Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or anything to do with it, as much as I would like to.

A/N: The other Naruto fic I did has been abandoned because I completely lost touch with it, so that's why I have started with this one. I actually started it last year, but I never got around to completing it. One of my friends read what I had written and liked it so I thought I would give it a go and carry on. I am not going to reveal the pairings, as there will be more than one, but the main one will be put in the summary.

I also have FFVII fic as well, but that is on hold at the moment while I get back into the swing of writing as they have been my most successful stories. Rest assured, they will be updated eventually. Anyway, enough gassing, on with the first chapter. Please read and review as I like to have opinions so I know that it is worth carrying on.

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Doesn't Take Much to Make Things Go Wrong

Chapter 1: Start the Lesson, the First Screw Up

The female jounin had not been this happy for a while. It had taken many years for the attraction to become known, but now things seemed to be kicking off. She was getting ready to go out on a date, and was stuck with what to wear. This was one fault that some women seemed to have: when getting ready to go out on a date, they had no idea what to wear. This was exactly why Kurenai had started getting ready a few hours before she was going to be picked up. Many a time she had rushed to dates because she was running late due to not being able to decide what to wear.

The ebony haired jounin continued to hunt through her wardrobe, and eventually settled on a long black dress. Nothing fancy, simple, but it showed off her curves in all the right ways. It was getting colder in Konoha as winter was approaching, so it would help to keep her warm in the bitter outdoors.

Now that the outfit was chosen, it was now time for the shower. Looking at the clock, Kurenai estimated she had about two hours to get showered, made up, and dressed before she was going to be picked up. The genjutsu expert couldn't wait and the butterflies were already setting up their home in her stomach. She had been out with the guy a few times now, but there were always butterflies whenever she knew that they were going out for the evening.

With a sigh, she laid out her outfit on the bed and closed the bathroom door with a sigh.

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Asuma was bored, he was ready to go and collect Kurenai, but with his experience if women, he knew that she would not be ready yet. Looking up at the clock, he began to think about what he could do to kill the time. As long as he didn't go so far away that he was late to pick Kurenai up then everything would be ok. That was the only option Asuma had, go out for a walk.



What the hell? The time isn't going to go any faster if I sit around doing nothing… he thought with a resigned sigh, and once he grabbed his jacket, he walked out into the cold night.

Once he got outside, there was a new problem, where was he going to go? He could always pop to Ichiraku's for a snack, as he was only going to the bar with Kurenai, so it would keep him going until they decided what to do after leaving the bar.

Ichiraku's it is…

However, when the jounin got there, he did not expect to see a depressed looking woman sitting in the middle of the stand. Seeing as he was bored, Asuma didn't think there was any harm in going over to talk to her, after all, it would eat into the time and give him something to do before he went to pick his girlfriend up. Slowly, he walked over, and he could tell that she knew that he was behind her, she would see his reflection in the soup base in her bowl.

"Hi, mind if I sit with you? I have some time to kill." He asked with an uncomfortable laugh. However, the blonde looked up and gave him a warm smile. The jounin's breath caught in his throat when he saw her. She was stunning, and he was not even going to try and look at her body. All thoughts of Kurenai went out of his head at that moment, though there was an annoying voice in his head that was warning him to get out of there and just go to Kurenai's early. He swiftly shut it up and concentrated on this woman.

"Sure, take a seat, I was going to be going after this bowl anyway." She said, and let out a sad sigh. Asuma didn't know if he should, but he wanted to try and find out why this woman was looking so upset.

"This may be forward, but can I ask what has made such a pretty young woman such as you upset? Oh, sorry, my name is Asuma, by the way." He said, placing a smile on his face. The woman seemed to hesitate at first, after all, she had just been approached by a complete stranger, but she had nobody else to talk to about it as her family had predicted her problem would come along sooner or later and she had not heeded their warnings. The blonde was not in the mood for hearing 'I told you so' from about six different directions.

"Pleased to meet you Asuma, I'm Junko, though my friends call me Jun, so you can address me by that if you wish. As to why I am feeling so upset, my fiancée left me today. We were meant to go out for tea and dango, but when I got to the shop, I was sitting there for two hours. I was about to go when one of his friends turned up and told me that he wasn't going to come. I asked him why, and all he said was that my fiancée wanted nothing to do with me anymore and that was that. I suppose I am better off without him anyway, seeing as how he didn't have the courage to come and tell me himself. Doesn't make it any easier though…" she said with a sad sigh, and finished off her ramen.

Asuma felt for Jun, he really did, and he was not sure what he should say to her story. Not everyone liked sympathy, and he did not want to upset her further.

"Say…why don't you come to the bar with me? It'll save you moping around town all by yourself." He offered, and was pleased when the blonde accepted. Asuma paid for the ramen and they walked off to the bar, arm in arm. Little did Asuma know that he had been spotted long ago.

Asuma, what are you doing, baka?!

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It had been over an hour and a half since Asuma was supposed to turn up at Kurenai's house, and he was still not there, and she was beginning to get worried. Had something happened?

Maybe he forgot to pick me up and is waiting for me at the bar…

Kurenai grabbed her black coat from the chair and her purse, and then walked out of her house and set off after locking it. To get there faster, she decided to take the short cut across the training grounds. It was a good one to take when she was running late. However, as she was running so late, she did not notice the legs sticking out from under the tree, and it wasn't long before she ended up on her backside. Thankfully it had not rained for a while so there was no mud around. As she dusted her arms off, a gloved hand was offered to her, which she gladly took and allowed herself to be pulled up.

"You really shouldn't stick your legs out like that Kakashi." She said, and received a small laugh in return.

"You really shouldn't run through the training grounds in case you fall over someone's legs while they are trying to relax." He retorted, earning a laugh from Kurenai.

"OK, point taken. What are you doing out here anyway?" she asked, it wasn't often that she saw the Copy Nin at the training grounds this late.

"I thought I'd let the dogs out for a bit, they keep me company when I have nothing to do, you see. Sakura is always so busy at the hospital, Naruto is always…well…doing Naruto things and you know the deal with Sasuke. Anyway, what are you doing out here, and where are you off to in such a hurry?" Kakashi asked, and Kurenai sighed before explaining.

"I was meant to be going out with Asuma tonight. He was supposed to pick me up an hour and a half ago and…well…no Asuma, so I am going to the bar to see if he—Kakashi?" she was distracted by a puff of smoke, and noticed that the masked shinobi was nowhere to be seen.

What the hell?Kurenai thought as she continued her journey to the bar.

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A/N: Well, that is all that is going in the first chapter XD What's going to happen, hm? Thanks for reading, I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and please review!