Chapter 1

***Author's Note***

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I have heard your requests and I have brought you what you asked, I have edited this chapter. I didn't do very much but I did fix the dialogue, worked on the paragraph spacing's, fixed some wordings and made Naruto's reaction a little less over the top. Please, let me know what you think of this edited version. If I get some requests I'll go ahead and edit my other earlier chapters as well.

Now back to my old Author's Note, let me know if I should change these as well. Thanks.

I just want to start off by saying that this is the first Naruto fanfic I've written, I've only written Animorphs ones so far, so I'm sorry if anyone is out of character or if the tone is wrong or anything. I've been reading Naruto fanfics almost religiously for the past few weeks so I decided to try my hand at trying it out. I plan on continuing this story and making it into a fairly long story. This chapter doesn't contain any but I'm planning on adding some adult situations and moments between the characters so this story will be rated M unless I change my mind.

If you like my story so far please let me know, if I don't get any feedback then I'll just drop it, and I really don't want to. If reception is good then I'll work on some more Naruto stories as I have some ideas brewing.

For any of you who are following my Animorphs: The Untold Stories series I'm sorry for not putting out a chapter this week, I kept getting distracted reading Naruto Fanfics and couldn't get this story idea out of my head. I plan on uploading the next chapter next week, Saturday the 15th.

Please let me know what you think.

Thanks, Hephaestus

***Summary***

Post War. Naruto, Sakura, Ino, Sai, Shikamaru and Temari are sent on a secret infiltration mission to infiltrate a luxurious island resort for the rich. Where it is suspected that the rich and powerful are using it as a cover to buy, sell and trade in stolen and illegal items. The ninjas are split into pairs and are told to act as couples and infiltrate the resort as rich young couples. Chaos ensues as the couples are forced to spend time with each other alone and come face to face with their own feelings. Naruto/Sakura. Ino/Sai. Shikamaru/Temari. Romance/Humor. Updates to come asap.

Chapter 1

Prologue:

After the Fourth Great Ninja War the world finally entered an era of peace. With the Five Great Nations allied together under Naruto's bond of friendship, the once warring nations now stood united side by side, helping and protecting each other. The time of Great Wars and end of the world battles were over, so the ninjas of the elemental villages spent their time and talents serving their nations as a whole. As the hero of the Leaf and the savior of the world the young blond named Naruto gained respect from most of the ninja world, earning the title of Kitsune Kage, meaning Fox Shadow. However while the ninja world was at peace the rest of the world was struggling to gain the power of the Five Great Nations.

"Naruto, you baka, wake up!" The blond haired ninja was having a dream about the very same pink haired girl who was now shaking his shoulders violently as if she were trying to remove his head.

"Sa- Sakura-chan?" The blond questioned as he was being shook awake. Naruto looked around the room trying to figure what was going on. He turned to see his beloved Sakura hovering over him trying to wake him up and he smiled.

"Good morning, Sakura-chan." The blond said a little too loudly and upbeat for her taste, it was still really early. He looked to his bedside clock and turned to the girl next to him. His eyes widened as worry and concern rushed across his face. The blond quickly sat up, fully awake.

"Are you okay, Sakura-chan? Did something happen?"

The pink haired ninja let out sigh, every time she came to his house and woke him up he asked her that very same question. If she were okay. Why does he always think there was a problem whenever I wake him up in the middle of the night?

'Maybe because it's a natural reaction to have when someone wakes you up at three in the morning.' The pink haired ninja said to herself.

"I'm fine, Naruto." The female ninja said as she stepped back from looming over his bed.

"But you need to get up right now. Kakashi sensei has summoned us to the Hokage's Tower for a mission."

The blond gave her an annoyed look, not that he was annoyed at her but by having to get up so early.

"Why do we have to go in now? Can't we just go in later?" He laid back, let out a loud yawn, stretched his arms out and rolled over, preparing to go back to sleep.

The pink haired ninja was starting to lose her patience with her best friend, he had the audacity to just yawn and roll over like that when she came all the way over here in the dark to wake him up, who does he think he is? She was about to punch him into the wall when it hit her, she walked all the way here in the dark by herself to get here to wake him up. She let out a cunning smile, she figured out a surefire way to get Naruto to come with her.

"Fine, then, Naruto." She said as she slowly turned to leave the room.

"I'll just head over there by myself." He's never going to fall for this, she thought. Not even he's that stupid.

"Gee, I sure hope that I'll be fine walking across the village in the middle of the night by myself, I sure hope that nothing happens to me on my way there." She turned her head slightly to see his reaction.

The pink haired girl nearly yelped when the blond haired hero of the Leaf launched out of his bed like a rocket and landed on the floor behind her.

"Hold on, Sakura-chan." He said as he lightly grabbed her arm to stop her from leaving, she almost flinched from the sudden contact but her mind quickly registered that it was just Naruto, and that it was normal.

"You can't go to the Hokage's Tower by yourself this late. It's too dangerous." She caught the look in his eye, at first she thought it was the same look whenever he offered to help someone, but it looked, no, more like felt a little different. She couldn't seem to place it, though.

She laughed to herself.

'That baka is actually worried about me walking around the village myself at night? He should know better than anyone that I can take care of myself.'

Sakura turned and faced the blond ninja.

"No, no." She said as she turned away again.

"You should sleep, I'll be fine by myself." She let her voice waiver at the end to make it sound like she wasn't too sure that she could.

The Hero of the Leaf grabbed her shoulder and spun her around to face him. He spun her so quickly that she felt a little dizzy.

"Don't be ridiculous, Sakura-chan." She was about to say something but his smile interrupted her.

"There is no way that I'd let you walk there by yourself in the middle of the night." His eyes seemed so bright they seemed to shine. It was like it was the most serious thing in the world to him. The pink haired ninja tilted her head slightly trying to figure out why he was so concerned about her walking alone at night, he did realize that she was a jonin, right? She could take care of herself. He smiled his famous Naruto smile as she looked down from his eyes.

Damn, she thought, her brain finally realizing it now. Naruto was standing in front of her, he wasn't wearing a shirt. Her eyes fixated on his chest, had he always been that muscular? She thought to herself. The pink haired ninja had no idea why she couldn't turn her eyes away. Her eyes mentally traced his pecs and his abs before stopping at the waistband of his boxers. She froze.

'His boxers! Oh, shit!' She mentally screamed to herself, Naruto was standing in front of her in nothing but his boxers.

"Sakura-chan?" The blond asked questionably, beginning to worry.

"Are you alright? Your face is all red." On his face grew the face of worry.

"Are you getting sick, Sakura-chan?" The blond stepped closer to her and leaned in placing the back of his hand on her forehead to feel her temperature.

'Oh crap!' Sakuran yelled to herself in her mind. She had gotten distracted staring at his chest and now she was blushing. Sakura was about to open her mouth to speak when the blond moved forward and placed the back of his hand on her forehead. She couldn't move, she couldn't think, his large muscular arm was inches away from her face, she could smell his sweat, and it seemed put her at ease, which worried her, I mean, this is Naruto, he's her best friend, she's not supposed to look at him that way. She looked at him, he was a full foot taller than her now after his growth spurt, but he bent his neck and back down to be at eye level with her.

She stared into his cerulean blue eyes and seemed to be stuck in a trance. For some reason whenever she looked into his eyes she felt a wave of calmness wash over her. But now she could feel her heart rate increase slightly as she gazed into his eyes.

'What the hell is wrong with me?' She thought, breaking herself out of her trance.

'This is Naruto, why am I staring at him like a drooling schoolgirl? Like one of his many fangirls.' She thought, disgusted at the very thought of them. Ever since he had saved the world, Naruto has had a group of girls that chase him around the village nonstop and ask for autographs, pictures, dates, you name it. Not that the oblivious blond ever noticed them or their intentions, he just thought that they were being nice to him. Having a rough childhood he always accepted everyone around him. The pink haired ninja didn't know why but those girls really got on her nerves.

She managed to pull away from the blond ninja in front of here and stepped back, breaking out of her trance and realizing that Naruto was uncomfortably close, she reacted on instinct and threw a punch.

"Don't touch me!" She yelled as she swung as hard as she could at him and sent him through the wall and into the alley below.

"Crap." She said to the air around her. She didn't mean to punch him that hard, or even at all, come to think of it. It was just a reaction as her mind snapped back into reality.

"Naruto?" She yelled out into the alley, through the Naruto shaped hole his wall now sported.

"Are you okay?" She jumped down to her friend who was now four inches deep into the pavement.

The blond hero tried to get up but his body was punched with such force that he was inside of the sidewalk in the alleyway.

"Sa-ku-ra-chan." He managed.

"Why-, why did you hit me? What-, what did I do?" His eyes looked so pained and so hurt. It made her heart stop. He had no idea why she had just punched him. To him she punched him because he asked if she was sick.

"Sakura-chan," His voice low and in pain.

"I'm sorry, what did I do? Did you hit me because I asked if you were sick?" She looked down to him and was about to say that he was being ridiculous but he spoke before she could.

"I-, I was just seeing if you had a fever. I just wanted to help you since you were sick, I was going to help you home. I'm sorry." Her mind registered the emotions in his voice at the end, he said 'sorry' with so much emotion that to him it must have been the most important thing he had ever apologized for. The pink haired girl blushed at the fact that her best friend was so concerned about her health. She looked down to him and reached out her hand and he hesitated for a brief second before he grabbed it.

'Why did I punch him?' She asked herself.

'Great, now he's under the impression that I am mad at him for being nice to me.'

"I'm sorry, Naruto." She said as she started to brush the dust and dirt off of him.

"I didn't mean to punch you, you just startled me, that's all, it was just a reaction, I'm sorry." It wasn't a complete lie, she was distracted by the sight of him without a shirt. Her eyes widened as she looked to her hands. They were on his bare chest, she was holding his pecs in her hands as he breathed in and out trying to catch his breath from being punched through a brick wall and into the pavement. She pulled her hands away quickly and was shocked that he didn't seem to notice. He just stared at her with a serious look that looked strange on his usual happy face.

"What?" She asked the blond. His look was intense, not at all like his usual appearance.

He lightly grabbed her shoulders.

"Did-, did I scare you or something, Sakura-chan?" The blond looked into the eyes of his teammate, his eyes full of worry. In the blink of an eye the blond bowed his head to her in apology, raising his hands in a praying position as well.

"Sakura-chan," the blond started, his face facing down towards the ground.

"I am so sorry. I- I didn't mean to scare you, I am really sorry. You gotta believe me." The pink haired ninja stood and stared as the Hero of the Leaf, who was considered the most powerful ninja in the world, begged for forgiveness with his head bowed in front of her. It startled her, Naruto was being so serious.

"You know that I'd never try to scare you, I am so sorry, Sakura-chan. I am so sorry." Sakura stared at the blond ninja, unable to speak.

'Why is he acting like this?' She asked herself.

'Why is he making such a big deal about scaring me? He does know that he doesn't need to apologize right, he didn't do anything.'

"I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry." He continued over and over, his face still facing the ground and his hands raised as if praying to her.

Sakura looked down to the powerful ninja begging for forgiveness before her and smiled to herself.

'He's always been like this.' She thought.

'Naruto is considered a hero by the whole ninja world, yet he never let it go to his head. He still acts like he always has and talks to his friends like usual.'

But the girl couldn't figure out why he was begging with his head bowed in front of her. She had just hit him and now he's begging for forgiveness about scaring her, why? She thought to herself for a few seconds and couldn't come to a reason why he was acting this way.

The pink haired ninja smiled to the the ninja bowing before her and placed a hand on his shoulder.

"It's okay, Naruto. You didn't scare me, you just startled me by moving so fast. Don't worry about it, okay?" The blond looked up to her and his smile returned to his face as if he was relieved.

"I'm sorry for punching you, I really am. I didn't mean to hurt you. Now, come on, we have to get to the Hokage's Tower. We're late."

The blond turned and started walking down the alley.

"Come on, Sakura-chan, I'll walk you there." The pink haired ninja was about to smile at his gentlemanly actions but realized something which made her face turn a bright shade of pink. Good thing she was covered by shadows so he couldn't see her face. Naruto was still only wearing his boxers, now he was calmly walking down the street as if nothing was wrong with that. The female ninja quickly ran over to him and punched him again, sending him into another wall.

"Put on some clothes, baka! And don't go prancing around naked in front of me, it's not decent!"

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***Author's Note***

*NEW*

If you are reading this for the second time after I re-uploaded this chapter please let me know what you think of the small changes I made. I noticed that there was a massive amount of people reading the first chapter but not going on to the second. I'm trying to fix this story that people will be able to enjoy it in the beginning as much as they do in the later chapters.

Back to the old Note…

Thanks for reading, please leave a Review, PM me, Follow or Favorite if you like the story so far. In regards to Naruto earning the title "Kitsune Kage" I just want to say that if anyone happens to look it up in Google translate that I got "A Fox's Stink" as the result. However Kitsune Kage literally means Fox Shadow or Shadow of the Fox, so if you looked it up I just wanted you to know that I wasn't wrong and being stupid and hadn't looked it up.

I am currently working on my second story in my series for Animorphs, if you happen to like Animorphs then please do me the honor and check it out.

Thanks, Hephaestus.