Chapter 2: It's Hard to Understand

A/N: Thank you for the reviews so far. I'm having fun writing this story Hehehe. Oh, and sorry for the rush in the relationship…Maybe I should slow things down?

It was dark, finally, Naruto thought, he stayed in his room to have a small discussion in his head.

"Yo, Kit, you sure you want to do this? In a way, she's even scarier than I am."

"It's fine, besides, I'm getting used to her and Sakura's punches. This one will be priceless…"

"True Kit, I hope I enjoy this as much as you do."

"Hikari-chan, you don't mind right?"

The little child smiled mischievously at Naruto, "I've always loved your pranks Naruto-nii-san."

Naruto rubbed his hands together, placing his forehead protector on his bed, he pulled on his vest and fixed up his hair, "If I looked more like a good boy, she might buy into it."

After he completed his task, he stretched his arms and smiled. Scratching his nose, he turned off the lights in his little apartment. He snickered and jumped out the only window that was inside his humble abode.

"That hag won't have this coming," while away on his trip with the pervert. Once in a while, he couldn't help but pull a prank or two against those he was fighting against. His stealth and spying skills were improving, and even learned how to turn invisible. But for this prank of his, he's going to be very visible, blinding in fact. For this will be the first time, he's used this prank on someone.

Finally arriving on the roof of the Hokage tower, Naruto turned himself invisible with his jutsu. Grinning like the evil fox within him, he slowly climbed down the walls to get to her window.

Using more techniques, he went right through the window and went in front of the sleeping Hokage. 'I knew she practically lived here,' he smirked and then his evil grin took over. Chanting and requesting for Hikari's chakra, he slowly transformed.

Now Tsunade-sama had the weirdest dreams. As she rested her head on her paperwork, drool came flowing out of her mouth. Muttering something while she was at it, "No…You can't take that from me…" it sounded kind of bad from there Naruto thought still transforming, "No…Not my cookie…."Naruto fell over, but it didn't interrupt his transformation, "Just like that ero-sennin, still a kid at heart," smiling his sweet one, he finally finished.

His hair became lighter, his wings sprout etc. (A/N: Now, in the dark he would seriously look like a freaking angel) His chakra flow felt light, and his glow was very bright. (A/N: OMFG I just rhymed! Sorry for interrupting, but I'm kind of hyper right now)

Finally awaking from her slumber, Tsunade put her head up, "Don't take my cookie…" she rubbed his eyes and wiped away the drool that was spilt on her. "Who are you?"

"I am an angel Tsunade-sama…" Naruto said in a softer voice, within himself, he laughed, "I am here to take…to take…"

"Oh shit! Don't tell me it's my time yet!" she panicked and hid behind her desk."I am here to take it all away from you…"

"Oh kami! No! Not now!" she then heard a laugh. A very familiar laugh to tell the truth.

"I'm here to take all your cookies!" Naruto with his special chakra control turned on the light and fell to the floor laughing.Tsunade stood up and watched the fox boy laugh his head off. Instead of the usual urge to kick his ass, he mind boggled, "What the hell Naruto…"

"Well, that was funny, I'll see you later Tsunade-no-baachan," he went up to her window and his wings went back in and his usual colors returned.

"What is that?" she asked.

"What?" he smiled, "My new power? Well, you can just kiss my ass, I'm tired, and I want to sleep so I can spend time with Ino-hime tomorrow! Ask the pervert, he'll say something," he yawned and stretched his arms. Jumping out the window he continued to giggle.

"Man that Jiraiya sure is rubbing off on that kid. She yawned, "I swear, for a second there I thought I was facing the angel of death! That's one heck of a power…It's pretty much opposite of his kyuubi form. That Jiraiya has some explaining to do!" she yawned again and rested her head on her paperwork that was drowning in her slobber, "Now…Where is my cookie?"

Naruto returned home safe and not one bump from that Granny. He picked up the forehead protector that was on his bed, and placed in on his kitchen table that was conveniently just a meter away. Placing his sleeping cap and pajamas, he yawned once more and drifted to sleep.
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The Next Day…
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Naruto awoke to the natural sounds of random birds chirping and leaves rustling in the wind. Yawning, our perhaps favorite blonde stood up and looked at his clock."Well I have 10 minutes," he muttered quietly to himself while pouring water into the kettle.

He decided to complete his packing while he waited for the water to boil."Let's see," he said browsing his closet. Picking out three copies of his new outfit, he folded them to the best extent he could and shoved them into his bag.

Finally the water boiled and the hungry Naruto was pleased.After finishing his instant ramen, he picked up the last things needed for his trip; food and his beloved wallet.Finally finishing his preparations in 8 minutes, he placed his backpack on and rushed out to meet his new buddy.

Naruto grinned when he saw Ino at the Konoha gates. She smiled and waved as Naruto approached her in his new normal attire.

"Well Naruto-kun, let's get looking," she looked ahead and cued the guards to open the gates.

Gazing into the wide open once again, Naruto inhaled the forest's aroma and his grin grew wider.The two looked at each other and began to walk towards the trees.

"Where are we heading to first Ino-chan?"

"Um, I guess since he is on the loose, he can be anywhere. But if we go to the nearest village, they may be able to tell us if they have encountered this guy," she pulled out a map from her bag.

"Ino, what is that?" he glanced over to what she was holding, a paper with many lines and dots and stuff. He tilted his head, he always saw Kakashi with it, and Sakura too.

"It's a map Naruto no baka," she continued to study it as Naruto frowned for not knowing what this 'map' was.

They continued to walk when they encountered another gate. It was smaller than the Konoha gates, and there was a sign that said, "Rice".

"We're here," she said walking up to the guards there, "We're here to ask questions."

The guards standing there saw the Konoha leaf on her forehead protector (which was on her waist o.0) and allowed the two to go in.

Inside was a peaceful town, very few beggars on the streets and just inns, and markets everywhere. The people were very nice to them and very few scowled because of their status.

Soon, they began to investigate. Splitting up, they talked to everyone they could and asked about the infamous Noratu. Naruto was frustrated though, no one gave any answers, and it was extremely boring. Meh, nothing in this town made things exciting, it was like nothing ever harmed this pace, nothing bad ever happened. But he did his best to make things exciting.

He played with the children whenever it got boring. He played hop scotch, skipping, all those kinds of games. And lost to them too.

Ino on the other hand was doing pretty good. So far, all hints lead to them going west. And so, at the end of the day, she found Naruto giving piggy-back rides to the children.

"Yay!" the small one said while Naruto ran around with him on his back. Too fast though, The child then began feeling dizzy, "Naruto-nii-chan, everything is spinning…"

"Oh, sorry," he realized that he ran to fast in circles for the little one to handle.

Soon enough the sun began to set and Ino began walking towards Naruto.

"Let's go," she said grabbing his hand.

"Whatever Ino-chan," he began to wave to the children, "Bye!"

As they exit the town, Naruto turned to Ino, "I found out nothing, no one knew anything…" he yawned, "I think I even took a nap for half an hour."

"Well, while you were napping, I found some info on him head west," she raised her eyebrow, "Why were you giving those kids piggy-back rides?"

"What?" he thought for a moment, "Oh yeah, well they looked sad and bored, and I for one was bored, so in order to cheer them up, I played with them. It was annoying because Kyuubi was mocking me inside my head," he rubbed his forehead, "That guy is one hell of a headache."

Ino chuckled slightly, but then looked up, "Well it's getting dark, let's find a good campsite and rest there."

Naruto nodded and the two leapt onto a tree and began looking for a place to relax. After the duration of 5 minutes, they found a nice spot for camping. It was surrounded by many trees, so no one would see them."Well Ino-chan, today was fun, I hope we actually get to kick butt tomorrow!" he said in excitement lying in the grass.

Ino had finished putting on the fire, "Naruto you eager butthead, why do you want to fight so badly, me, I find it oh so very troublesome…." She frowned, her teammate was rubbing off on her again.

"Well, because its all I have to live for," he placed his hands behind his head and closed his eyes, "Fighting is fun too you know, besides, I need more training to become the best Hokage ever!" he smiled with his eyes still closed and he faced Ino, "Ino-chan, why did you become a ninja anyways if you hate to fight?"

"Naruto-kun, as you probably don't know, ninjas aren't just for fighting evil," she sighed and laid down next to him, "They're for protecting important people, and important things. Shinobi can be very smart, and very powerful, they are very important people. Besides fighting crime, we seek power, and keep ourselves strong. Tsunade-sama is the hokage, she is a shinobi too. You don't see her fighting all the time. She heals too," she looked at him and frowned, "Don't tell me you always thought that ninjas are just fighting machines."

Naruto's face turned emotionless, "Well, I always thought about these things, I thought about a lot of things. I know some shinobi don't just fight, I know Tsunade-no-baachan doesn't just fight either. I'm just going to say this, I fight, and that's all I can do to prove myself as a worthy shinobi," he turned away from her, "It's okay if you want to lecture me, Jiraiya, that ero-sennin tries to a lot. He says he kind of understands, but he doesn't want me turning into a power seeking freak like Sasuke-teme before."

Ino was speechless, she sighed and turned her back to him, "Okay Naruto-kun, but don't you dare go turning into what Sasuke-kun was before," she yawned, "Good night Naruto-kun, we have a lot of work to do tomorrow."

Naruto nodded, "Good night Ino-hime," he then drifted on to sleep.

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The next morning, Ino awoke to see Naruto at the fire."Good morning Naruto-kun," she said yawing.

"Hey," he smiled at her, but something was wrong with this one. His eyes didn't seem very happy. She sat next to him and looked into the fire before talking.

"Did you have some sort of nightmare?"

"No, just the usual dream," he said emotionlessly.

"What is this usual dream?" she asked in a soft tone.

"You don't have to know," he replied coldly, "I'm going for a walk."

Ino sat there speechless as Naruto got up, 'What's his problem?' she thought to herself.

As he walked away, Ino picked up her bag and walked up to him, "Naruto-kun," she then muttered getting close to him, "What's wrong?"

"Leave me alone, I told you I'm going for a walk…"

Ino stood there as Naruto ran into the woods. She tilted her head in concern, 'Why is he being so snappy? He's almost sounding like Sasuke.'

She turned back and sat next to the fire to wait for him to return, 'Man, two days ago, he comes back after two and some years. He bumps into me talking about this weird chakra flow thing. Me being confused just stood there when he started blabbing about going with him to the training grounds. He shows me something incredible and tells me even more weird things. After that, he treats me like his best friend. I must say I don't mind, he is now a close friend to me. He acted to childish and cute, I liked it, and he took me for ramen and acted stupid in the hokage-sama's office. Then again, before he acted so serious, and even kind of romantic with his flower story…' she stared at the spot where he ran off, 'Naruto-kun, you are such a confusing person…I need to get to know you better, I need to become better friends before ever thinking of telling you…telling you exactly what I feel. Because now, I'm so very confused. It's just so hard to understand someone like him. I've never met someone like him ever, split personality? Or is he just hiding under a mask of lies. I wonder, I think his smiles are even fakes.'

Ino sat there wondering, wondering about the blonde boy, wondering about her feelings, and getting a massive headache.

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A/N: Hey! You guys are all great with your reviews. I've decided to slow things down, what do you think? Yes, I know they are a bit OOC. But get this how many years later is it? 2.5. They have their moments. Now Ino, by some reviews and by Mikee1's advice, she's OOC the most. If you think about it, she is a little bitchy, but besides her bossy nature, she's nice and sweet, ne?

Pre-read by: Mikee1, thank you! I love your changes!

Polls:

What should the first filler be?

-Sasuke getting high on ramen (humor/general)

-Disaster down at Hokage office (humor/general)

-Shikamaru's mission at Suna (Shika/Tema, romance/humor)

-Lee gets drunk…again (Ten/Neji, romance/humor)

Also I have another idea for an Ino/Naruto it's a Romance/Tragedy. No one dies, just…er rated M for reasons.

Summary: Ino is Sasuke's boyfriend. After weeks of getting to his warm side, she had no idea what she had in store moving in with him. Rated M for abuse, swearing, and Sasuke evilness. Naruto finds her alone next to a river, "What's wrong Ino?"----goes from there.

Now the poll is, when should I submit it?

-Right Away?

-Wait till added 5 chapters for this story?

-Wait till this story is done?

Till next time my readers! Ja ne!