**NaruTen Love Story**
~~Written as an early anniversary present for my boyfriend. I'm new to the world of Fanfiction, but don't worry, I can handle whatever Flames come my way. If you see any grammar or smelling mess ups, PM me. I was really tired when I wrote this. R&R please. It's the best pairing ever in my opinion, Naruto-X-TenTen~~ DISCLAIMER ALERT I no own Naruto or any of the characters even if I wish I did =^_^=
Directly after returning to Konoha, a certain blonde ninja made his way to the Hokage manor to report back after a three year training leave.
Lady Tsunade greeted the ninja and his travelling companion, Jiriya, with a grin, welcoming the pair into her office. The white haired Toad Sage stepped up to take the blonde woman's hand in his, she plucked his forehead.
"It's nice to see you again, grandma-chan. How have things in the village been since we left?" The Kyuubi vessel grinned like the fox within him when Tsunade rolled her eyes, making him comfortable on the couch in her office. The woman smiled, though neither male saw it, and thought, if only he knew how right he was to call me that... to herself.
Jiriya blushed perversely as Tsunade's unnaturally large breasts bounced with every step she took to her desk and the two blondes shared a look of exasperation at the white haired man's indignity. "Naruto, you can go relax in the village, if you want, and find out how things have been for yourself. I'll get the report from 'Pervy Sage' here," Tsunade said with a wave of her hand, effectively dismissing the blonde male from the room.
The ever training made his way to Training Ground #7 where he used to train with Kakashi Hatake and the rest of Team Seven, Sakura Haruno and Sasuke Uchiha. The silver haired sensei was constantly reading a bright orange covered book; Naruto came to find out Jiriya wrote; the pink haired girl was always fawning over Sasuke; and the raven haired loner was forever trying to get strong enough to kill his older brother-which as far as the blonde knew, Sasuke had not accomplished that goal yet. The blonde fox was the only one who trained for reasons that were noble. He trained to become the strongest ninja in the Hidden Leaf and take Tsunade's place as the Hokage. Little did he know at that point in his life his father was the fourth Hokage and now even though the blonde wasn't supposed to know this; his grandmother is the current Hokage. The only other person to know that secret was his best friend and former training partner, TenTen, Konoha's personal weapons he began thinking about his friend's he heard a shy, quiet voice from behind him saying his name.
"N-Naruto-san…?" The blonde turned around to find TenTen, her teammate Neji Hyuuga, and his cousin Hinata Hyuuga hiding behind them.
"Hello Hinata-san. Neji-san, TenTen-chan how are you?"
"Naruto-kun, you're back! I missed you so much. Sparring with Lee and Gai-sensei is no fun anymore." TenTen said as she walked forward to give the blonde in front of her a hug.
"I'm sorry you weren't having fun, but sparring with someone other than me must have been good for you, right?" Naruto blushed when he had his friend in his arms again and almost didn't let go when she moved to step back. As TenTen inspected him to make sure there were no major changes or permanent damage from training with Jiriya, the blonde stuck his hand out to Neji for the other boy to shake hands with him. Naruto and Neji had never gotten especially close. Yeah, they were friends but Neji was always so worried that the trouble-making blonde would influence TenTen or Hinata into doing something they normally wouldn't. In regards to the brunette girl, Neji's efforts never really were an effective approach to keeping TenTen at a safe distance from Naruto. The two always found ways around Neji to see each other in the past and that brought them even closer than training together for as long as they had. Naruto thought of the last time he'd seen the brunette girl-woman now by the looks of her. It was the day he left for the Toad Mountain and TenTen had been the only one to see him off at the village gates for everyone else was either in the hospital or on a mission, or simply just didn't care what happened to the Kyuubi vessel.
The three years had been kind to the two girls in front of him. Both TenTen and Hinata were taller and not as reserved or flat-chested as they were before. Of course, TenTen's hair was still in her trade mark buns, but Hinata's which had always been the shortest of all the female ninjas was now racing down towards the middle of her back. Both girls were extremely attractive by any standards but no one of any gender could ever be more beautiful than Naruto's TenTen-chan, even if she had no clue of the blonde's feelings towards her. Naruto had long since forgotten about his childhood crush on Sakura.
"N-Naruto-san, w-when did y-you get b-back?" Hinata still had that constant stutter when it came to Naruto it seems.
The blonde scratched the back of his head and gave a small smile. "Well, I just got back today with Jiriya. I see you're back to fighting status, Hinata-chan. When did grandma-chan clear you to be an official shinobi again?" Naruto shot a glance at the Hyuuga male who was now turned away finding a blade of grass particularly interesting, remembering the promise the blonde had made and fulfilled during the chunnin exams after Neji nearly killed his own cousin in the preliminary battles.
"Hinata-chan was cleared by the Hokage not long after you left," TenTen cut in quickly. She leaned over Naruto's shoulder and whispered, "Not everyone knows why you call Lady Tsunade that, Naruto-kun!" in his ear.
"Naruto-kun, it's rude to call the Hokage that!" Of course the stutter went away when she's chastising me for something, the blushing blonde thought. He gave an apologetic smile to the also blushing Hyuuga girl and a thankful one to the weapons mistress behind him.
"Well, Hinata-san and I have to go. We have a meeting with Lord Hiashi. Goodbye TenTen-chan, Naruto-san," Neji interjected politely before gently pulling Hinata away from the two teens in front of him and towards the Hyuuga compound.
Once the other two were out of sight Naruto felt himself being pulled into a bon crushing hug from the brunette; smiling until she nearly squeezed the life out of him. "Ugh... TenTen, I can't breathe...!" Naruto smiles when the girl he'd been dreaming about for the past three years let go of him with a sheepish smile and ducked her head, blushing.
Naruto reached up to her hair and pulled to ribbon holding one of her buns up gently, releasing her waist length hair in a cascade of chocolate brown waves. After doing the same to the other side, the blonde looked down into TenTen's equally brown eyes and smiled, saying softly, "There, now that's better." He ran his fingers through her soft brown tresses, causing her to blush a faint pink. She's so cute when she's like this, Naruto thought. Just looking at her made him remember why he fell so hard for her in the first place.
"Naru-kun, I'm so glad you're back in one piece." TenTen was feeling the same sense of overwhelming love for the smiling blonde has was for her. Neither had told the otherr about their feelings. They never got the chance between training, then the chunnin exams, and the Sasuke Retrieval Mission all the males in the Rookie 9 and Neji had to do after the exams. The brunette thought about all of their lost chances and a slight frown creased her brow as she looked down at her hands.
"Ten-chan, are you alright?" The blonde pulled his friend into his arms gently and rested his chin on the top of her head. His hands rubbed her back gently as he waited for her reply.
"Yeah, I'm just thinking about something. Naru-kun, is there anyone you'd like to date...?" TenTen asked her question tentatively and looked up at him from under her eyelashes.
"Yeah, but I don't think she wants to date me. Why do you ask?" The blonde sat down on a tree stump and looked quizzically up at his brunette love. "Did something happen while I was gone?" Naruto wondered aloud. He pulled TenTen's hand gently and sat her in front of him. He continued to play with her brown hair while it was painfully obvious that she was battling with herself over how to answer his questions.