Naruto's eyes shot open. His body was trembling and sweaty. He was still groggy, his eyes still blurry, so his vision took another second to clear up. He looked up at the plain white ceiling. He could see a window on the wall at his right, sunlight seeping in through the blinds.

He took a second to remember. He was alone at the ramen bar last night, Shikamaru and the others had gone to the motel room. A really hot girl came and sat with him, and then took him back to her room here. That's where I am! Naruto exclaimed in his mind, Catherine-san's room. He sighed in relief, realizing that his scary dream was over. He could not remember it well now, but now he was safe at last.

And then, he remembered. He still had to catch up with Shikamaru and the guys! What time was it? How long had he slept in? Maybe they left without him!

He tried to raise his upper body, but he did get far up. He found out that something was clutching his left arm, holding him down. He carefully scooted around until he was sitting up, the thing still holding his arm, until he could see what it was.

He saw it was the still-naked body of Catherine, hugging his arm, still asleep. She looked really cute as she slept there like that.

That was when he remembered everything from last night. Wow! He thought. I had sex for the second time in my life!

He heard Catherine groan ever so quietly. After another second, she blinked, and slowly awakened herself. When she saw Naruto staring back down at her, she smiled sweetly.

"Good morning," she whispered.

"Good morning," he smiled back.

"Did you sleep well?"

"Um... no not really. I had this really scary dream."

"Really? What was it about?" Her smiled dropped a little and she looked more serious and interested.

"Umm..." Naruto actually did remember a few parts of it, but he still forgot some of it, and he did not really want to tell them all to a girl he still just met and slept with. "I don't really remember," he finally coughed out.

"Oh. Okay." She smiled again. "Last night was terrific, by the way."

"Yeah. You were great. Thanks for that." Naruto smiled awkwardly. Now that he was thinking about it, it was a little awkward sleeping with a girl after just meeting her an hour ago, maybe less. But as long as it was just a one-night stand, it did not matter too much. "Woah!"

Suddenly, she sat up more, and crawled up onto this chest. Steadying herself on his chest, she sat up on his groin. She sat there before him, her body shimmering in the sunlight coming from the window behind her. Her breasts jiggling as she became still.

"Um, would you mind not staring at me like that?" Catherine said suddenly, "it's kind of creepy."

"What? Oh, heh... Sorry," Naruto stuttered awkwardly and tried to look away at the wall.

"Hey, listen," Catherine continued in a more serious tone. "I don't just sleep with every guy I meet. I brought you here because I like you."

She likes me? Naruto repeated in his mind. "Wh-What do you mean you like me?"

"Well, I think you're handsome, you're cool, smart, funny. I really think there's something special about you."

"Oh, heh... Woah. Okay."

"So, how do you feel about me?" She gently held his chin with her thumb and index finger and turned him toward her.

"What? Oh, well... I guess you're cute," He stuttered, "and you're funny too. And, well, I didn't think a girl like you would ever-you know, do this, with a guy like me. It feels a little... odd, I guess. I can't quite explain it."

"So... it was love at first sight for you too?"

What? 'Me too'? What did she mean by that? "Well, I, um..." He was interrupted as she lay down on him for a moment, pressing her soft, warm body against his.

"Oh, wait a minute," She said suddenly, freezing up. She straitened up and slid off of him.

"What? What is it?" Naruto shot up and got a little frantic. He was afraid he did something wrong. "I'm sorry. Whatever I did I'm sorry."

"You said you still have to meet with your friends for the mission, right?" Catherine started picking up her clothes. Sitting down on the edge of the bed, she was slipping back into her bra and underwear.

Naruto remembered the mission. "Oh, right!"

"Yeah. I should probably get to work too." She slipped her girdle and sash back on, then turned around to face him and sighed. "This sucks. I really wanted to spend some more time with you. I guess we'll have to wait until later."

Naruto paused for a second. "Wait? Later?"

"You said you're leaving to go back to your village with some supplies today, right?" She continued. "About what time do you think you'll be leaving?"

"Uh, I don't know, about noon-ish I guess. Some time in the afternoon before sunset, probably."

"Okay, I'll see you at the front gate then."

"What? What for?" Naruto was getting kind of confused.

"To go with you, of course, silly!"

"What? You're coming back to our village?... With me?"

Suddenly, Catherine looked a little sad, "You mean you're seeing someone already?"

"What? No, I'm not dating anyone."

"Well then, what are you afraid of?"

"Um... nothing I guess."

"Well then, I'll see you and your friends at the village gate at noon-ish." Her smile returned, brighter this time. She pulled on her stockings.

"You're going to leave here with me?" Naruto finally understood what she was saying. "But, what about your job here?"

"Oh, I'm about to get fired soon anyway. They say I'm not really fitting their products anymore," She replied in a 'oh, don't worry about it' kind of tone.

"Okay, uh-is that the only thing you have going for you here?"

"Pretty much, yeah."

"No friends or boyfriend or anything."

"Nope, no real friends. And if I had a boyfriend, do you think I'd sleep with you? Don't worry. I'm not the cheating kind."

"Oh. Okay then."

"You better get dressed quick. Don't want to make your friends wait any longer."

About five minutes later, Naruto, dressed back up in his clothes from last night, headed for the door, but not before his lover gave him a quick goodbye kiss on the cheek.

"See ya soon," She smiled.

"Yeah, okay. See you then." Naruto smiled back awkwardly.

He opened the door and headed out into the hallway. What's with that chick? He thought. We just met and she wants to leave town with me? Am I really going to bring her home? What will everyone at home think of her? I thought this was just going to be a one night stand.

He stepped across the hall and reached for the knob to the room where the guys had stayed. He slowly opened the door, careful not to wake the other guys if they were still asleep.

Not a very effective move. Kiba jumped him out onto his shoulders from the corner, scaring the shit out of him.

"Hey! There he is!" Kiba shouted, "Good morning lover boy!" Shikamaru, Lee and Akamaru all came around from behind the wall to the rest of the beds onto the scene. Kiba reached over and flipped the light switch, lighting up the room. It was about the same as Catherine's, only with two beds instead of just one. Everyone was fully dressed and ready to go.

"Woah! Kiba! What the hell?" Naruto shouted back. Still laughing, Kiba got off of him.

Naruto turned to Shikamaru. "Uh, sorry I didn't come back last night, guys." He scratched the back of his head.

"Oh, it's fine man." Shikamaru smiled at him.

"What? You're not mad or anything?"

"Not a at all, you lucky dog!"

Naruto was pretty confused. He thought that Shikamaru especially would be a little mad at him for not being on time and inconveniencing everyone, although he never got specific orders to hurry back soon before the end of the night.

"You see, when we came back here, we did not go right to sleep," Lee continued. "We figured you would come in and wake us all up when you were done, so we didn't bother going to sleep."

"Akamaru and I fell right asleep though," Kiba smirked. Akamaru barked in agreement.

"Anyway," Shikamaru continued, "after a while, we heard your voice coming down the hallway, but then we also heard you talking to someone else."

Kiba continued "They peaked through that little whole in the door, and lo and behold, you got yourself a girl! Lee and Shikamaru woke me up to see. At first, I didn't believe it, but then I saw for myself, and wow!"

"Wait, you guys were spying on me?" Naruto asked in shock.

"I wouldn't call it spying," said Shikamaru, getting defensive. "We just saw you go into her room, and that was the end of it. Man, we were giggling like little schoolgirls."

"I'm so jealous of you, Naruto-kun," Lee sulked. "You seem to be getting all the girls lately."

"So, how did it go with her?" Asked Kiba, intrigued.

"Pretty good, I guess," Naruto answered nervously. "She was really nice in bed."

"Just really nice?" Kiba retorted, "A girl that cute and sex with her was just 'really nice'?

"Hey, do I have to tell you all the details of my sex life?" Naruto snapped.

"Okay, okay, sorry." Kiba backed down.

"So, does she want to see you again?" Shikamaru asked.

Naruto hesitated a mintue before answering. "Well, she wants to meet us at the gates of town at about noon and come home with me."

"Woah-ho-ho!" Kiba laughed, "Sounds like she really likes you! So, you're going to pick her up, right?"

"Well, we just met. Why does she want to get so close to me already?"

"Obviously, she liked you. She wants to be your girlfriend. I say you should take her."

"Catherine, as my girlfriend?" Naruto repeated.

"Sure. Why not?"

"Well, I'm not entirely sure I like her that much. Besides, what about Sakura-chan and Hinata?"

"Don't worry about them," Kiba insisted, "You've kept quiet from them of anything serious since after the battle with Pain. Now wouldn't be a good time to ask them out, like you said. Just play along, see how things go with Catherine, and if it turns out she's not your type, just break it off with her."

"I'm not like you, Kiba," Naruto muttered. "I don't think I could just shrug off a relationship that I might not be committed to."

"Come on, Naruto," Shikamaru said, "It's like we talked about last night. You should try things out with girls you meet. Dating is a really fun thing with different girls besides ones you really like. During the two years you were gone, I actually dated a couple girls. Neither one was really all that cool though, and we broke up after a couple of weeks each. Lee and Kiba here went on a couple of dates themselves."

"Give it a try," Lee insisted, "I mean, you like Catherine-san, right? And what have you got to loose?"

"My chances with Sakura-chan for one thing." Naruto answered.

"Don't worry about her," Kiba repeated. "So you date one girl, what's the worst she's going to think of you?"

Naruto was silent for another second.

"Well, just think about it," Shikamaru shrugged. "Right now, we need to go get breakfast and get on with our mission."

A few hours later, under a grey cloudy sky where the sun barely penetrated the clouds, the four boys were seen leading a convoy of at least eight horse-draw wagons through the village. The meeting with the village leader had gone flawlessly, and he had agreed to help Konoha by sending the supplies. Each wagon was filled with metal, medical supplies, paper, and various other materials that was needed in Konoha. Each one also had about three workers to guide them. Shikamaru and Naruto were in the front, with Kiba and Lee overseeing things in the rear.

All along, Naruto kept thinking about Catherine. Shikamaru noticed this, and seeing that there was no problem with the convoy, decided to strike up a conversation.

"So, what's she like?" He asked. "What's her personality like?"

"I don't really know," Naruto replied. "I didn't really get to know her that well."

"Well, did you learn anything from the time you spent with her?"

Naruto thought hard for a second, remembering the things Catherine said and did. "Well, I guess she's kind of odd, a little clumsy. Somewhat of a dope. She has a good taste in friends, and certainly in men." He smirked at those last words.

"She doesn't sound like that bad of a person," Shikamaru said.

Finally, they came the large wooden gate that was the entrance and exit of the village. And sitting on a bench, sure enough, right by the right side of the gate was Catherine. She looked up and saw The convoy with Naruto at the head.

Immediatly, she stood up and started jogging over toward him, waving and calling "Naruto-kun!"

Naruto looked up to her. "Oh, hi, Catherine-san."

She ran up to him and gave him a big hug around the back of his neck. He lightly hugged her back.

"So, are we ready to go to Konoha?" She asked eagerly.

"Well, are you sure you want to leave?" Naruto checked with her.

"Yes. I'd love to go with you." She answered quickly, without even taking a second to reconsider.

"Umm..." Naruto turned to Shikamaru. He just looked at him intriguingly, and shrugged. It was Naruto's choice. He turned back to Catherine. Her pretty face was smiling, and she had her hands clasped over her chest. He remembered everything that he had discussed with his friends earlier that day and last night. If he did enter this relationship, what was the worst that could happen? Catherine seemed like a nice girl, and if things did not work out, he would just try to break up.

"Alright." Naruto smiled. "Let's go."

"Yay!" Catherine started jumping up and down excitedly like a high school girl.

The convoy started moving again, and out through the village gates and into the woods. Naruto, Catherine, and Shikamaru in the lead.

Author's Comments: And that's the end of chapter four. I hope everyone enjoyed it.

Did you know that the voice actress who plays Catherine in the english dubbed game, Laura Bailey, also played several girls in the Naruto english dub, including Anko, Shion and Fuka? I think that's pretty interesting, don't you?

I've been thinking. I guess it would have been better to set this story after the events of the Five Kage Summit Arc, because (SPOILER!) that's when Sakura tells Naruto she loves him, and their relationship gets a little more interesting. (End Spoiler) But the thing is I haven't watched that far yet. I just finished the Konoha History Arc, and that's a filler arc, so, well, I don't know. I can't really write about what happens after that arc.

Now, I'm going back to school in the next few days, so I don't know when I'll be able to update, but I will when I can. Please review, subscribe, or favor, especially review because those really get me excited about writing. Thank You.