Strangely though it was a little before mid day it was surprisingly quiet as Raven walked through the shopping district towards the main road. Sure, he'd hear the occasional whisper and mutter from civilians or shinobi that noticed him. But there weren't many people around. And the ones that were seemed to be daydreaming. Though then again it might have just been his imagination, so instead of putting too much mind to it he made his way to the main Konoha road, which was busier.
Not overly crowded, but definitely more people. Raven weaved in and out of the waves of people, slowly making his way towards the tower. It was slow progress, but he made it their eventually without hassle. Once in through the doors he saw a desk with a brown haired woman sat behind it, Raven wasn't sure if she was civilian or just a kunoichi without her active duty clothing on. But she was wearing ordinary looking clothes.
Walking up to the desk he waited for her to notice him before shining a smile, "Umm hello, I'm hoping to see the Hokage quickly. Won't take long."
Looking through a large book she ran her long nailed finger over a time spot and smiled, "She's free at the moment, if you'd like to walk up that way you'll find a desk at the top of some stairs." She said softly while pointing to a doorway he'd been through just the other day.
"Thank you, I just didn't want to interrupt anything."
"No problem, have a nice day."
And with that Raven waved politely and set off, minutes later he was halfway their when he heard a familiar voice, looking through a doorway where a second set of stairs led the same way outside, he noticed two people. One of the people being the pink haired ninja, Sakura. And the second being the blonde idiot, known as Naruto. Blinking a second he realised he hadn't been noticed yet and they was still deep in conversation.
"So, he has information of where Sasuke is?"
"Hai, but he wont give it up until he's been given a clearance to stay in Konoha."
'Ah, it's about me, maybe I best leave.' Raven back stepped towards where he came from but didn't go further. Maybe it was his curious side or maybe it was simply because of habit of listening in on other people's conversation. Either way he listened in.
"If he knows where Sasuke is then we should go after him!"
"I know Naruto, but-"
"No! No buts Sakura chan! We need to find Sasuke. With or without Tsunade no baa Chan's help!"
"Naruto, we can't force him to tell us."
"Oh, why the hell not?"
'Ok, think it's definitely best I go now,' silently Raven crept away.
Once the rest of the way up the stairs Raven saw Shizunes desk once more, however she wasn't behind it or anywhere in sight. But soon enough he heard her voice coming from inside Tsunades office. Walking over to the door he listened in.
"Tsunade sama, you validated Ravens information almost 2 days ago, why haven't you gotten him to give it all to you yet."
"Shizune, we can't just take it all at once, we'd be over loaded and wouldn't know where to start."
"But Hokage Sama, you're just saying that so you don't have to do more work!"
"Shizune, I'm not. On the name of Hokage I swear it"
"Ah! Tsunade Sama, don't swear on the Hokage name!"
"Why not? I'm the Hokage."
"Exactly!"
"Shizune you're overreacting."
"Tsunade sama! You know that Naruto and Sakura are getting restless. It was a bad idea having Sakura listen to Raven go on about Sasuke like that."
"She needed to hear it, besides she's a good kunoichi she wont do anything stupid."
"It's not Sakura I'm worrying about."
"Shizune you worry about everything. You need to have a drink of sake."
"No I don't, and neither do you!"
Raven had to hold back a laugh, same old Shizune and Tsunade. Shaking such thoughts from his head, Raven knocked on the door.
"Come in."
Nodding to no one and nothing in particular, Raven opened the door and walked in, getting surprised looks from the two of them.
"Raven? What are you here for?"
"I came to ask you permission for something."
Tsunade gave shizune a quick nod, causing the ebony headed woman to shuffle out the room with ton ton in her arms. Raven swore he saw her shaking her head.
"Permission? For what?"
"Well, you see. I walked around Konoha a while, but no one would let me rent a room to sleep. Eventually I gave up, but with thanks to Tenten I was able to buy a tent and basic supplies."
"A tent? And where are you sleeping in this tent?"
"Not sure what the area is called, but it's under a lone tree, near a house, along the inner edge of the forest. Not too far away from a training area."
"I'm unfamiliar with the description but go on."
"Well, I've been there for the last few days, but a tent isn't really enough."
"So how can I help?"
"Well, I wanted to get planning and building permission."
"Building permission? What are you planning to build?"
"A small house."
"You want to build yourself a house?"
"Well, I need somewhere for myself. Nowhere will take me. And there's more than enough space. The house I mentioned seems to be abandoned, but it would more than likely crumble if a particularly hard breeze came along."
"Well I see no problem with it, but how do you intend to do it."
"By myself, I can purchase the hardware and I have access to tree's."
"I will have to check with shizune. But I don't see any reason why not. When do you plan on starting?"
"Soon as I get permission I guess, hopefully before my partner is ready."
Nodding her head Tsunade called Shizune back in and explained the situation, Shizune promptly ran off to check out the administration side of things. Quickly Shizune brought back a form and had Raven sign it. Made a copy using a butchered form of Kage Bushin and handed one to Raven to keep and one for the office.
"Just curious, if I planned to build more around it. For example a wall around the area to keep others out. Would I need to notify you?"
"What do you have in mind?"
"Well nothing really, just a hypothetical question."
"Hypothetically what do you have in mind?" Tsunades curiosity was one stubborn thing.
"Well hypothetically, a Blackwood compound. For if I ever wish to rebuild my clan."
"Well, as long as you pay keep to a designated area. And notify if you wish to expand it further than the space given, then I see no reason why you'd have to. But I would prefer it to be kept up to date."
"Of course, as I said it was just a question."
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Ino didn't wake up when she was supposed to meat her team; instead she just rolled over and told her mother that she was sick. Shikamaru being himself had allowed himself in and bugged her about lying and not getting any stronger by being troublesome. But she didn't care. Chouji eventually dragged Shikamaru out of the house and off to train. Though not before Shikamaru hit a nerve by asking if her actions had anything to do with Raven being back. Said comment receiving him a black eye.
Even after they left Ino's mother had overheard what had gotten the most response out of her daughter and pressed the matter as far as she could. "Was your team-mate correct?"
"About what?" Ino mumbled through her pillow.
"About why your home, is it because that boy is back?"
"NO! It's not!" Ino shouted. But before her mother could continue Ino flung the covers back, still in the clothes she wore the previous night, and walked out her room. Down the stairs and out the front door. Stomping her way wherever her feet took her.
It wasn't until she looked up that she found she'd made her way back to Ravens camp. In silence she mulled over in her head what had possessed her to return here. But seeing as his things were all put away, she could only assume he was off around Konoha somewhere.
Thinking about what she wanted to do she was racked with indecision, so stood in silence for a while before walking over to where she remembered him sitting the night before and sat in the same spot.
Taking in her surroundings she found it very serene. No hustle and bustle like in the streets. Yes the occasional bird would chirp. And sure the wind was rustling calmly through the leaves of the tree she was under. But that was it. She felt very relaxed in the area and leaning back against the tree she very quickly dosed off.
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After getting Tsunades permission, and getting the required documents, Raven headed into town along the road he remembered Tenten had taken him. In hopes of getting some of the civilian hardware he'd seen the other day. When he was finally outside the shop he took a deep breath and walked on in.
However unlike the day before he had a chance to look around a little longer, the room wasn't very light. But wasn't too dark, enough to see where one was going. There was also a faint smell of ginger coming from the back towards the counter, but he ignored that in favour of finding the hammer and nails. Which he found in due time. Picking them up he grabbed a few boxes of nails as well as a screwdriver and screws.
Walking to the back he made his way to the counter he'd been to yesterday, while he'd half been expecting Tenten their, he wasn't surprised to see no one stood there at all. Finding a hotel style bell, Raven looked around a few times before promptly pressing the button. Causing the ring to echo throughout the store. After a few seconds Raven heard tumbling around above his head, and heard a shout echo downstairs. "I'll get it!"
When the person came through a doorway to the side of the counter Raven was surprised to see Tenten. He'd assumed she was out with Neji and Lee. But he was obviously wrong.
"Raven, what are you doing here?"
"Oh hello again Tenten, I came by to pick up a few things." By the time Raven finished saying that Tenten was already behind the counter looking at his selection.
"What you want with these?"
"Oh I'm going to build something."
"I guessed that, but what?" while she was enquiring she was also ringing the items up in the cash register.
"That's a surprise for now."
"Building a house?" Tenten joked.
Raven knew it was a joke but couldn't help but sweat a little. 'Lucky guess' "Maybe, maybe not." 'Might have been a good guess but don't mean I got to tell her.'
"Well when your done or run out of supplies let me know."
"Will do. Oh and Tenten, while I know he is. How's Lee?"
"Lee's fine, though I have no idea how you beat him. And so quickly too."
"Yeah well, he underestimated me."
"Guess that's what happens when you're gone for a while."
"Yeah, oh and how about Neji? He calmed down at all?"
"Nope. And I don't suggest getting in his way for a while either."
Upon ringing up the items, Raven gave Tenten the money and watched as the items were put into more bags.
"Well here you go."
"Thanks, oh and one more thing. Do you know where Ino is by any chance?"
"Ino? No, can't say that I do. If I see her you want me to let her know where you are?"
"Umm, no thanks. Thanks anyway. Have a good day!"
"You too."
With a wave and a smile Raven was gone, his items in hand and a plan in mind. It was a few minutes before he was at his camp when he saw Shikamaru, Chouji and Naruto all heading towards a ramen shop. Ravens stomach grumbled to the point of several passers by made weird looks at him. But he wasn't going to push his luck. Not yet at least. So instead of that he headed off to the grocery store Tenten had also taken him to. Picking up a few packets of instant ramen.
With more items in hand he made his way the rest of the way back to his camp in silence. Thinking of how he'd start off the building first and mentally planning his idea's carefully. When his camp finally came into view, he noticed he had a visitor.
When he got closer he realised who it was as well. A certain blonde kunoichi. And apparently she was asleep. Being as quiet as he could, he walked over to his tent and placed his things down. Tiptoeing around and avoiding stepping on anything that could wake her. Eventually his things were put away neatly and he was even boiling some water ready for some tea and maybe some ramen too.
Looking up at the sky he realised it was getting a little dark again. And while he wanted to wake Ino up and give her a chance to get home before it was pitch black he also didn't want to disturb her. Her eyes were red and dark, either from crying or lack of sleep. While logic made him realise it was both, he unfortunately guessed it was mainly the former. So decided to leave her where she was. If she woke up he'd simply explain he didn't want to wake her, offer her some ramen or tea and then walk her home. Simple as.
Though it wasn't as simple as that in the end. Ino had slept through to late at night, much later than the previous night. And like the previous night Ravens thoughts had run amok. However he was sitting in a weird angle so when she finally started stirring his lap wasn't visible.
Looking over at Ino Raven finished his ramen and swallowed the rest of his tea. He had planned to go to bed early and get up early to get work started. But he didn't feel right leaving her unguarded. So stayed up late.
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Eventually Ino awoke to the sound of wood burning, when her senses started coming back she also smelt what she swore was ramen, tea and burnt wood ashes. Slowly her eyes opened, adjusting to the darkness that wasn't illuminated by the campfire in front of her. Then her gaze shifted to Raven who was looking back at her in silence. Instantly waking fully up she took in the details of where she was and what the time was. Surprised she'd slept so long, furious she had let her guard down and fallen asleep in public. And sad that even though she was effectively sat alone in the dark with the sole person that had her crying for months on end. She still felt relaxed in his presence and it brought tears to her eyes.
Wiping them away quickly, before they could fully form. She attempted to speak but her lips were dry and her throat ached. Raven noticed though and nodded towards the ground near her side. When she looked down she was surprised to find there was a cup of tea, she was also surprised to see there was also a blanket wrapped around her body. Looking up with a questioning gaze directed towards Raven, he smiled softly and said, "You don't think I'd let ya get cold do ya?"
Shaking her head she untangled her arms from the material and brought the cup up to her lips. Surprised it was still warm she wondered how long ago he'd returned. And low long he must have been sat there with her sleeping body. And seemingly done nothing but prepare her a warm drink and cover her up from the cold.
'Damm him and his kindness! Makes it hard to hate him!' Drinking the warm liquid she soon felt feeling return to her throat and body. Stretching on the spot she looked around once more.
"I'd say what I did last night," Raven started saying, which stole her gaze back to him. "And have you on your way home. But unfortunately it's too late for that now. So I'm going to have to insist you take my sleeping bag."
Just as she was opening her mouth to reject his, kind offer. And speak in his presence for the first time since his return, he interrupted her. 'Damm him for that too!"
"No buts, I'm fine out here and you need it more than I do," 'Though there is one for two.. But no way in hell I'm taking a chance with that.'
Before she could protest, he silenced her by clearing his throat, and nodding his head towards his tent, "Go on."
Sighing deeply she weighed her options. One the one hand, she could go in the tent and sleep till morning, worry her family sick and betray her own feelings of hatred towards him. On the other hand, she could refuse and go home, be in a warm and comfy bed, let her mother know she was all right and also still 'claim' she hated him. The one constant in the two options being him. Despite how angry she was, how upset she was and how broken and confused she felt. He calmed her down, made her feel wanted and cared for and gave her time to thinks things through.
She wasn't over him, not by a long shot. He changed her, made her different, almost a different Ino all together. She was confident, beautiful, strong, and intelligent and all the boys wanted her even though she was having none of it.
But when they started going out, he saw through her lies, he saw her inner beauty, he saw her weakness on the inside, and he made her strive to be better and made her only want him and no one else.
She felt so foolish, she didn't need to weigh up her options, her mind was made up long before she started giving it thought. Her body had moved without her knowledge and crawled slowly into the tent.
Warmth swept over her and she was surprised at how cosy it actually was, turning around towards the open end she saw Raven smile in her direction and nod softly. "Don't worry I'll be here when you wake up," before she could thank him though, he led down on the floor outside the tent, making himself comfy with spare pillow and fell asleep almost instantly. 'How long did he stay awake for me? When will I be able to tell him what's on my mind? And why does it smell of masturbation in here?'
Looking around she couldn't figure out where the smell was coming from, putting it off as her imagination, she led down. Instead of getting inside the sleeping bag, she unzipped it fully out and used it as a cover. Staring up at the top of the tent for a few minutes she felt slightly uncomfortable. But was unable to figure out why.
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Lemon warning! Lemon warning! Lemon warning! Lemon warning! Lemon warning!
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For a while Ino couldn't stop fidgeting, she just felt uncomfortable for some reason. She tried everything she could think of, twisting, turning, laying in a different position, even swapping ends of where her head was. But nothing helped. Instead it got slightly worse. Though the worse it got the hotter she felt, her skin felt like it was steaming. So she tried kicking off the covers, no difference. She even tried taking her outer clothing off and putting it at a pile at the end of her feet, it helped a little but not nearly enough. Every movement seemed to make it worse, but she couldn't stay still. Slowly she tried everything she could think of, taking deep breaths and trying to calm down. But she couldn't relax while her skin felt like it was being set on fire.
Soon her entire body started tingling. It started as all over but then as she got hotter and hotter, and the move she fidgeted it started focusing in one 2 main area's. Her chest and her lower tummy. Ino put them down as simply being from all the movements. But the flesh around those areas got even hotter. She was turning bright red and her body was tingling In such a way she immediately realised what was going on. She wasn't sick like she had started thinking. She was aroused. Very aroused. And Raven was only a metre or so away.
Her mind was telling her to ease the steadily growing pressure that was building up, but she was too afraid Raven would hear. She was finally coming to terms with not hating him. She absolutely could not have him wake up to her being disgusting and have him hate her. She almost felt like crying, and to make her feel worse at one point she accidentally moaned.
Her eyes bolted open as wide as they could go, she couldn't believe her body had betrayed her. But not hearing any noises from outside she raised her head to look at him. Only to find him completely sound asleep. Counting her blessings she tried to roll over and copy him, but rolling over only increased the problem.
Having rolled over onto her front, her breasts in the bandages she had wrapped around her body instead of undergarments, rubbed teasingly against her tender flesh. Eliciting another noise from her lips. Looking up in Ravens direction once more she saw he again had not heard her. While before she counted her blessings, her mind was slowly getting effected by the hormones racing through her body.
Raising her hands close to Raven she clicked her fingers, instantly recoiling them and pretending to be asleep, but nothing happened. Unsure as to whether or not she could moan quiet enough she tested the waters again. This time by clapping her hands loudly. But again, no reaction.
Thinking back to herself she remembered that Raven was a somewhat deep sleeper before as well, after previous lovemaking while he had fallen asleep peacefully she stayed awake, looking happily at his sleeping face. Giving her ample time to put his hair in pigtails a few times.
She was sure if he woke up she'd regret it, but by now her breasts were aching and her lower region was a mix between burning and soaking. So also she didn't really care. Stumbling to a kneeling position she un-bandaged herself, discarding the stringy cloth material in a medium sized pile.
With her assets free for the wind to blow over she shivered and reached forward to let the tent flap fall into place. Obscuring anyone's view of her actions and hopefully blocking any noises slightly. Laying back down with the covers to the side incase of needing to cover herself quickly, she made herself comfortable and let her fingers connect with her searing hot skin. Her fingers instantly dancing across her flesh and making their individual ways towards her breasts.
After raven's betrayal her body had decided to make a growth spurt, rivalling that of her mother and Sakura. Her breasts had stopped growing when they had reached a CC bra size, but her battle clothes didn't allow for bras above BB so instead she went with bandages. It was a easy and cheap substitute, and no one was any the wiser because she was already using bandages as a clothing accessory.
Taking her large breasts in the palms of her hands she gasped a silent moan, as just the slightest touch caused pleasure to shoot throughout her whole body. Though Ino was far from happy with just that, she started so she was darn well going to go all the way. Feeling her breasts get even hotter she rubbed them both in sync, squeezing, massaging, rubbing, cupping, tickling and pinching. Not even letting her hardened nipples get away without being rolled around in her thumb and forefinger, before receiving a teasing squeeze.
When the heat from her breasts only got hotter, she had no alternative but to move on to the main thing, with a dark blush covering her face she slowly let her fingers slide down her slim stomach and make their way in-between her legs. Once there she felt so embarrassed she squeezed her legs together to stop herself, but she needed to quench her burning desire. Opening her legs enough to squeeze her hand in, she slowly rubbed at her outer thighs, working up towards the main heat source inch by inch until finally her hand connected with her ((I apologise, but I cannot in all good conscience call it what most others do.. so you'll have to put up with "female part". Also I will finish this when able.))
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Lemon finished! Lemon finished! Lemon finished! Lemon finished! Lemon finished!
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With both of them asleep and dreaming, most likely about each other. The masked watchman that Raven had forgotten about was sat in a branch under the tree. 'I probably shouldn't have heard any of that.' Blushing under his mask he scratched his chin before going back to surveying the area.