Keen- Sharp, piercing, or biting.

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Ino Yamanaka had a keen eye for the affairs of the heart. Her "meddling" as some called it was her way of giving back to society. If she could do something nice for someone else (AKA hook them up with someone) then in return good things would happen to her.

There had never been a case she couldn't close, until Sakura Haruno.

The girl's first love had been the infamous Sasuke Uchiha. She herself had loved him, but that was beside the point. That relationship was doomed from the beginning.

She'd thought she'd seen another route for Sakura to take…well more like several routes.

The first had been the ever obvious Rock Lee. Sure the guy wasn't great to look at, but he had a heart of gold and worshipped the ground Sakura walked on. With passion like that the two of them could hit it off very well.

That plan had ended in absolute failure. To be expected.

She'd tried a ninja from a different team next. Sakura did like animals after all, so why not Kiba? They both had a strong drive, and cared a lot about their comrade's wellbeing.

Only thing was that Kiba cared more about his dog then having a relationship. He wasn't quite ready to take that step into romance.

She'd tried Shikamaru next, putting him in situations with Sakura that would only lead them to getting to know each other. It had worked out very nicely, with both of them becoming closer friends.

Of course Shikamaru had to be a genius and catch onto her plan, effectively soiling it.

Who knew the lazy genius happened to be pursuing a relationship with a sand shinobi? He never told her. She could have helped him out!

She had been about to close the case when she'd witnessed something miraculous a few days before. The way Sakura carried herself, even while speaking to single men…and the way Naruto glared at each and every one.

Everything had clicked. The perfect match for Sakura was the one who had always tried to gain her affections in the first place!

They seemed to be at an awkward point in the relationship…somewhere between "What in the world are we doing" and "I want to keep doing it."

To give her relationship a little push in the right direction, she'd decided to do something a little unorthodox…

"Tell me why you transformed into Naruto again?"

Ino raised a finger to her lips…err…Naruto's lips.

"Don't give away my cover Shikamaru. You know how important this is."

The lazy genius rolled his eyes, shoving his hands into his pockets. "Actually I think you are being ridiculous. Why don't you let them work through this alone instead of meddling? All you're going to do is make things worse." He yawned loudly, giving her a pointed stare. "Besides, no one is ever going to believe you are Naruto."

As if on cue Lee came around the corner, waving at the two of them as he ran by.

"Hi Shikamaru! Hi Naruto!"

Shikamaru watched him go, laying his hand against his face.

"I've overestimated the shinobi of Konoha." He murmured.

Ino grinned, pumping her fist. "Then it's time to act."

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"You've got to be kidding me."

"I wish I was."

Naruto groaned, rubbing his forehead. "Is there no end to her crazy?"

Shikamaru shrugged. "I only came here to give you the news. Do what you want with it."

Naruto nodded, knowing he'd have to think quickly. Sakura could be anywhere, and Ino could find her at any moment. If he was to force her not to meddle anymore he'd have to find Ino first and do something…something insane.

A wide grin spread across his face.

He knew just the trick.

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"Sakura! Just the girl I was looking for."

Ino grabbed the girls hand, smiling. After searching for about an hour she'd finally found Sakura, and just in time. Naruto was probably off doing his usual training, so this was the perfect time to make a move for him.

"Oh hey Naruto." Sakura replied. "What's up?"

"I just noticed I forgot to tell you how beautiful you are this morning." Ino replied quickly, bringing the girls hand to her face. She watched Sakura smile as she pressed a light kiss to her hand.

"No you didn't Naruto. You told me three times this morning." Sakura replied.

Suddenly Ino felt herself jerked forward, until she was pressed right up against Sakura's form. The girl leaned forward until her lips were on Ino's ear.

"Don't you remember Naruto? You kept me up all night whispering such sweet words in my ear. When I woke up this morning I didn't want to leave the bed. In fact, let's go right now."

"What?!" Ino yelled. Sakura held her all the tighter, laying a kiss on her neck.

"I want you now Naruto Uzumaki." Sakura growled.

Ino pushed with all her might but Sakura wouldn't release her. She couldn't undo the hinge either! That would be detrimental! If she refused that would hurt the relationship though.

"Na…ruto?"

Ino and Sakura looked to the side to see…

…Sakura?

"What are you…who…?" Sakura glared, raising her fist.

The fake Sakura smiled, poofing into Naruto.

"Hey Sakura. Just taking care of some business."

"How did you know Uzumaki?!" Ino yelled, reverting back to her own body. She felt Sakura's glare on the side of her face, but paid it no mind. She'd been on the receiving end of that look for years.

"Shikamaru thought you might cause trouble." Naruto replied.

"Trouble for what?" Sakura asked, feeling her temper rise. "What is going on here?"

"I get it." Ino replied, heading off in the opposite direction. "I won't meddle anymore."

"Thank you." Naruto replied. Sakura looked between the two and frowned in confusion. When Naruto finally looked back her way she opened her mouth to speak.

Her cut her off.

"I forgot to tell you how beautiful you are this morning."

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Not much to say on this one. I'll post the update date for the next chapter on my profile. Hopefully it'll be as accurate as this one was. Thanks for the suggestions for 'O'. Keep them coming!

P.S. I apologize for spelling/grammar. This was edited quickly.