Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, 'With Me' by Sum41 or 'Parade' by Ron Carter. They've been altered as usual!

A/N: I've been getting songs that I think will be good for the story and wrote them out separately to integrate into the story. They won't be in this chapter but I did put in this one song with…well, you'll see. But I promise you, it is the most beautiful thing I think I've ever written! I'll try to put it in ASAP! Also, the Japanese song, Parade, will be translated in another translation chapter coming up next! I am going to redo all the chapters because my friend Jordyn says that I should get a beta reader, but I'm too stubborn. So I'm going to read over, have my friend Sammie read over it, (we're both sticklers for spelling so yeah) and then publish it after this chapter. So the chapters will probably take longer. Me sorry!!

c h a p t e r . e i g h t

Hinata's POV

I knew that tonight Sasuke was leaving. I should have been there for Sakura-chan and my guilt was weighing me down. However, I missed Naruto a lot and he was to return tonight. I looked at the clock seeing it was about 15 minutes until midnight and flinched. She was probably alone now, and crying. I sighed as my guilt got the better of me. I wrote Naruto-kun a note, made a shadow clone and gave it to her.

I sprinted to Sakura's house as fast as I could. When I was about another five minutes from her house, I was suddenly tackled. I kicked the person off and got into the gentle fist stance. The person charged at me and I dodged them and hit a chakra point that I knew off hand. They coughed up a bit of blood, as I expected. Someone trying to mug a ninja was very uncommon, but not unheard of. I narrowed my eyes at the figure, which had proved a nuisance to my mission. I looked up at the sky to see the clouds almost out of the way of the moon. I watched the person as they got up to face me.

Temari's POV

Shikamaru and I had finally gone home after dinner at his parents' house. His mother was really nice and his father said 'Troublesome' almost as much as the cloud gazer himself. I knew where he had gotten it from now.

Shikamaru was asleep but I was polishing my fan because Shikamaru and I were supposed to train a little before he had to go to team training. After he finished training with his team, we were supposed to do more planning for the wedding.

I sighed in annoyance. Although this would be my wedding, the best day of my life to be, it was annoying and repetitive. What color should the napkins be? How should the centerpiece be arranged? Ugh, I could now tell the difference between peach and off peach, which disturbed me deeply. I looked at my iron fan, satisfied and went off to sleep with my fiancé.

"Shikamaru," I whispered once I had lain down next to him, "This wedding planning is troublesome. I hate it with a passion. I wish we didn't have to do it at all."

Shikamaru's POV

I had lain down in bed and watched her polish her fan silently. When she was finally done, she climbed into bed next to me.

She whispered, "Shikamaru, this wedding planning is troublesome. I hate it with a passion. I wish we didn't have to do it at all."

I felt my heart break into countless pieces as tears slipped down my face silently. I knew it was a pain, but she made it less annoying in a way. I thought she would be happy we were getting married. I know she liked everything perfect and her way and this was our chance to do it.

She sighed, "But I love you so much…I'd do anything for you. This wedding planning, I will bear it so we can be together. As one. Forever."

I felt my heart swell and re-piece itself together. My tears of sadness turned into tears of joy. She hugged me and snuggled into my back.

Sakura's POV

I had slept through a nightmare-filled sleep on the coach. It was the closest place I could lay after my breakdown.

I didn't want to let him go, though I knew I had to. I missed him the moment he left. I finally trudged upstairs to prepare for team training. On my bed, I spotted a tape and note. I read the note first.

"Dear my Sakura-tenshi,

I miss you already, though I haven't left as of when I wrote this note. Being with you has made me happier than I've ever been. You've convinced me I'm still a human, with feelings. This visit has hurt me probably almost more than it has helped though. Now I'll miss you more, want to come back often, and other little things that mean a lot to me. But I'll be strong for you, finish my first goal quickly and come to you. We can fulfill my second goal together. There is no need to come after me because I will come back, don't worry. I won't be able to write as often because I'm going to be searching for HIM soon. This will probably be the last of my songs for a longer time because music equipment isn't light packing. But I'll stop at villages and try to send a few. Keep the necklace on to remember me. The blanket you gave me will always be with me. If you want to write or send me something, leave it where you usually do every night until I get it. Remember me and don't forget I love you.

Always Thinking of You,

Sasuke"

I smiled through my tears of happiness. He was really sweet and deep. I carefully re-folded the note and picked up the tape. One side said, "With Me. Written by: Haruno Sakura. Sung by: Uchiha Sasuke". He had used a song from my black book of lyrics. The other side said, "Parade. Written & Sung by: Uchiha Sasuke". I popped the tape in to listen to "With Me". I pulled out my lyrics book and turned up the cassette player. I sat against the back of the headboard of my bed as I listened to him and his guitar.

"I don't want this moment
To ever end
Where everything's nothing without you

I wait here forever just to
To see you smile
Cuz it's true
I am nothing without you

Through it all I made my mistakes
I stumble and fall
But I mean these words

Chorus:

I want you to know
With everything I won't let this go
These words are my heart and soul
I'll hold onto these moments you know
Cuz I'd bleed my heart out to show
And I won't let go

Thoughts read are spoken
Forever in doubt
The pieces of memories
Fall to the ground

I know what I didn't have so
I won't let this go
Cuz it's true
I am nothing without you

All the streets
Where I walked alone
With no where to go
Have come to an end

Chorus

In front of your eyes
It fall from those skies
When you don't know what you're looking to find
In front of your eyes
It falls from those skies
When you just never know what you will find
What you will find (x4)

I don't want this moment to ever end
Where everything's nothing without you

Chorus x2"

I smiled. He had sung it just right. I loved the sound of his voice. I got up, turned the tape over, and pressed play as I concentrated on understanding every word. His voice was beautiful and I could just imagine how perfectly the words spilled from his lips.

"Kaze ga fuite aa itai kienai omoi
Nani wo motte ikouka atsumete hitotsu

Nido to nai, nido to nai
Shitteru nante baka mitai

Mujaki ni natte aa imeji

Kitto sorewa owaranai (2x)

Raino mune kogase sen no yume watare
Juo mujin kakete te ni tsukamu sekai
Kumo ga chigirete hi ga mata houchi de
Hitori no paredo ga ugokidasu

Bouken
Kichijutsu
Shinpaku
Joushou
Meian
Souguu
Seimei
Souai"

This song was so focused on his past how important my role was in healing him in the future. My heart leaped with joy and I clasped the wooden rose close to my heart.

I leafed through a couple of pages in my songbook and saw unfamiliar writing on the last page. It looked closer and recognized it as Sasuke-kun's writing at the top say, 'Parade'. I put my necklace on as well and admired it. Then I fell back onto my bed and lay on my side, feeling a faint warmth still radiate off of his side. I drifted off into a peaceful sleep.

Kiba's POV

I woke up as the sun shone in my eyes mercilessly. I growled lowly at it as I felt its warmth on my stomach and arms intensely. I dumbly realized that there was a blonde in my arms, and that she was the source of warmth that I felt. I looked around to find myself in a foreign house.

Where was I? I found myself in a bed. I was in my boxers only and the blonde, whose face was currently buried in my chest, only had on boy shorts and a sports bra. Omg, what did I do? Holy sugar kibble (A/N: lmao, sugar kibble. That's stupid I know), did I get drunk and go home with a girl again? What have I done? Did we actually do it this time?

I slowly lifted the girls chin up and was surprised to see Yamanaka Ino's half-lidded eyes. Then everything hit me like a ton of bricks. The past few days, the mission, me coming over, everything came back to me. I remembered why I was on the bed with her and an explanation for my lack of clothes.

LIME ALERT!! Mild lime here. Just skip down to the next marker if you're squeamish.

We were asleep on the couch for a while until she shifted too much and fell off me and onto the floor. I woke with a start at her loud thud. She rubbed her butt and mumbled incoherently.

I helped her to her feet briefly only to pick her up and hold her bridal style. She giggled a little and kissed me. The kiss lasted all the way up her stairs and into her bedroom. I gently set her down on the bed, still kissing her passionately. Suddenly, she flipped me over and she was soon hovering over me. She threw my shirt off with the flick of a wrist and her hands explored my training-carved body. Before I knew what had happened, I felt her pull my mesh off. She started to kiss and suck my neck mercilessly, making me growl from the back of my throat gruffly. She was driving me insane. I finally couldn't take much more before I really snapped so I flipped her over onto her back. I hovered over her with a smirk.

"Now you get to see how it's done in the most animalistic way possible," I said, teasingly.

She giggled, and then smiled seductively.

"Bring it on," she purred.

I pulled off her shirt quickly as I shivered in delight at her words. She was left in a sports bra, and a mini skirt with boy shorts underneath. I crashed my lips into hers, trying to let her know how hard it was to wait, but I was going to. For her. Only for her. But she was determined to test me. She took a kunai off her nightstand and cut the bindings on my legs, throwing my kunai pouch across the room. Then she started to unbutton my pants as my hormones were beginning to get a good hold of me. A grunt escaped the back of my throat at her daring and charismatic action. "But two could play at that game," I thought as I switched positions with her. I kicked off my pants as I kissed my way down her stomach to her skirt. I pulled off the skirt and she squeaked a little.

I whispered in her ear, "You shouldn't push me towards the edge. Because brinkmanship is not really my style. I like taking action."

I squeezed her thigh slightly and heard a needy moan.

"So let's take action…let's just sleep," I suggested, laying my head down on one of her soft pillows.

She smiled faintly and said, "Great minds think alike."

After that we both let sleep overcome us.

END LIME!!

I smiled down at her cute, but pale face. Her face lit up quickly and her eyes finally fluttered all the way open.

"Hey Kiba-kun", she whispered to me as she kissed me chastely on the lips.

"Good morning, my Ino-chan."

She blushed at the suffix and snuggled further into my chest.

"Hey Kiba-kun, what time is it?" Ino asked me slowly, yet slightly alarmed. I looked over at the chibi dog digital clock and freaked out.

"Snipes! It's almost 7:30! I'm gonna be extremely late to team practice!"

I flew out of bed, accidently flipping her off me and onto the carpeted floor. I scrambled to find my clothes and she got up and rummaged through her drawers to find some new clothes. I snickered as she looked as if she had just rolled out of bed. Hair standing on end, small bags under her eyes, her face somewhat blanched from worry. Yet she still looked amazing to me.

She gave me a death glare and shouted, "What are you laughing at?!"

I stopped my frantic looking and grabbed her by the waist as she hastily tried to brush her hair.

I kissed her on her cheek and whispered in her ear, "You still look beautiful to me, no matter what you're in."

She smiled then wriggled out of my grip to continue to brush her hair.

"But I'm not going to be around just you. I have an appearance to keep up," she said trying to sound professional.

I shook my head and continued to throw my clothes on. We scrambled out the door and when we came to her teams' training grounds. I sloppily kissed her on the cheek and ran of towards where my team would be, not far away.

Akamaru came up behind me suddenly, knocked me up into the air, and I skillfully landed on his back. I smiled down at him sheepishly as he narrowed his eyes. Kurenai-sensei, with her now bigger stomach, was leaning up against a tree. Shino put an albino butterfly on Hinata's nose, which made her smile. She looked over at me smugly as Akamaru slowed down.

"Kiba, you're late! And Akamaru came all the way to my house late at night. Where were you?" Kurenai demanded.

Hinata smirked at me like a sly fox, just like Naruto did. Another trait she had picked up from Naruto that just killed me.

"Ano, I was at my um…you see Kurenai-sensei, I have um…," I stumbled over my words as my sensei, Shino and Akamaru looked at me expectantly.

Just as I was about to spill, Ino ran up to me with her kunai pouch in hand. It looked a lot like mine, with the dog bite marks and multiple stitchings.

"We picked up each others kunai pouches off the floor. I noticed the bacon bits on the sides and the stitches and other stuff. I'll be buying you a new one later today. You need it!"

At this Kurenai put her hands on her hips and cocked her head to the side. Hinata smiled and Shino merely stood there, but he probably had wide eyes and a dropped jaw under those glasses and high collar.

"U-um, thanks Ino," I said, finding my voice.

"Not a problem. See you at lunch, right?" she insisted.

"Uh…yeah, ok."

"Alright, bye guys!" she said, kissing me on the cheek and waving.

"Bye," we answered simultaneously as she poofed away.

Akamaru shook me off his back and started barking at me furiously.

He was saying something along the lines of, "What's up with that? Why did I never know? How could you keep this from me? How DID you keep this from me? That's where you were last night?! Man I almost went hungry, if not for your sister. And I was lonely!"

I backed away from him as he prepared to pounce on me. Kurenai scratched behind his left ear, his weak spot, and he calmed down. She looked down at me on the ground questioningly.

"Yes, Ino and I are dating. Sorry I didn't come get you or tell you Akamaru. Shino. Kurenai-sensei. We just started going out yesterday."

The three of them looked at Hinata, whom was wildly smirking.

"Oh, I knew already. I walked in on them," Hinata confessed, her cheeks tinting just a bit of pink.

Kurenai sighed and let a smile slowly spread across her face.

"Let's start training then. Shino and Lover boy can go first. I'll be assessing you as you spar out loud when we get there," she instructed.

I let out a relieved sigh and ran off after my team.

Shikamaru's POV

It was weird that Ino had come late today. She's usually ALWAYS on time and berates me for coming a second late. Then I looked down at her kunai pouch. It was stitched up and had multiple bite marks on it.

"Hey Ino, what's with your kunai pouch? I just got you one for your birthday last month," I asked.

She looked down at it with a 'wtf are you talking about' look.

She screamed, "EHHHHH?! Oh, this is Kiba-kun's. We must have just picked up each other's off the floor. Don't start without me!"

I scratched my head and quickly put together the pieces. Ino and Kiba? That was…a compatible match to say the least if you thought about it. They're both loud, whiny, cocky, and flirty. I was happy she'd found someone because I had yet to tell her about Temari's sudden engagement to me.

Chouji knew because he had come over yesterday after he was recovered enough to come over after his tiring mission. Chouji was walking up to me, eating some barbeque chips.

"Sorry I'm late Shikamaru. You forgot your lunch again and your mom called me into the house on the way here. She had rolls on the table!" he exclaimed.

I chuckled and accepted the bento.

"It's alright Chouji," I said, waving it off.

He stopped munching on his chips for a second.

He asked me in a serious tone, "Did you tell Ino yet?"

"No. But I just found out that she's dating Kiba," I confessed.

He just let out a hearty laugh, "I should have known. When we found them in that cave they were both acting strange."

I looked at him confused and was about to ask him why there alone anyways when a 'poof' cut me off. Ino sighed dreamily and plopped down in between Chouji and me.

"Guys, um, I'm going out with Kiba-kun. It's only been since yesterday though. That's why I was late today and had his kunai pouch," Ino confessed.

Chouji and I momentarily smirked at her, but the smirks faded as I cleared my throat.

"Ino, I am engaged to…Sabaku Temari," I finally spilled.

For a second, her face was totally blank and my fear of her hating me was looking to be a possibility. I was waiting for her to explode and braced myself. Then her face broke out into a smile and tears filled her eyes. She bear hugged me, nearly crushing me in her embrace.

SPOILER!! Starting now there is a spoiler! If you haven't read manga 328, then skip over this. The end is marked.

"You've done it," she whispered in my ear, "You're doing what sensei wanted. Well you're getting there anyways," she finished, her voice cracking slightly.

I smiled and hugged her back, tears slipping down my face as well.

Chouji yelled, "GROUP HUG!"

Ino and I screamed half playfully, half terrified as Chouji tackled us. We hugged each other as our tears fell.

"Let's go see our sensei. Then we can train a little," I tearfully suggested.

They nodded and we started to walk off to the shinobi memorial stone. I lit one of my own cigarettes and walked with them silently.

END SPOILER!!

Naruto's POV

I leaned against the bridge alone. Sakura-chan usually was always here before me, and Sai was approaching the bridge.

Sai finally arrived and leaned up against the other side and asked, "Hey Dickless, where's Ugly?"

I clenched my fist at his dumb, annoying nicknames.

"I don't know where Sakura-chan is," I said trying to keep my anger in check.

"So did you screw Butterfly yet? Ino told me you guys went to Cali Love the other day," Sai asked.

"N-no! I told you were we waiting until after we're married!" I stuttered as I slightly blushed.

He smiled his fake smile that pissed me off and innocently said, "Oops, I forgot. Well, it's not as if you have a dick to screw her with. So it's ok."

I clenched my fist tighter and grabbed him by the collar.

"Sakura-chan's not here to stop me. Oh, you'll forget all right," I seethed.

I swung my fist full force at his face, but a hand stopped me from a cloud of smoke.

"I see we're getting along nicely."

"Kakashi-sensei, you're late. And Sai's being an ass!" I exclaimed.

He scratched the back of his head and said, "I got lost on the road of life. But don't kill your teammate."

I grunted an "Hn" and let go of the pale little bastard. Suddenly, Sakura-chan appeared in a whirl of cherry blossoms. I ran towards her, grabbing her into a bear hug.

"Sakura-chan! Where were you?! Even Kakashi-sensei was here before you. And Sai called you Ugly again," I said, quickly filling her in.

She flashed me a smile and hugged me back.

"Hey Sai-kun, come over here," she said sweetly.

I smirked because I knew he was going to get it.

"I'd rather not Sakura-san," Sai said with his fake smile.

Kakashi-sensei moved out of Sakura's path and into a tree off to the side.

"Oh, ok then," she said.

She turned around to go ahead and walk to the training grounds as Sai let out a sigh.

As his eyes were closed and his head was down, she quickly ran at him and punched him upward screaming, "SHANNARO!"

I cracked up all the way there. Sai soon arrived at the training grounds, rubbing his black and blue chin.

"Sakura…" Kakashi chastised.

She, in turn, sighed, "Hai, Kakashi-sensei."

She healed his chin until it looked normal.

As soon as she was finished, I asked her, "Sakura-chan, you never did tell us why you were late!"

She smiled and replied, "Oh, I got caught up in reading a medical book last night and didn't set my alarm. I'm sorry."

I waved it off, "It's ok Sakura-chan. Just make sure you get some sleep. Alright, let's start!"