"Hey Kakashi-sensei," Sakura said under her breath. "Did you notice that guy?" The man that she was speaking about was seated behind Kakashi, but she knew that her sensei had noticed him the moment that he had walked in and gotten a seat with the perfect view of the lovely couple. She could see how the man would easily be missed in any other circumstance as he looked like any other unassuming man, but, being a ninja, Sakura noticed the muscles that he was hiding under his baggy shirt and the hungry stare that he was directed straight at Naruto. Both Naruto and Sasuke had also noticed the man watching them and had imperceptibly gotten closer and closer with every passing moment of the man watching them.

"He noticed them from outside," Kakashi nodded with his trademark smile, "and then followed me in here."

"He keeps glancing at us too," Sakura pointed out.

"He's looking forward to the challenge of taking Namiko right out from under our noses," Kakashi explained using the extra precaution of using Naruto's fake name just in case the man could hear them even though he highly doubted that he could.

"Is that a good thing or a bad thing?" Sakura frowned.

"We'll just have to wait and find out," Kakashi shrugged. "I don't think he'll move at this very moment. We're safe for now."

"Well I hope he comes soon," Sakura said. "I don't know how long they'll be able to last." Sakura looked worriedly at her two best friends as they looked for all the world like they had absolutely no cares.

"I'm sure that they can act through this," Kakashi shrugged.

But it wasn't their acting that Sakura was worried about. She knew both Naruto and Sasuke well enough to know that this whole acting thing was actually hurting them. It was like dangling candy in front of a baby without letting it have it. They could see exactly what they wanted, but they knew, or at least they didn't think, that they could actually get a hold of it. Sakura was worried about what kind of affect that would have on the two of them. It could be that they just got over themselves and confessed, but she feared that it would turn out so much worse than that.

Naruto and Sasuke stayed at the restaurant for an entire hour before they finally decided to go. They had a great dinner and Naruto actually convinced Sasuke to share a chocolate cake with him even though Sasuke only ate one or two bites and they just generally had a good time despite the eyes that they could feel watching them. The only reason that they chose to leave when they did was because the waiters were beginning to look at them with that look that said they really needed them to leave to make room for other customers but they didn't want to have to kick them out. Sasuke left an extra large tip since they stayed for so long.

"I'll go get the coach," Kakashi said as they made there way out of the restaurant.

"Can't we stay a bit longer?" Naruto tugged on Sasuke's arm pleadingly. "I want to walk around a bit."

"You heard her Kakashi," Sasuke smirked and Sakura had to hold back a grin. "We want to walk around a bit."

"Of course," Kakashi nodded completely unaffected. He could care less whether or not he went to get the carriage really. Besides, he should have known that Naruto's inquisitive nature would want to look around the heart of the city that they were in at the moment.

"Just be careful Namiko-sama," Sakura said as any good bodyguard would for her charge. "We don't want you to fall and get hurt."

"I won't fall," Naruto smiled, but even as he said these words the shoes that he clearly still weren't used to tripped him up and he would have actually fallen if he hadn't have already been on Sasuke's arm. "See," he grinned. "I told you I wouldn't fall. Sasuke wouldn't let me fall."

"Never," Sasuke replied.

Sakura grinned happily at the couple, albeit a very tame one so as not to arise any sort of suspicion about how close she was to them, and allowed them to walk on without any more interruption from either her or Kakashi.

Naruto wanted to look into every store that they passed. They went to so many different stores that even Sasuke's love of the man was just barely stopping him from ruining Naruto's fun and stopping the expedition from sheer annoyance. Kakashi was even more so ready to end it all because he was the one who was forced to carry all of the things that they bought on their trip. They didn't really buy much, but Sasuke bought practically everything that he though Naruto really wanted even though Naruto never asked for anything. By the time their shopping trip was coming to an end, Kakashi's arms felt like they were getting ready to fall off and he was wishing that he didn't have to pretend like he was a regular bodyguard with no ninja abilities so he could just shove all that stuff into a scroll to carry around. He had also thought about loading some of it onto Sakura, but every time he looked over to do just that she was doting on Naruto in the way that any lady's bodyguard should and he couldn't just hand the packages off to her when she was doing that. He had the sneaking suspicion that she was just doing it so that they could

Naruto was finally satisfied after hours of walking around and everyone had to hold back a sigh of relief as they made there way back to where Kakashi had left the carriage. If Naruto hadn't looked so happy throughout the whole walk, they probably would have ended it much sooner, but he looked much too delighted for them to even attempt to end his fun so they were very happy when he ended it himself.

However, on their way to the carriage, some shouting distracted Naruto. The group turned to find that the man who had been watching them in the restaurant, and then followed them throughout their whole shopping trip, stopped by a boy who was around their age.

"Give her back!" the boy screamed. Their stalker said something in return, but he was too far away for anyone to hear. "I know it was you who took her! Now give her back!"

"Sasuke," Naruto said under his breath in a worried tone. "Go and stop them from fighting before this escalates."

"What is it Naruto?" Sasuke asked through their connection even as he made his way over to stop them. Sakura found herself with a load of packages as Kakashi followed his charge over to the fight.

"I think that he might be a Jinchuriki," Naruto replied.

"The stalker?" Sasuke asked.

"No," Naruto replied. "The other guy."