AN: Hey, wazzup! Let me introduce myself, I'm strawberry-hime ( my name used to be manga-hime, but I like strawberry-hime better) and it's a pleasure 2 write fics 4 u. Dis is my first story and I hope u all like it! Warning: might contain lemon in future chapters.

Disclaimer: I don't own naruto or any of it's characters but I wish I did * sniff *

Chapter 1, Somewhere special

"That mission was too tiring" naruto whined as he and sakura walked home, "no shit, if I keep walking, I swear my legs are going to fall of" sakura complained as they walked home.

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They reached apartment a few minutes later and they were at sakura's apartment, saying their good byes. "This is my stop, I'll see tomorrow" sakura said as she as she was about to walk through her front door when naruto grabbed her wrist stopping her. "Sakura wait!" naruto yelled letting go of her wrist to let her turn around, "I was wondering if you wanted to go on a date with me sometime. . ."

naruto asked nervously.

Oh come one sakura, you know you want to, her inner voice said, trying to sway her. "Ok. . .but I'm gonna pound him if he takes me to Ichiraku" sakura told her self, "ok naruto, I'll go with you, just this once" sakura said, accepting his offer. "Really? Sweet! So how 'bout tomorrow, I'll pick you up lets say. . .tenish?" naruto suggested sheepishly, "ten it is, so I'll see you tomorrow then" sakura answered with a warm smile.

"Yeah, oh and bring a swimsuit, I wanna take you somewhere special" naruto said as he walked off, giving sakura a little wave before he disappeared around the corner. "Swimsuit? Somewhere special? I wonder where he plans to take me . . ."

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Sakura was getting ready for her date with naruto, but she still wondered where he was taking her but she would find out eventually. She packed a red bikini, hoping it didn't look too trampy, but then again, all bikinis looked a bit trampy no matter what shape or form. She also packed a towel and bottle of water, and all she had to do was wait.

Back at naruto's place, he was also getting ready for his date. He wore some a pair of swimming trunks, which stopped a quarter down his knee, under some baggy jeans that had some rips and tares in them and three chains hanging of the right side. He also wore a shirt that was like his jacket, a small section of black up the top and the rest of the shirt orange. It was a pretty tight shirt, it wrapped around him like another layer of skin, which stretched his well-toned abs.

He wore his forehead protector and a new pair of black gloves that had protective metal plates over his knuckles and the back of his hands. Something wasn't right about the gloves, then an idea popped into his head, he ripped off the material that was covering his fingers. When he was done, he packed some food that he prepared the night before and shoved it into a picnic basket along with some other stuff into his backpack and left for sakura's place.

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Sakura heard a knock at her door. "He's ten minutes early" sakura thought, He's not so bad, easy on the eyes too, her inner self teased. "Oh shut up" sakura yelled in her mind and went straight to the door. She opened the door to see naruto standing there with his usual happy grin. Sakura looked up and down his body, her eyes widened in shock.

"He's so, so-", He's absolutely delicious! Her inner voice squealed in her head. "Uh, sakura are you alright?" naruto asked, his full of concern, with that sakura snapped back to reality. "Oh! I-it's nothing" she reassured him. "Shall we go?" naruto questioned, "yeah, lets" sakura said as she grabbed her bag. "Was she checking me out? Naw . . . hell yeah she was!" naruto shouted in his head as they walked outside into the street. "If we wanna get there faster, we're gonna have to run" naruto said as he jumped on a roof of a building, sakura followed. "Are you going to tell me where we're going yet?" sakura asked, losing a bit of her patience, "told you it was a surprise" he said with a cheeky grin. Sakura sighed in defeat, "lead the way" she said with a faint smile, naruto nodded and they started to run and jump from roof to roof.

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They reached the forest on the other side of town and they were currently jumping through trees. Naruto stopped and landed on the ground, sakura followed one step behind. Naruto looked around for anyone who might of followed them, which made sakura confused. "Naruto will you pleas tell me where we're going!" sakura demanded, "don't worry, we're almost there, trust me" naruto said as he grabbed sakura's hand and they went deeper into the forest.

He led her through the forest, guiding her across the rugged path. While they were walking naruto realized he was still holding sakura's hand, but he didn't let go. It felt weirdly small to his hand, and he held onto it gently yet firmly, as if it was something precious. Sakura also realized that he was holding her hand, she was amazed at how he gripped it so firmly, yet he held it so gently, feeling the skin from his fingers on hers sent shivers down her spine. Admit it your in love with him, yor even blushing! Her inner voice teased, "am not! I can't be, I'm in love with sasuke. . ." she trailed of in her head. Whatever you say, you'll still be in love with him, the inner said then disappeared. "I can't be in love naruto, I can't be. . .am I?"

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"Okay, we're here" naruto declared as he and sakura stopped hiking, they were deep within the forest, and they stopped in front of a huge, untrimmed hedge that stretched around something but sakura didn't know what. The hedge was so dense and tangled that sakura couldn't see through it, it was so tall that she couldn't see over it, and all she could hear was a waterfall somewhere.

"What do you mean there's nothing here" sakura said grumpily, naruto chuckled making sakura confused, he made her more confused when a smirk played along his lips. "Oh really" he said as he walked over to the to the hedge and pulled some of the branches out of the way to reveal something amazing.

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AN: till the next chapter my fellow writers and readers, I hope you all be patient and wait for the next chapter, and I hope the end of this chapter will leave you wanting to read the next one

From little miss sweet 'n' sour

Strawberry-hime3