Reviewers;

JayK24: Thanks man, I appreciate it.

Mani Nova: I do as well, and it only gets worse...

Harukei: Some girls do say that. It makes men pause, but if a girl said that before I kissed her, I think I'd start cracking up at that thought, but I would still try to kiss her. I mean, what guy wouldn't kiss the girl who they like who, in the past, you have already kissed? Still, I suppose it was a good enough plot twist.

Duh Bomb: You should continue the two sided poems for a bit, when they are both in the chapters like that. I thought it was rather better than what you've done previously. As for what you think you saw, it'll get worse, but not for the current area of the story.

Czar Joseph: Well, she hasn't exiled him...yet. And I'm confused a bit on your mention of Ino doing something? Whit is it? Anyways, thanks for reviewing.

AN: Hey you guys and girls, just making it short, let's get started.

Fire & Ice

Arc 1: Conceal It

Chapter 6: Love must Die

(Last time of F&I)

"I-…" Naruto moved closer and Sakura pushed him away with her hands, but even they were betraying her! They barely did anything! "I'LL EXILE YOU!" Sakura yelled and that made Naruto pause for a second, as he stared into Sakura's scared eyes, and he breathed out evenly.

"A kiss between us is worth that." Naruto spoke and moved in quickly.

"No Naruto, you don't understand! I- (MOAANNNNN)"

Sakura moaned like she never had before. Her arms gripping his forearms, as a hand of his untied the back of her vest, her legs pushing up and humping his pelvis as he kissed her more and more. But Sakura kept her eyes opened as the magic surged out of her, and finally, her body obeyed, and this time, she pushed Naruto away before the magic could reach him.

Naruto fell back, stumbling halfway down the steps. He looked at her scared face, and for just a split second, he thought that this wasn't the game of cat and mouse that they had played in romance for their whole life. Sakura was scared.

And then… Sakura screamed.

(And Now)

Sakura's scream was as distinct as a piece of chalk on a board. Her scream was piercing and emitted complete terror from her lungs. Before tonight, Sakura could not fake a scream, for it was real in her voice, but as Sakura screamed for help, her magic was laced inside her throat, healing what the scream destroyed inside, and it sounded throughout the castle like a teenage girl screaming as men stabbed her repeatedly with dull serrated knives.

So as people, especially the guards heard this cry for help, they rushed immediately in the direction of the scream. The princess had screamed this loud on three previous occasions. The first was when she woke up and found her new servant smiling at her from across the room…in the middle of the night.

The second was when Naruto came back from his training trip with his family and Sakura hugged him and almost choked him to death, but screamed when he passed out and she thought he was dead. And the last time this happened was two seasons ago when an intruder tried to kill her in the bath and Naruto killed him with a knife.

So for the guards, they knew that the princess Sakura was in a terrified state, probably on the verge of tears, and that her servant Naruto was probably there already comforting her. So, as forty knights raced from the three entrances, two on the first floor, and one on the balcony, they were utterly shocked as they saw Sakura with her favorite knife pulled from her boot, blood dripping down the palm of her hand, the bladed weapon facing Naruto and keeping him at bay.

"Sakura, calm down." Naruto urged, but Sakura's eyes were wide with fear and she swung her knife across to keep Naruto away. Her magic had formed into a cloud of nice deadly looking spikes of ice and fire, ready to impale him as soon as the magic touched him. Sakura felt that magic now, unrestrained by the gloves, waiting for Naruto to touch her one last time.

"Lady Sakura, what is…the matter?" One of the lieutenants of the guard asked as he stepped at her side, trying to get the knife out of her hand as she shook her head furiously.

"A-Arrest him!"

The guards of the palace widened their eyes. They all knew Naruto, he wouldn't do anything that wouldn't please Sakura. If their princess was sadistic, he would be the first one to jump of the cliff.

"W-what is his crime?"

"...He kissed me." Sakura whispered as the magic in her throat projected it around the room. Sakura held in her magic after that, but it had been said. Now, in ages in the future, one might laugh at the insinuation of a girl wanting a boy arrested for kissing her and stealing one's first kiss. Even in the current time, commoners and merchants would laugh at one another. But this was not a laughing matter.

Sakura said that her servant kissed her and that she did not approve it. Her word was law; her kisses were tournament prizes and given to those who she deemed worthy. So if Naruto was not deemed worthy and he still kissed her, then he was guilty.

"Naruto, come with us." A fellow knight called out, and took out a pair of metal shackles, light and completely secure. Naruto sighed, tears in his eyes and held up his hands in surrender. Sakura sniffled as the sound of locks snapped shut and came in place and Naruto looked to her.

"You kissed me back, Sakura."

"I know…" Sakura spoke and the soldiers sighed at their princess's obvious sadness in her eyes as tears fell freely. "But I told you not to kiss me, and you did."

Naruto turned his head down and was led out of the ballroom.

"I'm sorry." Sakura sniffled as the other guards looked to care to her needs on the Queen's chair of power. And with that, Sakura sat down, covered her face in her hands, and wept.

An hour later, Naruto had finally reached the lowest levels of the castle where the dungeon cells were located. Naruto shivered tremendously. There were a total of six doors that led here and all were under a timing sand hourglass that each took five minutes to open, only wide enough for them to get through.

If a dungeon riot began though, message traveled fast upwards by tube and coughing gas would come billowing out into the lowest cells and send those in the dungeon into a three hour nap, with plenty of time to lock the prisoners away once again. Naruto knew all of this because Sakura had to know this and Naruto had taught her dumb childish mind everything she knew. Sakura, as a child, was dumb and oblivious, but when she learned something, she remembered it. That was why she was so…perfect.

A cell opened and Naruto was pushed rather roughly inside a cell of dirt and straw. He sat down in a corner as he just sat and thought about this predicament. The prison guards down here simply thought that he attacked the princess, but she would set things straight. Sakura couldn't lie in front of people. She loved him, and he'd be out of here within the end of the day!

So, with that in mind, Naruto closed his eyes completely and let sleep overtake him, for if he slept long enough, maybe he'd think his time in this cell was a dream, but one that wouldn't become reality like that kiss.

Naruto grinned as he heard his teeth chattering inside his skull. "Definitely worth it."

The full moon slipped past the horizon of the morning, letting its reign on the world lessen as it shrunk down, lower and lower, until it had the power to once again appear in the sky above the city of Port Haruno. Meanwhile, the cold sun became warmer and warmer as the days passed and moved further and further into the approaching spring season.

After two days, in the courtyard garden, directly under the windows of the castle's throne room, Sakura's parents walked through the garden, trying to admire the hedges and flowers that bloomed in the winter time. And now, as spring was now upon them, other flowers bloomed and all looked like the garden would be beautiful, but the King and Queen could not be happy.

Two nights ago, their daughter had screamed while they were out at the docks escorting some ambassadors to their ships. They arrived back at the castle to see stunned servants gossiping about how Naruto had apparently kissed the princess and that now he was arrested, and placed inside the dungeon underneath the castle.

The King and Queen were to be shocked themselves as they knew that their daughter liked the servant, who was really the head of a secret sect. They would have been happy if they got together, even if Naruto's lineage could not be mentioned and therefore it would seem like a scandal, but unlike most other royals, the Haruno family had never had many scandals in their four hundred years of rule, since the city came into being.

They immediately called for their daughter, but the servant who they had sent to fetch her came back to report that Sakura wasn't feeling well and had a glazed appearance on her face and mind. Her parents quickly walked to their daughter's room, where they saw Sakura crying heavily and muttering about uncontrollable magic.

After a good sleep, and another day to let Sakura move through her thoughts, the King had decided that enough was enough and so here they were, among the hedges of the garden with their knights of the city surrounding them and every entrance into this secret garden, and waited for their daughter to arrive in the center.

After five minutes of sitting on the family bench that had been carved by Yuki's grandfather, their daughter, looking very much unsure of herself, stepped out of the side entrance to the center garden, and her parents stood up and embraced her as a family hug ensued.

Sakura wrapped her arms tighter and let a tear flow out and slide into her mother's royal gown, one that would not show how scared Sakura really felt at the moment. She needed to be strong for everyone, and couldn't show that inside she was as frail a piece of Higarashi glass weapons, made for decoration and nothing more.

"My daughter, can you explain to us what happened exactly?"

"You don't already know?"

"We have an image of the event, daughter, but there are all speculation and rumor, and we Harunos do not act without all the facts."

Sakura nodded ashamedly, having forgot one of her father's core values. Sakura let go and walked to the right, looking around at the garden and then above to the clear sky above before sighing deeply. "Naruto still has feelings for me."

"Shouldn't that be a good thing my dear? We have told you that we approve of such a thing."

"Yes, but…the magic already inside him and my powers do not mix, Mother."

"What does that mean?"

"W-When he…kissed me," Sakura sighed and her shoulders slumped, "it was heaven mom. Better than ever before. And I was ready for us to make love right there on your chair and-"

"Sakura, please continue." Her father blushed, not wanting to hear his daughter's almost defilement, even if it was out of love. Sakura and Yuki shared a look for a later date, and Sakura nodded.

"Okay father. Well, I was kissing him back, accepting that though he couldn't see my magic until I perfected it, maybe I could still have him at my side. But then he grunted in pain."

"What happened, dear?"

"Mom, I don't know how it happened, or how it happens. The magic inside me was moving of its own accord, Mother. IT did not move through my hands as it usually does. It was all together, the fire and ice magic, and coming out of my skin itself, all over me and it was surrounding Naruto, and then he began to…to…"

"To what, dear?"

"He was burning, Mom!" Sakura whispered and sniffled to face her parents, and they instantly wanted to make her tears go away, as all true parents did. "My magic was attacking him! And so I pushed him away."

"He stood up and the magic inside him was stopping his heart! If I hadn't stopped myself, Naruto would already be dead."

"But you did kiss him willingly."

"That time, yes."

"He kissed you again?"

"I-well…I lied to him about my feelings, and you know I can't lie, Mom! And then he trapped me, and I told him not to, but he did, and then I saw the magic turning into spikes. It was going to kill him that time!"

"I…I can't let him kiss me again, but I know that I can't stop myself. My body betrays me and my mind."

"What are you saying, dear?" Yuki asked, and Sakura steeled her resolve.

"I want to exile Naruto."

"…Are you sure about even uttering that? We have not exiled someone for such a reason in over a hundred years."

"Can't you just forbid Naruto from physically touching you, dear? Soon, you'll be able to control it as well."

"I couldn't control it at all. It was the ragged scary side of my magic. The part that I can't even stand to even touch! I just…please…support me on this. Naruto needs to leave."

"Sakura, you know that this cannot be taken so lightly. If Naruto will not go, then he will be executed…and if he dares to return-"

"I will do it." Sakura spoke and her parents shivered at the cold air that came from Sakura's words. Her mind was set on her decision, and they nodded. "Alright then, we'll have the hearing in two days. You have until then to get your own priorities in order, Sakura. These will be dark days for you, but when you become Queen, this will be just a faint memory."

Sakura nodded and moved off, leaving her parents to sit back down and pray for their daughter's clarity on the matter and that her heart was ready to hold such a heavy burden.

That afternoon, Sakura was walking away from the courtesan's guild, having been told that they wished to expand their trade to the southern part of the city. After such a long meeting, Sakura had agreed and had, to her sadness, had the courtesans wish to host a party in celebration for her approval. As the heir to the King and Queen, the southern district was under her governmental jurisdiction under the Queen's oversight, but it was a newer area and so needed less attention than those already grown areas of the city. Mostly, Sakura just approved of the new houses to be built and local eateries for the citizens.

It was as Sakura passed a blind corner when someone appeared and grabbed her shoulders roughly and pushed her against the wall, knocking the breath out of her as her spine hit the stone wall. Sakura luckily held in her powers inside her gloves, but glared into the angry eyes of the teenager before her. The blond haired, blue eyed teenager glared into Sakura's own emerald eyes, and Sakura knew that this would be an emotional roller coaster.

"What is wrong with you, Sakura?" Ino screamed. Sakura ignored her and pushed her feminine sister away and began to walk away when Ino grabbed her shoulder again. "I'm not letting you leave without answering my questions."

"What do you want, Ino?" Sakura glared back, though inside, she just wanted to run away to her room and cry. She needed this to work, because if not, her powers would kill Naruto and she'd kill herself by the time that day was done. That much she knew.

"I want to know why you plan to suddenly exile Naruto!" Ino practically stabbed a dagger into Sakura's heart, but Sakura held on.

"He kissed me, Ino. That is punishable by death. He should be lucky I am so generous." Sakura spoke with false malice in her voice. She wasn't lying, but she was only telling partial truths. That was where her psyche had her.

"…So he did kiss you…"

"Yes…"

"And you kissed back."

Sakura's eyes widened as Ino glared harder. "So?"

"So…it was mutual. He doesn't have to leave. Let him stay here, Sakura. It's all he knows."

"Oh, so you can be with him, then?" Sakura mocked, and hated herself as Ino's anger was replaced with a blush of what Sakura knew was Ino's crush, just a crush, on her servant.

"WH-what do you-?"

"Mean? I saw you kissing him just before he left to find me." Sakura smiled darkly as Ino looked away and took her chance to step back as Ino's hand dropped down to her side. "Ever since you got here and saw my servant walk in while we were bathing, you have always blushed for him."

"I-it's just a crush. I-don't-"

"It may not develop into what I have for Naruto, Ino, but he and I cannot be. The only way Naruto gets out of this is if he says that he does not love me."

"But he would never say that."

"Make him love you, Ino. I don't care. Do what you want. Hate me. Despise me, but I cannot stand to have Naru next to me at my side, or even in my city any longer." Sakura spoke and as she turned to walk away, her hair whipped out around her and Ino swore she saw tears fly off into the air.

"What is going on?" Ino asked as she stood there, unable to comprehend the situation.

Down in the dark depths of the earth, red flames sputtered back and forth on torches set at five foot intervals as oxygen came down in small tubes of outside air three hundred feet above them. And in a dark cell with a single torch ten feet up the wall, Naruto sat along the far wall, curled around in a blanket that did nothing to keep out the cold, and barely held in the warmth of his own body heat.

Naruto stared up at the flame, wondering if a day had passed, or if only an hour had passed him by. He really couldn't tell as the guards never came to check on him. He couldn't trust the two times they gave him food. Half of it was frozen in the air and cold, and sometimes prisoners were given three meals a day and sometimes only once.

Naruto breathed deeply into his hands and felt his body heat rise as he watched his hands move rapidly and he thought he could see smoke from the friction he caused. Naruto's mind flickered and he gripped his heart in pain. Right, he always was faster than those around him. He remembered playing tag with Sakura at night and she never could catch him.

He slowed down to allow her to catch him, and then she would feel his body from his thighs to his arms to other intimate grips and then cupping his cheeks in her feminine hands. Naruto shivered at the memory; he knew Sakura liked to chase in her emotions, and now he knew that both loved the other.

'That's it!' This was one of her games, though crueler and a little sadistic, but Naruto could do this every month just to remain at her side. There was no way that she could hate him, and she wouldn't do anything to hurt him, just as he'd never harm her. That pushing away and the knights taking him here; he must have scared her, and so he deserved to be here.

The door to the main dungeon started to open and the people in the cells raised their heads to begin to catcall as a beautiful girl of fifteen walked into the dirty rat infested dungeons, a winter coat wrapped tightly around herself, but sadly, her curves were too much for her clothes to hide.

Naruto did not lower his head until he heard the teenager's footfalls stop right outside his cell, and he smiled at his visitor. "Hello…Ino."

Ino looked back, grimly at Naruto. "Naruto…we need to talk."

AN: What do you think should happen?