From Ramen with Love

by Ryushi-the-DutchEroSennin

With help from Ayame, Naruto manages to become closer to the girls, but now he has just one big problem. Naruto can't decide which girl he likes the most. Humor, Romance and Mayhem unfolds as Naruto is trying to find his love. NaruHarem

12. Chapter 12: When The Lights Go Out

A/N: Yo people! It's been well over a month again, sadly...Bah, having too much stuff to do in my life really sucks for my writing. And sadly I must note that chapter 13 will be out in at least a month from now due to holidays and the like... A few announcements to make this chapter and I'll try to keep it as short as possible. First of all, this chapter is supposed to have another day in it, but due to the time it took me to write this and the size of what it is right now, I decided not to keep you waiting any longer and make that other day chapter 13.

Second, I'd like to let you all know that I've made a forum dedicated to this fic and I want all of you to go there and tell me what you'd like to see for the final pairing. No specific pairings, but rather pairing options. (You'll understand once you've read through the post) Forum link can be found in my profile and I hope all of my readers out there that are registered users of will contribute to the topic.

Third point of the day, You guys are in luck for I've decided this week that there will most likely be a sequel to FRwL after this is done. Now I say most likely, because I'm not entirely sure about it yet XD

Fourth point, I'd like to thank everyone for their patience and for all the reviews submitted to the previous chapter.

Fifth point, I guess... This chapter hasn't been beta'd since my beta is on a holiday XD So if you find any errors, well...it's because I haven't thoroughly gone over it again, but I did fix a couple of things.

Final point, Rejoice NaruKure fans, for there will be a small NaruKure part in this chapter XD Other than that, there's enough other...stuff...for all of you to enjoy XD

Have fun reading the new chapter and I hope to find many reviews when I wake up in the morning XD Bless all of you and see you all in one month's time for the next chapter : )

Now on with the story!

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Chapter 12: When The Lights Go Out

"Well...We're here." Naruto said as he and Ino arrived at Ino's flower shop.

"Yeah...My date with you is over..." Ino replied and frowned as she looked towards the ground.

"Ino." Naruto said and rubbed the back of his head as Ino looked up at him, "Even though we were interrupted on multiple occasions, I've had a great time with you."

Ino looked with wide eyes at him, feeling quite surprised for some reason and Naruto then turned around, for he was about to leave, "Well I'll go get Naruto then from Jiraiya-sama's place...It must be near 7 already and..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Ino turned him around, pulled him in for a kiss and let her tongue slip into his mouth, "Don't be a stranger."

Naruto smiled at her and turned back around again ready to head off once more, "I'll always be around. Even when you can't see me, I'll be there. Now go inside and get changed for that training session. I think we're really running out of time here."

"Ehehehe...I think that I really will be late for that training session if I don't head out soon..." Naruto sheepishly grinned and rubbed the back of his head and then felt Ino wrap her arms around him and press her body against his back, "Thank you...for everything..."

"Ino..."

"Ah! Damn it! We're really running out of time like this! Nemar-kun, forgive me for this but..."

"Eh!"

"Go get Naruto for us! We need him for that training after all!" Ino exclaimed and with all her might she kicked Naruto towards the Hokage Tower.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah!" Naruto screamed as tears flew out of his eyes and he was heading straight on a collision course with the Hokage's Tower.

He turned around in the air and saw Ino becoming as small as a dot in the distance, "Can I still make it in time!"

Naruto flashed through the handseals, ending with the boar seal and called out, "Shunshin no jutsu!"

As the smoke disappeared noticed something different, but sadly it wasn't the thing he wanted to see different, "Why are my henge and shunshin no jutsu getting mixed up all the time!"

Naruto turned back around and braced himself for impact with a glass window, "This will be the second time today!"

Meanwhile, at the Jounin meeting, all the Jounin of Konoha, save Gai, were discussing what they were going to get Tsunade and Jiraiya as a gift for their wedding.

"I'm surprised that Gai isn't here yet..." Kakashi said as he looked around at the gathered crew.

"Well, I heard him say something about taking Lee out for dinner because he succeeded in mastering a new technique or something..." Asuma said and lit up a cigarette.

"Geez, still doing such a thing even though his 'adorable' student is already 17...What is he thinking?" Kurenai replied.

"Well...The only time I still take Chouji and the others out for a Korean BBQ is when it's their birthday or it's some other special occasion." Asuma said and blew out a cloud of smoke.

"Anyway, I believe we had the matter to discuss of what to give as a gift for Hokage-sama and Jiraiya-sama's wedding..." Ebisu said and pushed his shades back up his nose.

"Yeah, I...Hm? Do you guys hear that too?" Genma asked as he thought he heard something.

"What is it? Gai?" Kakashi asked.

"No...I was sure that I heard someone scre-..." Genma replied but before he could finish his sentence, Naruto's screaming and crashing through the window interrupted him.

Before anyone in the room realised what happened, Naruto had crashed into Kurenai and the couch Kurenai was sitting on fell back, causing the two of them to lie in a rather awkward position.

Naruto gathered his composure and pushed himself up from Kurenai's body, accidentally placing his hands on her chest. He stared at his hands for a moment before blushing and looking at Kurenai's face to see how angry she exactly was.

Naruto was shocked to find a smirk on her face and a suggestive look in her eyes and he quickly jumped up form her body, "G-Gomen, Kurenai-sensei."

"Naruto...eh...Where in the world did you just come from?" Kakashi asked as he dully looked at Naruto, who helped Kurenai up from the floor.

Naruto sheepishly grinned and rubbed the back of his head, "Ah...Well...Let's just keep it at not having mastered a certain jutsu..."

"Either way, you're still going to clean up that mess you made, Naruto...And I'm going to make sure that you do." Kurenai said as she dusted herself off.

"It is indeed only appropiate for Naruto-kun to clean up the mess he made..." Ebisu said and adjusted the position of his shades again, "I suggest that the Jounin meeting continues in the extra Jounin room and that Kurenai-san will join us later on."

"Eh...?" Naruto let out as the other Jounin present nodded and left the room until there was no one left but Naruto and Kurenai.

"I didn't see Anko-sensei amongst them...Is she sick or just slacking off?" Naruto asked after everyone had left and Kurenai closed the door.

"No, the special Jounin have a meeting in a different room..." Kurenai said and smirked as she locked the door.

"A-Ah...Is that so, huh?" Naruto said nervously, not quite knowing what to expect after hearing Kurenai lock the door.

"More importantly..." Kurenai said, swaying her hips from side to side as she slowly walked in a prowling manner towards Naruto, "I heard a little rumor about you..."

"Eh...? Wha-What would that be...?" Naruto said as he slowly backed away.

When Naruto bumped against the knocked over couch, Kurenai quickly took a few steps forward until her body was only half an inch away from Naruto's, "You weren't very nice to Anko-chan the last time you saw her, now were you..."

"I...I don't know what you're talking about..." Naruto said as Kurenai wrapped one arm around his waist and motioned the other to the zipper of his jacket.

Kurenai leered suggestively at him and smirked as she unzipped his jacket, "Oh you know...And it wasn't very nice of you...You'll receive your punishment now, Naruto-kun..."

"P-Pu-Punishment!" Naruto was starting to panic, "This can't be good! Kurenai-sensei is as bad as Anko-sensei! Aaaaah!"

Kurenai slipped out of her top clothing, leaving her only in her netvest and Naruto was seriously starting to sweat, "So...Prepare for some long torture..."

"Damn it...At this rate I will definetely be late for that training session...!" Naruto nervously thought as Kurenai pressed him against her body, "So you consider taking my virginity torture?"

He knew it was quite useless to taunt her, but it was worth a shot to throw her off guard. Kurenai laughed at him and shook her head, "Whenever did I say I was going to do that? I'm just going to grind on your body until I'm all worn out."

"Eh! Gr...Gr...Grind!" Naruto barely managed to repeat those words, "She wants to kill me! I've got to get out of here!"

"Uhuh...but first...a kiss..." Kurenai said and as she moved her lips to his, she closed her eyes.

Her eyes shot wide open however when she found out that she was kissing something that was rather hairy. In her arms she found a stuffed animal in the shape of a frog and she quickly turned around to look where Naruto went.

Said blonde was standing on the edge of the broken window and ready to jump out, but he first turned his head around and grinned widely at Kurenai.

"Tell Anko-sensei­ I said hi." Naruto said as he slapped himself on his rear end and jumped out of the window, leaving Kurenai behind with the stuffed animal.

"Damn it, now I don't have a gift for Anko-chan anymore." Kurenai pouted and stomped with her foot on the ground before looking at the stuffed animal in her hands, "Then again..."

Naruto raced back towards his apartment as fast as he could. Not only because he thought he was going to be late, but also because the thought had crossed him that Kurenai might chase after him.

The thought of her using him as a grind pole crossed his mind again and Naruto stepped up his space again, arriving a few minutes later at his apartment.

Once he was actually inside his apartment, Naruto took a moment to regain his breath.

"What took you so long?" Naruto looked up and found Temari giving him a slightly angered glare.

"Ehehehe...I had some stuff to do so..." Naruto sheepishly grinned and rubbed the back of his head.

Temari sighed and placed her hand on her hip, "It's alright already. Let's go to the rooftop."

"The rooftop? Why should we go there?" Naruto asked and blinked at Temari.

"Gaara told us to gather up there while he took a shower." Temari shrugged, "Everyone is waiting up there and I waited here for you, so let's get going already."

"Hm...Ok..." Naruto replied and followed Temari to the roof of his apartment.

There he was greeted warmly by Sakura, Tenten and Ino as he and Temari walked up to their group.

Naruto looked at Ino and slightly blushed, "Damn...It's kind of embarrassing to see Ino right after tonight."

"What's wrong, Naruto?" Ino asked and patted him on his shoulder, "You look like you just did something stupid."

"Ahahahah! No, it's nothing, Ino." Naruto laughed, trying to hide the blush on his face, "It's just that I hope I won't injure any of you during training."

"Awww...That's somewhat cute, Naruto." Tenten smiled at him, "But you'd do best to not underestimate us."

"That's right. We won't be holding back either, Naruto, so give it your all." Ino replied.

"Don't worry about getting any injuries, I'm able to heal them anyway." Sakura smiled at Naruto as well.

"Hmmm...I think I need to be careful with my attacks though..." Temari mused as she placed her fan on the ground and gave it a contemplative look, "I don't want to tear all your clothing apart. That would be really bad."

Ino, Sakura and Tenten looked at their already sexy and revealing uniforms and flushed red of the thought of it being sliced up and exposing even more.

"Don't you dare use your Kamaitachi then!" Tenten yelled with her face still bright red.

"Don't worry...I'll just use attacks that aren't imbedded with chakra, so they won't cut you." Temari leaned on her fan and smiled at Tenten, "It won't end up like the chuunin exam almost three years ago..."

Tenten groaned at the memory of how badly she lost back then against Temari, but decided to leave it at just a groan.

"Well, either way, I'm looking forward to see what all of you are able to do." Naruto smiled at them, "I haven't seen any of you, except for Sakura-chan, fight yet."

"Oi, oi...Becareful what you wish for, Naruto..." Temari smirked, "I might knock the wind out of you."

"It seems that everyone is ready, huh?" Gaara's voice came from near the entrance to the rooftop and everyone turned around to face him.

Naruto and the girls gasped as Gaara stepped out into the light.

A gentle breeze blew through his red hair, which seemed to sparkle in the light of the setting sun. His face was so clean that it even had a certain shine to it and, due to the fact that he was wearing a black t-shirt of Naruto's, his physique was outlined more than it normally would be.

Gaara no longer emitted an aura that emitted that he didn't want social contact and was seriously restraining his urges to kill someone and instead emitted one of relaxation and calmness. It looked like he had become a different man yet somehow stayed the same.

"What's wrong? Is there something weird going on behind me?" Gaara calmly raised an eyebrow.

"Kyaaaaaaa!" The girls squealed and ran over to Gaara, instantly starting to glomp onto him and pull his arms and such.

"Gaara, you need to start wearing T-shirts more often." Temari said with a blush on her face as she poked Gaara's arms and pulled the sleeve of the T-shirt that he wore.

"When did Kazekage-sama become so sexy...?" Ino asked as she blushed and poked Gaara's stomach.

"What did you do to suddenly look like this?" Sakura asked with a bright blush on her face as she wrapped her arms around Gaara's left arm.

"Are you really the same Kazekage as a few minutes ago?" Tenten blushed as she looked into his eyes and tilted her head from left to right to inspect him.

"I just took a shower..." Gaara stated, "I'm still the same person."

"But really Gaara, you look damned good all of a sudden. It's like you're a different person. You're even shining!" Temari said blushing brightly.

"Naruto...Can you please get the girls off of me?" Gaara asked without his face changing emotions, "I'm feeling various things right now and I think I'm close to shivering."

"Come on, Kazekage-sama! You really do look great!" Tenten said cheerful and Gaara just kept staring forward without any emotion appearing on his face.

"Let's all hug Gaara for his new cool looks!" Temari suggested and before Gaara could even protest, all the girls cheered and hugged Gaara, who decided he should try asking Naruto for help again, "Naruto..."

"Ehehehe. I'm not sure I can do anything about it. Ehm..." Naruto sheepishly grinned at Gaara and rubbed the back of his head, "Man, they sure as hell are excited about Gaara's 'new' looks...Hmmm...Maybe it's because of the setting sun or something...Might as well try some changes then as well! At least until they stop hugging Gaara..."

Naruto took his hitai-ate off and looked at it, "Hmm...Even though it feels kinda weird to take this thing off, but I guess it's alright as right now it's quite peaceful anyway. Besides, I'll keep it right in my pocket for when I need it."

After Naruto had placed his hitai-ate in his pocket, he took his necklace out of his shirt and looked at it for a moment, a smile forming on his face.

"Hey, everyone! Come on, we've got training to do, so let go of Gaara already." Naruto called out and turned the heads of the girls towards him.

As they looked around at Naruto, their eyes became big and sparkly, "Naruto what did you just do to yourself?"

"Eh? Nothing special? Why?" Naruto blinked at the girls.

"Y-Your looks..." Temari pointed at Naruto with a shaky finger.

"Oi...Does the hitai-ate really make that much of a difference?" Naruto wondered and clutched onto the hitai-ate in his pockets, "I just took my hitai-ate off, that's all. Now let's start training already and..."

Naruto took out his hitai-ate and motioned it towards his forehead to put it on. However, the girls rather had him without it and thus they jumped off of Gaara and towards Naruto, "NO!"

Naruto stopped his movement and looked at the girls crash on top of each other only a few feet away from him, "What in the world are you guys doing? Let's start already..."

"Oi...Somehow...I think this IS the training..." Ino muttered.

"They must be using a genjutsu to look extra charming too..." Sakura added.

"Naruto and Gaara don't even know anything other than simple genjutsu...So it can't be genjutsu..." Temari replied.

"So that means that they can look good if they really want to..." Tenten said, a bright blush forming on her cheeks.

"Still doesn't mean this couldn't be training..." Ino replied.

"I agree...This might be a test to see if we could stay loyal to Gaara...or something like that..." Sakura said and thought the situation over again.

"Well, the three of you were ordered to be my little brother's bodyguards...I on the other hand am free to do as I please." Temari said and grinned wickedly at the other three girls, "I guess that means I can go hog Naruto all by myself now..."

"Eh...! That's unfair, Temari!" Sakura complained.

"Hm...Jealous, Sakura?" Temari said with an evil smirk printed on her face as Sakura blushed crimson.

"Oi..." Gaara said and walked towards the pile of kunoichi, "Stand up. We're going to start training now. The four of you can have girl talk later..."

As the girls grumbled and stood up, Gaara walked over towards Naruto and turned back around to face the girls again, who were by now back onto their feet.

"The rules of this training session will be simple. Your team wins when the other team is tired. The teams will be me and Naruto versus the four of you. We'll lose if both Naruto and I are too tired to fight and we'll win when the four of you are too tired to fight. Go all out, no holding back. However, the use of sharp weapons like kunai and shuriken are forbidden on the opposite team's members when they are getting tired. This to prevent any serious injuries. That's all." Gaara explained.

"But, isn't two versus four a bit unfair?" Tenten asked.

"Hmmm...You're right...Naruto, join the girls." Gaara said and everyone gasped in surprise, Tenten being the first to react, "That's...not what I meant..."

"I told you before...There will be no holding back other than the fact that I won't be out to kill you. Injury is a possibility when you're careless. Therefor it's Naruto and me versus the four of you." Gaara momentarily closed his eyes and then opened them again, "Or did you forget that I am still the Kazekage? Don't ever underestimate your opponent."

The girls grumbled in protest, but they knew Gaara was right and that they had to live with it.

"Well then...Let's begin..." Gaara calmly stated and motioned his arms out of their usual crossed over eachother position.

"Alright..." Naruto cracked his knuckles and looked eager to finally begin the training session, "So we'll each take on two of them, huh Gaara?"

"I guess so...Either way..." Gaara formed a single handed handseal and his skin appeared to be cracking open, "The time for talking is over."

Gaara slapped his hands together and his Suna no Yoroi dispersed into the wind, surrounding them all with tiny pieces of sand.

"Everyone, let's go!" Temari called out and snapped her fan open.

She waved her fan with all her might, creating a strong gust of wind, which was heading for Naruto and Gaara. Gaara forced all of his sand to create a barrier in front of him and Naruto and Temari's wind attack crashed straight into it.

Temari forced her muscles to bring the fan back around for another attack, however she stopped when she saw Naruto rushing at her from the corners of her eyes. She snapped her fan shut and brought it up to shield herself from Naruto's attack.

Naruto's fist collided with the metal of Temari's fan and he smirked at her, "You shouldn't leave yourself open, Temari."

"Who says she's leaving herself open?" Tenten's voice reached Naruto's ear and he was able to roll over Temari's fan just a second before a kunai passed over his head.

Temari quickly twisted the postions of her arms so that she could swing her fan again and she managed to hit Naruto in his stomach, sending him flying towards the other girls when Temari stopped her swing.

However, Naruto popped off into non-existance while he was flying through the air and Temari quickly spun around, expecting another attack.

Naruto had jumped over the sand barrier that Gaara had created in front of the two of them and was heading for Temari again.

"You're naive, Naruto! It's four to one right now!" Sakura called out as she rushed passed Temari, out to engage combat with Naruto.

"Oh crap! Sakura-chan's punches could send me flying off of the rooftop!" Naruto realised and darted to the side, catching a glimpse of a beam of sand heading towards Sakura.

Sakura noticed it too and was about to shatter the beam with a powerful punch when the sand split up and engulfed her arm. As the sand continued to wrap around Sakura's body, Gaara called out the name of his technique, "Sabaku Kyuu!"

"Gaara! Quit it!" Temari yelled as she knew what Gaara's standard follow-up and final move was after the desert's coffin.

Everyone was surprised and shocked to see Gaara in his usual killing position and with Sakura being trapped in his Sand, Gaara called out his next move, "Sabaku Boufuu!"

Sakura's coffin exploded, freeing her from it's grasp and creating a powerful sand storm on top of the roof top, impairing the vision of everyone present on the rooftop.

Naruto, however, knew that this was his opportunity to make sure Sakura was out of close combat range again and continue his attack. He spun through the sand storm as good as one could in a sand storm, landed down on all fours in front of Sakura and pushed himself off of the ground with all his might.

Sakura got the wind knocked out of her as Naruto's back made an impact on her and she flew back far enough for Naruto to be temporarily safe at least.

Naruto turned back around to face Temari, but found her missing on the spot she had previously been standing on.

"Where is she? Where is she?" Naruto muttered to himself as his eyes darted over the rooftop, trying to find the blonde kunoichi from Sunugakure.

By the time Naruto heard Temari unleash her warcry, he could only barely manage to look up and see the wind mistress wield her fan before being violently knocked against the rooftop, as the sand storm cleared from the centre of the rooftop.

"Damn it...I think I underestimated her techniques even without the chakra cutting imbedded into the wind..." Naruto mentally groaned before quickly jumping back to his feet and as Temari landed he quickly slapped his hands together to form his infamous seal, "Kage Bunshin no jutsu!"

Just as the small army of Naruto let out their cry for battle, Ino took her position and called out, "Ninpou, Shinshuuha no jutsu!"

A wave of blue energy decimated Naruto's Kage Bunshin army in half and knocked the other half slightly back.

"Leave the rest to me." Tenten called out as she rushed towards the Naruto Kage Bunshin army.

Naruto looked at her for a moment, after recovering from the push Ino's mind wave technique had caused, and saw Tenten summon a bo staff.

Not long after that, Tenten reached Naruto's little army and started her assault as Naruto and his Kage Bunshins drew a kunai to defend themselves against the strikes from the staff.

"That won't work against me!" Tenten called out as one of the Naruto clones tried to block her staff with the kunai.

One by one, Naruto's clones began to disappear into thin air as Tenten managed to hit each and everyone of them by evading their attempts to block her attacks. After disposing of the final clone, Tenten quickly thrust her staff forward, aiming for a blow to Naruto's stomach.

Naruto quickly smirked at Tenten and spun slightly to the side, making Tenten miss her designated attack point and thereby missing Naruto completely as well.

As Tenten's staff was now still within his reach, Naruto laid his hands upon it and roughly pulled the staff along with Tenten towards him. She had no choice but to let go of it, but that still didn't stop her from bumping up into Naruto's arms.

Holding the staff in one hand and using the other to hold Tenten, Naruto pushed the two of them down on to the ground where they rolled away from Temari, who had tried to whack Naruto around his head with her fan.

When they stopped rolling, Tenten quickly backed away from Naruto and jumped back up to her feet. Naruto jumped back up as well and used the staff to parry another attempt of Temari to hit him with her fan.

"Damn...This is quite the crappy position...I need both my hands on the staff to hold Temari's attack back..." Naruto mentally cursed as he used all his might to make Temari's attack not go any further.

Meanwhile, Tenten quickly summoned a nunchaku and held it ready for an assault on Naruto, "So what do you plan on doing with my staff, Naruto? You don't know how to handle it."

"Hehehe. You're underestimating me, Tenten." Naruto grinned widely at Tenten as his body slightly shook from the force he had to put on the staff to keep Temari's attack at bay, "One of the most important things I learned from Ero-sennin these past two and a half years..."

Tenten looked questioningly for a moment at Naruto and waited for him to continue.

"Ne...You did just use some moves when wielding this staff, didn't you Tenten?"

"It's obvious that I used techniques with them. You can't just randomly swing a staff around and beat up an army of close-ranged fighters, you know!"

"Ehehehe...That's why I said you're underestimating me...Ero-sennin taught me that..." Naruto momentarily closed his eyes and shifted the grib he had on the staff, "When facing someone who uses techniques or styles you don't know, study those techniques and styles like the devil!"

With that said, Naruto threw Tenten off guard for one second, which was enough time for him to make his move. Naruto ducked and brought the staff down with him, making Temari's attack pass right over his head.

He then quickly thrusted Tenten's staff forward, aiming for her stomach like she did when she attacked him. Tenten couldn't manage to use her nunchaku to block the attack, but she was able to use it to decrease the damage taken from the hit.

As Tenten gasped for air, Naruto dropped the staff and quickly jumped back in case the other girls started attack him, "Even though I managed to pull this off, it won't work a second time. I'm not a weapon's specialist like you, Tenten..."

Naruto evaluated the situation, finding Temari defending Tenten with her fan and Ino standing in front of Sakura, who had quickly healed any injuries she had.

"Hehee...Looks like it's two versus one, Gaara..." Naruto said and grinned.

"No...We still have to make it two versus one..." Gaara calmly stated.

"Alright then...I'll take on Temari and Tenten and you'll take on Sakura-chan and Ino?" Naruto suggested as he cracked his knuckles.

"Either way, I don't care...Let's just continue..." Gaara replied.

"Alright!" Naruto exclaimed and charged at Temari and Tenten.

Temari instantly noticed the sprint Naruto took towards them and waved her fan, throwing a mighty gust of wind towards Naruto.

Naruto leaped up into the air and once again made his infamous seal formation, "Kage bunshin no jutsu!"

Temari clutched tightly onto her fan and threw a sharp look at Naruto before calling out, "Ninpou...Kamaitachi!"

Momentarily, Naruto's eyes widened as he saw the cutting winds head for him and his clone army.

His clones quickly formed a shield in front of Naruto, who quickly performed the seals he had been thought not too long ago, "Please, make it in time!"

A moment later, Temari's wind cut through the mass clone army that shielded Naruto, leaving nothing but a big cloud of smoke and a smirking Temari behind.

However, Temari's smirk faded as the smoke cleared up to show a Naruto-less blue sky, "What the..."

Temari then felt that the weight on her fan had increased noticably and she quickly turned her head around, "Impossible..."

"Hehe." Naruto grinned widely at Temari as he stood on the end of Temari's fan, "Made it just in time."

Temari roared as she tried to knock Naruto of her fan by swinging it with all her might again, but Naruto just molded some more chakra and stuck on to the fan.

Tenten, still slightly out of breath from the staff impact on her stomach, threw a kunai at Naruto in hopes of at least being able to get him off of Temari's fan.

Her plan succeeded, but not in the way she had expected as Naruto noticed the kunai just in time and flipped off of the fan, over Temari, who he clinged onto as soon as he was behind her.

"Naruto! What are you doing! Get off of me!" Temari said as she tried to shake Naruto off of her back.

"Sorry, Temari, but you're going to be my shield for now." Naruto grinned widely as he used some chakra again to strengthen his grip, incase Temair's shaking would come close to shaking him off of her back, "Or you could try to hit me with your fan and injure yourself as well."

Temari snapped her fan shut and with a loud stomp placed it up vertically in front of her, "Why should I do that when I can still freely move around as I please?"

Naruto slightly moved his head away from behind Temari and gave her a questioning look, which was replied by a devious smirk that formed on the wind mistress' face.

"Oi, Tenten." Temari said as she grabbed firmly onto Naruto's arms that were wrapped around her, "Shove a blunt weapon up Naruto's rear end for me."

"Whaaaaaaat!" Naruto yelled, though not directly into Temari's ears, and then he saw Tenten firmly grab onto her nunchaku, which made him panic quite a bit, "O-oi! Tenten! You can't be serious about doing that, right!"

Tenten flexed her nunchaku and grinned wickedly at Naruto, who gulped and did his best to turn Temari around to face Tenten, at which he succeeded as well.

"C-Come on...Tem-Temari...I thought you liked hugs!" Naruto replied, not sure what he could do right now since dropping off of Temari's back would leave him open for attacks.

"Oh, but I do like them, Naruto..." Temari smirked, "However, I don't like lower back problems...Do it, Tenten."

"This is bad! Very bad!" Naruto mentally stated the obvious for himself and then quickly did the first thing that came to his mind.

He quickly formed his infamous handseal and called out, "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"

As the clones popped into existance, Naruto yelled at Tenten, "Stay away from my ass!"

"Hmmm...Looks like training has finally begun again for me." Tenten smirked and as she threw her nunchaku up in the air, she kicked her staff up from the ground and grabbed it mid-air.

Not even a second later, Tenten started tearing through the clone army as smooth as a knife can cut butter.

"Damn useless clones...Why do I keep using them as shields anyway? Oh well, looks like Tenten has taken Temari's attention off of me..." Naruto thought and he looked at Temari, who was just holding onto him while watching Tenten beat up the clone army.

"This is my chance!" Naruto thought and quickly placed his feet on the rooftop and used all of his might to throw the two of them back, "Now!"

"Shit!" An off guard Temari cursed as Naruto threw the two of them back.

While they were in mid-air, Temari accidentally had let gone of Naruto and the two of them crashed on top of each other, their fall being broken by a bunch of unlucky Kage Bunshin.

Naruto picked Temari up, holding her in his arms for a moment before setting her back down on the floor, "Go get your fan already, it's no fun to fight you without it."

Temari stared for a moment at the young blonde shinobi, not sure what to think or say at the moment and thus she just settled for replying with a nod before quickly racing towards her fan.

"Let's see..." Naruto cracked his knuckles, "How am I going to take the two of them on at the same time..."

Naruto threw a quick glance towards Gaara to see how he was fairing against the combined forces of Sakura and Ino.

Sakura was able to break through Gaara's sand shield, but the instant she broke through, Gaara's sand wrapped around Sakura and tossed her away. Ino's mind techniques managed to get through the shield as well, but were quickly stopped by Gaara's sand armor, which then quickly recovered as well.

"Hmph...Looks like Kazekage-dono is having no trouble at all..." Naruto thought mockingly, which was mostly because he was slightly jealous and envious of the red haired shinobi from Suna.

"Now...to fight those two..." Naruto thought as he turned back to his sparring partners, "Tenten has a 100 aim and mostly uses long ranged attacks. Temari's attack are mostly mid to long range. On top of that, the wind she creates covers quite some space, which makes dodging a well timed attack kind of hard...Together, Tenten and Temari would both attack from far away as I close in and once I'm close enough to start my own close ranged combat, Tenten will use her skills to go on the offense and Temari will go on the defensive side...Damn, those girls aren't going to make it easy for me."

Naruto took a kunai out of his kunai pouch and gritted it between his teeth, "However...If I can take them on one at a time, things will slightly shift towards a victory for me..."

"Alright...Time to show what Uzumaki Naruto is made off!" Naruto thought and grinned at the two girls as he started running towards them.

As soon as Temari saw Naruto rush towards the two of them, she snapped her fan open and instantly launched an attack at Naruto.

Naruto jumped up in the air and with a swift motion of his head, he threw the kunai towards the spot right between the two girls. Noticing the kunai heading towards them, Temari and Tenten each jumped to away from the point where the kunai would land and Naruto flashed through the handseals.

Once the kunai hit the rooftop, Tenten whipped out a bunch of her own kunai and Temari held her fan ready.

"This is it!" Tenten called out as she threw her set of kunai towards Naruto and Temari waved her fan to send another attack towards Naruto.

However, seconds before their attacks came even close to Naruto, he had disappeared and left only a large cloud of smoke in the air.

"Haaaa!" Naruto made his presence known to the two kunoichi, revealing that he was standing on top of the kunai he had just thrown at the two of them.

"What in the...!" Tenten yelled surprised to find Naruto in front of her.

Naruto quickly molded some chakra, made the kunai stick against the bottom of his shoe and with his other leg, he launched himself off of the ground and towards Temari.

As soon as Naruto had lifted himself enough from the ground, he spun around once and threw the kunai towards Tenten. Tenten deflected the kunai by quickly throwing one of her own, but that didn't stop Naruto from flying towards Temari.

Not having enough time to counter attack, the wind mistress snapped her fan shut and readied for impact from whatever Naruto was trying to do by flying towards her like he did right then and there.

Naruto raced through the handseals again and only moments before he would bump into Temari's fan, he disappeared in a cloud of smoke again and due to the speed he had while flying towards Temari, the cloud of smoke blew right into Temari, disturbing her vision.

Tenten only barely managed to dodge a fist thrown at her from Naruto, who had suddenly appeared in front of her.

"What is this...Is Naruto this fast!" Tenten thought as she flipped over Naruto and took out multiple shuriken, which she threw at Naruto a few moments before she landed on the rooftop again.

Naruto rolled away, only barely dodging Tenten's shuriken, he grabbed onto the kunai that he had previously thrown towards Tenten and threw it again at her.

Tenten shifted the position of her upper body so that the kunai would fly over her. She could feel the metal of the kunai nick the fabric of her shirt ever so slightly.

"That kunai..." Tenten thought as she clutched onto her staff, ready to begin her attack on Naruto once again and the kunai landed in the wall behind Temari. Naruto rushed at her once again and again he rushed through a sequence of seals.

"Damn! Of course! He's using the kunai to move around so fast!" Tenten realised, quickly turned around and started rushing towards Temari.

However, Naruto also realised, at the same time as Tenten did that he was going for Temari again, that if he used his move right now, he'd be stuck fighting both the kunoichi again.

Naruto stopped right before the last seal, released his hands from seal formation and launched himself towards Tenten. He tackled Tenten and the two of them landed flat-out on the rooftop.

Tenten moaned in pain, "Ah...Naruto...That hurts, you know!"

"Sorry, Tenten, but you know what they say! No pain, no gain!" Naruto grinned widely and then quickly jumped off of Tenten as Temari threw a wind attack in their direction.

However, both Naruto and Tenten were swept away by the wind attack, sending them flying towards the opposite end of the roof. Naruto quickly grabbed onto Tenten, before the two of them would fall off of the roof.

Due to natural reflexes, Tenten had closed her eyes and when she opened them again, she found herself being hugged by Naruto as far as one could consider it a hug.

"Be back for you soon enough, Tenten." Naruto quickly flashed through the handseals and didn't have the chance to notice the bright blush on Tenten's face.

As Naruto disappeared in a cloud of smoke once again, Tenten was slightly knocked forward due to the small harmless explosion it made. As soon as Temari saw that Naruto had disappeared again, she leaped up into the air and threw a wind attack towards the ground.

Naruto was just in time to see the wind mistress perform the move and pressed himself against the wall.

"That was close..." Naruto said with wide eyes as he could feel the winds presure on his toes.

Just then, five kunai pinned Naruto against the wall as he had let himself open for a few second.

"Eh!" Naruto let out and saw Tenten standing on her feet again and with a huge smirk on her face as a sixth kunai landed just below Naruto's crotch.

Naruto started sweating like he was dressed for the cold and put out in the desert surrounding Sunagakure and stared at the kunai that was barely an inch away from his manhood, "I REALLY shouldn't mess with girls that have perfect aim with any weapon."

Tenten smirked at Naruto as she walked towards him, "You know, Naruto, you should be glad my aim is 100 percent and not any less. Who knows...That last attack could've cost you more than most battles, wouldn't you say?"

As Naruto vigorously nodded his head, Temari landed in front of him, "Looks like you're defeated, huh Naru-..."

Temari suddenly went silent and tilted her head for a moment, "Isn't that your phone, Naruto?"

"Eh...?" Naruto listened too and he could faintly hear the sound of his phone ringing, "EH! It is! Aaaah! Get me down from here!"

Temari and Tenten quickly took the set of kunai out of Naruto's clothing and as Tenten went down on her knees to grab the last kunai, the one just below Naruto's crotch, she winked at him, "You know, no one's perfect...Next time I might 'miss'..."

Naruto momentarily shivered and then quickly headed back towards his apartment to pick up the phone, "Girls are scary...very scary..."

When he quickly rushed into his apartment, the phone was still ringing and Naruto litterally jumped towards it to pick it up, "Hello? Naruto speaking."

There was a moment of silence on both sides and Naruto decided to try again, "Hello?"

After a few more seconds of silence, he shrugged, "Damn it, I'm too late."

As he was about to hang up again, he suddenly heard a voice through the receiving end of the phone, "Na-Naruto-kun?"

Naruto nearly dropped the phone out of his hands when he suddenly heard his name, but he managed to catch it, even though it meant he had to fall down on the ground.

"Hi-Hinata? Is that you?" Naruto asked.

"Y-Yes..." Hinata replied.

"Geez...Next time reply when I pick up the phone. I was already late with it so I thought who ever was calling me had already hung up." Naruto stated.

"S-Sorry, N...Naruto-kun...It was my first time calling Naruto-kun...so..."

"It's alright already. So I see that Tenten did give you my number huh?"

"Y-Yes...Hope you don't mind..."

"Ehehehe...As long as you don't call me in the middle of the night, I'm fine with it." Naruto grinned widely.

"O-Ok...I'll...I'll remember that..."

"It's a joke, Hinata. You can call me whenever you really need or want to...Though, I really do like my sleep."

"O-Oh..." Hinata replied and there followed a moment of silence between the two of them.

"So ehm..." Naruto rubbed the back of his head, "Why did you call me?"

"Eh?...I...I..." Hinata stuttered shyly.

"Hm?" Naruto replied patiently.

"I...wanted...to...know if...Naruto-kun...would like to...spend some time...with...me?"

"Eh, is that it? Of course I do. You can come over right now if you want to." Naruto said with a wide smile on his face.

"R-Really?"

"Yeah, everone else is here too."

"E-everyone else?"

"Uhuh. You know, Temari, Tenten, Ino, Sakura-chan and Gaara. We can all do it together then!"

"Eh?"

"We're having a lot of fun really. Would be even more fun if you joined us, Hinata."

"EH?"

"Well...I have to say, it can get a bit scary at times...I mean, if you saw what Tenten just pulled off. Man, that was scary!"

"Hinata?"

"Hinata? Oi? Are you still there?"

"Y-Yes...More or less..."

"Well come over here then, we'll have a lot of fun for sure!"

"I...I guess so..."

"Alright. Now hurry up or we might finish without you."

"Oi, Naruto. Are you coming already or what?" Temari asked as she walked into the living room and found Naruto lying down on the floor, "...You know, we can't continue this if you keep lying on the ground like that..."

"Ah, Hinata. Sorry, but I have to go now. Hurry up and come over here!"

"O-ok...I'll be on my way..." Hinata said and hung up.

She stared at the phone for a few moments, her face bright red and a few thoughts running through her head, which turned her face even deeper red.

"N-No...Na-Naruto-kun wouldn't do such things...would he...?" Hinata said to herself and then looked for a moment at the door before quickly throwing the phone on her bed and rushing out of her house.

"What was that all about?" Temari asked as she pulled Naruto up from the ground.

"Ah, Hinata wanted to hang out with me, so she called me and I told her she could come over right now and join in the training." Naruto smiled at Temari and then started walking off.

Temari quickly followed him and gently kicked Naruto, "Ass..."

Naruto abruptly stopped walking and turned around to face Temari, "What was that-...?"

Temari, however, didn't notice Naruto's abrupt end to his walk and bumped right up against him, the two of them falling down on the ground. The wind mistress supported herself on her arms and stared for a moment into Naruto's eyes, "For throwing that smoke into my face before..."

"Oh, well...It's training so-..." Naruto started but stopped as Temari dropped herself on top of him, "Oi! Temari! Are you okay? Oi!"

"Yeah, yeah...I'm fine..." Temari replied and closed her eyes.

"Are...Are you sure?" Naruto asked, some what insecure if Temari was really feeling alright, "What's up with her all of a sudden?"

Temari nodded, "Yeah...Let's go back to the others before we are missed too much."

"Ah! I just remembered that I forgot to tell Hinata that we were all on the rooftop!" Naruto exclaimed and slightly jumped up.

Temari pushed herself up and supported herself on her arms as she looked at Naruto and momentarily blinked, "So you think all the noise coming from the rooftop won't be a big hint to her that something's going on there?"

Naruto stared blankly at Temari for a few moments before nodding, "Yeah, you're right. She'll definetely find us."

"Well, let's head back to the others then." Temari pushed herself up and pulled Naruto along with her.

Not much later, the two of them were back on the rooftop and found Tenten lying stretched out on the floor, supporting her head with her hands as she watched Ino and Sakura fight against Gaara.

"Yo, Tenten! Sorry for the wait, but we're back!" Naruto cheerfully announced and Tenten turned her head around to face her two sparring partners of the day, a smile crawled onto her face for a few seconds until she finally jumped back up to her feet.

"Alright, let's continue where we left off then!" Tenten said equally cheerful.

"Eh! But that was me pinned against the wall in a very nasty position!" Naruto yelled.

Tenten smirked as she drew out a bunch of kunai again and stared straight into Naruto's eyes, "We can repeat that, you know..."

"No! Definetely not!" Naruto said and quickly slapped his hands together again in the cross-shaped handseal, "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"

"Again?" Temari took her fan off of her back and placed it on the ground, "I hope that you utilize them better than last time..."

"I'm going to knock both of you out with just one move." Naruto cracked his knuckles and then he and his army of clones formed a single handseal.

"What kind of jutsu could you possibably do with just one handseal?" Tenten asked as she joined up with Temari to prepare for whatever Naruto had in mind for them.

"Harem no Jutsu!" Naruto called out, followed by the loud echoing of his clones repeating the same

"Nemar version..." Naruto said in a sultry manner as he and all his clones had transformed into naked versions of Nemar, with the exception that thick clouds of smoke covered his private parts.

Temari and Tenten turned bright red and couldn't help but stare at the mass naked Nemar army.

"Please, Temari-chan, Tenten-chan...Don't stare at my naked body...It's too embarrassing..." Naruto said in an overly sweet and sultry manner.

The jaws of Temari and Tenten dropped wide open and, almost instantly after their jaws dropped open, blood fiercely erupted out of their noses and send them flying back, crashing near the rooftop entrance.

"Sakura-chan...Ino-chan..." Naruto said longingly, drawing the attention of the two remaining girls onto him and his army, "Please, don't look at me either..."

The two remaining girls were caught even more off guard than Temari and Tenten and instantly launched up into the air after letting out a loud squeal.

When Sakura and Ino crashed on top of Temari and Tenten, Naruto canceled both his Henge no jutsu and his Kage Bunshin no jutsu and just fell down on the floor out of laughter, "Oh god! I can't believe that actually worked! I'm a pure genius! A genius dattebayo!"

Gaara calmly lifted an eyebrow, wondering what the heck just happened to the girls.

"Na...ru...to...!" The girls said in unison as they towered high above Naruto, who's laughing abruptly stopped, and flames of anger burned brightly in the girls' eyes.

Naruto gulped, "It was just joke...A joke...Aaha...Aahaha...Ah...Aaaaaaaaaaah!"

"Come here, Naruto! I'm going to bash your skull in with my fan!"

"Naruto! I'll beat you up, shannaro!"

"I'll strangle you with my nunchaku!"

"I'm going to rip you to pieces for that!"

Gaara crossed his arms and watched the four girls chase after Naruto as they radiated massive killing intent, "I wonder if I should help him..."

Gaara stared at Naruto for a few moments before closing his eyes and shaking his head. Soon after that, the four girls had jumped on top of Naruto and were trying their best to make him suffer as much as possible.

"Gaaah! I'm feeling so many soft things right now yet it's painful!" Naruto thought as certain feminine body parts pressed against his body while he had to 'suffer' from their attempts to rip him apart.

"That's enough..." Gaara calmly stated and moved his hands to the sides of his body for a change, "Playtime is over."

The girls and Naruto instantly looked up towards Gaara, who slightly spreaded his legs out, "I'm going to see if the four of you can overcome something as a team, so be prepared."

The girls stood up and dusted themselves off, waiting for Gaara to begin. Once all of them stood in line, Gaara nodded and slapped his hands together.

Temari's eyes widened in fear as Gaara began to continuesly repeat a sequence of three seals and sand violently errupted into existance in front of him.

In mere seconds, the sand had spread out over the entire length of the rooftop and started to rise further and further towards the sky.

"Ryuusa Bakuryu." Gaara called out as the upward wind caused by his technique blew violently through his hair.

The wave of sand grew larger with each passing second and the ground underneath their feet began to tremble.

"Wha...What the heck is that!" Naruto gasped as he watched the sand avalanche rise at least a couple of meters up into the air and towering menacingly above them.

"Ryuusa Bakuryu..." Temari's eyes sharpened as she spoke those words and opened her fan, "One of Gaara's most powerful techniques...Frankly, it's strength could grow infintely as long as Gaara has enough chakra...Right now...he's holding back. A lot."

"Eh! This is holding back! Such a large jutsu!" Naruto jumped up to his feet and looked at the other girls, who were just speechless and seemed to be just amazed as Naruto was.

"Yeah...He invented the jutsu about a month after the war on Konoha had met it's end...Till this day, I've only seen it 4 times. And...I've never found a way to beat that immense jutsu." Temari said as her eyes slightly flared with anger. Anger out of the fact that she was completely helpless against such a move.

The sand stopped in it's place for a moment and Gaara's voice could be heard from the other side, "Your final training of the day is to break through this jutsu and reach me. Naruto, if you wish, you can help the girls too."

"Eh!" Naruto let out but before he could say anything else, the sand started flowing again and the sound it created was getting too loud to have any calls reach Gaara's ears.

Naruto's eyes then sharpened and he threw a quick glance at the other girls, "Alright, everyone! If we all use our most destructive move then we can bring this overgrown beach down! Yaru'tebayo!" (A/n: Roughly means 'Let's do this'tebayo')

"Alright, Naruto! We'll bring this thing down." Sakura said, full of confidence.

Naruto smiled and nodded at her before starting up his Rasengan. Temari started to focus chakra into her fan and Tenten and Ino each started to flash through a series of handseals.

Naruto smirked, but that smirked quickly faded when he heard Sakura cry out and saw her rush with a raised fist towards the immense flowing wall of sand.

"Sakura-chan!" Naruto called out as Sakura ran dangerously close to Gaara's technique.

As Naruto quickly ran after her, Sakura punched with all her might against the avalanche, sending a tremor over it entirely.

A large hole was blown into the sand wall and the sand blew passed a rather shocked Gaara, "This is bad..."

Sakura was kind of surprised herself to see Gaara's shocked face and even more when the entire sand wall started to reach out for her. Gaara quickly slapped his hands out of their folded position and moved them up towards the sand avalanche, slowly clutching them into fists.

"It's too unstable. I can't stop it!" Gaara thought as he forced with all of his will for the sand to stop heading towards her.

Just seconds before Sakura would be crushed underneath the weight of the sand, Naruto wrapped an arm around her and pushed his other hand up into the air, "RASENGAN!"

The sand split apart and was thrown up into the sky like a furious tornado, but leaving the pink-haired kunoichi and her blonda saviour unharmed.

Gaara quickly clenched his hands into fists and it began raining teddy bears made out of sand, "..."

"Gaara! Naruto!" Temari called out as she quickly rushed to the trio, the other girls following around.

"Naru...to?" Sakura hestitantly asked as she blinked at Naruto.

"Oi, Sakura-chan. Are you feeling alright?" Naruto asked with a smile on his face.

"Ye...yeah..." Sakura said slightly blushing out of embarrassment and then quickly stood straight up.

"Naruto-kun?" Naruto heard from behind him and he quickly turned around, facing none other than Hinata.

"Ah! Hinata! You've made it. Sorry, we're done training now I guess, so..." Naruto sheepishly grinned at her and rubbed the back of his head.

"Eh? Training?" Hinata looked a bit confused at Naruto.

"Yeah, you know. What we talked about on the phone and all?" Naruto looked questioningly at the Hyuuga heiress.

"Oh! Ah...I-I see...Training..." Hinata sheepishly smiled at her number one love and blushed brightly out of embarrassment, "Training...I'm such an idiot!"

"But you know, Hinata..."

"Eh?"

"I'm impressed that you could find us on the rooftop when I didn't even tell you where we were training! That Byakugan is really impressive."

"Idiot...With the ruckus Gaara just made anyone could've found us." Ino said and playfully stuck her tongue out at Naruto.

Naruto placed his hands on the back of his head and grinned widely, "Ehehehe, I guess you have a point, Ino."

Then all of a sudden, out of thin air, Naruto and his friends were surrounded by two ANBU squads.

"Everyone alright!" One of them called out.

"What happened!" Another reacted.

"Was it the Akatsuki!"

"Or perhaps...!"

Gaara wandered with his eyes over each of the ANBU members and Naruto looked dully at who appeared to be the squad captain, "Heh? What are you talking about. We were just training..."

"Training!" The eight ANBU members yelled at the top of their lungs, causing Naruto to fall, Gaara to plug his ears and the girls to cover their ears.

"Something wrong with that?" Naruto asked as he shook his head to get his hearing back.

"Hokage-sama had this entire sector cleared out!"

"She even mobilized us!"

"We saw that huge wave of sand!"

"We thought we were going to be the heroes of the day!"

For a moment all the other ANBU members just silently stared at the guy who had said the previous statement, "What? We never get to be the heroes of the day..."

"Uzumaki Naruto." One of the captains said.

"Yeah?" Naruto replied dully.

"With you being one of the Akatsuki targets, you can't have a simulated battle on top of the roof of your apartment complex. Also, you violated the Village's rules by having a training session here instead of on the designated training sites and therefor..."

"Ahem..." Gaara coughed, drawing the attention of the captain, "ANBU Taichou-san, I assume you know who I am?"

"Kazekage-sama, we know you are staying at Uzumaki Naruto's place, but..."

"The training session was my plan, Uzumaki Naruto was kind enough to help me out training these excellent four kunoichi here. Ofcourse we're going to need a 'no holding back' policy during training if we wish to improve our skill. I had no knowledge of Konoha restricting the use of training sessions in residential areas and therefor I will personally apologize to Hokage-sama for violating Konohagakure's rules. I'll take any blame for this so called incident and report everything to Hokage-sama."

The captain looked at his fellow ANBU and the other squads' captain and then nodded, "Understood. Then, please follow us back to Hokage-sama."

"I refuse."

"What?" The ANBU captain replied, sounding slightly angered for having his orders denied, even though it was by the Kazekage.

"I still have to clean up this mess..." Gaara replied and pointed with his head towards the large pile of sand teddy bears, "Also, I believe that after today's statement, Hokage-sama has more pressing matters to attend to. But please, do report to her that she can expect a visit from me before midnight..."

"Alright. I'll relay the message." The ANBU squad captain replied and nodded at Gaara before raising his hand and making both squads disappear as fast as they arrived.

Hinata bend down near the pile of sand teddy bears and picked one up, "Eeee-h...They're...kind of...cute, aren't they?"

Sakura walked over besides Hinata and picked one up as well, "To think that this made from the sand that nearly fell on top of me if it wasn't for Naruto's rescue..."

"Eh?" Hinata looked up at Sakura with a kind of surprised expression on her face.

"Interesting choice to turn your sand into, Gaara..." Temari said teasingly and smirked at Gaara.

"Temari..."

"Yes?"

"Shut it..."

Temari's smirk widened and then played a bit with one of the sand teddy bears, "So what do you plan on doing with these guys?"

"They'll disappear in a few hours..." Gaara calmly stated and walked over to them.

"Eh? But I thought you said you needed to clean this up?" Ino asked confused.

"Tell me...Would you want to face Hokage-sama's temperament right after hearing that she was worrying about Naruto's safety for nothing?"

"I don't think I'd want to." Tenten answered before Ino could and slightly giggled.

"Then, what shall we do now?" Naruto asked as he lazily walked towards the others.

"Hey, I have an idea! How about we all go watch a movie at Naruto's place!" Tenten exclaimed cheerfully.

"Eh!" Naruto was surprised to hear such a proposal.

"I have nothing else to do tonight, so it's fine with me." Sakura replied.

Ino nodded in reply, "Same here, so if Naruto doesn't mind all of us staying there, I wouldn't mind watching a movie with everyone here."

"No one's waiting for me at home so..." Tenten replied and looked at Naruto.

"I..." Hinata replied and fidgeted with her fingers.

"But...I don't even have a VCR or something...and I doubt the movies on TV are any good." Naruto protested as he sheepishly grinned and rubbed the back of his head.

Temari started pushing Naruto towards the rooftop exit and matter-of-factly stated, "Naruto, you really don't get it, do you? It's not about the movie."

"If watching a movie is not about watching the movie, then what is it!" Naruto wondered.

"I believe that it is about the thing called 'keeping each other company' then..." Gaara stated as he calmly followed Temari and Naruto, the other girls soon following after the three of them.

Not long after that, everyone was seated in Naruto's house and Naruto was standing in front of the television, trying to find the Konoha movie channel.

"Ah! Found it!" Naruto said proud and turned around, looking at his friends that gathered in his apartment.

Even though he was looking at them, he was rather looking for a place to sit. Gaara was sitting, as usual, on the couch and Ino and Sakura sat next to him. Temari and Tenten sat on Naruto's bed and Hinata sat on the ground in front of the couch.

"Naruto, you can sit next to me and Temari if you want." Tenten said smiling at Naruto and playfully stuck her tongue out at him.

"Eh...Thanks for the offer Tenten, but I think that I'll keep Hinata company on the floor." Naruto smiled at Tenten and then walked over to a rather surprised and madly blushing Hinata.

As Naruto sat down beside the shy girl of the Hyuuga clan, she turned her head towards him and he noticed it from the corners of his eyes.

"Let's enjoy the movie, Hinata." Naruto said with a smile on her face.

"Y-yes..." Hinata hestitantly replied and then looked back in front of her, but her eyes still darted to the side where Naruto was sitting.

"Alright! Let's enjoy this movie!" Naruto cheerfully threw a fist up in the air, but then he got whacked around the head by Sakura, which caused him to rub his head instead of holding that fist up, "Naruto, be quiet. The movie is starting."

Naruto continued to rub his sore head for a few seconds and then calmly lowered his hand, "Could've just told me..."

An hour and a half later, the moviecredits were rolling over the screen.

"A---h...That was such a good movie." Ino said as she stretched out and kept her hands up in the air when she heard some soft sobbing.

"Eh? Naruto? Are you... crying! Why!" Sakura exclaimed as she saw tears in the corners of Naruto's eyes.

"Because, you know...It was just too sad for that girl!" Naruto replied, half crying.

"I have no idea what you are talking about..." Gaara replied nonchalantly.

"You know...The one who kept being rejected by the guy because he couldn't decide who to pick, even though she openly expressed her love for him. The others didn't even do that until well...near the ending! How could he just continuesly reject that girl!" Naruto replied

"You liked her the most, didn't you Naruto?" Tenten asked.

"Well, yeah...She openly expressed her feelings to that guy and she was really the first out of them all to realise that she truly loves him and..."

"Naruto..." Sakura said with her eyes twitching.

"Hm? What's wrong, Sakura-chan?" Naruto looked surprised up at the pink haired girl, who sat behind him.

"You just liked her because she flashed her panties a lot and had big breasts, right!" Sakura pointed accusingly at Naruto.

"Eh!" Naruto leaned away from Sakura, nearly falling onto Hinata's lap as the Hyuuga heiress started to plus madly.

"Admit it, that's the only reason! You have been training for two and a half years with Jiraiya after all!"

"No! I'm not like that at all! Not one bit!"

"I saw you drool when she came on screen like that...You pervert."

"Ofcourse I drooled! What do you think I am! Gay!"

"Gaara didn't drool..." Sakura retorted and gave Naruto a sharp glare.

"He didn't laugh at the jokes either." Naruto threw back an almost equally sharp glare at Sakura.

Gaara coughed and then spoke up, "If I may defend my name and being in this case...As a matter of fact, I found the humoristic scenes quite entertainable and...humorous. I did laugh, though it was without a smile on my face, a loud laughing sound or even a slight sign that I was laughing, seeing how everyone was already laughing enough for ten people when we are only here with seven."

"Then tell us, Gaara..." Temari smirked, "Did you like any of the girls in the movie?"

Gaara's left eye twitched once as all the eyes present in the room fell upon him.

"You know...I'm curious about that too..." Ino said and smirked at Gaara.

Gaara closed his eyes and crossed his arms, "...As a matter of fact, I did enjoy the sight of one of them, however I refuse to answer which one of the girls it was."

"Eh...That's boring..." Ino complained.

"Girls..." Temari said and leered deviously at the other girls, "Puppy eyes no jutsu!"

Temari and Tenten jumped off of Naruto bed and quickly joined Sakura and Ino, trying to give Gaara their best puppy dog eyes, "Please---...Tell us who it is!"

Naruto sheepishly grinned at seeing the actions of the girls and stood up from the floor. He stretched a hand out to pull up Hinata as well, who blushed and after a few moments of consideration took his hand and helped herself up from the floor.

"Did you like the movie, Hinata?" Naruto asked the Hyuuga heiress with a smile on his face.

"Y-Yes...I...I enjoyed watching...the movie with you...a lot..." Hinata said with a bright blush on her cheeks.

"Ah. That's good to hear." Naruto's smile widened and then he placed his hands on the back of his head, "Alright, everyone. I like all of you being here, but I think we ran out of stuff to do already with our entire group."

The girls stood up along with Gaara, who let out a sigh of relief, and then they pondered a bit, Ino deciding to call out something random, "Is there really nothing else we could do together? Like...going out or something?"

"Hmmmm...I don't think I know anywhere we'd be able to go to so..." Naruto stopped when all of a sudden, all the lights and everything else that needed electricity in the apartment went off.

"Kyaaaaa!" The girls screamed initially and clinged onto Gaara and Naruto out of pure shock that the lights suddenly went off.

"Everyone, calm down. It's most likely just a power outage..." Gaara stated, trying to get out of this without having any of his current of clothing ripped off of his body.

"This..." Naruto said as he tried to find any sign of light, but the nightly star- and moonless sky outside provided no light at all and thus they were all shrouded in complete darkness, "Could this be..."

"Everyone be careful! This might not be just your average power outage!" Naruto yelled and tried to drag his body to his bed and bedroom window. Though with all the girls clinging on to him and Gaara, it didn't go without problems.

"Naruto! What are you doing!"

"Ah, watch out!"

"Gyaaa!"

"Kyaaa!"

"Ugh..." Naruto groaned as he felt that he had landed with his face on his bed, "That was not a good idea..."

Naruto's senses then picked up multiple things. First of all, Naruto noticed he was lying on top of one of the girls, though he could not directly tell by the touch of the girls body or the smell of her hair who it was. Second, he noticed that his hands had landed on two other girls.

"Is everyone... alright...?" Naruto hesitantly asked.

"Naruto..." Sakura hissed.

"Sakura-chan?" Naruto replied.

"If you wish to live longer than five seconds from now, don't you dare move your hand even the slightest bit..." Sakura said, intent to kill radiating of her words, showing that her threat was serious.

"But if I don't move it then..."

"I just really do NOT want you to accidentally do something, alright Naruto? I don't know if it's left or right hand that's on me, so don't move either of them!"

"O-ok..." Naruto felt a blush crawl onto his face as he did not know exactly where his hand was.

"Y-yeah, Naruto...I'd appreciate it if you didn't move your hands either..." Temari replied and Naruto felt his blush turn brighter, "Oh god...my hands are on Temari and Sakura...and I don't know exactly where...but..."

"The...Then, who's lying underneath me?" Naruto asked.

"N-Naruto-kun...I..." Hinata's words slowly escaped her lips as her breathing was more rapid than before.

"Hinata!" Naruto nearly yelled and Hinata was shocked to suddenly hear Naruto call her name so loud so she clutched tightly onto his jacket, "Pl-Please...Ke-keep your v-voice d-down, Na...Naruto-kun..."

Naruto carefully made his way with his mouth to Hinata's right ear and whispered, "Sorry...Are you alright, Hinata?"

"Y...yes..." Hinata replied as her breathing increased even more and she clutched tighter onto Naruto's jacket.

"Can you bear with me on top of you for a bit?" Naruto asked, "I really don't know how strong she is physically...I don't want to crush her or something..."

"I...I...I...g-guess...so..." Hinata replied and a gasp escaped her lips.

"Poor girl, she must be scared of the dark to clutch onto my jacket like that and not to mention I'm lying on top of her...It must be one big torment..." Naruto thought and then softly whispered in Hinata's ear again, "Sssht...Just bear with it a little...I'm here for you...Just relax...Even if there is some kind of an attack, I'll be protecting you right now..."

Hinata let out an almost unheard moan and her breathing pace started to increase tremendously.

"Oh man, she's breathing so deeply that her chest keeps pressing against mine...She must be really feeling uncomfortable right now." Naruto slightly started to sweat as the soft chest of the Hyuuga princess pressed against his own every other second, "It's alright...It's alright..."

Hinata gulped and then nearly passed out as Naruto rubbed his cheek against hers, but she mustered all of her will in order to stay conscious, "You can't pass out now, you can't pass out now. You can't..."

Hinata then did something she never would've dared doing if the lights were on. She wrapped her arms tightly around Naruto's waist and pressed her body tightly against Naruto's.

Naruto's eyes momentarily widened in surprise but then they softened and he rubbed his cheek against hers again, "Relax, Hinata...I'm here for you...Don't be scared..."

Another gasp and soft moan escaped her lips as Naruto's whispers entered her ear and then she slowly moved her lips to Naruto's cheek.

Half an inch away from his cheek, Hinata stopped and instead moved her mouth to his ear, "Naruto-kun...I...I want to..."

Naruto listened to her soft, yet rapid breathing for a moment untill he felt a soft hand pick his hand up and move it away, "Alright, Naruto. Feel free to move that hand again to push yourself up from Hinata."

Naruto then felt his other hand being picked up and moved as well, "This one too. Damn...It really is too dark to see a single damn thing here. Had to find out where you were lying and what not."

"Alright then, no one better be standing directly behind me." Naruto said a bit louder and grinned widely.

"Don't worry, I don't think I'm even close to you guys..." Ino replied.

"Nor am I, so feel free to stand up, Naruto." Tenten replied, sounding like she was still near the couch.

"Hinata..." Naruto whispered in Hinata's ear, sending a shiver over the girl's spine, "I'm gonna push the two of us up from the ground now, so hold on tight to me."

Hinata nodded, her cheek brushing against Naruto's and she then tightly held onto Naruto.

Naruto placed his hands on the bed and then pushed himself and Hinata up from it. A few seconds later, they were back on their feet and Hinata still held tightly onto Naruto.

"Oi, Hinata...I don't want you to faint the instant the lights are back on so..." Naruto whispered to her.

"I...I believe Na...Naruto-kun will catch me, if that should happen..." Hinata replied and lied her head against his shoulder, "I...I...don't want to be without...someone...in the darkness..."

"Hinata..." Naruto said and then paused for a few seconds, causing Hinata's heart to skip a few beats.

"Y-Yes...?"

Naruto smiled and then moved his head to her ear and whispered again, "I'm glad to see that you won't instantly faint when you're this close to me...It...it kind of hurts to have one of your friends faint constantly in your presence, I guess..."

Naruto heard Hinata gasp and then he smiled, "But don't worry about it. You're still my friend and I really don't hate you one bit. I guess...You're just the kind of person people can only like and not hate."

As if it was fate, the lights popped back on again and Hinata realised this all too well as she quickly called out, "Bathroom!"

As Hinata quickly rushed off for the bathroom, Naruto blinked and then scratched the back of his head.

"So, what was that all about, Naruto?" Ino asked.

"Eh? What was what all about?" Naruto asked confused in return.

"The whole yelling and screaming about this not being your average power outage and such of course! We could've seriously injured ourselves!" Ino protested.

"Ah...That's what you're talking about..." Naruto sheepishly grinned and rubbed the back of his head, "I just thought it wasn't your average power outage...That's all..."

"Hmm..." Ino leered suspiciously at Naruto.

"Something wrong?" Naruto asked.

"No, nothing at all." Ino replied and playfully stuck her tongue out at Naruto.

"Alright people, I think it's safe to say that this is the best time to leave for all of you, who aren't spending the night here." Naruto said.

"Yeah, I think my mom will be worried due to the power outage and what not. See you soon again, Naruto." Sakura said as she made her way to the door.

"Oi, Sakura! Wait for me, damn it!" Ino said as she quickly followed Sakura on her way to the exit, "Bye, Naruto! We'll see each other again tomorrow, I guess."

Tenten stretched out and covered her mouth as she let out a yawn, "I'm going to take a nice warm bath and then head to bed. Goodnight, everyone."

Naruto, Temari and Gaara followed the three to the door and as they left the apartment, they waved and bid them goodnight.

Naruto closed the door behind them and then realised Hinata was still in the bathroom, "Oi, Hinata. The others left already. Are you alright in there?"

"Y-Yes...I'm almost...done..." Hinata replied from inside the bathroom.

A few moments later the flushing sounds of the toilet could be heard along with some more calmer streaming water and not long after that, Hinata stepped out of the bathroom, "Sorry for the wait..."

"Hmm...Hinata, do I need to walk you back home? It's already pretty dark outside and well...I know you could handle yourself out there but..." Naruto sheepishly grinned at her and rubbed the back of his head.

"I..." Hinata started to fidget with her fingers and she looked down towards the ground, "I...I'd be...happy...to have Naruto-kun escort me back home..."

Naruto slightly laughed as Hinata brightly blushed, but then he nodded, "Alright, let's get going then. Temari, Gaara...I'll be back soon."

"Have fun." Temari stuck her tongue out at Naruto and then winked at him, Gaara simply nodded at him before heading back into the living room.

"Well...Let's go then, Hinata." Naruto smiled at the Hyuuga girl, who nodded in reply and returned the smile, even though it was a much shyer smile then Naruto's smile.

Not long after that, Naruto and Hinata were wandering through the nearly empty streets of Konoha.

"Na...Naruto-kun? C-Can...I ask you something...?" Hinata asked as she looked towards the ground with a bright blush on her face.

"Ofcourse you can. What is it?" Naruto smiled at her.

"W...Why did you want to accompany me back home?" Hinata asked and momentarily looked at Naruto from the corner of her eyes.

"You said it yourself, didn't you? You don't want to be alone in the darkness and..." Naruto paused a moment and smiled as his eyes darted over the streets of Konoha, "As a future Hokage, I'll have to make sure Konoha is safe to walk through, right?"

Hinata smiled at him and then looked at the road ahead of them, "Na...Naruto-kun..."

"Hm? What is it?" Naruto asked and blinked at Hinata.

"About the movie we watched..." Hinata spoke hesitantly.

"Yeah! It was a great movie, huh? Did you enjoy it too?"

"Y-Yes...but I was wondering..."

"Hinata, feel free to ask me anything. I won't kill you or something like that for asking me some questions." Naruto replied and slightly laughed.

"Did you...really feel sad when that person who openly expressed her love to the protagonist every time but he just kept rejecting her because he couldn't decide yet?"

Naruto stared at Hinata for a moment and then nodded, "Yeah...Probably, if I was that guy I couldn't just keep rejecting her if I even slightly liked her as well. I mean...It would break her heart with every rejection and...I guess I wouldn't be able to really live with myself if I'd break a girl's heart that many times, yet she keeps on loving me."

"Ah...I see...So all a person would have to do is confess her love for you often enough before you'll chose her?" Hinata asked and when Naruto gave her a shocked expression, she darted her eyes to the ground and apologised, "G-Gomen, Na-Naruto-kun...S-such a question...It wa-was too b-bold, wasn't it?"

Naruto shook his head, "No, though I'm surprised you'd think I might be like that, hehe. I'll have to like a person first after all. Any person who I really don't like is not going to win me over by merely confessing to me an infinite amount of times."

"Th...Then..." Hinata gulped, "M-May I as...ask a f-few more questions...?"

"Ofcourse, I trust you after all, Hinata. If you'd like, I could even tell you the size of my boxers." Naruto said and started laughing as Hinata turned bright red, "Na-Naruto-kun!"

Naruto stopped laughing, his expression turned slightly more serious and he placed his hands on the back of his head, "I mean it...I trust you, Hinata...You can ask me anything you'd like."

"The-Then..." Hinata said and then her lips moved but no sound came out of her mouth.

Naruto looked at Hinata, who was brightly blushing and avoiding direct eye contact with him.

"D-does...W-would..." Hinata gulped again and shyly looked at Naruto from the tops of her eyes, "W-Would Na-Naruto-kun want a...a...girlfriend a-and...i-if so...wha-what kind of girl wo-would Na...Naruto-kun want as...as his..."

Naruto grinned widely and slightly increased his pace, "Do you really want me to answer those questions?"

"I-If...Naruto-kun doesn't mind answering them..."

"I...have been all on my own for most of my life. Though I love all of my friends, I want to be fully loved in return...Someone who could hold me incase I needed it...Someone who I could hold incase she needed it...For quite a few years now, I've always liked Sakura-chan for who she was and always thought she beautiful. I guess I wanted her to be my girlfriend. Now I...I don't really know. I still lo...like her a lot, but..." Naruto took a moment to pause and smiled, "Yeah...I sure as hell want a girlfriend. But not just any girl...A girl who cares for me and for who I can care. A person to protect with more than my life."

"M-More than...Naruto-kun's life?" Hinata hesitantly asked as she softly bit her lower lip.

Naruto slightly turned around to face her and grinned, "Uhuh. A girl who I'd protect even if my legs were severed, my arms ripped off my body and my heart taken out of my body. For the person I really love...I wouldn't ever let anyone with bad intentions even harm a hair on her head."

"I...I...don't..." Hinata stuttered as Naruto slowed his pace again to walk besides the Hyuuga heiress.

"As for how I'd like my girlfriend to be...Probably...she has to be beautiful, but also be..." Naruto looked up at the clouded dark sky above them and paused a moment before continueing.

"Someone who's smart like Sakura-chan. Someone who is full of energy, yet calm most of the time like Ino. Someone as caring as Temari. Someone as talkative and gracious like Tenten." Naruto said and noticed a slight hint of sadness in Hinata's eyes.

Hinata's eyes went wide open in shock as Naruto suddenly wrapped his arms around her at shoulder length, "And someone as kind, gentle and well-mannered as the heiress of the Hyuuga clan. As a certain girl named Hinata."

Hinata slowly raised her hands up to Naruto's arms and pulled herself slowly out of Naruto's hug, "Hinata?"

Hinata then quickly turned around and tightly embraced Naruto, burrying her face in his chest, "Oi...Hinata? Are you...crying?"

Naruto wrapped his arms around her and placed one hand on the back of her head, "Oi...Should I carry you back to the Hyuuga estate?"

Hinata slightly nodded her head as tears kept flowing from her eyes, Naruto picked her up and they headed to the Hyuuga compound, "I wonder why she's crying..."

"Naruto-kun...I'm...I'm sorry..." Hinata softly whispered in Naruto's ear.

"Weird girl, what do you have to be sorry about? You didn't do anything wrong..."

"I...I'm crying..." Naruto heard Hinata whisper in his ear.

"Crying is not a sin. I don't get it, though...Why are you crying?"

"I...I think..I just...need to..." Hinata replied.

Naruto remained silent for a moment and then asked, "Was it because I hugged you and said those things?"

"...M-maybe..." Hinata blushed, "I...I d-don't feel sad..."

"May I ask you something, Hinata?"

"Y-yes..."

"Are you in your...monthly thing? Because the sudden rush to the bathroom and the mood swings just now. Anko-sensei told me that some girls would act like that during their monthly...thing..."

Hinata blushed brightly, "N-No...Na...Naruto-kun...I'm not..."

"Ah, alright...Ehm...then...eh...would you mind calling me when you have that...thing...so I can take care of you a bit or something...?"

"I...Y-you..." Hinata blushed far brighter than before and then gulped, softly adding, "I...w-wouldn't...m-mind...I-I...guess..."

"Ehehehe...Sorry for asking such a weird question, Hinata. You can forget I mentioned it if you'd want to."

The remainder of their little trip to the Hyuuga compound was experienced mostly in silence and the first words spoken again was when Naruto dropped Hinata off in her bedroom.

"Then, I'll be heading back now." Naruto smiled at Hinata.

"Na...Naruto-kun..."

"Hm?"

"I..." Hinata hesitantly stepped towards Naruto, "I w-wanted to...bi-bid you goodnight...so..."

Naruto grinned widely at her, "Hehe, then do so. Temari and Gaara are probably waiting for me back home."

"A-ah...I-I see...Goodnight...Naruto-kun..." Hinata said and looked towards one of the corners of her room that lay behind Naruto.

"She really is a bit of a weird girl. However..." Naruto thought as he smiled at Hinata before tightly hugging her, "Goodnight to you too, Hinata."

Naruto then quickly left, hurrying back home, leaving an once again lonely Hinata behind, staring longingly at his shadow form from her bedroom window.

"I'm back!" Naruto called out as he entered the living room of his apartment, only to be instantly tackled to the ground by Temari, "Yo there, lover boy."

"Eh! What are you talking about, Temari!" Naruto nearly yelled as his body was firmly pressed against the floor by Temari's body weight on top of him.

"Hmm...You know, what I'm talking about." Temari winked at Naruto and playfully stuck her tongue out at him, "Did you kiss her goodnight?"

"O-of course I didn't! Where did you get the idea I'd do that!"

"Nowhere at all, just checking, hmmm..." Temari said and ruffled through his hair before standing up from him.

"Women...I really don't get what all of you are thinking..." Naruto shook his head as he stood up.

"Well, to name one thing...we girls think the exact same thing about you guys." Temari said and winked at Naruto.

Naruto stretched out, "Well, putting that aside...What in the world are we going to do? I'm kinda bored."

Temari shrugged, "I don't know. Might as well head in early."

"Eh! Already! It's way too early to go to bed!" Naruto complained.

"I have to agree with Naruto, Temari...It's too early to go to bed." Gaara stated as he momentarily paused from making sand sculptures.

Temari dropped down on Naruto's bed and stared at the ceiling, "Then, what else is there we can do right now? It's been a long day."

Naruto dropped down next to Temari and stared at the ceiling along with her, "What do you guys do at home when there seems nothing else to do?"

Temari shrugged, "It depends I guess...Most of the time I'm tweaking my fan or polishing it...Or I head out to meet some friends or something...Speaking of home, I guess I'll go write a letter to Kankuro, in case he's worried why we're away for such a long time."

"What do you think he's doing right now?" Naruto asked.

"Who knows...Either way, he's there all by himself and since the Kazekage is on leave, he probably has all of Gaara's duties right now..."

----Meanwhile, in the house of the sand siblings in Sunagakura----

A large cloud of smoke pressed against the ceiling of Kankuro's room, the smell of marijuana richly present.

"So...I heard you ladies are interested in a certain puppetmaster and his puppets, who are currently present in this room..." Kankuro said with a stoned grin on his face and a joint in his hand.

----Back in Konoha----

"Yeah, he must be having a really busy and stressful life right now..." Naruto said nodding.

"Oh well, I'm sure he'll be ok." Temari said and shrugged, "I'll go write him a letter anyway."

Temari jumped off of the bed and headed towards for her bags, obviously searching from a pen and some proper writing paper.

"Temari...Shouldn't you be taking care of our laundry right now?" Gaara asked and Temari froze on her spot.

Temari straightened up and rubbed the back of her head as she laughed nervously, "Now that you mention it, I guess I do..."

Naruto sat straight up on his bed and nodded at Temari, "Ah, don't worry about it, Temari. I'll help you out."

Temari smiled at him, "Thanks. I appreciate it."

"Then, let's hurry up and do the laundry before it will really get late and all." Naruto said as he jumped off of his bed as well and just then, someone knocked on Naruto's front door.

"Hm...Now who would come visit at this time...?" Naruto wondered as he walked to the door, "I'd better be cautious...That power outage still worried me a bit and I can't really think of anyone who'd just knock on the door."

Naruto reached out for the door with caution, expecting it to be shattered within moments.

"What are you doing, Naruto? Open the door already." Temari said and quickly opened the door before Naruto could.

"No! Wait! Ah!" Naruto let out as he fell onto the floor when the door was fully opened within a mere second.

"Eh...Hi there..." Tenten sheepishly smiled at Naruto and Temari, "Sorry for bothering you."

"Ah...It's just you, Tenten..." Naruto let out a sigh of relief.

Tenten slightly puffed her cheeks and glared at Naruto, "What's that supposed to mean!"

Naruto quickly jumped up from the ground, only barely evading a kick to his face, "Ehehehe...Nothing at all. Did you leave something behind?"

"Actually...I came here because..." Tenten avoided eye contact with Temari and Naruto, "I...somewhat need a place to stay..."

"Hm? Why? Your apartment burned down or something?" Temari asked.

"Eh...Can I come in? I'll explain everything..." Tenten sheepishly smiled at the two of them.

A while later, the three of them were seated around the kitchen table and Tenten started to explain her situation.

"RODENT INFESTATION!" Temari and Naruto exclaimed a bit too loud after hearing the first sentence of Tenten's explaination.

"Eh...Yeah...They locked the entire place down and I was only allowed to quickly grab some clothing...They said they have it cleared out by tomorrow morning so...Please, let me stay here for the night!"

"But...where would you be able to sleep?" Naruto wondered as he looked around his apartment.

"You're bed is big enough, isn't it?" Tenten asked.

"Yeah, but where would I sleep? I'm not going to share the couch with Gaara!" Naruto protested.

"You sure as hell aren't going to do that indeed..." Gaara replied from his usual position from the couch.

"Please, Naruto! Can I stay here just for one night?" Tenten begged Naruto.

"Can't you sleep over at Neji's place or...Super Fuzzy Eyebrows or Fuzzy Eyebrows' place?" Naruto asked.

"Neji's uncle would definitely not allow it. And could you imagine how sharing a room with Lee or Gai-sensei would be like!" Tenten exclaimed and then started to impersonate how it would be if she'd spend the night with Lee, "Oh! Tenten! Don't worry! My youthful spirit shall keep you away from any impurity! I'll sleep on the kitchen table and not look at you while you are in your youthful sleeping garments! Tenten! It's 4 am! Hurry! We must do a million laps around Konoha to stay in our springtime of yoooouuuuth!"

Temari and Naruto sheepishly grinned at Tenten, who let out a sigh as she sat back down on her chair, "Please, Naruto...I really don't know who else I could turn to...I'm sure the three of us could share your bed!"

"The problem really isn't that it's impossible for the three of us to lie in my bed..." Naruto rubbed the back of his head and smiled at Tenten, "But I really can't turn down a friend in need. Alright, you can stay here tonight, Tenten."

"I hope you have some thin sleeping garments with you, Tenten, because with the three of us together in the same bed, things will get way more hot than usual." Temari stated as she stood up from her seat, "Then, I'll go do the laundry now. It was near the ground level, right?"

"Yeah, I'll show it to you if you want to." Naruto said but Temari shook her head, "I'll find it on my own, don't worry. It's not like I have something much more important to do."

"I'll go for walk then...I could use some of the fresh air in Konoha before heading to bed..." Gaara stated and instantly headed out of the apartment.

"Alright, feel free to take your time." Naruto said as Gaara and Temari left the apartment, with Temari carrying a large pile of clothing in her arms.

"Then I guess I'll show you where the bathroom is." Naruto smiled at Tenten and the two of them stood up.

"You don't have a bath, right?" Tenten asked as they walked towards the bathroom.

"No, just a shower and toilet. Both are very clean, so you don't need to worry about something like that." Naruto sheepishly grinned at Tenten and rubbed the back of his head.

Naruto opened the bathroom door for Tenten and showed her the bathroom, "Feel free to use the shower if you want to. Eh...N-Not that I ehm...well..."

Tenten slightly blushed, "Eh...I wasn't thinking in that way about it...Just to use it you know..."

"Ye...yeah! That's what I meant to say, but er...you know...just so you don't misunderstand." Naruto sheepishly grinned at Tenten.

"I-I know...Ehm...Let's head back to the living room now...shall we?" Tenten asked and without waiting for Naruto to answer, she closed the bathroom door.

The two of them walked up to Naruto bed and as Tenten sat down on it, Naruto rubbed the back of his head, "Uhm...any side you prefer to sleep on?"

"Ehm..." Tenten looked over her shoulder at the bed, "I'd like to sleep on the window side, if you don't mind."

"No, I don't mind at..." Naruto said and then noticed that the window which was broken earlier that day had been fully repared, "Huh? When did that get fixed?"

"Gaara told us he fixed it while em...you were out getting Nemar-kun. He did it so fast that we didn't even notice it and...such..." Tenten said, avoiding eye contact with Naruto.

"Ah, I see...I guess I'll have to thank him when he gets back then." Naruto replied and sat down beside Tenten.

After a moment of silence, the two of them said the same thing, "Ano sa."

"You first." Tenten said.

"Ladies first." Naruto replied with a wide grin on his face.

"Oh, alright..." Tenten said and stuck her tongue out at Naruto, "I wanted to ask you something..."

"What is it?" Naruto replied.

"If you had three friends who all liked a girl and that girl liked everyone of you as well and you'd have someone you like besides that girl, what would you do?" Tenten asked and stared at her lap.

"Nemar-kun, huh?" Naruto asked, even though he already knew the answer and Tenten nodded in reply.

"Then, you have someone you really like besides him, huh?" Naruto laid back down on his bed and stared at the ceiling as he placed his hands on the back of his head.

"Well...I think I do...I'm not quite sure, because well..." Tenten said and then shrugged before lying down beside Naruto, "What would you do if you were in my position."

"I'd probably try to figure out the feelings I have for both of them and then...I guess I'd go for the one who I liked the most."

"But if you find out it's the one who is liked by your friends as well, then there's a chance that..."

"Either way, that chance is there. You just got to show that person why you should be the one to be chosen."

"I guess so...Ne, Naruto...Could you...Give me a few honest compliments?"

"Eh? Why would you want me to do that? Temari and Gaara might get the wrong idea if they'd walk in on us while I'm complementing you or something."

"Can you please just do that?" Tenten asked again, turning her head to face Naruto.

"Al...Alright, but ehm...you know." Naruto replied and slightly blushed, "Damn, this is kind of embarrassing..."

"I think you're really cool and skilled. I mean, the way you just tore through all of those Kage Bunshin created without even getting a scartch on your body, it's quite..."

"Naruto, I want you to compliment me on my being as a woman and not as a kunoichi."

"...Alright..." Naruto replied and mentally started to sweat, "Crap, I thought of avoiding that by just complimenting her skills..."

"You...You look good..."

"You really think so?" Tenten replied, slightly blushing.

Naruto nodded, "Ye...Yeah...You have a healthy body to say the least. You have ehm...pretty eyes too. And I like your hair too, but I heard it looks better while you have it down."

Tenten blushed as bright as broad daylight at the last comment, "Oh god...He didn't...did he?"

Naruto grinned widely and slightly laughed, "Maybe you should consider letting it down from now on, Tenten."

"D-Don't be ridiculous, Naruto! Just because one guy thinks it looks better when it's down... That doesn't mean that all the other guys in the world would like it too!"

"But you won't know unless you try it." Naruto grinned widely at Tenten.

"Fine! I'll prove it to you that I look better with my buns than with my hair down!" Tenten replied and then sat on top of Naruto.

"Oi! Tenten! What are you doing dattebayo!" Naruto called out in surprise.

"I'm going to make you tell me your opinion while I look straight into your eyes, even if I have to force you to do so!"

"B-but...People will misunderstand!" Naruto complained.

"No they won't, now shut up and allow me to show you that I do NOT look better with my hair down!"

A moment of silence followed between the two of them as Tenten untied her buns and let her hair fall down.

She shook her head once and then looked straight into Naruto's eyes, "There! Now honestly tell me your opinion. I look better with my buns, don't I?"

"Damn...Who do you think you're fooling, Tenten? You just look stunning with your hair down." Naruto thought as he stared at her for a moment while he had a blush on his face.

"Naruto...Don't you dare blush at me...! It's not that big of a difference...I like my buns! They make me look cute...I am not looking cute with my hair down! Not one bit!"

"You...You really look good with your hair down, Tenten..." Naruto said and blushed brighter, "You should consider doing your hair like this all the time..."

"D..Do you...really mean that?" Tenten asked, brightly blushing now as well.

"If you want to hear a cheesy line...I think the temperature in my apartment rose a couple of degrees after you untied your buns..." Naruto said the last part in somewhat of a whisper and turned his face away from Tenten.

"..." Tenten silently ran a hand through her untied hair and looked at Naruto from the corners of her eyes. She then sighed and sat down beside Naruto again, a blush still present on her face.

"Why don't you like having your hair down?" Naruto asked as he sat up.

"I...I don't know...I like my buns a lot...They did make me look cute, right?" Tenten paused for a moment to have Naruto answer her, but when no reply came from him, she continued, "What...What does this make me?"

"Well, you'd probably be more than worthy of the description hot..." Naruto said and blushed brightly, "Naruto...Keep your mouth shut...You're going to get yourself into trouble again..."

"Th...Thank you..." Tenten said and looked away from Naruto as her blush deepened, "Oh god, my cheeks are flaring up...Perhaps I shouldn't have asked him for his opinion..."

"Eh..." Naruto rubbed the back of his head as he looked at Tenten, "Any idea what we can do to pass time while we wait for...?"

"I'm back." Temari called out as she walked back into the apartment.

"Welcome back, Temari." Naruto grinned widely once he saw the wind mistress again, who returned his grin with a smile.

She then paused and stared at Tenten, "Tenten! Your hair!"

"Hah!" Tenten pointed at Temari, "See! Temari thinks that I'm looking bad with my hair down, don't you Temari?"

"You must be joking me, right? I liked you while you had those buns, but you just look amazing with your hair down." Temari replied as she crossed her arms.

"B-but...You saw me like this before...Back then you didn't react like this!"

"Well er...That was because I was too distracted with other things..." Temari blushed and scratched her cheek as she grinned sheepishly at Tenten.

Tenten sighed, "Fine, I'll keep it down...for now."

"Then...I'll go up on the roof for a bit now..." Naruto said as he jumped off of his bed.

"What? But I just got back here." Temari complained.

"Don'worry, I won't be up there for long I guess." Naruto grinned widely at Temari.

"But..." Temari protested.

"Then, see the two of you in a bit..." Naruto said as he waved at them and headed out.

A while later, Naruto sat down on the edge of the and stared up at the sky for a moment.

"Looks like the sky cleared up a bit, huh? You can actually see the stars now..." Naruto heard from behind him.

"Yeah...Why did you come up here as well, Temari?" Naruto asked as he slightly leaned back, supporting himself on his arms.

Temari shrugged and walked over towards him, "Mind if I sit down next to you?"

"Not at all. Just trying to relax a bit." Naruto replied.

Temari sat down next to him and then nodded, "Yeah...I guess a lot happened today, huh?"

"Yeah..."

A short moment of silence was broken by Temari, "Sorry about what happened back there..."

"What are you talking about?"

"Well...I just wanted to do something with the three of us together before we headed to bed so..."

"Sorry for walking off like that...I just felt like coming up here..."

"Tenten was blushing pretty bright back there...Was it because of something you said?"

Naruto shrugged, "She wanted me to give my honest opinion about what I thought of her when she had her hair down and that's what I did. I guess she didn't realise herself how attractive she can be."

"Even for you, huh?"

"What's that supposed to mean? I said it before...I'm a guy, I can't help but feel attracted to good looking girls."

"Yeah...Just like girls can't help but be attracted by certain guys..."

Naruto laughed, "Temari, you want advice on that Nemar guy just like Tenten?"

"What?"

"While you were away, Tenten asked me for some advice." Naruto shrugged, "I think it helped her a bit with dealing with everything around it."

"Ah...I see..." Temari said and then slightly shivered, "Damn...I'm cold."

"Eh? But aren't you used to the cold desert nights?" Naruto asked as he looked at the slightly shivering Temari.

"I am, but I don't sit still in them...I'm always moving outside if I'm out during the night in Sunagakure." Temari said and shivered again, "Not used to the cold one bit if I have to sit still..."

Naruto smiled at her, took his jacket off and wrapped it around Temari's shoulders, "Then you should be more properly dressed for the cold."

Temari stared at Naruto for a moment before scooting closer towards and wrapping her arms around him, pulling him agains her, "Don't sacrifice yourself for me, baka. I can handle the cold..."

Naruto looked at Temari for a moment and then wrapped his arms around her as well, "But my friends' well-being come before my own, you know."

Temari smiled and closed her eyes and Naruto could feel her gently caress his side with her fingers, "You're a true good guy, Naruto."

"Mind if I join you two in that cuddle?" Tenten asked and she stuck her tongue out at Naruto.

"Eh! Tenten! This is..." Naruto started but Tenten waved dismissively.

"Yeah, yeah...I know. It's chilly up here..." Tenten rubbed her arms as she shivered, "Besides, it's not like the two of you were kissing or something, so it was just friends keeping each other company, right?"

"Yeah..." Naruto replied as Temari peeked at him from the slits of her almost entirely closed eyes.

"Then, can I join you two?" Tenten asked again.

"Hehehe, if it's alright with Temari, it's fine by me." Naruto grinned widely.

Temari nodded, "Let's just get comfy up here for a moment and talk or something..."

"Naruto, please stand up for a moment." Tenten commanded.

"Huh? Why?" Naruto asked but obeyed nonetheless.

"So we can all sit comfortable, that's why." Tenten said and sat down as close as she could to Temari, "Now sit down in the centre of us, on our laps."

"Eh!" Naruto replied and then hesitantly sat down on the laps of the girls, his weight equally divided over the two girls.

Tenten wrapped her left arm around Temari and her right arm around Naruto and Temari followed Tenten's example, only doing the exact opposite.

"Ah...I think I'll sleep well tonight..." Tenten said with a singing voice.

"Eh? What makes you think that all of a sudden?" Naruto asked.

"Both of you are feeling soft and both of you are feeling warm...I like it..." Tenten replied as she caressed Naruto and Temari's side.

"I guess you have a point, Tenten..." Temari replied as she leaned her head against Naruto's shoulder.

"These girls...They're really something..." Naruto blushed as he kept being cuddled by the weapons mistress and the wind mistress.

"You know...I was just telling Naruto what a good guy he was..." Temari stated.

"Hmmmm..." Tenten laid he head against Naruto's shoulder, "I'm surprised that he hasn't become a pervert like Jiraiya-sama...but I'm glad about that. Though I'm sure we're pretty much torturing him right now..."

"Y-Yeah...sort of..." Naruto replied, "B-but...I can manage...I can...I think I can..."

"You know, Temari?" Tenten asked.

"Know what?" Temari replied as she looked with slit eyes at Tenten.

"Naruto is probably the only guy that won't freak out while a girls' breasts is resting against his arm as well..."

Naruto's eyes momentarily widened and after he gulped, he carefully looked at the two girls' chests, finding them barely touching his arms.

"Yeah...and you can tell that he accidentally is touching them with his arms and not on purpose, right Naruto?"

"I...I..." Naruto gulped again, "You girls want me to die or something, right?"

"Nah, we wouldn't want to kill one of the few good guys left in the world..." Tenten replied, "Besides, your body's warmth is making me sleepy so killing you would suck..."

"I love this, you know...Sitting like this...Makes me feel warm inside..." Temari replied.

"Oi, oi...You two beter not fall asleep right now."

Tenten yawned, "Yeah...you're right. Let's head back inside...I want to take a shower and then head to bed."

"I'll scrub your back if you'll scrub mine..." Temari replied.

"Deal."

Naruto shook his head clear of any unwanted thoughts that entered his mind and then stood up, "Alright, the two of you can lean on me and I'll guide us back inside."

Temari and Tenten stood up and wrapped their arms around Naruto as he wrapped his around them, "The two of you are kinda like little kids right now, you know."

"Oh shut it..." Temari replied and Naruto grinned widely as he guided the three of them back inside.

Once in his apartment again, the two girls both yawned and stretched before quickly gathering what they needed for their showering and heading into the bathroom again.

Naruto fell down on his bed, "Those two...They both really tend to get all cuddling when they're tired."

As Naruto heard his shower being turned on, he raised his head up from the bed and stared at the bathroom door.

He stood up and walked towards the bathroom door, "I can't peek nor would I peek if I could, but...I'm curious what they're talking about...If they were both silent while taking a shower together, it would be kind of awkward, right?"

Naruto pressed his ear against the bathroom door and quietly eavesdropped on what was going on inside the bathroom.

"Really, Tenten...Do you need to take a shower with a body that is THAT clean already?" Temari asked.

"Ehehehe, I like taking baths and showers and it makes me sleep better too." Tenten replied, "I'm kind of surprised though. I didn't think you were that clean either."

"Are you kidding me? I shower twice a day in Sunagakure because of the sand and all. Hygiene is important to me."

"Hmm...Is the sand really that troublesome?"

"Go without a day of bathing in Sunagakure and you'll be covered with sand in all the wrong places. And trust me, it is probably the most annoying physical feeling in the world."

"Ehehehe, well I guess that means everyone in Sunagakure is really hygienic." Tenten replied, "Who scrubs the other's back first?"

"I'll do your back first if that's alright with you..." Temari replied, "And yeah, other than Gaara, everyone bathes at least twice a day."

"I guess with that whole armor of sand, he just use all of the sand to shield him, huh?" Tenten replied, "But aren't you guys on a limited water supply due to living in the desert and all?"

"Believe it or not, but there's a cave not too far away from Sunagakure with an ocean's worth of water. And since all the water we use is naturally filtered through the sand, it eventually ends up there again. And there's your odd rainy day in Suna every now and then."

"Hmmm...You're really good at this, Temari..."

"Thanks, don't forget to wash yourself while I'm scrubbing your back though...I don't Naruto to pay for an extremely large water bill or something..."

"Yeah...He's kind enough for letting us stay here and all...You've been here for a week or so now, huh?"

"Yeah..."

"Could you hand me the soap?"

"Of course."

"Hmmm...I guess they really aren't talking about anything special..." Naruto thought, "Though...Who knows where the topic might go, so I'd better keep on listening..."

"Alright, time to scrub your back, Temari."

"Oi! Be careful!"

"Ah!"

"Are you alright?"

"Yeah...I'm...fine..."

Naruto continued to eavesdrop on them, but he heard absolutely nothing, "What the hell just happened in there?"

When the silence continued for another minute, Naruto shrugged and sat back down on his bed.

"Guess I'd better put my pyjamas on then and wait for the two of them to be done with showering and all..." Naruto muttered to himself.

A while later, Naruto was lying on his bed, staring at the ceiling as he waited for the two girls to come out of his bathroom. When he heard the bathroom door crack open, Naruto turned his head and instantly fosilized.

"We're done now, Naruto..." Temari stated.

"Sorry for the wait." Tenten said, smiling sheepishly at Naruto.

Naruto managed to point at the girls and his mouth started to move, but no sound was produced for a while.

"D-Don't come out like that! Put some clothes on!" Naruto yelled at the top of his lungs before quickly turning his head away from the two girls, for both of them wore nothing but a towel.

"See, I told you he'd freak out..." Temari smirked and looked at Tenten from the corners of her eyes.

"Don't worry, Naruto...We're dressed underneath these towels..." Tenten said as she crawled over to Naruto's back and whispered in his ear, "More or less..."

Naruto shivered and blushed crimson, "And you girls still think it's alright to call guys perverts if we do or say something perverted, when you're the ones doing stuff like this..."

"Yeah, yeah...Just lie like that for another minute so we can properly position our garments, ok?" Temari asked Naruto.

"Did you think I had a death wish or something? I'm staying right like this..." Naruto said as he tried to force the thoughts of Temari and Tenten in towels out of his mind.

As Naruto heard the towels and the girls' clothing shuffle, he shiver again, "You really like teasing, huh?"

Tenten jumped down onto the bed and laid down in front of Naruto's face, "Just be glad we are. Most guys would love to be in your position, hm? Those guys would end up getting punched in their face though..."

Tenten playfully stuck her tongue out at Naruto and winked at him, Naruto grinning widely at her, "Well...I guess I could brag about it. Hehehe."

The lights were then switched off and Naruto turned around to faintly see Temari approaching the bed as well, "Oi, shouldn't we wait for Gaara to come back?"

"He'll find his way trough the darkness." Temari replied and crawled underneath the sheets.

"And Naruto, if you tell anyone about this, you're dead. Got it?" Tenten asked him as she crawled underneath the sheets as well.

"Yeah, yeah. Everyone would misunderstand anyway if I told them I slept with two girls in the same bed at the same time..." Naruto said and then let his eyes wander over the top of Tenten's sleeping garments, "Though I guess it's safe to say that it wouldn't be 'bad' for my reputation with the guys...Doubt anyone else has seen Tenten in a blouse made of silk yet..."

"Exactly, so that's why you won't tell anyone." Tenten said and rubbed her face against the pillow.

"Tenten, if Naruto tries to do anything perverted to you, let me know..." Temari stated.

"I already told you, I'm not like Ero-sennin!"

Temari wrapped her arms around Naruto and snuggled close enough to whisper in his ear, "But you are a guy and are currently lying in a bed with two girls who are barely wearing anything...Tenten's just wearing a large blouse that comes all the way down 'till just above her knees and I'm just wearing a t-shirt with some shorts..."

"I assume the two of you at least DO wear some underwear as well..." Naruto said and was trying to keep his thoughts clear, "Gaaaah! I don't think I'll survive the night if this keeps up!"

"Maybe we do..." Temari said as Tenten scooted closer towards Naruto as well and smiled at him, "Or maybe we don't...You won't find out either way."

"You know, the two of you are starting to make me believe that you want something from me..." Naruto replied and shivered again, "That or they just wish to break my mind and give them an excuse to whack me around my head."

"Hmmmm...But you know...I wonder how long you'll last while seeing this much detail of our skin...My lips up close, my eyes...Also, our feminine parts are really close to your body..." Tenten said as she leered at Naruto.

"...You two really do want something, huh?" Naruto replied as he shivered again.

"Uhuh..." Temari replied and then softly whispered in his ear, "Revenge for what you did to us during training..."

"Training?" Naruto repeated and the moment that he used Harem no Jutsu - Nemar version flashed through his head, "Oh shit..."

"So...How much more do we have to do until you lose control of yourself, hm...?" Tenten said as she scooted even closer towards Naruto.

"Ok, ok! The two of you win! Please forgive me!" Naruto called out in panic as he blushed brightly.

"Uh-uh...You're not getting off that easily..." Temari said and shifted her position so that her chest touched Naruto's back.

"Please...Can't I just get some proper sleep for one night?" Naruto asked, though the question was not directed at the girls.

Temari lifted her head up and stared at Tenten for a moment, who stared back at Temari, "Alright, we'll let you go after ONE more ordeal that you MUST survive..."

"Uh...I don't like the sound of this so called 'ordeal', but alright..." Naruto replied and Temari beckoned Tenten to lift herself up so that they could discuss something.

Naruto barely heard the two girls exchange whispers as he tried to focus on having a blank mind for a few moments, "Focus...Focus...Focus...Focus...on anything but women!"

Temari and Tenten lowered themselves back down on the bed and then Temari broke the silence, "Ready, Tenten?"

"Uhuh, start the countdown, Temari." Tenten replied.

"Coundown?" Naruto asked and before Naruto got his answer, his shirt was lifted up and he was rolled onto his back by the girls, "O-Oi!"

"Three...two...one..." Temari said and instantly after the one, Temari and Tenten tightly embraced Naruto and the two of them gave him a kiss on each cheek.

"Areh?" Naruto blinked as his cheeks started to flare while Temari and Tenten's lips were still planted on them.

"Goodnight, Naruto." Temari said smiling at him as she let go off him.

"Sweet dreams, Naruto." Tenten said and let go off him as well.

"You two girls are really evil... You know that, right?" Naruto let out a sigh and was rewarded with a giggle from both girls in return.

A few hours later, Naruto was still awake and lying on his side, silently listening to the breathing of the two girls he shared his bed with.

"They fell asleep so easily...Yet I'm still up and unable to fall asleep..." Naruto thought as Temari rolled over to her side and laid an arm around Naruto's waist.

Just then, he heard the front door open and Gaara sneak into the apartment. A few moments later, he heard Gaara fall down on the couch and everything went silent once again.

Temari snuck her other arm underneath Naruto and hugged him tightly, pressing her cheek against his back, "Though I'm still functioning perfectly as a human sized teddy bear."

Tenten rolled over as well and if she had been lying any closer towards Naruto, she would've ended up kissing him. Naruto gulped and started to sweat, "That was close..."

He stopped sweating and carefully let out a sigh, "...Tenten sure looks cute when she's asleep..."

Naruto stared at her face, a few locks of her hair brushing over her eyes, her breathing steady and calm and her body slightly lifting up every time she inhaled. He then saw her eyes twitch and Naruto quickly closed his eyes, peeking at her from the slits of his eyes.

"...Hot..." Tenten muttered in her sleep as she began to unbutton her blouse.

Naruto nearly jumped out of his bed when he saw her do this, his eyes turning as wide as possible, "Oi...This is bad...I'd better wake Tenten up and...oh god..."

He gulped as his eyes traced down the opening Tenten's unbuttoned blouse had created, partly showing Tenten's snow white bra and panties.

Naruto shuffeled slightly closer towards her, Temari letting out a small groan as she clutched tighter onto Naruto, "Damn, Temari...You really like hugging me in your sleep, huh!"

"Oi...Tenten...Tenten, wake up..." Naruto said as soft as he could.

Tenten pinched her eyes for a moment and then looked with sleepy eyes at Naruto, "...Naruto?"

"Tenten! Listen up! You were having it too warm and you..."

"You're loud, Naruto...Go to sleep and let me sleep too..." Tenten said and pushed Naruto's head down before closing her eyes and falling asleep again.

Naruto's vision had gone from semi-decent to completely black, but he didn't need his eyesight to tell where his head currently was, for the fabric against his cheeks told him that already.

Against his will, Naruto's breathing pace increased and he deeply inhaled Tenten's scent, "Damn, she smells damned good too..."

Naruto tried to wurm himself up again, but Temari tightend her hold on him the second he started to move and Naruto figured it would be useless as long as Temari was hugging him.

"Alright...Calm down, Naruto...Just don't think about it...Think about something entirely else...Just think about one thing and let your thoughts go from there..." Naruto told himself, trying to force his mind to not take his current situation into a mental image, "Just...Think about what's the meaning of life or something..."

Naruto's thoughts went blank for a moment and then a thought popped into his head, "Tenten's skin sure as hell is soft...Ah! What am I thinking! Don't think about the fact that your face...is currently...Damn it, I just did it again!"

"Ok...You can think of something else...Thinking about how soft Tenten's skin is, is a slight improvemen from thinking about...Ahem...Yeah...I wonder if she's that soft every where...Hmmm..."

Naruto slowly and carefully placed one of his hands on Tenten's stomach and as he trailed with his fingertops over it, Tenten slightly shivered.

He froze up for a moment before poking Tenten's stomach again, checking if she was awake or not.

When he got no reaction out of her again, Naruto moved his hand to Tenten's waist, "I wonder if she's just as soft here too..."

Naruto traced with his fingers over Tenten's waist and a almost unhearable moan escaped her lips.

"Hmmm...Looks like different places and actions makes her react differently as well..." Naruto mused and carefully pulled his hand back.

Naruto then let his hand trace down over Tenten's legs, a gasp escaping her lips this time, "Hmmm...Her legs are well trained, it's more firm than the rest of her body so far, but her skin is still soft..."

Naruto retracted his hand again and just quietly thought for a moment, "...Would she wake up if I touched her cheeks...? I'd have to be careful...I don't want to poke her in her eyes or stick my finger in her nostrils..."

"But still...I have to find out..." Naruto thought and carefully reached out for Tenten's face with his hand.

He had no trouble at all to have his hand end up on her face and he traced with his fingertops over her cheek, "Damn...Tenten really is soft...She like the finest silk you can get..."

Naruto carefully traced down over Tenten's cheek, but he stopped as Tenten slightly turned her face and he ended up touching her lips with his fingers.

"Oh man, I'm glad she didn't wake..." Naruto thought but his thoughts went blank the instant he felt that his index finger was inside of Tenten's mouth.

Blood rapidly started to rush through his body as Tenten's tongue lapped over his finger and gently suckled it, "Oh...god...That...is...just..."

After a few minutes, which seemed like hours to Naruto, Tenten stopped sucking on his finger and he carefully took it out of her mouth.

"Note to self...Make sure nothing touches Tenten's lips while she's asleep..." Naruto thought as he tried to regain his breaht as fast as possible and wiped Tenten's saliva off on his shirt.

"But damn she's soft...I wonder if Temari would still use me as a teddy bear if she knew how soft Tenten is..." Naruto wondered as he traced with his fingers over Tenten's stomach.

"Naruto...Keep touchin me...and I'll start touching you too..." Tenten muttered in her sleep.

"Tenten? Are you awake...?" Naruto asked as he blushed out of embarrassment.

When Tenten didn't reply Naruto sighed out of relief and poked her stomach, "Oi...You're still asleep, right?"

He heard Tenten only groan in reply, "Thank goodness, she's still sleeping...Man, I would've been so dead if she was awa-..."

Naruto's thoughts were cut off again when he felt a pair of silky soft hands slip underneath his shirt and move up to his chest. He froze up and mentally screamed as Tenten slightly shifted her position and pressed his face against on of her breasts.

Naruto then knew that this was going to be one long and most likely insomniac night.