A/N: hey everyone here's the next chapter. Sorry it took so long, school was killing me.
I've been thinking about all these other possible stories to write as well. Like a Sasunaru fanfic. I have some really good ones in mind. But no worries I won't forget this story, because a lot of things still are to happen with Naruto and Yume.
Important note: as you already know this story takes place after the fourth great ninja war, and every one of you who read the Naruto manga also knows that right now we're still in the middle of it. So right now I have no idea how or if Tobi will be defeated or who he is. I also have no idea what exactly is going on with Naruto and the Tailed Beasts. So everything that I write now and later on will no longer match the story, know that it was written before any answers were given. I'm just fantasizing here. In this story Naruto will have a special connection with the Tailed Beasts. It will be thoroughly explained later on in the story. And something unexpected will happen with Naruto and Yume's relationship.
By the way between the first chapter and this one there'll be a time skip of about one year. Don't worry, everything (important) that happened in between the chapters will be mentioned in flashbacks or stories told by the characters.

Chapter 2: Home sweet home

"Hmmmmmm"

"Aaaaaaahnnnn"

"Nnnnnnnnnnn…."

"Narutooooooooo. Could you stop for a second."

"NARUTO! Slow down, my feet are killing me."
Naruto sighed exceedingly loud on purpose to make sure Yume could hear him. He stopped walking and looked over his shoulder. The redhead was dragging her feet across the sand road, hanging a little bit forward, swaying from left to right every time she moved her feet. She was obviously over exaggerating 'cause they'd only been walking about 2 hours. Yume looked at him and gave him her cutest and most innocent 'help me' look. She was pouting, her bottom lip was trembling, tears were welling up in her eyes and then she said as soft as she could, her voice almost breaking.
"Naruto. Please, carry me."
She blinked a few times, making her eyes sparkle even more.
You can't resist me. You can't resist me. You can't resist me. On the inside Yume was smiling, because she was sure Naruto couldn't resist that look. On the outside she was still pouting and whimpering like a little child. Naruto was observing the scene in front of him, still looking over his shoulder. He then gave Yume his sweetest smile and beckoned her with his head. Yume did as told and slouched up to him. When she reached him, she looked up at Naruto. His beautiful big blue eyes were looking down at her. The smile was still plastered on his face. Yume gave him a weak smile in return which only magnified her act of being really, really tired. Naruto started raising his right arm, slowly. He gently touched Yume's cheek and pushed some loose strands of red hair back behind her ear. His blue eyes, which had been staring into Yume's eyes intensely, shifted to his hand, stroking her hair. Suddenly Naruto pulled his hand back and held it right in front of Yume's eyes. It took her some seconds to focus on the object in Naruto's hand. It was a leaf. Yume blinked a few times, gazing at the leaf and then looked up at the blonde. He was still giving her that adorable smile.
"This was in your hair"
Then without another word he turned around and started walking again. Yume was petrified for a moment. He totally ignored my pleas! That bastard!
She decided to try something else. Something Naruto could not ignore.
Yes, if I do that, he would NEVER ignore me.
She narrowed her eyes and a cunning smile appeared on her features.
"But Naruto, you know…"
Naruto stopped and looked back again. He was a little worried seeing that disturbing look on her face. She is up to something. I know it.
Naruto turned around and narrowed his eyes as well, awaiting the rest of that sentence.
"If you carry me the rest of the way, I will give you a blowjob tonight."
Yume gave him a big smile. She was sure he would carry her now. Who the hell would refuse a blowjob from a pretty girl like her! I got you now.
Naruto raised one eyebrow and gazed at her with an unbelieving look on his face. Then he took a couple steps forward until he was right in front of Yume. He crossed his arms across his chest and looked down at the redhead with a confident smile on his face.
"What's so special about that? You do that every time we have sex."
Yume was taken aback. A pissed-off look replaced her cunning smile. Well, he is sort of right about that. Now what?
She looked up at Naruto and gave him a really seductive look. She started to play a little with his jacket with her right hand.
"Well, then I'll give you a really good one."
"What would be so special about this one then?"
Yume hesitated a moment and sighed. Why couldn't I have fallen in love with a normal guy?
"I don't know, I'll put some more effort into this one, okay?"
Naruto raised both of his eyebrows. He had a somewhat stunned look on his face.
"So are you trying to tell me that you don't put any effort in them otherwise?"
He was fooling around with her. She was just too easy a target as well. Though he was kind of curious to hear what she was planning on doing with his manhood.
Yume immediately defended herself.
"What? Of course I always put effort into them, but this time I will … I don't know. Make it better?"
"How?"
"I don't know. More biting?"
Naruto was shocked for a second. His mouth hung open, his eyebrows raised and his eyes were really big. He was doing his best to hold back his laughter. Then he turned around and started to walk away.
"Never mind. I don't really feel up for it anyway."
Yume quickly chased him.
"Naruto!" she shouted.
Suddenly Naruto stopped and turned around again. He had a determined look on his face, raised his right arm and pointed at Yume, leaning a little forward.
"Tell you what. If you tell me you love me without actually using the words 'I love you' and I'm satisfied with your 'confession', I will give you a piggy back ride to Konoha. What do you say?"
The blonde crossed his arms and stood straight again. He had a very satisfied look on his face.
Yume was a little surprised at first but then she just had to smile. That's right. She didn't fall in love with a normal guy, she fell in love with Naruto. He didn't care about any sexual pleasures she was willing to give him. All he cared about was her feelings towards him. It had always been this way.
Even though they'd seen each other naked plenty of times, Naruto never made a move. After two months Yume got sick of it and made a move. That's when they had sex for the first time. Afterwards Naruto confessed to Yume, telling her that he had wanted to sleep with her for a while but that he was afraid that she didn't feel the same way and he'd end up doing something he'd later regret. That was also the moment Yume knew for sure that she was in love.
Yume smiled while remembering those moments. His embarrassed face because he had no idea what to do, his shaking and gentle touches, his soft kisses tracing her body.
She removed the distance between them within a second, throwing her arms around his body and holding on tight. Because of the force and speed of Yume's embrace Naruto had to take a step back so he wouldn't fall on his butt. Yume was nuzzling his chest and groping the jacket on his back. Naruto was pleasantly surprised and gently embraced her back. Then he heard Yume's voice whispering in his ear.
"You're my everything, Naruto. I want to hold you for the rest of my life. A life without you in it, is not a life worth living."
Naruto had to hold back some tears. Those few words pierced his heart. He held Yume tighter and buried his face in her soft red hair. Then he whispered back.
"Thank you, that was a really satisfying confession."
He let go of her, cupped her face with both his hands and whispered 'I love you more than anything in the world' right before kissing her. The kiss was over in an instant, but that short kiss had been as warm as the sun. That one quick kiss had carried all of Naruto's feelings for the redhead.
Yume felt an overwhelming feeling of love for the blonde in her arms. She looked up at him with a dreamy look on her face. He smiled back at her. They let go of each other and Naruto turned his back towards her. He lowered himself a little, holding his arms to his side and looking over his shoulder.
"Hop on before I change my mind."
With a smile on her face Yume jumped onto his back and swung her arms around his neck. Naruto intertwined his fingers under her butt and started walking. They walked like that in complete silence, enjoying each other's presence, for about an hour when suddenly Naruto spotted something in the distance.
"Yume, I can see Konoha now. You think you could walk the last part?"
The redhead looked up at the arising walls in front of them.
"Sure."
Naruto gently put her back on her own two feet and they walked the last 10 minutes side-by-side, hand-in-hand.
They stopped right in front of the gate. Naruto couldn't help but smile at the sight of his beloved town. He hadn't seen any of his friends in nearly 2 years. He was really looking forward to seeing all of them and introduce Yume to them. After all she was now the most important person in his life.
Naruto could see the familiar chiseled faces in the distance. All the previous hokages and the current one, watching over Konoha. His gaze lingered at the fourth's face. He grabbed Yume's hand and pulled her inside the village. Once inside he turned around to look at her with a big childlike smile on his face. Yume smiled seeing that smile. His eyes were glittering. It was obvious he had missed the place and was happy to be back. Suddenly he grabbed her shoulder and softly shook her in order to get Yume's attention.
"Look" Naruto was pointing at something in the distance. Yume looked in the direction he was pointing in. She saw five faces carved in the side of a mountain.
"That are all the hokages. Starting with the first on the left and ending with Tsunade, the current hokage. Look, there, the fourth one. That's my father."
Naruto was smiling proudly. Yume was staring at the fourth face. There was definitely a resemblance. But it wasn't very noticeable. Yume once had seen a picture of Naruto's father. They had that same bright blonde hair and the same big blue eyes. Naruto has told Yume many stories about his parents. He says that his looks are mostly from his father accept for the shape of his face and eyes, he had them from his mother. But Naruto's face had sharpened a lot over the last year and a half, he had lost almost all of his baby-fat and now he looked even more like his father. Naruto also had his father's smile and after hearing all kinds of heroic stories about his father, Yume figured that's also where Naruto got his guts, determination, kindness, stubbornness, goofiness and battle strategies from. He might not be a genius like Minato Namikaze was but Naruto was one hell of a strategist in battle. Yume had seen that first hand many times. During their travels they'd encountered many villages which were under the reign of criminals and even though Naruto had no relation nor obligation towards the innocent villagers, he just couldn't let them suffer. He would always rescue them. He was loved and hated by many people across the world. Naruto now had a collection of bracelets on his left arm. Thirteen in total. It had become some sort of tradition. It started about fifteen months ago. Naruto had saved a small village from a bunch of bad guys. There was a little eight year old girl who was extremely grateful because Naruto had saved her parents. So she gave him a self-made bracelet. The bracelet was made from rope and a beautiful green stone. That stone was a kind of stone that could only be found in their village. She said that this way he could always remember their village. Naruto had been very touched by that girl. From then on whenever he saved a village, he and Yume would stay in that village for a while and they would get to know the villagers. The children from the villages were always really curious and they would ask him about the growing amount of bracelets. Every time Naruto told the story of that eight year old girl, Hibiki and then all those kids wanted to do the same thing. Every village they saved would make a bracelet that contained something personal by which Naruto could remember them. Suddenly Yume was snapped out of her thoughts. Naruto was waving his hand in front of her face. Some of the bracelets peeking from under his sleeve.
"You were spacing of there. What were you thinking of?"
"Nothing special."
Yume took a couple steps forward and stopped at a sheer drop. Konoha, which was once leveled with the surroundings was now located more than 100 feet lower. You could see the entire village from where Naruto and Yume were standing. The sides of the pit were shaped like stairs and houses were built on those stair like sides. Yume was amazed. She had heard the story of the hero of the hidden leaf village. Naruto had told her about his legendary fight with Pain and that the entire village had been wiped out by this guy.
"Whaaa, so this giant hole was caused by that Pain guy?"
Naruto nodded and added.
"By one of his jutsus, yeah. The only things still standing were these walls and the houses that are located outside of the walls."
Yume knew that the only reason Naruto wasn't devastated right now, was because no one had died that day. Because Naruto, Konoha's one and only hero, had saved every one. That was the day Naruto had been accepted by the villagers. The first time that he wasn't judged for being the nine-tails jinchuuriki, but that he was judged by his actions. It still pissed Yume of though. Naruto had told her about the mistreatments he received when he was still just a kid. Even though they might have accepted him now, Yume believed they didn't even deserve a protector like Naruto. For the way they used to treat him they should be kissing his feet and begging him for forgiveness. But knowing Naruto he wouldn't want that. Naruto was like a walking pile of pure goodness. Especially now he pretty much converted that fox into a good guy. Suddenly Naruto's voice caught Yume's attention.
"Well, let's get down, shall we?" Naruto headed towards the stairs that lead you down to the village, when all of a sudden Naruto halted, making Yume bump into him.
"What is it? Why'd you stop?"
Naruto turned around and looked a little worried.
"Well, I'm gonna head over to Tsunade first, but I'm not sure if I'm gonna be able to squeeze my way through. I mean, I've been gone for almost two years. The villagers will probably be really excited, seeing me again. Maybe I should just disguise myself so I can reach the hokage's tower without being recognized."
Naruto averted his eyes and was in deep thought, thinking of some strategy.
Yume walked over to Naruto and placed a hand on his shoulder. The blonde looked down at Yume with a questioning look on his face.
"It doesn't really matter right? You can't go around disguising yourself in your own village all the time. You should better just get it over with, instead of putting it off."
Naruto caressed Yume's cheek with his right hand. God, I love this woman.
"I was actually gonna disguise myself for your sake. I want you to enjoy the village like it always is, you know. Feel the energy in this place. I don't want you to get trampled to death or something."
Yume rolled her eyes in respond.
"Please, I'm not made of glass you know. But I do appreciate you thinking of my wellbeing."
Naruto narrowed his eyes a bit.
"This was a really cheesy conversation, wasn't it?"
"Totally."
Both smiling they grabbed each other's hands and started to descend towards the village.

They hardly encountered any people on their way down. Most of them just stared for a really long time, not saying anything, while others looked as if they'd seen a ghost. Only two young female shinobis went up to them to say something.
They were two brunettes. One had a ponytail the other had a short spunky hairdo. They were both wearing Konoha headbands. And they both wore ninja clothing as well.
The girl with the short haircut was the one to talk. Their eyes were big, they seemed mesmerized.
"Hey, are you Naruto? Uzumaki Naruto? Our hero?"
Naruto grinned shyly, raising his left arm behind his head, rubbing the back of his head.
"Aaah well, I'm Naruto yes, but …."
Naruto wasn't even allowed to finish his sentence because all of a sudden he was showered with questions.
"Seriously? Where have you been? How are you doing? …"
The two women were talking at the same time, you could barely understand what they were saying. Naruto didn't get any chances to say something. He was really annoyed but he didn't want to be rude either. The women went closer and closer, they started clinging onto Naruto's jacket.
"You've become so cute! Do you have a girlfriend?"
"Marry me, Naruto!"
"I want to have your baby!"
Naruto was really taken aback by their words. He didn't know what to say or do. Was he supposed to be offended or flattered? He was just about to panic when suddenly.
"SHUT IT!"
A seriously pissed-off redhead narrowed her eyes, grinding her teeth.
The two brunettes gazed at Yume with a surprised look on their faces.
"Let go of my boyfriend, RIGHT NOW!"
Her face was bright red, she was fuming.
Naruto gently turned the two women down. They were very let down but continued on their way. He then fixed his eye upon his blazing girlfriend. It was a funny sight. Naruto could swear he saw smoke coming out of her ears. The blonde gave her an apologetic smile and took her hand, pulling her further towards the village. They were almost all the way down.
"I told you I should have disguised myself."
Yume didn't answer that instead she was observing the village. The village was bustling and very crowded. Naruto got recognized by almost every one. Luckily they were all very respectful. Naruto told them he didn't have a lot of time, because he had to go see Tsunade. They all understood and didn't get in his way. They were all saying how happy they were to have their hero back. Naruto was embarrassed because of all the attention he was given. Even after these two years he still wasn't used to it. Yume found the village very pleasant. The people were so nice, saying kind words. That made Yume all the more confused. How could these nice and well-behaved people ever do cruel things to a little boy? I guess fear and anger can make people capable of doing unthinkable things.
Yume could see the hokage's tower in the distance, they were about halfway there.
Naruto squeezed her hand and opened his mouth to say something when all of a sudden a low voice called his name from behind them.
"Uzumaki Naruto."
Naruto and Yume turned around and immediately found the source of the voice. It was a boy, about the same age as Naruto with brown hair tied together into a high ponytail. He was wearing ninja clothing and also wore a jounin vest. His eyelids seemed heavy. It was almost as if he was going to fall asleep standing.
"Shikamaru Nara?"
Surprisingly enough it wasn't Naruto who said that, but Yume.
Shikamaru raised his eyebrows and gazed lazily at the excited redhead, standing next to Naruto.
"Yeah, and you are?"
He spoke with a sluggish pace, showing no interest at all.
This time it was Naruto who opened his mouth.
"This is Yume Teriyaki. She's my girlfriend."
That definitely spiked the lazy shinobi's interest.
"You're girlfriend? You actually found a girl who can stand you?"
Yume would have scolded the brown haired genius if it wasn't for the faint smile lingering on his features. She could tell he was just joking.
Naruto rolled his eyes and smiled as well.
"I think it might be the other way around."
Yume raised one eyebrow at that and slowly turned her head to the side so she could look at the blonde.
"Excuse me?"
She said that very slowly and softly, her eyes mere slits.
Naruto felt seriously threatened for a moment and decided it would be best (for his sake) to make peace.
"Just kidding, you're a wonderful person. Any man would die to have you."
Yume wasn't really convinced but she decided to let it slide this time.
She turned her head to look back at Shikamaru who seemed to be somewhat amused but mostly confused.
Yume shortened the distance between them and Naruto just followed her. She grabbed Shikamaru's hand and shook it, but then after a second thought she just gave him a quick hug. The genius was a little surprised but didn't dislike it. For some reason Shikamaru couldn't help thinking that this girl might actually be the female version of Naruto. The thought kind of scared him a bit.
"It's really nice to meet you Shikamaru. I heard so much about you."
Shikamaru gazed at Naruto.
"Really?"
He looked back at the smiling girl who was by the way still holding his hand. Shikamaru stared at their intertwined hands, clearing his throat a couple times. Yume quickly let go of his hand as soon as she realized the meaning behind his signals.
"Yeah, Naruto told me about you, about everyone. He told me you're a genius who always comes up with watertight plans and that you're from the Nara clan which uses the shadow techniques."
Shikamaru smiled.
"Looks like you did your homework."
Yume smiled proudly. To her it was very important to know as much as she could about Naruto's precious friends.
"Anyone who is important to Naruto, is important to me. I really want to get to know everyone and I hope everyone'll accept me."
Shikamaru was pleasantly surprised. It looks like Naruto means a lot to this girl. And the way Naruto has been looking at her she means a lot to him as well.
"Looks like you really love each other."
Naruto and Yume glanced at each other with loving smiles. The intensity of that moment petrifies Shikamaru. Their love for each other seemed to radiate from their bodies. Is it even possible for two people to love each other this much?
Yume looked back at Shikamaru and gave him a part of that loving smile still lingering on her face.
"You don't really have to be a genius to see that."
Yume placed her arm around Naruto's back and he placed his arm around her shoulders, giving her a soft kiss on the top of her head.
Again Shikamaru was touched. He was pleased to see that Naruto seemed genuinely happy.
"I guess not. Anyway where're you heading?"
"We're going to see Tsunade. It's about time I visited the old hag again."
"Yeah, she really missed you, you know. Even though she would never admit that."
Naruto nodded at that.
"I know."
Shikamaru placed his hands in the pockets of his pants and took on a casual pose.
"Shall I walk the way to the hokage's tower with you?"
Naruto shook his head.
"Actually I wanted to ask you for a little favor."
Shikamaru raised his eyebrows and signaled for Naruto to continue.
"Do you think you'd be able to gather everyone?"
"Gather everyone?"
"Yeah, you know. Everyone who's important to me. I really want to see everyone again and introduce them to Yume."
Shikamaru seemed in deep thought.
"I see. I guess I could do that. For tonight or …?"
"No no, for tomorrow afternoon, around two o'clock or something. Just tell everyone who is able to come to gather at one of the training grounds. We can catch up and maybe afterwards go eat barbecue. I'll pay."
"Chouji will be delighted, but sure I'll do that. By the way, do you have a lot of fan girls now?"
Naruto scratched the back of his head and smiled in an apologetic way.
In the meantime Yume's eyes narrowed just a little bit.
"Well, I seem to be getting a lot of confessions these days."
Shikamaru glanced at Yume now and asked her.
"Are you okay with that? Having such a famous boyfriend. He'll probably be surrounded by many fan girl in the near future."
Yume turned her head and looked at Shikamaru. She gave him her sweetest smile and then said with a calm voice.
"If he lets any of those girls touch him, I'll castrate him."
With that she left the stunned boys and headed towards the hokage's tower.
Naruto unconsciously held his hands in front of his manhood and cleared his throat.
Shikamaru swallowed noticeably.
"Well, she seems …euh…charming."
Naruto sighed.
"Are you kidding me, I could almost taste the venom just now."
Shikamaru nodded.
"Yeah, she's terrifying."
"You have no idea."
Shikamaru patted Naruto on the shoulder.
"Well, she's a woman. They're all scary."
Naruto hung his head and sighed again.
"This scary?"
"Yeah, just wait 'till they have kids. It gets ten times worse."
Naruto looked Shikamaru in the eye, panic written all over his face.
"Ten times? Seriously? I won't survive that!"
"NARUTO!"
Both boys jumped up as if they'd been caught red-handed.
Yume was standing several feet away from them, her hands placed in her sides. Her right foot was tapping the ground impatiently. She looked like a mother scolding her child.
"Coming, coming."
Naruto headed towards the redhead when Shikamaru's voice made him stop and turn around.
"Are you really serious about her Naruto?"
The brown haired shinobi looked serious. Naruto smiled at him and nodded.
"She's the one, Shikamaru."
Shikamaru's features softened a little. He could see in Naruto's eyes that he really meant what he just said.
"Then I'm really happy for you."
Naruto smiled at that, turned around and sprinted towards Yume, grabbing her hand. They walked like that, hand-in-hand, on their way to see Tsunade.
Shikamaru turned around and started heading in the direction of Chouji's house.
He once again put his hands in his pockets. He was still smiling.
It looks like Naruto really did find the one.
Shikamaru's smile didn't last very long though, because a certain person just crossed his mind.
Looks like things might get pretty lively around here.
Because Shikamaru knew that there was at least one person who would not at all appreciate the pretty redhead's arrival.
A certain pink haired kunoichi.

Well this is it for chapter 2. I hope you liked it and you still want to read more. Again, if you have any questions, just ask. I will try to answer them. Can't really say when chapter 3 will be up, but I have a feeling you won't have to wait that long.