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Chapter 4
Naruto scratched the back of his head, wondering where everyone was as he walked up to Kurenai. He thought that Kurenai looked amazing, as she wore a skimpy black dress. Her outfit: 66 dot media dot tumblr dot com /55370a286c0337c87f315d8e3b0dd9e9/tumblr_pw5tekKEbM1ysvzpbo5_400 dot jpg
"Hey Kurenai-san, am I early?" Naruto said.
"Hi Naruto-kun" Kurenai said with a smile "Not at all, you are just in time" she then motioned for him to sit down.
"Are Anko-chan and Asuma-san late then?" Naruto asked as he sweat dropped at the way Ayame was glaring at Kurenai. Ayame was like an overprotective big sister to him. Naruto figured she was getting the wrong idea about Kurenai and him.
The two in question didn't even know about Kurenai's celebration plans, as she had only invited Naruto.
"They both had something else to do, they will join us later" Kurenai lied. She wanted to get Ayame to stop glaring at her, and she could tell Naruto that they weren't coming later, when Ayame wasn't around.
Naruto chuckled "Okay, you hear that Ayame-nee, you can stop glaring at Kurenai-san now. Her boyfriend is joining us later".
Ayame smiled "Good, but if I hear that she tries something with you then I'll send Kushina-sama after her!".
Kurenai laughed nervously due to that threat, since she really didn't want an angry Uzumaki Kushina coming for her "You don't have anything to worry about, Ayame-san".
"Hey old man! Get me ten bowls of beef ramen dattebayo!" Naruto yelled.
"Coming right up!" Teuchi responded cheerfully.
"And for you, Kurenai-san?" Ayame asked.
"One small bowl of chicken ramen, thank you" Kurenai said.
"Coming right up" Ayame said mimicking her father, before she started preparing Kurenai's order while Naruto stared at Kurenai in confusion.
"Is that all you're gonna eat?" he asked in disbelief.
"That's plenty" Kurenai said with a chuckle.
"Not everyone can eat the way you and your parents do Naruto-kun, a small bowl is enough for most people" Ayame said, shaking her head "At least for us women".
"Maybe that's why you are all so weak" Naruto said shaking his head "If you ate like my mom, you might have a better chance to become strong like her".
Ayame sweat dropped "I'm not even a ninja, I'm just trying not to get fat and keep a somewhat nice figure".
"Let's hope you keep that figure, you look great Ayame-nee" Naruto said with an eye wink causing Ayame to blush "Thanks Naruto-kun".
Kurenai frowned, not only because Naruto had just called her weak but also because he was flirting with Ayame in front of her. "Did you just call me weak, Naruto-kun?".
Naruto glanced at her for a second as Teuchi placed a few of his ordered bowls in front of him. He stared at his ramen and said "Konohamaru can keep up with me longer than you can when he trains with me, what does that tell ya?" before he started shoving ramen into his mouth.
Steam started appearing from out of Kurenai's head as she boiled in anger, her face completely red "You think I'm worse than an academy student!?" she yelled comically. The funniest part of it being that she just became a jounin and the one who is looking down on her is also an academy student. The worlds strongest academy student, but even so.
Ayame couldn't help but giggle at their interaction, her earlier worries of Kurenai being out on a date with Naruto was now gone.
Naruto turned to her with a frown, after he had finished his first bowl "I'm not saying you are weaker than him, I'm saying you complain more than he does. Five years ago, whenever I complained to my dad about training being too hard or about some injury I received, he always told me to shut up and walk it off. Maybe you should learn to do that also" Naruto said as he started on his second bowl.
Kurenai glared at him with a tic mark on her forehead "I think you should consider who you are insulting like that, I didn't get promoted to jounin for no reason. Maybe I should show you why I'm a jounin sometime".
Naruto grinned "You challenging me to a spar? I'm up for that any time dattebayo!".
Kurenai nursed her forehead and sighed. This wasn't a good start to their date. "Another day, Naruto-kun. Tonight I just want to celebrate my promotion to jounin".
Naruto nodded "Since we're celebrating I'll have two more bowls, old man!" he announced with a loud yell, causing both Kurenai and Ayame to sweat drop.
They spent another twenty minutes at Ichirakus, mostly to let Naruto eat his fill since Kurenai was ready to leave after she had finished her small bowl. The two of them were walking on a road in the middle of the village. Naruto was resting his arms behind his head, in a very carefree way, while Kurenai rested her arms below her chest, still looking a bit upset.
"Where are we going now, Kurenai-san?" Naruto asked cheerfully.
"The park" Kurenai said, smiling for the first time in a while.
"Are we meeting the others there?" Naruto asked.
Kurenai shook her head "No, the others aren't coming, tonight it's just you and me".
Naruto stared at her in confusion "I thought we were celebrating, why isn't your friends and boyfriend coming?".
Kurenai's frown returned "Because I want to celebrate with you" she said and Naruto couldn't help but think that she acted almost like a stubborn kid. It was kinda cute to see the jounin woman, act that way.
Naruto scratched the back of his head "I see, you are probably celebrating with them another time then. I guess you guys are gonna have drinks and stuff like that, is that why it's just you and me tonight since I can't drink yet?".
They walked into the park as Kurenai leaned down and smiled at him "No Naruto-kun, this is the only celebration, and I'm celebrating it with the only person I want to celebrate it with".
Naruto hummed as he started looking around the place, looking into all directions, he then pointed at himself in question.
Kurenai nodded "Figured it out yet?" she said with a giggle.
Naruto raised an eyebrow "I think you are talking about me, what I can't understand is, why?".
Kurenai pouted cutely "What do you mean why? Aren't we good friends? At least that's what I thought. Maybe I'm the only one" she said before walking ahead of Naruto.
Naruto caught up to her "No I'm not saying that, damn it. I'm sorry Kurenai-san, let's just forget about what I said and have some fun instead".
Kurenai smiled at him as she stared at him those large beautiful red eyes. She held his hand, then said "Let's just enjoy a walk in the park for now, it's beautiful place at nights".
Naruto made a funny expression in reaction to Kurenai holding his hand, but only said "Okay" as the two of them took a walk in the park. Naruto wasn't nervous or embarrassed, he was just confused. Something didn't add up, he did not have all the information he needed to make sense of this.
Why was Asuma's woman walking hand in hand with him? And why did she want to "celebrate" alone with him? Maybe she was one of those girls his mom had warned him about. A girl who would try to get him to be alone with her, just to capture him later and interrogate him to force out all the secrets of the Uzumaki clan and his fathers abilities out of him. According to his mom, there were a lot of crazy girls like that out there. He had been warned that they could even be hiding among their friends, meaning that he wasn't safe even in his own home. He didn't think Kurenai would be one of them, but it wouldn't hurt to be a little bit extra cautious tonight, since she is acting a bit strange.
What Kushina had told Naruto was obviously complete bullshit. She only told him that because she didn't want Naruto to get seduced by the village women and girls. It wasn't fool proofed, but at least it would make things a bit harder for them to get their way. And it had worked out so far, since Naruto is still a virgin. Naruto believed her since he had no reason to doubt his mom's words, especially due to how so many girls always seemed to want something from him.
After leaving the park, Naruto asked "Are we done now?".
Kurenai frowned as he held his hand a little bit tighter "No, we are just getting started. Is there something you would like to do?".
"Train?" Naruto asked.
Kurenai sweat dropped "No, something fun".
"Beat up one of the old perverts?" Naruto asked, referring to Jiraiya and Hiruzen, which Kurenai understood.
"That does sound fun, but I was thinking more of something fun we could do together that doesn't involve ninja training or fighting. Like watch a movie or something" Kurenai said, blushing slightly.
Naruto grimaced "Nah, fuck that. I know, let's go to this awesome arcade my mom always brings me to, lets go there and play some games dattebayo!".
"Sounds good" Kurenai said with a kind smile. They went to that arcade and played games together and against each other for about two hours. It was all fun and games until Kurenai started sitting in Naruto's lap as he played a racing game. She was kinda awkwardly sitting on his left thigh, with her arms around him as he played. Naruto didn't really mind that since he was used to having girls in his lap. His own mom being one of them as she often sat in his lap whenever he and his parents were just chilling in their living room, playing board games or watching a movie. She also did it at parties, after a few too many women has been getting to close to him. Other girls that has sat in his lap are Anko, Ino and Moegi.
Anko doesn't just sit in his lap though, she likes to move her ass when she does that, jumping on him slightly or grind against him. Moegi just sits in his lap whenever she gets a chance to. Ino is another one who has sat in his lap, but she prefers to just hang herself over him, hugging him from behind. Thankfully Ino sits in Minato's lap most often, which wasn't strange at all for any of them, since she had done that since they were young. If anything it was Kushina sitting in his lap that Naruto found to be strange. Not that he didn't enjoy it. She might be his own mother, but she is also one of Konoha's hottest women. Unlike others, Naruto has seen Kushina half naked, most of the times by accident though. She is more than just a pretty face, to say the least.
What did bother Naruto about Kurenai sitting in his lap, was how all the teenagers in the arcade was staring at them in jealousy. Most likely jealous of Naruto having such a hot babe all over him. Those idiots probably didn't know that she already has a boyfriend and have nothing to be jealous of. They are just good friends.
"Let's go somewhere else" Naruto said with a frown.
Kurenai giggled as she got up "Okay".
She wasn't worried about these people seeing her with Naruto like this. She didn't recognize any of them, most of them probably weren't even ninja. They probably don't even know who she is either. After leaving the arcade, Naruto once again asked "Where are we going now?" but this time he asked more excitedly since the two of them had really enjoyed their time in the arcade.
Kurenai smiled at him as she took his hand in her own again "You can walk me home, then you are free to go home and train since that's what you seem to rather do than celebrate with me".
"That's not true, I had a fun tonight, Kurenai-san" Naruto said, showing her his toothy grin.
"Good, that was the point of it. I also had fun, I hope we can do this again sometime" Kurenai said, still smiling at him. The made their way over to the apartment block where Kurenai had her apartment. It was a large apartment block where a lot of chuunin and jounin lived. Anko and Kakashi to name a few other than Kurenai.
While they walked, Kurenai was thinking over what to do next. Their so called date, had not gone as she had planned at all. She figured they would eat at Ichiraku's then head to the park to make out. They mostly just argued in the park and ended up playing games in that arcade instead, and she had not even been close to be able to kiss him or tell him how she feels. It wasn't too late though, she still had a chance to give him that kiss now that they were going to end their date.
Once they closed in on the building where Kurenai lives, Naruto stopped, then said with a grin "Thanks for tonight Kurenai-san".
"No thank you" Kurenai said as she was about to close the distance between them, closing her eyes and puckering her lips. Naruto must not have noticed that as he turned around and left "See ya!" causing Kurenai to kiss nothing but air.
"Bye.." Kurenai said, watching him leave. She then gasped in disbelief. Just what did she need to do in order to get him to realize that she liked him? Tonight certainly explained a lot of things, such as why none of the other girls has not been able to win his heart before. Naruto may be the hottest guy in the village, but he is also the most oblivious guy. With a pout she returned to her apartment. She grabbed a glass and a bottle wine, then sat down on her couch in her living room. With a sigh she took a sip of her wine as she started thinking about what she could have done differently tonight. And what she could do differently going forward.
She had to be more direct with him, not beat around the bush in any way, to make him understand her feelings for him. Kurenai knew she had to act sooner rather than later since the other girls, such as Anko and Ino, must be thinking along the same lines. Kurenai took a sip of her wine, as she wondered what she would do if the worst case situation happened. What if Ino or Anko managed to snatch Naruto away from her before she could tell Naruto how she feels? How would she steal him back from them then. Would Naruto even be able stay loyal to one woman considering how pretty much every single woman in the village would spreads their legs for him, no questions asked?
If Ino or Anko managed to get him, maybe she could use Naruto's insane popularity to her advantage somehow. It wouldn't hurt to have a plan b in case plan a, her evil master plan, were to somehow fail. She already have plan c in mind, in case it would be impossible for her to ever get with Naruto. That was to get Konohamaru instead since he is pretty much a Naruto copy with brown hair, and is kinda cute. This would make Konohamaru the second person that Kurenai has ever found to be attractive, other than Naruto. Not to mention that he has that personality that all the people have that Kurenai surround herself with. Naruto, Anko, Kushina and Konohamaru are all very happy go lucky people and very fun to be around. It would also make the whole "fooling around Asuma's back" thing just as interesting, since she could do it with his nephew instead then. Kurenai wasn't thinking much on that though.
That was just plan c, a plan she hoped she would never have to put in use. Her main goal is and will always be to get Naruto. She would like to get started again tomorrow but knew that Naruto would be busy the whole day as he would be training with Jiraiya and Konohamaru, like they do every Sunday. Instead she would go to his training spot on Monday again. After he is done training, she is going to try to get him out on another date with her again. And this time, she will not fail.
The next day, Naruto had been spending the day with Jiraiya and Konohamaru as usual. They didn't get much training done though, as they were mostly just wasting time spying on women bathing in lakes and bathhouses. When Naruto returned home in the evening, he ate dinner with his parents and Anko who had let herself in to their house. The four of them then watched a movie together in the living room. Anko was sitting next to Naruto, glaring at Kushina who sat in Naruto's lap, probably just to piss Anko off. At least that's what Naruto thought.
On Monday, Naruto was heading out to train as usual after school. When he arrived at his usual training spot, he found a sweaty Kurenai practicing taijutsu moves. It was a sight Naruto gladly welcomed as a sweaty Kurenai, whose clothes seemed smaller somehow, was kicking her legs high up in the air. Naruto couldn't help but think that she looked incredibly hot and that it's too bad that she is Asuma's woman. When Kurenai noticed Naruto arriving, she stopped training taijutsu moves in favor of stretching. Naruto enjoyed that as well as a sweating, lightly clothed Kurenai bending in all kinds of ways as she stretched, was a sight he would never forget. If only he had asked her out before she started dating Asuma..
"Hey, Kurenai-san" Naruto greeted as he walked up to her.
Kurenai smiled as she walked up to meet him "Hi Naruto-kun, learned anything in school today?"
Naruto shook his head "No, my mom taught me everything they teach in school years ago"
Kurenai giggled "School must be boring for you then"
Naruto nodded while thinking "boring is an understatement".
Kurenai blushed slightly as she said "I was gonna ask for a hug, but look at me I'm all sweaty"
Naruto walked up to her and hugged her "I don't mind". He certainly didn't mind. Kurenai hugged him back, as the two of them enjoyed a rather long hug. After they let go of each other, Kurenai said "I won't be in your way while you train, I have a book to read"
Naruto smiled "Right" he said, before taking his shirt off, getting ready to train. Kurenai licked her lips as she sat down on a large stone and watched him with a longing expression. Tonight the wait would be over. He would be hers.
At around 8 PM, Naruto picked up his shirt again as he was ready to head home to get dinner. After putting his shirt on, Kurenai stood up, talking with him for the first time since he started training "Naruto-kun, are you going home for dinner?".
"Yes, I have waited all day for my moms dinner. She is such a great cook dattebayo!" Naruto said with a toothy grin.
Kurenai smiled "What are you doing after dinner?".
Naruto raised an eyebrow "Training obviously, I'll be back in a half an hour or so".
Kurenai's smile got even sweeter as she leaned in closer to him, pressing her breasts together as she stared at Naruto with a sexy smile "You should relax sometimes too you know? Doesn't hurt to do have a little fun every once in a while".
Naruto nodded "I know, but I haven't had much time to train this weekend".
Kurenai raised an eyebrow "I thought you were training with Jiraiya-sama yesterday".
Naruto sweat dropped "We actually didn't get much training done".
Kurenai sighed "Well, I was gonna ask if you wanted to go see a movie with me, but I guess you can't if you're gonna be busy training".
"Movie?" Naruto asked as he glanced at Kurenai's cleavage which was pretty much in front of his face, then he looked into her eyes again "I wouldn't say no that".
"That's what I wanted to hear" Kurenai said with a bright smile "Let's meet up outside the cinema at 9 then?".
"See you then" Naruto said, then disappeared using a teleportation technique. He couldn't trust himself not to feel up Kurenai's very large, inviting breasts which she had shoved in front of his face. He had fought the urge to "prank" her by fondling her fine assets, many times. The way she strutted around in front of him sometimes, she was practically begging him to do it. If only she wasn't Asuma's woman..
After dinner, Naruto changed his clothes. He put on a dark T-shirt with a red uzumaki swirl on the stomach and a pair of matching black shorts. This wasn't really Naruto "dressing up", he always wore clothes like this. His usual training outfit consisted of a similar white t-shirt and a pair of dark blue pants. When he found Kurenai waiting for him, ten minutes before 9, outside the cinema. She wore an outfit that kinda matched his, almost. She wore a dark blue skirt, along with a white tank top, which had a red Uzumaki swirl on it, just like Naruto's clothes. Reference of her outfit, the color of the clothes are as previously mentioned: marketplace-images dot asos dot com/user/9e9fe7f3-ef08-427c-9f77-17ab833dfa7f_huge dot jpg
This wasn't an outfit Kurenai had just picked out at random. She had put much thought into it. She was wearing Naruto's colors and his clan symbol. Secretly this was her telling others which man she truly belonged to. Her outfit was also sending Naruto's other admirers just who they were competing with, as her outfit really highlighted her long sexy legs and sizable bust. And the most important reason, she wanted to show herself off to Naruto.
Naruto's jaw almost dropped when he saw her, as she stood there smiling and waving at him. "Hey" Naruto said, wondering if he should compliment her on her looks. Jiraiya's teachings said that he should, but this was Asuma's woman. He decided not to.
"Hi Naruto-kun" Kurenai said, holding out her hand. The two of them then entered the cinema, walking hand in hand. Once they were seated inside and the advertisements started, Kurenai asked "Naruto-kun do you have a girlfriend or someone you like?".
"What? No" Naruto said shaking his head. Obviously that wasn't the truth since he is interested in both Kurenai and Anko. He couldn't tell her that since she is already with Asuma and he thought that he had no chance with her anyway due to their age difference. He also did not want to tell her about Anko since he feared Kurenai could be spreading that around or tease him about it.
Naruto's answer made Kurenai both happy and irritated at the same time. She was happy because it meant that Naruto was single and wasn't interested in someone else. She was irritated because he didn't say that he liked her, even though she knew it was a long shot.
Kurenai wanted to know more about Naruto's interests, so she asked "What type of girls do you like? What do you like in a woman?"
Naruto didn't really think before he answered "A more mature girl than those flat chests in my class.."
Naruto quickly realized his mistake, which caused him to be slightly embarrassed. But when Kurenai showed him the widest smile he had ever seen from her and said "Is that so?" in happy tone, he returned to his normal confident self.
Not much happened while they watched the movie other than Kurenai being very adamant about them holding hands as they watched the movie. When the movie ended and they left the cinema, they still held hands. Naruto walked Kurenai back to her apartment, just like he did last time, except now they were holding hands. When they reached Kurenai's apartment, she bit her lip.
Now was the time, now that they neared the stairs to Kurenai's apartment complex.
"See ya, Kurenai-san!" Naruto said with another one of his toothy grin. Kurenai didn't let get of his hand though, he wasn't getting away this time. Instead she leaned down and asked "Naruto-kun, when you said you liked more mature girls earlier.."
"Yeah?" Naruto said in a bored tone, yawning.
"Does that mean that you like older girls, perhaps someone my age?" Kurenai asked while blushing, she felt her heartbeat raise as she waited for Naruto's response. Naruto blushed slightly when he heard the question, which surprised Kurenai a little, she rarely saw him embarrassed or blushing for that matter. Naruto composed himself to the best of his ability and cleared his throat before saying "Why do you ask dattebayo?
Naruto inwardly cursed at himself for letting his verbal tic slip out, people that knew him and his mom knew that their verbal tics mostly slipped out when they were excited or nervous.
"Because I.. uhm.." Kurenai had to pause due how nervous she was, this was uncharacteristic of her as well. She was now blushing an even deeper shade of red than earlier. Naruto was about to ask her if she was okay, fearing that she may be sick, when Kurena composed herself somewhat. She put her hands on Naruto's shoulder and leaned down to stare into his eyes "I'm in love with you Naruto-kun, I have been in love with you for a very long time!".
Kurenai expected Naruto to be staring at her in surprise and with a dropped jaw, which he did for about a half second before his usual confidence returned. Naruto couldn't believe what he had just heard, he must be dreaming or something. Naruto wouldn't let a chance like this slip past him though.
He smiled at her as he rested his arms behind his head "When I said I liked older girls, I was actually thinking of you, Kurenai-chan" Naruto made sure to drag out the "chan" suffix for effect.
That was exactly what Kurenai wanted to hear, she wouldn't let Naruto get a chance to take that back as she leaned in and kissed him. Naruto kissed her back as Kurenai forced her tongue inside his mouth. This was the first time either of them kissed someone, not counting kisses on the cheeks. They kissed for ten seconds before Kurenai pulled back. She was still blushing as she stared at Naruto with a lusty expression, she asked "You are okay with me being your girlfriend then?"
"Of course!" Naruto said happily, resting his arms behind his head "I can't believe my girlfriend is such a hot babe dattebayo!"
Kurenai moved in for another kiss when she heard that. They were kissing in the middle of the street outside of her apartment without a care in the world for about a minute. After the kiss, they said their good byes but not before promising to see each other tomorrow, out at Naruto's training spot.
Kurenai returned to her apartment and got herself a glass of wine again as she sat down on her couch. She was smirking victoriously as she took a sip of her wine this time. She couldn't help but laugh when she thought back on what Naruto had told her, that he had been into her all along. She had spent years planning this whole thing out when all she had to was to tell him that she liked him earlier. This was a good day for Kurenai and now she wouldn't have to ever think about plan b and c again.
Naruto was running home with a stupid grin of his face, overjoyed with the fact that he had just made out with Kurenai and that she was now his girlfriend. He had completely forgotten about the fact that Asuma was still Kurenai's boyfriend.