Chapter 20: The Birthday

The first three months of their engagement were spent with planning their wedding when they weren't on missions, luckily Naruto was always sent on S-Ranked Missions so when he got back they got a week off. Ino had been starting to be deployed with Naruto a lot as well, Tsunade was making sure the engaged couple had the time they needed together which was fine with both of them. They returned from a S-Ranked mission of killing a rogue group in the edge of the Land of Fire and they were putting their rings back on and Naruto looked at the wrapping on Inos left arm, "Are you sure your okay Ino-chan?"

Ino looked at Naruto and followed his gaze to the cut on her arm and smiled at him, "I am fine Naruto-kun so stop worrying so much."

Naruto then got an idea and stopped her and he gently unwrapped the cut and it was looking a little worse and his hand lit up with Kyuubi chakra and he put his hand on her cut and channeled it into her cut and it started to heal rapidly as Ino let out a small moan escape for the feeling of his chakra going into her body. Naruto smiled at her as he finished and his Kyuubi chakra stopped and he looked at her arm to see that it looked like normal again, "There we go, looks just like normal so I can stop worrying as much now."

Naruto put his hand around his fiances waist and they continued to walk to the Hokages office to give Tsunade their report, as usual it took about 20 minutes but Tsunade kept them to talk some more, "So how are the wedding plans coming along?"

Ino smiled as she looked at Tsunade and then at Naruto and she answered, "They are great, we have picked the day to be in April so that flowers are in bloom at the spot where we are going to get married. Everything is set up for it, all that is left is to get my dress and my bridesmaid dress as well as Naruto-kun his tuxedo and his groomsmen theirs then we will be all set for the wedding in 2 months."

Naruto smiled at Inos enthusiasm and Tsunade looked at him, "I am surprised you of all people are getting married Naruto, you who felt he wasn't good enough for anyone. Ino must have beat that out of you."

Naruto smiled as he scratched the back of his head, "Well she didn't actually beat me, though I think she was tempted a few times, but she did get me to change for the better."

Ino smiled as she intertwined their fingers and looked at him then returned her gaze to Tsunade as she dismissed them, they were walking home when they saw Kiba and Hinata coming towards them with a look of anger on Hinatas face making Ino sigh, "They are fighting again."

Hinata saw Naruto and Ino coming their way to return home and she smiled and ran to her friends, "Good you are home and can settle this, is it wrong to say that you think someone in a movie is good looking?"

Ino rolled her eyes at the question, this is how their fights always were and they always made them play referee in their marriage, "I don't think its a big deal, I tell Naruto that I think guys are hot in movies all the time."

Hinata looked at Naruto, apparently Kiba said he thought a girl looked hot, "It hurts you doesn't it Naruto?"

Naruto shook his head no and smiled over at Ino, "I know that she wouldn't pick anyone over me so I don't worry about it, I tell her that some of the women are attractive as well although they are never as beautiful as her."

Ino smiled at Naruto and they looked at their friends as Hinata turned her attention towards Kiba, "Well did you think that she was more attractive then me, huh Kiba?"

Naruto rolled his eyes then grabbed Ino by her waist and winked at her as he used his wind transportation jutsu. Ino opened her eyes to see they were in their apartment now, "I didn't want to deal with that stupid fight, sorry Ino-chan."

Ino just smiled at him as he took her bag to go and put them in their bedroom and came out too see her sitting on the couch smiling as she looked at her arm and ring. Naruto leaned on the archway smiling at her, eventually Ino noticed Naruto standing there smiling at her and she looked at him, "What are you staring and smiling at me for Naruto-kun?"

Naruto shrugged and continued to smile and stare, "I didn't know that I needed a reason to stare and smile at you Ino-chan."

Ino smiled back at him as he walked over to her and collapsed down next to her on the couch and put his arm around her, "Is there anything special you want to do for your birthday tomorrow Ino-chan?"

Ino smiled as he remembered her birthday and snuggled into him, "I wouldn't mind going to a nice dinner just the two of us."

Naruto smiled at her as he held her close to him and kissed her forehead, "Well no need to worry about that Ino-chan, that was already set up as well as other things."

Ino looked up at him and poked him in the chest to get his attention, Naruto slowly looked down at her, "What are theses other things that you have set up Naruto-kun?"

Naruto smiled at her and kissed her gently on the lips, "Thats a secret Ino-chan, you'll have to wait til tomorrow to find that out."

Ino gave him the pout face that usually made Naruto cave in but he closed his eyes and smiled at her, "Not this time Ino-chan."

Ino sat up and straddled Naruto and started to kiss his neck, she wanted to know by any means necessary, "Please Naruto-kun, you wouldn't keep something from me would you?"

Naruto let out a small moan but he had to hold firm, "Not this time babe, I really want you to be surprised and have a good time tomorrow."

Ino gave up and sat with her back against Narutos chest, continuing to pout some more as Naruto smiled, wrapping her arms around her waist and kissing her cheek, "Don't be like that Ino-chan, I just want to surprise you is all. What if I tell you one thing that I plan on doing for you tomorrow, will that hold you over?"

Ino smiled at the partial victory, she looked back at her fiance and smiled at him to show she approved, "Okay Ino-chan, I wrote you a new song that I plan on singing for you tomorrow night."

Ino smiled in happiness at the news, Naruto had written her another song and she loved to hear him sing, she had him sing to her often, "You wrote me a new song Naruto-kun!?"

Naruto smiled at her and nodded his head at her and she leaned back into his chest and yawned, "I love when you sing for me Naruto-kun."

Naruto smiled as he knew this, he then he picked Ino up to carry her to their bedroom and he laid her down gently and took off her ninja gear. When he took off his shirt she snagged it from him and put it on and smiled at him and he laid down in bed with her, he was expecting her to cuddle into his chest but she didn't, she laid on her pillows, "Ino-chan is everything alright?"

Ino turned on her pillows to face him, giving him a evil smile knowing what he was going to ask, "Everything is fine Naruto-kun, why do you ask?"

Naruto was confused, if everything was alright why wasn't she laying how she always did, "You usually lay on my chest, but your laying on your pillows."

Ino smiled as she leaned over and kissed Naruto on his cheek then laid her head back on the pillows, still looking at him, "I have to teach you a lesson for keeping a secret from me."

Naruto gave a small smile as he looked at her as she looked back at him, "Okay Ino-chan, I will accept my punishment, just never thought I would be jealous of a pillow."

Naruto gave her a quick kiss as he laid down on his side of the bed, which was closest to the wall, as he draped his arm around Ino and fell asleep. Ino felt him fall asleep on his side holding her, she had a small smile on from this, "Not exactly the lesson I planned for him but it is good enough, I'm not sure I could have gone all night without him holding me in some way."

Naruto woke up first that morning, as he opened his eyes he saw the back of Inos head and a small smile graced his face. Naruto slowly reached over her to make sure the alarm wouldn't go off, he saw it was 8, this was going to be his first surprise for Ino, letting her sleep as long as she wanted too. Naruto did a hand sign and he transported himself to the bathroom, used the restroom and then took a quick shower before he got dressed for the day. Naruto looked too see that Ino was still asleep, Naruto quietly left the room then summoned 20 clones to have them start to run around and do the different things that he had planned for them today. Naruto then started to make Ino her breakfast for whenever she woke up, since it was her birthday he made her favorite things of bacon, pancakes and eggs. She woke up feeling extremely rested and looked at the clock to see that it was 10 in the morning and she smiled as she realized what Naruto had done, "Honestly that man."

Ino walked out of the bedroom too see Naruto watching one of his movies quietly, as he saw her out of the corner of his eye he looked over to her and gave her the smile she loved to see, "Morning beautiful, Happy Birthday."

Ino smiled at him and looked over at the table and saw there were gifts, flowers and a breakfast laid of for her and her eyes widened, "Naruto-kun you didn't do all this for me did you.."

Narutos smile got larger as he turned off his movie, Naruto walked over to her and leaned down and kissed her gently, "Maybe I did, maybe I didn't."

Ino looked at him and was a bit disappointed she didn't get a chakra filled kiss for her first kiss on her birthday, she went to walk towards the table. She was startled when Naruto quickly turned her and kissed her passionately with his chakra flowing through his tongue, getting a moan from Ino, as he broke the kiss he winked at her, "If I gave you that on your first kiss it wouldn't have been a surprise."

Ino smiled at him then kissed his cheek, she went and sat down as she looked at the food with hungry eyes but he picked it up before she could start to eat it. Naruto put it in the microwave so it could reheat, "I made this a little earlier Ino-chan, why don't you open the gifts I bought you while you wait?"

Ino nodded and reached out, grabbing the first gift that was closest to her, it was smaller then the others and she opened it to see purple diamond ear rings, she had seen these before, they ran 100K. She had been admiring them one day when they were walking around the town, he must have seen her looking at them then returned later and purchased them. She saw a bigger box and grabbed that one, she pulled it over to her and opened it and saw a box full of action and raunchy comedy movies and she smiled, her guilty pleasure. She saw a medium sized box then grabbed that one next and opened it, her eyes widened as saw different seeds of rare flowers she didn't have in her hidden garden but how would he know unless, "NARUTO UZUMAKI! DID YOU FOLLOW ME TO MY HIDDEN GARDEN TO SEE WHAT FLOWERS I NEEDED!"

Narutos eyes went wide as he flinched from his fiance yelling his name at him and he waved his arms defensively, "I didn't I swear! Even if I had I wouldn't know what flowers were what, I don't know what any of those flowers are."

She looked at him, squinting her eyes at him, he did have a point though he wasn't very knowledgeable when it came to flowers, "I suppose but then how..."

Naruto felt as if he could relax a little even though she kept staring at him, "Um..well your mom knew where the garden was and told me a list of flower seeds to look for, so I looked out for them over the last couple months. I found them over the last couple months on missions so I collected them and hid them from you."

Ino growled a little bit, her mother would know where to look for her garden and was the only person who knew as much about flowers as she did. She then returned to concentrating her gaze on Naruto, "I am sorry I yelled at you Naruto-kun, its just my garden is something that is very personal too me and I want to wait to show it too you until we are married."

Naruto smiled at her, nodding to show that he understood as the microwave binged, he opened it and brought her the food. Naruto looked too see there were only a couple more gifts left for Ino too open. He sat down in his usual seat and smiled at her, she then got up and decided she was going to sit on his lap, he smiled as he looked at her, "I am the birthday girl don't I get to sit wherever I want too Naruto-kun?"

He continued to smile at her and kissed her cheek and she ate the delicious meal that he had made for her. She then went back to opening the birthday presents that he had bought for her. There was the new kunai set she had been looking at lately, it had been bought a couple weeks ago and she had been disappointed because Naruto had agreed to buy it, she looked back at him, "You are a sneaky one Naruto-kun."

He smiled at her as she opened another, there she saw a purple diamond necklace to go with the ear rings that he bought her, she smiled as she looked at the set and opened the last gift and it had the card on it. She read the card, smiling at it as she put it down then opened the last gift, she saw that it was a sarcastic gift, a pack of boxers. She let out a small giggle as she looked at the boxers and leaned back on Naruto and smiled at him, "Thank you for everything Naruto-kun."

Naruto just smiled at her and wrapped his arms around her and kissed her on her cheek, "I just wanted to get you things that you would like Ino-chan."

She looked at all the gifts then looked back at him with a smiled, "You did Naruto-kun, plus the best gifts are still to come later tonight."

Naruto smiled at her, leaving small kisses on her neck, "You mean our dinner at The Silver Swan and when I sing to you tonight?"

Ino shook her head, he was only half right, "Only partially correct, when you sing for me tonight and when we make hot passionate love tonight."

Naruto smiled at her then gave her a gentle kiss on her lips, he stood her up and took her plate, "Only if you want too though Ino-chan."

As Naruto washed her plate she came over to him and sat on the bar with a smile on her face, "Oh trust me I am going to want too Naruto-kun."

Naruto finished washing the plate and opened the dishwasher and put the plate in but when he was closing it he could see Inos soaked panties from how she was sitting. He blushed as he looked at her and stood up straight and saw the devious smile and horny glint in her eyes, "Do you want breakfast Naruto-kun?"

He smiled at her and put his hands on her thighs and started to send spikes of chakra into her legs and targeted it to her womanhood and received moans for it and he went down on his knees and gave a chakra filled lick up her legs and right when he was about to start there was a knocking at the door and he looked at her, "Ignore it?"

Ino nodded her head and he moved her panties out of the way and went to work, he made quick work of her as always and brought her to release 3 times within 5 minutes with his excellent tongue work and mastery of chakra control and her loud moaning had stopped whoever was knocking. As Naruto finished he stood up and looked at her and her happily dazed expression and gave a chakra filled lick on her neck and she moaned again and came out of it and smiled at him, "You have an amazing tongue Naruto-kun."

The knocking started again and Ino slid off of the counter and went over to the door and opened it hastily and yelled what and froze as she looked at her parents, "Oh god...oh god...oh god..."

Inoichi was looking at his daughter and Naruto came around the corner and froze as he looked at Inos parents and her mom commented, "Haven't you said that enough this morning Ino?"

She walked into the apartment and Inoichi followed after her and as they were walking by she smiled at Naruto, "Sound like you were doing good work in here Naruto."

Ino quickly opened the door and tried to run out but Naruto grabbed her hand and stopped her and pulled her to his chest for a hug and she looked at him, "If we run we can make it too Sunagakure by sundown Naruto-kun."

He smiled at her and closed the door and carried her to their room, "Get dressed Ino-chan, we are suppose to have lunch with your parents today."

Naruto gave her a quick kiss to reassure her that everything would be fine and she got dressed as her parents admired the gifts that Naruto bought her and she came out of their bedroom, still blushing from the incident. Her father and mother looked at her and smiled and Ina spoke, "Ino there is nothing to be embarrassed about, your father and I know that you two are intimate."

That really didn't fix the problem but Naruto came over to her and grabbed her hand and looked at her with reassuring eyes and that helped her and she sat down and her parents gave her their gift, it was some new clothes that Inos mother had picked out for her and she smiled, "Thank you guys for the gift."

Inoichi looked at all the gifts that Naruto had bought for her, "It appears that Naruto did better then us this year eh princess?"

Ino smiled as she looked over at Naruto who smiled at her, "He likes to spoil me and apparently he likes to spoil me even more on my birthday."

Naruto leaned over and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek and her parents smiled and Ina couldn't resist, "Well are you two ready to go to lunch, that is if Naruto hasn't eaten enough already."

Naruto and Ino both turned red from the comment and Naruto didn't say the comment that came into his head, "I can still eat Mrs. Yamanaka."

Ino smiled as she had the same thought as Naruto but unlike him she vocalized it, "You will just have to wait til later then Naruto-kun."

Naruto blushed some more as Ino winked at him and Ina smiled and Inoichi felt a bit awkward with the conversation, "Can we not discuss how my daughter and her fiance are intimate please?"

Naruto looked over at Inoichi and saw the man was uncomfortable, "I apologize Mr. Yamanaka but you know Ino-chan, she is a free spirit who likes to say what comes to mind."

Inoichi had to agree with that and then they all walked and Ino wondered where they were going to eat and they arrived at 'The Black BBQ' and she saw all her friends, Naruto must have rented out a large area for her to have a good time with their friends. Ino was greeted by all her friends and they all gave her gifts, the boys gave her money because they had no idea what to buy her and the girls gave her lotions, clothes and make up. She leaned her head against Naruto and smiled, this had to be her best birthday ever and it wasn't even over yet. Her party was fun, Naruto even asked her to dance with him again like at Kiba and Hinatas wedding who were fighting again but Naruto and Ino ignored them for now. Naruto was too happy just holding Ino while they danced and Ino was feeling the same way about Naruto and then the song ended and he gave her a long loving kiss, "Thanks for the dance gorgeous."

Ino smiled at him and then they went and sat down at the table and they enjoyed the party for another hour and all their guests left and Naruto and Ino went home to watch some of her new movies. They watched Terminator Salvation and Role Models and then it was time to get ready to go to dinner, Naruto put on his dark blue jeans and his black button up shirt and smiled, he looked exactly like he did for their first date and Ino put on a tight purple dress and the purple diamond ear rings and necklace Naruto had bought for her. This made him smiled at her and bought her into a kiss, "You look so beautiful Ino-chan, just as you always do."

Ino smiled at the comment and took his hand and they walked to dinner which was nice, she loved having the nice quiet dinners with Naruto and The Silver Swan was somewhere only he had taken her. Naruto paid the bill and then offered Ino his hand and they walked home and when they got home she knew what was next, he was going to sing for her and she pulled him into the living room and they sat on the couch and he smiled at her enthusiasm, "Excited Ino-chan?"

She nodded quickly and he looked at her and smiled and grabbed his guitar and plugged it in and made sure that it was tuned in correctly and started to play for her, he had two more gift for her he hoped she would love.

"This time, This place
Misused, Mistakes
Too long, Too late
Who was I to make you wait
Just one chance
Just one breath
Just in case there's just one left
'Cause you know,
you know, you know

That I love you
I have loved you all along
And I miss you
Been far away for far too long
I keep dreaming you'll be with me
and you'll never go
Stop breathing if
I don't see you anymore

On my knees, I'll ask
Last chance for one last dance
'Cause with you, I'd withstand
All of hell to hold your hand
I'd give it all
I'd give for us
Give anything but I won't give up
'Cause you know,
you know, you know

So far away
Been far away for far too long
So far away
Been far away for far too long
But you know, you know, you know

I wanted
I wanted you to stay
'Cause I needed
I need to hear you say
That I love you
I have loved you all along
And I forgive you
For being away for far too long
So keep breathing
'Cause I'm not leaving you anymore
Believe it
Hold on to me and, never let me go
Keep breathing
'Cause I'm not leaving you anymore
Believe it
Hold on to me and, never let me go
Keep breathing
Hold on to me and, never let me go
Keep breathing
Hold on to me and, never let me go This time, This place
Misused, Mistakes
Too long, Too late
Who was I to make you wait
Just one chance
Just one breath
Just in case there's just one left
'Cause you know,
you know, you know

That I love you
I have loved you all along
And I miss you
Been far away for far too long
I keep dreaming you'll be with me
and you'll never go
Stop breathing if
I don't see you anymore

On my knees, I'll ask
Last chance for one last dance
'Cause with you, I'd withstand
All of hell to hold your hand
I'd give it all
I'd give for us
Give anything but I won't give up
'Cause you know,
you know, you know

So far away
Been far away for far too long
So far away
Been far away for far too long
But you know, you know, you know

I wanted
I wanted you to stay
'Cause I needed
I need to hear you say
That I love you
I have loved you all along
And I forgive you
For being away for far too long
So keep breathing
'Cause I'm not leaving you anymore
Believe it
Hold on to me and, never let me go
Keep breathing
'Cause I'm not leaving you anymore
Believe it
Hold on to me and, never let me go
Keep breathing
Hold on to me and, never let me go
Keep breathing
Hold on to me and, never let me go "

Ino smiled as Naruto finished singing and he looked at her and smiled at her and she leaned over and kissed him, "I loved it Naruto-kun just as I always do."

Naruto smiled at her and reached behind the couch and pulled out two more gift and looked at Ino, "I have two more gifts for you Ino-chan that I really hope you like."

Ino could see how serious he was and she wondered what it could be and he handed her the first gift and she opened it and saw it was a CD that had Ino written on it and she turned it over and saw that it had the three songs Naruto had written for her and 5 other songs and she looked at him, "Did you write all these for me Naruto-kun?"

He smiled and he nodded at her as she looked back at the CD and smiled, "That is so sweet Naruto-kun, I love it but you'll still sing for me too right?"

Naruto smiled at her and kissed her cheek and looked at her, "Of course I will Ino-chan, I know how much you like my singing."

Ino smiled as she looked at him and she rubbed his whisker marks, "I don't like it Naruto-kun, I love it, I couldn't go on without it."

Naruto smiled as he looked at her and then kissed her gently on her lips, "Well now even when I am gone on missions you can hear my singing, now here is your other gift."

Naruto handed her the small square looking package and she opened it up and saw it was an iPod and she looked confused, "How did you get this Naruto-kun, they won't be released in our country for a couple more years."

Naruto smirked at her as she looked at the gift and opened it and looked at it, "I cashed in a couple of favors to get a friend that was going to the United States a couple months ago to buy one for me."

Ino smiled and tackled him to the couch and kissed him passionately and she broke the kiss and smiled at him, "They are amazing Naruto-kun, I love you, your the best man imaginable."

Naruto smiled at the compliment and he held her close to him as she put in a ear bud in each of their ears and saw that Naruto had put on all of her songs he wrote her already and she smiled happily just laying on him. She listened to all of the songs that he hadn't sung for her yet, Hanging by a Moment, You and Me, Collide, Here Without You and Savin Me' and then she paused the music and looked at him and kissed him again, "I loved them all Naruto-kun."

He smiled at her and held her close to him and looked at her, "I am glad that you liked them all Ino-chan, this was the gift I wanted you too like the most."

Ino smiled as she looked at him and then she kissed him again, "I did Naruto-kun, this was by far the best gift of the day."

Naruto smiled at her and then she stood up and grabbed his hand and led him to their bedroom, "I plan to you just how much I loved it Naruto-kun."

Naruto smiled as he let her lead him into their bedroom and she laid him down and climbed on top of him and they both went to work, they went at it until sun up and when they finally finished they were both panting and sweating as they looked at each other smiling, "That was...phenomenal...Naruto-kun...you stud."

Naruto smiled at her and leaned in and gave her a soft kiss and smiled at her, "You were...amazing Ino-chan...I love...you...so much."

Ino smiled and cuddled into his chest and he smiled at her, happy that she did since she didn't last night and held her close as they both passed out.

(Song Info: Far Away by Nickelback)