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|~Weakness Number Three~|

~Touch~

Flashback to Pein Assault

Ino watched as Naruto took 5 Peins with ease. He dashed around, rasengans in hand, slamming them into the Peins. He looked so…hot.

She looked away to heal the remaining injured. There were a lot of them, but she had to do what she had to do as a medic. An hour later, green glows started out of nowhere, and people that were dead started to come back to life.

Everyone ran over to him as he came back to the village. They were screaming their thanks, calling him hero, chosen one, and lifting him in the air. Instead of getting a big head, he just let it happen, smiling, laughing, shaking hands, and signing little kids' autographs.

Ino, on the other hand, just stood back and watched him. 'He matured,' she thought to herself, 'I could almost fall for him.'

Flashback to Inoichi's Funeral

She couldn't believe it. Her father was dead. She had no father, or a mother. She cried and cried, not able to stop. The tears kept coming, no matter how many times she wiped her face, more tears were there to take their place.

People were there to give their condolences and tell her that they're there if she needs them. Ino didn't care, though. None of them could bring her father back, and that's all she cared about at the moment.

That was until she felt something on her shoulder. A hand, perhaps. She looked up to see Naruto, his blue eyes full of kindness and compassion.

"It'll be alright, Ino." He wrapped his arm around her shoulder as he started to walk. "I'll walk you home."

She looked at him out of the corner of her eye. She changed her mind that day.

'I could definitely fall for him.' She thought to herself as she continued to walk with him.

Present Day

Ino walked into the house. Her pace was fast which was unusual from her. Naruto was sitting on the couch filing out some paperwork for Kakashi.

"Naruto, I am so stressed out. I'm falling behind in the shop because I'm helping Shikamaru out with the chūnin exams this year. I have a lot of paperwork to do, on top of running the flower shop, on top of helping out at the academy, and…" Naruto cut her off and motioned for her to come and sit beside him.

He patted his lap, signaling her too lay her head there. She obliged, and Naruto started to run his fingers through her hair. "It'll be alright, babe. I'll make a few shadow clones to run the shop and to help you with paperwork."

"You'd really do that for me?" She asked, shifting her position to look up at him.

He brought his hand and rested it on her cheek. "I'd do anything for you, Ino-chan."

She smiled softly at him and traced her fingers on his whisker marks, eliciting a purr from him.

By just running his fingers through her hair, he was able to calm her down.

'His touch,' She thought to herself before letting sleep claim her, Naruto's fingers still in her hair, 'that's why I fell for him.'

Tormint: Thank you DownAnder for the idea of this chapter!

I'm thinking of making a Naruto x Kurotsuchi fic because I love the pairing and it's quite rare, but I'm on the fence at the moment so don't be too happy.

I'm also happy that you guys are enjoying this because I enjoy writing this. NaruIno just makes me so happy, they're my favorite blonde couple (NaruSaku OTP).

The prompt for this chapter was "Your Touch", if you didn't know by the chapter and the little heading at the start of the chapter. I forgot to put the heading in chapter to so that's kind of my bad. *Nervous laugh*

Anyway, I think I've rambled on for long enough. Don't forget to review, and I'll see you guys later!

Tormint out!