What is Love?

Chapter 21

Naruto woke up to a soft sensation on his neck something between a tickle, and something he couldn't really describe, but he liked it just the same.

It actually felt really good so he smiled and sighed. He thought he could lay like that forever, but he knew that he had to wake up eventually. Much to his displeasure.

Naruto sighed again then blinked his eyes open to be greeted by hair so black it had a blue sheen to it. Naruto smiled at the raven colored head then kissed it lightly as the women the head belonged to sighed happily.

When she noticed he was awake she giggled at him then kissed his neck again. "Good morning. Naru-kun."

Hinata was still wrapped around him, sort of like a snake or a vine…and her grasp was that he was surprised he didn't wake up earlier from the feeling in his extremities disappearing.

There was no telling how long she had been awake, and he figured she would be sleeping still…but her eyes were open and she was softly kissing his neck. Well, he at least knew what the feeling was.

Naruto looked over at the clock and blinked before he looked at his most precious ones face again. "It's a little late for morning…seven pm…well it is actually a lot late for morning."

Hinata kissed his neck again then shrugged with a mischievous grin. Her fondness for the man she held had done the impossible…it had grown even more. She thought that she could never love like this, but the truth was once he admitted feelings for her, a floodgate of returned love came rushing in, and that was all it took to capture her. Mind, body, and soul. And in the near future she was going to prove it to him. "Maybe…but it is always a good time to wake up with you. Naruto-kun."

Naruto laughed as he wagged a finger at her as his heart swelled at her grin and the beauty of her lavender eyes. Once again he wondered how he could have been so blind to her in the past. "But you didn't wake up with me…you woke me up."

Hinata thought about it, and then stuck her tongue out at him.

Naruto laughed then turned and grasped her hips with his hands, causing her to moan in surprise, but blush lightly as she waited to see what he would do. Naruto had other ideas though as his hands suddenly darted up to her waist and started tickling her!

She laughed and tried to squirm away from him but since she was already mostly wrapped around him she couldn't get far.

She was laughing hysterically and begging him. Cries of "Oh no" and "Not fair Naruto-kun" rushed from her between gales of laughter…but from the look on his face he had no intention to stop. He had every intention to tickle her until…well…he wasn't really sure.

He had heard of people laughing so hard they peed themselves…but he didn't want to take it that far…that would be really embarrassing for both of them, and it would soil a brand new mattress!

Naruto decided he would tickle her until she seriously asked for him to stop…or until she cried out a bodily need. He hoped she would tell him is she had to pee…

Hinata tried to tickle Naruto back, but she could see from his expression he was fighting it, and he was obviously better at it then she was darn it. Running quickly out of ideas…Hinata had a flash of inspiration.

Hinata reached down and did the only thing she could, that she knew for a fact that would make him stop!

Naruto had a huge grin on his face but lost it immediately and he stopped tickling her with a deep groan as her hand closed around a very sensitive part of his anatomy that was asleep until that moment.

After a few seconds of her soft attentions he opened his eyes to look at his girlfriend and smiled at her before leaning up and kissing her on the lips. They kissed softly…just a peck at a time, before their tongues and lips got a mind of their own and turned it more passionate. Neither knew how long they did this, but when they pulled away from each other Naruto was breathless, and Hinata was panting. "You know…you don't play fair Hina-chan."

She laughed with a light blush and moved her hand a little making him moan again. "I don't hear you complaining Naruto-kun. She said sweetly to him while her hand worked a magic that Naruto never knew he was missing until recently."

Hinata moaned herself and closed her eyes when his hand slid down the back of her panties and gave her backside a little squeeze. When she had gained a little of her control back, she looked at him and raised an eyebrow at him. He just smirked then shrugged back at her. "Hey…all's fair in love and war."

She rolled over on top of him and laughed. "Agreed…but I do not think you would consider this war."

Naruto only laughed and smiled happily. In this position he could hold more of her backside without having to stretch or strain. "Well if this was war, I am sure more people would go to it happily."

She leaned down and nipped his ear then blushed hard with a giggle. "I know I would if I was fighting you Naru-kun!" They shared a private thought through each others eyes, then Hinata moaned as his other hand cupped her bottom also and he began to softly massage. "Ooooh Naru-kun…I love the way your hands feel on my bare skin!"

Naruto rubbed her backside with both hands in response to her confession and Hinata ground her hips down against him, sighing as the pleasure intensified and the passion started building to a crescendo inside of both of them until…

"What's going on?" A sleepy voice said from the bedroom doorway.

Naruto rolled his eyes and quickly pulled the comforter up and over both of them as they turned and looked.

Naruto gulped rather loudly, and his eyes bugged out. Hinata could only gasp and cover her mouth with one hand as they saw a mostly naked Ino, standing in the doorway rubbing her eyes and wearing nothing but a pair of red panties.

Naruto blinked with his mouth hanging open and Hinata immediately covered his eyes. "Ino! Please put some clothes on!"

Ino frowned as she looked at her…her expression still held a very sleepy look and Hinata realized she may not remember yet where she is or what happened. Ino looked down at herself and shrugged. "I always sleep like this."

Hinata let out an exasperated sound as Naruto strained to try and see through her hand, for once wishing he had the byakugan. "Be that as it may, Naruto-kun has not seen you naked before and I don't want him to see you like that again! Please cover yourself!"

Ino, looking bewildered, but nodded and walked out into the hallway again wondering why Hinata and Naruto were in her dream...

Hinata uncovered Naruto's eyes and glared daggers at him.

Naruto blinked at her and did his best to look innocent. "What? I didn't do anything!"

Hinata sat up eliciting a moan from Naruto as her position caused a new flare of pleasure to race through him. "I assume you put Sakura and Ino to bed too didn't you?"

Naruto blinked in confusion. "Yeah…so?" A little dense at first…naked Ino and him rushed back and forth in his mind until the two thoughts slammed together like a head on collision at 100 mph and he immediately saw where this was going and tried to forestall what was coming. "Now wait a minute…"

Hinata poked him in the chest and moved her face closer to his...a curious expression with something else he couldn't identify lying underneath it. "How did you put them to bed buster? Is my Naru-kun taking after his sensei after all?" She asked with a serious expression.

Naruto frowned because he had never seen this side of Hinata before and the reference to the pervy sage almost hurt his feelings. As he was about to say something he saw the gleam in her eye and he realized she was teasing him. With a shake of her head she smiled at him. "Silly fox…I trust you…I know you didn't do anything...but you can't blame me for being jealous when she shows up in our bedroom dressed like THAT."

Naruto grinned as he pinched her backside and she cried out. "Are you sure? I mean I mean you don't have to be jealous sweety…I undressed you too."

Realizing he was teasing her, Hinata raised her eyebrows and put a shocked look on her face at him then flexed a certain set of muscles causing his face to twist and a strange sound to come out of him.

Hinata put her hand to her mouth then leaned forward again. "Did I hurt you Naru-kun?"

Naruto shook his head than grinned at her. "Nope…but if you did that a dozen more times I wouldn't mind."

Hinata leaned down and bit him on the shoulder before she laughed. "It wasn't supposed to feel good…although now that I know it does I will definitely remember it."

"What are you guys doing?" Ino had come back into the room, and as Hinata and Naruto both turned to look at her they both just sighed. Ino had on her bra now…which was also red, but still no other clothing.

Naruto chuckled as he voluntarily closed his eyes and Hinata looked back at Ino. "Are you ok?" Ino nodded as she scratched her belly then yawned. "Yeah…just really sleepy and hungry. When does the party start?"

Hinata blinked and mouthed the word, "Party?" Then thought to herself, Could she be dreaming?

Naruto shook his head, his hands still in an awkward place for Hinata so she couldn't get out of the bed. She reached down to pull his hands out but he resisted. She turned and bulged her eyes at him in mock anger. "NA-RU-TO...!" she hissed at him, but the look was lost on him as his eyes were shut, and he grinned a little as he squeezed both buttocks eliciting a groan from her.

Naruto smiled at her looking like a complete innocent, or at least trying very hard to look like one. "What…I'm just laying here."

Hinata blew her breath out and bonked her head on his chest in exasperation before she turned to look at Ino again. "Go get dressed…all the way Ino, and we will get something to eat." Ino nodded. "And then we'll start the party?"

Hinata nodded quickly as Naruto pinched her bottom again. "Yes we'll start the party. Now go put your clothes on." Ino smiled before turning and wobbled out of the bedroom again.

As soon as she was gone Hinata turned and smacked Naruto lightly on the shoulder. "Ow!" He cried out in mock pain. "That would've hurt if I wasn't so manly!"

Hinata stuck her tongue out again. "That is what you get for pinching my bottom while Ino was there. Shame on you Naruto-kun for trying to embarrass me." Hinata wasn't really angry, but he didn't need to know that. Let him stew for a while. she thought as she threw the comforter back and climbed off of him. But Naruto was not going to let Hinata walk away angrily. HE would pull her in for a kiss at least. But as he reached out and snagged the waistband of her panties. trying to slow her down he miscalculated.

You see, Naruto was never good at physics…or a lot of other things, and he had misread how fast she was moving, so when he hooked his finger in the waistband of her panties and pulled, instead of slowing her down, they came down off of her hips to mid thigh!

She stood in shock for a second then quickly pulled them back up before turning around again and glaring at her boyfriend.

Fana howled appreciatively.

"OWOOOOO! There's a full moon out tonight!!…I bet you're in for it now though. Should I call the medical corps?"

"How many times do I have to repeat myself? SHUT UP YOU!!"

Fana chuckled but closed his eyes again.

Hinata stomped over to the bed, index finger pointing at him, a deep flush on her face, and she sputtered a few times but no words came out. Nothing intelligible at least.

Naruto for some reason was feeling especially naughty…in this instance he understood why Jiraiya acted this way. First it was fun…and Naruto loved fun. But second and just as important…seeing Hinata with her panties bellow her bottom, stretched taught, and the position her legs were in, kind of awkward yet still balanced, made his erection throb painfully! But with a quiet promise he only intended to be this way with one woman. This woman.

As Hinata still sputtered at him, he began remembering an old nursery rhyme from when he was a child. Naruto leapt to his feet and stood in the middle of the bed, pointing at Hinata. "I see London, I see France…"

Hinata blushed and ran off with a cry of indignation to the closet sealing herself in it. She really didn't mind, and he had seen her completely naked and more already…but she wanted to play the "pouty little girl" for a while. Two could have as much fun if not more then one!

Naruto laughed then walked over to it and tried to open it but was confused when he found it locked. He scratched his head as he tried the handle again. Yep…locked. Now who would put a lock inside of a closet? He thought as he remembered discovering that the first time he had moved in, but forgot it until just now. Maybe I'll remove it later.

In the meantime, he had a girlfriend to get out of there first. "Hina-chan…" He called softly to her.

Naruto could hear the pout in her voice as she answered him. "No."

He wanted to laugh because she sounded so cute but he knew he should restrain himself. Well that and Fana growling at him without looking up from his position.

Naruto tried again. "Please come out Hina-chan?"

Hinata grinned on the other side of the door. She was having more fun with Naruto in these past few weeks then she had in her entire life! But she didn't unlock the door. "Nuh uh…not gonna do it."

He leaned closer to the door and spoke even more softly. "What will make you come out Hina-chan?"

Hinata paused as if thinking. "Well...if you apologize..."

Naruto tapped the door lightly with three fingers a small look of impatience on his face, but in a voice that was sugary it would put a diabetic in a coma he tried. "I'm sorry Hina-chan, my sweetie, cutie, love puppy, honey kitty!"

Hinata covered her mouth with both hands and tried desperately to stifle a giggle. It took an enormous amount of effort, but he was able to just stifle it. After she regained some of her composure she answered back. "Well...you didn't apologize for pulling down my panties!"

Naruto was getting into the game and grinned as he crossed his fingers. "I'm sorry Hina-chan. I promise I won't pull your panties down again."

The following screech shocked him to the bone "You won't what??" Naruto spun towards the door and groaned. He should have realized sooner, if Ino was awake…the banshee probably wasn't far behind! "You fucking perv!!" she screamed as he backed away from the closet door.

Sakura stood there looking exhausted, but very much awake as she started to roll up her sleeve and make a fist.

"Oh crap…now Sakura…don't go getting the wrong idea…again…"

Sakura stopped for a second and raised an eyebrow at him. "Did you pull down Hinata's panties??"

Naruto never one to lie to his friends blinked but nodded. "Well yeah but…"

Sakura shook her head as she started stalking him again. "Then the only idea I'm going to get is the one I'm going to pound into your perverted skull!"

Sakura took a step towards him and he assumed the tortoise stance…he didn't want to, but Sakura never did pull her punches and never felt sorry until she discovered she was wrong. And by that time it was usually way to late to make a difference, or she found some other reason to keep her previous opinion.

Hinata chose that moment to step out of the closet. "No Sakura…we were only playing. Please don't hit my Naruto-kun!"

Sakura stopped and looked at Hinata who was wearing only her panties and bra and blushed deeply, but then she noticed Naruto was only wearing his boxer shorts and she eeped as she turned around. "I better go downstairs while you guys get dressed."

Hinata looked down at herself and Naruto looked at himself and they both began giggling like children as they realized they were still in their underwear. Passion forgotten, they mutually agreed to get dressed.

Naruto gave Hinata her dress and pulled on his favorite orange pants and a Stone Cold Steve Austin shirt that said "Fock Fear" on the back and had his trademark blazing skull on the front of it.

It didn't take long, but as they were finishing up Sakura came back in but knocked on the door before looking in. She had a bewildered look on her face. "What is it Sakura?" She looks like she saw a ghost Naruto thought.

She pointed out towards the hallway and stammered. "Why is Ino lying in bed in just her panties?"

Hinata blinked as she looked at Naruto. "Didn't she have her bra on a little while ago?"

The confused to indignant look on Sakura's face made Naruto want to crawl under the bed and hide as Sakura asked, "Who put us in bed?" Hinata looked at Naruto but he turned away.

Naruto walked over and fell face first on the bed and groaned. "It's going to be a long night."

O

O

They all sat and chatted quietly as they ate ramen and drank assorted beverages. Ino looked better as she got a little food in her system. She was a little embarrassed as she realized she was almost completely bare in front of Naruto, but she got over it quickly with a shrug as she explained what happened. "Well I always sleep like that…it is the most comfortable especially after a hot bath. I always wake up refreshed…but I thought I was dreaming, especially when I saw you and Naruto in bed in your underwear. I mean why would I be in your bedroom with you too like that? I mean even though I have heard things…I think three is still a crowd…or is it?"

Ino raised an eyebrow at the two of them, but they only had eyes for each other.

Hinata looked at Naruto and smiled, a slight blush under her eyes. "Well it is good to know that my boyfriend isn't perverted." Except when it comes to me. She thought as she completely ignored Ino's innuendo.

Hinata blushed and giggled a little but only Naruto noticed and squeezed her leg under the table.

Sakura mumbled a little too loudly as she sipped her tea. "When he isn't pulling peoples' panties down."

Naruto blushed but took another mouthful of his ramen and said nothing.

Ino looked confused and looked from Naruto to Hinata and to Sakura. "What did I miss? Was it something fun?"

Sakura shrugged. "No…just Naruto being a perv."

Naruto looked at Hinata who looked a little worried but he winked at her as Ino raised a questioning eyebrow. "Oh don't be jealous Sakura…I'd pull yours down except I wouldn't want to get my hand dirty."

Sakura did a spit take and jumped to her feet and pointed at Naruto. "What? What does that mean??"

Naruto shrugged as he ate some more ramen. Ino giggled and Hinata blushed and mouthed his name and shook her head slightly.

Sakura blinked then looked at everyone then sat down again mumbling to herself. "I will not lose my temper…I will not lose my temper."

Naruto chuckled around a mouthful of ramen then mumbled something else, but the only person that heard it was Hinata and she blushed so hard Sakura just had to know what he said.

"Damn it…what did you say? At least be man enough to say it out loud!"

Naruto looked at her and his eyes twinkled as he said with a straight face, "I said you probably wear granny panties anyway."

Sakura turned beet red and her finger shook as she pointed it at Naruto. "That…that is none of your business!!"

Naruto shrugged and nodded. "You're right. I mean your panties are probably white, made of cotton, and two sizes to big…oh wait…that is what granny panties look like isn't it?"

Ino laughed so hard she almost fell off her chair and Hinata blushed so badly she turned away but Naruto could distinctly see her shoulders shaking. Sakura's blush was deeper then Hinata's and she closed her mouth and sat down.

After a few minutes Sakura frowned and spoke rather quietly. "Naruto…I know I have teased you a lot…and I haven't always been fair to you, but I never thought you would sneak a peek at my panties while I was sleeping."

Naruto's mouth fell open as Hinata finally lost it and Ino did fall off of her chair. The laughter from the two made Sakura and him blush deeply and Sakura's index fingertips came together in a very uncharacteristic gesture.

Naruto finally closed his mouth and shook his head at Sakura. "I'm sorry Sakura…but I tricked you. I didn't look at your panties; I was teasing because I never thought you would wear…" At the deeper look of embarrassment on Sakura's face Naruto stopped. "Well…I guess it sucks when you are on the receiving end huh?"

Sakura looked at her friends then giggled nervously. "Well…I guess it is time for me to stop being so cheap and buy some new ones."

Ino grinned as she pat Sakura on her head. "Come with me later...I'll help you pick some out that Naruto will never guess!"

Sakura groaned. "Great, If you pick them out I'll be wearing licorice flavored thongs!"

They all laughed as Naruto got up and tossed some money from his toad on the table and they left the ramen stand.

O

Next Episode: Secrets revealed, danger on the horizon…