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Story Title: True Love

Chapter 6: Questions and answers.

The following morning, Yuukie touched the doorknob and pulled back her hand as though the doorknob had burnt her flesh. She hesitated to go out today, knowing that it would be Naruto's turn again to look after her. She let out a loud sigh and put on her cloak.

"Another day with Naruto I suppose." She said.

Yuukie opened the door and halfway closed it when…

"Yuukie-chan!" Yuukie turned around to find an orange blur rushing over to her and giving her a bone-crushing hug, while the impact knocked both of them to the floor.

"Aa… Naruto-kun." She said as she tried to wriggle free.

"Yuukie-chan, I've missed you! What happened yesterday between you and the Uchiha bastard? He seemed pissed off."

"Uhh… Naruto, before I answer that could you let me go? It really hurts and it's very hard to breath since you're crushing my lungs."

"Oh. Gomen ne, Yuukie-chan." Naruto said getting up.

"Itai!" Yuukie said and held her arm.

"Yuukie-chan? Nani? What's the matter?" Naruto asked worriedly.

"It's my arm. I think you've accidentally… ow…"Yuukie winced as she pressed her arm. "It hurts."

"Gomen Yuukie-chan I didn't mean to…" Naruto tried to apologize.

"It's not your fault Naruto-kun, really…" Yuukie said cutting off the blonde's sentence.

Naruto felt guilty, and Yuukie here is being nice to him. Trying to soothe him, telling him that it wasn't his fault even when it really was. She's trying to make him see that it was al just an accident and an honest mistake. He felt so… useless

"Naruto-kun it's okay, you don't have to feel guilty. It wasn't your fault. You shouldn't blame yourself for something that you didn't do."

"No it's not okay. It's my fault. I've hurt you."

"It's okay, I'll just rest at home. I'm sure that it would get better if I don't use my arm." Yuukie said heading towards the door.

"No. You're coming with me to Tsunade-baachan she's a specialist and if you don't treat it the right way you'll be crippled. I don't want you to be crippled just because of me."

"It's okay Naruto, I can go there by myself. I'll just be a bother to you."

"No. I'm bring you there and that's final." Naruto said being stubborn as always. "Now come on and try not to move your arm so much."

"Okay…" Yuukie said as she finally agreed.

Tsunade's office…

"Baachan! Take a look at Yuukie-chan's arm!" Naruto yelled as he stepped into her office.

"Brat." Tsunade muttered. "What? How did this happen? I know that it had something to do with you Naruto." Tsunade said looking at him as though he was her prey.

"Well… Uhh… Eh…" Naruto tried to explain while trying not to get eaten up by Tsunade. Her wrath is a very scary one.

"It's my fault Tsunade-sama, I accidentally fell down and injured my arm. It wasn't Naruto-kun's fault." Yuukie lied trying to save her friend's life.

"Oh, I stand corrected. I guess I've misjudged you. Sorry Naruto."

"Eh? But Yuukie-chan didn't…"

Yuukie squeezed Naruto's hand to quiet him down. To not expose the truth to the Sannin. Telling him that she'll take the blame.

"Y-yeah."

"Come here Yuukie." Tsunade said as she led her to a room. "Sit down." She said and Yuukie obeyed. "So Yuukie, how's your mother?" Tsunade asked as she tried to strike a conversation.

"She's fine."

"Did she take her medicine?" Tsunade asked as she unravel the bandages.

"Y-yes, if you don't mind, could you give me the purplish pink one? It's running out." Yuukie said wincing from the pain.

"Of course." Tsunade said doing a few hand seals.

"Do you know how long I'll have to keep my hand in this sling?"

"Well you can take off the sling in five days but avoid pressure on it after you've taken it off. You should still wrap it with bandages and drink lots of milk to strengthen your bones." Tsunade explained while wrapping the girl's arm in new clean bandages. "All done, you may go now and don't forget your mother's medicine." Tsunade said handing her a bag with the medicine inside it. "Be careful now and if anything is wrong just come back to see me."

"Hai. Thank you, Tsunade-sama."

Yuukie stepped out of the room and waited for Naruto to ask for an explanation on why she took the blame, but it never came.

"Naruto I have something to discuss with you." Tsunade said calling him to the room.

"Hai. Wait here Yuukie-chan." Naruto went inside the room while Yuukie waited. "Yes?" Naruto asked.

"Sit." Tsunade ordered and Naruto did so.

"Is there anything you wanted to tell me?"

"Yes." Tsunade said flatly.

"Then what is it?"

"This." Tsunade raised her arm and punched Naruto right on his cranium.

"ITAI!" Naruto yelled. On the outside Yuukie gasped and wondered what was going on. "What was that for you old hag!"

Tsunade's vein twitched. " Watch your tongue unless you want another one right on your face!"

"What? What did I do this time you fifty year old witch!?" Naruto said before raising his arms for defense, luckily for him Tsunade held her temper.

"One, you lied." Tsunade said lifting her index finger. "Two, you let her take the blame!" She said as she lifted her middle finger. " Three, you didn't even think on what trouble you would get for lying to me!" Tsunade said holding her fist to the front of Naruto's face.

"I didn't want to she wanted to take the blame I swear!"

"Make sure she is safe. You may leave now."

Naruto stepped out of the room massaging his head. Yuukie looked at him worriedly. What might have caused this? Did she get Naruto in trouble?

"Naruto?"

"It's okay I got into trouble with her because she found out that I blackmailed her." Naruto lied.

They walked outside of the building and Naruto strike the question.

"Why did you take the blame?" Naruto asked looking at her.

"I didn't want to get you into trouble."

"But…" Naruto began.

"And I didn't get in trouble right? Now if you don't mind, can we go back home for a while? I need to put away my mother's medicine."

"Uh… Yeah."

Yuukie went inside and placed the bottle on the table and went outside the house to meet a very anxious looking Naruto staring back at her.

"So where do you want to go now?" He asked.

"Anywhere is fine."

"How about we have lunch?" Naruto suggested.

"Okay."

"Great! Now I'll know exactly where we'll go!" Naruto said pulling her uninjured arm.

"What is this place?" Yuukie asked as they stopped at the doors of a shop.

"This is the best restaurant and drink shop in all of Konoha. It has many flavors and kinds. I went here a few times with my team after a long hard day's work."

"I'm… speechless…" Yuukie said.

"Let's go inside then."

They reached the drink stand and were greeted by a very perky waitress.

"Yes? How may I help you? Do you need anything?" She said quickly flashing them a huge smile.

"I'll have the chocolate fudge, vanilla ice-cream supreme!" Naruto half yelled at the waitress who kept her smile excitedly, unable to resist.

"Okay, what about you little missy?" She asked Yuukie.

Yuukie thought the waitress was 'over doing it' with the perkiness but she gave her a small smile anyway and tried to pick one of the many drinks on the large menu behind the counter.

" Well… uh…" Yuukie tried to pick one flavor but she was too busy trying to avoid the creepy smile that the waitress was giving her. The though of it made shivers run down her spine. It's going to give her nightmares.

"She'll have the peppermint blue freeze with the jellies." Naruto ordered for her.

"What?" Yuukie whispered.

"Just try it. It's really good." Naruto whispered back.

"Is that what you would like to have Miss?" The waitress asked grinning more widely.

Yuukie nodded. She'd try anything just to get away from that smile.

"Okay! Please wait at table four and wait for your order. A waiter will then take the order for your food." She said happily clapping her hands together.

Yuukie pulled Naruto away from the perky lady and sat down on table four.

"Her smile gives me the creeps." Yuukie said to Naruto.

"Yeah, she had been smiling like that since we first entered here. I bet that she can't help it because her cheek bones are stuck like that because of all her smiling." Naruto laughed out loud while Yuukie tried to surpass it.

"N-Naruto, you shouldn't say things like that. It's not… nice."

"But you're laughing too. Look!" Naruto said pointing at her.

Yuukie smiled inwardly looking at Naruto's happy face. She gave out a small laugh and touched her lips to stop them. Naruto raised an eyebrow and Yuukie smiled at how much he looked like Daisuke like that. Yuukie stared at the table at the thought of Daisuke. Her heart felt as though it was being squeezed. She looked back up to see a rather funny expression on Naruto's face. It was full of curiosity and his eyes narrowed into slits with his brows were knotted together and his nose all scrunched up. Yuukie couldn't stop herself from laughing.

"Just look at yourself. You look really silly!" She said pointing at him.

Naruto tightened the expression and Yuukie tried her best not to laugh out loud.

"You mean this?" Naruto asked tightening it more making wrinkles appear on his forehead while pointing to his face.

"Y-yes…" Yuukie was now giggling madly with her hand covering her mouth and another holding her stomach.

"Is it really that bad?" He asked.

"Yes. No. I… Yes… Please stop. My stomach is hurting now and if this keeps going on I don't think I'll be able to eat."

The waiter came and gave them menus. He then took their order.

"I'll have the teriyaki and two bowl of beef ramen." Naruto said to the waiter.

"I'll have three sticks of yakitori, a bowl of rice and some harumaki (spring rolls) please." Yuukie said.

The waiter wrote it all down, bowed and left with their orders. Soon their meal arrived and they ate quietly. Yuukie just couldn't shake the thought of Daisuke on her mind. She still kept wondering what Daisuke was doing and she would ask herself on why Daisuke didn't answer her letters or anything. They had lost contact for two months already. Was he forgetting her? Yuukie snapped back to reality as she heard the slurping sounds Naruto was making and continued to eat her food.

After the quiet meal…

"Waiter bill!" Naruto yelled waving his arm.

"I'll pay." Yuukie stated and she took out her purse.

"No, I will." Naruto protested as he took out his frog wallet.

"How about each of us pay half?" Yuukie suggested. "It's only fair."

"Okay. Is there anything wrong Yuukie-chan?" Naruto asked.

"Nothing. What makes you think that something was wrong?"

"Well, you were very quiet throughout the whole meal, you were deep in thought and you kept staring into space. I noticed that Yuukie-chan and I know that something is wrong."

"…It was nothing…"

They paid for the meal and walked out of the restaurant. Yuukie was in deep thought yet again.

"Yuukie-chan, are you okay?" Naruto asked waving a hand in front of her face, ending her train of thought.

"I'm fine." She said smiling weakly.

"Hey, if it makes you feel better, we'll go to your favorite place." Naruto offered.

"Thank you Naruto-kun." Yuukie said giving him a hug.

The Enchanted Forest…

"It feels so good to be here." Naruto said stretching.

"I don't know…" Yuukie said unsurely.

"Huh… Nani?" Naruto asked.

Yuukie felt as though her breath was getting heavier. Her heart raced. She could feel a presence that someone was watching them. Yuukie felt nervous and she knew what it ment. She had felt this feeling before and that could only mean one thing… Danger is lurking somewhere here.

" You know, I kinda feel like we're being watched." Yuukie confessed.

"What makes you think that?"

"I'm not sure." Yuukie said as her breathing became louder.

"Well I'm sure that it was nothing. Maybe it was just your imagination."

"Yeah, I guess you're right."

"Besides, you can rest assure that you're safe. Especially when Uzumaki Naruto is here." Naruto said pointing at himself. "So, Yuukie-chan is there anything that you wanted to talk to me about?"

"Well… No. Not really…" Yuukie said softly.

"Oh."

"If you want, you could just talk and I'll listen. I'm a better listener than a talker."

"Yeah, you're the silent one." Naruto teased.

"Yes."

"Well let's talk about interests and we'll exchange them."

"Okay, but you go first."

"Well, you already know about my dreams to be Hokage and my obsession with ramen. I dislike waiting three minutes for it to cook. I like the colour orange and I hate it when people look down on me when I'm actually good, especially by Uchiha Sasuke! And what I really like is… you. Having you as a friend was one of the greatest things that ever happened to me."

"Thank you." She said her face red as her blood rushed to her cheeks.

"Yeah, you're welcome. So I'm done, why don't you go next?"

"Okay, I like writing and reading and fuzzy, fluffy animals. I dislike… well… uhm… I don't really dislike anything. I like the colour white and what I really like is someone very special to me."

"And who could that be?" Naruto said lifting his eyebrows anime style.

"…" Yuukie didn't answer.

Naruto sweat dropped anime style. "You're very secretive."

"Yes. I don't share my secrets with anyone. I like to keep them all to myself."

"You're very different from other girls."

"Am I really? How?" She asked out of curiosity.

"Yes and by 'how'? Look around you other girls would be spending all their time thinking about Sasuke, dreaming about him, go on special diets or to salons to impress him and they even breath because of him. If Sasuke would have a girlfriend, most or probably all the girls would be dead by now."

Yuukie emitted a soft giggle and went back to her normal expression. Naruto had more sweat drops dripping at the back of his head. He wondered what would happened if the girl laughed. Would she burst into a fit of giggles? Would she cough up hairballs? Would she emit hiccups? Or would she turn into one of the bubbly Sasuke fan girls? Naruto shuddered at the thought.

"Is he really that amazing, that girls just fall for him that easily?" Yuukie asked.

More sweat drops dripped at the back of Naruto's head. "Have you been outside lately? Are you sure you've been living in Konoha? Are you sure that Konoha is your birth place?" Naruto asked trying hard not to laugh.

"Excuse me? What does that have anything to do with Sasuke?"

"It's nothing. It's just that, I was so surprised to hear you say that."

"How come?"

Naruto's face was red. A flood was emitting from the back of his head. Every time he wanted to talk a snort was heard instead of words. Naruto was beginning to think if Yuukie was more of an alien from another planet than an ordinary girl. "You are way beyond different." Naruto stated.

"How so?"

"To other girls they totally worship the guy. They think he's some kind of sex god. They would think that he's the handsomest, most charming and sexy guy in the world. Okay, I admit that he's good looking, charming, sexy, hot and such but it cannot affect that many girls at once! It's not human I tell ya!"

"Are you jealous?" Yuukie asked suddenly startling the blonde.

"Sometimes." Naruto confessed. "Do you like him?"

"No matter how many times you ask me that the answer is still no." Yuukie said flatly.

"That's good but why not?"

"Why would you like to know on how I like him or not? If I say no, you would ask why not and if I say yes I think you'll get angry."

"Gomen. I was only trying to know if you're truly not a Sasuke fan girl." Naruto said scratching his head.

"You're lucky that I'm in a forgiving mood today."

"Ano… Yuukie-chan? T-that day at Ichiraku… when you were uhh… comforting me… thanks, I needed that."

"Yeah, no problem." Yuukie then leaned to Naruto's ears. "I really think someone is watching us." She whispered.

"You think so?" Naruto said out loud.

"Shh! I don't know but… I'm thinking that you should leave."

"Why?" Naruto questioned.

"It might be 'them', trying to get me. I don't want you to get involved." Yuukie said with worry in her eyes.

"Well… okay them but I'll keep watch."

"Okay but don't jump in and help me okay?" Naruto nodded and stood up. "Promise me, Naruto."

"Promise." Naruto said but he had crossed his fingers behind his back because if it gets too serious, he'd jump right in.

Naruto left Yuukie as she requested and hid somewhere to keep watch of her in a distance. Yuukie waited for them and soon enough, she heard a rustle of leaves and footsteps coming to her direction. The footsteps ended as the person stopped behind her. There was an awkward silence and Yuukie's heart began to beat erratically. Yuukie didn't turn her head when she spoke with her attacker.

"I didn't do anything to him, we didn't do anything… I didn't even touch him." Yuukie said in a cracked voice.

"What are you talking about? Do you mean Naruto?" The person with the oh too familiar voice asked.

Yuukie gasped. A wave of worry and delight washed over her. She turned around to see black obsidian eyes looking back at her.

"S-Sasuke-san?" Yuukie said stuttering.

"The one and only." Sasuke said scoffly.

"What are you doing here? Today isn't your day of duty."

"About yesterday…" Sasuke began.

"Yes?" Yuukie asked her face red as Sasuke was leaning awfully close.

"I'm…"

"Oy! Sasuke you smart-ass! What are you doing here!?" Naruto yelled jumping out of the bushes and pointing accusingly at Sasuke. "Today isn't your day for duty. It's MINE! Did you brain get screwed from thinking too much or something that made you forget!? Why are you bothering her!? Really Uchiha, you're a pain in the ass already." Naruto yelled at the stoic boy.

"Naruto…"

"I guess your little boyfriend there got a little jealous and just because I only wanted to talk to you." Sasuke said with a smirk.

"You? Talk… with me?" Yuukie said a bit confused at that moment.

"Maybe next time then, when your little boyfriend isn't here." Sasuke said in a husky voice making shivers run down Yuukie's spine. He then left and was out of sight.

"Yuukie-chan, are you alright?" Naruto asked rushing over to her. "What did he do to you? Your face is all red. Are you sick? Do you have a fever? Did he do some kind of ninjutsu to you? What did that bastard want anyway?" Naruto said with a low growl.

"He just… wanted.. to talk… with me…" Yuukie said slowly her eyes looked as though she had seen death. Naruto was getting worried.

"Him? Talk? That's a first."

XOXOXOXOXO

A/n: I'm done with chapter six! That was a long one! Need I say it again? Okay, I'm sorry if there were any spelling and grammar mistakes that I wasn't aware of and if there were OOCness I'm sorry for that too!

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