Naruto yawned and jumped out his bed quickly, it was six in the morning and he wasn't in the least bit tired, ' figures I had some really good sleep at night!'. He quickly showered and went for the fridge 'Humph nothin as usual'he grabbed the almost empty carton of orange juice and chugged it down. He looked at the clock again ' Aww only 6:32! I could've sworn I wasted more time than that!' suddenly an idea popped into his head 'Maybe I'll go visit Ino later down at the shop, she could use some help in there any way'. He chuckled as he remembered the look on her face in the morning, he decided to take his time walking to the other side of the town, there was no reason to rush. Leaving his apartment Naruto smiled to himself remembering everything that had happened yesterday evening 'Who would ever think that Ino and I would get along so well' he stopped to think; why wouldn't they? They we're both blond, loud and outgoing'Maybe that's why Sakura-chan gets so upset at us'. Naruto was lost deep in thought, now that was a name he hadn't thought about for some time now and was surprised that thinking about her didn't hurt at all, 'I don't think that I have a crush on her anymore'. He snapped out of his thoughts when he almost crashed into the door of the small shop, he peered inside and looked at the clock. 7:12 " I didn't know that it would take me that long to walk here" he said out loud, he pouted "Isn't she suppose to be here by now?".
"Who are you talking about Naruto?"
"Gahh!" Naruto jumped and turned around, looking up at the tall blond man "You should scare people like that !", he said catching his breath.
"Sorry about that Naruto, but you should be aware of your surroundings" he paused letting the blond boy finish recovering "Now who are you talking about?" he asked again.
Naruto sighed and smiled "Ino-chan, I thought that this was the time that she was suppose to be working?"
Inoichi raised an eyebrow "She doesn't work on Saturday's, and now that her punishment is over she only work's on Monday through Wednesday." He said rubbing his chin, his face became serious "Is there something you need from my daughter?" his fatherly instincts came in.
Naruto scratched his head nervously "No no nothing at all, I was just going to offer her some help in the shop is all" he chuckled nervously, he shifted uncomfortably under the heavy gaze of Inoichi.
Inoichi suddenly smiled brightly "Oh then why didn't you just say so in the first place? I'm sure she will really appreciate your help"
Naruto sweat dropped ' That was close', "Uh, I really should get going now bye Mr. Yamanaka!".
He quickly ran down the block quickly out of the blond man's sight and made of dash for a certain household, he looked around checking to see if the coast was clear before jumping near the window and peering inside, he knocked on the window only to have the sleeping female groan and turn her back towards him, he tapped on the glass a bit harder. When he got no response he used a jetsu that he had leared from when he was with Jiraya 'Guess that's one of the only handy things that comes out of Ero-san being a pervert'. He lifted the window and quietly crept inside. Trying not to wake her up, he sat on her bed right beside her careful not to shake her bed to much before poking her on her shoulder "Ino wake up" he whispered, she turned over again on her side facing him. 'Man what's with this girl'he poked her again and still no response, his eyebrow twitched in annoyance. He put a finger on her forehead before pushing hard "INO!" he whispered harshly.
Ino sprangs up only to be greeted by a fellow blond "What the?", as a reaction she accidently kicked him off of the bed making him land with a loud thump
"Owww" he said slowly sitting up, "What was that for?"
"For being in my room that's what it's for, what are you doing here?" She said leaning over the side of her bed.
Just then a voice could be heard from the floor below "Ino is everything alright?".
Ino became nervous and hurriedly jumped off of her bed "Naruto get out of here now!".
"Why what's the big deal anyway" He asked rubbing his head
"Naruto!" she grabbed him from his shoulders only so he could turn around making them both fall down.
"Ouch" Ino hissed as her back collided with the floor only to have Naruto's extra weight pushing against her chest.
Naruto quickly stood up apologizing "Sorry Ino it was an accident..." he was shut up when Ino had put a hand to his mouth, the sound of footsteps could be heard coming closer.
" Quick! Naruto go somewhere?" she whispered frantically
"Where?!" Naruto looked at the door hearing the person right outside the door
"Ino are you sure everything is alright?" Ms. Yamanaka asked again.
Ino quickly shoved Naruto under her bed "Uh yeah mom everything is fine!" she chuckled nervously
Ino's mother opened the door and looked inside "You might want to try cleaning this place up some hun, it's a mess" She paused and listened for a second as she could here the busy streets of Kohana "Why is the window open?".
The blond girl had to hurry and think of an excuse "Because I needed some fresh air, it's so stuffy in this room" she yawned and pretended to be sleepy "Alright mom I think I going to sleep for a little longer" she said getting into bed.
"Alright whatever you say Ino" she began to close the door when she stopped and turned around with a knowing smile "I was your age before to you know, now where is he?". Ino gulped and tried to think of an excuse.
"Uhh...I don't know what you're talking about, maybe you had to much coffee of something" She suggested with a wavering voice. Naruto was sweating bullets 'Oh damn, how do I get myself out of this one' he stayed quiet as possible hoping her mom would just take it and leave.
smirked before leaving the room "O.K. Ino I let you go, to tell you the truth I really don't mind. It's your father you have to watch out for" and with that said she closed the door. Hearing the retreating footsteps Naruto crawled from under the bed.
"Whoa that was a close one" he said sitting on her bed "Hey are you O.K.?".
Ino tried not to smile and stay upset at him for what he had done "Am I O.K.? you nearly got me in some deep crap and you ask me if I'm O.K.?"
Naruto frowned "Ya know you don't have to get an attitude about it, you're fine now so what's the big deal?" he raised his voice becoming upset
Ino turned around with a smirk "Who said I was getting an attitude, you've actually made my morning interesting " she said hopping on the bed next to him. "Now why was the reason you came here in the first place?"
Naruto nearly fell off again after thowing her weight on the bed like that "I really came to ask you if you needed any help in the shop but your father told me you didn't work today, so now I'm here and was wondering what you wanna do today?" he asked pleadingly.
"I guess we can go somewhere to eat but please let me get a chance to get ready and meet me at the shop in one hour" she said satisfied
"Aww one hour!, that's to long Ino-chan!" he said whining like a little kid
"Welll it's worth the wait" and with that said he left her house as she prepared for another day worth the trouble.
And that's the end to that chapter, I think that I am satisfied with this for now, well I hoped you enjoyed review please.
