Previously

"HOKAGE-SAMA! HOKAGE-SAMA!" he heard from the other side of the door.

"Release" he yelled, deactivating the seal. "Enter" he commanded. Not a second later a random ANBU ran through the door. Jaraiya noticed him as a ROOT officer

"Hokage-sama the demon brat is killing innocent civilians in the restaraunt district. The Kyuubi is attacking!" Not a second Later he was hit in the face with such explosive force it shattered his jaw and knocked out all his teeth out on his left side. The force was so strong his neck snapped, killing him before he hit the opposite wall.

"Trash." Jaraiya muttered while getting up, not even looking at the now dead corpse or Sarutobi's shocked face. "Well, I gotta go see what the brat's up to. I want to observe him for a few minutes in the village, see how they treat him with my own eyes." And with that, he left his mentor alone in his office to contemplate his thoughts.

Watching Jiraiya already jump from the rooftops of the village towards his destination, the Sandaime winced slightly at the last statement; he would not want to be near the Sannin when he saw how Naruto was treated. He just hoped that nothing happened that would invoke Jiraiya's wrath upon the person that harmed Naruto.

Kurenai was walking through Konoha's busy main street, the market district to be precise. She was currently just window shopping, being a ninja meant that she had a lot of money and that allowed her to buy almost whatever she wanted that was less than 20,000 Ryo a month. Kurenai was exceptionally rich because she was a Jounin rank officer and was called out on many A-rank missions. She completed them quicker than others because she dealt with stealth.

If she could dispose of an enemy when he wasn't aware or didn't have his guard up then it would be an easy mission. The S-rank missions that she usually did as a jounin got her a lot of money as well.

She was walking by a clothing store and decided to have a quick look at the merchandise on front display. She blushed lightly at the pack of six different colored panties with a cute looking fox on front and the words "foxy" on the back.

It made her smile and blush a little more at the memories of the blond male that came back to the village. She remembered the first time she had seen him. At first it was admiration for his courage, but after getting to know him a little better from Hinata's rants she grew fonder and fonder of him. At the present moment it wasn't love… but she knew that if she had gotten to know him personally then she knew she would have.

She walked into the store and purchased the pack of panties, she also found a foxy plush that she couldn't help but buy. She walked out of the shop with a small preverse grin as she looked at her new undergarments. She thought they were adorable, yet sexy. She had named the plush 'Naruto' although she would never admit it to anyone. If anyone would ask she would tell them that it was a childhood toy that she liked to keep out because it reminded her of… well she would say her deceased mother that passed on not so long ago…

'Yeah they'd buy it…' Kurenai thought with a giddy grin.

As she walked back to her house she decided to reminisce about her first 'real' encounter with Naruto… although she may have been spying…

(Flashback)

Kurenai as a fourteen Chunnin was given a five year old Hinata to train instead of her father… she knew that Hinata's father cared but he would never show it unless he really needed to… many Hyuuga's will not show emotion because they deem it weak. Although Hiashi in his youth had sworn that he would not be emotionless, he would not be cruel or sadistic and he would one day find out a way to remove the caged bird seal.

Hinata was quite reluctant to be trained by someone other than her father, Kurenai knew that Hinata didn't care about the position of heir or next clan head… all she wanted was her father's love, respect and approval.

Kurenai noticed that Hinata had been stealing glances at a certain older blond knucklehead that only seemed to seek recognition and acknowledgement, yet later on became a little colder and more distant. She had spied on Hinata as she spied on a seven year old Naruto (ironic?). Kurenai would have a few looks at Naruto to see what Hinata saw in him… not strangely at all she saw it too. He was hard working, confident and always seemed to be kind, caring, gentle and nice even when people weren't wonderfully nice to him.

She admired that about him above all else. She noticed that his whisker marks looked cute and his expressions were precious. But she would never try anything until she found out how he would fill out. Kurenai had never even thought of Naruto as a 'boy toy' she never looked at him that way, only with admiration and great care.

She saw Naruto train himself to exhaustion everyday that she spied on Hinata. She was told to spy on Hinata for protection, she was the heiress and the Hyuuga council didn't want Hyuuga blood or D.N.A being tested by other villages.

So they told Kurenai to guard Hinata just in case Kumo decides to try it again.

When Naruto collapsed due to chakra depletion Kurenai was scarred shitless. When a normal person runs out of chakra completely they die! But Naruto was still breathing on the floor. She was amazed by this, Hinata too was amazed at this. They both knew that Naruto must have an extremely high willpower to be able to live after such a feat.

Hinata walked gingerly towards Naruto, when she noticed he wasn't conscious she sighed a sigh of relief. She picked Naruto up bridal style which made her blush furiously. She headed towards the hospital while trying to remain conscious. Kurenai was in hysterics in her mind just watching Hinata jump from tree to tree and wobble slightly as she landed due to lack of blood in the rest of her body.

(End flashback)

Kurenai chuckled as she remembered how red she was, although she hoped that Hinata would have passed out just to make her scream with laughter. She knew that thought was slightly cruel but it still made her laugh.

All humor she felt at the moment died and shriveled up in a ball of hibernation as she remembered how she and the blond got acquainted those years ago, only to betray him in the end.

Another Flashback (Big whoop wanna fight about it)

Kurenai was sitting on a tree branch overlooking a cliff. At fifteen, she still had not found a man to call her own. It was not depressing to her, in any sense, but she needed someone to cry on, someone to kiss and tell her she was beautiful. She needed to love. No matter how hard the ninjas of any village; even from Iwa; they couldn't avoid love forever.

Kurenai considered the men that she had already known throughout her life. She had not gone on any dates before; rejecting all the boys that had tried to ask her out.

'They were creeps anyway', she thought as she crossed off at least fifty men off her mind.

First, there was Kakashi. He looked like the type that would make a good father, according to the way he carries himself. He looked like a candidate for her husband, except for the fact that she had been openly humiliated by him during her Genin days, sparking their rivalry.

Well... one sided rivalry.

Then, there was Asuma. Now, he was a good guy, despite his addiction to tobacco, he was a very good choice for a husband. Caring, loving, kind-hearted and had good humor. All that was left was a ring with their names on it and they would be married. Definitely head of the table.

Gai was a little too hyper and upbeat for her taste. She couldn't bear being with him for a minute, let alone the rest of her life. Bottom of the table, definitely.

Adding all of the people mentioned by her mind, she currently saw Asuma as her number one candidate with Kakashi coming a close second. She smiled to herself at the two thoughts.

Her mind was too occupied with looking for love that she forgot to balance herself on the branch and fell.

"Eep!" the female Chunin cried as she dropped from the tree and…

Into the arms of a blonde child. And a strong one at that.

"Kurenai-san? What are you doing here?" it was the loudmouth boy of the village, Naruto.

She recognized him by the whisker marks on his cheeks.

Kurenai took a look at her savior. He had changed so much from when she last saw him. Of course, she did not know recognize him without his orange monstrosity he called clothes. He was just wearing a black tank top with black pants with ANBU style sandals. (AN: Kurenai is 15 and Naruto is 7.)

"Naruto? What are you doing here?" the woman began.

"This is where I always come to think." The blonde boy said. As he set her down.

"So what are you here for, Naruto?" Kurenai asked him.

"I told you, I always come here to think. What are you here for?"

"Same thing here." Kurenai replied to his question.

"Well, why don't we both sit down and think? Two heads are better than one."

"Alright then." Kurenai sat down; her back leaning against the tree. Naruto joined her, sitting right next to her.

Kurenai was in deep thought; she wanted a man to be with her for the rest of her life.

"Kurenai-san, would you care to tell me what made you come here?"

"Oh? It's stupid, really."Kurenai said, grimacing at her thoughts.

"Well, why don't you just talk to me about it? Maybe it isn't stupid at all."

"Naruto…" she could not continue as she had looked into Naruto's young and eager innocent eyes, and being a female not immune to them; she followed what he persisted, "I came here to think about… men. You see, Naruto, I'm the only one in my age besides my best friend who hasn't had a boyfriend and…"

"You are now thinking about your love life and looking for a man."

"Yes. Yes, Naruto. It's something that none of us ninjas can't escape. It's a powerful thing."

"I know, Kurenai-san." Naruto said, grimacing now, "But I don't think that I have ever felt any love or affection in my life. Because of… what I am…"

Naruto chose not to continue his sentence; scared he might scare her off.

"Because you are the vessel for the Kyuubi No Youko" she finished for him.

Naruto slowly nodded, expecting the woman to go away with some stupid excuse.

"I didn't know that you led such a life." that was all she could say.

"Kurenai-san, I wish you luck in finding a person for your heart." Naruto got up, smiling again, "And I'm really sorry about just now."

"You're sorry about what, Naruto?" Kurenai couldn't understand what he was saying.

"I thought that you were an angel that dropped out of the sky." Naruto said, he walked away from the scene, he didn't see that Kurenai was blushing as well.

Flashback End

She was saddened to think that she could never have Naruto. The only way would be if Naruto had a bloodline or was the last of a clan.(AN: she was not at the council meeting) Sadly Naruto wasn't part of a clan… the name Uzumaki wasn't even on the history books. She would let Hinata have him hands down when he returned… she just knew that she couldn't admire anyone as much as him, but this still wouldn't stop her from getting to know him more.

If he ever forgave her.

Just a chapter for updating. As promised I'm posting more but making the chapter shorter until I get to fight scenes.

Also I'm just doing Kurenai's character development because she will play a bigger role in this fic than in canon. Does not mean she will be paired with Naruto...

But who knows…..