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"talking"

'thinking'

Chapter One: Problems

Naruto slowly made his way across the sky as the Day turned to Dusk. He was lost in thought, something uncommon for him. Not that Naruto was stupid, just that he rather be in the moment and not think too much on things. But he felt that this certain subject required some serious thought.

Speaking of, he could see his 'subject' slowly making his way toward Naruto. The Sun God stopped and bit his lip, wishing he could just avoid the other God. But the routine was that as the Day became Night, the Sun God passed the Moon God, and vice versa as the Night became Day.

"Naruto!" said God looked up in surprise as another God made his presence known. He grinned at the newcomer, Neji, the God of Oceans, was a friend of Naruto's and a much more welcomed sight than the other approaching God.

"Good evening Neji, how was your waters today?" Naruto asked, a bright smile on his face.

A rare smile appeared on Neji's face as he answered. "My oceans received a lot of visitors today thanks to you."

Naruto smiled bashfully at that. "I think that had more to do with Ino than me."

Neji shook his head in disagreement. "No, Naruto. Without you, Ino would be as dull as Shino. You are what truly make Summer special."

Naruto frowned at that. That was one thing that bothered Naruto about Neji. Even though he was complementing Naruto, he always found a way to put down the other Gods. Naruto was a firm believer in that the Gods only did spectacular work when working together.

"The humans went to your oceans so they could get away from the idoit." Except Naruto could deal with a little less Moon.

"Shut up bastard! At least the humans can enjoy while I'm out. No one wants to come near a cold bastard like you!" Naruto shouted.

"Like I care if the humans enjoy me or not. At least they can look at me safely. If anyone dares look at your ugliness, they go blind." The Moon God replied smoothly, walking past them.

Naruto flushed at that, but he had no reply other than a mumbled "Bastard."

"Ignore him." Neji said. "Sasuke is just a little too obsessed with himself."

Naruto gave a shaky laugh but he was thinking over the harshness of the other's words. 'He called me ugly.'

While it was true that the Moon and the Sun have never gotten along, what with them being opposites and all, Naruto had thought that they were at least learning to tolerate each other. Whenever the two Gods were forced to be together, like with the passing of Day to Night, they no longer broke out into fights. Instead, they just exchanged a "Dobe" and "Teme" and went on their way.

Except last month, when both Courts had gathered for their monthly dinner. Naruto was still trying to figure out what went wrong.

Sasuke and he had arrived at the Hall where the dinners were held at the same time and Sasuke seemed civil enough. He didn't say anything besides a "Dobe" as he passed by but that was more of an acknowledgement of Naruto's presence than an insult. Even when the two were forced to sit next to each other, thanks to Iruka who wanted to sit as far as possible from Kakashi, everything seemed fine. Then Neji came and sat on the other side of Naruto. The two began talking and Naruto was surprised to find the normally serious God had a sense of humor. Everything was going fine until the Bread Incident, as Naruto liked to call it.

As the dinner progressed, Naruto felt angry vibes coming from Sasuke. Every time Naruto snuck a glance at Sasuke he was scowling down at his food. He didn't really get it. No one was bothering the bastard; Sakura and Ino were force to sit at the other end of the table. As he was pondering what could be bothering Sasuke, he had reached for the last piece of bread. The problem was that Sasuke had also reached for the bread. Both Gods froze, staring at each other (Ino swore that she saw lightning bolts pass between them). Naruto had worked himself up over Sasuke's bastardness and Sasuke was just being a bastard (according to Naruto). Both refused to let go of the bread.

Then Sasuke smirked. It wasn't his usually smirk, this one didn't hold any of his usual arrogance. It only held anger and something else Naruto couldn't describe. Of course Naruto didn't really care about what that something else was when the bastard said Naruto didn't need another piece of bread because he was fat enough. Also he had a stupid laugh. Embarrassed, Naruto punched him. The night ended with two broken tables, ten broken plates, and food splattered everywhere.

What really made Naruto mad was that when the Night passed to Day Sasuke acted like nothing happened. Naruto was use to talking (or screaming) things out after a fight. It's the way they did things in the Day Court. But when Naruto tried to talk to Sasuke, he just ignored him. The next day, when Day became Night, Naruto tried to again. And, again, was ignored. After several days of trying, Naruto just gave up. And when this month's dinner came around, Naruto made sure to ignore Sasuke (not that Sasuke was talking that much to him anyways).

Now that Naruto thought about it, there had been several times over the past year where Sasuke had been especially rude to Naruto. And in each incident Naruto had been talking to Neji. Naruto glanced over at the Ocean God, who was still ranting about Sasuke. 'So does Sasuke have a problem with Neji? Or does he have a problem with Neji talking to me?' Naruto shook his head at the thought. Why would Sasuke care who Neji or Naruto talked too? Sasuke and he certainly weren't friends and the same could be said about Sasuke and Neji.

So that meant Sasuke had a problem with Neji. 'Wait, if he has a problem with Neji, why is he taking it out on me?' Naruto bit his lip in confusion.

"Naruto, are you ok?" Neji asked, concern lacing his voice. Naruto blinked, before rubbing the back of his head and waving off Neji's concern.

"I'm sorry Neji, but I have to go and…umm…see what Ino has planned for tomorrow." Naruto ran off before Neji could ask any more questions.

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Ino, the Goddess of Summer, let out a soft sigh as she watched Iruka, the God of Love, work his magic on a young couple. Ino wished that was Sasuke and her, enjoying his beams and her warm nights.

Her thoughts darkened as she saw a familiar head of hair sleeping in the trees above the couple. 'Shikamaru!' Ino thought in disgust, her cheeks burning at the anger that coursed through her as she remembered the God of Sleep's words.

They were at the dinner that all major Gods and Goddess were forced to attend. Not that Ino minded, since it was the only time that she got to see her one true love, Sasuke. Sakura and she were fighting again, and Ino had said something about how Sasuke was her one true love. That was when Shikamaru had lifted his head off the table and lazily stated that there was no such thing as love. After uttering that dreadful sentence, he had the nerve, the nerve, to go on and say that 'love' was just a pheromone that Iruka manipulated. Ino felt that it was justice to bitch slap him out of his chair.

'How could anyone be against love?' Ino wondered as she glared down at the God. 'Love is so wonderful.' A distant part of her wondered if he had felt love at all before. 'Probably not.' She thought with a snort. That same part then wondered if maybe she should show him how wonderful love was.

Ino had a second to be shocked and disgusted with herself (though not as much as she would like) before she was tackled by her hyperactive blonde friend. "Hello Ino!"

Ino laughed at the Sun God before pushing him off of her and pushing all thoughts of Shikamaru and love in a tiny box. "Hello Naruto."

At first Ino didn't like Naruto; she thought the God was too loud and annoying. She didn't want to have anything to do with the God and had often felt disgraced that she had to work with him so often. She even went so far as to feel glad when Shino, the God of Winter, would take over so she could get away from him. Then, one day, Naruto did not show up. It wasn't that that he didn't pass Sasuke or that he hid behind some clouds. The Day simply did not arrive. Sasuke had to hold onto the Night while the other Gods and Goddess searched for Naruto. And, by some weird twist of fate, it was Ino, the Goddess who did everything to avoid Naruto that found the God hiding on the Mortal realm, crying.

None of the other Gods or Goddess knew what had transpired between Ino and Naruto, but they never found out why Naruto was crying or the fact that he was even crying. Ino had promised she would never tell anyone, and it was a promise she fully intended to keep.

After that, the two Immortals became almost inseparable. The two were often found laughing or playing. Ino was there when Naruto confessed to Sakura about his crush on the Spring Goddess and helped console him with ramen and their favorite music when his confession was politely rejected. And when Ino and Sakura's friendship went down in flames over their shared crush, Naruto was there to help pick up the pieces and bring a smile to Ino's face again.

"So Ino, was today up to your standards, oh High and Mighty Queen of Summer?" Naruto asked playfully as he gave a mock curtsy.

Ino rubbed her chin thoughtfully before smirking at Naruto. "Nope." Naruto gave a fake growl and Ino laughed.

"Well, what impossible standards must I meet tomorrow?" Naruto asked, glaring at her, but it was ruined by the smile splitting his face.

"I was thinking of making it a scorcher tomorrow. That way it'll make the cool of Night a little better." Ino replied, a dreamy look passing over her face at the thought of Sasuke.

Naruto snorted. "Always trying to ruin my image, huh?" Ino laughed again, and Naruto smiled a bit, but it was strained. He needed someone to talk to, but Ino didn't seem like such a good choice now because of her obsession-uh he meant dedication- to Sasuke. No matter what he said, she would probably twist it to make Sasuke look better. But he had no one else he could talk to. Kiba wouldn't take it seriously, Lee would just go on about the joys of youth, Gaara wasn't much of a talker, Temari was too busy with her mate, and he was kind of embarrassed to talk to Iruka about this, though he didn't know why. So, really, Ino was the only one he could go to. And he supposed that if anyone knew anything about Sasuke's problems, it would be Ino.

So readying his resolve, Naruto hesitantly asked, "Uhmm…Ino? Could I, maybe, ask you something…about Sasuke?"

Ino smiled brightly at Naruto. Ino didn't get to talk much about her crush to Naruto because of their problems in the past. So she was always ready when Naruto opened up a discussion about her favorite subject. "Sure Naruto."

Naruto fidgeted a little. "Well, I was wondering if the basta-Sasuke had any…you know…problems with…uh… Neji?"

Ino frowned at him. "Not any that I know of. The Moon and the Ocean generally get along together. Why do you ask?"

"Well I may be wrong, but it seems like whenever he catches Neji and me together, he goes out of his way to be rude to me." Naruto said.

"Maybe he doesn't like you two talking together." Ino said though she doubted it. Sasuke didn't have any reason to not want them to talk.

"I thought the same thing, but it doesn't make sense. What problem could he have with me talking to Neji?" Naruto asked, frowning.

"Well, maybe your just misunderstanding." Said Ino, waving off the problem.

"Yeah, your right." Naruto grinned, before smiling mischievously at her. "Though that would be a first for you."

He jumped out of the way of her fist and ran off laughing, leaving a red faced Ino and a shouted "Naruto!" behind.

End of chapter one. I hoped you guys like this and sorry it took me so long to update. I'll try to do better next time.