Ino woke up, and looked over. She gasped, and nearly fell out of

bed. Naruto was laying beside her with his arm draped over her. He didn't

wake up, and Ino felt that her clothes were still on.

She sighed, and relaxed. She cuddled up with Naruto, putting his

head near her chest. She curled her legs, and looked at the alarm clock. It

was 10:00 am.

She closed her eyes, and fell asleep again.

Naruto awoke to notice cleavage that wasn't there before. Then he

noticed the hands around his neck, and the covers over his head.

He lifted his head, and earned a groaned from Ino. He placed his

head beside hers, and watched her sleep. He could see her eyes moving,

and her eyes fluttered.

She wrapped her arms around his neck more securely, and pulled

him closer. He accepted, and as he moved closer, he wrapped his arms

around her waist. She moved so he could, and whispered, "Thank you."

He gasped. He didn't know if she was asleep or awake.

Her eyes opened as though to answer his question. She looked at

him, and smiled.

He move up to her level and looked deeply into her eyes. She

stared straight back into the pools of bright blue liquid. She took in the

littlest detail of his hypnotic eyes.

"Oh, Naruto, thank you for everything. I really enjoyed last night, I

wish I could remember what we were laughing about, though," Ino said.

"We were laughing?" Naruto asked.

"I dunno, were we?" Ino asked, puzzled.

"Probably, that was alot of alcohol," He said, coming closer to Ino.

Their noses were touching, and Ino could feel his breath on her neck and

chin.

Naruto's eyes glazed over with passion as he closed the distance

between them first. Ino didn't resist, because it was exactly what she

was going to do.

Naruto separated them, and Ino groaned.

"Sorry, I don't know what I just did," He said, blushing.

"I do," Ino said, kissing him again, making him moan. Naruto's eyes

were floating in front of Ino, even though her eyes were closed. His eyes,

so hypnotic... If she could choose which were more entrancing, the

Sharingan, or Naruto's eyes, the answer was obvious. She always loved

the colour blue, and now she had a reason why she love it even more.

Naruto's tongue asked for permission, and Ino granted it. As their

tongue's quarreled, Ino undid Naruto's shirt. She kept it on him, but let

her hands roam his built chest.

Ino's hands strayed over some battle scars, but continued roaming.

Once again, Naruto separated.

"Whasamatter?" Ino asked, her voice practically glowing with

passion. "Was it me?"

"No," Naruto said. He kissed Ino lightly on the lips, and turned

towards the clock. "11 o'clock, eh?" He turned back towards Ino, "Sorry,

sweetie, I've got to get going, I'm so sorry." He lightly kissed Ino's

forehead, and got out of bed.

He walked out the door. Before closing it though, he blew a kiss to

Ino, who caught it.

"Love you!" He called as he closed the door.

Love you? Ino quickly called back, "Love you, too!"

She heard him having a shower, and then leave. She rolled over.

Why'd he have to leave? He said love you, but... But, they used to hate

each other... But, people change, Ino knew that, she used to love

Sasuke, think about him 24/7, and almost died when Sakura was put on

the same team as him, and now, Ino even had a hard time even

remembering what his name was sometimes, let alone what he looked

liked.

Now she had Naruto on her mind. She used to hate him. Well, not

hate him exactly, she only knew what he was, and that her parents

hated him, so she in turn, hated him. It was for a stupid reason. Naruto

didn't have any friends, any family members, no one talked to him, no one

looked at him or even smiled, and now...

Now things were different. Naruto was rich, kind, sweet,

handsome... Nothing anyone would have believed possible when he was

12. But now, now it was 8 years later, they had all graduated, only some

of the graduates actually following the ninja path.

Ino closed her eyes, bringing back the sweet memory of the last

few minutes with Naruto...

Soon she was asleep again, and in her dreamless sleep, the birds

songs were nothing... Ino couldn't hear... It was a blissful black haven,

and Ino was enjoying it.

She jerked awake. A noise downstairs. Naruto? No he left, but

maybe he came back.

She shook her head, making her senses come back, and everything

came into perspective. There were voices, two, no three, no, maybe even

four. They weren't bothering to keep their voices down.

Ino stood up slowly, and walked out of the room, using her old ninja

skills to keep as quiet as possible. She leaned against the stair rail, and

tried looking down the hallway for the owners of the voices.

"Hey, princess, what are ya lookin' for?" A harsh voice came from

behind her. She stood up straight, gasping. She remembered now, the

night, all of the people murdered, were these cops? No, they couldn't

be...

A rough hand covered Ino's mouth, and she tried screaming, and

fighting, but in the hand was a white cloth.

Ino felt her consciousness slipping away...