The Invitation
Chapter 2
Two blonds walked through the busy sunny streets of Konohagakure. The man had no idea where they were heading but the female did. All though it is a rare occasion to see the Hokage in the streets, it was even rarer to see him with a female companion. Whispers began spreading around about the pair that it was an affair before Temari shot them an evil glare shutting down the rumors.
"So Temari-san, where are we heading?" asked the blond in a curious look.
The female turned to face him before turning back looking through the shops, "Here" They stood in front of fancy store for dresses. It had two giant windows with a white door in between. On one windows a beautiful white modern wedding dress worn by a mannequin. On the other side was a teal dress that reached to the mannequin feet that had silver high heels on. It was a popular place for formal clothes and many big suitors usually came in to buy dresses in this shop.
Naruto frowned. He had been here before but before he could say anything he was dragged in by Temari through the white door.
"Hello welcome to Stars and Nights formal dressing. Please sign in if you don't already have an appointment and wait with everyone else," a young girl in her teens said without taking her eyes of a magazine. Both Blonds turned to see the waiting area. All of them were in shock staring at the young teenager before turning their look at the couple.
"Excuse me," spoke Temari impatiently, "I don't think we need an appointment."
The girl sighed and placed the magazine down on the desk yet to pick up her face to see the two blonds. She paled immediately recognizing the man in front of her smiling back at her sheepishly, "Hokage-sama, please excuse my disrespectful nature. Let me get our best tailor to help you." The girl bowed in front of them before hurrying to the back.
"That's more like it," spoke Temari proudly. She noticed the man beside her was uncomfortable as he was looking around the store but as soon as she was going to ask what was wrong, the tailor came to see them.
A middle aged woman came in front of them before bowing to show her respects to the authority figure. "Hokage-sama what a surprise. It is nice seeing you again with such beautiful lady."
"Hello Kana-san it is pleasure to see you once again. This is Temari Nara, she is the wife of one of my friends," the middle aged woman picked up an eyebrow, "I was invited to an important wedding in week and I have to take a date."
"So my idiot of a husband offered me as a date," interrupted Temari with a scorn look, "So Kana-san we need your help getting a dress and a suit for the wedding."
The older woman smiled, "Of course I can help you with that. Why don't I start with you honey. The woman gets to pick the color and the man must match it. Hokage-sama, please join us in the private room. We are going to need your opinion as well."
The blond nodded and followed them in to the room. It was a medium size room with beige walls. There were three mirrors in one corner and stepping stool besides it. There was black sofa for one in the opposite corner where Naruto took the seat familiar the last time he came in. With her.
"Off with the clothes sweetie we need to get the accurate measurements," smiled the older woman.
"What? My last tailor didn't ask me to do that!" Yelled Temari blushing fiercely.
"Every tailor is different my dear. My dresses and suits are considered the best in fire country and this is how I always make them more comfortable and perfect for any occasion. Now please dear, of with the clothes you can leave your underwear on."
Temari blushed before reaching for her shirt, "No peeking Naruto!"
She didn't get a response from the HokageShe looked at the mirror in front of her to see his mind was in another place. His eyes showed pure sadness and was oblivious of everything around him. Her blush disappeared and was replaced with a concerned look.
"Kana-san," Temari spoke as she took off her shirt and pants revealing her ample breasts contained in a black bra and her well-built rear in matching panty, "Has he been here before?" She got on top of the stool and waited for an answer.
The woman had a measuring tape in her hands and began to take her measurements, "Yes. A long time ago he came in with his fiancé at the time. He and the young Hyuga came in this very room. I was the one who measured them and made their wedding clothes. He was full of life back then and encouraged the young Hyuga girl to do what I'm doing to you right now. To this day they were one of the happiest couple I have ever seen step into this store."
Now the female blond regretted coming here. She had heard of the divorce, well who didn't. It was all over the talk shows she watched at home. Tales from her husband's friend of how he almost lost his will of fire shocked her when she first heard them. She had to make it up to him now.
"Ok that is it," the middle aged woman exclaimed.
Temari nodded and was about to get off when she lost her balance and began to fall backwards away from the mirrors. She closed her eyes waiting for her head to hit the ground but it never came. She opened her eyes to see she was caught by the man that was on her mind right now.
"You okay, Temari-san?" he asked with concerned look staring at her eyes. The female blonde nodded staring right back
A cough came from the other person in the room. Both blonds blushed now truly understanding the situation. She was half naked in the arms of another man. He had a half-naked wife of friend in his arms. A beautiful one.
She got back to on her feet and turned away from him covering herself with his arm, "Thank you Hokage-sama."
He did the same and turned to give Temari privacy not that it mattered anymore. Naruto was next and the same procedure was applied to him. He removed his clothing to reveal the body Adonis himself would be jealous of. He had battle scars all over him and the white wrappings in his arms only added to his sexiness. Shikamaru stood no chance against him in body wise. This man before her literally had a body of a god.
The female blond blushed madly before turning to the side but still kept watching out of the corner of her eye. The middle aged caught her and chuckled, "Well I'm done. I'll be back with some samples for you to choose."
"Thank you Kana-san," Naruto thanked her before redressing. He saw Temari staring at the wall and chuckled, "You can look it's not like I'm going to get mad. It would only be fair after all."
"Whatever Naruto," she refused to look at him. Only after he dressed did she turn, "I'm sorry for bringing you here."
"It's okay. You didn't know about it," said Naruto reassuring the other blond in the room, "It's tough but it's nothing I can't take on. After all I faced a god and lived to tell about it." He smiled confidently masking his grief.
She saw through him immediately but dropped the topic. It didn't take long before Kana returned with color samples. Temari and Naruto joined her and they both picked teal as the color. Temari chose the dress similar to what was in front of the store, a high neck halter dress with silky satin. Naruto chose to a black tuxedo with a black undershirt with a teal vest and tie. Being an emergency the dress and tuxedo would be ready in two days just in time for them to leave to the wedding.
The two blonds went for lunch at one of her favorite restaurant that served dango. They began to converse as they waited for their food before strange a topic was brought up.
"You used to cut Gaara's hair?" he asked surprised.
"Yeah," she laughed, "When he was older it got easier but before he changed there was time He would sit still without doing anything. It was a risk because he could have killed me if he wanted to but at the end I'm glad that didn't happen."
He laughed before he got an idea, "How good are you with a pair of scissors?"
"I consider myself above average. Once in a while I cut Shikadai's hair. Why do you ask?"
"Well in case you haven't noticed my hair is a mess and my beard needs to go."
"Awe but I like your beard it makes you look more mature," she teased, "Well let's stop by your place and cut your hair."
"Thanks Temari," he smiled. Their food didn't take long to arrive soon after and they began to eat comfortably. Soon enough, they were at his house in front of his large bathroom. He was seating down and she had a pair silver scissors in her hand.
"So what do you want?" She asked calmly looking at him through the reflection in the mirror.
"Surprise me," he asked smiling and she nodded and started cutting. Strands of hair began falling to the floor. He stared at her face. She looked fully concentrated and focused. She carefully measured each cut and made sure it balance with the opposite side of his head. After about half an hour she finished. She stood proud of her work of art. Naruto's hair was down to his normal size after a long time. He smiled and ran his hand through his freshly new cut.
"This is amazing Temari. Thank you," he gave her a cheeky grin causing her to blush, what the hell is wrong with me? Why am I blushing?
"I am going to take a shower Temari. Make yourself at home," he smiled before heading to his bathroom in his room.
She heard the water run and she took a seat in one of his sofas. The place looked neat. It had a large living room with the latest television against the wall opposite of the sofa she was sitting at. There was a coffee table in the middle of the room and a giant lamp against one of the corners. She saw there was a picture frame placed down. She went to pick it up and saw it was a picture of his family without him all smiling with the exception of his son. Now that she think of it there weren't any other pictures in the house except for this one.
"He must be hurting terribly," she said to herself. She placed it back before turning the TV on looked for one of her favorite talk shows. It was one that spread the rumors around the village. She failed to notice Naruto turning off the shower.
Five ladies were in a table talking loudly, "Last night, one of our reporters was out for a late night stroll and caught something that might surprise us all. Ex-wife of our Hokage-sama was caught with another bachelor in a fancy dinner always smiling."
Naruto went to the living room to tell Temari he was ready to take her home before he heard the gossiping ladies.
"It seems she has moved on since the split because at the end of dinner, she received a quick peck on the lips by her companion that evening. We all wonder how Hokage-sama might take the news of this."
"Ummm… Ready to go Temari?" Naruto spoke lightly.
The older blond immediately jumped as he scared her, damning her talk shows for messing with her sensory skills.
"Sorry you had to hear that Naruto," she lamented immediately turning the television off.
"It's okay. She has every right to be with anyone," he barely replied to her.
The walk to her home was rather uncomfortable. Neither willing to talk to one another. It had been fine up until this evening. To be honest to herself, it was one of the most wonderful days she has had in a while.
"The sunset looks beautiful," spoke Naruto breaking the Ice, "It makes me wonder what would have happened if we lost during the war."
"For one thing we all would be dead," the woman next to him said, "Your team saved the world from an escapable dream while our chakra was sucked slowly."
"It's amazing how much we all have grown. We were teens then, now we have families ready to surpass us any moment," replied Naruto with a light smile.
"Well the talent is there, they all just need a little push to surpass us," said Temari looking up at him, "Until then we have to keep teaching and guiding them to maximum potential."
"Yeah, you're right," smiled the tall blond as they reached to the Nara residence.
"I'm always right, Naruto," she winked at him making him blush, "Anyways thanks for a wonderful day. Tomorrow we should make the arrangement for the travel after we pick up our clothes from the tailor."
Naruto nodded at her, "Yes, I'll take care of that Temari-san. Thank you for the new look I'll pick you up in the afternoon if that is fine?"
The other blond nodded, "That is fine. Have a goodnight Naruto."
"Likewise Temari-chan." He smiled before turning away from a blushing Temari.
She shook her head before opening the door to be greeted by a quiet home. She walked by the living room to see her husband asleep on the couch she smiled lightly and continued to the kitchen to see Shikadai eating a pudding.
"Hey mom, How was your day with Hokage-same/"
She smiled at the events that happened with her and Naruto before she answered her son, "It was fun."
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