-Author's note-

Hey guys! I am so sorry for being absent for so long. Life got in the way and I also had major writer's block meaning total lack of inspiration. This time I come to you with a double pairing story. NaruIno/SasuSaku. I'll be updating as much as possible. Here are the first five chapters. One more thing. Just because NaruIno isn't canon doesn't mean I'm going to stop loving and writing about this pairing. There you have it. Enjoy! Please review with constructive criticism and ideas on how to continue the story!

P.S SasuSaku will come in later chapters. Working on it! :)

Ino was furious. Her father had invited her to his office and told her she was going to marry some spoiled rich kid. Apparently, being the CEO of the Konoha Bank wasn't enough, he wanted more money. To think he'd even sell his daughter to obtain it!
She wasn't going to stand for it. She stormed out of the bank into the streets. She won't oblige, no way. Little did she know, life works in mysterious ways...

* Meanwhile, somewhere on the road... *

"...Yes, that's what he said, Sasuke!". An angry blonde boy in a limo exclaimed.

"So you're going to marry a girl you've never even met? What about that girl, Hinata, you have a crush on?" Sasuke, on the other side of the phone, was rather amused.

"I haven't even had the chance to confess to her! Just when I thought life was going..."

At that moment, he saw a silhouette of a girl running across the road right in front of his car. At this pace, she was going to... "Oh no!"

"Naruto?!"

…

"What is he thinking, selling me off to some rich kid! Like I would allow that!" Ino was yelling on the street, and started crossing the road without paying attention to the traffic. Suddenly, she realized that an orange sports car was going straight at her. She tried running in order to avoid it, but then...

Naruto slammed on his breaks so hard, he thought he had destroyed them for sure. He stopped a few centimeters in front of the terrified girl. She was covering her eyes and had curled up in panic.

"Hey miss, what the heck do you think you're doing? You could have gotten us both killed! And..." He was about to continue, but when the girl looked up to him, he saw she was crying just moments ago. Her make-up was completely smudged.

Ino looked up at the boy who was yelling at her. She opened her mouth to retaliate, but when her eyes met with his beautiful cerulean ones, she was at a loss for words.
.

What was meant to come out as a barrage of insults came out as a yelp and a muffled sorry.

Naruto sighed.

He pulled her close and patted her back to comfort her.

"Come on, we can't stay on the street forever. Get in my car, I'll take you home."

"I don't want to go home." , Ino pouted.

"Ok then, we'll go to a cafe somewhere. Do you want to go for a drink? You look like you could use something to warm you up a bit."

Ino thought for a moment.

"Alright, but don't let this get to your head. This is not a date.", she said, as she flipped her beautiful platinum hair. "I'll just need to fix my make-up in the car and I'm ready to go".

"Of course, of course" , Naruto said, as he lightly chuckled.

This girl is really interesting.