After and extremely eventful day all Naruto wanted to do was go home and plop on her bed. Sleeping for the next several years wouldn't hurt at this point. After punching Ino in the face, an extremely regrettable moment, Naruto was escorted to the the Head Mistress's office and punished to cleaning the desks after school for two weeks. Ino, when she had regained consciousness, felt her newly broken nose and began screaming expletives at the sunshine blonde. All while this tyrannical yelling was going on, Naruto kept her mouth shut. She didn't need anymore trouble.

"Dad I'm home." Naruto whispered. She had knew that Tsunade had made a phone call to her father and explained the entire situation. She also knew her dad would not be happy with her.

"NARUTO UZAMAKI" The deep voice rumbled.

Fuck, I'm dead. She knew what was coming. While in Suna, her dad wasnt overly fond of Gaara for the simple reason of being a "bad" influence over Naruto. She didn't think that whatsoever. It's not like he was giving her drugs or getting her pregnant. He was just teaching her how to fight and defend herself. At the beginning, even though mostly everyone accepted her, there were a few kids that picked on her and just in generally gave her a hard time and after meeting Gaara and the gang that changed. Yes, she had gotten into a few tiffs but her dad overreacted. Something about reflecting poorly on the family or something like that. She owed Gaara a lot and thanked him abundantly for teaching her how to defend herself and give her confidence in the woman that she was.

"I know dad and im sorry but she threatened me and she looked like she was about to hit me." Naruto pleaded. At least she had had a reason for punching the ice queen in the face.

"You're probably right but Naruto, this a fresh start. Please try to not fight anyone anymore." Minato breathed. He was trying to approach Naruto in the nice way the first time. He knew if this happened again, she would see Satan himself.

Naruto just nodded and gave her dad a devious smile and made her way up to her bedroom. She stretched out her limbs and pulled out her phone, dialing the most familiar number she knew.

"Gaara-kun?"

"I miss you so much Naruto." a deep voice sighed into the phone. He wasnt much for emotion but she could hear the underlying sadness in his tone.

"I miss you too. Come to Konoha as soon as you can." Naruto pleaded.

"It'd be a lot easier if your dad didn't hate me. But I was thinking I'd make a trip up there for spring break. Sound good?"

"That's in 2 months!" Naruto exclaimed. She didnt want to wait another minute.

"I know babe but I have fights and we both have school. Just wait for me okay. Plus it'll go by quicker than you think." Gaara responded, trying to get his girlfriend's spirits raised. Little did she know that he was in fact going to see her sooner, he was planning a trip up to Konoha in two weeks as a little surprise for Valentines day.

"Okay, okay." Naruto pouted. "I love you and i'll talk to you later"

"I love you too Naruto.."

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Sasuke had watched Ino get punched in the face and had had no words. In the back of his mind he had kind of expected it to happen one day. Ino could be a little on the tyrant side. Nonetheless it was a shock. Of course, immediately after it had happened he felt obligated to see if she was okay. After confirming she would in fact live another day, he tried calming her anger. He would sneak glances at Naruto every now and then. Even punching Ino in the face, she did with such grace. It was really hard to take his eyes off her. He would never openly admit that but she was exotic and he knew he had to get his hands on her. It was just a question of how.

Being an Uchiha, Sasuke was familiar with the charm and power his name held. But to apply that to Naruto was out of the question because she could distinguish the diffeerence between and Uchiha and en elbow, names just werent important to her. It was going to be a challenge to get to her, and Uchiha's loved challenges.
A michevious smiled crossed Sasuke's lips. He was ready to be challenged.