The characters in this fan fiction are property of Masashi Kishimoto, Viz Media, Shonen Jump and the others, I do not own any part of the Naruto manga/anime series. I am not nor have I ever made any money of Naruto franchise.

This is a fan fiction that focuses mainly on Naruto and Temari but the rest of the characters are deeply involved as well . Many things about this story are the same as in the current continuity of the Naruto manga/anime while some things are vastly different, enjoy!

Chapter 4: … Jealously can be a real (pink-haired) bitch .

It was after Ino's shift, and late in the day. She had to deliver the day's reports to the Hokage and then she could leave for the day, and she wondering if Naruto's date had gone ok with the advice she had given him. Speaking of Naruto… she had some things to Ask the Hokage or Shizune about Sakura in regards to Naruto. She knocked on the office door and got a reply to come in, a moment later.

"Hello there Ino, did you come hand your reports in?" Shizune asked, looking over some paperwork on Tsunade's desk.

"Uh yeah, I did" Ino replied, handing the papers to her. "By the way, I had a strange conversation with Sakura, earlier."

"A strange conversation?…" Shizune asked, giving her a curious look. "What was it about?"

"It was about Naruto, actually" Ino replied, pitting a hand on her hip. "I basically got Sakura to admit she has feelings for him, but when I told her she could snag him if he broke up with Temari, she got a kind of sad look on her face.. Any idea's why?"

Shizune remained silent for a moment before answering her. " Um ..I'm not sure really…maybe she was just jealous of Temari getting with Naruto before she could.."

"Uh huh…..you don't sound very convincing, Shizune" Ino said, in a dry tone. " You know something, and I wanna know what that is"

"Don't worry about it for now, Ino" Said, Tsunade, walking into the room. " You'll be giving information soon"

"No, Sakura's my friend, and so is Naruto" Ino said, defiantly. "If you know something, I have the right to know too!"

Tsunade held her head for a second. "Ok, ok. Tomorrow, I'll have you ,the rest of the rookie 11, and a few others come here in the morning." She said to Ino, sighing. " We'll discuss it then at …9…now, it's late so, get home, your shift is done"

"… Fine…" Ino finally said, turning around. " Bye"

After Ino walked out the door and closed it behind her Tsunade slumped onto her chair.

"Well I suppose they were bound to find out sooner or later…" She said, leaning back in her chair. "I need to call a council meeting for tomorrow morning, at about 8, to make my announcements… or at least some of them"

"You aren't going to tell them everything?… why not?" Shizune asked, putting some papers into a drawer of a file cabinet. "… You don't trust them do you?"

"Is there a reason too? Cause I don't see any" Tsunade said, looking at the ceiling. "They've always been against me and Naruto… I know all about how they looked the other way when Jonin ninja tried to kill Naruto as a boy. I also know how they've done everything in their power to undermine my decisions as Hokage"

"…." Shizune remained quiet.

"Now then, I only intend to tell them that some important information will be reveled tomorrow… and that's all I'm saying to them" Tsunade said, sitting up, and looking at Shizune. "And don't you dare tell them anything behind my back again…. I know you only thought you were doing good, but you only did harm."

"I'm sorry Lady Tsunade, I won't say anything, to anyone" Shizune said, solemnly " You have my word… I swear on my uncle's grave"

"Very well Shizune,… go use one of the guest rooms here , in the office to get some sleep" She said, to her. "I'm going to get some sleep myself after I write this up and send it off"

Shizune nodded to her ,bid her goodnight and walked through the door leading to guest room. Tsunade quickly wrote up the information and had a messenger bird carry it to the council chamber for them to read when the council convened at 6 am the next morning.

The next morning at about 8 am, the Konoha 11, along with several clan leaders, Gaara, and his siblings, most of the Jonin, minus Kakashi, who was probably late at his own birth, and Sakura, who hadn't shown up or giving a reason for her absence. After waiting about 15 minutes, Kakashi finally appeared in a swirl of leaves.

He gave a wave to the Hokage and said "Sorry I'm late, I…"

"Save It , Kakashi, As much as I enjoy hearing your….creative excuses, … We have things too discuss." Tsunade said, folding her hands together. " Now we should wait for Sakura to arrive, but she already knows most of this, and I can fill her in on anything extra"

"I still say you have no right to inform everyone here about anything important before you tell us in private first" Homura Mitokado said, in a distasteful voice. " As the council of the Leaf Village, we have that right"

"I agree, Tsunade. We needed time to …. edit… what you reveal to those present" His teammate, Koharu Utatane added, from her seat.

"And that's exactly why I didn't tell you what I was going to speak about…. I didn't want you trying to tell me how to do my job" Tsunade said, with her eyebrows narrowed. "The days of me playing lap dog to the council is over… In fact , you can think of it this way, from now on, you will be playing lap dogs, to me"

Both Koharu and Homura were wide-eyed and in shock at what she had said.

"Now then, lets get started." Tsunade said, not giving them a change to speak. " First of all, While I was in the coma, and Gaara was at the Kage Summit, the Leaf and Sand Councils decided to set up a arranged marriage between Temari of the Sand …and …Naruto"

Everyone one in the room was frozen at those words and looked over at Naruto ,who was sitting on the ledge of the window, staring out at the village as Temari stood near him.

Before anyone could say anything else Sakura burst through the door, showing two unconscious Anbu laying on the floor behind her.

"Lady Tsunade, you can not let this happen! Naruto should not be forced to marry someone, he doesn't even love!" She yelled out, clenching her fist. " I was all happy about the other things for him, but I refuse to let this stupid wedding thing happen!"

"Sakura! That's enough!" Tsunade said, standing up. "If you want to be upset, then that's your right, but knocking out my Anbu, along with ranting and raving is not!"

"I don't care… I came to a realization recently…. I once told Naruto a lie to stop him from going after Sasuke… but what I said, is actually true" Sakura said,putting her red face down. "I love you, Naruto Uzumaki… and I want the option to explore that"

This time, Naruto joined the others in the room in being wide-eyed and speechless.

Tsunade looked at her apprentice, Sakura and couldn't help but feel sorry for her, even if she knew there was anything she could do. " Sakura, I wish there was-"

"I'm not done yet. I'm not the only girl who loves Naruto and would like the chance to have a relationship with him." Sakura said, looking back up, her face still red. " I'm speaking off course about Hinata. She's been in love with Naruto since before even the ninja academy. How is it fair that she and I our denied the chance like this!"

There was a gasp and a couple of thuds and everyone looked over and saw that Hinata had fainted and was laying on the office floor with a dark red face. Tsunade looked over at Naruto to see if he going to say anything, but found he had fallen out the window and was on the roof laying , in shock. Tsunade shook her head at the sight at not one, but two of her ninja's, one a Chunin, the other a recently appointed Jonin acting like a bunch of school kids.

"This is not what I need right now…" Tsunade said, sitting back down. " Sakura ….. Come here a second."

Sakura walked over to the desk and leaned in as Tsunade leaned forward. "Look Sakura, none of us are completely happy with the situation, but take a look over at Temari for a moment.." She said, in a whisper voice that only Sakura could hear. " Tell me what you see and hear right now"

Sakura looked over to where Tsunade was looking at. Temari was outside on the roof kneeling next to Naruto talking to him with a smile.

" Hard to believe someone like you would faint" Temari said, grinning. "You sure are something else , Naruto"

"Not funny at all, Temari-chan" Naruto responded, looking up at her at a small smirk. " Are you going to help up,…. or just stare at my handsome face all day?"

"Maybe I should leave you here, fox boy" Temari replied, returning the smirk. " And to think, After such a wonderful date last night… I was looking forward to our next one…"

" So your allowing me the honor of taking you out again?… what's the catch?" He asked, grinning.

"Hmmm….. Nothing ramen related… and were good." She replied, standing up and holding out her hand to him. " Now get up, your friends probably have a lot of questions…. And will soon have more, no doubt."

Sakura turned back to Tsunade. " Just because they look happy, doesn't mean anything… Naruto is a nice and really likeable guy" Sakura said, putting her hands on the desk. " That doesn't mean I'm giving up on him."

"Your too much like me… So I figured as much already" Tsunade said, folding her hands together. " You were there when I told him about this…. Well most of it. But you should no that it would cause problems for both the Leaf and the Sand villages if this arranged marriage were called off"

"Be that as it may.. Naruto deserves happiness… and so do I and Hinata" Sakura said, defiantly. "Consequences be damned, Lady Tsunade, I will be pursuing him., and I might even get Hinata too as well"

"Uhh…. Fine , whatever. Do what you want, just do it later, I have things to discuss still" Tsunade said, holding the bridge of her nose. " … Why don't you go do your rounds in the hospital since you know this stuff anyway"

"Fine, But I will keep my word" Sakura said, pulling her hands off the desk. " I gotta go do some work at the hospital… but Naruto.. Don't think I'm going to give up on you, and my love I have for you"

She blew a kiss at him before giving a evil look at Temari, who gave a her a equally nasty look back. " Don't try anything, pinky." Temari said, crossing her arms. " I think Naruto is a great guy and if you think I'm just going to sit here and let you take him.. Your barking up the wrong tree, honey"

"Before a few days ago, you hardly knew him that well" Sakura said, walking to the door, as the others moved out of the way. " Me and Hinata over there, on the other hand have known him most of his life, that gives us the edge"

"If you got a problem, I'll be glad to "help" you clear it up, pinky" Temari said, walking towards her. "So go on, say something, I dare you"

"I'd be happy to, sand bitch" Sakura said, clenching her fists. " When and where?"

"Enough you two. Sakura, go do your duties, now" Tsunade said, slamming her fist on her replacement desk, hard enough to leave a dent. " And you and I are going to have long discussion about things later… young lady"

"But what about Temari? She was also saying stuff" Sakura said, pouting.

"Shut up billboard brow, just go " Ino said, putting her hands on her hips. " You're the one causing problems right now, not her"

Ino took Sakura's shoulders and pushed through the door, closing it behind her. "Go cool off, Sakura!" Ino said, to her, from inside the office. " We'll talk later… Go ahead, Lady Tsunade"

"I'm taking Naruto to…. Get focused,.. You can go ahead since I know this stuff already" Temari said, gently taking a hold of Naruto's shoulders. " come on, Naruto, let's go. I'll get you some Ramen."

Naruto, who was kind of out of it from learning that his long time crush, Sakura liked him back, and that Hinata liked him too, nodded absently and let himself be walked away by Temari. She put her arm around him and walked him out the door.

"Will…Naruto be alright?" Hinata asked, finally recovering from her faint and fall. "And…did Sakura really tell him that I…I like him…?"

"I'm afraid so, Hinata." Tenten said, standing next to her. " The cats out of the bag, I guess.."

"…."

"In any case… I do have more to tell you," Tsunade said, standing up. "Are you all composed enough, for me to continue? ..or do you need a few more minutes?"

Her question was obviously directed at Hinata, who she was looking at. Hinata was looking down, but gave a small nod in response. Tsunade nodded back to her and leaned against her desk.

"Alright then, as I said Naruto and Temari are being forced into a political marriage, but that's not the end of my news about him" Tsunade said, looking around the room. " Naruto could be considered the most royal person in the leaf village, as he is related to some of the most powerful and well known ninjas, to ever grace the leaf Village, and the world as a whole in general."

While most of the individuals present didn't how to respond, Neji, who while also surprised, was use to hearing extraordinary news and remaining calm, spoke up.

"I see.. How is this possible exactly, Lady Tsunade?" He asked calmly, though those who knew him well enough could see a bit of shock dancing in his eyes.

"As some of you may know, I am related to the first and second Hokages…. Naruto is as well." She said, to them. " And further more he is also related to the Fourth Hokage and me as well"

"THE FOURTH HOKAGE!"

Tsunade held her ringing ears, that kind of hurt from the loudness of everyone yelling at the same time.

"You people are even more loud then Naruto can be sometimes.." Tsunade mumbled holding her head. "If you are done, I'll continue."

Tsunade then explained Naruto's connection to the first and second Hokages. Then she told them of how his mother , and the wife of Minato Namakaze was known as the fierce and powerful Kunoichi, known as the Red Habanero, Kushina Uzumaki.

"…. And the powerful Uzumaki clan and it's village, the Hidden Whirlpool, was so well respected by the First and Second Hokages that to this day we honor them by displaying the village's spiral symbol on many things including Chunin and Jonin vests." Tsunade said, in one long sentence. "Now, after all I've explained are there any questions?"

"What does this mean for Naruto's standings, privileges and responsibilities?" Shikamaru asked, as one of the few calm people there.

"I figured that you'd be the one to know stuff like this…" Tsunade said, grinning. " Yes, those things will change for him as a result of this information being made public now"

"These lies are outrageous, Tsunade" Koharu Utatane said as she stood up. "Just are far will your lies go, to make that "Demon" seem like a hero and noble person?"

"Your dismissed from the Council as of this moment, Koharu. Grab your shit and don't come back" Tsunade said, trying to control her anger. " And if you feel the same way as she does, then you can join her, Homura"

"You have no say in such a thing, you need to learn your place-" Homura started.

"No, you need to learn your place, you old hags!" Tsunade yelled out. "Now get out my office, get your crap, and leave or I'll have you "Escorted" out against your will, do I make my self clear?"

Both Homura and Koharu looked they were going to say something more ,until Tsunade snapped her fingers and two Anbu appeared beside them. The Anbu walked the two out the door, and it wasn't long before the sounds of footsteps faded.

"Now, as I was explaining,.. Naruto is the last of 2 different and powerful clans so yes he will soon be required to have a seat on the council, and a few other responsibilities that will be determined as we go along" Tsunade said sitting on the edge of her desk. "I will also be assigning some body guards to him at his new house and maybe even a few of you Chunin during missions he goes on, though those will be somewhat more limited then before"

"Now, I suggest you all take some time for this massive wealth of information to set in" Tsunade said, walking behind her desk, and sitting down. "Your all dismissed"

Everyone one slowly made there way out of the office, with Tenten and Neji putting their hands on Hinata's shoulders to comfort the girl, who would no longer be able to get with her long time crush.

Close by, Naruto had finished his 10th bowl of ramen, while Temari sat next to him, with several of her own bowls in front of her, 3 total. The owner of Ichiraku Teuchi, had been a bit surprised when she wanted a second and then third bowl of ramen. She had simply said that was some stupid girl who constantly worried about occasionally gaining a few pounds, and that she could easily work off any extra calories with training.

After they finished, they walked away towards the Uzumaki clan area, with them walking side by side. Felling bold-ish, Naruto slipped his hand into Temari's , and was pleased to find she closed her hand around his squeezed his hand gently. They had really come to like one another, and though it was hardly love yet, it wouldn't be long before it turned into it. They made there way down the street, through the gate and up the path that led to their home. They decided after the things that had occurred already they would take the rest of the day off, to relax and enjoy each other's company.

"So Naruto-kun… when I can I expect a second date?" Temari asked, as they sat down on the roof of there house. "I really found are first one to be really fun over all, so I hope the second one will be too"

Naruto looked over, and despite feeling a little strange still from the stuff being talking about at the Hokage's office gave her a smile. "Don't worry ..how about tonight?" He asked, looking hopeful. "I know you don't want t go anywhere , so…. I know I make you dinner here"

"You make dinner for us?… no offence Naruto, nut your kitchen skills are a little…lacking" Temari said, giving a smile. "Maybe you do that some other time after you practice a bit more"

"No really, I can do it. I can have my clones read every book on cooking they can find at the Library and… and I'll practice a bit too" Naruto insisted. "I've cooked before you know, Pervy sage had me learn a few things, I just never made eggs before, that's why it didn't turn out so great"

"Well…. Ok if you really want to set up something, go for it, I'm looking forward to it" Temari said, standing up. "I'll see you later"

"Umm.. Where you going Temari-chan?" Naruto asked, standing up too.

"Well if were going to have a date, I need to get a nice looking outfit for tonight." She said, smiling. " I told you I never went out on date before my one with you, so I don't much in the way of date appropriate clothing to wear"

"You don't have to dress up, just wear what's comfortable, I'm sure you'll look great" He said, with reddening face.

She grinned and gave him a quick kiss on his cheek, before walking away. " That's sweet, but even I like to dress up sometimes." She said, crouching down to jump onto the balcony to get inside. Then she added, in a somewhat sultry voice "I think you'll like it too, Naruto-kun"

She left the red faced Naruto standing there saying "Wow".

As he said, Naruto sent several clones to the library and spent the next several hours reading every cooking book they could find. After reading and reading, the clones began to dispelled and Naruto slowly absorbed the information they had learned. As soon as he absorbed the info from the last clone, he immediately began trying out different recipes, hoping to come up with the perfect dinner date for Temari.

While Naruto was preparing dinner Temari was in town looking for the perfect dress, and she was having a few problems. She hadn't really brought much in the way of dresses and didn't know which shops had what.

"I should have just said it was a casually date like the first one was.." Temari said to herself. "I wonder what places around here have good dresses?.."

"Temari?" A female voice said from behind her. "What are up to? I though you went off with Naruto earlier"

Temari turned around and was Ino standing there. "Oh Ino, hi" Temari said, looking at her. " I'm actually looking for a nice dress for my date with Naruto tonight, but I've never shopped for anything like that , neither here or in the Sand village"

"Shopping! Date! Eeekkkkk!" Ino squealed out at her. "OMG! I love shopping! Can I join you! Please say yes!"

Temari was sure about going anywhere with the shrill girl, but didn't really know any other females in the city so she didn't have much choice. "Um.. Sure if you show me where the best shop for dresses are" Temari said, reluctantly. " Deal?"

Ino squealed again, much to the annoyance of Temari. "Awesome! Ok lets go!" She said, pulling Temari alone like a rag doll. "Were going to have so much fun!"

"Somehow I just know I'm going to regret this.." Temari said, trying to keep on her feet as Ino pulled her along.

After a long time of being shown the shops, Temari settled on getting a Kimono instead of a dress. She picked out a black colored with dark blue flower adorned Kimono a red Obi belt, and matching sandals.

"I thought a dress would be better ,but I gotta say, that Kimono really suits you, Temari" Ino said, smiling. "Naruto's going to forget how to breath when he sees you in this"

"Well I don't know about that, but I do hope he thinks I look good in it, I suppose" Temari said, looking in the mirror. " I'm not really a girly-girl or anything, but al the same I gotta admit, I do feel nice dressing up like this"

"I know right!.. Anyways go take it off and get changed so we can leave" Ino said, setting down her bags. " And I wanna hear about your date tonight with Naruto too"

"Well actually, I'm letting Naruto come up with it again, he insisted on it in fact" Temari said, as she changed out of the fancy kimono and got back into her normal attire. "Honestly I'm feeling excited and nervous at the same time about our second date, the first was a lot of fun so I'm hoping this one will too"

"Really? Well I'm sure it will be magical!" Ino said, grinning. "Your soooo lucky to have found a great guy like Naruto.. I mean I noticed him before , but with the stupid war crap going on I never got a chance to make a move"

"Yes.. I suppose I am, in a way" Temari admitted. " I never would have considered dating him before, but after getting to know him a bit, I… I think like the idea of marrying him"

After they were done, they bid each other farewell and went their separate ways, with Temari really looking forward to her date. She soon arrived at home and found a note attached to the door from Naruto. She quickly pulled it off the door and looked at it.

"Dear Temari, meet me out in the garden, behind the house, at the open space part in the western end with all the shade at 5:30, signed Naruto" She read out loud. "Huh, that like….45 minutes from now, I gotta get changed into this Kimono!"

She grabbed her bags, raced inside and up the stairs to get changed. After about a half in hour she was finally ready , with about 15 minutes to spare too.

"Hmm… should I go out there early?.. Or would that ruin it?" Temari said to herself. " Well… I guess I could just make my way towards that area and walk really slowly to kill time"

With her mind made up ,she slowly and carefully walked down the stairs, as she not use to wearing Geta sandals. She honestly liked her normal attire better but this was a special occasion and she'd worn Kimonos before so it wasn't completely horrible at least. She slowly walked through the large house till she reached the back area, and went outside into the backyard area. She hadn't really been out in this area before , only once really, and only knew a little about the lay out. She turned and started walking west to the area Naruto wanted to meet her in.

After about 10 minutes, since it was a really big garden and she was walking slow on purpose, she neared where she was going to meet Naruto. She just steeped out into the opening when she saw Naruto, dressed in a black kimono with orange belt, and black and orange jacket standing there lighting a few candles

"Naruto.. You look pretty handsome, though I'm surprised to see so much black and so little orange" Temari said, walking forward. " And this dinner also looks incredible, you didn't have to go this far"

Naruto turned around and his cheeks heated up as he stared at Temari in her kimono. "Wow… you look.. really beautiful Temari" He said, looking over every inch of her. " Just ..wow"

Temari also felt her cheeks turn red from slight embarrassment at being looked at in such a way by a guy. With her reputation and the way her brother Gaara used to be most guys were either too scared of her ,her brother, or just not seemly interested in her for some other reason. So this was both unusual and…very nice to her.

She shook herself out of her frozen state and walked forward to him. Now it was his chance to be shocked and happy, because Temari walked up to him and wrapped her arms around him. She rested her chin on his shoulder and simple stayed there.

"Uh…Temari-chan?… this is really nice , but why?" Naruto asked, blushing.

"I don't know, It just felt right to do" She said, smiling and blushing. " Not many people have ever called me beautiful before.. Just my mother when she was still alive, no one else, so to hear that you think I'm beautiful is…feels nice "

"Well it's true so…" Naruto said, trailing off, as they pulled away from each other. " So shall we start our date?"

"Love to" She said, walking over to her chair. "looks romantic,… I like it"

Naruto was about to sit down when some of Ino's advice ranged through his head. Whenever your date is going to sit in her chair, you always pull it out for her and push her in.. before she asks to you too, remember that Naruto!

"Uh, hear let me, Temari-chan" He said, pulling out the chair for her.

"Thank you, Mr. gentleman" Temari said, sitting down and letting him push her in. " You obviously didn't learn your manners from Jiraiya though , huh?"

"No way.. I don't think he knew the meaning of manners" He said, snickering as he sat down, fidgeting in his kimono. "Stupid Kimonos.. Why are they so uncomfortable?"

Temari just laughed at him for a moment. "I somehow figured you weren't a dress up type" She said, grinning. "Though the fact that you did it for me is really sweet"

'Uh...yeah, your welcome" He said, rubbing the back of his head. "I did do it just for you after all"

"So what are we having , oh Romeo?" She asked in teasing manner.

He lifted up the tops covering the food to reveal their dinner. "I made Baked salmon, with roasted mushrooms, green peppers, and sprinkled with chopped onions, curry, and garlic." Naruto said, proudly. " We also have a salad, even though I'm not really into vegetables much, with light salad dressing, some red wine and a piece of chocolate cake for dessert. You like?"

"And here I thought you couldn't cook very well, your shadow clones are quite the useful thing huh?" She said, very impressed. "It looks great, and this quite dinner date was a great idea, Naruto-kun"

They ate while chatting a bit in a effort to get to know each other a bit better and were about to have dessert, when a female voice said, fancy running into you here , Naruto"

Temari and Naruto looked over and saw Sakura, of all people, standing there smiling.

"Sakura…? What the heck are doing here, how did you even find your way here?" Naruto asked, wide-eyed.

"That's easy, I follow one of your clones that was brining back fish, while concealing my chakra" She said, very calmly. "Tell me, do you like my dress?"

Sakura was dressed in a low cut, sleeveless black dress, that ended at her mid thighs. She also had a pair of pink high heels on, that she obviously wasn't used to wearing. "You like?, Naruto-kun?" She asked, walking forward, while swaying her hips, seductively. "Walking in heels isn't easy, so you better appreciate it"

"What the fuck do you think your doing here , ruining are date, you pink haired slut?" Temari yelled jumping up. "Get your slutty little ass out of here before I kick you're your little ass"

"Now now, Naruto doesn't like girls with foul mouths like that, do you Naruto ?" She asked , as she walked closer. " Forget this bitch and come have some fun with me, We can go on that date your always asking me about"

"No, I want to stay here with Temari-chan" Naruto said, narrowing his eyes. "You're my friend and teammate, but I want you to leave Sakura-chan"

"I know you don't really mean that, she's just making you hate me" She said, coming to a stop a few feet from him. " Come on, take me out, Naruto. You know you want to"

Temari walking in between Naruto and Sakura. "Leave now bitch , before I make you leave" Temari said, angrily. "So, are going or not?"

"Hmmm.. Not," Sakura said, crossing her arms. "Not with out MY Naruto that is"

Temari wasn't a type of girl to back down and was a tom-boy by nature in many ways ,so instead of saying anything else, she hauled back and clocked Sakura right in the middle of her face Sakura stumbled back holding her face. Naruto wasn't sure how to react at this point, sure He wanted Sakura to leave, but at the same time she was his friend.

"You stupid blond bitch!" Sakura yelled, pulling her hand away from her face to reveal a very bloody nose, that was really gushing. "I'm going to fuck you up!"

She ran at Temari swinging, But despite being a Chunin Kunoichi , she didn't have as much experience in hand to hand combat as Temari. She dodged out of the way, only receiving a small brush of Sakura's charka charged fist.

Temari did feel a tiny cut on her cheek, but knew it was nothing major at the moment. However she also knew about Sakura being able to increase the strength of a punch to the point that she could turn a rock in to dust, and she had to be careful.

"Sakura, there you are, Stop it now!" Ino said, running. "I knew you were up to something , following Naruto earlier"

"Ino?" Naruto asked, insurprise. "What are you doing here?"

"Yeah sorry about inturpting your date ,Naruto, Temari, but I was following Sakura here ,to stop her from doing something stupid.." Ino said, out of breath from running. "Are you going to stop this and come with me Sakura?"

"Get out of here ,Ino-pig, I'm busy kicking this blond bitch's ass!" Sakura said, holding her bleeding nose again.

"Looks like she's the one kicking your ass… but never the less you need to come back with me" Ino said, slowly waling over to her. "You should no I let Lady Tsunade know about you, and she said she would send over some Anbu to drag you back to her office. I convinced her let me try and stop you first, if your were up to something, but you only get one shot, Sakura"

"Damn it, Ino you bitch! I'm not going anywhere right now!" Sakura said, growling. " Get out of my way before I kick your ass too!"

"Fine, I tried, she's all yours, Anbu" Ino said stepping aside.

Three Anbu appeared beside Sakura and grabbed her arms. "The Hokage wants to talk to you, Miss Haruno" The one in the hawk shaped mask said.

"Make this easy on yourself, girly" The one in the snaked shaped mask said. "Fine, do it"

The third Anbu knocked Sakura out and disappeared with Sakura, and the Hawk mask wearing Anbu, while leaving the snake mask wearing Anbu there.

"Sorry about the commotion, geki, all good now?" She asked, putting a hand on her hip.

"Yeah it's fine now , Anko , thanks" Naruto said, stepping forward. "Good timing too"

"We aim to please, brat" She said, grinning under her mask. " Well sorry about your date, at least it was interesting, right?"

"Yeah sure it was Anko.. Keep up the jokes and your not invited to the wedding" Naruto said sarcastically.

"Liked you catch me in a dress anyway," she said, taking off her mask. " I'm might crash the party still, but it wont be in a dress"

"Isn't taking off your mask on duty against rules?" Naruto asked, raising an eyebrow. " Not that I'm a expert or anything"

"Yeah , but tough shit, I'm a Captain of a Anbu squad, so I only answer to the Hokage. She don't like she can kiss my fishnet clad ass" Anko said, grinning. "Anyways, I gotta go, give my report and what not. See ya later , brat"

She ruffled up his hair as best she could for spikey hair, and put her mask back on, before disappearing in a swirl of leaves.

"Yeah I'll be going too, bye you guys, have a goodnight… or at least try to" Ino said, before she ran off, into the night.

"Sorry our date turned out so bad, Temari-chan" Naruto said, looking over at her. " Maybe our next one will turn out better."

"I don't know, a nice dinner, a mostly quite evening, and I got to hit someone…." Temari said, holding her hand. ".. I thought it was an over all good night, more or less anyway."

"Well I think this is enough excitement for one night, Naruto" Temari said, looking over at him. "I I'm going to call it an evening. You coming?"

"Uh, yeah I guess" He said, walking over to her. " Shall we?"

He held his arm out to her indicating he wanted to link arms. Instead she took a hold of his hand and pressed the side of her body up against his as they begin to walk.

"This is a nice to way to end the night, huh? A nice little catfight..." Temari said, leaning her head on his shoulder. " Followed by a nice little stroll together… I'm not much for romance.. But I like this"

"Yeah, me too Teamari-chan" he said, smiling at her.

They walked together till they reached the back door, where they went inside and up the stairs. At the top of the stairs they separated and faced each other, holding hands.

" I wasn't sure at first about you.. But I'd be lying if I said I didn't like you" Naruto said, holding her hands gently. "I'm… looking forward to the day we get married"

"I like you too, Naruto" She said, leaning in to him. " And I'm looking forward to our marriage too"

There lips met in the middle briefly , before pulling away. They leaned in and kissed again right away, before putting there arms around each other. They kissed for a few minutes before Temari pulled away.

"Sorry.. I think we should stop before it gets to far.. I wanna wait till our wedding night to do anything more." She said, smiling at him. "And with that wine setting in I don't think I'd be able to stop if we started again. Good night, Naruto"

She walked away, and into her room leaving a smiling and blushing Naruto standing there on his own. He walked to his own room, took off his kimono and fell asleep almost as soon as his head hit his pillow.

For the next several weeks Sakura keep trying to interrupt Naruto and Temari when ever they were with each other . Tsunade had assigned Anbu to follow Sakura, and they ended up pulling Sakura and Temari apart from fighting almost on a daily basis. This was greatly getting on Naruto and Temari nerves as they came to really like each other and it only got worse after Temari was madinto a Leaf Ninja and placed on Naruto's team. Even after the first incedent, when Tsunade discovered Sakura was drunk, before crashing Temari and Naruto's date, and she ended up throwing her into a cell overnight, Sakura seemed as determined as ever to break them up.

After about almost two weeks had passed, Tsunade had received a letter from the fire lord about the Reseration act that the Hyuga clan, the Aburamai clan and originally the Yamanaka clan as well, had requested be inforced.

"Hmm.. Looks like these clans have legitimate claim for this.. This is just another headach I don't need, Shizune" Tsunade said, shaking her head. " Send out a copy of this to the Hyuga and Aberamai clans ASAP"

"Yes, Lady Tsunade…" Shizune said, taking the paper. "So what are we going to do about this.."

"Hmm I've been thinking about this and We have about 3 weeks left before the fire lord visits about this manner." Tsunade said, looking up at Shizune. "If Temari and Naruto were to marry before or around that time, then the disputing clans request would be overthrown"

"Why would it be overthrown by that?" Shizune asked, raising one eyebrow. "Why would them marrying before he visits make a difference in this situation?"

"Because, this was an arranged marriage set up by two village councils" Tsunade said, smiling. "And according to a paper I found while searching through the vaults before , when we were trying to over throw the original arranged marriage, says a request for the Clan Restoration Act would be then be considered null and void."

"Besides.. I've had the strangest feeling for a short time now that someone or something is coming to our neck of the woods ..very soon" Tsunade said, looking out the window. "It's only a felling but the last time I felt this I ignored it and it turned out to be Pain of the Akatsuki"

"Well.. I hope your wrong this time, considering all that's happened recently" Shizune said, walking up next to her. " Though I do wonder what the future will bring for us… I'd rather it not be yet another disaster."

Tsunade looked over at her briefly before turning back to the window "Yeah, so do I Shizune.. So do I.."

End of chapter 4

To be continued in the chapter 5. Please read, enjoy and review.