It had been two weeks since Naruto left with Jiraiya. Ino was at the flower shop slouched back in a soft chair rubbing her sore muscles. Right after Naruto had left, Ino had decided to take her training a little more seriously so she could protect Naruto just like he wanted to protect her. She could tell she was getting stronger, but her new sensei was pushing her quite hard. Her new sensei was friends with Asuma, so Asuma had asked her to teach Ino since both people dealt with poison. She owed Asuma-sensei a big one for getting the sadistic snake lady to teach her.

(Flashback)

Ino joined up with her team at their training ground after she walked with Naruto to the village gates to see him off. She noticed another women standing next to her sensei. The women wore a tan trench coat over top a mesh body suit that ran from her neck to her thighs. She also had on a dark orange mini-skirt and the standard ninja sandals. All in all her outfit left very little to the imagination. Ino remembered her from the chunin exams as Anko Mitarashi.

Ino walked up and joined her team. Asuma looked at her and gave her a small smile. Ino knew she was in trouble now. Asuma never smiled like that unless he had some type of punishment planned. Ino shivered as she waited for the news.

"Ah Ino, glad you could join us. You remember how you said you wanted to start training more seriously now right?" Asuma asked.

"Yeah, what about it?" asked a confused Ino.

"Well, since you deal with poison somewhat. I asked my good friend Anko here if she would be willing to train you. And wouldn't you know it, she agreed to have a new student." Asuma said with an evil grin.

"So now I'm stuck with the creepy snake lady. Great, how could it get any worse?" Ino sighed.

"Cheer up blondie, I won't train you as hard as Asuma does." Anko told her.

"Really?" asked Ino a little hopeful.

"Yep really. I will train you about ten times as hard." Anko said with a laugh as she saw the terrified look on Ino's face.

(End Flashback)

Ino was glad she had the day off. She had learned a lot from Anko including a few snake jutsus and was even able to sign the snake's summoning contract. Anko's training had helped Ino on her stamina and chakra reserves as well. She was happy with the results of the training, especially after only two weeks, but she was even happier for her day off to rest. Just then, the bell rang alerting Ino that someone had come in. She looked up and Sakura.

"Hey forehead, what are you doing here?" Ino asked.

"No one has seen you around lately Ino-pig. So I thought I would come by and see what you have been up to." Sakura replied.

"I haven't had a lot of time to do anything lately. I have been training with Anko-sensei a lot and haven't had time for anything else between that and work. Today is the first day that I have gotten to rest in two weeks."

"Well Tenten and Hinata are coming over to my place to hang out. You wanna come with?" asked Sakura.

"Tenten is actually coming? I thought she hated us all because we cheered on Naruto when he beat Neji both times?" Ino asked in confusion.

"I guess Neji talked some sense into her. She apologized for her behavior and has been hanging out with everyone ever since. So how about it, wanna come?" Sakura asked once again.

"Sure, I'll come." Ino said as she yelled and told her mom where she was going.

~96~

A little while later, all four girls were sitting around Sakura's kitchen table talking. They were catching Ino up on the things since she had been busy training over the past two weeks. They were all laughing and having a good time enjoying spending time with friends.

"So Ino, how are things going with Naruto?" Sakura asked with a mischievous grin.

All the girls looked at Ino as she got a far off look in her eyes. She started blushing and a started to drool just a little. The other three girls all started to giggle at Ino as she seemed to completely space out. Sakura grabbed her shoulders and started to shake Ino to bring her back to her senses. She snapped out of her thoughts shaking her head as she tried to clear it and wiped the drool from her mouth.

"So it's that good huh?" Sakura asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Oh yeah, it's that good." Ino said with a grin.

Tenten leaned over the table a little more towards Ino. "Come on Ino, time to spill what's so good about it."

"Well so far, the best thing was the night right before he left with Master Jiraiya." Seeing the looks she was getting from her friends she quickly continued. "Before we went to his house, my dad had a talk with him about him hurting me and stuff. He promised that he would do whatever he could to protect me and keep me safe."

"What happened after that?" asked Tenten.

"Well after that we went to his place. We cooked dinner together and Naruto kept getting all touchy-feely and couldn't keep his hands to himself, which just made it all the more fun. After that, he pulled me onto his lap on the couch and we had a small make-out session." Ino said with a smile as she raised and dropped her eyebrows.

"Sounds like you two had quite the interesting night." Tenten said.

"It was a fun night. Nothing major happened except for the one moment where we were kissing and after we stopped, I noticed he hand had moved down and was on my ass. But other than that nothing happened. Naruto is a wonderful guy. He cares about me, always listens when I need him to, and is always doing something to make me happy."

After hearing that, Hinata fainted on the spot and her head fell on the table with a small thud. The other two were jealous as could be. They were both wishing that the guy they loved would do something like that with them.

"Well damn, if you two keep things up like that, who knows what will happen next." Tenten said with a laugh.

Ino got this far off look in her eyes and started drooling again. Sakura and Tenten both started laughing while trying to get Ino back to reality.

~96~

Ino had left Sakura's place about an hour ago and was now setting at the park. She was spaced out thinking of her boyfriend and hoping he would be home soon. She was so spaced out she didn't notice the boy walking towards her until he sat down next to her causing her to jump. She looked over and rolled her eyes at who she saw.

"What do you want Uchiha?" She spat out.

"No reason to get so aggressive. Just wanted to talk for a minute." Replied Sasuke.

"Well like I said, what do you want?" she asked once again.

"I want you to go out with me." he stated plainly.

Ino started to laugh. "Why would I go out with you? I have someone a lot better than some stuck up Uchiha prick." Ino told him while still laughing.

Sasuke was mad now. "There isn't anyone around that is better than me. The Uchiha are the strongest clan in the world. Who is this person you think is better than me?"

"Well for one, I don't think he is better than you. I know he is. And for two, you already know who he is." Ino said with a smirk.

"The only one that I can think of that would even remotely stand a chance against me is that Hyuuga brat." Sasuke said through gritted teeth.

"Nope not Neji. Try again." Ino said.

"I don't have time for your games woman. Tell me who the hell this person is and I will beat the shit out of him right now." Sasuke said, his anger now boiling over.

"You Uchihas really aren't that bright are you? Fine, since I have to spell it out for you, it is Naruto."

"You think that loser is better than me?" Sasuke asked.

"No like I said I know he is better than you. He beat Neji twice and he beat the sand demon that completely mopped the floor with your ass. Now I don't want to go out with you so just screw off and leave me alone." Ino said as she got up and left a fuming Sasuke setting on the bench.

~96~

In the small town of Tanzuka, Naruto and Jiraiya were walking through the streets. Naruto was reading the scroll he had gotten from Koneko. He was comparing what the scroll and written on it with what Jiraiya had told him. When Jiraiya had learned that Naruto knew who his parents were, he had told Naruto that he would teach him the rasengan. Naruto was surprised to learn that Jiraiya was his dad's sensei.

Jiraiya stopped walking and looked in a restaurant door. He motioned for Naruto to follow and they went inside. Once inside, Jiraiya saw who he was looking for and went over and sat down opposite from her with Naruto right beside him. Tsunade and Shizune were shocked to see Jiraiya. They didn't pay much attention to the young boy.

"Its been a while since we last met Jiraiya. What brings you here?" Tsunade asked as she sipped from her sake cup.

"I will get straight to the point Tsunade. Sarutobi-sensei is dead. The village wants you to be the fifth Hokage." Jiraiya stated calmly.

Tsunade was shocked at the news a little. "So the old man finally kicked the bucket huh?"

"No. Orochimaru attacked the village and he gave his life to protect it. You are the one they want as fifth Hokage."

"I don't want the job. If the old man died for that village then he was a fool. No one in their right mind would want that job." Tsunade said.

Naruto had been listening to the conversation. The third had been like a grandfather to him and he wasn't about to let anyone bad mouth him. Especially right in front of him.

"Shut your fucking mouth you old hag. The third Hokage loved the village and his job. He protected that village every day. You will not bad mouth him or the hidden leaf village anywhere near me or I will kick your ass. I don't care if you are a women or not." Naruto said as he jumped on the table and got in Tsunade's face.

"I would like to see you try brat. If you want to let's take this outside." Tsunade said as she got up and left.

Naruto followed her out the door and stood opposite her in the street. He pulled a kunai from his seal and rushed at Tsunade not thinking. She slapped his hand away and flicked him across the forehead and sent him flying. On the sidelines, Jiraiya and Shizune both winced and thought it was over until they saw Naruto standing. All three adults were surprised.

"I ain't done yet you old hag." Naruto said panting heavily.

"Why do you even bother kid?" Tsunade asked.

"I am going to become Hokage. Just like my father, the fourth hokage was. I will become hokage." Naruto replied.

Tsunade was frozen with shock. She saw her lover Dan and her little brother Nawaki in Naruto's face. She was also shocked to hear that the kid's father was the fourth hokage.

"I will become Hokage one day. And no one will ever get away with bad mouthing any of the previous ones in front of me." Naruto told her as he began to charge up a rasengan.

He rushed at her and Tsunade punched the ground causing it to split open. Naruto tripped and fell forward as his rasengan disappeared. He smacked the ground with a loud thud.

"Why would you teach him a jutsu that he can't even control?" Tsunade asked Jiraiya.

Naruto got up and yelled and Tsunade. "I can control it. Just you watch me."

"Let's make a bet then. If you can manage to master the rasengan in three days, I will return to the village and even throw in my necklace. It belonged to the first Hokage, my grandfather. If you fail, then you and Jiraiya will leave here without me and I get all the money in your little froggy here." Tsunade said as she held up his frog wallet.

"It's a deal baa-chan." Naruto yelled then grabbed his head as pain shot through it.

Shizune rushed over and started to heal his head where Tsunade had flicked him.

"Man she hits hard. Thanks. What is her deal with the hokage position anyway?" he asked as Shizune finished healing him.

"She had two important people in her life who wanted to be hokage as well. The first was her little brother Nawaki. He died at a young age. He was like a brother to me as well. The second was my uncle Dan. He died during the second shinobi war. You remind us of them greatly. She is probably just a little upset, just let her cool down." Shizune explained to him.

"Well I have to go train. Let the pervy sage know I will be back later. Thanks again for the healing Shizune." Naruto called over his shoulder as he ran off.

"I need to find a place to train. She is coming back to the village with us one way or another." Naruto thought as she rushed off.

Well I hope you all enjoyed the chapter. Next chapter will have the fight with the sannin. And there is more to come with the Uchiha prick, lol.

There are a quite a few readers who are interested in the harem story. So I am working on the first chapter and will get it up as soon as I can. I just need one thing from you all, who would you like Naruto, Hinata, and Ino's jonin leader to be? (Kakashi, Kurenai, Asuma, or Anko) message me and let me know. Thanks.