"Fuck"

That was the first word that came out of Naruto Uzumaki's mouth that morning.

Why?

He felt like shit.

"What the fuck did I do last night?" Something shifted under the covers to his right. He pulled the blanket away from the lump, and stared at the naked brunette who, thankfully, was still asleep.

"Ok scratch that. WHO did I do last night?" He looked up to the cieling and in thought, his eyes squinting and his tongue poking out slightly. He vaguely remembered stepping into a bar and ordering several drinks. Next thing he knew he was back at his apartment with one girl sitting on his face and another making out with her while riding him like a horse. Which left him with one question.

"Where's the second one?"

Suddenly the door to his room opened catching his attention.

"Oh hey Karin."

"Morning." The red head stated, looking at the naked woman laying in his bed. "I didn't realize you were into brunettes."

"Neither did I. Hey did we sleep together last night?"

"Pft, don't get your hopes up." She replied.

"Hmm. Then where's.." He trailed off as a moan came from the end of his bed. Pulling the covers back revealed a blond just as naked as the brunette. "Oh, there she is."

"Two in one night? Not bad. Cute too. You've done better though."

"You weren't the best."

"That was an accident asshole!"

Naruto allowed a sly smirk on his face. "An accident you all too happy participating in with me in your drunken stupor." He said wiggling his eyebrows.

"Naruto."

"Yes?"

"I'm going to kill you."

"Heh. Tougher people have tried and failed honey."

"Just put some pants on." She sighed. Honestly sometimes she wondered why she still traveled with that idiot. And then she remembered. Oh yeah. That's right.

"So, what's the plan today hot shot?" She asked once Naruto was fully dressed.

"Hmm. Go find a bar and then get so hammered you'll have to scrape me from the floor?"

"Try again."

Damn. There went that plan.

"Alright, we hit the road again today. We've been here for a grand total of three days. The way I figure it we have about another two days before the hunter nin find out and haul ass to come and pick us up. I'd rather be gone long before that happens."

"And what about these two?" She said motioning towards to two naked females who miraculously stayed asleep during the entire conversation.

"Meh, they'll be fine if we just leave them here."

"And what about our next destination. Any ideas?"

"Nope." He replied pulling on a long black leather jacket.

"Don't you remember what happened last time we started traveling without knowing we were going?" She asked with her arms crossed.

The memory caused him to cringe. Yeah he remembered. They had traveled for a weak before finding a small town called Doku. Needless to say the town didn't take too kindly to outsiders and had Naruto and Karin hauling ass to get out of there within the hour, throwing all assortments of sharp objects at them.

One of the bastards managed to nick Naruto in the arm. And of course it was poisoned. Luckily the nine tails took care of the lethal part but that didn't stop it from turning his tongue purple and his piss blue for a week.

"How could I forget." He mumbled to himself. "If I remember correctly the Hidden Sand should be a three days travel from here. The dessert is about an hour away."

"Oh wonderful. The dessert."

"Ok you got any better ideas?"

She stuck her tongue out at him.

"Thought not."

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Three hours later...

Naruto, if he was being completely honest, was a man that didn't dislike many things. In fact he liked most things, some of his favorite stuff were booze, woman, and booze.

Now, if he was being completely honest, he could say he officially hated the dessert. It was hot. It was humid. And worst yet there wasn't a single bar in sight.

He didn't even have any alcohol with him for the road. Damn red heads purging his alcohol storage.

Fucking Karin...

"Why didn't you warn me before we did this." He bit out irritably.

"I did you moron!"

"Well you obviously didn't try hard enough cuz here we are!" He yelled back.

Their bickering had continued well into the day until the sun set, forcing them to stop for the night. The dessert was dangerously cold at night, forcing them to snuggle close to eachother, Karin with her arms wrapped around his waste trying to steal some warmth.

They had been silent for some time until Karin decided to break the silence.

"Hey Naruto?"

"Hm?"

"Do you... Do you ever think one day maybe we could, I don't know, stop traveling? Find a place to settle down at to live the rest of our lives in peace?"

The question left Naruto silent for a bit. Could they? He left his home in search of adventure. To live life on the edge. Could he see himself settling down? Ten years ago he would have said "no, definately not." Now though...

Maybe.

"I suppose so." He finally said. It wasn't a definitive yes or no answer, but it seemed to set Karin at ease as she settled herself into his side, resting her head on his chest.

"I hope so." She said before her eyes fluttered close, sleep claiming her.

A life not on the road? Perhaps that wasn't such a bad life to live, he mused before sleep also claimed him.

Authors Notes

Short chapter I know. The idea just sort of hit me and I ran with it. So what do you think? It's a bit of a change of theme from my Soulless story don't ya think? Anyways let me know what you think. Be sure to review. If enough people like it I'll continue with this one. Idk if people will like it so if it doesn't get a very positive reaction I'll just scrap it. Well until next time!