Hello and welcome to another installment of Love of Blondes. A little action will be in this one and I'm excited. So, let's get into this.

Naruto jumped at Ino while he was covered in a red chakra cloak with a tail. Ino ducked and rolled under him and barely dodged the swing of the tail. Naruto skidded a few feet and ran towards her. Naruto went for a slash across her mid-section, but she flipped backwards. She jumped towards him and went for a roundhouse kick. The tail caught her ankle and threw her into the wall. Blood escaped her mouth and she slid down to the ground.

'Damn it! What's going on? I never saw Naruto act like this before. What's happening to him?' Ino thought.

Her attention was brought towards Naruto and another tail was growing out. Once it was out, Naruto took a stance as if he was ready to run. Ino got up and placed her finger through the hole at the end of the kunai. Naruto dashed towards Ino, but he was so quick Ino could hardly keep up with him. Naruto delivered a punch to Ino and she flew a few yards before gaining her balance. She looked to where Naruto was, but he wasn't there.

Her head snapped up just in time to dodge Naruto's attack from above. When she saw Naruto, he had a slice on his right cheek. She knew it was her kunai that did that. But to her amazement, the cut closed. Regeneration was the only thing going through her head. Even though she knew if he got injured he would be healed, she still refused to cause damage to him. Something was holding her back, but she didn't know what.

'His eyes are full of hatred. Though, I can only feel sadness. He's fighting to keep his sanity. It sucks that the only I can do is wait to see if he comes through or not while trying to keep myself alive.'

A low growl came from Naruto and he extended his hands. Ino wondered what he was doing, but kept her guard up. Two chakra hands launched at her and she jumped up to dodge them. She looked downwards to only see the same hands gaining on her. She twisted and turned her body to dodge them as she fell back down to earth. As soon as she landed, she rolled right to dodge one hand and kicked upwards to divert the other.

She sees Naruto running towards her and feels an immense pain. She looks and sees claw marks on her sides. She dropped to her knees and watched helplessly as Naruto closed in on her. He brought his right hand up and got ready to claw Ino. When he brought it down, she closed her eyes shut anticipating the impact. But it never came. She slowly opened her eyes to see his hand inches away from her face. Right in Naruto's facial expression, she saw him fighting.

"Come on Naruto, you can do it. Pull this thing back and put it where it belongs. You're not like this Naruto." Ino closed her eyes and pondered on saying what she had on her mind and realized it needed to be said. "Come back," she opened her eyes, "to me."

Slowly the cloak began to disappear and Naruto's vicious features calmed down. His blood red eyes went back to their oceanic blue selves, his whiskers turned back to their fine lines, and his canines shrunk back to normal size. Once Naruto looked like his self again, he fainted and landed on Ino. Despite the pain from her wound, she held him. A blush graced her face when she realized how the position they were in would look like to other people.

She laid Naruto down and went back to get the bag she dropped. She headed inside her home and wrapped her waist where the slash was made. As she made her way back to Naruto, blood slowly started to seep through the band-aid so she quickly made her way to Naruto. She needed to find out where he lived but she totally doubted someone would help her. She placed a hand on his forehead and searched through his mind to find the answer. Once she did, she vanished along with Naruto.

When Naruto came to, he was in his room. He wondered what happened, and what he'd experienced was all but a dream. He thought it was a dream since Ino would never be that nice to him. He got out of his bed and went to the kitchen. There, in his kitchen, was Ino with an apron over her clothes and humming a tune. She looked like she was making something. Ino turned around to see Naruto standing there.

"You're finally awake. Do you know how worried I've been?" Ino stated.

"Sorry for troubling you. Besides, how did you know where I lived?"

"I kind of searched through your mind to find out where. I also saw all the things you went through. I also felt even emotion. I'm sorry Naruto. No one should have to go through that."

"Why are you apologizing? It wasn't you're fault. If memory serves me right, you wanted to make this birthday a good one for me."

"That is true. On that note, I better get back to work."

Ino turned back to the counter and Naruto noticed the bloodstained cloth wrapped around her waist. "Ino what happened to you?"

She didn't look at him. "What do you mean?"

"I mean that huge blood spot!"

Her head hung in complete sadness. "Oh, that." She turned around and pulled out a chair to sit down. "Sit down Naruto. I need to tell you something." Once he did, she continued. "When those guys took you into that alley and beat you, you transformed into something devilish; almost like a mindless monster. You ended up killing them and, when I tried to stop you, I got this injury."

"So I-I caused you to get hurt? I bet you hate me now, don't you?"

"Like hell I would!"

"What?"

"Naruto, I care about you and that person who I fought wasn't you. You're kind, generous, and an all around sweetheart. If you think I'll hate you over something as stupid as that, then I honestly don't know you. I'll always be there for you Naruto. Will you be there for me?"

Naruto looked Ino in her baby blue eyes and saw she meant every word and was serious. "I will Ino. Thank you."

Ino got up, as well as Naruto. She made her way to him and hugged him as tight as she could. "You don't need to thank me Naruto."

"So what are you making?"

She made a little space between them so she could see Naruto. "It's a surprise."

Naruto smiled and felt at ease inside her arms. It was a feeling he didn't get and loved every second of it. Feelings within him started to stir for the blonde in front of him. And he couldn't wait to see what she had in store for him.

That's another chapter done. I'm trying to keep a pattern between fanfiction and Wattpad, so I'll see you in two days. Bye-bye.