Naruto was worried. After he had healed Tenten, he fainted aswell. When he asked Kyuubi what happened, the fox told him that he used up too much chakra. Naruto nodded and went back to sleep. That was two days ago, he had just woken up and found that Tenten had not yet awakened. Naruto went to visit her and saw that her team was visiting her and so was Kizu. When they saw him enter, Neji glared a little, Kizu smiled, and Gai and Lee started to shout.

" YOSH! NARUTO-KUN, THANK YOU FOR SAVING TENTEN! IF IT WASN'T FOR YOU, TEN-" they were cut off when Kizu yelled at them, " Would you to just, shut up! My baby needs to rest!" and with that, the two started to be quiet. Naruto then went to Tenten and placed a box onto the table nest to her. He smiled at her, and then turned to Kizuy and said,

" Give this to her when she wakes up, ok Kizu-sensei? It's a gift." after Kizu nodded, Naruto strapped on his guantlet and said he had to leave. Once he was out, he headed toward the Hokage office thinking. ' What am I going to say?'

As he walked, he noticed that the villagers were'nt giving him glares anymore, only one or two would, but he didn't mind. He had just gotten acknowledgement from the people he had sworn to protect. He passed by Ichiraku( is that right?) and saw Ayame wave to him. Waving back, Naruto said he had to go see the Hokage and said that he would be back later.

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Naruto was standing outside of the Hokage's office, in front of him, were the Third's guards. Naruto sighed, they weren't gonna let them in, again.

" Let me go through, I have a meeting with the Hokage." Naruto said, the Anbu in front of him, just smirked.

" There is no way that we're gonna let a Demon like you in to try and attack our leader!" one said in anger. Naruto got mad at that, they thought he was going to attack the old man? ' I knew it, they still think me of as a Demon.' he thought and was about to turn away, when he saw Jaraiya coming in the building. He quickly went over to the white haired Sannin, and asked " Ero-sennin! Can you tell the Geezer that I want to talk to him?" Jaraiya bonked Naruto on the back of his head and said, "Don't call me that! And yeah, I'll tell them." he said, when he saw the Anbu look at Naruto with hatred. Naruto then left and the Sannin went over to the Anbu and said in a low growl,

" If I here you look at my student again, I'll make sure you don't ever get a date ever again." he threatened and went into the room to talk to the Hokage.

As Jaraiya walked in, he saw the Third looking at his hat and he seemed to be thinking deeply. So he just said, " What are you thinking about, sensei?" the Sandaime turned his head towards his student and sighs.

" I need to retire soon, Jaraiya. I need to find my succsessor." he paused for a moment. His eyes then widened with relization, turning to Jaraiya, he said.

" Jaraiya, I have a mission for you and Naruto, do you accept?" the Sannin thought for a moment and nodded. The Third nodded and said, " Your mission is to find Konoha's next Hokage, your other teamate, Tsunade." Jaraiya nodded and left to get his blonde haired student.

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Naruto was now on his fourth bowl of ramen, eating very slowly. He then payed for his food and went to visit Tenten agian, hoping she was awake.

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He came to the door of Tenten's room when he heard a scream of joy. He smiled, she found his gift.He then walked in and saw Tenten sitting up in the hospital bed, with Kizu and a girl that looked a little older then Konohamaru.

" Hey Kizu-sensei, Buki-chan, Tenten-chan, are you feeling better?" the blonde asked, Buki was Tenten's little sister, she was about Konohamaru's age and was wearing the same outfit that Tenten wore except her shirt waws blue, not pink. Her hair was black and went down to her shoulders, and she had dark brown eyes. Seeing the girl nod and smile, he saw that she had opened the box he gave her and was wearing the necklace of the Suishou crystal he and Kyuubi made.

" I'm doing fine,thank you Naruto-kun. And thank you for healing me after the invasion, and thank you so much for the necklace! I wish I could have been stronger. I'm sorry for being so weak, I almost lost my life. " Tenten said as Naruto decided to come closer to her. He nodded and went over to his friend, ' You love her and you know it,' he heard Kyuubi laugh and say but he tried to ignore it. When he got there, Tenten did something Naruto did not expect. She pulled him down for a hug. He was then suprised when he felt tears on his shoulder, he looked towards Tenten and wiped away her tears and said,

" Shhh, it's ok, you don't need to cry, the necklace I gave you is made from a rare crystal, it will make you stronger, especially when you pour some chakra into it." he said, trying to calm her down. Tenten didn't stop but sobbed into his arms as he held her there.

" I'm sorry Naruto-kun," she said, Naruto then asked, " why are you sorry, Tenten-chan?" the girl just cried harder in his arms.

" I'm sorry for making you lose your energy to save me. And now you give me something so special, why?" she asked.

Naruto gave her a genuine smile, that only Kizu had seen once, when he saw Tenten. He then pulled her into another hug and told her the truth.

" Tenten-chan, I give you this, because, besides Kizu-sensei and Ero-sennin, you were one of my first real friends. My temates can't stand me, and my sensei traded me off to another, but you were nice to me, ever since I met, you. And now I know why I wanted you to aknowledge me since the start of the final exams. Tenten, I.." he paused. " Just spit it out, Kit!" Kyuubi said. Naruto sighed and tried to finish.

" The truth is, I love you Tenten. Every time I'm with you, the villagers can't get me down. When I'm with you, I feel happier than ever. " he said, not nervously, but with a strong voice. Tenten looked into his eyes and saw that he wasn't lying, his eyes were a blue so deep, that she felt as if she would drown in them. She thenpulled him in for another hug and kissed him passionately on the lips. When she broke the kiss, she wispered into his ears words that he never expected to hear.

" I think I love you to, Naruto-kun. And call me Ten-chan." she said as he hugged her again. Kizu and Buki both smiled when they saw this.