Chapter 1:
Authors note: this is my very first fic so I would appreciate any and all reviews, this is sort of a pilot chapter, I will be working on another one but I really want some feedback if you guys could. Anything to be as harsh as you want.
"Naruto look out!"sakura shouted to her team mate as a missing nin from another village jump out behind him kunai in hand ready to demolish the blonde boy. "Oh no ya don't" naruto said firmly as he turned around bashing a rasengan into his opponent. The enemy nin writhed in pain as the spiralling orb had jabbed into his back. Naruto pinned the masked shinobi and restrained him with invisible wire. "Hey sakura I got him" naruto waved at the pink haired girl. "Great I managed to nab the other one just a few seconds ago" sakura said nonchalantly. "I guess we gotta get these guys back to konoha now" the blonde said lazily. "Alright let's get this over with, I got ramen waiting for me back home" naruto beamed just thinking about his favourite food. "Is that all you ever eat" sakura stated sarcastically while she kicked the squirming prisoner. "You'll end up getting fat like choji if you don't start eating better" she finished. Yea well I'm not to worry about that, I get too much exercise to gain his amount of exercise" naruto said just as his sage mode wore off. "Let's just head back already I'm getting tired of standing around here doing nothing" sakura stated blankly. "No argument here" the blonde replied.
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"Hey Granny get down here we nabbed your wanted guy" naruto shouted up to the hokage's office. "I TOLD YOU NOT TO CALL ME THAT" tsunade raged at naruto for his mock remark. "Yeah yeah whatever just deal with him already I need me some r&r" naruto calmly commented. "Fine and I guess I'll give you some time off to recuperate from the amount of missions you've been doing lately" tsunade said. Naruto had been working his ass off lately and he needed some time to be a teenager again. The life of a shinobi is a hard one and they need to have a break every once in a while. "Wow really? Thanks granny" naruto beamed at the time off he'd be getting. Now he could finally catch up on some anime. "I TOLD YOU NOT TO CALL ME THAT" tsunade shouted at the dumbfounded blonde. "And I told YOU to stop being so stingy, granny" naruto said mockingly. "OW" naruto yelped in pain as his team mate had just smacked him across the head. "Sorry lady tsunade, you know naruto" she gave naruto a death stare, "he'll be taking his leave now" she smiled politely while dragging naruto out of the room by his ear while he shouted in protest.
"Ouch! Hey sakura why do you have to be like that" naruto complained while rubbing his sore head. "I wouldn't have to be like that if you just behaved" sakura stated annoyed with a vain bulging out of her head. "Ah whatever" naruto brushed off her comment and started to walk to his apartment. "Hey where are you going?" sakura asked. "I'm goin home to catch up on some lounging around I've been missing out on" naruto said as he waved away his partner. "See yea later sakura" he shouted back at her. "See ya" she shouted in return. 'That boy, I swear he's so carefree' sakura thought to herself, 'it must be nice'.
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Back at naruto's place he was sitting in his favourite chair watching the anime chanel on his small television set while he had instant ramen settling with hot water in it. 'Ah, this is the life; I got anime, food and no missions for the next few days' naruto thought to himself with a smile across his face. He was just about to eat his ramen when he heard his door knock. 'Ah who could it be now' naruto thought disappointed about the interruption. He opened the door and in his doorway was standing Hinata.
She had been working up the courage to talk to naruto all day. She had promised herself earlier that she wasn't going to go home that night until she at least said hello to naruto. Now was the moment of truth, whether or not she could do this she didn't know, but one thing she did know is she had to do it. or she wouldn't forgive herself. "Oh, h-h-hi n-naruto" she said blushing. "Oh hey Hinata how's it goin" naruto smiled sheepishly scratching the back of his head. 'Oh brother, what does she want now? Can't a guy eat his ramen in peace?' naruto questioned in his mind's eye. "It's um, its going good" she said rubbing her fingers together. "That's good" naruto grinned trying to look interested. "So is there anything I can do for you?" naruto asked the shy girl at his door. "Umm, I w-was wondering, if y-you would maybe, want to go get something to eat together?" she had almost died when she asked that question. At this point her face was tomato red. "Hmmm, sounds like a good offer, but I'm kinda tired, maybe if you want you could eat here?" naruto recommended. As annoyed as he was at her interruption, he had always enjoyed her company, as limited as it may be. "o-oh, yeah umm, ok" Hinata said shyly. "Well? What're ya waiting for come on in" naruto said as he made a gesture for her to come in with his arms.
Hinata sat down at the table and looked around at naruto's messy apartment. "so this is where you live?" she asked. She hadn't actually been here before. "Well yea, I know it's kinda messy," that was the understatement of the year, "but then again I wasn't expecting anybody" the boy smiled a little embarrassed that Hinata had seen his room like this. "so whaddya fancy?" he asked the raven haired girl. "umm, whatever you want to make, I'm not picky" she said, "great! Then we're having ramen" naruto said excitedly. He always did get excited around the topic of ramen. 'Maybe I can get to know naruto a little better tonight, and he me' Hinata thought to herself hopefully. 'Tonight I won't waste my chance at naruto'.