moonlight

Chapter 36

"Kiiii-chan!!" Naruto called out to said girl as she arrived on the balcony. She looked at him with a blank expression until she snapped out of it when she felt him hug her tightly.

She patted his back and returned the hug gently. Tsuki felt strange though, the fight with Osamu made her understand something. No, she already knew that and something inside of her changed.

The feeling of hatred had to wait though, as she felt the blond being roughly pulled away by a pink-haired girl.

Sakura was now in front of her, saying something about being worried and hoping that she didn't get hurt. Tsuki sighed, ruffling the girl's hair as she walked to her sensei who eyed her.

"Tsuki, is something wrong?" The ninja asked her, trying to understand the look in her eyes. She simply hummed, putting her hand in front of her as if she was carrying something, but the hand was empty.

The older man cocked an eyebrowed as he glanced at her and the outstretched hand and then at the suddenly dark expression of his student. Somehow he felt a chill run down his spine as he shook it off.

"I can feel it. I am becoming stronger. I beat him again..." she mumbled, staring at her hand with a weirdly distant smile.

Kakashi gasped as he grabbed the girl's hand roughly, making her turn towards him. He shook her, trying to wake her. "Stop it!" he yelled and called her name, making her snap out of it completely.

"Huh?" the bluenette mumbled, confused why her teacher was being so aggressive. "What is it, sensei?"

"You've got to keep focused, kid." he simply said, releasing her hand and staring forward, leaving it at that. 

Tsuki decided to leave it as well, her mind was getting corrupted by something, so she couldn't shake it off completely. She shut her eyes and let out a breath.

Not yet.

Her eyes opened again and reflected the main focus for now. It was Sasuke's next match.

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Kakashi had glanced at his student a few more times without her noticing. Something had happened, but he didn't know what it could've been.

His female student was acting strange and someone was targeting his students, the curse mark on Sasuke was proof of it. Why were they though? What does someone want to do to them?

"Do you think Sasuke is going to win this?" Sakura suddenly asked from next to Tsuki, disrupting the man from his thoughts as he focused on the girls. 

The other girl nodded. "Of course, our team is really strong, he is our member after all."

Those words made Kakashi sigh. This girl was being strange one second, trusting and confident the next. Was this a common girl thing?

"Yes!" Sakura shouted, heart-eyes forming, as she shuffled closer to the bluenette. Kakashi really had a lot of stress.

"Hmph! I would beat anyone in my path!" Naruto exclaimed while sliding off the railing he was propted on, when he suddenly had turned around. "I'm going to be Hokage after all!" he yelled, as he was held by his shirt by Tsuki before he could fall down.

"Shut up, Naruto!" the pinkette yelled, fuming at him as Tsuki only chuckled, watching the two as she pulled the boy to her. He fell in her arms as he dreamily looked up at his savior.

"K-Ki-chan...!" he exclaimed embarrassed, looking like a princess in the arms of her knight in shining armor.

Tsuki blinked questioningly at him, before watching her reflection in his blue ocean eyes. They were the prettiest blue eyes she knew. Naruto blushed when she mumbled her thoughts out loud. Sakura's jaw dropped as she stormed forward to grab the blond from the girl.