Light in the Dark

A Dream

••kiba pov••

As Sakura, Sai, Lee, and I ran along to find Sasuke I couldn't help but feel guilty for what we were doing to Naruto. If we were the ones to eliminate him, Naruto would never forgive us for keeping such a big secret from him. Any of us. I wonder if Akari would, if she were still here.

"Sakura, I think that you're underestimating Naruto," I looked back at the pink haired girl. She now had a look of full on determination in her eyes. I couldn't help but feel a little doubt that she would actually follow through with this plan. If it were me in that situation I don't think I could ever take down Akari, no matter what she had done.

It had been over two weeks since I lost her, and I found myself thinking of her every chance I got.

In a perfect world her and I would have found peace together. Maybe her, Akamaru, and I would have traveled. I knew she resented the fact that her time spent out in the world she was on the run. We could go see amazing sights together, fall in love all over again. Then we would return the village; when I would ask her to marry me. First I would approach Kakashi and Kurenai about it though, seeing as their her parental figures. I would probably ask Naruto too, just to be sure he is okay with it. Then we could have a big wedding, with all of our friends and family. After all of that we could settle down, and we could.. We could have a family together. At least one kid, maybe two so they're not lonely. Just the four of us, and of course there would be dogs. Akamaru would protect them, and I would help them train as they got older.

This world wasn't perfect though, in fact this world was something far from perfect. This was a world that no longer had Akari's light in it, a world that was quite a bit dimmer than what I ever wanted it to be. Even before when I thought she was picking Sasuke over me, at least she was still there. By this point I would give anything for her to be here, for her light to still be here, even if it meant having to watch her love someone else at least she would still be alive.

As if my mind was playing tricks I finally caught track of three scents... One belonging to that Tobi guy, the freak who we had run into before. The second belonging to Sasuke, maybe Sakura wouldn't have to be the one that took him down considering the anger that flared up inside of me as soon as I could sense him... There was a third one though, a third one that brought relief and confusion to my heart.. She still smelled the same, but there was no possible way that she was-

"I got Sasuke's scent, he is standing next to that Tobi guy," I ignored the third scent, settling it up to the fact that I was thinking about her too much. My mind simply wanted her to be there so it was playing tricks on me. Just like seeing her in my dreams, she wasn't actually there.

"Alright stop for a second!" Sakura yelled.

"What is it? Why are we stopping?" I looked at her confused

"Kiba, what is Sasuke's precise location right now?"

"Towards two o'clock but facing directly north, one click ahead." I kept smelling Akari, and she was getting closer. My mind really was out of control.

"Alright, I'm sorry," Sakura reached her hand up and before she could throw down the ball she held in her hand, Sai grabbed her wrist.

"Just as I thought, you planned to put us asleep." Sai looked at his teammate as Lee and I stared at her. This idiot.

"What? What do you mean?" I questioned, looking at Sakura as she held her head down, clearly not trying to hide her guilt.

"Sakura was planning to go take care of Sasuke by herself," Sai took the small ball out of her hand and I looked back at Sakura with confusion.