Gender Bended Series

by Acumichi

So the old ones are moved to here and make your GB request in the reviews. Thank you and I hope you enjoy the Naruko Cast get it, intsead of Naruto, the show would be called Naruko. I'm a dork X3 Rated 'M' for foul language and suggested themes.

36. Tough Choices

Okay, so I promised to do some request and I have gotten one. It was for more Hansuke yaoi. This next one will be a Sakaye X Hansuke X Naruko since there needs to be more of it on Fanfiction and if I have to be the one to write them all, then so be it!

So, this one will have Hansuke, Naruko, and Sakaye in their later years as shinobi.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto™

I'd also like to give a little warning. It may get a little…heavy in this fanfiction. As an adult I have come to terms that I can put things in here that are a little more sexual. Not to mention that these character are in their early twenties. So, just a warning since I have been thinking about it; I'm not promising it will be in here, but I am thinking about it. No lemons; I still won't do lemons.

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Naruko Uzumaki was stuck in the office with Tsuyoshi doing paperwork. This is the price she paid for becoming the next Hokage. She got roped into 'training' but it was really filing all the male's things and being sure that he didn't sneak out. She also was in charge of keeping the combination to the safe that Shigeru had hidden all of the alcohol in. It wasn't the greatest fun she ever had, hell, Naruko rather be stuck in the hospital right now but someone had to. Naruko just reminded herself that one say she be sitting behind that desk and some young hopeful would be doing this very same thing for her. The other perks this job had were ones that she couldn't talk about though. She was given access into very high security places as to get things for Tsuyoshi and to deliver items. Naruko once even walked in on an Anbu meeting being held by the very Hyuga that had gotten her in. Naruko blushed pink at the thought; she never got to properly thank him either.

Hansuke Hyuga had probably changed the most from her perspective. Naruko got to look at the training stats for registered shinobi and she had taken a notice that Team Kurenai had been ahead in the shinobi ranking. It was obvious to Tsuyoshi the second he got to study the team that they would be first in the generation to Anbu, and he was right. What he and Naruko did not see was that the Hyuga would be the only one out of the three to stick with such a rank. Kaori Inuzuka and Satomi Aburame worked as a month as Anbu and then quickly requested they get put back to jonin status. It was understandable; usually those who had big family lives and family plans for the future did not stay Anbu. Hansuke Hyuga was also filed for a moving, but not by his request. His father ordered it to his son's displeasure in the case that Hansuke would have to serve the main house soon. Hansuke was passed by as the next leader at the say of his council and father. Haru Hyuga was to be the next to rule and saw what his family was doing to the brother that raised him and supported him when the council did not. Haru, as the new heir, passed on one ruling before being stated which had to be followed by his council. Hansuke was disowned. At first, this shocked the Rookie Nine when Hansuke, with tears and smiles, told them about it. But they did not see the true gift of it all.

Hansuke was freed of his family. They could not force him to demote to jonin, serve as a branch member, and Haru even by passes Hansuke having to get the curse seal. Hansuke thanked his brother and promised to repay him one day.

Since he was no longer part of a clan, Hansuke kept his Anbu rank. He was usually never around but Naruko saw him all the time around the Hokage tower. She was only given the chance to become an apprentice from the Hyuga's recommendation. She was surprised when Tsuyoshi called her to his office and told her how grateful she should be to Hansuke for putting his neck on the line. He told her how he had promised Naruko would be the best apprentice for Hokage from his experience and observation over the years. Naruko would have thanked the Hyuga, but he was always on missions. What Tsuyoshi never told Naruko was that he was going to start teaching her to become the next Hokage anyway, but just hearing someone stick up for his young student and the Hyuga even went as far as saying if she doesn't do well, he would give up his job and demote to chunin! Tsuyoshi had never seen anyone have so much faith in the Uzumaki. It was…cute to say the least.

Naruko sighed as she moved another filed box of scrolls and documents that Tsuyoshi had her organize and send to the archives. She just wanted it out of her hands since once the head of the archives took it; it was no longer her responsibility. She glanced out a nearby window and sighed when she saw that the sun had already set. As if cued, her stomach growled and she yawned right after. Naruko had yet to eat since this morning, and oddly enough she had eaten a healthy breakfast and not her precious ramen. She quickly ran towards the archives, only when she opened the door, she ran right into another person. The force caused her to fall back on her bottom and her box to rattle a bit since she held tight.

"Very sorry Uzumaki-san," the person said as they walked to her side and helped her back to her feet. "Are you alright?"

Naruko looked up and smiled; she knew that rabbit mask and blue hair from a mile away. She dusted off her back side and gave a big smile, "Of course I am Hansuke-kun."

"Please Uzumaki-san," he said as he lightly rubbed the back of his neck. "You must refer to me as Rabbit-san. I do not want you to get in trouble." He opened the door for her and motioned her in.

Naruko gave a pout, "I really don't like those stupid rules. I've known you since we were, like, five."

He chuckled and closed the door after her. He kept his back to the door and watched as she filed out a form showing that the documents have gotten there. "Even so, rules were meant for our safety. I surely don't want anything to happen to you." Naruko was glad that he couldn't look right at her since her cheeks were a bright red. Naruko had come to enjoy the warm and soothing tone of his voice and she couldn't believe any human could sound so…godly. She took in a deep breath and cleared her thoughts. When she walked back over, he opened the door again and followed her out. "Is Lord Hokage still in his room?"

"Last I was there he was," Naruko said as they walked beside one another. "Why?"

"Classified Uzumaki-san."

Naruko didn't have to see the look on his face. She knew that he was teasing her and she was about this close to punching him. The Hyuga was becoming very good at making her flush and get weak in the knees. She faked being hurt and spoke like a spoiled little girl. "That's not very nice Rabbit-sama," she drawled out and loved how he looked to tense. It was a little payback for what he had done to her for so long. She couldn't understand what it was about him now; it had been a long time since they last talked face to face (and not on the job) and on a specific topic: his confession. It had struck her very hard, but Naruko pushed it off to focus on other things. Her sensei always taught her that love come second in her life. She had tried so hard to talk to him about, but it took her very long to finally be able to talk to him. It was a few months before she had even started working for the Hokage, and she had spotted Hansuke at the ramen stand at about three in the morning. She walked in and smiled sweetly at him since he had yet to notice her. She knew that Ichiruka never had his shop open this late; his daughter, on the other hand, liked to keep open for the shinobi. Naruko was only up since she had fallen asleep in the fields and just woke up. She sat down by him and started to talk. He never said anything and Naruko tried to speak as quietly as possible since it was three in the morning. Once she finally got to the point of why she was there, Hansuke tried to change the subject. But Naruko wouldn't let him; she wanted to talk about it now.

They both were awkward about it and had no idea how to talk to one another. Naruko spoke in circles and Hansuke would start to say something but stop and tell her to go on. It was a long hour of talking and eating noodles. Naruko finally let out a deep breath and just was honest with him. She didn't know what to think of the whole thing. She knew that what he had confessed was full of love and heart; he nearly died for her. The only problem was that she didn't know what to do now. Naruko was blunt; she had no idea what to do, so she asked Hansuke what he wanted her to do. Hansuke blushed and told her that she had to do what she wanted. No matter what she chose, he would still stand by her and support her. So Naruko did the only thing she could think of. She stood up, gave him a kiss on the cheek, and thanked him for the sweetest words anyone has ever told her. And he was happy with that. They didn't discuss what would happen next; if they should go out, start dating, or never speak of it again. All they did was say their goodnights and parted ways. As Nami would say, what happened next was in the hands of Fate.

But even now…Naruko would love Fate to throw Hansuke the idea to just ask her to ramen. It was impossible though. She had to work with Tsuyoshi and Hansuke worked for Tsuyoshi. This was one of the few times they saw each other alone.

Hansuke opened up the door for her again and they both entered the room to see Tsuyoshi half asleep on the desk and the pen falling out of his hands. Naruko sighed and shook her head as she went for another box to organize or at least start on before going home to rest. Hansuke walked up to Tsuyoshi and placed down a red scroll and then a black one. Even without Tsuyoshi being awake, Hansuke spoke lightly of what he was dropping off and bowed before leaving. Naruko quickly finished her stuff and scribbled a note that she went home and would come back soon. She practically ran down the hall until she found Hansuke again, "R-Rabbit-sama?" she panted as she caught up with him. "Y-You heading home?"

"I'm afraid not Uzumaki-san," he spoke lightly and they continued walking back to his mission room. Naruko wasn't supposed to be in there but all the Anbu were okay with it since she was one of the few women that did. Hansuke allowed her entrance and went to his locker and placed his holster and strap on his back that held his two shōtōs. He put another belt around his waist that held scrolls that he used for the kekkei genkai that he inherited from his mother's family. He turned his head and saw her sitting on a bench, "I have another…mission I need to get to."

"When are you coming back?" She asked.

"Before the morning hits I would think," he said and adjusted his mask.

"Well…" Naruko looked away and tried to think of a way to get him to ask her out. "I guess I'll see you then." He nods and began to walk to the door. Naruko huffed and crossed her arms over her chest. She used to be the dense one when she never noticed his crush on her, but now she was dropping hints like paper tags and he didn't get them. Naruko was about to give up and trudge back home, but when she stood back up she saw that he was standing in the door way, holding the door open.

"Maybe…" he started and shifted on his feet, "m-maybe we can get some tea together."

"Yeah," she held back her excitement as he nodded and walked away. Once the door closed and she was sure that he was far enough away Naruko let out a squeal and jumped about the room. She spun around with a bright smile and flushed red when she saw two Anbu standing at the doorway. They looked at one another and then back at her. Naruko quickly ran out with a blush but she was still smiling brightly since she got a date. She got a date with the only boy that loved her since she was kid, nearly died for her, and put his neck on the line for her job.

What was she going to wear?

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Hansuke sat in the watch tower with his katana propped up against the wall that he sat against. He was seated on the ground with one knee pulled to his chest and the other out straight; his mask was pulled up and placed a top of his head since he really never needed it. Hansuke always got night watch since he always got signed up for it by his captain; his bastard captain that assigned him every crap mission there was. The others tried to tell him that most the new guys get the worst jobs, but he was 'the new guy' a year ago, now he was just the hated of team. He was sure that it was his clan that made his captain pissed. His captain always went on about how shinobi that were part of big clans got what they wanted without hesitation; he used Hansuke as the example. Hansuke was always called weak in his genin days, but he still went to chunin. As a chunin, he was referred as meek, but he got to jonin. In his jonin days he was too merciful on missions. Hansuke still made it to Anbu though, and stuck with it better than any other shinobi from his generation did. His captain merely brushed him off as a spoiled clan boy that got his place from just a powerful name; even after Hansuke was disowned, his captain never let up on him.

He could deal with it though; Hansuke was calm and collected enough to know that there was a time to listen to people and to shut them out. He activated his kekkei genkai and took a scan of the area and then when he spotted nothing he closed his eyes and let out a deep breath. He relaxed a bit since nothing ever happened this late at night, but his body refused him the pleasure of sleeping. Hansuke was on the job and that meant total focus on what was going on. He strained his ears to catch anything that his eyes might have missed (which was highly unlikely but still) and was surprised to hear silence.

The night was quiet, but that didn't mean he would hear nothing. It was suspicious to say the least; he slowly got up to his feet and slid his mask down over his face. He walked forward a bit and he took more of a defensive stance as he lightly touched his ear piece. He spoke softly, "Rabbit at the South East tower, on high alert and stay in a ready to deploy position." Hansuke waited until he got a conformation back that someone had heard him (that wasn't his captain) and then took his position on the railing and crouched. He swallowed the lump in his throat that he always got when he was nervous and slowly grabbed one of his shōtōs. His eyes shifted around to see if anything was a threat to him and he activated his kekkei genkai to get a better look. His whole body began to tense when he spotted a very controlled chakra figure coming up from the woods. It meant it was a shinobi headed his way, and a strong one too. "Be on stay by, rouge shinobi coming our way, be prepared too-" he was cut off when he lost the person. They just disappeared right out of his site.

"Rabbit-san," the voice over his head set said, "is something wrong?"

Before Hansuke could say anything, he felt a blade against a throat. He nearly stopped breathing and remained very still. Hansuke could see the outline of the shinobi's body frame with his Byakugan and could tell the shinobi was a female. She whispered in his ear, "Everything's fine," she said and when he remained silent, the katana blade nicked a bit of his neck.

"Everything's fine," he repeated into his head set. "False alarm."

"Are you sure Rabbit-san?" The voice asked with concern. "I can head up there to be sure."

"Don't bother," she whispered again, "I must be a little sleep deprived."

"Don't bother," he repeated while he began to focus the chakra in his back. "I must be a little sleep deprived."

The person over the head set gave a light laugh, "I know what you mean, but you only have a few more hours, so hang in there."

Hansuke turned off the head set and without another warning, shot chakra through his back and spun around to find that no one was there. He got to the floor and pulled out his shōtō in time to block a katana cut from Sakaye Uchiha herself. She smirked as he pushed her back and took a more defensive position with only one shōtō unsheathed. She slowly put on hand up and sheathed her katana, "Don't worry Hyuga, I'm not here to kill you."

"Make another move and I will have to kill you," he threatened as he tensed a bit more as he watched her move.

She scoffed, "Don't try to kid yourself. I beat you as a child I can still beat you know." She shifted on her feet but the next thing she knew she was spun around and pushed up against the wall. She gasped as her arms were held above her head and one of his legs slid hers apart to keep her off balance. Before she could think of fighting back, her wrists were wrapped around with a part of the wall and he was patting her down. Sakaye couldn't help but smirk, "Please Hyuga…not on the first date."

"Silence," he demanded as he removed her katana and any other weapons on her person. "Sakaye Uchiha, you are under arrest for treachery against Konohagakure, the murder of innocent lives, and an attempted murder of the Kages." He spoke calmly as he took more of a chance to look at her. She had yet to change from the last time he saw her. She was still in her uniform from her days with Orochiko (Sasuke's uniform, only feminized and with a backless black shirt). Her hair was still far too long to be manageable and her skin was even paler in the moon light.

"This is annoying," she said dully, having gotten bored. Without much trouble, she broke what held her to the wall and disappeared from his site again. Hansuke activated his Byakugan again and watched as she jumped down from above him. He stepped back and kept a close hold on her katana. He groaned when he found that she had grabbed his katana. Hansuke used hers and they were both at each other's throats. "You are going to help me Hyuga."

"That will never happen," he said as he frowned under his mask. What was she planning?

"You really don't have much choice," she said they both pushed the katana's blade closer to the other. "You help me and live, or I kill you and make my way into the village."

Hansuke thought for a moment, but without letting down his stance he spoke again. "What do you want?"

"Access to the Uchiha Estate," she stated clear as day. Hansuke was a bit taken back at the request. She watched his expression go from surprised to serious again.

"And why would you need to go there? There is nothing left there for you. You made that clear when you declared Konohagakure was not your home anymore." He pushed the blade more and forced her back against the railing. "If I was to allow you any closer to my village, it will be in cuffs or a body bag." He threatened darkly and Sakaye found her back against the railing. "We're done now; you go back to where ever the hell you came from."

"Well," Sakaye glared, "someone grew a pair while I was away. Give the little weakling a mask and he suddenly thinks he's a threat-" she stopped when the blade cut her skin with a long swipe. She thrust the blade at his middle, but he side stepped and grabbed her wrist. She cringed and was forced to drop the katana when a bolt of chakra went through her wrist. She heard that sickening crack from bone fracturing. Before he could pin her to the ground she pivoted around and sent a hard kick to his thigh. His grip loosened enough that she got free and took the katana from him. "Tomorrow night, I want access to my estate. Or I get in with some of my summons." She threatened and jumped back into the forest while holding her broken wrist.

Hansuke allowed himself to fall onto his back as he gripped his thigh; any harder and she would have shattered it. Hansuke knew minimal healing jutsu, and not one of them covered broken bones. He turned on his communicator, "I need someone to take my position."

"What are you bitchin about now?" Hansuke sighed as he heard his captain answer him back. "The clan boy too use to getting to sleep in his comfy bed every night."

"Sakaye Uchiha just about shattered my femur," Hansuke said calmly as he glared at the night sky. "Someone needs to take my position to be sure she doesn't come back to finish me off." That was a lie, but Hansuke needed to get to a hospital before the pain running through his leg and up his body caused him to pass out. He was always good with not showing pain, and he would never allow the Uchiha to hear his pain. He heard his captain grumble out something and that was it. The line went dead and Hansuke lied there hoping. He waited for about half an hour before two people landed before him.

"Holy shit Rabbit," one gruff male voice said as he pulled Hansuke back to his feet. Hansuke leaned against the male trying to keep off his injured leg. "That bitch got you good."

"Don't remind me," he muttered and slowly picked up his fallen dagger and katana. "Captain sent you?"

"Even that bastard can't leave you here in your condition; as much as he hated to." The female of the two said. "Bear, you stay at the post, I'll take Rabbit to the hospital." The man nodded and handed off Hansuke to her. Hansuke was taller than her, and heavier, but women Anbu were much stronger that they looked. She gave a warning, and the next Hansuke knew it, he was handing on both legs before the hospital. He kept the agonizing scream in his throat, but a low groan escaped. "What did the Uchiha want?"

"No idea," he lied as she helped him into the hospital. "Probably just testing our security."

"Why didn't you call anyone when she got there?" Hawk, the woman, asked accusingly. "I know that men don't like to call back up, but she could have killed you."

"I know," he said as he pushed open the door and was suddenly surrounded by nurses; shinobi were given medical care much faster than anyone else. He was laid down on a stretcher. Before Hawk could get out another word, he was carted off to another part of the hospital. "My leg," he said to one of the nurses. She nodded and they made it to a room where a medical shinobi was waiting. They all began talking but Hansuke didn't listen. He allowed himself to fall asleep before they asked him any questions.

When he woke up he was in a dark room and his clothes were gone. Hansuke blushed as he lifted his sheets and sighed in relief when he was still in his underwear. He threw off the covers and looked at his wrapped leg. He activated his Byakugan and looked at the chakra lines that went through his legs. They were back in place around the bone he could not see. He ran his hands over his thigh and figured it was mended back again. Shinobi never got casted; they had to be in shape to go back out within the week. He looked to his bedside as saw his uniform was neatly folded with his weapons and mask beside them. Feeling rested and better, he got up and tested his leg. There was only slight pain, but nothing some pills could take care of. He was changing when someone came in. Hansuke stopped and looked over to see that it was Saburo. Seeing as it wasn't a woman, he continued to put on his clothes.

"It's four in the morning," Saburo said as he closed the door behind him. "You don't have to go anywhere." He read over his chart as the Hyuga continued to dress and put his weapons back on. "Says here you shouldn't be out of the hospital for another day anyway," he said in a bored tone since he knew Hansuke wasn't listening. "Not to mention that you'll be on some hard pain killers that wouldn't be good to take while on the job."

"You can't take a day off from being a medical shinobi, right?" Hansuke asked as his mask sat on his head. He glanced back at Saburo, who had nothing to say. "I can't take a day off from being an Anbu shinobi either." He turned so that they faced one another. "Can I please have my medication and go?"

"I was told that Sakaye was the one that did that to you," Saburo said as he pulled out his prescription pad and pen. "She isn't one to just attack to 'test security'," he quoted and then went back to writing. "What did she really want from you?"

"I don't know, a fight?" Hansuke said watching the pink haired male for any sign of doubt. "All I know that is she shattered my femur and ran off."

"Well, we shouldn't be seeing her anymore." Saburo handed him the piece of paper. "Security has been heightened and genin are not allowed past the gates without a jonin." He sighed, "Hopefully she doesn't do anything stupid."

"I hope so too," he muttered and walked out of the room to the front desk. Hansuke didn't really have to get here there, but he knew what she was capable of. She could get into the village and out without any help from him, but she asked him to do it for a reason. Maybe she really needed help, or just to piss him off. Either way, he would need the key to open the gates to the estate. If he went over the walls, he would surly set off the trap that was set a long time ago. Hansuke knew that Konohagakure locked that place down since they were sure that was the first place Sakaye would go. He should just let her get captured, but he knew better; she could escape Konoha multiple times, it would be just as easy to get out of the prison. He sighed as he handed the prescription to the nurse and was handed back a bottle and a glass of water. He took two pills and thanked her as he left. He slipped on his mask and slid the bottle into his back pouch before running off to the Hokage tower.

He still had to meet Naruko for tea.

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Naruko sighed as she saw the clock strike another minute and there was still no sign of the Hyuga anywhere. She didn't know why she was worried; Hansuke was out on a mission and said he would be back before sunrise. Naruko looked back to Tsuyoshi as he slept on the desk, he hadn't moved since she last saw him. She even threw out the note she had left him in case he woke before she got back. Naruko finished filing another box and moved on to her last one. Thanks to her, Tsuyoshi's room was practically clean. All the paper work left to be read, signed, sent out, and archived was on his desk. She had never felt so accomplished for half cleaning half organizing; she would have to use the same determination to clean her room. As she finished placing the last of the scrolls she could fit, there was a light knock on the doors. Naruko glanced over to the Hokage and shook her head as he didn't even budge from the noise. She got up and walked over to the door and opened it. Naruko was wide eyed when she saw Hansuke looking down at her with the same expression.

"What are you doing here so early Uzumaki-san," Hansuke asked and Naruko couldn't help but be memorized by his eyes. He gave her shoulder a shake and she was pulled from her trance. "Uzumaki-san? Are you alright?"

"Yeah," she said as she took a step back and smiled. "I'm fine." She motioned him to come inside and he did as he was told. Naruko went back over to where she was working, "And I'm here since someone has to work around here," she smiled. Hansuke chuckled lightly and she stood up with the box in her arms. "Once I take this box up, we can go get that tea." Hansuke nodded and as she walked past him, Hansuke stayed put in the room. He put down his mask and activated his Byakugan; he started to search the room until he found a sealed area. He walked up closer to the area in the wall and he saw the outlines of some of the items, but only so much chakra had touched them that stayed with them. Scrolls and papers but nothing he was looking for. Hansuke turned around and scanned the room again until he found another chakra area but it was in the Hokage's desk. He slowly walked forward and crouched beside his sleeping Hokage. He focused on the door and saw what he figured he would find; a key. The drawer had a special seal, one he could easily get pass and then get that key. He just hoped it was the key he was looking for. Hansuke stood up quickly as Tsuyoshi shifted in his sleep. He deactivated his Byakugan and just stood at his Hokage's side like he had been ordered.

Tsuyoshi yawned loudly and wiped the drool from his mouth. He blinked a few times and looked around the room. "Damn," he smirked and nodded, "this place has never looked so clean." He leaned back in his chair and stretched, only for his hand to hit Hansuke; Hansuke didn't flinch though. Tsuyoshi looked over at him and smirked, "Ah, Rabbit," he sat up and stretched his hand; "you can never take a break can you?"

"No Hokage-dana," Hansuke answered back as he was taught. Tsuyoshi only rolled his eyes and groaned as he looked at his desk and all the paper work.

"You are relieved from watching me Rabbit," Tsuyoshi waved him off. "I'm perfectly fine by myself."

"Are you sure?" Hansuke wasn't even supposed to be in the room alone with him. But if he just left without another word, Tsuyoshi would be suspicious of him.

"Go Rabbit," he smirked and continued to write out more letters to neighboring nations. "That is an order."

"Yes Hokage-dana," Hansuke bowed and he was about to exit, Naruko walked back in with a bright smile. "Uzumaki-san," he bowed.

"Oh please Hansuke-kun," she waved him off, "you don't have to call me that anymore. I just told your captain I'm taking you to tea." Hansuke gulped lightly at the shit he was going to get for the next week. "I'll wait for you here." She smiled and he nodded before walking off to the Anbu mission room to change. She closed the door behind him and looked back to Tsuyoshi with a bright smile, "Can I please take a break for tea?"

Tsuyoshi scoffed, "You already invited him and now you're asking me?" He held back the need to laugh as she gave him big puppy dog eyes and held her hands together as to show she was begging. "Well…you have been doing a really good job around here…" he trailed off just to tease her with the idea of getting to go for tea. Tsuyoshi was glad that she was giving the Hyuga boy a chance, and that the Hyuga actually took notice of the blonde Uzumaki. He was tired of watching them talk like they were friends but then see Naruko stare at the boy like she was going to jump him at any moment. It made him feel gross just to think about his little student doing…such things. He was just glad it was to the Hyuga boy and not towards his other student, Saburo. Tsuyoshi was well aware of the awkward between the two. Saburo didn't love the girl, but he liked her a lot; and Naruko was infatuated with the boy, but yet she did not love him. It reminded him of himself and Junko when they were young adults. "You know what," he finally spoke up, "go ahead. Just bring me back something to eat." He glared at her, "but if its dangos I will kill you." Naruko just giggled and nodded. She ran over to him and hugged him. "This is uncalled for Naruko."

"You know you love it," she smiled and let him go. She smiled softly, "I won't let you down. I'm going to be the greatest Hokage ever, just like you and Grandpa Sarutobi."

Tsuyoshi looked up at her and he couldn't help but smile back. "I know you will," he then waved her off. "I'll be sure to leave you plenty of work after I retire." He smirked as she huffed and stuck her tongue out at him. He rolled his eyes but looked up when there was a knock at the door. "Come in," he said strongly and Hansuke pushed open the door. He stood in what was a jonin uniform, but with a beige vest and his weapon belt around his belt. His hair was a bit of a mess and he had a light smile on his lips along with a blush. Tsuyoshi was surprised how fast and easily the male could change from the cold and serious Anbu to this soft and kind shinobi. "Hyuga-san," he smirked, "I hear you are taking my student out for tea."

"Yes Hokage-dana," Hansuke answered.

"Just be sure you keep her safe and she is an apprentice to the Hokage," he said sternly, "do not allow her to do anything she will regret later."

"Yes Hokage-dana," he answered again.

"Okay Tsuyoshi-sama," Naruko glared at him and walked over to Hansuke. "Don't treat him like my bodyguard." She said as she pushed Hansuke out of the room and sent another glare to him before closing the door. She huffed and looked to Hansuke with a smile, "I'm sorry about him," they began to walk towards the exit. "Tsuyoshi is just trying to tease us."

"It is my job to protect you though," Hansuke said with a light smile. "It truly is a pleasure to get to be a personal guard for you." He opened the door for her and was unable to see the blush on her cheeks. "At least we get to drink tea in the silence of the early morning," he smiled as they walked down the steps and then on the empty streets of Konoha.

"Yeah," she said with a blush and walked a little closer to him. "If it wasn't so cold I would enjoy it more," she leaned against him with a smirk on her lips. Naruko knew he couldn't say no to her, and he wouldn't' push her away like Saburo had always done. She blushed red as he even put his arm around her shoulders.

Hansuke knew what he was doing was wrong. It was so wrong what he was about to do. But he had to, he had to do it or innocent people were going to die because he couldn't get some stupid key. Hansuke Hyuga was going to use Naruko Uzumaki to get back into the Hokage office and steal that key. If he let Sakaye Uchiha in, then he could keep an eye on her and stop her if she wanted to do something harmful to his home. He didn't want to hurt her, but she was making it really hard. All he wanted to up their friendship, but she gave him the chance to be something more. Something that he always wished he could be to her. But not like this. Oh…he never wanted to do it like this. Maybe he could still win; he could get the girl and get the traitor out.

But nothing ever worked like that. Not even in fairytales.

"Come on Hansuke-kun," Naruko smiled brightly as she pulled his arm towards a little tea shop that was just getting open. Hansuke blushed as she held his hand tightly in her own as she pulled him into a booth but still sat right next to him. Hansuke sat back in the booth and stretched his leg with a satisfied smile. Naruko giggled lightly as she looked up at him, "I'm glad that you are so happy to be with me." She hugged his arm and put her head against his shoulder.

Naruko was so glad that she finally has someone that allowed her to touch them like this. Naruko was always a touchy kind of person; she liked it when her hair was ruffled or she was hugged. Anything to show her affection she gladly accepted and returned. It was why she and Kaori were so comfortable around one another. They jumped on one another and rub cheeks together. Kaori's whole family communicated through touch and Naruko loved to spend nights there. Whenever she tried to show her affection to Saburo, Kashikoi, Sai, and even to Sakaye, she was scolded and yelled out for touching them. Naruko was surprised that the Hyuga had allowed her to touch him like that; she had heard that the Hyuga clan was strict in rules and power; not much of a family but more of a unit of people. But Naruko just assumed that Hansuke was like the others of his clan, but she must have been mistaken.

Maybe, he wanted nothing more to be hugged and…touched. She blushed pink at the thought as she hugged his arm a little tighter and glanced up at him; he was just staring at the ceiling and thinking. She was about to say something but a waitress came over and apologized for the long wait. "Can we just get a pot of hot tea and two cups," Naruko said quickly. She really enjoyed being in the silence with the blue haired Anbu. She nodded and walked off, she looked back at Hansuke, "Is that okay?" She already knew he wouldn't argue with her on the subject. Hansuke never argued with any decision she made. He shook his head and she went back to lying against him and holding onto him. She had never thought this was what she had been missing out on.

But Naruko knew why she had never thought of being with the Hyuga. She used to have a very solid reason to keep away from him and be nothing more than comrades.

"Uzumaki-" Hansuke started but the girl cut him off.

"Call me Naruko outside of the tower," she said with smile. "You never call me that anymore."

"N-N-Naruko-chan," he stuttered out, the name foreign on his tongue. He wasn't used to being this open with her. It was like he was reverting back to his old self when he was with her. It was like he was 12 again. Hansuke sighed lightly as he slid in his seat more and cringed from the dull pain up his leg. What was he going to do when Naruko found out? It wasn't like she wouldn't find out; he had to write in a report to Tsuyoshi to why he was in the hospital and was taking pills like kids eat candy. "Are…Are you doing anything…tomorrow morning?" He had to get into the Hokage's office when he wasn't there. He had to get that key. He glanced down to see her red face; it made him feel…disgusting.

"I'm totally free," she smiled brightly at him, "in fact," she blushed lightly, "we should just do this every morning. Unless," she saddened, "you have missions that take you away from here."

"I-I think I'll be around for a while," he smiled lightly with a blush. There was no way his captain would give him a mission with the status of his leg.

Naruko giggled and leaned up to kiss his cheek, "Thanks Hansuke-kun." Then the tea came and Naruko poured them both a cup. Hansuke was glad that she didn't see his red face and a frown. He didn't want her to be so…happy with him. Hansuke had to tell her; he was using her to help her best friend and rival get back in. He wasn't doing it for her; he was doing it so the Uchiha didn't enter the village with intent to kill. He did it so the Uchiha wouldn't cause another invasion like her teacher had back during the chunin exams. Hansuke hated what he had become; he put his village ahead of everyone.

Even the girl that he was madly in love with.

(Line Break)

Hansuke was back on watch again; he has spent most of the morning filling out paperwork and giving multiple detailed reports about what had happened the night before. One for his captain, his fellow members, the Hokage, to the counsel, and then to his captain again; he said the same story five times that day and it was all lies. Hansuke would have been given the day off, Saburo had even made it his mission to discuss with his captain that if Hansuke was targeted again, he may not make it to a hospital. Hansuke was a little happy to his captain being scolded by almost everyone; he was the one that had Hansuke waiting thirty minutes for someone to get him to a hospital. But, his captain and Hokage made the point that they could not give anyone much of a day off. They needed all the shinobi they could get. Hansuke didn't mind it; he already knew the Uchiha could not kill him since he was her way in. He leaned against the wall of the watch tower and played catch with his pill bottle.

"Did someone get hurt while on the job," Hansuke didn't flinch as Sakaye stood on the railing with her hands on her hips. She smirked as she felt him looking at her as he slipped his bottle into his back pocket. "Where is my key Hyuga?" She stepped down and walked towards him; she glared when she noticed he wasn't pulling out a key. She pulled out her katana and was met with a blade to her throat, "We made a deal." She glared as the masked Anbu Hyuga just seemed to be thinking. "It's like you want me to sneak into your village and kill everyone." She smiled evilly and the blade was pushed harder against her throat. "I'll be sure to start in your clan first; then you'll know what it is like to not be let into your home!" She yelled at him as her own blade pushed against his chest.

"You had every chance to go home and re-start your clan," the Hyuga finally spoke. "It is not anyone faults but your own that no one is allowed to step foot there." He pushed her back and put his shōtō away. "I need more time to get the key."

"I need to get in there tonight," she glared.

"Then be my guest," Hansuke shot back. "But the second you walk past me, all of Konohagakure will know you are here." He threatened and smirked under his mask when she glared and was hesitant to move. He never knew he would love having so much power over someone. "Now," he spoke lightly, "be a good kunoichi and wait for me to get it. It's under heavy watch." That was only part of a lie, but he didn't care. Like the Uchiha deserved his honesty. "Get out before I arrest you."

"You are lucky that I deem you worthy of living," she muttered and was about to jump away. "And Hyuga," she glared as she looked back at him. "Don't drag Naruko into what is between you and me."

"Who says that I would?" He asked and watched her expression. "And why do you care all of a sudden? You were her sister and you betrayed her." He growled out and motioned for her to leave. "I'm protecting her from this as much as I can. If she knew I was aiding you, it would kill her inside."

"Yeah," Sakaye turned away with a glare, "it would."

Hansuke watched as she jumped off and he let out a deep breath. He leaned back against the wall and closed his eyes. Activating his Byakugan, he watched her leave the area before anyone could notice she was even here. Hansuke knew she would be back. He was about to open his eyes again, but another shinobi entered the tower and headed up to his post; he blushed red as a kunoichi with beautiful red and blue chakra came up to him. Hansuke deactivated his kekkei genkai and pretended that he had not noticed her. He just stood there and smiled lightly as Naruko tried to quietly walk up to him. "H-Hey," her bright voice was just a whisper, "I hope that I'm not interrupting."

"You are not supposed to be at the Tower, Uzumaki-san," he teased and chuckled when she pouted and crossed her arms under her bust. "A future Hokage would not pout."

"You just wait Rabbit-san," she said with her own mocking voice. "You'll wish you'd been nicer to me since I'm going to be the one giving you your paycheck." She smiled deviously and Hansuke only rolled his eyes. She only laughed lightly and stood beside him. "So if you want to start kissing up to me now, that would really help you."

"I'll keep that in mind," he said lightly and went into a sitting position with his back against the wall so tightly that it held him up. "Now, why have you blessed me with your presence Uzumaki-san?"

Naruko blushed lightly as she copied his actions. "I finished my work and I wasn't tired yet." She looked to him and smiled, "And I knew you missed me. So I geared up and came as soon as I could." Hansuke eyed her again and finally took notice that she was in her jonin attire; it looked very good on her. Naruko smirked, "Would you like me to model it for you too?"

Hansuke looked away with his blush burning under his mask. He heard the girl laugh at him and Hansuke frowned a bit, "It was not funny Uzumaki-san."

"You were the one caught staring at me," she said with a light blush and smile on her cheeks. He always found ways to make her feel attractive. No one ever made her feel like that. Naruko placed her head on his shoulder, "How do you do this every night?"

"I remember all the civilians and shinobi that are sleeping peacefully," he said lightly as he looked out into the distance over the tree tops. "And they can because I give up a few hours of sleep every night to watch over them." He smiled lightly. "It makes this job easier."

"Wow," she said in awe and looked up to him, "that was really sweet Hansuke-kun."

Hansuke was about to remind her, but he couldn't' help but melt from the look in her eyes; she looked at him like he looked at her. "Thank you, Naruko-chan."

She smiled brightly and stood up. "I guess I better leave you to work." She stood before him and bent over so they were eye to eye. She smiled kindly, "thank you for protecting me Hansuke-kun," she placed a light kiss on where his lips would be. Hansuke burned a bright red and speechless as she giggled and walked away. Once she had left, Hansuke dropped to the floor like a dead weight and steamed poured out of his ears.

Sakaye Uchiha glared as she turned away from the scene and continued to jump off back to her base. This was not what she had planned.

(Line Break)

Hansuke sighed as he yawned and walked through the halls of the Hokage Tower. The sun was rising and he had spent an hour sleeping as someone took his position. It was the best hour of sleep he had ever got. Hansuke had no idea why he was in such a great mood. He should feel terrible since he was doing things that would get any other man killed on the spot; he had been lucky enough to not be captured. He took out his bottle of pain killers and took another two pills dry. He really hoped that next time he could get a higher dose. There was really no one around but as he turned the corner, he saw the doors of the Hokage's office wide open. He activated his Byakugan and let out a sigh of relief when it was just Naruko in there cleaning. He deactivated it and walked up to the room; his mask still on his face and a smile lingering on his lips.

"Hello Uzumaki-san," he said softly as he leaned on the door frame. He chuckled lightly as she spun around with surprise; he was getting a lot better at sneaking up on her.

"Ne, Rabbit-san," she smiled as she put down some papers on the desk and walked over to him. "Are you looking for Tsuyoshi-dana?"

Hansuke shook his head, "I just noticed that you were here without guard. I had to take it upon myself to watch over you."

Naruko blushed and smiled, "Thanks Rabbit-san, but I am a great enough shinobi to not need to have a babysitter." She stuck out her tongue at him and he chuckled lightly. "In fact," she smiled, "I bet I could beat you in a fight."

"Is that a challenge?" he asked lightly and couldn't help but blush. He had never flirted like this before. Even more impressive, he had never flirted like this when not on a mission. It was like he was dreaming what had happened over the last three days; he might have to thank the Uchiha for what she was doing. He stood up straight and walked into the room as she went back to working. He was careful to always keep his distance.

"I don't know," she said innocently with a smirk. Naruko glanced at him, "Are you up for a challenge?" She giggled and grabbed some scrolls. "I'll let you think that over while I go put these away." she looked at him, "Don't come following either Rabbit-san," Naruko winked, "or I'll have to force punishment upon you." Hansuke nearly burst into flames once she left and quickly pushed any thoughts that just came into his head out. He waited another second and then activated his Byakugan as he walked over to the desk. He saw the drawer and nearly scoffed as he saw the seal that held it back. It was a seal designed by the Hyuga clan. The only way to open it was to apply chakra to certain point that the Hokage makes up. Hansuke smirked when he saw the remnants of chakra from the last time it was opened. He quickly copied it and popped the drawer open. He took off the seal and with a light flick, it burnt away into ashes. He was about to reach for the key, but he heard someone running in his direction.

He was panicked; Hansuke slammed it closed and from standing so fast he fell back into the Hokage's seat as Naruko came in. He looked to her as she looked at him with a confused expression. His hands tightened their grip on the arms of the chair and he was sure that his heart was pounding loudly against his ribcage. He opened his mouth from behind his mask and spoke as clear as he could. "I want to know what it's like to be the Hokage." Hansuke nearly hit his head on the desk. What was he, five?

"You are such a weirdo," Naruko smiled and laughed lightly. Hansuke blushed and sunk in the seat. "But," she walked in with a light blush, "I do it all the time." She walked over to the desk and smiled softly, "When Tsuyoshi-dana is at a meeting, I take a seat and pretend like this is really my job." She sighed dreamily and leaned on the chair, "Can you imagine it? I'll be the first woman to be Hokage."

"And you'll be a great Hokage," Hansuke said as he stood up and tried to compose himself.

"I know I will," she lounged in the chair and smiled at him. "I mean, I don't even need this training." Hansuke smiled at her as she went on and on about what she was going to do as Hokage. He couldn't help but just admire her confidence. He was pulled from his admiring as she was about to try and open one of the drawers. He quickly put his hand over it much to her surprise. "What?"

He looked at her, "Even though you will be Hokage, I need to protect the current Hokage," Hansuke said quickly. "And at the moment, you are not authorized to go through his things." He chuckled lightly as she pouted and sat back. She crossed her arm over her chest and looked away. "Oh please Uzumaki-san," he chuckled, "you will have your way soon enough." He bowed to her and began to walk out, "I can see that you have no need for me here."

She smiled brightly, "That means that we can go out for some tea, right?" She got up and followed after him. "Since you are no longer working at the moment."

"How about," Hansuke spoke as they walked out of the room. "I make you some tea here, since I have no idea if I am needed for anything at the moment." Naruko nodded and Hansuke led her to his team's mission room and motioned for her to sit at a table while he worked on the tea. "I hope that Hokage-dana will not be mad that I took his assistant."

"That big baby can get over it," Naruko said with a smile. "I'm a young woman and I have a life outside of this tower." She sat back in her seat. Naruko looked at him with a light smile, "And how can I stay in that stuffy room when I can spend my time with you…in another stuffy room." She laughed lightly as Hansuke chuckled with a blush and frown. This was Kami testing him; and he had to choose the wrong path. Hansuke placed a cup before her and another at an empty chair. "How was watch?"

"Oh…" he spoke lightly as he walked back over with the tea pot and sat down. He lightly set it on the table and leaned back in his chair, "The usual." He glanced at her and smiled, "What did Hokage-dana say when he found that you snuck out?" Hansuke teased and hid his frown as she blushed and pouted.

"I did not sneak out," she huffed as she leaned forward and poured the tea. "I was relieved of my duties for the time being." She smiled at him as he pulled off his mask and set it on the table. She blushed as he shook out his hair and let out a held breath. "I really like your hair Rabbit-kun," she said with a light blush.

Hansuke glanced at her and swallowed the lump in his throat. She was too cute for her own good. He forced a smile as he put his hand around his tea, "I did not know that you were skilled in tea pouring," he changed the subject. "Nami-onee always told me that she hated having to learn how to serve tea. But like always," he laughed lightly and brought the cup to his lips, "she was a natural at it." Hansuke shook his head and took a long drink.

"Junko-sensei took a day to teach me," she smiled lightly at the memory of her teacher. "She told me that every lady needs to learn. It's something that men look for in women." She looked up to Hansuke as she held the cup to her lips. "But I have to say Rabbit-kun," she smiled, "you make really good tea." Naruko took her drink and Hansuke only smiled. They were spent in silence and it was rather nice. It all stopped when a few other Anbu walked through the door. One of them being Hansuke's bastard captain.

"Hyuga," he yelled as Hansuke muttered under his breath. "Uzumaki-sama should not be brought to a place like this for tea."

"It's okay," Naruko looked over and smiled, "I wanted to come here-"

"Hyuga!" The head Anbu ignored her and glared at Hansuke.

"Yes, captain," Hansuke put down his cup and stood up. "Please Uzumaki-sama," he motioned for her to stand, "allow me to escort you someplace else for tea-"

"Hold up," Naruko stood and glared at Hansuke's captain. "I want to be here with Rabbit-kun and you can't do anything about it buddy," she huffed and sat back down. Hansuke couldn't help but smile as he watched his captain glare at her and then back at him; his smile dropped. "Please sit down Rabbit-kun," she motioned to the chair. Hansuke complied with her order.

"I don't want to see her in here again Hyuga," his captain said with a growl.

"Of course," Hansuke nodded to him but he really didn't care. He let out a sigh of relief when he left and drank his tea again.

"Dang Rabbit," the girl in the hawk mask smirked. She sat at the table with them with her mask on the table. "I never thought I'd see you on a date."

Hansuke blushed, "this is not a date Hawk," he said.

"Oh," Naruko smiled, "we're on a date alright." She giggled as Hansuke nearly choked on his tea and looked to her with wide eyes. "Hopefully next time," she winked at him, "we can go out for a nice drink at the bar."

"Do not tease a man like that Uzumaki-chan," he blushed and looked away from the two giggling girls.

"Hey Rabbit," the bigger male in the bear mask sat down with a serious face. "How is your leg doing?"

"What's wrong with your leg?" Naruko asked with sudden worry.

"Nothing-" Hansuke started but the male cut him off.

"Didn't you hear," he smirked, "this crazy fuck took on the traitor bitch." Hansuke pinched the bridge of his nose when he saw the grave look on her face and how the mood suddenly turned for the worse. "She shattered Rabbit's leg."

"Sakaye…" she whispered under her breath and then looked to Hansuke. "What did she want? What happened? Why…Why didn't you tell me she was here?!"

"Because of this," Hansuke said bluntly and looked at her. "You were finally over her and this whole thing. Uzumaki, you need to worry about leading a country full of scared citizens." He softened his look and sighed. "I don't want you to throw away your chance to become what you have been dreaming of since you were little, for her."

"You…You should have still told me!" She stood up and ran out.

"Naruko!" Hansuke called after her and then cursed under his breath. "I'll be back," he got up walked off while grabbing his mask off the table. The two called words of good luck and laughing at his misfortune. Dark humor was the best to Anbu.

He found her back in the Hokage's office. He heard her sniffling and with his Byakugan, located her under the Hokage's desk. He couldn't help but smile. "Go away!" She yelled at him, "I know that you used that creepy eye thing!"

"Byakugan," he stated as he walked over and crouched down in front of her. He had pushed the chair and placed his mask on the desk. "It's called Byakugan."

"I know what it is fucking called," she glared at him. "How could you keep that from me? I thought we were friends!"

"We are," he smiled, "I thought I was protecting you…"

"I don't need your protection," she muttered and pulled her knees to her chest.

Hansuke laughed lightly, "Yeah," he smiled, "I can see that." He softened his expression when she looked up at him. "All my life, I've watched you grow into the strongest Kunoichi I know. Half of my life, I've dedicated myself to becoming as strong as you are. You were my whole reason to keep trying after I was put down." Hansuke sat down before her, "I looked up to you," he smiled brightly, "You are the only reason that I'm even an Anbu."

Naruko blushed and pouted, "Don't try to suck up to me." She felt her face heat up more when he still smiled at her. "Stop it!"

"Come on," he egged on and slowly pulled her out. "I'll make it up to you with ramen."

"I'm still mad at you though," she said as she came up and they both stood. Hansuke stood up slower with a light chuckle. He groaned as she stood straight. Naruko looked to him and watched as she he shifted on his feet. "What did she do to your leg?"

"Broke it," he said as he leaned against the desk and reached into his back pouch for his pain medication.

"Can…Can I try something?" she asked lightly. Hansuke looked to her and nodded. Hansuke watched as she got down on one knee and placed her hands on his thigh. He was rather surprised as the blonde was skilled in medical ninjutsu. He groaned lightly as she tried to mend the bone better but he had to admit, she was awful at it. Hansuke cringed as he felt the chakra pierce his skin, muscle and bone. "I'm not hurting you, right?"

"N-Nope," he said quickly and sighed when she finished. "I feel great," he cringed out and smiled at her.

Naruko frowned, "I really hurt you, didn't I?"

"It could be a little better." He said lightly and then began to walk out of the room with a limp. "I'll come by later. We can try it again." He looked back at her with a smile, "Just, ask Hokage-dana for some tips."

Naruko nodded and watched as he limped out. She was never so motivated to work with Tsuyoshi.

(Line Break)

Naruko had never been so happy and giddy through the day. Even Tsuyoshi was that not only had she loved to work that day, but sitting through a lesson in basic medical jutsu. It was like she was a whole new person. Of course, he could tell what had made her so happy. He would catch her walking down the halls humming a love song and sighing dreamily. He smirked as he worked and watched as she would sneak glances at his paper work he had her filing. She would blush when she saw him filing through the Hyuga's work. The only issue was that Tsuyoshi was a little protective of Junko's student; her godchild in all truth, and it was now his turn to take care of her. Not that he really had to worry about the Hyuga trying to take advantage of Naruko; hell, Tsuyoshi was sure that he was going to need to protect Hansuke from Naruko. She was too much like her mother: bursting with confidence and had no idea when to close her mouth.

He sighed as he watched the girl prance in with a blush and smile on her face. It was time that he bit this thing in the ass before it got him. "Naruko," he pulled her from her day dreaming and smirked as she nearly fell over from the fright. He chuckled as she shot him a glare, her face red from embarrassment. He motioned her to come over to his desk. Once she was standing before him he finally spoke as calmly as he could. "What seems to have you in…such a mood?"

"Mood?" Naruko asked in a dumb voice with a blush, "What mood?"

He raised a brow and she rocked on her heels. "I think you know what mood I am talking about." He sat back and crossed his legs. "You've never been so…happy before."

"I'm always happy Tsuyoshi-sama," she smiled and rubbed the back of her neck. "I better get back to work," she spun around and collected a few scrolls in her arms.

Tsuyoshi wasn't going to drop this though; she had to learn right now.

"He's one of my best Anbu Naruko," he said bluntly. It stopped her dead in her tracks. She was just standing there, like someone had frozen her. "His first priority is this country. He will do whatever needed to protect these citizens and shinobi alike." He sat with both of his feet on the ground and his arms crossed over his chest. "You…You are to be the next Hokage." He stood up and watched as she seemed to ease herself into a pose of defeat. "Naruko, your duty will be to use your shinobi to protect this country."

"What are you trying to tell me?" She finally spoke up but with her back still to him.

"I'm telling you that this relationship that you want will always be second to being Hokage." He tensed a bit as he thought of his own life as a shinobi. He had to push away everyone he loved to do what was right. "You both need to know that one day you both can be laughing together and the next day, one of you is dead." He had to blunt with her know; he had babied her far too long. He watched as she tried to keep from showing him anything. "Hansuke Hyuga is given the two jobs with the highest fatality rate. He keeps watch at night and is retrieval missions." Tsuyoshi walked over to her. "He is a natural born defense against an ambush; I make him the target for them. No one knows they are up against a Hyuga before it is too late." He placed his hand on her shoulder. "Can you handle that Naruko?" He looked to her. "I want to be sure that you don't set yourself up for heart break."

"Come on grandpa," she looked up at him with a smile plastered on her face. "Like I'm thinking about falling in love and getting married; I'm twenty. I just want to know what it is like to go on a date once in a while." She laughed and brushed him off. "I know what I'm doing. Don't worry about me." She walked out before he could say anything to her. She walked down the hall to the mission room and let small tears fall down her cheeks. She knew all of that.

She just didn't think that she would have to deal with it.

Naruko took in a deep breath and wiped away her tears. Naruko knew that she was better than this, she was so much better than that. Anything she had with Hansuke would be…perfect. They knew their places in this country and she knew that they could find a way to make it work. It wasn't like she was going to ask him to marry her…no; this was just the beginning of something that could be really nice. She walked into the large meeting room and placed scrolls and Anbu and higher ranking shinobi's slots. She would come back later that night to pick up the finished reports. Naruko was about to walk back to the Hokage's office, but she caught something in the corner of her eyes and quickly looked to the opened window. It wasn't a good feeling that she got, so she walked over and looked out. Naruko dropped the box she was holding when she saw bright red eyes looking up at her.

Sakaye Uchiha was looking at her.

Before Naruko could even think of what to do, Sakaye took off into the forest. Being that it was her, Naruko jumped out and went after her. Naruko pulled out a kunai since she knew that meetings between her and the Uchiha went two ways. They would yell at each other until someone interrupted, or they would be knocked out cold from a fight and be on the brink of death.

Never much of an in between.

Naruko huffed as she took off at full speeds and ended up at her old training grounds. The ground was still fresh from having to be re-done; Saburo still had a very powerful punch. Naruko scanned the area and went wide eyed when she saw the woman just sitting there on the stump that Naruko had been tied to all those years ago. It was almost too good to be true. Her best friend/greatest rival was just sitting there like they were just hanging out. Her legs were crossed and one hand was on the stump while the other was on her lap. Naruko eased her stance as she just stood there.

"It'll be hard to talk to you from all the way over there." The Uchiha smirked as she watched the blonde's face go a little pink. Naruko walked up closer, but was sure to keep her distance. Sakaye scoffed, "Don't act so tough. I just want to speak with you about something."

"I don't want to hear anything you have to say," Naruko said with a frown and a stern look. "You can't even be here right now. Get out of my village."

"Your village," Sakaye asked with a sneer. "I'm sorry, but this village would be nothing if not for my clan. Along with those Hyuga, we funded this village to become what it is today." She scoffed, "not like you even know that. You ditched out on that history lesson."

"All I know is that the last of the Uchiha clan left this village on her own free will." Naruko glared as the Uchiha shot her a glare. "So the Uchiha clan means close to nothing to me at the moment." Even though that Naruko knew the truth about the Uchiha clan, she knew that it only happened because the Uchiha clan was known for holding dangerous grudges. Naruko crossed her arms over her chest, "I won't say it again. Get out Sakaye-mesu."

"Alright Naruko-dobe," Sakaye got to her feet. Naruko quickly tensed up and clutched her kunai tighter. "I'll just leave you with this one little piece of advice." She growled and spoke in a harsh whisper. "Keep away from the Hyuga."

Naruko felt like running off before she could kill her, but…something else happened. A laugh bubbled out of her mouth and a smirk. She was even more amused when Sakaye looked to be surprised by her reaction. More laughing followed suit and Naruko had a snide grin. "I'm sorry mesu, but I must have heard wrong." She put her hands on her hips, "Did you want me to keep away from Saburo…or Inoichi?"

"I am not fooling around with you," she glared and her cheeks began to burn red. She wanted to kill her, she could kill her, but Sakaye needed to get into her estate before she could go off murdering those who pissed her off. And Naruko was at the top of the list. She needed to just do one thing before she could burn this sinful village to the ground.

"But you'll never guess who I'm going to be fooling around with soon enough," she smirked. Naruko had never felt so good. It was nice to be better than Sakaye. It felt too damn good to see her blush and seethe since she couldn't stop her; all she could do was threaten. "I was going to wait, but just for you. I'll give him one hell of a night."

Sakaye glared and gripped her katana. She was sure now, that Naruko would be the first one to suffer. "You promised me you would keep your filthy demon hands off him you little whore!"

"I remembered making that promise because I thought you wouldn't betray this village and then try to kill me!" Naruko yelled back. "I've wasted too much time worrying about you. Hansuke-kun is right; I'm not going to let you take away from what I've been dreaming about. I'm going to become Hokage and you'll forever be the Uchiha traitor and on most wanted in every county." She turned and walked away. "You have ten seconds before I send out a signaling bird to come and capture you."

"He waited so long for you," Sakaye yelled, "what makes you think he would want you now?!" She glared as Naruko just kept walking away from her. Sakaye hated her so much, that she tears began to well in her eyes. "Why do you get everything you ever wanted when you have done nothing to show for it!?" Sakaye was sure that other people could hear, but she didn't care. She wanted Naruko to hear her loud and clear. "The knuckle headed idiot of this village is to be Hokage! Isn't that enough for you!? Just let me have this one person!" Sakaye looked through her tear filled eyes to see that Naruko had left her there. She wiped away her tears and took off back to her waiting area.

(Line Break)

Hansuke took a deep breath as he placed his mask on and walked to the Hokage's office. Tsuyoshi wasn't there, in fact, he wouldn't be there for the rest of the night. He was going through a long meeting with the two elders and Anbu captains and Root leaders. Hansuke was supposed to be off the job, but he worked for such long periods of time that no one would notice him being there. He entered the room with utter silence; it was too damn dark for him to see anything; he was tempted to use his hand as a torch but he feared someone would notice. Hansuke carefully went over to the desk, but then he heard someone walking up to the door. Before he could even process what was going on, Hansuke went to the window and climbed up so that he stood above it. He panted as his heart hit his ribcage. He calmed and used his Byakugan to see who was in there. He gulped when he saw that it was Naruko.

He could still do this.

Hansuke jumped down and crotched on the window sill, "Uzumaki-san," he spoke.

"I'm glad that you showed up Rabbit-kun," she smiled at him and motioned him to enter. "Tsuyoshi-dana is in the meeting room if you are looking for him."

"No," he said as he stood beside the desk. "I have come to see you."

Naruko blushed lightly and smiled, "That's sweet Rabbit-kun," she grabbed some books. "But I'm going to go off to my apartment to study up on some medical ninjutsu," she smiled. Hansuke nodded and as before she could walk away, she remembered something very important; the Hyuga was known for being fairly good at healing. She had remembered Saburo talking about that he would call Hansuke in to work on Chakra lines of genin since they were so small and thin. She turned in his direction, "Hey," she smiled, "do you mind helping me on something?"

Hansuke nodded but he really needed her to leave; he had to meet with Sakaye in a little while.

"Okay," she went over to the desk and opened up one of the books. "I've been reading up and I can't really get the hang of all the parts of the heart."

"The heart is a very complex thing," Hansuke said with a bitter smile as he lightly touched the area over his own heart. "It was lucky that Tsuyoshi was here to take care of me when he was. Or…I may not be a shinobi anymore."

"Oh almost forgot about that," Naruko looked at him with a light smile. "How has your heart been?" She asked lightly as she leaned back against the desk. Hansuke just shrugged and he was a little worried about the look on her face. "Can…can I just…"

"Uzumaki-san," Hansuke put up his hands, "I would trust you in battle and when running this country…but in medical terms," he sighed, "you need more practice."

"Yeah," she said with a smile of embarrassment. Hansuke looked to her and see that she wasn't making any move to leave the area fairly soon. He just hoped that she wasn't catching on to him. "You think that we can go grab something to eat?" Naruko smiled up at him. "You still owe me." Hansuke shook his head as he walked back to the window; he would come back at another time. Naruko pouted and walked over to the end of the desk and sat on the edge, "Come on Rabbit-kun. Time to be a rebel and skip out on your missions." She smirked.

Hansuke looked back at her and tried to keep a straight line of thought. She was too alluring for her own good. Hansuke just shook his head.

Naruko would have let him go. Hell, she wouldn't have even bothered talking to him after she got her books. But after seeing Sakaye and seeing how upset she was that the Hyuga wanted her and not the Uchiha, she had to have him now. Nothing pleased her more than to piss off the Uchiha. Sure, Hansuke was cute and a great guy, but upsetting Sakaye was icing on the cake. Naruko uncrossed her legs and let her white jacket fall down off her shoulders. "Please…Hansuke-kun," she purred out and laughed lightly when she saw the man stiffen. She leaned forward a bit more and smiled, "you wouldn't leave me here all by myself right?"

Hansuke looked back over to her and sighed as he walked up to her. There was something he could do here; he could take advantage of her…idiocy. How could she really think that such crude seduction could get him? Sure, it worked really well; but Hansuke had to take a special class to not be seduced by women and even men. Hansuke may have had a very large soft spot for her and would bend over backwards for her but he was a little above that. Hansuke flicked her forehead and sighed, "You are a young woman Uzumaki-san, please, do not do things like that."

She smirked and took his hands and placed them around her waist. "What if I only did it for you Hansuke-kun?" she kept his hold there and kissed his mask where his lips would be. "Could I do such things then?"

"I must get to my work," he spoke lightly as he kept one arm around her waist and the other holding him up on the desk. "You are making it very hard to leave," and to remember that he had to help the Uchiha.

"Good," she smiled and lifted up his mask, "cause I don't want you to leave me." She kissed his nose and then his forehead. Hansuke closed his eyes and he felt her warm lips on his skin. She pushed herself closer to him as she made her way back down to his lips. Hansuke kissed her back lightly; it was a dream come true. Too bad he felt sick to his stomach as his free hand slowly opened the drawer that held the key. Before she could pull away and catch what he was doing, he deepened the kiss. Her arms wrapped around his neck as he slowly pushed up against her. He yelled over and over in his head against the he needed to get that damn key.

But it was really hard to remember from the lack of oxygen going to his brain.

Hansuke pulled back to take a few quick breaths and as she panted for breath, he moved down to her neck. Hansuke felt his own body react to her breathy moans and the other little noises she made as he kissed. Hansuke wasn't very good at this sort of thing, but he had heard enough stories from all his male peers at the bars that he had a pretty good idea what is going on. He slowly began to bite, suck, lick, and kiss her whole neck, careful not to leave too noticeable of marks. The last thing he needed was Saburo and Tsuyoshi going after him.

"H-Ha-Hansuke…" Naruko moaned out as she gripped the fabric on his back. Her body felt tense and she pushed her knees together as she felt heat pool in her lower regions. Naruko had always heard about the first time her friends have….had intercourse, but this was a hell of a lot better than what she thought it was supposed to feel like. Her cheeks were a bright red and Hansuke was making it rather hard to breathe right. The more he bit the lighter Naruko's head felt. Maybe this was a bad idea on her part; she wanted to make him feel like this, but he was doing a much better job.

Hansuke had distracted her long enough that he pulled out the key and closed the door. But as he was about to pocket it, Naruko pushed him back lightly and he dropped it. Hansuke looked at her flushed cheeks and watched as she bit her bottom lip. "I…" she glanced at him and then down at her lap, "I forgot what I wanted to say…" she trialed off and laughed lightly. Hansuke glanced at the floor and tried to find out how to get his damn key. He then looked outside to see the sun was completely gone; he had to be faster.

"You don't have to say anything, Naruko," he spoke lightly and pushed his lips back on hers. Naruko responded and held onto him like he would vanish. Hansuke slowly allowed his hands to travel up her waist and as he lightly brushed against her breast, she gasped. Hansuke took advantage of the moment and pushed his tongue into her mouth. He didn't really know what to do, but he kind of just…explored. Naruko hesitantly responded and soon enough they were in a lip lock. Hansuke pushed chakra to his foot and basically attracted the key to his sole. He just moved it so that it was closer to him. Hansuke was really trying to think of some way out of this, but it felt too damn nice.

They were touching one another and Hansuke felt his face go red as Naruko's hands roamed to his chest and slowly down to the top of his pants. He felt her try to unbutton him, but he was quick to stop her when he gave her breast a rather hard grope. She moaned into his mouth and her hands stopped functioning properly. Hansuke messaged one breast and allowed his other hand to go under her mesh top and touch her rather warm skin. Hansuke nearly smirked at how she was trying to do something, but for once in his life, he was too damn good. He moved his mouth away from hers and began to kiss down her neck and collar bone. She kept a hard grip on his shoulders as he played with her and she smiled lightly and had a lustful look in her eyes. He felt her move her hands up his neck and into his hair, pushing his mask off his head and onto the floor. Hansuke didn't mind though, he allowed her to try something. Hansuke just needed to end this before he went too far.

"A-Ah," she whimpered out as he bit down on the skin over her collar bone and began to grope her other breast. She allowed her jacket to slip down her arms and she began to lead him further back. Hansuke followed her and soon enough, he was climbing on top of her as she lied on the desk. Naruko and Hansuke both looked at one another, breathing heavily. Hansuke moved his. He held himself up on the desk and he quickly tried to assess what was going on. Naruko blushed as she still had her hands around his neck, "You…You can keep taking off my clothes…" Hansuke felt hot under the collar. Even when she looked so innocent and shy, she was as blunt as ever.

"I-I think it would be best," he kneeled back so that he was just straddling her things, "if this stopped before something bad happened." Like him forgetting his original plan. If it was any other woman, this would have been so much easier. A simple seduce, obtain, and leave. But with Naruko, seducing and obtaining were easy, but leaving her would kill him inside. And by the way she acted around him, it would kill her too. Hansuke closed his eyes and took a deep breath as he ran a hand through his hair. He had a light sweat coating him.

Naruko frowned at the thought that what she had been waiting for would slip through her fingers. She had worked too long to have this end. This was their one chance to be something. They could figure out there plan after one night that proved that they loved each other. Naruko could have someone she knew would stand by her as she worked night and day to be Hokage. Any other man would never want to be with her if they knew they would be second to a job. Naruko pulled her shirt off dropped it on the floor as she lied back on the desk. She fixed her arms above her head and blushed as Hansuke looked down at her. His eyes were wide and a blush bloomed onto his cheeks. Naruko felt her body flush as his eyes roamed down her torso, abdomen, and then back to her face. "P-Please…?" she asked lightly with a pout. Naruko nearly giggled as she felt his light touch against her skin and the ghostly kisses he placed on her neck. Her face turned a brighter red as he slowly kissed down her collar bone. "H-Ha-AHH!" She yelped out as bit down a little harder than he should have very close to her bound chest.

"S-Sorry," Hansuke looked up at her with his cheeks a bright red. Naruko had covered her mouth and almost felt her eyes roll into the back of her head. This was her shy Anbu who would blush and faint and even got picked to be the Rabbit? He bit right above her breast! Her face got hotter at how…confident Hansuke seemed to be while in a sexual interaction. She smiled lightly and shook her head.

"I-I was just a little surprised is all," she moved her hands back to her sides and looked away. "Y-You can continue…"

Hansuke nodded and without much warning, trailed kisses down her abdomen. Naruko felt very flushed and made little sounds of arousal as he stroked her thighs. Just when things were about to get fairly interesting for them both, someone finally put an end to all of this.

Tsuyoshi walked right in.

He did have a right to walk into his office without knocking; it was his! But once his eyes landed upon the two young adults on his desk, he wished he had of knocked. Nothing scars a man more than seeing the girl that was like a grandchild to them, with an Anbu he trusted very much getting very close to her…private area. Tsuyoshi paled and felt bile rise in his throat. "What the fuck are you two doing?!" Hearing the man finally made it register that the two were not alone anymore. Hansuke quickly got off of Naruko. Naruko sat up and just her jacket to cover herself from judging brown eyes. Hansuke stood before her with his eyes locked on Tsuyoshi; he had to be the man and take the blame, even if it meant that he would be dead. "Are you both that stupid?!" Tsuyoshi yelled as he closed the doors and locked them so no one came in like he had. He turns back and glares at them. "It's like you both want to be fired!"

"Hokage-dana," Hansuke bowed down on one knee. "It is my fault. I should have known better, but my emotions got the best of me-"

"No," Naruko said as she pulled on her shirt and stood beside Hansuke. "I was the one that initiated it, b-but it's not like we actually did anything-"

"You almost had sex on my desk!" Tsuyoshi glared with red cheeks. "I have to work and sometimes eat there!" Hansuke and Naruko both blushed red and looked at the ground. They muttered apologies. Tsuyoshi sighed and regained his composure. "You're lucky that it was me that came in here," he looked back at the two who had looked up at him. "If the council walked in with me, you would be fired," he motioned to Hansuke, "and you would never be Hokage," he looked to Naruko. "You two almost threw your lives away for something you could have at least done in the mission room. Lord," he pointed out the window, "go do it on someone else desk. Just not mine." They were all blushing but Tsuyoshi was slowly going back into his leader role. "Go to your post Rabbit," Tsuyoshi shooed him away.

Hansuke nodded and walked over to where his mask as fallen. As he bent over and picked it up, he saw the shine of a silver key under it. Hansuke glanced over to the other two, who were now talking. Hansuke quickly picked it up and put it in his kunai pouch on his leg before putting his mask on and going out the window.

Tsuyoshi made sure the Hyuga was gone before talking at a normal volume again. "You need to start thinking about other things than yourself."

"I was thinking about us," Naruko said with a frown as she sat down in a chair. "This was our chance to put out our feelings and be something."

"You are next in line to be Hokage," Tsuyoshi stressed, "Don't let the thought of a relationship cloud that goal." He went over to his desk and cringed as he looked at the top. "And I want you to disinfect this before you go home." Naruko rolled her eyes but nodded. "Remember," he sat in his chair, "you have to do-"

"What is best for my village, I know." Naruko said as she stood up to go grab cleaning supplies.

"And you should also know that the old man before me once had sex on this desk!" Tsuyoshi called after her. "Just think about that next time you get the hots in this room!"

"Thanks for that mental image!"

"You're welcome!"

Tsuyoshi smirked, "That'll keep it in her pants for a while."

(Line Break)

Hansuke huffed as he finally found a post as far away from the Anbu as possible and fairly near the Uchiha grounds. Hansuke looked around with his Byakugan to be sure that no one was near when he did this whole thing, but he for sure knew that the Uchiha was waiting for him. Once the cost was clear, he leaned back against the railing and just waited for her to make herself known. Anything to prolong this event would be in his favor since he had never felt so dirty before. He might as well just turn himself after since the guilt would surely kill him in the end. He let out a deep breath as he took off his mask and looked it over. He smiled lightly as he saw a smudge of lips on the mouth of his mask; it made his heart flutter.

"Have you finally kept up your end of the deal?" Sakaye asked with a glare as she stood beside him. She was impressed once more as he didn't even flinch and showed her the ever elusive key to her home. She reached out to grab it, but he pulled it away and motioned her to head off to the estate. Sakaye smirked, "Alright then," she took off to her estate with her stomach in knots and her heart beating faster than ever. The Hyuga being right on her tail didn't ease her excitement. She felt the blush bloom on her cheeks as she searched in her mind for the image of the items that she needed to get. Once they landed outside the gates, she slowly walked up and caressed the wall; it had been much too long. "Please," her voice was so light and fragile, "wait for me?"

"I have to lock up anyway," he said dully as he placed his mask on the top of his head and unlocked the gates. He slowly pushed them open, but once given the space, Sakaye ran in and made her way to the main manor. Hansuke was left there to be sure that no one found him and no one got killed by her. It was so quiet around the estate that it gave him chills just to think that not too long ago; the place was blooming with life. Hansuke shifted on his feet as pain began to throb through his leg. He leaned against the wall and cringed a bit when he could not find his pain medication; he must have put it down somewhere. The night air was so calm and peaceful; but his mind was buzzing. He and Naruko had just crossed the line of the relationship between them. There was no going back now from what they almost did. Hansuke blushed at the thought; would she want to continue? Does he want to continue? And what was he going to do if they did?

Surely, being a man who came from a strict clan in its laws, Hansuke would have to marry her.

He shook his head. He could never do that. She had to become Hokage, not a housewife. She could never take off to watch kids, see them at the academy. It would be left to him, and he knows that every child needs a mother. He knew that personally.

"Okay Hyuga," Sakaye landed beside him with a light smirk. "I got what I needed."

"Good," Hansuke said and limped back over to the gates and locked them closed again. He turned back and saw her looking at his leg. "Admiring your handy work?" He sneered as he pocketed the key.

"I didn't mean to break it…" she spoke lightly and walked over to him. She scoffed when he took a few steps back, "I'm not going to hurt you stupid," she kneeled down and motioned him forward. "I'll fix your stupid leg."

"I don't need your help-"

"Shut up," she said bluntly, "this will be my thank you."

"You leaving will be enough thanks." But he walked over to her and watched as she healed his leg. Hansuke knew she was too stubborn to be told no. Hansuke sighed in relief as the pain vanished; for an enemy, she was very good at healing. "How do you know how to heal so well?"

"I work alone," she stated and looked up at him, "I need to be able to do things myself."

"You wouldn't have to be alone if you just came back."

Sakaye smirked, "Weren't you just telling me to get the hell out?"

Hansuke nodded, "I was, but I can see that you miss this place. Miss your home." Once he finished, he crouched down so they were eye to eye. "Why else would you come back here for a jewelry box?" Sakaye blushed as she held the bag closer to her chest. Hansuke laughed lightly, "I bet Naruko would get you a pretty easy sentencing."

"I didn't grab this since I missed home." She said with a blush and frown on her face. She glanced back at him and pulled out the box. "I had to get something." She opened the box and set it on her lap. Hansuke watched as she pulled out a beautiful ring with a precious gem in the center. She slowly slipped it on her finger and looked it over. "This was my mother's engagement ring." She then reached back in the box and pulled out a necklace that had its own ring on the silver chain. It was a men's ring, bright silver. "This was my father's." She blushed and slowly leaned towards Hansuke. He remained still as he felt her put the ring around his neck. His eyes were wide in shock. Sakaye whispered as she put it on him, "I've always had a crush on you."

"Uchiha…" he tried to think of something to say. Something to get him out of this situation.

"I know that I have done terrible things, but I had good reason to. And I know that the last thing you want is for me to do this to you, but…I love you." She said as she looked down at her jewelry box with a blush. "I love you so much that I want you to marry me."

"I…I can't-"

"I can give you a family," she said as she looked back up at him. "I can be a mother and a good wife. I will forget about Konohagakure, about all the shit they have did to me and my family, but," she pursed her lips, "but only if I can have you." Hansuke knew he was trapped. His village, or the love of his life? He wanted to be with Naruko, but she could never be with him. He loved his village, but to leave without another word just for her? "I know you really don't have a good choice to make," she smirked lightly, but it wasn't as cruel as before. "I'll be back tomorrow," she said lightly. Sakaye lifted up his mask lightly and without any warning, place a light kiss on his lips. "You know how much it hurt to have to wait for someone to come back with a response to your confession," she whispered and kissed him again. "Please, don't do that to me." One last kiss and then she got up and disappeared into the night.

Hansuke felt back on his bottom and lied on the ground. His eyes were wide and he was short of breath. He stayed there the whole night.

With the ring around his neck glittering in the moon light.

(End)

So, tell me what you think and I'll get to working on the next installment of the GB series.