IMPORTANT AN: For all those who are reading this fic for the first time please ignore this and enjoy the fic. I'm putting this AN because I'm not sure how the update thing works, so if you've read this before just know that I've fixed some of the grammar mistakes this fic had and nothing else.

AN: I have no idea why I wrote this besides the fact that I couldn't get it out of my head but I also really wanted to so I did it. Please review and let me know what you think but please no one flame this I wrote it so you don't really have to tell me how bad it is.

Disclaimer I don't own Naruto or Digimon.

For You

"Talking"
'Thinking'

'Come on ring already.' A red haired amethyst eyed girl thought, as she stared down the clock that would signal the end of the school year. Now the end of the school year would be a big deal for any student under any normal circumstance, but for one fourteen year old Rika Nonaka this event was even more important than normal. When the bell rang it would signify the end of being a student in this school for the rest of her life.

RING!

'Finally,' reacting faster than any of her now former classmates could, Rika gathered all her things and was out the door before any of them had even registered the fact that the school day had come to an end. Walking down the hallway Rika had to restrain herself from running out of the building as fast as she could. It wasn't so much the school itself that she was happy to be free of, but the other girls that she had gone to school with for the last year. They were some of the dizziest, shallowest, airheaded bimbos that she had ever had the misfortune of meeting; they spent all their time talking about makeup, clothes and boys, while being shallow as hell. They would act like they were each other's friends, but would then turn around and talk behind each other's backs. When she had first started attending the school they had all tried to befriend her because of who her mother was, but when it became obvious that she wasn't falling for their lies they had started to talk about her, oftentimes not even waiting till she was out of earshot to begin.

Frozen Hearted Bitch and the Ice Queen were just two of the things that they would call her whenever they got the chance. Not that she really cared what they called her, none of their opinions mattered to her in the slightest. In fact she was sort of glad that none of her so called classmates liked her then it just meant that she was nothing like them.

"Hurry he's out by the gate." One girl said to her "Friend" as they hurriedly made their way to the schools front gate, silently thinking about ways she could make her friend look bad without being too obvious about it to draw whoever he was attention to her.

"Why bother didn't you hear? Akami Miyazawa was talking about making her move today." Her friend replied though the excitement of seeing whoever the guy was still obvious, as she hurried alongside her friend a strange gleam in her eyes.

"Do you actually think he would give that slut the time of day? Now if we hurry we can get there before the Ice Bitch does and steal him away." The first girl replied, as she dismissed what her friend was saying completely ignoring the fact that the "Ice Bitch" was right there.

Rika scoffed to herself not at all caring about the fact that they had just insulted her, and probably intended for her to hear it, already knowing who exactly they were talking about. 'As if he would pay attention to any of you stupid horny sluts,' Rika thought to herself, but none the less picked up her pace to get to the front gate faster.

Making her way over she could see that all the girls' attention was focused on a single individual who was looking around in search for someone. The person in question, was exactly who Rika expected it to be, a boy her age with spiky blond hair and, though she really couldn't tell from this distance, who had ocean blue eyes with a set of three whisker marks on each cheek. He wore a dark orange short sleeved button up shirt that he left open letting everyone see the white shirt he wore underneath, black jeans, and a pair of black converse sneakers. Rika sighed to herself as she made her way over, figuring that she should have known that he would have been there waiting for her.

Once the blond boy caught sight of Rika a large smile made its way across his face, one that had all the girls, besides Rika who sported just a faint blush, swooning as hearts appeared in their eyes. "OI Rika!" The blond called out to her with a wave even though they were only a couple feet apart.

"Naruto-baka, I'm right here there is no need to yell." Rika scolded him, but couldn't help the smile that spread for the whisker marked blond.

Naruto rubbed the back of his head sheepishly, as he apologized to the red headed girl, "Gomen Rika I was just excited with it being the last day of school and everything."

Rika was just opening her mouth to reply to his claim, and ask what his excuse for every other time he had been loud when she was cut off by another female voice that she hated to admit that she knew quite well. Turning in the direction that the voice had come from they were meet with a girl that appeared to be about a year or two older than them with lustrous black hair, hazel green eyes, and a body that was truly the best that money could buy. This was Akami Miyazawa the self-proclaimed queen of the school, and admittedly the most beautiful girl in the school also.

"Why hello there Naruto-kun it is nice to see you again." Akami said in a sickeningly sweet voice that carried a lustful tone to it, as her eyes held a seductive gleam and stared at the confused blond teen.

Rika glared heatedly at the black haired girl, but refused to say anything already having an idea of how this would all turn out. Her friend was a lot of things, but observant wasn't one of them.

"Um… who are you?" Naruto asked starring at the girl with a confused expression completely oblivious of what the girl was trying to accomplish.

'That shut her up,' Rika thought doing her best to not start laughing at the look that crossed Akami's face when Naruto admitted to not knowing who she was.

"I'm Akami Miyazawa." Akami replied a bit of irritated with the boy, though she was able to hide it well.

Naruto scratched his head in thought, "Doesn't ring a bell." He said as he shrugged his shoulders.

"Well that's alright," Akami said regaining her composure, and once more giving him a sexy smirk, "Ne, Naruto-kun how about you join me this afternoon for some fun?" She asked her voice dripping with lust.

Rika glared at the black haired girl knowing exactly what the she had meant by fun, and was not about to let this go on. "So what are you doing here Naruto?" Rika asked drawing the blonde's attention away from Akami, thus making him miss the scowl that now marred the black haired girl's beautiful face.

Naruto grinned brightly at her, "Hm, I came to walk you home of course." Naruto stated, saying it as if it should have been the most obvious thing in the world, and getting a huff of indignation from the red head.

"That is not what I meant baka." She told him, "What I wanted to know is what you are doing here when the public school won't be over for another half-hour?" She asked, as she stared at him intently waiting for his answer to see if it was a good enough excuse.

Naruto shivered slightly from the stare that Rika was giving him and her tone of voice, 'Rika is spending too much time with Kaa-san she sounded just like her right now.' Naruto thought chuckling uneasily, "Well it's the last day of school so it's not like we were going to be doing anything anyway, so I thought I would walk you home instead Rika-chan." He answered using his old nickname for her hoping that it would keep her from getting to angry with him for leaving school early.

Rika tried to keep up the angry expression, only to sigh in acceptance in the end since this wasn't the first time he had cut class in order to walk her home, and there wasn't anything she could do about it now, she also couldn't deny the fact that a part of her really enjoyed walking home with him. "Fine then let's get going." Rika said. Most of those who were listening in on their conversation thought Rika didn't care by her indifferent tone of voice, but Naruto easily noticed the small smile that had graced her face.

"Alright then let's go." Naruto said, as he grabbed her school bag. The duo was just making their way out the school gate when they were reminded that they hadn't been alone.

"Excuse me Nonaka," Akami spoke up getting the two's attention having forgotten that she was there, "But Naruto-kun and I were planning on spending the afternoon together."

"Sorry Miyazawa-san," Rika began, spitting out the name Miyazawa as if it was something vile. "But me and my boyfriend already have something that we are going to be doing, so if you'll excuse us." Rika said making sure to emphasize the boyfriend, before grabbing said boy's hand and walking past the irritated hazel eyed girl not bothering to wait for any sort of response.

"Um good-bye Miyazanwa-san it was nice to meet you," Naruto said over his shoulder, not noticing the tension between the two girls or that he had said Akami's last name completely wrong, being too focused on the amethyst eyed girl in front of him that was dragging him away.

'This isn't over Rika Nonaka Naruto-kun will be mine.' Akami thought, sadly for her it actually was over as she would not see either of them for a very long time.

As the two walked to Rika's place Naruto began to talk about everything that happened during his day at school, as Rika politely pretended to listen having grown accustomed to this little tradition they had whenever Naruto would walk home with her. She would comment on something every once in a while, but most of the journey would be spent with Naruto talking about his small group of friends, and any pranks that he had planned, which she somehow always ended up being a part of when they were younger.

Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze has been Rika's best friend since as far back as she could remember. Their mothers, Rumiko Nonaka and Kushina Uzumaki Namikaze, who were best friends since high school, had made sure that the two would always spend plenty of time with each other as babies. Rika doubted that there had been a day that she hadn't spent with the blond in some way or another since the day they were born.

She was also very close to Kushina to the point she considered the older red haired women as a sort of second mother to her, though Minato Namikaze, Naruto's father, was more of an uncle to the amethyst eyed girl. Just like Naruto considered both Rumiko and Seiko Hata, Rika's grandmother, as a second mother and grandmother respectively to him. On more than one occasion Rika would think about how grateful she was to the fact that Kushina and her mother had been best friends for such a long time. Because of Rumiko's longtime friendship with Kushina, she could see how independent Rika would become, how much she hated frilly dress and the idea of becoming a model like her, consequences of having a male best friend Rumiko supposed, saving Rika from having to spend hours in front of a camera in the "Cutest" dresses that her mother could find. Though she still managed to get her daughter to agree to go to a photo shoot every once in a while.

Growing up Naruto and Rika often shred similar interests, so when the Digimon card game had first come out they both took an immediate interest to the game. They would play against each other for hours before they went out and looked for other people to play against. The two quickly became the two best players in all of Japan, but their reputations for being the best wasn't solidified until they took part in one of the card tournaments where they easily beat all the other competitors before meeting in the Finals. Though Naruto won that match in the end they both had become known as the Digimon King and Digimon Queen, and from there their friendly rivalry was born.

Other experiences that they shared included learning Naruto's families Taijutsu style, with Rika taking it a step further and learning Kushina's Kenjutsu style. When Rika would later on ask Kushina why they would teach her something that was supposed to be kept inside the family she had answered with.

"But Rika-chan I am. After all you are going to be my daughter-in-law someday, right?"

Needless to say that statement had thoroughly embarrassed the younger red head. It's not like it was the first time that Rika had heard Kushina make similar remark growing up, and as much as it embarrassed them to remember it they had often agreed with their mothers that they would get married someday as children. For years the two would have to put up with the endless teasing from their mothers, as they would remind them of this whenever they could. The two finally announcing that they were dating didn't help matters.

When it came to their relationship neither was sure when it actually started; or when they went from being best friends to being something more. With all the time they spent together they never noticed when they had started to hold each other's hands more often, or when the hugs they shared on occasion lasted just a bit longer then they should have. They finally noticed when Naruto had dropped Rika off at her home after watching a movie and the ocean eyed teen, acting on instinct, leaned in and kissed Rika before pulling back seconds later. While they were both shocked at the blonde's actions neither felt that it was unwelcomed, and both had felt relieved that it finally did happen. So with a quick goodnight the two separated, heads filled with the possibilities that were available to them now.

'Of course it's not all good,' Rika thought with a scowl, as she once more thought of her former school. When Rumiko had first announced that Rika would be attending an all girls' school, she had to immediately explain her reason for doing such a thing to her angry daughter. Her reason was simply that she wanted what was best for Rika, and as such had enrolled her in the best school that she could. But even with her good intentions it didn't exactly help with calming Rika down. It was only when Kushina finally spoke to the blond woman that Rumiko finally agreed to transfer Rika out of the school, but on two conditions. One was that she had to stay there for that school year to at least give it a try, and the other was something that Rika and Naruto still didn't know about. It was obvious that Kushina did by the smile she wore whenever it was brought up, but no amount of probing by either teen ever got any information out of the older red head, so with some hesitance Rika finally agreed to her mother's conditions.

So for an entire year Rika had to put up with going to a school that had quickly become one of her most hated placed in the world. She was only able to manage having to go there knowing that after the school year ended she would be able to rejoin her longtime friend. Whenever they got together either after school or when he would walk her home, he would talk about the few friends he made called Takato, Kazu, and Kenta, and how when the school year started Kazu had tried to out prank him and sadly, for Kazu, he never stood a chance against, according to Naruto, "The Master Prank King of Shinjuku." Rika just had to whack her boyfriend over the head for that one just to make sure he didn't get a big head.

She wasn't happy to learn that her boyfriend was just as popular with the opposite sex in his school as he was in hers. Though she wasn't really worried about any of those girls catching his interest, he was much too oblivious to notice anyone, and she trusted her boyfriend not to do anything that he knew would hurt her, it would most likely be the last thing he would do as he would have three, maybe four or five, very angry women after him. Though she told herself that she couldn't help but worry when he one day mentioned a girl by the name of Jeri Katou. From the way that Naruto described her Rika knew that the somewhat weird girl was different from all the other girls in either school. She refused to admit she was worried that Naruto could someday become interested in Jeri, she also refused to admit that she was sort of jealous of the puppet girl, a nickname she came up with after Naruto mentioned how she always carried around a puppet with her, and how much time she got to spend with her Naruto by going to the same school, she absolutely refused to admit to how relieved she felt when Naruto had let it slip that Takato had a crush on the girl.

Cutting off that train of thought Rika focused on something else. She remembered that saving her from her mother's wish for Rika to follow in Rumiko's footsteps wasn't the only thing that Rika was grateful to the Namikaze family for.

When her father passed away when she was younger it was only thanks to Naruto that Rika was kept from isolating herself from everyone. It was no secret that out of everyone in her family Rika was closest to her father, so when he died it hit her the hardest. But Naruto, even back then, did his best to make her laugh again no matter what he had to do; he would sit beside her when she refused to leave her room keeping her company, he would tell her jokes and all the pranks he had planned, those would at least get a smile out of her. Eventually one day Rika couldn't deal with the pain that she feeling at her father's passing and broke down, Naruto held onto the crying six year old; as she demanded he let her go while hitting his chest in with her tiny fists in an effort to be released. When the tears eventually stopped and the sobs lessened, he told her that it was going to be alright and promised to always be there for her. It was at that moment that their friendship was ensured to last no matter what sort of trials they faced in the future. It was also at that moment that Rika proved that she was finally getting better, by threatening Naruto with never letting him eat ramen again if he ever told anyone that she had cried.

Needless to say that was one secret that Naruto would take to the grave with him.

Rumiko in the meantime had a tough choice to make, with her husband dead she would have to throw herself into her modeling career in order to make sure that her family was financially secure. What worried her most was that if she did this it meant that she would be away from home more often because of work. She was eventually saved from having to make a choice when Kushina said, more like demanded, that the Namikaze would help to support them with any money trouble they might have, so that while Rumiko still had to work as a model, and would still be away from time to time, she wouldn't be gone nearly as often as she could be.

"After all," Kushina said to her best friend, "What kind of future mother-in-law would I be if I didn't help to make sure Rika has everything and everyone she needs growing up." Minato wasn't allowed to do anything but agree with his wife.

Rika was brought out of her memories of the past by Naruto asking her something.

"So Rika are you happy to finally be out of that school?" Naruto asked, as he remembered the many afternoons he spent listening to the red headed girl complain about all the "Stupid, shallow, self-centered, airheaded, bimbos" that were at her school, and how she had to spend five entire days with them each week.

"Overjoyed," Rika replied letting out a sigh, "What was my Kaa-san thinking putting me in that stupid school." Rika questioned, though it didn't really come out as a question.

Walking beside her Naruto had his hands behind his head, as he looked up toward the blue sky, "You know that Rumiko-kaasan did it because she wanted you to get the best education possible. Besides I'm sure that it wasn't all that bad." Naruto answered her, while taking a subtle glance, a glance that Rika easily caught, toward his longtime friend.

Rika smirked back at him, "Yeah I'm sure that someone will miss this skirt they forced me to wear." She said having on more than one occasion caught Naruto walking at a slightly slower pace, so that he could stare at her skirt clad legs. Any extra sway that her hips might have had every time it happened was just pure coincidence.

Naruto turned his head away from the smirking girl, "I h-have no idea what you're talking about Rika." The blush that spread across his face, along with his refusal to make eye contact said otherwise.

"Sure you don't pervert," Rika replied with her smirk only getting wider at his reaction.

"So are we still going to practice for the card tournament next week?" Naruto asked, with the blush on his face not fading in the sightless, in an obvious attempt to change the subject.

Rika could clearly see what he was trying to do, but decided to go along with it, "Yeah, there are a couple of new combos that I thought of and I want to try them out." Rika answered simply.

"Hope they are good ones Rika-chan because I plan on winning again," Naruto told her, as he tried to incite the red headed girl knowing very well how competitive she could be.

"As if, you only one that last match because you got a lucky draw at the end." Rika responded dismissing the blonde's victory in the last tournament they entered, though the small smile on her face made sure that Naruto understood she didn't mean anything bad by it. They might be dating and childhood friends, but he was still her rival and there was no way she was going to let him get one over on her.

Naruto smiled in return, "Hey do you think that guy from the last tournament will be there?" Naruto asked, "What was his name? Ray… Roy… Ryu… Ah now I remember Ryo, Ryo Aki-Aki-Akiyama, yeah that's it Ryo Akiyama."

Rika scowled remembering who Naruto was talking about, "I hope not, that teme really vexed me." Rika replied a tinge of the anger she felt toward the boy in question presenting itself in her voice.

During their last card tournament the young couple met Ryo Akiyama. From the very beginning neither of the couple really liked the brown headed boy, but it was Rika in particular who seemed to hold a great dislike for the boy. It was most likely because of how arrogant the boy acted from the moment that the tournament began, he had claimed right from the start that there was no one there that was better than him. What really infuriated Rika was when Ryo started to belittle Naruto claiming that the blond haired boy was nothing compared to him, and that after that day he, Ryo, would be the new Digimon King. The boy wouldn't shut up for one second, as he went on and on about winning the tournament and how great a card player he was, and how he would be more worthy of the title of the Digimon King then Naruto getting on everyone's nervous, but none more so than Rika

Ryo didn't exactly earn any sort of endearment from Naruto when the boy then went on to say, "As the Digimon King it is only right for me to take the Digimon Queen for myself." That claim saw Naruto barely being able hold himself back from kicking the boy's ass as hard as he could with what his parents had taught him over the years.

It wasn't until the Semi-Finals of the tournament that the pompous ass was finally put in his place when he played against Rika. Rika hated to admit it, but the bastard was actually not all that bad of a player, and she was sure that in another world another life, he might have actually been able to beat her, though she would never admitted that thought to anyone besides Naruto. However that wasn't the case here. With all the times that Rika had played against Naruto she had gotten much better then she would have been had she been alone, having learned to incorporate his style of playing into her own, just like he had learned to do the same with her style. She had pulled off moves that took the so called king completely by surprise; after all you can't spend your whole life knowing someone who specializes in surprising people and not pick up a few things yourself. In the end the game had ended in her favor moving her on to the Finals where she would face off against Naruto.

But Ryo didn't come out of this empty handed, after all his boasting and cocky attitude about being the best everyone had heard how he said he would become the Digimon King. With his overwhelming defeat at the hands of the Digimon Queen he had quickly earned himself a title of his own that was soon known by all those who were there and Digimon fans all over. On that day Ryo Akiyama became the Digimon Jester, Fool, or Idiot depending on who was asked.

"Heh, I know what you mean that teme really should have kept his mouth shut, especially that comment about you. If it hadn't been for the fact that he disappeared as soon as your match was over, Akiyama-teme would have been missing a few teeth and found himself, with a broken nose." Naruto said growling a bit, as he remembered what Ryo had said in regards to Rika.

"Whatever you say Whiskers," Rika responded with a laugh.

Naruto huffed at the nickname, just like he had a childhood nickname for her Rika also had one for him, before he grinned like a fox and a mischievous glint appeared in his eyes. Moving quickly Naruto stood in front of the surprised red head, as he held her close with one of her hands held in his.

"W-W-What do you think you're doing b-baka?" Rika asked caught by surprise by the blind's sudden actions a blush spreading across her face, and as she stuttered uncharacteristically.

Naruto gave her a sly grin in response, drawing his face closer to hers making the blush on her face grow a deeper shade of red till it resembled a strawberry, "Ne Rika-chan why are you acting so strange all of a sudden?" Naruto asked her innocently.

Rika tried to glare at him to make him let her go, but Naruto's close contact was making it really hard for her to be mad with the cerulean eyed boy. It only proved harder for her to be angry with Naruto when she felt the warmth that his body always gave off. Naruto's ability to always give off a sense of warmth had been one of the things that Rika had loved most about Naruto. The warmth she would feel whenever he was close to her was a constant source of comfort that always managed to put her at ease.

His mere presence alone always seemed to captivate her subconsciously making her draw closer to him. Naruto gazed softy at Rika with his ocean blue eyes, even when they were younger, memorizing her and bit by bit she felt that she was losing herself in them. As he drew closer to her, her own eyes became half-lidded, as they started to glaze over. "N-Naruto," Rika spoke softly leaning in closer to him.

Rika normally wasn't one for all the mushy stuff that came with being in a relationship, something Naruto was well aware of, especially out in public. Most of the time the most they would do is hold each other's' hand with the occasional kiss, and never having to worry about falling into the danger that came with being a hormonal teenager. But at that moment as Naruto stared down at her lovingly with his sapphire blue eyes, Rika didn't want anything more than to kiss him no matter where they were or who was watching. She had just closed her eyes waiting to feel his lips pressed against hers when she instead felt a gentle tug at the back of her head, as her hair fell from her preferred style and dropped loose down the sides and back of her head framing itself around her face.

Rika opened her eyes in a both surprise and confusion, as the warmth that she was previously basking in slowly withdrew only to realize what happened a second later. There right in front of her just a few feet away was a grinning Naruto with her hair band hanging loosely in his fingers, "W-what?" She asked confused.

If possible Naruto just seemed to grin wider before speaking, "You know Rika you look really pretty with your hair down like that you should let it down more often." He said in a teasing tone spinning the hair band around his finger.

Shaking in barely restrained rage Rika took one step toward the grinning blond, who was completely unaware of the danger he put himself in, with her head facing down, "Naruto no BAKA!"

A few minutes later the couple made their way through the front gate of the Nonaka home, Rika with her hair back in it usual pony tail style and Naruto nursing the bump the red head had left on his head.

"Humph that's what you get for taking my hair band." Rika replied to one of his comments of her using unnecessary violence on him.

Naruto grumbled a bit in reply as he opened the front door to her home, "Seiko-obaachan we're home!" Naruto called out once Rika and he had entered the classic Japanese home. Walking in from another part of the home was Seiko Hata as she smiled gently at the two teens.

"Welcome home you two." Seiko replied greeting the teens getting a hello from both of them.

"I'm going to go change." Rika said making her way to her room before pausing mid-step and turned to send a mild glare at Naruto, "You better stay far away from my room until I'm done, got that pervert." Rika finished, her question coming out more as a command as turned once again and continued making her way towards her room.

Naruto let a small huff of indignation, as he crossed his arms over his chest and pouted, "I don't get why she always accuses me of being a pervert it's not like I ever do anything to prove it."

Seiko chuckled in response, as she led Naruto toward the living room, "Having Jiraiya-san as your godfather and the time you spend with him doesn't exactly help your claims Naruto-kun." Seiko answered before she turned to look at the blond following her from over her should, "That's remind me shouldn't you still be in school Naruto-kun?" She questioned in a slight reprimanding tone.

Naruto chuckled uneasily as the scratched the back of his head. "Well… Uh you see I… that is um…" Naruto began trying to come up with something that would keep the elderly woman form being too mad with him. When nothing came to mind that would satisfy her he decided to come clean, "I just wanted to walk Rika home Obaa-chan, besides like I said to Rika it's the last day so it's not like I'm missing anything."

"Which is the same thing you've said when you've done this before," Seiko said in response letting out a sigh, "You do know I'll have to tell your mother don't I?" She questioned.

"Hai Seiko-obaachan." Naruto answered dejectedly.

Seiko smiled at the blond boy as she fought back a chuckle at his reaction. She had long ago come to consider Naruto a grandson to her, with all the time he spent with Rika as they grew up it was hard not to. She watched the two grow up together, and was just as happy as the couples' mothers when they had finally started to date each other. Seiko couldn't think of anyone that she would want to see her granddaughter with more than Naruto what with how close the two were to each other and their respective families. It hadn't really surprised her when he had called the Nonaka's home his home as well with all the time he spent their. In fact with all the time he spent there he was even given a room of his own that held extra clothes, books, and a lot of other personal items that belonged to him, just like Rika was given her own room at the Namikaze residence for all the time she had stayed there.

Seiko was brought out of her thoughts when Naruto began to speak once they took their seats in the living room, "Speaking of Kaa-san she wanted me to tell you that she want to invite you and Rumiko-kaasan over for dinner tonight." He began before he sighed in an annoyed manner, "According to her it's so we can celebrate me and Rika finally being reunited. She makes it sound we haven't seen each other for years." Naruto finished muttering the last bit so Seiko was barely being able to catch it.

Seiko laughed lightly at the red headed woman's antics, when it came to Naruto and Rika's relationship Kushina always had a tendency to over exaggerate things. Smiling, "That's sounds like a good idea to me Naruto-kun we'll just wait for Rumiko to get home before we make our way to over, alright?" Seiko replied, as she received a nod of acceptance from Naruto at the elder woman's suggestion.

"Oi Naruto I'm done changing now." Rika's came over from the direction that Naruto knew her room to be.

"Ah well looks like it is safe for me to head on over now," Naruto said standing up from his spot on the couch.

"Would you like some tea and cookies Naruto-kun?" Seiko offered, as she stood up as well turning to head toward the kitchen.

"That would be great Seiko-obaachan." Naruto replied excitedly nearly drooling at the thought of the cookies that Seiko would often make.

"Baka-Fishcake! What is taking so long hurry up already!" Rika's voice once more called out with an obvious tinge of impatience and irritation making itself, known.

"Ah, I'll be there in a sec Rika." Naruto answered back, as he quickly made his way over well aware how of his girlfriend got when she was kept waiting.

Seiko once again found herself stifling a laugh, as she watched Naruto hurriedly made his way over toward where her granddaughter was waiting for him. 'Oh my so young and already Rika has that boy whipped.' Seiko thought as the laugh she was so hard trying to suppress finally escaped her at the thought.

Hours later after the two had played each other several times in the card game with Rika winning two more games than Naruto, something she smugly pointed out, the two sat beside each other as they gently held hands. Whenever the young couple could they would sit outside at either's home and watch the sun set. Neither preferred one home to the other, the Namikaze home offering a perfect view of the setting sun without it being obscured by any buildings, the Nonaka residence was just as good as it offered the two soon to be tamers a beautiful view of the garden and pond that was located in the backyard, as it was bathed in the setting sun's light tingeing everything a shade of orange, something Naruto was especially fond of.

"Ne Rika-chan do you think you could…?" Began Naruto softly not wanting to ruin the moment by talking louder then he needed to.

Rika smiled in reply, though Naruto hadn't finished asking his question she already knew what he wanted to ask having heard similar requests on more than one occasion. Taking a deep breath Rika began…

"Promise that we'll stay for the sunset,
And when the moon shines through the darkness,
We can find the path that leads us home,
And on the way you'll...
...maybe...
...sing me a song.

Promise that you always will be there,
Hold my hand if ever I'm real scared,
Help me stand up tall if I fall down,

Make me laugh away all my bluest days!

How could you promise you always would be there?

Why'd you have to go away somewhere?

Every morning into every night,

Do you watch over me like the sun in the sky?

Am I all alone, or standing in your light?

I wish that I could...
...maybe...
...sing you a song...
...tonight.

You promised me we'd stay for the sunset..."

Rika ended her song by staring at the boy that now held her heart, and hoped that he would always be a part of her life no matter what the future might bring for them. Naruto was also staring back his smile different from the usual fox grin he wore, this smile he would only ware for Rika, a smile that expressed how much he truly cared for the girl that sat beside him.

"That was as beautiful as ever Rika." Naruto complimented his voice still soft and gentle from before.

Rika hmmed in reply moving herself closer to his side, as she laid her head on his shoulder and stared out toward the garden as the last light from the sun faded away, "Thanks." She spoke just as softly as she accepted the compliment.

Naruto's smile widened a bit, "I still think you would make an awesome singer someday."

"No." Rika replied instantly not even bothering the consider Naruto's statement.

Naruto wasn't at all taken back by the response since she had always answered the same way whenever he brought the idea up. "You know you've always said the same thing, but you've never told me why you don't want to be one. Think about it Rika with your amazing voice you'd have fans all over the world."

Rika sighed, but the smile she wore never vanished from her face. Before her father had passed away he always loved to hear her sing, so when he died Rika had lost all desire to sing ever again. But of course when Naruto had brought her out of her depression by being there it had earned him the right to hear her sing again. No one besides Naruto, not even her mom or grandmother, had heard her sing since.

"Because I only want to sing for you," She eventually replied, as she turned to gaze at him once more.

Naruto was unsure how he should reply to that statement he of course knew how much her father loved to hear her sing, Rika having told him so a long time ago. It was only now that he realized exactly how important he must be to her for her to sing whenever he would ask her to. Unable to help himself with this new revelation Naruto found himself leaning his head in closer to hers, as he repeated his actions from earlier that day with Rika doing the same thing, neither of them being able to deny the desire they felt at that moment. The kiss the two teens shared lacked the raw passion often described in romance novels when two lovers finally kissed, but it was filled with all the love and care they felt for one another. It was a kiss that spoke of innocence, but held promise for something more than carnal desire in the future.

When they eventually broke the kiss no words were exchanged between the two, as they held each other close as they now stared up into the heavens watching as the first stars of the night sky started to appear.

Unknown to the young couple a flash had gone off while the two were kissing, as a woman with long blond hair held a digital camera close to her chest as she quickly moved away from the two or risk being discovered by the two teens.

'Oh Kushina is going to love this one!' Rumiko thought giddily plans already forming of what they could do with the picture.

AN: Alright this is a one-shot I've had in my head for a long time now and is also the reason I haven't been able to focus on writing the next chapter for Shinobi of the Digital Hazard. You know whenever I read an author comment on plot bunnies I never understood why they had such a hard time dealing with them but now I do you simply can't focus on anything else but getting this done.

Now with this done I can hopefully get back to writing the next chapter of S.D.H.

But before I leave and let you all review this story I want you all to know I am considering making this an actual story in the future. I'm sure you've all read at least one story where Naruto is born in whatever crossover world the story is taking place and that is what I plan on doing this but I want to know what you all think so be sure to mention it in a review. Another thing if I do make this a story then I won't have Renamon be Rika's partner because I want to partner her up with someone else just to let you know.