A.N. Yo! Here we are at chapter 7 and the continuation from the end of chapter six.

So I'm putting this here to apologize. It seems I made a bit of a mistake on an author note in Chapter 3. I had intended to introduce Hinata in chapter 4, but completely fucked my own time line at some point. So my bad, Rika is NOT Naruto's pairing. Still fun to be had, but not the end result.

Now for Trex0428, on your question about why Sena asked Kodaka. Well that's what actually happened. That's it. Naruto will be tailing them, but no direct interaction. He IS suppose to be discreet about this after all.

A note to remember is, no one but Naruto, Hinata, and Tenma know of Naruto and Hinata's ninja status.

I think that's everything, so. On with the show!

In Naruto's honest opinion, today had mostly gone off without a hitch. Something he took small novelty in.

Kodaka and Sena had met up at the bus station a few blocks from the indoor water park, and aside from Sena's annoyance at the mixed blond's tardiness, a whole ten minutes, nothing had really come of it.

Naruto had been shadowing his charge throughout the entire journey, hidden in plan sight with a quick dye job and a small application of one of the few genjutsu's he was capable of performing.

Love a henge.

Naruto kept his form mostly the same, only changing his eye color to an onyx, and hiding his distinctive whisker marks, browning his hair topped it off.

A grey t-shirt and blue swim trunks, and the ninja looked all the world too in place in the park setting.

Right now, he sat two tables from Kodaka and Sena, who had stopped their swimming lessons for a short lunch.

If he didn't know any better, he'd assume they were another young couple on a day out.

Of course, the day couldn't be without it's issues.

~When It Rains~

"Look around. There's hardly anyone here. Last time the Mayor came over, He and my daddy were wondering how long this place would stay open." Sena accented her sentence with a wave of the cheap chopsticks she had been handed a few moments prior.

It really was a shame, this place was kinda fun, and she had often come here as a child. She'd miss it, once the water park did inevitably close.

"Oh yeah...I still haven't met your dad, I need to stop by sometime and pay my respects." Kodaka spoke simply, however, the words sounded much different to the girl he spoke them too.

As made obvious by the fact that she started coughing roughly as her startled gasp made her choke on her Chou mein.

A strained voice left Sena as she reacted to the statement. "Why would you need to pay respect to my father..? Wait! Do you mean to tell me you think today...is an actual date?! And that you want to get his permission..." Sena took an interest in the table here, "to actually start dating me."

Naruto slapped his hand to his forehead as he heard the blond girl's exaterrated tone.

'Damn Kodaka. Even when I'm 'not around' trouble seems to find you. You gotta work on those misleading sentences man.' Naruto was well aware of his trouble magnet ways, and assumed part of Kodaka's reputation problem stemmed from spending so much time around himself.

Kodaka just stared at the busty teen for a moment before a half weirded out, half exasperated expression crossed his usually glaring features. "Sorry to burst your bubble...but it's nothing like that. Don't you remember? The Head Master assisted in getting me accepted to the school. I wanted to thank him for that in person."

Kodaka focused back on his food, either ignoring or completely missing the look of comprehension and slight hurt on Sena's face.

He didn't have to make it sound like dating her would be a bad thing...

"But wait, didn't you ask Naruto-senpai to do that for you?" Sena asked, perking up as the memory passed through her mind.

"Well yeah, but I don't know, I feel like it's something I should do in person." Kodaka said as he leaned back in his chair lightly, some noodles moving to occupy his mouth.

Sena looked at the strange boy she had come to know over the last few weeks. A contemplative look crossed her face as she thought about the words he had spoken.

"...Meat?"

Sena snapped back as the word entered her ears and she glared at Kodaka.

"What was that?!" She demanded hotly.

"I said aren't you going to finish your meat?" Kodaka asked once more. He felt a little defensive at the glare she had sent his way, but decided to let it go.

"I don't think that is what you said." Sena said contemptuously, crossing her arms and snubbing her nose at the mixed blond.

"Oh come on. You're just a little hyper-sensitive when anyone uses the word meat." Kodaka tried to run damage control, knowing how unreasonable the girl could get.

"Well can you blame me? I have been since Hoe-zora started calling me that!"

Naruto watched the teens from the corner of his eye, a sweat drop sliding down his head at their by play.

'That was a pretty good save Kodaka, but seriously, why.'

He had been watching them for the entirety of his stay, and he was fairly surprised. While Sena and Kodaka seemed to clash heavily sometimes, seeing the two today had given him a new perspective.

Kodaka had taken his job teaching the girl to swim seriously, and she had come along, pardon the pun, swimmingly.

Naruto blanched. 'Why would you call her something you know sets her off?'

Then again, if what Sena had just said about it being the first time she had ever been given a nickname was true, maybe it didn't bother her that much.

A quick shake of the head saw Naruto standing, and depositing his own food in the trash near the picnic area. Sena and Kodaka has both just departed, heading in the direction of the restrooms. It was about time they got back in the swing of things apparently.

~When It Rains~

It was a few moments before either teen returned, but once Sena was back in the open air, things seemed to take a poor turn.

Namely, three stooges decided to hit on her.

"Hey gorgeous, how's about you come hang out with me and my buddies here? We can show you a real fun time." Stooge one spoke, a brunette with spike hair. He held a bit of a goatee, making him appear a few years older than his peers.

"With you? No way. I'm waiting for someone." Sena replied, her voice full of disgust. She knew these types and she hated them. It was like they couldn't take a hint.

"Watch your mouth you bitch." The second Stooge retorted angerly. This one was slightly shorter Naruto noticed, a necklace hung around his neck that gave no real pause. He had a lighter shade of brown hair, letting it grow to shoulder length almost.

"Oh so because I won't hang out with you I'm a bitch? Well I'd rather be a bitch than hang out with you losers." Sena eyed each person there, and despite her bravado, she was becoming concerned.

As much as she hated to admit it, these guys didn't exactly look like push overs.

"Aw look at that guys, she's shaking. Haha!" Stooge number three commented, and Naruto knew things were about to get out of hand. "You don't have to be scared, we just wanna have a little fun.

"I'm not shaking 'cause I'm scared! I'm shaking 'cause I'm so angry!" Sena tried to bite back the unease in her voice, but from the looks of the three idiots around her, they had picked up on it.

Naruto was just about to move forward when a voice reached everyone in the area. "Hey Sena. You okay?"

The tallest of the trio turned to Kodaka and let annoyance enter his voice as a "What do you want Brah?" Left his lips.

"The girl you're messing with is with me." The 'troubled' blond replied sharply.

The three guys gained looks of mild surprise, before a form of resignation came over them. "Oh, we had no idea." The shortest said as he began to turn away from the girl.

"She never said anything about a boyfriend, tch. Tease." The tallest said as he made to walk off. It was one thing to hit on a girl by herself, it was a whole other to hit on her with her boyfriend around, and none of them really felt like getting into a fight.

"Hey wait a minute!" Sena hollered and Naruto hung his head off at the side. Of course, why would it be easy?

"You creeps aren't getting away with calling me bitch, and tease!" Sena flipped her hair to one side. "So get down on your knees; beg and grovel for forgiveness now!"

Kodaka just allowed his hand to contact his face, a mirror of Naruto's actions a moment ago. Sena didn't know when to quit when she was ahead.

"What was that you bitch?" The shortest of the trio roared after he shook himself from the stupor Sena's words had placed on everyone.

"You heard me pissant! Beg for my forgiveness!" Sena shouted once more, gaining a bit of back bone now that she knew Kodaka was near by.

"Why you!" The short thug shouted as he swung at the blond.

"Hey guys, ease up will ya?" A voice shocked everyone as a brown haired figure took up the space in front of Sena like magic.

'Girl, you really need to learn to control that mouth!' Naruto thought to himself as he held the offending fist that had been aimed at his charge.

"Are you really going to hit a girl because she shot her mouth off?" Naruto spoke in a slightly deeper than normal tone. They may not recognize him by sight, but Sena and Kodaka has spoken to him enough to recognize his voice.

"What's it to you Brah!?" The tallest teen said, taking a step forward from behind his trapped friend.

Naruto released the hand and put his own hands up placatingly. "Easy man, easy. I just don't want such a nice day ruined by a fight." An easy going smile on his face.

While to anyone else it looked innocent enough, the three boys before him saw something else entirely. It was like the guy was too relaxed. Too open.

Like he could crush them without even trying.

"Tch...come on guys. This isn't worth it." Trying to save face, the tall teen spoke once more, before walking off with his cronies in a huff.

Naruto just sighed, letting his hands drop. He turned to the still stunned Sena and Kodaka, raised a hand in fairwell, before he was gone.

"Who...who was that?"

-When It Rains-

Sena relaxed on her bed, thinking about what happened earlier at the pool. It was approaching night time, and somethings had been on her mind all day.

Who was that guy? Where did he come from? Why did she blush at the third degree Kodaka have her after all was said and done?

"You have to be smarter than that! If that guy hadn't shown up, you could have gotten really hurt! What were you thinking antagonizing those three like that?"

It was the first time a boy her age had seemed...so concerned about her.

Sena hugged a pillow to herself as a soft look crossed her face.

Stupid Kodaka.

-When It Rains-

"And then, and then that brat decided they needed to 'apologize', like I get being annoyed at the asshats, but they could have really hurt the girl!" Naruto ranted as he paced back and forth in the living room of his and Hinata's shared apartment.

Said Hyuga was currently mixing food on the stove, nodding along every so often and making mental notes to add to their report later.

"Well it was a good thing you were there then wasn't it Naruto-kun? I'm not sure if I would have been able to handle that mess as cleanly." She replied as Naruto came to a stop in the kitchen door way once more.

"Oh please! You could kick MY ass six ways to Sunday, I'm sure you could have dealt with Larry, Curly, and Moe." Naruto scoffed, Hinata never gave herself enough credit. He was annoyed, and he didn't want to argue over something he knew was a fact.

"In a fight? Sure it wouldn't be too hard, their still civilians after all, but you handled that situation WITHOUT fighting." Hinata spoke with some light praise. It was odd to her, thinking on it now, whenever Naruto was involved, one of two things happened.

A MASSIVE fight, or no fighting at all.

Toss of a coin really.

"It always amazes me when you do something like that. It's why I have faith in you becoming Hokage." Naruto could practically hear the smile in Hinata's words, and he was grateful she couldn't see the light blush on his face.

Still, it wasn't something he found to impressive, though her words did give rise to a dasterdly idea.

Unintentionally tease him will she?

"Bah." Naruto's voice was closer to her back now, probably just trying to see what she was cooking up in the kitchen.

He had a strange habit of watching her cook for some reason, like it didn't make sense to him or something. Considering his cooking skills, she didn't really get it.

Which is why she was WHOLLY unprepared for the pair of arms that wrapped around her, or for the blond's chin to rest on her shoulder.

"Eeekk!!" Hinata squeked as she spun around and gave Naruto a chakra enhanced strike to the stomach. A surprisingly natural reflex at the odd action the blond had taken. Hinata didn't even have to think about striking out, only knowing her personal space had been invaded by someone.

A muted gagging reached her ears as she realized just what she had done.

"Oh god! Naruto-kun! Are you okay?" Hinata began fussing over the downed blond, trying to get some kind of reaction out of him, to no avail.

Never sneak up on a female while cooking. Ever.

-When It Rains-

(The next day)

Kodaka jolted awake from the couch he currently inhabited, the sky was awash with hues of orange at the whanning sun.

'I musta dozed off...' the mixed blond thought as he leaned further back into the couch, a stray thought entering his mind from the dream he had just vacated.

"What matters is if you can make real friends...individuals who mean more to you than a hundred different people would...right."

A book contacted the floor, pulling Kodaka from his musings.

"...You remember?" Yozora spoke softly as Kodaka's eyes focused on her.

"What was that?" Kodaka asked, not picking up what Yozora had muttered.

"Uh...n-nothing. You just...you feel asleep and started talking to yourself. It just surprised me is all." The ravenette covered quickly, retrieving her book from the floor.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you..." Kodaka looked around the mostly vacant room, even Naruto-senpai was gone.

"Take it everyone decided to head home huh?" The boy asked, lightly stretching his arms.

"Yeah, Sena left about an hour ago, and Naruto-senpai followed a few minutes later. He asked me to lock up, I must have lost track of time reading..." Yozora replied as she flipped back to the last page she had been reading.

Kodaka stood slowly, working the kinks out of his back with a yawn. "Yeah I should probably head out too...I'll see you tomorrow Yozora."

The clicking of the door was the only response as Kodaka made his exit.

Yozora slowly sat her book on the table she occupied, a strange look in her eyes. 'More than a hundred different people would...right. Like that would happen.'

A.N.: Yo! A bit shorter than I would have liked, but, C'est la vie. Just seemed like the right place to stop, that closes episode three of the anime if I have my stuff right. Next chapter I'll try adding more Mary and Hinata. Probably bring Rika back in too, as episode four was were she was originally introduced.