Hey you guys, it's me again. I'm sorry if I took too long on putting up this chapter. Thank you to all the people that reviewed and here are some answers to some of your guy's questions:

Darkwolf1990:Thank you for the offer of being my beta-reader, but i'll probably just continue on my own for now.

Satyanasi420: Sorry for having them being a little OOC, but I'm honestly trying here. Thanks for the review by the way.

Ref346/closet pervert LOL: I'm trying to keep this story believable by normal standards, so a threesome between Naruto, Sakura, and Ino is highly unlikely for now. Though there might be seperate lemon scenes between Naruto and the girls (for instance Naruino then Narusaku).

As for everyone else, thank you for reviewing and for respectfully telling me I have some grammar problems (which I will look into later). Forgive me for not making this chapter longer but I felt pressure from a lot of people liking my story so much and telling me to update soon. Another thing is I'm just setting things up for the next chapter, which will contain a fight (which I have planned out in my head, but I'm having a hard time putting it into words).

Now without further ado…Here it is…

Flashback/Thought

Kyuubi/Inner Sakura

Finally Acknowledged
A Naruto Fanfic by DontCareAnymore
Chapter 2 - Sad Visit / Chance Meeting



Somehow everyone gathered around the village gates were able to regain complete conciousness ( except a certain blonde who remained on the floor completely knockedout ) then there was the Hyuuga Heiress who as soon as she looked Naruto up and down fainted ( again ).

"Naruto?" "Naruto, look at yourself man what happened?" "On second thought don't answer that, too troublesome." muttered the man who could now be easily identified as Shikamaru.

"Naruto welcome back buddy!" said Chouji while he stopped munching on a few chips as he welcomed our blonde hero back to his home. At this point everyone was looking at the new and improved Naruto.

He stood easily around six feet tall with a black long sleeve shirt which hugged his upper body, which was obviously well-toned yet slim. Black baggy shinobi pants that went down to his ankles where white bandages covered them. Black shinobi sandles, and his father's white coat to top it all off. His hitai-ate was clearly taken off due to the fact that he didn't want to be easily identified. He looked exactly like the Yondaime except for the fact that he had whisker marks on his cheeks.

"Naruto come to my office after you've gotten reaquainted with everyone." "We've got much to talk about." Stated Tsunade as soon as she regained enough composure turn around. and walk back to the Hokage tower.

" So what have you guys been doin' since I've been gone?" " And where's the teme?" " Shouldn't he be here with you Sakura?" Naruto asked half confused, half sad as he forced those words out.

" He's probably at the Uchiha compound." answered Shikamaru when it was obvious the pink haired konuochi standing next to him wasn't going to answer. She was clearly in a daze just looking at Naruto.

" Ow, what hit me?" groaned out the now standing Ino. Who quickly blushed as she saw Naruto staring at her with a confused and bit of shock on his look.

" Oi, Ino-pig, what's wrong with you, kissing Naruto out of nowhere like that?!" " He clearly enjoyed enjoyed it so I don't see anything wrong with it, forehead-chan!" " Besides it's not 

like you care." " Of course I care, I care because I lo..."

" Come on you guys let's go get something to eat while we talk!" Naruto quickly interrupted Sakura while his stomach groweled a little bit and everyone around him sweatdropped. " And no, I'm not gonna force you guys to eat ramen."

" Sounds good." quickly stated Ino who by now grabbed a hold of Naruto's arm and started dragging him towards the downtown of Konoha with a big smile on her face.

" I can't, I have to get back to patrol, but maybe later." " Come on Chouji." said Shika as he started to walk the other way with Chouji following closely behind. " Hold on I'm coming too." said Sakura as she started to run after the two blondes. " I g-g-guess I can if I'm n-n-not much of a bother." asked Hinata timidly while stuttering through most of the sentence.

" Of course Hinata, but you have to hurry up!" shouted Naruto from a couple dozen feet away, with Ino still dragging him by the arm. " Arigato, Naruto-kun." Hinata whispered to herself as she started to quickly run after the group. Leaving a group of villagers with
confused looks on their faces. And recieving a few glares from the newly acquired Naruto fan-girls.

As soon as they got to the restaurant Ino was looking for, they entered and Ino sat next to Naruto while Sakura and Hinata sat across from them. " What can I get for you today?" asked the young waitress who quickly blushed glancing over at Naruto. " Well I've never really been here before so..." " We'll have everything on the menu!" yelled Naruto, interrupting Sakura.

He recieved a few sweatdrops from all four females. " Everything sir?" asked a nervous waitress who's face became even more flushed as soon as Naruto shot her his patented foxy grin and happily yelled. " Of course, dattebayo!" with this the waitress took her leave and left a blushing Ino and Sakura. Hinata on the verge of fainting with just that smile of his.

" So what have you guys been up to?" "Well Ino-pig here works part time at the hospital and part time at the interrogation department." " I'm currently the head of Konoha's hospital while Hinata's training with her father to get ready to take head of the Hyuuga clan." answered Sakura with one of those all-knowing looks, yet with a quiet yet sad tone. "Whoa, looks like I've missed a lot, ne?" " Well w-w-what about y-y-you Naruto-kun?" Hinata managed to stutter out.

" Well I didn't plan on coming back to Konoha 'til a couple more years." " Tsunade no baa-chan said she'd ignaugarate me as Rokudaime Hokage as soon as I came back."

Not far away a blonde Godaime Hokage sneezed and thought about when a certain brat would come to her office. " That brat has no idea what he's getting himself into." whispered 

Konoha's current Hokage and grinned evily as she eyed the 4 foot stack of paperwork on her desk. " As soon as that brat becomes Hokage, I'll never have to see you again!" the busty blonde yelled as she pointed at the stack of paperwork,she then started chuckling, suddenly turning into a full blown maniacle laughter. She then took out a sake bottle from one of her drawers and started drinking away her problems.
Now back with our hero.

" So I just trained on my ninjutsu and taijutsu, and before I even knew it a year and a half had gone by." " So you're going to be like the youngest Hokage ever?" " You're like what,18?" " Ino you baka, you're 18, he's a year younger than you!" "Be quiet forehead, because last time I checked you're as old as me, which makes him a year younger
than you too!" " Which means..." both girls looked over at Naruto who was sweatdropping at the two kunoichi's argument. Then at Hinata who was twiddling with her thumbs. " That Hinata here, is the only one younger than him." both the blonde and pink haired kunoichi groaned out and started sulking, thinking somewhere along the lines of men liking younger women.

After their food arrived they decided to eat in silence for a while. Which didn't go unnoticed by Naruto who saw Sakura was deep in thought, poking her food with her chopsticks. He
felt someone staring at him and looked to his right, only to look away quickly after watching Ino "eye-rape" him with a dreamy look on her face. He then noticed Hinata shooting glances his way, then quickly bowing her head with a flushed face. Feeling the tension, he quickly decided that if he spoke up and said the wrong thing, he'd just make things worst. So he stayed quiet.

30 minutes later after the food arrived and they ate (Naruto eating most of it, since did order EVERYTHING), they decided to go their separate ways. Hinata had to go back
to the Hyuuga compound, while Ino had to go tend to her family's flower shop since her parents were busy. So that left Naruto and Sakura to walk over to the hospital and Hokage tower's direction.

"So Naruto what are you gonna do later after you talk to Shishou?" Sakura nearly whispered "Huh?" Responded Naruto while turning to look at Sakura who had her head turned downwards. " I asked if you were doing anything later today." Sakura added as she turned to Naruto with a sad expression. "Don't give me that look, damnit!" Naruto mentally yelled, only to get a response almost immediately by our favorite nine-tailed fox.

"Oi kit, shut up I'm trying to get some sleep he-OH MY GOD!!" "How in world are you gonna turn that face down kit?!" "Be quiet stupid fox, I liked you better when you were asleep." "Fine then be that way… Bitch." Kyuubi snorted out as he layed back down to take another nap. "Listen Sakura I..." Naruto stopped when he felt a presence behind him. He turned around to find his Konohamaru ninja corps. with Konohamaru grinning a little too evily.



"Oi Konohamaru, are you stalking me?" "Well it wasn't my idea, it was Moegi's." "Moegi?" Naruto asked as he looked towards Konohamaru's left to find said girl drooling. "Listen I have to get to baa-chan's office soon, so I'll see you guy's later." Naruto chuckled nervously as he dissapeared in a flash of yellow. Leaving a confused Konohamru and Udon, and Moegi pouting. While Sakura just walked in direction of the hospital with an upset look.

" Hey Tsunade baa-chan!" Yelled Naruto as he appeared in front of Tsunade's desk. "Shut up brat and take a seat!" The Hokage yelled back as she hurled a bottle of sake towards her fellow blonde's head. Much to her surprise he grabbed it in mid-air and sat down like she said, placing the bottle on her desk. "So what'd want to talk to me about baa-chan?"
"Just this once I gonna let it slide brat!" Tsunade groweled in her mind.

"Listen Naruto, you're gonna have to learn how to run the village before you become Hokage, so I'm gonna have you take over my position for a day." "Depending on how well you do I'll decide if you're ready to take my place as Hokage perminently." "Come back in
two days at exacly 7 am with an assistant to help you." "Is that all baa-chan?" "And take this too." Tsunade said while handing Naruto a small scroll which he took and asked "What's this baa-chan?" "They're directions to Minato's estate outside of Konoha, Naruto."

"What about my old appartment, and do you know where Sasuke is?" "I'm gonna tear
it down, and as for Sasuke, he was realeased about six months ago." "He should be around Konoha somewhere, it won't be too hard since he's got around 10 ANBU watching him 24/7." "Alright then, I'll see you in two days baa-chan!" Naruto grinned happily as he dissapeared in a flash of yellow, barely avoiding the same sake bottle thrown at him
again. "Dammit, almost caught him off guard that time." Tsunade muttered to herself.
"Shizune!!" "Bring me more sake!!"

"I guess I should visit Ero-sennin since I'm not doing anything important." Naruto thought sadly as he walked through Konoha's streets heading to the Yamanaka flowershop smiling and waving at the people who looked at him as a hero and not a supposed demon. He arrived a couple minutes later and walked in into the shop. "Welcome can I..." "Naruto kun!" Ino shouted as soon as she realized who was in her shop. "So finally deciding to take up my offer of a date huh?" Ino cooed seductively as Naruto chuckled nervously.

"You owe me at least that for the kiss I gave you." she added as her smile faded and crossed her arms in front of her chest. "Oh alright I'll take you on a date Ino-chan." Naruto
quickly said as soon as he realized Ino was getting ready to do the hand seals to the infamous "Puppy-Eye no Jutsu". "Arigato Naruto-kun!" she shouted happily. "Great, now can you help me out on choosing some flowers." "Sure Naruto-kun." Ino responded as she started to lead him through the flower shop.

"So, who are they for Naruto-kun?" "They're for someone special to me so I want you help me pick out the best ones." Naruto said in a somewhat sad voice. "Don't you think you've 

wasted enough time on billboard brow already Naruto?" " They're not for her Ino-chan." " Oh, I'm sorry I just thought that you... You know..." " It's okay Ino-chan, but you can come visit them with me if you want... And then I'll take you somewhere for our date after." "Them?" Ino thought. " Alright Naruto-kun let me just get changed an..." "It's alright Ino-chan you can go like that." "You don't need to change, you look cute enough like that already." Naruto commented and shot her his foxy grin.

After that, Naruto payed for the two sets of flowers and they left after Ino closed up the shop. They walked through town side by side recieving a few smiles and waves by some of the villagers while Ino recieved a few glares and envious looks by most of female population. They arrived by one of the training grounds on the outskirts of Konoha.

"Naruto, where are we?" "We're in team 7's training grounds, I just need to leave these flowers off then we can go wherever you want to go, alright Ino-chan?" "Alright Naruto-kun." she responded as they stopped in front of a black stone with names engraved on it.

"Ohayo… Jiraiya-sensei..." Naruto started as his eyes started to water, and Ino just watched as Naruto started to breakdown in front of her. "I brought some flowers that Ino-chan helped me pick out, so you better like them ero-sennin." Naruto said softly as he let
a smile cross his tear strained face. "And you too mom and dad." "I never really met you guys but I... I... Really miss you guys so much." "I just wish I could meet you guys at least once, and to ask if you're proud of me." Naruto continued while calming himself down and tears slowly faded. "Of course they're proud of you Naruto-kun." Ino whispered in his ear as she knelt down, wrapped her arms around him from behind and laid her head on his shoulder. "Arigato... Ino-chan." Naruto whispered back as he started to stand up. "Now come on Ino-chan, I still owe you a date remember."

Fast forward to 6pm

"I'll see around Naruto-kun!" "Bye Ino-chan!" The two blondes said their goodbyes as they went separate ways. Naruto was walking to his old appartment to get a good night's sleep when... "So, you really are back eh, dobe." said the man who stood in front of Naruto's path. "Nice to see you too, teme." "Here for a rematch or want me to help you get those ANBU off your back?" Naruto smirked as he remembered what Tsunade told him about Sasuke's current predicament. "You wish dobe, so training ground 7?" Sasuke said while
smirking also. "Training ground 7 it is, teme." Naruto answered as he and Sasuke dashed in the direction of the direction of the training grounds.

Somewhere else in Konoha a pink haired kunoichi who had just finished her shift at Konoha's hospital. "Maybe he just doesn't love me anymore." Sakura mused. "Maybe he's finally had enough, and just hates me." She thought as her eyes started to water.

"Of course he still loves us, we just gotta show him we love him just as much! Cha!"


Inner Sakura yelled. "Oh great, you're back... What do you want?" "What do I want... Don't you mean... What do we want?" " Do I have to spell it out dammit!" "Fine what is it?" Sakura thought back, only to wince at Inner Sakura's tone of voice as soon as she responded... "We want Naruto-Kun, and we want him now!!" "But what if..." "What if nothin'!" "He still loves us just as much as he did back then, but now it's our turn to show we love him too! Shannaro!" Inner Sakura interrupted and started to punch the air
randomly. "Alright, but I guess I'll ask Kakashi-sensei if he's seen him." Sakura muttered to herself. "Kakashi-sensei's probably at his home right now, if not then he's probably at the memorial stone by the training grounds." Sakura mentally noted as she quickly picked up her pace towards the Kakashi's home.