunter's chest which seemed to cause Dean pain as he grunted and gritted his teeth. Famine mumbled to himself, "Yes, I see. My, that's one deep dark nothing you've got there Dean. You can't feel it can you? Not with food, not with drink, not even with sex."

"You're full of crap," Dean growled.

"Oh you can smirk and joke and lie to your brother and yourself, but not to me! I can see inside you Dean! I can see how broken you are, how defeated. You can't win and you know it, but you just keep fighting, just… keep going through the motions. You're not hungry Dean because inside you're already dead."

Naruto's ears perked and through his haze of need, he took in the words that Famine spoke of about Dean. And a sense of understanding formed in his mind, an understanding of a time when he had felt the same long ago. Where at one point life had been a blur of motions, of duties and fake smiles as he tried to fight and train and hope to gain back what he lost with Sasuke's defection. Turning to glance over his shoulder, he whispered, "Dean."

"Let him go," a voice called out. Focusing their attention behind Famine, Dean and Naruto were surprised to find Sam standing there his mouth and shirt covered in blood, demon blood. Dean shook his head in shock, "Sammy no."

Some of Famine's lackies moved toward Sam when said horseman called out for them to stop; that none were allowed to lay a finger on Sam. Famine smiled, "Sam I see you got the snack I sent you."

"You sent them?" Sam questioned.

"Don't worry, you're not like everyone else. You'll never die from drinking too much, you're the exception to the rule. The way Satan wanted you to be," Famine explained appearing proud, "So cut their throats. Have at them! Please, be my guest!"

Naruto winced as he stood torn between his hunger for Castiel and his need to help Sam, to prevent him from becoming addicted to demon blood again. Dean called out to his brother telling him to resist. Sam huffed deeply before holding out his hand forcing the demons from their vessels. Dean and Naruto watched unable to look away, the blond reaching down to pluck up the knife and hand it to the eldest Winchester.

"Well fine," Famine chuckled, "If you don't want them then I'll have them."

The three hunters gaped in shock when Famine summoned the clouds of demons into his mouth devouring them greedily. Naruto wrinkled his nose, "Ew, that's nasty. It's a wonder you're not a fat ass."

He was ignored as Sam walked closer to Famine and held out his hand tapping into his power. This seemed to amuse Famine as he grinned, "I'm a horseman Sam. You're power doesn't work on me."

"You're right, but it will work on them," Sam replied as he clenched his fist manipulating the demons inside Famine. Yet Sam's power was waning, it was obvious to them and Famine was powerful in his own right. So Naruto stepped up to the plate as he coated his hand in red chakra reaching around to stab his limb into Famine's chest. Both Sam and Naruto worked together to pulled the demons from Famine leaving him weak and vulnerable. Almost immediately the hunger dissipated as Sam gasped for air and Naruto stumbled back his limbs shaking a bit from the strain of fighting with himself. He felt a familiar presence move behind him and smiled weakly at Castiel before he blacked out.

x-x-x-x-x

Naruto sat quietly in his room at Bobby's place, staring at the wall in thought. He cursed his enhanced hearing, able to detect every word and pained cry Sam emitted from the panic room stories below. He felt pity for him and for Dean too. Fate was certainly not kind to them considering all that they had gone through and all they would be forced to go through till Lucifer was put away.

Ears drooping at the cries of his friend, Naruto flopped onto his bed and rested on his side despising the helplessness he felt. The soft flutter of wings alerted him of Castiel's arrival and he felt the bed dip. Rolling over, blue eyes met and clashed before the angel situated himself to rest next to his mate. Naruto immediately shimmied closer and curled himself against Castiel trying to muffle out the sounds of Sam's screaming.

"I wish I could help," he whispered.

"I know."

"It's not fair to them."

"It's not."

"This has to stop… we have to stop Lucifer before these two break beyond repair."

"I know. I will find my Father and he will help us. I have faith in him."

"…Don't leave me alone."

"Never Naruto… I'll never leave you alone."

"Thank you."

And that's it. Next chapter will be featuring the end of episode 16, Dark Side of the Moon. Feedback is appreciated so please send me a review. Thanks!

~Seth