Woohoo my first fic!!I am so excited I hope it is good, I chose to do Ino and Naruto because I think the make a great couple and are my favorite crack pairing,, rated this story for M because there will be citrus!!XD I will try to make this story as in character and long as possible, and I will try to update at least once or twice weekly , please review, and point out anything you don't like about the story, I want to make this the best NaruIno story so I need you help!! Now onto the story!!

Special thanx to my reviewers!!

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto , but I sure as hell would pwn then at Sims

Chapter three

fate

previously

She stood there horrified and flipped around as he quickly threw on a pair of pants. " I'm so sorry Naruto-kun, I didn't mean to I woke up and I was sure where I was so I went to have a look around and ..."" Its okay , I was just surprised is all, you're kind of wet too, if you want you can borrow some of my clothes, there are some in the bedroom, go ahead ,I need to finish getting dressed?"Naruto said. 'can I watch?' "Sure"replied Ino, blushing and heading back to the bedroom.

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Naruto laughed as ino practically ran out of the room, 'heh, wonder if she saw anything she liked'

,thought Naruto. After Ino had passed out , He had done some thinking of his own about the infatuation that seemed to be developing between them.It had been hard for him to decide wether his feelings for her were genuine or they were just there because he needed someone to help him cope with all that happened, since she was probably feeling the same aloneness and guilt over Sakura's disappearance, no , death, he had to start accepting that she was not coming back, he had to get over it and learn to move on, and Ino was the only one who could help. They needed each other, he was almost sure of it, but he still could not sort out how to tell her his feelings. He even doubted wether she saw him, or could ever see him as more than just a friend, if that even, they barely knew each other, but maybe that was why he was falling for her know, maybe if he had gotten closer to her sooner , he would had felt the same way he does now. Or maybe it was all to confusing to think about.

Naruto walked over to his small cupboard and dug through countless packages of ramen to find some tea. Having unearthed some in the very back, he pulled out the dust box and started to make tea. He let his thoughts wander back to Ino when she came back into the room, wearing an old pair of his blue boxers and a black t shirt. Ino had done much digging to find a pair of boxers that she was sure was clean. No matter how much she liked him having to wear a pair of dirty underwear was something she'd never do.

Ino sat down next to Naruto and began to stir her tea restlessly. She didn't know what the problem was, she had always been able to talk to naruto before, in a group of people, that is, . Him being notoriously loud and unable to keep a secret of any kind, not counting the kyuubi,and Ino being a loudmouth also and Konoha's biggest gossip, naturally they had always found a multitude of things to talk about, but now, she was unsure of her ability to even string two sentences together in front of him.

Naruto was the one to break the silence, as he began chattering off to her the details of every dangerous and amazing mission he had ever been on in his life. Unbeknownst to Ino chattering about missions was his only way to over come extreme nervousness on his part. Ino began to listen with new attentiveness as he described some of the more heroic ones, taking even more attraction to him as she began to notice the more about him that she ever did before.To her he was never anything more than that hyperactive annoying genin who happened to be on Sasuke's team, she could have never known what he would come to mean to her. 'Who would have thought it huh? Me falling for that idiot' she thought. She jumped into the conversation and her and Naruto hit it off well, the talked like old friends for hours about seeming everything they possibly could until nightfall.. There conversation was interrupted by both of their continuous yawns.

"Wow its late", Naruto said walking to the window."I should probably get going ,"Ino said, rather disappointed that their time together was coming to and end." you can't leave," replied Naruto ," Its sleeting outside and everything is covered in a layer of ice, its to dangerous to go out, especially since you live all the way on the other side of town, you can stay the night here!" Ino smirked at his rather obvious enthusiasm."okay then," but I get the bed 'kay?", she said sticking her tongue out at him. "Whatever",Naruto replied teasingly," the couch is probably warmer with the fireplace and all anyways""hey! that's not nice, sticking me in the cold bedroom!"yelled Ino."you're the one who called the bedroom, baka!"Naruto replied earning a smack from Ino," Geez, Ino you're worse than Sakura-chan." Both of them fell silent at this, they had been enjoying there time with each other and had almost completely forgot about why they were there together. "Well, I'm going to bed,"Ino said solemnly, going into the bed room. Naruto couldn't even speak, he just grabbed a blanket, hopped onto the couch, and fell into a fitful slumber.

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Ino was running through the forest after Sakura. It was after the battle with the akatsuki. " Sakura stop!!don't go !please stop, wait Sakura!!", Ino screamed. She started running faster, pumping chakra into her legs, sakura couldn't hear her or wasn't listening. No matter how fast she went , Sakura was always just ahead of her, out of reach.She remembered this dream, and how it always ended, she had to stop sakura now."Sakura!"she shouted again. Sakura had reached a clearing where several ANBU had fallen, it was where Ino and the others had discovered the bodies of everybody, minus Sakura's. Sakura bent down and began healing the ANBU, and they were suddenly ambushed by Akatsuki. Ino had reached the clearing but and Invisible barrier seemed to be stopping her from reaching the others. She stood there horrified as they were slaughtered one by one , while sakura continued healing, not even noticing them. One of them came right behind her and stabbed her. Ino began screaming, when Naruto suddenly appeared, she was stunned, he had never came before and she didn't know what would happen . He ran into the clearing and fought them , then one by one, they stabbed him with kunai and shurikens, and she watched as the blood pooled at her feet. The akatsuki left and Sakura ran after them. Ino stood there helpless as Naruto laid there bleeding to death and Sakura ran and disappeared into mist. "NO!!this isn't real! no no!" she was screaming and crying . She heard Naruto voiced and rushed over to him, "Ino, ...please wake up, Ino"

"INO!!" Naruto had shook Ino awake. He had heard her screams and rushed to the bedroom to find her screaming and crying and thrashing about wildly. He thought she was having a fit or something. "Ino, are you okay? Ino!"she didn't say anything, just threw herself on Naruto's chest and began crying and mumbling something incoherent. He stroked her back and her sobs became shorter and softer, until he was sure she was asleep. He slid out of bed, tucked her back in, and was surprised when he felt a hand on his arm. "Please stay, I had a nightmare about...about Sakura. Please stay, I don't want to be alone", Ino sobbed. "Okay" Naruto replied gently , crawling into bed next to her and pulling her close. She laid her head on his chest and wrapped her arms around him. Naruto pulled her closer and they quickly fell asleep in each other's embrace.

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well, this took awhile, sorry I was busy and had writers block, also I am looking for an editor to look this over since I have noticed mistakes in my story and other such stuff. So bye, until next time!!