ONE WEEK LATER

Yuki glanced at Naruto who sat with her in Ichiraku, enjoying another bowl of ramen. They were deep, discussing the new Princess Gale movie coming out, when two people entered the booth and took up spots on either side of the duo.

"Sakura? Sasuke? What are you doing here?" he asked, surprised. Yuki slurped up the noodles slowly. Her resentment grew every second the duo took away from her private time with Naruto. Her eyes went left, catching sight of Sasuke's intense staring.

She swallowed seductively, and turned to Naruto.

"Anyways, where were we?" she asked, trying to ignore Sasuke's advances. A look at Sakura's

face, expressed her anger.

She thinks I'm trying to steal Sasuke from her.

She took another bite of food, as Naruto glanced at Sakura.

"Eh, Sakura-chan?" Naruto started.

"What is it, Naruto?" she replied.

"Didn't you say you were going home? I've been doing this for the past month and no one has questioned it until now," he said, angrily.

Yuki smirked. Finally, he was showing irritation at being treated so horribly. She didn't know the pain he suffered through, but as his friend supported him.

"We were just concerned for you, loser," Sasuke said, smirking.

Yuki felt a sudden urge to pound that look off his face, but restrained. Her anger came out by the snapping of her chopsticks.

"Yuki-chan- your chopsticks," Naruto said. She noticed and grinned.

"Gomen. Something on my mind," she said in a whisper. She pushed her bowl away and started to get up. She noticed the other two followed suit, and she knew what was going on. She wouldn't confront them now about it. But she had to say something. Letting out a small sigh, she hoped this would dissuade any further advances.

"Hey, Naruto. I was wondering if it'd be okay if we could go do some sparring. You could spend the night at my place, afterwards and watch the last Gale movie," she said looking away, embarrassed.

That was kind of crossing the line, but I need to let them know why he comes here. To spend time with ME!

She caught a glimpse of Kyuu-chan, but knew she would catch on soon enough.

"Sure, Yuki-chan!" he replied getting up and stretching.

"WH-WHAT?" Sakura cried out, and went to stop Naruto, grabbing his wrist. As she dragged Naruto around the corner, Sasuke advanced on his chance.

"Yuki."

She let out a pathetic sigh, and reached for her backpack, her eyes catching him, checking her out.

Perv!

"Yes, Sasuke?" she asked, trying to remain as formal as possible.

"You aren't like any of the other girls from the Academy. Most girls fall over themselves trying to get my attention. You, on the other hand, choose to ignore me," he said, moving closer. She shivered and backed away.

"You aren't attractive to me," she said, honest and firm. The moment of silence lasted, for a minute, as dawning appeared on his face.

"You see something in Naruto." It was more of a statement than a question. She knew the truth was she did, but hid it from both herself and him.

"He's a friend. Only a friend," she replied slowly.

"I doubt that," came the biting response. She felt his disappointment hanging heavy in the air, like a thick cloud of mist.

"What about Sak-" she started.

"Not attractive to me," he said, his voice deadpan. She started to walk away, only for him to grab her hand. And then she ducked, as a fist flew through the air, aimed at her head.

"Bitch!"

Yuki yanked herself free, and avoided the blow. She was getting sick and tired of this. She looked for Naruto, only for him to be gone. Then it became clear what had happened, and her stomach churned in anger. She whipped a foot around, breaking her nose, then sped behind the girl. Her foot lashed at her knee, sending her sprawling forward. She grabbed the girl's neck, and almost snapped it.

She told Naruto to stay away from me! How dare she? He's my FRIEND! BEST FRIEND! Boy- She stopped herself.

Letting Sakura go, she backed away, noticing Sasuke's gaze was one of awe and admiration. She shook her head, hoping to clear it and jumped to the rooftop. She headed towards home, her mind, baffled. She didn't get it. She hadn't wanted to hit Sakura, or tell Sasuke off. All she had wanted was the usual. A good day and some time to hang out with Naruto. Alone as always. Yet those two, had ruined it for them. She sped up, anger fueling her to go faster. She didn't want unwanted attention, and Sasuke was giving her exactly that. She reached home in record time, and sat down on her windowsill. She wasn't exactly tired, even though, she had just done training with Guy. There she sat for several hours, fuming at the stars who kept her company. She didn't even notice the world changing colors until furry tails wrapped themselves around her.

"He won't give up, until you are his," her friend said, in small voice.

"It's not his choice," she spat. She was beyond reasoning, and knew it. She should have been hit, left alone or reprimanded , but realized; her circumstances were different. She was pulled into the demon's arms and Yuki snuggled against the warm skin of the kitsune.

"You have a really nice body," she commented, yawning.

"Hehe. Well, I'm seven hundred and eight four years old. If you find me attractive, then I wonder what that says about your personal preferences," she commented, deviously. Yuki suppressed the urge to kiss the Kitsune. Sure She was young, but Anko had revealed all she needed to know about sex, after her first meeting with Naruto, at the hospital. She giggled at the memory of her godmother, tied and moaning in pleasure, as a henged version of herself rammed her.

"Hmmm?" her friend asked.

"N-nothing," she said, between laughs. She felt a hand touch her cheek, before the demon started laughing as well. She stopped and glanced at her.

"You learning about sex, from your mother is definitely nothing," she said, enjoying the dazed look on Yuki's face.

"YOU READ MY MIND?" Yuki cried out, in shock.

"Hehehe. She is one sick puppy that's for sure. And we demon's don't expose all our juicy little secrets that easily," she replied.

Yuki sighed. Her dilemna was still there.

"You really like Naruto, don't you?" Kyuubi asked, her voice cold. Yuki tried to deny it, but knew that would only worsen the situation.

"I can't help it, Kyuu-chan...I'm sorry."

"As long as you know, I will have him, and don't cross that line; I don't mind how you feel. He's especially desirable. As for the plethora of emotions you have on various topics, I think I should be the one to tell the Uchiha brat off," she said with a smile.

"You can't-"

"I will do what pleases me. As for Sasuke, the only way he will understand is brute force. I won't hurt him, but he needs to understand the line. He's crossed it," she said in a tone, that scared Yuki more than anything in her life. She trust Kyuubi though. Lying down, she rubbed against her friend. Yeah, she felt that Naruto was a good guy, but she-

"Kyuu-chan?"

"Ugh-What now?" came the irritated response.

"I-I think I love you," she said, her voice a mere whisper.

"WHAT? KIT!"

Yuki's eyes found her friend's . It wasn't Naruto she cared about. It was what lie inside of him. Two black red slits, found hers.

She's really cute with that shocked look on her face.

Reaching into her shirt, she pulled the necklace off and forced the good luck charm into her friend's hand.

"Yuki. I- I- I- I-"

"Just friends. Nothing more," Yuki smirked. She knew she wasn't gay, but in the words of the demon... She was extremely desirable! She couldn't help, but feel her heart warm up when they were together.

I can't ruin our friendship...

"Best friends. And for the record: I love you too, my delicate rose..."

Now it was her turn to be shocked. Her jaw fell open, and eyes widened.

"You didn't think it was possible for me to care for you like I do, huh? I could have sworn, you'd have picked up on it, the last two times we kissed. You really are naive."

"I am NOT!" Yuki stated, before trying surpress a moan as a tongue licked the underside of her ear.

"Hehehe, ARE!"

Yuki couldn't hold it in anymore. Pinning her against the window, Yuki kissed her friend again, passion overflowing her body.

The stars watched over the pair, and the only thought that went through her mind, was:

This is how things were meant to be.