Well I'm back, I think I like the every Thursday upload, it works well for me. I enjoyed this chapter, it was a light steam. Not too much and just enough to figure out the route they're going. Hope you guys enjoy!

Ino strolled into the flower shop before entering her former residence, "Dad! I'm home!" Ino called out before looking back over at Shikamaru with a smile, "Just kidding, he's dead." Shikamaru gave Ino a dry look, he wouldn't ask why she does things like that because he was sure he wouldn't have gotten a truthful answer. Ino whistled as she walked around the shop, Shikamaru and the others kept good care of the place. "I thought you would have sold this place by now. You guys would have made some good money and you wouldn't have to bother yourself with taking care of this place."

"It's your place, I'm not selling something that's yours."

"Hmm, I am sure we already came up with the decision that the Nara family could have it." Shikamaru folded his arms and smirked at her, "That was your decision, not mine. Just for shits and giggles, since you did give it to me, my choice is to preserve it." Ino didn't respond to this, having been caught in her little game, she chuckled at him. "Who would have thought any of you Neanderthals had a green thumb in your body."

"Who would have thought you still had a conscience to come and help me and Asuma." Ino looked up from a Plum Blossom flower to look at him, "What makes you think I put in so much effort?" Shikamaru walked up to her and while one hand held on to her waist the other was holding the side of her head. She almost jerked a little for space, but she liked the fact that he wasn't letting her distance herself. His thumb traced over her cheekbone and he looked at the dark circles forming under her eyes, "You haven't been resting and you say I don't take care of myself, stubborn woman. It's obvious you spent all of your time traveling looking for me. How long did you travel to get to us?"

Ino gave a sly smile and welcomed the boundaries challenge Shikamaru had made and started pushing her whole body more into him, "Hmm I'd say 40 hours non-stop to get to you. When we finally got to you I didn't want to intrude on your kill, so we stayed in the shadows of the building around you for a bit to see how things would play out and who you were up against. I didn't like the way that Hidan guy was playing, such a nasty personality." So, he was right, she had to be exhausted at this point. Traveling non-stop to get to them, engage with an enemy and travel back to Konoha and not have passed out at this point is amazing. Her stamina was very advanced, he wouldn't have imagined her to be where she is now four years ago.

"You give me too much credit though Shika. Hinata is the one to have located you all, remember she was initially in a tracking team, so it was very easy for her to locate you. If she couldn't pin point where you were it would have taken us twice as long to get to where you were. Now, breaking down the actual fight you should look at it this way, Hidan was just a big ball of arrogance who had the advantage of immortality. I believe if you guys didn't have that Kakuzu in your way you yourself could have took him on Shikamaru with the right strategy laid out. I'm a little jealous, I believe Hinata got a far better work out then I. However, worry she is taking too much stress in, she will soon burst. You do not want to see Hinata when she loses her patience, it takes a lot to calm her rage back down."

He was sure he didn't, Hinata was proving to be quite the vicious vigilante. She wasn't someone he would say was a friend or a foe, she stood in the middle, and that concerned him. What concerned him more was how he chose to ignore the fact that Ino was categorized right there beside Hinata.

Ino was dangerous, she sliced through Hidan like butter and was yelling vile incoherent words, she wasn't in control of herself at that moment and he wondered if it had anything to do with the curse mark or was she genuinely that insane with bloodlust. She was fast and brutal, she went through Hidan's mind without the man even knowing what was going on. Her chakra strength level clearly was at a high enough caliber that she could slide through Hindan's mind frame without him even being alerted. It was like she knew the impatient man's move before he even did it. He could see the advancement she made in regard to her clan's tactics, but he could also tell that she has experimented with it past what is morally right. Her clan would forbid some of the things she has probably trained herself to do with someone's mind, she basically invaded Hidan's privacy without him even knowing. If she could do that to him, then who else has she done it to?

Plus, she said she didn't want to get in the way of Shikamaru's kill, she talked about this like it was a sport. He should defiantly be viewing Ino the same way as Hinata, but he could never do such a thing.

"Hn. I want to tell you it isn't safe out there for you two now that the Akatsuki is on to you, but I'm sure you won't listen."

"You assumed correct. I can handle myself just fine." Shikamaru smiled down at the blond, "I'm sure you can." He then bent down and gave the blond a smoldering kiss, pulling her closer to him. He told himself that he wouldn't get too carried away, he said that he wanted to talk longer to Ino. However, the last experience the two had with each other was too fucking good to not think about it at this moment.

She fucked him, being the dominating woman that she was. She fucked him and he let her have her way with him, she dug her nails in numerous parts of his skin and rode him until she screamed. She said things to him that he prayed no one outside of their relationship heard, she was wicked, and he fucking loved it.

The way she got him to sink down to her level of mischief during sex amazed him. He never thought he'd say such things let alone do them. Her body was amazing to him, she flaunted her scars to him with no hesitation. She didn't feel any shame or embarrassment, she wanted him to touch them with his hands and his mouth. In return for praising her body she awarded him with equal passion. The way her mouth explored him and wrapped around him sent him into a frenzy, at that moment he was willing to do anything for her. Their after-sex results were something that Asuma and his father still tease him about. He was littered in scratches and dark purple spots; he didn't care though, what Ino and himself had going on was their business.

Hovering over her now and leading the kiss, an urge to dominate this session was consuming him. "Let's go upstairs, I want to try something with you." Ino couldn't help the feathery laugh that came from her as he started to kiss down her jawline and tug at her turtleneck.

To say the young Uzumaki wasn't nervous was an understatement.

He now had Hinata in his apartment, alone. Only in his wildest dreams would something like this happen. Hinata asked where he placed his kitchen appliances for tea so she could make them a pot. He told her he would make it and she denied the gesture, stating she was fine doing this. He now sat on his couch, proud of himself for cleaning up before starting his day this morning. He was still nervous and was trying to stop his leg from bouncing up and down. He saw Hinata come back with the tea and placed it on the table in front of them.

"Hmm, come now Naruto. I am no different than any other person that has come across your path. Please do not be nervous around me." He watched as she took a sip of her tea and she looked so gracious, her persona was calm and cold. He wasn't sure if she knew that and did it intentionally, but she definitely wasn't the warm welcoming Hyuga princess he once knew. She was more of a dark queen. She always looked heavenly to him, he supposed she was more of a dark angel now, the outcast that the other angels didn't want around them. He loved it about her though. "Thank you. You're good at reading people Hinata."

Hinata shot back instantly, "You're good at reading me." Naruto smiled at this, "I'm still figuring it out. I'm sorry that you were thrown off track and had to come back sooner than you wanted."

"It is fine Naruto. I am starting to look at the positives." He didn't know how to take that, did she mean a positive because she could sleep on a bed or a positive that she was spending time with him. He was hoping both. He wouldn't dare ask her to be specific.

"Are you okay with me not being specific on what we are Naruto?" She looked at him over the brim of the tea cup as she sipped it. Her look was mischievous, and he grinned at this, "Are you flirting with me Hinata? Is this your way of flirting?"

"Well are you?"

"No, I'm not okay with it, not really."

"So why do you not push for more? Surely you deserve more." He did not answer her teasing; he placed his cup down and turned his body full towards her. "Because I understand that you don't really work that way Hinata." Placing her teacup on the table he now had her undivided attention. "Oh, and how do I work?" Naruto raised an eyebrow at her statement, she was so weird, it was cute. "Someone to force their feelings on you isn't attractive to you. Besides, you're still trying to figure me out. If I would reject the real you or not."

"Hmm, you really are good at reading me Naruto."

"Well, I've been obsessed with you for almost five years. Understanding you would fall in with my obsession." He saw her eyes light up a bit at this, "The last time we were together, do you remember Nata."

"Of course." They kissed heavily and he had pointed out that he knew she had a hard on for pain.

"If you like to interact that way with me, then why do you hesitate?" Hinata didn't have an answer for Naruto and this only fueled him to push further, "Hinata, how you show you care is different now, I'm fine with that." He slowly leaned over, watching her to see if she was uncomfortable with his advances, "Your way of flirting is a little demeaning, but I'm okay with that too." She maintained eye contact with him, and he liked that she wasn't backing out of this dance they were doing, "How you show you're interested in me is almost unreadable, but I like it that way." His body was now invading her space, his lips on her neck, they both took a deep breath through their nose, taking each other's intoxicating scent in. He licked the length of her neck fully with his tongue and was met with her reaching out for his jacket, gripping it, pulling him more to her, urging him to continue. "How you show you want me is by inflicting pain onto me…and I'd love if you did that." He made his way to her lips and nipped at them, biting down hard urging red liquid to come out.

Hinata should have known that her weak spot for Naruto would lead to him leading the dance they were in at this moment in time. Half of her didn't want to lose so easily and the other half was telling her it would be okay just this once to have a good time. She blamed the lack of sleep to her wavering so easily.

"Tell me you want me Nata." He had successfully pinned her between him and the couch they were on. Her head on the arm rest and her neck exposed to him. Her neck was so pale, he could see the blue veins that coursed through like a calm river flow. Everything about her flowed so natural and nothing was imperfect. He wanted her to say it, he almost sounded like he was begging.

He saw her deep in thought, she was looking for a reason to not comply with him. "Why are you here with me then Hinata?" His left hand went to the back of her neck and he gripped her hair potently, he grew more excited and hot-blooded when he saw her ears become red.

She liked this.

"You asked to come with me when you got here and not go to the Hyuga estate, when I would have gladly walked you there. You asked to come back to my apartment and you have led everything up to this moment." He bit back a groan and gave a grin when he saw her reach up to the hand that held her hair and grip his wrist. It was in a painful bone-crushing manner, she wanted to inflict pain back, but she was not trying to actually break it when it is clear she could if she wanted to. She watched as Naruto was now breathing heavy, growing excited at her reacting back to him. He was hot, rough and could take on what she wanted to do to him. If he wanted to experience her than she wouldn't hold back on him anymore.

"Yes, I want you Naruto, that's why I'm here." Her other hand went to his jacket that was zipped, grabbing the jacket and shirt under it she gave a forceful tug ripping the clothing enough to reveal his chest. Naruto smirked down at her amused by the action, both young adolescences were very aware of the middle leg from Naruto that was rubbing against Hinata and the heat that it gave off. Hinata acknowledged this and still held the excited twinkle in her bottomless eyes, she hadn't felt this alive in some time. It didn't take her long to convince the eager nine-tailed host to let her lead and she ended up straddling the young Uzumaki, her hands frantically clawing his chest enjoying how sometimes it leaked dark red. The sounds her mate was making just fueling her, she bent down to lap it up, it was so fucking warm. She found herself actually moaning.

"Give me a safe word."

"I don't need a fucking safe word Nata."

Sooo, Hinata is getting some action. This is not them solidifying their relationships, maybe with Shikamaru and Ino, but Hinata is still staying strong in denial world for a couple more chapters. She still believes her and Naruto are just good friends lol. Till next time!