Chapter 6: Little Thoughts

A/N: Yo! So after this chapter we have a filler, so I promise not to leave you with a cliffhanger.

Ino and Naruto sat in the middle of the place they had fought. It was dark now, and Noratu was gone. They then laid down and looked up into the sky. Turning to each other they each had a smile of relief.

"So," Ino began, trying to keep the atmosphere comfortable

"What are we going to do about Noratu?" Naruto asked, face relaxing.

Ino sighed and frowned, "He's really messed up, he has a lot of things in his mind," smiling slightly she said, "Literally," she laughed.

Naruto smiled widely at her remark, "Just like me. Let me guess, has he been called names and has been discriminated by evil people," he smirked, "Just like me…"

There was a silence between the two. It had only been two days of their mission and they'd already fought Noratu. The night owl hooted and Ino shivered. That battle was pretty bad, even though they didn't give it their all. Naruto sighed in between sharp breaths, it had been a rough and confusing day for the both of them, maybe even Noratu.

Ino turned to see Naruto looking slightly tensed. His eyes were open and he was looking at the night sky. The wind blew again and she shivered once more. Naruto winced, probably another injury from the battle.

Ino sat up, she was cold, and she felt slightly weird. Her injuries weren't fully healed. She only used her jutsu on one injury, she didn't suffer that much from the battle. Naruto on the other hand did. But she thought it was strange how quickly he recovered.

"You feeling okay?" she asked killing the sound of the owls.

Naruto nodded, he looked at his hand and clenched it into a tight fist, "Kyuubi's chakra," he explained and put his hand down.

"Hmm?" Ino looked at him with a raised eyebrow and her head tilted.

"Its kyuubi's chakra, that's why I'm healed so quickly," he sat up too next to Ino, "How about you?"

She shrugged, "Well, I have only slight injuries," she frowned, "You fought the most out there."

Naruto looked up and down, his eyes began trailing his surrounding, "His scent," he frowned, "His scent is still here."

"Oh," she hugged her knees, "He reminds me of you."

Naruto smirked, "He does have some of my DNA," he frowned again and sighed, "He has a lot of things in common with me, he's playful, strong, and very insecure"

Ino frowned and hugged him gently, "You're…You're still insecure?" she asked softly.

"I don't know," he said hugging her back. They remained in this position then separated quickly blushing.

Again the site was filled with silence. The trees rustled in the wind, the two lay down again. Turning to each other they smiled and reached their hands out to each other, then as their eyes closed, they eventually drifted into sleep.

The next day was chilly and a little cloudy. Naruto awoke, rubbing his eyes and stretching his arms. He turned, eyes half open to see Ino practicing with her kunai and shuriken.

"Yo," he said half asleep walking up to her.

She stopped and took a minute to catch her breath. She smiled slightly and looked at Naruto's messy hair and tired eyes. Placing the kunai in her hand back inside its rightful place she stared at him, "So, you ready to go yet?"

Naruto yawned again and his ears perked, "Oh, yeah, lets go," he stretched and rolled his neck and his hair shot up into its rightful spikiness.

"Good, I hope we can get him again today so we can get back earlier," she wiped her forehead, "Don't take that wrongly, its just that I don't want to fight any longer," her smile grew wider and her cheeks grew red, "Besides, you still owe me another date."

Naruto's near frown turned into a smile, "True," he scratched his nose in embarassment and spoke of Noratu, "Well, negotiating is not my thing."

Ino's eye twitched and she bonked him on the head, "It's our mission if you did not forget!" she saw as he rubbed the lump on his head and she giggled slightly.

"I thought we were supposed to kill him?" Naruto asked with the bump disappearing and the laughter of Ino gone.

"He might've been manipulated by that snake that's inside of him," Ino rolled her eyes as Naruto scratched his head trying to remember. Ino sighed, "He has some DNA from Orochimaru, so, it would be logical for there to be some sort of snake within him. Plus, I was inside his mind."

Naruto sighed, "Well fine." He turned to the side and scratched his head again trying to think of a good idea, "How about you go into his mind again and see if he really likes that snake. Then if he doesn't he might have this battle in his mind, he'll go berserk probably."

Ino frowned at the thought of doing something like that, "But what about you? If he goes berserk then he'll have a hell lot of chakra."

Naruto smiled her a reassuring smile, "Yeah I know, but I still need to whoop his ass. You have the responsibility to kill that snake within him."

"Sure," she said taking out another map, "Well, let's go to the nearest village and ask for some more information on that guy."

Naruto frowned and looked down at his tummy and rubbed it. Ino froze when she heard a beast like growl coming from it. Sighing they began to walk towards the hidden village of owls.

"Fine," she said with her eye twitching again and annoyed voice, "We'll get some ramen for you."

Naruto smiled his foxy grin and was about to hug Ino when he tripped on a rock and the two fell in mud. Naruto, afraid of Ino when she got up, got up himself and ran like he was being chased by a bull.

Ino not knowing exactly what happened but knew that Naruto did it, she got up and wiped some mud off of her. Her eyes turned into a glare and her face grew red. Turning to see Naruto running away, she sprinted towards him.

"Ino-chan! I'm sorry!" he yelled out ad Ino closed in.

"YOU BAKA-NARUTO!" she yelled out and jumped on top of him.

While on top of him, she punched him a couple of times and then kicked him. Naruto screamed in pain and Ino got away and rubbed the dirt and wiped the rest of the mud off her.

"Ino…Chan…" he said, eyes swirling, body aching.

"Baka," she said sticking her tongue out.

As they continued to walk, Naruto's injuries recovered and Ino apologized.

"Sorry I attacked you like that," she said sighing and blushing slightly.

"I think I deserved that," he said pushing in the last bump. He smiled and blushed scratching his head.

She sighed again and smiled also and clung onto his arm. He blushed even more and they soon got to the entrance of the hidden village of owls.

"Yo," Naruto greeted a guard.

The guard nodded when he saw their head bands, "Go in kids."

The two nodded and when they entered they frowned, "This place is a mess," Ino said looking at the wrecked place. Naruto nodded and a small girl moved up to them.

"Can I have some food?" she asked with huge innocent eyes.

Ino frowned, she looked into her bag and took out an onigiri, "Here, I don't need it anyways."

The girls eyes lit up and hugged her. She ran away with the onigiri and slipped on a rock.

Naruto quickly got to her side and picked her up. Giving her his foxy smile he gave her a cookie from his pocket and she smiled again.Walking back to Ino he sighed, "Doesn't look like we can get some ramen here.""

Let's just find someplace to eat the onigiri I packed. These people seem so sad and poor."

Naruto nodded in agreement and looked at the dirt road ahead of them. But when he got into a small alley they heard some sounds, punching, kicking, and screaming. They looked around and saw no one, no police person going after them. Everyone just picked up the little things they had and left.

"Yo," Naruto said in a harsh voice.

The two thugs that were beating on a small kid looked at them, "Oh, just kids," they cracked their knuckles and was about to hit Naruto when a fuming Ino came and slapped them.

"ASSHOLES!" she yelled and they flew back. Naruto sweat-dropped and smiled slightly.

"Good job."

She ignored him and turned to the small child and began to heal him. The small one was sleeping and rested in her arms. Sighing they placed her on the ground and sat next to her. They stayed there, they stayed until he awoke.

The rest of their day there was sad, they saw some people die, skinny children and they decided to give all their food and some money.

"Gama-chan," Naruto said almost crying but Ino slapped him on the head and reminded him it was a good deed.

"We have to tell Tsunade-sama about this when we return," she turned to the family next to her, "What happened?"

"Well," the father began coughing, "This guy attacked and robbed us even when we were in a really bad state. He was about your age and looked almost like you young man."

"Noratu…" Naruto said with a harsh glare.

"More of a reason to knock some sense into him."

"Where is he?"

"He headed north, although there seemed to be some sadness in his eyes. He was angry and sad, and very happy at the same time."

"Thanks for the information," Ino said with a slight smile.

They turned to the exit and waved goodbye.

Pre-read by: Mikee1, thank you! You rock! 3

A/N: Oh God, that was way too short. I'm sorry for the slight rush and stuff. I'm going to do some other stuff anyways. Promise the next chapters will be longer. Next chapter is a filler. (Sasuke high on Ramen) Mikee1 won't be here for a while so sorry if my story seems confusing and stuff. I'll do my best.

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.

The story above will be uploaded once this one is done! Now you must wait for it if you think it'll be something worth reading.

Till next time my readers! Ja ne!