Disciaimer: don't own Naruto!
This happens about the beginning of Naruto Shippuden, it's set a few days after the training with Kakashi and Sakura.
Lot of things have changed over the years, Naruto realized that he had no chance with Sakura and gave up on going after her especially when he found out that Sakura is dating Shikamaru. Even though he was already over her. He found out most of his friends were dating. Tenten is with Neji, and Kiba is dating Hinata. The only ones that seem like they don't have anyone are Naruto, Choji, Shino, Ino, and Rock Lee.
A blond spikey hair man sits on top of The Hokage Monument. Looking down at the village. "Man it's great to be back." Naruto smiles. He takes in a deep breath of the fresh air before falling backwards. Looking up at the clouds in the blue sky. "I can't believe I've been gone for so long. All I can remember is the day I left."
Jiraiya and Naruto begin to leave the village entrance. They talk amongst each other Naruto getting excited about his training.
"Naruto wait!" A famine voice calls for him. Naruto turns towards her.
His eyes widen a bit. "What do you want – "
He hears footsteps walking towards him bringing him out of his thoughts about that night.
"NARUTO!'" A familiar voice says.
Naruto jumps up from his spot and looks around frantically. "Oh man, what did I do now?"
A pink short hair woman appears in front of him. "I've been looking all over for you."
Naruto smiles at her. "What for?"
"Well we are all having a get together at the Barbeque so lets get going."
Naruto nods, smiling at her. He starts walking towards the village. Sakura walks besides him with a huge smile on her face. They walk down the path from the monument walking straight towards the restaurant.
"I'm glad your back." Sakura says when they are down the path.
"Me too. How are you and Shikamaru?" He looks towards her.
"He's great, he's a very sweet guy."
Naruto nods his head smiling at her. "I'm happy your happy Sakura."
They continue to talk amongst each other until they reach the restaurant. They see all their friends waiting for them outside.
"Finally you guys got here." Ino says.
"Quiet Inopig!" Sakura teases.
"Well Forehead I'm starving so let's go in!"
Everyone goes into the restaurant as they argue with each other. Ino and Sakura looks around noticing everyone is gone. They rush inside. They wait a few minutes before they get seated. They all sat around the table and started to reminisce about their times together in the past. They begin to barbeque their meats. Talking about some of the things that happened since they all started to get busy and since Naruto was gone for so long. During their meal they had a lot of laughs, the boys getting knocked around a bit especially Naruto and Rock Lee for teasing Neji and Shikamaru about their girlfriends. After a while everyone exits the restaurant. Naruto stands there as he watches everyone go his or her separate ways. He stares in each direction, his attention lingering a little bit on a blonde headed woman. "Ino." He whispers to himself.
He turns in the direction towards his home and begins to walk. Man a lot of things have changed with everyone. I'm happy that Sakura is happy with Shikamaru. He smiles softly to himself as he looks around at the houses that he passes on his way towards his apartment. It looks like Hinata is finally over me though. Can't believe she's with dog boy though. He chuckles walking into his home. He takes off his shoes and heads toward bed. He plops down, looking at the ceiling. Something is different about Ino though. She's become even more beautiful. Ever since that night I could never get her off my mind.
Jiraiya and Naruto begin to leave the village entrance. They talk amongst each other Naruto getting excited about his training.
"Naruto wait!" A famine voice calls for him. Naruto turns towards her.
His eyes widen a bit. "What do ya want Ino?"
Ino walks over to Naruto quickly and pulls him into a long kiss. Naruto eyes begin to grow wider. Once she pulls away. She runs off before Naruto could say anything. Naruto looks in her direction completely stunned and confused.
Jiraiya watches confused at his young protégé.
Naruto turns towards Jiraiya. "What was that about?"
Jiraiya shakes his head. "You would think you learned a little bit about girls the last time you went on a trip but your still naive."
"What did you say pervy Sage?!" Naruto clenches his fist.
Jiraiya shakes his head and walks towards their path to their next location. "Let's go kid."
Naruto mumbles things as he follows Jiraiya.
He smiles at the memory as he continues to stare at the white ceiling. Naruto starts to get in a comfortable position before closing his eyes. I should talk to her about that. He closes his eyes and falls asleep.
The next day Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji walk together. They walk side-by-side looking around the village. Ino seemed happier than usual. Choji and Shikamaru look at her confused. Since it was unusual for Ino to be acting well a little different.
"Ino, are you okay?" Choji asks.
"You seem a little off." Shikamaru adds.
Ino stops in her tracks and looks at her partners. "I'm just happy that's all today is such a beautiful day." She twirls around.
Choji and Shikamaru look at her with wide eyes.
"What a girl can't be happy!" she yells.
"Not what we are saying." Choji says in defense.
"How troublesome." Shikamaru walks away from the group.
Ino and Choji follow him.
When Naruto woke up. He jumped out of bed and quickly got dress. He ran through the village until he found who he was looking for. He slides to a stop in front of the Ino-Shika-Chō group.
"Hey guys!" Naruto greets the group.
"Hey Naruto." They say in unison.
Naruto smiles at the group and looks directly at Ino. "Hmm uh Ino can we talk?"
"About what?" Ino asks confused.
"About the thing that you said to me before I left."
Ino thinks back to that night. A light blush covers her cheeks as she nods.
"Oh good um let's go somewhere private then." Naruto says.
"Alright, I'll see you guys later." Ino waves to the guys as her and Naruto walk away.
"What was that about?" Choji asks stuffing his face with his favorite bag of chips.
Shikamaru shrugs and walks toward the training grounds. Choji follows after him.
Naruto and Ino walk side-by-side going stands in front of him while glaring. Naruto smiles up at her. "How have you been?"
She looks at him confused. "I've been good."
"That's eh wonderful!" he says cheerful.
Ino watches Naruto waiting for him to say something. When he doesn't she decides she'll speak up. "So what did you want to talk about exactly?"
"The kiss."
"What kiss." Ino plays dumb.
Naruto looks at her confused. "The one you gave me before I left a long time ago."
"Oh yeah that kiss. Right sorry I forgot since it's been." Ino pauses to think, "what two years."
Naruto nods his head.
"What about it?"
"Well I was curious on um hmm why you did it?"
"I don't know I thought hey since Naruto is leaving I can get my first kiss over with. Then I don't have to worry about him asking me questions about it, but boy I was wrong." Ino throws her hands in the air.
"Oh." Naruto looks down at the ground. His smile leaving his face as he realizes he was just being used.
He doesn't think I'm serious right. Ino thinks.
Naruto stands up and dusts himself off. "Sorry for bothering you Ino." He says walking away.
I guess he is that dumb to realize I was just joking. Ino thinks, she quickly follows after him. "Naruto, I was joking I was trying to lighten the mood a little bit."
Naruto turns towards her. Waiting for her to say something else.
Ino took in a breath. "I kissed you that night because well you see I have a huge crush on you for a while now and I told myself that the next time that you leave on a long trip that I would do something about it rather than do nothing. I needed to tell you because who knew how long you were going to be gone for this time. I needed you to know even if it was just a kiss. I wanted to show you that someone cares for you more than just a friend and was hoping once you returned you'll have the same feelings for me. When you were gone for that long I thought it was a bad idea that I kissed you before you left because all I did was wait for you Naruto wanting to kiss you again and show you that I care. I didn't want to regret it but part of me did but now your back and we're talking about it I don't regret it one bit. Naruto –" Ino was cut off by a tender kiss by Naruto.
Naruto pulls away from her as Ino tries and catches her breath from the whole rant. "Ino, ever since that kiss I was always thinking about that day. I thought about how it felt and always wondered why you done it. I'm glad that you told me about." Naruto smiles at her. "Thank you."
Ino gives him a devious smile. "You kissed me!"
"Uh yes I did." He says proudly."
"So what does this makes us?" Ino asks curious.
"Well we can start uh hm well dating ya' know, then become boyfriend and girlfriend ya' know." Naruto says.
"Sure, I think since we are just dating making sure are feelings are definitely real we should not tell anyone about us until we're actually dating."
Naruto nods his head smiling. "You can choose the first date."
"Alright but I hope your ready for it." Ino says "Tomorrow pick me up at 6 in the evening then I will tell you where we're going."
"Sure thing!" Naruto says.
"Good, see you tomorrow." Ino runs off to the training ground where she knew Choji and Shikamaru were at.
Naruto stands there watching her as she leaves. I can't believe I have a date. He thinks
I was trying something new this is my first Naruto fanfiction, even though I love Naruto and Hinata together. I thought it would be cool to have Ino and Naruto as a couple instead.
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