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A/N: Yo people! Another chapter! Though...this time, it's a bit late...since I finished it two days ago...but since apparently found it a great time to be annoying and not let me upload any documents...well, you get the point. Thanks to all the reviewers and readers again, for well...just taking the time to read my work. Also thanks go out to my Beta, who will take his time to Beta this chapter when he's done reading it. He's a busy guy these days, lol. And of course, thanks to Yumi-chan and Lilya-chan for being my direct feedback : ) Just to let you all know, it will take a while before chapter ten will be done...Why? Well I don't want to make an entire chapter just soley focussed on Naruto and Ino...it would be WAY too short to be called a chapter worthy of this story, hehehe... So I'm going to ponder about what to do in the next chapter, hopefully my bunnies will give me inspiration at some point. Suggestions are always welcome. Also, if some of you were like Clad Magi Gar and were slightly annoyed by the relatance between this story and certain American Reality Shows, I apologize, as that relatance was not ment to be and happened subconsciously. That will change soon enough though, as after chapter 10 or 11 there won't be just single dates between Naruto and the girls but other evens. (Honestly, I'm getting tired of writing these dates XD! Repetitiveness sucks and coming up with 'original' dates at least ten times sucks as well...ahem...anywayz) Well that's all there is to be said so...

Now on with the story!


Chapter 9: Mister Scaredy-cat Finds Comfort In The Wind

"Ugh..." Naruto groaned as he slightly opened his eyes, his vision of the world nothing but a blur.

He blinked in an attempt to focus his eyes on his surroundings, but his vision did not change. Momentarily giving up on his vision, Naruto tried to focus on his surroundings.

He was lying in a bed, that he could tell, but the extra warmth of the blonde girl from Suna was missing and his bed felt awfully cold and small, so he came to the conclusion that he wasn't home.

"Naruto? Are you awake?" A male voice reached his ears and Naruto tried to open his eyes again, this time he could faintly see a tall white haired man standing at the edge of his bed.

"Ugh...Ero-sennin? Is it you?" Naruto groaned as he tried his best to focus his vision on the white haired person in front of him.

"Yeah...Naruto...How are you feeling?" Jiraiya asked and Naruto's vision sharpened.

"Wh...Why am I in a hospital bed?" Naruto asked in return as he slowly sat up and looked around his room, finding no one else there.

"Do you remember what happened?" Jiraiya asked as he sat down onto the chair next to Naruto's bed.

"I...passed out..." Naruto thought about it for a moment and a flash of the Kyuubi's chakra terrorizing his being went through his head, "All of a sudden Kyuubi's chakra started coming out of me and it actually was painful...I ended up passing out from the stress it caused...?"

Jiraiya blinked at Naruto for a moment and then narrowed his eyes, "I see you remember something...but Naruto, you did not pass out..."

Naruto's eyes widened and he quickly turned his head towards his mentor, his vision momentarily becoming hazy once more, "What are you talking about, Ero-sennin! I remember falling on my knees and then with my face to the ground!"

Jiraiya's eyes widened at the blonde, "Naruto...You were conscious enough to run away me when I came to your aid... Until I placed that on you, you were really trying to get away from me and did a pretty good job at that as well..."

Jiraiya pointed towards Naruto's stomach and Naruto looked down towards it, finding a seal placed on top of the seal that held the Kyuubi inside of his body, "This is..."

"The Five Element Seal...I had no other option then using that on you...I don't know the details, but you seemed like you had lost your mind to the Kyuubi's chakra. Your eyes were red and a veil of red chakra covered your entire body...Naruto...did something happen yesterday? Something to make you enraged?"

"No, nothing in particular...I wasn't 'extremely' happy nor was I angry or anything...I was just about to come back home from my date and most likely instantly heading for my bed..."

Jiraiya rubbed his chin as he was deep in thought and eyed Naruto, "...I wonder..."

Naruto noticed his shirt and jacket lying on a chair on the other side of his bed and turned his head towards Jiraiya again, "Ero-sennin? I'm ok now, am I not? Can you remove the seal...I thought you said it disrupted my chakra molding..."

"Hm?" Jiraiya looked up towards Naruto and grinned at the blonde, "Well, I guess you are physically alright. Tsunade healed all the wounds I had to inflict to slow you down enough for me to have an opportunity to place that seal on you. I don't know how you pulled it off, but you body flickered almost everytime I nearly had you. It almost seemed like we were playing a game of tag... Anyway, if you really don't mind I'll leave that on you for now..."

"Ah! No way! It messes with my chakra molding and such! I need to change into Nemar again today and keep the henge up for a long time!" Naruto protested and raised his fists to chest height.

"Oh! You have another date, huh you little ladiesman! Who is it this time!" Jiraiya asked with a proud grin on his face as Naruto put his shirt on.

"Does it matter! Just unseal me so I can go out today and have my date with..."

"Naruto!" The sudden sound of Temari's voice in Naruto's ears interrupted him in his sentence.

"Eh! Temari!" Naruto let out as Temari stormed into his room with Gaara following not too far behind her.

Temari opened her arms and flew towards Naruto and he opened his arms as well, expecting to be soon in Temari's warm and comfortable embrace. However reality, or rather Temari, hit him hard in the face with a flat hand, shaking Naruto out of his thought of receiving a tight hug.

Naruto flew trough half the room and crashed down on the floor as Temari fiercely put her foot down on the floor, "You bastard! I told you not to make me worry like that anymore! Tsch...Why did you had to go out of your way and use up all your chakra while training, huh!"

Naruto rubbed his sore behind and looked confused at Temari, only to find Jiraiya give him a smirk from behind the blonde girl, "Ahahaha...I was just trying my best, Temari...Sorry to make you worry like that..."

"Naruto, I have to agree with my sister...Even you have a limit...Surpassing that limit isn't good for you when it is just for normal training..." Gaara stated once he stood next to Temari.

"Ehehehe...Sorry for making you guys worry..." Naruto rubbed the back of his head as he jumped back up to his feet, "But I'm ok again. So there is no need for further worries!"

"You got to be kidding me? I wasted all of my chakra once and I needed more then enough rest...Consider yourself lucky that you can already move as you normally could!" Temari said as she placed her fists in her side and gave Naruto her big-sister look.

"I'm really okay, Temari! Honestly, I'm up and ready to leave this place!" Naruto protested, but Temari's glare made his protests crumble and fade into the cold wind that suddenly blew through the room.

"You are staying here until dusk and that's final. I'm staying here with you, so no complaining!" Temari said.

"But..."

"No buts!"

"Y-Yes Ma'am!" Naruto quickly replied and straightened up, "Wow...She got scary all of a sudden..."

"Jiraiya-sama?" Temari turned towards Jiraiya who blinked at her in confusion, "Yes?"

"Could you relay a message to Nemar-kun that I'll be ready for our date tonight? I'm going to make sure this guy here stays in bed for recovery." Temari asked and pointed with her thumb towards Naruto.

Jiraiya smirked and closed his eyes, "Yeah, I will let him know...Then, I'll let you handle Naruto..."

"Jiraiya-sama, May I ask if you are on your way to the Hokage's office?" Gaara asked as Jiraiya stood up.

Jiraiya grinned and rubbed the back of his head, "As a matter of fact I am? Why do you ask? Do I need to give her a message for you or something?"

"No..." Gaara closed his eyes and headed towards the exit of the hospital room, "I just have something to discuss with the two of you...Seeing how you are basically deputy-Hokage..."

"Huh? Deputy-Hokage? There is no such..." Jiraiya looked confused towards the Kazekage and raised an questioning eyebrow.

"You know what I mean...You are also one of the highest ranking shinobi in Konohagakure...And if I'm not mistaken, only second to the Hokage..." Gaara stated as he headed out.

"Hm...I guess you have a point there...Oh well, it's fine with me...See you later Naruto. Take good care of him, Temari." Jiraiya said and flashed a grin at Naruto, who threw an annoyed glare back at the white haired sennin.

Once Jiraiya closed the door behind him, Temari spoke up, "Naruto..."

"Y-yeah...?"

Temari pointed towards Naruto's hospital bed, "Bed. Now."

"Ehehehe...Y-Yes ma'am..." Naruto nervously laughed and quickly jumped into his bed and crawled underneath the blankets, "I think it's safe to say that I am in trouble..."

Temari removed her fan from her back and placed it vertically on the floor, "Really...Why did you strain your body like that? It won't help you at all..."

"I know that..." Naruto replied as he pulled the blankets over his face, "It's not like I really was stupid enough to do such a thing...That retarded demon that is imprisoned in my body is the one at fault..."

"If you knew, then why even go so far as draining nearly all of your chakra?" Temari asked as she leaned forward, supporting herself with her fan.

"Training isn't any good without pushing myself to the limit...Why do you want to keep me in bed anyway?" Naruto asked as he slightly pulled the sheets down.

"I told you, you need to recover a lot of chakra before you are able walk around and do whatever you feel like. When night falls we'll go back to your apartment...By then you should've recovered enough..."

"...I'm telling you, I'm already alright..." Naruto grumpily replied, "I'm more worried about what might happen to you if that damned fox tries something while we are with just the two of us...Last time I couldn't control it and didn't even call upon it...What if it happens again...Will Temari be able to stand up against me then?"

"And I'm telling you that you are not alright...It's obvious that you are not. So just shut while I'll look around this place and see what I can do to make you rest as much as possible. I told you, I have a date tonight and I want to be prepared for it..." Temari said as she stood up and looked at Naruto, who just pulled the sheets back over his head, a smile formed on her face, "...Also..."

"Hm? You said something?" Naruto asked as he pulled the blankets down once more.

"Nothing in particular...Just go to sleep already..." Temari replied as she momentarily looked away from the blonde boy, before leering at him from over her shoulder, "Or perhaps you need me to cuddle you to sleep...You'd have a lot to explain then...when someone pays you a visit, that is..."

Naruto's eyes widened at the wind mistress, a million possibilities of who might come to visit him during that time quickly ran trough his mind, he quickly pulled the sheets up till his nose and started making snoring sounds while inhaling and exhaling at a rapid pace.

"That's my blonde teddy..." Temari smirked and walked out of the room, closing the door behind her.

She leaned with her back against the door and lowered her head as she rose a faint gentle smile on her face, doing nothing but standing there for a moment.

Naruto rolled over and rested his hands on the back of his head as he stared towards the ceiling, "...How...Why...No, the how and why it happened don't matter...Why wasn't the Kyuubi attacking Ero-sennin and running away from him? Why use Body Flicker to escape Ero-sennin when he had a chance to strike him down at close range...?"

Naruto sat up and slightly rose his shirt up so he could take a glance at the seal on his stomach, "I guess Ero-sennin will have to release it...I doubt that I'll be able to control my chakra well enough with this thing messing me up..."

Naruto lowered his shirt and looked at the palms of his hands, "I can sense it...Even though I didn't notice at first, it's there...Ero-sennin is hiding it from me perhaps, but more happened last night...I can tell...the leftovers of that energy...I can still feel them in the palms of my hands..."

Naruto faintly smiled and then grinned widely, "Ah! No worries! I'm already alright. Nothing to worry about! I'm back to full strength already!"

He clutched his fist and gave it a stern look, "I will never let that fox get close enough to the ones I care about..."

"Back to full strength already, huh!" Naruto heard Temari's voice shout out from behind the door, only moments before it slammed wide open.

Temari rushed towards Naruto, jumped and landed on top of him, pinning him down to his bed, "I will not let you leave!"

"Ah! Temari! What do you think you're doing?"

"Making sure that you stay here!"

"I am! I am! I had no intentions of leaving this place right now! I'm telling the truth dattebayo---!"

"You liar! You didn't want to stay here!"

Naruto gritted his teeth and tried to writhe himself from underneath Temari. She slightly moaned as Naruto tried to writhe his way out of her grasp, only making her squeeze her thighs tighter then before against his body, "Ah...You really want me to get serious, huh!"

"You bet that I do!" Naruto replied as he continued his attempt to writhe from underneath her.

Temari moaned again and pressed her body down on his, her finger nails slightly sinking into the skin of Naruto's wrists.

Just then they noticed someone else standing near the entrance to the room and in unison, they turned their heads towards the visitor, having their faces brush against one another, cheek to cheek.

They threw a glance at each other and the two of them slightly blushed at each other before they turning back to their, or rather Naruto's guest, who was having a bright shade of red on her face as well.

"Hi-Hinata!" Naruto couldn't come up with saying anything else.

"Na...Naruto-kun...A-am...I interrupting...you two?" Hinata averted her gaze from the two blondes, her eyes slightly saddening and her hand slightly clutching onto the bouquet of flowers she held in her hands.

Temari looked at Naruto and he looked back at her, the two blondes noticed their exact position and turned bright red. Temari yelled and quickly pushed herself up from Naruto, crossing her arms in front of her chest, "Just what were you trying to do while writhing like that underneath me!"

"Wha! It's not like I had any hidden motives behind that! I just wanted to free myself from your grasp!"

"Whatever happened to just using your strength to push me back!"

"What! What's up with straddling me like that anyway!"

"It's because you tried to escape!"

"I didn't!"

"Did too!"

"No I..." Naruto stopped mid-sentence as a soft and comforting smell entered his nostrils, making him turn his head towards Hinata and took notice of the bouquet she was holding, "Hinata...Are those flowers...for me?"

Hinata looked up towards Naruto and blushed slightly, "Y-yes...T-they are...I-if you d-don't like them...I'll j-just...return them..."

Naruto pulled his legs up from underneath Temari and jumped out of his hospital bed, rushing towards Hinata, "No, I like them, but..I'm not really sick or planning on staying here much longer so..."

"A-ah...Is that so...I...I just..." Hinata blushed out of embarrassment.

"It's alright, Hinata. They're from you, so I'll accept them. You really are kind to care about me enough to be willing to buy flowers for me and cheer me up." Naruto replied as he took the bouquet out of the shy Hyuuga heiress' hands.

Temari jumped off the bed and walked towards the Hyuuga heiress, "Ne, Hinata? Could it be that...you and Naruto here...ehm well...could it be that you are his..."

Hinata blushed bright red as Temari held her pinky up and Naruto blushed as well, though not nearly half as red as Hinata.

"Eh! Temari! What in the world makes you think that!" Naruto yelled as he raised his fists to chest height.

"Well..." Temari walked to Naruto's back, sliding her hand over his shoulder before resting both her hands on Naruto's shoulders and resting her head on her left hand, "You've been 'training' until late at night for some time now..."

"So...?" Naruto asked nervously.

"So..." Temari repeated, sliding her hands slightly over his shoulders again as she moved her head to Naruto's right ear, "Hinata has confessed to us girls that she has someone she likes..."

Naruto looked towards Hinata and managed to notice a momentarily sharp glare towards Temari before her eyes became soft and gentle once more, a blush apparent on her face.

"And..." Temari moved back to Naruto's left side, "Last night you were gone all night again, apparently 'training' and 'using up all of your chakra'..."

"Wha-What are you getting at, Temari!" Naruto replied as he didn't like the tone she was using to talk to him about these things.

"All I'm saying is that maybe, just maybe..." Temari rose a devious smirk on her face, "That you were out 'using up all your chakra' on Hinata here..."

Hinata and Naruto's eyes widened as Hinata's entire face turned as red as a tomato and Naruto turned around shaking Temari by her collar, "What the hell, Temari! My relationship with Hianta is the same as it is with you! I like her just as much as I like you!"

Naruto, realising he just openly admitted he liked both of them quickly turned his face around to Hinata, whose eyes were as wide as possible and staring at Naruto.

"I see...So you sleep and cuddle with her, but with her you 'use up all of your chakra' as well, huh?" Temari gave Naruto a devious smirk.

"Why you..." Naruto said as he turned back around to face Temari.

"What are you talking about!" Hinata snapped at Temari, turning the heads of both blondes towards the usually shy Hyuuga heiress.

"Naruto-kun is kind, gentle and working hard to become Hokage! Why are you teasing him! So what if I like him! That doesn't mean that he likes me or that he would ever want to even so much as cuddle with me! Besides, Naruto-kun would never, ever do such things with you! You are just jealous!" Hinata yelled and pointed accusingly at Temari before slapping both her hands in front of her mouth and turning a bright shade of red out of embarrassment.

"Wow..." Temari replied as she blinked at the Hyuuga Heiress that now blushed once more.

"Hinata..." Naruto added as he blinked as well out of pure surprise.

Naruto walked up to Hinata, who warily eyed him with big trembling eyes and Naruto placed his hand on her forehead, "Hinata...? Are you feeling alright?"

"I...I..." Hinata stuttered and stopped once Naruto gave her a wide smile.

"Well then...I guess you two have some things to talk about...I'll be in the bathroom if anyone needs me." Naruto said as he walked away, making Hinata turn around and stare at his back for a moment.

"Alright..." Temari replied as Naruto headed out of the door. Hinata turned back around and looked towards the bouquet that Naruto abruptly dropped when he grabbed Temari by her collar.

She walked over to it and picked it up, "I'm...I'm truly sorry, Temari-san...I...I didn't mean to...yell at you..."

Temari smiled at the shy Hyuuga heiress, "You really surprised me with that outburst of yours. Anyway, don't worry yourself too much about me teasing Naruto...I've been doing that since we became close friends."

Hinata looked up towards Temari and nearly dropped the bouquet out of her hands, but managed to hold onto it, "C-close friends?"

"Ehm..." Temari blushed, "Well...You heard me talk about Naruto sleeping with me and cuddling...right?"

Hinata's eyes widened, making Temari blush even more as she waved her hands in a dismissive and nervous way at the same time, "D-don't get any ideas! W-we don't do anything really! H-he...is just always there for me to ehm...you know...let my heart out...and I have this habit...During my sleep I cuddle with whatever is in my reach...so...Naruto...basically..."

Hinata lowered her head, avoiding Temari's gaze, "Do you...l-love Naruto-kun...?"

Temari looked shocked for a moment and then let her arms hang in defeat, holding onto her right arm, "He only sees me as a big sister I guess, so I love him like a little brother because of that...He's really sweet and kind...If I didn't love Nemar-kun already, I'd probably fall for Naruto sooner or later I guess..."

Hinata gulped, "I..."

"Hinata, he's the guy you like, isn't he?" Temari asked as she rubbed her right arm.

Hinata looked back up towards Temari with wide eyes, blushed and looked away, "Naruto-kun...I...Even though I...I doubt that he...Temari-san, what does it feel like...?"

"Hm?" Temari blinked at the crimson faced girl, "What does what feel like...?"

Hinata softly smiled and placed the bouquet onto Naruto's bed, "I...I'm...wondering what it would feel like...To hold Naruto-kun in my arms...Just hold him...and...But I'm afraid that he'll...that he'll..."

Temari could hear Hinata softly sniffle, "Oi, are you...crying?"

"N-No...I...I'm ok...D-don't worry...I just wished that I could..."

Temari warmly smiled and interrupted Hinata's sentence, "If that's what you truly want, then just do it. Did you think I didn't notice earlier? I doubt Naruto did, but you were ready to fight me over Naruto, weren't you?"

Hinata straightened up and her sniffling stopped, "E-eh...?"

"Hinata, you can do it. You said it yourself, Naruto is kind and gentle. Once he knows your feelings for him, he won't reject them and hate you. I don't know what he thinks about you, but he wouldn't be rude to you, that is one thing that is for sure. Also, if you want to know what it's like to hold him in your arms, just take him into them!"

Hinata turned around and looked with wide eyes at Temari, who firmly placed her fists in her sides.

"Whether he'll admit it or not, Naruto doesn't mind to hug or be hugged. I know you are a shy girl and it is taking a lot of your courage to just talk about this to me, but you are doing it. So you can also gather your courage and embrace Naruto! And if he'll push you away, I'll personally whack him around the head with my fan!"

Hinata's eyes sharpened and she actually gave Temari a glare, slightly knocking her of her composure, "If you hurt Naruto-kun, I'll inflict a thousand times more pain upon you..."

Temari blinked at the Hyuuga heiress, somewhat surprised and even scared of her reaction, "W...Wow...She got scary all of a sudden...Does she have a split personality or something...? Sca-ry..."

Hinata's eyes softened and she smiled at Temari, taking a slight bow, "But... I know you just said that...to show that you are supportive of me, thank you Temari-san...I feel...like I was become a bit more couragous thanks to you...And...I trust that...y-you...won't do anything w-w-weird with Na...Naruto-kun...while sl-sleeping at h-his place..."

Temari smiled as Hinata blushed once more, "Oh come on now, no need to blush about wanting those kind of things with Naruto."

"T-Temari-san! I...I d-don't...really..."

Temari gave Hinata a wink and a gentle smile"It's alright, I guess if the time is right Naruto will want it too...but for now you should focus on..."

Temari realised Naruto was gone for quite some while right now and her eyes went wide before anger took over her, "That...That bastard! He ran away!"

"Eh...?" Hinata blinked at Temari, who clutched her fists and seemed to be building up energy.

"I'll get him! He should know better then that...! Damn it, Naruto! I'm dragging your ass back here!" Temari let out a roar, grabbed onto her fan and rushed out of the hospital room.

"Ah...That felt pretty damn good..." Naruto said as he walked out of the bathroom, the toilet on the otherside of the door still flushing away his body's waste.

"NARUTO!" Temari yelled, making Naruto look down the hallway, where he found Temari enraged and rushing towards him, "Eh...?"

Once he noticed that she was holding her fan and did not look like she'd just about to hug him, Naruto jumped up and screamed, "EH!"

Naruto didn't hesitate another moment as the distance between Temari and him grew a whole lot shorter with every passing second, "Run, Naruto! RUN!"

He started running for his life with Temari following from not too far away, "Ah! What is it this time, Temari?"

"You tried to escape again, you bastard!"

"No I didn't!

"Then why are you running!"

"Because I don't want another encounter with you and your big old fan!"

"Yeah right! Why were you away for such a long time then?"

"I had to go number two!"

"I won't listen to anymore of your excuses!"

"Damn...Why did it have to turn out this way! Kage Bunshin no jutsu!" Naruto said as he made his infamous handseal, only to have a total of four clones pop into existence, "EH! Only four! Why!"

"You idiot! Did you forget about that seal messing with your chakra molding!" One of the clones replied.

"Yeah, it takes a god damned long time to make more then just us four!" Another one added.

"NARUTO! WHAT'S UP WITH USING KAGE BUNSHIN NO JUTSU WHEN YOU STILL NEED TO RECOVER YOUR CHAKRA!" Temari yelled and snapped her fan open.

"Damn it...! You four, just stop her for now!" Naruto commanded his clones.

"What! Why won't you stop her?"

"Eh! Because I'm the real one and you guys are just the clones!"

"So what! We're you!"

"No you're not!"

"But she's just as scary to us as she is to you!"

"So what! Just hurry up and STOP her!"

"Ninpou..." Temari's voice came from behind Naruto and his clones, making them all turn their head in unison towards her.

Their eyes widened and Naruto rushed to increase his speed, running away from Temari as fast as possible, "Kamaitachi!"

Naruto rushed for the front door as Temari's wind blew through the main hallway of the hospital. He jumped for the exit as his clones were destroyed by the razor-sharp wind, "I'm going to make it!"

As the daylight from the outside world became brighter with every passing second, Temari's gust of wind passed trough the main hall of the hospital.

"Kyaaaaaa!" The nurses that were present in the hall screamed as the wind passed by and affecting them as much as it did with their paperwork.

Lee, who was firmly holding his ground due to the weights on his arms and legs, blinked and his furry eyebrows twitched.

As the wind settled down in the hall, there was a short moment of silence. A moment of silence that was broken by Lee, who clutched onto his head and started running in circles, "AAAAH! UNYOUTHFUL THOUGHTS! UNYOUTHFUL THOUGHTS! I NEVER SEEN SO MUCH OF THAT BRIGHT PINK COLOR BEFORE! UNYOUTHFUL!"

Meanwhile, as the wind closed in on Naruto, the young blonde took a leap in hopes of reaching the outside world before the razor-sharp wind and dodge to safety. Naruto managed to grab onto the small suspension, which was located directly above the entrance, and managed to jump up onto it.

He let out a sigh of relief, "I'm saved..."

"Says who?" Naruto heard from behind him, making him slightly jump and slowly turn his head around and found Temari towering behind him.

"Y-Yo...Temari..."

"Hey there, Naruto..."

"C...c-can we talk about it?" Naruto looked hopeful at his blonde friend.

A hint of darkness shimmered in Temari's eyes as she rose a smirk at him, "...No..."

Naruto's eyes slightly trembled out of fear as Temari took a step towards him.

Hinata straightened the sheets of Naruto's hospital bed, "I hope Naruto-kun is ok...Temari-san seemed kind of willing to bring him back to his room with force..."

She turned around let her hand slightly lift up the flower petals of one of the flowers in her bouquet, "Naruto-kun said he wouldn't be here for very long...but..."

Hinata looked around the room, hoping to find a vase or something that could contain a vase.

"Hm...I guess not, huh...?" She said nearly whispering, "Then...I guess they'll just have to get their needed water from the water in the sink until Naruto-kun goes home..."

"We're back..." Temari stated as she walked back into the room when Hinata just placed the bouquet in the sink.

Hinata walked into Temari's field of vision and she blinked, "W-where's...Na-Naruto-kun?"

Temari smirked and showed Hinata the rope she was holding in her hands. Hinata traced the rope and found Naruto on the floor, bound and gagged with his eyes spinning around.

"Na...Na...Naruto-kun?" Hinata stuttered.

"Don't worry, he's alright..." Temari stated as she picked Naruto up and threw him onto his bed, "Though, he did need the restraints in order to stay put and to make me able to bring him back here..."

"B-But..." Hinata looked at her blonde crush, who was still too dizzy to even try to brake free from his restraints.

"Well, basically, he is in a very interesting position right now..." Temari playfully winked at Hinata.

"T-Temari-san!" Hinata flushed red as a certain thought crossed her mind.

"What is it? He's just in no position to escape, that's all I'm saying..." Temari said and smirked at the blushing Hyuuga heiress, "Or did you have something else in mind?"

Hinata turned brighter red and found herself unable to reply to Temari.

"Just kidding..." Temari winked at Hinata again before untieing Naruto.

"I'll be just right on the other side of the room...Make sure that idiot stays in bed...I don't feel like chasing him again." Temari said and let out a sigh before heading out of the room, leaving the blonde shinobi and the Hyuuga heiress alone as she closed the door behind her.

Hinata sat down next to Naruto's bed and looked at him as he was still in his dizzy state, "Naruto-kun...Can...Can I really embrace you...without...you getting mad or rejecting me?"

Hinata mentally pictured Naruto getting up, looking towards her then and giving her a greeting. What followed was her gathering her courage and standing up, surprising Naruto, or at least make him look at her with a questioning look in his eyes. Then she'd pull him towards her and hold him tightly against her chest. She knew she'd turn bright red, but at least she'd be able to hold him like that for a while until she would pass out.

She was shaken out of her thoughts by Naruto waving at her, "Oi, Hinata...? Are you alright?"

"Eh...? Eh!" Hinata quickly let out as she noticed that it was Naruto and snapped out of her thoughts.

"Are you alright?" Naruto asked as he blinked at the always shy Hinata.

Hinata stood up, Naruto giving her a puzzled look, "What's wrong with her...?"

Hinata breathed deeply in and out and shyly looked down towards Naruto, who was still looking at her with big eyes, "I...I...I can do this...I...can..."

"What is it?" Naruto asked as he blinked once more at her, "I...Is she expecting that I took her tantrum at Temari as a confession...? Is she expecting an answer from me...!"

"I..." Hinata said as she rose one hand up to her chest and then waited another moment, "have got to go!"

Hinata quickly turned around, but as she wanted to walk out of the room just as fast, Naruto pulled on her arm, causing her to turn back towards him and she fell onto him from the sudden twist her body made.

"Ah...Sorry Hinata...I didn't want to make you fall..." Naruto grinned sheepishly as Hinata blushed crimson for being in Naruto's arms.

"It...It...It's...alright..." Hinata said as she breathed deeply in and out, both due to the fact that she was about to faint again and to inhale Naruto's scent, but her breathing also made her unconsciously rub her chest against Naruto's, though that was the least of her worries a moment later.

"Ehm...Hinata?" Naruto started to form a deep shade of red on his face as well.

"Y-Yes?" The heiress managed to bring out.

"I uhm...would like you to shift your position..since...well uhm...your hand...you know..." Naruto blushed deeper red.

Hinata lifted her right arm and looked at her hand, blinking at it in confusion, "Wha...What about...my hand?"

"Ehm...Your other hand, Hinata..." Naruto said, praying to go that Hinata would just put her hand up to her face and innocently look at it and reply with 'What about my other hand?'.

However, Hinata slightly pushed her body off of Naruto's to see where her other hand was located. The young Hyuuga girl turned bright red, losing massive amounts of body fluids as her body heated up, unable to move a single muscle, though she forced her head to face Naruto and before passing out, she muttered a soft "Gomennasai..Na-..."

Hinata passed out and Naruto caught her body, letting out a sigh before he talked mostly to himself, "Why didn't she just lift her hand up and look at it...Oh yeah, that's right, she was pretty much lying against me...just my luck..."

Naruto let out a sigh and lifted the girl up, jumped as gentle as possible off his bed and placed Hinata onto it. He rose a smile at her now peaceful face, as it was no longer red from embarrassment.

Naruto walked out of his room and closed the door behind him, knowing that Hinata will be able to rest safely in the hospital room until she regains consciousness.

"Yo Naruto...Going somewhere?" Temari's voice send a shiver down his spine.

Naruto turned around to face Temari, who was calmly leaning against the wall next to him, "N-no...Just wondering where you had gone off to..."

"Really..." Temari appeared to be calm, but Naruto wasn't too sure.

"Y-Yeah...Hinata ehm...passed out so...I decided to let her rest on my bed until she woke up or something..." Naruto nervously grinned and rubbed the back of his head.

"Naruto..."

"Y-Yeah?"

"Tell me already, are you two dating or not?" Temari leered at Naruto, who turned bright red upon hearing the blonde's question.

"NO! We...we aren't dating...What does it matter anyway!"

Temari closed her eyes and huffed before forming a smile on her face, "Nothing important..."

Naruto eyed her awkwardly and walked up in front of her, staring at her face for a moment until Temari opened her eyes, "What is it?"

"That's my line...You're acting strange today..." Naruto replied as he looked straight into Temari's eyes.

"No, I'm not." Temari closed her eyes again and finger flicked his forehead, "I'm just being like myself...Now go back inside before I decide to force you back into your room..."

"Really...Something is wrong with her today...What the heck is bothering her?" Naruto mused before stepping away from Temari and heading back into his room.

The remainder of the day was the most boring time Naruto had probably ever had in his life. Hinata, upon waking up and seeing Naruto, blushed a deep shade of red and apologized that she had to leave, quickly leaving Naruto alone again in his room. Temari headed out to get him some food and such, but other then actually eating something, there was not a single thing that excited him.

When they finally were back in Naruto's apartment, Naruto fell down onto his bed for a moment and then jumped up, brimming with energy, "Ugh...I'm heading out for training again...!"

Temari glared at him and Naruto sighed, "Oh come on, Temari...I'm going to die out of boredem if I won't go out and DO something..."

Temari let out a sigh and shook her head, "Alright, alright...Go then...But if you use up most of your chakra and collapse again, I swear I'll keep you in the hospital for way longer than just a day!"

"Ehehehe. Don't worry, I'll be fine. Have a fun date tonight." Naruto smiled, "Damn it...All that boredem of today, I must think up something extra fun for this date..."

Naruto looked at Temari, whose eyes just stood wide and she appeared to be fossilized upon hearing what Naruto said.

The next moment she jumped towards Naruto and vigourly shook him, "That's right I have a date tonight with Nemar-kun! Damn it! What's the time!"

Naruto looked at the clock and his eyes went wide as well, "EH! IT'S ALREADY SIX THIRTY!"

"WHAT DID YOU SAY! SIX THIRTY! DAMN IT! WHAT THE HECK AM I GOING TO WEAR! CAN I TAKE A SHOWER! WHAT PERFUME DO I NEED TO USE!"

"ANYTHING IS FINE! WE JUST NEED TO HURRY UP!" Naruto yelled and pushed Temari towards the bathroom.

"YEAH! WE NEED TO...Wait a minute..." Temari used all of her strength to not move into the bathroom as Naruto pushed her, "We, Naruto?"

"..." Naruto mentally smacked himself for saying we instead of you, "You! YOU! JUST HURRY UP! You can do it, Temari!"

Naruto pushed Temari into the bathroom and closed the door for her, quickly rushing out of his apartment.

"Wait! Naruto! You..." Temari stopped talking as she heard the frontdoor slam shut and could hear Naruto rapidly run away from his apartment.

Her expression slightly grimaced, before quickly turning around to take her shower and prepare herself for her date.

"Damn...Damn...Ero-sennin...You still have to remove that seal...I can't have it messing with my chakra control on a date...Ah! Where am I going to take her anyway! Damn it, now I have multiple things to worry about! First, I must find Ero-sennin, then I'll quickly think up where to go, then quickly come up with an alternate outfit for my disguise, then I have to figure out where to take Temari and THEN I need to head back to my apartment to pick Temari up! Damn it!" Naruto cursed as he raced from rooftop to rooftop, quickly heading to possible Ero-sennin location number one, the hotsprings.

"At least this is a way to burn up some energy...damn it..." Naruto mused as he quikcly jumped over one of the many streets of Konoha.

It took Naruto a bit less than five minutes to reach the hotsprings, or rather Jiraiya's standard and favourite place to peek from. As soon as he entered the small clearing between the large bushes, he found the Sannin giggling like a little school girl.

"Yo Ero-sennin..." Naruto stated, getting the attention of the white haired frog tamer.

He turned his head and faced Naruto and grinned at him, "Yo Naruto...What is it? Aren't you supposed to have a date right about now, right?"

"That's the point! I still have that damned five element seal on me!"

"Sssh...sshh..." Jiraiya shushed Naruto, "The women down below might be able to hear you if you raise your voice..."

"...Like I care about that...I wasn't the one peeking on them..."

"Tell that to them..." A sly smirk formed on Jiraiya's face.

"...Alright, alright...Just get the damned seal off of me..."

"Sorry, Naruto...We still don't know why or how the Kyuubi manifested a part of his chakra all of a sudden...In other words, it could happen again...This time I might not make it in time and the Kyuubi possessing you could start a carnage in the village...I don't think that you want to be forced out of the village, now do you?" Jiraiya turned back around.

"I don't...That's why I'm going to keep that damn fox under control from now on." Naruto stated, full of determination.

Jiraiya turned back around towards him and gave him a look that said 'I-doubt-you-could-do-that', "Oh? And just how do you plan to do such a thing?"

"Last time, the bastard fox surprised me...This time, I'll make sure that it won't happen again..." Naruto stated and clenched his fists.

"...Alright then...Just remember that you will get exiled if you get out of control...I'd join you of course, since the Akatsuki are still after you and you probably wouldn't last a month or two on your own, but..." Jiraiya grinned and glanced towards the hotspring, "This Village is far to nice to leave for the rest of my life...or yours for that matter, wouldn't you say?"

"Hurry up and just do it. I still have to figure out what I'm going to do with Temari tonight..."

"How about making me a Grandpa?"

"What?"

Jiraiya coughed, "Ahem...Never mind...Come over here, I'll unseal the five element seal. Ow, maybe you could take her to the second Icha Icha Paradise movie! It hit the cinemas this week!"

"The movies...of course! I could take her to see a movie! That is my sensei for you! You're a genius at times!" Naruto praised the white haired man, who rubbed the back of his head.

"You didn't say you were going to see my movie..." Jiraiya muttered as Naruto walked over towards him.

"Hm? Said something?" Naruto asked him as he got closer to Jiraiya.

"No, it's nothing...Alright..." Jiraiya stood up, walked around Naruto so that he was standing in front of him, "Shirt up and go banzai!"

Naruto groaned, opened his jacket and lifted his shirt up, "...Banzai..." He said dully.

"You've got to say it with more spirit then that!" Jiraiya exclaimed as blue flames of chakra ignited on his finger tops and thrusted his hand towards the seal on Naruto's abdomen, "Take this! Gogyou Kaiin!"

The impact caused Naruto to fly back and gasp for air as he soared trough the sky for a couple of meters.

"Sorry, Naruto, but I like to see naked girls move rather then just sit still and do nothing..." Jiraiya giggled again as he took his telescope out again and peered towards the location Naruto was heading for.

Naruto crashed through a fence and landed with a loud splash into the hotspring. There was a moment of silence that was broken when the women taking a bath realised that there was a guy amongst them.

"KYAAAAAAAAAA!" They screamed, quickly diving mostly underwater and covering themselves up with their arms and towels.

The screaming of the women caused Naruto to snap back to reality and he looked around in confusion of what just happened. In front of him he found a young lady that was too startled by the fact that a boy just flew over her head, only barely missing her as he did, and forgot to cover herself up.

He looked up towards the startled woman's face, noticing that it was Kiba's sister, Hana ,that he had seen once or twice back when he was younger. Naruto couldn't help but trace his eyes down on her and fixating them onto her chest, which made Naruto turn bright red.

"PERVERT!" Hana yelled at the top of her lungs and smacked Naruto in his face.

What followed was a thunderous stampede heading towards the women's hotspring and two voices could be heard saying one thing in unison as the door was flung open, "Did someone say 'pervert'?"

"Maito Gee!"

"Maito Laim!"

"ANTI!"

"PERVERT!"

"SECURITY ENTERS!" The two brothers exclaimed in unison as they litterally jumped into the hotspring.

"KYAAAAAAA!" The women screamed again as the Maito brothers jumped into the water, creating the huge tidal wave.

"Where's the pervert?" Gee asked as he looked around.

"Ma'am, have you seen the pervert?" Laim asked a naked lady behind him.

"EWWWW! THE ANTI PERVERT SECURITY ARE PERVERTS THEMSELVES!" The lady smacked Laim in the face and quickly ran out of the hotspring.

"AH! DON'T LOOK!" Another woman smacked Gee in the face.

"Aniki!"

"Aniki!"

"The pervert has made us pervert by our actions!" Gee exclaimed.

"Aniki! Now we will lose our night job!" Laim exclaimed before getting hit with another flat hand from another lady.

"No!" Gee got smacked by a certain young lady on who he had his eyes fixed on, "It's!" And again, "that pervert's fault!" Yet again, Gee received a flat hand in his face "We must catch him and clear ou-!" Gee bended over and grabbed onto his groin, where only a moment earlier a knee of a certain embarassed and pissed off young lady had connected with him.

"Where did he go!" Laim exlcaimed and got smacked again as well.

Naruto had, using the diversion of the wave that was created by the Maito brothers, used his Oiroke no jutsu to change into a naked woman and pointed towards the large hole for the two brothers, "That way! I could see him go that way!"

"ANIKI!" Laim exclaimed.

"Yeah?" Gee replied in a highpitched voice.

"WE MUST CAPTURE HIM!" Laim pulled Gee out of the water before he could reply with another high pitched 'Yeah!'

Gee scraped his throat and then spoke in his normal voice, "AND CAPTURE HIM WE SHALL!"

The two Maito brothers jumped through the hole, making it even bigger due to their posture.

Naruto let out a sigh of relief and as the women quickly ran out of the hotspring, afraid to be seen by anyone else, Naruto quickly headed out of the water as well, transforming back into his normal self and running out through the hole he created, heading in the opposite direction of the Maito brothers.

"Crap...What time is it...And I still have to figure out what kind of outfit will become my alternative outfit! Not to mention I have to dry up now as well!" Naruto cursed as he soared through the air, heading from rooftop to rooftop towards his apartment, "I hope my clothes will dry from the wind caused by my running and jumping!"

Suddenly, the idea of using a sleeveless black shirt with a red Konoha mark on the back and casual black pants came to his mind, "Alright...Let's try that!"

"Henge no jutsu!" Naruto said, only a few blocks away from his apartment.

Naruto temporarily stopped and gave his new looks a closer look.

As the cold wind struck against his exposed arms, causing him to shiver, he realised that it was still pretty damn cold outside at night, "Alright, this time, I'm going to use a jacket in the Henge as well."

Naruto popped back his normal self and used Henge no jutsu again, this time wearing a totally black jacket, much like his own aside from the fact that this one was unzipped and the collar was more like a standard collar.

Naruto, satisfied with his looks, hurried onward to his apartment, though he hoped that it wasn't seven o' clock yet, he did hope that Temari would be done with her preparations for their date and waiting for him.

Once he reached his apartment, Naruto quickly regained his breath, straightened up and knocked on the door. He felt kind of awkward, knowing that this was his own aparment, yet he had to knock on the door to see if anyone was home.

A few moments later the door was opened and he was faced with a smirking Temari, "Hey there, handsome..."

Naruto's jaw dropped open, only to be closed again by a single finger of Temari.

"Where the heck did she keep that hidden!" Naruto thought as Temari leaned against the doorpost and gave him a seductive look, "I didn't expect you to be this pleasantly surprised about my kimono..."

Naruto didn't know what to do but run his eyes back up and down over Temari's outfit. It was black with silver strokes running over it and outlined every single curve on her body perfectly, though it didn't look like it was tight and uncomfortable.

"You look...You look..." Naruto blinked at her, trying to find the words to describe her looks.

"Thank you." Temari winked at him and her smile widened, "Let us be on our way then."

"Y-Yeah..." Naruto blinked again at her as she hooked arms with him and closed the door to the apartment, "Daaaaamn...This will be...ehm...yeah..."

"Where are we going?" Temari asked him as she guided the two of them out of the apartment complex.

"Huh?" Naruto shook out of his thoughts and shook his head, "We're going to Konoha's movie theatre to see a movie."

"Sounds perfect." Temari smiled at him and he returned the smile.

"Nemar-kun, what's your favourite food?" Temari asked out of the blue to break the ice.

"Hm? My favourite food, huh?" Naruto repeated and looked confused at her, "Crap! If I say Ramen then...then...she might find out who I really am!"

"Ehm...well..." Naruto scratched the back of his head and looked towards with a hopeful look that he wouldn't be forced to answer, "Damn it, what am I going to answer..."

"Don't have one?" Temari blinked at Naruto, surprised to find her date lost at the question.

"N-no...Not necessarily...I like almost every kind of food there is..." Naruto lied, but it was the only way out for him right now in case that Temari was suspicious or would get suspicious from his true answer, which was obviously ramen.

"Ah, really? Well, I like roasted chestnutts and vegetable soup. I have my own special recipe that makes the best soup in the world." Temari winked at him, "Maybe I'll someday make some for you, if you want that is. Though if you want the best quality, you should come back to Sunagakure with me, where I grow most of my ingredients on my own."

"Wow, amazing. I'm curious what it will taste like." Naruto replied smiling at her.

Temari returned the smile and then turned her head away from him, "I wanted to make my current roommate taste it, but the idiot didn't come home last night..."

Naruto slightly frowned and tilted his head towards her, "Are you mad at him?"

"No, I just wished he could just taste it...and then tell me how much he likes it..." Temari replied facing back forward.

Naruto gave her a polite laugh, making Temari turn her head and smile at him, "What's so funny?"

"No...It's just that I didn't know you cared so much about the opinion of just a room-mate." Naruto smiled at her, "I think I should beg her to make me the soup later on..."

Temari blushed and looked back in front of her, "B-Because...It's important to know if a ramen obsessed guy like him can like things like that as well. It would mean that my soup is ehm...you know...perfect or something close to perfect."

"Then, just make it for him again. I'm sure he'll love to eat it."

"Yeah, I guess I will do it for him...Tomorrow night I guess...or maybe in the afternoon...hm...Well! Those are worries for later!" Temari beamed up, "Because I should focus my all on my movie date with you, Nemar-kun!"

Naruto smiled sheepishly at her as Temari momentarily unhooked her arm with his and threw herself around his neck.

"Ehehehe...Well, I guess you shouldn't worry about those things at all. Everything will work out as it should in the end." Naruto smiled at Temari.

"Oh, you're an optimist, huh?" Temari let her arms slip off Naruto and hooked arms with him once more.

"You make it sound like it's bad to be happy and think that most of the things work out just fine..."

Temari giggled in reply, "Not at all, but not worrying at all isn't good, you know..."

"I do worry, but only when it's really necessary...and when it involves someone I really care about." Naruto smiled at Temari.

"So...Would you worry about me if I was in any potential danger...?"

"Well..." Naruto was taken aback by the sudden question and slightly blushed at the wind mistress, "Eh...One side of me would...on the other side, I think she's more then strong enough to handle herself in most situations..."

Just then, Temari noticed a familiar red-headed Kazekage crossing their path from one of the side streets.

"G-Gaara!" Temari was surprised to find her brother here, not to mention that she was afraid of what Gaara might do if he saw her walking the way she did with 'Nemar'.

Gaara halted, as did his entourage, whose eyes were fixed onto Naruto.

"...Temari?" Gaara asked.

"...Girls?" Naruto asked as he blinked at Sakura, Ino and Tenten, who apparently were following Gaara and not to mention wearing something that drew attention upon them.

"Girls!" Temari's mouth dropped open as she gazed upon the three girls, who were madly blushing at this point, who were all wearing revealing leather outfits.

Naruto mimiced Temari's facial expression as his eyes wondered over the three blushing girls.

Sakura was wearing long leather pants with a leather jacket that exposed a more then decent amount of clevage and her well trained stomach. Ino was wearing a pair of high heeled boots and a one-piece leather dress that exposed her well formed legs, as well as her shoulders. Tenten was wearing a pair of high heeled boots as well, though hers reached far higher then Ino's, nearly reaching her sleeveless leather one-piece dress which exposed a few minor parts of her chest and along with that one-piece dress, she wore a pair of gloves that reached over her elbows.

Naruto blinked and swallowed hard, rubbing in his eyes to see if he wasn't dreaming, "Ehm...Girls? Why are you dressed like that...? ...Not that I ehm...mind..."

The girls threw a glare towards Gaara, who glared back at them, making them turn their heads back towards Naruto and continue blushing. No one can or could beat Gaara's glares.

No one, but Temari, "Gaara, why are those girls dressed like that and following you around?"

"They were put on a mission to guard me...I requested them due to...certain events that will soon happen..."

"That still doesn't explain why you dressed them like that..."

Gaara closed his eyes, "Distraction...and my entourage needs to look good when...certain events...will commence."

"They sure do a fine job at that..." Naruto muttered as he tried to avoid looking at the girls.

Suddenly, Ino jumped around his neck and made him face her, resting a hand on the back of his head, "If you want I can wear my mission uniform to our date..."

"Eh...Eh...Sure..." Naruto slightly blushed as Ino gave him a seducive look.

"I'm looking forward to getting to know you more...privately...Maybe I can give you a teaser what will be waiting for you ehm...tomorrow was it, right?"

"Y-Yeah. Better hope that it will be sunny weather, right Tenten?" Naruto smiled at Tenten, who blushed in reply.

"Then, I guess I should make you look forward to our little private time together..." Ino said and moved her lips towards Naruto's.

That was until a certain knee connected with Ino's ribs, knocking her away from Naruto, "No way blondie, he's with me tonight!"

Ino picked herself up without effort and smiled at Temari, "Sorry, sorry, blondie...I just thought that my Nemar-kun looked great tonight and I wanted him to long for my date with him...Be sure to look like that on my date, Nemar-kun."

Ino gave Naruto a wink as he sheepishly grinned at her, "I'll try to keep this outfit clean..."

"Anyway, Gaara...What are you going to do with them?" Temari asked as she wrapped her arms around Naruto and threw a quick glare towards Ino, who playfully stuck her tongue out towards Temari.

"They are my personal guard for...approxtimately a week or so...Or until a important mission comes up for any of them...They'll be stationed at Naruto's place most of the time..." Gaara elaborated.

"Eh!" The girls responded when they heard they were mostly going to be stationed near Naruto's house, "Why do you need us around when you are there!"

Gaara turned towards the girls, "Body guards protect their clients almost all the time, so yes I do need you around in case of an attempt on my life."

"You're the Kazekage! You can defend yourself!" Sakura protested, "For some special event, alright, but not constantly! I know I can trust Naruto that he won't do anything weird when he sees me like this, but he did spend 2 and a half years with that lech Jiraiya! I don't want to provoke Naruto in to having any dirty thoughts! And this outfit is provoking!"

"Yeah, plus, what if we got a date with Nemar-kun, huh? Extra security makes sense when a certain 'event' will happen soon but..." Ino puffed her cheeks for a moment and then turned them back to normal as she looked towards her pink haired friend, "And Sakura, having just Naruto thinking dirty thoughts about us is better then the majority of the village...And knowing how Naruto is, he'll probably be out training most of the time anyway..."

"And if he isn't, he's always there to talk to. Even though I didn't speak that much with him, it was fun when I did. He's my number two on my list of favourite people that I want to call to have a chat with." Ino and Sakura gave Tenten the look after hearing this, "What? Really, he's better then Lee, but worse then Neji...Well...That's only because I had just one phone conversation with him...and trust me, you do NOT want a telephone conversation with Lee when you are taking a bath...Takes all the fun and relaxation out of it."

Everyone stared at Tenten, until Temari coughed, "Ahem...Real nice and interesting, but Nemar-kun and I have a movie to see at the theatres, so we're out of here now."

Temari started dragging Naruto along as he grinned sheepishly at the girls and rubbed the back of his head, "See you soon, girls. Nice to meet you in person, Kazekage-sama."

"Bye, my darling!" Ino shouted and waved at Naruto.

"Bye, blondie!" Temari shouted back and waved, making Ino blush, looking awkward towards Temari, her expression making Sakura and Tenten giggle.

"Well...That was unexpected..." Naruto stated as they turned around the corner, leaving Gaara and his new entourage to head to where ever they were heading towards

"Uhuh...I wonder what event my little brother was talking about..." Temari mused and then shrugged it off as the movie theatre came in sight.

They stopped near the entrance to take a look at all the posters of the movies that were currently running in the theatre.

"Hm...There are a lot of movies right now...Even Jiraiya-sensei's Icha Icha Paradise: The Second Paradise...Which one are we going to see?" Naruto mused as he let his eyes wander over all the posters.

"How about this one?" Temari suggested in a cheerful tone and pointed to a poster.

Naruto turned his head towards the poster Temari pointed out and read it's title out loud, "Shinobi Ju-on..."

He straightened up and looked towards Temari as he shivered, "That...That's a horror movie, right?"

"Yeah it is. I love scary movies. Why? Don't you like horror movies?" Temari asked as she smiled at Naruto.

"N-no...They're cool but...like...hm..." Naruto said, trying to find the right words, "Well she likes them...plus it's about a shinobi...Can't be that bad..."

"Well, alright. since you like horror movies and you picked it out, let's go to it!" Naruto said and flashed a wide grin at Temari.

"Let's see...Oh! We're lucky! It's about to start! Let's hurry, Nemar-kun!" Temari took Naruto's hand and dragged him into the theatre, not even giving him the time to comprehend the fact that she actually held his hand.

After quickly buying two of the last few tickets, they were guided to the theatre where Shinobi Ju-on would play in a few minutes and the cinema staff member pointed out towards their seats at the back row of the theatre.

They dropped into their seats after walking up the entire set of stairs that led to the back row of the theatre and Naruto sighed, "So, it's going to start soon, huh?"

"Uhuh..." Temari said and then looked towards Naruto, who was in the process of taking his jacket off, and she felt obliged to bend towards him and trace a finger over his arms.

Naruto stopped in his actions and blushed as Temari traced a finger over his biceps and looked with interest towards his arms, "You know...You have amazing biceps, Nemar-kun."

"Ehm...Thanks..." Naruto repliedas he quickly finished his actions of taking his jacket off, letting it rest behind him.

"I hope you don't mind if I keep all of my current apparel on...For now at least..." Temari gave Naruto a playful wink and sat straight up again, only to lean towards Naruto.

"Ehm..." Naruto looked at Temari again, once more took in what her current outfit consisted of and slightly blushed, "Y-Yeah...We're in a public place after all..."

"Uhuh, a public place where everyone's attention will be focussed upon a movie." Temari winked again at Naruto, "Anyway, the movie should start soon, so why don't we get comfortable and snuggle up against each other?"

"Y-yeah..." Naruto gulped, scooted closer towards Temari and looked at her from the corner of his eyes, "Oh man...I'd better tell her that I can get kind of jumpy during scary movies...Well...this one is about a shinobi...a dead shinobi...but still..."

"Temari...I have something I must tell you..."

"Hm?" Temari turned her head towards him and stared into his eyes, "What is it?"

"I ehm...you know...During horror movies...I can..."

Suddenly, the opening credits started playing, causing Naruto to jump into Temari's lap and start shivering uncontrollably.

"N-Nemar-kun, what is this all of a sudden..." Temari whispered as she blushed from Naruto's sudden actions.

"It's...It's scary..."

"...Nemar-kun, it's only the opening credits..." Temari's blushed faded slightly as she wrapped her arms around the shivering Naruto.

"I...I know..."

"You get scared very fast from horror movies, huh? Well, I don't really mind if you use me for comfort." Temari smiled at Naruto.

"T-Thanks..." Naruto said as his shivering slightly lessened, "Man...This is kind of...embarrassing...but the sudden from no sound other the some murmurs to movie sounds really did scare the crap out of me..."

"What kind of man gets scared so easily yet is a shinobi...Honestly...Well, I guess he's just afraid of scary movies...And he really looks cute like this." Temari smiled at Naruto as she pressed him tightly against her body, "Really, really cute..."

During the movie, Temari and Naruto softly whispered with eachother about various things during the moment that Naruto didn't cower away from the scary scenes.

"Come on Nemar-kun...You're missing the best parts of the movie...Can you just try to watch the scary parts...?" Temari whispered to Naruto.

"Al...Alright...I'll try..." Naruto replied and towards the screen, moving his hands slowly down over Temari, the movements making the wind mistress gulp and turn red.

On the screen, the ghost of the grudge holding shinobi appeared and cut a person in half with his katana right in front of another person and then disappeared again.

Though, the actual cut couldn't be seen and the person who should've been cut turned around facing the other person, "I'm...alive..."

The other person smiled and the person who should've been cut started smiling as well, "I'm alive...I'm alive! I'm..."

The person who should've been cut abruptly stopped his cheer of joy and looked with wide eyes at his comrade before splitting into two and falling down on the floor.

"Aaaaah!", The comrade of the now dead guy started screaming, but for him it was too late as well, as a million kunai skewered his body again the back wall, ending his life as well.

"Wah!" Naruto screamed as well, along with a few others present in the theatre and Temari tried to refrain from making noise herself.

"Damn...that was...my god..." Naruto said as he breathed deeply in and out, "Thank God for the existence of jutsu and the fact that a single kunai can kill a person..."

"Nemar-kun..." Temari said red faced as she too breathed in and out, though her reason wasn't the bloody mess on screen and the aftermath of it.

"Y-yeah? You scared now too?" Naruto asked as he kept his eyes fixated on the screen.

"N-No...and...I don't mind you being scared..." Temari whispered, still having a shade of bright red on her face, "B-but...for the love of God, do not try to change the way my breasts are shaped..."

Naruto looked down towards where he had placed his hand and realised that in his moment of being shocked from what he had seen on screen, he had most likely firmly grabbed onto Temari's chest with one of his hands.

He flushed red and looked Temari in the eyes, "S-sorry...I...I didn't mean to, Temari, I swear..."

"It...It's alright...Y-You can leave your hand there...Just do not try to make my breast burst like a water balloon..." Temari said, still blushing a quite bright shade of red.

"O-ok..." Naruto blushed brighter red and laid his head back, letting it rest against Temari's head.

Naruto inhaled the scent of her hair, "All the girls smell so damn good...and...Temari's feeling really warm right now...maybe it's because I have my hand on her chest...it's kinda...well...maybe it makes her feel uncomfortable..."

"Temari...?" Naruto whispered in her ear, sending a shiver over her body and causing her to blush even more.

"Y-yes?" Temari gulped and caressed Naruto's side with one hand as she had been doing for a while now, in order to comfort him a bit.

"Do...Do you...feel uncomfortable? Right now...with my hand on your breast...I mean..." Naruto blushed a deep shade of red.

"N-No...Not really...I...uhm...well...I'm definetely feeling comfortable right now...so don't worry about it..."

"Ok..." Naruto wrapped his other arm, the one that didn't have a hand resting on Temari's chest, just above Temari's waist and started tenderly stroking up and down over it as well, increasing Temari's breath by a slight bit, though it was still a noticeable difference.

Temari slightly turned her head around to face Naruto, and that was all it took for her lips to connect with his cheek. Naruto turned his head and as a blush once again rose upon his cheeks, he blinked at her, "That was a surprise...It was so...tender..."

Temari leaned a bit more forward, planted a kiss on his lips and then looked into his eyes, "I'm going to get ourselves some popcorn."

"Hm...? But, that means..." Naruto's eyes widened.

"This isn't really a scary part at all...you should be fine, Nemar-kun." Temari winked at Naruto and gave him a smile, "Now come on, back to your own seat for now..."

Naruto groaned, "Alright...Just come back soon."

"Don't worry, I'll be back in no time at all." Temari smiled at him as he jumped off her lap and back into his own seat.

"Maybe she's right...I think the scariest part is over..." Naruto thought as he calmly folded his arms and watched the movie, while Temari walked past him and out of the theatre for now.

Seeing that the line at the popcorn stand was close to non-existant, Temari felt lucky, "Hehe...Now, I sure hope Naruto won't miss money...I'll return it to him in due time..."

Temari pulled out a flat wallet from underneath her kimono and walked up towards the popcorn stand, "I'm just glad I didn't have to borrow Naruto's wallet...that thing isn't something you can hide underneath a kimono without being noticed..."

"One big popcorn." Temari said to the guy standing behind the stand.

"Oh no, really...surprise me..." The man replied grumpily.

"Don't whine, you're getting paid for it, aren't you?"

The man narrowed his eyes on Temari, "Salt or Sweet?"

"Hm...Sweet."

"Alright then, I'll make it 'extra' sweet for you missy...Because you've been such a friendly customer..." The man cleared his throat after he filled a bucket with popcorn and then spat upon, "There you go..."

Temari's eye twitched as the man held out the bucket of dirty saliva covered popcorn in front of her, "...This guy is SO getting it now..."

Less then a minute later, Temari was walking back into the theatre with a fresh new bucket of popcorn and a proud smirk painted on her face. That smirk, however, vanished once she reached the back row in the theatre, since 'Nemar' was no where to be found.

"Nemar-kun?" She whispered moving her eyes away from their chairs, searching for any signs of her date.

"Y-Yeah...?" Naruto slightly pulled himself up from behind his chair, revealing his blonde hair and bright blue eyes.

Temari let out a sigh as she shook her head, "I told you that it was not a scary part..."

"Y-Yeah...well...J-Just take a look yourself..." Naruto pointed towards the screen as Temari sat down her bucket of popcorn on her chair.

She turned around and looked for about a minute at the screen. After that minute, Temari was shocked by the sudden scream that was caused by the person that just walked into a floating head of someone she knew. Due to the sudden events on screen, Temari jumped behind the chairs as well and started shivering along with Naruto.

"S-See! Told you so...!" Naruto managed to bring out as he continued shivering.

"Y-Yeah...That was kind of scary..." Temari shivered as much as Naruto and scooted closer towards him and laid her arm around his back, softly caressing his side.

Naruto blushed as he felt Temari caressing his side and decided to pull her closer towards him. However, due to that he misjudged his own strength, he pulled a bit too hard, causing Temari to lose her balance and fall against him, sending both of them to the floor.

They stared into each other's eyes for a moment, both of them blushing quite a bit and then Temari moved one of her legs over Naruto and sat on top of him. The wind mistress bend over, press her body onto his and as she kissed him, she stroke with one hand through his hair.

Naruto wrapped his arms around her and asked for entrance to her mouth, which was granted without a moment of delay. After they broke their kiss, Temari rested her head next to Naruto's head, "Maybe I should grab our popcorn and then stay here for the rest of the movie..."

Naruto grinned when he heard that and stroked with his hand over her back, "No objections to that..."

Temari rose from her position, letting her hands slide over his chest. She picked up the bucket of popcorn she had set on her chair and looked around the theatre, finding out that most of the people were focussed on the movie and had no time to notice that two young teens were getting close and comfortable behind the back row of couches.

Temari placed the bucket next to her and Naruto and then laid back down on Naruto's chest, allowing Naruto to wrap his arms around her once again.

"You know...I love this feeling..." Temari said and she slightly crawled over Naruto's body, in order to plant another kiss on his lips, "It really feels good..."

Naruto smiled at her and tenderly caressed her back, "No kidding...This is a million times better than watching that horror movie!"

"I guess that's why I love to cuddle...things in my sleep. Like my blonde teddy." Temari said and supported herself on both her arms in or to stare directly into Naruto's eyes.

There was a moment of silence between the two of them, as in the background the shinobi ghost made his next victim.

Temari slightly blushed, raised a smirk on her face and leered seductively towards Naruto, "If you don't mind...I could show you my teddy after the movie..."

Naruto blinked at her, finding himself lost in her question, "What's so special about a teddy bear?"

"Who ever included 'bear' in my phrase?" Temari's smirk widened, only causing more question marks to hit Naruto.

"...I don't get it..." Naruto blinked again at the blonde wind mistress.

"Well then...why won't I give you a hint then...?" Temari asked as she lowered herself a bit more down on Naruto, but still leaving a gap between their bodies.

"Ehm..." Naruto blushed, not knowing what exactly to think or expect of Temari right now.

"Ssht...Just keep quiet and just look at nothing but my eyes..." Temari whispered and winked at him.

"Why...Why that?" Naruto asked, then heard Temari open her kimono and he could feel feel the fabric brush over his body, "Oh God..."

Trying to refrain from letting his mind take over and start having a relapse of the events that happened when he had the talk with Anko, Naruto blushed a deep shade of red. Temari grabbed onto Naruto's hand and started tracing down over her body with it, causing her to blush just as bright as Naruto and even bite on her lowerlip.

When she neared her waist with Naruto's hand, she moved his hands to her back and once they reached her panties, she let Naruto's hand rest upon them, "What is this, Nemar-kun? That is your hint to what a teddy is..."

Naruto gulped and blushed deeper red, "E...Ehm...A teddy is ehm...a pair of panties?"

"No, think about them more in general..." Temari whispered and made Naruto's hand brush over the edge of her panties.

"Ehm..ehm..." Naruto's brain was not made to act perfectly in a situation such as this one and so he was mentally banging his head against a wall, "Damn it...What's that supposed to mean..."

"Ehm...L-Lingerie?" Naruto asked, uncertain whether or not that was the correct answer.

Temari smiled at him and moved his hand of her behind, "That's correct, a teddy is also the name for certain lingerie...Next question, does Nemar-kun want to see me in it?"

Naruto started sweating out of nervosity and was yet again uncertain what would be the answer Temari wanted to hear, "Well...er...That is...probably not a good idea for my physical health...Losing a couple of liters of blood all of a sudden is ehm...not good..."

Temari smirked at him and lowered herself further onto Naruto's body, her chest lightly brushing against his own as she kissed him once again, "Then, how about me lying down you in my current state?"

"I...I think it would look like...we spawned of that horror movie then...covered in blood and such...though I'd be the only one dead..." Naruto flushed bright red as he stared into Temari's seductive looking eyes.

Temari giggled and then quickly closed her kimono, straightening her outfit before lying down on Naruto's body again, "Well, I can't let you die...So let's just keep you alive and..."

Temari didn't finish her sentence, but she did pull Naruto towards herself and gave him a long and passionate kiss. Needless to say, during the rest of the movie, Temari and Naruto were enjoying the warmth of each other's body with every now and then either a tender or passionate kiss, feeding eachother popcorn every now and then.

When the movie seemed to abruptly come to an end during one of their passionate kisses, Naruto and Temari quickly broke their kiss and looked up, seeing people slowly leaving the theatre.

"We'll wait until most of the people are gone..." Temari whispered in Naruto's ear before nibbling on his earlobe.

"Uhuh..." Naruto replied with the blush on his face that didn't seem to have plans on leaving anytime soon as he stroke over Temari's back, enjoying the silky softness of her kimono for as long as he could.

Once most of the crowd on the back rows had headed towards the exit, Temari rose to her feet, straightening her kimono and covering up her cleavage, which had been more exposed due to their previous position. Naruto got back up with a swift jump, feeling kind of wobbly after having Temari on his body for at least a good forty-five minutes.

Once Naruto had put his jacket back on and the two of them jumped back over the chairs, Temari instantly hooked arms with him again.

As they left the theatre, Naruto noticed that the popcorn stand was trashed and that the guy behind it was being helped by paramedics, "Looks like you were lucky that you could get popcorn...That guy looks beaten up pretty damn bad."

"Ehehehe..." Temari smiled sheepishly, "Yeah, well, what can I say? That guy was kind of rude to me so he got what he deserved..."

Naruto looked over towards Temari and raised a wide grin on his face, "I see. Then, you are kind of right. He shouldn't treat anyone disrespectful."

During their walk back towards Naruto's apartment, Naruto offered Temari his jacket, since it was getting quite cold and even though Temari said she was used to the cold of the desert, she accepted his offer, as long as he would wrap his arms around her so he wouldn't get cold.

"Well then...This is it, huh?" Temari said as she stood in front of the door leading to the apartment.

"Yeah...It was great." Naruto replied with a smile as he put his hands in his pockets.

Temari inhaled the scent of Naruto jacket, "Can I keep your jacket?"

Naruto looked with slightly wide eyes at her for a moment and then sheepishly grinned, rubbing the back of his head at the same time,"Sorry Temari, I only got one of those and I kind of promised Ino that I would wear it on her date with me..."

"It's alright..." Temari blushed for a moment and then held Naruto close to her body, giving him a very passionate kiss.

She stared with a sad look in her eyes at him after breaking the kiss, "I'm going to miss you..."

"I'll miss you too, but don't worry." Naruto said smiling and pointed towards the place where a day before he had thrown the kunai containing his message, "I'll keep in touch..."

Temari hugged him and rested her head against his shoulder, "You sure you don't want to come in for a moment?"

Naruto grinned widely and rubbed the back of his head, "Well, If I did that then you'd probably keep me captive or something. It would be kind of unfair to the other girls, don't you think?"

A few tears fell down from Temari's eyes onto Naruto's shoulder, "I don't mind it being unfair..."

"I know that...but just because I'm not going to stay with you for tonight, you shouldn't cry..." Naruto said as he stroke through her hair, "The Temari I like is both the gentle one and the devious and tough wind mistress one from Sunagakure, the only Temari that I don't like is the crying Temari, so keep on smiling for me."

"Sorry...Those were just tears of disappointment..." Temari said as she wiped her tears away with Naruto's shirt.

"Hey, Temari. I still need to use that shirt tomorrow, you know." Naruto said and slightly chuckled.

Temari raised one of her famous devious smirks at Naruto and looked into his eyes, "I know, but ruining my blonde rival's expectations is fun too."

Naruto chuckled and then gave Temari a kiss on her cheek, "That's my Sabaku no Hana for you. I'll see you soon."

"If not, I'm going to torture my room-mate, Naruto, and force me to show where his sensei and you are hiding." Temari stated once Naruto took his jacket of her shoulders and started walking away from her.

"Hehehe, then I'd better come see you soon. I hope you had a great time tonight with me, Temari...I certainly did." Naruto said and jumped away.

"Heh, of course I did..." Temari smiled and stared for a moment at the spot where Naruto had previously been standing, before reaching into the only pocket inside her kimono for her wallet, where she held her key to the apartment as well.

Naruto, who had only in fact jumped onto the rooftop, changed back to his normal self and let out a sigh, "Damn...For once I wished that a movie lasted longer then it did."

He quietly strolled around the rooftop for a while, mainly around the spot where he had collapsed the previous night, "What the hell was your purpose of doing such a thing, you damned fox..."

After being lost in thought at that spot for a couple of moments, Naruto decided it was about time to head back inside as well.

"I'm home!" Naruto announced as he closed the door behind him and walked through the hallway.

Once he reached his living room, he found Temari cuddling his pillow and asleep. He blushed as he noticed that she was only in her underwear, but he then smiled at her cute sleeping form and covered her up with his sheets.

Naruto took a glance at the clock, "It's still early...Well, I guess, she just wants to dream about tonight...And I can head out towards Ichiraku Ramen!"

After quickly grabbing his Gama-chan, he ran off towards Ichiraku's.

After eating eightteen bowls of Ramen, Naruto was finally stuffed and had enough Ramen in his body to fulfill his needs for Ramen, "Ah...That was so nice...Gotzusosama."

"Alright, pay up Naruto." Ayame said smiling at him as she held out her hands for Naruto to pay for his meal.

"Ah, of course. I think I used all of the money I currently have in my Gama-chan...Oh well, I'll just withdraw some more money tomorrow..." Naruto said as he emptied his wallet, handing all of the money to Ayame.

Ayame counted the money and then gave Naruto a worried look, which he obviously noticed, "What's wrong, Ayame-chan?"

"Ehm...Naruto...You miss money for about well...five bowls of ramen..."

"EH!"

"Ah...Naruto...Did I hear that right? Are you unable to pay for all of the bowls?" Ichiraku-san said and had an dark sparkle in his eyes as he rubbed in his hands.

A few moments later, Naruto was doing the dishes of Ichiraku Ramen along with Ayame.

"Cheer up, Naruto. At least you can talk to me."

"But I was sure I had enough money for all those bowls!"

"Well apparently you didn't, I never miscalculate the money given to me. You trust me, right?"

"Yeah of course...but...you know, something's weird about this! I knew I had enough money..."

"Oh well, just talk to me while doing the dishes."

"Yeah...I guess it's at least another way I can spend time with you..."

"A lot of time, because you'll have to work until midnight..."

"EH!" Naruto yelled and Ayame giggled at his reaction as she finished cleaning another bowl.

"...Temari is going to kill me once she wakes up..."


End of chapter A/N: I do not own Ju-on btw...If I did, I probably made some money with it and such...Anyway, I need a horror movie that would fit the Naruto world and not just place a movie from our world in theirs...so the first horror that came to mind was Ju-on and I decided to make it Shinobi Ju-on... Thanks for reading this chapter and if you have the time or aren't too lazy to review, I appreciate almost all reviews I get, the only ones I don't appreciate are flames. Constructive critism FTW! (that's For The Win...in case you didn't know...)