AN: Alright, before you begin your journey through this tale (because this will be the only author's note you'll see till the very end of the story in chapter 10-although I might have a footnote or two), please remember I wrote this when I was twelve, so don't be surprised if it's not up to par with my new works, alright? Since there were so many people who liked it, I couldn't bear to delete this since it's easy to fix the grammar. However, the plot itself wasn't as good as I thought it was back then. This was basically my little story when I was first learning the ropes of fanfiction. Also the bonus scenes at the end of the chapters are either deleted scenes or just to 'satirize' my twelve year old self's inefficiency to construct a feasible plot without plot holes (eh, spoofs). If that didn't scare you away and you are still planning to read this… enjoy! (If you don't enjoy, please don't complain because I already warned you).

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

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A NaruSaku Fanfiction
Author:wubbzy
Count: 2680

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My Boyfriend is…Naruto?

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We don't realize what's there

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Chapter One

Mission: Escort the Prince!

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The sweet scent of cherry blossoms filled his nostrils, enticing his senses. It was clear even when he felt a bit dizzy by the high inducing scent of her, his problematic addiction. Naruto and Sakura were walking on a path that had a bountiful number of cherry blossom trees. Rosy cheeks were visible on both when their small glances caught each other's eyes. They walked hand in hand but decided to take a seat to capture the beautiful scenery.

"Oh Naruto! I know how I was madly in love with that stupid head, Sasuke, but now I know that it's you. Naruto, you're my one and only true love," Sakura confessed, holding that cute blush Naruto loved to see her with. Naruto grinned from ear to ear.

"I love you too, Sakura-chan. I always did, and I always will. I'll be the one to cherish and love you every day of my life. I'll be the one to always make you happy," he declared. Sakura blushed, twiddling the red fabric that was her dress.

"Naruto, you make me the happiest girl in the world. You know what would make me even happier? If you give me a…kiss," Sakura exclaimed with alacrity. She spoke in a very girlish fashion with her index finger over her lips. Naruto's eyes widened in astonishment. The cherry blossom petals blew across as the wind made his nose smell the scent of cherry blossoms even more. His face adorned a blush. Did he hear her right?

"Uh…of course, Sakura-chan!" His sheepish smile was visible, and his awkward chuckles strained both their ears. He tried his best to act cool. Taking a gulp, the gap between the two started getting closer and closer, inch by inch.

"This feeling. Why am I getting this feeling? Wait a second, when would Sakura-chan say this, let alone do this?" Naruto asked himself. "Eh, oh well, who cares." He dismissed his questioning, since…well, it's Sakura. He was thinking too much about it anyways. Their lips were only but a few centimeters away when-

SMACK!

"AAAHHH!" he shouted in astonishment and a lot of pain. He frantically looked up, only to see the girl of his dreams looking down on him…with killer intent.

"Ugh," Naruto thought in displeasure. "I knew that dream was too good to be true."

"NA-RU-TO!" Sakura growled, a bit of bitterness in her tone along with anger – a lot of anger. Naruto whimpered, knowing things weren't going to end well for him. Though, what had he done? "What exactly were you dreaming about? And don't lie to me; you talk in your sleep."

"Oh crap!" Naruto thought. "How do I get out of this one?"

"Uh, well, you see…" Naruto began to explain. "I was just…just. Hehehe." He scratched the back of his neck. Naruto started to laugh sheepishly. Sakura sighed in annoyance.

"Naruto. You could be such a pervert at times," she told him in disappointment as she crossed her arms. She shivered at the thought of her name being said in such a way; it kind of scared her.

"It was COMPLETELY innocent, I swear! Hey this isn't that dream I have where we-" Naruto was smacked in the head by the pink haired kunoichi. She did not want to hear the end of that sentence.

"I guess I'm mistaken. You can be a pervert all the time," she corrected herself.

"Hey! At least I'm not like Ero-sennin!" Naruto retorted.

"True, but maybe you should cool it on spending so much time with Jiraiya-sama. Geez…" Sakura let out a long sigh, sitting down with her tired muscles sore and aching. She sat there until Naruto asked a question.

"As much as I enjoy your company Sakura-chan, why are you here this early in the morning?" he asked the girl.

"First of all, it's the afternoon," she stated. "Second and foremost, we've been summoned by Tsunade-sama."

"Alright! Baa-chan gave us a new mission! I hope it's a dangerous one or something! We haven't had a mission in a while!" Naruto yelled in bliss.

"I don't think you should be hoping for a dangerous mission, idiot. I'll be waiting outside while you change."

"Right." He beamed while Sakura walked out of his room.

Once he finished getting ready, Naruto walked out and locked the door when he noticed Sakura leaning against the door frame.

"Took you long enough." Sakura scowled. She thought it was girls who took long. She hadn't even taken that long!

"Sorry Sakura-chan," he apologized. Afterwards, the two ran to the Hokage tower.

Knock, knock, knock…

"Hey, Baa-chan! Open up already!" Naruto called out, banging on the door.

"Naruto! Can you be a little more respectful?" Sakura asked, irritated at the blond bringing cacophony to her ears.

"Enter!" Tsunade announced. Naruto looked around to see Sasuke and Kakashi already present.

"Hey Sasuke, Kakashi-sensei," Naruto greeted.

"Good morning Kakashi-sensei. Good morning Sasuke-kun," she greeted as well, saying Sasuke's name with more enthusiasm with a blush adorning her cheeks. Naruto groaned at the girl's actions in frustration. Kakashi waved, while Sasuke gave a small grunt in response, also giving a small wave.

"Now that all of you are here, listen up! I'm going to assign you a B-rank mission. The mission is to escort a prince to Earth Country. I warn you now: there will be ninja of the grass that are trying to assassinate the prince. Be on the lookout," Tsunade cautioned.

"Yes," they all said in unison and nodded.

"Tsunade-sama?" Sakura asked.

"Yes?"

"Who is this prince, and what does he look like?" she asked in curiosity.

"I can honestly say I don't know, but Kakashi will be the one to retrieve him, and take him to the gates, which means that's where you all will meet. Is that clear?" she demanded.

"Yes."

"You are all dismissed." They turned to leave, when Tsunade had one more piece of advice."Oh, by the way, you might have to stay on guard in Earth Country, which is depended on how this mission is going to go. If there are ninja chasing him… and please, do not do anything stupid that can cause this village any trouble." They all glared at the blonde.

"Hey, why are you all looking at me?" he asked. Tsunade sighed and began to shuffle papers before she looked at Sakura.

"Sakura! Be careful around the prince," she warned.

"Why is that, Tsunade-sama?" she asked as her head tilted in curiosity.

"Oh, no reason. Just watch yourself, okay? Pack up and meet in the next thirty minutes by the gates." They all nodded in response, saying a "yes," and turned to leave.

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Thirty minutes later…

Impatience, irritation, and frustration were all the emotions of the three young ninja's waiting for their sensei. A very unpunctual sensei was very tardy with no prince, but this was merely an understatement.

"Damn that Kakashi-sensei! Ugh! Hurry up!" Naruto exclaimed. As Naruto shook his head in frustration, a puff of smoke appeared, revealing Kakashi-sensei right then.

"Hey guys! Sorry I'm late. I just had to valiantly help the poor old lady with her bags across the street." Kakashi grinned, knowing that expression on their faces all too well.

"You're late Kakashi-sensei! No excuses!" Both Sakura and Naruto pointed, fuming in anger as Sasuke merely gave a sigh of annoyance in response.

"So, let's get a move on, shall we?" Kakashi smiled, really wanting to change the subject quickly.

"Wait, where's the prince?" Sakura asked.

"Right, he's-" Kakashi stepped to the right to reveal the prince's presence. "Right here!" Kakashi let out a smile…under his mask. Sakura's and Naruto's eyes bulged out. Even Sasuke's eyes widened. They couldn't help but notice how lame his appearance and fashion was.

"Whoa, what's up with the yellow spandex?" Naruto thought, still shocked.

"Look at that hair," Sakura thought, referring how his hair had a very old guy's hair cut. And you think that's bad, just look at what made Naruto and Sakura petrified.

"What the hell? His eyebrows are bushier than Lee's!" they both thought in unison.

"Is this really the prince?" Sakura asked incredulously. She tried her best to give a smile, although it looked forced.

"Yes, this is Prince Rikuto," Kakashi told them. He turned to face him and pointed to Sasuke. "This is Uchiha, Sasuke."

"Hey," Sasuke greeted, bowing in respect.

"This is Uzumaki, Naruto." Kakashi pointed to Naruto. Naruto grinned, giving a greeting to the prince, so Sakura grabbed his head and made him bow as she sheepishly laughed when Kakashi turned to Sakura.

"And this is Haruno, Sakura." Sakura gave out a grin as well, bowing as well.

"Okay, now that we introduced ourselves, we should get a move on."

"Wait one second!" the prince called dramatically. They all turned to stare his way. "Before we go," Rikuto began. The prince held a big red blush on his face, looking quite flustered. His entire face was a rosy red. He walked towards Sakura, grabbing her hand. "Malady, it is a pleasure to be acquainted with you. I do hope we can be more than acquaintances when this is over." He held a perverted look on his face that caused Sakura to shiver in disgust. This was going to be scary. The prince was about to kiss her hand, when Naruto made sure to get in the way of the two. He held a furious look on his face. He was not having any of this.

"Hey! What do you think you're doing flirting with Sakura-chan?" Naruto yelled with his fist clenched. "Watch, if you lay one finger on her I'm going to-" you could only hear Naruto mumbled, incoherent words after that, for his mouth was covered by his teammate's hands. They all turned around, away from the prince.

"Naruto, you idiot! What do you think you're doing?" Sakura whispered out, menace still in her voice despite the attempt to keep quiet. He looked up towards her with confusion visible in his eyes and was incredulous to what the angelic voice said.

"You can't talk to our client like that dobe! You have such a big mouth you know, you should shut it for once." Sasuke glared at the blonde.

"Naruto, try to calm down," Kakashi whispered out.

"Besides, I can take care of myself!" Sakura pointed out.

"I know that Sakura-chan. But, but it just ticks me off! I can't believe he'd try something like that with you." Naruto crossed his arms in childish defiance.

"That doesn't mean I need to be protected. I'm not as useless as before, Naruto," she said, holding not only a poignant expression, but a saddened tone.

"No, no! I never meant to make you think that's what I feel about you! You were never useless or anything of the sort Sakura-chan! Don't think-" Naruto tried to explain in a panic. Sakura let out a sigh.

"I know Naruto," she said in annoyance. He really did talk too much. She looked over to the prince, resulting in shivers going down her spine. "Geez, now I know why Tsunade-sama said to be careful."

"Well, I should tell you now. Do not get the prince upset by any means, got it?"

"Why?" they all asked.

"The reason is because he's obviously the prince of Earth Country. If we upset him in any way, chances are that just a little outburst to upset him can cause real trouble, and our alliance might be reevaluated.

It would be a war that we will be short of a lot of ninja after that last war broke out against the Sand and Sound village. Please, don't do anything to upset him, got it?" he asked firmly. They all nodded in response. Kakashi turned to the prince, showing that he was smiling by the way his eye turned into an upside down u. "I'm sorry for the delay Prince Rikuto, but we just had to clear a few things up. Now then, shall we go?" he asked.

"Took you long enough," he retorted with a scowl as he walked on with smug and arrogant stature. They all left through the gates of Konoha with feelings of concern, disgust, and nonchalance. Next stop, Earth Country! That is, if they don't encounter grass ninja first.

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Bonus Scene

Dreams and a Creeper!

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Naruto and the gang were all making their way through the green forest. They all could even hear the birds chirping and the peace and tranquil of everything for once. That wasn't right. Sakura decided to make conversation since the mood seemed surprisingly dull.

"Hey, Naruto, exactly what were you dreaming about, seriously? You never said anything," she reminded. It caused Naruto's eyes to widen, wondering why she would actually bring that up again. His face heated in embarrassment. Kakashi held an amused expression.

"Have you been reading Jiraiya's books?" he asked, when Naruto denied it immediately. Kakashi chuckled at his denial: no one could resist the Ichi Ichi series.

"Well, he does do some really weird things in his sleep actually. I once caught him kissing that Kakashi plushy he has-"

"Shut up teme!" Naruto called, making Sasuke smirk.

"It was kind of funny, he had his limbs wrapped around it as if he were-"

"I said shut up!" Naruto interrupted so he wouldn't say any other embarrassing things in front of Sakura. Sakura began to giggle along with the rest of them.

"Hey, why do you have that plushy of me anyways?" Kakashi asked a bit freaked out upon pondering.

"I never got stuffed animals as a kid, so it's the only thing I have!" Naruto exclaimed, feeling that was a pretty darn good excuse. Really, the true reason might never be revealed.

"Still, a Kakashi plushy? But why-"

"Can we just drop this?" Naruto asked in frustration as he ruffled his hair. They were about to force him to burn the damn thing.

"That's good, because you still haven't told me what you dreamed aboutk," Sakura reminded, making Naruto curse under his breath. He sighed, ready to tell the truth.

"Sakura-chan, the truth is I always dream of you! And we were together and you wanted me to beat up Sasuke and… and we were going to kiss, but then you smacked me," Naruto said as he sighed. "Actually, there was something else too, we had confessed-"

"What the rubbish is this? That's just disgusting! Sakura-hime would never do something like that! You don't deserve her precious lips that should only belong to me!" Rikuto said, on the side lines until someone said Sakura and someone other than him would kiss each other.

"What you say?" Naruto growled in anger. "First of all, Sakura doesn't belong to you and second-"

"Okay you two, break it up." Sasuke sighed, extending his arm between the two boys as sparks of anger crossed each other.

"Geez, honestly, you two need to stop it now. But seriously though Naruto, you're turning into a creeper," Kakashi said, while Sakura shivered at the thought. Naruto crossed his arms glaring at all of them. He didn't want to say anything else before he was being accused of being a weirdo or something. Sakura giggled knowing kissing either of them was out of the question. Unknown to her, Inner Sakura smirked, "We'll kiss one of them sometime."

"What the-what are you talking about?" Sakura asked incredulously.

Inner Sakura thought, oh yeah, that's at the end- "Oh great, I'm spoiling it for everyone!" Inner Sakura exclaimed in a panic.

"Shut up, no you didn't, since you don't know what happens either." Sakura sighed. "Anyways…" Sakura thought back to Naruto's particular dream, and was a bit freaked out how her dreams are similar… though, Sasuke was the one with her she was about to kiss; they were having a tea party and he's in a duck costume for an unknown reason. Why was that?

"Seriously Sakura? Seriously? Everyone knows why- crap, just forget it. Let's end this now damn it." Inner Sakura sighed. And so, their adventure continues on their way to Earth Country.