**AN: Ugh, I have the flu...no funny rant this time. Sorry.**

**Disclaimer: Naruto isn't mine. Oh well, at least I've got Coke!**

**Chapter 7: Preparations, Threats...and a Date?**

"198...199...200!"

Naruto dropped the make-shift kunai-weights, leaving a couple rather large craters in the ground. He put both hands on his knees and bent over while he panted. He looked over to see his clones sparring on the trees and lake nearby. Picking up his water bottle, Naruto took a few gulps before wiping his mouth and squatting near his supplies. His arms were already healing, thanks to the Kyuubi, and it always took a good ten minutes before he could resume any physical exercise.

"**If you didn't go overboard, we wouldn't have this problem,"** muttered Kyuubi, displeased his sleep was once again interrupted. Naruto scoffed and pulled the scroll he received from his Nii-san out once again.

_Oututo,_

_It is little known about the Byakugan, but I do know that it does not have a complete 360 degree vision most think it does. I'm not sure as to where the lack of vision is, that you'll have to find for yourself. I believe, however, it is somewhere near the base of the cranium._

_As for the techniques, I can assure you that aside from the Gentle Fist, the Kaitan is the most revered technique used by the Main Branch. If what you say about the boy is true, I'm sure he'll have figured out a way to use said technique. Sadly, that's all I can offer you. My suggestion, use a Raiton jutsu to freeze him in place, and then follow with a Fuuton._

_Hope I was helpful,_

_Nii-san._

_PS: Kisame and I will be watching._

Naruto grinned after reading it again. Knowing that Kisame and his Nii-san would be in attendance would only help against the invasion.

He rolled the scroll up and turned to look back at his clones. They had all stopped training and were one by one dispelling themselves. Naruto narrowed his eyes and picked up one of the mass-enhanced kunai he used as a dumbbell. He scanned the area before a familiar chill ran up his spine and his eyes widened. A kunai flew out from the woods and grazed his cheek. Naruto jumped away and was suddenly subdued by a pair of arms that belonged to a familiar purple haired kunoichi.

"I found you, Foxy-chan," Anko whispered into Naruto's ear. Naruto gulped.

"H-hi Anko-chan," he stuttered out, "Wh-what brings you here?"

Anko ran her hand up and down his chest and abdominals, "Well, word on the street is you've been hanging out with a Kumo kunoichi."

Naruto nodded, feeling the sweat and her assets push into his back again. Swallowing back the urges the fox was sending him, Naruto tried to come up with a coherent thought.

"What's wrong, Foxy-chan?" Anko teased, "Are my boobies not enough for you anymore? Maybe it's time you saw something else, then."

Naruto's eyes widened at her implications and he squirmed away from the Snake Woman of Konoha. He leapt another foot away from her before she could pull him back into a glomp. Anko pouted before grinning once again and leaping at the shirtless Ame blonde. Naruto yelped before dashing away into the woods, dropping his kunai as he left.

"Come on, Foxy-chan!" Anko shouted after him as she followed, "You know you want me!"

The kunai Naruto dropped before he ran off changed back into a smirking blonde as he watched the Tokubetsu Jonin chase after his shadow clone. He picked his other two kunai up and pulled the scrolls off each of them that made them both one-hundred pounds. Storing the kunai away for later, Naruto pulled his mesh shirt back on and shushined in a waterspout back to the Ichiraku stand.

Walking out of his waterspout shunshin, Naruto took his spot at his newly favorite ramen stand. Ayame rested her arms on the counter and smiled at the golden blonde that had become a familiar customer over the past few weeks.

"The usual, Naruto?" she asked. Naruto grinned.

"I swear you know me too well, Ayame-chan," replied the blonde. Ayame giggled and then went to work on making his order. Naruto sighed as he relaxed into the scent of the ramen stand. He smiled as he thought about the luxurious ramen he had discovered and was still trying to figure out a way to get the Ichiraku to move to Ame.

The flapping of the curtains announced the arrival of a familiar dark skinned teen. Naruto smiled as he looked to his right where the teen sat down.

"Everything going ok, Omoi?" he asked his Kumo friend. Omoi chuckled.

"As far as I'm concerned it is," the young swordsman replied, "Although...Yugito-san has been more...relaxed since you two have been sparring."

Naruto chuckled, "Hey that was her idea."

Omoi chuckled. He wouldn't admit it, but even he would relax around the blonde Ame shinobi. It shouldn't surprise him that his sensei's pupil would relax too. Ayame returned with Naruto's order and was introduced to another of the blonde's friends. She wondered if he'd be the same way if he had grown up in Konoha. Naruto began devouring his meal at a neutral pace, much to the disbelieving eyes of some passer-bys.

A few minutes later, Naruto was patting his full stomach and reclining against the counter. He looked over his shoulder at Ayame and said, "Man, Ayame-chan, you sure you don't want to move to Ame? I'm telling you, you'd make a killing!"

Ayame giggled, "That's not up to me, Naruto."

Naruto shrugged and swiveled around in his seat to smile at her, "Well who do I have to convince?"

Ayame giggled again before her attention diverted to behind him. Omoi followed her gaze and swore under his breath. Standing behind Naruto was a red-headed Suna shinobi with his intense stare locked on Naruto. Naruto shrugged the killing intent off and turned around to smile at the Ichibi jinchuriki.

"Well if it isn't Sabaku no Gaara," Naruto said, "Shouldn't you be studying for your fight against the Uchiha?"

Gaara remained stoic and replied, "He does not concern me. Mother cries for your blood and your blood alone."

Naruto noted Ayame's gasp of shock and promptly glared at the unstable shinobi, "Would you like to take this somewhere else, or wait until the exams when we can kill each other legally?"

Gaara's insane grin grew to immense proportions and he replied, "I'm going to enjoy your death Uzumaki-Ame Naruto. You will show me how to truly feel alive."

After his rather...disturbing comment, Gaara vanished in a sand shushine. Naruto sighed and ran a hand through his hair and turned around to face Ayame. Smiling at the young chef, Naruto said, "I apologize for Gaara's eccentric behavior, Ayame-chan. He isn't mentally stable, something I plan on fixing."

Ayame had a worried look on her face, but before she could comment further, Naruto vanished in his signature shushine. On the counter was the proper amount for his meal and a wealthy tip. Along with that was a note. Having read said note, Omoi left with a chuckle and a goodbye to Ayame. He shook his head at his taichou's obsession.

_It seems that Ichiraku's may be moving to Ame after all,_ Omoi thought with a smirk when he heard a sound of a joyful cry come from the establishment.

Naruto walked the faintly familiar slums of Konoha. He paused outside of an alleyway that was very familiar. The scent of his own blood and memories of hate-filled cries filled the blonde's head. Walking into the alleyway, he became aware that he was being followed. His stalker made no attempts to hide herself in the shadows as she landed with a light thump behind him. Naruto ignored the Kumo chunin and walked further into the alley, making a right behind a building and looking down at a familiar cardboard box. Putting his hand on the box, a memory of a rainy night filled the Ame's mind. Fighting the tears back, Naruto looked inside the box to see if he couldn't find what he was searching for.

Yugito watched with curiosity as Naruto dug around through a pile of garbage. She knew he was a jinchuriki, and that most jinchuriki don't lead favorable lives, but she was still lost as to what he could possibly find in the pile. She walked closer, knowing he'd sensed her earlier, for a better view. When he backed out of the pile, he turned around and rested against the wall of the building as he clutched something to his chest. Even in the dim light and with her enhanced senses, she barely noticed that Naruto was crying.

Naruto clutched his stuffed fox closer to him. It was and always would be his most prized possession. He hadn't even noticed he lost it until he and his adoptive family were far from Konoha, on the border with the land of Wind. He had been upset for several weeks, not even cheering up when they made frequent stops at ramen shops. As he looked back, he could tell his tou-san was enraged towards the village he used to call home, more so then his uncle was. Naruto pulled the small stuffed animal away from his body and wiped his thumb over the dusted glass eye and smiled.

"One mission accomplished," he whispered to himself. Sealing the toy fox away in a scroll he had brought along just for the occasion, Naruto wiped his eyes dry before standing up and walking back out the alleyway.

Yugito watched her fellow blonde as he left the alleyway. Once she knew he was gone, she approached the pile he had left behind. She knelt down and looked at the cardboard box that was before her. Inside was a pile of old ragged clothes that were no longer wearable crumpled together in a make-shift pillow. More rags were near the box's outside.

_He used them for blankets?_ She thought confused. Yugito wasn't aware of how the enigma of Naruto that was always so bright and sunny came from such a dismal place.

"**Dark origins bring about appreciation for life, Kitten,"** Nibi informed her. Yugito frowned.

_This...this is how he was treated? Granted Kirabi-sensei and I had to work hard to get appreciation in Kumo but...wouldn't the Hokage have interfered for the protection of his 'weapon'?_ The Kumo jinchuriki thought. She felt the two-tailed cat chuckle darkly.

"**Not all jinchuriki are trained from birth like you, kitten,"** Nibi said, causing Yugito's frown to deepen. She hadn't thought of that. Clenching her fists, Yugito decided she was going to get answers about the happy-go-lucky blonde from Ame. Apparently there was more to him than his strength.

Naruto walked into his apartment feeling slightly accomplished with finding something dear to him. Now all he had to find was the photo album that the Sandaime hid and the last scroll that belonged to his father. The scroll that contained the Hirashin.

A wry chuckle alerted him to someone else being in the room, but the voice stopped him from acting, "My, my. You have grown, Naruto-kun."

Naruto smiled and turned to see the Sandaime Hokage sitting on the couch. He bowed respectively and said, "An honor to have you visit me, Jiji," looking up with a smirk he continued, "Or are you trying to escape your paperwork again?"

Sarutobi chuckled and motioned for Naruto to sit across from him, which he did. He took in all the new features about the blonde. His hair was much longer, his bangs framing his face much like his father. The visible muscle he noted was that of an athlete that performed strength and agility activities. Sarutobi smiled as he lit his pipe and took a few puffs. Perhaps sending him away wasn't the worst idea he'd ever had.

"How've you been, Naruto?" asked the old Hokage. Naruto smiled.

"I've been good, Jiji," he replied, "Tou-san and Kaa-san asked me to invite you for a stay at Ame sometime. You could use a vacation from the paperwork after all."

Sarutobi laughed and nodded, "That I could. Now, what's this about an invasion? Are you sure your information is accurate?"

Naruto became serious and activated a silencing jutsu on the apartment room. He leant forward and pulled a scroll out from his jacket and unfurled it on the coffee table between them. Appearing from the scroll was a holographic map of the elemental nations, not that unlike of Jiraiya's informative scrolls.

Pointing at a small area known as the land of rice, Naruto said, "Ero-jiji and I have several informants currently hiding in Otogakure. One of mine you may have heard of; Zetsu."

Sarutobi almost lost his pipe from his mouth when it popped open in shock, "Z-Zetsu is still alive? But how? I thought he died along with Mandara back with sensei..."

Naruto growled at the mention of the Uchiha leader, "No, Zetsu has been alive for a long time now. However, he has changed his appearance to more suit his needs. It is also apparent that Uchiha Mandara...is alive."

"WHAT?" roared the Sandaime in shock. He looked at the blonde for hints of a joke, but there were none. Naruto waited for his grandfather to calm down before continuing.

"His whereabouts are unknown, but I believe he is manipulating Orochimaru and the Yondaime Mizukage," Naruto said, "As you know, the Yondaime Mizukage is a jinchuriki like myself, holding the three-tailed turtle. I believe it is through his bastard eye that Mandara controls him."

"How are you going to deal with that?" Sarutobi asked the blonde. Naruto sighed and rubbed his forehead.

"Tou-san is currently planning more details on that with our sabotage expert and one of our commanders," he said, "Kaa-san is trying to recruit at least one more village to assist the rebels."

Sarutobi nodded, "What else are you currently working on?"

"Iwa has been too quiet lately," Naruto said, "Ero-jiji and I are planning a spy op that will take place in the next few months."

Naruto continued informing his grandfather of his country's plans. Sarutobi wasn't thrilled that Naruto would be so quick to dismiss the villagers of Konoha, but under the circumstances, he could understand. The two eventually drifted away from serious conversation and started conversing on a fraternal level.

The next day, Naruto sought out a certain Kumo kunoichi in order to do something he had been thinking about doing for a while now. This idea had come up when Sandaime was teasing him about being seen with the Kumo chunin that was accompanying the Kumo team. He sighed as he heard a familiar chuckle in the back of his mind.

"**It's about time that you chose someone as your first mate,"** muttered the fatherly voice of the Kyuubi, **"And with Nibi's container no less, it's as if you're trying for my approval, Kit."**

_Ah, shut up fuzz-ball_, Naruto retorted. He walked up to the hotel that Omoi told him they were staying at and took in a deep breath. Walking into the hotel he smiled at the concierge behind the counter, who didn't notice him.

"Excuse me," he said, gaining the woman's attention. She looked up and smiled at the attractive teen before her.

"Why hello there," she said, "And what can I do to help you?"

"I'm looking for the Kumogakure team rooms," Naruto said, "Where can I find them?"

Looking slightly depressed, the girl told him, "Third floor from the top, rooms 403 and 405."

Naruto nodded and walked away from the desk. He shushined to the required floors and walked along the hallways to find the rooms. He knocked on the door of 403 and Kirabi opened the door.

"Hey number nine," Kirabi said, rubbing his eye with the back of his fist, "Don't you know the time? It's 9 in the morinin' fool, can't you wait til a guy gets a cup of joe?"

Naruto sweat dropped and scratched the back of his head, "Yeah...er, is Yugito-chan still sleeping or is she out training?"

"Two is out lookin' for you!" Kirabi rapped, "Get movin' or she'll loose a fuse, yo."

Naruto chuckled nervously and slowly backed away, "Yeah, erm, thanks sensei. See ya around."

After quickly walking away from his eccentric sensei, Naruto shushined back to the ramen stand he usually found himself at. Spotting a familiar shade of blonde hair, Naruto smirked as he walked up behind the Kumo chunin. Leaning into her ear, he whispered, "boo."

Yugito jumped and turned around to glare at the sunny blonde that snuck up on her. Naruto laughed quietly to himself and smiled at her. The girl whacked him over the head, causing him to laugh slightly louder. Fuming, Yugito crossed her arms and glared at the blonde that continued to surprise her.

"What do you want, baka?" she asked. Naruto chuckled and put his hands away into his pockets.

"Ah, nothing much," he replied before looking away, "Just...erm..."

Yugito noticed the hesitation in his voice and raised an eyebrow, "What's wrong, Uzumaki?"

Naruto chuckled nervously, "Nothing's wrong with me Yugi-chan..."

Yugito blinked at the sudden abbreviation of her name. Sure he'd call her 'Kitty-cat' or the occasional 'Kitten' (which she heard enough from Nibi), but he'd never shortened her name before. And there was a slight hint of emotion behind the name, something that had made her stomach do a flip.

Naruto looked from Yugito's face to the wall more times than he blinked before she noticed a slight red tint on his face.

"I, um, wanted to ask you..." Naruto started before mumbling the rest of what he wanted to say out. Yugito rolled her eyes.

"Come on, it can't be that hard," she said, "Just spit it out, baka."

Naruto took a deep breath before saying all in once, "willyougooutonadatewithme?"

Yugito blinked before the incoherent sentence ran through slowly in her mind. Her heart sped up and her breathing hitched.

_Did...did he just ask me out?_ She thought as her face turned red. Nibi purred in the back of her mind.

"**Do it Kitten! Then you're only one step away from bringing me and Kyu-kun back together! And the positions Kyu-kun and I know combined with both of your stamina-"**

_Nibi!_ Yugito thought as her face flushed a deeper shade of red. She looked at the blonde that had just asked her out. Sure, he wasn't the first to do so, plenty of other boys back in Kumo had asked her out. She didn't care though, as once she had overheard a boy who had gone out with her later brag to his friends about how he would 'score the demon'. That guy got an ass kicking, and it swore Yugito off dating. She was sure she wouldn't find anyone so she focused on her training.

Naruto was different though. He obviously knew the harsh reality of being a human sacrifice. Yugito knew he wasn't going after her for bragging rights; he did know if she wanted to, she could kick his ass. Then there was the fact that she herself was actually planning on asking him out sometime, had she ever found the courage to do so.

Naruto sighed. Of course she wouldn't want to go out with him, he was a goofball after all. The sad reality was he would only attract fan girls...and Anko. He looked back at Yugito with a sad smile.

"It's okay if you don't want to," Naruto said. Yugito's eyes widened.

_Oh no! He thinks I don't want to. Say something! Quick!_ She thought. Nibi threw in her own thoughts.

"**Push him against the wall and ravish his lips for your own!"** the cat thought perversely.

"So if you just want to stay frien-" "YES!" Yugito cried out, interrupting him.

Naruto looked up from his apology with a look of shock. _She said yes?_ He thought confused.

Yugito realized her outburst had confused him and continued, "Um, I mean, yes. I'd-I'd like to go out with you, Naruto."

Naruto smiled brightly, "G-Great! So, erm, when do you uh, want to go out on the town?"

Yugito blushed and looked down at her hands, "How-how about we go out for dinner?"

Naruto grinned, "Ok! We'll meet in front of your hotel at five, does that work?"

Yugito smiled and nodded, "Yeah that works."

"Alrighty then," Naruto said forming a hand seal and winking at her, "See ya at five, kitten."

Before she could register the pet name, he vanished in a waterspout shushine. Yugito realized two things: First, Naruto had gotten away with calling her one of her least favorite nicknames (again) and second she needed to talk to Samui and Karui now. Yugito vanished in a lightning shushine back to the apartment.

Naruto tried hard to sneak back into his apartment room without alerting his teammates. It was going great so far...if you count running into several people because you were dazed out of your mind great at being stealthy. Naruto carefully slid the key into the lock and turned the handle, and using his bloodline, he checked to make sure Ryu and Homozu were still asleep. Homozu lay stoic in his bed, the blanket covering his whole body aside from his head and Ryu was sprawled in every direction you could think of along with a small tent forming near his...

"Oh come on, Ryu..." Naruto muttered as he stopped looking through the water particles in the air. Pushing the door open slightly, Naruto used his actual stealth to sneak back towards his room. He had to plan out the night he had ahead of him, _without_ Ryu finding out.

Little known to others outside of his circle, Naruto hadn't ever been on a date before. Oh sure, plenty of Ame nobles and royalty tried to pair him up with their daughters, sisters, or even on one occasion, their widowed mothers. But those weren't what Naruto considered real dates to be, seeing as he had no taste in someone who was spoilt rotten by money or just wanted him for power. These two traits often crossed a lot of women out of his mind; basically he only looked at kunoichi, as he planned on restarting the Uzumaki clan name, considering his uncle has no desire to pass on the Renningan with several wives.

Naruto felt like he was home free, until a familiar doton jutsu bound his feet to the ground. He sighed.

"Those were mud-clones weren't they?" he asked the green eyed genius that was standing behind the open door. Homozu stepped out and shut the door with a smirk and nodded. Ryu rounded the corner and smirked at the blonde before putting his arm around his captain's neck.

"Uzumaki, I'm so proud of you!" he said overdramatically, "Going out with a _hottie_ like Nii Yugito! Just wait until Jiraiya-sensei finds out!"

It was then Ryu found himself embedded into the wall of their apartment living room. He groaned and froze when a guttural growl of anger erupted from the blonde. Feeling a hand tighten around the collar of his shirt and looked into the narrowed blue eyes of his friend, which were now slitted and had flecks of crimson in them. He smiled and chuckled nervously as he was pushed further into the wall.

"Ero-jiji doesn't find out about this," Naruto growled out, "AM I CLEAR?"

Homozu and Ryu both nodded. When he wanted to be, Naruto could be downright scary, and both knew better than to get on his bad side about something as serious to him as this. They all heard a light chuckle and turned to see their Renningan gifted sensei watching them with an amused smirk on his face.

"Now, now, Ruto," started Nagato, "I don't think you should be beating your friends up over some harmless teasing."

Naruto growled and let go of Ryu, who promptly shushined away from the jinchuriki and hid behind Homozu's smaller form. Nagato smiled as his nephew glared at his friends and turned to walk back to his room, muttering about needing to be fully rested for his date. Nagato could tell Ryu was holding back to urge to reply to his mutter with a sexual oriented joke.

Later that night, Yugito was pacing her shared room while Karui and Samui watched with amusement. They had never seen the girl so worked up about something like this before, and it nearly drove both of them to hysterics. Out of respect for their friend however, they kept quiet. They had spent the morning going over possible scenarios with her, and constantly explaining, as they both knew the blonde boy better then she herself did, that he was NOT trying to take advantage of her.

Yugito paused in front of the mirror and smoothed her purple dress down again. It was a simple dress that reached down to the middle of her calves, but allowed her to fully move un-restrained. She stopped messing with her dress and turned to her French braided ponytail. She had redone it several times over the past twenty minutes.

"**Kitten, relax,"** Nibi purred, **"Your tom will be very, very attracted to you. Even more so, seeing as he's Kyu-kun's container. So my advice, have fun...and then go back to his room and ride him until-"**

_Nibi knock it off!_ Yugito thought as images of her and Naruto in rather promiscuous poses were sent to the forethought of her mind no thanks to the Nekko. Her face turned beet red as she tried to calm herself down.

A chime alerted her to the time and she took one last glance at Karui and Samui. Karui gave her a thumbs up and said, "Knock taichou out, Yugito!"

Samui gave her sister a smile and opened the door. Before Yugito left the room her sister whispered, "Remember what we said... and ignore Nibi."

Yugito smirked and nodded as the cat whined in her head about not being listened to. Calmly walking a few feet away to the hotel elevator she paused as she was about to hit the button and cursed herself for being so absent minded.

_Duh, Yugito, _she thought, _you're a kunoichi!_

Forming a single hand seal, Yugito vanished in a shushine of lightning to meet her date outside of the hotel. Appearing in front of several shocked civilians, Yugito ignored the looks of jealousy from the girls and the looks of lust from the boys. She was scanning the crowd for a certain boy that had been occupying her mind ever since she arrived in the godforsaken village. She was about to start walking away from the hotel when a hand rested on her shoulder. She turned, ready to punch someone in the face, only to come face to face with the one she was looking for.

"Well _that's_ a nice way to greet your date," Naruto joked. Yugito blushed and muttered an apology out. Naruto waved it off.

"Ah don't worry about it, Yugi-chan," he said, causing her blush to darken, "It's not _your_ fault I keep sneaking up on you."

She growled at him for the jibe to her ninja senses. Naruto laughed quietly as he held his hands up in defense and explaining he was just kidding.

Yugito took this moment to look over what Naruto was wearing. Aside from his usual choice in going barefoot, his attire had changed. Instead of a mesh shirt, he was wearing a dark blue flannel jacket over a black tee-shirt with black slacks, which were slightly folded up at the bottom to keep from dragging on the ground. Without his hetai-ite or scarf, she probably wouldn't have recognized him because his hair was pulled into a longer ponytail to keep his bangs out of his eyes. Yugito had to admit, he cleaned up pretty good when he didn't have to be on duty.

"**Although he'd probably look **_**much**_** better without any clothes at all,"** The horny cat muttered in her head. Yugito blushed and cursed the cat before outwardly smiling to Naruto.

"I get it baka," she said, "You were kidding. You'd better watch yourself though."

Naruto nodded and held his arm out, "Care to accompany me then, after all, I wouldn't want to risk someone better looking than me stealing a beautiful woman off my hands."

Yugito blushed at the complement and hesitantly interlocked her arm with his. He led her down the road and they immersed themselves in conversation quickly to kill any awkwardness before it could arrive. They started on the topic of their pasts, at Yugito's request, and Yugito was shocked to learn that Naruto did in fact live the first four years of his life here. He didn't want to go any deeper on that, but informed her of his life travelling with his parents and uncle (again shocking her when she found out he was his sensei).

They paused their conversation when they arrived at a steakhouse Homozu had recommended to Naruto when he and Karui returned from his promised dinner. Yugito had heard a good deal about the excellent service from her dark skinned friend, more so about the manners Homozu had shown to her. Naruto had requested a small booth so they could converse in peace and flashed a card to the waiter that made him smile widely. The waiter led them to a small booth in the corner, surrounded only by an elderly couple that sat at a table nearby who sent smiles to both blondes. The elder woman had said something along the lines of, "Do you remember when we were like them, koi?" The comment made both blondes blush and avoid each other's gaze for the first few minutes of the time they sat down. Eventually they resumed their conversation and found themselves laughing when Naruto brought up his 'relationship' with the snake woman Yugito had noticed was staring at him during the preliminaries.

"So then I have to fling the damn snake off my leg and somehow get out of the shackles before she can get my pants off," Naruto said with a laugh. Yugito laughed at his misfortune.

"Is she really that determined?" she asked the Ame blonde, who nodded his head.

"I have no clue what I did either!" he exclaimed throwing his hands in the air, "I mean sure there was the time she accidently walked in on me when I was drying off..."

Yugito was immediately hit by a barrage of naughty pictures from the two-tailed demon inside her and swore under her breath whilst she fought to keep the temperature of her face the same level it had been for the past twenty minutes. Naruto looked at her worried for a few minutes before a snicker from the fox in his own mind alerted him to something he didn't know about. Quietly, Kyuubi informed Naruto on how Nibi was cursed after upsetting Kami by desiring kittens of her own, making her incredibly horny, but she would be unable to conceive any of her own. Naruto blinked before Kyuubi elaborated by saying she was a sex addict.

Trying to keep the thoughts that were now doubt inspired by a certain perverted sage, (Elsewhere, a white haired man sneezed, causing the hot springs' visitors he was peeping on to attack him brutally while he cursed his godson, whom he was sure did something to cause this) Naruto changed the subject quickly as their orders arrived. They enjoyed a nice meal with more table appropriate conversation and were approached by a photographer (who was hired by a certain blue haired Ame noble to send information occasionally on her son) who took their picture.

After dinner, Naruto took it upon himself to take Yugito to the Hokage's office and properly introduce her to his grandfather, who he said actually given him the courage to ask her out. They were not aware, however, of the two pig-tailed blonde in the room with them. The two were arguing over something, but the argument was lost as Naruto barged in with Yugito in tow. Yugito was in awe as Tsunade of the Sanin was standing before her, one of her heroes live in person. As she was currently trying to comprehend the situation, Naruto had already accepted who was there and promptly announced their arrival.

"Hi Jiji! Hi baa-chan!"

AN: Ahh...good ole Naruto. Naïve to the end, am I right?

**What can I say? Gotta love the kick-the-door-open-and-say-hallo approach, am I right or what?**

**Ja ne!**